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The rain in Spain is, on this particularly soggy day, falling mainly in the hills. They've just gotten the power back at our hotel in Jerez, in the heart of Iberian Sherry country, though some of the roads are still washed out and much of the surrounding hill country has turned into a gooey, flowing muck. One couldn't have asked for better weather now that we've wrangled a little seat time behind the wheel of the newest entry from Porsche.
Right about now, you're probably starting to cluck your tongue and conclude that Cigar Aficionado's automotive team has already spent a wee bit too much time at Tio Pepe, sipping some of that Sherry. But on this bracingly damp and chilly morning, we're achingly abstemious, our driving gloves at the ready as we -- and the rest of the automotive world -- prepare to put Porsche to perhaps the biggest test the Teutonic automaker has ever faced.
Last September, after several years rife with rumor and "spy" photos, the German manufacturer officially unveiled its long-awaited third product line. The event did little but increase the intensity of a debate that's been under way since Porsche first announced plans to develop a vehicle somehow combining the attributes of a sports car and a sport-utility vehicle.
To say that the new Cayenne is controversial is as grand an understatement as calling the time-tested 911 quick. Though unquestionably familiar, you recognize the new vehicle much as you perceive your own face in a fun-house mirror. Some react with a broad smile, while others gape in horror at a design that looks like a 911 on stilts.
Automotive styling is all about compromises -- or the lack thereof. Sports cars have traditionally been the purest of purpose and that translates into the design of a vehicle like the 911 or Boxster as low, sleek and powerful. With the exception of the 944/964 models, the Stuttgart-based marque has consistently rolled out some of the fastest and most nimble automobiles ever to rule the road. Not only fast, but capable of handling the most tortuous back roads like slot cars. We're not talking easy to drive. Mastering a Porsche has traditionally been hard work. But there are plenty of rewards once you do.
It's no wonder Porsche's sports cars have been the stuff of dreams for more than half a century, luring in celebrities like the legendary Hollywood bad boy, James Dean, as well as those who simply have the money to play like a star.
Initial impressions might suggest there'd be nothing in common between a 911 and a Cayenne other than the word "sport." If a sports car is sleek to the point of sensuality, slicing through the wind like a knife, the typical sport-ute has the build of Drew Carey, bludgeoning the air like a brick. A ute's high center of gravity always seems to put the vehicle on the brink of toppling over on the highway, never mind around tight turns. So what could Porsche ever have had in mind?
"I can understand the initial skepticism," concedes Wolfgang Dürheimer, Porsche's director of research and development. But economic realities have forged an unholy automotive alliance. Sports cars may be for the pure of heart, but only so many purists are out there. Recently, Porsche has been one of the world's most profitable car companies; all the more so when you account for its miniscule volumes. But barely a decade ago, the carmaker was an economic basket case. Porsche planners are only too well aware that the sports car market tends to disappear in a puff of tire smoke during economic downturns.
As for the SUV, "It is the segment with the greatest potential for growth," asserts Porsche's very assertive chairman, Wendelin Wiedeking. "Thirty percent of luxury buyers are purchasing SUVs," he says, emphasizing his point with a puff of cigar smoke. "The SUV segment is changing, transforming, moving from simple to luxurious. The other Porsches are emotional. Now you have the ability to carry five people and all their things."
Practicality is not a word one normally associates with Porsche. The typical 911 or Boxster owner likely has at least a couple other cars in the garage for the days when the weather gets bad. Or when the kids have soccer practice. Or the spouse wants to haul home antiques.
Cayenne boldly promises to do it all, to serve as the "daily driver," the family's primary set of wheels, a functional solution that also rings a uniquely Porsche-style emotional response. At least that's the theory. "This car follows the same philosophy as our sports cars -- only 20 inches higher," explains Harm Lagaay, Porsche's chief designer. Like many within the company, he seems blithely oblivious to the legion of skeptics and outright critics. "If it takes time for you to get used to [Cayenne], that's OK. We are absolutely convinced, in days or months, you will notice it is a very thoughtful design."
What you notice first is the 911-style nose sitting nearly a foot higher than you'd expect. Massive air intakes, especially on the Turbo, give the front end an unfinished look. The cabin is broad-shouldered and powerful, yet somewhat ungainly. The entire exercise feels as if designers had yanked and pulled the original clay model of a 911, intent on maintaining as many classic Porsche cues as possible.
Inside, the cabin is accommodating, but elicits another sense of déjá vu, for the instrumentation is classic Porsche; the gauges, set in overlapping circles. The interior is more lavish than the sports car, with complementing burlwood, leather and aluminum accents.
The temptation is to compare styling with another new entry in the sport-utility market: Volkswagen's Touareg. Porsche aficionados are likely well aware of the ties going back to the earliest days of the two companies. It was Ferdinand Porsche who designed the original Beetle, long before bolting his name to his own brand of sports cars.
Porsche and VW have cooperated on a wide range of projects. Volkswagen provided the engine for the old Porsche 914, and its successor, the 924, was conceived as a VW sports car. When the "people's car" company scrapped it, Porsche decided to build the 2-seater itself.
Recently retired VW Chairman Ferdinand Piech, the grandson of Porsche's founder, gave his approval to the project that has become both Cayenne and Touareg. The idea of teaming up two such seemingly disparate companies might seem absurd at first, but the approach had its advantages. Neither company had ever produced a sport-utility vehicle, but each had specific skills and resources it could bring to the project. From the moment the project began, back in 1997, the partners spelled out who would be responsible for which piece of development work. Porsche, for example, handled axle development while VW took the lead on transmissions.
The partners also acknowledged they would likely disagree in places, recalls Matthias Kroell, the man in charge of VW's side of the project. Such things as handling characteristics would distinguish the performance-oriented Cayenne from the more mainstream Touareg. "We had some hard discussions on the different philosophies of the two companies [and] in the end, it was always kept clear there would be two very different vehicles," Kroell explains.
By 2001, when the partners had their first running prototypes, test drives were handled separately. Though critical elements of the suspension are shared between Touareg and Cayenne, settings and minor components, such as bushings, were left up to the individual automakers. It doesn't sound like much, but you'll appreciate the difference when you're negotiating a tight corner at 75 mph.
The partners took a different approach to the distribution of power by the full-time all-wheel-drive system. Under normal conditions, the Touareg splits torque 50/50 between the front and rear axles. Reflecting the way the rear engine 911 operates, Cayenne normally sends 32 percent of its power to the front wheels, the rest to the rear. Even the climate control systems are programmed differently.
Reaching into his pocket, Kroell pulls out a rechargeable flashlight installed in Touareg lighter sockets, but not in the Cayenne.
While Volkswagen offers one diesel version, none are planned for Cayenne, according to Wiedeking. The performance a Porsche customer expects, he says, "only comes from a gasoline engine."
With so much work done independently, the two partners have found some surprises since their SUVs were unveiled. Porsche insiders, for one thing, say they weren't expecting VW to take Touareg so clearly upmarket. "I've definitely got some competition," Fred Schwab, president and chief executive officer of Porsche Cars North America, conceded shortly before his retirement early this year.
"Porsche is facing what might well be the biggest challenge we have ever seen in our history," acknowledges Wiedeking, though he is quick to insist that the German carmaker will find plenty of buyers.
Cayenne is likely to deepen Porsche's dependence on the SUV-friendly U.S. market, which generates nearly half its volume. But the new ute could also "open markets where road [conditions] don't allow a Porsche" sports car, such as China, India or Latin America, suggests Klaus-Gerhard Wolpert, director of Cayenne operations.
All that assumes that Porsche has delivered a vehicle that the public really wants. Considering the plethora of products flooding into the SUV segment, there isn't much room for Porsche to miss its mark.
The engineers at Weissach have given a Cayenne owner an ample toolbox of technology designed to overcome virtually any obstacle. Start with a low gear range and a locking center differential, which improves handling off-road. (A locking rear differential, useful in extreme conditions, is optional.) The automatic air suspension kit adjusts the vehicle's height depending on speed and road conditions and, in maximum position, gives Cayenne 10.75 inches of ground clearance -- enough to ford nearly 22 inches of water. It can handle uphill climbs at a 45-degree angle, using an automatic hill-holder system to keep from slipping backwards. Going back down, Cayenne's hill descent system will maintain a steady two-mile-an-hour pace.
Spend a day bouncing and jouncing, and you'll come away convinced that Porsche has produced a fully capable off-roader. Short of a sprint down the Rubicon Trail in California, Cayenne is up to just about any backwoods challenge you can toss at it.
But let's get real. The typical Cayenne owner is far more likely to slog through rush-hour traffic than down a gritty trail, and the biggest day-to-day challenge will be parking close to the mall entrance.
Image aside, SUVs do have attributes appealing to the average motorist: high "command seating" and all-wheel-drive, to name two of the most significant. Cayenne delivers both, along with a sense of on-road handling, stability and performance not normally found in a sport-utility vehicle.
At highway speed, you're likely to forget you're driving a vehicle so large and tall. You're not going to whip it around the corner as fast as a 911, but you'll come surprisingly close. Steering is precise, with a crisp, on-center feel that puts the ute precisely where it's pointed. You'll hardly notice the suspension compromises required for serious off-roading. Cayenne feels very much the sports car on pavement.
A key to the crossover's dual on-and-off-road personality is the Porsche Traction Management system. It's got plenty of power to control. Even the "base" Cayenne S puts out an impressive 340 horsepower and 310 foot-pounds of torque from its 4.5-liter V-8. The new, naturally aspirated engine is mounted up front -- a revolutionary concept for Porsche, which had an almost religious belief that God always intended to mount the engine in the rear.
For those who believe there's never enough horsepower, the optional Cayenne Turbo bumps power up to 450 hp and 457 foot-pounds, thanks to a twin turbo package. Full torque comes on at just 2,250 RPMs, and power remains flat, nearly to redline. The Turbo package is distinguished by four tailpipes.
Who really needs a sport-ute that can launch from 0 to 60 in 6 seconds and top out 165 mph (the naturally aspirated S needs 7.2 seconds and can manage a top speed of only 150)? If you have to askÖwell, R&D chief Dürheimer sums it up best, when he points out, "It would not be a true Porsche if it only offered practical value."
Value is another interesting word to associate with a Porsche. Sure, you've got a lot of practical capabilities with this five-seater capable of carrying 1,850 pounds of payload and towing a 7,716-pound trailer. But the price is anything but practical -- at least if you're someone who has to ask what it costs. Cayenne S starts at $55,900. A well-equipped Touareg with a V-8, on the other hand, will start at $40,700. Granted, that's not an apples-to-apples comparison. But the premium is steep and could give some buyers pause. The jump to the $88,900 Cayenne Turbo is even more spectacular. That's a lot of power, but it's also the most expensive ute on the market by far.
Considering how many current Porsche owners already have at least one SUV in their personal fleets, the automaker is confident many will want a Porsche badge on their next sport ute. But while senior officials have suggested they've already received a full year's advance orders, the Cayenne seems to be receiving a decidedly mixed reaction. Some Porsche purists are openly aghast while others are racing to showrooms. Demand varies by market, though in some parts of the country, such as suburban Los Angeles -- where nameplates do matter -- dealers report strong initial sales.
In spite of the controversy, that's probably not all that surprising. The real question is whether Cayenne has staying power. It's not likely to match the longevity of the 911, but it will be critical that this quirky crossover not flame out in a hurry.
Porsche officials insist Cayenne is not the proverbial "make-it-or-break-it product." Flush with cash, Wiedeking is confident the company could survive the car's failure, though it would be a bleak rebuke for a company of this size. This isn't the first time a new Porsche has generated skepticism, notes the ever-confident executive, who's equally confident that with time it will win over its critics.
If Wiedeking is right, don't be surprised to see Porsche dream up even more automotive innovations. Officially, there's no fourth product line, at least nothing with formal approval, but design director Lagaay readily hints that he's got some ideas on his boards. Some years back, Porsche briefly explored then abandoned the idea of a sports car/sedan crossover. Now just about any and every other combination is open game. Even another sports car. Welcome to the fun house.
Paul A. Eisenstein publishes an auto magazine on the Internet at www.TheCarConnection.com.


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If you thought that floral season was over, think again. It's just getting started, according to Coach and Tabitha Simmons. Simmons is, of course, a British shoe designer who has amassed a major celebrity following, including the likes of Meghan Markle, Reese Witherspoon, and Margot Robbie. Coach and Simmons have collaborated on a collection of accessories that easily transitions bright florals into fall.
If the print at the top looks familiar, it's because it's an updated version of the floral design first seen on the runway in Coach's Spring 2016 collection. Simmons actually owns a dress from that exact line with that exact print on it, so Coach creative director Stuart Vevers and Simmons used it as a starting point for the entire collaboration.
There are six pairs of shoes up for grabs in the collection, which officially launched on Coach's website August 12. They include moto-inspired combat boots, ladylike kitten heels, embellished booties, ankle-strap flats, lace-up sandals, and platform hiking boots.
In addition to the popular flower-speckled finishes, the collection also includes snakeskin and leopard print as well as solid black and white designs to shop.
The Coach x Tabitha Simmons collaboration isn't limited to shoes. Coach's iconic 1973 Suspender Pouch received the Tabitha Simmons makeover, too, with colorblocking and dome rivets, one of Simmons's signature motifs.
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I like the Economist and admire its commitment to a clear, plain style of writing. This makes it harder to excuse its perplexing stance on split infinitives. Its style guide says the rule prohibiting them is pointless, but "to see it broken is so annoying to so many people that you should observe it".
This is capitulation to an unfounded fetish. Why not just let the fussbudgets be annoyed? The style guide offers sound advice aplenty, but on split infinitives it sacrifices healthy brains to a zombie rule. The reason I bring it up again, having already shown why the rule is bogus and counterproductive, is a tweet from the Economist style guide:¹
There are two things I want to note here.
First, the tweet does not sit easily with the Economist's position on split infinitives. The paper bans split infinitives because they annoy the people who are annoyed by split infinitives, and it allows this trifling antipathy to outweigh both the facts of usage and the good sense of less captious readers and of the paper itself.
To be fair, the Economist style guide does state the truth about split infinitives: "the ban is pointless". Yet it continues to uphold the ban. Awkward much?
So let's restate the truth, since it's more important than the possibility of giving offence.
The split infinitive is fully grammatical, and has been for centuries.² A policy of avoiding it can get you in trouble. The Economist, though it knows better, outlaws a legitimate piece of syntax in order to appease contrarians who take automatic offence at it, and thereby generates confusion in its own copy and implicitly endorses a jaded superstition.
The second point is relatively minor and has to do with the typo in the tweet (more important that instead of …than). It's a remarkably sneaky typo, which I've noticed repeatedly in edited publications. Writers, proofreaders, and style guide tweeters: beware this one.
John McIntyre, at You Don't Say, finds the Economist's entry on split infinitives nonsensical and thinks there is "altogether too much catering to uninformed opinion". He adds: "This is sheer cowardice, and I doubt that it would require a great deal of courage to surmount it."
¹ If indeed that's an official account; it's still unverified. I don't follow it on Twitter – I can only take so much arbitrary prescriptivism in my feed – but it's on a list that allows me to keep an eye on it.
² Sometimes it's best avoided for reasons of style, but that doesn't affect its grammaticality or my argument.


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iCentre is designed to bring together data from separate DoE systems currently used to manage ICT into one portal.
According to NT DoE CIO Satpinder Daroch, the portal will enhance DoE's capabilities to deliver ICT support to its users, which include 40,000 staff and students in 245 schools across the NT.
For example, iCentre will simplify problem reporting and improve the department's accessibility to ICT support services.
"It will also provide better quality information and easy-to-use self-help and reporting tools for all NT DoE staff," he said in a statement.
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[2]The company has over 15 lakh customers and manages over INR 11,015 crores in assets.[3] It has been operating since 2001 and headquartered at Bangalore. It deals with the life insurance products, providing long-term protection and savings option.
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Port will overtake sherry by 2020 says report
on 29/10/12 at 4:55 pmBooze News
Port is set to overtake sherry as the leading fortified wine in the UK by 2020, according to a major port shipper.
The prediction can be extrapolated from a reading of Neilsen statistics for fortified wines over the last 16 years, Andrew Hawes, managing director of wine importers Mentzendorff says.
According to Neilsen, in 1996 port sales were around 500,000 cases. This figure has crept steadily upwards, standing at 759 cases in 2011, an average increase of more than 50%.
Since reaching a peak of 897 cases in 2007, however, volume sales have shown a slight downward trend to 2011's figure.
Sherry and vermouth, which were selling in excess of 2m cases a year in the mid-1990s, have now declined by more than 50% in some instances, each selling around 1m cases. Vermouth has fallen from 2039 to 794 cases since 1996, sherry from 2054 to 1191 cases.


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understandably you don't (necessarily) want to be always showing people your bottom as proof of identity, so fraser has also had it tattooed on his left foot which is really pretty cool!
i've introduced fraser to bodge and the others and we are all going to be great friends; he's already offered to lend me his scarf if we happen to get another cold snap.
fraser knows some fantastically bad and very long poems that i'm going to bore brian with and he's started teaching me scottish. i'm dead impressed because, rather amazingly, he's already managed to pick up quite a few words in rabbit!


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CR 28/2014 Change in ownership of shares of LPP SA02.10.2014
Change in ownership of shares of LPP SA
Current report no.: 28/2014
Date: 02.10.2014
The Management Board of LPP SA hereby informs that on 2 October 2014, it received from its shareholder, Grangeford Limited, the information that on 2 October 2014 a decision was made to dissolve and liquidate the entity. All shares of LPP SA held so far by Grangeford Limited were transferred to the shareholders of Grangeford Limited in proportion to their shareholding. As a result of this operation, each acquiring shareholder holds a number of shares of LPP SA giving no more than 5% of the votes of the total number of votes at the General Meeting of LPP SA.
Before the transaction, Grangeford Limited held 350,000 shares of LPP SA, which accounted for 19.11% of the share capital of LPP SA and gave the right to 10.83% of votes at the General Meeting of LPP SA. After the transaction, Grangeford Limited does not hold any shares of LPP SA. Grangeford Limited is not planning to buy or sell any shares of LPP SA in the next 12 months. There is no subsidiary of Grangeford Limited holding shares of LPP SA. Grangeford Limited has not entered into an agreement with the persons referred to in Article 87.1.3c of the Act on Public Offering, Conditions Governing the Introduction of Financial Instruments to Organised Trading and on Public Companies.


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It's amazing how education reform was suddenly transformed into the Democrats' key domestic policy issue. Consider the Democratic strategy for improving urban education in America so far: Dump millions and billions of our tax dollars down the ratholes of failing school districts in the name of saving our children, a tactic which has consistently failed for two generations.
Democrat-sponsored legislation on education reform has consistently been hijacked and directed by teachers' unions. Their enormous financial support of the Democratic Party has given them a huge say in the shape of Democratic legislation on education.
Sadly, our failing schools have continued to diminish in quality, not because our students and teachers are inferior, but because of politics. Washington bureaucrats, national legislators, governors and local leaders have for the last forty years tied themselves to the failed education policies supported by teachers' unions. Any attempt by these elected officials to allow parental choice or create more charter schools is likely to reduce the number of incompetent educators, hence these attempts are automatically viewed as a threat by union leaders.
This should not surprise us; teachers' unions advocate for teachers and only teachers, not for taxpayers, not for students, not for their parents. They want higher salaries more than they want better educational outcomes; they would rather enhance job security than rid their ranks of bad teachers. Educational success is not their first priority, and it will never be achieved by throwing more money at a problem that refuses to fix itself.
Over time, in both Democratic and Republican administrations, political theater has substituted for hard educational choices. Theater has worked for most power brokers because it is easier than articulating thoughtful policies and selling them to a public that doesn't have the patience for them. Even as their hard-earned tax dollars are being wasted on a failed educational system, voters seem unable to believe that spending more money on their children's education is a completely wasted investment, especially in minority neighborhoods.
Liberals and the unions have consistently beat the drums to demand more money, and real spending per student has tripled since the 50s and is among the highest in the developed world. Our educational achievement puts us in the bottom half of that club, however, as luxurious salaries for swelling ranks of administrators, grandiose conferences, and even state-of-the-art schools have failed to translate into better education. We spend more per child than almost any other country in the world to provide that child with an education that has almost no value in the real world.


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Happy Wednesday beauty!
This is one of my favourite topics to speak on…as too many fabulous peeps in our tribe have given away their power to their parents, their spouse or even society as a whole. They feel the need to pretzel themselves into being what others expect of them. They want to please…they don't wish to let others down.
It's sad when they turn to everyone else to approve of them…as they do not trust themselves and their authentic voice. These amazing souls have forgotten or never knew in the first place that they have ALL their answers inside their hearts & souls. Are YOU completely empowered…or do you give your power away? You ARE your OWN GURU ROCKSTAR!
Here to serve you always, E


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Detroit, Michigan is the latest city to receive national news media attention for the failure of its P25 digital trunked radio system. The system failed during the 4th of July holiday weekend creating havoc for first responders.
Please let this be a reminder that highly centralized, computer-dependent digital trunked radio systems are vulnerable to failure. Failure of large public safety systems such as this can cripple the ability of first responders to deliver basic emergency services including police, fire and emergency medical responses. Distributed radio systems that do not rely on a central computer are much more reliable when properly designed and maintained and cost a fraction of the amount of digital trunked systems.
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Happy New Year everyone!
Did you make any New Year's resolutions? I made the usual ones of course; eat more healthily, take more exercise and all the other ones that are usually broken by the second week in January, but I also resolved to keep moving forward with my beading. I have exciting plans for an exhibition in 2012 and my butterfly mind keeps flitting to thoughts of that, but first I think that 2011 is going to be all about teaching. I have 6 workshops lined up in the UK and Germany and I'm also planning on making more patterns available to purchase via my website, but all of that means a lot of detailed planning, writing instructions and drawing diagrams instead of designing new beadwork. I do have a head full of new ideas to try out though, so watch this space! In the meantime, I thought I'd remind you that one of my resolutions for 2010 was to start selling patterns directly from my website and I now have 5 available - details below. These are in addition to the 26 patterns that I have had published in magazines since 2008 and you can see details of all those on this page of my website. Most of them are still available from the publishers as pdf's or back issues, so if you see one you like but can't find, drop me a line via the contact form on my website and I'll try and track it down for you. All of the patterns below are available from this page of my website.
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These two were so sweet and I LOVED getting to celebrate their beautiful wedding day with them. Just listen to those amazing words they wrote for each other. The Hobbs Building is one of my favorite venues this year and Courtney and Andrew added so many personal touches to their wedding and reception. Congratulations you two!
Ceremony & Reception: The Hobbs Building
Catering: Feasts of Fancy
Officiant: Steve Mattingly
Photography: Salt and Light Photography
Florist: Special Moments by Beverly
DJ: DJ Connection
Cake: Baked Expressions


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Do You End Your Skin Care and Hair Care Products to Last Bit? {Beauty Products}
Do You End Your Skin Care and Hair Care Products to Last Bit? {Beauty Products}
I am going to talk about my habit of using skin care or hair care products in my last drop. I am a fanatic and would like to try on all the products available in the market. And, I have tried many people because I have become independent. I inherited this from my father.
We both like to spend hours looking at all the latest products launched. And, if we buy a product, then we make sure that we have squeezed all the juices. I know that it sounds crazy and weird But, if you know that you are spending some 500 rupees or 10 dollars on the same product, which will not get maximum profit from it.
You may read – Eyes Also Need Cleaning-Eye Care
I was embarrassed about this habit of earlier but now, I do not make any difference in writing about this because I have come to know that there are many people after this trend. I have no exception. Recently, I read a post on controversy.
This is settled with the same issue. The author said that he opens the packaging to remove the quantity left in it. I had recently tried on hair conditioner which I was using and found that there was enough amount of remaining for another conditioning treatment.
You may read more – Multani Mitti for Oily Hair {DIY}
Since then, I have not finished any product yet. But, in the case of body lotion or moisturizer, I keep glycerin or rose water very low and properly stir the bottle and apply it or put it in another packaging of the same product. But, remember, never mix two different products. They will not do well to you. Goes with shampoo only. I shake the bottle with water and the liquid is enough to wash my hair.


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EU indices mixed | TA focus on Bunzl
Philippe Delabarre, Theo Ramos October 14, 2020 8:12 AM
European stocks report | Bunzl | Vivendi | ASML Holding | Just Eat Takeaway...
72% of STOXX 600 constituents traded lower or unchanged yesterday.
69% of the shares trade above their 20D MA vs 79% Monday (above the 20D moving average).
63% of the shares trade above their 200D MA vs 64% Monday (above the 20D moving average).
The Euro Stoxx 50 Volatility index added 0.69pt to 22.94, a new 52w high.
SECTORS vs STOXX 600
3mths relative high: none
3mths relative low: Insurance
Europe Best 3 sectors
telecommunications, media, technology
Europe worst 3 sectors
banks, insurance, travel & leisure
The 10yr Bund yield fell 2bps to -0.55% (below its 20D MA). The 2yr-10yr yield spread rose 0bp to -18bps (above its 20D MA).
EC 09:00: ECB President Lagarde speech
FR 09:00: IEA Oil Market Report
EC 10:00: Aug Industrial Production YoY, exp.: -7.7%
EC 10:00: Aug Industrial Production MoM, exp.: 4.1%
GE 10:40: 30-Year Bund auction, exp.: -0.07%
EC 12:00: ECB Mersch speech
EC 13:00: ECB Lane speech
In Asian trading hours, EUR/USD remained subdued at 1.1745 and GBP/USD was under pressure at 1.2936. USD/JPY dropped further to 105.38.
Spot gold marked a day-low near $1,883 before bouncing back to $1,892.
Bunzl, a distribution and outsourcing company, posted a 3Q trading statement: "Bunzl's diversified and resilient business model has delivered strong overall growth over a challenging period, with Group revenue for the third quarter up 4.0% at actual exchange rates and 8.8% at constant exchange rates. Underlying revenue increased strongly by 8.0% at constant exchange rates reflecting the continued growth in the sale of Covid-19 related products, such as masks, sanitisers, gloves and disinfectants. (...) However, given the performance year to date and the impact of recently announced acquisitions, the Company currently expects revenue in the second half of 2020 to grow strongly at constant exchange rates and anticipates a slightly higher second half operating profit margin compared to the prior year."
From a weekly point of view, following the last March-April V-bottom pattern , a weekly close above 2600 is needed to release a new upward potential towards 3000.
Source: GAIN Capital, TradingView
Anglo American, a multinational mining company, reported that the value of rough diamond sales for De Beers' eighth sales cycle of 2020 amounted to 467 million dollars, compared with 297 million dollars in the prior-year period.
Standard Life Aberdeen, a global investment company, was upgraded to "buy" from "hold" at HSBC.
Hapag-Lloyd, a shipping and container transportation company, was upgraded to "overweight" from "underweight" at JPMorgan.
Vivendi's subsidiary, Universal Music Group's shareholder Chinese tech giant Tencent may exercise the option to increase its holding in the company to as much as 20% from 10%, reported Bloomberg citing people familiar with the matter.
Accor, a hospitality company, was downgraded to "hold" from "buy" at Deutsche Bank.
Repsol, a fossil fuel company, was downgraded to "hold" from "buy" at HSBC.
ASML Holding, a supplier of photolithography systems for the semiconductor industry, announced that 3Q net income rose 69.4% on year to 1.06 billion euros on net sales of 3.96 billion euros, up 32.5%. The company said: "We expect fourth-quarter revenue of between E3.6 billion and E3.8 billion with a gross margin of around 50%, R&D costs of E550 million and SG&A costs of E140 million. Our outlook for the full year 2020 is therefore confirmed. (...) For 2021, we expect low double-digit growth."
Just Eat Takeaway, an online food order and delivery service provider, reported that 3Q orders increased 46% on year to 151 million and were up 37% to 408 million in the 9-month period.
DSV Panalpina, a Danish transport and logistics company, was downgraded to "neutral" from "overweight" at JPMorgan.
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And this was my morning – Biking around Charlottesville for listing maintenance is very feasible.
Showing property? Likely notsomuch.
Related post: Green is In, but What is Green? "Green†Lifestyles and Green Living
Also, cVillain has a post this morning – Best Bicycle Shop in Charlottesville?
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This topic contains information on borrowed funds secured by an asset, including:
- Borrowed Funds Secured by an Asset
- Secured Loans as Debt
- Reducing the Asset by the Amount Borrowed
- Documentation Requirements
Borrowed Funds Secured by an Asset
Borrowed funds secured by an asset are an acceptable source of funds for the down payment, closing costs, and reserves, since borrowed funds secured by an asset represent a return of equity.
Assets that may be used to secure funds include automobiles, artwork, collectibles, real estate, or financial assets, such as savings accounts, certificates of deposit, stocks, bonds, and 401(k) accounts.
Secured Loans as Debt
When qualifying the borrower, the lender must consider monthly payments for secured loans as a debt.
If a secured loan does not require monthly payments, the lender must calculate an equivalent amount and consider that amount as a recurring debt.
When loans are secured by the borrower's financial assets, monthly payments for the loan do not have to be considered as long-term debt.
Reducing the Asset by the Amount Borrowed
If the borrower uses the same financial asset as part of his or her financial reserves, the lender must reduce the value of the asset by the amount of proceeds and related fees for the secured loan.
Documentation Requirements
The lender must document the following:
the terms of the secured loan,
evidence that the party providing the secured loan is not a party to the sale, and
evidence that the funds have been transferred to the borrower.
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Greetings again from the darkness. "A crisis of faith" is merely the tip of the theological iceberg in this gripping, thought-provoking, debate-inspiring oddity from legendary filmmaker Paul Schrader. Mr. Schrader has long specialized in messed up/conflicted gents struggling in a world-gone-wrong in films like HARDCORE (1979), AMERICAN GIGOLO (1980), AFFLICTION (1997), and AUTO FOCUS (2002). Of course he is best known for his TAXI DRIVER (1976) and RAGING BULL (1980) screenplays. This latest is his best work in years, though few will likely describe it as entertaining.
Ethan Hawke digs deep in his performance as Toller, a former military Chaplain now relegated to caretaker for a small church whose historical marker informs us was organized in 1767 and built in 1802. Although Toller has a very small congregation, the church itself is now mostly a tourist stop and throwback to the days of rural community churches.
Thanks to Toller reading us his daily journal entries, we know that he is already dealing with doubt and grief even before Mary (whose name is no coincidence) approaches him about speaking with her husband Michael (Philip Ettinger). Toller's teetering emotional stability is further jolted by a mesmerizing talk with Michael, whose work as an environmental activist/extremist leaves him unable to reconcile bringing a child into this doomed world … despite his wife Mary (an excellent Amanda Seyfried) being pregnant. (Though no further proof is needed that I should never offer counseling to confused folks, I couldn't help but wonder why Toller didn't challenge Michael on why he risks having sex if he is so adamant against making a baby.)
With Michael's global and societal warnings piling on Toller's personal tragedy and disintegrated marriage, he sinks deeper into his funk and deeper into the bottle. There is also the pressure of the upcoming 250 year reconsecration ceremony and the expectations of Abundant Life's Pastor Jeffers (Cedric the Entertainer in perfect casting). Abundant Life stands in for all of the mega-churches that specialize in money grabbing these days (more business than religion). Here, big money is represented by billionaire industrialist Edward Balq (played by a less than patient Michael Gaston). He is truly the higher power in this relationship.
Toller explains to us that we hold both hope and despair in our thoughts, and that these are life itself. He has an intensity towards life and his role in the church that would make most uncomfortable, if not a bit frightened of and for him. And those concerns would be quite accurate. Some people are just never comfortable in their own skin, and these are often the most intriguing movie characters. Schrader and Hawke ensure that Toller is every bit of that and more. It's a bleak story with some dark and twisted humor, and it's shot in old style ratio which adds an element of harshness to every moment. Austere might be the best one word description of the look captured by Schrader, but the story is sure to generate some colorful and intense post-viewing debate … with an open for interpretation ending being the cherry on top. Welcome back Mr. Schrader and kudos to Mr. Hawke.
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Margaret L. Grilli
Lifelong Greenport resident Margaret L. Grilli died Aug. 25 at Stony Brook University Medical Center. She was 80.
She was born April 11, 1932, in Greenport to Helen (Norkelun) and Jack Hansen and was a high school graduate. She married Gabriel J. Grilli Jr. on Dec. 3, 1982.
Ms. Grilli enjoyed jigsaw puzzles, yard sales, gardening and bird-watching. She adored her grandchildren and great-grandchildren and loved spending time with them.
She is survived by her husband, of Greenport; her daughters, Ruth Yoskovich and Kathleen Dimon, both of Greenport, Beth Aleksander and Nancy Sierra, both of Riverhead, and Lisa Charland of Arcadia, Fla.; her son, Jack Grilli, and her sister, Jacqueline Monsell, both of Greenport; 12 grandchildren; and 15 great-grandchildren. She was predeceased by her sons David Charland in 1954, Mark Charland in 2002 and Robert Charland in 2004; her grandchildren Joshua Charland in 2005 and Jeremy Aleksander in 2003; her son-in-law Ken Dimon Jr. in 2011; her mother in 1987 and father in 1995; and her sisters, Esther King in 2004 and Marie Doyle in 2011.
A service will be held Saturday, Sept. 1, at 11:30 a.m. at Sterling Cemetery in Greenport. Arrangements were handled by Horton-Mathie Funeral Home in Greenport.
Memorial donations may be made to Greenport Fire Department Rescue Squad.
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Selena Gomez is dressing sexier these days and the question is whether her new provocative image is designed for Justin Bieber or for another man? She's not a little girl anymore and Selena wants to be sure that everyone realizes it. Over the past few years we've had the pleasure of watching Gomez go from tween on Disney's hit show, the Wizards of Waverly Place, to independent young woman.
She has traded in Disney for the big screen and her music has become more mainstream as well. It certainly makes sense that the 19 year old starlet would start to grow up and change her sense of style as well.
"She's dressing sexier because she's ready to develop a more mature fan base," a source close to Selena reveals to Hollywood Life.
Certainly Gomez's current beau, Justin, has no complaints about the stars more provocative wardrobe. Kind of makes you wonder if maybe Gomez is looking beyond her relationship with the younger Bieber and even subconsciously wanting to appeal to men her own age or older.
As we told you earlier in the weekend, Bieber's video for "Boyfriend" is set to drop next week and it features a much older looking Justin. Gomez has to feel the pressure of all of his fans. Perhaps she believes that a sexier style is sure to keep his eyes focused where they should be, right on her.
Do you think that Gomez's newfound sense of style is appropriate for her age? Do you think that she is dressing sexier to keep Bieber's interest, or has she set her sights on someone older? Tell us what you think in the comments below!


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We are knee deep in cocktail party season and I'm going to post a recipe that will keep you on budget! Do you love Boursin? Are you appalled at the price? In Toronto, a little 150 g (a touch more than 1/2 cup) pot could cost $6.00+++!!! So I improvised and created this herb-infused cream cheese spread, it's equally as good and costs a lot less! Make this a couple of days in advance so the flavours have time to meld, you won't be sorry.
Herbed Cream Cheese Spread
Makes about 250 mL or 1 cup.
- 30 mL olive oil
- dry or fresh herbs, to taste
- garlic, minced finely
- 70 g butter, softened
- 100 g cream cheese, softened
- 100 g ricotta
- salt & pepper, to taste
- Chives or green onions, finely chopped
- Heat olive oil over low heat with the fresh herbs and garlic, simmer for 10 minutes to infuse. Allow the infused oil to cool completely.
- Pour infused oil through a fine sieve and reserve, discard herbs and garlic.
- In a small processor, pulse the cheeses and butter together until light and fluffy. Slowly pour in the cooled olive oil and continue to pulse until it has been entirely incorporated and smooth. Season with salt and pepper.
- Serve at room temperature and watch it disappear.
- The first time, I used a combo of fresh lemon thyme, rosemary, tarragon and Greek oregano. This time, I used finely grated Herbes de Provence.
- I had homemade ricotta, but if you do not, just double the cream cheese, it's still delicious!
- Use whipped cream cheese for a similar texture to the actual Boursin.
- I like to serve this spread in a small glass pot but any container will do. To serve similar to the actual Boursin, line a ramekin with plastic wrap and pack the spread into the plastic wrap and freeze. To serve, Remove from the freezer and invert on a platter and remove plastic wrap. Allow the dome to come to room temperature.
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Is Kessler in the Super Six's first must-win situation?
In a standard boxing tournament, every fight is a "must win" because one loss means elimination. But in a tournament with a format as complex as Showtime's Super Six World Boxing Classic, determining what qualifies as a must-win fight isn't so simple.
Four fights into the nine-fight "Group Stage," we don't know yet how many points a fighter will need to qualify for the semifinals. But we do know that four different fighters already have at least two points. And we know that Mikkel Kessler is not one of those fighters.
The pre-tournament favorite to most observers, the dashing Dane isn't yet in a mathematical must-win position. Even if he loses to Carl Froch on Saturday, he still has a chance of advancing to the semis. But he's in severe danger if he loses against Froch because he'll be the only competitor with two fights, zero points and, in all likelihood, a major confidence crisis.
Froch touched on the confidence issues that accompany defeat in a recent conference call.
"When you lose a fight, it does something physically and it does something more damaging mentally," Froch said. "I don't want to pass judgment on [Kessler's] mental condition, but I know which position I'd rather be in."
The math says Kessler can recover from a loss and remain in the hunt for the Super Six semifinals. But practicality tells you he's facing a level of pressure and urgency we haven't seen yet in this tournament.
Let's look at it first, though, from a purely quantitative perspective. Four of six fighters advance. You score three points for a knockout win, two for any other kind of win and one for a draw. Arthur Abraham has three points; Froch, Andre Ward and Andre Dirrell each have two; Kessler and Allan Green have goose eggs.
We know that fewer than two points won't get you through to the semis. Meanwhile, three points is nearly a guarantee that you'll advance, but not quite. (For example, for Abraham not to advance with three points, he'd need virtually every remaining fight to play out a specific way; if Kessler beats both Froch and Green, Ward beats Green, Dirrell beats Ward and Froch beats Abraham, then "King Arthur" does not get in with three points. But there's very little deviation from that sequence of events that would deny Abraham a spot in the single-elimination stage of the Super Six.)
So Kessler has to look at his situation as follows: Four points definitely gets me in; three points probably gets me in; two points probably doesn't. If he loses to Froch, his Stage Three fight against Green becomes not just a must-win, but presumably a must-knockout.
The bottom line, and you don't need any math to understand this, is that it's bad news for Kessler if he loses to Froch. So what's the likelihood of that happening?
"There's good news and bad news for Mikkel Kessler in this fight," said Showtime color analyst Al Bernstein. "The good news is he's facing a guy who comes straight at him and is wide open and is willing to take a punch to give one. The bad news is that he's facing a fighter who's coming straight at him and is willing to take a punch to give one. In other words, he'll be able to hit Carl Froch a lot easier than he could hit Andre Ward, but he's also going to be facing a pressure fighter who's the best pressure fighter, probably, that he's faced in his career."
Many fans and experts have tabbed Kessler as the favorite over the undefeated Froch – partially because the Dane needs it more, partially because the fight is in Denmark and boxers with the home-ring advantage are 4-0 so far in the Super Six and partially because of the style considerations that Bernstein touched on. If Ward was all wrong for Kessler, with his speed and precision, then Froch, who's not especially fast or precise, might be just what Kessler needs to look good again.
But that's assuming the 31-year-old Kessler didn't peak in 2004-2007 and hasn't been steadily slipping for the past three years. That's a distinct possibility, and if it turns out he's only 75 percent of what he was when he knocked out Markus Beyer and shut out Librado Andrade, then the style matchup might be irrelevant.
But let's say Kessler does beat Froch. That will give us five fighters with either two or three points and sheer chaos heading into Group Stage Three.
"If Kessler wins, obviously it creates total parity in this tournament," said Bernstein. "Some people hate parity, and some people love it. I love it. I don't subscribe to the theory that the NFL and the NBA are great when there's a dynasty. The more competition, the better. If Kessler wins, it will throw this tournament into a crazy situation."
Indeed, if Kessler wins, the hopes for a high-drama finish to the round-robin stage, with every fight being crucial for every fighter, will be realized. And even if Froch wins, that assures the Brit a semifinal berth and means everyone else is competing for one of just three spots.
As was noted earlier in this article, Kessler will face urgency on Saturday the likes of which we haven't yet seen in the Super Six. But it's a level of urgency we probably will be lucky enough to see in every Super Six fight that follows.
ÔÇó This might be an unpopular viewpoint, at least among boxing fans, but after watching last week's gripping Real Sports With Bryant Gumbel exploring the deaths of Alexis Arguello, Arturo Gatti and Vernon Forrest, I can't condone the push from prosecutors to give the death penalty to all three of the perpetrators in the Forrest case. Without question, the one who shot and killed Forrest should get the death penalty. But the other two should get whatever the appropriate jail sentence is for armed robbery. They didn't murder anyone, and guilt by association is no grounds for sentencing a man to death.
ÔÇó Let's all agree on this: No more HBO dates or title opportunities for Edison Miranda. (And on a related note, please tell me we've seen the last of Owen "On The Deck" Beck.)
ÔÇó I'm probably going to sound old and unhip here, considering there's been nothing remotely cool about U2 in roughly 17 years, but you just can't go wrong entering the ring to "Where The Streets Have No Name." From a psych-you-up standpoint, it's the exact opposite of John Ruiz's "Goodnight Saigon" ring entrance.
ÔÇó Do they have any referees in Memphis other than Randy Phillips? And how does that guy find time to officiate so many fights when he has a day job that ought to keep him busy?
ÔÇó Don't miss this week's episode of Ring Theory, when Bill Dettloff and I welcome Doug Fischer as our guest. First he works the broadcast booth with Sugar Ray Leonard and Joe Tessitore, and now he steps up to Dettloff and Raskin. It's the career trajectory every boxing analyst dreams of.
Eric Raskin can be reached at [email protected] You can read his articles each month in THE RING magazine.


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128th military jet makes safe emergency landing
A 128th Air Refueling Wing plane made an emergency landing at Mitchell Field this afternoon.
WISN 12 News was told the KC-135R Stratotanker was having mechanical issues.
VIDEO: Air refueling jet makes emergency landing
There were four crew members on board for a routine training mission when mid-flight, the hydraulics on the boom used for fueling stopped working.
The crew had been flying for about three hours and was over Illinois when the problem developed around 2 p.m. They landed about 40 minutes later.
Officials with the Air National Guard said this is a rare problem, and the crew did what they were supposed to do.
"The air crew is trained and disciplined, and they know how to handle in-flight emergencies. We have simulators, and we have routine functions that make this very doable, very manageable," 128th Air Refueling Wing Col. James Locke said.
Officials aren't sure how long it will take to fix the problem. They said any maintenance issue during a flight is declared an emergency, and that's why the plane was forced to land.
The 128th's fleet is more than 50 years old.
The Air Refueling Wing had four planes make emergency landings in 2013.
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Students are the heart and soul of SOAS and we want to amplify your voices through our many digital platforms.
To that end, SOAS is looking to recruit a student to create and post content on the popular social media platforms WeChat and Weibo.
If you are proficient in both reading and writing Chinese, and you have a passion and talent for blogging, photography and/or video content production – we want to hear from you.
The successful candidate will be creating and publishing content in Chinese, so please only apply if you feel you have the appropriate level of proficiency. The candidate will also be required to answer direct queries from prospective students.
Why become a SOAS Digital Ambassador?
As a SOAS Digital Ambassador, you will get to take an active role in defining and communicating the SOAS voice to the outside world.
You will also receive the following benefits:
- Occasional concert/gig/events tickets – where relevant to the role.
- A range of transferable skills including communication, organisation and time management skills, confidence and the ability to multitask.
- A range of opportunities to meet with like-minded people and develop social and professional networking skills.
- Access to high-profile events both at SOAS and across London/rest of the UK.
- You will gain valuable work experience that will help make your CV stand out.
- References for future employment.
The package
Successful applicants will be contracted for approximately 10 hours per month. Working hours are flexible. Pay is £10.20 per hour.
How to apply
Show off your skills – we want you to produce a 1-2 minute vlog/story (in Chinese) on a topic of your choosing; or write a short commentary piece (in Chinese) to be published on the SOAS Blog*.
- Be creative, it can be about a typical day at SOAS, coverage of an event, vox pops with fellow students on something happening in the media…anything, just be passionate and engaging.
- Send it to email@example.com by 5pm on Friday 7 December to be eligible for the pilot scheme.
*Your submission may be used on SOAS's social media platforms. You will be notified before this takes place.


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Julia Spitz: A wealth of money conflicts
Call Dr. Phil. Our twisted relationship with money needs an intervention.
Oh, we've always been conflicted about wealth.
We love to hate those who have more than we do. But we think our lives would be a lot better if we were Donald Trump.
Paying as little as possible for something garners praise, admiration and envy. But no one wants to be thought of as cheap.
America was built on capitalism. But captains of industry were heartless, soulless so-and-sos.
We like it when the woman who scrubbed floors for 40 years wins the lottery. But we know, in our heart of hearts, the windfall will ruin her life.
Disclosing one's salary is the height of bad manners. But we like to know exactly what pro athletes, Hollywood stars and politicians make, so we can shake our heads and wag our fingers. And wish we made that kind of money, too.
People were desperate during the Great Depression. But they saved their nickels to watch big-budget Busby Berkeley extravaganzas with costumes that cost enough to outfit Omaha.
And they enjoyed watching Huey Long breathing fire on Capitol Hill, throwing verbal grenades at the rich, pushing for redistribution of wealth, and making sure it was redistributed in ways that best met his needs.
If you've never seen Huey Long in the newsreels, just watch TV clips of Washington politicians railing against AIG last week. They did Long proud, though it's unlikely even the eyebrow-raising Kingfish would have joked American International Group execs should do the honorable thing and kill themselves.
Our elected officials screamed slurs and threats as if they'd found themselves in a bar brawl and were sure the other guy was too drunk to throw a punch.
On some sick level, it felt good. Our relationship with money may be nuts, but we're not. The fundamentals of capitalism tell us success, not failure, is rewarded. These bozos at AIG deserve our collective scorn. After all, it's our money being used to bail out these businesses too big to fail. We're extremely dissatisfied with the goods we were sold, so yes, we'd like our money back.
We'd rather use it on a bailout that helps us.
Which raises a problem. We can all agree helping AIG screw-ups isn't helping us, but what exactly would help the we-the-people us? Loans for small businesses? Extension of unemployment benefits? Saving people's homes? Road and infrastructure repair? Money for schools, special ed programs, health care or law enforcement?
Congress is supposed to act on our behalf. It's our elected officials' job to sort out what would most benefit most people.
But we know how that played out.
Same old, same old.
Same Huey Long-like outrage. Same Huey Long-like tradition of appointing friends, relatives and party loyalists to government jobs.
The kind of job we wish we had, where we could make a nice salary without much actual work.
The kind of job that's pretty much like getting a bonus for merely showing up to work at AIG.
Not the kind of jobs most of us actually do have, where pay is tied to performance, and even if you're tops in your field you could get laid off at any time, if you haven't been already.
We know it's wrong when someone else gets money for nothing, but there's something so darned appealing about the concept.
Appealing enough that Bravo is banking on the fact we haven't changed much in 75 years, and can't get enough of watching wealthy folks while we struggle through tough times.
"The Real Housewives of New Jersey," which debuts in May, "follows five of the most affluent Jersey Girls as they live lavish lifestyles and deal with all the drama that money can buy," according to bravotv.com.
Not having money can buy plenty of drama, too. Just not the kind that makes good reality TV.
We want reality we can't possibly attain.
Our train-wreck relationship with money makes us beg Bernie Madoff to take our life savings, even when we should know something's not right, then get irate because he's not breaking rocks in the hot sun.
Our love-hate affair makes us want to grab our torches and storm the homes of AIG officials, while taking great comfort in the fact Wall Street numbers are going up again.
So, Dr. Phil, can you explain our problem in that folksy way? Tell us this dog won't hunt? Help us grasp it would be easier to work through this chapter of America's financial history if we didn't have conflicted feelings every step of the way?
Or is it too late for an intervention anyway?
Julia Spitz can be reached at 508-626-3968 or email@example.com. Check metrowestdailynews.com or milforddailynews.com for the Spitz Bits blog.


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Friday, July 18, 2008
See you at the end of August!
I will be on this island for next four weeks.It should be "The Mediterranean as it once was" holiday, so I think that Internet will be a rarity.Have a wonderful time, my friends!
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Thursday, July 17, 2008
I like these delicate and simple patterns -East German packaging and product design 1949-1989,from Taschen
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Labels: color diary, vintage
Tuesday, July 15, 2008
Pink grapefruit with Rosè wine - just perfect mix if you have to pack your bags and clean the appartment before living for much-needed holiday. Only four days left!
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Saturday, July 12, 2008
Stone grey
According to Vogue, jewellery will be supersized next season and I think these stones would be just perfect,too bad they are so heavy. 1,2 Hussein Chalayan 3 Louis Vuitton 4 Marni
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I was trying to make a heart in my cappuccino this morning...and... there is no doubt...I will need a little practice to became good as Sammy Lin ...have a lovely weekend!
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Video: 2 min recap of Ultra Natural 2013. Check out the full episode here In February, I was in Nelson, British Columbia, Canada, coordinating the post production for Red Bull's Ultra Natural event. We set up a 4 bay post facility in a hotel in Nelson; ingesting, organizing and editing footage from roughly 20 cameras. […]Read More
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Pre-WWDC 2013 Mac Pro Rumor Roundup
There's been surprisingly few detailed rumors about a new Mac Pro compared to Apple's other products. Over the past few years there's been speculation about a Mac Mini Pro or xMac, which is basically a beefy Mac Mini with a user-replaceable GPU and not much else. I would post a link, but there's as many descriptions […]Read More adobe, apple, creative cloud, mac, mac pro, new mac pro, nvidia, Premiere, rumors, wwdc, wwdc 2013
Creative Cloud: A Look at Pricing
One of the things that lured me to Creative Cloud was the initial pricing: $30/mo for one year when upgrading from an existing Creative Suite product. So I jumped on it. My thought at the time, and I still think this, is that so many people will complain about the eventual $50/mo pricing, that Adobe will lower […]Read More adobe, cc, cloud, creative cloud, creative suite, cs, cs6, subscription
Adobe Creative Cloud Pros and Cons
A lot has been made recently of Adobe's announcement that all their software will be switching to Creative Cloud subscriptions, abandoning the software-in-a-box model. Even Hitler has weighed in. I've been using Creative Cloud personally for over 6 months, and most of my clients have made the switch, so I thought I would throw my […]Read More adobe, apple, cc, cloud, creative cloud, cs, cs5.5, cs6, subscription
My Resolve Mac Pro Setup
After seeing Instagram pictures of me grading, a lot of readers have been asking about my personal Resolve setup. Well, I'm in the middle of redesigning my living room so I can put most of my equipment in a closet, out of view. So no pictures. But here is the configuration "on paper" if you […]Read More adobe, after effects, Blackmagic, caldigit, creative cloud, cyberpower, Davinci, euphonix, gtx570, guardian maximus, mac pro, macvidcards, owc, Premiere, resolve


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- Tires - Rear All-Season
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- Transmission w/Driver Selectable Mode
- Transmission: Electronic 6-Speed Automatic w/OD -inc: sportmatic shifting,
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EXCLUSIVE INTERVIEW: Garth Nix on After: Nineteen Stories of Apocalypse and Dystopia
Garth Nix was born in 1963 in Melbourne, Australia. A full-time writer since 2001, he previously worked as a literary agent, marketing consultant, book editor, book publicist, book sales representative, bookseller, and as a part-time soldier in the Australian Army Reserve. Garth's books include the award-winning fantasy novels Sabriel, Lirael and Abhorsen; and the cult favourite YA SF novel Shade's Children. His fantasy novels for children include The Ragwitch; the six books of The Seventh Tower sequence; The Keys to the Kingdom series; and Troubletwisters (co-written with Sean Williams). Garth's most recent book is the science fiction adventure A Confusion of Princes. More than five million copies of his books have been sold around the world, his books have appeared on the bestseller lists of The New York Times, Publishers Weekly, The Guardian and The Australian, and his work has been translated into 39 languages. He lives in a Sydney beach suburb with his wife and two children.
SF Signal had the opportunity to talk with several authors involved in the new anthology, After: Nineteen Stories of Apocalypse and Dystopia, edited by Ellen Datlow and Terri Windling, and featuring stories asking: If the melt-down, flood, plague, the third World War, new Ice Age, Rapture, alien invasion, clamp-down, meteor, or something else entirely hit today, what would tomorrow look like? Some of the biggest names in YA and adult literature answer that very question in this short story anthology, each story exploring the lives of teen protagonists raised in catastrophe's wake—whether set in the days after the change, or decades far in the future.
CHARLES TAN: Hi Garth!! Thanks for agreeing to do the interview. For you, how would you define Dyslit or what are its essential characteristics?
GARTH NIX: I'm not sure I'd even try to define dystopian fiction, I have something of an aversion to trying to define categories too closely, because it leads to evaluating stories or books on how they fit into categories rather than on their own merits. That said, I suppose an essential characteristic would be a setting that is dystopian, i.e. the opposite of a utopia, a world where pretty much everything is terrible or has gone wrong. Of course, to be interesting this has to be a matter of degree. The teaming up with "post-apocalypse" also can create problems, since there are quite a few dystopias that exist right now that haven't required an apocalypse to create them.
CT: What's the appeal of Dyslit for you? Why is it important, especially for YA readers?
GN: The major appeal is that of all SF, the ability to create an imagined world and put a story in it. Working with a post-apocalypse scenario, you also have the opportunity and challenge of exactly what kind of apocalypse you want to use, and the effects it would have, both at the time and later. Young Adult readers are possibly particularly attracted to dystopian fiction because in your teens and early 20s most people do think a lot about their own possible future(s), the future in general, and how preceding generations have made it worse for those who follow. (Later on, there might be more consideration about how previous generations have made it better as well, this is the normal course of adulthood.)
CT: For "You Won't Feel A Thing", what made you decide to revisit your characters from Shade's Children?
GN: I'm not sure why I decided to return to the setting of Shade's Children. The actual idea for the story came to me while I was lying back in an endodontist's chair, having a root canal done. I was thinking about the marvel of feeling no pain, the x-rays, the super-high speed drills, lasers and what-have-you, and how in earlier times the best you could hope for was a bottle of rum and a drummer both deafening your howls and making you insensible with the reverberation next to your ear. All that modern dental technology would disappear post-apocalypse, a dental problem could once again prove lethal. Over the course of the next two hours or so, I worked the story out, so quite possibly the decision to set it in the world of Shade's Children can be put down to the effects of Novocaine and whatever else was keeping me comfortable.
CT: What were the challenges in writing "You Won't Feel A Thing"?
GN: It's very difficult to pinpoint particular challenges in writing stories. They are all difficult, but rarely in similar ways, and I can never remember particular problems afterwards. Usually, if I can think a story through properly (as in the dentist's chair) then I can write it fairly effectively, even if it takes several months and is done in a very stop-start way. My biggest problems come when I think through half a story and start writing it, and then realise I don't know the rest of it. This particular story I had clear in my head, and I wrote the first draft of it in only two or three sessions over a couple of days and then polished it up a few weeks later. Of course, there were some revisions in response to very useful editorial feedback from Ellen and Terri and later the publishers, but nothing extensive in this particular case.
Charles Tan is the editor of Lauriat: A Filipino-Chinese Speculative Fiction Anthology, the Philippine Speculative Fiction Sampler, and Best of Philippine Speculative Fiction 2009. His fiction has appeared in publications such as The Digest of Philippine Genre Stories, Philippine Speculative Fiction and the anthology The Dragon and the Stars (ed. by Derwin Mak and Eric Choi).


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Gibraltar Cultural Services, on behalf of the Ministry for Education, Heritage, Environment, Energy and Climate Change and the Ministry of Culture, the Media, Youth & Sport has today announced the successful applicants for the creation of street art murals as follows:
Fountain Ramp – Eleanor Taylor Dobbs
'A Boat Called Hope' will see a collaboration between the artist and Gibraltarian children, which will explore with empathy the subject of justice and freedom. The inspiration is from the picture book 'A Sailing Boat in the Sky' by Quentin Blake and 'Imagine' by John Lennon.
The Tunnel by Irish Town and Chatham Counterguard – Geraldine Martinez
'Make a Wish' invites the viewer to leave behind the hustle and bustle of modern life and walk into nature's paradise. Part of the murals are in black and white representing pollution and then you walk into a kaleidoscope of colour. The child (in a style not dissimilar to Banksy) transforms the mural into colour, but at the same time, invites the passer-by to make a wish.
The Tunnel leading to the Alameda Gardens – Paul Bush
The work is inspired by his nostalgic sense of childhood wonder that is attached to the Botanical Gardens. The mural will encourage the viewer to engage with their imagination and curiosity, becoming an explorer, alike to that featured in the artwork. The composition reinterprets the landscape and the wildlife, with murals presented as a day and night scene.
The murals were selected from a number of entries by a panel including representatives of both ministries as well as Town Planning and the Gibraltar Heritage Trust. This street art initiative forms part of HM Government of Gibraltar urban regeneration and cultural development programmes. The art projects and creation of street murals will commence shortly.