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|Bolt Action Chindit conversions
It has been a slow start to 2014 too many projects and too little time.
Flames of War still dominates my WiP table. Mostly western front with British and Polish tank companies nearly ready to roll into battle while an American Armored rifle company it nearly half way done. I had hoped to do two American Ardenne forces in the form of the engineers and rifle companies to do battle against my Volksgrenadiers but like the winter it has not materialized yet.
Next up is Bolt Action the chindits are getting reinforced with some specialists and conversions mostly because I like their background. Their opponents, the Japanese, are also getting reinforcements from brigade game. Mostly odd ball stuff like mules, baggage handlers and possibly an elephant. The Nisei are also ticking along with some more specialists.
40K is in third place mostly because X Wing does not need any painting or converting :) There is a couple of options for armies but mostly they go on to the paint table sit there for a while then get replaced with something else. I plan to sign up for GW local monthly 1000 points 40k events to re stoke the fire for the system. I like most of the models, the background and more importantly the players. But the mechanics (compared to Bolt Action) are not great and more importantly the company culture is not something I want to support.
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|I think this was my only Gamesworkshop purchase of 2013. Keen eyed people will note the green stuff on the model to cover some air bubbles in the failedcast.
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The group is calling for volunteers and new members to help organise a campaign to seek compensation through the courts or the Financial Ombudsman Service.
Founder Paul Weir says hundreds of Equitable late joiners have received proper compensation and believes that thousands of "late contributors" could be entitled to the same. He says even if a policy pre-dates the September 1998 cut-off, a valid claim is likely on the basis of "fraudulent misrepresentation" if a big contribution was made with advice from an Equitable salesperson. This is based on the legal opinion of George Bompas, QC.
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Grove - Rotary Angle Sensor
The rotary angle sensor produces analog output between 0 and Vcc (5V DC with www.simgin-chip.com) on its D1 connector. The D2 connector is not used. The angular range is 300 degrees with a linear change in value. The resistance value is 10k ohms, perfect for Arduino use. This may also be known as a "potentiometer ".
There is another production - Grove - Rotary Angle Sensor(P). What does "P" mean? "P" is for "panel mount" in this product.It is the sister version of Grove - Rotary Angle Sensor. They are identical except the Grove connecter is moved to the back so that you can easily use it as a neat and wire-free human interface device.
Grove Interface Easy to Use Grove Base Module Specification
Item Min Typical Max Unit Voltage 4.75 5.0 5.25 VDC Rotary Angle 0 ~ 300 Deg Dimension 19x19x30.1 mm Usage
With Arduino The following sketch demonstrates a simple application of using the rotary angle sensor to control the brightness of the LED. The degrees of Rotary Angle Sensor is 0~300 degrees, we should be converted to the corresponding voltage value in demo code for controlling the brightness of the LED. As the picture on the below indicates, the Rotary Angle Sensor sensor is connected to Analog port A0 of the Grove - Basic Shield and the LED is connected to digital port 2.
Copy and paste code below to a new Arduino sketch.
/*macro definitions of Rotary angle sensor and LED pin*/
- define ROTARY_ANGLE_SENSOR A0
- define LED 2//the Grove - LED is connected to D3 of Arduino
- define ADC_REF 5//reference voltage of ADC is 5v.If the Vcc switch on the www.simgin-chip.com
//board switches to 3V3, the ADC_REF should be 3.3
- define GROVE_VCC 5//VCC of the grove interface is normally 5v
- define FULL_ANGLE 300//full value of the rotary angle is 300 degrees
void setup() { Serial.begin(9600); pinsInit(); }
void loop() { int degrees; degrees = getDegree(); Serial.println("The angle between the mark and the starting position:"); Serial.println(degrees);
int brightness; /*The degrees is 0~300, should be converted to be 0~255 to control the*/ /*brightness of LED */ brightness = map(degrees, 0, FULL_ANGLE, 0, 255); controlBrightness(brightness);
delay(500); } void pinsInit() { pinMode(ROTARY_ANGLE_SENSOR, INPUT); pinMode(LED,OUTPUT); }
/*PWM control brightness */ /*If brightness is 0,the LED is off. */ /*The Greater the brightness, the brighter the LED.*/ /*The range of brightness is 0~255 */ void controlBrightness(int brightness) { analogWrite(LED,brightness); } /************************************************************************/ /*Function: Get the angle between the mark and the starting position */ /*Parameter:-void */ /*Return: -int,the range of degrees is 0~300 */ int getDegree() { int sensor_value = analogRead(ROTARY_ANGLE_SENSOR); float voltage; voltage = (float)sensor_value*ADC_REF/1023; float degrees = (voltage*FULL_ANGLE)/GROVE_VCC; return degrees; } Upload the code, please click here if you do not know how to upload. Then you can control the LED by rotating the sensor. Have a try! With TI LaunchPad Reading the Potentiometer (Rotary Angle Sensor) This example shows how to read the analog output coming from the Grove potentiometer module. We will be combining a few Grove modules in this example! By turning the potentiometer knob, we will display the analog reading value on the Grove 4-digital display.
Rotary Angle Sensor Demonstrates analog input by reading an analog sensor on J16 of the Grove Base BoosterPack. The speed of the red LED on the LaunchPad will change depending on the position of the potentiometer knob. This example will also display the analog reading value on the Grove 4-digital display. The circuit: * Potentiometer attached to pin 24 (J6 on Grove Base BoosterPack) * center pin of the potentiometer to the analog pin * one side pin (either one) to ground * the other side pin to VCC (3.3V) * Note: Because of unstable of the voltage, the value of the rotary angle sensor varies slightly from run to run even you don't touch it. Created by Oliver Wang This example code is in the public domain. http://www.simgin-chip.com/wiki/GROVE_-_Starter_Kit_v1.1b#Grove_-_Rotary_Angle_Sensor */
- include "TM1637.h"
/* Macro Define */
- define CLK 39 /* 4-digital display clock pin */
- define DIO 38 /* 4-digital display data pin */
- define ROTARY_ANGLE_P 24 /* pin of rotary angle sensor */
/* Global Variables */ TM1637 tm1637(CLK, DIO); /* 4-digital display object */ int analog_value = 0; /* variable to store the value coming from rotary angle sensor */
int8_t bits[4] = {0}; /* array to store the single bits of the value */
/* the setup() method runs once, when the sketch starts */ void setup() {
/* Initialize 4-digital display */ tm1637.init(); tm1637.set(BRIGHT_TYPICAL);
/* the loop() method runs over and over again */ void loop() {
analog_value = analogRead(ROTARY_ANGLE_P); /* read the value from the sensor */ memset(bits, 0, 4); /* reset array when we use it */ for(int i = 3; i >= 0; i--) { /* get single bits of the analog value */ bits[i] = analog_value % 10; analog_value = analog_value / 10; tm1637.display(i, bits[i]); /* display by 4-digital display */ } delay(100);
With Raspberry Pi This example uses ADC channel 0 to get the value of the rotary angle.Then gives PWM output to change brightness of LED.
- GrovePi + Grove Rotary Angle Sensor (Potentiometer) + Grove LED
import time import grovepi
- Connect the Grove Rotary Angle Sensor to analog port A0
potentiometer = 0
- Connect the LED to digital port D5
led = 5
grovepi.pinMode(potentiometer,"INPUT") grovepi.pinMode(led,"OUTPUT") time.sleep(1)
- Reference voltage of ADC is 5v
adc_ref = 5
- Vcc of the grove interface is normally 5v
grove_vcc = 5
- Full value of the rotary angle is 300 degrees, as per it's specs (0 to 300)
full_angle = 300
while True:
try: # Read sensor value from potentiometer sensor_value = grovepi.analogRead(potentiometer)
# Calculate voltage voltage = round((float)(sensor_value) * adc_ref / 1023, 2)
# Calculate rotation in degrees (0 to 300) degrees = round((voltage * full_angle) / grove_vcc, 2)
# Calculate LED brightess (0 to 255) from degrees (0 to 300) brightness = int(degrees / full_angle * 255)
# Give PWM output to LED grovepi.analogWrite(led,brightness)
print "sensor_value =", sensor_value, " voltage =", voltage, " degrees =", degrees, " brightness =", brightness
except IOError: print "Error"
Run the program Find the path to the file(According to your own path)
cd GrovePi/Software/Python/
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Chanticlair Golf Course, Colchester CT, Colchester Senior Center, Dining, food, golf, nature, outdoors, Papa Z's restaurant, Photography, restaurants, St Andrew's Church
What a great evening. Close to 100 guests attended a superb buffet at the St. Andrew's Church Parish Hall here in Colchester. A number of the attendees walked away as winners of some great tea cup raffle baskets, received awards for a variety of successes on the Chanticlair Golf Course and were absolutely blown away by the results of Luke Hajdasz's fund raising efforts to benefit the Colchester Senior Center over the past 3 years. The exact dollar amount eludes me but it was announced last night that it exceeded $14,000. This young man, with awesome Hajdasz family's support came up with this idea, created the game plan, solicited donations, worked diligently with the Senior Center staff and of course the management at Chanticlair. His goal was to reach $10,000. Well done Luke!! The image with Becky holding her "smart phone" with Luke and Patty Watts (Director of Senior Services) looking on are seeing for the first time the results of his labors.
The generously donated tea cup raffle baskets were amazing, lots of golf related items, a football signed by Patriots player J Edelman, sporting event tickets, restaurants, spa treatments and many, many more. I will add that there were several very, very lucky attendees. You know who you are 🙂
The buffet was prepared by Papa Z's restaurant including salads, crusty bread and butter, pasta creations, (the alfredo chicken was my favorite) and slices of pizza. A number of people went back for seconds. Dessert was a huge cake decorated with a golf theme of course accompanied by a fizzy pink punch.
There were many workers behind the scenes throughout this 2 day event ranging from checking in the golfers as they arrived to setting up and cleaning up at the Parish Hall and a multitude of tasks in between. Thank you to all of these committed ladies and gentlemen.
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ETRUSCAN POTTERY.--Parallel with the development of the art of pottery in Greece runs the course of the art in. Etruria, though with far inferior results; in its later stages it is actually r10 more than a feeble imitation of the Greek. The period of time which we must consider extends from the Bronze age (moo B.C. or earlier) down to the 3rd century B.c., when Etrus- can civilization was merged into Roman. The earliest civil- ization traced in Italy is not, strictly speaking, Etruscan, but may perhaps be more accurately styled "Umbrian." It is usually referred to as the " Terramare " period from the remains discovered in that district in the basin of the Po. These people were lake-dwellers, barely removed from the Neolithic stage of culture, and their pottery was of the rudest kind, hand-made and roughly baked. Cups and pots have been found sometimes with simple decoration in the form of knobs or bosses, and many have a crescent-shaped handle serving as a support for the thumb. The next period, the earliest which- can be spoken of as " Etruscan," is known as the " Villanova " period, from a site of that name near Bologna, or as the period of pit-tombs (a pozzo), from the form of the graves in which the pottery has been found (see VILLANOVA). It begins with the 9th century B.c. and lasts for about two hundred years. The pit-tombs usually contain large cinerary urns or ossuaria (containing the ashes of the dead), fashioned by hand from a badly-levigated volcanic clay known as impasto Italico. These vessels were irregularly baked in an open fire, and the colour of the surface varies from red-brown to greyish black. They appear to have been covered with a polished slip, intended to give the vases a metallic appearance. The shape of the urns is peculiar, but uniform; they have a small handle at the widest part and a cover in the form of an inverted bowl with handle (Plate III. fig. 63). Their ornamentation consists of incised or stamped geometrical ornaments formed in the moist clay in bands round the neck and body; more rarely patterns painted in white are found. Common pottery is also found showing little advance on that of the Terramare period except in variety of decoration. The technique and ornament are the same as in the case of the urns. They correspond in development, though not in date, to the early pottery of Troy and Cyprus, as well as to the primitive pottery of other races, but one marked differenceis the general fondness of the Italian potter for vases with handles. Sometimes the cinerary urns take the form of huts (tuguria), though these are more often found in the neighbourhood of Rome. One of the best examples is in the British Museum; it still contains ashes which were inserted through a little door secured by a cord passing through rings. The ornamentation suggests the rude carpentry of a primitive hut, the cover or roof being vaulted with raised ridges to represent the beams. The surface is polished, and other specimens are occasionally painted with patterns in white. In the next stage a change is seen in the form of the tombs, the pit being replaced by a trench; this is accordingly known as the " trench-tomb " or a fossa period, and extends from the 8th century B.C. to the beginning of the 6th. Importations of Greek pottery now first make their appearance. The character of the local pottery actually remains for some time the same as that of the preceding period, but it improves in technique. By degrees an improvement in the forms is also noted, and new varieties of ornamentation are introduced; there is, however, no evidence that the wheel was used. Two entirely new classes of pottery are found at Cervetri (Caere) belonging to the 7th century. One consists of large jars (@rtam) of red ware, the lower part being moulded in ribs, while the upper has bands of design stamped round it in groups or friezes. These designs were either produced from single stamps or rolled out from cylinders like those used in Babylonia. The subjects are usually quasi-oriental in character, and it is not certain that this ware was made in Etruria, especially as similar vases have been found in Rhodes and Sicily; either it was imported, or it was a local imitation of Greek models. The other class is similar as regards the shapes and the nature of the clay, but is distinguished by having painted subjects in white outlines on a red glossy ground. The clay, a kind of impasto Italico, was first hardened by baking, and then a mixture of wax, resin and iron oxide was applied and polished; on this the pigments, a mixture of chalk and earth, were laid. The subjects are from Greek mythology or are at least Greek in character, but the technique is purely Etruscan, and the drawing is crude and un-Greek in the extreme. The fourth period shows a close continuity with the third; but the difference is defined firstly by the appearance of a new type of tomb in the form of a chamber (a camera), secondly, by the all-pervading influence of oriental art, and to a less extent of that of the Greeks_ The period extends from about 65o to 550 B.C., and is further marked by the general introduction of the wheel into Etruria arid by the appearance of inscriptions in an alphabet derived from western Greece. In the earlier tombs the typical local pottery is of hand-made impasto Italico resembling that of the previous periods; in the later we find what is known'as bucchero ware—the national pottery of Etruria—which is made on the wheel and baked in a furnace, and shows a marked tendency to imitate metal. To this period also belongs the famous Polledrara tomb or Grotto d'Iside at Vulci, the contents of which are now in the British Museum and include some remarkable specimens of pottery. It dates from about 62o–610 B.C. The most remarkable of the vases is a hydria, of reddish-brown clay covered with a lustrous black slip on which have been painted designs in red, blue and a yellowish white. The colours have unfortunately now almost disappeared, and it is doubtful if they had been fired. The principal subject is from the story of Theseus and Ariadne. This tomb also contained a large wheel-made pithos of red impasto ware with designs painted in polychrome. In the Regulini-Galassi tomb at Cervetri (about65oB.c.) large cauldrons of red glossy ware were found, with gryphons' heads projecting all round, to which chains were attached. A similar cauldron from Falerii on a high open-work stand is now in the British Museum. We now come to the bucchero ware, which is characteristic of the later portion of this period, though the earliest examples go back to the end of the 7th century. Its main feature is the black paste of which it is composed, covered with a more or less shining black slip. Modern experiments seem to indicate that the clay was smoked or fumigated in a closed chamber after baking, becoming thereby blackened throughout, and the surface was then polished with wax and resin. Analyses of the ware have proved that it contains carbon and that it had been lightly fired. The oldest bucchero vases are small and hand-made, sometimes with incised geometrical patterns engraved with a sharp tool like metal-work. Oriental influence then appears in a series of chalice-shaped cups found at Cervetri with friezes of animals. From about 56o B.C. onwards the vases are all wheel-made, with ornaments in relief either stamped from a cylinder or composed of separate medallions attached to the vase. The subjects range from animals or monsters to winged deities or suppliants making offerings (fig. 34); in other cases we find meaningless groups of figures or plant forms. These types are found chiefly in southern Etruria, but at Chiusi (Clusium) a more elaborate variety found favour from about 500 to 300 B.C. The shapes are very varied and the ornament covers the vase from top to bottom, the covers of the vases being also frequently modelled in various forms. The figures are stamped from moulds, incised designs being added to fill up the spaces. The range of subjects is much widened, including scenes from Greek mythology and oriental types combining Egyptian and Assyrian motives, which must have been introduced by the Phoenicians. Thus the technique of the bucchero wares is purely native, but the decoration is entirely dependent on foreign types whether Greek or oriental, and throughout the whole series the tendency to imitate metal-work is to be observed in every detail, both in the forms and in the methods of decoration. Some are mere counterparts of existing work in bronze. The last variety of peculiarly Etruscan pottery which calls for notice is the Canopic jar, so called from its resemblance to the Kavwaoi in which the Egyptians placed the bowels of their mummies. They are rude representations of the human figure, the head forming the cover, and in the tombs were placed on round chairs of wood, bronze or terra-cotta. An example of such a jar on a bronze-plated chair may be seen in the Etruscan Room of the British Museum (Plate III. fig. 65). Their origin has been traced to the funeral masks found in the earliest Etruscan tombs. From these a gradual transition may be observed from the mask (r) placed on the corpse, (2)on the cinerary urn, (3) the head modelled in the round and combined with the vase, and (4) at last the complete human figure. The earliest of these jars are found in,the " pit-tombs " of the 8th century B.c., and the latest and most developed types belong to the 5th century B.C. The skill shown by the Etruscans in metal-work and gem-engraving never extended to their pottery, which is always purely imitative, especially when they attempted painted vases after the Greek fashion. The kinds already described are all more or less plastic in character and imitative of metal, except in the case of the Cervetri and Polledrara finds, which have little in common with anything Greek, and exhibit a quite undeveloped art. But towards the end of the 6th century B.C., when Greek vases were coming into the country in large numbers, attempts were made to imitate the black-figure style, especially of a particular class of Ionian vases. Imitations of these are to be found in most museums and may be readily recognized as Etruscan from peculiarities of style, drawing and subject, as well as their inferior technique (fig. 35). of Alcestis and Admetus, with Etruscan inscriptions. At a later date (4th-3rd century B.C.) they began to copy red-figured vases with similarly unsuccessful results. With the exception of a small class of a somewhat ambitious character made at Falerii (Civita Castellana), of which there is a good example in the British Museum with the subject of the infant Heracles strangling the serpents, they are all marked by their inferior material and finish and their bizarre decoration. The style is often repulsive and disagreeable, as well as ineffective, and the grim Etruscan deities, such as Charun, are generally introduced. Some of these vases have painted inscriptions in the Etruscan alphabet. The latest specimens positively degenerate into barbarism. Painted vases of native manufacture are also found in the extreme south of Italy and have been attributed to the indigenous races of the Peucetians and Messapians; their decoration is partly geometrical, partly in conventional plant forms, and is the result of natural development rather than of imitation of Greek types. Some of the shapes are characteristic, especially a large four-handled krater. They cover the period 600–450 B.C., after which they were ousted by the Graeco-Italian productions we have already described.End of Article: ETRUSCAN POTTERY
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by Chiara Manghetti, Italy, ELP 2015
Written on July 28, 2015.
In the marketing world children's "pester power," the power that children have on parents to determine certain choices, is well known and used to address consumer choice. Just watch the advertisements on TV and you will realize that the main target of most products like breakfast cereals, snacks, clothes and schools supplies are children, not adults. Consumer research has reveled some time ago that kids have significant influence over decisions about products that they will primarily be using (Mangleburg, 1990).
But not only the marketing industry is using kids' power to influence their families' choices. Environmental educators are often targeting children, especially through school projects aiming to change environmental behaviors in adults. But are we really sure that this strategy works?
In the last years, different researchers have tried to answer to this question. While it has been proven by different researchers that parents' knowledge of a certain environmental issue increases when their children are participating in environmental education projects (for example: Rakotomanonjy et al., 2015), it is difficult to find empirical evidence to substantiate that the children will also influence their parent's behavior. Studies like "Impact of an environmental education program on students' and parents' attitudes, motivation, and behaviors" (Legault et al., 2000.) conclude that environmental education programs in schools do not have any impact on students' parents' behaviors. Moreover, school programs that deliberately extend action from kids to parents (for example one involving kids as "green police" and asking children to "punish" parents that do not comply certain environmental behaviors) have instead caused some adults to become defensive by creating an oppositional relationship. We all know that shame rarely motivates and leads to behavioral changes.
So as environmental leaders, should we give up the plan to change people's behavior through environmental education programs? As an environmental educator, I would never say that. I truly believe in the power of education, both short term and long term. But I definitely think that as leaders we should be less naive about the power of education programs targeting schoolchildren and be more skilled on defining an environmental education strategy to target our audiences. In my opinion, if we really want to change families' environmental behaviors, we should involve families directly in our programs, encouraging dialogue and building skills. An idea would be to have parents participating actively in locally restoring actions with their kids and local community, or simply having parents as helpers during programs in the field.
Legault, Louise; Pelletier, Luc G.Canadian "Impact of an environmental education program on students' and parents' attitudes, motivation, and behaviors." Journal of Behavioural Science/Revue canadienne des sciences du comportement, Vol 32(4), Oct 2000, 243-250.
Mangleburg, T. "Children's Influence in Purchase Decisions: A Review and Critique". Advances in Consumer Research 17 (1990): 813-825.
Rakotomamonjy, S. N., Jones, J. P. G., Razafimanahaka, J. H., Ramamonjisoa, B. and Williams, S. J. (2015), "The effects of environmental education on children's and parents' knowledge and attitudes towards lemurs in rural Madagascar". Animal Conservation, 18: 157–166. doi: 10.1111/acv.12153


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Welcome to Show & Tell, a new feature designed to inspire me to share more of my little creations and things I've stumbled upon.
I made a trivet out of scrap fabric yarn last week - whether I'll actually use it for putting underneath hot pans, or just hang it on the back of my kitchen door to brighten up the room, remains to be seen! I picked up the cup and saucer in a charity shop near my parents - lured in by the gorgeous colour and the pattern - it's so obviously stocking stitch and as a knitter, I wasn't about to pass that up!
Perfect for drinking hot chocolate and marshmallows out of, on cold winter's nights, which I cannot wait for. I'm not cut out for the hot summer weather we've been having. I'm looking forward to Autumn and blankets and hot water bottles.


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Career highlight: Bronze medalist – London 2012 Olympic Games
Bulgarian Tervel Pulev is a stellar competitor on the international stage who has proved time and again that he belongs in the upper echelons of Heavyweight boxing.
The younger brother of undefeated professional and former European Heavyweight champion Kubrat Pulev, has twice been a silver medallist at the European Boxing Championships, in Moscow 2010 and a year later in Ankara 2011. The defining point in his career came on the biggest stage of all when he won the bronze medal at the 2012 Olympic Games in London.
In the ring, Pulev can box and scrap, fighting on the inside at close range as well as he can behind a strong probing jab. He likes to come forward, digging in his shots and throwing hard right hands to the head and crunching left hooks to the body. His punches are as hurtful as they are quick.
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text: Psalm 24 states, "The earth is the LORD's, and all it contains." God asks us to honor His creation. Sadly our community often fails short. Picking up trash in a park is a visible way to serve Christ and one that can be done by mobile people all ages. Remember to supply gloves and trash bags and monitor what children pick up.


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Marsilea Hirsuta is well suited to create a low and dense, green cover in the foreground of the aquarium. This plant is only a few centimeters tall, it grows slowly and it is easy to keep, also for the beginner since Marsilea hirsuta thrives even at very low light.
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Campus Identity Politics: Useful Critique or Repressive Regime?
Learning from James Baldwin and Andrew Sullivan on the uses and abuses of identity politics.
James Baldwin's The Fire Next Time, my favorite piece of nonfiction, is essentially the story of a dinner that Baldwin has with Elijah Muhammad in the 1960s. Baldwin accepts the invitation because the corrosiveness of white racism had boiled his blood to the point where he understood Elijah Muhammad's black rage.
But once he was actually at the dinner, listening to Nation of Islam leaders talk in a serious manner about white devils and black separatism, he began to have other ideas. While he understood the anger at the root of this worldview, and the necessity of no-holds-barred criticism of white racism, he didn't want to live in Elijah Muhammad's world. In fact, he considered it downright frightening.
The challenge might be summed up like this: "Don't be so quick to overthrow the Shah, you could wind up with the Ayatollah."
The Fire Next Time helped me understand the difference between a critique and a regime. When a worldview functions as a critique, the best way to approach it is to wonder what it illuminates about the world. But when a worldview functions as a regime - when it becomes the world – it has to answer questions at a higher standard: Does this regime provide benefits to the widest possible number of people? Does it offer reasonable protections to those who would be at its margins? If you were behind a 'veil of ignorance', not knowing your identity before you entered the world, would you choose to live in it? Is this a better order compared to other orders we can imagine? Do you trust the people who propose to run this world?
That last question I think is especially relevant in the James Baldwin/Elijah Muhammad case. My reading of The Fire Next Time is that Baldwin found usefulness in Elijah Muhammad as critic, but did not want to live under Elijah Muhammad as King.
This brings me to Andrew Sullivan's incisive piece in New York Magazine. Sullivan is basically saying that campus identity politics, once a useful critique for bright young minds to consider, now threatens to become a repressive regime. Like Baldwin, Sullivan understands the anger behind identity politics – a response to what he calls the "psychological hazing from the bully-in-chief" – but he does not want to live under its rule.
The alarm that Andrew Sullivan is sounding makes me think that he is playing James Baldwin to the Elijah Muhammad of campus identity politics
I found Sullivan's piece especially useful in the manner it clearly states the terms on which a liberal democratic order functions and how those contrast with the terms that identity politics proposes. Here are two examples of the contrasts Sullivan draws:
- "Liberals welcome dissent because it's our surest way to avoid error. Cultural Marxists fear dissent because they believe it can do harm to other people's feelings and help sustain identity-based power structures."
- "The Enlightenment principles that formed the bedrock of the American experiment – untrammeled free speech, due process, individual (rather than group) rights – are now routinely understood as mere masks for 'white male' power, code words for the oppression of women and nonwhites."
For me, Sullivan's piece raises several sets of questions.
One, does Sullivan adequately grapple with how the liberal democratic order has not only failed but intentionally violated several identity groups – blacks, women, gays, immigrants, Muslims, Native Americans, etc – to the point where many members of these groups live in profound fear and/or deplorable conditions? Is such an order really a success? Is it really worth the effort to save?
Two, is the manner in which Sullivan contrasts the liberal democratic order and the identity politics worldview accurate, or is he exaggerating to the point of misrepresenting a paradigm that he dislikes?
And three, is Sullivan right about the possibility of campus identity politics becoming a regime? To illustrate, Sullivan writes: "If (campus) elites believe that the core truth of our society is a system of interlocking and oppressive power structures based around immutable characteristics like race or sex or sexual orientation, then sooner rather than later, this will be reflected in our culture at large."
For me, at least, it is instructive to remember that Baldwin closes The Fire Next Time by calling not for outright revolution but for a deep and loving reform of the existing order:
"If we – and now I mean the relatively conscious whites and the relatively conscious blacks, who must, like lovers, insist on, or create, the consciousness of the others – do not falter in our duty now, we may be able, handful that we are, to end the racial nightmare, and achieve our country, and change the history of the world."
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Where To Start With... Terry Gilliam
Beginning his career as the man behind the unique, wacky animations featured in Monty Python's Flying Circus, American-born Brit Terry Gilliam has, over the last 35 years, directed some of the most unique, imaginative and visually stunning films ever produced. His work has been a huge influence on many prolific directors including Tim Burton, Darren Aronofsky, Luc Besson and Quentin Tarantino, with many describing him as a 'visionary', but despite this his work does still polarise opinion in some quarters. Zack Snyder has been among the most recent to have a pop at Gilliam, defending his much-maligned screen adaptation of Alan Moore's graphic novel The Watchmen by saying he had saved the project from "the Terry Gilliams of this world" (Gilliam was originally slated to direct the movie).
Oddly, it is often the same elements of his filmmaking that draw both criticism and praise - the gothic look and feel, the one-man-against-the-world storylines, the dystopian, futuristic settings – but regardless of whether or not you're a fan of his films, his knack of projecting his vivid imagination onto the big screen is virtually undeniable.
So it is with his latest film, The Zero Theorem. Originally set to star Billy Bob Thornton (who reportedly walked away from the project due to his 'fear of antiques'), instead the lead role of Qohen Leth is filled by Christoph Waltz and, in our opinion, the film is a much better one for it.
Set, predictably, in a dystopian future, Leth is a gifted yet troubled data processor – or 'number cruncher' as he is referred to in the film – working blindly to provide technical requirements for projects whose purpose he often has no knowledge of, or interest in. The commute to his place of work and a punishing production schedule have taken their toll on Leth, who believes he is dying. When his doctors refuse to sign him off sick, he engineers a meeting with the man in charge, referred to only as 'The Management' (Matt Damon), who decides that Leth is the ideal candidate to work on a mysterious project to prove an equation known as the Zero Theorem.
Leth soon comes to the conclusion that the task is impossible and tries to quit, but management sends a series of messengers and distractions in an attempt to persuade him to continue, including a prostitute (Mélanie Thierry), a supervisor (David Thewlis) and even his own son, Bob (Lucas Hedges), who is a bit of a computer genius in his own right.
Let's not beat about the bush here; The Zero Theorem is a pretty odd film and it perhaps won't be to everyone's tastes, but if you're a fan of Gilliam's work, enjoy the gothic cinematography employed by directors like Tim Burton or even if you're just a fan of sci-fi films in general, you'll find plenty to enjoy about Gilliam's latest movie. Waltz in particular is brilliant as the unhinged Leth and the film is as visually beautiful as you would expect.
Over the course of his career Gilliam has directed enough influential, visionary films that, really, he deserves to be considered in the same bracket as people like Stanley Kubrick, but he's often seen as being a bit too niche for some.
In an attempt to put that right, we've picked out five of his best films as an introduction to his work for the uninitiated. Strap yourselves in, it's going to get a bit weird…
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Time Bandits
After co-directing Monty Python and the Holy Grail with fellow Python member Terry Jones and having made his first solo feature in Jaberwocky, Time Bandits is the first film in Gilliam's 'Trilogy of Imagination' and stars Python members John Cleese and Michael Palin, along with Sean Connery. The story follows the adventures of Kevin, an 11-year-old boy who discovers a portal to another dimension in his bedroom when a horse-mounted knight comes charging out of his wardrobe. When a group of dwarves also spills out into his room the very next evening having stolen a map, Kevin is caught up in helping them escape from a floating head knows as The Supreme Being and finds himself on a strange adventure in which they use the map to navigate to different points in space-time, meeting everyone from Robin Hood to Napoleon. Imagine the books of C.S. Lewis crossed with the madcap Python-esque sense of humour and you're in the ballpark.
Although it rarely receives the credit it deserves, Brazil is, along with Blade Runner, one of the most influential films in the science-fiction genre. The second film in Gilliam's 'imagination' triptych, if Time Bandits was a child's view of the world, Brazil is shot very much through the eyes of an adult. Jonathan Pryce stars as Sam Lowry, a low-level government employee who harbours frequent dreams about saving a woman in distress. When a misprint caused by a fly getting jammed in a printer leads to the execution of the wrong man instead of a suspected terrorist, Lowry visits his widow and is shocked to discover that she is the same woman that appears in his dreams. Lowry becomes obsessed with trying to find out who the woman is and why she is embedded in his subconscious, transferring to the 'information retrieval' department in order to access her records, only to be discovered and put on trial for treason for abusing his new position. Featuring an impressive cast list that includes Robert De Niro, Bob Hoskins, Michael Palin and Katherine Helmond, Brazil has become something of a cult classic among sci-fi fans and its Orwellian vision of the future would become a recurring them in Gilliam's output.
Twelve Monkeys
Released in 1995, Twelve Monkeys stars Bruce Willis as a convict named James Cole who is sent back in time by the authorities in order to try and discover the origins of a mysterious plague that has all but wiped out humanity. Knowing only that the virus is man-made, Cole is tasked with discovering who is behind the shadowy organisation known as the Army of the Twelve Monkeys. However, instead of being sent to 1996 as intended, he ends up in 1990, where he is arrested and locked up in a psychiatric hospital. There he meets Jeffrey Goines (Brad Pitt), the mentally unstable son of a genius scientist who specialises in viruses, and suspects he may be able to lead him to the information he needs. A dark, taut thriller, the film won Brad Pitt his first Oscar nomination for Best Supporting Actor, as well as a win at the Golden Globes. It's one of Gilliam's best moments.
Fear and Loathing in Las Vegas
Based on the book by Hunter S. Thompson and featuring the writer himself as its protagonist (played brilliantly by Johnny Depp), Fear and Loathing… recounts an expedition to Nevada, ostensibly to cover a desert race, only to see Thompson and his friend / lawyer Dr. Gonzo (Benicio del Toro) treat the entire trip as a massive, drug-fuelled bender. Depraved, surreal and very, very funny, it's a film that sees Depp turn in one of his best performances as the unhinged journalist and it's a testament to Gilliam's vivid imagination and his ability to bring his often nightmarish visions to life on the big screen.
The Imaginarium of Doctor Parnassus
Possibly the most bizarre film on this list – and that's going some – The Imaginarium of Doctor Parnassus features the final appearance of the late Heath Ledger, who died while the film was being shot. As a result, the film is a bit of a hotch-potch, but its concept is still an intriguing one and perhaps the most 'Gilliam-esque' film he has produced to date. Also starring Christopher Plummer, Lily Cole and Andrew Garfield, the plot centres on a wisened old man who heads a troupe of oddballs with their circus sideshow attraction, the Imaginarium, in which customers enter an imaginary world controlled by the doctor's mind 'where their dreams come true'. However, this being a Terry Gilliam film, all is not as it's cracked up to be and those using the Imaginarium get a lot more than they bargained for. Full of weird occult symbolism and accompanied by an equally bizarre storyline, it's not the most accessible of Gilliam's films, but it does reward those who have the patience to stick with it.


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Although many of us live in an area we are not indigenous to, it does not mean we should not be aware of the history of the area we live in. A clear understanding of what was there and how it became what it is now, is the best way for us to be able to make smart development decisions for the future. Was the area a forest, prairie, desert or swamp? Who were its past inhabitants: Indians, bears or wolves?
Between 40 and 45 percent of American adults make a New Year's resolution. And on average less than half of those people maintain that resolution after the first 6 months; but this year is different. This year your New Year's resolution must start with discipline and persistence. When you fail at your New Year's resolution, it is usually because of a lack of discipline, or self-control, and, therefore, the inability to persist with the resolution.
We know we can go to the grocery store or department store and pick up a frozen pizza and blue jeans, respectively. And now days we can walk into Walmart and purchase both of these items. But do you really know where all these products come from and what is really in them?
Now, you may look on the tag of those jeans and see that they are made in Thailand, China or India; or that your pizza was made in Chicago or Detroit. There is still this disconnection between us and our daily lives and our products and food, which needs to be mended.
So my previous blog was about gifts to buy for friends and loved ones, but what about your gift list, or wish list. This holiday season, don't just buy eco-friendly gifts, but get others to buy eco-friendly gifts as well. If we want change to occur then there is no better place to start than with us - the consumer.
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It seems that politicians, the people we claim represent us, are far to eager to give speeches, gallantly proclaiming their beliefs and making promises. Although these politicians and their speeches at first sound like music to your ears, it soon turns into annoying relentless chatter. Politicians' beliefs and promises quickly turn into lies and broken promises.
We all have traditions when it comes to celebrating the 4th of July. Unfortunately many of them may not be the healthiest, especially when it comes to the food and sedentary activities. Here are 8 tips on making your 4th a healthier and happier one.
1. Make a fruit salad in place of a sugary dessert for your cookout
There always seems to be such a debate on whether to use cloth or disposable diapers between parents or soon-to-be-parents. I just recently read an article that once again brought up the issue of cloth versus disposable; and the author said he did not know whether he and his wife could brave cloth diapers. I do not understand how cloth diapers got such a terrible reputation for being so difficult. I have been using them for 7 months with my daughter and find them to be very user friendly.
How important is it to have more "green" in our cities? And by "green" I mean grass, trees and various other plants. Having proper vegetation in any area including a city is important because it influences temperature, air quality and runoff water. Vegetation located in a few city parks or planted between sidewalks and streets are not sufficient and not just because of inadequate quantity but also because of location.
Most of us at some point and time have heard the saying, "every day is a clean slate." Unfortunately, most of us have already discovered that this is not true. Your actions today can create some interesting consequences that seep into the days that follow.
Our body is a prime example of this. If you weight lift, run a marathon or eat too much at the family picnic, your body will not hesitate to give you the results of your actions – sore muscles, muscle cramps and indigestion, respectfully. But let's put these examples aside, and consider one that is much deeper – body tension.
So I found this wonderful recipe for a pork and pumpkin chili that you must try. http://www.foodnetwork.com/recipes/food-network-kitchens/pork-and-pumpki...
I made some minor changes though.
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"Nature does not hurry, yet everything is accomplished." – Lao Tzu
I had this vision of writing a blog where I weighed in on the dairy debate: raw vs. pasteurized, skim vs. whole, and so forth. But as I reflected on the debate, I realized it was really a symptom of a much bigger problem.
Thursday I listened to the "Lunch and Learn with Healthy Child" webinar on December 8, 2011. The keynote speakers were Elisabeth Rohm and Rachel Lincoln Sarnoff. This is the first time I had really heard of this grassroots campaign to empower parents through education. It focuses on ways to provide a safe environment that is free of hazardous chemicals, such as pesticides in the backyard. The webinar was a great way to learn about what the "Healthy Child Healthy World" campaign is really trying to do to improve our environment, products and children's health.
In light of all the recent snow fall here in the mid-west, I thought it would be wonderful to make a list of all the wonderful snow activities. Winter can often seem like an endless season that can trap people indoors away from all the glories of mother nature. But when snow is in town it only enhances mother nature's features from the crisp clean air to the blue skies overhead. So bundle up and gett ready for some play-time out in that white fluffy snow. Here is my list of fun snow filled activities!
1. Snow ball fight with the neighborhood kids.
Today I made some yummy [and healthy] cranberry muffins that are moist, sweet and have a hint of tartness that comes with fresh cranberries. I hope you love these as much as I do. The recipe is based on this recipe http://allrecipes.com/recipe/lemon-cranberry-muffins/detail.aspx.
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Summer is gone: time to assess and repair the damage.
At the end of summer our skin needs some special attention: it has been exuberantly exposed to the sun's dangerous UV-A and UV-B rays, it has been soaked in chlorinated swimming pools, dried in the salty sea breeze, it has been dehydrated and it may have recovered from several mild or serious sunburns. But we acquired a nice and fashionable sun tan … which will gradually disappear again when we return to the real non-holiday working life.
The main problems which our favourite season may have blessed us with could be dry flaking skin, hyperpigmentation, acne breakouts or post inflammatory pigmentation, redness or rosacea or pores that appear larger than before.
The Solar Spectrum
The solar spectrum consists of light with wavelengths ranging from 200 to 1.800 nm (nanometre). The shortest wavelengths are the ultraviolet rays. However we don't see them they are the most energetic and potentially the most damaging to the human skin. Ultraviolet light can be further subdivided in:
Ultraviolet A with wavelengths from 320 to 400 nm: is always present in sunlight, in winter and summer. It penetrates clouds, glass and most fabrics and penetrates deep into the dermal layer of our skin (up to the basal part).
Melanin (from the old Greek word "melas" which means "black") is a natural pigment found in most living organisms. The production of melanin happens in the lower (basal) part of the epidermis of the human skin and the process is induced by UV-B radiation, because melanin is our own natural protection against the sun.
Ultraviolet B with wavelengths from 290 to 320 nm: is mainly present in strong sunlight and it causes skin burns. It penetrates our skin up to the top of the dermis and triggers the production of melanin.
Ultraviolet C with wavelengths shorter than 290 nm: is plain dangerous and carcinogenic, but because it is almost entirely absorbed by the atmosphere, more specifically by the ozone layer, it has little effect on us. As long as we keep the ozone layer intact, of course (thank you environmentalists for your hard work convincing the rest of the world to reduce the emission of CO2 and CFK's).
With apologies for the boring explanation above, but you will understand the problem non-protected sunbathers are confronted with: UV-B rays triggering the production of melanin in the basal layer of our dermis to protect us from burning while at the same time UV-A rays penetrate this basal layer and disturb the melanin production process, causing hyperpigmentation and pigmentation disorders.
Skin damages caused by the sun
Hyperpigmentation results in flat, darkened patches of skin that are light brown to black in colour and can vary in size and shape and they invariably react on sun exposure by becoming darker.
Pigmentation spots (lentigo solaris), age spots (lentigo senilis) and freckles (ephelides) are caused exclusively by sun exposure. They appear mainly on body parts that are frequently exposed such as the face, chest, hands and arms. They tend to be small darkened patches of skin and are generally referred to as "photo damage".
Melasma or Chloasma affects 90% of pregnant women, which is why it is commonly referred to as "pregnancy mask" (however men may get it too). It occurs due to hormonal changes during pregnancy but also because of the effects of birth control pills or hormone replacement therapy and it causes dark and irregularly shaped areas on the face or arms that can be quite large. Sun exposure darkens these melasma spots further.
Post inflammatory hyperpigmentation occurs when a skin injury or trauma heals and leaves a flat area of discoloration behind. It is commonly found among acne sufferers and can also be caused by cosmetic procedures such as dermabrasion, laser treatments or chemical peels.
Important note: hyperpigmentation spots are always flat. If you find anywhere on your skin a dark spot or patch which is not flat do not treat it as hyperpigmentation. If such a spot or patch would change shape or colour or would start itching or bleeding, consult your dermatologist immediately.
Solar Elastosis:
Ultraviolet radiation breaks down the skin's connective tissues (collagen and elastin fibres) which lie in the deeper layer of the skin (dermis). Without these supportive tissues, the skin loses its strength and flexibility. Solar Elastosis is characterised by vertical creases, deep wrinkles and loose or sagging skin – all together resulting in an extreme acceleration of skin ageing. If you will compare the skin of a 60 year old Scandinavian lady with that of an equally aged Mediterranean woman you will understand what is meant.
To get an idea of the destructive power of the sun, take a look at this picture on the left: it is a real case of a now 66 year old man, William McElligott, who was driving his milk truck for 28 years around Chicago with the left half of his face continuously exposed to the sun while the right side was shaded by the cab (source: The Guardian 05/06/2012).
Post-summer skin treatments.
1. Moisturizing.
At the end of the summer holidays your skin has probably dried out due to sun exposure, salty sea winds and chlorinated swimming pools. It is good to use on a daily basis paraben and perfume free moisturizers and cleansers.
To improve the overall quality of the skin you could also consider a diet rich in Omega 3, 6 and 9 foods (cold water high fat fish, olive oil, flaxseed oil, evening primrose oil, black currant seed oil, acai powder, avocado, dark green leafy vegetables and generally all kind of oils extracted from nuts). You could also buy in your local pharmacy an omega fatty acid complex and follow the instructions of the manufacturer regarding the daily dose.
2. Lightening – Depigmentation
There are several ways to treat hyperpigmentation depending on your budget, your determination and your courage.
Chemical peels involve applying an acidic solution (glycolic acid, TCA, mandelic acid, etc.) on the affected areas to remove the surface layers of the skin. The chemicals cause the skin to blister and eventually peel off, revealing new and less pigmented skin each time. To completely remove hyperpigmentation you will need several treatments with intervals of 2 to 4 weeks. It is advised not to undergo chemical peels in summer due to the high risk of sunburn which would increase your problem rather than solving it. Chemical peels are usually not expensive (50 to 120 Euro per treatment + the cost of a good SPF 50 mineral sunscreen).
Lasers do more or less the same as chemical peels: they burn the surface layer of the skin, causing it to blister and peel off and after several treatments a totally new and hyperpigmentation free skin will appear. Several treatments will be needed here as well, with intervals of 2 or 4 weeks and also here we advise to refrain from doing this treatment in summer. Laser treatments are significantly more expensive: from 200 up to 800 Euro per treatment.
High Energy Light devices (IPL) transmit pulsed light into the skin at a certain wavelength so that it will be absorbed by the melanin which causes the hyperpigmentation. The treated areas are heated, but not enough to actually burn. This heat breaks down the pigmentation into tiny particles which then either rise to the skin's surface as scabs, which are exfoliated away in a natural way within 1 – 2 weeks, or the particles are drained through the lymphatic system. The first reaction of your skin may be "peppering" or "darkening" of the pigmented areas. This will resolve in 7 to 14 days when your skin will start to flake off. Several treatments (3 to 5) may be needed with a 1 month interval. IPL treatments will cost more or less the same as laser treatments.
Skincare products. Chemical Peels, Lasers and IPL are relatively aggressive while skin care products, which need to be used daily for a longer period of time, are more gentle and less damaging.
Until recently hydroquinone was the most powerful active ingredient to treat hyperpigmentation. It is a strong medical compound which affects both DNA and RNA synthesis and it can cause a number of side-effects. The use of the pure chemical form of hydroquinone in over-the-counter skin whitening products has been banned in the USA (since 2006) and in the European Union (since 1976). Products that are relatively safe will contain very low doses of hydroquinone, available upon doctors' prescription only and to be used for a limited period of time; however there are still doubts about possible carcinogenic effects and it can cause itself post-inflammatory hyperpigmentation as it irritates the skin.
Recent scientific research however has discovered and developed a large range of new active substances - most of which are 100% natural - that will treat all kinds of hyperpigmentation carefully and safely however some patience and prolonged use of such products will be required. Here are but a few of the large range of active whitening agents currently used in cosmeceutical creams and procedures:
Arbutin is a natural form of hydroquinone isolated from the fresh fruit of the California Buckeye (a tree which grows only in California and south-west Oregon
Azelaic Acid, extracted from wheat, rye or barley. It is also used to treat light to moderate acne and rosacea due to its ability to reduce inflammation.
Gentisic Acid is extracted from the roots of Gentiana flowers and used for the treatment of skin pigment disorders by influencing the synthesis of melanin.
Glycolic Acid (an Alpha Hydroxy Acid or AHA) is derived from sugar cane and it has proven skin lightening effects. It is used in cosmeceutical creams as well as in chemical peels.
Kojic Acid is derived from various fungal species and is also a by-product of the fermentation of Japanese rice wine (sake).
Lactic Acid (AHA) or Lactobionic Acid (a Poly Hydroxy Acid) are derived from sour milk (and sugar cane).
Licorice Extract is obtained from the root of the Glycyrrhia Glabra Linneva. Its depigmentation efficacy has been shown by various researchers to be even greater than that of hydroquinone.
Lingonberry or Bearberry Seed Extract is derived from berries with the same name which are native to the boreal forest and the arctic tundra. The berries contain a lot of organic acids, vitamins A, B and C and potassium, calcium, magnesium and phosphorus.
Niacinamide is a form of Vitamin B3 that affects pigmentation by hindering the transfer of melanosomes to the epidermis.
Retinoids such as tretinoin, adapalene, tazarotene and isotretinoin are structural and functional analogues of vitamin A and are a common treatment option used to ameliorate acne, photo damage and post inflammatory hyperpigmentation. Retinoids may also act as penetration enhancers when used with other lightening agents.
Vitamin C. There is an increasing awareness that Vitamin C (L-Ascorbyl Acid) has a wide variety of roles in human health and recent discoveries show that it inhibits the production of melanin.
The above are only a part of the top 20 of natural skin-whitening agents presently available. Most of them are found in the "Sun Damage" product range on our website.
Our absolute favourite is the NeoStrata Enlighten Trio: a combination of 3 products (cleanser, illuminating serum and pigment controller) which contain only harmless natural agents, including 6 fruit and 12 flower extracts, but guarantees an excellent result after a couple of weeks of use and without being too aggressive on your skin.
There are of course a number of perfect alternatives available on our website: there are the Auriga Flavo-C products (with Vitamin C and Gingko Biloba) which fight skin ageing due to sun exposure.
DermaCeutic Light Ceutic and Serum C25 contain acids and Vitamin C, while the Yellow Cream is a good alternative to hydroquinone (depigmenting and exfoliating) and should be used locally (not over the whole face – only on affected areas).
NeoStrata Face Cream Plus and Lotion Plus containing 15% Glycolic Acid are a bit stronger and correct photo-ageing and sun damage swiftly, while NeoStrata Renewal Cream with its 12% Gluconolactone combined with Pro-Retinol and Vitamin E will be appreciated by people who do not have a lot of experience with acids (and no sensitive skin).
We can also recommend the Restylane Night Serum which contains Hyaluronic Acid and Retinol and can be used in turns with your normal night cream.
SVR Clairial C10 Cream, in combination with SVR Clairial Peel or not, is a rather strong product with excellent results and has to be used locally – on affected areas only. SVR Clairial SPF 50+ can be used daily, daytime and the whole year around: it is a strong sun protecting cream which at the same time removes dark spots and evens out pigmented skin.
And don't forget to use during any lightening/depigmentation course - and for a few weeks after completing it – a good mineral sunscreen. In fact, you should wear a sunscreen the whole year through; remember the UV-A rays!
3. Wrinkles and fine lines.
Are caused by natural ageing (be happy about that), more by daily exposure to sunlight and much more by intense summer sunlight accumulated at outdoor activities or sunbathing.
Every person has to decide at a certain point (a) to carry his/her wrinkles with dignity as a natural and unavoidable characteristic of ageing, (b) to make an effort to postpone their appearance for as long as possible or (c) to have them reduced or removed when the aforementioned fight has been lost.
To postpone the appearance of wrinkles and fine lines as long as possible or to reduce their visibility is not so difficult, with the use of the right daily skin care products. A large range of such products is available on our website under "Wrinkles and Fine Lines" but if we are allowed to mention our favourites: go for the NeoStrata Skin Active product range.
They are the absolute top of the market: produced by the American NeoStrata Company which is active in this field for over 25 years and continues relentlessly to improve and reinvent its already excellent products. Besides: pricewise they are very affordable because they focus on science and quality, rather than on luxury design packaging and expensive publicity campaigns.
To remove wrinkles and fine lines is the job of an aesthetic doctor: there are no creams or pills or food supplements or magic tricks to do this. There is a large range of dermal fillers in the market (of which, to our humble opinion, Restylane is far above all others), there are neuromodulators (Dysport or Botox) and there are the Silhouette Lifting sutures and all these different procedures can be combined to best suit your needs.
The best advice we can give in this respect: (1) go for the best product, not the cheapest and (2) choose an aesthetic doctor that knows to combine medical science and technique with the art of (re)sculpting the unique aesthetical features of the human (female) face.
20 September 2013


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>>Word out of B-K Motorsports is that they have recently met with the ACO and IMSA about the possibility of running a larger diameter restrictor and increasing the car's fuel capacity in order to make up for the performance deficit they have been experiencing. The results of that meeting are that they were given the ok to use a 53.5 mm restrictor from the 49.1 mm they had been using. Speed Source was removed as the team's engine builder prior to Sears Point and from here on out Dennis Spencer's group will be taking over the responsibilities of race engine development as well as providing technical resources to the effort. After Portland the C65 will be brought to Team Spencer's shop near Atlanta for retrofitting, which will include a proper race engine with improved inlet efficiency, matched coolers (to cope with increased power from the large 53.5 mm restrictor), optimized headers, and many detail items just to make life easier. Dennis also informs us that the B-K Motorsports Courage C65 was built up using the rear end from a Courage C60 as there was a lack of proper C65 parts considering how quickly the project came together (car was built in 10 days!). As a result the team's C65 chassis #15 has been running near 100 lbs. over weight and will continue to do so as there really isn't an amiable solution at the moment.
Certainly this is a step in the right direction by the ACO and IMSA. Dennis indicates that running the 53.5 mm restrictor, "Is as close to unrestricted as you can get. I'm not sure why they still call it a restrictor if it doesn't restrict things!" He adds, "There is an expectation on the part of many that I will provide the resources to get this program on track." Here's to wishing them good luck and certainly stop by and say hello the next time you see them at the track.
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This interview is part of our series, Building Your Team — Helping Professional Athletes Build Their Team of Professionals.
Many professional athletes come into their wealth at an early age, but may not be prepared to manage such a sudden, large influx of earnings. Connecting athletes with trusted advisors is imperative to ensure that these individuals are able to make their wealth last throughout their lifetimes —not just at the peak of their careers.
Matthew Burke is a managing partner for Singer Burke, Certified Public Accountants based in California, which has been providing business management, tax accounting and financial planning services in the entertainment, sports and media professions for more than four decades.
Charles Frazier, entertainment banking team lead at City National, sat down with Matthew Burke to discuss tax strategies and how they relate to an athlete's financial well-being.
Charles Frazier: With the recent NFL and MLB drafts and the upcoming NBA and NHL drafts, what are some things new professional athletes should be thinking about in terms of their finances?
Matthew Burke: Everything up to the draft has been about making sure the athlete has done everything needed to get drafted.
At the time of the draft and the days leading up to it, the role shifts. The athlete becomes the coach and it's time for them to fill their bench, or "complete their squad." This is the time when an athlete should pick a team of trusted advisors — meeting with and establishing relationships with an agent, a CPA, a banker, a financial advisor and an attorney.
Frazier: What is typically the first piece of advice you provide to a new professional athlete from a tax standpoint?
Burke: I tell them that even before they pick an agent, talk to the agents and find out how successful they've been able to negotiate the uniform player contract, especially as it relates to the tax consequences. It's important that the agent that an athlete chooses to work with has experience working with a CPA and understands the importance of tax planning.
Before any uniform player contract is signed, the first play is always tax planning, which allows all the elements of the financial plan to come together in the most tax-efficient way. The difference between a multi-million dollar contract with tax planning and one without tax planning could be the difference between taking home millions of dollars and taking home hundreds of thousands of dollars.
For example, let's say you are a professional athlete from California who played in college for a California university, and purchased a home in California. Then the athlete gets drafted by a team in Pennsylvania. Which state does he or she pay tax in? The answer: They pay tax in every single state they play in! They have a name for that: It's called the "Jock Tax." This is why the first play is tax planning before signing the contract.
Frazier: Before negotiating their contract what advice would you provide to the player's agent — to help maximize tax strategies — after understanding where the professional athlete will play?
Burke: Even if they have prior experience, agents may not have thorough knowledge of the latest available tax-planning strategies, especially under the new tax law that became effective in 2018. Players need to make sure their agent will be working with a CPA. We work with agents and help them formulate different scenarios for signing bonuses, residency alternatives, tax entity structuring of endorsement deals, and future income that may qualify for the new QBI (Qualified Business Income) deduction under Section 199 Cap A — a change in the tax law that permits a deduction not previously available.
Because each situation is unique to the individual, the best advice I can give is to talk to the CPA specifically about the player's residency and tax-planning strategies. The athlete needs to bring in the banker and financial advisor to discuss how the salary and bonuses will be received based upon the timing and structure of the player's contract. Do the tax planning first, figure out when the cash is going to be received, make sure it's received securely by the bank — and then talk about investment planning.
Frazier: The new tax law states that an agent's fee is no longer tax deductible. Given that, what strategies are you advising your clients to use?
Burke: We are actively in discussion with our clients on how to focus on their specific contracts — both the player contract as well as the endorsement contracts — to see what language we can place in those contracts that can be negotiated to their advantage to deduct some of these expenses or transfer or assign some of these expenses so they are tax deductible going forward. We can also focus on residency to reduce the tax rate as well as on the payment structure.
Frazier: When does a professional athlete need to contact their CPA?
Burke: Whenever life is going to change for the unexpected, that's always a time to call a CPA. Things like free agency, income stream change, or a change in career location are always reasons to call a tax planning advisor. In general, an athlete should always talk to their CPA on an annual basis at minimum.
Frazier: What would you say to seasoned professional athletes who may be negotiating a second or third contract?
Burke: For the seasoned athlete, contract negotiation time provides a window for a full financial check-up that takes into consideration both the athlete's career and retirement goals. Everything should be reviewed before the athlete signs a long-term contract — residency, additional streams of income, endorsement income, cash flow scenarios, tax implications. Also disability insurance becomes more important as the contracts get bigger.
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The future of the Adie Knox swimming pool looks promising, Mayor Eddie Francis told reporters Monday night.
"Discussions with a third party have been going well," he said. Francis hopes to have good news to report to council in February.
Closing down the pool portion of the west side community centre was part of the original business plan city council approved as part of supporting a new $78-million downtown aquatic complex. Adventure Bay water park had its splashy opening on Saturday, just weeks after the formal start of regular swim programming at the adjoining Windsor International Aquatic and Training Centre.
Francis wouldn't divulge who the interested third party is.
The original plan was to close down the Adie Knox pool with possible conversion into a gym. The existing therapeutic pool would remain.
Opponents, who submitted a petition to council, argued parking at the downtown facility would be too expensive for those currently swimming at Adie Knox, which has free parking and is located next to a seniors centre.
The current discussions over maintaining the Adie Knox pool do not involve saving Windsor Water World, another pool slated for closure which is located east of the downtown. A proposal has been announced to incorporate that facility, as well as the now-closed Windsor Arena, into a new Catholic high school.
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