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Books Lining a Console Table
We found this photo at Content by Conran and really like the way the books are lined up along the back of the console table. We did this along our mantle with all our white paperbacks a while ago...
To make some extra room on your shelves, you can take a group of books in the same size and color, and line them up along the back of a table, desk, or sill. We also like the way two boxes are used as bookends, although other household objects work, too.
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Nice. I did that in my kitchen with cookbooks and it works pretty well. I have so many books that I'm always looking for creative book storage.
If you have the space, this would be a nice, relaxed look for your landing strip too. Or a pseudo vanity table in your bedroom. Put your jewelry box there but with some books...
I have so little space in my apartment that every surface must have some storage capacity below it. Even my coffee table has another shelf below to store magazines, remotes, Kleenex.


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Charges have been filed against the man who allegedly robbed and stabbed an elderly woman over the weekend.
According to court records, 51 year old Turhan Bowen was charged with attempted first degree murder, home invasion, armed robbery, and unlawful restraint. All of these are felony charges.
According to Adams County Sheriff's deputies, Bowen showed up to pay his rent to the trailer park's 82-year-old owner, Patricia Hinton, shortly before 6 p.m on Sunday. Once Bowen got inside, he locked the door behind him and demanded money.
Hinton gave Bowen $1,400 and then he demanded her jewelry.
When she resisted, Bowen allegedly stabbed her twice in the neck and left her with her mouth taped shut and her hands bound.
Deputies arrested Bowen three hours later in the 500 block of Sycamore in Quincy.
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We have reached a crisis when upon their action depends the preservation of the Union, according to the letter and spirit of the Constitution; and this once gone, all is lost. – President James Buchanan, 1858, as quoted in Life and liberty in America: or Sketches of a Tour in the United States, 1858 by Charles Mackay which continues:
As the venerable statesman truly observes, the United States incur no danger from foreign aggressions; there is no one to injure them but themselves; and they have nothing to fear but "the just judgments of God." But this is only a portion of the subject, and the questions still remain, Will they not injure themselves? ….
That the people will increase and multiply and replenish the whole continent no one can doubt: and that in the course of ages North America will be as populous as Europe…. But in speculating upon the future of a people the mind clings to the idea of Empire and Government — and we ask ourselves whether Empire in this noble region will be one or many — central or local — imperial or republican?
Whether the great Republic shall exist undivided, or whether it will fall to pieces from its own weight and unwieldiness, or from some weakness in the chain which shall be the measure and the test of its strength? …
Or whether, in consequence of internal strife, some new Alexander, Charlemagne, or Napoleon of the West, shall arise to make himself lord absolute and hereditary, and at his death leave the inheritance to be scrambled for and divided by his generals? …
That the Union may be disturbed or disrupted at some period near or remote, is an idea familiar to the mind of every inquirer and observer…. It is, after all, the hungry belly of the people, and not the heads of legislators, that tries the strength of political systems: and when all the land is occupied, and has become too dear for the struggling fanner or artizan to purchase; when the starving man or the pauper has a vote equally with the well-fed and the contented proprietor; and when the criminal counts at an election for as much as an honest man — what may be the result of universal suffrage on the constitution of the Republic and the stability of the Union?….
But a greater danger even than this — the most formidable of all the rocks that are ahead — is the growth of peculation and corruption, and the decay of public virtue.
A republic is, theoretically, the purest and most perfect form of Government, but it requires eminently pure men to work it. A corrupt monarchy or despotism may last for a long time without fatal results to the body politic, just as a man may live a long time, and be a very satisfactory citizen, with only one arm, one leg, or one eye.
In despotic countries the people may be virtuous, though the Government is vicious; but a corrupt republic is tainted in its blood, and bears the seeds of death in every pulsation. And on this point Mr. Buchanan seems to have a clearer vision than many of his countrymen…. In reference to this fever in the blood of the State, he thus solemnly warns the citizens in the letter from which quotation has already been made: —
"I shall assume the privilege of advancing years in reference to another growing and dangerous evil. In the last age, although our fathers, like ourselves, were divided into political parties which often had severe conflicts with each other, yet we never heard until within a recent period of the employment of money to carry elections. Should this practice increase until the voters and their representatives in the State and National Legislatures shall become infected, the fountain of free government will be poisoned at its source, and we must end, as history proves, in a military despotism. A democratic republic, all agree, cannot long survive unless sustained by public virtue. When this is corrupted, and the people become venal, there is a canker at the root of the tree of liberty which will cause it to wither and to die."
If corruption have attained its present growth with a population so scant in 1858, in a country by the cultivation of which ten times the number could live honestly and independently, if they trusted to hard work, and not to intrigue, for the means of subsistence; what will be the extent of corruption fifty years hence? Shall a despotism attempt a remedy worse than the disease? Or will the patient be warned of the evil of his ways, and amend his life in time?
[Taken from -- Life and liberty in America: or Sketches of a Tour in the United States, 1858 by Charles Mackay. Mackay was also the author of the more widely known Extraordinary Popular Delusions and the Madness of Crowds]


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The Strava Files
Everyone agrees that when Kim Flint crashed, he was chasing a record on Strava, the social fitness site that has rewritten the etiquette of cycling and shattered its traditions, transformed countless lives for the better, and fostered as many friendships (and rivalries). What almost no one seems to fully comprehend is exactly who—or what—caused Flint's death.
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Riding a Strava segment known as the Castro Bomb, Chris Bucchere hit and killed a pedestrian at this intersection. (Winni Wintermeyer)
Later that day, a person who identified himself as Bucchere on the Mission Cycling message board offered his perspective on what happened next. "The light turned yellow as I was approaching the intersection, but I was already way too committed to stop," he wrote. "The light turned red as I was cruising through the middle of the intersection and then, almost instantly, the southern crosswalk on Market and Castro filled up with people coming from both directions."
One of those people was Angelo Cilia, who later said that, entering the crosswalk after the walk signal came on, he heard a voice yell, "Hey!" followed by "a bone-crunching sound." Another pedestrian on her way to work, a young woman named Wen-Chih Yu, said she glimpsed a bike going "incredibly fast" before it ran into an elderly pedestrian crossing from the other side. "The old man didn't have a chance to put his arms out or anything," Yu said. "He flew and skidded into the pavement with his face."
"In a nutshell, blammo" was how Bucchere described the impact on the message board. "I couldn't see a line through the crowd and I couldn't stop, so I laid it down and just plowed through the crowded crosswalk in the least-populated place I could find. I don't remember the next five minutes but when I came to, I was in a neck brace being loaded into an ambulance. I remember seeing a RIVER of blood on the asphalt, but it wasn't mine. Apparently I hit a 71-year-old male pedestrian and he ended up in the ICU with pretty serious head injuries. I really hope he ends up OK…. Anyway, other than a stiff neck, a sore jaw/TMJ, a few bruises and some raspberries, I'm totally fine. I got discharged from the hospital during the lunch hour. The guy I hit was not as fortunate. I really hope he makes it. The cops took my bike. Hopefully they'll give it back."
Sutchi Hui—the 71-year-old pedestrian who had been on his way to Kaiser Permanente with his wife to pick up a pair of eyeglasses—was not okay. He died four days after being admitted to the hospital. Subsequently, Bucchere was charged with felony vehicular manslaughter, carrying a potential penalty of six years in prison. "Mr. Hui was a husband and father," said the San Francisco district attorney, George Gascon, "and he was killed because of a bicyclist's need for speed."
At ensuing Internet speeds, Bucchere became a cycling pariah. The San Francisco Bicycle Coalition condemned him; the Mission Cycling Club disavowed association with him; through various online avenues he was the subject of death threats and, more commonly, character assessments such as "giant asshole" and "real douchebag."
And Strava again found itself connected to a controversial fatality. "As a Strava user, my first thought when I saw that he was using Strava was that he was trying to post the best time," One Thousand and One wrote on metafilter.com. "That stretch of Castro is, indeed, a marked segment, which is absolutely fucking stupid and likely encouraged in some small way his reckless behavior."
Related: Cycling Lawyer Bob Mionske on Bucchere
"Did he win that free coffee?" Ernest wondered on sfcitizen.com.
"Strava might get sued," said sfcitizen. "We'll see."
Strava did get sued—but not by the family of Sutchi Hui. The plaintiffs were the parents of Kim Flint, who, convinced by the Bucchere case that "enough is enough," filed a suit for wrongful death on the last day before the two-year statute of limitations expired.
IN THEIR LEGAL filing, the Flints sought to hold Strava accountable for general negligence. They said that the company "breached their duty of care by: (1) failing to warn cyclists competing in KOM challenge that the road conditions were not suited for racing and that it was unreasonably dangerous given those conditions; (2) failing to take adequate measures to ensure the KOM challenges took place on safe courses; and (3) encouraging dangerous behavior." They concluded that, had Strava taken the necessary measures, "Kim Flint Jr. would not have died as he did."
"The death of Kim Flint was a tragic accident, and we expressed our sincere condolences when it occurred in 2010," Mark Riedy, a spokesman for Strava (and a former editor at
), said in an official statement, "but we will defend the company vigorously through the legal process ahead."
I met the Flints in August 2012 near Jack London Square—just down the street from the Oakland bar where Kim had convened with friends on Friday nights—in the office of their attorneys, Richard Meier and Susan Kang. William Flint Sr., a white-haired former career naval officer (now a certified financial planner who also goes by the nickname Kim), was, like his son, a lean and slightly built but pugnacious guy. By contrast, his wife, Kathleen, was very quiet—rarely speaking at all, and then only to him in a whisper.
"She died the day my son died," Flint Sr. explained, adding that his wife hadn't been able to work in the two years since. "My contention is that if [Kim Jr.] had never discovered Strava, he never would have gotten involved in doing dangerous descents on South Park or anywhere else."
His head cocked at a combative angle, Flint Sr. declared: "Strava was responsible for the death of my son."
Kang sounded a more temperate note: "We're not saying he didn't assume any risk. It's a shared responsibility. But for Strava to say they have no part, they're lying to themselves." She said the aim of the lawsuit wasn't financial compensation, but safety—for cyclists and also for the drivers, pedestrians, and hikers whom she said Strava endangers with a new and uncontrolled kind of racing.
A young, fit-looking woman (and former clerk for the state bar association and San Francisco district attorney's office), Kang said she'd been a competitive runner since the age of 14. "We used to sign up and get a number," she reminisced. "The [entry] fee ensured that the race director would be responsible for safety—streets would be roped off and regulations would be followed. But now we have a different type of racing—an open-ended system of 'invisible' race promotion. To be relevant and competitive, you have to run stop signs and break the speed limit. In what other capacity is this allowable?"
Meier said Strava has "a responsibility to temper their outreach," and Flint Sr. suggested this could be done by eliminating leaderboards for downhill segments. "They might lose popularity," he said, "but they'd save lives." He added that, since his son had died, 21 Strava members had gone faster than Kim down South Park Drive.
Flint Sr.'s insistence that Strava encouraged his son's conduct was based in part on his belief that the company had alerted Kim when the South Park record was broken. He's mistaken. In 2012, almost two years after Flint's death, Strava did start sending messages announcing, "Uh oh! [So and so] just stole your KOM….Better get out there and show them who's boss!" (The company has since changed the alert to conclude by exhorting the vanquished to "Get out there, be safe and have fun!" And the current notice is sent only for segments with a grade of 0 percent or more—flats or ascents.)
Alerts aside, the fact that Flint's fateful KOM was taken from him by a Strava employee was provocative. Thus, in April 2013, Meier and Kang spoke with Pan Thomakos in a pretrial deposition. They learned, among other things, that Thomakos started working at Strava in August 2009; that he owns shares in the company; that as an employee he had been given a GPS device, but no one had asked him to ride his bike; and that since Flint's death, he had stopped using Strava to track his own rides.
Among the many things Thomakos said he couldn't remember (in response to questions) were whether he had ever ridden his bike on company time; whether he had ever held a KOM title; whether anyone at Strava had ever asked him about any specific segments; whether, in going through the entire history of his e-mail inbox, he'd found any messages referring to South Park Drive; whether that road had a posted speed limit; and whether he had ever gone faster than 30 miles per hour on it.
Thomakos did say that when Strava posts users' times, it doesn't account for safety, danger, stop signs, speed limits, or the fact that, to beat some KOM times, a rider would have to violate the law.
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Dana Albert
Sun, 2013-10-20 17:27
I agree that cyclists are responsible for their own safety (and that of others with whom they share the road). And it's pretty clear that Strava is not legally liable when its users cause fatalities. But that doesn't mean Strava is right to allow downhill KOMs. I think the advent of Strava By Night sheds a lot of light on their overall ethos. (If you haven't heard of Strava By Night, check out the link below.)
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Sat, 2013-10-19 14:37
Ditto Daytripper52...smart...not...arrogant absolutely...and his nihilist views are as unimportant to me as his consideration of my moral values...this is certainly a tragedy...may he rip...but it is hard not to conclude that his attitude and approach to life to a large degree played a significant role in its end.
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big silly
Fri, 2013-10-18 15:30
People risking their lives for King of (downhill) Mountain internet points...I don't understand it.
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Wed, 2013-10-16 16:27
It seems that Mr. Flint had found something to channel his energy into to the point of obsession. Not knowing whether all of the statements in the article are true, but he seemed to ridicule anyone that was not up to his "expectations" whether at work or riding a bike. Considering he had very little experience as a cyclist, he was an accident waiting to happen. Especially going downhill. Anyone who has been around cycling enough knows going uphill is nothing but power and patience. Going downhill brings a whole litany of skills that takes years to refine. His father flatly stating that Strava was the reason his son was dead perpetuates the overwhelming attitude that it's always someone else's fault. The son was a grown 40-year old. Strava in itself, to me, promotes nothing. You put your data on the site, get it analyzed, and decide if it is useful information. The problem comes in when you put a number next to a name. Now people start comparing things. "Hey, I was only 1 mph off being #10". And for some people this is enough of a carrot to throw caution to the wind. Something I observed riding a Gran Fondo a couple of weeks ago. The organizers flatly told all the riders, that the "yellow line" rule was in effect basically stating to stay on the right side of the road. Traffic was permitted in the opposite direction. On every descent we did, there were riders gunning it down the hills across the yellow line. The segments where this happened do show up on Strava. I won't comment on the guy going hyper-speed on a city street. That speaks for itself. Strava doesn't kill cyclists. Cyclists kill cyclists.
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Wed, 2013-10-23 00:47
Kim Flint was an experienced motorcyclist. I don't ride a motorcycle but a lot of the best descenders I have met learned how to do so on a motorcycle.
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Eddy's love child
Thu, 2013-10-24 19:21
Riding a motorcycle and riding a bike have as much to do with each other as driving a car and riding a bike. Obviously it did not help his judgement.
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Thu, 2013-10-24 12:21
An of course motorcyclists never kill themselves in crashes. Of course they can't, since there's no Strava for motorcycling (it would be illegal, at least in California, since motorcycles are motor vehicles).
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Marc Blucas
Wed, 2013-10-16 16:05
It's hard to feel anything but contempt for Bucchere, and our `legal' system. 1000 hours of community service and a reduction to a misdemeanor for riding like a psychotic and killing someone? As Dylan once said, `Now is the time for your tears'.
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Wed, 2013-10-16 14:30
I am new to Strava and was somewhat surprised to see I was in the top 10 of a popular down hill. I'm not sure that I care if I'm that top ten but I think as a cyclist, going down hill fast is side benefit of going up hill and not a means unto itself. I'm a bit of a speed freak but in everything that like I do fast, like driving the local twisty in my S-4 or on my motorcycle or riding same on my bike, that there are other people on the road for whose safety I'm responsible. What a lot of people forget is that they are responsible for the safety of others whether they want to be or not. They seem to lose sight that there are even other people. This article talked about Strava as an addiction, I think that is a stretch, instead I think Strava-holicism is a symptom of an overarching mental pathology like Obsessive-Compulsive Disorder. I can see someone who is OCD becoming quite overcome by maintaining a top placing when that person doesn't really know anything about his competition. For these type of people there is only one thing that matters and all other factors become and are secondary. Crossing the the double yellow line on a blind curve: an artificial impedance to going faster; pedestrians: they can move; Cars: there are cars? These people forget about these factors because they can only see the goal. I say everything in moderation, I also say these downhill-staying at the top of the leader board-fanatics, probably need to see a mental health therapist because they are probably obsessive about other things to the point of pathology as well.
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Wed, 2013-10-16 16:08
I am new to Strava and was somewhat surprised to see I was in the top 10 of a popular down hill. I'm not sure that I care if I'm in that top ten but I think as a cyclist, going down hill fast is side benefit of going up hill and not a means unto itself. I'm a bit of a speed freak but in everything that like I do fast, like driving the local twisty in my S-4 or on my motorcycle or riding same on my bike, there are other people on the road for whose safety I'm responsible. What a lot of people forget is that they are responsible for the safety of others whether they want to be or not. They seem to lose sight that there are even other people. This article talked about Strava as an addiction, I think that is a stretch, instead I think Strava-holicism is a symptom of an overarching mental pathology like Obsessive-Compulsive Disorder. I can see someone who is OCD becoming quite overcome by maintaining a top placing when that person doesn't really know anything about his competition. For these type of people there is only one thing that matters and all other factors become and are secondary. Crossing the the double yellow line on a blind curve: an artificial impedance to going faster; pedestrians: they can move; Cars: there are cars? These people forget about these factors because they can only see the goal. I say everything in moderation, I also say these downhill-staying at the top of the leader board-fanatics, probably need to see a mental health therapist because they are probably obsessive about other things to the point of pathology as well.
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Running Knows
Wed, 2013-10-16 13:20
I guess to me, the annoying thing is that these riders felt entitled to do what they did, and Flint's father, after plenty of time to cool down, felt entitled to sue Strava. I can understand in the heat of the moment needing to place blame for an accident, but Kim Flint earned blame all on his own. For someone as smart as he was he should have realized that what he was doing was careless and reckless. He should have had the foresight to see the terrified tweet his partner sent or the absent look on his mother's face who just had to bury a son. When I'm about to do something stupid on the bike I think to the looks on the faces my kids would wear at my funeral, and the panic my wife would feel when she got that call. It's not that hard, folks.
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Wed, 2013-10-16 11:49
too bad he died, but , contrary to the first line of the article, he was not too smart, cycling in such an unsafe and reckless way as to bring about his own death, very careless, the article also makes him sound like an arrogant, obnoxious, egotist, calling other cyclists losers and sh-t!?! just because they dont do what he did!
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Wed, 2013-10-16 05:31
F'ing great article guys. Seems very well researched, totally compelling. I love Strava and credit it with massive fitness gains. But personally I think Strava should just get rid of KOM's for descents. I've seen dudes bust past parents with prams at 50km/hr on shared walk/cycle paths. I'm less concerned for the Stravassholes and more concerned with the people around them.
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Wed, 2013-10-16 13:50
What Strava did in response to this is allows ANY user to report a segment as unsafe. This disables the leaderboard until it is reviewed. The onus is still on the cycling community to handle this situation. Personally I'd like to see Strava have a way to ask the person creating the segment what the speed limit is for the road and/or cross reference it with Google Maps data for the speeds if available. Then the community could likewise respond with acceptable speeds for the segment, topping out the leaderboard. There's no excuse for awarding a KOM for going 25mph on a 20mph max multi-use path, for example. People like to blame Strava for a lot of issues, but the end result is that cyclists as a whole have to have a level of maturity on how they handle themselves on a bike. Social media brings out the worst in many people, and it is obvious that it did so with Flint. Whether it was Twitter, group rides, or Strava he was out there pushing himself way past any levels that should feel normal or acceptable. Just reading this article I have the feeling that he had some level of addiction. While social media definitely didn't help, there is a level of responsibility that he took getting on that bike.
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Wed, 2013-10-16 02:43
It's too bad Flint died, but he was playing with fire. Crossing the center line of a blind downhill at excessive speed? That's just nuts. I like going downhill fast too, and riders hate losing momentum,even on a flat, but running a light at an intersection with high pedestrian traffic is just insane. I get the motivational impetus with Strava and MapMyRide, but c'mon, unless someone is paying you to ride, it doesn't matter what you do compared to others. Sure, I try to get the most out of every ride and take advantage of drafting with others, downhills and tailwinds but I don't compare myself to others (as nobody is paying e to ride) ans I certainly won't take crazy risks to go for a fast segment time. But that's what both of these riders did.
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March 8, 2012
Help me figure out this foundation/concealer business, please!
I'm a little hopeless when it comes to figuring out beauty products. I bluffed my way through my twenties managing to look pretty flashy, but I'm finally trying to figure this stuff out. I've pretty much managed the hair stuff, and now I need help on the skin. And oh man, you can google all day and get
twelve million
contradictory results. I need anecdata!
I'm 32 years old, and my skin is just barely beginning to do things which annoy me related to that. I'm getting spider veins on my nose, for example. It would seem that perhaps concealer of some kind might help with that? But before I even reach that point, I need to figure out how to even my skin tone so that my nose and the area around it are not redder than the rest of my face. I need to do all these things while not getting any more pimples or clogged pores, because I still get those, and I am a really compulsive skin-picker (which I try to stop, but I have not yet managed). So even if concealer won't work on the spider veins (will anything?), I'll need it for those...
And dark circles under one's eyes. What do you do with those? Every time I've ever tried to use any kind of foundation, even a few years ago when there shouldn't have been any age-related changes, it's always gone all cakey and found lines to clot up in. I'm not even sure where it gets them. I'm totally at sea here. And it is a sea of products rather than of waves, and while I can now manage not to go QUITE as glassy-eyed in drugstore aisles as I used to, I could still use some navigational assistance.
I'm white and pretty pale. I tend to think of myself as having a slight yellowish cast to my skin, but it's nowhere near as yellow as the cheap drugstore concealers I have tried thus far seem to want it to be. I'm also a goth, so regrettably tips about looking natural or using neutral shades or warming one's skin colour aren't really applicable. I know this eliminates some of my potential expert base, but what are you going to do? On the plus side, this also means I don't get much sun and have always been careful about how much I do get.
I'm in the UK, in Birmingham, so I have access to City Things but not necessarily US Things at the moment. My skin is what I believe is classified as "combination"-- oily in this T-Zone I have heard discussed, dry in other places. Um. I think that's it.
So there are fixative things and base things and... Erm, help? I'm not as effective a girl as I need to be to dress as femmey as I often like to.
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You sound like a good fit for powdered mineral foundation. You can control how much coverage you want, you can use a concentrated amount as concealer, and it is wonderful for oily/combo skin. Many people find it doesn't cause them to break out since it's not full of tons of ingredients; just minerals.
I don't know what brands are available in the UK, unfortunately. But, I am very pale (and I used to be pretty gothy) so I can tell you that there are brands of mineral foundation out there that will work with pale skin. I used to like Bare Escentuals/Bare Minerals but as my skin has gotten dryer the talc base it contains doesn't work for me as well. I currently like the one from L'Oreal which is talc-free, although the packaging sucks. Maybe see if either of those are available to you?
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OK, here's what I suggest. First,
is your friend because their stuff doesn't cake or give you pimples.
Also, they swore to me they don't test on animals.
So: get some Clinique concealer, close to your normal pale shade. Dot under your eyes on the dark circles and under your nose. Also, get some nice pale Clinique foundation. Dot a larger amount on your cheeks, forehead, and chin. Finally, get some soft, absorbent
(not those nasty shiny latex sponges from the drugstore) and blend it all in, making sure you aren't leaving a line anywhere. Sponges will last indefinitely if you periodically wash them by lathering repeatedly in dishwashing liquid, rinsing out, and allowing to air dry.
Nose is tougher. A very gentle dabbing with your sponge may work, or not. Noses tend to show foundation and not to blend well. Keep the amount applied very small.
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on March 8, 2012
If you are concerned about foundation settling into lines under the eyes, you might want to try a foundation primer. Pretty much every brand has them, some have silicone and some do not (many people prefer silicone-free but it doesn't matter to me). What they do is form a smooth surface for your foundation and concealer to adhere to. Also, you might smooth a bit of green primer over red areas to counteract the redness - don't worry, it doesn't make you green! The one I use is from Smashbox and it comes in a travel size so you can try it out. You might also try using tinted moisurizer instead of foundation to even out your skin tone - it has a lighter coverage and may look more natural. Many people swear by Laura Mercier's but I don't like it much. My favorite is NARS.
If you feel that concealer is too heavy, another under-eye option is a light-reflecting pen, such as YSL Touche Eclat (expensive) or something similar (Sephora has a good one that's much cheaper).
If you are over 35, a mineral foundation may not be the right thing for you, because it can adhere to and emphasize dryness and wrinkles and uneven skin.
If you have access to Sephora, they have lots of brands there and friendly salespersons who can consult on your needs and give you free samples. Basically keep trying different stuff until you find something that works. There are also some great makeup tutorials on YouTube - Lisa Eldridge is a great one to start with because she has a lot of natural looks and isn't stuck on any one particular brand.
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product reviews
at Makeup Alley are wonderful. You can search by all sorts of parameters, including age, skin type, and complexion color. Registration is required, but it's worth it. Lots of detailed reviews there.
They can help you find drugstore equivalents of expensive brands. My recent find from there is the
Maybelline Dream Lumi concealer
which was inexpensive, matches my skin tone perfectly, and covers both skin unevenness and blemishes on my face.
Another thing to think about is
Gifts with Purchase
- basically, you spend X amount at a retailer and you get a bunch of deluxe samples. That's usually for the higher-end cosmetics. I like to stock up on Estee Lauder doing that.
Finally, if you have a US address you can ship to, there are sample programs like
Beauty Army
where you can test out stuff before buying as well. I bring this up because I think I remember seeing where some overseas people have a US address for ordering purposes.
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I recently had a groupon in my Inbox for laser spider vein treatment at a med spa for only $35 (instead of their usual $125 or something). Even at full price it seems like a no-brainer. You get it done and you're finished with it for good.
are some before and after pictures.
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on March 8, 2012
Folks, we don't have this mythical Sephora in the UK, though it does sound great :)
Because: I still haven't really figured out the foundation thing (I too am quite pale but tend to turn red easily) but I can recommend Boot number 7 green concealer which really does work against redness.
I will be watching this thread, as most things are too yellow/orange for me, too.
posted by
on March 8, 2012
I'd recommend
Garnier Miracle Skin Perfecter
(£10 in Boots or Superdrug, and there's a link to click on the Garnier website for free samples), in the Light shade. It is wonderful stuff. It has SPF15 and gives a light, even coverage that hides any blemishes. Apply it as you'd apply moisturiser - a dab on the forehead and each cheek and blend it over your face. It'll match your skin tone, even if it's rosy (like mine) or yellowish, like yours.
Leave it to set for 10 minutes, then apply a light dusting of
Bare Minerals Veil
(a transluscent powder sold in Debenhams, House of Fraser and Selfridges in Brum, about £20). You'll look as if you have the most dewy, perfect skin but you also won't look as if you're caked in make-up. You can also use the mineral veil on a make-up brush to dab - very lightly - on dark circles.
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I would suggest this
Benefit kit
- no, I am not suggesting you use all of these at once, but it's a nice range of different products to learn about spider vein and eye bag cover up products. If you are not big on foundations (and I am not either) I would
suggest this
because I am fucking useless at this stuff and miracle of miracles, it does actually give me an even, flawless face.
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on March 8, 2012
I've had a few blasts of IPL -- what Dragonness is linking to -- and, yeah, if a few broken capillaries are the big bugboo here, just go get rid of them. Not, initially, the cheapest option, but tote up the cost of primer and paint and powder and brushes over just a couple of years, and it's a fantastic deal. The scary bruising subsides in a week or two.
As for dark circles, I tend to vote 'ignore' -- who cares? -- but you might enjoy a "illuminating" product there. (I like Stila's.) See above re. Touche Eclat.
posted by
on March 8, 2012
I'm youngish but I have some weird veins and quite discolored spots on my face, but Laura Mercier tinted moisturizer (in the lightest shade) works for me. You can dust some powder over it if you have oily skin.
Also, if you're going for a deliberately pale, matte look,
Maybelline Dream Matte Mousse
will probably give you pretty good coverage for around $10 a tub. You can apply with your fingers and it blends very easily so you don't need to cover your whole face. I don't know how available U.S. drugstore brands are in the UK, though.
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on March 8, 2012
(I say "deliberate" because I use it from time to time, but it generally isn't glowing enough for me, but for your purposes it might work great.)
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on March 8, 2012
Make up is such a personal thing to each woman, so many different skin tones and types and its hard to learn techniques for applying make up over the internet. I suggest you contact a local salon and make an appointment with a make up artist for a consultation. Tell them exactly what you're trying to do and they can help you select the right colors for your skin and show you how you should apply the products. I could never find the right concealer or foundation colors, no matter how easy the make up companies made it for me with color matches (warm/cool tones, etc). Getting a consultation will cost you more than you'd probably like to spend, but the methods you learn will not only have your make up looking the way it should, but last you a lifetime.
You can always go to the make up counter at a department store too, but they will push more product on you than you want or need.
Good luck!
posted by
on March 8, 2012
Find a friend who knows about make-up and go shopping with her! It's the best thing I ever did in that regard (although... um, my intention to start wearing make-up faded after a week or so and I stopped again).
I don't know if it's available where you are, but the one product that my friend recommended that I really was amazed by is
Maybelline Wonderfinish liquid-to-powder foundation
. It comes out of the tube as a very liquid cream, but it dries almost immediately when you put it on your skin, with a powdery finish, so that you don't end up feeling oily or shiny at all. And it's super cheap (I got it at a discount shop for $2 a tube and you don't use much each application so it lasts a while). And it comes in pale enough shades for me (super pale skin). The friend who recommended it works as a model, and has spendy tastes in most make-up, but said this was as good as any of the more expensive foundations.
posted by
on March 8, 2012
First, I am sorry that you don't have a Sephora. If you're ever in the US, you should try them. They're great.
First: You need to moisturize! I have acne prone skin and something with salicylic acid works well for me. Find a moisturizer that you like that isn't too heavy - one with SPF is ideal. A lot of people swear by the Clinique Dramatically Different moisturizer; I use one by Patricia Wexler.
Next, I have had a lot of luck with using primers. That can really help with the caking. A primer basically provides a smooth canvas for you to apply your foundation on top of. I use
Laura Geller's Spackle
in bronze. Tinted or untinted, whatever you prefer - it barely shows up, it's very light, so I like the tinted because it gives me just a hint of glow.
Then, you'll want to use a foundation - or, if you are me, a tinted moisturizer. Foundation just seems too heavy in my opinion. This is where things get a bit tricky and the color really matters. If you have a nice department store with makeup counters, go there and try stuff on. Have someone who works there help you. I personally have pale skin but it's not ivory, translucent pale, so I use
Laura Mercier
in Sand. Has an SPF of 20 and is very nice. A little bit goes a long way.
Finally: Use a sponge to apply! That makes a huge difference for me. It's a recent discovery and I am so excited about sponges now. I use a
Beauty Blender
(it came in my monthly Birchbox, which is one of my favorite things - mentioned above) but you can get sponges at the drugstore for cheap. It is great for covering up under eye circles, blemishes, and spots with the tinted moisturizer. That was not easy until I started using a sponge.
I don't use concealer. I just find it to be too heavy. I find that using the sponge with a tinted moisturizer really does cover everything up nicely and naturally. I do not like looking like I have a bunch of makeup on my face (no one does!)
It took me about a year to figure all of this out, so don't despair. These things take a bit of time, but when you hit on what you were looking for you'll be solid for a very long time. It's worth a bit of time investment up front.
(By the way: I don't do this every day. Only on special occasions or days when I just want to feel extra fancy. I do moisturize every day, though, and wash my face every night: that is really important.)
posted by
on March 8, 2012
FWIW, I run a beauty blog. You could call me a beauty junkie.
Probably you have a friend like me. Someone who loves to try out new products and is knowledgeable about what is on the market. My best advice is to go makeup shopping with her. It doesn't even have to be a close friend - if someone at work who I never talk to asked me to help her chose her first foundation/concealer, I would jump at the chance! I think most beauty junkies are like that.
If you don't know anyone like that, go to a department store counter and tell them what you just told us. Don't get pressured into buying anything. Tell them that you have had caking before and you want to try the foundation/concealer on for a day and see how it lasts. I suggest going in the morning. The counters are quieter, the sales people have more time, and you can see how your face looks in the afternoon after the makeup has been on for a while.
As for which brand to go to, this totally depends on the sales people at the department store near you. I would suggest to go with Clinique (they have a bunch of different kinds of foundation) and to avoid MAC (I love MAC products, but I don't often like their sales people). If you think they are being pushy/you don't like your face afterwards/you just get a bad vibe, don't give up - just go to another brand.
Again, don't get pressured into buying anything! Test out the foundation for a day!!
posted by
on March 8, 2012
I also have a beauty blog, and I totally agree with xmts - it would be ideal to go foundation shopping with a makeup-loving friend. But, that aside, here are my tips:
- You can use foundation or tinted moisturizer. My favorite products are MUFE HD foundation and Laura Mercier tinted moisturizer, but you might also like MAC Face & Body Foundation which comes in white - it's sheer enough that it's not going to look really stark on you, but if you're pale enough, it'll even out your skin and look nice. You can also mix it with other foundations to make them paler. I definitely recommend checking it out since you're pale and like a goth look.
- Apply your foundation or tinted moisturizer with a brush. It will go on more evenly, thus looking better and lasting longer. My favorite foundation brush is the
Sigma F80
(ships internationally), or the
Real Techniques stipple brush
(available in the UK, though I'm not sure where - but it's designed by a woman in the UK).
- Set your foundation/ tinted moisturizer with powder, especially in the summer, and especially in the t-zone. Even an inexpensive powder should work pretty well. You can use a tinted powder (something that's your skin tone), or mineral makeup - either of those will provide extra coverage - or you can use something that's translucent. This will make your foundation last a lot longer.
- Apply foundation first, then concealer second. You won't know how much concealer you need until you apply your foundation. Plus, if you put the concealer on first, rubbing foundation on over it will mess it up. So - foundation first! I do foundation, concealer, then powder. (Actually, I usually skip concealer).
- You can use a primer, but that starts to turn into a lot of steps, what with moisturizer, primer, foundation, concealer, powder . . . I'd personally skip primer (and I do) - if you have trouble with your makeup not lasting long enough, then think about primer.
- I don't have an undereye concealer recommendation - I rarely use it - but I agree that Makeupalley is a great resource. My other recommendation is to go for a department store / high end product instead of a drugstore brand; I think high end products are worth it for foundation and concealer - you'll get a better skintone match and a better texture (for color products, drugstore brands can be awesome.)
- Most of all, remember that makeup can be lots of fun, and it's never mandatory! I hope that you wear makeup because you enjoy it and it makes you feel good about yourself :)
posted by
on March 8, 2012
The problem with going makeup shopping with a makeup-loving friend is that your orientations are incompatible. Your makeup-loving friend will give the thumbs-up to products that you will not end up using, because using them is too time-consuming, requires too much skill, or offers too little bang for the buck. She sees it as fun: you don't.
I am a little bit like you: I'm very pale with uneven colouring, I wear makeup, and I am not that good at it. I too have done a lot of research. Here's some stuff I learned that may help you:
* If you've got visible spider veins and redness around your nose, you may have rosacea. Here is
a very detailed comment about rosacea
that I made here a while ago.
* Yes to IPL for visible veins. In the long run it will save you time and money.
* Yes to sponges for putting on foundation and concealer.
Laura Mercier makes a good concealer
. Some settle in my pores: it doesn't.
Vincent Longo makes a good foundation
. It has excellent coverage without being too thick, and "porcelain" is very pale.
* FWIW, spackle/primer things have never worked for me. I have used them a bit, but always gave up because they didn't seem to make a visible difference.
Good luck!
posted by
Susan PG
on March 8, 2012
Almost all concealers are yellow. A concealer needs to be an exact match for your skin tone in order to work, but ideologically, yellow is considered to be the correct tone for foundations and concealers, because normal people have yellow skin already, and people with pink skin need to become more yellow.
Prescriptives used to do products with varying undertones, but they've folded in the UK.
Your best bet is treating your skin conditions. Try to fid a private dermatologist to get a real diagnosis and treatment recommendations. You will never get a dermatologist on the NHS, so don't try. Beauticians will make haphazard diagnoses and take unlimited amounts of money in exchange for random treatments that are ineffective or even harmful. So at least shell out for one trip to a dermatologist.
posted by
on March 9, 2012
Bourjois Healthy Mix serum foundation (it's in
, often on offer, tall glass bottle with red lid) fixed this for me, after I spent ages agonizing about what to choose. It's very light and doesn't come off at all paste-ish when applied. Tiny tiny spots of it for even-ing skin tone, slightly more for dark circles - the coverage you get is enormous. (There's a matching concealer if you're interested to try that too.) I'm white with pale pink/yellow skin and the palest shade suits me. Test them. I was also a goth once upon a time, so my preferences for makeup are still quite 'pale and interesting' in tone, and I'm medium femme. Thorough recommendation, can't stress it enough!
(Birmingham-specific info: try the biggest Boots, on High Street; makeup is on both sides as you go in, but 'premium' brands on your left, normal stuff - Bourjois included - on your right.)
posted by
on March 9, 2012
I also want to recommend Laura Mercier.
This concealer
(not the same as the one mentioned above) is absolutely fantastic. I use it now instead of foundation - it can be extremely subtle and doesn't give you pancake face if you avoid using too much. It's dealt beautifully with my nose and around-the-mouth redness. And dark circles. I actually found the initial recommendations for it here.
For what it's worth, this kind of redness is extremely common.
posted by
on March 9, 2012
I concur with the recommendations to see a dermatologist and/or IPL for the redness and spider veins. Often a specialist can make additional recommendations and/or discover underlying conditions (like rosacea, etc.) you might not have considered.
Mineral powder (non-talc) works great for me, and I happen to be in my mid-40s, so if it's a look you like, you might consider trying it. I don't have particularly lined or dry skin however.
The most significant fix to the increasingly-visible dark circles I've always had under my eyes, that had gotten worse with age, and were becoming actual bags, has come not from concealers (tho for the immediate, any good two-tone concealer like the Laura Mercier linked above is ideal) ... or even sleep or hydration issues (I sleep 7.5+ hours a night on average and drink 2-3 litres of water daily). Turns out that wasn't it at all.
my dark circles (and considerable puffiness and blotchiness and zits and general skin-related GRAR, along with fifteen unwanted pounds and a few random other ills) has completely vanished in the two months since I entirely cut all sugars and grains from my diet. YMM (of course) V.
posted by
on March 9, 2012
Go to the
MAC store
in Birmingham, and they will be able to answer all of these questions for you, and show you how to use all their products. I used to use Benefit until they recommended powder foundation for my dry skin (!), and MAC consultants always listen better and are happy to demonstrate exactly what to do.
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McDonnell and Cuccinelli came under fire earlier this year for a series of unreported gifts from Star Scientific CEO Jonnie Williams. Both men ultimately amended their financial disclosure statements to reflect the gifts, and investigations earlier this month found neither man broke Virginia ethics laws.
Cuccinelli told reporters Wednesday he supports McDonnell's decision to repay Williams for the gifts he and his family received.
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and you'll get fake product.
Chinese constitution is fake, its guarantee of free speech is fake, peaceful rise is fake, agreement to be peaceful in South China Sea is fake, "people's republic" is fake, "hacking is against our laws" is fake, "besmirching the motherland" law is fake, laughing ethnicities is fake, rights in Tibet is fake…
@ Anonymous, I suppose in America, things are real like racism against Chinese
The U.S. Owes China $1.2 Trillion and that's not fake.
China is the thief, the USA is the victim, how on earth can the victim owe the robber $1.2 Trillion? Also in America there is no racism against Chinese, only thieves, so if Chinese = thief it could mathematically be true, but I dont think so because Free Chinese from Hong Kong, Taiwan and Singapore do not = thief.
I heard that many customers have already showed up at the fake Apple store in Kunming to ask for refunds on their so-called 'licenced' Apple store products!
One customer named Wang, demanded a refund, but was never given a 'receipt' for her purchases at the Kunming fake store! How does that wording go again? Oh right, "No receipt, No refunds, and No service!" One of the more apparent differences between an authorised Apple store from a fake Apple store in China!
Of course, the staff of employees in the Kunming fake Apple store are complaining now about the large number of customers demanding refunds for their 'genuine' Apple purchases two days after the story first broke out! The main complaints by the fake Apple store employees are on the western media for blowing things completely out of proportion, as they are being swamped with former customers who are either demanding refunds, or asking a lot of serious questions regarding their purchases!
Borrowing an oft used phrase by the Chinese, "You reap what you sow!"
Why Chinese like to buy American junks products? Stupid.
Apple and Steve Jobs are thieves.
First the iPod concept originally came from Singapore's Creative Technology Co. which had this product at least 2-3 years before Apple heisted the idea. But because Apple had billions of dollars to hire trained liars (or should I say trained lawyers) they were able to tie Creative Tech in a protracted lawsuit.)
The Apple people stole so many ideas from Xerox PARC and never paid a penny for the concepts. That's how Steve JObs operates. Never let him in your R&D lab he'll steal everything, line hook and sinker.
Secondly, Steve Jobs owes many programmers/developers compensation for losses when he suddenly pulled the plug on the Object-oriented language based NextStep box and softwaret. This was just months after a revival-like rally in SF where Jobs promised to continue support of the Nextstep 3d progrm kit. At that time there were few serious contenders in the field. Java was still vaporware. He got everybody excited and sucked in to develop for him on the Nextstep Object after releasing Object templates; then, suddenly, whammmo…. from out of the blues comes the word that he's packing in.
This man has no backbone and doesnot keep his words.
Don't ever buy any APple products. They don't even pay decent wages to their hardworking mfg workers in China. No Empathy, No Respect for Human Dignity. Reminds one of Murdoch's News of the WOrld.
Anyone heard of that China HSR Bullet train who derailed in China?
I saw a guy said USA is the "victim",and China is the "thief",he don't understand why "Robber" the money owed to "victims",So I tell you because US borrow China's money
As well as people in china who bought overpriced flats are going to be robbed too very soon.
China increases mortgage interest rates to control inflation…. great, it's more and more expensive for heavily indebted people who face a property bubble explosion….
Nice job.
China holds a lot of US T-bills for one reason, it doesnt want to let the Yuan appreciate naturally (because of trade inflows/outlows of money).
So the Chinese Central Bank prints Yuan and buys a lot of USD a lot. Good. Feeding inflation, feeding bubbles.
It would be okay if people could invest their yuan outside of the country (US is printing a lot but at least the money flows outside too), but they can't!
It beacuse one of the train was being struck by lightning,So before the derailment occurred
Lightning strike don't make a train derail :
Occured in France some time ago :
(in french)
The train got stuck on the line due to the power outage. 300 people were transfered in another train.
No derailment.
A lightning strike doesn't make a 40+ tons train coach fall off a bridge 10 meters below…
There must be something else
According to the pictures, the trains are not evolved from german Siemens Velaro or Alstom TGV.
The cars look close to those of a Shinkansen-like TGV.
Possibly the CRH380A?
In Oslo, Mr. Nobel's grandson played fertilizer, while other pathetic Norwegians are busy at learning world peace and Chinese train derail.
In Britain, these westerner media are hacking private telephones.
In Italy, Google is collecting private information its users.
In America, a mother hid the body of her dead baby.
In New York, billionaire DSK chased chambermaid to force her for oral sex.
In Japan, the right wingers chanted nuclear weapon ambitions while hiding the materials in Kufushima.
While the world is all busy, the US default on their huge debts is coming in a week or so. Fast you seat belt, and prepare some cooking flour and water in your basement. Its coming.
My mother ain't Casey Anthony, she is worse. So I am here to gross you.
The accident happened on the Wenzhou-Fuzhou railway. Maximum Speed is 250km/h.
For information the D3115 train goes from Hangzhou to Fuzhou in 5h10min, with a lot of stops.
Total distance from Hangzhou to Fuzhou is 740km.
Average speed is 750/5.167= 143km:h (assuming no stops). So the operation speed must be higher.
Brace for chinese factories then.
The train on the pics look like a CRH380A, it seems.
Anyone to confirm?
I understand a D301 train was involved too?
No, it's not a CRH380A
It's a CRH2C Series. The car coach are the same.
It's an "improved" version of early series E2-1000 of the Shinkansen. They are manufactured by Sifang Locomotive and Rolling Stock.
And for the funny part :
" Starting from 2008, all CRH2 trains were designed and manufactured under key technology developments made by Sifang without Kawasaki. In fact, the vice-chief engineer of Sifang stated that their latest models "have nothing at all to do with Shinkansen" except that they share a similar exterior shape.
When you are a new player in an industry, the first thing you have to do is being humble.
In the case of China, it would be to not forget where it is coming from : most of what they have today is based on foreign technology.
China's Ministry of railways humble position : http://www.chinadaily.com.cn/china/2011-07/07/content_12858637.htm
Condolences to Chinese friends about the terrible train accident. I just want to say we will never gloat at the deaths of Chinese citizen in horrible accidents, unlike wumaodang posters who come here to laugh at ever USA misfortune no matter how innocent its victims.
Hope the train system can be made safer to protect peoples lives, RIP~
Yea, yea, OODA loop myass.
A famous Japanese right-winger once said: women are waste if they still alive after giving birth to offspring. But Josh Chin is a man. No?
According to PCmag – Chinese Apple Stores are some of the busiest in the world, seeing on average both the most foot traffic and the most revenue out of any other Apple Stores. They average about 40,000 customers a day, which is four times greater than the daily traffic in U.S. Apple Stores.
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A famous Japanese right-winger once said: women are waste if they still alive after giving birth to offspring. But Josh Chin is a man. No?"
Dear WUMAO posing as OODA Loop, please go back to your PRC internet cafe with your overweight chain smoking wumao friends, you really only lose all Chinese face by coming here and posting. Have a nice day and please for your parents and ansestors sake FIND A REAL JOB!
I wonder where they buy the stuff they sell if they can sell it at the same price – and probably with the same margins as any other store? Apple products are not distributed the same way as other computer products.
An another question is would these products have the same warranty terms? As an example, AppleCare is registered directly into Apple's systems so in order to provide them, you'd need an access to the system. A fake store doesn't have that. So in the end, you may pay 250$ for AppleCare that is never registered and then when you for the first time call Apple Support, they can't find your product registered and won't help you.
How can Apple products penetrate China's market so fast when there are only four Apple stores and dozens of authorized dealers? The answer lies in many unauthorized dealers who are very responsive to the market demand. That's why Apple are relative silent about unauthorized sale of its products.
Analysts say few global brands have achieved such a feat in China. "Apple has done what Google and Facebook cannot do: become No. 1 in China
Interesting commentaries. I'm not quite certain how it works in China, but if I had spent the money to set up an Authorized Apple store in China, I would not want just anyone to set up a shop that looked almost like mine and claim to be an "authorized dealer" without going through the effort to secure that authorization – that includes licensing materials, fixtures, training of store personnel, and ensuring the support policies that go along with that. I would have been rather upset to be duped into thinking I was in an Apple Store.
Also, lots of comments on how Apple is a ripoff. All one can say to that is you have a choice – just don't buy Apple products…
"Still, most took it as a sign that China's counterfeiting culture had progressed" Progressed? a culture based on deceit and immorality cannot progress by cheating more.
"Despite the directives, Chinese journalists chased after the Railways Ministry spokesman, Wang Yongping, after he tried to slip away after a 45-minute briefing on Sunday.
"There will be many people who think that this is a safety problem caused by high-speed rail itself," Wang said. "I should still say to society that China's high-speed rail technology is up to date, up to standard, and we still have faith in it."
But reporters were not satisfied.
"You promised you would answer all the questions," one reporter shouted, as Wang hurried down a stairwell."
>>>>Shouldnt he be ketou'ing to the public like the officials in Japan did after Fukushima? This is what happens when your govt cares more about its power and "face" than the people. RIP to the victims and thanks to the brave Chinese pursuing the truth of this matter unlike psuedo-wumao "patriots"
Li Datong, a former journalist sacked for challenging censorship, said the government was imposing controls whenever there was a disaster, which would only fuel public suspicion.
"People don't trust anything the government says anymore," Li told Reuters. "They think that whatever they say is a lie. There is no confidence in state media.
Jes*s H Chr*st, make sure things are safe before you start building them. Railroads, schools, food – what is up, China??!!
In a world where Beijing does not intend to back down, Washington needs to do some soul searching about its China policy, writes CRT analyst Ying Ma.
Voices of dissent inside China's Communist Party over the Xi Jinping's long-running anti-graft campaign appear to have gained enough currency to make some in the leadership nervous.
China's evolving legal system is a study in contrasts: the Party is taking new steps toward legal reform, but they coexist with the Maoist practice of show trials and public confessions.
The recent study examining the lives and labors of Communist party cadres in Shandong province is noteworthy not only because it shows that many Chinese officials have a tough time staying clean. It's also a telling example of the tension within China's political circles about the best way to wage war against corruption.
The removal from office of a long-serving police chief in Tianjin, one of China's largest cities, is a vivid example of the problems facing Chinese law reform, writes veteran China legal scholar Stanley Lubman.
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If TB and the revamped Ottawa continue to soar, the Flyers and Devils are colliding with a 3-6 seed matchup in the first round. That would be VERY interesting.
I'm happy as hell about the win tonight (gee, LeClair, could you hold on any longer to guarantee the empty netter, like maybe shoot it from 2 inches out?), but if Stevens came back and Primeau/Desjardins were not both back at 100%, I'd be extremely worried about this matchup.
On the other hand, exorcizing the demons (pun intended) at round 1 might be the best goddamn thing to ever happen to the Flyers, especially if they get the neutered Stevens-free version. That could lead to a confidence and execution high that would bring serious mojo into any Laffs-Sens-Bolts 2nd round.
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I'm a walking mediocrity at everything I do because I'm not motivated to try harder at it or practice. I'm not a kid anymore, and I feel so damn old and worthless. I've always been that person in the background of a photograph with no business being where it was shot i.e., any social event. I had some pretty good friends in middle school and high school, but even then, I was the biggest loser there.
I don't have any integrity. All I do is dream, but I've been stuck in an emotional rut for...forever. I've always felt inferior to everybody else around me, and growing older has not changed this way of thinking. I have all of these ideas and aspirations, but god knows when the ******** I'm going to finally get up off of my a** and chase any of them. Then again, I'm so out of shape, I probably won't follow them far.
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PERRYSBURG TOWNSHIP – The Owens Community College women's volleyball team will look to advance to their eighth national tournament as the Express compete in the NJCAA Region XII District E Women's Championship this weekend. The tournament will be held at Grand Rapids Community College in Grand Rapids, Mich., Friday-Sunday, Nov. 2-4.
Coached by Sonny Lewis, the Express will take a 31-9 overall record into the double elimination tournament where they will play against the Schoolcraft College (19-13)/Oakland Community College (21-8) winner at 12 p.m. on Saturday, Nov. 3 in semifinal action. If they would advance, the Express will play in the winner's bracket finals at 4 p.m. on Saturday, Nov. 3. The championship match will occur at 1 p.m. on Sunday, Nov. 4.
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On Friday (Oct. 26), the Express women's volleyball team captured the outright Ohio Community College Athletic Conference (OCCAC) regular season championship with a victory over Columbus State Community College (25-21, 17-25, 25-23, 25-21). Owens has won 12 out of the last 13 OCCAC regular season championships. Lewis' squad finished 12-0 in the OCCAC regular season standings and is ranked No. 17 in the latest NJCAA Division II volleyball regular season poll.
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