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A local community is still dealing with the news about a major plant closing. Last week, International Paper Company, one of Lawrence County's biggest employers, announced plans to permanently close its Courtland mill. Now, one employee is talking about what it's been like since the closing announcement, and what attempts the company is making to help them find other jobs.
The employee doesn't want to be named, but he described what it was like to hear the news that the plant was closing.
"It's crushing," he said. "It's devastating. It's like a death in the family. It's hard to believe."
The employee has worked at the company more than 15 years. He said when he and his fellow employees were told about the company closing its doors, it wasn't the news they were expecting.
"We thought it was going to be a merger," he said. "The plant closing was the furthest thing from our minds."
Officials with the paper mill said the demand for paper has declined and the 1,100 people employed with the company will be laid off. This worker says the pain from the plant closing will be widespread.
"It's probably going to impact people from the Tennessee state line to Cullman," he said. "Winston County and Lawrence County will probably take a hit."
Since the announcement, Governor Robert Bentley has vowed to help the IP employees. The worker hopes he's able to save some jobs.
"Even if it works out and at least some people would be able to keep their jobs. It's a good place to work," he said.
The plant is expected to close in stages. The first stage will take place in December. The second stage will take place around March 2014. In the meantime, the worker said he and his employees are on the market for a new job.
"We just have to kind of wait it out and get my resume ready and look for jobs. If the right opportunity becomes available, I need a job just like everybody else."
The mill has provided its employees with a list of other out-of-state plants where they can apply. They also have a team coming in to help them out with resumes.
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A severe injury is treated as inconsequential with no reason or explanation
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No matter how severe the wound/injuries location or how much blood is lost, the person will not give any indication of a wound causing pain (or any physical/emotional symptoms for that matter) besides the occasional wince. AKA MIMP If the work gives or implies a reason why the injury is of such little importance and beneath the notice of the character, no matter how ridiculous the given explanation may be , THIS. TROPE. DOES. NOT. APPLY. As with most other tropes,MIMP can obviously be lampshaded, however due to MIMP's strict rule of only existing when the odd behavior goes unnoticed, this trope can never be both lampshaded and played straight , this incompatibility is rooted in that as soon as the Lampshade Hanging is applied, the reason for injury being blown off as nothing can be simply and effectively argued as s Rule of Funny. Because, remember no matter how ridiculous the explanation is, if a reason is given this trope is dead.
MIMP can be confused with other pain tropes as well, though not often to the degree of MOI and MIMPS. For Instance wounds that are, Only a Flesh Wound, can be treated similarly to this, however the Major Injury of this trope is not always in a part of the body considered to be unimportant and if the wound's location is why the injury is downplayed then it is firmly in This is only a flesh wound territory. Please note the trope has a strict code when applied to a work. No Matter how Ridiculous, if any explanation is given for the wound to have been paid no mind then this...trope...does...not...fit.
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One of the great surprises of parenting was that breastfeeding does not, in fact, "come naturally." There are many aspects of breastfeeding that do. Your breasts do generally become engorged with milk soon after you give birth. Your baby is born with an instinct for sucking. But getting all the parts to work together effectively? Hah. That takes a little practice and a lot of bugging the nurses and your friends to help you figure out that latch one more time. Sure, there's some uber-nursers who figured it out right away. But for a lot of us, this breastfeeding gig happens in stages.
Stage 1: Deluded confidence. So you think practicing with a doll in a breastfeeding workshop is going to prepare you for breastfeeding? Sure, go ahead. Think that.
Stage 2: You try it for the first time and OFMG HURTS!
Stage 3: Total despair. They say it's not supposed to hurt that much. So should it hurt enough to make you yell or just whimper a little? Because that's the continuum you're on right now. Can you really handle this?
Stage 4: Water. By the way, the pediatrician tells you to drink a gallon of water every day or you'll shit the most painful poo diamonds of your life. Or rather, you'll not shit them. This is because all the water in your body is going into making milk. Listen to the doctor.
Stage 5: Realizing you need help. Every. Single. Time. When you ask one of the nurses if she would mind coming home with you and the baby, she gives you the side-eye. Why?!? Doesn't she know? This is HARD.
Stage 6: You get your baby to latch the right way by yourself for the very first time. Finally.
Stage 7: Three hours later: You forget how you did that.
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The Asymptotic Variance of Extreme Bounds
AbstractAn asymptotic approximation to the variances of Leamer's (1983) extreme bounds is given. It can be implemented using standard regression output. Copyright 1990 by MIT Press.
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Lord, the idea of true submission can be confusing and frustrating to grasp. Over the next two months, help me to understand the biblical sense of submission. Help it not be scary for me to pursue, but help me to embrace and practice submission to you and to others in Christian community. Amen.
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What do you think when you hear the word submission? Does it provoke a negative response? If so, why do you think that is? How can you turn any negative thoughts about submission into positive thoughts and actions?
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Make the words of the hymn "I Surrender All" your prayer.
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Before making a decision today, large or small, take time to see what God's Word says about it.
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Every time you're tempted to worry about something today,instead pray, "Lord, may your will be done."
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"The Journey of Childlessness" by Jean E. Jones. Whether or not you've struggled with this particular issue, what does the author have to say about who God is? What did she learn in the course of submitting her dreams to God? How does that apply to your life?
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"Well — he did not —"
Just four words.
No one's sure what he meant.
But just the fact that Supreme Court Justice Clarence Thomas was heard saying them Monday is news. After all, the famously silent justice has not asked a question from the High Court's bench since Feb. 22, 2006.
So what prompted him to, according to The New York Times, actually lean forward and speak into his microphone?
SCOTUSBlog's Tom Goldstein reports that:
"Most of the Justices were in a lighthearted mood [Monday]. There was a lot of banter between them. At one point, the questioning turned to whether the petitioner — a capital defendant — had 'competent' counsel. Justice [Antonin] Scalia made the rhetorical point that his lawyer was impressive because she had gone to Yale. Chuckling, Justice Thomas interjected (as I heard it, imperfectly) that fact might make the lawyer 'incompetent.' In context, no one could think that the line was a genuine attack on Yale. Justice Thomas is a Yale graduate, and he was making a self-deprecating comment."
The official transcript of the exchange does not include Thomas saying the word "incompetent." It only quotes him as saying "well — he did not —."
Still, even without the word "incompetent," The New Yorker's Jeffrey Toobin thinks that the "gist of Thomas's joke … appears to be that graduation from Yale is a sign of incompetence." And, Toobin adds:
"If that's what Thomas said — and I bet it was — the wisecrack comes with a long history. For many years, Thomas viewed Yale with undisguised hostility. The gist of his complaint was that he was admitted under an affirmative-action program — and, as a result, suffered from a stigma that tainted his judicial career. 'I couldn't get a job out of Yale Law School,' he told an interviewer in 1998, 'That's how much good it did me. I think I'll send the degree back.' As I noted in The Nine, Thomas had a 'Yale Sucks' bumper sticker on the mantle in his chambers for a time."
SCOTUSBlog's Goldstein, though, thinks Thomas's comment is a sign that the justice is getting more comfortable with his Yale connection:
"I think the psychoanalysis of this one sentence is ridiculous. But if you were trying to divine anything from it, I suppose I'd say it shows the Justice's greater comfort with his relationship with Yale, which is growing both generally and through Professor Akhil Amar individually. In my opinion, the joke was made in the voice of a person who was very comfortable associating himself with the institution."
The Times' Adam Liptak, meanwhile, writes that "the transcript supports the view that Justice Thomas made an actual point" because the "lawyer at the lectern, a Louisiana prosecutor named Carla S. Sigler, responded, 'I would refute that, Justice Thomas,' indicating that he had articulated a proposition capable of refutation." But Liptak also refers to whatever it was Thomas was saying as a joke overall — and "probably evidence of a recent warming trend between Justice Thomas and the law school, from which he graduated in 1974."
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12 Days of Conversions: Day 4-Holiday E-Mails
Posted By Mariel Bacci On November 28, 2011 @ 7:30 am In Advertising,Call to Action,Email Marketing,Holiday Shopping,Improving Conversion,Online Persuasion,Persuasive Design,Scent Trails,e-commerce,headlines | 6 Comments
[1]Holiday Newsletters are a mandatory campaign strategy. With so many ecommerce sites competing for attention, you need to make sure your customers remember you over the holidays. When visitors are buying gifts for others, they have different intent, needs and motivations than when buying for themselves. They may be compulsive in their buying behavior or they may require a lot of reassurance. Understanding you prospect's buying styles [2] can be difficult, but worth the effort since last minute shopping and trying to find the perfect gift are mindsets that are omnipotent around this time of year. Make sure your e-mails speak to the holiday mindset by following some of our holiday newsletter strategies.
#1 Timing
If you have not yet sent your first holiday newsletter, you are already too late. Christmas catalogs are already abound. Get your first holiday e-mail out as close to Thanksgiving as possible, though starting a week before Black Friday to promote your post Thanksgiving offers would have been ideal. Send holiday emails more often at this time, so if you usually send a monthly newsletter, perhaps at this time you should send a weekly newsletter. Some online retailers find it fruitful to do a 12 days of Christmas campaign, putting something new on sale every day for 12 days [3], similar to what daily discount sites do.
#2 Subject Line
Make your holiday e-mails worth opening. The subject line should be engaging, benefit oriented and talk about the content of your holiday e-mail. Some examples of engaging e-mails include:
Final Day: Free TWO-DAY DELIVERY + Stocking stuffers they'll love
20 special gifts under $20
What MEN Really Want + Up to 50% Season SAVINGS
Notice all these titles offer 2 things: information about gifts (Stocking stuffers they'll love, 20 special gifts and what men really want) and incentives to buy those gifts (Free two day delivery, gifts under $20 and 50% season savings). A good strategy for holiday e-mail subject lines is to offer both information and incentives.
#3 Above The Fold
The most important part of your e-mail is the 4 inches your visitors see when they first open it, before scrolling, clicking through, etc. Make sure it is easy for your customers to enable images to view the content in this area of your e-mail, and if they do not enable images, make sure your copy could lead them to your site anyway.
Use this space to place your most imporatant call to action [4] and make it persuasive with your holiday incentives. This is also the part of your e-mail that needs to appeal to your last minute shoppers as well as your customers looking for a perfect gift. Copy that is influencial in this area will include things like "24 hour sale." "Last Minute Savings," "She'll Love it or Your Money Back," and "Free Shipping and Exchanges."
#4 Content, Incentives and Scent Trails
Your e-mails need to a create a strong scent trail [5] from the beginning to the end of your users holiday buying experience. The content of your e-mail should reflect the subject line of your e-mail. If you promise 40% off cashmere socks in the title of your newsletter there better darn well be an offer for 40% off those socks above the fold of your e-mail. After your prospect clicks the CTA button in your e-mail, they should be led to a landing page that not only features the offer in your e-mail, but matches the look and feel of your e-mail as well. If you were to promise a 10% off incentive for the holidays, when your prospect gets to the site, there should either be a pop-up, banners or both on your landing page to let the visitor know their 10% off has been applied. Show the promotion prominently in the cart by bolding it and making it a striking color so that your customers are reassured that you are delivering on your promise.
#5 Understand the Needs of Gift Giving
There are different methods and copy to use to categorize your merchandise as a gift in your holiday e-mail. You can feature items as things to prepare for a holiday party, by gender, color, or price. REI does a good job promoting gifts by price category in their holiday e-mail. Notice how they also use incentives for people who are compulsive shoppers to make a purchase, by featuring that shoppers only have 'three days left.' They also offer a gift center to help you find the perfect gift at any price. [6]
What are you doing to reach out to your prospects this holiday? Do you find an e-mail campaign strategy to be helpful? Do you feel like your e-mails are a waste of effort because they are never opened or do not bring converting customers to your site? We would love to help you optimize your e-mail campaign to help you increase your ROI, just get in touch with us! [7]
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Best without any doubt!Posted Sep 20, 2014
Great location, direct access to wailea beach. Spacious room/suite, very comfortable stay. Hotel staff extremely considerate and professional. Great selection of restaurants on site. Will return for sure:)
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Beautifully presented ,well located.Posted Aug 27, 2014
Pros: The serenity pool was great if you wanted to get away from the crowd. Open foyer and restaurants took full advantage of the view and the breeze.
We thoroughly enjoyed our stay. Staff were most attentive and courteous .
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Good hotel next to sandy beach. Not the best sand.Posted Aug 26, 2014
Too many waves in the afternoon. Hard to swim. Only one not so large pool for kids.
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Perfect hotel for our honeymoon, we recommend it highly to anyone.
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All around a great experiencePosted Aug 7, 2014
Cons: The $16 drinks were a little pricey. I think if the price was dropped a few dollars you would sell a lot more drinks at the bar.
The staff was super friendly and they did not have "NO" in their vocabulary. The condition of the lobby of the hotel were impeccable. No doubt in my mind that I would stay here again.
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The hotel is amazing and every inch is manicured to perfection. The staff is unfailingly lovely and on top of their game. Rooms were attended two times a day, bartenders remember your names even days later, snorkeling off their beach is breathtaking...just get ready to shell out the clams! Two egg breakfasts with a drink each was over $100, any round of drinks for my fella and I was $50 or more with tip, coffee and a muffin at the pool is over $20 when you get tip worked in. Was it worth it? Hell yes!! Is it better than the Live Aqua in Cancun for 1/4 the price????? Ummmmmm.....different places, I acknowledge, but we did the same things and spent WAY more money. All that said....if your heart is set on Maui....there simply isn't any place nicer.
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Maui ParadisePosted Jul 29, 2014
Pros: Everything!
Cons: Did have a slight delay getting into our room, but the hotel did comp us drinks at the serenity pool (adult pool) until it was ready.
Location: There was a lovely shopping center 5 minutes away with additional shopping and food options.
Wonderful! Beautiful location with service that is unparalleled. Fantastic food options right at the resort so you never have to leave during your stay. Truly a place to relax and unwind. We had the perfect vacation!
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ONE DIRTY SECRETPosted Jul 14, 2014
Pros: The personal service was outstanding, except for that of the hotel manager. He/she declined to speak with me.
Cons: The best improvement would be for all the hotel to be honest, and to warn all potential customers about the "wrong side" of the hotel.
Location: Mama's Fish House is a wonderful restaurant.
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For 55 years, The Fine Arts Association has been a gathering place for individuals to learn, create, enjoy and appreciate the arts. This was founders James and Louise Savage's vision and continues to guide us today. From ballet and portrait painting classes to piano lessons and theatre classes, The Fine Arts Association educates thousands of students in the arts each year.
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Sexualization of girls in media is increasing. Parents want practical ways to counter the harmful effects. A Twitter chat Dec 5 – 8.30 pm cst #girlsnow will help. ABC-TV's 20/20 called the segment "Too Young to Be Sexy?" It focused on parents who sexualized their young daughters to help them compete in girls' beauty pageants.
The segment included great comments from Dana Edell of Spark Summit – one of New Moon Girls' sister organizations who support girls, young women and parents in fighting against the increasing sexualization of girls in media.
Sadly, the 20/20 segment stopped stop of talking about the solutions offered by a growing group of small businesses and non-profits including: American Psychological Association, Pigtail Pals, Shaping Youth, SheHeroes, Powered by Girl, Hardy Girls, Princess Free Zone, Girls Inc., Geena Davis Institute, About-Face, Girl Scouts of the USA, and more.
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State Fair Parade; Mr. Legs Contest; FFA Sheep; Woodturning Demo; Twins, Triplets & More with Dan Wardell; Decorated Cakes; Next Big Fair Food; Fair Flashback-Spectacles; Bruno's Tiger Show; Bees & Honey; Camping at the Fair; Corn Dog Kickoff; Photos of the Day [56 minutes]
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...and I'm not talking about the energy the crowd brings to a room when Obama is on stage. I'm talking about the backbone of our economy. From oil, to natural gas, to electricity, it all seems to be a mess that isn't leaving us anytime soon, and by any measure should be the foremost issue come this November. So what do the candidates propose to do about it?
Wednesday, June 25, 2008
How Energy will win McCain the election...
See Senator Obama's energy plan here.
See Senator McCain's energy plan here.
To his credit, Senator Obama has put forward a some-what detailed PDF listing his objectives. These seem to consist of three general ideas: a cap and trade policy, increased government spending on general research projects, increased government spending on farm subsidies for ethanol purposes.
Senator Obama likens his projects to Apollo and the Eisenhower Highway system. The later analogy seems a bit ironic as the American highway system enabled suburban sprawl, increased reliance on individual automobiles, and a decline on the use of mass transit. However, I'm sure Obama doesn't want you associating his energy plan with the very problems that caused excessive consumption of fuel.
The additional irony is that the cap-and-trade system advocated in Obama's energy plan is essentially the same as the one previously proposed in McCain-Liberman, especially in determining energy policy in the next 20 years. (BTW - recognize any name from that bill?) This is noted here. While a cap-and-trade system isn't the newest idea on the block, it is important to note that McCain was the sponsor in the Senate as opposed to a certain younger Senator from Illinois (with that extensive legislative background and all). Both candidates support it and, to me at least, it seems to be an appropriate (Coase like) solution.
Moving on, the remaining 9 pages of Senator Obama's energy plan detail what he'll spend taxpayer monies on (though he makes no assertions as to where the funding will come from). Actually, to say that Obama "details" the expenditures is a bit far-fetched. The plan states what he'll spend money towards, that is the goals he'd like to achieve. However, increase the subsidies to projects doesn't make much sense. Why would renewable energy providers need more subsidies in a time when the price of energy is skyrocketing? If the problem is indeed one of scarcity, then plentiful, renewable energy should be naturally cheaper and therefore more friendly to investment by business. If producers need to be paid by government in order to produce, then they shouldn't be producing. (In the alternative, if you want to spur on development and production, then you lower the cost of doing business across the entire economy through tax cuts - but these are nowhere mentioned in Obama's plan).
This leads us to the final Obama proposal, a stupendous tax on "windfall profits". This is a bad idea for several reasons. One, as noted by the link, the last time the windfall profits tax was enacted is resulted in far less revenue than anticipated and futhermore, it reduced the amount of domestic oil production. Simple economics would suggest that reducing the production of oil to barely increase federal revenues and pay for a program to educate inner-city youth is simply a bad idea in the midst of an energy crunch. I'm all about educating inner-city youth, but let's please do this with a tax that won't increase the price of the most essential good in our economy. Taxing a necessary good simply doesn't make sense, especially with the price so high.
Finally, while much of this blog has been spent criticizing Obama's approach, I would be remiss if I didn't mention the better alternatives that McCain has offered. For every subsidy and misdirected federal expenditure that Obama has recommended, McCain has offered a specific financial incentive, tax credit, or decrease in regulation. Where Obama has simply said what the goals are but not how to get there, McCain has shown an appropriate reliance upon the market and market incentives in this area. His government sponsored prize for a substantially improved battery suggests both invention and innovation that can be practically obtained. Additionally, while Obama continues endless subsidies for industries that no longer need them (see the recent price of corn), McCain has called for an end to subsidies which increase market prices and has proposed ending regulations on oil exploration, allowing American entrepreneurs and businesses the flexbility to ease some of our supply troubles (even though offshore drilling could only be a drop in the barrel).
All in all, it seems that McCain has a more realistic and practicable plan to meet our energy needs, mostly because it appropriately depends on the market and removes market barriers to energy supply, while still recognizing a need for conservation.
Now, if he could only follow up his energy plan with an advanced purchase of a Chevy Volt, he may just win Michigan.
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Also, please note this article discussing McCain's response to an anti-nuclear advocate. He raises great points about the viability and safety of American Nuclear Power:
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|Barbara Hawkins: Family History of the Port Philip
District, NSW.
Barbara is Vice-president and Newsletter Editor of the Port Phillip Pioneers Group, formed in 1970.
Please note: Because of the Museum repainting, this meeting will be held in the Anglesea Community House, just on the other side of the car park. Normal date and time.
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Please note the changed date for this meeting.
|12 Jun
|Pam Jennings: History of Mt. Moriac.
|10 Jul
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Stewart McConachy: Finding Your Family Worldwide.
This will be followed by our Winter Feast Lunch. $5.
Please note the later starting time for this meeting.
|14 Aug
|Mick Robinson: The Geelong Heritage Centre.
|11 Sep
|Thelma Western: My approach to family History.
|9 Oct
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BAGHDAD, Aug. 15 (UPI) — A series of bombings and shootings across Iraq Monday killed dozens of people and wounded scores more, police said.
The number of dead varied, with CNN reporting at least 67 people and The Washington Post reporting 70. CNN reported at least 170 people were wounded.
Iraqi security forces were the targets of at least a dozen bombings but the worst was a twin blast that targeted civilians on a busy street Kut, a city in central Iraq, CNN reported.
At least 34 people were killed when a car bomb, then a roadside bomb, detonated on a commercial street during morning rush-hour traffic, police told CNN.
The Interior Ministry decided to ban parking on both sides of the main and auxiliary streets throughout the country because of the violence, Aswat al-Iraq reported.
In Diyala province, 14 people were killed in five car bombings and shootings, police told the Post.
In Twareej, a car bomb targeted a police station, killing at least eight people, two Interior Ministry officials told CNN.
Two suicide bombers targeted security forces in Tikrit, killing at least four policemen, the ministry officials said.
A suicide car bomber in Khan Bani Saad killed at least eight people, the ministry said.
At least three people died in four bomb explosions in Baghdad, ministry officials said.
At least 10 people died in attacks in Najaf, Kirkuk and Baqubabag, the ministry said.
In a statement, Usama al-Nujeify, the speaker of Iraq's Parliament, condemned the violence and placed responsibility for the violence on the "officers in charge of the security bodies in the government and their commands," Aswat al-Iraq reported.
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He knew he had been dancing with Toph at Zuko's party.
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I haven't worn makeup for years, but I'm in a new job and would like to pull together a more professional look. What can I do to make my flaky, sensitive, rejecting skin hold on to foundation smoothly for an entire day without looking sandblasted by noon?
I'm in my 40s, white, with relatively pale skin with a yellow cast (matching MAC NC20), but I also have a fairly uneven skin tone and some pink blotching. I have some enlarged pores on my nose and chin, but I rarely actually break out. I have some fine lines around my eyes and forehead, and I'd prefer not to emphasize these with heavy foundation.
I treat my skin gently with tepid water, Cetaphil, and a light moisturizer with sunscreen. I use real sunscreen when I actually go outside.
Although I have mostly oily skin, I also have dry patches on my cheeks and forehead that go away if I wash with tepid water and use a little moisturizer. But after I apply foundation, things look smooth for only a few hours. I end up with a scaly look, then a flocked look on my cheeks and forehead, as patches of the makeup slowly escape into the ether. I also get makeup escaping from my oily nose and chin, with the added bonus of some makeup settling inside the pores.
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- MAC Studio Sculpt was disappointing: the color and coverage are great, but it escaped even earlier than the BB cream
- Mineral makeup looks great from a distance, but anyone within speaking distance can see how scaly it gets
So what can I change about my skin care routine (tepid water, Cetaphil, moisturizer) or makeup products to make this work? Do I need an exfoliant for the dry patches? If so, it would have to be a gentle lotion, not anything with a scrub as my skin has shown it does NOT like that. Do I need a foundation primer?
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Have you tried a mineral powder foundation instead of the gloopy stuff?
posted by
on September 10, 2011
I really like
Tarte Smooth Operator
tinted moisturizer. I've heard that foundation isn't the best idea for women with large pores and fine lines. It settles into them and makes them more obvious. I would also go to your dermatologist and get a prescription for some tretinoin to help reverse your sun damage and clear up oily patches, skin clarity, and uneven skin tone. I would also ask your dermatologist if your flaky skin isn't actually a medical issue versus extreme dryness. You may need to wash your face at lunch if your flaky skin is really as bad as you describe. I would use a gentle washcloth every morning, followed by
CeraVe PM
. Both of those moisturizers have worked very well as mild primers for me, and they are quality derm-recommended moisturizers for a low cost.
I seriously rep CeraVe every time one of these threads comes along...how embarrassing!
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on September 10, 2011 [
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*would also would also would also would also
Change that first one to "Consider going to" and that second one to just "I would ask".
posted by
on September 10, 2011
You say you've tried mineral makeup. What kind did you use? I have similar skin problems, but I use powder mineral makeup by
Everyday Minerals
, and it holds together fairly well. And did you use a primer underneath it? That can help even things out, and also keeps the makeup on longer. Physician's Formula makes an excellent (and cheap) primer that you paint on with an attached brush. I use
Tarte Clean Slate
now because it's a little easier to apply and feels amazing. It's three times as expensive, but you only need a minuscule amount each time, so it lasts a while, and it does a good job of keeping your makeup looking fresh.
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Mineral makeup is very drying, so any dry patches of dry skin you have will look that much worse later in the day. I can't recommend any specific foundation as I'm not that familiar with brands (and I am fortunate in that when I
have to wear makeup these days it's only for a few hours at a time) and how they maintain their "look" for eight hours plus. I can, however, recommend a green cover stick concealer for red blotchy areas and on the nose and chin to cover large pores. Blend it into your skin and then apply foundation over it. As for moisturizers, my rheumatologist prescribed
Lac-Hydrin Lotion
back when it was prescription-only (I suffer from Sjogren's Syndrome and have had extremely dry skin since my 20s). I don't know if the OTC version is the same formula, but swathing my face with it before going to bed left me with much-improved un-flaky skin in the morning.
posted by
Oriole Adams
on September 10, 2011
For what it's worth, I would focus on foundation-free ways to pull together the professional look you want, particularly with the qualities of the skin that you describe. A full face of foundation, even on the smoothest, most obedient skin, almost invariably draws more attention to the makeup than it does to you, which is doing you no favors in the "look great for my new job" department.
If anything, I would try a tinted moisturizer like
Laura Mercier's
(you can get it at Sephora, and they're great about returns if it doesn't work for you), or make your own by
mixing a more traditional foundation in with a light "plain" moisturizer. Your goal should not be to have a solid, even layer of color over your whole face -- just try to gently even out the tone/blotching but generally let your pores breathe and your natural skin show. Overdone foundation can look pretty aging, too, and from what you describe, foundation may not be the proverbial hill you want to die on, grooming-wise.
I think you'll get more bang for your effort by focusing on the following:
A very neat, carefully accented eye
. Have your brows professionally groomed once every six weeks or so (tell them you want a very natural look, nothing too styled or thin or severe), and just tweeze the blatant outliers in between. Find a concealer that blends well and apply on your undereye circles, the dark corners of the inside of your eyes (near your nose) and on the lids. Use a smudged brown eyeliner along your top lash line, and maybe a little matte brown shadow on more of your lid, but nothing outside of or above the lid. Curl your eyelashes before applying a lengthening mascara (don't go for thickening formulas, which are too prone to clumping).
Subtle, flattering lip color
. Nothing too bright or glossy, but check it often (and reapply often) across the day to keep it fresh. Use a lip liner if you like, not to "line" your lips, but all over the lip to serve as a base for the color.
Clean, well-groomed hair
. Depending on your hair type, this may mean blow-drying it every day... which blows, but it's one of those things that people don't notice if your hair consistently looks neat and done, but they do when you try to get away with an unwashed ponytail... and that kind of thing is what will detract from your professional look, no matter whether you find a magical solution to the skin care question.
The rest is all in your tasteful clothes/jewelry/shoes/bag (oh, and neat fingernails!) and, of course, how well you do your job.
Congratulations on the new gig -- wishing you much success!
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Have you tried going to the makeup department at Macy's. They will try and sale you the whole kit and caboodle but you can have a makeup session and try the products before you buy. I like lancome.
posted by
on September 10, 2011
1. get thee to a dermatologist, you could have a medical issue and it could be treatable or even curable (your skin sounds a lot like mine and my Dr diagnosed it as Seborrhoeic Dermatitis )
2. Exfoliate. If your skin is flaking, that skin is dead and need to come off, moisturising it wont bring it back to life, just temporarily mask the problem.
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on September 10, 2011 [
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Instead of trying to cover your uneven skintone with foundation, you might try evening out your skintone so you can skip the foundation. I'm partial to
Estee Lauder
, but
also makes products designed to even out the skintone. A trip to the cosmetics counter at a good department store is probably in order so you can see and try out the various possibilities. Oh, and don't let the cost deter you: you can usually find smaller or gift-with-purchase sizes on eBay for very reasonable prices.
posted by
on September 10, 2011
I agree with everyone who's said you don't need foundation to look polished--truly! But if you prefer it, I have a couple of tips from experience.
Use a primer! I use the regular Smashbox Photo Finish; they also have an oil-free version. It makes a noticeable difference both in the amount of foundation I need for adequate coverage and the amount of foundation that slides off my face during the day--even without the setting spray.
Speaking of which, try a setting spray. I thought these were totally bogus at first, but one day at Ulta I found a trial-size version of Urban Decay's All-Nighter spray for a buck. IT IS MADE OF MIRACLES. As long as I don't touch my face, the foundation, concealer, and powder stay where they belong all day! No settling into lines or pores or around my nose. Amazing.
Check out
Makeup Alley
for extensive reviews on anything you're not sure about. The community is so big, and so full of makeup junkies, that it can be really helpful even if you have unique problems.
posted by
Fui Non Sum
on September 10, 2011 [
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I am not totally dissimilar... My Rx would be a cream with AHA -- alternatively, a toner with AHA, or douse yourself every other week or so with the high-test stuff; I use
this 50% glycolic acid from skinlaboratory.com
and like it a lot. You can tip a drop or two into your regular moisturizer in your palm, too. Goodbye flakes and rough patches.
+1 primer!
If I absolutely no-fooling want foundation on and on and on:
Lancome Teint Idole Ultra
. Does not budge. I brush it on as concealer when/where needed; full-face, it is a bit too much coverage for everyday and can be fussy to apply. But I am greasy, and it stays put and doesn't change.
If it is a normal day and I do not want to spend a lot of time:
Korres Wild Rose Mineral Foundation
; I was not at all impressed with mineral make-up but the reviews, and the brand which is generally wonderful, sold me, and it's great stuff and it stays put very well.
posted by
on September 10, 2011
I would replace your moisturizer with Cetaphil Daily Advance Ultra Hydrating Lotion, and leave it for 10 minutes before applying a sunscreen-containing product.
posted by
on September 10, 2011
There are many great product and technique suggestions above, but I wanted to add that sometimes you just can't get makeup to last all day and you need to re-apply. During oiler stages of life I would give myself a quick mid-day face wash (cheeks/chin/forehead, leaving eye makeup alone) and reapply sunscreen and any concealer/powder that I needed. Felt fresher, looked better, only took a few minutes. If you're applying a full face of foundation, blush, etc this would be more time-intensive, but sometimes that's just how it goes!
posted by
on September 10, 2011
Try a primer. I like the Laura Mercier primer. it goes on under the foundation and helps it stay in place and look even. And a tinted moisturizer might work better for you than a foundation, I also like her tinted moisturizer - it doesn't go on so heavy and has a more natural look, I think.
posted by
on September 10, 2011
I have oily skin with large pores. I am a year away from 40 and starting to get more normal to dry on my cheeks. I have fine lines forming around my eyes.
Currently I am using
MakeupForever HD invisible foundation
. I love it.
I also use
Estee Lauder Double Wear Stay-In-Place Makeup
. I was color matched at the counter. This foundation has a heavier coverage, but not mask like, and can look less heavy depending on application method. It lasts longer than most foundations. Makeup slides off my skin since my skin is oily in areas. I believe they make a Double Wear Lite as well with less coverage.
Seconding primers but a lot or primers break me out. If you have no problems with silicone primers try them. They help foundation last. Primers will help with the appearance of large pores and smooth lines. Laura Geller's Spackle gets great reviews. Smashbox Photo Finish is very popular but breaks me out. My favorite primer is
Cover FX Clearprep FX Matte Foundation Primer.
It contains silicone but magically does not break me out. I love this stuff. Perhaps it would work on your more oilier areas. Cover FX make other primers too.
You may want to try some chemical exfoliation for the flaking on your forehead and to help your pores look less conspicuous. I am in love with
Wrinkle Revenge 2
. These are cream cleansers and do not foam. I use them on clean skin and often use them as a mask. As a matter of fact I have the Wrinkle Revenge 2 on as I type. If you are interested I would start with
Wrinkle Revenge 1
. I own it and 1 is what I began with. It is non-irritating and does a great job of keeping my skin exfoliated without causing flaking, burning, or redness.
If you are afraid of going the glycolic acid route try lactic acid it is much gentler but still exfoliating. Lisa Eldridge, famous makeup artist, loves
Dermalogica Gentle Cream Exfoliant.
Here is Lisa talking about her cleansing and her favorite skincare products.
She features a lot of products that a gentle and mild.
Here is Lisa showing a tutorial for a college/work makeup look.
She features a Bobbi Brown foundation that is long lasting.
Dermadoctor also makes makes products that specifically target enlarged pores. This product,
Picture Porefect
gets excellent reviews.
Good luck.
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Seconding missmagenta - go to a dermatologist before you do anything. You might have a skin condition that can be cleared up with the appropriate medication. Also, a dermatologist can prescribe or steer you to a moisturizer that doesn't aggravate your combination skin or sensitivity issues.
Ole Hendriksen makes good, albeit expensive, moisturizers that work on many skin types.
My skin never liked mineral makeup either but after trying several (including Bare Minerals, Urban Decay, and Laura Mercier) I found my holy grail in Jane Iredale Pure Pressed Foundation. Many people with sensitive skin swear by Jane Iredale mineral makeup, and, as a bonus, it's offered in many different shades for different undertones.
Jane Iredale's "Light Beige" (their lightest cool tone) is the ONLY thing that blends into my skin. You want to find out if your skin has "warm" or "cool" undertones and select your shade accordingly - most women are warm but about 25% of us, including me, are "cool" and have to hunt to find makeup that doesn't look like a mask. Wearing the right shade, with the right undertone, matched to your skin looks so much better.
As for primers, I wear Fusion Beauty Prime Results in "Brightening" - a lavender tone - because I have very little natural color and it makes me look perked up. Fusion Beauty also has a green shade to tone down ruddy complexions.
MakeupAlley is the place to go for reviews - I would check out reviews by women of your skin tone and type and then shop accordingly.
posted by
Rosie M. Banks
on September 10, 2011 [
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Such wonderful advice. Thanks, everyone!
I've handed out a few favorites that are pointing me to promising techniques or products I think could work. Some other brands suggested for me, like Clinique and Cetaphil moisturizer, have actually irritated my skin, so they're great options for other people but not for me right now.
I'd really, really like to make foundation work, even though I understand the alternatives a few of you have suggested. I went to work foundation free a couple of weeks ago (was getting my eyebrows waxed that evening), and a co-worker approached me with concern, asking if I was OK, under stress, was I sunburned, etc. Yeah, that was tactless of her, but it did make me a bit self-conscious of how I look with naked skin right now.
So I'll talk to a derm, try out a few products, and see where it takes me. If I get any good results, I'll be back to hand out some Best Answers.
posted by
on September 10, 2011
Foundation won't stick to skin that is trying to correct itself. Skin usually produce oil to protect itself. Since you mentioned your skin gets flaky and is oily, I will suggest a microdermabrasion and moisturization. I have suggested Mary Kay before, but it is really the least expensive, high quality product. If you don't like it, they refund you your money, so you have nothing to lose!
Try their microdermabraision once every other day for a week and then use it once every three days for a week. After that, you may only need to use it once every two weeks. It is a two-step process where you use the microdermabraision and then the replenish which will give your skin all sorts of vitamins. Use a moisturizer after the replenish. If you get the MK product, try the Intense moisturizing gel for oily skin at night.
You may find that you get a little irritated the first couple of times you use it. This will happen because everyone tends to SCRUB TOO HARD! Make sure your face is wet for this and use a small dot of product to start. You can always add more scrub if it is not enough. Once you do this a few times, you will get accustomed to how hard or gentle to be with your skin.
You will see how nicely the foundation go on and stay on. I suggest you use a cream to powder foundation. Get a little packet of blotting paper and just blot your face is you do get a bit shiny during the day.
If you remove the dead skin, you will be able to properly moisturize your skin and thus reducing the oil over production and the foundation will sit nicely on your skin.
Also, drink lots of water if you don't already and get good rest, it will help you have better skin!
Good luck!
posted by
on September 11, 2011
I forgot to mention! You don't want a product that lasts really long...that means there is some sort of chemical that stays on your skin for an extended period of time. That chemical may not be good for your skin.
I hope that the microdermabraision will make a big difference in your skin. The blotting paper will remove the excess oils that you produce without removing the foundation.
Foundation primer is great, but correct the skin first and then you can pile on product once you have figured out what you need to do to make it behave. Continuing to put more items on your skin will only create more flaky and oily skin.
; )
posted by
on September 11, 2011
I love Tarte Clean Slate and use it with Laura Mercier foundation primer. If I need a touch up, I keep Benefit's Get Even.
posted by
on September 13, 2011
I would try exfoliating and using jojoba oil as moisturizer(also can be used to remove makeup and as a cleanser). Just use a drop or 2 of the jojoba and massage into the face. To exfoliate I just use a facial pad thing with some olive oil soap, but there are other options since that method doesn't work for your skin.
I had oily/combination skin and the jojoba oil helped even me out.
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on September 25, 2011
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Betsy Taylor is back in this sequel to Undead and Unwed. Not willing to "live" off her friends, she lands her dream job selling shoes at Macy's, much to the dismay of her consort/King, Eric Sinclair, who is as loyal, protective and hot as ever. Not that Betsy has any interest in him (or does she?). And now, vampires in her kingdom are being attacked and staked by a mysterious gang. Can she solve the mystery in time to save her kingdom? Can she stop spending all her wages on shoes? Can she resist the charms of Eric Sinclair—does she want to?
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Most women would love to live as royalty, but Betsy has found that being vampire queen has more problems than perks, except for always being awake for Midnight Madness sales. It may be easy to find blood (yuck) in the dark of night, but try finding a strawberry smoothie. And employees at her nightclub Scratch have been giving her nothing but grief since she killed their former boss. Some people...
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Even the undead celebrate Christmas, and Betsy is in heaven shopping for gifts.
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I tapped my pencil on the pad, trying to come up with a plan to tell my fiancé, Eric Sinclair, that I had decided to completely give up the blood-drinking thing. I figured being the vampire queen had a few advantages—as it was, every vampire I'd ever known had to drink every day, even Eric. But I could go up to a week without so much as a drop of O-neg. So, in honor of my birthday, and being in this job for a year, I figured I'd give it up completely. I would be in a blood-free zone!
Vampire Queen Betsy Taylor already has plenty on her plate. For one thing, next week is her birthday—the big 3-1 in human years, and one in undead years. (Yes, she bit the dust on her birthday last year.) On top of that, she still has wedding plans to finalize—and it's not helping that the prospective groom is avoiding anything to do with it. And then there's her decision to stop drinking blood—something she has yet to share with Eric Sinclair, her fiancé—who also happens to be the vampire king.
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08 - Undead and Unwelcome
Betsy Taylor has problems that only a vampire queen/suburban wife could possibly understand. Such as taking the body of her werewolf friend Antonia—who died in her service—to Cape Cod, where she's not sure if the Wyndham werewolves will welcome her with fangs or friendship. Meanwhile, her posse back in St. Paul is sending frantic e-mails alerting Betsy to her half-sister's increasingly erratic behavior. Looks like the devil's daughter is coming into her own—and raising hell.
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We are getting good!😍 #loombands
Loom band party!! And pool party! 🌴☀☀☀
The new addition to the fourwinds😊
The sun is shining down here at #stgeorgesmarket !
Aww ❤
Loving my new brown hair!! 😍
Good partyyyyy 🎉🎉🎉🎉🎉🎉
Come find me at @stgeorgesbt1 market at @flaxfox !


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Content submitted by Passport Services, U.S. Department of State
3:34 PM EST, November 8, 2012
The easiest way to apply for a passport book or passport card for a child younger than 16 is for the parents or legal guardians to appear in person along with the child at the time of application. As long as the parents or guardians have the required documentation, submitting a passport application for the first time should not be an ordeal for those involved. Below is the most basic information needed when parents or legal guardians are applying for a child's passport:
If the second parent is not available to sign, the appearing parent must present evidence of one of the following:
If no parent is available to sign, the third party in "loco parentis" must:
The Department of State also maintains the Children's Passport Issuance Alert Program (CPIAP) for parents to use when they want a child's name (under the age of 18) to be entered into a name-check system. Entering a name into the system will allow for a parent to be notified if a passport application is made on behalf of their child. The program could also result in the denial of passport issuance if an appropriate court order is on file with the CPIAP and the parent does not consent to passport issuance. For more information on this program visit www.Travel.State.Gov or call 888-407-4747.
For more information on how to apply for a United States passport, visit www.Travel.State.Gov or call 877-487-2778 (TDD/TTY: 888-874-7793).
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