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Girl Rising Film Screening and Discussion
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Thursday, November 7, 2013 from 6:00 PM to 8:00 PM (EST)
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Girl Rising Film Screening and Discussion
with Producers Holly Gordon and Kayce Jennings
UBS Financial Services
1285 Avenue of the Americas (between 51st and 52nd Street),14th Floor – Auditorium 9,10,11
Please note: attendees must show ID to enter the UBS building.
Doors Open: 5:30 PM
Film Starts: 6:15 PM
Girl Rising is a critically acclaimed and groundbreaking film, which chronicles the stories of nine extraordinary girls from nine different parts of the world, has evolved into a global action campaign for girls' education. It celebrates the strength of the human spirit and showcases the dynamic power of education. These brave girls, who experience various injustices, such as child slavery, physical abuse and arranged marriages, overcome their odds and rise as symbols of hope and inspiration.
Following the film, a panel with Holly Gordon, Kayce Jennings and moderated by Joya Dass will discuss Girl Rising.
Holly Gordon is Executive Director and Executive Producer of Girl Rising: Educate Girls, Change the World, a global movement for girls' education. As Executive Director, Holly sets strategy and leads the campaign. She is also an Executive Producer for the film of same name, at the center of the movement, Girl Rising. Holly was selected by Fast Company as a member of the League of Extraordinary Women in 2013 and named by Newsweek/Daily Beast as one of 125 Women of Impact in 2013. Forbes Magazine named the Girl Rising movement the #1 Most Dynamic Social Initiative of 2012.
Kayce Freed Jennings is the Senior Producer of 10×10 and the Executive Vice President of the Documentary Group. She has extensive experience in both television news and documentaries. DocGroup was founded in 2006 by the core members of Peter Jennings Productions following the death of legendary broadcaster Peter Jennings, Kayce's late husband. They began working together in the early 1980s and founded PJ Productions in 2002. Previously, she spent 20 years at ABC News, covering international and national news and producing for virtually every broadcast in the network news division.
For the last 15 years, Joya Dass has been a business anchor for major networks including CNN, ABC, Bloomberg, NY1 News and CBS. Her production company, Avenue Media, was engaged by the Rockefeller Foundation and is currently producing a series of mini-documentaries about their philanthropic work in their Centennial year. In November 2009, she also began directing and producing social justice documentaries. First Sight tackles the issue of curable blindness in children in India and is her first feature-length film. www.firstsightthefilm.com
The film screening and panel discussion will be followed by a light reception at UBS.
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Momentum is a funny thing, particularly when it comes to reading monthly comic books. Recently I was surprised to realize that Unwritten is not "the new comic book which I'm not I'm going to buy regularly", but is actually the book I've been buying faithfully for 3 years. It is monthly, (or maybe sometimes it's bi-monthly, I'm vague about the specifics), and the upshot is that I've completely inadvertently made a somewhat major commitment to this comic book. Yes, it delivers, at least in terms of anticipation – on the weeks that I walk out of the comic shop with it crammed into my handbag, I'm always genuinely excited to get home and read it and until now, I'd never looked beyond that flush of instant gratification. Thinking of it as a "new" comic book, I hadn't considered what it meant to me, but recently the real world intruded and I found myself facing an oddly uncomfortable reality – after 3 years and a major financial investment, I don't really know what it is about and apparently I don't mind enough to be bothered.
The other day I encountered a person named Tom Taylor, a friend of a friend, someone in the UK where "Tom Taylor" is a pretty common name I suppose, but this was the first time I'd seen one in the real world and I was reminded of the lead character of Unwritten. Of course I wanted to tell him who he was, but when I tried to summarize the book, I absolutely couldn't. "It is a book about novels… No, about writing… Wait no, it is definitely about reading… Hang on… Mostly it is about belief… And imagination, or maybe fiction and distortion… Magic, there is definitely a lot of magic and a whale, which represents… Um… You know let me get back to this."
Instead I tried to describe the main character and his powers, but again I stumbled. "He's called Tom Taylor and he's magic… No he isn't, he can do magic, sometimes. He can do magic because he's not real. Oh, he is real. Wait, he's real and also fictitious and because people read about him, he can do magic, sometimes. Okay, wait a minute, I've got it; Tom is real but also fictional and he's friends with a journalist who was turned into a vampire by a fictional vampire which definitely wasn't real, but sometimes it was and it killed some people… Okay that doesn't sound right… His partner in crime is a girl who is definitely fictional, I think. I'm not sure. Wait…"
You get the idea, I'm not the best at summarizing long stories at the best of times (which is one of the reasons you'll rarely find a synopsis in my reviews) and in this instance I was coming up hard against the fact that I clearly didn't really understand the story. In the end I gave up and simply showed him the wikipedia page for the book, which is when I realized that this book which I couldn't describe isn't something new that had just got started, but is long running and I'm pretty deep into it. How is it possible that I could read 20 or so pages of comic book every month for three years without being really clear about what is going on? And how can I have not known this, or been bothered by it? Is this an X-Files scenario, where the fun is all in the questions and solid answers will spoil it? Or is it that I'm not reading it closely enough? Should I perhaps get all the issues out and read it all at once in order to see the big picture? Surely if I need to read it all at once and set aside a weekend to read them all consecutively, then why didn't I just wait for the trade paperbacks?
If I were smart, I would be waiting for the cheaper compilations in trade paperback. Then there is the insanity of buying paper comic books which take up space and degrade, but I'm probably not going that route unless something cataclysmic happens to paper in the world; I'm paper-faithful and that's that. Even if when I get free digital previews of books, I still buy them because I like the comic BOOK aspect of it. There is something great about walking into the store and looking on the shelves for my books each week. When I was a kid it was so difficult to find specialty comic book shops, and when I did I couldn't afford much. Now that I'm an adult I love indulging in this way. Taking this view of Unwritten has really forced me to evaluate what I'm getting out of my weekly habit, and acknowledge that it is a habit, not just in the sense of doing something regularly because I'm used to it, but also a bit of a mild addiction. That might be a stretch, it isn't exactly addictive, but then again if I didn't have at least one comic book to pick up each week, I'd miss it. Even when I don't have time to read my monthly comic books each week, I look forward to picking them up, looking at what else is new on the shelves, and seeing what other people are buying.
Sometimes I intentionally don't read my comic books at once, I'll stash a couple to read in the evening as a sort of reward for when I've finished my work. Being self-employed and a bit of a natural procrastinator, I've learned to use whatever I can as an incentive to get down to work, and it does the trick. Knowing that at the end of the day I'm going to be able to stretch out in bed and catch up on Unwritten (or whatever is out that week) is a good motivator. The sad part of realizing that I don't know what's going on in Unwritten is that now I'm not really sure what I've been looking forward to. If it wasn't about watching the mystery unravel or understanding the main plot, then I should be more invested in the characters (they're nice enough, but I feel lukewarm about my connection to them) or perhaps it is the craftsmanship of the writing and art.
When it comes down to it, the craft is the really quantifiable aspect of why I enjoy Unwritten so much. No matter what is going on, or which characters are focused on, I enjoy the way Mike Carey, Peter Gross, and the other artists working on the book are weaving this universe. The focus of the story is on stories, so there is a sort of "love letter to the medium" angle that comes through pretty succinctly in every issue. When I started looking at why I read a particular title, I didn't expect to end up here, but now it is clear that this thread of appreciation runs through a lot of my favorite author's works. The magic of outrageous fictional creation is quite lovely, it is the same thing which initially drew me to Alan Moore and J.H. Williams Promethea, and is also why I'm currently hooked on the Thursday Next series of prose novels by Jasper Fforde. When an author who enjoys his or her work uses the tenets of fantasy, or science fiction to explore the nature of fiction, anything can happen and we're lucky to take that journey with them.
My summarised high concept of The Unwritten would be "J K Rowling's son finds out he's the 'real' Harry Potter."
I like the series concept, but I feel it has been dragged out far too long. Would have made a really tight graphic novel.
Hot damn, just wanted to say I love the Thursday Next books. Fforde's other books are pretty good too (the Nursery Crime is probably good for Fables fans, and the Shades of Grey is NOT associated with 50 Shades…, but it's still good.) Great stuff.
I've been reading the trades of this series and I just read the "choose your own adventure" issue. Absolutely brilliant stuff. This book should be winning awards all the time.
This is a spot on article regarding Unwritten as far as I'm concerned. I recently stopped buying Unwritten because I too had no clue where it was headed. I found myself putting them at the back of my reading stack and soon found that I had 6-7 issues waiting for me. It didn't help that all those bi-weekly editions felt like they were sent out the door only for the purposes of filling DC's coffers. As noted by one poster, Carey and Gross could have tightened this comic up a lot, making it more approachable and satisfying. Later, they could have expanded the world and characters. People are much more likely to revisit a cherished storyline than be dragged along in confusion for months and years. What really disappointed me with this series is that I absolutely loved Lucifer and cheered that it had an end. I guess I had that lingering idea in my head, that somehow Unwritten was going somewhere clear and had an end in mind. It doesn't feel that way. Then again, maybe that's what's up Carey's sleeve. Stories take on a life, disappear, mutate, etc., never seeming to end.
Anyway, glad I wasn't alone in missing the point to Unwritten.
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Talk:Parity (mathematics)
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Maybe merge & redirect to Parity? -- Tarquin 23:30 Jan 16, 2003 (UTC)
It was rather ridiculous that [[Even]], [[Even integer]], and [[Even number]] all redirected to [[Odd number]]. So, I've expanded the content and moved it to the generic "Even and odd numbers". -- Minesweeper 01:10 3 Jun 2003 (UTC)
- I second your decision. Sometimes it is meaingless to have two seprate articles for some pair of concepts.
Integers only[edit]
Anyway, I know this is too detailed but the opening setence says:
- any integer can be either even or odd. A number is called an even number if it can be evenly divided by two.
The readers might wonder so what's exactly difference between integer and number? Any integer can be even or odd and a number dividable by 2 is an even number. What about integers? -- Taku 03:37 3 Jun 2003 (UTC)
I wonder can a real number be even or odd? -- Taku 04:10 3 Jun 2003 (UTC)
- Well, if the real number in question happens to be an integer, it can. ;) -- Oliver P. 04:13 3 Jun 2003 (UTC)
Whata about 1.2? It's not an integer but a real number and even. -- Taku 12:44 3 Jun 2003 (UTC)
Eh? How 1.2 an even number? No fraction can be an even number by definition.
- Right. non-integers are neither even nor odd by definition. -- Taku
But it can be evenly divided by 2: 1.2/2 = 0.6. ^_^
- How long has 0.6 been an integer?
-- Toby Bartels 05:37 12 Jun 2003 (UTC)
- You're a wild and crazy guy. -- Cimon Avaro on a pogo stick 05:43 12 Jun 2003 (UTC)
- By the definition that mathematicians come up with, only is an integer an even number. But it may be wrong in practice. Because to me, 1.2 or 0.6 look like an even number while 1.3 may be odd. -- Taku
I guess that the point is that "evenly divided" is ambiguous until you specify what the quotient is allowed to be. But we say "multiple", which works fine. As for Taku's perceptions, 1.2 is an even multiple of 0.1, while 1.3 is an odd multiple ... but 1.3 = 1.30 is an even multiple of 0.01! -- Toby Bartels 05:53 12 Jun 2003 (UTC)
And if you write 1.2 in binary instead, you get 1.0011001100110011001... which suddenly makes it look not at all even any more... :) -- Oliver P. 06:08 12 Jun 2003 (UTC)
- Rather depends where you stop writing it out (it's an infinitely recurring binary fraction; the number you wrote out is not equal to 1.2). mfc 17:03, 2 Dec 2004 (UTC)
I still think we should move this to parity and open with something like: "the parity of an integer is whether it is even or odd ... " -- Tarquin 09:13 12 Jun 2003 (UTC)
I don't want to think about combinging those, but I ceratinly won't stop you if you want to do it. -- Toby Bartels 09:37 12 Jun 2003 (UTC)
Is the odd / even parity of numbers natural or man made ? Eg. one / many is a "natural" distinction and I would argue, so is prime / non-prime. But parity depends on choosing 2 at the start - why not 3 or 5 ?188.8.131.52 (talk) 18:51, 17 June 2012 (UTC)
Music theory[edit]
Seriously though, could someone who knows wind instruments please clarify what fundamental means in that context. Thanks. (and do it by editing the article) -- Cimon Avaro on a pogo stick 05:49 12 Jun 2003 (UTC)
Evenness (or non-evenness?) of 0[edit]
"The number zero is even, because it is equal to two multiplied by zero."
But wouldn't zero then also be considered an odd number since zero is also equal to one multiplied by zero?
n * 0 = 0. Thus, regardless of what number n is, the result is always 0? —The preceding unsigned comment was added by Kindragon (talk • contribs) .
One multiplied by zero does equal zero, but one multiplied by 987348792834 equals 987348792834 and 987348792834 is even. Multiplying something by one does not make it odd. Catch my drift? Rsercher (talk) 19:32, 20 June 2011 (UTC)
- As the article says, an odd number is 2*n+1, where n is an integer. You can't write 0 that way, so it's not odd. "Odd" does NOT mean "2 times another odd number" —dcclark (talk) 06:57, 27 December 2005 (UTC)
- Zero is an even number, as Dr. Math (a.k.a. Dr. Rick) states. – TTD Bark! (pawprints) 06:50, 8 August 2006 (UTC)
- Zero is an even number because two divides 0.--Jersey Devil 00:28, 6 May 2007 (UTC)
- See Evenness of zero. Melchoir 06:56, 14 September 2007 (UTC)
It would be nice to see the word "parity" used in a few sentences to get a sense of its usage. I've seen that numbers are said to have "even parity", the quality of being even, or "odd parity", the quality of being odd. What about numbers that aren't even or odd -- do they have "no parity", "neither parity", or "imparity"? Would one say that integers "have parity" but non-integers "do not have parity"? Would one say that "the parity of 53 is odd" or is that an invalid grammatical construction? Zeroparallax 20:44, 25 March 2007 (UTC)
- That is better suited for a dictionary, not an encyclopedia. --Cheeser1 08:58, 23 August 2007 (UTC)
Number Theory[edit]
In number theory, Nielsen proved the following. An odd positive number N such that : ( n,d ∈ N * ) and ω(N)= k is less than . —Preceding unsigned comment added by 22.214.171.124 (talk) 19:41, 16 September 2007 (UTC)
- In case anyone here is not familiar with this case: Wikipedia:Requests for comment/WAREL; Category:Suspected Wikipedia sockpuppets of WAREL. —David Eppstein 19:48, 16 September 2007 (UTC)
Arithmetic rules of parity[edit]
I removed from the subsection on multiplicative parity the following remark:
- These rules only hold because 2 is a prime number; the analogous rules for divisibility by a composite number would be more complex.
I removed it because this is not an adequate explanation of parity rules. The rules for primes larger than 2 are also more complex. 2 and parity occupy a special place, not generalized directly to other numbers. Zaslav (talk) 21:16, 24 February 2008 (UTC)
Prime Connection[edit]
I think it would be very germane to mention the connection to prime numbers via Goldbach's. thus, odd+odd = even [via GC =prime + prime] and
odd+odd = even [via GC =prime + prime] I understand it is not "proven", but is widely believed to hold, and really drives home the connections between all of the positive integers.--Billymac00 (talk) 21:31, 6 March 2008 (UTC)
Parity in culture?[edit]
Is it worth to mention that in many cultures even numbers were associtated with bad luck, and odd numbers were supposed to bring luck? — Preceding unsigned comment added by Ilya-42 (talk • contribs) 08:37, 28 June 2011 (UTC)
It is weird that there is no article named Even number and Odd number on English Wikipedia (they are only redirect pages), even MathWorld has these. [1] [2]
I think the current title "Parity (mathematics)", which refers to the evenness or oddness, is too technical and unfamiliar for non-mathematicians. So I suggest moving this article to "Even and odd numbers", which is also avoids a parenthetical disambiguation. (I think it is unnecessary to divide it into Even number and Odd number.) --Minawa Yukino (talk) 09:06, 22 September 2012 (UTC)
- I would actually support this suggested rename as a better-known description of the concept described, and as being less ambigiuous. The concept of parity (as described in the last section of the article) is a common use of the term, but is a distinct meaning: the hamming weight of a bit string modulo-2; it is only indirectly related to the topic of this article. As per WP:NAD, we should not be covering distinct uses of a term in one article. In a sense, the topic is really oddness and evenness of numbers, but this makes for a clumsy title. —Quondum 23:49, 1 May 2015 (UTC)
Parity of any rational number can be determined[edit]
http://math.stackexchange.com/questions/92451/can-decimal-numbers-be-considered-even-or-odd What I gathered from Patrick Da Silva's answer is such: Any rational number a can be represented as a fraction n/d. If n is even, a is even. If n is odd, a is odd.
I found this after wondering about the function y=x^(1/a), which is an easy way to determine whether a number is odd or even. If a is an even number, such as 2, the graph includes only real values of y when x>=0. If a is an odd number, such as 3, the graph of the function includes real values of y when x<0. Here we find that any rational number follows the same rules, not just integers. When a is a number such as 2/5, or 0.4, the graph will include only real values of y when x>=0. When a is a number such as 3/5, or 0.6, the graph will include real values of y when x<0
To summarize: A fraction is even if the numerator is, therefore all rational numbers have parity.
For another explanation, with visual effects, visit https://www.desmos.com/calculator/okiivdqo94 Zekava (talk) 23:08, 3 August 2015 (UTC)
- While you can define the parity of fractions in this way (or in any other way that pleases you), it is problematic. In particular, consider the case 1/8 + 1/8 = 1/4. Shouldn't we have a rule that adding an odd number to itself produces an even one? To my mind, the correct generalization is to go from binary values (is it odd or even) to integer values (what is the smallest integer k such that 2k times the given number is an integer), or in fancier terms the 2-adic valuation. —David Eppstein (talk) 23:43, 3 August 2015 (UTC)
- PS If you stick to rational numbers n/d for which d is odd, the rule you describe for calling them even or odd produces results that are much more consistent with integer arithmetic. One way to explain this is that in 2-adic arithmetic, these numbers are actually (2-adic) integers. —David Eppstein (talk) 08:01, 4 August 2015 (UTC)


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These letterboxes were originally placed on 1/11/04 within a small city park/natural area located close to the Municipal Center of Virginia Beach, VA. They were all updated on 2/2/08. All three would make for a delightful afternoon of exploring in one of Virginia Beachs newest city parks/natural areas.
#1 Great Outdoors Series Initial Letterbox
1.Drive to the West Neck Creek Natural Area located on the South Side of North Landing Road. As you enter the area, stay to the left on the paved road, not on the gravel driveway.
2.Follow the brown Hiker sign then look for the entrance to the trail in the southwest corner of the parking lot.
3.Walk through the "fine" zone as you enter the asphalt trail.
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6.Turn 90 degrees to the left and walk from the edge of the trail through the canebrake to the large oak tree. Approximately 12 steps.
7.To find the Great Outdoors letterbox, look under an old 2 foot long log located between the toes on the East side of the tree.
#2 - Leaves
1.From the Trail Letterbox return to the asphalt trail and continue walking, passing a second bench, and coming to a third bench located at the T in the trail.
2.Take the left fork of the trail until you find two tall pine trees, close to the right side of the trail standing about 3 feet apart. Stand between the two pines facing North.
3.Walk due North, 25 steps to the smooth-skinned Beech tree. It is the larger of two located close together.
4.The Leaves letterbox will be found under a 2 foot log between the toes on the North side of the tree. The V formed by these toes points back to the double pines where you had been standing.
#3 Fresh Air
1.Continue along the trail passing a 4th bench and crossing over a wooden bridge.
2.The path changes to gravel and leaves on the other side of the bridge.
3.Approximately 4 feet from the bridge on the right youll see 2 trees growing together as one.
4.Standing on the Southeast side of this tree, take a reading of 140 degrees and youll see the remains of an old upright, broken stump.
5.Hidden inside is the Fresh Air letterbox under a few pieces of the broken stump. Be sure to replace the pieces to conceal the letterbox.


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How Argan Oil Benefits Health (Not Just for Hair and Skin!)healthy fats
While argan oil benefits are becoming more well known in recent years due to its use as a cosmetic aid for shiny hair and lustrous skin, the historical use of argan oil in Northern African cultures is actually as a food.
In particular, argan oil is a pleasing accompaniment to most any raw or lightly grilled dishes.
Argan oil is produced from the fruit kernels of the "Argania Spinosa" or Argan tree, endemic to the Northern African country of Morocco.
Rich with antioxidant phytochemicals and essential fatty acids, argan oil benefits to health are well known and valued by local cultures and becoming widely acknowledged worldwide.
Argan oil is about 80% unsaturated fat by composition, of which about 32% is essential linoleic fatty acids and 47% oleic acid.
Although argan oil's beneficial fatty acid composition bears a certain resemblance to olive oil, argan oil is actually more stable and almost three times richer in vitamin E. The high content of tocopherols and the type of omega-3 fatty acids found in both nuts and fish give it the unique capacity to help reduce rates of inflammation and neutralize free radicals within the body.
As a healthy and traditional fat, argan oil has been found to prevent oxidation and hence slow aging, while simultaneously stimulating digestion and boosting brain power. Argan oil contains rare sterol molecules and phytochemicals that cannot be found in other plant-derived oils.
Argan Oil Benefits to Health
Modern research is suggesting that argan oil benefits to health consist of the following when consumed as a whole food processed in a traditional manner:
- Powerful anti-oxidant action
- Stimulates the nervous system and builds brain capacity
- Reduces joint and rheumatism pain
- Calms hypertensive tendencies
- Facilitates digestion by increasing pepsin
- Stabilizes blood sugar/insulin levels
Proper Processing Key to Maximizing Argan Oil Benefits
As with any food, processing is key. There are two very different processes used to extract argan oil.
Make sure you aren't fooled into buying industrialized argan oil!
- High-impact mechanical techniques employed by big companies.
- Traditional manual pressure extraction used in small native cooperatives.
The method of processing greatly affects the quality of the final product as well as argan oil benefits to health. In addition, processing of argan oil impacts the economic viability of the local peoples harvesting it and the sustainability of Argan forests.
If argan oil benefits are sought via consumption as a food, it is particularly important to source oil manufactured the traditional, manual way.
The following steps are followed to produce only the highest quality argan oil richest in antioxidants with no rancidity of the oil from overly aggressive processing (this is the source I use):
- The argan fruits are harvested from stands of trees and left to dry on the roofs of mud houses.
- The pits are then manually removed with the help of two stones.
- A thin protective skin is peeled off, and the pits are subject to a light toasting, a key step for giving the oil its distinct savory flavor.
- The slightly heated pits are then ground and slowly kneaded in traditional stone mills to produce a creamy paste.
- After about 30 minutes of continuous mixing, and with the careful addition of small amounts of boiled water, the precious oil slowly dissociates from the rest of the paste.
- This shimmering golden liquid is argan oil in its true form.
Like truly authentic, 100% olive oil, please note that you get what you pay for when it comes to argan oil. If the price seems too good to be true, it is likely not 100% pure and/or was processed in a manner that negatively impacts argan oil benefits to health.
Also be sure the color is golden as shown in the picture below.
How to Best Enjoy Argan Oil Benefits in Your Kitchen
In native Moroccan cuisine, argan oil is used liberally to season dishes, acting as a dressing for salads and adding flavor to tagines, couscous, grilled vegetables and desserts.
Great chefs in Europe have also borrowed this secret, using the smooth qualities of argan oil to add depth and warmth to their exquisite dishes.
Salad Dressing Recipe Using Argan Oil
I personally most enjoy argan oil benefits via a drizzle mixed into my homemade salad dressings to boost depth of flavor. Here's my recipe for basic honey mustard emulsified with argan oil (makes about 1 cup of dressing):
1/2 cup extra virgin olive oil
1/3 cup apple cider vinegar
2 tsp argan oil (find it here)
2 Tbl raw honey
1 Tbl organic dijon mustard
Have you tried argan oil? How have you been most enjoying argan oil benefits in your home – externally, internally or both?
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Emma Clark
I only know that Argan oil is best for hair and skin. Argan oil can use as you say really I dont know. Thank you so much for sharing your knowledge.
Thank you for sharing this great information about Argan oil. I really enjoyed reading this. I'm using Argan oil for about two years now and it's a great product.
Wendy C
Sarah, what do you think of the rebuttal of hand-pressed argan oil being unsanitary and thus making the argan oil laden with bacterial growth? The linked article points out that the oil is extracted in a non-sterile environment, that adding water to separate the oil breeds bacterial growth and changes the chemical make-up of the oil. Thank you.
Sarah TheHealthyHomeEconomist
Perhaps this is true for some sources of traditionally pressed argan oil. The one I linked to is tested for quality.
Wendy C
Thanks, Sarah. Good to know that ZAD is tested for quality.
Mark Murray
Argan Oil is amazing, packed full of Vitamin E and other essential nutrients and it works do well on skin, hair and nails as a pure, natural skincare and hair care product. Very few other natural oils can match argan oil for its benefits.
Argan oil is way worth it – I use an argan oil that has no harmful chemicals, and can be used on hair & skin – its the Somaluxe Argan Oil – I love this product it leaves my hair smooth, silky, and shiny! I couldn't keep my hands out of my hair because it was so soft and it's light or at least for my thick straight hair! I just hate that it's only one size but will definitely repurchase. I never do reviews on products but it's so good that I had to tell someone!!
It would be nice if the cultivation of Argan tree was taken up in Malaysia and Indonesia (besides other places) where we know a lot of deforestation is being caused due to monoculture plantations of palm oil. This tree looks like it could survive in semi arid/desert conditions so its cultivation should be taken up worldwide in such areas to help stop destruction of the Indonesian forests
We use it drizzled on tomato, cucumber, and onion salads, on scrambled eggs with cumin and garlic, on grilled fish, and of course to dip our homemade sourdough bread in it. But, one of the most amazing finds here is Amlou, which is argan oil mixed with almond butter and honey. It is heaven! I'm guessing it's hard to find in the States, but I'm thinking there is no reason you couldn't make it yourself.
I love your blog, recipes and articles, Sarah- thanks so much for enlightening us! When it comes to products like argan fruit from Morocco I just can't help thinking of the local women and how they toil to produce such a high demand for the enjoyment of westerners and get very little in return. I work at a small skincare boutique and I cringe every time I look at the advertising for this one argan line which proudly boasts about how the argan comes from this small co-op. On the pamphlet you see these austere- looking women working in the hot sun on a dirt road in full hijabs and when you flip the pamphlet over you see the white- faced CEO with a fat smile. It's just obvious she's cashing in off of them and there local enironement and they are loosing any way you cut it.
Just like the rise in popularity with quinoa created food insecurity for local Peruvians the high demand for these resources actually creates world poverty. Even if the product is "fair trade" we are still extracting resources from "foreign" countries and we should always keep in mind the effects that this sort of modern day colonization has. Food produced locally is always best- best for the environment, people and our health.
Sarah, where do you find your argan oil? I too am new to ingesting it. Have been buying a very small quantity for my skin, and questioning its purity.
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I live in Morocco so I'm lucky enough to buy the food grade argan oil very inexpensively. We use it drizzled on tomato, cucumber, and onion salads, on scrambled eggs with cumin and garlic, on grilled fish, and of course to dip our homemade sourdough bread in it. But, one of the most amazing finds here is Amlou, which is argan oil mixed with almond butter and honey. It is heaven! I'm guessing it's hard to find in the States, but I'm thinking there is no reason you couldn't make it yourself. Once you have this you'll lose all interest in peanut butter.
Mixed with almond butter and honey sounds delicious! Thanks for sharing Sara!
Sarah TheHealthyHomeEconomist
I am going to try this asap … I have soaked/sprouted almond butter and raw honey on hand. Thanks for the tip!
How do you all afford this stuff? This stuff is spendy…..how do you stretch already tight budgets. I am not a miser…but I would love to be able to do these good things for my autistic kids…but our food and supp bill is already so high each month…and the income doesn't always stretch….
Sarah TheHealthyHomeEconomist
I only use a small amount … 2 tsp per cup of salad dressing. One bottle goes a long way.
I have been using it on my nails after buffing them for a lovely shine, but didn't know it was edible! Thanks!
I have been hearing a lot about argan in beauty products but not about consuming it. How interesting!
Have you applied this argan to your skin as well?
Thank you!


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As President Barack Obama's top cybersecurity adviser, Schmidt played a key role in creating the first cybersecurity policy proposal — the International Strategy for Cyberspace — which calls for global cooperation in fighting Web-based threats and details how the United States will respond to hostile acts in cyberspace. He was also instrumental in crafting the National Strategy for Trusted Identities in Cyberspace, a blueprint to enhance online privacy protections through the use of trusted digital identities or a so-called identity ecosystem.
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Please indulge me a small diversion before I comment on this film and
its stars. Once in a while, a movie made in America will have its title
changed for release in England and around the globe. And, some British
movies are renamed before they open in America. This is one such movie.
It had me scratching my head and wondering why. The logic and need for
the change escape me completely. Both titles had been used before, so
scratch that as a reason. Apparently, some movie mogul thought very
little of our respective cultures and the intelligence of our
citizenry. Or, he stood to make a little money on the side by
The DVD cover and photo used by IMDb show this title as "The Broken Melody." But the IMDb listing has it under "Vagabond Violinist." The first was the original title when the film opened in the U.S. on Oct. 30, 1934. But, then it opened in England on Dec. 3 as, "Vagabond Violinist." Now, I admit to being somewhat an Anglophile (could it be something in my blood?). But for the life of me, I can't conceive why anyone would think "Vagabond Violinist" was a more fitting title for this film. Was it too obvious for a British audience? Did the Brits need to have the subject cloaked in suspense? Or, are vagabonds and violins more catchy and attractive to Brits than melodies broken or unbroken?
Nowhere in this film do we notice a violinist playing, let alone a vagabond violinist. On the other hand, the male lead writes a song that he calls "The Broken Melody." He and a female lead sing it together. We hear the melody a couple more times in the film. Then, the cast reprises the song toward the end. The original seems to nail the story and theme quite clearly. Maybe some higher up to do with this film had a fixation with the letter "V" at the time.
It's a good thing he or she wasn't in charge of some classics that come to mind. Just think! Instead of "Murder on the Orient Express," we might have watched "Tricks and Treachery on the Train." Or, instead of "Around the World in 80 Days," we might have had "Air Balloon Travel." Or, "Pride and Prejudice" might have become "A Romp in the English Countryside," even with the Jane Austen title in hand. Or, instead of "Bonnie and Clyde," how about something as off-base as "New Clothes and a Car with Holes?"
So, thanks for indulging my above tirade. The line from Shakespeare's "Romeo and Juliet" comes to mind "A rose by any other name would smell as sweet." Regardless of its name, "The Broken Melody" is a sweet period drama of human foibles, and weaknesses, infatuation, pride and self-centeredness, arrogance and snobbery, true love and unselfishness, and redemption. That's a lot to pack into a film with this title, but it's all set around music with an aspiring composer, a famous opera star, and two budding singers.
This is not a great film. It was made in England and released first in the U.S. It has an interesting plot. Most of the cast are not first- tier, but the leads were well known and popular at the time. John Garrick is just OK as Paul Verlaine. Margot Grahame gets second billing, and is very good as Simone St. Cloud. Austin Trevor is very good as Pierre Falaise. But Merle Oberon, as Germaine Brissard, is the star of this movie even in her lesser role.
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BALTIMORE -- Any doubts about Steve Smith's value to the Panthers were answered in Sunday's strange but satisfying 23-21 victory over the Ravens.
Late in the fourth quarter, quarterback Jake Delhomme was running a play installed in minicamp called "Hunt Street Circle." The play isn't revolutionary. Everyone has it. Run from many formations and personnel packages, "Hunt Street Circle" has two receivers running vertical routes on the outside and one or two receivers running a shallow crossing pattern or a hitch.
Keyshawn Johnson was the intended target, but he was covered by Ravens cornerback Chris McAlister. All of a sudden, Smith, no longer held back by hamstring problems, exploded across the middle and was wide open in the middle of the field. Before the Ravens' fierce pass rush got to him, Delhomme sailed a high duck-like throw that Smith grabbed and raced for a 72-yard touchdown that opened a 23-14 lead.
"A lot of guys were giving me grief on the sidelines saying they were waiting for the ball to come down," Delhomme said.
The wait this season has been for the return of the NFL's top receiver, and two words were apparent Sunday at M&T Bank Stadium: He's back.
Smith caught eight passes for 189 yards and a game-clinching touchdown against the NFL's second-ranked defense. Ravens cornerback Samari Rolle drew the tough assignment of covering him and was beaten for most of those yards.
Smith has been fighting a hamstring problem since the summer. He missed the first two games -- both Panthers losses -- against Atlanta at home and at Minnesota.
"It's like taking away Michael Vick from Atlanta or taking Peyton Manning away from the Colts," Delhomme said of Smith. "He's a good player. He gets teams to account for him on every play."
Since Smith's return, the Panthers have won four straight and are within a game of the first-place Saints. Although Smith has been playing, he hadn't been himself until this week. Go back a week to a difficult home victory over the Browns. Smith struggled. Depending on how you judge his play, he either dropped two or four passes, and the bad memories of that game lingered until Tuesday.
"Last week really ate at me more than I should have let it," Smith said.
By mid-week, teammates knew Smith was feeling well. He was back to being his old self on the field, calling for the ball all the time. It's funny when you compare players such as Steve Smith, Terrell Owens and Keyshawn Johnson. Owens draws criticism for the way he throws tantrums when he doesn't get the ball. Smith and Johnson also want the ball, but both have learned how to handle things so they don't drive their quarterbacks too crazy.
Smith tells the story of how he nagged Delhomme during the game for more throws like he does in practice.
"I was communicating like I always do, saying, 'Hey, I'm running good, let's go,'" Smith said. "Jake's telling me, 'Hey, shut up, we'll get you the ball. I know you're feeling good.'"
Delhomme couldn't have felt any better seeing Smith running open across the middle of the field with 4:15 left in the fourth quarter waving his hand.
The Ravens-Panthers game was strange. Both teams knew offensive game plans would be tough to execute because both defenses are big and fast up front. As it turned out, each team had three turnovers, and the Ravens had turnover at quarterback when Steve McNair went down with a concussion and neck sprain with 2:04 left in the first quarter.
McNair was taken to a hospital for test. He had an X-ray, CT scan and MRI on his neck. All tests were negatives and he was released from the hospital. He also had an abrasion on the back of his neck, the byproduct of a hard rush by Panthers defensive tackle Kris Jenkins, which set him up for a sack by Chris Draft and Mike Rucker.
Kyle Boller finished the game and didn't do poorly, completing 17 of 31 passes for 226 yards and three touchdowns, But turnovers were going like crazy. Of course, two of Boller's touchdown passes were weird, each going to Mark Clayton after they bounced off the hands of another player.
"Never in my life have I been part of a game where you see those two touchdowns," Delhomme said. "He hit the guys in stride on those tips. Hey, give them a lot of credit. They made some plays. But our defense kept us in it."
But the return of Smith gave Delhomme the playmaker they were missing the first two weeks. The first quarter was a heavyweight fight with both defenses outslugging the offenses with hard hits. The Panthers led, 3-0, after the first quarter when offensive coordinator Dan Henning came up with the adjustment that won the game.
In the second quarter, the Panthers went primarily to a three-receiver offense, inserting the speedy Drew Carter. It forced the Ravens to make a decision on how to cover Smith and Johnson. Instead of using a nickel cornerback -- third cornerback Corey Ivy was out with a kidney injury -- the Ravens stayed in their regular personnel of linebackers, defensive linemen and four defensive backs.
They put Rolle on Smith and McAlister on Johnson and had safeties roll over to couple them. That opened up the offense for Delhomme to throw for 365 yards, 286 in the final three quarters.
"When you look at the situation, we've got two guys who are capable of being No. 1 guys," Johnson said. "That takes a lot of pressure on a defense to make a decision. They put McAlister on me and Samari on him. If you put Samari on Steve, he's going to get open."
Johnson compares his pairing with Smith to Kobe Bryant and Shaquille O'Neal when they were with the Lakers. Smith is Kobe, the player who can make the three-point play at the end of the game before the buzzer. Johnson is Shaq.
"I'm old, I'm Shaq," Johnson said jokingly.
Both work well together, but they get along better than the Bryant-Shaq tandem. After six games, Johnson has 32 catches for 419 yards and a 13.1-yard average. Smith has 31 catches for 450 yards and a 14.5-yard average. Each has two touchdowns, and each is on pace for a 1,000-yard season.
"Keyshawn means a lot to the offense," Smith said. "He brings a different element, something we haven't since my good friend Muhsin Muhammad was here. Keyshawn brings a strong player opposing players have to defend when he's out there. Defenses have to watch him because of how physical he is blocking downfield. He makes our young receivers better."
What's amazing is that the Panthers' offense put up 414 yards on 70 plays in Ray Lewis' house.
"Anytime you go on the road against a good football team -- and Baltimore is a good football team -- some funny things happen," Panthers coach John Fox said. "The ball took a couple of bounces and not necessarily our way. But we were able to hang in there and come out on top and on the road, that's a good tribute. We'll take that win. It was a hard-fought game by both teams. Fortunately, we were able to come out on top."
At 4-2, the Panthers are back and so is Steve Smith. The NFL is now warned.
John Clayton is a senior writer for ESPN.com.


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Apple Granted Design Patent on CoverFlow
Media player programs that bear a "substantially similar" appearance are subject to change
The United States Patent and Trade Office awarded Apple with a range of patents including their patents for the MacBook Air superdrive and video-encoding system used in iChat, all of which pretty standard. But the patent to take note in the open source community is a design patent for CoverFlow, the visual way users parse through music and video on the iPod Touch, iPhone, iPad and in iTunes.
A design patent differs from a utility patent because it covers the appearance of an intellectual property, not how the property itself functions. In other words, any program that looks "substantially similar" to CoverFlow is eligible for legal action.
Programs and devices affected by the patent include Cover Flow, a similarly named (note the space) open source Flash script, MediaFlow, an add-on to Songbird and a variety of media players on mobile devices, such as the Motorola Droid, Nokia N900, Nokia Symbian^3, should Apple decide said interfaces are too similar.
CoverFlow was developed by Steel Skies and bought by Apple in 2006. As of this writing, Apple has not pursued legal action.
Under the design patent pretty much any interface that appears substantially similar to CoverFlow can be subject to a patent infringement claim, but filing a claim is up to Apple's discretion.
The other Apple OS applicationsOne can use cover flow animations in any Apple OS application if he/she uses Cocoa. Indeed, Xcode has a widget for this purpose. Does this conflict with this new interesting patent?
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That's right. BB stores are letting you trade in just 2 X360 games for a pre-order of GoW.
Plus, right now, Futureshop and Best Buy have a couple of games available for $20 each (2006 sports games).
I traded in PGR3 (I won another copy with my wireless racing wheel, so I don't mind loosing it cos I'll be getting it back again soon!) and NHL 2K6, got my receipt for a pre-order of GoW!!
Not bad for $40 (plus tax) CAD.
Gow For ~$40 Cad At Blockbuster Video (canada)...
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About Pomy Traders & Engineers
Established in the year 1992, we, Pomy Traders & Engineers, are renowned manufacturer, importer and wholesaler of a comprehensive range of door and window hardwares. Our range is acclaimed for various features such as dimensional accuracy, resistance to corrosion, light weight and high strength. These products are widely used by fabricators and architects.
We have a state-of-the-infrastructure, which is segregated into various departments. These divisions are well-managed by our workforce, which ensures that we meet the bulk requirements of our clients successfully. Each unit is equipped with all the facilities for manufacturing the products in compliance with the industry norms and regulations. Owing to our ethical business practices, we have garnered a reputed clientele.
Under the able leadership of our mentor, Mr. Rajender Kumar, we have gained an edge over our competitors. His sharp business acumen and a strategic mind has helped us to carve a niche in this industry.
Manufacturing Facility
We have developed a sophisticated manufacturing unit, which sprawls across a wide area. This unit is equipped with all the facilities that help us to manufacture our range as per the set industry standards. We have installed various advanced technology machines at our unit, to ensure that we meet the bulk requirements of our clients. Some of the latest machines available with us are as follows:
- Roll forming machine
- Power press
- Bending machine
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Being a quality focused organization, we are committed to deliver our clients an exceptional range of door and window hardwares. For this, we follow strict quality control measures at our organization and ensure that only quality raw material is procured from certified vendors. Our quality controllers conduct an in-depth quality check on different parameters. Some of the parameters on which they check the range are as follows:
- Strength
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- Dimensional accuracy
- Consistency
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We are a client centric organization that lays immense focus on providing maximum satisfaction to the clients. All our products are offered to the clients in varied specifications, and as per their specific demands. Our organization has successfully developed long lasting and trustworthy relations with the clients, due to our adherence to transparent business practices.
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Our organization has set up a well-equipped and spacious warehousing unit that is built up across a sprawling area and has high storage capacity. We have segregated our warehouse into various divisions to store voluminous quantities of our range in an appropriate manner. Some of the salient features of our warehousing unit are as follows:
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We also make customized quality product with in specified time.
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- Make best use of Customer's feedback to improve the quality of deliverables.
- Customer friendly attitude without compromising on quality of deliverables.
Product Portfolio
We are one of the prominent manufacturers, importers and wholesalers of a wide range of door and window hardwares. The range comprises aluminium window fitting, window handle, window lock, window sliding wheel, friction stay, sliding window lock, structural glazing and ACP fitting, spider fitting, patch fitting, MS and SS brackets, floor mounted bracket. These products cater to the needs of fabricators and architects. Some of the salient features of our range are as follows:
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- Time bounded deliveries
- Superior quality solutions
- Material saving and minimize scrap and wastage
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To,Pomy Traders & Engineers


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|MCEBuddy takes your video recordings and REMOVES COMMERCIALS and Advertisements while converting your recordings into formats that are usable on other systems and portable devices. It does all of this automatically in the background with a minimum of fuss and little technical knowledge required. Converts from WTV, DVR-MS, TS, MPEG and many other formats. Converts to MP4 , AVI, MKV, portable devices and others. Removes Commercials. Converts in the background at scheduled times. Very easy simple user interface for basic users and an advanced options interface for power users to tweak the quality, volume, trim videos, extract subtitles, schedules, custom file renaming, eMail notifications, downloading show information from the internet, selecting audio language and many more features.
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5.Fixed a critical bug that would cause conversions to fail under rare circumstances when doing a short operation
6.Corrections to pop up help
7.Fixed a bug with MCEBuddy Custom Cuts, close file before sending to MCEbuddy to process otherwise MCEBuddy complains that the file is locked
8.Fixed bug in monitoring files not happening when source file paths contains a partial archive path
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10.Fixed an issue with HDHR files and files with ;=] characters in their names not working with Sync Conversions
11.Metadata from an external file (ARG/XML/NFO etc) will take precedence over metadata within the file. This allows users to override incorrect metadata manually.
12.Added option noru to CCExtractor avoid creating a closed caption roll up effect while extracting them
13.Automatically insert a match all in the filters if the user forgets to add one
14.Added extraction of ratings from TiVO metadata
15.Automatically enable Ad marker processing from PlayOn MP4 files
16.Improved metadata matching algorithm when checking online providers for downloading information (now MCEbuddy can ignore special characters (._-) in Title names while matching
17.When delete original option is selected the original file in Monitor Task options, the original file, supporting files with same name (XML, NFO etc) and the folder and parent folders are deleted recursively up to the monitoring root path.
18.Added custom params for eMails and custom commands %sourcefilesizemb% and %convertedfilesizemb% to get the file sizes for source and converted files in MB with 2 decimal numbers
19.Updated to support new IMDB lookup format (old versions will no longer work)
20.Added more options to UserCLI to query conversion queue length, current engine state and if it is within the configured conversion schedule
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Great tool, use it often. I donate because I like the tool and want it to get better.
Love this more each day I use it. Great work MCEBuddy team, you really sweat the small stuff
Also I am using their new custom cuts tool to trim any excess video. It works perfectly and at the click on a button I can have mcebuddy finish processing it after I mark the cuts. I just love the way these guys innovate!
The best version yet I've used in the last 2 years. With hardware encoding it zips past, infact comskip takes longer than the encoding itself.
Great job guys!
2.3.15 with hardware encoding is just super fast. brought my conversion time down from 1.5 hours to 20 minutes!
Great going guys.
2.3.14 just takes the software to a different level, i like the new simplified user interface and love the new features. just the best software of it's kind. I wish other developers would take examples from this team, very responsive and supportive.
the new software release hardware encoding and I'm loving it so far. It's like a 10x increase in speed.
The best software I've ever used for converting videos and it removes commercials. It's fast, super easy to use and just brilliantly designed and it's free :)
Not to mention the awesome support.
I've gotto say since 2.2.15, this has been the best version out there.
It's pretty stable, love the UPnP feature which lets me connect to MCEbuddy from work (:D)
The new comskip profile works for me pretty well, it's a little more aggressive but I like it, no ad's at all!
and it's finally working on windows XP also.
Brilliant software, 2.2.15 is the msot stable version yet.
I love the features, it works like a charm on all my recordings (including HD, except Copy Protected). It's the easiest and most functional software I've used to date (now the most stable too to removing commercials)
Love that I can really customize it through the app, I can schedule my conversions and get notified via eMail, the commercial cutting is very accurate for me. I cen control the language, rename the files as I like, change the resolution and quality - brilliantly done!
I can even make my own custom profiles as I choose and the support and documenation is the best I've seen yet for free software.
Nice work RBoy.
Does not do hd recordings , nowerday a must...
My review of MCEBuddy will be mostly on a functional level, as I'm no videophyle, so I haven't tried all the different options and configurations. But so far, as I've used it, MCEBuddy does what it's advertised to do. I set it to watch a folder of DVR-MS files, and boom, it converts them all to Divx automatically! The conversion looks pretty darn good too. But like I said, I'm no videophyle, so what I think looks good, I'm sure someone else will say looks crappy.
Ease of use is great. I'm pretty sure a non-technical person could pick it up and use it no problem. Point it to your source directory, give it a destination directory, choose your format, and you're done. But there seem to be enough configurations to satisfy the pickier users. I've only tested out the Divx conversion, which worked great. But it's got a list of formats longer than my... well, it's pretty long. I'm excited to try out the Zune configuration, cause I'd love to have it convert some of my shows for my Zune.
The only reason I didn't give it a 10 for functionality is that it takes a while to convert the files. I don't do a whole lot of encoding/decoding, so I'm sure it's on par for the course, but it's seems a bit long for me. But if you record a lot of stuff, which I'm sure most people running MCE do, don't point it to your main Recorded TV folder. Your machine will be encoding all day long, and it will never catch up to all the shows you've got. What I do is use a tool to move specific shows out of that folder automatically to another folder, say called "Converting Queue", then run MCEBuddy on that folder only. It might be nice in future releases of MCEBuddy to allow it to create some filters so you could tell it to only convert certain shows. But my setup works great. (If you're curious what I'm using to move the shows, it's Belvedere, from Lifehacker: http://lifehacker.com/341950/belvedere-automates-your-self+cleaning-pc)
I have not yet tested out the commercial detection/skipping functionality.
Anyway, all around great tool, and named very aptly, because I can assure you it will be my buddy with MCE from now on.
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Roseluck Humanized Portrait by HappyKsuWatch
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That... freaking.... hair!! <3 This is so lovely, and I love it for obvious Roseluck reasons <3 You did great omg.. <3
beautiful humanization here. love the lighting and glows you added.
You're very good at drawing people. I like this a lot!


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German court: Catholics who don't pay religious tax must leave church
Our take: It is common for church-goers to donate to their faith and for donors to enjoy privileges for those contributions. But the Catholic Church in Germany has the OK from the Vatican to penalize those who don't pay their "membership tax."
WARSAW, Poland — The German bishops' conference defended a controversial decree that said Catholics who stop paying a church membership tax cannot receive sacraments.
"There must be consequences for people who distance themselves from the church by a public act," said Archbishop Robert Zollitsch of Freiburg, conference president, in defending the Sept. 20 decree.
"Clearly, someone withdrawing from the church can no longer take advantage of the system like someone who remains a member," he said at a news conference Monday as the bishops began a four-day meeting in Fulda. "We are grateful Rome has given completely clear approval to our stance."
The archbishop said each departure was "painful for the church," adding that bishops feared many Catholics were unaware of the consequences and would be "open to other solutions."
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Dan Thompson Holden, age 82, went to be with his lord June 2, 2014. He was a native of Murfreesboro and son of the late Cecil W. and Isla Thompson Holden.
Mr. Holden is survived by his wife of 52 years Mary Virginia Harris Holden; two sons, Dan T. Holden Jr. and his wife Kelly of Dallas, TX and Randy W. Holden of Murfreesboro; two grandsons, Thompson and Harris Holden.Graveside services will be 2:00PM Friday at Roselawn Memorial Garden. Brother Charles Mullins will officiate. Visitation will be Friday from 12:00PM to 1:30PM Friday at Woodfin Memorial Chapel. Mr. Holden was a member of North Boulevard Church of Christ. He attended training school, was a 1950 graduate of Central High School and attended MTSU. Mr. Holden served in the United States Army and the Tennessee National Guard. He was a former employee at Samsonite and retired as a sales supervisor for Olan Mills. Mr. Holden loved flying and was a former crop duster. He was a life member of the Moose Lodge #645. Family and friends will serve as pallbearers.615-893-5151Online condolences can be made at www.woodfinchapel.com


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I-401's Happy Scuba Diving by AmberCloverWatch
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Continuing our Kancolle Fest, today we have a girl that's a bit special. Not a battleship, not an aircraft carrier, nor a destroyer, but a submarine! Here is I-401 from webpage game Kantai Collection! As always we hope u like it (I just started this game myself recently, and having lots of fun :3)
Great expression.
Whoa wait, I thought I-401 in the game was part of a collaboration between the Ars Nova anime/manga and the game.
I think she is available during the special event, but judge the original art style I don't think it is from Ars Nova
Love the pose!
Outstanding! It's I shame I can't make heads or tails of Japanese, so I can't play the game. But I love Kancolle art! Love live ship girls!
The game itself actually isnt complicated even without knowledge of Japanese(the English wiki is quite comprehensive about the gameplay too)


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While officers were speaking to David Senk, 54, found lying at the scene, a witness accused him of taking two bites out of the snake.The python is recovering after being given emergency surgery.It was turned over to the city's Animal Care Services after losing a few ribs.
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I Heart NPR
2014 Wall Calendar: April
"Living in Baltimore, I walk everywhere I go. I love having access to information and entertainment right in my pocket. With NPR playing through my headphones, I feel connected to the rest of the world, learn new things and meet new people. Lonely walks become a time to cherish and look forward to, even on the dreariest days."
Julianna Brion is a Baltimore-based illustrator and artist who listens to NPR programs locally on WYPR and Tweets globally from @JuliannaBrion.
Every year, we ask artists and illustrators to channel their NPR listening (and love) into art for the NPR Wall Calendar, and we're sharing these designs with you. The 2014 NPR Wall Calendar is available for purchase in the NPR Shop at shop.npr.org.
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