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Tsunami Watch Issued After Major Indonesia Quake
A tsunami watch is in effect in the Indian Ocean, where a significant earthquake occurred Tuesday. It had a magnitude of 8.7.
After an earthquake under the ocean floor, measuring 8.6, a tsunami watch remains in effect for the Indian Ocean area. But we can tell you that the tsunami warning center has reduced the area for which that is in effect. Now the epicenter of this earthquake was about 270 miles southwest of Banda Aceh, in Indonesia. That's very close to the site of a devastating earthquake in 2004. You will recall that that earthquake killed, or displaced, many millions of people – hundreds of thousands killed. Since this morning's quake, countries have been on high alert. And let's go, now, to NPR's Anthony Kuhn, he's in Jakarta. Hi, Anthony.
ANTHONY KUHN, BYLINE: Hi, Steve.
INSKEEP: Now, having said that that 2004 disaster was so monstrous, we have not had too many reports of ill effects this time. What have you heard so far?
KUHN: Well, what we're seeing here, of course, was when the quake hit, there was panic because the shaking was so intense and it lasted for around four minutes or so. And people who remember the 2004 quake and tsunami were terrified. A lot of people came running out of their homes, jumping on cars and motorbikes and heading for higher ground. In the vicinity, shaking was quite strong also in Malaysia and in Thailand, and as far up as India. Indonesia's president said the threat of tsunami was not great. The wave that hit the shore in India was about 30 inches high. But three hours later, there was an aftershock almost as powerful as the original quake, and that is why the tsunami warnings in the region are still in effect.
INSKEEP: Boy, when you say the shaking was felt for four minutes, that must have felt like an eternity to people who were feeling it.
KUHN: Yes, and the amazing thing is that, first of all, we've not heard reports of casualties or significant damage. Second of all, the comparison between the 2004 quake and the current one, I mean, the damage from this one is so much less. Why? Well, experts seem to be saying that the ground moved horizontally, instead of vertically, as it did in the last quake. And therefore, less water was displaced and no huge tsunami was created. However, there are areas, such as the Andaman Islands of India where a lot of people have to relocate to higher ground, and there could still be tsunamis rolling in.
INSKEEP: Now, some of the effected areas, of course, were the very same areas, as we mentioned, that were devastated in 2004. How well have people adapted to that disaster and how prepared did people seem to be for whatever might happen today?
KUHN: Well, Indonesian authorities sent emergency response teams to Aceh Province, that's the northwestern most part of the island of Sumatra. In fact, areas of Aceh are still rebuilding from the 2004 quake. And it took, you know, millions of dollars international aid flowing into the country to help rebuild. And, of the roughly 230,000 people who were killed in that tsunami in 2004, three quarters were in Aceh. So, any country, I think, would be hard put to deal with such an overwhelming disaster.
INSKEEP: And this is something that people must think about all the time, even now.
KUHN: Yes. It's, you know, for people who went through it, it was truly terrifying and people were in the streets and crying and pouring out of their homes, remembering what had happened in 2004.
INSKEEP: OK. Thanks very much. That's NPR's Anthony Kuhn, he is in Jakarta and monitoring the effects of an earthquake underneath the ocean floor off the coast of Indonesia. It measured 8.6. A tsunami watch remains in effect for several countries. A couple of countries have issued tsunami warnings. You're listening to him on MORNING EDITION from NPR News.
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Today the UK government achieved agreements supporting UK fishermen and sustainable fishing at the annual EU talks on fishing quotas.
Fishermen across the country are set for a boost as the UK government's commitment to sustainable fishing secured significant quota increases for key stocks at this year's annual negotiations. This included an increase in quotas of North Sea Cod, Haddock and Monkfish. Importantly, stocks of both cod and haddock are now accredited as sustainable by the Marine Stewardship Council.
Challenges remain in some parts of the country where the latest scientific evidence means further restraint is needed, for example in the Celtic Sea to revive stocks of haddock and megrim. However, there were increased quotas such as Western Skates and Rays (+15%), Bristol Channel Plaice (+49%), Sole (+9%) and Celtic Sea Cod (+11%). Crucially, a further package of measures has been agreed on sea bass in an attempt to reverse the decline around the English coast.
Total fishing opportunities worth more than £750 million were agreed at this year's negotiations, including increased quotas for:
Speaking after the negotiations in Brussels, Fisheries Minister George Eustice said:
The UK has long championed sustainable fishing and that is starting to yield results in some areas with a recovery in key stocks and increased quota as a result.
Challenges remain in areas like the Celtic sea and on iconic species such as bass so further restrictions have been needed.
As we prepare to leave the EU, we will place science based fisheries management at the heart of future policy.
Significantly increased stocks for North Sea cod and haddock will provide a welcome boost for Scotland. In Northern Ireland, the UK secured quota increases for cod (+377) and haddock (+55) in the Irish Sea.
Strong work to drive sustainable fishing and tackle wasteful discards was clear throughout the negotiations, with the UK supporting the EU Commission's proposal to introduce tougher controls on eel fishing to protect this critically endangered species.

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Over the past 2 years since opening the clinic, I have been rapidly reading books and blogs from entrepreneurs and world leaders, in an attempt to help make my first foray into business ownership a successful one. Book after book, blog after blog, I keep seeing the same message: to be successful, you have to make time for yourself.
We're all busy. I get it. Between being a father, husband, clinician and business owner, time is scarce for me too. I found quickly that it was next to impossible to find time – if I had a spare hour, I could think of any number of important things I "should" do with it – so instead of finding time, I decided to figure out how to make time.
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Overview of the Installation Steps
- Install Sun JDK
- Install WebLogic Server
- Install Portal
- Install SOA
This is identical to the procedure in Part 2. The Sun JDK and WebLogic server was installed as part of Identity Management on the database tier. Repeat these steps for the Application Tier.
Step 3 – Installing Portal
We created the repository for Portal back in Part 2 so we wouldn't have to run the repository creation utility multiple times. Unzip the Portal installation media and launch the runInstaller:
Click on the Next button.
As with Identity Management, we are going to Install and Configure the Portal environment, so verify that its selected and click on the Next button.
If you are followed the steps from Part 1 and are using the same versions then the pre-requisite check should be ok. If there are issues here fix them before you proceed. Once everything is ok click on the Next button.
Select a username to administer the domain, a password and the domain name. Click Next when your finished entering this information.
If you would like Oracle Configuration Manager to be installed then enter your metalink email address and password. Click on Next to continue.
Unfortunately this is a bad screenshot as its not showing the end of the Instance Location field. Since we are install Portal and SOA on this tier I want the directory names to be representative. So the Oracle Home directory is preceded with PORTAL, as is the instance location and name. The Middleware Home Location is where you installed the WebLogic Server earlier. Click on Next when your finished.
If your not planning on using all of the components then de-select then ones not required. Here everything is being installed except for Discoverer. Click on Next when ready.
Since this is the first WebLogic domain on this server we can use the Auto Port Configuration option. However, during the SOA install we'll need to do this differently. I'll go into detail why at that point. Click on Next.
Click on the Next button.
Enter the connection details for the database and repository created in Step 2. When finished click on the Next button.
Enter the schema name and password for the PORTLET account created as part of the repository install in Step 2. Click on Next when finished.
Enter the details for Oracle Internet Directory created in Part 2. Be sure to use the SSL port. Click on Next when finished.
Save a copy of the response file. It may come in handy if need to reinstall or when creating a new environment. Click on Install when ready.
Once the install has finished it will ask you to run the oracleRoot.sh script:
Once you have executed the script as root click OK.
Save a copy of the Installation Summary, it will contain useful information such as where the location of various components on disk, URL's and port numbers. Click on Finish when complete.
Step 4 – Installing SOA
Unzip the SOA media and change directory to Disk1. Before you start set your JAVA_HOME environment variable and launch the runInstaller with the –jreLoc parameter:
[oracle@vm7 Disk1]$ JAVA_HOME=/u01/app/oracle/product/jdk1.6.0_16; export JAVA_HOME
[oracle@vm7 Disk1]$ ./runInstaller -jreLoc $JAVA_HOME
Click on the Next button.
If you are followed the steps from Part 1 and are using the same versions then the pre-requisite check should be ok. If there are issues here fix them before you proceed. Once everything is ok click on the Next button.
Enter the Middleware Home directory, which is the same as the other products installed, and specify a directory name where SOA will be installed. Click on Next when ready.
As with the other products installed, save the response file in case you need to reinstall or setup a new environment. Click on Install when ready.
The installation details file contains some useful information so be sure to save a copy. Click on the Finish button.
To configure SOA launch the configuration wizard:
[oracle@vm7 bin]$ ./config.sh
Each component of the Fusion Middleware stack has to be installed in its own domain. So at the end of this installation we'll have 3 domains over two tiers. An Identity Management domain on the database tier and a Portal Domain and SOA domain on the application tier.
Verify Create a new WebLogic domain is selected and click on the Next button.
On this screen select only the SOA components which are easy to distinguish by the [SOAHome_1] at the end of each option. Click on Next once they have been selected.
Enter the domain information and click on Next.
Specify a username and password to administer this domain.
Select the appropriate startup mode depending on this is a DEV or PROD environment and click on the Next button.
Enter the connection details for the database created in Part 2. If you used the same password for all schemas then enter it in the Schema Password textbox at the top of the screen. If you created the repository with a different password for each schema then you will have to enter each on in the last column of the table. Click on the Next button once your finished.
The configuration utility quickly tests to see if it can connect to each of the schemas. If there are problems here verify the database connection information and passwords you entered are correct. Click on the Next button to continue.
We need to perform some addition configuration steps on this domain so check the first two options Administration Server and Managed Servers, Clusters and Machines and click on the Next button.
Back in Part 1 I listed a known issue where ports are not checke across multiple Oracle Home directories. If you blindly go through the install then the AdminServer for the SOA domain will use port 7001. This port is already in use by the Portal domain. We need to change the port on this screen so there is no conflict. To keep it simple I added 10 to the original port value to et 7011. Click on Next to continue.
As with the AdminServer, the default port for the bam managed server is being used WLS_PORTAL. To keep it consistent I changed both the bam and soa server by adding 10 to the original value to get 9011 and 8011 respectively. Once finished click on the Next button.
Click on Next.
Click on Next.
Click on the Next button.
Review the summary and click on the Create button.
Once the install completes click on the Done button.
If you have gotten this far you will have successfully installed Fusion Middleware 11g.


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Business is front page news. The way businesses operate is under greater scrutiny than ever before. While TV programmes like 'The Apprentice' and 'Dragon's Den' have raised the profile of Business to a new generation, the subject allows students to explore business behaviour and understand how a business operates and what can influence its success. It combines well with all other subjects due to its relevance to so many careers and everyday life. The topical nature of business makes it a fascinating addition to any choice of subjects. As a department, we share resources and ideas with students to make their experience the very best we can and have a wide range of video clips and resources. The department prides itself in moving with the times and using a plethora of teaching and learning techniques to keep students up to date with the latest business case studies. Students regularly use computers to search for information and produce mini reports and presentations on topical business issues.
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Goree Island, a small island just off the coast of Dakar, is a big tourist attraction because of its history as a major slave-trading center. It's an important destination for African-Americans in particular who come to pay their respects and reflect upon their ancestors' past.
"Lake Retba or Lac Rose lies north of the Cap Vert peninsula of Senegal, north east of Dakar. It is so named for its pink waters, caused by Dunaliella salina algae in the water that produce a red pigment that uses sunlight to create more energy, turning the waters pink, particularly visible during the dry season. The lake is also known for its high salt content and was often the finishing point of the Dakar Rally, before it moved to South America in 2009."
"Saly (also called Sali or Saly Portudal) is a seaside resort area on the Petite Côte of Senegal, south of Dakar. It is the top tourist destination in all of West Africa. Saly was originally a Portuguese trading post known as Porto de Ale, which became Portudal, and later Sali Portudal. "
The House of Slaves (Maison des Esclaves) and its Door of No Return is a museum and memorial to the Atlantic slave trade on Gorée Island, 3 km off the coast of the city of Dakar. Its museum was opened in 1962 to memorialise the final exit point of the slaves from Africa. Historians differ on how many African slaves were actually held in this building, as well as the relative importance of Gorée Island as a point on the Atlantic Slave Trade but visitors from Africa, Europe, and the Americas continue to make it an important place to remember the human toll of African slavery.
The Bandia Reserve is a small but perfectly formed game reserve, situated 40 miles from Dakar near Saly and M'bour.
Residing on the beach of the tip of Cap-Vert peninsula, the most western point in Africa, Dakar, Senegal, has long been a prosperous port city. This historical port has created a culture as unique as the land it calls home. The French influence on West African styling is still evident in much of the landscape today. Within the city itself, bustling streets and sprawling marketplaces give the vast city a village-like ambience. But while much of the charm of Dakar resides within its streets, it still abounds in every direction. The pink waters of Lake Retba, the grandeur of the African Renaissance Monument and the stunning architecture of Dakar Grand Mosque all beckon visitors to be a part of Dakar's story. All while the near beaches and natural vegetation serve as the surrounding tropical paradise for Dakar vacations.
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Rock Picks: Liz Vice brings spirit and soul to Durham's Motorco
Soul music never gets too terribly far away from its gospel roots, but faith is closer to the surface with some acts than others. Both spirituality and gratitude are right up-front and in abundance on Oregon-born soul singer Liz Vice's luminous debut album, "There's a Light" (Ramseur Records). It's an old-school throwback that establishes Vice as a latter-day voice on par with Brittany Howard from Alabama Shakes, and Vice will conduct services Friday in Durham.
The show is at Motorco Music Hall, 723 Rigsbee Ave., where doors open at 7 p.m. and music starts at 8 with the similarly inclined Dark Water Rising. Tickets are $10-$12. See motorcomusic.com for details.
Other highlights
- Speaking of hardcore roots music, Friday also brings the Cedric Burnside Project (led by the grandson of the late great North Mississippi blues icon R.L. Burnside) to Durham's Blue Note Grill.
- Saturday afternoon, Southern Culture on the Skids headline Carrboro Elementary's Back to School Rock Bash at Cat's Cradle, while Raleigh Little Theatre has The Connells with The Old Ceremony and Bauhaus/Love and Rockets co-founder David J.
- Saturday night, William Tyler casts guitar-god spells at Saxapahaw's Haw River Ballroom.
- Monday brings monster drummer Terry Bozzio to Raleigh's Pour House, Cymbals Eat Guitars to Kings and Cody Canada to Motorco.
- The Cult continues rockin' in the free world at the Raleigh Ritz on Tuesday, the same night Okkervil River is at the Cradle and Atlanta's alt-metal Sevendust plays Raleigh's Lincoln Theatre.
- Wednesday brings singer/songwriter Amos Lee to Durham Performing Arts Center, and the satirical metal stylings of Rob Crow's Goblin Cock to the Cradle – which has Built to Spill on Thursday.


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Can we lose a loved one without losing ourselves?
Twenty-eight-year-old Drew Thomson is haunted by a troubled past. After struggling for years with alcoholism and antisocial behavior, he ends a stable relationship with his girlfriend and finds himself without a home, job, or purpose. Continue reading The Fifteenth of June by Brent Jones


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Tickets are on sale for Emeril Lagasse Foundation's Boudin, Bourbon & Beer in Champions Square on Friday, November 13. 'Early Bird Special' tickets are $85 and only available during the month of August. Ticket prices will go up to $99 on September 1st. Ticket price includes all food and beverage and can be purchased on Ticketmaster.com.
Boudin, Bourbon & Beer will feature multiple chefs locally and around the country preparing their own style of boudin. Emeril Lagasse along with honorary co-chairs Donald Link, Mario Batali, and Stephen Stryjewski will be joined by over 50 of the nation's best chefs, including Cory Bahr, Frank Stitt, Justin Devillier, Kristen Essig, John Currence, Aaron Sanchez, and more. Patrons will also enjoy an array of craft brews from Abita Beer, bourbon cocktails by Buffalo Trace, and live entertainment throughout the evening. Musical entertainment will be announced in the following weeks. The night will be filled with games, a cigar tasting tent, and a silent auction. All proceeds from the event will go directly to the Emeril Lagasse Foundation.
Established in 2002 as the realization of Emeril Lagasse and his wife Alden Lagasse's dream to improve the quality of young people's lives, Emeril Lagasse Foundation supports children's education and non-profit organizations with culinary, nutrition, garden, arts and life skills programs. Other projects funded by the Foundation include an outdoor classroom, gardens, fresh foods cafeteria and teaching kitchen at Edible Schoolyard New Orleans, an accessible learning kitchen for special needs students at St. Michael Special School, the Emeril Lagasse Foundation Hospitality Center at Café Reconcile, and hospitality training at Liberty's Kitchen for at-risk youth preparing healthy school meals. In 2013, Emeril Lagasse was honored as James Beard Foundation Humanitarian of the Year.


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George Condo: Mental States
Hayward Gallery, Southbank Centre
18 October 2011 – 8 January 2012
"Occasionally real life is crazier than anything that can come from our imagination. You only have to look around you to see how nuts it can actually be." Such is the opinion of artist George Condo (born 1957, New Hampshire), whose Hayward-organised show, which premiered first in New York, and is now stopping over in London, before continuing its tour to Europe, provides ample support for this belief. Divided into three thematic sections – Portraiture, Abstract-Figuration, and Mania and Melancholy – the show constitutes something of a "conceptual survey" of his work from the past three decades, beginning when he moved to New York's East Village in 1980.
Upon entering the gallery, one is first confronted by a large blue headless figure, looming down from a larger than life canvas – The Executioner (1984). With long black swirls encircling his body, emanating from his wrists (one could be forgiven for mistaking him for something from Pirates of the Caribbean), he sits against a creamy background filled with scribbled eyes, mouths, and other bodily features. A green head on the ground, also decorated with swirling patterns, is evocative of a medical study object. There are echoes of Picasso and Miró, but this is the stuff of nightmares, the worst fears of an executioner, as his life's work comes back to haunt him.
Leading from this, along the narrow corridor to the larger galleries beyond, we find a row of gilded bronze heads (all 2002). Their proportions and display are modelled upon classical Greek statuary, and Condo has said that his motivation for gilding them was to create the illusion of excavated buried treasure and relics of a lost civilisation. There is a distinct element of tragedy, with titles such as The Alcoholic, The Crying Girl, and Lamentation, but these are beautiful objects, quite at odds with the grotesque imagery of his paintings.
And, of course, it is for his painting that he is better known, and primarily, at that, for his portraits: "an investigation into human physiognomy and its capacity to convey varied 'mental states'."[1] Take, for example, his series of nine portraits of the Queen (2006): some appear to be straightforward, "normal" portraits (Young Queen Elizabeth II; Queen Elizabeth II); some have just the one "peculiar" addition (The Queen is Her Queen, which has a carrot penetrating her head; Pop Queen, with a bizarre laugh and a pop out eye); some carry a variety of Condo's trademark clown features (Comic Queen, with made up clown eyes; The Mad Queen and The Blonde Queen, both with green noses); and one in particular, Metaphysical Queen, is almost fully abstracted, with recognisably Cubist elements to her face.
A Cubist influence is apparent in a good number of Condo's other works too, in some more overtly than others. Memories of Picasso (1989) and Spanish Head Composition (1988) are both direct homages to Picasso (the former an adaptation of Weeping Woman, 1937), and Expanding Canvas (1985), one of a series where Condo chose to begin in the centre of the canvas and paint outwards until reaching the edges, depicting whatever images came to his mind in the process, is a brownish-orange colour, and incorporates candlesticks and other compositional elements, much akin to some of the early Analytic Cubist still lifes.
Other artists who are said to have been of particular interest to Condo include Rembrandt, Velázquez, and Goya, but I also recognised distinct elements of German artists George Grosz and Otto Dix, as well as of William Hogarth and Francis Bacon. Echoes of the latter abound in particular in Screaming Priest (2004) and the three crucifixion paintings: Gestas, Jesus, and Dismas (2007).
Many of the portraits comprising the salon-style hang, opposite these, are equally sadistic, disturbing, and ugly. "If somebody said to me: 'Do you think they're hideous? Do you think they're ugly?' I'd say: 'Yeah, absolutely!'" declares Condo, unabashed. "But they're ordinary, nice people, you know. That's what my relatives look like. That's what the early American settlers looked like." Well, maybe not with the cartoon features and green noses? No, but Condo contends that all cartoon characters are also based on real people. "I like to think that my characters have a life before they hit the canvas, and a life after. But I think they're completely abstract in terms of narrative. The meaning may be abstract, even if the painting itself is figurative."
That said, the paintings in the final section, Mania and Melancholy, are undeniably a commentary on contemporary society and its material excesses. Characters roll around drinking, smoking, having sexual encounters, destroying both body and mind. "These things disturb me, and I have to paint them out of my system," explains Condo. And this, I would venture, brings me back to the opening statement: case in point.
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An occasional feature highlighting the wackiest conversations found in the wild unregulated hinterland of Deadspin's Pending Submissions.
From the T-Mac and Q Post. Meet GonnaBeDeadSoon:
Oh please.
You make it seem as if the Spurs are expecting McGrady to go 48 minutes every game for them. He'll be in and out, no more then 20 minutes tops. And you can be damn sure he's not gonna bitch about it.
And no, I'm not a Spurs or MaGrady fan, just someone who can be at least semi-objective about sports unlike every other commentor and 'reporter' on this site.Yesterday 6:12pm
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You're a fun one. Yesterday 6:50pm
Pretty intense, guy. TheCaptainsTubing's reply seems harmless enough. How would GonnaBeDeadSoon handle it?
Yeah, no. I lost interest in rooting for a particular team or player or being even a semi-hardcore fan after having my uncle beaten into a coma and my brother getting his arm and leg broken at an Eagles game because we dared to cheer for the Redskins and having to sit near some drunken oik who screamed racial slurs and obscenities for 4+ hours and having to explain that to my 7 year old nephew and having EVERY sporting event turn into an excuse to get piss shit and puke all over yourself drunk and shriek obscenities and racial slurs simply because "FREE SPEECH FAGGOT!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!/I PAID (INSERT X AMOUNT OF MONEY HERE SO THAT ENTITLES ME TO DO WHATEVER THE FUCK I WANT AND NOT TAKE RESPONSIBILTY FOR MY ACTIONS."
And you seem to agree whole heartedly with that mindset. Thanks for taking what was once an enjoyable time and completely and utterly ruining it. Bravo. Yesterday 8:33pm
Whoa! I mean, whoa! We've changed sports and venues and everything! Something strange and volatile and totally unexpected has taken place here. It's time for the voice of reason to intervene. Meet ChickenandBeer.
so why do you come to a board about sports if it hurts you so much to see people have fun with it? Yesterday 8:50pm
It's not an unreasonable question. The ball's in your court, GonnaBeDeadSoon!
So putting people into a coma and breaking their arms and legs because they cheer for the opposing team is not only acceptable behavior to you, but is also fun. As is having to sit next to a drunk oik for 3+ hours and being deafened by their endless shrieking of obscenities and racial slurs.
I guess you also think it's acceptable behavior to go to your local movie theater and get piss shit and puke all over yourself drunk and sit in the theater shrieking profanities at the screen for 3 hours. After all you bought a ticket so FREE SPEECH FAGGOT!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!, right?
Or if you and your oik pals are Apple fanboys and you see someone using a lenovo laptop it's perfectly acceptable and legal for you to beat him into a coma and break his arms and legs, right? Yesterday 10:30pm
Oh boy. Oooooooooh boy. Boy oh boy. Man, man.
Bring the realness, ChickenandBeer. Bring it hard and fast.
Strong start.
Re read what I said. You took it wrong. Why do you come to a sports blog if it hurts you to see people making sports related jokes to where you have to be that serious about things is what I meant. Im not shitting on your situation. Ive had my own run in being a new yorker down at an Eagles Giants game, so I know where you are coming from.
But that experience seems to make you unable to have further fun with sports, which I understand. I dont understand why you would come to a site thats job is to have fun with sports then, is what I was asking.
And a right! A left! Another left! He's got 'em on the ropes!
Sorry if it came across wrong. But also, you need to try to read things a little more and not over react, cause no one had fun with your story. I was referring to you being all serious about the other funny gag that was happening
and also, how would you make the leap that the commenter agreed whole heartedly with a sentiment of its good to almost kill someone simply cause he said you were no fun about Tracy McGrady. I know you had your struggles dude, but you gotta really stop projecting that everyone feels that way when they give no other indication of anything. All he did was say you were no fun in the mcgrady thread, it had nothing to do with you being beaten, which he didnt know. so you sayin "And you seem to agree whole heartedly with that mindset. Thanks for taking what was once an enjoyable time and completely and utterly ruining it. Bravo" When he didnt even have a CLUE that you had that sentiment kinda makes you a dick in this one.
NO ONE thinks what happened was ok. So stop thinkin we all do when NO ONE EVEN KNEW ABOUT IT Today 12:56am
Several solid, reasonable points are made here, but it's really the bro and dude that cut through all the hostility and establish a relationship. Empathy. Empathy is key. Empathy, it turns out, is a biological imperative linked closely to oxytocin, a mammalian neurohypophysial hormone which is produced most acutely during (you guessed it) child birth. Empathy is then "taught" to offspring by the actions of a caring mother. Did you know dogs and crows and primates demonstrate morality? Crazy, right? It's true! Morality and kindness aren't the same thing, you see: morality involves rules that acknowledge the importance of the group over the individual, and dogs, chimps, and even crows have been observed not only sacrificing self-interest when following community rules, but even revolting when confronted by perceived unfairness or unequal treatment! Amazing!
Will it work? Back to you, GonnaBeDeadSoon:
Sorry about that,
Good, good . . . go on . . .
I'm just at the end of my rope, literally and while I enjoy Deadspin and the humor of the writers, and the semi-seriousness of some of the pieces here, when it comes to violence on the field and injuries, concussions and such, when I read the pieces about violence in the stands like happened in England a few days ago and then read comments from posters making fun of the situation, it hits deep, knowing what I've gone through. And yeah I'm projecting a little, but it's pretty obvious there's been an increase in asshole fan behavior in the US over the last 10-15 years. And yeah, it doesn't compare to when Jackie Robinson first came in the league with the Nigger!!! stuff that he had to put up with, now it's worse.
Yes, yes . . . good . . . uh huh . . . wait NO! NOOOOOOOOO!!!
Pardon me, please. Do go on.
Seriously, what what is wrong with you (Not you specifically) and your life if you have to get piss your pants drunk in order to enjoy a sporting event and shriek obscenities and racial slurs until you lose your voice? I can't understand that mindset.
And it's not like the stuff is isolated to Philly fans. Or NY/Boston fans. It's filtered down to high school and minor league baseball now.
Anyway, none of this really matters, because my user name is true, I am gonna be dead soon, a couple of weeks at most.
Sorry for going off like I did and misinterpreting what was written. Today 1:14am
The power of empathy. Conflict: resolved. Hostility: eased. GonnaBeDeadSoon: gonna be dead soon.
(EDIT: GonnaBeDeadSoon just can't be stopped. Look at him go!)


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was attacked everything that can be said has been said. Repeatedly. It doesn't seem that I could possibly have anything meaningful to add. However, posting anything else today seems a little…shallow, selfish, or just ill-mannered. How do you ignore something like what happened eleven years ago? World Trade Center
I was curious as to what approach my fellow bloggers would take today: would everyone post their memories of where they were, post some sort of tribute for the first responders, or just keep quiet? In perusing blogs today it seems that most people are choosing to keep quiet, though I have come across a few folks sharing their memories of where they were on September 11, 2001.
As I've sat here reading other people's memories of that day, with a clear view from my office window of lowered flags, it occurs to me how connected we all are. We may not agree on politics, religion, or much of anything these days, but we're all deeply affected by what happened that day. We all grieve for the people who died that day, and the families left behind. We all know what we were doing on a day that, under different circumstances, would likely have faded into thousands of other days.
Instead of asking where you were, or what you were doing when you first heard the news, I'd like to know how your perspective of what happened has changed over the years, or if it has changed at all.
I think my perspective on what happened has changed a lot over the years. I was 19 years old when I watched the second plane hit. I grew up in a very small town. It took a while for me to even grasp the enormity of what had happened; the biggest office buildings I had seen were maybe five stories. I thought my parents and grandparents were being a little dramatic whenever they talked about things like knowing exactly what they were doing when Kennedy was shot. I couldn't imagine an event that didn't personally involve you making such a lasting impression on your life. Now I know exactly what they meant all those years.
I had no idea that eleven years later I would be married to a man who volunteers as a firefighter. At 19 I thought about how brave the first responders who died were, how their families at least had the comfort of saying that they died heroes. Now I can't imagine how their families felt. I don't want to; just thinking about it makes my stomach drop and my heart feel like it's stuck in the back of my throat. I can't imagine the agony of waiting; of knowing a loved one was there and not knowing if they were okay.
I think a lot about the families, and how their grief has been intruded upon. I can't imagine what the families have felt like for the past eleven years with the entire nation watching them on every anniversary. I used to hope for some sort of retaliation for them, something to make it alright, but now I think that nothing can ever make that kind of loss alright. Now I hope for them to be allowed to grieve and remember in whatever way is best for them. I hope they've somehow been able to put their lives back together.
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French River, Ontario
French River
|Municipality of French River
Municipalité de Rivière-des-Français
The French River at the French River Post
|Coordinates: 46°10′N 80°30′W / 46.167°N 80.500°WCoordinates: 46°10′N 80°30′W / 46.167°N 80.500°W
|• Type
|• Mayor
|Gisèle Pageau
|• Governing Body
|French River Municipal Council
|Marc Serré (Liberal)
|John Vanthof (NDP)
|• Land
|735.48 km2 (283.97 sq mi)
|• Total
|• Density
|3.6/km2 (9/sq mi)
|Time zone
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French River, also known as Rivière-des-Français, is a municipality in the Canadian province of Ontario, in the Sudbury District. The municipality had a population of 2,662 in the Canada 2016 Census.[1] It was formed in 1999 through the merger of the Township of Cosby, Mason and Martland and surrounding unincorporated portions of the Unorganized North Sudbury District. It was named after the French River that flows through the municipality.
The borders of the municipality are composed of Highway 69 to the west (the French River Trading Post and French River Inn properties are also included within the municipal boundary), West Arm to the north on Highway 535 (just east of Shaw Rd.), the end of Wolseley Bay Rd to the east (Highway 528) and the community of Monetville to the northeast.
Along with the municipalities of St. Charles, Killarney, and Markstay-Warren, it is part of the region known as Sudbury East.[2] These communities partner together on several ventures, including the Sudbury East Planning Board, Sudbury East Municipal Association, Manitoulin-Sudbury District Services Board (MSDSB) and Sudbury East Board of Trade.
The municipality comprises the communities of Alban, Bigwood, Chartrand Corner, Delamere, Dokis First Nation, French River Station, Happy Landing, Jamot, Monetville, Noëlville, North Monetville, Ouellette, Rutter, Sucker Creek Landing and Wolseley Bay.
The community of Alban was originally established in 1907 as Rutter, named for the nearby railway station in 1907, but in 1937 the community was renamed for Rev. J. Alban Filiatrault. In 1934, the Parish of Notre-Dame-de-Lourdes is created. Mr. Jean-Baptiste Rochon donates several acres of land to the habitants of Alban to erect a church. During the night of February 6, 1953, the church burns to the ground. The following Sunday, Father Oliva Campeau proposes the immediate reconstruction of the church. This time, it will be constructed with brick and the walls of plaster instead of wood. In 1984, the Notre-Dame-de-Lourdes Parish celebrates its 50th anniversary.
Originally known as Martland, the community was first settled in 1895 by Cyrille Monette (né Boisvert) and four other pioneers. It became a municipality in 1906 and adopted the name Monetville.
For many years the Greenway Hotel was one of the few notable buildings while driving through on the highway.
Monetville is divided into two areas North Monetville and Monetville. "South" Monetville is generally from Dokis Road south to Bear Lake and Shanty Bay of Lake Nipissing. North Monetville extends generally from Dokis Road north to the West Arm of Lake Nipissing and Chapel Island, which Highway 64 crosses on the West Arm. North Monetville was settled by the Douglas Family, the Mercer Family and the Purcell family in the early 1900s.
Noëlville, originally known as Cosby, was founded in 1905 with the arrival of settlers in the region. Noëlville families travelled by boat, to the south-west end of Lake Nipissing, to establish themselves between Lake Nipissing and the French River. To pay homage to Noël Desmarais, the village's first merchant and the first businessman of the region, the town of Cosby became Noëlville in 1911. Desmarais is the grandfather to businessman Paul Desmarais.[3] Noël Desmarais was one of the first to start his family business in Noëlville.
In 2007, Noëlville made the top five communities in CBC Television's Hockeyville competition.[4] The neighbouring city of Greater Sudbury offered its support to Noëlville, although the community ultimately lost out to another nearby city, North Bay.
North Monetville[edit]
The North Monetville area straddles the municipal boundary between French River and West Nipissing. "Created" in the 1970s to aid the delivery of supplies to the Monetville Public School which was located several kilometers north on Highway 64 from the signposts designating the town of Monetville. Sucker Creek Landing and Chapel Island are both considered to be part of North Monetville, with Highway 64 crossing Chapel Island and bridging the West Arm Narrows of Lake Nipissing at both ends of the island. Most residents of North Monetville simply state their address as "Monetville" even if they do live in the north end of the village.
The Community of Christ cemetery, 339 East Road,[5] has a Canadian World War II hero buried there. Sgt. Wallace Edmond Firlotte, who served with the Lincoln and Welland Regiment during the war, was bestowed six war decorations. Firlotte was one of only a very few Canadians that was bestowed the Order of the Bronze Lion for heroism from the Crown of the Netherlands. This award is presented for "Deeds of extreme bravery and leadership in battle favouring the Netherlands". The Prince personally presented this Order to Sgt. Firlotte by Royal Decree on December 8, 1945.
Community events[edit]
Each February, Noëlville hosts the largest and longest running family hockey tournament in Canada. Five years after the Noëlville Community Centre was built in 1972, the Noëlville Family Hockey Tournament was founded in 1977 by Claude Mayer, Gerry Gratton, and Dan Pitre. There were 17 teams. The first game was played on New Year's night when the Carrière family played against the Mayer family. The Pitre family won the inaugural tournament. This tournament survives to this day and has become a much anticipated event in this small town where families reunite when friends and members of the extended family return 'home' to compete in this event which now hosts between 32 and 36 teams and families every year. Over the years, this tournament raised over $150,000 for local charities.
In August, the Club Richelieu Rivière-des-Français hosts the family softball tournament, which regularly hosts over 100 teams and provides numerous economic benefits to the region. August 5-6-7, 2016 was the 32nd year of this tournament and had 103 teams registered. Over the years, this tournament has raised over $221,330 to help fund various cultural, educational and community activities.
The municipal office is located at 44 St-Christophe St in Noëlville. The council is composed of the mayor and six councillors. The current mayor is Gisele Pageau.
French River utilizes the mail-in balloting system for municipal elections rather than polling stations. Voter turnout in the 2010 elections was 62%.[6]
The 2019 operating budget for French River was approximately $8 million. The municipality employs approximately 30 staff and has 20 volunteer firefighters.
|Canada census – French River, Ontario community profile
|2442 (-8.2% from 2006)
|2659 (-5.4% from 2001)
|Land area:
|735.47 km2 (283.97 sq mi)
|734.26 km2 (283.50 sq mi)
|Population density:
|3.3/km2 (8.5/sq mi)
|3.6/km2 (9.3/sq mi)
|Median age:
|Total private dwellings:
|Median household income:
|References: 2011[7] 2006[8] earlier[9]
Population trend:[10]
- Population in 2016: 2662
- Population in 2011: 2442
- Population in 2006: 2659
- Population in 2001: 2810
- Population in 1996: 2847
Median age of the population:
- 53.7 years
- 88.4% White
- 10.3% Métis
- 1.3% First Nations
Language most often spoken at home:
- 60.8% English
- 38.4% French
- 0.8% Other
See also[edit]
- ^ a b c 2011 Census Profile
- ^ Sudbury East Planning Board.
- ^ http://www.thecanadianencyclopedia.com/articles/paul-desmarais
- ^ "Noelville makes final five in CBC Hockeyville contest". Northern Life, March 12, 2007.
- ^ Community of Christ Cemetery records
- ^ http://www.frenchriver.ca/_assets/2010%20Election%20Results%20Stats.pdf
- ^ "2011 Community Profiles". 2011 Canadian Census. Statistics Canada. July 5, 2013. Retrieved 2012-02-14.
- ^ "2006 Community Profiles". 2006 Canadian Census. Statistics Canada. March 30, 2011. Retrieved 2011-04-11.
- ^ "2001 Community Profiles". 2001 Canadian Census. Statistics Canada. February 17, 2012.
- ^ Statistics Canada: 1996, 2001, 2006, 2011 census
External links[edit]
|Wikivoyage has a travel guide for French River.
|Wikimedia Commons has media related to French River, Ontario.


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Kuala Lumpur, 2 October 2017 – Malaysia has fast-tracked its growth in data professionals through a unique Public-Private Partnership (PPP) initiative called Data Star programme - a data science finishing school designed to fast track the development of world-class data professionals who meet industries' demands. A joint-effort between ASEAN Data Analytics eXchange (ADAX), Malaysia Digital Economy Corporation (MDEC) and renowned industry players, Data Star programme will help Malaysia achieve 20,000 data professionals by 2020; a goal set by the Government in 2015.
Speaking at the event, Datuk Yasmin Mahmood, Chief Executive Officer of MDEC said, "This marks the fifth Big Data Week Asia organised by MDEC and, each year, it continues to bring a bigger impact to the progress of Big Data Analytics (BDA) in Malaysia."
"The Data Star programme is a testament to MDEC's unwavering commitment to develop a robust BDA ecosystem; in line with Malaysia's vision to position itself as a data driven nation. So far, the country has produced 6,000 data professionals and we are confident that we will achieve 20,000 high-quality data professionals by 2020. Unique initiatives like the Data Star programme will significantly contribute to this agenda," she further added.
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Big Data Week Asia 2017 is organized for industry players, students and the public alike. The anchor event - 'Next Big Tech Asia' – is being held on 2nd October and 3rd October, at KL Convention Centre. This will be followed by Big Data Workshop – a platform designed for tertiary students and start-ups taking place from 4th – 6th October at ADAX office in Bangsar South. Finally, the event will conclude by hosting Big Data Tech Jam – a festival aimed at educating public on BDA and the role it can play in our daily lives. Members of the public are encouraged to participate in Big Data Tech Jam on 7th October and 8th October at APW in Bangsar.
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It is always fun to quote the bible to Christians in discussions. ;-)
Another site with some good resources is Talk Reason: arguments against creationism, intelligent design, and....
Offreality, if you look at the original Hebrew or even the LXX Greek of Deuteronomy 22:28-29, you will find "young woman" refers to a girl below marriageable age.
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A theist wanted me to read this book but I found this great review instead. Best of all, it's wrote by a christian and really rips it up.
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Knowledge of the bible is of little use except to argue with christians who probably havn't read it anyway. It was written by people of their day and later translated and interpreted into an absurd form of English. It is not literary, it has little historical weight and is boring. To think that peasants actually believe it's dictated or transcribed by a supernatural being ! I'm flabbergasted !
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For the aspiring helicopter pilot, there are a number of factors to consider when selecting a school for aviation training. Students should make a list of the qualities most important to them and then evaluate each prospective school based on that list. Some factors students might want to consider include:
- Accreditation
- Aircraft Used for Training
- Instructor Qualifications
- Insurance
- Safety Regulations
- Student-teacher Ratio
- Tuition Cost and Financial Aid Availability
A good pilot training program will cover the four basics of climbing, descending, turning, and level flying. A good program should also provide thorough instruction in take-offs and landings, hovering, quick stops, autorotations, hovering, confined landings, and cross-country flying. Students should decide if they want to enroll in a program that is Federal Aviation Administration-approved (Part 141) or an unapproved program, also called Part 61. Part 141 programs meet FAA guidelines (similar to a form of accreditation) and differ from Part 61 programs in required hours. Part 141 programs require only 35 hours of training, while Part 61 programs have a minimum of 40 hours training. Part 141 programs are also eligible for federal financial aid programs.
Students wishing to complete a program part-time or at a slower pace might consider a Part 61 program, while students needing financial assistance might be better off looking at Part 141 programs.
Finally, it is always a good idea to consider attending an accredited school. The Council on Aviation Accreditation is an accrediting body for pilot training programs. The Federal Aviation Administration also approves training programs.


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We can't verify these details of the rumored sequel to Warhawk, but SystemLink says that an anonymous Sony employee has passed them along, and they look legit. Don't take these to heart just yet, but maybe start feeling hopeful.
The naughty leaker says that Starhawk, the sequel to the 2007 PS3 release Warhawk, is real. He says that this PS3 exclusive will be revealed before E3 2011. It will ship on Blu-ray as a full game.
The source says that Starhawk is a third-person shooter with jeeps, ganks, APCs and now spaceships to take control of and shoot things with. Some maps are on a planet (not Earth), and others are in space, though you won't be able to transition from planet to space in the same map.
As for the visuals, the Sony many says that a new engine will bring 'stunning visuals,' and that it will retain the slightly cartoonish visuals of Warhawk.
There has been tons of rumors about this game. These are just more for the pile. Still, I feel good that there's a game along these lines waiting in the wings. Stay tuned.
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Sunday, April 22, 2012
The Lost Cyclist
I have never bought a book before but I purchased "The Lost Cyclist" yesterday at the Copake bicycle auction in Copake NY. The really cool thing about this book is I was able to meet the author David V. Herlihy and he was nice enough to sign my copy. The book is about one mans adventure around the world on a bicycle and how he just disappeared from life,society,family and friends. Sometimes you just gotta ride.
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Monday, April 9, 2012
bicycle trip #1: Lowell to Boston: 4/7/12
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Tuesday, April 3, 2012
the Italian Stallion
Scored this pretty rare Atala Special Champion Del Mondo 12spd equipped with Campagnolo,Ofmega,Modolo,3TTT,Ambrosio and Miche goodies. What makes this rare is the Tullio steel tubing there is very little info online but it was believe to be the inhouse steel tubing for Atala,Basso,Ciocc and others. My personal opinion its comparable to Vittus or Tange tubing. I've always wanted an Italian bicycle and I love the color red so this one is a keeper.
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The Inverted Bike Shop
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Walking into a room with people watching me or people walking in behind me, is still be my biggest challenge. Walking in the street with people behind me is also my biggest challenge.
Clamming up also when we're trying to talk to someone might be hard for us, easy for others. But I still believe that for us to overcome what scares us, we must put ourselves in that scary place. It sounds crazy that we would force ourselves into doing the very thing we know we might be scared by, but not to means we will never overcome fear.
Feeling inhibited, struggling to understand our feelings will always slow us down from being creative, from our passion. But to do that we must overcome our fear and deal with one scary thing at a time. That scary thing doesn't have to be anything big.
But it's important we put ourselves into that scary place, rather than avoid it. Thinking about doing something, is scarier than the action itself. Sadly, apprehension is stressful as are the feelings that accompany it.


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Hello Everyone!
July is over which means school is just around the corner. Luckily enough for me, it is August which happens to be my Birth-Month. There is a good chance that I will be working on my actual birthday, but I think I'll survive. I am super excited to start school because I will be graduating next December with a degree that I love. I'm hoping that these next semesters go by quickly so that I can get a job in my field of study. Back to the beauty world. I tried so many new products during the month of July and some have become my absolute favorites. Most of these products have made it into my daily routine and the rest are essential for Summer. Here are my July favorites...
July Favorites - 2014
Banana Boat Sport Performance Spray Sunscreen SPF 100: The temperature here in South Texas has been unbelievable. We have had 100 degree weather everyday for the past couple of weeks. I am a person that gets sunburned very quickly, but hates putting on sunscreen. It makes me feel greasy and takes forever to apply. I picked up this spray sunscreen before my trip to the beach a couple of weeks ago. It was very easy to apply since the mist is clear and it is so quick to just spray my body and face with. I was at the beach for about 8 hours and I only got the slightest tan. I love this sunscreen and recommend it if you burn easily, or are lazy like I am.
Murad Rapid Age Spot and Pigment Lightening Serum: It is no secret that I struggle with hyperpigmentation. Since I finished the last product I was trying, I though I would pick up this serum and see if it made more of a difference than the last. I had never tried a Murad product before, but this serum made me want to try other products from the line. This serum was a bit on the pricy side, but I have found that most (if not all) serums are. Within the first week, I noticed a huge difference in my dark-spots. My entire face seems so much more even and my spots are not as noticeable. I find myself using a less amount of concealer to hide imperfections and I love that. This serum does make your face sensitive so there are a few recommendations: use at least SPF 30 before going into the sun, only use at night and do not use continuously for more than 3 months.
Clean & Clear Advantage 3-in-1 Exfoliating Cleanser: When it comes to treating acne, I have found that my skin reacts best to benzoyl peroxide. This acne medication is more difficult to find than salicylic acid, especially in the drugstore. I was lucky enough to find this drugstore cleanser and really enjoyed it this past month. It really helped to treat any existing acne that I had, and prevent future breakouts. The exfoliation isn't harsh on the skin and gentle enough to use on a daily basis.
Clean & Clear All-in-One Cleansing Wipes: I picked up these wipes the same time I got the cleanser (they were right next to the cleanser and I needed new wipes haha). I actually enjoyed these more than I did the other Clean & Clear makeup removing wipes. Something about the smell of these wipes really helps to relax me and prepare me for bed. I truly feel like they remove all of my makeup and they keep my skin feeling clean. These wipes have sea minerals and sea kelp extract (I'm not exactly sure what these things do, but my skin looks and feels great). Again I would like to point out that although there are 30 days in a month, there are only 25 wipes.
Maybelline Dream Pure BB 8-in1 Beauty Balm Skin Clearing Perfector: Because my skin has been better than usual, I have been able to wear lighter makeup. During the Summer I tend to gravitate to more BB creams than foundations. This BB cream is supposed to have acne clearing properties, that caught my attention. I love how light this feels on my skin, but still gives a nice amount of coverage. It is so easy to blend into the skin and does a reasonable job of adjusting to your skin tone. There are a couple of shades available and it is easy to work with. I'm not sure how much this actually helped my acne, but I didn't cause any extra breakouts.
Makeup Forever Full Cover Extreme Camouflage Cream: Waterproof makeup is my best friend during the Summer and trips to the beach. I don't like to wear too much makeup when I go to the pool or beach, but I do like to coverup a few problem areas. I also don't like to have to keep fixing my makeup or reapplying it because it completely disappeared. With this concealer I know that all my problems areas will be fully covered and that it will last all day.
Maybelline 24hr Color Tattoo Leather Collection (Chocolate Suede): On lazy makeup days, (which occur more often than usual) I tend to gravitate towards cream shadows for a quick splash of color. I have a rather large collection of the Color Tattoos, especially the neutral shades. This particular shade is part of the Leather Collection. It is a bronze shade that is more on the chocolate, brown side. This shade is beautiful all over the lid alone, or mixed with other shadows. Although it is Summer, I have found myself wearing this darker shade more than bright, fun colors.
Milani Bella Eyes Gel Powder Eyeshadow (Bella Bronze): This eyeshadow goes along the same line as the previous. I actually love using these two products to create a beautiful bronze eye look. These Gel eyeshadows are absolutley wonderful. The pigmentation is ahhhhmazing and they are super easy to blend with other shadows. The quality of these shadows is remarkable for the inexpensive price that you pay.
Natural Collection Blushed Cheeks (Peach Melba): Although the name itself says "peach," I would say that this blush is more on the mauve/pink side. For some reason, I have never been the biggest fan of different colored blush. Something about my skin tone makes me feel like no color really fits me right. When I do wear blush, I tend to pick something very natural and understated. This shade just gives the right amount of color and gives a very natural look. This particular blush was actually sent to me from a fellow beauty blogger and it is one of my absolute favorites.
Bare Escentuals Buxom Lash Mascara (Blackest Black): Very similar to my eyebrows, my eyelashes are very long and dark. This time of year I look for mascaras that will just define my lashes and not change them too much. The Buxom Lash mascara is perfect for everyday makeup. It gives me the volume and length that I desire without being clumpy or too dramatic.
MAC Cremesheen Lipstick (Lickable): Yet another MAC lipstick has made it into my monthly favorites. I own way too many of these lipsticks but they are some of my absolute favorites. This shade is a bit brighter than all the other makeup I have featured in this post. Something about this particular shade of fuchsia looks very nice with my tan. I like to apply it to my lips and then blend it in a bit with my finger to take it down a notch.
Music: For music I though it would be nice to just list and link all of the songs that I have been loving this past month.
Sia - Chandelier
Bastille - Oblivion
Echosmith - Cool Kids
Sia - Dressed in Black
Meghan Trainor - All About That Bass
Demi Lovato - Really Don't Care
Ariana Grande - Break Free
Melanie Martinez - Dollhouse
Troye Sivan - Happy Little Pill
Hope you enjoyed this post :)
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Happy Wednesday, dark passengers. Today, I'd like to talk about the tools some empaths and psychics use. That's right, we're talking about magic rocks.
Or crystals, if you want to get technical and intelligent about it.
Anyway. I think it's one thing to discuss the plight of empaths who can't block out the emotions of others, but it doesn't tell the whole story. I find that the more I talk with empaths about shielding or releasing negativity, I invariably end up having conversations about various crystals and their properties. In fact, in the last few weeks, I've turned into the empath pez dispenser of crystal knowledge on an empath forum.
Time to bring the crystal info here, methinks.
What Are Crystals?
Okay, if you want the scientific, geological 411 on crystals, go to a science site. I've said it 13 million times in the past and I'll say it again. Me and Science aren't pals, so I'm the last person you want to explain the mineral composition and formation of crystals.
What I can do is explain why most metaphysical stores you go into have bins of awesome magic rocks that draw you over even when you don't know what the hell they do.
Why Crystals Are Metaphysical Tools
Crystals – like people, animals and spirits – have a vibrational energy to them. These vibrations give crystals their metaphysical properties. Many of these properties are especially useful to psychics and empaths.
For example, clear quartz is a versatile crystal that can give, receive or store energy. Empaths, in particular, find it helpful when they're working on shielding out negativity. On the other hand, Selenite has the property where you never have to cleanse it of built up negative energy.
Working With Crystals
Working with crystals can take on a number of forms. You can:
- Carry crystals in your pockets
- Create crystal and gem elixirs
- Grid your home with crystals
- Hold crystals during meditation
- Place crystals on or around your body during healing
- Sleep with crystals in your pillow case or under your bed
- Wear crystals as jewelry.
Picking Your Crystals
When you're ready to work with crystals, there are a number of approaches you can take to picking the right crystals for you. Some people like to do Internet research or read books about the properties of crystals to determine exactly which crystals or properties they need the most.
Other people like to walk into metaphysical stores and ask the clerk what they need. This can be a risky proposition if you're working with someone who either doesn't know anything about crystals or doesn't care about their properties. It's always wise to get a feel for a store and its staff before trusting them with your psychic development.
Personally, I like to walk around the bins of crystals and just wait for something to pop out at me. Sometimes, I know I need a particular type of stone, so I let my hand hover over those stones until it goes to the perfect one. In some ways, it's like my stones pick me.
I know that sounds a little nutty, but certain crystals just seem to resonate with me in ways others don't.
What If You Pick a Crystal You Don't Need?
I've totally done that before. At the beginning, I used to pick out crystals I thought were pretty, even when I had only a cursory knowledge of what they were for. After researching them, I learned that the properties didn't do much for me.
At that time.
It's amazed me how often the crystals I thought were a waste of money have come in handy in the last year. Maybe it wasn't something I needed, but hubby got use out of it. In other cases, situations popped up months later where I did need that particular crystal.
Of course, not every crystal's vibrational energy is going to resonate with you. If your order your crystals online, you run this risk. That's why I recommend you make sure whoever you buy your crystals from has a return policy in place, just in case the crystal they send you isn't the right one for you.
Back Talk Time
So, what's your experience been with crystals? Is there any information about crystals you'd like us to discuss in future posts?
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The Emancipation Proclamation January 1, 1863 A Transcription By the President of the United States of America: A Proclamation. Whereas, on the twenty-second day of September, in the year of our Lord one thousand eight hundred and sixty-two, a proclamation was issued by the President of the United States, containing, among other things, the following, […] more
Life and Times of Frederick Douglass
"No man can be truly free whose liberty is dependent upon the thought, feeling and action of others, and who has himself no means in his own hands for guarding, protecting, defending and maintaining that liberty". Free e- book Life and Times of Frederick Douglass Written by himself Hartford, Connecticut: Park Publishing, Co. 1881. Life […] more
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"A war undertaken and brazenly carried for the perpetual enslavement of the colored men, calls logically and loudly for the colored men to help suppress it." Growing political tensions over the spread of slavery started a decade before the beginning of the war. As a preamble to the Civil War, between 1854 and 1861, […] more
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A condition known as insulin resistance is emerging as yet another risk factor threatening the good health of your heart. And, doctors who focus too narrowly on serum cholesterol may be overlooking this potentially dangerous syndrome, as often happens with high homocysteine levels.
Concern about insulin resistance is mounting rapidly among cardiovascular specialists as two of its main causes -- obesity, particularly abdominal obesity, and inactivity -- also rise.
People with the condition have no shortage of insulin, but they fail to use this vital hormone properly. Insulin resistance, or ''syndrome X,'' as one expert calls it, causes up to 25 percent of the heart disease that afflicts men and as much as 60 percent of the heart disease that occurs in women, according to some estimates. If they are correct, the estimates would give insulin resistance the dubious distinction of being the nation's leading underlying cause of heart attacks.
To make matters worse, Dr. Gerald Reaven, an emeritus professor of medicine at Stanford and principal author of the new book ''Syndrome X,'' points out that insulin resistance is a ''silent killer.'' It does not show up in the blood tests usually done at routine medical checkups. Rather, a series of health measurements are required to define it accurately.
One does not have to be obese or diabetic to have the problem. Dr. Reaven and colleagues found that among people with normal blood pressure who are neither diabetic nor obese about 25 percent to 30 percent are insulin resistant, or a total of 33 million to 40 million Americans, not counting those with high blood pressure or diabetes.Continue reading the main story
But while genetics accounts for about half of a person's susceptibility to insulin resistance, the other half can be attributed to obesity, physical inactivity and smoking.
What Insulin Resistance Is
When a person eats any food, insulin is released from the pancreas to process it. Insulin's job is to get glucose out of the blood and into the muscle cells that use it for energy. Insulin also inhibits the release of fatty acids from the body's fat stores.
But in insulin-resistant people, the hormone is less than fully effective at lowering circulating glucose and blocking the release of fatty acids. The pancreas responds by pouring out more insulin in a futile effort to overcome this resistance. The result is a somewhat elevated blood level of glucose and a more serious rise in triglycerides, which are made in the liver from fatty acids in the blood.
People with syndrome X are especially at risk of developing diabetes and coronary heart disease and may also face an increased risk of suffering a stroke, kidney failure and possibly cancer, according to Dr. Scott Grundy, director of the Center for Human Nutrition at the University of Texas Southwestern Medical Center in Dallas, which is leading an international study of the genetics of syndrome X.
In contrast to Type 2 diabetes, glucose levels in syndrome X, though high, do not rise above normal ranges, so a person would not receive a diagnosis of diabetes. But the syndrome is associated with at least four characteristics that foretell an increased risk of disease and premature death: high blood levels of triglycerides, low levels of protective high-density lipoprotein (H.D.L., or good cholesterol), high blood pressure and glucose intolerance.
Recent research has linked insulin resistance to other coronary risk factors, including the formation of small, dense low-density lipoprotein (L.D.L.) cholesterol-carrying particles that are especially damaging to arteries, high levels of fat in the blood after eating, high blood levels of uric acid and high levels of a substance, plasminogen activator inhibitor type-1, that impairs the body's ability to break up blood clots.
Getting Checked
Although elevated blood levels of insulin are characteristic of syndrome X, Dr. Reaven cautions against having one's insulin level checked by an ordinary commercial medical laboratory where measurements and their interpretation vary too much. A more accurate test would include a check of one's fasting level of glucose and response to a two-hour glucose tolerance test. In people with syndrome X, he reports, fasting glucose levels range from 110 to 126 (diabetes is diagnosed when fasting glucose exceeds 126) and two hours into a glucose tolerance test glucose levels are still high, from 140 to 200.
Fasting levels of triglycerides and H.D.L. cholesterol should also be measured. A triglyceride level above 200 milligrams per deciliter of blood serum and an H.D.L. level under 35 raise the risk of heart disease. Blood pressure should also be checked and, if 145 over 90 or higher, steps should be taken to lower it.
People should also be weighed and have their waist-to-hip ratios determined. Obesity, especially abdominal fat, is regarded as an independent risk factor for insulin resistance, as well as for diabetes and heart disease.
What to Do
You may have heard claims from promoters of popular diets that insulin resistance causes obesity. That claim puts the cart before the horse. Rather, experts say, obesity causes insulin resistance. And weight loss -- even just 10 percent of body fat -- can correct the problem. Weight loss is even more effective than insulin-lowering drugs.
Dr. Reaven takes issue with popular diet books that focus on carbohydrates as a cause of obesity. Although insulin is released to process carbohydrates and can, at the same time, promote the storage of fat, it does the latter only when more calories are consumed than are used by the body. In other words, it is neither insulin nor carbohydrates that make people fat; it is an excess of calories. And when more calories are consumed than used, it is excess calories from fat that the body places in storage first.
Dr. Reaven advises insulin-resistant patients to reduce their intake of carbohydrates, particularly sugars and refined starches, which place the highest demands on insulin and are associated with high levels of triglycerides and low levels of H.D.L.'s. Other researchers have shown that unrefined starches, which are rich in dietary fiber, are beneficial to people with Type 2 diabetes and likely would also be helpful to people with insulin resistance.
In lieu of a carbohydrate-rich diet, Dr. Reaven recommends consuming more monounsaturated and polyunsaturated fats, mainly in the form of nuts and vegetable oils. This is not the Atkins diet, which allows an unlimited intake of saturated fats. The Atkins diet may result in a drop in total cholesterol levels (this happens whenever a person loses weight), but the high level of saturated fats would raise the level of artery-damaging L.D.L. cholesterol.
Another critical factor in controlling insulin resistance is regular exercise -- at least 30 minutes a day four times a week. Exercise improves insulin sensitivity for up to 48 hours. But ''regular'' is crucial; within days of stopping exercise, the benefits disappear.Continue reading the main story