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Dizzy is an enemy in the Kirby series, debuting in Kirby's Dream Land.
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Dizzy resembles a white ball with a yellow spike on its head. It has two eyes, a mouth, and two red feet. The enemy's tongue hangs out from its mouth.
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Welcome to the MCA website. This site will give you a brief scope of what we do and what services we provide. With our professional links in the Prison Service as Muslim Chaplains and resources in the Muslim community as Imams of Mosques, preachers, lecturers, etc. We are committed to building links in both, prison and outside communities.
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Muslim Chaplains have been leading worship and providing pastoral care in prisons on a voluntary/sessional basis since the seventies. The prison population in the UK has increased significantly over the last decade. This increase has affected all communities including the Muslim community.
I am delighted to support the Muslim Chaplains' Association which is a very important organisation and does great work in providing care, support and rehabiliation for offenders and ex-offenders in Her Majesty's Prison
I am delighted to have become a Patron of MCA. Muslim Chaplains help prisoners practice their religion, fully understand it and commit to its tenets. In individual prisons it is often difficult and stressful as Muslim Chaplains to deal with prisoners who have either a limited or distorted views of their faith. The MCA has a key role to play in supporting this work both by providing the mutual support that Muslim Chaplains need and providing a shared voice in the debate about the development of the Prison Service. It is for these reasons that whilst being Director General of NOMS, I encouraged MCA and after retiring as DG want to continue to give my support as their Patron
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Bishop's Blog
In recent weeks our attention has turned again to the issue of sexual abuse of minors by priests. Although the renewed focus on this issue is largely due to cases of priest abusers that were not dealt with appropriately in the past, it gives me the occasion, as a pastor and a teacher of faith and morals to express my profound sorrow for this breach of trust. Parents and young people have, in the past, tended to trust priests as much as or more than anyone else in their lives. When that trust is betrayed, the disillusionment alienates them from the priest, and from everything that he represents.
The wound inflicted by sexual abuse cuts deeper than a physical wound. The wound caused by abuse is invisible and often rendered almost inaccessible through an unholy alliance whereby victims are convinced that they must protect the abuser by their silence. Wounds such as these damage children to the very core of their being and their fundamental self-identity. For the victims of sexual abuse, the pain and suffering is not, and may never be, over.
As a Church, we must and are attempting to reach out pastorally and sensitively to victims. The pastoral care for the sexual abuse victims and their families consists of, above all, compassion, justice and healing of the grave injury inflicted upon them.
Our own diocesan policy and protocol is simple and straightforward. When we become aware of an allegation of sexual abuse by a priest or diocesan employee, a referral is made to the Diocesan Sexual Assault Committee. Membership includes two diocesan priests, a civil lawyer, a psychologist, a social worker, and community representatives and takes into account gender balance and clinical experience. The chair of the committee is a layperson, who is not a paid employee of the Diocese. The professionals selected have experience and expertise in the area of sexual misconduct and reflect the cultural and ethnic diversity of the larger community. The committee also liaises with a psychiatrist and a canon lawyer when necessary.
A couple of members of the Committee immediately interview the victim, and perhaps, the parents, or others who have a close relationship with the alleged victim. Then the priest or diocesan employee is interviewed and an immediate conclusion is drawn about the veracity of the allegation. There have been false allegations. Generally, however, when an allegation surfaces, we tend to credit it and take immediate action. Whenever the allegation involves a minor, the matter is reported in accordance with the Alberta Child Welfare Act, section 3,1-6. Transparency is the operative stance in dealing with law enforcement officials.
If there is substance to the allegation, the priest is placed on administrative leave, sent for an psychological assessment and treatment. Victims are also offered counselling support. In the past we did not have the clarity that we have now in regard to the extraordinary difficulty of rehabilitating anyone with pedophilic or ephebephilic tendencies. We have learnt from harsh experience that we cannot put parishioners, particularly children, at risk. There is no greater priority than ensuring the protection of children. A pedophile or an ephebephile cannot be given a pastoral assignment. A much more complicated situation arises when dealing with a priest whose sexual transgression resulted from psychosexual immaturity, lowered inhibitions due to alcohol abuse or a one-time lapse in judgment. Such a person does not fit the criteria for pedophiles or ephebephiles, nor are they in any way predatory. Nevertheless, despite psychotherapeutic treatment and a healthy prognosis, given our current cultural and ecclesial reality, it would also appear that such a person cannot be given a pastoral assignment.
In view of the phenomenon of abuse, there is a much more extensive vocational screening procedure involved in the selection of candidates for priesthood, including a battery of psychological tests. The program of formation has been revised and individuated. Human formation counsellors have been added to seminary formation teams. A variety of workshops on sexuality, celibacy, boundary issues and professional responsibilities have been mandated as pre-service and in-service programs.
While we have much for which we need to be forgiven, and much to learn, we are making significant progress.
I have also been drawn to meditate and pray about what a vocation to ordained ministry is all about. It "is essentially a call to holiness in the form which derives from the sacrament of Orders. Holiness is intimacy with God, it is the imitation of Christ, who was poor, chaste and humble; it is unreserved love for souls and a giving of oneself on their behalf and for their true good; it is love for the Church which is holy and wants us to be holy, because this is the mission that Christ entrusted to her" [Pastores Dabo Vobis, 33].
Jesus calls the Apostles "to be his companions" [Mk 3,14] in a privileged intimacy [cf Lk 8,1-2; 22,28]. Not only does he share with them the mysteries of the Kingdom of Heaven [cf Mt 13,16-18], but He expects a surpassing faithfulness from them, consonant with the Apostolic ministry to which He calls them. He demands a more rigorous poverty from them [cf Mt 19,22-23], the humility of a servant who becomes the last of all [cf Mt 20,25-27].
He asks of them faith in the powers they received [cf Mt 17,19-21], prayer and fasting as effective tools of apostolate [cf Mk 9,29] and unselfishness: "You received without pay, give without pay" [Mt 10,8]. From them He expects prudence together with simplicity and moral rectitude [cf Mt 10,26-28] and abandonment to Divine Providence [cf Lk 9,1-3; 19,22-23]. They must also be aware of the responsibilities they assume, as they are administrators of the Sacraments established by the Master and labourers in His vineyard [cf Lk 12,43-48].
I am saddened that the crimes of a few have cast a shadow over the grace-filled and necessary work that the overwhelming majority of priests do day-in-and day-out for society and the Church. As bishop, I have no hesitation in saying that God has blessed me with brothers and co-workers in the priesthood who get up every morning to give their lives in full service to the Church as witnesses to Jesus Christ in our midst.
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Data Distance in Application Development
Posted by Mike Brunt at 6:29 AM ColdFusion | JRun-J2EE
I mentioned in my latter blog posts of 2008 that one of my focal points of 2009 would relate to databases. After 9 years of troubleshooting ColdFusion and JRun applications there are two almost absolutes that stand out.
- Most application problems are caused by or cause dependency issues.
- Most dependency issues relate to databases.
The reason for this is that in most web application development cases we are interacting with dynamic data, data that is changing and/or being changed by what we are doing, in the application code. In this article, the first of what will definitely be many in 2009, I am trying to get very basic and introduce overall concepts that I will amplify in subsequent articles.
Flying home from England I began to think of data very basically, almost as a commodity and it occurred to me that we should start to think of the distance of data. Something which is rarely considered either at the inception of planning an application or considered in its ongoing maintenance. So what do I mean by the distance of data?
Firstly I will explain what I almost always see in CF-JRun applications. There is typically a database which stores data needed in the business, this is stored in files on a hard drive. Hopefully there is some form of redundancy, multiple hard drives in a RAID configuration, multiple DB servers. So at this stage the data we need is sitting in database files on the hard drive(s). Just as in life generally distance is relational to time; in considering data retrieval and update we can assume that without modifiers the further distant the data is the longer it will take to be retrieved and/or updated. So in the most basic install the CF-web servers and the database reside on the same physical server; granted this is rarer than it used to be but I still sometimes see that. In this case, the distance to the data in the database required by the CF-web server is closer than if they were on two separate physical servers. We can further reduce the distance of the data required by the CF-web server by holding regularly used data in memory, in cache. This is the most common method I have found to reduce the distance to the data; caching.
As time passes, the database size increases, in most cases, as data is added. We are now increasing the distance to the data again as the database engine has to work harder to locate required records-recordets. I have seen tables with hundreds of millions of records spanning many years where no more than 5% of that data is accessed on a regular basis. In this case we are increasing the distance to the data minute by minute and archiving and partitioning can help enormously yet I hardly find their use. By effectively archiving and partitioning we can reduce the distance to the data we need regularly by moving the older less needed data to other storage areas.In this blog piece I introduced a concept called "Data Distance" and I will be amplfying that by getting more specific about examples and solutions as 2009 rolls on.


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I just got a nice, matching/nesting, titanium eating utensils set. As with so much of my stuff, it came out of Hong Kong. While it was discounted over buying the same set here from a US vendor, it was no where near my 90%-for-50% criteria… more like 25% off regular pricings.
Apparently, back in September when I unexpectedly broke camp at 3AM and vamoosed, due to a drunken/coked-up screaming match in the next campsite, I must have left behind my SnowPeak spork, and a light-weight, WallyWorld ABS fork and knife that were all clipped together. I had especially liked that spork, and I would frequently use it right here at home because it was a great tool for breaking up stews and the like. Good size, good "heft", fun to eat with… just a nice piece of gear. Because of the loss, I was in the market for a new set of eating utensils. When I saw these at a reasonably good price, I decided to treat myself to the expense, and added them to that 11/11 deals cart. They finally came on Friday.
These are KEITH brand,and are available stateside, but nearly identical sets are also available from other well-known vendors. These sets actually do differ slightly in features, design and execution, unlike much of the camping stuff that seems to be just a change in the logos. I liked the KEITH because it was more sturdily made, and included a nice, microfiber pouch for toting the set around. I hate having stuff jangling noisily in my pack.
In the center of the second photo you can see the long-handled spoon. [I use it to replace the military issue [brown] MRE spoon at top-right. MRE pouches are quite deep, and that longer handle makes eating right from the bags much easier] The point here being the spoon is just stamped out of a thin piece of titanium with a ridge down the handle to add strength. Despite the great material, it makes it "seem" flimsy. I was disappointed with its feel in my hand once I put it to use. Over time I also came to realise that the bowl is too shallow to be of any real use. Several of the other available cutlery sets were made in the same manner, and I did not want to repeat the disappointment.
The KEITHs are of a thicker gauge metal and have a much better "hand". The fork, and especially the tines, are a bit shorter than I would truly like, but the spoon is nice and deep, and the knife has some rugged serration for cutting. The set looks to be pretty good at the price. I gave $16.45 US shipped.
Just a quick run-down of the other pieces in the second photo: across the center is a US military issue field fork that also came Friday as a gift from one of the guys over on the MRE Info Forums [sadly, it is the match to a large field spoon, also USDOD issue, that has gone missing… they would have made a good pair for base-camping] /the set of breakdown SS chopsticks, also originally from China, are handy for cooking chores, and I just have always loved eating with chopsticks/the titanium double-ended spork and the green ABS one live in my range-bag and lunch box respectively and the little Buck neck-knife is my camp-cooking slicer and steak knife.
It should be obvious to anyone who has read this blog with any regularity, that I LOVE to eat. And I love to eat well in the woods. It is a way of enjoying your end-of-day time and taking care of yourself that makes the outdoor experience more rewarding. I don't go camping to be miserable and eat bad food. Having some really nice utensils along is one of the luxuries I allow myself. With this kit, I have enough choice to pick and choose variously appropriate combos to go out on various trips, but I suspect the new titanium set and the long MRE spoon are going to be my "go-to"s from now on.
Verdict: this KEITH matching utensil set is dite pricy, but probably worth it as an infrequently-to-be-bought luxury item.


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Cristian Măcelaru debuts with the Minnesota Orchestra, conducting music by Bach, Higdon and Stravinsky
Former Minnesota Orchestra violist Roberto Díaz performs Jennifer Higdon's Viola Concerto
In mid-April at Orchestra Hall, highly-acclaimed conductor Cristian Măcelaru, currently the Conductor in Residence of the Philadelphia Orchestra, conducts his debut concerts with the Minnesota Orchestra in performances of music by Johann Sebastian Bach, Igor Stravinsky and Pulitzer Prize-winner Jennifer Higdon. The program begins with Bach's Brandenburg Concerto No. 3, beloved for its moments of dance-like joy and featuring a small group of the Orchestra's fine string musicians. Audiences are then treated to a new work for orchestra and solo viola by Higdon, performed by former Minnesota Orchestra violist Roberto Díaz. The concerts conclude with Stravinsky's ballet Petrushka—a 20th-century musical masterpiece depicting a lively group of puppets.
The concert is performed at the Orchestra's home venue in downtown Minneapolis, Orchestra Hall, on Friday, April 15, at 8 p.m., and Saturday, April 16, at 8 p.m., with ticket prices ranging from $29 to $96. Tickets are available online at minnesotaorchestra.org and by phone at 612-371-5656. For purchasing details, refer to the section at the conclusion of this press release.
Cristian Măcelaru, conductor
Conducting his debut performances with the Minnesota Orchestra in these concerts, Cristian Măcelaru is one of the fastest-rising stars of the conducting world. Currently the Conductor in Residence of the Philadelphia Orchestra, he also recently debuted with Cincinnati Opera in highly acclaimed performances of Il Trovatore and with the New York Philharmonic in an all-Rachmaninoff subscription program. He makes return appearances in the 2015-16 season at the Chicago Symphony, Philadelphia Orchestra, Los Angeles Philharmonic and National Symphony Orchestra. Internationally, he debuts with the Deutsches Symphonie-Orchester Berlin, Frankfurt Radio Symphony Orchestra, Rotterdam Philharmonic, City of Birmingham Symphony Orchestra, Royal Scottish National Orchestra, RTE National Symphony Orchestra of Dublin and Tokyo Metropolitan Symphony Orchestra. In North America, his other appearances include concerts with the Atlanta Symphony, Cincinnati Symphony, National Arts Centre Orchestra, New World Symphony and San Diego Symphony. More: macelaru.com.
Roberto Díaz, viola
Roberto Díaz is currently the president and CEO of the Curtis Institute of Music in Philadelphia, where he also teaches viola. Prior to this appointment he served as principal viola of the Philadelphia Orchestra, principal viola of the National Symphony, a member of the Boston Symphony, and a member of the Minnesota Orchestra under Sir Neville Marriner. An esteemed soloist and recitalist, Díaz has collaborated with leading artists, conductors and composers throughout the world; several solo works have been written for him, including the one that he performs in these concerts. He has completed numerous recordings on the Naxos, New World Records, Bridge Records, and Nimbus Record labels. During his tenure as president of Curtis, he has overseen the establishment of the Curtis on Tour program, the introduction of classical guitar and string quartet programs, the launch of Curtis Summerfest and the debut of an online stage called Curtis Performs, among other programs. More: robertodiazviola.com.
Bach, Higdon and Stravinsky
In Bach's Brandenburg Concerto No. 3, comprising a pair of sparkling Allegro movements, the entire string section is the soloist, offering a steady stream of overlapping melodic phrases en route to a finale of swirling scales. Jennifer Higdon's Viola Concerto—written for the soloist in these concerts, Roberto Díaz—joyfully explores the expressive colors and styles unique to the viola. The first movement is rich with compassion and creativity, the second a wild ride for soloist and orchestra, and the finale filled with jazzy inflections and a nod to American composer Aaron Copland. In the concerts' second half, Stravinsky's Petrushka tells the tale of puppets at a carnival. A magician's spell, heard in a flute solo, brings to life three puppets: Petrushka (a clash of clarinets) is smitten by the Ballerina (a tinkling sound) who scorns him, dancing instead with the Moor (brutal chords). After a series of folk dances, the Moor kills Petrushka, whose ghost rails defiantly.
Minnesota Orchestra Classical Concerts
Friday, April 15, 2016, 8 p.m. / Orchestra Hall
Saturday, April 16, 2016, 8 p.m./ Orchestra Hall
Minnesota Orchestra
Cristian Măcelaru, conductor
Roberto Díaz, viola
BACH Brandenburg Concerto No. 3
HIGDON Viola Concerto
STRAVINSKY Petrushka (1947 revision)
Tickets: $29-$96
Subscription packages and individual tickets can be purchased online at minnesotaorchestra.org, or by calling 612-371-5656 (612-371-5642 for subscriptions) or 800-292-4141. Tickets can be purchased in person at the Orchestra Hall Box Office, 1111 Nicollet Mall, Minneapolis (open Monday to Friday, 10 a.m. to 2 p.m., and beginning two hours before all ticketed performances); and at the Minnesota Orchestra Administrative Office, International Centre, 5th floor, 920 Second Avenue South, Minneapolis (open Monday to Friday, 9 a.m. to 5 p.m.). For more information, call 612-371-5656, or visit minnesotaorchestra.org. For subscriptions, call 612-371-5642 or visit minnesotaorchestra.org/subscribe. For groups of 10 or more, call 612-371-5662.
All programs, artists, dates, times and prices subject to change.
The Star Tribune is the Minnesota Orchestra's media partner for the 2015-16 season.
This activity is made possible by the voters of Minnesota through a Minnesota State Arts Board Operating Support grant, thanks to a legislative appropriation from the arts and cultural heritage fund.
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He had his photo taken with the Grey Cup but Toronto Argonauts coach Scott Milanovich refused to touch Lord Grey's silver chalice.
"We said as a team we weren't going to touch it . . . tradition," Milanovich said Wednesday at the CFL's annual coaches news conference.
Calgary Stampeders coach John Hufnagel wasn't superstitious. He had no problems touching it.
"I think my name's on it," he said with a smile, referring to the Stampeders' win over Montreal in the 2008 CFL championship.
Calgary has won six straight, including playoff wins over the Saskatchewan Roughriders and over the B.C. Lions in the Western final.
The Argos have won four consecutive games, and dispatched the Edmonton Eskimos in the semifinal and the Montreal Alouettes in last Sunday's Eastern final.
Milanovich now must find a way to continue his team's dominance over the Stamps, a team the Argos beat twice this season and have won five straight against.
"They present a lot of challenges. Their defence is dynamic. They bring a lot of pressure with a lot of different coverages," Milanovich said. "They have the best offence in the CFL. They're explosive. They've been the hottest football team for the last 10 to 15 weeks."
Hufnagel said Toronto has become a good football team in all three phases of their game (offence, defence and special teams) with an explosive Chad Owens and a healthy Ricky Ray playing his best football of the season.
"They have great skill across the board. It's going to be a great challenge for our defence with Ricky Ray being healthy and playing tremendous football," Hufnagel said. "I don't think we'll be able to contain him. So we have to score points to have a chance to win this game."
In the last two playoff games, the Argos have had horrible starts, trailing by at least a touchdown each time before rebounding. Milanovich doesn't want to tempt fate a third time, particularly against one of the fastest-starting teams.
"You certainly don't want to. I'm not going to say that if we get behind the game is over," Milanovich said. "We've done it before. But we're a resilient team that keeps playing until the end. We definitely would like to start a little faster."
Five years ago, quarterback Kevin Glenn led the Winnipeg Blue Bombers to the Grey Cup but didn't play because of a fractured forearm. Now, he gets the start because Drew Tate is out with an injury. But Milanovich said Glenn is just as dangerous a quarterback as Tate.
"Kevin gets very streaky. He'll complete 14 in a row. He's not given credit often enough for his mobility. He can extend plays. He can make a first down running or find a receiver. It was a great move by Calgary to have him there in case something happened to Drew. Our guys have a ton of respect for him as do I. I've been beaten by him a number of times."
Hufnagel said Ray's ability to read defences, and throw with pin-point accuracy makes him dangerous on every play.
"I saw enough of him in the green and gold (of the Edmonton Eskimos). He's not going to give up," Hufnagel said. "When he was wearing the green and gold, he would find a way to extend the play by either running for a first down or finding a receiver like that (Fred) Stamps guy in the corner of the end zone."
The fact that Toronto teams have beaten Calgary teams five straight and twice this season has no bearing on Sunday's game, Milanovich said.
"It means absolutely nothing. We hadn't beaten Edmonton either this season. Once the playoffs start, you can throw everything out," Milanovich said. "We're both different football teams than when we played before and there is no question that Calgary is the hottest team in the league. We know we're playing our best football right now."


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Wednesday, December 23, 2015
BladeBuddy review and giveaway
Do you want to make your blades last long and get a better shave? Check this out!
Blade buddy sent me this most awesome contraption!
You simply swipe your razor forward on the blue pad with a bit of shaving cream.
Blade Buddy maintains the sharpness of your razor blades for months, saving you money, reducing waste, and eliminating nicks, cuts, razor burn and ingrown hairs!
By using this product you smooth out any nicks or dents in your razor blades which saves you money and planet earth! How cool is that?
This product REALLY works and creates a smooth shave for both men and women!
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dr cool moon light review
Discover with Dr. Cool has the COOLEST products. They sent me this moon light.
This thing is fantastic!! You can change the color of the moon light to match your room OR your favorite color!
Things I love about this...
-automatic 20 minute timer with auto shutoff.
-glow in the dark remote
-a real meteorite and activity guide
-detailed lunar landscape
-shows the phases of the moon
This is great for girls and boys of any age! It truly is an adorable night light. Its battery operated so it saves on the battery life. Its fun AND educational!!
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RiverTree Life Inhaler review and givewaway
River Tree life sent me this fantastic nasal inhaler to use with essential oils!
This is extremely high quality! Its made of aluminum and glass and is refillable!! All you have to do is resaturate the cotton wick inside! You can also order new wicks for a different scent!
This is a great option for when you cant diffuse oils (like work).
Keep it handy (pocket, purse, backpack, work bag, desk, diaper bag)
I pulled this informational graphic off the RiverTree Life website to show you just how easy it is!
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This is extremely high quality! Its made of aluminum and glass and is refillable!! All you have to do is resaturate the cotton wick inside! You can also order new wicks for a different scent!
This is a great option for when you cant diffuse oils (like work).
Keep it handy (pocket, purse, backpack, work bag, desk, diaper bag)
I pulled this informational graphic off the RiverTree Life website to show you just how easy it is!
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Light Stax review and giveaway
Light Stax sent me this fantastic LED Light-Up Building Blocks Starter Set. There are 12 blocks and a power base. These are intended for ages 3 and up. These building blocks glow! This is so cool. I only wish the starter kit was bigger.
The blocks are built from a power base and each block lights up as you stack them. You can even use your creation as a nightlight! How amazing is that?
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U-lace review and giveaway
sent me this shoe laces to review.
OH MY GOSH! These laces are THE BOMB! Sure, tying shoes is a life skill, but these simplify my life! No more tripping over shoelaces, buying new shoelaces due to wear, or retying shoes because they came untied or aren't tight enough. This simplifies a morning routine by giving you back at least two minutes of your morning.
U-lace was created to empower people to use color however they want! You can choose school colors, match your outfits, lace them in different patterns and use those patterns to make your shoes loose or tight. U-lace creates independence and individuality! The original product was customizing laces but has added products and design features in a mass produced venture.
Tim Tally has single handedly changed laces in a super fun and creative way. I am going to be counting all my shoes and ordering a bunch of these. No more lacing my shoes? YES PLEASE!
Tim Tally has single handedly changed laces in a super fun and creative way. I am going to be counting all my shoes and ordering a bunch of these. No more lacing my shoes? YES PLEASE!
My daughter likes her shoes tight so I chose the 5 star and modified it. That's exactly what U-laces are for! Each pair of laces come with a lacing pattern guide (shown here) http://www.u-lace.com/the-story/lacing-guide/
These laces are great for those with dexterity issues, special needs, or low frustration levels.
Take two minutes to enter this giveaway and you might win and get many more minutes back in your day! Make sure to get two packs. They are sold by individual packs so you can customize each pair of shoes.
Take two minutes to enter this giveaway and you might win and get many more minutes back in your day! Make sure to get two packs. They are sold by individual packs so you can customize each pair of shoes.
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GoSports Dice review
Go-sports giant Dice sent me these to review.
I absolutely LOVE these dice!! They are large and very solid.
These can be used for any existing board game that requires dice to take it up a level. I am looking forward to using these this summer outdoors. The dots are heat stamped and wont come off.
Amazing quality and come with a canvas bag for storage. If you are a family that likes to play games, this is a MUST HAVE! I never knew I needed this until now!
The package comes with 6 sanded wooden dice.
Dice measure: 3.5" x 3.5" x 3.5"
Indoor/outdoor use
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Tuesday, December 22, 2015
Aesthetica Cream Contour Kit review and giveaway
Aesthetica Cream Contour Kit
Ive never used a contour kit. While the instructions were clear it took a bit of time to get used to it. This is definitely not a weekday routine for me….yet. Perhaps as I get better at it, I will be able to cut down the time. I have 30 minutes to myself to prep for work before the little one gets up. Perhaps when I master the use of it I will post pictures, but I don't want to scare you all.
Aesthetica Cream Contour Kit has 6 creams that blend to accentuate, define and highlight features. Three Contour shades are for sculpting your natural features while downplaying problem areas, and three creams that enhance your favorite features. These creams are such beautiful color and texture. The contouring sponge is so pretty and shaped to help you get the best results. I would LOVE to see the other kits and accessories!
The Contour Kit has removable and refillable pans which is fantastic. No more having multiple packages because you have to buy another kit for one or two colors!! The kit has a mirror and easily thrown in a travel bag.
Æsthetica founder was only 12 when she bought her first eyeshadow. She bought a contour kit that had no helpful tips or instruction. She gave up for weeks until she realized her friends shared her frustration. She teamed up with leading makeup and developed the first product under the Æsthetica Cosmetics, a Contour Kit. Æsthetica headquarters are in Miami and has multiple kits, brush sets, beauty sponges and blush sets. This brand gets mentions on E! News and in Life & Style magazine.
Æsthetica is extremely passionate about educating and doesn't just launch without interactive tutorials, clear guides, Q&A segments and awesome before and after's!
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Sunday, December 20, 2015
My Buddy Tag review and giveaway
My Buddy Tag sent me this really neat alert bracelet.
There are some cool features for a piece of mind.
-Out of range alert
-Water safety alert/Submersion alert (to help prevent drowning)
-panic button feature
-child ID in the wristband
-Email with last seen location
-IPhone and Samsung Compatible.
This is a great device for young kids, kids at camp, as well as children who tend to wander or have special needs. I would imagine this could work for a pet as well.
I would have had little crazy life wear this all the time when she was younger! Even now if we are in a crowded area I would totally have her wear this. Piece of mind is better than a lost child.
Buddy tag works with iPhone 4s and newer, Samsung Galaxy s4 and newer, Note2 and newer and Android 4.3 and later.
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Wednesday, December 9, 2015
Daddy & Company review and giveaway - Messenger bag
Daddy & Company sent me the ultimate of man bags in exchange for my personal review.
Are you ready for this bag? I don't think you are ready for this jelly!
Daddy & company has some pretty fantastic products, and this one is NO exception. Now even dad can be decked out with stylish baby gear!
I've been lucky enough to work them before and you can see my previous reviews here and here Their site states "Dad-centric apparel and accessories has expanded to include quality products for Expectant, New, Active, and Experienced Daddies. Due to this exciting expansion, we've decided Daddy & Company more accurately represents our ever-growing line of products for all dads."
I love this company for unique presents for dads and dads to be. This year they are going to have new line of Daddy Products, new designs,upgraded Daddy Diaper Packs, Matching Dad & Toddler T-shirt sets to name a few. How exciting!
This messenger bags has two oval access ports on the sides for bottles/ water bottles/ sippy cups etc.
Their patented ergo strap and front pocket access (while closed) is amazing for a dad on the go.
The interior is HUGE and has a Velcro divider in the middle and TONS of pouches for organization.
The interior can hold a 15" laptop and comes with a wipe holder and changing pad.
The back features adjustable stroller straps so they fit any stroller bar. I found it extremely helpful to hold extra coats, towels, or even a picnic blanket. This appears to wipe clean for the most part but easily washed as well. Its extremely sturdy and a great product for any dad (or mom).
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Tuesday, December 8, 2015
spinmaster review
Spinmaster sent me a few items to review. These are so fun and adorable!!
Little Charmers 8 inch lavender doll
Little Charmers 8 inch lavender doll
This doll is SO adorable. Ive never heard of little Charmers until now. This 8" doll is absolutely adorable. She has big purple eyes that grab your heard, and pretty brownish purple hair that comes with a brush. This is a simple doll without a lot of extras. This would be great for kids with sensory issues.
Bunchems, Pets Creation Pack
This is a pack of black spikey balls that stick to eachother. You can squish and connect them and then pull them apart. This pack has 60 pieces and 11 accessories to build a dog, pooch or a cat.
The only thing is not to get them stuck in your hair!!!! This is great for kids who like simple projects that don't like to get dirty or sticky.
Text cool Bracelet studio is a super fun project for kids! Its geared towards the older kids around 6-10. You use the patterned bracelets in the text wheel to press the letters into the bracelet. There are also emoticons on the wheel as well. There are no batteries required. This is a SUPER fun toy for kids to express themselves with fun sayings.
Knits Cool knitting studio assembly is pretty easy and everything snaps into place. The nice thing with this studio is there is a place for everything to be stored and is much easier than knitting the traditional way. The instructions are a bit confusing for the age bracket who have no experience knitting, so I watched a few you tube videos. There is not much yarn so I would suggest getting an inexpensive skein of yarn to pair with it.
These are going to make great presents to help Santa out with his shopping. I already am planning on purchasing a couple knits cool studios to give as gifts. They look super fun!
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Kachava review
Things I love about it is its plant based and has over 70 superfoods in it!
with multiple food allergies and sensitivities in the house I am happy to say that this is dairy ,GMO, gluten, soy, and preservative free! Because its plant based its vegan and also has no artificial sweeteners, flavors OR colors!
Sinful Colors polish and Hard Candy eye shadow review
The Hard candy eye shadows were in a set of three and had a mix of great colors that go from modest nude colors and skin tones to brighter bolder colors. Very fun with a metallic ring around the palettes. They are available exclusively at Walmart.
The nail polish was fun and ironically I bought the silver two days prior not knowing. It has more of a gel consistency and is great for a slight sheen over the top of polish. It was hard to catch this in good light because it reflects so many colors that its a beautiful polish. I used it just on the top half of my nails and put a heavier coat on the tip of my nails. These are affordable and really fun colors in this collection. I picked up about 4 colors at target for $1.99 each.
Sunday, December 6, 2015
Thames and Kosmos review and giveaway
Thames and Kosmos
Originally I was going to do the reviews separately, and then I realized with Christmas coming up fast that this would be a great bundle to review!
#1 -Flower and leaf press. This is a pretty basic and awesome leaf press! I love that the kids have hands on access to put the flowers and leaves in the press and wrap the string around. Its going to be hard to make LCL wait for these to dry! If you are giving this as a gift you will want to precut some paper to fit in the press as it acts as a barrier to keep the flowers and leaves from sticking directly to the base. After you put the cardboard down, then a flower or two, and another piece of cardboard, you sandwich it all with the two green bases. Put the zig zag presser fin in place and wrap the string around the entire press multiple times. Beware, it will take 5-7 days for them to dry completely!
#2 – crystal geode http://www.thamesandkosmos.com/index.php/sparkseries/crystal-geode-
If you have a rock obsessed kid, this will be awesome. You get to make a hollow rock and grow crystals inside it! My daughter FLIPS over stuff like this! :)
#3 Cosmic colors – these are really fun cosmic stained glass projects. Mix the primary colors to create new colors.
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Stamptastic review and giveaway
Stamptastic limited sent me these cool stamps and ink pads.
This is a clear acrylic block with customized text. There is one that says "Merry Christmas from all of us" (I exclude names for privacy) and one that says "lovingly handmade by little crazy life"
I love that the block is clear because it allows for perfect positioning every time! The name after it is stamped is clear and so awesome. We will use this on all our Christmas cards this year. I'm a bit behind, so this should save me a bit of time by having little crazy life doing some of the work. I try to write a little note in each card.
Stamptastic also sent me their awesome stamp pads! These are so rich in color and don't appear to dry out too fast.
While it may be too late to order for Christmas this year, order for next year! These are well worth it. Super high quality and affordable.
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Sturdi Cat Products review and Giveaway
Sturdi Products sent me some really cool products.
Sturdi Pet Pyramid – look at this thing! How amazing is this? The Velcro at the top allows for attaching to a railing, a hook, or a heavy duty curtain rod. Since our kitten is small, we decided to use the curtain rod at first. We have since moved it to a railing in our sunken basement until we can get a suitable hook. This pet pyramid is fantastic. When I unpacked it, crazylife kitten jumped right into it and got cozy. We had only had her for a week at this point, so I was a bit surprised. Enter below for your chance to get one!
The foldable large and extra-large Black SturdiBox will have SO many uses. The Sturdibox is extremely durable. The extra large is currently being used to house all of the kitten toys, and the smaller one as an additional bed tucked under a side table. For some reason my pictures disappeared of the bins but you can see them here.
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Taken from the idea of the adults chocolate box cake this was designed for children. A chocolate cake with 2 x layers sandwiched together with dark chocolate ganache. The edges were covered in chocolate ganache before the coloured white chocolate maypoles were added. Green and Blacks chocolate buttercream was placed on the top before a large portion of retro children's sweets were added.
The fondant was pressed with letter blocks with the name of the little girl whose birthday it was. This cake then travelled all the way to France – and made it in one piece :)
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Redskins wide receiver Jabar Gaffney had six catches for 77 yards and a spectacular one-handed grab on a four-yard touchdown reception Saturday in a 33-26 loss to the Minnesota Vikings, giving him a new career high in receiving yardage.
"I'll look at that after it's over," Gaffney said. "Right now, I'd just like to win."
The touchdown pass Gaffney caught from Rex Grossman in the third quarter – which he snared by extending his right arm to make a one-handed catch with defender Benny Sapp draped over him– was his fifth scoring catch of the season. That ties his previous career high, set in 2007 with the New England Patriots, who went 16-0 that season.
"It was a hell of a catch," said Grossman, who was also Gaffney's quarterback at Florida. "I tried to put it in a spot where only he could get it, and he was able to do it."
Grossman's other touchdown pass on the day went to Donte Stallworth, who was also on that 2007 New England team with Gaffney. Stallworth caught five balls Saturday against Minnesota, giving him 21 receptions on the season – the most since he had 46 catches in 2007.


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These gorgeous Celtic shamrock earrings are made from 925 Sterling Silver in polished finish and set with 3 green cubic zirconia stones. They measure approximately 10mm across x 12mm long and have a post and butterfly fitting.
From our Celtic collection the earrings come complete in a luxury gift presentation box with care guide.
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Triple Chamber Neuron Device (500 um microgroove barrier)
Cat.No: TCND500
Size: ~ 38 mm – ~24mm
The TCND500 consists of (2) 500 um microgroove barriers with a 500 um central chamber. This device makes it possible to culture cortical neurons in the left and right chambers while culturing hippocampal neurons, or other combinations of cells, in the middle. The triple chamber is also suitable for transport studies where the researcher wishes to treat the middle of the axon growing in the middle chamber while observing effects at the growth cone or in the somal compartment. Neurons can also be loaded in the central chamber and different treatments applied to the left and right compartments.


text: From: http://www.randomcollection.info January 28, 2015 I just returned from a Celebration of Life service (funeral) at my church for one of our members. Anecdotes from her (Isobel's) life were related by family and friends. One anecdote both saddened, but also uplifted me and I'm going to share it here. Isobel came across a road where a colony of snails was making its way across, en masse. Naturally, there was carnage everywhere as this was a relatively busy road. Isobel watched with interest as she noticed one snail, right at the road centreline, slowly circling another snail which had been crushed. Isobel moved the little one to the side of the road. The snail immediately returned to the mate it had been circling, and continued to circle the mate in the middle of the road. Isobel retrieved the dear creature to the side of the road SIX times, and every time, it returned to its mate. Before the snail could reach its mate for the seventh time, this loyal creature was itself run over. I have spent my retirement observing and inter- acting with all manner of wildlife, and what this has taught me is that animals participate in life and have feelings *exactly* as we do. One example of crows' caring and their family ties can be found in my essay on them, on pages 13-14: http://www.randomcollection.info/crowchron.pdf Isobel's story also strongly supports and inspires one of my retirement activities, earthworm rescue. My interactions with earthworms in all sorts of settings has convinced me they are every bit as aware they are living, sentient beings as we are. They deserve, in my opinion, all the compassion we give mammals in trouble. Here is my essay on that work, which makes me doubly grateful for Isobel's snail story: http://www.randomcollection.info/ewrescue.pdf (I do rescue a variety of other small creatures too, including snails in danger.) Enjoy your new life in Heaven, Isobel, and thanks for being who you are! Eleanor Weiss


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Online shopping has seen unprecedented growth over the past decade, with previously unknown companies growing both customer bases and product inventories. Now, purchasing products via the internet and having them shipped is a reality, changing the face of retailing.
Virtual reality (VR) could further enhance how online shopping is undertaken – and could eventually completely replace retail stores.
Current online shopping
Presently, our ability to procure items via the internet is well established, with seemingly little room for improvement. A customer is able to log onto either a vendor or store website, place an order and pay, and have the product shipped in a few days. This can even be accomplished via a cellphone or tablet from a remote location.
It would appear then that out way of procuring items leaves little room for improvement, and progressing from here will be incremental. Virtual reality has the ability to change this, and could make it an even better experience than retail shopping.
Using virtual reality
In place of using a cellphone, tablet or computer, customers may use a virtual reality headset from within the comfort of their own home. By placing the headset on and logging into a virtual store front, every object can be rendered expertly, and even manipulated to inspect finer details.
In the virtual store, additional information can be given through user reviews, and possibly help from store workers using the same VR technologies. Once an order has been placed, it's simply dispatched via the post.
Current attempts at VR shopping
A number of platforms current exist to facilitate shopping via a virtual world, having been met with mixed success. While current platforms lack the virtual reality aspect, shopping via a digital environment is still a possibility.
PlayStation Home, a technology developed by Sony, enables players to navigate virtual shops using a digital representation of themselves. In addition, players can also attend virtual movie theatres with friends.
While not specifically virtual reality, the concept needn't change when used with a headset. Potentially, VR shopping could become the way of the future.


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It remains unusual, however, for a director to walk out on the first day of rehearsals and go to ground - which is what has happened at the Royal Opera House.
A new production of La Finta Giardiniera, written by Mozart when he was aged 18, is due to open there on September 21, directed by the German-born Christof Loy and conducted by Sir John Eliot Gardiner. It is a problematic opera, very long in its original form, and usually requires cuts to make it workable.
According to Sir John Eliot - who has had a reputation for a sometimes abrasive manner - "Christof Loy was not willing to discuss any of the cuts. I was certainly prepared to discuss them, but at the end of the first day of rehearsals he walked out, disappeared, went awol, and no one could find him."
Loy's agent in Austria was unavailable to comment on this version of the disagreement. Sir John Eliot said the dispute turned on the fact that Loy had expected the cuts to be the same as those he had worked on directing the production in Germany. As conductor, however, Sir John Eliot expected that he would, in consultation with the singers and director, suggest the cuts. "It is the music director's job," he said.
"On the first day of music rehearsals I suggested to him that we should look at the cuts, saying that I had new ideas and I didn't want to solidify them until I had worked with the singers. Then we had two rehearsals, which he sat in on. At the end, I said to the singers, 'These are provisional cuts, if you have any comments let me know.' At which point Loy leaped up and said, 'Are you cutting me out completely?' I said, 'Can we discuss it afterwards?' He walked out; I assumed he'd wait outside and we'd have a beer and talk about it. But he had dropped off the ends of the earth ... it's not very edifying."
The opera will now be directed by Loy's assistant Annika Haller, who, said Sir John Eliot, has not worked on the production before.
He said there was now "an excellent cast and a good working atmosphere".
It was from Loy's 2004 revival of Ariadne Auf Naxos that soprano Deborah Voigt was famously sacked by the Opera House, for being too overweight to fit into the little black dress required.


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Children and Families
God Play
This is your chance to hang out with Julie (our Priest) and the team. On the first Sunday of the month at the 9am service we plan a series of activities in the hall for pre-schoolers through to teenagers. It is a great opportunity to sing, dance, and try your hand at some craft. Have fun and learn about Christ all in one! Afterwards, we rejoin the main service for Holy Communion and the blessing. Parents are welcome to help out, or to enjoy reflective time in church.
Sunday School
Come along on Sunday at 9am during the school term. Just like in church, we sing, learn, and pray — but especially for kids. Each week the Gospel readings are explained to the children and activities are used to support their teachings. Children return to Church for Holy Communion and the blessing. Parents are welcome to stay with their children if they are nervous or unsettled.
Little Saints
Little Saints is held in our church hall and is a wonderful space for children to run around and play with a wide range of toys. There are craft activities and games to play. It gives parents, grandparents and carers a chance for some adult conversation while their children play in a safe environment. For all parents and babies through to preschool age children. Mondays from 9.00-10.45am in the Hall during term time. More information? Beth Rigby 3862 8669 or phone the church office.


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The huge town house in Manhattan's West Village sits uncomfortably still and empty, like a stage darkened after a memorably incandescent performance. An air of finality hangs over the cavernous, sparsely furnished rooms, futilely awaiting some raucous voice or bellowing fit of laughter to fill the eerie silence. In the dining room they shared for three years, Judith Jacklin, 32, John Belushi's widow, leafs through an album of snapshots from an Oriental vacation they took in 1981. Fragile, birdlike, she smiles at photos showing a robust, healthy-looking Belushi floating in a longboat down a Bangkok canal and frolicking in the lush rice paddies of Bali. "There's a certain comfort, as well as sadness, in the things that were ours," says Judy, pushing her long brown hair out of her eyes. "A good part of losing someone, I think, is being lost in the past."
Jacklin's memories have provided solace, and she has needed it. Alternately, she has been burdened by grief, paralyzed by depression and guilt, and infuriated by press and police investigations into her husband's drug-related death. But as the anniversary of Belushi's death (March 5) approaches, Jacklin has finally broken her silence and begun to look toward the future. This week Saturday Night Live will air a five-minute tribute to her late husband, designed and produced by Jacklin and entitled West Heaven. The tape consists of a montage of candid photos of Belushi over 15 years, accompanied by a melancholy ballad composed and sung by close friend Rhonda Coullet (backed up by several members of David Letterman's Late Night band). For Jacklin, the sweet and tender West Heaven is a necessary response to what she views as the distorted popular image of the anarchic samurai comic she knew and loved since their high school days in Wheaton, Ill. (they married on New Year's Eve, 1976 when she was 25 and he 27). "John led a very private life," Jacklin explains. "When he died, John's friends were very hurt and couldn't talk about him. What emerged in the press was a combination of hearsay from people who kind of knew him, plus his film characters. He came across as a slob. I can't combat those things. All I can do is present a little bit of John as I saw him."
But as Jacklin admits, the warm, fun-loving husband, son and pal of West Heaven was also an insecure man-child who agonized often about his weight and, from his early days on Saturday Night Live, sought relief from his anxieties in ravenous use of cocaine. That habit was worsened by the entertainment milieu in which Belushi worked, where he was constantly surrounded by drug-proffering admirers. "You'd be on an elevator and suddenly someone would say, 'You want a hit of coke?' " remembers Judy. "That was one of John's biggest problems. Eventually we employed people to step between him and those people. It was John's idea."
Belushi's drug problems flared up and down throughout 1980-81, according to Jacklin, herself a regular cocaine user until late in John's Saturday Night career. "When he stopped for a while, it gave me a superficial feeling of well-being," she recalls. "I didn't see that the problems went much deeper." That Belushi's drug use had escalated dramatically while he worked with Don Novello on Noble Rot in Hollywood in early 1982 became painfully clear to Jacklin when John returned to New York the week before he died. "It was coke and confusion," she recalls of the visit. When word came from Paramount that the Noble Rot rewrite had been turned down, John became very explosive and angry. He just said, "I'm going back! I have to go back." The following Thursday afternoon Belushi called her from Los Angeles. "There was an edge of being pissed off at Paramount," she recalls. "He said, 'They want me to do this script, The Joy of Sex, and in the first scene they think I'm going to wear a diaper!' He said he was sorry about the week he'd been home, and then he said he loved me." Those were the last words Jacklin ever heard him speak. The next day Belushi's best friend, Dan Aykroyd, arrived at her home to tell her that her husband had been found dead at the Hotel Chateau Marmont of undetermined causes.
"When anyone dies, for whatever reasons, the people involved have lots of guilt," says Jacklin. "And mine, of course, was that I didn't talk to him before he went, or didn't go with him. But you can't second-guess these things. John was very intense when he was working on something, and I had the feeling I wouldn't be able to talk to him, so I didn't really try."
For Jacklin, the nightmare was just beginning. "It was very confusing at first," she says. "First I was told he died shooting heroin, which was pretty much of a shock. It was certainly not something unbelievable, but just sort of strange. We asked for the coroner's report, and immediately started hearing things about tracks up and down his legs and around his stomach. He'd been home the week before that, and I just didn't believe it. It didn't make sense that in one week he could have done that much. Sure enough, the coroner's report showed that wasn't true. Then we tried to get answers out of the L.A. police, but they were very rude. One of them said, 'Well, what do you want, lady? The guy was a junkie.' "
Jacklin remembers the first few weeks as "sort of dreamlike. I just kept moving, mostly between Martha's Vineyard and New York. My family was very strong and helpful, as were friends like James Taylor and Kathryn Walker, who had been the girlfriend of Doug Kenney [the National Lampoon editor and a creator of Animal House who died in 1980]." Tragedy struck again four months after John's death: Liz Forrester, the fiancée of Judy's older brother, Rob, died in a rafting accident in Colorado. "I couldn't believe Rob had to go through what I was going through," she says.
Jacklin has often pondered the reasons for Belushi's disintegration in Los Angeles—and who, if anyone, is to blame. "I feel now that everything came down on him that week," she says. "He was emotionally upset, he was overweight, and he was doing drugs." She also admitted that John hated being alone. "I could blame Cathy Smith [a Hollywood groupie and drug supplier who claimed she gave Belushi the fatal injection of heroin and cocaine] for what happened, but it wasn't her fault. There were plenty of other people besides Smith out there who realized, 'Here's a guy with money who wants drugs. I can get it and keep it coming.' It would just take him over. He wouldn't realize how fast things would escalate. And he was also probably reluctant to hang out with his friends at that point because he was afraid of the negative reaction he might get." Jacklin believes John was on the verge of a breakthrough when he died. "He wanted to get away from drugs," she insists. "I feel he was making a turn in his life. He had a lot of good things ahead of him. But it just stopped where it stopped."
Jacklin is seeking to restore a semblance of normality to her shattered world. At her request, Bob Woodward of the Washington Post, unknown to Jacklin but also schooled in Wheaton, has begun to probe the circumstances surrounding Belushi's death. She believes his discoveries (which Jacklin will not comment on) have helped prod an L.A. grand jury to open an investigation. With the reported $2 million she received from her husband's life insurance, Jacklin has established a John Belushi Memorial Fund and made donations to several charities, including a Martha's Vineyard community center, the Little Brothers of the Poor in Chicago and a South Dakota Indian reservation—all special interests of Belushi's. In addition to putting together West Heaven, she has signed a contract with Doubleday to write a book about her first year of widowhood, and is collaborating with friend Anne Beatts on a sequel to Titters, a 1976 humor anthology for which Judy, a graphic artist, did the art design. A full-time career is a new experience for Jacklin. "John supported my talent and gave me encouragement," she explains, "but when it came down to my doing something, he felt it took attention away from him. John needed that in a childlike way. Faced with the choice, I went with marriage. I'm glad I did."
Jacklin is planning to sell her town house on Morton Street and move to a smaller home in a few weeks. "It's a busier street, better for someone living alone," she explains. But her social life is picking up again. "There's a period of time after your partner dies when you're not interested in sex," she says. "For me, that was seven or eight months. At first you feel guilty about being alive." Now, however, she is seeing someone regularly (she won't identify him), "and the thing that's positive about it is that it means an acceptance of John's death." She knows that the intensity of her years with John may never be duplicated. "It was adventurous, exciting and emotionally up and down, but it also had a peacefulness I'll probably never have again." Still, she is buoyed by the belief that ultimately it will be John's life—as a comic and an actor—that people will remember. "I don't feel John's presence in the afterlife sense," says Jacklin. "But I believe quite strongly that his energy has gone on."


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Hugo Boss Celebrates 20 with New Men's Scent
Hugo is turning 20 and what better way to celebrate the soul and brand identity by creating a new fragrance? Hugo Red, the newest fragrance is set to launch in January, the 20th anniversary of the Hugo fragrance brand at Proctor & Gamble Prestige.
Hugo Red is said to aim to 'bypass the "top note, heart note, base note"' structure and rather, starts with a punch of grapefruit and rhubarb, transitioning to contrasting cedarwood and hot amber notes".
"What is innovative about this is that it is a two-phase fragrance, and you have this almost extreme freshness followed by the beautiful warmth," said Will Andrews of P&G's Fragrance Creation Team.
Jared Leto is the face of Hugo Red, the daring new fragrance for men, where red means GO!
Photo Courtesy: Hugo, Hugo Boss RED
One Direction Announces Scent Set
The English-Irish boy band One Direction is hopping on the band wagon and joining the teen crazed fragrance market. Watch out Justin Bieber...this boy band is introducing an entire scent set next fall with Olivann Beauty, a spin-off of Fusion Brands Inc.'s Luxury Fragrance Division. The concept has been in the works for about six months, but it has just recently been announced that the fragrance will launch globally in fall 2013.
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More details, such as the name, will be released early next year. Until then...we can sing a long to their upbeat pop songs like "Live While We're Young" and "What Makes You Beautiful".
Artist to Sell Sweat as Perfume to Tourists
So this may be the most disgusting perfume news ever, but Daniel Peltz, a conceptual artist from Sweden, is planning to collect sweat of Swedish glass-blowers as they work and sell it as perfume to tourists!
The glass-blower´s sweat and work is something that tourists appreciate when they come here and look. So for me there isn´t such a huge difference in selling the glass-blower´s sweat and the finished glass," the American explained.
And what do the glass-blowers think about this 'project' of Peltz?
They are happy to provide their sweat for the project. Interesting.
New Fall Scent: Ulrich Lang's Lightscape
Ulrich Lang New York has released their fourth (and most versatile fragrance, Lightscape). Lightscape explores the bold freshness of galbanum and Sicilian lemon against the delicate refinement of violet leaves. The middle note in Lightscape showcases the violet flower blended with subtle florals, sculptural woods and rich ambergis to create a contemporary scent. Dry notes include musk, woods and creamy tonka bean, addying a layer of comforting warmth, making the scent subtle and sensous.
- TOP: Galbanum, Lemon, Violet Leaves
- MID: Iris, Rose, Violet Flower, Cyclamen, Cedarwood
- DRY: Ambergris, Tonka Bean, Cashmere Wood, Musk, Ambrette Seeds
Sixty's Icon Launches Scent
Twiggy, the sixty's British fashion icon, has recently released a fragrance available through HSN. The fragrance opens with a burst of golden fruits into an opulent floral heart of gardenias, orange flower and precious jasmine absolute. The drydown is a luxurious blend of warm, earthy patchouli, rich amber and smoky musk.
The pink bottle is topped with a chunky gold closure which also features a pearl like necklace and charms (like a heart and a black cat).
Fashionable fragrance, or no?
Marni Launches First Women's Fragrance Line
Italian fashion house Marni will be launching it's first women's fragrance line in February 2013.
Photo: The Marni collection Courtesy: Marni
"The perfume reflects Marni's fashion, certainly," said Consuelo Castiglioni, Marni's creative director to WWD. "Because it's a perfume that's quite individual, that doesn't evoke anything in particular. It's for a woman who dresses for herself, who doesn't follow trends but is sophisticated and also maybe a little eccentric."
The line will consist of body lotion, shower gel, body cream and a deo-fragrance. The scent is a floral and fruity one, blending spicy and woody notes with a dark, intense rose oil to 'inject voluptuousness'. "It's very modern and bold," said Veronique Gabai-Pinsky, global brand president of Aramis and Designer Fragrances, who has partnered with Marni in licensing and creating the innovative fragrance.
Dennis Basso to Launch Fragrance for QVC
November 5th, Dennis Basso will launch his first ever fragrance exclusively on TV on the QVC channel and expand into Harrods and internationally in March.
The scent is intended to complement both Basso's upscale collection, as well as the affordable faux furs, ready-to-wear and accessories he sells on QVC. Basso's association with QVC spans two decades.
Photo Courtesy: Dennis Basso
"I love the idea of being able to dress women and give them part of my world," Basso told WWD. "I truly wanted this to be a signature fragrance, but this is just the beginning. I would love to do more scents in the future, and create complementary products like sachets. I've waited so long to do this — I didn't want to make something just for the sake of doing one, so I was extremely involved in putting it together."
The scent can be worn day or night; top notes include Italian bergamot, lemon, and crisp green; a heart of orange blossom, jasmine sambac and French tuberose, and a drydown of cedarwood, cashmere woods and white musk.
In keeping the taste for luxe finishes, the fragrance bottle's outside edge will be banded with faux fur. "I wanted it to look luxurious and modern, with some weight to it," he added. It is topped with a faceted crystal with an engraved silver-tone plaque.
$500,000 Fragrance...What Does It Smell Like?
Your eyes are not playing games with you, yes, there is a $500,000 fragrance, and it has been launched by Victoria's Secret. It was designed to be gawked at in its "Christmas Dreams and Fantasies" catalog, not mass produced.
Photo: Victoria's Secret
The dreamy bottle is filled with VS Beauty's Bombshell eau de parfum, adorned with white, pink and yellow diamons, sapphires, and rubies. If that doesn't sound luxurious enough, the bottle also features a 10 carat white diamond, and a one of a kind hand carved tourmaline butterfly. WOW! The bottle was designed by London Jewelers and is actually part of a gift set that includes the retailers $2.5 million Fantasy bra and belt, naturally, they do go hand in hand!
So what does it smell like? Exactly like VS Bombshell eau de parfum, a fresh scent with top notes of tangelo, pineapple, strawberry, and purple passion fruit. Middle notes include jasmine, red berries, muguet, Shangri-la peony, vanilla orchid, and the n base notes include musk, blonde woods, and oakmoss!
Stay tuned, as all of these goodies will flaunted on the runway during Victoria's Secret runway show on December 4th!
YLANG IN GOLD Reinvents Ylang-Ylang
Parfums M.Micallef, renowned for their deluxe fragrances presented in marvelous hand-decorated bottles, is launching its new perfume YLANG IN GOLD in the U.S.A.
On the skin, Ylang in Gold leaves a light and delicate pearly golden dust made of golden powder, especially created and elaborated according to current standards for cosmetics.
Head notes include tangerine orange, geranium, and artemisia. Heart notes are ylang-ylang, rose, sandalwood, lily of the valley, magnolia. Lastly, base notes include coconut, vanilla, and musk.
The M.Micallef Company gives priority to qualitative and natural ingredients in its fragrances and magnifies each bottle in its art studio. The bottle of YLANG IN GOLD is delicately hand decorated with Swarovski crystals specially designed for M.Micallef.
Roberto Cavalli Sets Launch for Second Fragrance
Clap it up for Cavalli's second fragrance with COTY, set to launch this spring with Coty. Just Cavalli is all about being sexy, cool, trendy and edgy. Just Cavalli is intended to appeal to women from 20 to 35 years old, with 20 to 25 years being the sweet spot.
During an exclusive interview in his Manhattan showroom (Cavalli calls the city "a laboratory where you build ideas"), he compared fragrance to "a beautiful woman. In the beginning, you judge a woman for her beauty. After, a woman has to be special."
Photo: JustCavalli
"Fragrance is important to me because it completes my fashion," said Cavalli — who is a true believer to the point of having salespeople spritz his eponymous first fragrance with Coty liberally throughout his stores each day. "The fragrance is part of my fashion. Every woman should have my dress, and every woman needs a Cavalli perfume."
What do you think of the pink glass and gold toned metal bottle with pink python skin wrapped around the collar of the bottle?
Georgia May Jagger who fronts the fragrance says, It's a seduction from beginning to end," said Jagger of the campaign, which was shot in Manhattan. "It's a chase."


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Despite the fact that I have nicknames like "Green Police," "Energy Czar" and "Organi-girl," and have earned quite the green living reputation around my office, there are people —many people— who are greener than me. Much greener than me. I've blogged twice this week about one of those people...
My mother happens to live one of the most eco-friendly lives around.
Many weekends, I make a trip out to her house to pick up pounds upon pounds of fresh garden produce, like these squash; I'd say she's one of the best small-scale organic gardeners around.
Not to mention that most (all but the new Oriental rug in the living room, really) of her beautiful country home decor is made up of things that have been repurposed or thrifted. Each antique or rustic thrift-store find has new life breathed into it as soon as it enters her home. A sense of frugality lends itself to that vintage chic decor, and the overall effect looks like it popped right out of the pages of House Beautiful.
And to top it all off, she collects bath water for her container plants. Up until recently, she'd stopped using her old dishwasher and done the hand-washing/collection for her dishes; then she found out she'd save nearly 2,000 gallons of water by investing in an Energy Star dishwasher. So voila. Factor in all the energy-saving tactics she and her husband use, and you'd find one of the lowest energy bills in town.
Sure, we can't all grow enough veggies to feed our families, or install new appliances, but we certainly can be inspired by a green hero of our own and strive to make even more small changes in our own lives.
So that's my green hero. Tell us about yours!
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Malware is one of the most common types of security attack, so it's vital that your organisation takes steps to protect its sensitive data. Today, I'm looking at six actionable ways your organisation can improve its malware defences.
What is Malware?
Malware is malicious software that is unintentionally installed by a user and designed to attack your systems, devices or data. Once installed on one device, it can quickly spread through an organisation's network, compromising value data in the process. Thankfully, your organisation doesn't have to be powerless against the threat of malware.
1) Install Automated Anti-Malware Tools
Your organisation should start with the obvious (but very important) task of installing a comprehensive suite of automated anti-malware tools. This should include:
- Anti-virus
- Anti-spyware
- Personal firewalls
- WAFs (Web Application Firewalls) and WAMs (Web Anti Malware)
These anti-malware tools should be installed across all workstations, servers and mobile devices to protect the whole of your organisation's network.
2) Choose Cloud-Based Software
Your anti-malware software is only as good as its ability to communicate with every machine on the system. When new malware signatures are identified, this new information needs to be sent to every machine on the network, quickly and efficiently. The advantage of cloud-based software over locally-hosted software is that if one machine or server is compromised, it doesn't impact upon your software's ability to communicate with the rest of your system- allowing the new signature to be uploaded to the cloud, protecting the rest of your network from the threat.
3) Disable Auto-Run
Auto-run is malware's enabler friend. Malware can enter through any number of points, like email attachments, web pages and removable media. You should configure all of your organisation's laptops, workstations and servers so that they don't auto-run content from removable media like thumb drives, USB hard drives or CDs. This will close off one potential entry point. Additionally, you should configure your systems so that they automatically perform an anti-malware scan of removable media when it's inserted. This will protect against user actions, such as accidentally opening a compromised file.
4) Sandbox Email Attachments
Email sandboxing is a way of executing your email software and attachments in a contained environment, separate from your organisation's IT infrastructure. This protects your organisation against malicious attachments and executables: the sandbox can be deleted, taking any malicious content with it.
5) Develop an Incident Response Process
Your organisation needs to improve communication between your IT and security teams by developing and implementing a defined incident response process. In the event of a security breach, IT need to supply your security team with examples of malware that has successfully bypassed their system, so that security can update and improve their anti-malware software.
6) Analyse the Efficacy of Your Malware Defences
With new threats and vulnerabilities being identified all the time, it is important that your organisation is continually testing and evaluating its malware defences. To analyse the efficacy of your malware defences, you need to measure the following:
- How long does it take the system to identify malicious software that is installed or executed on a computer system?
- How long does it take the system to send notifications to your security team that malicious code has been identified?
- Does the system have the ability to block installation, prevent execution, or quarantine malicious software?
- Does the system have the ability to identify where in the organisation the malicious software was identified?
- How long does it take the organisation to completely remove the malicious code after it has been identified?
When it comes to malware defences, you can't just 'set it and forget it'. New threats are being developed all the time, so you need to be continually improving your organisation's security.


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While Democrats across the country are hoping for another White House victory in 2012, come November there will be one man from the Bronx hoping to see Obama keep his job even more, as his own livelihood directly depends on it.
Without a steady job and no health insurance to help with his multiple sclerosis, Louis Ortiz is "that guy" politicians are always promising to help find a better life.
But as filmmaker Ryan Murdock puts it, Ortiz also just happens to look like the most powerful person on the planet, President Obama, and since 2008 he's been making the most of what he has to get the bills paid as a professional impersonator.
This American Life featured Oritz's journey, which began with a young man floundering in mounting bills and playing in neighborhood pool tournaments to try and make ends meet. Then one day, friends pointed to a Daily News cover with Obama on the front, or as Ortiz describes a "dude with big ears" and suggested Ortiz capitalize on his uncanny resemblance to the presidential hopeful. After much contemplation, Ortiz shaved off his facial hair and coveted goatee and his extraordinary story took off.
As the one-time former field technician for Verizon who was struggling to find work, Ortiz told The New York Post, "Never in a million years could I imagine I could look like not just someone famous, but THE someone. It's Obama. It's history. The first African American president of the United States - and I'm a part of it."
Murdock has been filming Ortiz's story since May 2011 and has launched a Kickstarter campaign to help finance his film, "The Audacity Of Louis Oritz" to document Ortiz's unique story of what it's like to struggle in America, as he continues to parallel the real Obama's battle for the White House in the crucial months ahead.
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