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By now we know the stories going into the 2018 Kentucky Derby, but as per Paulick Report tradition, we want to get to know the field by the numbers, too. Here are a few statistical points that may (or may not) influence your rooting interests–
- This is an especially strong year for sale horses. Fifteen of this year's field were sold at public auction, while just five are homebreds. Of the 15 auction horses, 13 were sold as yearlings. My Boy Jack was the cheapest, hammering at $20,000 at the Keeneland September sale. This year's field has two seven-figure horses: Mendelssohn, who cost $3 million at Keeneland September, and Good Magic, who was $1 million at the same sale.
- Though the majority of Derby runners this year are by six-figure stallions, there are a few standouts for the economy breeder, including Firenze Fire (Poseidon's Warrior, $6,500) and Noble Indy (Take Charge Indy, $17,500).
- This year's Derby leaderboard reflects an increasing trend towards syndicates and partnerships between top owners: seven of the 20 entries have multiple ownership.
- My Boy Jack comes in with the most race experience of any other horse, with 10 career starts, while Justify has the least with three. Big Brown is the only horse in the past 20 years to win the Derby with less than four career starts beforehand.
- Historically, the Florida Derby has been the most successful prep race, which bodes well for Audible, with the Blue Grass (Good Magic) and Champagne (Firenze Fire) runner-ups with 23 winners each.
- This year, Magnum Moon will try to break the cure of Apollo, the last horse who won the roses without having made a juvenile start. Since 1937, 61 horses have tried and failed to break the curse.
- The Derby has been won 22 times in wire-to-wire style. Magnum Moon, Mendelssohn, Justify, Flameaway, and Promises Fulfilled have all won races in this fashion previously. Only eight horses have ever won the Derby last-to-first; Bolt d'Oro, Solomini, and Firenze Fire have all won races after being last at some point of the call.
- Was that a drop? If the weather should turn rainy Saturday, history suggests eight horses will keep their form. Enticed, Justify, Flameaway, My Boy Jack, Lone Sailor, and Firenze Fire have all won on off tracks. Free Drop Billy and Combatant have run on off tracks, both finishing second.
- Noble Indy, Bravazo, and Lone Sailor all come in with slightly longer rest periods than their competitors: the Derby will mark 42 days for each of them since their last start. Animal Kingdom is the only horse since 1956 to have longer than 35 days' rest going into the race.
- Six trainers in Derby history have won the race in back-to-back years: Herbert J. Thompson, Ben Jones, Jimmy Jones, Lucien Laurin, D. Wayne Lukas, and Bob Baffert. Todd Pletcher will try to add his name to the list with Magnum Moon, Audible, Noble Indy, or Vino Rosso.
What Do Their Names Mean?
By Chelsea Hackbarth
Here are the meanings behind the names of some of the 2018 Kentucky Derby contenders:
- Audible – Though the colt is now being associated with the audibobook company Audible, he was originally named for the American football term describing the way a quarterback switches a play "on the fly"
- Bolt d'Oro – His name is a combination of that of his sire, Medaglia d'Oro, and the human world champion sprinter Usain Bolt
- Combatant – The name of this colt's dam is "Border Dispute"
- Free Drop Billy – Named for a family friend of the Albaughs, "Billy," who took too many free drops while playing golf
- Firenze Fire – Firenze is the name for the city of Florence in Italian
- Good Magic – The name of this colt's dam is "Glinda the Good," as in, Glinda the good witch
- Hofburg – Named for the Vienna palace and the surrounding neighborhood which is the residence of the President of Austria
- Mendelssohn – Named for the German composer Felix Mendelssohn
- Noble Indy – His name combines those of his parents: sired by "Take Charge Indy," this colt's dam was "Noble Maz"
- Promises Fulfilled – Owner Robert Baron named this colt for three things: his 44 years of marriage to his childhood sweetheart, the fulfillment of raising his own children and watching them raise theirs, and a promise trainer Dale Romans made him, that some day they'd "have a good one"
- Solomini – Named for Justin Zayat's nephew, Solomon (the "mini-Solomon")
- Vino Rosso – A chestnut, this colt's name translates to "red wine" in Italian
Breeder Of Flameaway Says Colt Has "It Factor"
By Chelsea Hackbarth
From one of just six mares Deborah Holmes bred in 2014, Flameaway has made the lineup for this year's Kentucky Derby. Adding to the excitement from that very same crop, Ontario-bred Silent Sting is poised to make a run at the most prestigious race in Canada, the Queen's Plate.
But wait, there's more.
One filly might not be making as big a splash as the two colts, but you wouldn't know it by looking at her. Starresha has drawn international attention for her beautifully painted coat, dotted with an impressive mixture of white and light brown clusters of hair.
"She's my little walk on the wild side," laughed Holmes. "That's three famous babies out of six. I don't have million-dollar mares, so I do all this on a normal budget; I'm a part-time accountant."
Both Flameaway and Silent Sting were foaled in Ontario. Flameaway's dam was a $20,000 purchase at the 2012 Keeneland November sale; the daughter of Kentucky Derby winner Fusaichi Pegasus won just one race in her seven-start career.
"Right from the beginning, I knew Flame was going to be special," Holmes said of the son of Scat Daddy. "He had the 'IT' factor, and he was so big we nick-named him Hercules. His attitude just said, 'Hey, look at me.'"
Flameaway brought $150,000 as a short yearling at the Keeneland January sale, and was re-sold to John Oxley for $400,000 at Fasig-Tipton's Saratoga Sale in August. The 3-year-old colt has now won five of his seven starts to earn just over $430,000.
Holmes has a half-brother to Flameaway by Flat Out, and one of her advisors has secured a foal-share to Tapit for the mare during the 2018 breeding season.
Silent Sting has a much more emotional back story. In that funny way life has of bringing things full circle, the colt's dam Mona Mia was actually bred by John Oxley. Holmes bred the daughter of Monarchos to Ghostzapper and got multiple stakes-winner Haunted Heroine. It was the cover by Scat Daddy, though, that really showed Mona Mia's potential. Her 2012 filly brought $100,000 at the Keeneland September sale the next year. Named Celestine, that filly went on to become a Grade 1 winner.
Mona Mia had a daughter in 2014, but the filly died shortly after birth because of a virus. Silent Sting was her 2015 foal, but about a month before his birth Mona Mia was diagnosed with melanomas around the base of her tail. Holmes and her team of advisors decided to wait to treat her, but they couldn't have known about the mare's internal tumors. When she entered labor, some of those tumors burst and she went into extreme distress. Silent Sting had to be delivered via caesarian section.
"She was such a classy mare; everywhere she went, people just loved her," Holmes said. "It was devastating. I cried again just reading (Jennifer Morrison's story at woodbineracetrack.com)."
The colt, nicknamed Caesar (for caesarian), was sired by Frank Stronach's Silent Name, the Japanese-bred son of Sunday Silence. Again, the circle continued as Stronach purchased the yearling Silent Sting for $150,000 at Keeneland.
Now Silent Sting has won three of five starts, including the Kingarvie Stakes at the end of his 2-year-old season and the Queeston Stakes this April. Holmes insists she won't miss any of his starts at Woodbine this year.
Her husband Barry Holmes races the couple's horses under his own name, including Starresha. In his years of marriage to Deborah, Barry has grown to enjoy the racing part of the game.
"He didn't have the patience for it early on, because he saw it as taking time away from the two of us," she explained. "Now, we're doing it together. We take trips to Ontario and to Kentucky multiple times a year, and we plan a whole vacation around it with activities both for him and for me. He has even learned enough about pedigrees for me to bounce ideas off of him when breeding season comes around."
Since 2007, Holmes has bred 28 horses of racing age. Six are stakes winners, eight have made more than $100,000 on the track, and a total of 13 have won maiden special weight races at major racetracks. Not bad at all.
"There are breeders who pay millions and millions of dollars to have horses who might make it to the Classics," said Holmes. "It's amazing that I could have two this year, and I can tell you I've not spent anywhere near that!"
What Are Those White Stripes On Audible's Feet?
By Natalie Voss
If you've been keeping an eye on the many photos and video coming out of Churchill Downs this week, you may have spied a pair of white stripes across the toes of Todd Pletcher trainee Audible.
No worries, says Pletcher farrier Ray Amato Jr. All is well.
Audible suffers from shelly hoof walls, which means the layers of fingernail-like material that make up his hooves are thin and more inclined to chip or crack. As with humans, there can be variability between individual horses in this regard, in addition to variability between breeds.
Amato uses a product called Equilox to reinforce the nails holding Audible's shoes on.
"I actually do that for protection," he said. "Horses bathe, horses walking to the track, horses ponying, they'll step on each other. And that's all you have to do. Against the weight of a horse, the nail isn't going to hold the shoe on. It's like a buffer."
Equilox is a type of very strong glue which can be used to attach glue-on shoes, seal in medications, and patch quarter cracks or other hoof injuries. It can also act as a sort of super-strong putty if a farrier needs to reconstruct the foot, but as such, it needs some extra attention.
Amato's task earlier this week was to refine the bits of Equilox on Audible's heels.
"That was just a quick fix to go to the track," Amato said. "You want it nice and smooth and you want to open the heels up. When you first apply it, you bend it around and mold it, and then you take off what you don't need, so that's what I was doing. I wanted his heels to open and close [with concussion.]"
The material comes in a jar and is mixed with an activating ingredient before applying to the foot. Once it dries, farriers may need to rasp or sand around the edges of a patch of material to remove excess or soften corners.
"There's a lot of different applications for it," said Amato. "Sometimes horses don't like nails, so you can glue shoes on. Sometimes it's to make a horse's foot what God didn't give them. I can really do what I want to do with it. I can make a perfect foot out of a bad one. I can open the horse's feet up and make them bigger to distribute the pounds per square inch when he lands."
Pedigree Corner
By Ray Paulick
Each day this week, I've taken a look at the pedigrees of four Kentucky Derby starters. On Monday, we looked at the horses at the bottom of the leaderboard, numbers 17 through 20. Tuesday it was horses listed at 13 through 16. Wednesday it was horses listed 9 through 12. Thursday it was horses listed 5 through 8, Today, Pedigree Corner examines the top four on the Kentucky Derby Leaderboard by points earned in official Road to the Kentucky Derby races.
NOBLE INDY (4): A $45,000 buyback at the 2016 Keeneland September Yearling Sale, NOBLE INDY's siblings have not been auction stars, either. An older half-sister topped out at $30,000 as a yearling and a young half-sister was a $10,000 yearling who was RNAed for $110,000 as a 2-year-old in March. NOBLE INDY, who's won 3 of 4 starts and earned $691,600, proved those numbers meaningless. Dam Noble Maz (by blue-collar sire Storm Boot, a son of Storm Cat) was a restricted stakes winner but there's not a lot of black type in the family until you get to fourth dam Impetuous Gal, Grade 2 Matron Handicap winner who produced G1 winner and graded stakes producer Banker's Lady. NOBLE INDY is from the first crop of Take Charge Indy, a son of A.P. Indy and the outstanding racemare and producer Take Charge Lady, who also produced freshman sire and champion Will Take Charge. Hard to sugarcoat the fact Take Charge Indy was exported to Korea in 2016, but WinStar Farm has the option to buy him back and return him to the U.S. if there are more like NOBLE INDY waiting in the woods.
AUDIBLE (3): Sold twice by Fasig-Tipton, first for $175,000 at the Saratoga yearling sale for New York-breds and then for $500,000 at the FT Gulfstream Select Sale of 2-Year-Olds in Training. Sire Into Mischief (a half brother to four-time champion Beholder and to Derby contender Mendelssohn) was a G1 winner of the CashCall Futurity at 1 1/16 miles but is best known to sire top-class sprinters and milers like two-time G1 Breeders' Cup Mile winner Goldencents. AUDIBLE was produced from Blue Devil Bel, a mare by G1 Breeders' Cup Juvenile winner Gilded Time, himself sired by good sprinter/miler Timeless Moment. Blue Devil Bel kicked around bottom level claiming ranks, winning mostly at sprint distances. The pedigree spells M-I-L-E-R but Elliott Walden purchased AUDIBLE for $500,000 on behalf of WinStar Farm and China Horse Club, thinking he had the look of a classic runner.
GOOD MAGIC (2): $1-million Keeneland September Yearling Sale purchase by G1 Breeders' Cup Classic winner and two-time Horse of the Year Curlin. GOOD MAGIC is out of solid, stakes-winning mare Glinda the Good, by the Danzig sire Hard Spun (Hard Spun and Curlin finished second and third behind Street Sense in the 2007 Kentucky Derby, a race that also produced the outstanding sire Scat Daddy). Glinda the Good is a half-sister to five other stakes winners and three stakes-place horses, so GOOD MAGIC comes by his quality honestly. Curlin is by the Mr. Prospector sire Smart Strike out of a Northern Dancer line mare. Glinda the Good is by a Northern Dancer line sire out of a mare produced from a daughter of Mr. Prospector's son Miswaki – an interesting pedigree juxtaposition filled with classic success.
MAGNUM MOON (1): Malibu Moon has previously sired Kentucky Derby winner Orb and MAGNUM MOON was produced from Dazzling Song, an unraced daughter of Unbridled's Song. The latter raced valiantly in the 1996 Kentucky Derby wearing a bar shoe to treat a quarter crack, winding up fifth as the favorite after fighting for the lead into the stretch. Unbridled's Song's sire, Unbridled, won the 1990 Kentucky Derby and contributes considerable to pedigrees. Dazzling Song is out of graded stakes winner Win McCool, a daughter of the recently deceased top-class racehorse and sire Giant's Causeway.
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Well, of course we can call ourselves whatever we like, and if we want to be famous then giving ourselves a strange name might help to make us stand out in the crowd.
(Some of us have quite strange names to start with. I realise that. Who better?)
Using punctuation to decorate your name seems to be fashionable at the moment. We have will.i.am, P!nk, India.arie and of course that old favourite Hear'Say.
I don't know, though. Are the people who give themselves a novelty name the ones who fear they aren't quite charismatic enough to manage with an ordinary one?
I look back and find that Westward Ho!, named by Charles Kingsley, isn't the destination of choice for...well, most people. The Canadian town of Saint-Louis-du-Ha! Ha! isn't actually very famous outside Canada, either.
Or even quite possibly inside it.
Lastly, how about Nicholas Unless-Jesus-Christ-Had-Died-For-Thee-Thou-Hadst-Been-Damned Barbon? He was named in 1640.
All those years, and he still hasn't really made it, has he.
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Musgrove Mill's peaceful setting in the Piedmont woods is a sharp contrast to the bloody Battle of Musgrove Mill that took place there on Aug.19, 1780. The Revolutionary War historic sites at Musgrove Mill interpret and protect the location of the Battle of Musgrove Mill. The battle, in which the vastly outnumbered Patriot militia outlasted the Loyalists in a surprising victory, is detailed through interpretive signage in the visitor center and along two and a half miles of nature trails.
Natural features of the park include Horseshoe Falls and the Enoree River, along which much of the fighting took place. Special events and living history programs are held at the park throughout the year.
Main Gate: 9 a.m. – 6 p.m., daily
Horseshoe Falls Road Area: sunrise to sundown, daily
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• Small but awesome, handicapped accessible waterfall with a unique story.
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Luckily, we had a fairly detailed map of the downtown area, so we were able to navigate around, though we still came to corners where we'd like to turn except for the "buses only" signs. Oh, and there was a point where we wanted to turn left on the South Bridge, which would have worked if we hadn't been down below driving underneath the bridge. Someday, someone will invent 3D maps to avoid such problems.
We finally made it to Ardenlee Guest House on Eyre Place.
|Our room was behind those upstairs windows
After unpacking a bit and having some tea (Scottish shortbread cookies were left with our tea things!), we headed out to explore a bit and find some dinner.
We walked back up to the heart of New Town. Lots of shopping and restaurants and construction and the Occupy Edinburgh protest could be found there. We wandered quite a bit and couldn't find a restaurant that didn't have a long line or wait (it was Friday night), so we wound up at a mall food court where we had fish and chips from a Scottish chain. The children ate quickly which was our priority since we had walked them uphill almost all the way.
We then walked over to the Walter Scott Memorial, which had a large display for Remembrance Day (Veterans' Day in the USA).
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We also saw the castle at night from a distance and then headed back to our hotel. The children needed to go to bed. We stopped at a little store to get milk for Lucy and some snacks, and discovered Jammie Dodgers!
What's so exciting about those cookies? Doctor Who used one to fool the Daleks into thinking he could blow up his Tardis with a cookie-shaped remote control (if a time machine can look like a police call box, then why not a cookie-shaped remote?).
|Spoiler! He did wind up eating it.
We returned to the hotel for more tea and treats. The children went to sleep quickly, with Mommy not far behind. That left Auntie Rosemary and I to explore after hours. We chose to go on one of the many ghost tours of the city, which will be the topic of the next post!


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During her interview with KMSP-TV, Erin Murphy did her best to explain why the DFL endorsement for governor is important. At one point, I got the sense that Rep. Murphy almost said that it's important because she's strapped for cash and needs the DFL's assistance to push her across the finish line. She stopped short of that but that's still the truth:
According to this report, Murphy had less than $75,000 cash-on-hand as of 3/31/2018. By comparison, Tim Pawlenty has $900,000 more cash-on-hand. On the DFL side of things, Tim Walz has almost $650,000 cash-on-hand.
Let's get serious here. With the DFL's help, Erin Murphy should win the DFL Primary. The minute the primary is over, though, she's in trouble. The bad news for the DFL is that her competitors on the DFL side are in worse shape. With the DFL having been taken over by Our Revolution, Murphy is the only candidate extreme enough for that organization. Lori Swanson and Tim Walz will split the outstate vote. When they lose the primary, their voters are most likely to either not vote for Murphy or they'll switch to the GOP.
This won't be a happy reunion. This is the DFL's civil war. Republicans aren't unified but the DFL is heading for outright civil war.


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Médecins Sans Frontières is a private, non-profit international humanitarian organization dedicated to providing medical assistance to populations in crisis, without discrimination and regardless of race, religion, creed or political affiliation.
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It is not difficult to understand why dahlias are one of the most cultivated and loved cut flowers. Their bright blooms come in a dazzling rainbow of colors, they bloom from mid-summer to the first autumn frost and produce both blooms and tubers so abundantly that they always end up being shared. Be careful though, once you've been bitten by the dahlias bug, you can not go back !.
In this intensive course you will learn the tricks to grow lush natural dahlia plants and cut and flower conditioning techniques, collect your own color palette immersed in more than 500 dahlia plants
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Welcome drink, convivial lunch are included in the price
The students will bring their composition back home. All the flowers and leaves that we will use will be collected by the students. All the tools and materials will be provided by Puscina Flowers. The images depicted are works by Puscina Flowers and used only for representation purposes. The real works taught and created during the lesson will vary from those shown here. Full payment is required to reserve your place.


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- ⅓ cup apple cider vinegar
- 3 tablespoons mayonnaise
- 2 tablespoons chopped fresh cilantro
- 1½ teaspoon honey
- ½ teaspoon celery seed
- ½ small head of cabbage, very thinly sliced
Chicken and assembly
- 2 tablespoons vegetable oil, divided
- ½ small onion, finely chopped onion
- 1 garlic clove, finely chopped
- 1 canned chipotle chile in adobo
- 1 bay leaf
- ¾ cup barbecue sauce
- ¼ cup apple cider vinegar
- 1½ pound skinless, boneless chicken breasts
- Kosher salt and freshly ground black pepper
- 4 ciabatta or sandwich rolls, split, lightly toasted
Recipe Preparation
Whisk vinegar, mayonnaise, cilantro, honey, and celery seed in a large bowl. Add cabbage and toss to coat. Cover and chill.
Chicken and assembly
Heat 1 Tbsp. oil in a large saucepan over medium-high heat. Add onion and garlic, and cook, stirring often, until onion is translucent, about 3 minutes. Whisk in chipotle chile, bay leaf, barbecue sauce, vinegar, and ½ cup water. Bring to a boil. Reduce heat to low and cook, stirring occasionally, until liquid is slightly reduced, 15–20 minutes.
Meanwhile, heat remaining 1 Tbsp. oil in a medium skillet over medium-high heat. Season chicken with salt and pepper and cook until deeply browned, 5–7 minutes. Turn chicken, add ¼ cup water to skillet, and bring to a simmer. Reduce heat to medium, cover skillet, and cook until cooked through, 8–10 minutes. Let cool, then shred with 2 forks. Add chicken to barbecue sauce and toss to coat.
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The Consumer Financial Protection Bureau has been working with a progressive activist group to create restrictive policy for payday lending companies.
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Officials with the Consumer Financial Protection Bureau were in regular contact with progressive activists over proposed regulations targeting the payday lending industry, recently released emails reveal.
The communications, which came to light through a Freedom of Information Request, show regulators and activists cooperating for more than a year to draft and fine-tune regulations to tighten the availability of the small consumer loans.
The outside group identified as colluding with the feds, the Center for Responsible Lending (CRL), is a leading progressive activist group that has long targeted the payday lending industry. Founded by donations from Herb and Marian Sandler, pioneers of subprime mortgage lending, CRL has long lobbied for expanding bank lending in underserved areas and increasing regulations on existing financial services companies.
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Emails reveal consumer protection agency's cozy ties
The agency has long been under fire from industry and conservative groups, including in an ad that aired during the Republican debate last week. CFPB's collaboration with the Center for Responsible Lending on payday lending rules could fuel attacks that the agency has an anti-business bias.
For more than a year before CFPB put out its proposed rule to crack down on payday lenders, the Center for Responsible Lending and other advocacy groups, such as the National Consumer Law Center, worked with the agency to help craft the proposal, according to emails and documents released by CFPB to comply with a recent Freedom of Information Act request filed by the payday lending industry trade group Community Financial Services Association.
The emails between CRL and CFPB staffers document regular meetings and close collaboration.
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Most of us at some time have suffered from a pinched nerve in the neck. Some also have had to have surgery for a 'slipped' disc. Dogs can suffer from these very same things.
Smaller breed dogs and larger breeds have different conditions which cause these symptoms.
Daschunds and Pekingese dogs are very prone to getting a disc prolapse (slipped disc).
What happens in dogs, especially those with very short twisty legs (chondrodystrophic breeds) is that the disc ages prematurely. The disc is a gel cushion between the vertebrae and is a shock absorber.
In these breeds the gel becomes hard and thick and can eventually calcify from the age of two years onwards. This places pressure on the ligament holding the disc in place. When this ligament ruptures or tears, the disc material moves up into the space next to the spinal cord.
How much neurological damage occurs depends on how fast (explosive) the rupture is. Very explosive ruptures will cause a lot of damage and bruising and swelling whereas slow 'leaks' may cause minimal signs until a lot of material is compressing the cord.
It also makes a difference where the disc prolapse occurs. There is more space around the spinal cord in the neck. So, if a prolapse occurs there it doesn't always cause severe nerve damage, but rather just pain as it entraps nerves and presses on the meninges, which causes pain.
These animals often present with limited neck movement or just yelping when touched. They will also not lift their heads. Sometimes they are lame in one of the front legs if specific limb nerves are pinched. Although painful, these dogs are not a surgical emergency. Pain medication and antispasmodics will help while a diagnosis or treatment decision is made.
In the lower back, however, there is very little space around the spinal cord and any prolapsed tissue will almost immediately put pressure on the nerves. These areas are a little more serious.
These dogs will present with non-specific pain. They may present with sudden onset paralysis, dragging their back legs, or they may present somewhere in-between with weak legs which have poor feeling and walk wobbly.
The more severe cases are surgical candidates. The surgery is specialist surgery and not every veterinarian can perform it. Bladder function is also affected with these animals and management of this is an important part of recovery.
The milder cases may respond to strict cage/bed rest for six weeks and pain meds. If symptoms progress then surgery is advised. In some cases damage is so severe that the deep pain sensation is lost. These dogs cannot feel pain when their toenails are clamped with a forceps. This means that the spinal cord was severely damaged and makes the prognosis more guarded for recovery.
Cases with no deep pain can still be managed using a two-wheeled cart. This gives the dog mobility.
Obviously, as with a paraplegic person, there is a lot of nursing care; so this decision must not be taken lightly.
Generally your vet can be reasonably confident of the diagnosis with a general examination, but a MRI or myelogram is preferred to confirm the diagnosis and locate the exact area where surgery needs to be performed.
Other dogs commonly affected with disc prolapses are beagles, fox terriers and German shepherd dogs (less common).
Another important cause of neck pain in small breed dogs is meningitis. This is not the meningitis people get, which is bacterial and very contagious. Meningitis in small breed dogs is a non-infectious condition where the body's immune system becomes overactive.
There is probably a trigger, but none has yet been identified. These animals present with a variety of signs, as the inflammation can affect the spinal cord and the brain. Common ones are neck pain, a head tilted to one side or weakness in one side. These dogs are not clinically ill and do not have a fever.
The diagnosis is made with a spinal tap to obtain cerebrospinal (CSF) fluid for analysis. In humans a lumbar puncture is performed. That space is too small in dogs and we collect the sample at the base of the skull where there is dilation with fluid around the cord.
These animals are treated with corticosteroids and other immunosuppressive medications. Some can come off the medication, others need it lifelong. A similar condition affects young large-breed dogs, but these dogs only have severe neck pain with a fever. They resist neck movement and look up with their eyes only, trying not to move their necks. Treatment is similar.
Especially with a disc prolapse, early management and treatment may be vital to preserve nerve function. If you have these breeds, know what to look for and where to go.
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The use of low temperature soldering is gaining interest in the industry to reduce cost, prevent component and PCB damage and improve reliability. Its different but that does not mean it cannot be introduced into your process with existing process equipment. Generally speaking, solders used regally in assembly reflow at over 220oC, low temperature solders reflow at under 180oC. There are some organisation predicting a large growth in low temperature materials in the next two to three years for multistep soldering
Many companies have been using tin/bismuth alloys for some years reducing cost on PCBs and energy. Other companies have been using tin/indium for rework of lead-free area array packages with success. There are savings to be made even if the cost of the solder alloy is much more expensive provided you consider the total cost of manufacture. We produced the first book, video and interactive CD-ROM on pin in hole intrusive reflow, so we believe we are in a good position to help engineers achieve high yields with low temperature materials
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Try not to sit tight for points to wear away on the off possibility that you see a considerable problem with your vehicle. If something somehow occurred to take place, when putting your cash in a car, it would certainly simply bode well to acknowledge what to do. Look at this article to find more about vehicle fixings as well as keep up your auto. Have a battery charger in your Subaru constantly. Batteries bite the dust regularly, yet you will not remain in an incorrect position on the off possibility that you can bill it. Ensure you absorb the focuses on your Subaru where the battery charger ought to be connected.
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For those of you in the Twin Cities area, Pro-Life Action Ministries will be sponsoring a prayer vigil on Friday, September 23 outside the Hyatt Regency Hotel in downtown Minneapolis, the site of a conference honoring Michael Schiavo. According to Pro-Life Aciton Ministries, the conference is being hosted by Hennepin County Medical Center and "leading pro-euthanasia activists."
The vigil starts with public prayer and witness from 8:30 - 9:30 a.m., silent prayer and witness from 9:30 a.m. to noon, and a special time of prayer and fasting from noon to 1:00 p.m. Guest speaker will be Br. Paul O'Donnell, co-founder of Pro-Life Action Ministries and Schindler familiy spiritual advisor and spokensman.
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I had noticed the photos taken by my camera is getting blurer and blurer, its caused by the camera lens protector. After I removed it, the photos are back to clear. And less deterioration now. So, I can be sure its the protector's fault.
I'm not going to say the brand of the camera protector. Ironically, the thing that is going to protect my camera from getting scratches caused the trouble.


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You have spotted mold, and it is time to do something about the problem. There are many DIY mold removal techniques, but you want to use what's best for the situation. Furthermore, you want to be sure that you're actually able to completely eliminate the mold. In some situations, the DIY methods are fine, but other situations can call for the mold removal experts.
Always make sure that you are looking into the source of the mold. You want to make sure that the mold problem doesn't get worse. Without removing the source of the mold, the mold will come back with a vengeance. Also make sure you're not just dealing with dirt. If you are battling mold, two removal techniques include bleach and the use of an antimicrobial spray. Yet you have to realize that neither of these work in all situations.
There are different types of mold. If you have black mold, then you aren't going to want to try and remove it yourself. Some people think that they have what's called black mold in their homes, when in fact it's not. There are also different types of black mold, not just mold itself. As you can see, mold matters can get a little complicated. It could be that it's actually best for you to call in the experts to handle this job.
Are you aware that there are mold resistant paints and building materials? Keep that in mind when it comes to construction projects. Preventing mold is important, and you always want to have that in mind as you are looking into DIY mold removal. Why? Because as you work on eliminating the mold, you want to prevent it from coming back. Plus you want to make sure it doesn't appear anywhere else in your home, too.


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I find it hard to say no to people ringing my doorbell. If solicitors seem friendly and sincere, I invariably buy whatever they're pitching, even if it's the last thing I need or want. Take today, for instance.
When I found a young lady standing on my porch an hour ago, clipboard in hand, I initially mistook her for a purveyor of Girl Scout cookies. I purchase them every year, even though they're no friend to my cholesterol level and I don't particularly like them. Nonetheless, when the neighborhood kids ask me to buy the sugar laden treats, I always say "yes."
The earnest and cheerful woman ringing my bell launched into a bubbly sales pitch the moment I opened the door. Five minutes later, I felt pretty sure she wasn't selling Girl Scout cookies. What she was in fact peddling remained unclear. She'd mainly revealed that she didn't believe in welfare, wanted to make a better life for herself and her daughter, and was supporting herself through nursing school. Of course, those facts alone had me mentally reaching for my checkbook.
I may be a sap unable to say "no," but I'm an impatient sap. Accordingly, once I'd resigned myself to purchasing something, I grew anxious to conclude the transaction posthaste. Alas, the woman wouldn't pause long enough for me to get a word in edgewise! I finally cut her off midsentence, shouting: "Great! I'll be happy to help you; so what do I have to buy?"
The answer was a magazine subscription, at a discounted price no less! As the grateful woman informed me, she'd earn a commission which she could apply toward nursing school expenses.
Please understand, I need another magazine subscription as much as I need prunes in my diet, which is to say not at all. As long as I had to buy something though, I figured the twenty or thirty bucks I expected to spend could at least net me a sports magazine suitable for bathroom reading.
Her brochure included several popular sports publications. They were all sold out, as were the entertainment periodicals, computing magazines, and every other item of remote interest. After scanning the short list of still-availables, I selected a home and garden journal. I wouldn't be caught dead skimming an article on either subject, but I figured my wife might appreciate it.
The "discounted" price for my selection, including the woman's commission, totaled $123. The cost seems excessive for something I neither want nor need, yet it's thankfully a pittance compared to my record-setting expenditure. That honor fell to the vacuum cleaner I purchased a few years ago, from an equally friendly and sincere young man desperate to make his first sale — for the bargain price of $1,200.00! Who knows, we may even use the machine someday … if either of us ever decides to watch the five-hour instruction video or obtain the engineering degree required to operate the contraption.


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Killer Photo: "Camera Obscura" has a creepy gimmick but botches outcome
Camera Obscura (2017)
95 min., not rated (equivalent of an R).
"Camera Obscura" could be summed up as, in the words of one character, "a weird episode of 'Goosebumps'" mixed with a little "Jacob's Ladder." There is an interesting subtext in this Chiller Films release linked to a tortured post-war psyche that the film never fully explores through the humdinger premise it sets up. Graduating from shorts, debuting writer-director Aaron B. Koontz makes sure his plotting escalates, but it never takes off the way it should in feature-length form. Before losing all control and curtailing into a sub-"Maniac," the final result feels like a special extended episode of a TV anthology series that isn't really worth finding out where it will go next. It needed a stronger script to go with its creepy gimmick.
Almost a year after shooting coverage in the Middle East for six months, war photographer Jack Zeller (Christopher Denham) suffers from post-traumatic stress disorder and blackouts. He's still unemployed but seeing a psychiatrist and making progress, and supportive realtor fiancée Claire (Nadja Bobyleva) doesn't mind giving him a little push. As an early anniversary gift, Claire also gives him a vintage camera and gets him a gig taking photos of real estate. When Jack has rolls of film developed, all of his photos come back in black and white and each one reveals an imminent death, like a dead little boy in a playground or a dead construction worker near a site. The bodies obviously weren't there when Jack took the pictures, but as soon as he goes back to the location of each, he tries to stop the crimes. While he becomes a mystery hero in one case and saves someone, Claire then shows up dead in one of the photos. Even if Jack can save her once, a new bloodied fate may materialize. What's a loving husband to do?
Heavy-handed when it should have been a little more subtle, "Camera Obscura" at least starts off craftily absorbing before botching the outcome. Despite Jack's investigation into a serial killer, writer-director Aaron B. Koontz and co-writer Cameron Burns admirably leave out a lot of explanation for what is causing Jack to see dead bodies in his photos and provoke the idea that PTSD could be driving him cuckoo. As Jack, Christopher Denham is a credible entry point into this strange scenario that holds him culpable and then turns him into an unreliable protagonist who keeps lying to his wife. Jack never once tries to get rid of the camera once he realizes the consequences, nor does he confide in Claire, but he does tell a homeless man. As much as he cares about saving his wife, the decision Jack makes to replace Claire with other dead bodies stretches credulity to the breaking point. Decent tension is at least generated through scenes of Jack killing someone, positioning their bodies in the same way as the photos, and then covering his tracks, only having to kill someone else.
"Camera Obscura" definitely has its effective moments—a scene of passion transforms into something that Elizabeth Bathory would get off to—and finds a little gallows humor when Jack fumbles to keep a man dead. The in medias res opening, set 11 days later, is also unnecessary and misguided, not adding anything but taking out the suspense of the protagonist's trajectory. After beginning with a nugget of promise, though, it frustratingly leads to a pointless dead end and goes out with a whimper rather than a bang.
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November 18, 2016
Koko proposes separate cemetery for historic Filipinos
Senate President Aquilino "Koko" Pimentel III today filed Senate Bill 1246, entitled "An Act Segregating Parcels of Land within the Libingan ng mga Bayani Allocated for the Remains of Filipino Historical Figures to be Known as the Libingan ng mga Makasaysayang Pilipino."
The bill seeks to set aside the land within the Libingan ng mga Bayani (LNMB) where Filipinos of historical interest, such as Presidents of the Philippines, statesmen, dignitaries, and national artists and scientists are interred, into a cemetery separate from the remains of those who served in the military.
This cemetery will be called the Libingan ng mga Makasaysayang Pilipino, or LNMP.
If passed into law, it will preserve the LNMB as a military memorial consistent with the purpose intended for it when it was established in 1947 as the Republic Memorial Cemetery.
The Republic Memorial Cemetery was renamed the Libingan ng mga Bayani in 1954 through Proclamation No. 86 of then-President Ramon Magsaysay.
In 1948, a year after the establishment of the LNMB, Republic Act 248 was enacted, which mandated the construction of a National Pantheon where remains of all Presidents of the Philippines, national heroes, and patriots would be interred to perpetuate their memory for the inspiration and emulation of generations of Filipinos.
In the bill's introduction, Pimentel explained that, "since no new National Pantheon was constructed pursuant to the said law, LNMB served as the National Pantheon envisioned under the law to be the burial place of the mortal remains of all the Presidents of the Philippines, national heroes, and patriots."
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The Presidential Transition, the Inauguration and the New Congress: Contribution, Ethics, and Other Laws and Rules to Note
The transition from the Obama Administration to the Trump Administration has begun.
President-elect Trump's team, as of the date this article was written, has not yet publicly announced specific ethics policies or requirements that will apply to the Trump Transition or to officials in the Trump Administration to supplement the requirements already in place by law, rule, and regulation. On October 17, 2016, however, Donald Trump announced an Ethics Reform Plan "to drain the swamp and end political corruption in Washington, DC." The Plan included "five steps":
- A five-year ban on all Executive Branch employees lobbying the government after they leave government service, to be passed by Congress so that it cannot be lifted by Executive Order.
- A five-year ban, instituted by Congress, on lobbying by former Members of Congress and their staffs.
- Addressing so-called "shadow lobbying" by expanding the definition of "lobbyist" under the Lobbying Disclosure Act "to encompass former government officials labeling themselves otherwise ... ."
- A lifetime ban on "senior Executive Branch officials" lobbying on behalf of a foreign government.
- Congressional passage of "campaign finance reform" to prevent "registered foreign lobbyists from raising money in American elections."
No concrete proposals, however, have been put forward in this regard.
The discussion in the rest of this article summarizes the laws, rules, and regulations already in place covering contributions to the Presidential Inaugural Committee and to the Presidential Transition Organization and covering officials and employees as they go through the "revolving door," either to join the government from the private sector or to leave government service.
Contributing to the Presidential Inauguration and the Presidential Transition
Inauguration. The Presidential Inaugural Committee (PIC) is responsible for organizing and financing most of the official inaugural events, including the parade and inaugural balls. U.S. corporations, citizens, and green card holders may contribute to the PIC without limit. By law, however, the inaugural committee must report publicly all contributions of $200 or greater that it receives. Registered federal lobbyists and their employers must list any donations to the PIC on their semi-annual LD-203 reports.
Transition. Separate from the PIC's planning activities the presidential transition organization (PTO) is working to facilitate the transition of the day-to-day operations of government from the Obama Administration to the Trump Administration. Although the presidential transition receives some public funding and support for its activities, individuals and corporations may contribute up to $5,000 toward the transition. Such contributions are not reportable on the LD-203.
Conflict of Interest, Post-Employment, and Transition Ethics Laws and Rules
Government appointees and employees going through the revolving door to the private sector are subject to a wide range of overlapping laws, rules, and regulations restricting both how they seek employment and how they may interact with the government as former officials. Likewise, private sector personnel joining the government must also consider the potential for ethics issues arising from continuing financial interests, including, for example, interests in or payments received from their former employers. Interestingly – because their positions are excluded from the relevant statutory and regulatory definitions of "officer" and "employee," the President and Vice President are not subject to the basic conflict of interest laws and regulations covering continuing financial interests.
The principal federal conflict of interest statutes—Sections 207, 208 and 209 of Title 18 of the United States Code—all carry potential felony criminal penalties. So ethics issues arising under these statutes can significantly impact the individual employee. And the private sector employer of a former government official—or of an employee going to the government—may face significant exposure, too, under some of these same conflict of interest provisions, for example, 18 U.S.C. Section 209 prohibiting private supplementation of government salary or, in the case of government contractors, the Procurement Integrity Act or other statutes.
Transitioning to the Private Sector – Generally: Revolving Door Rules
Executive Branch rules on post-government employment and on seeking employment. Section 207 of Title 18, the principal federal post-employment statute, sets forth seven restrictions applicable to former employees of the Executive Branch who go to the private sector. Title 5 C.F.R. Section 2641 contains the federal regulations interpreting and implementing Section 207. In September 2016, the Executive Branch Office of Government Ethics (OGE) issued a legal advisory providing what it describes as a "plain language discussion" (hope springs eternal) of the primary post-employment restrictions applicable to former Executive Branch employees. In a 23 question-and-answer format, this recent OGE advisory provides definitions, discussion, and examples delineating the terms and scope of the Section 207 post-employment restrictions, and the exceptions thereto, including:
- The lifetime ban applicable to all former Executive Branch employees on representation in connection with a particular matter involving specific parties in which the former employee participated personally and substantially as a government official.
- The two-year ban applicable to all former Executive Branch employees on representation in connection with a particular matter involving specific parties which was pending under the former employee's official responsibility.
- The one-year cooling off restriction, applicable to all former senior Executive Branch employees, on seeking official actions from their former employing department or agency.
- By Executive Order, this restriction was doubled to two years for Obama Administration appointees subject to the Ethics Pledge; but the details of whether and, if so, exactly how this term of the Pledge might apply during the Trump Administration to former Obama Administration appointees remains to be seen. Also under the Obama Pledge, appointees agreed not to lobby covered Executive Branch officials (as defined by the Lobbying Disclosure Act) and non-career Senior Executive Service appointees "for the remainder of the Administration." That "remainder" period would appear to end on January 20, 2017.
- The two-year cooling off restriction on former very senior employees (including, for example, the Vice President, Cabinet-level appointees, and others) from seeking official action from certain departments, agencies, and officers.
- The one-year restrictions on certain former government officials and employees who participated in trade or treaty negotiations and on very senior and senior Executive Branch personnel in connection with representing, aiding, or advising a foreign government or political party.
Under some of these restrictions, background advising of the client may be permissible.
Section 207 does not impose direct criminal liability on the private sector employers of covered former government officials who engage in contacts prohibited under the statute. But, to avoid concerns as to potential derivative legal exposure as well as simply to assure that former government officials may engage in the work they have been hired to do, the prospective private sector employer of a former government official ought always to ask for and obtain a copy of the written ethics/post-employment guidance given to that official in connection with his or her departure from the government.
Transitioning Executive Branch employees may also face restrictions—including recusal and notification requirements—as they search for jobs in the private sector. Earlier this year, OGE published a final rule amending the provisions of the Standards of Ethical Conduct for Employees of the Executive Branch (at 5 C.F.R. Section 2635, Subpart F) that govern "seeking other employment." The amendment brought the rule into the 21st century by providing examples of when and how the use of social media in a job search could be considered "seeking other employment." Prospective private employers should be aware of the ethics and legal restrictions applicable during the job search process and should assure that prospective government hires have followed all applicable requirements.
Congressional rules. Transition is also happening on Capitol Hill. Members, officers, and employees of both the United States Senate and House of Representatives also face restrictions on their post-congressional employment. Under Section 207 of Title 18, Members of the Senate, for two years after they leave office, may not attempt to influence action by current Members, officers, or employees of either house of Congress by communicating directly with them (strictly background advising of a client is generally permissible). The post-employment restriction on former Members of the House is identical in scope but not in duration: The ban applies to House Members for only one year after leaving office. The post-employment restrictions on communications applicable to former elected officers of Congress is also for one year but covers only contacts by the former officer with individuals and offices in his or her former employing house of Congress.
For former highly compensated staff of the Senate, there is a one-year ban under Section 207 on attempting to influence any Senator or any officer or employee of the Senate by communicating directly with them. Under Senate rule, former Senate staff paid below this "highly-compensated" level face a one-year restriction on lobbying their former employing office, committee, or leadership staff. For former highly compensated staff of the House, there is also a one-year communication ban under Section 207, but the scope of the ban depends on whether the former staff worked in a Member's personal office, on a committee staff, or on leadership staff.
As with Executive Branch personnel, Section 207 sets forth a number of exceptions for post-employment communications by Members, officers, and employees of Congress. Also applicable to members, officers, and certain employees of Congress are the one-year restriction in Section 207 based on their official participation in trade or treaty negotiations, and the one-year restriction on representing, aiding, or advising a foreign government or political party.
Transitioning to the Private Sector – Government Contractors
Where the private employer is a government contractor, an understanding of the post-employment restrictions applicable to a prospective hire from the government is of essential importance. As a general matter, for example, the Procurement Integrity Act, at 41 U.S.C. Section 2103, imposes restrictions on procurement officials engaged in a search for post-government employment; Section 2104 covers the acceptance of compensation from federal contractors by procurement officials. With respect to employers, the Procurement Integrity Act, at 41 U.S.C. Section 423(d)(4), subjects a "contractor who provides compensation to a former official knowing that such compensation is accepted by the former official in violation of" the post-employment provisions of the Act to significant financial penalties and administrative action, including cancellation of the procurement and/or initiation of suspension or debarment proceedings.
Transitioning to the Government: Conflicts of Interest
What potential ethics concerns await through the reverse revolving door? Individuals entering on Executive Branch employment from the private sector—and the former employers of such individuals—need to be aware of the potential for ethics issues to arise under both statute and rule in a number of areas, including in connection with:
- Continuing financial interest. Executive Branch officials and employees may have stock or stock options in a former private employer or may participate in a pension plan or other type of deferred compensation or benefit plan. Such continuing financial interests in a former employer may create a conflict—under Section 208 of Title 18 and under 5 C.F.R. Section 2635—and, under certain circumstances, may require recusal from a matter or even divestment of the financial interest.
- Appearance of impartiality. Under Executive Branch ethics standards, an employee must not work for one year after leaving their former private employer on any contract or other particular matter in which the former employer is a party or represents a party if the employee or relevant agency ethics official determines that a reasonable person would question the employee's impartiality.
- Payments from former employer. Section 209 of Title 18, for example, prohibits private payment or supplementation of an Executive Branch employee's government salary. According to OGE guidance, "Section 209 may apply if a former employer makes a payment to a government employee and there is an indication that the payment is intended to compensate the employee for doing his government job, rather than to compensate the person for past services to the former employer ... ." Section 209, and the potential civil and criminal penalties for violations thereof, apply directly not just to the individual employee receiving prohibited payments but also to the "individual, partnership, association, corporation, or other organization" making the payment.
Transitioning to the Transition
Current Executive Branch employees who are detailed to President-elect Trump's transition team remain subject to Executive Branch ethics laws, rules, and regulations but do not violate applicable standards by making agency contacts on behalf of the transition. Similarly, a congressional employee who is working in connection with the transition remains subject to all relevant congressional ethics standards.
Members of the transition team who are not already government employees generally are not subject to federal ethics laws and regulations. Presidents-elect in recent history, however, have promulgated their own codes of ethical conduct that members of the transition team were required to sign and follow. The Trump-Pence transition team has not yet publicly released information as to any such restrictions.
And More Transition ...
This survey covers some, but by no means all, of the ethics issues and concerns that may arise in connection with the presidential transition. Among areas not discussed here are: specific bar rules and other standards applicable to attorneys, supplemental ethics regulations applicable to specific governmental departments and agencies and to specific departmental components, and public financial disclosure requirements for presidential appointees. Regarding the subject of presidential appointee financial disclosure, and transition issues more generally, OGE has a number of guides and resources available at https://www.oge.gov/web/oge.nsf/Resources/PRESIDENTIAL+TRANSITION. For the federal government's official Presidential Transition Directory, go to https://email@example.com. The Center for Presidential Transition, of the Partnership for Public Service, has published a range of presidential transition resources at presidentialtransition.org.
Whatever one's role in the transition from one Administration, or one Congress, to the next, understanding how all the legal standards apply to your specific situation can seem daunting. During past transitions, Wiley Rein's Election Law and Government Ethics Group has assisted officials and employees entering the government, officials and employees leaving the government for the private sector, and their private sector employers in understanding and safely navigating the laws, regulations, and rules of the transition road.
For more information, please contact one of the authors listed.


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This Funko POP! Star Wars Princess Leia Boushh Disguise is a 3.75" stylized figure of Princess Leia wearing the Boushh Armour given to her by Guri. The armour was intended to allow Princess Leia to enter Coruscant without detection.
The armour originally belonged to the Bounty Hunter Boushh and was made up of layered survival gear and a helmet with enhanced vision capability. Although this Funko POP! version features a slightly lighter coloured outfit the helmet is instantly recognisable.
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Every beauty lover knows that Sephora is like a candy shop whenever Christmas rolls around. Pretty, chic packaging and great bundle deals – what's not to like? Here's our list of Christmas picks to suit any need and budget.
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Every beauty lover knows that Sephora is like a candy shop whenever Christmas rolls around. Pretty, chic packaging and great bundle deals – what's not to like? Here's our list of Christmas picks to suit any need and budget.
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You already know and love Becca's signature shimmering skin perfectors, and now the famous highlighter formula has been customised just for the eyes. This gorgeous, limited edition eyeshadow palette houses seven shades in two luxe finishes – satin-matte and high shine. You'll get the same iconic shades like Moonstone, Opal and Topaz, plus two exclusive holiday-inspired hues in Toasted Marshmallow and Hot Cocoa.
Does your T-zone become an oil slick by midday? Keep things matte with these limited edition blotting linens that are designed to absorb excess oil with a refreshing peppermint effect. Each packet comes with 100 sheets.
(Also Read: 9 Natural Beauty Skincare Products That Actually Work)
Give your hair the love it deserves with this shampoo and treatment bundle from Japanese botanical lifestyle brand Botanist. The gentle products will help restore shine and lustre to dull locks so that frizz will be the last thing on your mind as you party through the season. This also comes with a pretty botanical-print pouch that's only available as part of the set.
Perfect as a stocking stuffer or for the office gift exchange, this cute gift set comprises two of the brand's bestsellers. There are three variants to choose from: Beeswax Lip Balm and Mini Hand Salve, Pink Grapefruit Lip Balm and Mini Lemon Butter Cuticle Cream (pictured here), or Ultra Conditioning Lip Balm and Mini Res Q Ointment.
Are you always fishing for stray hair ties or bobby pins in your bag? Keep things organised with this adorable pouch. It also makes a cute travel companion for storing mini skincare or makeup.
Caudalie prides itself on using natural, environmentally-friendly active ingredients. Get a taste of three of the brand's bestselling masks in this handy set. You'll get a travel-sized Moisturizing Mask, Glycolic Peel and Instant Detox Mask – the perfect recipe for a healthier, more radiant complexion. (Also Read: "I've Been Using A Face Mask Every Day For The Last Three Years!")
Start your December on the right note by counting down to Christmas with this fun advent calendar. Each box reveals a surprise beauty treat for 24 days – you'll get body scrubs, hand and foot creams, lip glosses and even a pair of tweezers along the way.
Score 10 professional, vegan makeup brushes made entirely with pure, synthetic hair. Each handcrafted brush is wrapped in a deep, burgundy colour that looks tres chic, plus it comes with a matching pouch to keep all your tools. You'll get the 104 Buffer; 110 Face Shape; 135 Petit Face Definer;137 Petit Fan; 142 Concealer Buffer; 223 Petit Eye Blender; 227 Soft Definer; 233 Cream Shader; 317 Wing Liner and 331 Precision Lip brush with every set.
This is every blush lover's dream! Score 10 deluxe blusher and highlighter shades in this pretty double-sided palette. You'll get a mix of both cool and warm tones in matte and mirco-shimmer finishes. And yes, all shades are powered by Tarte's iconic Amazonian clay for amazing colour payoff and buttery smooth textures.
Give the gift of good hair this Christmas with a Percy & Reed set. The bundle of products works to tame dryness and frizz so that your mane stays manageable throughout the season. You'll get the brand's Moisturising Shampoo, Moisturising Conditioner, No Oil Oil for Thick Hair and Session Hold Hairspray in this pack. (Also Read: 9 Cheap And Good Drugstore Buys Only True Beauty Fans Know About)
This limited edition Creator's Palette features six new Magnetic Matte Lip Color Pencil shades created by six leading beauty and lifestyle social media influencers. These three-in-one lip stains, lip colours and lip liners are super easy to apply and last all day. Plus points for the strong pigments and rich colour payoff too.
Say hello to the latest edition of the cult favourite highlighter and strobing palette – the Ambient Lighting Edit Volume 3. This features three classic favourites and three exclusive new shades to make sure you glow from day to night.
If you've been curious about Foreo's Luna cleansing devices, now's the best time to give it a go. This bundle comes with the Luna Play and Day & Night Cleansers. The Luna Play is good for 100 uses and helps to gently deep cleanse dirt and oil from your pores.
Enjoy all of K-beauty brand Dr Jart+'s bestsellers in this Christmas package. This handy set has all you need for travel: It comes with Ceramidin Cream, Water Drop Hydrating Moisturizer, Premium BB Cream and Dermaclear Micro Foam.
Dress up your pout for the holidays with this lip kit that comes with three Be Legendary lipstick shades in Cognac, Witchy and Stylist Matte, three Always Sharp Lip Liners in Figgy, Nude Medium and Clear, and one Insta-Matte Lipstick Transformer.
Calm frazzled nerves with This Works' signature Deep Sleep Pillow Spray and Stress Check Breathe In aromatherapy roller. Both are generously infused with the brand's signature sleep Superblend – a 100 per cent natural mix of essential oils that feature calming lavender, vetivert and chamomile extracts.
Shine bright this Christmas with Stila's lust-worthy glitter liquid eye shadows. Each shade offers sequin-like shine in a longwearing formula. It's just what you need to add an extra sparkle to your peepers!
One can never have too many nail files – stash one at home, one in your office, and one in your bag for on-the-go emergencies. Keep your nails in tip top condition with these adorable foxy files!
This is just what every face mask addict needs. Take your pick from six of Peter Thomas Roth's signature masks. There's a mask for days where you need a deep clean, or hydration, or brightening…
(Also Read: Want Pretty, Glowing Skin? Start By Eating More Korean Food!)
Chocolate lovers, this palette was made for you. Each of the 11 shades is infused with the brand's signature cocoa powder for a delicious chocolate scent. The compact palette is also slim enough to fit into your travel pouch. All shades come in a buttery smooth matte finish and boast good colour payoff.
Live your mermaid dreams with these vegan, moisture-rich lipsticks. The four limited edition shades – margs (dusty rose), soaked (berry mauve), sandals (cherry) and jetset (black cherry) – are made with shea butter and olive oils to keep your pout soft and smooth for up to 12 hours.
Reveal your most radiant complexion ever with this travel-friendly trio. First, cleanse and gently exfoliate skin with the Glow Mud Cleanser that has glycolic acid. Next, brighten with Pixi's iconic Glow Tonic, an exfoliating toner that helps to speed up skin cell turnover. At night, use the Glow Mud Mask that's made with aloe vera, ginseng and mineral-rich mud to unclog pores.
These hydrating lip balms are the ultimate MLBB (My Lips But Better) shades. Best of all, they're chockfull of antioxidants and botanical oils to keep your pucker hydrated. Each comes with SPF15 protection too.
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Rumizen writes in her outstanding book on knowledge management:
"Action, or the ability to take action, is what makes knowledge valuable. This is the most important criterion for knowledge within an organization. We not only assess what knowledge we need, but we also imagine what critical capability owning that knowledge give us."
Maybe it allows us to serve clients better.
Maybe it helps us do our jobs faster.
Maybe it speeds up our learning curve for new employees.
Another way of saying it comes from my favorite leverage question:
Now that we have this, what else does this make possible?
Every startup should ask this question on a regular basis. Especially if that company has been around for more than a few years. Because odds are, there is an ocean of intellectual oil under their feet with nowhere to go. It's simply a matter of where to drill.
Geologists know this better than anyone. To locate oil, they used advanced tools like gravity meters, magnetometers, electronic sniffers and seismic surveys that send shock waves into the earth, all of which help them find the prospective oil strike.
We do the same thing at our companies. We use our more human tools, like intention and attention, to sniff out the reservoirs of genius that are going underleveraged.
For instance, Hannah Theurer recently struck oil during our process improvement brainstorm. She noticed that our chat platform was the place where team members typically shared a lot of cool, small wins.
But the problem is, that knowledge was getting buried in that channel and was never seen or used again. Hannah's idea was to build an internal database of small wins, use cases, mini case studies, tests, experiments, learnings, insights, tools, strategies and other cool successes. Genius.
Thanks to her, it's not hard to imagine what critical capability owning that knowledge will give us. It's perfect content for sales calls, weekly meetings, even daily communications with clients. And down the road, when that ocean of oil reaches critical mass, perhaps it becomes a proprietary data set our company becomes known for. Who knows?
Daniel Plainview, the great petroleum executive, said it best at the height of his career.
"If I say I'm an oil man, you will agree. Now, you have a great chance here, but bear in mind, you can lose it all if you're not careful. Out of all men that beg for a chance to drill your lots, maybe one in twenty will be oilmen, the rest will be speculators. But you have to act quickly, because very soon these fields will be dry."
If you're thinking about drilling down into the source rock of your organization, focus on how that knowledge will increase your ability to take action.
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Harry M. Radmacher, 84, of Monmouth, Ill., died at 8:45 p.m. Tuesday, Dec. 25, 2012, at Monmouth Nursing Home.
Born May 17, 1928, in Monmouth, he was the son of Harry M. and Esther Camille Greenleaf Radmacher Sr. In July 1970, he married Clarice V. Sands in Monmouth.
Mr. Radmacher began work for his father who owned and operated Radmacher Plumbing and Heating for several years in Monmouth and continued the operations through his career. He retired in 1984.
He grew up in Monmouth, where he attended public schools, high school and Monmouth College. He was a member of First United Methodist Church in Monmouth.
Survivors include his wife; and one niece.
He was preceded in death by his parents and two sisters.
No visitation is planned.
The funeral for Mr. Radmacher will be at 2 p.m. Saturday at Turnbull Funeral Home in Monmouth. Burial will be in Monmouth Cemetery.
A memorial has been established for First United Methodist Church in Monmouth.


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10 beautiful college campuses to explore
Big and small, public and private, the U.S. has a bounty of riches when it comes to gorgeous college campuses.
The following list includes classics but hopefully also a surprise or two. All are worth a special trip, or at least a detour, this summer — whether you're traveling with children and teens and would like to put some dreams in their heads or just want a unique destination combining culture, history, and natural beauty.
Top 10 beautiful campuses:
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William & Mary — Williamsburg, Virginia
Before he designed the University of Virginia, Thomas Jefferson attended William & Mary, the second oldest college in the U.S. and site of the oldest college building still in use, the Christopher Wren Building (1700). The historic section of campus has been restored to its 18th-century appearance — you will truly feel as if you have stepped back in time as you explore the exquisite grounds, which also encompass scenic Lake Matoaka and College Woods. Deepen your experience by including a tour of Colonial Williamsburg right next door.
The University of California at Berkeley
"Cal" — the oldest campus in the renowned UC system — immediately captivates with its energetic, non-conformist vibe and super-cool location across the Bay from San Francisco. Channel that energy because there is a lot to do here! UC Berkeley is home to not one but six natural history museums, as well as the Berkeley Art Museum, the Pacific Film Archive, and a 34-acre botanical research garden complete with redwood grove. All are open to the public year round, as is "The Campanile," the world's third-tallest bell and clock tower and an iconic Cal-Berkeley landmark. Climb the tower for breathtaking views of campus and coast, then listen to the noon carillon concert. Finally, escape the bustle with a quiet wander along the Strawberry Creek paths and bridges which crisscross campus.
Hampshire College — Amherst, Massachusetts
Make quirky, non-traditional Hampshire College (famous grad: documentary filmmaker Ken Burns) your starting point as you explore the bucolic Pioneer Valley of western Massachusetts, also home to the beautiful Amherst, Mt. Holyoke and Smith College campuses as well as UMass Amherst. On the Hampshire campus, visit the Eric Carle Museum of Picture Book Art and the National Yiddish Book Center. Stop off at Atkins Farms Country Market next door for cider donuts before or after biking and hiking the local trails. The Smith and Amherst campuses both host renowned art museums and on a quiet side street in downtown Amherst you will find the Emily Dickinson Museum and Homestead.
Northwestern University — Evanston, Illinois
12 miles north of Chicago on the shore of Lake Michigan, the campus of Northwestern University is an exciting blend of old and new. Pass under "The Arch" (1993) to enjoy a stroll that takes in the gothic-inspired gray stone architecture of the original campus, including University Hall (1868), as well as newer buildings like the McCormick Tribune Center (home of the renowned Medill School of Journalism). The Mary and Leigh Block Museum of Art is top-notch. Make the most of welcome summer breezes off the lake — toss a Frisbee on the campus green or rent a sailboat.
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Lewis and Clark College — Portland, Oregon
Summer is the perfect time to savor the lushness of the Pacific Northwest but when you arrive at Lewis & Clark you will also be greeted by possibly the single most stunning view on any U.S. campus — the snow-white peak of Mt. Hood to the east of the college's hilltop location. There are 137 forested campus acres to explore, with unique, award-winning "green" architecture. Tryon Creek State Natural Area is right across the road and downtown "Portlandia" only a few miles away. You can't go wrong.
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The University of Colorado at Boulder
The warm local sandstone and red tile roofs create a gorgeous contrast with pine-green foothills on this stunning campus nestled against the front range of the Rocky Mountains. The CU Museum of Natural History is among the best of its kind, and Fiske Planetarium and the Sommers-Bausch Observatory are worth a look, too. The Colorado Shakespeare Festival performs on campus (both indoors and outdoors) all summer. Take the CU Boulder "Tree Walk" — just be sure to leave time to chill out on the nearby Boulder Creek Path and wander the shops and cafes of the pedestrian-only Pearl Street Mall.
Furman University — Greenville, South Carolina
Halfway between Great Smoky Mountains National Park and gorgeous Atlantic beaches is one of the most beautiful and unique college campuses in the country. In fact, according to the American Society of Landscape Architects, it is one of the most beautiful places, campus or not. Stroll miles of paved, forest-fringed trails alongside a spring-fed lake. Enjoy the striking Florentine bell tower, Asian gardens, and a replica of Henry Thoreau's cabin.
College of the Atlantic — Bar Harbor, Maine
You will not just stumble upon this tiny gem of a college, dedicated to teaching the liberal arts through a human ecological perspective, on Mount Desert Island in "down east" Maine, but it is worth a special trip. The campus is a unique blend of 19th-century seaside estates (transformed into student residences) and 21st-century sustainable design. Terraced gardens lead down to a cobble beach. There is an art gallery and natural history museum, and downtown Bar Harbor and Acadia National Park are each only about a mile off. You'll work up an appetite for the award-winning food at the college's "Sea Urchin Café." Anyone in the mood for lobster?
Cornell University — Ithaca, New York
The Ivy League is full of regal, culture-rich campuses, but here is the one you want to make sure to visit during the summer. Cornell is one of the world's premier research universities but also a top "green campus" located in the heart of upstate New York's scenic Finger Lakes region. Right on campus you can hike trails down into the Fall Creek and Cascadilla Gorges. Visit the Johnson Museum of Art and the Morgan Garden, a Japanese dry-landscape garden. Close by, sail on Cayuga Lake, birdwatch in the "Sapsucker Woods" of the Cornell Lab of Ornithology, or walk the pedestrian-only Ithaca Commons.
The University of Texas at Austin
The flagship school of the UT system is a sprawling, beautiful southwestern campus with so much to do and see it's almost criminal. Begin outdoors with a tour of the "Landmarks" public art collection — 35 modern and contemporary pieces dotted around the 433-acre campus and one of its most distinguishing features. Don't miss the Blanton Museum of Art, the Harry Ransom Center (special collections of books, manuscripts and photography), and the Dolph Briscoe Center for American History. Finally, kick back in the Cactus Café on campus for terrific regional food and (of course — this is Austin!) live music.
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