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Thinking of the struggle for the freedom of movement as moments when people refuse the border and oppose the state – either intentionally or unintentionally – poses a challenge. Migration is an issue so deeply shaped and inscribed by the state. As Aaron Zolberg suggests, the very definition of migration – as movement across territorial borders – presupposes the existence of the state (Zolberg 1981). We may refuse the border and oppose the state, but too often it's also the state that we have to appeal to if we want to secure greater freedoms. We demand rights from the state, when it's the state that denies us rights in the first place (cf. Arendt 1973 [1951]). This paradox creates a dilemma for any struggle that opposes the state. It's a dilemma that comes up time and again in grassroots struggles of all kinds, and can be better illustrated in the case of no border struggles through a few examples.We may refuse the border and oppose the state, but too often it's also the state that we have to appeal to if we want to secure greater freedoms
In the UK a common way of showing solidarity with the struggle for the freedom of movement is to visit people held in detention prisons. It's a way of offering practical and emotional support to the imprisoned, and showing that they're not forgotten just because the state tries to hide them away. Groups have held numerous demos outside such prisons, while the inmates have held hunger strikes and demonstrations and taken direct action from the inside. Both have strengthened each other. Visiting people in detention is also a way of better understanding the lived experiences of those directly affected by border controls. It's the basis for taking further action against such places. In numerous cases, access to information about 'life inside' has led visitors' groups to make complaints and publish information about poor treatment, which has resulted in improvements. This has positive effects for those who are subject to imprisonment, but it undermines any aim to end immigration detention altogether, because it suggests that the problem can be solved through better treatment, and not the end of detention itself.
Ultimately, detainee visitors' groups end up struggling with the idea that, while they oppose detention, what they do also reinforces the idea that immigration detention is legitimate.
In Greece the struggle for the freedom of movement has led to three campaigns for the mass regularization of illegalized people in the country. In each case people have debated how legalization effectively reinforces the state's right to decide. Regularization amnesties are time limited, with conditions that disqualify large sections of the illegalized population. They often pave the way for harsher migration policies too (Nyers 2010). As such, such amnesties refine and redefine the regime of control, even as they bring about real material improvements for many at that time (DeGenova 2002). Resistance to the border always seems faced with the dilemma of how to refuse the state while also engaging with it. I think this is the main dilemma of any kind of politics that seeks to refuse the state, and I return to this dilemma time and again throughout my book No Borders.
People and groups adopt different strategies to negotiate this dilemma. This can lead to conflicts between those who resist in different ways. Some resist by engaging with the state in order to secure further freedoms. People launch campaigns that demand regularization, or that demonstrate that our cities are places of sanctuary (cf. Cissé 1996; Squire and Bagelman 2012). For others, however, the very fact that such freedoms are controlled by the state is the site of struggle. Such differences can be a dynamic force that generates diversity in our resistance. But such differences become problematic when they are seen as absolute, incompatible and insurmountable. They risk weakening such struggles at a time when it is more urgent than ever to mount a forceful collective and diverse resistance against the steady infestation of border controls throughout our social world. How to enact a radical politics when so constrained by the state? How to find common ground when our aims sometimes appear like opposites?
This dilemma leads me to modify my question: How do we resist borders, in a current reality in which borders proliferate?
No Borders is my attempt to understand a certain kind of struggle against the border regime, and it came about because of my own involvement in this struggle. How I came to write this book and to ask these questions is the result of an evolution in my own thinking around how migration affects me and how I want to live my life.
Ten years ago I worked for a refugee rights organization that (among many other things) lobbied government for positive changes to the refugee regime in the UK. We demanded an end to the detention of children, and at best got assurances that safeguards would be put in place to protect their welfare while in detention. We demanded an end to the destitution of refused asylum seekers, a situation that people at the end of the asylum process still face. We reserved our energy for refugees, but said nothing about all the other people who arrived without permission. We didn't go there, and I put that decision and distinction out of my mind. I remember we always said that we weren't a political organization, but a humanitarian one. That statement seems naïve to me now.
Lobbying didn't bring anything like the kind of changes I had in mind. It felt like dreaming small. And the uncomfortable feeling I got from focusing only on the rights of refugees never really went away. I left that organization and found myself involved in more grassroots projects supporting travellers of different kinds. I started to think, why was it that refugees were legitimate travellers but others weren't? If everybody had the right to travel, then maybe the system that prohibited that was wrong. Looking back now, that thought process seems naïve too. But we're not taught to question the very basis of the system that we live in. It was a very simple thought, but it took me a long while to reach it.
Reaching that conclusion opened up a whole new world. I started to visit Calais and spend time with other people who came to that city and who identified in some way with the idea of the freedom of movement. We distributed clothes, tents, wood and building materials to people who were stuck in that city trying to cross to the UK. We cooked food together, hung out, held parties, visited people in the detention prison there. Others opened squats where we and other people could rest. We lived together with people trying to cross. I went to my first No Borders camp in Brussels in 2009 and was blown away by how well 800 people managed to meet their needs inclusively, collectively and creatively in this wonderful temporary community. I have stayed involved in Calais, and through those experiences become connected to a vast network of people and places that continue to try to make those wonderful, collective, creative (and sometimes less temporary) communities. This thing I'm a part of, this movement, for want of a better word, feels fierce and loving. It feels like an intensity of living. It's a way of being that doesn't so much point out what's wrong with the system (although a lot of that happens too), but is other to it.
So in some sense, No Borders is not really about migration at all, but about a certain way of being that's other to the system; that creates or has the potential to create supportive, collaborative and non-dominating communities of people of different backgrounds. It includes anti-deportation campaigns, detention visitor projects, language clubs, No Borders camps and detention prison blockades, but it's also connected to the ways people create other communities more generally, from squatting and occupying land, to holding free parties. Migration is a point of orientation, but not the entirety of what I'm talking about here. I ask the questions I do and pose the dilemmas I do because these are issues I have come across time and again through my involvement in the struggle for the freedom of movement. And when I say 'we', I'm talking about all of us who share the feeling that the freedom of movement is everybody's freedom. It's from this standpoint that I talk. In asking these questions, I hope that we can better understand this practice, become more fierce and loving. Like Paul Chatterton, 'I want to galvanize dissent, normalize critique, and make radical alternatives seem like real possibilities for our times' (Chatterton 2008: 426).
So, how do we resist the border, in a current reality in which borders proliferate? On the one hand, this question speaks to those struggles against the border that exist in the here and now (how can we resist?). On the other hand, it points to a possible future (is it possible to create a world free of borders?). No border struggles are utopian, to the extent that they always negotiate between an existing reality that's highly bordered, and a borderless future that appears to be always ahead of us. As one interviewee put it, 'We're always on a walk towards no borders … It's a constant aspiration and tension' (interview, Anon. 4). It inherently involves changing the present by thinking beyond what is.
Yet this connection with what is also makes no border struggles incredibly realistic. A friend suggested that 'no borders is happening all the time, and that the time perspective for struggle is now … that the time to live is now, with all its bitterness and defeats but also with its victories and joy' (interview, Anon. 9).
Critical resistance speaks to that intent to contest the status quo and bring about radical – utopian – social change (Hoy 2004). Put another way, critical resistance is about doing and imagining, practice and theory. Yet to set theory and practice apart from each other can rob critical resistance of its power.
Critical resistance, then, comes from the feedback loop between theory and practice. A word for this feedback loop is praxis. It's a grand-sounding word for something that people are doing all the time. Whenever we critically reflect on our experience and how the world could be, and we put into practice those reflections, we are engaged in praxis (Bell et al. 1990; Freire 2005 [1970]; Moss 2004). No borders, as a particular politics, is already inherently praxis-based in that it seeks to go beyond what is, think about how things could be otherwise, and then put that into practice. I have sought to mimic this process in this book, and this book is the outcome of a praxis-based approach. It has meant I have sought to weave practice and theory together. This approach is reflected in my desire to create scholarship that's directly relevant to existing struggles against the border now, and a research method that embedded me in those struggles and that used my experiences of activism as a subject of study. This approach has also compelled me to transgress the borders within theory; to not be 'faithful' to any one theory so much as to use them as tools that can contextualize and shed further meaning on a no borders politics.
This has also meant I've been strategic in my use/choices, focusing on those theories which help me to elaborate on what a no borders politics means, rather than providing an exhaustive review of certain concepts. Approaching knowledge in this way enables me to draw out the tensions and dilemmas that appear in a somewhat utopian politics when practised in reality. I'm not seeking to impose a single theory upon this movement, but to shed more light on its diversity.
This is an extract from the Introduction to Natasha King's No Borders


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Australia Embassy and Universitas Islam Negeri Syarif Hidayatullah
present a Contemporary Islam Seminar
On 20 September 2017, the Australian Embassy will co-host a Contemporary Islam Seminar in partnership with Universitas Islam Negeri (UIN) Syarif Hidayatullah, at UIN's South Tangerang Campus, FISIP theatre, from 2:30pm to 5pm.
The event aims to show-case our Australian alumnis' voices on the multi-dimensional facets of contemporary Islam in Indonesia and Australia.
The event will include both 'TED-style' presentations by prominent alumni (who have studied in Australia), a networking session, and the launch of a compendium of written work on Contemporary Islam in Indonesia and Australia by alumni drawn from across Indonesia.
The keynote address will be delivered by Professor Mohamad Abdalla, Director of the University of South Australia's Centre for Islamic Thought and Education, focusing on his perspectives of Islam in Australia.
He will be joined by five prominent alumni speakers who will present their thoughts on the value of Islamic education and the role of Islam in modern world. Speakers include:
- Fahd Pahdepie: (Monash alumnus): Best-selling writer and entrepreneur (inspirasi.co) and winner of 2017 Outstanding Young Alumni Award
- Amelia Fauzia (Uni Melbourne alumnus and UNSW visiting fellow): Lecturer, UIN, and Senior Research Fellow at the Asia Research Institute
- Nina Nurmila (Murdoch alumnus): Senior Lecturer, UIN and Commissioner, National Commission on Violence against Women (Komnas Perempuan)
- Noor Huda Ismail (Monash alumnus): Executive Director, The Institute for International Peace Building, Producer of acclaimed documentary Jihad Selfie
- Ismatu Ropi (ANU alumnus): Senior Lecturer and Director of Research, Centre for the Study of Islam and Society, UIN
The event is an activity born from the Australian Embassy's Alumni Engagement Strategy 2016-2020. Alumni engagement remains a top priority for the Australian Embassy and the Indonesian and Australian Governments remain commitment to cooperation on education and people-to-people ties. (usa/sam)
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Ace Combat Infinity announced. [current gen]
Diablo posted a topic in Gaming DiscussionThe next iteration of the popular and typically graphically splendid Ace Combat has been announced and even though it may be a small teaser, it's definitely good to see that there will be another chance to 'Dance with the Angels'.
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Test Drive: Ferrari Racing Legends Announced!
Diablo posted a topic in Driving & Racing GamesToday or yesterday, not sure quite when but the next game in the TEST DRIVE series was announced and we were close as it's actually titled Test Drive: Ferrari Racing Legends. Developed by Slightly Mad Studios and being published by everyone it seems, the game will be out in March [probably] and will be available for PC, Xbox 360 and PS3. Press Releases are available but not in English as far as I can see so the below is loosely and dodgily translated by Google but you can get the gist of it all the same. Boxart appears to be shown also via Gamestop. Officially Released Media
Skyrim Hearthfire DLC Announced
iNotACactus posted a topic in Gaming DiscussionStill no word on Dawnguard PS3 of course, but good news! The 360 DLC exclusivity was only for 2 DLCs and this is the 2nd one, so PC/PS3 players can be at least somewhat hopeful.
TDFRL Release Date announced!
Diablo posted a topic in Driving & Racing GamesGet ready for this..... Ready? Are you sure? US, France, Germany, Benelux, Italy, Poland and Scandinavia: 8th June 2012 UK: Later! Australia: September Outstanding collaboration I think you'll agree. :fp:
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PS3 System Software v2.60
Nodz86 posted a topic in Gaming DiscussionPS3 System Software 2.60 announced… 20 Jan SCEE has just sent us some news about the latest version of the System Software - 2.60. Click through for more info… The PLAYSTATION®3 experience gets even better with the 2.60 System Software Update: Create photo galleries and playlists and relive your video moments Access PlayStation®Store without an account! Sony Computer Entertainment Europe (SCEE) is pleased to announce the latest upgrade (system software update version 2.60) for PLAYSTATION®3 (PS3™). The PS3 experience is about more than just games; it's also about movies, pictures, music, video and more. This is in part thanks to PlayStation®Network, the online space that opens up a world of new and exciting entertainment offerings. Following on from the success of the last enhancement to the service, version 2.60 is available to download from January 21, 2009 and comes with a host of new features that will give PS3 owners an even better experience. First is the new Photo Gallery application where you can group photos in various ways including by date and time, by event or by the number of people in the photos – you can even create a playlist that groups expressions (e.g. smiles) or age categories, like adults and children. You can also create a playlist of selected photos and select a photo frame for the playlist, which can also be played with your own music tracks – ideal for saving your family or holiday photos in a way that's simple to access and easy to enjoy. But the new features don't end there: Sony Computer Entertainment have now added the ability to play DivX 3.11 encoded video files – great for reliving some of those hilarious home video moments. Plus, if you've always wanted to see what PlayStation®Store has to offer but haven't yet registered on PlayStation Network, those days are now over. Simply go and take a look at the latest trailers, games demos, exclusive content and loads more at the click of a button, before you decide to create a PlayStation Network account. PS3 and PlayStation Network are constantly evolving to sit at the heart of your entertainment world as more and more new games, new services and new entertainment experiences arrive. The features in the 2.60 enhancement are well worth experiencing for yourself. From threespeech


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Today´s post is a bit of geographic challenge. We made a list of 25 spectacular cities that are identifiable with one picture featuring some of the typical scene or landmarks of that particular city. To make it a bit easier for you, we added a little hint to each of the pictures. If you want to give it a try and test your geographical knowledge, please stop reading here and start looking at the first picture because the correct answers follows. Paris, London, Los Angeles, Athens, Rio de Janeiro, Rome, Beijing, Chicago, Barcelona, Moscow, Prague, Cairo, Buenos Aires, Brussels, Milano, Dubai, Sydney, Bangkok, Berlin, Atlanta, Johannesburg, Amsterdam, Kuala Lumpur, Istanbul, Lisbon.
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"What qualifies a 2-year-old to train a grown man?"
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It's true what people said. The loss of one people is the gain of the other. Well, this saying is not to be perceived in a negative connotation. It's just to paint the scenario happened. That was what happened to me .
One for the nostalgia.
This year, I don't teach Year 6 pupils; hence the likelihood of me joining any school activities pertaining Year 6 pupils is definitely scarce. So happened that this annual trip for Year 6 pupils witnessed lacks of male-teachers due to some of the colleagues had to bail out in the eleventh hour. Initially, I was feeling reluctant but then I pitied Kak Wahida because it would be quite hassle to handle 70++ pupils without male teacher (you know adolescent kids!). So, took my travelling bag and off I went!
A pupil took this for me on the cruise boat's top. Scenic, isn't it?
From the balcony of in-house garden at Kompleks Sri Perdana, Putrajaya. Majectic! This is Malaysia y'all. Do come! (,")
The first destination was the Sri Perdana Complex; which houses the house of Prime Minister of Malaysia. Instantaneously, the ambiance of entering White House ala "The Butler" movie was eminent! We were scanned by the officers there and were greeted by the aides in the compound. Unfortunately, we were not allowed to photograph the interior designs or ornaments inside the complex! Anyway, we were asked to cover up our shoes with blue nylon (Hermm….); perhaps to avoid from the dirt and everything.
Lining up and to be scanned before entering.
Briefing before entering. No camera allowed – unfortunately!
Blue nylon wrapper to avoid dirt! Hmmmmmm…..
In the interior garden.
It was really majestic inside. The signs of wealth is inevitable with frames of pictures decorated with pink diamonds (which I think must cost a fortune per frame!) and golden paintings. I love the idea of house garden with balcony. Such majestic vista, Subhanallah! It was a rare chance that individuals hardly get by, innit?
The Putrajaya Lake Cruise. Unfortunately, quite unprofessional. Read the following scene. Hopefully, the management takes note and never shun any parties deem as "mediocre" as all customers PAY, hence, should be treated EQUALLY. If not, you are going to get bad reviews from mouth to mouth.
Next, we went to Putrajaya Lakeside Cruise. Tentatively, the officer who dealt with Cikgu Arfah asked our entourage to be there before 12.00 o'clock in the afternoon so that we would be able to catch up with other destination (Wet World in Shah Alam). But, ALAS! When we arrived there, the officer which I think was Cik/Puan Hawa or whoever was absent and didn't acknowledge our arrival to the crew and we were asked to wait until 1.00 o'clock before we could board the boat because caterers were still in "process of preparing food"!!! THIS WAS UNACCEPTABLE because we running against time for Shah Alam's Wet World! Kak Wahida & Cikgu Arfah were frustrated and we complaint to the people there but prove to no avail – and the officers just LEFT US???!!!! We were angry and at the verge of calling the CEO namely Puan Zaharah (as per stated in the business card) but luckily for the officers, she didn't pick up the phone! Alhamdulillah, in the middle of chaotic atmosphere, the boat captain came to alleviate our angst and ordered the caterer to prepare the meals! At last by 12.45 p.m. after 45 minutes of waiting; we finally allowed to board the boats!
Luncheon on the boat to alleviate the hungry and angry atmosphere!
But yeah, the scenery was breathtaking. The 1 hour journey was very therapeutic seeing God's beautiful creations around Putrajaya. And what's more, we got to eat; which coincided with what people say – "hungry men make angry men!". Subhanallah!
Under the bridge!
Around 1.45 p.m.; we went to Putra Mosque for Zuhr but it was raining heavily. Still, we managed to push off to Shah Alam and arrived there circa 4.00 p.m.
One of oldest theme parks in Shah Alam. Ala Hong Kong's Ocean Park!
Quite small but just nice. (,")
I rarely explore Shah Alam so I never knew about the existence of such water park. So happened that Kak Ida, the clerk in my school who joined us told me that the park was an old amusement park way before Sunway Lagoon was built! I guess Wet World was like the Hong Kong's Ocean Park (old). Still, the kids enjoyed themselves. I was itchy to jump into the water but I didn't bring extra clothes and somehow, the idea of bathing with the pupils seemed awkward; so I cancelled the intention. I just loafed around taking pictures and had chit chatted with my colleagues.
The kids were enjoying themselves!
Around 6.00 o'clock, we pushed off to Sultan Salahuddin Aziz Shah's Mosque; or affectionately known as the Blue Mosque. I've always wanted to go there because I always seen the mosque via TV when I was little! It was so big and apparently once was touted as the biggest mosque in South East Asia until the throne was toppled by a mosque in Indonesia. It was regal and majestic and I think it suits to be the icon for Shah Alam. Subhanallah! We pushed off from Shah Alam after Maghrib prayer (after quite heated atmosphere) and arrived in Serendah approximately circa 8.50 p.m. On whole, it was a great experience!
Subhanallah! Love the ambiance of the mosque. Finally, I made it there! Yeay! It's kinda lame jubilation because as a child who grew up far from KL and Selangor, you always see the mosque in TV and always wanted to go there. Hahaha!
On Sunday, it was all for the social calendar! Had opportunity to watch "Escape Plan" starring two legendary action stars – Arnold Schwazernegger, the ex-California Governor & Slyvester Stallone. I thought the movie was entertaining although of course, it is not an Oscar material! Hahaha… I guess Jim Caviezel was dangerously enticing as the antagonist – a crazy ex-army who has the habit of clutching the freedom of the detainees to the max! Kudos to the brilliant scriptwriter and I learned new thing from the movie – a SEXTANT is used to determine the angles between two things; and can be used to distinguish constellations! Amazing, innit? I give 3.5 stars out of 5 stars!
The movie poster.
Above all, it is a wonderful trip! Truly like people say – "The loss of one people is the gain of the other" (,")
19th October 2013. (,")


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At OHS we hold events for our students and invite external speakers to share their expertise knowledge in their field of Psychology with our students.
Our Y12 students often visit the Department of Experimental Psychology at the University of Oxford. This provides our A-Level students planning to take Psychology at University with a chance to experience a real research setting, the research laboratory and gives them an opportunity take part in a study of their perception of time! Our girls really enjoy their time at the department and have also attended an MSc Poster Presentation where students present the findings of their highly interesting research projects. We are delighted to offer them this exciting opportunity to learn about research at post graduate level, as well as to meet the supervisors of the MSc students, who are all eminent researchers themselves.
Each year, our Year 12 Psychology students visit the Brain Network Dynamics Unit. The open day is designed specifically for A-Level students where they attend talks on the use of animals in medical research, computer simulation and brain simulation, as well as neural aspects of memory. They are also given a fabulous opportunity to attend a practical session into synaptic plasticity in the brain, the brain in Parkinson's disease and a human brain stimulation demonstration. We usually finish the lovely day with lunch in the park in (hopefully!) the beautiful spring weather.
The Psychology students also enjoy a day in Warwick at the Power of the Mind Conference, attending fascinating key note speakers in the areas of the Science of Laughter, and the Psychology of Cognitive Neuroscience and Anxiety disorders. One year, the girls were delighted to listen to Dr Sam Wass from the University of Cambridge (who is famous for his contribution to 'The Secret Life of 4 Year Olds') exploring the Development of Attention. The day usually finishes with the students exploring the impact of Dancing on the Brain as we all get up on our feet and dance together with Dr Peter Lovatt!


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How to decorate Coffee Theme Kitchen Decor
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The coffees are enigmatic places that awaken relaxation, creativity and conversation. Bring that same sense of comfort and joy of life to coffee theme kitchen decor.
Instructions of decorate coffee theme kitchen decor:
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- Paint walls with different colors if you think you do not fit the current theme cafe. The light brown, tan, or tan, or golden yellow is earth tones, similar to the tones of coffee theme kitchen decor.
- Place a few pieces on the walls of unpretentious art, made by you or any artist premises. These might include photos in black, landscape scenes, or musical instruments and white abstract
- Transform your kitchen island or countertop spacious coffee bar. Place coffee beans, tea leaves, sugar and tea bags in clear bottles or cans.
- Put some plants in your cafe style kitchen. Rental Decorating Digest recommends creeping plants such as ivy and geraniums, but any plant that you like will give vitality to the room.
- Get a music source in your coffee. For a retro atmosphere, an old record player placed on a side table and put a basket with the discs. A local radio station is also suited to jazz coffee theme.
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Taylor Momsen Biography
Nationality: American
Famous: Actresses Rock Singers
Age: 26 Years, 26 Year Old Females
Sun Sign: Leo
Also Known As: Taylor Michel Momsen, Momsen, Taylor, Little J
Born in: St. Louis, Missouri, United States
Famous as: TV Actress, Singer-songwriter, Actress
Height: 5'8" (173 cm), 5'8" Females
father: Michael Momsen
mother: Colette Momsen
siblings: Sloane Momsen
U.S. State: Missouri
education: Professional Performing Arts School, Herbert Hoover Middle School
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- Taylor Momsen has been the cover girl for 'Seventeen', `Maxim', 'Revolver' and many other magazines. She is the brand girl for John Galliano's perfume ad campaign and has also appeared as the face of Madonna's 'Material Girl' fashion line.She is also a singer and guitarist. She along with Ben Philips (guitarist) leads the band 'The Pretty Reckless' where her vocals pilot the gang in their rock n roll journey.As an actress, 'Gossip Girl' is where she started making waves in the role of 'Jenny Humphrey' in 2007. In the midst of the series she took a three-year long break with only sporadic appearances, but returned for the final season. Her fourth single 'Kill Me' (The Pretty Reckless) aired in its final episode.Her band's first album 'Light Me Up' (released August 30, 2010) was a huge hit; some of its songs were featured in the musical scores of the 'Vampire Diaries' series and in the movie 'Kick-ass'.Taylor Momsen has been on a lot of world tours since forming the band. Her large fan following has made these trips huge sensations in Ireland, Europe, North America, UK and many other countries.The years from 2013 to 2015 witnessed the release of the band's second album 'Going to Hell' along with hit singles like 'Fucked Up World', 'Follow Me Down' and 'Heaven Knows'.In October 2016 the band released their third album 'Who You Selling For'. The lead single reached the No.1 position in the Billboard's Mainstream Rock chart.Recommended Lists:
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- Taylor Momsen's flings have been in the limelight a number of times. She was one of the youngest teenagers (then 14 years) in the news to have been spotted with a boyfriend. It was none other than 'Skander Keynes' of the 'Chronicles of Narnia' fame. The rumored romance was short-lived.When 17 years of age, she came into the media glare for her involvement with fellow musician Natt Weller. Sources point out that this romance did not last long too.She was also linked to Jack Osbourne (Ozzy Osbourne's son). However nothing came out of this alleged involvement as well. She presently declares her 'only love' for music and nothing else.She is one of the children who have an unclaimed account in 'Coogan' (California Child Actor's Bill) instituted for 'child performers' whose portion of earnings is set aside for use in adulthood.She accuses her parents of pushing her into work when very young and blames her 'shitty' attitude to be a result of their parenting.
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It was impossible not to fall a little bit in love with WALL-E, the brave wee robot from Disney Pixar's amazing film. But few of us would dream of going to the lengths of engineer Dale Wood. He has embarked upon a remarkable journey to build a life size model of his favorite Robot.
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For starters, it looks fantastic – it's like fluro pink/red coloured water, looking bright and positively radiating health. This smells the goods too, like candied raspberries and pretty pink lollies. Yet the taste is underdone and surprisingly thin – it's not even that sweet – with a palate that starts off correctly, with juicy raspberry juice, but falls away before the mid palate has even begun, almost as if the back half of the wine has fallen down the back of the couch. It finishes with a textural tartness too that is almost tacky and just a bit hard too swallow. It's almost as if it has been through some super harsh filtration and they have removed all the flavour (and acidity) in the process.The end result is awkwardness, awkwardness in a wine known for it's simple drinkability, and awkwardness makes you question what all the fuss is about.
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Wiki - HackaThon
APW 2104 Hackathon
The hackathon will take place in the nice office of ncm.at, which you might remember from last years workshop. http://act.useperl.at/apw2014/venue.html#hackathon you can find more info about the venue.
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Please tell us what you did! Even if you didn't finish, or failed, everybody will like to hear about it.
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View Road School takes action on Tidy Kiwi pledge
Press Release – Be A Tidy Kiwi
Franklin's View Road School children are leading by example and picking up litter throughout Waiuku this morning, Be A Tidy Kiwi said today.
"There is nothing more heartwarming or powerful than helping our rangatahi put their words into action," said Be A Tidy Kiwi spokesperson, Richard Leckinger.
Franklin Local Board, Be A Tidy Kiwi and the Tread Lightly Caravan have joined forces to support the school children. Be A Tidy Kiwi is running a national BandTogether campaign asking everyone to take the Be A Tidy Kiwi pledge and to put litter in its place. The Tread Lightly Caravan is Auckland's mobile environmental education classroom inspiring New Zealanders to live sustainably.
"The board has already taken the pledge and it's wonderful to see a new generation committing to putting litter in the right place," Franklin Local Board member Sharlene Druyven said.
"We have to reinforce the message that the days when you could just lob your takeaway wrapper out the car window are long gone, and the board is grateful these children are prepared to carry that message forward."
"A Litter Blitz is a great example of students leading the way and taking action in their community. This event works on many levels to engage and educate everyone on the issue of litter in our community and where the litter is coming from," Katie Jones, General Manager of the Tread Lightly Caravan said.
"So much of our littering is automatic and so much of our litter is invisible. Taking the time to see it, pick it up and count it brings the negative aspects of littering into sharp focus," Mr Leckinger said.
"Students everywhere are taking a keen interest in how we interact with our environment, for better or worse. Making good on their Tidy Kiwi pledge not only creates pro-social habits, it empowers our children to proactively look after the world they will soon inherit.
"We encourage everyone to go to the BandTogether.co.nz website and make the pledge," Mr Leckinger said.
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What I Can Teach You About Solutions
The Characteristics To Look for When Hiring A Good Moving Company
To move into a new apartment or premises can be very animating and energizing.It provides a fresh start and new hope for you and your family. The moving process consists of organizing things and arranging them into boxes, however, this process of moving can be stressful. One can employ various moving companies to move his or her properties.The moving companies move your belongings safely. Thus they are very beneficial. It is important to hire a moving company services instead of moving your furniture and belongings by your own means. It is basic that you select a reliable moving company before employing one.There are different things to take into consideration in selecting a good company. Below are the elements of a dependable moving organization.
A good company has to have a good reputation. Checking at its review and getting some data about it from a couple of individuals to know their sentiment of the association you want to enroll is important. Public opinion on the company is important. A moving organization ought to have the knowledge of doing the moving procedure. The movers ought to be very skilled. They ought to possess the recent tools for conveying diverse sizes and types of things. They also should ensure that your belongings get minimum or no damage.
Ensure that the organization has stylish schemes for transportation. They possess distinctive sorts of cars that are equipped for passing on substantial heaps of your things. These automobiles are, for instance, trailers, cargo trucks and pass on vans. These vehicles should be fast, safe and spacious for both you and your belongings.
It is important to look for a moving company that has an insurance plan. It is basic to have a company that has an insurance coverage plan during the relocating process.This will help you in knowing that your belongings and investments are safe and secure. The insurance plan rate will depend upon the weight and measure of your belongings to be moved.Consider also the cost of the firm.Get the chance to differentiate costs of diverse companies to hire one that fits your financial plan. Become more acquainted with their scope of services as there are organizations that do not offer every single moving services.Similarly it is fundamental to know if the moving company you select is approved.Request to see the license of the company.This will help you avoid fraud and your property being stolen.A moving company that has all this elements is worth your money.
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Myths and Truths about Retail Business Intelligence Systems
The turbulent business environment has become complex and challenging for retailers. The equation of success is redefined constantly with multiple players, and many variables.
Businesses look upon IT infrastructure as great levellers to address this complexity, to solve issues of inefficiencies and to tap opportunities that will help profits soar. However, the promise of innovative solutions and quick answers to success has created a blind dependency on IT systems, especially Business Intelligence (BI) systems, which may not be best suited to a certain business. Therefore, decision-makers need to carefully weigh the pros and cons of each BI system before they buy them. In fact, after implementing a BI system, businesses have discovered that it often does not produce the right results for them, and then to remedy the specifications often costs them more than the original price of the solution itself.
The retail industry, which functions very differently from other industries, is no exception. Interestingly, within the retail industry itself, there are several different flavors of business, all of which may be similar in operation at the surface but very different as one scratches beyond the surface. For instance, retailing of apparel and grocery are very similar in their operations where numbers change constantly, sometimes every single second. However, a closer look reveals that there exist many differences like the perishable nature of groceries and the varying seasonal demand of apparels.
Therefore, it is very essential for the IT department in a company to understand the nuances of business and apply relevant parameters which result in analytics that provide game-changing information. Here are five myths that organizations have about BI systems.
BI Systems need not be retail – centric
Most analytic products claim to address issues that businesses usually face. Organizations are led to believe that the best solution is to purchase existing (but generic) ERP, CRM or BI analytics products available in the market and integrate them in their systems. This approach has a merit if the business is looked at from a surface level. Probe deeper and you will find that the demands of no two retail businesses are the same.
Take for instance the size of the network in a retail supply chain. There are multiple warehouses and many retail locations. The sheer number of items dealt within the retail stores is huge. An out-of-stock situation is a retailers nightmare. Therefore, warehouse planning is crucial to managing the flow of merchandise through optimal transportation.
Another example is of a typical grocery store in the US that, on an average, is spread across 47,500 sq. ft and sells 45,000 different items, according to the Food & Marketing Institute. Add to this the large number of vendor shipping locations to the network and you get an unwieldy and complex scenario that retailers find difficult to manage even through a generic BI analytics.
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Retail-centric Intelligence can change the game around
A leading specialty retailer of Gaming products operating more than 1500 stores in Europe, implemented a generic BI platform for its management decision support.
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Competing in a dynamic market where products have a short lifecycle, where customers are always looking for new products, with seasonal events playing a disrupting role in demand predictability, the retailers needed to act quickly and decisively to capitalize on marketing opportunities. But because the BI platform was not retail-specific, the retailer was faced with the problem of delayed information which was often not actionable.
This lead the retailer to opt for a Retail Business Intelligence application that understood the business, and provided over 500 pre-built KPIs and several analytic applications across merchandising, operations, inventory, suppliers, promotions, and almost all major functions in retail merchandising.
Without having to depend on a large and complex analyst and technology workforce, the Retail Business Intelligence solution proved to be the game-changing advantage for the retailer.
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Industry generic BI helps to meet the demands of time
Challenges change. New variables come into play and some old ones become irrelevant. Conventional BI systems are not built to evolve with time. They operate on old metrics, resulting in irrelevant data for retailers.
Industry generic BI platforms cannot tackle scalability. It is true that new add-on applications can be built and integrated, but this may result in a weak and crumbling architecture churning out data that may not be appropriate for the business. Instead, it would be useful to have an architecture that can anticipate market conditions and not attempt to integrate these later.
The underlying data architecture, responsible for storing data and operating analytics displayed in business intelligence reports, should not be a black box created for a specific purpose and left alone. Proper data structures and architecture allow for different types of data and transactions to be used as needed. New and existing data sources should complement one another, allowing detailed analysis in each targeted subject area. With each targeted effort, you want to further fulfil the enterprise vision.
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You need to grow with change
Within a few months after implementing a generic BI platform for the merchandising team, a leading discount retailer operating 400 stores across Germany realised that the generic BI platform required frequent modifications and developments to answer the constantly evolving business scenarios.
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Operating in a highly competitive market, the merchandising team had to closely monitor the market, plan innovative promotions and pricing strategies to drive customer traffic and sales. And every time they needed a new piece of information, the system administrators and software developers took a long time to provide the answers.
The BI system began to weaken in many areas and showed incorrect numbers that did not match their ERP data. The system crashed frequently when they needed to investigate sales at an item level, and weekly reports were often delayed by more than 24 hours.
The retailer decided to replace the generic BI platform with a retail business intelligence application. Even after having used it for more than three years now, the Retail BI system continues to handle data volumes, which grew from 250GB to 2TB. The solution continues to deliver intelligence in a few seconds and support every new requirement instantly without any development overheads.
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The ´Rear View´ approach helps managers to plan ahead
A Rear View of how your business fared is not enough to compete in today's dynamic market. A retailer may realize the pitfalls, but that will certainly not help him in a market, where the change is sometimes fairly dramatic every single minute. What happens with most analytics and BI systems available today is that by the time you get information there is no time to react. It is not enough to provide voluminous access to information and expect good decisions. The need is to have access to predictive and actionable data that is logically presented, and to look for new, not missed, opportunities.
The reality of the market is demonstrated by dramatic shifts in consumer behavior, ranging from withholding spending to bargain hunting. This has resulted in retailers looking for ways to justify marketing investments, which can optimize revenue. In this context, retailers feel the need for innovative solutions such as Predictive Analytics to help deal with the volatile changes in the business environment.
Predictive Analytics in retail can deliver a clear profile of ideal customers, ways to tap them, predict new opportunities, anticipate needs, and proactively engage customers and prospects. This dynamic data and analysis helps retailers to make informed decisions that give them the critical speed and agility they need.
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Pace ahead: But trace the path now
While operating in a network of 6 million members and over 1000 partners, an Asian retail loyalty management organization needed a system that not only analyzes their historical sales and customer data, but also predicts customer response to marketing programs.
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Rather than building the analytic capabilities they needed, this marketing organization selected a best-of-breed Retail Business Intelligence solution that contained pre-built applications, advanced predictive analytics, and data mining for areas like customer segmentation, churn modelling, sales forecasting, market basket analysis and optimization models like RFM for targeted campaigning.
Having jumpstarted their BI strategy, the company was able to successfully focus on value adding activities like analysing profitable segments, running high ROI campaigns, capitalizing on cross-sell and up-sell opportunities, and constantly innovating their marketing offers, instead of getting bogged down with managing technology.
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Data is what helps in decision making
BI solutions provide data to aid informed decision making. But what if the data that is collected is inefficient and wrong? Recently, there has been a huge concern on the quality of data that BI systems deliver, says the Data Quality in Business Intelligence Survey; 50% of respondents agreed. The faulty data led to ineffective decisions, and defeated the purpose of BI.
The Data Warehousing Institute estimates that data quality problems have cost U.S. businesses more than $600 billion a year. And they were not just talking of the unnecessary printing, postage, and staffing costs associated with bad data. When organizations have no grip on the quality of their data, the confidence of their customers and partner communities erodes. If for instance, the data records cost $ 1 per unit, you can save $50 by capturing erroneous data directly at the source before it reaches your customer. This obviously puts pressure on systems which generate clean data.
Inefficient data is not the only issue. A bigger problem is that BI becomes a storehouse of data, instead of it being actionable analytics that focuses on finding facts and giving insightful analysis. Today's retailers need more than just data. They need a business intelligence system with built-in analytical systems along with information-gathering tools.
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Grasp the information right at one glance
With multiple ERPs and critical data scattered across several systems, decision-making was a huge challenge for a leading Asian retail conglomerate.
The retailer operating in eight different retail formats under multiple store brands was unable to generate a single, consistent view of information across all their businesses for management and financial reporting. Sales and stock figures varied across ERPs, Financial Accounting, and BI systems. Management found it hard to trust the data or make decisions based on what the BI systems reported.
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The retailer realized that the problem rested in the way their business intelligence and data warehouse was built and managed giving rise to several data quality and integration issues.
The retailer implemented a Retail Business Intelligence solution, which understood the nuances of data integration in retail environment, and also provided a retail data model that ensured that the data remains clean, accurate and ready for analysis and reporting. The retailer now gets a single view of corporate performance across several businesses, even as the systems and the data are frequently changing to match the needs of the business.
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Technology helps make better decisions
An astounding 80% of an average company's employees have zero access to BI systems because end-users find BI systems too hard to use. Crucial decision-making information rests in the hands of a privileged few who have either built the system or are responsible for using the system and delivering the information to decision-makers. Many of the analytic tools available in the market today have failed to address the issue of information democratization in a meaningful way.
People, not technology, are the decision-makers in a business. Therefore, BI technology should make it possible for people (the actual end-users at all levels) to acquire role-specific data upon which business decisions can be based.
What businesses need is an application that anyone can use to fulfil their job requirements. Which means the system must be built taking into account different requirements of a typical retail organization. The applications need to anticipate the specific types of data and insights each user needs and package them in a way that fits perfectly with the way the user performs his or her job.
What this also means is that technology has to be user friendly. According to a survey involving 350 organizations, by Gartner, 65% of those polled said they viewed business intelligence technology too complex and unusable.
Using information delivered from BI systems is not the job of IT. BI systems have to be user-friendly and accessible to people who will help make informed decisions and thereby propel profit.
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Decisions in your hands
A leading US grocer with a turnover of over $1billion, had difficulty making timely, active and effective decisions across the organization.
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Their BI system was being managed by about 25 analysts and technology administrators. The reports had to be further manually processed before they could be delivered for the management reporting needs of about 20 decision makers, who, in turn, found it difficult to use the BI system.
Realizing the limitations of the existing BI environment, the CIO replaced the existing system with a Retail Business Intelligence solution. Retail BI, designed with familiar information, navigation and usability features, was not only easy to use, but gave the decision-makers the power to use and control the systems on their own. They created and published their own dashboards, scorecards and alerts.
Over a couple years, the usage of the Retail BI solution spread to many other functions and is now used by over 300 users. With a majority of the administrative staff moving to more value-adding jobs, the Retail BI systems is managed by a team of only two people.
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Business intelligence is evolving. Traditionally, business intelligence technologies have focused on methods, processes and techniques of analyzing data and presenting information. Today, the focus of business intelligence is to get closer to the business it serves. And that means addressing the needs of specific roles, processes and decisions of people in a business. The days of buying generic BI tookits, and struggling with implementation, usability, performance and scalability are over. The next generation of BI provides specific business applications and industry solutions. To profit from it, retailers have to take cognizance of these trends shaping today's retail business intelligence technologies and redefine their expectations from BI.


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Rockets, Clippers try to forget the unforgettable and move on
Still, momentum swing difficultto ignore before the grand finale
Through 82 regular-season games, the Rockets and Los Angeles Clippers each won 56.
In four regular-season meetings, they each won a pair. In six postseason games against one another, they both have three wins.
Yet, somehow, incredibly and inexplicably, the Rockets head to Sunday's Game 7 at Toyota Center leading 3-3.
Such was the power and significance of how they got there, with the Rockets roaring through a comeback from a 19-point deficit worthy of the "Clutch City" legacy bequeathed to them.
The momentum of that avalanche and the epic comeback/collapse it bought could end as soon as Game 7 tips off, as both teams predicted amid the Rockets' revelry and Clippers' hushed monotones.
So stunning was the turnaround and its potential impact on psyches, both coaches gave thanks to finally having more than one day between games, time needed for the Rockets to get back down to earth and the Clippers to get back on their feet.
A day to decompress
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3-1 comebacks are rare but possible
Eight teams have come back from a 3-1 deficit in NBA playoff history:
Year Team Opponent Round
1968 Boston Philadelphia East Division finals
1970 Los Angeles Phoenix West Division semis
1979 Washington San Antonio Eastern Conf. finals
1981 Boston Philadelphia Eastern Conf. finals
1995 Houston Phoenix Western Conf. semis
1997 Miami New York Eastern Conf. semis
2003 Detroit Orlando Eastern Conf. first
2006 Phoenix L.A. Lakers Western Conf. first
The Rockets left Los Angeles soaring with the Clippers reeling. But those were considered temporary conditions, soon to be replaced by the work to be done.
"Thank goodness we're not playing until Sunday," coach Kevin McHale said as the Rockets headed into a day of travel and little else. "They can enjoy tonight and we'll get back in the gym on Saturday … and get prepared for a dogfight on Sunday."
Much of his message when his team reconvenes will be to move past the comeback and on to the Game 7 chance it earned. There will be plenty of video to review about how the Rockets fell into that 19-point hole. The back slaps will have to end.
"We've got to start out fresh," center Dwight Howard said. "This game is over with. We had a great game, but we've got to put it behind us. We have some lessons that we can take from this game and use it in the next game, but this game is behind us.
"You know, we haven't done anything yet but tie the series. We've got to stay focused, stay composed, stay hungry and stay humble."
That might be difficult, but the Clippers' challenge is greater. One quarter away from their first appearance in the Western Conference finals, they collapsed and will need a rapid hangover cure.
But after going seven games in the first round and jumping quickly into the second round against the Rockets, they also needed the day off. They will meet with the knowledge they twice won in San Antonio and beat the Rockets in Game 1 at Toyota Center.
Still, Game 6, with the Rockets rolling through a 31-4 run to come back from down 13 points heading to the fourth quarter, will haunt.
"It's hard today," Clippers coach Doc Rivers said. "It'll be hard probably tomorrow, but by the time we lace it up they'll be ready to play. You have no choice. Hopefully, we can learn something from this and get them ready for Sunday. They'll be ready. It's just going to take a little while."
In a series unpredictable from the start, when the Clippers stole Game 1 with Chris Paul out, it might be foolish to predict what will come. A year ago, the Rockets never got to use their Game 7 home-court advantage after the Portland Trail Blazers took a Game 6 win every bit as stunning, though in a different way, as the Rockets' Game 6 win was Thursday.
They get that chance, but history offers few clues.
The home team is 95-24 all-time in Game 7s in the NBA playoffs, but only eight teams have come back from a 3-1 hole in the series as the Rockets will attempt to do.
'One game'
The Clippers can expect to play a Rockets team with confidence climbing. But the Rockets can expect the Clippers to have the desperation the Rockets lacked early in the series, regained and used to bash the Clippers in the fourth quarter.
"We have to continue to stay locked in to what we're doing, not worry about anything else, just stay together and continue to push," Rockets forward Trevor Ariza said. "We don't want to go home. We want to continue to play. We have goals. We have things we have to accomplish. Until the clock says 0:00 in the fourth quarter, you don't quit until it ends."
That determination inspired the comeback and will be the mindset both teams will try to capture after a day to catch their breath.
A series and even a season with seemingly endless unpredictable turns and triumphs, will all point to "one game," the Rockets' motto lately and especially now.
"We're at home. Game 7," James Harden said. "That's all we can ask for. Now we have one game at the house. We've been preaching, 'one game, one game at a time, one game.' Now, it's really one game."
Both teams, fittingly, arrive there together after one game neither likely will forget.


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Take Back the Beep Campaign...
Two weeks ago, David Pogue of the New York Times launched the "Take Back the Beep" campaign. It is an effort to flood the four big wireless companies with complaints. "I want them to eliminate (or make optional) those time-wasting, redundant, airtime-eating, 15-second recorded instructions that you hear every time you leave a message for someone (or call to retrieve your own)."
Since then, he claims that over 28,000 blogs have written about the campaign, and that "thousands and thousands" of complaints have poured in.
Will this ultimately be a success? AT&T has apparently already capitulated, and T-Mobile is reportedly on the brink. Meanwhile, Sprint highlighted the fact that they already let users eliminate those instructions, even though it's not well-publicized.
But perhaps the best exchange comes from Pogue's dealings with Verizon...
Verizon's PR contact hasn't responded to my request for a progress report.
He's probably still irritated at me. When ABC News interviewed him about this campaign, he told them that customers can already turn off the instructions. Which isn't true. So that night on Twitter, I said that he was lying.
He called me to let me know that he wasn't lying--he was misquoted. What he said was that you can turn off *voicemail altogether* if you don't like the 15-second instructions.
Well, O.K., but... huh?
Isn't that like saying, "My son bites his nails, so let's chop off his hands"?
My money is definitely on Pogue affecting some change here. If only he, and others with similar editorial powers, would use their influence to bring about change that was slightly more meaningful.
Net Neutrality, anyone?
*** Here are the links for sending in your complaints:
*** Verizon - http://bit.ly/FJncH
*** AT&T - firstname.lastname@example.com
*** T-Mobile - http://bit.ly/2rKy0u


text: Welcome to my skinscare series 🙂 These days it is becoming increasingly hard to know what skincare and beauty products are worth the money and what aren't. What skin care is actually safe and 'clean' to put on your skin. It's all youtube and bloggers touting "holy grail" products but at the end of the… Continue reading Skin(s)care Part 1: Lacura Beautifying Daily Balm and 24k Gold Face Mask. Skin left red and sensitive.


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David Geaney
Managing Director
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Prior to launching Panoramic Care, David joined Panoramic Associates 5 years ago to set up a new Public Sector division. David quickly grew the Public Sector division into a huge success, working with health, social care and education clients nationwide and internationally.
Using his passion and understanding of the care sectors, David more recently turned his
attention to developing and leading Panoramic Care, a new separate senior level recruitment
consultancy, formed as an affiliate company to Panoramic Associates.
Driven by a relationship centric and partnership approach, David has a proven track record of establishing key client relationships and evolving these into effective, long lasting business partnerships. David is determined to lead Panoramic Care to great things, which will include cementing their status as the leading senior level recruitment consultancy within the care sectors.


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Crazy Carrot
Crazy Carrot by Ra El Mago and Julio Abreu, is an interactive trick that is great for kids - they really get involved!
The carrot first points to the right, then left, up and down. The kids can name the pointing direction, while the magician keeps making mistakes - don't worry, they scream to correct you! Crazy Carrot generates laughs, participation for a long time, and has a surprise ending that highlights one of the children (perhaps the birthday child?). Adapt to your own unique style. Watch the performance and it speaks for itself. Order Crazy Carrot and start hearing raucous laughter from the kids and their parents!
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We send UK orders in batch to the UK from our USA warehouse every day. This way you avoid expensive international shipping fees and taxes.
We keep our most popular products in stock in the UK so often this step is skipped.
We send packages out via MyHermes the same day that we receive them. This is a popular, secure, trackable courier service.
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As soon as the package is dispatched you'll receive a link to track it on this page. While they don't offer any guarantees, MyHermes tend to deliver your order within two days.
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Continuing my series of Hidden Gems where I'll present you a track via YouTube, Daily Motion, Soundcloud or another site off the net. These posts are for the music only.
This band Fad Gadget (really Frank Tovey) for the life of me never had a hit and credit to the label Mute who stuck with him through thick and thin. Maybe it was his often macabre or risky lyrics which denied daytime national airplay? I was lucky to have witnessed his often crazy live shows a few times. I even came home once covered in shaving foam after another one of his memorable gigs at the London Venue.
Always ahead of his time, they used the industrial sound on stage before Depeche Mode, had Alison Moyet as backing singer (before she joined Yazoo). Sadly he died too soon but he's left an amazing legacy which I'm sure Lady Ga Ga has picked up a few tips from him.
So should it have been a hit or a miss?
Bonus a rather cool remix – Under The Flag (Downloadable use arrow down)


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The University of Virginia chose to work with and employ local area businesses in a recent solar project installed on Clemons Library.
They partner with Sun Tribe Solar and Martin Horn on the project.
The UVA sustainability plan was launched last year with the goal being to reduce greenhouse gas omissions through conservation and renewable energy.
Source: Newsplex