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2013 Honda Ridgeline: New Car Review
Pros: Innovative chassis and suspension design; large passenger space
Cons: Poor fuel economy; spare tire is inaccessible when bed is full
What's New: Backup camera standard on all trims
Originally launched in the U.S. for 2006, the Ridgeline has remained virtually unchanged except for a refresh for 2012 and the addition of a Sport trim. In fact, the base 2013 Honda Ridgeline even keeps its price for the new model year. Starting at $29,350, the Ridgeline is available in RT, Sport, RTS and RTL trims. The RTL is available with navigation, which includes features like Zagat restaurant reviews.
The Ridgeline is based on the same unibody construction as the Honda Pilot and Acura MDX, but Honda has added a secondary ladder frame to the Ridgeline for greater strength. Further differentiating the Ridgeline from the rest of the pickup market is its 4-wheel independent suspension. It creates extra space under the bed that Honda uses for storage.
Comfort & Utility
The Ridgeline features a 60/40 split lift-up rear seat. Lifting the rear seats provides enough additional storage space to accommodate a golf bag or even a mountain bike with the front wheel removed.
The tailgate can be opened in the traditional fold-down method like most modern pickups but can also swing out from a side hinge. This is especially useful for access to the 8.5-cu-ft in-bed trunk. This trunk area is about the size of a large cooler, and like a cooler, has removable rubber drain plugs.
Behind the passenger cabin is a 5-foot cargo bed with eight tie-downs and four lights for use in nighttime loading and unloading of the bed and the in-bed trunk. It has a payload rating of 1,100 lbs.
Standard features on the 2013 Ridgeline include cruise control, power windows and door locks, a power sliding rear window, keyless entry, a heated wiper zone and a 6-speaker, 100-watt audio system with CD and MP3 playback capability.
The 2013 Ridgeline, like the rest of the Honda lineup, is available with satellite navigation with voice recognition. If you choose a Ridgeline with the navigation system, a digital compass eliminates the compass found in the rear-view mirror of other Ridgeline models.
Featured on upper-level Ridgeline models are XM satellite radio, Bluetooth connectivity and a multi-information display.
Performance & Fuel Economy
Like its SUV stablemate, the Honda Pilot, the Ridgeline is only available with one engine and transmission combination: a 3.5-liter V6 producing 250 hp and 247 lb-ft of torque mated to a 5-speed automatic transmission. Every Ridgeline includes an all-wheel-drive system that saves fuel by primarily operating as a front-wheel-drive system. When the front wheels begin to slip, however, the system sends power to the rear wheels to help with traction.
The Ridgeline's towing capacity is 5,000 lbs, and its in-bed payload capacity is just over a half-ton, the benchmark among full-size pickups.
The combination chassis design is extremely flexible and strong. However, it does add weight, which cuts fuel economy. The Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) rates the Ridgeline at 15 mpg in the city and 21 mpg on the highway.
All 2013 Honda Ridgelines are equipped with multiple standard airbags and restraint systems including driver and front passenger airbags, front side airbags with passenger-side occupant position detection system, 2-row side curtain airbags with a rollover sensor and front seat active head restraints. A tire pressure monitoring system and daytime running lights further contribute to safety. The Ridgeline also includes Honda's electronic stability control, which applies braking to a wheel suffering from limited traction and sends power to another wheel with more traction.
Driving Impressions
The Ridgeline is in a class of its own due to its design but also because of the way it drives. Unlike more traditional pickups, the Ridgeline has a mostly front-wheel-drive setup. The Ridgeline's power delivery is strong and smooth, although the 5-speed transmission hampers performance at highway speeds.
Aside from the unusual feeling of driving a pickup truck with front-wheel-drive-style torque steer, the Ridgeline is quite refined. The driver and passenger seats are comfortable, steering is light and responsive and braking is sharp. For someone looking for the utility of a truck without feeling like you're driving one, the Ridgeline is perfect. It may be disappointing, though, to those who prefer a true truck experience.
Other Cars to Consider
Chevrolet Avalanche: Starting at $36,975, the Avalanche is stylistically the closest competitor to the Ridgeline. The base Avalanche is rear-wheel drive only and features a 5.3-liter V8 producing 320 hp. Despite having 70 more hp than the Ridgeline, the Avalanche has similar EPA fuel economy ratings.
Nissan Frontier: Loading the Frontier up to a 4-door, 4-wheel-drive SV version similar to the Ridgeline costs $27,890. Fitted with a 4.0-liter V6 producing 261 hp, the Frontier has more towing and payload capacity than the Ridgeline.
Toyota Tacoma: Like the Frontier, the Tacoma is priced lower than the Ridgeline; it costs $27,585 with similar equipment. The double-cab, 4-wheel drive Tacoma has a 4.0-liter V6 producing 236 hp coupled with a 5-speed automatic transmission. Towing capacity is only 3,500 lbs unless you select the optional tow package.
AutoTrader Recommends
Aside from the addition of navigation, the Ridgeline doesn't change much as customers ascend the model range. We recommend buyers stick to the base RT model, priced at $29,350. It comes well equipped, and shoppers with utility in mind get much of what makes the Ridgeline great at an attractive price.


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True to ourselves
By Kathleen Hammer
We all want to be original, to be genuine and to be true to ourselves. This is a part of personal growth, something I'm sure we all strive for at some point in our lives. Many of us are tired, tired of trying to be accepted by others and of seeking out the respect of others. Even if we achieve it, it feels like it lasts for a minute or two.

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Our nation's electricity is generated from a foundation of coal that crosses state and national borders. As coal moves from the ground to our homes, there are consequences that transcend power lines. Explore the graphic to see where your coal comes from and how it affects health in your state.
Research by Jeff Mittelstadt
Concept and planning by Whitney Baker
Programming by Adrienne Wollman
Design by Kristen Long
Environmental Protection Agency eGRID.
U.S. Energy Information Administration Fuel Receipts.
Abt Associates, Inc. for the Clean Air Task Force. Technical Support Document for the Powerplant Impact Estimator Software Tool. July, 2010.
Clean Air Task Force.
Epstein, Paul R., et al. "Full cost accounting for the life cycle of coal." Ann. N.Y. Acad. Sci. 1219 (2011), 73-98.


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Andrew Malcolm – LA Times June 16, 2009
Using his law enforcement experience and data drawn from the FBI's behavioral analysis unit, Jim Kouri has collected a series of personality traits common to a couple of professions.
Kouri, who's a vice president of the National Assn. of Chiefs of Police, has assembled traits such as superficial charm, an exaggerated sense of self-worth, glibness, lying, lack of remorse and manipulation of others.
These traits, Kouri points out in his analysis, are common to psychopathic serial killers.
But — and here's the part that may spark some controversy and defensive discussion — these traits are also common to American politicians. (Maybe you already suspected.)
our elected officials often show many of the exact same character traits as criminal nut-jobs, who run from police but not for office.
Kouri notes that these criminals are psychologically capable of committing their dirty deeds free of any concern for social, moral or legal consequences and with absolutely no remorse.
"This all Capitol Hill Do meows them to do what they want, whenever they want," he wrote. "Ironically, these same traits exist in men and women who are drawn to high-profile and powerful positions in society including political officeholders."
And we not only voted for these people, we're paying their salaries and entrusting them to spend our national treasure in wise ways.
He adds:
"While many political leaders will deny the assessment regarding their similarities with serial killers and other career criminals, it is part of a psychopathic profile that may be used in assessing the behaviors of many officials and lawmakers at all levels of government."
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I'd say the previous administration is a perfect example.
"…psychologically capable of committing their dirty deeds free of any concern for social, moral or legal consequences and with absolutely no remorse."
Dr. Hare has a book out, "Snakes in Suits", examining the prevalence of psychopaths in the upper echelons of corporations and government. (The terms "psychopath" and "sociopath" are NOT interchangeable, by the way.) as with most psychological conditions it is impossible to come up with an impartial method of diagnosis, especially since the problem often manifests in degrees of behavior rather than as a clearly identifiable condition. Moreover, Government can hardly be trusted with the right to screen out "potential" psychopaths, since it would promptly set about abusing the power to do so.
People are surprised by this?
Decent people who wish to live their lives and love their families don't aspire to dictate how other people may live their lives.
It's amazing how many posters read this and think that this only applies to the politicians they don't like. Clearly not all politicians are bad but the reality is that power attracts the most aggressive and self-interested more than it does the conscientious. By simple math and reason it is easy to assess that the people we don't want to attain power will achieve it far more regularly than those we would prefer. Trust none of them and limit all of them. The good ones will not be offended. No one in history has ever prospered under the burden of an unanswerable government.
This is not a partisan issue; it is an issue of the type of personality that seeks power over others. The more power available, the more damage that can be done. Unfortunately, "progressives," […] have given more and more power
Everyone is running around crying for help when they aren't willing to help themselves. Begging for leaders when they're to lazy to find their own direction or lead themselves. Too weak to be an individual and stand on their own so they throw themselves at causes they hardly care to fully understand. I see people on the street screaming about some injustice or righteous cause but when I ask them about the subject they merely regurgitate the sensless garbage thats written on the pamphlets they hand out. You want change you can believe in? Do it yourself and quit electing people that would have the government do it for you.
This is hardly new.
Here's the Wikipedia listing of Hare's indicators (does this remind you of any politicians you've seen recently?)
Factor1: Aggressive narcissism
Glibness/superficial charm
2. Grandiose sense of self-worth
3. Pathological lying
4. Cunning/manipulative
5. Lack of remorse or guilt
6. Shallow
7. Callous/lack of empathy
8. Failure to accept responsibility for own actions
Factor2: Socially deviant lifestyle
1. Need for stimulation/proneness to boredom
2. Parasitic lifestyle
3. Poor behavioral control
4. Promiscuous sexual behavior
5. Lack of realistic, long-term goals
6. Impulsivity
7. Irresponsibility
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Novartis to test Alzheimer's drugs in patients without symptoms
Novartis said it would test two experimental Alzheimer's drugs on people with a genetic risk of developing dementia, aiming to gauge whether the treatments can prevent or delay symptoms of the memory-robbing disease.
In collaboration with the Banner Alzheimer's Institute, the Swiss company will study two therapies in cognitively healthy people who are at risk of developing a build-up in the brain of amyloid protein, a toxic protein which is believed to cause Alzheimer's.
Currently approved medications only treat symptoms and there are no licensed drugs that can slow the progression of the disease, which gradually robs patients of their ability to think and care for themselves.
Dementia - of which Alzheimer's disease is the most common form - already affects 44 million people worldwide and this total is set to reach 135 million by 2050, according to Alzheimer's Disease International, a non-profit campaign group.
One of Novartis's treatments is an immunotherapy, an injectable medicine in Phase II clinical trials which works by stimulating the immune system to produce natural antibodies that attack amyloid.
The second treatment is a so-called BACE inhibitor drug, an oral pill which is about to enter Phase I trials. This class of treatments work by blocking an enzyme called beta secretase that is involved in production of beta-amyloid.
The trial will involve more than 1,300 cognitively healthy patients aged between 60 and 75 and is planned to start this year.
The patients have two genetic copies of apolipoprotein E episilon 4 (APOE4) allele, a gene that contains instructions for making a protein that carries cholesterol and is a well-known risk factor for Alzheimer's. People who get the gene from both parents have a 10-fold risk of developing Alzheimer's.
Drugmakers have been working for years to develop so-called disease-modifying drugs, but it is proving an uphill battle. No new therapies have been approved to treat Alzheimer's in a decade, according to a recent study from researchers at the Cleveland Clinic.
Many scientists increasingly believe the best hope is testing drugs much earlier in the process, before patients' brains are wrecked by Alzheimer's.


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March 4, 2005
CAMBRIDGE, Mass. - MIT dropped a tough road match Thursday night falling to No. 7 Rivier College, 30-19, 27-30, 30-17, 30-20. With the loss, the Engineers (17-2, 11-2 NECVA) slip from first place in the NECVA New England standings.
Praveen Pamidimukkala tallied a team-high 17 kills while Michelangelo Raimondi totaled 10 kills. Rob McAndrew and Ryan Dean each notched nine kills while McAndrew added a pair of solo and assisted blocks. Dean, along with Matthew Ng and and Jordan Wan registered seven digs apiece. Wan also posted 41 assists.


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Vitamin D Levels, Absorption and Lower Back Pain After Failed Surgery
By G. Douglas Andersen, DC, DACBSP, CCN
In a small study of nine patients with failed back surgeryoutcomes caused by either disc degeneration or spondylolisthesis, the authors compared them with seven age- and diagnosis-matched controls who responded to conservative care, did not require surgery and were not in chronic pain.When the researchers tested vitamin D, they discovered the mean serum 25-hydroxy-calciferol levels in the nine failed-surgery patients was 17.9 ng/ml, compared to 40.6 ng/ml in the seven controls who responded to conservative care and were no longer in pain.
The Visual Analog Scale (VAS) was used to score pain. Vitamin D replacement was given to the nine patients in two three-month stages separated by retesting. Stage 1 was 10 days at 20,000 IU of vitamin D2, followed by 80 days of 600 IU of vitamin D3. Stage two was 600 IU of vitamin D3 for 90 days, at which time serum levels were tested for a third time. (See Table 1) In this small study, higher vitamin D levels were associated with lower pain scores at six months (based on VAS scores):
The ability to absorb vitamin D2 and D3 differs widely from person to person. This small study provides an excellent example that there is no "one dose fits all" approach when treating vitamin D deficiency. (See Table 2)
Hopefully, these grey zones will be resolved by the research generated by increased interest (in vitamin D) that is currently underway. Even when the normal laboratory levels are better established, the best providers will not make the mistake of treating a test result while ignoring symptoms, complaints, history and exam findings.
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Digital Marketing in 2011
With the rise of digital marketing, it can leave you wondering how you can improve your web presence and where to start! Let us give you some quick tips….
The Obvious Social Network Route
As the movie The Social Network hit screens, the time came to reflect on the phenomenal success of Facebook and other social media sites. Facebook has an estimated 500 million users and this is likely to increase even further. Twitter now has well over 100 million users and is attracting an average of 300,000 new users a day. This makes it plainly obvious as to your main 2011 social media strategy. Facebook seems to attract users in the 'right' age group for marketing purposes, so dedicate a considerable amount of your budget towards setting up campaigns both on Twitter and Facebook.
Video Kills The Behind The Times Company
Yet it is important to push yourself to the front of the queue when it comes to jumping on the video marketing bandwagon. A recent whitepaper by Cisco suggested that more than half of all web traffic will be video-related by 2014. The days of the 30 second advert are dying out with more and more consumers skipping these dull and unimaginative productions. Sites like YouTube need to used more frequently with thought provoking and lengthier adverts the key to success. If you want someone to buy your cereal, don't depict a happy family with 2.4 children eating the product by the kitchen. Edgy, new and deep will sell in future where fast, predictable and cheesy once ruled.
Email And Mobiles
As one might expect, email marketing is moving with the times. An extraordinary 97% of American households use email so a well constructed email campaign will reap dividends. It is a fact that social networks such as Facebook, YouTube and Twitter are being integrated with email. The smartphone, Android and iPhone are linking even more users to their mail. The challenge facing digital marketers is to find a way to tailor their campaign for customers who view their email on a mobile device. The best strategy is to use a tool such as Litmus to find out more about your audience and tailor your campaign to them. This is necessary because it is difficult to find a current strategy that will work well for all mobile users.
SEO Is Still King
Believe it or not however, despite the huge budgets set aside for the all of the above, Search Engine Optimization (SEO) is still top of the list when it comes to 2011 digital marketing tactics according to a poll carried out by Top Rank. Yet in order to get your content to the top of the search engine ladder, you still have to know your targets and audience. If you know your audience but not their triggers, start surveying. If you know what you want to market but have no idea to who, check out sites like eMarketer for market statistics. It should be remembered that no amount of marketing will work if your content is poor, sort it out. Oh, and avoid those nasty "please stay on my page and click on cancel for something special" pop-ups, these REALLY annoy consumers!
So where will this leave your marketing strategy for 2011? All four of these pieces will make your marketing plan come together and keep up with the ever-changing trends for digital marketing.


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Explore Miami
Miami, often dubbed 'The Magic City', basks under the permanently blue skies of Southern Florida and moves to a heavy Cuban-infused beat. Perpetually skating the line between tropical beach town and urban metropolis, Miami shirks from the conventional and dances with the eccentric. Hints to a sleepier past lie in the fine 1930s architecture and the celebrated Art Deco stylings of the Venetian Pool.


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A CAPI-based grid widget for LispWorks.
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The grid provides convenient GUI framework for working with data in tabular form. The main design purpose was to present RDBMS records in rows. You can edit in place, add, or delete records by means of the grid (aka screen table or datasheet). YstokGrid can be included into any CAPI interface window as an ordinary pane.
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Jane's Vacation Rental Apartment
Remember Jane's Urban "Backyard" Escape? Walk across that rooftop outdoor space and you'll find yourself in a vacation rental apartment she and her family renovated from a rundown condition...
We love the cozy couch, old wooden kitchen table, and paired twin beds in one restful bedroom (there are two bedrooms total). The posters over the couch are advertisements for museum exhibitions. They were saved from the garbage on a trip to Italy.
We can imagine vacationers happily returning to this pleasant retreat after long days of traipsing around Montreal.
The apartment rents by the week and is already booked well in advance. If you're interested, let us know and we'll try to put you in touch. And keep your eyes peeled for a House Tour of Jane's own home in the near future.


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Game Informer - Since they take 50 or more hours to complete, almost all role-playing games can be time sinks. However, only a select few have inspired me to pursue multiple playthroughs, complete every sidequest, and beat every optional boss. Radiata Stories is one of them.
This game was freakin' AWESOME. Man, why this company had to go to shit.... Let us hope they redeem themselves FF14 looks okay now in its reborn state. Now they need to start getting good games out the door again.
Loved this game, miss these kinda games...too many games take themselves way too seriously now
This was one of the best JRPGs to come out on the PS2. A very memorable experience that I will never forget. If you've got a PS2, I highly suggest getting this game, you wont regret it ;)


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Arms Control and Arms Reductions in Foreign Policy
Harald Mueller
Arms control is a strategy by governments to overcome the security dilemma with institutionalized cooperation. It comes in three versions, arms control proper, with stability as the main objective; non-proliferation as a sub-category of arms control, so understood with the main objective being to preserve the distributive status quo concerning certain weapon types; and disarmament, with the objective to eliminate a specific weapon type. Confidence building is a crosscutting functional concept lumping together many different measures that can serve all three versions.
Arms control does not reject self-help as a basis of national security, but entrusts a significant piece of it to cooperation with potential enemies. Hence, arms control—with the exception of unilateral, hegemonic arms control imposed on others, and of non-proliferation for preserving an existing oligopoly—is a difficult subject for realism and neorealism, but also for post-modernism. It presents a solvable puzzle for rationalists and no problem at all for constructivists who, to the contrary, can dig into norms, discourses, and identities.
Concerning stability and change, arms control can be looked at from two opposite perspectives. Since it aims at stability, critical security approaches have labeled it as a conservative, status quo orientated strategy. But there is also a transformational perspective: arms control as a vehicle to induce and reinforce a fundamental redefinition of the relationship between states. Naturally, the concept of disarmament shows the greatest affinity to the transformational perspective.
A related issue is whether arms control is a result of political circumstances, a dependent variable without a political impact of its own, or whether it has causal effect on interstate relations. Constructivism proposes a dialectical relationship in which arms control and broader policy influence each other. From this reflection, the question of the conditions of success and failure flows naturally. Conducive interstate relations (or extrinsic shocks), technology, domestic structures, learning, leadership, perception, and ideology have been candidates for the independent master variable.
Three models tackle the relationship of arms control and historical time: the enlightenment intuition of steady progress; a series of waves, each of which leaves the world in a more cooperative state than the previous one; and the circle—arms control ebbs and flows alternatively, but achievements are fully lost in each ebb period.
We can distinguish four arms control discourses: arms control as the maiden of deterrence; arms control subordinated to defense needs; arms control under the imperative of disarmament; and arms control as the instrument of human security, the survival and well-being of human individuals, notably civilians.
As with all politics, arms control involves justice issues: the distribution of values (security/power), access to participation in decision making, and the granting of recognition as legitimate actor. Arms control negotiations are ripe with justice claims, and failure through incompatible justice demands happens frequently. Also, emotions play a key role: frustration and ensuing resentment, anger, and existential fear can prevent success. Finally, compassion, empathy, and trust are ingredients in successful arms control processes.
Diplomacy in Foreign Policy
Kenneth Weisbrode
Diplomacy's role in foreign policy is hampered by multiple understandings of what diplomacy is and does. A broad definition of diplomacy holds that it encompasses more than the promotion of peaceful international relations. Instead, it applies to the sum of those relations—peaceful, hostile, and everything in between. Thus, foreign relations—so long as they involve the interests, direction, and actions of a sovereign power—may be regarded as being synonymous with diplomatic relations, whereby foreign policy relates to the theory and practice of setting diplomatic priorities; planning for contingencies; advancing strategic, operational, and tactical diplomatic aims; and adjusting those aims to domestic and foreign constraints. This conception of diplomacy is functional: it emphasizes the roles of diplomats and recognizes that many other people perform these roles besides official envoys; and it illustrates that diplomatic settings—and the means, methods, and tools of diplomacy—undergo continuous change. The basic mediating purpose of diplomacy, however, has endured, as has much of its institutional apparatus—embassies, ambassadors, treaties, and so on. This is likely to remain the case so long as there are multiple polities in the world, all having to relate to one another.
Foreign Aid as Foreign Policy Tool
Clair Apodaca
The majority of countries around the world are engaged in the foreign aid process, as donors, recipients, or, oftentimes, both. States use foreign aid as a means of pursuing foreign policy objectives. Aid can be withdrawn to create economic hardship or to destabilize an unfriendly or ideologically antagonistic regime. Or, conversely, aid can be provided to bolster and reward a friendly or compliant regime.
Although foreign aid serves several purposes, and not least among them the wish to increase human welfare, the primary reason for aid allocations or aid restrictions is to pursue foreign policy goals. Strategic and commercial interests of donor countries are the driving force behind many aid programs. Not only do target countries respond to the granting of bilateral and multilateral aid as an incentive, but also the threat of aid termination serves as an effective deterrent. Both the granting and the denial of foreign assistance can be a valuable mechanism designed to modify a recipient state's behavior.
Donors decide which countries will receive aid, the amount of aid provided, the time frame in which aid is given, and the channel of aid delivery. The donor's intentions and the recipient's level of governance determine the type or sector of foreign aid. States can choose between bilateral or multilateral methods of disbursing foreign assistance in order to pursue their interests. Although bilateral disbursements allow the donor state to have complete control over the aid donation, the use of multilateral forums has its advantages. Multilateral aid is cheaper, it disperses accountability, and it is often viewed as less politically biased.
Foreign aid, once the exclusive foreign policy instrument of rich powerful states, is now being provided by middle-income countries, too. The motivation for foreign aid allocations by nontraditional donors parallels the motives of traditional Development Assistance Committee (DAC) donors. A main difference between traditional and nontraditional aid donors is that nontraditional aid donors generally do not place conditionalities on their loans.
The issue of fungibility can obstruct the donor government's purpose behind the allocation of foreign aid. If the preferences of the recipient government are different from those of the donor, the recipient can often divert the aid and use it for other purposes. A recipient government may reallocate its budget after it determines how much aid it is slated to receive. The recipient government will redirect its resources to areas it deems a priority that cannot be funded externally, for example the military or prestige projects.
Foreign Policy Learning
Guy Ziv
An improved understanding of foreign policy learning necessitates a clarification of what foreign policy learning is, who learns, and how such learning occurs. Cognitive and social psychologists, sociologists, and political scientists situated in a variety of subfields have contributed to the understanding of foreign policy learning, a multidisciplinary area of inquiry. Learning theorists seek to show how a change in an actor's beliefs due to experience or observation can lead to changes at other units, such as organizations and within the government. This cognitive dimension is important because actors may pursue a new course of action for politically expedient reasons rather than having genuinely "learned"—a distinction referred to as "complex" vs. "simple" learning.
Foreign policy learning can be internal or external. The former type of learning entails what individuals, governments, or organizations learn from their prior experience. Learning theorists who focus on the individual level of analysis borrow insights from political psychology in an effort to shed light on the personal characteristics, the belief structures, and the cognitive psychological mechanisms of political actors that can better inform policymaking. Leaders whose cognitive structures are described as relatively open and complex—like Soviet leader Mikhail Gorbachev, whose learning brought about the dramatic changes that ultimately led to the demise of the Soviet Union—are more likely to alter their beliefs than their cognitively closed and simple counterparts.
Yet external learning occurs as well. Policy diffusion studies show that learning can result from demonstration effects. Foreign policy learning via diffusion is not instrumental, but instead occurs through osmosis. Privatization in the former communist states, China's Foreign Direct Investment liberalization, and the diffusion of environmental norms in the European Union are examples of learning that is contagious, not chosen. A more conscious mode of learning than diffusion is policy transfer, which entails policymakers' transferring ideas from one country and implementing them in another. Technological innovations, unlike lessons that involve political ideology, are generally easier lessons to transfer—for example, Japan's success in applying lessons from the West to modernize its army in the second half of the 19th century.
The constraints to foreign policy learning are formidable. Decision makers are not always open to reconsidering views that challenge their beliefs. Leaders tend to resort to, and misuse, analogies that prevent learning. Even a change in a decision maker's beliefs may not lead to foreign policy change, given the myriad political pressures, bureaucratic hurdles, and economic realities that often get in the way of implementing new ideas. Indeed, foreign policy learning and foreign policy change are not synonymous.
Scholars face significant obstacles in studying foreign policy learning. There is no consensus on the definition of learning, on what constitutes learning, on how actors learn, when they learn, or on how to assess whether learning has taken place. Despite attempts to make sense of the confusion, scholars face the daunting challenge of improving understanding of how learning is shaped and funneled through the interaction of agents and the structures in which they are situated, as well as the relationship between learning and foreign policy change.
New Political/Public Governance
Mark Jarvis
This is an advance summary of a forthcoming article in the Oxford Research Encyclopedia of Politics. Please check back later for the full article.
The New Political Governance (NPG)—or alternatively the New Public Governance—is best understood as a heuristic model that allows us to empirically consider, compare, and contrast the evolution of democratic governance and public administration beyond the reforms associated with New Public Management. Contributors have focused on NPG as both a product of and a response to the challenges of a complex, pluralist state. Key pressures said to spur NPG include aggressive, 24/7 media; greater demands for transparency; an expansion in government oversight and accountability; an expansion of the advocacy industry; and, an increasingly polarized and volatile electorate. While these pressures are not, unto themselves, new, what is new is the response to them. Four primary elements characterize NPG as a response to these forces: the onset of the permanent campaign; full, or nearly full, integration of the range of activities associated with governing with constant concerns and tactics historically associated with campaigning; the expansion and elevation of the role of partisan political staff; politicization through the personalization of appointments to senior public service positions; and the shift in norms from a neutral, non-partisan public service to an expectation of promiscuous partisanship that demands enthusiasm for the agenda of the government of the day.
The NPG framework has not been without criticism. Theoretically, some have argued for greater precision in the core concepts of NPG (e.g., politicization). Others have questioned whether it is so much the behaviors themselves—expected or undertaken—or the more public context in which they occur that marks the real shift. Finally some have pointed out the lack of integration of exogenous influences in the NPG model. A number of commenters have pointed out the limited empirical evidence that has been provided to support the NPG model.
The Politics of Fires and Haze in Southeast Asia
Helena Varkkey
Transboundary haze pollution affects about half of the countries in Southeast Asia with varied intensities on an almost annual basis. Haze not only affects visibility, but also causes widespread health problems, transportation disruptions, and other socioeconomic issues. This haze, and the fires that cause it, has been a key topic for environmental politics research in the region since the late 1990s. This has largely been driven by one overarching objective: how to prevent haze from returning in the following years. However, conditions on the ground (mostly in Indonesia and in the larger Southeast Asian region) have been changing and evolving drastically. This has resulted in a very dynamic research agenda that has to keep up with these changes.
Within the context of environmental politics, fires and haze can be viewed through the broad lens of national interest. There is a strong link between the severity of haze and the burgeoning agribusiness sector in the region: that of oil palm in particular. Oil palm is a very important crop in the region, with Indonesia and Malaysia making up almost 90% of total global palm oil output. Hence, national and business interest theories have often been used as a framework for research in this area, with commercial oil palm plantations often being the unit of analysis. This includes research by this author, using the patronage politics framework. However, this has been called to question lately as these plantations face increasing market pressure to act more sustainably. A new group of actors that have since been highlighted are smallholders, either independent or in contract with larger plantations. There is potentially much to be uncovered with regard to the relationships between smallholders and commercial plantations, and how this affects patterns of fire use and global sustainability issues.
Related to this is the ever-evolving collection of local, regional, and national policies (and related enforcement issues) over land and fire use in Indonesia. One key area of contention is the use of peatlands. Fires on peat produce the thick, sooty smoke that travels across national boundaries, and are notoriously hard to put out. Political research in this area is heavily framed by a tough debate between the scientific community and socioeconomic concerns. While peatlands play an important role in the global climate change balance, at the same time, these peat areas face immense pressure for development fueled by the scarcity of land.
The regional context has also been an important theme for haze research. Haze primarily affects the Southern Southeast Asian subregion. And the major players of the palm oil sector also come from this region. The Indonesian palm oil sector is a vibrant combination of Malaysian, Singaporean, and local companies. And ASEAN has been the hub of cooperation and mitigation activities over haze. Hence, many scholars have searched for answers at the regional level. However, new national developments like Singapore's Transboundary Haze Pollution Act suggest that countries may be losing confidence with regional efforts, which may be an indicator for future directions for solutions as well.


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The runner-up on the 2011 season of Fox's American Idol, Lauren Alaina is a Southern singer with a bent toward contemporary country-pop. Born in 1994 in Rossville, Georgia, Alaina was a cheerleader at her high school and grew up listening to country music. Prior to American Idol, she performed around Georgia and won the WinniSTAR youth talent contest in 2009. She competed in the finals of the tenth season of American Idol against ultimate winner Scotty McCreery -- also a young country singer -- and eventually earned the silver medal. After wrapping Idol, Alaina released the single "Like My Mother Does," which sold over 200,000 copies during its first two months of release and helped earn her a contract with Mercury Nashville.
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My family was hooked on Whitney Houston's voice from the moment her debut record dropped in 1985. I still remember recording myself on tape singing "Greatest Love of All" and giving it to my mother before I went to spend the summer at my dad's house. Needless to say, my vocals didn't compare with Whitney's but it was the sentiment which counted I guess.
My mother was a big fan of The Bodyguard, which I have to admit is one of my not-so-guilty pleasures as well. Even if you thought her music was too "doctor's office", you cannot deny what a powerful instrument she had. "I Will Always Love You" is a testament to that voice. I think people who slated it were probably secretly jealous. You don't have to be a fan to recognize the breath-taking range of those notes, especially that note. Whitney set a bar so high, even she couldn't reach it in the end.
Here's one of my favorite Whitney tracks which kind of says it all. Requiescat in pace, Whitney. – @kroslen


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Cooler Master Hyper TX2 Review
Are you planning on building a new computer or beginning your journey into the exciting world of overclocking and computer modding? Maybe you have noticed that the temperatures for your processor have been climbing higher than you wish. This is a problem that may be solvable by the Cooler Master TX2 heatsink and fan combination designed for both Intel and AMD processor setups. The design of this heatsink looks very similar to that of the Thermalright Ultra 120 heatsink, being a tower that has a fan installed on it. I am curious to see if the Cooler Master TX2 will be able to perform close to one of the leading heatsinks on the market, the Thermalright Ultra 120 Extreme. Let's begin by taking a look at the Cooler Master TX2 and see what it's made of.
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The packaging for the Cooler Master TX2 is a very simple looking package; molded plastic to allow you to see the entire heatsink from all angles, as well as providing protection for the product. On the back of the package is where you will find the specifications as well as the features of the TX2.
When you open up the package, you are able to take a look at the Cooler Master TX2, as well as the instruction manual that is included, which is very simple and describes how you are to install the unit.


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SEATTLE (AP) — Six climbers on Mount Rainier likely perished in a fall after helicopters detected pings from avalanche beacons and spotted climbing gear thousands of feet below the group's last known location, national park officials said Saturday.
Searchers believe the group fell 3,300 feet from their last known whereabouts of 12,800 feet on Wednesday, park spokeswoman Patricia Wold said in a statement. The helicopter crew spotted camping and climbing gear in the avalanche-prone area, park Ranger Fawn Bauer told The Associated Press.
"There's not a viable chance of survival," Bauer said.
Air and ground searches were suspended late Saturday afternoon. The danger of falling rock and ice in the area where searchers picked up the pings prevents a ground recovery effort, Wold said.
"It would expose our rangers to pretty extreme conditions," Bauer said. "And, in all honesty, we may never be able to get on the ground there."
The loss of life would be among the deadliest climbing accidents ever on the peak in the Cascade mountain range. In 1981, 11 people were killed during a guided climb when they were struck by a massive ice fall on the Ingraham Glacier.
Aircraft will survey the area periodically in the coming weeks and months, Wold said, but the possibility of recovering the six is uncertain.
The missing group includes four clients of Seattle-based Alpine Ascents International and two guides. They were due to return from the mountain on Friday. When they did not return, the climbing company notified park officials, Bauer said.
Officials have yet to finish family notifications, so the names of the climbers are unlikely to be released until Sunday.
"The climbing community is a small one and a close one and a loss of this magnitude touches many," Superintendent Randy King said in the statement.
Mount Rainier, southeast of Seattle, stands at 14,410 feet and attracts thousands of climbers trying to reach its summit every year. It is popular with climbers of all abilities, from novices who take guided climbs to experienced alpinists who use the glacier-laden peak to train for attempted ascents on taller mountains in the Himalayas and other mountain ranges.
The search for the missing climbers focused on the northwest shoulder of the mountain at the Liberty Ridge area, near where they were last heard from, Bauer said. Saturday's search included a team of three climbing rangers on the ground and flyovers with a Hughes helicopter. An Army Chinook helicopter then joined the search from Joint Base Lewis-McChord.
The group was scheduled to reach the summit of Mount Rainier on Thursday, with a day to climb down.
Snow flurries and hail hit the mountain Wednesday, Bauer said, but the weather has been clear since then.
Bauer said ground crews on Saturday checked "every possible area" where someone could have sought refuge in the storm.
Alpine Ascents' director of programs, Gordon Janow, said he wasn't ready to release information about the climbers. Details — such as ages, gender or hometowns — for the climbers were not immediately available, Bauer said.
In a statement from the park, the guides were described as skilled.
In a blog post on the Alpine Ascents website Thursday, the post said the team had turned around at 13,000 feet during their attempt to reach the summit because of weather conditions. The blog post said all team members were well.
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Lethal Weapon director Richard Donner helms this action-adventure yarn in which Robert Rath (Sylvester Stallone), a veteran, burned-out hit man for hire who's looking to leave his profession, meets a younger, crazier, more ambitious competitor, Miguel Bain (Antonio Banderas), who is out to best Rath and make him a target in the process. Rath signs on for one last hit, but complications ensue when he falls in love with the mark, a beautiful, mysterious woman named Electra (Julianne Moore). Bain sets out to murder Electra as well, and the chase leads the two assassins into a deadly game of wits that takes them from Seattle to Puerto Rico. Critics and audiences both turned away from this thriller, which was co-scripted by Bound writer/directors Larry and Andy Wachowski and L.A. Confidential screenwriter Brian Helgeland. ~ Don Kaye, Rovi
Cast & Crew
- Sylvester Stallone - Robert Rath
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Panetta says US looking into possible link between arrest of 2 Tunisians and Libya attack
Defense Secretary Leon Panetta says the U.S. has been looking into the arrests of two Tunisian men being detained in Turkey reportedly in connection with attacks on a consulate in Libya last month. And he says he's unsure of any links between Al Qaeda and the two Tunisians.
Ambassador J. Christopher Stevens and three other Americans died in the attack on a U.S. diplomatic post Sept. 11. Speaking to reporters on a military plane traveling to Peru Friday, Panetta said it was too early to tell what the connection may be.
The New York Times quoted American officials who said they were awaiting more information from the Turkish authorities, and it remained unclear whether the two men arrested Wednesday were considered suspects or witnesses in the violent attack in Benghazi.


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Hi Kim, and welcome to the lair!
Haha, you have taken the Tim Tam truth syrum. You are in my power... We Aussies are taking over the world, one Tim Tam at a time bwahaha!
OK, down to business. Kim, can you explain for the uninitiated what Romance Novel TV is and how it all started?
Romance Novel TV is the brainchild of Maria and Marisa, twin sisters who love romance novels and wanted to bring them to the world in a new and innovative way. They both have a background in TV production so on-camera interviews were a natural choice for them. Their theory is not everything is revealed on the page and that's so true. There are so many great stories behind authors and the books they create. Its Maria and Marisa's vision to bring that to romance readers everywhere. I was lucky enough to be introduced to The M's through Eloisa James and was brought on board for the launch. Its such fun to work with this team. We have a great time together.
The Romance Novel TV site is quite extensive and ever changing. We have a thriving message board where we play Mystery Author, Banditas Donna and Christine being our most recent tricksters! We also host a Guest Author each week and since I love to give away books, there's always a contest or two going on. We've recently added a Review page where you'll find opinions on upcoming romances and old favorites. Bandita Anna C is going to be our resident reviewer and share her thoughts each month!
What is your role at RNTV? You seem to put in a LOT of hours moderating the boards along with all the other things you do. How do you stay fresh and on top of things?
Well, my title is production manager *g*. I do put in a lot of time and effort into the message board (thank you for noticing!) I do most of the author scheduling and contest fullfillment along with various other things. My role is ever changing and evolving. One fun and exciting thing I got to do was interview Kim Harrison on-camera at last year's RWA. I can't tell you what a thrill it was for me. For one day I got to be Katie Couric.
Keeping fresh? A constant supply of peanut M&M's and great romance novels, of course! Truly, what keeps me fresh is that I love what I do. After years and years of being miserable in my job now that I found something I'm good at everyday is like a blessing and that makes it easy. Also, I work with some of the best people in the world. The M's, the members of our community and all the great authors make my days fly by in a flurry of eutopia. Finding this happiness is something that I give thanks for everyday.
What do you hope readers find when they come to RNTV?
Entertainment and a place where they can come everyday to talk about romance. We strive to make each day something special on our site. I hope they find new authors and expand their reading choices. Most of all, I hope they find a place in our community.
What plans do you have for the future on the site?
Valentines Day will be our first anniversary! Our plans for our second year are so exciting. We plan on bringing new and innovative programming and exploring new ways to bring romance novels to readers. The three of us feel that the sky's the limit and we're ever changing and always open to new ideas. There is always a new author and a new story to talk about, we don't see that ever slowing down. Romance Novel TV changes and grows to bring this to our viewers in an entertaining and fun way. As long as there are authors writing romance novels RNTV will be there to cover it.
And finally, tell us 5 quirky things about you, that perhaps your readers don't know about.
Only 5? LOL
1. I have very strict rules about The Care and Handling of Books. You must never ever write in a book, turn down the page or break the spine. Those are just the most urgent ones. I have about 378 rules.
Thanks so much to the Banditas for having me! I can't wait till they take over the RNTV blog next week. Its going to be an invasion to rival the Beatles.


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Pre-orders for the Cataclysm digital upgrade are officially open, and you can start downloading the remainder of the expansion's data the moment your purchase goes through. But what if you're awaiting a Collector's Edition or you don't have the money to upgrade online right now? You don't want to be left waiting for Cataclysm to download and install on launch night.
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A Soft Glow: White Nightlights for Kids
I'm already noticing - with a bit of dread - that the sun is rising later and setting sooner. Soon we'll be plunging headlong into the darker nights of fall and winter. I find the dark nights can be very cozy, but they're always helped by a small moment of light.
These beautiful all-white night lights are just perfect. Calm and serene, they all feature a sweet glow that's bound to soothe restless children - and parents too. My daughter would probably pick the bunny, but I have to say my favorite is the gnome!
- Squirrel, Bunny, Hedgehog, and Bird Nightlights ($12.99, Modcloth)
- Jonathan Adler Lion Nightlight ($48, Digs)
- Elephant Nightlight ($99, Land of Nod)
- Love You Nightlight ($25, SFMOMA Museum Store)
- Porcelain Gnome ($50.18, Karma Kiss)
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|January 28, 2013, 06:20 PM
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Any Parker Hale Experts
Hi All,
I'm afraid this is my first post and it's a request for help.
I've just got my first rifle, a Parker Hale 22.250 and I'm trying to find out about it. It must be about my age but has clearly had an easier life as it's in far better shape than I am. From what I've found on the web it looks like a 1200 but it has a solid recoil pad and it doesn't have the fastener, screw/bolt head that most of the ones I've seen have on their woodwork below the action/chamber.
I believe that if you remove the stock there are markings on the barrel which will give its age but I don't really want to do this, is there a list of serial numbers anywhere which will help identify it? The serial number is P-30604
Also, although with the bolt forward it locks up nice and tight but when the bolt is brought to the rear there seems to be a fair bit of movement, ie while holding it the rear seems to be fairly free to move up and down, side to side. Is this normal? The last time a fired a bolt action rifle it was as a 15 year old cadet firing a Lee Enfield .303 and that was many years ago.
Many thanks,
|January 28, 2013, 06:32 PM
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Your Parker-Hale 1200 looks like about a late-1970s/early-1980s model due to the recoil pad and the satin finish (earlier Parker-Hale rifles had black plastic buttplates and high gloss finishes). There is no Parker-Hale serial number registry as far as I know. Your rifle was assembled in England with a Yugoslavian action. The bolt movement when the action is open is typical of a Mauser 98 action.
This is a very similar rifle to the later Mark X Mausers (same action and barrels, different stocks).
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|January 28, 2013, 06:35 PM
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You seem to have a Model 1200 Super, from the late 1960's or early 70's, which utilized a version of the Mauser 98k action.
(Two different opinions - That's what makes a horse race. )
I have a Euro-only Safari version in .30-06, which a serviceman brought back in a dufflebag around 1960, that's pretty accurate with all bullet weights from 150-180 grains. (That doesn't make me a P-H expert, though)
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|January 29, 2013, 03:18 PM
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When I returned home from doing my time with Uncle Sam (1968 to 1970) I bought my first high power rifle.
It was a Parker and Hale in 3006 caliber and looked just like the rifle you have pictured.
I bought this rifle from J C Penny of all places, them was the good old days.
I do recall the bolt having a good deal of movement when it was all the way to the rear.
However when a round was chambered it was good and tight.
As a matter of fact this was one of the most accurate rifles right out of the box that I ever owned.
Three shots at 100 yards using Reminton 150 gr factory loads could be covered with a dime and you could not see a hole.
Being a young fool I traded the rifle off, I sure wished I would have kept it.
By the way welcome to the Firing Line, Jim.
Best Regards
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|January 29, 2013, 03:52 PM
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Parker Hale started out using WW2 surplus (captured) Mauser rifles for their actions. Barrels and stocks were scrapped. Parker Hale built rifles in England and West Virginia. Best description of Parker Hale rifles: factory custom built rifles.
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|January 30, 2013, 01:00 PM
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I don't know about the model but I would highly suggest that you remove the stock and check for rust and put some oil on the metal. As long as it locks up tight with the bolt closed, you are fine.
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|January 30, 2013, 02:03 PM
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I bought two of those guns from a distributor in Germany in the late 1960s. One was 30-06 the other was .308 Norma Magnum. The 30-06 was accurate for the first two shots, (fine for hunting) but would string vertically for a foot on repeat shots with heated barrell. I pillar bedded, glassed, etc etc to no avail. I figure it must be some anomaly in the barrell density on one side (top or bottom).
The .308 Norma Magnum is a tack driver. Group at 100 yrds from a hand hold from a bench, (no bags) is about a half an inch. Unbelievable.
For those who don't know the .308 Norma Mag, it is almost identical ballisticaly to the Winchester 300 magnum. It was developed by Norma before the Winchester round. Rifles for the Norma round are not found often as it never did become popular, but is an excellent round.
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|January 30, 2013, 02:27 PM
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Thanks for all your replies guys it's good of you to take the time and all good info.
|February 3, 2013, 03:02 PM
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Safari Super, from 1967 catalog. 22/250 was not an option at this time.
|February 4, 2013, 09:15 AM
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"but when the bolt is brought to the rear there seems to be a fair bit of movement, ie while holding it the rear seems to be fairly free to move up and down, side to side"
Yes it is normal. Parker H went out of business, the name moved east, then changed names to Midland, then Gibbs, then the 'what was left' was shipped to Navy arms.
I have 4 receivers, complete with 03A3 Bolts. The receiver ring is made like a small ring Mauser/03 Springfield, the barrel seats on the front of the receiver, not on the bolt face.
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Thursday, October 6, 2011
Stella McCartney Spring 2011
Stella McCartney Spring 2012 at Paris Fashion Week
Ok, so another brilliantly cast show. Natalia, Candice, Miranda, Anja.. Amazing.
Everyone seems to be hating on this collection for it being only pajamas which confuses me. Doesn't everyone secretly wish they could wear (fabulous) pajamas everyday?
Personally, I think this is the most comfortably chic trend we have ever seen, and I understand that not everyone may love it and not everyone may look good in these types of sleepwear in particular. However, living everyday in pajamas? I would think that would be a dream come true!
I know I am loving this. I am desperately trying to save money at the moment, but to work in those comfy silk pajama-like pants currently at Zara is too good to pass! xx
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One of my favourites shows!!! Best models cast! the look gorgeous! I specially love the last 3 dresses.ReplyDelete
xx, Clochet.
I don't appreciate the first part of the collection...while the second one (the last pics of your post) is really amazing!ReplyDelete
I love Stella prints and pajama style. E&CReplyDelete
Obrigada pela visita, e pelas gentis palavras. Sou bastante intuitiva e me divirto bastante experimentando produções novas. O mundo fashion é maravilhoso e cheios de infinitas possibilidades, adoro todas as cores!
Gostei muito do seu blog acho uma ótima fonte de pesquisa. Passarei mais vezes...
Passa no meu blog quando quiser, eu ficarei muito feliz.
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Wow, I love these, especially the black and white ones at the top. The cut and contrast is very artistic.ReplyDelete
I think that whole pajamas as fashion thing is pretty interesting. What does it say about our generation? I mean, I think this collection is pretty awesome myself, but, I also don't know how I feel about advocating sweatpants as a valid choice to wear to work....ReplyDelete
Great designs! Definitely loving the pyjama-like pants :)ReplyDelete
- AnonymousOctober 6, 2011 at 5:00 PM
adore Stella's Designs and Style! great Model cast indeed! love Anja, and was so thrilled to watch her walk the runway of Burberry life! xReplyDelete
all styles are soo good ! ;)ReplyDelete
- AnonymousOctober 6, 2011 at 5:33 PM
I don't know why everyone is hating on this collection either! It's wearable AND comfortable. What's not to love?? Great editorial :)ReplyDelete
xx Jacqueline
One word ... gorgeous!ReplyDelete
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Stella McCartney= Perfection! xo www.casualglamorous.comReplyDelete
Thanks for stopping by! I'll always love the mixing patterns as you can see.. i'm a fan of this cliche chic!Stella is one of the best designer!ReplyDelete
i like the intricate patterns.ReplyDelete
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Chloe Moretz waves to the audience as she drops by Late Night with Jimmy Fallon on Tuesday (November 22) in New York City.
The 14-year-old actress, who wore Proenza Schouler, chatted with Jimmy about becoming interested in acting as she grew up and her new movie, Hugo!
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SANTO DOMINGO, Dominican Republic (CBS/AP) — An American magician was recuperating Sunday in the Dominican Republic after a local television show host lit his head on fire with a flammable cologne.
Chico, California-native Wayne Houchin said he is receiving treatment for burns that doctors are cautiously optimistic will not result in scars. A Sunday statement on his Facebook page says he is "resting, healing & working through the legal process" in the Caribbean nation, where he had been performing with a group of fellow magicians.
During a Nov. 26 appearance on the Dominican Republic's "Closer To The Stars" TV program, guest host Franklin Barazarte abruptly doused the U.S. magician's head with "Agua de Florida," a flammable cologne commonly used in Santeria rituals. A video of the incident shows the magician's head bursting into flames as Barazarte runs his hands over Houchin's hair.
It is unclear why the TV host doused his head in the liquid and what ignited it. The program has not commented on the incident.
The video also shows Houchin, Barazarte and others struggling to extinguish the flames for several seconds. The incident was not broadcast on Dominican television but a video of it has appeared on the Internet.
Houchin said Barazarte's actions were completely unexpected and he considers it a criminal attack.
He said "the outrage here and outpouring of support has been incredible."
It was not immediately clear if he has retained a lawyer in the Dominican Republic.
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FRIDAY, June 29 (HealthDay News) -- Children who play organized sports often consume unhealthy foods and beverages, a new study finds.
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University of Minnesota researchers interviewed the parents of 60 youth basketball players and found that the youngsters commonly had sweets, such as candy, ice cream and doughnuts; pizza; hot dogs; salty snacks, such as chips, nachos and cheese puffs; and soda and sports drinks.
The parents also reported frequent visits to fast-food restaurants when their children were playing sports.
Although the parents agreed that these foods and beverages are unhealthy, they said rushing to practices and games made them rely more on these types of products due to their convenience.
The researchers also found that parents had difficulty determining whether certain foods and drinks were healthy, and had doubts about whether it was feasible for concession stands at youth sports venues to offer healthy choices.
The study was published in the July/August issue of the Journal of Nutrition Education and Behavior.
"The food environment in youth sports exposes kids and their families to many unhealthful foods and beverages and few healthful options," principal investigator Toben Nelson said in a journal news release. "Youth who participate in sports spend considerable time in these activities outside of school, and these sports environments are likely to influence their eating behavior."
The researchers suggested many ways to promote healthy eating in children who play sports, including integrating nutrition education into youth sports programs and finding ways to improve the nutritional quality of food available at youth sports venues.
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The Havelock Rams are headed back to the state 3A championship game.
The Havelock Rams had two ultimate goals since the beginning of the season � get back to the state championship game and win it again.
Half of that goal was achieved Friday when the Havelock trounced Orange 42-7 in 3A eastern regional championship game.
Quarterback Pharoh Cooper threw for 248 yards and three touchdowns in addition to running for 98 yards and a score.
Derrell Scott added two rushing scores and caught a 41-yard strike from Cooper for another.
�I�m just so happy for our fans and these kids and my assistants who work so hard for me and mean so much to me,� Havelock coach Jim Bob Bryant said. �It�s a thrill to be able to go to Wake Forest next weekend and play on the artificial turf there and in a stadium like that.�
The game wasn�t totally indicative of the final score, especially the first half.
Cooper hit C.J. Lindsey for a 50-yard touchdown bomb to put the Rams up 7-0.
Then after a 52-yard kickoff return set the Panthers up in the red zone, quarterback Sean Motley pushed the football across the goal line from three yards out to tie the game 7-7.
Orange would not sniff the end zone again.
With a lackluster 21-7 halftime lead, and a few people in the home crowd having some feelings of trepidation, the Rams put all of that to bed with a brilliant second half runaway performance.
�We made some adjustments and stopped making mistakes, but a lot of it speaks to our kids� maturity,� Bryant said. �We didn�t play our best in the first half, but the kids corrected their mistakes and listened to the coaches and we were much better in the second half.�
Orange�s pair of 1,000-yard running backs, Patrick Pettiford and Jalen Pittman, were bottled up for the most part by Havelock�s massive defensive front.
�I told my kids that I was proud of how hard they played,� Orange coach Patrick Moser said. �I mean we just lost to the state champions. I can�t see anyone beating them with their speed, it�s just too many weapons. We tried to run right and we ran into a kid going to South Carolina (Kendal Vickers), tried to run left and there�s a kid going to East Carolina (Malcom Ashley). I mean what are you going to do?�
The Rams move on to play the Concord Spiders on Dec. 1 at Wake Forest University in Winston-Salem.
Orange 7 0 0 0 � 7
Havelock 14 7 14 7 � 42
First Quarter
H � Pharoh Cooper 50 pass to C.J. Lindsey (Baker kick)
O � Sean Motley 3 run (Torres kick)
H � Cooper 13 run (Baker kick)
Second Quarter
H � Derrell Scott 9 run (Baker kick)
Third Quarter
H � Scott 9 run (Baker kick)
H � Cooper 41 pass to Scott (Baker kick)
Fourth Quarter
H � Cooper 13 pass to Taylor Woods (Baker kick)
First Downs 10 22
Rushes-Yards 34-98 38-262
Passing Yards 118 258
Comp-Att-Int 5-12-0 12-18-0
Penalties-Yards 3-35 11-105
Fumbles-Lost 2-2 1-1
Punts-Avg. 5-34.4 1-41.0
Individual Statistics:
Orange � Passing: Sean Motley 5-11-0 118 yards, Jamal Pittman 0-1-0. Rushing: Jalen Pittman 9-27, Motley 8-22 TD, Michael Bolden 3-9, Patrick Pettiford 10-33, Jam. Pittman 4-7. Receiving: Pettiford 1-18, Jal. Pittman 1-29, Jam. Pittman 1-7, Bolden 1-28, Garrett Cloer 1-6, Brandon Frye 1-30.
Havelock � Passing: Pharoh Cooper 12-18-0 248 yards, 3 TDs, Travis Sabdo 1-1-0 10. Rushing: Derrell Scott 10-101 2 TDs, Cooper 14-98 1TD, Taylor Woods 6-81, Donte Stackhouse 5-38, Taron Wallace 1-15. Receiving: C.J. Lindsey 3-108 TD, Michael Bowman 3-42, Scott 1-41, 1 TD, Aron Rossi 2-34, London Duvall 1-23, Taylor Woods 1-13 TD, Dallas Frazier 1-10.


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Pilgrim's Pride Corporation planned to close its chicken processing plant in Dallas, TX, by September 30, 2011, as part of its continuing effort to reduce costs and operate more efficiently. Production from the plant will be consolidated into several other Pilgrim's facilities in the region, including the processing and prepared foods plants in Mt. Pleasant, TX, thus improving its capacity utilization. Pilgrim's contract growers who supply birds to the Dallas plant will begin supplying the other company plants following the consolidation.
Approximately 1,000 hourly and salaried employees who work at the Dallas facility will be affected by the plant closing. Pilgrim's Pride expects to be able to offer positions at other facilities to interested employees. The company will provide transition programs to employees who are not retained in order to assist them in securing new employment, filing for unemployment, and obtaining other applicable benefits.
"While the decision to close a plant and eliminate jobs is always painful, we must make better use of our assets given the challenges facing our industry from record high feed costs and an oversupply of chicken," said Bill Lovette, president and chief executive officer, Pilgrim's Pride. "A key component of that effort is improving our capacity utilization through production consolidation and other operational changes. By closing the Dallas facility, we can consolidate that production volume at three other plants and help those sites run closer to full capacity. In addition, we will eliminate the cost associated with transporting live birds from northeast Texas to the Dallas processing plant and shipping offal from Dallas back to our protein conversion plant in Mt. Pleasant. This will significantly reduce our costs and allow us to operate more efficiently. In addition, we believe it will go a long way toward helping position Pilgrim's to emerge from the current industry down-cycle as a leaner, more competitive company."
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England manager Roy Hodgson has told his young players they can light up the World Cup just like Pele did 56 years ago.
Hodgson's youthful-looking side take on four-time world champions Italy in their opening Group D match in Manaus on Saturday.
Just three of the expected England starting XI have played at a World Cup before, but Hodgson sees that as a help, rather than a hindrance.
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Hodgson feels the likes of Daniel Sturridge, Raheem Sterling and Ross Barkley can draw inspiration from Pele's performances in 1958, when he fired Brazil to their first World Cup at the age of just 17.
"I'm not afraid of giving youth a chance," he said. "We've only to think back to 1958 and Pele bursting on to the scene as a 17-year-old. He went on to dominate football and become one of the most, if not the most, famous footballers of all time.
"When he came to Sweden in 1958 he wasn't even well-known in Brazil. A month later he's a superstar and went on to be an even greater superstar.
"You've seen plenty of examples in the World Cup - [Diego] Maradona was very young when he first started playing for Argentina, Johan Cruyff was another one when he was dominating European football for Netherlands. And [Franz] Beckenbauer was a young man when England lost in 1970."
When England were knocked out of Euro 2012 at the quarter-final stage by Italy, they were on the back foot for the majority of the match.
However, Hodgson thinks England will be able to dictate more of the play this time around.
He said: "I'd like to think we'll be keeping the ball with that positivity in mind so that when the opportunity comes to unleash some of the talent we've got, some of the players who are good at running with the ball, running behind defenders without the ball, we'll unleash them and put the ball into those areas because we need to score goals.
"I don't fear that it will be anything like the game that took place in Kiev [in Euro 2012]. That was two years ago, it's history. Then we were in very, very different circumstances to now. I've got every confidence in the team and really do believe we will play well.''
Other than Alex Oxlade-Chamberlain, who suffered a medial knee ligament injury in Miami last week, Hodgson has a full squad to choose from - Danny Welbeck is expected to be available after recovering from a groin "niggle."
And Hodgson admits he will find it difficult to inform those players he has left out of his starting line-up for Saturday.
"I think it has been one of my toughest team selections,'' Hodgson said. "There's a lot of people really showing that they've got the form and the quality we're looking for. When I actually name the XI there will be some disappointed people.''
Hodgson believes his team are capable of getting out of the group stage and going far in the tournament, but said: "What we want from back home is support, encouragement, for people to believe. If it doesn't go that well for us, it's not for any other reasons than it didn't happen for us on the night."


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Thieves stole money from a car park ticket machine. Sometime between 9pm on Wednesday and 6.45am yesterday, offenders broke into the locked car park at Brewery Street in Chesterfield. They drilled and prized open one of the ticket machines and took the box full of cash.
The ticket machine itself was later found dumped at the Donut roundabout on Thursday morning.
A spokesman for Derbyshire police said: "We're appealing for anyone who saw anything suspicious in the car park and anyone who saw the offenders disposing of the ticket machine box at the Donut roundabout."
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Pioneers spending summer on mission field
PLAINVIEW – Twenty years ago, Brad Bass all but had his bags packed, ready to spend a summer in Asia touring with an Athletes in Action (AIA) baseball team, combining his love of baseball with mission work.
His plans changed, however, when he was hired in the summer of 1985 to start a baseball program at Texas Wesleyan University. With the pressure of starting a baseball program from scratch, Bass had to stay home that summer.
"I had to back out of the commitment, but I have always known it was something I was supposed to do," Bass said.
Twenty years late, the head baseball coach at Wayland Baptist University is finally getting a chance to pack his bags. Bass will spend much of the summer in Alaska, coaching a team sponsored by AIA that will play in an NCAA Division I summer baseball league. Bass leaves June 1 for San Jose, Calif., where he will spend 10 days working with his team both on the field and in various outreach initiatives prior to leaving for Alaska.
Throughout the years, Bass has worked closely with AIA, encouraging many of his players to join summer league teams. This summer, three Pioneers will play for AIA teams in various locations. Trey Roberson, a junior outfielder from Lubbock, will play with a team in the New York league, while freshman Todd Jeffress and sophomore Armando Garza, both of Plainview, will travel overseas to play in Europe.
"Coach Bass showed us a brochure. Then he recommended us," Jeffress said. "We will learn more about God and more about baseball. We will get to see how they play it overseas."
While Roberson will stay within the state of New York, Jeffress and Garza will play games in France, the Czech Republic and Germany. Garza, who has never been on an airplane, is somewhat apprehensive about flying from here to Atlanta, then two weeks later boarding a plan for Europe. But he is taking it in stride.
"It's a whole summer in Europe, so that isn't bad," Garza said. "And when is the next time you are going to get a chance to play baseball in Europe?"
The players had to raise the money for their trips, more than $4,000 per player. Bass said, however, he has seen many fundraising attempts such as this go off without a hitch.
"If it's a trip you are supposed to make, the money is going to be there," he said.
Bass, who is on a 12-month contract at Wayland, was approached nearly two years ago about coaching a team by an AIA administrator who happened to be an old friend. Jason Lester, who is one of the first three players Bass signed at Texas Wesleyan, has been working with AIA since his first summer in college. Lester approached Bass about coaching at a national convention two years ago. After going through the application process, Bass was granted a summer sabbatical by Wayland, freeing him to work with the team in Alaska.
Bass and his team will spend six weeks playing against teams made up of NCAA Division I players. The AIA team will hold devotionals and Bible studies as well as take time to give their testimonies and hand out tracts in the stands after games. They will also spend their off days working on mission projects.
"We probably all have a few things in life that we would like to scratch off the list of things we would want to do. This is one of those things," Bass said. "This is a long-time commitment that I am finally going to be able to scratch off."
To top it off, Bass is taking his family with him. He and his wife, Sally, have three kids: Calvin, age 16; Meredith, 15; and Will who is 10. Bass said it will be nice to spend a summer with them, noting that his family has reached the age that everyone is going their separate directions and they don't get to do many things together as a family.
"We don't even sit together at church," Bass, who is a member of First Baptist Church in Plainview, said. "Sally is at the piano. Calvin is with his friends. Meredith is with her friends and Will is with his. I occupy space and hopefully somebody will sit with me at times.
"But this is going to be a summer that we get to spend together as a family, doing mission work."


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