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My amazing and close friend Amanda Kyle sent me what I told her I could use for Christmas: paint. I packed away all of my acrylic paints and canvasses about four months ago. She (very awesomely so) sent me an acrylic pad with a set of acrylic paints in 15 colors or so. The night of Super Bowl XLVII, I had an itch…a twitch…to paint something.
I searched for "Black & White Photography" and found this incredible photograph on Cool Photography Pics. I was intrigued by the lines in his face and the expression in his eyes. The longer I stared into his eyes, the faster I made the decision to paint him.
I dropped some paint on a paper plate (my real paint palette is in storage too), grabbed a brush and painted his left iris.
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The ribbon cutting for the new Pine Valley Sheriff's Substation was on Friday, June 6th, welcoming Sheriff Gore, and Supervisor Dianne Jacob.
Last year, County Supervisors unanimously voted to approve building the new $3.3 million sheriff's substation in Pine Valley just east of the Pine Valley County Park. This new station has long been a top priority for the community, and the building has added so much to the community.
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Congressman Tim Ryan (D-Oh) insists that meditation is the answer! An expert in mindfulness meditation, the Congressman has written a new book that has just recently been released by Hay House publishers. The book is a real eye-opener for those who have little knowledge and experience in the practice of mindfulness. The Congressman's quest is to introduce mindfulness into our schools, our work places, etc., thus creating a more mindful and peaceful nation. This article is highly recommended, as well as the accompanying video.
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Rep. Tim Ryan may have once been a typical politician, but no longer: The Ohio Democrat has traded in the hurried mentality that dominates Capitol Hill for a more Zen-like approach.
Literally.Ryan's new book, "A Mindful Nation: How a Simple Practice Can Help Us Reduce Stress, Improve Performance, and Recapture the American Spirit," is all about the benefits of meditation, which he began practicing after the 2008 election.
"I got into it because I was getting to the point where I was running too fast, doing too much — and I felt myself getting burned out, basically," he said.
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Our mind on meditation is like coherence for peace. Internal peace brings about external calm and allows the energy of the group to have a more positive flow, perspective and bottom line.
I've trained some of the Fortune 500 companies in meditation and every time their Finance Dept participates the company has higher profits and overall performance.
Glad that it's making the rounds on the Hill.
I would not. Not at this time. Maybe never.
Her guts and aggressiveness ("to shake Washington, DC") is not enough to be a good and effective US President.
Compared to Hillary, Sarah is simply not RIPE for the job:
_ Her kids are just too young right now, they need what little attention they can get from her more than the whole US do.
_She needs more WISDOM. Very few people were born wise (example: Solomon). To most people WISDOM comes slowly as they aged. Some people never gain it at all, depends on how narrow-minded and prejudiced they are. If you have WISDOM, you learn to become humble, calm, firm and strong but not offensive/aggressive, tolerant, practical, sensitive to other people's pain, broad-minded in your beliefs and decision-making. A wise leader can be without experience and knowledge but still be very effective because they know when and how to listen, observe, study, learn, MEDITATE and think. Yes! meditate, after all, our mind is our very connection to a greater POWER out there.


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NEWBERG — At about 10:45 p.m. Wednesday, Newberg-Dundee police officers responded to Fred Meyer after it was discovered that several handguns were stolen from the store.
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With the help of Fred Meyers loss prevention, officers were able to see with the help of security cameras that the handguns were stolen by the suspect shortly after 9 p.m. Based on witness and surveillance footage the suspect appears to be a white or Latino male adult with a medium build, wearing dark clothes to include a beanie or watch cap.
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There were parts of "Bill & Ted's Bogus Journey" I
probably didn't understand, but that's all right, because there were even more
parts that Bill and Ted didn't understand. This is a movie that thrives on the
dense-witted idiocy of its characters, two teenage dudes who go on amazing journeys
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I missed the enormously popular movie that introduced these characters, "Bill & Ted's Excellent Adventure," and felt myself blessed at the time. But now I'm not so sure. Their "Bogus Journey" is a riot of visual invention and weird humor that works on its chosen sub-moronic level, and on several others as well, including some fairly sophisticated ones. It's the kind of movie where you start out snickering in spite of yourself, and end up actually admiring the originality that went into creating this hallucinatory slapstick.
The movie begins far in the future, where students at Bill & Ted's University have the opportunity to chat personally with Thomas Edison and Beethoven, and to study such artistic classics as the "Star Trek" TV series. An evil overlord of time, named De Nomolos and played by that gravel-voiced, white-haired villain Joss Ackland, vows to rewrite history by destroying Bill and Ted (played as before by Alex Winter and Keanu Reeves). He has invented robots that look and act exactly like the two heroes, and are just as dumb, and he sends them rocketing back through time in a telephone booth.
Bill and Ted are meanwhile trying to win a rock band contest with their own group, the Wyld Stallyons, which includes a couple of girl musicians they picked up in the 15th century. Startled by the appearance of their robot-doubles, they commence their own journeys through time and space in a desperate attempt to destroy them, save themselves, preserve the book of history, stay cool, and meet cute chicks.
The funniest thing that happens to them is their showdown with the Grim Reaper (William Sadler), who looks just as he does in Ingmar Bergman's "The Seventh Seal." In that film (as most of the audience for this one will probably not know), Death played chess with a medieval knight, with the knight's soul at stake. This time the dudes challenge the Reaper to a pocket video game, and beat him, even after he tries to weasel out with an offer of best of three.
Death, having lost, has to accompany Bill and Ted on their journey and do what they tell him, and this leads to some of the funniest moments I have seen in any movie in a long time, including one where the Reaper does a little comparison shopping for scythes at the hardware store.
One of the stops on the bogus journey is Heaven, created with great imagination and a lot of light and echoing sound effects and a most peculiar conversation with the Deity. Bill ands Ted handle this summit meeting, as they handle everything else in the film, like two dudes for whom "Pee Wee's Playhouse" would be too slow and intellectual.
All of the actors (including George Carlin, who turns up in an important supporting role) have a lot of fun with this material, and it turns into more delicate fun, based on more subtle timing, than you might imagine. Many of Sadler's laughs as the Grim Reaper come from simple physical cringing, as he conveys his embarrassment and lost dignity.
Of Bill and Ted, I can say that I have not seen Alex Winter much
before (he was in "Rosalie Goes Shopping"), but I have seen Keanu
Reeves in vastly different roles (the FBI man in the current "Point
Break," for example), and am a little astonished by the range of these
performances. Like Sean Penn, who immortalized the word "awesome" in
a Bill & Ted-like performance in "Fast Times at Ridgemont High,"
he brings more artistry to this cretinous role than might at first meet the
Who is the movie intended for? Your basic "Bill & Ted" audience, for starters -- upward-bound young moviegoers looking for something one notch more challenging than "Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles." But also for lovers of fantasy, whimsy, and fanciful special effects. This movie is light as a feather and thin as ice in spring, but what it does, it does very nicely.
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This story is part of the 2015 edition of the AL.com A-List, our list of the top 15 senior football players in the state of Alabama.
MADISON, Alabama -- There are several pictures in Kerry Johnson's office. Kalonda, Kerron, Nyla and Kerryon Johnson have produced enough memories to fill their father's desk.
Kalonda, 28, was an accomplished dancer and is a published author. Kerron, 23, was named the Alabama Sports Writers Association's "Mr. Basketball' in 2009 and now plays overseas. (He beat out future NBA standouts DeMarcus Cousins and Eric Bledsoe.) Nyla, 21, is starting her senior year at Faulkner University, where she plays basketball.
"I've grown up around people doing great things," says Kerryon. "Everyone in my family has worked hard."
Madison Academy's talented running back is No. 2 on AL.com's 2015 A-List of the best senior football prospects in the state. He's led teams to three state championship games in three seasons piling up more than 3,500 rushing yards and 60-plus touchdowns while also playing cornerback, kick returner, punt returner, quarterback, receiver and safety. Madison Academy has won 25 straight games and back-to-back Class 3A titles.
Coach Eric Cohu recalls one jaw-dropping play during Johnson's freshman season when the player left his feet to clear a mass of humanity. "Everything was clogged up in a big pile and he hurdles six or eight bodies and then outran a veteran DB corps something like 60 yards for a touchdown," Cohu says.
By his sophomore year, Johnson already reminded his coach of NFL Hall of Famer Marcus Allen. The four-star prospect's ability to duplicate those plays has him rated by Rivals as the nation's No. 5 running back. 247sports ranks him as the No. 3 athlete. Scout.com pegged him the No. 5 back in America for the Class of 2015.
His college decision was a three-team race between Alabama, Auburn and Florida State. Florida State was the heavy early favorite, but was overtaken by Auburn. His father keeps up with all his son's stats, but he does not focus on those things.
"Do I have the time to share a story with you?" he asks.
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Kerry Johnson trains amateur basketball players. He says the 6-foot, 200-pound Kerryon would be an SEC-level point guard if he had chosen basketball. His son excels for a perennial state title favorite basketball team, but football is his thing.
There are 166 photos in AL.com's archives showing Johnson making a play in either football or basketball. Yet none of those hang in his father's office. The one that does was captured by a parent on the opposing team last season. It came after the Mustangs survived a 34-33 overtime playoff game at Piedmont. Johnson has his helmet off; a dejected opponent sits on the ground nearby, the heartache of a one-point defeat still raw.
"I told him I know how it feels," Johnson recalls. "It made me think how I lost the last game my freshman year on an onside kick. My last play freshman year was me catching the ball barely out of bounds. I said I knew how this feels, but this offseason nothing is going to drive you more than that feeling of playing your heart out and coming up short in the last game."
Teammate Adam Mann, one of his best friends, points to the way Johnson interacts with kids on the practice field or school. The star has even had his "Mean" Joe Greene moment, reminiscent of the timeless Coca-Cola commercial. A 7-year-old boy in Hunstville wanted Kerryon Johnson to show up for his birthday party at a skating rink. The prospect obliged, making the day for a child he'd never met.
"It is awesome to see him interact with people who are supposed to feed off meeting him but he gets more out of it than they do," Mann says. "Everybody sees the star on Friday nights, but they don't see him on Monday and Tuesday in the cafeteria having a great time talking to kids."
The year his older brother was named "Mr. Basketball," Johnson saw the poise Kerron maintained after losing in the state final -- in contrast to how a petulant Cousins handled losing at the Final 48. "It taught me the right and wrong way for an athlete to handle spotlight," Kerryon says. "It showed character matters. If you are a big-time athlete, you answer the questions even if you don't want to. That's respect for another person and the job they have to do."
Kerry Johnson watched athlete interviews with his children across the years and critiqued all the 'you knows' and 'ums' and poor communication skills. "Other things matter aside from just being the best player in every game," Kerryon Johnson said.
Another snapshot
Mann reflects on another memory of the state championship games against Leeds last season."We threw an interception and come off the field," Mann said. "[Kerryon] takes a shoulder brace off one shoulder and puts it on his other shoulder. He goes back out at safety. I was like 'What are you doing?' because we needed him on offense. It shows how tough he is and how much he cares about our team."
A history of injuries is about the only negative that can be said about Johnson. He tore a labrum in one shoulder in the fifth game of his sophomore year and played through it. It didn't stop him from gaining 1,700 rushing yards and scoring 32 touchdowns. He had surgery to repair it in the offseason, but dislocated that shoulder in that Piedmont game last year.
Johnson dislocated his other shoulder twice against Leeds. Trainers popped it back in. He also endured a badly-sprained ankle throughout the playoffs, after sitting out the first game. Johnson estimates he finished last year at 45 percent health.
He also broke his hand last season playing basketball. It required surgery. He had another surgery this winter to clean and tighten the area around the shoulder he hurt against Leeds. He could have gone without the latter procedure, but his family saw the window to do so when he was already sidelined from basketball with that broken hand. Now, says his father, "I feel like he's coming into this season as healthy as he has ever been. He didn't play basketball this summer. He's never had a summer to rest his body before football."
Flash forward to this time next year. He'll still just be 18, but will already have spent one season at Auburn, here he says he'll study - no surprise-- physical therapy.
His June 30 birthdate means the 17-year-old is the third-youngest senior in his class. "There are juniors playing football across Alabama that are older than he is," Cohu said. "Look how much better he can get. That's what has the college coaches excited."
Why he chose Auburn
Florida State beat Auburn in the national championship game, but lost the race for Johnson. His family is from Tallahassee. They are life-long FSU fans. When his family dreamed about college football early in his career, it was a given he'd choose the Seminoles if he was ever good enough to receive an offer. His first offer was even from Florida State.
It would now take Gus Malzahn leaving for the NFL or an NCAA probation sanction to keep him off the Plains. Auburn's coaches told Johnson he was their No. 1 running back. They showed him the recruiting board for his position on the wall and said they would not accept any commitments at running back until he made up his mind.
The Johnson family, however, was more interested in the recruiting pitches that involved molding Kerryon into a better person than a better player. Auburn told him that. It came down to a matter of trust. "They told me I was their guy and then said and did the things to really make me believe that," Kerryon Johnson said.
If injuries mean he must fill in at safety earlier in his career, he's fine with it. "That's not just my offense but that's my team," he said. "My heart is set on running back, but if a lot of people get hurt then that's my duty to the team and the coaching staff to help us win on the defensive side of the ball if that's where I am needed."


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Indica vs Sativa: What's The Difference Between Cannabis Types?
You've probably heard that cannabis is divided into two main categories: indica vs sativa strains. But what is the difference between indica and sativa plants? And how can you distinguish between a sativa vs indica high?
What is Indica and Sativa?
Both indicas and sativas are psychoactive varieties of the cannabis plant. That is, an indica or sativa will get you high. But weed connoisseurs distinguish between the two because sativa vs indica effects can be extremely different. This largely has to do with their origin stories.
Indica strains originated in colder, mountainous climates (think Afghanistan and northern India) and sativas originated in more sweltering equatorial zones.
However, with the rise of modern cannabis breeding and the discovery that genetics are important to marijuana potency, thousands of hybrid strains have also come onto the scene. These hybrids combine the effects of indicas and sativas. And in the modern world, we now distinguish between indica vs sativa vs hybrid strains.
Difference Between Indicas and Sativas?
'In Da Couch'
Indicas are known for their physically sedating effect. Some stoners use the mnemonic, "in da couch," referring to the well-known body high of strong indica strains that make a person want to sink into their couch. Indicas are ideal for relaxing with a movie or music in the evening as a way to unwind after a long day's work or as a relaxing interlude before bed. Great for kicking back with your Crafty Vaporizer before snoozing.
Indica plants tend to be short, squat, and bushy. The indica vs sativa leaves are plump and the foliage is dense. These are plants adapted to harsh environments like those found in the Hindu Kush mountain range. Indica vs sativa plants are also excellent producers of hash, and that's no accident. They were undoubtedly bred that way, as hashish is the preferred method of cannabis consumption in much of the area from which they sprang.
Indica vs sativa plants don't mess around when flowering; they get it done in six to eight weeks. This is almost certainly due to their mountain-born genetic programming; they want to produce the next generation's genetics before frost hits. Indoor growers love the speediness with which indica vs sativa flowers bloom and flatten.
Medically speaking, the heavy resin and soporific potency of indica vs sativa flowers makes them prized by people with insomnia, anxiety, nausea and pain.
Common recreational effects of indica vs sativa strains include a happy sleepiness, relaxation, and strong hunger. Pure or nearly pure indica strains include Northern Lights, Hindu Kush, Critical Mass, Purple Kush, L.A. Confidential, and God's Gift.
Sunny Sativas
Sativas, on the other hand, are known for their invigorating mental effects. The uplifting, cerebral effects of the sativa vs indica high make these strains ideal for social gatherings and creative pursuits like music, art and writing.
Sativas tend to be tall and gangly, with skinnier leaves. Originating in the sunny climates of Southeast Asia, Central America, and Mexico, these plants are sun-worshippers. They regularly grow between eight and 12 feet tall, but in optimal conditions outdoors, 18-foot monsters aren't unheard of.
These equatorial strains take their time when flowering. In contrast to the six-to-eight-week flowering time of indicas, sativa flowering can stretch past 12 weeks, making impatient growers crazy. The difference in lighting cost for indoor growers means that indoor sativas are sometimes more expensive in the shops.
The stimulating effects of sativas make them ideal for a motivational "wake and bake" session, akin to a cup of coffee. Pure or nearly pure sativa strains include Durban Poison, Thai, Ghost Train Haze, Panama Red, Strawberry Cough, Chernobyl, Trinity, and Amnesia Haze.
Are Sativas and Indicas Really That Different?
Some stoners are skeptical about whether there really is a big difference between the sativa vs indica high. "It all just gets me stoned, man," is something you might have heard in response to the indica vs sativa debate. This view has probably arisen because of all the hybrids currently available.
A majority of strains currently on the market are hybrids of various kinds, even if they're branded according to indica vs sativa categories. Additionally, oftentimes in illegal states people think they're smoking an indica or sativa when they're not so they have misconceptions about what works for them. Many people even claim that cannabis doesn't work for them at all. And while this may be true (cannabis isn't for everyone), it could also be because they simply have yet to go to a dispensary with a knowledgeable budtender who can direct them towards the right indica vs sativa, or something in-between. And these days, it's rare to find a pure sativa or pure indica strain, most strains have some of each.
Here's an indica vs sativa test you can do yourself, if you're so inclined. Get a few examples of the pure indicas still available. Go for strains like L.A. Confidential, The Hog, and Afghan Kush. Also get a few examples of pure sativas. Strains like Durban Poison, Trainwreck, Jack Herer, and Green Crack should do. Stick to a couple of the indicas for one session. Have a separate, all-sativa session on an entirely different day. Draw your own conclusions about the difference between the indica vs sativa high.
The World of Hybrids
Hybrids can be broken down into three basic groups:
• Sativa-dominant hybrids combine sativa's cerebral high with indica's relaxing body effect. Headband, Alien Girl, Juicy Fruit, Sour Diesel, and Purple Trainwreck are a few examples.
• Indica-dominant hybrids provide pain relief with a soothing head high. Afgooey, Girl Scout Cookies, Tahoe OG, Skywalker OG, and Purple Urkle are examples.
• Balanced hybrids combine the best of both worlds into one smoke with 50/50 indica/sativa genetics. Examples include White Widow, Blue Dream, Purple Diesel, and Super Silver Haze.
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ISTANBUL - While the heated subject of Kurdish language lessons continues to be debated among universities, Istanbul's Bilgi University made the first step forward by becoming the first university in Turkey to offer Kurdish language and literature as a part of its curriculum.
In the second semester of the 2008-2009 academic year, Bilgi University's literature faculty added Kurdish to its list of language courses, which includes Russian, German, Japanese, French and Spanish. The decision to include Kurdish among the other languages was made by the president of the Turkish Higher Education Committee, or YÖK, and Bilgi University's governing body in order to cater to students who wish to learn the language formally.
The Kurdish course will be divided into two sections. The first will look in detail at the roots of the language and its development over the years, focusing on the varying regional dialects. Part one of the course will look at the formal rules of spelling and grammar with the aim to teach students Kurdish expressions in the first few lessons. The second section of the course will look at the Kurdish alphabet and its history and the roots of words. The sessions will focus on the development of vocabulary and practical speaking.
In conjunction with the launch of the new course at Istanbul's Bilgi University, the Turkish European Human Rights Court, or AİHM, charged Kocatepe University in Afyon for depriving a group of 18 students from their educational rights after expelling them for requesting Kurdish lessons in 2002. It is expected that Bilgi University's signature launch of the language course will encourage other universities to follow suit and include Kurdish language and literature courses in their curriculum. Kurdish lessons will be open to all students from all faculties at Bilgi University.
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The Anti-Aging Effects of Carnosine
Carnosine protects against excitotoxicity and stroke
Many neurological disorders are caused by excitotoxicity.23 This brain cell damaging effect is often caused by excessive sensitivity to glutamate, the main excitatory neurotransmitter. Excitotoxicity triggers a cascade of events including membrane polarization, ending in cell death.
It is probable that excitotoxic complications determine the long-term effects of stroke. In Alzheimer's disease, laboratory experiments show that amyloid-beta induces cultured neurons to undergo excitotoxic death.
Experimental evidence shows that carnosine protects cells against excitotoxic death. A Russian study showed that rat cerebellar cells incubated in carnosine were resistant to excitotoxic cell death from toxic glutamate analogs.24
Two further Russian studies tested carnosine in animal experiments designed to simulate stroke. In the first experiment, rats were exposed to low pressure hypoxia.11 Rats given carnosine beforehand were able to keep standing and breathing almost twice as long as the others. After the hypoxia, carnosine treated rats were able to stand after 4.3 minutes, as compared to 6.3 minutes for the untreated rats.
The second experiment simulated stroke through arterial occlusion. The scientists found that carnosine acts as a neuroprotector in the ischemic (blood-deprived) brain. Rats treated with carnosine displayed a more normal EEG, less lactate accumulation (a common measure of injury severity), and better cerebral blood flow restoration.25
Carnosine and skin aging
While the epidermis (outer skin layer) changes only subtly with age, profound changes take place in the dermis (inner skin layer). In the dermis, the population of fibroblasts (connective tissue cells) is cut in half by age 80. Collagen becomes disorganized with broken fibers, while the extracellular matrix shows widespread destruction.
The brain's rich supply of oxygen, glucose, membrane lipids and metals may explain why it is also richly endowed with carnosine. Carnosine suppresses oxidative stress, lipid peroxidation, pathological protein-sugar interactions and copper-zinc toxicity. Moreover, carnosine's ability to forestall cellular senescence may help sustain the long lives of neurons, which do not divide to form new cells.
A major source of oxidative damage and cellular dysfunction in the brain is the oxidation of lipids in the membranes of brain cells.* This generates highly toxic byproducts that damage proteins and inhibit the synthesis of protein and DNA. Lipid peroxidation is particularly significant in Alzheimer's disease, where it is most prominent in the vicinity of senile plaques.** Carnosine dramatically reduces the levels of lipid peroxidation products.
When mice were stressed with electric shocks for two hours, significant increases in lipid peroxidation products in the brain and blood were observed, with decreased antioxidant activity levels.*** However, mice treated with carnosine before the shocks showed opposite effects. After the same series of shocks, their brain and blood lipid peroxidation product levels were more than 85% lower than in the untreated mice. Brain SOD antioxidant activity was six times higher in the carnosine fed mice compared to the untreated mice. When stress was induced, it caused a depression in levels of essential membrane phospholipids by 9% while carnosine treatment actually raised them by 26%. Carnosine also protected against a step in the glycation process, protected cells from damage by lipid peroxidation toxins and increased the "flowability" of cell membranes.
In Alzheimer's disease, lipid peroxidation toxins are thought to interfere with critical membrane proteins involved in cellular signaling and in transporting ions, glucose and glutamate. Carnosine appears to protect against many of the pathologies that have been identified in the Alzheimer's disease process.
* Forster MJ, Dubey A, Dawson KM, et al. Age-related losses of cognitive function and motor skills in mice are associated with oxidative protein damage in the brain. Proc Natl Acad Sci USA. 1996; 93(10):4765-9.
** Smith MA, Sayre LM, Anderson VE, et al. Cytochemical demonstration of oxidative damage in Alzheimer disease by immunochemical enhancement of the carbonyl reaction with 2,4-dinitrophenylhydrazine. J Histochem Cytochem. 1998; 46(6):731-5.
***Gulyaeva NV, Dupin AM, Levshina IP. Carnosine prevents activation of free-radical lipid oxidation during stress. Bull Exp Biol Med. 1989; 107(2):148-152.
Protein degradation damages all components of the epidermis and dermis, leading to loss of elasticity, wrinkles, macromolecular disorganization, loss of extracellular matrix, and reduced capacity for wound repair, all of which are characteristics of aged skin. Collagen, the protein substance of connective tissue, tends to cross-link with age. It is well known that collagen is cross-linked in the course of glycation and the consequent formation of AGEs (advanced glycation end products). This robs the skin of elasticity and youthful tone.
Once AGEs form, they can directly induce the cross-linking of collagen even in the absence of glucose and oxidation reactions. Researchers have found that neither antioxidants nor metal chelators can inhibit direct cross-linking of collagen by AGEs. Only an anti-glycating agent, in one case the drug aminoguanidine, could inhibit this process. According to several published studies, carnosine offers a superior efficacy and toxicity profile compared to aminoguanidine.2
Carnosine rejuvenates senescent fibroblasts (connective tissue cells).14 This helps to explain a series of research findings that carnosine significantly improves post-surgical wound healing. A Japanese study showed that carnosine enhances granulation, a healing process in which proliferating fibroblasts and blood vessels temporarily fill a tissue defect.26 A Brazilian study showed that granulation tissue matured faster, with a higher level of collagen biosynthesis, in carnosine treated rats.27 This is not surprising in view of carnosine's ability to extend the replicative potential of cultured fibroblasts. These studies further suggest that carnosine can restore the body's regenerative potential.
The skin makes visible the changes that occur throughout the body as damaged proteins. The life cycles of cells and proteins may regulate both our appearance as we age and how long we live. By preserving the integrity and regular turnover of protein, carnosine is a key defense against the downward spirals of degeneration that occur as part of the aging process.28
Carnosine stands out as a promising multi-modal life extension discovery. It extends life span at the level of the cell and of the organism. The scientific evidence indicates that carnosine could help to preserve the structural, functional and genetic integrity of the body in a natural way.
Some of the age-related conditions that carnosine may help to prevent (and treat) include:
- Neurological degeneration
- Cellular senescence (cell aging)
- Cross-linking of the eye lens
- Accumulation of damaged proteins
- Muscle atrophy
- Brain circulatory deficit
- Cross-linking of skin collagen
- LDL cholesterol oxidation
- DNA chromosome damage
- Formation of advanced glycation end products (AGEs)
- Stadtman ER. Protein oxidation and aging. Science. 1992; 257(5074):1220-4.
- Preston JE, Hipkiss AR, Himsworth DT, et al. Toxic effects of beta-amyloid(25-35) on immortalised rat brain endothelial cell: protection by carnosine, homocarnosine and beta-alanine. Neurosci Lett. 1998; 242(2):105-8.
- Stadtman ER, Levine RL. Protein oxidation. Ann NY Acad Sci. 2000; 899:191-208.
- Bierhaus A, Hofmann MA, Ziegler R, et al. AGEs and their interaction with AGE-receptors in vascular disease and diabetes mellitus. I. The AGE concept. Cardiovascular Research. 1998; 37(3):586-600.
- Munch G, Schinzel R, Loske C, et al. Alzheimer's disease-synergistic effects of glucose deficit, oxidative stress and advanced glycation endproducts. Journal of Neural Transmission. 1998; 105(4-5):439-61.
- Hipkiss AR, Michaelis J, Syrris P. Non-enzymatic glycosylation of the dipeptide L-carnosine, a potential anti-protein-cross-linking agent. FEBS Lett. 1995; 371(1):81-5.
- Munch G, Mayer S, Michaelis J, et al. Influence of advanced glycation end-products and AGE-inhibitors on nucleation-dependent polymerization of beta-amyloid peptide. Biochim Biophys Acta. 1997; 1360(1):17-29.
- Hipkiss AR, Chana H. Carnosine protects proteins against methylglyoxal-mediated modifications. Biochem Biophys Res Commun. 1998; 248(1):28-32.
- Brownson C, Hipkiss AR. Carnosine reacts with a glycated protein. Free Radic Biol Med. 2000; 28(10):1564-70.
- Hipkiss AR, Preston JE, Himswoth DT, et al. Protective effects of carnosine against malondialdehyde-induced toxicity towards cultured rat brain endothelial cells. Neurosci Lett. 1997; 238(3):135-8.
- Boldyrev AA, Stvolinsky SL, Tyulina OV, et al. Biochemical and physiological evidence that carnosine is an endogenous neuroprotector against free radicals. Cell Mol Neurobiol. 1997; 17(2):259-71.
- Hipkiss AR, Preston JE, Himsworth DT, et al. Pluripotent protective effects of carnosine, a naturally occurring dipeptide. Ann NY Acad Sci. 1998; 854:37-53.
- McFarland GA, Holliday R. Retardation of the senescence of cultured human diploid fibroblasts by carnosine. Exp Cell Res. 1994; 212(2):167-75.
- McFarland GA, Holliday R. Further evidence for the rejuvenating effects of the dipeptide L-carnosine on cultured human diploid fibroblasts. Exp Gerontol. 1999; 34(1):35-45.
- Yuneva MO, Bulygina ER, Gallant SC, et al. Effect of carnosine on age-induced changes in senescence-accelerated mice. J Anti-Aging Med. 1999; 2(4):337-42.
- Horning MS, Blakemore LJ, Trombley PQ. Endogenous mechanisms of neuroprotection: role of zinc, copper, and carnosine. Brain Res. 2000; 852(1):56-61.
- Huang X, Cuajungco MP, Atwood CS, et al. Cu(II) potentiation of alzheimer Ab neurotoxicity. Correlation with cell-free hydrogen peroxide production and metal reduction. J Biol Chem. 1999; 274(52):37111-6.
- Atwood CS, Moir RD, Huang X, et al. Dramatic aggregation of Alzheimer Ab by Cu(II) is induced by conditions representing physiological acidosis. J Biol Chem. 1998; 273(21):12817-26.
- Cherny RA, Legg JT, McLean CA, et al. Aqueous dissolution of Alzheimer's disease Ab amyloid deposits by biometal depletion. J Biol Chem. 1999; 274(33):23223-8.
- Gulyaeva NV. Superoxide-scavenging activity of carnosine in the presence of copper and zinc ions. Biochemistry (Moscow). 1987; 52(7 Part 2):1051-4.
- de la Torre JC. Cerebromicrovascular pathology in Alzheimer's disease compared to normal aging. Gerontology. 1997; 43(1-2):26-43.
- Hipkiss AR, Preston JE, Himswoth DT, et al. Protective effects of carnosine against malondialdehyde-induced toxicity towards cultured rat brain endothelial cells. Neurosci Lett. 1997; 238(3):135-8.
- Doble A. The role of excitotoxicity in neurodegenerative disease: implications for therapy. Pharmacol Ther. 1999; 81(3):163-221.
- Boldyrev A, Song R, Lawrence D, et al. Carnosine protects against excitotoxic cell death independently of effects on reactive oxygen species. Neuroscience. 1999; 94(2):571-7.
- Stvolinsky SL, Kukley ML, Dobrota D, et al. Carnosine: an endogenous neuroprotector in the ischemic brain. Cell Mol Neurobiol. 1999; 19(1):45-56.
- Nagai K, Suda T, Kawasaki K, et al. Action of carnosine and beta-alanine on wound healing. Surgery. 1986;100(5):815-21.
- Vizioli MR, Blumen G, Almeida OP, et al. Effects of carnosine on the development of rat sponge-induced granulation tissue. II. Histoautoradiographic observations on collagen biosynthesis. Cell Mol Biol. 1983; 29(1):1-9.
- Ikeda D, Wada S, Yoneda C, et al. Carnosine stimulates vimentin expression in cultured rat fibroblasts. Cell Struct Funct. 1999; 24(2):79-87.


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What do we call a pro-military dogma, wrapped in patriotism? Warocracy. According to George Fouke, Ph.D., retired professor of political studies, Warocracy is a post World War II mindset about power-Who has it? Who wants it? How will it be used?Damn the Warocracy! explores this new ideology about the rise of misplaced power. It does not foster Democratic, Republican, Independent or any other political party. It focuses on a democratic society with the expectation of voter privilege and responsibility.Damn the Warocracy! asks the big question. What to live for and what to die for? The political and historical trends that have shaped the Great Generation are now taking form for the New Generation to restore the positive use of political power.Fouke, using humor and skill, informs and educates the reader about the mistakes of the past, their continuing impact, and future alternatives. He addresses the moral and political crossroads faced by the New Generation with an intensity born from his early life experiences of diversity in religion, culture, values, and political views. Professor Fouke believes in America and challenges the next generation to think independently and become morally proactive in the political arena.
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The next chapter is 1845-46: Freeman. The story drops back in time and the setting is Ireland. Fredrick Douglass as a renowned spokesman, although he is still technically an escaped slave. He is speaking out against slavery and oppression. He is in Dublin, Ireland, raising money for the fight against slavery in America. When he arrives on the ship, he unloads his own trunk because he's not accustomed to having other people do things for him. He arrives at the home of Mr. Webb, his Irish publisher. The footman struggles with Douglass's trunk because he has a special set of weights in the trunk.
Douglass arrives in Dublin at the home of his host, Mr. Webb, who is the man who publishes Douglass's books in Ireland. Douglass has a nap in the afternoon and wakes at dinner time. He recalls his trip across...
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Justin Timberlake and Jessica Biel kicked off their wedding festivities in Italy on Wednesday (17Oct12) by throwing a beach bash for family and friends.
The stars, who are rumoured to be marrying within days, hosted more than 50 guests at a casual dinner party on Cala Masciola beach in Puglia, Italy.
Timberlake's Saturday Night Live collaborator Andy Samberg and his longtime music manager Johnny Wright were among the revellers who enjoyed food and cocktails as well as an impressive 10-minute fireworks display.
The couple decorated their seaside gathering with lanterns and played classic tracks including Marvin Gaye's Let's Get It On, reports UsMagazine.com.
Hip-hop producer Timbaland and Biel's former Seventh Heaven co-star Beverley Mitchell are also said to have flown in for the nuptials.


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I've already ranted about "women only" rooms in gyms, now I want to comment on another pet peeve of mine…the mirror-less gym. I realize that these gyms think they are creative a less-intimidating environment by not having mirrors on the wall, but, here's a newsflash…other people can still see you without the mirrors; you just can't see yourself!
Mirrors in a workout room are very important. You need to watch yourself in the mirror to make sure that you are performing the movements correctly. Incorrect movement or bad posture can make a big difference in the effectiveness of the exercise — you can even hurt yourself if your form is bad.
So look in the mirror, make sure you are standing (or sitting) correctly, make sure you complete each movement, make sure you are actually using the muscles you are trying to work. Intimidation will lessen when you are confident that you are performing the exercises correctly, and the only way to make sure of that is to use the mirror.


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"I ran across the idea for a rice salad using adzuki beans online somewhere, which had similar based ingredients but a different dressing. I've paired the nutritious ingredients of brown rice, adzuki beans and barley here with an Asian flavoured dressing. Not difficult to prepare, but it does involve some boiling and overnight soaking of the beans. In my case I make it with leftover brown rice so there is one less step. This could be spiced up with some cayenne or chili paste as you please, and of course the addition of flax oil is completely optional. I think this would be good for 4 sides, or 2 mains. I haven't included the overnight soaking in the prep time."
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- 1⁄2 cup dry adzuki beans (aka azuki beans)
- 1 cup cooked brown rice (leftovers work well here or boil up about 1/2 a cup of raw rice)
- 1⁄4 cup pearl barley
- 1 1⁄2 tablespoons sesame oil
- 1 1⁄2 tablespoons rice wine vinegar
- 1 1⁄2 tablespoons Braggs liquid aminos (or tamari or soy...start with 1 tbsp then taste test)
- 1⁄2 lime, juice of
- 1 teaspoon fresh ginger (minced or grated, about a 1-inch piece, or 1/2 tsp dried ground ginger)
- 1 garlic clove (minced or grated)
- 1⁄2 teaspoon sugar
- 1⁄4 teaspoon coriander powder
- 1 tablespoon flax seed oil (optional)
- 2 green onions, sliced (green & white parts)
- 1 carrot, grated
- 1 tablespoon sesame seeds (plus more for garnish)
- 1⁄4 cup fresh cilantro, chopped (optional)
- Soak the beans overnight in plenty of water. When ready to cook, rinse and drain them from their soaking liquid. Place into a medium pot with plenty of water and bring to a boil. Cover (ajar), reduce to medium simmer and allow to cook for about 50 minutes. Freshness of the beans makes a difference, yours might not take as long so check along the way. Set the timer for 20 minutes. Make your rice at same time if need be.
- 20 Minutes into the beans cooking, add the 1/4 cup of barley. If you are worried about the colour from the beans staining the barley, then cook it separately.
- While that cooks, make the dressing by mixing the sesame oil, vinegar, braggs/soy, lime juice, ginger, garlic, sugar, coriander and flax oil. Set that aside.
- In your salad serving bowl add the carrot, green onions, sesame seeds and cilantro.
- Once the beans & barley are cooked, drain then cool them off well in cold water, drain again. Do same with your rice if need be.
- Mix the beans, rice & barley and dressing to the veg in your bowl, mix well and garnish with some extra sesame seeds.
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Here we are at last. My thanks to Canongate for supplying copies of the book, to bloggers Rob from Robaroundbooks and Simon from Savidgereads and to literary translator, Eric Dickens, for supplying some great interview questions. And finally many, many thanks Kader Abdolah for such a thought-provoking book and taking the time to answer all this in English.
Language seems such a good place to start ….
Eric: What is it like writing in a foreign language? (For info, Kader Abdolah is from Iran and now writes in Dutch).
KA: Writing in another language is difficult. How can I put it . . . You can compare it with ploughing the ground of your mind to plant a new product. If you write in another language, you produce a new kind of literature. It is fresh, it is imperative. You create a new you, a new writer, a more interesting one.
Lizzy: I was struck by the simplicity of the language in the first half of the book. The abuses of the Shah's reign were hinted at but never described in full detail. Come the Iranian Revolution, the language became more vivid and intense with revolutionary zealotry and terrors described in detail. Are you suggesting by this that Iran jumped out of the frying-pan and into the fire?
KA: Indeed, you are right about the language changing in the second half of the book. In the first part, the characters live in harmony in their loving house. Everybody who reads the book has the feeling that he/she knows that house, and he/she has lived there and likes living there. But when the dark political tension grows, you need another language to tell the misery, to explain the complications of terror, to carry the pain, to find a way.
Lizzy: Other sections, the surahs in particular, strike me as almost impossible to translate. Did you advise your translators in any way and are you happy with the final product?
KA: I am a lucky writer, I love life, and I think life loves me too. I was always lucky to have excellent translators. The English translation is wonderful, I am grateful for the great job the translator did.
Simon: Aqa Jaan is a marvellous character, and one of my favourites (he has some of the qualities of Atticus from To Kill A Mockingbird). Where did the inspiration for him come from?
Nearly every character in my story is based on a real person, someone I lived with. Aqa Jaan is a real person; he was my uncle and he died a few months ago. He is a typical character in traditional Iranian society: a devout man, a father, a husband, an uncle and a neighbor. Every Iranian knows a man like Aqa Jaan.
My own father was deaf and mute, and Aqa Jaan was my 'adopted' father. Often I see him in myself, his traits. I needed him as a role model in order to become a strong man and a writer.
Lizzy: Yes, I admired Aqa Jaan in the main but I was not at all happy with the way he gave his daughter to the first man who asked for her – despite his misgivings. Poor Sadiq.
KA:. Let me tell you the truth about 'Poor Sadiq'.. Aqa Jaan did not give Sadiq away to Khalkhal. I did, I mean, as a writer. I made the decision. So you can still admire Aqa Jaan.
Rob: I need to ask about your choice of fate for the utterly despicable Khalkhal. In real life, as I understand it, Sadegh Khalkhali (the regime's 'hanging judge' whom Khalkhal is undoubtedly modeled on), retired to Qom and eventually died of cancer. In The House of the Mosque his end is a lot more 'executionary'. I wondered whether your choice of fate for Khalkhal was made because it fitted better with the story, or whether you chose it more for self-satisfaction?
The facts you mention are correct. However, being a writer gives you endless possibilities. Sadegh Khalkhali has killed hundreds of people. But life let him die in his own bed. This was a mistake of life. A writer is more powerful than life. It was necessary for our literature and for our people to have him killed with a gun. It is my duty as a writer to kill him on one of the pages of my book. It was justice in the right way.
Rob: With regard to to Khalkhal and Sadiq's son, Lizard. I find the character to be hugely fascinating but also incredibly odd. There's a real sense of the allegorical or fable-like about this character – perhaps more than can be seen in any of the other characters in the book (with the possible exception of the 'grandmothers') – and I wondered if you could explain your reasons behind creating Lizard?
KA: I don't know why I have created the character Lizard. Writing is a strange process. While writing I never know what kind of characters will appear in my book. Suddenly they emerge, out of nothing. They fascinate me, and let me create my story.
Eric: How much of the action is mythical, how much derived from experience? (This refers to life around the hooz – where the womenfolk are termed 'grandmothers' and appear to have a collective soul, whilst the menfolk are more delineated as individuals.)
KA: I can't say exactly, but in my imagination a lot is real, no fiction. I needed the house to be this way; I needed to make it real. All of the people in that house are gone, have disappeared, but my characters keep on living, in your mind. They are real characters, I think. They have to be.
Simon: Which characters were personally closest to your heart and which were the hardest to write?
KA: I wanted to show more of the Iranian traditional life of women, but I couldn't show it completely. The House of the Mosque didn't give me enough room to write about it, but I have created some strong female characters. Closest to my own character are Nosrat and Shahbal.
Eric: The book appears to be a triangular fight between those loyal to the Shah, to the Ayatollah and maybe to people looking to Moscow. How did this pan out in real life back in 1979?
KA: Iran is an important country; our border with the ex-Soviet Union is 2000 kilometers long. America and the Soviet Union wanted to take control of the country. Some groups were pro-Moscow, some other groups were pro-Washington. But you see now what has happened. No Moscow, and no Washington, but Mecca.
Lizzy: The novel ends with Khomeini's death. Are you planning a sequel that will bring us up to date with Iranian history?
KA: No, I am going back into history to an east-west story, about the presence of England in Iran. It is a novel about the time before the ayatollahs, when there was a king of Iran and about the influence of the industrial revolution on our country. I tell our story in a time when you were present in our daily lives.
Eric: What sort of people does the author consider to be his core readership: Western people with little knowledge of Iran beyond what they read in the newspapers, or the exile Iranian community?
KA: I have written it for you. I don't know who you are, but I have written it for you. And at the same time, I have written this book for myself, to understand myself better; I wanted to know why this has happened. And I wanted to explain it and share it with you.
Lizzy: Finally a question on behalf of all booklovers, everywhere! Do you keep a copy of your books in every language? How does the Canongate cover rate against others?
Yes, I do keep a copy of each translation in my library and it feels great. The cover of Canongate's edition is beautiful; it matches the first part of the story. It is mysterious.
When I escaped my country and came to Holland, I didn't have a single book. I bought a book case, an empty one. That bookcase is now filled with my own books and books of other great writers.


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©UNDP: Dream Team player Emma Holten
In the world of sports, athletes are celebrated as heroes and serve as role models of their generation. When it comes to gender equality activists, this is not the case. They fight their fight behind the lines, unseen, often at a great personal risk and cost, and with no other reward than being the change they want to see in the world.
But what if the fight for gender equality was a team sport and women's rights activists were celebrated like sports stars?
The Permanent Mission of Denmark to the United Nations is partnering with Eir Soccer to create a SDG 5 Gender Equality Dream Team to play at the Global Goals World Cup finals in New York in September 2017 during the UN General Assembly week.
The UN Sustainable Development Goal (SDG) 5 aims to achieve gender equality and to empower all women and girls. With the creation of the SDG 5 Gender Equality Dream Team, we wish to celebrate the significant and ground-breaking work of gender equality advocates and to highlight the importance of gender equality and empowerment of women and girls
Together with the Global Goals World Cup we are asking eight world leaders and gender equality role models to each nominate a female women's rights advocate for the SDG 5 Gender Equality Dream Team. The team will be set one player at the time over the months leading up to the Global Goals World Cup finals and will be presented with their own 'player cards'.
The first two players were nominated in March 2017 at a side event in the UN Headquarters during the annual session of the UN Commission on the Status of Women in partnership with the Permanent Mission of Kenya to the United Nations, Save the Children, UNDP, UN Women, Women Deliver and the Office of the Secretary-General's Envoy on Youth.
Emma Holten from Denmark was nominated by the Minister for Equal Opportunities and Nordic Cooperation, H.E. Ms. Karen Ellemann, and Fatuma Abdulkadir Adan from Nigeria was nominated by the Cabinet Secretary of the Ministry of Public Service, Youth and Gender of Kenya, H.E. Ms. Sicily Kariuki.
Read more about the launch event here.
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We help microfinance institutions reach meaningful scale and sustainability and to broaden significantly the range of financial products and services they offer to their clients. We provide early-stage equity, quasi-equity financing and loan guarantees to help MFIs become independent of donor funds, build their capital base, attract deposits and attain financial leverage through the following vehicle:
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text: West Down is a pleasant village, set about four miles inland from the North Devon coast. The busy market town of Barnstaple is just nine miles away. 450 feet above sea level, the village sits in a bowl in the hills on the edge of one of the steep wooded valleys which slice through the hills of this part of North Devon.It is the largest of the inland villages that support the scattered farms that have moulded the landscape. Substantial farmhouses and smaller cottages are packed tightly around the 14th century Church. Many of the older buildings are of cob with slate roofs, and date back to the 17th century. The farmhouses are now mostly private houses and their land has been sold off the land now farmed from farms on the periphery of the village. At the west end of the village is the village square. The village has a shop and post office and village pub called The Crown, just off the village square. West Down has had its own village school which has been on the present site since 1842. It was built at a cost of 139 and was known as the parochial school. Infants were charged one penny (old) per week and older children tuppence. In 1890 there were 175 pupils with 40 infants in a separate room. The village is noted for its footpaths, all well maintained and clearly marked. There are many fine walks to and from the village and some circular ones. The Crown Inn is 17th Century village pub where you can relax and enjoy a pint or meal in the friendly atmosphere. CAMRA recommended Sunday roasts (booking advised) shouldnt be missed and you can sample local real ales and fine wines. There are home-made specials on the menu every day and dinner party and buffets can be catered for. Theres a fantastic garden to enjoy on those long summer days and you can also sample the hospitality at their B&B. If you would like to go back to the days when you could walk to the farm up the road and collect fresh milk and cream while saying hello to the cows and calves, then head for West Hill Farm. Chris and Susi Batstone have managed their dairy herd and pastures organically for five years, and two years ago they set up a processing dairy. The farm now employs six staff who run the dairy and deliver the fresh milk and cream. The dairy team are very proud of their crusty cream, which is mentioned by Rick Stein in his latest Guide to food heroes. It is unique to West Hill Farm, and is a set fresh cream which can be used in the same way as clotted. You should also visit the Long House Tea Room a picturesque 18th century tea-room in West Down. Try their delicious light lunches and snacks, including traditional Devon cream teas with home-made scones along with their range of home-made cakes, with either tea, freshly-brewed coffee or a soft drink. All served with a very warm welcome! Once a year the village of West Down is the venue for what is becoming a major fixture in the running calendar. Individuals, clubs, families and folk on holiday take part in a beautiful 10k scenic run. The course has been designed to test the more serious runners, whilst retaining the fun element of a casual run through the beautiful North Devon countryside.


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Hime Gyaru Hair Tutorial
Welcome to my Hime Gyaru Hair Tutorial!
PLEASE NOTE THAT THIS HIME GYARU HAIR TUTORIAL HAS BEEN UPDATED HERE. The version below is achieved by teasing your hair, if you don't want to tease it click here for the other version. This is also only one way to do this style. I have done several others so please check the tutorial section for videos etc.
Please note that there are a LOT of photos so dial-up users beware!
This tutorial is just for the the way that I do my hair, there are several other ways to do this but this is one way that it works for me. I have done several other posts on hime gyaru hair tutorials.
Without further ado…
To start off you should have clean hair, brush all of the knots out of it and make sure it's dry.
Now get your materials together. You need a nice hair brush, a can of hair spray (I LOVE Sunsilk Super Hold)
You will also need LOTS of bobby pins
And some accessories to tie your whole look together. I like to have an alice band and a big bow to stick on the back to cover all the pins
Now let's get started!
Brush your fringe forward and the rest of you hair backwards as if you were going to put it in a pony tail.
Now put your fingers at the tops of your ears and work them through your hair until they meet at the top. Basically what you should be doing is separating a section of hair that is about one inch thick. Pull it upwards and hold on to it for a moment.
This section will eventually become the smooth part of the quiff (top lump of hair) so you need to clip it out of the way for now. I usually twist it to the side and stick a clip in.
Now is the fun part… Take a section of hair behind the bit you clipped off a couple of inches thick. This will be the part of hair the keeps the whole thing up!
Pull this section of hair up and keep hold of it.
At this point it might help you to tie the rest of y
our hair up. Once you get some more practice you might not bother but if it's your first time then it makes it easier!
Now pull the section of hair up above your head.
At this point you probably look like an extra out of a Dr Suess movie!
Now is the fun part! Tease the section you're holding until it's massive! To tease the hair you brush it from the tips to the roots so it turns into a big knotty mess.
So grab the teased part and start squishing it into a big ball. Don't squish it too much or it will loose it's shape. if you want it to be bigger just tease it some more!
Now curl it backwards over on itself. It should look like a big fluffy tube from the side. If you want don't get it right the first time just tease it up some more and try again. Remember the bigger the better!
Grab your bobby pins and pin that big old tube in place!
Once you are happy with the positioning you should use your hairspray! Don't scrimp on the spay, if you want it to stay up all day then it needs to be sturdy. If you find that it shape isn't roughly what you want then you can squish it into shape and add more spray, it doesn't need to be perfect because we're going to cover it with hair. Sexy huh?
Now is the time to take down all of the hair you've clipped up. See it's starting to take shape!
This part takes a little practice so don't worry if it doesn't come out right the first time, just unpin it and try again!
From the inch of long hair at the front take a section at the top/middle of your head and brush it straight upwards. This section should be wide enough to cover a good part of the quiff.
Now carefully place the hair backwards over the teased bump. Make sure it's fairly smooth.
Bring it down over the back and use a bobby pin to fix it in place. Again use your hair spray to seal it down.
Now grab a section of hair on the side and brush it up and back. Fiddle with it until it covers all the messy bits of the teased part.
Once you have it right you can pin it down and spray it in place. It should look something like this:
Now do that to the other side and you're almost done! If you have a few stray bits like I do in the photo below just spray the area and smooth it down with your hand.
Now we're ready to decorate! Pick out a nice big bow for the front and if you want to try out a side swept fringe then this is the time!
Now make sure you have a bow or some flowers handy to cover up all those ugly bobby pins in the back! Just pin it straight into the quiff, if you make sure to pin through the teased part it won't go anywhere even on the windiest, rainiest, craziest day where you're stuck on a train with your head in some guy's sweaty armpit and you'll be all ready for that photoshoot for Jesus Diamante!
Taadaa! All done 😀 Make sure to cam-whore it up, you just spend 923810 hours doing your hair, people should bloody well notice!
If you want, you can add hair extensions, I love them but I don't wear them every day. Too cute!
Before you go and try it yourself you should probably see how horrible it is to take out at the end of the day *_*
Have fun brushing it all out! Let me suggest this, don't just dry brush it… GET LEAVE IN CONDITIONER! This will help de-tangle it. Also you should make sure to wash and condition the hair afterward or give it a moisture treatment! If you wear your hair like this often it really needs it!
I would love to see photos of you wearing Hime Gyaru style hair! Let me know what you thought of this tutorial 🙂
Thank you for reading!


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Winnie Byanyima Appointed to Global Economic Transformation Commission Led by Nobel Laureates Joseph Stiglitz, Michael Spence
Oxfam International Executive Director Winnie Byanyima has been appointed to a new "Commission on Global Economic Transformation" led by Nobel Prize-winning economists Joseph Stiglitz and Michael Spence, initiated by the Institute for New Economic Thinking (INET).
Oxfam mobilizing to help Cubans devastated by Hurricane Irma with focus on women and girls
After completing a fact-finding mission in Cuba to identify those most in need, Oxfam is working with partners and Cuban officials to respond to the widespread destruction caused by Hurricane Irma.
Victory in Tunisia: new law says "Enough" to violence against women and girls
The Tunisian Parliament has adopted a new law for the elimination of all forms of violence against women and girls, including domestic violence. In response, Soufia Galand, Oxfam Country Office Tunisia Gender Justice Officer, said: "The revolution is still alive and it has added a feminist milestone to its path!"
Oxfam stands in solidarity with global strike on International Women's Day
"Women and girls are today bravely taking a stand and Oxfam stands with them in solidarity," said Winnie Byanyima, Oxfam International Executive Director and women's rights leader, this International Women's Day.
Fight against poverty at risk by threats to women's rights
Women across the globe are facing new threats which risk dismantling decades of hard-won rights and derailing the effort to end extreme poverty, Oxfam warns today.
Oxfam award-winning film on women not authorized for screening in India
An Oxfam award-winning film challenging the deep-rooted patriarchy in India cannot be screened in the country. The Central Board of Film Certification has refused to certify 'Lipstick Under My Burkha', saying the movie is "lady orientated" and contains "contentious sexual scenes, abusive words [and] audio pornography."
Thailla is a young member of the student activist movement in Sapopemba. The Brazilian federal government has approved a 20 year freeze on public spending, including education. This freeze risks increasing inequality and the educational divide in Brazil.
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Oxfam warns of hunger in Haiti 3 months after Hurricane Matthew
Hundreds of thousands of Haitians who survived Hurricane Matthew, which ripped through the country three months ago, will go hungry if governments, donors and aid agencies do not step up efforts to help them. Oxfam is calling for aid promises, and the full funding of the UN appeal, to be met.
Oxfam congratulates António Guterres on UN Secretary-General appointment
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