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It is very difficult to find a single phrase or sentence that describes Zlatan Ibrahimovic, regardless whether we speak of his style of play, of his personal characteristics, simply because he is the kind of person who escapes every definition. In a world where all players look and play in a similar fashion and even sound the same in statements and interviews, Ibracadabra is a breath of fresh air. You can love him or hate him, but you surely can't stay indifferent.
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Ibrahimovic has won a staggering amount of 32 trophies in his career, which ranks him second of all active players, that's a truly magnificent accomplishment. He has played in four of the top five European leagues, with the only exception being the German Bundesliga. He has also played in his native Sweden and in the Netherlands, and the list is still open, as nobody knows when Zlatan will decide to hang his booths. And it's not just high-quality leagues, Ibrahimovic has worn the shirt of some of the most successful clubs in their respective leagues and internationally, including Ajax, Inter Milan, AC Milan, Juventus, Barcelona, Paris Saint Germaine and Manchester United.
Unique Style of Play
You won't find many players at 1.95m (6'5") who have Zlatan's pace, technique and skills. His size allows him to be dominant in air and makes him a lot more stable. He has been compared to some famous strikers from the past, but it is probably fairer to say that strikers in the future will be compared to Zlatan. In an age when many managers prefer a formation with no standard strikers (most cases a false 9), Ibra is there to remind us how deadly an old-fashioned, fox in the box striker can be.
His vision, finishing and the ability to play with his back towards the goal have been praised by numerous pundits and commentators and all players who have had the chance to play alongside Zlatan have pointed out that he is a truly remarkable player, a real gem. Ibra has scored more than 400 goals throughout his career, but the count is still open. Scoring goals is not the only thing he's good at. A great dribbler, he is always used by his managers to retain possession in the late stages of a game, when his team is leading.
Ibrahimovic started his senior career in Malmö, in his home town of the same name and two years after he made his first appearance for the senior squad, he was sold to Ajax and in 2004, and he won 2 titles in the Dutch league, 1 Cup title and 2 Super Cups. Subsequently, he was sold to Juventus, following an incident at an international match. In 2006, following the Calciopoli affair, he made a move to Internazionale, a club he supported as a child.
With Inter Ibra won 3 titles in a row in 2007, 2008 and 2009, as well as four Italian Super Cups. Ibrahimovic was the top scorer in the 2008/09 season. In 2009 he was sold to Barcelona where he spent the next two years. There he won a Primera title, two Spanish Super Cups, and a Club World Cup. He wasn't satisfied, so he was loaned to Milan, before signing for them in 2011. He won one scudetto and one Italian Super Cup with Milan, before signing for Paris Saint Germaine.
With Ibra in their squad, PSG dominated French football and in four years the club won 4 French league titles, as well as two Cups and three League Cups. When everybody thought that his time was over, Ibrahimovic signed for Mourinho's Man United in 2016 and he won a League Cup, Europa League and an English Super Cup.
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Ibrahimovic will always be remembered for his titles and all the magnificent goals that he has scored, and equally for the things that he has said. Always controversial, some of his statements will surely make you laugh. At the age of 17, he was asked by Arsene Wenger to come on a trial to Arsenal, but he responded with "Zlatan doesn't do trials".
Then we he left Barcelona, he famously said that one can't drive a Ferrari like a Fiat, alluding that Pep Guardiola didn't put his talent to good use. When Sweden failed to qualify for the World Cup, Ibra said that a World Cup without him isn't a one worth watching. He also went on record saying that one can't score goals like his even in a video game, despite the fact that video games are very realistic.


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Alkanet root powder works best when infused in one of the soaping oils and used in your recipe as normal. Add the dry powder to a bottle with a screw cap lid and pour in the oil. 2 tablespoons of alkanet per 100gm of oil will create a nice dark shade of oil that you can dilute if it is a major component of your soap (like a castile) or use in a mixed oil base recipe. Shake like crazy to get all the dry powder into the oil, then allow to settle for a day if you are after a uniform colour. The solids should settle to the bottom of the bottle so straining is not required if you pour carefully. If you would like a speckled slightly exfoliant finish to your soap do not allow to settle out, but shake regularly while infusing, and once more before adding to your soap mix.
When added to a CP soap recipe the pH of your product will dictate the colour of your soap. The oil will be a gorgeous maroon colour when first diluted in the oil. As CP it is mildly caustic when first made the colour of the soap will be a grey/blue color, but as it cures the soap will turn to a more purple shade. Please also consider the colour of your base oils as this may also affect the finished colour of your soap.
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Metafile Information Systems Inc. announced today that MetaViewer Paperless ERP has achieved 'Built for NetSuite' verification. The new SuiteApp, built using NetSuite's SuiteCloud Computing Platform, provides a workflow and document management solution integrated with NetSuite to create a fully visible and paperless transaction from procurement to payment and order to cash.
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The MetaViewer Paperless ERP SuiteApp offers paperless capture of and access to invoices, purchase orders and other documents. It supports organizations' accounts payable (AP) and accounts receivable (AR) departments by automating workflow and boosting transparency and accountability, which can lead to reduced costs, improved customer service and increased vendor satisfaction. Paper and electronic invoice capture, web-based workflow, real-time visibility, two- and three-way matching, and full NetSuite integration make the SuiteApp a complete AP automation solution. Additionally, all incoming invoices are validated against NetSuite to confirm vendor details, purchase order data, vendor invoice history, chart of accounts, locations and more.
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Global organizations are relying more and more on eLearning to train their geographically dispersed workforce. So, it is very important for the eLearning developers to develop standardized courseware which can be used across multiple environments. Today, in this blog, we will see the 7 instructional design standards.
What are instructional design standards?
These are the standards that observe the connection between the course purpose, course objectives, instructional content, instructional methods and the learner.
Standard 1: Expression of the Course Purpose
Course purpose describes the intended outcome, target audience and scope of the course.We need to explain who comes to the course, what the intended outcome is, what the purpose of the course is, who the learners are, what the scope of this course is, what its syllabus is, and how long the course would take to complete.
Standard 2: Presence of Instructional Objectives
It is very important that the course should state its instructional objectives. There is a lot of difference between the course purpose and instructional objectives. Instructional objectives should be performance-based. They should be clearly stated, and they should describe specific, measurable and observable skills or knowledge, the learner will acquire in each unit, module or lesson of the course.
Standard 3: Consistency of Objectives With Course Content
A course may have a very good instructional objective, but you should also make sure that the content of the course is sufficient and is consistent with the course objective. Each object should be supported approximately with the same amount of subject matter.
Standard 4: Presentation, Demonstration, Facilitation of Learning
This creative aspect of instructional design deals with how you present your content, how you demonstrate what the learner needs to learn and how you facilitatethe learning. Your courses should have two or more instructional methods to help the learner internalize, synthesize and apply the new information.
Standard 5: Practice With Feedback
The course should provide practice opportunities, with feedback and guidance, allowing yourlearners to apply their newly acquired knowledge or skills. Feedback is the most important aspect of a practice session. Make sure that feedback is given in a constructive manner to tell the learner why he is right, even if he answers the question correctly. In case he gets it wrong, we are guiding him back gently to the right response.
Standard 6: Engagement Techniques
The best way to engage a learner is to add interactivities in the courseware. Now-a-days, authoring tools give you options which help you to be very creative and use a number of engagement techniques.
Standard 7: Assessment of Learning
When it comes to assessments, you should make sure that each question is linked directly to a learning objective. If it is not testing the learning objective, it has no place in your final quiz.
These standards are also intended to ensure a consistent, high quality learning experience for all learners. For more blogs on eLearning design and development, please visit www.commlabindia.com.


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Massachusetts children's eyewear shops go big on selection, friendly atmosphere
Optical stores serving kids are a growing speciality, but Massachusetts optician Dana Cohen practically invented the genre. After 34 years serving youngsters' eyewear needs, he says that while succeeding in this niche isn't exactly child's play, with patience, you can build a strong pediatric eyewear business. — JULIE FANSELOW
THE IDEA: When Cohen was a pre-med student, his father, a longtime optometrist, taught him to grind lenses. "He told me 'You can make an extra $50 a week,'" Cohen recalls. Instead of going to med school, Cohen began Medford Optical and had been in business about five years when he put up a "We Love Kids" sign in his shop in 1981. It was a novel idea at the time, and he now serves a clientele that is about 80 percent children.
Selection is a big part of Cohen's success: He has more than 600 children's frames in stock, and about 70 percent of his customers come from 45 minutes away. "It's more of a regional business," he says. "People will travel for their children."
As kids find frames they like, Cohen checks first to be sure each pair will fit well. If not, he says something like, "Oooops, that may hurt your nose," and it goes back on the boards. Fit-worthy frames go into a "maybe" pile. Once a child has four or five options, Cohen works with the parents and child to choose the winner — and it's bound to be a strong, flexible frame that'll last a child at least two years. Favorite lines include Miraflex and TurboFlex by Aspex Eyewear.
Medford Optical drives new business via a Honda Element colorfully shrink-wrapped and sporting the number Cohen snagged about 20 years ago: 1-800-OPTICIAN. Cohen also had the foresight to snag the kidsoptical.com website domain.
THE REWARDS: Cohen says he used to offer inexpensive frames to soothe parents' cost concerns, "but kids were breaking them or they were falling apart within months." With better-quality eyewear that lasts longer, everyone is happier.
Parents are increasingly willing to pay extra for sun protection, too. Cohen recommends Transitions and says about 40 percent of the glasses he sells now have photochromic lenses, up from 10 percent a few years ago. Many parents like the idea that their child won't need to keep track of another pair of glasses.
Since many of his young customers have diverse medical needs, Cohen strives to make good eyewear affordable for families, even if it means a sizable discount. "I have a passion for fitting children," he says. "Price is not the main concern." Cohen's humanitarian impulse doesn't stop in his shops. A trombone player, he'll once again be on board for the EyeRock benefit for New Eyes for the Needy at the Hard Rock Cafe on March 21 during Vision Expo East. See www.new-eyes.org/eyerock/
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➤ Keep displays at kids'-eye levels. Don't be afraid to get down on a child's level when greeting your young customers. And since unfamiliar grown-ups can be a bit intimidating to a child, think colorful casual clothing instead of lab coats and uniforms.
➤ Family expo events are good bets for visibility. Network with other healthcare professionals, too, but be aware that many eye MDs have in-house dispensaries to capture their own patients as well as referrals from pediatricians.
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Treatise on Divine Predestination is one of the early writings of the author of the great philosophical work, Periphyseon (On the Division of Nature), Johannes Scottus (the Irishman), known as Eriugena (died c. 877 A.D.). It contributes to the age-old debate on the question of human destiny in the present world and in afterlife.
Eriugena's treatise was commissioned by two senior prelates in the Frankish kingdom of Charles II, grandson of Charlemagne. The Irishman was a teacher of the Liberal Arts at the Court of Charles during the Carolingian Renaissance in the mid-ninth century. The monastic and ecclesiastical authorities of the kingdom had become troubled by the potentially harmful effects of the preaching of the monk Gottschalk on the doctrine of Predestination.
Claiming to base his conclusions on some works of St. Augustine, Gottschalk was making a case for a dual or twin (gemina) predestination, discounting the operation of Free Will. When called upon to provide a refutation, Eriugena derived his counter-arguments from an interpretation of Augustinian writings based on Logic and Dialectic. The originality of his exposition, which stressed the impropriety of regarding God within a context of Time, and which formulated a benign view of eternal damnation, caused immediate confusion for his sponsors, followed by disappointment and rejection, as well as a measure of condemnation from other senior churchmen.
The debate produced some forceful writings in the decade between 850 and 860 but Eriugena's treatise appears to have received no further consideration in his lifetime. The work survives in a single manuscript of which editions were published in 1650 and 1853. It has been most recently edited in 1978. The present translation was made from that edition. Modern scholars are able to discern in this early work strong intimations of Eriugena's later major writings.
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"The De divina praedestinatione liber was written in 850-51 at the request of two prelates while John the Scot resided at the court of Charles II, grandson of Charlemagne. It is his earliest attested work, a refutation of the heretical teaching of Gottschalk on double predestination. Both John and Gottschalk claimed to base their interpretation on St. Augustine, and both continued to be subjects of controversy during the decade between 850 and 860." —Theology Digest
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Gord Downie Storyteller: Saving the Best for Last
Gord Downie became somewhat of a legend as a rock artist in Canada. Incorporating lyrics into his songwriting that either related, or alluded to tragic and meaningful stories soon became his signature style. His was a poetry that touched Canadians as well as fans all over the world.
The final stop of Downie's recent cross-Canada tour ended on a warm night in August, in the Springer Market Square in Kingston, Ontario, and was filled to overflowing. Gord Downie looked as though he didn't want to ever stop, and at the same time, the crowd didn't want him to either. Both knew this was the last show of the tour but, quite possibly, it could also be his last show, because Gord Downie had recently announced he had incurable brain cancer.
Was his immense popularity because he was especially remarkable in his career? Yes, that was part of it. But mostly it was because Gord Downie, along with his band "The Tragically Hip" had some real Canadian stories to tell.
Born in Amherstview, near Kingston, Ontario, in 1964, Gordon Edgar Downie followed a path that would eventually lead him to rock stardom. His early life at Kingston Collegiate and Vocational Institute became the source of some of the friendships he would cultivate that would bring about the forging of his famous, Canadian rock band, "The Tragically Hip" in 1983. Most of those friends are still his band members and are with Downie today.
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The first members of 'The Hip' included Rob Baker, Johnny Faye, Davis Manning and Gord Sinclair but Manning left the group a few years later,replaced by guitarist- Paul Langlois in 1986. Their early music was performed as a cover band in bars and taverns, but soon they were noticed by Bruce Dickinson, MCA Records president, playing at the Horeshoe Tavern in downtown Toronto. Their path soon changed when Dickinson offered them a record deal.
Downie drew attention for his poetry-like, story-telling lyrics as well as his antics and posturing on stage. It wasn't long before "The Tragically Hip" began to develop a huge following. Downie had Canadian tales to tell and a powerful message in his lyrics. The sound was as unique as Downie was. And so, the band rocked-on for several years, collecting Juno Awards (14 in all) and a few Grammies along the way but always it was Downie's words and wild, sincere vibes that was most memorable.
In 2002 'The Hip' was given their "sidewalk star" on the walk of fame located in downtown Toronto, alongside the likes of Neil Young, Rush and Joni Mitchell.
In 2002, even though 'The Hip' were doing famously, Downie decided to do something completely different and went about putting a collection of some of his poetry and lyrics into a solo album,'Coke Machine Glow'. The title was taken from a book of poetry by the same name that includes family, personal and road poems he wrote over time. Then, in 2003, his solo album "Battle of the Nudes", followed and was a success.
In her article on Downie, Vanessa Metcalfe relates that through his works of poetry, Downie has been called by critics, "urban, political, universal, nostalgic, and romantic". In 2005, The Tragically Hip were inducted into the Hall of Fame.
That night in Toronto..? #TragicallyHip #Wine #LCBO #Vintages shop early and avoid disappointment @thehipdotcom @gorddownie @stoneyridgewine pic.twitter.com/8d7QJ079kv
— Victor Borja-Sheen⭕ (@TorontoVino) January 21, 2017
'The Hip' kept on rocking and over the years, they have produced over 14 Studio Albums, 2 Live Albums and 54 Singles. They developed a large, devoted Canadian following, filling entire hockey rinks- even though their sound was not what anyone would call -mainstream. But they could never break into the US the same way. Were their songs, perhaps, just too Canadian? As was mentioned in "the Georgia Straight", by Mike Usinger in July 2016, "What a long strange journey it's been for Canada's greatest-ever band, the Tragically Hip's one-time biggest failing now being the thing that makes it so great." He explained that "To be a hard-core fan is to understand that, for a long time, the Hip was judged on what it was never able to do: crack America."
Hip devotees all had their favourite songs. Some of the most well-loved hits are "Bobcaygeon," "Losing My Religion," "New Orleans is Sinking," "Wheat Kings," "Highway Girls," "Locked in the Trunk of a Car," "Fiddler's Green," "38 Years Old," "Courage," "Fifty Mission Cap," "It's a Good Life, if You Don't Weaken," "Nautical Disaster" and more.
Most of these favorites had a poignant story to tell. There was always a message in the words that wasn't always immediately apparent.
Hidden in the nostalgic song "Bobcaygeon"- a cottage-access, picturesque little town in Ontario's northern Kawartha Lakes area- are words that obliquely refer to a 1933 riot that occurred between Toronto's Jewish communities and the so-called Swastika clubs. Unexpected lyrics, actually: "That night in Toronto with its checkerboard floors/Riding on horseback and keeping order restored/Till the men they couldn't hang/Stepped to the mic and sang/And their voices rang with that Aryan twang."
"Wheat Kings" from their popular 1992 album "Fully Completely," which sold over a million copies in Canada, retells the real-life story of Saskatchewan's David Milgaard, who was finally exonerated of the crime of raping and killing a nurse, Gail Miller. This, after serving 23 years in prison.
Downie's lyrics in "Wheat Kings" hit hard: "In his Zippo lighter, he sees the killer's face/ Maybe it's someone standing in a killer's place/ Twenty years for nothing, well that's nothing new/ Besides, no one's interested in something you didn't do/ Wheat kings and pretty things, let's just see what the morning brings".
"Fifty Mission Cap," from the same album, tells the story of Toronto Maple Leaf Bill Barilko, the player who scored the Stanley Cup–winning goal in 1951. A few months after the victory, the 24-year-old's plane disappeared on a fishing trip into the Northern Ontario wilderness. Searchers couldn't find his body or the wreckage for 11 years after the crash. Eerily, however, it took the Leafs the same 11-year span to win the Stanley Cup again, winning the Cup only after Barilko's body was discovered.
However, "tragically", in May 2016, Downie was diagnosed with terminal brain cancer and as fans reeled at that shocking news, they also heard that their well-loved 'Hip' band would be going on a cross-country tour that same summer. And so, grief for their front man, Gord, combined with an urgency to see 'The Hip'- quite possibly- for the last time- spurred the tour into a raucous, emotional success. The 'Hip's' 2016, Man Machine Poem Tour filled all tour stops to overflowing. The tour began in Victoria B.C. on July 22 and ended where it all began for the band — in Kingston, Ontario.
"Make the film I've never seen." The Tragically Hip's Gord Downie asked @mercuryfilms to turn the MAN MACHINE POEM tour into a documentary. pic.twitter.com/Put2d6HHeL
— TIFF (@TIFF_NET) January 13, 2017
CBC aired the live show on August 20, and over 11 million tuned it to watch the sea of love directed toward Downie and the band, but it was never more than the love that was sent back. Springer Market Square was alive with love and tears that night.
Look what I got for gr 10 eng! @josephboyden @gorddownie pic.twitter.com/3n6HhIhzvH
— Leah Power (@Leahmpm) January 11, 2017
However, it wasn't over yet. Another Canadian story was destined to come to light not long afterward. Downie brought to life in word and music the heartbreaking recount of a little Objiway boy in his next album, "Secret Path". The album and an 88-page graphic novel illustrated by Jeff Lemire, is dedicated to Chanie Wenjack, an indigenous boy who died of hunger and exposure after running away from a residential school, near Kenora, Ontario. Chanie was trying to get home to his family but never made it. Gord Downie highlighted the story with a "Secret Path" show in October 2016, on the eve of the 50th anniversary of the boy's lonely ordeal.
Donate 2 Gord Downie&Chanie Wenjack Fund at https://t.co/HoQxteUIhg @gorddownie Help make #GordDowniesCanada a better country #SecretPath pic.twitter.com/9sEe6AEGc1
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"Chanie Wenjack's story haunts me," Downie says "His story is Canada's story. We are not the country we thought we were. History will be re-written. We are all accountable." Proceeds from the Secret Path project will be donated to The Gord Downie Secret Path Fund for Truth and Reconciliation via the National Centre for Truth and Reconciliation at the University of Manitoba.
TODAY: Nova Scotia Regional Chief @afngoogoo joins us to talk about the latest on The Legacy Project with @gorddownie #chaniewenjack pic.twitter.com/oMIF6FF6ny
— CTV Morning Atl (@CTVMorningAtl) January 23, 2017
Then, on December 6, 2016, the Assembly of First Nations honored Downie for his work in the Secret Path Album and the love he showed highlighting the tragic story of the inequality experienced by the indigenous peoples in residential schools.
The Assembly gave a very emotional Gord Downie a star blanket and during a special naming ceremony named him Wicapi Omani "walks with the stars." He also was presented with a specially-commissioned painting while the Chiefs of Assembly and Prime Minister Trudeau looked on.
Downie was married to Laura Leigh Usher and they have four children, but his private life was carefully kept away from the press. He and Usher separated sometime before Downie's cancer diagnosis.
#wednesdaywisdom from #GordDownie #TheHip ??? pic.twitter.com/K617wdxUjB
— Honour Gord Downie (@HonourGord) January 18, 2017
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— courageforgord (@courageforgord) January 14, 2017
Perhaps, in retrospect, a little un-realized foreshadowing came into play when they named their band "The Tragically Hip," all those years ago. Downie's stories spoke of noteworthy, Canadian 'tragic' events, and the words made us remember.
Perhaps their own story would have been one of 'The Hip's' hit songs, woven by Downie's poetry and applied to not just his own life, but the five talented men who made up the band. The Tragically Hip have been together for a long time now and when their session ends something vital will be lost. But, Gordon Downie and 'The Hip's' story will also live long in hearts and minds. So in the end, they have saved the best story for last.
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Despite Superman's status as the Sole Survivor of Krypton, a number of other superpowered heroes, either directly Kryptonian, partially Kryptonian, or non-Kryptonian but with some association to Superman, have appeared across his long history. Almost all of these wear the "S" shield in one form or another. Some of these are:
- Supergirl: Pre-Crisis, Supergirl was Kara Zor-El, Superman's cousin from Argo City, a city that for a time had survived the destruction of Krypton until its residents died of kryptonite radiation. Post-Crisis, several unrelated versions of Supergirl have been introduced. In recent issues of Superman/Batman, a new "Supergirl from Krypton" (looking very much like the original) arrived on Earth.
- Steel: An engineer genius named John Henry Irons who created a high-tech, mechanized suit of armor to fight crime in, after Superman's death in the Death of Superman storyline, and still serves as a superhero today. The title was later taken by his daughter.
- Superboy: Pre-Crisis, Superboy was Superman's superhero identity as a teenager. Post-Crisis, Superboy is a clone, originally thought to have been of Superman, that was created after Superman died during the Death of Superman storyline. He soon found out that he was actually a hybrid of human and Kryptonian DNA, with half of his genetic material was from Paul Westfield, then director of Project Cadmus. However, in Teen Titans, it was revealed that the actual source of his human DNA came from Lex Luthor. Soon after, he died saving the world during Infinite Crisis.
- Eradicator: Originally a strange Kryptonian device recovered by Superman, the Eradicator created the Fortress of Solitude as part of an attempt to establish Kryptonian civilization on Earth. Later, it gained more sentience, and has since become a hero in its own right.
- Superwoman: Several versions of a Superwoman have appeared; often, she is Lois Lane, temporarily granted superpowers. Also a version of Superman from a different reality as seen the in Superman and Batman series.
- Power Girl: A version of Supergirl from Earth-2.
- Ariella Kent: The daughter of the Post-Crisis version of Superman and the Linda Danvers version of Supergirl. She operates in the 853rd century.
- Strange Visitor: A childhood friend of Clark Kent's from Smallville, who gained Superman's electrical powers and wore his old containment suit from the period when he was an electrical being. She was later revealed to be the cosmic entity, Kismet.
- Raya - Jor-El's former secretary from Krypton, trapped in the Phantom Zone. She later escaped from the zone to help a young Clark Kent for a short time. Only appeared in episodes of the television show Smallville.
- Jason White - Lois Lane's son in the movie Superman Returns. During the course of the movie, he was revealed to have superpowers; it was revealed that his father was, in fact, Superman.
- Equinox - The mysterious, magical son of Power Girl, born with no father during the Zero Hour crisis.
- Superman X - A Clone of Superman, created in the 41st century by the robot K3NT to defend a crumbling earth against Imperiex. Although built on Superman's Kryptonian DNA, he has also been upgraded to include Kryptonite-based DNA and as such is not only resistant to it, but has Kryptonite-based powers.
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- Krypto, the Superdog: Pre-Crisis, Krypto was the El family's pet dog on Krypton, who eventually wound up on Earth and gained superpowers like Superman's. Recent comics have introduced an updated version of Krypto; this version currently lives with Superboy (Kon-El).
- Comet, the Superhorse: Supergirl's flying horse, originally a Centaur, but cursed to live as a full horse. At various times he has had romantic feelings for Supergirl. Post-Crisis, he was given a different, stranger history.
- Streaky the Supercat: Supergirl's normal household cat, accidentally given superpowers by a new type of Kryptonite. Streaky regularly fights alongside Krypto in the animated series Krypto, the Superdog.
- Whizzy: 30th century descendant of Streaky, the Supercat.
Not just normal supervillains, these have donned some version of Superman's costume and generally have his powers in some form; These are evil corruptions of Superman's fight for truth and justice.
- Cyborg Superman - Originally an astronaut named Hank Henshaw, this is now an insane super-powered maniac who is a perfect clone of Superman with all his abilities; However, one half of his body is robotic, and has a variety of advanced abilities, including the control and manipulation of other technology.
- Ultraman - An evil universe's equivalent of Superman.
- Bizarro - An imperfect duplicate of Superman, with all of his feelings and memories; Unfortunately, his brain is undeveloped, leaving him unable to control himself properly.
- Superboy-Prime - A version of Superman from Earth-Prime; He grew up on an earth where heroes exist only in comic books. After helping to save the universe in Crisis on Infinite Earths, he became obsessed with restoring his universe (which was lost in the battle), and slowly becomes evil. He later joins the Sinestro Corps.


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It's become trendy on both the "left" and the "right" to point out that the Left-Right political scale is obsolete. Rejoice! Society has finally woken up to the fact that the public debate is all too often predicated on a reductionist and stultifying abstraction dating all the way back to the French Revolution.
Part of this so-called awakening is the result of left-wing media and academic elites trying to rebrand themselves, now that the jig is up and all of the socialist experiments have failed. Part of it is delusions from the dissident right and Bilderberg neoliberals. And part of it may be a legitimate political realignment as we start to see political parties with bizarre mixes of far-left and far-right platforms.
Unfortunately, pundits writing about this resort to equally reductionist rhetoric. It's really authoritarian vs. libertarian, you see; or nationalism vs. globalism or pro-white vs. anti-white. It's always some new binary to replace the old binary, often cribbed from the awful political compass that turned so many previously-reliable conservatives into
cucks social liberals.
(Aspiring demagogues, take note: if you want to amass the largest possible following, pick something that roughly half of all people disagree on and then become absolutely fanatical about one side or the other. The late 21st century will be punctuated by a major world war between the Bitcoinites and the Monerians.)
If any of these new paradigms were useful as more than divide-and-conquer rhetorical devices, then in practice we shouldn't be able to distinguish National Socialism from National Capitalism, or Monarchy from Communist dictatorship. Obviously, any model suffering from this deficiency of nuance is hilariously incompetent. There have been some attempts at better ones, but any model that considers Hoppean libertarianism to be equivalent to Neo-Conservatism probably needs some work – although they deserve credit for trying.
Let's attempt an improvement, based on a realistic examination of existing ideologies.
Civics 201: The Sequel
A useful model of anything (civics included) should provide enough variables to describe the whole system, without adding anything that's unnecessary or redundant. All of the factors below vary independently; for any combination representing an "ideology", we can find a relatively large group of people who agree with all but one.
Obviously we could add an infinite number of other factors such as the "soy-meat axis" or the "lifting-not lifting axis", but this list isn't arbitrary. It's intended for sober analysis, not entertainment. Each measure is both (a) not dependent on any other measure, and (b) important enough for civilizations to have gone to war over.
If you're looking for an easy good-vs-evil, heroes-vs-villains solution, you've come to the wrong place. If you're interested in understanding the nuances of political philosophy and why existing low-fi tools are so very bad at it, this will help.
The 9 Dimensions
Each of these will be described in more detail farther down; this is a quick overview and reference for looking up later:
- Commons vs. Private Property
- Uniformity vs. Diversity
- Hierarchy vs. Egalitarianism
- Naturalism vs. Constructionism
- Authority vs. Consensus
- Coercion vs. Voluntarism
- Expansionism vs. Protectionism
- Militarism vs. Pacifism
- Identity vs. Ideology
If any seem redundant or confusing, read on to find out why they're included.
1. Commons vs. Private Property
The single most important "question" in politics is still the EQ – the Economic Question. Who owns what, and what does that ownership imply?
At one extreme, we have communal ownership (commons): no one may claim any exclusive control over any property, including their own person. At the other extreme, everything is private property; there can be no "public spaces" or state-owned land, and whomever owns some property can do what they please with it, subject to the constraints of the local laws and compacts.
This is what most people mean when they talk about left vs. right, but it is neither the authentic original definition nor is it a universally-accepted definition. It's just one question – albeit a very important one – that we try to answer about how society should run. Most western countries today, despite claiming to be "capitalist", confiscate more than 50% of private wealth for use and/or redistribution by the state, which makes them center-commons or center-"left".
2. Uniformity vs. Diversity
We could alternatively call this Homogeneity vs. Heterogeneity, or Social Trust vs. Social Inclusion. Is it better to have groups (including nations or civilizations) whose members are mostly very similar to each other, or should we prefer or even demand high demographic variation?
At one extreme, all clearly-identifiable groups must be physically segregated from each other to avoid conflict. At the other extreme, it is never acceptable to segregate (or "discriminate") based on group membership. Note that "group" can be anything; sex or race are obvious examples but segregation may also be related to body type, religion, birthplace, income class, promiscuity, etc. The trend toward hyperinclusion in the 21st-century is clear (fat-positivity, interfaith churches, Hart-Cellar, means-tested benefits, anti-"slut shaming", etc.).
Position on this axis determines Nationalism vs. Globalism. It is no coincidence that the same multinational institutions obsessed with Diversity & Inclusion are also pushing for open borders. These ideas are one and the same; if all segregation is evil, and borders are a form of segregation, then borders are evil and must be abolished.
3. Hierarchy vs. Egalitarianism
Hierarchy is commonly and incorrectly associated with authoritarianism or state power, but these ideas are independent. Authority and government can be organized in a hierarchical fashion, but so can many other things including wealth, infrastructure, and even information. Likewise, authority does not require hierarchy; a project team may have several Subject-Matter Experts who have the final say in various areas (either by fiat or by mutual agreement), but all are considered to occupy the same position in the hierarchy.
Without resorting to the neologism cholarchy, the ideological concept most clearly positioned against hierarchy is egalitarianism, which has as its precept the idea that all people within society, or any other group, have equal stature and deserve equal treatment. Egalitarianism can be applied to individuals and also groups; in the latter case it is generally called relativism (i.e. all forms of culture, morality, intellect, etc. are of equal value). At the extreme, we have equalism or "equity egalitarianism" – that is, a near-total fixation on statistical disparities and how to resolve them, without any consideration given to the idea that said disparities might be inevitable or even good.
Hierarchies can be natural or man-made. If the idea of a sexual dominance hierarchy offends you, or you're annoyed by your employer having too many layers of management (regardless of how they manage), or you think Trello is weird and confusing and would rather just dump all your ideas into Notepad, then you lean toward egalitarianism (or cholarchy).
A concrete, easily-observable example of the divide is in religion. Most religions are hierarchical, putting one God at the top and perhaps lesser holy or divine entities above mortal humans. Deeply religious people, having been fully immersed in a spiritual hierarchy, are generally comfortable with a moral and cultural hierarchy as well. Atheists are inherently relativistic (all religions are equally wrong/bad), and correspondingly less tolerant of other types of hierarchy, often gravitating toward moral and cultural relativism.
4. Naturalism vs. Constructionism
Arguably the biggest rift in politics is also the biggest rift in academia: Is there a natural order, and if so, to what extent does it influence our choices and outcomes? In laymen's terms, this is Nature vs. Nurture.
The edges of this are essentialism (or "genetic determinism") on the naturalist side, and critical theory or "blank-slate theory" on the social-constructionist side. Politically speaking, a naturalist believes that society should be organized based on the patterns we observe, whereas a constructionist believes that social organization creates the patterns and should therefore reflect our best ideals.
Very few people believe in the extremes, i.e. that we are genetically programmed automatons with no free will, or that there is no such thing as a heritable trait. However, parts of the modern "left" movement are very close to the constructionist extreme, e.g. believing that IQ tests are merely a reflection of cultural bias.
Constructionism is different from egalitarianism or relativism. An egalitarian might believe that men and women are equally qualified to do most activities despite their biological and psychological differences, or at least deserve an equal "opportunity" to do them. A constructionist would instead assert that there are no biological or psychological differences, and any differences that appear to emerge are the result of current social structures.
5. Authority vs. Consensus
Authoritarianism and libertarianism are not opposites, because authority and liberty are not answers to the same question. Liberty is a state of being, whereas authority is a method of resolving disputes. The correct opposite of authority is consensus.
In an authority-based system, disputes between individuals are resolved by a designated authority (who may or may not be involved in the dispute) having the final say. In a consensus-based system, everybody must agree; competition and dissent are seen as threats to the social order, and if a compromise (preferred resolution) is not possible then generally one of the individuals must be manipulated, ostracized, or cast out in order to maintain the consensus.
Authority does not necessarily imply totalitarian micromanagement. Common Law is a system of authority but is also entirely reactive. Authority is also neither inherently coercive nor hierarchical; another form of authority is arbitration, in which both sides of a dispute voluntarily and temporarily agree to submit to the decision of a third party. More generally, children tend to accept adults, especially their parents, as authority figures because it is in their nature to do so.
As systems of governance, monarchy and dictatorship are both authoritarian; direct democracy is consensus-based and representative democracy (or republicanism) is somewhere in between.
6. Coercion vs. Voluntarism
What is the individual's relationship with authority, and can an individual be compelled by force to transact with another individual?
A perfectly ideal voluntary system would require ideal cooperative actors who never defect. Real-world systems will always involve some coercion, even if it is not by a state actor or legitimate authority (e.g. mob rule). Typically, coercion is used to prevent more severe and undesirable forms of coercion. In other words: Law Enforcement protects property and contracts.
Some systems seek to minimize coercion, while others have a much greater tolerance for it. This is often referred to as "moral policing". Indecency laws, eugenics programs, and anti-trust and anti-gouging regulations are all obvious examples of coercion above and beyond the basic level required to protect voluntary transactions.
Voluntarism is not consensus, and coercion is not authority. Coercing another individual does not require them to recognize your authority as legitimate, only to view you as a potential threat (they may try to take revenge later). Voluntarism does not require consensus between two individuals, because either individual is free to refuse the transaction regardless of what the other desires.
A simple litmus test for coercion-affinity would be: is it acceptable for a parent to use any amount of physical violence or verbal abuse (including spanking or yelling) to discipline a misbehaving child? Many "small-government" types would say yes, which likely indicates they are not opposed to coercion as a principle, but are only concerned with who gets to use it and when.
7. Expansionism vs. Protectionism
One very important trait of an ideology is its survival strategy – whether it is primarily protectionist (inward-looking, focused on stability) or expansionist (outward-looking, seeks to convert others to its principles).
Expansionism on a national scale is imperialism, which can have several forms: military, treaty, cultural, etc. It does not necessarily seek to abolish national identity or borders, but does seek to impose its ideas on others. Protectionism on a national scale might take the form of trade protections, speech/content regulations, defensive weapons or nuclear deterrence.
The Roman Empire and Ottoman Empire were both violently expansionist; the Christian religion is (mostly) peacefully expansionist. American black nationalism has historically been violently protectionist, and Judaism is (mostly) peacefully protectionist. These examples merely serve to illustrate how the axis is independent of militarism, nationalism, etc.
8. Militarism vs. Pacifism
Human history has unarguably been extremely violent. A militarist believes that some (and perhaps all) social problems can only be resolved through violence, and that all other forms of dispute resolution (such as voting) are merely proxies for violence. Pacifists believe that there is a peaceful resolution to every dispute, that violence is never necessary and therefore the threat of violence does not need to be implicit in any enforcement mechanism.
Pacifists believe that "soft power" exists. Militarists do not. This is one of the primary drivers of foreign and domestic law-and-order policy. Canada, the USA and Israel all have similar systems of government, but Canada is pacifistic (strict gun control), the USA is somewhat militaristic (second amendment), and Israel is highly militaristic (all citizens must be trained in the use of weapons).
Militarism does not necessarily imply conquest or interventionism; that is only the case when combined with an expansionist tendency. Given tendencies toward uniformity and protectionism, we end up simply with a militaristic nation-state (i.e. defensive/retaliatory violence).
9. Identity vs. Ideology
This is a new but important axis that has emerged in many different regions of the political spectrum. Can ideology be the basis for identity, or does identity always determine ideology?
What we call "identity politics" (i.e. based on race, ethnicity, gender, etc.) has been a bedrock of the American progressive movement for a long time. Many still lament the fact that the Democratic party "pushes" identity politics. Others – especially the Alt-Right – believe that identity politics are simply the inevitable result of our demographics, and can never be trumped by ideology.
If we consider the influence on nationalism, for example: an identitarian would lean toward ethnic nationalism, whereas an ideologue would choose civic nationalism.
A more interesting example of ideology-first philosophy is religion. Both the Jewish and Christian religions have survived for thousands of years, largely unchanged in their core beliefs, and have large numbers of adherents who consider their religion to be their principal identity. Islam, on the other hand, has a long track record of sectarian violence, and secular civic nationalism has largely failed. It is possible that ideology can only form the basis of identity when other aspects of identity (e.g. race) are already homogeneous, but this remains an open question for debate, and where you fall on this axis has very significant implications for which political movements you might be attracted to today.
Wrapping Up
While 9 dimensions might be somewhat hard to internalize – and definitely hard to plot – the definitions of "left" and "right" in political discourse are so skewed by now that we really need a better system.
There's a fairly plausible hypothesis that each dimension has an affinity with a particular personality facet, of which there are 10 – five main categories and two facets in each. However, this would be hard to prove without a large study, and at this point it's best to avoid making such claims without evidence.
Instead, we'll stick to the descriptive. Expect a follow-up post mapping the various dimensions to well-known political ideologies, which will cover the subject matter of a few heated debates over recent weeks.
P.S. This taxonomy is a work in progress. I've "tested" it on several different well-known ideologies and it appears to be both useful and self-consistent. If you spot any obvious inconsistencies, or if I've missed some crucial axis that has a profound effect on social organization, let me know in the comments.


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The Weinstein Co.'s multiplatform distrib arm Radius-TWC has hired Liza Burnett Fefferman as exec VP of publicity and Heath Shapiro as VP of marketing and distribution.
Duo joins the Radius' Gotham-based exec team, led by Tom Quinn and Jason Janego, to whom both will report.
Label also announced the appointments of Richard Hornbeck and Caroline McKenzie as director of on demand and digital media and director of marketing and delivery, respectively.


text: Danilo Gallinari scored 19 of his game high 31 points in the 3rd quarter and made a bank-shot with 36 seconds left to give the New York Knicks a 104-101 win over the Celtics. Earl Barron added 17 points and 18 rebounds for the winners while Ray Allen scored 17 for the Celtics. They are still in 4th place in the east, 1 game behind Atlanta. They'll play in Toronto tonight. The Raptors lost in Cleveland, 113-101 and lost Chris Bosh as well to a broken bone in his face.


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This was shot out my front window. I was working at my computer there when they came walking by. And because there were so many other photographers (some very good, some practically worthless) all over the ongoing situation, I, at first, was staying out of it. By the time I had decided to get into it, because it was right there and I am one of the best, I only managed to video about half the marchers. When you view the videos on here that I shot of the police and protesters' standoff near Camden Yards, you will see that only a small percentage of the marchers got into that - somewhat violent, potentially more violent - action.
I rarely do work that is showing the news, and most always am creating honest, historical documents. That is how I worked on the Freddie Gray unrest in my hometown Baltimore.
[Watch this in HD on Full Screen, if you can.]
Photography by David Robert Crews
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Hair typing is a tool that many use to help classify the various types of curl and wave patterns that exist. Being familiar with this system helps to put information, notes, advice, and experiences into perspective. This system allows us to assess information for relevance to a specific hair-type.
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Ken Shields serves as the Director of Operations for the Center for the Advancement of Science in Space (CASIS). In this role, he is responsible for the planning and execution of activities focused on sponsored projects and payloads destined for the ISS National Laboratory. This includes identifying appropriate resources and technology partners for facilitating payload development, testing, integration, and successful execution of flight projects. Additionally, CASIS educational outreach programs fall under the purview of the Operations department, for which Shields directs a broad spectrum of space-related education and training programs for students, teachers, and the general public by leveraging the ISS National Lab as a novel education platform. Per his duties as Director of Operations, Shields serves as a critical interface to the NASA ISS National Lab Manager, the ISS Program Science Office, and the ISS Payloads Office.
Through management positions with private commercial companies in the fields of intermodal transportation and third party logistics, Shields brings to CASIS more than 20 years of expertise and experience in specialized logistics, project management, customer service, and business operations.
Shields received his B.S. degree from the University of Tennessee in Transportation and Logistics with a minor in Management.


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A 40-year-old hunter, Ackah Sai, from Ebonloa, near Half-Assini in the Jomoro District of the Western Region, mistook his colleague for a game and shot him.
Michael Nkrumah Alerfeh, 42, died shortly on arrival home, and the corpse has been deposited at the Half-Assini-Government Hospital morgue, pending autopsy.
The suspect has been placed in custody, and would soon be arraigned before the Half-Assini Magistrate Court for prosecution.
Assistant Superintendent of Police (ASP) Charles Mensah, Jomoro District Crime Officer, who confirmed the tragic incident to the Ghana News Agency on Monday, said the deceased and the suspect were friends, who resided at Ebonloa and mostly went on hunting expedition together.
ASP Mensah said on Wednesday January 8, the two went on a hunting expedition together, but on arrival in the forest, they separated to search for a game.
The district crime officer said Sai was trailing a small monkey in anticipation for a bigger game and suddenly, he saw the bush shaking in a far distance.
ASP Mensah said Sai thought it was an animal hidden in the shrub and, therefore, shot at it with his gun, and when he got closer, he realized that he had shot at his colleague.
Sai could not carry Alerfeh home alone, and so he came home to inform the town folks, who conveyed him home, but he died shortly afterwards, the district crime officer concluded.
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Spring Beauty Essentials
February 22, 2016
February 22, 2016
Thank you for sharing your essential beauty products for the spring time. I'm always curious to know what works best for others and possibly me!
Lipstick by Charlotte Tilbury and eyelash conditioner are for me amazing choices. I'd like to try this colour of lip gloss.
Interesting choices. I am lucky to have a very clean skin with no marks on my face or under my eyes. I only use a tonic lotion with cucumber and a paraben free eye cream, from time to time.
I need those beautiful pastel nail shades they are gorgeous, I am feeling in the mood for some spring lovin'
I love green tea products so I must check out that cleanser if it's good for preventing breakouts! My skin has been a bit temperamental lately as we move into spring.. :/
Good choices. The spring nails are so lovely!
Recently, I have also tried some green tea facial scrubs and cleansers. They truly are amazing and make your skin feel incredible!
I'm so glad it's finally almost spring! I've heard so many great things about Caudalie!
love the products and loving the choices you have made! Clarins is amazing!
Love the pastel nail polish. Perfect for spring. The blush is a pretty color too.
Never used any of these products before! Used to work for Jo Malone , I agree that their smells are amazing! Thanks for sharing these, will need to have a look into them 🙂
I dont know about make up stuff much but the way you explained here , i guess i must try ..Thank you
I absolutely ADORE any kind of face mist and the Caudalie Beauty Elixir looks fabulous. I love Clarins and the day cream is a definite must have in my beauty routine. Great suggestions, thanks for sharing! Oh, and by the way while I was reading through your post I couldn't help but notice the adorable french bulldog from your Instagram account. Such a cutie 🙂
Thanks for sharing your Spring Essentials products. I am always excited to check out the new products!


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Open Thread: Everything You're Reading, Watching, Listening To and Looking At
This is your place to talk about the TV, movies, music, books and art that are thoroughly entertaining you.
Before the show even started, ITV's voice over warned that this week "loose talk of politics" had turned the intensity of Downton's themes up a notch.
I've already made it clear that I'm not particularly impressed with the quality of Julian Fellowes' writing this season, but last night forced me to reconsider.
Julian Fellowes must indeed be as gifted as all those awards imply, he's managed to make subjects as intense as a destitute sex worker giving up her child, the political awakening of a jilted aristo, corruption in the British prison system, and the burgeoning IRA campaigns against British rule in Ireland completely bloody bland.
Seriously, if it wasn't for brand new footman Jimmy Kent turning up halfway through this episode looking FINE, I may have switched off altogether and recapped my cousin's wedding, which also happened over this weekend, instead (it was beautiful, thank you. And yes, the groom did manage his vows).
First up, we have a new member of staff! Lady Mary has never uttered a more right-on command than when she told Carson to hire Jimmy K to "cheer us all up a bit."
Like most of the female staff, Evil Thomas and I both have a new crush. Here's hoping the series will now proceed to go as Queer as Folk as is polite for a family show set in 1920.
The least I'm hoping for is some really seedy online fan fiction. Link to some good stuff in the comments section and you'll win my undying devotion. I'll even throw in one of the step-kids.
On to more serious subject matter. Let's start with former housemaid Ethel's descent into society's dark side: she's been turning tricks.
This episode saw her spiral ever lower when finally giving up her son to his paternal grandparents (his father, you may recall, was killed during the war that took up most of series 2).
She cried, people on Twitter cried. Mrs. Hughes acknowledged that it was probably all for the best, before going home to play with her new electric toaster.
I personally felt more of a need for something hot and buttered with marmite than a good sob after it, but I've always been an emotional eater.
In other news, the Duchess finally said what the rest of us were thinking when she told poor-jilted-entitled-to-neither-the-vote-nor-breakfast-in-bed-Edith, "You're a woman with a brain and reasonable ability. Stop whining and find something to do."
This promptly awoke a political sensibility in her mardyship ladyship that isn't entirely similar to Daisy's in that it's so completely out of character that it could be mistaken for a massively convoluted plot device.
Hence, Edith wrote to The Times about suffrage, prompted a minor breakfast table outrage when the paper turned her letter into a feature, and will next week be helping to lead the movement when she becomes a columnist (this is really happening. Even I can't work up a mood that facetious).
It's yet to be revealed whether she'll use this new platform to address corruption in the British prison system, or the newly fired up "Irish problem" but let's hope for Bates and Anna, and Sybil and Branson that she does not. Can you imagine all that whining? I would be enough to make them all line up for the firing squad before the police even arrive.
Lets not forget Bates and Anna's Storyline Of The Week ™. The pair spent the whole episode moping because their post had been stopped.
So Bates stitched up his prison cell-mate with the help of some corrupt wardens and a mysterious package (does anyone know what's in them yet? Is it snuff? I really want it to be snuff) [I have some snuff at home, it's really not very exciting – was snuff contraband in 1920s fictional prisons? --Rebecca] and all was well with this May-September love affair.
Less healthy was the state of rebellious Lady Sybil's marriage to Irish rebel Tom, who fled after watching his old IRA friends set fire to the home of an aristo family in Ireland.
Plus one for the mention of some of my fave female Fenians - Maud Gonne, Lady Gregory and Countess Markievicz.
Minus one to Lord Grantham for simply sending Tom to bed without supper for colluding with his old IRA friends, and for abandoning his pregnant wife in Dublin.
Was Lord G really not even angry enough to throw a punch at this particular "Johnny Foreigner"? Sybil could have been shot.
I'm deducting further points from Lord G because the very idea that this young couple would take any notice at all of him telling them not to leave Downton for Ireland ever again is hilarious.
Tom's a freedom fighter, for fuck's sake. At least three-quarters of the point of committing all these acts of political violence is so he can move back to his newly-free homeland.
So... I hated it. Too harsh? How did you all feel? I think I might want Mrs. Hughes to be my auntie. Which member of the Downton cast would you like to be a member of your family?


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Shows about the wives of the famous are pretty popular these days - Basketball Wives, Baseball Wives, Mob Wives, Real Housewives, etc. - but this the first we've seen exclusively about a group of ex-wives.
Hollywood Exes, a one-hour series just picked up by VH1, follows the ex-wives of major stars like Eddie Murphy, Will Smith, Prince, R. Kelly, and Jose Canseco. For now, there is a 10-episode order.
According to a statement by the network, the show's cast - Nicole Murphy, Jessica Canseco, Andrea Kelly, Sheree Fletcher, and Mayte Garcia - "want to show the world that they are more than just a trophy wife with a pretty face." Hopefully while simultaneously revealing tons of secrets about their ex-hubbies? Maybe?
The series is set to premiere on VH1 this summer. You can definitely bet we'll be watching this one.
[via WSJ]


text: The Miami Marlins on Thursday announced 22 non-roster players receiving invitations to big league spring training, which opens Feb. 16 in Jupiter with the first workout for pitchers and catchers. Six players signed minor league contracts with invites: right-handers Jesus Sanchez and Kevin Slowey, left-hander Josh Spence, infielder Juan Diaz and outfielders Matt Angle and Joe Benson. In addition, 16 organizational non-roster organizational players were extended invites: right-handers Anthony DeSclafani, Bryan Evans, Colby Suggs, Rett Varner and Nick Wittgren; left-handers Adam Conley, Andrew Heaney, James Leverton, Greg Nappo and Justin Nicolino; catchers Austin Barnes and Kyle Skipworth; and infielders Danny Black, Mark Canha, Colin Moran and Austin Nola. The first full squad workout is scheduled for January 20.


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What Should You Not Use Spreadsheets For?
Spreadsheets are at the heart of most organizations. Convenient, flexible and developed to cater to complex calculations, the adulation spreadsheets receive is easily justified. Yet, they are quite not the 'one stop solution' they are made out to be. As a part of the managerial process, spreadsheets are getting increasingly misused, since they were never…Read more


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Business travel set to boom in 2013
Business travel set to boom in 2013
19/03/201327% increase predicted in 2013
Avis Rent a Car today released the findings from its annual business traveller research, Corporate Connections. Surveying 2,500 business personnel from across Europe, it revealed an optimistic outlook for the sector and despite a challenging 2012, predicts UK business travel will see a 27% increase during the coming year – up from a 20% growth between 2011-2012.
Business travel set to boom in 2013
27% increase predicted in 2013
Avis Rent a Car today released the findings from its annual business traveller research, Corporate Connections. Surveying 2,500 business personnel from across Europe, it revealed an optimistic outlook for the sector and despite a challenging 2012, predicts UK business travel will see a 27% increase during the coming year – up from a 20% growth between 2011-2012.
The research revealed just how integral a role travel plays in modern business, with 50% of respondents already travelling for work (not commuting) at least once a month over the last 12 months, 15% travelling weekly and 7% on a daily basis.
Significantly, the findings revealed a growing demand from business travellers to maximise business opportunities in emerging markets, such as Asia and Latin America, with travel from the UK to these new destinations rocketing 21% between 2011 and 2013.
Kaye Ceille, Managing Director at Avis UK, said of the findings: "Understanding the needs of our customers and evolving our service in line with their requirements is what drives our business. Business travel is not limited to just one location – in today's turbulent environment, businesses need to be flexible enough to follow new opportunities in emerging markets. At Avis, we're equipped to handle this need, internationally and locally, with our network of over 5,200 locations operating in 165 countries."
Service over price
The research also discovered that despite businesses tightening their purse strings, service, not price, was the main factor for business travellers when determining a travel provider, with 20% choosing quality and 17% speed of service with the remainder of respondents choosing:
- Online booking solutions (14%)
- Loyalty offers (5%)
- Exclusive incentives (4%)
The strong affinity with service helps to explain the high levels of loyalty amongst business travellers to a particular travel provider, with 88% saying that they will often or always use the same brand, 12% higher than the European average, placing business travellers in the UK amongst the most loyal.
Kaye Ceille added: "Despite economic pressures, it's reassuring that British businesses still value quality over cost. We recognise that for our business travellers, speed and customer service is a priority and as such we offer innovative products such as online check-in and Avis Preferred, the fastest and most convenient way to rent cars."
Convenience is key
Car travel remains the most popular method of transport amongst business travellers with 64% of responses stating they travel by car, compared to 24% for public transport and 11% for air travel. The motivation for choosing car travels is convenience according to 81% of respondents, significantly ahead of cost, which was only ranked as the most important factor by 32% of travellers.
The importance of convenience was further demonstrated when respondents were asked to consider the top three factors which would influence their choice of business vehicle. 27% of respondents believed vehicle delivery and collection was important, followed by road side assistance (25%) and GPS (19%).
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Additional InformationAvis has commissioned its annual business traveller research which investigates the travel habits of business travellers in the UK in 2012 and their predicted travel consumption for 2013.
The research was conducted online, with 250 business personnel from the UK who have travelled for work (in addition to their daily commute) in the last 12 months. 2,500 people were surveyed in total across Europe (250 respondents from Austria, Belgium, France, Germany, Italy, Portugal, The Netherlands, Spain, Switzerland and UK).
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Avis Car Rental operates one of the world's best-known car rental brands with approximately 5,200 locations in more than 165 countries. Avis has a long history of innovation in the car rental industry and is one of the world's top brands for customer loyalty. Avis is owned by Avis Budget Group, Inc. (NASDAQ: CAR), which operates and licenses the brand throughout the world. For more information, visit www.avis.com.


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The first card uses the Faux Silk technique which is a recent tutorial on Splitcoast Stampers, by Beate Johns. I actually CASEd the card in the tutorial, changing the colors and stamps a little bit. The general approach is to stamp and color images on tissue paper, crumple the tissue paper, and then glue it down to a white piece of cardstock.
Stamps: Embrace Life, Warm Words
Inks: Chocolate Chip, Ruby Red, Cameo Coral
Papers: Ginger Blossoms Designer Series Paper, Groovy Guava, Chocolate Chip, Cameo Coral White, White Tissue Paper
Accessories: Brass Brads, Photo Corner Punch, Scallop Punch, Circle Punches, Chocolate Chip Ribbon, Paper Piercer & Template
Notes: For this sample I applied glue stick to the stamped tissue paper before applying it to the white cardstock, leaving a subtle textured finish. We discovered during the class that if you apply the glue stick to the white cardstock and then lay the tissue paper down on top, the surface finish can be much more textured.
The next techniqe that we played with was the fabric softener technique which I wrote a tutorial about previously on this blog. There is also a similar technique on Splitcoast Stampers by Charmaine Ikach that incorporates glitter. Since I have yet to buy a Xyron machine, I omit the glitter in my approach. The basic idea here is to add a soft texture by wrapping a trimmed dryer sheet over the front of a stamped image and and adhering the edges to the back of the accent piece.Stamps: Close as a Memory, Short & Sweet
Inks: Chocolate Chip, Old Olive, Pumpkin Pie
Papers: Pumpkin Pie Prints Paper, Old Olive, Chocolate Chip, White
Accessories: Used dryer sheet, Felt flowers, Brass Brad
Our next card focused on Dry Embossing. We used the heart image from the Priceless Classy Brass Template. Beate Johns has a tutorial on Dry Embossing on Splitcoast Stampers. The basic approach here is to use the template on a light table (or glass window during daytime) to create a raised image. To do this you lay your paper on top of the template and trace the image that you see through the paper with a stylus. You'll be able to feel the paper pushing into the template thereby creating a raised image. Rubbing the cardstock with wax paper before using the stylus can help the stylus glide along the paper.
Stamps: Short & Sweet, Priceless (swirls)
Inks: Black , Regal Rose, Pretty in Pink
Papers: Regal Rose, Black, Pretty in Pink, White
Accessories: Pink eyelets, Priceless Template, sponge
Note: The white image is stamped with Pretty in Pink swirls and the edges are sponged with Regal Rose ink.


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Scrubs Moving to WednesdayEric Hochberger at . Comments
As part of ABC's new scheduling tweaks starting on March 18th, Scrubs will move to a more appropriate Wednesday time slot at 8 pm leading in to Betty off Ted and then ABC's superstar Lost.
Hopefully this move will bode well for Zach Braff and creator Bill Lawrence's final season on the amazing Scrubs.
Eric Hochberger is the programmer of TV Fanatic, so please forgive his mediocre writing. His programming is far better. Follow him on Twitter and/or email him. Just don't request threaded comments. They're coming.


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Break The Credit Card Debt Cycle
In the last 3 months of 2016, Canadian households increased their debt by $30 billion to $2,028 billion with revolving credit card debt totaling $596 billion of that amount. The average credit card debt carried by each Canadian was reported to be $3,954. Despite there being fewer active credit cards, Canadians Read More