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About a month ago, I was invited to the Dior.com Cosmetics Launch - a really lovely, intimate affair at a bar in the Meatpacking District, where guests were introduced to check out the newly revamped Dior.com website and play with some new products from their beauty collection. I was thrilled that as a thank-you for attending their event, the Dior Beauty team sent some of their products to me to test out. Now that I've gotten a good amount of time to play with a product that I found very intimidating (Diorskin Airflash - a spray on foundation), fall in love with another (Diorskin Shimmer), and become reacquainted with an old staple (Diorshow Mascara), I feel like I can properly discuss their virtues.
I confess that while I don't really like wearing make-up on a daily basis (my daily routine goes to the extent of putting on mascara and some lip balm), I'm a bit of a junkie when it comes to trying new products. The one thing I really don't like trying on, however, is foundation - something I find cumbersome, heavy, and rarely properly matching my skin tone (pale, very pale). I was drawn to Diorskin Airflash, though, because it seemed light enough and sheer enough to go on smoothly and blend with my natural tone. While the bottle advises to spray the foundation directly onto your skin, I've found that the best application comes from spraying onto a brush and evenly distributing across the face and neck. It provides really amazing coverage and a photo-finish that is ideal for special occasions, but not something I'd ever use on a daily basis. That said, the shimmer is amazing! It's like a lighter, subdued version of NARS Orgasm - a blush I've used religiously for years.
While we're on the topic, here are some of my other essential beauty products!
1. Chanel Beauté Initiale Moisturizer
2. Lush Eau Roma Water & Lush Coalface Cleanser
3. Fresh Lip Treatment in Sugar Rose
4. Lipstick Queen Chinatown Glossy Lip Pencils; I literally have them all!
5. Diorshow Mascara
6. MAC Penultimate Liquid Liner; the PERFECT liquid liner.
7. Chanel Rouge Allure in "Dragon"; the absolutely best red lip, ever.
8. Illamsqua Concealer; It goes on like butter without feeling heavy or cakey.
9. A killer fragrance: I'm not a loyalist, I love switching perfumes, but I'm a huge fan of the Juliette Has a Gun series by Romano Ricci.
10. Glittery Nailpolish! Anna Sui's glitter polish has been a favorite since I picked up a bottle in Japan.
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Deciding on a marketing strategy For small business, particularly when you are a small or even a mid-sized business with a small budget and limited resources, can be difficult.So how can a small business use online marketing in Riverview without the massive budgets of multinational corporations? Targeted Google and Facebook Ads have their place, but there are plenty of free ways to market online.Its important to set goals, but its just as important to come up with a system for measuring those goals.Don"t have many bucks to spend on your biz? No worries there are plenty of marketing tactics you can make use of that wont blow your small marketing budget.Hiring a designer to make you an A+ infographic can hit your wallet hard, but you can make your own on the cheap if you don"t mind a bit of a challenge.
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Having your business listed on online review sites is important not just for driving traffic and sales, but for protecting your online reputation.Launch or upgrade your current online business with a newly designed estore that looks great and is easy to operate.Its important to recognize that not all online-resistant business owners have the same motivations or views. Perhaps the biggest benefit online marketing has for small businesses is that it enables them to spend each dollar more efficiently to yield a higher ROI. One of the best online marketing ideas in Duval County 32208 is blogging. Before you can start developing an online marketing strategy, you need to decide what your goals are.In fact, 2017 is the year digital ad spending finally overtakes TV spending.While there are hundreds of suggestions we can make, here"s a list of 10 tips that we think 90% of small business owners will find useful.Lets see how far you can stretch those dollars.
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If you have a low budget, you need to spend most of your time driving sales. We"ll provide a list of all the free tools and strategies that can help you compete with major conglomerates through content marketing in Duval County. You cant improve upon what you cant measure.Even if writing isn"t your strong point, you shouldn"t have too much trouble getting someone on your team to crank out some articles for your blog.We do all the content, design, imagery, and then build and manage it on our proprietary WordPress platform.Furthermore, some of these points of contention are quite valid, while others can be dismissed with a bit of supporting data.Here are some ways in which small business marketing is making the most out of their efforts.By blogging at least twice a week, you significantly increase your website"s ability to be found on search engines.
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Traffic is helpful, but it will only help your business grow if it leads to sales.You can also check how your site compares to the competition.Look at the very top of your browser window.Video content is really valuable, and while it can cost big bucks to get professional YouTube videos produced, there"s nothing wrong with giving it a shot yourself or hiring a film student off Craigslist. This is valid and to be honest, sometimes online marketing in Florida is best left to the professionals. If you own a small business and have tried to broaden your reach to potential customers or wanted to build upon your relationship with existing ones, chances are you"re familiar with at least some Internet marketing companies and their products.

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The last thing you should ever say to someone. Whether they're depressed, angry, sad, or any other emotion, never say "just get over it". Not only is it the most useless thing to say, it's also the most insulting and hurtful. Nothing says you don't care about a person more than saying this.
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The coffee break is one thing labor and management have agreed on since the dawn of the industrial age. It too acts as a timeshifting ritual. But like the cigarette break, there's an inherent problem. Caffeine artificially speeds us up, and eventually wears us down. Why rev up your heartbeat when it's moving along quite fast enough already?
DR: You speak of attention deficit disorder as a rhythm disturbance, caused by entraining to society's speedy pace from birth. How can parents help their children to avoid this pattern?
SR: This is a real challenge, because there are so many influences in the culture that encourage the child to go faster and faster. The pace and rhythm of society continue to accelerate, and children try to keep up. Some have more difficulty than others. Ironically, in the United States these children are treated with Ritalin, a drug that speeds up the nervous system. Paradoxically, the children slow down. In my view, this apparent contradiction results from a speedup that enables the children, like a racing engine, to shift up, get in gear, and thus be in sync with what's going on around them.
A better alternative is to just teach them to slow down. It takes real effort, but children can be taught mindfulness practices, dance to slow music, sit still for readings, and accept nap times. My son, at age five, surprised me one day by saying after a game of Nintendo, "I think I'll go meditate now." Today's childhood toys-computer games, instructional tapes, television-all entrain children to a rapid rhythm. We need to offer them other activities that counterbalance this.
DR: What other things can parents do to help their children moderate all these accelerating influences around them?
SR: Here are some ideas. First, from an early age practice concentration exercises with your child. They can listen to the reverberation of a bell, or stay with a musical tone until it disappears. I would also severely limit television time. Read to your children, particularly at bedtime when they need to timeshift into a slower rhythm. Other approaches I have used are beginning each meal with a moment of silence, and teaching them about boundaried time.
DR: These sound like good ideas for people of all ages. Can you define "boundaried time?"
SR: Boundaried time is time that is specifically set aside for a particular activity. So often, we are subjected to competing demands for our time, and respond by flitting back and forth from one activity to another, without devoting adequate attention to any of them. Adults can create boundaried time in the workplace, for example, by taking a 15-minute solitary walk alone after lunch, or not taking phone calls between 9 and 10 in the morning. It's very valuable to set aside certain boundaried times, so that you are able to timeshift during the day, and so that you don't feel that your pace is entirely out of your control.
DR: Would you like to offer any other timeshifting suggestions that people can use in their daily lives?
SR: Let's talk about commuting. I used to drive to work as fast as I could, passing cars, weaving in and out of traffic, and generally feeling angry and uptight. I would arrive at work tense and uncomfortable. At a certain point, I decided to change the pattern. I decided to leave for work an extra ten minutes early, and to drive at a comfortable pace. The change was wonderful! Not only was the commute itself much more pleasant, but I arrived at work feeling refreshed and happy.
I think it's very important for us to view all activities as worthwhile, whether it's driving to work, washing the dishes, cleaning the bedroom, or anything else.


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Grand National XXVIat Portland, MEis now a part of ACC history.
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The twenty-sixth annual Grand National cribbage tournament, sanctioned by the American Cribbage Congress was held September 28 - September 30, 2007 in Portland, Maine at Verrillo's Convention Center .
David Campbell, Director; Phyllis Schmidt and Charlie Finley, Co-Directors
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Fire officials on Thursday continued to investigate the the cause of a fire that killed a mother and two children inside a Northwest Miami-Dade condo.
Miami-Dade Fire Rescue spokesman Jimmy Bou Nassar said smoke inhalation was likely responsible for the deaths of Katrena Williams, 42, a veteran Miami-Dade County transit worker, and her children, Makayla Williams, 12, and Vincent Williams Jr., 3.
The Williams family lived in a third-floor unit at Country Lane Apartments, 17000 NW 67th Ave., on the edge of Miami Lakes in unincorporated Miami-Dade. Williams' husband, Vincent Williams Sr., was working a midnight shift as a rail structural repair worker at the time of the fire.
While authorities are not ready to divulge a cause, a pot left on a hot stove likely played a factor. The charred pot was visible through the apartment's shattered window early Wednesday.
Irma Matos, the property manager of the complex, said the smoke detectors in each unit were inspected within the last two months. County records show Miami-Dade Fire Rescue inspectors visited the complex in April.
According to Miami-Dade Police, final reports from investigators aren't yet available. Autopsy results will be released after the medical examiner's report.
Makayla was a middle school student at Bob Graham Education Center in Miami Lakes. Miami-Dade County Public Schools spokesman John Schuster said the school has reached out to Vincent Williams Sr. and plans to present him with mementos to remember his daughter.
Matos said this is her first experience with a fire of this magnitude.
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The freezing rain and sleet continues to melt our last snow preceding our next snowfall. The weather here is cold and nasty to say the least. How much snow will we get? It is anyone's guess as the weatherman is all over the map with the expected accumulation totals. Anything is better than the drizzle that is falling now.
I am posting a pic of my Ertoel Roberta electric spinner. I have used her twice in 5 years. Once just this past June when I had a torn meniscus repaired. I need to sell her because she isn't loved as she should be. $500 plus postage is my firm price. The electrical cord is over 20 feet long and she also has a foot control. As you can see from the one photo, she has a backward and forward switch, a variable speed control and an on/off switch. Somehow her front left corner got chipped and there is a slight scratch on her right front corner. But considering the price of a new one, she is a great deal.


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Provides strategic policy advice and support to the Minister for Liquor and Gaming Regulation and the Secretary of the Department of Justice
The department and its associated agencies advise on gambling policy and regulate gambling licensing. Agencies commission research and provide education about gambling in Victoria, and offer support for problem gambling.
The gambling policy unit in the department's Office of Liquor, Gaming and Racing is the primary government point of reference for industry, community and government on gambling matters. The unit is responsible for the provision of strategic policy advice and support to the Minister for Consumer Affairs, Gaming and Liquor Regulation.
The department is currently conducting a review of licensing arrangements for bookmakers in Victoria to determine what improvements can be made to the current bookmaker licensing system.
The Victorian Commission for Gambling and Liquor Regulation (VCGLR) (External link) – an independent statutory authority – is responsible for regulating all forms of legalised gambling in Victoria. The commission's functions include informing and educating industry and the public about regulatory practices and requirements.
The Victorian Responsible Gambling Foundation (VRGF) (External link) is an independent statutory authority that works to foster responsible gambling and reduce the incidence and impact of problem gambling on the Victorian community. The foundation funds services for people affected by problem gambling, community education to foster responsible gambling and research to ensure services and education are based on the best information available.
Provides strategic policy advice and support to the Minister for Liquor and Gaming Regulation and the Secretary of the Department of Justice
Independent statutory authority that administers Victoria's gambling and liquor laws
Funds and manages problem-gambling counselling services, runs community education activities, and campaigns and commissions research
Offers online counselling, information and support – 24 hours a day, 7 days a week – funded by state and federal governments
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Spending time with your community and family is better than spending your money on gambling. Find out more about Mob Day
New problem gambling campaign that features real people with real gambling problems and aims to reach and help problem gamblers
Venue operators can find out more about how to request a variation to their payment terms for gaming machine entitlements
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If so, you're off the hook and won't have to pay a new fee for street-cleaning services.
And, hey, even if you're not cleaning up -- it turns out you still may not pay anything at all.
Portland Mayor Sam Adams announced the latest revision Friday to his new leaf-removal program, which in recent weeks has both confused and angered residents. After about two years of talk, subsequent community irritation, an incomplete plan and now modified details, this year's program will work like this: Anyone who says they didn't have enough notice can simply check a box and dodge the bill, with city officials now relying on the honor system.
"We messed this up," said Adams, whose Bureau of Transportation oversees the effort. "The responsibility as transportation commissioner rests with me."
Adams announced in November 2008 that he wanted to pursue leaf fees, and the Portland City Council approved the concept as part of Adams' annual budget this spring. The fees, ranging from $15 to $65, are intended to offset costs to keep streets clean in 28 so-called "leaf districts." Formal notice about the fees was mailed to residents and businesses in late October.
Anyone wanting to opt out needed to "provide proof" they removed street leaves, the notice said. That meant receipts or photographs.
But calls flooded the transportation bureau and City Hall with so many complaints from frustrated residents that they quickly fill the leafline's voice mailbox.
So Friday, 10 days after announcing those opt-out rules, officials said never mind. No proof necessary, so long as Portlanders sign an opt-out application and affidavit.
Adams said not providing information sooner was unfair to the 30,000 homes and businesses expected to pay the fee. "Unfair in the sense that we didn't tell people up front that as the leaves are falling, you have an opportunity to take care of them yourself," he said.
This marks the first time Portland is charging for leaf removal from city streets, with fees for homes or small businesses ranging from $15 to $30 and large businesses or apartment complexes $65. The city traditionally provided the service to 17 neighborhoods with no charge, but Adams said the fees would offset the annual expense of about $800,000.
The mayor and other city officials said they could not estimate how much money would go uncollected this year because of the opt-out process, but he acknowledged revenues would be less than planned.
Adams' efforts to improve the process did little to please some residents.
Bruce Treat, chairman of the Mt. Tabor Neighborhood Association, said eliminating proof requirements is better than nothing. But he said it's not the best solution.
"My personal position is they need to not do it," he said. "They just need to say, 'We made a mistake in notification, and we are willing to come back to the table after the leaf season and talk more about it.'"
Residents who choose to opt-out of the program can pick from among six reasons. The first five: Do-it-yourself cleanup with leaves hauled by a garbage collector, self-collection and self-hauling, contracted leaf removal, composting, or no trees or leaves to begin with.
Cheryl Kuck, a transportation bureau spokeswoman, said officials may conduct spot-checks for people who say they don't have trees or leaves. But largely, she said, "We'll take them at their word."
The sixth reason?
A "lacked advance notice" clause, which reads: "I would have managed the street leaves in front of my property myself if I had earlier notification about the fee and the opt-out process."
That means anyone who doesn't clean up street leaves has been given a way to duck their fees.
Adams said he'd rather rely on the honor system this year and get it right next fall.
"I'm the elected official. I take responsibility for it," he said. "I've made the decision to go with the honor system because I feel like doing anything less is an unfair setup."
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Koh Chang means elephant (chang) island (koh), but this is because of its shape and size rather than wild herds living in the jungle. Nonetheless, there are now 6 elephant camps where you can ride on them, swim with them and feed them and it is a fun way to spend a morning or an afternoon, with children especially well looked after by the mahouts. Cost is standard at 850bt for 1 hour and 1,300bt for the two hour trek which includes the swimming. Transfer, water, fruit and a drink afterwards are included. Children under 10 are 500bt and 650bt respectively, under 3 are free.
Koh Chang Elephant Trekking Companies
Ban Kwan Chang
Klong Son near the waterfall
Located just before the end of the inland road, a very natural feeling camp with 10 elephants – former workers and entertainers, now retired. Treks are into the nearby forest, with about 45 minutes aboard, 30 minutes for the bathing if you take the 2 hour option. Associated with the Asian Elephant Foundation.
Chang Chutiman
Inland in Klong Prao,Big Elk
Down a long, muddy track deep into the valley at Klong Prao, another nice natural and isolated camp. Friends of the Asian Elephant Foundation (FAE), with treks through the fields, orchards and rubber trees and swimming in the river. Cafe on site.
Ban Camp Chang
Klong Prao, southern end opp. Tropicana Resort
Located just back from the road with treks into the interior area behind the camp and swimming in the river along the way. Long established, with elephants visible from the road.
Ban Chang Thai
Klong Prao, northern end
Large, well-run outfit with treks into the fields behind the camp. Does include some time walking near to the road itself. Coffee shop.
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Michael "The Situation" Sorrentino, one of the stars of the "Jersey Shore" reality TV series that depicted 20-somethings partying and brawling by the seaside, pleaded guilty Friday to cheating on his taxes.
Sorrentino didn't comment on his way out of the courthouse, but his attorney said the 36-year-old was remorseful and has turned his life around in the last few years, including staying sober and becoming involved in a stable romantic relationship.
"In the last several years he has grown up as a human being," attorney Henry Klingeman said.
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Ike began his dance training at the age of eight under Donna Carver and Adam Sage at Nashville Ballet in his hometown of Nashville, Tennessee. He also trained under Thomas Shoemaker at Vanderbilt University, Marat Daukayev in Los Angeles, and since 2010 under Elaine Thomas and Christopher Mohnani at Dance Theatre of Tennessee. In 2012 he became a trainee at DTT and danced the roles of Russian, Soldier Doll, Spanish and Snow King in Nutcracker, Waltz Boy in Cinderella, and numerous other roles in outreach programs and company productions.
He attended summer intensives at Interlochen Centre for the Arts, Nashville Ballet, the TN Governor's School for the Arts and twice at the Harid Conservatory where he was offered a full year round scholarship.
Ike has appeared in numerous principal and supporting roles as an actor and singer on stage and film, and sang the title role of Amahl and the Night Visitors for the Nashville Symphony and Chicago Symphony Choir recording on Naxos Records.
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The Clackamas County commissioners oppose an amendment to the land use "grand bargain" that is expected to move quickly through the Oregon Legislature this week.
The commissioners think the amendment to House Bill 4078 favors Washington County at the expense of Clackamas County, and legislators should wait until the 2015 session before making any decisions.
Political reporter Christian Gaston explains the amendment in his story on the amendment:
Rep. Brian Clem, D-Salem, is crafting an amendment to House Bill 4078 that would clear a legal cloud over growth plans in Washington County by designating land to be brought inside the region's urban growth boundary and by redrawing a 2010 plan to designate parcels as urban or rural reserves.
The Oregon Court of Appeals dismantled the reserves plan that Metro and Portland-area counties established, saying Washington County relied on "pseudo factors" when deciding what land to protect from development over 50 years.
"We're going to be impacted negatively," said Commissioner Paul Savas.
Savas worries that the plan creates barriers to providing infrastructure to rural areas and expanding transportation capacity to high-employment areas in the urban part of the county.
The emphasis on solving Washington County's land-use problems also leaves Clackamas County to figure out how to deal with the Stafford area, which is deeply divided over its urban reserves designation, which opens the farmland area to future development.
Several commissioners also complained that the amendment was ironed out by developers, conservationists, local government officials and farmers during long meetings Friday and Sunday, rather than the usual legislative process that would give commissioners time to wrap their heads around all the nuances of the deal.
"I don't like deals being cut, even in non-smoke filled rooms," Chairman John Ludlow said.
The commissioners are staying neutral on the original bill, which mostly affirms the urban growth boundary adopted by Metro and signed off by the state Land Conservation and Development Commission.
But they oppose the amendment, which should be introduced soon.
"And it's not just a no, it's a heck no," Commissioner Tootie Smith said.
Learn more on the "grand bargain" and the Stafford debate:
Land-use 'grand bargain' could move quickly through Oregon Legislature
Oregon lawmakers ink land use 'grand bargain' with developers, conservationists
Take 3 For Politics: Land use grand bargain
Oregon Court of Appeals topples 50-year growth plan, setting stage for land use debate
Appeal challenges Metro decision to bring Stafford property into Lake Oswego's urban growth boundary
Metro approves Lake Oswego's request to bring Stafford property into urban growth boundary for tennis center


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qMercury Emission and its Control in Chinese Coal-Fired Power Plantsq focuses on investigating mercury emissions samplings and measurement in Chinese coal-fired power plants, mercury emission estimations and future trends, mercury speciation transformation during coal combustion, mercury control and mercury stability in byproducts. The book not only introduces mercury emissions from actual coal-fired power plants, but also presents studies on the mechanism of mercury emission and its control. This is a valuable reference for engineering thermal physicists, thermal engineers, and chemical engineers. Jinsong Zhou, Zhongyang Luo, and Mengxiang Fang are Professors in the College of Mechanical and Energy Engineering, Zhejiang University, China. Yanqun Zhu is Associate Professor in the College of Mechanical and Energy Engineering, Zhejiang University, China.The manual analysis requires a longer time, whereas the on-line analytical technique can analyze mercury ... Dry sorbent methods usually refer to the flue gas mercury sorbent speciation (FMSS) and the quicksilver emissions monitor ( QSEM).
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WASHINGTON — Large banks have repeatedly prevailed in battles to preserve federal preemption in Congress and the courts, but that victory string is likely to be broken by the regulatory reform bill being debated in the Senate this week.
With so many other provisions requiring the large banks' attention, such as a crackdown on derivatives and a ban on proprietary trading, most of them will lack the time or attention to fight curbs on federal preemption.
Without their help, the Office of the Comptroller of the Currency, which has been quietly pushing for changes in the bill, is not expected to prevail.
"The large banks are playing more defense than they thought they would," said Raj Date, the chairman and executive director of the Cambridge Winter Center for Financial Institutions Policy. "That means the OCC won't have as much help from its national-bank allies."
Though the Senate bill would not eliminate preemption, it would force the OCC to jump through several legal hoops before declaring that national banks need not comply with a state law. These include proving that an existing federal regulation sufficiently addresses the issue a state was trying to rectify.
Under other circumstances, this would probably be a top priority of the industry's trade groups and the largest banks. But they are focused on other parts of the bill they view as more important, including the so-called Volcker Rule, which would ban proprietary trading, and provisions to regulate derivatives.
"We're spread as thin as we can possibly be spread, and it's a real problem," said Ed Yingling, the president and CEO of the American Bankers Association.
The Senate bill would reestablish the so-called "Barnett" Supreme Court standard that allowed the OCC to preempt state laws on a case-by-case basis but also forced the agency to show that a federal law exists to regulate the activity addressed by the state law.
"When people say that we are simply adopting the Barnett standard, that is simply not correct," said Robert Cook, a partner in the Hudson Cook law firm. "They are adopting the Barnett standard and a couple hurdles you need to leap. … I would be thrilled if we ended up with simply the Barnett standard. I'm afraid we are going to get much worse."
Even state regulators are pushing for changes in the bill, including replacing references to the Barnett standard with language that says a state law cannot be preempted unless it prevents or significantly interferes with a national bank's business operations.
John Ryan, the executive vice president of the Conference of State Bank Supervisors, said that relying on a reference to the 1996 Barnett decision would create confusion since the states and the OCC interpret the Supreme Court ruling differently. "It's up to Congress to write law, not to make a circular reference back to a court decision that has been misconstrued and taken out of context," Ryan said. "You just can't make a reference when there is nuance."
If the provision goes unchanged, the current language does favor the states. The bill would give attorneys general power to enforce federal and state laws against national banks and overturn the Supreme Court's 2007 Watters v. Wachovia decision, which said that national banks' operating subsidiaries enjoy the same preemption rights as their parents.
Sen. Tom Carper, D-Del, is working on an amendment to address some of the industry's concerns. Though it is still being drafted, sources said the amendment would remove the hurdles the OCC must clear in order to preempt a state standard and attempt to codify current preemption law.
Large banks are arguably facing the worst political atmosphere since the Great Depression, with some lawmakers who are sympathetic to their concerns unlikely to support them for fear of voter backlash.
Cook said getting any change in the bill would be an uphill battle and that banks must choose their fights carefully. "The banks don't have a lot of time left now to make changes in the financial institution regulatory bill, and they have to pick their battles, and it's not clear to me they can fight all three or four issues," he said. "Unfortunately, large banks don't have a lot of capital to fight with right now. I am not optimistic that banks large or small are going to have much impact on this bill."
Yingling said he is hopeful that community bankers will help persuade lawmakers. "Preemption is not just a big-bank issue," he said. "The community banks are very concerned about preemption. All sides have a dozen issues coming at them. We have more issues than we can imagine to deal with, so it is a problem. But I guarantee the state associations are very concerned about preemption."
The Independent Community Bankers of America is not lobbying hard on this issue, and community banks have other priorities, including provisions dealing with deposit insurance assessments and exemptions from a proposed consumer protection regulator.
This leaves the OCC largely alone in lobbying for changes. Agency officials declined to comment for this story.
Politically, preemption is also a tough sell. Though the OCC argues that most consumer abuses originated with nonbank mortgage lenders, which are regulated by the states, many lawmakers blame federal banking regulators for not protecting consumers.
"It's a very fluid situation right now," said Pat McCoy, a professor at the University of Connecticut Law School. "On the one hand, the Comptroller of the Currency is the regulator for national banks, and that represents a very powerful political constituency with lobbying might. That said, the comptroller did not exactly cover itself with glory in the financial crisis … . For a senator who wants to appeal to Main Street and point out the comptroller as having been irresponsible leading up to the crisis, that is very strong rhetoric."
And Richard Neiman, the New York state superintendent of banking, skewered the industry argument that banks need a single federal standard.
"Banks routinely deal with 50 different state laws," he said. "For instance in contract enforcement, zoning and foreclosure. But when it comes to protecting consumers, suddenly banks say that they are incapable of complying with more than one law."
Any new language in the reform bill would effectively nullify decades of preemption decisions by the courts, sparking more court cases. "It will take years and years of litigation to figure out what the new law means, creating uncertainty," Yingling said.
State regulatory officials agreed. "This isn't going to be resolved in the Senate," said Ryan. "Whatever comes out of the Senate is going to create ambiguity and a role for courts."
The industry is even more critical of the preemption provisions in the House version of regulatory reform that was approved in December and will eventually be reconciled with the Senate bill.
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The Masons are wizards. The end. In fact a Lodge aught to be termed a Coven. There is a prevailing notion that somehow the Illuminati infiltrated the Masons or something of that nature. There is also a notion that Somehow Masonry was founded by an appreciation of Architecture or building. Misdirection. In fact the Illuminati and The Masons, always have been one. Those who found Masonry were not builders of anything as simple as structures. The Square and Compass are relatively new implements in European culture, but Masons claim Masonry to be as old as Egyptian pyramids. Note that.
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Donna Cooper, Slimming World Consultant, is calling for women to join the 'Mildenhall Marvels' team for Girls Night Out, a sponsored walk in aid of St Nicholas Hospice Care.
The walk, in Bury on Saturday, September 10, will see pyjama-clad women walk either 11.2 or six miles under the cover of moonlight and while wearing flashing bunny ears.
It is not the first time Donna has entered a team in Girls Night Out, with the Mildenhall Marvels team numbering 100 in 2014 and more than 150 in 2015.
"Girls Night Out knocks the spots off every other charity I have ever done. The atmosphere on the walk is amazing," said Donna.
"On the night, there's nothing more meaningful than when you head up to the hospice and you see the people who are in the hospice come out to support us.
"We have been set the challenge of trying to get 190 in our team. We raised £24,000 last year, so I can't wait to see what we manage this year."
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Jenny Baskett, St Nicholas Hospice events and challenge fund-raiser, said: "We don't charge anyone for any of the things that we do, but in order to do that we need to raise £11,000 a day.
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Anglers who have fished the Columbia River know firsthand, but a state report said this year's catch rate is the lowest since at least 2000. Through Sunday, just 659 adult chinook had been counted at Bonneville Dam. Last year 7,148 fish had been counted at this time. The recent 10-year average is 16,764.
Anglers also have had to contend with very high water flows. After reaching 400,000 cfs at Bonneville Dam on April 6, flows are expected to average just under 300,000 cfs for at least the next week and a half. The 10-year average for this time of year is 183,000 cfs, said the state report.
Cispus: Tacoma Power employees released 57 steelhead and one spring chinook adult last week into the river above the mouth of Yellow Jacket Creek.
Columbia: The action has been fair since the lower river reopened to chinook fishing. From Friday-Sunday, the state checked 1,436 anglers who had 108 adult and one jack chinook and 11 steelhead, said state fish biologist Joe Hymer. Boat anglers averaged an adult chinook kept/released per every 10.5 rods; bank anglers averaged one per every 32.3 rods. Sturgeon fishing has been slow.
Cowlitz: Fishing remains fair to good, depending on the day. Anglers are landing good catches of steelhead at Blue Creek, when the bite is on, said Marshall Borsom of Fish Country. Boaters are using diver and coon shrimp or side-drifting eggs; bank anglers are using sand shrimp, corky and yarn or jig and bobber. Borsom said a couple of spring chinook were caught at the barrier dam last weekend.
East Fork Lewis: From its mouth to the top boat ramp at Lewisville Park will open to fishing for hatchery steelhead Saturday. Selective gear rules will be in effect; no bait may be used.
Skookumchuck: Steelhead action has been pretty good in recent days. Pink seems to be the hot color for corkies and yarn or jigs, according to a report at Gamefishin.com.
Tilton: Tacoma Power crews released 20 winter-run steelhead into the river at Gust Backstrom Park in Morton.
Yakima: The upper river might be the best option right now, according to reports from The Evening Hatch and Red's Fly Shop. The river is still running very high, 5,610 cfs at Umtanum on Tuesday morning.
American: Trout fishing has been a bit slow lately, said Mike Barr at Bill's Boathouse. The planned release of 6,500 trout that were raised over the winter should change that.
Lenore: Cutthroat trout action has been steady but a bit on the slow side. Fly anglers are having luck with chironomid patterns fished several feet below the surface when the winds aren't blowing.
Merwin: Fishing has been very good. Anglers are catching kokanee near the surface. A state check of 42 anglers showed 130 kept kokanee and nine released plus five rainbows kept.
Offut: The action was a bit slow in recent days, according to online reports.
Riffe: Fishing is fair, with some silvers being caught, Borsom said.
Fort Flagler State Park: The sport clam and oyster fishing season at will open Friday. Fishing will be open until further notice because surveys indicate that clam populations have increased and will support a fishery one month longer than in 2010.
Strait of Juan de Fuca: This is the place to find the most consistent catches of blackmouth. Fishing from Sekiu to Port Angeles has been producing some salmon weighing in the mid-teens.
Tacoma: Fishing is still very slow. Decent weather brought out more anglers, but not the fish. A creel check of 50 anglers at local docks showed no salmon.
Jeffrey P. Mayor: 253-597-8640 blog.thenewstribune.com/adventure


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Scott Clark on Global News Calling for Change at MCFD
"Two weeks after a judge issued a damning ruling against the Ministry of Children and Family Development, calls continue to come for the ministry to do more to help at risk children. Scott Clark, Executive Director of the Aboriginal Life in Vancouver Enhancement Society, and Judy McGuire, coordinator with the Inner City Safety Society, speak to BC1 about what social workers are dealing with on the front lines."
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Where Change Happens Panelist Interviews
ALIVE and Salish Sea Productions took the opportunity to interview each panelist at our Where Change Happens- Reconciliation in Action event that took place on June 20th, 2014.
In these short vignettes, Mary Ellen Turpel-Lafond, Dr. Evan Adams and Wendy Grant-John offer insight into the development of sustainable, evidence-based approaches to fostering the health and well-being of the urban Aboriginal population.
Director of ALIVE, Scott Clark, Speaks with Sun News on the Topic of Anti-gentrification Violence in the DTES
ALIVE stands with DTES residents, community groups and local businesses to end bullying, harassment and intimidation in the DTES.
On Thursday July 11th at 10:00 AM in Pigeon Park, over 15 residents associations, community economic development non-profits, family and cultural service organizations, aboriginal organizations and various other non-profits from the DTES stood in solidarity to respond to the vandalism, intimidation, harassment and targeted pickets that have taken place lately. This is the statement that we have jointly released.
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ALIVE's Executive Director Scott Clark spoke at the gathering, along with representatives from various community groups and residents.
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The event was also covered in the gastown gazette. Read story here.
and a piece by Wes Regan, Executive Director of Hastings Crossing BIA here.
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I couldn't stop wheezing for long enough to thank her, but I've been repeating it to myself ever since.
Friday, May 27, 2011
Sports Psychology
I couldn't stop wheezing for long enough to thank her, but I've been repeating it to myself ever since.
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Had things turned out differently, Tim Fite would have made a pretty convincing cult leader. Thats a weird compliment to pay, but Fite is a weird guy. There is a charismatic mystery about him, equal parts mythology and absurdity: he is said to live in a graveyard, he is said to have been born without blood, he calls himself the gentleman with itchy legs for some reason that kind of thing. He doesnt take himself overly seriously, but he has this fascinating alternate morality that makes his songs feel latently spiritual, a mastery of illogic that makes tautologies and contradictions fair aint fair, for starters sound like important truths.
The first big contradiction is how you classify Fite musically. Over the Counter Culture, a protracted sermon about consumerism (still available for free), is essentially a precocious rap album, showcasing Fites penchants for oddball samples and tongue-twisting wordplay. But Fair Aint Fair, and its true predecessor Gone Aint Gone, are cut-and-paste folk oddities, far more thoughtful and economical despite a half-baked skit here or a lapse into coarseness there. Gone Aint Gone was exciting in part because it found Fite actively trying on idioms, dabbling in redneck lamentation and sneering barroom rock and vaudevillian funk without typecasting himself. Fair Aint Fair operates in a considerably narrowed musical scope; its much less ostentatiously sample-based, and much less frenetic in its variety. Most of the album sticks to a slow, somber acoustic base, only sometimes laying in archaic instrumentation and eerie glitchery. The recondite spirit remains, but the sense of restlessness has disappeared, and with it much of the impertinent energy that propelled Gone Aint Gone.
What we gain in its place, though, is more rewarding: a closer look at the mechanics of Fites itchy-legs sophistry, the nature of his controlled eccentricity. Fair aint so fair, fuckers, he yelps by way of greeting, over a tentative nursery waltz: Theres folly in the pork fat / The devil needs a doormat / For his dirt. In the 16 tracks that follow, less is immediately memorable although the slacker ditty Big Mistake is as sweet as the blood-and-dirt spiritual My Hands is chilling but more is woven into the construction of something multi-dimensional: a character, a narrative, a metaphysics. Happily, Fite proceeds lightly enough that the meditation never feels mandatory. You get to decide what to make of his lazy surrealism (Thought I was a dress wearing that other dress) and his disarming candor (If I wanted touching, Id touch myself / Clumsily, clumsily). You can take More Clothes as a ballad about pop-culture venality, or as an oblique you-cant-take-it-with-you, or you can just enjoy the fact that you are listening to a song that uses the line Hey! Theres mustard on yo titty like its no big deal.
And thats probably why Fite is so magnetic. He wants nothing from you. Even at his most abstruse and moralizing, hes more philosopher than prophet. If he were after your money or your time, hed make his product flashier, his sour wail sweeter, his borrowed hooks brighter. He would record an album of anodyne jaunts like Sing Along, without the part at the end where he approvingly proposes that the song be used to sell cars or maxipads. He would tell you that love is heartache and war is hell, not that heartache is love and heaven is war. Hed sell you ideas that sound good but are built on fallacy, rather than the other way around. Instead, by making it all look so easy, he does perfect justice to complicated things, and for that alone hes about as close to essential as it gets.
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[This thread began in Announcements, but it seemed like a good time to bring it over here. Jim, please lock the old thread.]
I agree with you 100% Jonny. The fragmentation you speak of: buskers simply looking out for #1 for years' on end, rarely willing to share information without getting something equal (or even better) in return, just continues the cycle of restless "individualism" you speak of. Terrible that this is the first thing most newbies are introduced to, this unwillingness to mentor without strings attached. It is a concept that is foreign to me, and it has been eating at me for years.
The reason it bothers me so much must stem from the fact that I was mentored by a retired actor whose career began as a side player in the original Hal Roach "Our Gang" comedies. This was back when I was 12-years-old, or about 20 years before I started busking. By that time I had already been singing in school events and learning magic for a few years. Twelve was about the time I began taking money for my magic, doing birthday parties, etc.
But how can you forget something like that? How could I ever repay? Forget that, how could I ever place a value on his time and the confidence he inspired in me?
And when I began busking 7 years ago I pretty much had the streets of Atlanta to myself, with small exceptions. So there was a time when I had absolutely no one to relate to, to ask questions of, etc. But this also kept me from getting caught up in the less attractive issues like pitch wars, "borrowed" lines or jokes, etc.
And after Atlanta I anchored a (then) new pitch in Clearwater, Florida, where the city was trying to copy the famous sunset celebrations of Key West. Altogether I lived and worked there about 2 years, with one summer away to work 2 Canadian festivals.
And since the festival was new there were quite a few visiting buskers coming around after hearing about it on the grapevine. And there I was, offering my home, telephone, bicycle, shower; showing the best places to park for free and the cheapest restaurants; news on the nearest festivals and shopping centers... and at sunset we flipped a coin to see who got the best times.
It was only after this incubation period that I really began to travel, and it did not take long to get a taste of how the rest of the busking world operated: Physical threats in New Orleans, Venice Beach and San Francisco; territorial madness in Sydney, Melbourne and Amsterdam. And enough backbiting and back stabbing to last many lifetimes.
And it doesn't take Mr Holmes to see that the unsavory behaviour by many members of this board simply mirrors what goes on on the street. Jealous? petty? harboring imaginary grudges? No problem, just bring them to cyberspace where you can say anything you like while hiding behind a faceless alias. Heck, you don't even have to be a busker to sling mud, just log on and make something up as you go along!
Yet I still find so much to love about this lifestyle. I certainly don't see myself quitting anytime soon, but I will definitely be making some changes in what I do, who I do it with, and most of all what I will be willing to put up with. Life has proven to be much too short and unpredictable to clutter it with waste of any kind. Time, least of all.
Who knows -- maybe I will come into a new city myself one day and be offered a shower, a bed, a nice restaurant and the flip of a coin? (Not holding my breath, though.)
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oh yes sir i can relate! i have experienced the same.how about those silver guys on the wharf,geez what a bunch of guys! the way i see it, it's the audience that matters,to hell with a bunch of crusty old bastards who don't love thier craft but have completely become all about the money, yuppie buskers? well,anyway,when your green you grow ,when your ripe you rot! see you on the streets of san francisco,where the hell is carl maldin anyway? willie
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Exploring the world of Orchids through Art at the Orchid Research and Development Centre (ORDC)
Mazoo a mythological science-art spaceship laboratory travelling the galaxy (in this case the internet) on its journey, sharing knowledge of the wonderful Orchid plant species.
Dr Eleanor Gates-Stuart (Professor Techno Arts) and the Orchid Team: Kai-Hsing Hung (Jimmy), Hsiang-Hsi Lu, Hsing-Cheng Chen (Rider), Jiun-Kai Huang, Yin-Shou Chen (Jessica), Wei-yu Lu, Xin-Hung Lin (Ace) collaborated with ORDC and Professor Hong-Hwa (Director ORDC) in communicating the research of Orchids.
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Hitler was also a patriot
Some people claim they are crticising the Prime Minister and are running down the country out of patriotism. Most historians agree that Adolf Hitler was also a patriot and that Naziism was the product of this patriotism. And 100 million people died because of this.
If anyone wants to impress us with his or her patriotism then it has to start with the spirit of 'Negaraku' and the Rukun Negara. You cannot be opposed to all this and have your own version and interpretation of patriotism.
The war in Serbia and Bosnia that took so many lives was an act of patriotism. So was the Vietnam War and the Cambodian 'killing fields'. But I am sure the millions of dead did not think so.
Patriotism is not by saying it but by what you do. And sabotaging Malaysia's economy by frightening off foreign investors is not an act of patriotism but an act of treason.
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I need to get some fencing installed. I'm limited to 4' tall as I'm on a corner. It's a quiet dead-end across from a park. I have a dog that I want to keep in, and I have the usual concerns about keeping others out. The pool has its own fence around it, but it still worries me (newbie here!).
I'm looking at 4' picket fences. Choices are PT posts or cedar posts. Which is better?
Should they be sunk in concrete? One installer concretes all posts; the others only do the gates.
For the pickets and rails, again the choices are PT or cedar.
I'm in NJ and we have carpenter bees that like cedar. I have an older fence that's in great shape, is all PT and has been here for years. But I know that PT methods have changed since that was installed. I've also heard that newer PT wood can twist and split.
I'm looking at fencing contractors, or I can use a handy-man and HD's pre-fab PT fence.
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Federal agencies like FDA are moving creakily, if at all, to implement the "open government" mandate from the Obama administration as old practices continue and in some cases solidify. A year and a half after the president issued his mandate, little has changed at FDA apart from a new "FDA Basics" web page which has information the agency thinks people should know, and recommendations on improved document availability from an internal FDA Transparency Task Force.
James G. Dickinson is editor of Dickinson's FDA Webview (fdaweb.com)
Meanwhile, instantly do-able administrative-type reforms, like re-opening the agency's staff to direct media contact, as in decades past, have been ignored. Now reporters are restricted to press offices which shield agency employees from the media's inquiring minds—and where public information can be given the "spin" the government wants it to have.The main problem is agency "culture"—those long-established practices that make career civil servants comfortable in their various assignments. The old system of reporters calling or emailing at will made some FDAers uncomfortable, although most saw it as a cost of their service in the world's most open government. All that changed after the 1996 Oklahoma City bombing was that metal detectors were installed in all federal buildings. The development of confidential sources unknown to management became impossible. Worse, press officers started monitoring and taping communications.
In May, the internal FDA Transparency Task Force rejected a request from journalism groups to restore the prior media access system. It said it would strive to make the present system work better.For government managers, controlling the media is too powerful a tool to voluntarily surrender.
James G. Dickinson is editor of Dickinson's FDA Webview (fdaweb.com)