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Birgit Schlotterbeck / Styling - Gala
Just published: A new fashion story for Gala Magazine, styled by Birgit. Shot on location at marvelous Hotel La Mamounia in Marrakech by Andreas Ortner c/o Schierke Artists.
Katja Maassen / Hair Make-up - The Kunst Magazine
Now online: A creative beauty special with q & a by Katja.
Photographer: Nina Raasch Go check >> thekunstmagazine.com/blog/katja-maasen
Peninah Amanda / Styling - BUNQ
bunq - the new way of banking! bunq's campaign makes a difference, too. Styling by Peninah. Realized by creative hotshop Amsterdam Berlin.
Tini Rathe / Styling - Rotkäppchen
Gardenparty with Germany's iconic sparkling wine brand Rotkäppchen. OOH campaign styled by Tini. Photographer: Sonja Tobias c/o Wildfox Running Agency: Ogilvy
Welcome Anna! She is based in Berlin and has proven excellent skills in fashion/advertising productions. Anna regularly contributes to editorials and has a sense for working with celebrities. Her portfolio is coming soon. Please contact firstname.lastname@example.com for requests/bookings. Photo: Joachim Baldauf c/o Barbara Neubauer, published in Vorn magazine in cooperation with Chanel.
Birgit Schlotterbeck / Styling - Harper's Bazaar x Louis Vuitton
Just published: A Louis Vuitton Fashion special for Harper's Bazaar CZ, styled by Birgit. Shot in the unique ambiance of the Mamounia Hotel in Marrakech by Andreas Ortner c/o Schierke Artists,
Helena Narra / Hair - Interview
New Editorial work: Hair by Helena for the Vetements cover story of the German issue of Interview magazine. Shot by Lukas Wassmann.
Peggy Kurka / Hair Make-up - Numéro Berlin
Hair Make-up by Peggy for the cover story of the current Numéro Berlin issue. Photographer: Anne Schönharting c/o Ostkreuz Agentur der Fotografen
Nina Lemm / Set Design - Nin Magazine
Tropical Ikebana — Plants, fruits and organic-sensual shapes. A still-life concept by Nina and styled by her during a stay in Brazil. Photographer: Adriano Damas.
Peggy Kurka / Hair Make-up - Mytheresa
New work for Mytheresa in Peggy's portfolio. Shot by Max von Treu.
Tu Anh Ngo / Styling - Smart
The recently launched Smart Crosstown Campaign is styled by Tu Anh. Shot on location in Copenhagen by Thomas Strogalski c/o Schierke Artists. Agency: BBDO Berlin Production: Locke.motion
Prop Styling by Irina for two film shoots of Vogue China. Production: Big Shrimp Hamburg >> SEE FILMS
Alexandra Heckel / Styling - Hollington Paris
Styling by Alexandra for the current menswear collection. Photographer: Edisonga c/o Nerger M&O Grooming: Helena Narra Production: Vanessa Tomm
Katja Maassen / Hair Make-up - Homage to Berlin
Like a reminder of Berlin's Golden 20ies: A special b/w project by Katja with photographer Elizaveta Porodina c/o Sonja Heintschel, staging model Lena Melcher at iconic Berlin spots.
Birgit Schlotterbeck / Styling - Gala
Fashion Styling by Birgit for the "Water Love" editorial, shot by Arton Sefa c/o Sonja Heintschel in the ambiance of the new Fontenay Hotel in Hamburg.
Tini Rathe / Styling - MINI COUNTRYMAN
People Styling & Props by Tini for Stefan Schmid's shoot of the Mini Countryman on location in China.
Summer fashion and beachwear shot on the Bahamas. Hair Make-up by Helena. Photographer: Patrick Houi c/o Marlene Ohlsson. CD: Julian Paul Fashion Editor in Chief: Isabel Arnhold
Peggy Kurka / Hair Make-up - BMW Magazine
The BMW i8 Roadster — Story shot by Daniel Cramer c/o Severin Wendeler in Spain. Peggy took the hair and make-up part. Agency: Ring Zwei
Hendrik Schaulin / Styling - Burlington
Big Fun & Bright Colours — Burlington's new spring/summer campaign! Shot in England by Esther Haase c/o Schierke Artists and styled by Hendrik Schaulin.
Peninah Amanda / Styling - GASAG
Very 90ies: Rave, Grunge, flashy colours — The anniversary campaign of energy supplier GASAG, styled by Peninah. Photographer: Moritz Schmidt Production: Production World / Kirsten Bätzel Agency: Peperoni
Katharina Koppenwallner / Styling - Kantini
Still styling by Katharina for the recently launched campaign images of Kantini, the international foodmarket at Bikini Berlin. Photographer: Grant Cornett Agency: Kemmler Kemmler
NEW ENTRY BIRGIT SCHLOTTERBECK / STYLING - Cosmopolitan
New work by new entry stylist/fashion director Birgit Schlotterbeck. Have a look at her inspiring portfolio! Photographer: Arton Sefa c/o Sonja Heintschel for Cosmopolitan
Alexandra Heckel / Styling & Katja Maassen / Hair Make-up - Le Mile
Recently published by Le Mile: A Palomo Spain special styled by Alexandra. Hair Make-up: Liganord's Katja. Shot by Jason Fosco. Production: Made in Germany
Irina Skladkowski / Styling - Volkswagen
Styling by Irina Skladkowski for the campaign shoot of the Volkswagen Join series. Photographer: Oliver Paffrath c/o Kai Tietz Produktion: Kai Tietz Producer: Andreas Krogmann Agentur: DDB Berlin Hair Make-up by Katja Maassen & Helena Narra
Steffanie Kroll / Hair Make-up - L´Officiel
Shot on film: Steffanie was part of Onin Lorente's team for the cover story shoot of the 'Post Romance' issue of L'Officiel Malaysia.
Peggy Kurka / Hair Make-up - Hanro
Hair Make-up by Peggy for the shoot of the Hanro Spring/Summer 2018 collection. Photographer: Sven Jacobsen c/o Schierke
Maike Albeck / Hair Make-Up - OTTO TECHNIK >> SEE VIDEO
On air: A series of new commercials for client Otto Technik. Maike took the hair and make-up part in director Joschka Laukeninks team.
Peninah Amanda / Styling - Vattenfall
Styling and props by Peninah for the new Berlin campaign images of energy supplier Vattenfall. Shot by Delia Baum c/o Kelly Kellerhoff. Agency: Kreuzbergkind
Tu Anh Ngo / Styling - Smart
The new Smart campaign images are styled by Tu Anh. Shot on location in Copenhagen by Thomas Strogalski c/o Schierke Artists. Agency: BBDO Berlin Production: Locke.motion
Helena Narra / Hair & Katja Maassen / Make-Up - John Frieda
Liganord artists Katja / Make-up and Helena / Hair for the current John Frieda Frizz Ease campaign. Photographer: Volker Conradus Agency: Parasol Island
Anke Lachmuth / Styling - Tom Tailor
Stylist Anke Lachmuth, known for creative stills, laydowns and folded goods, teamed up with Albert Bauer Studios to style Tom Tailor fashion for stills and moving images.
A new fashion editorial for Revs Magazine by Katja. Photographer: Léa Wormsbach
Nina Lemm / Set Design - Cinque
Flower Power — Set Design by Nina for the new Cinque Campaign. Photographer: Ammaru c/o Luna Studios Production & AB: Marion Walther CD: Clemens Gerlach Agency: GERLACHHARTOG
Daniela Prost / Grooming - Stern Cover
Daniela teamed up with photographer Anatol Kotte for the cover shoot of German celebrity Dr. Eckart Axel von Hirschhausen, commissioned by Stern magazine.
Katja Maassen / Make-up - Salon Magazin #13
Katja took the make-up part in photographer Elizaveta Porodina's team for the shoot of a fine jewelry editorial. Elizaveta Porodina c/o Sonja Heintschel
New Entry Berit Hoerschelmann / Set Design - Grecotel
We are happy to collaborate with Berit now! She is a wonderful person and great teamplayer. Berit's creative focus lies on interior projects, set design and prop styling. Berit works for productions in advertising, for editorial shoots and realizes concepts for brand events. She recently worked with photographer Georg Roske for client Grecotel's White Palace Luxury Resort. Shot on location in Greece. >> Berit's portfolio
Alexandra Heckel / Styling - Adidas X Praise Mag
Adidas Originals vs. Designer Fashion — a special for Praise Mag, styled by Alexandra Heckel. Shot on film by Peter Kaaden c/o Cosmopola.
Helena Narra / Make-up - L'Officiel Italia
Cover story of the 5th anniversary issue of L'Officiel Italia with make-up by Helena for iconic model Luca Gajdus. Photographer: Bex Day
Christoph Himmel / Still Styling - JBL
The new JBL headphone campaign comes with stills styled the very unique Christoph Himmel way. Agency: Philipp und Keuntje. Shot by Reinhard Hunger c/o Bransch.
Claudia Plath / Hair Make-up - Sophia Kennedy / Vinyl Stories
Hair Make-up by Claudia Plath for amazing singer/composer Sophia Kennedy. Shot by photographer Simone Scardovelli for the new issue of Vinyl Stories.
Nina Lemm / Exterior Styling - Cartier
#justeunclou — a paid partnership Instagram project for Cartier by @berlinstagram with the creative support of Nina. The golden shiny objects were temporarily installed and shot in selected areas of the Berlin cityscape. In connection with the Instagram campaign these objects became part of a live event in Berlin.
Katja Maassen / Hair Make-up - Frankie + Clo
New editorial work by Katja: A touch of ethnic fashion staged by photographer Laura Palm c/o Marlene Ohlsson.
Alexandra Heckel / Styling & Astrid Scheppan / Hair Make-up - McDonald's >> See Video
Dance the McRib! Custom made boots and styling for the shoot of the McRib commercial by stylist Alexandra Heckel. Also part of director Til Obladen's team: Hair make-up artist Astrid Scheppan. Production: The Marmalade Agency: Leo's Thjnk Tank
The shoot of the new images for the German Railway campaign was styled by Sue Dietz. Peggy Kurka took care of hair, make-up and grooming. Photographer: Klaus Merz c/o Klein Photographen Agency: BBDO
Arndt von Hoff / Art Department - Mini JCW
Next to his incomparable modelmaking work Arndt has proven excellent art department skills in a growing number of photo and film productions. For the shoot of the new Mini JCW campaign he joined the team of photographer Sven Jacobsen c/o Schierke Artists. Production: Image Nation Agency: Jung von Matt/Spree
Alexandra Heckel / Styling & Alexander Auschill / Hair Make-up - Spectr Magazine
Eyewear and fashion styled by Alexandra Heckel for the 'Breakaways' editorial published in Spectr Magazine. Hair Make-up by Liganord artist Alexander Auschill. Photographer: Edisonga c/o Nerger M&O


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Meet your new trustees, editors-in-chief and executive vice president in the Fall issue of ARVONews
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Journal of Vision
Noise masking of White's illusion exposes the weakness of current spatial filtering models of lightness perception
Assessment of Visual and Chromatic Functions in a Rodent Model of Retinal Degeneration
Outer Segment Thickness Predicts Visual Field Response to QLT091001 in Patients with RPE65 or LRAT Mutations
Schepens Eye Research Institute/Massachusetts Eye and EarBoston, Mass.
The University of Rochester Rochester, N.Y.
University of California, Irvine School of MedicineIrvine, Calif.
The 9th Annual Meeting of the Brazilian Research Association in Vision and Ophthalmology (BRAVO) was held in Monte Real Convention Center in Aguas de Lindoia, a little spa town around 110 miles northeast of Sao Paulo. The meeting was part of the Federation of Brazilian Societies in Experimental Biology (FeSBE), a Brazilian scientific organization similar to the Federation of American Societies of Experimental Biology (FASEB).
Following the successful model of the previous year, the meeting program was shared in two distinct parts – a full-day pre-FeSBE BRAVO session devoted to research scientists and clinician scientists in the field of visual sciences and ophthalmology and a program for the general attendance of FeSBE in which BRAVO contributed with lectures of our invited international guests in specific sessions of all fields of experimental biology.
The exclusive BRAVO section was held on August 23, with Professor Henrique von Gersdorff, PhD, from the Oregon Health and Science University (OHSU), as the keynote speaker with a lecture on "Microcircuitry and Synaptic Transmission in the Retina." Another international speaker, Peter Reinach, PhD, from State University of New York, presented a talk on "Potential novel drug targets to reduce corneal opacification." More than 40 research scientists, graduate and undergraduate students and ophthalmologists from across the country attended.
Brazilian BRAVO members presented sessions on Retinal Neurobiology; Exposure to neurotoxic agents: impact upon the visual system; Visual Morphophysiology; Basic and Applied Electrophysiology in the Study of the Visual System; Exocrine Glands and Ocular Surface: Strategies for Therapeutic Modulation; and Sensory Processing in the Visual Cortex.
As part of the FeSBE meeting, which had more than 1,800 attendees, BRAVO speakers were invited to a conference on "The specialized ribbon synapses of the eye and ear" by Henrique von Gersdorff, PhD; a second conference on "Sensory systems: an overlooked target of occupational exposure," by Professor Fabriziomaria Gobba from University of Modena Reggio Emilia, Italy; a conference on "Identification of activity of post-receptoral visual pathways in the ERG" by Professor Jan Kremers, from University of Nuremberg, Germany, and a conference on "Signaling pathways that modulate inflammation and cornea epithelial cell proliferation" by Peter Reinach, PhD, from SUNY. A special session was held for the BRAVO/Allergan awards in which eight pre-selected abstracts among the 25 submitted were platform presented to a selection board. Three of them were selected to receive a travel award of US$1,000 after submission and acceptance of their respective abstracts to the 2013 ARVO Annual Meeting. With the support of Allergan Laboratories of Brazil since 2003, these awards had been an encouragement for young scientists to submit and attend ARVO meetings, as well as to improve their scientific background and networking. BRAVO 9th Annual Meeting was sponsored by a special donation from Allergan do Brasil. The detailed program of this event can be accessed at www.bravo.org.br/Noticias.html
From left: Adriana Berezovsky, PhD (BRAVO Secretary); Henrique von Gersdorff, PhD (from OSHU), Christina Joselevitch, PhD (Universidade de São Paulo), Fabriziomaria Gobba, MD, PhD (University of Modena, Italy), Jan Kremers, Ph.D (University of Nuremberg, Germany) and Solange Salomao (BRAVO President)
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Becoming self-employed can be very exciting and financially rewarding. However, there are plenty of financial issues that can overwhelm you.
Here are 5 tips to cut through the confusion of starting your own business:
Tip #1: Find an Accounting Professional
When you start working for yourself, you typically have to wear many different business hats. All of a sudden you're the CEO, CFO, and are also running the legal and sales departments!
I can tell you from personal experience that when you go into business, one of your new best friends should be a Certified Public Accountant (CPA). Find a local professional that you can meet face-to-face and who seems to understand the kind of work you do. A good accountant can save you money by making sure you plan accordingly for taxes and write off as many business expenses as possible.
Tip #2: Be Prepared for the Self-Employment Tax
Something that can take new entrepreneurs by surprise is the self-employment tax. Here's why: When you work as an employee, you only pay for half of your Social Security and Medicare taxes and your employer pays the other half. When you become your own boss, you have to pay 100% of these taxes and it can be a lot more than you think.
The self-employment tax for 2011 is 13.3% (10.4% for Social Security and 2.9% for Medicare). The first $106,800 of your combined wages, tips, and net earnings for the year are subject to the Social Security tax—but all of it is subject to the Medicare tax.
You file self-employment tax on Schedule SE with your Form 1040. Remember that if you don't report all your self-employment income, your future Social Security benefits will be reduced.
Tip #3: You Must Pay Estimated Taxes
In addition to self-employment tax, you also have to pay federal and state income tax 4 times a year based on how much you think you'll earn, even if you're just working part-time at your business. The IRS requires estimated tax so you don't spend money that really isn't yours. Otherwise, you could find yourself unprepared to pay a huge tax bill at the end of the year. An accountant can help you calculate the amount you should pay in estimated taxes each quarter.
Tip #4: Deduct Business Expenses
Even though you have to pay more in taxes when you're self-employed, you'll have the benefit of being able to deduct qualified business expenses. Those are all the common and necessary costs of running your business, such as office supplies, computer software, liability insurance, entertaining, or travel, for instance.
You can deduct all or a portion of qualified expenses from your taxable business income, which reduces the amount of tax you owe. For more information refer to IRS Publication 334, Tax Guide for Small Business.
Tip #5: Use Financial Software
There are many software programs and online services that can help you keep up with your business expenses and tax deadlines so your business runs smoothly. QuickBooks is the most popular desktop accounting software. If you prefer to work in the cloud, check out QuickBooks Online, FreshBooks, and Outright, which are paid and free online accounting programs.
Successful entrepreneurs know how to leverage their unique skills and abilities. If keeping up with the financial details of your business isn't one of your strengths, be sure to leave it to a professional. Instead, use your time to refine what you do best, so you can grow your business.


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The Palm Beach County School Board put off a decision Wednesday on pushing back the 7 a.m. starting time for high schools, while school officials investigate the possibility of doing so by shaving three or four minutes off each class period.
The board also voted to suspend two teachers without pay until charges against them are resolved at administrative hearings.
Alice W. Carter, a teacher at South Olive Elementary School in West Palm Beach, is accused of giving her students the answers to a national achievement test. She contends she is innocent.
Eugene Spruill, a teacher at John I. Leonard High School west of Lake Worth, was arrested by police last week on charges that he made sexual advances to a male student.
If the teachers are found guilty by a state hearing officer, School Superintendent Tom Mills will ask the board to fire them.
The 7 a.m. to 7:30 a.m. starting times for the county`s 14 high schools are unpopular with some board members because students must be up at 5:30 or 6 a.m. to get to school on time.
But changing them would cost at least $700,000 for more school buses and drivers.
Mills said the cost could be lowered if school officials can persuade the Legislature to allow ``three or four minutes`` to be shaved off the school district`s 50-minute class periods. The change would shorten the school day and allow a later starting time with fewer buses, he said.
The district needs legislative approval for the shorter class periods because of laws regulating the number of classroom hours needed for high school credit.
But many high school students like the 7 a.m. start because it makes it easier for them to work at part-time jobs in the afternoon and evenings.


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You Decide: Turn on the Lights or Hang Up Your Jacket
Part experimentation, part product design, all ironic and wickedly funny, "Off" is the latest from electrical-engineer-turned-designer Scott Amron's Die Electric. We featured a handful of his other projects designed to cut back on energy use here, and think that the borderline subversive, tongue-in-cheek approach to mindful electricity consumption is great. Off is pretty much what it looks like: a fully-functioning, combination light switch/hook, and therein lies the dilemma. Do you hang up your jacket or turn on the light? -- you can't do both, and nobody likes a wrinkled jacket. Love it. ::Die Electric via ::Core77


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Interfaith Ministries' Meals on Wheels for Greater Houston and Galveston County program provides home-delivered meals to disabled adults and homebound clients over 60. The program also delivers weekend meals and a week's worth of breakfast to over 1,100 of our most frail and isolated clients. This nutritional support helps people stay independent and in their own homes. Sign up by contacting us at 713-533-4978.
Meals on Wheels for Greater Houston and Galveston County is able to serve clients with the help of partners like Harris County Area Agency on Aging, Texas Health and Human Services Commission and Managed Care Organizations serving Southeast Texas. In conjunction with the Harris County Community Services Department, IM reaches out to the remote areas of Harris County, serving elders across the county. IM also partners with organizations in Liberty and Montgomery Counties to deliver meals.
Additionally, the aniMeals on Wheels program, founded in 2007, delivers pet food to IM's Meals on Wheels clients so they not feel compelled to share their limited food and resources with their furry friends. IM collects donated pet food that volunteers deliver each month to clients. Learn more about aniMeals on Wheels.
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Please help us continue serving seniors by making a Meals on Wheels contribution here. You can donate a meal for only $5.
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At HEBHOMES we promise you all the simplicity and flexibility of a self-build kit-house together with exquisite contemporary design and the most modern energy-efficient construction.
HebHomes' portfolio of houses is the culmination of 18 years of award winning architecture from Dualchas Architects. Inspired by traditional rural architecture, the HebHomes signature design combines modern living spaces within a form that is both sensitive to architectural heritage and local landscapes. They are loved by planners across the UK and Ireland.
We are happy to amend any of our designs to suit your particular needs.
Our Structurally Insulated Panel system (SIP) is the new generation of green technology and is set to replace timber frame as the standard kit construction of the future. Exceptionally efficient and quick to install, and engineered for the most exposed sites in the UK, you could be in your new SIP house faster than you ever expected. And we can deliver and erect throughout the UK and further afield. Speed of erection means overall costs will be similar to traditional timber frame.
The results are houses that provide a standard of construction and design, at a level of affordability, that truly offers unmatched value. As well as supplying and erecting the house kit, HebHomes can take you though planning and warrant stages and provide a full turn-key service.
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Teaching of Writing Graduate Certificate
For K-12 Educators
Train to excel in areas vital to your advancement, to your department's effectiveness and your students' success.
Authenticity, Authorship And Expertise
Learn to draw the best writing and literary voices out of diverse student bodies using skills acquired through this 15-credit graduate program.
Emphasizing pedagogy that addresses diversity, the Teaching of Writing certificate content provides participants with a strong grounding in writing and reflective teaching, while developing a framework for teaching writing and literacy across the curriculum.
This program is designed for K-12 teachers and administrators in all subject areas who seek to learn strategies which:
- Strengthen students' writing and thinking skills
- Develop expertise in teaching writing and literacy across the curriculum
- Build a deeper understanding of literacy learning
- Improve their own writing
Writing Intensives, Reflective Practice and Peer Review
Following the Boston Writing Project "teachers teaching teachers" model, participants will share successful writing activities, and develop and implement curriculum. They will formulate research questions about their teaching practices and document the effects of their instruction by collecting and analyzing student work.
To gain a deeper understanding of literacy learning, participants will working on their own writing, receiving feedback from writing response groups, reflecting on both their writing and teaching practices, and reading current research in composition, literacy, and writing pedagogy.


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The Royal Minute: Buckingham Palace tea party, Princess Estelle rocks out to KISS and more
This week, Prince William, Kate and Prince Harryhosted an epic children's tea party at Buckingham Palace that saw the royal trio partaking in some interesting new hobbies.
Check out this week's Royal Minute to see highlights from King Harald and Queen Sonja of Norway's joint 80th birthday bash and Princess Estelle's rock and roll night out.
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Concorde was doomed to failure from the start because it hit an evolutionary cul-de-sac in terms of aircraft design, new research suggests.
An analysis by Adrian Bejan, professor of mechanical engineering and materials science at Duke University in the USA, has suggested that design trends dominating the aerospace industry have been driven by the constructal law, which he developed in 1996.
The law states that for a system to survive it must evolve to increase its access to flow – a process he says is evident in animal vascular systems, river systems, tree branches and even modern road networks.
In a paper appearing online in the Journal of Applied Physics, Bejan teamed up with Jordan Charles, a researcher and development engineer, and Sylvie Lorente, a professor of civil engineering at the University of Toulouse, to apply his law to the design of commercial aircraft using statistics on design parameters from the historical databases of commercial aircraft.
While many patterns emerged, the two that stood out were the increasing size of commercial aeroplanes and the fact that the relationship of body mass to speed is nearly identical to similar statistics from various animals – suggesting evolutionary constraints found in nature are at work in the aviation industry.
"Larger animals have longer lifespans and travel farther distances, just as passenger airplanes have been designed to do. For example, the ratio of the engine to aircraft size is analogous to the ratio of a large animal's total body size to its heart, lungs and muscles," said Bejan.
One notable outlier in the results was the Concorde, which Bejan points out had limited passenger capacity, a low mass-to-velocity ratio, an off-the-charts fuselage-to-wingspan ratio, massive engines and poor fuel economy.
"The Concorde was too far off from the ratios that evolution has produced in passenger jets," he explained. "It would have had to adhere to the constructal design rules to succeed."
According to Bejan, the same constructal law that underpins animal evolution has also dictated the main design features needed for aircraft to succeed: the engine mass has remained proportional to the body size, the wing size has been tied to the fuselage length, and the fuel load has grown in step with the total weight.
He says the analysis reveals the general design parameters that future passenger aircraft should follow to succeed economically.
"This study gives the rough sketch of what airplane designs will put you in the game," said Bejan. "For design companies, it is money in the bank."
Jose Camberos, research aerospace engineer and lead of design space exploration at the Multidisciplinary Science & Technology Center of the Air Force Research Laboratory at Wright-Patterson Air Force Base in Dayton, Ohio, said he hoped the work would give the field better insight into where the design of aircraft is going.
"There is definitely an analogy to be understood and articulated to explain why engines and airplanes are sized the way they currently are and how that has evolved," said Camberos, who was not involved with this study.
"By looking at the development of aircraft in a larger context in these terms, it may be possible to gain insights into how best to achieve what nature has been able to accomplish already."


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Indian VISA: No need online 'Appointment Date' from August. In Bangladesh Indian High Commission prearranged first ever 'Eid Visa base camp to make easy and earlier visas in Eid holidays. It was a successful process to ensure visa for Bangladeshi people. Bangladesh Home Minister Asaduzzaman Khan and Bangladesh Foreign Affairs Mohammad Shahriar Alam were also pleased for this occasion.
Talking at the event high officer of India to Bangladesh Harsh Vardhan Shringla decorated the truth. He says that this becomes the primary base camp of its type prepared by using the Indian High Commission to ease tour of Bangladesh nationals to India all through the Eid vacations. Consular and visa offerings had been a high precedence of the high commission of India and the camp changed into a degree to facilitate travelers.
The Eid visa camp turned into also the primary event release to the people at the new Chancery Complex of the High Commission of India in Baridhara, Dhaka. In the induction, a fortunate draw become accomplished and three fortunate winners won join tickets subsidized with the aid of Jet Airways for the Dhaka-Delhi-Dhaka; Dhaka-Kolkata-Dhaka and Dhaka-Mumbai-Dhaka sectors.
During the Eid Visa Camp, applicants submitted their visitor Visa applications on an interrupt root without former appointment date. Individual nations have been set up within the Camp by the Indian Visa Application Center which is run and operated by the State Bank of India.
High Commissioner of India Harsh Vardhan Shringla says today"without appointment date people gathered in visa camp in Dhaka and they were happy. India govt. is now thinking how to process visa without appointment date. Bangladesh people are not satisfied with 'appointment date' policy.
Indian VISA Appointment Date:
Last few month more than a million email received IVAC from Bangladesh. They requested to Indian high authority to solve the appointment date process problem. Indian authority wants to stop appointment date system and visa camp was a great title of this way." "This is due to the fact ours is an exclusive bond. We proportion the highest boundary of more than 4096 km. Previous year more than 100000 people went to India from Bangladesh. This figure is growing every year. The 2nd largest variety of travelers came to India from Bangladesh last year. Today there are eleven visa utility facilities all over Bangladesh. The biggest range of Indian visa interiors is in any one nation. The claim for Indian visa is so lofty- that it maintains us working spherical the clock to deliver," pointed out the high commissioner.
Authority of IVAC says, "India government wants to ensure visa more easy process in Bangladesh. India government has already taken some new plans and programs to make easy visa process in Bangladesh. India wants to organize again some visas camp in outside of Dhaka. Again organize a big visa camp before Eid ul Adha in Dhaka and Chittagong. India Govt. wants to open on arrival VISA system for Bangladeshi. High authority also thinking about one stops VISA processing system for Bangladeshi people.
We have some future thinking. India govt. wants to stop present appointment date system as soon as possible because; this system already makes various problems. Tourist VISA system also change to be like as medical and business visa with other 10 kinds of visa. We are thinking to start tourist visa processing without appointment date from September".
India gets the best range of medical sufferers from Bangladesh among all the different countries. Last 12 months more than 100000 medical treatment visas were issued in Bangladesh. Enterprise among both international locations is also increasing and an increasing number of Indian companies are approaching to Bangladesh optimistic about chances and Bangladesh agencies are going to India.


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Xtra - Kyle reflects on 2012...
Kyle Walker was the main interview in our official programme for the New Year's Day clash against Reading - here are his reflections on a 2012 to remember...
As everyone reflects on the year just gone, highs and lows will feature in each individual's review of 2012 and it's no different for Kyle Walker – but he has far more peaks during the last 12 months than he does troughs.
It's certainly been an eventful year for the full-back, one which he describes as exceeding his expectations and, to be fair, that's as good as anyone can hope for. If you can surpass your targets for the year, then it's obviously been a good one and Kyle's 2012 would certainly fit into that category.
There have been setbacks along the way of course, not least suffering a toe injury which kept him out of the England squad for Euro 2012 and missing out on Champions League football as Chelsea snatched our place away from us with victory in the 2012 Final. But being crowned the PFA Young Player of the Year by his peers in April, continuing his England career with more caps and enjoying a string of impressive performances in our first team ensured Kyle will look back on the year with much fondness. But that doesn't mean he will be resting on his laurels.
"On reflection, I would have to say it's been a good year," said the 22-year-old. "I felt I had a good 12 months in the Tottenham team, we've had some great performances on the pitch, but this is still just the start for me.
"I want to crack on from here, improve in each and every game and make sure this isn't as good as it gets for me.
"Overall, I'd say the year was better than I had expected it to be and I'm delighted with how it's gone. If you'd said to me on January 1 last year that 2012 would have panned out the way it did, I wouldn't have believed you. But I would have taken it all day long!
"In fact, if you'd told me when I was first starting out as a seven-year-old at Sheffield United, that by the time I was 22 I would win the PFA Young Player of the Year award and be a Premier League regular, I would have thought you were having me on!
"I honestly didn't think I had a chance of winning the young player award, I was very proud to receive it," added Kyle. "I always felt, when I went to Aston Villa on loan, that I could do a job in the Premier League and people believed in me. Football is a game of confidence, if you have that and the people around you believe in you, it gives you the confidence to go out and play football the best you can and that's what I did.
"Last year was just a continuation of that and both managers we've had here during 2012 have each shown faith in me, so that's helped me so much on the pitch.
"I suppose my bar has been set high now, so I have to work hard to maintain that standard, but that's a challenge I relish and as I said, hopefully this is just the start of my career and I can keep on achieving bigger and better things, including winning trophies with Spurs."
So with a number of things to choose from, what would Kyle select as his own personal highlight of the last 12 months?
"It's a tough one to be honest," he said. "I played a couple of times for England during the year and it's always an absolute honour to play for my country, something I dreamt of as a youngster. But to be chosen by the players you come up against week in, week out as being the best young player in the division, that was special, something I will always remember.
"But it hasn't all been good to be fair. If I hadn't broken my toe, I would have gone to the Euros and it could have been an even better year for me, but that's football and you have to take those setbacks.
"It was the same when Chelsea won the Champions League and denied us a place in this season's competition," added Kyle. "We had a good season and achieved our aim of finishing fourth, only to miss out. But you have to take your hat off to Chelsea, had we won it, we would have wanted to defend the trophy.
"But we're over that now and concentrating on this season. And there's no reason why we can't target a third place finish and guarantee Champions League football next season. There's no reason why we can't...with the players we have here and the gaffer and his coaching staff, we've more than enough to achieve that."
Kyle is certainly playing his part this season as we target a top four spot as a minimum. The Sheffield-born defender has featured in all but one of our games this season – the 3-0 win at Fulham – as he attempts to maintain the high level of performances that saw him acknowledged by his peers last season and has seen him elevated to international status.
But he admits that, because the bar has been raised in terms of his own standard, it perhaps gets noticed more when he occasionally drops below that level in matches.
"I just think the people's expectations of me now are quite high because of last season, so if I do have a bad game it's seems to get highlighted more," he explained. "Maybe people forget that I'm still only 22 and, apart from the likes of Steven Caulker, Tom Carroll and Andros Townsend, I'm the youngest in the squad!
"I'm not using my age as an excuse and I'm the first to expect a high standard of performance from myself, but if I had broken into the Tottenham team this season people would probably be saying how great it is that I'm getting a chance, how well I'd settled in.
"A lot more is expected of me after last season though. This is still only my second full season in the Premier League and I'm still learning, trying to get to where I want to be. It will take time, patience and plenty more hard work.
"It's all a learning curve still. When I have a bad game, I shouldn't let it get to me, but I do. I'm on the phone to my dad afterwards, saying 'why did I do that, I can't believe I did this' or whatever. But he'll tell me that I'm still a relatively young player, playing against some of the world's best players and I might make mistakes from time to time.
"The good thing is I can always put it right, by working hard in training and learning from any mistakes. That's what will make me a better player."


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For millennia the Indian Ocean has been an arena of cultural and economic exchange through the movement of people, objects and ideas. By the late nineteenth century, British control extended across the Ocean and material culture continued to play an important role, not only as commodities but collected as objects representative of local cultures. Colonial officers, their wives and other British figures acquired significant collections through archaeological excavation, ethnographic collecting in the field, gifting, seizure or purchase. Local translators, assistants and scholars acted as mediators in the transmission of cultural knowledge associated with these objects, which were then displayed locally and globally, privately and publicly, in residences, exhibitions and museums. This paper will investigate the 'colonial moment' in the lives of objects collected in Zanzibar and the East African coast to shed light on British engagement with and representation of the region. It will demonstrate how objects and their biographies are a rich source for exploring imperial entanglements in East Africa in the age of 'high imperialism'.


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With news in the tech, marketing and startup world dominated by Twitter's impending IPO, many commentators and potential investors are asking themselves whether they should jump in feet first or wait to see if we have another Facebook IPO on our hands.
Up until recently, there were pretty much two common expressions to illustrate the idea of something that doesn't exist: hen's teeth and unicorns.
In 2013 we can now also add 'advertisers that acquire new customers from Facebook' to this list.
That's not to say that advertising on Facebook is a total waste of time and money. Getting your product in front of hundreds of millions of eyeballs has a value of course but for the performance marketer who cares only about spending $x and generating $x+y, Facebook can seem like one giant online black hole.
Just ask yourself when the last time was that you even looked at a Facebook ad, let along clicked on one. Can you remember the last time you spoke to a business or even read about one that has made a success of their Facebook spend?
And If you can find one, I can probably find you ten that have lost money advertising on Facebook.
Like Facebook, Twitter is an online tech company with hundreds of millions of users that makes a good chunk of its revenues from advertising but that's really where the similarity ends.
As the online publishing industry has found out over the last few years, users and eyeballs do not necessarily equal dollars.
Twitter though - unlike Facebook, Instagram, Tumblr et al - is in a unique position to create a vast advertising platform that works for advertisers, consumers and of course makes a big pile of cash for Twitter itself.
Twitter is real-time
The demands that consumers place on brands is getting ever greater and contact within minutes is becoming a minimum expectation. Twitter is the perfect place to communicate in real-time with potential customers as they express fragments of intent.
Consumers already go onto Twitter each day in their millions tweeting into the ether for recommendations and help with making purchasing decisions and when advertisers can respond quickly the cash registers start ringing.
Twitter is public
Unlike Facebook, Twitter is generally accepted as a public forum and consumers are more than happy to be marketed to with an offer that is of value to them.
With more than 500m tweets per day and growing, the number of 'commercially addressable' tweets is set to increase allowing many more opportunities for advertisers to address consumers at the point of need or intent.
Twitter is mobile
Facebook have made a lot of changes to make up lost ground on the ever increasing switch to Mobile and in fairness they have made some progress but Twitter is truly mobile.
From our own campaigns, we are seeing more than 80% of conversations coming from mobile devices. The short form of the medium and ease of response is perfectly suited to the modern mobile consumer.
Twitter is complementary
Twitter is the perfect companion to other media such as TV. Doing things like enabling TV advertisers to promote their products to Twitter users that have just seen their adverts is already gaining some traction.
This is just the start and will be a hugely powerful route to revenue as it ceases to be a zero some game for advertisers when they choose to allocate their budgets across channels.
Twitter is already generating some strong revenue numbers from it's current roster of advertisers predicted to be almost $1bn by eMarketer in 2014 but this is just the tip of the iceberg and don't be surprised if these numbers become a lot bigger very quickly.
This is good news for Twitter, good news for advertisers and good news for anybody that manages to get their hands on some shares when the IPO comes around.
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Hi Justin,
Great post. I'm a firm believer in the power of Twitter too. Examples would have been great. Are there any out there?
And there's a typo - zero some - should be - zero sum.
You can delete this comment after fixing. I don't want to seem critical, it just let down an otherwise excellent post.
Thanks for the comment. I proof read my articles quite carefully but I missed that one so thanks for spotting!
In terms of examples, as the spirit of the Econsultancy blog is to be objective I didn't want to use too many examples and case studies form our own experience at Leadfindr.
Have a look at our Youtube channel for a few case studies. We don't show stats but you can get an idea of how effective targetting prospective customers on Twitter can be.
We have had some campaigns where the CTR has been well over 50% which is extraordinarily high for any marketing channel.
Interesting post Justin, however, I'm not 100% sure I agree. If you look at the FB share price in recent months you will see it is only going in the right direction, clearly Zuck and the team are making some positive progress revenue wise for this to happen.
I've experienced many paid for tweets in my stream in the last few months and whilst some of them have been pretty useful, there have also been many which are completely off target - just look at this as an example from Argos!
I appreciate that there are improvements to be made but Facebook currently has a huge amount more personal information about its users which I believe it can leverage much more effectively than Twitter in the long run.
Really interesting. It still feels like Twitter, like Facebook need to find a way of making their advertising more effective in terms of driving an ROI for advertisers.
That isn't to say they can't but at the moment irrespective of whether advertisers want to target a larger or small volume of people, there has been limitations as to how they can do this effectively and the resultant effect is unfortunately the mass marketing style that was highlighted above as being completed by Argos.
It feels like they are going to right way and I could honestly see Twitter advertising reaching a point where performance could come close to the likes of Paid Search in terms of the capacity to target not just content but also the person you want to hit however it's not quite there yet...
@ Andy: Thanks for your comment. I can't argue with the positive movement in the Facebook share price over recent months but it hasn't been the rip-roaring success that many expected.
On the "paid for tweets" comment, I agree with you that there is huge room for improvement but Twitter is just finding its feet in this area. There are some seriously smart people at Twitter so I am pretty confident that they're own advertising solutions will improve dramatically over time. Without wanting to do a sales pitch, I was also referring to our own advertising solution at Leadfindr where we target consumers based on their conversations and allow the advertiser to interact directly with the consumer. For many products and services this can be very effective. As you also have a human doing the outreach, it also allows you to avoid any howlers!
@ Matt: Thanks for your comment. Like my previous reply to Andy, I think there is a lot to come from both companies. They have some really experienced people working on these things so I expect things to improve significantly for advertisers over the coming years.
In reference to your comment about paid search, I think this is a very astute observation. There is a lot of anectodal evidence to suggest that many people now turn to Twitter first for search instead of Google. Also as search becomes more expensive social will start to become more attractive and as we have found at Leadfindr, click through rates can be huge compared to generic search campaigns - over 50% in some cases. However there is still a long way to go!


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LYTHAM ST. ANNES, England – He who finds the fewest bunkers wins.
At least, that's what most of this week's Open Championship competitors would have us believe. There are 205 total bunkers at Royal Lytham & St. Annes which range from "hazardous" to "like hitting one out of bounds."
With that in mind, driving accuracy will certainly be a key component to the makeup of this week's leaderboard, but it's hardly the only factor. From an ability to shape shots to being creative around the greens to a propensity for holing clutch putts, the course should stand as a stern test throughout the week.
But who will win? As always, the prediction game is an inexact science – and on a venue with so many twists and turns, where a good bounce results in a green light to the flagstick and a bad bounce means a death sentence in a bunker, there's a lot more "inexact" than "science" at play this week.
With that in mind, here is my predicted order of finish for the top 25:
1. Justin Rose: Fits the mold of recent major champions. Rose is a major talent without a major win. An excellent driver off the tee, he could make it 10 straight first-time major winners.
2. Tiger Woods: Looking relaxed and confident in the days entering this tournament, the 14-time major champion says, "I'll win major championships" once again.
3. Lee Westwood: If the stars are aligned, this could finally be his week. The Open serves as Westwood's best chance at a major and his driving prowess should keep him out of too much trouble.
4. Graeme McDowell: His failure to capture a second U.S. Open remains an open wound, but McDowell has proven himself worthy of consideration for any major championship title.
5. Adam Scott: With a major record that is finally starting to look respectable, Scott just turned 32 – prime age for players to start winning these things.
6. Charl Schwartzel: Mark these words: The best player nobody ever talks about will win another major to go along with his Masters title – and it may come sooner rather than later.
7. Rafael Cabrera-Bello: Looking for a serious dark horse who could seriously contend? Look no further, as RCB owns four top-three results on the Euro Tour already this season.
8. Rickie Fowler: Youngster has performed well in what he calls his favorite tournament, with a T-14 and T-5 in his first two appearances.
9. Padraig Harrington: When he's pessimistic, he plays his best golf. But the two-time champion is optimistic this week. What does it mean? Well, not necessarily the opposite.
10. Jim Furyk: Anytime accuracy is at a premium, expect Furyk to finagle his way onto the leaderboard. Should add to his six career top-10s in 17 starts at this event.
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11. Francesco Molinari: Obviously disappointed by last week's Scottish Open playoff loss, Molinari should still enter this week with plenty of confidence.
12. Jason Dufner: Time to stop thinking of the world's seventh-ranked player as an underdog. Dufner owns top-five finishes in three of the last six majors.
13. Ian Poulter: Since finishing runner-up in 2008, he has followed up MC-60-MC the past three years. Simply put, Poulter is too good for that trend to continue.
14. Rory McIlroy: Tough to know which Rory will show up: The one who can dominate tournaments or the one who has appeared complacent at times? If he's on, he has as much talent as anyone.
15. K.J. Choi: This could be one of those "slow and steady wins the race" type of weeks. If so, keep a close eye on Choi, who can tread water with the best of 'em.
16. Ernie Els: He isn't among the best in total driving on the PGA Tour, but leads the Euro circuit, which portends big things with the big stick for the Big Easy this week.
17. Zach Johnson: Fresh off his John Deere Classic victory, the two-time winner this year is obviously in great form and should be comfortable on a course that seems to suit him.
18. Luke Donald: With accuracy so important at this venue, the world's No. 1-ranked player may struggle to put himself in the right position off the tee every time.
19. Martin Kaymer: The game's Human Disappearing Act seems like he may be on the verge of reappearing, finishing in the top 30 in four of his last six starts.
20. Hunter Mahan: Would be sweet justice if he could return to the U.K. and avenge that duffed chip at the 2010 Ryder Cup which haunted him for so long afterward.
21. Keegan Bradley: When asked about there being 15 straight different major champs, Bubba Watson said, "We're going to change that this week. Keegan Bradley, he's going to win."
22. Richie Ramsay: Consider this one a bit of a flier, as the former U.S. Amateur champion doesn't have a very strong recent results table, but he could sneak his way onto the leaderboard come Sunday.
23. Aaron Baddeley: Another guy who fits the recent major champion profile. Just a good, solid player who may be waiting for his moment in the spotlight.
24. Ben Curtis: Currently third on the PGA Tour in driving accuracy, Curtis won't be able to sneak up on people the way he did nine years ago – but it would still be close.
25. Tom Lehman: Call it a sentimental choice, but elder statesmen have shown a propensity for playing well at the Open and none know this course better than Lehman, who won here in 1996.


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I've been trying for days and I'm really getting upset, because or 1) I'm a total idiot or 2) perl makes things difficult when it cames to unicode.
I just want to connect to a Sqlite database on a Windows machine. The database is in a directory containing non english characters... Teh file position is selected with a Tk Gui. I've tried different modules and different approches. No results
If there is a non english caracter in the path, it just wan't open the database (C:\folder-³)
use strict; use warnings; use Tk; use DBD::SQLite; my $mw = new MainWindow; my $types = [ ['Text', '.db'], ['All Files', '*'],]; my $file= $mw->getOpenFile(-filetypes => $types); my $shortpath=Win32::GetANSIPathName($file); #for path with accent +s my $path_and_databasename=$shortpath; my $lco; #connecting to sqlite my $dbh = DBI->connect("dbi:SQLite:$path_and_databasename", "", "" +, { RaiseError => 1, AutoCommit => 1, PrintError => 0 }); my $all = $dbh->selectall_arrayref("SELECT language FROM metada +ta"); foreach my $row_db (my @all) { ($lco) = @$row_db; } print "Connected: $lco\n";
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Eva Mendes has faced constant demands from her siblings for wardrobe tips since announcing plans for her fashion line.
The Hitch star has teamed up with clothing giant New York & Company to create her own women's line, which she launched in New York on Wednesday (18Sep13).
However, the actress has been lumbered with constant requests from her sisters to make them look good since stepping into the world of fashion.
She tells the Huffington Post, "The challenging part of this process was knowing that I had women, especially my sisters, counting on me to make them look good. I take this very seriously.
"There isn't a piece in my collection that I won't wear. I can't wait to get feedback from women about what works for them and what doesn't. I hope I don't disappoint them!"
Mendes' designs are set to hit stores on Friday (20Sep13).


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As Hull gets used to life as UK City of Culture 2017 we are asking: what does it mean to live in the city and how is the title affecting things? We want to hear from you if you live in Hull and see your pictures of the city. What does it mean to you and the city to be City of Culture? Has the title affected you or your community?


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So what is Saturday's with Nichole? Each Saturday there will be a post with something I think could be helpful to you. It can be anything from a tip or trick I've learned, a product review, suggestions on how to use leftovers or anything in between. Sound good?
This Saturday I want to talk to you about gadgets. When I first started cooking I immediately wanted every kitchen gadget imaginable. Why? Because then I'd never be able to look at a recipe and think Oh, I can't make that because I don't have a rotating-stainless-steel-double-sized-doohickey. Then, I caught an episode of Good Eats where Alton Brown explained his distaste for unitasking gadgets. Why? Well, because they take up space since you're not always going to need a rotating-stainless-steel-double-sized-doohickey. You know, since they don't even exist...
Even though I accepted that every kitchen gadget in the world was not what I needed, I still had a very hard time when we went to register for the wedding. But this set of measuring cups has 1/8, 2/3 and 1 3/4 cups. Everyone needs that! Or But its a super huge stock pot AND a steamer IN ONE! Yeah, Tom had fun shopping with me that day. And I'll admit, I can still get caught up in the kitchen aisle of just about any store looking at all of the nifty things I could purchase.
But the point of this post is to share my favorite gadgets with you, so lets get started on that.
Measuring Cups and Spoons. While I appreciate my pretty stainless steel fancy measuring cups and spoons, the ones I gravitate to the most are these.
This was by far the best $10 I ever spent on kitchen items. It's the set of measuring cups I mentioned above. They start at 1/8 cup and go up to 2 cups. The measuring spoons start at a smidgen (1/32nd of a tsp.) and go up to 2 tablespoons. I use this cup and spoon set every time I need to measure something.
Mixing Bowls. I use these bowls for just about everything. Muffins that don't need to be mixed in the stand mixer? These bowls. Separating out dry ingredients from wet ingredients on any baking recipe? Check. Salads for dinner? Check. Stir fry dish that needs noodles tossed into sauce? Check.
The four different sizes are perfect for whatever you need and the small lip on them really helps from sending your dry ingredients flying all over the kitchen when you get a little whisk-happy. My only advice to you is not to pay full price for these. Macy's almost always has them on sale for half off or close to it!
Colored Coded Cutting Boards. One thing that completely grosses me out is the idea of cross contamination in the kitchen. I plan my meals to where all of my veggies are chopped up with my favorite knife and set aside before I'll even touch raw meat.
These boards are great for making sure you'll never have raw chicken touch your veggies. I also like to use the veggie one for when I need to chop chocolate for a baking recipe. For some reason I think its easier to cut when not on a wooden board.
Microplane Grater. While I have a really nifty large box grater that even has a cup with measurements on the side, I like using my microplane grater the best. Have I ever mentioned that being left-handed prevents some challenges in the kitchen? Well, it does and one of the things I've found is its easier for me to use a microplane grater than a larger one.
I use this for to zest fruits and on hard cheeses that I need really fine like Parmesan.
Silpat. This is by far the best invention ever for the kitchen. No more wasting foil covered in non-stick cooking spray. No more added calories from greasing your baking sheet. No more scrubbing over the sink forever to get that burnt cookie/vegetable/hunkofcheese off your baking sheets.
The make baking an absolute breeze. I need to buy more of them because I don't see the point in ever using foil or parchment paper again.
Reusable Muffin/Cupcake Liners. At first this was just a novelty item to me. Then I realized just how much money I was spending in those paper liners and how annoyed I'd get when the paper would buckle funny and the cupcake or muffin would turn out with a funny dent in it.
While this will provide no relief if you're also addicted to pretty designs on paper liners, they're great for those muffins or cupcakes you don't need to show off to anyone. And the best part: if you barely spray them with some non-stick spray, washing them is incredibly easy.
Collapsible Strainer. When you're low on cabinet space the last thing you feel like adding to it is a big ol'honkin metal strainer. Sure, they're larger and nice for huge vats of pasta, but for everyday uses, a smaller collapsible one is perfect.
They no longer sell my exact one, but mine is most similar to the green one in the picture above in size and because it has a handle. We have a double sink in the kitchen and its the perfect size to sit suspended all on its own with the handle and lip. I love it!
Strainer/Sieves. I have two different sizes of these and I wish I had more. I use these much more than I expected to.
The larger one I have is great for straining vegetables from chicken stock or skin from larger fruits like apples (for applesauce) and the smaller one is great for juicing fruits with seeds. I use it for lemon juice all of the time!
Salad Spinner. Last summer when I grew my own lettuce I realized I desperately needed a salad spinner but all of the ones I found in stores were close to $30. Thirty dollars for a bowl inside a bowl that spins? Really? Then I was wandering around Ikea one day and this baby popped out at me.
For the incredible price of $2.99. She immediately came home with me and we've been best friends ever since. I don't just use this for salads or lettuce. Have you heard about the trick where if you spray your fruit with vinegar it will stop it from growing mold? Yeah, I fill up the bottom bowl with 1 part vinegar to 10 parts water, add my fruit and spin. After a few rinses and spins, my fruit is good to go!
And now, just so you don't think that I already have absolutely every gadget that I need, I'd like to share with you my future purchases.
Beater Blade. My life will not be complete until I own this beauty. While I love baking, I absolutely hate stopping the mixer and scraping down the sides of the bowl.
Brita Water Filter. Dude, bottled water is expensive. Not to mentioned wasteful and bad for the environment. Previously, I wasn't overly concerned because I'd use a water bottle a few times before throwing it away.
But then, we got a kitten who requires bottled water. We're spending way too much money on bottled water. So I'm waiting until we move and then purchasing and installing this bad boy. I'm excited!
Gnocchi Board. Look, I realize this counts as one of those dreaded unitaskers, but its $5 and I just can't make little rolls in my gnocchi with a fork without smushing them.
Besides, I'm sure I can figure out some other use for it like...smacking Tom? Look, I don't know, I just want the damn thing, okay?
To redeem myself after telling you I plan to purchase the dreaded unitasker, here are some unitaskers that I just find absolutely hilarious and pointless.
Garbage Bowl. Yes, I get it, the world loves Rachael Ray but seriously, we need a separate bowl to put items in that we're just going to throw away? Isn't that the purpose of, oh I don't know, a trash can?
Asparagus Peeler. Uh, what? Sure, asparagus looks all pretty when its peeled into carrot-like ribbons, but is a separate peeler really necessary for this? I think not. A regular vegetable peeler will work just fine.
Carrot Curler. Speaking of carrots...do you really need to curl them for a garnish? And also, isn't this exactly what happens when you have a large enough carrot and a vegetable peeler? Or do i just purchase special curling carrots that do this all on their own?
No offense to Bed, Bath and Beyond for carrying these items. I'm quite sure a ton of other stores do as well. It was just easier for me to take the links from there site since I was already there after the gnocchi board.
Have a great Saturday,


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BEAUTY | Caring For Different Skin Types
What are your top skincare tips for dry, oily or combination skin?
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The annoying thing about my skin is that it is generally dry but during the day it gets quite oily on my cheeks and nose xReplyDelete
I have oily skin and blotting sheets are a lifesaver when I am on the go and my face is becoming shiny.ReplyDelete
Decleor has such a good reputation, I always read such praise for the brand. I must try it at some stage.ReplyDelete
I have oily skin and I just started using a primer but my skincare routine is fairly simple nothing special, I use cleaner, toner,serum,emulsion,Essence and moisturiserReplyDelete
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I have such dry skin so really appreciated this post. This is a brand I have never tried (and I'm a beauty addict, haha) so I'm definitely keen to now.ReplyDelete
I haven't used Decleor products in forever and this post just reminded me how much I used to love them! My skin is quite normal, it only every really turns combination for a couple of weeks as the seasons change but I just keep up with my normal skincare routine and will add a different moisturiser/facial oil xxReplyDelete
These sound lovey. I do like to use beauty products that have natural ingredients.ReplyDelete
This is a great post and I have combination skin which leads to the oily side, so I am careful not to over wash because as you say it can strip the skin xReplyDelete
I don't really have any tips as I never use things like this. But I sometimes suffer with extremley bad dry skin especially being pregnant!ReplyDelete
I'm probably not using the right cleanser, I'll bet. I'm going to follow your skin type advice, thanks!ReplyDelete
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I really need to get better at taking care of my skin, it's an awful combination of everything with being prone to spots on top! xReplyDelete
So many great tips here, I am so fussy with my skincare!ReplyDelete
I'm so terrible at skincare, I've only just starting using a cleanser, so these tips are really helpful for me, especially since I very often get dry skin!ReplyDelete
I have a lot of lotions and potions in my stash but am I good at applying hem to my skin skin regularly? Nope! I must get better. My skin will thank me for it!ReplyDelete
Thanks for all these tips! I am really unhappy with my skin at the moment as it is either too oily or too dry and I'm sure my cleanser isn't right for me. I'm moving home in a week and when I've settled I'm going to really look for something that's right for me.ReplyDelete
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I've never tried Decleor products but I've heard good things about them. My skin is oily on my nose and chin, dry on my forehead and cheeks - such a nightmare to look after!ReplyDelete
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I have dry skin every time winter comes. I just drink a lot of water and try to change my facial foam.ReplyDelete
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I actually had my first facial today, yay for skincare! I have really dry skin, so I'm always looking out for good moisturisers. I've never tried Decleor before though.ReplyDelete
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My skin is a pain! It's really dry on the nose but rather oily everywhere else.ReplyDelete


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