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SANTA CLARA, Calif. - Santa Clara University's women's basketball team opened the West Coast Conference season with a 72-63 victory over San Diego this evening at the Leavey Center. Reserve guard Megan Nelson scored a career-high 15 points as the Broncos won their fifth straight contest to improve to 10-4 overall, 1-0 in league play. The Toreros fall to 6-8, 0-1.
Santa Clara's 34-point victory was just three points shy of the Broncos' biggest win against the Toreros in the teams' all-time series history. Tonight's win also marked the 13th straight for Santa Clara over USD in regular season league action at Leavey, as San Diego has not won on the Broncos' home court during the regular season since 1989. Additionally, Santa Clara has now won 34 of its last 36 home WCC contests in the last five-plus seasons.
Nelson led four Broncos in double-digit scoring, as senior Kendra Rhea added 12 points and tied a career high with 13 rebounds for her second double-double of the season. Senior Julie Butler returned to the starting lineup and added 14 points, going 6-7 from the field in the first half. Sophomore guard Kayla Huss finished with 10 points.
San Diego was led by Marta Menuez and San Jose native Kerri Nakamoto, who each posted eight points. Menuez added nine rebounds to lead the Toreros defensively. The Broncos held USD's leading scorer Erin Malich to seven points under her 14 ppg average.
The Bronco defense gave the fans something to cheer about early, taking two charges in the first 2:30 of the contest. Although San Diego scored the first basket of the night, it was Huss with a jumper to give the Broncos a 10-3 lead at the 14:12 mark.
USD's Tiara Harris hit a three-pointer to return the deficit to seven, but Bronco senior Tammy Annas responded with a three to make it a 20-10 lead. On the team's next possession, she scored on a baseline jumper with her toe on the arc to force San Diego head coach Kathy Marpe to take a time out.
The Broncos closed the half with a 15-4 run in the last five minutes. Rhea stole the ball under the Toreros' basket, and in transition, handed it to Butler for the lay-in. On the next possession, the two seniors traded roles, as Butler earned the assist on Rhea's lay-up to make the score 30-15.
Nelson tied her career-high with nine points in the first half, while sophomore Quinn Thomas registered six first-half assists. The team shot 55.2 percent from the field while holding San Diego to a 28.6 percent mark at intermssion.
In the second period, a Thomas jumper made it a 30-point lead and the Broncos would extend that to as much as 35 before back-to-back three-pointers by Nakamoto would reduce the lead to 24 with 7:55 remaining.
The Broncos continue a four-game homestand at the Leavey Center with two more WCC games next weekend, hosting Pepperdine on Thursday, Jan. 16 and Loyola Marymount on Saturday, Jan. 18. Both games are scheduled for 7 p.m. tip offs.


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David Carradine Wanted To Drive A Cadillac Cien In Kill Bill 2
Kill Bill co-star David Carradine was a big car guy and requested Cadillac's Cien Concept for his eponymous character in Kill Bill. Quentin Tarantino isn't a car guy and he planned to use a silver Porsche for Bill's ride. Luckily for all of us, Carradine won.

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The St. Louis Rams have agreed to terms with 24 undrafted rookie free agents. The list includes DE Damario Ambrose, CB Timothy Atchison, SS Travon Bellamy, OG Bryant Browning, WR Jalil Carter, DE Kenneth Charles, SS John Dempsey, CB Dionte Dinkins, OG Tyler Donahue, LB Pete Fleps, TE Benjamin Guidugli, DT John Henderson, OG Kevin Hughes, OG Randall Hunt, OT Karri Kuuttila, LS Jacob McQuaide, TE Schuylar Oordt, QB Taylor Potts, CB Christopher Smith, FB Van Stumon, DT Arthur Thomas, C Beau Warren, DT Teryl White and RB Eddie Wide.
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The John Biggers Seed Project (Seed)
Seed is a public art and collaborative design effort that engages renowned African American artists in mentoring young emerging artists in placemaking by educating them about African American art and community history, providing career development and transferable skills, and creating a sense of place that speaks to the culture of North Minneapolis. Seed is inspired by the Celebration of Life mural, an acclaimed public artwork led by John Biggers, a major African American artist of the twentieth century. Seed began the careers of young artists and organizations (including Obsidian Arts and Juxtaposition Arts), planting artistic "seeds" on the North Side..
The goals of the Seed project are as follows:
- Teach young artists transferable skills to make them more employable;
- Engage artists across generations in a collaborative effort to create a vibrant place that speaks to the culture of the North Side;
- Build an attractive connection between the North Side and downtown that improves walk-ability and make the area more attractive to developers;
- Build the capacity of the Chicago Avenue Fire Arts Center (CAFAC) and Obsidian Arts to teach African American art and community history.
The City of Minneapolis is partnering with the following organizations to complete Seed:
- Chicago Avenue Fire Arts Center: All activities related to fabricating the enamel panels including kiln construction and maintenance, artist training and artwork development.
- Obsidian Arts: Emerging artist selection, training, and follow-up.
- Urban Research and Outreach Engagement Center (UROC): Coordinate local community engagement activities and host a number of the artist trainings.
The City will be working with lead artists Willis Bing Davis of Ohio. Jon Onye Lockard of Michigan, who were both selected through an invitation call, and Seitu Jones and Tacoumba Aiken of Minnesota who worked with Biggers on Celebration of life to complete the project.
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The 13 selected artists will learn about African American art and community history, be provided with career development and transferable skills, and create a sense of place that speaks to the culture of North Minneapolis.
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By Murray Weiss, DNAinfo Columnist / Criminal Justice Editor
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QUEENS — A grand jury will begin hearing evidence next week in the fatal police shooting of an unarmed National Guardsman who was pulled over on the Grand Central Parkway in Queens last October, DNAInfo.com New York has learned.
Starting on Tuesday, a 23-member panel in Queens will be asked to determine if Det. Hassan Hamdy, a veteran Emergency Services Unit cop, should face a criminal charge after he fired through the window of Noel Polanco's car, killing him.
Hamdy is expected to testify during the month-long presentation of evidence that Polanco, who police said was driving drunk that fateful night, suddenly reached down toward the floor, prompting Hamdy to fear Polanco was reaching for a gun and forcing the detective to fire a single fatal.
A female passenger, Diane DeFerrari, is expected to testify that Polanco, 22, was no threat to Hamdy. She has publicly claimed that she saw Polanco's hands on the steering wheel at the time of the shooting, but during interviews with police she said she was looking at Hamdy.
"It will come down to a credibility issue," one informed source explained. "She will say she did not see Polanco reach for anything that would warrant the officer Hamdy firing. He will say he had reason."
"It is a split-second thing and the jurors will determine which factual scenario they want to believe," the source added.
Polanco's blood alcohol level was later determined to be .15, nearly twice the legal limit, sources say.
It is unclear what role the blood alcohol results will play in the jurors' final decision. "They might think you should not be dead from drunk driving unless you crash your car," another source said.
But police officers under law are permitted to fire if they believe they, or someone else, is being threatened with deadly force.
Prosecutors from the Office of Queens District Attorney Richard Brown could ask the grand jury to bring manslaughter or reckless manslaughter charge against Hamdy, a father of two and former Marine who served in Japan and Norway.
Last Oct. 4, an NYPD van filled with elite Emergency Service cops was returning from the Bronx where they assisted in executing a warrant and were heading to a similar job in Brooklyn when they were passed by a speeding car driven by Polanco.
Earlier that evening, Polanco drank several glasses of Hennessey cognac at an Astoria bar where Ferrari worked before then offering to drive Ferrari and another friend, off-duty NYPD cop Vanessa Rodriguez, home, police said.
The ESU cops say they pulled Polanco's Honda over because they believed he was going to hit another car or crash his own. When they put on their lights and sirens to stop him, Polanco sped away until the cops managed to catch up and force his vehicle to halt alongside the parkway median.
Det. Hamdy, who was in uniform, was the first cop out of the van. He yelled, "Police," and demanded Polanco keep his hands on the wheel. Within seconds, however, Hamdy fired the fatal shot.
Polanco, whose National Guard unit was based in Kingston, N.Y., was posthumously promoted to sergeant at his funeral. His death touched off protests against police tactics.


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I may have mentioned this before but back in the 80's in London before I came to America I had the good fortune to see an Ambient concert with Harold Budd, Daniel Lanois, Micheal Brooks & Roger Eno. Brian Eno was there but not as a performer. It was a small theater with maybe 100 seats.....it was perfect!
Anyone heard of the guy who interviewed him before? I suspect he is some hiphop producer because of Daniel's one reference about the killer bass to him.


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Schools & politics: Government control brings them togetherEdITORIAL
May 22. 2014 11:22PM
To no one's surprise, China uses its school textbooks to manipulate how its children think about the Chinese government, as law professor Cass Sunstein writes on the opposite page. Maybe the Chinese got the idea from us.
As public schools became the dominant educational institution in the United States, what was taught in those schools became one of the most important political topics. Governments always tried to use their power over schools to promote their own agendas.
After the Civil War, Southern states adopted textbooks that portrayed the Confederacy as a noble "lost cause." In the 1930s, schools adopted progressive textbooks that portrayed the New Deal favorably. By the 1990s, textbooks were dominated by political correctness. Education researcher Diane Ravitch's 2003 book "The Language Police: How Pressure Groups Restrict what students learn" detailed how textbooks were purged of any vestige of any "ism" by, for instance, reversing gender roles so that women were shown in bread-winning roles and men in domestic ones.
The PC overreach got so bad that last year a Rasmussen poll found that 59 percent of Americans said most school textbooks were more concerned with political correctness than accuracy.
Today's fight is over Common Core, but it will not be the last. As long as the government controls what our children learn, it will always attempt some level of indoctrination.


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Will be starting at 60 lawyer firm that pays $2000 to summer SAs. Summer class will be 2 people. The other student went to a local TTT.
Everyone at the firm went to a TTT (real TTT not XOXOTTT) except for one partner who went to GW.
Will I get bullied? (http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=1859361&forum_id=2#19847024)
You would think that the firm wants to keep you. That may be the case for senior partners looking for good quality associates. However, mid-levels and junior associates may hate on you for the fact that you come off as arrogant.
Honestly, for the last two years at my T6, my classmates and I have made numerous elitist comments. And to be fair, I have turned into an elitist without realizing that outside of my little law school bubble people will find me obnoxious.
So I have to constantly think about what I am going to say. (http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=1859361&forum_id=2#19847047)
2) you and your friends are vaguely douchebagging it. Don't judge others IRL, save the shits and giggles about TT, TTT to XO. Some of us end up with good jerbs.
3) just bust ass, be friendly and show that you are willing to learn. You should be able to snag a position and, if lucky, even get to clerk DURING the 3L year and make money the whole time through.(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=1859361&forum_id=2#19847074)
And I can't stand morons.
Already, one or two of the junior associates have made dumb jokes about something that I did/say (which would have been perfectly acceptable in my law school). (http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=1859361&forum_id=2#19847099)
Any non-lawyer that gets bullied by a lawyer is a sucker.
But any lawyer that gets buillied by a more senior lawyer is not a sucker. (http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=1859361&forum_id=2#19847179)
also, PI is better than XO lets on (basically because, they don't know any better).(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=1859361&forum_id=2#19847181)
Good luck at DLA! (http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=1859361&forum_id=2#19847193)


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A former student asked me a question here last week: do you plan to publish something on this "incredibly important" conversation? He meant the conversation between science and faith and more specifically the lively conversation with physicists (and with one biologist) that took place on deepgraceoftheory.com a few years ago. So here's an update on what I've been doing more recently.
The sort of conversation attempted here is important, and yes, I am planning to publishing something very much related to it. Right now I am finishing up a sequence of essays on Greek theory of knowing — a theory of the irreducibly many ways of knowing on which liberal arts education was originally based — working out of Plato and Aristotle, but addressing the entire course of the liberal arts tradition in Western history. These are addressed primarily to literary theorists in my own field, but they keep the natural scientists and mathematicians always in view as well, and I employ many elegant paradigms for disciplined knowing taken from Galileo and Newton, and from geometry and mathematics, as well as linguistics and poetics.
If these essays help to initiate the kind of respectful conversation between the ways of knowing that we all would love to see, then I will go back to finishing my book, which is addressed to a more general audience, especially to physicists and to theists and to anyone else who cares about the liberal arts and the life of the mind, and who is saddened by the distrust and misunderstanding between "science" and "religion," as between cultural theorists and those academics who are more scientifically oriented (including analytic philosophers like Dawson and Searle).
I have been working on this particular task for more than nine years now. If I had known how hard it was going to be, perhaps I might never have started. But at this point at last, I have the arc and sweep of my larger argument worked out, and not simply various pieces of it. The work has crystalized, so to speak, and I'm happy with the essays I will begin sending out for publication this fall.
The lively back and forth on this website a few years ago proved to be a real springboard for me: it continues to guide me and give me insight into the problems I am treating from the point of view of the physicists and biologists. I cringe to think of the many missteps I would be making unawares, if it had not been for their honest expressions of dismay and impatience with this "innumerate humanist" (sometimes even when I thought I had been the most clear, tactful, and forbearing). The physicists — and one biologist — who conversed with me here taught me what the hot buttons really are and how to avoid pushing them accidentally; I suspect this will have improved my ability to communicate persuasively with the scientific segment of my audience.
So I am very grateful to the great conversation partners I had here from the natural sciences, mostly sent over originally by Jennifer Ouelette from Cocktail Party Physics, or else engaged with originally at Sean Carroll's Cosmic Variance website. (3quarksdaily.com was also very helpful in orienting me — it is a treasure of a news and features aggregator for those in the sciences, and its editors were encouraging to me.) I am especially grateful to the Socratic lovers of deliberative conversation who faithfully discussed my "Wily Socrates" posts — and participated in that one very long conversation — a real workout for everyone involved — on Part I of my introductory lecture on Literary Theory (over in Pages).
Traces of that conversation on Plato's Ion will surely be discernible in the work that will have emerged from it.


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Waterlogged from Superstorm Sandy and unmoved by a solid October jobs report, U.S. stocks fell sharply Friday. The Dow Jones industrial average dropped 139 points as details about the storm's costs began to trickle out.
The Dow Jones industrial average closed down 139.46 points, or 1.1 percent, at 13,093.16.
The Standard & Poor's 500 index dropped 13.39, or 0.9 percent, at 1,414.20.
The Nasdaq composite index lost 37.93 points, or 1.3 percent, to 2,982.13.
For the week:
The Dow fell 14.05 points, or 0.1 percent.
The S&P 500 rose 2.26 points, or 0.2 percent.
The Nasdaq fell 5.82 points, or 0.2 percent.
For the year:
The Dow is up 875.60 points, or 7.2 percent.
The S&P 500 is up 156.60 points, or 12.5 percent.
The Nasdaq is up 376.98 points, or 14.5 percent.


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By David Koontz Update: This article was first published in 2010. Today with more than 3 million Toyota Prius models sold as of June 2013 and gas prices hovering around $4 per gallon, the case for hybrids is still strong. Refer to fueleconomy.gov for recent tax incentive developments. More than one million hybrid vehicles quietly… Read more


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Overcome with laughter, The Duchess of Cornwall accepted an unusual gift today: a decorative olive oil bottle with The Duchess and Prince Charles' wedding photo displayed inside.
She held up the bottle to the crowd, "Look at me on this – brilliant," Camilla said in The Daily Mail.
During her tour of the Aluva Palace in Kerela where she attended a Women's Empowerment Group, she was given the gift by artist Sherin Unneenkitty. She made the gift for Camilla from an olive oil bottle, which she decorated with coloured gel and added the wedding photo inside. Usually similar creations she will price at 500 or around £5, but today Unnenekitty presented it as a gift to Camilla.
"Well that's very kind of you, thank you very much," commented The Duchess.
As she toured the various tables, she stopped and tried on very large earrings that were parasol shaped, in which she replied: "These may be quite heavy." Camilla also stopped and obliged another artisan, trying on a pearl necklace and taking some photos with the artist.
This is the second stop in which the Duchess has supported a group that empowers women. Yesterday she was in Mumbai visiting a similar group, of empowered female business owners.
The 'Kudumbashree' or governance system in Kerlala has a scheme to eliminate poverty similar to the group in Mumbai.
While Prince Charles was touring a conservation project for elephants, Camilla took part in a few engagements of her own. Her second stop was at the Rajagiri Public School.
The school has become partners with Summerlea Community Primary School in West Sussex. Participating in the British Council's Connecting Classrooms programme, students participate in activities to make connections amongst the schools. One of the activities is using Skype to communicate with each other.
Visiting an art class, Camilla was at a loss for words when presented with a unique painting of her husband. Vincent Pellissery, the art teacher explained the creation was an anamorphosis portrait.
The portrait is distorted until a steel cylinder is placed on the canvas. The reflection then revealed the picture of Charles. These types of paintings were once used during wars to place secret codes in.
"I will give it to him for his birthday, he'll have to wait. It's very clever, so clever it's extraordinary," she told the class.
Prior to the women's group and school visit, she stopped at the Kochi Nurses' School to view CPR and bandaging demos.
A round table discussion was held to talk about violence and women. Once considered a taboo topic in India; women are now talking about the issue and more organizations are offering help.
Following the discussion, osteoporosis, the cause she is passionate about, was the topic of a briefing. Osteoporosis is diagnosed in approximately two out of three women who are over 50 years of age. The fragile bone disease is caused by Vitamin D deficiency, the result of a poor diet and shortage of sunshine.
"I am surprised that in a country with so much sun this is an issue, so I assume the problem must be a nutritional one," she commented during the briefing. "The important thing is to catch it early which makes it so much easier to treat and can stop all the heartbreak," Camilla told the group.
She is President of the National Osteoporosis Society in the United Kingdom. But most notably, the Duchess lost her mother and grandmother to the disease.
"Now in the UK we have so many more treatments including am injection that you can have in your back once a year that gives you all the calcium you need,' she explained. You have to find people who are more at risk. Once they come in with a fracture, there is something on their file that shows if they come in with another one then they must be tested for osteoporosis. It is also very important to encourage people to walk a lot," Camilla told the group.
Wednesday is the final full day the Royal couple will spend in India. On Thursday they head to Sri Lanka, where Charles will be hosting the CHOGM on behalf of Her Majesty.
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Democrats and Republicans are haunted by memories of budget deals gone bad. It's making it hard for them to put hope over experience and avert a looming fiscal disaster.
Long gone are the halcyon days when President Lyndon Johnson would meet frequently — sometimes daily — with Senate Minority Leader Everett Dirksen, R-Ill., to cut deals on civil rights and other top issues. Or the congenial after-hours rapport struck between President Ronald Reagan and House Speaker Thomas P. O'Neill.
President Barack Obama and House Speaker John Boehner have been circling each over crippling automatic tax increases and spending cuts due to take effect in January.
They nearly struck a "grand bargain" on taxes and spending in 2011 but the deal blew up in their faces. Boehner couldn't sell it to hardline GOP factions and the president was zinged by some liberals for going too far.
Republicans remember President George H.W. Bush's 1990 backing of a bipartisan agreement that raised taxes. Bush saw it in the national interest but others saw it as a violation of his 1988 "Read my lips - no new taxes" campaign pledge. His reversal contributed to his re-election defeat.
Republicans also remember a budget dispute between President Bill Clinton and House Speaker Newt Gingrich that briefly shut down the government. Polls showed voters blamed Gingrich more than Clinton.
Obama and Boehner have made opening bids — on paper. It's been nearly a week since they've talked directly, though their staffs stay in touch.
At a White House holiday party Monday night, Boehner avoided the photo line where members chat with the president and get their pictures taken.
Obama's been pressing his case in other forums. On Tuesday, it was the nation's governors.
"We better get together and get this done," Republican Utah Gov. Gary Herbert said afterwards.
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STOCKTON - Stockton Police Chief Eric Jones announced Tuesday that his department had finally achieved staffing levels necessary to access a federal grant that will allow him to add reinforcements in the city's fight against crime.
STOCKTON - Stockton Police Chief Eric Jones announced Tuesday that his department had finally achieved staffing levels necessary to access a federal grant that will allow him to add reinforcements in the city's fight against crime.
Calling it a "monumental day" for the city, Jones stepped to the podium to introduce nine new hires during a swearing-in ceremony in the Community Room on the second floor of the Police Department. Jones swore in two new officers and announced the hiring of seven others who are joining the department as police officer recruits and trainees.
The new hires gave the department a total of 346 officers, exceeding the number of officers needed to activate a $7.8 million federal grant that will fund 17 new officers over a period of three years, Jones said. The Police Department received the Community Oriented Policing Services grant from the U.S. Department of Justice in 2011, but until now the department has been unable to reach the budgeted number of 344 officers required to access the grant money.
"For two years, we've struggled with reaching that number," Jones said. "It's been a barrier for us, but today we've leapt over that barrier."
Mayor Anthony Silva applauded the Police Department for reaching staffing levels needed to access the grant money, saying additional officers are needed to combat crime.
"I think today is a major milestone in our city's public safety efforts," Silva said.
The new hires included Officers Brian Rust and Jackson Saechao; police officer recruits Justin Bauer, Jesus Bernardino, Eddie Diaz, Michael Hosier and Kenneth Tuy; and police officer trainees Robert Dominguez and Vincent Perez.
Rust, a 2010 graduate of the San Joaquin Delta College Police Academy, is joining the Police Department after working as a deputy with the Kern County Sheriff's Department. Rust grew up in Jackson, where he attended Argonaut High School, and is the younger brother of Stockton police Officer Ty Rust.
Saechao graduated from the Fresno City College Police Academy in 2012. He earned a degree in criminal justice from Merced College.
Brian Rust said he was eager to work in Stockton, which set city records for homicides in 2011 and 2012.
"I've heard that one year here is like five years in any other department, so I'm going to learn a lot faster and have an opportunity to impact the community a little bit more," he said.
Jones also announced that the Police Department had secured state funding for two additional officers, bringing the department's authorized staff level to 363. Recruiters found it difficult to reach the target number of 344 over the past two years as officers left the department due to budget cuts and other factors, but Jones said he is no longer seeing the same rate of attrition.
"I think it's a combination of a number of factors," Jones said. "It could be that those who wanted to leave have already left. There are still some officers that are leaving, but I think it's slowed down because of the perceived sense of stability here in the Stockton Police Department, and I think that's what officers are looking for."
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Tiffa is one of those more non-descript Japanese brands that doesn't have a full range of cosmetics as such – just more bits and bobs. Mascaras. Bath products. Eyeshadows. Liners. Some glosses.
And yet I have this soft spot of Tiffa because they have a brilliant Lip Balm (my cats nicked the lid and stuck their paw in mine – in the bin it went) and their old formula mascara and primer was wonderful. The new one, not so much.
Anyway, I gave the new stuff a chance:
There's one 'stay keep' (ie. long lasting) black liner, and two gradation eyeliners in a black/silver and brown/sparkly chocolate variation.
The new packaging is rather cute!
Here are the items:
I bought all of these from Adambeauty as usual, for less than £10 each. At first glance the two graduation liners remind me of the Chanel cake liners , which also come in a brown and gold variation (their new 2009 Xmas collection also has a very dark green variation called Celadon).
The packaging shows you how each variation will look which is pretty cool and is a nice touch typical of Japanese products:The liner:
Packaging – I really really like!
Each compact comes with a dual ended sponge brush, which actually, is not too shabby. There is also a mirror inside.
The brown variation. There is a gorgeous, subtle shimmer that rungs through BOTH of these palettes, but that is easy to miss in my shots. I assure you, its a beautiful gold shimmer in the brown and a silver shimmer in the black. Its gorgeous and its no just an overspray either:
These two colour variations are both extremely wearable as you can imagine. I can't read Japanese so I am not sure if these are supposed to be used dry or wet – its not a problem using them as a subtle shadow…
But they REALLY come out when used wet. As a shadow its fine medium pigmented I used these with water and it really became very pigmented and held the subtle shimmer and sparkle.
It also lasted ALL DAY. No primer, just a bit of water and it was there all day, even though it was a long, long one.
Here is the eyeliner – a matte, rich, pigmented black perfect for the waterline as its not too waxy:
This range could have been quite nothingy, but its really really lovely. The colours are perfect for day to day or going out and use wet, the colours just look stunning and last all day. Its a fab alternative for those who don't want to splurge on the Chanel Lame Duos.
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Whether you have one question or simply want to keep up on the material from week to week, you and your peers will work and think through things together. Your personal preparation and regular attendance are highly recommended. Students who attend and participate over the course of the semester typically earn higher grades than those who do not attend at all or attend less often.
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Mormon Trail Center at Historic Winter Quarters
Witness glimpses of the great "Mormon Migration" as you walk beside a covered wagon, pull a handcart, climb in the bunks on a steam ship, and imagine a railroad journey. Exhibits also explore the expulsion from Nauvoo, the crossing of Iowa, and temporary settlements in the Middle Missouri Valley, including Winter Quarters, where the center is located. While in the area, visit the Kanesville Tabernacle across the river in Council Bluffs, Iowa.
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FCC Commissioner Jessica Rosenworcel to Address Rural Telecom Industry Meeting & EXPO
Jan 16, 2013, 05:09 EST
Event will unite hundreds of industry innovators leading the delivery of advanced communications services in rural America
ARLINGTON, Va., Jan. 16, 2013 /PRNewswire-USNewswire/ -- FCC Commissioner Jessica Rosenworcel will address hundreds of community-based telecommunications providers and innovators in the delivery of advanced communications services during the first ever Rural Telecom Industry Meeting & EXPO next month at the Walt Disney World Swan and Dolphin Resort in Lake Buena Vista, Fla.
An advocate for universal service who believes strong communications markets can foster economic growth and security, Rosenworcel brings a decade and a half of public and private sector communications law experience to her position at the FCC. Before being sworn into office in May 2012, Rosenworcel served as senior communications counsel for the Senate Committee on Commerce, Science and Transportation, where she helped develop policies involving spectrum auctions, public safety, broadband deployment and adoption, and universal service.
Rosenworcel's address during the opening general session on February 4 will mark her first appearance before rural telecommunications leaders at a first-of-its-kind industry event sponsored by the National Telecommunications Cooperative Association (NTCA) and the Organization for the Promotion and Advancement of Small Telecommunications Companies (OPASTCO). The joint meeting also features educational tracks designed specifically for telco managers, their employees and boards of directors, exploring topics such as global technology and consumer behavioral changes, customer-facing mobile apps, network security, cloud services, smart home applications and federal policies impacting rural telecom. The expo will showcase new and innovative telecommunications products and services designed to help rural providers continue delivering affordable, advanced communications services and move their businesses into the future.
Registration for the Rural Telecom Industry Meeting & EXPO is complimentary for members of the press and includes access to all general sessions, seminars and the expo hall. To register, contact Laura Withers, NTCA communications manager, at email@example.com. For additional information about the conference sessions and schedule, visit www.ruraltelecommeeting.com.
The National Telecommunications Cooperative Association is the premier association representing more than 580 locally owned and controlled telecommunications cooperatives and commercial companies throughout rural and small-town America. NTCA provides its members with legislative, regulatory and industry representation; meetings; publications and educational programs; and an array of employee benefit programs. Visit us at www.ntca.org.
The Organization for the Promotion and Advancement of Small Telecommunications Companies (OPASTCO) is the leading voice for rural telecommunications, representing approximately 420 small incumbent local exchange carriers serving rural areas of the United States. Its members include both commercial companies and cooperatives, which collectively serve more than 3 million customers. OPASTCO represents rural telecommunications interests before federal regulatory bodies and Congress, provides publications, and holds two conventions annually in January and July of each year, addressing the needs of the small telecommunications industry. The association has an affiliate 501(c)(3) nonprofit, the Foundation for Rural Education and Development (FRED). Visit us at www.opastco.org.
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AMSTERDAM (AP) — Rescuers called off search efforts for six missing crewmen Thursday from a cargo ship that sank in the North Sea after a collision with another vessel. The presumed death toll is 11 — taking into account the missing and five bodies found so far.
A day after the Baltic Ace capsized in international waters off Netherlands' southern coast, search helicopters, planes and coast guard ships were called back to their bases amid icy conditions.
"Given the water temperature and the amount of time that's passed, we don't have any hope for more survivors," Peter Westenberg of the Dutch coast guard said.
Westenberg said passing ships were still being notified by radio to remain alert for possible human remains.
The 148-meter (485-foot) Baltic Ace sank Wednesday evening after colliding with the 134-meter (440-foot) container ship Corvus J near busy shipping lanes. The cause of the collision wasn't known.
Thirteen members of the ship's 24-man crew were rescued after the collision.
The Dutch waterways agency has located the spot of the wreck about 65 kilometers (40 miles) from land, and marked out the area with buoys. A ship is posted near the spot to help guide shipping traffic. The agency said it is in contact with the ship's owner about possible salvage operations.
The Baltic Ace, carrying a cargo of cars, sank quickly as the crew tried to abandon ship.
Dutch police have identified the five victims whose bodies have been found as two Poles, aged 47 and 50; two Filipinos aged 30 and 51; and a 47-year-old Ukrainian.
All survivors were expected to fully recover.
Janusz Wolosz, an official with the Polish Embassy in The Hague, said that in addition to the two Polish crewmembers who have been confirmed dead, three are missing and six crew, including the Polish captain, were recovering after being rescued.
"They were all well-qualified for their jobs," said Mariusz Lenckowski, of the agency that employed the Polish seamen. He said the Baltic Ace was built in the Gdynia shipyard in Poland in 2007.
The Baltic Ace, sailing under a Bahamas flag, was heading from the Belgian port of Zeebrugge to Kotka in Finland, and the Cyprus-registered Corvus J was on its way from Grangemouth in Scotland to Antwerp, Belgium.
Photos of the Corvus J published by the coast guard showed serious damage to its prow, but it was not considered in danger of sinking. Its 12-man crew was unharmed and had assisted in the search Wednesday, but Thursday it sailed to Vlissingen, Netherlands, for repairs.
Sandra Groenendal of the Dutch Safety Board said responsibility for investigating the crash lies with the states under whose flags the ships were sailing — the Bahamas and Cyprus — because the collision happened outside Dutch territorial waters. However, she added it was possible those states would seek Dutch assistance.
The owner of the Baltic Ace, Ray Car Carriers Ltd., and its manager, STAMCO Ship Management Co. Ltd., put out a statement of condolences to the families of the dead and missing crew, and said they will be offered support.
Company representatives weren't available Thursday to answer questions about the cargo or how much fuel might still be aboard the wrecked vessel.
Netherlands government data show 260,000 ships cross through Dutch waters annually, mostly foreign ships. Due in part to the nearby location of Rotterdam, Europe's largest port, the area is one of the busiest shipping lanes in the world, yet fewer than 20 accidents happen annually, and fatal injuries are rare.
Associated Press writers Mike Corder in The Hague, and Monica Scislowska in Warsaw, Poland, contributed to this report.


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Deal with Federal Government to bring 58 extra interns
MORE than 50 extra medical interns will be trained in Queensland hospitals, after the Commonwealth and State Government reached a deal on Friday.
Federal Health Minister Tanya Plibersek and her Queensland counterpart Lawrence Springborg reached agreement to create 58 new medical intern spots in the state's hospitals.
The deal for Queensland was part of a national deal, which would see another 116 interns train in hospitals around the nation.
Of the total, 84 will be funded by the Commonwealth and 32 by state governments in Queensland, Western Australia, the Northern Territory and the Australian Capital Territory.
In Queensland, the state will fund 18 positions, with the Commonwealth to provide 40 spots to train medical interns.


text: Programmatic ads take hold in tech marketing By Christopher Hosford. Published on September 03, 2013. Programmatic ad buying is growing rapidly, and its impact on technology marketing is significant. The proliferation of Big Data—along with the abilities to parse those data and to automate ad buying and serving—is helping tech marketers better reach technology decision-makers with relevant messages and offers. Almost one-fifth of U.S. display advertising expenditures will be automated this year, according to a report from eMarketer Inc. The consultancy projected that spending on real-time bidding this year will hit $3.34 billion, 74% higher than last year and representing a 19% share of all U.S. digital display advertising. eMarketer attributed RTB growth to the need to better target prospects, increasing advertiser familiarity with automated bidding and its cost-effectiveness. It projected RTB for display advertising will continue to experience double-digit growth through 2017, reaching $8.69 billion by then and accounting for 29% of all U.S. digital display ad expenditures. "Where this is getting interesting is leveraging some of the underlying technology capabilities that are part of the programmatic world for direct programs," said Mike Kisseberth, chief revenue officer at TechMedia Network, a technology and science publisher that relies on programmatic advertising to reach subscribers to the publications in its network. Its brands include BusinessNews, Laptop, Tom's Hardware and TopTenREVIEWS. Kisseberth said native advertising, for example—the serving of ad units that resemble editorial content—is a natural for programmatic advertising in the tech world. "Marketers will never move away from that deep dive to connect with the audiences of specific publishers that have germane expertise and insights," he said, "but there is so much efficiency to the programmatic buying process and the ability to fine-tune the audience with real-time buying capabilities." Closed ad networks such as TechMedia's are increasingly common. News Corp. last month said it will launch a private programmatic ad exchange to automate the placement of ads solely within its own media properties, such as The Wall Street Journal, New York Post and MarketWatch. On the technology marketing side, Federated Media Publishing, a network of independent brands that includes numerous technology sites, plans this month to introduce a programmatic platform that will automate the buying and delivery of native advertising within its network of publications. The Content Reachtargeting platform enables advertisers to distribute stories "to just the right people at just the right time in just the right context," said John Battelle, Federated executive chairman-CEO, in a recent blog postabout the platform. "The possibilities are quite diverse and very exciting," Battelle wrote. "You could create concentric circles with branded content at the core, identifying audience members who have shared the content, viewed the content or simply visited sites where the content is hosted. ... Or you can narrow down your messaging to just those who have shared the branded content." But ad buying in the technology world is more about the audience and less about the specific site, said Clark Frederickson, VP at eMarketer. "You don't use programmatic just to buy an ad on PCWorld," Frederickson said. "It has to do with whoever just arrived at that site; the data and profile they fit in; their IP address; plus what their cookie says about them—for example, if they've also been to Cisco.com, Intel.com and IBM.com." Frederickson said that advertisers may still want to place ads on specific tech sites rather than use programmatic ad buying. This is because a premium publisher site may be most appropriate for a particular topic or because a programmatic ad buy—which follows the user around the Internet, regardless of site content—may not resonate with that user at a certain time and place. "That's why publishers are developing private ad exchanges that offer targeted capabilities with a guarantee of content and a branded site," he said. Most Popular In this article: BtoB


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Summit AL750L White ADA Compliant All Refrigerator
Something For Everyone Today, SUMMIT carry over 600 models of specialty refrigerators and freezers, including the largest range of fully automatic defrost compacts available on the market. Additionally, their product line consists of ranges, microwave ovens, cooktops, combination kitchens, washers and dryers, beer dispensers, wine cellars, and more. With their expanding line of built-in and freestanding units, SUMMIT serves a variety of household, commercial, and scientific markets. Specialized compact products for offices, schools, and food service establishments, refrigerators and freezers for medical and laboratory storage, minibars for hotels, and the industry's largest selection of weather-proof outdoor refrigerators are just a few of the items you can find in their always expanding catalogue. Available at AJ Madison. What Makes Them Different From innovative design to superior construction, SUMMIT products embody quality from the inside out. Their models can be modified to meet specific customer needs, whether that means adding brass finishes to a beer dispenser for a dramatic look or installing digital controls on laboratory coolers for user flexibility. They offer a full range in style and size that includes their unique thin-line models, designed to fit in those commonly found but hard-to-fill narrow spaces. They have one of the industry's largest collection of ADA compliant appliances and proudly manufacture a dozen models of ENERGY STAR listed products. SUMMIT's AL750 series features 24" wide ADA compliant all-refrigerators for freestanding use under lower counters. Inside, the AL750 units offer a generous capacity of 5.5 cubic feet. A unique "hidden" evaporator is set behind the rear wall to create a seamless interior liner, allowing you to wipe down the back of the unit without having to get between crevices or touch any machinery. It also maximizes interior space to accommodate large trays up to 19- 1/2" x 16". All AL750 models use automatic defrost operation to save on user maintenance and include adjustable shelves. A rocker switch to turn the interior light on and off is located just behind the adjustable thermostat for additional convenience. see more...
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Ed Westwick has been snapped for a steamy photoshoot for Harper's Bazaar. It's not actually that raunchy when you find out the images were shot by Terry Richardson
Chris Evans Uses Blog To Show-Off New Baby Noah!
Radio DJ Chris Evans is the proud father of new-born son Noah and he has taken to his BBC blog to reveal pictures of his baby. Evans told readers of his BBC Radio Two blog that the new born child is "a little belter" and explains that "I know everyone says that about their own but he really is a bit special." How adorable!
London's Street Style, is it the best?
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The Sartorialist may have crowned New York as the centre of street style but Paul Flynn has written an eloquent piece on why London style is among the most interesting in the world, as part of the G2 London fashion special in the Guardian today.
Liberty & Nike collaboration out on Valentine's day
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Another item which is made for women but who gives fig when they look as good as this? The Liberty X Nike collab hits the Liberty store when else but this February 14th for a limited time, and when they're gone, they're gone.
NY Times loves Yu Masui, we love Yu Masui
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Spotting the familiar face of Yu Masui on NYT's site brought back some good memories. We snapped Masui last year out and about at Graduate Fashion Week (right) in a great Balenciaga neckpiece and cropped trousers. Elizabeth Spiridakis (aka White Lightning), talking up her holy trinity of boy-fash crushes interviewed the Japanese fashion writer who said this about borrowing from womenswear:
Alexander Wang Announces Menswear- Is Our Favourite Hipster Jumping on the Bandwagon!
Nitrolicious has revealed that Alexander Wang, the most recent fashion darling and It-designer, is to launch a menswear collection for Spring/Summer 2010. Adamant that he isn't simply jumping on the bandwagon, Wang explains that "for us it's a component that's always been there..the idea has always been there, I'm just expanding it" in reference to his famously androgynous looks.
A.PC's Spring Summer collection online now
Another inspiring gallery of new season clothing, this time from uber chic French label A.P.C. The made news recently with their Nike collaboration on the All Court tennis shoe and I'm sure we'll be seeing lots more of the label thanks to our mutual love for all things madras.
50 Cent tipped to release men's cosmetics line
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Doesn't Fiddy scrub up well? From coke dealer to primped popstar I guess it doesn't come as that much of a surprise to learn that 50 Cent is planning to release a range of cosmetics for men. Jean Paul Gaultier's heralded the acceptance of male cosmetics into the mainstream, (and also a hilarious video or two courtesy of Stuart and Sean) and now Curtis James Jackson III is joining the bandwagon.
Scrub up for Valentine's Day with a free facial at Kyoku's pop-up salon
The jury's still out concerning your valentine's day options, so treat yourself to a bit of a scrup-up and polish at the Kyoku pop-up salon in Mayfair… For free!
Design your own hoodie with Champion's Hoodie Remix
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America really has all the sweetest deals at the moment, they've got a sexy new pres, the Domino's cheeseburger pizza, grape soda and now the land of opportunity is bringing you the opportunity to design your own hoodie. If customising your Nikes and creating your very own pair of Converse has left you wanting more then Champion's Hoodie Remix is for you but unfortunately it's only for the Yanks.
Uniqlo announce Opening Ceremony and Gilded Age for their Designers Invitation Project
Uniqlo are announcing their collaborations for spring and Opening Ceremony have been confirmed for a menswear collection. Also taking part in the Designers Invitation Project this season are Gilded Age who's classic take on Americana will sit well with the Uniqlo aesthetic.
Paris Menswear shows: Hermés, Dries Van Noten and Raf Simons
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Part one of our Paris Menswear show round up, and both Hermés and Raf Simons wowed but for different reasons, check after the jump to see a short clip of the Raf Simons vid complete with rotating mirrors and you'll see why the fash pack went mad for this one.
Morph to appear in fashion shoot Esquire magazine
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Cute plasticine TV character Morph is to appear in a shoot for Esquire magazine. The shoot is to commemorate Morph's 30th anniversary and the news comes the day after Tony Hart's funeral. Narrated by Hart the pair appeared together for over twenty years on Tony Hart's various art programmes.
Daniel Craig and Jamie Bell confirmed for Tintin
Daniel Craig, pictured left at LAX recently, has been confirmed as the pirate Red Rackham in a new screen production of Tintin.
Barack Obama on the cover of February's GQ
By my calculations Barack Obama has now racked up his third GQ cover which isn't bad going for someone who's only just been inaugurated.
Buck Magazine speak to Style Salvage
Buck magazine, new, hot and rarely far from the bloglines has given up some of their precious time to talk to Style Salvage about their onslaught on the world of fashion journalism. Steve Doyle (editor) and Elliott (James Sainsbury) fashion editor, talk about how they came to found the fledgling magazine, how the publication fits into the market and a day in the life of their commander and chief plus much much more. The interview shows what a brave step it is to set up a magazine, we're rooting for them!
LCF MA show is a treat for menswear enthusiasts
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The recent LCF MA show was definitely one for the guys, the womenswear was good but with over twice as many menswear designers I definitely had my 'Brandish' hat on that evening.
Ken Russell's Soho Nights at the Photographers' Gallery
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A day out in London and I found myself wandering over to the Photographers' Gallery in Soho, where they're showing 'Soho Nights', an exhibition of images taken by Ken Russell.
Why aren't more people following Charlie Porter on Twitter?
It's a mystery why only 32 people are following Charlie Porter on Twitter when his updates are full of exciting and amusing little snippets from the menswear shows.
The Times Tells Us What's Next For Menswear…
Alice Olins of The Times newspaper has just released a quick summary of the major menswear shows so far at Milan's Menswear Fashion Week and with insider details and little snippets of useful information, her reports are a great read.


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There are alot of useful prototype functions through-out this thread. It's well-worth the time to browse through them.
Feel free to add your own prototype functions to this thread.
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This code defines the functions replaceAt and multipulCopies

because the only person who actually cares where the error occurs is the person debugging it. The user is likely to not care about the details of the error and if it is possible to pass it off pretending no error occured then that is the best.
i think the user should interact with the website as much as possible, to keep them entertained, this code could be usefull if the site has a special 'place' where the member can upload HTML and Javascript to make their own page about them etc. Another use for this code could be a HTML/Javascript test area. i think the code is ok, after all im a 13 year old Javascript beginer.


text: Yes, there's joy of new presents and the excitement of the holiday itself, but nothing can ruin the glory of Christmas morning like a lackluster brunch. Don't default to a boring, sad spread you'd find on any other winter morning. Instead, we'd like to remind you that there are lots of fruits available around the holidays for a Christmas brunch that even Santa would enjoy. From fresh fruit salad with a yummy mint-lime simple syrup to a light and luscious avocado fruit salad, we've collected the best holiday fruit recipes for your new favorite Christmas Day brunch. Feel like getting your holiday breakfast off to a sweeter start? These festive fruit skewers with rum are a great, boozy holiday fruit option that doubles as a luscious centerpiece. Whatever your savory options turn out to be (and we recommend having at least one or two), it's definitely worth brightening–and lightening–up your Christmas Day brunch with some of our favorite holiday breakfast fruit recipes.


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Israeli strike in Syria might be first in series
JERUSALEM -- Israel's recent airstrike in Syria, which according to Western officials targeted weapons destined for the militant Lebanese group Hezbollah, could mark the start of a more aggressive campaign by Israel to prevent arms transfers as conditions in Syria deteriorate, according to analysts in Israel and Lebanon.
Israel's readiness to strike again if necessary heralds a new and more volatile phase in the regional repercussions of Syria's civil war, which has raised concerns in Israel about the possible transfer of advanced or nonconventional weapons to Islamist militant groups.
Israeli Defense Minister Ehud Barak all but acknowledged this past week that Israel carried out the strike near Damascus on Jan. 30, saying it was "proof that when we say something we mean it."
An Israeli cabinet minister had warned before the attack that Israel could act against transfers of chemical weapons to militant groups.
Amos Yadlin, a former chief of Israeli military intelligence who directs the Institute for National Security Studies in Tel Aviv, said in an interview that while future Israeli action could be expected, it would depend on specific calculations of the advantages and risks of such strikes.
Israel, he said, has defined four types of weapons whose transfer to militant groups would not be tolerated: advanced air defense systems, ballistic missiles, sophisticated shore to sea missiles and chemical weapons.
In accordance with this policy, Yadlin said, "any time Israel will have reliable intelligence that this is going to be transferred from Syria to Lebanon, it will act," although specific decisions to strike would be subject to assessments of the military value of the attack, the risk of escalation and the positions of foreign powers.
"As the Syrian army becomes weaker and Hezbollah grows more isolated because of the loss of its Syrian patron, it makes sense that this will continue," Yadlin said, adding that Israeli responses would be weighed every time and would "not happen automatically."
The real dilemma facing Israeli officials, Yadlin said, is not whether to attack, but whether inaction would confront Israel later with a greater threat.


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By Yara Bayoumy
GAROWE, Puntland (Reuters) - Somalia's al Qaeda-linked militants are moving north into the semi-autonomous region of Puntland, long regarded as a relatively peaceful area, after having been squeezed out of their strongholds further south, the president of Puntland said.
Until now, Puntland has largely escaped the worst of the upheaval in Somalia, which has been deprived of an effective central government for the past two decades.
The region is rich in energy resources and oil exploration companies are sizing it up. If the militants were able to establish a permanent presence in the area, it might discourage such exploration efforts.
Although militant numbers are still limited, the authorities fear al Shabaab could gain better access to weapons coming across the Gulf of Aden if it successfully regrouped in the area.
"Their presence has intensified since international forces pushed them in the south. The fighters are coming from the south," Puntland President Abdirahman Mohamud Farole told Reuters at the weekend.
"We believe that there are ... more than 400 (fighters) in those areas," he said in Garowe, Puntland's administrative capital, on the sidelines of a visit by the European Union ambassador to Somalia during which a $200 million aid package was announced.
Under pressure from African Union (AMISOM) peacekeeping troops and Somali government forces, al Shabaab has lost many of its major urban strongholds in south-central Somalia since it launched a rebellion against the Western-backed government in 2007.
The rebels, who want to impose their strict interpretation of sharia Islamic law across the Horn of Africa state, withdrew from the capital Mogadishu in August last year and lost their last major bastion of Kismayu six weeks ago.
Farole said most of the fighters have taken up positions in the mountains west of Bossaso, an area that is hard to reach because of its difficult terrain.
Farole said the authorities had captured two shipments of explosives from Yemen in the past few months. In the most recent seizure, the boat had been laden with rocket-propelled grenades, anti-tank mines and other munitions.
The incident raised concern about possible cooperation between Yemen-based al Qaeda in the Arabian Peninsula (AQAP) and al Shabaab, which formally merged with al Qaeda earlier this year.
"It was enough to destroy Puntland," Farole told Reuters in the courtyard of the main government house where Somalia and Puntland's flags were displayed.
"It is easy to ship arms and ammunition and explosives (from) that area," said Farole, who believes AQAP and al Shabaab share links.
Farole said he needed international help to train and equip his security forces, lamenting how such support was focused solely on the Mogadishu government to help it fight al Shabaab.
The EU's special envoy to Somalia, Michele Cervone d'Urso, said he was worried about the security situation in Puntland.
"While AMISOM is advancing in the south, al Shabaab has not been defeated ... they have been moving to other areas, including the mountainous areas of Puntland," he said.
"There are significant areas of Puntland which are difficult to control for these security forces, that's the main challenge there and hence they're able to find specific areas (that are) potential safe havens," he said.
Since withdrawing from most of the territory they used to control, al Shabaab has resorted to asymmetrical warfare tactics, and has launched deadly suicide and car bomb attacks across Somalia.
(Writing by Yara Bayoumy; Editing by James Macharia and Andrew Osborn)


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By Wayne Veysey, Goal.com
MUNICH -- Arsenal exited the Champions League at the last-16 stage for the third consecutive year despite beating Bayern Munich 2-0 in the second leg.
Olivier Giroud stunned the 68,000 sell-out Allianz Arena with a third-minute goal to give the visitors hope of pulling off a Munich miracle.
Despite Bayern dominating for most of the match, Arsenal held firm at the back and Laurent Koscielny's 84th-minute header equaled the scores on aggregate.
This set up a pulsating finale but Arsenal was unable to score the one further goal required to overturn the 3-1 first-leg deficit and complete one of the greatest two-legged turnarounds in the competition's history.
The runaway Bundesliga leaders closed out the match to progress into the quarterfinals courtesy of the away goals rule.
The two-legged defeat means that Bayern becomes the third European superhouse in three years to knock Arsenal out at the last-16 juncture, following Barcelona in 2011 and AC Milan in 2012.
Reports that Wenger would concede the match and play a weakened team proved to be misguided, as the Frenchman selected his best available starting X1. He made five changes from the first leg, with injured trio Jack Wilshere, Lukas Podolski and Bacary Sagna replaced by Tomas Rosicky, Olivier Giroud and Carl Jenkinson, and regulars Thomas Vermaelen and Wojiech Szczesny axed in favor of Kieran Gibbs and Lukasz Fabianski.
It took just three minutes for Arsenal to give its 3,000 traveling fans hope with a quite splendidly constructed opening goal.
A series of cute passes from Santi Cazorla, Aaron Ramsey and Rosicky sent Theo Walcott bursting clear from the right, and his slammed cross-shot into the six-yard box was bundled into the net from two yards by Giroud.
Suddenly, the Allianz Arena was quiet. The home side was initially frazzled, almost as if it could not comprehend that its English visitors could be so presumptuous at this German cathedral.
Bayern gradually began to dominate possession, with Javi Martinez, Thomas Muller and Luiz Gustavo all going close to scoring a first-half equalizer.
But this was not the same mighty Bayern of three weeks ago, the team that was so commanding at Emirates Stadium that many pundits ranked it as the favorite to win this season's competition.
It was almost as if the Jupp Heynckes' men did not want to press their foot fully on the accelerator in case they left themselves open to the sucker-punch.
At the end of a first half which Wenger might have concluded went according to plan, his team still needed to score two more goals and not to concede to progress against the odds to the quarterfinals.
Arsenal struggled to get a foothold in the game after break. Cazorla and Walcott continued to be the trump cards but some of the visitors' midfield passing was wonky and Giroud lacked the velvet touch to hold the ball up and bring others into play.
Bayern continued to exert most of the pressure, with Arjen Robben's weaving runs from the right flank causing particular consternation to the defensive ranks.
Arsenal made a double substitution after 72 minutes, with Alex Oxlade-Chamberlain and Gervinho replacing Aaron Ramsey and Walcott, and Wenger's team immediately began to commit more men forward.
Gervinho and Giroud both had half-chances but could not force Manuel Neuer into a save, while at the other end Fabianski made a string of acrobatic saves.
Koscielny's late header from an Oxlade-Chamberlain corner set up a thrilling finale, but Arsenal were exhausted and unable to create any late chances to score what would have been a remarkable third.
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Let's sample some potential themes for Stockton in 2013:
Let's sample some potential themes for Stockton in 2013:
� Resolve, tenacity, follow through, optimism, community, bonding.
It does absolutely no good to head into a new year with a defeatist attitude, even if Stockton has gone through several exceptionally tough years.
The past one was a doozy, with a bankruptcy, a record number of murders, a serious uptick in crime and economic challenges.
But Stockton, and San Joaquin and Calaveras counties, must continue to push forward.
With that in mind, we lay out five New Year's resolutions for 2013:
Bankruptcy: Follow through on strategy
� The problem: Stockton became the largest United States city to file for bankruptcy protection in 2012
� The big picture: The bankruptcy process now must play itself out, and it's going to be dicey for the city with hungry creditors trying to recoup their losses. Stockton officials are in for some tough battles and the impact on citizens is indeterminate.
� Moving forward: Stockton opted for this approach, and we continue to editorially support the bold - yet probably inevitable - path. Even with a large changeover in the city council - four of the seven who cast bankruptcy votes are now gone - Stockton must stay the course.
City government: Work together
� The problem: A huge voter-mandated change in Stockton city government has taken three strident supporters - Mayor Ann Johnston, Council member Diana Lowery and Council member Susan Eggman (elected to the State Assembly) away from Stockton City Manager Bob Dies.
� The big picture: Lots of uncertainty. Who can say how Mayor-elect Anthony Silva - a stunning landslide winner over Johnston - will govern? There also will be council inexperience with incoming Michael Tubbs and Moses Zapien and an Eggman replacement to be named later.
� Moving forward: We believe it's in Stockton's best interests for Deis to remain as city manager. It's also in Stockton's best interests for Silva to be a collegial leader. This is no time for power struggles, infighting and lines being drawn in the sand. Collaborate.
Crime: Support those in blue
� The problem: A record 70 homicides - many more than the record 58 set the previous year - has Stocktonians on edge. Other types of crime also have increased, and often they are brazen in nature. Stockton Police Department struggles with its staffing numbers.
� The big picture: There are some things broken in the criminal justice system: experienced cops are retiring or leaving, there's often no room at the jail, sometimes crimes cannot be prosecuted and the criminals seem to know that, at times, they have the upper hand.
� Moving forward: Support the men and women in blue. Be aware of the criminal element. Be their eyes and ears. SPD also must reach the budgeted level of 344 sworn officers so it is eligible for more staff through federal grants. It must happen. The collaborations with other law-enforcement agencies must continue. SPD has the leadership to make a serious dent in crime, so let's be diligent in giving the department support.
Family: Be part of the solution
� The problem: Many of the crimes we see in Stockton and San Joaquin County have a common denominator: a poor family situation for the alleged perpetrators.
� The big picture: The equation is rather simple: Poor parenting leads to a lack of respect for others and a devaluation of education, which in turn leads to gang involvement or criminal behavior.
� Moving forward: Parents must be parents. They must discipline. They must stress education. They must push their children to make something of their lives.
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The Hardware Trap, Part 1The Hardware Trap, Part 1 (1986) - SilverHawks Cartoon Episode Guide by Dave Koch
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- Rankin-Bass Productions, Lorimar Television
- Cartoon Characters: Steel Will, Cmdr. Stargazer, Hardware, Mon-star, Bluegrass, Pokerface, Quicksilver, Mumbo Jumbo, Timestopper, Steelheart, Melodia, Mo-Lec-U-lar, Hotwing, Wind Hammer, Seymour, Copper Kidd, Tally Hawk, Zeek the Beak, Mumbo Jumbo, Buzz Saw, Poker Face, Zero the Memory Thief.
- Voice Actors: Bob McFadden, Earl Hammond, Larry Kenney, Peter Newman, Maggie Wheeler, Doug Preis, Adolph Caesar.
- Produced By Arthur Rankin Jr, Jules Bass, Lee Dannacher..
- Animated By Pacific Animation Corporation.
- Written By Peter Lawrence, Lee Schneider.
- Music: Bernard Hoffer.
- First Aired on September 25, 1986.
- Originally Released in Syndication.
- Running Time: 30 minutes.
- Color
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TOKYO (AP) — China's central bank governor and finance minister won't be attending IMF and World Bank annual meetings in Tokyo this week in an apparent snub to Japan that comes as the two Asian giants remain at odds over a cluster of tiny islands both claim.
The International Monetary Fund said that People's Bank of China Gov. Zhou Xiaochuan, who was scheduled to give the event's closing speech on Sunday, had cited scheduling problems for his decision to cancel his Tokyo trip. The IMF said his deputy, Yi Gang, will represent him at the meeting and will deliver Sunday's lecture.
China's official Xinhua news agency published a report that said China's delegations to the meetings would be headed by Yi and Zhu Guangyao, a vice finance minister. China's central bank and Finance Ministry did not respond to requests for comment.
Experts said the move shows that China's government is giving more priority to taking a stand on the territorial flare-up even if it could undermine Beijing's past insistence that emerging economies should have a greater say in international financial policy-making bodies such as the 188-member IMF.
"China is sending a clear signal that this sovereignty dispute is important to China's top leadership," said Linda Jakobson, the East Asian program director at the Lowy Institute, a think tank in Sydney. "It definitely overrides the decision-making on global financial matters."
"I think other countries will be surprised by the decision," she said.
Japan's Finance Minister Koriki Jojima, who took on that role just 10 days ago, said it was "regrettable" that the two men weren't attending, but added that "from the global perspective, we will continue to have communication with China."
The dispute over the uninhabited islands in the East China Sea, which has triggered widespread protests in China and attacks on Japanese-owned factories and stores, already has spilled over into the economic arena, threatening a shaky economic recovery in Japan after last year's tsunami and nuclear disasters.
Sales of Japanese cars in China plunged in September, with Toyota saying its sales of new vehicles there fell 49 percent from a year earlier to 44,100 vehicles. Honda's sales sank 41 percent to 33,931 vehicles. Tens of thousands of Chinese tourists have cancelled trips to Japan.
China is Japan's biggest trading partner, and economists warn that the dispute could erode Japan's economic growth.
Toyota Motor Corp. and Honda Motor Co. dealerships were burned down in one Chinese city last month after Tokyo decided to nationalize the islets, called Senkaku in Japanese and Diaoyu in Chinese. The purchase from the islands private Japanese owners was meant to block a potentially more inflammatory plan by Tokyo's nationalistic governor to buy and develop them.
The move nonetheless angered China, which warned of "serious consequences" and has sent marine surveillance ships near the islands in recent weeks. The rocky outcroppings are surrounded by potentially large undersea natural gas fields and rich fishing grounds. They are also claimed by Taiwan.
Beijing may have also been willing to hold back its top financial officials from the IMF and World Bank meetings because the European debt crisis remains a primary concern — an issue somewhat removed from China, said Robert Dujarric, a scholar at Temple University's Japan campus.
"Whatever is to be done about the euro crisis isn't going to be decided in Beijing," he said.
"From the perspective of senior Chinese officials, they don't want to be seen in Japan or in any way being soft on Japan," Dujarric said. "This crisis with Japan — and indirectly with the U.S. — is more important to them than the IMF," he said.
Under a security pact with Japan, some 50,000 U.S. troops are stationed in Japan. While Washington has said it remains neutral in the island dispute, American officials have also said that the islets fall under the security treaty that obliges the U.S. to protect Japanese territory.
Chinese central bank governor and finance minister hold important positions, but they generally don't wield as much power in domestic decision-making as their counterparts in other countries. Most major financial decisions require approval by the communist party leadership.
"This decision (not to attend) was likely made above the heads of these finance officials," Jakobson said.
China, with its growing middle class, was one of the emerging markets that Japanese companies were counting on to boost sales amid a long stagnation in their domestic market and sluggish global growth.
Some officials are holding out hope that Japan and China will eventually repair relations.
"As an Asian American, I've watched with great admiration the economic rise of first Japan and then Korea and China," said World Bank president Jim Yong Kim. "The more I learn about the integrated economies of this region it strikes me that the nations of this region have much more in common than they have in difference."
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UMass Dartmouth physicist receives international honor
Among the top winners in the John Templeton Foundation 'Power of Purpose' awards
UMass Dartmouth physics professor Alan Hirshfeld's essay about 19th century scientist Michael Faraday was among the top five winners of the prestigious John Templeton Foundation 'Power of Purpose' awards announced recently.
Dr. Hirshfeld's award, which carries a $50,000 cash prize, was one of four second place finishes. The first place $100,000 prize went to August Turak, a businessman and philosophy teacher in Raleigh, North Carolina . There were a total of 19 awards chosen from nearly 7,500 entries from 97 countries.
"We are elated that Dr. Hirshfeld's work, which contributes so greatly to our understanding of the world and is a source of pride for all who are connected to the University of Massachusetts Dartmouth, has been honored by the Templeton Foundation," Chancellor MacCormack said. "We congratulate him and all other winners of the Power of Purpose awards."
Dr. Hirshfeld's award-winning essay, entitled, "How Wonderfully We Stand Upon This World," discusses how Faraday overcame economic obstacles to become the greatest experimental scientist of his time. "I've been writing for the general reader about science my whole professional career, so it was very gratifying to be recognized in an international competition," said Dr. Hirshfeld. "Getting that call was a dream come true. I was stunned."
"When I read the announcement of the essay contest, I realized immediately that Faraday personified the 'power of purpose,'" Dr. Hirshfeld said. "Poor, self-taught, and trained to be a bookbinder, Faraday managed to break into the exclusive ranks of British science in the 1800s. He then developed the electric motor, electric generator, and many electrical concepts that made possible our modern technological society. And he did none of this for the money; he did it all for his desire to better understand nature -- what you might call the nourishment of his soul."
Dr. Hirshfeld is Professor of Physics at the University of Massachusetts Dartmouth and an Associate of the Harvard College Observatory. He received his undergraduate degree in astrophysics from Princeton University in 1973 and his Ph.D. in astronomy from Yale University in 1978. His widely praised book Parallax: The Race to Measure the Cosmos, published in 2002 by Henry Holt & Co., chronicles the human stories involved in the centuries-long quest to measure the first distance to a star.
A past winner of a Griffith Observatory/Hughes Aircraft Co. national science writing award, he is currently working on a popular biography of Faraday and James Clerk Maxwell, to be published by Walker and Co. Publishers in 2005. He is co-editor of Sky Catalogue 2000.0. His three-part series on the history of observational astrophysics is currently featured in Sky & Telescope magazine. Other writings have appeared in the Astrophysical Journal, Boston Globe, BBC History magazine, The Mathematics Teacher, Isis, and American Scientist. He currently serves on the advisory board of the American Astronomical Society's Historical Astronomy Division and was named in 2003 to MIT's Distinguished Lecturer Series.
The international winners were chosen by a distinguished panel of judges from many disciplines, including: Rick Warren, author of the best-selling book The Purpose-Driven Life; Nancy Brinker, founder of the Susan G. Komen Breast Cancer Foundation; Hugh Delehanty, editor-in-chief of AARP Publications; Paul Davies, Professor of Natural Philosophy at the Australian Centre for Astrobiology; and Marian Wright Edelman, president of the Children's Defense Fund.
The Awards were designed to encourage people to think about the benefits of noble purpose where purpose is defined as something more important than our simple survival, something not merely intellectual, but in our souls.
The mission of the John Templeton Foundation (www.templeton.org) is to support programs, competitions, publications and studies in the human sciences and in character education that promote the exploration of the spiritual nature of the human person. The research is guided by Sir John Templeton?s unyielding optimism that there is much to learn from examining the nature and benefits of such principles as purpose, creativity, gratitude and altruism.
For more information on the award or to view Dr.Hirshfeld?s award-winning essay, visit www.PowerOfPurpose.org


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At the momment, I'm planning on lvling 2 Dwarf's one for spoil and another for crafting,
I'm thinking of maining my crafting dwarf but not ure yet, I mite end up making a 3rd character for a more useful class for pve, etc etc.
But at the momment my main focus will be my 2 dwarfs.
What I'm looking for is a friendly/helpful clan, who like to lvl with each other and give advice to myself and vice versa.
My first aim is to get 40ish with my Savager/Bounty Hunter, to farm up recipes/mats to make certain gear for my Astain/Warsmith and have money to support my Mech Pets/pots etc etc.
Though not sure I mite just end up subbing healer/buffer classies on my main dwarf or make a different character to DD with.
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Gallery: Narrowing Down The Most Ridiculous Looks From The 2012 Victoria's Secret Fashion Show
It's our favorite time of the year! The annual Victoria's Secret Fashion Show was held last night and, although it won't air for a while, you can see all the most preposterous runway looks in our helpfully captioned gallery ahead. Yes, Angels Adriana Lima, Doutzen Kroes, Alessandra Ambrosio, Candice Swanepoel, Miranda Kerr, Karlie Kloss, Erin Heatherton and more have all come together in their most ridiculous fascinators, garter belts and sparkly crap to audition for the coveted role of Leonardo DiCaprio's next girlfriend. Let's take a closer look.
Oh, also. Justin Bieber, Rihanna and Bruno Mars performed.
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Kim Kardashian and Kanye West are ringing in the New Year with a new addition.
The reality star and her boyfriend Kanye West revealed that a baby "Kimye" is on board.
The rapper made the announcement that the two are expecting their first child at his concert Sunday night. During the middle of his performance of his song "Lost In the World," West paused for a moment to ask the crowd of more than 5,000 at Revel Resort's Ovation Hall in Atlantic City to give a shout out to his "baby mama who was in the audience, telling Kardashian,"Now you having my baby."
The crowd roared. And so did people on the Internet.
The news instantly went viral on Twitter and Facebook, with thousands posting and commenting on the expecting couple.
Most of the Kardashian clan tweeted about the news, including Kim's sisters and mother. Kourtney Kardashian wrote: "Another angel to welcome to our family. Overwhelmed with excitement!"
One of Kardashian's closest friends, Demi Lovato, also took to Twitter to show her support.
"So happy for you @KimKardashian," Lovato tweeted. "Love you SO much and I'm so excited to babysit!! Miss you girly.. Once again... SO happy for you!!! Xox"
The couple went public with their highly publicized romance back in March.
Kardashian married NBA player Kris Humphries in August 2011 and their divorce is not finalized.
With reporting by the Associated Press.
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Shanekqua N. Suggs and Treverio V. Cannon marry in Kinston
Shanekqua N. Suggs of Kinston and Treverio V. Cannon of Fort Polk, La., were united in marriage at 4 p.m. Dec. 21, 2012, at Faith Tabernacle United Holy Church in Kinston. Dr. Thomas Stewart performed the ceremony.
Escorted and given in marriage by her father, the bride is the daughter of David L. Suggs Jr. and Mary Ann Johnson Suggs of Kinston. She is the granddaughter of Bernice Johnson of New York City.
A graduate of Kinston High School, she is a certified nursing assistant at Lenoir Memorial Hospital.
The groom is the son of Latrice Williams and Vancine Cannon of Kinston. He is the grandson of Annette Williams, also of Kinston.
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