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A combination of a world economic slump and the terrorist attacks in the United States has dealt a sharp setback to the economic trend known as globalization.
Already this year, cross-border flows of goods and capital - two key ingredients of a trend that has altered the world from Italy to Indonesia - have slowed dramatically.
Foreign investment in "emerging" economies has been plummeting for several years. US exports will fall by about $100 billion this year. And trade worldwide may end the year down for the first time since 1982.
Most economists see the long-term rise of global trade and investment as unstoppable - sure to resume after the current economic slowdown. But if a retreat from globalization persists, it could portend slower economic growth for the world in coming years.
Against this backdrop, the new "war" against terrorism introduces a new element of uncertainty. Washington hopes it will strengthen global economic ties, as the US rallies other nations in the antiterror effort.
Within days of the Sept. 11 attacks, Federal Reserve Chairman Alan Greenspan broached just such a possibility, saying that a new global free-trade agreement "now seems more feasible."
But already, heightened security efforts at borders and in corporate mailrooms represent the equivalent of a substantial new tax on trade.
Moreover, if the US-led war comes to be perceived in some nations as heavy-handed and arrogant, it could exacerbate concerns about the social impacts of increasingly global corporations.
"In many parts of the world, people are becoming aware of the way their daily lives are affected" by globalization, says Lori Wallach, director of Public Citizen's Global Trade Watch in Washington. "Corporate globalism will be slowed down - unrelated to the terrorist attacks."
Ms. Wallach blames globalization for declining incomes, literacy, and health in many poor countries in recent years.
The causation she alleges is controversial and hard to prove. But rising commerce is often attended by shocks - from layoffs to loud marketing pitches - that rankle deeply in many parts of the world.
Globalization was largely the issue behind the massive, and partly riotous, demonstrations at the World Trade Organization's ministerial meeting in December 1999 in Seattle.
Huge demonstrations had been planned, too, for this month's annual meeting of the International Monetary Fund and World Bank in Washington. But the meeting was cancelled soon after Sept. 11.
Economists generally see expanded flows of trade and investment as healthy - benefiting all nations involved even while imposing some hardships.
"Globalism is an irreversible process," says Harald Malmgren, a Washington-based trade consultant.
Driven largely by multinational corporations, the trend has expanded markets, created jobs, and built new wealth. It has intermingled to a greater degree the economic and cultural fates of both industrial and developing nations.
Most economists expect globalization to pick up again, once the world economic slump has passed and new antiterrorism measures are well in place.
"It is the inevitable result of technology shrinking time and distance," says Clyde Prestowitz, Jr., president of the Economic Strategy Institute, a Washington think tank.
With the containerization of goods, shipping costs have fallen enormously. Communications costs have plunged. Falling trade barriers have stimulated international commerce.
By last year, global trade accounted for a record 26 percent of the world economy, according to Morgan Stanley, a New York investment firm. It amounted to 18 percent in 1990.
Now, the slowdown in the major economies of the world has caused trade of goods and services to slump. Last year, the volume of world trade grew 12.4 percent. This year it will rise a paltry 4 percent, predicts the IMF in Washington.
Others say the growth of trade could grind almost to a halt.
Though forecasting 3 percent growth, Stephen Roach, chief economist of Morgan Stanley in New York, writes that he wouldn't be surprised if trade shrinks this year for the first time in almost two decades.
The slowdown is visible from the docks of Singapore - one of the world's three busiest container ports. Conspicuous of late are ships at anchor, with rust-stained waterlines riding high.
"We're going to suffer if this [war against terrorism] goes on for long, you know," volunteers a cab driver about 30 seconds after picking up a passenger at the Singapore's Changi airport.
Indeed, the terrorist attacks are likely to slow trade further.
Stepped-up security has brought costly delays at the Canadian and Mexican borders. Ports have taken greater security measures. Insurance costs have jumped.
All this, Mr. Roach says, represents a "tax" on trade - and sand in the gears of globalization.
The extra costs, and the desire to avoid perceived risks, could prompt more firms to choose to make goods at home rather than abroad.
Even the use of just-in-time techniques for the delivery of components, such as from Canada or Mexico to US plants, may be modified somewhat. Companies may decide to keep at least a modest inventory of parts.
International investment, already curtailed after a series of financial crises beginning in Asia in 1997, now faces another setback: a decline in US stock prices. Companies often use stock to purchase other firms abroad, and this currency is worth less.
"The near-term outlook for financial flows to emerging markets is at its most sobering level since the difficult years of the debt crisis in the 1980s," says Charles Dallara, managing director of the Institute of International Finance.
That, he and others argue, means that developing countries will receive less of the new technologies, management techniques, and new jobs that can boost their prosperity in the long run.
A revival of international trade and investment is expected to occur once the US economy - accounting for 28 percent of world output - peps up. Many economists expect this to occur in the first half of 2000.
When the US demand for electronic goods picks up, that should boost the exports of Asian countries such as Singapore and Taiwan.
Europe will pick up with a lag of perhaps eight months.
The slowdown in international trade and investment is a "cyclical development - not a trend," says Frank Vargo, an economist with the National Association of Manufacturing in Washington. "The trend toward globalization is not halted."
Dan Murphy contributed to this article from Singapore.


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As a part of the team at FutureDeluxe. We worked on the titles for the OFFF Design festival which took place in September 2017.
I work on the animatic, lighting, shading, texturing and general research & development.
Designed, Directed & Produced: FutureDeluxe
Music & Sound Design: Zelig Sound
Compositing: Igor Gama
Live Action Footage: Davy Evans
Character animation: Josef Sima & Jan Bohacek
Character texturing & modelling: Felix Wolf
These are a set of collages created for Nike Air Max. Combining lush metallics with soft pastel colours and subtle textures.
Flourish is a series which surrounds the composition of joining natural elements with rigid metal exteriors to create a surreal response.
A environment study created in collaboration with Chris Tilley. Combining nature with other world components and infected life form.
Looking glass uses mirrored and glass panels to show case multiple angles in a portrait.
An exploration of repetitive objects stuck in extract.
A wallpaper created for Prada's Soho store, in collaboration with 2x4.
'Silhouettes from the F/W'16 campaign are atomized utilizing a wildly eclectic library of objects that range from the specific – Prada products such as keys, books, and shooting stars – to the random – geometric forms, flowers, leaves, and feathers. Anchored by fragments of face, body, and garment, the bodies decompose and reconstitute tapping into a common stream of elements that trails across the full expanse of the wall.'
Exploring human form degrading and fracturing into various abstract elements.
Using basic typographical form to express displacement and various colour schemes to create a memorising visual.
Numbers is a series created for 36 days of type. These where created daily, using different techniques and styles to reveal the numbers form.
Project created in house at drp. This was a video used at Wolves end of season celebration.
The video is based around a introspective theme, fast cut treated footage, using 3D elements and textures to convey moods and emotions from the season.
Creative Direction: Richard Twamley & Seb Bird
Art Direction & Animation: Liam Pitchford & Chris Tilley
Sound Design: Fiona Hardeman
Artwork created for Lucid Screen's Instagram. The artwork is based around the use of abstract terrain textures.
The sting was created in house at drp, for commercial use.
Bringing the logo to life using vibrant blue bubbles, mechanical helicopters and various marble stones.
Sound Design: Fiona Hardeman
Project in collaboration with Chris Tilley. A short looping animation, using stylistic mechanics to pump up and explode balls.
Sound Design: Fiona Hardeman
Human form build up from two endless layers of wires.
Typeface inspired by classical architecture combined with a minimal and modern approach.
This is my entry for E4's 2015 Sting competition. The theme for my sting was carnival.
An exploration of growth inspired by aquatic life form.


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I Used to Be a Philanthropist
I believe that the only person I can save is myself. I tried to save someone from themselves and through this experience I have come to know this as fact.
Braden was a sweet fun-loving guy whose soft blonde curls and skin as white as a geishas made me feel at ease.
We had been dating for over a year and I became a member of his seemingly traditional Mormon family. Then Braden's baby-fat figure turned gaunt and his skin scabbed over, my slight premonitions turned to certainty.
Three a.m., my cell phone rings.
"Connie, its Alison," Braden's mom said, "Do you know where Braden is?"
"No," I said, "It's three in the morning."
"Can you track him down?" She asked.
I didn't think twice, I was accustomed to the selfless rescue procedure I considered "my project." I felt like I had to save him, and his family made me feel like it was my calling.
Out of bed, sweat pants, varsity jacket and scarf on, I am ready.
I start with Kyle's house, but both he and Braden's cars are gone. I make a quick decision to go to the house of an "Amigo" that I had been in front of once before.
I now have my black Jetta pulled up in front and I march my half-asleep independent 16-year-old self to the door and knock.
A girl with a large sweatshirt covering a frail body answers.
"Alo," she said, "What you need gringa?"
"Ummm, hi," I began, "I am actually looking for my boyfriend, Braden, with curly blonde hair. Do you know where he is?"
"Eh Amigo," she yelled into the house, "La novia de Blondie esta aqui."
Beyond the corridor were a few dingy couches erect on stained orange carpet. Little hung on the walls and as I my eyes wandered I saw a large Hispanic man with numerous tattoos and a worn face coming towards me holding Braden by his shirt.
Before I had time to open my sleep-crusted eyes, Braden lay past me on the grass.
"Yo Blondie, you ain't cool no more man," Amigo said as he slammed the door.
Here was Braden, sprawled out on the wet lawn with a thick piece of rubber wrapped around his elbow as he said, "Hey baby."
This was Braden and this was me trying to save him. I put myself in this compromising situation paired up against a poison that no mortal can defeat for another. I thought I could save and blamed myself for his addiction.
This wasn't the life I was going to live and my stars pointed to more promising directions such as college, a career and cohesive relationships. From this experience I learned that the only person I can save is myself and the only people I want to commit to are people who don't need to be saved.
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September days are here,
With summer's best of weather
And autumn's best of cheer.
September days are here,
With summer's best of weather
And autumn's best of cheer.
- Helen Hunt Jackson, September
Are you ready for autumn? I'll admit that I'm a tad nervous to say goodbye to summer, but fall fashion & cozy nights at home by the fire will definitely be welcomed. Here are a few items on my current wishlist for the upcoming season ...
Stuart Weitzman 5050 boots | Clarisonic Mia 2 | Michael Kors camel trench | Tortoise stud earrings | Arianna Belle Leopard Velvet pillows | Skinceuticals Phloretin CF serum | Michael Kors tortoise watch
I've already begun to work on my wishlist - and from one friend to another, the SkinCeuticals serum is an incredible product, I've been impressed with how its changed the texture & brightness of my skin! Cozying up in a camel trench is a must, and my thought is that these fab velvet leopard pillows are the equivalent of a wool coat for your home! What products are on your fall must-have list?


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text: Today my LO was protesting at almost every feeding! It took him almost all day to eat on one side! Every time he'd fuss I took him off and did something else, but it was tough. The pacifier has helped calm him when nothing works. Sometimes he won't nurse to sleep so it helps with that. I think I have mild OALD but don't want to block feed I'm not positive am thinking it might be to drastic for mineif I do have it. I don't know what is up with him, honestly!


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New 2011 Dodge Challenger to produce more, the muscle car enthusiasts want - a more efficient engine and more powerful line-up, maximum grip with the performance of a completely new suspension design, and even sportier design - all done with the 'high quality and precision.
"Let the assembly of the most exciting race ever Challenger, Dodge updated the iconic coupe performance of the system for maximum precision and care," said Ralph Gilles, Managing Director - Mark Dodge, Chrysler Group. "From the Pentastar light aluminum V-6 engine is standard 305-horsepower, aluminum revised suspension geometry aggressive negative camber better cornering grip, better brake feel and fade-resistant, and almost an equal distribution of weight 50/50, the new 2011 Dodge Challenger has the hardware to compete. "
New 2011 Dodge Challenger combines world-class ride, refinement and stopping power is more power and a new cycle of the suspension to produce exciting driving experience.
305 redesigned to handle the new 3.6-liter V-6 engine Pentastar horses (227 kW) - power 55 more than the previous V-6 engine - the new 2011 Dodge Challenger SE has a new exciting way touring-tuned suspension with larger wheels 18 inch tires for better control. In addition, a review of the relationship between the pedal and improved servo response and feels refined.
Dodge Challenger RT second generation rear-wheel-drive architecture to deliver world-class leadership and management of any of the three fine-tuning of suspension and wheel and tire combinations available efficient (to improve handling and braking power):
Touring-tuned - Standard Dodge Challenger SE
18 x 7.5-inch aluminum wheels P235/55R18 Michelin all-season touring tires MXM4
Touring Brake Package
Adjusted return - Rules on the Rallye Dodge Challenger R / T Challenger available
18-inch x 7.5 inch aluminum wheels with P235/55R18 Michelin all-season touring MXM4 (R / T)
20 x 8 inches with P245/45R20 Firestone Firehawk aluminum wheels performance all-season tires (available in R / T and Super Rally Sport Group)
Performance Brake Package
Super Track Pak - Available Dodge Challenger R / T
Aluminum wheels 20 x 8 inches with P245/45R20 Goodyear Eagle F1 three-season performance tires
Effective monotube dampers and springs
Performance brake package, high-performance brake pads
Three modes of electronic stability control (ESC) with "ESC-off"
New generation E Second segment architecture provides maximum grip with world-class ride and handling
Performance management requires maximum grip, and the new 2011 Dodge Challenger SE and R / T models feature redesigned suspension geometry front and rear suspension with material premium world-class ride and handling.
In front of the cradle of a new monotube shock front shock absorbers, springs, and replaced the lower front of the shock and bushing-link suspension provides better control and ride comfort. Together, these suspension components offer improved handling and durability and reduce the large bumps on the road from the previous Dodge Challenger. In addition, all new front suspension hydrobushings - the premium suspension - to reduce the hardness to ride and extend the features of smooth braking.
In the rear, the new 2011 Dodge Challenger RT five rear suspension design features a new implementation guide geometry, which allows independent control of tilt and movement of the foot of the suspension to handle world class. Any monotube shocks and springs new shocks make the ride more refined, while improving management and dynamic. Prime urethane bumpers and suspension links with rubber pads to help cushion the rear suspension to help Challenger interior cabin quieter. In addition, the new headquarters of upper and lower spring isolators to provide additional cushioning Dodge Challenger rear suspension provide a smooth participation of the bumps.
Dodge Challenger handling characteristics. Together at -1.0 degrees front and back of -1.75 °, the Dodge Challenger has been set up high-speed cornering the tires rolling on the inside of the top relative to the body. The new larger diameter front and rear stabilizer bars to keep the body agile cornering, and make your body lean in the past.
Improved performance management Feel the energy for the safety of electro-hydraulic power steering (EHPS)
The new electro-hydraulic power steering (EHPS) The system sends the driver a precise road feel and improve the center-tracking and fuel economy.
According to the "control mode" EHPS within the system, the system applies a variable force control to different driving conditions. Analysis EHPS steering angle, vehicle speed, engine rpm and ground surveillance systems, 13 times per second, accurate performance in the management felt. When the Dodge Challenger is stationary or moving at low speed, power steering hydraulic steering effort lighter. Pump reduces steering assistance at highway speeds to give the performance coupe feel firmer, and as a result of this system to produce fuel for a maximum of 1.5 per cent less energy than a belt-pump.
Penta Star completely new V-6 engine offers increased efficiency and an impressive 305 horsepower
With its new 3.6-liter Penta Star V-6 engine producing 305 horsepower - 55 more power than the engine it replaces - the new 2011 Dodge Challenger SE is the most powerful, sophisticated and technologically advanced entry Challenger line ever.
The Pentastar's 3.6-liter V-6 engine is a completely new design, with dual overhead camshafts (DOHC) with dual independent camshaft (DICP), exhaust manifolds integrated piston skirts coated polymer, forged connecting rods and a high pressure block of cast aluminum cylinder in a setting of 60 degrees. In addition, Dodge Challenger engineers added a new cold air induction and dual exhaust from head to exhaust tips for maximum efficiency. The result is 305 horses ready to go (227 kW) at 6350 rpm and 268 lb-ft strip (363 N • m) of torque at 4800 rpm. The torque exceeds 90 percent of its maximum value of 1800-6400 rpm, which provides customers with excellent maneuverability and responsiveness.
Thank you to its all-aluminum design, the new Star Penta 3.6-liter V-6 engine is 45 lbs. (20 kg) lighter than the previous V-6 engine and gives the new Dodge Challenger 2011 V-6 52.4 / 47.6 front-rear weight distribution (compared to previous 53.5/46.5) for a better balance and handling.
Refinement was a key objective of each component during the design phase of the engine and was produced using advanced techniques of computer-aided engineering. Structural areas, for intake and exhaust of the engine is designed to provide low total noise and achieve sound quality that meet the specific requirements of demanding customers. Combined with the use of premium brand new hydraulic supports the powertrain offers the new 2011 Dodge Challenger RT refinement of all powertrains and revolutions.
Designed for environmentally responsible, 3.6-liter V-6 engine Pentastar is lead-free design of the ecological system of the engine and oil filter. Integrated oil cooler / filter system uses a filter, which can be burned in a landfill, avoiding the burden of traditional filtering systems. Use long-life spark plugs and high-energy coil-on-plug ignition system to maximize component life and helps reduce overall costs.
The all-new 3.6-liter Penta Star V-6 engine is manufactured Chrysler LLC plant is south of Trenton Engine in Trenton, Michigan
The new Challenger R / T offers up to 376 horsepower four-cylinder mode levels of efficiency
For performance enthusiasts lb.-ft. the new 2011 Dodge Challenger R / T ® with its legendary 5.7-liter V-8 HEMI engine delivers up to 376 hp (280 kW) and 410 torque (556 N • m ).
When combined with the new Tremec TR6060 refined six-speed manual transmission is Track Pak 2011 Dodge Challenger R / T provides smooth changes, while offering more power with unique performance, listening and dual output exhaust under the floor low restriction muffler resonator bottle. The result is 376 horsepower track-ripping performance coupe that can accelerate from 0 to 60 km / h in under six seconds and a sinister rumbling exhaust of cars back in his rearview mirror.
5.7-liter HEMI V8 engine also has variable valve timing (VVT) improves fuel economy in two ways. First, it reduces engine pumping work by closing the intake valve later. Secondly, it increases the expansion process of combustion events. This allows more work to be transferred to the wheels rather than being lost out of the exhaust port as heat. VVT improves engine breathing, which improves engine efficiency and power.
Updated External Improvements Improve your form and function
To match his inimitable style muscle car, improved handling capabilities and improved powertrain, the new 2011 Dodge Challenger exterior enhancements to performance-based.
On the front of the new Dodge Challenger off position is a new trapezoidal front air dam with larger opening to cool the legendary HEMI V-8 or powerful Star Penta V-6 engine. To provide additional support is more a "duckbill" spoiler in black to match the low threshold cut.
Large 18-inch aluminum wheels are now standard on Dodge Challenger, and provide a more athletic wider tires. Added style and performance, handling, Dodge Challenger SE a new Rallye Package now offers a new super group sports, offering a new five-spoke 20 x 8-inch chrome clad aluminum wheels and low profile tires even wider. For a touch of nostalgia, the iconic brilliant racing style Challenger tank port is now standard on all models.
Topping the new Dodge Challenger SE and the good looks of the new Challenger Rallye are double chrome exhaust tips integrated into the lower rear fascia.
Race-inspired interior with upgraded standard equipment more
Inside the new 2011 Dodge Challenger is significantly increased by providing customers with more style, comfort, quality and best in class accommodation.
I sent the new Challenger steering precision and feel of the road is a brand new thick frame, three-spoke steering wheel to improve performance of Dodge, and feel the grip. Right-size hand-stitched, leather-wrapped steering wheel has a silver metallic painted surfaces 3 -, 6 - and 9 o'clock positions. A new sport steering wheel features cruise and reflective, the Electronic Vehicle Information Center (EVIC) and available Uconnect ® Voice Command control is installed in front of the face, making it easier to see at night.
Race-inspired Dodge Challenger trapezoidal dashboard now has a new four-gauge cluster bombs accent chrome rings and a new sports-themed graphics. Within the cluster, a new four-line display is now standard EVIC the trip and displays the driver and media information on Radio Media Center.
To make it more comfortable for long cruises, the new 2011 Dodge Challenger features of the site up to date facilities for enhanced cushioning and comfort contours. Standard power driver's seat Challenger now includes improved power lumbar back support. In order to make it easier to get in and out of the back seat, driver's seat now includes a back seat on board memory and easy to reach release lever when the front passenger seat tilts and slide with memory, which makes it even easier to use. If equipped with leather, the new Dodge Challenger Nappa leather seating surfaces provide a premium look and feel.
Dodge Challenger offers exceptional rear seating for a two-door coupe, achieving best-in-class rear head room (37.4 inches) and leg (32.6 inches) of space compared to its competitors. Unique in its class with seating for five years, along with the best class in the cargo space (16.2 feet. Pi), the new 2011 Dodge Challenger is the best everyday choice pony car segment offering maximum comfort and functionality.
Next to the Dodge Challenger LED-illuminated cup holders, a new hand-stitched leather steering wheel knob is now standard and enhanced feel, while alternating between the standard coupe car gear stick transmission.
Completion of the upgrade Dodge Challenger interior is the addition of the standard automatic climate control for extra comfort and improved comfort.
Voltage range with lifestyle packages equipped with the performance, excitement and Technololgy
New 2011 Dodge Challenger is available in two models: the SE and the Challenger Challenger R / T. The new product design is also introducing the Dodge Challenger Lifestyle brand content packages offer customers more valuable than ever.
New 2011 Dodge Challenger SE
With the additional standard equipment, better handling and sportier styling than ever, the new entry-level Dodge Challenger SE model is well equipped for drivers who are looking for accommodation Gran Turismo, fun to drive handling, and iconic style extraordinary value.
New standard equipment includes the all-new 3.6-liter engine with 305 horsepower Star Penta (227 kW), 268 lb.-ft. (363 N • m) of torque, E-85 flex-fuel capability, cold air induction , five-speed automatic with Auto Stick, the second generation of the E-segment architecture with the Dodge-suspension touring listening, six-speaker audio system, electro-hydraulic steering (EHPS), the new Dodge-wrapped Leather sports steering wheel mounted audio controls with driver-selectable Evic trip computer, leather-wrapped shift knob, a mini-carbon bezel trim, Keyless Enter-N-Go Remote with windows down, automatic climate control, side seat-mounted pelvic-thorax airbags, eight driver's seat of power with ease in and out access, electronic stability control (ESC) with Brake Alert and Ready Brake Assist rain. On the outside. Large and larger 18 x 7
Aluminum wheels P235/55R18 tires 5-inch all-season performance, dual exhaust with chrome tips, style fuel door brilliant career and redesigned front fascia with larger front spoiler is now standard.
Other standard features on the new 2011 Dodge Challenger SE include advanced air bags multi-stage, side curtain airbags, tire pressure monitoring (TPM), Media Center 130 AM/FM/CD/MP3 radio with the cluster of capacity, front and rear climate control points, cabin air filtration instruments, LED illuminated by the 140 mph speed main door handles, interior, vinyl wrapped armrest, door panels, soft to the touch, owners LED cup, LED reading lights front, output LED lamps in the background reading, power windows with express up / down, power folding exterior mirrors, 12 volt, premium seat fabric with stitching details, the driver and front passenger seat lumbar and front passenger easy access to both back up to 60-40 with armrest, cruise control and rear defogger.


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A few nights ago, the dogs announced the arrival of rival creature in the garden, and as I looked up in the trees, I saw the distinctive striped tail of a genet.
A wild animal, this little guy (or guys!) have been making frequent visits to my garden, often walking quietly amongst the horses when the dogs are on the veranda.
Ronja was very upset by the genet's presence, but could not quite understand why I did not take matters as seriously as she did!
Armed with a torchlight and a camera, I watched the fascinating creature as it jumped from one branch to another.
Well aware of my presence, he seem oblivious to me being there,
…nor was he particularly bothered by the hostile stare of the dog below.
Safe in the tree, the genet lay to rest,
…while Ronja stared in chock at the enemy creature's audacity to call HER garden ITS home.
Personally, I adore genets!
They are beautiful, elegant and daring creatures. This guy seemed as intrigued by me as I was by him, and did not let my torchlight (or the hostile dog right beneath him) stop him from going about with his usual nightly routines.
I watched him for a over ten minutes (while the mosquitoes bit my legs) as he cleaned his tail and tried out the tree for the most comfortable sleeping position.
Eventually he found it, and I just stood there, amazed at his beauty and lost in a world of wilderness.
After several minutes, the feline-line creature closed his eyes and napped, telling me it was time to go back to bed.
At my side, Ronja was falling asleep on her post as well,
…and I took this last picture of the dog sitting on duty-patrol under the tree and the genet sleeping comfortably above it, before calling it a wrap.
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The portfolio includes AM Expo, Assembly Technology Expo and National Manufacturing Week.
Beth Blake, a spokeswoman for Reed Exhibitions, said the company has put the portfolio up for sale to focus on growth in other market sectors, including health care, life sciences and security.
The transaction does not include existing or planned manufacturing events in other parts of the world, Blake said.
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text: I am new to this so please excuse any errors in how this works! I have a 6 year old who has had a lot of trouble in school (they psychiatric. thinks ODD) but the school is already looking to find alternative options for schooling. I am trying to find anyone (and I am sure there are LOTS of you) who has had to navigate the political school system to enable your child to remain within the normal system. I think the schools know that we don't necessarily know our rights. Anyone??


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- Haxorjoe
Time was when newspaper journalists prided themselves on being working stiffs: skeptical, cynical and worldly-wise. "If your mother says she loves you, check it out." I've always preferred the unofficial motto of my native New Jersey: "Oh yeah, who says?"
Fact-check politicians? Here's how H.L. Mencken saw things in 1924: "If any genuinely honest and altruistic politician had come to the surface in my time I'd have heard of him, for I have always frequented newspaper offices, and in a newspaper office the news of such a marvel would cause a dreadful tumult."
Mencken could recall no such excitement. "The unanimous opinion of all the journalists that I know, excluding a few Liberals who are obviously somewhat balmy," he added "...is that since the days of the national Thors and Wotans, no politician who was not out for himself, and himself alone, has ever drawn the breath of life in the United States."
Alas, such attitudes went out of fashion with snap-brim fedoras, smoke-filled rooms, and bottles of rye in desk drawers. Today's national political reporters have attended fancy colleges, regard their professional affiliations as valuable status symbols, hence give every sign of identifying more with Washington courtiers and political professionals than the great unwashed.
To the extent they may share Mencken's exuberant disdain for hoodwinker and hoodwinked alike, ambitious reporters are well-advised to keep it to themselves. As a career strategy, thoughtful circumspection is advised. The uphill path to a sinecure on "Meet the Press" must be trodden carefully.
Many readers, for example, can probably identify a name-brand journalist such as Judith Miller, who fell into disrepute for parroting Bush administration propaganda about Saddam Hussein's WMDs. But can you name anybody whose skeptical reporting made them famous? No, you cannot.
Columnists have more leeway, but even there it's safer (and easier) to stick to anodyne topics such as dorky clothes, bad hair, which candidate resembles what character in "Pride and Prejudice," and who mistreats his dog. To me, it's significant that an honorable exception like Paul Krugman — my nominee for progressive MVP — is not a product of newsroom culture.
So now comes New York Times "public editor" Arthur Brisbane with maybe the most disingenuous question of the year: Should Times reporters be "truth vigilantes?" When politicians lie, should reporters call them out?
And if so, how?
Brisbane's two columns on the subject drew widespread astonishment and hilarity from readers and journalists alike — partly because journalists love talking about ourselves as much as the average Hollywood starlet. They also drew a sharp rebuke from Times editor Jill Abramson, who insisted that the "kind of rigorous fact-checking and truth-testing you describe is a fundamental part of our job as journalists."
Abramson gave instances of the newspaper supplying proper context for politicians' statements such as Mitt Romney's preposterous charge that President Obama wants "to replace our merit-based society with an entitlement society." (Wink, wink. Nudge, nudge. Know what he means?) She said that the Times reported that "the largest entitlement programs — Social Security, Medicare, Medicaid — were all enacted before Mr. Obama entered grade school."
Of course, that's not what Romney's really saying. Look, as somebody who spent more than a decade waging a quixotic war of words against the New York Times over its role in the Whitewater hoax, the subsequent "War on Gore," and its shameful (and acknowledged) role in "catapulting the propaganda" that led the U.S. to invade Iraq, I have two observations.
First, the Times has rebounded since those dark days of 2003. Far less unmediated government propaganda and make-believe scandal characterizes its news columns. Abramson's 2011 appointment as executive editor gives further reason for optimism.
Second, the answer to Brisbane's real question — exactly HOW reporters are supposed to go about calling Mitt Romney a liar — has no good answer. Because the more forcefully it's done, the more the GOP candidate's apt to like it.
Take Romney's oft-repeated charge that Obama goes around apologizing for America. The Washington Post's Glenn Kessler did this one to a fare-thee-well, showing conclusively that the allegation's completely false — an absurd mix of misrepresented circumstances, doctored quotes, etc. And it took him 1800 words.
And who read them? Certainly nobody who'd already swallowed the lie on Fox News, Rush Limbaugh or any of a hundred right-wing websites. So the Washington Post says it's a lie. Well, they would, wouldn't they? The Times agrees? Even better.
Romney's not talking to reporters, but over and through them, seeking not nuanced news stories, but five-second video clips and TV ads. Reporters who ask confrontational questions can be ignored, or worse, made characters in the story. Well-paid operatives can make their editors' lives miserable.
The uncomfortable truth is that no newspaper today has the power and moral authority the New York Times so thoughtlessly squandered, and it ain't coming back. Obama will have to defend himself.


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Wessex Tales, Volume 1
STORIES FROM HISTORY, ADVENTURE and folklore transport readers into "eight thousand years in the life of an English village". Many of these short stories are set in Dorset (Wessex), reflecting historical events in historical fiction. Time passes. From Stone Age hunters we move on to Viking raids, a twelfth century bard lost in dark woods, a medieval wedding, and the history of an ancient tree. Stone Age villagers get their first sight of a Bronze Age axe while their shaman tries to explain the nature of this very different 'stone'. A work crew lifts the last stone on Stonehenge; a young smuggler leads pack-ponies cross country by night to evade army patrols; and a young soldier advances at the Battle of the Somme.
Historians of the Dark Ages call the year 871 "The Year of Nine Battles". The main Viking army, the mikel here, attacked the southern counties' defenders over and over that year. They were trying to break through the Britons' lines to reach their supply-fleet waiting in Poole Harbour. Did they succeed?
Our story, 'From the Wrath of the Norsemen', finds Wessex levies conscripted into King Ethelred's army. Ethelred, wounded at Wilton, dies at Wimborne, and his young brother, King Alfred, takes the throne. In historical fiction — as in historical fact — King Alfred and the Wessex levies hold back the Viking advance a few miles west of modern Salisbury.
~ Wessex Tales is a collection of stories, historical fiction in two volumes. ~
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Wessex Tales, Volume 2
VOLUME 2 CONTINUES the line in adventure, history and folklore stories set in Volume 1. Our stories' key theme: 'Eight thousand years in the life of an English village'. Discover dark woods in the Stone Age, ramparts of Iron Age hill forts cut around hilltops—the forts' defenders slingers armed with fist-sized stones. And Dorset's Blackmore Vale. Thomas Hardy called it the 'vale of little dairies'. Dorset is magical, mystical, down-to-earth. In these Wessex Tales, our characters toil, poach game, reap crops, and venture as soldiers, carters and smugglers. Life perseveres in these tales, sometimes stranger than fiction, from the Stone Age to the aftermath of the First World War.
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~ Wessex Tales is a collection of short stories , historical fiction in two volumes. ~
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- 'THESE NEW WESSEX TALES are all carefully researched, generally well-written and variably fascinating. [Thomas] Hardy would have approved of the sentiment of a number of them — particularly "A Short Walk in France" — a disturbingly frank account of the slaughter at the Somme, and British Army Commanders' failure to learn the lessons of history.
'I would also particularly recommend "Called to Arms" about the Dorset Clubmen in the Civil War set in the summer of 1645, and "Lost and Found" set in Sturminster Magistrates' Court in 1895.
'These new Wessex Tales are Dorset stories, and generally 'tales worth the telling' — so I recommend them to the readers of the [Thomas Hardy Society Journal ].'
~ Anthony Fincham
Dr Fincham, a former President of the Thomas Hardy Society, is author of several books about Thomas Hardy, the writings and the man. The Thomas Hardy Society published the full review in its Journal (THSJ, Summer 2016, page 81-2).
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• David H. Keith reviews the 'Wessex Tales' story, 'A Short Walk in France':
'A HARSH, SOBERING, AND COMPLETELY ACCURATE DESCRIPTION of combat that is reminiscent of 'All's Quiet on the Western Front'. Although set in 1916 France, it could very well have been anywhere from Stalingrad to Inchon, la Drang Valley, Baghdad, or anywhere in Afghanistan. … Five stars without hesitation and highly recommended reading for everyone.'
~ David H. Keith, former U.S. Army combat medic and paramedic.
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• "I LOVED 'WESSEX TALES'. These stories captured me immediately. [The author is] a painter with words.' ~ Burke Brown, Toronto
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• " … Thanks to Robert Fripp and the magical tales he's woven around a little village known as Okeford, I now find myself walking through the ancient sites with my eyes wide open thinking about the people who settled here, well over eight thousand years ago.
I cannot pick out any story as being my favourite as each tale is as beautiful as the last, however, I think we owe a debt to Robert Fripp's parents for buying him a canoe/kayak for his twelfth birthday. This canoe was his companion for the next "ten years and six months" as he explored the river Stour and became fascinated with the abundance of wildlife that lived in the area. This "messing about on the river" gave him these two volumes of stories that will hopefully inspire readers to put on their walking boots and take to the countryside in what was Wessex to create their very own Wessex Tales."
"Treebeard, Poole, Dorset
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• THE WESSEX TALES BOOKS helped me make sense of the many streams of peoples migrating into England across the Dorset landscape on the ancient Ridgeway. These two volumes reflect the waves of belief and custom which not only helped propel the ones moving through this gateway shire to the lands beyond, but which buoyed the ones who stayed and managed to prosper, becoming so much a part of the inexorable nature of Dorset.
The way I learn about huge, overarching things is to take in the small details first. So I loved the how-to description of spider-web building in the tale Bonds of Silk, set some 2500 years ago. The story springs a trap, suddenly offering the main character's own life of servitude in parallel to the ineffectually struggling fly in an exquisite and deliberately-structured web.
The Face in the Floor, about laying Christ's face in a Roman mosaic, got me thinking about how we fill the gaps between one set of gods and the next. What tips the scales of political and economic necessity–and of spiritual necessity, too?
And the epic story of building Stonehenge—In the Land of the Great Stone Rings—helped put this extraordinary feat of skill, strength, determination and brilliant resourcing into a social context. It is a story so astonishing that no one could have invented anything more outlandish than the reality we can still visit and contemplate today.
I found the writing informative, detailed and tender; suited to the quietly heroic spans of time and worlds that pass through the eye of England's ancient entry-way, Dorset. Also: there are maps! Hooray. Delightful and moving, both.
~ C.S. Jonas, Toronto, ON
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Wessex Tales: "A Short Walk in France" (Story 30) by Robert Fripp
Published: March 21, 2013
It was early September, 1916, when Jack Okeford and his regiment scraped off the mud of trenches near Arras and marched south, smiling in their hearts for the glorious summer afforded by French countryside. For one brief interlude this might have been a time of tranquil peace; they saw little of war on the open road. Read this story on Smashwords …
Wessex Tales: "The Dorset Ooser Dines" (Story 26) by Robert Fripp
Published: February 20, 2013
In the village of Child Okeford a 'Bull' or 'Ooser' used to show up uninvited at Christmas festivities, causing mayhem. One guest at his manor's annual ball sees an opportunity to make a good match for his daughter. He pays the Ooser to carry her off. Rescued by her otherwise timid suitor, the girl's future is assured. Read this story on Smashwords ...
Wessex Tales: "Crossing" (Story 31) by Robert Fripp
Published: January 28, 2013
Long ago, the ancient lady in the darkened bed had been the first white woman to climb Mount Kilimanjaro. Or had she been the first to walk around it? Whatever the truth, that legend from her lifetime would soon die with her. Unconscious on her deathbed, scenes from her life run through her head while caregivers chatter around her. [1976] Read this story…
Wessex Tales: "For Viviana's Wedding" (Story 16) by Robert Fripp
Published: January 22, 2013
Viviana de Eskelling was the last of the Norman Schelins. Her family had held Okeford for 200 years. A single woman (a woman sole) was disadvantaged in law. So in 1287 Viviana married Bartholomew Turberville. (Thomas Hardy tweaked 'Turberville' into 'D'Urberville'.) In Okeford, villagers prepare for their lady's wedding. Read this story…
Wessex Tales: "Schelin's Daughter" (Story 14) by Robert Fripp
Published: January 19, 2013
The Norman knight Schelin (from whom the village of Shilling Okeford or Shillingstone takes its name) was awarded the manor of Okeford for his service to King William at the Battle of Hastings. Schelin holds the richest agricultural land in Dorset, but he still has a problem. His daughter would rather get herself to a nunnery than marry well. A Saxon wise woman's potions are called for. (c.1085) Read this story…
Wessex Tales: "Julia" (Story 11) by Robert Fripp
Published: January 18, 2013
This story in the "Wessex Tales" collection—"Julia" (Story 11)—is sequel to "The Face in the Floor" (Story 10). It was Julia's parents who commissioned their villa's magnificent mosaic floor in the previous tale; as a child, she watched the master-mosaicist lay it. As "Julia" begins, Julia is a young woman angry at life, angrier at expectations, and resisting marriage. (circa 335) Read this story…
Wessex Tales: "The Face in the Floor" (Story 10) by Robert Fripp
Published: January 17, 2013
The earliest known mosaic floor to depict Christ was laid in a remote Roman villa in Dorset around 325 CE. (Discovered under meadow grass in 1963 it was moved to the British Museum.) The larger end of this mosaic measures 17 feet by 15, the smaller end, 16½ feet by 8. Why lay this magnificent floor in rustic Dorset? "The Face in the Floor" gives the origins of this floor an imaginative history. Read this story…
Wessex Tales: "In the land of the great stone rings" (Story 5) by Robert Fripp
Published: January 17, 2013
Turig, a Bronze Age farmer, tells his grandson how he had been drafted for labor service decades before. The work was long and dangerous but his supervisor's flirtatious daughter presented the larger threat. Two years later, Turig helped lift the last sarsen stone onto a structure we know as Stonehenge. Read this story…
Wessex Tales: "The Infant and the Hare" (Story 1) by Robert Fripp
Published: January 17, 2013
The Infant and the Hare" is the first, earliest story in Fripp's new collection, "Wessex Tales: eight thousand years in the life of an English village." Stone Age hunters make camp on Okeford Hill. As dawn breaks the men go hunting while a woman gives birth. And the end? In an age when human beliefs were much different than ours, the end is mystical. Read this story…
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Life's Too Short To Wear Boring Jewelry!
Point Pleasant, New Jersey (PRWEB) October 02, 2013
You know how people go around picking up pennies that are "heads up" and then give them away for good luck? Well, that's what happened with a recent client of Tempest In A Teapot, creators of repurposed handmade silver jewelry and chimes. A friend gave her 3 good luck pennies, couple of days go by, and the friend receiving the pennies gets word of her dear friend's tragic death in a motorcycle accident. The 3 pennies are the last tangible gift she has from her close companion.
What was the meaning behind the gesture? Only the receiver really knows and she wants to keep that moment alive. Thanks to Tempest In A Teapot, those 3 pennies will remain a constant reminder of that friend's affection.
"Telling stories from human events is what we are all about," says Tempest In A Teapot owners Elsa Mikus and Barbara Ryan. They continue, "We take family heirlooms and treasures passed down through generations that have been hidden up in attics and buried in basements for years and we turn them into amazing jewelry creations, chimes, and other decorations. Breathing new life into historic and recent individual and family moments brings us great joy and is a big reason we started Tempest In A Teapot."
Many times an item passed down through the generations can be wrapped or boxed up and stored away in a safe place for years with the owner's good intentions of displaying the piece when the time is right. Most often that time never comes. But whether one has their original baby spoon, their great-grandmother's silver tea serving set, a best friend's watch, or an uncle's lucky coin, Tempest In A Teapot can re-create the handmade gift piece so it is fashionable around one's neck, wrist, waist, a wind chime, or as a centerpiece for the next family holiday; all the while in plain sight for the present generations to tell stories and pass down memories of their friends and loved ones.
Recently, a customer called Tempest In A Teapot requesting they create three special chimes to celebrate a daughter's wedding day. The mother wanted one for the bride, one for herself and one for her granddaughter who was the flower girl. The mother made an appointment to meet Elsa and Barbara to deliver the family mementos that she wanted included in the chimes. Among the treasures were family silverware, watches, pins, earrings and other costume jewelry from the bride's grandmother, and other assorted tokens gathered over the years. One piece in particular the mother's grandmother wore all the time was a pin made back in the 40's by an uncle. The customer didn't really like the pin, but wanted it included on her chime just because her mother loved it. She also provided her mother and father's gold wedding bands to be included on her chime.
"The customer left the chime design itself up to us," said Mikus, but asked that all of the chimes have a watch and then distribute the other pieces between the three chimes." Ryan continued, "All items were treated with respect and not damaged in anyway. All items were attached to the chimes with the utmost care so that they could be removed if so desired. The resulting chimes were three of the most spectacular family heirlooms that we have ever created."
Tempest in a Teapot is a studio and gift store for handmade gifts, re-purposed, silver plate jewelry and chimes. They welcome custom requests to be made from recycled family heirlooms, silver flatware and treasures. Go to their store in Point Pleasant, NJ for home accessories and gifts made in the U.S.A or visit them online to see samples of their handcrafted work.
Tempest In A Teapot ships domestic U.S.A. and Worldwide. Our studio can be reached directly at +1.732.701.3165. All media inquiries please contact Clear Media Group at +1.732.272.3477.


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On June 12, the graffiti artist Iz the Wiz had a rare show of his work at the Tuff City graffiti and tattoo studio in the Bronx, in which he spray-painted a mock-up subway facade with his bubble-letter "Iz" repeatedly. "You would have these pieces running like this 10 cars straight," said Iz the Wiz, whose real name is Michael Martin. "When that hit the train station, bam! Impact. No doubt about it."
The original premise of the subway facade was that it would be painted over and over again by different artists, similar to the brick walls in Tuff City's backyard, which have attracted graffiti artists from around the world.
Then plans changed. "It was weird," said Joel Brick, the owner of Tuff City, who goes by the name of MED. "He had the show, then he went back to Florida and five days later he died."
So that subway facade is now considered the last work that was done by Iz the Wiz, arguably the most prolific graffiti artist, and was the site of a candlelight memorial service several days after his death.
Tuff City employees are deciding how to preserve the panels — whether to donate them to a museum, make them part of a traveling exhibit or disassemble them for galleries. Inquiries about the panel have come in from around the world.
"We're not sure what is going to happen with it yet," Mr. Brick said. "We just know it is not going to be painted over."
Smokey Ferrer, a Tuff City employee who goes by the name N.B., said: "It was a part of graffiti history. I was standing right there. At the time I already knew he was pretty sick, he didn't have that much time here."
Mr. Martin had kidney disease, which he believed was caused by exposure to all the aerosol. There were questions about whether he would even do the show. "He wasn't looking good," said Teddy Ferrer, who uses the nickname PACK.
Once he died, on June 17 from a heart attack at age 50, Mr. Martin's business partner asked the studio to stop selling any of the works.
Tuff City employees are proud to have hosted his last show, which attracted visitors from around the world.
"I'm happy that he went out with a good turnout, that he had respect and admiration from a lot of people," said Mr. Brick, who was among those that grew up under the influence of Mr. Martin's work. "He was a legendary figure in his era. The amount that he did was crazy. You'd have to go out every day. You have to live your life doing this to get the amount that he did at one time."


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WEST ORANGE — A 19-year-old Livingston man home for the summer after his freshman year at college was shot and killed late Wednesday night in West Orange in what authorities today said was a targeted shooting.
The victim, Brendan Tevlin, was shot several times on Northfield Avenue near Grand View Avenue, said Anthony Ambrose, the chief of detectives for the Essex County Prosecutor's Office, whose homicide/major crimes task force is investigating.
West Orange police, responding to reports of shots fired, found Tevlin dead inside a Jeep Liberty in the parking lot of an apartment building about a mile from Seton Hall Prep, from which Tevlin had graduated last year.
"At this juncture of the investigation it does not appear to be random," Ambrose said.
Citing the continuing investigation, Ambrose declined to discuss a possible motive for the shooting or to identify any possible suspects. No arrests have been made.
Tevlin, who had just completed his first year at the University of Richmond in Virginia, had been at a friend's house, a family friend said. He had texted his mother saying he was headed home.
"We're literally just reeling in this tragedy," said the friend, who answered the family's telephone yesterday afternoon but declined to identify herself.
She said the family has spoken to detectives, but no reason had surfaced as to why Tevlin would have been targeted, she said. The Jeep belonged to a family member, she said.
Tevlin was the oldest of four children in a very close-knit family, the family friend said.
Christian Breslin, a teammate on the Seton Hall lacrosse team, said Tevlin immediately stood out. Even as a rising freshman, Breslin said, Tevlin was already a leader, and for four years at the prep school was a volunteer on the Knights of Setonia, a community service group.
"People need to know what kind of person he was," he said. "This kid, there was nothing bad about him. He was one of the nicest people I've ever known."
Monsignor Michael Kelly, the headmaster at Seton Hall Prep, said the school was grieving with the family.
"Brendan was a wonderful young man, friend of everyone, liked by all," Kelly said in a news release. "Our community is praying for the family and his grandparents, who were very close to Brendan and to Seton Hall Prep."
In a statement to the University of Richmond community, the school's president, Ed Ayers, said Tevlin had been active in club sports and was planning to major in business.
By yesterday evening, dozens of people had posted condolences on Twitter.
"You were a great friend and brother to many," one wrote.
"Brendan Tevlin was everything that was right in this world, and the monster that took his life is everything that's wrong with it. RIP," wrote another.
The prosecutor's office asked that anyone with information about the killing call its tip line at (877) 847-7432.
"This is so out of character," the family friend said. "He was literally a good kid. No enemies — he always avoided controversy.
"The world lost a terrific kid," she said.
Staff writer Richard Khavkine contributed to this report.
• Livingston teen identified as West Orange homicide victim
• Homicide detectives investigating body discovered in West Orange


text: What better way to jump-start the holiday season by getting together with some other Animals to chase some turkeys around some beautiful trails? Yeti couldn't think of anything better, so we've decided to host the TARC Turkey Trot or better yet - TARCkey Trot, at Wright-Locke Farm in Winchester, MA and Whipple Hill in Lexington, MA. The course will start at Wright-Locke, but will mostly wind its way through the remarkable singletrack of Whipple Hill, a 120-acre conservation featuring the highest point in historic Lexington The course is 5k, but don't expect a PR (if you're used to running on roads!). This is a great chance to stretch the legs and burn some calories before beginning to hibernate after that big dinner just a few days later! You'll have the option to run it once, or as many times as you care to over 6 hours. More details will be coming soon (including a finalized course map/distance), but rest assured - you'll be ready for Thanksgiving after finishing this one!


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LTB Jeans, one of Europe's premier denim labels launched their first store in Australia on October 28th at Chadstone Shopping Centre, Australia's Fashion Capital. Seen around the catwalks of Milan, Paris, Rome and New York LTB has established a name as one of the most sought after denim labels for both men and woman.
Among the celebrities on the night Victory made their appearance with their stunning 2009 Hammer model. Featuring Victory's orange tribal paintwork and plenty of bling, the Victory proved was too much to resist for many guests who cued to have their photograph on the bike.
Among the guests that were seen on the Victory that night was Australia's current Miss Universe Rachael Finch, Celebrity DJ Havana Brown and Amber Renae.
When in Chadstone, check out the Victory in the front display at the LTB Jeans store, you'll never know who may meet there
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Last week, the Journal of the American Medical Association published a critical piece, titled "Restoring Confidence in the Pharmaceutical Industry." It laid out a set of four generally common-sense solutions (with one exception) that would indeed bolster faith in data, if nothing else.
The piece called for independent data analysis, independent drafting of publications and public dissemination of data to qualified investigators, all efforts that are ongoing in the industry. The final recommendation was a suggestion that direct-to-consumer advertising be delayed until some point after a drug's approval, an evergreen topic of debate.
But it wasn't the black-letter guidance that make the piece worth reading. It's a single paragraph, presented without any recommendations, that might be most important when considering how to "restore confidence":
The pharmaceutical industry is confronted by other challenges. Society has become increasingly risk adverse, and patients are less tolerant of even rare adverse outcomes, which may not be detected even in large-scale randomized clinical trials designed as "efficacy studies," with highly selective populations. But because virtually no drug is entirely safe, rare adverse events are inevitable, and some serious adverse events might not manifest until the drug is used in less carefully selected 'effectiveness' patient populations that characterize clinical practice. (Emphasis mine.)
All drugs carry some risk, the question is whether the benefit of treatment is enough to outweigh those risks. This is a dynamic process: some individuals may find, either because of the variation of disease, the variation of genetics or the variation of risk tolerance, that a certain medication isn't worth the tradeoff. Others may come to
the opposite conclusion. It's a delicate dance, done in partnership with a health professional; it's no coincidence that the U.S. Food and Drug Administration sometimes goes years without letting a prescription drug be sold over the counter.One of the fundamental challenges, then, for those of us who work in this industry is trying to educate the public about risk, both what we know and what we don't know. This isn't easy work. There is a tendency for people to overestimate rare risks and discount common ones. Understanding variations and confounding information is also difficult, and it is made more so when there is – as is common – incomplete information.
Just because those discussions are difficult doesn't mean we should avoid them. Every company should be ready for a full discussion of risk with every stakeholder: patients, providers, insurers, advocates, media and other. But this discussion can't take place in a vacuum. A conversation about risk discussion has to be accompanied by a conversation about benefits. This, too often, gets lost. There is a tendency to talk about a "wonder drug," ignoring the downside. Then, when new risks emerge, we fail to put those risks into the context of the benefit. No wonder consumers are confused and society is becoming more risk-averse.
Talking about risk is risky, particularly because we, as humans, are so bad at assessing it. But when it comes to restoring confidence, pretending risk doesn't exist is the riskiest strategy of all.


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Companies such as YaYa, Microsoft Corp.'s online gaming site Zone.com, Flipside, Uproar and BoxerJam are attempting to fill the void. While much of the action still focuses on automotive advertisers, today's games are fully centered on using online to learn about the audience. Jupiter Media Metrix estimates that 45 million people will play online games on the Internet this year and as many as 73 million by 2004. Online game play is also sticky, with analysts estimating that people return repeatedly for as much as 10 minutes per session.
But the metric that may be most interesting to advertisers is the ability to learn more about the audience who plays them. YaYa, which has created games for Burger King around the Rugrats characters, Ford Motor Co.'s Escape brand, Nike and Pepsi-Cola, specializes in customer relationship management. Keith Ferrazzi, YaYa's CEO, says there's a lot marketers can learn by applying data analysis techniques to the game playing audience.
"Clearly, consumers' preferences change [each time they play], but by using regression analysis, you can determine behavior," said Mr. Ferrazzi. Most games that are used for data collection and as a CRM front-end are e-mail-based. YaYa's Ford game enabled players to customize their car in the beginning. Pepsi's allowed them to select a character for game play. Both enabled psychographic data collection.
Mr. Ferrazzi said marketers are demanding more strategic thinking and results from their online plays. Thus, even though brand awareness is a powerful draw for some advertisers, his company focuses on CRM. "Everyone can do the brand thing and can count impressions, but nobody is looking at the relationship with the consumer," he claims.
A recent game for Ford's Escape yielded a 41% play rate with 8 to 15 minutes of average play time. YaYa's proprietary viral Zoomlet application, which enables players to forward the game to friends, allowed Ford to nearly double its original list of prospects, which was the company's metric for its effectiveness.
Another popular game site, MSN's Zone.com, has more than 18 million registered users. Microsoft estimates that people spend on average about 4 hours per month playing online games. Zone.com relaunched recently to target a broader audience of casual gamers. It recently launched OutSmart, in which players test their wits against celebrities. KidsHub, an online gaming area, is also in the works, sponsored in part, by Lego.
"Obviously, being a part of MSN, we do have an opportunity to have some of the big brands worldwide come to us looking for ways to take advantage of online advertising, online marketing," said Chris Di Cesare, group product manager-online games, for Zone.com and executive producer of OutSmart. The team at Zone.com has run advergaming programs with The Chrysler Group's Dodge brand, RadioShack's remote-control cars, and Toyota Motor Sales USA's Tundra and Tacoma trucks.
"I think we're learning as we go," said Bo Puffer, Dodge communications specialist. "It's a great way for people to experience your brand."
As Dodge mulls next steps, he says the brand wants to integrate several of its Nascar partners and its Dodge Ram pickup truck into the game. For Dodge and other marketers, the CRM element of advergaming is critical.
"We want to know if there are more people interested in Dodge and capture that data, communicate with those people during their buying process," Mr. Puffer explained.


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Slightly unrelated: A really squishy down pillow that offers no support at all but is very cuddly. I grew up with at least one of these on by bed and I'd love to have another one. Anyone know a good brand? Or should I just go for the cheapest one that BB&B offers?


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- v. Present participle of fizzle.
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The fizzling is a great visual effect but the main point is that the information on the tape was destroyed.
Which candidate, however, is top pop, which one is kind of fizzling?
I only saw it as it was just kind of fizzling out.
And if it does that, eventually it will be dissipating and just kind of fizzling out.
It will weaken because of the mountain quickly and we'll be down to tropical storm status by Wednesday evening, and then eventually kind of fizzling out as it heads to central Mexico.
That spark that used to be there is kind of fizzling; it seems like Travis just isn't trying as hard anymore.
But growing disapproval of the Obama administration doesn't seem to be fizzling out in the slightest.
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Allergy sufferers rejoice! You needn't be afraid of the garden. You can stop allergies and asthma with smart landscaping. You read that right: you can STOP allergies and asthma with the right plants in your home garden.
If you are one of the millions of people with allergies or asthma, then you are going to want to read what horticulturist Thomas Ogren has written in his book, The Allergy-Fighting Garden. This totally unique book shows you how to avoid plants that trigger allergies and to create a garden that will actually protect you by trapping pollen and cleaning the air around you.
Thomas Ogren's innovative system for combating allergens is based on the crucial matter of plant sex. By replacing troublesome male plants in your yard with pollen-blocking female "pollen screens," allergy sufferers can reduce or eliminate their symptoms. More than 3,000 plant listings are included, accompanied by an easy-to-use allergy ranking scale of 1 to 10.
Today Thomas joins us as guest blogger to share the basics of the OPALS™ scale he created and a list of the top 10 allergy-fighting plants you can add to your garden today!
OPALS™ is an abbreviation of Ogren Plant Allergy Scale, although it is sometimes said to mean Ogren Pollen Allergy Scale. The scale runs from 1-10, where 1 is allergy free, and 10 is the worst, the most allergenic. A great many #1 ranked plants will be all-female selections, and likewise, many but not all #10 ranked plants will be all-male clones. Female plants (which shed no pollen at all) are allergy-fighting because they trap and remove pollen from the air.
OPALS™ makes it possible for gardeners to create their own landscapes that are completely allergy-friendly.
Although OPALS™ is focused on pollen prevention, there are other allergenic factors taken into consideration per the rankings, in particular odd odors, fragrances that might trigger allergies, and in particular plants that can trigger skin rash or itch through close contact. The actual amount of pollen produced is an important factor, but more important is the potency of the pollen.
Top Ten Allergy-Fighting, Allergy-Friendly Plants for the Home Gardener
- Pansies produce a tiny bit of pollen and it never seems to make anyone ill. They are entirely insect-pollinated and grow well when the season is cool. Pansy also includes their smaller cousins, the Violas (OPALS™ 1).
- Hollies (Ilex species) are very easy plants to sex; the female plants make red berries and the male plants make none. Male Holly plants can trigger allergies and many new female cultivars (such as 'Nellie Stevens') will make a good crop of red berries even without any males around. Never buy a Holly plant unless it already has some berries on it; they're your assurance that you're getting a pollen-free female plant (OPALS™ 1).
- Impatiens comes in many colors and sizes, but all of them thrive in partial shade with good moisture. Like the Pansy, each pollen grain in an Impatiens flower is large, sticky and does not become airborne. Easy to grow and very floriferous, all kinds of Impatiens are terrific allergy-friendly garden flowers (OPALS™ 1).
- Nepeta nervosa, Catmint, is a shade-loving hardy perennial that produces little pollen but a great deal of sweet nectar, making it a favorite of pollinators. Easy to grow and easy to propagate from cuttings, Catmint is a good addition to almost any shady garden spot (OPALS™ 2).
- Dianthus, Sweet Williams, are short-lived perennials for full sun. Easy to grow, quick to flower, and fast to re-bloom after deadheading, there are hundreds of fine cultivars of Dianthus. Many forms will lack all (pollen-bearing) stamens, and be essentially all-female plants. These all- female Dianthus are OPALS™ 1, but no type of Dianthus ranks higher than 3.
- Beautybush, Callicarpa dichotoma 'Early Amethyst,' is a small, shrubby, deciduous perennial, hardy in zones 5-10. 'Early Amethyst' makes a small amount of pollen but the plant is mostly female and, being self-fertile, sets a good crop of fabulous-looking berries each year. Flowers on new wood, so prune it back in very early spring (OPALS™ 2).
- Snapdragons, Antirrhinum majus, are hardy annual flowers for all zones. In hot summer, mild winter areas snapdragons grow well in the winter. The pollen in each flower can only be accessed when opened (usually by a bumblebee) and then it snaps shut as soon as the bee leaves. One of the best (OPALS™ 1).
- Cuphea, Cigar Plant, is a half-hardy perennial for the warmest zones, and used as an annual in zones 7-3. Easy and fast to grow, quick from cuttings, the little purple flowers attract many native pollinators and shed next to no pollen (OPALS™ 2).
- Salvia nemerosa is a perennial hardy in zones 6-10. Easy from cuttings, the flowers make no pollen but are very rich in nectar, making them attractive to native bees, butterflies, and hummingbirds (OPALS™ 1).
- Cranesbill, Erodium spp., are evergreen perennials for zones 8-10, best in shade in hot inland areas. Cranesbill is grown as a semi-hardy annual in colder areas and it is always attractive, free flowering and pest free. Related to true Geraniums, Cranesbill is quite allergy-friendly (OPALS™ 2).
That is just a taste of the plants listed in The Allergy-Fighting Garden. With many new pollen-free plants to choose from, as well as clearly marked "worst offenders" to avoid, this is the ultimate resource for home gardeners and professionals alike who want to build healthy, safe, and beautiful gardens that everyone can enjoy.
A special thanks to Proven Winners for providing some of the photos for this article, showcasing gorgeous varieties of allergy-fighting plants. The snapdragon image in the title is Angelface® Dark Violet Summer Snapdragon Angelonia angustifolia hybrid and can be found here.
Reprinted with permission from The Allergy-Fighting Garden by Thomas Leo Ogren, copyright (c) 2015. Published by Ten Speed Press, a division of Penguin Random House, Inc. Photography (c) 2015 by Tom Ogren.


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I never heard of this author before. It's amazing how many forgotten old books have been preserved and made available as e-books.ReplyDeleteReplies
Indeed, were it not for ebook-reading, I would have never come across her and many of the other forgotten authors of days gone by. Therefore, whoever is so set against ebooks should take this into consideration, too.Delete
I'd never heard of this author, either. Thanks for the recommendation! It sounds good.ReplyDeleteReplies
You're welcome! I enjoyed it, but it may not be everybody's cup of tea.Delete
Many of her books used to be in used bookstores in the Chautauqua area but I never read one.(I was always fascinated that there were quite different books in that area than in used bookstores in northeast Ohio.) I did get this from amazon. It wasn't free but very cheap.ReplyDeleteReplies
Interesting that you've come across her books in secondhand stores, and interesting, too, how the books in such stores change from one location to the other!Delete


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Americans wondering why Western Europe so actively opposes parts of the Reagan strategy toward the Soviet Union might take a long look at the attitudes of those who make foreign policy in Washington's closest ally on this side of the Atlantic, Britain.
Britain is supposed to be an island of stability and amity in a European sea of less-firm friends. Prime Minister Margaret Thatcher is called the Iron Lady for her positively Reaganesque opposition to the Kremlin. It is the one European nation contributing to all three legs of the NATO triad - strategic nuclear, tactical nuclear, and conventional defense.
But as the United Nations General Assembly session moves forward in New York, her man there, Foreign Secretary Francis Pym, carries with him a surprisingly different view of Moscow than the one the White House currently holds.
Mr. Reagan, in his activist way, wants to keep on doing things to the Soviets. He wants to hammer away to stop the Soviets from interfering in Poland, to persuade them to get out of Afghanistan, to keep them well out of the Middle East.
His difficulty in Europe is that not even Mr. Pym, one of the heavyweights of the Thatcher Cabinet and a quintessential product of the establishment here (Eton, Magdalen College, Cambridge, 9th Lancers in World War II), sees the Russians as the kind of instant global threat that Mr. Reagan does.
Sitting in his cavernous office off Whitehall the other day, rich with memories of Asia and Empire, Mr. Pym insisted that the US-Europe alliance was still strong and in good health.
He fully shared the US distaste for the Communist Party's dictatorship, and for its expansionism. The Soviets were in the deepest kind of trouble in a number of areas. Internal dissidents and some other Russians had such a lack of confidence in their system that they sought contacts between East and West. Economically and ideologically, the Soviet experiment had failed and it was up to the Kremlin to begin accepting the ''normal rules of international behavior.''
So far, so good, a Reaganite might feel. But generalities are one thing. Specifics are another.
West Europeans believe they need to trade with Russia and the East as a matter of necessity as well as a practical matter of policy toward countries sharing the same continent. Whether Social Democrats or Christian Democrats govern in Bonn, the German policy of wholesale trading with the East is likely to continue. France and Italy look to expanding trade. Huge contracts to supply equipment for the 3,500-mile trans-Siberian natural gas pipeline are too lucrative, and generate too many jobs, to turn down.
Yet Mr. Pym's well-rounded words reflected other aspects of unhappiness. On the Reagan pipeline sanctions, many Europeans believe Mr. Reagan has no right to tell them what to sell to when he is busy supplying the Soviets with American grain. They object to Mr. Reagan asking their companies to break existing contracts.
What bothers Mr. Pym especially are two things.
First, Washington and Europe still have not worked out a common framework, or philosophy, toward using East-West trade as a diplomatic lever against Moscow - and no such approach can emerge if Mr. Reagan keeps on producing sudden policies out of his hat, without consulting anyone first.
Second, the sanctions policy is irrelevant to its stated aim of softening the Soviet hardline in Poland. ''We must be sure,'' Mr. Pym remarked, ''that the disaster in Poland does not become a disaster for the West.'' Unless the issue is solved quickly, in other words, he fears it could divide the alliance even more deeply.
Further than that, Mr. Pym would not go in public. But if you talk to senior British officials familiar with his thinking, the differences with the US are even clearer.
The Soviet Union, these officials believe, is doing so badly in the world that heavy-handed action could push it into even tougher actions that the West would like much less.
The Reagan view is that the cold, calculating, cynical Kremlin is on the march in the propaganda and diplomatic battlefields, ever alert to gain from Western failures.
The British view is that the Kremlin certainly retains awesome physical power , but that its economic and ideological back is very much to the wall.
In conventional arms, Soviet planes and anti-aircraft missiles used by the Syrians in Lebanon have been destroyed by American weapons in the hands of the Israelis. Afghanistan remains a Soviet quagmire.
Push Moscow too far, the view goes, and it is likely to crack down harder in Poland. Paradoxically this approach actually brings British and US officials closer on grain sales: British officials wonder if cutting off sales of food might have a deep psychological effect on the Kremlin and cause a backlash reaction no one wants.
The British see no real way to help Poles resist their military government. The British rule out force, and their leverage with Moscow is limited. But where they differ from Mr. Reagan is in believing that it might well be better to do nothing than to take actions, such as the pipeline embargo, that, in their view, could make the entire Polish situation worse.
What, then, is the British answer to the pipeline impasse, which symbolizes current disagreement?
Briefly, it is that Britain, France, West Germany, and Italy, all with pipeline contracts, must sit down quickly with the Reagan men and develop an overall East-West trade philosophy.
Mr. Pym has wanted to do this since early September, but the French, among others, have blocked him. The French have huge contracts of all kinds with the Soviets, and brook no interference in fulfilling them.
Once the approach has been settled then the British would try to fit into it such specifics as the following:
* Credit. How much to lend to Moscow, and on what terms? How big the down payments? How long the repayment periods, and at what interest?
* Energy. The Reagan team is unhappy at West Germany being dependent for 30 percent of its natural gas on a Soviet pipeline that could be turned off for political reasons. The US would like to sell coal to Europe. Europe replies that it knows what it is doing, that the Soviet gas - and other fuels - will be only five percent of Germany's overall energy mix, and that US coal is too expensive.
* Agricultural exports. Should the US really be selling grain? How to balance domestic political needs? Europe needs jobs and cash from the pipeline. The US has a President with political commitments to his farmers.
* Cocom. Should the list of items considered strategic and banned from export to the Soviet bloc be tightened?Only in dialogue and discussion can such issues be solved, the British believe. But as long as the Reagan administration sees the Kremlin with horns, and Europe sees it as a foundering giant, solutions won't be easy to reach.