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Curbing greenhouse gas emissions in order to fight climate change is imperative and one can think of two way to do that. First, a decrease in electricity consumption would decrease the need to burn fossil fuels. Second, a change in electricity generation technologies using renewable energy sources would also decrease emissions. For both strategies to be successful, the electricity demand of households must decrease and/or needs to become more flexible.
However, the determinants of this demand and their effect is not easy to understand. Electricity is a very peculiar good such that many behavioral frictions affect the households' consumption choice. Households usually lack information concerning the production technology of energy services and is compounded by the billing structure of electricity.
With hyperbolic discounting households' behavior exhibits a present bias, which also affects their technology choice(s). In this research, Dr Joerg Lingens will discuss the likely effects of these behavioral issues on electricity demand and about possible policy options that nudge households to lower electricity usage.
Dr David Byrne, University of Melbourne, will chair the seminar and David Blowers, Grattan Institute, will be a discussant.
The seminar is brought to University of Melbourne courtesy of the European Union Centre on Shared Complex Challenges.
Biography – Dr Joerg Lingens
Since 2007, Dr Joerg Lingens is a lecturer at the Department of Economics at the University of Muenster where he is primarily concerned with doing research in applied economic theory and teaching various classes centred on microeconomics. He worked as a post-doc from 2003 to 2007 at Regensburg University.
He has published research on various microeconomic topics in journals such as The Economic Journal, Labour Economics and JITE. Currently he is part of a research team at the University of Muenster that focuses on the effects of 'soft' interventions on energy demand.


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Is Your Child's Lunch Safe From the Lunch Police?
At SureBaby, we're still wrapping our heads around this story: a North Carolina pre-schooler's lunch failed to meet a random nutrition inspection and was consequently substituted with…chicken nuggets?
Oh, it gets even more weird. The girl's lunch contained a turkey and cheese sandwich, a banana, apple juice and a bag of potato chips. We know, we know, potato chips may not be the best, but otherwise, that looks like a pretty well-rounded lunch.
Depending on your source, the scoop is as follows: Someone (some reports say a state lunch inspector, some say a teacher) deemed this girl's lunch to be below nutritional standards, and ordered her to get a school cafeteria lunch instead. The result? Chicken nuggets.
The girl did as told, but only ate a few chicken nuggets before throwing them out, then took her packed lunch home and of course reported the story to her parents. Hence the outrage.
So here's what we're thinking. This could be a case of media just going a little hogwild with sensationalizing a story. The most sane of the news items said that it was probably a case of an educational staff member misinterpreting the school's policy on lunch nutrition – the girl should have been given a carton of milk to enhance her lunch, not asked to purchase chicken nuggets from the cafeteria.
But the crazy story does raise important issues. Who's job is it to ensure a child receives proper nutrition? And how far can the government and public institutions go in their guidelines, if it is left up to them?
We most definitely want to hear what you think on the great lunch debate! Let us know what you think in the comments!

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Will You Wear . . . Eye Shadow Base?
Until last week, I had given little thought to the mysterious-sounding beauty phenomenon known as eye shadow primer. What was it for? How did it work? And did anyone actually need to use it? These were questions I had considered with no particular sense of urgency—but when a series of recent afternoons by the pool at Manhattan's Soho House left my favorite MAC taupe eye shadow sliding down my cheeks in the late-summer heat and humidity, I decided to reconsider.
With no time to waste, I placed an emergency call to the New York City–based makeup artist Jenna Menard. "Eye shadow primer should be an easy step that creates a perfect canvas for the lid while extending the life of your shadow," she explained of the foundation-like product, which works by creating a foolproof barrier between the natural oils in the skin and your makeup.
The real key to its success, however, lies in following a few basic rules. First, Menard said, you must allow your morning eye cream to fully absorb, then blend "a small amount of primer completely into the entire lid right before applying your shadow." Lastly, it's important to note that primers tend to work better with powders rather than creams (layering two fluid textures on top of one another, she explained, can cause sliding and settling).
Upon hanging up the phone, a quick Google search revealed plenty of new high-performance formulas—from Sephora, L'Oréal, and Rimmel, to name a few—but I decided to ease into my quest for the perfect primer with an established cult classic: Urban Decay's Eyeshadow Primer Potion. A far cry from the tacky goop I had envisioned, the silky, sand-colored cream provided a solid neutral base upon which to pat a NARS gold powder shadow; as promised, it really did last a good few hours longer than usual and creased much less during a night of dancing at a friend's engagement party.
Next up: Bobbi Brown's new Long-Wear Eye Base, a slightly thicker cream that I tested on a particularly bleary-eyed Friday morning before an early staff meeting at the Vogue offices. A thin layer evened out the reddish discoloration on my lid and brightened the dark shadows at the inner corners of my eyes—so much so that I decided to skip the shadow altogether. (According to Menard, this isn't out of the ordinary: "Primers help neutralize the lid like a concealer," she said, meaning they can also be used on their own.) Clinique's All About Shadow Primer had a similar effect, and it held my Sephora black liquid liner in place during a maiden Citi Bike ride through the East Village.
By Sunday afternoon, blinking fearlessly from the roof of Soho House, however, Elizabeth Arden's Advanced Eye-Fix Primer had won a permanent place in my bag. Slightly different from the others, the white lotion disappeared completely under my shadow, but kept it firmly, unbudgingly in place. Pure makeup magic.
Bobbi Brown Long-Wear Eye Base, $26; nordstrom.com
Clinique All About Shadow Primer, $20; clinique.com
Sephora Perfecting Eye Primer, $14; sephora.com
L'Oréal Magic De-Crease Eyelid Primer, $9; walgreens.com
Rimmel Exaggerate Undercover Shadow Primer, $5; cvs.com
Elizabeth Arden Advanced Eye-Fix Primer, $22; elizabetharden.com
Urban Decay Eyeshadow Primer Potion, $20; sephora.com


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If you aren't on top of your home's Gutter Maintenance you will find that small jobs will turn into big issues.
Looking after your gutters and performing regular gutter maintenance is vital to ensuring your roof lasts for many years. Here are a few Gutter Maintenance tips to help you keep on top of looking after your roof.
Gutter Maintenance Tips For Your Roof
Gutter Cleaning
Gutter Cleaning is essential to Gutter Maintenance. If you fail to regularly clean your Gutters you risk a build-up of leaf litter and debris which can cause extensive damage to your gutters. Damage that can be caused includes broken and bent gutters, shingles and downpipes as well as clogged and over flowing gutters that leads to a world of other issues.
Gutter Cleaning is often not taken too seriously as a part of gutter maintenance and people end up paying a heavy price. If you are not confident looking after your gutter maintenance and cleaning your utters yourself why not call in a professional or install gutter guards.
What is the big deal about Gutter Guards and Gutter Maintenance?
Clogged Gutters are the number one concern when it comes to Gutter Maintenance. Falling leaves and debris are the key issue to most gutter damage as they block rainwater from being able to effectively drain from the roof, causing many different problems. Thankfully, Gutter Guards work to stop leaves from being able to settle in your gutters while still allowing the water to get through and drain properly.
If you are looking to save yourself from all kinds of gutter repair and other related issues then you need to make sure you are on top of your gutter maintenance. Gutter Guards will help safe a large amount of time and money otherwise spent on maintaining your gutters, for this reason we think they are a fantastic investment.
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Triwa Skala Rose
Case: Polished rose gold plated stainless steel
Strap: Polished and brushed rose gold plated stainless steel
Bezel colour: Brushed rose gold plated stainless steel
Dial colour: Rose gold sunray
Movement: Miyota 2035
Size: 36mm
Water resistance: 10 ATM
Skala is a small sophisticated watch. It's slender and elegant with a circular brushed bezel embellished with screws. A beautiful statement piece that sits nicely on the wrist.
Skala is available in Blush Tan, Blush Silver, Midnight, Rose or Stirling.


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Nautilus ROV & Subsea Hooks™ - Recommended Maintenance Schedule & Inspection Guidelines
These maintenance recommendations and tolerance specifications are the manufacturers guidelines for ensuring your Nautilus ROV Hooks remain fit for purpose. Nautilus ROV Hooks must conform to manufacturer's specifications and tolerances for annual re-certification.
All lifting equipment, including Nautilus ROV Hooks, should be visually inspected prior to use. Any lifting equipment found with signs of excessive general wear or tear, visual fatigue cracks or damage due to misuse, should be removed from service and replaced.
Annual Thorough Examination
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The Government's objective was to eradicate Catholicism in the land. Therefore, laws and statutes were introduced which imposed dire penalties on any who had the audacity to practise their Catholic Faith. Of course without priests, there could be no Mass, no Sacraments and no help for those who still clung to the Old Faith. There were no longer any seminaries in England. In an effort to redress this problem, Cardinal William Allen established seminaries on the Continent specifically to train priests for England and Wales. These brave men went in secret to the seminaries and, after ordination, they returned, again in secret, to minister to their persecuted countrymen. Cardinal Allen established the English College in Rome in 1579.
In 1653, Anthony left the English College in Rome and travelled to Flanders where he entered the Jesuit Novitiate. He was ordained in 1659 and two years later, in 1661, he returned to England where he spent the next eighteen years ministering in Worcestershire.
A week later, on 20th June 1679, Fr Turner was taken to Tyburn where the sentence was to be carried out. At the last minute, which also appears to be the custom, a messenger arrived from the King offering a pardon. All the priest had to do was to admit his guilt and tell all he knew of the plot. Fr Turner replied that no plot existed. He could not disclose details of a plot that existed only in the putrid mind of the perjurer, Titus Oates. The Jesuit was not willing to lie to save his life. In a speech from the gallows, he told the spectators: "I am bound in conscience to do myself that justice as to declare upon oath my innocence from the horrid crime of treason with which I am falsely accused. I am as free from the treason I am accused of as a child that is just born. I die a Roman Catholic and humbly beg the prayers of such for my happy passage into a better life". He prayed privately for a few minutes then the cart was pulled away.
After the gruesome sentence was carried out, the brutalised remains of Fr Turner were taken away by friends who buried them in the churchyard of St Giles in the Fields. In December 1929 Pope Pius XI beatified Jesuit Martyr, Fr Anthony Turner.


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Fashion Design Schools
Do you prefer to lead trends rather than follow them? Then maybe you've got a career in fashion design on your mind. Let your clothing and accessory designs take off from the runway and launch you into the fast-paced world of fashion. Who knows? Perhaps the design you have in your mind now could be next season's "it" trend.


text: Nina Elisabet Persson About this sound audio (born 6 September 1974) is the lead singer and lyricist for the Swedish pop group The Cardigans. She has also worked as a solo artist, releasing two albums as A Camp and appearing on the tribute album to Serge Gainsbourg titled Monsieur Gainsbourg Revisited. She has also worked with rock group Sparklehorse and is a member of The Cake Sale collective, which released an eponymously titled album in 2006 to raise money for the charity Oxfam Ireland and the Ireland Make Trade Fair campaign.Persson made her acting debut in the movie Om Gud vill which was released in 2006.She appears on the Manic Street Preachers song "Your Love Alone Is Not Enough" on the album Send Away the Tigers. She also features on the 2009 Sparklehorse/Danger Mouse collaboration Dark Night of the Soul singing "Daddy's Gone".Persson's first solo album released under her own name, Animal Heart, was released on February 10, 2014 on the independent British record label Lojinx Records.


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If you don't have the luxury of time (or just the luxury) to eat out at your favorite fast-food joint, here's a pro tip: Take it home.
Not the entire store, of course, but heavy favorites like Chickenjoy and Charlie Chan, and cook them with pride in the comforts of your own home. This way, you can savor the taste of fast-food staples with family, friends, and maybe even your crush without shedding too much cash. You get big savings, and a rare opportunity unleash the kitchen connoisseur within you.
We've compiled a list of open-secret recipes of fast-food hits, and how you can do your own magic and cook them yourself–at a fraction of the store cost.
Fried Chicken ala Jollibee
Serves 8
Cost: P300 to P350
For the marinade
5 cups water
4 tbsp MSG
2 tbsp potassium
2 tbsp Kosher salt
1/8 tsp garlic powder
1/3 cup chicken broth
For the breading
6 cups Crisco shortening
3 tbsp salt
2 whole chicken cut into 8 pcs and marinated
2 cups milk
2 cups flour
2 tsp ground pepper
1 eggs well beaten
1/8 tsp garlic powder
1 dash paprika
1 tsp MSG
Prepare for marinade. Mix all the ingredients for marinate. Soak the chicken for 24 hours.
Put shortening into the pressure cooker and cook over medium heat until it reaches 204°C.
Mix the egg and milk in a bowl.
Combine the remaining six dry ingredients in a separate bowl.
Dip the chicken into the milk until fully moistened.
Roll the moistened chicken in the flour mixture until well coated.
Carefully lower the chicken pieces into the shortening and lock the lid.
When pressure starts to build up, cook for about 10 minutes.
Source: The Pinoy Cookbook
Charlie Chan ala Yellow Cab
Serves 8 to 10
Cost: P300 to P400
1 whole boneless chicken breast
1⁄3 cup olive oil
3 tbsp sesame oil
1 pc onion
2 garlic cloves
1 1⁄4 tbsp char siu sauce (lee kum kee)
1⁄4 tsp chili-garlic sauce
9 tbsp oyster sauce
1⁄8 cup sugar
4 tbsp water
1 kg cooked pasta
Ground peanuts (optional)
Sauté onion and garlic in a small amount of olive oil. Cook chicken until brown.
Mix remaining ingredients in a bowl.
Add liquid mixture to chicken and simmer for a few minutes.
Source: Food.com
Yang Chow Fried Rice ala Chowking
Serves 4 to 6
Cost: P200 to P250
6 cups cooked white rice, refrigerated overnight
1 cup barbecued pork, chopped
1½ tbsp soy sauce
2 tsp salt
8 to 10 pcs shrimps, shelled and deveined
¾ cup green peas
¼ cup green onion, chopped
2 pcs raw eggs, beaten
1 tsp sugar
1 tsp minced ginger
1 tsp minced garlic
3 tbsp cooking oil
Sauté ginger and garlic in a heated cooking oil.
Add shrimps and cook for a minute. Remove shrimps from the pan and set aside.
Pour in the beaten egg mixture.
When the egg is cooked, cut into small pieces. Add the rice and mix well.
Put in the soy sauce, sugar, and salt.
Add barbecued pork and cook for three minutes.
Put in the green peas and shrimp. Cook for another three minutes.
Add green onions. Mix for two minutes.
Source: Panlasang Pinoy
Frosty ala Wendy's
Serves 5 to 7
Cost: P250
6 oz thawed cool whip
7 oz sweetened condensed milk
½ gallon chocolate milk
Combine cool whip and sweetened condensed milk on to the freezer bowl of ice cream maker. Stir together until smooth.
Pour in the chocolate milk only to the fill line of ice cream maker. Stir together.
Turn on ice cream maker and freeze for 30 to 45 minutes until Frosty is at desired consistency.
Source: Dine and Dish
Blizzard ala Dairy Queen
Serves 6 to 7
Cost: P250
Blizzard base
8 oz whole milk
12 oz cream
1 Tahitian vanilla bean, split and scraped; seeds reserved for another use
2-3 eggs
7 oz sugar
1/2 tsp kosher salt
1 oz Frangelico
12 oz of your favorite Blizzard mix-in, ie., Peanut Butter Cups, Oreos, Kit-Kat, almonds etc.
In a medium pot, boil the milk and cream together with the vanilla bean. Simmer and turn off the heat and cover with a lid. Steep for one hour. If you plan to steep it for longer than four hours, stash in the refrigerator.
Return the dairy mixture to a simmer. Whisk the sugar and salt into the yolks gradually.
Once the dairy begins to simmer, remove the vanilla bean and scrape out the heavily flavored cream using a spatula.
Whisk the hot dairy mixture into the egg yolks, one ladle-full at a time, until the egg mixture is warm. Whisk the egg mixture into the bowl of cream and turn the heat to medium low. Stir constantly. Use a thermometer and cook until it reaches 140° C.
Turn off the heat and strain the custard through a sieve and into a large bowl. Stir in the Frangelico.
Let it cool and refrigerate overnight. Process in an ice cream maker.
Source: Brave Tart
Munchkins ala Dunkin' Donuts
Makes 3 dozens
Cost: P150 to P200
For the dough
2 tbsp unsalted butter
1 1/2 oz unsweetened chocolate
1 cup all-purpose flour
1/4 cup & 2 tbsp Dutch-process cocoa powder
1/4 cup plus 2 tbsp sugar
3/4 tsp baking powder
1/4 tsp baking soda
1/2 tsp kosher salt
1/4 cup buttermilk
1 tbsp pure vanilla extract
1 large egg
Oil for frying
For the glaze
2 cups confectioners' sugar
2 tbsp milk
2 tsp pure vanilla extract
Water, as needed
Prepare the dough: Melt the butter and the chocolate together in a medium heatproof bowl over a pot of mildly simmering water. Remove pot from the heat and let it cool slightly.
In a large bowl, whisk together the flour, cocoa, sugar, baking powder, baking soda, and salt.
Add the buttermilk and vanilla to the butter mixture and stir. Stir in the egg afterward. Combine all ingredients and stir with a wooden spoon.
Put dough in a plastic wrap, and store in the refrigerator for 30 minutes.
Fry the donuts: With a candy thermometer attached, heat three inches of oil to 182° C in a heavy pot.
Scoop the dough into one-tablespoon balls. Roll into circle between the palms of your hands.
Use a spider or a slotted spoon to carefully lower the dough balls into the oil. Don't crowd the pan. Adjust the flame consistently to maintain temperature between 176° C and 182° C.
Cook the dough for two to three minutes until puffed. Open the first or second donut to ensure it's cooked. Use a slotted spoon to transfer the donuts to a paper towel-lined baking sheet.
Prepare the glaze: Whisk together the confectioners' sugar, milk, and vanilla until smooth in a bowl until consistency is heavy. Add a small amount of water if necessary.
Dip donut into the glaze one by one using a fork. Gently tap against the edges to remove excess glaze.
Transfer the glazed donuts to a rack set in a rimmed baking sheet. Let the glaze dry.
Source: Food 52


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On 17 August 2017 the Ministry of Energy and Mining passed Resolution No. 275/2017 launching the Round 2 public tender of the Renov.Ar Program (Renov.Ar 2) for the submission of bids to enter into power purchase agreements from renewable sources with CAMMESA (wholesale market administrator) for a total 1200 MW of capacity.
The capacity and maximum prices to be awarded are distributed and fixed according to the different technologies: wind (550 MW - 56,25 USD/MWh), solar (450 MW - 57,04 USD/MWh), biomass (100 MW - 110 USD/MWh), biogas (35 MW - 160 USD/MWh), biogas from sanitary landfill (15 MW - 130 USD/MWh), and small hydroelectric projects (50 MW - 105 USD/MWh).
The wind and solar capacity to be awarded is also distributed by regions, and the biomass and biogas capacity includes a special compensation incentive which depends on the capacity and technology of the generation plant.
Renov.Ar 2 schedule establishes a bidding documents consultation period until September 27 (which will be answered by CAMMESA until October 18). Bids may be submitted until October 19 and the award will be on November 29.
Renov.Ar 2 is launched by the national government after previous successful Rounds 1 and 1.5, in which 123 bids were submitted for a total of 6,343 MW, and 59 projects were awarded for a total of 2,424 MW with an average price of 57 USD/MWh.


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The original dated January 6th ended up in a mistrial.
A group of Notaries was subpoened to be on the jury of a heavy duty murder case. The actual details of the murder were very peculiar though.
An actual Notary was hired to witness the murder. But, the Notary needed to reschedule the murder so it could be on the same date as the document which the Attorney needed another day to draft. So, the murderer said,
MURDERER: Okay, no problem, I can come back tomorrow. I'm available the whole day as a matter of fact. I'm good at killing time too as a matter of fact.
MURDER VICTIM: Gee, I'm not sure that tomorrow's convenient for me. And by the way, you're really killing my schedule by moving the murder to tomorrow.
NOTARY: My Attorney says the murder documents will be ready by 1pm.
MURDERER: Now, wait a second. If I'm going to commit a murder, wouldn't it be better if there were no witnesses?
NOTARY: Well, technically yes, but since being a witness is an integral part of my profession, I'd kind of prefer to be involved in watching the prodeedings.
MURDER VICTIM: You know, I'd be a whole lot more comfortable with that too. Considering that after the fact, there would be some testimony on my behalf.
MURDERER: After the fact? There ain't after the fact, at least not for you's.
During Jury Selection
The prosecuting Attorney originally wanted to remove any Notaries from the Jury due to the fact that they might be biased for the Notary — or against the Notary since the Notary made some technical mistakes. But, then he changed his mind as only a Notary would be familiar enough with the circumstances of the crime to be a good juror. So, he and the defending Attorney both agreed to pick only Notaries in the jury.
In the actual murder, the murderer signed a pre-confession affidavit in front of the Notary admitting to being about to kill the victim. The victim also signed and dated the form using his own blood in a fountain pen. Fortunately, the victim showed in a timely manner for the murder, otherwise the murder date would not have coincided with the date of the freshly drafted document. Since the victim was chained to the toilet in the bathroom, so he had no choice other than to be on time. The Notary found it suitable for the victim to be chained to the toilet as the victim was a "regular" client.
The murderer, however, used a fake ID during the signing and did not thumbprint the journal, and then proceeded to murder the victim as well as the Notary. That'll teach him to notarize at murders! Since the documents had fake names on them, the only way to identify the murderer was with DNA samples.
Trial Introduction
The judge informed the Notaries that it would be a 17 day trial involving professional witnesses, DNA experts, and neighbors who were witnesses as well as a clairvoyant who would interview the deceased Notary who was the primary witness even though that evidence was not admissable in court. The Notaries asked if they could have walk-in clients come during the trial so they could make a little extra money above and beyond the 31 cents per mile travel allowance. The judge said yes if he got 50% of the proceeds.
The Trial
The trial ended because another Notary waiting by the door. Aparantly the signing company double booked the appointment, and Notary #2 was just waiting by the door and heard everything. Additionally, Notary #2 saw the murderer come down the stairs and out the door with blood on his hands and was able to positively identify the perpetrator. So, the trial ended after 8 days due to this Notarial witness who appeared out of nowhere.
The Ending
Although the Notaries all agreed that the murderer was guilty, the murderer became a huge celebrity and posts about him went viral. Suddenly everybody in America wanted his autograph. But, did the autograph need to be notarized?
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Today's post is a simple broccoli stir fry, which is a quick and easy 'side dish' for rice. Broccoli is a healthy vegetable which even kids love to eat.
1 broccoli1 medium onion,chopped
3 cloves garlic,crushed
1/4 tsp turmeric powder
1-2 tsp chilly powder
salt to taste
- Wash and cut broccoli into small florets.
- Heat oil in a pan,add crushed garlic,chopped onion and saute till the onion is soft.
- Stir in chopped broccoli,chilly powder,turmeric powder and salt.Cover and cook it on low flame until broccoli is cooked, stirring occasionally.
- Open lid and stir fry until dry.


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Living No Lye | @iamtraeh
What were your reasons for going natural?
I went natural because I was tired of getting relaxers. I was also inspired by tons of ladies who were rocking their natural hair so I wanted to start embracing mine.
How did you transition (or did you BC)?
I did the big chop on January 28th, 2014 after transitioning for about 5 months. It wasn't planned at all! I just called up my boyfriend and told him that I wanted to do the big chop. I had been contemplating the decision to do it for awhile, but I wanted to see what he was going to say. He told me to go for it and that it was " just hair" and that gave me the push I needed to actually do it. So I went to the bathroom and chopped it all off and haven't looked back since!
What emotional struggles, if any, have you faced since going natural?
I wouldn't say I faced any emotional struggles, but I would say that I've had mixed feelings about what people would think of my really short natural hair. At the time, I saw tons of beauties rocking their long tresses but not too many had a TWA, so I kind of felt a bit self conscious in the beginning of my natural hair journey.
What's your go-to style?
My go-to style is a high puff! When in doubt, you can throw your hair up in a high puff and go! This style has literally saved me during failed twist outs, old wash & go's, EVERYTHING!
What's your favorite product and why?
Currently, I've been enjoying Jamaican Black Castor Oil. Since my natural hair is very thick, I like to use heavier products and JBCO is definitely heavy! I apply this oil around the perimeter of my hair to keep my edges thick since I'm constantly doing high puffs and such. I also like to use this product as a sealant to lock in moisture and I LOVE LOVE LOVE doing my scalp massages with it! This is an all around staple of mine because I can use it for so many different things.
What piece of advice would you share with someone who is just starting out?
I would say keep it simple, less is more! Lots of ladies go natural and think that they need to go out and buy tons of products for their natural hair (I did that as well lol!) But you really don't need to. It's okay to switch it up every once in a while, but find what works and stick with it!
Connect and follow her journey!


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Surface Unsigned Festival Addendum
In March I posted a short post on CrIB about the Surface Unsigned festival. Following questions in the comments I extended this post with some speculation about an item in their terms and conditions. CiB was contacted by someone at Surface demanding the post be removed from the internet citing the printing of an excerpt … [Read more…]


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Navratri 2012-Sharad Navratri 2012
Navratri 2012-Sharad Navratri 2012
When: 16th October – 23rd October
Where: Gujarat, West Bengal and other parts of India
To the uninitiated, the numerous Hindu deities pose confusion especially when each of their special days are honored and celebrated. This is exactly what happens in India when their Mother Goddess is worshipped and honored on her special day.
Navratri 2012 can roughly be translated to the Greek myth of Persephone and Demeter. The underworld overlord Hades fell in love with Persephone and married her. In her absence, her mother Demeter, the goddess of harvest, would cry and let the crops die. Upon her return, Demeter would again be happy and make sure that the earth blooms for her welcome.
Navratri is literally 'nine days,' which refers to the number of days that the faithful devotes in celebration and worship to the Hindu deity Shakti (the female creative energy or the cosmic energy) and her various manifestations. Hindus take cue from seasonal changes to worship the Divine Mother: in the beginning of spring and the beginning of winter. Hence, there is Vasant Navratri (spring) and Sharad Navratri (fall).
About the Event:
The first three days of the celebration honor the Hindu goddess Durga or the Warrior Goddess. The next three days are devoted to the goddess Lakshmi or the Goddess of Wealth and Prosperity. The Hindu deity Saraswati (Goddess of Knowledge) is honored on the last three days.
Devotees in India and Hindus elsewhere go on fasting on these nine-day celebration but feed the Brahmin (or Hindu priest) to propitiate the "shakti" or the cosmic energy so they will be eternally blessed with prosperity, wealth and knowledge.
There are various rituals performed, including enthroning and worshipping pre-pubescent girls (appropriately attired and adorned as divine manifestations of Shakti) on the 9th day.
From a health point of view, fasting prepares the body for the coming change of the season.
Navratri 2013:
Vasant Navratri falls on April 11 and ends on April 19 next year, while Sharad Navratri begins on October 5 and ends October 13 2013.
Travel Tips:
Hindus regard this occasion as a highly religious celebration, but nothing has stopped modern India from commercializing Navratri. As a traveler, expect that the streets will be thronged with devotees who participate in processions or perform religious rituals in honor of a major Hindu deity. Merrymaking is typically reserved at the end of the nine-day period when devotees consider this day as the triumph of good over evil.
Final Thoughts:
India can practically fill the calendar for the whole year if allowed to celebrate their deities every day. Navratri is different because it is a celebration of the Hindu Mother Goddess which affords travelers the occasion to witness and even experience in-depth the religious significance of the celebrating the 'creative female energy.'
A very warm wishes to everyone celebrating Navratri this year.!may god shower you all with loads of happiness and blessings.!
Category: Calendar, Hindu calendar 2013, Hindu festival 2013, Hindu festivals, Holidays 2012, India Holidays, India Public Holidays 2012


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Andy Lau admits marriage, certificate comes to light
A reporter from Taiwan's Apple Daily found details of their marriage registration on a Clark County, Nevada, public information website. It showed that Andy Lau and Carol Chu married on June 23, 2008 under the names Lau Tak Wah Andy and Choo Lay Keng.
HONG KONG superstar Andy Lau and former Malaysian beauty queen Carol Choo actually tied the knot in Las Vegas last year, major Chinese dailies reported.
The official website of Clark County in Nevada which provides online search on marriage records, showed that Lau Tak Wah, Andy and Choo Lay Keng had registered their marriage on June 23, 2008.
After their secret marriage was exposed by the Taiwan and Hong Kong media, Lau, 47, finally admitted in his official website on Saturday that he and Choo, 43, were married.
He apologised to his fans for keeping his marriage a secret.
Lau said he and Choo had decided to get married because they wanted to have children.
He said he had kept it a secret to avoid his wife from being "chased after" by the media, adding that he had planned to announce the marriage when Choo becomes pregnant.
Lau and Choo were spotted holding hands in the Kuala Lumpur airport before flying back to Hong Kong last Tuesday, having attended the memorial ceremony for Choo's father in Malaysia earlier that week.
The couple who had been dating for over two decades made their first public appearance when Lau came to Malaysia to attend the funeral of Choo's father recently.
Another Hong Kong superstar who had his marriage exposed in the same manner was Leon Lai Ming, who married his model girlfriend Lai Gia in March last year.
Singer Miriam Yeung Chin Wah also married his boyfriend Gary Ting Ho Lam secretly in the city of sin on Aug 11.
Andy with Taiwanese actress, Yu Ke Shing
Andy dated Taiwanese actress, Yu Ke Shing for a few years
Taiwanese actress Yu Ke-Shing revealed that Andy Lau signed a (pre-marital agreement) with her in Dec 31, 1985, witnessed by her mother.
Andy dated Taiwanese actress, Yu Ke Shing for a few years, the only relationship that Andy openly admitted. However, they broke up in 1986 because of work commitments. She says:"I initiated the break-up, but I know that's what he wants too. He was just waiting for me to say goodbye." He says:" It was the first time that I cried over a relationship." Andy said that he would not openly admit his relationship anymore due to the mass pressure from the media.
There's even rumours that Andy is a gay! Andy said "I remebered that it's either in 1986 or 1987, the media said I'm gay. I was angry and swear that if I'm gay, I'll die of Aids in 7 years." For years, the bachelor had also told the press that he hoped to get married one day, and had denied he was gay.
Female stars like Cherie Chung, Rosamund Kwan, Michelle Reis and Anita Mui were linked with Andy, rumours have been around that he has had someone else for a long time.
Carol Zhu Liqian
Malaysian Carol Zhu Liqian had been linked with Lau since 1985. It's a 24-years love marathon, in 1985 Carol Zhu Liqian was a runner-up in Malaysia's Miss Modern before flying to Hongkong for beauty lessons and was introduce to Andy by a mutal friend and fall in love at first sight. In 1992, allegations of Andy and Carol had register for marriage in Vancouver, Canada and bought an apartment at Kadoorie for their love nest. In 1995, reports of them building a love nest at Penang, Malaysia and state that Carol works in Andy's invested company, TeamWork Production. In 1998, allegations that Andy and Carol had a 2-years-old daughter. In 1999, Sudden Weekly had photgraphs of Carol entering and leaving Andy's apartment at Kadoorie. When asked about their relationship, Andy express: "It's not a scandal, it's family matters...." In April 2000, Malaysian reports that both were having holiday at Phuket and Tioman Island. In May 2000,reports of Andy buying 2 blue Estima G for HK$1000,000 to be their lovers car. In 2001, Sudden Weekly spotted Carol and a little girl of approximately 5-years-old to watch a movie at Causeway Bay.
It was also revealed that Lau secretly married Taiwanese actress Yu Ke-Shing 24 years ago. Swarmed by journalists at Beijing Airport on Tuesday, he admitted the marriage to Yu and apologized.
Yu's mother told Hong Kong's Apple Daily newspaper that the two signed a marriage certificate after a small wedding in December 1985. The couple decided to keep the marriage secret because they were in the early stages of their careers and feared it would adversely affect their popularity, she said.
If this is true, the Apple Daily reported, Lau may have violated a Hong Kong law banning dual marriage, which can carry a penalty of up to seven years in prison. Lau said he has never had a child with any woman.
Lau and Chu have two children, says HK magazine
A little boy and girl captured the media's attention at the funeral of the father of actor Andy Lau's Malaysian girlfriend, Carol Zhu
HONG Kong actor-singer Andy Lau is said to have two children with former Malaysian beauty queen Carol Zhu even though he has denied it openly, Chinese newspapers reported.
Quoting a Hong Kong weekly magazine, they said the couple have an 11-year-old daughter and a son who is currently staying in Singapore with Lau's sister.
Lau denied that he had children with Zhu and explained on arrival in Hong Kong from China on Tuesday that the children who had been photographed were those of his relatives or friends.
The magazine reported that the son was born at the height of his career and was brought up by Lau's father.
"To prevent the exposure of his son, Lau sent him to Singapore to stay with his sister," it reported.
Lau's daughter is said to have been born in Canada and was being cared for by another sister.
Lau was caught lying about his marriage to Carol Zhu and had apologised publicly.
Andy Lau and Carol Zhu planning a marriage ceremony?
HONG KONG superstar Andy Lau and his wife Carol Chu were spotted arriving at the KL International Airport (KLIA) on the special day of Sept 9 (09-09-09), reported China Press.
A passenger on the same 8.50am CX723 flight with Lau and Chu was quoted as saying that Chu and two of her female relatives were spotted checking in at the express lane counter at Hong Kong International Airport.
"They were checking in for business class seats with many pieces of luggage.
"Chu did not wear make-up and was wearing a grey T-shirt, jeans and flat shoes," the daily quoted the passenger as saying.
Lau was wearing a white T-shirt, blue shirt and white sports shoes.
Upon arrival at the KLIA, the duo were spotted wearing face masks, with Lau nodding his head at some passengers and staff who recognised him.
The couple was later escorted out by airport security personnel through the VIP lane.
According to the daily, the couple is believed to be planning a marriage ceremony within 100 days of Chu's father's death in Malaysia.
More Update: Nov 2009
Lau sought psychiatrist's help after death of fan's dad
Yang Qinji from China's northwestern city Lanzhou, is rushed to hospital after he drowned himself in the sea following his declined request by Hong Kong singer Andy Lau of a personal engagement with his daughter Yang Lijuan, a fanatical fan of Andy, in Hong Kong, March 28, 2007.
HONG KONG superstar Andy Lau went to see a psychiatrist after he came to know that the father of a fan had committed suicide, China Press reported.
Lau had disclosed this during an interview with a daily newspaper in Tianjin City recently.
Lau said he felt regretful over the incident in 2007, when his fan's 63-year-old father, a retired middle school teacher, committed suicide.
Lau's fan, Yang Lijuan, from Shenzen, has been fanatical about him for 13 years and yearned very much to see him in person.
The father even sold their house to raise money for his daughter to attend Lau's concerts in Hong Kong.
One day, after the father managed to help his 29-year-old daughter finally meet Lau, he jumped into the Salisbury sea in Hong Kong.
According to a report in chinadaily.com.cn, the father even left behind a letter pleading for Lau to meet his daughter for a second time.
Lau said the scariest thing after the incident was when he was flooded with a few hundred calls and over 3,000 SMSes every day from unknown callers threatening: "You don't see me, I want to die."
Lau said he sought help from a psychiatrist after two weeks as he became terrified when his phone rang and he had trouble sleeping.
When asked if he feared losing his fans if he talked about his marriage, Lau denied the suggestion and said he had other reasons.
However, he said now was not the time to reveal the reasons.
UPDATE: 26 Nov 2009
Andy Lau to start family in new bungalow
HONG KONG superstar Andy Lau is planning to move out from the house he now shares with his parents, reported Sin Chew Daily.
It added that Lau bought a RM46mil new bungalow near his current residence at Kadoorie Hill in Kowloon to have more privacy with his Malaysian wife Carol Chu with whom he is planning to start a family.
The main reason for moving, it said, was to protect themselves from the paparazzi.
It is learnt that Lau's new house is a two-storey bungalow with high concrete fencing, unlike his current residence where he has to share a carpark with other residents.
The daily said the new bungalow had caught Lau's attention as it was just a street away from his current place and would allow him to take care of his parents and visit them regularly.
UPDATE: April 2011
Andy Lau buy bungalow for pregnant wife Carol Choo in Ampang
ANDY Lau has bought a luxury bungalow in Ampang for the comfort of his Malaysian wife Carol Choo during her pregnancy, reported China Press.
The daily quoted a Hong Kong magazine as saying that the 48-year-old Hong Kong superstar had earlier bought Choo a house in Kuala Lumpur but she seldom stayed there as the media knew where it was.
It reported that the 44-year-old former beauty queen was expected to stay in Malaysia prior to her delivery. Lau has never admitted nor denied his wife's pregnancy.
Lau and Choo returned to Malaysia last week for the Qing Ming festival, but they did not visit Choo's parent's burial ground in Kuala Lumpur.
The couple apparently skipped the rituals, not because they wanted to avoid the paparrazi, but because the pregnant Choo was not allowed to participate in the rituals.
UPDATE: 28 Nov 2011
Andy at the 48 Golden Horse Film Festival
Andy admits his wife is pregnant
A few weeks ago, local entertainment gossip Andy wife is three months pregnant. Sources said even Hong Kong actor hired 20 groups of monks from Taiwan to Hong Kong to chant prayers for the family.
Andy Lau wishes everyone a happy and prosperous Chinese New Year
UPDATE:24 Feb 2012
KL luxury homes for Lau's wife
HONG KONG superstar Andy Lau has bought two luxury houses along Jalan Ampang for his Malaysian wife Carol Chu to stay during her confinement period, major Chinese newspapers reported.
The couple is expected to welcome a baby girl in June, Sin Chew Daily reported.
A Hong Kong magazine reported that Lau bought the houses so Chu and their baby would have a comfortable place to stay when visiting their family members in Malaysia.
It said Lau bought a house last year and decided to buy the one next door this year.
Contractors are rushing to finish renovation work by June, it reported.
It said Lau had earlier planned to arrange for Chu to have their baby in Malaysia.
However, he changed his mind after taking into consideration that his parents were looking forward to meeting the baby.
Lau eyeing Malaysian PR?
HONG Kong superstar Andy Lau is said to be interested in holding permanent resident status in Malaysia for the sake of his baby girl, China Press reported.
Lau's Malaysian wife Carol Chu is expected to deliver in May in Hong Kong, it reported.
The daily reported that Lau might place his daughter with Chu's family to avoid the Hong Kong paparazzi.
According to a Hong Kong magazine, Lau had increased the number of bodyguards to protect Chu, who is currently seven months' pregnant.
The magazine spotted Chu, who was accompanied by two bodyguards, shopping in Pak Kok, Hong Kong recently.
It said Chu, who did not wear any make-up, looked cheerful although she knew the media was taking her picture.
HK star Andy Lau now the proud dad of baby girl
HONG Kong superstar Andy Lau is the proud father of a baby girl who weighs about 2.7kg, China Press reported.
It was reported that Lau's wife, Malaysian Carol Chu, 46, gave birth at the Hong Kong Sanatorium and Hospital in Happy Valley on Tuesday. It was reported that after consulting with feng shui masters, Andy and Carol selected an auspicious date and hour for their first baby to be born.
The report also said that both mother and daughter were doing fine. However, Lau, 50, has yet to make any official statement about the birth.
Andy Lau's daughter looks more like her mother
HONG KONG superstar Andy Lau's daughter looks more like his Malaysian wife Carol Chu, reported Hong Kong News.
He named his daughter 'Liu Xiang Hui', which is different from the alleged 'Liu Yun Shan', although both names has 39 strokes, but fengshui masters explained that 'Liu Yun Shan' would bring luck to the father whereas 'Liu Xiang Hui' would bring luck to the mother. It was said that Andy was given pointers to initially name his daughter 'Liu Yun Shan' because the word 'Yun' was a common word used in Lau families, but according to Hong Kong reports, he registered 'Liu Xiang Hui' as his daughter's name instead.
It also reported that the 50-year-old singer-actor hoped to have another child.


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The game will release on PC this June, pre-order it from tonight on Steam at 10% off
Pro Cycling Manager 2015 developed by Cyanide Studio comes back this year on PC with a load of exciting features. Fans of manager games, and cycling lovers in general will be able to lead one of the pro cycling circuit's 90 teams, and compete in a thrilling 2015 season, participating in over 200 competitions and the ultimate challenge: the prestigious Tour de France 2015 and its official route.
Discover through today's gameplay trailer, an overview of what you'll find in the game, as well as a list of the new features and gameplay mechanics you'll experience this June on PC: new ProCyclist mode, enhanced interface and graphics, control of your rider trajectory, improved Career Mode (training, scouting, rider progression...) and more!
The game releases this June on PC. You can pre-order it from tonight on Steam at 10% off.
Become the sports director of one of the 90 teams of the pro circuit, and compete in a thrilling 2015 season. Participate in over 200 competitions (550 stages) and the ultimate challenge: the prestigious Tour de France 2015 and its official route. Recruitment, team management, finances, contracts with riders and sponsors, training programs and the race calendar: leave nothing to chance. Your role will be equally important during the race, whereevery decision will be crucial in your bid for victory! Embark on a season in Solo mode or organize online competitions against virtual managers from all around the world! The new Pro Cyclist game mode lets you create and control a cyclist from the start of his career and turn him into an international star! The career mode has been improved, with revised rider progress system, specific training programs, a more extensive scout management system and the opportunity to manage a reserve team! On the gameplay side, strategic sprint sequences have been made more realistic, with the new option to choose your sprinter's preferred trajectory. Also, a high-performance AI to make the action more challenging, and a new interface and design of the menus and in the race bring Pro Cycling Manager to new heights!
Follow us now on Facebook and Twitter, and stay informed about everything related to Tour de France 2015 and Pro Cycling Manager 2015, the official video games of the Tour de France, available in June on PS4, PS3, Xbox One and PC!
The game will release on PC this June, pre-order it from tonight on Steam at 10% off


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2018 Suzuki Hayabusa Revealed
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In the run-up to 2017 EICMA Motorcycle Show in Milan, Italy, Japanese auto giant Suzuki has revealed the 2018 Hayabusa along with the updated GSX-R600 and the GSX-R750. Nothing much has changed excepting for all 3 bikes gaining a new paint scheme. The 2018 Suzuki Hayabusa will now be available with a red and white colour scheme with white alloy wheels along with the former red and black scheme. On the mechanical front, it is still powered by the massive 1340cc engine that transmits 197PS of power and 154Nm of peak torque. Many riders across the world, including India, consider the Hayabusa as the Holy Grail of motorcycles. The bike, however, hasn't received any significant update in a while. Earlier, it was reported that Suzuki would launch a turbocharged version of the Hayabusa around 2019. While Suzuki hasn't confirmed or denied this, we can only keep our fingers crossed and hope they build it.
Meanwhile, the Suzuki GSX-R600 and the GSX-R750 also get an updated paint scheme. While the GSX-R600 is available in different colour options like silver/white, grey/red and Suzuki's trademark blue, the GSX-R750 gets a black/red. Black/grey and blue paint options. Meanwhile the Suzuki GSX-R600 gets a silver/white, grey/red paint scheme and the trademark Suzuki blue colour. The GSX-R750 now sports a new black/red and black/grey colour along with the blue paint scheme. The 2018 Hayabusa marks 19 years of the motorcycle and with all respect to the Japanese falcon, it is long due for a revamp. With earlier reports talking about a new turbocharged 'Busa for 2019, we can only wait for Suzuki to reveal the bike soon.
On the other hand, the GSX-R600 and GSX-R750 are unlikely to arrive in India, although we can expect the 2018 Hayabusa to be unveiled at the Auto Expo next year along with two other bikes. While we expect the 2018 Suzuki Hayabusa to make in debut in India at the 2018 Auto Expo, there's no word on whether the Suzuki GSX-R600 and Suzuki GSX-R750 will make it our shore. In India, the Suzuki Hayabusa competes against the Kawasaki Ninja ZX-14R and is priced at Rs.13.57 lakh (ex-showroom Delhi).


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James Cordes Writes for Avvo
February 8, 2017
Attorney James wrote a post for Avvo recently about sexual harassment allegations – and how you can react if divorce is on the table.
"While finding out about a spouse's infidelity is sure to spark anger, remember that your actions now can have long-lasting consequences. Accusations of domestic violence will likely be factored into a judge's decision regarding your fitness to be a parent, so getting into a physical fight with your spouse could lead to losing ground when it comes to arguing for custody of your children in a divorce. In a custody fight, if the court finds that you committed domestic violence, the law directs the court to enter orders that almost always disfavor the perpetrator of domestic violence when allocating parenting time and decision-making."
MoneyTalks Features Kaplan
December 2, 2017
Moneytalks.com featured advice from attorney James Cordes about 20 commonly held but false beliefs about divorce and money.
"While people tend to get what they pay for when it comes divorce attorneys, the difference in hourly rates isn't a good indicator of the quality of their work, says Colorado attorney James Cordes. He recommends that you look for a divorce attorney you can relate to who will work to get you the best result without overcharging."
Kaplan Featured in Redbook
October 24, 2017
Attorney Marc Kaplan is featured in an article from Redbook about 30 things you should never say to your kids while going through a divorce.
"Parenting 101 is learning to put your child's needs ahead of your own, yet it's easy to forget that during an event as traumatic as a divorce. 'Parents should never say to their children that they are sad or hurt when the children are with the other parent, or that the child can't enjoy a special opportunity to be with the other parent even if it is not scheduled,' says Marc Kaplan, a family law attorney at Kaplan Law in Denver, Colorado."
TheStreet Features Marc Kaplan
January 12, 2018
TheStreet featured Marc Kaplan's take on what divorce can mean for your debt accounts and your credit score.
"Any time you have joint ownership of an account, whether that be an investment account, bank account, credit card or loan, you're ultimately responsible for keeping the account current and you cannot rely on the other person on the account to meet that responsibility," says Marc Kaplan, divorce attorney at Kaplan Law in Denver, Col. "So, unless the account is paid off and closed, you remain ultimately responsible to the bank, credit card company, or other entity."
Marc Kaplan Profiled in Huffington Post
December 15, 2017
A recent article in the Huffington Post profiling healthcare and legal professionals featured Marc Kaplan, describing what drives him to do the work he does.
"I became a trial attorney because I saw so many instances of people being mistreated, taken advantage of, being voiceless and powerless. While it may sound naïve, and perhaps unbelievable to the general public, I viewed and still view lawyers as society's answer to protecting individuals from abuse of power and the inequities in our society."


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Cathedral Council
The Council represents the Cathedral community as well as the wider local and regional community. Its members are drawn from a wide variety of organisations. Its duty is to further and support the work of the Cathedral Church in spiritual, pastoral, evangelistic, social and ecumenical areas.
Cathedral Council Members
- Mr Richard Oldfield – Chairman
- The Very Reverend Dr Robert Willis – Dean
- Commodore Martin Atherton – Secretary
- Canon Clare Edwards
- Canon Nick Papadopulos
- Mrs Amanda Cottrell
- Mr Julian Hills
- The Revd Preb David Houlding
- Archbishop Paul Kwong
- The Revd Dr Philip Luscombe
- Sir Donald Martin
- Cllr George Metcalfe
- Mr Philip Sibbald
- Mrs Caroline Spencer
- Mrs Val Wallis
- Mrs Cressida Williams
- Ms Daisy Burton
- Mr Peter Warr


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The past few days have been busy and productive as the College made progress in two important areas: state government engagement, and accreditation.
On Monday, I attended the opening session of the Arizona Legislature in Phoenix. Sen. David Bradley, District 10, invited a PCC team to the session, where we met briefly with Sen. Steve Farley, District 9. Sen. Bradley's other guests included Daniel Ranieri, President/CEO for La Frontera Arizona, and H.T. Sanchez, Superintendent of TUSD. We discussed the importance of continued funding for education on all levels, including community colleges and universities, and our interest in Gov. Ducey's proposed budget. I also met Senate President Andy Biggs and Rep.Vince Leach, District 11, Vice Chair of the House Appropriations Committee.
On Tuesday, I led a PCC team at a hearing of the Higher Learning Commission's Institutional Actions Council Hearing Committee in Chicago. The hearing was held to review the report of the HLC evaluation team that visited PCC in September. As I have written, the College last month received the good news that the team recommended we be taken off probation.
I believe the hearing went extremely well and the atmosphere was positive. I asked that the Hearing Committee accepts the recommendation of the site evaluation team.
The hearing was significant because it was the last chance for us to describe, person to person, to the HLC the many improvements that are taking place at PCC and make our case to be removed from probation. The Hearing Committee asked a variety of questions covering a number of areas, such as integrated planning and budgeting, program review, board governance, leadership transition, and diversity.
The meeting reinforced my belief that the HLC Board of Trustees' final decision, due in late February or early March, will be a positive one for the College.
To top off the last few days, before Wednesday's PCC Governing Board meeting a new member of the Board, Mark Hanna, was sworn to begin his six-year term. Mark, a former chair of the PCC Alumni Association and a former member of the PCC Foundation, replaces Dr. Brenda Even, who chose not to run for re-election after ably serving on the Board since 2001.
Clearly, a lot of good things are happening at PCC as we learn, change and improve in order to better serve students and the community.


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Large Data Strategies
Allen Wagner
Microsoft Corporation
November 7, 2001
As I mentioned in a previous guest appearance on this column, I've been working on a file storage XML Web Service called ColdStorage, along with Marcelo Uemura and David Willson. We released our first version of that sample service a few weeks ago. One of the core issues we ran into during its design was how to handle large data transactions using SOAP. We discussed a few options and eventually settled on a manual chunking scheme. This is a topic that I think bears some examination. As Web Service become more prevalent, the complexity of the tasks they perform is bound to increase. Correspondingly, the amounts of data they work with will increase as well. How you choose to handle the transfer of that data can have a direct impact on the usability of your Web Service.
Definitions and Design Issues
By large data, I am referring to multi-megabyte to potentially multi-gigabyte streams of data. The source is irrelevant. We might be talking about video clips, legal documents, or medical images. The data doesn't even necessarily need to be in a file form. Maybe you are processing satellite radio data searching for E.T., or modeling drug interactions with cancer cells in a distributed environment. Volume of data is the single characteristic that ties together these disparate sources.
Designing for high volumes of data means that you'll need to consider some issues more closely than you might have otherwise. Here is a short list, in no particular order:
Performance and Usage Scenarios
By their very nature, large data objects magnify overhead costs that might have been overlooked before. For example, encoding a 20 KB array parameter creates little more that a minor hiccup on a performance test, whereas encoding a 20 MB array parameter is definitely noticeable. Delivering large data on a secure channel means encryption costs in addition to encoding.
How you respond to those performance issues is really dependent on how you expect customers to use your Web Service. A well-planned design will consider the usage scenarios up front. For example, will the Web Service be used well behind the scenes in a B2B, or will it be tied to a user interface? Obviously, this type of data transfer is a candidate for an asynchronous design on the client side. If there is a user interface driving the Web Service, as was the case with the ColdStorage sample, few customers will want to sit idly by while a data transfer ties up their machine for hours.
Is timing a significant factor for your Web Service? For example, does the Web Service method call need to be completed in real time, or can the delivery of results be delayed and delivered at a later time?
Catastrophic Failure and Error Recovery
Timeouts and broken connections can be particularly painful if the data is sent as one large block. If a timeout or connection failure occurs during the transfer of large data, what is the best mechanism for reestablishing the connection and picking up where you left off, rather than starting over from scratch?
Capacity Planning
Capacity planning with large data is difficult. Uploading or downloading an extremely large file will keep a TCPIP connection open for the duration of the transfer. Do that across a large number of users, and scalability falls through the floor. Modeling real-world performance when data sizes range from a few kilobytes to multiple megabytes can give you results that are not indicative of reality. You will need some firm statistics showing what the true average size of your incoming and outgoing data are.
In general, you have to assume that the transport mechanism that underlies SOAP can handle the transfer of large data. After all, your test team has enough on its hands verifying that the Web Service itself is functioning properly. Issues still remain for testing, however. For example, say your Web Service routinely handles data that is multiple megabytes in size. Does that mean your test team must test with files of the same size, or is it okay if they work with smaller pieces of data to return faster test results?
The answers to those issues are dependent on what your Web Service does with those large blocks of data. At a minimum, while scheduling the development effort of the service, pad your estimated test times to allow for long delays.
Is an XML Web Service the Best Tool for This Job?
There is no point in using a screwdriver to pound nails. It takes forever, and it messes up your screwdriver. If all you want to do is transfer raw bits up to a server, there are lower-level protocols that can achieve this much more efficiently—FTP or WebDAV, for example. This may change in the future, but for now, there is no denying the reality: SOAP over HTTP introduces overhead.
One point to consider: What happens to the data once it gets on the server? Do you want to attach attributes to the data and archive it in a SQL database? If you do, it means additional server-side code. If you plan on using some other transfer method, how will your customers know where to connect to, what account to use, and where to drop the files?
As questions of this sort mount up, it becomes more apparent that there are other costs associated with the fastest upload schemes. Granted, tools are available to handle the routing of large data files to the appropriate destination (forgive me while I insert a shameless Microsoft® BizTalk™ Server plug here). The point to take away here is, when you send a large data object directly to a Web Service, you are hand-delivering the data to the code logic that knows explicitly what to do with it.
Design Patterns
So, let's assume you've made peace with the issues related to large data design objects, and have decided that an XML Web Service is the appropriate way to send or receive large blocks of data. Where do we go from here?
There are a couple of basic approaches to large data transfer. You can pass it as a buffer of bytes, or you can offload the transfer to a more efficient mechanism.
Data Buffer
This boils down to passing raw data in the form of an array of bytes as one of the parameters of a Web Service method. Typically, one of the other parameters will provide information about how large the buffer is.
This is the easiest approach, but is not without hazards. From a Web Service consumer perspective, you don't really know the maximum size of the block being sent. Unless you establish some arbitrary maximum size that you will accept, you run the risk of running out of memory or driving system performance into the ground as the virtual memory on your machine is consumed.
From the server perspective, the risk of running out of memory is not as strong, but you still need to establish an arbitrary cap on the size of the file. If you don't, you open yourself to a potential denial-of-service attack of excessively large files. The other danger comes from customers overstating the size of the data buffer they are providing, causing potential crashes or security problems if you are not careful.
Speaking of arbitrary caps on parameter size, here's a tip for those using the .NET Framework. Under the version of the .NET Framework that shipped with Visual Studio .NET Beta 2, the maximum SOAP message size for a Web Service was capped at 4 MB. You can increase that cap by changing the
maxRequestLength setting in the
httpRuntime section of the Web.Config file for your Web Service. In the example below, the maxRequestLength has been set to 8096 KB:
<httpRuntime maxRequestLength="8096"
There are variations on the "one big buffer" scenario. One strategy to consider here is the approach we took with ColdStorage: break the large data blob up into smaller chunks of a fixed size for upload and download. Here are some benefits of this strategy:
- Each method call uses a fixed maximum amount of memory.
- System resources are not hogged for an extreme period of time by any single call. Instead, breaking one large request into smaller pieces allows other smaller requests to be serviced. Overall throughput in terms of total requests serviced should increase.
- It offers a mechanism for error recovery. If any individual chunk fails during delivery, you can resend just that chunk.
- It should provide better scalability in a server farm scenario. Any available server can service incoming requests, potentially taking better advantage of under-utilized hardware.
Here are the downsides to this approach:
- Additional processing time is required to establish connections to the server. In the one big buffer approach, the connection can be held, rather than having to close.
- The consumer of the Web Service needs to be a little more intelligent to manage the upload and download.
- Very large transfers, occurring amid many smaller transfers, can potentially suffer long delays. This scenario is not as bad when the majority of the transfers involve data of roughly the same volume. In such cases, all of the transfers will be delayed uniformly.
Another option you might want to consider is to compress the data before transmitting it up to the server or down to the consumer of the Web Service. Naturally, this strategy limits the usefulness of your Web Service; consumers of the service will need to know the scheme used to compress the data and have access to the software required to compress and uncompress the files.
Offloading the Transfer
This approach is a variation on one of the concepts addressed in the W3C SOAP with Attachments specification. That is, rather than sending the actual bytes of the file in the SOAP message, you can send a URL to the file to be downloaded. The recipient of the URL can bind to it separately, outside the world of SOAP, and download it.
This approach works for downloads, but unless you are calling the Web Service from an HTTP server on the Internet, uploading data is still impossible. The Web Service will be unable to resolve the URL when attempting to bind it.
Another upload possibility is to do a two-stage transfer along these lines:
- The client calls the Web Service requesting to upload a file.
- The Web Service responds with an upload location, information about the protocol to use, and logon credentials.
- Outside the context of the Web Service, you log on to that location using the provided credentials, and complete the transfer using the protocol provided.
- When the transfer is complete, the Web Service routes the file appropriately. To tell when transfer is complete, the service may monitor activity in that location, or could require you to call an UploadComplete method.
This approach could work well if, say, you were directed to log on to a specific FTP server and deposit your file in a location to which you had restricted access.
Other Hybrid Approaches
There are other variations on the theme that don't comply with all of the existing SOAP standards. For example, I've seen methods mentioned on chat groups that would have you send the Web Service a TCPIP address and a socket to connect to. Transfer of data is then done at the TCPIP level for dramatically improved performance. The downside to this approach is that it ties up resources on the Web Service and requires trust on the part of the client. Since the primary transfer is done outside the HTTP protocol, it won't work easily through a firewall without extra configuration.
Here's another variant: If you are working in a server-to-server environment, you can potentially pass an IStream pointer as one of the parameters in the Web Service call. The recipient of the pointer can call methods to read data from or write data to the stream—rather than trying to transfer one large blob of data at a time.
The difficulty in this arises in that it will not work in a server-to-generic-client model. For this type of communication, the client needs to be able to accept SOAP requests representing the Web Service's calls on that IStream pointer.
In general, performance for this hybrid will not really improve dramatically. You will still end up encoding all the bytes in the file as they are marshaled from one server to the other, but at least the volume of data received will be controllable.
Finally, there is another solution available—using the .NET Framework. If you have control over both the Web Service and the client, you can use the .NET Remoting and Channels Services provided by the framework. Communication between client and server can happen as low as the TCP level, without having to open additional ports in a firewall. Using .NET Remoting, you can achieve higher performance and have access to other advanced features. The trade-off is that this form of data transfer does not use an open standard. It is proprietary to the .NET Framework.
Large data handling in XML Web Services raises a lot of questions, not all of which can be easily answered. As SOAP support grows, some of the performance issues related to handling large amounts of data will hopefully be addressed. In the meantime, there are a number of different approaches you can try. The number of options grows if you are willing to deviate from a pure SOAP implementation. In a perfect world, there would be a standardized way to negotiate the most effective upload and download mechanism between a Web Service and its clients. For now, there are really only two choices: You can accept some of the performance hit for transferring large amounts of data in a SOAP-standard way, or you can blaze your own trail, and try something like one of the options discussed in this article.
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I hope you've heard of Philadelphia Butter Cake. If you haven't, pop over to this here link to learn a bit more about it. Don't worry, I'll wait.
But wait, there's more. In Northeast Philadelphia, as I heard, there was a bit of a battle over whose Butter Cake was superior: Haegle's or Mayfair Bakery, two bake shops a mere few blocks from one another.
Well, I didn't need much more urging than that to see for myself. So I went to both Haegle's and Mayfair Bakery, and sampled both. Along with some friends, I had a tasting.
First, the bakery experience. Here is what Haegle's looks like.
and inside, here's what the Butter Cake looks like:
...also, for what it's worth, they had these things that I'd never seen before:
The bakery employee was very friendly, answering all my questions with a smile. How long have you been here? Since 1930, though not me personally. What's a wien cake? A vaguely Lamington-esque cake, topped with vanilla or chocolate frosting.
And then, on to Mayfair Bakery. Inside of Mayfair Bakery, the cake looks like this:
...and they also had these:
And after you exit the premises with your cake, this is what you'll be looking at:
At both bakeries, the butter cake was sold not by the slice but by the slab. Sort of like a quarter-sheet of it. I found it interesting that it was only sold this way or as a larger sheet size--no single servings. A quarter-sheet was $5.75 at Haegle's and $5.85 at Mayfair, I believe--they were very close in price.
Here they are, together.
Care for a closer look? OK. Here's the cake from Haegle's, a little more crackly on top:
Here's the cake from Mayfair Bakery: a little more crater-y looking:
Here's the slice from Haegle's. Haegle's had a little more ooze and a more dense crust base:
and here's the one from Mayfair. Definitely a more puffy yeast base, more like a light bread. Overall, easier to eat from your hand without getting all messy.
and finally, it was time to taste.
We judged them on a few criteria: texture, presentation, taste, and overall.
In terms of TEXTURE, the Haegle's cake was definitely more gooey, which was pleasant against the dense yeast crust. The Mayfair version ran a little drier, which was nice for eating in-hand, but was not as satisfyingly decadent. Texture winner: Haegle's.
In terms of PRESENTATION, both cakes were on an even par. Our tasters were split between which aesthetic--crackly or cratery--was preferred, but ultimately, Mayfair took the cake because the cake was in its own little aluminum pan, which made transport easier. Presentation winner: Mayfair.
In terms of TASTE, it was a tough split, but ultimately, the more gooey Haegle's won the vote. The drier Mayfair variety is a fantastic morning cake, but Haegle's variety, tasters felt, was such that it could be eaten all day. The crust, more dense, also had a more rich flavor. Taste winner: Haegle's.
OVERALL? Well, both were fantastic Butter Cake experiences, and I'd highly recommend both. If you asked me to bring a butter cake from just one or the other, I'd probably go to Haegle's first. But the cakes are both of such fine caliber that if the first stop had run out, I'd be equally proud to come toting a bakery box from the other.
Haegle's Bakery: 4164 Barnett Street, Philadelphia, PA 19135 (map) (215) 624-0117
Mayfair Bakery: 6447 Frankford Avenue, Philadelphia, PA 19135 (map); (215) 624-7878;mayfairbakery.com
Read more about butter cakes I've eaten on Serious Eats!


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Greetings Psychic Junkies. I'd like to shed some light on what is normally called a ouija board. First I would like to warn that their are entities that are looking for portals into this dimension for the purpose of communication or to fulfill undone work. Honestly the Ouija Board is an instrument used to open a portal, now I'm not saying it's a bad thing I'm just saying it's not something you want to play with if you have no idea what you are doing.
As for me I use an instrument called a Talking Board, and the way it works is the board has been designed especially for me. It has alphabets, punctuation and numbers, the difference in what I do is, I use a pendulum which is tied to my finger allowing it to dangle, I then place the pendulum over the Talking Board and without any effort from me (remember the pendulum is tied to my finger I do not hold it) the pendulum swings from letter to letter spelling out words, giving answers to your questions in sentences and phrases.
Now I have always used a pendulum but only for yes and no answers, I found a pendulum chart online downloaded it and placed the pendulum over the chart, it spelled out...THIS IS THE WAY YOU ARE TO READ FROM NOW ON. Needless to say it completely freaked me out and I dropped the pendulum.
After getting messages from my Spirit guides through dreams, I knew she was communicating with me through the pendulum in order to give specific information to my clients. This method has been accurate and 100% on point.
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Beginning on March 1, 2016, SNAP recipients that are known as able-bodied adults without dependents (ABAWDs) will see a change in their benefits and requirements. An ABAWD is a benefit recipient, ages 18 through 49 with no dependents, who must work or participate in a work program to maintain eligibility for SNAP.
What are the changes?
ABAWDs will need to now fulfill work requirements in order to continue to receive SNAP benefits. The work requirements are one of the following:
1. Work an average of at least 80 hours per month
2. Participate in, and comply with, a Workforce Innovation and Opportunity Act program, a Trade Adjustment
Assistance Act program, or an approved employment training program for 80 hours or more per month
3. Participate in an approved program for 20 hours or more per week.
Individuals who do not complete any of the described work requirements will receive three months of SNAP benefits during a fixed three-year period.
DHS will notify all ABAWDs regarding these changes by letter.


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I recently returned from a windy and dust-caked trip to the San Luis Valley. Inspired by a book by writer and photographer Robert Adams, The Architecture and Art of Early Hispanic Colorado, written in 1974, I drove through the small towns and even smaller hamlets in the southern San Luis Valley taking pictures, quaking in the sand-filled winds and feeling a rush for architecture and place that I have been sorely missing.
I have lots of photos, mainly of the variety and typologies of small chapels, including the remarkable roofless chapel in Las Mesitas. Over the next couple of weeks I hope to do a little more research and post some of the images and some thoughts about this oldest of vernacular architecture in Colorado.
By the way, if you don't know how flat and relentless the central valley can be:
(I don't recommend this photo technique as you drive as you can't see at all where you're going. Mind you, not a lot of traffic out there.)


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MPEG Layer-3 is a form of wav compression, the process of compressing a wav file to a smaller size without losing much of the quality in it's uncompressed form.
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MPEG Layer-3 compressed wavs require the installation of the Layer-3 codec, which can be downloaded below, along with instructions to installation.
These compressed wavs will show up as 00:00:00 upon download in AOL's media player, as AOL only handles wavs in their uncompressed form. These wavs can only be played in chat rooms, in IMs and email if you use WavMan and in any external wav player outside of AOL, i.e. Media Player and Sound Recorder.
If you receive an error that your hardware cannot play this type of Audio, don't fret... all you need is to download and install the MPEG Layer-3 codec. It is a short, maybe 2 minute download for those with a 33.6 modem (293 KB). And yes, it is free. :)
When you have it downloaded to your chosen folder, open Windows Explorer and browse to the folder which you downloaded MPEG.exe to. When you have found it, simply install it by double-clicking it. This will breeze by very fast that you will barely see it happen.
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You may need to reboot your computer before you will be able to hear compressed wavs.
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