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5:35 The first thing we see is Gaga. Giuliana tells us that "She is genius. The commitment that it takes to be in that womb, in an egg, in this egg." I've got a new name catchphrase for Giuliana Rancic: Almost rancid, but not quite.
Ryan Seacrest tells us that Lady Gaga was inside that thing "for 3 hours getting ready with just her Blackberry." Doesn't he know you can do anything on that thing? Also that this is the closest look we'll get of Gaga before she's onstage "breaking her shell."
Sean: I wanted to see what Gaga would be wearing, not what she'd stuff herself in.
5:38 LL Cool J is wearing the same thing he wore at whatever was the last award show we watched.
5:39 Ellie Jackson! La Roux. Jessie: I have sexual fantasies about you.
5:41 Ciara is holding her vagina in for the Glam Cam 360. She looks like the infamous J.Lo from 10 years ago.
5:43 Ryan: I'm standing here with an old friend, Jennifer Hudson. Get it get it? Because she was on American Idol and he hosts it. Of course they talk about the weight and Weight Watchers, but the mic wasn't on her mouth when she plugged it so MISSED OPPORTUNITY.
Jessie: KB and I were worried about award show fatigue, but this is a new cast of characters.
5:48 Some predicatable Demi Lavato/Selena Gomez confusion occurs. They're asking the one who isn't in rehab and is dating Justin Bieber about his movie. She sounds incredibly bored about everything.
Oh but Drake comes to save the day! He says, "I feel great. I'm here with my mother." Sean replies, "I just want to reach out and touch a brother."
Whatever you think about Maroon 5, Adam Levine is hot and "Misery" is catchy so there.
5:55 It's sad when the only think anyone can discuss is Lady Gaga. Her intro is now being referred to as a "Placenta-Egg thing."
5:58 Wait is Valentine's Day tomorrow? I had no idea.
6:00 John oh John. Christina: He looks like he's trying to be Johnny Depp. I refuse to post a photo because I try to only speak well of him. Bruno Mars, however, has great hair. Later he does a great 360 cam with his "rat pack."
Paramore is going to Brazil, so Giuliana tells them that "Brazil is a sexy sexy place." Giuliana my love, pray tell: What happened to you in Brazil?
B.OB. has also brought his Mom. His blazer and scarf look great.
Kim! You look so Vegas! And oh, do you have a big ass? Thanks for reminding us!
Jessie: Her boobs are like a zip code.
KB: OMG it's Rob! (Note here that she squealed also).
Sean: Is he the one with a perpetual boner in that episode?
6:11 Ricky Martin is wearing silver pleather pants. Just because you're out now doesn't mean you can wear hideous things. He tells us that 1999 "was a really intense evening for me." As he speaks, the backdrop shows us Mya, who appears to be dating a Keanu Reeves look-alike?
6:19 I can't tell the difference between Lady Antebellum and Paramore. Oh wait, that's 'cause they both suck.
6:22 Reebok Easy Tone reminds me yet again that I do like to dance around in my underwear with my gal pals, so while I'm at it, why not make it Easy Tone?
Willow Smith! She says that hearing her song on the radio "is like, I'm changing peoples lives." She is immodest in a way that only young individuals can be and still continue to appear charming. She also gestures just like her Dad. Her brother Jayden is performing with Justin Bieber, and though he was nervous, she "was like, aww you'll be fine." She's told that Miley Cyrus is right behind her, but does not give a shit about Miley. Good for you girl.
Jessie: Miley's boobs looks like a weird tumor. I'm clutching mine in defensiveness.
Sean: She looks too much like a platypus. Jessie: As opposed to striking the right balance of platypus-lookingness?
Miley says, "I'm very heavy", referring to her jewelry. Unfortunately, we see that, but in another way.
6:28 Bieber arrives, wearing an ill-fitted suit. Sean: Why are you waddling? Because he took a shit in his diaper.
Kate: This whole show is Glee and American Idol.
There is a weird run-in with power couples Nicole and Keith vs. J.Lo and anthony. Who would win in a duel? Discuss.
6:32 Diddy looks fat. Sean: Maybe your TV just puts 10 lbs on people. And in the case of Miley Cyrus, about 30. Kate: At least his hair looks good.
Katy Perry brought her 90-year-old Grandmother with a bedazzled cane here to the Grammys for her birthday. Russell preens and looks bored in the background as he checks out the scene. He looks so old, like the crypt keeper, which is weird, because next to Nana he should look fresh. Armani made the outfits for the entire family. That did not stop Katy from looking like this:
6:38 Look at Justin saying hayyy to Rihanna's breasts. Motorboating!
People are literally cheering at Rihanna in pipe cleaners. Ryan Seacrest asks her "when did he [Gautier] reveal to you it was going to be so revealing?" Rihanna keeps doing a lot of sexy shimmys to adjust her dress.
Where is Beyonce?! This Red Carpet has mourned for her and whatever fishtail dress she was going to wear.
Willow Smith has a purse that looks like a mobile with a phone dangling from it.
Where is Gwenny? We have 15 minutes people, get to it!
6:50 Jamie Foxx has a harem with him.
Lea Michele finally shows up, suspiciously separate from her Glee costars. KB points out that she predicted Lea would show up 5 minutes before the show started, and she's only 5 minutes off. To make up for it, Lea does the best smirk/hair brush of her face I have ever seen. I wish I had a gif of that. Let's make do with some sexy-face:
Seal is all about Heidi Klum's feet, which, like the rest of her, feature a lot of gold (toenail polish). Klum tells us that "the trick is to stay naked." I don't know what context that is in. Ryan Seacrest hits Seal on the head with a microphone by accident.
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on Linux, Unix, OS X, Windows, and some mobile devices. At its core libdmtx
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restrictions or overhead. The included utility programs, dmtxread and
dmtxwrite, serve as the official interface to libdmtx from the command line.
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Transfer Disclosure StatementThe seller of your property is required by law to furnish you with a "Real Estate Transfer Disclosure Statement," (TDS), in which the seller will make known to you important disclosures about that property, including any known existing conditions, any hazards or nuisances. For example, if the property drains improperly or if there are cracks in the chimney and the seller knows about it, he or she is required to let you know via the TDS.
In the TDS, the seller's agent and the buyer's agent are also obligated to inspect the property and to provide results regarding any known existing conditions, any hazards or nuisances. If the TDS is delivered to you after execution of the offer to purchase, you have three days if the form is delivered to you in person or five days if it is delivered to you by mail, to use it to terminate the contract if you are not satisfied with its contents.
Home Inspection ReportJust as important as the TDS is the home inspection report. While the TDS documents the property's condition, to the knowledge of the seller, a home inspection will provide you with the additional insight of a construction expert.
As a result, I advise anyone buying a home to first have it inspected by a professional home inspector who is:
The report also will identify areas that could not be inspected and may recommend additional inspections by other experts in areas including roofs, foundations, soils, drainage or pools. Less usual, but also recommended from time to time, are inspections for health-related risks such as radon gas, asbestos or problems with water or waste disposal systems. While additional inspections will cost more money, they definitely are worth it if they uncover an expensive defect in the property.
A general inspector will focus on the structure, construction, and mechanical systems of the house, and will make you aware only of repairs that are needed. Generally, an inspector checks (and gives estimated prices for repairs on): the electrical system, plumbing and waste disposal, the water heater, insulation and ventilation, heating and cooling systems, water source and quality, the foundation, doors, windows, ceilings, walls, floors, and roof.
The inspector does not evaluate whether or not you're getting good value for your money.
Usually, there will be an inspection clause in the contract. Sometimes, the seller will provide a report of a home inspection aid for by the seller. If conditions or defects are disclosed in the report you can:
Pest Control Inspection ReportWhile you are in escrow, you should have the property inspected by a licensed pest control professional. While termites or other pest infestations are not common, pest control operators also are trained to look for dry rot, usually caused where wood comes into continuous contact with water. Dry rot can be serious and should be fixed immediately. If any condition is discovered in a pest control report, it needs to be corrected and the property re-inspected by a certified pest control inspector, before you close the sale of the home. Pest control reports generally cost around $200-$300.
Smoke Detector and Water HeaterDuring the escrow process, sellers are required to provide for you evidence that they have equipped the home with smoke detectors, and that water heaters are braced, anchored, or strapped to resist falling in an earthquake.


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Rozlyn Papa has spoken out again about being kicked off "The Bachelor."
In a new interview with "Fisher in the Morning" on Mix 103.7 in Richmond, Virginia, Rozlyn continued to insist she did not have a sexual relationship with one of the show's producers. In fact, she said she didn't even kiss the gentleman.
"There was no making out," Rozlyn said. "Unfortunately, I did not 'get any' out of this big sex scandal that supposedly happened. If I had known I was gonna get accused of it, maybe I would have gone for it."
When asked if she just did the show for the fame, Rozlyn admitted that her desire for that kind of attention did play some role in her decision to be a part of the franchise.
"A little bit," she answered. "[I was accused of being] there for the wrong reasons is what one of the girls said and I'm not really sure what the right reasons are for being on a reality TV show. I think that it should be 'for the experience,' just hoping for the best.
"I think I was there more just to have a good time and I think I got a burned for that a little bit" she continued. "My dad said to me last night, 'Any publicity is good publicity, just roll with it.'"
As for show host Chris Harrison, he insisted in an interview with Access Hollywood's Billy Bush that Rozlyn did indeed have a relationship with a producer.
"There was 100 %, no lie, no doubt, that a physical relationship had and was taking place with one of our crew members with Rozlyn while [she was] on the show," Chris said.
And today, Rozlyn's past reared it's ugly head as two 1999 arrests for petty theft have surfaced. Both cases were reportedly dismissed.
Regardless of what happened on set, Rozlyn said her hugely publicized exit was all done for TV ratings.
"I think eventually it will come out that this is all hype for the show," she told Mix 103.7.
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The Persistence of Vision Raytracer (POV-Ray).
This is the legacy Bug Tracking System for the POV-Ray project. Bugs listed here are being migrated to our github issue tracker. Please refer to that for new reports or updates to existing ones on this system.
FS#300 - Reference Documentation Support
Opened by Benedikt Adelmann (badelmann) - Monday, 01 July 2013, 18:15 GMT
Last edited by William F Pokorny (wfpokorny) - Wednesday, 15 February 2017, 13:31 GMT
As emerged as an idea during the discussion of FS#299, an SDL / POV-Ray editor feature would be useful that allows API documentation via formal comments, e.g. in include files:
/** * Creates a car object. * @param a * description of param a * ... */ #macro car(a,b,c) ... #end
In addition to the ability of (auto-)generating a documentation file from such comments, an editor window feature would be convenient that allows popup display of a macro's (object's / parameter's / ...) documentation section.
This might be more suited for an external tool (at least to start with). Once that external piece of software has become mature and stable enough, integration into the POV-Ray GUI might be a next step.
- Field changed: Status (Unconfirmed → Tracked on GitHub)
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In the dog days of summer, when you're sporting a steady tan and skin-searing sunburns are less frequent, it's too easy to skip the sunscreen and head straight outside for a run, ride, or round of golf unprotected. Don't do it. You're just as subject to damaging ultraviolet rays as you were when all lily-white in May – especially to the deep-penetrating UVA rays that cause wrinkles and skin cancer. Always slop on a broad-spectrum, oxybenzone- and paraben-free sunscreen with an SPF of 30 to 50. We think VMV Hypoallergenics' Armada Face Cover 45 is one of the best.
We used Armada throughout a weeklong fishing trip in July that saw zero days of cloud cover. Sitting in a boat on the open water under the beating sun for hours on end, not one of us got burned – even though we sweat through our shirts and even jumped in the lake a few times to cool off. And since it contains UVA-blocking minerals zinc oxide and titanium dioxide, it also protects against deeper, more serious sun damage. Non-greasy Armada stayed put, never dripping into our eyes or gunking up our rod handles or lures. Plus, the stuff doesn't leave a chalky pallor or feel like a heavy clay mask on your face like so many other mineral-based sunscreens do. And thanks to no synthetic fragrances, we didn't smell like coconuts or, worse, a noxious chemical cocktail.
Armada costs more than the average Aveeno, Coppertone, or other quality mineral blends, but the combination of no streakiness, no slippery feel, no cakey feeling – and no burns – makes it worth every dime. [$46, 3 oz; vmvhypoallergenics.com]
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Around Jalopnik parts, our blackness is undeniably questionable. We've got a few Jews, an Italian and a Mick. Oh, and an Austin now and then, who for the sake of automotive shorthand, we'll assume is vaguely British, despite his penchant for short pants. But Cube's Impala cannot be denied in this clip, and frankly, we dare you not to nod your head.
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Brendan Liam O'Rourke has only one minor brush with the law — a misdemeanor telephone harassment case in Illinois — but his victim wasn't surprised to learn he is accused of going on a shooting rampage Friday at a Carlsbad elementary school.
When O'Rourke got mad at Bonnie Ramirez and her son in 2002, he started calling them 20 to 30 times a day. At one point, he called her 228 times over five days.
"He was very, very disturbed," Ramirez, 68, said Tuesday from her Springfield, Ill., home.
The details about the harassment case and other aspects of O'Rourke's life are beginning to emerge as police put together a case against him for the Kelly Elementary shooting that ended with two girls, ages 6 and 7, wounded. Both are out of the hospital and recovering.
O'Rourke, 41, is set to be arraigned today in Vista Superior Court on six counts of attempted murder for each of the rounds fired and another count for allegedly pointing the empty gun at a school staffer and pulling the trigger.
The case has drawn national media attention, which is how Ramirez said she learned about the shooting and recognized O'Rourke's name.
Eight years ago, he was her son's roommate in Springfield. Ramirez said after O'Rourke was fired from an insurance company where he worked with computers, he fell into a deep depression.
Carlsbad police said that when they went into O'Rourke's apartment in Oceanside after Friday's shooting they found the walls spray painted with the words "destroy" and "Christian," and writings indicating he was angry with the insurance companies AIG and State Farm.
Ramirez said her son tried to get O'Rourke help at a hospital, but nothing was done for him. The son asked O'Rourke to move out, and then the telephone calls started — first to her son and then to Ramirez.
Sometimes O'Rourke would just hang up. Other times, Ramirez said, he would say terrible things.
She had recently lost a son to suicide, she said. "On Mother's Day, (O'Rourke) called and told me my son was dead because of me."
A tracer was placed on her phone, and it recorded the 228 calls from O'Rourke in five days. He was arrested and later pleaded guilty to making harassing telephone calls. He was sentenced to one year probation and fined $300.
Police have not determined a motive for the rampage at Kelly Elementary. So far, no connection between O'Rourke and the school has been established.
Carlsbad Police Lt. Kelly Cain said O'Rourke worked as a phone or computer technician at NTN Communications Inc., a video entertainment firm in Carlsbad that installs games and video equipment in bars and restaurants. The business is about two miles south of the school.
Michele Hincks, the company's vice president of marketing, confirmed O'Rourke's employment but declined to say what his job was.
"We are cooperating fully with police, and our thoughts and prayers go out to the two little girls and all those at Kelly Elementary," she said.
Oceanside police records show that officers were called to O'Rourke's Garrison Street apartment three times this year after receiving noise complaints. Each time he refused to answer the door and the noise stopped.
A neighbor told police that shortly before 1 a.m. on Feb. 8 O'Rourke was "being loud and yelling swear words … also yelling he was 'going to kill someone.' "
Shortly before midnight on April 3, a neighbor again called police, saying that O'Rourke "keeps hitting the floor very loudly." Police said the neighbor "states he is always yelling racial slurs."
The next night, about 10:30 p.m., officers were called again to O'Rourke's apartment. Police told the neighbor who complained to report the incident to the apartment manager.
One of the witnesses to Friday's shooting, Stephanie Durkee, a campus monitor at the school for 17 years, said Tuesday O'Rourke was yelling when he came on to the playground and started shooting. He was armed with a .357 Magnum revolver. Durkee said he shouted: "Death to Obama. Kill all the little (expletive). Death to them."
Durkee said when she asked him what he was doing, he replied, "This is a drill and these are blanks."
Cain said investigators plan to re-interview Durkee and the U.S. Secret Service is looking into the account because of the reference to President Barack Obama.
Durkee was one of three staffers honored at Kelly Elementary on Monday, along with three construction workers and two neighbors who helped chase down the gunman.
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Veeka have elegantly re-invigorated the classic cycling glove. They've eschewed boring modern materials and instead have chosen to work with vintage-styled, breathable, hand woven crochet to create these chic, timeless fingerless cycling mitts that offer a vintage feel in a modern form.
Veeka's generously padded Garin cycling gloves have all the little features you'd hope to find in a product chosen by VeloVixen; like silicone printed palms for grip, an elongated wrist tab so you can pull them on and off in a jiffy, as well as genuine leather to protect your palms.
They're beautifully finished with soft cotton lining and come with a sturdy velcro closure, so you can be sure they stay comfortable and snug no matter how rough the ride.
Ideal for:
- All year round cycling.
- Good grip on handle bars.
- A retro cycle look.
*Veeka proudly admit that although they don't aim to re-invent the wheel, they are however determined to make it roll a little smoother.
Size Guide
Small: Fits hand approx...
- 9cm in width (measured across knuckles).
- 12cm in length (measured from wrist to small finger).
Medium: Fits hand approx...
- 10cm in width (measured across knuckles).
- 13cm in length (measured from wrist to small finger).
Tech Spec
- Vintage-styled breathable hand woven cotton webbed backer
- Elongated tab on wrist for easier fitting of the gloves
- Non slip silicone repeat print on palm for added grip and protection
- Technical, Non stretch, quick drying vegan Amara synthetic suede on palm
- Soft cotton liner
- Sturdy velcro closure with silicone "Veeka" logo
Ideal for:
- All year round cycling.
- Good grip on handle bars.
- A retro cycle look.
Who's Behind It?
Back in early 2014 a group of avid cyclists and designers founded Veeka, a company dedicated to producing a new, modern take on the classic knit and leather gloves of decades past.
We love their commitment to recreating such beautiful, classic designs that blend the cycle aesthetics of a bygone era with the modern functionality, fit and material that suit today's cycling needs.
We're sure you'll agree that Veeka have nailed their designs, with silicon palm pads and pull tabs to allow for the classic gloves to slip on easily while retaining the vintage knit or perforated leather look and leather palms. Wear them on your next vintage ride, or simply to add a touch of elegance on your commute or road jolly.
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The product is good but the service is poorReview by PB
The gloves look really good - attractive and seem well made. However, there was no postage put on the packet even though I paid for it. I had to send £4.90 to the post office to get the parcel delivered. I have e-mailed VeloVixen to ask for my postage to be refunded (as a matter of principle rather than money) and I haven't heard back from them.
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Weather forecasting, including the prediction of a hurricane's track, remains an inexact science, but the use of increasingly sophisticated computer modeling and powerful computers helps the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration predict storms such as Hurricane/Superstorm Sandy.
As early as the morning of Oct. 26, predictions of a number of computer models had coalesced on a track that showed the huge storm making landfall on the Mid-Atlantic coast either late on Oct. 29 or early on the 30th. The prediction was off by a few hours (Sandy made landfall on the New Jersey shore about 6 p.m. on Monday, the 29th), which was not bad considering that the storm was unusual, if not unique, in its size, strength and the complexity of the patterns that formed it.
No two storms are alike, and the complexity of any weather system makes long-term predictions difficult, so NOAA's National Hurricane Center in Miami uses a variety of computer models that combine historical information, the physics of the atmosphere and the best information on current and future conditions to predict what the storms will do.
The accuracy of the predictions depends on the detail and accuracy of both the historical data and current conditions and also on the validity of the underlying assumptions of each particular model. That is why a variety of computer models typically are used to produce a consensus forecast.
Ultimately, storm prediction also is a matter of human judgment. Some scientists prefer different models for different conditions, but because none is exact someone has to choose. Predictions also are constantly updated.
The Hurricane Center relies on workhorse weather models such as the Global Forecast System to issue official hurricane track forecasts, but new tools are constantly being added to the kit. NOAA researchers used Hurricane Irene, which struck the Atlantic Coast causing widespread damage in September 2011, to provide a real-world workout for a next-generation forecast model called the Flow-following Finite Volume Icosahedral Model, also known as the FIM Global Model, which successfully predicted Irene's track three days out.
The National Hurricane Center uses no fewer than 37 different models and permutations of models to predict the track and intensity of storms, some of which are averaged together to provide results. Some produce near-term forecasts and some longer range predictions. Some predict only intensity or track, some do both.
The models vary significantly in structure and complexity, ranging from those simple enough to run in a few seconds on an ordinary computer to those requiring hours of time on a supercomputer, according to NOAA. Dynamical or numerical models are complex and use high-speed computers to solve physical equations. Statistical models are simpler, using historical data on storm behavior rather than atmospheric physics. The most complex are statistical-dynamical models that combine both techniques.
Complex dynamical models often take too long to run to be used for some forecasts (it can take six hours to produce a five-hour forecast, for example) but there are techniques for including information from such "late" models to produce forecasts. This is one reason results from several models are used to produce forecasts.
The computer models are available for anyone to use, but NOAA expertise adds value to the products. The agency says that forecasts from the National Hurricane Center usually have smaller errors than the results of any individual model. There is uncertainty in any forecast, but "users should consult the official forecast products issued by NHC and local National Weather Service Forecast Offices rather than simply looking at output from the forecast models themselves," NOAA advises.
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MACON, Ga. – The Lipscomb University men's cross country team has placed two student-athletes on the 2011 Atlantic Sun Academic All-Conference team, the league office announced Thursday.
Juniors Geoff Musick and Isaiah Greer represented Lipscomb on the squad, making Lipscomb the only school with two representatives on the seven-person team.
Musick sports the highest grade-point average among the A-Sun honorees, with a 3.94 in Biochemistry. He's a three-time member of the Provost's List (4.0 GPA/semester) and four-time member of the Lipscomb Honor Roll (3.50 GPA/semester).
A 2010 A-Sun second-team All-Conference athlete, Musick finished 18th in 2011 and was one of the main reasons Lipscomb earned a program-best fourth-place finish at this year's conference championships.
Greer earned his first career second-team all-conference honor on the course this year, leading Lipscomb at the A-Sun championships with an 11th-place finish. He was the Bisons top finisher in every race of 2011, and was the program's first A-Sun Runner of the Week for his work the week of Sept. 24, 2011.
Both he and Musick are two-time A-Sun All-Academic runners. Greer is also a three-time Lipscomb Honor Roll member.
Greer and Musick will lead Lipscomb at this weekend's NCAA South Regional in Tuscaloosa, Alabama. The men's 10-kilometer race is scheduled to begin at 10 a.m.
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This is a true world-class luxury sport sandal using a hand selected top-grade Nivar cotton fabric and nylon. The beauty of this shoe is that it's both extremely elegant and versatile, and works well with anything from jeans to suits. The distinctive derby gives a continental look and air of sophistication to your style.
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In The Box
Panasonic Rechargeable Lithium-Ion Battery
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Panasonic USB Cable
Panasonic AV Cable
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Panasonic CD-ROM
Special Cleaning Kit (while stocks lasts)*
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The Lumix DMC-FT5 Digital Camera from Panasonic is a Wi-Fi enable "tough" compact camera that can shoot both photos and Full HD video on land and underwater. A 16.1MP High Sensitivity MOS sensor provides high quality imaging and fast autofocus. A Leica DC Vario-Elmar lens offers focal lengths from wide-angle to telephoto at 28-128mm in 35mm format. Full HD 1080p is available at 60 or 30 frames per second with a dedicated one-touch button and built-in stereo microphone. Power O.I.S. (Optical Image Stabilization) compensates for camera shake and offers clear images in low light or when shooting telephoto. Intelligent Auto (iA) Mode is available for simple point and shoot capability and Scene Mode provides predefined adjustments to shoot certain types of scenes (Sunset, Panorama, Night Scenery, etc.) with the ideal camera settings. The camera also features manual exposure control, time-lapse shooting and continuous burst shooting up to 10 frames per second at full resolution.
A 3.0" TFT LCD screen with 460k-dot resolution and anti-reflective coating provides composition and playback viewing. The TS5's compact and "grippable" design with raised buttons makes one hand shooting and adjustments easy. One touch video, Wi-Fi and playback buttons are ideal for the type of activity this camera is meant to document.
Built-in Wi-Fi enables you to send images to your smart phone or tablet with one touch. The TS5 also offers Near Field Communication (NFC) to connect with a compatible Wi-Fi device by simply tapping the two together. The Lumix Remote app must be downloaded to your smart phone or tablet to wirelessly connect with the TS5, but the app also allows your phone to be used as a remote control for your camera and offers cloud storage for your images, which can be important when shooting in locations where getting to your computer may be difficult. Built-in GPS functionality allows for geo-tagging of your images.
The tough features of the TS5 allow it to go pretty much anywhere your adventures take you. It is waterproof to a depth of 39' (12 m), shockproof from a drop height of 6.5' (2 m), freeze proof to a temperature of 14ºF (-10ºC) and pressure resistant to 220 lbs. It also offers anti-fog protection for its lens.
- 16.1MP Sensor and Venus Engine Image Processor
- A new 16.1MP high sensitivity MOS Sensor offers high quality imaging even in low light conditions and the Venus Engine Image Processor provides fast performance in extreme conditions.
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- A 4.6x optical zoom lens provides 35mm focal length equivalents of 28-128mm which ranges from wide-angle to telephoto. This incorporates most shooting situations and a 9.3x Intelligent Zoom will reach even further if needed. The maximum aperture at the wide-angle end is f/3.3. The lens is designed from 10 elements in 8 groups and includes 5 aspherical lenses and 1 extra-low dispersion lens for sharp images and reduced aberrations.
- Waterproof and Tough Features
- The TS5 is waterproof to a depth of 39' (12 m), shockproof from a drop height of 6.5' (2 m), freeze proof to a temperature of 14ºF (-10ºC) and pressure resistant to 220 lbs. It is also dustproof/sand proof and features anti-fog glass in its lens.
- Full HD 1080 Video with Dedicated Button
- Full HD 1080 video recording at 60 or 30 frames per second in the AVCHD format and a stereo microphone allow you to shoot high quality movies on land or underwater. A dedicated button switches you immediately into video mode and both Intelligent Auto (iA) and POWER Optical Image Stabilization (O.I.S) is available for video.
- Wi-Fi Connectivity
- With the Lumix Remote app installed on your smart phone or device, the TS5provides one-touch connection to Wi-Fi with Near Field Communication (NFC)> This allows for remote picture capture, quick upload, cloud storage and easy sharing.
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- Composition and playback are viewed with a 3.0" TFT Screen LCD display with 460,000 pixel resolution. It provides 100% field of view and offers Power Monitor Mode and AUTO Power Monitor Mode. An anti-reflective coating is applied to the screen for easier viewing in direct sunlight, this is particularly useful when using the camera while skiing or at the beach.
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- POWER O.I.S, in both photo and video modes, compensates the effects of handshake even when using the high powered zoom. This will provide you with clearer images in low light and when shooting at telephoto lengths.
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- The TS5 can shoot in four distinct aspect ratios, each with various resolution levels. Its native ratio is 4:3, but it also shoots in 3:2, 16:9 and 1:1.
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- Time lapse shooting is possible as is full resolution continuous shooting of up to 10 frames per second. At lower resolutions you can burst shoot up to 60 frames per second. AF tracking burst at 5fps and burst shooting with flash is also supported.
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- The Creative Control/Retouch feature includes modes such as soft focus, toy effect and retro photo. The scene shooting modes provide offer predefined settings to make shooting certain types of scenes easier. Scene modes are: Portrait, Soft Skin, Scenery, Panorama Shot, Night Portrait, Night Scenery, Hand Held Night Shot, Food, Baby1, Baby2, Pet, Sunset, High Sensitivity, Glass Through, Underwater.


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Lots of discussion on Unicode in Perl recently.
(I didn't see any retraction from Nelson, respectful or otherwise, though)
I can't see what is wrong with the (brand newish) utf8 pragma approach especially when all the issues are ironed out. You don't want to break backwards compatibility and give folks any more reason not to upgrade to later versions of Perl.


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As promised at the introduction of the all-new Range Rover late last year, new Hybrid versions would be made available, with both petrol and diesel versions to be released.
First off the blocks is the world's first SUV diesel-hybrid for both the Range Rover and new RR Sport model, that will reduce CO2 emissions by 26% and offer a combined fuel economy figure of almost 37mpg (US).
The bad news is, the diesel hybrid isn't destined for US dealerships since the take up rate on diesel engines is still relatively small compared to Europe, and the cost would be relatively high. However, we'll be missing out on V6 motor producing 340hp and 515 lb-ft that should make it fun to drive.
To demonstrate the ability of the new hybrid powertrain, Land Rover did will do what it does best - tackle the 'Silk Trail 2013'. It's a 10,000-mile expedition that visits 12 countries and some of the world's most challenging roads, passes and trails. It includes part of the ancient, 4000-mile Silk Road that originally connected Asia to the trading ports in the Mediterranean. Naturally, the Range Rovers will be the first hybrids to attempt the challenge.
The route will take the cars from the home of the Range Rover in Solihull, england to the home of the parent company Tata, in Mumbai, India. In the process it will pass through France, Belgium, Germany, Poland, Ukraine, Russia, Uzbekistan, Kyrgyzstan, China and India.
The new Range Rover Hybrid powertrain features three driver-selected modes and combines a 3-litre SDV6 diesel engine, that's been popular in Europe, with a 35kW electric motor integrated into the eight-speed ZF automatic transmission.
The hybrid system, including its lithium-ion battery pack, inverter and electric motor weighs less than 265 lb.
The electric motor produces 125 lb-ft of torque to boost acceleration. It can also drive the vehicle in EV Mode.
The motor also acts as a generator, harvesting kinetic energy through regenerative braking, which will charge the battery when the vehicle is slowing.
In EV mode, the Range Rover Hybrid can travel up to 30mph for up to one mile before the diesel seamlessly kicks in.
Combined, the output of the diesel engine and electric motor is 340hp and a class-leading 515 lb-ft torque. Both RR models can thus accelerate to 62mph in under seven seconds and a top speed of 135mph.
The latest generation Range Rover models were designed with hybrid integration in mind. Consequently, the liquid-cooled battery pack is mounted beneath the floor in a protective boron-steel cradle without impacting on the cabin or luggage space. The cradle was designed to protect the components in even the harshest off-road conditions, allowing the bottom of the vehicle to be protected and keeping it watertight.
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The automotive destruction seen here is what happened after a Delaware state trooper suffered a medical emergency while driving. According to witness report the cruiser veered off the road and flew through the air before the crashing into several new cars.
The unidentified state trooper who was driving the cruiser was not seriously injured in the accident. From the looks of these pictures the trooper's cruiser, a Corvette and several Camaros were not so lucky.


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Legends hold first youth clinic at Surprise Stadium
SURPRISE, Ariz. -- A few hours before the Rangers and Dodgers took the field at Surprise Stadium on Saturday, a group of 11 former big leaguers hosted roughly 130 kids on the same diamond for a youth baseball clinic put on by the Major League Baseball Players Alumni Association.The event,
SURPRISE, Ariz. -- A few hours before the Rangers and Dodgers took the field at Surprise Stadium on Saturday, a group of 11 former big leaguers hosted roughly 130 kids on the same diamond for a youth baseball clinic put on by the Major League Baseball Players Alumni Association.
The event, which filled up in just 48 hours after online registration opened, is one of more than 100 free Legends for Youth clinics the MLBPAA sponsors throughout year across the country and world.
At every site it visits, the organization contacts local retired MLB players to act as coaches and mentors for the hundreds of children that show up eager to learn and play.
Although the MLBPAA is currently in its 18th year of organizing these events, Saturday marked the first time it held one in Surprise. Attendees, with ages ranging from 6 to 16, spent two hours transitioning through seven stations such as baserunning, throwing and hitting. Afterward, the MLB alumni signed autographs and spoke about their experiences in the big leagues.
Among the retirees in attendance were John D'Acquisto, Tom Heintzelman, Bob Didier and Ken Rudolph. The most decorated of the bunch, however, was Mike Remlinger. Selected 16th overall in the 1987 MLB First-Year Player Draft, Remlinger played 14 seasons in the big leagues for the Giants, Mets, Reds, Braves, Cubs and Red Sox. He was a National League All-Star in 2002 and was part of the 1999 National League champion Braves.
"It's an opportunity to give back, to share some of what made you successful in life," said Remlinger, who has been helping coach the clinics for five years. "It's caring about the people who come after you. I want to share life lessons with these kids, whether that's how to be a better ballplayer or a better person."
While most of what the players teach the kids are fundamental skills, the fact that the information is coming from someone who played in the Majors makes it even more valuable.
"To be able to give them a little bit of structured lessons is great," Remlinger said. "I know for me, as a kid, I would've thought it would be so cool to have the opportunity to get in front of a big leaguer. It's a great way to learn values like being part of a team and working toward your goals."
Nick Atkinson, of Surprise, has taken his two sons to seven of the clinics already and said they've developed a special bond to one of the players, former Mets outfielder Leon Brown.
"He's a mentor and someone they both look up to now," Atkinson said. "They have had such a great experience here; the players are so good to the kids. Their eyes and ears are always glued to them when they talk."
For many parents, the best part of the events is that they are free of cost, making it available to children of any background.
"I've paid for clinics and I've done this one, and this one is by far the best one," Atkinson said. "They have more enjoyment out of the coaches, it's just great. The kids notice how much they care."
As to the specific lessons learned on Saturday, for Xander Atkinson, 9, and Dustin Atkinson, 6, it was as simple as running through first base, catching the ball with two hands and keeping their eyes on the ball.


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Decline and Fall of the Roman Empire, Vol. 4, by Edward Gibbon, [1788], at sacred-texts.com
After the example of the last emperors, Theodoric preferred the residence of Ravenna, where he cultivated an orchard with his own hands. 69 As often as the peace of his kingdom was threatened (for it was never invaded) by the Barbarians, he removed his court to Verona 70 on the northern frontier, and the image of his palace, still extant on a coin, represents the oldest and most authentic model of Gothic architecture. These two capitals, as well as Pavia, Spoleto, Naples, and the rest of the Italian cities, acquired under his reign the useful or splendid decorations of churches, aqueducts, baths, porticos, and palaces. 71 But the happiness of the subject was more truly conspicuous in the busy scene of labor and luxury, in the rapid increase and bold enjoyment of national wealth. From the shades of Tibur and Praeneste, the Roman senators still retired in the winter season to the warm sun, and salubrious springs of Baiae; and their villas, which advanced on solid moles into the Bay of Naples, commanded the various prospect of the sky, the earth, and the water. On the eastern side of the Adriatic, a new Campania was formed in the fair and fruitful province of Istria, which communicated with the palace of Ravenna by an easy navigation of one hundred miles. The rich productions of Lucania and the adjacent provinces were exchanged at the Marcilian fountain, in a populous fair annually dedicated to trade, intemperance, and superstition. In the solitude of Comum, which had once been animated by the mild genius of Pliny, a transparent basin above sixty miles in length still reflected the rural seats which encompassed the margin of the Larian lake; and the gradual ascent of the hills was covered by a triple plantation of olives, of vines, and of chestnut trees. 72 Agriculture revived under the shadow of peace, and the number of husbandmen was multiplied by the redemption of captives. 73 The iron mines of Dalmatia, a gold mine in Bruttium, were carefully explored, and the Pomptine marshes, as well as those of Spoleto, were drained and cultivated by private undertakers, whose distant reward must depend on the continuance of the public prosperity. 74 Whenever the seasons were less propitious, the doubtful precautions of forming magazines of corn, fixing the price, and prohibiting the exportation, attested at least the benevolence of the state; but such was the extraordinary plenty which an industrious people produced from a grateful soil, that a gallon of wine was sometimes sold in Italy for less than three farthings, and a quarter of wheat at about five shillings and sixpence. 75 A country possessed of so many valuable objects of exchange soon attracted the merchants of the world, whose beneficial traffic was encouraged and protected by the liberal spirit of Theodoric. The free intercourse of the provinces by land and water was restored and extended; the city gates were never shut either by day or by night; and the common saying, that a purse of gold might be safely left in the fields, was expressive of the conscious security of the inhabitants.
A difference of religion is always pernicious, and often fatal, to the harmony of the prince and people: the Gothic conqueror had been educated in the profession of Arianism, and Italy was devoutly attached to the Nicene faith. But the persuasion of Theodoric was not infected by zeal; and he piously adhered to the heresy of his fathers, without condescending to balance the subtile arguments of theological metaphysics. Satisfied with the private toleration of his Arian sectaries, he justly conceived himself to be the guardian of the public worship, and his external reverence for a superstition which he despised, may have nourished in his mind the salutary indifference of a statesman or philosopher. The Catholics of his dominions acknowledged, perhaps with reluctance, the peace of the church; their clergy, according to the degrees of rank or merit, were honorably entertained in the palace of Theodoric; he esteemed the living sanctity of Caesarius 76 and Epiphanius, 77 the orthodox bishops of Arles and Pavia; and presented a decent offering on the tomb of St. Peter, without any scrupulous inquiry into the creed of the apostle. 78 His favorite Goths, and even his mother, were permitted to retain or embrace the Athanasian faith, and his long reign could not afford the example of an Italian Catholic, who, either from choice or compulsion, had deviated into the religion of the conqueror. 79 The people, and the Barbarians themselves, were edified by the pomp and order of religious worship; the magistrates were instructed to defend the just immunities of ecclesiastical persons and possessions; the bishops held their synods, the metropolitans exercised their jurisdiction, and the privileges of sanctuary were maintained or moderated according to the spirit of the Roman jurisprudence. 80 With the protection, Theodoric assumed the legal supremacy, of the church; and his firm administration restored or extended some useful prerogatives which had been neglected by the feeble emperors of the West. He was not ignorant of the dignity and importance of the Roman pontiff, to whom the venerable name of Pope was now appropriated. The peace or the revolt of Italy might depend on the character of a wealthy and popular bishop, who claimed such ample dominion both in heaven and earth; who had been declared in a numerous synod to be pure from all sin, and exempt from all judgment. 81 When the chair of St. Peter was disputed by Symmachus and Laurence, they appeared at his summons before the tribunal of an Arian monarch, and he confirmed the election of the most worthy or the most obsequious candidate. At the end of his life, in a moment of jealousy and resentment, he prevented the choice of the Romans, by nominating a pope in the palace of Ravenna. The danger and furious contests of a schism were mildly restrained, and the last decree of the senate was enacted to extinguish, if it were possible, the scandalous venality of the papal elections. 82
I have descanted with pleasure on the fortunate condition of Italy; but our fancy must not hastily conceive that the golden age of the poets, a race of men without vice or misery, was realized under the Gothic conquest. The fair prospect was sometimes overcast with clouds; the wisdom of Theodoric might be deceived, his power might be resisted and the declining age of the monarch was sullied with popular hatred and patrician blood. In the first insolence of victory, he had been tempted to deprive the whole party of Odoacer of the civil and even the natural rights of society; 83 a tax unseasonably imposed after the calamities of war, would have crushed the rising agriculture of Liguria; a rigid preemption of corn, which was intended for the public relief, must have aggravated the distress of Campania. These dangerous projects were defeated by the virtue and eloquence of Epiphanius and Boethius, who, in the presence of Theodoric himself, successfully pleaded the cause of the people: 84 but if the royal ear was open to the voice of truth, a saint and a philosopher are not always to be found at the ear of kings. The privileges of rank, or office, or favor, were too frequently abused by Italian fraud and Gothic violence, and the avarice of the king's nephew was publicly exposed, at first by the usurpation, and afterwards by the restitution of the estates which he had unjustly extorted from his Tuscan neighbors. Two hundred thousand Barbarians, formidable even to their master, were seated in the heart of Italy; they indignantly supported the restraints of peace and discipline; the disorders of their march were always felt and sometimes compensated; and where it was dangerous to punish, it might be prudent to dissemble, the sallies of their native fierceness. When the indulgence of Theodoric had remitted two thirds of the Ligurian tribute, he condescended to explain the difficulties of his situation, and to lament the heavy though inevitable burdens which he imposed on his subjects for their own defence. 85 These ungrateful subjects could never be cordially reconciled to the origin, the religion, or even the virtues of the Gothic conqueror; past calamities were forgotten, and the sense or suspicion of injuries was rendered still more exquisite by the present felicity of the times.
Even the religious toleration which Theodoric had the glory of introducing into the Christian world, was painful and offensive to the orthodox zeal of the Italians. They respected the armed heresy of the Goths; but their pious rage was safely pointed against the rich and defenceless Jews, who had formed their establishments at Naples, Rome, Ravenna, Milan, and Genoa, for the benefit of trade, and under the sanction of the laws. 86 Their persons were insulted, their effects were pillaged, and their synagogues were burned by the mad populace of Ravenna and Rome, inflamed, as it should seem, by the most frivolous or extravagant pretences. The government which could neglect, would have deserved such an outrage. A legal inquiry was instantly directed; and as the authors of the tumult had escaped in the crowd, the whole community was condemned to repair the damage; and the obstinate bigots, who refused their contributions, were whipped through the streets by the hand of the executioner. *_0006 This simple act of justice exasperated the discontent of the Catholics, who applauded the merit and patience of these holy confessors. Three hundred pulpits deplored the persecution of the church; and if the chapel of St. Stephen at Verona was demolished by the command of Theodoric, it is probable that some miracle hostile to his name and dignity had been performed on that sacred theatre. At the close of a glorious life, the king of Italy discovered that he had excited the hatred of a people whose happiness he had so assiduously labored to promote; and his mind was soured by indignation, jealousy, and the bitterness of unrequited love. The Gothic conqueror condescended to disarm the unwarlike natives of Italy, interdicting all weapons of offence, and excepting only a small knife for domestic use. The deliverer of Rome was accused of conspiring with the vilest informers against the lives of senators whom he suspected of a secret and treasonable correspondence with the Byzantine court. 87 After the death of Anastasius, the diadem had been placed on the head of a feeble old man; but the powers of government were assumed by his nephew Justinian, who already meditated the extirpation of heresy, and the conquest of Italy and Africa. A rigorous law, which was published at Constantinople, to reduce the Arians by the dread of punishment within the pale of the church, awakened the just resentment of Theodoric, who claimed for his distressed brethren of the East the same indulgence which he had so long granted to the Catholics of his dominions. !_0006 At his stern command, the Roman pontiff, with four illustrious senators, embarked on an embassy, of which he must have alike dreaded the failure or the success. The singular veneration shown to the first pope who had visited Constantinople was punished as a crime by his jealous monarch; the artful or peremptory refusal of the Byzantine court might excuse an equal, and would provoke a larger, measure of retaliation; and a mandate was prepared in Italy, to prohibit, after a stated day, the exercise of the Catholic worship. By the bigotry of his subjects and enemies, the most tolerant of princes was driven to the brink of persecution; and the life of Theodoric was too long, since he lived to condemn the virtue of Boethius and Symmachus. 88
The senator Boethius 89 is the last of the Romans whom Cato or Tully could have acknowledged for their countryman. As a wealthy orphan, he inherited the patrimony and honors of the Anician family, a name ambitiously assumed by the kings and emperors of the age; and the appellation of Manlius asserted his genuine or fabulous descent from a race of consuls and dictators, who had repulsed the Gauls from the Capitol, and sacrificed their sons to the discipline of the republic. In the youth of Boethius the studies of Rome were not totally abandoned; a Virgil 90 is now extant, corrected by the hand of a consul; and the professors of grammar, rhetoric, and jurisprudence, were maintained in their privileges and pensions by the liberality of the Goths. But the erudition of the Latin language was insufficient to satiate his ardent curiosity: and Boethius is said to have employed eighteen laborious years in the schools of Athens, 91 which were supported by the zeal, the learning, and the diligence of Proclus and his disciples. The reason and piety of their Roman pupil were fortunately saved from the contagion of mystery and magic, which polluted the groves of the academy; but he imbibed the spirit, and imitated the method, of his dead and living masters, who attempted to reconcile the strong and subtile sense of Aristotle with the devout contemplation and sublime fancy of Plato. After his return to Rome, and his marriage with the daughter of his friend, the patrician Symmachus, Boethius still continued, in a palace of ivory and marble, to prosecute the same studies. 92 The church was edified by his profound defence of the orthodox creed against the Arian, the Eutychian, and the Nestorian heresies; and the Catholic unity was explained or exposed in a formal treatise by the indifference of three distinct though consubstantial persons. For the benefit of his Latin readers, his genius submitted to teach the first elements of the arts and sciences of Greece. The geometry of Euclid, the music of Pythagoras, the arithmetic of Nicomachus, the mechanics of Archimedes, the astronomy of Ptolemy, the theology of Plato, and the logic of Aristotle, with the commentary of Porphyry, were translated and illustrated by the indefatigable pen of the Roman senator. And he alone was esteemed capable of describing the wonders of art, a sun-dial, a water-clock, or a sphere which represented the motions of the planets. From these abstruse speculations, Boethius stooped, or, to speak more truly, he rose to the social duties of public and private life: the indigent were relieved by his liberality; and his eloquence, which flattery might compare to the voice of Demosthenes or Cicero, was uniformly exerted in the cause of innocence and humanity. Such conspicuous merit was felt and rewarded by a discerning prince: the dignity of Boethius was adorned with the titles of consul and patrician, and his talents were usefully employed in the important station of master of the offices. Notwithstanding the equal claims of the East and West, his two sons were created, in their tender youth, the consuls of the same year. 93 On the memorable day of their inauguration, they proceeded in solemn pomp from their palace to the forum amidst the applause of the senate and people; and their joyful father, the true consul of Rome, after pronouncing an oration in the praise of his royal benefactor, distributed a triumphal largess in the games of the circus. Prosperous in his fame and fortunes, in his public honors and private alliances, in the cultivation of science and the consciousness of virtue, Boethius might have been styled happy, if that precarious epithet could be safely applied before the last term of the life of man.
A philosopher, liberal of his wealth and parsimonious of his time, might be insensible to the common allurements of ambition, the thirst of gold and employment. And some credit may be due to the asseveration of Boethius, that he had reluctantly obeyed the divine Plato, who enjoins every virtuous citizen to rescue the state from the usurpation of vice and ignorance. For the integrity of his public conduct he appeals to the memory of his country. His authority had restrained the pride and oppression of the royal officers, and his eloquence had delivered Paulianus from the dogs of the palace. He had always pitied, and often relieved, the distress of the provincials, whose fortunes were exhausted by public and private rapine; and Boethius alone had courage to oppose the tyranny of the Barbarians, elated by conquest, excited by avarice, and, as he complains, encouraged by impunity. In these honorable contests his spirit soared above the consideration of danger, and perhaps of prudence; and we may learn from the example of Cato, that a character of pure and inflexible virtue is the most apt to be misled by prejudice, to be heated by enthusiasm, and to confound private enmities with public justice. The disciple of Plato might exaggerate the infirmities of nature, and the imperfections of society; and the mildest form of a Gothic kingdom, even the weight of allegiance and gratitude, must be insupportable to the free spirit of a Roman patriot. But the favor and fidelity of Boethius declined in just proportion with the public happiness; and an unworthy colleague was imposed to divide and control the power of the master of the offices. In the last gloomy season of Theodoric, he indignantly felt that he was a slave; but as his master had only power over his life, he stood without arms and without fear against the face of an angry Barbarian, who had been provoked to believe that the safety of the senate was incompatible with his own. The senator Albinus was accused and already convicted on the presumption of hoping, as it was said, the liberty of Rome. "If Albinus be criminal," exclaimed the orator, "the senate and myself are all guilty of the same crime. If we are innocent, Albinus is equally entitled to the protection of the laws." These laws might not have punished the simple and barren wish of an unattainable blessing; but they would have shown less indulgence to the rash confession of Boethius, that, had he known of a conspiracy, the tyrant never should. 94 The advocate of Albinus was soon involved in the danger and perhaps the guilt of his client; their signature (which they denied as a forgery) was affixed to the original address, inviting the emperor to deliver Italy from the Goths; and three witnesses of honorable rank, perhaps of infamous reputation, attested the treasonable designs of the Roman patrician. 95 Yet his innocence must be presumed, since he was deprived by Theodoric of the means of justification, and rigorously confined in the tower of Pavia, while the senate, at the distance of five hundred miles, pronounced a sentence of confiscation and death against the most illustrious of its members. At the command of the Barbarians, the occult science of a philosopher was stigmatized with the names of sacrilege and magic. 96 A devout and dutiful attachment to the senate was condemned as criminal by the trembling voices of the senators themselves; and their ingratitude deserved the wish or prediction of Boethius, that, after him, none should be found guilty of the same offence. 97
While Boethius, oppressed with fetters, expected each moment the sentence or the stroke of death, he composed, in the tower of Pavia, the Consolation of Philosophy; a golden volume not unworthy of the leisure of Plato or Tully, but which claims incomparable merit from the barbarism of the times and the situation of the author. The celestial guide, whom he had so long invoked at Rome and Athens, now condescended to illumine his dungeon, to revive his courage, and to pour into his wounds her salutary balm. She taught him to compare his long prosperity and his recent distress, and to conceive new hopes from the inconstancy of fortune. Reason had informed him of the precarious condition of her gifts; experience had satisfied him of their real value; he had enjoyed them without guilt; he might resign them without a sigh, and calmly disdain the impotent malice of his enemies, who had left him happiness, since they had left him virtue. From the earth, Boethius ascended to heaven in search of the Supreme Good; explored the metaphysical labyrinth of chance and destiny, of prescience and free will, of time and eternity; and generously attempted to reconcile the perfect attributes of the Deity with the apparent disorders of his moral and physical government. Such topics of consolation so obvious, so vague, or so abstruse, are ineffectual to subdue the feelings of human nature. Yet the sense of misfortune may be diverted by the labor of thought; and the sage who could artfully combine in the same work the various riches of philosophy, poetry, and eloquence, must already have possessed the intrepid calmness which he affected to seek. Suspense, the worst of evils, was at length determined by the ministers of death, who executed, and perhaps exceeded, the inhuman mandate of Theodoric. A strong cord was fastened round the head of Boethius, and forcibly tightened, till his eyes almost started from their sockets; and some mercy may be discovered in the milder torture of beating him with clubs till he expired. 98 But his genius survived to diffuse a ray of knowledge over the darkest ages of the Latin world; the writings of the philosopher were translated by the most glorious of the English kings, 99 and the third emperor of the name of Otho removed to a more honorable tomb the bones of a Catholic saint, who, from his Arian persecutors, had acquired the honors of martyrdom, and the fame of miracles. 100 In the last hours of Boethius, he derived some comfort from the safety of his two sons, of his wife, and of his father-in-law, the venerable Symmachus. But the grief of Symmachus was indiscreet, and perhaps disrespectful: he had presumed to lament, he might dare to revenge, the death of an injured friend. He was dragged in chains from Rome to the palace of Ravenna; and the suspicions of Theodoric could only be appeased by the blood of an innocent and aged senator. 101
Humanity will be disposed to encourage any report which testifies the jurisdiction of conscience and the remorse of kings; and philosophy is not ignorant that the most horrid spectres are sometimes created by the powers of a disordered fancy, and the weakness of a distempered body. After a life of virtue and glory, Theodoric was now descending with shame and guilt into the grave; his mind was humbled by the contrast of the past, and justly alarmed by the invisible terrors of futurity. One evening, as it is related, when the head of a large fish was served on the royal table, 102 he suddenly exclaimed, that he beheld the angry countenance of Symmachus, his eyes glaring fury and revenge, and his mouth armed with long sharp teeth, which threatened to devour him. The monarch instantly retired to his chamber, and, as he lay, trembling with aguish cold, under a weight of bed-clothes, he expressed, in broken murmurs to his physician Elpidius, his deep repentance for the murders of Boethius and Symmachus. 103 His malady increased, and after a dysentery which continued three days, he expired in the palace of Ravenna, in the thirty-third, or, if we compute from the invasion of Italy, in the thirty-seventh year of his reign. Conscious of his approaching end, he divided his treasures and provinces between his two grandsons, and fixed the Rhone as their common boundary. 104 Amalaric was restored to the throne of Spain. Italy, with all the conquests of the Ostrogoths, was bequeathed to Athalaric; whose age did not exceed ten years, but who was cherished as the last male offspring of the line of Amali, by the short-lived marriage of his mother Amalasuntha with a royal fugitive of the same blood. 105 In the presence of the dying monarch, the Gothic chiefs and Italian magistrates mutually engaged their faith and loyalty to the young prince, and to his guardian mother; and received, in the same awful moment, his last salutary advice, to maintain the laws, to love the senate and people of Rome, and to cultivate with decent reverence the friendship of the emperor. 106 The monument of Theodoric was erected by his daughter Amalasuntha, in a conspicuous situation, which commanded the city of Ravenna, the harbor, and the adjacent coast. A chapel of a circular form, thirty feet in diameter, is crowned by a dome of one entire piece of granite: from the centre of the dome four columns arose, which supported, in a vase of porphyry, the remains of the Gothic king, surrounded by the brazen statues of the twelve apostles. 107 His spirit, after some previous expiation, might have been permitted to mingle with the benefactors of mankind, if an Italian hermit had not been witness, in a vision, to the damnation of Theodoric, 108 whose soul was plunged, by the ministers of divine vengeance, into the volcano of Lipari, one of the flaming mouths of the infernal world. 109
69 See an epigram of Ennodius (ii. 3, p. 1893, 1894) on this garden and the royal gardener.
70 His affection for that city is proved by the epithet of "Verona tua,' and the legend of the hero; under the barbarous name of Dietrich of Bern, (Peringsciold and Cochloeum, p. 240,) Maffei traces him with knowledge and pleasure in his native country, (l. ix. p. 230 - 236.)
71 See Maffei, (Verona Illustrata, Part i. p. 231, 232, 308, &c.) His amputes Gothic architecture, like the corruption of language, writing &c., not to the Barbarians, but to the Italians themselves. Compare his sentiments with those of Tiraboschi, (tom. iii. p. 61.)
Note: Mr. Hallam (vol. iii. p. 432) observes that "the image of Theodoric's palace" is represented in Maffei, not from a coin, but from a seal. Compare D'Agincourt (Storia dell'arte, Italian Transl., Arcitecttura, Plate xvii. No. 2, and Pittura, Plate xvi. No. 15,) where there is likewise an engraving from a mosaic in the church of St. Apollinaris in Ravenna, representing a building ascribed to Theodoric in that city. Neither of these, as Mr. Hallam justly observes, in the least approximates to what is called the Gothic style. They are evidently the degenerate Roman architecture, and more resemble the early attempts of our architects to get back from our national Gothic into a classical Greek style. One of them calls to mind Inigo Jones inner quadrangle in St. John's College Oxford. Compare Hallam and D'Agincon vol. i. p. 140 - 145. - M
72 The villas, climate, and landscape of Baiae, (Var. ix. 6; see Cluver Italia Antiq. l. iv. c. 2, p. 1119, &c.,) Istria, (Var. xii. 22, 26,) and Comum, (Var. xi. 14; compare with Pliny's two villas, ix. 7,) are agreeably painted in the Epistles of Cassiodorus.
73 In Liguria numerosa agricolarum progenies, (Ennodius, p. 1678, 1679, 1680.) St. Epiphanius of Pavia redeemed by prayer or ransom 6000 captives from the Burgundians of Lyons and Savoy. Such deeds are the best of miracles.
74 The political economy of Theodoric (see Anonym. Vales. p. 721, and Cassiodorus, in Chron.) may be distinctly traced under the following heads: iron mine, (Var. iii. 23;) gold mine, (ix. 3;) Pomptine marshes, (ii. 32, 33;) Spoleto, (ii. 21;) corn, (i. 34, x. 27, 28, xi. 11, 12;) trade, (vi. 7, vii. 9, 23;) fair of Leucothoe or St. Cyprian in Lucania, (viii. 33;) plenty, (xii. 4;) the cursus, or public post, (i. 29, ii. 31, iv. 47, v. 5, vi 6, vii. 33;) the Flaminian way, (xii. 18.)
Note: The inscription commemorative of the draining of the Pomptine marshes may be found in many works; in Gruter, Inscript. Ant. Heidelberg, p. 152, No. 8. With variations, in Nicolai De' bonificamenti delle terre Pontine, p. 103. In Sartorius, in his prize essay on the reign of Theodoric, and Manse Beylage, xi. - M.
75 LX modii tritici in solidum ipsius tempore fuerunt, et vinum xxx amphoras in solidum, (Fragment. Vales.) Corn was distributed from the granaries at xv or xxv modii for a piece of gold, and the price was still moderate.
76 See the life of St. Caesarius in Baronius, (A.D. 508, No. 12, 13, 14.) The king presented him with 300 gold solidi, and a discus of silver of the weight of sixty pounds.
77 Ennodius in Vit. St. Epiphanii, in Sirmond, Op. tom. i. p. 1672 - 1690. Theodoric bestowed some important favors on this bishop, whom he used as a counsellor in peace and war.
78 Devotissimus ac si Catholicus, (Anonym. Vales. p. 720;) yet his offering was no more than two silver candlesticks (cerostrata) of the weight of seventy pounds, far inferior to the gold and gems of Constantinople and France, (Anastasius in Vit. Pont. in Hormisda, p. 34, edit. Paris.)
79 The tolerating system of his reign (Ennodius, p. 1612. Anonym. Vales. p. 719. Procop. Goth. l. i. c. 1, l. ii. c. 6) may be studied in the Epistles of Cassiodorous, under the following heads: bishops, (Var. i. 9, vii. 15, 24, xi. 23;) immunities, (i. 26, ii. 29, 30;) church lands (iv. 17, 20;) sanctuaries, (ii. 11, iii. 47;) church plate, (xii. 20;) discipline, (iv. 44;) which prove, at the same time, that he was the head of the church as well as of the state.
Note: He recommended the same toleration to the emperor Justin. - M.
80 We may reject a foolish tale of his beheading a Catholic deacon who turned Arian, (Theodor. Lector. No. 17.) Why is Theodoric surnamed After? From Vafer? (Vales. ad loc.) A light conjecture.
81 Ennodius, p. 1621, 1622, 1636, 1638. His libel was approved and registered (synodaliter) by a Roman council, (Baronius, A.D. 503, No. 6, Franciscus Pagi in Breviar. Pont. Rom. tom. i. p. 242.)
82 See Cassiodorus, (Var. viii. 15, ix. 15, 16,) Anastasius, (in Symmacho, p. 31,) and the xviith Annotation of Mascou. Baronius, Pagi, and most of the Catholic doctors, confess, with an angry growl, this Gothic usurpation.
83 He disabled them - alicentia testandi; and all Italy mourned - lamentabili justitio. I wish to believe, that these penalties were enacted against the rebels who had violated their oath of allegiance; but the testimony of Ennodius (p. 1675 - 1678) is the more weighty, as he lived and died under the reign of Theodoric.
84 Ennodius, in Vit. Epiphan. p. 1589, 1690. Boethius de Consolatione Philosphiae, l. i. pros. iv. p. 45, 46, 47. Respect, but weigh the passions of the saint and the senator; and fortify and alleviate their complaints by the various hints of Cassiodorus, (ii. 8, iv. 36, viii. 5.)
85 Immanium expensarum pondus ...pro ipsorum salute, &c.; yet these are no more than words.
86 The Jews were settled at Naples, (Procopius, Goth. l. i. c. 8,) at Genoa, (Var. ii. 28, iv. 33,) Milan, (v. 37,) Rome, (iv. 43.) See likewise Basnage, Hist. des Juifs, tom. viii. c. 7, p. 254.
*_0006 See History of the Jews vol. iii. p. 217. - M.
87 Rex avidus communis exitii, &c., (Boethius, l. i. p. 59:) rex colum Romanis tendebat, (Anonym. Vales. p. 723.) These are hard words: they speak the passions of the Italians and those (I fear) of Theodoric himself.
!_0006 Gibbon should not have omitted the golden words of Theodoric in a letter which he addressed to Justin: That to pretend to a dominion over the conscience is to usurp the prerogative of God; that by the nature of things the power of sovereigns is confined to external government; that they have no right of punishment but over those who disturb the public peace, of which they are the guardians; that the most dangerous heresy is that of a sovereign who separates from himself a part of his subjects because they believe not according to his belief. Compare Le Beau, vol viii. p. 68. - M
88 I have labored to extract a rational narrative from the dark, concise, and various hints of the Valesian Fragment, (p. 722, 723, 724,) Theophanes, (p. 145,) Anastasius, (in Johanne, p. 35,) and the Hist Miscella, (p. 103, edit. Muratori.) A gentle pressure and paraphrase of their words is no violence. Consult likewise Muratori (Annali d' Italia, tom. iv. p. 471 - 478,) with the Annals and Breviary (tom. i. p. 259 - 263) of the two Pagis, the uncle and the nephew.
89 Le Clerc has composed a critical and philosophical life of Anicius Manlius Severinus Boetius, (Bibliot. Choisie, tom. xvi. p. 168 - 275;) and both Tiraboschi (tom. iii.) and Fabricius (Bibliot Latin.) may be usefully consulted. The date of his birth may be placed about the year 470, and his death in 524, in a premature old age, (Consol. Phil. Metrica. i. p. 5.)
90 For the age and value of this Ms., now in the Medicean library at Florence, see the Cenotaphia Pisana (p. 430 - 447) of Cardinal Noris.
91 The Athenian studies of Boethius are doubtful, (Baronius, A.D. 510, No. 3, from a spurious tract, De Disciplina Scholarum,) and the term of eighteen years is doubtless too long: but the simple fact of a visit to Athens is justified by much internal evidence, (Brucker, Hist. Crit. Philosoph. tom. iii. p. 524 - 527,) and by an expression (though vague and ambiguous) of his friend Cassiodorus, (Var. i. 45,) "longe positas Athenas intrioisti."
92 Bibliothecae comptos ebore ac vitro parietes, &c., (Consol. Phil. l. i. pros. v. p. 74.) The Epistles of Ennodius (vi. 6, vii. 13, viii. 1 31, 37, 40) and Cassiodorus (Var. i. 39, iv. 6, ix. 21) afford many proofs of the high reputation which he enjoyed in his own times. It is true, that the bishop of Pavia wanted to purchase of him an old house at Milan, and praise might be tendered and accepted in part of payment.
Note: Gibbon translated vitro, marble; under the impression, no doubt that glass was unknown. - M.
93 Pagi, Muratori, &c., are agreed that Boethius himself was consul in the year 510, his two sons in 522, and in 487, perhaps, his father. A desire of ascribing the last of these consulships to the philosopher had perplexed the chronology of his life. In his honors, alliances, children, he celebrates his own felicity - his past felicity, (p. 109 110)
94 Si ego scissem tu nescisses. Beothius adopts this answer (l. i. pros. 4, p. 53) of Julius Canus, whose philosophic death is described by Seneca, (De Tranquillitate Animi, c. 14.)
95 The characters of his two delators, Basilius (Var. ii. 10, 11, iv. 22) and Opilio, (v. 41, viii. 16,) are illustrated, not much to their honor, in the Epistles of Cassiodorus, which likewise mention Decoratus, (v. 31,) the worthless colleague of Beothius, (l. iii. pros. 4, p. 193.)
96 A severe inquiry was instituted into the crime of magic, (Var. iv 22, 23, ix. 18;) and it was believed that many necromancers had escaped by making their jailers mad: for mad I should read drunk.
97 Boethius had composed his own Apology, (p. 53,) perhaps more interesting than his Consolation. We must be content with the general view of his honors, principles, persecution, &c., (l. i. pros. 4, p. 42 - 62,) which may be compared with the short and weighty words of the Valesian Fragment, (p. 723.) An anonymous writer (Sinner, Catalog. Mss. Bibliot. Bern. tom. i. p. 287) charges him home with honorable and patriotic treason.
98 He was executed in Agro Calventiano, (Calvenzano, between Marignano and Pavia,) Anonym. Vales. p. 723, by order of Eusebius, count of Ticinum or Pavia. This place of confinement is styled the baptistery, an edifice and name peculiar to cathedrals. It is claimed by the perpetual tradition of the church of Pavia. The tower of Boethius subsisted till the year 1584, and the draught is yet preserved, (Tiraboschi, tom. iii. p. 47, 48.)
99 See the Biographia Britannica, Alfred, tom. i. p. 80, 2d edition. The work is still more honorable if performed under the learned eye of Alfred by his foreign and domestic doctors. For the reputation of Boethius in the middle ages, consult Brucker, (Hist. Crit. Philosoph. tom. iii. p. 565, 566.)
100 The inscription on his new tomb was composed by the preceptor of Otho III., the learned Pope Silvester II., who, like Boethius himself, was styled a magician by the ignorance of the times. The Catholic martyr had carried his head in his hands a considerable way, Baronius, A.D. 526, No. 17, 18;) and yet on a similar tale, a lady of my acquaintance once observed, "La distance n'y fait rien; il n'y a que lo remier pas qui coute." Note: Madame du Deffand. This witticism referred to the miracle of St. Denis. - G.
101 Boethius applauds the virtues of his father-in-law, (l. i. pros. 4, p. 59, l. ii. pros. 4, p. 118.) Procopius, (Goth. l. i. c. i.,) the Valesian Fragment, (p. 724,) and the Historia Miscella, (l. xv. p. 105,) agree in praising the superior innocence or sanctity of Symmachus; and in the estimation of the legend, the guilt of his murder is equal to the imprisonment of a pope.
102 In the fanciful eloquence of Cassiodorus, the variety of sea and river fish are an evidence of extensive dominion; and those of the Rhine, of Sicily, and of the Danube, were served on the table of Theodoric, (Var. xii. 14.) The monstrous turbot of Domitian (Juvenal Satir. iii. 39) had been caught on the shores of the Adriatic.
103 Procopius, Goth. l. i. c. 1. But he might have informed us, whether he had received this curious anecdote from common report or from the mouth of the royal physician.
104 Procopius, Goth. l. i. c. 1, 2, 12, 13. This partition had been directed by Theodoric, though it was not executed till after his death, Regni hereditatem superstes reliquit, (Isidor. Chron. p. 721, edit. Grot.)
105 Berimund, the third in descent from Hermanric, king of the Ostrogoths, had retired into Spain, where he lived and died in obscurity, (Jornandes, c. 33, p. 202, edit. Muratori.) See the discovery, nuptials, and death of his grandson Eutharic, (c. 58, p. 220.) His Roman games might render him popular, (Cassiodor. in Chron.,) but Eutharic was asper in religione, (Anonym. Vales. p. 723.)
106 See the counsels of Theodoric, and the professions of his successor, in Procopius, (Goth. l. i. c. 1, 2,) Jornandes, (c. 59, p. 220, 221,) and Cassiodorus, (Var. viii. 1 - 7.) These epistles are the triumph of his ministerial eloquence.
107 Anonym. Vales. p. 724. Agnellus de Vitis. Pont. Raven. in Muratori Script. Rerum Ital. tom. ii. P. i. p. 67. Alberti Descrittione d' Italia, p. 311.
Note: The Mausoleum of Theodoric, now Sante Maria della Rotonda, is engraved in D'Agincourt, Histoire de l'Art, p xviii. of the Architectural Prints. - M
108 This legend is related by Gregory I., (Dialog. iv. 36,) and approved by Baronius, (A.D. 526, No. 28;) and both the pope and cardinal are grave doctors, sufficient to establish a probable opinion.
109 Theodoric himself, or rather Cassiodorus, had described in tragic strains the volcanos of Lipari (Cluver. Sicilia, p. 406 - 410) and Vesuvius, (v 50.)


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THREE FAVORITE THINGS: A certain stretch of Powell Street instantly summons a trio of our very favorite things. One? Queuing up outside Sears Fine Foods while deciding if 18 small Swedish pancakes will be quite enough to sate our hunger, or if we'll be eating our friend's pancakes, too. (Likely.) Two? Happy cable car-riding riders making that big ascent/descent. And three? The strikingly attired beefeater bellhops just across the street from our Sears queue. Why aren't we looking quite as dashing as the Sir Francis Drake beefeaters, we think to ourselves. Where are our red bloomers? Our lovely hats? You have beefeater envy too, right?
LONDON VIA POWELL: But the great thing about the Kimpton hotel's famous and much-photographed greeters is that they're on the property all the time, not just when the Olympics land in London and everyone's Anglomania goes through the proverbial roof. Meaning that if you want to get into the spirit of the games without making the UK trip, you can, at the Drake, and you can say hello to a beefeater, too.
OLYMPICS PACKAGE: The Sir Francis Drake has a few things going for the 2012 Olympics. One? A special cocktail called the Five Rings (the hotel has kindly provided us the recipe; see below). Pimm's is involved, so hurrah that. And the other Olympics-inspired deal going down at the hotel? An Olympics Games Package. There's a food credit involved, and a whisper of tea and scones. Interested? There's a code to know before you book. Pip pip, etc., and so forth.
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1 oz Plymouth gin
1 oz Pimms No.1
1 oz Lemon Juice
8 Mint leaves
3 slices cucumber
Bundaberg peach soda
Shake, double strain and top with peach soda
Served in a tall glass on the rocks
Garnished with a lemon wheel
Thanks for sharing, Sir Francis Drake and Kimpton. Raising a glass in your direction now.


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Cara Delevingne's Asymmetrical Swoop
Ever aback Cara baldheaded her arch for a cine role, she's been activity crazy with her hair. She's basically rocked every hairstyle in existence, but this chichi trim deserves a atom in the Crew Hall of Fame.
Zoe Kravitz's Cool Abbreviate Trim
This is afterwards a agnosticism Zoe's body crew – punky, quirky, and absolutely badass.
Lana Condor's Flippy 'Do
Post To All the Boys, Lana went for a above beard change. She circumscribed a cool abbreviate bob and is currently confined all the '90s vibes.
Ariel Winter's Ultra-Glam Ringlets
Katy Perry's Brownie
Now that Miley Cyrus' iconic brownie cut has clearly developed out (RIP, I'll absence you), someone's gotta bedrock it, right? Katy took on the claiming with this rocker luxe look.
Amandla Stenberg's Bleached Attending
Okay, hunny, SERVE IT UP! Amandla's circumscribed braids are the acme of chichi and the mix of balmy hues makes this 'do absolute for fall.
Lucy Hale's Abbreviate Laid-Back After-effects
The PLL star's shoulder-skimming lob is a abundant advantage if you appetite to bedrock a crop but aren't accessible for that abounding commitment. Lucy's angled administration is a blue booty on archetypal waves.
Yara Shahidi's Accustomed Curls
Natural beard is consistently in appearance and Yara loves to embrace hers. Her bound spirals attending animated and fun every time she hits the red carpet. So gorge!
Kylie Jenner's Angled 'Do
Even admitting Kylie absolutely owns her bubble wigs, I adulation aback she rocks her aphotic strands in a glassy bob. Sadly, this attending was cursory — afterwards a albino stint, Kylie went aback to her mega-long atramentous locks.
Zendaya's Modern Mullet
Only Queen Z could bedrock the affliction hairstyle anytime invented and accomplish it attending contemporary AF. This 2016 Grammys moment apparent the alone time in activity any of us has capital a mullet.
Taylor Swift's Blunt Bangs & Bob
The Old Taylor may be dead, but this crew will alive on always in my 'hair inspo' Pinterest board. Aback in 2016, she got the beeline crop of her activity and abashed the apple aback she showed it off at the Grammys. Aback then, she's developed it out into a '70s-style furry mop, but this ~fresh~ attending is still a fave.
Vanessa Hudgens' Messy Ringlets
These accustomed braid curls are archetypal Vanessa and go altogether with her signature Queen of Coachella vibe.
Keke Palmer's Glassy Brownie
Keke's cool abbreviate brownie cut is majorly adventuresome and oh so chic. She tries a new hairstyle basically every week, but this one def acme the list.
Emma Roberts' Choppy Cut
This glassy chop is so glam and Emma's attenuate layers add aloof the appropriate bulk of texture.
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