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I was excited when Garnier was introducing this product because I was using Korean BB Creams before it started trending here in the west. Sometimes I felt like the coverage wasn't enough, but it was very buildable so I liked the way my skin looked right after I applied it. That was the issue though, I expected my make-up to last me throughout maybe a 5-8 hour shift at work (I work retail at a clothing store) and by the end of the day my skin would look so oily.
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Nathan Keogh's poster is helping to provide a focal point for Child Safety Week, which runs until the weekend.
Pupils across the city were invited to enter the competition, organised by Sunderland City Council's Accident Prevention Strategy Group, to design a poster and slogan warning children and young people about the dangers of crossing the roads especially in the darker nights.
Nathan, a pupil at Bexhill Academy, came up with the idea of an owl in a high-visibility jacket, and the slogan 'Stay Safe, Stay Bright'.
His winning design has been printed on hundreds of posters which are being displayed in schools and children's centres across Sunderland.
The 11-year-old, who lives in Town End Farm, was presented with a copy of his winning poster during a visit by the authority's Go Smarter to Schools campaign road safety mascot, Strider.
Nathan said: "My favourite lesson in school is art so when I found about this competition I was really excited. I wanted to use the owl because it is our school logo and I know that owls' eyes are adapted to see in the dark."
"I'm very proud that my poster won the competition and will be displayed across the city. I hope my poster will help children to stay safe on the roads."
Suzanne Gamble, Nathan's Year Six teacher, said: "Nathan's poster is brilliant and sends a very clear message to children about staying safe on our busy roads.
"I particularly like how he included our school logo, the owl, in such a captivating way.
"All the staff and children at Bexhill Academy are extremely proud of Nathan's achievement and we hope it will have a positive impact on the safety of children in the city."
Cabinet member for city services, Councillor James Blackburn, said: "Getting children and young people in our schools involved in thinking about road safety, and then coming up with their own ideas of how to get the message across, is vital if we are to succeed.
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ean Damascene Bizimana, 56, a Rwandan politician, wanted for his alleged role in the Rwandan Genocide, with a pending warrant for arrest against him by the International Criminal Tribunal for Rwanda (ICTR), has been discovered leading a middle-class life as an American citizen in the small town of Opelika, Alabama, David L. Bosco, a professor at the American University, Washington D.C. reported in the weekend Washington Post. Bizimana was Rwanda's UN Ambassador at the time when the assassination of Rwanda's president unleashed a horrific three-month genocide that would ultimately kill 800,000 people.
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Rwanda held one of the ten rotating seats at the UN Security Council, and Bizimana occupied the coveted seat, for the council's private deliberations. Bizimana, assuring fellow diplomats that the "violence" was due to spontaneous public outrage over the president's death, voted against an arms embargo on Rwanda that every other member of the council supported, the paper reported.
Former British ambassador David Hannay, recounted, the paper said, that as "direct responsibility for the mounting deaths became increasingly clear, Bizimana spoke out less and less. He became a "sullen and mostly silent" figure at Security Council meetings, and he "never showed the slightest sign of remorse about what was going on in his country."
Canadian Gen. Romeo Dallaire, who was dispatched to Rwanda in 1993 as commander of a small U.N. peacekeeping force charged with safeguarding a cease-fire between the government and the rebels, is convinced that Bizimana was tied to the extremist circles that planned the mass killings, according Bosco's report.
"He [Dallaire] is particularly bitter that Bizimana knew more about the Security Council's decisions than he did. "There I was with my small team of intelligence officers who were risking their lives for crumbs of information," Dallaire wrote, "while the extremists had a direct pipeline to the kind of strategic intelligence that allowed them to shadow my every move," Bosco notes.
"If Bizimana was indeed in constant contact with his superiors in Kigali, his message would have been simple: The Security Council had no will to intervene," Bosco comments.
Years later, some of the world's powers expressed regret for their inaction. In March 1998, during a visit to Rwanda, President Bill Clinton acknowledged that "we in the United States and the world community did not do as much as we could have and should have done to try to limit what occurred." And just a few weeks ago, President Nicolas Sarkozy of France admitted his country's "serious errors of judgment" during the genocide, the report adds.
"Perversely, his [Bizmana's] most likely path to citizenship was through political asylum. U.S. law protects individuals with a well-founded fear of persecution in their home countries by allowing them to become permanent residents, thus opening a path to citizenship. (Rwanda's ambassador in Washington during the genocide, Aloys Uwimana, took that route.) Asylum proceedings are not public, so it is difficult to know whether Bizimana applied. Still, with the new government threatening to arrest him back in 1994, he would have had little difficulty showing that his life would be in danger in Rwanda," Bosco writes.
Bosco adds, "if he did seek asylum, Bizimana must have artfully minimized his official role in representing genocidal authorities."
"That Bizimana is able to lead a middle-class life while the ICTR arrest warrant is pending, and while the the U.S. Genocide Accountability Act, enacted in 2007 especially to prevent war-criminals from seeking asylum in U.S., is active, is terribly shocking," a spokesperson for US-based activist group, Tamils Against Genocide (TAG) said.
"TAG commends Prof. David Bosco's effort to locate the alleged war-criminal, and hopes the US law enforcement investigates Bizimana's complicity in Rwandan Genocide in US Courts of law," spokesperson added.
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A Victorian bathroom decor can be homey as it welcomes you a back to a bygone romantic era. Antique color choices, ornate accessories and interesting patterns are all things to consider when collecting items for your bathroom. Secondhand stores are full of period pieces, and allow you the advantage of recycling as you decorate.
Shower Curtain – In many bathrooms, especially small ones, the shower curtain is the largest feature. Using this to emphasis your Victorian theme can be effective. Find a shower curtain with a Victorian pattern. Curtains with lacey patterns or faux upholstery designs work well. Match it to the color scheme you've chosen.
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Vanity Accessories – Soap dispensers and dishes, toothbrush cups and tissue holders can all be adapted to the Victorian theme. Gold, silver or other ornate metal designs work perfectly. Even ceramic accessories can fit the theme, especially if they have painted designs on them reminiscent of fine china tea sets.
Towels – Hanging towels can also help along the Victorian bathroom decor. Choose period-suitable colors such as deep red, gold or rich green. Matching washcloths can also be used. Hand towels with gold braid or fringe are also reminiscent of the era, as are embroidered floral designs or monograms on the towels.
Fixtures – Bathroom sink and bathtub fixtures can be replaced with era-specific, ornate pieces. Brass or gold tub taps and showerheads can add an authentic feeling. Sink fixtures can be very ornate, with designs ranging from geometric to floral. These small changes will add an authentic feel to your Victorian decor.
Accessories – Victorian decor generally meant a lot of accessories and knickknacks, even to the point of crowding. This means that you can incorporate a number of decorative accessories into your bathroom without worrying about going overboard. Vases, silk flower arrangements, candleholders and ornamental animal statues would all be acceptable. Remember that a bathroom can be very humid, so choose items that will not rust or be damaged by a moist environment. Victorians used ornate gold frames on botanical prints, still life paintings, and portraits. Frames were thick and highly decorated. Bathroom mirrors ranged from the very plain, in perhaps a servant's room, to the very ornate. Oval, rectangle, square, the frames shapes were varied. Frames were often hung from ribbons or wires, suspended from heavy wood molding along the top of the walls. Bathroom mirrors hung over dry sinks in bathrooms lacking indoor plumbing, and over sinks in modernized bathrooms.
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Dave Johnston is best known for creating de_dust and de_dust 2, but he also made other maps for Counter-Strike. No, I'm not talking about cs_tire, the reddish-brown retirement home which was cut from an early beta. (That's me establishing my CS credentials). I mean de_cbble, the quaint castle-set map.
Over on the Counter-Strike: Global Offensive blog, the CS:GO team have written about their work in re-creating and updating de_cbble for the new game, alongside an entirely new map they're adding soon. They say mean things about the old de_cbble. (more…)
I have sniped a Terrorist across the full length of A-Long. I've hidden behind the squeaky door on Nuke, unmoving, for almost two minutes before scoring an ace with a P90. I've won and lost last-minute nailbiters. But until the most recent Dreamhack tournament I'd never staked an AK-47 on a match before and I'd never really got under the surface of Counter-Strike: Global Offensive.
Hit the jump to commit to a competitive game
Counter-Strike is one of My Games. One of those games that made me. One of those games that caused me to run up a huge phone bill when 56k modems were a thing. One of those games where I can still close my eyes and get a little jolt from imagining the rattling fire of an unsilenced M4A1.
In the weirdest way considering that it's the 4th, 6th and 9th most popular games on Steam, it's only recently begun to feel like one of Valve's> games. They're now honouring the M4A1 fetishism of the game's tens of thousands of players by adding player-created Weapon Finishes. (more…)
Thanks to the Steam Workshop, I have more random things installed on my PC than ever before. Wanderin through the workshops has become a routine in my downtime. They are the curio shops of games, a tiny sliver of insight into someone's passions put on display. I'll find something, subscribe, forget I have it, then turn on Counter-Strike: Global Offensive and discover it has underwater maps, battlegrounds inspired by Alice In Wonderland, and motherboards to run around on. Here's a few of my favourites. (more…)
I have a jar of ball bearings on my desk. For each kill in CS: GO, I drop a ball into a hole in desk. The bearing rolls into a rat's cage. The rat squeaks in terror, and a noise-activated switch turns on a fan. The fan blows a toy boat across a bucket of water, and the boat's mast tips a small bucket of sand into another bucket. That bucket is on a string that's tied to a switch, and it gently tugs at it, releasing another ball bearing from a small cage on a shelf above me. That other ball bearing drops into another jar. If I want to know how many kills I have, I count the balls in the jar. How do you track your kills in Counter-Strike: Global Offensive? You just use one of the StatTrak modules from the now live Arms Deal update? Show off. (more…)
I have a recurring nightmare: I'm sat at my desk and everything is soft-focus and great. I feel happy, and turn to say as much to my girlfriend. But she's not there. It's Gabe Newell, who is definitely not my girlfriend, and he's using one of those old school accounting machines. On the floor is a pile of paper that he gathers up and hands to me, saying: "In Half-Life 2, destroyed 1200 crates. This is your bill." And I say I don't have that kind of money, then I wake up crying. I don't think Valve would retroactively charge me for opening crates, but then I didn't imagine that their strangely popular unlock system that drives both Team Fortress 2 and Dota 2 would end up in Counter-Strike: Global Offensive. But that looks like it's going to happen. (more…)
Did you wake up this morning feeling more judged than usual? Don't panic. Just look around the room and see if you can spot the RPS Staring Eye of Judgement? Well done, you have chosen, or been chosen, to take part in our little experiment: the RPS Staring Eye of Judgement will, eventually, monitor your every move to ensure that when you sit down and make a comment on the site that you've made the correct> decisions in life up to that point. I say "eventually", because right now it's just a helium balloon with an eye drawn on it. Could you just drag it around and pretend, maybe making whirring and clicking noises? Thanks! We got the idea from Valve, who've decided to hand the matter of CS: GO's policing over to the community. The sinister sounding Overwatch will be community members who have the power to review cheating cases reported by players and ban those responsible. (more…)
If you're in the middle of a game of Counter-Strike: Global Offensive and suddenly get the urge to play Super Mario Bros., there are a few options open to you. You could stop playing CS: GO. You could grab a nearby 3DS, perhaps yanking it from the hands of a passing four year-old, and balance it under your monitor, using a series of elaborate poking devices to manipulate the game. Or you could join Reflex Gamers' CS: GO server, where they've created an emulated SNES within cs_office, complete with controllers and cartridges. You have to see this. (more…)
I'll be honest with you: I have two middle names. I'll be honest with you again: I will almost certainly never play Tactical Intervention, the new multiplayer shooter from Counter-Strike co-creator Minh "Gooseman" Le. Why? Because of a gypsy curse, of course. But you are under no such restrictions, which means you can play the game right now. Its open beta has launched, you see.
Update: doesn't appear to be live in all territories as yet. Grr. Of course, there are ways and means to pretend to be American, but hopefully they'll make it open to all comers soon. (more…)
A thing modders often do: recreate real-world locations in the form of custom videogame levels. Virtual tourism! Everyone wins!
Turns out that can land you with a five-figure fine and a cease and desist order from a government department. (more…)


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Dear New Shrink, I am slowly but surely losing my mother, who has always been one of my best friends. It is not clear whether she just has some dementia or if she may have Alzheimer's. I have no brothers or sisters; my father is still around but incapable of handling what is happening to his wife as he ages and is depressed by the... Read more →


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...but not a lot to say. My head's empty. I'm back at work on Monday after a week off, and reluctant as I am to start teaching writing and reading skills all over again, I have to admit that I am crap at leisure and need external motivation if I am to avoid my tendency to slump into inertia, solipsism and gloom.
'You sound proper cheesed off again,' my mother said accusingly, over the phone.
Since I had at that point only managed to utter the word 'hello?' I felt a bit of strop coming on, but thank God I managed to stifle it, because she was ringing to inform me she'd just put a thousand pounds into my bank account.
Sod all has happened these past few weeks, which is why the posts are thin. A while ago the bloody bed collapsed underneath me. Fortunately, it was at seven in the morning while I was about to get started on my second cafetiere of thick black coffee, and not three in the morning while I was out cold. Cost me twenty quid to have the council cart it away. I discovered that a replacement, guaranteed not to collapse at least until your great-grandchildren are bouncing on it, could set you back a good thousand pounds, and so have decided to do without. Instead, I put the mattress on the living room floor and now I need some bead curtains, a narghilé or two, and a dusky, doe-eyed boy (or two) to complete the beds-i'-the-east effect it's suggesting I exploit.
The ex-bedroom is now a study, or would be if I actually studied in it, instead of arguing with evangelical Christers on YouTube. Oh, I dunno. Maybe Jesus really is knocking at the door of my heart rart now - these people do try so hard to convince me. I seem to attract them in the same unfailing way I attracted con-artists in Greece, who'd accost me in the streets of Athens and claim to have been robbed by Albanians; could I therefore lend them 50,000 drachmas as they had to be in Larissa by nightfall? They'd be sure to send it on to me. Nothing Jesus people say makes sense, either:
'Really, I believe my own father (who I was EXTREMELY close to and died when I was 13) went to Hell. I say this because I know what his lifestyle was like, and I know he claimed to know God but did many things contrary to his confession. Does it make me hate God that my father is in Hell? Does it make me think it's unfair? [It fucking well ought to, darling.] Oddly enough, no. It is sad, and if I wanted to dwell on it, I could eventually work myself into distress. [Keep trying!] But I know that God is God, and I know that all His works are in righteousness.'Why do I bloody bother? Frankly I don't know, other than that the whole evangelical trip retains its power to infuriate me thirty-five years after I left it.
That's that, for the time being. The coming five-week course may bring a bit of drama and some entertaining mangling of the English tongue, but otherwise I shall probably take a break from blogging.
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For millions of years, people have ruled the world. Most didn't keep records, so not much is known prior to the invention of the computer in 1970. In 1980, All nations of the world broke out in a vicious 20 year war that left over 2.5 billion dead. In 2036, Donald Hagenwald, the newly elected president of the United States, called for a true world leader. Many favored this idea. When the nations voted, it was an overwhelming victory- 95% of the nations agreed. On January 20, 2038, Donald was chosen as the 1st President of the World. Over the long period of his reign, the world prospered.
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Hello World! Well, it's been a fun couple of days checking out all of the fabulous Fall decor from Texas bloggers! Today is Day 3 of our tour and promises to be just as wonderful. As always, a big thank you to Katie from Let's Add Sprinkles who organized this lovely tour! Now, let's hit it!
The first stop on the tour is BJ at Sweet Nothings:
For those who don't know BJ, well you should head over and introduce yourself to her! She is sweet, fun and feisty! I bet her grandgirls would agree! And, I'm in love with her pigs that she has on display with some flashy pumpkins! Seriously, I think I need to get an artsy pig like this one!!
The next stop is Susan at Ash Tree Cottage:
Who decorates a potting shed for Fall? Susan does! Her spot in the world is filled with beauty and tenderness! Her blog is one of those where it just feels good to look around. I love her peaceful potting shed that she has filled with such pretties!
Next, is Lisa at Fern Creek Cottage:
Lisa's decor is subtle, but it packs a mighty punch. Seriously, the chairs, the pumpkins, the centerpiece, and of course the blue and white dishes! What else could be better?
The next stop is Eilis at My Heart Lives Here:
Eilis has been gracing The Dedicated House parties with her beautiful home for quite some time. This piece is one of my favorites! Do yourself a favor and take the tour of her lovely home!
The last stop is Audrey at Timeless Treasures:
Audrey has one of the best silver and copper collections I've ever seen! They look perfect with her Fall decor! And, that horse! I love him!!
Those are the stops for the day. Just click the pictures or the word links to head to each site! Enjoy!!
Click the links below for any posts you may have missed:
The Round-Up from B&A Wednesday
Fall in Love with Texas Blog Tour – Day 3
Fall in Love with Texas Blog Tour – Day 1
The Sunday Showcase from MIP Monday
Thanks for stopping by! I hope you will come back tomorrow for my tour! I'm excited for you to see it! Don't forget Before & After Wednesday goes live tonight at 8:00PM! Hope to see you there! Have a lovely day/night depending on where you are in the world! Go with God and remember to be kind to one another!


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While I was busying myself with Hungarian history there were new developments in the "Heller case." I don't think that Ágnes Heller would be terribly happy about my naming this whole sordid affair after her, but let's face it, among the six or seven names mentioned by Magyar Nemzet and its unidentified informer hers is the best known. After all, she was the recipient of several prestigious international awards and for years was the Hannah Arendt Visiting Professor of Philosophy and Political Science at the New School for Social Research in New York.
I mention the New School because it was Ágnes Heller's former American colleagues who felt that they should write an open letter to Viktor Orbán in which they express in no uncertain terms their opinion of what is going on in Hungary. After all, it is not an everyday affair in the modern democratic world, in a country that belongs to the European Union, that someone is preparing a show trial against philosophers. Because the more I read about this case the more I suspect that something like this is afoot. The philosophers who signed the open letter share my suspicion: this is a politically motivated attack because only those people whose political views are not in line with the current government's position were singled out from the thirty-two people who received similar grants.
In any case, twenty philosophers, political scientists, and members of the administration either currently employed by the New School or Ágnes Heller's former colleagues signed the letter in which they asked Viktor Orbán to use his "informal influence" to put an end to the attacks and make it clear that he and his government have nothing to do with the smear campaign against the philosophers.
Shortly after Élet és Irodalom published the open letter from Heller's New School colleagues an interesting letter came to light that wasn't exactly intended for publication. Back in the 1990s a group of mostly conservative scientists got together and established an association of professors named after Hungary's first prime minister, Lajos Batthyány. There are a lot of chemists, biologists, physicists, mathematicians, and doctors who belong to the Batthyány Circle of Professors. One of their leading lights is a chemist, Gábor Náray-Szabó. If you want to have a good laugh, please read what is perhaps my most hilarious piece, "Raising chickens in time of trouble," about a radio interview with the gentleman. I hope it will give you an idea about the political acumen of these distinguished professors.
The members of the Circle like to exchange their profound thoughts about politics among themselves, and therefore they have an online discussion forum closed to the public. It was on that list that László Hornok, second to the president of the St. Stephen University–perhaps we could call him in this country "provost"–vented his hatred against the liberals in general and the philosophers in particular. However, it seems that there was a "traitor" in the group who found Hornok's letter outrageous. In no time the letter was in the hands of the editors of Stop, an online newspaper. In the letter Hornok talked about "the deadly enemies of the nation who leave no stone unturned" to blacken the good name of Hungary. According to Hornok, the philosophers are trying to convince the "foreign associate members" of the Academy to sign letters of protest. Hornok didn't hide his opinion that it was a terrible mistake to accept these "foreign members" into the Academy. Actually these foreigners are Hungarian-born scholars who made names for themselves abroad.
Hornok then asked his fellow members to ostracize these enemies. "When we meet them and their ilk we should look them in the eye but we shouldn't say hello to them. When they sit down next to us, we should get up because this is the only way to handle their hatred and this is the only way to express our silent and complete contempt." Gábor Náray-Szabó, famous for his chickens, refused to condemn Hornok and his attitude. The only thing he said was that the professor's words don't reflect the official view of the Batthyány Circle of Professors.
At this point József Pálinkás, president of the Academy, felt that he could no longer remain silent. He made a statement in which he called attention to the Hungarian Constitution in which it is written that "only qualified scholars and scientists have the right to arrive at decisions in regard to what should be credited as a contribution to science, a scientific result, and to assess the scientific value of research." He asked the officials of the government and the journalists to keep this in mind. He repeated his favorite mantra that at the moment the awarding of grants is somewhat chaotic, something that should be rectified.
Pálinkás complained in particular that from the grant program designed for the natural or exact sciences, social science researchers also receive money. It is important to note that the organization in charge of giving grants, Program for Research and Development (Nemzeti Kutatási és Fejlesztési Program = NKFP), was set up during the first Orbán government, at the time when Pálinkás was undersecretary in the Ministry of Education. In fact, from day one the NKFP handed out grants to social scientists. Pálinkás himself talked at that time about "the research of our national heritage and its present challenges." So it is hard to know what he is complaining about today. In the last eight years NFKP has provided grants to sociologists, political scientists, historians, and, yes, philosophers. Tomorrow I will give a list of some of the other recipients.


text: In 2013/14 Lovely Rita will present a new programme with the promising title "Songs For The Unpredictable Beauty of Life" which exists mainly of new original songs which celebrate the beauty of life with all its insecurity and its marvellous dangerous surprises. Songs that have the fight for the internal and external freedom to their contents.Taking the opportunity in 2012 to celebrate two anniversaries; 20 years of Lovely Rita and 50 years of The Beatles, they toured the UK with two new shows; 'My Life Between the Exit Signs' (a film and a music project) and 'Strollin' Along Abbey Road' (a homage to The Beatles). The project is a continuation of their previous work and long-standing focus; to distil the essence of The Beatles' late 1960s experimental studio work and present it with a contemporary sound using today's technology. Lovely Rita came to life in 1992, founded by Martin Stepanik, one of the most interesting composers and keyboard players working in the wide field of electronic and jazz music in Vienna today. Described as an ever evolving 'working band' constantly exploring the diverse possibilities of musical expression and with their 'Strollin' Along Abbey Road' project avant garde interpretations of the Beatles' entire back catalogue. Leaving his roots of acoustic jazz and improvised music in 1985, Stepanik pioneered the new Viennese electronic music scene being a founding member of Helmut Neugebauers 'Die Vogel Europas'. From 1986-1992 the band toured frequently throughout Europe and recorded with such artists as, F.M. Einhelt of 'Einstürzende Neubauten' and Elliott Sharp.


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text: The Dermatology Office and Dermatopathology Laboratory: Reducing Errors by Working TogetherBalfour, Erika M.Journal of the Dermatology Nurses' Association: July-August 2010 - Volume 2 - Issue 4 - p 168-170 doi: 10.1097/JDN.0b013e3181ebb3b3 Feature Articles Abstract Author Information An important means to reduce medical errors between the dermatology office and the dermatopathology lab is to improve communication. The dermatology office and the dermatopathology laboratory being as meticulous as possible, another way to reduce medical errors is to improve communication between them. Understanding laboratory needs and limitations is of paramount importance. The dermatology office can improve patient care, as well as lower the likelihood of malpractice lawsuits, by routinely calling the dermatopathology laboratory when guidance is needed regarding optimal biopsy type and location, by informing the dermatopathologist of pertinent clinical information, and by calling to question results that do not "make sense" or match the clinical impression at the time of biopsy. Erika M. Balfour, MD, Dermatopathologist, Ackerman Academy of Dermatopathology, New York, NY, and Assistant Professor of Pathology, Department of Pathology, College of Physicians and Surgeons, Columbia University, New York, New York. A portion of this paper was taken from the author's lecture "Dermatopathology: Laboratory Errors and the Rise in Medical-Legal Issues," given at the Dermatology Nurse's Association National Annual Convention, in San Francisco, March 2009. Correspondence concerning this article should be addressed to Erika M. Balfour, MD, 145 East 32nd St. 10th Floor, New York, NY 10016. E-mail: firstname.lastname@example.com © 2010 Lippincott Williams & Wilkins, Inc.


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Hello, Do I have to send out invite sto everyone that I plan on sending reception invites to? I am trying to cut down cost and some of the people listed on my guest list I know will not attend the wedding in Jamaica but will definetly come to the AHR. What are your thoughts
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No, you do not have to. I sent out separate wedding/AHR invites... I think most people do that.
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Throughout my zero waste journey, I've had to find proper substitutes for all my bathroom products, and I think I've reached a happy medium. It's taken some time to test out the products that I personally liked, and for anyone on the journey, you will probably understand the feeling of all the experimental products and DIYs you may have tried to get to a comfortable state.
Not everything I currently use is completely plastic free, nor DIY. I purchase some products in glass still, and forgot to put in the video that I also wear contact lenses — plastic shrink wrap and contact packaging are some of the things currently in my trash jar. (; However, I found that a majority of you would be able to relate to the items shown, and hopefully find some substitutes for your current routine if you haven't considered the switch yet!
So here it is, my current inventory of bathroom products. Enjoy my fun animating the inanimate through the following video, with all product details, descriptions, and recommendations below.
For a happy smile:
– Silk floss — I purchased a glass vial of silk floss in Germany, which comes with replacements. It's pretty pricey, and I'm hoping there will be a compostable version in the US as well. The closest thing that I've tried and found are these RADIUS Vegan Floss Sachets which come individually wrapped in compostable packaging, so I don't use them quite often because of all the packaging. They're supposed to be travel packs, and I found them at my local whole foods.
– Bamboo tooth brush — There are so many different brands. The one I've featured in the video is from Modest Planet, but I've tried out Green Panda toothbrushes from Whole Foods, and know that many also default to Brush with Bamboo toothbrushes. So far, I haven't heard of any toothbrushes that have plastic-free bristles — most are made with Nylon — but I know manufacturers are working their best to find solutions so we'll stay posted!
– Tooth powder — I've also tried dental tabs but find that tooth powder is the best in regards to keeping teeth clean. The recipe is featured in this post, and you can find dental tabs at Lush stores as well.
For a fresh face:
– Aesop Parsley Seed Facial Cleanser — Pricey, yes, but an absolute pleasure to use and a little goes a long way. The bar soap I was using previously was a bit harsh on my face, so I'll be working on finishing what I have in this bottle and reusing it! Hoping I can find a more gentle soap for my face in the future, but this stuff makes my skin oh so soft. You can also try Aesop products at their stores if you need to be further convinced.
– Aesop Parsley Seed Facial Toner — Pairs well with the product above, and I simply pat on a small bit of it onto my face after cleansing. I definitely see a difference.
For being squeaky clean:
– Alaffia Triple Milled Shea Butter Soap Fresh Lavender — I buy this unpackaged from Whole Foods, and it's been one of my easiest zero waste switches! Soap is generally quite easy to buy package free if you check out small gift stores and such (:
– Shampoo bar — Purchased this one in Germany and have yet to try any in the States. If anyone has recommendations, let me know. I love the transportability of bars!
– Muhle Closed Comb Double Edge Safety Razor — Also purchased this in Germany because the company is based there. It's such a beautiful piece, and I also purchased the stand (totally optional) to go with it. Luckily because I was at the store, I was able to ask for it package free. You may also purchase replacement safety razor blades, which are also recyclable, and much cheaper than buying loads of plastic razors.
For moisturized skin:
– Body lotion — I've been able to find bulk lotion at local food co-ops and at a particular refill store called Green 11. Be sure to check them out if you haven't already, they're so sweet (:
– Facial lotion — Also purchased from Green 11. This stuff is super light and soothing for the face!
Hope you all found this post helpful. I'm still testing out products, and am always open to DIY options if they may be more suitable for the future. Feel free to comment with any questions or suggestions for my everyday routine! (:


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Bishop McMahon says UK policy on undocumented migrants is 'shameful and unjust'
Bishop Thomas McMahon of Brentwood has strongly criticised the Government's failure to regularise undocumented migrants living in Britain. During his homily yesterday at the 'Mass in Support of Migrants Workers in London, at Westminster Cathedral, Bishop McMahon emphasised the importance of welcoming migrants. He said: "Welcoming and hospitality have always been at the very heart of the Bible and have been very much the tradition of the United Kingdom. Migrants helped to rebuild the United Kingdom following World War II and are continuing to regenerate London and this country. They make an indispensable contribution." Drawing attention to efforts made in recent years to extend this welcome to the many long-term undocumented migrants in the UK Bishop Malcolm said that these migrant workers have lived and worked in London for many years, often paying taxes and contributing to the economy and society; but their status in the UK was that of being here illegally, and many are threatened with deportation. Bishop McMahon said: "We are concerned here today with the plight of the long term migrants and the Government's failure to respond must be consistently challenged. For any government to choose to do nothing about regularisation is irresponsible and leaves thousands of migrants open to exploitation and fear. I can only describe it as shameful and unjust." "The Church has a duty to see that they are not exploited... It is a scandal, and totally unacceptable, when large numbers of migrants are paid less than the minimum wage. All of us vigorously support the [London Citizens] Living Wage campaign. And we must raise our voice for Strangers into Citizens, which is calling for a pathway into citizenship for migrants who have been resident in the United Kingdom for years and have put down roots." Bishop Malcolm said it was "unspeakable and shaming to read in The Tablet of hundreds of Zimbabweans facing deportation despite the escalating violence under an illegal and repressive regime. For any government to choose to do nothing about regularisation is irresponsible and leaves thousands of migrants vulnerable to exploitation and living in fear and limbo". He said he could only describe this as "shameful and unjust". Because of our common humanity, he went on, we have a duty to speak on behalf of these vulnerable migrants. "We are concerned with the plight of long-term migrants and the government's failure to respond must be continually challenged." If part of the Government's strategy was to "get tough" on illegal immigration, he said, alluding to Liam Byrne's comments on the Today programme this morning, "we must remain resolute and steadfast in this regard". He said another major Strangers into Citizens rally was planned for the May Bank Holiday next year: "to demonstrate to the Government that this issue has not gone away". More than 2,000 people from over 40 countries attended the Mass for Migrant Workers. The Principal Celebrant was Cardinal Cormac Murphy-O'Connor, with Bishop Pat Lynch, auxiliary Bishop of Southwark and Bishop Thomas McMahon. Also present at the Mass was the Papal Nuncio, His Excellency Archbishop Faustino Sainz Munoz and civic dignitaries included the Lord Mayor of Westminster. Over 50 priests took part in the celebration, many from the 47 ethnic chaplaincies in London. To hear the Homily in full click on: www.rcdow.org.uk/multimedia/?page=audio&player=62 )


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Mmmm damn that is a nice dick. I wonder how that felt hehe ;) Let me know what you think guys. Enjoy!!
Why couldn't I have been at this campground haha? The guy on the left is crazy CUTE to me! Hope you enjoy as well. Have a great weekend!!
...and what a hot ass he has. My tongue would love to spend some time down there ;) Sexy socks too! Let me know what you think guys. Take care!...
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- September 3, 2008 at 9:29 am #54284
Can anybody recommend a good and reliable company that provides furniture packs and that is not too expensive on Costa del sol?
- September 3, 2008 at 10:39 am #85969
What about IKEA? You can't beat them for price, and the quality is perfectly good. All the assembly of flat packs is a hassle, but you can outsource that to one of IKEA's recommended delivery and assembly companies.
- September 3, 2008 at 10:58 am #85970
Thanks Mark.
- September 3, 2008 at 7:31 pm #85974
Laggan: Two days ago I did a costing for a friend of mine who has to decorate a three bedroom town house. We used the current IKEA catalogue for the basic items. The costing came to €15,000.
I hope this helps.
- September 4, 2008 at 12:59 pm #85979
Thanks shakeel. I will give Ikea a visit and start with their 1 Euro breakfast to build my strenght up for the long walk. Sounds good.
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Biological science professor receives Shields Award
Cal State Fullerton biological science professor Marcelo E. Tolmasky received the L. Donald Shields Excellence in Scholarship and Creativity Award this year.
He was recognized for his record of excellence in research, mentorship to students and commitment to CSUF's educational mission.
Tolmasky's research focuses on examining why bacteria becomes resistant to antibiotics.
He has been part of CSUF since 1995 and has authored 121 peer-reviewed articles, book reviews and book chapters. He has also published three books.
L. Donald Shields was the president of CSUF from 1970 to 1980. Before becoming president, he served as a professor in the Chemistry Department.
Librarian to serve as Fulbright scholar
CSUF international outreach librarian John Hickok will teach library sciences at two universities in the Philippines this fall as a Fulbright scholar.
The universities are Philippine Normal University and the University of Santo Tomas.
Hickok teaches library and research skills classes to ESL and international students. He also works with student groups such as the Pilipino American Student Association.
Since joining CSUF in 1997, Hickok has visited nearly 1,000 libraries in South Asia, East Asia and Southeast Asia.
Students receive Alumni Association awards
CSUF undergraduate student Kelsey Brewer and graduate student Rex Bartholomew received the Alumni Association's 2016 Outstanding Senior and Outstanding Graduate Student awards.
The award recognizes students for achievements in academics, community service and extracurricular activities.
Brewer earned a bachelor's degree in political science and has contributed more than 100 monthly hours of community service as an appointed trustee for the California State University Board of Trustees and vice chair for its government relations committee.
Bartholomew earned a master's degree in instructional design and technology and has volunteered with various organizations, such as New City Public Schools, Intellectual Virtues Academy and Millikan High School.
CSUF students win top CSU awards
Four CSUF students were top finishers at the 30th annual CSU Student Research Competition at Cal State Bakersfield in April. More than 200 students from the 23 CSU campuses attended; 10 were CSUF finalists.
By recognizing outstanding student accomplishments, the competition aims to promote excellence in undergraduate and graduate scholarly research and creative activity.
The following were CSUF winners in their respective categories:
• Music graduate student Joris Hoogsteder, first place in the humanities and letters category.
• Biological science undergraduate student Robert Ontiveros, first place in the biological and agricultural sciences category.
• Computer science graduate student Shawn Ricardo, first place in the engineering and computer sciences category.
• Computer science graduate student Hussein Al-Barazanchi, second place in the engineering and computer sciences category
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I Am Going to Stop Taking Extended Breaks
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...Whenever I take my morning or afternoon breaks at my work, I find it really hard to make myself get back into the office. I end up taking a little bit longer than I should for both of them most days. I am going to stop, because it's making me look seriously lazy! XP
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New Delhi, July 27 (PTI): Suzuki Motor Corp, the Japanese automaker, is getting ready for a second innings in the Indian two and three-wheeler market following its exit from a joint venture with Chennai-based TVS Motor in 2001.
The company has obtained government nod to produce, assemble, market and sell two and three-wheelers, including motorcycles, scooters, mopeds and their spare parts for the domestic market by acquiring a majority stake in a local company called Integra Overseas Private Limited.
Suzuki would initially acquire 51 per cent stake in the existing firm for implementing the project, sources said.
The shareholding would be subsequently increased, depending upon the demand of the products, they said adding that name of the company is also likely to be changed to Suzuki Motor India.
Suzuki had earlier secured the governments approval to set up a wholly-owned subsidiary to undertake the aforesaid activities. But it has now decided to acquire stake in an already incorporated Indian company.
According to sources, Suzuki plans to initially acquire and later increase its shareholding in the company through fresh allotment of shares or also through purchase of 1,85,43,200 shares from the three existing shareholders, including Metromode Technology of Mauritius.


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The different shades of blue that led the way
Jason O'Brien takes a look at the leaders who helped shape the Fine Gael party over the years
HAVING survived yesterday's leadership challenge, Enda Kenny stays on as the 10th leader of his party. Here we look at his nine predecessors who shaped the party since its formation in 1933.
Eoin O'Duffy (1933-34)
More a military leader than a politician, the former Garda Chief Commissioner helped form the party through a merger of Cumann na nGaedhael, the Centre Party and the National Guard.
However, his extreme right-wing views, temperament and poor judgement soon became an embarrassment to the party and he resigned as president a year later.
WT Cosgrave (1934-44)
A towering figure in the history of Irish democracy, Cosgrave was the country's first head of government from 1922 to 1932, when he served as the President of the Executive Council, the precursor to the office of Taoiseach.
He had split with Eamon de Valera over the Treaty, and went on to lead the fledgling nation from 1922.
However, Fianna Fail came to power 10 years later, and while Cosgrave became the first parliamentary leader of the new party -- serving until his retirement in 1944 -- Fine Gael failed to win a general election during that time.
Richard Mulcahy (1944-59)
Active in the Rising and the War of Independence, Mulcahy's personal election results were somewhat patchy and he became Fine Gael leader while a member of the Seanad.
Mulcahy succeeded in bringing in new blood to the struggling party and, in 1948, Fine Gael was the major party in the first coalition government to oust Fianna Fail.
But he was judged an unsuitable choice as Taoiseach by some coalition members because of his role in the Civil War and he stepped aside to allow John A Costello become Taoiseach.
James Dillon (1959-1965)
A Monaghan TD for over 30 years, Dillon first came to national prominence when he was expelled from the party in 1942 after urging Ireland to abandon neutrality during the war and side with the Allies.
He would serve as Agriculture Minister as an independent TD before rejoining FG in 1953 and taking over as leader six years later.
Under his leadership, the party "took a new approach to a changing Ireland and to the need for social and economic reform", its website now asserts.
FG narrowly lost a general election to FF in 1965 and Dillon stepped down, retiring as a TD two years later.
Liam Cosgrave (1965-1977)
The son of WT got into politics at a young age, joining Fine Gael at 17 and rejecting a career in law to stand for election in 1943. He would hold his seat until his retirement in 1981.
He easily won the leadership contest in 1965 and, although he lost a general election four years later, he would lead a coalition of Fine Gael and Labour to victory in 1973.
Described as dour and conservative, but utterly trustworthy, Cosgrave's government is viewed, in hindsight, as one of the best, but unluckiest, in history.
Garret FitzGerald (1977-1987)
The two-time Taoiseach and intellectual heavyweight was liberal in his outlook and his ideals were a significant departure from the man he replaced.
Initially focused on revitalising the party, his tetchy relationship with Charlie Haughey would dominate Irish politics in the 1980s.
Fine Gael experienced a rapid rise in support under FitzGerald, and he was Taoiseach in coalition governments with Labour briefly between 1981 and 1982, and again between 1982 and 1987.
The deep-seated recession and his attempts to grapple with the Troubles in the North were his biggest dilemmas throughout, but he succeeded in significantly reducing inflation and signing the Anglo-Irish Agreement.
Alan Dukes (1987-1990)
One of only five TDs to be appointed minister on their first day in the Dail, Dukes held a seat from 1981 to 2002.
He took over from FitzGerald during a particularly bleak time for the Irish economy, and his time is perhaps best-remembered for the Tallaght Strategy of putting national interests before self-interests.
John Bruton (1990-2001)
Bruton, who was considered more conservative than his two predecessors, would oversee a further fall in FG support early in his leadership, but held on to his position and became Taoiseach in 1994 -- as head of the Rainbow Coalition -- without a general election.
Fine Gael claims the following period saw the birth of the Celtic Tiger.
Michael Noonan
A current TD, Noonan served as leader only from February 2001 to June 2002.
Following some poor election results in the late 1990s, he tabled a motion of no confidence in Bruton and was successful in taking over as leader of the opposition.
However, Fine Gael had a disastrous result at the 2002 General Election -- dropping from 54 to 31 seats -- and the Limerickman resigned as leader on the night of the results.
Enda Kenny would then step in and attempt to bring the party back to life.
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Super-rich Russian football club Anzhi Makhachkala has made Wayne Rooney their primary target and plan to stun the Premier League by making a mega bid for the striker.
Team director and Brazilian legend Roberto Carlos said Anzhi want to link Rooney, 27, with Cameroon striker Samuel Eto'o, who is currently their top earner at 350,000 pounds a week.
Billionaire Russian oligarch Suleyman Kerimov owns the Dagestan based club.
Asked if Anzhi might sign Rooney, Carlos said: "Why not? He's one of the best players in the world and any team would be happy to have him in their squad. He's still a very young player.
"Of course, I could not say when and if it will happen. It's not only Anzhi who want to buy him. There are plenty of teams in Italy and Spain, all over the world, eager to have a player like Rooney."
Rooney would also be linking up with ex-Chelsea chief Guus Hiddink, who joined Anzhi this season and has guided them to the top of the Russian Premier Division, The Sun reports.
Carlos said: "If the owner has a wish to buy somebody, he will go and do it. But we are trying to change the image of the club. It is not just about money."
The Dagestan side trains near Moscow and make a 2,000-mile round trip for home games. (ANI)


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Redistributing the black market
Suspected drug kingpin Francisco Javier Arellano Felix pleaded not guilty to racketeering and conspiracy charges Thursday.
The predictable quotes:
"There is no discernible leader left to fill the void" in the Tijuana-based Arellano Felix cartel, said John Fernandes, special agent in charge of the Drug Enforcement Administration's San Diego office. "I don't consider this organization disrupted. I consider this organization defunct."Even if that's true, so what? You really think all those billions of dollars worth of orders on this side of the border are just going to go unfilled because the other two cartels won't recognize a good business opportunity when they see one?
In Mexico, Attorney General Daniel Cabeza de Vaca (is that Spanish for empty headed) said Thursday that the arrest "totally devastated" the cartel.


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by Mark Molloy
In all probability the situation is this: before we transcend ourselves in love and enter into the life and often alien rhythm of another human being, we experiment early on with basic rhythms that proclaim themselves in their simplest forms in these sorts of games with inanimate objects. Or rather, these are the rhythms in which we first gain possession of ourselves. ~Walter Benjamin. "Toys and Play," 1928.
For a developing strip on a four-lane street in Wichita, Kansas, NuPenny's arrival was abrupt. One day the tall glass storefront opened into an empty white room. The next day, it had become a window into a past that never existed, a display of toys fabricated after 50s-era muscle cars, robots, and sleek spaceships, an entire room painted in gray scale. Without an opening or artist's statement placard, NuPenny still garners both curious looks and distrust. Passersby press their hands to the glass for a better look. Bikers slow and take on quizzical smiles. At dusk, as I stand in front of the 1920s brick building, cars rush along the overpass nearby, and inside NuPenny's lights kick on, amplifying the surreal nature of this toy store that never opens.
Resting between a locksmith with an impressive range of old keys hung above a sparsely attended register and a donut shop with leopard print carpet and a chiming analog pinball machine, NuPenny's weathered sign suits the strip. In fact, if you weren't from the neighborhood, you could imagine that the store owner, a long time ago, had simply twisted the lock shut and walked away. However, it was only months ago that NuPenny appeared, and it's not the first time this has occurred. NuPenny debuted in Maine before coming to Kansas in the summer of 2011, and soon the shop will again vanish.
I loop around to the back of the building and knock on the metal garage door, which serves as a living room wall. Inside, a large dog barks in circles. Randy Regier, the forty-something artist responsible for NuPenny, lets me in through another door that takes us through his bedroom and down a set of concrete steps into a high-ceilinged warehouse space.
Randy has a scruffy smile, jeans and t-shirt. He hands me a beer from a cooler atop a large island in his open kitchen and motions across to the living room, where far away his wife waves from under a reading lamp. For a space that must have been an old automobile shop, it's cozy. Randy is still settling in, but the coffee table already holds books on sci-fi art and the walls support long shelves of Randy's toys. One by one he plucks them off the walls and puts them in my hands. He moves down the line, pointing to his board games and watch displays. He takes me to another closet containing his other projects—converted model racecars from Spain and windup metal dancers. His passion for each toy is palpable, their back stories emerging in energetic anecdotes.
Randy tells me he grew up in Oregon, moving to Abilene, Kansas in 1997. For Randy, it wasn't until his thirties that he realized he was a part of art. Creating worlds and illustrating is something everyone does, he says. A year after the move, Randy, for the first time in his life, started college. Toys were the first objects to come out of his work at Kansas State, an hour commute away. "It seemed sudden to people around me," Randy says, "but to me it was something I'd been gearing up to do my whole life and just didn't know I could."
Before the move, Randy worked at a body shop for fifteen years as an automobile painter. The monotonous work ran him down. College wasn't simply a place to practice art, but a legitimization of his pursuits. "For the first time in my adult life," he says, "I had not only permission to make something that was creative, but it was an assignment, so I didn't have to justify it."
Randy leads me through double doors into the back room, the shop side of his home where enormous fans run on high. Randy rolls two mismatched vinyl office chairs into the middle of the room. It's mid-summer and hot. The studio is littered with work in progress. Around us are metal workbenches with power tools, molds for pouring plastic figurines, cardboard boxes of toys in development, wooden shelves holding paint buckets, and, all the way in the back, the peeking corner of a vintage telephone booth among a trove of objects awaiting transformation.
Andrew Bales: Your toys have a 50s aesthetic. Is there a generational divide in the response to your work?
Randy Regier: I've had a fair share of people my age and older say, "It's too bad the twenty-year-olds won't get it." Fortunately, that's not the case. They really do connect with it, even though my aesthetic seems to be generated around the 50s to 70s. I've been amazed at how quickly and easily the toys read for people much younger than me. It's nice when what the work is trying to do rises above the aesthetic.
AB: How do you respond when your toys evoke nostalgia?
RR: It's hard to be nostalgic for my work in the true sense of nostalgia because they can't specifically recall any of my pieces, and if they do they're wrong. Every single toy I make did not exist in their childhood.
We're all wrong about our memories to some degree. It's very difficult to recall clearly childhood. There have been instances where people have said that I didn't make up a couple of the toys, that they were old toys they used to have, which I think is fascinating, because its inconceivable. But I was also moved that the toys would be believable enough to be remembered like that. I'm honored by that.
AB: What personalities and motivations do you find when dealing with Toy Collectors?
RR: Toy collectors aren't of a single mindset. For instance, in Wichita I've met with poet Albert Goldbarth. His method of collecting and his reason for collecting are on the really high end of the spectrum. It's deeply personal. There's an element of preservation and stewardship.
There are others, though. Speculators of toy futures. The wheeler-dealer, trying to get in early and score stuff cheap.
Then there are those trying to recover a past they never had or a past they did have and lost. Which is very nostalgic… the word nostalgic is problematic. The root of it is sickness. The word nostalgia was composed to categorize Swiss soldiers who were unable to fight outside of Switzerland. They were so sick for home that they were incapable of combat. There's a whole category of collectors who are like that.
AB: Each generation has its own toys, its own aesthetic. How have toys changed since your childhood? What's your take on today's toys?
RR: Toys are much more pornographic now. I don't mean that in a detrimental sense. It's about bigger. If you look at what's happened with toys, it's the exaggeration of musculature and breasts, of the wheels and tires on cars. Toys tend to be much more prefabricated and provocative in the sense that they present a visual that's not as likely to be seen on the street.
Legos, for example, has become this incredible product. When I had Legos it was red bricks and white bricks and one colonial house window. I remember trying to make an X-Wing Fighter in 1977 and it looked like a two pixel video game. It looked like ass. I hated it, but it was the best I could do. But now, Legos are incredibly elaborate and sophisticated toys. It would have been fascinating to watch Walter Benjamin go through a Toys R Us today.
AB: Walter Benjamin is a name that comes up a lot in relation to your work. How has his writing influenced the toys you make?
RR: He's one of the very few people who's written about toys in a sophisticated way, rather than a reductive way. Unfortunately, he didn't live long enough to cast a long glance back on his own career. The reason I read Benjamin is because he wrote about toys in a time where very few people were writing about toys, and he wrote about toys in a way people still aren't writing about toys, which is intellectually and honestly. About the triangulation of what a toy, as a product of an adult world, is to a child. Two points make a line, and three points make an area. What happens in this area?
AB: Why is NuPenny locked?
RR: The purpose behind the work—well, let me turn to something that happened to me in Kansas: I was a junior at Kansas State, living in Abilene and making the commute to Manhattan. My wife was working at an Alco warehouse, and I was selling plasma to get gas. On NPR was an interview with Coleman Barks, who is known for his interpretations of Rumi poetry. He was reading his translation of "Love Dogs," and he got to the end of it and it hit me so hard, I was crying so hard, I had to pull off the side of the interstate and sit. In essence, the way I heard the poem, I still hear the poem, is Rumi says, "Listen to the moan of the dog for his master." That call, that desire, is of itself. To desire something so strongly is the response, and if you have that thing you desire, you've lost the most amazing moment.
You can make an equivalent to, say, a Hotwheel in a blister pack (I got them in blister packs when I was a kid). Products are so much more desirable when they're behind that clear plastic and you don't quite have it, but you can. As soon as you rip that package open, you've just passed that best point of attainment. You just went right past the moment where it was absolutely the sweetest it's ever going to be. And to roll the car back and forth on the table will never be as good, I don't think, as when you just got it and it's still in the plastic.
So, I could totally kick those doors open and people could come in and play with those toys and not hurt it. They're built. They're real toys. They could be bought and played with, absolutely. But that would be to miss the whole point of the desire.
I never built NuPenny to fuck with people, but I don't know how it couldn't. To put people in the position of desire and then refuse them a consummation of that, that would piss people off. There's art that pisses me off, so fair enough.
NuPenny's not like my other work. I'm not really clear why I feel the need to keep pointing this out. Testing it, pushing it, provoking it in people.
AB: Has Wichita's response to your work been surprising?
RR: It's interesting that there's been so much angst. But I could see that more as me being an outsider that's showing off. If I had the luxury of a one-on-one with some of these people we'd probably come to some sort of truce.
Ultimately, to do any sort of creative endeavor, particularly that's this sudden, and expect people to like it is problematic. If people could get in, I don't think they'd feel any differently. The reason they can't get in is the reason for the work. It doesn't have to be toys. It could be anything desirable, but toys have a certain way of capturing people.
AB: What do you see happening to your collection moving forward?
RR: I'm tempted to leave it in Wichita as long as we live here, let it gather dust, let the light bulbs burn out over time. If it sat a long time, and it became more owned by the community, I think it would shift. For those who might have reservations, it would be less he's screwing with us and more it's ours, this is us.
I don't have answers to any of that. Just like most artists and people, we'll always need money. There's absolutely no profit in NuPenny. It might be a situation that's not my call, but someone with means that says, "I want it." If someone else owns it, anything could happen. I think it would be fascinating to sink it in the Arkansas River right downtown and then every year when the water's low have it emerge. That's what I'd do with it if I could: sink it and have it emerge every so often.
It's like La Cabina, the psychological horror film done under Franco. There's this telephone booth that gets delivered to the city before anyone's up and bolted down into this park. At the end of the day it gets picked up with a person trapped inside, like a fly trap.
I think NuPenny would be more viable if I were to, with patron's help, get a big metal and glass structure, like a prefab guard shack, it's all grade metal with glass panels. They just truck it in and bolt it down. I've got enough room in here to have one. It could be loaded on a trailer, build NuPenny all into it, and then have it be a thing from Wichita that goes anywhere in the United States. It could go in the middle of a wheat field, into the Utah desert, or a parking lot in Cleveland. And overnight, this toy store appears. All the lights come on, it has solar panels, completely self-contained. It's there for a week and then poof, gone.
Andrew Bales lives in Wichita, Kansas, where he is the Barr Fellow in Wichita State University's MFA program. His stories have won second-place in Glimmer Train's 2011 Short Story Award for New Writers and have appeared or are forthcoming in New Delta Review, Bateau, Midwestern Gothic, NANO Fiction, Johnny America, and other journals. Find him online at AndrewBales.com.
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Joint legal custody & divorce
Joint legal custody is only awarded to parents who can communicate well with each other. An amicable divorce is considered a basic element of this. A judge will be reluctant to award joint legal custody to a couple who is not able to come to an agreement on their own. Thus, you should try to resolve this issue before trial.


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BETA is the first in a new series by Rachel Cohn. It follows Elysia, a teenage clone, who lives on the island of Demesne. Elysia is one of many clones on Demesne who were specifically created to serve the island's wealthy inhabitants. The island is supposed to be a utopian paradise. But then why is everyone so unhappy?
Hyperion Teens is hosting a Cover Design Challenge inspired by the new series Design an original cover for BETA and you could win a copy of the book professionally printed with your cover design. Need some inspiration? We chatted with designer Marci Senders about the importance of creating a strong cover for the first book in a series. Now we've collected some of our favorite series cover designs. From The Hunger Games to Pretty Little Liars, check out our favorites and vote for the series you think does it best. Did we miss something? Leave us a note in the comments!
The Giver Quartet by Lois Lowry
When Son, the final book in The Giver quartet, was released earlier this year, all four books in the series got a spiffy new cover treatment. We love the way the designer worked the original cover photos into these updates, but made the series feel fresh and cohesive with the gorgeous color palette. All four books would look lovely on our bookshelves.
Spoiled Series by Heather Cocks and Jessica Morgan
Set in Beverly Hills, amidst movie stars and celebrity stylists, the Spoiled series follows Brooke Berlin, the daughter of a movie star who's just a little bit, um, spoiled. We love these bright, poppy covers. The clever use of make-up and accessories for the lettering is eye-catching and gets right to the heart of the plot. We see these covers and we know there's a chick-lit story within waiting to be read.
The Hunger Games Trilogy by Suzanne Collins
Of course we had to include The Hunger Games in our collection. The mockingjay is an important symbol in the series and it's a natural image to include on each cover. We love that you don't see the bird in flight until the last book, giving readers a sense of how the action progresses throughout the series.
Divergent Series by Veronica Roth
Divergent and Insurgent are the first two books in this series and we greatly admire their strong and consistent cover design. A futuristic Chicago is the setting for the story, and the city serves as a background for both covers, along with dark clouds that hint at an oncoming storm. We love the symmetry of the two tag lines: "One choice can transform you" and "One choice can destroy you." We can't wait to see what the third book in the series will hold.
Pretty Little Liars Series by Sara Shepard
At first glance, these cover models look like real teenage girls. But a second take and you realize they're only well-dressed dolls. We love the bright color scheme, the curly-cue type, and the weird cover dolls. The whole package manages to portray the series as both fun, creepy, and mysterious in a few simple strokes.
Matched Trilogy by Ally Condie
Of all the series we've looked at, Allie Condie's trilogy shows the most obvious progression of images. The series begins with a beautiful woman caught in a mysterious orb and ends with Reached, when she emerges from the broken pieces. As stand-alone covers, each is interesting and eye-catching in its own right, but as a series, the designers have done an excellent job creating a cohesive brand.
So now you tell us, which series has the best cover? Vote now!
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February 25, 2013, 2:28 pm
Seth Finley, President and CEO of MemPro Materials, is pictured in the company's offices in Broomfield November 14th, 2012.
MemPro Materials is a high tech company that specializes in advanced materials and technology. Based in Broomfield, the company is looking to move to Denver. Some small business owners believe that the city or state should do more to foster the growth of the community rather than just focusing on startups and technology. MemPro Materials uses a variety of materials such as aluminum oxide, silicon dioxide, indium tin oxide, Palladium catalyzed alumina and polymers for such things as Syngas production, electronics, exhaust treatments and flame retardants.
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The Lore of The Unicorn
1982 · New York
by SHEPARD, Odell
New York: Avenel, 1982. Fine/Fine. Fourth edition. Fine in fine dustwrapper. Please Note: This book has been transferred to Between the Covers from another database and might not be described to our usual standards. Please inquire for more detailed condition information. (Inventory #: 178359)