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What module do you use when doing any kind of HTTP programming - LWP? By far the most popular module for the HTTP protocol in Perl and one which just works and works well with a minimal amount of application code. Now you might be put off by the 123 bug reports in the LWP rt queue but in all my time I've never hit one myself - other than an issue which was not LWP but Perl and to do with tainted data used with LWP (see Why is taint mode so slow?).
I've recently been trying to speed up a small application that makes a huge number of HTTP GET and small POST requests. One important area was that we needed to support cookies as the initial POST is to login (where a cookie is set) and subsequent POSTs need to pass the cookie. Whenever I profile it with Devel::NYTProf (thank you Tim) LWP related modules come up at the top (although in interesting areas like select()). Knowing that LWP is a lot of Perl code the obvious area to look at was an XS module with more compiled C code. We tried GHTTP, Furl, and WWW::Curl::Easy in addition to LWP and there was a clear winner (for us) - WWW::Curl::Easy. Comparing the code using LWP and WWW::Curl::Easy for a simple GET:
and with WWW::Curl::Easy:
So, not much more code but a little extra to write the HTTP headers separately from the body which makes parsing them easier later. You also need to remember that since Curl is writing the header data to a scalar via a file handle you need to seek to the start and truncate it between each request unless you set WRITEHEADER each time. Of course, reading the headers is considerably easier in LWP.
WWW::Curl::Easy is a fairly simple wrapper around libcurl which is written in C. You might initially be put off by the lack of pod but in fact it does not need much as it is just a wrapper around libcurl so most of the documentation is in libcurl. The equivalent LWP and WWW::Curl::Easy code shows quite clearly that LWP is far more concise (in Perl terms) but the speedup we got using libcurl was worth having. On a simple GET request with 2000 GETs we got:
LWP: 9 wallclock secs ( 5.76 usr + 1.05 sys = 6.81 CPU) @ 293.69/s (n=2000)
GHTTP: 3 wallclock secs ( 0.50 usr + 0.70 sys = 1.20 CPU) @ 1666.67/s (n=2000)
Curl: 3 wallclock secs ( 0.26 usr + 0.25 sys = 0.51 CPU) @ 3921.57/s (n=2000)
Furl: 3 wallclock secs ( 0.93 usr + 0.22 sys = 1.15 CPU) @ 1739.13/s (n=2000)
So far so good. Changing to WWW::Curl::Easy seemed a no brainer except when I tried POSTs it was massively slower. Strangely, it was far less CPU time but more than twice as slow in real time:
Benchmark: timing 1000 iterations of curl, lwp...
curl: 56 wallclock secs ( 0.16 usr + 0.09 sys = 0.25 CPU) @ 4000.00/s (n=1000)
(warning: too few iterations for a reliable count)
lwp: 22 wallclock secs ( 4.29 usr + 0.60 sys = 4.89 CPU) @ 204.50/s (n=1000)
Those numbers seemed strange to me; why was Curl apparently waiting because clearly it was spending far less CPU time. A quick experiment with the Curl options showed that setting either CURLOPT_TCP_NODELAY or CURLOPT_FORBID_REUSE changed the results to:
Benchmark: timing 1000 iterations of curl, lwp...
curl: 18 wallclock secs ( 0.28 usr + 0.10 sys = 0.38 CPU) @ 2631.58/s (n=1000)
(warning: too few iterations for a reliable count)
lwp: 22 wallclock secs ( 4.33 usr + 0.61 sys = 4.94 CPU) @ 202.43/s (n=1000)
But the nagle algorithm surely is not involved here as I was only doing one POST and surely Curl was doing only a single write to the socket! I'd looked at the WWW::Curl::Easy pod and it had a nice formadd method where you can add form arguments so my code looked like:
Examining an strace of the code I could see 2 writes to the socket connected to the HTTP server, the first for the HTTP header and the second for the POSTed data (which is very small). This is how nagle intervenes as if the second write is small and done before the ACK from the other end nagle holds on to the data briefly in the hope you are going to write more. Thanks to the nice people on the libcurl mailing list the problem was identified as formadd does a multipart form and internally in libcurl this results in 2 writes to the socket. It appears there is a way to do a simple POST like this:
and this results in a single write to the socket and hence no nagle \o/
Benchmarking again I now get:
Benchmark: timing 1000 iterations of curl, lwp...
curl: 17 wallclock secs ( 0.36 usr + 0.08 sys = 0.44 CPU) @ 2272.73/s (n=1000)
lwp: 22 wallclock secs ( 4.14 usr + 0.71 sys = 4.85 CPU) @ 206.19/s (n=1000)
Finally there was the issue of cookies. In LWP using and storing cookies to a file is simple:
As I'm using the same LWP::UserAgent for all GET and POST requests and they are to the same domain I can issue a POST to login and follow it with a GET (which needs the cookie) and all is well, LWP just does the right thing. However, with Curl I'm using a separate WWW::Curl::Easy object for GETing and POSTing because I never found a way of resetting the object method so the cookie obtained in the POST is not available in the following GETs. Fortunately, Curl has a way of sharing cookies so I ended up with something like the following in my own wrapper:
and a XXX::Protocol::Curl's as something like:
So in addition to getting a speedup from using libcurl my application code hardly changes since I return an HTTP::Response for both LWP and Curl.
Now when I profile the code using Curl the HTTP parts barely register and my application is loads faster.
Update I saw in the Perl weekly at September 19, 2011 Gabor Szabo said "The code is more complex though and I am not sure if being faster on the CPU really matters. After all these both solve network intensive tasks. Waiting for the HTTP request still takes a lot more time than the CPU usage". I would have liked to have answered that but there does not seem to be a way to comment on the Perl weekly. The first thing is I don't know of any computers which only run one process so the less CPU time your process uses the more is available to the other processes. The second thing is that WWW::Curl::Easy is faster in real time than LWP; if you don't think 2000 GETs in 3s instead of 9s is an improvement you need then you don't need to bother using Curl, I do want that improvement.
Update2 When I ran this code with our actuall application the POSTs were still taking longer than LWP even though my test code is the other way around. At the moment I'm still setting CURLOPT_FORBID_REUSE.
Since I wrote this a few new modules have been brought to my attention e.g., Hijk and HTTP::Tiny. I thought it was about time I revisited this (and Mr Bunce prodded me a little too) as if there is anything faster than our current Curl solution it is fairly easy to add. However we need GET and POST support and cookie support which I think makes using Hijk a little more difficult.
For now I haven't looked into cookie support or POST but here are my results for 2000 GETs for a JSON encoded file of 335114 bytes.
The lwpghhtp is LWP::Protocol::implementor('http', 'LWP::Protocol::GHTTP')
The http_tiny is actually the one from https://github.com/clintongormley/p5-http-tiny with keep_alive => 1 set (Tim asked for). BTW, in this test keep_alive => 1 make no difference so I hope I was doing it right (but see below):
Versions used were:
It was suggested I used Dumbbench so here are the results for the same test except I didn't run lwpghttp and added HTTP::Tiny with/without keep_alive = 1.
HTTP::Tiny uses Dist::Zilla which for various reasons I cannot install on this machine so I just ran the test code with perl -I/path/to/lib in the git repo. I know I was running this one as $HTTP::TINY::VERSION was undefined and warn $INC{'HTTP/Tiny.pm'}; output the correct path.
I did verify I was getting into the keep_alive code in HTTP::Tiny:
I assumed keep_alive in the pull request for HTTP::Tiny was HTTP "Connection: Keep-Alive" but I could not see that in the headers sent. It seems it is more like don't close the socket. I think HTTP 1.1 assumes keep alive. I am using HTTP 1.1 in nginx with "keepalive_timeout 65" and "tcp_nodelay on".
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I can't see anything obviously wrong with the keep-alive test on HTTP::Tiny, but I haven't looked too closely there. A comment on the benchmarking in general: you're testing the download of a 300kB file, but for a lot of use cases, this isn't the typical load.
For instance, with Elasticsearch.pm, users will be both sending and receiving, and often much smaller files than 300kB. I currently support an LWP, HTTP::Tiny and NetCurl backend for Elasticsearch, and I've just thrown together a backend for Hijk as well:
* LWP: https://github.com/elasticsearch/elasticsearch-perl/blob/master/lib/Elas...
* HTTP::Tiny https://github.com/elasticsearch/elasticsearch-perl/blob/master/lib/Elas...
* NetCurl https://github.com/elasticsearch/elasticsearch-perl/blob/master/lib/Elas...
* Hijk https://github.com/elasticsearch/elasticsearch-perl/blob/hijk/lib/Elasti...
I ran read and write tests with different body sizes against a local Elasticsearch instance (10,000 read & 10,000 write, run 3 times, all with persistent connections), with these results: https://gist.github.com/clintongormley/8980968
Hijk seems to do very well on these tests, pipping NetCurl at the post on all body sizes. I have no idea what black magic the authors have employed to make this work :) What I don't understand is why LWP is so slow. When I NYTProf'ed it a year ago, it looked like it was spending a lot of time parsing headers for some reason, but I didn't delve any further.
I also compared my fork of HTTP::Tiny with keepalive on and off. (The tests above were run with my fork and keepalive on). I tested this on a Mac, which runs out of sockets pretty quickly if you don't use persistent connections, so this test was run with 1,000 read/write requests run 10 times: https://gist.github.com/clintongormley/8980882
The benchmarking code is here: https://gist.github.com/clintongormley/8980988
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Kevin Pietersen could not contain his delight at his return to the international fold, with the England batsman posting an image of himself on Instagram back in the dressing room with his compatriots again.
The 32-year-old has been out of the England set-up since his tour of New Zealand was curtailed by a serious knee injury in March, with Pietersen forced to miss the return series, as well as the Champions Trophy.
Pietersen made his comeback to competitive cricket for Surrey last week, with the former England captain displaying no signs of being hindered by the bone bruising which he had described as worse than a broken leg.
He spent 136 overs in the field against Yorkshire at Headingley, even bowling four overs of off-spin, before crashing a superb unbeaten 177 in his first innings since being forced to leave the tour of New Zealand early.
Pietersen's return to form and fitness saw him named in England's squad for the two T20 internationals with New Zealand this week, although he was never in contention to play in Tuesday's narrow defeat.
He is, however, expected to feature on Thursday evening at The Oval, before making his return to the longer-format in the pre-Ashes warm-up with Essex, which begins at Chelmsford this weekend.
Pietersen's commitments with England mean he is unavailable for Surrey's domestic T20 opener with Hampshire, but he took to Twitter to offer his support to his county colleagues.
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Elvis may have left the building in August 1977, but as millions of devotees and tens of thousands of Elvis impersonators will tell you, his spirit endures through his music and the tight-knit fan community formed in his name.
Thousands of such fans will converge Sunday for the wildly popular Elvis Festival at the Orange County Market Place in Costa Mesa.
"It kind of reminds me of a small-town carnival," said Kirk Wall, the festival's host since its inception. "They have things like watermelon eating contests and a huge turnout. A lot of different Elvises perform and compete, but it never gets ugly; it's always really light."
"It's great fun, and so well-produced," festival performer Danny Jacobson said. "It's a complete, daylong celebration of the King with impersonators, dancers, vintage cars, Elvis fan clubs and more. I am very honored to have been invited to perform this year."
The 12th annual tribute to the King, held in conjunction with the Market Place's popular swap meet, includes seven impersonators — and many more karaoke singers vying to step into "Blue Suede Shoes"; more memorabilia than the "Heartbreak Hotel" could ever fit into its rooms; and more Elvis-inspired food truck items than any "Hound Dog" could ever wolf down, including the King's favorite grilled peanut butter and banana sandwich.
PPW Toys and Elvis Presley Enterprises will hold an Elvis Trivia Bee and will be offering a collectible '68 Comeback Special Edition Mr. Potato Head Elvis for sale; Mr. Potato Head will be rakishly clad in a leather jacket and holding a mic. The company introduced a jumpsuit-clad Mr. Potato Head last year.
Keep an eye out for a 9-foot, 6-inch tall stilt-walking Elvis and Priscilla Presley; magician Abbit the Average Elvis; and a classic car display, including a cotton candy pink 1961 Cadillac Sedan DeVille with pink leopard interior and wide whitewall tires.
One of the world's top official fan clubs, the Jailhouse Rockers of California, will be on hand as well.
'Burning Love'
Wall brings a long history of Elvis fandom to his Sunday performances of movie song medleys; he'll be accompanied by the Halau Hula Lani Ola dance troupe during his "Blue Hawaii" and "Rock a Hula" numbers.
"I became an Elvis fan when I was a child," Wall said. "He was my favorite singer; still is."
Wall recalled trying to emulate the King's signature moves using badminton rackets with his brother, and coming up with Elvis-inspired personalities for performances of "Grease" on the musical theater circuit. He also had a memorable job performing singing telegrams under the persona of "Pelvis Esley."
Wall wore glue-on sideburns because he also worked as an actor. But when he started getting a rash from the glue, and when his Elvis gigs became more numerous to ignore, he became the King full-time. Wall, who leads a bluegrass band at the Golden Horseshoe at Disneyland, still keeps a divide between being the King and being just Kirk; the non-stop Elvis memorabilia gifts all are corralled in one room of his home.
Fellow impersonator and Sunday performer Danny Jacobson owns about 600 Elvis song recordings, including the original '50s movie soundtrack albums of "Loving You" and "King Creole."
His love of Elvis also is nearly lifelong.
"I've been doing my impression of Elvis since the age of 7," he said. "I'm actually not so much an impersonator but a singing impressionist in the style of the late Vegas entertainer Danny Gans, with over 50 legendary singers in my repertoire."
Although Jacobson performs impressions of everyone from Dean Martin to Frank Sinatra to Johnny Cash in his show, he always closes his shows with a tribute to Elvis, he said.
A relative newcomer to the performance circuit, he began entertaining professionally five years ago.
Jacobson said the hardest part of his job is memorizing all of the song lyrics, but added that he has a good memory for melodies.
"The best part of the job is definitely going out into the crowd at the end of each show and singing directly to members of the audience," he said. "It's such a great thrill to make an emotional connection with Elvis fans during a show and bring back his memory for them."
Along with Jacobson, other slated impersonators during the live set from 10 a.m. to 2:45 p.m. include Joe Banuelos, who is just 17; John Reade Fisher; Steve Williamson; Dave Hoover; and George Thomas.
'I Just Can't Help Believing'
There also will be a Crème de la King Elvis Karaoke Contest; the four finalists will gain spots in the KaraokeFest 2011 competition, the largest of its kind in the world.
Competitors will join with the professional impersonators for a group performance of "Hound Dog" and an audience singalong for "Can't Help Falling in Love."
Wall recommended that would-be Elvises "don't take themselves too seriously when they do it. 'Cause it gets weird. Go see the other Elvis impersonators and watch how they do it; their nuances. You'll find things that you like and things that you don't like."
"The singing voice is the most important element of any impersonator's show," Jacobson said. "To do an effective impersonation of Elvis you must first become a good vocalist. Once you learn to sing well you can then begin work on capturing his Southern accent, vocal tone, vibrato and general style. The body moves, posture and facial gestures come next and the last items to add are the costume ('50s or '70s), hairstyle, accessories and the rest.
"Don't go cheap on the costume. If you do, it will distract from your performance. Record yourself and then play back your version along with Elvis' version of the same song. Do this over and over again until you get as close as you can to the original. If you need help, take vocal lessons. It's well worth it."
For more information on Wall, visit thegreatkirk.com. Jacobson can be found at dannyjacobson.net.
Insider Tip: Can't make it during the day, or don't want the party to end? To declare fidelity for your hunk of burnin' love Sunday night, visit the Azteca restaurant and bar in old town Garden Grove to gape at a memorabilia collection that has to be seen to be believed. Legendary impersonator Phil Shane will be performing live from 7 to 11 p.m. For more information: aztecamexicanrestaurant.org.
If You Go
What: 12th annual Elvis Festival
When: 9 a.m. to 4 p.m. Sunday
Where: Orange County Market Place, 88 Fair Drive, Costa Mesa
Cost: $2; children 12 and younger get in for free. Free general parking; $5 preferred parking.
Information: (949) 723-6660 or ocmarketplace.com
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Elvis-inspired Gourmet Food Truck Offerings:
Spudrunners truck: Grilled peanut butter and banana sandwich
Tropical Shave Ice truck: blue Hawaii shave ice (Hawaiian Punch and coconut)
Barcelona on the Go truck: Memphis mac and cheese with bacon
Rolling Sushi Van: "Love Me Tender" roll (freshwater eel and salmon on top of California roll) and rock' n chips (tomato mixed with fresh tuna, green onion, and masago, served with potato chips


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I'm sitting in a hotel room in Daytona Beach, Florida with a rental car parked out front packed full of suitcases filled with my most important belongings. Basically this means all my track stuff and far too many pairs of shoes I won't ever wear. Lord willing, I will find a more permanent residence for me and my shoes in the next few days, and then I will live in Daytona Beach for the remainder of the season and train here under a new coach. It's a move that many would call crazy, and they might be right. But sometimes crazy is good. And sometimes crazy is necessary.
I started off this season with a very specific goal in mind and the attitude that I would do everything in my power to achieve it. So here I am, taking a leap of faith in a totally different direction and believing that it is the right thing for me personally to do. Change isn't always easy. There was a part of me that wanted to continue to fight for what I knew and for what felt comfortable, but the more insistent part of me dared myself to go all in. The deep part of my soul that knows how badly I want to be my very best self this summer forced me to get uncomfortable and to make changes that I believe in my heart will be best for me.
I love California. I love training at the Olympic Training Center. I love the people I worked with on a daily basis and being near all my friends and family. But there was a key component I knew I was missing and it was up to me to finally go find it. My reason for being out here is simple: To be fully committed to what I am doing and have complete faith in everything I do. I feel that I am in a place where I can do that and I know that this shakeup is what I needed to make that happen. I have had so much change over the course of my career and have learned to become a healthy critic of everything I do, but now is not the time to doubt anything but to put all my eggs in one basket and just go for it. And so I am.


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Gary Ablett out for season after electing for surgery
Four years after becoming Gold Coast's No. 1 recruit, Gary Ablett will miss out on leading the club into its first-ever finals series after electing to undergo reconstructive surgery on his left shoulder.
Ablett decided on Wednesday to put the long-term functionality of his shoulder ahead of his determination to help his teammates make it to September, and a possible third Brownlow Medal.
The onballer was advised by specialists that he risked further damaging the shoulder by having minor surgery to clean the joint out and a few weeks off, before rejoining the team on the eve of the finals.
Ablett's manager, Liam Pickering, said surgeon Greg Hoy had told Ablett that while he could spend the next four or five weeks strengthening the shoulder and play again, there was an 80 per cent chance it would dislocate again.
Ablett has been the clear Brownlow favourite all season, but dislocated his shoulder during the third quarter of the Suns' win over Collingwood last Saturday when tackled by Brent Macaffer.
Scott Pendlebury replaced him as a $3 Brownlow favourite after his decision was announced on Wednesday, with Ablett easing from $1.60 this time last week to the $8 third favourite behind the Collingwood skipper and Sydney's Josh Kennedy.
Ablett flew to Melbourne to see Hoy after scans on Monday cleared him of bone damage, and said he needed to make the best long-term decision. He was scheduled for surgery on Thursday.
"We have been extremely thorough in our review of the injury, and after careful consideration, reconstructive surgery was the decision to make, but the correct one," Ablett said in a statement.
"This is the most significant injury of my playing career, and we have made the decision in the interest of my long-term playing career.
"It has been a very difficult decision, in particular as there is a temptation to compromise my shoulder's long-term movement, in a bid to get back and assist the team to make our first finals appearance."
Gold Coast football manager Marcus Ashcroft said the club's priority had always been to ensure Ablett did not risk further damage by trying to play again this year.
The 30-year-old's five-year contract expires at the end of next season, but the club has already begun discussing an extension with his manager Liam Pickering.
"Basically Gary had two options. Option one was the one he's taken, which is to have the surgery done and come back next year with it all fixed up," Ashcroft said.
"Option two was to have minor clean-up surgery and try and get him back, but there were risks involved with that and after talking it through with Gary, the specialist and people here we decided we needed to take the longer-term approach.
"He's really disappointed he's not going to play and the chance to be there for his teammates in the finals really weighed on him, but we want to make sure he comes back at 100 per cent, without risking any more damage."
Ablett has missed just five games since he joined the club ahead of its debut season in 2011, and the Suns have lost all of them, but held on after he, Charlie Dixon, Trent McKenzie and Sean Lemmens were injured on Saturday.
"Everyone loves watching Gary play, but now everyone has a chance to step up and see what they can do," Ashcroft said. "You can never rely totally on one player, and this is a good challenge for everyone else to take on."
Michael Rischitelli will captain the Suns in their game against the Western Bulldogs this week, with the role to then be rotated through the leadership group.
While confident Ablett would have already gathered enough votes to be a chance on Brownlow night, Pickering said he had been more worried about playing at less than full capacity, with the shoulder his first major injury.
"He's got two (Brownlows) already. He doesn't think like that. People may think that's the case with individual players but that's very rare. He would have been more worried about coming back and playing in the finals than winning the Brownlow," Pickering said on SEN.
"I'm interested to see how it plays out on Brownlow Medal night, but I think that's the furthest thing from Gary's mind at the moment, it's more about getting the shoulder right, getting the surgery tomorrow and making sure it recovers properly so he's ready to go for a big 2015."
Emma Quayle joined The Age as a cadet journalist in 1999 and has been covering football since 2001. She has won awards from the Australian Football Media Association and AFL Players Association for her feature writing, and specialised for many years in covering junior football and the AFL draft. Emma's two books - The Draft and Nine Lives (the story of former Essendon wingman Adam Ramanauskas' battle with cancer) - were published in 2008 and 2010.


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Can you eat Beet Greens, the leaves etc.
Yes, beet greens are edible, and quite delicious! It is recommended to trim off the stems because they can be tough. Remember to wash the greens thoroughly before using. Try swapping them in a recipe that calls for collard greens or kale. A quick and simple way to prepare them is sauteing in a little bit of olive oil along with onions and garlic. Season with salt and pepper, and enjoy!


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Situated in the Savoie at 1850 meters, Val d'Isere is the jewel in the crown of the French Alps. It has hosted over 130 competitions -- more than any other resort on the circuit.
The origins of the event date back to 1963 when the U.S. ski team traveled to Val d'Isere for some early season training. To spice up their routine they organised a friendly race against the French. It was the first time the Americans had taken on skiers from the region and it kick-started a rivalry and popular tradition which led to the formation of the World Cup Series. Increased popularity for the resort and Olympic success of home-grown stars Henri Oreillier and Jean-Claude Killy persuaded organisers to add a new event in December 1968. For the first time, the World Cup series was acknowledged as a truly global tour.
Wengen is home to the longest World Cup race -- the Lauberhorn downhill. This monster runs at an astonishing 4455 meters in length, keeping the skiers agonisingly on course for over 2 minutes and 20 seconds. From start to finish, the course snakes and turns through a vertical drop of 1025 meters.
The Lauberhorn has also made a few Hollywood appearances in its time. The 1969 film Downhill Racer starring Robert Redford and Gene Hackman was partly shot in Wengen, as was the famous scene in On Her Majesty's Secret Service when James Bond is pursued down the tree-lined back slopes of the mountain.
Kitzbuhel brings the best skiers from all corners of the globe to take on the legendary Streif downhill. The slope is by far the hardest on the World Cup circuit and is notorious for making mincemeat out of those who attempt to pull off its descent without complete perfection.
All the elements of the classic downhill can be found here with sharp terrain edges, steep slopes, bumps and even an uphill shush but the most challenging component is the Mausefalle or Mousetrap. This aptly named launch pad is situated at the top of the course and at speed can result in jumps of 80 meters. Upon landing skiers are forced into a sharp compression and a sudden left hand turn which only the technically proficient survive.
The Austrian town of Schladming will host the Ski World Championships for the second time in its history with some 400,000 visitors expected to attend. In 11 disciplines, 650 athletes from 70 nations will fight it out for 33 medals, with over 3,000 media representatives from around the globe reporting on events as they unfold.
Approximately €52 million has been spent on preparations for the event -- broadening slopes, building bridges and race tunnels as well as a state-of-the-art base station to ensure this will be one of 2013's biggest sporting spectacles.
The Swiss region of Lenzerheide used to serve as a high mountain pass through the Alps for travelers and farmers. These days it has become a favorite destination for winter sports tourists and a regular home for the season-ending World Cup Finals.
Overall World Cup standings often come down to the wire, with fierce battles ensuing for the final few points. The winners are awarded the iconic crystal globes for individual disciplines and overall champions. In 2010 Lindsey Vonn won a record eight crystal globes -- three large globes for FIS World Cup overall titles and five smaller globes for Giant Slalom, downhill and Super G.
(CNN) -- With the European leg of the Alpine Skiing World Cup in full swing, CNN's Alpine Edge takes you inside five of the continent's most high-profile locations.
As the planet's top skiers hurtle down the slopes, Alpine Edge will tell the stories behind the sport iconic resorts from France's Val d'Isere to 2013 World Championship venue Schladming in Austria.
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oakland — Port of Oakland Commissioner Gilda Gonzalez and retired Berkeley fire chief Debra Pryor will be among the 10 women inducted into the Alameda County Women's Hall of Fame during a March 23 luncheon.
This year marks the 20th anniversary of the event, which honors women for their contribution to the county.
The 2013 inductees are Ophelia Basgal, business and professions; Gonzales, community service; Rita Sahai, culture and art; Ruth B. Love, education; Carolyn Bloede, environment; Sherry Higgs, Health; Sandra Pitts-Johnson, justice; Pryor, nontraditional careers; Hope A. Michelsen, science; and Alice V. Deng, youth.
The award luncheon begins 12:30 p.m. March 23 at the Greek Orthodox Cathedral, 4700 Lincoln Ave., in Oakland. The Hall of Fame program raises money for local charities providing needed resources to women and children in our community, as well as sponsoring a youth scholarship to help a young woman further her education or training.
Tickets to the luncheon and awards ceremony are $75. For more information and details about sponsorships go to www.acgov.org/cao/halloffame.


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Martyr Elias
Saint Elias was one of those who suffered martyrdom with Saints Gordian, Macrobius, Zoticus, Valerian, and Lucian.
Gordian and Macrobian served in the imperial court, where they enjoyed the particular favor of the emperor. When he found out that they were Christians, he sent them to Scythia. There they met Zoticus, Lucian and Elias, who were also courageous confessors of Christ. Saints Gordian and Macrobius suffered first, then Saints Elias, Zoticus, Lucian and Valerian were tortured and beheaded in Tomis in Scythia (Romania). They suffered at Paphlagonia (Asia Minor) at the beginning of the fourth century during the reign of the Roman emperor Licinius (311-324).


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I'm taking a break from Greece and heading up north where the weather is cooler. Taking a mental trip to Finland where I can hang out with the Moomins and eat berries all day in their enchanting valley, where I am sure it gets nowhere near as hot as here.
Finland was my first asignment working away from home…and it was as far from home as I could get. Whereas my home city is crowded and hot, Helsinki was cool (ok, cold too!) with easily half the amount of people (in truth, the population of Finland is less than half the population on the city I live in). The air seemed so clean that I feared it might burn an icy path down my lungs (which were accustomed to somewhat "tougher" air). Everything was so different. Different from home, and even different from the other places in Europe I had visited in the past. This was the first time I step foot in Scandinavia…and I was captivated.
I think it was these very differences that quietly drew me in. I enjoyed the vastness of my new personal space, so different from what I was used to. I could walk and think, and never be disturbed. I reveled in the crystal cleanliness this place. They say you can still drink from the lakes! Is that true? The markets were filled with berries and mushrooms and salmon, and I couldn't get enough. I was charmed by the shy smiles of the Finns…ready to give a straightforward answer but never one to hit you over your head with their opinions. Perhaps it was the only the infatuated eyes of this naive foreigner, but to me Finland sparkled like so many diamonds in the snow.
And Santa lives there…what more could one place need?
Moomins are the creation of Finnish writer and illustrator Tove Jansson. The tales chronicle the adventures of a family of little Scandinavian trolls, white and rotund and furry, in Moominvalley and beyond. Primarily children's books, they are brilliantly written, running the gamut from whimsical adventures to serious reflections on family and life (at least in adulthood retrospect). And they are just this side of absolute cute-ness. I have been a big fan since I discovered these little creatures.
The cake tin belongs to a good friend whose baby shower we held at my flat. She lent it to me to bake our Moomin cake for the shower (as you can see, Moomin has got more than one fan in this country). It was a gift from a friend of hers who lives in Finland. Isn't it just the most adorable thing you have ever seen? Ok, he's got a bit of holes in him (my fault) and his features are not too distinct, but I was seriously enamored!
(In case you are wondering, I used the Classic Pound Cake recipe from Martha Stewart's Baking Handbook.)(Perhaps this is the reason I love Tessa Kiros' cookbook, Falling Cloudberries, so much. Because she has stayed in, and written about, both Finland and Greece, two countries close to my heart…and my stomach.)(If you live in Manila, and you want to read more about the Moomins, their books are available in the children's section of Fully Booked bookstore.)


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Department of Education Announces Members of Statewide Advisory Committee to Guide Teacher Evaluation Pilot Program
Stakeholders will meet throughout the year to advise the Department and make recommendations on new statewide evaluation system
|For Immediate Release
|Contact: Justin Barra
Allison Kobus
|Date: September 23, 2011
Trenton, NJ – Furthering its commitment to partnering with educators in the development of a new statewide teacher evaluation system, the Department of Education today announced 21 members of the Evaluation Pilot Advisory Committee (EPAC) that will advise the department on the teacher evaluation pilot program over the course of the 2011-12 school year. Composed of education stakeholders from across the state, the EPAC will be responsible for providing guidance throughout the pilot. The group will also produce a recommendation for statewide rollout of a new teacher evaluation system. Additional EPAC members representing all participating pilot districts and persistently low performing districts that have received federal School Improvement Grant (SIG) funds to implement change, will be added to the committee in the coming weeks.
Earlier this month, the department announced the 10 districts selected to participate in the Excellent Educators for New Jersey (EE4NJ) teacher evaluation pilot program over the course of the 2011-12 school year, pending final review procedures. The pilot districts were selected from among 31 applicants and will split $1.1 million in grant funds made available by the state. An eleventh district, Newark, will participate in the pilot through a separate grant. School Improvement Grant (SIG) schools and districts will also take part in the program with their federal funds. Pilot districts will help to shape the new system, providing critical input and feedback prior to statewide roll-out.
"This pilot is an opportunity to work with educators across the state to develop a fair and meaningful evaluation system that will treat teachers like the professionals they are. And, the voice of educators is a crucial component in this development," Acting Education Commissioner Chris Cerf said. "The Evaluation Pilot Advisory Committee is another opportunity to ensure that we are working with educators from across the state as we create a better system."
The EPAC represents teachers of various subjects and grade levels; principals, superintendents, a special education supervisor and other administrators; parents; private, charter, and vocational schools; and the higher education community. In addition, the EPAC will include one representative of each district participating in the pilot. The NJDOE solicited nominations for EPAC members from major stakeholder groups, and selected a group of members representing a diverse cross-section of the New Jersey education landscape. EPAC meetings will be held monthly at the NJDOE in Trenton, with the first meeting held today.
The following education professionals and other stakeholder groups are represented on theEPAC:
At the local level, each district will convene a District Evaluation Pilot Advisory Committee (DEPAC). These committees will consist of district educators and other individuals representing important stakeholders in the evaluation system and school community. Each DEPAC must appoint one of these members to also serve on the state EPAC and attend monthly meetings at the NJDOE. In addition, SIG districts will also send representatives to participate in the EPAC. This will ensure that district-level concerns are raised with the state group and that districts will receive information shared at the state-level meetings.
"Because teaching is an honored craft, we must ensure that we recognize and respect effective educators, support teachers in their efforts to continue to develop their skills, and ensure that those comparatively few individuals who are unable to improve no longer remain in the classroom," said Acting Commissioner Cerf. "This advisory committee will help to ensure that we fulfill this promise as we work to develop a new statewide evaluation system."
A full list of EPAC members is below:
Ms. Marie Bilik
Executive Director, New Jersey School Boards Association
Mr. Carl Blanchard
National Board Certified Teacher
Biology Teacher, Franklin High School
Ms. Jeanne Delcolle
Burlington County Teacher of the Year
History Teacher, Burlington County Institute of Technology
Ms. Patricia Donaghue
Parent, Toms River, NJ
Ms. Carol Everett
Executive Director, New Jersey Association of Independent Schools
Dr. Dorothy Feola
President, New Jersey Association of Colleges for Teacher Education; Associate Dean, College of Education, William Paterson University
Ms. Darleen Gearhart
Director, School Improvement Grants, Newark Public Schools
Mr. Timothy Matheny
Principal, South Brunswick High School
Ms. Eileen Matus
Retired Principal, Toms River Regional School District
Ms. Elizabeth Morgan
National Board Certified Teacher
English Language Arts Teacher, Ann A. Mullen Middle School
Dr. Brian Osbourne
Superintendent, South Orange-Maplewood Schools
Mr. Richard Panicucci
Assistant Superintendent of Curriculum - Vo-Tech, Bergen County Technical Schools/Special Services
Ms. Meredith Pennotti
Principal, Red Bank Charter School
Ms. Judith Rattner
Superintendent, Berkeley Heights Public Schools
Dr. Vivian Rodriguez
Assistant Superintendent, Perth Amboy School District
Dr. Sharon Sherman
Dean, School of Education, Rider University
Ms. Peggy Stewart
Chair, Professional Teaching Standards Board
History Teacher, Center for Teaching and Learning
Ms. Belinda Stokes
Principal, Henry Snyder High School
Dr. Dorothy Strickland
New Jersey State Board of Education
Samuel DeWitt Proctor Professor of Education, State of New Jersey Professor of Reading, Emerita, Rutgers University
Mr. Bruce Taterka
U.S. Teaching Ambassador Fellow
Lead Teacher of Science and Technology, West Morris Mendham High School
Ms. Patricia Wright
Consultant; Retired Superintendent/Principal; Spring Lake


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TheĀConcert Hall ofĀtheĀMariinsky Theatre isĀpresenting
aĀnew series ofĀtheĀContemporary Piano Faces international
festivalĀ¢ there will beĀconcerts together with theĀMariinsky
OrchestraĀunder theĀbatonĀofĀValery Gergiev asĀwell asĀrecital programmes
byĀunique musicians from various generations and different schools who all
have their own ōvoiceö, unlike that ofĀany other performer: DenisĀMatsuev, Christian Blackshaw, Goran Filipec, Ohad Ben-Ari, Vladimir Milosevic, Eric Ferrand-NÆKaoua,
NikitaĀAbrosimov, Ignasi Cambra, SangwonĀKim, Edisher Savitski and
Vakhtang Kodanashvili.
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wasĀaĀwonderful initiative onĀbehalf ofĀValery Gergiev and
theĀMariinsky Theatre to establish aĀfestival with such
aĀwonderful and subtle name asĀContemporary Piano Faces inĀorder
to come together and present audiences with utterly different piano schools from
all over theĀworld. ōOfĀcourse, it isĀimportant to understand
that theĀSoviet (Russian) piano school is, inĀmy opinion,
theĀbest; first and foremost, it brought to life theĀart
ofĀsinging onĀtheĀpiano, it existed
inĀtheĀōclosedö USSR inĀaĀkind ofĀdetached manner.
Today young pianists have theĀopportunity to take master classes and change
their teachers. And so theĀvarious piano schools, including
theĀRussian one, have mixed together. And I believe thereÆs something
positive about that. ōAt theĀContemporary Piano Faces festival you will
beĀable to see different generations and different schools. That
isĀjust great, because piano music isĀtremendously popular throughout
Valery GergievĀhasĀstated that
theĀfestivalÆs task isĀto invite musicians to St Petersburg who have
already wonĀinternational acclaim but who are, asĀyet, less well known
inĀRussiaĀand to introduce new names and clear theĀpath
forĀyoung talents asĀwell asĀto popularise piano music.
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The The Concert Hall of the Mariinsky Theatre will be hosting
International Piano Festival. According to Maestro Valery Gergiev, the
festivalÆs aim is to invite musicians to St Petersburg who are internationally
acclaimed but as yet less well known in Russia, to showcase new talents and
clear the path for young musicians as well as to make piano music more popular.
This international piano forum presents dazzling musicians from various
generations and schools in addition to its tradition of focussing on one
particular piano school with concerts featuring students of prominent teachers.
The first festival brought together the students of the famed Tatiana Zelikman.
At the second festival, Sergei Babayan appeared with Daniil Trifonov, one of his
pupils at the Cleveland Institute of Music. The third festival saw performances
by students from the class of Professor Alexander Sandler of the St Petersburg
Conservatoire. The 4th festival focuses on graduates and students from the class
of Marina Veniaminovna Wolf, a senior teacher at the Special School of Music of
the St Petersburg Conservatoire. As well as a class concert, there will also be
individual concerts by students of Marina Wolf who have already established
themselves on the international scene ¢ Polina Osetinskaya and Mikhail
Rachmaninoff. Lutosławski Soloists: DenisĀMatsuevĀ(piano),
OlegĀSendetskyĀ(cello) and
LorenzĀNasturica-HerschcoviciĀ(violin) Conductor:
Brahms. Schubert. Prokofiev Performed by DenisĀKozhukhin
Scarlatti. Beethoven. Chopin. Liszt
Performed by SergeiĀKasprov
Liszt. Rachmaninoff Performed by PavelĀRaikerus
by pupils of Valery Pyasetsky MaĀSinĀA, DaniilĀKharitonov,
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Some Dude Alphabetized Every Word in 'Star Wars'
Some dude in Pittsburgh spent 42 hours alphabetizing every single word in 'Star Wars,' because why not?
As you'll see in the above 43-minute video, 'Star Wars: Episode IV -- A New Hope' with all of its words arranged in alphabetical order is actually a really annoying thing. From multiple instances of the word "harvest" to just one utterance of "suicide," everything flies by so fast you'd think you were on a mission to save a galaxy with a bunch of nonsense-sputtering freaks.
As Wired notes in a story about the man behind the project, the video's creator knows that what he did was pretty much a useless waste of time. But, you know, he had the time. So why not?
"The video is meant to be provocative in its uselessness," Tom Murphy VII told Wired. "I don't really know where it came from. I like to think of stuff like music or a book or Wikipedia or a movie as data -- how can you take that and play around with it?"
Murphy details how he put together 'ARST ARSW' (which is 'Star Wars'' letters arranged alphabetically). According to Wired, he basically used some familiar hacking programs to rearrange every word uttered onscreen. But first he needed to watch the movie and jot down every single word. In the end, he had an 11,000-word transcript in his hands.
Then he inputted it all into software. A day or so later, he had the above video. It's all very technical. And way nerdy. And a total waste of time. But in a good way. Sorta.
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Tesla Motors Inc. shares hit their highest level in months following a news report about a possible collaboration with competitors Nissan Motor Co. Ltd. and BMW AG on expanding the network of charging stations for electric cars.
"Range anxiety" has hampered demand for electric vehicles, with relative few places available to charge an electric car fast and reliably on the road, analysts say.
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Monday's rally healed some of the sting from last week's losses, which followed news the electric car maker was sharing its patents in the name of advancing electric-car technology.
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Nissan, which manufactures the Leaf, is the world's biggest electric car maker. BMW recently launched luxury electric and hybrid cars that some analysts believe could eat away at Tesla's potential customer base.
Tesla on Thursday said it was opening up its patents to anyone that wants to use them. Shares fell on the news and ended the week down 0.8%.
Tesla shares have lost 2.6% in past three months and gained 124% in the last 12 months.
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Class Notes - 1980s
August 06, 2008
Simon Fitch J.D. has been appointed as a consumer representative on the Federal Communications Commission's Federal-State Joint Board on Universal Service. Currently, ffitch is assistant attorney general and division chief of the Public Council Section for the Washington state attorney general.
Joseph Fitzsimons B.A. served a six-year term chairing the Texas Parks and Wildlife Commission. "With the help of many committed conservationists and outdoor enthusiasts," he says, "we were successful in quadrupling state park funding and in changing Texas water law to recognize environmental dedications." He returns to his private law practice in San Antonio specializing in natural resources. His wife, Blair, continues her work for American Farmland Trust, recently forming the Texas Ag Land Trust.
Michael Hedrick B.S. was honored by his fellow faculty members at California State University at East Bay as the 2007 George and Miriam Phillips Outstanding Professor. Hedrick, a professor in the biological sciences department, studies the respiratory systems of amphibians.
Kathie Steele J.D. is now a judge for the Clackamas County Circuit Court. Steele had been a sole practitioner in Clackamas County since 1981, focusing on criminal, domestic relations, probate, estate planning, personal injury, and land use law. She had also served as judge for the West Linn Municipal Court.
Lane Shetterly J.D. has returned as partner to Shetterly Irick & Ozias. Shetterly's practice focuses on municipal law, estate planning, real estate property, small business, and government relations.
Micah Stolowitz J.D. has announced the formation of Stolowitz Ford Cowger. The firm limits its practice to patents and other intellectual property matters.
David Zeiger B.A., with his partner, Anke Wagner, is pursuing a life of applied philosophy (the pig satisfied), sailing the waters of southeastern Alaska. He reports that he designs ugly boats and is writing an obscure novel. Learn more about them at Trilo Boats.
Roy Elicker J.D. has been named director of the Oregon Department of Fish and Wildlife. Elicker previously served as the deputy director of fish and wildlife programs for 6 years and as interim director of the department for 10 months.
Eric Hinson B.A., his wife, Julie, and their children, Alexandra (15) and Spencer (14), are living in Jupiter, Florida.
Jamie Hyams B.A. is executive director of the Contra Costa Jewish Community Center in Walnut Creek, California. She lives in Pleasanton with her husband, Michael, two teenage sons, their cats, a chinchilla, and their "vicious mutt" named Jessie. She invites Lewis & Clark friends to give a call if they are in the area.
Fred Jacobs B.A. says that all is well in the Philadelphia area, where he lives with his wife and daughter. He works with a hedge fund administrator, Fulcrum, and splits time between New York, Philly, and a few other places. He still plays tennis and "will do so until my shoulder falls off."
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Joanne Beck B.A. and Stuart Beck B.S. moved to Newton, Massachusetts, in 2002. Joanne is plant manager at Abbott Bioresearch Center, which manufactures biologic drugs. Stuart, a psychiatrist, is director of inpatient services at Cambridge Health Alliance. Along with his administrative and clinical duties, he teaches medical students and residents at Harvard. Their elder son, Ryan, is a sophomore at Wesleyan University; 16-yearold John is a junior in high school.
Grant Frey B.S., with his wife, Lisa, dropped off son Grant Jr. at Lewis & Clark last fall. Grant Sr., after being away from the campus for 24 years, was amazed at how much the college has changed and improved. One thing hasn't changed: Grant Jr. was moving into the same residence hall his dad did–Copeland Hall.
Pamela Knowles J.D. has been selected to participate in the statewide American Leadership Forum of Oregon program for 2007-08. With 25 other notable leaders from around the state, she is participating in the organization's Class XXII Fellows program.
Richard Ludeman B.A. is now chief operating officer at the Math Learning Center; he previously served as vice president of communications. The Math Learning Center is a Salem-based nonprofit that provides classroom materials and professional development for K-12 educators.
Brenna Sage CAS is happy to be working as a musician. Her career began in 1991 with freelancing in Portland, teaching piano and doing music direction with church and theatre groups. She also worked as bandleader on the Columbia Queen cruise ship before moving to the Big Apple in 2002. There she has worked on five or six productions a year as music director, orchestra member, actor, composer, and/or sound designer, including a stint as assistant music director for American Girl Place New York. She music-directs regional theatre camps in the summer, and has played in the orchestra on a Caribbean cruise. Currently, she is music director for the First Reformed Church of Astoria in Astoria, Queens, and is working toward her bachelor's degree in music at Hunter College City University of New York.
Bill Monahan J.D. has joined the Lake Oswego firm Jordan Schrader Ramis as a shareholder. Monahan has spent more than 20 years specializing in local government law and land use. He has represented private development clients and local government hearings in a variety of capacities, including land use planner, city attorney, applicant's attorney, and city manager.
Steven Myers J.D. announced that after nearly 20 enjoyable years of practicing law together, he and Michael Knapp dissolved their partnership at the end of May 2007. His new firm, the Myers Law Firm, is located in southwest Portland.
Mark Stoker J.D. has been selected to fill the vacant seat on the Vancouver, Washington, school district board. Stoker is an attorney with the firm Heurlin, Potter, Jahn, Leatham & Holtman. He is on the board for the Vancouver School District Foundation and was on the board of the I Have a Dream Foundation.
Robert Griffith J.D. has been named as one of the "Best Lawyers in Project Finance" in the 2007 and 2008 editions of The Best Lawyers in America. Currently, Griffith is an owner with the Portland firm Garvey Schubert Barer. His project finance expertise includes representation of stakeholders in public and private partnerships, including commercial and retail development, senior housing, and other affordable housing projects.
Lisa LeSage J.D., associate dean and director for business law programs at Lewis & Clark Law School, was one of three recipients of the Oregon State Bar President's Public Service Award. LeSage received the award, in part, for her hard work and dedication to the Oregon Law Foundation Board, of which she is chair.
Adele Waller J.D. was among the 10 health lawyers named as fellows of the American Health Lawyers Association for 2007-08. The honor recognizes lifelong leadership in the association and is based on individual achievements, contributions, tenure with the association, and continuing service to the legal profession.
James Zehren J.D. has been named president-elect of the City Club of Portland. Zehren, a partner in the Stoel Rives law firm, has been a club member since 1986. He previously chaired and participated in several of the club's research studies, chaired its research board, and was a member of its board of governors.
Jayne Crowley J.D. was awarded the Judge Wheatcraft Award from the Tennessee Coalition Against Domestic and Sexual Violence. The award is presented to an outstanding leader in improving access to justice for victims of domestic and sexual violence and ending violence against women through advocacy. Crowley serves as the General Sessions Court judge for Meigs County, Tennessee.
Turen Dunten B.A. says, "As usual, I have been taking a very odd path. After spending the '90s operating a small nursery (with my former third-grade teacher), I am back at the ranch where I started, trying to learn how to run the thing myself, and married to my high school sweetheart (who has four children). Hello to all the Mutants who stop by, and best wishes to all at the Country Club, then and now."
John Hummel J.D. has closed the Hummel Law Firm in preparation for a new career. He plans to attend the Frenchlanguage immersion program at Middlebury College in Vermont and, starting in September, study at the School for Advanced International Studies at Johns Hopkins University in Washington, D.C. After completing a master's degree in international public policy with an emphasis on Africa studies, Hummel intends to seek employment representing businesses from the developed world that are interested in investing in western Africa.
Joan McCarter B.A., after nearly a decade working in politics, finished an M.A. in Russian studies at the University of Washington in 1997. She worked as a writer and editor at the university until the beginning of 2007, when she become a full-time writer and fellow for the Daily Kos political blog. She moderated a presidential debate in August 2007 and has been working on a book on politics in the Mountain West. She would love to hear from fellow IA grads and particularly U.S.S.R. '85 alums!
Diana Moffat J.D. has been named executive director of the Local Government Personnel Institute in Salem. She will continue to provide labor relations representation to city and county governments throughout Oregon. Moffat served as an Oregon prosecutor for 14 years. She is the founder and director of the Abused Animal Rescue and Rehabilitation Farm and Foundation, which provides sanctuary and rescue services to abused and neglected animals throughout the Pacific Northwest.
Christopher Shotola-Hardt B.A. teaches drawing and painting at Wilsonville High School. He shows his own paintings at Blackfish Gallery in Portland's Pearl District. He has appeared in group exhibitions in other galleries around Portland, the Oregon Coast, Seattle, and New York. He was the main organizer for "The Pacifist Potential," a show that featured works by 65 artists from five states, Germany, and Czech Republic, and included panel discussions, music performances, theatre productions, film, and a workshop on how to compile a conscientious objector file. Shotola-Hardt also plays Irish bouzouki in the quintet Bug Toast, which is working on its third CD project. The Oregon Art Education Association named him the 2005 Oregon Secondary Art Educator of the Year. Editor's note: The Class Note about Shotola-Hardt in the fall 2007 issue included incorrect information. The Chronicle regrets the error.
Torian Donohoe J.D. received an Attorney of the Year award from the Montana State Bar in September 2007. Donohoe was honored for her professional achievement during a ceremony that featured U.S. Supreme Court Chief Justice John Roberts.
Peter Meza J.D. has joined the Colorado law firm Hogan & Hartson. His practice focuses on intellectual property matters for U.S. and international semiconductor and high-tech electronics clients.
Arts & Sciences 20th Reunion Oct. 2-5, 2008
Law School 20th Reunion Oct. 24-28, 2008
Mary Dakin B.A. is associate director at the Stanford Institute for Creativity and the Arts.
Heidi Foster B.A. is excited that her daughter, Maisha Foster-O'Neal, has completed her first year at Lewis & Clark. Foster enjoyed visiting campus during parent orientation and seeing how much has changed and how much is just the same.
Patti Hanley J.D. is director of the Banning (California) Public Library. Previously, Hanley was the special district attorney for three eastern Oregon counties and held library positions in Nantucket, Massachusetts, and Palm Springs, California.
Kathryn Smith B.S. works as a science and seminar teacher at a K-12 alternative public school in Anchorage and is having fun with husband Kelly and their kids, Kallie, 16; Elias, 14; and Sadie, 12.


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Saturday, 3 August 2013
Nair Upper Lip Kit
Since an unfortunate episode at the beauty salon, I've been avoiding beauty salons like the plague and I've been taking charge of the unwanted hair on my face at home. I've been scared to get my eyebrows waxed at the beautician (any beautician, not just the one who butchered my brows) so I have been trying to maintain my brows myself with a pair of tweezers. As I get older, removing unwanted hair around my eyebrows is getting easier and easier. My eyebrows just don't grow as full as they used to anymore and I find myself spending more time filling them in rather than tidying them off.
Hair on the upper lip, however, is still a problem. You'd think as you get older, hair on this area will stop growing too but no. Lately I have been trying to control the appearance of facial hair on the upper lip whilst bleaching it. The problem with bleaching is that the hair is still there, less noticeable but it's still there. As I was photographing some stuff for the blog, in my kitchen, on a sunny day, one day, I caught sight of my upper lip foliage and was horrified. The same day, I found myself in the aisles of Boots, purchasing my very first hair removal cream kit.
The choice of hair removal creams was quite baffling for the newbie like me. I remember that there was a product for the face, from Boots own brand at £2ish but I opted for a pricier product and went home with the Nair Upper Lip Kit (RRP: £5.10) formulated for sensitive skin.
The rationale behind my purchase was two fold:
1) A pricier product would mean better quality. If I want to have a memorable first time, I want to give myself as many chances as possible of liking the product. So I might just as well go for a good product, instead of choosing a cheapie one and running the risk of being put off for life from a method of hair removal I never tried before. I also remember the days when I was trying to learn how to put false lashes on and it was only when I spent £5 in a reputable brand like Eylure that I managed to put for the first time a pair of eyelashes with confidence.
2) A product for sensitive skin would be better suited for hair removal newbies.
Do you know where this is going yet? I am trying to write this in the most neutral way as possible, trying to manage the suspense, only to reveal my opinion of the product at the end of this post but I feel like you can already sense where this is going.
I made the effort to read all the instructions but chose to ignore the bit where it says you have to patch test a small area to see if you develop a strong reaction with it. The packet suggests that you do the patch test EVERYTIME you use it. Really? Who does that?
My first impressions were really good. The kit contains 2 tubes: the blue one is for removing the actual hair and the pink one is the moisturiser, to use after you've done removing the hair, to soothe and moisturise the upper lip. The colour coding makes sense in a way. The blue (blue for boys) is tough, like men are tough and strong and removes the hair. The pink (pink for girls) is girlie and adds some needed 'gentleness' to the world
What also impressed me that is that I didn't notice any scent at all, in either the blue or the pink product. It's only after I was done with the product that I realised that it didn't have any scent.
I wanted to leave the product for the 5 recommended minutes but as I tried to sweep some of the hair off, I noticed that it didn't come off easily so I decided to leave it on for 5 more minutes, making sure not to exceed 10 minutes overall. I was definitely ready to take the product after 10 minutes as I could feel the tingling sensation getting more and more noticeable.
As I expected it, my lip felt very tender when I removed the product. I was expecting this feeling to last maybe 4 hours, as this is usually the amount of time that my lip feels tender after an upper lip wax. The problem is that my lip felt sore for a whole 48 hours. It wasn't red, it wasn't a burning sensation as such but it just felt weird to the touch, so incredibly tender but numb at the same time, like the pain you get after a lip wax, but a pain which would last 48 hours. As the hours went by, my lip felt better and better but the first 24 hours were just extremely uncomfortable. Then 2 days later, when the pain had finally subsided, the hair started to grow back. Hair Regrowth felt quite sharp, a bit reminiscent of leg hair regrowth but at a smaller scale.
It's extremely unlikely that I am going to re-use the Nair upper lip kit ever again. I can't say it's a bad product and Nair did very well to create a scent free product but I think it's this particular method of hair removal which is not suitable for me. It's an experience that I never want to go through again. It's not worth it, 48 hours of uncomfortable pain and when the pain finally subsides, you have to contend with regrowth. To be honest, I don't know how long my upper lip stays hair free when I have it waxed but it certainly lasts longer than 2 days! To be fair, the product *did* mention that it would remove all visible hair, not hair from the root as waxing would but I expected better than that. And if I'm going to have 'sharper' lip hair again after 2 days, I might just as well use a razor and be done with it.
If you're quite accustomed to hair removal products and quite like this method, you will probably enjoy this kit. No need to mix anything, it has a handy slanted applicator nozzle thing, and it has no noticeable smell, from what I can remember anyway. If you're new to the method altogether, I would recommend to experiment with a cheaper product and see how you get on with that, with a view to upgrade in the future. The Nair upper lip kit retails for £5.10. To add salt to injury, it's on half price at the moment: £2.55 at Boots. Grr!
6 comments:
- MASPOOASE said...
Oh my gosh! Bravery award for the pic! I often wondered if the regrowth for kits like this would be prickly, now i know, so thankyou! I obviously have no hair, but will keep hold of my epilator, just in case, you understand haha
- 3 August 2013 at 21:25
- Just me, Leah said...
I have a similar experience, but with the Veet sensitive kit and my whole lip swelled up and went bright red. It felt like a chemical burn. My face was on fire and red all night. I wax now, which hurts like a bitch but it's better than looking burnt. x
- 3 August 2013 at 23:10
- Lydia said...
This post made me laugh Liloo, and I love that pic at the end! xx
- 6 August 2013 at 11:16
- MissGreenEyes said...
I've had bad experiences with Veet, I've never tried Nair, but it was enough to put me off all these products for life. x
- 6 August 2013 at 14:23
- tahmina begum said...
Oh the horror of hair removal creams..
First time I used it, it was brilliant, pain-free hair removal but its not something you can use regularly especially when my upper lip hair grows back quickly. I got embarrassing red patches that looked like burns :(
I stick to plucking now which is tedious and time consuming but proved to be the best for me
I'm new to your blog BTW haha :)
- 2 October 2013 at 20:16
- Rachel C said...
OMG I've been worrying about my lip hair recently. But have been so scared about worse regrowth. This product sounds similar to a nose strip I used recently. What a rubbish experience x
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1994 S10 blazer 4x4 lifted on 31s. 3.08 gearing 60k miles on 4.3l vortech CPI motor, 80k miles on transmission, 8k miles on Procomp tires. 243K miles on vehicle. A LOT of new parts. New battery, new shocks, new gas tank, new water pump, new blower motor, ac fixed and recharged this summer, new 4wd actuator and transfercase vacuum switch, new remote oil cooler lines (common issue and a pain to replace), new spider injector with updated fuel lines (common for leaking and ruining the motor if not fixed) newer power steering lines, u joints replaced 5 years ago, plugs 10k miles with new wires. That's all the stuff off the top of my head. Very well maintained.
Goes anywhere, very reliable, push button 4wd works great, never gets stuck.
The bad: ABS module is bad, but I never fixed because I hate ABS, windows don't roll down, common issue and easy to fix, cruise control needs a new wire, and its a little rusty.