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I think Vogue Italia throughout the years tried to change it's aesthetics so it could be a little bit more appealing for the american public (they even made a way into America's Next Top Model), but they still wanted to stay controversial and influent, and in the end they got lost in the middle.
For me VI continues to be one of the most fashion forward magazines, one of the few that I long every month to see what they have in their issue, but I do agree that they shold go back to their old formula, and stop trying to be polemic at every cost.
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Two of the most striking covers and editorials in fashion in the last couple of years have come from Vogue Italia, imo.
The August 2010 issue, with the Kristen McMenamy "Water and Oil" editorial, photographed by Miesel was SO STRIKING, not just visually, but because it combined environmental and political commentary with fashion - it was utterly brilliant and breath-taking. http://www.fashionising.com/pictures...28-108621.html And of course the September 2011 issue with Stella Tennant as an homage to Ethel Granger. It was striking for the transformative power of fashion, the indirect references to body modification, the mood, the way it generated discussion (especially at a time when designers everywhere were making references to the 1950s and that waisted and girdled "lady-like" look), and so on. Very smart and captivating. Also photographed by Meisel! http://www.vogue.it/en/magazine/cove.../09/avantgarde So to get to the point, maybe it just needs variety and a few more ground-breaking moves like this.
Fashion: Dont you recognize me? Death: You should know that I dont see very well and I cant wear glasses. Fashion: Im Fashion, your sister. Death: My sister? Fashion: Yes. You and I together keep undoing and changing things down here on earth although you go about it in one way and I another. Giacomo Leopardi, Dialogue Between Fashion and Death.abridged |


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A 36-year-old Castor Gardens woman died early Sunday of injuries she received in a two-car accident involving a vehicle that was traveling northbound in the southbound center lanes of the 7400 block of the Roosevelt Boulevard.
Alesha Taylor of the 1200 block of Stirling Street was pronounced dead at 3:44 a.m. Sunday, police said. She had a laceration of her liver.
According to police, a 2001 Buick Park Avenue headed north in the southbound lanes collided with a 2003 Mazda MPV in which Taylor was a passenger at about 2:36 a.m. Sunday.
The Mazda's driver and two passengers were taken to Albert Einstein Medical Center. The driver, a 33-year-old man, had a broken femur and possible head injuries, police said. Taylor, whose injuries initially were listed as minor, and a 3-year-old girl, also with minor injuries, were taken to Einstein, too.
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Allergan Inc. Earnings Cheat Sheet
Results: Adjusted Earnings Per Share increased 14.02% to $1.22 in the quarter versus EPS of $1.07 in the year-earlier quarter.
Revenue: Rose 7.13% to $1.6 billion from the year-earlier quarter.
Actual vs. Wall St. Expectations: Allergan Inc. reported adjusted EPS income of $1.22 per share. By that measure, the company beat the mean analyst estimate of $1.20. It beat the average revenue estimate of $1.56 billion.
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Guwahati: The Brahmaputra and Jia Bharali rivers were flowing above the danger level in Assam where seven districts are affected by floods hitting nearly 60,000 people and damaging farm fields with standing crops, official sources said on Saturday. (Agencies) Latest News from State News Desk
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Is it just me? Lately many of the things I read contain glaring errors. It first hit me while reading Tim Tyler's Memetics.
"If memetics explains only explains the imitation of observed behavior, ..." (p 96)
"Perhaps biological an cultural differ..." (p 173)
"Genetic engineers can now take information form wherever they like..."
"However, not everyone seems agree that ..." (both on p 184)
"The upright gait hypothesis hypothesis is interesting for several reasons." (p 206)
I thought, "Didn't the editor even read this? Who was this?" But, lo, no editor was credited. There was no editor! Is this a new cost-cutting trend in publishing?
But the news lately has been just as bad.
It is original from the Andean area of South Africa and widely grown in both the north of Chile and Argentina and the south Mexico, especially Ecuador.
A Promising Fruit: The Tree Tomato
That sample was from today's Science Daily. Yesterday I noticed four or five glaring errors. This is disorienting, even a little scary. Has literacy decline has crossed a tipping point?
In the 6th grade, when my teacher, Miss Rousseau and principal, Mr. Wildey had their debate about commas, I don't remember the correct options, I only remember they debated. Well, I will have to turn to resources suggested by my friends here and mentally return to 6th grade English class; Miss Rousseau will have her hand on my hair and give me a tug when I make mistakes! My one and only interest was science.
Everyone here has already made wonderful and valid points. I want to add onto this. There are now more non-native speakers of English than native. Due to English's adaptability and integration into multiple cultures, we now live in a world with multiple Englishes, not just British, Standard American, or Aussie. Take, for instance, where I live: Japan. There are times when I have to take a step back and realize that if I teach the "proper" way of a grammar point, the student may end up missing a point on her entrance exam, when it comes to going to university.
Other blatant errors are sometimes taught, because it's a carry-over from how Japanese sentence structure is framed.
Students learn in middle school, the following:
I like ____.
Because it's very _____.
Oh, the fragments! I try very hard to teach my girls to work around this error they've been taught. The easiest way is:
I like ____.
It's because it's very _____.
From there, I can sometimes get them to go to:
I like ____ because it's very _____.
But, the reason it's taught like that in the first place is because 'because' in Japanese does not work the same as it does in English. It doesn't cause a fragment, in Japanese. That it does in English can be a difficult concept to get across.
Irish English has quite a few grammatical features influenced by Irish (Gaeilge), things that can seem wrong to speakers of other Englishes. For example, "She's after losing five stone in five weeks!" ("She just lost five stone...") And many more: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hiberno-English
Another science writing example.
Our work can is also applicable to...
from 'Superheated' Water Can Corrode Diamonds
It almost sounds like LOLspeak, as in "I can haz cheezburger?"
Professor Brian Huntley says mammoths and wooly rhinos were charismatic.
Without trees to contend with, smaller plants and shrubs would have thrived, providing an ideal diet for large, charismatic mammals.
'There would have been many productive herbaceous and fruiting plants,' says Huntley. 'These would have been able to support large numbers of big mammals like mammoths and woolly rhinos.' [emphasis mine]
Too bad we won't have a charismatic wooly mammoth around in time for the next election. It would sweep the Republicans off their feet! :-P
Yet another example from a science article, demonstrating that spelling checkers are no substitute for actual proofreading:
"As for how the world's roundest objects were made [...] computer-guided lasers measured each for slight derivations that were corrected individually."
From "'World's Roundest Object' May Provide New Definition Of Standard Kil...", The Huffington Post, describing efforts to update the standard to not depend on a physical object in a vault in Paris. "[R]esearchers [...] are crafting nearly perfect spheres made of a highly pure and very stable form of silicon. By calculating the sphere's volume and weight, scientists should be able to determine the exact number of silicon atoms in the object itself, thereby providing an unchanging definition for the mass of a kilogram."
That is so clever! I never think of things like that!
Seen at a Barnes & Noble bookstore! "Art of Writting"
Ruth and I share a love for tea, but we won't be hiring whoever made this shop's frosted glass lettering!(roger.w800/flickr)
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Saturday, September 7, 2013
Collette Zack had two goals and Jade Schumacher and Mona Diaz had one apiece Tuesday evening in the Hood River Valley High School varsity girls soccer team's season-opener at Rex Putnam. The 4-0 win came after a tight first half that ended with the Eagles up 1-0 off Shumacher's goal.
With assistance, Zack broke the game open for the Eagles with a goal less than a minute into the second half and another at the 60-minute mark assisted by Korey Cimock. Freshman Mona Diaz made it 4-0 with a goal off an assist by freshman Cielo Rivera.
The team was led defensively by Sophie Grace and Jenissa Ramierez and at the midfield by Hannah Bergeman and Lily Zega. Vanessa Silva and Sophia Marble combined for the shutout in goal.
The girls travel to Sandy Sept. 10, followed by home games Sept. 12 and 17, both 4:30 p.m. at Westside Elementary School.
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1.17: Linear and Quadratic Models
Learning to express real-life situations as mathematical functions allows seemingly complex ideas and actions to be broken down into smaller, simpler parts and analyzed.
How might you express the following mathematically?
Two brothers decide to race home from school, taking different routes. The second brother leaves 5 minutes after the first, and both arrive at home at the same time.
See if you can write an appropriate expression before the review at the end of the lesson that explains the process.
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Linear Models
The simplest functions are generally linear models. For instance, the equation y = 3x could be used to represent how much money you would bring in if you sold x boxes of cookies for $3 per box. Many situations can be modeled with linear functions. The key idea is that some quantity in the situation has a constant rate of change. In the cookie-selling example, every box costs $3.00. Therefore the profits increase at a constant rate. In sum, linear functions are used to model a situation of constant change, either increase or decrease.
Quadratic models
Quadratic functions may also be used as models. For example, the function \begin{align*}A(x)=50x-\frac{x^2}{2}\end{align*}
Another example is a situation in which a ball is tossed into the air. The ball will travel up, and then it will travel down until it hits the ground. How high will the ball go? When will it reach the ground? This kind of situation can be modeled by a function of the form h(t) = -16t2 + v0t + h0. The variable t represents the time since the ball was thrown. The coefficient v0 represents the initial velocity of the ball, and the constant h0 represents the initial height of the ball. The constant -16 comes from the force of gravity which pulls the ball down, which is why it is negative. Example B shows a specific situation of this form.
Example A
You run a lawn mowing business, and charge $15 per lawn. Write a linear function to describe the amount of money made as a function of the number of lawns mowed.
If you express the number of lawns mowed as l, then $15 multiplied by l would represent the total money made based on the number of lawns, therefore:
15(l) = total income.
Example B
You drop a rock off the edge of a cliff, and time the fall in seconds. Determine the function that models the height of the cliff as a function of falling time in seconds.
With an initial velocity of 0, the height of the cliff may be calculated with the formula: h(t) = 16t2.
Example C
You are standing on the roof of a building that is 20 feet above the ground. You toss a ball into the air with an initial vertical velocity of 40 ft/sec, so that it will land on the ground, not on the roof. How high will the ball go, and when will it reach its maximum height? When will the ball hit the ground?
Solution: First we need to write a function to model the situation. Using the general form of the equation given above, we can write the function h(t) = -16t2 + 40t + 20 , where h(t) represents the height above the ground.
To answer the first question, we need to examine the graph of the function. If you graph this equation on your calculator, you will need to determine a good viewing window. One way to start to determine a good window is to take into account the y-intercept of the function. In this case, the y-intercept is (0, 20). Think about what kind of function this is: a parabola, facing downwards. This fact should lead you to think that we need to look at y-values well above 20. It is often useful to look at a table of values. Using the "ask" capability of the calculator, if you input x values of 1, 2, and 3, you will see that the function goes up to 44 at x = 1. The maximum value is most likely somewhere near x = 1. Press WINDOW, and set xmin = 0, xmax = 3. Then set Ymin = 0 (or a little less, if you want to see the y-axis). Ymax should be no less than 44, though you may want to make it larger, such as 50 or more, just to be sure that you can see the vertex. Once you have set the window, press GRAPH.
Now you should see the parabola. To identify the coordinates of the vertex, you can use the MAX function in the CALC menu. Remember that the calculator will ask you to input a left bound, a right bound, and a guess for the maximum. If you use the MAX function, you should find that the coordinates of the vertex are (1.25, 45). This means that 1.25 seconds after the ball is thrown into the air, it reaches a maximum height of 45 feet.
Now, to answer the second part of the question, we need to determine when the height of the ball is 0. Graphically, we are looking for the x-intercept of the parabola. If you return to the GRAPH screen, you should see that the x-intercept is around 3. If we want to determine the exact value, or at least a good approximation of the x-intercept, we can use the ZERO function. Press 2nd TRACE to get the CALC menu, and choose option 2, ZERO. Like the MAX function, you need to input a left bound, a right bound, and a guess, although the guess is optional – just press ENTER. (Note that the calculator works this way because it is asking you to identify which x-intercept to calculate. The parabola has two x-intercepts, and other functions may have more.) Using the ZERO function, you should find that the x-intercept is approximately 2.93. This means that the ball reaches the ground in just under 3 seconds.
Solution to start-of-lesson question Did you come up with a mathematical model for the question at the start of the lesson? Two brothers decide to race home from school, taking different routes. The second brother leaves 5 minutes after the first, and both arrive at home at the same time. There are a number of different ways to model the information, depending on what part(s) of the information you choose to use. A couple of examples include: If t = the time the second brother took to get home, then t + 5 = the time the first brother took. If t = the time the first brother took to get home, then (t + (t - 5))/2 represents the average time to run home. Your model may be similar, or may be written differently, but should compare different values given in the story problem. |
A linear model is a function representing a situation involving a constant rate of change. The graph of a linear equation is a straight line.
A quadratic model is a function representing a situation with a rate of change that is a squared value. The graph of a quadratic function is a parabola.
Guided Practice
1) The Senior class has paid $1000.00 to a DJ for the Senior Prom. Tickets for the dance are $15.00 each.
- a) Express the net income as a function of the number of tickets sold.
- b) Graph the function and identify any limitations on the domain.
2) The Arlington Freshmen class wants to have a fundraiser. The class wants to buy a number of $4.00 flip-flops and $5.00 baseball hats, and has a total of $100 to spend.
- a) If f represents the number of flip-flops and b represents the number of baseball hats, write a function to represent the number of flip-flops purchased as a function of unspent monies from baseball hats.
- b) Using your equation from (a), determine the number of baseball hats that can be bought if 10 flip flops were purchased.
3) Studies of the metabolism of alcohol consistently show that blood alcohol content (BAC) declines linearly, after rising rapidly after initial ingestion. In one study, BAC in a fasting person rose to about 0.018 % after a single drink. After an hour the level had dropped to 0.010 %.
- a) Write an equation relating BAC to time in hours after drinking t.
- b) Assuming that BAC continues to decline linearly (meaning at a constant rate of change), approximately when will BAC drop to 0.002%?
1) To find the net income:
a) Let I(n) = net income from n tickets sold. Then the income is found by subtracting the cost of the DJ from the earned money. \begin{align*}I(n) = $15 \cdot n - $1000\end{align*}
I(n)=$15⋅n−$1000 -
b) The domain of the function is limited to positive numbers, since the Senior Class will not sell a negative number of tickets. We can say, therefore, that the domain of the function is \begin{align*}n > 0\end{align*}
n>0 , where n is an integer.
2) To express this information as a function, remember that the question specified that there was $100 to spend, and that any money not spent on hats (at $5 ea) was spent on flip-flops (at $4 ea).
- a) \begin{align*}\therefore f = \frac{$100 - 5h}{4}\end{align*}
b) To calculate how many hats could be bought if 10 pairs of flip flops were purchased, substitute 10 in for f, and solve for h:
- \begin{align*}10 = \frac{100 - 5h}{4}\end{align*}
- \begin{align*}40 = 100 - 5h\end{align*}
- \begin{align*}5h = 60\end{align*}
- \begin{align*}h = 12\end{align*}
Therefore, if 10 pairs of flip flops were purchased, there would be money left over to buy 12 baseball caps.
3) In order to answer the question, you must express the relationship as an equation and then use the equation.
First, define the variables in the function and create a table.
The two variables are time and BAC.
Time | BAC |
0 | 0.018% |
1 | 0.010% |
Next, calculate the rate of change.
Time | BAC | Rate of change |
0 | 0.018% | 0 |
1 | 0.010% | (0.008%) |
This rate of change means when the time increases by 1, the BAC decreases (since the rate of change is negative) by .008. In other words, the BAC is decreasing .008% every hour. Since we are told that BAC declines linearly, we can assume that figure stays constant.
a) Now we can write an equation with b representing BAC and t the time in hours:
- \begin{align*}b = -.008t + .018\end{align*}
b) To learn when will the BAC reach .002%, substitute .002 in for b and solve for t.
- \begin{align*}.002 = -.008t + .018\end{align*}
- \begin{align*}-.016 = -.008t\end{align*}
- \begin{align*}t = 2\end{align*}
- Therefore the BAC will reach .002% after 2 hours.
- From 2002 - 2009 the number of gas stations in a certain country increased by 100 stations per year. In 2004 there were 1100 gas stations. Write a linear equation for the number of gas stations, (y), as a function of time, (t,) where t = 0 represents the year 2002.
Find the vertex of the following quadratic functions and then graph them.
- \begin{align*}f(x) = 2x^2 - 6x + 11\end{align*}
- \begin{align*}f(x) = 3(x + 5)^2 - 2\end{align*}
At the local downtown 4th of July fireworks celebration, the fireworks are shot by remote control into the air from a pit in the ground that is 12 feet below the earth's surface.
- Find an equation that models the height of an aerial bomb t seconds after it is shot upwards with an initial velocity of 80 ft/sec. Assume that the bomb decelerates at a rate of 30 ft/sec each second
- Find the vertex of the quadratic function.
- What is the maximum height above ground level that the aerial bomb will reach?
- How many seconds after it was launched will it take to reach that height?
- A rock is thrown from the top of a 763ft tall building. The distance, in feet, between the rock and the ground t seconds after it is thrown is given by \begin{align*}d = -16t^2 - 2t + 763\end{align*} . How long after the rock is thrown is it 430 feet from the ground?
- Use the vertical motion formula \begin{align*}h = -16t^2 + v_0 t + s\end{align*} to find the number of seconds it takes for a rocket launched from the ground with a starting velocity of 96 ft/s to reach an altitude of 45 ft. Round answers to the nearest tenth.
- The function \begin{align*}P = 0.0089t^2 +1.1149t + 78.4491\end{align*} models the United States population in millions since 1900. Use the function P to predict the year in which the population exceeds 1 billion.
- For which value of x is \begin{align*}f (x) = -10\end{align*} if \begin{align*}f(x) = -4x^2 + 3x\end{align*} ?
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Cutie and the Boxer
Artists suffer for their art, but not as much as their wives, especially if they are artists, too. Back in the '60s, Ushio Shinohara, a mohawked proto-punk with an assaultive style and a taste for pop art, action painting, and happenings of the day, made the move from Tokyo to New York City with mixed success. There, in 1972, he met 19-year-old Noriko, an art student who was smitten by this hell-raising seeming visionary, and married him.
Now Ushio celebrates his 80th birthday in a dumpy Brooklyn loft, still producing the same kind of stuff. In this alternately whimsical and grim documentary, Zachary Heinzerling relates the couple's down-and-out, inspiring saga, which slyly comments on the ironies of the past half century in contemporary art.


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Scheduling of evening examinations is prompted primarily by the desire of some departments to give course examinations for their large multiple division courses. Also, some faculty feel that the normal 50-minute daytime period is insufficient for students to properly take their tests. This reason particularly applies to graduate-level courses.
The evening exam schedule will be available late-July through mid-December for the fall term, mid-December through early-May for the spring term and mid-June through late-July for the summer term.
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The Office of the Registrar Academic & Classroom Scheduling is responsible for preparing a 16th week schedule in accordance with the policies prescribed by the Educational Policy Committee of the University Senate. The policy is to schedule a two-hour meeting time for each class during the 16th week of the session, commonly referred to as the final examination period. The goal in developing this schedule is to minimize direct conflicts, minimize the number of students having more than two exams on one day, and minimize the number of back-to-back exams for students.
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Dry Fire, Dry Practice, Dry Firing
By: Tom Perroni
The motivation from this article came from a discussion I had with several firearms instructors. We were discussing the fact that some of the veteran officers who had recently come to the range to qualify were having problems with low scores. The same officers fresh out of training had much higher scores.
So the question was asked to the veteran and rookies: How often do you practice? The answer was not very often The follow up question was how come? The answer was that going to the range was expensive and the officer simply did not have the funds available to practice on his or her own time. I was shocked since most of the training at my Academy is for Law Enforcement and Private Security. These folks are paid to deal with Deadly Force situations. And the Handgun is the most important tool of their trade. With their lives and the lives of the public at stake they should be at the very least proficient with this tool.
So my follow up question was have you ever heard of or practiced Dry Firing or Dry Practice? I was again surprised by the puzzled looks on the faces of these officers. One officer finally said, What is Dry Firing?
Dry Fire This when the trigger is pulled without live ammunition in the firearm.
This method of training can be done just about anywhere and costs absolutely nothing. In this Instructors opinion it is vital to anyone who uses or carries a handgun. Essentially you are doing everything you would do at the range except your handgun is empty. (NO AMMO) The most important single fundamental skill in shooting - Trigger Control is one which can best be improved off the range in dry practice. As I have stated in past articles there are (7) fundamentals of Handgun shooting which all can be practiced with Dry Fire.
Tips to get you Started
1. Safety: This is the most import facet of Dry Fire practice! Make sure the Handgun is UNLOADED! Make sure that all live ammo is out of the room or area you will be training in. Also make sure you have a suitable backstop. The use of snap caps is up to the shooter. Some people feel they protect the firing pin. However you can fire most modern firearms without causing any damage to the fringing pin or the action of the handgun. Consult your owners manual to be sure.
2. Targets: This is left up to the individual. You may use anything you like B-27 or an FBI Q or life-size human target or a 3X5 index card or a spot on the wall; you will however need a reference point to aim at. This is important.
3. What should be practiced? I suggest practicing everything you do at the range - all seven fundamentals of marksmanship:
1. Stance
2. Grip
3. Sight Alignment
4. Sight Picture
5. Trigger Control / Press
6. Breathing
7. Follow Through
Also the draw which has (5) points, as well as reloading and safe high speed gun handling. There are several types of Reloads that can also be practiced.
A. 5 Points to the Draw
1. The firing hand secures a firing grip on the handgun while the support hand touches flat to the abdomen
2. The handgun is lifted straight up until it just clears the top of the holster. The trigger finger is straight on the Handgun. The support hand is still flat against the abdomen. The hand and the forearm are in line with the handgun.
3. The firing side elbow drops and the muzzle points directly toward the target. The support hand is still flat against the abdomen. The trigger finger is straight.
4. The handgun starts toward the target and the support hand establishes the proper grip. The muzzle never covers any part of the body. The trigger finger is still straight. The hands come together fingers over fingers and thumb over thumb
5. The handgun is at eye level and the finger is on the trigger.
Then we place the handgun back in the holster in the exact reverse order while maintaining eye contact with the target. Do not look at the holster.
B. Speed Reloads: These drills help develop muscle memory. Press the magazine release to drop the magazine while at the same time with the non shooting hand grab the fresh magazine from its pouch, indexed with your finger, and insert into the magazine well. If this is done correctly the magazines will pass each other in mid air.
C. Tap-Rack-Asses this drill clears malfunctions and or Jams and effectively resets the firearm.
Tap- means to smack the bottom of the magazine firmly enough to lock it into place or dislodge any bind in the magazine.
Rack- is a cycling of the slide to eject any hammered or dead casing or to re-chamber a new cartridge following a malfunction.
Assess- means being prepared to commence or resume fire as required by assessing the situation.
(These maneuvers most be able to be performed flawlessly and subconsciously any time the shooter experiences a failure to fire or malfunction)
3. How often should I practice Dry Fire?
Practicing the above drills for 10-15 minutes each day will greatly benefit the shooter. I have seen marked improvement in students who practiced these drills for just 2 days. However please remember Handgun Skills are like buying a car: if you do not make your payments the car will be repossessed. If you do not practice the new handgun skills you paid for they will also be repossessed.
In conclusion remember smooth is fast, and speed is economy of motion; Accuracy always takes precedence over speed. As John Skaggs from the Chapman Academy says You should own two guns . One you wear out dry-firing and the other you shoot with.
I urge you to spend the minimal time required to develop your Dry Fire skills with this cost-free method that will improve your life saving skills.
Stay Safe & Shoot Straight!


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Amanda Seyfried admits she drinks before every TV appearance.
Amanda SeyfriedÃÂ really knows how to relax!
The 'Les Miserables' actress appeared on The Late Show with David Letterman last night, and during the interview, she admitted to being a bit tipsy.
"I'm pretty drunk. To be honest with you Dave, I've had about three," she joked. "I'm a big fan of whiskey. I had some Midleton. [My costar] Russell Crowe gave me some Midleton for my birthday and I had some of that before I got here. And then your lovely colleagues had some Jameson waiting for me [backstage]."
The 27-year-old added, "I have to go on record saying I've never done a live television show — after noon — without some kind of liquid courage."
While Seyfried recognized that she might "have a problem, maybe," the starlet has no intention of staying sober for TV interviews. "You know what? It really gets me through, and I really wanna enjoy my experience out here because it's special."
When the TV host jokingly asked Seyfried is she'll ever end up in rehab, she giggled and replied, "No!"
According to Seyfried — whose ex-boyfriends include Dominic Cooper, Ryan Phillippe, Alexander Skarsgard and Josh Hartnett — she's been on a bit of a bender. "I don't drink often. I swear, I don't! I've been with the [Les Miserables] cast a lot. . . and it's really fun because we all really like each other. None of us really drink."
Before the interview ended, Letterman toasted the star with another glass of Jameson — her fourth — before signing off.
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City still hopes to prevent mayor from taking stand in deadly crosswalk lawsuit
Attorneys for the family of seven-month-old girl who died in 2015 accuse city of stonewalling
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The San Diego chapter of the Coffee Party drew close to 100 people to a discussion with Democratic congressman Bob Filner on April 11 at Queen Bee's Art and Cultural Center in North Park. Attendees from across San Diego and communities such as Oceanside, Ramona, and Escondido came to the upstart political group's "Coffee with Congress" event.
"Number one," said Filner, discussing issues facing the country, "we have to change the financing of campaigns." His remark drew cheers and applause from the crowd, as the Coffee Party has placed campaign finance reform at the top of its legislative wish list.
During the first several minutes of the event, a lone protester outside the building shouted criticisms of Filner and held a sign comparing President Obama to the Nazis. Eventually, the protester's sign was broken by a man who said he was blocked from his car.
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Filner believes most politicians would rather not take the money out of the system. "That's why there has to be a grassroots political movement to demand it," he said.
Mike James, a leader of the San Diego chapter, said the Coffee Party -- both locally and nationally -- was continuing to draw new members and beginning to engage in civic action. "Follow us," James said, pointing to the group's Facebook and web pages.
Eric Byler, the national organization's second in command, said "there's a lot more agreement" among Americans than is portrayed in certain corners of the mainstream media, particularly cable news, the theatrics of which Byler compared to professional wrestling.


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New Orleans shrank 29 percent in a decade
Still suffering after Hurricane Katrina, New Orleans has probably dropped off the list of America's 50 largest cities.
The 2010 US Census figures for New Orleans are out, and they offer the Crescent City little cheer.
The New York Times reports:
"The Census Bureau reported on Thursday that 343,829 people were living in the city of New Orleans on April 1, 2010, four years and seven months after it was virtually emptied by the floodwaters that followed the hurricane.
"The numbers portray a significantly smaller city than in the previous census, in 2000, though it should be said that New Orleans had been steadily shrinking even then. In 1990, it was the 24th-biggest city in the country, in 2000, the 31st, and now it has surely dropped from the top 50.
"The latest figure is lower than estimates cited widely by many here in recent months. It is lower, by roughly 10,000, than the official census estimate in the summer of 2009."
The report continues:
"According to Andrew A. Beveridge, a Queens College sociologist who analyzed the census results for The New York Times, the city has roughly 24,000 fewer white residents than it did 10 years ago, though the proportion of the white population has grown to 30 percent.
"The city has 118,000 fewer black residents. New Orleans, once more than two-thirds black, is now less than 60 percent black.
"There are 56,193 fewer children, a drop of nearly 44 percent."
"St. Tammany Parish, a suburban refuge for many New Orleanians after the storm, grew by nearly a quarter. St. Bernard Parish, which is downriver from the city and was almost completely overwhelmed by the floodwaters, shrank by nearly half."


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What is up Platform Nation? Got another update for you from South by Southwest in Austin, Texas. This afternoon featured a presentation by Dallas Dickinson, the director of production for updates and content in Bioware's first massive multiplayer online game, Star Wars The Old Republic. The presentation focused on the upcoming 1.2 Legacy patch set to go live on the game servers in early April. Following behind the Rise of the Rakghouls 1.1 patch, 1.2 will be bringing an impressive amount of new content and features to this swiftly growing MMO.
Aside from their presentation here at SXSW 2012, this week also hosted Bioware's first Guild Summit, which featured guild leaders from 160 in game guilds as they gave their comments and opinions on the game thus far, and what they would like to see happen in the future. The summit had over 130 thousand online viewers who were watching the online stream, which should be available on the official SWTOR site in the coming days if you are interested in seeing it for yourself. The topics covered during the summit can be seen here.
There weren't any exclusive announcements in today's presentation, but it was exciting to hear Dickinson discuss the game's future content that will be coming with patch 1.2. The patch will be adding a new PvE Flashpoint (Lost Island), a new PvP Warzone (Novare Coast), guild banks, armor customization options, more items and gear, new lightsaber colors, more mini pets, a PvP ranking system (for bragging rights), new options for personalizing and rearranging the UI, and new features for the Legacy system. I feel like I am still leaving something out… this is going to be a big patch.
The Legacy system, for those who don't already know, is an exclusive feature in SWTOR that allows players to combine their efforts on different characters by placing them all in the same Legacy Family Tree. Once you unlock the Legacy System on your first character on a server, you will then be able to start earning experience on every character on that server that will go toward your Legacy. With the game's launch, the Legacy system was little more than a surname system, which would allow you to have all your characters display the same last name. Now, with the patch 1.2, players will be able to start earning a number of different rewards from their Legacy experience. These first rewards will be new special abilities, and different species/class combinations.
If you play a Sith species Sith Warrior and achieve max level (50), you will then be able to create a Sith of any class, be it republic or empire. As such, you can expect to start seeing Chiss Jedi, Sith Smugglers, and all sorts of new combinations. Also, with your level 50 Sith Warrior being a master of Force Choke, his Legacy children and relations (your other characters) will also be able to use Force Choke. Each class will have one iconic Legacy Ability that will transfer over to other characters, upon reaching max level. As far as balance goes, these abilities are meant to be something rewarding and fun for players with multiple characters, and aren't meant to give you any huge advantage in the game. Thus, these Legacy Abilities will be on a long cool down, and will be less effective than the original class ability. So don't freak out just yet.
Lastly, the armor customization options that will be coming with 1.2 are sure to please a great deal of players. Especially those who think their character looks like a garbled mess of random colors. In the beta phases of the game, there was a 'unify to chest piece' option that let players make all of their armor match the colors of their chest piece item. Improving on this, players will now be able to unify color for not only chest piece items, but for every other armor slot as well. So if you really want your character to keep that bright green helmet to go with his set of all black armor, then more power to you. This should make a number of players very happy, including myself. After all, who doesn't want their character to look cool?
For more details and news on Patch 1.2, you can watch the video below or visit the offical Star Wars site.


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The slow loading time on this site is making me crazy. At first I thought it might be an issue generated by the pitifully small amount of memory on my computer, so I went through and deleted a bunch of stuff and uninstalled all of the games John put on it for me (losing thos Doom games was the WORST). This did not help and a lot of other things were running slow as well, so Larry put more memory on my PC. Seems everything BUT JH speeded up tremendously.
I like this site but the load time gets on my nerves, especially when it takes so long to get something to post that either the site or my PC time out and everything I've written is lost. Not that I think the world is somehow deprived of my brilliance - to be honest, I'm shocked anyone reads my bloviations and bitchings to begin with. I'm more concerned about venting or posting something with images that mean a lot to me and the time it takes to insert the various tags, then it's gone into electronic la-la land never to be seen again, UNLESS...I retype the whole thing from memory.
Pisses me off very much bad.
Used to hate LJ, but they've got a lot of new features that are absolutely wonderful, I can choose the system to use for personalizing how my journal looks and best of all it loads in less time than it takes me to go to the bathroom, fix myself a sandwich and drink a cup of coffee - in that order. I didn't want to sign up, decide I hated it and end up stuck because I had redirected there, so I tried it out for a few days and I have to say, I'm impressed. It's not Diary-X, but it's not bad. Pretty damn good, in fact.
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(Part 1 of 3) The McGown name has a long history in Ireland, but now DNA and some recorded history says its origin is from the north-west region of the Emerald Island. The McGown story [dominated by DNA tribal marker R1b-L513, Subgroup D2] can trace their beginnings to the Finn Valley in Donegal, Ireland from 50 BCE. Perhaps the journey begins with the Clanna Dedad; Deda, son of Sen or Deda Mac Sin. The McGown surname origin is from the Cenél Conaill [R1b-L513, Subgroup D] who found the Dál Fiatach.
(Part 2 of 3) A group will also found the Kingdom of Ercing in Wales as trade with Romans will become essential around 300 CE. But how could this be? Recent discoveries from DNA testing are unlocking the migration patterns of Celtic tribes as late as 800 CE to 1200 CE. The McGown story begins in pre-history Ireland but this line and many of his kin will move to Wales, then travel to Brittany, France during the Dark Ages.
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Selena Gomez might not be willing to talk about whether she is currently dating Justin Bieber, but she at least is willing to talk about what it's like being at the center of public attention because of their romance.
"Sure, I knew people would talk about it," Gomez tells The Observer of dating Bieber. "But I can't be afraid to live my life. I had my first 'boyfriend' [Nick Jonas], which wasn't really a boyfriend, at 14, 15. You're young and you don't know how to be. You don't think: 'Now I have a boyfriend — let's keep it super-private and low key,' because that's not what you're thinking about. You're thinking about: 'Oh my God, we're holding hands!' You're just thinking about stuff like that."
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I have been diagnosed with IC for 15 years. I recently went to a new doctor and he did a bladder distention and pottasium test? He is also doing urodynamic study with electrodes. He has suggested urethral sling, but it seems a little serious. I also need to mention that I only have insurance for 2 more weeks and my husband will have lost his job.
I am not sure why your doctor has advised sling procedure. Do you have urine leak when you sneeze or cough? If truly the diagnosis of Interstitial cystitis has been established and you have a small and irritated bladder then urethral sling is not going to be as helpful. Which symptom is worse? IC or urinary incontinence? Then go for treatment of the more serious condition.
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Last Friday, the Gulf Cup ended with a new champion — UAE. The new champion is a very promising team with a lineup almost the same as the one that competed in the last youth World Cup. Those young men with their local coach worked very hard and have reaped the fruits of their labor. Actually the two Gulf Cup finalists were very focused and motivated but at the end of the day, only one will emerge as the champion.
Now about our local competitions, the league will continue tomorrow and we are expected to have a hot week. Two matches that were postponed were finally held last Monday and Ahli beat Nasr while Fateh beat Ra'aed to make a five- point-lead on their runner up Hilal, which is obviously lost with its very poor management and coach.
On the other hand, teams like Ahli, Ittihad, Shabab and Nasr may have their chances to do well in the league but not reach the championship. The best they can hope for is either the King's Cup or Crown Prince Cup.
I think the most important match in this coming round is Ittifaq against Hilal. Hilal will need to win to keep the five-point difference if they still want the title. If you ask me, I doubt that. Fateh, this year reminds me of UAE which is very much focused on its goal. Fateh's chance of winning the league is increasing now to about 75 percent. I'd give the rest to other teams not specifically Hilal.


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Creating Valentine's Day cards was the project for the Christ Church of Longboat Key, Presbyterian Women's Group's Feb. 8 meeting. Under the direction of Kay Tschannen, they cut and pasted their Valentines together. They also added their own verses, which they customized for each Valentine recipient.


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Jubee did amazing! Alright so jubee did AMAZING today at gymkhana. we had a few tough moments but she still did good. She was a bit sore from being trimmed last night but she still wanted to go and so i allowed her to choose her speed and she was a bit stiff going to the right but her left turns were amazing and she was fairly quick for only her 2nd time actually running the pattern. We got a 26.5 i believe. considereing a couple months ago this mare would not even go forward without a crop she is turning out like an absolute dream!!! Very optomistic about our barrel racing furture :] |
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ya :] she was crazy good especially since i hadn't got to ride her much the week before because my back was pretty sore so i only had about an hour on her friday haha not a good idea but she still did awsome |
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Nice to know that Jubee's doing well. Hope you can keep up the great work. |
redtree-no not this show i didn't have anybody to take pictures and it was a very busy day :/ i wish but hopefully i will next show in 2 wks dance21-thank you |
haha okay :D I don't think I have seen photos of you and Jubee in action |
nope i dont normally have anybody to be there to take pictures of me but if i can i will get my moms camera and have one of my friends try and get a few at the next show.. its difficult cause my mom hates going |
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It's OK to give any name or word your own "meaning" as long as you don't claim that it historically had that meaning before you invented it.How is the name pronounced? If your mother just heard it, it's possible the spelling is normally very different from the one you have.
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Eni SpA | Free trial | Free trial | Free trial |
International Peers | Free trial | Free trial | Free trial |
Integrated Oil & Gas | 6.50 | 6.32 | 6.18 |
Italy | 8.63 | 7.54 | 7.56 |
The EV/EBITDA NTM ratio is a relevant financial ratio for business valuation.
The EV/EBITDA NTM ratio of Eni SpA is significantly lower than the median of its peer group: around 6.00. According to these financial ratios Eni SpA's valuation is way below the market valuation of its peer group.
The EV/EBITDA NTM ratio of Eni SpA is significantly lower than the average of its sector (Integrated Oil & Gas): 6.18. According to these financial ratios Eni SpA's valuation is way below the market valuation of its sector.
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