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October 2011: Pin Up Cosmetics is happy to take part in gifting items for Mommies Tori Spelling and Ali Landry!
Q & A with Aprill Lacey from Pin Up Cosmetics
"I recently discovered Pin-Up Cosmetics when Kelly Stirling offered to be my make-up artist for a very important conference I was hosting. My skin felt fresh and glamorous all day long! As the founder of an organic skincare line, I was thrilled to finally find a line of cosmetics that I could feel good about putting on my skin…" –Angela Jia Kim, Om Aroma & Co.
Speaking of va-voom, Pin up Cosmetics gets top ranking from the team as well. And how great that an indie brand made the list? Sherri shares her thoughts on Tough Cookie eyeshadow "It's the shadow that I use more than any other in my arsenal. Plus, there's a lot of product in that good-looking little package! The color is close enough to brown to be neutral but just enough of something else (rust/eggplant) to be unusual. Simply perfect." www.weheartthis.com
I am a fan of so many products on this list-but one of my faves is Pin Up Cosmetics. Their eye shadow was an unexpected treasure for me this past year. I use it practically every day.
What a great list! It was so hard to choose my favorites, there were so many great products to pick from. My favorites from this list: Mocha Rose balm and Pin Up Cosmetics. The Pin Up Cosmetics containers are great- so many of my pigment/loose eyeshadows are in containers where the sifter can't be closed. When traveling it tends to get all dumped out into the top of the container! Pin Up Cosmetics has a top that can be opened and closed, kinda like a Parmesan cheese container. It's wonderful!
Buxom is seriously one of my instant favorites.
I'll be recommending left and right! Thanks again for sending.
-Marci Robin-New Beauty Magazine Senior Online Editor
Your products are so cute and sweet! I implemented your products the first day I got them and used them on the set with Tori Spelling. Tori loves your eye shadow lip gloss.. I'm also using your products on the set of Worst Week. Please send more!!
-Celebrity Make Up Artist Brandy Sharp
The colors are beautiful!
Love your packaging
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Love your products!
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I love this stuff! More than my Chanel (shhh, don't tell Rockey!)gracenote.com-Tova Wiley-SF
I did get the products. And I LOVE them. The little mirror that came with the lashes? Seriously could that get any cuter? Besides the fact that the colors are great I really like the whole concept. I am totally including them in a future story.
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Your colors are beautiful, and everything stays on and does not bleed or change colors! Thank You !
-Vera Zay -Celebrity Make Up Artist
Pin Up Cosmetics lip colors FINALLY figured it out! The colors are succulent, the application a perfect blend of rich colors that go on
creamy, but don't bleed or disappear even after hours of wearing. And not like others that dry out your lips. After trying (how many?) other types and brands over the years, it's a relief to find such a perfect selection of colors that wears as well as it looks in the case or tube. The wine colored combination compact is now a staple in my 'face bag'.The loose eye powder colors are sensational, and again a perfect mix of just the right texture. The powder stays exactly where you want it, and doesn't end up in your eyelid crease or disappear into the skin. It's easy to control the intensity of each color w/simple application — no professional make-up artist skills required!
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Thank you soooooo much! They go on real nice… have used the gold & deep mushroom bronze tone…Dig 'em. xox,
-Berta Camal, Celebrity MUA-NY
Hi Aprill yes we just got them in on Monday. THEY ARE FANTASTIC and beyond my expectations!Congradulations on this new line. Thanks for introducing us to your fabulous line.
-xx Millissa, Editor in Chief-Haute Mimi-NY
RecessionistaMay 27, 2010 When I first rec'd Lulu Luxe for review (a gorgeous "soft shimmering smoky brown" mineral eyeshadow), I immediately thought, "Uh oh." For some reason, loose shadows and me don't tend to get along. I haven't yet mastered the technique of using them without fallout, but the color of Lulu Luxe totally sucked me in and I knew I had to give it my best shot.
I am SO glad I! The color is absolutely perfect for hazel eyes like mine, and the texture of this shadow is smoooooth and buttery. It doesn't fly all over the place when you're applying it–it really glides on like silk across your lids.
I'm such a huge earthtone eyeshadow person (thanks, wht, for sending me this color and satiating my ferocious earthtone appetite!) and I've got to say that if you're also an earthtone person, you need Lulu Luxe in your life. It's a perfect all-over brown great for work and also for evening. Love it.
Kellie ButlerMay 27, 2010 I am so excited to the review up for this line. When I received my first product to test I had never heard of the company. But I quickly fell in love.
I received Pin Up's Glamour Eye Shadow & Body Shimmer. It is described as a shimmering bronzed brown that is appropriate for all skin tones. I would mostly agree with that. But I would suggest that it is a very light brown.
I have only used this as a shadow. And it is so darn pretty. It can be used as a base or alone. It blends beautifully with virtually any color that I pair it with. And alone it really looks natural and serves to brighten up my face.
The company calls is luminous. And I would really have to agree. But don't think that it is crazy glittery for a minute. It manages to be fun while still be tasteful and appropriate for those over the age of 12.
With my UDP the product stayed put. I experienced no fallout. It really is a smooth application with no creasing afterward. Also anyone with sensitive eyes should be happy to note that my sensitive eyes were just fine with this gorgeous shadow.
I really recommend this great shadow. I give the product 5 stars. But I had to actually rate it a 4 up top because like all mineral products tend to be this one can be a mess! Keep your jar upright at all times. Otherwise when you open it up you will have a mess and loose a lot of product. Be careful and enjoy!
Sherri HoutzMay 27, 2010 When I first saw this mineral eyeshadow, I totally thought it was a new mineral line from Benefit…in fact, I thought this until this review! It has the same retro-cute packaging that I've come to expect from that fab line, and the quality is nothing short of superior.
The color I received is "Cookie" (I think…the name partially rubbed off the bottom of the container). I think it is best decribed as a rusty eggplant. The color is definitely a throwback to the thirties-era pincurled pinup movie stars like Jean Harlow and Loretta Young, dark and smoldering. One can picture their kohl-smudged mugs and see shades of Cookie. But what makes this modern is the shimmer–barely there, but it's what keeps this color from being the flat, matte kohl facsimile of the past. Dimension, baby, dimension.
This color is, though really dark and quite saturated, amazing on its own when you're feeling like a dollface Clara Bow. It is also a great crease color or liner on your less than smoldering days. I've also found that since this color is so dark, it workes exceedingly well with the previously reviewed Smashbox illusion. Yellow illusion makes this a dreamy gold/red/brown.
Wear this color with a lavender or lilac and the aubergine in Cookie comes out to play (so pretty!). Wear this with a beige or brown and the rust takes over.
This shadow is extremely versatile, long-lasting, long-wearing and simply beautiful. Of all the shadows I've recently tested, this is by far my favorite (and I've really, really liked the others).
Happy days are here again, doll.
Jennifer PalaisMay 27, 2010 Kellie makes a great point about the mess of mineral products – but these are so beautiful I'm willing to give them a try anyway…so glamorous and vegan too? I can't wait to try Blushing Betty – sounds devilishly similar to a MAC blush that they put to bed a few years back and I've never been able to replicate…let's see if this one is my ticket to blush nirvana!
Melinda \"Mel\"May 27, 2010 I tested the Ginger Mineral Bronzer for face and body, and I'd echo much of what many have already said: 1) I thought I had a Benefit product at first! and 2) Keep it upright or you'll have a MAJOR mess on your hands! My other word of caution with this particular product is to go extremely lightly – I dipped my kabuki brush in it and went to town on my upper cheeks…well I had the darkest, shiniest brown racoon stripes you've ever seen! Now that was of course way too much to use, but even so, it spread pretty well to even out. It was still a little too much color for me though after spreading, so I had to scrub it off before going out. The next time I used a much lighter hand…but it's still very dark and shimmery. It is an adult shimmer, but it's still a little too much for my taste. The only time I actually felt comfortable wearing this out was when I went to an outdoor wedding and then I just put it on my arms, shoulders, decolette, and very lightly on my upper cheekbones. This may work better with dark or tan skin, but my paleness right now just can't hack it. 3 stars
Amanda MillerMay 27, 2010 Oh wow, I love the look of Damsel! How cute! Vegan makeup can sometimes have the tendency to borderline on boring with lots of neutral shades so it's really exciting to see an independent line that is having fun with colors without going too crazy. I can totally picture myself wearing most of these colors to client meetings!
Great review 🙂
Pamela IreneMay 27, 2010 I received Pin Up Cosmetics loose mineral eye shadow in Art Deco. I've always been a fan of mineral "anything", so I welcomed this with open arms. The shadow is very pretty and so shimmery at first, yet blends well once it's on my lids. I prefer not to apply eye primer with this product. I think it looses its color when you do. Another great thing about loose mineral eye shadow is it will last a very long time! I like how it gave me a smoky silver eye without much fuss. Great for my blue eyes and last all day long. The only thing that I don't like is how I must keep the container in a flat position or the product fills up the lid.. I've already had to open (carefully) the lid from the pot to dump it back where it came from. Other than that, it's fantastic stuff and made completely with 100% natural ingredients! Four Stars from me!
MelissaMay 27, 2010 I thought this line was Benefit at first, too! That's so funny.
Rakisha WhiteMay 27, 2010 When I first opened my review box and saw Pin Up Cosmetics Blushing Betty packaging, I thought I was seeing something from Benefit. I just love the sassyness and demure sexiness of retro pinup girls. (Sometimes, I imagine I would emulate Dita Von Tesse's pin up girl style more if I were more confident.) Hence, every time I open my blush I felt a bit more sassy and sexy.
I wasn't a fan of loose powders when I first started using make-up just about ten years ago, but now I'm quite a fan. I was able to easily apply the blush using a combination of buff and swoosh movement. It was a very pretty pink color that wasn't cartoonish on my brown skin. The color I received was Dolce Vita–a dusty rose color. The color lasted all day no matter how I applied it–over foundation; on bare skin; or just over primer. For $10, it is a good buy. It will last a long time and it is natural!
Katie GrovesMay 27, 2010 I love the whimsical packaging – so cute. You would definitely want to pull it out of your bag just so others can see it!
Tyna WernerMay 27, 2010 Not a tester of Pin-Up, but as always I gave it all a nice looking over at the distribution for our testers – I'm loving the packaging and colors – Damsel (the blackened teal) is fabulous. They have a fun site too – love the blue damask background. Pin Up is a fairly new company (launched in 07) that seems to be doing everything right – can't wait to see what they have in store for us!
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A set of exceptionally preserved but difficult-to-extract fossils reveals the diverse creatures from a Silurian sea-floor community
Derek E. Briggs, Derek J. Siveter, David J. Siveter, Mark D. Sutton
The first major diversification of life on Earth took place during the so-called Cambrian explosion, a record that is well preserved in fossils at sites such as the Chengjiang deposits and the Burgess Shale, dating from 525 and 510 million years ago, respectively. Unfortunately, the fossil record reveals little bout the 100 million years that followed—especially among soft-bodied animals, which were rarely preserved. That was, until a little more than 10 years ago, when a small deposit of 425 million-year-old Silurian rocks was discovered in Herefordshire, England. The authors document this find and explain how they developed imaging techniques that reveal amazing anatomical details of species that help fill many gaps in the evolution of life.
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Colourful Apartment in Vienna (19)
お部屋の大きさ32 m²
Floor No.0
- ファミリー/子供と一緒に泊まれる
- キッチン
- 洗濯機/乾燥機
- テレビ
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住所 | Hernalser Gürtel, 1170 Wien, オーストリア |
お部屋のタイプ | アパート |
応答の頻度 | 100% |
応答の時間 | 数時間以内 |
カレンダーのアップデート日 | 今日 |
Spacious and well furnished, the bedroom includes a large double bed and a comfortable corner sofa with a dining table. The room also includes a TV and ample storage spaces. Guests will find a coffee maker in the well-equipped kitchen, and the bathroom includes a shower.
The nearest tram stop is just steps away from the apartment, and provides regular access to the heart of the city. Josefstädterstraße Underground Station is only a 2-minute walk away, and provides links to the U6 line.
In the surrounding area, guests will find a lively district with a range of shops and restaurants to enjoy. A market is located nearby, and offers delicacies from around the globe.
No smoking.No pets.
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1分の料金 | ¥ 126395 ゲスト・宿泊日の追加 |
詳細 |
チェックイン | 14:00 |
Check-in before | 22:00 |
チェックアウト | 11:00 |
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The host cancelled the booking, this review is automated.
The host cancelled the booking, this review is automated.
Five days before our arrival, we sent an Email that we expected to be at the apartment at 3 PM. She answered OK. The day of the arrival, she sent an Email with details. We did not see it, since we were on the road and didn't have internet access. When we arrived, we called the host. She was very unfriendly. As a non-native speaker of German, I did not understand her at first, and she just hung up and got very angry when we called again. Luckily the man with the key arrived. She must have called him. He was very friendly.
There is also no drier in the apartment thought it is stated in the description. The bathroom door was quite strange. Our son left the key inside the bathroom and without the key, you could not open the door from the outside. Luckily, a friendly neighbour to the apartment could get access to the bathroom without breaking it.The appartment was placed close to the U bahn and was in a very nice area.
The host cancelled our reservation, made & paid two months before arriva,l ten days before check-in date.She offered us an appartment with the same rate but worse area,she gave us no proper explanation about this cancellation,no apologies.I supposed she rented the appartment more expensive.You cannot trust on her.They speak no word of English or other language,just German.
Wimdu also did not act properly,they did not help me,they answered my emails very late,no contact phone,no help.
The host cancelled the booking, this review is automated.
The host cancelled the booking, this review is automated.
The host cancelled the booking, this review is automated.
I visited Vienna for a congress in Messe Wien. I chose this flat as it was very close to the congress center. So close that I could wake up at 8.15 and be in the seminar at 8.30. Therefore was a very convenient location for me (also the tube statin was next to the congress center and takes to city center in less then 15mins).
The apartment was very neat and clean. Everything was available in the apartment for a pleasant stay. Within a few metro stops, you are already in the city centre.
Ronald was a friendly man who took well care after us. He even came to bring us extra pillows and bedsheets in the late evening, only an hour or two after we called him. The apartment itself is quite close to the center and is close to a bus station and a metrostation. Unfortunately, this also meant that the street in front of the apartment was quite busy. Since vienna was very warm during our stay, we left the windows open at night. The street was very noisy (especially the busses). An improvement would be an airconditioning system.
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Insulating your home or commercial building saves energy (which also saves money), keeps you warmer in the winter and cooler in the summer, and is one of the best things you can do to protect the environment.
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text: Marvin Terrell (M. T.) Chamberlain was the eldest son of Lawson Watkins Chamberlain (1860-1947) and Susan Olive Frey (1860-1953). In 1906, he married Edna Caughran. The couple had nine children. Marvin served as Knox Co. clerk for many years. Sometime after Edna's death in 1953, he moved to San Antonio.


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Honda's Ferris Bueller Super Bowl ad hits WebThe mystery behind Matthew Broderick's Ferris Bueller Super Bowl ad was short-lived, as Honda has released the extended commercial. Although the teaser clip that circulated last week told viewers they'd have to wait until Sunday to see what Broderick was up to, we should know by now that the Internet waits for no official release date. Broderick, 49, plays himself in the clip, but with plenty of "Bueller" references. (Such as the hotel's parking attendant saying in a Ben Stein-esque deadpan, "Broderick?...Broderick?") After calling in sick, Broderick takes off in the 2012 Honda CR-V (instead of Cameron's dad's 1961 Ferrari) for a day on the town, hitting up the beach, a parade and the Natural History museum as Yello's "Oh Yeah" plays in the background. Honda explains in the clip's description on YouTube that they "hid over two dozen references to the movie throughout the commercial. Some are obvious, some are VERY subtle. See how many you can find." How many "Bueller" references did you spot? Was it as good as you hoped? soundoff (106 Responses)
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Height: | 6-1 |
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Year: | 2008 |
Hometown: | Yorktown Heights, NY |
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High School: Played soccer and lacrosse at Lakeland High School...A 2003 All-American under head coach Tim Weir...Three times All-League, twice All-Section and twice Journal News first team...A Hudson Valley Empire player and team captain...Led his team to the 2003 Sectional Championship...Voted Gatorade Player of the Year in soccer...led his team to the 2001 Sectional Championship...Named 2001 Scholar Athlete. Personal: Born: 7/16/85. Parents: Thomas and Liz Carney. Siblings: Colleen, Kerry, Brendan and Sean Carney. Favorite Team: New York Yankees. Favorite Athlete: Tino Martinez. Favorite Books: The Power of One and The DaVinci Code. Favorite Movie: Zoolander. Favorite TV Show: The Family Guy. Favorite Food: Chicken.


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Locals smacking lips over Wholey's fish
February 1, 2014 10:10 PMAt least 300 Pittsburghers want Wholey's smiling fish sign to be relocated to the nearby Heinz History Center, but museum president and CEO Andy Masich opposes that idea, saying it would look, well, like a fish out of water.
Mayor Bill Peduto, county Executive Rich Fitzgerald and fishmonger Jim Wholey held a news conference and "smiling fish party" Saturday to announce the results of a monthlong contest to choose a new home for the iconic sign, now on a building at 15th and Smallman streets that Wholey's no longer uses.
The history center, with 301 votes, was the top choice, followed by Mount Washington (260 votes); McKees Rocks, which was the company's first home (188 votes); on or near one of the rivers (131 votes); finding a way to keep the sign at its current location (59 votes); and the Bigelow Boulevard retaining wall (40 votes).
Mr. Peduto said preserving the sign is a way to celebrate the city's heritage as it eyes new development in the Strip and other neighborhoods. "It makes us smile when we see it," said Mr. Peduto, wearing the same Wholey winter hat he wore during President Barack Obama's visit to the area Wednesday.
Mr. Masich, who did not attend the event at Wholey's bustling Penn Avenue store, later said he's honored that "people think of the history center first" when it comes to preserving neighborhood treasures.
"But in this case, I don't think it's the best idea," he said.
Mr. Masich said putting the sign on the history center, blocks from where Wholey's operates its store, would confuse visitors to the neighborhood. And he said the history center, which has a Heinz ketchup bottle on its roof, already has plans to put a mural showcasing Pittsburgh history on a nine-story building it owns next door.
The large illuminated fish sign went up in 1989 on Wholey's cold-storage building, which it hasn't used since about 2007. The new owner, Sampson Morris Group of Monroeville, plans to convert the building, described as a giant icebox, into 144 lofts.
Saying people might be drawn to the "Big Fish Lofts," Mr. Masich suggested the developer consider incorporating the sign into its plans. An architect working with the developer previously said the fish must go.
Mr. Wholey said he'd like to continue talking with Mr. Masich about moving the fish to the history center. If that doesn't pan out, he said, he'll explore the other choices on the list.
Don Orkoskey, president of Neighbors in the Strip, said locating the sign at the history center "makes total sense to me." Hazelwood resident Larry Cullens, who attended the party with his wife, Charlene, said he'd like to see Wholey and Heinz, two names symbolizing Pittsburgh's special flavors, together atop the museum.
But if the Strip doesn't want the sign, other folks do. Taris Vrcek, executive director of McKees Rocks Community Development Corp., said he'd like to bring the sign back to Wholey's 1912 birthplace and use it to showcase efforts to build on the borough's past.
In an email, Mr. Peduto said, "The first choice of the people is Heinz History Center." If that doesn't work out and another city site cannot be secured by March, he said, the fish may go "down river -- back to the original home of Wholey's in McKees Rocks."
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This is an awesome mixed climb. The first pitch requires a lot of gear, mostly smallish stoppers and cams. The 11a crux is very well protected by a bolt but hard to onsight. The second pitch is also 11a and although there are 11 bolts, it is not a sport climb. You will still want a bit of gear and a bit of creativity and a bit of searching may be required. The third pitch is easy and gets you to the top of the Dome.Descent Options:
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Flashdance, the musical, is truly a spectacle - lots of fantastic dancing, good songs, great staging, etc. However, the production is much too frantic with too many subplots so that, at the end, one doesn't empathize with any of the characters - even the main characters are so sparsely drawn that one really doesn't care what happens to them in the end. It's hard to see how this could ever win over audiences for more than one viewing. It could definitely use a re-working.


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Linked by Thom Holwerda on Wed 1st Aug 2012 16:11 UTC
Microsoft has just announced that Windows 8 has gone gold - or, in Redmond parlance, RTM. "Today, I am excited to announce that Windows 8 has been released to manufacturing (RTM)! This means we've completed the product development and testing of the product and have started handing off the final code to our OEM partners. They can now begin preparing new Windows 8 PCs and devices they'll introduce starting with General Availability." Anybody got a spare MSDN account?
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Thank Intel for that, and their efforts at "differentiation" while PAE is around since Pentium Pro. Making the OS PAE-only probably simplifies many things, makes it more robust. Plus, new machines are the dominating channel of Windows distribution, by far.
Meanwhile, you don't have to retire your laptops, they will continue working perfectly fine with Win7.


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Twas on a bright morning in Summer
When I first heard his voice spakin' low
As he said to a colleen beside him
"Who's that pretty girl milking her cow?"
Och many times often ye met me
And told me that I should be
You darling, Acushla,
A Lana Mavourneen, Asuilish machree
Purty girl, purty girl,
With no on there to show her how
The purt, purt, purty girl is now
Milking her cow
I have not the manners or graces
Of the girls in the world where ye move
And I have not their beautiful faces
But oh, I've a heart that can love
And if it please ye, I'll dress me in satin
With jewels, jewels in me brow
But och, don't be after forgettin'
Your purty girl milking her cow
Purty girl, purty cow,
I'm sure this song would have never been wrote
If the pretty girl hadda been milking her goat
But the goat wasn't feeling well anyhow
So the pretty girl was milking her cow.
Her cow, her cow...
La, la, la, la, la, la...
La, la, la la, la, la, la La, la, la, la
A purty girl milking her cow!
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Carbondale, Ill. – Two people face firearm-related charges.
Police say 28-year-old Ternell Albritton and 20-year-old Vacheffia Reid were arrested Monday night. Albritton is accused of threatening several individuals with a firearm.
He is charged with unlawful use of a weapon by a felon and disorderly conduct, while Reid is charged with unlawful possession of ammunition, failure to possess a FOID card and obstructing a peace officer.
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You could also say that at times people have used the unexplained as an alibi, such as when Ronald DeFeo of Amityville fame claimed he was given the murder weapon by a dark mysterious figure and heard voices or our recent report on a wife beater who tried to blame er bruises on a ghostly visitor, excusing him of doing any wrong.
That certainly seems the case with another recent report where a Florida teen blamed his attempted rape charge on the Devil himself.
Gerome Robinson 18, of Lake City, Florida asked a thirteen year old girl if she wanted to 'hang out'. When the girl refused, Robinson allegedly pushed the girl into a yard and started removing all of his clothes.
The young girl was able to escape Robinson before anything happened but the best bit is yet to come.
When Robinson was being interrogated by police he told them that "the devil tried to rape her in my body."
However, a neighbor of Robinson's gives a possibly more accurate and down to Earth account of the reason behind Robinson placing the blame of dark forces:
"I don't think he's all there in the head"
We agree and unless this young man is proven mentally ill it is just another sick example of people using any excuse necessary to get out of being punished for their crimes.
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Houston Independent School District , the Asia Society, Houston A+ Challenge and Houston Community College joined together to create Houston Academy for International Studies, which will prepare students for college and develop their international knowledge and understanding of world cultures. The high school is in the Central Region located on the Houston Community College Central campus. This central location provides easy access to Houston's leading businesses, multicultural attractions, and museums and enables students to participate in HCC college courses while in high school. HAIS emphasizes a personalized learning environment with each student assigned to a staff advisor. In addition to the HISD core curriculum, students will complete a global studies program and at least four years of foreign languages, two service-learning experiences, an internship program, and a senior project concerning international topics. Initial languages offered include Mandarin Chinese and Spanish.
School Highlights
Houston Academy for International Studies students outperformed their
district and state, receiving high percentages of passing and commended
performances on our state assessment and better than the national
average on the Stanford 10 assessment. Students also excelled outside
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Inherited Disorders and Birth Defects |
Neurofibromatosis11/10/2008 |
I have NF1 and have three kids but only two of them have the cafeaulait spots, my son has a few he is 4 years old and my 4 month old has more than him, what are their chances of having it and what kind of specialist should they see and at what age should they go?Thank You - A concerned mom
Neurofibromatosis type 1 - NF1 - is an inherited condition that can affect the skin, the nerves and other systems such as the eyes. People with NF1 usually have a number of café au lait spots - these are coffee colored flat birth marks, which you mention that both your children have. Other findings of NF 1 include freckles in the armpits and groin, multiple small tumors of the skin called neurofibromas, and small brown bumps in the iris - the area of the eye that has pigment/color (called Lisch nodules). Some of these findings can be seen in an infant, but most develop over time and may not develop until school age.
Some people with NF1 will also have learning disabilities. They can also have scoliosis (curvature of the spine) or other bone problems.
NF 1 is inherited as an autosomal dominant disorder and is caused by changes (mutation) in a gene called neurofibromin (the NF1 gene). This means that anyone who has a mutation in the NF1 gene has the disorder and has a 50/50 or 1 out of 2 chance of passing it on to each child that person has. On the other hand, there is a 50/50 chance that they will not pass on the gene change and those children will not be affected. If you have NF1, then your 2 children with café au lait spots could have inherited the mutation in the NF1 gene and will have NF. So someone with NF can have both children who are affected and children who are not affected.
But, because there are other reasons why someone may have café au lait spots, it would be important to have your children evaluated for NF1. I would recommend that you see a geneticist to see if any of your children have NF1. You can ask your doctor for a referral or locate a genetics center near you at the National Society of Genetic Counselors Resource website listed below.
Anne Matthews, RN, PhD Associate Professor of Genetics School of Medicine Case Western Reserve University |


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The U.S. EPA has released its latest fuel economy ratings and the 2014 Ford Fiesta SE with the 1 liter 3 cylinder EcoBoost engine and a 5 speed manual transmission had the highest mpg rating of any non-hybrid gasoline powered car, 45 mpg highway, 32 city and 37 mpg combined. Both three and five door models had the same rating. Interestingly, Ford will still offer the Fiesta SFE (Super Fuel Economy), which actually gets poorer gas mileage than the 1 liter EcoBoost SE, 30 city/41 highway. (Read More…)
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24th Annual Concilio Awards
2007 Service Honorees
Seated – Malaquias Montoya received the Rick Gonzales Sr. Award. Joyce Trujillo represented her husband Mel Trujillo who was posthumously awarded a Lifetime Achievement Award. Lydia Medina won the Business Award. Marshall McKay was honored with a Board of Directors Award. Theresa Ramirez and her daughter, represented her mother, Marina Ramirez who was also posthumously awarded a Lifetime Achievement Award.
Standing - Marc Hicks received a Board of Directors Award. Rosa Garcia with grandson won the Pilar Andrade Award. Raquel Quiros of Communi Care was honored with a Community Award. Polita Gonzales won the Education Award. Woodland Mayor Art Pimentel received the Elected Official Award and Ron Piña also won the Education Award.
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Seated – Sara Ann Ruiz of Delta HS in Clarksburg, Araceli Hernandez of Winters HS, Margarita Orozco of Pioneer HS in Woodland, Luz Toscano of Woodland High, Ramona Torres of Esparto HS, Sheyla Valdez of River City HS in West Sacramento and Amanda Lopez- Lara of Davis HS.
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How well do you really know your detective novels?
Where does Minister D- hide the letter?
On a card rack.
Under his mattress.
Behind the wallpaper.
In his desk.
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International CO 2 taxation and the dynamics of fossil fuel markets
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"Courage doesn't always roar. Sometimes courage is the quiet voice at the end of the day saying, "I will try again tomorrow."
Mary Anne Radmacher
"Take up one idea. Make that one idea your life - think of it, dream of it, live on that idea. Let the brain, muscles, nerves, every part of your body, be full of that idea, and just leave every other idea alone. This is the way to success, that is way great spiritual giants are produced."
Swami Vivekananda
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Reading Problems in Children Living in Urban Areas
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Condition | Intervention | Phase |
Dyslexia |
Behavioral: Reading Instruction |
Phase 3 |
Study Type: | Interventional |
Study Design: | Allocation: Non-Randomized Intervention Model: Parallel Assignment Masking: Open Label Primary Purpose: Prevention |
Official Title: | Early Interventions for Children With Reading Problems |
Estimated Enrollment: | 1400 |
Study Start Date: | July 1993 |
Estimated Study Completion Date: | June 2002 |
Recent studies show that the incidence of reading disability can be significantly reduced by improving classroom instruction. Effective reading instruction in the primary grades includes explicit instruction in the alphabetic principle, reading for meaning, and opportunities to practice reading and writing. To learn more about the development of literacy skills in urban settings, students in 17 schools in Houston and Washington, D.C., were followed from kindergarten through Grade 4. Schools were selected based on similar demographics: predominantly African-American student population (95%) and high participation in the federal lunch program (85% to 100%). Each school was provided with grade-appropriate reading programs that focused on phonics and spelling. These programs included direct, integrated, classroom, and individual instruction modules.
Approximately 1400 children and 114 teachers participated each year in this four-year study. The design was cross-sequential so that the majority of teachers in a grade participated for two years. All children participating in regular education were included in the study. Children below the 25th percentile on a standardized reading test were tutored individually by retired teachers, using materials from the classroom reading program. A variety of reading curricula were in place in the classrooms across these two sites. In order to help teachers implement these materials effectively, an ongoing research-based professional development model was employed, with curriculum consultants and coaches working with the teachers in the classroom. Researchers observed in each classroom four to six times during the year using on-the-minute recordings of content. Observers also completed ratings of teaching competencies. Teachers completed surveys of knowledge, experience, attitudes, and instructional strategies. A random selection of eight to ten students were assessed four times during the year for growth in literacy-related skills and once at the end of the year for achievement in reading, spelling, and writing.
Ages Eligible for Study: | 5 Years to 8 Years (Child) |
Sexes Eligible for Study: | All |
Accepts Healthy Volunteers: | Yes |
Inclusion Criteria
- Student in participating school
- Kindergarten through Grade 4
Please refer to this study by its ClinicalTrials.gov identifier: NCT00065832
Principal Investigator: | Barbara R. Foorman | University of Texas |
ClinicalTrials.gov Identifier: | NCT00065832 History of Changes |
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Study First Received: | August 1, 2003 |
Last Updated: | June 2, 2015 |
Keywords provided by Eunice Kennedy Shriver National Institute of Child Health and Human Development (NICHD):
Reading disabilities Inner-city Urban |
Additional relevant MeSH terms:
Dyslexia Language Disorders Communication Disorders Neurobehavioral Manifestations Neurologic Manifestations |
Nervous System Diseases Learning Disorders Signs and Symptoms Neurodevelopmental Disorders Mental Disorders |
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High Rates Could Keep The Recovery In Its Cradle
byThe U. S. economy is headed toward recovery with a lot of excess baggage. The recession did little to lighten the load of heavy debts, unsold real estate, shaky banks, and fiscal disarray in Washington and many states. That's weight enough on this fledgling upturn, but the heaviest of all might be long-term interest rates. Although the Federal Reserve Board has cut short-term rates, long rates remain stubbornly high.
Long-term interest rates influence the credit-sensitive demand for cars, homes, and other high-priced consumer goods. These are the kinds of cyclical items that lead recoveries and give the business cycle its swing. Clearly, the latest data on car sales, home buying, and durable-goods orders are looking better, but the numbers still do not show the bounce associated with a normal recovery.
That's partly because the recent pattern of long-term rates has been anything but normal. Long rates usually fall in recessions, although not as much as short rates. But this time, they didn't drop at all (chart). Yields on 30-year Treasury bonds, for example, remained stuck in the 8%-to-9% range that they had occupied during the final stages of the expansion. And now, long rates are under strong upward pressure.
Any bond trader can tell you why. For the next few months, the U. S. Treasury will be in the bond market asking for about a billion dollars a day. States and municipalities will also have their hands out. And capital needs around the world are growing every day. On top of that, the private sector has to finance an economic recovery that traders fear will fuel inflation. Will people buy all this paper? Only if yields are high enough.
Long-term rates will fall only if the recent signs of economic strength start to fizzle, or if the price indexes show stunning improvement in inflation. That means the price that the economy may have to pay for lower rates on mortgages and other consumer and business loans may well be a lackluster recovery that will keep the credit markets unclogged and price pressures down.
For now, the recovery is concentrated on the output side of the economy, as opposed to the demand side. That's because companies' vigilance over inventories has drained stockpiles so much that some producers, especially carmakers, must ramp up production.
However, this process will lead to a full and lasting recovery only so far as demand growth allows. That's where consumers hold the key, and high long-term interest rates are only one of the obstacles that will be blocking a consumer rebound in coming months.
So far, businesses are getting extra output from the same employees. Unless new hiring picks up, consumers' incomes aren't likely to rise any faster than their spirits. In June, consumers remained optimistic about the economy's prospects in the coming months, but job worries kept them pretty downbeat about the here and now.
The Conference Board's index of consumer confidence edged up to 78, from 76.4 in May. But the gain was concentrated in consumers' outlook for the next six months. The expectations index rose to 101.1 last month, from 95.5 in May. The reading on current conditions, however, fell for the 10th month in a row, to 43.3, from 47.8 (chart).
The big concern is jobs. The Conference Board reports that 37.5% of those surveyed think work is hard to get, a jump from the 23.7% expressing that concern last summer. And only 8.6% of consumers feel jobs are plentiful. That's much lower than May's reading, and it's a sharp decline from the 23.4% who felt that way a year ago.
The latest data on state unemployment claims appear to verify the notion that jobs are scarce. True, new filings for jobless benefits have been falling since they peaked in March. But that only suggests that companies are laying off fewer workers. The total number of people who are collecting benefits continues to rise.
In early June, 3.6 million were receiving benefits, up by 136,000 from the previous week and the highest level in eight years. The large number of continuing claims means the economy is still not generating many new jobs, so people are finding it difficult to get off the unemployment line.
Businesses will have to see a sustained pickup in demand before they start hiring again. And interest rates may have to fall a bit more before order books fill up fast enough for manufacturers to build up the production momentum necessary for a lasting recovery.
The latest news from durable-goods factories certainly looks encouraging. New orders for durable goods rose 3.8% in May, to $120.5 billion, on top of a 3.6% gain in April (chart). Although the April and May advances were broad, they were only moderate. Moreover, May orders were still about 7% lower than they were last summer.
Shipments of durable goods also rose in May, by 1%, to $121 billion. Most of that increase came from the auto sector, reflecting the recent upturn in new-car sales. Domestically made new cars sold at an annual rate of 6.5 million in mid-June. Sales for the first 20 days of June are running at about 6.4 million, an improvement from the 6.1 million pace of May, and the exceptionally weak 5.5 million rate in April.
The increase in car buying is paring inventories and creating some optimism in Detroit. Auto output is slated to rise in the third quarter. Carmakers are expected to produce about 6 million cars, at an annual rate. That's up from about 5.3 million in the second quarter, with most of the increase coming in July. Taken by itself, that would add about one percentage point to the annual growth rate of third-quarter gross national product.
For other makers of durable goods, however, the summer may not be as busy. Even with the uptick in new demand, the backlog of total orders edged down by 0.1% in May and is 1.4% below its pace of a year ago. Unfilled orders for durable goods haven't risen since December, 1990. With the backlog of demand still falling, producers have little reason to boost output beyond what's necessary to fill current demand.
Manufacturers of capital equipment, in particular, could run into trouble if interest rates rise by much more. Orders for nondefense capital goods increased by 4.2% in May. But demand had collapsed earlier in the year. Excluding the booming aircraft sector, the backlog of unfilled orders is down 4.9% from a year ago. So while capital-goods production may pick up in coming months, the rebound is shaping up to be pretty tepid.
Machine-tool makers, whose orders tend to foreshadow the path of capital-goods output, don't offer any encouragement. The Association of Manufacturing Technology reports that demand for machine tools, which are used by other manufacturers, fell in May for the fourth consecutive month. May orders totaled $155.8 million, down 19.6% from April and 24.5% below their year-ago pace. Domestic demand is especially weak.
For the rest of the year, durable-goods manufacturing will be vulnerable to any upward shift in interest rates. The Conference Board's survey shows that consumers' buying plans for big-ticket items, such as appliances, are already weak. And higher borrowing costs would make businesses rethink their capital spending plans.
In addition, rising mortgage rates threaten to derail the housing rebound that is beginning to take hold. In May, sales of existing homes increased by 6%, to an annual rate of 3.5 million. That was the fourth solid gain in a row. Home prices are also rising a bit, another sign that demand is strengthening.
The danger is that higher rates could cause problems during the important summer selling season. A retrenchment would hurt not only homebuilders but the makers of home-related goods as well.
As the recent pickups in housing and autos show, high long-term interest rates aren't likely to prevent an economic recovery from getting off the ground. But on top of a shaky consumer sector, a glut of commercial real estate, weak banks, and deteriorating government finances, lofty long rates could easily keep the economy from flying very high.


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In observance of Presidents Day, many state offices will be closed on Monday, Feb. 18.
State driver's license offices, the Department of Public Health and Environment's vital records office and executive branch departments will be among the facilities closed Monday.
All of Colorado's state parks will be open and staffed, but Colorado Parks and Wildlife administrative offices and visitor centers will be closed. State troopers will be patrolling the highways and Department of Transportation maintenance crews will be working as necessary.


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Lot 233: Chinese Famille Rose Porcelain Vases
Asian Antiquity & Arts
by Graham's Auction
October 30, 2016
Woollahra, Australia
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CloseDescription: Of baluster body with flared foot rim; the neck connecting to garlic bulb-shaped opening and flanked by double red ruyi handles; decorated with figures and calligraphy, seal mark to base, h 16.5cm
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South Side Scoreboard
10/17/2013 - South Side Leader
Editor's note: When a school is in bold, the school is the winner. The following may not reflect all events played within the last week because some scores were not obtained by presstime.
Oct. 12
Suburban League Championships
Green, third
Principal's Athletic Conference Championship
Cuyahoga Valley Christian Academy (CVCA), first
Northcoast League Championship Blue Division
Walsh Jesuit, first;
Archbishop Hoban, third
Portage Trail Conference Championship Metro Division
Norton, third; Springfield, fifth; Coventry, seventh
Oct. 12
Suburban League Championships
Green, second
Principal's Athletic Conference Championship
CVCA, first; Manchester, sixth
Northcoast League Championship Blue Division
Walsh, first; Hoban, fifth
Portage Trail Conference Championship Metro Division
Coventry, fourth
Oct. 11
Hoban vs. Parma Padua: 20-7
Walsh vs. Notre Dame Cathedral-Latin: 42-28
Wadsworth vs. Green: 42-6
Norton vs. Waterloo: 48-14
Springfield vs. Coventry: 28-7
Triway vs. CVCA: 43-21
Manchester vs. Indian Valley: 28-14
Oct. 12
St. Vincent-St. Mary (STVM) vs. Dayton Thurgood Marshall: 41-12
Oct. 12
Green vs. Lake: 4-1
STVM vs. Walsh: 1-0
Hoban vs. Austintown Fitch: 2-1
Oct. 15
Kent Division II Sectional
STVM vs. North: 3-0
Brunswick Divsion II Sectional
Northwest vs. Norton: 2-1
Oct. 12
Green vs. Fitch: 1-0
Walsh vs. Columbus Bishop Watterson: 2-1
Oct. 14
Kent Division III Sectional
Our Lady of the Elms vs. Newton: 4-1
Oct. 12
Oberlin Division I District
Walsh, first (singles), fifth (doubles)
Canton Division II District
Green, fifth (singles)
Oct. 12
Hawken 27-21-25, Elms 25-25-22
Oct. 15
Barberton Division I Sectional
Barberton 28-16-25-26, Green 26-25-12-24
Stow Division I Sectional
Walsh 25-21-25-25, Canfield 18-25-17-23
Tallmadge Division II Sectional
Tallmadge 25-25-25, Coventry 14-16-20
Garfield Heights Division II Sectional
CVCA 25-25-25, Cleveland Martin Luther King 4-5-11
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I used some pictures from 1984 for this layout. My daughter is the little girl in th epicutes. The next year my parents home burned to the ground and these are only a handful of surving photos from my past. With my mother gone they become even more special.
What a beautiful and thought provoking layout - I really love what you did with your layout - the subject matter really intrigued me this morning!
Thanks for sharing this. What treasures these pics truly are. Nice job on the LO.
Beautiful and a great reminder of why we scrap - these are treasured photos and a memory to keep
Dusty this is a awesome LO reminding us of many things!! and as Sara has already said quite thought provoking. Thanks for sharing it with us.
What a great LO. Chock full of wonderful memories!! I love what you've done with the framing and you're SO right about special memories!! Thanks for sharing!!
Oh, how I relate to this! Photos are just so precious, we need to preserve and duplicate them more and more. Love the overlay on your photos, beautiful layout.
What a wonderful Wonderful Layout!
Beautiful LO; poignant and a reminder of how important our photos are to preserving memories. Thanks for sharing this lovely page.
This is a beautiful Lo! What a way to preserve memories!
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Les Arts Florissants perform Monteverdi: Madrigals, Book V
The complete Monteverdi madrigals – Paul Agnew, conductor
Following the broadcast of the four first books of madrigals by Monteverdi, performed by Les Arts Florissants and Paul Agnew, the baroque ensemble is live on medici.tv again to present the Book V!
To give a rendition of the the eight books of madrigals by Monteverdi, this was Paul Agnew's extensive project... The concerts started in 2011 with the singers of Les Arts Florissants and has continued since then. This concert represents the perfect opportunity to hear the fifth book of madrigals.
For this book, Monteverdi has created a new style which highlights the power of the words. Eleven madrigals in this book are written after the Pastor Fido, a pastoral tragic comedy by Giovanni Battista Guarini; this gives the work a kind of theatracallity and puts the text in the spotlight to the detriment of the usual harmony rules. Giulio Cesare, Monteverdi's brother, once declared: "My brother said that he does not left his work to chance, because, in his kind if music, he wants to give to the worlds the control of the harmony."
The fifth book of Monteverdi's madrigals performed by Les Arts Florissants is now available in our subscription catalogue.
This concert is part of the complete Monteverdi Madrigals series performed by Les Arts Florissants conducted by Paul Agnew at the Cité de la Musique, and at the théâtre de Caen.
Les Arts Florissants are supported by the Ministry of Culture and Communication, la Ville de Caen and the Région Basse-Normandie. They are in residency at the théâtre de Caen. Imerys and Alstom are the great benefactors of Les Arts Florissants.
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Les Arts Florissants
Paul Agnew
Miriam Allan soprano
Maud Gnidzaz soprano
Hannah Morrison soprano
Stéphanie Leclercq contralto
Lucile Richardot contralto
Paul Agnew tenor
Sean Clayton tenor
Lisandro Abadie bass
Marduk Serrano Lopez bass
Myriam Gevers violin
Sophie Gevers-Demoures violin
Galina Zinchenko alto
Simon Heyerick alto
Anne-Marie Lasla viola di gamba
Thomas Dunford theorbo, guitar (basso continuo)
Massimo Moscardo lute (basso continuo)
Florian Carré harpsichord (basso continuo)
Movie director : Isabelle Soulard
Duration : 01 h 10 min
Location : Philharmonie de Paris – Philharmonie 2 (former Cité de la musique) (Paris, France)
Production date : 2013
Production : © CLC Productions / Tangaro / Les Arts Florissants


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I discovered this year that the half-life of turkey is 5 days. Some may think that it's longer, but a day longer and I'm thinking its going to start developing a green sheen. It would take the deprivation caused by a Zombie Apocolypse for me to eat green meat, so I'm sticking with 5 days. I hope everyone had a great Thanksgiving and that everyone is looking forward to Christmas. As you probably know, there are many events that can be incorporated into Dentoning during this time of the year. The big soirée is the Denton Holiday Lighting Festival, starting at 5:30 pm on the Square on Friday, Nov. 30. The schedule is plastered everywhere, so I won't post it here. The forecast doesn't predict particularly wintery weather, but it's always fun. During the night of the lighting, the Square is closed off to all but pedestrian traffic, so Denton has the feel of Europe for a night. Personally, I'd like to see it that way on a regular basis.
One awesome thing about Denton is that almost any night, one can find something unique to do. A lot of it has to do with music, but not all. The Holiday season is extremely target-rich when it comes to Dentoning. The music at the tree lighting will be stellar, followed by Brave Combo at Dan's for the First Annual Brave Combo Holiday Hoedown for the Animals. This is a fund raiser for the Denton Animal Shelter and promises to be a good time. Please support the animals of Denton……of both the two-legged and four-legged varieties..
Denton IS music and music IS Denton. We are so fortunate to have so many resident musicians who play on a regular basis in the haunts of our fair city. One such musician is the lovely Polly Maynard. Many of you know Polly, but for those of you who don't, your loss. She is a delightful person and musician. Polly does mainly children's music and can hold a group of kids spellbound with her fun, funny, whimsical, happy, unforgetable musical treats. The beauty of her talent is that it translates to the adult world. Polly is uniquely talented herself, and surrounds herself with other talented musicians. Jeffrey Barnes, of two-time Grammy-wininng Brave Combo, is a frequent part of Polly's concerts and recordings. Polly is releasing a new CD entitled "The 12 Daze of Christmas" at 1 pm on Sunday at Sweetwater. I've had a sneak listen to the CD and it is great, awesome, wonderful…… It incorporates traditional Christmas music with Polly's own masterful creations. It is definitely one that will appeal to all age ranges. If you haven't been to a Polly-gig, make plans to be at Sweetwater at 1 pm on Sunday, Dec. 1..!! Another opportunity for great, local music is Bonnie and Nick's weekly show on Tuesday nights, 7-9 pm at Fuzzy's. Next week's musical adventure will include Holiday music (go figure). Everything Bonnie and Nick does is wonderful, so the addition of seasonal tunes will make the show extra special.
Christmas has always been a special time for Dentoning. Warmer weather this year is making things a little atypical, but that could change in a heartbeat. In my opinion, there is no such thing as overindulgement in Live music…….. I hope to see you at the Tree Lighting, Polly's CD release, Brave Combo's animal gig and with Bonnie and Nick next Tuesday……..these are just some of the musical possibilities in the coming days. Lots of choices and lots of music………and none of it makes us bad people……
Enjoy Denton and enjoy the Holidays!!!!!


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Beyond Freedom Fries: The Roots of American Francophobia - Max Fisher - International - The Atlantic About a hundred years after the Marquis de Lafayette and other French nobles volunteered as officers in the American Revolutionary War, which the French government also helped fund, about 200,000 people lined the docks at New York to welcome a ship named Isère, which carried in 214 wooden crates the copper pieces of the Statue of Liberty, a gift from the people of France and a bond of two of the world's oldest and surest democracies. About a hundred years after that, the U.S. Congress ordered its cafeteria to relabel French fries as "freedom fries." Soon after, French's Mustard put out a press release assuring consumers, "The only thing French about French's Mustard is the name." It was a sad, but sadly not isolated, moment of U.S. hostility toward France. Today, when Mitt Romney dared to reference his family's vacations to France -- "I have a lot of memories of France," he said, "and I look forward to occasional vacations again in such a beautiful place" -- political reporters immediately declared it a terrible misstep. "Note to politicians: Don't talk about France. Ever. Unless you are condemning it somehow," tweeted the Washington Post's Chris Cillizza. The "entire" Politico newsroom apparently "erupted" with cries of "oh no" at his comments. Sadly, they are probably right. In 2003, Americans' popular attitudes toward France were worse than toward any other European country, including Russia: 60 percent unfavorable and 29 percent favorable. Those numbers were about on par with U.S. attitudes toward Saudi Arabia, which many Americans still believe was responsible for September 11 (there is little to no evidence for this). France's numbers have improved since then -- 63 percent favorable and 31 percent unfavorable as of 2010 -- but American unfavorability toward France still scored higher than toward, for example, Egypt. This is remarkable for a country that shares our revolutionary democratic history and has fought alongside the U.S. in nearly every American war since independence. Of course, French anti-Americanism has its own long history. The recent low point in U.S.-French relations was in 2003, when the French government opposed the U.S.-led invasion of Iraq. But so had Germany, and no one tried to rename sauerkraut. There was something about France, and it didn't begin during the Bush administration. In 1945, when American soldiers flooded liberated France, the U.S. Army was so worried about the troops' Francophobia that it issued them a pamphlet encouraging cultural understanding. 112 Gripes About the French listed, and then retorted, the most common American negative stereotypes about France. Yes, there were 112 of them. The Simpsons crystallized American Francophobia a decade before the Iraq War with a 1995 show calling the French "cheese-eating surrender monkeys," a reference to their purportedly snobby tastes and weak military. In fact, per capita cheese consumption is almost exactly the same in France as it is in the U.S., and the French military managed to conquer most of Europe, as well as northern and western Africa. (Americans needed British, Russian, and yes French help to take the same lands that Napoleon Bonaparte had seized with no major ally.) But the phrase stuck -- how many other one-off Simpsons jokes made it into the Oxford quotation dictionary twice? -- not because it was factually true but because it perfectly encapsulated the American perception. American Francophobia is so puzzling, so utterly at odds with the historical and cultural forces that should bring the U.S. and France together, that there is actually a body of competitive academic literature attempting to explain it. Some say that Americans more strongly identify with the UK and Germany -- many more Americans are of British or German heritage than French -- and thus have subconsciously adopted long-standing British and German anxieties toward France. Historian Justin Vaïsse thinks that the absence of a strong, unified French-American community means that there is little stigma against expressing Francophobia -- compared to anti-Japanese or anti-German attitudes, for example -- which over time has allowed Francophobia to flourish more freely than have other anti-national attitudes. French academics Pierre Bourdieu and Stanley Hoffmann argue that both the American and French systems are "universalist" -- both countries view their own social-political models as the ultimate end of political development, the absolute ideal -- and thus see the other as contradictory and innately offensive. I also learned, when I asked about this phenomenon on Twitter, that everyone -- everyone -- has a theory. The armchair theories tend to fall into two categories: the "thankless French" argument that Americans resent France for being insufficiently deferential or grateful for U.S. assistance in Vietnam and both world wars, and the "American inferiority" theory that we are intimidated by France's superior politics, culture, and health care. Both of those popular answers are really about how Americans views themselves; the former says we are better than the world gives us credit for, the latter says we're not as great as we think. Either theory could be applied to American attitudes toward any wealthy country -- it doesn't even have to be European. But neither really tells us about the particular U.S. attitudes toward France. Maybe that's the most revealing thing. France and America are possibly the only two countries in the world that truly believe it's all about us, that assume our own greatness, either as something to be respected or perfected. That kind of attitude doesn't really accept peers; there can't be two pinnacles of Western social development. It's one of the many traits we share and one of the many things keeping us apart.
Well, most Americans aren't really 'Francophobes' in the sense that they don't hate the French. Many just have a somewhat low opinion of them, due to their perceived femininity and military incompetence. This extends somewhat to Europeans in general; there is a notion among some Americans that Europe is indebted to America since the U.S. "saved their ass" in both World Wars, and also defended Europe from the Soviet Union during the Cold War. This notion, although not very diplomatic, has considerable truth to it. The episode of the Simpsons where the French were labeled as 'cheese-eating surrender monkeys' did not help improve American public opinion of the French. Cheese-eating surrender monkeys - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
Unfortunately, Americans are becoming more poorly educated and ignorant of history. But "francophobia" is just trivial. There is considerable French culture in the northeast US and of course in Louisiana, and nearby in Quebec Province. Of course the way the that culture is viewed in France is open to interpretation.


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Company prepares to launch Chinese joint venture
Enablence Technologies (TSX-V:ENA) saw its quarterly net loss drop 34 per cent despite a decline in revenues, according to preliminary figures released late Monday.
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The company has been taking a hit to its bottom line lately through the divestiture of its systems business, which is almost complete. It has stated the systems business was eating into its cash reserves and divesting it will help the company better focus on its optical business.
For the quarter ending Sept. 30, Enablence said a revenue decline to $5.8 million, down from $8.1 million last year, contributed to its $5.5 million net loss. The firm had an $8.3 million loss last year.
"Our challenge continues to be the divestiture of the remaining systems business while preserving as much cash as possible to fund our growth initiatives," stated chief executive Tim Thorsteinson.
"When we have completed the divestiture, our ability to focus on our optical components business will, we believe, provide the most shareholder value."
The company's Chinese joint venture, now called Sunblence Technologies Co. Ltd., will begin producing evaluation "splitter chip" wafers this month, Enablence said.
The firm, which has a 49-per-cent interest in the joint venture, hopes to see customer revenues begin in the coming quarter. Sunblence has $7.7 million in cash on hand, which includes $3.5 million from Enablence.
Most of the systems segment has been sold in two asset sales, which generated about $1.8 million in cash proceeds. Two additional payments of up to $0.5 million in March, and $0.25 million in October, are also expected.
The firm also stated it is continuing "to pursue its alternatives" with Teledata Networks Ltd., a phrase that often means a company is considering a sale.
Enablence bought the Israeli firm in April 2010 for $50 million to raise the Ottawa firm's profile in Russia, China, Brazil and Eastern Europe, where Teledata already had tier-one service providers as customers.


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NEW YORK — Computers across the country have gotten stuck rebooting themselves after an antivirus program started identifying a normal Windows file as a virus.
Antivirus vendor McAfee Inc. confirmed that a software update caused its antivirus program to misidentify a harmless file. McAfee has posted a replacement update for download.
Online users say thousands of computers running Windows XP are affected.


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New Blood interview with Peter Gabriel engineer, Dickie Chappell
To celebrate the launch of Peter Gabriel's New Blood album, and its exclusive Society of Sound sibling, Half Blood, we have an interview with famed Peter Gabriel engineer, Dickie Chappell.… Read more
Posted on: Wednesday, 12 Oct 2011
Categories: Discussing sound quality, Music
Tags: AIR studios, Dickie Chappell, lossless audio, New Blood, Peter Gabriel, Real World, Society of Sound albums
P5 headphones video
Tom Dunmore demonstrates our award-winning P5 noise-isolating mobile hi-fi headphones. Visit our website for more information on P5 Read more
Posted on: Friday, 8 Jul 2011
Categories: Headphones
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P5 headphones – unboxing video
A brilliant unboxing video from a fan of our P5 headphones. Read more
Posted on: Tuesday, 22 Feb 2011
Categories: Awards and reviews, Headphones, News
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Cara Dillon live at Grand Opera House – exclusive audio
Following on from the huge success of 'Hill of Thieves' and together with traditional musicians who featured on that album, Cara Dillon decided to recreate the album for one night… Read more
Posted on: Thursday, 10 Feb 2011
Categories: Music, New music
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Why PCs are becoming the audiophile's choice
In the past, audiophile music fans essentially had two options when deciding which source to use: a turntable or a CD player. Yes, there have been attempts to bring other… Read more
Posted on: Monday, 18 Oct 2010
Categories: Computer speakers, Definitive guides, Speakers
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New album + exclusive ltd. edition Tunng & Tinariwen live DVD
Full Time Hobby – one of Society of Sound's favourite labels – are releasing the second album by Tunng. '…And Then We Saw Land' will be available to buy from… Read more
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40+ Wins for Pro-Freedom to Marry Republicans
Including Winners in Key Senate Races: Nancy Stiles and John Reagan
"Today, the freedom to marry in New Hampshire is more secure than it was yesterday." - NHRFE PAC Chair, Sean Owen
Manchester, NH - On this Election Day, the New Hampshire Republicans for Freedom and Equality PAC saw major victories statewide, with dozens of its supported candidates clearly winning their races in the early returns.
Chairman Sean Owen said, "We invested $300,000 this election cycle to help candidates who represent the future of the GOP. While Republicans have lost many seats in the House overall, NHRFE-supported Republican candidates out-performed their peers and won a majority of their races. We also had huge wins with the election of John Reagan to the State Senate and the re-election of State Senator Nancy Stiles. Today, the freedom to marry is more secure in New Hampshire than it was yesterday."
Executive Director Tyler Deaton highlighted the PAC's successes with voter contact: "We completed a tremendous direct mail program, with voters in priority districts receiving as many as six mail pieces this cycle. We've succeeded in uniting the Republican Party and building the party through appeal to new voters. Rank-and-file Republicans have supported individual freedom all along, and we've helped them find a stronger voice. While others have tried to divide the party, we ran a 100% positive campaign from beginning to end."
Deaton continued, "We were also the first New Hampshire PAC to take advantage of new fundraising standards set by recent Supreme Court decisions and the New Hampshire Attorney General."
As for the gubernatorial race, Chairman Sean Owen said he was not surprised by Ovide Lamontagne's loss: "We knew that nominating Ovide for governor would be disastrous. It hurt us that our Republican nominee wanted to campaign against freedom and equality."
Executive Director Tyler Deaton added, "It didn't have to be this way. Republicans can win in New Hampshire, both locally and statewide, so long as they have an authentic commitment to freedom across the board. It's something to keep in mind next time we're selecting our candidate for governor."
The PAC's political, communications and fundraising programs are led by Executive Director Tyler Deaton, a lobbyist who also serves as a senior strategist for the bipartisan pro-marriage equality organization Standing Up for New Hampshire Families. Deaton is also Secretary of the New Hampshire Young Republicans. Christine Baratta serves as PAC Communications Director. Committee Chairman Sean Owen is actively involved as a lead strategist and fundraiser.
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Rep. Gene Chandler | Bartlett |
Karel Crawford | Moultonborough |
Rep. Harry Merrow | Ossipee |
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Realistic Grass Density for Skyrim
by MTichenor
Have you ever wondered why grass in Skyrim is thin and sparse, and only in tiny clusters?I do.
That's why I made this super simple mod to increase grass density. It uses the exact same method outlined in Lush Grass by SparrowPrince. I highly recommend downloading Lush Grass for the increased mesh density. I also recommend Skyrim Flora Overhaul by Vurt. Both of those mods were used in the screenshots here, along with my SkyRealism - ENB Evolved Cinematic Preset.
This mod DOES cost you some FPS. On more modern graphics cards (GeForce 500 series and Radeon HD 6000 series) you'll only notice a 5-10 FPS hit. On older graphics cards, it can be a much higher penalty. If you are experiencing large FPS penalties, you can use a mod which does not increase grass density as much as this mod does (e.g. Glorious Grasses). Alternatively, you can disable shadows on grass via the Skyrim.ini file.
You'll need to make sure that your Skyrim.ini file has the following settings under [Grass]:bAllowLoadGrass=0
Other than that, simply drop this in your Skyrim Data folder and enable it like any other mod.


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