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Abstract: A general review was made on research of advanced reducing carbon dioxide (CO2) emissions' technologies for steel manufacturing process in this paper. Various technologies – ultra low CO2 steelmaking (ULCOS), CO2 ultimate reduction in steelmaking process by innovative technology for cool earth 50 (COURSE50), solar iron-making, CO2 mineral sequestration by slag and active carbon recycling energy system (ACRES), etc. – have been represented respectively. Finally the establishing of an energy flow network from the systematic point of view was recommended.
Study on the Credit Classification of Practicing Qualification Personnel in Construction Market Based on PNN
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I found this review thourough and I'm glad I didn't almost spend $50 because I'm so annoyed at not having any decent wii games to play. Maybe I'll go buy one of those overpriced guitars instead....
The game had #1 sales last week and probably this week as well.
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I agree with God of Gaming. Ive had my Wii since launch and the only games I have for it are Zelda and DBZ BT2. It seems like Ive been waiting forever for some more good games. Brawl and Galaxy anyone???
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The following is an excerpt from Time.com | January 22, 2017 |
In the weeks leading up to the Women's March on Washington, some men were slow to voice their commitment. But among the throngs of pussy-hatted "nasty women" who turned up on Saturday, there was no shortage of male participants, from speakers like Van Jones and Michael Moore to marchers like former Secretary of State John Kerry and his dog, Ben.
"Something beautiful is being born right here and right now," Jones said in his speech. "President Trump: We're not going to let you mess with women. We're not going to let you mess with the earth. We're not going to let you mess with Black Lives Matter."
Photographer Ruddy Roye spoke to men on the National Mall, photographing and interviewing them about the issues that inspired them to march in solidarity with hundreds of thousands of women.
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The year 1967 was filled with memorable events. In America, "the hippies out in San Francisco" (to quote Merle Haggard) declared that summer to be "the Summer of Love." For two readers of this newsletter, the fall of 1967 was, in contrast, their personal "Autumn of Love."
On the 2nd of November of that year, way down south in Antarctica, scientists at the McMurdo Sound weather station witnessed a total eclipse of the sun. That same day, up north in Miami, Florida, where the temperature was a bit warmer, future Aramcon Dave Kaiser, Badge number 195999, and his bride-to-be, Sabia, tied the nuptial knot. Recently the couple celebrated their golden wedding anniversary, marking 50 years together. How things have changed in that half-century!
Consider the world they lived in back then as described in the November 2, 1967, edition of The Miami News.
If the newlyweds wanted to celebrate by dining out, they could take advantage of a complete dinner featuring a U.S. Choice Chicago strip steak for $1.69.
If they were in need of a new set of wheels, they could take home a brand new '67 Impala 4-door hardtop for $2,588. Dave and Sabia opted for a brand new 1967 Chevy Camaro SS convertible for $1,800.
And if they were looking for a house and on a budget as most newlyweds are, they could consider a 3-bedroom, 2-bath colonial available for $15,500 with a down payment of $29. In fact, Dave and Sabia purchased a 3-bedroom, 2-bath house for $18,999 with no down payment. They paid $39 per month which included all costs and they made this home their home base until 1994 when they moved to their current home.
For a night at the movies, they had their choice of some outstanding films that week: Bonnie and Clyde, A Man for All Seasons, The Guns of Navarone, To Sir With Love.
If they decided to stay at home instead, a variety of escapist television fare filled the television airwaves, including Hogan's Heroes, The Flying Nun, Gilligan's Island, The Flintstones, Mr. Ed, and Bewitched.
Nineteen-sixty-seven was a great year to be alive and get married. Just ask Dave and Sabia. Nineteen-eighty was also a great year, a year to embark on a grand adventure. Again, just ask Dave and Sabia.
It was in that year that they began a new chapter to their life story when they moved to Jeddah, where Dave took on the position of editor at the Arab News. Eight years later, the Saudi Arabian/ American Oil Company became fully-owned by the Saudi government and became Saudi Aramco. He and Sabia settled into a home on Hofuf Drive in the Dhahran Compound after he accepted a position with Aramco as a Senior Staff Writer and Editor in the Public Relations Department. Dave held that position for the next sixteen years, until returning to the US in 2004. The Kaisers now live in Orlando, Florida, where Aramco ExPats caught up with them recently.
AXP : What attracted you to working for Saudi Aramco and living in Saudi Arabia?
KAISER : I was managing editor of the Houston News Bureau of Saudi Research for Arab News from 1977 to 1980. I transferred to Jeddah in 1980 to serve as editor of Arab News. In 1988, there was a job opening with the Saudi Aramco Public Relations Department and I was recommended for the job by Khalid Al-Maeena, editor-in-chief of all Saudi Research and Marketing publications.
We lived in downtown Jeddah at the time in a first-floor, one-bedroom flat. The three-story apartment building was owned by SRM. It was home to dozens of Arab News employees, from drivers to top executives.
There was a large water tank on the roof of the building, which usually seemed to go dry when Sabia was washing her hair. The garbage pickup took place whenever the Bedouins brought their goats into town.
Sabia was the only American woman in that area of town for several years. When she walked to the market passing cars would come to an abrupt halt and residents in neighboring apartment buildings on the street came out on their balconies to stare.
For two years we did not have a home telephone and when an important news story broke I would sleep on the couch at the Arab News office. When the sub-editors were on their way home to the building they would knock on our apartment door and tell Sabia I was ok. Sometimes that would be four or five days. Moving to Dhahran was a shock—real air conditioning, swimming pools.
AXP : What is one of your favorite memories of Saudi Arabia?
KAISER : Sitting on a mountaintop in the Asir looking up at one of the prince's palaces and down at the valley and the Red Sea coast below.
AXP : What are some of your favorite hobbies now?
KAISER : Ham radio. I was a radio operator while in Dhahran at the air base.
AXP : Are you planning on attending one of the upcoming Aramco Reunions?
KAISER : We would love to attend, but we never have. It's too expensive to do so. Life goes on.
AXP : Is there anything else you'd like to share with our readers?
KAISER : Enjoy your life today, you never know what tomorrow might bring.
The couple now lives in Orlando, Florida with their son, Chris, and his wife, Neyda Van Bennekom. Twenty-nine-year-old Neyda had a brain aneurysm a year ago and has had four major surgeries. She is now paralyzed and in a wheelchair. Chris, Sabia, and Dave work together to care for her. Chris and Neyda celebrated their fifth anniversary on November 12. The two couples celebrated their anniversaries together at a restaurant near their home.
Chris graduated from Dhahran Hills School in 2004, while Dave retired from the Public Relations Department in Dhahran that same year.
Dave continues to be active professionally, selling real estate for Exit Realty Central in Orlando. "That means spending a LOT of time on the phone contacting potential customers," he says of that effort. For a look at some of the properties Dave has available, check out his website by clicking the banner below:
Comparing life in Orlando today with life in Miami in 1967 is illustrative of Dave's observation that "Life goes on."
—Dinner featuring a 14 ounce dry-aged New York strip steak, goes for $50 (compared with that $1.99 Chicago strip steak in 1967).
—New Chevrolet Impalas start at $26,224 (ten times what a comparable model cost in 1967).
—A 3-bedroom, 2-bath house is for sale today for $265,000 (seventeen times the price of the brick colonial).
Dave invites friends from his Aramco days to get in touch with him. You can email him at [email protected]. His street address is:
Dave Kaiser
14404 Aloho Way
Orlando, FL 32826
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The ex-husband (police officer) put pictures of his ex, also a police officer (who was nude in the photo) on an amateur nude photo web site. She is furious about it as she did not know he had done it. He claims she knew about it.
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Did a good thing for a change. Signed Emmitt Smith to a "contract" so Emmitt could retire with the Cowboys. From: Yahoo – "Breaking down in tears and grasping his beloved Dallas Cowboys helmet, Emmitt Smith retired Thursday after a 15-year career in which he became the NFL's career rushing leader and played a key role on three Super Bowl champions."
ES was one of the greats. Wish Dallas had someone like him on the team now – are you listening Parcells?
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BERLIN, December 25. /TASS/. The European countries are getting tired of the way Ukraine's authorities treat the Minsk accords on the settlement in the east of the country, Russian Ambassador to Germany Vladimir Grinin said in an interview with TASS.
"The fact that the European capitals are gradually getting tired of the way Kiev observes the Minsk accords strikes the eye even in the media coverage of the Ukrainian events," he said.
Asked on how Berlin's stance on the Ukrainian settlement issues may change after the establishment of a new ruling coalition, the diplomat noted that it is still difficult to talk about it. "The amount and span of the changes in the new German government's positions cannot be predicted yet, as well as its format," Grinin noted.
"This fully concerns the Ukrainian settlement issue as well."
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01 December 2008
Me No Speakee Americanee
When I was a kid and lived both in the US and the UK I used to marvel at the fact that even though English was spoken in both places there were completely different words and meanings for words used in each place. In the US if you say you're "pissed" it means you're angry, whereas in the UK it means you're drunk; what is called a "cookie" in the US is called a "biscuit" in the UK; in the US the word "cunt" is the worst possible thing you can ever call someone, and in the UK it's practically a term of endearment. I used to wonder how all these differences occurred in the first place. It seemed to me that these sort of differences would stop happening once worldwide communication became more homogenous. Not So. When I hear Americans speak now I'm aware of differences that seem to have popped up in the American vernacular since my departure and it's really odd to me. I'm sort of Amish for the year 1999 so these new words sound really foreign and out of place to me. Here are some of the most glaring examples:
When I was taking a train trip across the US in late 2005 (because I'm also Amish in that respect), I struck up a conversation with what seemed like a friendly person in the lounge car. We were looking at bizarre things out the window when suddenly she said, "Dude! Check that out!"........Dude??!!.......Then she said it a few more times: "Dude! Check out that traffic jam! We're flying past that, huh?" Being me I started to get a little paranoid and glanced down to make sure I hadn't accidentally spontaneously reincarnated into a man or something. No, everything was still intact and it was all encased in a pink sweater. Hmmm. I decided to investigate.
"Um – did you just call me "dude"?"
"Yeah, dude!"
"OK. You do realize that I'm not a dude, though, don't you?"
And here's the explanation that I got: "Yeah, totally dude! I was just saying like dude, you know, dude?"
So now you know what I know.
This "Awesome" thing is huge. I don't know where it originated – my guess is with some form of surf teenagers or something – but now it's completely spun out of control. I knew it was an epidemic when I heard my 65 year old mother using the word. There's just something so wrong about that. "Awesome" has become such an American thing that I've invented a little drinking game where you take a drink every time you hear the word "Awesome" come from the group of American tourists at the next table. And if they are truly Americans and not just unusually loud Canadians, then you will definitely get your drinks in – that is just how endemic it's become. This "Awesome" thing irks the hell out of me because I really hate hyperbole. I want to walk up to Americans who are saying "Awesome" every three words and shout, "Oh really? Is it awesome? Does it really fill you with awe???!!" then pass out drunk at their feet. So far no one's signed up to play this drinking game with me, but trust me, it will be Awesome.
Oooooh this one is annoying. There is this affected "cool" lisp that everyone seems to be doing. Any word that has an "str" in it suddenly gets all Teutonic. I first noticed it a few years ago particularly when gangster guys talked about the "schtreets". I figured they were perhaps part of a Berlin biker gang and I dismissed it at that. Then I began to notice it creeping in everywhere. Here's another drinking game for you: Watch America's Next Top Model and take a sip every time you hear Tyra Banks doing the lischp when she talks to the models during the elimination. It usually goes something like this:
TYRA: You need to be fierce, you need to be schtrong.
MODEL: I don't know. I just don't think I've got the schtrength.
TYRA: Sure you do. Just take schtronger schtrides when you're walking down the schtreet.
MODEL: Won't that look schtrange?
TYRA: It's all in how you conschtruct it.
MODEL: Oooh! Fancy!
Using the spread of the "Awesome" thing as a gauge, I'm predicting this one will get out of hand to the point where everyone in the US sounds like Humphry Bogart by 2012.
Ugh! This is another one! Suddenly it's all the rage to speak like a 5 year old. People actually whine at each other with the accusation of being a "Hater", never feeling the need to qualify it any further. If it actually came from a 5 year old you'd giggle endearingly at it's childish grasp of the English language, but this is now being used by just about everyone in the US. I don't even know where to begin with this one. I didn't realize how widespread it had become until I was watching an American detective show and one detective accused the other detective of being a "hater". Unbelievable. I nearly had a schtroke.
Posted by Jovanka at Monday, December 01, 2008
4 comments:
- Spotted Sparrow said...
Great post! Although, I have to admit that I say awesome. *blushes*
- Sally Carter said...
I'd go so far as to say 'awesome' post (groans..) Jake also appreciated where you're coming from, and of course the whole 'where y'all from?''just down the road actually' conversation he has to go through every time we're back in the States because his accent's softened so much over the years...
- Brian said...
Dude, yer post schtrikes me as truly awesome!
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New season, new start?
Well, the faces, at least those of the players, were the same at Newcastle United's training ground were the same.
But the the place, which was moribund in the latter months of last season as the club fought a grim battle against relegation, had a different feel.
There were clouds in the sky above Newcastle's training centre in Benton.
But the session put on by Steve McClaren and his backroom team was bright and breezy.
The players looked energised and enthusiastic.
We've talked a lot about the next three windows being huge, massive, for us. Huge. Let's make sure we get the right ones.Steve McClaren
It felt different. After a lengthy warm-up, the group was split into two, with the emphasis in one on attack, and the other on defence.
And the session ended with a short, full-scale game ahead of tonight's pre-season opener against Gateshead.
The only new faces Newcastle fans will see at the International Stadium will be Karl Darlow and Jamaal Lascelles, who joined the club a year ago only to be loaned back to the Championship club.
McClaren knows the work done on the training field between now and United's season opener against Southampton at St James's Park on August 9 will only go so far.
The club needs more players, better players.
And the work being done by managing director Lee Charnley in the transfer market will be equally important.
It's been 47 days since owner Mike Ashley pledged to "invest" in the squad in a surprise TV interview minutes before his team took to the field against West Ham United on the final day of the season.
That investment will run into tens of millions of pounds. So far, it has been a challenging summer for a club unused to bringing in players costing upwards of £10million.
McClaren also says the club also has one eye on the following two windows.
"I have come in and looked at the plan and looked at the calibre of players (the targets) and said 'wow'," he said.
"We have expressed our objectives and put it on the line and now we have to fulfil that.
"That's what Mike Ashley has done and said 'go on, fulfil it'. So we have to get the right ones to improve this group.
"We've talked a lot about the next three windows being huge, massive, for us.
"Let's make sure we get the right ones.
"If we get them, then in a year's time – after the third window – we should have a damn good team and squad on a different level to where we are now.
"That's purely because we are looking at players above a certain bracket." McClaren is keen to rebuild trust with a fanbase which has, over time, become deeply cynical about the club's ambition, or lack of it.
Ashley signalled the end of Newcastle's policy of concentrating solely on the Premier League before the final game of last season when he said he wouldn't sell up before the club either won a cup or qualified for the Champions League.
To that end, McClaren is conscious that he needs up to five new players, at least two of them in the £10million-bracket. PSV Eindhoven midfielder Georginio Wijnaldum is close to joining the club, and McClaren is hopeful of a breakthrough before he crosses the Atlantic on Sunday with his squad for United's three-game tour of the USA.
Asked how many players he needed, McClaren said:
"We've got a plan," he said. "We have got one or two positions we need to fill desperately, so we might need to buy about four or five – that would be great – but if not, we'll just have to wait."
Asked if he would be happy with four or five players, the 54-year-old added: "Yes, I think everybody would. Everybody knows what the objectives are, and everybody knows that we have got good players here, but we need to improve on that."
McClaren and his staff were quick to get the balls out this pre-season.
In previous years, fitness testing and running has dominated first few days, but McClaren and his assistant coaches – Ian Cathro and Paul Simpson – were keen for the players to start some early ball work.
And the emphasis has been on shape and possession. Asked if it had a different feel, McClaren said: "I don't know. This is all we know. This is what we do.
"This is how we work.
"Other people work differently – it's not not saying it's better or worse or more effective. This is just the way that we work.
"We want the players to enjoy it, but we also want to give them a job to do, and that's what we are working on for the next few weeks."
So far, so good on the pitch.
If the club can also get it right off the field, Newcastle could yet be reborn in the USA.


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River view as the name suggests has a lovely view of the Seeis river plus Kapp's dam and is situated next to the game camp. Great scenery from within the chalet/bedroom as well as the barbecue area. The two bedrooms are furnished with beautiful teak (sleeper wood). Furthermore this luxurious chalet has both shower as well as bath and two toilets (one en-suite).
Under cover parking: Two
- N$ 520.00 per person
- Minimum: 4 pax
- Prices include VAT as well as N.T.B fees
- Air Conditioning
- Kitchenette
- microwave
- stove
- fridge
- cutlery
- plates
- pots
- pans
- Wifi
- Complimentary coffee and tea


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I am so busy.
But this is a bribe.
Go visit Vanity Dreams okay 😉
Love you!
*sorry broken link.i dont know why my blog add keeps appearing in front of it X_X*
its www.vanitydreams.net k?
I am so busy.
But this is a bribe.
Go visit Vanity Dreams okay 😉
Love you!
*sorry broken link.i dont know why my blog add keeps appearing in front of it X_X*
its www.vanitydreams.net k?
Wah! after a week finally part 2 is up! hahahhaa. 2 mroe parts to go. WTF
and erm..yeah if you notice to extreme colour change in this set its cuz i was editing halfway and fell asleep. and when i woke up i forgot my colour schemes. AHHAHAHA. and no i have this bad habit of not saving the actions so i can never really get the exact same colour effect on my pics. HAHAHA LOSER.
aiyah i know the last pic especially the colours damn ugly already but im too lazy to redit la. PFFT. go away.
urmm yeahh… so you guys remember my teaser post that i made like ages ago….. umm… HAHHAHHAHA.. well, i finally copied the pics to my lappie so i can edit them when im not in cheras but…. theres just so many and i loved them all so i had an awful time trying to decide which ones to use T_T
if you think it's boring and repetitive den im sorreeehh but i like them so boo!!
right..so as i was saying…there was so many and it's late and im tired… these are all i managed to edit to my liking… SOOOOO…this set will be divided into 3-4 parts according to my "hardworkingness" level. wtf
cutie pie juju when she still looked this innocent =p
i looked weird so i cropped myself out. HAHAH. but she was too cute la! just had to use the pics!!
yes if you're wondering. that is a pink domokun. it was a valentine special and it cost me a bomb. dont ask. i dont even know where it is anymore "=_=
i want kissy kiss pls
cookie monster wanted an appearance…
i jsut love the feel of this one =D
oh… if you're wondering. the note says happy birthday i still owe you your pressie -hsin. LOL
thought these 2 pics were just too cute so i had to reuse them in a proper picture. KAKAKKKA.
I know i've been missing for a really long time but ive been hell busy lately and just so everyone knows. im back in school. well college lar duh. still hating school as always. hahaha but thats another story for another day. if you were wondering about the previous banner but DIDNT even bother to click on it im here to tell you what it really is. PFFT!! this time you better click ah!! and spread the word for that matter of fact >=( *glares*
Vanity Dreams is actually a blog shop that me and a few buddies of mine are ambassadors of. but that one let them introduce later lar. i think they're gonna put up a page about the ambassadors who are also their models with stats so ppl can kinda see the sizing. HUHUHUH
but anyway. just wanted to share some of my favourite items from the shop which i actually got for myself also. WHAHAHHA. and trust me it's all pretty good quality for a blogshop =)
This is one of my absolute fav because im a crazy girly kinda person when i actually feel like dressing up. and whats more girly than a tutu skirt?? WITH PEARLS that are attached onto the tulle layer (attached okay! it's not glued on) and more girlyness with LACE attached to the satin inner lining!!!
HAhahahaha. i always had this thing for stripes and checkers and all things preppy. so this was an instant love for me lar. material isnt too thick so it does well for pairing up with other layers of clothes if you need to =D not thick doesnt mean its bad quality okay. u buy then you get what i mean. its really soft and comfy though <3
and this one!! aiyo i damn love this one lar. i got myself the red one. hohohoh. the shiny thingie at the straps there is actually adjustable so u can make it a babydoll dress or a greek like dress. aiya you go to the site and you see the examples given lar.! plus the lace at the back damn sexy wan. cannot wear bra. wtf. but i really love how the dress flows. its not those cheap thin materials. its heavier so it falls nicely just the way i like it =D
okay lar. got quite a few more i like but im damn tired from 2 days of absolute hecticness and class all. so im gonna leave it at this point first. hopefully i'll be back blogging again by next week =D stay tuned people! me love you long time!
Gahahaha. ANother round of random casual photoshoot coming up… I HOPE….
Sorry lar. got a ridiculous amount of pics in this set and although most of them are damn similiar but its still very hard to decide on which to edit and post =X
Yah yah. i posted a few pics from this set before i know. no need to remind me.
So stay tuned!
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Thanks to donations to the library from those theater-goers, largely during the 1940s and 50s, the Grosvenor Room has thousands of programs and playbills from over 90 theatrical venues in Buffalo and Erie County. The earliest date from the 1850s and 1860s, but most of the programs are from 1900 to 1950. We continue to add recent productions from local theaters, as well as donations of historic programs.
The programs are a treasure trove of printed design trends; covers reflect the era's style, from ornate illustrations to minimal typography. Here are some of our favorite finds from the collection:
And last, but not least: One local theatre-goer was so overcome with emotion after seeing Sarah Bernhardt that she wrote on the program below "She's wonderful—But she tears one to pieces. I wasn't fit to be seen for a week after." According to the program, the "World's Greatest Artiste" performed the "Death of Cleopatra" and other tragic scenes.
For more on our programs and Buffalo theater history, including a list of all the theaters in our collection, see our updated research guide.


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Spring and a Papery Mess
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YOU, TOO! I just noticed some white flowers right outside my craft room window this afternoon. Don't know what they ARE, but I was surprised to see them! Yours are 'purty!' So are your newest creations-in-progress! I'm NOT looking forward to Spring but I AM looking forward to seeing your finished 'critters'!ReplyDelete
Just Snow! I'm about to turn into someone from "The Shining"!
Spring really hasn't begun to come to North Dakota yet. However I had the pleasure of watching Robins flying around and playing a week ago. That was surprising as I don't remember them coming around this early before. I think they got confused and blown in by the strong winds we sometimes get around here - LOL! I love seeing what you come up with. It will be fun to see how the website evolves.ReplyDelete
We're almost 80 degrees. The grapevines and all the fruit trees have their leaves now! I have super powerful spring fever now--wanting to do 10 things at one time.ReplyDelete
Weather-wise our winter is like alternating days of autumn and spring... which is not too shabby.ReplyDelete
I've planted bare root trees that are now full of blossoms.
I wish the mess in my space was a result of amazing creative productivity... like yours.
Giggle! Magical nerdy elves, lol! The little storefront is going to be awesome. Can't wait to see the finished product.ReplyDelete
Um, how did you find your elves? Do you like, pay them a retainer? Or just leave out a dish of mini M&Ms or something?ReplyDelete
Central Pennsylvania is still full of snow. I don't even THINK abut spring until the middle of March. And then, we don't even see spring until the middle of April. All we are seeing in these parts are piles of dirty snow, occasionally decorated with splotches of yellow. Not pretty.ReplyDelete
Thanks for sharing that lovely flower photo. It does make me the slightest bit hopeful.
Awwwww....wish I had your ability to draw...my pencil never does what my brain tells it to!ReplyDelete
Yep, I have some mini daffodils coming up and I am just delighted!
Your website is gonna be the best!
ahhh...how I wish we could see a little flower poke it's head....but we have nothing but snow, snow, snow.ReplyDelete
We will go to the Phila Flower Show in a couple of weeks to get our little glimpse of springtime!
We do not have flowers but -- today, Mr and Mrs Nuthatch stopped by to look around to find THE best spot for a nest on the back deck. Buck and his seven (oy!) does came through our back yard to check out the best spot for a nursery and had a bite at the corn bar we put out for them. Mr and Mrs Cardinal were seen acting rather inappropriately on the front porch... so the world is still quite chilly here, COLD even -- but Spring is packing her bags for her annual visit.ReplyDelete
She can't get here fast enough for some of us.
Take care.


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Stila Lip glaze
Filtered by age: 36-43
35 reviews
28% would repurchase
Package Quality: 3.1
Price: $$$$
Package Quality: 3.1
Price: $$$$
INGREDIENTSPolybutene, Hydrogenated Polyisobutene, Ethylene/Propylene/Styrene Copolymer, Butylene/Ethylene/Styrene Copolymer, Ricinus Communis (Castor) Seed Oil, Octyldodecanol, Quaternium-18 Hectorite, Propylene Carbonate, Euphorbia Cerifera (Candelilla) Wax/ Candelilla Cera, Beeswax (Cera Alba), Copernicia Cerifera (Carnauba) Wax/ Cera Carnauba, PENTAERYTHRITYL TETRA-DI-T-BUTYL HYDROXYHYDROCINNAMATE , Calcium Sodium Borosilicate, Silica, Calcium Aluminum Borosilicate, Lanolin Oil, Ethylhexylglycerin, Camellia Sinensis (Camellia) Seed Oil, Helianthus Annuus (Sunflower) Seed Oil, Tocopheryl Acetate, Flavor (Aroma), Caprylyl Glycol, Phenoxyethanol, Hexylene Glycol, Tin Oxide, Benzyl Alcohol, Benzyl Benzoate, Benzyl Cinnamate, Benzyl Salicylate, 3-Methyl-4-(2, 6, 6- trimethyl-2-cyclohexen-1yl)-3-buten-2-one, Hexyl Cinnamaldehyde, Hydroxycitronellal, Limonene, Geraniol, Citral, Linalool, Eugenol, May Contain (+/-) Mica, Titanium Dioxide (CI 77891), Iron Oxides (CI 77491, CI 77492, CI 77499), Carmine (CI 75470), Red 30 Lake (CI 73360), Red 7 lake (CI 15850), Manganese Violet (CI 77742), Red 22 Lake (CI 45380), Red 28 Lake (CI 45410), Yellow 5 Lake (CI 19140), Red 6 (CI 15850), Blue 1 Lake (CI 42090). Contains carmine as a color additive.
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on 1/13/2015 6:46:00 PM
Age: 36-43
Skin: Other, Other, Not Sure
Hair: Other, Other, Other
Eyes: Other
These are some of my favorite lipglosses (besides MAC lipglass & VS Beauty Rush being my others I consider favorites & own many of). I am wearing Glint right now from the Holiday 2014 set which was $35 clearanced off of sephora. The good thing about stila is that you can find it on sale if you look at Ulta or Sephora but you can never be exactly sure when so as a Stila "collector" I just check every so often or ask an SA & sometimes I can score some pretty nifty stuff! I love the colors that Stila comes up with, they are neutral & not loud nor bright nor garish most of the time & the quality is gr8! The lip glazes do go bad after awhile so this isn't something you want to be going to buy 3 back ups of coz they will taste/smell turn'd after you've had them for awhile (at least a year usually!). I love their subdued earthen neutral muted color wheel sort of "palette" [color concept] from Stila, these colors are ones I love! Lip glazes are thick & sticky which gives them good staying power & the lip brush is a neat idea. I love the flavor/scents, some are more shimmery/glittery than others & my favorite of course being Kitten (I mean who doesn't love Kitten!?). I consider Stila to be HE makeup for its prices principally but also for quality. I "think" that Stila is so much better than of the DS makeup I have & I don't know if i consider myself a makeup snob necessarily ...these lip glazes are top notch quality. I don't mind paying a premium price for a premium product. I've got so much makeup it's borderline crazy-stupid, but Stila makes me happii so I don't mind. The lip glazes are one of Stila's best products. They are very shiny ("glossy") & the reason why is because they are more sticky than oily. I find the lip glaze to be a unique product, it's just different & innovative from anything out there from packaging to the texture/flavor combos just def worth splurging on if you are a gloss chic or like neutrals. These are very moisturizing to the lips also.
on 11/11/2014 10:28:00 PM
Age: 36-43
Skin: Dry, Fair, Neutral
Hair: Brown, Straight, Medium
Eyes: Hazel
I guess I'm the odd one out here, because I like the packaging even though yes you have to click it a lot the 1st time, but I hate most of the scents - I know they're supposed to be fruity but to me they smell like cough syrup. The only one I tried without a scent is Persimmon but that was a rare exception. I also don't like that all the colours are either so sheer they're basically clear or very pigmented (like Persimmon, a bright pinky red); nothing in between.
on 12/25/2013 8:34:00 PM
Age: 36-43
Skin: Combination, Fair, Not Sure
Hair: Brunette, Wavy, Coarse
Eyes: Brown
I've tried several Stila lip glazes over the years, and unfortunately I still can't sell myself on it. The main problem I have with this glaze is the texture. It's heavy, sticky and not very moisturizing.
On the positive side, if you don't mind the texture or don't find it as annoying as I do, there's a wide selection of colors and finishes, from sheer to (fairly) opaque, from shimmer to clean. The applicator does make for an easy, even application.
This product is not poor quality at all. It just doesn't work for me.
on 3/8/2013 4:31:00 PM
Age: 36-43
Skin: Combination, Medium, Not Sure
Hair: Black, Straight, Medium
Eyes: Brown
If you don't like sticky products on your lips then don't go near these. Stop reading and just move on.
If you have long hair that billows around your face like in a 'Head and Shoulders' advertisement- watch out- your dandruff free hair may end up sticking to your lips making you can look like Cousin It.
These are rather interesting. If you can move past the stickiness, the colors are beautiful and there is high shine. They are nice layered over a boring matte lipstick.
The product stays on my lips for about 2 hours and is relatively moisturizing. I kind of like the twisty system. I don't know if they are value for money as they are suspiciously easy to use up- but I don't care as I like using things up.
on 10/10/2011 6:36:00 PM
Age: 36-43
Skin: Oily, Fair, Not Sure
Hair: Blond, Other, Other
Eyes: Hazel
Hands down, the best gloss out there.
Been using 'Berry' for over 10 years and people will still ask me what gloss I'm wearing. It's so shiny and lasts and lasts.
My heart broke a few years back when they discontinued 'Fig'. The best pink gloss I ever had--still can't find a replacement for that. :(
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on 2/25/2011 6:43:00 PM
Age: 36-43
Skin: Dry, Fair, Not Sure
Hair: Brunette, Curly, Coarse
Eyes: Brown
Just a quick comment about Stila lipglazes. Yes, they provide a beautiful shine and they smell wonderful but I have to say, this lipgloss went rancid on me faster than any I've ever owned! It went so bad so fast that it was unwearable. And at the price I paid that is just not acceptable. I love stila eyeshadows but I will never purchase another lipglaze.
on 1/17/2011 10:00:00 PM
Age: 36-43
Skin: Combination, Fair, Not Sure
Hair: Brunette, Other, Other
Eyes: Blue
Didn't love the packaging, didn't have as many problems as some reviewers. A couple of clicks, swipe, okay result. Not great, but passable.
Terrible formulation -- this is kiddie make-up. Stila, I am sorry -- I have been a fan since 1997, love your shadow, but this? Yuk.
Sticky and sugary-smelling and what colour was there settled into creases pretty fast. No staying power in exchange for all the sticky. Fussy application for a gloss, thanks to the stickiness.
Product quantities in the set I bought were tiny, too; even if there'd been good gloss in there it wouldn't have been a "$120 Value." Two or three colours were cute, and the rest seemed to be begging for a swipe of eye liner used as lip liner, huge hoop earrings, and a pair of tight white jeans. A bit dated.
on 1/10/2011 2:10:00 AM
Age: 36-43
Skin: Normal, Other, Cool
Hair: Brunette, Other, Other
Eyes: Brown
The key to using these is to look straight down on the brush while you click. You'll see the initial color rush when it hits the clean brush. Then as you use it you will see the inner bore of the bristles increase as the gloss pumps up, you'll quickly learn how to judge how many clicks is enough. It's not rocket science, just practice and watching the right part of the applicator.
on 9/4/2010 5:58:00 PM
Age: 36-43
Skin: Normal, Fair-Medium, Neutral
Hair: Brunette, Straight, Medium
Eyes: Brown
I don't mind the product. I don't find it to sticky. I bought a 4 pack for $20 at ulta to try them. The only thing I like about the packaging is the brush. The rest sucks. 2 of the colors (kitten and harmony) are very similar when put on the lips. The other 2 ( rose and bliss) are very nice colors. Rose is almost my lip color but better and Bliss is a light coral color. I don't think I would repurchase as I HATE the packaging.
on 7/31/2010 2:49:00 PM
Age: 36-43
Skin: Combination, Fair, Not Sure
Hair: Blond, Other, Other
Eyes: Blue
I'm picky about lip gloss, but I particularly hated this one. Although it comes in a wide variety of colors, the formula is too sticky. It feels gross (and even burns a little), tastes horrible. It's so thick that it doesn't even look nice. I returned mine.
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Friday, November 05, 2010
Trade Marks: Zorro (2008) Vol. 1
I am a pretty big Zorro fan, and the collection of Alex Toth's Zorro stories for Dell is one of my all-time favourite books. I must admit to being very intrigued a few years back, when I heard that Isabel Allende was writing novel starring Zorro. I quite liked that book, but I would not go so far as to say that I loved it. When I spotted this volume is a bargain bin for $6, I could not pass it up. Overall, I would say that Matt Wagner did a good job adapting Allende's work. It is a solid updating of the character and, and Wagner shows restraint by not tearing everything apart by introducing an overly 'grim and gritty' version of the character. He seems to understand that Zorro's fundamental appeal is the mixture of action, charm and humour. The artwork by Francesco Francavilla is about as far from Toth as you can get, but it is still quite appealing with excellent storytelling and action sequences. That being said, this volume is enjoyable yet disposable. I had a fun ride, but there is really nothing that sets it apart from the pack. It's an above average action tale, nothing more and nothing less. Trade Mark: B
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I was wearing Topshop skirt, COS shirt, Vintage shoes, daddy's jacket.
After spending a week in London, I had a couple of nice days in Nottingham with my good friend Liam, we went to look for Robin Hood at Sherwood Forest, watched some huge Oaktrees grow a little more and it was really just a good feeling to get out of the city.
My camera wont import any pictures by now so I decided to snatch some of Liams photos for a little update.


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Monday, October 11, 2010
Believed to be Beautiful: Doodle
So, today's bit of beauty is not technically from home, though I spend enough time at work that one might consider it a kind of "home" and as such, the same rules would apply, yes?
This doodle and note was scribbled out by a very sweet friend in the office, and though its sentiment is forthright and seemingly obvious, what makes it so beautiful to me comes down to one word: boring.
I believe, among the compliments a life might gather, that being one who makes a space less boring is among one of the very best possible traits to have recognized by friends and co-workers. I like a good story now and the, a little chuckle amidst the gloom, and I like even more when that's recognized by someone else I respect and enjoy. The little sun is beautiful, both in it's doodly lines, and its reminder of the silly it was created to remember.
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- Chelsea said...
From what I remember of that work space (if you're still in the same office) - a little bit of silliness is always needed/appreciated. I love doodles.
- October 12, 2010 at 1:35 AM
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Horoscope for Monday, 1/4/16 by Christopher Renstrom
ARIES. (March 19 - April 18): Refrain from criticism until an enterprise is past the starting gate. Looking for faults this early will only curtail progress.
TAURUS. (April 19 - May 19): You don't like being told what to do, but are you truly ready to go your own way now? Bide your time and the cranky mood will pass.
GEMINI. (May 20 - June 19): Competitors may have the upper hand, but not for long. Their overconfidence and inattention to detail will trip them up soon.
CANCER. (June 20 - July 21): You finally win favor with that person you've been hoping to impress. Unfortunately you'll also attract a rival's resentment. Watch your back.
LEO. (July 22 - Aug. 21): A rift is swiftly mended, but not without raising some provocative questions. It's clear that there needs to be a change in the way things are done.
VIRGO. (Aug. 22 - Sept. 21): You've had to cater to others' needs, but what about yours? Emotional reserves are depleted and they need to be replenished pronto.
LIBRA. (Sept. 22 - Oct. 21): In your hurry to improve prospects you may be trading up too fast. The point is to get what you want without giving away what you already have.
SCORPIO. (Oct. 22 - Nov. 20): Properly channeled anger makes for a terrific power source. Redirect yours from an "I've been wronged" lament to an "I'll show them" resolve.
SAGITTARIUS. (Nov. 21 - Dec. 20): Opting to retreat isn't cowardly. It's prudent. Hopefully an embattled friend or colleague will also wise up and follow your lead.
CAPRICORN. (Dec. 21 - Jan. 19): Hurt feelings make everyone feel bad, which is why this isn't the time to talk. Let things be for now and trust that your friendship will heal.
AQUARIUS. (Jan. 20 - Feb. 17): It's a loved one's turn to shine. The problem isn't giving up the spotlight; it will be with curbing your tendency to coach from the sidelines.
PISCES. (Feb. 18 - March 18): What looked like the last straw winds up being no big deal. Evidently your powers of endurance were greater than you knew.


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- myrainforestAsked on October 01, 2014 at 07:10 AM
just received my customer feedback that never reply them for a long time, but we didnt received any form data in our inbox, after checking found that all the form data didnt send out to my email , and keep its in the submission folders as pending status. need retrieve all the pending mail as soon as possible so that can reply customer, thanks!Page URL:
- JanAnswered on October 01, 2014 at 09:31 AM
Hi myrainforest,
I can see that your email is not on the bounce list anymore. Ashwin_D already removed you on the bounce list based on this thread (http://www.jotform.com/answers/361122-Emails-not-Being-Received-Email-on-Bounce-List#7)


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I wake up early (9:38) and go for a lovely 5k run on Friday. It's finally breaking freezing and not totally miserable at that hour. I come home for my usual 5 minute floor routine. I do some planks and start in on my crunches. About 25 in and I notice my head all of the sudden doesn't want to go up. I try to stand up....ouch! I don't know what I did, but I am pretty sure my last post about being old totally came true. I am instantly brought back to childhood watching my parents lie on the couch in agony with thrown out backs. Perhaps it's the 20+lbs of books I carry each day, or just my old age, I am 28 now in Korean (that's almost 30!). Luckily it's just my shoulders and neck so I'm still able to bend and move, I just can't turn left or right. It's kinda like Zoolander, but painful. I am typing this in bed now (9:50, and it's Saturday!) propped up by 3 pillows contemplating where to get acupuncture.
In other news, I got dumped by my Bundang tutoring, which is actually a blessing. It'll save me a solid 2 hours in commuting and recently they stopped feeding me. Who needs that? This was last Wednesday. On Friday at the blowfish people's house the mom stops me on the way out, "We need to talk." Oh shit what did I do? "My sister want interview you for class." Sweet, more tutoring. Guess where she lives. Bundang!
At my Friday school my first student, 22 and totally awesome, was 30 minutes late. While waiting my boss Jay walks in, "I need to ask you something." Oh shit, what'd I do!? "Next Friday, we're uh, having a company dinner. Are you free?" Dinner? Duh I'm free. He walks out. 2 minutes later comes back in. "Lauren, I know you're uh, a healthy eater (pan over to the waffle sitting on my right), but uh, the dinner's at a steak house. A Brazilian steak house. Are you ok with that?" I've been dying to try one! I have never been and can't really justify paying for one because I'm really not a big meat eater, but if the company's paying, I'm soooo in. And Krissy and Emily will be there because they both work for this company. For those of you not familiar with Brazilian steakhouses, you get 2 paddles, an X and an O, and they waiters basically walk around cutting off different slabs of meat onto your plate until you put the X sign up. Im also told there's a salad bar. This particular steakhouse (in Apujeong) is supposed to be the best in Seoul and i've already heard Krissy rave about it. And she's a carnivore so she knows. Pictures and review coming soon.
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The modern business world is more complex and than ever before. It's also growing at a faster rate than ever before, with new businesses and industries popping up seemingly every day. It's hard to compete in this dynamic environment, especially when you think of it on a global scale. The problem is that the world is becoming flatter than ever before and smaller and smaller businesses are having to compete with large international corporations. This has given rise to a booming consultancy industry with professional consultants being some of the highest paid in the business world. Professional consultants handle a wide variety of tasks and responsibilities and businesses rely on them for an outside perspective and track record of success.
For Dr. Maurice Roussety, enhancing business performance through expert advice is both his career and an academic interest. He holds an undergraduate degree from Monash University in Economics. A Masters of Business Administration and Masters of Leadership from the University of New England in New South Wales, as well as a Ph.D. in intellectual property and franchise-business valuation from Griffith University in Queensland. He created the Franchise Risk Imputation Model (FRIM), which establishes a framework based on two cornerstones: risk-free rate and total risk as measured by the sum of market specific and company specific risks. He has also written a PhD thesis titled "An Integrated Economic Model for the Evaluation of Franchise Systems – A Synthesis of Agency and Finance Theories."
This strong background in academics has made Maurice Roussety one of the most sought after consultants in Australia. He has consulted with Westpac, Optus, IAG, ACCC, Australia Post, and Coles Myer. He also works as an Executive Consultant DST Advisory and Lecturer in Small Business, Franchising, Entrepreneurship, and Marketing at Griffith University in Queensland, Australia. He has helped a number of companies around the world with their franchising needs.
To Dr. Maurice Roussety, keeping ahead in the franchising stakes is about having the right professional advice. In Australia alone, franchises generate revenues in excess of $144 billion and directly employ more than 460,000 Australians through over a thousand franchise systems. This means they are not only a secure option for new business professionals; they are also an extremely lucrative one.


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"1730 guitarist in Shillong strummed into a new world record"
Barely a year after drumming up a record with the largest percussion ensemble, Shillong strummed its way into Guinness World Records by assembling 1,730 guitarists to play the Bob Dylan classic Knockin' on Heaven's Door for over five minutes.
The audience roared in approval when police chief B.K. Dey Sawian announced that the Guinness-appointed adjudicator, Lapynshai Syiem, had endorsed the record.
"This is unbelievable. I am proud that my daughter was part of this," said the father of the youngest of the guitarists, four-year-old Ashly Budnah from Malki.
There were just nine more guitarists in the ensemble than in the American group that held the previous world record. The magic number would have been 1,731 had one entry not been rejected on technical grounds. A source said the adjudicator had doubts about the permanent address of that guitarist.
The previous record was set at the Community America Ballpark in Kansas City on June 3, this year. The 1,721 guitarists who assembled there performed the Deep Purple rock anthem Smoke on the Water.
For Shillong, which has a clutch of bands that perform everything from pop and rock to soul and jazz, the two Guinness records in a year are a reaffirmation of its status as the hub of music in this part of the country.
Minister R.G. Lyngdoh, who can strum a few chords himself, was at the stadium to cheer the guitarists. "This is a proud moment for all of us in the Northeast and especially for the people of Shillong," he said.But since records are meant to be broken, Shillong's joy could be short-lived. Musicians in London will attempt a new record for the most number of guitarists playing a song together on November 2.


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The NovaSCOPE Story
(As told to Martyn Stevens by the legendary Patrick Moules)
"When I moved to London in 1967 to attend college, I was already a 9.5er of several years' standing, and I was soon rubbing shoulders with many of the personalities of the then amateur cine world many, alas, no longer with us. I should perhaps set the "scene" a little here of late 60's/early 70's London, at least as it applied to the world of cine! By 1970, Pathescope had been gone for a decade, and prognostications about the doom of 9.5 were commonplace. In a couple of years it will be a half-century since Pathescope's demise; many of you who ticked the "very old indeed" box on the Flickers Questionnaire would have been young, vigorous and active in 1970, and there was a thriving market in second-hand 9.5 films and equipment. If only I had known then what I know now (and had the money!), I could have stockpiled untold treasures.
Video had yet to make any serious inroads into the home cine market and we often had to make do with moving blobs on black and white Standard 8, with ghastly dupes taken from horrid originals. Nowadays, DVD's of even recent films are given away with newspapers; then the Kinematograph Renters' Society (KRS) terrorised innocent film enthusiasts with their completely over-the-top defence of film copyright. They hated people owning films only slightly less than they hated the tiny minority who actually wanted to copy them illicitly. The KRS mob saw potentially huge losses of income from evil amateurs, maybe as much as 19/6d every single year!
This was all part of the background to a plan hatched in about 1970 by Paul van Someren and myself. Paul's life was sadly cut short in 1984, but he was a stalwart of the 9.5 scene and edited the Group 9.5 magazine for a while. We believed 9.5 could show its superiority by demonstrating just how good new 9.5 films could be in contrast to Standard 8. A lot of equipment used by either Pathescope or other distributors was still around, salvaged by Larry Pearce and others when Pathescope folded, and some triple negatives had survived. We thought there could be a market for releases completely new to 9.5 and maybe some old favourites, too. The name was easy – Pathe-scope had gone so we were Nova(new)-Scope.
We managed to get our hands on a good range of equipment. First, a perforator that took 35mm unperforated film stock and made five rows of holes - three 9.5mm strips and two outer rows for the "pilot" perforations. This was installed in the basement of my flat in Fulham, which was nice and dark. We planned to perforate first and then print; most Pathescope releases were done the other way round. With B&W, a red light could used to give us some illumination. This process was by no means straightforward. First, unperforated 35mm stock was rare, and suppliers often insisted on very big minimum order quantities, leaving us with large amounts of film to finance and store until use. There was also a problem of adjustment – some of our early prints came out on stock where the 9.5mm pitch was just a bit too long, and led to an unsteady picture. There was then the problem of processing, of which more later.
The second item was a step-printer, which used a 16mm negative, the image from which was split into three by a beam-splitter, focussed onto the triple-perforated raw stock and printed frame by frame. This was set up in a large built-in wardrobe in Paul's flat in Parsons Green. This too had to operate in dim red light. Martyn Stevens helped me install it; we managed to blow some fuses by hammering a nail thru a cable. Happy days.
As a sort of item 2a, we had a continuous printer, which took triple negatives and ran them thru a gate in contact with raw stock. This would enable some old Pathescope negatives to be re-used.
The final link in the chain was a slitter, which separated three 9.5 prints from the two strips of pilot perforations.
Ah! If only it was that simple! The problems were legion – where to start? I mentioned above the infamous KRS. Rights were a real problem, as we would be publicly selling films. We had to make sure we had covered this issue. In those days, before Disney allowed sound (Sound!) extracts on 8mm, it was next to impossible to persuade anyone who owned film rights to allow their use. Big collectors such as Rohauer and Monkhouse jealously guarded their rights and made money from sale thereof to TV etc. No argument that they could not lose out from a handful of sales on an obscure gauge would sway them. From the start, therefore, our choice of releases was severely circumscribed. We had to rely on films where, for some unusual reason rights had expired or where other distributors had secured rights and were willing to share. Breakspear films and others were very helpful here, but it did mean that modern films were simply not possible.
Then there was the finding of a negative, or a good print from which a negative could be made. A specially-graded "soft" negative was needed for the printing process to offset the increase in contrast associated with reduction printing. Once the negative was sorted, careful tests had to be run for each film to determine the correct exposure. Pathescope had used a system of notches to change light levels for different scenes; we could not aspire to such sophistication and had to rely on a good negative prepared for us by a specialist laboratory, but we still had to run some test footage and have it processed to check. As you can see, the costs are beginning to mount up.
And at the end of the day, that was the root of the problem. Film stock was expensive, and having to buy it in large quantities meant a very large financial outlay that would only be recouped gradually as films were sold. Processing, too was costly, especially when test footages were taken into the reckoning. Few Labs were willing to take on our small quantities and the extra problems of processing triple-perforated stock, where special care was needed to avoid problems around the sprocket holes. We ended up using labs who specialised in microfiche/microfilm work, as hardly anyone else did B&W. And at the other end of the process, collectors were not willing to pay economic prices for old silent films on 9.5. The second-hand market was there to depress prices and, of course, disposable incomes were so much lower in those days. So we had to shut up shop."
Here are reproduced the three issues of NovaSCOPE and the two issues of Novascope Review.


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She Sells SeaShells at the SeaShore Ocean Decor Pillow Cover. What a fun pillow cover for a beach house or any ocean lovers decor!
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Other: Re-enforced zipper opening ends.
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- Touch up with warm, not hot iron, preferably over a slightly damp press cloth, if needed.
Inserts can be ordered through us, or bought at local craft stores.
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- For a fuller look, Insert should ideally be 1" to 2" larger for Covers 16" and up.
i.e: For a 17"x 17" Pillow Cover, you may want to use a 18"x 18" Insert.
- For Covers 14" and smaller, Insert should ideally be the same size.
Instructions on properly inserting an insert into cover are included with every Pillow Cover Order.
The pillows are beautiful and well made. And Yolindi is lovely to work with.


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So I'm sitting in a hospital room next to my poor demented mother. It's been nothing if not exciting since I got here...well, I suppose it depends on what your definition of exciting is, actually. She talk nonstop, even when her eyes are closed and she's snoring--which is a trick I wouldn't have believed if I wasn't sitting right next to her. She's tried to get out of bed every few minutes, or works her fingers against the blankets, and a half an hour ago, announced in a completely coherent sentence, "My gown is wet!" And indeed it was, because she'd somehow managed to take off the Depends she's been wearing since she pulled out her catheter. Yep, quite an afternoon, and I've only been here three hours. She wasn't responding to "Mom," so I tried her name, which my sister told me she'd answered to yesterday, but when I tried it, she said, "Call me Mommy." Well, I'm willing to do a lot for her these days, but I draw the line at changing her wet gown or calling her Mommy. The nurses who don't know her are happy to do the work they're paid for, and I'm so thankful to let them. They find her incoherence somewhat endearing. I find it just plain incoherent. I guess, like most things, this day all depends on your point of view--and especially whether the Depends are where they should be!
I was thinking about the ministry of being this afternoon as I sat here, the very real Kingdom work that happens just by being present. This is what I'm doing here, sitting with my mother at the end of all her days. She has as much trouble understanding my direct statements as I do following her incoherent ramblings, so the most I can do is simply be here, listening to her (or not, honestly), able to answer when something clear gets through. One of her common statements is, "I wish I could just go upstairs." By this she means she wants to flee the sorry old bag of broken bones her body and brain have become, and climb into a new body in heaven. She very much wants this now, and...I very much want it for her. It's a very sad thing that the end of a life should be so splintered. My sitting with her, my being present in her pain (the pain she doesn't quite know she feels, though it makes her agitated and anxious) is what I have to give. My sitting here is my way of praying for her last days here, and praying for--hopefully, please God--her home-going.
It is well with my soul to pray such things. And I'm glad of that. There have been times in my life--many, many long seasons--when I wouldn't have dared to pray such things, when such a prayer would have been for my release, rather than hers. But today as I sit here, watching her snore, listening to her sleep-talking, I can breathe her hopes with her, believing that the best that life has to offer her now, will come when she goes home to the dwelling God has for her in the mansions of heaven.


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Book the centre including the hall and kitchen. Rates are highly affordable.
We can do your catering for you, so that you can enjoy the camp while we provide delicious meals.
We can also manage your programme for you, so that you can really sit back and relax. For this option there is a rate per person attending.
2. Overnight/holiday accommodation
The houses and bungalows are also let to guests who want to stay for one or more nights.
You can hire a house or bungalow for the December holidays; they are then equipped as self-catering units.
Private Group Tariffs from 1 January 2018:
5 x Small houses (sleep 18 - Two rooms with all single bunk beds): R1 020 per house pn
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Breakfast: R45 pp
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Accommodation, catering and programme R420 per person for the weekend.
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Holiday accommodation (1 December 2018 – 15 January 2019):
Plain house (max 6 persons): R710 pn
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ASABA—Barely 24 hours after the counsel to former Delta State governor, Chief James Ibori, applied for the 170 charges against his client to be "quashed and terminating the criminal proceedings,†our correspondent has obtained the details of the application and why it was filed.
It has been exclusively revealed that EFCC actually has no adequate witnesses to sustain its charges against the accused, according to documents obtained from the Federal High Court, Asaba and sources close to the anti-corruption agency. This explained why Ibori's lawyers decided to exploit that at this early stage of the trial to knock off the case.
Talking to select newsmen after Tuesday's hearing, counsel to EFCC, Ibrahim Isiyaku, said "the application to quash the case was filed because they feel our evidence cannot sustain the charges. They have a right to do this now or they could plead a no case submission after we may have called our witnesses.â€
Counsel to Ibori, Mr. Austin Alegeh (SAN), who also spoke to the press was more emphatic. He said: "it will be a waste of the court's time and abuse of court process to trial when it is very obvious that EFCC has no witnesses and cannot sustain the charges.â€
In the affidavit in support of the application, filed by Mr. Emmanuel E. Okosun, of Alegeh's chambers, and obtained from the Federal High Court, Asaba, Alegeh classified all the 170 count charges against Ibori into "13 clusters†for ease of reference, all said to be punishable either under the Money Laundering (Prohibition) Act of 2003 or that of 2004.
Having stated that, Alegeh said in the application that the EFCC has failed to show in any way, and in all instances, that any "offence has been disclosed against any of the accusedâ€.
Alegeh's motion, rested on three main planks; One, that "None of the counts disclose a prima facie case against any or all of the accused personsâ€, that is Ibori or any of his co-accused. Two, "the accused persons are not in any way linked to the offence of money laundering as charged by prosecutionâ€.
Three, "Constitutionally, the charges are incompetent as they constitute Delta State business or affairs of state which the Federal Government of Nigeria or any of its agencies such as the EFCC is incompetent to inquire intoâ€.
Specifically, Alegeh claimed in section (g) of the application; "That in other words, the accused persons are not linked to any of the allegations made in the 170 count chargeâ€. Actually, this is at the heart of the application; that what EFCC has done so far is to claim that Ibori or his associates may have moved money , but so far failed to show how the accused persons moved any moneys from a particular bank to another, the dates of such movement, from which bank account to another, etc..
According to the application, "That in particular, as all but one of the counts are based on Money Laundering Charges, it is vital that the prosecution disclose, prima facie, the illegality of the said sums in other words, it must show the predicate offence of corruption allegedly committed by the 1st accused or any of the other accused personsâ€. Alegeh therefore held that "the prosecution has not been able to meet this vital requirement because such illegality or proof of corruption does not exist, prima facie or at all, on the face of the documents annexed to the chargeâ€.
Moreover, the application held that the "EFCC, (a Federal agency) is constitutionally unsuited to inquire into the allegations of corruption by or against functionaries of a State Government, hence its inability to provide cogent materials upon which to hinge a proper trial.
What would give Ibori's counsels the confidence to ask that the case be quashed? Alegeh's application supplied the answer: "That the prosecution herein attempting to fulfil that requirement had supplied voluminous proof of evidence in a bid to show that these materials upon which the case was predicated, but that after critically perusing these documents which include statements of prosecution witnesses, names of prosecution witnesses, documentary evidence and statements from the accused person, it is apparent on the face of the said documents that no offence has been disclosed against any of the accused personsâ€.
The filing and adoption of briefs by counsel to both parties will hold on the adjourned date of August 6th 2009.


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For Sydney CTP we just paid $630 for the GT and $700 for the C63.
I always check the renewal costs on the letter vs their online quote. GIO wanted $900 for the GT but online was $630 so i called up and apparently there was a box or something that wasn't ticked on their quote which made a $270 difference.
We must run over a lot of people in Sydney. We probably should change the name to Los Santos....... (GTA V reference)


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I'm disappointed with myself. That's weird. Most of the time I'm thrilled with what I get done in a night. Maybe I'm disappointed because I'm expecting more from myself now. Maybe it's because I didn't do that one last set, I walked out the door instead. Maybe it's because I didn't really try to push the boundaries of my current knowledge and learn something new. Let's start there.
Shit. I was ready to crucify myself for not leading enough. Then I remembered that I actually did try to lead more than half the sets I was involved with tonight. So I can't really say that I fucked that up.
Confusing Set
Picture this. It's me and my wing at the Tuesday bar. We've opened almost everything. I see one last set, open them. Very weak open. We had been standing close to them, walking around, it was not direct and straight in. Anyways, I talk to my girl for a minute and we have plenty to discuss. Bali, Berlin, London, Freelancing. Travel related shit. However, she's not asking me questions. She's only giving me short answers to my questions. After six or seven minutes of this I don't know what to do. This is fairly unknown territory. Her body language, eyes and voice says she's into me, her short answers say she's not interested. Should I persist? Should I neg? Should I just call her out on it? Fuck, I just want to flat out ask if she likes me or not. I'm driving blind. Eventually me and my wingman bounce but this set will stay with me. I just think there was something there that I could have switched so she was into me. The one time I saw her light up was when I called her weird. So next time I may try being more of a douche to her. Friendly asshole I'll call it. I don't know, just a thought. Weird set, really threw me off.
We did half a dozen other sets but nothing stands out. I sort of feel like I was a bit of an oaf with no direction. Opening girls, having good conversations, but ultimately not trying to close. Ignoring the golden rule. Maybe that's why I'm disappointed in myself. It seems like I choose to keep my good emotions (not take any risks) versus try for the win and get it or fail. I can go into a bar, open anything, hold a conversation, get a makeout if there's some chemistry. So what? That means nothing if I can't close. I need to keep the proverbial gun pointed at my head "Go for the close you fool!" I'll either get laid or learn a lesson, either is good.
Your Name is Chess?
New York is a city of immigrants but I've still never met anyone named Chess. Misheard though, her name was Jess. First girl of the night. My promoter buddy from way back invited me to a pool hall. Some upscale-ish joint near Union Square. It's mostly dudes. Some promoter who I recognize from another club. One cute girl, I open her. I keep it low key, keep her talking. This goes on for minutes, ten minutes, twenty minutes. She'll leave for a few minutes but I always track her down and reengage. At some point she walks towards the bar, isolates herself. I come with, start getting a bit physical. Hands on her shoulders, hugs. She's leaning into me. The chemistry is building. We're maybe a minute or two from kissing when her douche guy friend comes in and buys her a drink. Moment ruined. If I was better at game I could have condensed that physical escalation into way, way less time and easily gotten the makeout. However, I'm 100% happy with what I did. I was doing the absolute best I'm capable of and she liked me. She really liked me. I don't know exactly what I'm doing different but a certain group of girls are starting to like me more. Take for example Katie from Friday. We're still texting, she really wants to hang out!
Money and Game
You don't need money to hook up with tens, but it can help a lot. My boss is a millionaire and he rents a Soho penthouse. He invites models over. Malia Obama showed up to his Superbowl party. You don't need game when you own the apartment. I guess all I'm saying is that I see how he uses money to hook up with stunning, stunning women and I get it. You can do that. Granted, any half decent dude will steal his girl at a bar, but that doesn't matter. Because the nines and tens he hangs out with don't go to bars. They go to Soho lofts and exclusive nightclubs. So yeah. If you don't want to do cold approach pickup, find a way to earn a few million bucks a year and leverage that into hooking up with models. If my boss can do it, you can too.
Underdeveloped Areas in my Game
I don't know what I don't know. However, I'm almost certain I should be doing more push pull. I probably pull more than I should, push less than I should. I also hardly ever get sexual with my verbals. I almost never suggest sexual stuff. I should work on this. I'm very comfortable opening and holding a conversation. This is good. Now I need to leverage this into getting laid with some consistency.


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Services for Youth
Mentoring, Activities, Holiday programmes, Street youth work
Our Amazing Place Out West
Saturday April 7th Ranui was buzzing with excitement and action as the Ranui Amazing Place Out West Community Treasure Hunt took participants on a fun filled tour of our amazing community…check out some of the action below
Ranui Action Project Working Bee….
Thank you Nga Puna o Waiorea
Junior Students from the Rumaki Unit of Nga Puna o Waiorea – Western Springs College have started a new initiative "Raamanaki" a day to give back and help local community groups and organisations.
Ranui Action Project and the Ranui Community Garden were the lucky recipients of their services.
Twelve junior students, three senior students, and staff member Naomi Cusack came to cut back trees, shrubs, and weeds in the Ranui Action Project carpark and plant herbs in the Ranui Community Garden.
Of these 12 students, 5 of them are local Ranui residents so we have been able to make a connection with them and highlight the services we provide, the awesome work of Ranui 135 and we look forward to seeing them again soon.


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Here's a card inspired by the Kraft On theme this week at CAS-ual Fridays. This is perfect because I can't stay away from this card stock lately anyway.
I just got the Polar Party stamp set and I've been excited to use it. I started with a SU Crumb Cake card base and heat embossed the image in white. I colored the details with SU Wild Wasabi and Poppy Parade Markers. The sentiment in stamped in SU Real Red Ink. I finished it up with some Diamond Stickles to add sparkles to his hat and the gift, then used some perfect pearls to add some snowy dots to the background.
Thanks for looking!
Monday, October 29, 2012
Merry Polar Bear Card
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I am in love with this card! So stinkin' cute! Now I wish I had that set. I may have to borrow it :)ReplyDelete
Love this card!!! White embossed image is just perfect!!!Thanks for sharing your KRAFTY creation with us @ CASual Fridays!ReplyDelete
Katie - this is too cute! I love how you embossed him in white, and then colored in only his accessories. The snowy dots are a great touch too! Thank you so much for getting your kraft on with us at CAS-ual Fridays!ReplyDelete
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School Improvement Plan
Davis-Townsend Elementary's School Improvement Plan is developed each year in September based on school data from the previous year. Click the link below to view this year's plan. Choose from the tabs across the top of the page to view the full plan.
School Improvement Plan 2017-18
School Improvement Team Meetings & Minutes
The School Improvement Team meets at 2:50 in the media center on the second Monday of each month unless otherwise noted. These meetings are open to the public. The minutes from each meeting will be posted on Fridays following the meeting.
School Improvement Team Members
2017-2018 (elected June, 2017)
K- Shelly Craven (CHAIR)
1-Kristen Lanier
2-Kasey Beck
3-Ashley Eilbacher (SECRETARY)
4-Hannah Simerson (CHAIR ELECT)
5-Teresa Cook
EC-Jennifer Broos
Assistant-Jackie Rhodes
Media/Tech-Tina Heitman
Enrichment-Janie Motsinger (fall), Lyn Lambros (spring)
Student Services- Denise Henry
Title I-Natasha Bumgarner
Parent-Holly Whitten (PTO rep)
Administration- Lydia Hedrick & Linda Smith
Café (Safety)- Sherry Murph
Custodial (Safety)- Chris Parks


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Sometimes, we stumble across an infographic or piece of research that really stands out for us. This Generations in the Workplace infographic by UXC Professional Solutions is a great example of something that grabbed our attention. And it wasn't for reasons of vanity or a middle-aged crisis! 😀
The remarkable difference across workplace generations presents a very real challenge, and opportunity, for team dynamics, leadership and HR. It also helps provide another layer of insight and clarity into our post about the paradoxical situation for modern day marketers whereby they need to be part scientist and part artist. Check out the infographic at the bottom of the post – you can use the embed code too, of course. 🙂
Workplace generations
It actually highlights a fascinating evolution of the workplace – from Baby Boomers born before 1963, to Gen X (those born between 1963-1980), and to the Millennials, who were born between 1980-1995.
The infographic was built based on a survey of 1,200 workers across these different generation, which measured and assessed their strengths and weaknesses. In other words, what they bring to the working environment, how they differ, and what their pros and cons are.
Baby Boomers
On the one hand, those born before 1963 willingly put in hard graft and hours 'as part of the job' without complaining, put the team ahead of themselves, and help others.
On the other hand, Baby Boomers are more stuck in their ways, which can lead to potential issues when it comes to collaboration with those outside their team or department. They're a bit stuck in their ways!
Gen X
Interestingly, those born between 1963 and 1980 are driven, look for solutions by being flexible, and have a keen focus on generating revenue.
However, Gen X are also typified by being more of a cost overhead for their employers, and also suffer from a lack of gravitas at senior levels.
The latest generation to be pursuing a career, those born between 1980 and 1995, is one typified by being willing to take more risks, grab opportunities as they come along, and have entrepreneurial flair.
The downside to Millennials is that they do not work hard, are selfish, and unproductive.
Generations in the Workplace infographic
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What do you think about these findings? Is it indicative of your colleagues and workplace dynamics? Personally, I'm pleased to be caricatured as Gen X!
Dan Purvis
Previously, he was Director at Comms Axis, a full service marketing agency specialising in content, social media & website services for businesses of all sizes.
Dan Purvis writes for a number of leading business, social media and marketing sites, including Smart Insights, MarketingProfs, Marketo, MarTech Advisor, Marketing Tech News, MarTech Today, MarTech Exec, and more.
Dan was also ranked by Brand Republic as one of the Top 50 UK Marketing & Social Media influencers.
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Resident of Jattu Uzairue Etsako West local government area of Edo State – are thanking their stars after escaping what would have been a terrible mishap after a heavy rainfall early this morning by 3am. According to reports, a mast belonging to Globacom telecommunication network fell after the downpour and landed on residential houses in the area – destroying many properties in the process.
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What You Should Know About Finding Effective Pest Control Options
If you've invested in your home, then you'll want to work hard to make sure that nothing goes wrong with it. Some of the common things you will have to work with will include repairs to the home and keeping nature from taking over. If your home is located near nature, you'll often discover that there are a lot of different pests that will look to move into your home and set up shop.
Whenever you do discover that parts of your home have been taken over by some insects or nuisance birds, you will have to come up with a way to manage this problem effectively. For most people, there is little desire to take on this type of project themselves. You'll be surprised at just how many different companies out there will be able to assist you in getting your pest control problems effectively dealt with. You'll be able to work with the information in the following article to help you get a good sense of how you can go about finding the best pest control around.
You'll tend to find that the most effective thing you can do when you want to find a great pest control company is make sure they can actually handle the types of pests you have in your home. Because there are different kinds of issues that you'll have to contend with whenever you're dealing with all the various types of pests that could potentially move into your home, you'll tend to discover that there various types of companies who will be more or less effective at handling all of the things you might be dealing with. Most companies you talk with will have all kinds of information that can help you find out whether or not the service is well-suited to your needs.
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You'll also want to consider the cost of the pest control services that you're getting. While you should be sure you're hiring a company that can get the job done, you will also want to ensure that you aren't spending too much to do so. Getting a quote ahead of time can help you with your decision.
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As you can see, there are a lot of different reasons why you might need to consider getting a good pest control company. Once you've found a service you can trust, however, there should be no question that you'll be able to get some incredible results.