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So i love looking at monthly favourite blog posts so i figured why not start doing some of my own.
Here are some of the things I've been loving this month!
|Sleek I Divine Au Naturel Eyeshadow Palette. RRP £7.99.
First is this eyeshadow palette from Sleek. This is the Au Naturel palette and i bought this quite a while ago, used it a handful of times and then put it in my make up drawers. It wasn't until recently I've really started to love it (as you can see from the photo above, its now pretty well loved). i love neutral eyes so for me this palette is perfect, the pigmentation of all the shades is amazing. The sleek eyeshadow palettes cost £7.99, which in my opinion is very reasonable for 12 different shadows.
|MUA Matte Perfect Loose Powder. RRP £2.50
Like the Sleek eyeshadow palette, i have also had this matte perfect powder by MUA for a while, i remember buying it and thinking it was okay, but nothing special and i hated how much mess it made (although I'm not too sure what i expected for a loose powder, of course its going to be messy haha!). But my sister was recently saying how much she loved this at the moment, so i thought i would dig it out and give it another try, and I'm really glad i did, because i really like it, it feels lovely on the skin, not drying at all. Not too much i can say about a powder but I'm really liking it. It retails for a complete bargain of £2.50, so for that price you really can't go wrong.
|Rimmel Scandaleyes Waterproof Kohl Eyeliner. RRP £3.99.
This is without a doubt the best pencil kohl eyeliner I've ever used (and I've used ALOT). It stays on all day and doesn't budge what so ever. I have alot of trouble with pencil liners because my eyes water constantly and this is the only one I've ever used that has kept in place all day long. Love love love it!! It retails for the price of £3.99 which is extremely reasonable, i have repurchased this about 3 times and will definitely continue to do so.
|Illamasqua Precision Gel Liner. RRP £18.00
Sticking with eyeliner, this is the Illamasqua Precision Gel Liner in infinity. I was looking for a good gel liner for quite a while and tried so many and still wasn't happy with how they looked and how long they lasted on my eyes, until this beauty came along! I wasn't too sure about this first of all because as its illamasqua its not going to be particularly cheap. But i figured i would get it and give it a try and just hope for the best, so that is what i did, and i really love it, its extremely black and lasts for ages, i never have to touch it up throughout the day which is something i had to do all the time with previous gel liner. It costs £18.00 which i know is expensive for eyeliner, but in this case you definitely get what you pay for, and i will be repurchasing when the time comes because I'm yet to find one as good.
|MUA Power Pout. RRP £3.00.
I love all of these Power Pouts by MUA as most of you will no if you saw my review of them, but this shade has got to be my favourite, it is called "irreplaceable". It is the perfect lilac pink. I love how they feel and look on the lips. Please go out and get some of these if you can. They are amazing and super cheap, they cost only £3 and i can guarantee you wont be disappointed.
These are the Maybelline Baby Lips. These had so much hype when they were released in the US that i was really excited to see them being released in the UK. I have 4 of them, but these two are definitely my favourite and seem to be one of the only lip products i have found myself picking up to use. These two shades are "peach kiss" and "pink punch". They retail at a very reasonable price of £2.99.
|Left To Right; Peach Kiss And Pink Punch. Maybelline Baby Lips. RRP £2.99
This is the "Real Techniques Buffing Brush" which they describe as the "ideal brush for full coverage application of powder and mineral foundation". I couldn't agree with them more. This is the one and only brush i use for my powder, it works perfectly. You can purchase this in the "Core Collection" brush set for the retail price of £21.99.
|Real Techniques Buffing Brush From The Core Collection. RRP £21.99
|Nip And Fab Dry Leg Fix. RRP £10.25.
I got this Nip and Fab Dry Leg Fix free with a magazine a few months ago, i used it straight away and instantly fell in love with it. Nip and Fab say "This intensive balm immediately smoothes dry, flaky skin + nourishes with an innovative moisturising + restructuring hydra concept, leaving super silky legs". I agree 100 percent, it is literally a miracle cream for your legs. I do every now and then suffer from dry skin and this has made it vanish. It makes my legs feel so smooth and soft. It is amazing! I love this products and will definitely be purchasing the full size. Nip and Fab retails for £10.25.
|MAC Fix+. RRP £14.50.
I have had Mac Fix + for quite some time now and for some reason stopped using it. But as the weather has been really warm in England lately, i figured i would start using it again and i really think it has helped keep my make up in place all day. It has now become a regular part of my make up routine. It costs £14.50 for the full size (100ml) which is the one i have, but if that's a bit pricey for some of you then you can also purchase a travel size which is 30ml for £8.00.
|Tresemme Platinum Strength Leave In Treatment. RRP £5.99.
Tresemme say "Use on wet or damp hair and style as normal to achieve beautifully strong, moisturised and healthy-looking hair". I use this on my hair everytime i was it, and i think its amazing, its helped my hair an incredible amount, it makes my hair feel and look so sleek and healthy. I tried the shampoo and conditioner from the platinum strength range and i wasnt too keen on them but this leave in cream is something i am going to be buying again and again. Tresemme Platinum Leave In Treatment retails for £5.99.
|Left To Right; Alien By Thierry Muglar And Gucci Guilty. RRP £50.00-£70.00.
Last but by no means least is my favourite perfume's, i got these for my birthday in august and i am completly in love with them both. They both smell sooo good! These are now my go to perfumes, i couldn't be without them. They are both pretty pricey which is a downfall although i do think they are completly worth it. Alien by Thierry Muglar retails at roughly around £50.00 and Gucci Guilty retails at roughly £50.00-£70.00.
Links below to all the products mentioned:
What are your favourite products? What have you been enjoying the last month?


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A Plot Story
Learn the story of the Royal family rescue from the plot of mean Duchess.
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CategoriesHidden Object Detective Horror Magic
DeveloperShaman Games
Price : Free
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Girl Lily gets assignment from a strange man Peter. She needs to break into the Duchess's mansion and to steal her papers. Entering the mansion, Lily finds out that the duchess is engaged in black magic and is plotting against the King. Now Lily will have to disrupt the Duchess's cunning plans and save the kingdom from chaos.
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On Club Penguin's official Twitter account, Polo Field has released yet another brand new sneak peek of the Halloween Party! With every sneak peek, the Halloween Party is looking more and more epic. Check out this brand new sneak peek of what appears to be inside the mansion!
What do you think of this brand new sneak peek? Are you just as excited for the Halloween Party as I am? Be sure to leave your comments and opinions about the brand new sneak peek below, and thanks Polo Field for releasing it on Club Penguin's Twitter account!
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On one hand, HURRAH! A holiday!
FOCUS: Can You Measure the Hard Things?
If only….
- The problems and challenges we face today (business, societal and personal) are complex with no simple answers. The kind of effort required to tackle them can't be splintered into micro-moments of attention (better known as "multi-tasking"…). We need big blocks of time, and lots of them, to work through these things.
- Our culture prizes Fast, Immediate, Responsive, 24/7/365 over taking the time to gain the ability to learn hard things more quickly and produce at an elite level (so we move past "good enough" to "WOW!").
- The difficulty of measuring the complex over the simple (an example – "audience engagement" versus a Facebook page "Like").
- The tendency to answer a simpler question when confronted with a difficult one (more on that shortly…).
FOCUS: The Simple Obsession of Mindful Marketing
Mindfulness is a light of honesty within yourself that is fed by each moment that passes.
Do You Know The Lie of "Comfortable with Ambiguity"?
How many jobs have you had where the expectation was that you would be "comfortable with ambiguity"? Be honest….is anyone really Comfortable with Ambiguity?! Or is this just the company's way of stating the obvious: everything changes, so hang on?
Now What?!
Every business hits this wall at some time.
The Change of the Moment
Why gamification bothers me
Gamification is a hot term in business and education today. According to Wikipedia it is the use of game thinking and game mechanics in a
non-game context in order to engage users and solve problems. I have been thinking about this in terms of extrinsic and intrinsic motivations and what really keeps people interested in what they do.
I fully believe that the singularly best way to have someone's full attention in a project or process is to hook into that person's passion for the project, process, idea or effort. This, as everyone knows, is not only not easy, but difficult to sustain. It can be easy to start well and then, once the excitement becomes the routine, passion can back off.


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Way back in the days of black and white tv, when some truth was still being told, I saw a military man interviewed. I believe he was not strictly military but an ornithologist hired by them. Makes you wonder if there are any kind of experts who have not been hired by government for their sinister purposes?
He told about a tiny isolated Pacific island that had deliberately been infected with germs. These germs were to be spread by vectors to infect the wheat of Russia. How horrible, to destroy peoples' food with a kind of grain rust.
But who were the vectors? Turns out the island was a stopping off point for nesting birds who would then fly to Russia and spread the poison. As much as I like birds, I am not telling this story just to show how they have been misused to serve such an evil purpose .
There is another island, not surrounded by water, but in the heart of the classic geopolitical "world Island". In the center of this volatile region is a tiny country called Israel. They are the poison island and the birds are their minions world-wide.
I now will give my standard disclaimer. Am I anti-Jewish? No, no, no, no, no!
The true Torah Jews have an eternal promise from God. But the tiny portion of David's mandated land that we now call Israel is the exporter of war and grief. They are fond of showing maps of how they are surrounded by hostile nations, subject to attack at any moment.
Those who Jesus warned us about twice in the Book of Revelation, "who say they are Jews, but are not"--run the banks, foment wars and are destroying our culture--are only a numeric minority. Their influence is immense almost beyond belief. Does anyone think the Rothchildes are Lutherans?
And yet, I am not writing this to attack even these pretenders. It is only to say, they are the destroyers of hope in this world. Do we have such hope?
They have already won. They have planted tares among the wheat. Only when Jesus returns will justice be done. Until then we are told to "Let both grow together until the harvest:" (Matthew 13:30).


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The International may refer to:
The International (styled as The INTERNATIONAL) was a professional golf tournament in Colorado on the PGA Tour. It was played for 21 seasons, from 1986 to 2006, at the Castle Pines Golf Club at Castle Pines Village in Castle Rock, south of Denver. It had the distinction of being one of two PGA Tour events not conducted at traditional stroke play, the only other exception is the match play event, the WGC-Accenture Match Play Championship. The International was the only tournament to use the Modified Stableford scoring system, enacted because of the significant elevation of the venue, which averages 6,300 feet (1,920 m) above sea level.
Beginning in 2007, The International was scheduled to change dates to be played during the first full weekend of July (July 5-8, 2007 and July 4-7, 2008), midway between the U.S. Open and the British Open. Tournament officials hoped this new date would draw even more top-ranked players, such as Tiger Woods, as it would no longer be contested the week before (or after) a major championship (PGA Championship). Even with the change in dates, both tournament founder Jack Vickers and the Castle Pines GC membership were apparently not happy with the overall direction the PGA Tour was taking.
The International is a play by the American playwright John Howard Lawson. It was first produced by the New Playwrights' Theatre in New York, opening on January 12 1928. Lawson directed this production, while John Dos Passos designed the sets, Edward A. Ziman composed its music, Don Oscar Becque choreographed the dances, and Helen Johnson designed the costumes.
(It's true)
It's true I know it's true
I'm losing you and it's breaking my heart
It's true
(Yes it's true)
I know we're through
(I know we're through)
There's someone new, it just tears me apart
I don't know what I'll do without you
I've loved you for so long
I've built my whole world around you
And I just can't believe that you're gone
But it's true I know it's true
My dreams are through
And they'll never come true
I've built my whole world around you
And I just can't believe that you're gone
But it's true
(Yes it's true)
I know it's true
(I know it's true)
My dreams are through and they'll never come true
(It's true, it's true)


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Claude was born on March 8, 1931 and passed away on Monday, November 27, 2017.
Claude was a resident of Raleigh, North Carolina at the time of passing.
He was truly a good uncle in law to me. A man with high respect and honestly
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'School Dropout Rate Among Muslim Girls Down From 70% To 40%'
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Mumbai: The school dropout rate among Muslim girls, which was earlier more than 70 percent, has now been reduced to about 40 percent, said Union Minister for Minority Affairs Mukhtar Abbas Naqvi.
He said that the goal of the Government is to bring it down to zero percent.
Naqvi said that education is the golden key to guarantee of constitutional and social security of girls; he said that we should take it as a mission to make education our first priority.
Addressing "Taleem-o-Tarbiyat" programme at Anjuman-a-Islam Girls High School at Bandra, Mumbai, Naqvi said that education is a very strong tool for development and that the Government has been working towards educational empowerment of minorities, especially girls, on a priority basis.
Minister said that the focus of the Ministry of Minority Affairs this year will be on better education and employment-oriented skill development of girls. He said that the Central Government will provide financial assistance to those institutes being established and being run on Waqf properties and are engaged in educational activities, especially the educational empowerment of girls. The Central Government will award those "Mutawallis" who perform well in the management of Waqf properties to ensure utilization of these properties for the betterment of the society, especially the educational empowerment of girls.
Naqvi said that the record increase of Rs.505 crore in the Budget of Ministry of Minority Affairs for the year 2018-19 proves that inclusive growth is the priority of the Government. Last year, the ministry's budget was Rs.4,195 crore, which has now been increased to Rs.4,700 crore. The Minister said that this increase will be helpful in the socio-economic-educational empowerment of minorities, especially in the effective implementation of programmes aimed at the educational development of girls.
Naqvi said that during the last three years, about 2.42 crore students belonging to minority communities have been provided various scholarships. This year, more than 1.5 crore students have applied for pre-matric, post-matric, merit-cum-means and various other scholarships given by the Ministry of Minority Affairs. More than three lakh applications have been received for "Begum Hazrat Mahal Girls Scholarship". He said that in the last six months, thousands of educational institutions of all Minority communities including Madrasas have been included in the mainstream education system by connecting them with 3Ts - Teacher, Tiffin, and Toilet. Besides, girls are also getting benefits from job-oriented skill development schemes such as "Nai Roshni", "Seekho aur Kamao", "Nai Manzil" and "Garib Nawaz Kaushal Vikas Yojana".
"Hunar Haat", "Seekho aur Kamao", "Nai Manzil", "Gharib Nawaz Skill Development Scheme" and "Nai Roshni" have proved to be important steps towards skill development of minorities, said Naqvi. Minister said that in last 3-plus years, these schemes have succeeded in providing employment and employment opportunities to more than 8.5 lakh people belonging to minority communities.
Naqvi also inaugurated drinking water and toilet facilities at Anjuman-a-Islam Girls High School on the occasion.


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4, Ascalon House,
Savona Estate,
Battersea, London, SW
Dearest Pal:
Well I suppose youve heard all the news by now. Isn't it terrible? Well
I must start from where I left offf before.
I was in Hunwick when I wrote last but I have been back nearly two weeks
now. Russ had an accident last Friday fortnight on a motorcycle. He was
taking a dispatch to Scotland and a car ran into him and he went into the
telephone pole. I was pleased I wad up there. Johnny (that's Russ' pal) came
and told me and the padre got an army lory and took me into the Hospital to
see Russ. He had concussions cuts on the right side of his face and shock.
He looked a mess. The padre took me in on the Sunday and told me Russ would
by out on Monday as they were moving Wednesday. Russ came out and on the
Wednesday I came home and spent the night in the air raid shelter seven
hours, we had of it, but not much action.
The next day I got a Telegram from Russ saying he'd be home on the
afternoon train. I met several trains but no Russ. I went home feeling fed
up and miserable. Russ arrived home Friday afternoon. He had come to a
different station and also the trains had all been late. He was home for 8
days sick leave and we thoroughly enjoyed it. I slept through the air
raidsand we had a lovely time. He went back to Yorks last Friday and then
Hitler started. Saturday afternoon at about five the siren went. We raced
out in the shelter and gosh you should have seen the German planes overhead.
There were about 200 of them. They started a fire at some docks not very far
form here and talk about blaze. The sky was full of smoke and red glare.
Amy, one of my friends, found in the shelter about 6:30. The all clear went.
We had tea and talked and then Amy got ready to go home when the siren went
again. We decided not to go to the shelter, but gosh did we change our minds
quick. We heard the weirdest sound like a whistling whine growing louder and
louder and suddenly a terrific thud and explosion. Hell Peg, my stomach
turned right over. We grabbed our gas masks, knitting, books, coat &
whatnot, and before we could get to the shelter two more screaming bombs
fell, followed by an explosion, each one louder that the last. I fell down
the steps in my rush get tot he shelter and broke both heels off Rose's
sandals. Meanwhile the guns were booming nearby and we suddenly realized
that there was a war on. Gosh it was awful. Bombs fell all around, the sky
was a light as day with the fire and guns and planes. It was frightful. One
of the bombs fell very, very close and the walls of the shelter shook. The
woman I was sitting next to fainted in my arms, and I felt as sick as a dog.
Mum took me to the sink so I could be sick and then the dam lights went out
very, very slowly. What and experience. The lights came onafter about half
an hour.
Anyway, bombs fall all around and the raid lasted until a quarter to five
and we were sure glad to get back to bed. It all seemed like a horrible
At half past seven I went with Amy to the station and we were told there
were no trains running as four of the railway lines had been blown up, near
There's hardly a district in London that the Jerrys missed. We are
scared to move out of the house now. Mum and I went to my cousin Doll;s for
dinner and she asked me to go to a road about 5 minutes walk from where she
lives. There wee four houses blown to bits and several others in a lovely
mess. All the windows were out and a warden told us that there were three
women buried in the debris. I felt really ill when we went back to Doll;s.
There was an air raid warning at one o'clock Saturday afternoon, but
nothing much happened, just a plane or two around. We, Mum and I came home
and then at eight o'clock the siren went as a bomb dropped, We rushed to the
shelter. A couple of bombs fell on the railway near here. The marshall of
our shelter told us to lie on our face as we heard a whistling bomb. I
pushed my fingers in my ears and the marshall held us down. Gosh it was an
awful feeling Peg waiting fro a bomb to blow you to bits. I was tired as I
had only one hour's sleep in 48 hours, so I lay down and about quarter to
three fell asleep with bombs and the huge guns firing. At 6 o'clock a lady
woke me up and said, "There's the all clear". Mum said I had missed a lot by
going to sleep, thank goodness. Mum and I went to bed and at 8 o'clock we
were practically blown out of bed by a bomb explosion. The siren hadn't gone
but we rushed to the shelter. It was a time bomb and had fallen two street
away, demolishing two houses. There were two women buried in the debris
There were five time bombs went off and we came indoors again, when
somebody came and told us there was another bomb in the school about 100
yards from here, so we went back to the shelter, but our air raid warden told
us there wasn't much danger as it was far in the earth.
And that's my adventure so far. God we pray that they'd stay away but we
know its silly as Hitler said he's blow London to bits. I'M a darned coward
now, but I am hoping if a bomb does fall that we will be blown to bits and
not get buried alive in the debris. Wouldn't it be terrible?
I haven't heard from Russ today and I feel awfully worried as they are in
tents and in an industrial area near Sheffield and tents aren't much
protection against shrapnel.
Well Peg, here I am again. The siren went as I was writing and we had to
rush to the shelter. There were a lot of jerries overhead and a few
spitfires. When the all clear went, we came in and there was a letter from
Russ. He's moving again and maybe its to Egypt. Gosh with the air raids and
worry over Russ I'll be gray.
We got our beds ready in the shelter and ow all were doing is waiting for
the siren to go gosh Peg I can't describe the feeling it gives you. You feel
sick at the stomach and every time a bomb falls, your stomach turns over and
your heart goes into your mouth.
Considering everything, I think everyone is remarkably calm. The kids go
to sleep and most of them sleep through it all. Poor little things. Isn't
it awful? When poor, innocent, little babies have to go through this? We
have two darling little babies in our shelter and they help to take your mind
off other things.
Its getting near eight o'clock and I am really dreading tonight as one of
the men saw one of the German planes dive on Battersea Power Station,
apparently photographing it. Its about two hundred yards from here, and its
awful high. It could do a lot of damage but I wish it had been blown up as
it is a great worry to us. Its a military objective, I suppose.
I wish I could be with Russ. I shouldn't be frightened then. Its not a
bad feeling when you know you would at least be going together, but if
anything did happen to me, I don't know what Russ would do, and I don't like
the idea of leaving him. Gosh aren't I morbid? In a year or two I'll be out
there telling you of all these horrors and may perhaps be able to forget all
the terror that grips us when the bombs are falling, and then this war will
be a thing of the past.
Well I think I had better close and get ready to fly to the shelter.
I'll write a better letter when the raid are over, and I can think of other
things besides air raids. I only wanted you to know we are still a live and
I hope you are all keeping well. Lots of love to you Mum and Dad. Love
from all of us


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When comparing Fly vs Webpack, the Slant community recommends Webpack for most people. In the question"What are the best Node.js build systems / task runners?" Webpack is ranked 2nd while Fly is ranked 12th. The most important reason people chose Webpack is:
Plugins and loaders are easy to write and allow you to control each step of the build, from loading and compiling CoffeeScript, LESS and JADE files to smart post processing and asset manifest building.
Ranked in these QuestionsQuestion Ranking
Pro Takes advantage of ES6 features
Fly is written to use new ES6 features like generators and promises.
Pro Support for concurrent tasks
Fly supports parallel processing and concurrent tasks via
Fly.prototype.start([tasks], { parallel: true })
Pro Smaller build files, with same benefits of a huge one
If it's a
fly- plugin you don't have to require it like you do with every other build tool. Theres no need for wrapper functions for each plugin (aka
.pipe()). If it's a
fly- plugin you just call it directly. The build file get's to the point quickly without adding all the extra fluff. This makes your build file very clean and easy to read!
Pro Very easy to setup
Fly is easy to setup, there are no caveats that you have to know since everything is very intuitive. Also with fly you don't have to repeat your self several times. You just define out what you want and that's it. If it's a fly plugin it will be required automatically without the need for an additional plugin.
Pro Fly plugins are required automatically
If you want to use a Fly plugin in a flyfile, it's automatically
required without needing an additional plugin.
Pro Can run subtasks inside a task
Fly supports running multiple subtasks in a single task without having to create a new one.
Pro Rich and flexible plugin infrastructure
Plugins and loaders are easy to write and allow you to control each step of the build, from loading and compiling CoffeeScript, LESS and JADE files to smart post processing and asset manifest building.
Pro Tap into npm's huge module ecosystem
Using Webpack opens you up to npm, that has over 80k modules of which a great amount work both client-side and server-side. And the list is growing rapidly.
Pro Can create a single bundle or multiple chunks loaded on demand, to reduce initial loading time
Webpack allows you to split your codebase into multiple chunks. Chunks are loaded on demand. This reduces the initial loading time.
Pro ES6 module support
Webpack supports ES6 modules and their
import and
export methods without having to compile them to CommonJS
Pro Supports source maps for easier debugging
Source maps allow for easier debugging, because they allow you to find the problems within the origin files instead of the output file.
Pro Share the same modules client-side and server-side
Because Webpack allows you to use the same require() function as node.js, you can easily share modules between the client-side and server-side.
Pro Bundles CommonJs and AMD modules (even combined)
Webpack supports AMD and CommonJS module styles. It performs clever static analysis on the AST of your code. It even has an evaluation engine to evaluate simple expressions. This allows you to support most existing libraries.
Pro Mix ES6 AMD and CommonJS
Webpack supports using all three module types, even in the same file.
Pro Limit plugin integration issues
Con Limited number of plugins
There's still a very limited number of Fly plugins. This can contribute negatively in development time and energies spent to make a plugin to complete a task for which there's none yet.
Due to a somewhat hard to grasp syntax, configuring Webpack may take some time.


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Non-woven Adhesives Market by Type (Styrenic Block Copolymers, Amorphous Poly Alpha Olefins), Application (Baby Care, Feminine Hygiene, Adult Incontinence, Medical), and Region - Global Forecast to 2022
The non-woven adhesives market is projected to grow at a CAGR of 8.63% between 2017 and 2022
The non-woven adhesives market is projected to reach USD 2.76 billion by 2022, at a CAGR of 8.63% between 2017 and 2022. Increased use of non-woven adhesives in applications such as baby care, feminine hygiene, and adult incontinence; and also the emergence of new applications such as medical, bath tissues, pet diapers, and other applications in the global market are expected to change the dynamics of the market in the near future.
Manufacturers of non-woven adhesives are catering to the increasing demand for non-woven adhesives, which, in turn, is leading to the expansion of their businesses. However, certain factors restricting the growth of the global non-woven adhesives market are declining birth rates and a very high diaper penetration rate in mature markets such as the U.S., Japan, and Western European countries has led to stagnant growth for non-woven adhesives products.
Among types, the Styrenic Block Copolymers (SBC) segment is projected to hold the largest market share during the forecast period
High elasticity, optimum performance, safe products, reduced fluff, easy-to-use, and their ability to impart unique performance properties in most applications is fueling the demand in the non-woven adhesives market. These properties enhance the popularity of styrenic block copolymers as non-woven adhesives, especially in pressure-sensitive applications.
North America non-woven adhesives market is projected to hold the largest market share during the forecast period
North America has been the leader with respect to the demand for non-woven adhesives as well as product innovations in terms of improved performance, quality of adhesives, and new application developments, such as in feminine care and adult incontinence products. Furthermore, the rise in the demand for non-woven adhesives in the medical application is also attributed to the demand from several health and hygiene applications, which includes wound care (comprises wound dressings).
Breakup of primary interviews:
• By Company Type - Tier 1–45%, Tier 2–22%, and Tier 3–33%
• By Designation – C-level–33%, D-level–22%, and Others–45%
• By Region - Asia-Pacific–23%, Europe–33%, North America–33%, South America and Middle East & Africa–11%
Henkel AG KGaA (Germany), Bostik SA (France), H.B. Fuller (U.S.), Lohmann-koester GmbH & Co. KG (Germany), Beardow & Adams (Adhesives) Ltd. (U.K.), ADTEK Malaysia Sdn Bhd (Malaysia), MORESCO Corp. (Japan), and Savaré Specialty Adhesives (Italy), among others are the leading players in the non-woven adhesives market.
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- Concept Art
Interview with producer Jim Tso (December
09, 2002)
Not seen for over two thousand years, the Heart of the
Dragon is an immensely powerful artifact, a black pearl
that gives its possessor the frightening ability to shape
the minds and wills of others. In 1935, heeding rumors that
it lies buried within the crypt of China's first emperor,
an underground Asian society called the Black Dragon Triad
has joined forces with a German mercenary, Albrecht Von
Beck, to find and recover it. Lest this unholy alliance
gain the treasure and use it for unscrupulous ends, businessman
Marshal K'ai has recruited none other than Indiana Jones
to return it to the government of China. Naturally, this
task will not be simple; just entering the burial chamber
will require traversing the world to acquire and assemble
the three scattered pieces of the Dragon Seal, the key to
unlocking it.
Indiana Jones and the Emperor's Tomb is the third-person
fusion of action and adventure in which our hero, aided
by K'ai's stunningly beautiful assistant, Mei Ying, undertakes
a far-ranging quest that spans locations such as the jungles
of Ceylon, an underwater palace in Istanbul, the streets
of Hong Kong and more. Armed with his trademark whip and
pistol, Indy can also improvise by using shovels, chairs
and table legs as weapons, and also brawl hand to hand against
his adversaries, many of whom are skilled in the martial
arts. Combining developer The Collective's state of the
art engine with a rich story and compelling gameplay, the
title is projected to release next spring. Producer Jim
Tso of publisher LucasArts fills us in on what to expect
in this informative Indiana Jones and the Emperor's Tomb
Action Vault: In overview, what kind of game will
Indiana Jones and the Emperor's Tomb be, and what types
of gameplay you are aiming to provide?
Jim Tso: Indiana Jones and the Emperor's Tomb is
an original Indy action-adventure game set in 1935. The
Indy movies have served as the main inspiration for much
of the game's design; we've really tried to recreate the
feeling of the Indy movies. That translates into several
aspects of the game - fast-paced action, exotic locations,
and traditional adventure elements such as traps and puzzles.
Action Vault: What's the fundamental premise of
the game? And without giving too much away, what are you
willing to reveal about the storyline, the ultimate objective,
the main adversaries et al?
Jim Tso: In the Emperor's Tomb, Indy has to recover
the Heart of the Dragon, a mystical artifact located inside
the tomb of China's first emperor. This tomb is an actual
historical site in China and has never been fully excavated.
The Heart of the Dragon is rumored to possess the power
to control the minds of men and it allowed Ch'in Shih Huang-ti
to conquer and unify all of China thousands of years ago.
Of course, the Nazis are after it also but they're just
one of the enemies that Indy will have to face.
Action Vault: What considerations factored into
choosing the game's various locations? And where does Indy
pass through on his way to the final destination?
Jim Tso: We decided to set the game in the Far East
because that's an area the movies haven't explored too much
and it has plenty to offer in terms of history and flavor.
Before he ends up in the Asia, Indy does travel around the
world quite a bit; the game starts in Ceylon, and from there
it moves to Prague, Istanbul, and finally to Hong Kong.
From Hong Kong, Indy has to make his way to a secret Nazi
sub base and then to a hidden fortress on top of an island.
Finally, Indy ends up inside the tomb in China.
Action Vault: Indy wouldn't be the same without
his whip and revolver. What other different types of arms
can players expect, and to what extent will regular items
be useful as weapons?
Jim Tso: Besides his trademark bullwhip and trusty
revolver, Indy will be able to pickup and use a variety
of different weapons - submachine guns, shotguns, grenades,
swords and improvised weapons such as a shovel, chair, or
table leg.
Action Vault: What range of enemies will Indy have
to overcome? How diverse are they, and are you willing to
reveal some interesting or unusual examples?
Jim Tso: There are different enemies for each of
the environments. In Ceylon, Indy faces ivory hunters and
mercenaries. In Prague, Indy will fight Gestapo agents and
in Istanbul, Indy fights Turkish mercenaries and Nazi soldiers.
When Indy arrives in the Far East, he will fight a variety
of Triad enemies. In the tomb, Indy will also encounter
some supernatural enemies. In the first few levels of the
game, most of Indy's opponents will have a fighting style
similar to his own; it's something we call Western brawling.
However, the Triad opponents will use martial arts and do
all kinds of crazy leaps and flips. In some of the levels,
there are also monster bosses such as a huge octopus or
a reanimated corpse.
Action Vault: How about friendly or at least neutral
NPCs? Will there be many of them, and what kinds of roles
or functions will they fulfill?
Jim Tso: Most of the friendly NPCs appear in cinematics.
One NPC is a Chinese secret named Mei Ying. She helps Indy
out from time to time.
Action Vault: What are your major considerations
and goals in the areas of mission and level design? How
many will there be, and how varied will they be in terms
of types and objectives?
Jim Tso: We have 10 different locations in the game,
and each location is further subdivided into smaller areas.
In terms of mission design, we wanted a fast-paced game
with a good variety of things for the player to do. There's
a lot of hand to hand combat, ranged combat and navigating
around the environments. To a lesser degree, there are also
the traditional puzzles and traps that Indy fans expect.
Action Vault: You mentioned cinematics earlier.
Will there be many, and what degree of importance will they
have overall?
Jim Tso: The plot is advanced with in-engine cinematics.
These occur at different points throughout a level as the
player progresses through the story.
Action Vault: What engine are you using, and what
makes it especially suited to the game? What major modifications
are you making, if any?
Jim Tso: The engine is an enhanced version of the
engine used for Buffy the Vampire Slayer. We've added vehicle
interactions, whip and rope interaction, and much more varied
vAction Vault: What's the current status of development,
and when do you anticipate the game will be ready for release?
Jim Tso: Indiana Jones and the Emperor's Tomb is
currently at beta and is on schedule for release in the
first quarter of 2003.
Action Vault: What will make Indiana Jones and the
Emperor's Tomb stand out from other action-adventure games
of the current generation? What kind of gamer will it appeal
to most strongly?
Jim Tso: I think Indiana Jones and the Emperor's
Tomb will appeal to Indy fans of course, but also to gamers
who are looking for fast-paced action and a good variety
of gameplay. Our focus with the game has been to recapture
the feel of the Indy movies. We spent a lot of time watching
all three and the one thing you take away from them is that
they're FUN. They have lots of different elements - action,
humor, adventure and great characters, but it's really how
all those elements are integrated into a whole that makes
the Indy movies so fun and unique. I'm happy to say that
I think we've captured the same spirit of fun with the Emperor's
Capturing the kind of fun that made the movies so immensely
popular would seem to be a certain road to success. Accordingly,
we'll be sure to keep our eyes open for further news and
information on Indiana Jones and the Emperor's Tomb as it
moves through the last few months of development. For now,
our thanks to Producer Jim Tso of LucasArts for giving us
even more reason to anticipate the arrival of The Collective's
cool-looking game.
- Richard Aihoshi - "Jonric"


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The Life of Darrell
The title says it all, this is my life.
Monday, July 01, 2013
Quick Comic Reviews - Sweet Tooth Volume 6
So Sweet Tooth has come to an end and it's been a great run. There were a few times where I doubted it but it ended strong. There were some parts where I felt the page layouts were a bit off but other than that, a very solid conclusion. I wouldn't put this one up with Lemire's Essex County or Underwater Welder but it's a series that's worth checking out.
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East Durham College awarded a gold medal at the 2010 Gateshead Summer Flower Show
Press Release • Sep 17, 2010 14:27 BST
A team of students who are currently studying horticulture courses at East Durham recently won a prestigious gold medal for the Best Horticultural College exhibit at the recent Gateshead Summer Flower Show that took place from the 30th July to 1st August 2010
The show took place at Gateshead Central Nursery at Lobley Hill, and is one of the biggest flower shows in the UK. This year was extra special as the show is celebrating its 20th year and was bigger than ever with over 30,000 visitors. Around 150 traders exhibited everything from hand-made craftwork to useful garden tools and there were also over 600 amateur exhibitors competing in categories ranging from garden vegetables to exotic floral art displays. One of these keen exhibition teams was East Durham College Houghall Campus' team which was comprised of seven work based learning Apprentices. All students are all currently on the Level 2 Diploma in Horticulture, bar one member who is studying the Level 2 diploma in Greenkeeping.
The talented students created a ten-metre by ten-metre garden which included a water feature, leek trench, raised seasonal bedding, floral arch, patio area and even a miniature golf course! The garden clearly went down well as not only did the it receive a coveted gold medal, but also caught the attention of Ray Beckwith, one of the judges at the show. Mr Beckwith stated after the awards were handed out that: "It was exceptional and in my opinion is the best education exhibit we have ever had."
The students all worked very hard to complete the garden in just three days. Horticultural Tutor/Assessor at East Durham College, Alan McManus said: ""The students showed professionalism beyond their years; I couldn't believe that learners of that age could build a garden of such a high standard, they were a credit to the College."
The team were made up of the following members: Christopher Raine, 16, from Sherburn Village Durham , Jordan Patterson, 17, from Tow Law, Graig McCormick, 17, from Ferryhill, Adam Birks, 18, from Gilesgate Durham, Paul Watson, 18, from Ushaw Moor Durham, Liam Anthony, 19, from Gilesgate Durham, Kallum Anderson, 19, from Bishop Auckland and Daniel Johnson, 17, from Plawsworth Durham.
One of the team members, Christopher Raine commented: "It was a great experience. I really enjoyed building the garden from scratch and its great to see it finished in 3 days. I got the chance to build the raised beds, plant some bedding, plant the leeks and lay the turf for the golf green. All of the lads were really chuffed that we got a gold medal."
East Durham College provides the local area with a wide variety of environment training and environment courses. As well as the horticulture courses, East Durham College also runs many arboriculture courses over a variety of levels.
East Durham College operates across two campus and many local community venues, as well as providing work force development within individual work places across the region.


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Happy Wednesday to you all, hope the weather is as good where you are as it is in London! I'm dusting off my Summer clothes (yes it's only April but why not!) and digging out my shades, even if the good weather only lasts for the rest of this week.
1. Starting us off this week is THE outfit I want to be wearing when Summer really kicks in - this beautiful mint green jumpsuit from Dorothy Perkins, £55. Also comes in blue but I think this minty shade would look perfect in the sun with a sunkissed glow and some sandals.
2. Continuing with the pastel theme, I bring you these baby blue Nike hi-tops. Sports luxe is having a bit of a fashion moment and I am seriously considering investing in a pair, perfect partner to jeans, a t-shirt and Ray Bans on a relaxed day in the sun. £81.99 at Office.
3. Pretty accessories have been catching my eye recently, one of which being this yellow gingham hairband from Topshop, £7. Would look very D&G-chic paired with a denim playsuit and perfectly disguises a bad hair day.
4. Aldo are well known for their lovely shoes but not so much for their accessories so I feel its only fair for me to put this right! They have a great selection of handbags online and in store now, my favourite being this tan fold over clutch with eye-catching floral detail. Snap it up for £36.
5. Last item up this week comes from one of my favourite SS collections: Miu Miu. Loved the neon shades paired with black but particularly loved the star detail on bags, shoes and other accessories. This star belt is probably the most affordable of the range, tie it round colour block shift dresses for most impact. £175 at Net-a-Porter.


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Monday, January 05, 2004
Addendum to the below.
The shorter version: music criticism that ignores the music is just literary criticism, and literary criticism of pop lyrics is just no good. Trust me on this one, kids. Sure, some pull it off well (I'm a big fan of Meltzer's stuff, which is basically really good literary criticism) but you can't have a whole profession-slash-genre based on that. Rock crit as we know it wouldn't even be possible without the development of semiotics and cultural criticism, which has allowed us to talk about the context and "message" of a song instead of its actual content. And this is OK--it's produced some awesome stuff--but people have been analyzing music for thousands of years without the benefit of cultural analysis, and so it's weird now that people are analyzing music without the benefit of musical analysis, you know? There seemed to be some effort at doing so when people first started taking pop seriously, like with that famous Beatles review talking about the modalities of their vocal harmonies, but that was quickly subsumed to the more vital, and more rockin', criticism of Bangs-Christgau-Marcus.
The main reason for this, aside from most critics not being musicians (if you're a musician you sort of learn it by feel and can at least describe it from that perspective), is that we lack the terms. It's perfectly acceptable for a rock critic to throw in a term like "funky keyboard riff" but no student of classical music would think of saying "that Bachy ending," since there's a term for that. ("Cadence," I think.) And it really is perfectly acceptable to say "funky keyboard riff" since I mostly know what that means. But it could be far more specific. We could, for instance, get inside said riff, look at the structure of it, and compare it to other funky keyboard riffs--or non-funky keyboard riffs, or funky bass riffs, or whatever. I understand the difficulty of that, since so much of classical musical analysis relies on notation and there's almost no notation for pop. Plus, there's not only the notes and the rhythms, but the swing of the rhythms, the performance of it. And, of course, the prevalence of the beat. Instead of the tempo changes you see in classical, directed by a conductor or ensemble, we have a constant tempo with lots of little variations inside that, and, again, current terms of musical analysis are unequipped to deal with that. But that doesn't change the fact that there's a lot more we can do with the framework we're given, and without asking the music to change into something else.
On the other hand, you look at something like wine criticism (which, yes, has a name, but which, no, I can't remember--some variant on "sommelier," yes?) which is routinely mocked for having a jargon specific to that discipline with things like "nose" and "body" being thrown around willy-nilly. But at the same time it makes a lot of sense. We do have very few descriptive terms for smell in our language, and only a very few more for sound. That's why we need to invent them. That's why professions develop a jargon: so members of that profession can make themselves very specifically understood.
Still, I recognize that it's precisely this lack of a jargon, and this focus on cultural rather than musical analysis, that makes music criticism, along with movie crit, somewhat widely read. People seem to be able to grasp most things rock critics throw at them just with the information they have available to them as cultural consumers. Of course, this is precisely because they use terms like "funky keyboard riff," since we've all heard a funky keyboard riff before, or "Beatlesesque songwriting," because, well, you know. In other words, the musical analysis in pop criticism currently is at the level of a game of soundslike, but this does allow people to grasp what's being said a lot easier. And it would certainly be a shame to lose that.
That said, I do think developing a true pop music vocabulary is both possible and desirable. Because--and this is important--we can do it without losing that other strain of criticism. Ideally, the analysis would exist only to feed that criticism, to make it stronger and more interesting and productive. I'd be bored to tears by criticism that simply examined the subtle modal shifts in Carlos Santana's solos. But I would be interested in criticism that could point out just how a song was similar to its predecessors, how it chose to be different, and what that difference means.
Anyway, that's a project that won't be possible for a while, but it's certainly something I've been thinking about.


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The Orpheus Male Chorus of Phoenix, Arizona's longest-standing, continuously performing choral arts organization, celebrates "Nature's Gifts" with several spring concerts, including one in Paradise Valley.
The following concerts are planned:
• Sunday, April 26 at 3 p.m. at Velda Rose United Methodist Church, 5540 E. Main St., Mesa.
• Sunday, May 3 at 3 p.m. at Camelback Bible Church, 3900 E. Stanford Drive, Paradise Valley.
The spring concerts take the audience on a musical journey of the environment, along with nature's gifts that make everyone smile.
The performance includes songs of mountains ("Gonna Build a Mountain"), water ("Loch Lomond"), and animals ("De Animals a-Comin'"); plus favorites from great composers like Rodgers and Hammerstein ("Oh, What a Beautiful Mornin'"), and Aaron Copland ("The Little Horses") and Randall Thompson ("The Pasture" from Frostiana).
Orpheus made its debut on Christmas morning 1929 on KTAR-AM and has delighted audiences in venues large and small throughout Arizona and beyond with a diverse mix of classical and popular music, ranging from sacred works to raucous drinking songs.
Throughout its 85-year history, the chorus has toured in the U.S., Canada and Mexico, been featured in radio and TV broadcasts, and has sung the National Anthem at professional sporting events and for dignitaries, including John F. Kennedy.
Orpheus has gained international acclaim on tours throughout Europe, Australia and New Zealand.
The group has excelled under the baton of Dr. Brook Carter Larson. Prior to becoming Artistic Director for Orpheus, "Doc" taught Choral Music Education classes at Arizona State University, where he also founded the Sun Devil Singers and ASU Men's Chorus.
For event and ticket information, call 602-271-9396 or visit www.orpheus.org.
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The Dirigo II is a 72′ Gaff Rigged Tops'l Alden Schooner. She is 60′ on deck with a beam of 15′ 8″ and a draft of 8′. She weighs in at 80,000 lbs with a lead ballast of 27,000 lbs.
The Dirigo II was commissioned in 1939 for circumnavigation and was designed to be able to "sail in any ocean, in any weather". She was designed by John Alden and built in East Boothbay, Maine at the Goudy & Stevens Boat Yard. The name "Dirigo" is Latin for "I lead the way" and is the state motto of Maine. Upon her launching, she was given the state flag by the governor of Maine to fly as her own. She has since completed her circumnavigation under the hand of her second owner Jim Crawford as well as the Transpac Race in 1953.
The Dirigo II was purchased by the Lohrey Family early in 2010. Upon purchase she was taken to Ensedana, Mexico for an extensive three month total refit/restoration. After restoration she was sailed up the coast to her new home in Friday Harbor, Wa. where she began her career as the flagship of the San Juan Classic Daysailing charter fleet, owned and operated by the Lohrey Family. The Dirigo II is now available for charter from Friday Harbor throughout the San Juan Islands and Puget Sound Area.
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Super Busy
I have been very busy lately due to the house renovation. I am not doing the reno but i have to clean and prepare lunch and dinner for everyone, as well as taking care of my little brat.
I have neglected my studies lately due to i am way to tired to study at nite. Sigh, i guess i have no time to update my blog.
Will have to continue whenever the project is done.
Super tired here eh....my bones felt like wanna crack everyday...never felt this tired b4..sigh...maybe getting old..and fat too! hahaha maybe this is kinda good way to force me to exercise..kekekeke
ANyway...will come back to blogging whenever i am free :)


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Most of the tourist found information about this ferry trip via tourist information, map or hotel reception. They all enjoyed the view and thought it was fairly simple to purchase tickets. The tourist we asked either got the 72 h pass or 24 h pass through SL, which they thought as convenient since you could travel as much as you can during the time period. They didn't mind the waiting time and thought the ferry departure quite frequently.
the workers of Skeppsholmen or Djurgården thought the ferry line were the most convenient way to travel between Djurgården and Slussen, time and economy wise. But they didn't like the way the boat traveled depending on different seasons, in particularly the workers from Skeppsholmen. It seems that during the summer, the ferry only travels to Skeppsholmen like once each hour.
Others(those who travel this line few times each month)
As the workers they thought of this a the most convenient method.
As of what the passengers does on the trip, most of them usually uses their phones or talk to their friend and colleges. while on the other hand the tourist usually take pictures.


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This is a nifty idea from the Triscut folks: http://www.homefarming.com... So far so good with my window sill herb and flower garden. There's some green goin' on!
With Japan's tsunami and earthquake still looming overhead, we got our five person emergency kit from amazon seller OUTDOORSMOR, and some emergency food from thereadystore.com! Just in case!
Totally unrelated, I have a craving for chocolate pudding...via http://www.joyofbaking.com/ChocolatePudding.html
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Saturday, April 16, 2011
Made White Cakes with Strawberry Jam....
FYI, Wilton Cupcake Papers NG, Reynolds Cupcake Papers much better. Why? The Wilton liners have some tendency to crumple when I poured the batter into them. Need to work on Jam sinking to the bottom of White Cupcakes. Need to do more research!
Tuesday, April 12, 2011
Chicken Fried Steak, Mashed Potatoes, and Corn for dinner. Yummy. :d::
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The Salyer & Henry Real Estate Group has received many industry awards such as The Columbus Board of Realtors, five and ten and 25 million dollar sales award, and at Keller Williams Consultants, Top Sales Team in number of units in 2012. Each continue to bring an expertise and knowledge gained by years of successful marketing and positioning of sellers' properties and negotiation skills keen to the market for their buyers to make a successful purchase of their dream home.
That said, in their collective experience as Dublin Real Estate Professionals, they've found that providing the very best service is essentially about PUTTING THEIR CLIENTS FIRST. This means staying accessible, being good listeners as well as good communicators, and responding quickly to your needs.
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I dont have bad taste in music, i have guilty pleasures.MainlyFallout Boy and Foster the People.I know i shouldnt like it but I just do
I have a bad taste in music.I mean, how can you taste music? If you could, it obviously would taste bad.
Let us not forget the elusive "blues metal"...lol
Top five bands?
Jimi Hendrix ExperienceLed ZeppelinAlice in ChainsMetallicaSkillet
Ah, yes.
AC/DCLed ZeppelinDeep PurpleIron MaidenDef LeppardThe Doors
Top 6 as I can't decide on the 5th one lol.
Nice. I don't really listen to Def Leppard or Iron Maiden but the rest of those are good. We can now be friends =P
IMO There really is no such thing as a bad or good taste in music, sense everybody has their own individual tastes and personalities, and how much you and others enjoy something. You can either be in the minority option, or the more common, majority opinion about something, hence people sawing that there IS a good and bad taste, and this can go for other art too.
listens to song about Tirek Nope I have a great taste in music!
Do I have a bad taste in music? Probably, though I myself am unaware of it because I'm oblivious to the majority of things considered good and bad no matter how much info I may gather and will never be able to describe my styles or myself.
I think that the people on the Skillet topic have a bad taste.
Your not the first...
I like emotional ish stuff, and that isn't real popular among my friend group. However, I think it is them who have the bad taste in music. I really don't like rap.
I don't eaither, yet it seems to be all my friends listen too.
My music taste just straight up sucksI'll just let you know
Honestly I'm not really sure because no one knows what music I listen to. I always wear headphones and divert and dodge inquiries, because for some reason music feels super private to me. Obviously I think I have good taste, but taste is subjective so I dunno really.
Honestly if you don't have a taste of music like mine than you have a terrible taste is music /s
In reality, the only people who I think have a horrible taste in music are my friends and some twelve year olds I know who think Drake is better than The Beatles.
or the ones who think Kanye West is better than Led Zeppelin.
They need to be checked.Or just sent straight to Arkham.
I've been told that i have bad taste at music because i listen to Sonic Mayhem or Nine Inch Nails.
Then i realize they hear to Reggaeton.
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First published in The Herald on 13 September, 2017
It's a shifty thing, authenticity, especially when it comes to dramatising a character whose image has been constructed and reconstructed over the centuries, shapeshifting to suit whoever is telling the story. Take Joan of Arc. The 15th century saint has been variously claimed, or vilified, as a feminist, Catholic martyr, resistance fighter, French patriot, cross-dresser, pixie cut icon, political emblem of the left and of the right. For anyone who has seen Danish director Carl Theodor Dreyer's 1928 silent film masterpiece La Passion de Jeanne d'Arc, only one image of Joan will forever be burned into their retinas: those steely cheekbones and saucer eyes of Renee Maria Falconetti.
So expressive is Falconetti's face that the performance is still routinely hailed as among the greatest of cinema history – a 'symphony of faces'. What makes the film so good is its uncompromising intensity, its austerity and weird camera angles, its frenetic cuts – and, especially, its excruciatingly unwavering close-ups that glue us to Falconetti's face. The effect is unapologetically visceral. We feel Joan's pain. As we sit and watch, we also feel complicit in her execution.
Dreyer was a fierce director. He was famously tough on his actors, pushing them to the point of real blood and tears. He didn't permit any makeup, instead wanting emotions to be conveyed through the rawest of facial expressions and ultra high-contrast lighting that would show up everything, warts and all. But here's something that seems completely implausible nowadays: he had no control whatsoever over the make-or-break factor of music.
In the 1920s, films were screened to the accompaniment of nothing or anything at all: a local pianist or a symphony orchestra, depending on the size and prestige of the cinema. The precise score was liable to change on the night, especially when the soundtrack was improvised, which it often was. The notion of having carefully planned music that would reflect, enhance and counterpart the screen drama? That came later.
Actually, there was original music created for the Paris premiere of La Passion de Jeanne d'Arc, scored for chorus and orchestra by a couple of operetta composers (Victor Alix and Léo Pouget; no, me neither). Dreyer had no choice in the matter. That 1928 score has been revived from time to time since, but nobody has suggested it comes close to doing justice to the film. Over the decades there have been multiple efforts to match La Passion de Jeanne d'Arc with the right music, from grand oratorios to ambient electronica. Nick Cave and the Dirty Three played a live score at the National Film Theatre in London in 1995; four years later, Cat Power tried a similar gig in the States.
Dreyer died in 1968 without having heard any score that he felt really worked. In 1952, the Italian producer and critic Joseph-Marie Lo Ducaput screened La Passion de Jeanne d'Arc with a soundtrack of baroque music, going for a vague period-ish feel without bothering to get the right period. Dreyer hated it – primarily because Ducapot had trashed the film's meticulous framings by cropping the image to make room for a sound strip. When it came to Ducapot's musical choices (Bach, Vivaldi, Albinoni), why, Dreyer wanted to know, hadn't he opted for actual music of the actual 15th century?
One simple answer is that even by the 1950s we were still pretty much in the dark about medieval music, yet to benefit from the great early music revolution that would happen in the 1960s and 1970s. When Ducapot made his soundtrack, 15th century manuscripts were still only circulated in very niche corners of the music world, and there was hardly anyone who would have known how to sing this repertoire properly.
Queue medieval vocal music specialists Donald Greig and the Orlando Consort, who, 60 years later, have finally crafted a score using the music of Joan's time. The match is perfect, Greig tells me: "the film is set in the early 15th century; it's about religion; we can directly illustrate the moments when the liturgy is being celebrated; we can directly mirror that sacred space, that sacred dimension. This is the kind of music that Joan would have heard herself."
Most of what Greig has selected is French church music, with the exception of the English Agincourt Carol. On-screen action is synched to what we hear – and it's not all smooth, long-lined polyphony. "That would be too rich," Greig explains. "We need a bit of sorbet. There are some scenes where I wanted to illustrate Joan's sadness, so I choose a melancholy chanson. Elsewhere I've tried to reflect the atmosphere of hectoring priests or torture instruments. At some points I've gone for something quite illustrative in the text – an Ave Verum Corpus [a Eucharist hymn describing the piercing of Christ's side] while we watch Joan bleed."
The effect is potent. Tracking shots around the courtroom of Rouen are accompanied by plainchant; the covert scheming of Joan's judges is matched by cacophonous whispers; the moment when a persecutor spits in Joan's face is punctuated by harsh Latin consonants. Sometimes the Orlando singers simply stop singing altogether, augmenting the toughness of the film by making the audience really feel its silence. "That is its brilliant paradox," says Greig. "It's a silent film about voices. Joan hears voices all the time. She's surrounded by false accusations. Yet she herself is voiceless."
Greig has a background in film studies, and he explains why Dreyer's radical editing techniques have been such a magnet for so many musicians. "The average length of a shot is just over three seconds," he says, "which is incredibly rapid and quite aggressive. These contrast with endless slow close-ups of Joan's face. There's a fascinating rhythm to it – in fact, the film itself is tremendously musical."
The Orlando Consort have been touring their live score internationally since 2015, and responses, says Greig, have been immense. For him, this project marks something of a personal victory: "I've coerced my musical colleagues into watching this silent art house film," he laughs, "and on the other hand I've convinced promoters to put on a whole bunch of early 15th century French vocal music that would never otherwise sell." When the project comes to the Lammermuir Festival this weekend, it will take place in St Mary's, Haddington – a church that was was consecrated around the same time as Joan's life. Big screen aside, if you're after medieval immersion, it doesn't get much more authentic than this.
Voices Appeared: The Orlando Consort's live soundtrack to La Passion de Jeanne d'Arc is at St Mary's Church, Haddington, on September 17, part of the Lammermuir Festival


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