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Hey everyone! Since Lorac came out with a new limited edition palette, I wanted to make sure to get this post up as soon as possible. If you didn't know, Lorac Cosmetics recently came out with two limited edition sets. One is exclusively sold at Sephora and the other is sold exclusively at Ulta. I actually wanted to get both but of course, I didn't because that would just be ridiculous. I actually got the one that was sold exclusively at Ulta stores. If you would like to see that haul and what other products that the set came with, you can CLICK HERE.
When I first saw this palette in the Ulta catalog, I literally fell in love. I love Lorac products and my favorite products from them are their eye shadows! They are so smooth to the touch and blend wonderful. My favorite palette from them of all time would definitely be their Lorac Pro palette, which made me want to try out more of their products! Hopefully one day I will be able to try out all of their products! The thing that really sold me on this set was the colors in the palette and the clutch that came with the set. The overall look of all the products in the set is so gorgeous and definitely perfect for the Spring!
All the shadows in this palette perform exceptionally well, except for the mint shade (which I am a bit sad to say). You definitely need a base and a primer for the mint shade to show up well on the eyes. I actually had to swatch it a couple of times for that one eyeshadow to show up in the pictures. All the other shadows are pigmented and perform as great as the shadows in the Lorac Pro palette. The blush is a gorgeous peachy pink blush. I love how it looks on my cheeks. This blush is soft that it makes me want to try out other blushes from Lorac! I am definitely in love with this palette. So far, I have been using it pretty much everyday. I just love the shimmery eye shadows included in this palette! Lorac definitely did another great job with this palette!
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The surprise new No.1 destination for serious foodies
Where would you consider to be the top foodie destination in the world? According to the most number of Michelin stars, restaurant in Tokyo are the place to go. Perhaps it's New York, as it is home to this year's World's Best Restaurant, Eleven Madison Park. The UK is a surprise contender, but it does have Trip Advisor's top restaurant for 2017, a Michelin-starred gastropub in Yorkshire.
Instead of using just one list, catering firm Caterwings has commissioned a study combining all these rankings with the opinions of 20,000 food journalists and a large selection of other criteria to determine the top 100 food destinations in the world.
Recognising that often mouth-watering local street food options are as important to a city's foodie culture as fine dining restaurants, this study considered both factors in its analysis. It focused on the quality and variety of the cuisine on offer and also considered the affordability and accessibility of food, as well as availability of vegetarian and vegan options. Each criteria category was given a score to determine the final index of the Best Food Destinations.
So, which city was the winner?
With its sultry, seaside atmosphere and decadent dining delights, the city of San Sebastian in Spain has been given the huge accolade. Less surprisingly, Tokyo comes in at second, followed by New York in third place. Rounding out the top five are Barcelona in fourth and Singapore in fifth.
"Whether you've always dreamed of trying percebes in San Sebastian or okonomiyaki in Osaka, this study is the ultimate foodie bucket list," says CEO of Caterwings, Manuel Queiroz.
However, despite Australia's emerging reputation for innovative cuisine and a growing foodie culture, no Australian city made it into the top 50. Melbourne receives the first mention in the list at 65, followed by Adelaide at 74 and Sydney at 78.
Australia clearly has work to do. And in the meantime every burgeoning chef, gastronome and foodie globetrotter has a new No.1 destination in search of the ultimate meal.
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I just started using PBS Postage with DC today. My return address is my home, but I've been dropping my book packages at work, which is easier than me going to the PO. Will this be OK? The zip codes are different. The wrapper says "ships from xxxxx" (zip code) so wanted to be sure.
I haven't had a problem in the past using regular stamps this way, but realize things could be different now that the package is scanned.
I also have to be sure my work mail goes out in time for the date on the package to be correct.
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by Sarah Handelman
Tucked into the volcanic rock and cerulean rooftops of Santorini, a bookshop was struggling to pay its rent. Established in 2004, Atlantis Books has served as a literary haven for summer throngs of tourists. But when the recession struck and the high season died down, its owners deliberated how to keep their shop in the Aegean afloat. Their solution didn't involve any eBooks.
"I've always loved getting post, and I was probably being sentimental about that — how nothing good tends to show up in the mail," says Will Brady, who helps run Atlantis. He had begun to dread opening the bills. "You don't get nice handwritten things anymore. We wondered what we could do that would serve that purpose."
Enter Paravion Press, a project started by the Greek bookshop's co-owners, Brady and Craig Walzer, which pairs meta (and seemingly whimsical) notions to publish beautiful books for the otherwise digitally inclined. Paravion prints limited editions of stories using traditional typesetting and publishing methods. Books are printed in themed collections that come, conveniently, as tomes the size of postcards. As Paravion's name implies, these thoughtfully curated collections are meant to be shared, by post.
"I got drawn into this project of setting up the bookshop because of my affection for old, dusty books and for the situations that emerged from those kinds of places," says Brady, who splits his time between London and Greece. "I really liked the idea of being able to share. Sharing a book is one thing, but something as a letter or postcard makes it ephemeral. And that aspect really appealed to me."
Initially, the owners ran editions from an inkjet printer in the back of the bookshop and hand-stitched each copy. But as more eBook-toting visitors discovered the novel souvenir, Paravion began working with illustrators and using hand-printing methods to allow the much-loved literature to, well, stretch its wings.
In addition to an ongoing city series, Paravion has released a Valentine's Day collection and is celebrating the holiday season with its edition of James Joyce's The Dead. With commissioned illustrations by British artist William Bock, Paravion's reissue breathes new life into the beloved and timeless Irish novella. The best part? There's no wrapping necessary. Just sign, seal, and deliver. But remember to buy those stamps.
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Detroit — Two suspended members of a disbanded Detroit Police Department drug unit were released on $10,000 unsecured bond Thursday after being indicted and accused of robbing and extorting people while on duty.
Lt. David "Hater" Hansberry and Officer Bryan "Bullet" Watson were arraigned in federal court on charges that include robbery conspiracy. If convicted, they face up to 20 years in federal prison.
The indictments come almost three months after another officer under investigation in the case, Detective James Napier, 35, of the 12th Precinct, died of a self-inflicted gun shot. The charges also come five months after Hansberry, 34, and Watson, 46, were suspended for alleged criminal wrongdoing.
"Officers who violate the law cannot be tolerated because effective law enforcement requires public trust," U.S. Attorney Barbara McQuade said in a statement Thursday after the indictment was unsealed.
A third man associated with Hansberry, Kevlin Brown, also was charged in the case and accused robbing and extorting a victim in January 2012.
Lawyers for Hansberry and Watson did not return calls seeking comment early Thursday.
Hansberry and Watson sat next to each other in federal court, hunched over while reading copies of the eight-count indictment. Hansberry appeared animated, arching his eyebrows and smirking while reading portions of the criminal case and slowly shaking his head.
While free on bond, Hansberry and Watson are barred from possessing firearms.
The indicted officers are suspended without pay as the department looks to restore public trust eroded by the accusations, Detroit Police Chief James Craig said at a brief press conference Thursday.
"The vast majority of the men and women in the Detroit Police Department are honest and hardworking. They honor the badges they wear and the oath they took to protect the citizens of this city," he said. "But criminal allegations of this magnitude tend to affect the erosion of public trust and the tarnishing our badges."
Craig called the allegations "troubling" and stressed they should not reflect upon the rest of the department.
"It does not suggest that everybody assigned to the former narcotics unit was somehow involved in illegal narcotics activity," he said. "We should remember allegations of criminal conduct by a few should never paint a picture that the entire police department is corrupt."
Hansberry, a 16-year veteran, and Watson, a 22-year veteran, were suspended with pay in October along with multiple other officers from the former narcotics unit, Craig said.
"That's been a consistent process that I've adhered to," Craig said. "If there are criminal allegations and it moves into a charging situation then the status changes to no pay."
Craig said he did not know how many other officers remain on suspension. He declined to comment on if the department expects charges to be brought against those individuals.
Craig disbanded the Narcotics Section in July because of what he said were systemic problems uncovered during an Internal Affairs investigation that began in May, including how drugs and evidence were handled.
An internal probe started last year is ongoing, Craig previously told The News, and is separate from the federal investigation. The internal probe stems from accusations of wrongdoing by Lt. Chuck Flanagan, which is also an ongoing internal affairs probe. The federal investigation started before Flanagan took over the drug unit.
Since then, the department has launched a new Major Violators Unit with more oversight and limits on time officers spend serving in the unit, Craig said.
"The narcotics units and the vice units of today have a limited tenure, or limited duration of assignment of three to five years," he said. "By doing that it certainly …eliminates stagnation."
According to the indictment, Hansberry and Watson carried out traffic stops and fake arrests before stealing drugs, money and property.
The alleged conspiracy started in June 2010, ran through October and involved Hansberry and Watson also arranging drug deals and then stealing money, drugs and property, prosecutors alleged.
They "would also identify themselves as law enforcement officers performing official law enforcement duties in order to coerce their victims into complying with their demands and to encourage their victims to flee, leaving behind their controlled substances, money or personal property," prosecutors alleged in the indictment.
Bernard Cybulski, vice president of the Detroit Police Officers Association, said: "Just because they're indicted doesn't mean they're guilty. They should be given their day in court."
Instead of turning over the money, drugs and property to the Detroit Police Department, Hansberry and Watson sold the drugs — sometimes through informants — and split the money, the Justice Department alleged.
"I can only imagine the number of people that have been victimized by this crew," Southfield defense lawyer Neil Rockind said.
He defended a Detroit man in 2013 charged in a drug case investigated by Hansberry, Watson and Napier.
The police lied to obtain a search warrant and lied about finding cocaine during a raid at a home owned by the man's mother, Rockind said.
"Watson testified defiantly that he was telling the truth," he said. "And Hansberry attempted to suggest his integrity was beyond reproach."
Rockind's client was acquitted in Wayne County Circuit Court in December 2013 after a jury trial.
"My experiences with these officers was very negative," Rockind said. "These officers are entitled to their day in court and their lawyers will say (Hansberry and Watson) are beyond reproach. They're going to witness the awesome power of the government that they were a part of. They're going to see federal agents and prosecutors being given the benefit of the doubt."
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Chief Justice of Pakistan Justice Tassaduq Hussain Jillani has said that if any action was taken against the judiciary of the country the bar will play its traditional role and bench will follow its oath. He said that the role played by lawyers, civil society and media for the supremacy of the constitution is golden chapter of the history.
While addressing the lawyers at District Bar Association Multan he said that providing justice to the people is an act of worship.
The CJP said that the moment of justice is higher than thousand nights of the worship.
He urged the young lawyers to work hard and provide justice to the people because judiciary is the only institution on which they rely.
"I never said that I have never made mistakes but I try to avoid making them.", he said. He added that the fear of Allah has increased in him after he became a judge of the Supreme Court of Pakistan. Chief justice said he had joined the profession of judiciary for provision of justice to masses. Chief justice also thanked the lawyers for maintaining discipline in the ceremony


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Gianotti Crosti Syndrome
What is Gianotti Crosti syndrome?
The gianotti crosti syndrome, more commonly known as the infantile papular acrodermatitis is a rare disorder which occurs during childhood. The disorder can affect infants who are nine months old to children up to the age of nine years.
Causes of Gianotti Crosti syndrome
The Gianotti Crosti syndrome is a medical condition in which the skin reacts to pathogens of viral infections. In the case of this medical condition, the injured organ or tissue is created as an aftermath of an underlying infection, particularly a virus. Thus Gianotti Crosti syndrome is considered to be a hypersensitive response to this previous infection. Further is in some cases, this previous infection tends to relate with an infectious agent endemic to a specific a particular geographic location.
Various pathogens which may cause this syndrome may be Hepatitis B virus and Epstein-Barr virus are the most frequently reported virus. There might be other virus which may lead to this medical condition are Hepatitis A virus, hepatitis C virus, Cytomegalovirus, Coxsackie virus, Adeno virus, Entero virus, Rota virus, Rubella Virus, HIV, Infectious Mononucleosis. Echo viruses, Respiratory Syncytial Virus, and Para Influenza virus. Virus. The syndrome may also be caused as an aftermath of a vaccination with a live virus serum. In more technical terms, Gianotti Crosti Syndrome is a particular infectious exanthem which is related to medical conditions such as lymphadenopathy and acute anicteric hepatitis.
There does not exist any relation between the development of the Gianotti Crosti Syndrome and genetics or any familiar predisposition.
Symptoms of Gianotti Crosti syndrome
The medical condition of Gianotti Crosti directly affects the skin of the affected child, hence the symptoms are mostly very clearly visible. The symptoms of this syndrome as visible in a patient are:
The major characteristic of the Gianotti Crosti syndrome includes average to extreme papular skin rashes. Papular will be the term used for smaller, conical portions of the skin coming out of the skin which may be caused due to the inflammation, accumulated secretion or hypertrophy of the affected organs or tissues. The rashes appear in the form of blisters which typically start appearing on the skin of the buttocks, legs, and arms, technically speaking the distal parts of the four limbs. The papular rashes then begin to spread and accumulate on the face of the affected child.
Purpura is a medical condition where in red and purple discolored spots start appearing on the skin which does not blanch when pressure is applied to them. Purpura is quite frequently accompanied by Gianotti Crosti syndrome when a medical test named TOURNIQUET test is done for the diagnosis of the Gianotti Crosti syndrome. The tourniquet test is a diagnostic test which helps to figure out the strength of the capillary walls and their fragility. In other words, it is used to determine the hemorrhagic tendency of a patient as well as reduced platelet count. In a few rare cases of Gianotti Crosti syndrome, extreme Purpura may also occur without the presence of any hemorrhagic disorder or the conduction of Tourniquet test.
Since Gianotti Crosti syndrome tends to be a hypersensitive response of the patient's body to an underlying infection, the symptoms which may also accompany the considered medical condition are related to these underlying infections. The symptoms may be visible in the form of low-grade fever, sore and burning throat and more common symptoms of upper respiratory infections. Diseases such as jaundice may also accompany or lead to Gianotti Crosti syndrome along with inflammation in the liver.
The rashes on the skin lead to uncontrollable itching on the skin which subsequently leads to discomfort, pain as well as extreme flaking and dryness of the skin. Since the syndrome is clearly found in children, itching which is supposed to be avoided in such a case is inevitable and create maximum discomfort, while the prolonged and continuous rubbing enhances the rashes.
Lymphadenopathy is another biological disorder which may be a symptom of Gianotti Crosti syndrome. Also known as the Adenopathy, is a disorder in which the lymph nodes become abnormal in size, number or consistency. The lymph nodes may become swollen or enlarge in size. Upper respiratory infections, chronic fever, burning and sore throat, as well as running nose and the common cold, are symptoms which accompany lymphadenopathy. The swelling of the lymph nodes leads to lymph system blockage. Increased amount of night sweats along with the swelling and increased tenderness of the lymph nodes in the armpits and groin may also occur in few cases.
Hepatomegaly is the medical condition of inflammation of the liver which acts as a symptom of Gianotti Crosti syndrome and may also be accompanied by jaundice infection. The infected patient may experience loss of appetite, reduced weight, and extreme lethargy. In technical terms, hepatomegaly occurs along with vascular swelling, inflammation, and deposition of non-hepatic cells as well as increased cell contents both at the same time or separately.
Gianotti Crosti Syndrome Diagnosis
The conditions under which a patient is considered or diagnosed to have Gianotti Crosti syndrome are:
- During, one or more than one clinical tests and diagnostic runs, the patient is proven to have the listed characteristics and clinical features of Gianotti Crosti Syndrome.
- Further, during the clinical tests and diagnosis of particularly the rashes, the patient does not showcase any negative features related to Gianotti Crosti Syndrome.
The positive clinical features should be:
- Pinkish, reddish or brownish papules which may be flat-topped and monomorphous.
- The body portions such as cheeks, buttocks, extensor surfaces of forearms and extensor surfaces of legs should be involved.
- Should last for minimum 10 days.
The negative clinical features should be:
- Extensive truncal lesions.
- Scaly lesions.
Treatment for Gianotti Crosti syndrome
Gianotti Crosti syndrome is a self-limiting medical condition hence not much treatment is required specifically for the condition. However, medical treatment is done for the accompanying symptoms which focus on the controlling and relief from itching and inflammation.
Gianotti Crosti Syndrome Pictures
Picture 1 – Gianotti Crosti Syndrome
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Israeli ex-PM Olmert freed from jail
Jerusalem, July 2 (IANS) Former Israeli Prime Minister Ehud Olmert was released from prison on Sunday after a parole board reduced his corruption sentence by a third.
Live broadcasts showed Olmert, who served as the country's Prime Minister between 2006 and 2009, leaving the Maasiyahu prison in central Israel early morning, Xinhua news agency reported.
A car took him directly to his home in Tel Aviv, accompanied by his security guard.
A spokesperson for Olmert said that under his parole terms, in the next few months the former leader will have to do volunteer work, report twice a week to a police station and will not be allowed to leave the country or give media interviews.
Olmert is expected to appeal for a pardon to President Reuven Rivlin, the spokesperson said, adding that a request if approved would cancel his parole terms.
Olmert served 16 months of his 27-month sentence. He was granted an early release on Thursday in a decision by Israel Prison Service's parole board. He is the first Israeli Prime Minister to serve time in jail.
Olmert started his prison term on February 15, 2016, after the Supreme Court reduced his six-year sentence to 18 months, cancelling a previous conviction in the "Holyland case", a corruption affair involving a giant construction project in Jerusalem.


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If you are looking to make money with Global MoneyLine then you should read my review first. There are definitely a few things that you should know about this program before you decide to buy into it (which I don't necessarily recommend).
Is Global MoneyLine a scam? I would say that yes it is a scam, and so much so that it will probably get shut down soon enough.
Global MoneyLine Review
- Name: Global MoneyLine or just MoneyLine
- Website: globalmoneyline.com
- Price: $20 – $250
- Recommended?: I'll go over this at the end
Chances are that you probably got referred to this program by one of their affiliates. There are a lot of people that are promoting this program to make some money off of people like you signing up.
But should you believe all of their hype about being able to make easy automated income with this program??? Or are they just trying to get you to sign up so that they can make their commissions?
You will find out…
There is pretty much no information on this business whatsoever. You can't find anything about who created it, the people behind it, anything at all. The only thing that I know is that it started in 2016.
Global MoneyLine is all about making money online. Its all about bringing new members into the system and making money off of them.
There are no products that this company offers to the general public and its all focused on recruitment. You make money off of people buying in.
And yes this sounds illegal and I'll go over this more soon.
The Price
There is a free and paid membership available at Global MoneyLine.
The free membership is completely worthless and is only available to make it easier to recruit people into the program underneath you.
The only way to actually make money with Global MoneyLine is by buying the paid membership, which will cost you $20 for the Bronze Membership.
Then there is the $50 Silver Membership in which you can make more money……. and then Gold Membership ($100) and it goes all the way up to Platinum which will cost you $250.
How You Make Money
Like I said, its all about recruitment.
In order to start making money you have to recruit 3 people into the program and they have to become a paying member, which costs them the $20.
One of these 3 people is going to be you. So after you become a paying member, you then have to get 2 other people beneath you to become paying members.
The $20 that each of the 2 people that you just recruited in paid, gets bumped up to your sponsor, aka the person that recruited you into this program.
So you don't get paid a cent for those first 2 people that you bring in. Your upline gets all the money.
But after you get those 2 people you can apply to become an IR, which is an Independent Representative. And now you can start actually making money off of the people you bring in.
Once you are an IR you get the $20 for each person.
And on top of that you will get the $10 from each of your direct recruits' first 2 recruits.
And this is just from people buying in at the Bronze Membership level. When people upgrade their memberships you will also get paid.
This Is a Risky Game To Play
Its not that risky because its only going to cost you $20 out of pocket (minimum), which isn't a big deal if you lose it. But its still risky.
The fact of the matter is that this that this is absolutely illegal in a lot of the world. Where I live, which is in the United States, it is without a doubt illegal.
Businesses CANNOT rely upon recruitment to bring in all their revenues. This program is pretty much the definition of a pyramid scheme, it has no products and relies solely on recruitment.
Usually businesses like this at least come out with some sort of product to try to cover up their scam operations and come across as legitimate.
But not this one. And that is why I can pretty much guarantee its going to get shut down by the government once it gets too bit. The gov can't go after every little pyramid scheme out there, but once they get big enough they will go after them and this place will get shut down.
Final Thoughts & My Recommendation
With a pyramid scheme like this it is only going to be good for you if you get in early on. If you don't you just won't make much money.
Its all about getting as much people underneath you as possible.
But even though money can be made with this program I would NOT suggest it to anyone. It is not a legitimate opportunity and it will be shut down sooner or later. This is not something that you can make a reliable income off of.
There are legitimate opportunities to make money online and this just isn't one of them.


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Cherry Blossom
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Wow this is stunning. Love this image. Doesn't look half as good when I use it!ReplyDelete
Becky, this is a beautiful card...your colouring is so gorgeous and And Cherry Blossom is lovely...ReplyDelete
Beautiful image, beautifully coloured. Beautiful flowers, beautiful design. A stunningly beautiful card. Hugs, Carol S.xxReplyDelete
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So beautiful this stamp is just gorgeous another stunning card Love and hugs CarolexReplyDelete
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The Hurricanes
Christina Hendricks ("Drive," "Mad Men") is attached to star in Jonathan Lynn's female buddy movie "The Hurricanes". Annalisa D'Innella penned the script and filming begins in February.
The story follows three estranged and very different women who reunite to resurrect their once chart-topping 80s girl band after a rapper samples their music and sends it to the top of the charts. Annalise Davis, Rajita Shah and Jimmy Harry will produce. [Source: Screen]
Rooney Mara and Ben Mendelsohn are set to star in acclaimed theatrical director Benedict Andrews' directorial debut "Blackbird" at Jean Doumanian Productions. Filming begins in the UK next summer.
David Harrower's script follows two people who once had a passionate affair meet again fifteen years later. What follows is "an unflinching excavation of damaged love" and the consequences of it. [Source: Deadline]
Untitled High School Supernatural Comedy Project
"Teen Beach Movie" and "Austin & Ally" star Ross Lynch is attached to star in an untitled project at Asylum Entertainment. Jason Filardi ("17 Again") penned the high-concept supernatural comedy set in a New England high school. Jennifer Gibgot, Steve Michaels and Jonathan Koch will produce. [Source: THR]
Black Beauty
Luke Perry, Bruce Davison and Sarah Ann Schultz star in a new contemporary adaptation of Anna Sewel's classic 1877 novel "Black Beauty" which Epic Pictures Group has just scored the international rights to.
Daniel Zirilli wrote's film follows a 15-year-old girl who convinces her father and grandfather to rehabilitate an abused wild horse they dub Black Beauty. [Source: Deadline]
I Saw the Light
Cherry Jones ("24") and Bradley Whitford ("The West Wing") will join Tom Hiddleston and Elizabeth Olsen in the Hank Williams biopic "I Saw The Light" for Bron Studios/RatPac Entertainment. Filming is currently underway in Louisiana.
Jones will play William's mother. Whitford will portray Fred Rose, the Nashville music publisher who helped guide Williams' career and was a close friend. Marc Abraham directs from his screenplay based on Colin Escott's biography. [Source: Screen]


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The Bankruptcy Court for the Southern District of New York has held that a cross-affiliate netting provision in an ISDA swap agreement is unenforceable in bankruptcy. In the SIPA proceedings of Lehman Brothers Inc. (LBI), UBS AG (UBS) sought to offset UBS's obligation to return excess collateral to LBI against claims purportedly owed by LBI to UBS subsidiaries, UBS Securities and UBS Financial Services. While the Bankruptcy Court acknowledged that the cross-affiliate netting provision was valid and enforceable outside of bankruptcy, it followed the decision in In re SemCrude, L.P., 399 B.R. 388 (Bankr. D. Del. 2009), aff'd, 428 B.R. 590 (D. Del. 2010), to conclude that the mutuality requirement of Section 553 of the Bankruptcy Code precluded enforcement of the provision in bankruptcy.
UBS had entered into foreign exchange swaps with LBI in transactions under a 1992 ISDA Master Agreement. The parties posted collateral to secure their respective obligations. UBS terminated the transactions under the swap agreements on September 16, 2008, shortly before the commencement of LBI's SIPA proceedings. At the time of the early termination, UBS was holding approximately $170 million in collateral.
The LBI Trustee did not dispute UBS's valuation notice and, after setoff, UBS still held $76 million, which the documents required it to return to LBI. However, UBS relied on Section 5(a) of the Schedule to the ISDA to assert a right to setoff amounts due from LBI to two of its subsidiaries, UBS Securities and UBS Financial Services. UBS contended that the amount of those claims exceeded the $76 million and retained the full amount. By agreement of the parties, the amount in controversy had been reduced to $23 million by the time of the Bankruptcy Court's decision.
Section 5(a) of the Schedule to the ISDA provided for a common form of cross-affiliate netting:
… upon the designation of any Early Termination Date, in addition to and not in limitation of any other right or remedy … under applicable law the Non-defaulting Party or Non-affected Party (in either case, "X") may without prior notice to any person set off any sum or obligation (whether or not arising under this Agreement …) owed by the Defaulting Party or Affected Party (in either case, "Y") to X or any Affiliate of X against any sum or obligation (whether or not arising under this Agreement …) owed by X or any Affiliate of X to Y …
… upon the designation of any Early Termination Date, in addition to and not in limitation of any other right or remedy … under applicable law the Non-defaulting Party or Non-affected Party (in either case, "X") may without prior notice to any person set off any sum or obligation (whether or not arising under this Agreement …) owed by the Defaulting Party or Affected Party (in either case, "Y") to X or any Affiliate of X against any sum or obligation (whether or not arising under this Agreement …) owed by X or any Affiliate of X to Y …
The Bankruptcy Court accepted UBS's argument that this provision was valid as a matter of New York contract law. In bankruptcy, however, Section 553 of the Bankruptcy Code requires that the offsetting obligations be held in the same right, and between the same parties, standing in the same capacity. Thus, the Bankruptcy Court concluded that cross-affiliate netting was not authorized under the Bankruptcy Code because it failed to meet this mutuality requirement.
UBS argued that Section 553 only applied the mutuality requirement to common law rights of setoff, not contractual rights of setoff. The Bankruptcy Court rejected this argument as having no basis in the text of the statute, which makes no such distinction. The Bankruptcy Court also rejected UBS's argument that the contractual provision created mutuality between all affiliates under the corporate umbrella of UBS as contrary to a "consistent pattern of authority," which imposes strict requirements of mutuality.
UBS also argued that the swap agreements were protected contracts under Section 561 of the Bankruptcy Code, which preserves the exercise of any contractual right to offset in connection with a swap agreement. The Bankruptcy Court rejected this reasoning as it had in a previous decision in In re Lehman Brothers Holdings Inc., 433 B.R. 101 (Bankr. S.D.N.Y. 2010) (the "Swedbank decision"). According to the Bankruptcy Court, the safe harbor provision permits setoff, but does not eliminate the mutuality requirement. In addition, the Bankruptcy Court reasoned that Section 561 preserves rights of setoff, but that without mutuality, no such right exists.
Thus, absent further developments on appeal or in subsequent case law, cross-affiliate setoff appears to be unavailable in both the Southern District of New York and Delaware, the two most significant bankruptcy jurisdictions in the United States.
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Since this blog is supposedly about my writing journey, I should catch you all up with my latest doings.
My latest short story, written for a speculative fiction competition, failed to get a place. It's a gothic historical tale entitled The Scent of Lilies. I really enjoyed trying a different genre. I've had good feedback on it and will rework it for another up coming competition.
It is now four years since I started on this great adventure of writing, and therefore I've spent the last four years with the characters in my novel, Blackbird. I had put it aside earlier this year and dabbled with a different story, then went back to it. Big mistake! But we're allowed those, as long as we learn from them and I have.
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I am reading a book entitled One Small Step Can Change Your Life: The Kaizen Way by Robert Maurer, Ph.D. It is a methodology that we can use to circumvent our brain's fear mechanism----which shuts down the part of our brain that controls creativity and problem-solving----so that we can achieve our goals. I highly recommend it.
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When I'm going through my mood swings, I want people to get me and understand me and support me, but rarely do I ever do the same for them. I'm lazy. Lazy to the point of being insensitive.
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Now the #thisgirlcan video has been doing the rounds for a while
Sport England released the TV advert to show a whole variety of women doing and enjoying sport in order in encourage others to do that same. Some far so girl power, right? Well some women objected to it, and the week it was released The Jeremy Vine Show on BBC Radio 2 did a lunchtime piece debating whether it was another form of sexualisation of women's bodies.
In the west we tend to look at our bodies as only a vehicle for our heads (to paraphrase Ken Robinson's excellent TED talk). Any bodily functions are seen as unpleasant and/or shameful. The only thing "pleasant" (ie. of pleasure) to do with bodies is sex.
So I get it. The leap is not far from celebration of bodies = sex. But it's a leap that unsettles me. Which is probably why I'm still thinking about it a month later.
I agree, the advert is a sexualisation of these women's bodies, but I don't think that that's wrong. Bodies are sexy. All bodies. I would say the problem here is not the objectification of women as sexual beings. We already are sexual beings. No amount of feminist protest, or advertising will change that either way.
The problem is we run from our physicality. We emphasise the intellectual, and increasingly the digital, denying that we are merely a sentient bag of meat (too gross? Sorry). A body that can be hurt, and get sick, and die. That thought is scary and threatening. We deny our bodies in the hope that by doing so we will avoid our mortality. In fact we achieve the opposite. By denying our physicality, we deny the present. We put off the goal we want to tackle today in order to do it "tomorrow" (the mythical tomorrow rather the Wednesday that will follow this Tuesday).
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I would rather PJ and friends hadn't been overobsessed with "story
arcs" in the theme of the weakness of men/Aragorn and kept more to
the more interesting book Aragorn, who is steadfast in his beliefs despite
the long odds of success. But in the movie's context SPM is quite correct.
I do appreciate PJ's keeping true to the subtle LOTR allusions to Eru's and/or the Valar's interventions in the story (in the prologue the "But something then happened that the Ring did not intend"), and the later Gandalf comment in Moria. Although I do wonder what non-book people made of such observations.
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Doubting Dwimmerlaik
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Think that my problem (one of many ) is that I cannot recapture that feeling that I had when I first saw FotR. I remember going, as my wife and I see about one movie a year (we rarely go anywhere without our small tribe), but not much detail. Can remember watching Galadriel in Lothlorien and thinking, "we can't be nearing the end of the movie, as I've only been sitting here for 15 minutes - 30 tops!"
And so my analysis is tainted as I've viewed FotR:EE countless times even before I started here at the SbS. I can only speculate how the de-fingering of Sauron was perceived that first time.
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But your noting Galadriel's comment about the Ring's thwarted intention brings another point to mind. In the book, Tolkien establishes the Ring's identity as a character very early on, in Gandalf's discourse with Frodo in The Shadow of the Past. With this line, Jackson does the same. Audiences are encouraged to view the Ring as a character in its own right from the outset which, given its central role, is, I think, vital.
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I didn't really notice the fingers or even think about them. The scene really isn't about the fingers at all, except they are gone from Sauron. What's more important is that the Ring, along with the fingers, is apart from Sauron. The focus is that the Ring and Sauron are separated. When watching the scene, a person's eye is drawn to the One in the center and pretty much disregards everything else in the shot.
By the way, Essex, you're right. Sauron being arrogant makes complete sense.
Also, I did see something odd in the Battle scene when Isildur puts on the Ring. It looked odd, but it really didn't bother me too much.
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Originally posted by SpM
"There is very little to go on as far as the existence of Eru and the Valar are concerned in the films. Gandalf's speech to Pippin in Minas Tirith is the only scene that springs to mind as coming close, although there may be others."
I was specifically thinking of this instance when the
Fellowship was resting in the Mines of Moria.
"Frodo: I wish the ring had never come to me. I wish none of this had happened.
Gandalf: So do all who live to see such times. But that is not for them to decide. All we have to decide is what to do with the time that is given to us. There are other forces at work, Frodo, than the will of evil. Bilbo was meant to find the ring. In which case you also were meant to have it, and that is an encouraging thought. "
And in the book (not, I believe, the movie) Elrond makes an allusion
at the Council of Elrond. Something like: "I believe that this task is appointed
to (for?) you, and that if you fail the quest will fail."
(I think that's one bungled quote
but I don't have the book with me at the moment).
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I've already noted the stylized things that bother me a bit here, and will bother me more later down the (plot)line. As an example, I think Sauron's reach could have been executed in a way that was more believable (he's reaching out of arrogance... okay... but what's he reaching for?) and closer to the books, while still remaining short and to the point. I dashed this off in two seconds, but you get the idea:
GALADRIEL (V.O.) But the power of the Ring could not be undone. SAURON swings his mace. Warriors fly. ISILDUR is knocked down. His sword clatters out of his grasp. SAURON swings again. GIL-GALAD ducks under flying bodies and drives Aeglos between the iron plates of Sauron's armor. SAURON bats him away. ELENDIL attacks from the other flank, but his sword shatters when it meets Sauron's mace. Sauron crushes Elendil with a blow that flings him like a rag doll. THE SHARD OF NARSIL cartwheels through the air and sticks in the mud near Isildur. GALADRIEL (V.O.) It was in that moment, when all hope had faded, that Isildur, son of the king, took up his father's sword. SAURON reaches for the crown on Elendil's bloody head-- With a cry, ISILDUR swings the broken blade of Narsil, severing Sauron's fingers-- The ONE RING flies from his body. [etc.]
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Sauron falls, mortally wounded by Aiglos, & crawls towards Elendil to grasp the crown. Isildur picks up the hilt shard of Narsil, walks over, stamps down on Sauron's wrist & slices off the ring finger...
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Right, you could do it that way.
It occurs to me that I can see why Jackson doesn't want to execute it exactly as written in the books. If Sauron were slain and the Ring taken from his dead body, audiences will wonder, "How powerful is this Ring? It couldn't save him." They might not understand why a Sauron who regains his Ring would be so fearsome if he was already killed once while possessing it, a question even book fans might ask.
I think the answer has to do with Tolkien's theme of the overall waning of the greatness of Elves and Men from their glory days. The Last Alliance of Men and Elves could stand up to Sauron w/Ring and even bring him down -- but by the Third Age, most of the Elves have departed and the remaining Men are only shadows of their forebears.
Jackson's take seems to be: if not for a lucky stroke that separated the Ring from Sauron, he would have won. And woe betide the world if he ever gets the Ring back.
I'm not commenting on whether or not I agree with Jackson's perception of the story needs here, just speculating on what his reasoning might have been.
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I'm not sure that davem's scene would work so well, as it seems to show Sauron as being weakened even with the Ring, and that is pretty much the opposite of what the filmmakers were trying to show. The general idea was that if the Ring is around then uh oh no win for the good guys. So to have him be defeated (or dying) while still wearing it, well it just doesn't work.
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Please everyone sit down Im going to complain about a part of the movie I no longer agree with Shock Horror!
After reading the Disaster of the Gladden Fields (as reminded to by Mr Underhill) I now realise the story of Isildur, and not just from a LOTR Book/film perspective I now know how Isildur himself realised his mistake in keeping the Ring and that the Ring had to be returned to the Keepers of the Three and that he did not want to leave his men as is shown in the film version, but was almost commanded to by his son (?) into doing so, in effect stopping the forces of Sauron getting hold of the Ring.
But to deflect from this (brief) disagreement with the movie makers, Id like to show a few points where they did a great job of conveying Tolkiens story to screen.
Looking back on some comments I put together after LOTR was first released, I now realise how close (and what a good job of swotting up the guys did in some occasions) they came to being spot on with their adaptation.
I did a comparison of the whole movie and where they got their information / words from. For example, I like the way they use text from other books (other than lotr) and not just the text of LOTR itself, but also the appendicies for info:
"Three were given to the elves, Immortal, wisest and fairest of all beings"
...tying up with the text from Silmarillion
"Nine rings were gifted to the race of men, who above all else desire power."
...against Silmarillion again
"Darkness crept back into the forest of the world. Rumour grew of a shadow in the east, whispers of a nameless fear."
...paraphrased from Silmarillion
"And for two and a half thousand years the ring passed out of all knowledge"
Time ascertained from the Tale of Years. - 2 Disaster of the Gladden Fields; Isildur and his three elder sons are slain - 2463 Déagol the Stoor finds the One Ring, and is murdered by Sméagol. Which equals 2461 years
"The ring brought to Gollum unnatural long life. For five hundred years it poisoned his mind."
Time ascetained from the Tale of Years - 2470 About this time Sméagol-Gollum hides in the Misty Mountains - 2941 Bilbo meets Sméagol-Gollum and finds the Ring. Which equals 471 years
Not bad! So I can forgive a few inconsistencies! Including one where Galadriel says But they were all of them deceived. For another ring was made. In the land of Mordor, in the fires of Mount Doom, the dark lord Sauron forged in secret a master ring to control all others.
In fact, in the Silmarillion again, it actually states
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alatar, sorry the pic isn't working, I'll try to describe it. The Camera is down low, Isildur's lying in the water, the Ring is sinking and Isildur has his hand and arm out trying to grab it.
Essex, I thought Jackson did pretty good with the dates and times as well. As far as that type of info. When Gandalf reads Isildur's scroll he says " year 3434 of the Second age." In the appendices this is when The Siege of Barad-dur takes place, and Jackson condenses it to one battle and not a big 7 year siege. So, I think Jackson was well aware of the timeline of events.
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Isildur is a far more complex, interesting, and likable character in the books (including Silmarillion and UT). However, PJ and crew obviously did the right thing by reducing him to arrogant and greedy. The audience doesn't need to see Isildur's character developed; they just need to know that he took Sauron's Ring from him, and that it ensnared him (an important point that is brought up later with Aragorn).
I like Mister Underhill's version of this scene better than the movie's. Not only does it make more sense, but it gives Gil-galad a better cameo!
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I think we also need to keep in mind the 'fluidity' of Tolkien's back story to LOTR. Inasmuch as, we have a 'concrete' version of LOTR to read (and yes I know there have been some slight changes to the text throughout the years in different versions) - but we don't have this when we look at his other work. As Christopher Tolkien states, there are different versions to his back story, and finding the 'correct' version is hard at times.
We have different stories around Isildur - From Unfinished tales, Silmarillion, and Gandalf's account in LOTR - which all seem to give a different slant to the story. And at times a CONFLICTING slant to the story.
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Fwoof! The sound of a lost little platy blowing dust off this ole thread...
When I first heard the rumour that PJ was filming a Second Age prologue to the trilogy, I was on location as an Orc extra on the volcanic plateau of the central North Island. I was excited, to say the very least! I was practically drooling with anticipation!
When I finally viewed the prologue years after, I did not feel at all let down. Although I didn't feel too much for the Men of the Last Alliance, I was blown away by the work that Richard Taylor and co did on the Elven armour, weapons and fighting techniques. And I thought that Sauron looked fantastic, especially with his great attacking prowess, batting incarnates out of the way like the powerful fallen Maia he was!
Cate Blanchett's voiceover was enchanting! Particularly lines such as "It abandoned Gollum" or "who above all else, desire power". Her inflection, timing and pitch were just heavenly. In an ideal world, I would have Cate Blanchett read me LOTR, a couple of chapters at each sitting, at bedtime every night!
BUT... (and this is a big butt... sorry I mean but)... however nice the prologue is, I agree with Reg that it is not necessary, and in fact detracts from the story as I would have liked to have seen it. I much prefer the way the book reveals the background story, one piece at a time, as the story dictates that we need to know it. The mystery behind the origins of Bilbo's magic ring is completely destroyed, and when Gandalf makes the "final test" and discovers that it is the One, the audience is left saying "well, duh, we already knew that". I like the way that in the book we largely see events through the eyes of the hobbits (similar to the original Star Wars trilogy, which is told mainly from the droids' perspective), and I don't like the fact that the audience should know so much before the actual players do.
I have similar gripes throughout the FOTR movie, as a matter of fact. As an example, the Black Riders were revealed as servants of the Dark Lord when we see them issuing from "baddie central", whereas in the book their origins are ambiguous until Frodo finds out more information. I'll leave my non-prologue gripes there for the time being; plenty of time to discuss them in the other sequence discussions.
I thought that Sauron's reaching for Isildur was ridiculous, and I daresay I would have felt the same whether I was a lover of the book or not. It just doesn't make sense. He has had such success with battering people a la mace... why change now? What is so special about Isildur that Sauron wants to just pick him up? Is he cute and cuddly like Tickle Me Elmo?! No!
Let me say that I am not entirely opposed to changes from the book. But like Gaffer Gamgee (or is it Barliman Butterbur?), I can't abide "changes for the worst". IMHO, the book version of Sauron's demise at the hands of the two greatest heroes of the Second Age leading the overwhelming armies of the Last Alliance is endlessly more plausible than the movie version. I think PJ would have been better off sticking to the material as written, even if he only gets to show Isildur cutting the Ring from Sauron's dead hand. Here endeth the prologue gripe.
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This thought is late in coming, but I was wondering why the forces of the Last Alliance didn't pepper Sauron - still with lidded eyes (and fingers, toes, legs, head, etc) - with a bunch of arrows. To me it would have been an easy way for Jackson to show that Sauron would have turned the battle, as we could watched the elven arrows harmlessly ricochet and/or break when they struck the Dark Lord. The audience could see that this new foe upon the battle field would be something different, and trouble, and only by losing the Ring could he be hindered.
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Also, if you look at the movie the archers were near the rear of the army while the swordsmen, spearman, ext. were in the front when Sauron appeared. I don't think that the archers would want to fire into the midst of their own men, especially since their leaders, Gil-Galad and Elendil, were right near Sauron.
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I just thought that it would have been an easy way to show that this was no ordinary giant creature we were dealing with.
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