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September 24, 2012
Civil rights group: Changes to states' voter laws may deter Hispanic voters.
Total People in Discussion: 1
By John Micek
Categories: Current Affairs, Politics
From The Washington Post this morning:
"In a report to be released Monday, the civil rights group Advancement Project cites the potential impact of newly restrictive photo identification laws, proof-of-citizenship requirements and late efforts in a few states to remove noncitizens from the voter rolls
"It has the impact of scaring people and reminding them of [immigration] raids and other kinds of law enforcement that have been targeted toward these communities," said Penda D. Hair, a co-director of the Advancement Project, part of a coalition of liberal groups that oppose the new voting laws.
Proponents of the efforts to tighten voting laws, including several secretaries of state, say they want to root out voter fraud and are not targeting particular demographic groups.
In-person voting fraud is rare, studies have shown, but there have been recent cases of absentee ballot fraud, and small numbers of noncitizens are registered to vote. In Colorado, the secretary of state's office estimated last year that as many as 11,000 noncitizens were registered to vote. But after checking a federal immigration database, the state announced this month that 141 noncitizens were registered and as few as 35 had cast ballots.
Several of the states with more restrictive laws and procedures, such as Colorado, have large Hispanic populations. As the deadline to register voters approaches in many states, the Advancement Project's report warns that the new rules are working against efforts to register Hispanics, the nation's fastest-growing demographic."
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Hogwash. How did they immigrate without obtaining an ID? How do they drive, cash their check, buy liquor, etc. As long as they're legal and alive there shouldn't be a problem.
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Published: Tuesday, August 28, 2018 @ 11:12 AM
— One week down and nine more to go in the 2018 high school football season. Once again there are some really good matchups on the schedule in Week 2.
»RELATED: Week 2 Schedule
»RELATED: Week 1 Scoreboard
Here are five games to watch:
Clinton-Massie (1-0) at Coldwater (1-0)
It's the second year of a two-year contract between the Falcons and the Cavaliers. Clinton-Massie won 24-14 on their turf a year ago and now Coldwater gets the home field advantage.
The Falcons lost in the Division IV championship game last season, while the Cavaliers lost to Marion Local in the third round of the Division VI tournament.
Waynesville (1-0) at Greeneview (1-0)
Last season the Rams put a 35-7 beating on the Spartans in Waynesville. Greeneview won its 12th straight regular season game, 49-27 at Arcanum, last week. Ohio Heritage Conference Player of the Year Nick Cleavenger ran for four touchdowns as the Rams rolled up 305 yards on the ground.
Waynesville beat Bethel-Tate 34-0 as senior QB Anthony Carmichael threw two TD passes and the Spartans defense intercepted five passes.
Troy (1-0) at Xenia (1-0)
This game showcases two of the top running backs in the Miami Valley. Troy's Jaydon Culp-Bishop started with 166 yards rushing and three touchdowns in the Trojans' 43-8 win at home against Belmont.
Xenia's Sincere Wells was just a touch better as the Buccs blasted Beavercreek 41-14. The senior totaled 185 yards and four scores as Xenia served notice that last season's 2-8 record is ancient history.
Fairmont (1-0) at Northmont (1-0)
The Firebirds proved that last year's opening win against Alter wasn't a fluke. Jesse Deglow's touchdown in the closing seconds lifted the Firebirds to a 12-6 win over the Knights.
Northmont had a much easier time on the road. The T-Bolts scored 56 points at Lima Senior last Friday. Senior QB Miles Johnson completed 13-of-20 passes for 200 yards and 4 touchdowns in the win.
Chicago Simeon (1-0) at Trotwood (1-0)
The Rams impossible three-week start to the season brings Chicago power Simeon to town this week. Trotwood survived four turnovers to rally for a 13-3 win at Winton Woods in Week 1.
Jeff Graham's team will host defending Division I state champion Pickerington Central in Week 3.
Catch all the highlights and scores on White Allen's Touchdown 7 Friday at 11:13 p.m. on WHIO-TV.


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Sandra Nyberg
A mobile gallery and workspace in the middle of the desolate Finnish archipelago; a frame of a detached house standing still in the Australian countryside – Sandra Nyberg's site-specific structures and installations create temporal interferences to our everyday surroundings. The artist is interested in unexpected public interventions, creating artworks which are integrated with their surroundings while exploring their local cultural, political, sociological and historical context. This approach can be seen in many of her works, such as Heritage (2013) and ECOntainer (2011).
In her practice Sandra Nyberg works with various mediums, lately proceeding increasingly from painting and drawing to site-specific installations and conceptual ideas. As of late, elements of design and architecture have also become an important part of her expression. Furthermore, Nyberg's projects include the collective Elin&Keino, in collaboration with artist Heini Nieminen. Their practice focuses on environmental, communal and site-specific art works in a form of temporary interventions.
As can be seen in projects of Elin&Keino, Nyberg often works with themes related to modern human beings' somewhat alienated and problematic relationship to nature and the natural. Exploring the contradiction between connection and disconnection with nature, as well as questions of ecology and sustainability play an essential role in Nyberg's creative practice. Issues of urban ecology and the ways cultural and social attitudes effect our landscapes and cityscapes will be taken into observation also during her period in New York.
Sandra Nyberg was the first Finnish artist participating the Triangle Arts Association's Residency located in Dumbo, Brooklyn, spending her 3-month residency period in New York in October-December 2014. Recently launched partnership between The Finnish Cultural Institute and Triangle Arts Association aims to benefit Finnish artists as well as the artist community at Triangle by creating an international network of professional artists. Furthermore, the collaboration funded by Finnish Cultural Foundation (SKR, Suomen Kulttuurirahasto), will provide the artists with an apartment and workspace for a set period of time.
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While I was away, I spent some time kayaking. And today is the kind of Monday-ish Wednesday that makes it important to look at the pictures and pretend that I'm still there except for the part where a small, innocuous wave rolled in and flipped the kayak over and I had somewhere around 57 heart attacks and learned an important lesson about the functional abilities of recreational kayaks from Costco in the actual OCEAN.
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This is a Victorian antique pine box. It has been professionally stripped, restored, polished and waxed. The lid has been painted using Grand Illusions Vintage Paint in Zinc grey and a handmixed darker grey. The iron handles on the side are original, but the latch on the front is a new addition. This box has seen some action in its life, as on the rear of it there is evidence of when it has been in a fire.
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The winner will win 10,000 INR and the story will be published on the website.
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- Submissions should be previously unpublished,i.e original in English and less then 4,500 words. It's more likely to print shorter pieces.
- Stories from all genres are welcome.
- Most of our submissions are bleak. Happy pieces are more apt to stand out.
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- Organisers prefer writing with narrative.
- Organisers do not publish poetry, erotica, inspirational fiction, polemics, non-fiction, gore, fanfic or young adult fiction.
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- More than 90% of all internet searches are taking place through Google and the company subsidary Youtube.
- Google processes 3.5 billion searches per day.
- Getting millions of people to try a different search algorithm would be extremely expensive.
Yes, we all know that Google is dominant in the realm of search.
But at the same time, the internet is also a huge place - and building a decent searching algorithm can't be that hard, right?
This week's chart is a bit mind-boggling, because it makes the case that Google is even more dominant than you may have guessed. Between all Google features and the search giant's YouTube subsidiary, more than 90% of all internet searches are taking place through the company.
According to Jumpshot (via SparkToro), a marketing analytics firm that licenses anonymous ClickStream data from hundreds of millions of users, about 62.6% of all searches online are through Google's core function.
But that's just the beginning, as that number doesn't include other Google functions like image search or Google Maps, or properties such as YouTube:
Together, Google holds onto an impressive 90.8% market share of web, mobile, and in-app searches - though it should be noted that the above source does not include iPhone data at scale yet.
How does Google keep up such a massive market share, and why can't a real competitor in search emerge?
The answer has to do with platforms and apps. Google's strategy is to go where the users are, and to ensure that wherever they go, a Google search is not hard to do.
Over a decade ago, this meant being the home page on every internet browser - but more recently, it's taken the form of internet browser market share (Chrome), mobile OS market share (Android), owning the dominant video platform (YouTube), and even venturing into your dwelling with Google Home.
As a result of these efforts, whenever users are searching, Google has never been far away.
There are competitors that dare to pluck away at Google's market share in search and ad revenue.
Microsoft's Bing is the most known one, and it has the advantage of being integrated into Microsoft products all over the globe. Meanwhile, DuckDuckGo is another name worth mentioning - the privacy-focused search engine doesn't have anywhere near the same kind of financial backing as Microsoft, but it does differentiate its product considerably.
Yet, here's a picture of U.S. search ad revenues. Bing is small, but others are smaller. DuckDuckGo doesn't even register.
Why can no one match Google?
Part of the reason lies in the math. Google operates at an insane level, processing 3.5 billion searches per day. To get millions of people to try a different search algorithm is expensive - and to get them to keep that behavior permanently is even more expensive.
The only way such change becomes feasible is if a product comes out that is 10x better than Google, and at this point, such an event seems unlikely - at least in the current ecosystem.
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More inspiration from our Creative Courage Soul Sisters today! I'm honored and thrilled that these multi-talented, highly successful women will be sharing their exclusive interviews with us in my Creative Courage e-course, which starts on Monday, April 9th.
Tracey Clark spends her days (and nights) juggling an all-encompassing career as a photographer/writer/blogger/teacher with the precarious art of raising both a spirited grade-schooler and a tireless teen with her husband in sunny So Cal. Although she's got 20 years of professional photography under her belt she simply considers herself an Everyday Photographer, not only because she shoots ever day but because her favorite subject matter is found in the everyday-ordinary.
Tracey founded the community photo blog Shutter Sisters, where women with a passion for photography are celebrated daily. She also co-hosts an annual event for the community with the next one, Oasis, happening in October 2012. She teaches a number of creative photography classes at Big Picture Classes (Picture Black & White is next on tap) and can also be found on her personal blog.
Tracey is the author of Waiting for Baby, Baby of Mine and is co-author of Expressive Photography: a Shutter Sisters Guide to Shooing From the Heart. Right now, she is most giddy about her soon-coming latest title Elevate the Everyday: A Photographic Guide to Picturing Motherhood, due out July 2012.
One Tracey's creative goals is to work with HGTV on at least one of her MANY creative project ideas.
Tara Sophia Mohr is an expert on women's leadership and well-being. Her work helps women play bigger in their work and in their lives.
With an MBA from Stanford University and her undergraduate degree in English literature from Yale, Tara takes a unique approach that blends inner work with practical skills training, and weaves together both intellectual rigor and intuitive wisdom.
Tara has a deep commitment to amplifying women's voices. She is the creator of the global Playing Big leadership program for women and the co-creator of two anthologies of contemporary women's writings, The Women's Seder Sourcebook and The Women's Passover Companion.
Her "10 Rules for Brilliant Women" have struck a chord with tens of thousands of women around the world. In 2010, Tara was honored as a Girl Champion by the Girl Effect organization, which supports girls' education in the developing world.
Tara is a regular contributor to the Huffington Post and has been featured on The Today Show, BigThink.com, Whole Living, CNN.com, USA Today, the International Business Times, Ode Magazine, Forbes, Beliefnet, and numerous other media outlets. She is also a poet, and the author of The Real Life: Poems for Wise Living.
She lives in San Francisco, California with her husband, and enjoys poetry, modern dance, cooking for friends, and walking by the bay.
Tara writes: "a top creative dream for the future: spend the summer teaching writing workshops in a beautiful place."
Jennifer Judd-McGee is a mixed media artist and illustrator who lives and works in Northeast Harbor, Maine. Much of her inspiration comes from her coastal Maine surroundings and the patterns and forms she sees in nature. She has shown her work in galleries across the US, and in England and Canada, and her work has been featured in several books, including Old School, Jen-11, and The Handmade Marketplace. She is a regular illustrator for Maine Magazine, and has done design work for companies including Target, I-Pop, The Art Group and Modern Twist.
Jennifer's creative dreams: "there are many! and they compete for space in my brain on a daily, if not hourly basis. one big dream i've had that's actually coming to be this year is to finally make myself a proper website. i've had a blog for the past five years but no real website, and i am ready to think about an update/freshening to that space, as well as finally working on some branding and identity stuff for my business. it is going to be a lot of work, time and a financial investment, but it feels totally worth it.
another dream i am hoping to make a reality is to attend haystack this year. it's a world renowned two weeksummer arts intensive workshop on the coast of maine, living and working there - i've wanted to go for years. it's a lot to juggle with my family's schedule, but i am really ready to push myself, learn some new skills and immerse myself in work with no distractions. it's exciting to imagine how that's going to feel. "i'd also love to start expanding what i make to include more textile designs. this particular dream is in the overwhelming and scary category - there's a lot to figure out. but i hope to get somewhere on it in the next year or so."
Victoria Moran is a Main Street vegan – and has been for a whopping twenty-eight years. Putting all that experience into practice, she's written her eleventh book, Main Street Vegan: Everything You Need to Know to Eat Healthfully and Live Compassionately in the Real World. Her creative cohort on the project is her daughter, Adair, a lifelong vegan and a stunt performer.
Victoria, a certified Holistic Health Counselor, speaker, spokesperson, and two-time Oprah guest, is also poised to launch Main Street Vegan Academy, a program to train and certify Vegan Lifestyle Coaches. And, just for fun, she's inviting plant-based eaters to post their pix on her new tumblr site to show the world that "vegans are just like us!"
One of Victoria's top creative dreams for the future:
"With my new book, Main Street Vegan, coming out in April, a top item on my daily to-do list is to prepare the presentations I'll give on my book tour and at the many conferences and festivals where I'll be speaking throughout the year. While preparing these talks, it occurred to me that plenty of people can address the topic of going veg, but the bit of capital that's unique to me is my own experience, the stories of my life that led to my taking this path.
"So I decided to draw on my performing and writing background and create a solo show, 'The Making of Main Street Vegan.' That's my exciting creative project of the moment. I'll perform it on the road some this summer, and on October 5th, 2012, it will have its New York premier at the Integral Yoga Institute in Greenwich Village."
Lucie Summers lives in a farmhouse surrounded by countryside in Suffolk, UK, with her farmer husband, two boys and an anti social ginger cat. She graduated a million years ago from Norwich School of Art and Design with an HND in Design Crafts where she specialised in print making. A million years later, she's still printing up a storm and sells her distinctive fabrics under the label Summersville. Lucie loves thrift stores, the seaside and summertime, but dislikes cold weather, baked beans and raisins.
Lucie's creative dreams: "I've got a lot of plans for the future...I'd still like to be designing and printing fabric for lots of different applications, most specifically for the quilting and homeware market. I'd also like to design for tableware - I recently won a competition to design a mug which goes into production this month - and I'd like to expand on this success and create chinaware for somewhere like Heals or Habitat.
I'd love to create designs for stationery too, and have been in touch with a New York company regarding this, so I hope that goes somewhere this year.My longer term dream is to renovate an old shed on our farm and turn it into a gallery and studio - I've just been asked to start teaching and I'd like to be able to offer days here on the farm teaching print techniques, and have a little shop too. I imagine open days in the summer, with printed fabric pegged on the line and serving folks tea and cake...it's all a bit of an idyllic pie-in-the-sky type dream, but i love thinking about it!"
Marianne Elliott is a human rights advocate, writer, and the author of Zen Under Fire, a book about doing good and being well in Afghanistan. She served in the United Nations mission in Afghanistan with a focus on human rights and gender issues, helped develop human rights strategies for the governments of New Zealand and Timor-Leste and worked as Policy Advisor for Oxfam.
Marianne is also creator of the 30 Days of Yoga to help you start - or restart - your own yoga practice) and several other courses. She is the Regional Leader for Off the Mat, Into the World in New Zealand and Australia and she teaches workshops using the tools of yoga to support more sustainable, conscious forms of activism.One of Marianne's top creative dreams for the future:
"Trying to answer this question has been quite revealing for me. It seems I don't really have 'creative dreams for the future'. I tend more to follow my enthusiasms and passions where they lead me and find creative adventures along the way. But I certainly intend to keep writing, and I guess an ongoing aspiration for me is to write stories that help us all see ourselves, each other and the future in new ways.
Most of all, I love to write."
Thank you to all of my wonderful contributors for your time, thoughts, and participation!
We have an especially fun, creative, holistic group this session, so I do hope you'll join us for our 7 week celebration of color, enthusiasm, travel, and light.
You'll learn many practical creative business tips, get loads of inspiration and encouragement, and have the opportunity to connect with others who are discovering and developing their own personal, creative paths.
We'll also take a *virtual art and culture trip* to Paris, France together this session!
To find out more details and see what former participants are saying about Creative Courage, you can visit and register here.
Thank you to all of my wonderful contributors for your time, thoughts, and participation!
We have an especially fun, creative, holistic group this session, so I do hope you'll join us for our 7 week celebration of color, enthusiasm, travel, and light.
You'll learn many practical creative business tips, get loads of inspiration and encouragement, and have the opportunity to connect with others who are discovering and developing their own personal, creative paths.
We'll also take a *virtual art and culture trip* to Paris, France together this session!
To find out more details and see what former participants are saying about Creative Courage, you can visit and register here.


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One of the benefits of attending an event like Rapid 2012 is the ability to see, touch and literally get inside the latest 3D printing equipment. At this year's show we were able to examine Stratasys's most recent announcement, the sub-USD$10K Mojo 3D printer, for which we wrote a detailed analysis when it was announced earlier.
The Mojo build chamber. It's a bit smaller than its sibling, the uPrint, but still able to accommodate eighty percent of the prints made on the larger machine. How large is it? It's five by five by five inches - yes, large enough for many prints.
Detail of the Mojo's revolutionary "Print Engine". The ABSPlus plastic filament has an extruder motor always attached to the end of the filament. You need only drop this into the heating element at the top of the Mojo here (in blue). Also notice the accordion-style roof of the heated chamber that allows the print engines to move around the chamber.


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Founded in 2008, Hayley Manning Ltd. has been steadily growing, completing interior design projects in both the private high-end residential and commercial sectors. With clients throughout London and the UK, Hayley Manning Ltd. offers a flexible, practical and creative design service, working closely with all clients to help them achieve their design goals.
We are a small but growing team and whoever we do not have within the studio, we can call on to perform specific tasks on a project by project basis. Projects are presented using a variety of visual tools, including concept/mood boards, 2D AutoCAD drawings, 3D visuals and sketches.
Whether you are a 'hands-on' client or have very little time, we aim to give you a space you are proud to come home to. We understand that everyone is an individual, and tastes and practical needs change from client to client, that's why listening and asking the right questions are so important when designing the perfect space for either an individual or company.
Knowing where to get the right information is essential to helping projects run smoothly. Listed and protected buildings can be particularly tricky; that is why collaborating with planners, surveyors, contractors and having regular site meetings will help ensure any arising issues are dealt with swiftly and proactively.
We pass on all trade discounts to our clients directly; that way you can be sure that you are getting the best deal possible. We regularly update our supplier lists and by attending trade shows, both in the UK and abroad, we are kept up to speed on new technologies and trends.
Our popular Design Packages are very useful for clients working to a strict budget and who are capable of managing their own project. Prices start from £3500 and include a personal and specific Design Concept, advice on colour, fabric, furniture and space planning, information about suppliers and products, as well as help on how to employ the right contractor or builder.


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The No. 1 target of Republican presidential front-runner Donald Trump's insults said in a Thursday interview that he finds the trash-talk "amusing."
Trump constantly calls former Florida Gov. Jeb Bush (R) a "low-energy" person, among other campaign-trail taunts.
Bush said on Fox News' "Special Report with Bret Baier" that the attacks don't bother him.
"No, because I work my tail off. I find it amusing," Bush said, according to an advance transcript provided by Fox News.
He added that he doesn't find all of Trump's statement funny, however — particularly the stuff he labeled divisive.
"Most of what Trump says I find amusing, except for the stuff that is hurtful, that I know for a fact when you think about people struggling and you think about the hardship that people are going through right now and some of the things he says are hurtful to them," Bush said.
Bush previously criticized Trump for his tone while railing against illegal immigration. Trump accuses the Mexican government of sending "rapists" across the border and has chastised Bush for speaking Spanish.
"That bugs me, I have to admit it, because public service should be about lifting people up, not tearing us apart," Bush added on Fox News.
In the same interview, Bush also accused Trump of not having sincerely held political beliefs. He pointed to Trump's vow to deport the millions of people who came into the US illegally as something that simply isn't a "practical approach."
"I'm not sure what his deeply held beliefs are. But he uses language that clearly is inciting people's anger and their legitimate concerns about the border without having a tangible solution to it. The idea that you would deport in two years 12 million people, that's a half a million people a month," Bush said.
"There's no possibility that that could happen. It would cost hundreds of billions of dollars, it would destroy communities," he continued, citing some of the things he would do to crack down on illegal immigration. "There's a lot of good things that we can do to create a tangible strategy to fix this."
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Release Date: 09/24/13
Since the night of her seventeenth birthday, Skye has been torn between two opposites: Light and Dark, the Order and the Rebellion, Devin and Asher.
But her decision shocked both sides—because she chose neither.
With the help of her friends, Skye forges her own path, setting out to gather an uprising of Rogues. The treacherous and elusive half-angels may be the key to maintaining the balance of fate and free will. But completing the mission her parents left unfinished is more difficult—and dangerous—than she could have imagined. And doing so comes at a cost: Her greatest love may now be a lethal enemy. Because it's not just the Order that sees her as a threat who must be eliminated. The Rebellion does, too.
And both sides will do whatever it takes to win.
Dark days lie ahead, and if Skye is to survive, she'll need to rely on her extraordinary powers and the strength of her will. Because she has a future—and a love—that's worth fighting for.
The sweeping, darkly romantic story that began with A Beautiful Dark and gathered intensity in A Fractured Light comes to a thrilling conclusion in A Radiant Sky.
My thoughts on the book:
A Radiant Sky is an almost perfect ending to the Beautiful Dark trilogy. There were a couple of things that didn't quite fit, in my opinion, but overall, this book was fantastic. This was a very emotional read, and I laughed and cried right along with the characters. I think most fans will be happy with the ending, though some of the things that happened are a bit tough to take, which makes this ending bittersweet. Still Davies wrote an excellent novel that displayed character growth and plot development. This suspenseful series conclusion will take you on a roller coaster ride of emotions and will give you a satisfying, albeit somewhat sad, ending.
Skye has grown so much over the course of this trilogy, and I really enjoyed learning about this world through her eyes. She matured so much, and she learned so many lessons. Davies did not shy away from challenging Skye in this final installment, and that made her character that much stronger in the end. The secondary characters all grew as well, especially Asher and Devin, and it was interesting to see the types of people they turned into. Everyone got their own conclusion, and I felt content with how most of the characters' stories ended.
The plot itself is suspenseful, and there was quite a bit of action. The Rebellion and the Order were trying to get to Skye in any way they could, and that led to a lot of harrowing events. The pacing was perfect, and I never felt bored. Nothing was rushed, and the descriptions were written wonderfully. Davies has such a good writing voice. The ending tied up all of the loose ends and gave me a sense of closure. The romance was equal parts sweet and heartbreaking. My only complaint about the novel is that there are a couple of occurrences that just do not seem realistic. I hate when authors manipulate the plot and make things too convenient, and that did happen two or three times. Other than that, the book was amazing. The main themes of the novel were family, friendship, and love, and I think that Davies did a terrific job of showing how love can make a person strong and vulnerable at the same time.
Overall I'd recommend this book to fans of the series and the trilogy to people who love good YA paranormal romance novels. Davies created a unique world with well-developed and likable characters. This is one series that cannot be missed.
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Version 1.0 contains all the fixes and additions from the previous releases, along with improved bot code, a new game type, and various other code changes. Remember, FMR isn't just an RPG mod - you can now play with MM1's only, Grenades only, or alternating weapon mode where you spawn with one of the 3 weapons each time. Read the 'FMR Manual.txt' or 'FMR Manual.rtf' in the 'Documents' folder for more info.
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this week in a bowl/
I am never sick of oats. If one day I am, you will know!
Even growing up I ate oats quite frequently. I used to like to eat them with a large wooden mixing spoon. I used to feel "old fashioned" using the giant wooden spoon. Not sure what that means, but that is what I used to think!
This bowl of rolled oats + oat bran + flax meal is covered with my Pumpkin Spice Almond butter + crumbled healthy truffles. Definitely a winner.
PB + J oats. I also don't think I will ever get sick of a good ol' pb + j. The peanut butter looks really light in color because I used raw peanuts. Not as good as roasted but still nice and creamy.
A new can of pumpkin is in my life! I'm down to 5 cans from the 12 I bought less than 1 month ago! The organic pumpkin was on an amazing sale for $1.50/can. However, I just found this pumpkin puree at Whole Foods for about $1.20. I snagged 4 cans.
It's really good!! I like it better than the organic. While I was home in Cleveland, I picked up some Libby's, since everyone says that is the best. I wish I could do a side-by-side taste test, but from what I remember this is my favorite. I didn't think Libby's really tasted better than the organic.
I am LOVING mixing the pumpkin into the oats right at the end, not completely combined. Pockets of pumpkiny goodness! I've also been adding a pinch of cloves and nixing the nutmeg. I like clove much more than nutmeg.
This bowl was one of the best. Topped with Roasted Cinnamon Maple Almond Butter, pumpkin butter, and coconut.
The best thing I ate from a bowl this week was the Pumpkin Smoothie below. It was OUT of this world. The texture was insanely creamy, smooth, and thick. The flavor was perfect. This was pumpkin pie!
I'm not sure what made this SO much better than my other pumpkin smoothies…because those were to die for as well.
But this…this was THEE BEST.
Exactly what was in the mix:
TODIEFOR Pumpkin Smoothie
- 1/2 frozen large banana
- 1c whole foods organic almond milk, original
- 1/2c pumpkin puree, 365 brand
- 3/4c cubed, roasted butternut squash [I cooked + froze this a week or so ago. I didn't want to open another can of pumpkin, so I thought I would add this to the mix.]
- 3T Amazing Grass Vanilla Chai protein powder
- 1t cinnamon
- 1t vanilla
- pinch of cloves + all spice
- ~3/4-1t fresh grated ginger
The fresh grated ginger really makes a difference. It could have been the roasted butternut squash? Or the pinch of cloves? Or everything together??
Ugh! Time for bed…not sure I can sleep now though. All worked up thinking about this deliciousness!!!


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Apple has issued the first macOS 10.12.1 developer beta in addition to the first Xcode 8.1 developer beta. The updates come just one day after Apple officially released the major macOS Sierra update for all users.
The new macOS 10.12.1 developer beta features build version 16B2327e while the first Xcode 8.1 beta has build version 8T29o. We'll dig in to the first update to macOS Sierra and update with any notable changes.
From Apple's release notes:
The macOS Sierra 10.12.1 update improves the stability, compatibility, and security of your Mac.
- Mail has a minor change to the Junk icon (trash can with X versus thumbs down)


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some of this record is just awesome. some of it less so. going to have to add more of Bluetip to my collection.
Dischord 116 Bluetip Join Us
LP W/ Damaged Packaging out of stock
The second album by Bluetip, released in 1998.
The 12" LP comes with a free MP3 download when purchased from Dischord.
- Jason Farrell
- vocals, guitar
- Dave Stern
- guitar
- Jake Kump
- bass
- Dave Bryson
- drums
|1. Yellow Light
|2. Cheap Rip
|3. Join Us
|4. Castanet
|5. Carbon Copy
|6. Salinas
|8. I Even Drive Like A Jerk
|9. Bad Flat
|10. Jersey Blessed
|11. Cold Start
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Classic crunchy wafer bars full of the great taste of peanut butter and covered in fudge. One of our first multipack creations.
available in:
There are four different peanut varieties grown in the US- Runner, Spanish, Valencia and Virginia. Runner peanuts are mainly grown in Alabama, Florida and Georgia; and over half of the Runner peanuts grown in the United States are used to make peanut butter.
While peanuts are grown in 13 of the United States, Georgia plants more peanuts than any other state. In fact, most of the peanuts used in Little Debbie Nutty Buddy Bars are grown in Georgia.
Did you know that peanuts are actually not nuts? They are legumes. They grow underground rather than on trees. Peanuts more closely resemble beans and peas, which are edible seeds enclosed in pods.
The average American consumes more than six pounds of peanuts and peanut butter products each year, according to the National Peanut Board.
Jimmy Carter wasn't the only former presidential peanut farmer. Thomas Jefferson was also a man with a taste for cultivating peanuts!


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Archival Story: Cream Ale Makes a Comeback – Star Tribune/
March 31, 2015
In the age of IPA, there is room for this transitional beer…
With a light-bite finish and tongue-caressing corn flavor, CowBell Cream Ale® has become Deb Loch's de facto flagship since opening Urban Growler™ last summer.
She points to her ale and New Glarus Spotted Cow, a cream ale ubiquitous in Wisconsin, as evidence that the style is making a comeback.
"It definitely is gaining popularity," Loch said. "I call it a transitional beer, so folks who aren't used to craft beer who might be a light lager drinker, they're very willing to try this, and it's a gateway to other beers."


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Posted by blue_beauty on April 01, 2003 at 08:18:46:
My male blue beauty has been refusing food for the last two weeks
and Im beginning to worry. He has always been a STRONG feeder usually
pounding 4-6 large mice a week but now he just looks at the mouse. I was
thinking what could have caused this and I think that he might be getting
the scent from my female which is in the cage above him. The male
is 4yrs. old while the female is 3. Could this be what is happening? I would
like to breed them but am unsure if the female is large enough. She is around
5 feet while the male is slightly more than 6. The female is skinny but solid
and feels more solid than the male. Will they stop feeding during this time?
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CGI Babies Are Back With Evian's Latest Ad
The Evian CGI Babies are back in a fun new surfing spot from the "Live Young" campaign. The 'Baby Bay' TVC, set to a cover of the Beach Boys hit Kokomo, shows a surfer who bumps his head and ends up surrounded by baby surfers who serve up Evian at a beach bar shack.
"Through the Baby Bay campaign we wish to encourage consumers to embrace evian's Live Young philosophy," said Antoine Portmann, general manager, Danone Waters of America in a statement. "There is an active energy inside each one of us, and we need to 'water' it every day. This is what we call the evian effect — drinking pure water from the source keeps you living young in mind and spirit."
The campaign also includes a VR mobile app for iOS or Android which allows users to put themselves in a baby wetsuit and throw themselves into a wave.
Evian's past baby ads include 'Baby & Me' which went viral with 123 million YouTube views back in 2013:
Its 'Roller Babies' ad in 2009 was also a huge hit with 82 million views:
Client: Evian
Client Management: Véronique Penchienati, Céline Barral, Dorothée Sénard
Media Responsible: Benoit Radenne
Agency: BETC
Agency Management: Marielle Durandet, Gaelle Gicqueau, Charlotte Bals, Fanny Buisseret
Creative Directors: Rémi Babinet
Art Director: Agnès Cavard
AD Assistant: Félix Falzon
Copywriter: Valérie Chidlovsky
Traffic: Alexandra Chini, Elise Herfort
Media Strategy Director: Martine Picard (BETC)
TV Producer: Fabrice Brovelli
Assistant TV Producer: Marine Monbeig
Production Compagny: WANDA Paris
Director: James Rouse
Visual Effects: Mikros Images
Music: BETC POP
Music Director: Christophe Caurret
Sound Production: Green United Music
Song & Artists: Kokomo, Lilly Wood and The Prick
First Broadcast: 20th april 2016
Media Agency: GroupM
Media Plan: Digital, TV, Cinema
(France, Belgium, Switzerland, United Kingdom, Russia, USA, Canada, Israel, Hong-Kong, Singapore, China, Émirates, New Caledonia):
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Too many people seem to think that cycling, like veganism,
should be an annoying pseudoreligion, with right and wrong ways to do it, a
feeling of moral superiority, and a need to proselytize. Bike commuters,
perhaps the smallest transportation minority in this country outside of people
who dogsled to work, are among the worst offenders. Well, I'm a bike commuter, and
I'm here to tell you there is no right way, it doesn't make me a better person,
and I frankly don't care whether anyone else does it. It makes no difference to
me whether you turn a pedal before and after your daily wage-slavery, but I will share a
few observations from a year of biking to work.
- The bus is cheaper. Much. Bus fare: $1.50, and I can carry
my coffee in with me. The bike sets me back as soon as I have to buy that first
cup of coffee in the morning. There's also the matter of commuting shoes (I am
a pedal snob, and need to be clipped in with the ironically named "clipless"
pedals), rainpants, winter gloves, and an array of lights designed to confuse
motorists enough to notice that I exist. However, my bus is being cancelled, and
the nearest one is a 10-minute walk away, so this economic point is moot.
- It is a most unsatisfying ride. In my case, it's under four
miles each way, barely worth the time it takes to prepare. The first half is down, there's a hump over the Dunn Bridge in
the middle, and then a steep climb, all on a heavy bike with a lot of gear I
have to carry back and forth. The Dunn has the charm of a Soviet office block
and detracts from what should be a lovely view of the Hudson. In the dead of
winter I start by freezing and end up in a steam bath of my own making. There are logistics, with packing of lunch, making sure I have phones, carrying all I may need and nothing I don't. After
every ride there are wipes and birdbaths and much changing of clothes.Any road ride is more enjoyable.
- Staying warm is not the problem. I have a neck gaiter, a
helmet liner and good long-fingered gloves, and wear a layer less than if I
were going to take a walk in the same temperature. Staying dry is more of an
issue, and generally if you wear rainproof gear, it rains inside as much as
outside.I now have rainpants that cost more than any dress pants I have ever owned.
- I used to work in a building full of athletes, and getting
on the elevator while carrying a helmet and perhaps in bike-friendly clothes
(and we're not even talking spandex shorts) did not raise a lot of eyebrows. I
no longer work in a building full of athletes, and people go out of their way
not to share the elevator with me, even on days when I'm sure I do not offend.
- Rush-hour drivers are in too much of a hurry to fuck with
you. So while they won't give you an extra inch to avoid horrible potholes or
sunken grates, they're also not inclined to suddenly lay on their horns, lean out
their windows and scream, or throw things out their windows. Cyclists are the
battered spouses of transportation, and so we interpret a failure to try to
kill us as some kind of love.
- Riding somewhere for lunch is a tremendous delight. Being
able to get to a place that's not even a mile away but just too far to walk
during lunchtime makes an enormous difference in my day, especially if I get to
sit outside and enjoy my lunch with my wheels. Thanks to CDTA's bike rack map, I can always
find out if there's a place to lock my bike, too.
I am not a better human being because of this. Many days, I
ride my bike across the river just to get into my SUV and drive right back over
to pick up my daughter from dance class. I know this makes Al Gore cry, and I'm
okay with that. I am, however, a happier human being, even after a miserable
hot or rainy ride, because I spent an hour riding my bike that otherwise would
have just been more time spent in my car. And an hour riding a bike is better
than just about anything else.


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Event Number 3164
Thursday, April 3rd, 2014
- NPAC (Nuclear/Particle/Astro/Cosmo) Forum
- Cosmic voids as cosmological laboratories
- Time: 2:00 pm
- Place: 4274 Chamberlin
- Speaker: Paul Sutter, IAP
- Abstract: Voids are the large, underdense regions in the cosmic web, and they are potentially powerful cosmological probes due to their intimate connection to the growth of structure, their domination by dark energy, and their relative lack of systematics. I will present our latest work to identify voids in galaxy redshift surveys, our efforts to understand their fundamental nature and their connection to dark matter underdensities, and an overview of many diverse cosmological applications, including gravitational lensing, the ISW effect, and the Alcock-Paczynski effect.
- Host: Peter Timbie
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It has been very exciting (and a little nerve-racking) to leave the Probation Department after 10 years. In fact, it would have been terrifying if God's hand had not been on the entire transition. The opportunities in the Stanislaus County Juvenile Hall and on the streets of Modesto are vast. We have an exploding gang population and large amounts of substance abuse in the community. I have quickly gotten to see that we are not fighting against flesh and blood but against powers and principalities. There is simply no way to stay protected without personal prayer and the prayer of my supporters. Please continue to pray for the ministry as well as for the youth that we are reaching together.
There are many different areas that your support is helping in Stanislaus County, but I will mention just a couple. Your support enables me to act as a full-time Chaplain to the Stanislaus County Juvenile Hall. This position allows my main workplace to be at the Juvenile Hall during the week. The importance of having an on-site Chaplain cannot be underestimated. I have clearance from the administration to teach Christian principles and values in the Maximum Security Unit. I am also allowed access to all of the units inside of the Juvenile Hall. As I get to spend large amounts of time in the Juvenile Hall, God provides many opportunities to share the Gospel throughout the day.
Furthermore, Youth for Christ has also been given the opportunity to teach Christian principles and values in all of the units throughout the Juvenile Hall. We currently have one full-time volunteer that teaches during the school day, and twenty-two volunteers that come in for Monday Bible study and Tuesday night one-on-one meetings. Please continue to pray that the right volunteers are cleared to teach in the Juvenile Hall during the school day.
We are also providing follow-up after care at a local community center. One of the main problems with Juvenile offenders is the lack of after care and follow-up. We now have a comprehensive follow-up program that allows for the youth that were in custody to stay in contact with Youth for Christ, and continue to receive spiritual counseling and life guidance.
Finally, I am able to do specific case-management for our extremely high-risk youth once they are released from Juvenile Hall. Without direct intervention, many of these youth would be dead within the year. Case management involves being the direct supervisor that ensures the youth receives the care that they need once they are released. This care includes sponsering the youth in residential drug treatment facilities and programs like Teen Challenge. Consequently, the youth can leave the area- which often includes toxic living environments to work on a complete life change.
Because of the numerous Christian programs now at the Juvenile Hall, we have about 80 first-time commitments to Christ per month. The spiritual need for our youth is extremely high. We are praying that the commitments made at the Juvenile Hall will continue to grow in the Lord once they are released, and that the youth will continue with the follow-up care we provide.
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Download our brochure here.
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Ben Wheeler- Director of Juvenile Justice Ministries & Chaplain
209-522-9568, ext. 117
Ben Wheeler is our newest YFC ministry director. Having been a probation officer in Juvenile Hall for over 10 years prior to his joining us this past year as a Chaplain, Ben has plenty of experience working with hurting teens. Standing at what seems like 15 ft tall, he is full of energy and keeps us all on our toes.


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Earlier this week I read This Article about holding space which inspired me to write about some recent experiences that really made me aware of how we hold space in our daily lives. I went to a Play Party a few weekends ago now, which gave me a profound understanding of how we hold space in BDSM as well.
When I first started in the Perth BDSM community in 2008, though I'd been flitting around the sub cultures here since I was a teen, I came in with young, undeveloped ideas about myself and my relationship. I have never pretended to be filled with confidence or knowledge and have enjoyed the self development that has come from my experiences in the last 8 years. I remember one of the first posts I made on an online forum was seeking advice for what it felt like doing public play. What it felt like for those that were free, and comfortable in themselves and their bodies, to be nude or partially nude while others watched on while you received pain, or rope bondage. Other peoples ability to be comfortable is something I have been trying to peg for a long time, as I struggle with my own self acceptance.
I have always had elaborate ways of dressing my body to conceal the parts I hate the most. Body stockings, fishnets, specific underwear, sashes, dresses, lace garment etc. All my great defence in protecting myself from the commentary of judging eyes. To not ever want to burden others with my unsightly blubber, rolls, stretch marks and disgust. I'd never dreamed that I'd be like the other women I see and admire.
Last week as we attended one of our much loved safe spaces for Kink and BDSM in Perth Black Forest , we were not expecting to get up onto the St. Andrews Cross for a one way tussle. I had only minor prepared to play, and certainly was not dressed to protect my shame, or other peoples eyes. I had only thought we'd do something simple like a back flogging and I knew the position of the cross. I knew I'd be able to bare people only seeing my back at most, if I wore a long skirt, it would be fine. So, as it was I took myself with heavy feet to the cross, cold in the crispness of our Midwinter Party and glared bullets at him as he ordered me to undress. I flinched, only to enquire that he didn't need to me remove my skirt as well… surely. He did. To my mortification, there were already at least two people who had shuffled in to watch. I tried to be graceful, shaking and fumbling in the realisation that I was almost naked in company.
A month ago, I was a heaving, snotty crying mess just at the thought of getting naked in a safe space with likeminded, empowered women. I felt like an oddity and failure as I fought my body respond to stress and anxious in the most violent applications that day. Yet, there I was, almost naked in nothing but a bra, underwear and socks and boots. (I did mention it was cold right?) From there we proceeded to play. It was a very different sort of play, I keep sorting my mind for insecurity, fear or noxious body responses. It never came. He tested my body, primed me hard with the flogger before laying into me with a crop that made we want to punch his face in. (lovingly of course) I felt challenged in more ways than I imagined, but I never felt weak. I didn't feel like running away. It never even crossed my mind.
Though I don't know who was there, I know that people did come and go from the room. They would have shared in the moment at different points, varying intensities and humour. What I have come to realise, is that in my time spent attending parties or events, or even replying to advice or questions posted online in regards to BDSM and Kink is that each and every time is example in how we hold space as kinksters, fetishists and BDSMers. We hold space for others as we watch on as they share themselves with strength, passion and vulnerability during a play scene. Whether that is in a sensual rope demonstration, a strict, sadistic caning, fire flogging, needle and blood play, hook suspension, each physical activity that we are privy to watch or share creates an opportunity for openness and a willingness to share beyond. A way that we not only share space, but hold space for people to be themselves. What a beautiful thing.
In the last six months, I have been on a journey to let go my preconceived ideas about myself. In this I have pushed my mind, my body and my anxiety to new levels in the pursuit of happiness. My experiences in the Perth BDSM community because of my personal growth has positively amplified explicitly how I regard myself, my relationship and kinky friends. Such events that I attend have become a haven, and the ultimate safe space for sharing ideas, concepts, challenges and dreams for which I am growingly grateful. To the people that I have had the privilege to hold space for, thank you. Thank you for getting to know me, share with me and trust me. To the people I have met that have held space for me, I am eternally grateful, so much more than I know how to express.


text: It is a truly beautiful day in New York and I am inside the caf\u00e9 at Dover Street Market, the cool store that begat all the cool stores, trying to keep my own cool as Grace Coddington sits across from me, ready to chat. I grew up obsessively reading my mom's issues of Vogue . Its pages covered my notebooks at school and the walls in my teen bedroom. In revisiting those same images throughout the years, I came to realize that most of my favorite photographs were part of Grace's body of work\u2014remember the incredible Alice in Wonderland portfolio that featured the model Natalia Vodianova as Alice and a bunch of fashion designers, from Marc Jacobs to Karl Lagerfeld to Nicolas Ghesqui\u00e8re, as the other iconic characters? Yeah, that was Grace. Even if you aren't a fashion aficionado, you are probably familiar with Grace as the surprise star of the Vogue documentary The September Issue . Her quiet romanticism was in fierce contrast to the fast-paced, money-takes-all vibe expected from the fashion industry. She also has an iconic fluff of red hair that is both a crown and a halo. We are here because Grace has reconfigured her role at Vogue \u2014she's now creative director at large\u2014to allow her time to pursue other projects. The first is a perfume that bears her name , created in collaboration with Comme des Gar\u00e7ons. If you follow her on Instagram (which you should), you'll know that Grace loves cats, especially her own, Blanket and Pumpkin, which often show up dressed in the latest fashions, in her iconic doodle style, and on her perfume bottle, which features cat ears. Grace is charming, and laughs often. We talked about sniffing, keeping childhood memories intact, and what her ideal project would entail. After I stopped recording our conversation, we also talked about our shared love for Adam Driver, and it was a truly perfect morning. Laia Garcia: What is your life like now that you've begun this new chapter? Are your days more relaxed? Grace Coddington: It's extremely busy and extremely fun. I was quite busy before. Now it's sort of busier because it's not all coming out of one central thing. I'm multitasking! I go to my office at Vogue every day and work out of it, which is really convenient. I like doing projects on the side. I've done a few books\u2026distractions, if you like. That's always been fun. I did a picture book , and then I did a drawing book , and then I did a memoir , actually. Now I'm doing another picture book, which has just gone to press. LG: So you've got a bit of freedom. GC: Freedom is hard and difficult. You have to make more decisions, funnily enough. LG: How did the perfume come about? GC: Just that I wanted to do something completely out of the realm of books. And since my name is a little bit known now, I thought I could take a chance on doing a perfume with my name. If you're too obscure, it probably won't sell. Beyond that, the challenge of putting it all together and doing something I knew absolutely nothing about was intriguing. LG: What was it like to make a perfume? GC: Tons and tons of sniffing. Sniffing and trying things and putting it on. Seeing if other people say, "Oh, you smell nice." You find the one you think you like and then live with it for a bit. It's a little bit like cooking\u2014you add a bit and take a bit away. LG: Do you have any scent memories, like a favorite perfume that reminds you of a specific time in your life? GC: Well, this is about roses because they are my favorite flowers. They were my mother's favorite flowers. Her rose garden was her pride and joy. I come from an area that's a bit bleak in North Wales. There's not much growing there. In the bleakness, there were all these roses. LG: You grew up reading Vogue . Later on, you were in the magazine as a model, and then you worked there as an editor. Did you ever remember working on a shoot early on and thinking, I'm creating these images for other young girls to see? GC: It's a big responsibility, it really is. You're thinking, Oh my God, here I am! I'm doing what I've seen other people do for so many years. I hope I can match up to how well it's been done before. Even today, when I do a shoot, I'm nervous. Is it going to be as good as I know it must be? I have very high standards, and it has to live up to those standards every time. You have to challenge your thoughts a lot. To say: "I know what I mean, but is it really reading like I want it to read?" LG: Do you remember an early project that you felt very, very nervous about? GC: My first shoot was nerve-racking because I thought I knew everything because I'd been modeling for 10\u00a0years, and then I got to the studio and I realized I knew nothing. I'd only seen it from the other side. Then the responsibility is all on your shoulders. It's a whole different ball game. The most scary thing I remember is going on an assignment to photograph Prince Charles when he was made Prince of Wales. I was with the photographer Norman Parkinson and thought it would be so exciting. We went to Windsor Castle, and when the prince walked in the room, words completely failed me. We were introduced, and I couldn't even answer him! He was completely charming, and I was just "Uhhhhh." One is in awe of those people, and it was back before everybody knew celebrities and things. Prince Charles is a bit beyond being a celebrity. But meeting someone that I had seen only pictures of was awesome. LG: Do you ever think of the life of your pictures, after they're done in the magazine? GC: Well, I think they end up in the dentist waiting room or something. Don't they? [ Laughs .] LG: No! [ Laughs .] I mean, not necessarily! I still have my tear sheets from my mom's magazines in the '90s. I kept them all. GC: Oh, you do? That's wonderful. LG: I was thinking about the life that fashion shoots have on the Internet. Especially on places like Tumblr, where people post them because it's a symbol of how they're feeling. It stops being just about the clothes, and it's more about the mood. GC: That's another whole life for photographs, which is kind of amazing. There was a time when the life span of a magazine was very short. When the magazine fell apart, then photographs were forgotten, but now all those old ones keep coming back. It's wonderful to see. I think that, for me, pictures are very much about the mood, which you are building around the actual dress or whatever. It's a process. LG: Do you have a favorite thing that you put on when you need to feel powerful? Or when you need to feel in control? GC: I just make my hair bigger. I turn it upside down and make my hair bigger. [ Laughs .] LG: Do you ever go back to Wales, where you grew up? GC: I haven't been for a very long time, since my mother died, and that's 30, 40 years ago. It's kind of remote and difficult to get to, but also, I don't want to spoil my dream of what it was. I know that it's become very different to the way I remember it as a child. It was really bleak and beautiful when I was a child. I think it's probably not like that anymore. LG: One last question. What would be an ideal project for you to undertake? You've published books, you have a perfume. Is there something else? GC: I'm looking for it, so if you have any ideas\u2026. [ Laughs. ] I mean, it's kind of strange, I'm not that young anymore, but having become a freelance person, it sort of opens up the possibility to almost anything, you know? Which is very exciting. I just don't know what that thing is. I tell you, one thing that I would love, love, love to do is do an animated film. That's what I would like to do. LG: I hope that happens! That would be great. This interview has been condensed and edited. Laia Garcia is Lenny's deputy editor.


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Terrestrial paradise and primeval garden, Eden represents an ideal of innocence and perfection that can only be aspired to today. Yet it has remained a conceptual prototype for gardens worldwide: a place of well-being isolated from the stress of daily life.
Writer and photographer Ovidio Guaita has spent ten years preparing this lavishly illustrated volume, the most vast and complete picture possible of the myriad forms the garden has assumed in every corner of the world. Divided into five sections -- the Americas, Europe, Africa, Asia, and Oceania -- the book includes a great number of historic and contemporary gardens. The history of landscape in each region and country is discussed; beautiful color photographs complement the text. Among the important gardens featured are those of the J. Paul Getty Mansion in Malibu, California; the Half Moon Club in Montego Bay, Jamaica; Blenheim Palace in England; the chateau of Fontainebleau near Paris; and the Alhambra in Granada, Spain, as well as many private estates and mansions. Also included are eight botanical interludes showing the flowers and plants of particular locales.
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Even though their respective managements have not officially released any information, Rafabasa webzine in Madrid, Spain is reporting exclusively that starting in June, 2007 there will be a reunion tour of a group going by the name HEAVEN & HELL.
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The city of Boston is certainly familiar with the feeling of angst, and its fans have been known to let their emotions rain down upon the sports figures they despise the most.
It's a routine passed down through generations. But now, to some of the city's sports lovers, there's a new (temporary) face of disappointment: Boston Mayor Martin J. Walsh, who officially shot down the city's 2024 Olympic bid.
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Saints WR Joe Morgan Arrested for DWI and Driving Without a LicenseMay 29, 2013
The New Orleans Saints are hoping to rebound this season after a difficult 2012 campaign that was marred by the "Bountygate" scandal. That effort hasn't gotten off to a good start, however, as wide receiver Joe Morgan finds himself in trouble with the law.
According to Michelle Hunter of NOLA.com, Morgan was arrested on Saturday morning for allegedly driving while intoxicated.
Hunter is also reporting that Morgan was cited for driving without a license. A trooper allegedly found Morgan sleeping behind the wheel of his stationary vehicle in Jefferson Parish, La. Morgan reportedly performed poorly in a field sobriety test and was subsequently arrested.
According to the arrest report, Morgan was found to a blood-alcohol content of 0.218 percent, which is more than twice the legal limit of 0.08.
Morgan, who attended Walsh University, was signed by the Saints as an undrafted free agent in 2011. The 25-year-old deep threat saw his first regular-season action last year as he caught 10 passes for 379 yards and three touchdowns in New Orleans' high-powered offense.
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Solaris 10: The Device Configuration Assistant for the Oracle Solaris x86 based systems is a program that enables you to perform various hardware configuration and booting tasks.
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Solaris 10: This procedure shows how to interrupt the boot process to enter the Device Configuration Assistant. In the current Solaris release, the GRUB menu replaces the Device Configuration Assistant.
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I just attended a speech by Robert Reich, a very prominent pundit and Secretary of Labor under President Clinton. He opened by asking the audience to suppose he was a genie. As a genie, he could snap his fingers and automatically create a new world order in which there is more inequality of wealth, but everyone, even at the lowest level, is more wealthy than they otherwise would have been. He asked the audience if they would want the genie to bring that about. Being an audience in Berkeley, a very small minority (including myself) raised hands. This scenario, he argued, would be dangerous because people generally care more about their wealth in comparison with others than about their absolute level of wealth. So resentment over inequality would fester, and eventually would burst.
After his speech I went up to the stage to talk to him. I asked him to consider his genie scenario on a global scale. In the third world there are millions of people on the brink of starvation. For them, a change in their absolute level of wealth could be a matter of life and death. I asked him, "Isn't actual starvation in the third world more important than resentment over inequality in the first?" He responded that there are real ways that inequality can harm a person. Before he could continue, I asked, "Are they worse than starving?" Mr. Reich was uncharacteristically speechless, momentarily. Then, my friend who, unbeknownst to me had come up to the stage too, blurted out, "Well, yes, in some cases." Then some others in the crowd said some things, and instead of answering my question, Robert Reich said, "I'll let you guys argue it out," and moved on to other audience members.
I was extremely frustrated. Robert Reich is one of the most influential economic thinkers on the left. He's on National Public Radio every week, and he's regularly featured in the New York Times, the Wall Street Journal, and innumerable other publications. If economic policy drastically lurches to the left, it will largely be because of him and other thought-leaders, like NY Times columnist Paul Krugman. So, for him it's not necessarily an academic question. If he convinces enough people from his media pulpit, he could actually bring about a huge change. And the change he wants is to reduce absolute wealth for the sake of greater equality. Since absolute, not relative, poverty is a matter of life and death to millions of people, such a change would push a great many people off the starvation brink. Given the stakes involved, and given his position, Robert Reich should have had a ready answer to my question.


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