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Reviews & Awards
The best reviews are those that come from the heart
Here's what real families have to say about their Hearthstone of Beaverton experience.
The care and love at this facility is like none other that I have seen. The facility is small, welcoming and very comfortable and homey. They took such good care of my mother-in-law that this will be the only place I ever go to for friends and family who need assisted living. The staff are so caring…they treat people like family. When we toured the facility I thought there was no way care can be that good. I was completely wrong. It was way better than I would have ever imagined. Too bad more places don't follow this place's lead.
– Juliette M.
My Mom truly had her swan song year at Hearthstone of Beaverton. She always, always said that the loving, caring, nurturing and supportive team at Hearthstone helped her through many challenges and gave her a very bright and happy year full of fun, friendships and fabulous activities. And I agree! Our family extends our most heartfelt gratitude to all the caring staff, the amazing Nancy Bliss and everyone at Hearthstone –THANK YOU SO MUCH for all you do!!!
– Karen L.
To The Hearthstone Staff,
You are all so valued by our family. Marcia felt so lovingly cared for and comfortable with you. Many of you were more than caregivers to her – you were also friends. She was very lucky to have you in her life. Thank you all!
– Linda H.
The staff and management of Hearthstone of Beaverton is wonderful! They are kind and considerate. They make a point to call each resident by name, and know them personally. The facility is lovely, and the enclosed large garden is magnificent. My frail, 92 year old Mother feels very safe and secure. That is worth a million dollars!!!!
– Carol D.
Our clients have always loved the familiar, intimate feeling at Hearthstone of Beaverton. It's so much like home. Jo Anne Baumann, Community Relations, is an outstanding "original" event planner; and we always count on the events there being a joyful, delicious (the food is great) time. It's a priority to attend each one and "play" with the residents and staff!
– Jean B.


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Packard Bell - Library History
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In 1996 Packard Bell put out a commercial that tried to show urban existence as negative with the point of the commercial being that using a Packard Bell computer "You can do it all from home". Librarians objected to the negative image of the library. The commercial has storm trooper like characters marching around the library shushing people. Packard Bell changed the commercial and lifted out the library scenes. The version here shows the library scene.

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Pook Loop
Stop neglecting your neck
Just say it. Pook loop. Poooook looooooop. Loop. Pook. Pook loop!
It just rolls off the tongue like a soft, silky Palo Cortado sherry doesn't it? Grow up. Time to get sophisticated pal. The Pook Loop will give you that element of sophistication. Socks on one side, lumberjack Polar fleece on the other with secret hand warmer/pockets BUILT RIGHT IN! you're welcome.
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2 Kings 12:15 They did not require an accounting from those to whom they gave the money to pay the workers, because they acted with complete honesty.
Integrity, ever heard of it? It seems like today we have the most elaborate systems in place to ensure integrity. We need time clocks, security systems, elaborate locks, accounting audits, and the like. There is a great need for businesses to have a way to make sure their people are honest. Because people cheat the system. They steal money, time, and reputations. What ever happened to integrity? What happened to character?
It says in 2 Kings 12 that there was no time clock installed at the temple for the repair workers; they acted with complete honesty. They worked hard for their money and didn't try to get away with doing less. They did the job right even when no one was keeping track. Their job site didn't require L & I insurance or a safety inspector. These guys just did it right. Why is that? I think they understood that they were working for the Lord. Colossians 3:23 says, whatever you do, work at it with all your heart, as working for the Lord, not for human masters.
As God's people, we ought to approach life with the same mentality. You see, the world is watching to see if you are honest. They want to know if you are different. Will they see a guy who shows up late to work but writes down that he was on time? Will they find someone who takes the office supplies home for personal use? Or will they find someone with integrity? We should be different, friends. We should be set apart from the world; we should be setting the benchmark for integrity. If we could just wrap our minds around the fact that in all we do, we are really working for the Lord, it would change us. Let that kind of thinking build in you Godly character and integrity today.


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Thursday, February 17, 2011
Music from Iran - 1955 recordings by Deben Bhattacharya
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- Love Letters Journal said...
We're living a lush, lavish life thanks to the likes of you bolingo, blessing us with these treasures, purely for the love of the music. Would it be possible for people like you to share this out of love if the musicians didn't create the music out of love in the first place? Never!
O O O these sounds . . . -; )*(
- February 17, 2011 at 7:09 PM
- anticredos said...
I have a particular fondness of Persian music, be it classical/folk or pop....Thanks for this, been looking for ages! One day I will share my Persian 45s I own....when I get to my records that is..
- February 17, 2011 at 7:32 PM
I'm a Persian music addict so this is an amazing find, many thanks for this and everything at your fantastic site, field recordings have a special aura about them for sure
- February 17, 2011 at 11:18 PM
- bolingo69 said...
Well, I aim for your pleasure, so nothing is wrong then! ;-)
- February 18, 2011 at 1:43 AM
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- February 18, 2011 at 2:18 AM
- Giri Mandi said...
Ah! One of the first LPs of oriental music I ever purchased (or stolen: fortunately I can't remember, but this kind of crime was rather customary when we were penniless and music-hungry kids).
(Yes, and now I am a penniless and music hungry old)
- February 18, 2011 at 4:16 AM
- Unknown said...
merci. loving it
- February 18, 2011 at 12:18 PM


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when i was in elementary school,
i watched girls and guys gather
in big old impalas and cutlasses
in the dirt lot behind george's cleaners.
back then the prettiest girls in the world
worked as cashiers at the supermarket–
but the rest of them were here
walking home from the grocery,
the five and dime, the train station,
after dark my mother and i would see them:
sitting in cars parked close
together, smoking, eating donuts,
drinking beer. the girls wore
tight designer jeans and spaghetti
strap tank tops. now and then, they'd ride
down north main with their boyfriends,
streaking on lipstick and shadow, brushing
swaths of permed hair. my mother thought
it was impolite for a girl to groom
in front of her boyfriend, but i doubted
politeness could get you anywhere
sometimes the mother of a kid that lived
near my babysitter was there, and sometimes
the kid too. she was a year or so younger
than me. the mother sat in a car
while the kid stood outside drinking soda
or eating packaged ice cream. an open car window
siphoned the mother's crimped voice:
tara, get over here. still, i couldn't help
but envy the girl–she got to watch
and, if that wasn't enough, they bought her
all the bite-sized pleasures a kid could bear
"The Full Pulse of Happiness" was first published in Swell and was later published in Weathered Pages: The Poetry Pole Anthology.


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Strychnos minor Dennst.
Syn. Strychnos lenticellata Hill
Family: Loganiaceae
- English: Snake wood tree
- Telugu: Naagamushti
- Malayalam: Cherukanjiravally
- Indonesia: ipu tanah, ranosandang, wale ammelaum
- Malaysia: lengkoyan, semiyo akar
- Philippines: bugahin, bukuan, pamulaklakin
- Thailand: tum kaa daeng, tum kaa khao
- Vietnam: kim lu[oo]ng, thu[oor]c m[oj]i
Description: Climbing shrubs; bark pale brown; tendrils 2-branched. Leaves 5.5-14 x 2.8-5.4 cm, ovate or elliptic-ovate, base obtuse or rounded, apex acute or acuminate, coriaceous, 3-ribbed from a little above the base; petiole to 1.2 cm long. Flowers white in cymes up to 3 cm long. Calyx lobes c. 1 mm long. Corolla tube c. 2 mm long, throat wooly; lobes ovate-acute, as long as the tube. Berry woody 2-2.5 cm across. Seeds 1-3, orbicular
It is used in the Philippines to treat throat trouble. A decoction of bark is used as an emmenagogue, and the Negritos chew the bark to treat prolapse of the uterus. The seeds are poisonous on probable account of strychnine and congeners. [Ethnopharmacology of Medicinal Plants Asia and the Pacific]
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It's been awhile since I have done a Treat Yourself Tuesday post so I am going to start off this week by treating myself to that. I have always looked forward to linking up with Becky over at Olives 'n Wine for this weekly post because it's such a great reminder to take some guilt-free time for ourselves, or to spoil ourselves with a few of our favorite things. Sometimes the simplest gesture towards yourself can make all the difference in your attitude for the day!
Here are a few ways I brought a smile to my face this past week….
I don't know why I had to get one of these the instant I saw it on Jane.com. They were only $9.99 including customization and I just thought it was so cute. Totally unnecessary but that's why it's the perfect treat
Have you guys heard of Younique 3-D mascara? It seems to be all the rage these days and I had to treat myself to some. I have NO eyelashes…like none! So if this worked for me I swore to be a user for life. Well here I am to share that I am completely obsessed with this product. All you have to do it put on your regular mascara, then put on their gel mascara, then brush on some of their fiber mascara that clings to your existing lashes, and then add another gel coat to set it. I can't even believe what a difference this makes. The first photo is me with nothing on, the second is with regular mascara and the third is with my 3-D mascara. It stays on all day, during workouts, in the water, and comes off easily with eye makeup remover. L O V E
Speaking of a good deal did any of you catch 75% off Yankee Candle sale? I got all of these large jars for $10 each! The only problem is every time I go to light a candle Shane wants to blow it out like a birthday candle. If this is the case these candles are going to last me forever!
As you can see from the scents I chose, I am totally in Summer mode over here! And the way I like to kick of Summer every year is with one of these! I can't even look at this photo without wanting to run out an get another one.
There is another refreshing Summer treat on my list this year and that is GREEN APPLE SPARK!! AdvoCare just released this new flavor in brilliant to-go packets and I am in love!! They are still saying it is a limited time only flavor, so I stocked up! 3:oo pm aka Spark-thirty is my favorite afternoon treat!
With all this talk of Summer my friend Courtney and I have been talking about doing some Mommy time adventures like stand-up paddle boarding and kayaking. Well we made one of those happen this past weekend and had such a good time. We originally wanted to make this a girls' outing but we couldn't help but take the kids along for the ride…it was too much fun!
Last but not least and probably the biggest treat of all…this mama joined Lifetime Fitness! I needed a solution to wanting more flexibility in my workout schedule, having some Summer activities for the kids and finding a way to get work done. Well this place provides all three for me….and makes you feel like you are at a 5 star resort while doing so. You see that photo of that cozy lounge? Yeah…that's in the women's locker room!! I'm already imagining myself getting in a workout while the kids take karate, art, Spanish or yoga classes….getting some work done after…and then scooping them up for some time at the pool together. If you can't find me this Summer you know where I will be.
I've missed you Treat Yourself Tuesday, and I hope to be participating more because I love this weekly reminder to find a little time for ME. I hope you have been inspired to do the same. No treat is too little or too big when it comes to putting a smile on your face! Have a great week and may it be filled with lots of these moments!


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"Begin with the customer and work back to the technology" – Steve Jobs. These words immortalised by Steve Jobs was essentially what separated Apple's strategy from most technology companies of its time.
Yet trying to understand customers is what businesses shy away from, quite possibly with good reason. Humans are notoriously hard to personify and build accurate archetypes for. The interpretation of user research analysis tends to be more an art than a hard science. To compound this problem, user research isn't static either it changes all the time as customer usage patterns change all the time. Yet the effort to understand and user behaviour and consumer preferences is precisely what is needed for businesses looking to go beyond offering a service to connecting with their consumers.
For technology companies because of the relatively short product lifespans UX research can play a much bigger influence on product success and failure. Faced with changing customer patterns technology companies need to keep a closer eye on their customers and may need to pivot quickly to factor in new behaviour patterns. History is littered with products that had so much promise yet failed because of ignoring it's crucial target, it's customers and their habits. Some more recent examples of recent technology spikes are:
Pokémon Go
Augmented reality game that fed into mass hysteria and a herd mentality but couldn't keep up momentum once the novelty wore off. Novelty is what keeps us addicted with Dopamine hits. Facebook user experience taps into this and more basic human needs from the human psychological need pyramid to brilliant effect. You won't even realise that you're addicted.
Google Glass V1
Novel as a technology but stepped on basic civil standards. This could well change in the future in new avatar for customers with a more defined use case but common citizens were just not ready for this level of intrusion.
Chat Bots V1
Heralded as the future of customer service but has struggled to make decent strides in conversational UX. It was hyped up to be a service good enough to replace a human but could not understand basic human nuances and intentions. Frustrated users abandoned it in droves. It will resurge sometime again in the future as more user experience researchers have begun contributing to R&D of the technology.
User experience discovery helps to mitigate when a new technology is ready for mass consumption. What made the iPhone such a success was it was a convergence of the painkillers that solved essential problems. It compacted many different technologies including the mobile, the laptop, the digital camera and the GPS into one single device. Most of the technology for the iPhone existed in one form or the other in different products. The value of the iPhone was the sum of all the problems it solved for consumers in a single device without compromising on its usability. Technology here was the means to the end, it was understanding the needs of its customer's needs and delivering an optimal solution is what made the iPhone a winner for Apple.
It's Steve Jobs greatest tribute to his philosophy of beginning with the customer.


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Alternative Pop/Rock band Family Force 5 is set to release its first studio album in three years, Time Stands Still, Aug. 5, 2014 from Word Entertainment. The highly anticipated, 15-song recording features the first song and lead video, "BZRK," which is available to download beginning this week from iTunes as part of the album pre-order campaign at http://smarturl.it/timestandsstill. Released May 23, the "BZRK" video has already been viewed over 217,000 times at http://smarturl.it/BZRKVideo.
Produced by Riley Friesen (Vota, Staggerford) and Seth Mosley (Newsboys, for KING & COUNTRY), Time Stands Still also features "Glow In The Dark," "Sweep The Leg" and the lead radio single, "Let It Be Love," set for a May 30 add date.
"Since the beginning, Family Force 5 has felt called to stretch boundaries, to step outside of the box from the way faith-based artists have traditionally sounded and worked," says Family Force 5's Jacob Olds ("Crouton" / vocals, drums) reflecting on the new single. "We've received a lot of criticism for that over the last eight-and-a-half years and our team has always struggled with the right way to respond."
"The night before one of our final studio sessions, I watched a live Switchfoot video," adds Family Force 5's Derek Mount ("Chap Stique" / guitar, vocals). "I was particularly struck by a moment when Jon Foreman spoke to the crowd. He mentioned that there were protesters outside the venue and he said something that I thought was magical to the audience. He encouraged them to remember there was something deeper than disagreement, and there is beauty in connection, in common ground. He also said we have one card to play, and that card is love. This is the sentiment that has served as our inspiration for our song, 'Let It Be Love.' So we wanted to emphasize the incredible, life-giving power of grace. We feel that anytime we face the question, 'what is the right response?,' the answer is, 'love.'"
Including the aforementioned songs, the full track listing for Time Stands Still follows:
1. Sweep The Leg
2. BZRK (feat. KB)
3. Show Love
4. Time Stands Still
5. Walk On Water (feat. Melodie Wagner of Hillsong Young & Free)
6. Glow In The Dark
7. Raised By Wolves
8. Jet Pack Kicks
10. Let It Be Love
11. Everybody Lose Your Mind
12. Dance Like Nobody's Watching
13. When Everything's Changing
14. Never Say Never
15. This Is My Year
Family Force 5, who has been at the forefront of driving video content throughout its career and is known for electrifying crowds worldwide with a unique blend of dance and rock, is taking the new music and fan favorites on the road. This spring and summer Family Force 5 will be featured at numerous festivals, theaters and arena's internationally, including at Creation Northeast (6/27, Mt Union, PA), Seaside Festival (7/4, Tvedestrand, Norway), Gullbranna Fest (7/5, Halmstad, Sweden), Lifest (7/11, Oshkosh, WI), Sonshine Festival (7/17, Willmar, MN), Creation Northwest (8/2, Kennewick, WA), Rock The Desert (8/8-9, Midland, TX) and many more. For the latest tour itinerary, go to www.facebook.com/familyforce5/app_123966167614127.
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Alternative Pop/Rock band Family Force 5 – which consists of members Derek Mount ("Chap Stique" / guitar, vocals), Jacob Olds ("Crouton" / vocals, drums), Joshua Olds ("Fatty" / bass, vocals), Nathan Currin ("Nadaddy" / keyboards, vocals, percussion) and Teddy Boldt ("Hollywood" / drums, percussion) – formed in Atlanta in the summer of 2005. The band has not only joined The Vans Warped Tour and headlined The Alternative Press Tour, but also performed at Sonisphere Festival, Bamboozle Festival, Rock and Worship Roadshow, Parachute Festival and toured with artists such as TobyMac, Cobra Starship and Flyleaf. Creating chart-topping albums and achieving impressive success at radio with singles such as "Superhero" and "Not Alone," Family Force 5 has further had its music featured on ESPN and has received more than 20 million YouTube views of its official music videos.
About Word Entertainment:
A leader in the music industry for over 60 years, Word Entertainment, a Warner/Curb company, is a unique, comprehensive entertainment company comprised of multi-faceted artist service departments including publishing, merchandising, booking and online initiatives. Word Entertainment represents some of the top names and brands in music, including About A Mile, Meredith Andrews, Chris August, Francesca Battistelli, Big Daddy Weave, Jason Castro, Patrick Ryan Clark, Everfound, Family Force 5, for KING & COUNTRY, Group 1 Crew, Love & The Outcome, Dara Maclean, Point Of Grace, Sidewalk Prophets and Veridia and is home to 25 Entertainment, Word Distribution (representing Curb Records and Big Idea/VeggieTales among others), Word Print/Church Resources, Word Films, Word Music Publishing and Word Label Group's Word Records, Word Worship and Fervent Records.


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ASU Electronic Theses and Dissertations
This collection includes most of the ASU Theses and Dissertations from 2011 to present. ASU Theses and Dissertations are available in downloadable PDF format; however, a small percentage of items are under embargo. Information about the dissertations/theses includes degree information, committee members, an abstract, supporting data or media.
In addition to the electronic theses found in the ASU Digital Repository, ASU Theses and Dissertations can be found in the ASU Library Catalog.
Dissertations and Theses granted by Arizona State University are archived and made available through a joint effort of the ASU Graduate College and the ASU Libraries. For more information or questions about this collection contact or visit the Digital Repository ETD Library Guide or contact the ASU Graduate College at email@example.com.
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- Mobile Crowd Sensing in Edge Computing Environment
- The Effect of Disability on Subjective Well-Being across the Adult Lifespan: The Moderating Roles of Age at Disability Onset and Disability Type
- Mechanically Active Heterogeneous Polymer Matrix Composites
- Attribute-Based Encryption for Fine-Grained Access Control over Sensitive Data
- 并购背景下教育行业品牌价值研究
An underrepresentation of females exists in the STEM fields. In order to tackle this issue, work begins early in the education of young women to ensure they are interested and have the confidence to gain a career in the STEM fields. It is important to engage girls in STEM opportunities in and out of school to ignite their interest and build their confidence. Brigid Barron's learning ecology perspective shows that girls pursuing STEM outside of the classroom is critical to their achievement in the STEM pipeline. This study investigated the impact after-school STEM learning opportunities have on middle school girls …
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text: BUSINESS U.K.'s Skyworks to shoot China from above 4:11 AM PDT 10/17/2008 by Stuart Kemp , AP FACEBOOK TWITTER EMAIL ME 'Flying Views of the World' also will cover Europe LONDON -- U.K. television documentary banner Skyworks is about to become the first production company to shoot the whole of China from the air, the company said Friday.The British production house, which specializes in high-definition aerial filming, has sealed a "world exclusive" pact with China Central Television.Skyworks will produce the 52 30-minute episode series "Flying Views of the World" as part of an unrivaled program sponsorship package that will see it broadcast across three CCTV channels and 80 syndicated TV channels throughout the People's Republic of China.The first season will cover Europe and be broadcast on Chinese television in 2009. The second will include aerial views covering the whole of China."To be the first company ever to film the whole of China is a real achievement for Skyworks," Skyworks managing director Damian Keogh said. "With filming due to start in 2009, this is a once in a lifetime opportunity to film the previously unfilmable, for the people of China and the rest of the world." FACEBOOK TWITTER EMAIL ME Stuart Kemp email@example.com @thr AP firstname.lastname@example.com @thr


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Coursework may qualify for high school academic credit and/or fulfill high school graduation requirements. See your high school counselor for more information.
Ten optional FRCC college credits are available:
Students who successfully complete these classes and complete certificate program admission requirements earn a General Automotive Maintenance and Repair Certificate.
Optional college credits earned through this program apply towards FRCC degrees and certificates!
Students who wish to continue at FRCC can apply all credits earned to the Automotive Technology A.A.S. degree. Many credits apply to a variety of shorter FRCC certificate programs, as well. Learn more about these programs.
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Paul Browne could yet feature for Limerick in their All-Ireland SHC defence after returning from a long injury layoff in a club game last evening.
The Limerick vice-captain missed the majority of last summer's successful championship campaign after suffering a cruciate ligament injury in June. He wasn't forgotten about on All-Ireland final day, however, when he joined his team-mates for the run-out and the team photo. After spending the past nine months on the sidelines, the Limerick Leader reports that Browne marked his return to action with a late goal in Bruff's 1-10 to 0-11 IHC opening round victory over Dromin-Athlacca.
The midfielder will have another opportunity to prove his fitness to Limerick manager John Kiely next weekend when Bruff take on Bruree in the second round of the county IHC.Tweet


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Brian Austin Green has something to say to the trolls who have criticized him and wife Megan Fox for allowing their son to wear dresses.
The former Beverly Hills, 90210 actor recently sat down with former TMZ producer Dax Holt for Hollywood Pipeline. As they were looking through Green's Instagram account, he pointed to a photo of his son Bodhi, 3, wearing a long red wig. Holt then brought up recent controversy over an image of Green's 4-year-old son Noah wearing a dress.
Both Noah and Bodhi have been photographed in dresses and skirts by the paparazzi, and earlier this year, their mother Megan Fox posted a collage of Polaroids to Instagram, one of which showed Noah wearing a Frozen dress. While many supported Fox for letting her son be himself, others were less accepting of a boy wearing traditionally feminine clothing.
"My son, you know, he's 4 And I've heard from some people that they don't agree with him wearing dresses," Green, who also has a 1-year-old son named Journey with Fox, said of the backlash. "To them I say, 'I don't care.'"
"He's 4, and if he wants to wear it, then he wears it," Green continued. "And it's dresses or goggles or, you know, slippers, whatever."
He went on to emphasize the importance of letting kids have fun and make their own choices, as long as they're not hurting anyone. "It's his life. They're not my clothes," he said. "I feel like, you know, at 4, at 5, that's a time when he should be having fun. He's not harming anyone, wearing a dress. So if he wants to wear a dress, awesome. Good on him."
It's a topic he and his wife clearly agree on. In addition to posting the photo to Instagram, Fox spoke to Jimmy Kimmel about her son's clothing choices last year, explaining, "Noah wears dresses, so there are no rules — you can be whatever you want to be in my house!"
Green and Fox are joined in their acceptance by fellow actor Liev Schreiber, whose son dressed as Harley Quinn at Comic-Con earlier this year. Hopefully, their choice to let their kids express themselves in their own way will set an example for others.
And at the end of the day, as Green said, who cares what the trolls think anyway?
See Green's comments at 4:00 in the video below:
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Yesterday, AMD announced its highly-anticipated Ryzen family of desktop processors, offering phenomenal performance at unbelievable prices. The stars of the show were the top end Ryzen 7 processors with 8 physical cores and 16 virtual threads. However, AMD's Ryzen family includes quite a few less powerful but still very impressive SKUs that will appeal to those looking to build a gaming system on a budget.
Priced at $259 is the Ryzen 5 1600X, which is a 6-core processor with 12 threads and a base frequency of 3.30 GHz. With XFR "auto overclocking" it can touch 3.70 GHz +, which should allow it to beat Intel chips much more expensive than it in most benchmarks. If you're looking for something a little cheaper, there is the R5 1500, which isn't an unlocked processor, but still offers impressive performance. A 6-core processor like the R5 1600X, the R5 1500 has a 65W TDP, a base frequency of 3.2 GHz and a Turbo clock of 3.50 GHz.
The most affordable R5 series processor is the R5 1300, a quad-core processor priced at $175. It features a 65W TDP, 8MB cache, and a base frequency of 3.20 GHz. AMD's R3 lineup includes just two SKUs – R3 1200X and the R3 1100. As the "X" suffix signifies, the R3 1200X supports the XFR "auto overclocking" feature. The processor has a base frequency of 3.40 GHz, which can be overclocked up to 3.80 GHz+. At just $149, it does make a lot of sense for budget builds. The R3 1100 is the cheapest Ryzen SKU at $129, with a base clock of 3.20 GHz.
The Ryzen R5 processors are expected to arrive in the second quarter, while the R3 processors will be launched sometime in the second half of 2017.
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Online grocery and alcohol businesses set to grow in 2016
More people are shopping for groceries online – new entrepreneurs are expected to continue to open up shop.
31% of US consumers purchased food online according to a recent Harris Poll. Most were millennials, these consumers also tended to be college students, parents, people living in an urban setting and those making over 50 grand a year. There was a strong correlation between income and likeliness to order food online. The most obvious items were certainly ordered most, with 20% being snack food, 17% non-alcoholic beverages, 16% being dry non-perishables, but most surprising was fresh fruits and veggies being 16% of the total. More than half said they ordered foods they can't regularly find on the shelves, but only 5% have stopped most local grocery shopping altogether.
Morgan Stanley estimated that online grocery shopping will account for over 42 billion dollars in 2016, which is 163% of what was spent last year. This trend seems to be growing, and we expect many more businesses to jump in before the market saturates. There seems to be a lot of headroom in the industry and we do not expect a slowdown in terms of new businesses entering the market anytime soon.
Online alcohol sales and delivery also a growing trend.
More and more local breweries, wineries, and specialty spirits distilleries are looking to transform some of their walk-in tasting room business into long-term consumers, even if their walk-in visitors live hundreds of miles away. We have spoken to many of these merchant's and have put together a brief How to sell alcohol online 101 for them as well.
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As the clouds cleared the breeze came back at 10 knots, 25 degrees further to the west and the course was re-set. Each of the women's fleets started at the second attempt but the first of the men's fleets continuously pushed the line in spite of the black flag rule being in force. After 16 boats were disqualified for breaking the line during the minute before the start the fleet finally got away on the fourth attempt. The second men's fleet were far less trouble.
Defending champion, VAN ACKER, consolidated her overall lead by winning her fleet. Afterwards she said, 'I am very pleased. I had a good start and good speed and I led from start to finish'. In the women's fleets the top sailors all handled the lighter conditions well except for Croatia's Gea BARBIC whose 29th dropped her from third to 15th overall.
It was a different story for the men. Overall joint leader, Douwe BROEKENS (NED), said before the race, 'I was fast in the strong winds of the first day but it could be a different story if the wind goes light'. His fears were well founded as he finished 15th in his fleet. 'I had a disaster' he said afterwards. His disaster was not so great but it did drop him to third. His place was taken by fellow Dutchman, VAN VIANEN who had previously shared the lead. His fifth place gives him a five point lead over the chasing pack.
The Race Committee attempted to start the second of three races scheduled at 17:00 but abandoned their attempt as the spring tide produced a 2 knot cross course current making it virtually impossible for the boats to make forward progress when beating into the current on starboard tack in the 8 knot wind.
The qualifier series is extended into the fourth day and three more races are scheduled. However the building high pressure over the southern North Sea does not give much promise of winds of over 8 knots. Once again the only window for a race could be during slack water time.


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UFO truth seekers celebrated an historic milestone last month after it emerged the Department of Defense had run a top secret unit investigating the threat posed by UFOs until 2012.
Footage filmed by a US Navy pilot of an apparent UFO said to "defy the laws of physics", which was investigated by the department, was also released, leading to claims from some that "we are not alone".
The footage was from the "Nimitz UFO" incident off the coast of San Diego in November 2004, when a whole naval crew are said to have seen a series of bizarre white tic tac-shaped crafts.
However, some in the UFO community remain suspicious at the motives of the government behind the release of the information.
Alien truth have called for "disclosure" - the release of all alien and UFO-related files to be released.
And many saw last month's revelations as a stepping stone towards this.
Many believe that aliens, not only exist, but are secretly living in bases on earth and the US government covers it up in return for flying saucer technology.
However, some members of the Mutual UFO Network (MUFON) remain suspicious.
MUFON is the world's largest organisation dedicated to UFO research and holds a global database of UFO sightings reported to it.
A theory was raised at the latest meeting of the MUFON Washington branch on Saturday.
Ptleader.com reported: "Those who attended were far from feeling credulous or validated by the New York Times' coverage, and instead expressed concerns that this seeming bombshell of disclosure might merely represent an even deeper conspiracy by the government.
"They freely exchanged theories about the possible nature of UFOs, as well as what might motivate the mainstream press and government to release such a story.
"A frequently voiced suspicion was that the government might be laying the groundwork to present extraterrestrials as the next threat to national security, requiring further increases in military spending and curtailments of civil liberties."


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tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3792393342962796253.post5441702709933304636..comments2020-05-26T12:42:57.238+01:00Comments on Perfume Shrine: Past Ascribed Gender: Best Masculine Fragrances for Women, Best Feminine Fragrances for MenPerfumeshrinehttp://firstname.lastname@example.com:blogger.com,1999:blog-3792393342962796253.post-8959648893652881342017-08-20T13:41:02.596+01:002017-08-20T13:41:02.596+01:00My husband loves to wear my Khaltat Ask, linear no...My husband loves to wear my Khaltat Ask, linear notes of rose, sandalwood and oud. He carries it really well and loves the smell on me email@example.com:blogger.com,1999:blog-3792393342962796253.post-68106914956738812272015-09-02T06:23:45.719+01:002015-09-02T06:23:45.719+01:00Saks Fifth Avenue for Her –Jasmine, tuberose, gard...Saks Fifth Avenue for Her –Jasmine, tuberose, gardenia, vetiver, vanillaToni Ginamariahttps://firstname.lastname@example.com:blogger.com,1999:blog-3792393342962796253.post-84889207933837096942015-04-15T07:02:37.603+01:002015-04-15T07:02:37.603+01:00Ellina, your choices are definitely wise. No.19 is...Ellina, your choices are definitely wise. No.19 is great on men, in fact I have tested this many times during private consultations. Need to try with Bottega Veneta edp too, because I'm sure it'd be a hit. (it's so Lutensian, isn't it?)
Thanks for commenting!Perfumeshrinehttps://email@example.com:blogger.com,1999:blog-3792393342962796253.post-81916950918454336102015-04-13T08:05:18.573+01:002015-04-13T08:05:18.573+01:00Hello! I find Egoiste totally unisex, and the same...Hello! I find Egoiste totally unisex, and the same goes for dior homme. My favourite is Prada infusion d' homme' which I enjoy in our scorching hot greek summer. From the women's counter,I think ?Chsnel Coco is definitely suited for men, too, as well as chanel no. 19, and ?bottega veneta bottega veneta edp for email@example.com:blogger.com,1999:blog-3792393342962796253.post-10586495601209854972014-07-13T19:12:20.953+01:002014-07-13T19:12:20.953+01:00Eden, thank you so much for sharing your list of ...Eden,

thank you so much for sharing your list of favorites with our readers here. These are lovely choices!
I probably need to reacquaint myself with the Jersey (don't recall it well), but do trust me and give a try to Opium, preferably vintage EDT: clean spice engulfing you for hours on end. Delicious on a man, as I've found out!Perfumeshrinehttps://email@example.com:blogger.com,1999:blog-3792393342962796253.post-16718394165913850462014-07-13T19:11:11.120+01:002014-07-13T19:11:11.120+01:00Anon ( I presume you\'re a woman), I LOVE and...Anon ( I presume you\'re a woman),

I LOVE and wear L'Instant pour Homme, Heritage (need to get a new bottle sometime, my old one is empty) and Vetiver (I assume Guerlain, right?) These are incredible perfumes. And who can argue with the great colognes by AdP? I hear so many good words on actually borrowing Monsieur Balmain that I need to give it a try! Thank you!!Perfumeshrinehttps://firstname.lastname@example.com:blogger.com,1999:blog-3792393342962796253.post-31623541819441270312014-07-13T01:07:06.481+01:002014-07-13T01:07:06.481+01:00Im a 29 year old man who wears feminine frangrance...Im a 29 year old man who wears feminine frangrances but none of the listed above.
I started with Robert Piguets Visa which stays a favourite,then the incredibly masculine Balmain Ambre gris that wouldnt last ling enough on my skin, I like Hermes Hiris but I intend on buying Chanel Les exclusifs Jersey as it seems to last longer and smells like nothing else. Curious to try YSL Opium now.Anonymoushttps://firstname.lastname@example.com:blogger.com,1999:blog-3792393342962796253.post-31962058379608070002012-05-28T23:28:34.863+01:002012-05-28T23:28:34.863+01:00I wear L'instant pour homme, Heritage, And Vet...I wear L'instant pour homme, Heritage, And Vetiver. I also love acqua di Parma colonia Intensa and Monsieur Balmain. I love them all. I just discovered Heritage and it's email@example.com:blogger.com,1999:blog-3792393342962796253.post-48133662032942319782011-07-14T16:39:14.830+01:002011-07-14T16:39:14.830+01:00Diane, welcome to Perfume Shrine and thanks for c...Diane,

welcome to Perfume Shrine and thanks for commenting! I hope you like it here and contribute to the discussion.

I think Leather Oud is among the better renditions of this genre and certainly a very good entry in the Dior line recently. I haven't tried in the hair, but it's a very alluring idea, thank you! Bandit is great on a man, gives that voyou element, thePerfumeshrinehttps://firstname.lastname@example.com:blogger.com,1999:blog-3792393342962796253.post-15677792207004175902011-07-12T23:15:08.208+01:002011-07-12T23:15:08.208+01:00I (24 year old feminine french student in Paris)am...I (24 year old feminine french student in Paris)am currently wearing leather oud by Dior (smells great in the hair) and my boyfriend loves Bandit !
Thank you for your blog !email@example.com:blogger.com,1999:blog-3792393342962796253.post-12664454996487233122011-07-12T23:14:47.129+01:002011-07-12T23:14:47.129+01:00I (24 year old feminine french student in Paris)am...I (24 year old feminine french student in Paris)am currently wearing leather oud by Dior (smells great in the hair) and my boyfriend loves Bandit !
Thank you for your blog !email@example.com:blogger.com,1999:blog-3792393342962796253.post-19545336035844855122011-07-11T23:43:17.769+01:002011-07-11T23:43:17.769+01:00Dleep, Gendarme is the kind of thing I always not...Dleep,

Gendarme is the kind of thing I always note down to get more samples of and always forget. This is a good incentive to finally bite the bullet!Perfumeshrinehttps://email@example.com:blogger.com,1999:blog-3792393342962796253.post-25267354936309409782011-07-11T23:42:43.625+01:002011-07-11T23:42:43.625+01:00TFC, how interesting! Disregard the above, then. ...TFC,

how interesting! Disregard the above, then. You already know there is some difference in opinion on use of frag on children. (Duh)Perfumeshrinehttps://email@example.com:blogger.com,1999:blog-3792393342962796253.post-10794849207567627172011-07-11T23:42:04.132+01:002011-07-11T23:42:04.132+01:00L, LOL, marketing brain-washed your mother, I gue...L,

LOL, marketing brain-washed your mother, I guess on that one.

I was almost certain you'd mention Basala. It's very unusual nowadays, which makes it a perfect conversation piece.Perfumeshrinehttps://firstname.lastname@example.com:blogger.com,1999:blog-3792393342962796253.post-59744162148788527632011-07-11T23:41:12.869+01:002011-07-11T23:41:12.869+01:00And oh, I fully agree with MJ. The same happens in...And oh, I fully agree with MJ. The same happens in many countries in Europe, I remember getting frags as gifts and hand-me-downs all the time. I believe it's because the notion of "sexing up the kid" via frag use (which I have read about online from a few US posters in other venues) is non existent. Perfume is not seen as seduction primarily, but as well-being. Makes for more "Perfumeshrinehttps://email@example.com:blogger.com,1999:blog-3792393342962796253.post-11031567725221056492011-07-11T23:39:21.563+01:002011-07-11T23:39:21.563+01:00TFC, I am a little surprised that people have the...TFC,

I am a little surprised that people have the audacity to judge others so harshly online. Who thought that putting a thought out there is invitation for lecturing?Perfumeshrinehttps://firstname.lastname@example.com:blogger.com,1999:blog-3792393342962796253.post-46394175018421166222011-07-11T23:38:41.364+01:002011-07-11T23:38:41.364+01:00MJ, clearly a family to be watchful of! The begin...MJ,

clearly a family to be watchful of! The beginnings of a serious path to financial ruin! :PPerfumeshrinehttps://email@example.com:blogger.com,1999:blog-3792393342962796253.post-17580312594853021762011-07-11T23:37:31.096+01:002011-07-11T23:37:31.096+01:00MJ, clearly a family to be watchful of! The begin...MJ,

clearly a family to be watchful of! The beginnings of a serious path to financial ruin! :PPerfumeshrinehttps://email@example.com:blogger.com,1999:blog-3792393342962796253.post-82947423657948812832011-07-11T23:37:03.399+01:002011-07-11T23:37:03.399+01:00Craig, Guerlain does know a trick or two on how t...Craig,

Guerlain does know a trick or two on how to make very sinful, appealing scents. Terracota Voile d'Ete has carnation notes, so as pyramus says maybe you should try more carnation scents still? There's an idea...Perfumeshrinehttps://email@example.com:blogger.com,1999:blog-3792393342962796253.post-51216882910598437152011-07-11T23:36:08.978+01:002011-07-11T23:36:08.978+01:00Edwardian, worthwhile addition, thank you for inc...Edwardian,

worthwhile addition, thank you for including them. I need to wear some of them myself more.Perfumeshrinehttps://email@example.com:blogger.com,1999:blog-3792393342962796253.post-72408391283013777112011-07-11T23:35:35.567+01:002011-07-11T23:35:35.567+01:00Dain, thanks honey! Isn't it one of the best ...Dain,

thanks honey! Isn't it one of the best Newton pics? I love the posturing, the ambivalence and the gender play. It's Gia there.Perfumeshrinehttps://email@example.com:blogger.com,1999:blog-3792393342962796253.post-43938269606649419102011-07-11T23:34:52.633+01:002011-07-11T23:34:52.633+01:00Scott, how could I possibly disagree with your ch...Scott,

how could I possibly disagree with your choices? I love and wear all three and believe they're all supremely fine on male skin too (and yes, I tried them on SO to prove it)Perfumeshrinehttps://email@example.com:blogger.com,1999:blog-3792393342962796253.post-84016021212323009152011-07-11T23:34:07.090+01:002011-07-11T23:34:07.090+01:00Nina, there's a lot to be said about vintage ...Nina,

there's a lot to be said about vintage Habit Rouge. Obviously one is that it suits any gender with taste.Perfumeshrinehttps://firstname.lastname@example.com:blogger.com,1999:blog-3792393342962796253.post-32043280752268251942011-07-11T23:33:31.456+01:002011-07-11T23:33:31.456+01:00TFC, how inspiring!! Thank you!TFC,

how inspiring!! Thank you!Perfumeshrinehttps://firstname.lastname@example.com:blogger.com,1999:blog-3792393342962796253.post-57752091973402975642011-07-11T23:33:15.799+01:002011-07-11T23:33:15.799+01:00Marko, honestly, I think the irritation is superf...Marko,

honestly, I think the irritation is superficial as long as the line gets a good following. After someone buys a frag, there are so many opportunities for it to change hands, one can't possibly control who their intended audience is! Portrait of a Lady sounds feminine, but it reads as androgynous to me. The rest, why are they gender specific? They do read that way to me, evenPerfumeshrinehttps://firstname.lastname@example.com


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Title: The Forest Bull
Author: Terry Maggert
Genre: Urban Fantasy/Thriller
Release: August 2013
Synopsis: Three lovers who stalk and kill the immortals that drift through South Florida (tourists are a moveable feast, after all) are living a simple life of leisure- until one of them is nearly killed by woman who is a new kind of lethal.
When Ring Hardigan isn't making sandwiches for, and with, his two partners, Waleska and Risa (they're cool like that), he's got a busy schedule doing the dirty work of sending immortals to the ever after. Wally and Risa provide linguistics, logistics, and finding the right place for him and his knife- together, they're a well-oiled machine, and they've settled into a rhythm that bodes ill for the Undying. Warlocks, vampires, succubae and the odd ghoul have all fallen to their teamwork. Life is tough, but they soldier on killing the undead, liberating their worldly goods for charity, and generally achieving very little.
-Until Ring wakes up after nearly dying at the hands of a woman who may or may not be the daughter of Satan. Ring's a tough character, for a boat bum (killing immortals sort of rubs off on you that way), but twelve days of comatose healing are enough to bring out the ugly side of his temper. When a letter arrives asking for their help finding a large collection of stolen heirloom jewelry, they form an uneasy friendship with the last Baron of a family hiding in a primal European forest.
Cazimir, the Baron, has two skills: Jeweler and preserver of the last herd of forest bulls. It's an odd occupation, but then, Ring, Risa and Wally aren't your everyday career folks, and Cazimir's lodge might be sitting on something that looks a lot like hell, which, according to a 2400 year old succubus hooker named Delphine, is currently on the market to the strongest immortal. The Baron's impassioned plea to find the jewelry comes with some conditions- he doesn't want the collection back as much as he does the thief, Elizabeth, who happens to be his daughter- and the woman who nearly sent Ring to his grave.
In a tapestry of lies, it's up to Ring, Wally and Risa to find out what is evil, who is human, and exactly who really wants to reign over hell.
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Author's Bio: Born in 1968, I discovered fishing shortly after walking, a boon considering I lived in South Florida. After a brief move to Kentucky, my family trekked back to South Florida, and it was at this time that I made the first of my Big Career Changes, breaking from my daily fishing habit to play the saxophone in middle school. I took this leap of faith under advisement from my Consigliore/ Grandfather, who assured me that this was the way to impress girls.
In a rare occurrence, he was wrong. This isn't surprising considering he had been a Big Band leader in the 1930s, which, I have since learned, was a certainty for impressing girls. Middle School saxophone played by a cherubic pre-teen? Not so much.
I had the good fortune to attend high school in idyllic Upstate New York, where I learned the meaning of winter-- and how to seize the whole of summer.
After two or three failed attempts at college, I bought a pub. That was fun, because I love beer. However, I eventually met someone smarter than me (a common event), but in this case, she married me and convinced me to go back to school - which I did, with great enthusiasm. I earned a Master's Degree in History and rediscovered my love for writing. I had written for most of my life, but it was only fatherhood and a herd of dogs/cats/etc. that gave me the time management skills necessary to finish a novel, and actually see several more in my future.
I live near Nashville, Tennessee with the aforementioned wife, son, and herd, and when I'm not writing, I teach history, grow wildly enthusiastic tomato plants, and restore my 1967 Mustang.
"You may kiss me now," she stated in a voice devoid of music. The mirthless bow of her full lips betrayed her intent to me, but I knew the invitation, like my costume, was a lie. She was pretending to be human. I adopted the persona of just another lonely, awkward snowbird, my own illusion that had brought me to this intimate second with her, inviting me closer with a flicker of her brow. I bought in, leaning towards her in the alcove of a cheesy hotel that advertised in French and English. The boardwalk nearby was a haven for the Quebecois who fled the rigors of winter for the sun and crowding of Hollywood, Florida, squeezed between the fashion of Miami and the canals of Fort Lauderdale.
We were a mismatched pair because she saw what I wished: a slouching, whitebread tourist being rewarded by the gods of fate with the company of a pale, elegant woman whose body filled her sundress flawlessly. Other couples and groups passed us in a late night rush between the bars and gathering places of the beach. It was cool for November. Bursts of drunken laughter mixed with the quiet spaces surrounding lovers who walked, faces turned to the shushing metronome of the surf. A single set of footfalls clattered nearby, interrupting our moment of impending passion. It was a woman dropping her keys and swearing in lightly- accented French. With a metallic tinkling, she picked them up and moved off into the night, leaving us alone again.
Reaching out, I took the woman's thin hand tentatively as she leaned into me with beautiful but shopworn looks, tired under her makeup. A halo of dark curls was pushed back from her oval face with hair combs that were deeply burnished red, gleaming like rubbed bone. They looked regal in the careless way that beautiful women wear trinkets with quiet entitlement.
She had approached me in a bar an hour earlier as I sat alone nursing a comical umbrella drink and reading a paperback. I dress with purpose when I become someone else, leaving a riot of clues about my weaknesses and desires scattered on me. I hunch. I become meek. I mute my ego and become subservient to an affectation of absolute mediocrity. A cheap, tacky sweatshirt and garishly new deck shoes completed my identity as a visitor, unsure of my surroundings and far from home. I added moping loneliness and an aura of desperation purely for effect. With my shoulders rolled in and my body language long on failure, women ignored me. I, in turn, avoided anyone who made eye contact until she sat down, sliding into the space next to me and settling quickly. She was very still except for her eyes. They were alive, but brittle and hooded.
Senya, she introduced herself when she calmly sat in my booth without invitation. There was no uncertainty in her motions as she drank one glass of wine while asking a mechanical litany of questions. Where was I from? Did I have family with me? Was I staying nearby? She delivered these in a throaty accent that was purely Eastern Europe, all while flirting with me in a listless way. I played the role of the flattered rube, and, when she asked me to leave with her, my eyes went wide, the shock of my good fortune lighting my face. I fumbled awkwardly to the door with her.
And now, here we were, in a shadowed place with the wind and water muted. Alone, or as much as you could be in public. She pulled me to her, and I inhaled her scents of red wine, foreign tobacco, and the lingering grit of the ocean. She opened her mouth and circled me with her arms, warming to the moment as we kissed. I felt her body begin to respond heatedly from our contact and winced with regret as my hand whispered upwards, burying the slim knife I had silently palmed deep into her ribs. She buckled and tried to pull back, but my arms locked on her like heavy stones resting in earth. Her eyes never opened as the poisonous blade wrecked her spirit, the silvered steel shooting through her without mercy, cutting the bond to her body forever.
Immortals are always surprised when they die. She was no different, judging by her open- mouthed, hiccupping sigh as I lowered her spasmodic body, eyes fluttering, to the concrete of the hotel patio. In seconds, she began to sublime, her ashes fleeing upward with tiny blue points of moonlight that left her dress an empty outline. I stepped back, looking at the dust of Senya, and began to turn away. In that instant, two obscenely fat moths fluttered down and began to delicately scatter her remains with their feet.
I have learned that killing immortals causes changes in my body. Maybe another executioner could learn how to fly, read minds, or bend a metal rod with their hands. I tend to think that each immortal death makes us better at what we know. For me, I grow faster, more confident. I know I am something more after fourteen years of killing their kind.
I still can't fly, but one thing is certain. I'm very good with knives.


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A trip to the dry cleaners isn't usually anything to get excited about, but I was geeked to go to the dry cleaners yesterday. And the dry cleaners didn't disappoint! I wasn't there to pick up a piece of clothing that had been cleaned. Nope – I was there to pick up an article of clothing that had been altered for me. To learn the rest of the story, we have to jump in a DeLorean and time travel 14 months into the past. Buckle up!
December 2010. My friend Laura's wedding is fast approaching, and I have nothing to wear. I'm losing weight at a steady clip, and my one suit no longer fits. Alterations to every seam to make it fit would be costlier than buying new clothes, so I opt for the latter and hit the discount stores. With your input (thanks to a poll on this very blog), I buy a sportcoat (and pants, but this blog is more about the sportcoat). I go to Laura and Chad's wedding, and have a fabulous time. Here I am with the bride:
Beautiful, right? And Laura looks amazing as well! HEY-O!
(Fun fact about Laura: She was one of the people who, way back in the day, encouraged me to start a blog in the first place, and for that I'll always be grateful. I can't wait, when I'm super famous and super wealthy, to screen her calls and pretend I don't know her. Just kidding! Or am I?)
(Fun fact #2 about Laura: I don't think she'll mind me saying, but her weight has been all over the place in the past year, and that's because a couple months ago she and Chad had a baby! Now she's reading Keep It Up, David as a tool to help her lose the baby weight, and I have no doubt she's gonna do it. And their baby, by the way, is adorable.)
January 2011. The ensemble in the above photo gets worn a second time, when I deliver the eulogy at my grandmother's funeral. I'm thankful that Laura's wedding forced me to go shopping, because there was no time in my grandmother's final days and during the prepping for the funeral for me to make it to the mall.
February 2011. The ensemble gets worn a third time, at a fundraising gala for the Los Angeles Chamber Orchestra. I'm working the event as a volunteer, and my friend Nicolette walks up to me at the gala, looks me up and down, and says something to the effect of: "You look very nice, David, but I think your jacket may be a little big." The jacket is two months old at this point, although I have lost weight during those two months. I take the entirety of Nicolette's comment as a compliment, and smile. A big shit-eating grin. I love shrinking out my clothes!
We're done time traveling. Back to present day. A full year has gone by, and I've had no occasion to wear formal clothes (which is not abnormal in casual Los Angeles). This year's gala for the Los Angeles Chamber Orchestra is approaching, and I'm volunteering again (I still have community service hours to work off for punching that cop). Last week, I take the sportcoat to my cleaners, which has a slew of tailors on-site. The tailor ends up removing a couple inches of fabric from the sides. Wanna see me in the jacket now?
This is what I'm wearing to the gala, from head to toe.
Let's talk sizes! I'm not wearing the same pants to the gala this year that I wore last year. Last year's pants were 40″ around the waist, but I got a great new pair as a Christmas present (thanks, Mom and Dad!), so I'll be wearing those this year, and they're 38″ (I fit into both 36″ and 38″ pants right now, depending on brand and cut).
Even more exciting: The jacket is a 48″ Long – although not after it was taken in! My previous suit jacket was a 54″ Long – check it out:
I hate this photo – I look like Kevin on The Office, but with more hair – but it's the only one with that suit.
And the piece de resistance: The suit I wore at my heaviest, in July 2009, to the wedding of my friends Lisa and Matt in New Jersey. This suit is size 64″ Long, and it was ordered from a catalog – even big and tall stores don't carry suits that big.
The number in suit sizing refers to the distance, in inches, around the widest part of your chest, doesn't it? So, my advanced math skills tell me that a drop from 64″ to 48″ in suit size reflects a loss of 16 INCHES around my chest (and now a little bit more than that, thanks to my jacket getting taken in). WHOA!
Keep It Up, David!
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Thanksgiving decorating inspiration for you with 5 tablescape and centrepiece ideas to give your table a cozy, autumn feel by using seasonal materials like mums, ornamental cabbage, mums and pumpkins.
It's only one week until CANADIAN Thanksgiving. Canadian Thanksgiving differs from American Thanksgiving in that we hold our Thanksgiving in October as a way to celebrate the end of the year's harvest. Whereas Americans celebrate the Brady Bunch episode where they all get stoned and dress up as Pilgrims.
Presently many Canadians are alarmed because most of us didn't realize Thanksgiving was in a week. Thanksgiving. The sneakiest of all the holidays. It is in 9 days exactly (if you have your dinner on the Sunday), so now's the time to start debating whether to get a fresh turkey or a frozen turkey and if you get a frozen turkey whether to let it defrost in the fridge or in a sink full of cold water. If you aren't the type to have already pre-ordered your organic turkey, you will ultimately decide to buy whatever turkey is the cheapest and the right size regardless of whether it's frozen or fresh, so don't waste anymore time debating.
Now is also the time to start thinking about how you're going to set your table or what kind of centrepiece you'd like to have. I don't care if you're having a simple dinner for 2 or a huge dinner party, you need to have a Thanksgiving centrepiece. You have to. Otherwise your table will look incomplete. Like a face with no eyebrows.
I currently have a garden filled with so many Dahlias that I know that I'll be making a Thanksgiving centrepiece using those this year. You'll get a load of that once I do it, but for now I wanted to remind you of some of my favourite Thanksgiving or Autumn centrepieces from the past 6 years or so. Looking back on them I've discovered two things about myself. A) I really like ornamental cabbages and b) I'm REALLY glad I painted my brick wall. Which leads me into my next statement; I really can't wait to refinish my dining room table. I haven't liked the finish since the guy who built it walked it through my front door. Now that my courage is sufficiently fed after painting the orange brick wall I think I can tackle the orange dining room table without fear of any post traumatic episodes. If I down a glass of whiskey beforehand I might even think it's fun.
Thanksgiving Centrepiece Ideas
I have 5 centrepiece and tablescape ideas for you. You can copy these ideas exactly as is, or you can just use them for inspiration. In case you were worried there were rules to this post and I was going to knock on your door Thanksgiving evening asking to inspect your centrepiece, I am not. Do whatever you want, I will not judge. Mainly because I won't be able to actually see it.
Thanksgiving Centrepiece #1
This all-vegetable arrangement is my absolute favourite arrangement of all time. I made it a couple of years ago when I was doing a talk for Lee Valley on Thanksgiving decorating. I wanted to make something that truly represented a Canadian Thanksgiving that honours the harvest. Literally every single thing in this arrangement is edible. Yes. Ornamental cabbage is edible. Learn how to make the arrangement, where to get the metal stand and all the food that goes into the arrangement in the original post here.
Thanksgiving Centrepiece #2
A year or two before I used many of the same flowering elements like Amaranth and ornamental cabbage to make a HUGE free flowing centrepiece. It's another favourite but there's a real trick to making something that's so messy look pleasing. Basically you have to make a tidy mess if that makes sense. Using a pre-defined colour palette (for me it was purple, green and red) and keeping the arrangement quite compact will make your job arranging this kind of centrepiece easier. See what the entire table looked like in this post. The rustic, casual table setting remains my favourite tablescape to date. LOOK there isn't even a tablecloth or placemats. It's mayhem I tell you. And I like it.
Thanksgiving Centrepiece #3
Like ornamental cabbages but don't trust yourself to do some huge, over the top arrangement? I don't blame you. Even I get myself into a sweat doing them. Make it easy on yourself and just put a row of cabbages down your table. Either straight in a line or mixed up a bit like these. For more ornamental cabbage ideas you can take a look at this post.
Thanksgiving Centrepiece #4
Thanksgiving Centrepiece #5
Foam pumpkins for the win. I got mine at Michaels but you can also buy a set of 5 really nice ones on Amazon right here. Just add a few candles in cheap glass vases and some preserved moss for a beautiful Thanksgiving tablescape that's reusable from year to year! I know a lot of people don't like to spend money on flowers because they last a week tops. With foam pumpkins and preserved moss (this is how you can preserve your own moss) you can stick everything in a Tupperware bin and pull it out year after year.
Bonus Place Setting Tip
You can barely see the arrangements on this page (they're fall coloured mums in water jugs, but that doesn't matter. What I wanted you to see here are the mismatched vintage plates and chairs. I haven't used these plates in years for my Thanksgiving table but this year MIGHT be the year I drag them out again. I love how they look and would use them every day i they were dishwasher safe but they aren't. And I aren't about to hand wash all my dishes every night. You can find these dishes for anywhere from $5 to $25 a plate depending on the make. Most of mine are the $10 or so variety but there's the odd good one in there. The good ones are usually hand painted as opposed to transferware and are finer quality. See the rest of the table (warning this is an OLD post so the photos are, well … bad, in a word) in this post here.
I almost forgot the most important distinction between Canadian and American Thanksgiving; Canadians do NOT put marshmallows on their casseroles. The thought of such a concotion is revolting. Marshmallows only go where they belong. In a salad.
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Article Title
Effect of chlorhexidine skin prep and subcuticular skin closure on post-operative infectious morbidity and wound complications following cesarean section
Peer Reviewed
Background: The obstetrical department at University of Iowa implemented several interventions at reducing post-operative infections and wound complication rates following a cesarean delivery. We implemented subcuticular closure of the skin following all cesarean sections in February of 2011 and switched from a povidone/iodine skin prep to a chlorhexidine-alcohol prep April 19th 2011. Based on prior studies, we hypothesized a 50% reduction in post cesarean wound complications
To determine if changes in skin prep type and closure method decreases post-operative infectious morbidity and wound complications.
The study reviewed charts of women who underwent a cesarean section between 7/1/2010 and 12/31/2010 compared to those that underwent a cesarean section between 4/19/2011 and 9/7/2011. A total of 568 charts were reviewed. Women were divided into two groups; the control group included those who had a povidone/iodine skin prep and staple closure, the intervention group included those women who had chlorhexidine skin prep and skin closure with subcuticular suture.
A total of 568 charts were reviewed and 190 control (iodine/staples) subjects and 139 intervention (chlorhexidine-alcohol/suture) subjects were identified. We found no statistical difference in the overall wound complication rates between the control and intervention groups, 22.1% vs 17.4% (p.22). We did however find a significant decrease in wound separation rates: 8.4% vs 3% (p.014) Analysis showed significant risk factors for infectious morbidity and wound separation to be labor prior to surgery (p
In our population the implementation of a chlorhexidine skin prep and closure of the skin with a subcuticular suture did not decrease overall infectious morbidity, it did however decrease our wound separation rate.
Cesarean section, infection, wound separation, suture, staples
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10 pages
Financial Disclosure
The authors report no conflict of interest.
Copyright © Sara Tikkanen, Anna Button, Gideon Zamba, Abbey J. Hardy-Fairbanks, 2013.
Creative Commons License
This work is licensed under a Creative Commons Attribution-Share Alike 3.0 License.
Recommended Citation
Tikkanen S, Button A, Zamba G, Hardy-Fairbanks AJ. Effect of chlorhexidine skin prep and subcuticular skin closure on post-operative infectious morbidity and wound complications following cesarean section. Proc Obstet Gynecol. 2013 Jul 03;3(2):Article 2 [10 p.]. https://doi.org/10.17077/2154-4751.1201. Free full text article.


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Lalbaugcha Raja to pay for digging 953 holes on roads
BMC slaps the trust with a fine of over Rs 23 lakh for digging holes on roads and foothpaths during the Ganeshotsav and not repairing them till date
No one is above the law, not even those serving the gods. The Brihanmumbai Municipal Corporation (BMC) proved this when the civic body slapped the Lalbaugcha Raja trust with penalties to the tune of Rs 23.56 lakh for the damage caused to public property during the Ganeshotsav in September this year.
The corporation had issued a similar notice around two months ago, but to no avail. The reminder notice, issued around a week ago by the F-South ward (a copy of which is with MiD DAY), says that the trust had dug 953 holes on roads and footpaths for erecting the main pandal and the passages for devotees. The holes haven't been repaired and the trust is not taking any measures to do so as well.
The Rs 23.56-lakh penalty also includes Rs 4.5 lakh that the trust was penalised for erecting temporary iron structures and a bridge on 1,800 square metre leading from Dinshaw Petit Lane in Lalbaug to GD Ambedkar Marg, towards Wadala.
Activist Mahesh Venurlekar, who obtained the requisite documents from the BMC under the RTI Act, stated that he was disturbed by the fact that a trust that runs on the public's money was ignoring the fact that public space had been damaged due to their negligence. "No one is above the law. If some public property has been damaged, it has to be repaired by those responsible. The taxpayers should not pay for such indulgences," he said.
Yashwant Kurade, assistant commissioner (F-South ward) confirmed that the penalty notice has been issued.
"We have issued two notices to the trust. The first notice was sent almost two months ago. A reminder was dispatched recently," assistant engineer Jagdish Barapatre, whose signature appears on the notice, claimed.
When contacted, Sudhir Salvi, secretary of Lalbaugcha Raja Trust, said that there was a discrepancy in the official figures regarding the holes.
"There were far lesser holes dug by us and those were duly repaired. The numbers in the BMC records appear to be inflated. We had also taken all permissions before the final arrangements for the grand event," he claimed.
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Posted on 29. August 2013
by Kati Temonen
Year 2008 marked one of the most defining moments of my life: I entered university for the first time. For many of the new university graduates it was also a year to be remembered: as we all know, it was the early crisis months, which meant hard work to enter the job markets. I guess it wasn't considerate to say it out loud back then but the crisis didn't really concern me much at all: in fact, I was just happy to notice that the pound was getting weaker against the euro, which meant some extra gains in my tight student budget.
Many of my friends who graduated during those deepest crisis years assured me that by 2012, the year I would get my degree out, the future would look a lot brighter. Also, I remember that my professor once told us in one of our first lectures: don't worry now; the crisis will be over by the time you graduate.
And what happened? In June this year, nearly five years after my professor's reassuring words, the French President Francois Hollande claimed during his visit to Japan that yes, the crisis in Europe is over, trying to assure the Japanese investors about the strength of the European markets. His statement was not the only one of its kind: many others, from ministers to economists, have claimed the (worst of the) euro-zone crisis to be over months, even years before Hollande's statement.
There seem to be as many narratives about the crisis as there are people talking about it. Just open any front page of a newspaper and without exception you will find the headlines stating something along these lines: "the Eurozone recession continues", "slow economic growth persists", "is there a key to success in the midst of an economic crisis?" Or sometimes on a more optimistic note: " the recession is over, but the crisis not". Once I even saw a headline stating, "the crisis is not over 'till it's over". Perhaps it's just my nature as a historian that I seek closures, ending points to events. If you say it's over, then it's over. The language we speak cannot be underestimated and can lead to repercussions.
As an example, think about the Youth Guarantee: a scheme that has been promoted in a small number of EU member states to fight youth unemployment. Although I think this scheme has a great potential and should be implemented EU-wide, calling this program a guarantee is, in my opinion, rather bold. Here in Finland, the guarantee assures that "each young person under 25 or recently graduated people under 30 will be offered a job, a traineeship, a study place or a period in workshop or rehabilitation within three months of becoming unemployed".1
When the latest revision of the scheme was introduced in Finland earlier this year, hopes were high. After all it is a 'guarantee' – a promise, an assurance, a contract. However, the results have been marginal and generally disappointing. Britain has recently been facing similar challenges with their Youth Contract: unemployment schemes for young people have been ineffective. There's a danger that the guarantee turns into one of those great buzzwords of our time, remembered as a mere word labelling the policy.
I don't think Europeans are simply taking these narratives at face value but people want to hear the truth. The language we use (or don't use) has the power to deepen the gap between the unemployed youth, euro-sceptics or other 'victims' of the crisis on the one side, and on the other, the designers of Youth Guarantees, heads of the states giving comments about the end of the crisis or economists debating if the times are good, bad, a little bit worse or a little bit better today. €8 billion has been pledged in the European Youth Guarantee2 scheme and if it succeeds, it has a great potential not only to enhance the lives of millions of youth but also to restore their trust in the EU again – with 'Youth-Maybe-Guarantees' it won't.
1. http://www.nuorisotakuu.fi/en/information/what_is_the_youth_guarantee (The italics are my own)
2. http://eur-lex.europa.eu/legal-content/EN/TXT/?uri=OJ:C:2013:120:TOC