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Be advised, Woody Paige; if you think that you're going to steamroll Rita Ragone in this sexual harrassment lawsuit due to your celebrity status, think again. Ms. Ragone, Stylist to the Stars, has some powerful friends. According to her web site, not only is Stephen A. Smith in her corner, but she also counts The Great Throwdini as a personal friend. So unless Woody is friends with The Amazing Throwgali, he had better watch it.
Among other "friends/clients" are Joe Montana, Walter Payton, Joe Namath and Marv Albert. Plus, she has a blog! Well, there's only one post, and it's not exactly intimidating; but just wait until she gets rolling!
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After a six week holiday break, Pistolette has returned. I've been quite productive though, getting up at 4:30am to make short story deadlines, and crack out word-count on other fiction projects. But now, it's back to the essays. Happy New Year!
Using the word "resolution" for something you want to accomplish just destines it to fail. It sounds disorganized, undedicated, and passive aggressive, like something the United Nations would declare. Call it anything but that. Ambitions, objectives, aspirations, and even intentions sound more tough than resolutions. "Goals" is a nice direct one.
That aside, making any such attempts for the New Year is almost destined to fail when you live in New Orleans, especially when eating healthy and starting exercise programs are at the top of the list. Everywhere else in America, it might be productive to mark the end of the Halloween/Thanksgiving/Christmas seasons with new "resolutions". But January is actually the worst time to start life changes here because it's technically holiday MIDSEASON for us.
Take January 2nd. The new diet begins. You learn to grill some fish and steam some veggies, adding liberal amounts of cayenne just so you can swallow it. Then the workout starts. You endure stabbing pains in your side while you run in Audubon Park – and that's before you even make it out of the parking lot. But you survive four whole days, pat yourself on the back, and give yourself one fat-free organic chocolate chip to celebrate, and then…
Aunt Jeanette comes over on Twelfth Night with a f#%king King Cake.
And this is how it goes for months. After January 6th there's a slew of diet-destructive treats related to Superbowl parties and Mardi Gras, not to mention Valentine's Day goodies that sneak in from the office and school. Before you know it your Pilates DVD is buried under beads and candy wrappers, and your health food is rotting in the crisper drawer. Just a minor setback, you think, there is still hope.
Lent! Yes, Lent will save me! Forty days of behaving for a higher purpose! Unfortunately there was a comedian in the Catholic bureaucracy who thought it would be hilarious to place St Patrick's Day during Lent (yeah, I know Paddy died that day, but what the hell was wrong with his birthday?). So there are more parades, and food, and alcohol. In any other city this might be a one afternoon event, but in New Orleans, hell no, at least a week. This also happens to be wedding season too, and if you're standing in one, consider your 'get in shape' plans decimated.
Even if you survived all that, you surely wouldn't make it through festival season. From mid-March to the end of May there are more Springtime events in Louisiana than dirty politicians (ok, maybe not that many). If you've made it this far… oh hell no you haven't. You'd have to be Jesus to endure that kind of temptation. And even he liked a big family dinner with plenty of wine and Saints.
Nope, I'm not apologizing for that. Quit groaning and read.
Now you're in the first week of June, and your New Year's resolutions are long forgotten. You likely gave up somewhere around your fifth slice of Cream Cheese and Raspberry stuffed Randazzo's at the office party, right before the "Be Mine" card with a box of Godiva arrived. You didn't decide to give up, you just decided not to think about it anymore.
But you didn't fail, really. You simply started at the wrong time. Many of these goals take months of uninterrupted dedication, and when do we ever get a break from partying around here to do that? Well…
Hurricane season.
That's right. The perfect time to start New Year's resolutions objectives in Louisiana is June 1st.
In June the worst of the summer heat kicks off, and a lull in the city's fun agenda along with it. You'll have several months of no interruptions*. You're going to switch from bacchanal mode to survivalist mode anyway. You'll clean out the pantry so you can fit canned goods and bottled water in it, stock battery powered electronics, scrape out the storm drains, do some house maintenance, check on the important documents, etc. This mode is far more conducive to making health changes than the beginning of Carnival season because you can convince yourself it's hurricane survival training**.
The peak of hurricane season is so hot that you won't be as pissy about salad or grilled cuisine as you'd be in January***. If not, you might just forget to eat while obsessively checking the Weather Channel every ten minutes to the hour. So work off the stress in a chilly 65 degree gym, or get up at 5am and beat the heat for a run. By the time the Fourth of July comes around you'll have shed several pounds while everyone else will have already gained back what they lost in January (plus a few extra). And when those 4½ months are over you're far more likely to enjoy the October through May onslaught of decadence in pleasurable moderation****.
So there you go. You're officially off the hook until Summer. Enjoy that King Cake.
*Sure if you LOOK for trouble you can always find it here, but during these month it usually stays out of your way.
**Which in diet psychology feels morally superior to "I just wanted to wear a bikini again".
***Sometime during June's Tomato Festival last year you probably bit into a juicy fresh Creole tomato and thought, "Hmmm, this is healthy *and* delicious. Too bad it's not the proper time to start eating well".
****I'd never suggest giving up the local fun completely. If that's your goal I'd just advise you to leave town.
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Smart Power is Southern Company's approach to researching, developing and deploying ways to generate clean, reliable, cost-effective electricity as energy demands rise. Key components of Smart Power are new nuclear, 21st century coal technologies such as carbon capture and sequestration, natural gas initiatives like the conversion of coal-fired plants, renewable energy innovation and energy efficiency.


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Flooding is a natural event which can occur as a result of heavy rainfall. Flooding can cause damage to buildings, infrastructure, utilities and impact the lives of those involved. For this reason the NSW Government now requires local councils to develop and implement Floodplain Risk Management Plans for all flood prone areas within the council boundaries.
The NSW Government's Flood Prone Land Policy has the primary objective of "reducing the impact of flooding and flood liability on individual owners and occupiers of flood prone property and to reduce private and public losses resulting from floods, utilising ecologically positive methods wherever possible".
With technical and financial assistance from the NSW Government, Willoughby Council is dedicated to reducing the impact of potential flooding, through mitigation works as well as implementing controls on planning and development in flood prone areas.
To develop Floodplain Risk Management Plans, the following tasks must be completed:
The implementation of Floodplain Risk Management Plans will include flood mitigation measures, flood warnings, flood readiness and emergency management.
The drainage system in the Willoughby Council area is made up of a number of catchments on the eastern and western sides of the Pacific Highway, which forms the drainage divide. Catchments on the west side of the Pacific Highway include Blue Gum Creek and Swaines Creek. On the east side of the Pacific Highway catchments include Scotts Creek, Sugarloaf Creek, Sailors Bay Creek and Flat Rock Creek.
In time Council will produce Floodplain Risk Management Plans for all of these catchments.
To guide development of land in areas subject to flooding in the Willoughby City Local Government Area, pending the completion of Floodplain Risk Management Studies for each of the catchments (comprising the overall drainage system), Council engaged consultants to undertake an Overland Flooding Investigation of the entire Willoughby Council area. The resulting planning (development) controls aim at providing controls for the assessment of applications on land in flood prone areas and eventually reducing the risk to human life and damage to property caused by flooding. The flooding investigation identified areas at potential risk of flooding.
Flood Studies have been completed for the following catchments:
The Blue Gum Creek draft flood study is currently being reviewed by Council prior to public exhibition.
Floodplain Risk Management Studies have been completed for the following catchments:
In addition to the above detailed studies, Willoughby City Council engaged with consultants to undertake an Overland Flooding Investigation for its Local Government Area. The investigation provides preliminary information on flooding in areas that have been identified as being at risk of flooding.
Council is currently in the process of reviewing the Overland Flooding Investigation map. To see if your property is in an area subject to flood related planning controls, contact Council's Help and Service Centre on 9777 1000.
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In 2016 we opened our own production kitchen with the aim to make some of the best products available using carefully sourced local ingredients.
Our simple aim is to bring to life our food through the passion for our home, the people, the history. From our small-scale fishermen to our hardy crofters, soul is in the very bones of what we do. Slowly grown food, bursting with character and community at its very heart. We have created our products so that they are never over processed, using plenty of meat and packed with hearty vegetables. Working with a world class chef we have created a fantastic range of seafood soups.
We have aimed to embody the true spirit of the Hebrides in our packaging, demonstrating the landscape and environment which makes our products so special
"A true taste experience, our organically reared, slowly matured dry aged Hebridean beef truly delivers on flavour."
Handcrafted small batches are the very principle of what we do best, just like you'd make them at home. From our slowly simmered rich Lobster bisque to our Hebridean beef, ale & barley soup, made in a time honoured traditional method to ensure they pack a punch when it comes to flavour.


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There was no wifi in our field above Zennor - just lots of wind and rain and even more wind and perhaps a gale or two - so I had to toddle down to the Tinners Arms or the cafe in Zennor to communicate with the outer world.
On one such trip, I was delighted to get an email from Perth Festival of Yarn, to let me know I've got a last minute stall there. So an extra show for Freyalyn's Fibres before Bakewell Wool Gathering in October.
We'd planned to go up and visit the show as visitors, but I'd sent an email enquiring about vending for next year and they kindly offered me this year too! Better check the dyepans.


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Yes, you can change!
On a regular basis people are experiencing amazing breakthroughs. These positive breakthroughs unknowingly have a ripple effect on all the people they come in contact with. Energy and vitality are amazingly contagious. Getting more from oneself merely requires making a decision. Remember a true decision means you can't go back. Deciding that you are going to focus every fiber in your being to eradicate behaviors that have kept your life stalled. Let your mantra be: I Can. I Will. I must.
Don't let you Biography become your Biology.
Yes, your thinking can make you sick. Pondering on the past or fretting about the future serves no purpose and only causes stress hormones to be released in your body.
Begin asking better questions.
Most people have an internal dialogue (self talk) that is circuitous in nature, brought on by habitual questions, typically starting with the word why. Below is a brief video by Louise Hay, I think you will find interesting and helpful.
What's your personal philosophy?
You should evaluate it. Where has it gotten you. Has it been empowering or disempowering? You may find that your philosophy is not yours at all. It's possibly a collage of words and beliefs from people in your past.
"My philosophy is that you are not only responsible for your life, but doing the best at this moment, puts you in the best place for the next moment."
What are your daily rituals?
Our daily habits or rituals affect every part of our lives. This is critical to understand. What we eat. How we eat it. How we exercise. How we avoid exercise. How we dress. Even our facial expressions are all habitual. Becoming aware of this is a great place to start.
Begin today.
Change can be both exciting and invigorating. Sustained change however, takes effort and discipline. The rewards of needed change will lead you to a more balanced, happier and healthier life. Isn't it time that you Embrace Change?
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Love or hate Christmas jumpers, they are a trend that only seems to be increasing in popularity, but to take them to the next level and break away from the the usual snowflakes and pictures of Rudolph, Morphsuits teamed up with a NASA engineer to incorporate wearable technology into the designs!
Yes those "hideous" jumpers that we are all so fond of can now have moving images in them!!!
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House Republicans will move forward with legislation to defund "Obamacare" and avert a government shutdown at the end of the month as part of their opening gambit in this autumn's fiscal battles on Capitol Hill.
House Speaker John Boehner, R-Ohio, said the GOP would take one more in a series of votes to do away with President Barack Obama's health care reform law, an effort destined to die in the Democratic Senate. The vote is intended to appease conservatives who had vowed to force a government shutdown unless Obamacare was defunded; once the Senate dispels the legislation, negotiations to fund the government past Sept. 30 can begin in earnest.
Republican House Speaker John Boehner speaks to reporters Wednesday about the upcoming budget deadline facing Congress.
"We're going to continue to do everything we can to repeal the president's failed healthcare law," Boehner told reporters on Capitol Hill. He said the House will pass a continuing resolution "that locks the sequester savings in and defunds Obamacare."
The vote will be just the first in a series of maneuvers between House Republicans, Senate Democrats and Obama to both fund the government past the end of September, when it runs out of money, and later, approve new borrowing by the government to service its existing debts.
In remarks a short time later before the Business Roundtable (traditionally a Republican-friendly group), Obama called the GOP strategy on health care the "primary roadblock to resolving the budget." He said that while he would be willing to work with Republicans over budgetary issues, he would not negotiate over the looming debt ceiling vote as a matter of principle.
"You have never seen in the history of the United States the debt ceiling or the threat of not raising the debt ceiling being used to extort a president or a governing party," Obama told the group of business leaders. He said such a precedent would "fundamentally change how American government functions."
That sets up another potentially significant battle with Republicans. House Majority Leader Eric Cantor, R-Va., said Wednesday that Republicans would ask for a delay of Obamacare – a more modest request, but still an unlikely prospect – among other items in exchange for raising the debt limit.
"In the coming week we will unveil a plan to extend our nation's ability to borrow, while delaying Obamacare and protecting working, middle-class families from its horrific effects," Cantor said. "Those discussions will also focus on a path forward on tax reform and the Keystone pipeline."
The Republican strategy comes after Boehner and his leadership team realized they lacked the votes even to proceed on a measure extending government spending to mid-December. Conservatives balked at the plan – which would have called for defunding Obamacare, but allowed the Senate to easily dispense with that measure through procedural means.
"We listened to our colleagues over the past week. We have a plan they're happy with; we're going forward," Boehner said Wednesday of his most recent proposal.
President Obama could get more support for his health care law in a few weeks if the GOP attempts to shut down the government in an attempt to defund Obama's legislation. NBC News' Chuck Todd discusses just how likely a government shut down could be.
The jostling between the Republican leadership and its conservative flank are emblematic of the intraparty fighting that has vexed Boehner and his leadership team for much of the past three years. On a variety of previous fights over government spending and the debt ceiling since 2010, Boehner has had to hold a variety of show-votes to mollify his unruly caucus before moving toward any final agreement – usually a short-term, patchwork solution passed in part with the support of House Democrats.
And though Democrats are sure to frame Boehner's move as a bid by Republicans to force a government shutdown, Boehner said that notion – which is widely regarded as politically perilous for the GOP – was the furthest from his mind.
"There should be no conversation about shutting the government down," he said. "That's not the goal here."
But the debt ceiling may end up being the larger inflection point, especially as Obama staked out a hard-lined position against negotiating over that vote.
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Omni-tools are wrist-mounted multipurpose computers originally from the Mass Effect continuum. They appear as orange holograms encasing the hand and forearm of the user.
Omni-tools have demonstrated the following functions within the Mass Effect continuum:
- Computer database capabilities
- Implementation of technologically-based powers
- Hacking
- Code decryption
- Repair of broken computer/electronic systems
- Playing video games
- Flashlight
Whether or not all of these abilities can be used outside of the Mass Effect continuum has not yet been discerned by the Department of Sufficiently Advanced Technology.
As of Mass Effect 3, the omni-tool itself has become weaponized to a greater extent than the first two games in the form of the omni-blade, a silicon-carbide weapon that is flash-forged by the omni-tool that functions as a melee weapon.
More on omni-tools at the Mass Effect Wiki.
PPC UseEdit
The Department of Sufficiently Advanced Technology recently acquired several omni-tools, which they are testing and adapting for use by PPC agents. Attempts to integrate the functionality of a CAD into an omni-tool were unsuccessful as it became obvious that having the often-malfunctioning CAD essentially surrounding the arm of an agent would not end well. Fortunately, the test subject involved was able to receive medical treatment almost immediately.
Agents Xericka and Xanthus Garkaran are currently the only active agents known to use an omni-tool in the field.


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Thursday, January 21, 2016
An Interesting Statistic: Most In Demand Niche Fragrance Launches for 2015
So without further ado this is what most people bought samples/bottles of from Luckyscent during the past year:
4160 Tuesdays - Maxed Out
A Lab on Fire - Mon musc a moi
Andree Putman - L'Original
DS & Durga - Debaser
Eau d'Italie - Morn to Dusk
Naomi Goodsir - Iris Cendre
Parfum d'Empire - Tabac Tabou
Papillon Artisan Perfumes - Salome
Penhaligons - Ostara
Shay & Blue - Framboise Noire
Slumberhouse - Kiste
Stephane Humbert Lucas - Mortal Skin
Tauerville - Rose Flash
The Beautiful Mind Series - Precision and Grace
A bit like with hot trends in fashion trickling down to mass market brands in a year or two, they're work checking out to see where the interest of the perfumephile lays.
Related reading on PerfumeShrine:
Best-selling Fragrances Lists per Country and per Year
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I actually just ordered that Luckyscent sample pack! I have tried a couple of the scents on it already (Ostara and Kiste) but there were so many others that I had either wanted to sample or had not heard about but that looked interesting. And it is an exceptionally interesting lot of scents I think, not a lot of generic stuff in there! I'm looking forward to trying Salome, Tabac Tabou and Mortal Skin especially.ReplyDelete
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I bought Mortal Skin , Elena ...it is beautiful ,good quality and lasts a long time even on my scent eating skin. But I got mine from Osswald lolReplyDelete
I am very curious about Salome, so I am going to order it next time I can afford a new bottle.ReplyDelete
I am interested in Salome too.ReplyDelete
All of them sound wonderful! Thank you! JeanReplyDelete
Precision & Grace!ReplyDelete
A Lab On Fire is beautiful. Reminded me of People Of The Labyrinth. A strange chemical wet cherry with slight tobacco hints.ReplyDelete
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June 1, 2020 - Latest: What has happened to markets this year? by Darius McDermott
13th May 2011
From the Guardian, Is climate change affecting Superdry's share price? The impact of high cotton prices and an unusually hot April has left them with underwhelming quarterly sales.
Superdry owner's shares fall £300m after sales growth slowdown
And the best of the rest:
The Telegraph are discussing how the rise in university tuition fees will affect those who invest in student property as the amount of students who choose to live at home will rise dramatically.
House prices: New threat for buy-to-let landlords
The Guardian are looking into payday loans are seen as legal loan sharks, but are these highly advertised companies making people even poorer – Wonga boss would say they are not .
Wonga boss fights back against critics
The Independent has looked at how insurers are going to faire after the spell of natural disasters since the beginning of the year.
Lloyd's of London disasters claims set to hit £2.4bn
Also on the Independent, shareholder activism, gambling group William Hill shareholders take a vote on a pay rise for chief executive.
Executive pay triggers revolt at William Hill
BBC News is reporting on how promising economic results for Germany and France is increasing confidence.
Germany's economy grew 1.5% in the first quarter
This is Money is looking into how family income has been dramatically affected by the recession.
Family incomes plunge by £1,000 a year
The Wall Street Journal are discussing the changing shape of the housing market, foreign buyers are taking over the luxury housing market, due to booming emerging market economies.
Reuters is reporting on how the strong growth in Germany and France has created confidence in the stock market and the Euro.
Stocks, euro rise after upbeat growth data
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A New Brand…?
A friend of mine Dave had decided he should refresh my image somewhat… I had these pics done by John and that's when Dave stepped in. This is not the artwork, just a visual for now.
Dave blogs over at DavyMac
What d'you think…?
Stretched the photo, added a (new-ish) version of your logo – blue does not work with that photo, so went for light green. I took some more artistic licence with the trees too, but I think it looks pretty strong for branding, certainly is a BIG logo!I tidied up the fitting of some of the blog elements near the masthead, to do this you'd have to change the code a bit, not much though, have you anyone who can do this? I also darkened the green in the navigation strip a little too.My plan would be to send you a PNG file of the masthead graphic, including the tiny shadow transparency, so that it is just a rectangular element placed within the masthead, everything else lines up under it.


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Images of the 11-strong international shortlist of design teams competing to overhaul Japan's national stadium have been revealed
UK practices shortlisted for the £164,000 prize include Olympic venue designers Zaha Hadid Architects and Populous with Rod Sheard.
Architecture minister Ed Vaizey told the AJ: 'This is fantastic news and shows Britain's architects are at the forefront of world leading design. I wish both finalists all the best and hope the new national stadium for Japan will have a distinctly British feel.'
Other finalists are Australia's Cox Architecture, France's Dorell Ghotmeh Tane Architects with A+Architecture, Germany's GMP International and the Netherland's UNStudio with Yamashita Sekkei.
Japanese contenders include SANAA with Nikken Sekkei, Toyo Ito & Associates, Azusa Sekkei and Mitsuru Man Senda with Environment Design Institute.
London-based engineers AKT II is also on board with finalists Tabanlioglu Architects from Istanbul.
A total of 46 entries were made to the competition which was either to recipients of the Pritzker Prize, AIA gold medal, UIA gold medal, Praemium Imperiale in Honour of Prince Takamatsu and RIBA gold medal or companies with experience of designing 15,000-seat stadiums.
The 11 finalists will proceed to the contest's second round with the first, second and third place winners set to be chosen on 7 November and announced later that month.
The competition focuses on the national stadium in Tokyo which will be redeveloped to host the 2019 Rugby World Cup and also, potentially, the Olympic Games in 2020. Tokyo is currently up against Madrid and Istanbul to host the greatest show on earth.
Japan's 48,000-seat national stadium in Kasumigaoka, Tokyo was constructed in 1958 and hosted the 1964 Summer Olympics. The new stadium is expected to seat 80,000 spectators and is planned for completion in 2018.
The ten-strong competition jury features Richard Rogers and Norman Foster and is chaired by 1995 Pritzker Prize winner Tadao Ando.
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Pinellas County father arrested after son left in truck for 8 hours
Pinellas County authorities have charged a father with aggravated manslaughter after his 23-month-old son was left in his pickup truck for eight hours.
The Pinellas County Sheriff's Office says 41-year-old Troy Whitaker of Palm Harbor placed his son Lawson and 5-year-old daughter in the truck Friday morning and took the girl to school.
Detectives say Whitaker drove home without taking Lawson to day care and didn't realize the boy was still in the truck until about 4:30 p.m.
Lawson was pronounced dead at a hospital. Whitaker was released from Pinellas County jail late Friday on $50,000 bond. Jail records didn't show whether Whitaker had an attorney.
The sheriff's office says Whitaker works for Hillsborough County Fire Rescue. A fire rescue spokesman, Corey Dierdorff, said Saturday that the agency would not comment.


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Posted on August 10, 1992 in Washington Watch
One week before the Republican National Convention, world events may be dealing George Bush the cards he needs to improve his chances against a still-surging Bill Clinton.
The continuing slaughter in Bosnia-Herzegovina, Saddam Hussein's latest acts of defiance against United Nations investigation teams, and Israeli Prime Minister Yitzhak Rabin's visit to the United States are giving Bush the chance to grab headlines and demonstrate his leadership skills in foreign affairs.
What Bosnia-Herzegovina, Saddam Hussein and Rabin all a have in common is that they take headlines away from domestic issues—especially the economy—and give Bush the opportunity to be President. All Clinton can do is sit on the sidelines and offer his own opinions or advice.
Until now, foreign policy concerns have not played well as campaign issues in this election year, unlike previous years in which this was always a strong suit for the Republican Party. In fact, a sustained effort by the press and politicians combined to focus attention on domestic issues and almost made foreign affairs a dirty word. The "Put America First" campaigns of Democrat Tom Harkin, Republican Pat Buchanan and Independent Ross Perot played on and strengthened the strong negatives against President Bush for the emphasis he places on world affairs.
While Bill Clinton has no real foreign policy experience, he was the only Democrat who ran on a platform committed to a strong national defense and an active world leadership role for the United States. Nevertheless, the Clinton campaign ultimately deferred to the prevailing mood in the Democratic Party; thus foreign policy concerns were virtually ignored during the Democratic National Convention last month. One prominent and somewhat liberal commentator noted that Clinton's very long 4500 address to the convention, only 141 words dealt with foreign affairs. Similarly, only a small fraction of Gore's 2500 word speech touched on this theme.
Even now when Clinton speaks on foreign policy questions, he sounds ambivalent and conditions nearly every declarative sentence. He seems to be more comfortable attacking George Bush's position than in defining his own. For example, during a recent address regarding the slaughter of Bosnians he noted that the killings were terrible, but said, "I'm concerned with American lives: more Americans are being killed every day on our own streets." After that uncalled-for detour, he went on to chide the President for not acting more aggressively to use force in Bosnia-Herzegovina.
It is somewhat ironic that as Clinton attacks Bush and attempts to show himself as stronger and more decisive than Bush, he may actually be helping set the stage for the President's comeback.
As Bush demonstrates firmness against Saddam's refusal to allow U.N. inspector to enter the Iraqi Ministry of Agriculture, Clinton attacks Bush for allowing Saddam to remain in power. In effect, he is legitimizing an attack on Iraq. While Bush pledges to support for U.N. relief efforts in Bosnia-Herzegovina but suggests that he is not yet ready to use force, Clinton argues his suggestion that force may be necessary, thereby opening the door for the President to act.
And while Clinton professes strong support for Israel, Rabin's visit to the President's summer home in Kennebunkport is almost universally recognized as, in part, a thank-you for George Bush's strong stand against Yitzhak Shamir. It is clearly understood that denying the loan guarantees to Shamir helped to make a Labor Victory possible in Israel.
Presidential action in any one or all of these issues will not necessarily, by itself, help George Bush's reelection chances. What they represent, however, are opportunities for the President to regain lost ground in the important contest for public confidence in his leadership skills.
Commentators are fond of noting that Bush's approval ratings have fallen to record lows. During the height of the Gulf War he had 90% approval ratings. Today, his rating has fallen to about 30%.
What these commentators fail to note is that just prior to the Gulf War Bush's approval ratings were also low—around 50%. What is also important to note is that while the President's over-all ratings climbed during the war as he became viewed as a strong a decisive commander-in-chief, his ratings climbed in areas in which there was no movement. Before the war, for example, Bush was given very poor marks for the handling of his economy. As his overall ratings soared because of the war, so too did his ratings as the steward of the economy, from a low of 36% to a high of 66% even though the economy changed very little. There was a transference of positives from his leadership in foreign affairs to his leadership in other areas.
What Bush's opponents succeeded in doing in the aftermath of the war was to refocus attention away from the "victory in the Gulf" to the pressing needs here at home. The depressed economy was the major area where President could not win.
In fact, the conventional wisdom in 1988 was that whoever was elected in that year ran the risk of being a one-term president because of the expected prolonged economic downturn. Given the normal business cycle and the lack of cooperation between the Republican Administration and the Democratic Congress, Bush's hands were tied and his efforts to improve the situation were impeded.
As news about the economy sank in and as the press and his political opponents attacked, public confidence in Bush's leadership suffered. Unable to make changes, he faltered and appeared weak. Bush's ratings fell and he became defined as a president lacking overall leadership. Even his genuine leadership accomplishment, the Gulf War, is now subjected to a revisionist interpretation of the events leading up to and the outcome of the war.
The polls are fickle—because the public mood is fickle. Even now, as Clinton appears strong and Bush appears weak, looking behind the polls one sees tremendous volatility in the public mood.
Over one-half of Americans polled express slight or lukewarm commitment to their candidate of choice for the Presidency. That means that although Bush is currently shown 20%-30% below Clinton in the polls, he has room to maneuver and Clinton's lead can be cut.
During the primary season George Bush tried in vain to draw attention to the realm of foreign affairs. As his opponents called for "America First", Bush defended his record and gave rather impressive speeches such as one he delivered in Houston in November of 1991. Having just returned from the Madrid peace Conference he noted that his opponents were attacking him for giving too much attention to world affairs. He countered by saying:
"Over there in Madrid I flipped in CNN and saw one of the Democratic leaders attack me for being at that important conference…. I'm going to keep trying to bring peace to the Middle East…. I have a responsibility to lead and I am not going to let democratic liberal carping keep me from leading…. We live in an integrated world. In that world, you can't neatly divide foreign policy from domestic policy…. Anyone who says we should retreat into an isolationist cocoon is living in the last century, when we should be focused on the next century and the lives our children will lead. And they should know America's destiny has always been to lead. And if I have anything to do with it, lead we will."
But as important as these words were, in the absence of real crises or a genuine movement, they fell on deaf ears.
Now the reality of foreign affairs has reared its head and the dangers of ignoring the world hit home with sudden intensity. The daily horror of the slaughter in Bosnia-Herzegovina, the renewed brazenness of Saddam Hussein, and the possibility of real progress in the Middle East peace talks have given George Bush an opportunity to put his world view into action. This, coupled with the President's new fighting mood and his new campaign themes of "leadership, trust and American values" may give him the pre-and post-convention boost necessary to even the score with Bill Clinton as the campaign enters the fall.
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Grape Juice
Now a days in India fruit vendors are selling varieties of fresh seasonal and imported fruits.Today i bought this beautiful purple grapes from fruit market.We know Grapes are very good for health. That too this wonder fruit juice gives us quick energy.And it supports healthy cholesterol levels.
For 2 people:
Method of making this wonderful fruit juice.
Grape juice
For 2 people:
- Grapes 200g
- Water 2 cups
- Honey 1/2 cup
- Salt a pinch
- Lemon juice 2 tea spoons
- Clean grapes well under tap water. Then remove seeds from grapes(we can use seeds less grapes also)
- Now blend these grapes well. Then add water and blend again.
- Then strain this juice with the strainer into a wide bowl and add honey,salt and lemon juice into it.
- Serve chilled.


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PLDT HOME believes that the strongest connections are at home. By providing a compelling suite of multimedia services and solutions, Filipino families stay connected and can easily access quality entertainment at the comfort of their homes.
PLDT ALPHA is the trusted expert end-to-end ICT partner of the top enterprise market, delivering innovative ICT solutions and a premium grade customer experience.
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Published on Jan 30, 2014
To support its subscribers' use of innovative applications relying on Internet access, PLDT recently expanded its fiber network to 78,000 kilometers. This is part of the PhP 19 billion capital expenditure modernization investment of the PLDT Group as it solidifies its position as the country's pioneering multimedia company.
Now, the multimedia revolution comes to Filipino viewers through the TVolution, a tiny television box capable of accessing the Internet and networking with other devices — exclusively available through PLDT HOME.
Small device, great entertainment
Powered by quad-core processors, the TVolution operates on an Android-based platform. It connects to any HDMI-ready TV and syncs with a PLDT HOME Fibr WiFi connection.
The TVolution allows customers to stream blockbuster movies and TV series straight from the internet, using their PLDT HOME Telpad or any Android device as remote control. Its features include 4GB of internal data storage, a microSD card slot, WiFi, Bluetooth, HDMI input and output and two USB ports. Subscribers only need to make a minimal addition of PhP 199 to their monthly Fibr subscriptions to gain access to a whole new world of content online through their televisions.
"The TVolution is just the first in many technological innovations PLDT HOME is pioneering with the aim of making it every Filipino family's multimedia home. With the TVolution, the entire Internet is at Fibr subscribers' fingertips," says Gary Dujali, PLDT VP and head of HOME broadband.
Beyond movies and TV series
On top of high-definition movies from Clickplay and TV series from MyPinoyTV, TVolution users can also access more content by downloading apps like Spinnr powered by SMART Music and EA Games through PLDT HOME's knaAPPsack. The TVolution also gives Fibr subscribers a multitasking TV through apps like Kingsoft Office, the ability to use their TVs to surf the Internet, and play games, both online and offline.
Paired with the speed and power of a Fibr connection, TVolution opens up a world of possibilities and helps subscribers create more of their strongest connections at home. Together, families can experience the best of communication, entertainment, and multimedia on the Internet through the secure platform TVolution offers.
Dujali concludes, "TVolution is entertainment on demand; the days of aimless channel-surfing, looking for something good to watch, are over. Now, all of the video content of the Internet is made available to TVolution subscribers."
Find out more on www.pldthome.com or call 101-FIBR.


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Sonim XP1300 Core has got the top IP68 rating
Sonim XP1300 is a latest gadget of Sonim that can be submerged to in the water. It has water and dirt resistance capability. Now according to some rumors from un-official resources it has revealed that this mobile phone has got the top score in the International Protection Rating with its IP68 certification.
We have already informed you about the IP67 rating mobile phones such as Motorola Jordan , Motorola Defy , Samsung Xcover 271etc ; these phone can be soaked into one meter just for 30 minutes or less. But when you use Sonim XP1300 Core you named it as a fish because it has IP68 Certification. Due to top certification this phone can be placed into the deep water for a longer time in comparison of IP67 certification phones. This phone can survive even after the 2 meter deep fall in the water.
It is a rough and tough gadget as clearly shown by the features of water and dust resistance. It means in its interior you hardly get the fragile features.
Some specifications of this Sonim XP1300 Core consist of GSM/GPRS/EDGE connectivity, a web browser, a media player and Bluetooth connectivity and all these features are also attainable via Motorola Defy . It is expected to launch in Netherlands in early October. After its lunch we are better able to inform you about the price and availability of it.


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Do you eat frozen dinners heated up in the microwave? And if so, how closely do you look at the packaging for those meals?
Recent concerns about BPA, an endocrine disruptor linked to everything from breast cancer to sexual dysfunction, have convinced many people to stop using plastic water bottles that aren't marked BPA-free. But if you're heating up plastic-encased food in your microwave, you could be using containers that contain BPA or phthalates, a plasticizer linked to genital deformities and other health problems.
These plastic concerns apply not only to items like disposable yogurt cups that were never intended for the microwave, but also to plastic containers specifically marketed as "microwave safe." That's what Good Housekeeping found back in November 2008 when it tested 31 plastic items that people are likely to use to reheat foods. While the majority of the items showed no traces of BPA or phthalates, three items were found to contain BPA: Rubbermaid EasyFind Lids container, Rubbermaid Premier container, and Glad Press'n Seal Multipurpose Sealing Wrap. One item — Glad Press'n Seal wrap — contained low levels of both phthalates and BPA.
The disturbing part of this experiment is that these questionable items are expressly marketed as BPA-free products by Rubbermaid and Glad. Rubbermaid, for example, includes its EasyFind Lids on a list of BPA-free items and contends its own experiments found no traces of BPA. Glad Press'n Seal wrap's FAQ also brags that their item contains no BPA.
In Good Housekeeping's tests, the BPA or phthalates in the containers weren't found to leach into foods. However, a similar test of 10 items — including a Rubbermaid multipurpose container — done by the Milwaukee Journal-Sentinal did find that BPA leached from "microwave-safe" plastics ranging from frozen food trays to plastic baby food packaging.
That's why many people are worried about putting plastics in the microwave. Last month, New York Times columnist Nicholas D. Kristof asked doctors at a symposium what they do in their own homes to reduce risks of diseases linked to environmental pollution, like cancer:
They said that they avoid microwaving food in plastic or putting plastics in the dishwasher, because heat may cause chemicals to leach out. And the symposium handed out a reminder card listing "safer plastics" as those marked (usually at the bottom of a container) 1, 2, 4 or 5.
Even those "safer plastics" may not be safe in the microwave, however, according to the Journal Sentinel's testing, which found BPA leaching in plastics marked 1, 2 and 5. Considering these uncertainties, it's easy to see why some may choose the precautionary principle, keeping all types of plastics out of the microwave. Florence Williams, the author of the Good Housekeeping story, says that her research has changed her habits in the kitchen:
Since learning more about the health effects of plastics, including how much we don't know, I've changed some habits …. I now store leftovers in ceramic or glass containers in the fridge, and I don't put anything plastic in the microwave because there's still a lot to learn about the interactions of heat and plastic — and it's easy to find an alternative …. I'd be happy to stop doing all this, but until the government starts testing household plastics in ways that will tell us what's safe and what's not, I will go on being a little obsessed.
With more environmentalists opting against plastics in the microwave, some organic frozen food companies have opted for less-plasticky packaging. Organic and natural frozen food company Amy's Kitchen, for example, says it shuns plasticizers and uses paper containers for its products, though these containers are still PET-lined and usually have a top film made of polypropylene. "These measures have been taken to ensure that all of our packaging material is safe for use," according to the FAQ on Amy's Kitchen's website. "However, if you would prefer not to cook in plastic, our products can be easily removed from the original container and cooked in glass."
Of course, an easy way to avoid plastic or plastic-lined containers for frozen meals is to avoid frozen meals altogether. Although many MNN readers like to make their meals from fresh ingredients, the big aisles of overpackaged meals and frozen dinners at supermarkets — and even Whole Foods and many local co-ops — makes clear that microwavable convenience foods are still quite popular.


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So maybe we forgot how much puppies like to chew.
Nothing is sacred.
Don't dare try to tie me up!
Meanwhile the actual dog toys remain unscathed!
Last week the silly dog got out, how is still a mystery, well, it was my fault, but keep it just between you and me, yeah? Buzz ended up in the pound and cost $45 to be set free. Another $20 to register and $65 for his second immunisations!! Brett was not impressed and made suggestions that we leave him at the pound! Not this little black
duck chook! I responsibly marched down there and paid for him to be released(money transferred from Bretts account of course*insert big smirk*).


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What is the divergence question?
From around 1820, possibly well before, the world witnessed increasing inequality between countries and regions. Modern economic growth – growth led by productivity increases – transformed Western Europe and North America, but it appeared in other regions much later. These facts lead us to one of the central questions for economic history: "Why do some countries grow rich while others stay poor"?
The question is as old as modern economic growth itself. Karl Marx and Max Weber, among others, tried to answer it. In the last twenty years, the debate around the question has revived, thanks to dialogue between economists and historians. The current short-hand for the question, "divergence", comes from the title of a book (by Kenneth Pomeranz) that has played a part in the revival.
Economic theorists are encouraged by new theoretical approaches, and the availability of large datasets. Conventional theory of economic growth was not comfortable with cultural and political explanations of modern economic growth. New institutional economic history, associated with Douglass North and others, showed a way to bring in these variables into growth theory. In the early-2000s, historians criticized institutionalism. The current phase of the divergence debate began with these criticisms and responses to these criticisms.
Cross-country historical income datasets became available from the 1990s, thanks to Angus Maddison's work. Maddison collected and processed the data, often from detailed building blocks (like income from agriculture, trade, industry, etc.), but reported mainly one set of results, per capita or average real income by country for centuries. The simple format of reporting drew attention to inequality between countries.
Where do I fit in in the divergence debate? From time to time, those who took part in the debate would look at historians who specialized in regions, and ask questions like, "what about India?" For a region-specialist like me, the invitation to offer one's expertise to answer a big question like this one was too strong to resist. But that fascination wore off. Increasingly, I have come to believe that the debate has had a stunting influence on economic history as a field.
My scepticism is based on seven arguments.
1. The debate has a built-in tendency to simplify the economic history of the non-western world
Making inequality-between-countries the core problem works badly for many countries. This is so because there is only one way in which one can use a country's history to answer why some countries grew rich while others stayed poor, that is to show either why it grew rich or why it stayed poor. There is only one way that Indian evidence can inform the debate – and that is to show why India stayed poor. But this is not the most important or interesting question about India, and it misreads Indian history (see below).
2. Divergence debate takes bad data too seriously
Maddison's work shows growing inequality in average incomes between countries (Figure 1). The data is – to put it mildly – bad data. Look closely, you will see that the average income of India was USD533 for 1820-1870. Year after year for 50 years Indians earned exactly USD533 on average (and exactly USD550 for 320 years before that). These numbers contain no worthwhile information about Indian history. Such is the quality of the statistics on which the divergence debate has so far been based.
3. The divergence question is based on an erroneous reading of the data
In this dataset (Figure 1), every country is represented by exactly one attribute, average income. Every country's history is represented by one number. By considering only national income, the rise in international inequality becomes the only fact there is to explain. But this is not necessarily the right reading of the data.
Suppose that poor countries contain more arid lands in their domain, and that it is harder for arid zones to experience sustainable income growth than it is for temperate zones or seaboards. Modern economic growth had owed to overseas trade, which favoured the seaboard, and to agricultural revolution, which favoured the temperate zones. In these statistics, inequality between geographical regions and that between countries are mixed up, whereas what we should really do is study inequality between geographical zones, and not between countries.
4. Too much focus on inter-country inequality obscures inter-regional inequality
How might location matter? Consider this example. In 1900, Bombay was one of the most advanced port cities , a huge railway hub, with institutions and markets as good as in any city in Europe, some of the best colleges and schools of the tropics, and the fourth largest cotton mill industry of the world. About 500 miles to the east, in the central Indian uplands, Chanda district had no industry, only 15 per cent of its land under cultivation, practically no roads and railways, and a literacy rate of two per cent. The capital of this district, which was as large in area as Belgium, was a town of 17,000 people. For me, the big puzzle is why these two regions – both governed by the same state, the same formal institutional regime, with zero barriers to transactions between them – could have such diverse economic experience. Divergence, with its focus on country averages, cannot answer this question, in fact obscures many patterns of regional inequality from view.
5. The divergence question is based on the false assumption that national income and the nation are the right units of analysis
Maddison's dataset reports national incomes when nations did not exist. This practice encourages historians to exaggerate the role of the state in world inequality, when states were of different kinds or just did not exist. In the eighteenth century, for example, India was ruled by hundreds of small and large states. With one or two partial exceptions, we have zero statistical data to show how these states functioned.
6. The rise of the western world is too overdetermined to explain world history
Why did Britain experience modern economic growth from 1800? By last count, there were sixteen answers to the question. These included knowledge and enlightenment, credible commitments and constraints on state power, common law, energy-intensity, marriage patterns, transformation in the handicrafts and in household labour, industrious revolution, expansionist and activist state, high wages, overseas trade, intergenerational transfer of cultural traits, financial revolution, protection and import substitution, consumer revolution, agricultural revolution, and violence and exploitation. World history, if we start from the British angle, offers a much too confusing bundle of lessons for the rest of the world.
7. Divergence models do not explain current convergence
The theoretical models that predict divergence cannot predict the present-day convergence in an easy way, and therefore, they are unreliable as theories about the past. Did the growth reversal in India in the last quarter-century happen because of an improvement in institutions, or a rise of the activist state? In fact, the state withdrew by some measures since 1990, and as the World Bank's metrics show, the quality of institutions is just as bad after the growth reversal as it was before. Should we then have a different theory for every episode of growth in the world?
What question should world economic historians be asking?
Imagine I am lecturing a classroom of management or economics students in an Indian school about economic history (which I do often). I could start by saying that economic history is a fascinating because it tells us why India fell behind the rest of the world, or why it was at the wrong end of the growth game. It will not only be a wrong way to understand Indian history (remember that the fourth largest cotton mill industry emerged in India in the nineteenth century), it will also sound outlandish. In a region where seven per cent GDP growth has become the norm, my opening line will make economic history sound like a joke.
I should say instead that economic history is fascinating because it shows the historical roots of emergence in the developing world, except that economic history is not doing that. It cannot, because a preoccupation with divergence and an overdetermined explanation of the rise of the western world makes the field unable to explain the biggest economic revolution of the present times, the phenomenon of economic emergence.
More on the emergence question later.
Tirthankar Roy
Professor of Economic History, London School of Economics
July 2018


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Every artist and creative person seeks to have his own identity – a way that his work can be recognized as uniquely his. It appears this is also true with God's creation, as there is a "fingerprint of God" in nature. This fingerprint appears all throughout nature thus negating any claim that it could have appeared by accident.Read More
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Mary Ann makes this subject interesting and readable as she recounts her own journey of coming to trust God by coming to understand and believe the Biblical account of creation. You'll enjoy this.Read More
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Creation vs. Evolution DISCREDITED INFORMATION From The Berean Call The purported fossil record of the horse has been used to show progressive evolution. But it is a hoax and a fraud as eminent scientists now admit. Impossibility of Evolution by Dave Hunt In his brilliant manner, Dave Hunt makes a case for the impossibility of evolution that should be impossible for any thinking person to deny. Use this with those who...Read More
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From competing in the World's Championship Bar-B-Que in Texas to wow'ing Adam Richman with his brisket, Cristiano has achieved a lot.
How long have you worked for Reds?
What position did you start in?
I joined as Chef de Partie. I started on the sides section, before moving to grill and then the pass.
Tell us about your career progression route, when, how, who and what helped you get there?
After 6 months, Head Chef Ted, offered me the position of Junior Sous Chef.
I worked hard for a year, then I felt like I needed to explore the only job in the kitchen I wasn't strong enough at: The Pit!
I felt like I needed more responsibility. Looking after the smokers, placing orders and controlling the quality of the meat was what I wanted.
Then a completely new journey began. I realised how much I loved that job. Ted gave me the freedom of being in charge of being myself and that's when I achieved my best.
One day Clint (Chief Pitmaster & Executive Chef) rang me saying the position of Head Chef in Headingley was available and he wanted me to do it. I didn't hesitate for a second and said yes straight away.
Whats your next career step aspiration?
I'm about to take another step forward in my career which is going to be the head chef of Red's Call Lane – a bigger site and a bigger challenge.
After that, my aspiration at Red's is to work at The Shed – looking after more than one restaurant.
Whats the best thing about working at Red's?
What I love about this place is that you can work in a nice, happy and fun environment.
Also, I love competing in BBQ competitions around the country and the world!


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The first thing to note about this word is that it is not biphosphonate. That opening syllable is bis, as in "again" in Latin. And what comes again? In this word, spho – not a real morpheme, but just a coincidental sequence. If bis repetitia non placent (repetitions don't please), one might subject it to haplology and kill one spho to make bisphonate, which, ironically, would seem to mean "sounded twice" or "spoken twice", as long as we allow the Latin bis to wed with the Greek phone without thinking it phony (a more classical Latin formation would use bi in place of bis, but that's not our bis-ness here). We have to watch that our derivation is from ϕωνή phóné, "voice", rather than ϕόνος phonos, "murder", though… we wouldn't want to kill it twice (if we killed both sphos we would end up with binate, which would seem to mean "born twice", even more ironically, and where would we go from there?).
This is a formal-looking word, suited to a bishop, posh, neat. It has many flavours peeking from its orthography: hints of shop, hops, pose, phone, hosp(ital), p(r)onate, tea, and a big bite enclosing a heart set on Sappho (with a spare h). And for those who seek bliss from phonetics, that pair of paired fricatives /sf/ and /sf/ make a sufficient bed as soft as sphagnum moss between the headboard of /b/ and the foot at /neIt/. This is a word with no bones in the heart of it.
It is also a word for something that works on the hearts of bones. Bisphosphonates are a class of drugs used to prevent bone loss. They are used to treat people with osteoporosis; they reduce the risk of bone fracture. How much they reduce it by depends on the specific drug, the fracture site, whether you've had a fracture before, and whether you figure by absolute risk or relative risk: they may claim as much as a 45% relative risk reduction but with a 2% absolute risk reduction. I'll explain the difference. Say you had 100 people with osteoporosis, and without treatment 4 would get a certain fracture, and with the drug 2 would get a fracture. In such a case, the drug cuts the fracture rate in half, from 4 to 2 – a 50% relative risk reduction – but in absolute terms it reduces the risk by only 2%, and you would on average need to treat 50 people for just one to get any benefit. But the problem is you don't know which one, so you treat all 50. And more than one of them will get the side effects.
If you think you get a taste of phosphorus from this word, you are right. Bisphosphonates are so named because they have tandem phosphonates, and a phosphonate is an assembly of a phosphorus atom, three oxygen atoms, and some other stuff. Binding the two phosphonates is a carbon atom, and also hanging off that are a couple of other chains of stuff; it's those other chains that differentiate between the different bisphosphonates, just as if along with bisphosphonate we had some other words like trisphosphonation and tetrakisphosphonetics. (Of course we don't; that's just philosophical phonetics.) Bisphosphonates work like decoys – when enzymes come along to break down the bones (bones are constantly being broken down and replaced, and the problem is when the rates differ), they step in for the enzymes' usual dancing partners and keep them from doing anything. It sounds a bit like a seductress in a spy novel stopping an assassin. Perhaps James Bond… I won't say you only live twice, but a new lease on life is a step in that direction. For the 2% who benefit.


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If you saw my post on thoughts on wearing lash extensions then you'll already know that I don't crack open the mascara all that much very often. Last week I was awaiting a top up and fill in appointment and I found the three days before I had to crack out the mascara collection to tie me over. The Givenchy Couture Noir Mascara was what I reached for.
I received this mini sized mascara a few months ago in a My Little Box and have used it a handful of times so far. The Mascara tube almost looks studded, it reminds me a lot of the Kat Von D studded lipsticks (I don't have one to compare) but it's certainly an eye catching tube.
Opening it up for the first time I was excited, it's exactly the sort of wand I like to see – thick and bristley. This one has an hourglass shape going towards being more tapered towards the end – for the most part I find this shaped wand the easiest to work with. You can get right into the corners whilst adding lots of volume and curl.
I think this mascara might divide opinion as to whether you like it or not. It's goes on very easily and is thick so quickly builds up volume as well as being very lengthening too. It's very black and I've found it wears pretty well – I tend to get a bit of smudging under the eye at the 10 hour mark, but other than that it doesn't really flake at all.
It all depends how you like the look of your lashes but it does have a little bit of a clumpy effect to the lash. I don't think that's necessarily helped in my pictures below by the fact I do have a few stray lash extenisons on and the wya they angle when you put any mascara on I've always found has made them look clumpier than if you did not have them on.
Overall I like this – but I don't love it as much as other high end mascara's that I've tried. For me it doesn't rival Too Faced Better Than Sex or the Lancome Hypnose Drama that have been previous favourites of mine (but no longer buy because of extensions). The wear time is good – and actually I really like the look this gives on the bottom lashes – I might start pulling this out every day for those!
Have you tried the Givenchy Couture Noir Mascara?
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Good news, Twitter users: you can now analyze the popularity (or total lameness) of your tweets for free!
The Next Web reported this morning that Twitter has opened its analytics platform to the general public, free of charge (until now, the feature was only available to Twitter's advertising customers). Now, if you log on to ads.twitter.com and click "Timeline activity" under the "Analytics" tab, you'll see a comprehensive chart showing the favorites, retweets, and replies each of your tweets has received. You'll also see an interactive timeline charting your mentions, follows, and unfollows on a day-to-day basis. Also for your benefit, the site lets you download your analytics into an Excel spreadsheet.
Here's mine. I'm not sure how to interpret this, but my most popular tweet in the past few days was about Liza Minnelli being my spirit animal.
Sure, it can be pretty depressing to see a visual representation of that two-week period where you lost six followers and gained none—or to be reminded of the time you thought your Red Wedding tweet was hilarious, but nobody favorited it. But there's no doubting it's a helpful tool in improving your Twitter skills and charting your progress—or just a nifty way to stroke your social media ego.


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World total of digital cinema screens reached 89,341 as at end 2012, representing a 39.9 per cent annual rise based on the provisional installed base in the 58 international territories tracked by Cinema Intelligence. This represents a net addition of 25,516 digital screens over the course of full year 2012, of which 66.6 per cent were international d-screen units converted or installed rather than in North America.
A total of just under 36,000 d-screens are now located in North America, equivalent to 40.2 per cent of the world total and down from a 43 per cent contribution one year prior, as the region was outperformed on both percentage growth rates as well as volume of net screens installed.
For example, the regions recording the largest percentage gains were Middle East followed by Latin America and then Asia Pacific. In Latin America, activity was dominated by Mexico, which more than doubled its digital screen count year on year, finishing on 2,633 d-screens at end 2012.There was strong growth in a number of territories in Asia Pacific with Philippines, India and Malaysia also more than doubling their d-screen totals in 2012.
Globally, an average of 69 per cent (up from 51 per cent in 2011) of world's modern screens are now converted to d-cinema, indicative of a year of strong d-screen deployments. However, there were more d-screens converted the previous year than in 2012, showing the rate of new d-screen additions has started to fall in line with mature markets coming to the end of their deployment process and momentum switching to previously under developed regions such as Latin America. Only Africa, Middle East and Latin America now have more than half of screens left to convert.
3D still accounts for the majority of the d-cinema installed base, but this rate of penetration continues to decline to 51 per cent as a global average at end 2012. The worldwide total for digital 3D screens hit 45,545 in 2012 marking a 26.5 per cent increase from the 36,000 installed at end 2011. Again, the majority of new 3D screens were deployed internationally. Total international 3D screens reached over 30,000 at end 2012, a larger 36 per cent annual rise.
Asia Pacific was again the most active region for 3D installs during the 2012 calendar year accounting for over 59 per cent of new 3D systems worldwide, a high proportion. This sector was dominated by China which added over 4,500 new 3D systems alone during 2012 alone. Japan followed by India were the second and third-ranked for new 3D activity in the region.
In North America, 3D now accounts for less than half of the installed base (just 41 per cent), and is the only region still to have installed more 2D than 3D screens. It is also the region with the most advanced rate of d-cinema penetration which hit 84 per cent in 2012, up from 64.6 per cent the previous year. Europe has now converted more than 70 per cent of screens, followed by Asia Pacific on 60 per cent d-screen penetration in 2012.
In terms of leading international territories for total d-screens, China is still out in front followed by France which broke the 5,000 barrier for the first time at end 2012. Rounding out the international top five d-cinema territories are UK (3,538), Japan (2,909) and Germany (3,006).


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Eleanor Mae Phillips, 80, Plainfield, passed away Tuesday evening, Sept. 30, 2014 at the Wild Rose Manor.
Eleanor was born March 14, 1934, in Saratoga, the daughter of Martin and Myrtle (Westover) Czlapinski. She married Roger Phillips in Arlington Heights, IL, on Oct. 10, 1953; he preceded her in death. Eleanor gave birth to six children while living in Illinois then later moved to Wisconsin in 1979 to finish raising them. She was a very loving person, the kind of person that would give you the shirt off her back if you asked for it. She provided day care in her home for many years.
Eleanor is survived by her six children: Roger (Marilyn) Phillips, Trina (Donald) Wilson, Gary (Marsha) Phillips, Lu (Alvin) Wilson, Tresa (Mike) Ludtke, and Carl (Jenny) Phillips; 14 grandchildren: Dawn (Dan) Kemnetz, Kathy (Jerry) Knutson, Michele (Chad) Keenlance, Richard (Jennifer) Phillips, Kelly (Nic) Buchner, Jonathan (Erin) Wilson, David (Kim) Phillips, Karla (Brian) Ludtke, Kevin Phillips, Corey Ludtke, Leah Phillips, Spencer Phillips, Kayla Phillips and Gracie Wilson; 16 great grandchildren: Chase, Lindsay, Elizabeth, Myka, Shawn, Dawson, Jayden, Preston, Tearra, Shelby, Kayden, Emmrie, Skylar, Brooklyn, Serenity and Jase; four brothers: George (Jean) Czlapinski, Larry (Shirley) Czlapinski, Fred (Linda) Czlapinski and Phil (Carol) Czlapinski.
She was preceded in death by her husband of 53 years: Roger, her parents, and two brothers.
Memorial Services will be held on Saturday, Oct. 11 at 11 a.m. in the Leikness & Stahl Funeral Home, Plainfield. Inurnment will be in the Plainfield Cemetery. Family and friends may call from 9 a.m. Saturday until the time of services at the funeral home.
Online condolences may be submitted at, www.plainfieldfuneralhome.com.


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The Arquibar restaurant, located in the center of Madrid, is an ideal place to enjoy a good brunch in the city. This curious place offers homemade dishes, homemade pastries, cocktails and even its own beer, in an atmosphere where its passion for architecture and interior design blend with gastronomy in a place set in the 1930's. For 20 € they serve a complete brunch: natural fruit juice (kiwi, orange, banana, apple), assorted homemade biscuits and muffins, cold meats, cheeses and […]
Cereal Hunter Cafe
One of the things I learned to love in the USA when I lived there was the cereal. Since then, almost every Saturday I wake up with the illusion of having cereal for breakfast, it doesn´t matter if it´s a diet cereal, I love it anyway. That's why I decided to go and check "Cereal Hunter Cafe" in Salamanca´s neighborhood. They have all the cereals that you can imagine and more, besides that you can choose between several types of milk […]
Crêperie Olive
Crêperie Olive is a small and cozy space whose specialty are sweet or salty crêpes. Located opposite to the cultural center of Conde Duque, this Crêperie is coquettishly decorated with wooden tables and flowers, which make the place a pleasant space in which to extend the breakfast reading some of the books or magazine they have or spending time in company. In the menu, in addition to the crêpes, they also have toasts, cakes and sweets made with ecological ingredients. […]
Federal Cafe
This is one of the few coffeeshops that gets better and better everytime I go back. It is definitely my favorite option in Madrid to have brunch.
Jardin Secreto de Salvador Bachiller
Salvador Bachiller stores have three gastrobars in Madrid where all the details are taken care of to the maximum. One of my favorite is El Jardín Secreto, very close to famous Gran Vía, in the 4th floor of the store. It is an outdoor garden filled with plants and fresh flowers. A natural space decorated with garden furniture, an authentic oasis from which to contemplate the sky of Madrid. They offer a varied gastronomic options: burgers, tacos, focaccia, homemade mochis, […]
La Candelita
Un restaurante ideal para probar la gastronomía venezolana. Siempre que voy pido el brunch criollo para probar un poco de todo.
Levadura Madre
This place is not exactly made for brunch, but it is probably the place with the best bread in Madrid, and therefore their toasts are one of the best you will find in this city. In addition to that, they also offer croissants, cakes, muffins, artisan empanadas, etc., and very good coffee. In their store, besides regular breads, you can buy corn bread, beet bread, cheese bread, rye honey and nuts bread, etc. Just be careful, because not all of […]
Teresa Pon La Mesa
Yo me pedí el "Brigitte Bardot" que incluye: Café, zumo natural, croissant francés con mantequilla y mermelada, huevo benedictine, degustación de quiche de temporada y mini tarte tatin.
Vailima y amanecer en el Retiro
Un brunch exquisito, con buena atención y ambiente, gran variedad de tés y homemade cakes.
"La Ciudad Invisible", Madrid
If you are looking for a cozy, warm and comfortable café where you can have a drink with friends, try salads and world tapas or the homemade pies and smoothies, or even celebrate your birthday party, there is "La Ciudad Invisible" right in the center of Madrid.


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Homosexuals and Feminists Actually Despise Women
Homosexuals like to buddy up with feminists, and both groups claim to be fighting for the equality of women and minorities and equal rights for oppressed and marginalized groups. Is that what they are actually accomplishing? No. They are both fighting for the same thing, but it's not what they claim. Both groups are actually […]Continue reading →


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Protect your fish from seal and sea lion predation
The SealSalmon Saver is a product designed to minimize predation on fish farms by deterring natural predators like seals and sea lions.
The farmers' problem
Farming activities of fish attract predators like seals and sea lions. Aqua culturists estimate a loss up to 10 % of their gross production owing to marine mammal predation. As a side effect, the presence of predators affects fish behaviour and stress levels, causing loss in production by affected feeding patterns of stressed fish. Furthermore, aggressive predators like seals and sea lions can actively destroy enclosures and release farmed fish into wild fish stocks.
The seals' problem
Lethal methods are often used to eliminate all "guilty" animals around the fish farms. Licences are handed out to fish farmers for these killings, but a lot is largely under-reported worldwide. The side effect of negative publicity can seriously harm the reputation of fish farming companies.
The solution: SealSalmon Saver
The SealSalmon Saver is a solution with the purpose of keeping predators at safe distance from fish farms. The way of producing natural and unnatural sounds under water is completely innovative and is expected to be the solution for habituation and noise pollution. Combined with a new innovative transducer, the SealSalmon Saver will be an enormous boost for the world wide aquaculture industry, which must focus on sustainability the upcoming decades.
Workings of the SealSalmon Saver
The SealSalmon Saver is a flexible custom made modular system that emits sound waves to deter predators form your farming site. The product is a modular acoustic system that triggers the Accoustic Startle Respons (ASR) of seals and sea lions to deter them from the desired area. These sounds are intensively tested, animal friendly and specially designed to deter predators without causing habituation.
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Executive Director for Malawi Watch, Billy Banda said the groups could have sought dialogue and prayer first before taking to the street.
Banda said much as everyone is accorded the right to demonstrate, the supreme role of spiritual groups is to put prayer first in all issues of National interest and not opting for demonstrations.
"Religious leaders should fully understand that the cause for demonstrations should be the last resort," said Banda adding that nothing is difficult with God.
"The religious leaders missed compliance of procedure required," he added.
He however called on people in the country not to be used as agents of destruction.


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Nomadic Infrastructure
Academic Design Project - Graduate
Critic: Dr. Inderbir Singh Riar
M.Arch Studio II
This project responds to issues surrounding food scarcity as well as the theme of ice, proposing a lightweight, deployable structure which facilitates the production and storage of food, among other functions, in proximity to remote northern communities and scientific research stations. The self-sustaining system offers a means by which greenhouse vegetables and aquaculture can be harvested and stored both terrestrially and aquatically with minimal need for heavy equipment and servicing, factors that contribute to the exorbitant cost of living in the north.
Deployed aquatically and installed along coastal areas, the design proposal offers a semi-permanent solution that facilitates the creation of new transportation corridors along current and future shipping routes in the surrounding oceans. The primary design exploration focused on the skin of the structure which not only serves to control its interior climate, but also offers the potential to harvest renewable sources of energy that satisfy its demand for electricity. The system receives power from the sun, with solar film integrated into the intermediate layer of skin. Further potential exists to harvest tidal energy within the aquatic component. Redundancy of structure and automation in deployment were of utmost importance, therefore the skin is designed as multiple layers of flexible material that allow it to be self-supporting, while containing its interior pressure and maintaining the shape of its space. The inflation procedure would occur autonomously.
The entirety of this project, from concept to schematic design, was modeled in Autodesk Revit and visualized using Maxwell Render. Post-production was completed in Adobe Photoshop.
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