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How the 'most dangerous Jew in Los Angeles' fought the Nazis
A Barnes & Noble employee believed it to be "fiction." An audience member described it as an "untold story." But Leon Lewis' battle against the Nazi Party in Los Angeles was real.
Dr. Steven J. Ross, a University of Southern California history professor, came to Fresno State's Henry Madden Library last Thursday to share Lewis' story and the manner in which he combated Nazi ideologies in America. Ross' presentation was directly tied to his book, "Hitler in Los Angeles: How Jews Foiled Nazi Plots Against Hollywood and America."
"There was nobody in America in the 1920s following Hitler's rise to power more carefully than Leon Lewis," Ross said.
Lewis was a Jewish lawyer and a World War I veteran born in Wisconsin. He joined the Anti-Defamation League (ADL) as the founding executive secretary. The group monitored anti-Semitism in America and overseas.
Ross said Lewis' familiarity with Hitler and the Nazi Party's tactics allowed him to understand their goal to target the underlying hatred that some American World War I veterans had for communists and Jewish people.
"[Lewis] immediately knew what was going on, because [the Nazis] said they were going to recruit an army to fight the communists," Ross said. "The Nazis understood that there were a lot of Americans who didn't like Jews and didn't like communists, but weren't going to follow the Germans, but they would follow their fellow Americans."
Lewis played into the Nazis' desire and planted spies within Nazi groups. The lawyer sent a husband and wife set of spies into each fascist and Nazi group in Los Angeles.
The spies quickly rose in the ranks in their respective groups. Within weeks, the wife of John Schmidt, one of the spies, was asked to become the head of the women's auxiliary of the "Friends of New Germany."
"The spies succeeded in uncovering a series of plots," Ross said.
The apparent plots included driving through a Jewish neighborhood and murdering everyone in sight, pumping cyanide into Jewish homes and plans to sabotage military installations in aircraft factories.
Ross took extra time to focus on the two murder plots that Lewis and his spies ruined.
One involved a plot called the "final solution of the Jewish problem" by a proclamation snuck into the Los Angeles Times in 1935. The plan was to kidnap 20 leading Jewish figures in the city.
The second plot – to murder 24 actors, 22 of them Jewish – came in 1937. That was one concocted by English fascist Leopold McLaglan, Ross said.
McLaglan was sentenced to five years in prison because of the evidence that Lewis and his spies presented.
"[The Nazis] referred to Leon Lewis as the most dangerous Jew in Los Angeles, but they didn't know who his spies were," Ross said.
Dr. Jill Fields, founding coordinator of the Jewish Studies Program at Fresno State, said her grandparents were involved in the same fight that Lewis was in. Her grandparents were a part of the Hollywood Anti-Nazi League, she said.
Fields said stories like those of her grandparents and Lewis help keep the values they represented alive.
"My grandparents always had a clear understanding of the importance of democratic participation. It is a value that I was raised with," Fields said. "The idea is giving back to the community and making sure those values stay strong."


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Trump Working on $15 Billion Trade Aid Package for Farmers
USAgNet - 05/14/2019
President Trump said on Monday that his administration was planning to provide about $15 billion in aid to help U.S. farmers whose products may be targeted with tariffs by China amid a deepening trade war.
He did not provide any more details on what kind of an aid package it would be, Reuters reports.
American farmers, a key constituency of Trump, have been among the hardest hit in the trade war. Soybeans are the most valuable U.S. farm export, and shipments to China dropped to a 16-year low in 2018, while soybean futures prices last week fell this week to 11-year lows.
U.S. Agriculture Secretary Sonny Perdue said on Friday that Trump had asked him to create a plan to help American farmers cope with the heavy impact of the U.S.-China trade war on agriculture.
A new aid program would be the second round of assistance for farmers, after the Department of Agriculture's $12 billion plan last year to compensate for lower prices for farm goods and lost sales stemming from trade disputes with China and other nations.
"Out of the billions of dollars that we're taking (in in tariffs on Chinese imports), a small portion of that will be going to our farmers, because China will be retaliating, probably to a certain extent, against our farmers," Trump said.
On Monday, China said it would impose higher tariffs on a range of U.S. goods, including frozen vegetables and liquefied natural gas, striking back in its trade war with Washington after Trump warned it not to.
Last year Beijing imposed tariffs on imports of U.S. agricultural goods, including soybeans, grain sorghum and pork as retribution for U.S. levies. Soybean exports to China have plummeted over 90 percent and sales of U.S. soybeans elsewhere failed to make up for the loss.
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God's Creation
I made this page to display some awesome pics on God's creation. At the bottom of this page, there is an essay on how evolution is wrong. Read it, it's interresting. Some pictures are from google images!!!
I do not believe in "evolution". I believe that God created everything in a seven 24 hour days. Charles Darwin wrote a book about evolution. In his book, he wrote a two page apology about how his own theory could not be supported by the fossil record with the excuse that the fossil record wasn't complete. We today have collected 200,000,000+ fossils in museums all over the world. With this fact, I would like to look at an evolution perspective, that mice evolved into bats. They (evolutionists) say that a nine stage process took place for mice to evolve into bats. Now there is some stuff against that. For example, in 200,000,000+ foosils there is not one fossil evidence that is a stage between a mouse evolving into a bat. Huh. Another example to defy that is if a mouse evolved into a bat, then wouldn't all mice evolved into bats. If all mice turned into bats, then there wouldn't be any mice left.
Let's take a look at a more famous evolution theory. Apes evolving into man. One example that defies this theory is one simalar to the first evolution theory, if one ape evolved into one man, then all apes would've evolved into man then there would not be any apes left. But there are apes. Both of these evolution theories are contriction to the Bible. In Genisis 1:25 it says "God made the wild animals according to their kinds, and all the creatures that move along the ground according to their kinds. And God saw that it was good."- NIV version. Both theories say that something evolved from something else, but according to Genisis 1:25 God made each thing to produce its own kind. The theory that apes evolved into man also condricts another verse. Genisis 1:27 says "So God created man in his own image, in the image of God he created them; male and female he created them."- NIV version. God made us in HIS image! We are different from animals, but according to evolution we are animals, apes, lowlife. If we are lowlife, and since God made us in His image, then evolution says that God is lowlife. That is not true at all. God is Lord, and we are made in His image separate from animals, apes, and lowlife. -Sarah


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Cryosyncopy is back with a new album to round out the year for HI ARC TOW. Culmination 3: The Dark Path takes the electro-industrial/ambient style of Culmination 1 & 2 further into the realms of neoclassical, literary inspired music.
Imbued with a foreboding, gothic horror sensibility throughout, Culmination 3 should appeal to lovers of metal/electronic crossover works such as Beherit's Electric Doom Synthesis or Summoning.
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Kelsey Moore, far left, Tyler Manning, middle and Amanda Dinneen, far right, represented Exeter at the 2010 Nebraska Girls and Boys State Convention.With numerous guests in attendance the Girl's and Boy's State representatives from Exeter gave a report on their experiences to the Exeter American Legion Auxiliary and Legion Monday evening in Exeter.
The three representatives from Exeter expressed their gratitude to the Legion and the Auxiliary for the opportunity to attend the State convention.
Amanda Dinneen, daughter of Joe and Sharla Dinneen, spoke first sharing about "one of the best experiences of my life."
Dinneen gave some history of the event and then explained how it "teaches young women about respect for our country and our government. . .learning skills useful for the rest of my life."
Dinneen was elected a senator for her floor and was thrilled that a bill their floor worked on passed. She explained it was a bill that made it illegal to text and drive for everyone not just younger drivers.
Kelsey Moore, daughter of Brent and Lori Moore, spoke next about her experience of campaigning for county engineer. She was elected to her office and got the opportunity to visit the Lancaster County Engineering Department. Moore also had the opportunity to participate in the Girl's State band that performed for the combined group on Wednesday night.
Moore noted that "it was an irreplaceable experience for me. Thank you for the opportunity."
Tyler Manning, son of Kent and Cyndi Manning, was the Legion's representative to Boy's State. Manning started off his presentation thanking "the Legion for letting me have such a great experience - I made a lot of good friends."
The Boy's State group were able to pass 10 different laws. Manning was elected to the city council for his floor and also participated on a softball team.
American Legion Auxiliary President Annette Gloystein was thrilled that over 420 girls participated in the Nebraska Girls State this year. Gloystein has volunteered at the week-long event for the last eight years.
Legion President Alan Songster spoke to the students after they expressed their gratitude once again, "We are glad to support our young and as long as its a learning experience we will send you. Thank you for representing Exeter."


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It had been expected that the International Olympic Committee would decide whether to disqualify the victorious American team at its two-day executive board meeting, which begins in Lausanne today, but an administrative delay means the waiting goes on for the quartet of Donna Fraser, Catherine Murphy, Lee McConnell and Christine Ohuruogu.
In July, their hopes of being awarded a belated medal were raised when the IOC stripped American runner Crystal Cox of her gold following her admission that she used performance-enhancing drugs from 2001 to 2004. She was banned for four years in 2010.
Cox ran in the heats the relay in Athens and, under the rules of the International Association of Athletics Federations, her drug violation means the entire United States team should forfeit their medals.
But the IOC stopped short of disqualifying the whole team at its July meeting and asked the IAAF for clarification that Cox was definitely doping at the time of the Athens Olympics.
That information has still not been made available to the IOC because, according to the IAAF, the United States Anti-Doping Agency has yet to provide the relevant legal documents relating to Cox's case, blaming the backlog of work in the wake of the Lance Armstrong case.
Should the American squad be disqualified, Russia would be promoted to Olympic champions, with Jamaica being awarded silver and Britain bronze, though the earliest the issue can be resolved is the IOC's next executive board meeting in the spring.


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Keep closed environments smoke-free
WHO has selected "Smoke-free environments" as the theme for World No Tobacco Day 2007 to:
emphasize the importance of 100% smoke-free environments
highlight the negative health effects of exposure to second-hand smoke
expose the tobacco industry's attempts to skew scientific evidence in their favour to slow down implementation of smoke-free legislation
urge Parties to implement the WHO Framework Convention on Tobacco Control (FCTC), in particular Article 8 to protect the public from exposure to tobacco smoke.
Tobacco is the only legal consumer product that kills when used exactly as intended by the manufacturer. World No Tobacco Day will help to save more lives and to limit the damage caused by tobacco use.
The key messages of this year's World No Tobacco Day are:
Second-hand tobacco smoke kills and causes serious illnesses.
100% smoke-free environments are the only effective strategy to reduce exposure to tobacco smoke.
Non-smokers are the majority and have a right not to be exposed to other's smoke.
Smoking bans help prevent people, especially youth from starting to smoke.
Clean air is everyone's right.
All countries have a moral obligation to ratify and fully implement the WHO FCTC to save lives.


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The hidden toll of a death on the tracks: A train driver speaks out
- *Note: This story was originally published in August, 2018 following a death on train tracks at Wendouree. The sentiment of the article remains the same following the Ballarat East crash, as does the impact on train drivers.
Train drivers and rail workers are speaking out about the massive emotional and psychological impact of witnessing a death on the tracks.
It follows the death of a person on the tracks, after being hit by a train at Ballarat East on Wednesday.
A 66-year-old woman was also killed on the tracks in August in Wendouree.
Speaking to The Courier on the condition of anonymity, Victorian train driver James (not his real name) said drivers are told when they enter the profession they will almost certainly experience a fatality or 'near hit'.
Recounting the experience, he said hitting a person without being able to slow down or stop is "an initial shock followed by self-doubt", resulting in a debilitating "left-over trauma".
"[Every day] you get up and you're in survival mode. Your driving force might be the mortgage repayments or feeding the children ... you have to put one foot in front of the other and keep moving," James said.
"It's just one of those things, because mathematically you'll probably get one. You're lucky if you don't."
The hardest thing ... Try driving a train over the same piece of track, day after day, where you've had the fatality.Victorian train driver James
According to statistics from the Office of the National Rail Safety Regulator, in 2016-2017 there were 41 Victorian railway fatalities.
Victoria accounted for 46.5 per cent of all rail deaths nationally in the 2016-2017 financial year.
Rail, Tram and Bus Union Victorian secretary Luba Grigorovitch said "change needs to occur with the public" through an awareness campaign, because a fatality on the tracks causes a "ripple effect to multiple people".
"From the train driver, to the train controller who gets the call, the inspector who attends the scene over to the public who is the witness. And then many others that you might not even think about," she said.
"One of my rolling stock workers had to clean blood and guts off of a train, from underneath it.
"It's those workers that do keep the network running, who aren't the driver, but are still very much impacted."


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LOL: "Coffee Party" Founder is a Tea Party-hating Obamacrat
But but but she spoke in such warm, inviting, dulcet tones in the fawning profiles in the NYT and Washington Post (who both ignored the Tea Party movement until it was too big to ignore).
Per usual, a few minutes on Google would have revealed who this worm really is...and she's a former strategy analyst for the NYT, no less! DAMN YOU, GOOGLE!
She's an Obamacrat - a rabid one, at that (read her Tweets). This is nothing more than part of the ongoing, endless, perpetual Obama campaign. The campaign this time, however, is to distract and deflect your attention from what a cataclysmic failure he has been.
And it ain't working, sweetie.
IMPORTANT ACTION ALERT: Nancy Pelosi - call your office. There's some astroturfing afoot in your party!
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Just Dance 4 Announced
Ubisoft has announced Just Dance 4 at E3 2012. Just Dance 4 will be released worldwide early October 2012 on the Nintendo Wii, Microsoft Kinect for Xbox 360, and Sony PlayStation Move for PlayStation 3. The dance game will also be released on the Nintendo Wii U system during its launch window.
With more than 30 million games sold to date, Just Dance is the world's #1 dance franchise is a pop-culture phenomenon that is enjoyed by fans all over the globe. Just Dance 3 sold more than 10 million copies in less than eight months and Just Dance for the Wii sold more than 850,000 copies in Korea and Japan, making Just Dance one of the rare video game brands to achieve success in both Eastern and Western countries. On a global level, the dance game genre was the sixth largest of 2011, growing 66 percent from 2010, with two Just Dance titles nabbing spots in the top 10 best-selling games of the year.
Watch the Just Dance 4 debut trailer!
Just Dance 4 features more than 40 new tracks, ranging from chart-topping Billboard hits to classic dance party tracks. Whether it's pop, Hip-Hop, rock, R&B, country or funk, there is something for everyone.
Confirmed tracks for Just Dance 4 include:
• Call Me Maybe – Carly Rae Jepsen
• Disturbia – Rihanna
• Good Feeling – Flo Rida
• Maneater – Nelly Furtado
• Moves Like Jagger – Maroon 5 ft. Christina Aguilera
• Never Gonna Give You Up – Rick Astley
• Rock Lobster– The B-52's
• So What – P!nk
• Super Bass – Nicki Minaj
• You're The First, The Last, My Everything – Barry White
• What Makes You Beautiful – One Direction
• Wild Wild West – Will Smith
Just Dance 4 also includes an array of fresh new features and game modes, including:
• Battle Mode: In the all-new Battle Mode, friends go head to head with each other in six rounds of dance battles. During the battle, the choreography and music changes in real time, depending on who is currently winning or losing. The ultimate winner gets bragging rights until the next dance battle!
• Alternate Choreographies: Players have the chance to unlock alternative dance routines for some of their favorite tracks. They can opt for a more challenging, faster-paced routine or more outlandish choreography, depending on their mood.
• Expanded Just Sweat Mode: The popular Just Sweat mode gets a major upgrade with new workout sessions, personalized programs and a calorie counter to track your workout intensity. With Just Sweat, players stay fit while having fun – it's exercise in disguise!
• Wii U-exclusive Features: The Wii U version introduces up to 5-player gameplay with an exclusive Puppet Master Mode. The Puppet Master Mode allows the player operating the new Wii U GamePad to switch dance routines that are being performed by the four other players in real-time. In this mode, the operator has the power to create choreographies and choose playlists for the other players to follow. In addition, the operator also has the ability to write on-screen live dedications and take pictures and videos of the best dance moments to share online!
"Just Dance continues to be the game of choice for consumers around the world looking for games with great music and fun dance moves," said Tony Key, US senior vice president of sales and marketing at Ubisoft North America. "This year, Just Dance 4 will once again bring family and friends together for moments of shared enjoyment and laughter. The party will be bigger than ever thanks to an epic track list, more interactive game modes and an expanded Just Sweat feature."
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MWC 15 Special
Sprint and HTC today announced the launch of the world's first dual-mode 3G/4G Android smartphone, the HTC EVO 4G which will become available exclusively from Sprint. The HTC EVO 4G delivers a multimedia experience at 4G speeds, making it possible to download music, pictures, files or videos in seconds - not minutes. Running Android 2.1, the HTC EVO 4G delivers a robust list of features, including a 1 GHz Qualcomm Snapdragon CPU and dual cameras - an 8.0 megapixel autofocus main camera with HD-capable video camcorder and a front facing 1.3 megapixel camera.
With integrated HD video capture and 4G speeds, HTC EVO 4G makes slow uploads and grainy video a thing of the past. Now, it is possible to post high-quality video to YouTube or Facebook or share moments in real time over the Internet live, via Qik. After these videos have been captured, it is easy to share them on an HDTV via an HDMI cable (sold separately).
The built-in mobile hotspot functionality allows to hook the HTC EVO 4G up to eight WiFi enabled devices to share the 4G experience. Users can easily share an Internet connection on the go with a laptop, camera, music player, game unit, video player or any other WiFi enabled device.
The custom Web browser is optimized for HTC EVO 4G's large display and Sprint 4G speeds to deliver a full, no-compromise Internet experience. Adobe Flash technology ensures that rich Internet content, such as embedded video and animation, are displayed the way they are meant to be seen. Pinch-to-zoom and automatic text reflowing provide easy Web page views.
Sprint's 4G network offers a faster wireless experience than any other U.S. national wireless carrier, and Sprint is the only national carrier offering wireless 4G service today in 27 markets. Sprint 4G delivers download speeds up to 10 times faster than U.S. 3G (Sprint's 4G network speed is something between 3 - 6 Mbps), giving HTC EVO 4G the fastest data speeds of any U.S. wireless device available today.
Customers will be able to purchase HTC EVO 4G through all Sprint channels and through national retail partners, RadioShack, Best Buy and Walmart, this summer. Pricing will be announced at a later date.
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26 Dec 2008
SHOW & TELL - What I found under the tree
More participants are here at Kelly's
I don't know why Mr. Linky leads you here to my last weeks "Show & Tell" please go here to today's Show & Tell ! (2 Jan 2009)
A morning after Christmas it is easy to show and tell about something ! For example I can show you what I found under the Christmas tree !
We celebrated in Amsterdam (Holland) together with our son his girlfriend and her parents.
When we arrived we saw this beautiful tree and underneath a lot of packages !
For me I found a wireless mouse for my Baby (travel) laptop !
A beautiful wrought iron welcome sign of course with a cat. Now Mr. Gattino has to hang it besides the entrance door.
a big cat candle which I would never light !
and a very special lamp. It's called "Living colors"especially designed to create your own ambiance in your room through colour and light. With a remote control you can choose your favourite colour to create an ambience to reflect your mood. A rainbow colour ring, a glowing orange sunset, or a flash of violet or fuchsia.
When your well being depends on light as it is my case such a lamp is a wonderful invention !
13 comments:
- TopChamp said...
Merry Christmas, Gattina! Hope you continue to enjoy the festivities, as I plan to!
- 26 Dec 2008, 09:46:00
- Jientje said...
You're a very lucky girl Gattina!! Enjoy your time with your son!
- 26 Dec 2008, 12:12:00
what a beautiful Christmas you had in Amsterdam with your son and DIL! love the lamp too! this is ery original! Ma copine du théâtre a elle reçu ses petites filles pendant les vacances de Noël. Elles vivent à Amsterdam avec leur maman et viennent en vac ici à Ollioules.
- 26 Dec 2008, 13:36:00
- Tossing Pebbles in the Stream said...
Thanks for the lovely email Christmas greeting. You got some lovely stuff and your home looks so inviting as usual.
I am glad you liked the photo's of the snow on my blog. I am sitting here watching the snow fall again today. It has been an interesting snow full early Winter. We have not had that much snow compared to other places. Victoria, British Columbia, of all places has had upwards to 50CM when normally they do not have white Chritmases. Their climate could be similar to Belgiums.
Belgium politics continue to amuse me. It must be a sign of a very civilized society when everything functions even as the government sputters along. I noticed Canada and Belgium topped the list as least corrupt societies. Good for us.
- 26 Dec 2008, 18:01:00
- Pamela said...
ooooooooooo, aaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaah!
I'm jealous once more.
But only for a moment.
- 26 Dec 2008, 18:26:00
- Jana said...
Neat lamp, and what a cute candle! Santa was very good to you. Happy 2009 to us all, and may all of our governments get it right for a change.
- 26 Dec 2008, 19:00:00
- Dr.John said...
It's obvious that somebody loves you. What thoughtful gifts.
- 27 Dec 2008, 00:50:00
- Gledwood said...
that's some beautiful stuff... glad your NOELLE was JOYEAUX!
- 27 Dec 2008, 01:35:00
- Melli said...
Ahhhhh - you were well gifted! You got some neat things - and all thoughtful to your loves!
I think your son's invitation to his foreign friends was WONDERFUL! And I'm sure it was very appreciated. I bet they all had a really good time too!
Pastor delivered the gifts that we bought for "the family" and he said the mother was just overwhelmed by it! She couldn't believe that we bought so much - and that it was all already WRAPPED!!! I doubt Pastor was there when she opened our card - but I'm betting she was even more overwhelmed then! It feels sO good to help others out -- anytime - but especially at THIS time of year!
- 27 Dec 2008, 01:49:00
Great things indeed, my favorite are the lamp, such a creative thing with the colors.
- 27 Dec 2008, 03:11:00
- Dora said...
I'm a cat lover and i wont light the cat candle too. ;p
- 28 Dec 2008, 04:07:00
- SmilingSally said...
What delightful gifts you got. How nice to spend Christmas with your family. Thanks for sharing. Happy Show 'n Tell Friday.
- 2 Jan 2009, 13:36:00
- Carla said...
Love those colors on the tree!!! What neat gifts, and how cool you could spend it with family!!! I could see myself having alot of fun with that lamp:)
- 2 Jan 2009, 15:48:00


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On Finding Fragrances
A bottle of Hedonist by Viktoria Minya, a birthday gift from my boyfriend a few years back. It's way too dramatic for daytime, but somehow I was still able to finish it. All that's left now are the sparkles, and I'm not really sure what to do with the bottle - I don't have room to keep empties hanging around, even the pretty ones like this. I probably won't repurchase - I'd like to make room for something new, perhaps a bottle of her Hedonist Cassis.
There once was a time when it was fashionable to adopt a "signature scent" - that one perfume that defines you and tells the world who you are. But in today's fragrance market, there are so many creative scents to choose from, it hardly makes sense to limit yourself.
I buy three or four full-sized bottles each year, and even that is probably too much. Although I wear fragrance daily, I still have a hard time getting through my collection - it's growing faster than I can deplete it. It's very rare for me to finish a bottle completely. How much harder would it be if I were a full-time fragrance reviewer?
Luckily, we live in an age with options. As much as I don't envy all the choices they have to make, I am so grateful for all of my favorite perfume bloggers. These writers have turned me on to houses and creators and whole artisanal movements in the fragrance world that I never would have known about if I'd just stuck to department store makeup counters. Here are my favorites:
That said, my skin is persnickety: a lot of scents that seem to wear well on others just turn to powder on me. So I never, ever buy anything that I haven't tested first (with a few exceptions, which I'll explain later).
I used to rely on the aforementioned department stores to inform all of my perfume choices. I still do, to some extent, but I've broadened my horizons beyond Macy's and Nordstrom. Whenever I travel, I look for higher end stores like Saks, Barneys, Neiman Marcus or Bergdorf Goodman, for some variety. I don't love the selection at Sephora, but I still check it often - every once in a while, a gem pops up. Diptyque has boutiques in major cities around the United States. Check some of these places out, let their experts guide you.
My favorite boutique is probably the Frederic Malle store on Greenwich Avenue in New York City. It's very small, very intimate, but every time I've been in, the staff there have been endlessly patient in helping me figure out what I like, and what works best on my skin and for my lifestyle. So whenever work takes me to NYC, I go back (for the record, my top pick is Lys Mediterranee, with Lipstick Rose running a close second).
If travel isn't an option, and you want to sample from an even broader selection, check out Luckyscent.com. They have a couple of retail stores in the Los Angeles area, with scent bars I've yet to visit, but they also have a really generous online sampling program. Join their mailing list - they only send emails a few times a month, and some months they offer interesting sample packs: groups of samples from a specific perfume house, with a specific theme, or just a bunch of new releases.
A recent sample of Comptoir Sud Pacifique's Vanille Banane. I will definitely not be buying this for summer. I had high hopes of being spirited away to a tropical paradise with this one, but it has so many problems: sharp and alcoholic on the initial sniff, only the faintest hint of banana on the skin, then a drydown to vanilla that, while pleasant, lasted for less than half an hour. No orange, no rum. No throw whatsoever. There's just no 'there' there.
Luckyscent carries thousands of fragrances, from hundreds of brands, and I've found very few that they don't also sell samples for. Their sample vials are 0.7ml (enough for two test applications, unless you like to swim in fragrance, which I sometimes do), and they cost between $3-$5 each - more than reasonable if you want to check out a few perfumes before you invest in a full bottle. I sometimes wonder at the cost effectiveness of packaging and labeling all those samples, but then I realize that I wouldn't purchase nearly as many full-sized bottles if the samples weren't available. The Luckyscent site is also fun for exploring - I love looking at their bestseller and category lists.
Given all that, I'm still much more likely to buy if I have the option of getting a smaller bottle. It's a good thing we have options there, too: I'm talking about decants.
Decants are repackaged fragrances. The handful of decant services I shop with rely on a network of resellers who hand pour fragrances from their original bottles into anything from a 1ml sample vial to a 30ml spray bottle.
My two favorite decant sites are The Perfumed Court and Surrender to Chance. Both have good selections and turnaround times. I have a slight preference for STC because I find the site a little easier to navigate. Last year, their Retro section helped me find a few interesting things: Electric Youth Cologne by Debbie Gibson, from Revlon (which may just be awful because it's from a 20+ year old bottle, or maybe it was always that sour) and Laura Ashley No. 1.
A few of the smaller bottles I've purchased, fragrances I like but not enough to go for the full monty: Guerlain Samsara, Hermes Equipage, and the more recent Jo Malone Poppy and Barley
The Laura Ashley was a pleasant surprise. It's probably what the kids today would call basic - nothing experimental about it, just a subtle floral with a base of sandalwood and musk. It might be the cinnamon and basil that take some of the sweetness out of what could otherwise be a cloying scent - it doesn't smell like your standard fruity floral. It's got a little bit of throw, but not enough to be obnoxious. If I worked in an office, this is what I'd wear every day. (Note: the sample I got last year from STC was from an original 1981 bottle; I purchased a full-sized bottle of the 2012 reformulation, but if there's a significant difference between the two, my nose cannot detect it.)
About those exceptions - there are a very few bottles that I re-purchase regularly, and they're from Guerlain.
Guerlain comes out with a new addition to their Aqua Allegoria line every (northern hemisphere) spring. My favorite is 2007's Mandarin Basilic - I wear it all summer long, so I end up going through a bottle every year. I'm familiar enough with the formula to know that I'll love anything with a citrus note, so I've also gotten Pamplelune and Limon Verde without testing beforehand. I'm less certain about their florals - I might take a pass on this year's Rosa Rossa.
So if you're thinking about moving beyond your signature scent and trying something new, I hope this gives you some directions to look in. And I apologize in advance for all the too-many-wonderful-things you'll find.


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Nigist Tilahun Gebremedhin is the Director of the Hawassa University STEM (Science, Technology, Engineering and Mathematics) centre. She lives in Hawassa, Ethiopia.
She has MBA, PGDIM, DIM, and PGDIMM from the Indra Gandhi National Open University, New Delhi, India. She also has Bachelor of Education (BEd) in English, a Diploma in Math and ICT from the Jimma University and Jimma Teachers' College, Ethiopia.
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Bishops of Brazil Issue Red Card to FIFA & World Cup Organisers
Catholic Communications, Sydney Archdiocese report:
19 Jun 2014
19 Jun 2014
As the World Cup competition began on 12 June, the Catholic Bishops Conference of Brazil issued a "red card" to all levels of Brazil's Government and to FIFA, the international body set to make more than $4 billion from the month-long event.
In soccer a "red card" is given to players who commit serious fouls and are expelled from the game, and it was on a "red card" that Brazil's bishops voiced their concerns at the "inversion of priorities" where more than $11 billion of public money, instead of being spent on the basic needs of Brazilians, has been put into a sporting event.
Caritas Australia which supports programs in Brazil's favelas in partnership with the Movement for the Defence of Favela Residents (MDF) shares the Brazilian bishops' concerns, particularly with regard to families and communities of the favelas.
Although frequently described as slums, Brazil's favelas are much more and are often the result of the poor coming together to build their homes, share utilities and create a safe environment for themselves and their children.
In January this year Caritas Australia appointed the Brigidine Sister to a new role. But although she is now Regional Engagement Coordinator for Victoria, Tasmania and South Australia, her love and concern for the people of South America and in particular those of Brazil's favelas remains unabated.
"In Brazil extreme wealth flourishes side by side with extreme poverty," she says and is fearful that the many thousands of displaced families and communities of the favelas will more than double as Rio de Janeiro prepares for the 2016 Summer Olympics.
For the past two years, in favelas across Brazil entire communities have been forced out of their homes, often at gunpoint as Brazil's police and army cleared vast tracts of land for new stadiums and infrastructure for the World Cup.
"Some of these families were offered alternative accommodation by the Government but these were in areas more than 50 kilometres from the city. To earn money the people in the favelas rely on getting construction work in the city, on running little stores and selling goods door to door. By moving them out of the city, they not only lose their livelihoods but few could afford the bus fares that would be needed to get them into the city each morning," Sr Margaret says. "It is difficult to build a viable future for yourself when you are moved far away from schools, work and other facilities."
"The costs of staging the World Cup and the 2016 Summer Olympics will cripple the poorest communities in Brazil long after the events have been held," she adds and points out that already the World Cup has resulted in a sharp increase in the cost of living among the favela families Caritas Australia and MDF work with.
Evicting or moving the poor from inner city areas to make way for large international sporting events is not new. When Beijing hosted the Olympics in 2008, the Geneva-based Centre of Housing Rights and Evictions estimated as many as 1 million poor - a figure disputed by China - were displaced to make way for nine spectacular Olympic venues including the famous Australian-designed National Aquatics Centre.
When the Olympics were held in Seoul in 1988, the Geneva-based group claims as many as 750,000 families were displaced to make way for construction of stadiums and facilities.
"Nations are keen to host these big international events and for Brazil, the Government sees hosting the World Cup and later the Olympics as a sign to the world that Brazil is an emerging and successful economy. What is not being addressed is the inequality in this progress and the thousands of families who have lost their homes and their communities," she says.
Caritas Australia has begun a petition to urge FIFA and the International Olympic Committee (IOC) to ensure when choosing host countries and overseeing their multi-billion dollar sporting events, that the events are just and sustainable and do not impact the poor.
In Brazil a campaign begun by the Bishops and involving more than 30,000 women religious, nearly 8000 priests and 2700 religious brothers has asked that the people of the favelas and those living on the streets not be expelled or evicted from their locations by police or government officials.
"FIFA officials and those at the IOC need to take steps to ensure that everyone, not just the privileged few, enjoy the benefits of the World Cup and the Olympics. By doing this, they will also be ensuring that these events remain true to the principles of equity and fairness that underpin them," Sr Margaret says.
To find out more about Caritas Australia and to sign the petition for justice and fairness in sport, log on tohttp://www.caritas.org.au/
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Once a simple data manager named Orion Pax, Optimus Prime was always destined for greatness. As the leader of the Autobots, he is the bold line between Megatron and his plans of universal domination! Today's review brings you a look at the Japanese version of First Edition Optimus Prime.
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Release Date: January 2012
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Accessories: Blaster, Cybertron Blade Weapon
When Megatron needed an army, he knew the best way to drive conformity and fear into the hearts of his troops was to outfit them with a standard body shell and instill a sense of dread into each and everyone of them. The result was his army of Vehicons, Decepticons who will battle Autobots to the death! Today's review brings you a look at First Edition Vehicon, imported from Japan!
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Release Date: January 2012
Price Point: $45-60.00 (Depending on import store price)
Retailer: Japanese market exclusive, International importers
Accessories: Blaster
Across the many generations of Transformers, most Decepticon leaders have always had a treacherous right hand 'bot who would keep them on their toes while serving as a deadly warrior by their side. In "Transformers Prime" that Decepticon is Starscream, who seeks to take power for himself from Megatron! Today, BWTF brings you a review of Transformers Prime Starscream.
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Price Point: $12.99
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Some Transformers characters have been there since the beginning and became legends such as Optimus Prime, but others came later but still went on to become extremely popular characters. One of these is Arcee. First introduced in the 1986 "Transformers: The Movie", the character has had many new incarnations including her role as a member of the Autobot team in "Transformers Prime". The deluxe figures have hit Toys R Us stores in force, and now BWTF brings you a review of Arcee!


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Katsumi Tamura Illustrates The Arc Calendar Calendar
Katsumi Tamura, the creative mind behind the displayed design Award Winning Arc Calendar Calendar explains, The Arc Calendar is a promotional item produced for the Yupo Corporation, the manufacturer of Yupo synthetic paper. YUPO® has water resistance and strength not found in paper but can be printed and processed like paper. This calendar expresses both the potential and the attraction of YUPO®. Made from a single sheet, it is folded and assembled into a three-dimensional visual object with foreground, middle distance, and background in arc form. This item originated out of the client's desire to create a promotional item that is at the same time a heartfelt gift that brings the recipient joy..
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'If I knew then what I know now… I would have taken higher-level more challenging classes. Writing. Math. Science. English…'
In November of 2014, Achieve a Hart Research independent, nonpartisan, nonprofit education reform organization, asked 1,347 High School graduates, "Do you feel prepared for college and work?" Did you "Rise to the Challenge and get a good education?" Public high school graduates responded, there was much that they missed. Gaps were apparent, as was shared blame, . Nearly half the alumnae felt they were unprepared for life after graduation. As is often true, guilt was a common refrain. Most responded that they would have worked harder if they had realized what was needed and why. "Expectations" or the lack of these is mostly what can be gleaned. College and the workplace are demanding. High School, graduates' report, was not. About 60 percent of those who went on to college, 58 percent of those who did not said, "If I knew then what I know now…" I would have taken higher-level more challenging classes. Writing. Math. Science. English.
One New Orleans 2 year College student said, "
Another, also a New Orleans 2 year College student bemoaned, "I'm struggling. I made it harder on myself. May family told me 'do what you have to do to take the next step.' I didn't do that. I rebelled and I was failing classes. I didn't get the basic skills I should have had when I got to college and it was harder for me."
A third chimed-in; "I would have put a little more effort into math class. I didn't put forth the extra effort and as a result, I scored one point below what I needed for [the University of New Orleans.] So I had to go to Delgado instead and I couldn't go into my major because I was set back and I had to take a math remedial class to do what I want to."
The good news is Solutions Exist! The evidence tells us that if we give more, we get more. More and better classes. Higher expectations, or more accurately, a sincere belief in our students. More encouragement. Connecting High School class work to future successes. It sounds so easy and Achieve tells us it is. We need only to consider the data …
Most recent high school graduates say they experience a lack of preparedness in at least one subject.
- 49% of college students and 43% of non-students report large gaps in one or more subject areas.
- 83% of college students and 81% of non-students report at least some gaps in one or more subject areas.
- 60% of college students and 58% of non-students say they would have worked harder in high school if they knew what they know now about the expectations of college and the working world.
- 72% of college students and 65% of non-students indicate that they would have taken higher-level or more challenging courses in one or more subject area given what they know now about the expectations of college and the working world.
- 87% of all recent high school graduates surveyed say that they would have worked harder if their high schools had demanded more, set higher academic standards, and raised expectations of the course work and studying necessary to earn a diploma.
- Students who report that their high schools had high academic expectations were more likely to feel extremely or very well prepared for college and the working world.
- Only one quarter of graduates surveyed feel their high school set high expectations.
- Students who took math courses beyond Algebra II were more likely to feel extremely or very well prepared for college and the working world.
- College students who have lower math attainment take remedial courses at much higher rates; 83% of college students who took less than Algebra II were required to take remedial coursework, compared with just 18% of students who had taken coursework beyond Algebra II in high school.
- More than one quarter of graduates surveyed wish that their high school had done a better job of preparing them for success in key areas: study habits, communications, and math. More students feel unprepared in these areas in 2014 than did in 2004.
Unsurprisingly, according to the survey, lower-income graduates were the least likely to report that their school encouraged them to take advanced courses or explore career and college opportunities.
Providing, as Sandy Boyd, Chief Operating Officer of Achieve states, "consistent and regular signals to all high school students about future opportunities and the academics that are needed to be ready for college and career, is key."
Graduation requirements need to align to a state's standards. States and districts too could consider policy decisions and how these too impact or detract from a student's mission.
The survey suggests that we might better serve our children if we provide multiple pathways to graduation and career success, "combine real work exposure (such as meaningful career and technical education programs) with rigorous academics." Early warning signals too would help our students consider their readiness for college and career education. Chief Operating Officer, Boyd also recommends providing additional academic support when needed. Finally, as our youth tells us, we must communicate early and often to students along the way. Show and tell our young what will be expected of students after high school and encourage them, teach them how to chart a path to meet their goals. It is essential. As recent graduates said, "When schools set rigorous expectations of students, they can and will rise to the challenge."
The report concludes with a line that we all might remember — "All means ALL. Be sure all students understand and know the benefit of academic preparation for college and career; everyone needs to be prepared for their next steps."
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- Construction Details:
Jacket is fully functional (pockets are real, its zips up, etc.), but not entirely accurate. Sleeves tend to give me issues and I was on a time crunch, so the sleeves and jacket are sort of one piece. The designs were mapped out using making tape and spray painted on.
The wig is two sewn together and I went pretty crazy on the styling because he's a pretty crazy guy.
The shirt design is fabric paint.
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Video: Mark Schwarzer plays dead on TV
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Australia keeper Mark Schwarzer clearly not only has a good sense of humour but also bat-like ears. The Fulham man's comedy timing was impeccable as he pretended to collapse at the precise moment a Channel 10 News team was asking the Socceroos' doctor about the medical effects of playing at altitude.
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Why I Hate Both Sides
I now have no reason to get up early on New Year's Day and get some good food prepared for a party. In fact, I'm not even sure I'll get out of bed that day.
Thanks, gentlemen. Your inability to find common ground just killed the one thing that the majority of NHL fans look forward to every single season. Way to go about building a better NHL. Excuse my sarcasm.
MO' BRO: We featured Mike Gartner as the first Mo' Bro All-Star. Here's the second entry into the Mo' Bro Hall-of-Fame.
He wore it with Quebec. He wore it while on Long Island. He even sported a 'stache in Detroit. Because Clark's 'stache has endured several moves amongst teams, it certainly deserves a place amongst hockey's best 'staches. If you want to get in on the action, head over to the Movember page and get registered so your 'stache can stand amongst these great 'staches!
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By Abdul Qadir Qureshi
(Pakistan News & Features Services)
The Sindh government has approved a major upgrade to the curriculum for lady health supervisors (LHSs) in a move aimed at enhancing the quality of door-to-door preventive healthcare services delivered by lady health workers (LHWs).
The new curriculum, which incorporates the latest treatment guidelines for pneumonia and diarrhoea: two preventable diseases that caused over 670,000 deaths in the country in 2015, was unveiled during a meeting of provincial stakeholders and researchers involved in the Nigraan Plus study at Aga Khan University.
The new curriculum includes directives on how LHSs can effectively support and supervise the work of LHWs thereby empowering them to apply the latest knowledge and clinical skills to manage pneumonia and diarrhoea at early stages; when care is the most effective.
"This revised LHS curriculum will now be used for training purposes and it is envisaged that it will ultimately help in better management of childhood diarrhoea and pneumonia. I express my sincere gratitude to representatives of the Sindh Lady Health Worker's Programme for Family Planning and Primary Healthcare, and the Nigraan Plus team at AKU for their voluntary participation to revise this curriculum. They have made great efforts in reviewing and translating it to Sindhi and in producing the first-ever electronic copy of this curriculum," the Sindh Lady Health Worker Programme Director, Dr Ghulam Hussain Sheikh, observed.
Nigraan Plus, a community research and management intervention in Mirpurkhas, saw AKU researchers work alongside provincial health officials to investigate the real-world barriers hindering the fight against pneumonia and diarrhoea.
One of the components of Nigraan Plus was a knowledge assessment survey of 32 LHSs and 160 LHWs in the district which found that most health workers lacked the minimum knowledge to manage cases of the diseases. It also noted a need to improve the quality of mentorship provided by LHSs to LHWs.
"Most of the discussion about improvements to health systems revolves around LHWs. This means that LHSs are vastly underutilized. An LHS who effectively mentors 15 to 20 LHWs under his/her guidance can have a massive multiplier effect since every LHW is responsible for 100 households. Our revised curriculum and the policy recommendations flowing from our findings have highlighted cost-effective and simple measures that will help Pakistan achieve targets under Sustainable Development Goal 3 on reducing childhood mortality," Professor Fauziah Rabbani, the project's principal investigator, stated.
The researchers and health officials from the Sindh government also discussed a range of relevant findings from research under the ongoing Nigraan Plus project.
Over the first year, community health workers surveyed over 4,000 mothers and caregivers in low income areas of Mirpurkhas. They found that fewer than one in three caregivers were aware of the symptoms of dehydration, a complication associated with diarrhea, while less than four out of ten households surveyed could detect breathing difficulties, a symptom of pneumonia.
A lack of awareness of these symptoms resulted in 70 per cent of families paying to visit a private clinic for treatment even though these health issues could be easily treated at the doorstep by an LHW, members of the Nigraan Plus team noted.
The researchers also noted that parents often stopped giving food and drinks to a child suffering from loose motions in order to 'give the body rest'. This widespread practice often resulted in a worsening of dehydration often requiring hospital care.
The findings from the study also noted unnecessary delay and expense in the treatment of dehydration. This is because most families went to the market to buy sachets of oral rehydration salts (ORS) even though they could quickly boost their child's health by making a home-based solution with salt, sugar and water. This delay in providing ORS also raised the likelihood of dehydration worsening to a dangerous level.
Similar misconceptions were also noted in the case of pneumonia with the majority of caregivers viewing signs of respiratory infection as being a 'mere cough' meaning that only 12 per cent of respondents provided appropriate antibiotics to their children.
The researchers called on the government to enact the measures in order to protect children from pneumonia and diarrhea like the LHWs should have access to antibiotics, zinc supplements and ORS. This will help them provide essential treatment at home instead of urging caregivers to visit the hospital.
It was also suggested to launch a mass awareness campaign on the importance of home-based rehydration to treat diarrhoea, and the use of antibiotics to tackle pneumonia and expand SMS-based surveillance system so that LHWs can highlight critical cases to their supervisors. Which will enable a follow-up visit to be made within 24 hours.
Nigraan Plus is part of the Umeed-e-Nau project that is being implemented by AKU in collaboration with Pakistan's provincial health ministries with the support of the Bill and Melinda Gates Foundation.
Other officials present at the event included Special Secretary (Admin), Department of Health, Sindh, Mr Abdul Waheed Shaikh; Provincial Monitoring Coordinator, Sindh Lady Health Worker Programme for Family Planning and Primary Healthcare, Dr Pir Ghulam Hussain; and District Coordinating Officer, Mirpurkhas, for the Sindh Lady Health Worker Programme for Family Planning and Primary Healthcare, Dr Hamza Ali Panhwar.
Dr Sameen Siddiqi, chair of the Department of Community Health Sciences at AKU, University Provost and Vice-President, Academic, Dr Carl Amrhein, and AKU's Community Health Sciences faculty Dr Shagufta Perveen, Dr Imran Naeem and Anam Feroz were also present.


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High-end Xperia phones like the XZ might get the lion's share of attention, but if you're looking for a more entry-level Xperia device, Sony has you covered there too. Sony launched the Xperia L1 today, revealing a device that may not come with all of the premium Xperia bells and whistles we're used to, but should still serve as a good choice for folks who need a phone on a budget.
In looking at the Xperia L1's internals, we don't see much in the way of high-end power, but what's there should still make for a decent phone. The Xperia L1 comes equipped with a quad-core MediaTek MT6737T processor that's working alongside 2GB of RAM. You're only getting a 2620mAh battery in this device, but considering the CPU and the phone's 5.5-inch 720p display, that should still be big enough for a full day of usage on a single charge.
While you'll only have 16GB of on board storage to use, you can also expand that by as much as 256GB through the phone's microSD slot. A 13-megapixel rear camera should be able to snap some solid pictures, while the phone's front-facing 5MP shooter features a wide angle lens, making this phone a decent choice for people who take a lot of selfies.
So, if the phone's specifications list leaves something to be desired, its design might draw some folks in. This definitely looks like an Xperia device, which – in my opinion at least – tend to have a premium look regardless whatever internal hardware they may offer.
Beyond that, though, the fact that the Xperia L1 ships running Android Nougat out of the box is another advantage. Sony hasn't announced pricing or availability for the Xpera L1 just yet, but we expect those to be coming around the bend shortly. We'll have those details for you when they're announced, so stay tuned.
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10 reasons why I like Android more than Apple iOS
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I have been using an Android phone for more than month now. I used the original iPhone which I upgraded upto iPhone 3.0. I have used newer iPhones 3GS, 4 occasionally. Here is what I find better in the Android platform:
- No Need for iTunes: Apple insists for syncing music, video and other things, you need iTunes. Which requires a PC/Notebook with Windows or Mac. This is a big limitation for me for two reasons. One, you need a computer, today cellphones are out-selling computers so why have the need for a computer. The second is I don't use Windows or Mac, I use Linux. So every time I needed to add an MP3 into my iPhone, I had to re-boot into Windows.. newer version of Ubuntu, allow you to sync with iPhone without iTunes, which is nice but it still requires a PC.
With Android, I can stick-in a memory card full of music and it will allow you to play it. You can also transfer from another phone/PC via Bluetooth.
- No Apple Tax on data usage: In India Vodafone charges higher for data usage if you have an iPhone, essentially a part of the data revenue gets shared with Apple. Do I get any benefit of paying the Apple Tax? No, so why should I ? Android phones data plans are the standard plans and they are cheaper.
- Choice of Vendors: With Android, you have a choice of vendors to choose from. Android has the large number of vendors supporting it, while iOS is only available from Apple. Competition is always good for the customer.
- Cheaper and pricing options: You can purchase an Android phone from Rs. 6800 ($150) up to Rs. 32,000 ($710), while the iPhone costs $800 in India.
- Faster availability: iPhone 4 is still not available in India, while 3GS is priced very expensive. Android phones are hitting the markets faster pace.
- No Vendor lockin: When you buy an iPhone you are locked into apple and also with the service provider due to contracts etc.. With Android you can choose to buy your own handset and take the plan of your choice without any contracts.
- More Free Apps: Lots of free apps right from Wi-Fi hostspot to games are available. While many of these apps are charged on the iPhone.
- Play you own ring tone! Apple doesn't allow you to select any music from your collection as your ring tone, while Android has no such restrictions.
- Expandable Memory: When you buy an Apple product, you better be sure how much memory you are going to need. You would either end up buying more than what you need or if you buy with less, you would always feel wish I had bought the model with higher memory. With Android, you have a choice of phones which has expandable memory slot. So if you every run out of memory in the phone, you can always add expandable memory. This also works out cheaper.
- OS upgrade make your phone faster. With iPhone, every time I would upgrade the OS, my phone would slow down.. it was tell me time to get the new iPhone. With Android, upgrading to the newer version of the OS actually makes your phone faster. The upgrade on Android also doesn't require iTunes or a PC, so can be done directly


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Leighton's performance as a young, impressionable beauty queen with a huge case of talent and a bad case of stage fright blew the audience away! Judging by her first starring role in a movie, Leighton's music career is looking equally as bright as her future in film!
Country Strong, now in theaters, tells the story of fallen country star, Kelly Canter (seamlessly portrayed by Oscar winner Gwyneth Paltrow), fresh out of rehab and aching for a comeback. With the help of her manager/husband James (country music legend Tim McGraw), a young pageant queen turned singer (Meester), and Kelly's rough-around-the-edges, but oh-so-sexy rehab sponsor who moonlights as a bar singer (Garrett Hedlund), she hits the road for the resurrection tour that will change all of their lives…but no one said it would be easy.
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Awesome Spike Wall. Honestly I love the back drop it suites Spike in some fashion. One of the better Spike walls I've seen.
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Been working on this for a little while now and it's finally finished!
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All credit goes to Chloe-chan for making the vector ^^ And thanks for letting me use it in the first place!
Making the background was a chore and a half but i think it turned out nicley ^^ I also made a blue version but i'm only gonna put that up on Sheezyart ^^;
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Miyazaki on NHK's Professional - Ponyo's Debut
Just recently, Japanese network NHK aired a special episode of its series, "Professional." For three months last summer, a director and camera followed Hayao Miyazaki around the Ghibli studio as he was beginning the production of the next movie. This footage marked the official debut of Ponyo on a Cliff (Gake no Ue no Ponyo) to the Japanese public.
Thankfully, I know someone from Japan who Tivo'd the show, and sent me five short clips to watch. Naturally, I uploaded everything to YouTube, so we can all watch together. I'm pretty certain this is the first real footage seen anywhere in America, so I'm proud to be able to present to you the first footage from the making of Miyazaki's next film.
And, as always, I wish to thank my Japanese contact, who very graciously sent these clips to me. It hadn't even occured to me to ask. Hmm. Maybe I should send him my copy of the Gedo Senki subtitle file, and see if he can clean it up a bit.
Anyway, here are the five clips from NHK Professional:
Clip One - Explaining Ponyo
Miyazaki explains the basic plot to Ponyo, and we see character drawings of Ponyo the fish-princess and Sousuke the boy. We also see Ponyo as a fully human girl, continuing the themes of metamorphosis from Porco Rosso and Howl's Moving Castle.
The heroine is a goldfish princess named Ponyo. The boy is a five-year-old named Sousuke. Says Miyazaki, "I want to make a film that audiences feel that 'Ponyo is so cuts,' and 'Sousuke did a good job."
Clip Two - Ponyo on a Jellyfish
Miyazaki at his desk, sketching and painting. We see character designs pinned to the walls, and some impressive drawings of Ponyo riding on a pack of jellyfish. Hey, look at that! Heidi Tree! Surprise!
The title to this segment is, "making anime isn't logic." Miyazaki explains that it's easy for a movie to be dull if it's made by logic; its scope will be narrow by logical thinking. "I'll try to destroy logical making," he says. "Kids easily feel that...because they live without logic."
Clip Three - Big Tsunami and Ponyo
My favorite moment by far - Miyazaki pulls open his desk and brings out a box of pastel sticks. What a great thrill, in this age of plastic CGI, to see a great artist create the old-fashioned way. Pencils, paintbrushes, watercolors, pastels. These clips give us a great insight into his drawing style. We see a painting of Ponyo riding a fish during a storm, and Miyazaki painiting the film's title cards.
Am I the only one who really digs this studio? It has such a terrific atmosphere, more like a treehouse than an animation studio. It's much freer and more open. Little wonder, since the Ghibli building was designed by Miyazaki himself.
Clip Four - Preview of Gedo
Miyazaki attends the June 28 studio screening of Goro Miyazaki's Gedo Senki, with his lifelong collaborator and friend Michiyo Yasuda in tow. He sits near the front, apart from everyone else. After the first hour, he walks out of the theatre, visibly agitated and tense. He's clearly upset, and spends the rest of the time talking about this to Yasuda. This is a surprising contrast from the official story, in which Ms. Yasuda later speaks to Goro and the studio of Father Miyazaki's approval. Did that story really happen, or was she merely being diplomatic?
Strangely enough, I had pretty much the same reaction after watching the first five minutes of Goro's picture - I got as far as the title card before I had to split for the day job, and I was just agitated and upset all damned day. Still haven't watched the rest of the movie, but I can understand now just why the whole Goro backlash happened.
I really enjoyed seeing the amount of affection and comraderie between these two old friends, Miyazaki and Yasuda. Watching them giggle and goof off and bump into one another. Another favorite moment.
Clip Five - Storyboard and Ending
July 17, The Ghibli animators arrive with pencils and brushes in tow. Pencils! What a rush. Many more of Miyazaki's watercolor drawings on display. It seems the first act is finished and everybody's ready to go. Miyazaki begins work on the e-konte, which serve as the "shooting script" or final storyboards of the movie. This is the first time I've seen these in their actual size (I bought the e-konte book for Horus last year).
Interviews with Ghibli President Toshio Suzuki and again with Michiyo Yasuda, who is the chief color designer as always. Her art book has been out of print for many years, and I'd kill to see it someday.
We finish with a first peek into an actual animation cell of the film, Ponyo peeking her head out. That's the final tease, kids. You'll have to wait until the first trailers are released, hopefully by the end of this year.
8 comments:
- Gabriel said...
I feel i should leave comments more often, considering how much i enjoy your blog. Thanks for those clips, they're great. I love seeing the studio too, i wish they'd show more of the work being done. It's amazing to see the man draw and paint. I can't wait to watch the film!
- April 01, 2007 9:40 AM
- Benjamin De Schrijver said...
Thanks a ton for these clips!
Do you happen to know how Miyazaki actually writes his films/manga? Does he actually write some kind of outline, treatment or even full script as is done here in the West, or does he work with drawings all the way through?
- April 01, 2007 5:56 PM
Thanks, Daniel.
Benjamin, Miyazaki develops his storyline while working on the storyboards and actually making the movie.
- April 01, 2007 6:07 PM
- Daniel Thomas MacInnes said...
Well, Benjamin, as it so happens, one of my very first posts for this blog was about Hayao Miyazaki's storytelling style. You can read the post here (damned if I can't figure out how to do link tags here):
- April 01, 2007 7:44 PM
- Z said...
Hi I forgot How I bumped into this blog but it's great! I love Ghibli =D(favourite being Princess Mononoke)
Although I haven't watched Gedo Senki, I've heard and read enough negative reviews. How can you expect someone without any animation making background to pull off a big project anyway? I guess it's understandable... I wonder why Goro was so determined to do it.
Thanks for uploading these videos! Ponyo is soo cute O_O!! (Err She resembles the frog from Spirited Away, a little bit, but way cuter) One major reason I adore Ghibli is their old fashioned 2D cell drawings. Nostalgic,fleshy, and just very human. The film's gonna be a success!
Suzuki, Miyazaki, Yasuda, and Hisaishi (music) - best recipe ever!
I'll keep watching your blog. Great work^^
- April 02, 2007 4:14 AM
- Benjamin De Schrijver said...
Thanks guys!
link tags are done like this:
(a href="http://url")name(/a)
replacing ( with < and ) with >
- April 02, 2007 4:32 AM
- Unknown said...
Wow, amazing! That footage of Miyazaki drawing is great. I'm pumped for this movie now. Thanks for uploading and posting these!
- April 03, 2007 11:28 PM
- Chris Sobieniak said...
It's neat watching stuff like this show up now and then. Neat noticing the pastels and Tombow pencils they use! Of course the general shorthand wording of celluloid is "cel" rather than "cell", but often people tend to use either word to describe them.
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In 1492, a Turkish ruler learns of an explorative voyage to the Indies, which might rob him of income from trading taxes. So he sends an agent to infiltrate Christopher Columbus's crew…
What's it spoofing? This film came out 500 years after Columbus sailed across the Atlantic and found the American continent. He wasn't the first European to do so and he never actually set foot on what is now the USA (he bounced around the Caribbean and South America), but the anniversary was still big news. Two other films on this subject came out in the same year as this final Carry On movie: Ridley Scott's 1492: Conquest of Paradise and John Glen's Christopher Columbus: The Discovery. None of the three did very well.
Funniest moment: Marco warns Chiquita not to fall into the water as there are sharks nearby. "Will they eat me whole?" she asks. "No," he replies, "I've heard they spit that out."
The Big 10:
* Jim Dale (11) returns for his first Carry On since the 1960s to play Columbus – he did it as a favour to director Gerald Thomas.
Notable others:
* Rik Mayall has a fun, petulant cameo as Abdul the Benevolent, the Sultan of Turkey ("NEEEEEXT!").
* Nigel Planer, Mayall's Young Ones co-star, plays his lackey, the Wazir.
* Tony Slattery appears as Baba the Messenger, who trots out the old "I have come hotfoot"/cut-to-his-feet-giving-off-steam joke.
* Burt Kwouk plays a trader called, um, Wang. THIS WAS THE 90s, PEOPLE!
* Sara Crowe might be the best thing in the film: she gets the arch tone perfectly as skilled-but-naive Turkish agent Fatima.
* Martin Clunes plays Martin, a dim customer in Columbus's map shop.
* Peter Richardson sounds like he's dubbed all his own dialogue himself for the role of Columbus's brother, Bart, who draws the maps for his shop but keeps putting naked mermaids on them.
* Alexei Sayle – another Young Ones veteran – plays Achmed, the Sultan's man in Lisbon, who accompanies Fatima on her mission.
* Bernard Cribbins plays Mordecai Mendoza, a former Jew who's now a Christian. He has a map of the far west so comes along on the voyage.
* Leslie Phillips is King Ferdinand; it's the actor's first Carry On appearance in 32 years. The role was first offered to Frankie Howerd, but he died just days before production began. Bernard Bresslaw was then asked to step in, but he said no.
* June Whitfield is the Queen of Spain. Both Joan Sims and Barbara Windsor turned the part down.
* Maureen Lipman plays Countess Esmerelda, a Spanish noblewoman with two pretty daughters who ends up on the ship by accident. She gets to reprise Joan Sims's 'the count' gag from Don't Lose Your Head.
* Jon Pertwee's fourth Carry On cameo is a doddery old man being married off to one of Esmerelda's daughters.
* Holly Aird and Rebecca Lacey play the daughters, Maria and Chiquita. The former flirts with Burt.
* Lynda Baron pops up for about five seconds as a local woman.
* Richard Wilson plays Don Juan Felipe, an inspector appointed by the king to oversee the voyage.
* Julian Clary plays Don Juan Diego ("I'm Juan too!"), a jailer who's bored with his job so joins Columbus's crew.
* Keith Allen appears as the ship's cook, Pepi the Poisoner.
* Daniel Peacock plays Tonto the Torch, the Andalusia Arsonist.
* Jack Douglas has a role smaller than most of his 1970s characters: Marco the Cereal Killer (so named because he beats his victims to death with a sack of Rice Crispies).
* Don Henderson is likewise barely on screen; he plays the bosun.
* Peter Gilmore's 11th and obviously final Carry On character is the governor of the Canary Islands.
* Chris Langham, Charles Fleischer and Larry Miller are reasonably funny as the incongruously savvy and civilized natives who Columbus and co find in the Americas. They have New York accents and attitudes.
Top totty: Whatever happened to Sara Crowe?
Review: With so many of the old guard dead or unwilling to return, this restart of the series – after a 14-year gap – introduced a much-hyped 'new generation' of talent. It basically boils down to a few people who had been around for a decade by this point and a hotchpotch of jobbing comedy actors. If there's any significant change to the Carry On formula it's in the flashes of Monty Python-style surrealism. But there's still a surfeit of corny jokes, a plethora of cultural stereotypes and far too many cultural stereotypes standing in for corny jokes. It *is* rubbish, there's no denying that. But it's no worse than the sludge being produced at the end of the 1970s. Go in with low expectations and it raises a smile occasionally.
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