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Timeline for abuse of tens of thousands of First Nation children in Roman Catholic Industrial Schools in Canada
Timeline for abuse of tens of thousands of First Nation children in Roman Catholic Industrial Schools in Canada
From the link: http://www.pbs.org/wgbh/pages/frontline/the-silence/timeline/
In the 1960s and '70s, almost an entire generation of Alaska Native children in the village of St. Michael were sexually abused by Catholic priests and church workers. Here's information on the history of the abuse, legal actions taken by the survivors, and how the child abuse crimes in Alaska fits into the larger story of the Catholic Church sex abuse scandal.
Editors' Note: This timeline contains descriptions of sexual abuse.
In 1867, the United States purchases Alaska from Russia for $7.2 million. U.S. Catholic missionaries begin pouring into the new state.
The missionaries arrive in St. Michael and build their first mission in 1899. A church is built a year later. The village is in a remote section of Alaska, almost 200 miles from the Arctic Circle, and is not accessible by roads.
In the early 1900s, an influenza and measles epidemic known as the "Great Sickness" wipes out more than 60 percent of Alaska's Native population. After the epidemic, Jesuits make headway in converting Alaska Natives.
Father George S. Endal, S.J., arrives in Alaska and is assigned to the Holy Cross Mission in Holy Cross. He remains there for two years.
In 1938, Endal is transferred to Mountain Village and serves there until 1946, at which time he transfers to the village of Alakanuk. In 1948, he arrives in Dillingham, where he builds a school, a chapel and residences.
Father George Endal meets Joseph Lundowski sometime after 1949. There is very little known about Lundowski's past, other than the fact that he served in the Army during World War II under Gen. George Patton in North Africa, that he was briefly a Trappist monk and that he was a netsetter in Alaska.
Without church authorization, Endal names Lundowski a "Brother" and places him in charge of the boys' dormitory at the Holy Rosary Mission School in Dillingham.
Years later, a former student testifies that Endal knew about Lundowski's sexual abuse because he walked into a church room in Dillingham "where he saw Joe sucking my penis." Endal reportedly warned the then 6-year-old boy to stay away from Lundowski because it wasn't safe
Father James E. Poole, S.J., receives his first assignment in Alaska as pastor in the Native villages of Mountain Village, Pilot Station and Marshall. Poole becomes the host of a popular Catholic radio program at KNOM in Nome and, in 1978, is named one of Alaska's hippest DJs by People magazine.
In 2004, Father Henry G. Hargreaves, S.J, who was Poole's supervisor, is asked about the letter during a deposition. He responds: "It's all hearsay. It, no one saw it first, and then it was nothing more than gossip."
An additional letter is written to the vicar general by a senior Jesuit, stating that the church "should have gotten rid of [Lundowski] a long time ago." This letter suggests that the church knew who Lundowski was and, in some cases, had serious concerns about him.
But after his arrival in St. Michael, Lundowski begins serving as a de-facto deacon, administering communion and teaching catechism. His victims say their molestations, including rape, typically occurred after Mass or catechism when Lundowski would bribe his victims with candy, money, sacramental wine, beer and the promise of better grades.
According to church documents, Lundowski's sexual predation of children "accelerated" after he and Endal were transferred.
Packy Kobuk decides to talk openly about his sexual abuse. He raises the issue with at least three priests and Bishop Michael J. Kaniecki. Kobuk reports: "He would just change the subject."
One priest, Father Ward Walker, later states that he reported Kobuk's allegations to the diocese. The diocese maintains there are no records of that report.
During the same year, Father Thomas P. Doyle, a canon lawyer for the Vatican embassy, writes a confidential memo to U.S. Catholic bishops. He lays out 30 known cases of abuse across the country with around 100 victims, and estimates that cost to the church could be $1 billion over 10 years.
"Your letter came to me as a shock and sadden [sic] me as to your condition. It goes without saying that if I am in anyway [sic] to blame for your illness, I apologize. …
"I pray to God who relieves all illness to comfort you and to restore you to perfect health. Since I left Alaska and came [to Chicago] to work, I have accepted the Lord in a real and personal manner. … I too have suffered. Two years ago I had a heart attack with a stroke and still have limited use of my legs and arms. My prayer for myself every day is for Him to come and take me. I don't write this for sympathy, but to let you see the Lord punishes us in his own ways."
A few months later, Father George Endal dies while a resident of the Pioneers Home, a church facility in Anchorage. His career with the Catholic Church in Alaska spanned 60 years.
Former Anchorage prosecutor Ken Roosa signs his first client in Alaska's sexual abuse scandal.
Read more about this meeting and the events surrounding it on the PBS NewsHour's website.
Pope John Paul II appoints Father Donald Kettler as the fourth bishop of Fairbanks. He is the first non-Jesuit to head the diocese; before his appointment he was a parish priest who performed a regular televised mass in South Dakota.
At their annual general meeting in Dallas, U.S. bishops approve a "Charter for the Protection of Children and Young People" [PDF], calling for zero tolerance for child sexual abuse by clergy. They also authorize an investigation by the John Jay College of Criminal Justice into sexual abuse in the U.S. Catholic Church. It becomes known as the "John Jay Report" and is released in 2004. The research reveals that, "of the 195 dioceses and eparchies that participated in the study, all but seven have reported that allegations of sexual abuse of youths under the age of 18 have been made against at least one priest serving in ecclesiastical ministry in that diocese or eparch."
July 2002
Pope John Paul II speaks publicly for the first time about the sex scandals during an outdoor mass concluding World Youth Day in Toronto. He tells a crowd of more than 800,000 Catholics that the harmful actions of some "fills us all with a deep sense of sadness and shame."
Rev. Jim Poole testifies about accusations that he sexually molested children in a deposition. He admits to "French-kissing" Elsie Boudreau but denies that he did it in a sexual way.
November 2004
Twenty-eight men in Alaska file a suit against the Jesuits claiming that Joseph Lundowski sexually abused them. During the following years, more and more claimants come forward. Their attorney, Ken Roosa, describes how it happened:
"… after we first began filing lawsuits and expanded the number of molesters that we were suing, each time as we identified a new molester, it would open up a new group of victims because no victim wanted to be the first one to say something about a priest, because each person believed they were the only one until they found out somebody had made a complaint against their perpetrator and then they would go, 'Wow, I'm not the only one.
Elsie Boudreau publicly reveals her identity just prior to the finalized settlement of her lawsuit against Rev. Jim Poole. She states, "Not using my name just continued the secrecy of abuse."
Her settlement is announced on April 4, 2005; she receives a combined $1 million from the Catholic Diocese of Fairbanks and the Oregon Province of the Society Jesus, the Jesuit group that includes Alaska.
For more on the bankruptcy filings, read our interviews with attorney Ken Roosa and Bishop Donald Kettler. Roosa claims that "both of these institutions have sought refuge in the bankruptcy process," while Bishop Kettler claims that "being a missionary diocese, we did not have a lot of financial resources."
January 2010
The Diocese of Fairbanks bankruptcy settlement is approved. The diocese agrees to pay victims $10 million. The non-monetary section of the settlement requires the bishop to personally apologize to the nearly 300 victims. It also stipulates that the bishop meets privately with any victim who asks, read a statement from the pulpit, post a list of perpetrators, conduct a healing ceremony and pay for counseling services.
Chapter 3 of The Silence focuses on Bishop Donald Kettler's visit to St. Michael in December 2010 to apologize to survivors. You can read Bishop Kettler's thoughts about and reaction to the visit here:
"There's no satisfaction, I think, to what has happened. I pray and hope that they will be able to forgive and to offer their forgiveness, not only for the sake of the person who did it, but for their own sake. And I believe that being able to forgive can bring a little peace into their hearts; and I've seen that happen. If they can say to me, 'I forgive you for the part that I had to play with it.' And they do say sometimes, 'I feel better,' you know. So maybe there's something happening in there. But you know, we can never do enough to make up for what's happened to them personally.
Notable U.S. Catholic Clergy Abuse Settlements
- Alaska $50 million — In November 2007, the Oregon Province of the Society of Jesus settles with 110 Alaska Natives, including those in St. Michael and Stebbins.
$10 million — After its bankruptcy filing is approved in January 2010, the Diocese of Fairbanks agrees to pay nearly 300 victims of clergy sexual abuse. The settlement requires Bishop Kettler to apologize in person to them and also meet privately with any victim who asks. He also must read a statement from the pulpit, post a list of perpetrators, conduct a healing ceremony and pay for counseling services.
$166.1 million — In March 2010, the Oregon Province of the Society of Jesus reaches a settlement for some 524 cases of clergy sex abuse that occurred in Oregon, Washington, Idaho, Alaska and Montana. Those who file suit includes men and women who had settled with the Jesuits in November 2007, as well as additional survivors.
- Massachusetts $85 million — On Sept. 9, 2003, the Archdiocese of Boston agrees to pay a settlement to more than 500 victims of clergy sex abuse.
For more on this scandal in the Boston area, watch our 2007 film Hand of God and read The Boston Globe's spotlight investigation.
- Oregon $53 million — The Archdiocese of Portland files for bankruptcy after paying abuse victims in July 2004. It's considered the first bankruptcy filing by a U.S. archdiocese.
- California $660 million — The Archdiocese of Los Angeles agrees to pay more than 500 victims of clergy sex abuse in July 2007.
The Orange County Diocese reaches an undisclosed settlement with 87 victims of clergy sexual abuse in December 2004. It is thought that the payout is larger than the $85 million reached in the Boston Archdiocese settlement.


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Let me set the scene for you: A quarterback launches a long pass down the sideline toward an emergingly open receiver. The defensive back, sensing what is about to occur, prevents a completion through less than legal means. And yet, even while a flag is being thrown, the receiver makes a tremendous catch anyway. The penalty is declined.
Let me reset the scene for you: After the flag is thrown and the catch is made, our referee announces the penalty while his assistants march off additional yardage. How much exactly? Why, the amount gained on the play, to be precise.
That's right: Football needs its and-one. A catch made in spite of pass interference shouldn't render the interference irrelevant. The same penalty should be meted out regardless of the completion of the pass, and thus a 20-yard pass despite PI should become a 40-yard gain.
Pierre has argued this point before, in regards to that officiating shambles of an indoor winter sport. While watching my beloved Ligue canadienne de football this autumn, it has struck me that North American football does an even more piteous job acknowledging degree of difficulty than its indoor companion. Penalties that do not alter the final result of a play are simply declined—overlooked, ignored, erased from the annals of the postgame almanacs.
But allow me to make the same argument in a new context: Why should we neglect illegality simply because it was ineffective? Attempted murder is a crime regardless of whether it ends successfully or not. Ronald Reagan did not emerge from George Washington University Hospital, say "All's well that ends well" and let John Hinckley, Jr. off scot-free (although I believe this is what Pope John Paul II did). The penalty was not declined.
Now obviously, it is perhaps histrionic to compare pass interference to the attempted assassination of a president; I invoke no slopes, slippery or not. My point is merely that a defender who commits a penalty should be punished for it, whether he prevents a play's success or not. And it seems logical—self-evident even—that the penalty should be the same that it would have been had he succeeded.* And thus, any pass completed in spite of pass interference would be worth double its original yardage.
*One believes this logic should apply to murderous intent, as well.
I do not wish to restrict my point just to football's most punitive penalty, though. On an offsides penalty, five yards should be added on from the end of the play, rather than from the original line of scrimmage, with the down replayed. A two-yard run in spite of offsides should result in a 1st-and-3. The same can be said for myriad minor defensive penalties: illegal substitution, illegal hands to the face, illegal contact, etc. (Most of these, it should be noted, currently result in automatic first downs. This would no longer be the case under my proposal. An illegal contact penalty occurring on an out pattern six yards from the line of scrimmage on 3rd-and-30 should not result in a first down.)
The same philosophy need be extended to the offense, as well. If a defensive lineman is held but another defense lineman sacks the quarterback anyway, we shan't overlook the hold. This is a massive failure of the offensive line—did you catch the pun?–and it should be reflected as such: Add 10 more yards to the loss on the play, and do not for goodness' sake allow for the repetition of the down. A seven-yard sack could then translate to 2nd-and-27.
(The obvious rejoinder to this is, Well, what do we do when a play is successful because of a penalty? How should holding be penalized when it leads to a 60-yard run? Here, there are two options I shall present. We can keep the status quo: a 10-yard, repeat-the-down penalty. Or we could grow more radical, where a team can choose between a 10-yard, repeat-the-down penalty or a 10-yards-from-the-end-of-the-run, loss-of-down penalty. A five-yard run with a holding penalty could then result in 1st-and-20 or 2nd-and-15.)
(This is admittedly not ideal. One thing that Pierre dislikes in the game is when penalties become the inspiration for complex probabilistic calculations along these lines. No sport, however, is ideal, and no sport is ever completely immune to complex probabilistic calculations.)
The benefits of my proposal are manifold. First, we reward the offense for gaining yardage in spite of a penalty by the defense. It is by definition tougher to move the ball when the defense commits a penalty than when it doesn't, and the rules should reflect that degree of difficulty. Catches in spite of pass interference are harder than clean ones, and they should be worth more yardage.
Second, increasing the magnitude of punishments decreases the frequency of the crime. An offensive lineman would be less apt to hold an incoming pass rusher if he knew the team would lose 10 yards regardless of what happened from that point on. This, one thinks, is an admirable goal.
I see what the biggest complaint is already. Officials are already too big a part of the sport, you are screaming, and your proposal amplifies that influence to a frightening degree. Pass interference is already too punitive in regards to its subjectivity; even Mike Pereira says so! So how can we in good conscience rely on fallible officials to mete out even harsher penalties?
My response is this: Mike Pereira is an upstanding gentleman who is usually right but in this singular instance is wrong. One of the unforeseen—by you, obvs; I see it clearly—byproducts of my proposal is that pass interference would become a much clearer crime.*
*You may note that I have tried diligently throughout this piece to avoid referring to penalties as "offenses" in the interest of avoiding confusion.
Pass interference is a beautiful little nigh-Orwellian phrase, turning illegal that which would seem to present itself as the goal of any good defensive back. It is a wide-ranging crime, consisting of a spectrum that runs from coquettish games of footsy or patty-cake to out-and-out battery. Think of what implementing my system would do to the mindset of both the defensive back and the official watching the play downfield.
Currently, a defender believes he can attempt to interfere with the pass minimally, prevent its completion, and perhaps not get caught. If he is called for the penalty or the ball is caught, well, he did his best; it is upsetting but not debilitating. Under my system, this defender realizes that minor meddling can backfire tremendously; the ball—and he—might be caught at the same time, resulting in double the damage. He has two choices: Avoid interference altogether, or make damn sure the receiver doesn't catch the ball. Pass interference's tricky gray area necessarily shrinks.
The official watching the play will also be reminded to focus on what Pereira so rightfully—and somewhat righteously—points out is the key phrase in the PI rule: "significantly hinders." Those games of footsy and patty-cake? They appear above board when the punishment is harsher. Remember, increasing the magnitude of the punishment decreases the frequency of the crime; the perspective works both ways.*
*For the slower among you: Knowing the potential magnitude of a pass interference call, an official would be less likely to call borderline cases, in the same way that a defender would be more likely to ensure that the pass is not caught if he were to interfere.
Our sports should aspire to cleanliness and an overt, nearly pedagogical legality. Players should not, as an offensive coordinator recently put it, be able to "get away with murder" when it comes to penalties. It is Pierre's belief—his strident, all-encompassing conviction—that they should not get away with attempted murder, either.
They are called penalties for a reason, and it's about time we started treating them as such.

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There is strong consumer demand for dairy products that help promote a healthy lifestyle. Dairy products that fit the health and wellness trend tend to show the most growth, and the largest growth category within the dairy market is yogurt, with a 7.4 percent increase in sales from 2015 to 2016, according to Euromonitor International.
The total global retail value for yogurt—in categories that include spoonable and drinkable yogurt—reached US$78 billion, according to Euromonitor data. This rate has not slowed as the compound annual growth rate (CAGR) from 2011 to 2016 was 7.2 percent and is projected to continue rising between 2016-2021 at a CAGR of 5.3 percent, said Kara McDonald, vice president of global marketing communications at USDEC.
A trend to watch out for in dairy will be Icelandic yogurt, or also known as skyr, which is high in protein. "Although often marketed as yogurt, with nutritional properties similar to that of Greek yogurt, skyr is considered as fromage frais and quark with a high protein and calcium content rather than as a yogurt," said Raphael Moreau, a food analyst at Euromonitor International. Fromage frais (French for "fresh cheese") is soft, white cheese, and quark is a curdled and strained milk product.
Yogurt, specifically Greek, is positioned for continued retail growth. According to Innova Market Insights, global tracked launches of yogurt have grown at a 11.9 percent CAGR over the last five years. Innova Market Insights also reported in 2015, 53 percent of new yogurt product launches tracked in the U.S. were Greek-type yogurt, vs. 12 percent in 2010.
Contributing to the growth in yogurt sales is its ability to be styled as an indulgent dessert that retains its health benefits, according to Moreau. Innovative products, such as Greek yogurt styled as convenient snack options, have widened the consumer base for Greek yogurt, for instance.
For more on trends in the dairy market, be sure to download INSIDER's Making the Most of Yogurt Texture Digital Magazine.


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I went to Golden Gate Park today on a whim. Didn't want to go, but I did. When I arrived at the sweet spot, fire engines were blazing their sirens through the park close to the area. Thats' when I heard them. All the Coyotes were howling at the sirens. I ran to the area, and one of the juveniles showed his/her face. I haven't figured out this ones' sex yet, but I am figuring it's male because of the size. I ran into this one after turning in an area. The others' were dug in to the ground. I suspect they now have multiple dens. At some point the dens merely become hide-outs or rendezvous points for the whole family.
Spotted Coyote Juvenile today in Golden Gate Park
September 27, 2012
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I have had this question posed to me before from singles, when a woman who has slept with a man early on in the dating stages, suddenly discovers a week or two later…
Golly gee... why does this relationship appears to be only about SEX !
How did this happen?
Or better yet, try to turn it into a REAL relationship.
Now don't get me wrong, I am not passing any judgments here. We are all adults making our own decisions, my goal is to simply enlighten you of the consequences of your actions and how things will play out from that point forward. If you decide to go home and sleep with a guy the very first date or time you meet with him, you really have to adjust your expectations accordingly. You have just made the decision to turn this into a casual night of fun, or "hookup" as some would call it, and once you have made this decision there is no turning back.
If you get a second date, well then consider it an unexpected added bonus to the casual fun night again. Don't ever think, just because you now have slept together, you two are now property of each other. The "hookup" will never guarantee no matter how good the sex was, that he will be calling again. If that's your ulterior motive then you just set yourself up for a major disappointment.
I know… your saying it's not fair!
Well I didn't make the rules, and I have broken them enough times to know …they still do exist! And when you do break the rules, be prepared for what follows. Even though a man wants to get physical with you right away, and might even tell (or beg you) it won't change a thing… that same man will be re-evaluating the relationship as soon as the light of day shows up!
They will always wonder in the back of their minds, if you do this with every Tom, Dick and Harry you meet? And you should question the same in your mind about him… is he with every Jane, Sally and Betty?
Even though it seems like a good idea at the time, and we all love instant gratification, the fact is, a man will more likely respect a women, stay with a women, and want to please her, is the woman that leaves him wanting more. When you hold back a little, that's intriguing and something to look forward to. Become the object of his desire beyond the initial lust you both feel. THAT works both ways for MEN and WOMEN
If you goal is long term, then take my advise, and hold off, get to know him better, wait until you get the feeling you can trust him. Let him earn your trust firs t. You are worth it !
But end the first date at the bar meeting at the BAR, no matter how well it went!
Sorry guys, but I had to tell them. But you will thank me too when you meet the right girl Just think of all the drama I am saving you from those crazy stalking women that will follow you, if you go too far too soon, and then you decide you want to back out of the relationship!
Hey it's true, I once told a guy that was practically begging me to sleep with him on the first date night "no thanks… one night stands are like having a Chinese food. It will leave you hungry an hour later."
Go for the full sit down dinner, trust me it will always be much more memorable.
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This year it is 150 years ago that miners in the German Neander Valley lucked upon 16 fossils that turned out to belong to a different homo species. The Neanderthals are of special interest to the study of the homo sapiens brain, being bigger in average volume, but (presumably) different in function. Since brains doesn't fossile there are really only two ways of studying this difference: (1) through comparing the DNA of the two species, and (2) through what has been called cognitive archeology – the deduction of how the Neanderthal mind must have been organized through an examination of archeological evidence such as diet, technology and social structure.
If you happen to read German this article in Die Zeit kicks off the Neanderthal year. In July Bonn will host a big conference on the Neanderthals. Its web-site has a number of interesting papers on-line.


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Films for a Future: Shift Change
There is growing interest in firms that are owned and managed by their workers. Such firms tend to be more profitable and innovative, and more committed to the communities where they are based. Yet the public has little knowledge of their success, and the promise they offer for a better life. With the long decline in US manufacturing and today's economic crisis, millions have been thrown out of work, and many are losing their homes. The usual economic solutions are not working, so some citizens and public officials are ready to think outside of the box, to reinvent our failing economy in order to restore long term community stability and a more egalitarian way of life.
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Linkin Park continue to honor the legacy of Chester Bennington, as they've announced One More Light Live—a live album recorded during the fallen member's final tour with the band before his death.
The remaining members posted this heartfelt message on social media along with the announcement:
"Chester was uniquely passionate, uncommonly generous, sensitive, optimistic, funny and kind. With his voice, he turned pain into catharsis, authenticity into art, and passion into connection. His dedication to bringing these songs to life was triumphant. For those of you who attended this tour in person, we thank you. For those who could not, we hope this live album gives you a glimpse into how magical these shows were for the six of us."
One More Light Live will be released on Dec. 15. The pre-order comes with an instant download of the live version of "Crawling," and you can click here for that. The album follows the Hollywood Bowl tribute concert that Linkin Park played on Oct. 27. Bennington's music friends like No Doubt, Alanis Morissette, Sum 41's Deryck Whibley, Echosmith's Sydney Sierota, One OK Rock's Taka and more were all on hand to pay homage to his life.
Next, remember the life of Chester Bennington by watching Fuse's full On the Record special from 2011 below:


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Global interest rates jumped Friday to their highest level since the U.K.'s vote to leave the European Union, in a sharp global government-bond selloff sparked by hawkish comments from Federal Reserve officials and policy inaction by the European Central Bank.
The selling pushed the benchmark 10-year Treasury note
The sharp move vindicated analysts that had been warning investors not to get complacent during the recent global bond rally that inflated prices to their most expensive levels in history, pushing global yields to all-time lows, in many cases in negative territory.
Peter Boockvar, chief market analyst at The Lindsey Group, said in an email that the global bond meltdown over the past two session proves his long-held conviction that "global interest rates have bottomed and that the post-U.K. vote referendum was the final blow off."
And he is not alone. A day earlier, DoubleLine Capital CEO Jeffrey Gundlach said in his quarterly webcast on markets and the economy that interest rates have bottomed and that investors should turn bearish on bonds.
Also read:How Jeff Gundlach's Fed-tightening talk set stage for a stock, bond-market rout
But which type of investors would be most hurt by a significant rise in interest rates? Torsten Sløk, Deutsche Bank's chief international economist, pointed to the following chart that shows ownership of various countries' government bonds by different types of investors.
As the chart shows, nearly 50% of U.S. Treasurys are owned by private investors—40% by U.S. investors and about 10% by foreign ones—while total foreign ownership, including the official sector, banks and private investors, amounts to 35%.
Indeed, strong demand for the relative value of U.S. yields by investors fleeing ultralow interest rates in Europe and Japan has been cited as one of the main reasons why Treasury yields tumbled in June to all-time low levels—even if unwarranted by economic fundamentals.
At the same time, high foreign ownership means that bond-selling trends initiated abroad can push U.S. interest rates higher, in the event that interest rates rise in other parts of the world.
A high level of foreign ownership isn't unique to the U.S. Treasury market. According to Deutsche Bank's research, nearly 55% of German bunds are owned by foreign investors.
Indeed, the global interconnection of government-bond markets became apparent on Thursday, when the ECB's reluctance to provide further stimulus sparked a bond selloff in Europe, which spilled over to the U.S., causing Treasury yields to jump by the most in a month.
On Friday, the global selloff continued after Boston Fed President Eric Rosengren, who is a voter this year on the Fed's interest-rate setting board, said the U.S. central bank could resume gradual rate increases as the risks facing the economy are more in balance.
See:Clinton Treasury secretary contender could send key signal about Fed meeting
In other words, the whole world is "one bubblicious bond market now, the biggest financial bubble we've ever seen," Boockvar said. "And hold on to your hat if this bubble is beginning to shed air—which I believe it is."


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A city man testified Monday that his foster father, Gary Dale Prokopishin, would take him and other teenage foster boys out for "guys nights" at out-of-town bars and hotels and pay them for sex.
The complainant, now 26, said he agreed to allow Prokopishin to perform sex acts on him when he was between 16 and 18 years old, generally for $20 each occasion, and he would use the money to feed his crack cocaine habit.
He told Crown prosecutor Gord Haight the sex occurred regularly at the home, but also three or four times in hotels in Drumheller, Medicine Hat and Red Deer.
Prokopishin, a former director of the Calgary and District Foster Parents Association, was named Foster Family of the Year along with his wife in 2007.
After he moved to Kitimat, B.C., in 2008, the complainant said Prokopishin phoned him and said other kids had come forward and reporters were flooding around his house.
"He said he was falsely accused," the witness told Haight. "He said he was shut down for being accused of molesting others.
"I said the abuse needed to stop to the children, so I went to Kitimat RCMP and reported the incidents."
Prokopishin is on trial for sexually touching a total of six foster boys while he was in a position of trust between May 5, 1999, and Aug. 5, 2008.
Under cross-examination by defence lawyer Ian McKay, the witness said he never asked to be taken out of the house because of abuse.
"I was a street kid, nowhere to go," he told the lawyer.
"They gave us drugs, cigarettes and money. There was always food on the table. It was a very good home. I didn't have an issue staying in the home."
He said the sexual abuse happened regularly throughout the day in the home, even when the accused's wife was walking past them or sleeping: "Any time he found the opportunity."
He said it was at a rough time in his life and he doesn't like to relive it,
McKay accused of him lying in his statement to police and changing his story at trial, especially regarding whether the accused's wife was present.
In his opening statement to Court of Queen's Bench Justice Robert Hall, Haight said Prokopishin performed oral sex on the complainants, usually followed by payment.
"Many of these boys were suffering from addictions at the time and the Crown theory will be that the accused exploited that fact by promising payment for the sexual favours," Haight said. "Further, I expect that some of the complainants will testify that they went on what the accused called 'guys nights' where the accused would take two of the foster boys to a hotel out of town and sexually abuse them.
The trial continues.


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Column Fri Mar 27 2009
Monsters vs. Aliens, The Haunting in Connecticut and Goodbye Solo
Monsters vs. Aliens
One of the biggest corners of my heart is held in reserve for old (usually black-and-white) sci-fi films. I'm talking ginormous man-in-suit monsters, slow-moving aliens with tentacles and either one or 50 eyes, or regular-sized animals that are made to look humongous as they terrorize poor citizens like us. Watch any of them repeatedly and you notice one thing almost without fail: they are about 85 percent chatter and 15 percent actual creature feature... if you were lucky. The philosophies and theories bandied about were pretty hilarious, and were usually just an excuse to keep the cameras rolling to get that running time to at least 75 minutes. Now imagine taking the best parts of these alien invasion flicks, these giant spider films, these creeping menace pictures, and these home-grown mutated abominations of nature movies and tossing them all into one big 3D animated work, and you have some idea of just how much fun Monsters vs. Aliens was for me.
In a way, you could look at Monsters vs. Aliens as the ultimate superhero team movie. A colossal alien robot lands on Earth carrying a message from one Gallaxhar (voiced with pure maniacal splendor by Rainn Wilson), who tells the President of the United States (the inspired casting of Stephen Colbert in this role is enough to recommend it) that he's essentially going to destroy the world. Fair enough. In his very Dr. Strangelove-like War Room, the President listens to his advisors list the options on how to handle this situation. But only Gen. W.R. Monger (Kiefer Sutherland, complete with gravelly Southern accent) has a solution that seems like it might work — to unleash a group of captured "monsters" that the government has hidden in a secret facility on the alien invader in exchange for their freedom.
The film actually opens with a wedding. Susan Murphy (Reese Witherspoon) is about to wed weatherman Derek Dietl (Paul Rudd). But just before the wedding, a meteorite falls from the sky and lands on Susan. She miraculously survives, but during the ceremony she grows to 49 feet, 11.5 inches tall (I guess rounding up would have been a copyright violation). Her cowardly husband-to-be leaves her at the alter — actually she destroys the church, so the alter is pretty much kindling at this point — and Susan is quickly snatched up by Monger's team and she's placed in a giant holding cell.
So who makes up the world's only defense against alien destruction? Seth Rogen voices B.O.B., a gelatinous creature who has no brain and is virtually indestructible; Hugh Laurie is the mad scientist Dr. Cockroach PhD, a play off of The Fly; Will Arnett is the cocky Missing Link, a big of a cross between The Creature from the Black Lagoon and Bigfoot; and an oversized slug/caterpillar thing called Insectasaurus. Susan is given the code name Ginormica, and the team sets off to deal with the powerful alien robot.
There's no doubt in my mind that B.O.B. is going to be the fan favorite of the bunch. Aside from being just plain funny, B.O.B. is basically the stoner creature — he's easily distracted, giggles at everything, and, you know, he's a blob of a guy. It's great to hear Laurie's British accent return to add a bit of gravitas to Cockroach's ravings. And although Witherspoon basically sounds like herself, she has the toughest job. She's our entry point into this story and these characters. She's scared, has no idea exactly what the limits of her powers are, and she called upon to perform this weighty task at a time in her life when the bride-to-be Susan didn't now what direction her life was going to take after getting married. I've heard the complaint often that there are no strong female lead characters in animated films anymore (Coraline aside). Complain no more — Susan is your girl, er, woman. And she fills out a nearly 50-foot black jumpsuit rather nicely.
One of the fun things about the film is also that there are guest voices tucked away in some very small roles. Listen carefully for the likes of Jeffrey Tambor, Amy Poehler, Ed Helms, Renee Zellweger and John Krasinski. No joking, some of these people have one or two lines, tops. But the best thing about Monsters vs. Aliens is that it takes its cues from science fiction films of old. Gallaxhar isn't some play on one particular alien from another film; he's every alien enemy rolled into one. These are details in the camera work, the music and the story that you will absolutely love if you have an affection for these types of classic genre works.
And I haven't even talked about the unbelievable 3D. I've seen a lot of 3D in recent months, but this has got to be the best 3D I've seen in an animated film. There's something about having the giant creatures interacting with smaller people that makes the 3D pop off the screen, and without tossing stuff at the camera every five minutes. There's a scale and depth to this 3D work that is unrivaled. One of the sequences the crowd at Ain't It Cool's Butt-numb-a-thon X saw was a fight scene on the Golden Gate Bridge. Holy crap, that is the absolute best scene in the movie. And seeing it a second time in the context of the completed film, I was even more impressed with it. Your jaw will collect bugs from being open for so long.
Now please understand, this movie is rated PG, which means it's aimed directly at the younger sect. But honestly, I had as much fun watching this as the kids in my audience. And being able to understand the clandestine adult humor and the sight gags and more overt stuff, I may have even enjoyed it a little more than the youngsters. Co-director (along with Rob Letterman) Conrad Vernon was also a director on Shrek 2, probably the best melding of evergreen jokes, modern references and innuendo in an animated work allegedly aimed more at children. He knows where all the lines are drawn and exactly how far over them he can put his big toe. Sure the film is sweet and charming most of the time, but it's when things get a little ornery and mischievous that things really start to cook. There's a devilish undercurrent that props up Monsters vs. Aliens and makes it something special. In case you couldn't tell, I had a blast watching this movie.
The Haunting in Connecticut
I had to think about this one, perhaps more than I've thought about most attempts at scare films in recent years. I can't imagine anyone who likes a good creepy movie hasn't become more than a little frustrated in recent years with PG-13 horror films that use the same old tricks of jump music (I've heard these moments referred to as "Dolby punches" — loud music or noises designed to make the audience jump the same way a light falling from the ceiling and crashing behind you might) and CGI effects. I know I sound like a broken record when I say this, but it bears repeating — CGI isn't scary and cheap tricks to make the audience flinch with no attention to mood or character is cheating and ultimately will make the horror fans of the world hate your movie.
While technically quite competent and featuring some good acting, The Haunting in Connecticut is textbook horror for teens. I'm not saying that these movies can't be good — the American version of The Ring is a prime example of truly scary PG-13 horror — but this one doesn't take advantage of some excellent opportunities to tell a new kind of haunted house story mixed with a family drama. In its current state, the film feels watered down, fake, rushed and tampered with by a studio (Lionsgate) that thinks it has its finger on the pulse on what kids today want to see — welcome to the house that Saw built.
Based on the true story (yes, your BS meter should be ringing right now), Haunting in Connecticut is the story of the Campbell family, whose eldest son Matt (Kyle Gallner) is dying of cancer. After months of driving Matt many hours to and from the clinic in Connecticut where Matt receives his treatments, the family decides to rent a house closer to the doctors and make the agony of that drive a distant memory. Kyle's mother Sara (Virginia Madsen) appears to be her son's primary caregiver, while dad (Martin Donovan, the man cursed with playing a string of "shitty father" characters in movies, but he's so good at it). It doesn't take long for things in the new house to go from strange and unexplained to downright dangerous.
The initial scenes in this film as the family explores and discovers its new surrounding are pretty solid. Sara discovers a drawer filled with "death photos" — the once-common practice of taking posed photos of or with recently deceased loved ones. A few of these are shown during the film's opening credits, and they always creep me out. The one of twin brothers — one living, one dead — sitting on a bench together will stick in my head forever. Eventually Matt discovers a sealed-off room that reveals the house's first of many secrets — it used to be a funeral home. Great idea. I'm getting tired of houses being built over burial grounds, so this was a nice twist. But when you start to get deeper into the house's long-buried past involving the original owner's clairvoyant young son who would lead séances to contact the recently deceased, or when Matt begins to have visions and nightmares about the house's hidden contents, my interest began to slide in the wrong direction.
If you've seen the poster, then you know that the film also is one of the few I've seen that deals with the phenomenon of ectoplasm being coughed up during séances. Despite the clear use of CGI, the moment in the movie is one of few truly fucked up images, but it was too little too late at that point. Most of this movie is just scene after scene of you asking the family (hopefully in your head), "Why don't you leave?" Now, I'll give the film credit: it does offer a reasonable answer to this question, yet it still feels forced and stupid that Sara would be willing to endanger her family for the reasons. Another truly annoying aspect to the film is that Donovan's character vanishes for huge sections of the story. Dad used to have a drinking problem, which resurfaces amidst all of these house troubles, and he just vanishes to deal with his demons. OK, why is this important to a story about violent poltergeists? What does it add to the overall story? With an ounce of cynicism, the answer is nothing. Even his reappearance doesn't amount to anything, and it would have made more sense to make Sara a single mother than to keep this useless character around.
That said, one of Haunting in Connecticut's strongest elements is the acting. Madsen (Candyman, Sideways) does the strong, self-sacrificing thing convincingly. Gallner (who has had strong recurring roles on such shows as "The Shield," "Veronica Mars," "CSI: NY" and "Smallville") is probably the best of the bunch here. He has the appearance of a slightly smaller version of Twilight's Robert Pattinson, and I bought that his pallor and sickly demeanor would made him the ideal choice for the ghost in this house to contact, since he's half dead already. Amanda Crew from Sex Drive is strong as well as Matt's cousin, who has been brought in to look after the family's younger kids. Not faring quite as well is the usually reliable Elias Koteas as a priest who's brought in to exorcise the house or at least find out how the living can help the dead in their time of need. Koteas' performance is from another planet, one in which wild gestures are the only means of communicating.
Australian first-time director Peter Cornwell and screenwriters Adam Simon and Tim Metcalfe have the framework for a pretty good movie here. But something got lost on the journey from the page to the screen. To begin with, everything feels rushed. Learning a bit more about the characters outside of this personal nightmare might have helped, and with these fine actors in place, I would have actually cared about what happened to these people if I'd gotten to know them better. The thing is, I believe Cornwell has an eye and the right enthusiasm for freaky imagery and getting across a well-earned scare or two in a horror setting, but in the end, The Haunting in Connecticut just doesn't provide an overall satisfying experience.
Goodbye Solo
I'm convinced that writer-director Ramin Bahrani will never, ever run out of stories to tell because he possesses that rarest of gifts — the ability to find an interesting story in every aspect of life involving people whose stories simply are never told in movies. His first film, Man Push Cart, was literally about a food vendor in New York City whose cart is stolen and the struggle to find it again. In the critically acclaimed Chop Shop, Bahrani tells the tale of a young boy who works on a sort of chop shop row in a New York burough, where he guides cars looking for a quick cheap fix using stolen car parts. If you haven't seen his films, they are fascinating and wonderful works. His latest extraordinary effort is Goodbye Solo, perhaps his most story-driven work to date and one that takes him out of New York and back to the director's hometown in Winston-Salem, N.C. Reminding me in spirit of a less noble but equally strong version of The Visitor, this film traces the intersecting lives of two very different men.
Solo (Souleymane Sy Savane) is an always-positive Senegalese cab driver whose dream is to become a flight attendant. He gets a strange request from a customer — pick him up in two weeks and drive him a great distance outside the city to a secluded location in the mountains and leave him there. The old man who makes this request is William (Red West, one-time member of Elvis Presley's Memphis Mafia), and he's willing to pay a lot of money to Solo to follow these instructions. Solo senses that the old man might be planning on ending his life on this journey and rather than attempt to talk William out of it, he simply attempts to befriend him and become his personal driver for the two weeks. Lest you think this is some story of two unlikely friends, think again. William gets so tired of Solo's intervening ways and constant stream of questions about his past that any bond between the two men is severed thoroughly.
Solo's life is also complicated, as he has a daughter and girlfriend he lives with, but his flight attendant scheme is a source of tension in his home, and for a time, he goes to live with William. Much like his other films, Bahrani has cast people I believe to be non-actors in his lead roles, and they excel in their work and bring these rich and interesting characters to life. There's no concern on their parts about how they are lit or which side is their good side; they simply play their roles as honestly as they are capable and tell a story that feels authentic and honest. But Bahrani never forgets to be entertaining and keep us guessing exactly what his characters will do next and what small secrets they are hiding just ripe for discovery. Goodbye Solo is at times devastating, hilarious, but above all else, it's very real and captivating. He makes you glad you stepped into this unknown world of the everyday and gave a story rarely told a shot. This is his best and most fully developed work, and you should seek it out. The film opens today at the Landmark Century Center Cinema.


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ASP.NET XML Web Service Basics
This topic is specific to a legacy technology. XML Web services and XML Web service clients should now be created using Windows Communication Foundation.
Since ASP.NET provides the infrastructure for the inner workings of a Web service, developers can focus on implementing the functionality of their specific Web service. Enabling a Web service using ASP.NET entails creating a file with an .asmx file name extension, declaring a Web service in that file and possibly another file, and defining Web service methods. The procedures are listed in Walkthrough: Building a Basic XML Web Service Using ASP.NET and are elaborated upon here.
Declaration of Web Services
When you create a Web service in ASP.NET, you place the required @ WebService directive at the top of a text file with an .asmx file name extension. The presence of the .asmx file and the @ WebService directive correlate the URL address of the Web service with its implementation. You also implement the Web service class that defines the methods and data types visible by Web service clients.
The Web service class you define can be included directly in the .asmx file, or in a separate file. If you use a separate file, it must be compiled into an assembly. Optionally, you can apply a WebService attribute to the class that implements the Web service. The class that implements the Web service can derive from the WebService class.
By applying the optional WebService attribute to a class that implements a Web service, you can set the default XML namespace for the Web service along with a string to describe the Web service. It is highly recommended that this default namespace, which originally is http://tempuri.org, be changed before the Web service is made publicly consumable. This is important because the Web service must be distinguished from other Web services that might inadvertently use the namespace as the default (<http://tempuri.org/>).
Classes that implement a Web service created using ASP.NET can optionally derive from the WebService class to gain access to the common ASP.NET objects, such as Application, Session, User, and Context. The Application and Session properties provide access to storing and receiving state across the lifetime of the Web application or a particular session. For more information on state management, see How to: Manage State in Web Services Created Using ASP.NET. The User property contains the identity of the caller, if authentication is enabled, for the Web service. With the identity, a Web service can determine whether the request is authorized. For more information on authentication, see Securing XML Web Services. The Context property provides access to all HTTP-specific information about the Web service client's request. For more information on the Context property, see WebService.Context Property.
Definition of Web Service Methods
Methods of a class that implement a Web service do not automatically have the ability to receive Web service requests and send back responses, but with Web services created using ASP.NET, it is very simple to add that capability. Apply a WebMethod attribute to public methods. Methods of a Web service class that can be communicated with over the Web are called Web service methods.
Web service methods are a key part of the messaging infrastructure employed by Web services. That is, a client and a Web service communicate using messages, specifically SOAP messages, by default. Clients send a SOAP request to a Web service and a Web service method typically returns a SOAP response. Web services define the type of messages they accept using operations, as defined by Web Services Description Language (WSDL). These operations correlate to each of the Web service methods within a Web service. Even though each of these Web service methods are defined in ASP.NET using a method of a class, it is important to realize that the data that is eventually communicated over the network must be serialized into XML. As such, it is important to remember that Web services are not a replacement for DCOM, but rather a messaging infrastructure for communicating across platforms using industry standards.
See Also
Walkthrough: Building a Basic XML Web Service Using ASP.NET
WebService Class
WebServiceAttribute Class
WebMethodAttribute Class


text: Aziz (L) and Singh are unlikely to see eye to eye on Kashmir Appearing before cameras on the second day of a two-day visit to New Delhi on Wednesday, Aziz gave journalists no hints as to what might be achieved. Differences over Himalayan Kashmir have bedevilled the two countries for more than 57 years and even led to two out of their three wars. South Asian affairs commentator Pran Chopra said the meeting was "an attempt to try and put the peace process back on track". Aziz's visit comes after diplomatic sparks flew last week when Singh ruled out any redrawing of India's borders or a further division of Kashmir, spiking a set of proposals by Pakistani President Pervez Musharraf. Pakistani suggestions Musharraf suggested last month that Kashmir should be demilitarised and that India and Pakistan should agree on a compromise over its disputed status. The outcome could be joint control, some form of UN control or independence. This received a cool response from New Delhi although India has started to withdraw some troops from Kashmir, citing a decline in guerrilla violence in the region. India accuses Pakistan of abetting the 15-year-old revolt in its only Muslim-majority state of Jammu and Kashmir that has killed more than 40,000 since 1989. Islamabad denies the charge, but says it provides moral support to the "legitimate aspirations" of Kashmiris. Pipeline The second issue for discussion - a gas pipeline running from Iran to India - has also shown no discernible progress. Aziz met Indian Oil Minister Mani Shankar Aiyar to discuss the longstanding plan to build a gas pipeline to run through Pakistan. But Aiyar linked the pipeline issue to wider trade issues. "It shouldn't be that in one field we race ahead and not in others," he said. New Delhi has urged Pakistan to expand trade links, including granting most favoured nation status to India. But Islamabad says resolving the dispute in Kashmir would help to boost economic ties. It has been pushing for the gas pipeline, which could earn it millions of dollars in annual revenues. SOURCE: Reuters


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I'm sure you've all seen the Maybelline Age Rewind concealers one or some other time online or on YouTube. It's been quite hyped about and you might be wondering it is worth the hype? Continue reading to find out.
What Maybelline says:
"This super-concentrated treatment concealer features a micro-corrector applicator to help instantly erase dark circles and fine lines infused with goji berry and Haloxyl™. The eye area appears radiant and refreshed in no time."
Ingredients (taken from the Maybelline website) :
G852364 1 Aqua/Water/Eau, Cyclopentasiloxane, Dimethicone, Isododecane, Glycerin, Peg-9 Polydimethylsiloxyethyl Dimethicone, Butylene Glycol, Dimethicone Crosspolymer, Nylon-12, Disteardimonium Hectorite, Cyclohexasiloxane, Peg-10 Dimethicone, Cetyl Peg/Ppg-10/1 Dimethicone, Phenoxyethanol, Sodium Chloride, Polyglyceryl-4 Isostearate, Caprylyl Glycol, Disodium Stearoyl Glutamate, Ethylhexylglycerin, Methylparaben, Lycium Barbarum Fruit Extract, Chlorphenesin, Ethylparaben, Aluminum Hydroxide, Peg-9, N-Hydroxysuccinimide, Palmitoyl Oligopeptide, Chrysin, Palmitoyl Tetr Apeptide-7. [+/- May Contain/Peut Contenir: Ci 77891/Titanium Dioxide, Ci 77491, Ci 77492, Ci 77499/Iron Oxides] F.I.L. D44980/4
Packaging: This concealer comes in a clear plastic tube so you can easily see the color. It has a sponge applicator upon a twist collar, which is quite easy to use even though the sponge is too big to apply close to your lash line.
For some, the sponge is unhygienic (especially if you're a makeup artist using the product on different people) and some has expressed concern about the sponge harboring bacteria over time. I agree with the harboring of bacteria, and that is why I apply the product onto a mixing palette (you can just use a small plate / old compact you cleaned if you do not have a mixing palette) and apply it with a concealer brush. That way, the sponge doesn't touch your face so no oils etc gets transferred onto it. Be sure to properly sanitize your mixing palette or whatever else you are using to put the product on. If you don't like this idea, you can simply remove the sponge using scissors and a pin. After a few times using the mixing palette I cringed because the sponge tip did bother me, so I removed it. As soon as I did I squished it between my fingers and was surprised because SO much product came out. I definitely think this sponge soaks up the product really fast. If you would like to remove your sponge, here's how: Simply lift the sponge with a pin and cut. Make sure to get the bottom part of the sponge as well when you are lifting it using a pin. I would suggest a bigger, strong pin as a small pin is too small and much too weak. You don't want the tip of the pin breaking off while you're busy. Yikes!
I enjoy the consistency of this concealer. It feels really light, smooth and creamy. It doesn't clump and is gentle on the skin.
Performance, Coverage & Longevity:
I've used this concealer for a really long while now. I chose the shade Neutralizer. It's much too light to conceal so I use it over a small amount of orange color corrector. I love the finish it gives me. It's very pigmented yet so lightweight and a tad bit moisturizing (at least on my skin). I also love the fact that it doesn't look shimmery or cakey. I have small fine lines under my eyes, but I found that this concealer doesn't settle into the lines at all. It does dry pretty fast though, so you have to blend it out immediately. I also found that it's best to build with this concealer to prevent creasing. Apply a little, blend and if you have dark areas that needs more coverage, apply some more over the first layer and blend. This way it doesn't cake up or look patchy. The coverage is light to medium which is often the case with most concealers.I apply this concealer in a triangular shape underneath my eyes then blend it out using my damp Beauty Blender. Sometimes I will apply my foundation over it, sometimes not. I would recommend using a setting powder over this concealer if you're oily or crease easily. I use a large powder brush (like this one) to apply a light layer of setting powder just to keep everything in place. When set with powder, it lasted 7.5 hours on me before it started to fade. In this current humid weather, that's quite something!
The active ingredients that make this a treatment concealer is the goji berry extract and haloxyl. Goji berry extract is a natural antioxidant and anti-aging ingredient. Haloxyl absorbs and eliminates colored blood pigments in the skin that are responsible for dark circles under the eyes. Maybelline claims that this concealer will not only cover the dark circles but treat the problem over time. I've only been using for about 2 weeks so I can't really see the treatment results but so far it has been working quite nicely as a brightening concealer. As you can see in the 2 pictures (taken from the internet) below, it works wonderfully on lighter skin.
Is It Worth The Hype?
Definitely, because it SO lightweight and does cover some of my dark circles when applied over my orange corrector. So far, it is one of the best drugstore brightening concealers I have tried (even better than my LA Girl Pale Yellow Corrector) , I just wish I chose the Honey shade instead. I think the shade Honey will be the perfect concealer + corrector color for me, so it's been added to my wishlist.
Shade Selection:
I really wish they had more shades. Currently there are only 6 shades available and zero options for darker skinned beauties. I really hope Maybelline will extend the colors in this range.
I think this concealer is better suited for Summer/humid weather. In Winter, my skin tends to get really dry, so I definitely haven't been reaching for this concealer much. I also wouldn't recommend this to you if you have extremely dry under eyes, because even though it was a tad bit moisturizing to me (I have combination skin) that might not be the case for you. If you have combination skin and you're looking for something super light that won't crease, I would highly recommend you give this concealer a go! If you're looking for something to brighten the eye area I would suggest the Neutralizer shade (for medium skin) and the Brightener shade (for fair skin).
This product isn't available in South African stores, but lucky for us, Best Beauty Buys imported it especially the makeup junkies out there. It is also have it at Best Beauty Buys Physical Store. It retails for R350 each here.
Don't forget to also check out other amazing makeup brands including Ofra Cosmetics, ColourPop, Jefree Star and more on the website.
Happy Shopping!


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New SAM G54/G55 Series Deliver Industry's Smallest Form Factor, Ultra-low Power and Highest Performance for Rapidly Growing Internet of Things Market Including SoC Solutions for Wearables and Sensor Hub ManagementSAN JOSE, Calif., Jan. 5, 2015 — (PRNewswire) — Atmel® Corporation (NASDAQ: ATML), a global leader in microcontroller (MCU) and touch technology solutions, today announced the company has expanded its award-winning SAM G series of ARM® Cortex®-M4-based MCUs to include the SAM G54 and SAM G55.
Targeting the rapidly emerging Internet of Things (IoT) market for battery-operated devices including wearables such as fit bands and smart watches, sensor hub management, healthcare, gateways, bridges, audio devices and much more, the two new series deliver the right feature mix including higher performance, ultra-low power, smaller form factors and more SRAM. These two new series also include all the features of the current SAM G family including an Atmel | SMART ARM Cortex-M4 MCU + FPU (floating point unit), integrated sensor fusion algorithms, down to 2.84 x 2.84mm package, high-performance frequency of up to 120MHz, ultra-low power down to 102µA/MHz in active mode, and down to 5µs wake-up.
Additional key features for the new SAM G series include:
- High-performance throughput and efficiency with a Cortex M4-based MCU and FPU
- Up to 512KB of Flash and up to 160KB of SRAM
- SRAM power banking
- Down to 2.84 X 2.84mm 49-ball WLCSP with 0.4mm pitch
- Flexible serial peripherals and ultra-low power ADC
- USB Host and Device
- Peripheral Event System and SleepWalking
- Atmel ultra-low power picoPower® technology
- 64-pin QFP and QFN package options.
In order to maintain energy efficiency, many smart, connected devices use a sensor hub to aggregate and manage the sensors in the device, converting the information into usable data to improve power efficiency and performance. The new SAM G55 series gives designers the option to determine how much SRAM they will require to retain in sleep mode in order to achieve lower and better power efficiency for their designs by utilizing SRAM power banking.
"Designers are looking for simple-to-use solutions with an edge to help bring their differentiated products faster to market for both wearables and sensor hub management," said Vince Murdica, Sr. Director of Sensor Centric Systems, Atmel Corporation. "Atmel's new SAM G series delivers differentiation for these markets by offering ultra-low power, higher performance, more memory and smaller form factor, along with connectivity options on a single chip to fuel the innovation. Atmel's expanded SAM G series builds on our portfolio of touch, security, connectivity and software solutions for this rapidly growing market."
To accelerate the design, a SAM G55 Xplained Pro evaluation kit is available for the SAM G55 series. The ATSAMG55-XPRO evaluation board includes an embedded debugger, Atmel Studio integrated development platform and the Atmel Software Framework. The kit is also fully supported by third party partners IAR and Keil.
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Chad Scothorn
Chef Chad Scothorn brought his culinary vision to Telluride, Colorado, in 1996 after 22 years in restaurants from Oklahoma to Argentina. The Cosmopolitan, a fine-dining, 80-seat restaurant that serves contemporary cuisine, is in the Hotel Columbia, just steps from the gondola in downtown Telluride. Scothorn also operates a private dining room, the Tasting Cellar, on the same premises. The Cosmopolitan has been featured in Wine Spectator as "one of the prime movers of the local dining scene," listed in the Zagat guide, and has earned the Award of Excellence from Wine Spectatorevery consecutive year since 1998.
In May of 2007, Scothorn expanded to a new market by opening the Cosmopolitan of Durango. The establishment resides in a building on Main Avenue that is over a century old, and Scothorn took pride in carefully reviving many of the structure's authentic components, including exposing the original brickwork, and infusing modern elements into the final design. The remodel mirrors his approach to cuisine, where old-world cooking techniques combine with new-world food, resulting in classic fundamentals that entertain contemporary concepts. Freshness is the other key to Scothorn's cooking, and the Durango restaurant relies year-round upon local growers to provide ingredients for its lunch and dinner fare.
Scothorn has received national attention for his innovative cuisine over the years. Food critics fromThe New York Times, Nation's Restaurant News, Snow Country, Esquire, Bon Appetit, Connoisseurand Town & Country have praised his creative approach. He appeared at the prestigious James Beard House in New York City in 2002 and has also prepared another James Beard Foundation meal off-premise in Aspen.
Before coming to Telluride, Scothorn opened a cafe and bakery, Cafe 501, in Oklahoma City, which was best known for its artisan breads and pastries. In 1994, he was the chef of Log Haven in Salt Lake City, Utah, a 220-seat restaurant with banquet and a la carte service. In October 1992, Scothorn opened Chadwick's at the Chateau in Beaver Creek, Colorado. Within one year of opening, the restaurant was recognized in the New York Times, Los Angeles Times, Nation's Restaurant News and other publications as one of the best alpine restaurants in the country.
Scothorn also received praise as the opening chef for six years at Beano's Cabin in Beaver Creek. An on-mountain restaurant that functioned as both an exclusive private lunch club and as a public restaurant accessible by sleigh ride in the winter and horseback in the summer, the award-winning establishment was named by Esquire magazine as one of the top new 100 restaurants in the United States.
Additional culinary experience for Scothorn includes grand opening executive chef at Hotel Pisces, a three-restaurant, four-star establishment in Las Lenas, Argentina, and he worked for Val-Gene Associates in Oklahoma for over 11 years in management positions that culminated as executive chef. In 1990, as a consultant for Val-Gene, he designed Pepperoni Grill, a 120-seat Italian restaurant that is now a national chain.
Scothorn has a bachelor's degree in hotel and restaurant administration from Oklahoma State University and an associate's degree from the Culinary Institute of America. He has continued his education at the intensive cooking class at the Culinary Institute of America in Sicily, Itlay, and in classes for bread making and advanced pastries at the internationally recognized Ecole Lenotre, near Paris, France.


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MARVEL'S AXIS BYTE: Marvel Comics' latest golden boy writer is Rick Remender. Remender is a fairly prolific scribe having written such notable stories as Fear Agent (Dark Horse and Image), Night Mary (IDW), and a plethora of stories at Marvel Comics including most recently Uncanny Avengers and Captain America. This time Marvel has handed him the keys to the kingdom as lead on their upcoming Axis crossover. Recently Remender and executive editor Tom Brevoort recently spoke about the October's event. The epic will start with The Red Supremacy featuring the Avengers and X-Men pitted up against the Red Skull. The story will continue into Inversion, where readers will see heroes and villains reversing roles. Remender stressed that there will be no mind control nonsense here. These heroes and villains have just decided that their efforts in either direction have been fruitless and a new direction is needed. The writer assures the readers that these decisions will carry on long after the event has ended. The crossover will include such popular Avengers and X-Men as Luke Cage, Medusa, Thor, Deadpool, Sabretooth, Cyclops, Magneto and even the new Sam Wilson version of Captain America (Sam Wilson). From the cover art, it seems that En Sabah Nur, Apocalypse, may be back in the fold which makes sense given his inclusion in the upcoming Fox movie X-Men: Apocalypse. I'm not sold on this idea. I understand that this is being taken seriously at Marvel Comics and the status quo will certainly be rocked, but still it smacks of a WWE caliber heel turn. I hope I am wrong and I do think that Rick Remender, if anyone, can pull off this turn. We'll all see in October!
DC'S MULTVERSITY BYTE: THE MULTIVERSITY will be written by GRANT MORRISON with art and covers by IVAN REIS and JOE PRADO and variants by CHRIS BURNHAM, BRYAN HITCH, and even GRANT MORRISON himself, among other through the series. The first issue will be on sale on August 20th. In their solicitation, DC Comics alerted retailers heralding the arrival of the event with a lot of marketing. Morrison himself called the work, "the culmination of everything I've been doing since I came back to DC in 2003". They went on to describe The Multiversity in this way;
"Join visionary writer Grant Morrison, today's most talented artists, and a cast of unforgettable characters from 52 alternative Earths of the known DC Multiverse! Prepare to meet the Vampire League of Earth-43, the Justice Riders of Earth-18, Superdemon, Doc Fate, the super-sons of Superman and Batman, the rampaging Retaliators of Earth-8, the Atomic Knights of Justice, Dino-Cop, Sister Miracle, Lady Quark, the legion of Sivanas, the Nazi New Reichsmen of Earth-10 and the latest, greatest Super Hero of Earth-Prime: YOU!
Comprising six complete adventures – each set in a different parallel universe – plus a two-part framing story and a comprehensive guidebook to the many worlds of the Multiverse, THE MULTIVERSITY is more than just a multipart comic-book series. It's a cosmos spanning, soul-shaking experience that puts YOU on the frontline in the Battle for All Creation against the demonic destroyers known as the Gentry!"
The DC Comics Multiverse has been tortured, abused and all but destroyed by various Crisis events in the past. Sure they brought us some great stories, some epic deaths, most of which were reversed by the launch of New 52, if not before. That same New 52 campaign also brought about the perfect starting point for a whole new Multiverse for the DC Comics pantheon and who better to create an entire multiverse of differing versions of Earth? Why Grant Morrison of course. This is actually the first story from DC Comics that I have been excited about since Earth 2 launched. Mark your calendars for August 20th. I don't think you're going to want to miss this event.
VALIANT BYTE: John Layman, co-creator of the critically acclaimed Chew, will be taking his considerable talents to another great comic book company. This October he will make his Valiant Entertainment debut with Archer & Armstrong #25. Current creative team Fred Van Lente and Clayton Henry will complete their run with Issue 25's lead story called "Back to the Beginning". Layman and artist Ramon Villalobos will follow-up with an eight-page story called "Immortal Combat". All-in-all the transitional issue will be 48-pages and will include work from others such as Ray Fawkes and Andy Kuhn, Justin Jordan and Rafer Roberts, Joey Esposito and Joe Eisma, and Donny Cates, Eliot Rahal and Khari Evans. Layman spoke of the announcement in a press release from Valiant;
"Archer & Armstrong is absolutely fantastic, and I'm stoked to be part of this landmark issue. I really love the entire vibe of the book – a buddy action comedy, full of conspiracy and history, and then injected with just pure fantastic gonzo madness. I love books where you can tell the creator is having a good time, because it's infectious. I'm recommending 'Archer & Armstrong' to anybody who likes fun comics. I still want to do a Quantum and Woody/Chew and a Poyo/Goat crossover. It's just a matter of getting off my lazy ass and making it happen."
Well, it sounds to me like Mr. Layman just took the first step toward that end. Check out Archer & Armstrong #25 on October 29th from Valiant Entertainment.
SCREEN ROUND-UP: As you already know, Netflix and Marvel Comics are teaming up for some shows about Marvel's "street level" characters. Daredevil already in production, and others including one featuring Luke Cage will soon follow. Terry Crews, veteran actor known best for his roles in TV's Brooklyn Nine-Nine, and the big screen actioner The Expendables, has thrown his hat into the ring to play the street thug turned convict turned hero. Crews offered, "I'm game. There are no rules. What's up, Marvel? I'm right here, baby. I ain't goin' nowhere. You know where I live!" With that statement alone I think Crews may be perfect to play Cage. Fans of television's American Horror Story can rejoice. It won't be long before the mind-bending horror show from FX returns and again with a vengeance. The fourth season of the anthology styled show, that has taken us to a famous murder house, an asylum, and a coven, will pitch it's tent this time at a carnival in 1950s Jupiter, Florida. American Horror Story: Freakshow will have some of the same cast of characters from previous seasons but will add one new cast member of note. Jyoti Amge is a 20 year-old primordial dwarf, which is a rare form of dwarfism that means the body is extremely small from birth. At just 2ft 0.6in, Amge is one of only of around 100 people in the world to suffer from this particular form of dwarfism. This season of AHS will focus on the struggles of the 'freaks' to keep the show alive and to battle public perception. Amge is no stranger to public perception or media attention as she gained some notoriety in India when the Guinness Book of World Records confirmed her record-breaking stature in 2011 on her 18th birthday. The series and Amge debut in October on FX. Two pieces of casting news cam about just as I was reading this to post. Marvel's Agents of SHIELD will be adding a Wonder Woman of sorts in Adrianne Palicki. You might remember this blonde bombshell from Friday Night Lights or Legion. Once in consideration for a role as Princess Diana of Themyscira, she will instead play Bobbi Morse aka Mockingbird in the second season's fifth episode, with the possibility of recurring status if all goes well. Here's hoping! DC Comics and Warner Bros., not to be outdone, have made a casting addition of their own. They have added Matt Ward (TRON: Legacy) as a New 52 inspired villain called Komodo from The Outsiders. According to producer Marc Guggenheim Ward/Komodo will appear in the second episode of Season 3, but he will be connected to the season-long storyline. A clever way to say, "we're not telling". Either way, two nice casting additions for two great shows.
Nightwing: The Series BYTE: Yes, I said it. I'm not sure I even believe it, but this is happening as we speak. Ismahawk Studios' released a short film last year called Batman: Nightwing. It was incredibly successful on YouTube, garnering 1.6 million views and prompting the creators to try to further develop the project. So, off to Kickstarter they went hoping that the fan popularity of both the original short and the character of Nightwing would prompt people to supports the project. Not surprisingly, they did to the tune of $35,000 allowing them to film, produce and edit a web series this year. Nightwing: The Series starring Danny Shepherd as Dick Grayson is now in post-production stages. Before you start screaming about DC Comics and intellectual property, because this project is a non-profit fan, production it is completely legal. Director Adam Zielinski had this to say of the plot;
"Well, I don't want to give anything away for our ending but we begin in Bludhaven with Dick already suited and ready for action. It's a story that's really fitting to his origin which deals with him stepping out of the shadow of Bruce [Wayne] and coming into his own. There are definitely references to Robin in this."
The trailer for this project will be launching on 8/20, a Wednesday, of course and don't forget to check out Batman: Nightwing attached below…
NERDITORIAL: The world lost a great actor and comedian in Robin Williams. Depression is a scary disorder because the symptoms are so difficulty to recognize. Not because they are unknown or hard to see, but just the opposite. We see and even feel them every day. I did some research on the subject for another article so I won't bore you with it here. Go read my article Depression is No Laughing Matter. Hearing of Williams' death reminded me of a great line from The Watchmen;
Man goes to Doctor. Says he's depressed. Says life seems harsh and cruel. Says he feels all alone in a threatening world where what lies ahead is vague and uncertain.
Doctor says, "treatment is simple. Great clown Pagliacci is in town tonight. Go and see him, that should pick you up."
Man bursts into tears. Says, "But Doctor, I am Pagliacci."
Depression can affect anyone and as you know if you read my article (or other articles) the only differences between an average persons' bad day and clinical depression are intensity and duration. Both of which are very hard to gauge unless you see and live with the person every day. Pay attention, offer help, and don't make life more difficult even for strangers. Remember;


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Hat tip Rorate Caeli- a liturgical abuse Cathcon missed! Click on carnival to see some other horrors- not least in the ecclesiastical hierarchy, Cardinal Carnival Lehmann appearing on stage with the devil.
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Talking Tom Cat preaches at Carnival Mass
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Hat tip Rorate Caeli- a liturgical abuse Cathcon missed! Click on carnival to see some other horrors- not least in the ecclesiastical hierarchy, Cardinal Carnival Lehmann appearing on stage with the devil.
Update- Germany expels Islamic preacher
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Jih@d | News Of Terrorism, Jihadism & International Politics.:
The Austrian preacher Mohamed Mahmoud must leave Germany. The Interior Ministry of the State of Hessen announced this on Thursay. The 26 year old Islamist is now obliged to depart within a month, otherwise he faces deportation. No re-entry is possible, according to a press statement by the Interior Ministry in Wiesbaden.
Mohamed Mahmoud, Vienna-born son of Egyptian immigrants has in the past called for a militant jihad and made it clear that he was willing to fight for his beliefs and to die, according to Hessen's Interior Minister Boris Rhein (CDU).
"Anyone who has shown no willingness to accept the existing law here and order of society that rejects all applicable laws and even calls for the abolition of democracy must be excluded from Germany, possibly also with the use of physical force", said Rhein on Thursday.
The preacher Mohamed Mahmoud, who calls himself "Abu Usama al-Gharib", was released in September 2011 in Vienna after a four-year prison sentence for establishing and promoting a terrorist organization. He first moved to Berlin and a few weeks later to the Nordrhein-Westphalishen town of Solingen. Since February, Mahmoud has lived in Hessen Erbach im Odenwald, along with a German convert to Islam Miranda K..
Mahmoud is according to the Federal Office for the Protection of the Constitution one of the most radical elements of the German Salafist scene. In several video messages from the fundamentalist, he had openly glorified the fight against "infidels" and disseminates an extremist ideology. He was also one of the major supporters of the controversial Koran distribution activities of fundamentalist Muslims.
Islamic preacher- We will conquer Rome
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KATH.NET - Katholischer Nachrichtendienst
A 26-year-old regularly preaches in a mosque in Solingen - Cologne City Superintendent: His theses are an "impertinence", Representatives of Muslim organizations distance themselves
Anti-Christian expressions of a radical Islamic preacher concern the Protestant Church Association of Cologne City. The 26-year-old Austrian Mohamed Mahmoud was released in September 2011 after a four-year prison sentence in a Vienna prison on charges of forming and promoting a terrorist organization . After a short stay in Berlin, he moved at the end of 2011 to Solingen, near Düsseldorf. Currently he is living in Erbach in Hessen(Odenwald).
Several television stations reported on his challenge to Christianity: "We will conquer Rome! And then Peter's Square, or whatever it's called, yes, that is [...]to be the site of the conversion and the area to implement Allah's laws in order to implement Allah's punishment, so that enough people will be able to witness the events!" The City superintendent of the Protestant Church Association of Cologne and region, Rolf Domning, called the remarks of the preacher's hate "impudence."
The catchment area of Mahmoud, who preaches regularly at a mosque in Solingen, includes Cologne. This was in cooperation with reform-minded Muslims as Domning also said that representatives of Muslim organizations distanced themselves "very clearly" from the public statements of the Islamist preacher.
The Association is also in dialogue with representatives of an enlightened and reformist Islam, such as the Turkish-Islamic Union for Religious (Cologne). Domning: "Together we make with our ecclesiastical communities locally and at the level of social welfare and educational institutions a good inter-religious neighborhood, which is characterized by mutual respect, recognition and a common commitment to a mutual awareness of cultures and religions, on the basis of the Constitution of the Federal Republic of Germany. "This work is also carried out by the Cologne Council of Religions. It was founded in 2006 by some 20 religious communities and is committed to the promotion of interreligious dialogue.
Cardinals to investigate Vatican leaks
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Kardinalen onderzoeken lekken in Vaticaan - Buitenland - Algemeen - Nieuws - Stentor:
VATICAN CITY - Pope Benedict XVI has set up a committee of three cardinals to investigate the leaking of sensitive documents to the media. This was announced on Wednesday.
These include letters from the current nuncio (ambassador) in the United States, Archbishop Carlo Maria Vigano, to Benedict, in which he exposes corruption in the procurement of projects.
Kicked upstairs
Before Vigano moved to Washington, he was deputy governor of Vatican City (2009-2011) and head of the department responsible for the maintenance of the gardens, buildings, roads and museums. The letters show that Vigano was kicked upstairs to the United States after he had complained about corruption.
He wrote that Vatican officials started a smear campaign against him started out of anger about the measures he had taken to regulate procurement. The second man in the Vatican, Secretary of State Cardinal Tarcisio Bertone, removed Vigano and sent him to the United States. Also leaked were confidential documents on the Vatican bank.
On the committee are the cardinals Jozef Tomko (Slovakia, 88), Julian Herranz (Spain, 82) and Salvatore Di Giorgi (Italy, 81).
Easter Bunny reads prayers at Mass
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He asks God for his help to the leadership of the Church to deal with difficult problems. Not including, one assumes gross liturgical abuses.
Disgraced bishop returns as Vicar of Martin Luther on earth
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500-jähriges Reformationsjubiläum - Margot Käßmann kehrt zurück - als Luther-Botschafterin - Deutschland - Politik - Hamburger Abendblatt:
The "Bishop of Hearts" is to return and the church rolls out the red carpet for her: In a special service in Berlin's Kaiser Wilhelm Memorial Church, Margot Kaessmann this Friday was introduced to her new role as ambassador for the 500th Anniversary of the Reformation in 2017 . The President of the Council of the Protestant Church in Germany (EKD), President Nikolaus Schneider, has given the theologian (aged 53) this prominent role The whirlwind is not without reason: The church will benefit from the popularity of Käßmann, which continues unabated, more than two years after her resignation from senior positions after conviction for drunk driving.
There are great expectations of Käßmann in her new office: Effective public they should advertise for the anniversary and to illustrate the contribution to the development of the Reformation of Church, State and Culture, said the EKD. From the charismatic popular figure in the Protestant Church promises the necessary attention for her well-main event for years. In addition, Käßmann will win church sponsors and supporters from outside the church for the anniversary and its activities (Cathcon- not least among them the former Chancellor Schroeder) .
The pop star from the Church of Hanover returns
Already on her resignation, there were calls for the quick return of the nationally popular and ever present in the media, Bishop of Hanover and former head of the EKD. Church staff called for a renewed bid for episcopal office and also her successor at the top of the EKD, Praeses Schneider emphasized that Käßmann should remain an important voice in German Protestantism. As for other offices- after Horst Koehler's resignation briefly as possible- she was discussed as President of Germany. Meanwhile, the theologian took time out at a US university and then took a one-year visiting professorship at the University of Bochum.
But what explains the phenomenon of Käßmann - that front woman of the church with a certain penchant for self-expression? "With integrity and missionary talents like the late Martin Luther filling churches and lecture halls, trying to ignite the torch of Protestant piety in the people," says the blurb of her latest book. She is not completely insane, Käßmann says, laughing at the comparison with the Reformer. But the fact is: many of her now more than 80 books land on the bestseller lists and her public appearances attract crowds.
"She always seem to discuss exactly what concerns people, and in a kind manner," an editor of another of her books recently said. "She does not talk over people, she talks to the people," said the publisher on her many years of preaching church in Hanover. Käßmann is for people an example of moral integrity who can express complex issues in a simple manner, according to the former EKD spokesman Christof Vetter.
The theses of the reformer Martin Luther (1483-1546) against the selling of indulgences being nailed to the door of the Castle Church in Wittenberg on 31 October 1517 is considered the beginning of the Reformation . The plans for the anniversary have already been running for some time and the Federal Government has pledged a total of around 35 million euros in support including contributing to the restoration of the castle in Wittenberg. The new headquarters of Käßmann, meanwhile, is in the EKD representation in Berlin. Her office there is already decorated with a one-meter high plastic figure of Luther – in 2010 she was part of a controversial action of the church to place 800 one hundred mini-Luthers on the market place of Wittenberg.
Cathcon- it is bit difficult to come to terms with a church named after its founder, Martin Luther, who was, even for his day, a vicious anti-semite. 800 mini-Luthers but they reject the veneration of saints.
Don't cry for me, Martin Luther- the bishop on the day of her resignation. Someone in the advertising agency has a sense of humour- the advertising accompanying the video is for a powerful BMW.
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Varun Chaturvedi graduated from Jaipuria Institute of Management, Noida in the year 2013 and had three job offers in his hand- all at the same time. He chose the one closest to his home- Noida, with India Bulls. A decision of convenience but a wise decision that sees him now as the Assistant Manager at Seth M.R. Jaipuria Schools! In a latest conversation with Varun, we walked down the days and ways of Jaipuria Institute of management half a decade back.
"Ours were equally exciting times. The internet was at its boom. There were global incidents rocking nations all around. Employment opportunities were growing by leaps and bounds and am talking of just 5 years before," says Varun thoughtfully when asked about how management education looked for young graduates just few years back. No doubt things have changed significantly but particularly- what all? "In our times, even at Jaipuria Institute of Management there were lesser industry-institute interactions. Now I see the emphasis on LIVE projects, corporate meets, and industry-academic seminars. Our juniors are more updated, highly tech savvy and very clear about their professional roles and responsibilities," explains Varun indicating how Management education is looking towards an even better and broader future ahead.
Varun's professional life has seen him climb from strength to strength in the office of Business and Brand Development. He had interned with Reliance Communication while pursuing his PGDM from Jaipuria, Noida. There, he remembers Reliance had introduced its internet dongle and Varun had sold the first one from his team's end. "The achievement stayed with me because I was given a stipend of Rs. 3000 for it and I remember having bought a present for my mother with that money," says Varun while putting the credit on Dr. Nimit Gupta, the ex-faculty of Jaipuria, Noida who, according to this alumnus, has been instrumental behind his success in the world of Marketing and Brand Development.
So what are the alum's parting thoughts for his juniors? He believes Jaipuria Institute of Management has come a long way and is soaring greater heights with each passing season. Therefore, with all the privileges and opportunities at hand, he suggests to his juniors- "make the most of what comes in your way. The competition is only going to grow but the opportunities are not going to cease. Don't settle. Fight for what's worth and stay fit."