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The last couple of months I've bought a fair few new things to try from the beauty sections of drugstore and higher end beauty counters and have been putting them to the test. Some I love and some I don't so I thought I would share with you what I've picked up and some mini reviews to go with them!
L'Oreal Lip Paint
The packaging of these Lip Paints from L'Oreal really caught my eye so I decided to pick one up and I got the shade 208 Off-White which I thought would be a great nude. Now first of all, I wasn't sure on the colour as it looked a little lighter than expected when I applied it to my lips but once I'd worn it for an hour or two, I got used to it. But then we have the lasting power which totally disappointed me, they do not last on my lips. They also end up looking really weird on my lips and I just couldn't get along with it. It's one of those lipsticks that needs constant touch ups and when it comes to a liquid lipstick, that's not what I'm looking for. So this one is a no from me.
Rimmel London Insta Fix & Go 2-in-1
I've been seeing this new range from Rimmel everywhere and it really got me interested to try a few bits myself. Just to start with I picked up the 2-in-1 primer and setting spray. I have to say so far I haven't tried it as a primer, but as a setting spray I really like it. I got it for £4.98 in Savers rather than it's usual price of £6.99 which I thought was a pretty good bargain. It smells soooo nice and completely like fresh watermelon which I absolutely love, the best scented setting spray I have ever used. The spray which comes out is so fine, it feels so refreshing on the skin and not like you could ever spray too much and your makeup be too wet and ruined.
Zoella Beauty Shower Shake
This is the first Zoella product I have ever tried and it was definitely the packaging that pulled me in. Come on, it's SO cute. Lovely scented and creamy shower products are my fave so I was excited to try this out. It's definitely not comparable to the ultimate shower gods from Lush, but for a shower cream from the drugstore, it ain't half bad. I definitely want to try some more Zoella products! The only thing I would say is that for the price of £6, you don't get much product for the amount you use to cover your whole body with a nice lather. I don't think I would repurchase to be honest but I do want to try the shower sauce!
Too Faced Sweet Peach Palette
I have been lusting after this palette for the longest time. It is honestly beautiful in photographs but even they don't do it justice. When I got this, I didn't even know if I would suit peach eyeshadows, but once I applied them they were like my long lost best friends and I fell in love. I'm not going to go into too much detail as I have done a full review which you can find here, but you NEED this one.
Huda Beauty Nude Love Collection Lipstick Minis
I know I've already done a complete post on these but I thought I would include them anyway seen as they are new to my collection. They're the nude lipstick lovers dream (as the name suggests) and I'm so pleased I got them. My first products from Huda Beauty and definitely not my last. I've been wearing these all the time lately and I just can't get enough, especially of Sugar Mama and Crush which look so good when I'm wearing the Sweet Peach palette on my eyes. Check out my full review of these here.
Urban Decay Naked Heat Palette
Last but not least my amazing boyfriend just treated me to the Urban Decay Naked Heat Palette and oh my god how pretty is it?! I am honestly in palette heaven with this and the Sweet Peach Palette right now. I'm definitely going to be doing a full review of this one too but I just had to include it. I feel like as we're coming up to Autumn this is going to be perfect for a more autumnal look with its fiery warm tones.
So they're the newest products in my beauty collection, what have you guys been picking up lately? Have you tried any of these?


text: Five tax developments your company needs to knowOctober 6, 2006|Written By Stewart Lewis Keeping abreast of tax changes is never easy at the best of times, so INHOUSE canvassed leading tax practitioners, asking them for the top-five pitfalls that can trip companies up and draw unwanted attention from the tax man.Shifting tax rules are always a vexing element of doing business. Here are five recent changes you and your company's dealmakers should know about.The GST/HST Registry:Following in the footsteps of Québec with its Québec Sales Tax registry, Ottawa has set up a registry to keep track of those registered under the goods and services tax and the harmonized sales tax registrants. (In Nova Scotia, New Brunswick, and Newfoundland and Labrador, the provincial sales tax is "harmonized" with the GST.)This will help your company when it is entering a purchase and sale agreement, says Robin MacKnight, tax lawyer and partner with Wilson Vukelich LLP in Markham, Ont. In the past, there have been instances when "rogues provided bogus GST numbers," says MacKnight. That left purchasers out of pocket — thousands or even millions of dollars — unable to recover GST they paid in a deal, when attempting to obtain GST input credits. Even if you checked with the Canada Revenue Agency (CRA), says MacKnight, officials might confirm a number is valid, but they wouldn't tell you if it is connected to the vendor. "The CRA seems to be tightening enforcement on GST input credits," says John Brussa, partner and tax lawyer with Burnet Duckworth & Palmer LLP in Calgary. To prevent your company from getting caught in the CRA's enforcement web, due diligence must be done.Purchasers can now verify whether a vendor is GST-registered, says David Robertson, partner and commodity tax lawyer in the Toronto office of Fasken Martineau DuMoulin LLP. It's also good practice for your accounts payable department to check GST numbers on invoices, especially when they're from new suppliers, says Robertson.In addition, notes Robertson, the registry will also assist in conducting commercial real estate deals. Generally, it's the purchaser's responsibility to self-assess and remit GST if they're registered for GST. Robertson cautions, however, that vendors should still do due diligence to make sure the purchaser is GST-registered by checking the number given to them by the purchaser. To confirm GST numbers go to: www.cra-arc.gc.ca/eservices/tax/business/gsthstregistry/menu-e.htmlPost-sale consulting contracts: It's not uncommon for the purchase and sale of a business to be facilitated by including a "consulting contract" for the former owner.A consulting arrangement is attractive for the purchaser because an income deduction can be obtained for part of the purchase price. Otherwise, by purchasing the shares of the business, the vendor is paying for capital, which doesn't provide a deduction. And the deduction for "goodwill" is minimal, adds MacKnight — just seven per cent of 75 per cent of the purchase price.However, the CRA is now keeping a close eye on consulting contracts. "The vendor really has to provide consulting services," says MacKnight, "or the deduction will be denied. No more 'wink, wink.'" The agency is following the Foresbec decision made in the Tax Court of Canada in 2002, he adds.This is perfectly reasonable if there is no intention for the vendor to consult, says William Bies, partner and corporate tax lawyer with Fasken Martineau DuMoulin LLP in Toronto. If consulting is undertaken, adds Bies, the CRA will look for "reasonable" payments for those services.So, forget about doing a $2-million deal where $500,000 is put aside for consulting. "The agreement must reflect the real economics underlying the deal," says Brussa. "The CRA is taking a very aggressive view on what constitutes a 'misleading statement.' You can't call a dog a cat, even if you have a contract that calls it a cat."Non-competition payments: In the past, payment for a non-competition clause has been seen as a windfall for the vendor and, therefore, taxable. But vendors have been successful in challenging the taxability of non-compete payments, says Bies.The most notable decision was Manrell v. Canada, made by the Federal Court of Appeal in 2003, when the court decided that such payments should not be taxable to the vendor. Subsequently, the federal Finance Department released proposed amendments that will effectively overturn this decision. However, the amendments haven't been finalized.Meanwhile, corporate counsel should advise their dealmakers that a non-compete clause should be considered non-taxable when they're negotiating purchase and sale agreements. In other words, vendors should charge extra. A payment for non-competition should be factored in up-front, says Brussa. "You want a paper trail that reflects the payment as one for non-competition."Withholding tax on payments to non-resident suppliers: Say your company has installed new operational software purchased from a U.S. company. You pay a U.S. trainer to help your employees learn the new system. Under the Income Tax Act's regulation 105, 15 per cent of the payment for the trainer must be withheld and remitted to Ottawa. That amount can usually be recouped under the foreign tax credit provisions of the Canada-U.S. Income Tax Treaty — if a Canadian tax return is filed.One option for avoiding this process is to obtain an s. 105 waiver. However, doing so is "not a slam dunk," says MacKnight. The CRA will question whether the American company has a permanent establishment in Canada and should, therefore, be subject to Canadian tax on business income earned here.Meanwhile, says MacKnight, obtaining the waiver can eat up as much as $5,000 in legal fees. But if the waiver is not obtained, the Canadian company will be on the hook for the tax, plus any penalties and interest for any tax that hasn't been remitted.The CRA has aggressively been going after Canadian payors in this area," says Bies."When in doubt, withhold," recommends Brussa. "The supplier can still resort to the treaty. You're not prejudicing the supplier — just protecting your company."Due to the cost involved, it is suggested the Canadian company notify the American supplier that it should obtain the s. 105 waiver — before the training contract begins. Otherwise, tax will be withheld.Clearance certificates for non-resident share redemptions: When a non-resident disposes of taxable Canadian property, including shares, the purchaser must obtain an s. 116 clearance certificate or withhold a portion of the gross purchase price and remit it to the CRA.If your company, as the purchaser, is assessed and found not to have withheld the tax, it will be liable for penalties and interest on top of the tax. This applies even if it can be argued that the non-resident was not liable for tax, says Brussa."The withholding rules are becoming more stringent." But, he explains, that's because the CRA wants to prevent Canadian companies from making payments to non-residents who could just slip away without paying tax.

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BUCHAREST, Romania — Romania's anti-corruption agency says about 36,000 people have been wiretapped during anti-corruption investigation in the last decade.
The National Anti-Corruption Directorate was responding Saturday to claims made by Premier Viorica Dancila to European lawmakers that Romania's secret services had tapped "millions of Romanians," suggesting the agency had overreached in prosecuting graft.
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Congressman Evans Statement on CBO Score of TrumpCare Bill
Congressman Dwight Evans released the following statement after the non-partisan Congressional Budget Office (CBO) reported that under the Senate Republican healthcare bill 22 million Americans stand to lose their coverage.
GOP Bill: Healthcare Cut for the Disadvantaged, Tax Cut for the Billionaires
It's out. The GOP Healthcare Bill has been (finally) made public, and it is as bad as we expected. You can read the full text here. Cuts to Medicaid will mean that the 69% of nursing home residents whose stays are funded by Medicaid will no longer be able to remain in nursing homes; removal of funding for Planned Parenthood will cause women who depend on their services will not get the cancer screenings that will save their lives. Millions of people will be uninsured, and even more will get cheap health insurance which doesn't cover doctors visits, ER visits, medications or mental health services, not to mention health insurance with $10,000 deductibles, and capped benefits. [Read more…]
Congressman Evans: Senate Healthcare Bill Is a Disgrace
Democratic Congressman Dwight Evans (PA-02) released the following statement after Senate Republican Leadership unveiled a draft of their healthcare bill:
Republicans in the House and Senate say Obamacare is collapsing in our communities nationwide; yet today as a response to fix this 'so called' crisis, Senate Republican Leadership has released their draft of a bill that does nothing but reduce access to adequate healthcare. As it stands now, the Senate healthcare bill makes extreme cuts to the federal Medicaid program and doubles down on the President's vow to repeal the Affordable Care Act (Obama Care).
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Village View: Bill Cosby trial – and tribulations
This article was originally published in the Main Line Times.
The Bill Cosby trial was an international fascination, not just a Philadelphia-Montgomery County-Pennsylvania obsession. I even received a request from a French magazine reporter who was in the region, covering the trial for his readers before he returned to Paris. He forwarded to me a column I had written in the Main Line Times about Cosby's having received the Marian Anderson Award in Philly some years ago. The French reporter thought I might be able to give him contact information for three people whom I mentioned.
I answered him in French, letting him know that one of the people he wanted to speak with had died, one had left town years ago, and the last one, Coach Gavin White Senior, had retired from Temple.
So I have two distinctly different visions of Bill Cosby, who was once an idol of American television viewers. And film buffs. First there is the Bill Cosby in a Temple T-shirt or sweatshirt who raised awareness nationally — and even internationally — about his alma mater, in North Philadelphia.
Cosby never missed a Commencement, drawing cheers from students, professors, family members of the graduates, and media members alike. He would come early to the robing room, pose for photos with everyone, kibbitz, make us all laugh, and guarantee media coverage for the graduates and for Temple U.
I do believe it was the late Temple University President Peter J. Liacouras who reached out to Cosby and asked him to be the public face of Temple. And when Cosby starred in the most popular television series of his time, "The Cosby Show," we could not even calibrate the value of seeing Cosby in the show sporting a Temple T-shirt!
In 2010, Cosby was the Marian Anderson award-winner, and at the time I wrote this about the Coz: "He is the consummate performer, successful author, humanitarian, philanthropist, advocate, educator, role model and creative genius. And he and his wife maintain scholarships at many universities, including Temple."
Now I do not dismiss Andrea Costand's testimony — or the charges of any of the dozens of other women who claim that Cosby plied them with drugs and then used them sexually when they were totally defenseless.
It's just that this was not the Cosby whom I used to see on campus, whom I worked with to make the Temple recruitment television ads, who created a riot as he had everyone laughing and feeling good about themselves at whatever Commencement or Temple University event he would appear at. And who constantly would talk with the parents of students, praising them for their sacrifices.
There is only one other time when someone whom I liked and admired a lot turned out to be quite a different person at another point in his life And that person is Ira Einhorn. Now I do not by any stretch of the imagination equate Ira's having murdered his girl friend Holly Maddox and stuffed her in a steamer trunk in the closet of their apartment with Cosby's being a sexual predator. No comparison.
When Ira and I were undergraduates at Penn, Ira was a founder of Earth Day, he would sit under a tree and recite poetry. He was impressive. I was Miss Goody two-shoes with my saddle shoes, knowing nothing about drugs or alcohol. And then I lost track of him while I was substitute teaching in Lower Merion Schools while raising my children, and Ira just disappeared. Probably in a pot-filled haze, but I didn't know it at the time.
Cosby would lecture and write books and exhort men to be responsible fathers.
Each time, though, that one of Cosby's extensive legal team would be quoted on radio and television as saying, "but the sex was consensual," I cringed! I would yell out loud! I mean — Cosby is married to Camille, an elegant, intelligent, philanthropist in her own right. And she has stood by her husband, even appearing one time in court in Norristown with him.
There are cynics who would retort, "But she's staying for the money!" I highly doubt that now that Cosby's reputation and career have been destroyed, that much money is still coming in. Although re-runs of "The Cosby Show" are probably running around the world.
I thought Montgomery County District Attorney Kevin Steele controlled himself and his team admirably, and his comments at his press conference after the judge declared a mistrial were sober and professional.
We will have to endure the worldwide publicity again at some time in the future. I will try to keep in mind the original vision I had of Dr. Bill Cosby.
Bonnie Squires is a communications consultant who writes weekly for Main Line Media News and can be reached at www.bonniesquires.com. She hosts the weekly Bonnie's Beat TV show at Radnor Studio 21 and Main Line Television which airs Monday nights at 7 p.m.
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Almost every day, we hear and read news about verbal and even physical attacks of Jewish students on college campuses. In many instances, it makes their lives on campuses very difficult and even dangerous.
Trump Tax Plan Contains $2 Trillion Error
On July 22, 1962, the Mariner I was launched after years of planning and preparation. Its mission, in the midst of the space race, was to conduct a flyby of Venus. Mariner never made it, since it exploded five minutes after takeoff. The reason? A missing dash in the mathematical coding done by NASA. It's famously known as the "$80 million punctuation error."
That $80 million is equivalent to a bit more than $650 million today. Still, if any of those scientists are still with us, they can sleep a little better, because their mistake is a drop in the bucket compared to the accounting error in Donald Trump's budget. [Read more…]
March on Harrisburg Protesters Arrested at State Capitol
Twenty-three protesters were arrested under charges of disorderly conduct, a summary offense, during a sit-in outside Pennsylvania State Representative Daryl Metcalfe's office at the PA Capitol Monday, May 22. Five more were arrested on Tuesday. Two were from out-of-state and charged with failure to disperse, trespassing, and disrupting a meeting, as confirmed by Xelba Gutierrez, the outreach coordinator of March on Harrisburg. The two unidentified protesters have an unsecured bail set to $25,ooo and have a hearing on June 5. The other three protesters arrested on Tuesday had lesser charges. The demonstrators were with March on Harrisburg, a nonpartisan grassroots organization, rallying behind bill HB 39/SB 132 that would place limits on gifts to state legislators. The organization believes that gifts to public officials are a channel for bias and corruption.
March on Harrisburg Stops Marching and Starts Lobbying
One hundred and five miles in nine days—that is the feat just accomplished by March on Harrisburg's participants, who marched from Philadelphia to the State Capital in Harrisburg, May 13-21. But the activists do not have time to rest their feet, as they start a four-day lobby and protest at the State Capital, May 22-24.
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Whistler's largest and most diverse neighbourhood is a 4-kilometre drive south of the main village in the neighbourhood of Nordic Estates. With a variety of new & older condos and even multi-million dollar luxury homes, Nordic Estates is one of the few neighbourhoods who offer a ski-in/ski-out straight off the Dave Murray Downhill from Whistler Mountain! Like most neighbourhoods in Whistler, Nordic Estates is also part of the Valley Trail system, giving you complete access via the pedestrian bridge over the highway at the North entrance of Nordic. And if you're looking to eat out, Nordic is known for it's famous Rimrock Cafe, located in the heart of the community.
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Conflict . Violent conflict affects different parts of the Philippines. In addition to the major ongoing conflict in Mindanao, there are also long - standing armed insurgencies in different parts of the country, conflict between families and clans, and other forms of community - level conflict related to control of land and natural resources. These conflicts, while usually at low intensity, could spike unexpectedly and, in the case of Mindanao, cause significant displacement . Delivering poverty programs and social services, including Bank - supported operations, in conflict - affected areas remains particularly risky. The new administration has signaled its commitment to peace and stability, and to the political solutions of conflicts, but progress could be slow. The Bank regularly undertakes risk and security analyses, and is increasing the conflict sensitivity of its projects.
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5 Bernie Sanders Op-Eds That Prove The Presidential Candidate Has Long "Felt The Bern"
Some analysts have called Bernie Sanders' mounting comments about Democratic frontrunner Hillary Clinton "attacks," but in reality, Sanders is really just attempting to draw comparisons with his main rival: namely, his consistency. "There are real differences between Hillary Clinton and myself," Sanders said in an interview with PBS. "I have been extremely consistent on my views for many, many years." Currently, Sanders is emphasizing his consistency through citing his progressive track record on the Iraq War, Defense of Marriage Act, and the Trans-Pacific Partnership, all of which at some point differed from Clinton's. But the key to proving his consistency lies in Bernie Sanders' daringly progressive op-eds and essays he published as a young man, decades before entering politics.
Sanders' writings prove that he's felt the same about major issues all his life, even before these views could result in political advancement. Thankfully, in society today, articles defending different lifestyles and identities have become the norm, but back in Sanders' day, raising your voice on behalf of marginalized groups took a great degree of courage. You could be cast as a radical, and, as Sanders well knows, protesting even blatant inequalities like segregation could result in arrest.
"Man And Woman" (1972)
Sanders found himself under fire this summer when Mother Jones dug up a controversial, sexually explicit essay he wrote in the 1970s. Critics of the essay were fixated on lines detailing how men fantasize about rape, and the line, "[A woman] fantasizes being raped by 3 men simultaneously," failing to recognize the essay's feminist message in the form of satire.
Long before the term "rape culture" was even coined, Sanders already demonstrated a clear understanding of its message. The essay explored how society, entertainment, and the pornography industry inadvertently taught men that women view coercive, violent sex as pleasurable, or that "no" somehow meant "yes." The op-ed arguably demonstrates just how long he's favored law that helps rape victims. The essay has also been interpreted as a commentary on gender roles in society. After all, men and women are conditioned to want and feel different things because of their genders. Thus, the essay also reflects Sanders' consistent stances in favor of gender equality, which he now supports by campaigning for paid "family leave" instead of just maternity leave.
However, it's unlikely he'll ever talk about this particular piece if he doesn't have to. Sanders obviously could have made it more clear the essay was satire and didn't reflect his actual views. He has since admitted that the essay wasn't exactly written in good taste.
"A Letter From Bernard Sanders" (c. 1970s)
Within the Democratic Party, marriage equality is pretty much accepted as basic common sense in 2015. But as recently as 2012, progressives Hillary Clinton and President Obama both opposed gay marriage. Meanwhile, as this open letter by Sanders shows, in the 1970s, not only did he already stand behind marriage equality 100 percent, but he also supported all peaceful lifestyles and behaviors.
Let us abolish all laws which attempt to impose a particular brand of morality or "right" on people. Let us abolish all laws dealing with abortion, drugs, sexual behavior (adultery, homosexuality, etc.).
As Sanders was running for Vermont governor with the Liberty Union Party at the time, the letter might have been an attempt to curry favor with counterculture progressives. But progressives, especially those radical enough to favor "abolishing all laws dealing with ... drugs," were hardly a majority, and so it makes more sense that Sanders was sharing his honest views. The next time he brings up his consistency regarding gay marriage, abortion rights, and marijuana legalization, he should definitely consider alluding to this letter.
"Cancer, Disease, And Society" (1969)
Sanders packed a lot in a 1969 essay for the small progressive newspaper Vermont Freeman, which focused on attributing cancer to "authoritarianism," as a result of limited medical research regarding cancer at the time. But another big takeaway from the essay is, again, his fantastically progressive outlook on female sexuality. In the context of how authoritarianism in society results in intense repression, especially for young women, a 28-year-old Sanders blasted modesty culture that shamed young women for sexual behavior.
How much guilt, nervousness have you imbued in your daughter with regard to sex? If she is 16, 3 years beyond puberty and the time which nature set forth for childbearing, and spent a night out with her boyfriend, what is your reaction? Do you take her to a psychiatrist because she is "maladjusted," or a "prostitute," or are you happy that she has found someone with whom she can share love? Are you concerned about HER happiness, or about your "reputation" in the community.
"Reflections On A Dying Society" (1969)
Sanders has maintained strong anti-war sentiments for decades as well as opposed capitalism, wealth inequity, and the suffering of the common man. Really, the only major difference between his writing in this essay and his current speeches about wealth inequity is that now, instead of saying "merchants of death," he tends to go with the "top 1 percent."
It is obvious that in the name of "public safety" the State is usurping the rights of free choice in many domains of life. ... The American economy is, to a large degree, based on the production of goods which are useless, designed to breakdown, or used for the Slaughter of people. Our military budget is currently 80 billion dollars ... while millions of workers sweat their lives away in factories ... Wherever we look the merchants of death [hold] power, and our very existence is dependent upon people whom we have little trust in.
"The Revolution Is Life Versus Death" (1969)
In essence, this essay in particular represents everything Sanders still currently stands for: his anti-war and anti-interventionist stances, his reservations about "American exceptionalism" myths, more thoughts on healthy sexuality, removing money and special interest groups from politics, and, of course, his call for a large-scale, grassroots political revolution against the top 1 percent.
And some people actually wonder why there is a revolution taking place. Lies, lies, lies ... In defense of liberty, "against communist aggression," "to protect American interests," empty phrases, dead words spoken by dead people, lies. "Democracy" is a United States congress composed of millionaires and state legislatures controlled by lobbyists. ... The revolution comes when ... a young man refuses to go to war, and when a girl pushes aside all that her mother has 'taught' her and accepts her boyfriend's love. ... This is the revolution, this is the strength, and with this behind us no politician or general will ever stop us.
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, the Oak are really attractive, robust and well-suited to many of the landscapes. Planting oak trees in the garden on the water efficient varieties based on oaks.
Bur oak (Quercus macrocarpa)
Bur oak (Quercus macrocarpa) should be, is a big, sturdy, but handsome oak, which is about 75 meters high and 40 grow wide. It is expensive, large leaves, and it has very large acorns to make the cleanup a little easier. Bur oak bark thick, which protects it from wildfire damage. Bur oaks have good drought and heat tolerance and semen collected from it western most range.It natural resistance to oak wilt fungus may have.
Chinkapin oak (Q. muehlenbergii)
Chinkapin oak (Q. muehlenbergii) is also a large oak .In some countries in the cities especially those trees planted as a street tree. It is a deciduous tree that falls its autumn leaves and also has a large penis. It makes a good landscape tree under difficult conditions, grows with light and water requirements. It typically grows about 50 high and 30 wide.
Mexican White Oak (Q. polymorpha)
Mexican White Oak (Q. polymorpha ) is an excellent, handsome oak to be more used in our area. This deciduous tree grows about 40 feet high and 30 wide. The leaves are tough and hang in the winter. The tree has a good drought resistance. This species is difficult to find, but you will get with some kindergartens that these species grow so be sure to ask your local garden center for availability.
Lacy oak (Q. glaucoides)
Lacy oak (Q. glaucoides ) is a medium sized tree that much for most urban homes better size. It grows about 35 feet high, dates back several areas.It in thin, chalky soil is growing and has excellent drought resistance. The new growth is pink, the leaves develop a bluish appearance due to the waxy cuticle layer that covers the leaves that resist desiccation. This tree can be a little difficult, but it is out there and would be looking for an excellent.
There are several other oak species deserve consideration in your garden are grown. These include Escarpment, Gambel, Chisos red oak and others.
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Seminarium: Aspects of duality covariant theories
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- Föreläsare: Olaf Hohm (Simons Center)
- Kontaktperson: Fabrizio Nieri
- Seminarium
I give an overview of a research program that aims to formulate the target space description of string/M-theory in a way that is manifestly covariant under the duality symmetries that conventionally are only visible for special compactifications. Such theories, referred to as double and exceptional field theory, are defined on an extended generalized spacetime. I outline three major research projects where these frameworks seem very promising: 1) Determining or constraining the higher-derivative alpha' corrections of string theory; 2) formulating extended versions of "stringy" gravity that include higher massive string modes; 3) investigating possible applications in the cosmology of the early universe.


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Hello, earthlings and extraterrestrials!
I was GOING to tell you all about my new format for this kind of post, and then I decided to just do it without explaining it because explaing is too mainstream.
This Month, I
- Introduced my wonderful friend Effervina to Hunger Games and Lunar Chronicles. Much fangirling ensued... also she ships Hayffie. Fear us, Sophie.
- Finished renovating my room (and I hope to get you guys some pictures soon!)
- Read too many books and forgot to add them to Goodreads... #oops
- Watched the Hunger Games movies with the real-life Effie aka my friend.
- Prepped for NaNo and there will be some NaNo stuff at the end of this post so keep reading, kids.
- Wrote some of Dragoncologist and I LOVE LOVE LOVE the new direction it's taking!<3
- Spent too much time on Twitter but it'll be okay, kids.
- Started school and it almost killed me to start back. *sighs*
- Joined my local robotics team and it's pretty fun.
- Threw some of my plot bunnies at Sophie in preparation for NaNo. One of the ones she and Effie approved is what I'm probably writing for NaNo. AND I HAVE EXCERPTS FOR YOU GUYS BELOW.
She appears only once in a lifetime, during turning points in America's history. Most of the time, these times are wars. So in one of the most peaceful times the US has ever known, why would she appear?
Violette Smith is the Accidental, and she knows not where she comes from, nor why she is named as such. All she knows is that one more time, her country needs saving, that one more time, she has a mission.
This time, the Accidental is saving her people for good. This time, the Accidental is coming in hot. This time, it won't look like an accident at all. This time, the Accidental can't do it alone.
I have no idea either, man. But basically she travels through time and space, coming to America in times of war and saving them because she's a hopeless optimist who refuses to accept the general dystopia of society. I like her already. I HAVE A MOODBOARD TOO.
He walks over to me, and I'm instantly scanning him for weapons, but I all I see is the paintball gun in his hand. I narrow my eyes. Is it really a paintball gun? He doesn't look like a threat, but I could always be wrong. I have been wrong before. Occasionally.
"Hey, girl," he says, smiling... I raise an eyebrow. Then he promptly shoots me with the paintball gun, turns on his heel, and walks away into the chaos.
Strangely enough, I think he'd be a good ally.
"You said you were here in the 70's- why? The hippies?"
"No. Star Wars."
I'm very proud of me for that little bit of dialogue, okay?
It's vaguely superhero-ish but not? I don't know? We'll see where it goes??
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Dave Matthews Band Caravan Chicago
Dave Matthews Band has announced their second stop for DMB Caravan and will take at Lakeside, Chicago, IL on July 8th-10th.
Lakeside is a former industrial site on the South Side that's now a dormant residential development near 85th Street and the lakefront.
Like Atlantic City, Dave Matthews Band will perform full sets all three night along with many other great artists. The Chicago lineup will include David Gray, Ray Lamontagne, O.A.R., Flaming Lips (performing The Dark Side of the Moon), G Love and Special Sauce, TR3, Dirty Dozen Brass Band, Jeff Coffin's Mu'tet and many more.
Three-day GA tickets, VIP packages, Premier Parking passes and Chicago hotel rooms are on sale now through a Warehouse member presale. For every ticket or VIP Package purchased, Warehouse members will receive a voucher redeemable on site for a complimentary gift item.
Tickets will be available to the public through DMBCaravan.com on Friday, April 15, 2011 at 10 am CT/11 am ET. Premier Travel Packages for Chicago are open to the public now. Payment Plans are available for all ticket purchases.
August and September dates are expected in two other cities to come soon. Gorge is pretty evident for September, but official announcement have yet to be made.


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I will be posting new thoughts, ideas, questions or stories here, from time to time. Keep checking back to see what's new!
I guess I admire storytellers. Shocker, eh? If you're a writer, I would hope that's a prerequisite, because you won't get very good learnings from yourself. I've been a reader for my entire literate life, and if you have too, we could probably buy each other one of those giant bowl lattes and talk about books until the caffeine buzz would eventually make us forget about literature and investigate good landing ground for somersaults. Date time and place, that's all I need, my friend.
But what we often forget about are stories from movies and TV. Yes, we love books, and those are our guilty pleasures, but when we're too tired to do anything else, where can we be found? In front of the good 'ol TV. And if it's 7:30pm in our house, you'll find us in front of Coronation Street.
Before I met my husband I had never seen this show. But then we started hanging out, I became a regular visitor at his cottage, and we started being semi hung over on Sunday mornings. I soon discovered that hung over Sunday mornings are best spent on the couch in front of the TV, and when you're up north and you only get one TV station, guess what's on? Coronation Street. Phil was already aware of the characters because he has tons of British relatives who love it, and before I knew it, I was hooked.
I was watching it again tonight, and I paused to marvel at what a lame show it actually is. Everyone who watches it knows that it's lame. You can't watch an episode that's primarily about whether or not Chesney will get to keep his dog without knowing that this program is lame.
But at the same time, fans will defend the show's merits until they bad accent themselves hoarse. So I wondered tonight – what is it about this stupid show?
And do you know what it is? It's the characters. When you have strong, believable characters, you can have lame story lines. Dry story lines. Norris can contemplate whether or not to share a trailer with someone. Roy can fret about not being able to find good help in his sandwich shop. Because we love Norris and Roy, even though they're both extremely annoying. And of course, there is plenty of baby mama love triangle drama at the same time with others on the show. But once you're invested in the characters, the plot only needs brief twists to keep you going. And when the characters shift – actors quit, or whatever – you wonder if you'll keep watching. But you do (though not quite enough that you hate to miss an episode). The writers do a good job of keeping you invested.
I hope I'll keep you invested. In me, not in Coronation Street, although as I've mentioned, that's good too.
Question – what characters in programs, movies, and books keep you tuning in?
Okay, here comes a call for help.
Don't click to something else. You're my only hope. Yes, there are two giant hair buns above my ears right now and I'm leaning down to click the "off" switch for the 3D help video because even though it's the future, wireless controllers haven't been invented yet. I need a new workout playlist. I was going to share the one I'm dealing with right now, but as I started to type it out I realized you might judge me horribly. It's not bad, in my opinion. It's a bit of a hodge-podge, and you would definitely think I was a loser for the pop songs on it. But the songs are nothing if not motivational. There are a fair number of angry songs, too. I find that when you're out of breath and frustrated, angry can be good. Okay, so you're probably saying, "But how do I know what you like? How could I possibly be a successful DJ for you, when you might think that Elton John is the bomb?" Well, I'm very open minded musically, so you don't need to worry. But I'll give you this little bit of help. Here's my favourite on the list, which is the best. workout. song. ever.
Mr. Hurricane – Beast
If you could suggest any songs even remotely at this song's "level," I promise I'll be your friend for life. I'd offer prizes if I had any money of my own, but I don't. And I won't even judge if you suggest the best. pop. song. ever. I might even already love it.
PS Get ready to download my book! I am mere days away from finally publishing.
PPS Thanks Chandrakantha.com for the groovy image.
Today I'm writing from our cottage in the middle of a freezing cold snowy winter wonderland. Our cottage isn't winterized, meaning we ("we," as in my husband) chop a hole in the ice on the lake and carry up water for the toilet and for doing dishes. We start a fire in the wood stove and use that for heat, along with a little help from small baseboard heaters. Rustic, but cozy. Later today I'll be cross-country skiing across the lake – far superior to a treadmill for exercise. The isolation does slightly give me the creeps, though. Ever read "Gerald's Game," by Stephen King? I'm not a card-carrying member of the King fanclub, but that's one of my favourite books. Terrifying.
I've been reading more YA lately, partly because I'm about to publish a YA book and I want to better appreciate the genre. And I'm always willing to read anything, so why not YA? I haven't been disappointed. I finished "Code Name Verity," – great work of historical fiction that I mentioned in my previous post. Next I picked up "The Giver." You might have heard of that book already, because it seems everyone has but me. It's a dystopian novel about a future where society forces equality in an attempt to eliminate pain. Of course, there are some difficult side effects to imposing this structure. The characters are strong, and there's enough drama to make the book hard to put down. Definitely worth checking out. And the third book I grabbed that I finished in about an hour was "Highly Inappropriate Tales for Young People," by Douglas Coupland and Graham Roumieu. Douglas Coupland is one of my favourite authors, and this collection of short stories reminded me why I'm a fan. Hilarious and creative – a very easy, entertaining read.
Still editing, editing, editing my novel, "Girl Reinvented." Helen Witkowski (graphic artist) and Kasia Niton (visual artist) have nearly finished designing the cover, and I'm very happy with it. I'm nearly ready to publish… Keep an eye out for my book near the end of this month!
What's with everyone defending guns? Someone on Facebook shared a story where a guy was kicked out of Home Depot because they don't allow firearms. He had proudly been wearing his "piece," on his belt, in one of those states where you're allowed to do that. I would have thought the comments on that post would have been lots of "You go, Home Depot!" but of course the majority were, "I'm never shopping there again. Ridiculous policy." FYI, guns kill people, and the more there are, the more likely it is that people will die.
I found an interesting thread on gun ownership here http://tinyurl.com/aydmexf where many Europeans commented. Here's one comment I liked:
Riderboy: I'll just throw this out there, does it ever bother you guys that as a free people you are not allowed to own firearms like we can in the States?
Fisker (Denmark): No. I do enough shooting at work (Army). I don't need to spend my free time on it too, I don't get that much of a kick out of it (except for when I shoot the MG3, but I don't even think it's possible to get a permit for such weapons anyway )
AFAIK it is extremely hard to get a weapons permit if you are not a hunter.
A colleague who has been in the Army for over 10 years, who has a completely clean record, had to go through a lot of bureaucracy (took him 6 months) to get a permit for a Glock. Not sure if he ever made it through to the permit to buy ammo for it, or simply gave up.
Also there is problem of actually using a gun for self defence. Remember a case of a home owner being convicted of (involuntary) manslaughter for killing a burglar with his legal and registered gun. It's not as simple as in the States.
I don't feel unsafe on the street. I take comfort in the fact that a shooting incident (even just shots fired, without hitting anyone) are so rare (except for a few tough areas in a couple of cities) that they make national headlines and prime time tv coverage
This is going to make me sound very hippie-like, especially after I've just shared my opinions on firearms, but I'm going to say it anyway. Holding hands in mittens is aaawwwright.
Here we are starting a new year, and here I am starting a new blog. I have to admit that I've procrastinated writing this for some time now. I find that the Internet is noisy, and I'd rather not add to it with useless chatter. But I do want new friends. And I want new friends who read. So I'm going to keep my blog focused, and my entries brief, but I hope this will be an inspirational space where readers can connect and share thoughts and ideas. Welcome!


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Herman Wintringham (c. 1974) was the lutenist for the popular band The Weird Sisters. He was extremely hairy and joined his fellow band members to play at Hogwarts School of Witchcraft and Wizardry at the Yule Ball in 1994.
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- Herman Wintringham and Merton Graves were absent from the film adaptation of Harry Potter and the Goblet of Fire, and did not play with the Weird Sisters.
- If Herman attended Hogwarts School of Witchcraft and Wizardry, he would have attended from 1985 to 1992, being a seventh year when Harry Potter was a first year.
The name "Herman" means "army man", derived from the Germanic elements hari "army" and man "man".
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100% Cut-Off at DU: Sibal Promises Amends
|100% Cut-Off at DU: Sibal Promises Amends
Shocked at the 100% cut-off for non-commerce aspirants at the Shri Ram College of Commerce (SRCC) for the B.Com (Honours) course, Union Human Resources Development Minister Kapil Sibal termed the cut-off as "irrational" and directed the DU Vice Chancellor Dinesh Singh to "make amends" at the earliest.
"100% cut-off is irrational. I request the Vice Chancellor to take note of it. I request the college to take note of it. There is only one student from the science stream who has got 100%. The idea seems to exclude everybody. This is a completely irrational way to look at education, as if a student who gets 97-98% marks in science can't study commerce," Sibal told reporters here.
Assuaging the concerns being raised by the students and their parents, Sibal assured that the government will ensure that amends are made at the earliest.
On the larger issue of bringing about change in country's education system, Sibal said that the government is pushing for legislation that will address the matter in its entirety.
Arguing that the main issue with regards to the impossibly high marks needed to get into good colleges is that of a demand and supply mismatch, Sibal said that it is a systemic issue that needs to be addressed at all levels.
Vice Chancellor Singh, who was also present, chipped in with the argument that the most colleges don't have impossible cut-off marks. "100% cut-off is only in one college. Four more cut-off lists will come, the first list is always cautious. We have enough seats."
But he also agreed that 100% cut-off is irrational and that there is need to re-look the statutory rules governing the university and its colleges so as to ensure 100% cut-off is not repeated again.
Meanwhile, SRCC Principal, PC Jain, has defended the 100% cut-off adding that students can get in the second or the third list.
Most of the colleges affixed very high cut-offs for various courses. Science courses have seen a rise of as much as 10 percent in the cut-off in some colleges.
Those students who meet the cut-off of the first list can take admission June 16-20. The university will declare the second list June 21. With a total of five lists this year, unlike four in the past, the admission process will continue till July 13.
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Thursday, February 21, 2013
For What it's Worth: My 2013 Oscar Predictions
Hey everyone, long time no blog, am I right? I guess I've been feeling like life isn't really interesting enough to talk about since I got back from Europe, but even in Boston, I'm still up to the same old shenanniegans :) so I'm going to try and keep this blog a bit more active. Now, for a topic I'm always excited about: the Oscars! I try to see each Best Picture nominee every year (I am MAJORLY behind this season...I blame Europe), and I keep abreast of all of the Academy buzz to try and make some informed decisions. I usually beat Craig in our annual Oscar fight, but I'm not quite sure this year...everything seems so up in the air! But anyway, for what it's worth, I'm throwing out my predictions for the big night, at least in the categories I've seen most of the films. Otherwise, I throw out checkmarks on that play-at-home ballot with abandon. Upon further reflection, that may be a failing strategy.
Best Original Song:
"Before My Time," Chasing Ice
"Pi's Lullaby," Life of Pi
"Suddenly," Les Miserables
"Everybody Needs A Best Friend," Ted
"Skyfall," Skyfall
This is a given. Adele has been sweeping every award show, and rightly so. "Skyfall" is a beautiful song, she's a flawless singer, and generally, James Bond. What's not to love? I would be floored if anyone else pulled this out.
Best Animated Short:
"Adam and Dog," Minkyu Lee
"Fresh Guacamole," PES
"Head over Heels," Timothy Reckart and Fodhla Cronin O'Reilly
"Maggie Simpson in 'The Longest Daycare,'" David Silverman
"Paperman," John Kahrs
This year, I actually got a chance to see all of the nominated shorts in the theater. Previously, I had only seen Disney's "Paperman," which opened up Wreck-It Ralph. I was smitten, as was much of the internet. It's far and away one of the best short films I've ever seen. I didn't know if anything else would stack up, and lo and behold...it didn't. I enjoyed all of the shorts (especially the sweet claymation "Head Over Heels," about a couple stuck in their own respective gravities), but "Paperman" is the clear winner here.
Best Animated Picture:
(I found this on tumblr. Isn't it just the cutest thing you've ever seen?)
Pirates! Band of Misfits
Wreck-It Ralph
This was a tough choice for me. It was a really great year for animation in general. While I haven't seen Pirates!, it was done by my very favorite British animation studio (I will always have a soft spot for Wallace & Gromit), so I can only assume it was wonderful. I enjoyed Burton's sweet Frankenweenie, absolutely adored the ode to cult classic B movies Paranorman, and passionately loved Pixar's princeless mother/daughter story Brave and it's biggest competition, the touching and inventive Wreck-It Ralph. As for my personal favorite, Academy politics aside? It's tough to decide. But Pixar is an Academy darling (we don't speak of Cars 2), and while Wreck-It Ralph picked up an Annie award, I don't know if it can rise to the top this year (though I do believe that's Craig's choice to win. It's on!)
Best Supporting Actor:
Christoph Waltz, Django Unchained
Phillip Seymour Hoffman, The Master
Robert De Niro, Silver Linings Playbook
Alan Arkin, Argo
Tommy Lee Jones, Lincoln
Er, quick confession time: Lincoln is the only movie on this short list I haven't seen. But keeping with the trend of this awards season, I'm predicting a quick and tidy win from Tommy Lee Jones in this category. That said, it's a tragedy that Hoffman will not win this one: his performance in the Master was absolutely breathtaking.
Best Supporting Actress:
Sally Field, Lincoln
Anne Hathaway, Les Miserables
Jacki Weaver, Silver Linings Playbook
Helen Hunt, The Sessions
Amy Adams, The Master
This one isn't even worth discussing. While I haven't seen Les Miserables, I can tell you without a doubt in my mind that Anne Hathaway is the runaway favorite in this category. The only real question is how long they'll let her acceptance speech go on, amirite?
Best Actor:
Daniel Day-Lewis, Lincoln
Denzel Washington, Flight
Hugh Jackman, Les Miserables
Bradley Cooper, Silver Linings Playbook
Joaquin Phoenix, The Master
This one's a no-brainer. Daniel Day-Lewis wallpapers his beautiful Irish house with Oscars. Sad, because Phoenix was a knockout in the Master...it's just not his year.
Best Actress:
Naomi Watts, The Impossible
Jessica Chastain, Zero Dark Thirty
Jennifer Lawrence, Silver Linings Playbook
Emmanuelle Riva, Amour
Quvenzhané Wallis, Beasts of the Southern Wild
This is a tougher call. Performances were really strong across the board, but I think this is between Lawrence and Chastain. Frankly, it's almost a toss-up, but I was a big fan of Lawrence's performance, and she's been sweeping the award season thus far.
Best Director:
David O. Russell, Silver Linings Playbook
Ang Lee, Life of Pi
Steven Spielberg, Lincoln
Michael Haneke, Amour
Benh Zeitlin, Beasts of the Southern Wild
Duh. If I were another director, I wouldn't prepare a speech. Spielberg will be taking this one home.
Best Picture:
Beasts of the Southern Wild
Silver Linings Playbook
Zero Dark Thirty
Les Miserables
Life of Pi
Django Unchained
This is the hardest one for me to judge. Argo was my favorite movie of the year, but Affleck's snub makes its prospects shaky - in the history of the Oscars, a film whose director was not nominated has only won Best Picture once (Driving Miss Daisy, by the way). But Argo is enjoying a lot of success this award season. I think this is the year for Argo to break the mold, but it has to get past Lincoln and Zero Dark Thirty first. And after his sly dig at the Critic's Choice Awards, I'd love to hear Affleck's acceptance speech.
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Labels: academy awards 2013 , Musings , oscars
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How about a prediciton on Seth's performance? Bomb or hit?ReplyDelete
hmm good question! Seth has a background in theater, and a pretty outstanding singing voice. Because the Oscars are being produced by the people who do SMASH, I think he'll have plenty of time to flex those chops (I just heard they're closing the show not with the Best Picture but with a big musical number). However, his sense of humor pushes a lot of buttons, and that style has worked for some (Gervais) and not for others (Brand). But he has made a pretty popular brand for himself, so I'll give him a tentative "hit." We will see!ReplyDelete
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One of the women who accused former Gate director Michael Colgan of inappropriate behaviour has said she will not engage with the independent expert appointed to examine the issue.
Grace Dyas was the first of seven women to make allegations about Mr Colgan. Since her post two weeks ago, six other women have come forward publicly with their stories about Michael Colgan.
While she does not question the ability of industrial relations expert Gaye Cunningham, Grace Dyas said she had ongoing concerns about the board of the Gate Theatre.
Ms Dyas says believes Ms Cunningham's appointment is a good one. However she does not have faith in the board of the Gate Theatre.
She said she and the other women feel the matter can only be fully resolved once a new board is in place.
She called on the Taoiseach Leo Varadkar to move now on restoring confidence in the board.
The Culture Minister Heather Humphreys has announced measures to tackle workplace harassment, which Ms Dyas welcomes, but she says some of them are unnecessary.
"Most arts organisations that I come across have excellent governance policies - they do not have the director sitting on their own board. That was an anomaly at the Gate Theatre," she said.
Michael Colgan has said he will respond to the allegations in due course.


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Purple color velvet Victorian parlor arm chair. Tufted and button back with ornate wood trim with a carved rose detail at the crown.
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We were watching TV together after the dinner and here appeared an artist with an eye-catching hairstyle, in claret red.
I was so excited and I told Dad "Eh Dad Dad Dad look at her hair! Very nice right?"
"Nice meh?" Dad said in a doubtful tone.
"Very nice ah, look at the colour!"
"I think yours is much nicer."
Only my dad will say this to me.


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Outdoor Team Building Activities
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One way to ensure your team building activities are truly memorable is change everyone's environment and get your team into the great outdoors. No matter the reason for the event, whether it's part of a corporate retreat, a Christmas party or a quarterly team building day, everyone will benefit from getting out of the office for a few hours. Many team bonding activities are planned in naturally scenic locations, or take groups through parts of Sydney they may never have explored. This feeling of sharing a new place or outlook can in itself help foster a sense of community


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|Portrait of a Moron
They may wear glasses and know words like "entanglement" and "wave function collapse" and "nonlinear phonon scattering," but do they actually know what the flip they are talking about?
Here is a simple test that works 99% of the time. Ask them what they think of Nikola Tesla. If they say something like, "He was a misunderstood genius that science is still struggling to catch up with," then that person is a moron.
|The Tesla Effect
Chances are that such a person will also think that perpetual motion is possible and is being actively suppressed by the government, that aliens are currently snooping around our planet and the government is suppressing this information, and that oil is generated through geological processes unconnected to paleo-biology and the government is, well, you get the idea. They march in step in the ranks of the Cult of the Willfully Ignorant. They are often also much enamored with Creationist beliefs of the most absurd and demonstrably false sort.
Therefore you would be pretty safe, once someone expresses any kind of admiration for Tesla, in ignoring anything else they may happen to say.
The truth is that Tesla's understanding of physics in general and electromagnetism in particular was a hundred years behind the science of his day. He had no real idea why some of his "inventions" accidentally worked and why most of the rest of them did not. Most of his so-called "accomplishments" are merely urban myth, hyperbole, and straight-up fantasy.
The more a person's understanding of things comes from empirical science and mathematics, the less interest one has in lame things that are well behind the curve and superseded by fact.
Tesla was an accidental inventor at best, a self-deluded kook at worst. Get used to it.


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truly an honour for you, could not have been bestowed on a more worthy blogger! congratulations!
Amazing pictures !!
Congratulation to you ! It's really good :)
I love it! Both the spread and that your dreams came true.
Congratulations. Getting into your favorite magazines is a personal goal for many photographers and I love hearing when someone gets there. Like the voyeuristic feel.
Canada's Most Stylish
Congrats to you Scott!! So very well deserved!! I picked up this issue last week and was so happy to see the editorial from you.
Italian Vogue does stand out as being especially polished and artistic. They are lucky to have Scott work with them, however. He is an amazing photographer.
Congratulations on your success! What lovely photographs. It is no surprise to me that Italian Vogue commissioned you for a photo shoot. Your photos are inspirational, aspirational, and accessible, at at once, not to mention lovely. Your blog is my favorite. Bravo. :)
Congratulations- the images are beautiful!
très charmant
RDV dans quelques semaines ici à Paris!!
Oh, wow! What an accomplishment. The second and third shots are my favorite; these are brilliant outfits. You've done a fantastic job (as always).
Incredible! Looks like a vintage Vogue ad from the 60′s! You totally nailed it…the looks, the movement, it's stunning! Congrats are an order!
Peace. Love. LOL!
Haute Khuuture Blog
poppy is devine
I LOVE these pictures. The movement in them, the elegance, the attitude of the models as if they say : 'this is the way you have to look'.
This is inspiring. This makes me happy. GREAT!!!!
I was reading it and when I saw these photos I tought "but I know who could take such incredible pictures!' and then I saw your name. You're great Scott! Italy loves you
Love when dreams come true! Congrats!
Congratulations. The photos are stunning. Well deserved. You are a great eye and voice in fashion today. Love it.
CONGRATS! I hope i'll also get what i want one day!
So sumptuous and so elegant. I just love the way all the artist behind the scenes captured those moments that whisked me back to 70′s glory days. Fantastic and phenomenal work, Scott et al.
Congratulations! The photos are stunning. You are an important eye and voice in fashion today. It is well deserved. I love it.
My first thought was, and I feel soooo honoured to know his blog and follow it for a while now…..
Your work is brilliant!
Congratulation Scott!
A second comment. Today we had the remains of Irene in The Netherlands so it was a difficult day for me and my dog in the rain and storm but your pictures made my day.
Greetings from Amsterdam
Congratulations for my heart! I am so glad for You!
That is the proof how anything is possible…only if you want it!
Truly happy for you and this well-deserved success! It's always a huge delight to see someone's aspirations come to pass. Such an incredible, remarkable, and unsurpassed feature.
♥, Jamie
Salute to dreams coming through!
The pictures look fabulous.
I'm glad your dream now become your reality. I also love to see female wearing those fashionable wardrobes.
it s so beautiful!!
Congratulations! That's amazing!
I'm happy for you.
Patti Wilson…she was one of my customers way back in my bike messenger years.
Congratulations! Lovely images, as always. :]
How utterly fabulous – fabulous for you and even more so for us – just seen the video – the styling is amazing the shots fantastic – what a treat x
Congratulations! So happy and enthralled for you. You must be delighted as you produced work that is nothing less than perfection (like usual) Bravo bravo!!! xo
It´s amazing when our dreams come true and we see how capable we are! Congratulations!!!
♥ ♥ ♥
Well deserved Scott!! Congratulations!!! Reminds me of my favorite quote "When you want something, all the universe conspires in helping you to achieve it"- Paolo Coelho
I like those pics especially the first one, it seems so natural. Fantastic!
Bravo! And thank you for your continued honesty..no matter what, well-deserved, success comes your way, you remain humble and excited and at times surprised…what a refreshing and delightful attitude. The spread is GORGEOUS!!!! Congrats!
Pam 2ETN
The photos are amazing and I LOVE Vogue!
Kisses from http://alittlebitofglamourplease.blogspot.com/
Congratulations! Beautiful photographs!
Congrats! You deserve it all! why vogue Italy in particular? Will you be in London fashion week? Xxx thesecretclosetuk.blogspot.com
How incredible! What an amazing goal to have come true. The result is beautiful!
Truly stunning photographs. Your talents clearly stretch beyond a street-style blog. Gorgeous styling of outfits, too.
The earrings are fantastic!
Many congratulations. If you're going to dream, dream big. It's worth it.
You've been an inspiration for a very long time and I love your work.
Congrats to you and the photos are lovely!
Congrats! You deserve this honor and opportunity!
These pictures are beautiful. The composition and your execution are flawless.
All the images look amazing. Congratulations! Clearly, you no longer need to wonder whether you can really do it.
When I walk out onto the street, I think of how people see me. Your images capture how I want to be seen. Sophisticated, independent and intelligent. You're good.
i love every picture.
Ah, a dream come true. Congratulations! It is well deserved.
The Styleseer
scott you are truly an amazing photographer congratulations on this, must have been an incredible feeling!
Conceptually, I understand what Scott is trying to achieve, but, for me, it's not reading fashion editorial. I'm not throwing shade, just giving my viewpoint.
What a well-deserved opportunity, and you totally killed it! Congratulations! :)
You rock. I know this feeling. You are called to something that has only been a misty dream and you have to step into those big shoes! Being called to something bigger than you can imagine is such an angelic experience. You are held by hidden hands. Congratulations. Now, you take the NEXT step. Wonderful, wonderful. Alecia Stevens
Wow!!! Congratulations! I'm so excited to be able to see your photos an Vouge ITALIA! But you totally deserve it, those shoots are amazing!
having been a teenager in the 70′s i can't help but adore the retro 70′s trend. delightful!
that is amazing – congratulations!
Fantastic! And fantastic how dreams can come true!
These pictures are fantastic! Congrats!!
Your blog looks amazing btw.
That's so amazing! The pictures are gorgeous and elegant !
My friend from Portland turned me on to your site. You've done a lovely job with this photo shoot, as well as earlier shots. I like how you bring out the humanity in your subjects, in addition to their elegance. Job well done! Jack, Seattle WA
Great photos and amazing outfits!
Wonderful Scott! Pure Sartorialist glamour! YES!!!
Congratulazioni! And a job well done — fabulous photos!
OMG! great
Wonderful shots! Italian Vogue represents!
félicitations!! votre travail est magnifique, j'adore le style "photo volée" que ces photos évoquent et la photo de bianca brandolini d'adda est tout particulièrement belle!
et c'est toujours émouvant de voir des gens réaliser leurs rêves… encore félicitations!
Wow this os amazing! Congrats, you really deserve it!
absolutely gorgeous pictures, nothing more to say :)
Congratulations! It's always so nice and rewarding to achieve a dream goal! I love your blog!
Congratulation!Your blog is honest and the readers can feel it. You deserve this. Glad for you.
The shoot is fabulous! What an eye. Congratulations!
Congratulations!!! A great job!!!
These pics convey emotions and charme
I am very happy with you. It is a wonderful feeling indeed when you see your goals coming to fruition. Congratulations. And you totally stepped up to the plate these are beautiful shots. Xxxx
You really photographing for VOGUE???!
This is more that AMAZING…..!
Congrats! :)
Beautiful!!!! Very Sartorialist!!
you did a fantastic job, as always! beautiful and elegant, just as it says. congratulations!!
Scott you know I have the same "dream"?? i hope one day it could be real!!!
Faboulous pics!
See you in Milan!
wowowow congratulations on having your dream come true!!! The pictures came out beautifully! Love the sisters' pic the best, the one of them looking the opposite way
wen i grow up i want to be like you!amazing photos!http://greatstylesonthestreets.blogspot.com/
I've got Agosto Italian Vogue. Wonderful pictures! Masterpiece! Congratulations from Poland!
As always, you've captured more than just pretty faces and great clothes–congratulations on your dream coming true!
Congratulations Scott! You deserve it!
Photos are top class as expected!
Fabulous as usual! Congratulations Scott! axx
Congratulations!!! You really deserved this and the photos are exquisite! My favorite is the last one.
This shoot shows that if you have a big dream and you chase it hard enough, it will eventually come true! You're such an inspiration :)
Wow, nice shot!
Wow! congratulations! :D your photos look wonderful!
Hot… hot… hot
Wow Mr. Schuman!
Well done and Congratulations! These images are absolutely stunning. These images have movement, capture a moment (a beautiful moment) and above all, they were short on the streets of New York!
Really enjoyed reading your text as well, you deserve to feel so proud and thank you for sharing! I hope there will be many Vogue shoots coming up for you in future! :)
I really admire your work! The best of fashion photography… you really inspire me..


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SEA profile
Updated to: 14 August 2013Download as PDF
SEA background
Country contact on SEA
Viceministry of Environment, Biodiversity, Climate Change and Forest Development Management
Camacho Avenue # 1471 (between Loayza and Bueno streets)
Phone: (591-2) 2146382 - 2146383 - 2146385 - 2146374
Fax: 2146371 - 2146369
Website: http://www.mmaya.gob.bo/
Country's planning system
At the national level, there is a National Development Plan (NDP).
Sector plans such as in the energy sector: the National Policy of Oil and Natural Gas and the National Strategy until 2017.
Examples for the environmental sector are the Strategic Forestry Development Plan, the National River Basins Plan, the National Nature Reserves Plan, the National Bio-commerce Program, and the National Wildlife Plan.
In specific areas, the following plans are relevant:
- The development plans such as the Municipal Development Plans.
- Municipal land management plans (PMOT).
- Communal land (TCO) management plans.
- Management plans for protected areas.
History of SEA
The EIA legislative system from 1995, establishes the possibility of implementing Strategic Environmental Assessment (SEA). The regulation on Prevention and Environmental Control stipulates that plans and programs formulated by the State are subject to the EIA procedure. In 2007 the Vice Ministry of Biodiversity, Forestry and Environment (in that period the national environmental authority) developed the Training manual on Strategic Environmental Assessment (Manual de Capacitación en Evaluación Ambiental Estratégica). The process of SEA implementation resulted in the preparation of the Strategic Environmental Assessment Regulation. A draft of this SEA regulation exists and has been updated, but in 2013 the regulations have still not yet been approved. However, since 2010 continuous efforts are made to improve SEA capabilities in Bolivia.
In 2010, SEA of Río Madera was initiated. It was the first SEA conducted by the General Directorate of Environment and Climate Change under the Viceministry of Environment, Biodiversity, Climate Change and Forest Development and Management. The SEA was finalized in 2012. Also, other state ministries have developed SEA (e.g. regarding Hydrocarbon, Mining, Public Works and Water Resources).
Contact person of the Ministry of the Environment and Water.
Legal framework for SEA
Framework/Enabling law
The Law of Environment no. 1333 of 1992.
Approving authority of enabling law
Congress/National Assembly.
First national detailed SEA regulation
The Viceministry of Environment, Biodiversity, Climate Change and Forest Development and Management is in the process of producing Strategic Environmental Assessment regulations. The draft has been under development for several years and it has been updated. However, no agreement has been reached regarding the legal form of the regulations: if it should be a Ministerial decree or a Supreme Decree. As a consequence, the regulations have not yet been approved (in 2013).
Sector specific procedures/regulations
The Hydrocarbons Law (art. 32 2005) establishes that oil and natural gas activities can only be performed in protected areas, forest areas and private natural heritage areas if a study of SEA of the plans, program and policies approves it. Article 132 clearly stipulates the obligation of SEA in sensitive areas: "It is not allowed to tender, authorize, or grant activities and works of oil and gas drilling projects in protected areas, RAMSAR sites, archaeological and palaeontological sites, as well as in places sacred to the communities and rural, indigenous and native people, that have spiritual value because of historic heritage, or other areas recognized because of their biodiversity, established by the competent authority. In exceptional cases, hydrocarbon activities are allowed in protected areas, if the study of strategic environmental assessment (SEA) established the viability of the activity within the framework of a comprehensive national sustainable development."
- Handbook of Strategic Environmental Assessment (Manual de Capacitación en Evaluación Ambiental Estratégica) developed by the General Directory of Environment of the Vice Ministry of Biodiversity, Forestry and Environment (2007).
- A Key sheet on Strategic Environmental Assessment in Bolivia (Evaluación Ambiental Estratégica en Bolivia) was also developed in 2011.
Contact person of Ministry of Environment and Water.
Objective SEA
The objective of SEA application is:
- to incorporate a sustainable development approach in national planning, programs and policies.
Scope of SEA application
Application of SEA in national planning, policies and programs of particular sectors with a significant impact on economic and/or social development.
In general, the need to perform an SEA is manifested in the areas where extractive industries and/or construction of roads takes place in protected areas and/or indigenous territories.
Exemptions from SEA application
Yes, policies, plans, program and strategic projects of an extraordinary nature, intended only for purposes of national defense, cases of disaster or emergency.
SEA approach
Methodology of SEA procedure is separated from the EIA .
Institutional setting for SEA
Central SEA authority
The National Environmental Authority is the Viceministry of Environment, Biodiversity, Climate Change and Forest Development and Management. The Vice Ministry resides under the Ministry of Environment and Water.
Initiator of the SEA
Initiators of the SEA can be the following:
- Ministry of Environment and Water
- Viceministry of Water Resources
- Viceministry of Transportation
- Ministry of Oil and Natural Gas
- Ministry of Mines and Metallurgy
Contact person of Ministr of Environment and Water.
SEA procedure
Establishing context
Implementing the SEA
Informing and influencing decision-making
SEA practice
Year of first SEA
The SEA of the Corridor Santa Cruz - Puerto Suárez highway in 2002.
Contact person of the Ministry of Environment and Water.
Annual no. of SEAs
Two SEA annually.
Contact person of the Ministry of Environment and Water.
Central SEA database
Information is stored in the National System of Environmental Information
Practice reviews
- Ministerio de desarrollo rural, agropecuario y medio ambiente, viceministerio de biodiversidad, recursos forestales y medio ambiente. 2007. Manual de capacitación en evaluación ambiental estratégica.
- NCEA, 2013. Experiencia Boliviana en EAE, el marco legal y manuales.
- Viceministerio de biodiversidad, recursos, forestales y medio ambiente. Evaluación ambiental estratégica.
- "Las experiencias de las evaluaciones ambientales estratégicas en Bolivia", Laats et al, 2012 (in Spanish). The following overview of SEA legal frameworks in Bolivia is part of the report.
Case studies
- Strategic Environmental Assessment of the megaproject of the corridor North, La Paz - Guayaramerín - Cobija: promoted by the Inter-American Development Bank.
- SEA gas pipeline Bolivia - Brazil: the World Bank and the Inter-American Development Bank (funders) and the private company (PETROBRAS) developed the SEA to address the indirect impacts of the construction of the gas pipeline. The SEA points out that the investment has a great impact on indigenous communal lands and protected areas and weak institutions of government capacity.
- SEA of the transportation corridor Santa Cruz - Puerto Suárez: promoted by the Inter-American Development Bank. This is one of the best documented cases of SEA in Bolivia.
- Pilot: Puerto Busch (2004), an SEA study that has been transformed into an SEA of the Pantanal.
- SEA for the Salar de Uyuni (2005). The results are the Terms of Reference for the realization of the SEA.
- 2008 Terms of Reference for the SEA of the Río Madera dam (this SEA is related to hydroelectric dams in Brazil and Bolivia). In 2010, the SEA on Río Madera was conducted by the General Directorate of Environment and Climate Change. It was finalized in 2012.
- 2009 Terms of References for the SEA for the construction of the road Villa Tunari-San Ignacia de Moxos, which crosses the protected area TIPNIS.
- In 2009, the Ministry of Oil and Natural Gas initiated two SEAs for the exploitation of oil/gas in areas with high biodiversity values and inhabited by indigenous populations (protected areas Madidi and Aguaragüe). The first part of the SEA for Aguaragüe was finalized in 2012.
- 2011: Terms of Reference for SEA Vivir con el Agua.
- 2012: Terms of Reference for SEA INRA (will be finalized in 2013).
An overview of SEA's conducted in Bolivia is furthermore presented in the following section of the report "Las experienca de las evaluaciones ambientales estratégicas en Bolivia", Laats et al, 2012 (in Spanish).
Professional bodies
Within the General Directorate of Environment and Climate Change, a professional body on SEA exists.
Contact person of Ministry of Environment and Water
Capacity development
The NCEA has been involved with the Bolivian Ministries of Environment and Water and Energy with SEA capacity building since 2004, through workshops, contribution to manuals, advice on ToR/review and on drafting regulation.
Workshops on SEA, organized by the Vice Ministry of Environment, Biodiversity and Forestry in March 2005 in La Paz and others in May 2008 in La Paz, Cochabamba and Santa Cruz and 2009 again in La Paz.
In 2011 and 2012 another series of capacity building workshop took place.
SEA distant learning course in Bolivia (2013): The NCEA, with technical assistance of ITC-Enschede, has developed an SEA distant learning course. The course is hosted by the Universidad Loyola. The course builds on existing SEA experiences and on the lessons learned.
Furhtermore, the course (in spanish):
- gives an update of SEA developments and more in depth SEA training;
- aims to lead to improvement and better use of the SEA instrument;
- provides more attention for steps in the SEA procedure which are still less developed, like SEA review and SEA monitoring.


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Canon India expands retail footprint in Mumbai with Gen-Z version Canon Image Square 3.0
Canon India, one of the leading organizations in imaging space, further expanded its retail outreach with the inauguration of its 254th Canon Image Square in the country. Located at Shop No-1, Ground Floor, Pankaj Premises Co-operative Society Private Ltd, Ambedkar Road, Khar (West), Mumbai, the 254th Canon Image Square was launched today by Mr. Eddie Udagawa, Vice President of Consumer Imaging and Information Centre, Canon India.
Canon takes pride in being a complete 360-degree imaging solutions provider, with its input to output product expertise. Canon Image Square (CIS) are experiential stores where customers can have complete hands-on experience with the products before they buy a product. These stores provide a comprehensive range of photography and home printing solutions along with a range of Inkjet/Laser printers and cartridges.
Canon India had introduced the Gen-Z version of these retail stores– Canon Image Square 3.0, earlier this year in India. The retail model marks a significant milestone in Canon's India journey and its transition from an experiential model to an 'experiential imaging destination'.
Speaking at the launch today, Mr. Eddie Udagawa, Vice President, Consumer Imaging & Information Centre, Canon India said, "Further expanding our regional outreach in the country, we are delighted to announce the launch of our Gen Z version of Canon Image Square store in Mumbai. With Mumbai being a hub for photography and film enthusiasts, we aim to further nurture the imaging culture prevalent in the city. Our CIS stores are experiential imaging destinations dedicated to providing an engaging, interactive and informative experience; a testament to our commitment to bring forth innovation and customer delight."
He further adds, "With the launch today, we now have 14 CIS stores in Mumbai and 31 stores in Maharashtra. Having established our presence with 254 stores currently in 122 cities, our endeavor is to further amplify our retail footprint across the country."
CIS stores provide a complete range of cameras, right from professional to entry level DSLR's and attractive Mirrorless cameras and compact cameras in PowerShot and IXUS range. It also provides photography accessories such as tripods, camera bags, memory card, chargers and more. Among other highlights, CIS stores provide photo printing solutions and easy finance facilities such as EMI through various credit cards and paper finance through Bajaj Finance. The staffs at the store are professionally trained and are efficient in assisting customers in selecting products in accordance with their specifications and requirement. CIS stores provide regular training workshops for DSLR camera buyers.
Various innovative sales and marketing tools like live demo of the products, touch and feel experience, training and workshops has helped Canon's customers to make informed purchases and strengthen our relationship across India.
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Lillehammer Art MuseumAdresse: Stortorget 2 Lillehammer Karte anzeigen
Adresse: Stortorget 2 Lillehammer
Lillehammer Art Museum is one of Norway's leading art museums. The collection consists of over 1500 works dating from the 19th century to the present day.
Part of the collection is always on show. The museum building was designed by Snøhetta for the Lillehammer Winter Olympics in 1994.
Summer 2015 and winter 2016 the exhibition "DATING ART - meeting points in Norwegian art" is displayed. Several pieces central to the Norwegian art history is to be seen in this exhibition.
The Museum Shop - The museum shop sells art books and Norwegian decorative art objects.
The Museum Cafe - The museum café sells lunch dishes and a wide choice of freshly baked bread and cakes.


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"Women are often wearing a cool pantsuit or a glamorous all-in-one as an alternative to the traditional wedding dress," says Natalie Kingham, buying director at Matchesfashion.com. Recent bride Tina Knowles looked chic, but could have taken a leaf out of her daughter Solange's book, whose recent wedding attire included a jumpsuit and matching cape. Today, the identikit wedding with the rigid dress code feels passé and unappealing. Who wants all the fuss, fascinators and a debt burden to rival that of Greece?
These questions are particularly relevant if, like me, the people around you getting married are in their 40s and over. And for some of them it's not the first time.
"I didn't want to wear white. I never wear white," says 41-year-old photographers' agent Harriet Margolies, who got hitched in a purple Amanda Wakeley evening dress that cost £400 in the sale and was customised by a friend. "I like a big, extravagant frock, but I wanted to feel like me. Not like I was in costume."
Feeling relaxed and comfortable and not as if you're in fancy dress is the modern way – as Kingham concurs: "The feedback we have had is that women want to feel special, to look and feel their best but, most importantly, they want to feel like themselves."
Spending loads of money on a princess-for-a-day dress that's going to end up in mothballs seems unnecessary. Particularly if it's a second wedding: "Mature women marrying for the second time often look for something structured that isn't too flouncy and over the top," continues Kingham. "Dolce & Gabbana and Erdem are popular because they make beautiful lace dresses that work for a wedding and can be worn again."
Style blogger Lisa Carnochan describes her experience: "The first time round I obsessed over a dress I'd seen in a magazine and hunted everywhere until I found it. The second time, I cared less and only went shopping because my sister wanted to go and bring her daughter along." At the age of 57, Carnochan chose a one-shouldered white tulle teadress, subsequently altered to remove a couple of frilly layers: "I like to think wear and tear on a woman increases tulle's style quotient. And I'm not usually a fan of asymmetry, but there was nothing about being 57 that would stop me one-shouldering."
This contemporary approach is something retailers are considering. The ShopStyle website has an online boutique dedicated to alternative wedding dresses featuring designers such as Valentino, Emilia Wickstead and The Row, as well as high-street favourites such as Ghost's Hollywood Cassidy style that can be dyed to order. Taking the anti-wedding approach is Julia Douglas, a former head of brand publications at M&S, with the soft launch of her new MyDayMyWay website. "The plan is to ditch the cliches that are so prevalent in this industry and to give the bride more choice. If someone calls up and wants a white biker jacket, I will source it for them."
And men are moving things forward, too. Photographer Tom Parker plans to marry in June wearing a bright-green suit and trainers, while strategy director Patrick Lodge tied the knot with his husband dressed in a Paul Smith shirt and pair of old jeans. "We deliberately didn't want any fanfare," says Hodge, "I just wanted to buy stuff I'd wear again, which would remind me of a really happy time. My whole thing was that it didn't have to be an orgy of commerce."
Could this more-relaxed attitude be an age-related phenomenon for the older and wiser? With maturity comes an appreciation for the things that really matter and less of a tendency to play keeping up with the Joneses. "I think it's definitely age," adds Lodge. "I'm 44 and I know that I don't need that much money to have a great time. It's down to the ingredients: the right mix of people, the mood and where you are."
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Doftana Prison (closed) - Campina
Doftana was a Romanian prison, sometimes referred to as "the Romanian Bastille". Built in 1895 in connection with the nearby mines, it was used to detain political prisoners beginning in 1921, among them Gheorghe Gheorghiu-Dej, who was the Prime Minister of Romania (1952–1955), and the Chairman of the State Council of Romania (1961–1965), and Nicolae Ceaușescu, who was General Secretary of Romanian Communist Party (1965–1989), and the first President of Romania (1968-1989). From 1924, inmates began to write and edit a newspaper by hand using paper slips and smuggled pencils. It went by various names such as Doftana Red and Bolsheviks Handcuffed. During the communist period of Romania just after World War II, it was transformed into a museum, having been deserted due to lack of funds. The composer Alfred Mendelssohn wrote The Destruction of Doftanas, a symphonic poem about it. Not just Romanian communists were imprisoned here, but captured German and Soviet soldiers and Hungarian civilians as well.


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Minecraft: Story Mode Season 2 Episode 4 is now available on Xbox One. You can download the content for $4.99 individually or download it and the other available episodes for $19.99 USD.
The episode story description:
After narrowly escaping from the Admin's twisted prison, Jesse and the remaining fugitives discover not just a forgotten city but an entire hidden world buried beneath the bedrock. Though largely in ruin, the gang quickly learns it's not entirely abandoned, leaving them to win over wary inhabitants, face unexpected challenges, and pursue the real truth about the Admin's origins…
Episode four of a five part episodic game series.


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New product catalogues
Born new product catalogs Iris Cristal. After hard months, new catalogs have come to light and begin to move around the world. His first stop was the Light Building Fair in Frankfurt the largest lighting fair in the world.
cheap replica watches
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Luxus catalog, for example, is divided into sections, containing collections of modern and classic signature lamps and accessories (table lamps, wall displays). A total of 49 families of lamps with their references, 28 environments and over 200 photographers.
The first pages are devoted to introduce the brand and talk about the key values of the company: its tradition, crafts, Bohemian glass, exclusive designs ... something that becomes evident when looking at the designs of the lamps.
The priority when designing has been the role of lamps: its size has tried to maximize.