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Yesterday was my first day, a 4hr shift. I'm guaranteed 4hrs a week which is a minimum and the opposite of the US system which seems more geared towards maximums. This week, for example, I have another 4-hr shift scheduled for Friday. The schedule is called the "rota". That was a bit of confusion as my request for the "skedu-ol"** was met with blank looks and I tried to talk my way around what a schedule is ("uh, hours and days when one will be working?") while miming a sort of calendar. Rota. Right. The day was a bit higgledy-piggledy, or as my manager put it, "we're all at sixes and sevens right now."
I spent most of my day restocking shelves, which is generally a good way to learn the product. I have the advantage of having been a fairly loyal customer for years, but things move around and there's a different level of attention given to browsing and knowing the stock. I didn't get any training on register but I did sell a woman two bottles of perfume (for her mother) and ring her up on my manager's till (while my manager stood next to me and told me which buttons to press). I was also taught how to enter and exit the store without tripping the people-counter which corporate uses to track customers vs sales.
As far as dress code goes, we only explicitly covered the need to keep one's hair back off of one's face and wear "five points" of make-up. Five points wasn't clearly defined, but I took it to mean five items of make-up with things like multiple shades of eye shadow being counted as one. So mascara (ma-SCAR-ah not ma-SCARE-a), eye shadow, foundation, blush, lipstick (lippy). This explains the dichotomy between fully made up faces and less than perfectly coiffed hair and a t-shirt. Normally I'd take a dim view of dress codes requiring make-up but, as part of the job is specifically selling make-up, it seems reasonable. Happily I'll be given "five points" of make-up, hopefully at my discretion. Wearing make-up once or twice a week is "fun dress-up" territory, right?
The other dress code we covered (minus a couple of allusions to not wearing flip flops or sandals) was a seasonal red t-shirt exhorting the happiness to be found in giving CosmeticsCompany gifts. My manager said they originally sent out one size of ridiculously small t-shirts that she wasn't confident would fit an 8 year-old and managed to get some larger ones in. The larger ones are "medium" and don't fit over my considerable bosom so it has been suggested that I just wear a red t-shirt of my own and she'll try and get a larger (x-large) shirt for me. I find it somewhat unlikely that I'm the only medium+ employee on the sales floor.
I also got to watch a Health and Safety video which could have been greatly improved had it delivered on the implied promise of potentially dangerous situations ending badly. The video demonstrated the proper technique for cleaning shelves - almost elbow-length rubber gloves and a clear plastic welder-style face mask (the bit about taking everything off a given shelf, wiping it down, and putting it back was merely implied). The not-properly-instructed-in-H&S employee (who was just wiping around the objects on the shelf) cut his un-gloved hand on a shard of glass and then decided to spray the cleanser directly into the open wound - between sucking on the cut and bandaging it roughly with the dirty cleaning cloth. As you do.
I have a few more seasonal or part time things floating around out there, so hopefully this is the start of a busier, less financially dependant, period in my life.
* in the broader soaps, perfumes, lotions sense of cosmetics in addition to the "make-up" sense
** as opposed to the British "shhed-ule


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If I'm sat watching my TV and a friend or relative starts fucking about "liking" tv shows and disrupting my viewing they'll get a boot up their arse.
The only thing people want on their TV is the Iplayer and the other channels equivilent...That's it. Companies have tried and failed for years to get people to use their TV for more than watching TV Shows and Movies...the problem is that the reason people buy a TV is to watch TV not to play on the computer...they bought a computer for that. Not hard to understand really, unless you work in marketing for samsung.

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NEW YORK (Reuters) - A federal U.S. judge on Thursday denied a request for a new trial made by three former UBS AG bankers who were convicted of rigging bids to invest municipal bond proceeds.
A jury in August 2012 convicted Gary Heinz, Peter Ghavami and Michael Welty, of defrauding municipal bond issuers, the U.S. Department of Treasury and the Internal Revenue Service. Ghavami was also convicted of wire fraud.
Last July, Ghavami, who left UBS in 2007 as global head of commodities, was sentenced to 18 months in prison. Heinz, a former bank vice president, received 27 months and Welty, a former vice president, received 16 months.
In seeking a new trial, a lawyer for Welty argued that the U.S. government failed to turn over evidence that could have changed the outcome of the case. Heinz and Ghavami joined the motion.
In her opinion, U.S. District Judge Kimba Wood of Manhattan disagreed. She found that the government had turned over to the defense the equivalent of 19.5 million records prior to the trial.
After the trial, the government discovered that due to the fault of a vendor, it had not reviewed an additional 400,000 documents, according to Wood. After handing those documents over to the defendants, Welty claimed that an email could have helped his case.
But Wood wrote that "even if it had been disclosed before trial, there is no reason to believe that it would have had any impact on the verdict."
Wood also denied a request by Welty and Heinz to be released from prison pending their appeal.
Charles Stillman, an attorney for Ghavami, declined to comment.
Lawyers for Welty and Heinz did not immediately return messages seeking comment.
The case is U.S. v. Ghavami et al, U.S. District Court, Southern District of New York, No. 10-cr-01217.
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text: Beth's dad is just freakin' cuckoo dang no wonder Beth was weird, "because the outward adorning of a woman's body is sinful. Because the obtaining earthly possessions is ungodly. And sinfulness and ungodliness are what the devil uses to pave the road to Hell." What in the HELL are these people teaching their child! Beth I love her when she's all woman, she's saucy, "looks like your muscles have gotten even bigger, but I wonder if that has played a role in you diminishing brain cells." Oh my Matthew you little charmer you, "I don't mind so much, especially if the damsels were guaranteed to look as pretty as you." Oh, my word, Matthew you sex on two legs guy you, "I want to taste your lips again, but next time I want to take my time. I want you under me so I can feel your entire body quivering beneath me when I make love to you." His voice lowered and his words did funny things to my body. "But, having a quick, meaningless fling is not one of them." He's also a jokester and I love that, "so, you're scared then? You wearing your granny panties today and don't want me seeing them?" Matt good lord I just love that man, "you won't frighten me away, baby. I'm not looking for someone who looks a certain way, lives a certain way, or even believes a certain way. I'm looking for the person who drives me so completely insane that I feel like a hole has been ripped out of my chest when we're apart." Oh good lord, I REALLY love that man stands up for beth, "don't speak to her like that. She's no who** and I'll not have any man saying she is. I don't care who you are." Beth's dad needs a good swift kick in the nuts, "he's there for you now when you allowing him between your legs, but will he be there if he puts a bas**** in you? Or will he move on to another who**?" I really liked this book and I'm kinda hoping Ms. Peggy writes Jenn and Hunter's story I would love to read about them!


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Safeguarding Our Nation's Freedom From Want
Hunger Our nation has a moral responsibility to safeguard its most vulnerable members and to ensure that everyone has the most basic of human needs.
Seventy years ago, President Franklin Roosevelt delivered his historic "Four Freedoms" address to Congress and asserted that Americans, and all citizens of the world, had an essential human right to "freedom from want."
In our work, "freedom from want" is a mandate that no one should go hungry. It means that protecting our most vulnerable should be our top priority as a nation.
But it's not. Instead, many of our policymakers seem determined to shred our federal safety net – the very thing that helps the most vulnerable Americans actually survive. That's not just a shame – it's a scandal.
"Freedom from want" is a mandate that no one should go hungry. It means that protecting our most vulnerable should be our top priority as a nation.
Mutual needs
Our federal government was formed to create and uphold policies that protect the mutual needs and wants of the country, and its states and communities. As Hubert H. Humphrey explained, "Government is the means by which all the people acting together do for themselves those things that the people cannot do one by one. That is the great principle of government."
As such, our government bears primary responsibility for safeguarding our freedom from want.
Nearly 50 years ago, our policymakers demonstrated that responsibility by re-launching the Food Stamp program — which is now called the Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program, or SNAP — to help disadvantaged people afford the sustenance they need to live a healthy life.
SNAP is the manifestation of a fundamental idea, deeply rooted in Judaism and so many other faith traditions, that the community has an obligation to sustain its most vulnerable. SNAP represents our collective commitment, successfully realized on a national scale, that when times are tough, we will stand together and help families get back on their feet.
SNAP under attack
So here we are, 50 years later, still recovering from the worst economic downturn in generations. Far too many Americans still find themselves unable to make ends meet. And yet SNAP is under attack. In fact, Congress is currently arguing not about whether current funding for SNAP is adequate to meet the need, but about how much to cut.
Food is the most basic human need. Hungry children can't learn, and hungry adults can't work. They can't create. They can't heal. They can't address any other priority because alleviating their hunger becomes the only priority.
Political will
What we need is the political will to ensure that all Americans have enough to eat.
And so it comes to us to reiterate our will. To tell Congressional leadership that Congress is failing to live up to our collective responsibility to help the most vulnerable, and that our country is missing the mark in protecting the right of our citizens to live free from want.


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We have put together some informations for you to plan the travel and conference. If you still have unanswered questions please do not hesitate to contact us at email@example.com.
How to reach the Conference Venue from the airport
If you arrive by plane and would like to directly proceed to the conference center/hotel, you will have the following options:
- For the most convenient connection to the conference venue, take the train ("Schnellbahn") line S7 directly from the airport to the station "Wien Rennweg", the ride takes 22 minutes. Hotel Savoyen can then be reached in only 3 minutes walking time (see map). You can buy this ticket at the ticket machines and it costs EUR 2,40. This ticket is only valid on the train, so if you need to take a bus or tramway in Vienna (because you reside in a different hotel) you need a ticket for 2 zones (about EUR 4,40).
- by Taxi: you may want to take a taxi as well, the price should be around EUR 36,00
How to reach the Conference Venue by public transport
The converence venue is easily reachable by public transport. The nearest stations are the train station "Wien Rennweg" and the tramway station "Wien Unteres Belvedere" (line 71). You will need a ticket for zone 100, about EUR 2,20.
If you reside at Hotel Doppio
If you have choossen Hotel Doppio (Rennweg 99) for your accommodation, then it's also very easy to rech the conference venue:
Take tramway line 71 in direction "Wien Börse" from station "St. Marx". Get off at the third station "Rennweg" and follow the line by foot for about 200 meter. The conference venue will be on the left handside (Rennweg 16).
Don't forget to by a single trip ticket for zone 100, the trip takes 13min (including the walk).
Opening time of the Registration desk
The registration office will open by 1pm and will be closed at 6pm in the evening and is located directly after the entrance into the hotel. We kindly ask you not to register in the last minutes before the Opening Ceremony at 4pm. If you register before you can spend some time at Schloss Belvedere.
If you arrive on Monday you can register starting at 8am.
The ladies from the registration will hand you over the registration documents and badge.
If you need any kind of certificate (attendance, presentation, etc) please contact Mr. Krebs at the info desk, but we kindly ask you to wait until Monday evening.
Please wear your badge
You must wear your badge all the time, since this is the entrance key to all scientific sessions and social events! If it happens that you have forgotten your badge please contact the registration desk or slide center to get a replacement.
Oldtimer streetcar to the welcome mixer
On Sunday evening, we have organized an oldtimer streetcar which will take you to the town-hall. After the last talk of Roland Kalb (IND-1) you will take a colored voucher upon your exit of the lecture hall with information about the time for the meeting in the lobby (18:00, 18:05, 18:10 and 18:15). Please follow the helper (identified with your color) guiding you to the tramway station.
Please be exactly on time, since the streetcar will not wait! If you missed our oldtimer streetcars please take the line 71 to the "Rathaus" (you need a ticket for zone 100).
Poster presentations
Following the guidelines posters may be up to Format A0 (84x118cm, portrait format). They can be mounted with adhesive tapes on the numbered poster boards, beginning on Sunday after your registration at about 2pm. We will provide some mounting material.
Public transport
Vienna has a very good and efficient public transport system. You only need to buy one ticket to use tramway, underground, busses and even trains within the main zone "100", which covers the whole area of vienna (the airport is already outside Vienna, so you have to buy an extended ticket for 2 zones). All tickets can be bought at the red ticket machines (by cash or by maestro card), at ticket offices at bigger stations or event at some tabacco stores.
The following tickets are available:
- Single trip (Einzelfahrschein): If you want to go from A to B just buy a single ticket for EUR 2,20. You need to stamp your ticket either at the entrance to the underground station or directly in the tramway or bus. Watch out for a blue validating machine.
You can also buy multiple stripes of 4 or 8 single trips
- Short term passes: You also can buy a ticket for 24 hours (EUR 7,60), 48 hours (EUR 13,30) or 72 hours (EUR 16,50). These tickets allow you to use the public transport for the given time beginning with the time of stamping (so if you stamp the 48 hours-ticket on sunday 15:30 you are allowed to use the transporting system until tuesday 15:30)
- Multiple stripes for single days (8-Tage-Klimakarte): These tickets are valid for the day you validate them until the next day 1am. You may want to use this ticket if you travel with a group. The stripe contains 8 Tickets and costs EUR 38,40.
- Weekly ticket: This ticket for EUR 16,20 allows you to use the transporting system for one week beginning on Monday. So if you arrive on Sunday you will need separate tickets for your arrival day as well ...
The weather forecast (Updated on July 5)
The weather forecast for the days of the conference is quite nice. The temperature is warm and we expect mostly sunny days. However some short periods of rain are expected, so to have a thin raincoat and umbrella with you would be a good idea.
The weather forecast for the conference days is as follows:
Sunday, 3: partly cloudy and windy, in the morgning some rain might occur, temperature 16 °C at night and 22 °C at day
Monday, 4: sunny (with some clouds at noon) with 15 °C at night and 25 °C at day
Tuesday, 5: sunny (some clouds in the afternoon) with 15 °C at night and 28 °C at day
Wednesday, 6: partly cloudy with possible rain showers at noon, in the afternoon it gets sunny, 19 °C at night and 24 °C at day.
Thursday, 7: sunny with 16 °C at night and 25 °C at day, some cloud may occur. For the conference dinner we will have dry weather.
Friday, 8: sunny, some clouds possible, 13 °C at night and 26 °C at day.


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"Anthropomorphic" means humanlike. Anthropomorphism attributes human characteristics to things that are not human. Children delight in stories about animals that talk, trees that walk, winds that rock, wily foxes, wise turtles, and laughing lizards. Religious mythology teems with divine beings in human form having humanlike personalities with humanlike thoughts and making humanlike decisions.
We learned to scoff at pagan deities, but "The Lord" in the Bible behaves in equally human ways, very noticeably in Genesis 2 and 3. He forms humans out of clay, speaks to them and asks, when they hide from him, "Where are you?" He's jealous and punishes people for disobeying him, commanding and reacting in petty human ways. He expropriates the exclusively female faculty of childbearing but acts like the ruthless male tyrant-rulers familiar to us (For a contrasting picture, see my Goddess in the Bible ).
I dare say most Christians imagine "Father," "Son," and "Holy Spirit" as three distinct human personalities, although they would be quick to deny it. I expect they find it befuddling that I call myself a Christian, do not pray to Jesus, and yet have an intensely personal and warm relationship with my inner Beloved. I like what Shug in The Color Purple tells Celie, a victim of incest,
Whenever you try to pray and man plop himself on the other end of it, tell him to get lost.She explains to Celie that God in traditional churches is a white man's god.
God ain't a he or a she, but a It. . . . I believe God is everything.That's what I believe, as I stated in Mind & Matter.
I can have some compassion for and patience with those who cling to Jesus out of the need for a personal relationship with Divinity; I even tolerate their "he/him/his" terminology. I also realize that many priests and ministers cannot distinguish between the anthropomorphized god and the transcendent God. I have less patience with Church leaders who understand that "Father" and "Son" are images rather than facts, but who go along with conventional language simply because it's easier.
There would be less sexism and fewer atheistic materialists if Christian leaders listened to Shug.


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Temporary effects of taxes in July 2016 ceases, slowing the annual inflation rate
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- Created: 19 October 2017
|Inflation July 2017
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The annual headline inflation slowed to 7.1% in July 2017, following a peak of 10.3% annually in June 2017. The decline over the month largely reflected the wind down of the hike in prices last year when the new excise tax became effective in July 2016. Goods that contribute a significant portion to the Consumer Price Index (CPI) index such as imported goods like lamb flaps, chicken and tobacco. In addition, there were amendments to the Excise Tax and Customs Duty Order that became effective in July 2017 which saw an increase in tax on sugary and/or flavoured drinks, alcohol, and tobacco. Although the increase in tax contributes to a rise in prices on these particular goods, it has not significantly influence the headline inflation rate due to its respective weights on the CPI basket. Also helping to bring down the headline inflation was the domestic inflation. The prices of local fruits and vegetables had declined during July which drove the aggregate food prices lower reflecting an excess supply and better harvests over the month.
Inflation declined by 0.2% during the month mainly driven by the decrease in local food prices and electricity which were sufficient to offset the increase in imported food prices and tobbaco.
Over the year, imported inflation rose by 7.4% driven by higher food and tobacco prices. Imported food was the largest contributor which rose by 10.2% contributing 2.9 percentage points to the overall headline inflation. The price of all imported food categories rose, led by a 12.5% increase in prices of meat, fish & poultry due to an 18.7% and 1.8% increase in the price of mutton flap and chicken pieces correspondingly over the year. This was followed by a 10.5% rise in the prices of other food components like sugar (12.4% price increase). It also includes food like sweets and sugary drinks which had its taxes increased further in the beginning of the month. The price of dairy farm and vegetable products rose by 6.0% for goods such as cheese and butter. The new excise and customs amendment order increased taxes on tobacco and alcohol further. Hence, this category rose by 17.6% largely influenced by a 24.2% rise in the price of Winfield blue tobacco. Additionally, the movements in world oil prices drove the price of fuel higher by 6.0%, petrol and diesel prices rose by 6.5% and 5.7% respectively. This was followed by a 14.4% increase in the price of fuel and power under the household operations group including kerosene and liquid petroleum gas. However, the price of cosmetics and toiletries declined over the year by 3.1%.
Over the month, imported prices rose by 1.5% due to further increases in food and tobacco prices. The prices of meat, fish and poultry, rose by 3.8% followed by all the other imported food categories. Imported tobacco also increased by 11.2% due to new taxes introduced in July 2017. Because of the substantial weighs these goods have in the CPI basket it outweighed the decline in prices of fuel, household supplies & services, and cosmetics & toiletries.
Domestic inflation rose by 6.7% over the year to July 2017 accounting for 2.9 percentage points of the headline inflation. This was driven by the seasonality of local food, rise in electricity price and kava-Tonga prices remained at high levels. The price of local food rose by 8.4% contributing 1.7 percentage points to the overall headline inflation. It reflects a favourable weather in 2016 compared to 2017 for growing vegetables, hence the prices was lower in the previous year. These were reflected in higher prices for majority of local vegetables, fruits such as watermelon, pineapple and banana, and other local produce such as eggs, and tuna fish all attributed to seasonality. Electricity price rose by 16.0% contributing 0.6 percentage point to the headline inflation, and corresponding to higher imported oil prices over the year. Moreover, the price of kava-Tonga increased over the year by 43.0%, followed a 5.4% increase in the price of domestic alcohol.
Monthly domestic inflation declined by 2.4% due to a 3.8% and 5.4% decline in food and electricity price. The supply of domestic vegetables has increased which allows customers to get more for the fixed value of $3.00 per bunch. The fall in vegetable prices was sufficient to offset the increase in prices of local fish. Another contributor to lower domestic prices during the month was the decline in electricity prices which stemmed from favourable movement in oil prices.
On the outlook, the Reserve Bank anticipates the annual headline inflation rate to fall around the inflation reference rate of 5% per annum in the upcoming months and hitting 5% in December 2017. However, the upward inflationary pressure is expected to remain in the near term as world oil and food prices slowly rise. The continued shortage of supply in kava-Tonga compared to its high demand is likely to impact the domestic inflation for some time, therefore contribute to the annual headline inflation. However, movements in commodity and oil prices, and other temporary factors such as taxes on goods may pose a risk to this forecast. Additionally, the vulnerability of Tonga to natural disasters also poses a risk to the local food prices and consequently the inflation outlook.
Economics Department
National Reserve Bank of Tonga
Telephone: (676) 24057
Fax: (676) 24201
|Inflation - July 2017
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The Hotel has 14 rooms (2 suite, 5 standard and 7 double superior), each of them individually designed according to each vine variety (syrah, Merlot ...) and with views of the vineyards.
The facilities have 4 lounges, cafeteria, wine museum, outdoor pool, whirlpool treatments, wine therapy, massage treatment, solarium, summer terrace, parking, playground, farm, bicycles, WIFI service, shop-enoteca, SPA, ethnographic museum, manchego patio and cellar.
We highlight traditional regional gastronomy, tasting and viticulture courses, and relaxation with our treatments, massages and circuits.
In the vicinity, we recommend tourism of the Laguna de Pétrola, one of the only breeding points of the Common Flamenco in its Africa-Europe migration.
You can also find other tourist spots in the vicinity; Church of San Dionisio in Fuente Álamo, the natural parks of Cerrón and Cerrico and the Iberian deposit 'Fortaleza' 3 km from Fuente Álamo.
Possibility of holding banquets and celebrations; We have menus for coeliacs supervised by the ACCLM. Pets are allowed upon prior request of the client (may involve an additional cost of € 15 / night). Children from 0 to 12 years pay € 15 / night. Rooms enabled for people with reduced mobility. ATTENTION: if you want to book less than a month in advance, only 4 rooms are available; no 12 Please, avoid requests that can not be satisfied.


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Book Review: AGE OF SHIVA
Review: Age of Shiva / Author: James Lovegrove / Publisher: Solaris Books / Release Date: April 10th
James Lovegrove's Godpunk series has been consistently fresh, interesting and exciting so far. The standalone novels each deal with a particular pantheon of gods brought into the modern day. Lovegrove blends the mundane with the magical and stays a step beyond the usual urban fantasy fare by simply using the premise of gods walking amongst as one of many elements, rather than relying on centuries old legends to carry a novel. Age of Shiva continues in this fine tradition by mixing the ten avatars of Vishnu with the thoroughly modern concept of superhero teams.
The tale is narrated by an interesting character called Zak Zap (known as Zachary Bramwell to his mum). Zak is a comic book artist who gets forcibly invited to work for a trinity of billionaires in a mysterious complex in the Maldives. To his delight and surprise, he gets the job as the lead costume designer for a superhero team based on the Hindu faith. As this is a world much like ours, you can imagine that someone who draws funny books for a living is more than a little bit suspicious of the whole set-up and wackiness ensues.
Zak is a very sympathetic and witty sort of chap, and the author uses him as an excuse to litter the book with fun little pop culture references. Everything from the Hulk to Watchmen gets a nod and the book is littered with amusing footnotes. Whereas Age of Voodoo was a spy thriller with supernatural elements and Age of Satan was a whistle-stop tour through classic British horror movies, Age of Shiva is a love poem to both comic books and the Hindu faith. The core idea (the Dashavatara as the inspiration for a superhero team) works really, really well and Lovegrove has clearly made a careful study of the rich lore surrounding them. The narrative is careful not to alienate those who don't know their Vamana from their Varaha and one of the key characters of the story also doubles as a handy source of cultural knowledge.
As always, Lovegrove's style is easy going and draws you in quickly. As the tale is told by a very unreliable narrator, there's plenty of room for the reader's imagination to soar between the gaps and this adds a further comic book feel to the entire affair. The tale does suffer from feeling like it could go on for a lot longer than it does and those more familiar with Indian mythology may see one or two of the twists and turns coming. Overall though, this is a fine addition to one of the best series in urban fantasy available today.


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On 11 May 2011, at 13:30, Mikko Rantalainen wrote: > Volume is usually referred by dB and the dB scale is not > linear but logarithmic. I'd expect "linear" to represent the power and > as such, I'd need to double the number to get a few dB increase in > volume level. Sure, wave amplitude is not linearly proportional to the perceived loudness of a sound, but we're trying to maintain some compatibility with SSML 1.0 where "The volume scale is linear amplitude". I agree that this is not ideal, because the low amplitude volume levels are difficult to adjust based on a linear scale (sudden "jump" in perceived loudness between 1 and 2, actually comparable with the gap between 50 and 100 => low dynamic range). A logarithmic scale based on [0,100] would not make sense anyway, we would need a new scale (e.g. [-90 +10], with audible 3db "steps"). Perhaps we could "fake" the logarithmic curve by describing how [0,100] is mapped to a range of decibels values (i.e. 50 would effectively mean 50% down the dB scale, half the perceived loudness), but I am not sure this best serves the interest of authors (it probably adds more confusion, actually). For the sake of argument: in order to maintain compatibility with SSML, we would also need to introduce yet another keyword in the CSS property definition. So eventually we would have: - no keyword (discontinuous, monotonically non-decreasing mapping with user-configured values <minimum audible>, <preferred>, <maximum tolerable>, and 2 arbitrary values in between) - linear (raw wave amplitude, no mapping to perceivable sound => works fine, but not terribly useful in practice, and the accuracy of low volume adjustments is compromised) - logarithmic (based on decibels => maps to perceived loudness, "slider" control from <minimum> to <maximum> provides gradual and accurate control) Knowing that simple arithmetics (e.g. dB-value = 20*log10(linear- amplitude)) can be used to switch between the scales, I wonder if all this is worth the hassle. Most authors won't know much about numerical values anyway (let alone decibels), they are more likely to use the user-configured levels (enumerated keywords from x-slow to x-loud). Thoughts? > I'd prefer one of the following over "linear": > > - absolute > - direct > - override > - uncorrected > - raw > - accurate (?) > - through (?) > - force (?) > - manual (?) Thanks :) DanReceived on Wednesday, 11 May 2011 14:58:20 UTC
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Ever since GYST was featured in Tony Robbin's book, Money, we get a lot of questions about trusts.
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What it is difference between a will and living will? Essentially, one is about your stuff (will) and the other about your body (living will).
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Wikipedia defines trusts as: A trust is a relationship whereby property is held by one party for the benefit of another. A trust is created by a settlor, who transfers property to a trustee. The trustee holds that property for the trust's beneficiaries. Trusts exist mainly in common law jurisdictions and similar systems existed since Roman times.
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One of the mysteries of the English language finally explained.
1no object Make a light explosive sound.'corks popped, glasses tinkled, and delicate canapés were served'
go bang, go off with a bang, go off, crack, snap, burst, explodeView synonyms
- 'The drama for residents in nearby Bole Foot began at around 2am as they heard a series of loud bangs - caused by tyres bursting in the heat and air bags popping.'
- 'But they know that although champagne corks may be popping in the boardrooms, there is little to celebrate around the kitchen table.'
- 'She added that fuses popped regularly and water had been seeping down the walls of their home.'
- 'The waitstaff stops mid-clap and looks as if someone had just popped all their balloons.'
- 'They find high emotional drama in balloons expanding and potentially popping.'
- 'All of a sudden there was a popping, it sounded like champagne popping.'
- 'But you could hear all the corks popping as guests felt slightly more comfortable about imbibing a tipple or two.'
- 'Democratization there is in its very, very early stages, and could pop like a balloon.'
- 'I felt and probably looked like a balloon under pressure, about to pop if anything else filled my head.'
- 'Evan wrestled with the wires and the cork popped leaving a spray of wine in its wake.'
- 'Seems he was at a kids party where the balloons popped and scared the life out of him!'
- 'Champagne corks were popping in unison with the fireworks as people celebrated.'
- 'We ran in and rushed around popping all the balloons!'
- 'At about 3: 30 the following morning Kathy is woken up by popping sounds resembling small explosions.'
- 'When the flash bulbs began popping, one wondered who was more charmed - the children, the artiste or the cameras.'
- 'Normal spinal joints often make popping sounds when the joint surfaces are forcefully separated by manipulation.'
- 'In the meantime, here's how to keep your cork from popping before the glasses are chilled.'
- 'Several bones popped, protesting the sudden movement after being stationary for so long.'
- 'His fists tightened until his knuckles popped and the girls' eyes widened.'
- 'He was trying to eat dinner - trying because these balloons were popping, quite loudly, every five minutes.'
- 1.1with object Cause (something) to burst, making a pop.'they were popping balloons with darts'
- 1.2 (of a person's ears) make a small popping sound within the head as pressure is equalized, typically because of a change of altitude.
- 'At approximately 3,500m altitude, my ears pop, and the mild breeze filtering into the car becomes a cold torrent, and the ascent suddenly increases.'
- 'My ears pop, as if submerging in water then resurfacing.'
- 'Every now and then my ears would pop with the pressure, despite us having all our windows on the leeward side of the house open.'
- 'Toss in the effects of high altitude and make sure to listen closely to your ears popping, because that may be the last sound you hear.'
- 'My ears popped as the doors slid open and I looked around.'
- 'My ears seemed to pop and then I couldn't hear what anyone was saying.'
- 'All the while the water pressed against my temples and I thought that very soon my ears would pop.'
- 'She chewed her sour apple gum furiously as the plane took off to help her ears pop.'
- 'My ears pop at the change in pressure, so I stick my finger in one and rub it.'
- ''We were so deeply underground, my ears were popping,' the MP wrote last August.'
- 'This is one of the fastest lifts in Europe, apparently, and as we shot up to the top we could all feel our ears popping.'
- 'Ian's head smacked against the bottom of the dashboard and his ears popped from the momentary change in air pressure.'
- 'The last thing she heard before her ears popped was his voice.'
- 'Such was the pressure difference from top to bottom, your ears would pop and you'd get a nosebleed.'
- 'Instantly his ears popped, and the pressure drained out of his head in a dizzying rush.'
- 'I remember my ears popping as we rode the elevators to the top.'
- 'I wake about an hour later with my ears popping, to discover to my delight, that out of the window as far as the eye can see is pure, white, unadulterated snow.'
- 'Rising from the coal rich plains of Shanxi Province, the mountain is accessed by a snaking road which makes the ears pop at every turn.'
- 'By carrying them in my handbag, I can also use them in the plane if the noise gets too much, or if the pressure makes my ears pop.'
- 'Jenn chewed her gum as the plane landed so her ears wouldn't pop.'
- 1.3with object Heat (popcorn or another foodstuff) until it bursts open.
- 'They popped popcorn and sat on the floor, all of them wrapped up in a blanket together.'
- 'Place the cumin seeds in a frying pan and heat until they start to pop and their aroma is distinctive.'
- 'It's probably been a few months since I've heard the ching! of a toaster telling me my toast is done, or the annoying beep of a microwave after it pops my popcorn.'
- 'Now, go pick up those flicks, pop some popcorn, and get started on making your own life an award-winning romantic comedy!'
- 'Half way through, Crystal had popped popcorn, which Danielle ate like sweet candy.'
- 'Every time I have a rough day, she pops popcorn and puts the movie on and quotes all the memorable parts.'
- 'Upon returning to Heather's house, we went into her kitchen and raided it for chocolate and popped popcorn.'
- 'While I was waiting, I popped some popcorn and checked the fridge.'
- 'Sam was in the kitchen, popping popcorn by the smells of it.'
- 'I do not want to even write about those boring details like how they popped popcorn or how they washed all the dishes and cleaned their house.'
- 'The both of us went to the kitchen to pop some popcorn.'
- ''Deal,' Aimée said with a grin and went into the kitchen to feed her yapping dog and pop some popcorn.'
- 'Whether your taste runs to Terminator or to Titanic, it's time to set up the plush seats, pop the popcorn, and turn up the volume.'
- 'We talked for a while, she had popped some popcorn and was watching tv.'
- 'All the recipes I follow tell you to pop the popcorn in a pot with oil and plain popcorn kernels.'
- 'He got us a couple of Cokes, popped some popcorn, and then suggested we go up to his room.'
- 'Ashlee popped some popcorn and sat down with her friends, thankful she had finished her homework while Sean and Matt were in detention.'
- 'It's really good, you pop popcorn, and mix melted butter with sugar.'
- 'After Haley and I put on our pajamas, I popped some popcorn, grabbed some drinks and candy and met her back in the living room.'
- 'One of the six ways to pop popcorn is with hot air.'
2no object, with adverbial of direction Go somewhere for a short time, often without notice.'she popped in to see if she could help'
go, drop by, drop in, drop into, drop round, stop by, visitView synonyms
- 'The shop is poorly run, inadequately stocked, with indifferent staff, but you can at least pop in and out within five minutes.'
- 'We popped next door to the hairdresser.'
- 'When I popped in last night to check how he's doing I noticed that his bed, computer and CD player are in one small corner of the room.'
- 'My lovely friend Jane G has just popped in to work to see me.'
- 'A fortnight ago, I had to unexpectedly pop home from the office.'
- 'I popped into the supermarket with the hope of being out again within a few minutes, only to be held captive on the car park due to the complicated road system.'
- 'Anyhow, I welcome any readers that popped in here for a look at that post yesterday and decided to stick around.'
- 'All of a sudden, the door bursts open and Maggie pops in.'
- 'The Minister also popped in to meet the staff and students at Horsforth School during a busy return trip to West Yorkshire.'
- 'On Thursday night, she had dinner at The Restaurant on John Dalton Street, where Fran from Travis popped in for a bite.'
- 'He had just been released by first club Motherwell which he joined as a teenager after Alex McLeish popped round to the house one night.'
- 'Within minutes he popped back in the room with three cans of paint and some brushes.'
- 'They popped in to see me and introduce themselves.'
- 'They want a copy of my eyesight prescription, so I popped over to my opticians in Farnham this afternoon.'
- 'For desert, pop next door to the Veggie House for the best bubble tea in the city.'
- 'If you can't pop along to a pressure station there are lots of places where you can get your blood pressure checked.'
- 'Joel himself popped in a few moments after, but I hardly noticed.'
- 'This is a joke I often make when I pop next door for a Christmas drink or something.'
- 'When we popped in to see how things are going, there were half a dozen former regulars of the newly-refurbished Walker's Bar in there too.'
- 'Other times he'd leave and pop back in within minutes.'
- 2.1with object and adverbial of direction Put or move (something) somewhere quickly.'he popped his head around the door'
put, place, slip, slide, push, stick, rest, deposit, set, lay, settle, locate, install, drop, shove, hang, position, arrangeView synonyms
- 'Wipe the goose dry, remove the giblets and pop the lemon and herbs inside.'
- 'Carter volleyed Carlton into the lead with what looked to be the winner with two minutes remaining but there was still time for Mark Andrews to pop in an equaliser.'
- 'He took a quick look and popped the ball over with ease.'
- 'During this part of the cooking I had popped a dish in the microwave and left it on full power for 2 minutes.'
- 'She popped on reading glasses as she nestled on a wrought iron garden swing, flanked by her children, and began reading from the book.'
- 'As she popped a slice of leftover pizza into the microwave for breakfast, she heard a car pull up in the driveway.'
- 'I popped in my contacts, wore my best underwear underneath jeans and a t-shirt and met him downtown at a bar.'
- 'I am proud of my first attempt at real Italian cooking for the simple reason that it did not involve opening jars of ready-made sauce and popping garlic bread in the oven.'
- 'Katie and Matt were boring me this morning, so I popped in a DVD for distraction and watched him get plowed while lying in a sink.'
- 'He smacks his lips and pops another few berries into his mouth, clearly relishing their taste and their effect.'
- 'I popped my head up quickly and looked at Leon who was standing outside of the passenger side door.'
- 'Quinn suddenly popped his head through a door, his blonde hair falling loosely into his eyes.'
- 'Ages later a nurse suddenly popped her head around the door and beckoned me.'
- 'The door opened and Kelley popped his head into the room.'
- 'Johansson popped in the aces, 17 of them in all, and Hewitt did the rest.'
- 'I shook my head, and popped an orange slice in my mouth.'
- 'The chicken breasts can be stuffed in advance and popped in the steamer when you get in from work.'
- 'And if you're not up to cooking a casserole, pop some part-made bread from the supermarket in the oven to get those home-made smells going.'
- 'Closing my eyes, I opened my mouth and popped the morsel of food into my mouth.'
- 'All you have to do is pop the disc into the tray of the CD-ROM drive of your home computer and wait a few seconds.'
3no object (of a person's eyes) bulge or appear to bulge when opened wide, especially as an indication of surprise.
- 'Her friend opened his eyes and sat up, his mouth hanging wide open and his eyes popping - but he still managed to look good; she was almost envious.'
- 'As she was doing this, her eyes popped open, and she looked at the other girl as her memory suddenly returned.'
- 'Unfortunately, I was clutching the side of the ride, nostrils flaring, eyes popping, and lips flapping unceremoniously.'
- 'She found Tashi bending over her, her eyes nearly popping out of their sockets.'
- 'It was perfect timing, for at that moment Daniel's eyes popped open and he started coughing, reaching down to his chest in pain.'
- 'My eyes popped open and I nearly screamed out loud at what I saw.'
- 'However, others look at us with eyes popping wide.'
- 'I took a trip on a sailing ship and when I reached Jamaica, my eyes just popped!'
- 'There is another aspect that really had my eyes popping.'
- 'His eyes popped open to see the boxes surrounding his bed once more.'
- 'I could imagine Natalie on the other line, mouth wide open, eyes popping.'
- 'He gave a shrill cry of pain as his eyes popped open wide.'
- 'Lindsey's eyes popped open and she stared in horror at Kevin.'
- 'The old woman's eyes popped open and she stared at Raven.'
- 'When I saw the ad on TV for the championship, my eyes popped open.'
- 'Logan's eyes popped open and he jumped up into a fighting position.'
- 'I was confused for a second, but then realization hit me and my eyes popped open.'
- 'Her eyes were popping and her mouth was agape in horror.'
- 'He stood there for a minute before his eyes popped open and his hand dropped.'
- 'The face is furious, the eyes popping with rage: Gerry Marsden looks like the combative bantamweight boxer he used to be before he became a pop star.'
4no object Appear brighter or more striking in juxtaposition with something of a different or complementary color.'she added a slick of red lipstick to make the outfit pop''gray creates a calm, neutral backdrop that lets other colors pop'
- 'I absolutely love how the color of your portable fireplace pops against the purple walls.'
- 'The interior boxes have a wash of hot pink that really pops next to its simple wooden container.'
- 'I used lavender petunias, and the coolness of the color really popped against the dark, glossy green peppers.'
- 'The sculpturally framed staircase is painted bright yellow that pops from the forest's green hues.'
- 'The style suits her slight frame, and the color pops perfectly against her complexion.'
- 'She would have the required tan to make the colours pop!'
- 'I would also consider redoing most of the artwork's frames in darker wood finishes or using some color to make them pop more.'
- 'The red of ages-old pagodas popped against the thick, green leaves and bright, blue sky for some much-appreciated contrast.'
- 'Some ensembles shimmered with metallic accents, while others popped in bubblegum pink.'
- 'The white pedestal dining table instantly pops against the muted green wall.'
- 'Blue folding chairs pop against the buttery yellow of the balcony.'
- 'We took some video of a busy street in Manhattan and the yellow cabs really popped.'
5informal with object Take or inject (a drug)'people who obsessively drink and pop pills'
- 'They hear scary tales about sniffing glue, popping pills and shooting heroin.'
- 'She'd tossed back drinks and popped pills all of his childhood, leaving him and his brothers in care of nannies, so what was she doing now?'
- 'I've eaten breakfast, popped pills, drunk coffee, now need to shower.'
- 'Ogilvy said he could see the day when players are tempted to pop pills or stick needles in their arms to get an edge.'
- 'Patricia never recovered from the shock and fell into drinking and popping pills.'
- 'She was forced to give up the child and from 15 she worked the freeways, turning tricks for motorists, drinking beer, popping pills and hustling pool.'
- 'Considering he's only three, I better keep popping the Advils and never look back.'
- 'It's not simply a matter of popping a pill and suddenly zooming ahead.'
- 'He demeaned people who were drug addicts while he was popping damn near every legal painkiller on the market.'
- 'He was, it seems, referring obliquely to the haze created by all those mind-expanding drugs the beautiful people popped, mainlined and smoked.'
- 'You're an egomaniac who tries to escape every kind of trouble he can by popping pills or drinking.'
- 'I'm losing track of the point and the facts even when I'm not popping my little orange pills.'
- 'And frankly, who wouldn't want to pop a few placid pills or love potions just to escape from the long list of wicked words mentioned above.'
- 'He popped an aspirin and drank half a bottle of water, but his tongue still felt dry as sandpaper.'
- 'He said some people pop over-the-counter pain relievers like they're candy.'
- 'Quickly I popped a couple pills and swallowed them down.'
- 'I'd imagine they'll spend the rest of the night popping vitamin C.'
- 'It's important to think carefully about the pills you pop or the socially acceptable drugs you use regularly.'
- 'If that's all too much to remember, there are a few pills you can pop before the memory-enhancing medication hits the market.'
- 'Today's woman can choose to pop a pill, stick on a patch or take an injection.'
6British informal with object Pawn (something).
- 'I had to pop the silver, dear.'
no object (of a batter) hit a pop fly.
- 'In the second inning, the Cubs had Run Santo on second and Jerry Kindall on first when Ed Bouchee popped to second baseman Julian Javier.'
- 7.1with object (of a pitcher) cause (a batter) to pop up.
1A light explosive sound.'at first there were just a few pops, perhaps from pistols'
bang, crack, snap, boom, explosion, reportView synonyms
- 'This realization is accompanied by a few more ear pops, as it also becomes clear that the train is slowly descending.'
- 'The crack of the .380 sounds like a pop to the neighbors, and for that matter, to Elaine.'
- 'I froze, gaping for a second until the sound of the detonation, a sharp pop at that distance, shook me out of it.'
- 'He worked it for nearly five minutes and was about to give up when it came loose with a sharp pop!'
- 'When trying to play this particular CD on my PC, there were numerous cracks and pops in the audio track; about once every 10-15 seconds.'
- 'Pogue says he and other witnesses heard what sounded like a pop, followed by four gunshots, in rapid succession.'
- 'Eventually, with a squeaky pop, the eggshell explodes.'
- 'The floors were emitting ominous cracking noises and loud pops were coming from the walls.'
- 'The audio quality isn't the best, a lot of cracks and pops on it, but you know how that is with those old records.'
- 'Real-life bullets sound dull, like tiny muffled pops, and the sound is one of the most disturbing you will ever hear.'
- 'Unfortunately, this won't remove the clicks and pops from recordings of old LPs and tape hiss from recordings of cassettes.'
- 'The sound is halfway between a regular straight-six and a two-stroke engine without the pops and bangs.'
- 'The many gunshots in the film are about as underwhelming as I've ever heard even in low budget indie efforts, sounding like little quiet pops instead of loud bangs.'
- 'There are a few pops and clicks, but the soundtrack is mostly clean.'
- 'Before she knew it ear-bursting pops sounded throughout the almost quiet house.'
- 'Should I now be paranoid when I hear clicks and pops during phone conversations on a line that has, up until now, been nice and clean?'
- 'However, we did experience problems with lots of crackles and pops on the sound, particularly when some features, such as EAX and CMSS, were turned on.'
- 'Across the room, a pane of glass in the window cracked with a sharp pop.'
- 'We heard snapping sounds, pops, little explosions, and then the walls bulged out, and we heard a sound like an avalanche.'
- 'Once she got into the intersection, she heard a loud pop, and the sound of glass breaking.'
2dated, informal A carbonated soft drink.
fizzy drink, soft drink, carbonated drinkView synonyms
- 'So I stop at the gas station and grab a couple chocolate bars and a bottle of pop.'
- 'Everyone at the table held up their drinks, mostly cans of pop or bottles of water, for this little toast, then everyone took a quick drink.'
- 'We give them sweets and bottles of pop to thank them for doing the work.'
- 'There was already a table set out with various appetizers, bottled water, pop, beer and wine.'
- 'Litter will be the result whatever they are drinking, beer or soft pop.'
- 'The only food is crisps and chocolate, the only drink water, fizzy pop, Nescafe, or tea with powdered milk, and the only shopping is tat.'
- 'I get to the snack bar and buy a candy bar and bottle of pop.'
- 'Other areas of concern were high fat choices when eating out and high intake of calorie-containing beverages such as pop and alcohol.'
- 'When Charlson, a diabetic, crossed to go into the shop to get a can of pop, she breached her bail.'
- 'Consumers of bottled water tend to be more wealthy than those who drink fizzy pop.'
- 'PET plastics (polyethylene terephthalate) are the thin, clear bottles used for pop and water.'
- 'At least they have the decency to sell headache tablets, orange juice, fizzy pop and complex carbohydrates as well.'
- 'They have plastic carrier bags with them, with crisps and fizzy pop and stuff in them.'
- 'After I ordered us a large pizza and a bottle of pop, I hung up again and went back over to where Blaine was sitting.'
- 'But what happened to the schemes where you got some pennies back for returning your empty bottle of pop to the shop?'
- 'A quiet little snack bar located inside a relaxed study area, it deals primarily in pastries and coffee but also has pop, chips and… soup!'
- 'A 1950s-style village fête, complete with fizzy pop and squash, warmly greeted Mr Blair as its guest of honour, as people enjoyed the bright April sunshine.'
- 'We drank fizzy pop with sugar in it, but we were never overweight because we were always outside playing.'
- 'They had bought a sausage roll each and held a bottle of pop in their hands.'
- 'Yes, dear reader, ice cream and mineral waters, or soda and pop as they are called today, was indeed a luxury for many Irish people in times past.'
3A patch of bright color.'I like wearing a neutral outfit with one pop of yellow'
- 'Blacks, whites and blues with a few pops of yellow and orange dominated the red carpet.'
- 'Wow, those shoes are amazing- such a great pop of color!'
- 'To start, Look 1 featured a noir suit jacket folded like leaf petals at the lapel to reveal pops of lime green.'
- 'Claire incorporated a pop of pink into her eye makeup to honor the punk theme.'
- 'Add a pop of green (mint or otherwise) to your St. Paddy's Day look via a fashionable bag.'
- 'This time though I used a touch of gold for that pop of color.'
- 'The tribal jewelry mixes pops of bright oranges and blues with warmer tones of gold and brown.'
- 'The finishing touch: a pop of sheer pink lip gloss.'
- 'We love the pop of color from those green wineglasses.'
- 'Gauzy silk and chiffon gowns in floral prints with pops of red and electric blue rounded out the collection.'
A ball hit high in the air but not deep, providing an easy catch.
- 'His defense was so bad that when he caught a pedestrian pop fly in the fifth inning, the Pro Player Stadium crowd gave him a Bronx, cheer.'
- 'I would outlaw the current catchers' gloves which break in the middle, making it easier to catch pop-ups.'
- 'Although brilliant with the glove, Power became a source of controversy because of the one-handed style that he used on ground balls and pop-ups.'
- 'With two out in the fourth, the Yanks had Shane Spencer on second and Scott Brosius on first when Alfonso Soriano hit a towering pop fly in front of home plate.'
- 'A few wild swishes, a couple of pop-ups for easy catches, and then a mishit squeezed past first base is enough to keep a streak alive.'
5An attempt.'he grabs with a paw and hooks about two hundred berries at a pop'
- 'I thought no, the going's good, I'll give it one more pop.'
With a light explosive sound.'the champagne went pop'
- 'After the requisite chilling and hearing that satisfying noise of the cork going 'pop' I shall certainly raise a glass to your good health.'
- 'I felt (and heard) something in my wrist go pop as I lifted Fiona out of her car seat.'
- 'I raised the gun and fired a positively perfect shot - the only problem was that it went pop rather than bang.'
— a pop
informal Costing a specified amount per item.'those swimsuits she wears are $50 a pop'
- 'For 99 cents a pop, plus a monthly download fee, you can store a file wherever you'd like.'
- 'The sodas were free, but the booze was four dollars a pop.'
- 'And by then Edison's stock, which had traded as high as $23 a share in the glory days of 2001, was chugging along at 85 cents a pop.'
- 'They spend the time writing, producing and recording the songs and I pay 15 dollars a pop to say thank you.'
- 'Not bad for merchandise that went for 10 cents a pop.'
- 'At 25 cents a pop, the fun 'n' games won't break the bank.'
- 'I mean, the record industry was much happier when they were selling 500,000, a million things at $20 a pop than 500 million songs at 99 cents a pop.'
- 'He can make speeches for many thousands of dollars a pop.'
- 'They only cost five dollars a pop and come in six different colors: light blue, navy blue, white, olive green, black, and red.'
- 'Or the snack vendor in Bella Vista's coffee fields who sells banana chips and fruit juice for about 25 cents a pop.'
have (or take) a pop at
informal Attack physically or verbally.
- 'And for a man who leads with his chin twice a week, he acts awfully surprised when someone takes a pop at it'
- 'I'm as guilty as the next man of taking a pop at the London Underground.'
- 'Even if it could only make my life, or at most those of my immediate circle, more boring, I still think it worth taking a pop at.'
- 'Even more important, though, Wanadoo could get the chance to take a pop at all those critics who described the company as serial complainers and whingers.'
- 'The point about political correctness, of course, is that it's an invaluable Aunt Sally, a flimsy paper tiger for anyone to have a pop at when they can't be bothered to come up with a proper argument to back up their position.'
- 'Glamorous Victoria takes a pop at the slimming industry'
- 'They then moved from turning pop into art to having a pop at the art world.'
- 'Mr Clarke said the fact that 'people feel they can take a pop at authority' was becoming an increasingly 'real issue.''
- 'His latest provocative intervention concerns the wanton promotion of pap, and along the way he has a pop at just about everyone.'
- 'As Bea threw the vest up in the air, he pranged his pistol out and took a pop at it, missing wildly.'
make someone's eyes pop
informal Cause great astonishment to someone.
- 'I honestly believe that the biggest favour you can do a child is to focus them on the positive, even if that means making light of things that make your eyes pop or your arms go cold.'
- 'You could, of course, just vote for her, with my assurance that she is so absolutely brilliant she makes my eyes pop out of my head.'
- 'There were the fights over a boy, the struggle with parents, the shopping and clothes that made your eyes pop.'
- 'I had seen plenty of extravagance in the marketing of toys, but this magazine ad made my eyes pop.'
- 'Maybe Mariucci wasn't the guy who was going to take them to the next level, but who among the candidates really makes your eyes pop?'
- 'The sports teams won't make your eyes pop out of your head, in fact there isn't much to see in the game.'
- 'The day he arrived at Maxwell, he noticed a 'beautiful gal in a tight yellow sweater' who made his eyes pop out.'
- 'The first two, both Jomtien based eateries, do a gut-buster fried breakfast for around 150 baht which will make your eyes pop as well as your stomach.'
- 'Women have been doing it for a long time - they'll tell you stuff that'll make your eyes pop out.'
- 'I kayaked with him in Norway and Turkey and there were waterfalls that would make your eyes pop out just to look at them.'
pop the question
informal Propose marriage.
- 'In 2004, many couples will offer up toasts and kisses, when one partner gets down on one knee and pops the question.'
- 'Women wanting their man to propose would most like him to pop the question in a hot geyser pool in Iceland, it was disclosed today.'
- 'Alison, 39, decided to take advantage of the Leap Year tradition of women proposing to men when she popped the question before dozens of regulars at their local pub in Hollins.'
- 'Eventually he pops the question and the wedding adventure of the year is on.'
- 'As Georgie and Gabe drive away, Gabe pops the question and Georgie accepts.'
- 'Now all you have left to think about is popping the question, enjoying the superb first-time fiancé sex and saving up for the 10-year anniversary diamond size-up purchase.'
- 'Then one day, out of the blue, we're going for a drive to dinner arguing about nothing and he stops the car and pops the question, giving me a ring.'
- 'They have been sweethearts ever since, with Lily, perhaps running out of patience, popping the question to Morgan during a romantic break in Paris on Valentine's Day last year.'
- 'In October he decided to lay plans to pop the question and started thinking of original ways to propose.'
- 'Her limo driver took a slight detour and dropped the unsuspecting girlfriend at the City Hall reflection pool and Christmas tree, where Pollack was waiting with a ring and plans of popping the question on bended knee.'
Phrasal Verbs
pop off
- 'Raymond Brown also died recently; all these great guys have all just popped off.'
- 'I felt like cheering when she finally popped off.'
- 'I just want there to be street parties when he pops off.'
2Speak spontaneously and at length, typically angrily.'I've been thinking about it a lot—I don't want you to imagine I'm just popping off'
- 'But what I'm wondering is, is this going to make people at home when they see various pundits popping off on shows say, I wonder who is paying that guy?'
- 'So please, if you care about us, do not post any messages when Mike pops off about me in the future (as you know he will).'
- 'If the election doesn't go your way, don't pop off as though America were Guatemala under the generals.'
- 'If we were just a group of people popping off on policy, I don't think we would do anyone any good.'
- 'We were letting them pop off, vent, and God knows what they said.'
- 'Now, you pop off on your blog, among other professional pursuits.'
- 'Don't want to pop off and give your liberal views?'
- 'He is giving interviews to one news outlet after another, popping off in various more or less inconsistent directions.'
- 'Sharpton is the race's ragged edge, its propensity to pop off and speak out of turn; he's the political id that blacks are constantly encouraged to throw away in the spirit of progress and cooperation.'
- 'Anyway, they would pop off with full-length reviews of whatever they'd happened to be listening to at the time, be it from the past week or from 20 years earlier.'
pop up
1Appear or occur suddenly and unexpectedly.'these memories can pop up from time to time'
appear, appear abruptly, appear suddenly, appear unexpectedly, occur abruptly, occur suddenly, come into sight, come into view, materialize, arrive, make in an appearance, put in an appearanceView synonyms
- 'Richard Askwith reports on the mysteries of the giant squid, a profoundly elusive creature that suddenly seems to be popping up everywhere'
- 'Look, what people really say about this is well why has it suddenly popped up now as an issue?'
- 'So if water features and decorative stone paving suddenly start popping up around the Huntington Stadium pitch, you know who's to blame.'
- 'I should add that at one point in the animation, the Loch Ness Monster appeared to pop up in the background.'
- 'Suddenly a commercial pops up for Colgate toothpaste.'
- 'There is no campaign and suddenly his name pops up, clearly presented by the British and the French who have been impressed by his negotiational ability.'
- 'Why has the bespectacled figure of Kevin Rosenberg suddenly popped up in a corner of my mind?'
- 'So much for these chain stores that appear to be popping up all over the country.'
- 'A petite figure suddenly popped up from behind the couch.'
- 'I keep expecting him to just suddenly pop up and surprise me.'
- 'And people might not donate if 18 years down the line a few children were to suddenly pop up!'
- 'I don't know what it is but certain phrases seem to suddenly pop up on my TV whenever politicians are giving speeches or pundits are discussing politics.'
- 'This was a common occurrence, meteor storms suddenly popping up without warning.'
- 'Further, with old and new problems popping up together, it appears our political and economic turmoil will never end.'
- 'It's an argument worth having, especially since more paid-for results appear to pop up every few months.'
- 'It was so silent that it was like one of those movies where suddenly a murderer pops up out of the bushes to attack the helpless woman.'
- 'And where they appeared, counter-protesters also popped up - to keep the other side from hogging the cameras.'
- 'Suddenly an alert popped up on her computer and she read it.'
- 'I started to walk towards the food court, planning to get something to eat when Matt suddenly popped up beside me.'
- 'I was scrolling through my server logs this morning, clicking on links to any of the incoming domains I didn't recognise when suddenly something very familiar popped up.'
- 1.1(of a browser window) appear without having been requested, especially for the purpose of advertising.
- 'Right click and click "Stop" on the pop up menu.'
- 'You see the warnings indicated by the red popping up on the screen.'
- 'It also pops up a screen asking you for permission to enter the site, all according to the rules.'
- 'You can float the mouse over the button and a tool tip will pop up with the command name.'
- 'Clicking on any of these pictures will pop up a bigger one.'
2Hit a baseball high into the air but not deep, providing an easy catch.'in three at bats, he struck out twice and popped up'
- 'If Seabol had popped up, there would have been hell to pay.'
- 'Moose then induced Darrell pop up for the second out, and it looked as if he might send the game into extra innings.'
- 'Trent's first inning went by without incident - a strike out, a ground out and a pop up - and Ally had expected him to be fairly happy with himself for it.'
- 'The vast majority of firebrands have been second basemen, a position often played by smaller men, though feisty shortstops also pop up from time to time.'
- 'Lefthanders pitch him outside and force him to bounce the ball to second or pop up.'
- 'It used to be a pitcher could get LF Barry Bonds to chase a high pitch and get him to pop up, or get him to pull an outside breaking ball to the second baseman.'
- 'The batter popped up a bunt foul behind catcher who chose to catch the foul ball on the fly.'
- 'In Bill Singer's no-hitter for the Dodgers in 1970, Philadelphia's Byron Browne popped up around the plate.'
- 'Given a shot at a sixth, Musial popped up in the ninth.'
- 'With the winning run on second and nobody out, Damon tried to bunt, and he ended up popping up to Posada.'
- 'Suddenly a player pops up that you completely forgot was on the pitch.'
- 'He was so crafty, that he knew where to spot his pitches and he got me out on a pitch I think he knew I would pop up or not hit real well.'
pop for
Pay for (something), especially as a treat for someone else.'I popped for the first three tolls'
- 'After being blue-worn in a duty holster, I popped for a hard chrome finish from Armoloy in the middle 1970s.'
- 'Relax, try to have some fun for a change and pop for an extra round at the bar after the game.'
- 'I popped for the full ride, right down to the flat panel television display.'
- 'Will Hispanics readily pop for the extra charges for a digital box plus a special tier?'
- 'These frames are a major improvement that will allow those of us who can't or won't pop for a skate to experience the 'low-rider 'benefits they provide.''
- 'He is putting the good word out to readers that you too can own these handmade, multiple-track CD-Rs if you're willing to pop for the color covers and postage to wherever it is you reside.'
- 'Wish I could do this with the newest model but I'm not intrigued enough to go out and pop for a new phone.'
- 'A while ago the Guthrie got $25 million in a bonding bill to pop for the new theater on the Mississippi.'
- 'Five dollars bought a nice hotel room; only Patty Berg had enough cash to pop for a room with a newfangled TV.'
- 'When a soldier from the area was killed in Iraq, I popped for a one-week subscription to The Rooster to read the feature article.'
pop out
Make an out in a baseball game by hitting a pop fly that is caught.
- 'Carlos Delgado popped out before the game was called with one out in the bottom of the inning.'
- 'As the second option, he pops out toward the foul line and then has a turnaround jump shot.'
Late Middle English (in the senses 'a blow, knock' and 'to strike'): imitative.
1Relating to commercial popular music.'a pop singer''a pop song'
- 'When pop divas make a movie, they have to pretend it's more than a showcase for the soundtrack.'
- 'He has never courted publicity for himself - has never wanted to be a pop idol, either, with screaming girls as fans.'
- 'Large crowds were gathering outside the palace to watch the pop concert, starring ex-Beatle Paul McCartney, on giant screens.'
- 'She began her career in the late '70s (while still in her teens) as a pop singer.'
- 'Check out what your favorite pop idols have been up to.'
- 'The pop princess was at pains to point out her reputation for tantrums is undeserved.'
- 'Similar accusations were once leveled against Paul Simon after the commercial success of his pop album Graceland.'
- 'His band have plenty of catchy, commercial pop tunes.'
- 'A source claims the pop diva could be six or seven weeks pregnant.'
- 'Rock'n'roll groups appeared on bills along with trad groups and pop singers - even some modern jazz made it into the charts.'
2derogatory (especially of a technical, scientific, or academic subject) made accessible to the general public; popularized.'pop psychology'
- 'This does not mean that pursuing a mission is always pleasurable: we do not agree with the pop psychology view that equates meaningful work with fun.'
- 'When it comes to understanding consumer debt, why do economists prefer pop psychology to statistics?'
- 'Red Dragon's goal of being a smart thriller is also tainted by the cheap and obvious pop psychology used to paint the characters.'
- 'It uses our expectations about the fallout of child sexual abuse, hammered home by our culture of pop psychology, to fake us out and sell its mystery.'
- 'You should have no problem finding general interest and pop science articles on his work.'
- 'Self-esteem as portrayed by the current generation of pop psychologists is nothing less than self-worship, narcissism.'
- 'Pinsky cleverly weaves historical events and pop psychology trends into his analyses.'
- 'It may be bombastic or vituperative or full of pop psychology, but it seldom presents a critical argument based on facts or logic.'
- 'It's as much an outburst of pop psychology as of religious atonement.'
- 'It was only after Gray reworked the book and retitled it that it became the bestselling pop psychology book of all time.'
- 'It wears thin after a while, but the pace is kept up by Vaguen's malaprops, slightly off analogies and clever reworking of typical pop psychology dogma.'
- 'In any case, I tend to avoid the pop psychology and head for the speculative fiction or fascinating non-fiction.'
- 'Part of pop psychology is that you should acknowledge your feelings, but there's no place for them in the workplace.'
- 'She is often facile, especially when relying on pop psychology.'
- 'The pattern here is that businesses are falling for pop psychology fads that have no basis in the true science of psychology.'
- 'Or, in the language of pop psychology, were men from Mars and women from Venus?'
- 'I could certainly do without a lot of this pop psychology coverage.'
- 'Kaufman's interest in pop psychology is less than it seems.'
- 'The programme seems to combine elements of pop psychology with an odd form of existentialism.'
- 'The film is populated by types rather than people, and its whimsical romanticism is of the sort you'd find in a very slim book of pop psychology.'
1Commercial popular music, in particular accessible, tuneful music of a kind popular since the 1950s and sometimes contrasted with rock, soul, or other forms of popular music.
- 'The sound planning and design make sure that the music, whether hard rock or pop, does not overwhelm any conversation.'
- 'The result is being billed as an album of experimental yet accessible 21st century pop.'
- 'Easum predicts, for example, the quick death of all symphony orchestras that do not soon begin to feature a significant amount of pop and rock music.'
- 'The 16-year old short girl sighed as she continued walking, listening to her own CD that contained a mix of pop and rock music.'
- 'I'm just blown away by the fusions of Brazilian music and pop, rock, and jazz taking place there.'
- 'Red Stage near City hall will feature pop and rock music with Thai 'Luk Thung'.'
- 'What can you accomplish with a mostly ambient instrumental song that you can't with pop or rock music?'
- 'The music is mainstream alternative pop and rock music, with little or no variation.'
- 'From The Smiths to Nirvana, much of the best pop and rock music has been made by fans.'
- 'You download pop and rock music for 99 cent per song.'
- 'There is generally a lot of distortion present in modern pop and rock music, and plenty of post-processing done in the studio.'
- 'The world-famous Vienna Boys' Choir has departed from more than 500 years tradition to perform pop and rock music.'
- 'Because polyphony is restricted pop and rock music demonstrates limited harmony and use of counterpoint.'
- 'From rhythm & blues and soul to country and pop, Ray's music defied any labels.'
- 'Hence there isn't really anything that could be classified as plain old pop or rock music.'
- 'It brings pop, rock, reggae, classical, techno and 80's music into most cars.'
- 'This is an infusion of pop, rock and trip-hop that is easy on the ears, but not on the musical conscience.'
- 'Alarm clocks were going off, playing rock, Christian pop, jazz or reggae.'
- 'Yet, much of the music on it contains a considerable amount of pop, rock, and world music influence.'
- 'The category of pop and rock music was left up to the audience to choose a winner.'
- 1.1dated A pop record or song.
- 'A pop that will only last a couple of weeks.'
- 'Turn the record over and you have another winner—'Add a Little Wiggle'—a masterpiece made out of a song-and-dance 'pop'.'
- 'There's a pop bubbling along beneath the surface, which rears its head in the form of a bouncing, jerking bass-line.'
Late 19th century: abbreviation of popular.
- another term for father
- 'They captivated moms and pops across the country and say, 'Look, it's time to have another dialogue.''
- 'And thank you, very sincerely, to everyone who sent well wishes to my pops.'
- 'I mean people talk about mom and pops, which is really good for creating jobs, but mom and pop cannot deliver against a Home Depot or some of the large supermarkets.'
- 'Junior addressed the situation before the game by saying the only way his pops was going to coach there was if he transferred and he's not going anywhere.'
- 'Respect your moms, your pops, or whoever it was raised you.'
- 'First of all, the mom and pops just simply get subsidized loans.'
- 'I guess someone you could say I know pretty well, my pop, Ben Christensen.'
- 'But Blake grew accustomed to addressing my pop as his own dad.'
Mid 19th century: abbreviation of poppa.
nounNorth American
usually with modifier A piece of flavored ice or ice cream on a stick.'mango-flavored ice pops''frozen fruit pops'
Late 19th century: originally (in ice pop) shortened from lollipop; in later use probably shortened from Popsicle.
Point of presence, denoting equipment that acts as access to the Internet.
- 'In addition, they pay for the right to place their PoP in the CO of the telecom company.'
2Point of purchase, denoting products or promotions located adjacent to a retail checkout or cashier.
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Two kinds of salt add flavor and crunch to this focaccia recipe. For a spicy variation, infuse the oil with 1/2 teaspoon crushed red pepper along with the garlic; strain through a sieve before brushing the flavored oil onto the dough.
How to Make It
Dissolve sugar and yeast in 1 cup warm water in a large bowl; let stand 5 minutes. Stir in fine sea salt. Lightly spoon flour into dry measuring cups and spoons; level with a knife. Add 2 cups plus 2 tablespoons flour, stirring to form a soft dough. Turn dough out onto a floured surface. Knead dough until smooth and elastic (about 8 minutes); add enough of remaining 1/3 cup flour, 1 tablespoon at a time, to prevent dough from sticking to hands.
Place dough in a large bowl coated with cooking spray, turning to coat top. Cover and let rise in a warm place (85°), free from drafts, 45 minutes or until doubled in size. (Gently press two fingers into dough. If indentation remains, dough has risen enough.)
Heat oil in a small skillet over medium-low heat. Add garlic; cook 5 minutes or until fragrant. Remove garlic from oil with a slotted spoon; discard garlic, and remove pan from heat.
Place dough on a baking sheet coated with cooking spray; pat into a 12 x 8-inch rectangle. Brush garlic oil over dough; sprinkle with thyme. Cover and let rise 25 minutes or until doubled in size.
Preheat oven to 425°.
Make indentations in top of dough using the handle of a wooden spoon or your fingertips; sprinkle dough evenly with coarse sea salt. Bake at 425° for 14 minutes or until lightly browned. Remove from pan; cool on a wire rack.


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