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2. Now, let's look at IsoRay, which develops, manufactures and sells isotope-based medical products and devices for the treatment of cancer and other malignant diseases, primarily in the U.S.
IsoRay traded up 4.5% on Wednesday, closing at $2.55.
- Wednesday's range: $2.40 - $2.58
- 52-week range: $0.44 - $3.77
- Wednesday's volume: 1,528,946
- Three-month average volume: 1,937,080
IsoRay is another pullback opportunity. IsoRay shares have traded back below the 20-day simple moving average and the 34-day exponential moving average, offering a cheaper entry price. Over the last few weeks, shares have been hovering around the same price and not really moving much, but on Wednesday the stock closed over the 20-day simple moving average, piquing my interest.
I'd look to enter this trade above the 20-day simple moving average, at or above $2.49. I'd set a stop at $2.36 or so. I would target the near-term high of about $3.09, which is about 20% to the upside. Even if you target half of that, at about $2.83, that is a quick 10%. Stay long until you see a confirmed sell signal or a close below the t-line.
3. Lastly, let's look at SodaStream, which develops, manufactures and markets home beverage carbonation systems and related products.
SodaStream traded up 4.8% on Wednesday, closing at $34.33.
- Wednesday's range: $32.45 - $34.85
- 52-week range: $28.65 - $69.78
- Wednesday's volume: 1,692,205
- Three-month average volume: 1,098,550
SodaStream is back on the buy list, as it became a rounded-bottom breakout Wednesday when it closed over the 50-day simple moving average. Back on July 30, SODA reported positive earnings and has been trading up 10% to the upside since. SodaStream is in a short-term uptrend, and Wednesday the price cleared near-term resistance levels and will likely offer a cheaper entry Thursday, because it traded up almost 5% Wednesday.
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I'd look to enter SodaStream above the 50-day simple moving average at or above $32.81. I'd set a stop at about $31.94, which is the near-term low. I will target the 200-day simple moving average, which is 20% to the upside. There are other potential targets. The first is $37.79, which is an overhead resistance level, and is 10% from Wednesday's close. The other is $39.53, which would offer a 15% gain.
Stay long until you see a confirmed sell signal or a close below the t-line.
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Now let's look at TheStreet Ratings' take on some of these stocks.
TheStreet Ratings team rates SODASTREAM INTERNATIONAL LTD as a Hold with a ratings score of C. TheStreet Ratings Team has this to say about their recommendation:
"We rate SODASTREAM INTERNATIONAL LTD (SODA) a HOLD. The primary factors that have impacted our rating are mixed ? some indicating strength, some showing weaknesses, with little evidence to justify the expectation of either a positive or negative performance for this stock relative to most other stocks. The company's strengths can be seen in multiple areas, such as its revenue growth, largely solid financial position with reasonable debt levels by most measures and good cash flow from operations. However, as a counter to these strengths, we also find weaknesses including a generally disappointing performance in the stock itself, feeble growth in the company's earnings per share and disappointing return on equity."
Highlights from the analysis by TheStreet Ratings Team goes as follows:
- Despite its growing revenue, the company underperformed as compared with the industry average of 9.3%. Since the same quarter one year prior, revenues slightly increased by 6.6%. This growth in revenue does not appear to have trickled down to the company's bottom line, displayed by a decline in earnings per share.
- SODA's debt-to-equity ratio is very low at 0.11 and is currently below that of the industry average, implying that there has been very successful management of debt levels. Along with the favorable debt-to-equity ratio, the company maintains an adequate quick ratio of 1.02, which illustrates the ability to avoid short-term cash problems.
- The gross profit margin for SODASTREAM INTERNATIONAL LTD is rather high; currently it is at 52.75%. Regardless of SODA's high profit margin, it has managed to decrease from the same period last year. Despite the mixed results of the gross profit margin, SODA's net profit margin of 6.54% compares favorably to the industry average.
- Despite any intermediate fluctuations, we have only bad news to report on this stock's performance over the last year: it has tumbled by 49.93%, worse than the S&P 500's performance. Consistent with the plunge in the stock price, the company's earnings per share are down 28.33% compared to the year-earlier quarter. Although its share price is down sharply from a year ago, do not assume that it can now be tagged as cheap and attractive. The reality is that, based on its current price in relation to its earnings, SODA is still more expensive than most of the other companies in its industry.
- SODASTREAM INTERNATIONAL LTD's earnings per share declined by 28.3% in the most recent quarter compared to the same quarter a year ago. Earnings per share have declined over the last year. We anticipate that this should continue in the coming year. During the past fiscal year, SODASTREAM INTERNATIONAL LTD reported lower earnings of $1.96 versus $2.09 in the prior year. For the next year, the market is expecting a contraction of 4.8% in earnings ($1.87 versus $1.96).
- You can view the full analysis from the report here: SODA Ratings Report
TheStreet Ratings team rates ISORAY INC as a Sell with a ratings score of D-. TheStreet Ratings Team has this to say about their recommendation:
"We rate ISORAY INC (ISR) a SELL. This is driven by a number of negative factors, which we believe should have a greater impact than any strengths, and could make it more difficult for investors to achieve positive results compared to most of the stocks we cover. The company's weaknesses can be seen in multiple areas, such as its deteriorating net income, poor profit margins and feeble growth in its earnings per share."
Highlights from the analysis by TheStreet Ratings Team goes as follows:
- The company, on the basis of change in net income from the same quarter one year ago, has significantly underperformed when compared to that of the S&P 500 and the Biotechnology industry. The net income has significantly decreased by 191.3% when compared to the same quarter one year ago, falling from -$0.72 million to -$2.08 million.
- The gross profit margin for ISORAY INC is rather low; currently it is at 21.15%. It has decreased from the same quarter the previous year. Along with this, the net profit margin of -183.52% is significantly below that of the industry average.
- ISORAY INC has experienced a steep decline in earnings per share in the most recent quarter in comparison to its performance from the same quarter a year ago. Stable earnings per share over the past two years indicate the company has managed its earnings and share float. We anticipate this stability to falter in the coming year and, in turn, the company to deliver lower earnings per share than the prior full year. During the past fiscal year, ISORAY INC continued to lose money by earning -$0.11 versus -$0.12 in the prior year. For the next year, the market is expecting a contraction of 27.3% in earnings (-$0.14 versus -$0.11).
- The company's current return on equity greatly increased when compared to its ROE from the same quarter one year prior. This is a signal of significant strength within the corporation. Compared to other companies in the Biotechnology industry and the overall market, ISORAY INC's return on equity significantly trails that of both the industry average and the S&P 500.
- The revenue fell significantly faster than the industry average of 42.3%. Since the same quarter one year prior, revenues slightly dropped by 9.3%. The declining revenue appears to have seeped down to the company's bottom line, decreasing earnings per share.
- You can view the full analysis from the report here: ISR Ratings Report


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it's my latest creation and i think it's the best one..
she's gorgeous when printed (height : 135mm)
no support needed but I suggest you a one layer raft/brim to stabilize the printing of the first part of the left sword.
the pictures of my print will follow. i fight against a clogged extruder for the moment
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Made it without support with raft 0.2mm layer 20% infilling 8 hours. Worked perfect. Would use much less infill next time.
I printed mine at 0.25 , 5% infill, ran the nozzle at 70ms feed and 110ms travel with rafts and supports. Printed in exactly 4.5 hours.
support are not necessary. i optimized the geometry for that goal...
Sorry, have to disagree my friend. On this particular one, for me anyway, her nose droops and so does her hair at the top lip, and on the Huntress model, the panther head is impossible to print without supports, as the chin droops severely, the angle is just too high for my printer, I would love to print them without rafts of supports, but for me just not possible - and I have tried many many times.
too much speed i think... i print at 30mm/s (half of you) .. that's perhaps why...
you are the first to tell me that you need support for this model.. but for the raft, i agree
If I was printing down at 0.2 yeah I probably would slow it down a bit, I've printed 2 now, I might do the Bust next, ill try that at 0.2 and much slower, cheers.
How long did it take you to print? My KISS Slicer says 11 hours at the moment... seems a bit crazy at 0.2mm
it depend from your base speed.. but mine took somethink like 7-8h
I really love this and your other works, designing things like this for support-less printing while still looking excellent is quite a skill.
I just want to tell you that I enjoy your creation. Always a great figure with great story, AND no support! I have just registered to thingiverse just to say thank you. Keep up!
thank you for your comment...I'm redoing my model 'the sorceress' to remove the need of support.. so.. a sorceress 2.0 will born in not too much time :D
This is a really nice sculpture, it prints well too.!! Excellent work!! - Thanks for sharing.
thank you.. all my models are made to be printable on standard 3d printer (reprap style).. i hate to download something to see that you can't print it or only on special high -end printer with insane resolution
"it's my last creation". I think you mean "it's my latest creation"? Or did you stop creating ;) ?
yes.. corrected.. the joy to use a language that is not your native one :)
thank you ,it's my own design
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Dave, this is a remembrance posting for you.
I still see you kneeling across the canyon by that pool of water, living and breathing effortlessly and perfectly for the last time. Many seasons have come and gone in Iso since then: desert flowers bloomed, rain fallen, winds played, landscape shadows grown then vanished--all those shifting moments of nature to be forgotten by someone eventually. But the nuances of time, place, and season on that particular day with you is preserved eternally there for me in all its detail of an Arizona canyon springtime on the Rim.
Rest in peace....I'll always wish I could have done more.
Modo abitus non peritus
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I'm not sure if people are not aware of how our government works, or just don't care. First for people to say that the president or Democrats are to blame for the shutdown is untrue. The president doesn't have power to spend money or make laws. His power is to sign or veto these issues when they come from Congress. Nothing came to his desk to support or reject, to prevent the shutdown. Words that he spoke on this issue are only words, not action, so he didn't shut down the government.
The Senate passed a bi-partisan continuing resolution (CR) to keep the government going. This was a clean resolution and the House didn't like that. The person in the House that has the power to bring issues to the floor to vote on is the Speaker, Rep. John Boehner, Republican. His excuse was he didn't have the votes to pass the CR. It is not in his power to vote for other members; he should have brought it up for a vote.
So when we look at the facts, and not listen to all the talk, who is responsible for the shutdown. It was the Speaker, Rep. John Boehner, Republican. — Jim Storlie, Little Falls


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Winchester 73
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(Anthony Mann, USA, 1950, 35mm, 105min)
Special introduction by film critic Richard Jameson!
Anthony Mann's breakthrough hit and the first of his James Stewart westerns. Here he chases his murderous brother and a one-in-a-million Winchester rifle half-way across the West. The American action movie at its finest, the film also stars Shelley Winters, Stephen McNally and Tony Curtis (in one of his first screen roles.) Mann commented, "As for Winchester 73, that was one of my biggest successes. And it is also my favorite western. I really believe that it contains all the ingredients of the western, and that it summarizes them." Ironically, Mann replaced Fritz Lang at the beginning of shooting. Watch for a young Tony Curtis, and Rock Hudson as an Indian Brave!


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The Timaru builder won the shot put with a throw of 18.29m - the best distance at the ground for nearly two years.
Yang Liu (China) holds the Caledonian Ground record for the senior men's shot put with the 18.56m that he threw at the New Zealand championships early in 2011.
Walsh won the gold medal that day because foreign athletes are not eligible to win the New Zealand title.
Walsh (20) has won the New Zealand senior title for the past three years and had his best put of 19.33m when competing in Europe last winter.
He narrowly missed qualifying for the London Olympics but has set his sights on making the New Zealand team for next year's world championships in Moscow.
Walsh is coached for the throwing events by Ian Baird, in Timaru, and by New Zealand high performance coach Andrew Maclennan for strength training.
He finished sixth at the world youth championships in 2009 and competed in the world junior championships the following year.
He is confident of reaching the qualifying standard of 20.10m for next year's world championships in Moscow.
Walsh's sequence of throws in wet conditions at the Caledonian Ground on Saturday were 18.29m, foul, foul, foul, 17.25m, 18.12m.
Jerram Huston (Taieri) was runner-up with 14.43m and Dean Rusbatch (Taieri) third with 13.53m with the 7.26kg senior shot.
Rusbatch (18) won the junior men's shot put with the 6kg implement with a distance of 15.08m. He also won the junior men's hammer throw with a distance of 54.93m using the 6kg implement.
Todd Bates (Taieri) won the junior men's event using the 5kg implement with 51.56m.
New Zealand champion Marshall Hall (Taieri) had his first competitive throw of the season and won the discus with 49.56m.
He also had throws of 48.61m and 49.51m.
Walsh was runner-up with 46.12m and decathlete specialist Scott McLaren (Auckland) third with 42.97m.
Libby Jones (Taieri) won the women's aged 17 discus with 35.09m and AWD athlete Shaun Markham (King's) won the men's aged 17 event with 9.52m.
Ben Anderson (Caversham) sprinted home from the top of the straight to win the men's 800m in 1min 56.75sec from Daniel Balchin (New Brighton) 1min 57.18sec.
His father Geoff Anderson (Caversham) used the same tactics to win the masters men's event in 1min 22.16sec from Mark O'Donnell (Leith) 2min 22.72sec.
The Columba College team of Analise Cowie, Laura Saville, Zoey Flockton and Maddy Spence won the 4 x 100m in 53.39sec.
Daniel O'Shea (Hill City) beat New Zealand senior men's 400m champion Alex Jordan (Tasman) in the 300m in a time of 33.93sec.
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The max size is 32GB. This is the limit for all types of SD cards on Arduino. Arduino only supports SD (2GB and less), and SDHC (more than 2GB and up to 32 GB).Cards larger than 32GB are SDXC and are not supported by arduino libraries.SDXC cards are pre-formatted with Microsoft's proprietary and patented exFAT file system. Microsoft does not publish the specifications of exFAT and its use requires a non-free license. Therefore I have not attempted to support SDXC cards in SdFat. SdFat is the base library for the Arduino SD.h library.
I am surprised to hear about the Microsoft proprietary format.
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Al Pacino, Hilary Swank, Robin Williams, Maura Tierney and Martin
Directed by: Christopher Nolan
Rated: R
certainly won't put you to sleep! It's an exciting little yarn
played out by a few of the finest the "biz" has to
offer. The story loses steam towards the end to the point of
grinding to a sad 'oh-not-that-scene-again' halt after such
a riveting start. That's why the paltry 2 ½ stars ! Just
because of that last thirty minutes of the film, which of course
I will not expose. It's a tad (read: colossaly) far fetched.
I kept thinking too bad they didn't take a cue from thriller
masterpiece Seven and leave Robin Williams off the credits
that would have certainly granted them huge leeway for the crappy
ending they served up (those who are unfamiliar with the reference
please see the Blunt Aside at the bottom of the page).
There are two very positive points to the film: Al Pacino and
Robin Williams' scenes together. Al Pacino is one of those handful
of actor's that simply grabs your interest with his first glance
on screen and refuses to relinquish control till the last bit
of his story is released through his being. Here he has to share
some of his power with a phenomenal Robin Williams. I mean there's
Mork up there not just holding his own with P-A-C-I-N-O but
cementing the scene! Bravo!
goes Los Angeles homicide detectives Dormer (Al Pacino) and
Eckhart (Martin Donovan) are up in Alaska on loan to the local
police department with a gruesome murder of one of those locals,
Will Dormer and his partner Detective Hap Eckhart arrive and
start to piece the puzzle together. They find the murdered girl's
knapsack and set it as bait for the killer.
The whole investigation gets fanucled thanks to a bumbling officer
and while they quickly scramble after the killer Det. Eckhart
is accidentally shot dead, thanks to a thick coastal
fog that's set in causing low visibility.
shouldn't you refrain from shooting if you CAN'T see?
Oh, and what's that? Det. Dormer may have a motive in this shooting
because back in Los Angeles Dormer and Hap are being probed
by Internal Affairs. Hmm. Seems a few of their colleagues have
been busted for taking kickbacks and what not
little benefits
not in the Badge of Honor's handbook. If you know what I mean.
Detective Eckhart is fixin' to come clean and tell I.A. all
he knows about what he knows, including his partner Dormer.
The tension between the two is pretty thick. Not as thick as
the fog that ultimately costs the "Hap-less" canary
his life
his partner is killed, Det. Dormer gets a tough case of insomnia.
He's freaking out from exhaustion! The fine respected detective
is on his third sleepless day when the killer (Robin Williams)
contacts him. The killer thought it would be swell to chat since
they're both up and all.
killer, aka Walter Finch, knows a little something about Det.
Hap Eckhart's death. Seems he witnessed the shooting. So, Finch
and his wicked mind, thinks perhaps he and Det. Dormer can help
each other out
devise a plan so neither is caught for
their deeds. It's definitely not Dormer's week.
Pacino can do no wrong. Even here he was impeccable in performance
and depth. He's a quick-eyed fellow who has a sparkle rarely
seen. I just want to go to dinner with him in some seedy New
York Italian eatery. Maybe have Bobby (DeNiro) in on the gathering.
We'd sing loud songs, slurp bad wine and eat disgusting amounts
of Marina laden pasta! My only thought for Insomnia and Al?
I wish he had have rethought the ending and spoke up! Though
it is a very Shakespeare ending
all neat and expected.
Swank is reduced to a Nancy Drew Dudley Dooright by-the-books
officer. Even her character's name - Ellie Burr - screams stereotypical
frump. I was surprised how small her pivotal role was.
Maura Tierney shows up as a lodge
keeper who ultimately plays priest for Det. Dormer's late night
confessional. What a wicked waste of talent here. But at least
she's in it!
Williams is a mega-talent. He glides from comedy to drama and
now to maniacal killer. He was super as the poor palooka , Walter,
that accidently happened to kill a gal
His character
beat her to death ( ironically for the audience) because she
laughed at him. Williams' Walt was so average Joe with a kind
smile, he was positively unnerving.
bad Insomnia takes some irrevocable turns into the mediocre.
I wish the writers and producers would sit back, grab a coffee,
read through the piece's end scenes and think about things from
an audiences point of view once in a while! I mean credit people
with having an inkling of intelligence. They had us hook, line
and halibut net till they decided to take the easy way out.
The director, Christopher Nolan (Memento)
did an excellent job again until the end and a few odd choices
of edits for his stars...
You have to see Insomnia, it's cast alone demands it,
but don't expect a refreshing ending delivered with hearty helping
of Pacino and a biggy-size side of Williams, it aint happening.
Recommendation: Halibut Stew with Smoked Halibut and Halibut
Tar Tar
aside: Back when the film (starring Brad
Pitt and Morgan Freeman) Seven
came out a rising actor named Kevin
Spacey was cast as John Doe. He took no film credits on
the piece; his name was nowhere to be seen. Thusly, we (the
audience) had no idea who John Doe was. The brilliant thought
was if we saw Spacey's name on the poster, or in the ads, and
yet we didn't see him show up in first part of the film, as
say a cop or rat tattle-tale hood, we'd deduct he'd have to
be killer John Doe. He was a very hot item back then what with
that little Usual Suspects film. Cunning move....excellent
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I thought it would be fun to introduce to the other Westfield Tastemakers. Westfield Labs and Westfield San Francisco Centre chose five San Francisco Bay Area foodies to team up with chefs to collaborate on secret menu dishes that are only available from the Westfield Dine on Time App.
As you know, I worked withe amazing Chef Tony Wu of M.Y. China to create a lamb shui mai dish. The other four bloggers all worked with different restaurants and each and every one of them came up with wonderful dishes.
Let's here about Tara's.
Tara is an adorable and insatiable food blogger at Food and Other Things. She created Glazed Indonesian Chili Prawns with Straits Chef Julian Yeo. What I loved most about her experience is how personally connected she is to Straights. You can read the full details in her post, but her parents met there!
I was thrilled to get to meet Tara at the launch party (see her recap here) and even more pleased when she agreed to answer a few questions about her experience.
(1) What was your favorite thing about your Westfield Tastemaker+Chef experience?
Definitely meeting with Chef Julian Yeo and coming up with ideas to create our exclusive dish! It is not every day where I get a chance to sneak a peak in the mind of a chef. Learning his thought process and experiencing his creativity was so humbling for me.
(2) Besides the amazing Westfield San Francisco Centre restaurants, what's your favorite go-to restaurant in San Francisco?
This is probably one of the hardest questions I get asked because you really cannot go wrong in San Francisco. Marlowe (near AT&T Park) has great portion sizes and their lines are not too crazy. Their steak tartare is my favorite of all time. [I love their Brussels spouts!]
(3) Outside of San Francisco (and the San Francisco Bay Area) where is your favorite city to eat?
I would say NYC just because they are the only city (in my opinion) that rivals San Francisco's diverse restaurant community and population.
If I was thinking outside of the US, I would have to go with one of the cities in Sichuan province of China. Their specialty is cooking with hua jiao peppers that leave your mouth numb from the spiciness. It's the best kind of feeling.
(4) Can you please share a tip for aspiring bloggers who are just starting out?
Just keep writing! Every blogger gets down because they feel like nobody is reading their blog at one point. Personally, blogging takes more time than I ever thought it would but I love going back and reading my old posts and meeting all the friends I have made along the way. It really makes it worth it to me.
Thanks Tara! Your dish is delicious and I know it is going to be a popular item on the Dine on Time App!
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This paper presents a noble diffractive grating so as to achieve high diffraction order. A v-shaped groove transmission grating with reflective and refractive surfaces (VGRRS) is proposed. Design, fabrication, and optical testing of the VGRRS are described. This grating is simulated by Rigorous coupled-Wave analysis (RCWA) for TE mode and fabricated by thermal evaporation on the replica which is obtained through a hot-embossing process using a v-shaped groove mold. The most important property of VGRRS is to conduct a high diffraction order at visible wavelengths. When used at the wavelength of 406nm, the VGRRS can strongly have two high diffracted lights in terms of -4th and -10th transmission diffraction orders.
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I've been exploring the Seaport recently, hoping that over-corporate dining would yield something worth eating. So, we walked in to 606 Congress at the Renaissance Boston. I liked the food much more than I expected, and I was also impressed at how much the staff, both back- and front-of-house, wanted to impress. I've since returned to try more of the menu and found a couple items I loved. In the interest of brevity I'm not going to detail the whole evening, but instead the standout bites.
Charcuterie plate - The high point was "meat butter" - whipped, beef-infused spreadable beef fat. Imagine the light, fluffy texture of whipped butter, but instead full of super-beefy goodness. We were given about a tablespoon to spread on bread and that was enough - it's powerful. Essence of beef with a wonderful mousse texture and fatty satisfaction. The tasso ham was made in-house also, which I liked a lot - very hammy flavor, moist, pink.
Also: a hotel restaurant making head cheese in house? They were, and I was happy to see it, though I thought a little underseasoned, especially the aspic.
Celeriac "alfredo" - this is celery root peeled into linguini ribbons, blanched like pasta, and then rolled into a mock-alfredo - it might even be vegan-ready, I can't remember. Subbing the celery root for pasta was a nice variation - sweeter, crunchier. I wish I could tell you more about the sauce, except that it was perfectly seasoned and didn't have cream in it.
Strawberry shortcake - the cake was genoise, rather than a biscuit or angel food cake. The moistening syrup was butterscotch - very mild. Genoise can be a pretty crappy cake when done wrong, and I generally don't like wetting it with simple syrup, but I liked this just fine - eggy, sugary, high flavor. It paired well with the moscatel Málaga, name forgotten, on the dessert wine list, which was delicious.


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Poet Galway Kinnell to Read at Smith College
The Smith College Poetry Center will present poet Galway Kinnell at 7:30 p.m. on Tuesday, April 17, in Wright Hall Auditorium.
Kinnell has been a major figure in American poetry for three decades. His "Selected Poems" (1982) was awarded both the Pulitzer Prize for Poetry and the National Book Award, and individual volumes such as "Body Rags," "The Book of Nightmares," "Mortal Acts, Mortal Words," and "Imperfect Thirst" have won him a large and passionate following. "His point," notes Publishers Weekly, "seems not to describe or illustrate facts of nature, human or inhuman, but to summon their essence, with lyric violence or tenderness, and confirm a kinship."
Poet Mary Oliver calls Kinnell "one of the elegant and reliable voices of our times," and writes that he "rarely fails to reach beyond himself as well as into himself in his poems -- his work is concerned with the 'relationship' of our lives to the universe." The Dictionary of Literary Biography remarks that Kinnell's poems reflect and underline the "constant impingement of the other-than-human on our lives."
Calling him "our premiere pantheist," poet Tony Hoagland writes that Kinnell's chief subjects are "mortality, erotic love and creatureness." Critics often compare Kinnell's work to that of Walt Whitman because of its transcendental philosophy and personal intensity. "Kinnell is a poet of the rarest ability," writes Liz Rosenberg of the Boston Globe, "the kind who comes once or twice in a generation, who can flesh out music, raise the spirits and break the heart."
In addition to his many books of poetry, Kinnell has enriched the literary landscape with a novel, a collection of interviews and a children's book. He edited "The Essential Whitman" and has published translations of works by Yves Bonnefoy, Francois Villon, and, most recently, Rainer Maria Rilke ("The Essential Rilke," 1999, with Hannah Liebmann).
Born in Rhode Island and educated at Princeton, Kinnell has been recipient of fellowships from the MacArthur and Guggenheim Foundations and the Medal of Merit of the National Institute of Arts and Letters, as well as many other prestigious awards. He has held lectureships abroad, in France and Iran, and taught widely in the United States.
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Is Obama a Christian? Is It Wrong for Us to Ask That Question?Tuesday, February 24, 2015
"I don't know whether Obama is a Christian."
Those were the words The Washington Post chose to feature referring to remarks by a potential Republican presidential candidate, Governor Scott Walker of Wisconsin.
And that's when the buzz began.
But was Governor Walker actually casting doubt on Obama's faith? No… not according to his spokesperson, Jocelyn Webster. She telephoned The Post to clarify that given the broader context of what was said, Walker was simply making a point of principle by not answering such kinds of questions. He was not being skeptical of Obama's faith. (But, of course, that's what generates buzz, and The Post knows it.)
The account that Barack Obama gives of his conversion to Christianity certainly reveals his familiarity with the gospel:
So one Sunday, I put on one of the few clean jackets I had, and went over to Trinity United Church of Christ on 95th Street on the South Side of Chicago. And I heard Reverend Jeremiah A. Wright deliver a sermon called "The Audacity of Hope." And during the course of that sermon, he introduced me to someone named Jesus Christ. I learned that my sins could be redeemed. I learned that those things I was too weak to accomplish myself, He would accomplish with me if I placed my trust in Him. And in time, I came to see faith as more than just a comfort to the weary or a hedge against death, but rather as an active, palpable agent in the world and in my own life.
It was because of these newfound understandings that I was finally able to walk down the aisle of Trinity one day and affirm my Christian faith. It came about as a choice, and not an epiphany. I didn't fall out in church, as folks sometimes do. The questions I had didn't magically disappear. The skeptical bent of my mind didn't suddenly vanish. But kneeling beneath that cross on the South Side, I felt I heard God's spirit beckoning me. I submitted myself to His will, and dedicated myself to discovering His truth and carrying out His works.
But, in all fairness, the New Testament strongly warns those who give mere mental assent to a few facts about Jesus if they don't also—by their actions and their voting record—show that they actually love what Jesus loves, like say for example preserving life and honoring marriage.
Just consider these terrifying words of Christ from Matthew 7:21-23:
Not everyone who says to me, 'Lord, Lord,' will enter the kingdom of heaven, but the one who does the will of my Father who is in heaven. On that day many will say to me, 'Lord, Lord, did we not prophesy in your name, and cast out demons in your name, and do many mighty works in your name?' And then will I declare to them, 'I never knew you; depart from me, you workers of lawlessness.'
The debate about Obama's faith continues to strike a nerve because there are people who want to know more about what Obama truly believes before they accept his profession of faith. On the other hand, there are others who say, "The man says he's a Christian. Just accept his word and move on."
Your turn: What do you think? Is it a fair question to ask whether Obama is a Christian? Do you think The Washington Post fairly reported Gov. Scott Walker's remarks on this issue? Do you believe Barack Obama is a follower of Jesus Christ?
Alex Crain is the editor of Christianity.com. You can read more posts by Alex at his blog and follow him on Twitter @alex_crain.
Your Stress is Harming Your Spiritual LifeThursday, February 19, 2015
"I wonder if we're growing too comfortable with the amount of stress we have in our lives. I wonder if we realize what it is actually doing to us, not just physically, but spiritually."
—Andrea Lucado in Your Stress Is Harming Your Spiritual Life
(RelevantMagazine.com, February 12, 2015)
In a recent article at Relevant Magazine, writer Andrea Lucado addressed the issue of stress and how to deal with it. If you're like most people, being an adult means never going back to the carefree days of childhood. But that doesn't mean you can't learn how to have peace as you face bills, deadlines, difficult relationships, and a myriad of other pressures. In fact, if you don't learn how to have peace through the storms, you're damaging yourself both physically and spiritually, argues Lucado.
Lucado defines stress as "feeling worried about things that aren't going your way presently, didn't go your way in the past, or might not go your way in the future." She confesses to having gone periods of dealing poorly with all three worries at once and describes what she learned from it: "When we forget the character of God, the troubles in our minds escalate quickly. But when we remind ourselves of who God is—He is good (Exodus 34:6), He is just (Nehemiah 9:32), He is merciful (Hebrews 4:16)—the pressure to solve our own issues and take care of our own stress is off." (Read the whole thing here.)
Christianity.com writer, Melissa Kruger, echoes similar thoughts in her helpful piece, How You Can Be Content, Even in the Storms:
"A contented Christian is not free from the weight of desires, heartaches and trials, but one who experiences adversity in a paradoxical way, "sorrowful, yet always rejoicing; poor, yet making many rich; as having nothing, yet possessing everything" (2Corinthians 6:10). We have much sorrow, but because of our redemption we are always rejoicing. Temporal pleasures are only able to provide temporary happiness. The spiritual realities of our lives are what secure our joy and peace."
Far from leaving the reader with a simple platitude of "just trust God more," Andrea Lucado also lists practical steps that have helped her and she invites us to join her:
"I set a challenge for myself this year that you may want to consider if your stress level is high. I'm starting every day by writing down five things I am thankful for and five things I know to be true about God's character. I've been doing this for a few weeks now, and though I can't say my stress is completely gone and everything is roses, I have felt more aware of how good my life is and more aware of God's presence in it. Reminding myself of these things has allowed me to be less skeptical of God and more trusting of Him. And in that trust, there has been peace."
Your turn: Have you ever been through a period of being stressed out but you learned how to deal with it? Share your experience in the comments below. What do you think of the advice given by the writers above?
Alex Crain is the editor of Christianity.com. You can read more posts by Alex at his blog and follow him on Twitter @alex_crain.
What Obama Doesn't Seem to Get about the CrusadesTuesday, February 10, 2015
"Unless we get on our high horse and think this is unique to some other place,
remember that during the Crusades and the Inquisition, people committed
terrible deeds in the name of Christ..."
—President Barack Obama, February 5, 2015 National Prayer Breakfast
The Crusades may have happened 1000 years ago, but they're headline news once again. President Obama's statement above compared the Crusades with the recent actions of Islamic terrorists, drawing a collective gasp from Christians everywhere.
Ravi Zacharias summarizes it well:
President Obama basically lectured Christians not to get on a moral high horse in their castigation of the ISIS atrocities by reminding them that the Crusades and slavery were also justified in the name of Christ. Citing the Crusades, he used the single most inflammatory word he could have with which to feed the insatiable rage of the extremists. That is exactly what they want to hear to feed their lunacy. In the Middle East, history never dies and words carry the weight of revenge.
May I dare suggest that if Christians had been burning Muslims and be-heading them, he would have never dared to go to Saudi Arabia and tell them to get off their high horse. He unwittingly paid a compliment to those who preach grace and forgiveness. That is the dominant theme of the Gospel. That is why we sit in courtesy listening to the distortion of truth, the abuse of a privilege, and the wrong-headedness of a message.
Ironically, Obama's words have caused many to actually investigate the Crusades as evidenced by this popular post by Kevin DeYoung at The Gospel Coalition:
Contrary to popular opinion, the Crusades did not begin as a holy war whose mission was to convert the heathen by the sword. In fact, very few of the crusaders saw their mission as an evangelistic one. The initial purpose of the Crusades, and the main military goal throughout the Middle Ages, was quite simply to reclaim Christian lands captured by Muslim armies.
The popular conception of barbaric, ignorant, cruel, and superstitious crusaders attacking peaceful, sophisticated Muslims comes largely from Sir Walter Scott's novel, The Talisman (1825) and Sir Steven Runciman's three-volume History of the Crusades (1951-54).
[Yes,] many of the Christians who went to war under the sign of the cross conducted themselves as if they knew nothing of the Christ of the cross. But that's not the whole story. The Crusades is also the story of thousands of godly men, women, and children who sacrificed time, money, and health to reclaim holy lands in distant countries overrun by Muslims. The Christians of the East had suffered mightily at the hands of the Turks and Arabs. It was only right, it seemed to medieval Christians, to go and help their fellow Christians and reclaim their land and property.
The point of this article is not to make us fans of the Crusades, but to make us more careful in our denunciation of them. We fight for nation-states and democracy. They fought for religion and holy lands. Their reasons for war seem wrong to us, but no more than our reasons would seem wrong to them.
(Read the rest here.)
Another key point that Obama and others seem reluctant to admit is that violence and murder are actually commanded in the Muslim holy book, the Quran, but the opposite is true with Christ. While it may very well be true that "no religion has ever been immune from exploitation for nefarious ends, and that to believe otherwise is dangerous" (as this blog post at The Economist so condescendingly points out), it seems ill-advised for Obama to have lectured a room full of Christians at the National Prayer Breakfast about that. Honestly, would he have told a room full of Muslims at a prayer meeting to "get off their high horse" if Christians were actively beheading Muslim hostages and burning Muslim villages around the world? My guess is probably not. This article by Christianity.com writer, Doug Ponder, discusses some crucial differences between Islam and Christianity in greater detail on this front. Here is a summary excerpt:
Some will object (they always do) that the vast majority of Muslims are peaceful people. This is quite true, and we can be thankful it is so. But we must remember that a Muslim's peacefulness is actually inconsistent with the full teachings of the Quran. In other words, most Muslims are not peaceful because of Islam but in spite of Islam. The Japanese journalist, Kenji Goto, who was recently beheaded by ISIS militants wrote in 2010, "Hate is not for humans. Judgment lies with God. That's what I learned from my Arabic brothers and sisters." Sadly and ironically, Goto's 'Arabic brothers and sisters' could not have learned such a peaceful philosophy from the Muslim holy book. Indeed, his final encounter in this life was with Muslims who were following Quranic directives to the letter.
Your turn: Are Christians today obligated to answer for the Crusades? Are the Crusades the same as terrorist actions carried out by those who are literally following the teachings of Islam? Weigh in with your thoughts in the comments below. Finally, rather than become discouraged by all the misinformation being spread about Christianity, let's at least be glad that it's a topic being discussed. Keep in mind the most important things we are to winsomely declare to others today: who Jesus is, and the freedom from sin that He offers.
Alex Crain is the editor of Christianity.com. You can read more posts by Alex at his blog and follow him on Twitter @alex_crain.
Do We Owe it to Our Neighbors to Vaccinate Our Kids?Tuesday, February 3, 2015
(The face of a boy after three days with measles rash: Centers for Disease Control and Prevention)
A measles outbreak traced to Disneyland has sparked a new wave of outrage toward parents who choose not to vaccinate their children. While 95% of the national US population has been vaccinated against the measles (see this from Centers for Disease Control and Prevention), certain communities dip below the 90% range, which CDCP considers to be acceptable "herd immunity" for a population to maintain.
Reasons vary as to why parents opt out of vaccinations. "People say there's only two camps, the pro-vaccination camp and the anti-vaccination camp, and anyone who's anti-vaccination isn't that smart," says Meghan Van Vleet, a former naturopath and a parent of two in Boulder. "But there's not two camps; there's like 50 camps."
Christian author and professor, Denny Burk, turns the question of vaccination into a moral one for Christians, asking pointedly: "Do we owe it to our neighbors to vaccinate our kids?" Burk highlights the following quote from a Washington Post article by Michael Gerson:
"Whether hipsters or home-schoolers, parents who don't vaccinate are free riders.
Their children benefit from herd immunity without assuming the very small risk of adverse reaction to vaccination. It is a game that works — until too many play it."
Your turn: Are non-vaccinating parents "free riders?" Are Christian parents who withhold vaccinating their children endangering public safety? If so, is that crossing a moral line? Weigh in with your thoughts in the comments below.
Alex Crain is the editor of Christianity.com. You can read more posts by Alex at his blog and follow him on Twitter @alex_crain.


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As a customer you may be seen as a potential target for fraudulent activities. However by arming yourself with information and tools you can protect yourself from becoming a victim of fraud.
Do you know the four biggest fraud threats you face?
- Electronic fraud
- Identity theft
- Credit/Debit card fraud
- Cheque fraud.
Credit card and debit card fraud is a crime whereby your credit or debit card can be reproduced in order to use the credit balance to obtain a financial advantage. The creation and/or alteration of a credit/debit card occurs when the information contained on the magnetic strip is reproduced. This type of crime is known as 'skimming'.
Credit or debit card fraud can also occur when your card is lost or stolen and used by a third party to purchase goods with those cards or to remove cash from the cards.
Credit or debit cards can also be intercepted in transit while being sent to you. Your cards can also be compromised by a dishonest merchant who undertakes unauthorised duplicate transactions on your card.
Protect your credit / debit card:
- Memorise your personal identification number (PIN). Don't use the same PIN for all your cards, and don't choose your birth date or other easily identifiable numbers that might be on something else in your wallet.
- Check statements and call your credit card issuer immediately if you see anything suspicious on your bill. You could help the company uncover fraud—and save yourself from paying unauthorised charges.
- Do not let your credit card out of your sight at anytime – for example, at a restaurant – go with the card.
- Card fraud is not applicable in Australia only – be just as vigilant when travelling overseas, credit card skimming is an international crime.
- Always sign your card in ink as soon as you receive it.
- Keep track of when new and reissued cards should arrive, and call the credit card issuer if they don't come on time.
- Make sure your mailbox is secure, and that only you and the postal carrier have access to it.
- Tear up all credit card receipts and pre-approved credit card offers into small pieces before you throw them away. Keep your billing statements in a safe place.
- When you use your credit card online, make sure you are using a secure website. Look for a small key or lock symbol at the bottom right of your browser window.
- Never give your card number to strangers or telemarketers who call you on the phone. Don't give your card number unless you initiated the call.
What is cheque fraud?
Cheque fraud is the use of a cheque to get financial advantage by:
- altering the cheque (payee/amount) without authority
- theft of legitimate cheques and then altering them
- duplication or counterfeiting of cheques
- using false invoices to get legitimate cheques
- depositing a cheque into a third party account without authority
- depositing a cheque for payment knowing that insufficient funds are in the account to cover the deposited cheque.
How to protect yourself from cheque fraud
- Reconcile your accounts promptly and regularly
- Never sign blank cheques, and only sign cheques after all details have been completed.
- Limit the number of signatures to your account to ensure control.
- Ensure that your signature is not with documents that can be accessed by the general public.
- Keep all cheques secure when not in use to deter theft.
- Don't leave any gaps in the completion of the payee name, amount in words and in figures.
- If cheques are lost or stolen contact ANZ immediately and ask them to stop payment on the cheque.
- Ensure that any invoices are valid before payment.
- Consider using electronic means of payment (if possible) for high value payments.
- Ensure that your mailbox is secure to protect your inward cheques.
What to do if you suspect that you are a victim of cheque fraud you must contact ANZ immediately on 13 33 50, 24 hours a day, seven days a week. (International +61 3 9683 9999)
Find out more about scams we see impacting customers, latest security alerts & reporting fraud.
Email scams and fake websites
A number of customers from Australian financial institutions have been targeted with hoax emails. These emails appear to be genuine bank emails.
Some emails inform the customer that their security details and passwords need to be updated by logging into an authentic looking, but fake website. The purpose of these websites is to obtain your log on details to access your bank accounts.
Others communicate security messages and advise you to install software from the email that checks and removes viruses. By downloading the software you are in fact tricked into downloading a virus.
ANZ will not send you an email asking for your Account Details, Financial Details, or login details for ANZ Phone Banking, ANZ Mobile Banking or ANZ Internet Banking.
If you have any concerns, call the Internet Banking Help Desk on
Also check our security alerts page for updated information on fraudulent communications.
This is an example only, the content and look of the emails change.
Identity theft is where your personal details are obtained to get some sort of financial or other benefit, leaving you the owner of that identity often in large debt with a negative credit history and in some cases with legal implications.
Your information can be obtained in many ways:
- Theft, including theft of mail from your mailbox at home
- By going through your garbage bins
- Telephone, Fax and Mail scams
- Internet.
The following can be used to assume your identity:
- Date of birth
- Utilities bills (phone, gas, water and rates notices)
- Address.
Find tips on how to protect yourself from identity fraud and other threats.
More information
- For more information on scams.
- Your rights and responsibilities with respect to your accounts are included in the relevant Product Disclosure Statements.
- Australian Payments Clearing Association Limited (APCA) has a brochure outlining how you can protect yourself from cheque fraud.


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Autumn trademarks in San Diego — dense fog and Chinese flame trees
November is our real fall
8:30 a.m., Sept. 24
The National Comedy Theatre, an improvisational comedy group, presents their fast-paced interactive show as part of Assistance League Rancho San Dieguito's spring fundraiser. Event also includes lunch in the ballroom, a silent auction, and opportunity baskets. Jodi Kodesh, of NBC 7, emcees. Proceeds will be used to support programs assisting victims of violence and poverty in local communities.
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So, listen, I needa cigarette.
That's what it is.
I-- it's a disaster.
I gotta quit smoking.
I like-- I wanna quitsmoking so badly.
And I've failedso many times.
And like, I-- I feel likethe only hope that I have,
personally, to quit smoking, isif we do what they do in foreign
countries with the scarypictures on the pa--
Have you everseen those?
Like, specifically,Canadian cigarettes.
I don't know if you guys haveever seen a Canadian pack
of cigarettes.
They're way over the top,they're fucking crazy.
It's like a brown lung or a guywith half a face and no teeth.
You're just like, what?
What did thisto his face?
Did he smokea hand grenade?
What could'vedone this?
I'm not exaggeratingthis for comedy.
This is literally a packof cigarettes that they
are selling right now.
I swear to God, the wholebox is a giant picture
of a dead little baby.
And, then under it, it says,cigarettes kill babies!
It's like, Jesus, take itdown a notch, Canada!
This is like, look, seriously,like if you're gonna be that
aggressive-- Like, if you'regonna insist on using that as
your argument, then you haveto look into all the facts
in the argument.
And, I'll tell you what, Canada,the rest of the facts are a lot
of other shitkills babies also.
And, that is because babiesare super easy to kill!
They are, right?
Come on, sleeping on theirtummies kills babies.
You sleep on your tummy,you're fine, right?
I-- I feel likeI have to make it clear.
I'm not advocating the killingof babies in any way.
I'm not sayingthat's okay.
I'm simply saying, it'sa bullshit argument.
You can't say cigarettes killbabies without listing other
things that killbabies, right?
'Cause they're veryeasy to kill, right?
Like, potato chipscould kill babies, you know?
Like, you could kill a ton ofbabies at once, right, pal?
Just throw them ina pillowcase and smack it.
That's all you'dhave to do.
But, but, I don'twant that to happen.
You seem horrified.
I'm not saying that's okay, butI feel like some of you are not
coming with me onthis comedy journey, and...


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Unconscious homosexuality
unconscious homosexuality --> latent homosexuality
An erotic inclination toward members of the same sex not consciously experienced or expressed in overt action, as opposed to overt homosexuality use of this term is disappearing because of both its potentially iatrogenic effect and the inability to validate the phenomenon by techniques outside of psychoanalytic theory.
Synonym: unconscious homosexuality.
Please contribute to this project, if you have more information about this term feel free to edit this page.


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By Abid, Bollywood Trade Editorial
Director Anand Kumar is a relatively new name in the Hindi film industry, and his last two films, DELHI HEIGHTS (Jimmy Shergill) and JUGAAD (Manoj Bajpai), may have failed to score commercially but had some reasonably good musical scores. This time for ZILA GHAZIABAD the music has been composed by Amjad -Nadeem and lyricist Shabbir Ahmed pens the songs. Guest composer Bappa Lahiri comes in for an item number as well. So let's check out what the team has to offer for this multi-starrer, 'masala' action fare! The title song 'Zila Ghaziabad' opens the album, and is a theme song that introduces the lead protagonists of the film in a very entertaining and interesting manner. Sukhwinder Singh is just the right man for the occasion and his zealous, vociferous and energetic rendition sets the pace for this all out 'masala' flick. A nice promotional music video featuring all the lead actors have been doing the rounds. The racy tune, good apt arrangements and lyrics that are a good mix of Hindi and 'Khadi Boli' of western UP. Next up is a romantic track, 'Ranjha Jogi' sung by none other than the prince of romantic numbers, Sonu Nigam, and the new nightingale herself, Shreya Ghoshal, and it is reason enough to savour the number. A soft, melodious, slightly semi-classical composition with lovely Hindustani arrangements like harmonium, 'tabla' form the base for this nice composition.The customary item number that is so quintessential in all 'masala' action fare follows this love duet, and the flavor of the season, Mamta Sharma (after 'Fevicol se'), Sukhwinder Singh and Mika Singh come together for 'Baap Ka Maal'. A cute, fun filled, naughty and entertaining item/ dance number and a potential chartbuster. Both the lead singers Mamta and Mika are in top form and Sukhwinder joins for a brief moment. Lyrics are humorous and entertaining and cheeky without being cheap or vulgar.The number appears twice with the second version 'Baap Ka Maal' 'Rock Again' sung by Mika and Anupama Raag, and is more of a remix version with more of western music instruments thrown in to give the song a rockish touch!Quite easily the best song of the album, 'Tu Hai Rab Mera', rendered by Mohit Chauhan and Tulsi Kumar, strikes and surprises at the same time as one did not expect such a superb melodious romantic outing in all out 'masala' action fare. Rich melody, nice fusion arrangements and some heartfelt lyrics and not to mention, outstanding rendition by the talented artists are the USP of the track.The song is however a rehashed version and was previously heard in the director's last film, JUGAAD, and was rendered by the talented Krishna and it was more classically inclined and 'sufi' at heart and soul with a surfeit of Punjabi.
The last to arrive is another item number 'Chamiya No. 1' composed by guest composer, Bappa Lahiri, and is rendered by none other than the original queen bee of item numbers, Sunidhi Chauhan, in her seductive and raunchy vocals, and is ably accompanied by Shadab Sabri. However the number turns out to be pale shadow of 'Munni' due to its oft repeated tune and arrangements.Summing up, the album of ZILA GHAZIABAD is quite in line with what was expected and the team has done a decent enough job keeping in mind the all-out action theme of the movie. The best of the lot is easily 'Tu Hai Rab Mera, and 'Baap Ka Maal' will surely appeal to the target audience. The songs should garner more popularity after the film releases.


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Bold blue eyeliner added a gorgeous dash of drama at the Michael Kors Spring/Summer 13 runway show.
Rather than applying a sweep of azure to the lash line, the bold hue was instead featured across the centre of the models' eyelids for a 'floating' effect.
Kors wasn't the only designer to adorn his models with cool blue tones. In fact, thanks to the likes of Chanel and Stella McCartney, aqua eye make-up is making a comeback.
And if you fancy trialling the trend, celebrity make-up artist Adam Burrell says a blue eyeliner is the way to go.
"A coloured liner is a really easy and subtle way to wear and introduce colour to your make-up, whether during the day or for an evening," says Adam.
"YSL do an amazing blue mascara which is another great way to add colour for a fresh and fun summer look."
Here are Adam's picks of the best blue liners on the market.
Urban Decay 24/7 Glide on eye pencil in Electric
Amazingly pigmented and velvety-soft, this pencil stays soft and creamy for blending, then dries down to a long-lasting finish that won't budge. Line eyes with a hint of colour or go for the full artistic, multi-hued effect.
Makeup For Ever Aqua Liner in Diamond Turquoise Blue
Brilliantly long-wearing and rich in polymers, this professional liner is both water and smudge-proof. The diamond turquoise hue is perfect for creating a runway-inspired floating eyeliner look.
MAC Chromagraphic Pencil in Hi-Def Cyan
A creamy, soft-point pencil ideal for creating bold, well-defined, pigment-rich lines. Go for Cyan if you want to pull off a fashion-forward look.
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