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text: There was a time when Shake Russell couldve run for mayor in Houston and probably finished with enough votes to shame both political parties. He might even have pulled a majority in Montrose and the Heights. For almost 30 years, Russell was a duo with Dana Cooper, and the pair consistently played to packed houses. More than just a popular performer, Russell is also no slouch as a songwriter, having had songs recorded by Waylon Jennings (Deep in the West), Ricky Skaggs (Youve Got a Lover) and Clint Black (Put Yourself in My Shoes). These days, Russell may not be quite as high- profile on the local scene as he once was, but he still keeps packing them in around these parts. Davin James also performs.


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NBC kept the momentum going last week, winning the primetime ratings race among young adults despite a season low for "Sunday Night Football."
The Peacock's music contest "The Voice" won its hours in adults 18-49 on Monday and Tuesday while football still ruled in primetime to pace the net to its 11th victory in 12 weeks this season (including ties). CBS, behind "The Big Bang Theory" and a strong Tuesday, tied NBC in adults 25-54 while winning for the 10th time this fall in total viewers.
ESPN's "Monday Night Football." The cable net's matchup between the Dallas Cowboys and Chicago Bears (pictured) delivered the franchise's best numbers of the season (5.7/15 in 18-49, 16.19m), ranking No. 1 in 18-49 for the week and No. 4 in total viewers.
NBC's "Sunday Night Football," on the other hand, was a lackluster game without significant meaning in the playoff race (Pittsburgh Steelers-Cincinnati Bengals), and it drew its smallest 18-49 rating of the fall (5.6/15). Still, that was good enough for a close No. 2 finish among all primetime programs, and it ranked third in total viewers (16.43 million).
NFL Network wrapped its highest-rated season of "Thursday Night Football" with a fall-best 3.3/9 in 18-49 (ninth for the week among primetime programs) and 8.94 million total viewers; its only two games to rate higher this football season (Patriots-Jets and Chiefs-Eagles) came in September before the start of the TV season.
Overall, according to Nielsen, NBC led the week of Dec. 9-15 in adults 18-49 with a 2.2 rating/6 share, followed by CBS and Fox (both 2.0/6), ABC (1.5/4) and Univision (1.0/3). CBS and NBC tied for the adults 25-54 lead (2.7), and the Eye won easily in total viewers (9.3 million to 7.5 million for runner-up NBC).
NBC did most of its damage on Sunday with football and Monday with "The Voice" and the season premiere of "The Sing-Off," which was up from its most recent premiere in 2011 (when it kicked off a night and thus didn't have a "Voice" lead-in). It also had a solid Tuesday, including "Chicago Fire" at 10 (2.2 in 18-49).
At CBS, the "Survivor" finale on Sunday (2.6/7 in 18-49, 10.19m) drew the show's lowest closing 18-49 score to date, though it was up a smidge in total viewers from last spring's edition.
The net overall had 13 of the week's top 20 primetime programs in total viewers, led by "NCIS" (19.30 million) and "The Big Bang Theory" (17.68 million), the latter of which was also the frame's No. 1 entertainment series in 18-49 (5.1/16). Also scoring was Tuesday special "Victoria's Secret Fashion Show" (3.4/10 in 18-49, 9.72m), the night's top program in the demo.
Football was also a big reason why Fox tied with CBS for second in adults 18-49. The net's late-afternoon window, highlighted by the game between the Green Bay Packers and Dallas Cowboys, was the week's most-watched program with nearly 28 million viewers, and peaked with more than 30 million around 7:40 p.m. ET, helping "The Simpsons," "Family Guy" and the net's other animated comedies draw their best numbers in 11 months.
Earlier in the week for the net, Monday rookie "Almost Human" edged up (1.8) while "Sleepy Hollow" held steady (2.2) with its fall finale.
ABC highlights included a four-week high for Tuesday comedy "The Goldbergs" and the best numbers since October for the fall finales of "Grey's Anatomy" (2.7 in 18-49) and "Scandal" (3.2). The latter stood as the week's No. 1 drama in 18-49 and remains the season's biggest year-over-year gainer for returning shows.
On the downside, "Marvel's Agents of SHIELD" (2.1 in 18-49) took a tumble from its previous original (2.6), when it didn't have to face CBS juggernaut "NCIS." Also, "Once Upon a Time" matched its low with its final episode until March (1.9 in 18-49).
CW had a pretty quiet week outside solid perfs from "Arrow" on Wednesday (1.1/3 in 18-49, 3.02m) and "The Vampire Diaries" on Thursday (1.1/3 in 18-49, 2.44m). Friday's "Carrie Diaries" and "Nikita" combined for a paltry 0.2 rating in 18-49 and less than 700,000 viewers overall.
In cable, the "Duck Dynasty Christmas Special" scored big on Wednesday (3.5/10 in 18-49, 8.88m) and FX's "Sons of Anarchy" (2.8/7 in 18-49, 5.17m) delivered its highest ratings to date for a season finale. Both shows ranked among the week's top 20 television programs in 18-49.
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R&B signer Ashanti is not doing anything to slow down the twerk movement after recruiting her mom to join her for some booty-shaking on "Watch What Happens Live" this week.
Footage of the must-see twerking has started to make its round online.
The family that twerks together, stays together. Ashanti taught Andy Cohen some twerking moves when she appeared on Bravo's "Watch What Happens Live." The talk show host caught the R&B singer off guard by showing one of the Douglas family's twerking videos. After sharing a laugh, he asked Ashanti and her momager, Tina Douglas, to teach him to twerk. Ashanti's mom got from behind the bar and started booty popping, while Ashanti joined in. But the show's fellow guest Christina Ricci sat out. (Rap-Up)
A few days ago, Young Money's Nicki Minaj came clean on releasing a twerk video this month.
"It was like three seconds, come on, yo," Nicki said when asked about her twerking video. "People are crazy. [laughs] Of course I saw it, I put it out, I was in a [bikini] in a pool, it goes down, ya dig? Number one twerk team captain. Ya dig? B*tches wanna come get it, ya dig? [laughs]" (Hot 97)
In early July, R&B diva Rihanna showed off her twerk skills in a 15-second clip.
Damn, Chris. We're sorry that you had to see this. We can't imagine what it would be like for us to watch our ex twerking to music by our nemesis, and hopefully we'll never have to … but you on the other hand, do have to. Rihanna's BFF Melissa Forde posted a video of the pop singer twerking inside a Paris hotel room on Monday. A$AP Rocky's "F*ckin Problem" is playing in the background, but the girls made sure to post video of Ri dancing during Drake's verse. It's definitely worth 15-seconds of your life to watch, so do that below. Enjoy, and again, sorry CB. (Hip Hollywood)
Rapper Ice-T's bodacious wife Coco Austin appeared on a recent broadcast of talk show "The Real" to speak on her physical appearance and to twerk.
"Like I said, I was a tomboy and I started noticing I could get a lot out of people at a certain date," she recalls. "I was like, 18, (and thought) wait a second, I can work with these curves. But I really kind of hide my hips. I hated my hips. Now, I flaunt it. I was always flaunting my boobs. I loved my boobs. I bought them at 18. I loved them," Coco said. "I was taking away from the hip area. I was covering it up and it wasn't till I got with my husband, Ice. He's the one, I give him credit for me being me to this day because he's the one who's like, 'You have something to work with, work it. It's unique.'" She also shut down rumors of "booty implants" by allowing all of the ladies to touch her backside, all of which led into an impromptu discussion on the twerking phase. Coco, who thinks it's just another name for "booty shaking," put her skills on display, instructing everyone that it all starts in the lower back. (VIBE)
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Cook County to close suburban courthouses on weekends
BY LISA DONOVAN, CASEY TONER AND RUMMANA HUSSAIN Staff Reporters December 28, 2011 5:22PM
The Markham courthouse at 167th and Kedzie is one of the suburban Cook County courthouses that would be closed on the weekends under a new cost-saving plan by the county. | Sun-Times Media file photo
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Get into trouble on the weekends in Cook County and no matter where you're arrested — from Schaumburg to the city's West Side to Orland Park — soon your only option will be to appear before a judge at Chicago's 26th and California courthouse.
That's according to a cost-saving plan that would mean closing the five suburban courthouses on the weekends in the coming months and creating a single weekend bond court at the southwest side criminal courthouse, according to Cook County Board President Toni Preckwinkle's office.
"Cook County has been holding weekend bond court at all five suburban courthouses despite a low volume of cases at some locations," according to a statement from Preckwinkle's office. "Consolidating weekend bond court at the criminal courthouse will make the criminal justice system more efficient."
Five suburban courthouses now hold bond hearings on Saturdays: Skokie, Rolling Meadows, Maywood, Bridgeview and Markham. Only Markham holds hearings on Sundays, when defendants who would otherwise appear before a judge in the other four courthouses are transferred to 26th and California.
Preckwinkle spokeswoman Liane Jackson said an average total of 87 defendants appear before judges at the five suburban courthouses on Saturdays, while an average of 37 appear before a judge on Sundays in Markham.
Bond court at 26th and California now processes only defendants arrested in Chicago, said Cook County sheriff's spokesman Frank Bilecki. A judge can see anywhere from 150 to — when it's busy — 350 defendants on a single weekend day in bond court, he said.
Typically those arrested and charged with a crime will appear before a judge within 24 hours.
During a bond hearing, a judge reviews the charge leveled against a defendant, decides whether the defendant will be released on bond until the trial and then sets the amount of the bond.
Suburban police who would normally ship detainees to a nearby courthouse for a weekend bond hearing will now have to transport them to 26th and California, Bilecki said. Once all suburban bond courts close on the weekends for good, the courthouses with lockups — including Maywood and Markham — would no longer house detainees on Saturdays and Sundays.
South Suburban Association Chiefs of Police President William Joyce called the change a "nightmare."
Joyce, who is also the South Chicago Heights police chief, said the move will increase overtime costs and tie up police resources with increased travel time into Chicago.
"I think they threw it at us and said 'Work with it,' and now we have to work with it," Joyce said.
In a letter sent earlier this month to judges, suburban police chiefs and other law enforcement, Cook County Chief Judge Timothy Evans pointed the finger at the county board and Preckwinkle.
"Due to reductions in the FY 2012 budget adopted by the Cook County Board of Commissioners on November 18, 2011, as recommended by President Preckwinkle, the suburban courthouses serving Municipal Districts 2 through 6 will no longer be open on weekends and court holidays."
He goes on to write: "Therefore, I have decided to consolidate weekend and holiday bond court proceedings currently convened in those courthouses to the Central Bond Court in Chicago, which is regularly in session 365 days a year."
The closings don't just affect criminals, Evans wrote.
"The closing of the courthouses on weekends also means marriages and civil unions will no longer be available in Districts 2 through 6 on the weekends."
Although he did not have details, state's attorney spokesman Andy Conklin said, "We are prepared to deal with the increased court call at 26th and California. It's a cost saving measure that we support."
Weekend court calls at the 26th and California are presently lengthy, lasting a few hours on some Saturdays and Sundays.
Preckwinkle believes $1.9 million alone could be saved next year by consolidating bond court. That's especially true, her staff said, when you consider each suburban courthouse needs at least a judge, assistant state's attorney, public defender, three clerks and seven sheriff's deputies to hold weekend hearings, not to mention the cost of utilities.
Preckwinkle's staff maintained they were able to work out the deal through an agreement reached with the county judiciary to the state's attorney and sheriff's office.
"Holding bond court on the weekend is expensive and diverts resources that could be dedicated to other functions within the County. The consolidation will allow public safety resources to be more efficiently utilized," Preckwinkle's statement said.
The process will begin Jan. 7th at the Bridgeview courthouse, and the rest of the courthouses will begin closing their weekend bond courts over the next two to three months, Jackson said.


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Slow start dooms TwinsPublished 9:41am Thursday, June 27, 2013
MIAMI — Scott Diamond's latest start went like many of his other recent outings — not quite enough for the Minnesota Twins.
Diamond allowed four runs and eight hits in five innings Wednesday and the Twins lost to the Miami Marlins 5-3.
"I feel I've already been on the hot seat, but I've got to be pitching better and that falls back on not going late in games and having that rough fifth and sixth inning," Diamond said.
"I'm showing more consistency and executing pitches better even though my numbers haven't shown it. I'm just really waiting for it to start cracking, and if I'm still on the hot seat then that's the way it is," he said.
Diamond (5-7) is 2-5 with a 6.89 ERA in his last nine starts after beginning 3-2 with a 3.03 ERA in his first five outings. He's gone at least six innings just once since May 7.
"It's not helping anybody. It's not helping my team, it's not helping the defense, and I'm getting sick of it," he said.
Placido Polanco homered for the first time in more than a year and Jeff Mathis hit his first since last August, helping the Marlins overcome a three-run deficit.
"That just shows you when you start playing better and guys continue to gain confidence, you have a lot of different contributors," Marlins manager Mike Redmond said. "We saw that today out of a couple of guys who've been kind of quiet."
Miami is 13-9 this month and is ensured of a winning record in June following a 14-41 start. Still, the Marlins' 27-50 record is the poorest in the major leagues.
"Right now, guys are playing with a lot of confidence and having fun," said Marlins starter Tom Koehler, who allowed three runs in four innings.
With the Marlins trailing 3-0, Mathis hit a two-run homer in the fifth off Diamond. Just 5 for 52 (.096) this season entering the at-bat, Mathis had not homered since Aug. 24 for Toronto against Baltimore's Matt Lindstrom.
"I knew he was throwing a lot of fastballs and he was around the zone," Mathis said. "I was just trying to get a pitch up and put a good swing on it."
Kevin Slowey (3-6), who pitched three scoreless innings, singled and scored the tying run on Giancarlo Stanton's groundout. Slowey earned the win in his first appearance against his former team, having pitched for the Twins from 2007-11.
Logan Morrison's leadoff single in the sixth chased Diamond, and Polanco sent a 354-foot drive off Ryan Pressly just over the left-field wall. He had gone 350 consecutive at-bats without a home run since hitting one off Los Angeles Dodgers ace Clayton Kershaw on June 4 last year.
"That is one of the most professional hitters you'll see," Twins manager Rod Gardenhire said of Polanco. "We've faced him a lot of different years with a lot of different teams and he's always been a good contact guy. He puts the bat on the ball. As you saw he can drive one too. He's good in those situations."
Pressly, who made his major league debut this year, had not allowed a home run in his previous 23 big league games.
Mike Dunn and Steve Cishek followed Slowey with an inning each of perfect relief. Cishek retired the Twins in order in the ninth for the second straight game and earned his 14th save in 16 chances.
Joe Mauer had three hits for Minnesota, which has lost four of five.
Minnesota took a 3-0 lead in the first off Koehler when Mauer and Josh Willingham hit consecutive run-scoring singles and Oswaldo Arcia followed with an RBI groundout.
"You jump out like that with three runs quick and you think, 'Oh, here we go,' and nothing happened after that," Gardenhire said. "We couldn't put them away. We had men out there. We needed another big hit early to put them away at least open the lead up and maybe have one of those kind of games, but to their credit they kept battling back."
NOTES: Miami has allowed three runs or fewer in 10 consecutive games, going 7-3. … Diamond's single in the sixth was only the second in 33 at-bats for Minnesota pitchers in the last two seasons. … Mauer has a .429 (12 for 28) average against the Marlins. … Miami top prospect OF Christian Yelich will play for Team USA in the 2013 All-Star Futures Game. Minnesota prospects OF Byron Buxton (Team USA) and 3B Miguel Sano (World Team) have also been selected to play in the game. … Minnesota will return home for a four-game series against Kansas City beginning on Thursday and will send RHP Samuel Deduno (3-2, 3.72 ERA) to the mound against RHP Jeremy Guthrie (7-5, 4.20 ERA). Miami has a day off before a four-game series against San Diego. RHP Ricky Nolasco (4-7, 3.68 ERA) is Friday's scheduled starter.


text: Environmentalism 'has become a religion' says Gaia Theory's Godfather of Green Print article Send a Tip by James Delingpole 31 Mar 2014 post a comment Environmentalism has become a "religion" - and "religions don't worry too much about facts" says scientist James Lovelock, father of the modern green movement. Interviewed in the Guardian on the day of the IPCC's latest report, Lovelock also praises nuclear power as "an extraordinary gift to humans" and dismisses criticisms of it as "propaganda": "I'm a scientist and an inventor, and it is absurd to reject nuclear energy," he says. "It all comes from the religious side. They feel guilty about dropping atom bombs on people. Here was this extraordinary gift given to humans – a safe, cheap source of power – and it gets horribly abused right at the start. We're still playing out the guilt feelings about it. But it's sad because we in Britain could now be having cheap energy if we'd gone on building [nuclear power stations]." Nuclear waste? "It isn't a problem," he insists. "Sandy and I were invited to France, and we stood on 25 years of nuclear waste at La Hague. I had my own handheld monitor to check whether they were bullshitting me about it, and it was showing about the same reading as I was getting in this room. It was completely safe. The Swiss did a study of the number of deaths per year in all the various power systems, and nuclear beats everything." What about the meltdown at Fukushima in 2011? "That's the most amazing collection of lies ever known," he says. "There is virtually no wildlife damage anywhere near Fukushima. Levels [of radiation] are much too low. Nobody was killed, nobody was even hurt, so what was all the fuss about? It's all propaganda. People badmouth nuclear so nobody dares use it." His remarks will infuriate those in the green movement who once saw Lovelock as a role model. Besides having invented "Gaia theory" , Lovelock was once at the forefront of the climate alarmism, warning in 2007 that "Billions of us will die; few breeding pairs of people that survive will be in Arctic." However, in his 100th decade (Lovelock is now 94), he appears to be enjoying a new burst of optimism: "We shouldn't worry too much about terrible disasters because they've happened in the past [when we may have been down to just a few thousand individuals] and we've come back. We are an extraordinarily special species, the first to harvest information."


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text: Pakistani Firm Seeks U.S. Taxpayer-Subsidized Loans Print article Send a Tip by Wynton Hall 24 Mar 2013 post a comment An estimated 80% of the roadside bombs that have killed or injured U.S. forces in Afghanistan were made with chemicals manufactured by Pakistani fertilizer maker Fatima Group. Now the company wants U.S. taxpayer funds to open a plant in Indiana. "Not only was this company Fatima able to still ship calcium ammonium nitrate to make bombs across the border into Afghanistan," said Rep. Duncan Hunter (R-CA), "but they were almost getting ready to take advantage of taxpayer-subsidized loans to set up shop in Indiana to make more fertilizer while they were sending bomb making material across the border from Pakistan to Afghanistan." Duncan says the Pentagon and State Department's efforts to get the Fatima Group to change its fertilizer have "completely failed" largely because the Pakistani government has thwarted their efforts. "The producers within Pakistan have been less than cooperative," said Lt. Gen. Michael Barbero, director of military Joint IED Defeat Organization. "Despite making minor packaging, tracking and marketing changes, they have not implemented any effective product security or stewardship efforts. Pakistani-based CAN producers can and must do more. Frustratingly, all direct communication and engagement with the leaders of Fatima Group was halted by the government of Pakistan." Indiana officials have suspended the company's bid for taxpayer-funded subsidies, and Fatima says it is now willing to create a compound that cannot be used for explosive devices. Furthermore, Barbero says "Fatima confirmed to me in writing that it has suspended sales of CAN fertilizer products in the border provinces of Balochistan and Khyber Pakhtunkhwa, affecting 228 dealers in those areas." Fox News says the Pakistani fertilizer maker claims it is already making efforts to fix its formula. The Fatima Group also recently released a video that it says shows a test of a new, less explosive fertilizer they are trying to produce. "As you can see from the video testing, the Fatima Group has successfully created a more inert formulation of ammonium nitrate fertilizer," Fatima said in a statement to Fox News. "Our extensive research and rigorous testing have led to the development of a formulation that has made it extremely difficult -- if not impossible -- to modify ammonium nitrate fertilizer into an explosive." U.S. Defense officials are still awaiting visas from the Pakistani government to visit Pakistan to see the facility themselves and whether the company's claims that they have made their fertilizer more inert are true. In 2012, improvised explosive devices were responsible for nearly 1,900 U.S. casualties. In the last two years, Afghanistan roadside bomb attacks increased 80%.


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az1 on 8/14/2011 8:05:00 AM more reviews by az1
Age: 36-43 Skin: Acne-prone, Medium, Warm Hair: Brunette, Curly, Fine Eyes: Brown
A little goes a long way with this product! I highly recommend it if you have oily skin. On the rare occasion I forget to put this on, I can tell as soon as I finish my makeup. It really helps your makeup go on smoother and your skin looks better.
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*TOP REVIEWER* chickatthegym on 8/4/2011 3:33:00 PM more reviews by chickatthegym
Age: 30-35 Skin: Normal, Tan, Neutral Hair: Blond, Wavy, Fine Eyes: Blue
I received samples of this product and decided to start using it since I am in Arizona right now and it's summer! I was really impressed!
The texture isn't that bad... I didn't really notice until I read the other reviews here and it does resemble glue a little but it's nothing that turned me off.
I use it after washing my face with my clarisonic brush. Then apply MUFE HD foundation, MAC Prep + Prime translucent powder, and MAC MSF Natural. I've been really happy with the results- MUCH LESS oil in my T-zone and my face looks less shiny in general (which I hate LOL). I think it does help foundation stay on longer as well.
If you have really dry skin, you might want to use a moistrizer too. I just use a little Mary Kay eye cream around my eyes since they've been the only dry area on my face lately.
Def going to buy this in the full size when my little sampler runs out. If you have oily skin or live in a humid/hot area you might want to look into this:) Sephora often has samples!
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manlhk on 7/31/2011 4:16:00 AM more reviews by manlhk
Age: 19-24 Skin: Acne-prone, Fair Hair: Black Eyes: Brown
I have acne-pore skin yet, oily always. This moisturizer is SPF 15 and it is dmoisturized enough while oil controlling very well. I had used a lot of oil-free moisturizer but they nonetheless made my face oily in 15 minutes or less. I took off a point is because the product is too creamy, which means you need to use a lot at a time, and as a result, it ran out very quickly.
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sassenachtiff on 7/25/2011 11:33:00 AM more reviews by sassenachtiff
Age: 30-35 Skin: Combination, Fair-Medium, Warm Hair: Black, Straight, Fine Eyes: Brown
I've been using this mattifier for several months now and it's definitely a winner for me. Yes, it has a glue-like texture but the product is effective, so I don't mind that so much. I have combo skin that tends to lean oily during the summer. Right now, Murad + MAC Pro Longwear foundation + Maybelline Dream Matte powder is my HG summer combination. This mattifier keeps me from getting overly oily, especially in my t-zone. I don't have to blot as often when I use this. During the summer, I can use this alone under my makeup; however, during the winter, I usually need a moisturizer in addition to it since I get drier areas around my cheeks and lips. I wish this product weren't so expensive, but you can find it cheaper on Amazon or eBay. I would repurchase this.
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*TOP REVIEWER* missymarissa on 7/23/2011 1:14:00 AM more reviews by missymarissa
Age: 19-24 Skin: Combination, Fair, Neutral Hair: Brown, Wavy, Fine Eyes: Green
It's been quite agreed upon among MUA reviewers this has a wierd, yet familiar texture (think crafts projects in the 2nd grade) but since you are reading the review for this product you can be prepared to persevere throughout the experience of applying the 'glue'-like texture to your face knowing it actually is effective at controlling oil! This was a suprise from Murad, since a number of their products are totally ineffective. I actually like that it is spf 15 because my problem with a lot of suncreens is that they are greasy and break me out. This is a nice combo of having protection from sun, yet controlling oil. I have tried DDF's version of this. Same concept of oil control with an spf..not nearly as good as this. Only reason I took a lippie off is the price..I don't know if I can continue to buy this.
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chatillon on 6/19/2011 6:40:00 PM more reviews by chatillon
Age: 19-24 Skin: Very Oily, Fair Hair: Blond Eyes: Blue
The other reviewers are absolutely right in describing this as similar to glue. The first time I dotted this around on my face, I was horrified. How was I going to spread this around, much less put make-up on top? However, despite my doubts I soldiered on, and it actually does absorb nicely after 5-10 min. (I've found applying this when my face is still slightly damp makes it easier to rub into my skin). And it does make a nice primer for make-up, plus it has sunscreen. Since I have oily skin I figure the fewer creams/lotions that I put on, the better, so I love that this a 3-in-1 (moisturizer, primer, sunscreen). This lotion does suppress oiliness, but I agree with other reviewers that it only does this for 3-4 hours. After that I need to blot pretty regularly. However, this is the best mattifier I have found so far.
Now to the cons: above I said it was a moisturizer, but in winter weather it wasn't moisturizing enough for me. Rather, during the winter months (when my oiliness miraculously decreases a little) I found that in the morning, even with the moisturizer, my skin would be dry and flaky (yet annoyingly well-oiled a few hours later, as some of you with oily skin may understand!). And I consider myself as having SUPER oily skin (so it may not be moisturizing enough for some you with less oily skin).
The other (major) downside is the price: I bought this moisturizer last September, and I still haven't quite finished up the tube. I would have used it up long ago, but since it was so pricey, I have only used it for state occasions, to make it last a little longer. I would repurchase this, but not until the weather cools off in the fall, since I'm doubtful that anything can keep the oil at bay in the summer heat/humidity.
So, while this does definitely help, I will continue looking for something better/lower in price.
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lindadomini on 6/17/2011 1:30:00 PM more reviews by lindadomini
Age: 30-35 Skin: Combination, Fair-Medium Hair: Black Eyes: Brown
This is more of an oil-control lotion than a oil-control primer. Please keep that in mind! It's a tad bit thicker than some of the facial lotions I tend to use but I have confidence in knowing that this product will not make my skin worse. As far as oil control, I gave it a middle-ground score of 3. It controls oil when compared to using nothing at all or other lotions... but it doesn't control oil better than primers I've used. But some of the primers cause me to breakout whereas this product doesn't cause breakouts at all for me. I use this under my makeup whenever the whether is tolerable and it keeps my skin hydrated and my makeup from drying out and looking caked on. But when it gets hot, it doesn't hold up as well for me. So yes, it does mattify when compared to oily alternatives but it doesn't hold a candle to shine-control primers that I have used for the hot weather.
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*TOP REVIEWER* shannon804 on 6/16/2011 12:19:00 PM more reviews by shannon804
Age: 19-24 Skin: Combination, Medium Brown, Warm Hair: Brown, Straight, Fine Eyes: Brown
I went into Spehora looking for a sunscreen that wouldn't turn my face into an oil slick and wouldn't leave white residue behind (thanks, L'Occitane). One of the girls pointed this out and gave me a sample. So far, it does what I wanted it to do: it's non-greasy and keeps me matte all day. Time will tell if it's a good sunscreen, but it certainly smells like sunscreen, so if you don't like the chemically smell, beware.
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pjai80 on 6/12/2011 7:56:00 PM more reviews by pjai80
Age: 30-35 Skin: Acne-prone, Dark Hair: Black Eyes: Brown
I have oily acne proned skin and out of all of the products i've tried (to control oil) this is the best so far. I didn't give it the full 5 lippys because you still get some oil but it is definitley not like before. It last longer than most, and i love the pacakging. The tube is built to prevent all of the nasty junk that occurs on a twist tube. My best friend hates the smell too, she says it smells like horrible, i don't see a big deal with it, but she loves what it does so she sucked it up. It is very expensive for a moisturizer, Like i told my bff before she bought, go to Sephora, get a sample and try it out first. I will keep buying this until someone knocks them off their throne. Im not sure if that will appen...lol
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hellokatieeeeee on 5/19/2011 3:19:00 AM more reviews by hellokatieeeeee
Age: 19-24 Skin: Combination, Fair, Neutral Hair: Brown, Straight, Medium Eyes: Brown
I really wanted to like this after reading so many good reviews on it. first of all, the smell of the product was horrible...to me, it smelled like glue! like elmer's glue, no joke! but, i sucked it up and applied it to my skin. it kept me matte for about 3-4 hours which is no where close to the 8 hrs the product promised. So, i still needed to use blot powder/blot paper after. for the price, i wished it did what it promised. needless to say, i returned it. i'm still on my quest to finding the best oil mattifier!
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On the afternoon of Thursday, November 19, 1863, during the American Civil
War, four and a half months after the Union armies defeated those of the
Confederacy at the decisive Battle of Gettysburg, president Abraham Lincoln
delivered a speech at the Soldiers' National Cemetery in Gettysburg,
Pennsylvania. Lincoln's carefully crafted address has come to be regarded as
one of the greatest speeches in American history.
In just over two minutes, Lincoln invoked the principles of human equality
espoused by the Declaration of Independence and redefined the Civil War as a
struggle, not merely for the Union, but as "a new birth of freedom" that
would bring true equality to all of its citizens, and that would also create
a unified nation.
I believe the greatest part of the Gettysburg address is that part where
Lincoln talked about the American service members who fought and others who
gave their lives in defense of freedom.
"But, in a larger sense, we can not dedicate...we can not consecrate...we
can not hallow this ground. The brave men, living and dead, who struggled
here, have consecrated it, far above our poor power to add or detract."
And so it has been since the time of Lincoln's address until the modern era
that American Veterans have fought and died for the freedom and liberties we
hold so dear - in the Spanish American War, World War I, World War II,
Korea, Vietnam, Iraq, Bosnia, Afghanistan and many conflicts around the
The most important thing we can learn from the sacrifices of our Veterans is
to remember another paragraph in Lincoln's address: "It is for us the
living, rather, to be dedicated here to the unfinished work which they who
fought here have thus far so nobly advanced."
Lincoln was referring to the fact that we must come together as a nation,
settle our differences, embrace our future and build upon the sacrifices our
Veterans have made.
These are not mere words to inspire a nation into recovery from the wounds
inflicted in a deadly Civil War, they are prophetic words by which American
Veterans live and die each day.
Without the citizen willing to put on the uniform of the Armed Forces and
dedicating their lives and liberties towards the great task of securing
the freedom of the American people, this nation would not have endured and
become a shining beacon of hope to the rest of the world.
American Veterans have answered the call to duty and to the fulfillment of
Lincoln's vision in this his final part of the address: "It is rather for us
to be here dedicated to the great task remaining before us honored dead we
take increased devotion to that cause for which they gave the last full measure
of devotion dead shall not have died in vain new birth of freedom the people,
shall not perish from the earth."
On this Veterans Day please pay tribute to those who gave their last full
measure of devotion to this nation and give honor to those who have
sacrificed to defend our nation, our liberties and our way of live.
Warriors in the Sky
I stood upon the hill one day looking down below,
I felt a presence standing near my thoughts begin to flow.
I know you're standing near me Lord your spirit I can feel,
a warm and gentle peace of mind that tells me not to kneel.
Look up in the sky above I heard God softly say,
and as I did I saw a sight that took my breath away.
Smiling down from far above were thirty men or more,
these were friends and gentle souls who lost their lives in war.
Tears of joy and happy smiles were spread across each face,
these were men of many creeds and every single race.
As I looked in rapturous joy my heart was filled with pride,
for each and every one of them I would myself have died.
I will keep them close to me the Lord then softly said,
for in the house that God has built they were never dead.
I watched in tranquil peace of mind as the sky returned to blue,
I knew what God had shown to me was wonderful and true.


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November 2, 2014 - Copenhagen, Denmark: One month after unprecedented numbers of people took to the streets calling for more climate action as part of the Peoples' Climate Marches, the world's peak body of climate scientists has issued its starkest warning yet about the choice facing humanity.
The people have spoken, businesses demand action, investors want long term certainty and science could not send a clearer signal than the Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change's (IPCC) Fifth Assessment Report.
With the release of the final installment of the report - ending a five year process covering 30,000 pieces of evidence and involving over 2000 scientists - the baton has now been handed to governments who need to scale up the ongoing transition from dirty to clean energy and deliver the new, global climate agreement due in Paris next year.
Samantha Smith, leader of WWF's Global Climate & Energy Initiative, said the world's best scientists have given us a good, clear measuring stick for what the world needs to do to combat rampant climate change.
"It's easy to look at what science requires and be overwhelmed," Smith said. "But what the IPCC is really telling us is that we have an historic opportunity to secure a clean, just and safer future for the world and the people that live in it."
The report confirms the experience of many vulnerable communities around the world: impacts of climate change, such as sea level rise, ice melt and ocean acidification, are hitting home much faster than previously thought.
Though there is a pressing need to boost support to make communities more resilient to these impacts, Harjeet Singh, International Coordinator Disaster Risk Reduction and Climate Adaptation for ActionAid International, said the IPCC warns that there are limits to adaptation.
"This means that in some cases floods, cyclones, sea-level rise and drought will be so extreme that people can no longer cope with them," Singh said.
"That is why developing countries have been demanding meaningful ways to support those communities battered by the climate change impacts that they have not even caused."
To avoid the worst impacts, the IPCC spells out the need to phase out carbon pollution entirely in favour of a scaling up of the transition to clean energy. The report says switching our investments to renewable energy in the next few decades will be cheaper than paying a rapidly growing bill for "severe, pervasive, and irreversible impacts."
Kaisa Kosonen, Greenpeace climate policy advisor said there had been a huge breakthrough in the affordability and effectiveness of renewable energy as well as technologies for smart energy use since the last IPCC report in 2007.
"Let's face it - the science is in and it's game over for fossil fuels," Kosonen said. "The IPCC spells out the benefits of scaling up the transition to renewable energy, such as affordability, better public health and more jobs."
"What started with a decade of coal will be known as the century of renewables -economics and co-benefits are on their side, while the opposite is true for nuclear and carbon capture and storage," she said.
Alden Meyer, director of strategy and policy for the Union of Concerned Scientists said early next year, governments must put forward their climate action commitments towards an international agreement to limit climate change due to be signed in Paris, in December 2015. That agreement must signal a collective decision by society to end the fossil fuel age and to embrace the dawning renewable energy era.
"The world's scientists could not have made it clearer: to avoid truly devastating climate impacts, we must move rapidly to phase out our use of polluting fossil fuels," Meyer said.
"Political leaders now face a choice: they can either put policies in place to achieve this essential shift, or they can spend the rest of their careers dealing with climate disaster after climate disaster," he said.
Contact: Ria Voorhaar, +49 157 317 355 68, rvooorhaar @ climatenetwork.org
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24 October 2014, Brussels
This morning European leaders meeting at the European Council in Brussels agreed on a proposal for a new set of climate and energy targets for 2030. CAN Europe [1] is disappointed by their failure to adequately increase the levels of ambition for action on greenhouse gas emission reductions, renewable energy and energy savings.
Clearly, this decision does not respond to the urgency to act on climate change as reflected in the latest report of the Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change, which will be finalised next week [2]. Nor does it give the necessary incentives to Europe's industry to invest in low-carbon technologies and reap the full economic and employment benefits of such investments. More ambitious renewable energy and energy savings targets would also substantially increase Europe's energy independence and be one of the best responses to dealing with Russia's threats towards the Ukraine and the EU.
This decision is the first step in a longer process. Further work needs to start now to develop legislative proposals that will greatly increase Europe's ambitions to reduce greenhouse gas emissions, increase renewable energy and promote energy savings. An improved proposal will be crucial for the EU's ability to negotiate an adequate international agreement with strong commitments from all major emitters, by the end of the climate talks in Paris in December 2015.
CAN Europe comments on:
Commenting on the at least 40% greenhouse gas emission reduction target, Wendel Trio, director of Climate Action Network Europe said:
"Cutting carbon by at least 40% is clearly not in line with Europe's ambition to decarbonise by 2050. The target will also fail to give the right incentives to Europe's industry to invest in low-carbon technologies and reap the full economic and employment benefits of such investments. This target puts Europe at risk of being locked into a costly high-carbon energy infrastructure and catastrophic runaway climate change."
"The European Commission must urgently act upon the "at least" placed in front of the 40%, and propose an increase to the emission reduction target. Only then can Europe show the world it is serious about climate action and help create positive momentum for the international climate negotiations."
Commenting on the EU energy savings target, Wendel Trio, Director of Climate Action Network Europe, said:
"Unbelievably, Member States have further weakened and adopted a non-binding energy savings target of at least 27%. This will effectively slow down progress on energy savings after 2020 compared to current trends. By putting a leash on energy savings, they are losing out on increased energy security while throwing away cost-effective emission reductions and jobs growth in Europe."
Commenting on the EU Renewable Energy Target, Wendel Trio, Director of Climate Action Network Europe, said:
"The 27% renewable energy target is a clear setback from the policies and development that are currently in place, implying a dramatic slow down in the growth of renewable energy [3]. Its a weak target that fails to recognise the on going transformation of our energy system being championed by citizens and many industrial sectors."
"The low EU renewables target - not accompanied by national binding targets - means Europe risks missing out on the potential benefits that further development of the renewable energy industry would have for Europe's economy, its people and climate."
Policy experts are available for detailed analysis on request.
1. Climate Action Network (CAN) Europe is Europe's largest coalition working on climate and energy issues. With over 120 member organisations in more than 25 European countries, CAN Europe works to prevent dangerous climate change and promote sustainable climate and energy policy in Europe.
2. The 40th Session of IPCC (adoption and approval of SYR AR5) will be held in Copenhagen, Denmark between 27-31 October 2014 - http://www.ipcc-syr.nl/
3. From 6.4% per cent per year between 2010 and 2020 to 1.4% per cent per year, between 2020 and 2030 (source: Greenpeace, based on European Commission data).
This evening in Brussels, Miguel Arias Cañete, Commissioner-designate for Climate Action and Energy, faced tough questions from Members of the European Parliament, about his commitment to climate action and the low-carbon transformation of our energy system.
"Whatever the legal judgement, Cañete will never get rid of his image of being linked to the fossil fuel industry. We need a Climate Commissioner from a government with a more progressive record on climate action. One who shows more commitment to the urgency of climate change than Commissioner-designate Cañete has shown tonight," said Wendel Trio, Director of CAN Europe.
"If Juncker is serious about tackling climate change then he needs to appoint a Commissioner prepared to fight for increased climate ambition, who will challenge Member States to go beyond what they are currently prepared to do. He also needs a Vice-President that treats energy and climate action equally," added Trio.
"We need all Commissioners to integrate climate change into their portfolios, in particular all those who are part of the climate and energy project team. Which strangely enough is not the case right now," concluded Wendel Trio, Director of CAN Europe.
We are just one year away from the Climate Summit in Paris, where the world is expected to adopt a new legal global agreement on climate action. The world is looking at Europe to determine the level of ambition with which the negotiations are approached. The scientific evidence is clear, the impacts of current inadequate policies will be devastating, not only for poor people across the globe, but also for the people of Europe. The new European Commission has a clear role to play in setting the bar as high as possible on climate action.
The UNSG's Climate Summit today contributed to the growing sense that the fossil fuel era is ending and delivered some momentum towards an international climate agreement to be signed in Paris next year, according to civil society groups organized in two major networks.
A small but growing number of countries joined UNSG Ban Ki-moon and actor Leonardo diCaprio to confirm the need to speed up the switch from fossil fuels to 100% renewable energy, such as Samoa, Tuvalu, Costa Rica and Denmark. Other countries, like Sweden, Trinidad and Tobago, Ethiopia and Iceland pledged to go carbon neutral by 2050.
While the Summit produced positive signals and some money on the table for climate action, many governments came to New York today to merely restate what they are already doing. As the almost 700,000 people who joined the Peoples Climate marches over the weekend know, what they are already doing is not nearly enough.
"Leaders in New York, including US President Barack Obama, acknowledged they can no longer act against the will of the people. And on the weekend, the will of the people was made profoundly clear. Mums and dads, people of faith, progressive business leaders, union members and youth - all are already taking action in massive numbers, and they expect Heads of Government to join them and do more, now," Climate Action Network director Wael Hmaidan said.
"Government leaders have the choice to lead the orderly transformation of our societies or to end up on the wrong side of history."
China should be commended for signaling its intention to peak emissions as soon as possible. Such moves along with more ambitious actions by the US - which President Obama hinted at - could accelerate negotiations towards the global climate agreement due next year. We now need them to translate their positive rhetoric into concrete commitments – carbon cuts and climate finance for the world's vulnerable nations.
Christian Aid's Senior Climate Change Advisor Mohamed Adow said, "those countries that are hawking old goods today have to go back to their capitals with a renewed determination to get their countries on the right path with the words of the Marshall Islands', Kathy Jetnil-Kijiner ringing in their ears, who said in the opening ceremony on behalf of civil society "We deserve to not just survive. We deserve to thrive."
About CAN and GCCA
Climate Action Network (CAN) is a global network of over 900 NGOs working to promote government and individual action to limit human-induced climate change to ecologically sustainable levels. More at: www.climatenetwork.org
The Global Call for Climate Action is an international network of diverse non-profit organizations working to mobilize civil society and galvanize public opinion in support of climate action. More at: www.tcktcktck.org
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European Citizens summit attendees call upon leaders to increase climate action at New York Climate Summit.
[23 September, EU Citizens Summit, Brussels]
On the morning of the UN Climate Summit in New York [1], hundreds of people attending the European Citizens Summit [2] in Brussels have sent messages calling for their governments to ramp up action on climate change.
Climate Action Network Europe (CAN Europe) and Friends of the Earth Europe offered people attending the summit the opportunity to send their 'Climate Asks' to the Ban Ki-moon Summit. Many concerned people wrote strong messages, demanding urgent climate action from their heads of state or government who are due to meet today at the UN in New York.
The pictures have been circulating online via the hashtag #MyClimateAsk.
The messages uniformly called for immediate, concrete and ambitious action from the talks: "SERIOUSLY, Do Something ", read one; "concrete action! No progress reports!" read another. Others called on world leaders to "stop funding fossil fuels", and called for the EU to adopt binding 40% energy efficiency targets for 2030.
"European citizens are worried about climate change and want our leaders to act. The New York Summit is the opportunity for our governments to live up to the expectations of the European public. We want to hear new plans to increase renewable energy, lower energy consumption, reduce the use of fossil fuels and expand financial support to climate action in poor countries," said Wendel Trio Director of Climate Action Network (CAN) Europe.
"This summit is a moment for the EU to signal increased ambition in the run-up to October's EU Council on 2030 targets. It would be embarrassing for its weak and ineffective proposal on emission reductions, energy savings and renewables targets to be presented in front of so many world leaders in New York," said Susann Scherbarth, Climate and Energy Campaigner at Friends of the Earth Europe.
The action follows on from the global People's Climate March, which saw the largest ever mobilization of people calling for governments and polluters to stop blocking the urgent action required to halt catastrophic climate change. More than 400,000 people took to the streets of New York, while more than 2000 people marched in Brussels on Sunday. Marchers have signaled this is as the beginning of a growing public movement away from a fossil fuelled economy.
Photos can be viewed here: http://www.caneurope.org/2014-02-26-12-55-45/my-climate-ask - 23 and via the @FoEEurope and @CANEurope Twitter accounts.
[1] The UN Climate Summit has been organised by UN Secretary General Ban Ki-moon. It is intended to increase political momentum ahead of December 2015 when a new international climate agreement will be signed at the UN climate negotiations in Paris.
[2] The European Citizens Summit is an annual conference organised by the EU Civil Society Contact Group, aiming to envision a Europe for and from citizens. The Civil Society Contact Group (CSCG) brings together eight large rights and value based NGO sectors. Jointly we organise the second edition of the Summit in September 2014. This event will address Europe's growth obsession and create a space for citizens to discuss an alternative vision of Europe. http://citizenssummit.eu/
[Brussels – September 22, 2014]
A group of leading NGOs active in the Balkan region [1] are calling for urgent reform of the Energy Community Treaty, as its Ministerial Council prepares to meet in Kiev on September 23rd [2]. The groups are calling for both the expansion of the environmental and climate component of the Treaty and measures to ensure that existing obligations are better enforced.
"Energy Community Treaty reform is a once in a decade opportunity to garner support for the EU's neighbours to meet EU climate and energy targets", said Garret Tankosić-Kelly, Principal of SEE Change Net Foundation.
"The New Climate Economy report demonstrates that sustainable development is only attainable through the joint action of countries at all income levels, particularly in the energy sector which is still the largest source of greenhouse gas emissions in the Balkans," added Dragana Mileusnic of CAN Europe.
Recent changes in the European Commission structure, where high priority has been given to the concept of an Energy Union, under Vice-President Alenka Bratušek, are expected to lead to the EU strengthening its cooperation with the Energy Community in the following years.
"Governments in Contracting Parties must give EU environmental law as much importance as EU energy rules. Only with the stronger environmental rules can we ensure the creation of a fair common energy market for the EU and the Energy Community," said Malgorzata Smolak of Client Earth.
Weak enforcement of Energy Community rules set forth in the Treaty remains one of the major obstacles for their full implementation. Strengthening enforcement must be the top priority of the reform, while more EU environmental legislation needs to be included in the Treaty, NGOs concluded. They also expect to be more effectively engaged in the work of the Energy Community to ensure better transparency and public participation.
[1] The NGOs are: SEE Change Net Foundation, Bosnia and Herzegovina ∙ Client Earth, Poland ∙ Front 21/42, Macedonia ∙ CAN Europe, Belgium ∙ Analytica, Macedonia ∙ Advocacy and Training Resource Center – ATRC, Kosovo ∙ CEKOR, Serbia ∙ Public Interest Advocacy Center – CPI, Bosnia and Herzegovina ∙ Center for Environment, Bosnia and Herzegovina ∙ DOOR, Croatia ∙ Environmental Center for Development, Education and Networking – EDEN, Albania ∙ Ekolevizja, Albania ∙ Eko-Svest, Macedonia ∙ Forum for Freedom of Education – FSO, Croatia ∙ Fractal, Serbia ∙ Green Home, Montenegro ∙ MANS, Montenegro ∙ World Wide Fund For Nature - Mediterranean Programme∙ CEE Bankwatch Network, Czech Republic.
[2] The Energy Community is an organisation set up to help the countries of the Western Balkans and the Black Sea region adopt and implement existent EU energy policies (EU Energy Acquis). The Ministerial Council is the highest decision-making body of the Energy Community and comprises of the energy Ministers from the Contracting Parties and representatives of the European Union.
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On the Panthers trading up for Clemson WR Sammy Watkins: I don't think it's a smart move and I don't think it's realistic. It's pretty rare to see a team move up that far. They need multiple receivers, they need those extra draft picks.
On drafting wide receivers: I wouldn't be at all surprised to see them use two of their first three picks on wide receivers. Not only because they desperately need help at the position, but there's really good depth. Wideout might be the strongest position in this entire draft.
On Florida State WR Kelvin Benjamin: Of the [second tier] group (behind Watkins and Mike Evans), he'd be the guy who intrigues me the most. Had he gone back for one more year, he might've been a top 5, top 10 pick a year from now.
On second round options: That's where the depth comes in. There are some who would be first round picks most years.
On the offensive tackles: That second tier of offensive tackles has taken a hit in recent weeks. Keep an eye on Joe Botonio from Nevada. He's in my top 32 overall. He can play tackle, guard and he's a very good athlete.
On Virginia OT Morgan Moses: He's probably more of a right tackle type, but left tackle mught be atretch for him.


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Is anyone else on Synetrix missing all connectivity today? I know they were doing upgrade work in Camden today, but we've been down since 8:40 a.m. with nothing, and no improvement yet.
Jim H
No experience with LGfL but under EMBC I was able to log support calls on Saturdays and on call support staff would get back to me.
Mind you, I had TCR access for a while that told me more about this kind of scheduled stuff.
Sorry to hear of the troubles nonetheless, what was the expected downtime?
I would be relieved if others were down, because otherwise it feels like our school has been forgotten about.
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I am happy to report that we came back up around 10 minutes ago, and services returning to normal.
I am very, very relieved... :)
Why are they doing work in the middle of the day?!!!!!!
Where are the details of the down time?
hi nicolab - this post was from last month, when the 13th was a Saturday, it was planned maintenance that overran - for more details go from post #19 onwards in this thread http://www.edugeek.net/forums/london...ynetrix-2.html.
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Unfortunately, due to the reliance on internet access to send SMS alerts and access to the email filtering platform to send email updates, both of which were affected by the issue, these updates did not go out to subscribed customers in a timely manner.
Here is the document
Major Incident Report
Internet Access Issues on 9thth April 2010
Version Date Changes / Comments
1.0 13/4/10 First version issued to LGfL
Management Summary
Synetrix apologise for the inconvenience to LGfL members for the Internet access issues on 9th April 2010 and the high impact this had on users within London.
The incident was caused by a combination of issues, starting with what we believe to be a large scale Denial of Service attack. These issues are described later in this report.
Issues that affect service are always disappointing. Whilst we pride ourselves on the quality of our services, we accept that problems will occasionally occur and we strive to learn from them and continually improve our performance; hence the purpose of this report is to:
1. Explain the issue and the cause
2. Review the management of the issue.
3. Review lessons learned and describe any corrective actions that have been or will be put in place.
Synetrix welcomes your feedback, as this provides the opportunity to further improve and provide the highest possible standard of service to all of our customers and users.
Issue summary and resolution
There were two distinct parts to the issue:
Outage part 1 firewall only: 10:30 13:30
The impact of this issue was limited to inbound access to on-site services from the Internet and outbound Internet access from sites not using the Netsweeper filtering system.
The cause of this was high firewall CPU due to unidentified external traffic hitting the firewall. The amount of traffic, and its impact on the firewall CPU meant that the firewall throughput was reduced to the point of it being effectively down. It is believed that this traffic was either a large scale Denial of Service attack, or the effects of a virus outbreak.
Outage part 2 total Internet outage: 13:30 14:50
All internet users were impacted by this issue, with both inbound and outbound traffic affected.
This was caused by a combination of events: -
- While investigating the firewall issue and trying to isolate the traffic, the link on the Earls Court Juniper MX960 connecting to the untrusted interface of the firewall was disabled and later re-enabled
- Due to an issue with the Juniper MX960, the change to the configuration to re-enable the interface was not correctly synchronised between the master and backup routing engines. This out-of-sync state caused the interface to show as activated in the configuration but remained operationally down
- The BGP routing configuration on the MX960 was configured with the untrusted interface of the firewall as the next hop. Therefore, when the firewall became unavailable due to the interface being down, advertisement of the routes to external providers ceased, causing the total outage.
Resolution 14:50
The Juniper MX-960 interface was disabled and re-enabled, and the BGP routing process restarted. This resolved the issue with the BGP routes and traffic started flowing.
At this point the attack on the firewall had ceased and there were no further issues.
Brief timeline of events
10:30 Synetrix monitoring systems picked up problems with the firewall. Investigations showed high CPU usage on the firewall.
10:40 A small number of calls were received into the Service Desk regarding Internet access from sites not using URL filtering (sites using Netsweeper were OK).
11:00 Investigations discovered that the high CPU was related to external traffic, but this proved difficult to isolate. Various troubleshooting measures started, culminating in temporarily isolating the firewall by disabling the interface on the Juniper MX960 router at approximately 13:25
13:30 Complete loss of internet access, including sites using Netsweeper
13:50 Initial investigations pointed to external peering with upstream providers. The theory was that upstream providers were blocking our routes
14:00 Discussions were started with all 3 upstream Internet providers
14:20 - 14:30 Discussions with upstream providers concluded that our routes were not being correctly advertised to them. Investigations refocused to Juniper MX960 routing configuration.
14:50 Following resetting an interface on the Juniper MX960 and restarting the BGP routing peering, service was resumed
Issue management and communication
Throughout the issue, a lead ticket was raised and updated with progress, and Talk2Synetrix was updated.
Unfortunately, due to the reliance on internet access to send SMS alerts and access to the email filtering platform to send email updates, both of which were affected by the issue, these updates did not go out to subscribed customers in a timely manner.
Lessons learned and corrective actions
Juniper MX 960 configuration issue
Reviewing the Juniper knowledgebase, there is an issue that under certain circumstances, where a change is being made before the previous change has completed synchronisation to the backup routing engine, the router can become out of sync.
Now this issue is known and understood, it has been communicated to the engineers that work on these routers and will be added to the Synetrix knowledge base for future reference.
Route issue
The BGP routing configuration has been changed so that the non-availability of the firewall interface will no longer affect the advertisement of Internet routes for traffic flowing through Netsweeper, or traffic for customers not using the core firewalls at all.
Communications systems
It is clear that the automated SMS and email alerts failed to perform their function, due to their reliance on parts of the network that were affected by the failure. We have started a review process to ascertain where these dependencies lie and how they can be engineered out of the communication solution. This is likely to take several weeks and in the meantime this awareness means that manual SMS updates will now be sent to customers who have registered for them on Talk2Synetrix, should such an event recur.
Firewall capacity
The core firewalls are to be upgraded within the next 2 months, adding significant extra capacity. This will enable them to withstand a higher level of virus or DOS traffic before service is affected.
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Unfortunately, due to the reliance on internet access to send SMS alerts and access to the email filtering platform to send email updates, both of which were affected by the issue, these updates did not go out to subscribed customers in a timely manner.
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