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''The Real World'': The worst bachelor parties ever
Whee! Bachelorette party! Break out the penis straws! Flash the sassy nightie! Who's that at the door? It's the cops…stripper cops! Naughty, ladies, naughty!
Brynn's bachelorette party couldn't have been more staged if it had been a donkey show performed by Cirque de Soleil. Everything about it was done by the bachelorette-party handbook and was clearly orchestrated by the MTV producers. Oh, unless Trishelle selflessly spent her entire Ninja Cheerleaders paycheck booking the elaborate Crib suite. Actually, no, that wouldn't happen, as I think Trishelle was paid for that gig entirely in tequila shooters and TrimSpa gift certificates.
And then came the strippers. ''Did someone order some towels?'' the buff khaki'd men said when they arrived, deep undercover as hotel workers. ''They're nice and fluffy!'' They kept lasciviously referring to the fluffy towels. Was this supposed to be a double entendre? Is there a sex act I'm not familiar with called the fluffy towel? I fear it involves getting someone wet and then drying them with something that historically is not particularly absorbent. Get on it, frat guys!
The parade of party staples continued endlessly, as if there had been a PA standing right outside the door ticking things off a bachelorette-party checklist. ''Phallic popsicles? Check. Whips? Check. Veil? Check. Did the fluffy-towel guys go in yet? All right, give 'em three minutes of gyration, then send in the fake cops to ask what all the noise is about. Then we send in the female stripper and we can all go home.'' And why the female stripper, anyway? Did she come free with the penis straws? Or was this just a bachelorette-party Mad Lib, and she got put in under ''exploited profession''? It could just as easily have been a tossed dwarf had someone guessed differently.
With the professional strippers gone, Trishelle showed them what a real amateur could do, using the pole in the shower. Putting a stripper pole in a shower seems like something you'd get if you programmed a robot how to think erotically. Yes, both things technically are ''sexy,'' but they don't go very well together. First of all, the pole gets wet and slippery. While it is sexy when a stripper turns upside down and slowly slides down to the floor, it is less sexy when a stripper flips upside down, goes shooting down a frictionless pole, and cracks her cranium on a tile floor. Unless you have a spinal-injury fetish: then, hot stuff! Rock that backboard, you little slut!
Also, the shower was a little small and cramped. Trishelle kept trying to showcase the skills she learned for her movie (I didn't realize her Ninja Cheerleader character was also a stripper! Sounds classy! Did Sidney Lumet direct?), but she couldn't seem to manage a graceful flip because she kept bumping into walls. It was like watching Alice in Wonderland try to entertain Japanese businessmen after biting the ''eat me'' cake.
Meanwhile, the guys were up to some trouble of their own! Wee-ha and zzzzz! I'm not a big fan of stripper-oriented bachelor parties: I'm not a prude, but the idea of sitting around watching a stripper get paid to twist her fake breasts into balloon-animal shapes and then knock me and my friends about the head with them makes my soul flaccid. And yet, for guys to head to their own luxury suite to be met by four hot women...and play basketball against them? I'm not sure that that's much better, actually. Is there really that much difference between women being paid to make guys feel more manly by getting naked and women being paid to make guys feel more manly by losing to them at four-on-four? It's a good thing I didn't get what I asked for at my bachelor party: a hot woman to come over in a bikini with the words ''New Yorker Editor'' stitched into the thong and to sit on my lap and tell me that my essays were really special and I should have a regular column, all while my friends throw dollar bills at her.
Oh, and did anyone else have the same thought I did when the guys announced they were going to give Austin a bash, too: Who's watching his and Brynn's kids? Were they in a different penthouse, getting belated baby showers? I hope no one brought them fluffy towels.
Anyway, I was getting really frustrated by this episode, since it felt like an instructional video for partying brides and grooms, but then something special happened. The ladies went over to the men's suite to see what was up and found the guys, now rid of those pesky female bartenders, getting down to some serious partying: giving each other purple nurples and wet willies.
Once everyone was together, the fun really started. Gone were the artificial trappings of bachelor/ette parties, and here were the artificial trappings of histrionic arguing. Frank was being a drunk dope, ''gleeking'' water at people, and he sprayed Irulan. (EW's own Dan Snierson is a master gleeker; at home he probably dragged out a Telestrator to study and critique Frank's technique.) Irulan seemed to accept the gleek in the dumb spirit it was given, and she chased Frank around the room. But when she tripped over a chair and minorly skinned her knee, she decided retroactively that Frank had irreparably shamed her.
''You have to realize we're adults now,'' said Irulan patronizingly. ''You're a grown-up now.'' On and on she yammered about how they were different than they were five years ago. And yet, all I could think was that this was exactly the kind of superior grandstanding that she did back in 2002. And after a sharp, begging-for-camera-time argument with Alton about respect, she got on the phone with a producer and demanded to get off the show. How was this a lesson in maturity? Blubbering, ''I quit!'' through hiccupping tears? Her choppily edited argument with Alton had ended with her saying, ''I understand what you're saying: You're a big, big star and I'm not.'' I don't know what led to that, but it certainly didn't sound like a topic any role model in adulthood would be discussing.
No one can argue that Frank is acting mature. He's getting smashed, trashing the suite, picking up women, and slamming into walls. But at least he's being unapologetically immature. In the morning, he cleans the dried vomit off his shirt, wonders how he ended up wearing the doorman's pants, shrugs, and starts all over again. Yeah, he's being a boob, but he recognizes it and embraces it. It's Irulan's ''Grow up!'' posturing that makes me nuts, because it's the same narcissistic grandstanding that you'd find in any high school drama queen. She's grown up, but only chronologically. Same goes for Arissa; for all her talk about inner peace and change, she's the same impatient, intolerant person she was five years ago, stalking out of the suite after Frank trashed it and saying she needed to stay elsewhere to calm down and reevaluate whether she wanted to stay.
It's two weeks, people! You're there for two weeks! You can put up with a little immaturity for that much time, can't you? And these women can't tell me that they thought that a reunion of the most memorably debaucherous cast in Las Vegas! was going to involve round-table discussions of hopes and dreams, as well as photo shoots and the occasional trust fall. No, it was going to involve just what they got: a chance to scream and act superior and make the show all about them. They should be glad that Frank is spitting and smashing: If he didn't, what else would they have to bitch about?
What do you think? Who needs to grow up? Should Irulan go home? Should they all maybe have stayed out of Vegas?


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IBM and Canonical Bring Netbook Software to Africa
IBM has joined Canonical to market Ubuntu-based netbooks with IBM's Smart Work applications in emerging world markets. Africa is the beginning.
IBM's goal is to outdo competitor Microsoft with more affordable prices in the emerging markets. Target groups for the netbook suite are different than the One Laptop per Child (OLPC) initiative in not being schoolchildren but small enterprises who can't afford a PC for each of their coworkers. The viability of the IBM-Canonical offer remains to be seen, but depends on configuration and support needs. The software bundle should be up to 50% more affordable than an equivalent Microsoft desktop, based on licensing costs, administration and maintenance.
The Smart Work client will include email programs, text and spreadsheet processing and communications software. IBM will includes its Lotus programs, that is to say Lotus Notes or Web-based iNotes as mail client along with the free Lotus Symphony productivity application suite and the Lotus Sametime messaging and collaboration software. The LotusLive hosted services will provide services in a cloud environment. Smart Work can be expanded with diverse Lotus components and virtualization technologies.
IBM has already found service providers in Africa for client distribution and is in contact with universities to bring its software model into academic focus.
Netbook Downloads
So does it mean that this is we some kind of OS?? I am not getting it clearly!!
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Cisco Releases Annual Security Report
Spammers go low-volume, and 90% of IE browsers are unpatched.
Zero Day Exploits Target Flash
Adobe scrambles to release patches for vulnerable Flash Player.
Intel Unveils Compute Stick
Four-inch-long computer on a stick lets you boot a full Linux system from any HDMI display device.
Obama Proposes Personal Data Notification Law
New statute would require companies to report break-ins to consumers.
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Weird data transfer technique avoids all standard security measures.
Industry Giants Announce a Fix for the Password Mess
FIDO alliance declares the beginning of the end for old-style login authentication.
Poll: Vote for the Best Open Source Software for Photographers
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GitHub API v2 on Ruby, take 2
Posted by admin, Sun Apr 19 12:50:00 UTC 2009
Major updates to octopi library (that is a Ruby interface for the GitHub API v2).
Gem installation
Yes! Now you can install octopi as a Gem:
$ sudo gem install fcoury-octopi --source http://gems.github.com
I am now focusing on having complete coverage of the API features that anyone can do as an anonymous user (not authenticated to GitHub, that is).
Once this part is done we'll start working on features that requires authentication.
Some code snippets for your delight:
User API
Getting user information
# user information u = User.find("fcoury") puts "#{u.name} followed by #{u.followers.join(", ")}, following #{u.following.join(", ")}" |
Followers and following, rendered as an User object collection
The bang version of followers and following creates one User object for each user login found and obviously is a lot more expensive and should be used with parsimony.
user.followers!.each do |u| puts " - #{u.name} (#{u.login}) has #{u.public_repo_count} repo(s)" end |
Searching users
users = User.find_all("silva") puts "#{users.size} users found for 'silva':" users.each do |u| puts " - #{u.name}" end |
Repositories API
repos = Repository.find_all("ruby", "git") puts "#{repos.size} repository(ies) with 'ruby' and 'git':" repos.each do |r| puts " - #{r.name}" end |
Getting a repository
repo = Repository.find("fcoury", "octopi") |
Getting a repository for a given user
If you have an User object, you can easily do:
repo = user.repository("octopi") |
Repository information
puts "#{repo.name} - #{repo.description} (by #{repo.owner}) - #{repo.url}" |
tags = repo.tags.map {|t| t.name}.join(", ") puts "Tags: #{tags}" |
Commits API
Commits of a given repository:
fc = repo.commits.first puts "First commit: " puts "#{fc.id} - #{fc.message} - by #{fc.author['name']}" |
Single commit information:
puts "Diff:" fc.details.modified.each do |m| puts "#{m['filename']} DIFF: #{m['diff']}" end |
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My name is Brigit!
Facts about Brigit
- Breed: Domestic Shorthair
- Color: Tortoiseshell
- Age: Kitten
- Sex: Female
- Hair: Medium
Brigit's Info...
I am up to date with shots, good with kids, good with dogs, and good with cats.
Wonderful, friendly, sweet baby needs a great family!
Other Pets at Moonracer No Kill Animal Rescue Inc
Why Adoption is a Great Option
Brigit, a Bradenton Domestic Shorthair kitten was adopted! Here's how you can benefit by looking at adoption as an option to buying a Domestic Shorthair for sale in Bradenton, or seeking a Domestic Shorthair kitten from a breeder in Bradenton.
- Rescues and shelter volunteers in Bradenton already know the personality and tendencies of their pets. This means they can match you with the right pet. That will makes it much easier transition to owning a pet for yourself and your new pet.
- On average adoption fees are much less than you'd pay a Bradenton breeder, or pet store. Plus most often rescue pets have already been to the veterinarian for a check-up, had a round of vaccinations, and are spayed or neutered. That is a lot of savings!
- You will become a hero, and give a needy dog or cat a loving home. In fact, there are even Domestic Shorthair breeders who help with Domestic Shorthair rescue. One puppy or kitten adopted in Bradenton paves the way for another one to be saved.


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Hi there again,
Now, for my second post I'd like to introduce an all new CPPS called CPPS.se. CPPS.se is an all new CPPS created by Shaun and Ryan. CPPS.se is a AS2 CPPS, and was originally called PsyphCP and then Shaun & I decided to change it up a bit. Now, this CPPS isn't very popular due to the fact it's barely in beta testing which is available to all users. Let me tell you more about CPPS.se, and the features it has.
- Custom Loader
- Nameglow/Namecolor
- Custom items (currently being added)
- Custom rooms (currently being added)
- Working igloo's
- An !ADDALL command
- Friendly staff members
- Epic website template
- Get to relive old CP parties
We've lost some users, because we changed up, and not many know we have became an all new CPPS. In PsyphCP, we usually got about 20 users or more online. But, now we get about 5-10 users online. Anyways, this CPPS has a Manager to change your password, of course register, and a nameglow page to purchase nameglow. Just so you know, CPPS.se will be hiring many new moderators due to some inactive moderators.
Here are some snapshots:
Links: Homepage – Register – Play
Bye now,
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Sun, Jun 3, 12 at 20:19
Hi all...I began an air layer attempt on a crab apple ~8 weeks ago...I checked it today and see a few strange white nodules, are these beginning of roots or something else? please see picture:
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What are we seeing? Describe your technique? Al |
He's air layering, putting a band of soil (or in this case it looks like sphagnum moss) around an upper section of the plant to encourage root growth while it is still attached to the plant. And yes, the white nodes are what I would expect to see, they should be the starts of new roots. |
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Updated Jul 26, 2013 - 10:32 am
Movies in a Minute: Fruitvale Station
The film Fruitvale Station takes place in San Francisco and follows the last day of an African-American named Oscar Grant before he was shot and killed by a transit police officer on New Year's Eve.
This film won many of the big awards at the Sundance Film Festival and it's easy to see why. It was very well done and will stir up your emotions in more ways than one. It is such a tragic film and actually begins with real cell phone footage of the shooting by police.
This film will easily be in my top ten must see films of the year.
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104 Hanover Street, Edinburgh, EH2 1DR
0131 220 5155
After a rather tasty visit to The Dogs during a Christmas shopping mission, it was obvious that I'd have to give the other two restaurants in the Dogs trilogy a chance. So when Edinburgh singer songwriter (and guest blogger) Colin Asquith invited me out for lunch last Friday, and suggested Amore Dogs, how could I say no?
From their name Amore Dogs risk coming across as yet another Italian restaurant: something Hanover Street certainly doesn't need. But Amore Dogs set themselves apart from their competition by serving what 'Italian American' style food. The genre of food you find in such dens of iniquity as Frankie & Bennies, TGI Fridays, and The Filling Station. I'm really not the biggest fan of any of these restaurants, I find that they take delicious sounding food and suck all of the potential out of it.
So I was curious to find out if The Dogs could get it right.
Forgive me for sounding shallow, but I far prefer the decor in Amore Dogs. The Dogs, upstairs, had the feeling that it had just been thrown together by a group of squatters. Amore Dogs still has a laid back air but feels a bit more 'together'.
I was feeling rather peckish and had been glancing at the menu all morning, via their website. I'd been drinking the old vino rouge the night before, and felt like something carbalicious was in order. After swithering between a few tasty options, I eventually settled for the good old cheeseburger. Colin ordered the coleyslaw burger (featuring battered coley fish and coleslaw) which I had almost ordered too. With our burgers we asked for a portion of chips, each, which costs extra.
We blethered for a bit and soon our food was presented. No major complaints, but a few tiny moans. The chips were alright, but they weren't quite perfect. Surprisingly I preferred the chips at GBK, and The Constitution. I opened my burger for a look inside and ended up scraping off a few of the onions; obviously this is a preference point, and if I hadn't had meetings in the afternoon I might have left them.
The burger was pretty tasty; just the right amount of mayo, fresh tomato and lettuce, and the cheese was perfectly melted. However, I did lament that the bun wasn't quite strong enough to hold it all together. The bread tore a few times, and I had to polish it off with my knife and fork.
Normally I don't eat dessert at lunchtime: I'm not a glutton. But the mains were so pleasing and the wine had gone to my head. I felt that the hangover demons hadn't quite been satisfied, so I ordered a tiramisu and Colin ordered a banoffee sundae.
I had a wee taste of his sundae, and surprisingly it struck me as being very banana-y and cream-y. Shock horror, eh? I imagine it would be a lovely alternative to a banoffee pie.
The tiramisu was lovely, but there wasn't much to separate it from other lovely tiramisus I've had elsewhere (such as La Favorita's takeaway section. Yes, I order takeaway dessert, what of it?).
I'm a bit torn when it comes to Amore Dogs. On the one hand, I demolished my food and even had dessert. This must mean that it was brilliant, right? It's a far better restaurant than the cahins that offer the same style of fare. On the other hand I didn't feel like my food really stood out: It wasn't one of the worst meals I've had but it wasn't one of the best either.
I guess you could say I just didn't feel the love.
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Depends on my mood... before the tournament starts, I would say I'm a neat freak, but when the tournament starts, I can get really messy.
2. If calories and fat grams didn't exist or matter, what dessert would you eat every day?
Strawberry Cheesecake!!
3. What is the one thing you absolutely must do in order to get your day started right?
I kind of lay around in bed for a while before I wake up.
4. When you looked at yourself in the mirror today, what was the first thing you thought?
This morning - Boy, I need to sleep more...
5. Do you parallel park or drive around the block looking for another spot?
Look for another spot.
6. What is your favorite pizza topping?
Cheese... maybe pepperoni.
7. Are you a morning person or a night owl?
A morning person.
8. Is there anything you won't eat?
Strong blue cheese.
9. What is the craziest thing a fan has requested of you?
An autograph on his neck.
10. Who is the most frequently dialed person in your cell phone call log?
I usually answer, not dial.
11. What was your first job?
12. If you get lost while driving, do you stop for directions, make a phone call, or just try and figure it out?
Make a phone call.
13. What do you usually eat for breakfast before your round?
Cereal and fruit.
14. What song would you sing if you had to sing Karaoke?
Katy Perry - Hot n Cold.
15. Name one thing you always keep stocked in your refrigerator?
16. What is one thing you have done and would never want to do again?
Drug test!! I am clean!!
17. What is your favorite activity you do when you want to relax?
Play guitar!!
18. What other sport would you like to be good at?


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Gigabyte's packed high-end Conroe motherboard
The last stop of the day was the Gigabyte booth in Hall 2 where we got a chance to have a close up look at a final shipping version of their new 965P-DQ6 motherboard based on the codenamed Broadwater 965P Express chipset for Intel Core 2 and Core 2 Extreme processors.
DQ6 is a new series of motherboards from Gigabyte offering a LOT of different features all packed onto a single motherboard, most of them coming in groups of four, hence the "QUAD" marketing scheme. Where we do start? For starters, it included 12 phase power which will assist you a great deal when it comes to CPU overclocking. The cooling design called "Silent-Pipe Technology" is complete silent with an attractive copper heat pipe design. You'll get 8 channel audio with HD support including real Dolby and DTS output through the onboard digital coaxial and optical out ports.
Interestingly, Gigabyte claim this motherboard is ready for Quad Core processors from Intel although we haven't heard much about that yet but if Gigabyte know something about it, Intel couldn't be too far off launching - having said that, it probably won't be till late in 2007 when that happens. Presumably a simple BIOS update will provide support for future Quad Core CPU's from Intel. We'll keep our eyes open during the rest of the show at Computex in case we hear something.
Today was also our first chance to have a hands-on play with e.SATA 2 (external SATA) and this motherboard allows you to use a total of four SATA drives (with support for Serial ATA 3GB/s) outside of your case with full hot-plug support.
Back on the subject of cooling, Gigabyte are clearing trying to create the 965P-DQ6 as being one of the best for overclockers and gamers. Included is a feature called "CRAZY COOL" which employs the use of a special copper cooler on the back of the motherboard under the CPU socket area. This aids in keeping more parts of the motherboard cool which will assist in overclocking and the life of the board, especially when you are putting it under more stress when overclocking - Gigabyte have got you covered. And on the subject of durability, Gigabyte also made it quite clear to us several times that this board (and we think others also) are using a new type of all-solid state and more expensive capacitors to aid in the extended life of your motherboard.
I clearly remember just a few years ago when people laughed at the thought of using a Gigabyte motherboard - anyone laughing now? We don't think so. So, clearly Gigabyte's marketing worked has on us but we believe it will be a good product but we'll wait for our final conclusion when we get it into our labs shortly.


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Subject: Al-Awlaki Killing is Intel Community Triumph
Daily Beast Excerpt of "The Secrets of the FBI"
Al-Awlaki Killing Is Intel Community Triumph
Friday, September 30, 2011 01:26 PM
By: Ronald Kessler
Last year, two Washington Post reporters took two years to uncover this
story: The intelligence community is big and secret and uses a lot of
Presented as an expos*, the series, *Top Secret America,* found no abuse.
Instead, it presented the conclusion that the intelligence community is a
*hidden world* that is *growing beyond control.*
A front-page subhead read: *The government has built a national security
and intelligence system so big, so complex and so hard to manage, no one
really knows if it*s fulfilling its most important purpose: keeping
citizens safe.*
With the killing of senior al-Qaida leader Anwar al-Awlaki in Yemen and
Osama bin Laden in Pakistan, the intelligence community has provided the
answer to that question. Besides bin Laden, the American-born cleric, who
was killed in a CIA-led drone attack, presented the greatest threat to the
The 40-year-old al-Awlaki was believed to have inspired and plotted or
helped coordinate recent attacks on the U.S., including the failed
Christmas Day 2009 bombing of an airliner heading for Detroit, the plot to
send mail bombs on planes from Yemen to the United States, and the effort
by Faisal Shahzad todetonate a bomb in Times Square.
In addition, Nidal Hasan*s attack on Fort Hood was inspired by the Yemeni
Contrary to the Post*s series, the intelligence community is fully
accountable to elected leaders and has kept us safe since 9/11. That is a
tribute to the hard work of the men and women of the FBI, CIA, and other
agencies, which constantly pinpoint and roll up terrorists.
In addition, as Rep. Peter King, the Republican chairman of the House
Homeland Security Committee, said Friday, President Obama deserves credit
for this latest triumph.
*This is an extraordinary victory, a great moment for the United States.
Al-Awlaki has become more dangerous than bin Laden,* King told Politico.
*Over the last year, he*s become the No. 1 terrorist in the world.*
King added, *The killing of al-Awlaki is a tremendous tribute to President
Obama and the men and women of our intelligence community.*
Unfortunately, many Americans fail to connect the fact that we have been
safe since 9/11 with the efforts of the intelligence community. Every few
months, the FBI announces new arrests of terrorists, the latest being a
Massachusetts man who allegedly plotted to bomb the Pentagon and Capitol
with remote-controlled planes. Often, leads from the CIA and National
Security Agency (NSA) contribute to the arrests.
In many cases, instead of waiting years to nail them with
terrorism-related charges, the FBI will charge them with lesser crimes
that put terrorists away for years or result in deportations. As noted in
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Although his father was a policeman, a service-oriented life for the benefit of others was not something his son aspired to. Instead, Welch found himself needing the services of others after a self-destructive addiction to drugs.
Welch's journey from drug addict to social service worker at The Salvation Army proves that a charitable, purpose-driven life is a choice. It can also be a goal for those who search for more meaning in their lives.
Welch, who was born and raised in a small town near Savannah, Ga., came to Cleveland nearly four years ago after turning his life around and managing a drug program in Jesup, Ga. Before then, however, it was Welch who needed a rehab program to overcome his own drug addiction.
"I was a drug addict," he admits. "I went through a 10-month Christian drug program called No Longer Bound, in Cumming, Ga. I stayed there for 16 months. Then I went to Jesup, Ga., and managed a drug rehab program called Free Heart, for a year."
Welch said he has been clean going on six years now. He said his life took a turn for the better when he moved to Cleveland, then met and married Zandra Whaley, who manages the Plastic Surgery Clinic in Cleveland.
According to Welch, when the couple started dating, Whaley introduced him to Ruthie Forgey, The Salvation Army Corps administrator, which led to a position as a social service worker. Now Welch says, "My heart is for helping people, especially people who are addicted to drugs and alcohol. There are two men from Cleveland that I've helped get into No Longer Bound who are there right now. I've also helped others get into other drug programs. I really enjoy helping people."
But there is a fine line between helping and enabling, according to Welch, who knows from experience the harm it can cause when an addict is cuddled instead of held accountable.
"Someone who is addicted to drugs or alcohol needs the truth spoken to them with love," he said. "A lot of people, especially family members, enable them by giving them a place to live, and keep bailing them out of jail. That hurts them more than it helps them. If you said, 'Look, you've got to get help! If you want to get help I'll help you. Other than that, I'm not going to help you.' A lot of times people keep helping an addict or alcoholic to stay in their addiction. You have compassion, but you also have to draw a line."
Welch said his message to all addicts is simple: "There is hope," he said. "God hasn't given up on you. He still loves you. He has a purpose for your life. He can help you turn your life around. But first you have to admit that you are powerless over this addiction and you have to seek help."
Welch said he hit "rock bottom" at age 42, after he had already been in two or three short-term programs without success.
"I would do good and stay clean for six months or so, then fall back into my addiction. My dad always said, 'The sins of your past will always rise up to comfort you.' That's what would happen to me. When I was at rock bottom my son had gotten on drugs and he had gone to a program for teenagers to get help. I had a brand-new condo that I had bought with inheritance money in Port Wentworth (Ga.), just outside of Savannah. I had quit my job. My water was about to be cut off. My electricity was about to be cut off. I had title-pawned my car. I had a check written to a check-cashing place for $500 and I had no money coming in. My cellphone was about to be cut off and my car was about to be taken by the title-pawn people. Plus I was miserable. I was praying every day for God to just let me die."
Welch said his mother would no longer help him out of trouble. Instead, she found a place for him to go: No Longer Bound.
"I called and talked to them," he said. "It helped me turn my life around."
Welch not only learned from his past, but learned, from his own experiences, how to help others. Now, at age 48, the happily married husband and father admits, "Sometimes I have to pinch myself to see if this is real. Looking at how different my life is, and how blessed it is — and then to see how God allows me to help other people every day — it's very rewarding."
"My 24-year-old son married a girl who is a children's pastor in Arkansas. She's also in college. A businessman took him under his wing and trained him on computers. Now he works for a company that works on Walmart computers in Arkansas. They bought a house, a new car and they're happy. My daughter works for Sam's Club in their corporate office. They're both doing great and I'm doing great here. I never thought life could be this good. It's the best it's ever been."
For a man who was not raised to give of himself in the service to others, Welch said he would have it no other way in his new life. Finding more happiness in giving than receiving, which is a major part of his service at The Salvation Army, has become a joy that is easily apparent in the face of the local social service worker.
"It's a blessing to be able to give of yourself," he said. "But The Salvation Army can alway use donations to help us help those in the community."


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Got a question for Gregg Berhalter? Here's your chance to ask it.
As part of Fandemonium Week, Columbus Crew supporters will have the exclusive opportunity to take part in a Q&A with the Crew Sporting Director and Head Coach at Hendoc's Pub this Thursday, October 23 at 6:00 p.m. ET.
***Must be 21+ to attend.
MLSSoccer.com documents the pre-match festivities and tifo unveiling before Tuesday's World Cup Qualifier at Crew Stadium.
The best way to make sure Crew fans are geared-up for Saturday's Opening Match is to take advantage of the Crew Gear Store Massive Sale, which will be held on Friday, March 15, from 11:00 a.m. to 7:00 p.m. ET at Crew Stadium. Frankie Hejduk will be signing autographs inside the Crew Gear Store from 5:30 to 6:30 p.m. The sale includes up to 40% off on select jerseys, hats, t-shirts, sweatshirts, ladies and kids merchandise throughout the store. All of the newest Crew gear selections that just arrived will be available.
Those that buy a 2013 Crew jersey can receive personalization for $15 (regularly $25), and all personalization orders placed before 4:00 p.m. ET will be ready that day. Orders placed after 4:00 p.m. ET on the day of the Massive Sale can be picked-up at the Crew's opening match on Saturday, March 16 or during the store's regular business hours, Monday-Friday 9:00 a.m. – 5:00 p.m. ET.
WHAT: A Black & Gold Week special sale that includes up to 40% off on select jerseys, hats, t-shirts, sweatshirts, ladies and kids merchandise throughout the store. All of the newest gear selections that just arrived will be available.
WHEN: Friday, March 15 from 11 a.m. to 7:00 p.m. ET, Frankie Hejduk to sign autographs from 5:30 to 6:30 p.m. ET
WHERE: Crew Stadium – One Black & Gold Blvd., Columbus, OH 43211
** Fans may be redirected by guest attendants to alternate entrances adjacent to the south Crew Stadium parking lot due to Opening Match preparations in the south plaza **
It's not often Crew supporters have the chance to interact and mingle with players and staff. Ahead of the club's Opening Match on Saturday, the team held its annual Supporters' Summit on Tuesday night with special guests Crew President and General Manager Mark McCullers, Technical Director Brian Bliss, Head Coach Robert Warzycha and defenders Josh Williams and Gláuber available for questions.
The event was open to Nordecke season ticket holders and active members of supporters' groups. Fans were able to ask any question they wanted to the panel. Topics ranged from Goal 10K progress to Robert Warzycha's jacket.
"Every year that the Crew tries to do something like this, it's great to actually have that connection between fans and the Front Office, players, coaches-- the whole spectrum," Supporter Aaron Angel said. "That's what sets this team apart from everyone else, they're so close with the community and continually striving to keep that relationship open. The dialogue between the two sides is always formal, always cordial."
"It's always great interacting with the players," fellow supporter Julia Oesch added. "I'm a huge Josh Williams fan, and he knows it. He's always so cordial, all of the players are. They always want to just sit talk, give you a hug and say 'Hi.' It's always a great experience meeting Robert [Warzycha] and the Front Office. They're really relaxed and they want to get to talk to us, which is nice."
For Williams, its was a nice change of pace from typically interacting with fans through Twitter.
"You can kind of put a face to a Twitter name now," the defender said. "It's good because you don't normally get to meet fans that much. This is more of a personal setting here. I was a little nervous at first when I didn't know what they would be asking, but they handled pretty well.
"It was fun to get up there and hear some interesting stuff and some funny questions here and there."
Part of what makes soccer -- specifically MLS -- great is the camaraderie among the clubs, players and supporters. Just as the Nordecke shows up week-in and week-out to support the Black & Gold, the Crew shows its admiration for those who support the team through thick and thin. The Columbus Crew would like to extend an invitation to help a supporter during a difficult time.
English Crew supporter and friend of TheCrew.com Daniel Bidmead was recently diagnosed with Hodgkin's Lymphoma, a type of cancer that attacks the body's immune system. Fighting the disease head-on, Bidmead has taken it upon himself to raise money for MacMillan Cancer Support by having others shave their heads and wax their legs all in the name of charity.
Bidmead's goal is to raise £500 for the charity and he is well on his way to doing so thus far. Support Daniel and his "Bald for Bidmead" campaign by visiting http://www.justgiving.com/baldforbidmead.
The Hudson Street Hooligans, Crew Union and Arch City Army Present: Massive Support – A Hurricane Sandy Fundraiser.
Saturday night at Hendoc's bar Columbus pro sports supporters will come together to help do good for the American Red Cross. The event starts at 7pm and will feature celebrity guest appearances, raffle items provided by the Columbus Crew, Columbus Blue Jackets and local businesses and plenty of surprises all night long. Hendoc's will be helping as well, for each $2 pint of Coors Light, $3 shot of Fireball and $4 Long Island iced tea sold $1 will be donated to the American Red Cross. Besides that raffle tickets will be available to win prizes with 100% of the proceeds going to the American Red Cross.
Hendoc's is located at 2375 North High Street in North Campus
We should all take a moment today to thank the soccer lords for social media.
How else could a membership manager at Perth Glory Football Club in West Leederville, Australia connect with Columbus Crew fans in Columbus, Ohio?
It all started on August 1, when Chris Edwards individually tweeted all 19 MLS Clubs, asking why he should support each one. A few short days later, the Crew faithful had convinced Chris that he needed to be Columbus 'Til I Die. In his words, the fans had been brilliant in communicating and engaging with him, which is one of the reasons why he was interested in supporting the club. But for Chris, being able to support the club didn't just mean being a fan from afar. He wanted to make an impact all the way from Australia, but wasn't exactly certain how to do so. That was how he and I became connected; one of our season ticket holders recommended he speak to me about some ideas, and we started exchanging (lengthy) emails.
We started to discuss the similarities in the two front offices—Perth Glory plays in the Hyundai A-League, which is incredibly similar in structure to Major League Soccer. Both our clubs played their first season in their respective leagues in 1996. Until Crew Stadium was built in 1999, we started our first few seasons playing out of Ohio Stadium (built for football). Perth has been playing in stadiums structured for cricket or Australian-Rules football as they wait on construction to begin for their updated venue. Michael Garcia and Bobby Despotovski, both former players, work with the club in their front office, just as we're lucky to have Frankie Hejduk and Duncan Oughton working with ours.
Perth refers to their season ticket holders as "members" of the club, and as a membership manager, Chris works on building their season ticket base. I shared with him the details on Goal 10k and the importance it holds for our club as we get closer and closer to 10,000 season ticket holders. Perth, too, is seeking to reach new membership numbers this season, so we had much to share with each other.
As our conversation turned to talking about the benefits of young players being able to see the game live, it became evident how Chris wanted to support the team. In order to both contribute to Goal 10k and help our local youths, Chris purchased four full season tickets and donated them to Kicks For Kids, a program of the Crew Soccer Foundation. Through Chris's donation, 72 kids will have the opportunity to see the highest level of the world's beautiful game live in 2013.
Crew Soccer Nation, please be sure to welcome our new MASSIVE member, Chris Edwards to our family. From the other side of the world, Chris will be touching the lives of our youth right here in Columbus Ohio.
If anyone wants to connect with Chris Edwards…
Twitter: @edster42
LinkedIn: http://www.linkedin.com/pub/chris-edwards/3/9ba/735
Perth Glory FC
Written by Crew Season Ticket Account Executive: Melanie Seiser


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Oak Creek - More than 100 people, including some who lost family members in the Aug. 5 mass shooting at the Sikh Temple of Wisconsin, met at a school here Saturday to learn how they can prevent violence.
Much of the discussion at East Middle School focused on things anyone could do, such as taking time to personally connect with other people so they don't feel detached from their community.
"We need to start learning about each other and develop relationships. We all need to look out for each other in every way we can," said Kanwardeep Singh Kaleka, a member of the Sikh temple whose uncle, Satwant Singh Kaleka, was killed in the shooting there.
The shooting at the Oak Creek temple was one of at least 62 mass shootings in the United States in the past 30 years, according to a December article in Mother Jones magazine. Most of the killers were mentally ill and obtained their guns legally, the magazine noted.
If someone has even one healthy relationship and has developed a friendship with someone who keeps them plugged into the broader community, it's unlikely they will go on a killing spree, Kaleka said.
"We need to start seeing each other as human beings," he said. "There are a lot of things that need to change, but I think the main thing is individual accountability. We all have a responsibility to each other. We all need to look out for each other in every way we can."
The centerpiece of the meeting was a discussion that included Oak Creek Mayor Steve Scaffidi, Police Chief John Edwards, U.S. Attorney James Santelle, Sikh activist Pardeep Kaleka and County Executive Chris Abele.
Scaffidi, a gun owner, said people need to do a better job of storing their firearms so they don't get into the hands of the wrong individuals.
"It's a no-brainer, but it doesn't happen now. People have guns that aren't locked up, and they have ammunition stored with the gun. That is not acceptable," Scaffidi said.
Since the temple shooting, the mayor said, police have met with religious leaders to assess the security at their places of worship.
"Those are the kinds of easy things we can do now with the resources we have," he said.
Santelle said people should reach out to others from different backgrounds, including groups targeted for discrimination and harassment. "We have got to make the effort to know each other," he said.
Arno Michaelis, a Milwaukee man who founded one of the largest white supremacist groups in the country, then left the movement to work for the group Life After Hate, also was at the meeting.
Michaelis said he was grateful to be friends with people he previously would have despised.
It's been an inspiration to realize how much he has in common with them, he said.
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Maxx Water Funds focus at investments in the Water Sector through: 100 Million Euro European Private Equity Fund / 150 Million Euro Global Listed Equity Fund. Maxxwater Global Water Fund , managed by MaxxWater Investment Management is a to be Netherlands-registered fund focused on investments in listed equity of companies in water and wastewater supply, purification, ...
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While such a downturn is typical in the newspaper game these days, it can't simply be shrugged off -- and it won't be. As Milstead notes, Mark Contreras, Scripps' senior vice president for newspapers, says Whipple and the DNA "are very focused on lowering expenses." One way to do so is to shrink the physical size of the Rocky, which will save money on newsprint -- and this change is expected to take place within weeks. Because Westword is printed by the News, this publication will soon be smaller as well. Hope those people who say size doesn't matter are right...
Whatever the case, it's unlikely that the Rocky will be able to eliminate all of its woes simply by trimming its pages at the margins. Don't be surprised if the paper eventually attempts to decrease its editorial contingent with the sort of buyout offer that Denver Post staffers received earlier this year. After all, Mr. Whipple is well known for putting on the squeeze. -- Michael Roberts
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Has anyone here installed the Pass & Seymour tamper-resistant GFCI with a built-in LED nightlight between the receptacles? Would the LED nightlight give off enough light for me to do away with the standard 4w nightlight that is currently hogging one of the receptacles on my regular GFCI outlet?
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It all depends: are you just using the light to help navigate in the dark, to pacify a child, or what? |
- Posted by dilettante (My Page) on Fri, Jul 23, 10 at 15:45
"Navigate in the dark" would sum it up nicely. I don't need a lot of light, but I don't want to bother with it if it's so dim I end up using a plug-in too. |
I haven't used that particular device, but I do have a couple of receptacles that I have installed that glow in the dark. They don't provide enough light to light up the floor a lot, but I can navigate in pitch black because I know where they are and they keep me oriented. However, there are a couple of areas, like the top of the steps, where I want a little more light, so I got some plugin nightlights. At Costco I found a set of five of them for about $12. They are nice for my purposes because they are solid state (no light bulbs to replace), and they can be set from fairly bright to very dim, as well as allowing you to choose among about a half dozen colors of light. |
- Posted by dilettante (My Page) on Sun, Jul 25, 10 at 13:16
Thanks. I think I'll pass on the nightlight GFCI until I see some positive reviews (or my current one fails). Do you recall what brand your plug-ins are? |
dilettante- I don't know if Costco still carries them or not. I did a search and just located the light for sale on Amazon, but the vendor wanted an outrageous amount of money: one light for $40, plus $10 for shipping! (I paid less than $3 for the identical item at Costco). If you want to do any more searching, Google for "Megabrite LED Color Changing Night Light with Photo Sensor" The thing I most like about the light is you can set it for whatever level of light you want in a particular location. |
Here is a link that might be useful: LED nightlight
- Posted by dilettante (My Page) on Tue, Jul 27, 10 at 8:32
Thanks, I'll watch for it. P.S. You're right - 50 bucks for a nightlight is outrageous! |
We use some $5 nightlights in rooms with no windows for a little back up lighting. They turn off when they detect the room light turning on, and dissipate very little power when on. The dusk/dawn means they go off when the room light is on. |
Here is a link that might be useful: LED Nightlight
Try putting an ammeter in series with those photocell night lights. May not be true of yours, but I've read that some of them actually use as much (or even more) current when they're off, compared to when they're on. It doesn't much matter, since these lights use so little power anyway - typically about a third of a watt - but it's still amusing. |
Hi Dilettante - I work with Legrand/Pass & Seymour's product marketing team and saw your post. I'm not sure how familiar you are with lighting, but the nightlight GFCI has a light output of 0.180 Lumens (or Foot Candle Distance). Feedback on the light level really seems to be a matter of preference, but the general belief is that the nightlight GFCI offers a good level of light for a bathroom nightlight. There are hallway light options too - some with two different levels of light output, depending on what you want. I'd gladly connect you to one of the product managers if you have more specific questions, or Legrand/Pass & Seymour could send you a product sample if you're interested. Hope this makes your decision easier! |
Hi, Here are some pictures of the Pass and Seymour double outlet with nightlight. First one is a spare bathroom in pitch dark. Second one is kitchen with outside light illuminated - Kitchen has multiple Pass and Seymour GFCI nightlight outlets. Hope this helps. http://www.laspeedgarage.com/download/file.php?id=294&mode=view http://www.laspeedgarage.com/download/file.php?id=295&mode=view |
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Get into a conversation with a long-time Queens resident and you're likely to discover a subscriber to the Long Island Star-Journal, a daily paper that informed the community about local and world news until it folded in 1968. A banner across the Star-Journal masthead reminded readers that the newspaper's name came from the merger of the Long Island Daily Star (1876) and the North Shore Daily Journal—The Flushing Journal (1841).
Welcome to two stories from the Summer of 1930.
Story 1: An Airport Is Born
Time in the Old Bowery Bay district that jutted out into Sanford's Point came to a standstill. The trolley car tracks that led to the once-famous Gala Park owned by George Ehret and William Steinway became overgrown with weeds and the formerly gay amusement park that once bedecked the shore with a blaze of glory became a mass of tumble down wreckage.
Charles Rae and his family still operate some fishing huts where once they had a dance hall. Of all the roller coasters, barrooms, dance halls, chute-the-chutes and merry-go-rounds, the place is the last remnant of the rat-infested amusement park. His yard is littered with planks, rowboats and the whatnot of fishing stations.
Mr. Rae's old dance hall is still decorated with flags gone dingy—a reminder from happier days. Now it's a storehouse for marine engines, oars, lanterns, tools, paints and other odds and ends.
From 1917 to 1929 nothing much happens at North Beach. A reporter viewing its remains writes "nominally still in existence but actually long dead."
On the uplands, pleasantly endowed by nature with hills overlooking the East River and Flushing Bay, hay protrudes from barns carelessly patched with ancient gray shingles. Harness chains rattle when the horses stir. Old time farm horses sleep in the peace of the past and the turnips and corn in the fields were about the liveliest things in the neighborhood.
As Queens experiences its explosive building boom, inadequate transportation leaves North Beach a deserted hamlet while thousands of homes for commuters are built further out in Queens Village and Rosedale.
But when the airport opens on June 15, 1929, and the city proposes an adjoining park, North Beach finally shakes loose from its sleep.
New York Air Terminals Co., a subsidiary of Curtis Wright Air, purchases the North Beach tract along with 4,000 feet of shoreline. At about the same time, the city also announces its intent to purchase an adjoining plot with 2,000 feet of shoreline and 103 acres for a park. Soon it's the final mopping up of the tangled weeds, distorted shanties, bumpy streets and straggling tidal marsh known as Jackson Mill Creek.
Inside the airport's fence, within a year, everything changed. Bulldozers wipe away the picnic grove of trees. Even the old 1654 Riker Mansion accidentally burns down. The president of the Air Terminal Corporation intended to use it as an aviator club for his pilots and their guests.
More than one and half million yards of dirt are removed and 150 acres of land reduced to level grade. The only building that remains of the Gala Park, where excursionists come by the thousands, is the former police station. Revamped and painted it's used as the air terminal's temporary administration building.
Where carnival performers pranced in gaudy spangled tights and fireworks spent their fiery force on the air, toils a workforce of 70 men. Nine pilots operate out of two big hangars where 25 spic-and-span airplanes of all descriptions are lined up. The runway is 2,300 feet long and 150 feet wide. Everyone complains of the dust kicked up by planes landing on a surface of ash and pulp. The pulp, formerly used in a gas plant as a filter, oozes fumes giving the runway a sickly smell.
Daily flights are to Saratoga and Atlantic City. On weekends, service to Southampton and Lake George is available. The New York police air patrol, with three amphibious planes, 10 pilots, and 25 mechanics is also stationed at the field.
Every time a plane lands, William Rogers, the operations manager stationed in the waiting room, presses a button and a siren blows. The ground crew springs into action. If it is a sea plane, five men go down to the water's edge where a channel is dredged and crank the plane up an incline to the washing pen. It is immediately gassed up and ready to fly.
Story 2: Beer
After going 6,000 miles to get a pilsner, Rudolph Friml and Joseph Majer are back home and busy on the music scores. Friml is the famous song writer who lives in Kew Gardens Inn.
Several weeks ago, the two friends were working in the Hammerstein Theater on the score of a new stage production for the fall. Suddenly Friml remarks that they were way ahead of the writer of the book. "Nice weather for a little holiday," Majer said. "Nice weather for a little pilsner," Friml corrected. "Suppose we run over to Bohemia and have a glass of real pilsner."
Passports in hand, they taxied to their apartments, threw a few things into a bag, and were off to board a ship just in time. They wanted a German ship because there is a chance of getting the pilsner a bit earlier that way.
Majer continues, "there might have been a lot of pilsner when we got on, but nothing much when we got to Europe. We didn't bother about sight-seeing but went straight on to Prague, world capital of pilsner and sausages.
"Just as we settle down in Prague and enjoyed playing hooky, we receive a wire from Mr. Hammerstein that the writer of the book for the show was catching up on us and that if we would come home all would be forgiven.
"We managed to find a ship that had plenty of pilsner aboard for the trip back. As this was Mr. Friml's third trip this year, everyone on board knew him. They even gave us a bar to ourselves with a private bartender." He stared at the sheet music before him with its curly-tailed notes. "I don't mind admitting," he said sadly, "that when you came in I was writing music with one hand and drawing a pilsner with the other."
That's the way it was in the dry, hot summer of 1930.
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Love love love this blush! It's wonderful. I use it almost everyday. It looks natural and healthy. It's very pigmented so you have to be careful or you will end like Heidi.
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I love NARS Amour, but some days I am really tired looking or my skin is looking super clear and I want nothing more than a Flush.Amour does that, yes, but I have to use a heavy hand sometimes and it looks really dry,
I have MANY types of blush: Gel, cream, sheertone powder, highly pigged, you name it I have it. If it goes on your cheeks I own it.
I walked into Sephora to buy this *highly* intimating blush. I almost didn't because the lass who put it on me used a rather heavy hand. The associate also, being young, applies makeup in a way that does not suit a mid 30's woman. She powdered to tone it down, and I bought it. I am an innocent when it comes to eyeshadow, eyeliners and even foundation. Blush, I know how to use.
So, when I got it home I applied it MY way. Tap the brush in the pan, then swirl it gently on the inside of my wrist THEN apply to my cheeks. Blend well with my kabuki.
What I saw was a lovely, orangey flush that compliments my skin nicely.
I'll assume the sales associate wasn't very smart, she said I had a " very fair" complexion. Ha ha yeah..no. I'm olive skinned. I can't believe she couldn't see that herself, considering her own complexion was blue it was so white.
I'll let you know how this wears in one week.
***UPDATE*** I returned this blush two weeks ago. While I loved the color, I started to develop a rash. I was hoping I wouldn't because there is an ingredient in it called "carmine" which is crushed Cochineal beetle. I am *very* allergic to cochineal. I returned it and got Red Cheek by NYX.
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I read the reviews of this blush and went to Sephora to try it. I loved it! They were out of it, they only had the display one, so I went to two other stores before I found it. It had become a mission!
Last night I was playing with it and put a whole lot on. Even though it was really too much, it looked amazing! Today I have on a more normal amount, and love the way it looks. I think it makes me look younger and more radiant.
I have very fair skin with a warm undertone, brown hair, and hazel eyes. I think it is a great color for me!
Would repurchase but I think it will last so long that I will never need to!
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This blush looks a little intimidating in the pan but you have to be very light handed with it.
I love it and sometimes I layer it with Taj Mahal (again, light handed!) and OMG it looks amazing!
Definitely worth it!
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This is my 3rd blush from nars. After owning and using both "sin" and "orgasm" for ages I was ready to throw down the money for another one of these amazing suckers. It seemed like ages I had been eyeing this bright red blush but a bit nervous to acquire it because I am fairly pale.With a light hand you can build up the intensity of this blush or even put on just a tad...it's perfect for a truly naturally "windblown" look.
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hmmm... how do I put this?.... when I wear this blush I look.... satisfied. seriously! I'm not meaning to be crude but its uncanny how completely it mimics my natural flush post.... well you know ;)
this isn't a rosy in from the cold flush where the colour seems to be radiating out from with in the skin, its a "hot", blood at the surface of the cheeks glow.
Now, I think part of this is that I have some rosiness there already which it picks up, but for some reason (Francois' genius?) it doesn't go ruddy, and if anything the vibrancy of exhibit A de-emphasizes redness in my face elsewhere
fantastic colour, lovely texture, out of this world pigmentation but there is one flaw... if you are fair, you can only use the teeny-est tiny-est amount which affects the lasting power (there is just less product on the skin) and makes it a little tricky to apply.
This blush is the ultimate argument for investing in a really good blush brush; you need a brush that allows you precise control picking up product, diffuses it evenly and is the proper size for your cheeks (most are WAY to big). It also doesn't hurt to flutter over the edges of your application with a fan brush, though this is not absolutely essential.
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This blush is one of those products that I had to get my hands on, just for curiosity purposes :) I heard so much talk throughout the makeup world that this is a must-have. so after about a year i finally have it. This blush scares the crap outta me, so I didnt want to purchase it with my own money because it is quite pricy, so i asked for it as a bday gift. This blush can be very intimidating, since recieiving it on my bday, july 10, I have worn it twice. For one, I prefer this matte red as my winter blush. And secondly, i had to figure this out. I had to pratice applying it to my liking and I found a way to make it work. I didnt want to seem like this blush was wearing me, I WANT TO WEAR THIS BLUSH :) So, what I do is, I take a small blush brush and a literally tap it and apply it starting at the back of my cheek and work my way forward towards the apples of my cheeks. and BLEND. I repeat these steps until I have the desired effect. I will say, I was intimidated at first but once I got the hang of applying it, this is a beautiful color. I am NC44-45. It def is red. So b careful :)
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LOVE this blush, it's definitely in my top 5 favorites blushes. People are usually startled by the bright color but it goes on very light and smooth. A little goes a long way.
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For my pale self, this blush is a disaster.
For my dark-skinned friends, this blush gives a beautiful healthy glow.
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This blush is amazing if you have the right technique. I used this when I went to the Nars masterclass as everyone raves about it and I wanted to try it for myself. I believe that you could use this with a stippling brush but in the masterclass, I used the Nars yachiyo brush - I dusted the product lightly with the brush and then tapped it onto the palm to push some of the product inside the brush and then lightly 'kiss' the cheek after. The result is gorgeous and not something you can achieve with other blushes as it gives you a truly flushed result. It would suit all skin tones including light olive like mine. I thoroughly recommend!
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A Los Angeles fertility institute could soon offer a procedure in which parents choose the gender of their child and even hair and eye color.
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The technique involves taking a three-day old embryo, testing it in a lab, then implanting in the mother's womb.
The method has been used to prevent life-threatening diseases, but the clinic says it can be used to select cosmetic traits.
One critic told the BBC, "This is the inevitable slippery slope of a fertility process which results in many more embryos being created than can be implanted. Choices will always have to be made. Do you choose octuplets or the ones with the prettiest noses?"
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I apologize if my question and the circumstances surrounding it are a little unclear. I'm asking more on behalf of my mom.
Basically my family is having a reunion in WDW during marathon weekend. Three of my siblings and myself are running the half. Because some of us are married and living their own lives with varying levels of income, we're trying to make things as economical as reasonably possible while staying on property.
Yesterday I called the number on the runDisney page to get a price on our usual haunt (the AS Music) and the price they quoted me was for the length of the stay and was not dependent on the number of people inside. One person cost the same as four.
My mom looked at the rates for last year during marathon weekend (this year's dates are not available right now) and while she would expect a rate increase, apparently the increase was significant enough that she thought there was no bargain to be had making reservations as a runner. Also pricing rooms the "normal" way allowed her to knock a few bucks off a room that would have only 3 people in it. I did not do this research so I have no idea how accurate these claims are.
My question is this: Is there a benefit to booking with the runDisney number that I'm missing? Is this the ONLY way to book rooms for that weekend? I'd hate for my mom to wait needlessly for rates that will never come until very late in the game or book her rooms on the site and then find out that half the runners can't get on the shuttle or something because they booked the wrong way...


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The 1860s marked the beginning of the industrial age—a time of expansion in the state. New factories and businesses brought new jobs, a growing economy, and an influx of immigrants. Civil War veterans were returning and many required medical care. After five years of planning, on October 1, 1868, the new hospital opened its doors and has been serving the citizens of the state ever since.
Through wars, epidemics and disasters, Rhode Island Hospital has been ready to respond to the ever shifting needs of the population. When the 1918 influenza epidemic struck, the hospital treated 1,373 patients for the illness. In 1933, when the nation was in the grip of the Great Depression, the hospital's outpatient clinics were inundated, but were able to handle more than 112,000 patient visits. When hurricanes or blizzards hit, Rhode Island Hospital remained open and ready to respond, even providing shelter and meals to those stranded or seeking refuge.
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Breakin' at the Lake will have many activities for the whole family to enjoy. To kick off the Spring Break on the weekend of April 4&5 take part in many Easter Celebrations around town, everything from family board game night, Local Easter Egg hunts, to morning brunch at local restaurants.
Don't miss out on attending the Beach Bonfire on April 10th & 17th, there will be marshmallows to roast and a way to find out about all the activities planned during your stay!
More Family Activities
- Family Bowling Night with arcade games!
- April 18th Earth Day Fair at Riverwalk park
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Although a $200,000 Snohomish County Tourism Promotion Area grant appeared to have slipped through the Monroe School District's fingers last month, the district hopes the grant, and the project to create three new ball fields at the high school for which it was to help pay, can be salvaged.
When Monroe High School was built, there was no budget for ball fields.
But reasoning that quality ball fields might draw tournaments, and thus tourism, to Monroe, school district officials thought that the district might qualify for a tourism promotion grant.
The grant is made possible through a self-tax on hotels, the funds from which are given to organizations with projects that can stimulate tourism.
The district applied in December of 2011, and in April of last year, learned they'd been awarded $200,000.
But in order to get the money, the school district would have to supply some matching dollars. Unfortunately for the district, there was no cash to spare. So district officials started trying to identify a source of funding.
Through the summer, they started planning and design of the three new fields, and decided to raise funds by selling timber on some school district property, as well as selling three pieces of property that the district didn't need.
By February, the city had advertised the timber, which was valued at between $150,000 and $180,000, and Bowman Logging of Monroe was chosen to do the harvesting.
Also in February, the city of Monroe offered to contribute $100,000 from the Parks and Recreation Department.
But the district got a setback when the coordinator of the Tourism Promotion Area grant informed the school that, because the grant hadn't been spent in the year 2012, the district would have to reapply for either 2013 or 2014.
So this month the district is writing a new grant application, and the three unused school properties have been put up for sale.
Meanwhile, work on the fields continues.
Last week, geologists collected soil samples from the Monroe High School campus. The data from the samples will be used to continue work on the design of three new ball fields.
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Seward Junior Wome's Club Holiday Craft Show
Our 34th annual craft show with over 100 vendors of hand-crafted items. Food booth available. Booth rentals are $55 for an 8 x 8 ft space and $80 for an 8 x 10 ft space. Seward Junior Women's Club is a non-profit organization. All proceeds (after expenses) from booth rentals and food booth sales are given back to several community organizations/projects.
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Cross-origin resource sharing
How CORS works[edit]
The CORS standard works by adding new HTTP headers which provide instructions to the client. Browsers support these headers and respect the restrictions they establish. Additionally, for HTTP request methods that can cause side-effects on user data (in particular, for HTTP methods other than GET, or for POST usage with certain MIME types), the specification mandates that browsers "preflight" the request, soliciting supported methods from the server with an HTTP OPTIONS request header, and then, upon "approval" from the server, sending the actual request with the actual HTTP request method. Servers can also notify clients whether "credentials" (including Cookies and HTTP Authentication data) should be sent with requests.[3]
Simplified example[edit]
To initiate a cross-origin request, a browser sends the request with an Origin
HTTP header. The value of this header is the domain that served the page. For example, suppose a page from http://www.foo.com attempts to access a user's data in bar.com. If the user's browser implements CORS, the following request header would be sent to bar.com:
Origin: http://www.foo.com
If bar.com allows the request, it sends an Access-Control-Allow-Origin
(ACAO) header in its response. The value of the header indicates what origin sites are allowed. For example, a response to the previous request could contain the following:
Access-Control-Allow-Origin: http://www.foo.com
If the server does not allow the cross-origin request, the browser will deliver an error to the foo.com page instead of the bar.com response.
To allow access from all domains, a server can send the following response header:
Access-Control-Allow-Origin: *
This is generally not appropriate when using the same-origin security policy. The only case where this is appropriate when using the same-origin policy is when a page or API response is considered completely public content and it is intended to be accessible to everyone, including any code on any site. For example, this policy is appropriate for freely-available web fonts on public hosting services like Google Fonts.
On the other hand, this pattern is widely and appropriately used in the object-capability model, where pages have unguessable URLs and are meant to be accessible to anyone who knows the secret.
The value of "*" is special in that it does not allow requests to supply credentials, meaning HTTP authentication, client-side SSL certificates, nor does it allow cookies to be sent.[4]
Note that in the CORS architecture, the ACAO header is being set by the external web service (bar.com), not the original web application server (foo.com). CORS allows the external web service to authorise the web application to use its services and does not control external services accessed by the web application. For the latter, Content Security Policy should be used (connect-src
Browser support[edit]
CORS is supported by all browsers based on the following layout engines:
- Gecko 1.9.1 (Firefox 3.5,[5] SeaMonkey 2.0,[6] Camino 2.1[7]) and above.
- WebKit (Initial revision uncertain, Safari 4 and above,[1] Google Chrome 3 and above, possibly earlier)[8]
- MSHTML/Trident 6.0 (Internet Explorer 10) has native support.[9] MSHTML/Trident 4.0 & 5.0 (Internet Explorer 8 & 9) provide partial support via the XDomainRequest object.[1]
- Presto-based browsers (Opera) implement CORS as of Opera 12.00[10] and Opera Mobile 12, but not Opera Mini.[11]
The following browsers are also noteworthy in their lack of CORS support:
- Camino does not implement CORS in the 2.0.x release series because these versions are based on Gecko 1.9.0.[12]
- As of version 0.10.2, Arora exposes WebKit's CORS-related APIs, but attempted cross-origin requests will fail.[13]
Cross-origin support was originally proposed by Matt Oshry, Brad Porter, and Michael Bodell of Tellme Networks in March 2004 for inclusion in VoiceXML 2.1[14] to allow safe cross-origin data requests by VoiceXML browsers. The mechanism was deemed general in nature and not specific to VoiceXML and was subsequently separated into an implementation NOTE.[15] The WebApps Working Group of the W3C with participation from the major browser vendors began to formalize the NOTE into a W3C Working Draft on track toward formal W3C Recommendation status.
CORS relationship to JSONP[edit]
CORS can be used as a modern alternative to the JSONP pattern. While JSONP supports only the GET request method, CORS also supports other types of HTTP requests. Using CORS enables a web programmer to use regular XMLHttpRequest, which supports better error handling than JSONP. On the other hand, JSONP works on legacy browsers which predate CORS support. CORS is supported by most modern web browsers. Also, while JSONP can cause cross-site scripting (XSS) issues where the external site is compromised, CORS allows websites to manually parse responses to ensure security.[2][16]
See also[edit]
- ^ a b c on July 6, 2009 by Arun Ranganathan (2009-07-06). "cross-site xmlhttprequest with CORS ✩ Mozilla Hacks – the Web developer blog". Hacks.mozilla.org. Retrieved 2012-07-05.
- ^ a b "Cross-domain Ajax with Cross-Origin Resource Sharing". NCZOnline. Retrieved 2012-07-05.
- ^ "cross-site xmlhttprequest with CORS". MOZILLA. Retrieved 2012-09-05.
- ^ Cross-Origin Resource Sharing. W3.org. Retrieved on 2014-04-12.
- ^ "HTTP access control (CORS) - MDN". Developer.mozilla.org. Retrieved 2012-07-05.
- ^ "Gecko - MDN". Developer.mozilla.org. 2012-06-08. Retrieved 2012-07-05.
- ^ "What makes Camino Special". Retrieved 2013-02-20.
- ^ "59940: Apple Safari WebKit Cross-Origin Resource Sharing Bypass". Osvdb.org. Retrieved 2012-07-05.
- ^ Tony Ross, Program Manager, Internet Explorer (2012-02-09). "CORS for XHR in IE10". MSDN. Retrieved 2012-12-14.
- ^ David Honneffer, Documentation Specialist (2012-06-14). "12.00 for UNIX Changelog". Opera. Retrieved 2012-07-05.
- ^ David Honneffer, Documentation Specialist (2012-04-23). "Opera Software: Web specifications support in Opera Presto 2.10". Opera.com. Retrieved 2012-07-05.
- ^ "HTTP Access Control in Camino • mozillaZine Forums". Forums-test.mozillazine.org. Retrieved 2012-07-05.
- ^ "Issue 904 - arora - Arora providing API for CORS (Cross-Origin Resource Sharing) but fails in actual use - Cross Platform WebKit Browser - Google Project Hosting". Code.google.com. 2010-09-04. Retrieved 2012-07-05.
- ^ "Voice Extensible Markup Language (VoiceXML) 2.1". W3.org. 2004-03-23. Retrieved 2012-07-05.
- ^ "Authorizing Read Access to XML Content Using the <?access-control?> Processing Instruction 1.0". W3.org. Retrieved 2012-07-05.
- ^ "When can I use... Cross Origin Resource Sharing". caniuse.com. Retrieved 2012-07-12.
External links[edit]
- W3C Recommendation
- Usage guide
- enable cross-origin resource sharing
- HTML5 Rocks explains how CORS works in detail
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One of the oldest and most widespread of the decorative arts, consisting chiefly of functional objects (such as vessels, plates, and bowls) made of clay and hardened with heat. Earthenware is the oldest and simplest form; stoneware is fired at a high temperature to cause it to vitrify and harden; and porcelain is a fine, generally translucent form of pottery. The Chinese began their sophisticated production of pottery in the Neolithic period and produced porcelain as early as the 7th century CE. Chinese porcelain, or china, was widely exported to Europe and had a profound influence on European manufacturers and on taste. Classical Greek and Islamic cultures are also known for their artistic and technical innovations in pottery.
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