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Everyone wants to look their best at a wedding – even the boys.
Whether your man is a bit hopeless in the skincare department or is sneaking some of your La Mer, the following steps will sort him out. We recommend starting a routine at least three months prior to the big day so he's guaranteed great skin for those wedding photos, and for an extra boost in confidence. So log out of Pinterest and close Youtube, pass over the iPad and get your guy to do five minutes reading that'll get him looking George Clooney gorgeous. And gentlemen, think of the below as a blueprint for bodacious skin.
The pro tip
"Speed and efficiency is the key to a new regime," explains Sue Dann, the national sales and training manager for Omiderm (the distributors of great brands such as the men's Manage Your Skin and Dr Spiller). "Who wants to spend time on something that doesn't work? So make the skincare routine simple but effective from the outset. The three step habit of cleansing, toning and hydrating is ideal, using products that will soothe the skin."
The facts on oil-based skincare
"Our skin contains a natural waterproof barrier," says Dann. "Think what would happen if you went swimming without it! Most available skincare is water-based which cannot penetrate this barrier. Oil-based creams are 'biomimetic' which means that they are able to mimic the skin's oil barrier and therefore allow up to 120 per cent more delivery
of hydration and active ingredients," explains Dann.
Katharine L'Heureux, founder and CEO of New York-based organic skincare brand Kahina, explains that Moroccan-sourced Argan oil, the key ingredient in Kahina, is restorative for dry skin types, but acts as a regulator for oilier skin types. "Oil balances oil," she says. "There is the misconception that oily skin types cannot use a face oil; quite the contrary. Certain oils, especially Argan oil, absorb readily into the skin helping to balance oil production. Argan oil is suited for the entire skin type spectrum."
Step 1: Cleanse
Cleansing just after you rise in the morning, and at nighttime before bed is the most essential part of a good skincare routine. Cleansers remove dirt, excess oils, dead skin cells and other pollutants encountered throughout the day. We recommend Kahina Facial Cleanser, which is stored in a violet glass bottle that acts as a preservative for the natural product as it blocks damaging UV rays.
L'Heureux gets technical and explains the benefits of new cult ingredient Argan oil: "It's rich in antioxidants, meaning it helps to treat signs of aging while helping to prevent future aging. Its anti-inflammatory properties help to calm redness and irritation, including those caused by skin conditions like eczema or dermatitis. The essential fatty acids present in Argan oil recondition skin tone and texture, making it more supple and restoring healthy collagen structure. High in vitamin E, Argan oil treats scars and surface irregularities. Finally, plant sterols in Argan oil are naturally antibacterial – a major factor in preventing breakouts."
As Dann mentioned above, toning is also a part of a good skincare routine. Not essential for everyday use, a toner is great for occasions when you have more dirt on the skin than usual, such as after a big gym session, a rugby match, or after a day at the beach using thick sunscreen.
Step 2: Exfoliate
Exfoliating is a simple twice a week step. Most exfoliators contain tiny granules that buff the skin, remove deeply embedded impurities and aid in the process of cell turnover leaving skin super clean and fresh looking. Try Biotherm's Facial Exfoliator gel or Dr Spiller's Jojoba Peeling Cream.
Step 3: Hydrate & protect
Hydrating the skin with a gel, lotion or cream moisturiser after cleansing helps protect the skin from the elements and maintain balance. There are generally four different skin types (dry, normal, oily or acne prone) however it is quite common that one may have two or more of the types at the same time. Dann explains the best way to figure out your skin type: "If you can feel a sensation on your skin e.g. tightness, sensitivity or oiliness, then you have a skin concern or type. One way to think about this is that if you can 'feel' your skin there is a problem with it. Healthy skin is similar to any other organ – if it is balanced and functioning then there should not be any sensation connected to it."
Sunscreen (with UVA and UVB) is essential in daily moisturiser. Thankfully, most moisturisers with sunscreen have a very neutral smell or don't smell at all. Try Palmer's Daily Facial Lotion SPF 15 and in the evening a sunscreen-free moisturiser such as Manage Your Skin's Daily Moisturising Fluid.
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The web has many great perks for me. I have met amazing women online who have now become friends in real life. Take for example, my girl Tracey from One Brown Girl and the Passport Party Project. Tracey is equally obsessed with Paris, travels the world, loves her hubby, and is an all around good person. I met Tracey when we sat on a panel at Blogalicious in 2011 discussing travel. It didn't take long for Tracey to see the need for women of color who write about travel together. Introducting the Traveling Brown Girls Blog Carnival. Women bloggers around the world will be writing on various topics. Please check out all these lovely ladies.
The topic for today is my top 5 travel pet peeves. I have many, but will definitely limit it to 5. Here goes.
- A lot of people travel and it irks me to see people continue to try to get through security with jewelry, belts, shoes, etc. Come on people. It is not happening. Add your jewelry after security; don't wear clothing that requires belts; and easy access shoes are the best.
- Ladies, thin, craptastic, and see through leggings are not pants. I don't want to see your backside at 5:45am in the airport or anyplace. Unless you are wearing super thick leggings, i.e., Vince/Lululemon they are not pants.
- No, I do not want to switch my aisle seat for a window seat. I hate to fly and the thought of having a window seat means the middle person will want to look out the window more than once. I don't want to deal with a shade. I prefer aisle.
- My computer screen is not your computer screen. Please do not ask me to share my headphones while I am watching reruns of Sex and the City.
- Yes, I bring my own food on the plane and no you cannot "try my dish."
I could go on and on, but I can't. I hope you enjoy the traveling blog carnival and see you on land or in the air.

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So sad! Matt and Amy Roloff, the stars of TLC's 'Little People, Big World' have separated after 26 years together!
Matt Roloff and Amy Roloff have decided to try a "trial separation," they said in a statement on March 12. In a new clip for a Little People, Big World special, they also reveal the troubles they've been going through. Watch the emotional video below.
Matt Roloff & Amy Roloff Break Up
"Though we have weathered many storms together, we recently made the tough decision to engage in a trial separation," Matt and Amy told People magazine. "Matt remains living on the farm in our guest house and we work together everyday on the farm, on our business endeavors and most importantly, raising our amazing children. We sincerely appreciate the unwavering support, understanding and prayers from our family, friends and many fans. May God bless you."
Matt, 54, and Amy, 50 have four children together — 23-year-old twins Jeremy and Zack, 20-year-old Molly and 17-year-old Jacob, and they plan to ultimately put their children and family first.
'Little People, Big World' To Show Marriage Troubles
In a clip for a new special for Little People, Big World, the couple opens up about the tension going on through their relationship.
"Last year it was long and tough," Matt says in the clip. "Amy and I had a lot of tension so right around Thanksgiving. I thought I would move over to the bridal house for a little bit and we'll try that. Amy and I stuck it out for years and years when maybe we shouldn't have. I never quite felt at home in my own home so something needed to change. We needed to try something different."
Amy adds that she felt she and her husband had "failed" to learn to live with each other — and that she didn't want to separate.
"It's not my choice for him to leave. I am saddened by it. We don't have a plan as far as how we are going to work this out so it's not going to be easy," she says in the clip.
The special airs on March 25 at 9 p.m. on TLC. Will you be watching, HollywoodLifers? Are you shocked they split? Let us know!
WATCH: Matt & Amy Discuss Split On 'Little People, Big World'
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Posted at 11:06 AM on December 30, 2014
Amy needs to think less about her own self-interests and quit
trying to compete with Matt. He has superior ideas and superior ambition.
She needs to be less independent and more supportive.
If she follows Christians values and the bible as claimed, she
needs to adapt the biblical role of wife and mother.
The reason things are going badly is…….she's not.
Remember the scripture: Proverbs 14:1 & 14:3
Every wise woman buildeth her house with her own hands.
The foolish plucketh it down with her hands.
In the mouth of the foolish is a rod of pride: but the lips of the wise shall preserve them.
Amy has been plucking.
And her pride sours the marriage.
Posted at 10:09 PM on December 22, 2014
Posted at 9:32 PM on August 24, 2014
Gary Bewley
Posted at 4:02 PM on March 29, 2014
Matt and Amy, My Wife and I have watched your show from the beginning, and what I have noticed is that you are both Brats at this point witch disappoints us greatly, Together you have built a great farm, foundation for your children and now there children. I also see that You are both stubborn and as far as Amy I realize that you did not get that chance to follow your dreams but look around and see what you have accomplished! Together You both can keep on and to separate now, what is that doing to Jacob? I am almost sixty and wish that I had a family, My dad died when I was one and never really knew what a family was, I was married to my first wife and we had a son who is now 22, but I don't see him much anymore, I did drive to Nashville and get him but his grandmother wanted to spend most of the weekends with him, I am also disabled, 5 back and a knee replacement but remarried to my school sweetheart and we do ok, our home is paid for, cars ,etc but there could be nothing like family that I still miss at this age, Please remember it takes two to give 100%…don't let all you have and to come be pissed away over being stubborn, "Amy" I did notice at times when Matt would mention the D word that You seemed to have egged it on and there is the door type thing, Relationships change but its up to you to make it a better change!
Love You all, Gary and Janice Bewley
Seriously, she treated him like crap since the beginning of the series. I am not surprised. It's sad for the kids even though they're growing up/grown up. Maybe they can get some help and learn to respect each other and demand respect from each other. Twenty-six years is too long to just let it drift away.
Posted at 7:12 PM on March 13, 2014
Posted at 11:17 PM on March 12, 2014
I know it is difficult when it comes to empty nest syndrome. After the kids are gone you find out you have nothing left in common.
It is the reality TV curse. When you see the episodes you also reflect on what had happened and how you handled the situation.
I am not one to judge, it is not right. Just because they are on TV we do not have any right to tear them down and point out what we think is wrong.
I hope since they are still on the same property and working together they will find out what had happened 26 years ago when they fell in love.
jean vie
Posted at 7:03 PM on March 12, 2014
since I started to watch this show, I notice that the wife doesn't respect her husband by the way she treats him & the way she speaks to him. she almost always yell at him, always puts him down.
she acts like she's always better than him. I stop watching this show bec of her attitude. very dis-
respectful& always hi & mighty. I actually feel sorry for the husband. I'm surprise it took them this long to separate. I hope the husband find a better woman!
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Posted at 11:32 PM on March 12, 2014
Have you not learned you should not judge people until you've walked a mile in their shoes? We only see what TLC wants' to show us. Who knows what goes on behind the scenes?
I wish them all the guidance when they need it, courage to stand up to their beliefs and most of all forgiveness because none of us are perfect.
Posted at 11:41 PM on March 12, 2014
Ann E.
Posted at 9:08 PM on March 26, 2014
Amy has been a bully for years. She does not have the disabled body that he has so she on purpose invents things to do leaving him out . A real wife would do all she could to help involve her husband with his handycap. Just wait and see, Amy's day will come when she will have health issues too. If she thinks there are a lot of available men out there……think again. She makes me sick because she can turn everything around to make her husband look bad. She sure can smile big with the kids ,except their daughter. So keep smiling with everyone else Amy. A day will come when you will not always win. You are realy spoiled. Too bad. Your family has a lot. By the way the growth of your farm was never your idea. It came about due to your husbands planning.
Posted at 1:01 AM on April 6, 2014
Amy and Matt are both tired. It is very common once kids are grown for two people to discover that they are just not compatible. My husband has a lot of disabilities and even when I try, he doesn't engage. Matt did try, but I don't think Amy left him behind. You can try to do things together, but you can't force intimacy. Some times you are just exhausted. I have been married 20 years this month, and honestly, I can say that I am tired. I don't hate my husband, it's just that we are so incompatible.


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Huntress: Year One
- Posted by Johanna on August 5, 2009 at 11:52 am
- Category: Superhero Reviews
- CREDITS: written by Ivory Madison; art by Cliff Richards, Art Thibert, Norm Rapmund, and Rebecca Buchman
- PUBLISHER: DC Comics; $17.99 US
I was part of the review copy blitz on this book back in April, and it's taken me this long to get around to reading it. That's because the Huntress used to be my favorite character back when she was Batman's daughter. Once that had to be changed, where they turned her into the child of a mob boss instead, I lost much of the interest I had in her. In my mind, mobsters and superheroes don't mix very well — one is all gritty death and the other is brightly colored imagination.
(Why she was my favorite character: She was clearly a big deal in the DCU, but she had her own name, unlike Batgirl or Supergirl, appendages to a better-known male hero. She was brunette and beautiful but not as unapproachable or perfect as Wonder Woman. She seemed the coolest when there weren't a lot of other choices.)
After having read this story, originally published as a six-issue miniseries, my overall reaction is: why bother? Writer Ivory Madison tries to bring vendetta mixed with feminism into a world of family obligations, priests, and violent revenge. She's relatively successful, but ultimately, it doesn't matter, because there is no ongoing vision for this character in the bigger DC universe. If you like this story, there won't be any more, and the revelations and motivations of this background won't have much influence on the character going forward. The promise of a superhero universe is the idea of a never-ending story, of tales that weave as threads into a bigger tapestry. This story is a patch on the corner of the fabric that stands out for its more ambitious attempt at coherent characterization and depth.
A woman who fights back against sexist institutions that have harmed and tried to kill her is a relatively unusual motivation for a female superhero, but the message is undercut by the overall surroundings. Even if the Huntress is made unique by this story (within the relatively limited world of superhero comics, anyway), she's still going to be used as random plug-in costume chick, regardless of appropriateness or distinction, in references elsewhere.
Is this a good enough story to overcome those inherent limitations and be worth reading on its own? No. Helena Bertinelli watches her family murdered in front of her as an eight-year-old. (Why was she saved? That's never explained or revealed.) She hides out and trains on a farm in Sicily, mentored by a man who's like an older brother to her and later shows up as a) a priest, because he fell in love with a nun who then dumped him and b) a hostage, because that's the kind of world we're playing in.
Someone sends goons to kill her, waiting 13 years until she's able to fight back. When she beats them up and finds out the boss is an "uncle", they have tea. (Didn't he just send guys to kill her?) Her first superhero mission is an attempt to get all the money her family left her, which makes her seem remarkably greedy (2 million isn't enough) and rather conflicted (it's mob money, but it's still her inheritance?). She takes the title "huntress" after a discussion on how words like "actress" and "heroine" are sexist. The contradiction is never explained.
That's not the only loose end. Some of her actions are also unexplainable. Who thinks the right thing to do, no matter your emotion or motivation, is to start beating up prison guards when visiting jail? That's not going to accomplish anything. It's just plain stupid. In context, it reads like "oh, wait, this is a superhero book, need an action scene here." The prose is purple at times — literally, with overwrought narration boxes colored that way with white text. The art is competent and tells the story with no noticeable glitches. (Sadly, in the superhero realm, that's praise, since many artists are more interested in framing figures ridiculously than carrying a narrative.)
Once the rest of the Bat-Family — Batman, Catwoman, Batgirl — show up, I also have problems with the Huntress being the "Bad Bat" because she's willing to kill and use guns. If you want to keep pushing Batman and his hangers-on towards being darker, you're going to have to face that wall, and having everyone judge her because she crosses that unrealistic line is ridiculous (and whiffs of sexism, with Batman as the father figure who must be obeyed). Personally, I'd rather none of them kill, but as long as you're chasing gore the way current DC titles do, that inconsistency sticks out.
As a revenge fantasy, this isn't very satisfying, because slaughtering the people who ordered your loved ones massacred is ultimately unrewarding and also conflicts with the higher intellect of this story, which aims to be about a lot more than "you hurt me, so I'll hurt you". None of these people really seemed hurt to me, anyway — reflecting on it, I'm disturbed by how little I cared about Son missing Mob Father after his death or Helena beating up Goombas A-C because they were ordered to kill her.
In terms of damning with faint praise, it's more complex than many other superhero origin stories, but I don't think it needed to be. That complexity leads to loose ends and inconsistencies that come from trying to insert a shaded story of hatred and revenge and standing up for women into an existing, badly treated character with no future.
(A complimentary copy for this review was provided by the writer.)
10 Responses to "Huntress: Year One"
- Mark Says:
August 5, 2009 at 2:52 PMI keep hoping there is another TPB of the Pre-Crisis Huntress stories..,,
- James Schee Says:
August 5, 2009 at 4:31 PMI haven't read it but from your review it sounds like it just mines material already regurgitated by past creators.
From O'Neil, to Dixon, to Rucka to Simone, etc. they've all done this or very similar things with the character. Can't the character ever move forward or will we get another "Huntress doesn't fit in with the bat=characters, has to confront her mobster family past" again in a few years?
BTW, since I just read it for the first time recently. What'd you think of the Helena Wayne Huntress in that JSA annual last year?
- Guy Smiley Says:
August 5, 2009 at 6:26 PMTotally agree with James on how they keep treading the same water with the Huntress (though, of course, in an origin piece, you expect that).
The Huntress was my favorite character, too, and the Crisis change that upset me was her elimination.
After Paul Levitz and Joe Staton stopped doing the pre-crisis character, those Wonder Woman backups got absolutely awful, and I'm glad they remain uncollected. When that writer, Joey Cavalieri, launched the new Helena, even with Staton back on art, I never cared.
Oh — and I caught the return of Helena Wayne in that JSA annual, and didn't like it. She seemed whiny and lost, none of the spark Levitz gave her. And do I recall them surfacing the hint of sexual tension Levitz/Staton had briefly written in, all those years ago? Kinda not a good idea, that …
I've gotten to like the current Helena Bertinelli, esp. in Simone's Birds of Prey, and I do wish they'd do something good with her. I enjoyed this mini, with quibbles, but you're right, Johanna, they're never going to take the character forward, and that's disappointing.
- Johanna Says:
August 5, 2009 at 6:52 PMJames, well, to be fair, it was a Year One. You kind of have to cover the origin. My gripe is that we never see anything done in depth with the character beyond that.
I don't recall a JSA annual, sorry.
- James Schee Says:
August 5, 2009 at 8:15 PMYeah I guess they have to cover the origin in an origin story, but it just doesn't sound like they ever go beyond that. Maybe they should just stop doing origin stories?:)
JSA annual had Power Girl get zapped to an Earth 2 that seemed pretty similar to the classic one. Yet as Guy said Helena Wayne was a bit more wimpy and lacked a lot of what I liked in her previous stories.
Of course it was written by Geoff Johns, not exactly known for his great female portrayels.
- Blog@Newsarama » Blog Archive » Thursday Linkblogging Says:
August 5, 2009 at 10:49 PM[…] Johanna Draper Carlson looks at Huntress: Year One. […]
- Alan Coil Says:
August 5, 2009 at 11:43 PMI seem to have liked it a tad bit more than you, but I heartily agree that there appears that there will be no followup to this mini. It's a stand alone story that most likely will be undone.
- Shawn Hill Says:
August 6, 2009 at 12:43 PMHuntress has been such a disappointment to me. Not even Morrison in JLA or Gail Simone in Birds of Prey could do much with her. How foolish of DC not to realize how cool Helena Wayne was. They've finally gotten it together with Power Girl again, why not Helena?
- Dwight Williams Says:
August 12, 2009 at 10:07 AMOne of those inter-universe crossovers, they have GOT to get these two Huntresses together for at least a coffee-and-chatter session.
- Helena Fan Says:
March 5, 2010 at 9:19 AMI was lucky enough to find the tpb Dark Knight's Daughter with Helena Wayne. I love her character too. She was competent and well-adjusted, in contrast to Helena Bertinelli who seems to be perpetually in a snit.
Here's hoping that Levitz gets back to writing her now that he has more time


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Marin County coroner says Oscar winner has died, with press rep adding he had "been battling severe depression of late."
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From a cross-dressing babysitter in 'Mrs. Doubtfire,' to a gay nightclub owner in 'Birdcage,' Williams will be remembered for a wide range of characters.


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Emotionally Intelligent Bollards
One of the most universal, and seemingly intractable, problems in the world of traffic is controlling drivers' speeds on local streets, particularly those with children present. The latest approach, in Leicester, England, combines hardcore traffic engineering — steel bollards — with a more humanistic side: They literally look like small children standing on the side of the road.
There is, admittedly, a bit of a Village of the Damned look to the bollards — and yet also something rather cheerful, something like foosball players — but perhaps, echoing Daniel Pink's "emotionally intelligent signage" proposal, they may trigger some instinctual response, reminding drivers of the presence of humans (and, after all, studies have shown that images of humans, particularly human eyes, can be as persuasive as real humans).
Not surprisingly, the locals are a bit divided.
Sylvia Thomas, who lives in nearby Greenhill Road, said: "I can't see the point of them. If they are there to calm traffic they don't work, because one has already been knocked over.
"They are quite strange."
Helen Evans, 44, from Knighton, said: "They look great. I think they're cute – and hopefully they will make people drive more carefully and remember there are children around here."
As to the first commenter, rather than viewing it a failed solution, the idea that one has already been knocked down might simply demonstrate the extent of the problem. And the bollards are merely one part of a wider strategy, including striping and a new 20 mph speed limit.
From another story came this comment:
The RAC told Sky News Online that there was a risk "the statues will become a distraction with drivers focusing on them rather than the road ahead."
One way to deal with that issue would be to put a few in the road. But of course there's also the issue that real pedestrians will become a distraction — do we ban them from roadsides? Do we strip any sign of life from city streets so drivers will not have their precious roads obscured, their perilous attention (probably already compromised by their phone) fractured any further?
In any case, I'll be curious to hear of any before/after speed comparisons.
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Listen to Bruno Mars's new song Grenade (Acoustic Live Version), which was released on Tuesday, November 30th, 2010.
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Mar 1, 2013 at 7:10pm UTC
James Parsons
I have tried to find some documentation on winsock for win-8 on MSDN but i cant find anything. i want to use socket programming in C++ in win-8 but come from other lang's. does anyone know a good tutorial on winsock for Win-8
Mar 1, 2013 at 7:57pm UTC
Isn't it just like in Win-7 or Vista or XP or any other Windows OS?
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Yes & NO Winsock in Windows 8 is almost as same as in Win 7 , Vista , Windows OS's.
The real major Difference in Windows 8 is Lower Level Hooking such as ZwOpenProcess() & other Zw (Kernel functions). This was changed so that Root-kits such as Agony Root-kit or other Ring0 root-kits cannot hide in the system but the NtOpenProcess or other Nt (Usermode functions) are the same so still Ring3 Root-kits are still able to function but may not correctly work. In which case I mean it may not be able to hook other processes without causing a BSOD (Blue Screen Of Death).
If understood my Hooking part you must know Hooking send() or recv() or other network functions function in Windows 8 is slightly changed . This means the send() and other netowork functions, function is slightly different but the actual syntax is not different but the Network Protocols may be slightly modified. This can be called major since new Network or Packet analyzers may need to try hook send() and recv() & other network functions. This may mean the programmers of those products need to find a other way to hook those functions in windows 8 so they may need to do memory maths to find the entry point & offset of those functions in windows 8.
But only deep within Windows 8 there may be a slight variation of network programming. Again in very OS version there may be a small change in the Network and Data Sending functions or even in protocols.
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Mar 2, 2013 at 12:12am UTC
^ Well, that escalated quickly.
Anyways he doesn't seem to be looking for complex things.
Mar 2, 2013 at 3:46pm UTC
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Oh, I thought he was wanting to know or understand the differences in Windows 8 of its Network programming.
Mar 8, 2013 at 1:57pm UTC
James Parsons
Im sorry mabye it would help if i clear this up, I just want to see a server that binds a host and port and then sends a msg to any connected client. i said win-8 beacause thats what im running and dont want any ancient winsock api.
Mar 8, 2013 at 5:11pm UTC
They're still the same send/recv functions and I find nothing so bad in them.
So, what should have Microsoft done?
1. Change them, because they're "old", forcing everyone to update their existing applications to support the new ones as the old functions are now "deprecated"
2. Keep them, so having people (like the one in my post above) bothering they're "old" and they don't trust their flawless working
I'd choose option two.
They work flawlessly, and need no different equivalents.
It's like, "hey, for the new generation of Motherboards I will change memset so it goes C++ only and it forces Templates usage so it's gonna be easier! The old one will be unsafe now, no one dares to use it!". Doesn't it sound bad and aggressive?
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Carolina leads 2-1
Game 1: Tuesday, February 12th | ||
Hurricanes | 4 | Final |
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Game 2: Saturday, March 9th | ||
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Prudential Center, Newark, New Jersey
NEWARK, N.J. -- Jiri Tlusty and the Carolina Hurricanes concluded a grueling six-game road trip with a satisfying win over the Eastern Conference-leading New Jersey Devils.
Tlusty scored two goals in the third period and Cam Ward made 26 saves as the Hurricanes beat the Devils 4-2 on Tuesday night, snapping New Jersey's five-game winning streak.
The Hurricanes had every reason to be dead on their skates, playing on consecutive nights. Somehow they found the energy to keep the game close, and Tlusty once again worked his third period magic.
"It was a huge trip, the longest trip of the year," Ward said. "We're all excited now to go home, winning two games against two tough opponents back-to-back. This is a tough building to play in. We were fortunate to get the two late goals."
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Jussi Jokinen and Patrick Dwyer also scored for Carolina, which went 4-1-1 on the trip.
With Carolina on the power play and the score tied at 2 in the third, Tlusty flipped a shot toward the net that bounced off Devils defenseman Anton Volchenkov and over goalie Martin Brodeur at 7:25. Eric Stall picked up an assist, extending his point-scoring streak to 10 games.
Tlusty later added an empty-netter to seal the win.
"That's amazing," Tlusty said. "We just came at them hard in the third period and didn't slow down. It was a good night for us. We just kept it going."
Ilya Kovalchuk and Ryan Carter scored for the Eastern Conference-leading Devils, who lost in regulation for the first time at home this season (5-1-1). New Jersey had won seven straight at home against Carolina.
The Devils were coming off an emotional weekend, having swept a home-and-home series from the Pittsburgh Penguins. Against Carolina, New Jersey was a step behind all night.
"Their energy level at times was pretty amazing, for them playing back to back" Brodeur said. "It's hard to come back and play a team that's not a rival or close to you in the standings. It's a good hockey team over there. We hadn't seen them this year and they showed us a lot."
The Hurricanes, the Southeast Division leaders, started the game with good energy, even though they played the night before on Long Island. Carolina used the kind of strong forechecking pressure that the Devils favor and took an early 8-3 shot advantage. Brodeur held his ground, fending off good scoring tries by Alexander Semin, Jeff Skinner and Joni Pitkanen.
"Carolina, give them credit, they came out and they were skating and getting the puck in deep," Devils captain Bryce Salvador said. "They came out flying."
The Devils broke through with the game's first goal at 15:59 as Kovalchuk drew a penalty and then scored the power-play goal -- with an assist from the video replay.
Kovalchuk cranked a shot from the blue line that hit the back of the net and bounced back into play as the referees signaled no goal, believing the puck had hit the crossbar.
Play continued for about three minutes. When replay officials got the opportunity to review, they confirmed that the goal had been scored.
It was the third goal in the last four games for Kovalchuk.
The Hurricanes also started the second period strongly, and this time they were rewarded as Jokinen got a power-play goal at 1:36.
Major credit on the score went to Joe Corvo, who faked a shot from the point that most of the Devils, including Brodeur, overplayed to the left side. Instead of firing, Corvo slid a pass to Jokinen, all alone in the right circle with a wide-open net to hit.
It was Jokinen's first goal of the season.
Dwyer gave the Hurricanes a 2-1 lead with 1:31 left in the period, deflecting Jay Harrison's point shot.
Trailing for only the third time coming into the third period this season, the Devils came out storming with Ward stopping David Clarkson right on his doorstep in the opening seconds.
New Jersey kept buzzing in the Carolina zone and the pressure paid off as Justin Faulk coughed up the puck and Carter backhanded the turnover past Ward at 1:34 to tie the game at 2.
And then Tlusty, the Hurricanes third period specialist, took over. On Monday, he scored two goals and four points in the third period to lead Carolina to 6-4 win over the New York Islanders that set the stage for the successful conclusion to road trip.
"Any time you can come here and win, it's a huge character test," said Hurricanes head coach Kirk Muller. "It may not be pretty, but we're coming together as a team and the chemistry is building every game."
Game notes
Former Devils captain Muller returned to New Jersey for the first time as the head coach of the Hurricanes. It was also the first game back for former Devils player and head coach John MacLean, now an assistant to Muller....D Mark Fayne was in the Devils starting lineup despite missing the morning skate due to a death in the family....The Hurricanes had last won here on March 28, 2009.
Game Information
Arena: Prudential Center Location: Newark, New Jersey |
Referees: Tom Kowal, Tom Kowal Linesmen: Lonnie Cameron, Thor Nelson |
Attendance: 17,625 (100.0% full) |
Team Stat Comparison
Carolina | New Jersey | ||
4 | Goals | 2 | |
2 | Power Play Goals | 1 | |
5 | Power Play Opportunities | 4 | |
0 | Shorthanded Goals | 0 | |
4 | Penalties | 5 | |
8 | Penalty Minutes | 10 | |
25 | Shots on Goal | 28 | |
12 | Hits | 13 | |
31 | Faceoffs Won | 29 |
Scoring Summary
1st Period | CAR | NJ | ||
15:59 | Ilya Kovalchuk (5)
(Power Play) Assists: Marek Zidlicky, Patrik Elias |
0 | 1 | |
2nd Period | CAR | NJ | ||
1:36 | Jussi Jokinen (1)
(Power Play) Assists: Joe Corvo, Joni Pitkanen |
1 | 1 | |
18:29 | Patrick Dwyer (4)
Assists: Jay Harrison, Justin Faulk |
2 | 1 | |
3rd Period | CAR | NJ | ||
1:34 | Ryan Carter (2)
Unassisted |
2 | 2 | |
7:25 | Jiri Tlusty (4)
(Power Play) Assist: Eric Staal |
3 | 2 | |
19:26 | Jiri Tlusty (5)
Assists: Eric Staal, Justin Faulk |
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Cetin, Ediz and Kale, Izzet and Morling, Richard C.S. (2009) Design of a power-aware digital image rejection receiver. In: Proceedings of the IEEE International Symposium on Circuits and Systems, 2009 (ISCAS 2009). IEEE, pp. 209-212. ISBN 9781424438273
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This paper deals with and details the design of a power-aware adaptive digital image rejection receiver based on blind-source-separation that alleviates the RF analog front-end impairments. Power-aware system design at the RTL level without having to redesign arithmetic circuits is used to reduce the power consumption in nomadic devices. Power-aware multipliers with configurable precision are used to trade-off the image-rejection-ratio (IRR) performance with power consumption. Results of the simulation case studies demonstrate that the IRR performance of the power-aware system is comparable to that of the normal implementation albeit degraded slightly, but well within the acceptable limits.
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who protest "will have to do it on the sidewalks," Martinelli vows. The
next event that his legislation criminalizes is the annual
Mayday parade. Archive photo by Eric Jackson
By way of amendments to law to open police records to potential employers Martinelli
"legalizes" bribery of opposition pols, bans protests
by Eric Jackson Criminalizing
street protests A few weeks ago,
construction workers on their lunch hour marched in the streets to
protest against a 40 percent increase in the sales and services tax.
Nobody was hurt, no property was damaged. Some drivers were
inconvenienced. Later, after it was all over, the National Police riot
squad attacked construction sites with tear gas and clubs, and some of
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arrested and held without charge for four days --- although the law
says a suspect must be charged or released within 72 hours --- and then
fined $15 apiece, without trial, for creating a disturbance. (The president
prevailed on So why the rumble
after the parade was already over? Because to the present government,
marching in the streets is itself a violent act, which inherently
deprives the property right of third parties to drive their cars
wherever and whenever they please. Thus, although it was the police who
picked the fight with the construction workers, Martinelli argues that
they were just responding to labor union violence. Now comes Law 110,
some of the other provisions and procedural and technical quirks we
will get into below, which provides as follows: Whoever,
abusing the right to meetings or demonstrations, by use of violence,
impedes or obstructs the free transit of vehicles on the public ways of
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abusive per se. But we only need to listen to Martinelli and his top
lieutenants to know how they mean to interpret it. The president told
El Panama America that all street protests are now illegal, that
parades must take place on the sidewalks (and presumably can't go more
than one block, as then they would block an intersection). National
Assembly president José Luis Varela told La Estrella that
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the legislators' and representantes' circuit and corregimiento funds,
sums of money meant to be spent on discretionary projects in elected
officials' constituencies. Some communities got ambulances, some got
road repairs, some got sports programs for the kids, some got to see
their elected officials tooling around town in luxury cars. In the Moscoso and Torrijos administrations, the legislators' and representantes' discretionary funds were progressively eliminated in favor of complete presidential control of the FIS. However, the FIS was still used to meet certain deputies's requests for this or that expenditure. Mireya ran an undisguised kleptocracy and the system became embroiled in all manner of scandals, which continued into the Torrijos years with slightly more subtlety. President Martinelli is trying to suppress investigations of FIS abuses to the extent that his allies are involved and prosecute insofar as Democratic Revolutionary Party (PRD) members are implicated. But it's difficult because an outside audit by a CPA firm named people on both sides of the aisle. Martinelli called the audit "unauthorized" --- not necessarily a lie, but not what he wanted to hear --- and handed the matter to the erstwhile CPA for his private businesses, now the Comptroller General. (The tale gets more sensational with the involvement of the Catholic Church. Some of the more irregular transactions involved money laundered through accounts in the name of a convent, without the knowledge of the nuns. The Martinelli-allied ex-legislator involved says that the Catholic hierarchy knew all about it and was a direct participant.) Another incentive
to opposition parties to participate was a promise that the
dictatorship would not buy otherwise off the people whom they elected,
which was enforceable by a constitutional provision that the national
leaderships of the parties could remove elected officials elected on
their tickets who switched to other parties or voted against the party
on key issues. Lately the
Martinelli political apparatus has been enticing elected officials of
the PRD, and also of parties within his alliance, to abandon the ranks
of the parties under whose banners they were elected and join his
Cambio Democratico. There has been particular success with
representantes in some of the nation's smaller municipalities, but
legislators and small-town mayors have also switched parties. But now, by Law
110, a new set of procedures has been created:
In other words,
the dictatorship's constitutional deal is off and Ricardo Martinelli is
free to offer whatever enticements to get the opposition's elected
officials to switch parties. The thing about the PRD, however, is that
even in the dark days of Noriega times its one-third of the electorate
was fairly rock-solid. The old guard of the party created by the
dictatorship may be dying off, and the first generation to grow up in
the party, exemplified by Balbina Herrera, may be unable to mobilize
support beyond the core of party loyalists. But there it is, a block
that won't go away and is not going to be marginalized unless
Martinelli can effectively create a two-party system or a new election
system with a second round of voting with which to confront it. The indications
are that Martinelli is not changing any of the basic corruption that
dogs Panamanian public life. Notorious international criminals who have
been allowed into this country --- people like Martin Erkamps, who
kidnapped Freddy Heineken for ransom and was a fugitive as a result of
that crime until he got caught smuggling drugs --- are being allowed to
stay here. The constitution is ever less respected and the courts and
prosecutors are ever more politically manipulated. Panama is as far
from the rule of law as it ever has been. Thus, although the
man is quite popular now, there is an excellent chance that by May of
2014 Panamanians will be sick of Martinelli and his entourage and ready
to back the opposition force with the best chance to win the election.
We have been on that cycle since 1989, or 1984 if one wants to
recognize that Nicolás
Ardito Barletta's election was fraudulent and then, too, voters
rejected the group in power. But this latest
change in election laws is but one more move by Martinelli to
consolidated control of all things into his hands. Oh yes, the
criminal records Are you a
potential employer, or just a nosy neighbor, who wants to know a
specific individual's criminal record? Now these may be readily
obtained from the police, provided that they do not go back for more
than 10 years. (The guy who wants
to work at your daughter's school just got out of prison yesterday,
after spending 20 years in prison for raping and killing several little
girls? Ricardo Martinelli is against you being able to obtain
information about that conviction. It's "stale," being more than 10
years old.) Are you a reporter
who's interested in the criminal record of the person who has just been
appointed to a sensitive public post? Assuming that bribes were not
paid or other pressures brought to bear to erase the record, you as a
private citizen can obtain it. However, if you publish that information
it will be a violation of Law 110, penalty unspecified. The procedural and
constitutional problems The blocking
traffic provision of Law 110 is a limitation on the size of protests
against a government that has already passed steep tax increases for
most people but hefty tax cuts for the richest Panamanians; that
intends to invest half of the Social Security Fund into a partnership
with the financial black hole that is Máximo Haddad's
fly-by-night PYCSA company; that intends to slash spending on public
education; that intends to gut what remains of the labor code; that is
actively dispossessing rural communities in favor of rabiblanco cattle
ranchers, large foreign mining companies and a variety of hydroelectric
dam speculators who figure to make most of their money off of carbon
bonds rather than the generation of electricity. It's really about
revoking the constitutional rights of people with grievances to meet
and hold demonstrations. The arcane and
impossible procedures about revoking a mandate are about voiding an old
constitutional guarantee, albeit one made to political parties more
than to the Panamanian people. Were And then there are
the National Assembly's regulations. Under Article 148 of the
Martinelli faction's own rules of parliamentary procedure, adopted on
its first day in office, only one subject can be addressed in a given
piece of legislation. Law 110 started out as a proposal about criminal
records, but then the revocation of mandate and street blocking
penalties provisions were added on second debate. By that procedure,
there were no committee hearings on the two most controversial parts of
the legislation. No citizen and no organization was given an
opportunity to be heard on these subjects. The constitutional
and procedural objections to Law 110 should be reverberating in the
courts for years to come. But that may well happen with many dissidents
serving long prison terms under that law. Click here to see Law 110 in its Spanish original. Also in
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Web retailer The Iconic says job cuts a coming of age
PUBLISHED: 30 Jun 2013 10:30:00 | UPDATED: 02 Jul 2013 00:06:00PUBLISHED: 30 Jun 2013 PRINT EDITION: 01 Jul 2013"We've now moved into the next phase that, again, any startup would go through, and that's making sure our cost base is on line for ongoing success," The Iconic founder Adam Jacobs says. Photo: Michele Mossop
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Exclusive:The managing director of online fashion retailer The Iconic has defended the heavy losses his business has incurred to gain a foothold in the retail market, and rejected suggestions that emails from one of his German bosses suggests a strategy to ramp up sales and then quickly sell out.
The Iconic offers hundreds of hip clothing brands and has attracted widespread attention for outmanoeuvring traditional retailers who were slow to embrace online selling.
Yet while online traffic is busier at The Iconic than at Myers or David Jones's websites, details have emerged of the considerable costs in building the business.
Since it started operating in late 2011, The Iconic has lost $14 million and it recently trimmed the size of its 300-strong workforce.
Mr Jacobs told Financial Review Sunday less than 10 per cent of the workforce were let go and defended the losses as part and parcel of setting up a new business
"Last year, we invested heavily in market entry. Our focus was on growth and we experienced hyper-growth and that was great for us," he said.
Many online businesses did not turn a profit until seven years of operations, he said. The Iconic was targeting a profit much earlier than that and its financial backers remained happy.
"We're moving into much more focus on our profitability metrics and future growth and both our management team and our investment team are comfortable in where we're sitting on that path," he said.
He further rejected talk that the company was looking for a buyer, although this has been contradicted by a spokesperson for Myer Holdings.
The rapid growth in online retailers has increased interest in the wider online business sector, but there are shadows of the infamous tech-wreck at the start of the millennium.
Seven West Media's digital joint venture, Yahoo!7 has written off most of the $30 million plus it spent on acquiring online group-buying business Spreets in 2011. Shares in insurance comparison website iSelect plunged almost 16 per cent on their first day of trading last week.
APN News & Media last June spent $36 million for a 82 per cent stake in online shopping club BrandsExclusive. The deal was criticised by one of APN's major investors Allan Gray.
Traditional retailers have for years been criticised for failing to prepare for the online onslaught. Last August, Myer chief Bernie Brookes hit back by predicting many such businesses would struggle as traditional retailers improved their own online offerings.
"They've all had their time in the sun [and] in my view that time in the sun will come to an end and is coming to an end now," Brookes told an American Chamber of Commerce in Australia function last year.
The sun may not be setting on The Iconic – Mr Jacobs said it remained the most popular website among fashion retailers – but the recent staff cuts demonstrate how it is cutting its cloth to fit a consolidation phase rather than rapid growth.
The company is part of a suite of online businesses founded by Berlin-headquarted Rocket Internet.
The Germans may not be happy should The Iconic lose its status as number one fashion retailer in the Australian market.
Emails from one of Rocket's three founders, Oliver Samwer, re-printed in Fairfax Media newspapers at the weekend reveal a take-no-prisoners approach to business.
"The time of the blitzkrieg must be chosen wisely so that each country tells me with blood when it is time," one email reportedly said.
"We must be No. 1 . . .Only No. 1 can raise unbelievable money at unbelievable valuations. I cannot raise money for No. 2 etc and I have seen it how easy it is for me in Brazil and how difficult in Russia because our team f---ed up.
"So to be clear I will provide you with the money for the most aggressive plan of history… I only care for net revenues after returns to prove you are No. 1.
"I am the most aggressive guy on the internet planet. I will die to win and I expect the same from you!" Samwer wrote at the end of the email.
Elaborating on the email to The Australian Financial Review, Mr Jacobs said Mr Samwer liked using superlatives to motivate staff and that he had perhaps used a few too many in the email. But he rejected the suggestion that talk of "unbelievable valuations" revealed a strategy to grow revenue numbers at any cost and then seek to sell the business for a high price.
"What you see in that email is their belief in the business model and their willingness to invest in it very quickly to grow market share to get to the leading position in a market," Mr Jacobs said. He dismissed talk that the company's owners were looking to sell the Australian business.
"Our focus right now is on building the best online fashion shop that we can for Australians," he said. "We're not currently looking for an exit."
JP Morgan and US venture capital firm Summit Partner have jointly invested over $50 million into The Iconic and there has been talk the company's owners have been looking for a sale.
Myer spokeswoman Jo Lynch confirmed the department store chain had been approached, but was instead focusing on building its own online store.
"While we generally don't comment on a business that we are or are not considering, a number of pure-play online operators have come to us for equity or buy-out proposals over the last 12 months," she said.
"They start out strong, but as they reach scale they don't have the right merchandise, they don't have the right IT infrastructure, which is a significant capital investment, and they can't fulfil properly and they start to disappoint customers," Ms Lynch said.
Fashion wholesalers have no complaints.
David Briskin is chief of sass & bide, a coveted women's fashion label part-owned by Myer, which also sells to The Iconic. He said the online business saying it was their biggest online customer
"The buyers know what they're doing and from our point of view it's a good account. It's growing."
Online fashion sites were growing sales by 20 per cent per year and have already seized about six per cent of total sales, said Mr Jacobs.
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A professor and his team at the University of Southampton have been studying dolphins in an attempt to use their sonar ability to detect fish towards human detection of underwater explosives. It isn't surprising that we could perhaps learn a thing or two from our underwater-mammal-brethren, and as far as sonar is concerned dolphins are quite adept at using it to find fish.
The professor in charge of this research is Tim Leighton, and he and his team created the twin inverted pulse sonar system, which directs a couple quick pulses towards an object. A hit on an object that is solid causes the pulse to be broken up into linear lines.
The professor and his team then performed the same test, only this time using electromagnetic waves, and allowed them to discover components they had placed in the water that could be used in bombs.
So here's hoping that they can develop this technology further and one day make it available for regular use in the detection of bombs and maybe even provide us with an even better understanding of environments that are underwater.
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Nominations Requested for Montana's Tourism Awards
-- Deadline is February 8, 2013 --
(HELENA) – The Governor's Tourism Advisory Council (TAC) is currently accepting nominations for the 2013 Montana Tourism Awards. Award categories include: Tourism Person of the Year, Tourism Community of the Year, Tourism Event of the Year and Tourism Partnership of the Year.
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Michael Jordan responds to golf course banishment
11/29/2012 at 12:27 pm By Anthony Ramsey
Wednesday, news broke that Michael Jordan had been banned from La Groce Country Club in Miami Beach due to not being in proper dress code on the golf course. Jordan was reportedly wearing cargos instead of the required golf shorts.
Jordan responded to the story Thursday, admitting that he did indeed refuse to change his attire:
"I've been there many times and no one told me a thing," Jordan told ESPN Chicago by text. "Then all of a sudden they come to me on the 11th hole and say I can't wear cargo shorts. Wow! The round is almost over and you want me to buy shorts now? Yeah, right!!"
Regarding the golf course's decision not to invite Jordan back, he had this to say:
No problem!!" Jordan replied.
Rules are rules, and if Jordan chooses not to abide by them the golf course is within it's rights to decline to invite him back. Jordan will most likely have no issue finding a new course to attend.
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When I started this post several days ago I had no idea that our lives would again be filled with a new crisis with our adopted son. I just knew I needed help coping with my own feelings and hurts God had been revealing to me. As we continue to walk forward with our son, loving him and getting him help to continue the process of healing his … [Read more...]
What No One Wants to Talk About at Christmas
Today I went into the attic and pulled out the baby clothes I had saved from my two biological children. It's been years since I tenderly went through them. I touched them almost prayerfully, letting the memories roll over me in waves. As a new mother you can never imagine that the little infant you cradle will one day be cradling their … [Read more...]
Marshall Hall "When I Cry": Simple Gift Sunday
Get the hanky out. This song pierces my heart and moves me every.single.time. With my mom's death on Christmas Eve 2010, my sister's unexpected death at the age of 53 and the relationship loss of an adopted daughter I know what pain feels like. I don't just listen to this song. I weep. I grieve. And I thank God that He has … [Read more...]
Christy Nockels "Healing is in Your Hand": Simple Gift Sunday
I have written a lot through these last years about my journey through grief. My sister, dead at the age of 53 from a sudden heart attack. Our oldest adopted daughter, unable to live at home during her later teen years and, sadly, estranged from us now. My dad passed away in 2009, my mom on Christmas Eve 2010 from neglect by her … [Read more...]
Josh Groban "O Holy Night": Simple Gift Sunday
My husband told me recently that I run when I'm sad. Usually I would argue with him, but this truth settled into my spirit. He was right. I don't like those close to me to see me grieve. Grief stings. It isolates. It takes the most ordinary day and turns it into pain. I know this because I know grief. Some days it … [Read more...]
Hope for Hurting Hearts
I have no profound words of healing to offer here. Only a mother's heart that has wept at this week's tragedy. Just one more person trying to make sense of the senseless. The brokenness. The unimaginable. I have listened to the media coverage, holding my breath with fear. I am familiar with mental illness. Experienced … [Read more...]
Santa Ornament Wreath
Those of you who are new to my blog may not know that I have experienced some big losses in my life. My sister died in 2000 from a heart attack at the age of 53. My dad passed away in 2009 and my mom died under tragic circumstances on Christmas Eve 2010. Sometimes I will be reminded during this special time of the year that the three most … [Read more...]
Plumb "Need You Now": Simple Gift Sunday
I had never heard "Need you Now" by Plumb before, but I can so relate to the desperation, the wounds in need of healing. Holding on to Christ, barely moving one foot forward, crying out for understanding in the pain. I know that each of you who reads this has a story to tell. I hope this video will remind you sometimes strength is to "just keep … [Read more...]
Draw Me Nearer, Lord
Last week I was asked by a local funeral home to sing at the service of a 52-year-old woman who had died while waiting for a heart/lung transplant. I sing fairly often for funerals, for people I know and some complete strangers. I consider it both an honor and a responsibility. I am intimately acquainted with the grief and devastation at the loss … [Read more...]
Women Encouraging Each Other
I am at the Southern Bloggers Conference this weekend but wanted to make sure you know I'm thinking about you! Here are some words of encouragement from one woman to another (written originally here). There are some things that only time and perspective can teach you. If your mom is still alive (or you are blessed with a relationship with … [Read more...]
In Honor of my Sister
If you've read my blog for a time you will probably say now, will she ever stop talking about grief? For those of us who have lost loved ones intimately close to us, (for me my sister and both parents), it is a pain that sneaks up on you when least expected. I went away this past weekend with two close friends for a time of scrapbooking and … [Read more...]
Grief Revisited
(family picture from Easter 2012) I don't want to write about grief, and I certainly don't want to experience it. Yet it's a part of my life and the process of letting go of those I've loved and lost. I feel like I have written quite a bit about it on my blog, but it is a subject that I have lived through for several years. Death touches all of … [Read more...]
Five Minute Friday: Beyond
1. Write for 5 minutes flat – no editing, no over thinking, no backtracking. 2. Link back here and invite others to join in. 3. And then absolutely, no ifs, ands or buts about it, you need to visit the person who linked up before you & encourage them in their comments. Seriously. That is, like, the rule. And the fun. And the heart of this … [Read more...]
Mother's Day Loss
I shared the story of my mother's death at our church this past Mother's Day and I thought I'd share it here for those of you that may not be familiar with my story. Over the last 3 years of my parents' lives I was responsible for their care even while they were in a nursing home, with my dad passing away in February 2009. … [Read more...]


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Hull City have confirmed the signing of Swiss goalkeeper Eldin Jakupovic on a free transfer.
As revealed by Sky Sports earlier on Monday, Hull had won the race to sign Jakupovic ahead of Championship rivals Ipswich.
The 27-year-old has been a long-term transfer target for Hull, but it seemed their interest had cooled following the departure of Nicky Barmby as boss.
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Together, we can change our negative attitude to a positive attitude, change the negative choices into positive choices.
Hot water
To heat water we consume energy, that produces and emits CO2
Heat water only if you have to. Use renewable energy to heat water.
Protect trees.
The trees, through the photosyntheses, absorb great amounts of CO2. With the destruction of the forests, great amounts of stored CO2 are released.
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When using a car, we consume energy, that produces and emits CO2.
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Light bulb
A normal light bulb spends energy, produces and emits CO2 into the atmosphere.
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Electrical appliances
The electrical appliances consume energy, that produces and emits CO2.
Choose Energy Star appliances and fittings. They spend less and release less CO2
Standby mode
In standby mode the appliances continue to consume energy, that produces and emits CO2.
Instead of the standby mode, switch off.
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