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World Architecture Festival
World Housing Building of the Year
8 House Copenhagen Overlooking the Copenhagen Canal, the 645,000-square-foot, bow-shaped 8 House includes apartments, townhouses, and penthouses, in addition to retail space.
World Landscape Project of the Year
A Mother River Recovered: The Sanlihe Greenway Qian'an City This 8.3-mile ecological corridor diverts water from the Luan River through the City of Qian'an. As part of the project, Chinese landscape architecture firm Turenscape replaced sewage pipes that discharged into the Sanlihe River with a passive, natural-infiltration system.
World Villa of the Year
InBetween House Nagano This Koji Tstsui Architect & Associates–designed mountain house, located an hour northwest of Tokyo, comprises five smaller pitched-roof cottages built from local larch timber.
World Transport Building of the Year
Kurilpa Bridge Brisbane Kurilpa Bridge, a $63 million pedestrian and bicyclist bridge spanning the Brisbane River, is based on "tensegrity," the term coined by Richard Buckminster Fuller to describe the principle of balanced compressive and tensile forces.
World Building of the Year
Media-ICT Barcelona The use of District Cooling, a photovoltaic roof, dynamic sun filters, and smart sensors reduced the Media-ICT building's carbon emissions by 95 percent.
World Display Building of the Year
Norwegian Wild Reindeer Centre Pavilion Hjerkinn Located on the fringes of Norway's Dovrefjell National Park, the 969-square-foot Reindeer Centre Pavilion is girded by a raw steel frame. Its curving walls are made of 10-square-inch pine beams assembled by Norwegian shipbuilders.
World Health Building of the Year
Rehabilitation Centre Groot Klimmendaal Arnhem The golden-brown anodized façade of the Groot Klimmendaal rehab center blends into the surrounding forest. Light wells bring daylight into the heart of the 98-foot-wide structure.
World Learning Building of the Year
Sainsbury Laboratory Cambridge The 118,403-square-foot Sainsbury Laboratory is located in the University of Cambridge's Botanic Garden.
Future Project of the Year: Landscape
Shoreline Walk Beirut The Shoreline Walk is a tree-lined pedestrian promenade designed to link the old and new parts of Beirut, and to revitalize the city's coastline, part of which became a landfill during the 1975–1991 Lebanese Civil War.
Small House Winner
Small House Sydney Domenic Alvaro At 453 square feet, Sydney's Small House—a three-story residence with a rooftop garden terrace—has a ground floor no bigger than a typical suburban garage.
World Sport Building of the Year
Speedskating Stadium Inzell: Max Aicher Arena Through the continuous glass façade of the Speedskating Stadium Inzell, athletes and spectators can enjoy sweeping views of the Bavarian Alps.
Future Project of the Year: Experimental
The Tower of Nests Shanghai Kjellgren Kaminsky Architecture AB Designed for downtown Shanghai, this skyscraper would provide a space where humans, squirrels, birds, and bees could coexist. The building's skin is to be composed of straw, wicker, clay, and stone, among other materials.
Media-ICT Barcelona, a mixed-use office building designed by Spanish architectural firm Cloud 9, has been named Best Building at the 2011 World Architectural Festival, held from Nov. 2 – 4 in the Catalonian capital. The building bested over 700 entries from 59 countries. Judges for the festival included Monica Ponce de Leon, AIA, dean of the University of Michigan's Alfred A. Taubman College of Architecture and Urban Planning; Will Alsop, the London-based artist and architect; and Julie Eizenberg, AIA, a founding principal of Santa Monica, Calif.–based Koning Eizenberg Architecture. The festival, billed as the world's largest live architectural awards program, recognized structures in more than two dozen categories, among them the World House of the Year, the World Sport Building of the Year, and several Future Projects of the Year. View the slideshow on the left to see our selection of the winning designs.
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In what can only be described as a sad state of affairs, the Conservative government will no longer set targets for erasing Canada's federal debt.
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Once the budget was back in the black, and Canada was paying down its accumulated debt, program spending began to increase again. When Harper took power, the Canada he inherited was in a much happier position.
A country in surplus, a set of books in the black, a rather large contingency fund, a country paying down its accumulated debt, and solidly regulated financial institutions.
Under Harper, Canada went into a deficit position before the recession hit. Harper who cut a consumption tax against all advice given to him by real economists, and in doing so, eliminated around $13 billion in annual revenue. This was done so for purely political reasons, not for the better of the country. Harper did this to the country by himself, and he has no one else to blame.
He even wanted to deregulate the banking sector, something he had called for while in Opposition. Luckily, this never happened. Let's remember that he was the one who claimed Canada would not go into a recession. He said that stimulus spending was not going to be needed. Years later, he now talks so highly of this same spending. Meanwhile, the Opposition has called for less spending and more investment in projects that would benefit the country long term.
The Harper government only seemed to care about spending money in Conservative ridings: an exercise in pork barrel spending. Nothing has been done for the long term well being of this country.
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Definitely. Public property would be government-owned, right? So private property would include every store or restaurant you enter.Originally Posted by tanksoldier
This is a discussion on A parental judgement? within the Concealed Carry Issues & Discussions forums, part of the Defensive Carry Discussions category; Originally Posted by tanksoldier If you have to tell every private property owner, that's a lot of "telling". Definitely. Public property would be government-owned, right? ...
Definitely. Public property would be government-owned, right? So private property would include every store or restaurant you enter.Originally Posted by tanksoldier
Government-owned property would be government property. A store or resteraunt, a place where you don't have to get the owner's specific permission to enter, I would expect you wouldn't have to announce your carry status. Yes, no?
"I am a Soldier. I fight where I am told, and I win where I fight." GEN George S. Patton, Jr.
My only question to the Young Man (after telling him that He had either printed or flashed) would be "Are You Legal?".
If the answer is "Yes", then it would immediately drop back to the normal evaluation of this young man.
Luckily, my daughter is 33 yrs old with 3 kids. And, yes this exact situation did occur. She is married to the carrying Firefighter!
My opinion is the answer would be "yes" for spacemanspiff in AK, but I am not certain.Originally Posted by tanksoldier
On the private-versus-public thing: I think a store or restaurant (located elsewhere than a military base, of course) is considered private property. As it has been explained to me, patrons of such places are trespassing "with consent", and if a patron causes problems, including being revealed to possess a pistol where the merchant has posted no-carry, consent can be withdrawn.
If anyone out there can correct me or elaborate, please do.
first off.. my daughter is only 11 so i have a few years before this happens but when it does this is how i would handle it. depending on the type of gun, caliber,etc.. i would hold it for safe keeping until he returns my daughter unopened. if in any way my daughter has been violated, i have a new toy. while they're on the date, i test fire to make sure it is in safe working condition.if it is better than mine he gets a suitable substitute. works for me.
the law up here is written a little odd. it says i ahve to inform the head of a private residence, and abide by their wishes.So private property would include every store or restaurant you enter.
while businesses may be 'private property', the law doesnt address thier interests. what they want i guess is people to be able to have the choice in their own homes.


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Dictionary » S » Satellites Satellitessatellite 1. An attendant attached to a prince or other powerful person; hence, an obsequious dependent. The satellites of power. 2. (Science: astronomy) A secondary planet which revolves about another planet; as, the moon is a satellite of the earth. See solar system, under Solar. (Science: zoology) Satellite moth, a handsome European noctuid moth (Scopelosoma satellitia). Origin: F, fr. L. Stelles, -itis, an attendant. (Science: anatomy) Situated near; accompanying; as, the satellite veins, those which accompany the arteries. Please contribute to this project, if you have more information about this term feel free to edit this page Results from our forumRe: (usually if they are present, they are attached to other blood cells as 'satellites') This was perhaps an over-generalization; platelets do appear also as non-satellites. However, in my experience platelets often look more 'fuzzy' or blurry, so these still don't ...
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What do you think these are, in my blood?With a quick look I doubt that they are platelets (usually if they are present, they are attached to other blood cells as 'satellites'). Not certain though, some more details about the stain would be nice indeed. Also, do you happen to have any images with white blood cells, this might ...
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The missing link... with the higher force until we managed and circulated communication and managed to rise our selves to the privilege observation on the height of satellites. Now we can observe anything much more differently that the way we used to observe. This level climbing has been our mean for intelligence ...
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Using Satellite DNA for DNA profilingHey a short question: I read that Satellite DNA can't be used for DNA profiling, as it is just 'too large', in contrast to mini and micro satellites. Why is this the case? Is it just to difficult to amplify? best regards, noobo
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Re: Satellite colonies in pGLO E. coli culture... the ampicillin resistence and the green gene. We saw after our procedure that there were colonies of E. coli which were green, and then little satellites around them that were NOT green. This would show you that they the satellites were not transformed. Also, after the first few days sitting ...
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LSU's Patrick Peterson to host tailgate
POSTED: Monday, September 24, 2012 - 6:31am
UPDATED: Monday, September 24, 2012 - 9:15am
BATON ROUGE, LA (NBC33) — September is Childhood Cancer Awareness Month, and former LSU star and current Arizona Cardinal Patrick Peterson and his Foundation for Success will host the 2nd annual "Walking on Sunshine Family Fun Day" Tailgate on before the LSU/Towson game Saturday, Sept. 29 at Walk-On's on Burbank.
The proceeds from this fun filled and powerful event will be donated to three special and inspiring children from local communities in Louisiana who are courageously battling cancer.
The true inspiration behind this great event comes from the incredible story of a special girl, Bishop Mikaelian. In March 2009, Bishop was diagnosed with a rare and inoperable brain stem tumor called Ganglioglioma. Bishop and her family came into the Peterson's life in 2010 when the "Make-A-Wish-Foundation" granted Bishop, a huge LSU fan, her wish to meet Patrick. At the time, Bishop had two weeks to live. It has been over two years, and Patrick and the Peterson family still have a unique relationship with Bishop and her family. Last year's founding event was in honor of Bishop, and proceeds from that event were given to her to help with medical expenses. Bishop and her family will be the guests of honor at this year's event. A portion of the proceeds will be used to send her and her family a surprise care package. Bishop is currently undergoing treatment at Vanderbilt Children's Hospital in Nashville, TN.
"Be it on the field with my teammates in Arizona or off the field helping kids with our Foundation for
Success, my goal is to contribute at a high level and not hold anything back"-Patrick Peterson
Net Proceeds from this year's 2012 "Walking on Sunshine" Family Fun day will be divided equally among this
year's three sponsored children to help each family with medical and travel expenses.
Caryn Tucker from Destrehan, La is an eleven year-old little girl overflowing with faith and love. She was
diagnosed on November 29, 2011 with an inoperable, rare form of brain cancer called Anaplastic Astrocytoma with Gliomatosis Cerebri. She is now undergoing treatment at Children's Hospital in New Orleans, LA.
Nicholas Hooge from Laplace, La is a five year-old amazing little boy who was diagnosed in June of 2012 with a malignant brain tumor known as Medulloblastoma. He had surgery to remove the tumor and is now undergoing radiation treatment at St. Jude Children's Hospital in Memphis, TN.
Originae Brown from Baton Rouge, La is a vibrant fourteen year old young lady full of joy and laughter who, in May of 2012, was diagnosed with Osteosarcoma (bone cancer). After having limb-sparing surgery in her right leg, she began twenty-two more rounds of treatment at St. Jude Children's Hospital in Memphis, TN.
Multiple ticket and family discounts are included with online ticket purchases and children 3 and under are free. Your ticket includes entry into the event, a gift bag, and an all day game pass to access the mobile gaming area! Live music will be performed by American Idol star and local favorite Lindsey Cardinale.
A live auction will be held which will include signature items from Patrick Peterson, LSU memorabilia, and other great offers from local retailers who support the Foundation.
Tickets can be purchased online for $25 by clicking here.
Patrick has a home game in Phoenix, Arizona on Sunday, Sept. 30, so unfortunately will not be able to physically attend the event. However he will Skype into the event LIVE from Phoenix to interact with the children, participants, and sponsors.


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July 9, 2013 at 11:15 am
John Lansing looked at the chart of MSM, which is reporting earnings Wednesday, July 10. The TA says MSM going up. http://investorplace.com/247trader/is-this-stock-ready-to-run/
Are there any stocks reporting earnings that you're trading this week?
July 10, 2013 at 11:26 am
None in particular, but I have a question. Does anyone know the best time to buy a stock for a pop from an earnings report? In other words, how far before earnings should one buy a stock, and how long after earnings are released and digested by investors should one sell?
July 14, 2013 at 3:14 pm
A good yardstick is to look at the insiders trading before the earnings report is announced. If there are considerably more buys than sells, then there is a good chance that the stock will pop at report time. If the converse is true, then there is a good chance that the stock will tank. If the buys and sell are roughly equal, then it is a crap shoot. Once earnings are reported, it is too late for any viable play.
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Will 2014 be the year when next-generation consoles hit their stride? The following 12 months after a console launch are always very telling, but for now all we can do is wait.
Putting the Xbox One and PlayStation 4 aside, there's still plenty of gas left in the tanks of the Xbox 360 and PlayStation 3. We're still very much in the middle of their respective golden ages, and a lot of the games on this list will see releases on those platforms as well.
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Watchdog wakes up to the real world
PUBLISHED: 09 Mar 2012 00:08:10 | UPDATED: 09 Mar 2012 08:55:49PUBLISHED: 09 Mar 2012 PRINT EDITION: 09 Mar 2012The Australian Financial Review
Competition chief Rod Sims's new approach to mergers, and the decision to approve the tie-up between the Foxtel and Austar pay TV businesses, is an acknowledgment that technology is starting to provide a competitive discipline to potentially anti-competitive mergers.
This new, real-world commercial assessment by the Australian Competition and Consumer Commission of the competitive impact of the Foxtel-Austar merger is a departure from the so-called theoretical approach taken by the regulator in the past few years, which could have resulted in the merger being blocked.
The ACCC changed tack after the lambasting it received from the Full Bench of the Federal Court, which last year rejected the ACCC's hypothetical arguments in seeking to block grocery wholesaler Metcash's takeover of the Franklins supermarket chain. The regulator's initial resistance to the Foxtel-Austar merger, evident before Mr Sims took over as chairman, was undermined by the gathering impact of new technology, as it became obvious that potential rivals were springing up.
So rather than having the ACCC block the merger on the grounds of crystal-ball gazing about a potential erosion of competition in the future, it is far better that Foxtel and Austar combine to create a more efficient company, while agreeing to competitive safeguards to encourage new rivals. The ACCC will have to keep a close eye on the impact of online businesses and new technology across the economy because in other industries, such as retailing, barriers to entry are toppling.
To encourage competition in internet protocol television, Foxtel has agreed that it will not buy exclusive rights to certain channels (though not premium live sport), and will provide the signals of several pay TV channels to internet service providers for a fee. It will also allow independent channels to sell their content directly to the combined Foxtel-Austar customer base.
The brake on more media and telecommunications competition, however, is likely to be the anti-competitive national broadband network, because it removes facilities-based competition – where different networks or infrastructure compete to offer the same type of service. As subscription TV migrates to the NBN, the ACCC may have to weigh in should internet TV providers have trouble getting fair access to this new government-owned monopoly.
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This is the second in the new series of products that I've started working on. It's 4 patterns done 4 different ways: transparent pattern, transparent distressed pattern, grungy pattern, and grungy edges. Choose the style your looking for or buy all 4 packs in the bundle. This pack is Patterns 2 Grungy Edges. This product contains 4 full size (12 x 12) highly detailed JPG files saved at 300 dpi.
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By Guest Blogger Laurie Dunlop - Please forgive me if I don't use the proper vernacular for the stone industry...I am a layman after all. Think of me as your typical customer taking a shop tour.
Ozzy Yilmaz, vice president of operations for Marblex, recently gave a friend and I a personal tour of their stone fabrication factory. He and his team showed us how each piece of equipment worked and explained its benefits. I have to admit, he was so passionate about his work that I was completely fascinated. In fact, I got so immersed in stone fabrication and how this new equipment is revolutionizing the process of custom stone cutting that I came home and gushed about it over dinner that night with my family and was still going on the next morning when I went for a run with a friend. I thought if it was this exciting to me, it would certainly be of interest to others in the stone fabrication industry!
Marblex recently invested about $1.2 million in new equipment and expanded their factory. The company researched the equipment for a number of years before last summer's purchase of American-made equipment, and they have since spent countless hours training on it and learning to use it to its maximum potential.
(Ozzy and I in our hard hats. You can see in the background they've taken a stack of old Luan patterns and turned them into wall art as a reminder of how they used to create patterns! I thought it was a great way of recycling some of the old Luan!)
Reduction of environmental impact
Earlier I mentioned that Ozzy and his team no longer rely on Luan to template projects, using Luan on only about 10 percent of their projects. Instead, they use a digital templating tool. It's really pretty cool, not only for the poor Luan trees, but for the customer too! A Marblex employee simply carries a little briefcase into a customer's home and uses the tool's laser digitizing capacity to capture the exact measurement of space, ie. the cabinet or fireplace, then uploads the file to a CAD-design program back at the factory. The customer can later see their project on a computer back at the shop and tweak it on the spot. No tape measuring. No giant flats of wood. No sawdust. Pretty cool! Oh, and Ozzy pointed out how easy it is to make changes in the template. If the customer hems and haws and asks to see how a bump-out or curved edge would look, voila. The CAD drawing is altered as opposed to sawing a new section of Luan. Even better, the tool completely compatible with the new fabrication machinery.
Back at the shop, the team has been dutifully using a new machine to digitally photograph each and every slab of natural stone, including remnants, into their inventory. (As of my tour they were about 60 percent complete with their virtual inventory.) After photographing it, they attach a unique barcode specifically for that piece. This step is important for two reasons. First, the customer can now look at the high-resolution pictures of each slab stone they selected for their project with the CAD design superimposed on top. They can virtually move it around to get the veining just the way they want it, though the stone professionals will have already matched the veining, color blend and netting for excellent seaming.
First, here's what the machine looks like. I've also included a photo of a stone slab that shows the attached barcode.
The second reason for the barcode's importance comes into play when they move into production. The saw/waterjet that Marblex uses actually has two tables they call tank 1 and tank 2. This means that while the CNC saw/waterjet is cutting one slab of stone, they can set up a second. The CNC saw virtually eliminates human error, speeds up the cutting process, minimizes stone waste, and makes a perfect cut every time. It reads the customer's CAD drawing and will not even turn on unless the barcode on the stone slab matches the one programmed into the file. Pretty cool, right?!?
Next, the CNC saw cuts 80 percent of the straight cuts with a conventional diamond-tipped saw blade with robotic rapid moves. The remaining inner/outer precision radius cuts such as sink or faucet holes are made using the water jet. The water's force measures 52,000 psi (pounds per square inch) to cut. There is less stone wasted because of the way it cuts and the equipment operators simply pop it out like a puzzle piece when its done. The remaining stone is stacked with remnants if large enough for reuse or is crushed and sold to a local nursery for someone's garden! How's that for efficiency?
Pictured here is a perfect cut...which happens almost every time!
The CNC router finishes the job, creating a polished edge at the push of a button. It too uses the CAD file, ensuring the customer's order is completed to spec.
Innovation Leads to Conservation
Earlier, I mentioned that Marblex's new equipment allows them to make a lesser impact on the environment. I've saved the best for last, and what I found most exciting. The cutting and polishing equipment in the shop all use water. Water to cut, water to cool, water to clean. A series of drainage ditches in the flooring collects every drop of water and directs it to a 20-step filtration system. The filtration system cleans the water to be reused and pumps it into a 1500-pound water reserve tank to send back into the shop's closed loop system with no discharge. They also installed a reverse osmosis system specifically for the water jet, which the diamond orifice requires to be cleaned to .001 microns. That's cleaner than drinking water. It is then pumped into a 500-gallon reserve tank where it feeds the machinery all over again. For those of you who have no idea what .001 microns means (I certainly did not) then think of it this way. Drinking water must be cleaned to 1 micron to be potable. Because the equipment is so sensitive to particles, before the recycled water can enter the waterjet pump it is cleaned to .001. Incredible! Here is a shot of their water filtration system.
Ozzy pointed out that the sediment filtered from the water collects in the bottom tray of the filtration system. He suspects the high mineral content would make it a nice additive to soil. His next plan is to test it out in his own garden and if successful, offer it to local nurseries. I wish him well and applaud his efforts to reuse and recycle!
I know the folks at Marblex would be happy to talk to fellow Marble Institute members about their equipment and share their learning experiences. You should definitely give them a call! And if you decide to take a tour like I did, make sure to upload a photo of yourself wearing an attractive hardhat!
About the Author:
Laurie Dunlop recently took a factory tour at Marblex, a natural stone fabricator in Fairfax, Va. She was so impressed with their process that she contacted the Marble Institute about her experience.


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The colour of this is lovely. I really wanted to like this after all the positive reviews but unfortunately this did not work on me. A previous reviewer commented it aged her eyelids. It did the same to me. It looked dry and showed up all my imperfections. Not a good look. I can see how it would work on young skin....none the less i will not be buying this again.
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For reference, i'm a MAC nc 43 here...was advised to use this as a highlighter by the Bobbi Brown SA....it looked great and I do use it occasionally....but I think there are many alternative brow highlighters available for cheaper in the market...MAC vanilla, Urban Decay Virgin, Nars albatross....u've got a lot of options...so...for the price...not sure if i'll repurchase but it is a really good one for beginners...and cuz its a cream, its really easy to apply esp if u're on the run! Its a light peachy shimmer that can be blended into ur skin tone for a Jlo look ;)
As someone stated below, this is a a great shadow if you're going for the "no makeup look." It's a soft golden peach shimmer (subtle shimmer). It's almost the color of my flesh; just makes my eyes glow. Has great staying power.
I'm glad Bobbi created a shimmery peach color in the cream shadows. This is a beautiful soft color which makes blue eyes stand out. I am fair so I only apply it on the lids up to the crease and then use a lighter color such as Bone up to the brow. With many of the BB cream shadows I do use eye cream first - I have noticed that the shimmery shades look a bit drier if you're not careful blending and it helps to moisturize. The matte shades such as Bone and Shore are more forgiving and melt into the skin regardless of whether I remember to apply eye cream. The shimmer shades are very pretty, though, and not to be ignored. I find that smoothing them out with my finger works better than using the brush alone, and just get a thin even layer. If you try to do a thick layer it may be more likely to dry unevenly. The shimmer in Beach Honey is very subtle, not glittery like the Metallic shades.
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Oh dear...I wanted to love this product! The color is gorgeous!! I have fair, somewhat freckled skin and green eyes and wanted something to really conceal the blood vessels on my eyelids, etc. Alas, although it did just that, and was a pretty color on me, it made my eyelids look so dry! And I am a nazi about eye cream, etc, and it just aged the heck out of my eyelids (in appearance)...I will be returning it. However, I did find a match for this color (imo) in Champaign Quartz. It adds just the right amount of the fine-milled shimmer I want when put over another eyeshadow, or worn alone over a primer. Honestly, I could not even see using one of Bobbi's cream shadows as a primer or base for eyeshadow. And I LOVE her stuff. Maybe I'm using it wrong? I even bought the brush and have tried with that or just my fingers. A no go.
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I just didn't like this. I really tugged at my eyelid to get this to apply-it did not spread easily at all. This is not the case with all of Bobbi's cream shadows and maybe I got a bad batch. I don't like the color of this on me though, I'm fair and while I like a pale shimmery eyeshadow on me in powder form, the cream ones always seem to be too much. I thought Bobbi's would be different because she is so good at doing wearable colors and textures, but this just didn't work for me. This eyeshadow is a pale, shimmery peach...you should probably check other reviews for a more accurate color description though!
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I've only just begun to delve into the world of cream shadows and so far I am very happy with the results. This cream shadow from Bobbi Brown is a slightly shimmery peachy cream that has a velvety finish. As another reviewer noted, there is no noticable silver in this shade. It not a cool color at all. Although I had hoped that Beach Honey would be usuable as an all over lid color all by itself, it is too similar to the shade of my skin to work. Beach Honey is best used as a base for other shadows. I have experimented with this shadow extensively and have found that it makes an excellent base for pink, bronze, brown, and gold shadows. I haven't yet tried it with plum, but I imagine it would be a stunning combination as well. The texture of Beach Honey is, as I said before, velvety. It is not greasy like some other cream shadows I've swatched. It does not crease or budge. The lasting power is excellent. I will definately look into some of Bobbi Brown's other cream shadow shades.
This is a perfect, nude, peachy color with just the right amount of shimmer. I use it all over as a base for Galaxy or Stone, or even wear i on it's own for a very natural look. I find it looks great as a highlighter below eyebrows and on the inside of the eyes as well. It goes on super smooth and lasts all day. Perfection.


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The following items represent changes in the estimation procedures used for school district, county, and state and poverty estimates for 2006, 2007 and 2008 relative to the estimation procedures used for 2005. These changes reduce the comparability of the estimates between years and should be considered when making such comparisons. See General Cautions about Comparisons of Estimates.
ACS Group Quarters
The 2006, 2007 and 2008 American Community Survey (ACS) estimates, which are used for the latest SAIPE state and county modeling, had one change relative to the 2005 ACS estimates used for 2005 SAIPE modeling.
In 2005 and prior years, poverty status in the ACS was determined only for individuals living in households. Residents of group quarters, such as nursing homes, dormitories, shelters and other joint living quarters were not surveyed. In the 2006, 2007 and 2008 ACS, some group quarter residents are included in the poverty universe, which is the term used for individuals for whom poverty status is determined. The group quarters residents included in the poverty universe are non-institutional group quarters residents, apart from college dormitories and military housing. These quarters include shelters, halfway houses, emergency housing facilities, and other structures not classified elsewhere.
Residents of these non-institutional group quarters in general have higher poverty rates than residents of households. Thus, when comparing estimates from 2006, 2007 and 2008 to those from earlier years, this specific caution should be considered. For more information, see the Detailed Information on 2006 ACS Data Comparisons.
Special Processing for Areas Affected by Hurricanes Katrina and RitaThe Federal Emergency Management Agency (FEMA) declared 117 counties to be disaster areas in Alabama, Louisiana, Mississippi, and Texas as a result of hurricanes Katrina and Rita in August and September 2005, respectively. The Population Estimates Program (PEP) of the U.S. Census Bureau used supplemental data, such as the U.S. Postal Services' National Change of Address Form, to track the movements of people displaced by Hurricanes Katrina and Rita. More details can be obtained from the Population Estimates Program methodology.
The SAIPE program used these PEP population estimates for the Hurricane-affected areas in the production of its 2006, 2007 and 2008 income and poverty estimates. Where the relation of other inputs in the SAIPE models to population estimates diverged from historical norms for the 2006, 2007 and 2008 models, we adjusted these inputs back near their historical relationships. Adjustments of this nature were required at the county level for decennial census poverty, transfer income, personal income growth and Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program (SNAP) benefits in 2006, and for decennial census poverty, personal income growth, and tax exemptions in 2007, and for decennial census poverty in 2008.
Note as of Oct. 1, 2008, the federal Food Stamp Program is now named Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program (SNAP).
Further information about Hurricanes Katrina and Rita is available at:
State Model
There were no changes to the methods used to estimate state SAIPE poverty levels for 2006, 2007 or 2008 compared to the 2005 methods. Regarding the input data used, a special adjustment was made for SNAP benefits in the state of Vermont to account for a known small historical error by Vermont Agency for Human Services in extracting Vermont SNAP cases. Additionally, the demographic estimates of the poverty universe used to transform poverty levels into reported rates now include residents of non-institutional group quarters, not elsewhere classified. This is consistent with the ACS group quarters change cited above.
County Model
There were no changes to the methods used to estimate county SAIPE poverty levels for 2006, 2007 or 2008 compared to the 2005 methods. Regarding the input data used, the demographic estimates of the poverty universe used to transform poverty levels into reported rates now include residents of non-institutional group quarters, not elsewhere classified. This is consistent with the ACS group quarters change cited above.
School District Level
The 2007 and 2008 SAIPE school district estimates incorporate the latest available boundary updates produced by the 2007-2008 School District Review Program. (The 2009-2010 School District Review Program to produce boundaries for SAIPE 2009 is already underway.) This update means that the list of school districts has also been updated, with new districts being added to estimation and dissolved districts being removed. The new list of school districts can be obtained by downloading the SAIPE 2007 school district estimates database, available by state or complete national format. Finally, regarding the methodology for school districts, there were no production changes for 2006, 2007 and 2008 relative to 2005.


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Was watching a DeSean Jackson interview on PhiladelphiaEagles.com last night when #10 wandered so deep into one sentence I wasn't sure watching if he was ever going to make it out. Imaginary words and incorrect tenses just keep piling up on each other like highway car crash. And because I couldn't find the right way to describe quite how I felt watching DeSean Jackson start a holocaust against the English language, I made a video instead.
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Award winning ads of 2011 - the Gunn Report
Sunday, 5th February 2012 at 2:10am
It seems that it was a pretty good year for the Wieden + Kennedy network.... For the first time in the Gunn Report's history, Wiedens has won the top two places in the Most Awarded Agency category, with Wieden + Kennedy Amsterdam coming top, and W+K Portland in second place.
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Opinion: the 2012 Olympics artists posters
Thursday, 10th November 2011 at 12:37pm
Mark Hudson of The Telegraph says that "overall, there are more hits than misses" among the posters by twelve leading British artists. He points to Fiona Banner's work as the standout example, claiming its typographic combination of evocative phrases "feels appropriate to these challenging times."
The Guardian's Jonathan Glancey also praises Banner's design, describing it as "the most introspective, serious and moving of all these posters," while questioning whether some of the designs are "aimed at art fans or athletics fans." Patrick Burgoyne of UK visual communication magazine Creative Review reports that members of the graphic design community were disappointed not to be given the chance to participate in the design process but is unconvinced that the results would have been much better given such an open brief. The BBC's arts editor Will Gompertz says that the abstract nature of the posters means they lack context, adding "with this collection, you wouldn't know where the games are being held. Maybe that in itself is a statement."
Since their release the posters have received much more negative press and than positive. This doesn't bode well on top of widespread disappointment over the logo, typeface and mascots, followed by the dreary ticketing advertising campaign. Instead of providing a vehicle to celebrate Britain's creative industries, there is a very real danger that the 2012 Games will forever be remembered by the visual communications community as a missed opportunity of truly Olympian proportions.
To read more or to see opinions and comments about the posters visit Dezeen or Creative Review.
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Breathing some fresh air into TV
Tuesday, 25th January 2011 at 5:43am
Gourlay and FreeState collaborated with structural engineers Atelier One and Architen Landrell, a tensile architecture specialist to create the installation. Each section of the Big 4 has been wrapped in a fabric from Dartex Coatings Ltd, which is more commonly used for NHS bed mattresses but chosen here for its ability to stretch sufficiently and then revert to its natural shape. The creative review highlights more of these technical details.
At night, the 4 will be lit from within to give a golden glow in colours reminiscent of those used in the first idents created by Martin Lambie - Nairn.
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Many of us will have seen stories in the media about the Schmallenberg virus, the latest disease to hit animals already suffering in severely crowded and filthy conditions. The virus causes birth defects and miscarriages in sheep, goats and cattle, and it effects milk yields in cows and causes them to have diarrhoea. It is believed to have started in Germany, but cases have now been confirmed at 74 farms in the UK.
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Midday Wrap: Amazon Performance Shows Investors Want Results, Not a Good Story: StockTwits.com
NEW YORK (TheStreet) -- Show don't tell. The writer's mantra and is becoming the stockholder's maxim.
The performance of momentum stocks Tuesday and a look at the StockTwits' streams couldn't have made it more clear that investors no longer want to listen to stocks with good stories, they want to buy companies that have proven profits and solid growth tracks.
Odd occurrence of MOMO beatdown Tuesday $AMZN $FB $YELp $FEYE $LNKD $TWTR $P - of course TEFLON almost back to flat $SPY ? LMF (@mytfine) May. 6 at 10:40 AM
Amazon (AMZN) epitomizes the change in thinking. Shares are down 22% year-to-date. They fell an additional 2% by midday Tuesday despite Amazon showing progress in the social network arena by teaming up with Twitter (TWTR) to allow customers to add items to their Amazon shopping cart via tweet.
Investors simply didn't care to hear about a new product with the potential to increase profits. Instead, they focused on budget mecca Walmart (WMT) surpassing Amazon in online sales growth -- albeit off of a much smaller base. Walmart's online sales grew 30% vs. Amazon's 20%, a data point highlighted by a trade publication report today and re-reported in the financial press.Report is out that $WMT online growth was higher than $AMZN last year. Thatmay catch Wall St's eye, since AMZN is a growth story. ? Rotten Al (@RottenAl) May. 6 at 09:55 AM
$WMT web sales grow faster than $AMZN http://stks.co/g0a6C Showing it can compete in e-commerce. ? David Trainer (@dtrainer_NewConstructs) May. 6 at 11:12 AMThe change in focus is telling. The online retail giant once got a pass on losing quarters because Jeff Bezos and Co. were so innovative. Stockholders argued that the company needed to invest to achieve Amazon's goal of becoming the ultimate one-stop shop -- a place where people can buy media and have it streamed straight to their Amazon device or purchase items and receive them in two days -- if not later the same day via drone delivery. No more, say StockTwits' investors. They argue momentum for the online retail giant is now to the downside.
$AMZN Momentum shift..I'm not sure why this kept floating up the past few days. Put time. ? Rish (@androsForm) May. 6 at 09:46 AMMore attractive growth opportunities in China are not helping American growth stories like Amazon either. Chinese Internet giant Alibaba, a company with a trillion in sales, is preparing to debut on U.S. stock markets soon. And some Amazon investors will want to trade-in shares for a stake in the biggest e-commerce company in the world.
$AMZN is going to get a LOT weaker. Alibaba registration statement rumored to come out this week and $TWTR on sale. Breaks $300 soon IMO. ? SkepticalBull (@SkepticalBull) May. 6 at 10:48 AMBut Amazon's biggest problem is that investors no longer want to hear about opportunities. They want to see the money. At the time of publication the author held no positions in any of the stocks mentioned. This article represents the opinion of a contributor and not necessarily that of TheStreet or its editorial staff.
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Educational Background: J.D., Lewis and Clark Law School; B.S., OSU
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Community Service: Senior Law Center; YMCA Board of Governors; Co-Chair, Washington County OLCV
Do the right thing. That's the simple principle Brad Avakian lives by. Nothing is more important to Brad than his duty to the neighbors he serves--not party, not politics. It's why he is trusted to stand up for his community.
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Affidavit of Howard Bunts: Dougherty County, Georgia, 1868 Sept. 23
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Creator: | Howard, O. H. |
Title: | Affidavit of Howard Bunts: Dougherty County, Georgia, 1868 Sept. 23 |
Date: | 1868 Sept. 23 |
Description: | In the affidavit taken on September 23, 1868, Howard Bunts, a 19-year-old carpenter and freedman, gives his account of September 19, 1868 to O.H. Howard, sub-assistant commissioner of the Freedmen's Bureau in Georgia. Bunts' account of the day, a day notable due to violence in Camilla, Georgia between freedmen together with Republicans and the white townspeople who opposed them, emphasizes the events leading up to the initial disturbance in front of the Camilla courthouse. Bunts is an important witness, as he was playing the fife on the bandwagon targeted by James Johns, the intoxicated Camilla resident who fired the first shots in the incident. Document ID: cam011. Digital image and transcription created by the Digital Library of Georgia in 2001 of a photocopy held by DeSoto Trail Regional Library of an original record held by the National Archives. |
Subjects: | United States. Bureau of Refugees, Freedmen, and Abandoned Lands | African Americans--Georgia--History--19th century | African Americans--Georgia--Social conditions--To 1964 | Freedmen--Georgia--Personal narratives | Freedmen--Georgia--Political activity | Freedmen--Georgia--Violence against | Reconstruction--Georgia | Political violence--Georgia--Camilla | Bunts, Howard | Camilla (Ga.) | Mitchell County (Ga.) |
Contributors: | DeSoto Trail Regional Library System | United States. National Archives and Records Administration |
Online Publisher: | Athens, Ga. : Digital Library of Georgia, 2001 |
Rights and Usage: | This work is the property of the University of Georgia Libraries. It may be used freely by individuals for research, teaching, and personal use as long as this statement of availability is included in the text. Cite as: [title of item], United States. Bureau of Refugees, Freedmen, and Abandoned Lands. Records. National Archives and Records Administration, presented in the Digital Library of Georgia |
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Related Institutions: | DeSoto Trail Regional Library System Digital Library of Georgia United States. National Archives and Records Administration |
Collection Information: | Civil Unrest in Camilla, Georgia, 1868 : Reconstruction, Republicanism, and Race |


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South Lakeland District Council makes a saving of £800,000
Last updated at 16:06, Friday, 01 June 2012
COUNCIL savings of over £800,000 have been made in South Lakeland.
The figure means South Lakeland District Council smashed its efficiency target for the 2011/2012 financial year.
The news comes after the authority received a lower than expected settlement from central government last year.
But SLDC leader, Councillor Peter Thornton, claimed cuts had not been made to frontline services at a meeting of the cabinet committee in Kendal on Wednesday.
He said: "The public will not have seen any changes to the services they received.
"The savings have been made in the way we operate as a council. There's a constant pressure on overheads and central services. And this process goes on."
The savings, totaling £845,000 to the end of March, have been made within a variety of areas within the authority.
Cllr Thornton, who became leader last month, added: "As newly elected leader I have inherited a financially well managed authority.
"This latest financial report shows SLDC is making the right decisions in providing excellent services while maintaining and improving its cost savings and budgets."
A report on the savings show £442,000 is to be carried forward into 2012-13 for projects that could still take place – leaving a net underspend of £403,000.
Councillor David Evans, portfolio holder for policy, performance and resources, explained the position was a result of prudent financial management within the authority.
"It is extremely pleasing that the portfolio is working so well and with a firm grasp on how the authority is handling the public's money," he said.
"But I am confident we can continue to provide South Lakeland residents with quality services while keeping the books balanced."
Cllr Evans added the savings had been made despite a zero increase in council tax.
"We have made substantial savings over the years in order to keep council tax bills low and this is another positive step in that direction."
An increase in charges for some council-owned assets was also said to have contributed to the final total.
Councillor Graham Vincent told the meeting: "We have faced some big challenges.
"But despite having the worst settlement in Cumbria we have still managed to keep the budget in check."
First published at 13:43, Friday, 01 June 2012
Published by http://www.nwemail.co.uk
Have your say
(But SLDC leader, Councillor Peter Thornton, claimed cuts had not been made to frontline services), So what happened to the threat of, either take over the running of the toilets or they WILL close... a cut by the Council, ok they have been taken over by several people, but are the Council monitoring the cleanliness of the toilets, yes they have been re-furbished, but they are a disgrace, what visitors to the lakes area must think I dread to think. SLDC leader, Councillor Peter Thornton, TAKE BACK THE TOILETS and stop the S.L.D.C area especially Bowness being an embaressement to us and the visitors... but I dont think this will happen !


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Liverpool have no fresh injury concerns to deal with from their FA Cup exit at the hands of Arsenal last week.
Brendan Rodgers had named an unchanged side for four games in a row prior to the Arsenal game with Daniel Agger and Joe Allen both coming into the starting line-up.
Jordan Henderson, who started on the bench against Arsenal, is likely to return in midfield, while Agger and Kolo Toure will battle it out to partner Martin Skrtel in central defence.
Glen Johnson is close to a return after recovering from a knee injury, but Lucas Leiva (knee ligaments), Jose Enrique (knee) and Mamadou Sakho (hamstring) remain on the sidelines.
Swansea appear to have emerged injury-free from their Europa League encounter against Napoli as they prepare to face Liverpool at Anfield on Sunday.
Midfielder Jonjo Shelvey showed no ill-effects from his recent hamstring strain after featuring as a second-half substitute in the 0-0 draw, but a return for star striker Michu appears unlikely.
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The lead-off track of Stir It Up: The Music of Bob Marley, like everything else on Alexander's new disclong tribute to the late reggae pioneer, represents an intriguing experiment in the studio. The pianist straddled alternating rhythm sections; supplied the assembled musicians with inventive arrangements of "Could You Be Loved," "Stir It Up," "No Woman No Cry," "I Shot the Sheriff," as well as lesser-known Marley tunes, brought in Saturday Night Live trombonist Steve Turre for a couple of guest shots, and then watched what happened.
"I treated the two rhythm sections like they were one," the Jamaican native says from his apartment in New York City, where he has made his residence since leaving Miami. "I conceived this seamlessness, with certain cutoff points in the music. There's no tricks, no overdubbing. It just happened right there -- bam! -- on the two-track tape. If anything, I'm the conduit, I'm the passage between the two patterns. I feel equally at home with things that are Jamaican and what came with ska and reggae, and rhythm and blues music, and jazz. I guess I'm a Jamerican."
Stir It Up, so titled because of its mix of elements not often heard juxtaposed with one another, doesn't represent the first time that Alexander has blended his exuberant jazz stylings with homegrown sounds. The pianist met Miami steel pans player Othello Molineaux while he was performing at the old Airliner Motel in 1978, and the two subsequently collaborated on several cross-cultural recordings, including 1980's Ivory and Steel and 1988's Jamboree, the latter of which included a remake of Marley's "No Woman No Cry." He released the similarly themed Caribbean Circle in 1992 and worked with several Jamaican musicians for the same year's Yard Movement, which launched the Island Jazz label.
Alexander was born in Kingston in 1944, a year before Marley's birth in Nine Miles. As a teenager he worked as a session musician at some of the same studios where his countryman would later make his own mark. Although Alexander left for Miami at age seventeen, more than a decade before Marley became an international superstar, he gained a great appreciation and respect for the reggae sensation.
"He was a world figure who altered thinking among people through his music, in a powerful way," Alexander says. "And I compare him on the level of Nelson Mandela and Martin Luther King because he spoke to Third World people who are not the fortunate ones. People in India and Africa -- Bob affected them all. His songs were all so simple but so profound. Every one of them had a hook and a bass line to it that was so 'Bob Marley.' There's hardly a song of his that you hear that doesn't stick to you somehow. With his spiritual convictions and the talent that he had, he just kept on pouring music out of him all these years.
"His influences are many. He comes from all of what is roots Jamaica. Even from this old music form, mento. The old people would be playing these little songs that had that certain rhythm, which is similar to the way you hear most Jamaicans phrase things. But he also heard James Brown and he heard Elvis Presley. He was just a very open guy to what came from the U.S. There's times when he was playing when he did just a scatting thing, where you think he must have heard Charlie Parker."
Alexander, too, kept his ears open, from his days as a toddler when he picked out tunes on his mother's mostly unused piano. Later, at age nine, he played accordion with calypso bands. Along the way he heard Fats Domino, Little Richard, and Elvis Presley on Miami and New Orleans AM radio stations and developed a jazz jones after checking out Louis Armstrong and Nat King Cole via records and at local concerts.
By the age of fourteen, Alexander was forsaking academics in favor of real-life experience as a studio musician, backing the likes of Desmond Dekker with a talented group of Kingston players, several of whom would go on to form the Skatalites.
"I wanted to be where the other musicians were, and hang out," he recounts. "To do so, I would cut class, and make sure nobody knew I was missing. I would hop the bus to go five miles down to the recording studio. I never got in trouble, thankfully, but I was sneaking out of school on a regular basis."
Alexander, with his mother and younger brother, left for Miami before graduating from high school, and spent his first weeks here hanging out at a now-legendary South Beach boxing gym on Fifth Street (the place has since been demolished), watching Muhammad Ali train. Although underage, he found his way into a number of late-night clubs in Miami and Miami Beach, eventually sitting in at the piano and joining the musicians union. "I wasn't legally able to work in the bars, but I was playing in some pretty hot joints, around gangsters and hookers," he says. "Ira Sullivan came to Florida just about that time. He spawned a great love for jazz in me. He was like a pied piper."


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