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Reward for the Next Kidnapped Israeli Soldier
Posted By P. David Hornik On October 28, 2011 @ 12:09 am In Daily Mailer,FrontPage | 8 Comments
In the aftermath of the Gilad Shalit deal, in which last week Israel freed 477 security prisoners (to be followed by 550 more) for its kidnapped soldier, a prominent Saudi has called for more kidnappings.
Ynet describes Awad al-Qarni as "a famous Muslim cleric who often guests on TV shows and operates his own website." He's also a standard anti-Semite; asked in 2006 to explain the U.S. invasion of Iraq, he pointed to the "Jews in the American administration—I mean the Likud Jews, the extreme right wing over there…. Some of the top American officials have Israeli citizenship. Some of them were top officials in Israel…."
Al-Qarni is offering $100,000 to any Palestinian who kidnaps another Israeli soldier. He says he's doing so in response to an ad by an Israeli family offering a similar sum for anyone who catches a terrorist who murdered their relative in 1998.
While Western minds might note a moral asymmetry between having a murderer and an ordinary soldier as the target, Al-Qarni's Facebook post on the matter had already "received more than 1,000 likes and extensive coverage in Hamas-affiliated newspapers in Gaza."
Al-Qarni's offer is part of a wave of enthusiasm for the release of so many murderers in the Shalit deal. Ahmad Jabari, head of Hamas's military wing, said Hamas would "continue to abduct Israeli soldiers and officers as long as there are Palestinian prisoners in Israeli jails." Hamas TV proclaims that abducting six more soldiers is all that's needed. A spate of maverick, spontaneous terror attacks on the West Bank may also be connected to the triumphant mood.In Israel the picture is different. Tuesday last week, the day of Shalit's return to Israel, set a record for Israeli TV watching with over three million viewers out of a population of less than eight million. But the joy felt by most Israelis that day has given way to some hard soul-searching about the "next kidnapping."
The Israel Defense Forces reportedly views the threat of another kidnapping as "concrete" and is considering ways to prevent "the abduction of living soldiers…at any cost." That includes, if necessary, risking an abducted soldier's death by "opening fire at the abductors' vehicle." The "guiding principle" here is that "a dead soldier is better than a kidnapped soldier [for whom] Israel…will be forced to pay a heavy price…."
And soon the Shamgar Commission, set up in 2008 after Israel's previous lopsided prisoner deal, is supposed to hand its recommendations to the government. A lively debate has already started about a possible legislated stipulation to keep future hostage deals to a 1:1 ratio. Skeptics say it won't work because future governments would still succumb to the same sorts of pressures that led to the Shalit and other exchanges.
In the larger perspective, Israel is still in a process of learning how to live in a region where, to put it gently, universal values don't always prevail. The laudable social solidarity, the profound concern for the individual soldier, that has produced the now famous—or infamous—prisoner deals has to be balanced with a more sober policy that can prevent or defeat extortion.
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Hello Mason Music Fans! Here's this week's School of Music news:
Sunday, October 30:
3pm, Harris Theatre: Ina Mirtcheva Doctoral Piano Recital 7pm, Harris Theatre: Caren Warfield Junior Voice Recital
Jazz Combos Concert
Tuesday, November 1, 8 pm deLaski 3001 Admission is Courtesy of the School of Music
• The Jazz Combos under the direction of Professor Wade Beach will be performing jazz standards and original works, so come enjoy the creativity of their improvisation and a laid back atmosphere!
Fall Concert
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M3E: Mason Modern Music Ensemble
Monday, November 7, 8 pm deLaski room 3001 Admission is Courtesy of the School of Music
• Featuring the Mason Modern Music Ensemble under the direction of Dr. Rachel Bergman and Dr. Margaret Owens. • Premiering works by:
Portrait of the American Civil War Guest Conductor Douglas Mears
The Washington Symphonic Brass & Fairfax Choral Society
Sunday, November 6, 3 pm
****Hylton Performing Arts Center****
Orchestra $25, Parterre $20, Students $10 Click here for tickets • The concert features GMU's new Ensemble-in-Residence, The Washington Symphonic Brass, and the Fairfax Choral Society under the direction of Douglas Mears.
• The performance honors the sesquicentennial at GMU's new Hylton Performing Arts Center in Manassas, VA, a location perfectly suited for such an event.
• They will be performing songs from the Civil War along with the music of Stephen Foster and Aaron Copland.
Click here to visit the event page
Jazz 4 Justice
Friday, November 11, 8 pm Concert Hall
$20 Adults, $15 Seniors,/Students Click here for tickets • Join the Mason Jazz Ensemble under the direction of Professor Jim Carroll, sponsored by the Fairfax Law Foundation for the 10th annual Jazz 4 Justice.
• The acclaimed event will feature big band charts from the World War II era, many of which are still favorites today!
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Symphony Orchestra Fall Concert
Monday, November 21, 8 pm
Hylton Performing Arts Center
$15 Adults, $10 Seniors/Students Click here for tickets
• The Mason Symphony Orchestra under the direction of Dr. Dennis M. Layendecker will be presenting a concert of late 19th and early 20th-century works. Featured soloist Yoonji Kim, a doctoral piano student of Dr. Linda Monson will perform Edvard Grieg's Piano Concerto in A minor, op. 16.
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School of Music Headlines
The GMU School of Music's own Dr. Michael Nickens, known to most as Doc Nix, was honored with the University's Spirit of Mason Award at a ceremony last Wednesday, October 19th. Twenty-four other GMU employees received awards at the ceremony for their contributions to the school.
Doc Nix directs the Green Machine pep band at GMU, whose recent performance at Mason Madness was a hit not only with the audience at the Patriot Center, but also online. Congratulations, Doc Nix! The GMU community and the School of Music thank you for all you have done and continue to do!
Kappa Kappa Psi, the National Honorary Band Fraternity, awarded the Distinguished Service to Music Medal in the area of Composition to Professor Mark Camphouse. It is the highest award presented by the fraternity and recognizes leading musicians in the areas of composition, concert band, marching band, instrumental music education, artist performer, industrial research and progress, contributing laymen, alumni achievement, and fraternity service.
Professor Camphouse received this medal during the GMU Wind Symphony concert Tuesday, October 18th. He was the 18th musician to receive this honor since the medal was instituted in 1963. Other recipients of this award include Alfred Reed, Frank Tichelli, Claude T. Smith, and Clare Grundman. This was not Professor Camphouse's first interaction with Kappa Kappa Psi; he was commissioned to compose Two American Canvases for the fraternity's National Intercollegiate Band, which premiered at the National Convention in 2009, and is an honorary member of Kappa Kappa Psi.
Congratulations on this remarkable honor, Professor Camphouse! The School of Music is so pleased that you were recognized for your outstanding achievements!
Click here to visit the Kappa Kappa Psi, Mu Omicron (GMU) chapter website
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BARCLAYS' AUDITOR, PwC, did not advise the bank on two schemes that attempted to avoid £500m and have been shut down by the the Treasury, a source familiar with the bank said.
The source said the bank used another unnamed advisor for the schemes, which tried to avoid tax on profits from a debt buyback and exploit regulations to generate a repayment of tax.
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PwC signed off Barclays' 2011 financial results, which were published on 10 February, and included transactions from the tax avoidance schemes. Barclays disclosed the tax avoidance schemes to HM Revenue and Customs.
Accountancy Age understands although Barclays did not make a specific provision in its annual results to cover the risk that the two tax avoidance schemes would be closed by the taxman, the risk was noted and cash was set aside as part of a provision for various business risks.
PwC declined to comment, citing client confidentiality.
The Treasury said on Monday that closing the two schemes would bring in £500m from a bank, later revealed to be Barclays, and would stop billions of pounds in tax being lost in the future.
In a highly unusual move the Treasury introduced retrospective legislation to end "aggressive" tax avoidance schemes involving debt buybacks.
Heather Self, a director in the tax practice at law firm McGrigors, said: "It is very rare for arrangements already in place to be stopped by retrospective changes to the law.
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What is kombucha? I won't go into a long explanation here, but it's a fermented tea drink. Besides tasting good, it has (anecdotal) health benefits. You can read a full description here.
Caveat emptor. I am not a doctor, and am not promoting kombucha as a health supplement or cure. However, if you've never had kombucha, I do suggest starting out by drinking a small bit at first (4oz or so). Some people do react negatively to the probiotics and yeasts. This especially holds true if the drink is homemade. Let your body get used to it, and slowly increase your intake.
Once in a while I used to buy a bottle or two of kombucha when we would go grocery shopping. I liked it, but I'm a weirdo. Hubs tried it and hated it. However, each bottle was around $3-$4 each, which makes drinking it regularly not a viable option. So I did some research to find out how I could make my own. And it's actually pretty easy.
The main thing you need to make kombucha is a scoby (Symbiotic Colony of Bacteria and Yeast). This is also known as the "mother." Sounds gross, right? It looks kind of gross too, but it's 100% necessary.
So how do you get a scoby? If you have a friend who brews, you can ask them for one. The mother produces a "child," so eventually your friend should have an extra. You can also buy them from people online, but then you run the risk of it dying during shipment, or getting a less-than-quality one.
I however, made my own scoby. Yes, it is possible! All you need is some sugar, tea, and a bottle or two of plain kombucha from the store. I followed this instructional to make my scoby. I won't copy it here, but if you're interested please visit that link and follow the instructions. Make sure your bottle of store-bought kombucha is plain (not flavored), and try to find the one with the largest floating bits in it.
Now, once you have your scoby, here's how you brew kombucha Kelly-style.
- Ingredients:
- 8 C water
- 2/3 C sugar
- 1 family-size tea bag (I use this brand from the supermarket. If you don't have family-size bags, use 2-4 normal tea bags. The tea must be caffeinated; from what I understand, the caffeine is necessary.
- 1 1/2-2 C kombucha
- kombucha scoby (the "mother")
- large glass container or jar. DO NOT use plastic or metal. Plastic can grow bad things and keep unwanted flavors/smells. Metal … not entirely sure why, but I understand that the bacteria &/or yeast don't like it.
- 16 oz glass jars or bottles (I saved, and use, old bottles from when I purchased kombucha at the store.)
- Directions:
- Mix water and sugar in a large pot. Add the tea bag.
- Bring to a rolling boil, then remove from heat. Remove tea bags and cool to room temperature. (NOTE: For a stronger tea, keep the tea bag in while it cools. I didn't like the strong flavor, so I take it out before cooling. Might have something to do with the family-size tea bag.)
- Add the sweet tea to a large glass jar, along with your scoby and the kombucha.
- Cover the jar with several layers of cheesecloth or a coffee filter, and secure with a rubber band.
- Store in a warm (~72°) dark place for about 7-10 days. The warmer the room, the less time it takes to ferment. I actually keep it in our utility room (where the furnace is) right now, since it's winter and it's the warmest room in the house. Once summer hits, I may be able to keep it on the kitchen counter or in the pantry. Just find a warm, dark place where it won't be disturbed too much.
- After about a week, pour a small bit off the jar and sample. If it's still really sweet, ferment longer. Kombucha should have a slight vinegary smell… at least, that's the stage that I like it. Keep sampling it every day until it reaches a flavor you like.
- Line a sieve or large funnel with 2-3 layers of cheesecloth. Pour all but 1 1/2 to 2 cups of the kombucha through the strainer into a larger glass jar or mixing bowl (I have an 8 cup glass mixing bowl with a handle and spout that is perfect). You need to reserve some kombucha to add to your next batch to keep the PH at a good ratio.
- Once the kombucha is strained, pour into smaller glass jars or bottles. Try to fill them up all the way and leave very little air on the top of the liquid. If you start with the 8 cups of tea, you should get 3-16oz bottles, and around 2 cups of kombucha left over for your next batch.
- Cap the bottles.
- You now have two options:
- Store in the fridge and drink as desired. The kombucha will be slightly fizzy, but the fridge will keep the continual fermentation slowed down, so if you drink it quickly, it will stay about the same.
- Do a secondary ferment. This is how I roll. I'll tell you what I do, but be sure to search the web for the various other flavor options for a secondary fermentation.
- I put in a few bits of dried or fresh fruit… whatever flavor you'd like to try. I've used fresh/crystalized ginger and dried cherries so far. If you use any dried fruits, make *sure* that there are no preservatives (sulfates, etc). You can also puree fresh fruits and add a bit to the kombucha. I've tried mango, and I bet strawberries would be tasty. I haven't done this yet, so I'm not sure how this will work out, or how much puree to add.
- Keep the bottles on the kitchen counter for 2-3 days. Make sure the caps are on tight. "Burp" the bottles once or twice a day to keep the pressure stabilized, so they don't explode. The sugars in the fruits will allow your kombucha to continue to ferment. The kombucha will get fizzy, and the longer you let it sit the fizzier it gets.
- After a few days, when it's fizzy enough to your liking, put in the fridge if you aren't going to drink right away. This will slow down fermentation.
- Your scoby should have grown a new layer. This is called the child. Separate them — you only need one for your next batch. You can use the second one to start another batch of kombucha (good if you want to stagger batches, so there is always a supply). You can give it to a friend so they can start brewing. You can even dehydrate it and give it to your dog as a treat. Or you can just throw it away. Personally, I let my scoby grow until it gets too thick, and then throw away a portion of it.
- Now, rinse your scoby with room temperature, boiled or filtered water (tap water is not recommended), and start a new batch!
I recently started brewing water kefir as well. Similar process, just using kefir "grains" and sugar water (no tea). Eventually — once I get a handle on it — I'll post about how to do that.
Please note that I am still a beginner and still learning. I only have five or six batches under my belt, and feel that I have my personal preferences for brewing down pat. You can ask me questions, but I may not have an answer.
So does anyone else brew the "booch?"


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New Delhi: Noted physicist Yash Pal and space scientist Roddam Narasimha were today chosen for this year's second highest civilian honour of Padma Vibhushan while yesteryear cine stars late Rajesh Khanna and Sharmila Tagore and cricketer Rahul Dravid were selected for Padma Bhushan.
Renowned sculptor Raghunath Mohapatra and painter S Haider Raza were chosen for Padma Vibhushan as government came out with a list of 108 Padma awardees that included actress Sridevi, actors Nana Patekar and Malayalam star Madhu of Chemmeen fame and Olympians Mary Kom, Yogeshwar Dutt and Vijay Kumar.
In all four personalities were awarded Padma Vibhushan, 24 for Padma Bhushan and 80 Padma Shri. Of the awardees 24 are women, 11 belong to the category of foreigners, NRI, PIOs and posthumous.
Nobody was named for Bharat Ratna for this year too. The last awardee was late Bhimsen Joshi in 2008.
Satirist Jaspal Bhatti, who died in a road accident last year, film maker D Rama Naidu, noted South Indian playback singer S Janaki, Bharatnatyam dancer Saroja Vaidyanathan, missile scientist Dr A Sivathanu Pillai of BrahMos programme, Industrialist Adi Godrej and R Tyagarajan, former bureaucrat M K Bhan were among the 24 Padma Bhushan awardees.
108 personalities from various fields have been selected for the Padma Awards this year. Following is the list of the recipients:
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Raghunath Mohapatra, Art, Orissa
S Haider Raza, Art, Delhi
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I have heard this lots of times before that there are differences between the EU client and the USA client. I would like to know why there are? And why you do not synchronize the clients more so that they can be easily switched from USA to EU and visa versa. I think riot games would profit a lot from this option and the company it is working with. And you would make a lot of players happy with this. If there are differences between the clients that means that USA and EU are both missing out on some advantages. If you would combine the best aspects of these clients you would almost create a new game
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Well, if they would merge the servers it would be impossible to play. The servers would get overpopulated and games would lagg alot more then they do, and people would be denied to log in because the servers are full. We already see those problems sometimes on EU server, Don't know much about US tho but I bet it's the same.
Just an FYI Just Drop Dead, but the EU front end server isn't in the EU it's in California. I did a trace route a number of times and it's in Cali. I opened a thread to ask why it's like this but haven't heard back yet.
Not fuse them... completely, but making the clients more alike so they can put in the option to switch servers
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There are no differences if we are talking about the game - same items, etc. EU just gets patch with one day delay (with exception for Trundle patch, where EU got it first!!) There are "community" differences: * NorthAmerican (not just USA -.- What about Canada? It's not small one) server has more expanded forums and more staff members. * Game play style ("metagame") may be a litte different. Looks like NA focuses more on freeroam, 2-3 people fights. EU mostly focuses on mid or jungle wars with 5 people. * Champion "styles" - I have heard of NA and EU Ashe style - item difference. One rushes to IE, other GhostBlade.
Yup, what ExYsT said. Edit: Here's the link to the thread, but it's stickied near the top of the forums anyways. http://eu.leagueoflegends.com/board/...read.php?t=358


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quote:Watched the Alabama LSU game from last year last night. Mingo has a pretty nice flop in it. He blocks a pass and Fluker shoves him. He takes a few steps back and flops like a fish to the ground
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I'm going to build up 2 motors for this trike with with CDI's and ditch the points.
1. I picked up a 12V TRX70 CDI engine for $75 from a member here that quit shifting. Upon teardown, the engine had a cracked shift detent arm (see attached) and a bent shift shaft. With $30 of replacement parts and a 108cc kit, clutch and oil pump, she'll be back on the road in the spring.
2. I'm going to take the existing 1985 ATC engine and convert it to a 6V CDI using the CDI conversion the guy on ebay is selling. Reports have been good for this piece, and at $99 plus shipping, I'll never have to worry about points again. This engine will receive an oil pump, uprated auto clutch and just an 88cc Kit keeping the stock head and carb. I'll rejet the carb and call it a day.
Once the parts arrive, I'll provide a tutorial of the modications for others interested in converting their points engines to CDI.


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Castor Seed Oil, Caprylic/Capric Triglyceride, Ozokerite, Candelilla Wax, Ethylhexyl Palmitate, Ceresin, PPG-2 Myristyl Ether Propionate, Beeswax, Lanolin Oil, PEG-4 Diheptanoate, Petrolatum, VP/Hexadecene Copolymer, Carnauba Wax, Hydrogenated Microcrystalline Wax, Tridecyl Stearate, Neopentyl Glycol, Dicaprylate/Dicaprate, Tridecyl Trimellitate, Tocopheryl Acetate, Retinyl Palmitate, Fragrance, Propylparaben, Tin Oxide, Silica. May Contain: Mica, Titanium Dioxide, Iron Oxides, Red 6 Lake, Red 7 Lake, Red 27 Lake, Yellow 10 Lake, Blue 1 Lake, CarmineAge: 19-24
Skin: Acne-prone, Fair, Neutral
Hair: Red, Wavy, Medium
Eyes: Green
I love wearing red lipstick, but there are many occasions when wearing bright red lipstick is inappropriate. Enter N.Y.C. Sheer Red. It's a cool-toned brick red. With one swipe, it gives a natural-looking red lip that's very wearable. With a few more coats, it's a more dramatic color that's quite flattering. It feels comfortable on and has a slightly glossy finish. If I put too many coats, it does get a bit slick and can smear easily, so watch out. I like the smell; I think it smells like grapefruit. But I know not everyone like scented lipsticks. The one major problem is the packaging. The plastic cap is easily cracked, and since the lipstick doesn't twist all the way down it is very easy to sheer the top of it off with the lid. But I guess it's cheap for a reason.
Age: 25-29
Skin: Acne-prone, Fair-Medium, Not Sure
Hair: Blond, Other, Other
Eyes: Blue
This is a really nice toned down red that's everyday appropriate. There are a lot of pluses to this lippie, the price (less than a dollar), the formulation is smooth and moisturizing, the packaging is cheap but functional. My only complaient is that the wear time, like with a lot of moisturizing lipsticks , kind of sucks. I definitely recommend layering this over a lipliner to get the longest wear possible. I think this shade would also be a good baby step into reds for those that don't regularly rock screaming retro red lipstick but want to branch out from the pink/nude lip. Addmittedly I'm one of those girls who likes the full on red lip but sheer red is much more work appropriate while still giving a bit of colour to the face. Overall it's a good buy and if you decide red is just not for you you're only out 97 cents or so.
Age: 30-35
Skin: Combination, Fair-Medium, Cool
Hair: Brunette, Other, Other
Eyes: Hazel
Oh, I had high hopes for this one. This was recommended to me as a good "starter" red for my PPP, cool-toned self. I'm used to a natural, light rose lip, so I was hoping this was a sheer, true red. But it's much more opaque than I was expecting (I guess I was expecting like a pigmented lip balm). Nars La Dolce Vita lipstick is sheerer, in comparison. And as for the color -- it was a dark fuchsia on me. Bleh. And the smell! Even though I applied 1 very light coat (and then wiped it completely off), the scent of cheap fruity grape lingered. Such a disappointment! I really wanted this to work.
Age: 30-35
Skin: Oily, Fair, Neutral
Hair: Brown, Wavy, Medium
Eyes: Hazel
I picked this lipstick up after hearing a YouTube Guru's review. It is NOT sheer, so I feel the name is misleading. This lipstick feels creamy to me; therefore, the staying power is not great, but it doesn't dry out my lips either.
The color is fabulous on my pale, slighty yellow-toned skin. How I like to apply this: lip balm, lipstick, blot, lip balm. This process makes it okay for day or work. At night, I wear it full strength with clear lip liner.
I like this shade quite a bit, and have recommended it to friends. I would repurchase.
Age: 30-35
Skin: Combination, Fair, Warm
Hair: Blond, Straight, Fine
Eyes: Blue
Beautiful color but doesn't stay on lips long enough to enjoy it.
Age: 19-24
Skin: Combination, Fair-Medium, Not Sure
Hair: Black, Other, Other
Eyes: Brown
My favorite lipstick so far. It's highly pigmented, and slides on perfectly. It's a super glassy looking sangria color- and it stays beautifully glossy for hours. Fantastic dark red color. Retailed for a dollar at CVS, amazing value! It smells really fruity too.
transfers easily (which may be a problem for your significant others if they don't want dark red smudges on their face!) so it may need reapplication,
terrible misnomer-- this is by no means a sheer red, but a heavily pigmented carnelian with purple undertones,
terrible packaging! be super careful opening and closing because it will not retract all the way. also it took me a second to figure out that you should take the packaging stickers off first.
melt warning! this lipstick is super soft so don't leave it around in the sun or heat!
Age: 36-43
Skin: Sensitive, Fair-Medium, Cool
Hair: Blond, Straight, Fine
Eyes: Green
Not sheer at all. It's a brick red, and doesn't work with my cool skin.
Doesn't last more than an hour, either.
I really, really want a sheer red - I've tried a dozen glosses but nothing works. Had high hopes for this but it just didn't work for me.
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Hair: Brown, Other, Other
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Many years ago, when all the other girls were doing the no-lipstick, long, straight,center-parted hair, and maybe some blue eyeshadow and a swipe of mascara thing, yours truly was wearing opaque cherry lip color( and a chin-length bob) .My husband told me that's one of the first things he noticed about me. Fast forward some thirty years, and I'm still an incurable sucker for red lips. However, the lip line having lost some definition over time makes it harder to pull of the the full-on reds I'd wear so easily then. This little wonder is a great choice for those of us to indulge our passion. My only complaint is the packaging, but I always have a backup in case of breakage. I can't understand why some girls are afraid of red lips- our mothers and grandmothers wore red lipstick with jeans (only they called them dungarees then) and thought nothing of it. So try this shade-you have nothing to lose save a buck or two - it"s certainly an economical way to add some color to your life.
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Hair: Brunette, Other, Other
Eyes: Brown
This is my new HG red lipstick! Amazing especially for the $1 I spent on it, this is the first shade that has not had an orange tinge to it on me (usually red lipstick makes me look as though I just had spaghetti sauce or something, not pretty) I love the consistency, not dry and not sticky. Does not have a gross smell to it surprisingly either....will repurchase, again again and again!
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Skin: Very Oily, Olive, Not Sure
Hair: Black, Wavy, Fine
Eyes: Brown
this is the best red lipstick ever, IMO. I have been searching for the perfect red, and I've found several colors I really love, but the texture has always been the problem. Revlon's matte reds are really great colors, but are too heavy for me- I feel like they make my lips overpower everything else on my face, no matter how I try to sheer it out. I also really love Nars Gipsy, but it's TOO sheer. This is just the right balance for me though- not so sheer that it has to be layered on, but not so opaque that it overwhelms everything else. It's a great true red color, not too pink (which I personally hate) and the price doesn't get any better- I got mine for 99 cents at CVS. I was afraid that the cap wouldn't stay on, since cheaper cosmetics usually show their price in their packaging, but I haven't had any problem with it, and I carry it with me all the time, either in my purse or even in my pocket. I cannot recommend this product enough, whether you're a pro at red lipstick or a beginner, I think this will work for you.
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Louise F. Maertens Prickett Knight, 88, of Benton, went to be with her Lord on Friday, April 27, 2012. She was born June 17, 1923, in Benton. She is the daughter of the late August H. and Freda P. Storch Maertens. She was baptized, confirmed and married at Zion Lutheran Church of Avilla. She was a member of First Lutheran Church of Little Rock, Lutheran Women's Business Club, and Lutheran Women's Missionary League. She was a devoted mother, wife, and "Grandma Louise". She was preceded in death by her husbands, Horace Prickett, Sr., and Felix Knight, and her brother, Johney Maertens.
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Brad tells 'Esquire' that all he has everything he could possibly want in life: his six kids, a small group of friends and his heroic partner, Angelina.
Brad Pitt and Angelina Jolie have been through a traumatic experience, and they say it's only brought them closer together. Brad, 49, gives an emotional interview in Esquire and says that ever since Angelina underwent a double mastectomy and reconstructive surgery, he hasn't "known life to be any happier." Brad truly sounds like he is totally devoted and in love with the mother of his six children and we're so happy for him.
Brad Pitt Says He's 'Never Been Happier' In New Interview
Brad talks to Esquire in a new interview about his fiancée's heroic decision to remove both of her breasts after learning that she carried the BRCA gene that is a direct link to causing breast cancer. Brad says that the past three months have only brought his family closer together and it's done nothing but make them realize how beautiful their lives are.
"I have very few friends," he says. "I have a handful of close friends and I have my family and I haven't known life to be any happier. I'm making things. I just haven't known life to be any happier."
This is truly such a supportive statement coming from Brad. He has given other recent interviews, in which he talks about how the children help nurse Angelina back to health after the traumatic surgery.
'We set up our own little post-op recovery that became pretty fun," he told USA Today. "You make an adventure out of it,'
One of the most adorable parts of the interview is when he says business trips are always lonely because he misses his kids and Angelina!
"I always thought that if I wanted to do a family, I wanted to do it big," he said. "I wanted there to be chaos in the house … there's constant chatter in our house, whether it's giggling or screaming or crying or banging"
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This couple and their UN fam are just so adorable. She is brave and courageous to take this step so she can be around for the happiest years of their lives…now that's idyllic love! Everyone should be lucky enough to not carry such a gene & make just as much of their lives as these hard workers! I want to nominate them both for the COUPLES NOBEL PRIZE!!
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She's not heroic, she's stupid beyond description.
1 Cancer is easily curable if you ignore mainstream medicine.
2 Jolies PR stunt only serves to fool women into getting hugely expensive tests and operations, and the only ones to gain is the company that OWNS the PATENT to that gene. Yes, patented genes, the world is that messed up. Don't be surprised if AJ is in their pocket.
Too bad this wasn't about a gene for brain cancer…
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@Truth??? I THINK NOT JUST MISINFORMED AND IGNORANT
WTF are you saying? Why am I not surprise by the cruel and ignorant comments people post on these type of sites. You do not know what you are talking about. Do your research. Never ever say or write about something you know nothing about. OMG why the hell am I wasting my time you are not well informed and will probably stay ignorant for the rest of your life.
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Kimi Raikkonen and Felipe Massa gave Ferrari a small, but perhaps crucial, advantage again in the final practice session at Spa-Francorchamps on Saturday morning.
The Finn lapped his F2007 in 1m 46.137s - the weekend's fastest lap thus far - to head Massa on 1m 46.388s. Right at the end Fernando Alonsos 1m 46.507s usurped McLaren team mate Lewis Hamilton, who did 1m 46.782s, for third.
Behind the top four, Heikki Kovalainen gave Renault hope with the fifth-fastest time of 1m 47.065s, chased by Toyotas Jarno Trulli (1m 47.218s), Williams Nico Rosberg (1m 47.251s), BMW Saubers Nick Heidfeld (1m 47.359s), Toyotas Ralf Schumacher (1m 47.454s), Red Bulls Mark Webber (1m 47.527s), Giancarlo Fisichella in the second Renault (1m 47.564s), Hondas Jenson Button (1m 47.767s), David Coulthard for Red Bull (1m 47.806s), Toro Rossos Sebastian Vettel (1m 47.838s) and Williams Alex Wurz (1m 47.902s). Yet again, the times in the midfield were extremely close.
Takuma Sato was a little happier with his Super Aguris set-up on his way to 1m 48.129s, which displaced Tonio Liuzzis 1m 48.163s for Toro Rosso to leave the Japanese driver 16th. Then came Spykers Adrian Sutil (1m 48.348s), Hondas Rubens Barrichello (1m 48.528s) and Super Aguris Anthony Davidson (1m 48.955s).
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Dear Congressman Scott,
On behalf of the Credit Union National Association (CUNA), which represents more than 90 percent of our nation's more than 10,000 state and federal credit unions and 83 million credit union members, I would like to thank you for your introduction of H.R. 2990, the Commission to Educate our Nation's Teachers and Students on Financial Literacy Skills (CENTS) Act.
CUNA and its member credit unions applaud your efforts to create a commission that will integrate economic and personal finance education for school children of all ages. Helping our nation's youth acquire valuable financial management skills early in life will better prepare students to make sound decisions that impact their financial well being into the future.
To aid in this endeavor, CUNA has partnered with the National Endowment for Financial Education (NEFE) and the Cooperative Extension Service to provide schools with free workbooks on financial literacy that can easily fit into an existing curriculum. Many credit unions have volunteered their time to teach the materials to better prepare students for college, covering issues such as credit cards, interest, minimum payments, and checking accounts. Oftentimes, the financial tools that youth learn are shared with parents and other family members. And, many credit unions also are providing similar training to adults in their communities.
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New Fully Sick Rapper Vid!
By Chris Hardwick on April 7, 2010
You may remember Fully Sick Rapper from the phenomenal Quarantine Song that I posted a month ago. Essentially, this Australian dude has been medically imprisoned in a hospital for over 100 days due to Multi-Drug Resistant TB and to keep from going insane he's been making web videos–web videos that I love because they are hilarious.
This morning I was pleased to see that I received an email from him. I don't know this chap, but Power o' the Internet and so forth…
His email went exactly like this:
It has now been 102 days that I've been here in the hospital all up, isolated with a case of Multi-Drug Resistant TB. I am here under a strict regiment of 6 different antibiotics, and a couple of other medications to help with the side effects of those. Over this time I have been lucky enough to have access to a computer with music and video production capability!!! So far I have really enjoyed making videos and connecting with people around the world through the internet, as it's been a great way for me to keep my mind off all the treatment, and make me feel as if I'm actually achieving something in here, rather than wasting the time away staring at the walls!….. For this most recent music video, I really wanted to do something that was out of control – so I enlisted the help of my brother. He is only able to come in for short visits here and there, for which he has to get masked up and wear protective gloves, but it was enough for us to be able to go silly with his digital handycam.
In many countries of the world, people with Multi-Drug Resistant TB would be lucky to even receive medical attention whatsoever, so I am very privileged to be receiving the medical care that I am getting here in Australia. Even above and beyond the care, I am lucky in the sense that I have access to modern entertainment, which has kept me sane over the last 102 days. Part of this has been the DVDs that I have watched along the way. This new Youtube video is a Tribute to some of the DVDs that I've watched to kill my time here in quarantine, and to make it a bit "Hollywood" my brother and I have used ANY AND EVERY special effect that we could to make this a truely epic RAPsody…
- The song was written, recorded and mixed in the hospital on a Macbook Pro using Logic Express
- All filming was done on a regular digital handycam in the hospital during brief visits to my room
- For all of the special effects, my brother and I improvised by hanging a green sheet on the wall in my hospital room
- All editing and finishing was done on a Macbook Pro using Final Cut
Please see his other WONDERFUL vids at FullSickRapper.com and follow the "House"-like nature of his medical drama on Facebook.
I'm checking with him to see if he needs anything for us to send. DVDs (region 4, I believe) or "suck it TB" cards…I dunno. In any event, I am constantly impressed by this guy's commitment to constructive use of a crappy situation an on top of that, he's even thankful!
Take note, all of you!
That was hysterical and awesome for what he had to work with…wow! His attitude really does make you stop and think abot how fortunate we are not to have to deal with somthing like this. I'm glad he's able to distract himself by doing the videos, and I look forward to more!
Mad respect, yo.
What a great mind you have and it's wonderful that you are keeping it and yourself so active. On top of that you are amusing the world.
We could conclude that nothing is all bad.
We wish you the best of recoveries.Peterborough Ontario Canada
I have severe friend crush on this guy.
Also, I kind of miss Swanky Chris in your picture box up there, but Contemplative Sweater Chris is just so darn sciency!
That was off the hizzy! (Is that still a thing? "Off the hizzy"?) When that guy gets better, he should continue to make rap videos. Cause they're just that awesome.
Aw, I adore this guy. He is happy no matter what, and uses a bad situation to create something cool. Resilience is such an under rated trait.
That was wierd in a cool sort of way..lol. It is very cool that he did that while being in a hospital.
Awesome. I'm glad you're covering him.
But your link to his site in the last paragraph isn't working. It should be 'FullySickRapper.com"… you forgot the Y…
This is amazin man…. no better way to spent ur time in the hospital. xD
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I love this guy. I think it's great he's not letting this get to him and is still able to pump out hilarious videos for us.


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Despite an absence of new funding in this year's federal budget, the Conservative government says it still fully supports development of the Ring of Fire mining region in northwestern Ontario.
The federal government may struggle to keep up with a growing need for mental-health and other social services in First Nations communities located within a massive mineral find in northern Ontario, according to a newly released document.
Premier Kathleen Wynne has emerged from a meeting with Stephen Harper satisfied that she has the prime minister's ear on a massive mineral development in northern Ontario.
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text: Viktor Stalberg Taken Off IR, Will Play Tonight Andrew Hirsh October 12, 2013 From the Locker Room, Nashville Predators, News Follow @andrewhirsh NASHVILLE, Tenn. — Viktor Stalberg has come off the injured reserved list and will make his season debut tonight versus the New York Islanders. "Yes, I'm in tonight," Stalberg said after morning skate. "I wouldn't be in if I wasn't 100 percent sure [my shoulder] wasn't 100 percent functional." The 27-year-old right wing credits Nashville's training staff for helping him recover so quickly. After hurting his shoulder in a preseason contest against Tampa, the Preds believed he would miss three to four weeks worth of action. It turns out he would miss just 18 days. "I've been skating for a while here, so I'm in good shape," he said. "I didn't play much in the preseason … Obviously it's going to take a little time to get used to everything, but I have to go out there and play simple, play to my strengths. I'm excited to go." The return of Stalberg, who signed a four-year, $12 million contract this summer, may be just what this team needs to get the offense going. The 2013 Stanley Cup champion is known for his ability to put pucks on net, and with Nashville averaging just 25.9 S/G at the moment, adding someone like Stalberg to the lineup can make a big difference. "We need to start shooting more, and getting to the net more, and Viktor is going to help us with that a lot," said Filip Forsberg. "He's very fast and gets to the goal, and we need to be doing that as a team." [MORE: On Viktor Stalberg and 'Game-Changing Speed'] Coach Trotz said Stalberg will likely shift around the depth chart against New York and play on a couple different lines throughout the night. Him and Forsberg skated together a good bit during morning skate, though it's unclear how much ice time they'll get together. "Playing with Viktor would be great," said Forsberg. "We got to play together this morning and I really enjoyed it. He's usually first on pucks when you dump it in, so that can help me create more scoring chances." While Stalberg will make his return to the lineup sooner than the team initially expected, it's difficult to tell at this time how well he'll be able to perform in his first few games back. He said he wouldn't be surprised if he doesn't play much tonight if it turns out he needs time to re-adjust. He also said there's a chance his shoulder could start feeling sore if he gets knocked around a bit, in which case he would like to take things easy. "I really don't know what to expect [of Stalberg]," Trotz said. "Some guys come back great, and then they fall off, some guys take a while to get back. I really don't know what to expect. But I know what we got Viktor for — he has tremendous speed, one of the fastest guys in the league, very similar to [Islanders forward Michael] Grabner. "He'll stretch the zone a bit for us; keep the defense honest a bit more. He's going to win those races to pucks. His speed will create a little more space hopefully for a second wave of attack. Those type of things Vitkor can obviously do with his legs, and hopefully with his hands he can score some goals for us."


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The Marksman Rifle is a class of rifles seen in Call of Duty: Ghosts. It is a hybrid class between Sniper Rifles and Assault Rifles. They are semi-automatic and have high-damage. They come equipped with a sniper scope, which may be taken off and replaced with other optics including Red Dot Sights, ACOG Scopes and Iron Sights. Additionally, the Marksman Rifle default scope has a 0.85 multiplier on viewkick, a 15% decrease. [1]
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- All Marksman rifles are banned when CoD eSports rules are activated.


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ScoreNotes Interviews offers fans a chance to find out about the latest happenings in the world of soundtracks and movies directly from the Composers and Artists themselves! Tune in to hear first-hand news about current and upcoming soundtrack productions, behind-the-scenes information, and much, much more! We will also present special interviews with industry insiders, artists and directors so be sure to check back often!
The Mysterious Island is a dazzling masterpiece and one of the better adventure scores you'll hear. Needless to say, it's a great honor to chat with the composer behind this exceptional music, Andrew Lockington, and to hear about his own real-life adventures that helped spark the making of this score. I must say that this is perhaps the most interesting "making of" account I've ever heard of in the annals of modern film music so I hope you tune in to hear all about it!
>> Download the Interview (mp3)
Award-winning composer Terence Blanchard fills us in on his experiences composing the music for this important and entertaining film from George Lucas. Crafting a score that is both fitting and engaging, we hear a new side from Terrence with this score and it's sure to connect with most fans.
Special thanks to Alisse Kingsley from Muse Media
James Brett offers a versatile presence in the world of composing, thus its only apt that his talents are on on display with a unique project like, Batman Live. In this new interview, James talks about the intriguing challenges and rewards of working in the Batman universe while also delving into a portfolio of work that spans feature films and stand-alone albums. >>READ THE INTERVIEW
George Kallis is a renowned composer with an international presence. He's delivered an impressive array of scores for features films, television, and for high-profile commercial projects.. In this interview segment, he discusses the global aspect of his craft and also shares compelling insight into how the scoring scene differs based on locale. >>READ THE INTERVIEW
The wonderful talents of Composer Steve Burke is back on the scene with his catchy score for the new X-Box LIVE Arcade title, Fusion Genesis. In this new interview, Steve takes us inside the development of the score, shares his perspective on film composing, and as a special bonus to ScoreNotes readers, is providing you a chance to download the full score for free! >>READ THE INTERVIEW
Award-winning composer Trevor Morris joins ScoreNotes to discuss his upcoming score for, Immortals, as well as sharing insight on many of the other notable projects he's worked on recently. We're talking Borgias, Pillars of the Earth, Tudors and more with one of today's brightest musical talents. >> Download the Interview (mp3)
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Richard fills us in on the scoring process behind the impressive video game soundtrack, Napoleon: Total War. The efforts of Richard and his team garnered Ivor Novello Award and it's easy to see why. Napoleon is an epic score worthy of your attention... >>READ THE INTERVIEW
Having to follow what is perhaps the greatest film score in modern history is not an enviable task, but to his credit, Tyler Bates gave it his best. In this interview, we discuss some of the challenges and rewards of the new Conan the Barbarian film...
>> Download the Interview (mp3) Special Thanks to TJ Tauriello and Nashlyn Lloyd of Warner Bros. Records
Composer Lorne Balfe joins ScoreNotes for an engaging chat about a recent project of his, Ironclad, a medieval saga based in 13th Century England. In addition, and fresh off his work on Modern Warfare and Crysis 2, Lorne discusses the opportunities emerging for him in the videogame arena and tells us why he these prospects are so appealing to him...
>> Download the Interview (mp3) Special Thanks to Cinemedia Promotions
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Upon further exploration of his music, you'll find that the music heard in the trailers is a mere snippet of an impressive body of work...
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Mark Isham once again displayed his versatility by delivering an extremely well-crafted soundtrack for, The Mechanic, an action score that has an extremely cool vibe about it. In this new interview, Mark discusses what went into making this such a well-rounded score and also shares his thoughts about the types of film projects that appeals to him the most these days. We also get the word on his new record label and what types of soundtrack releases that fans can look forward to.
Henry Jackman's travels have indeed been interesting! In this new interview, Henry provides an overview on the classic approach he took toward Gulliver's Travels, discusses his transition into film music with Hans Zimmer, and provides a nifty and informative update on X-Men: First Class. In all, this is an interesting, energizing interview with a composer who has a lot to offer the creative world.
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Data Driven: Creating a Data Culture
Posted: January 6, 2015 | Author: Hilary Mason | Filed under: blog, projects | Tags: book, culture, data, data science | Comments OffI'm excited that my short book, Data Driven: Creating a Data Culture, co-authored with DJ Patil, is out in the world!
We talk about processes and qualities of strong data teams and how to design for these cultural practices in an organization.
The book is available for free on O'Reilly's site, and soon on Amazon. I hope you enjoy it.
Play with your food!
Posted: February 14, 2014 | Author: Hilary Mason | Filed under: blog | Tags: data, food | Leave a comment »I spent a few minutes this week putting together a quick script to pull data from the Locu API. Locu has done the hard work of gathering and parsing menus from around the US and has a lot of interesting data (and a good data team).
The API is easy to query by menu item (like "cheeseburger", my favorite) and by running my little script I quickly had data for the prices of cheeseburgers in my set of zip codes (the 100 most populated metro areas in the US).
I'm a big fan of Pete Warden's OpenHeatMap tool for making quick map visualizations, and was able to come up with the following:
The blue map is the average price of a cheeseburger by zip, with the red one showing the average price of pizza. The most expensive average cheeseburger can be found in Santa Clara, CA, ironically the city currently hosting the Strata data science conference this week. Have fun with those $18 cheeseburgers, colleagues!
You can also see some fun words in the pizza topping options:
In this plot, the x-axis is roughly geographic (ordered by zip code) and the y-axis is in order of popularity, with pepperoni being the most popular common pizza topping, and anchovies among the least.
This is just a quick look at some data, but hopefully it'll encourage you to play with your food (data)!
What Mugshots Mean For Public Data
Posted: October 6, 2013 | Author: Hilary Mason | Filed under: blog | Tags: data, mugshots, privacy | 20 Comments »The New York Times has a story this morning on the growing use of mugshot data for, essentially, extortion. These sites scrape mugshots off of public records databases, use SEO techniques to rank highly in Google searches for people's names, and then charge those featured in the image to have the pages removed. Many of the people featured were never even convicted of a crime.
What the mugshot story demonstrates but never says explicitly is that data is no longer just private or public, but often exists in an in-between state, where the public-ness of the data is a function of how much work is required to find it.
Let's say you're actually doing a background check on someone you are going on a date with (one of the use cases the operators of these sites claim is common). Before online systems, you could physically go to the various records offices, sometimes in each town, to request information about them. Given that there are ~20,000 municipalities in the United States, just doing a check would take the unreasonable investment of days.
Before mugshot sites, you had to actually visit each state's database, figure out how to query it, and assemble the results. Now we're looking at an investment of hours, instead of days. It's possible, but you must be highly motivated.
Now you just search, and this information is there. It is just as public as it was before, but the cost to access has become a matter of seconds, not hours or days, and we could imagine that you might be googling your date to find something else about him and instead stumble on the mugshot image. The cost for accessing the data is so trivial that can come up as part of an adjacent task.
The debate around fixing this problem has focused on whether the data should be removed from the public entirely. I'd like to see this conversation reframed around how we maintain the friction and cost to access technically public data such that it is no longer economically feasible to run these sorts of aggregated extortion sites while still maintaining the ability of journalists and concerned citizens to explore the records as necessary for their work.
Data Engineering
Posted: April 1, 2013 | Author: Hilary Mason | Filed under: blog | Tags: bitly, data, engineering, infrastructure | 5 Comments »Data engineering is when the architecture of your system is dependent on characteristics of the data flowing through that system.
It requires a different kind of engineering process than typical systems engineering, because you have to do some work upfront to understand the nature of the data before you can effectively begin to design the infrastructure. Most data engineering systems also transform the data as they process it.
Developing these types of systems requires an initial research phase, where you do the necessary work to understand the characteristics of the data, before you design the system (and perhaps even requiring an active experimental process where you try multiple infrastructure options in the wild before making a final decision). I've seen numerous people run straight into walls when they ignore this research requirement.
Forget Table is one example of a data engineering project from our work at bitly. It's a database for storing non-stationary categorical distributions. We often see streams of data and want to understand what the distributions in that data look like, knowing that they drift over time. Forget Table is designed precisely for this use, allowing you to configure the rate of change in your particular dataset (check it out on github).
Startups: How to Share Data with Academics
Posted: January 19, 2013 | Author: Hilary Mason | Filed under: blog | Tags: academics, data, research | 8 Comments »This post assumes that you want to share data. If you're not convinced, don't worry — that's next on my list.
You and your academic colleagues will benefit from having at least a quick chat about the research questions they want to address. I've read every paper I've been able to find that uses bitly data and all of the ones that acquired the data without our assistance had serious flaws, generally based on incorrect assumptions about the data they had acquired (this, unfortunately, makes me question the validity of most research done on commercial social data without cooperation from the subject company).
The easiest way to share data is through your own API. Set generous rate limits where possible. Most projects are not realtime and they can gather the data (or, more likely, have a grad student gather the data) over the course of weeks. Using the API also has the side-effect of having the researchers bound only by your ToS.
When it's not practical to use your API, create a data dump. At bitly, we have one open dataset, the 1.usa.gov data (clicks on 1.usa.gov links, stripped of all personally identifiable data). If I'm approached by students who are looking for a dataset for a homework project or someone who just wants to play, I point them there.
Often, though, researchers are investigating specific questions that require a specific sample of the data. We've worked with people investigating the spread of malware, studying the use of social networks during the Arab Spring, looking at how effective the media was during the Fukushima crisis in Japan, just for a few examples.
(Academics: every so often someone asks for "a copy of your database". That's not feasible for technical or business reasons. It's more productive to describe your work and how you think the data would help. We'll figure out what's possible.)
When we do create and share a dataset, the data we share is always stripped of any potentially identifying information. Still, we require researchers to sign an NDA. The NDA basically states:
- You will not share this data with anyone.
This is not ideal for the research community, but necessary, according to our lawyers. We simply ask anyone who wants a copy of the same dataset for academic pursuits to sign the same NDA.
- You may publish whatever you like.
Academic freedom FTW.
- We reserve the right to use anything that you invent while using our data.
This is actually not because we expect people to come up with anything commercially useful to us that we haven't already thought of, but to protect us should someone assert later that we used one of their ideas in a product.
And that's it! To summarize, how to share data, in order of preference:
- Your API
- A public dataset
- A not-public custom-built and legally protected dataset
Now, go out, share, and research.
Need Data? Start Here
Posted: January 17, 2013 | Author: Hilary Mason | Filed under: projects | Tags: data, dataset | 13 Comments »Data scientists need data, and good data is hard to find. I put together this bitly bundle of research quality data sets to collect as many useful data sets as possible in one place. The list includes such exciting and diverse things as spam, belly buttons, item pricing, social media, and face recognition, so you know there's something that will intrigue anyone.
Have one to add? Let me know!
(I've shared the bundle before, but this post can act as unofficial homepage for it.)
Bitly Social Data APIs
Posted: January 8, 2013 | Author: Hilary Mason | Filed under: blog | Tags: api, bitly, data, dataset | 1 Comment »We just released a bunch of social data analysis APIs over at bitly. I'm really excited about this, as it's offering developers the power to use social data in a way that hasn't been available before. There are three types of endpoints and each one is awesome for a different reason.
First, we share the analysis that we do at the link level. Every developer using data from the web has the same set of problems — what are the topics of those URLs? What are their keywords? Why should you rebuild this infrastructure when we've done it already? We've also added in a few bits of bitly magic — for example, you can use the /v3/link/location endpoint to see where in the world people are consuming that information from.
Second, we've opened up access to a realtime search engine. That's an actual search engine that returns results ranked by current attention and popularity. Links are only retained for 24 hours, so you know that anything you see is actively receiving attention. If you think of bitly as a stream of stories that people are paying attention to, this search API offers you the ability to filter the stream by criteria like domain, topic, or location ("food" links from Brooklyn is one of my favorites) and pull out the content, in realtime, that meets your criteria. You can test it out with a human-friendly interface at rt.ly.
Finally, we asked the question — what is the world paying attention to right now? We have a system that tracks the rate of clicks – a proxy for attention – on phrases contained within the URLs being clicked through bitly. Then we can look and see which phrases are currently receiving a disproportionate amount of attention. We call these "bursting phrases", and you can access them with the /v3/realtime/bursting_phrases endpoint. It's analogous to Twitter's trending topics, but based on attention (what people do), not shares (what they say), and across the entire social web.
I'm extremely excited to see what people build with these tools.
Hey Yahoo, You're Optimizing the Wrong Thing
Posted: September 18, 2012 | Author: Hilary Mason | Filed under: blog | Tags: data, design, product, yahoo | 26 Comments »I was visiting my grandparents yesterday, and my grandfather asked for help e-mailing an article to some of his friends. I asked him to show me how he normally writes an e-mail, and taught him the magic of copy and paste (it is amazing if you haven't seen it before) but I noticed that in the course of sending an e-mail and checking on his inbox, he clicked on this ad three times.
When I asked about it, he didn't realize he had clicked the ad — he just thought these screens popped up randomly — because he didn't realize that his hands were shaking on the trackpad.
I'm sure the data says that that's the optimal place on the screen for the ad. I'm sure tons of people 'click' on it. I'm also sure it's wrong, and it results in a terrible experience.
It's common sense, but experiences like this are great reminders that data only takes us so far, and creativity and clear thinking are always required to find the best solutions.
Yahoo, please fix this!
Web 2.0 Summit: The Secrets of our Data Subconscious
Posted: October 21, 2011 | Author: Hilary Mason | Filed under: Presentations | Tags: conference, data, web2summit | 1 Comment »I just got home from the Web 2.0 Summit, a three-day conference that was packed with announcements, interesting ideas, and good conversations.
My short talk, The Secrets of our Data Subconscious, touches on how the data we generate online interactions with the physical world spatially and through time, and on the relationships between the things we consume (in private) and the things we broadcast (in public).
Conference: Web2 Expo SF
Posted: June 24, 2010 | Author: hilary | Filed under: academics, blog, Presentations | Tags: bitly, conference, data, presentation, realtime, web2expo | 6 Comments »I gave a talk called A Data-driven Look at the Realtime Web Ecosystem at the Web2Expo SF conference in May in San Francisco. I attempted to highlight some of the interesting facets of the bit.ly data set, and it appeared to be well-received (showing up on TechCrunch, ZDNet, and a few other places).
I attended the full conference, and it was great. The attendees were extremely international and I met a ton of fascinating people.
I'm still getting a couple of e-mail requests per week for my slides and materials, so they're posted below for posterity.
The slides:
And the video:
As always, I welcome your questions or comments.


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quote:Generally, I tend to not believe the father's brother's nephew's sister's former roommate as a source.
quote:So were going to discount league sources and ESPN and get excited about a random poster? Lol ok
quote: Oden's been waiting for the Heat to raise their offer. Hence finally putting out there a deadline. He is not passing up $2 million dollars more just to play for the Heat. He hasn't been doing all of this ridiculous rehab to play for charity.


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Your Guesthouse in Lanzarote - La Asomada
January 2013 we started realizing our dream: in a nice quite typical village called La Asomada we bought a typical house Lanzarote-style, a house we converted into a place especially for you... una Casa Para Ti.
La Asomada is a quiet village, with the advantage of being a few minutes away from every interesting place. La Asomada is an ideal starting point for hiking and mountain biking. The path between the nearby mountains and Montaña Chupaderos leads to the famous wine region of La Geria. From the mountain tops, you have a wonderful view over the island. Lanzarote is known as the island of a hundred volcanoes (exactly 110).
The guesthouse Casa Para Ti is located in the upper part of La Asomada, which means you'll be more than 300 mtrs above the sea level, and you'll be able to enjoy splendid views of the Atlantic ocean and the neighbour islands.


text: There is an update on a Troubleshooters Report we first brought you last week on NewsChannel 3. Pamela Pickett recently put a thousand dollars cash down payment on a used car at Wilmington Nissan. Turns out, that salesman pocketed her money, and the dealership sold the car to someone else. Wilmington Nissan refused to give Pamela a refund, saying it was the salesman's fault, not theirs. Since our story aired, a local attorney, Chad Hogston, has agreed to take Pamela's case to court pro bono. They plan to sue Wilmington Nissan for the refund. We will let you know how it turns out.


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Home Health Aide in Tennessee - Becoming a Tennessee Home Health Aide
Home health aides, also called personal care aides, offer assistance to elderly, disabled (physically or mentally), infirm and recovering patients. They usually work in the homes of their patients, but there are positions in institutions, such as mental health residences and nursing homes. Technically, there are no requirements to become a home health aide in Tennessee. However, most individuals and agencies hiring home health aides will not even consider applicants who do not have at least a high school diploma (or its equivalent). Because there are no education requirements to take a job as a personal care aide, home health aide programs in Tennessee are limited, but they do exist.
Training in home health aide programs in Tennessee is geared toward helping students get national certification as home health aides. It is not necessary to be certified to be a home health aide in Tennessee, but it does make it easier to get the higher paying and more desirable jobs in the field, because it proves to potential employers that the applicant has an industry-standard set of skills and knowledge. National certification in this profession is offered by NAHC (National Association for Home Care and Hospice). To be certified, the applicant must have completed 75 hours of training in a personal care aide program, demonstrate knowledge through a written exam, and pass a skills assessment.
Working as a home health aide in Tennessee can be very rewarding. Many personal care aides develop strong, lasting relationships with their patients and their families, and they provide support, comfort, and much-needed help to those in need. The duties of a personal care aide can vary according to the needs of the client. They typically involve organization (schedule and planning), transportation (such as helping them get to the doctor's office or out to run errands), light housekeeping (laundry, vacuuming, dishes, etc.), assistance with personal hygiene and grooming, grocery shopping and meal preparation, and simply providing some companionship for patients who are usually fairly home bound.
Home health aide training programs in Tennessee are available through Donelson Home Health Care Institute; NATS, Inc.; Tennessee Health Careers; Career Academy, LLC; and online programs like Ashford University. The annual mean wage for a home health aide in Tennessee is $18,420, which is slightly lower than the national average of $20,560. The largest number of jobs available in this field in the state are in individual and family care (taking care of patients in their homes), but there are also opportunities through agencies and in residential facilities.
Quick Search
Tennessee State Board of Nursing
425 Fifth Avenue North
1st Floor - Cordell Hull Building
Nashville, TN 37247
Phone: (615) 532-5166
Fax: (615) 741-7899
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Ohhh - have miss this! Such a nice cute owl with a nice scarf! Is the scarf knitted by you Carina :)
Thank you so much Judi, Patricia and Catspaws!!! :D xoxo's - @Catspaws, in fact this is my long worked usual style lol, I'm just right now trying to find more grown up ways of designing :#D
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