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Poor Paris Jackson. She's surrounded by chaos and upheaval at every turn in her family and now she may be questioning whether her adored father really was a pedophile. No wonder she's deeply depressed, say experts.
Paris Jackson may have been left a fortune by her father, the King of Pop, Michael Jackson. But his $600 million estate has done nothing but bring personal heartbreak and emotional turmoil to the sensitive 15-year-old.
Paris Jackson's Alleged Suicide Attempt — So Sad
If Paris did indeed attempt suicide and has also allegedly been cutting herself, it's the most poignant cry for help that there could ever be.
Paris was devastated when her beloved father Michael died of an unintended overdose of anesthesia, when he was just 50.
He was the only parent she had ever known, since her biological mother Debbie Rowe, gave up all her parental rights to Paris and her older brother, Prince Michael, after they were born.
"Ever since I was born, Daddy has been the best father you could ever imagine," the then-11-year-old tearfully told the world at his funeral. "And I just want to say I love him so much."
Now HollywoodLife.com has learned exclusively that Paris has been terribly upset by the recent allegations made in legal documents filed by choreographer, Wade Robson, claiming that her dear father had sexually abused him for years when he was a child and teen.
Paris Is Confused About Who Her Father Was — Experts
It's "really thrown her in a tailspin," a source told HollywoodLife.
Of course it would! It would be upsetting enough if she was absolutely positive that the allegations were false, but what if Wade's claims are making her wonder about who her father really was, points out celebrity therapist Dr. Gilda Carle, the 30-second Therapist for Today.
"She adored her father; he was her role model. But if she is now facing doubts about her father's ethics and morals, it could also make her doubt everything about who she is and what her value is in the world," explains Dr. Gilda.
Plus, Paris has been in the middle of major Jackson family fighting over her father's estate.
Last year, on July 22, 2012, she sounded the alarm on Twitter that her grandmother and legal guardian Katherine Jackson, was missing and was allegedly kidnapped by several of her own children who were allegedly trying to have her sign over access to Michael's fortune.
Then her aunt Janet Jackson, allegedly slapped Paris, called her a brat and tried to take away her cell phone on July 23, 2o12.
Paris Feels Alone & Unloved
No wonder Paris, could become depressed enough to allegedly cut her arm with a meat cleaver, take a large amount of Motrin, leave a suicide note, and call a suicide hotline, according to TMZ.
She must have felt so alone and unloved, with so many family members seemingly far more concerned with her father's money, than with his daughter's well-being.
It's not surprising that she would have reconnected recently with her birth mother Debbie, possibly in a desperate search for some unconditional love.
"Seeing her closest family fighting over her money, would make her question her own value," explains Dr. Gilda. "Every child wants to know that they are loved and all the money in the world can't make up for that. Paris needs stability and love from a stable source who she can count on at all times."
Clearly, Paris wasn't getting that in the past few years since her father passed away.
Paris' Depressing Twitter Feed
In fact, she was very vocal on Twitter for months expressing depressed, dark thoughts.
If only someone in her family had been paying attention to her Twitter feed, they could have easily seen how troubled she was.
Poignantly her last tweet, which she may have tweeted as she was allegedly attempting suicide, was a verse from the infamous Beatles song: "Yesterday, all my troubles seemed so far away, now it looks as though they're here to stay."
She may have also been coping with a failed relationship. "Love is dumb and so are you," she tweeted May 29. "People suck," she tweeted the day before and that same day, May 28, she tellingly tweeted: "Don't kiss someone one day if you plan on seeing someone else the next day."
Paris Jackson's Role Models: Other Tortured Artists?
Her Twitter page wallpaper was probably not coincidentally Vincent Van Gogh's "Starry Night." Van Gogh was known for his struggles with depression — did Paris identify?
She certainly seemed to identify closely with Marilyn Manson, who infamously covered the M*A*S*H TV show theme song, "Suicide is Painless," and with suicide victim Kurt Cobain,another of her heroes.
Was she seeking comfort from her own dark feelings of depression, by identifying with other artists who also suffered from depression?
Hopefully now that Paris allegedly took such a drastic step to scream out to her family and the world that she desperately needs help — she will get it.
The Jackson Family Needs To Support Paris
Let's all hope that her grandmother, her biological mother and that at least some of her uncles and aunts can leave their money squabbling behind and shower Paris with the unconditional love and support that she needs. Plus, hopefully she will receive first rate professional and ongoing therapy with an excellent counselor who has had experience helping teenage girls.
Her family must not "get angry, lay blame, or panic," instructs Dr. Jeff Gardere, associate professor at Touro College in Osteopathic Medicine. "Be as supportive as possible!"
"She has to learn to love herself too; learn to give herself unconditional love," says Dr. Gilda. "Not everyone comes from a family that can give it, so she has to give it to herself."
That's right. Paris may sadly never be able to change the essential nature of the dysfunctional Jackson family, so even if she does get support and love from some family members — we're sure her two brothers treasure her — she will also have to learn that she is as lovable, precious and valuable, as her father believed.
Good luck, Paris. At HollywoodLife, we wish you all the very best and hope that you get all the help you need to return to healthy state of mind. Do you agree, HollywoodLifers? Let me know.
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the media needs to stop putting words in her mouth beacuse she never said that he was a pedo or not leave michael and her alone and stop getting into the dam jackson family buisness u ppl have really ruined michael life and all now paris pllez dont do this no wonder why michael always coverd there faces because when they were not with him they had a normal childhood the family should have still covered there faces but hey there grown now and and when u said do u think they should stop fighting over the estate so paris is not stressed yes whts also adding on to her stress is u writting bout her and manipulating th stories stop it
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i dont kno if she said or didnt say that or the media is just saying that but if she does feel unloved at this point i can understand because of all the jackson drama and fighting over michael's money which the media is telling us i just wanna say paris we moonwalkers will always bether for u noomatter what we will always love and support u thru thick and thin just like we did for michael we will do the same for u love u michael and love u paris i will always keep u in my prayers stay strong and be confident dont let the media;s comments about ur farther or the oublic or anyone affect u i nw it makes u mad it makes me mad too but just know u have alot of people that care for u which are michael's fans us


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The advertisement world got its start during the eighteenth century. It has gotten bigger with each passing century since then. Today advertising is done through posters, radio, TV, and on the internet. Vintage advertising signs are worth a lot of money granted they are in good shape. These items can be found in the form of newspapers, leaflets, Posters and the occasional coaster. There are numerous ways to possess them. Stores and trade fairs are the most popular ways of doing this. There are huge selections of them online too.
Doing your homework will help you to get the correct information that you will need to have in order to become a true collector. Check into different stores and people that supply these signs. If youre wanting to collect these signs in order to start a business, you will need to learn how to place value on them.
Once you have decided which signs you want to pursue, an online search would be a good idea. Scroll through the inventory of a lot of sellers to find If they have the items you are looking for. Most of these kinds of shops are expensive. If you want, you can place an order and have the sign you purchased sent to you.
Print fairs and flea markets both usually bring together a lot of people who stock these kinds of collections and are usually ready to sell them. Sometimes because so many people come out to sell their items, the price may be lower because of higher supply numbers. You may also want to make sure that you identify potential suppliers with the capacity to get more and maintain their contacts for later collections.
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Easily connect up to 4 USB 2.0 devices to your computer, such as an MP3 player, digital camera, or printers. This streamlined, sleek and compact design is the perfect solution for USB port expansion.
If you have a Raspberry Pi that you want to use on a WiFi network, you will need a powered hub to run the USB WiFi adapter. The Raspberry Pi doesn't supply enough power to the USB port to power the adapter. This small USB hub has enough power to power the WiFi adapter + the Raspberry Pi so you only need one power plug to power everything. This leaves you with two open ports. I have a small 2.5" external hard drive which I add to one port, and a Bluetooth USB adapter that I plug into the other. Everything seems to have enough power. Really a nice setup for the Raspberry Pi.
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Intellectual Property Student Organization (IPSO)
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I love going to the pumpkin patch.
We made our annual visit on Friday, one extra child in tow.
It was Harper's first visit.
Last year around this time we were wondering if we would ever get "the call" that we had been chosen, discouraged that we were a waiting family for a full year. Little did we know we would get that call a couple of weeks later.
Let me tell you, we were glad to have our daughter with us this year!
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Brother/sister same face.
The tradition of riding the tire horse.
Knox is a full belly-laugher, and I love it about him.
Little boy joy is fun to witness.
This boy, how I love him. He is growing up.
The difference from year to year is amazing.
The graceful dismount :)
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Knox saw Harper sitting there and ran over to hug her, repeating "Hey Babycakes, hey Babycakes!" over and over.
This is one loved little sister!
The boys were so brave until this horse came walking up to us, then the backpedal started! It took some convincing, but they regained their bravery.
This rooster hopped up on the fence and started calling.
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Derby Day at Three Sixty
Enjoy the fastest two minutes in sports from 400 feet up! On Saturday, May 4th, Three Sixty is teaming up with the Young Friends of St. Louis Children's Hospital for a Derby Day celebration to benefit St. Louis Children's Hospital. The party is from 4 to 6 pm with race time at 5:20 pm.
In addition to enjoying incredible hors d'oeuvres and mint juleps, you'll also have a chance to bet on your favorite horse for a chance to win incredible prizes like a night stay at the Hilton at the Ballpark, a night stay at The Cheshire or even Cardinals tickets! Derby Day Tickets are $35 in advance or $40 at the door and include two drinks from Anheuser-Bush and Four Roses bourbon, with a portion of the proceeds going to St. Louis Children's Hospital.


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Jefferies Releases European Government Debt Position Details
Nov. 4 (Bloomberg) -- Jefferies Group Inc., the investment bank that has battled investor concern this week that it will be negatively affected by Europe's debt crisis, released details of its positions in the region's sovereign bonds.
The New York-based firm released a document summarizing its exposure to the debt of Italy, Spain, Ireland, Portugal and Greece. It also published a list of sovereign and government-guaranteed bonds from the five indebted nations in which Jefferies International Ltd. holds a position greater than half a million euros.
Following the collapse of MF Global Holdings Ltd., Jefferies issued several statements this week seeking to assuage concern about its holdings of European debt. MF Global, previously run by former New Jersey governor and Goldman Sachs Group Inc. co-Chairman Jon Corzine, collapsed Oct. 31 after revealing a $6.3 billion bet on Italian, Spanish, Belgian, Portuguese and Irish debt.
"These are fragile times in the financial market, and we decided the only way to conclusively dispel rumors, misinformation and misplaced concerns is with unprecedented transparency about internal information that is rarely, if ever, publicly disclosed," Jefferies Chairman and Chief Executive Officer Richard Handler, 50, said in a separate statement.
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With continued use this lash enhancing formula promises to improve your lashes but unfortunately I can't bring myself to use it regularly to find out.


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Product Design program trains students to develop "torrent of ideas"
It's one thing to come up with a great idea for a groundbreaking new product. It's quite another to turn that idea into something that looks good, works well and that people want to buy.
A growing number of University of Oregon students learning how to do just that by studying Product Design, a program now starting its fifth year in the School of Architecture and Allied Arts.
Marcus Triest and Ryan Lynch graduated last spring from the program and now they're trying to launch a product they developed together for a class. Students were asked to design a product that addressed a global health problem, and Triest and Lynch chose water.
What they came up with is a product they call JUAbag (jua is Swahili for sun), which is designed to address the persistent problem of contaminated water in Sub-Saharan Africa, where 1.5 million children die each year for lack of clean water.
Women in the region walk for hours to get water, filling up water cans and lugging the water back home. Then they use the power of the sun to decontaminate the water, filling up two-liter pop bottles and leaving them out in the sun for two days.
The JUAag is a pouch with clear plastic on one side and black plastic on the other, a design that allows water to be decontaminated in just six hours. The bag can be fitted with a single shoulder strap or two backpack straps, so the sun can decontaminate the water while a woman walks back to her home. The bag could also be hung or laid on the ground while the water is decontaminated.
"This solves two problems: transport and decontamination," Lynch said.
Lynch and Triest are still refining the design, and are talking to several companies about manufacturing the bag. Materials to make a bag are estimated to cost $3 to $5, plus labor.
Lynch and Triest hope to develop other ideas as well.
"We're a torrent of ideas," Triest said.
"That's what we're trained in," Lynch said.
Associate Professor Kiersten Muenchinger, who founded and directs the UO's Product Design Program, said industrial and product design programs have seen "huge growth" over the past decade in the United States and around the world.
Oregon's program was designed to graduate about 20 students a year, but that number has more than doubled, to about 45, Muenchinger said. This year, about 200 students are enrolled in the program. Students can earn a bachelor's of science or arts in Eugene, and a bachelor's of fine arts at the UO's Portland campus.
The program is "a mix of aesthetics and analytics," Muenchinger said. Students are given a grounding in the use, invention and production of manufactured goods, and learn about the history and practice of interior architecture, design and visual arts disciplines. They study both material and theoretical aspects of product design, manufacturing and design research.
She said the JUAbag is an idea "that has legs."
"It's simple, it's direct, it makes sense," she said.
That said, she said, Lynch and Triest are "in the 99 percent perspiration part. It's just the start."


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Dull Airports of the World
Today we're off to PubCon to make ourselves more cleverer. It's the first time I've flown across the Atlantic so I was fairly excited about the prospect of spotting icebergs from way up high and seeing boats etc etc. However, it was complete cloud cover from the moment we took off till we were descending… Continue reading


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39th Union World Conference on Lung Health
16-20 October, Paris, 2008
The 39th Union World Conference on Lung Health of the International Union Against Tuberculosis and Lung Disease (The Union) was held at the Palais des Congrès in Paris, France, from 16 to 20 October 2008. The conference brought together 2600 delegates from 125 countries to discuss, debate and share the latest research results and best practices to better address and fight tuberculosis (TB), other respiratory diseases and tobacco use. This year's theme "Global threats to lung health: the importance of health system responses" was chosen to highlight the importance of exploring the challenges of building up and strengthening health systems to prevent global threats to lung health. Participants could also explore how to mitigate their impact on people's overall well-being, and evaluate their national and trans-border social and economic consequences. According to The Union, the conference was also an occasion for delegates to contribute to the organization's commitment to act globally for a more coordinated and effective response, regardless of where lung health professionals live or work.
Other issues addressed during the conference included the challenges and possible remedies for drug-resistant TB, especially in the presence of HIV and across high-burden countries, new diagnostic strategies to improve quality diagnosis for disadvantaged populations, smoke-free policies, national health systems response, innovations and sustainable financing for TB control and health systems, TB transmission control in health care facilities, advocacy and humans rights, social equity and ethical care and successful models of community and partner involvement in TB control. Several postgraduate courses were held and poster sessions were on view throughout the conference.
Delegates were welcomed by The Union's new President, S. Bertel Squire, who opened the inaugural session on 17 October and introduced special guest Mr. Louis-Charles Viossat, the French Ministry of Foreign Affairs Ambassador, who spoke about France's long-standing commitment to solving the problems of TB, AIDS and other diseases by giving both scientific and financial support towards control and eradication efforts.
Although curable, TB still kills 1.6 million people per year. Left untreated, a person can infect an average of 10 to 15 people each year. Tests available in the developing world for diagnosing poverty-related diseases like TB are largely either out-dated or ineffective. In industrialized countries, the medical technology is often too expensive or not adaptable for use in most resource-poor settings. Some health infrastructures in high-burden countries also lack proper equipment. As a result, less than a quarter of new TB cases worldwide are detected and reported annually due to the inefficiency of the more than 100 year old and most commonly used TB diagnostic test in developing countries, sputum microscopy. Strengthening health systems and introducing more accurate and faster methods of diagnosis would have a tremendously positive impact on disease control and improved healthcare.
Conference highlights and FIND related-events:
- The TB and Poverty Subgroup meeting during which Dr. Delia Boccia, TB & Poverty Policy Research Officer, delivered a presentation titled "The association between TB and poverty in Zambia: the role of food availability".
- The Global Laboratory Initiative (GLI) Meeting during which FIND CEO, Dr. Giorgio Roscigno made a presentation on "The changing landscape of TB diagnostics and the implications for laboratory strengthening" (presentation).
- A one-day Stop TB Partnership symposium on "TB control: working with the whole health system"
- The New Diagnostics Core Group and Sub-group Chairs
- Carl Zeiss and FIND's announcement of the availability of the new iLed fluorescence microscope for the better detection of TB at an affordable price for the 22 high-burden countries identified by the World Health Organization (WHO) (Press release)
- The annual STOP TB Working Group meeting on New TB Diagnostics co-chaired by Dr. Giorgio Roscigno and Andrew Ramsay (WHO/TDR). (Agenda and FIND presentations)
- A FIND Scientific Forum on Recent Advances in TB Diagnostics to also mark the foundation's 5th anniversary with several presentations by FIND staff members and partners who provided an overview of progress made on TB diagnostics. (Agenda and presentations)
- A symposium on "New Diagnostics strategies: impact on clinical management" chaired by FIND Head of Product Evaluation and Demonstration, Dr. O'Brien and coordinated by FIND Head of TB Laboratory Support, Dr. C.N. Paramasivan. This session addressed the following two themes: "How close are we in differentiating infected from diseased in TB" and "TB diagnostic technologies towards closing the gaps." (Agenda)
- A special guest lecture titled "Lung Health: can health systems affect equity?" by Dr. Jacob Kumaresan, Director of the WHO Centre for Health Development in Kobe, Japan
- Three plenary sessions on:
Health Systems and Human Resources: Contribution of the Global Fund to Fight AIDS, TB and Malaria;
Response of Health Systems to MDR/XDR-TB;
Mexico's Switch Towards a Successful Tobacco Control Policy
- A symposium on "Progress in the diagnosis and treatment of tuberculosis" chaired by Dr. C.N. Paramasivan. FIND Senior Medical Officer, Dr. Catharina Boehme gave a presentation on the "First evaluation of Xpert MTB prototype assay for rapid detection of pulmonary TB and MDR-TB in Peru and Latvia.
- A symposium on "Laboratory scale-up for enhanced TB diagnosis", chaired by Dr. C.N. Paramasivan, who also gave a presentation titled "Experience from the field: what works well and what does not so well" (Presentation)
- "Reality check! Ensuring the pertinence of TB diagnostic tools for the peripheral level", a symposium organized by Médecins Sans Frontières. FIND Chief Scientific Officer, Dr. Mark Perkins, was available to answer questions concerning FIND's activities and TB diagnostic pipeline.
- A FIND sponsored meeting on MTBDRplus assay
- A "Meet the experts" session hosted by Dr. Mark Perkins on the "Development of Diagnostics" during which he described how FIND develops and selects new tests, evaluates them and proves their utility. Participants also had an opportunity to introduce themselves and ask questions about specific technologies emerging from FIND's development pipeline. (Presentation)
Poster sessions by FIND Staff:
- "TB and poverty", Dr. Delia Boccia, TB & Poverty Policy Research Officer
- "Evaluation of a new commercially-manufactured LED fluorescence microscope Primo Star iLED for detection of TB", Dr. Pamela Nabeta, Associate Medical Officer
- The "Economic evaluation of MTBDRplus Assay for rapid detection of MDR-TB in high burden resource-poor settings", Hojoon Sohn, FIND Consultant and Health Economist
- FIND demonstration project for Hain assay in South Africa (presentation by Martie van der Walt, MRC South Africa), Dr. Heidi Albert, Senior Scientist, Head of Laboratory Research
Media and advocacy events included:
A training workshop on TB for journalists was organized by the STOP TB Partnership during which the role of the media in fighting TB was discussed. Participants also had the opportunity to learn more about the disease, recent development in global TB control, political will, the global burden of TB and MDR-TB from New Jersey Medical School experts. Representatives of the Global TB Vaccine Foundation (Aeras) – who briefly described the mission and role of their organization but also of FIND and The TB Alliance – and FIND were available to answer questions.
A FIND-Zeiss media briefing to announce the availability of the fluorescence LED based technology new microscope at a negotiated price for the 22 high burden countries as identified by WHO. Press release
A "Talk to the Advocate" session organized by TB Alert, 18 October 2008. Co-ordinated by TB Alert on behalf of the Stop TB Partnership's Advocacy, Communication and Social Mobilization (ACSM) Working Group, the Advocates' Corner welcomed advocates and researchers. Various sessions were organized to enable participants to meet, network, share ideas and best practices, but also to promote their organizations and/or projects and share related documentation. Dr. Yamuna Mundade, FIND Medical Officer (FIND India) and Jewel Thomas, FIND TB Communications Officer participated in a session on R&D of new tools with representatives of other PDPs.
Visitors to the booth were able to meet FIND staff and view materials describing the Foundation's projects and progress over the last five years. A recently published 5 year anniversary report on FIND could be ordered at the booth. For more information, and to order a free copy of "Delivering on the promise 2003-2008".
The Union Scientific Prize was awarded to Dr. Rony Zachariah (Belgium) who is general coordinator for operational research and documentation at the Brussels headquarters of Médecins sans Frontières. The Scientific Prize of US$ 2,000 is awarded to a researcher under 45 years of age for work on tuberculosis or non-tuberculous lung disease during the past two years.
The Karel Styblo Award for Public Health was awarded to Chief Austin Arinze Obiefuna (Ghana). This award is given to a health worker (physician or lay person) for contributions to tuberculosis or non-tuberculous lung disease.
Next Union Conference
The 40th Union World Conference on Lung Health will be hosted in Latin America, in Cancùn, Mexico, from 3-7 December 2009.
For more information: http://www.worldlunghealth.org/Conf2009/website/


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Tortelloni with Morels and Chanterelles
- Servings: 6
Source: Martha Stewart Living, April 2000
- 1/4 cup extra-virgin olive oil
- 8 tablespoons (1 stick) unsalted butter
- 1/2 cup finely chopped shallots
- 1 pound morel mushrooms, washed
- 1 pound chanterelle mushrooms, cut lengthwise
- 1/4 cup Madeira wine
- 2 cups Homemade Chicken Stock, or low-sodium canned
- 2 teaspoons coarse salt, plus more for pasta water
- 1/2 teaspoon freshly ground pepper
- 1 tablespoon chopped fresh tarragon, plus more for garnish
- 1/2 cup heavy cream
- Cheese Tortelloni
- 3 ounces freshly grated Parmesan cheese
In a medium skillet, heat oil and 4 tablespoons butter over medium heat. Add shallots, and saute until translucent, about 4 minutes.
Add morels and chanterelles, and saute until liquid is released and evaporated and they are tender, 10 to 12 minutes. Add Madeira; scrape up any bits on bottom with a wooden spoon. Add stock, salt, and pepper; simmer until reduced by one fourth, about 5 minutes.
Stir in tarragon and cream; simmer until slightly thickened. Reduce heat to low. Add remaining 4 tablespoons butter; stir. Meanwhile, bring a large pot of water to a boil; add salt. Add tortelloni in batches of 12; cook until al dente, about 5 minutes, and remove with a slotted spoon. Divide tortelloni among bowls; spoon sauce over them. Garnish with Parmesan and tarragon; serve.
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ssteve2 3 May, 2014
This is a fantastic company entree! I made the following changes and am making it again next week. I used beef broth, thyme instead of tarragon, half the butter amount, oyster instead of chanterelle mushrooms. I garnished with a little bacon and a fried morel and a little asiago cheese. Very easy and savory.


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Australian Securities Exchange launches fixed income index series
On 13 October 2011, the Australian Securities Exchange and S&P Indices launched a comprehensive package of benchmarking tools for fixed interest investments in Australia, the S&P/ASX Australian Fixed Income Index Series. This series will complement Australia's official S&P/ASX Equity Index Series, providing a complete offering across the key asset classes of cash, fixed income and equities. The S&P/ASX Australian Fixed Income Index Series is a broad benchmark suite of seven indices designed to measure the performance of the Australian short-term money market and the Australian bond market which meet the index eligibility criteria.
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Nairobi Securities Exchange to launch new index series
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Shenzhen Stock Exchange launches equally weighted indexes
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TMX Group launches new index
TMX Group, in cooperation with S&P, has launched an equal weight version of the S&P/TSX Composite index providing Canadian investors with a new and innovative approach to tracking the performance of the principal broad-based index for the Canadian market. The S&P/TSX Composite Equal Weight Index is the headline index in the S&P/TSX Equal Weight index family.
Tokyo Stock Exchange to launch TOPIX Leveraged and TOPIX Inverse indices
In response to various needs for stock price indices, Tokyo Stock Exchange will begin calculating and publishing three new indices as of next January. The TOPIX Leveraged Index, which moves at twice the fluctuation of the TOPIX index, the TOPIX Inverse Index, which moves in the opposite direction of fluctuations in the TOPIX index, and the TOPIX Double Inverse Index, which moves at twice the fluctuation in the opposite direction of the TOPIX index.
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Posted By Enrique Manalang On September 3, 2013 @ 7:32 AM In General Tech | 3 Comments
If you happen to be in London and find yourself in the vicinity of 20 Fenchurch Street, or the "Walkie Talkie" building, you might want to be careful about where you park.
The reflected rays from the skyscraper apparently has the power to melt cars. Previously, a van parked in the same street was damaged but this time, an unlucky fellow's Jaguar XJ suffered from warped panels that were beyond repair. Here's a Jaguar XJ (not the screwed up Jaguar, just a Jaguar), a luxury sedan that starts at more than $70,000:
Canary Wharf and Land Securities, the developers of the building, said that they will pay for the damages to the car. Here's what they had to say about the strange problem in a statement:
"The phenomenon is caused by the current elevation of the sun in the sky. It currently lasts for approximately 2 hours per day, with initial modeling suggesting that it will be present for approximately 2-3 weeks."
Now, the developers are working with local business and authorities on suspending dangerous parking spots, as well as long-term solutions to prevent the car-melting incident from happening again in the future.
And this has given me the opportunity to say: pew, pew, pew. I've always wanted to say that.
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Pecan-Crusted Catfish
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It takes only three ingredients to create this crunchy fish dish; using mustard as a binder instead of egg, cover catfish fillets in chopped pecans and bake until the nuts are lightly toasted.
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Calories | 425 |
Total Fat | 31g |
Saturated Fat | 4g |
Cholesterol | 100mg |
Sodium | 188mg |
Total Carbohydrate | 7g |
Dietary Fiber | 3g |
Sugars | n/a |
Protein | 32g |
Calcium | -- |
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Total Time: 21 min
Prep Time: 7 min
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I met Rahi Harouna when she was making an important life decision – and getting moral support from what many may regard as a surprising source.
Rahi, a 38-year-old mother of five children, was at a health centre run by the aid agency Concern and funded by the European Commission in the village of Bambey, Niger. She was there with a group of women, who – like her – were taking part in a programme to help rural women have more time between pregnancies. Seeing the group was a surprise since not long ago talks about family planning were taboo in Niger. Even more surprising was the presence of the imam. He tells us the Koran teaches that space must be given to mothers between the birth of each child. Here in Bambey the local religious leaders are signed up to family planing and their support is vital to bring down the very high population growth rate – at 3.3 per cent, it means the population doubles every twenty years. Since independence in 1960 the size of Niger's population has grown from less than two million to 15 million today and this in a country on the top of the global poverty index, with harsh climate and fragile lands.
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Temperature-independent torsion sensor based on "figure-of-eight" fiber loop mirror
- Ricardo M. Silva,
- António B. Lobo Ribeiro,
- Orlando Frazão
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An interrogation sensor system combining the "figure-of-eight" fiber loop mirror using a single directional 3×3 fiber optic coupler was proposed. One fiber loop mirror was formed by inserting a length of high birefringent optical fiber at the input ports of the 3×3 coupler. Splicing the output ports of the 3×3 coupler between them created the other fiber loop mirror. The introduction of this second loop gave rise to two polarization states of light with the same frequency but different optical phase. The mechanical torsion sensing head was located at the second loop and was exhibited an average modulus torsion sensitivity of 7.9×10−4 degree/dB. The performance of the sensor was not affected by environmental temperature variations.
This article is published with open access at Springerlink.com
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- Temperature-independent torsion sensor based on "figure-of-eight" fiber loop mirror
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- Available under Open Access This content is freely available online to anyone, anywhere at any time.
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- 2013-03-01
- 10.1007/s13320-012-0082-3
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- 1674-9251
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- 3. Departamento de Física da Faculdade de Ciências da Universidade do Porto, Rua do Campo Alegre 687, 4169-007, Porto, Portugal
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A chain bar and restaurant with three other locations in Colorado, the Boot is kicking from 3 to 5 pm, when for just $6 patrons can get some pretty decent grub (quesadillas, fish tacos) along with a draft beer. Like the Coyote Café, it's got an over-the-top margarita (the 46-ounce Platinum for $200). But mostly it's an island of good value—where mostly regular Joes tip back cans of PBR and shots of tequila—in a sea of Veuve Clicquot and caviar. Though the blond wood and bright lights don't scream Alpine coziness, the tin ceiling and cowboy posters are nice touches, and there are 16 beers on tap.—Sarah Tuff
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Sometimes great things come in small packages. Yes this lipstick is significantly smaller than the average tube. But what a lipstick! The color is a very neutral red that would look great on most skin tones. It wears better than most of my MAC lipsticks and does not dry out my lips. It has very good pigmentation and a wonderfully smooth texture...not to matte, not too slick. I can wear it without lipliner, which at my age is exceptional. The packaging is lovely and the vintage look is so pretty. It even comes in a cute red velvet bag to store it in so it does not get scatched up.
All around a very nice lipstick:)
I personally love all of Besame's lipsticks. Red Velvet is such a beautiful colour. Not too bright, with beautiful rich blue undertones. The lipsticks feel amazing on, and last.
Red Velvet is a holy grail red for me! I looked for a suitable red for day for quite a while before I finally tried this. I'm so impressed with Besame's formula -- a lovely vanilla scent, a creamy but highly pigmented lipstick that glides on easily, good staying power after eating, drinking, etc. Red Velvet has such a nice brownish undertone to it that makes it work for day, and it works for redheads, too!
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I only got this as a sample, which didn't last as long as I had hoped, but I was impressed with the quality of the lipstick. A good creamy/waxy consistency but reasonably long lasting, doesn't dry the lips.
A true red, perhaps a little too cool for me - a redhead with very fair skin. I prefer a more scarlet red, with a little warmth in it. I wouldn't buy this shade again, but I would buy another Besame lipstick if I found a shade I liked.
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This is my ultimate red lipstick for my colouring. Whenever I wear this I get positive comments, and it always adds a little spring to my step.
Being a lover of vintage items, I find the packaging adorable and very pleasant to use. I appy this with a lipbrush so I can build up the colour depending on the occasion or my mood. A great day-to-night colour as well. Build it up for a more dramatic matte look for night or put a little clear gloss over it for the day. I've found it has good staying power after food and drink and required minimal touch ups.
I hope Besame continue to make this product as I do know there are a lot of loyal 'red velvet' followers out there. Please try this colour if you've previously been scared of reds, I've seen it on many different skin tones with great results!
I loved the lipstick in terms of color payoff and moisture--and the packaging is very cute too although the lipstick does slide out of the velvet casing. However this lipstick looks more fuchsia than red on me--I've tried it with different outfits, different color combinations, and I find it very, very limiting to use. My skintone is beige-olive and lips have very little natural color.
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This is in my top 5 red lipsticks, and I'm a collector. A deep, rosy, slightly cool red. On me (NW20), it is quite dramatic, although not screamingly bright--definitely a color to be saved for evening events. The finish is close to matte, but not too drying. The tube is small, but the lipstick is so pigmented that a little will go a very long way. I agree with the reviewer below who said that this is a lot like Nars Transsiberian--Red Velvet strikes me as slightly brighter and richer, but maybe that's just because the finish isn't as matte.
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I agree that this is more of a rosy red than a true red. It actually reminds me of Nars Trans-Siberian (officially described as a "ruby rose") which is getting harder and harder to find. The texture is a nice, satiny semi-matte that looks great on my NC20 complexion. It wears nice and evenly, and the cute retro "bullet" packaging is simply irresistible and fits nicely into the dainty vintage evening purses I'm so fond of collecting. My only complaint is that the lipstick doesn't retract all the way into the tube, so it's easy to nick it with the cap and lose a chunk of it if you're not careful.
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