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Package Quality: 3.3
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Cyclomethicone, Dimethicone, Argania Spinosa Kernel Oil (Argan Oil), Parfum (Fragrance), Linseed (Linum Usitatissimum) Extract, Butylphenyl Methylpropional, Benzyl Benzoate, Alpha-Isomethyl Ionone, CI 26100 (Red 17), CI 47000 (Yellow 11).Age: 25-29
Skin: Acne-prone, Medium, Neutral
Hair: Black, Wavy, Coarse
Eyes: Black
I have thick, coarse, Asian hair and found that this product made my hair heavy and oily. I found that I had to wash it a lot sooner than usual and I needed to wash my hair after 1-2 days.
It is quite expensive and when I had a chat to another hairdresser, she was saying that it's quite common for that to happen and suggested using it as part of your conditioner.
I first used it as an after shower hair moisturiser and my hair didn't like it. Then I have been using it as part of my hair cleansing routine (I use Wen).
It smells nice enough. The version I have has a lot of silicone based products in it and so that's why it gets heavy and oily. I definitely do not recommend using it every day.
I think next time I would try to find a 100% organic argan oil, even though the price is exey!
Age: 19-24
Skin: Combination, Olive, Not Sure
Hair: Brunette, Other, Other
Eyes: Brown
this is the only hair product i have ever owned that has made my hair frizzy. i have long straight lighted asian hair.. nothingg makes my hair frizzy. the price is terrible for the packaging and the product.
i went and got marrakesh oil which is hemp oil and argan oil for like 4 dollars more with i think a little bit more product and its amazinggg. greatest thing i have ever used. and IT HAS A PUMP.
that is all :] lol
Age: 25-29
Skin: Acne-prone, Fair-Medium, Cool
Hair: Brunette, Curly, Coarse
Eyes: Brown
After reading many reviews of this, my new stylist recommended it for my dry, thick, coarse, naturally curly hair. I love it! I use a lot (about the size of a silver dollar), but it really calms frizz and gives my hair definition and control. Using the littlest bit midday restores shine, bounce and control. The texture is very light and even though it's oil it doesn't feel greasy in my hair and it really calms frizz (even in the humid South). The scent is nice too, the same as a bottle of natural vanilla extract (not the synthetic vanilla scent). I apply Pantene Beautiful Lengths Smoothing Balm (when I have time) and Davines Momo Love Moisturizing Curl Enhancing Serum afterwards and my curls are gorgeous all day long! They are defined and soft. This is exactly what I've always been searching for in hair care products! I am addicted to this oil. I will never go without it! The only downside is the packaging: the glass bottle is very impractical.
Age: 36-43
Skin: Combination, Other, Not Sure
Hair: Blond, Other, Other
Eyes: Hazel
I have been using moroccan oil for a couple of years . I use about a dime size in my damp hair. I not only color my hair ,but straighten my hair, or curl it.I rarely use a blow dryer. My hair is very healthy without dry ends , I feel this product is a huge contributor to how healthy it is , I will continue to use this!
Age: 44-55
Skin: Sensitive, Fair, Not Sure
Hair: Blond, Other, Other
Eyes: Blue
After reading a few other reviews on this page, I would advise those with fine hair to buy the Moroccan Oil Lite formula. I had been using the regular formula for the past couple of years (a hair guru/stylist suggested it and I've seen it recommended in every magazine out there) and it was a little bit heavy to me. I have thick hair that's sort of fine and tends to be wavy. This product does make a huge difference, but it's not going to keep your hair from getting a little wavy in high humidity.
I wash, blow dry, and sometimes flat-iron my high-lighted hair every day. This keeps it from showing damage and keeps it soft and pretty while making it easier to style.
Age: 18 & Under
Skin: Acne-prone, Fair, Cool
Hair: Blond, Straight, Medium
Eyes: Blue
Okay, I'm sorry to burst all the lover's of this product's bubble, but it did not seem to work so great for me. I barely used a pea size amount, just to try it out, and the areas where I put it - AKA most of my hair - were very greasy to the touch and seemed almost like gel was in my hair. I have straight, and very very thick hair, so I don't know if that's a problem or whatever. It did, however, make my hair LOOK smoother, but it definitely still felt greasy when I barely used any. The smell reminds me of incense, but fades quickly so as not to be a bother. I know that I can achieve the same shine and shimmer with other products - I have before. I was just excited to try this as there was plenty of hype about it. I feel as though it could be better - sorry to be the only one to not be a fan.
Age: 36-43
Skin: Normal, Fair-Medium, Not Sure
Hair: Other, Other, Other
Eyes: Blue
I Love Morrocan Oil, + shampoo and Conditioner. I have coloured medium texture hair. Have just gone away from full head blonde, so very damaged hair. This product is like magic. You apply to towel dried hair and blowave it in, which is fanstastic. Sometimes i put a very small amount in to dry hair(between blowaves). Because it is a dry oil you can use on all hair textures. It won't feel oily just soft and silky. If it feels too soft you can also use another product for volume and texture before you dry your hair. LOVE IT. Will buy again and again!!!
Age: 18 & Under
Skin: Sensitive, Fair-Medium, Not Sure
Hair: Blond, Other, Other
Eyes: Blue
I love Moroccan Oil!
Age: 19-24
Skin: Oily, Olive, Cool
Hair: Black, Wavy, Medium
Eyes: Black
This product is amazing. I have long, thick, wavy hair that is colored and gets daily heat damage from blow drying and straightening. I put about a quarter size drop into my palms, rub them together than through my towel dried hair, staying on the bottom half and focusing on my ends. Then I style as usual. My hair has never been softer and I've noticed fewer fly-aways and frizz (this doesn't get rid of them completely, but def. makes a HUGE difference).
The price is a little steep and I took off a lippie for that and the packaging, which isn't great. You have to pour the product out of the bottle which means you may get more than you need and the bottle is glass, so not easy to travel with and you better not drop it.
I'd also like to point out that sense this really softens my hair, using cheaper shampoos and conditioners seems to be ok. But I've only been using this 2 weeks, so we'll see in the longer term if that combo still works ok.
I would recommend this product to people with thicker, dry hair. People with fine hair will probably find this product too thick and may leave their hair greasy.
Age: 19-24
Skin: Combination, Fair, Not Sure
Hair: Brown, Other, Other
Eyes: Brown
This is an amazing product. It is worth every penny!! I process my hair in every way possible. I get it colored and/or highlighted every 3-4 months. I blow dry my hair, straighten it, and/or curl it each day. With this product, my hair looks so much shinier, feels so much smoother, appears so much sleeker, and makes it healthier. It looks good and works great for the health of my hair. Even on an off day, when I don't style my hair, if I jump out of the shower and towel-dry my hair, this product keeps it from becoming frizzy while air-drying. In fact, it still feels silky and look shiny. I also have the styling cream and I love it. As soon as I finish my shampoo and conditioner, I'm planning to buy the Moroccan shampoo and conditioner as well!
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Creator: | Baldowski, Clifford H., 1917- |
Title: | --Goin to fight one or start one? / Baldy, [ca. 1968]. |
Date: | 1968 |
Description: | The Clifford Baldowski cartoon depicts a Memphis fireman racing to a fire. A little boy looks on and asks if he is going to put it out or start another one. |
Types: | Editorial cartoons | Visual works |
Subjects: | Riots--Tennessee--Memphis | Civil rights demonstrations--Tennessee--Memphis | Memphis (Tenn.) | Shelby County (Tenn.) |
Collection: | Baldy Editorial Cartoons, 1946-1982, 1997: Clifford H. Baldowski Editorial Cartoons at the Richard B. Russell Library. |
Institution: | Digital Library of Georgia |
Contributors: | Clifford H. Baldowski Editorial Cartoon Collection (Digital Library of Georgia) | Digital Library of Georgia | Richard B. Russell Library for Political Research and Studies |
Online Publisher: | [Athens, Ga. : Digital Library of Georgia] | 2001 |
Original Material: | 1 item ; 35 x 47 cm. paper pen and ink. [Atlanta, Ga. : Atlanta Constitution, ca. 1968] |
Rights and Usage: | The Baldowski cartoons created for The Atlanta Journal-Constitution are licensed to the Richard B. Russell Library for Political Research and University of Georgia Libraries by The Atlanta Journal-Constitution. Contact repository re: reproduction and usage. Cite as: [Title of the cartoon], [Date of cartoon], editorial cartoon by Clifford H. Baldowski, Clifford H. Baldowski Editorial Cartoon Collection, Richard B. Russell Library for Political Research and Studies, University of Georgia Libraries, Athens, presented in the Digital Library of Georgia. |
Related Materials: | Forms part of the Clifford H. Baldowski Editorial Cartoon Collection. |
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Time to Get Pregnant? When You're Most Likely to Conceive
Thursday, October 3rd, 2013
Apparently, November is one big love fest. At least that's what research from the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention seems to point to, because more women conceive in November than in any other month. (Confession: I feed into that statistic. My son was conceived in early November, due in early August, but came a week early and ended up a July 28 baby).
While there's no clear data on why everyone's knocking boots in November, I have some theories of my own. First off, it's cold out, and who wants to go outside in the cold and snow, when you can stay inside with your honey and keep yourselves warm (and busy!)? And if you do make your way out of the house to build that cute snowman or make snow angels, when you get back in, you're going to want to dive right into bed and find some way to warm each other up.
And while November is the kick-off of the holiday season, it's before the full-on December rush and stress hits you (don't forget, people, stress hormones reduce your chances of getting pregnant!), so you're still in good, happy spirits and open to both long, passionate romps or just a quickie. You're also traveling a lot and so the many chances of forgetting to pack your birth control could be another reason for all of those babies.
Thanksgiving makes you feel all lovey-dovey and grateful for each and every amazing person in your life—and that of course includes the person you're sleeping with! So to show your appreciation for each other, you—what else?—have sex. A lot.
In November, you also have your high school and college homecomings to attend, and nothing gets you more in the mood than reminiscing about the good ol' wild days, right? Oh, and the tailgate parties! Let's put it this way: for many women, booze = loss of inhibitions, which means all of those sexual fantasies you've had are about to come true (making tons of boyfriends and husbands very happy campers).
So now that you know November is the best time to conceive, you have exactly 29 days to plan every last sexscapade for the month. Here's to getting lucky, ladies!
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Eric Forth
The Right Honourable Eric Forth |
Shadow Leader of the House of Commons | |
In office 18 September 2001 – 11 November 2003 |
Leader | Iain Duncan Smith |
Preceded by | Angela Browning |
Succeeded by | Oliver Heald |
Member of Parliament for Bromley and Chislehurst |
In office 1 May 1997 – 17 May 2006 |
Preceded by | Constituency Created |
Succeeded by | Bob Neill |
Member of Parliament for Mid Worcestershire |
In office 9 June 1983 – 1 May 1997 |
Preceded by | Constituency Created |
Succeeded by | Peter Luff |
Personal details | |
Born | Glasgow, Lanarkshire, Scotland |
9 September 1944
Died | 17 May 2006 Charing Cross, London, England |
(aged 61)
Nationality | British |
Political party | Conservative |
Spouse(s) | Carroll Forth |
Education | University of Glasgow |
Eric Forth (9 September 1944 – 17 May 2006) was a British politician. He was the Conservative Member of the European Parliament (MEP) for Birmingham North, then Member of Parliament (MP) for Mid Worcestershire and finally Bromley and Chislehurst at his death. He served as a junior minister in the governments of Margaret Thatcher and John Major between 1988 and 1997. In his obituaries, he was described as "colourful", "flamboyant", "provocative" and a "right-wing libertarian". He was noted for his colourful ties and waistcoats, sideburns, and jewellery.[citation needed]
Early and private life[edit]
Forth was born in Glasgow. His father was a harbourmaster. He was educated at the Jordanhill College School and the University of Glasgow, where he was awarded a master's degree in politics and economics. Before entering politics, he worked in junior managerial roles at Xerox, Rank and Ford Motor Company before becoming a management consultant with Deloitte and Dexion.[citation needed]
He was married to Linda St. Clair on 11 March 1967 and they had two daughters before their divorce in 1994; he remarried in 1994, to Carroll Goff, gaining a stepson. Forth died in Charing Cross Hospital from cancer on 17 May 2006, aged 61.
Political career[edit]
After standing as a communist at a mock school-election and flirting with distributism at university, Forth developed both conservative and libertarian leanings. Forth was elected as a councillor for the Pilgrims Hatch ward on the Brentwood Urban District Council from 1968-72. He contested the safe Labour seat of Barking at both the February and October 1974 general elections, where on both occasions he was defeated by Labour's Jo Richardson. He was the secretary of Llandeilo Conservative Association from 1975–77, and chairman of the Ross-on-Wye Conservative Political Committee from 1978-79.
He was elected to the European Parliament as the member for Birmingham North in 1979. He remained in Brussels and Strasbourg until 1984, where he founded and chaired the backbench committee of the European Democratic Group. Originally in favour of membership of the European Economic Community, he would eventually become a Eurosceptic.[citation needed]
He was elected to the House of Commons at the 1983 general election with a majority of 14,205 votes for the new seat of Mid-Worcestershire. His political views were apparent from his maiden speech, in which he attacked the Sex Equality Bill, and he was an early member of the No Turning Back group. Following boundary changes to his constituency, he was not selected to fight the new seat with the same name, losing out to the sitting MP for Worcester, Peter Luff. Forth found a safe seat in the Outer London suburbs for Bromley and Chislehurst in the heart of the large London Borough of Bromley. He was elected to represent the seat in 1997, 2001 and 2005.
In Parliament, he served on the Employment select committee in 1986 until later in the year when he was appointed as the Parliamentary Private Secretary to Angela Rumbold at the Department for Education and Science.[citation needed]
He entered the government of Margaret Thatcher when she appointed him as the Parliamentary Under Secretary of State at the Department of Trade and Industry in 1988, as minister for consumer affairs. He was moved by John Major in 1990 to the same position at the Department for Employment and then the Department of Education following the 1992 general election, taking responsibility for schools. He was promoted to become Minister of State for higher education at the Department for Education and Employment in 1995 and became a member of the Privy Council in 1996, shortly before leaving office in 1997.[citation needed]
The awkward squad[edit]
Forth had hoped to support Michael Portillo for the leadership of the Conservative Party, to follow Major, but Portillo famously lost his seat in the 1997 general election. Forth was then Peter Lilley's campaign manager until the latter withdrew, then supported John Redwood, and finally backed eventual winner William Hague. Forth refused the offer of a place in the Conservative shadow ministerial team and instead became a leading backbench irritant to the Labour government, engaging in "a Parliamentary form of guerrilla warfare".[1] Initially acting as a loner and concentrating on private members bills to which he objected, Forth soon gathered a small group around him known as "the awkward squad".
In 1997, with senior Conservative MPs David Maclean and Patrick McLoughlin, he established the Policy Research Unit, a subscription briefing service available to any MP as a means of countering the briefings that government ministers receive from the civil service.[2]
Disliking e-mail, he would send brief written notes to like-minded MPs to say "I am given to understand that the Powers That Be think that Wednesday's business will go through easily", and his group would ensure that Wednesday's business did not go through easily.[3] Forth's speciality was the filibuster: as Labour MPs found themselves often required to remain in Parliament past midnight, they called him "Bloody Eric Forth" (a reaction Forth welcomed). Iain Duncan Smith appointed Forth Shadow Leader of the House of Commons in 2001. Forth backed David Davis to replace Duncan Smith in 2003: Davis refused to stand, and Forth was dismissed from his front-bench position by Michael Howard. He served on many Parliamentary committees and his last role was chairing the statutory instruments committee. He was a member of the speaker's Panel of Chairmen.
Forth was in favour of capital punishment, but opposed corporal punishment in schools. After William Hague announced his support for an "election compact" promoted by the Commission for Racial Equality in 2001, Forth was quoted as saying at a private dinner: "All this sucking up to minorities is ridiculous; there are millions of people in this country who are white, Anglo-Saxon and bigoted and they need to be represented."[4] He opposed the BBC's spending money on a Nelson Mandela concert in 1988, saying "those who want the arts and who support them should pay for them themselves".[5] He also opposed the government spending on AIDS treatment, saying that the disease was "largely self-inflicted".[4] He was a fan of Elvis Presley and treasurer of the all-party Music Appreciation Group, and a couple of Presley's songs were played at Forth's memorial service in October 2006.
- Regional Policy: A Fringe Benefit? by Eric Forth, 1983, Conservative Central Office, ISBN CCO508912
- ^ Philip Cowley, "Revolts and Rebellions" (Politicos Publishing, 2002), p. 198
- ^ Policy Research Unit, History of the PRU
- ^ Cowley op cit, p. 199
- ^ a b "Obituary: Eric Forth". The Daily Telegraph (London). 19 May 2006. Retrieved 2009-06-11.
- ^ Eric Forth Obituary. The Scotsman (Edinburgh).
- Obituary The Times, 19 May 2006
- Obituary The Daily Telegraph, 19 May 2006
- Obituary The Guardian, 19 May 2006
- Obituary The Independent, 21 May 2006
External links[edit]
- Guardian Unlimited Politics - Ask Aristotle: Eric Forth MP
- TheyWorkForYou.com - Eric Forth MP
- Hansard 1803–2005: contributions in Parliament by Eric Forth
- Ex-Tory minister Eric Forth dies, BBC News, 18 May 2006
- Family values MP dies, Pink News, 18 May 2006
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Succeeded by Peter Luff |
Member of Parliament for Bromley and Chislehurst 1997 – 2006 |
Succeeded by Bob Neill |
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- Cancer deaths in England
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Perhaps everything.
Maybe it was in the impressionism wing of Joslyn. Or SFMOMA. Or maybe you dreamed it up when you felt alone. Painting it up out of words. Adrift (one of those "a"-prefixed words crossword puzzles overuse, your father says). At sea. Like Ocean Beach west of Twin Peaks.
But now here you stand. Faceless, nameless, confused -- and looking for carp.
Wildfire smoke drifting over four states of mountain ranges erases close and familiar peaks, and for the day, you are on the hazy plains. Standing in the mealy water of autumn, after a hot season boiled over. There are still a few days left though. A few days left of sun that pounds its fists down, burning your nose, fading your cap, bleaching streaks into your hair that your mother got with lemon juice in high school.
Underlying ploofs of reservoir mud lead the way. Atomic eruptions of what you've done wrong. Of where you haven't cast or waded quietly enough. Muck grabs your boots, fingers your calves, makes you trip. Cleaning off your glasses, all you're left to do is wait for the water to calm and for cruisers you can see. Shadows of movement. Nebulous clouds, mirroring what's above. In the meantime you cast to tires, reflections, wallowing holes, weedbeds.
Show yourself, dammit...you hear over the planes dropping voluntary people out their side-doors.
Looking up -- that ain't for real -- you remember. Because it's daylight, he says...we always jumped at night.
Which also reminds you -- you're not in that painting. You're not a lone man in a suit and bowler. And you've always wondered what's outside the frame, anyway. Because you know there's more. You've seen the process of Story -- the photograph to canvas; conversation to page; fish to rise. And you know there is a lot left unseen, told, hooked. So perhaps -- perhaps there was another figure in that sea, too. Another someone standing, looking down. Because before The Lettermen it was Donne who penned those lines about men and islands. Perhaps you can't see see them, still fighting their own way up from underwater. And you worry, because you need them to. You need them to show themselves.
Damn them.
But then again, sometimes what you need is someone standing close by your side, whispering in your ear that you can do it -- that this fish is yours.
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Erin- I bet you'd rock a bowler, and I think it would complete the carp anglers ensemble nicely. People already think we're odd. And who know's- maybe it's the missing piece of the carp puzzle.
ReplyDeleteThere is always more to the story beyond the frame, the paper's edge, the other side...A good work of art draws you in, makes you think there is more. I may have to haunt Joslyn soon to see if the man in the bowler hat resides there.
Remember Bert's paintings in Mary Poppins? We always wanted to jump through those chalk drawings to get to the other side. To the unknown adventures.
Journey on my child
MamaThere is a huge reservoir a little more than 4 minutes drive from where I live, packed with carp. I'm going to have to try my hand at fly fishing for carp soon,
ReplyDeleteAwww! When I read the title I though you were back on the market Erin. Ah well :o)
Very provocative writing, you paint a wonderful landscape with your pen.
I'd love to watch you stalking carp with a fly, I'm sure it would be a lesson stealth, patience and skill - quite the opposite to my usual approach.Joslyn A.M., good memory, and great midwestern gem.
Nice bit of writing too. Good reflection of my seemingly mad state of mind when stalking and really in the 'muck' of a tough fish hunt.RepliesM.A. - Ah! You remember it too?! Next time I'm back in the Big O, I'll have to make a visit to Joslyn. Their "Bagels & Bach" Sunday morning concert series was so great, I wonder if they're still doing it. Good memories. Anyhow, thanks as always...and I'm glad I'm not the only one that's gone mad.
- DarrellKuniOctober 25, 2012 at 4:32 PM
'...looking for carp.' Grlfren' lemme tell you, pals invite me to LA River, carp on flies! they froth. Humbug. Humbug I tell you!, to the frothy waters. And trout.
ReplyDelete Don't know what you are missing DK if not sarcastic. "Atomic eruptions of what you've done wrong," love that! Especially disheartening in late October v. April. Good stuff Erin!
Gregg- DarrellKuniOctober 25, 2012 at 5:38 PM
Carp?! Carp??!! on a fly rod? My gorge rises. In the state of CO? where there are trouts to be had?
Madness, madness, as bridge crashes into River Kwai. Onto carp. Erin ... 100 % Pure Delight! Somewhere between the research, and stacking wood for the crisp winter, you have woven a beauty!
Madison absolutely loves Mary Poppins ... We have watched Lets Go Fly A Kite, Spoon Full Of Sugar, and I Love to Laugh videos so many times. I am going to show her Bert on the Sidewalk tomorrow, want to join us?
I am tempted to look under the corner of this laptop for your next adventure :-)
JimLovely piece Erin. Heavy footed but a lovely light wrist whether with rod or pen. It flows so eloquently. Beautiful.
ReplyDeleteThat must be some landing net handle too land that fish from where you are stood :)
Lovely as ever.I don't check the interwebs for one week and look what i miss...
sometimes we're the faceless man in a bowler..other times we're just mad.
great piece as always!This painted an image far greater than I can think. I may not have read this one enough.
I might have a problem casting to shadows as well. Did that shadow just move? No, that was just moss moving in the current, or a stick. Sometimes, you just find exactly what you were looking for. Even if you thought it was a tire."burning your nose, fading your cap, bleaching streaks into your hair that your mother got with lemon juice in high school."- I like it.
ReplyDeleteI feel the essence of why we do it...the realness of human companionship..... This may be one of your best visions.....rock on..
ReplyDelete@ EMB- excellent! @ SGB- I agree, Burt's paintings were always intriguing to me. Another movie/painting scene I always loved (I know it's a little cheesy) was the scene withe Cameron, from "Ferris Buellers Day Off, when he was looking at a painting and the scene kept zooming in closer and closer and closer until you only saw the individual pixels and fibers of the canvas.


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The Art of Cultural Transformation
Getting the rank and file to think differently and embrace change can be a daunting task.
Many who advocate a "better, faster, cheaper" approach to government bemoan how difficult it is to alter the established norms of public service. Getting the rank and file to think differently and embrace change can be a daunting task.
A recent column by David Brooks of the New York Times points out that in just the past five years or so, the U.S. Army has undergone a dramatic cultural reorientation. Arising out of the painful struggles in post-conflict Iraq, a new approach has taken hold that emphasizes the need for Army personnel to embrace new approaches to nation-building activities.
The change, championed in part by General David Petraeus, didn't come easily. First, a new manual was written by those with firsthand experience on the ground, who understood how and why the old approach wasn't working.
The goal of the manual was to guide soldiers on how to behave in a hostile but non-combat environment. Soldiers had never been trained for that. Proponents of this new approach, dubbed "COINdinistas" from the Army acronym for counterinsurgency, then had to sell their idea up and down the food chain. Brooks writes:
Petraeus and others had to go on a base-to-base campaign tour, selling the approach, especially down the chain of command. Many people join the Army to kill bad guys, not to build fisheries. The COINdinistas had to persuade them to get out of their trucks and wear less body armor. Soldiers often became receptive on their second or third tours of duty, after they'd killed plenty of insurgents without result, and seen buddies lose limbs.
Then there was the institutionalization process. Some of the training programs were still preparing soldiers for tank battles or big urban warfare. They were scrapped…. In the new courses, officers practiced negotiating with "sheiks." Bands of bloggers were set up to help those in Iraq and Afghanistan share information with those about to deploy. Gen. Ray Odierno adjusted the balance between combat and community operations.
How did this change come about? What can state and local government leaders learn from the Army's example? One lesson is that the firsthand experience in the field was combined with an understanding of the academic literature. The lessons being taught in the classroom were developed months before out in the field.
Brooks notes that the change process was led by what he calls "dual-consciousness" leaders -- those who could be practitioners one month and then academic observers the next. I couldn't help but think of Stephen Goldsmith, who has gone from mayor of Indianapolis to professor at the Harvard Kennedy School, returning to the front lines once again to serve as deputy mayor of New York City.
Here's how Brooks describes those who jumped back and forth between seeing action and studying strategy:
They were neither blinkered by Army mind-set, like some of the back-slapping old guard, nor so removed from it that their ideas were never tested by reality, like pure academic theoreticians.
It's a wonder that more institutions aren't set up to encourage this sort of alternating life. Business schools do it, but most institutions are hindered by guild customs, by tenure rules and by the tyranny of people who can only think in one way.
In addition to the art of war, perhaps the Army can provide some lessons in the art of cultural transformation.
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A writ petition was filed in the Supreme Court on Thursday seeking a CBI probe into the murder of Salem auditor V. Ramesh, who was the State secretary of the BJP.
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The petitioner said his brother Ramesh had constantly raised his voice against Islamic terrorism and fundamentalism and was targeted by the Islamic terror groups repeatedly.
"It is highly regrettable that while the terror strikes in Mumbai, Maharashtra, Chhattisgarh, New Delhi, Uttar Pradesh are followed by immediate press releases by the Home Ministry and Intelligence Bureau that they had information on such terror strikes, in the case of the members of the BJP and affiliate organisations of Tamil Nadu, there is absolutely no formal announcements by the Central intelligence agencies regarding the information available of the persons involved in such communally motivated murders. The Tamil Nadu government has failed to seek the intelligence available of terror networks operating in south India."
He alleged that the systematic and regular murders of members of a national party and the leading opposition party of this country had led to the breakdown of constitutional machinery and law and order in Tamil Nadu. Murder of Hindu leaders, especially on communal lines, had become a routine affair and it was a duty of the Centre to intervene.
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Oil on canvas 28 × 37 (712 × 940)
Inscribed 'J Ferneley | Melton Mowbray | 1833' bottom centre and 'Reveller' b.l.
Bequeathed by Mrs F. Ambrose Clark from the collection of the late F. Ambrose Clark through the British Sporting Art Trust 1982
Commissioned by Isaac Sadler 1833;...; Sir Walter Gilbey, sold by his executors, Christie's 11 June 1915 (321) bt Banks; Tresham Gilbey, sold by his executors, Christie's 30 May 1947 (67) bt Stevens & Brown; E.J. Rousuck, by whom sold to F. Ambrose Clark by 1958; his widow Mrs F. Ambrose Clark
Exh: Tate Gallery, August–September 1982, and York City Art Gallery, March–September 1984, with other paintings from Mrs F. Ambrose Clark's Bequest (no catalogue); Paintings exhibited by the British Sporting Art Trust, Vestey Gallery, National Horseracing Museum, Newmarket, April–December 1986 (unnumbered, repr.)
Lit: Guy Paget, The Melton Mowbray of John Ferneley, Leicester 1931, Account Books p.141, no.371; [E.J. Rousuck], The F. Ambrose Clark Collection of Sporting Paintings, privately printed, New York 1958, p.90, repr.p.91
Defiance was a chestnut filly by Rubens. As a three-year-old she was owned by Isaac Sadler; she raced in his colours during 1819–20, winning the Duke of York's Plate at Ascot, a sweepstake at Bath and the St Leger Stakes at Warwick in 1819, and a Handicap sweepstakes at Cheltenham in 1820. After that year she appears to have retired as a brood mare.
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Comparing this report to the 2013 version, you'll note that HP and Intel/McAfee held on for dear life to their cherished top-right corner of the Magic Quadrant. IBM may rule the roost, but these giants are not far behind. Splunk (NASDAQ: SPLK ) improved its completeness of vision score, edging closer to the elite trio at the very top.
And yes, that qualifies as good news for companies not named IBM as well. Splunk jumped as much as 1.3% higher on the news, HP gained 2.1% at most, and even Intel shares took a 0.6% overnight jump. Data security is an interesting hobby for hardware specialist Intel, while the others can branch out with plenty of related up-sell software solutions when customers want to talk about security.
IBM still has work to do if it wants to further impress Gartner's analysts. IBM's QRadar SIEM package provides a full-featured threat analysis platform, but the workflow could be more detailed and the support for complex network designs is a little clunky. Nobody's perfect.
This is an important win for IBM as CEO Ginni Rometty steers the company deeper into software and services at the expense of hardware sales. Big Blue is still reaching for that perfect top-right score in other important Gartner rankings, like business intelligence and analytics or enterprise architecture tools. In this spring's cloud infrastructure as a service report, IBM moved up from dead last on both axes to a solid middle-of-the-pack ranking.
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Any interest in perhaps putting together another tying session? It's been a while since our last one and now that I'm not going back East I figure it's time for another. I've got the room to host it here at my place in Hansville. Respond here and if there is enough interest we'll schedule something.
Always interested if the date and time work out, wether tying or just there for the stories that will be told.
I'm in too if it is on a weekend I am in town. Especially if in the afternoon/evening and I can fish that side of the water for SRC/rezzies before the tying.
I'd definitely be down if it was day/time I could swing. I live just down the road from you, but am in Everett for work until March. If you get a time/date figured out I'll see if I can make it.
I might try that if you don't mind having an attention deficite fly tier there. When you decide on a date and time, I'll make a decision.
I've been known to actually bring home made pies to these things so I hope it is on a day I can make it so I have a purpose for my baking disposition.
I'm out the 2/2 and the following two weekends. I am doing a seminar for Sound Waters over on Whidbey and have a Belize trip following. Leland.
Darn... I've been waiting to see the date's of this get together and I'm also working that day, I would have liked to meet some of you guys, should be fun.


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It seems that Robert Downey Jr. is one of those actors who likes to stay in character for as long as possible while shooting a movie, much to the dismay of his partner Susan. Robert is set to appear on the big screen as Iron Man aka Tony Stark, in The Avengers and while filming the movie, would often act like his character at home.
Susan admitted that, while she does find the character of Tony Stark quite sexy on the big screen, she is not of fan of Robert being him at home. She explained to Entertainment Tonight, "It's my least favourite character he takes on... He is a little cockier, but it's very sexy... Well Tony's really sexy..."
Robert then added, "When I'm playing Sherlock, she'll tell me, 'I'd ask you a question but I know you already have the answer to any and all questions because you're Sherlock'. With Tony I just strut around a little more."
The Avengers stars Chris Evans as Steve Rogers/Captain America, Robert Downey Jr. as Tony Stark/Iron Man, Chris Hemsworth as Thor, Jeremy Renner as Clint Barton/Hawkeye, Scarlett Johansson as Natasha Romanoff/Black Widow, Mark Ruffalo as Bruce Banner/Hulk, Samuel L Jackson as Nick Fury and Tom Hiddleston as Loki.
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We have towering firs! They are at least 100-110 feet tall. With firs come fir needles. I can clean the deck at 9 AM and it will be covered with fir needles by noon;-(( If a noticeable wind is blowing, they will be 1/2" deep by noon!!;-(( They even get to the front yard and driveway. They seem to find their way into the house no matter how much foot wiping we do. Rugs and door mats seem to clog up in nothing flat. I decided use a pallet to make an experimental door mat. It will be bigger than a mat or rug; therefore, more steps for the offending needles to fall off. It has ample room for them to fall through and not clog up.
If this seems to work, I will built a better looking one for the door. I am going to build one for the entry from the garage too. In addition to fir needles, it may catch a little sawdust to boot ;-))
Steveinmarin builds a lot of practical projects. Maybe he'll see this and blog an awesome design or method ;-))
-- "some old things are lovely, warm still with life ... of the forgotten men who made them." - D.H. Lawrence
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#1 posted 04-11-2011 09:41 AM |
Hey Bob, us old sparkies just know how to solve a problem the easy way, I love it, how simple can it be. -- Pete G: If you always do what you always did you'll always get what you always got |
#2 posted 04-11-2011 10:05 AM |
great idea bob from fir needles do pallets grow a new family crest for every home 'WE ARE AMERICANS the art -- david - only thru kindness can this world be whole . If we don't succeed we run the risk of failure. Dan Quayle |
#3 posted 04-11-2011 10:44 AM |
David, I think they build them in Asia, we just take them apart ;-)) or ;-(( depending if you still have a job or not! -- "some old things are lovely, warm still with life ... of the forgotten men who made them." - D.H. Lawrence |
#4 posted 04-11-2011 10:52 AM |
Pete, If I don't win it, LOML might require all shoes be left outdoors ;-) -- "some old things are lovely, warm still with life ... of the forgotten men who made them." - D.H. Lawrence |
#5 posted 04-11-2011 11:05 AM |
AH YES THE ZEN OF DOORMAT TEA ROOMS pallets full of muddy hobnailed boots -- david - only thru kindness can this world be whole . If we don't succeed we run the risk of failure. Dan Quayle |
#6 posted 04-11-2011 12:00 PM |
HI guys, -- Jack Keefe Shediac NB Canada |
#7 posted 04-11-2011 01:08 PM |
Hmmmm. Not sure she's gonna like this idea. Good try anyway. -- Janice |
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I think I saw this already in a "you might be a redneck if" email. :-) -- Charlie M. "Woodworking - patience = firewood" |
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Enclose the deck, Cut the trees, Hang a leaf blower next to the door??? The pallet is a better solution! -- Gene 'The true soldier fights not because he hates what is in front of him, but because he loves what is behind him.' G. K. Chesterton |
#11 posted 04-11-2011 07:56 PM |
this goes right along with my cousins husband…he found a warm dead beaver on the side of the road in gerogia and when i called to talk to her,he was turning it into jerky…maybe he should stand on a pallet while he skins it out…or with my luck …an oak tree will fall on the pallet and break it in two….:))))) -- GRIZZMAN ...['''''] |
#12 posted 04-11-2011 07:58 PM |
I think that Steve anticipated you, Topamax, see http://lumberjocks.com/Stevinmarin/blog/22210 -- Don, Somerset UK, http://www.donjohnson24.co.uk |
#13 posted 04-11-2011 08:05 PM |
Topo already knows about that one. He commented on it. :) -- Backer boards, stop blocks, build oversized, and never buy a hand plane-- |
#14 posted 04-11-2011 09:00 PM |
Geez!! I hate this getting old, fat and slow, loosing my mind!! ;-(( I forgot all about Steve's doormat;-( Guess I should have checked his projects! It is definitely a little over the top going down the redneck side ;-)) She doesn't like IT, but if it works, I'll make a nice one like Steve's, Might even do something with that plain old cement sidewalk. It wouldn't take h to improve it ;-)) One thing about it, I can turn it to fire wood in about 5 minuted without loosing a dime ;-)) -- "some old things are lovely, warm still with life ... of the forgotten men who made them." - D.H. Lawrence |
#15 posted 04-12-2011 01:25 PM |
Too bad there's not a market for pine needles, or is there? -- Mike, an American living in Norway. |
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So last night I did this 30 day challenge thing that I made up from other 30 day challenge exercises and I finally started it last night. it only took maybe a little over 5 minutes to do but I can feel the 50 squats in my butt today! lol I am getting bored being at home all summer long and today I am going to do a 45 minute walk on the tread mill and maybe at the camper tonight I will do some walking there too! I was going to start the day off with a good breakfast but I ate left overs from supper last night which is walking tacos. but im hoping my workouts are going to help me to eat better. I know when I workout I tend to eat better because of the hormones that you release when you workout helps you to make better choices and eating something full of fat after a work out just isn't satisfying for me like it is if I just sit all day and eat that junk. So my first goal is to start my exercise regimen (which I think I should because I had to look up how to spell regimen lol) And hopefully once I get that down i can start to watch my food intake and eating healthier. i am also hoping that my brain automatically converts to healthy eating once i start it but im sure i will have to push myself to eat better. but i am first going to start out exercising because i think that is my hardest thing to keep going.... because when i just sit here all day i feel like eating junk food. if i am up and about for the day and doing lots of things i eat better. so my goal is to keep moving and then i think i will just naturally eat better things for me. we will see how this works out. I have read that people start at one thing only and incorporate other things along to way so i am going to try that approach and see how it goes. my heart is in it but my head isn't there yet.
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There you go, one step at a time!
I actually find that when I start eating healthier, I have excess energy to burn and can't help but exercise. I tried the "exercise first, change my diet later" thing originally, and I know that works for MANY people. For me, I had a hard time finding the energy to workout until I started eating better. The beauty of the Spark program is that we are able to find what works for US, and that is what makes SparkPeople so successful. I've been pretty bored this summer myself, which is part of what prompted me to focus on my eating and exercise goals-it gives me something beneficial to do! And I always look forward to getting out of the house, so I definitely don't blame you for looking forward to that as well. My boyfriend is taking me hiking tomorrow, and I am so excited. :) Walking was how I started getting exercise! I'm so proud of you for taking this step!
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I understand wanting to get out of the house! I have got to keep myself busy during the day or I get bored and think I am hungry but I'm not. Good thing is to keep only healthy snacks around. That way when you do get bored you grab something good for you. Also try and get out at least for 30 min. each day! Even if it's just to walk around your yard. The outdoor air does wonders for the brain!
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If I can stay busy, I do so much better. If I just sit around, that is when I start craving the wrong foods. Have to keep both my body and my mind busy - love the above suggestion on a lit of 3 things to do for exercise and 3 for the house. Think I will try that also. Hang in there.
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One of my Spark buddies makes a list of three's - 3 things to do for exercise and 3 for the house (like cleaning projects).
I know what you mean - i do much better if i can keep my hands busy so they aren't reaching for something to eat!
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Gerard Butler: Near-Death Surfing Accident Was 'Close Call'
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"I was going to go back that day," the 300 star said on the U.K.'s The Graham Norton Show. "I was actually in the ambulance and wanted to go back, which was a little crazy, but it's pretty addictive."
Instead, Butler was taken to Stanford Medical Center, where he was evaluated and released.
Speaking about the incident, Butler tells Norton: "This was maybe one of the few times that the reports were not exaggerated. It was a pretty close call. ... [The waves] just took me and I couldn't get up. It was pretty hairy."
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"Damn, didn't say this was a medical emergency." Ken immediately places a call to dispatch an ambulence to his location. Armed only with the basic first aid training, Ken administers CPR and begins to get a steady low pulse. "What happened?"
"Don't know, we weren't even working there." The worker points, even from this distance, Ken can see energy sparking from one of the terminals. He grabs a pair of binoculars to disguise his Gift of Two-World Eyes. There, in the Shadow, he sees an Electricity spirit duck back into the powerlines and stride North.
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Fred Fletcher, BWP's Assistant General Manager/Power Supply says, "webDistribute lets me see the price of everything. It doesn't matter which assets I'm managing—it's just math, and webDistribute lets me respond to changing needs easily."
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OATI provides innovative software solutions that simplify, streamline, and empower the operational tasks required in today's energy commerce and Smart Grid. With more than 1,200 customers in North America, OATI successfully deploys large, complicated, and diverse mission-critical applications committed to industry standards and stringent NERC CIP guidelines.
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'Be thou familiar, but by no means vulgar': Australian theatre blogging practice
Harvey, N., Grehan, H. and Tompkins, J. (2010) 'Be thou familiar, but by no means vulgar': Australian theatre blogging practice. Contemporary Theatre Review, 20 (1). pp. 109-119.
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This paper explores the nature and current function of the Australian theatrical blogosphere. Over a two-year period we have observed the shrinking coverage of arts practices by Australian newspapers alongside a complementary expansion of online, self-published, performance-related discussion and commentary. We argue that bloggers and blog posts now contribute so significantly to Australian theatre practice, production and reception that researchers need to find a methodology to engage with this practice as part of their analysis of live theatre production and reception in Australia...
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