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Nice piece of equipment By Jonathan Ward from North Carolina (Customer's Reviews) Thursday, September 06, 2012 I was a little concerned about manufacturing quality control issues upon reading some of the earlier reviews of this vise. The fact is, quality control in Asian manufacturing operations can be spotty until you get proper procedures in place and have appropriate supervision. Judging by the vise I received a few weeks ago, any earlier manufacturing issues have been rectified. Careful inspection of this vise reveals careful assembly and close tolerances. Mechanical action is smooth and tight. Nor worries about this vise. It's a useful, high-quality shop item.
Great Vise - Excellent Customer Service. By T. Dutra from Georgia (Customer's Reviews) Tuesday, July 24, 2012 Received the vice and had an issue opening the vice more than half way. The crank wheel would stick. Customer Service sent me out a new vise strait away and it's working great.
1813 By Gusty from Ro (Customer's Reviews) Tuesday, July 10, 2012 This is a very useful and quality vise. Paddles not perfect grip, I had to insert some washers to adjust.
Nice Vise By Carey from Philadelphia (Customer's Reviews) Monday, June 04, 2012 Not sure what some of the other reviewers are complaining about - this vice does exactly what I need it to do - holds the guitar securely in place while I work on it. It was very easy to mount to the workbench and seems solidly constructed.
Useful, heavy, solid, vise By tb from Portland OR (Customer's Reviews) Wednesday, May 30, 2012 I had mixed feelings when ordering this vise due to the mixed reviews. A few very poor reviews really make you wonder what you're getting into. I've had good luck with all other stewmac purchases and tools, however, and knew if there was an issue I'd be taken care of, so I ordered the tool. It weighs about 40lbs and ships double-boxed. It arrived in good condition and was easy to setup. Based on other reviews I did partially disassemble the vise and clean up paint overspray as well as add lubricant to all parts. No issues with missing parts, assembly, or functionality. I've had 4-5 guitars on the bench and mounted\held by the vise in numerous positions so far. No marring, scratching, or other related finish issues to report. The jaws are soft enough to protect your work and hard enough to keep a good grip on it. If you do a lot of work on the bench and need a solid extra hand to help out, this is a good tool. It does take up a lot of space on the bench so plan your placement well. If you have limited workspace the vise can easily be removed in about 20 seconds.
Guitar Repair Vise By Neil L from Australia (Customer's Reviews) Sunday, May 20, 2012 The first vise I received was a real disappointment as it was hard to move with one hand. Stewmac were straight onto this and sent me a replacement which is smoother, but not really up to the standard I was hoping for. In hindsight I would not pay the $200 plus for shipping to Australia again. The vise will surely last and will do the job for which it is designed I'm sure, hence the 3 stars but it is definitely not built to exacting tolerances. Thanks stewmac for excellent customer service, but would look for a better factory to develop this idea and maybe charge a little more for a quality product.
It's OK but don't expect too much By GolfSteve from Calgary, AB, Canada (Customer's Reviews) Tuesday, March 20, 2012 The vise is about what I expected from reading previous reviews. Rough castings, low quality machining, and bad paint job. I took the vice heads off, cleaned paint off the machined surfaces, and lightly sanded the rough spots where the machining was poor and regreased. This improved the action of the rotating heads quite a bit. Ensure you keep the adjusting nuts just slightly less than snug. Anything less than snug and the vice faces will not seat properly when the vise is closed and anything more than snug and the vise faces will not rotate to self-align. The casting of my vise handle is particularly rough, but it works. My vise does not appear to have the bearing labelled #2 on the Stewmac picture (the roller bearing on the handle shaft). Perhaps thereÆs a bearing inside the handle but I didnÆt take it apart to see. My vise has a light gauge stamped steel baseplate/foot instead of the cast foot shown in the Stewmac picture.
Great vise By c2 from SF bay area (Customer's Reviews) Thursday, February 23, 2012 Just like in the GUITAR REPAIR VICE video, you will finish your luthier tasks with a quickness and be partying down just like Disco Dan Erlewine.
Stew-Mac Guitar Repair Vise Uncranked By Fred Evans from Seattle, USA (Customer's Reviews) Wednesday, February 15, 2012 Lotta money for a big red poorly designed and severely misrepresented guitar-damaging device. Not at all like Dan's, no. More like a Blacksmith's tool bending vise. The supposedly guitar-safe urethane pads are just a bit less damaging than the raw steel jaws. Screwed up a Hamer Artist Korina headstock first time out. Junk, pure and simple. If you've ever used a Real bench vise you'll know the action, build quality and manufacturing tolerances of the Stew-Mac vise won't do. I will send it back and I do not want a replacement. I still need a Guitar Repair Vise. This isn't it. I will not put my client's guitars even Near this thing! No. "Scrap Upon Delivery". Glad I didn't get the $400.00 version!
Multiple Use More than a Vise By Ricki Leigh from Pennsylvania (Customer's Reviews) Friday, January 20, 2012 I put a nylon string into the vise holding it by the neck it was perfect for doing fret work; especially the dressing. No Shop should be without one or two. Great job Stewmac Ms Ricki Leigh


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Drenched In Blog: ACL Fest in Photos, Take Three
Wrong festival. Wrong year. Wrong glasses. Wrong drugs. Wrong parenting. Wrong planet.......
Former Houston Oilers Al Del Greco and Bucky Richardson were seen on the grounds, apologizing for the 1992 season. Still kicked 'em in the balls though.
For the price of these nachos, about eight dollars, you could feed a family of five in Darfur for a few months. Or buy a copy of "Swank." Decisions, decisions....
"Oh, huh-huh. Look at me everyone, I'm writing a blog. Better keep this hat on to hide my baldness. Huh-huh."
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Complications of Citrobacter neonatal meningitis: assessment by real-time cranial sonography correlated with CT. | |
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Real-time cranial sonography via the anterior fontanelle was used serially over a 3- and 6-week period, respectively, to evaluate two infants who developed multicystic encephalomalacia secondary to Citrobacter neonatal meningitis. Sonographic findings included heterogeneous parenchymal echogenicity, gyral prominence, periventricular hypoechoic areas from which cystic spaces evolved, and development of hydrocephalus. Serial cranial computed tomography over the same time period confirmed the sonographic observations in each case. |
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Appalachian Voices celebrated this Earth Day at Appalachian State University in their annual Earth Day tabling event on campus. The event brought together students, faculty and community members to educate one another on how everyone can do their part to protect and preserve the Earth. Thank you to the volunteers that tabled for Appalachian Voices; Adam Wells, Erica Palmer, Adam Johnson, and Stephen Callihan.
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Archive for April, 2006
Appalachian Voices Celebrates Earth Day with Appalachian State University
Wednesday, April 26th, 2006 - posted by fpbWestern NC Republicans want Outer Banks Drilling
Wednesday, April 26th, 2006 - posted by jwFrom the WSJounal:
A bill supported by four of the seven Republicans in North Carolina's congressional delegation could open the Outer Banks to natural-gas exploration.
Hmm…which co-sponsors do we have today?
Patrick McHenry R-10th
and Sue Myrick, R-9th
Hey wait! You can't get away so easy…
Virginia Foxx, NC-5
None of them anywhere near the Outer Banks? So, I don't guess oil spills off the Outer Banks will bother them.
Foxx, Myrick, Taylor, and McHenry are making it so obvious how beholden to oil companies they are, that they are making themselves into a laughingstock. Unfortunately, these clowns are in power, and they represent Appalachia!
Senators Dole and Burr both oppose drilling in the outer banks, as does Governor Easley, as do a majority of North Carolinians in every district!
North Carolina Republican congressman Walter Jones R-3 strongly opposes the bill. I wonder why?…
Lets take a look at his district…
Virginia Foxx (who called the Arctic Wildlife Refuge a "barren wasteland") absolutely takes the cake once again…
Mrs. Foxx, what does it sound like when Congresswomen are completely controlled by oil companies?
"I think that it is not right for us to ignore natural resources that we have that could reduce energy prices,"
Or, instead of stamping an oil rig on every last beautiful spot in the world, we could increase mileage standards for automobiles. We could encourage public transportation and walking. We could invest in biodiesel and alternative fuels. We could ride our bikes. We must face the reality of our dwindling resources. The politicians who hold power have shown they will not do it for us.
The Outer Banks are a national treasure, and should remain so
New Head of EPA, Accused of Manipulating Data, to be Confirmed Tommorrow?
Tuesday, April 25th, 2006 - posted by jw[Thanks to kissingrock - jdub]
Any Virginians out there reading? Senator John Warner needs to hear from us. And really, I don't think it would be outrageous for anybody to call, from anywhere. It's not like the wind don't blow across state lines.
Tomorrow may be a bad day for the EPA our nation and our health. as if things are not bad enough already.
"From the Union of Concerned Scientists…
Abuser of Science Nominated for Top EPA Job – Call Today
In his five years at the Environmental Protection Agency, William Wehrum has distorted scientific analysis on toxic mercury emissions and attempted to marginalize the role of agency scientists in protecting the air we breathe. Tomorrow, the Senate Environment and Public Works Committee will decide whether or not to confirm Wehrum as the EPA's top air quality official. Senator John Warner is a member of this committee.
Call today, April 25, 2006, and ask your senator to oppose Wehrum's confirmation.
Senator John Warner can be reached at (202) 224-2023."
[ Senator Graham of South Carolina also sits on this committee. The Senate switchboard is 202-224-3121. Commit that to memory ]
AmeriCorps' "Project Conserve" helps Appalachian Voices restore our regions forests.
Tuesday, April 25th, 2006 - posted by Appalachian VoicesThe Carolina Mountain Land Conservancy currently administers one of 16 AmeriCorps grants awarded in North Carolina in 2005. "Project Conserve" is the only AmeriCorps project working toward conservation, and supports volunteers working on a variety of conservation activities. These include farm protection and forest management, research and water quality monitoring, community education and outreach, storm water management, and promotion of the natural heritage of western North Carolina. Project Conserve is funded by the North Carolina Commission on Volunteerism and Community Service and the Corporation for National and Community Service.
Project Conserve 2005-06 members are: Lindsay Benedict, Benji Burrell, Dawa Clark, Keith Dycus, Angela Fernandini, Curtis Harris, Suzanne Hohn, Andrew Kota, Rob Lamb, David Mahaffey, Jake McLean, Megan Mailloux, Tonya Moore, Allison Shaw, Adrian Sherman, and Molly Wafle.
On Feburary 6th, 2006, Project Conserve featured on WNCW 88.7 FM in Western North Carolina on "Our Southern Community" hosted by Ned Ryan Doyle!
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Appalachian Voices
Appalachian Voices empowers people to defend our region's rich natural and cultural heritage by providing them with tools and strategies for successful grassroots campaigns. Currently, Benji Burrell is working full-time to oversee the revision and distribution of "Managing Your Woodlands," a handbook for landowners designed to tackle one of the most important conservation challenges facing the Southeast – improving the management of private forests.
Asheville's Green
Asheville's Green preserves the city's last remaining urban green spaces, which are vital to its culture, identity, and sense of place, by coordinating existing land conservation efforts and addressing unmet needs and resources.
Environmental & Conservation Organization
ECO is dedicated to preserving the natural heritage of Henderson County and the mountain region through education, recreation, service, and civic action.
Foothills Conservancy of North Carolina
The Foothills Conservancy works cooperatively with landowners and other conservation partners to protect important natural areas and open spaces of the Blue Ridge Foothills region.
French Broad River Watershed Education Center
The French Broad River Training Center provides comprehensive nonpoint source educational programming to landowners, concerned citizens, natural resource managers, and public officials.
The Nature Conservancy
The Nature Conservancy preserves the plants, animals, and natural communities that represent the diversity of life on Earth by protecting the lands and waters they need to survive.
Southern Appalachian Highlands Conservancy
SAHC protects the world's oldest mountains for the benefit of present and future generations. The Conservancy works with individuals and local communities to identify, preserve, and manage the region's important lands.
Transylvania Boys & Girls Club
The Boys and Girls Club works to help youth of all backgrounds, with special concern for those from disadvantaged circumstances, develop the qualities needed to become responsible citizens and leaders.
Upper Broad River Watershed Protection Program
The Upper Broad River Watershed Protection Program is dedicated to the conservation and protection of soil and water resources in the communities of the Upper Broad River Watershed by providing landowners with technical assistance and advice that is free and non-regulatory.
Open Thread
Tuesday, April 25th, 2006 - posted by jwHappy Spring!
Here are some interesting links (Big thanks Benji!)
:bug:The President has suspended environmental rules for oil companies. Gee…whats next? This won't make gas cheaper or increase production. It will just make it easier for the gas companies to make more money. This is a travesty.
A recent advisory from North Carolina health officials says that 22 kinds of seafood have dangerously high levels of mercury, up from seven kinds in previous advisories. The smallmouth bass has made the list for the first time. (This is what happens when you suspend environmental rules)
The Fayetville Online opines that we humans will have to adapt to the coyote, rather than the other way around.
Eaglets make history at Carolina Raptor Center Theres even a cute little video.
I am so proud of my school! ASU just revieved a $458,000 grant to help implement the new state energy plan A huge shoutout from us to them for continuing to do amazing work with alternatives, energy incentives, and awareness. The groups of people who are working on this project give me hope on a weekly basis. Thanks guys
'Jesus would give thanks for every clean drop of water, every fresh breath of air" – Reverend Gayla Collins reflects on why the environment and religion must depend on each other.
Your turn.
Finding My Voice, Helping Others To Speak UN/MTR
Tuesday, April 25th, 2006 - posted by fpb…I rambled, oh yeah, then settled in the Appalachians, right on the edge of the Coal. The deep and the stripable both.
1973 or thereabouts. I hooked up with some of the early Appalshop folks. It was a wild and crazy time. One night, a bunch of us, and Mutsmag, took ourselves up on Pine Mountain, on the boarder of Virginia and Kentucky.
We ambled around the outcrops, in the partial moonlight night. We were Owls, and All That is Nocturnal, and it was Good. A couple of us might have been spoken to by God, but if we were, we didn't talk much about it, we just incorporated it into our lives. What little lives some of us had left.
It got toward dawn, and Lice said "We've got to go!" I said, "Let's wait. It's almost time for it to get light, let's wait." I looked out into the darkness, where dawn would break over the incredible lands of Eastern Kentucky. There was silence. And then Lice said, with this strange choking sound in his voice, that I had never heard before….." You don't want to see it. Believe me. This is my home. I was raised out there. You don't want to see it."
Some years later, I saw my first strip mine. At that time, I was told that under 10 percent of the surface of Eastern Kentucky was gone. GONE.
At this point in time, in West Virginia, it is estimated that 15-25 percent of the mountains no longer exist. GONE, Not coming back. EVER.
Then the soil, the rocks, the rest of the life…then the explosions, the dust, rolling boulders, the roaring coal trucks. Poison water, and the death of Communities. I had no voice, and so was silent.
Fast forward…
I learned from faithfull that there is a contingent of people who will be heard by the United Nations. These are my Brothers and Sisters, my friends…..forget that we've never met. These are the displaced, much like the Katrina folks….only it has happened to them for 50 years. Floods? Yeah Boy!.
Take a virtual flyover of MTR.
Toxic waves of the contents of holding ponds with old dams a breakin',
Jack Spadaro is an expert on coal slurry impoundments, and was on the federal investigation team that examined the Martin County disaster. It was a 1972 slurry dam accident at Buffalo Creek in West Virginia that has defined Spadaro's career in mine safety. One hundred and twenty-five people were killed and 4,000 left homeless in that accident.
…boulders rolling down what used to be the mountainside, and fear of being killed in your bed.
Chaining themselves to dozers, while the elderly do all they can, even if it's only sitting on a lawn chair on a bridge. (A little cheat here, this is actually a pic from a timber protest in the west. I like to pretend that is me in that chair. It could be any little old Appalachian grannie!)
Props to melvin over at The Daily Kos, who supplied this information in comments when this peice was posted there.
The woman in the chair was Joan Norman. Right after this photo was taken, she was in jail with a friend of mine and shared her story. This protest, near Selma OR was her last. One of her first was in Selma AL. She has since passed on, unfortunately. I am quite sure she is with you in spirit.
You can read a little about Joan Norman's life here.
I believe that photo was from the "womens' day of protest." Everybody on the bridge, everyone lying across the road, all women. Supported very much by their men in the community of course.
So now we have a chance to speak to the world. Will you help?
I have 2 envelopes sitting on my desk. There's five bucks, and a penny, goin' in each one.
One is to the fund for Valle Vidal.
One is to President Fire Thunder.
I am writing a new one out as soon as I finish this little rant, and get it posted. To OVEC,
tagged "for UN trip".
This May, the United Nations Commission on Sustainable Development will meet in New York to discuss international energy strategy. Most government officials continue to ignore the atrocities of mountaintop removal, coal sludge impoundments, and underground injections of sludge, so it is up to the people to let the world know the harsh realities of an economy built on "cheap" electricity.
The United Nations needs to know that we cannot have sustainable communities without the mountains on which we rely for clean water, clean air, our health and our children's futures. It is the people of Appalachian coal mining communities who are most immediately paying the true costs of coal, and so…
The first Coalfield Delegation to the United Nations Commission on Sustainable Development, a group of inspiring coalfield residents, is prepared to take the truth to the UN, but we need your support if we are going to make it. Please help us raise the $7,000 so we can get to New York this May and ensure that the international debate on sustainable energy development includes the voice of the people of southern West Virginia and eastern Kentucky.
Send checks to OVEC, PO Box 6753, Huntington, WV 25773-675. Be sure to write "UN delegation" in the memo line of the check.
I can't afford this, but I can't not afford it either. I want my people to speak to the world. I want to help send them to do it. I hope you do too.
I am finding my voice. Practice makes perfect, they say. Sometimes, particularly on sunny Sunday mornings, I subscribe to the old saying from New England though. "There's good, and there's good enough. And that's good enough." So this will just have to do. For now.
Inspired by faithfulls excellent diary
of several weeks ago.
Ron Rash: Appalachia Made Straight
Tuesday, April 25th, 2006 - posted by fpb[Jeff Biggers'latest book is "The United States of Appalachia: How Southern Mountaineers Brought Independence, Culture and Enlightenment to America." Buy The United States of Appalachia from a local book store. And read reviews here, here, and here. I just picked up this book Friday and am thrilled to get to read it. Ill be reviewing it here - jdub]
Excerpt from The Bloomsbury Review
Based in his native mountains of western North Carolina, Ron Rash's third novel is a powerful, and at times hair-raising, story of historical loss and recovery, haunted by the spirits of the Civil War that still breathe life or death into our modern experience. For Appalachians, and the rest of the nation, World Made Straight (Holt) is a brilliant reminder that the past is often a prologue for our contemporary challenges. For Travis, a young high school drop-out unaware that his fishing trip on Caney Creek is about to launch him on a death-defying bildungsroman, the spirits of his past reside in an abandoned but not forgotten meadow in Madison County. Travis stumbles onto a plot of marijuana in the backwoods; but, this is just the first, and inevitably treacherous, step into an even greater secret hidden from sight. Steeped in the rich language and lyricism of Appalachia that has won Rash national acclaim as a poet, World Made Straight joins Toni Morrison's Song of Solomon as an important lyric page turner for our times; an American masterpiece about the power of unresolved history to shatter, subvert and ultimately heal our heart-breaking attempts to understand our identities and own times.
Leaving behind an abusive home, the young Travis eventually takes refuge at the trailer of Leonard, a once idealistic teacher who has lost his job and child after being framed for drugs. Leonard turns on society; he ends up dealing drugs and retreating to his backwoods haunt as a disaffected bibliophile. His trailer become a magnet for other lost souls, including Dena, a strung-out pill-popping naïf who trades sex for kindness; who declares, in one of the novel's most relentless moments, that she realized she had lost control over her life at the age of seven.
As dark as any Russell Banks novel, sharing his afflicted characters and their penchant for self-inflicted destruction, World Made Straight is a little threatening at times, yet big-hearted, even funny and always moving. One of the novel's best characters, the vicious drug cultivating Carlton Toomey, defies the caricature of the hillbilly outlaw in a biting riposte to outside stereotypes; he hides his glasses and crossword puzzles when the urban drug dealers arrive.
Leonard, though, is a teacher at heart, and World Made Straight emerges as one of the most beautiful portraits of a natural teacher's role as a guide despite the circumstances, or as Rash quotes Mozart, "the crookedness" of the times. Leonard not only sets Travis back on track toward his education and career, piling him down with history books and classical music, but provides him with a map to a bitter past that both men share. That past, and an infamous (and real) massacre at Shelton Laurel during the Civil War, opens up a memory vein that is both illuminating and irreconcilable.
"Why do you reckon people don't talk much about what happened up here?" Travis asked.
"The men who shot them were also from this country. Even after the war some folks got killed because of what happened that morning. People believed it was better not to talk about it."
In the end, Leonard and Travis are forced by history to make decisions that affect their daily lives. In a place where "landscape as destiny" shapes an unforgiving world, Rash packs his sentences and scenes with compelling and beautiful images—the recovery of the crushed glasses of a young boy killed at the massacre—that will leave the reader struggling with the same questions long after they have finished the book.
Good novels are written by people who are not frightened, George Orwell declared in his landmark essay, Inside the Whale. Beyond any cultural or regional limitations, Rash is one of the most dauntless, gifted and original writers today. World Made Straight is an enormously moving novel that will be read, discussed and grappled with beyond the rest of our lives. As the Robert Penn Warren for a new generation, Rash is an Appalachian writer deserving as much national attention as possible.
Email a friend about Rash's work on Appalachia today; or even better, buy a book at your local bookstore and pass it on.
Kentucky Writers Speak Out Against Mountaintop Removal
Monday, April 24th, 2006 - posted by fpbSome of Kentucky's well known writers, Wendell Berry, Bobbie Ann Mason, Mary Ann Taylor Hall and others writers spoke out against mountaintop removal at a community event at historic Union Church. They read excerpts from Kentuckians for the Commonwealth organized the tour for the writers and are organizing a "Mountain Witness Tour" in Perry County on May 13, which will show participants destruction from mountaintop removal mining and give members a chance to meet people affected by it.
For more information about Kentuckians for the Commonwealth, write to P.O. Box 1450, London, KY, 40743, or call (859) 985-7480.
Office of Surface Mining, Wrecklamation and Enforcement Proposes Weaker Revegetation Rules
Monday, April 24th, 2006 - posted by fpbOn April 6, 2006–when they thought we weren't looking–the US Office of Surface Mining, Wrecklamation and Enforcement (OSMRE) announced proposals to dramatically weaken revegetation rules for mountaintop removal mines (and other mines) in Tennessee. You can help stop these proposals!
Briefly, OSMRE proposes to: (1) delete the minimum requirements of eighty percent (80%) ground cover for certain postmining land uses and provide that herbaceous ground cover be limited to that necessary to control erosion and support the postmining land use; and (2) exempt areas developed for wildlife habitat, undeveloped land, recreation, or forestry from the requirements that bare areas shall not exceed one-sixteenth (1/16) acre in size and total not more than ten percent (10%) of the area seeded.
While the picture above depicts how the landscape looks before revegetation, according to an artist's rendition, this this is what the landscape will look like after OSMRE's rule changes have been implemented by the mining company
You can help stop these proposals by contacting OSMRE no later than 4:00 p.m. e.s.t. on May 8, 2006. For more information on the proposal and how to file comments, go to http://a257.g.akamaitech.net/7/257/2422/01jan20061800/edocket.access.gpo.gov/2006/pdf/06-3260.pdf
Open Thread
Monday, April 24th, 2006 - posted by jw
Three cheers for the ivory bill!!
Playing stickball against these boys on saturday is why Im so sore today. (ouch!)
Name that bridge…
Happy Finals week!


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Nonallergic rhinitis (NAR) can be defined as a chronic nasal inflammation which is not caused by systemic IgE-dependent mechanisms. It is common and probably affects far more than 200 million people worldwide. Both children and adults are affected. However, its exact prevalence is unknown and its phenotypes need to be evaluated using appropriate methods to better understand its pathophysiology, diagnosis and management. It is important to differentiate between infectious rhinitis, allergic/NAR and chronic rhinosinusitis, as management differs for each of these cases. Characterization of the phenotype, mechanisms and management of NAR represents one of the major unmet needs in allergic and nonallergic diseases. Studies on children and adults are required in order to appreciate the prevalence, phenotype, severity and co-morbidities of NAR. These studies should compare allergic and NAR and consider different age group populations including elderly subjects. Mechanistic studies should be carried out to better understand the disease(s) and risk factors and to guide towards an improved diagnosis and therapy. These studies need to take the heterogeneity of NAR into account. It is likely that neuronal mechanisms, T cells, innate immunity and possibly auto-immune responses all play a role in NAR and may also contribute to the symptoms of allergic rhinitis.
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I think they tossed the word "quantum" out there a few times to make it sound more legitimate. dreampow better watch out, he might disappear like the guy who invented and tried to market a free energy machine. Don't be fooled. Think critically.
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Dreampow, can you list the main arguments this guy makes? I stopped watching after the first 6 minutes, it was a little too hokey spacecase for me. The "I have all the answers to our human crisis" scared me off because nothing in nature is so simple, and despite what our leaders think there are no easy one step fixes for anything.
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Summary: aliens told acient people about the taurus shape, gamble noticed it was free energy, some ex-physicts gone crazy, now pseudo scientist can extract energy from a zero point energy source (legit theory by enstein, planck and stern). Despite theory for ZPE, every scientist agrees no way to extract energy ... Violates the conservation of energy. The only reason you never heard of the invention is big oil and wall street.
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By no means am I suggesting this is all true and I have to admit I couldn't watch the whole thing. Still some food for though here and I think some genuine content.
Seeds and patents on them as well as laws prohibiting seed storage are a real issue. Free energy and its suppression is a real issue IMO. I am no expert on it but many scientists who work in these areas have problems. Don't you think people who monopolize energy would be shitting their pants even if there was even a possibility that free energy could be developed? The patriot act is in effect making America a fascist state in terms of human rights laws. You can be detained and tortured and all your assets seized without any real evidence. That is now legal in the USA. Don't you think that is a problem? Not so long as you keep running on the little hamster wheel and don't step out of line, and keep poking fun of anyone who is outside of your little box called reality. The perfect citizen. The knee jerk reaction of labeling anything outside your little version of "reality" as crazy is very unfortunate. May be a little crazy and maybe quite a few outright assumptions that are wrong in this vid. I personally have no experience of ET events but I am not so ignorant as to say its impossible. On the contrary any basic understanding of our universe would suggest that if live evolved here it almost certainly has somewhere else. If we can't question these issues openly our society and education system has big problems. The education system is basically left brain development. Which means memorizing facts and learning to obey authority. It kills real critical thinking and real creativity. To me working your ass of just to keep afloat and being told when you can have a day or two holiday is crazy. Living taking orders and being told what reality is without ever experiencing that reality for yourself is crazy. In short the current system we call reality is crazy to me. Its about control and thought manipulation. Thats why I choose to live as independently as possible. I work for myself and doing something creative (writing) and in as many simple practical ways as I can I stand on my own feet. To me that is the main point of this vid, maybe just to question our so called "reality" a little. |
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Pandora | |
Season 1, Episode 22 | |
Airdate | May 12, 2011 |
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Writer(s) | Craig Silverstein |
Director(s) | Kenneth Fink |
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Pandora is the twenty-second episode of the first season of Nikita, and the twenty-second episode overall.
Starring: Maggie Q (Nikita), Shane West (Michael), Lyndsy Fonseca (Alex), Aaron Stanford (Birkhoff), Ashton Holmes (Thom), Tiffany Hines (Jaden), Melinda Clarke (Amanda), Xander Berkeley (Percy)
Guest Starring: Eliana Jones (Young Alex), Vieslav Krystyan (Nikolai Udinov), Noah Bean (Ryan Fletcher), Rob Stewart (Roan), Steve Boyle (SRU Agent), Robyn Thaler Hickey (CIA Receptionist), Paul Beer (Agent Booth), Joe Eigo (Agent Zielinski), Robert Wisdom (Director Abbott), Rich Sommer (Malcolm Mitchell), Alberta Watson (Guest Star), Harris Yulin (Guest Star), Ron White (I) (Guest Star), Larry Mannell (Deputy Director)
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Plot Overview
Arc Advancement
The Show
Behind the Scenes
Allusions and References
- Two of the guest stars in this episode also had parts in La Femme Nikita, a previous remake of this story.
- Alberta Watson played Madeline, who had a role similar to Amanda.
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One Hundred and Sixty-Eighth Day:
Monday, 1st July, 1946
[Page 338]
A. I did not find this wolf, but I saw it.
Q. Tell me, please, why, after having discovered the cross
and learned about the mass graves in 1941, you only started
the exhumation on these mass graves in March, 1943?
A. That was not my concern, but a matter for the army group.
I have already told you that in the course of 1942 the
stories became more widespread. I frequently heard about
them and spoke about it to Colonel von Gersthoff of the
Central Army Group, who intimated to me that he knew all
about this matter, and with that my obligation ended. I
reported what I had seen and heard. Apart from that, this
entire matter did not concern me, and I did not concern
myself with it. I had enough worries of my own.
Q. And now the last question. Please tell me who were these
two persons with whom you had this conversation, and perhaps
you can recollect the names of the couple who told you about
the shootings in the Katyn woods?
A. This couple lived in a small house about 800 to 1,000
metres north of the entrance to our drive leading to the
Vitebsk road. I do not recall their names.
Q. So you do not remember the name of this couple?
A. No, I do not recall the name.
Q. So you heard about the Katyn events from a couple whose
name you do not remember, and you did not hear anything
about it from other local inhabitants?
A. Please repeat the question for me.
Q. Consequently, you heard about these Katyn events only
from this couple, whose name you do not remember. From none
of the other local inhabitants did you hear anything about
the events in Katyn.
A. I personally only heard this story from this couple; my
soldiers told me the stories current amongst the other
Q. Do you know that during the investigation of the Katyn
affair, posters were put up by the German police in the
streets of Smolensk promising a reward to anyone giving any
information in connection with the Katyn events? They were
signed by Lieutenant Voss.
A. I personally did not see these posters. Lieutenant Voss
is known to me by name only.
[Page 339]
A. Do you mean the Russian White Paper?
Q. No, I mean the report of the Soviet Extraordinary
Commission, concerning Katyn, the Soviet report.
A. Yes, I read that report.
Q. Therefore, you know also that the Extraordinary State
Commission names you as being one of the persons responsible
for the crimes committed in Katyn?
A. It mentions a Lt.-Colonel Ames.
COLONEL SMIRNOV: I have no further questions, Mr. President.
THE PRESIDENT: Dr. Stahmer, do you wish to re-examine?
Q. Witness, just a little while ago you said that you did
not know when Lieutenant Hodt joined your staff. Do you know
when he joined the regiment?
A. I know that he belonged to the regiment during the
Russian campaign and actually right from the beginning.
Q. That is, he belonged to the regiment from the beginning?
A. Yes. He belonged to this regiment from the beginning of
the Russian campaign.
Q. Just one more question dealing with your discussion with
Professor Butz. Did Professor Butz mention anything about
what were the last dates on the letters which he found?
A. He told me about the spring of 1940. He also showed me
this diary, and I looked at it and I also saw the dates, but
I do not recall in detail just which date or dates they
were. But they ended with the spring of 1940.
Q. Therefore no documents were found of a later date?
A. Professor Butz told me that no documents or notes were
found which might have given indications of a later date,
and he expressed his conviction that these shootings must
have taken place in the spring of 1940.
DR. STAHMER: Mr. President, I have no further questions to
put to the witness.
BY THE TRIBUNAL (General Nikitchenko):
Q. Witness, can you not remember exactly when Professor Butz
discussed with you the date at which the corpses were buried
in the mass graves?
A. May I ask to have the question repeated?
Q. When did Professor Butz speak to you about the mass
graves and assert that the burial of the corpses must have
taken place in the spring of 1940?
A. I cannot tell you the date exactly, but it was in the
spring of 1943, before these exhumations had started. I beg
your pardon. He told me that he had been instructed to
undertake the exhumation and during the exhumations he was
with me from time to time, it may have been in Mayor the end
of April. In the middle of May he gave me details of his
work of exhumation. I cannot now tell you exactly on which
days Professor Butz visited me.
Q. When did Professor Butz arrive at Katyn?
A. He arrived in the spring of 1940, and told me that, on
instructions of the army group, he was to undertake
exhumations in my forest. The exhumations were started, and
in the course of -
Q. You say 1940? Or perhaps the translation is wrong.
A. 1943, in the spring of 1943. A few weeks after the
beginning of the exhumations, Professor Butz visited me, and
informed me, or rather, he discussed this matter with me. It
may have been the middle of May, 1943
Q. According to your testimony, I understood you to say in
answer to a question put by the defence counsel that
Professor Butz asserted, before the arrival of the
Commission for the exhumation, that the shootings had taken
place in the spring of 1940. Is that correct?
A. May I repeat once more than Professor Butz -
[Page 340]
A. I did not understand the question just put to me. That is
the reason why I wanted to explain this once more. I do not
know just what is meant by this last question. May I ask
that this question be repeated?
Q. At the beginning, when you were interrogated by the
defence counsel, I understood you to say that Professor Butz
told you that the shooting had taken place in the spring of
1940, that is, before the arrival of the Commission for the
A. No, that has not been understood correctly. I testified
that Professor Butz came to me and told me that he was to
undertake exhumations. These exhumations then took place,
and approximately six to eight weeks later, Professor Butz
came to me - of course, he visited me on other occasions as
well - but approximately six to eight weeks later, he came
to me and told me that he was convinced that, as a result of
his discoveries, he was now able to fix the date of the
shootings. He made this statement to me, approximately, in
the middle of May.
Q. Were you present when the diary and the other documents
were found - which were shown to you by Professor Butz?
A. No.
Q. You do not know where he found the diary and other
A. No, that I do not know.
Q. When did you first report to superior authority the fact
that you suspected that there was a grave there?
A. At first, I was not suspicious. I have already mentioned
that fighting had taken place there; and at first I did not
attach any importance to the stories told to me, and did not
give this matter any credence. I believed that it was a
question of soldiers who had been killed there; of war
graves, as there were several in the vicinity.
Q. You are not answering my question. I am asking you, when
did you first report to superior authority that there was a
grave there?
A. In the course of the summer, 1942, I spoke to Colonel von
Gersthoff about these stories which had come to my
knowledge. Gersthoff told me that he himself had heard
similar stories, and my conversation with von Gersthoff was
thereby concluded. I believe that he did not give any
credence to these stories. At least I do not think he was
thoroughly convinced. That I do not actually know, however.
Then, in the spring of 1943, when the snow had melted, and
the bones were found and brought to me, I telephoned to the
officer in charge of war graves, and informed him that
apparently there were some soldiers' graves here. That was
before Professor Butz had visited me.
Q. Did you make any report in writing?
A. No, I did not do that.
Q. Never?
A. No, I was not in any way concerned with this matter.
THE PRESIDENT: The witness can retire.
DR. STAHMER: Then, as an additional witness, I should like
to call Lieutenant Reinhard von Eichborn.
THE PRESIDENT: Yes.
REINHARD VON EICHBORN, a witness, took the stand and
testified as follows:
Q. Will you state your full name please?
A. Reinhard von Eichborn.
[Page 341]
I swear by God, the Almighty and Omniscient, that I will
speak the pure truth and will withhold and add nothing.
(The witness repeated the oath.)
THE PRESIDENT: You may sit down.
DIRECT EXAMINATION of the witness Reinhard von Eichborn
Q. Witness, what is your occupation?
A. Court assessor.
Q. Were you called up for service in the German Wehrmacht
during the war?
A. Yes, in August, 1939.
Q. And what was your unit?
A. Army Group Signal Regiment 537.
Q. And what was your rank?
A. At the outbreak of the war, platoon commander and second
Q. And at the end?
A. Lieutenant.
Q. Were you on the Eastern Front during the war?
A. Yes, from the beginning.
Q. With your regiment?
A. No, from 1940 onward, on the staff of the Central Army
Q. Apart from this Regiment 537, was there a pioneer
battalion 537?
A. In the command of the Central Army Group, there was no
pioneer battalion 537.
Q. When did you arrive with your unit in the vicinity of
A. About 20th September, the staff of the Central Army Group
transferred its headquarters to Smolensk, that is to say
into the Smolensk region.
Q. Where had you been stationed before?
A. How am I to understand this question?
Q. Where did you come from?
A. We came from Borrisov.
THE PRESIDENT: One moment. The witness said 20th September.
That does not identify the year.
Q. In what year was this 20th September?
A. 20th September, 1941.
Q. Was the Regiment 537 already there at that time?
A. The staff of the Regiment 537 was transferred at about
the same time together with the staff of the army group to
the place where the headquarters of the army group was.
Advanced units had already been stationed there in order to
set up communications.
Q. And where was the staff accommodated?
A. The staff of Army Group Signal Regiment 537 was
accommodated in the so-called Dnieper Castle.
Q. Where was the advance unit?
A. The advance unit may have occupied this building - or at
least a part of this advance unit did - to safeguard this
building for the regimental staff.
Q. Do you know who was in command of this advance unit?
A. Lieutenant Hodt was in command of this advance unit.
Q. When did this advance unit come to Katyn?
A. Smolensk fell on about 17th July, 1941. The army group
had planned to put its headquarters in the immediate
vicinity of Smolensk, and, after this group had selected its
quarters, this region was seized immediately after the fall
of the city. The advance unit arrived at the same time as
this area was seized, and that was probably in the second
half of July, 1941.
[Page 342]
A. Yes.
Q. And the entire staff was there from 20th September, 1941?
A. Yes. It may be that part of the staff arrived somewhat
later, but the bulk of the staff arrived on 20th September.
THE PRESIDENT: Are you speaking of the staff of the army
group or the staff of the signal regiment?
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Talk:1018: Good Cop, Dadaist Cop
A comment from the blog that is quite on and off (you'll get the joke) the topic:
- I took a class in college, in French, and we studied (insofar as one can) dadaism, surrealism, and existentialism.
- One day, the girl next to me raised her hand and started out, "This is off the subject, but.."… Professor La Charité interrupted immediately, with, "It's *never* off the subject. Continue."
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Hope that explains some things. lcarsos (talk) 17:40, 20 August 2012 (UTC)
- Explanation
I think the above explanation is lacking. What's bones got to do with it? How about the language stuff? AND A Mexican bandit robbed a bank. The sheriff and his bilingual deputy captured him, and the sheriff, who couldn't speak Spanish, asked him where he'd hidden the money. "No se nada," said the bandit. The sheriff put a gun to the bandit's head and said to his deputy: "Tell him, if he doesn't tell us where the money is, I'll blow his brains out." Upon receiving the translation, the bandit became very animated. "Ya me acuerdo! Tienen que caminar tres cuadradas hasta ese gran arbol. Debajo del arbol, alli esta el dinero." The sheriff leaned forward. "Yeah? Well..?" The deputy replied: "He says he wants to die like a man." 18.104.22.168 (talk) (please sign your comments with ~~~~)
- It's Dadaism. It means unrelated random stuff. AND nice story =) 220.127.116.11 19:26, 29 January 2014 (UTC)
What's incomplete about this? 0100011101100001011011010110010101011010011011110110111001100101 (talk page) 05:37, 2 August 2014 (UTC)
- If you twisted my arm, I'd have to guess that my phone is ringing off the salmon. That's all I can remember at this indication, though. -- Brettpeirce (talk) 11:48, 13 August 2014 (UTC)
Has Mark Zuckerberg ever HAD a mortgage?22.214.171.124, 27 Dec 1014
Well interesting fact about ponytail then, her bones are small!
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The Palaces of the Emperors, Rome (p. 140 B), are impressive, even as ruins, of which enough remain to show their enormous extent and imposing character. Excavations on the Palatine Hill, started by Napoleon III in A.D. 1863, and since continued by the Italian Government, have revealed remains of a group of magnificent palaces which were commenced by Augustus (A.D. 3), added to by Tiberius, Caligula, Vespasian, Titus, and Domitian, and remodelled with gigantic additions by Septimius Severus. The palaces, which crowned the Palatine and looked down on the centre of civic life in the valley below, were approached from the Forum along a clivus " or rising slope which branched off from the Via Sacra,. west of the Arch of Titus.
The principal portico of the palace was of fluted Cippolino columns and led into the public halls, the Tablinum or throne-room, flanked on one side by the Temple of the Lares or Imperial household gods, and on the other by the Basilica or Hall of Justice. Thus, according to Roman traditions, the Imperial power was firmly planted, in architectural planning at any rate, between religion and justice. Directly beyond the throne-room was the Peristylium, a square garden surrounded by marble colonnades designed for court life and pageantry. This, in its turn, opened into the Triclinium or Banqueting Hall with its three couches for the reclining guests. This social sanctum of time-honoured hospitality was remote from the distraction of the public courts and looked out into the peristyle and two nymphaea or open gardens with flowering plants, playing fountains, and running water. There were also many minor chambers for service and sleeping, such as would naturally be required for a palace retinue. The disposition of the buildings was governed by axial lines and thus magnificent vistas were obtained, while irregular spaces, caused by later additions, were rendered symmetrical by the introduction of hemicycles and other devices which disguised the different angles at which the buildings had to be placed in relation to each other, a method frequently used by modern architects. Not only were the Imperial palaces on the Palatine imposing in extent, plan, and proportions, but both within and without they were decorated on the grand scale and in a manner made familiar to us by the revelations of the buried city of Pompeii. The floors were worked in conventional and pictorial mosaics for which the craftsmen of Italy are still famous ; the walls were relieved by marble columns and painted with frescoes, and the ceiling vaults were picked out with bright colours, while everywhere there were niches for the splendid statues brought from conquered Greece.
The Golden House of Nero, Rome (A.D. 65), built after the great fire in the city, has become a synonym for all that is magnificent in royal palaces, but it was destroyed by the Flavian Emperors and made room for the Colosseum and Imperial Therm. Pliny describes the lavish ornamentation and fittings, and Raphael drew inspiration from its buried frescoes.
The Palace of Diocletian, Spalato (A.D. 300) (p. 183) now forms the greater part of the Mediaeval town of Spalato in Dalmatia, which has therefore been called a city in a house. This magnificent palace, with its imposing colonnade, stretches along the sea-front of the Adriatic and may be described as a royal country house, or a chateau by the sea. Its original appearance can be well understood from the restored view (p. 183 C). The plan of the palace was approximately rectangular, occupying 8 acres, almost equal in extent to the Escurial in Spain (p. 683). There was a square tower at each angle, and in the centre of the north, east, and west sides were the " golden," " brazen," and " iron " gateways, flanked by octagonal towers with subsidiary towers between them and the angles. These gateways formed entrances to four porticoed avenues, 36 ft. wide, which met in the centre and gave the palace the character of a Roman camp. The two northern portions were probably for guests and principal officers of the household ; while the whole of the southern portion was devoted to the palace and also included the Temples of AEsculapius (pp. 146, 183) and Jupiter, the latter sometimes known as the Mausoleum of Diocletian (p. 15o). A circular vestibule, with a portico in antis, formed an entrance to a suite of nine chambers overlooking the sea, which included the private apartments and baths of the Emperor. The fine portico or colonnade, 524 ft. long by 24 ft., on the sea-front served as a connecting gallery and probably contained works of art (cf. Elizabethan gallery, p. 709). The detached columns of the upper portion rested on carved corbels, similar to those of the " golden gateway " (p. 183 A). The outer walls were lined internally on three sides of the palace with cells for slaves and soldiers of the Imperial retinue. The octagonal temple or mausoleum and the more lofty halls of the palace proper, visible above the enclosing walls in distant views by land and sea, were impressive features of the group. The architectural character is somewhat debased in style with broken and curved pediments and decadent detail. The palace has, however, a value as a transitional example, for the entablature of the peristyle is formed as an arch (p. 183 B) and thus loses its constructive significance, while the arches of the northern gateway rest directly on capitals, without the intervention of an entablature, and form an early instance of a principle which was carried to its logical conclusion in the Romanesque and Gothic styles.


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The Atletico striker hit a double in his side's recent win over Paraguay, and joked that his right foot is becoming jealous of the number of goals he has scored with his left
Colombia striker Radamel Falcao has called for his side to remain focussed as they continue on the road towards World Cup qualification.The Atletico Madrid forward was instrumental in Los Cafeteros' 2-0 win over Paraguay on Friday, bagging a second-half double to hand his side all three points.
The reported Manchester City and Chelsea target insists an organised performance from the hosts was the reason for their triumph however, and has called for calm ahead of their friendly against Cameroon.
"Thank God my goals [got us the win], but it was the work of the whole team, so I'm very happy with the win and the goals," the 26-year old told reporters.
"Our goal is the World Cup and it is a long way there. We must continue with the same intensity and mentality [to achieve this goal.]"
The former Porto star scored both goals with his left foot on Friday, and went on to joke that his right foot was becoming envious of its counterpart.
"The second [goal] was similar to the ones I scored against Chelsea and Athletic Bilbao, and that's why the right leg is getting jealous!" he quipped.
Falcao will return to La Liga action when Atletico Madrid travel to Real Sociedad on October 21.


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Lancome Ultra Lavande Collection Spring 2011
Although we glanced at images a few weeks of Lancome Ultra Lavande Collection for Spring 2011 here are a few more to drool over that have popped up on the Internet.
Jump ahead.
Lancome La Rose Butterfly Blush
Lancome Ombre Magnetique
Shades Available:
- Disco Gold
- Disco Silver
- Ultra Lavande
Lancome Ballerine Color Fever Gloss Natural Origin
Lancome Glossary Touch Absolute Lipstick
Lancome Khol Eyeliner
Lancome Le Vernis
Available Shades:
- Disco Silver
- Ultra Lavande
Lancome gives us plenty of fresh, soft shades of purple to celebrate Spring with. I can get on board with many of these colors as are soft but not unflattering pastels! The blush is simply stunning as well.
What do you think?
11/15/10 9:54 Nia:
Woah, purple overload.
I am curious about those Ombre Magnetique eyeshadows, but I am afraid that I do not really need them. I think. Stress is always good for my wallet, no lemmings can survive this 😉
how are you doing Muse?
11/15/10 11:02 the Muse:
hey nia I really like the gold one ;-D feels like a need to me hehe! Aw why ya feeling so stressed dear?! I'm great! trying to drag my butt in gear after the weekend!
11/15/10 10:08 shusheshe:
That blush looks gorgeous~!
11/15/10 10:13 Cj:
Morning Muse
I am loving the packaging of literally everything in the collection, especially the glosses! I'm definitely going to get the pink one when they come out. I just wish they had a matching pink nail polish.
So how was your weekend?
11/15/10 10:28 the Muse:
Morning CJ how are you? It was fabulous thanks!! How was yours? ;-D Ahhh pink polish would be gorg!
11/15/10 10:37 Cj:
Pretty good, got my hair done and it's lookin' pretty fab if I do say so myself lol, I wonder what colors the lipsticks are going to be, the packaging reminds me of a disco ball lol
11/15/10 10:54 the Muse:
awesome CJ ;-D sounds lovely! do anything diff with it? I'm guessing some sort of purple base on the lippies ;D!
11/15/10 11:15 Cj:
The cut and style is pretty much the same just neater and shorter but I did switch up the colors, I went with a more light gold blonde color and lighter platinum highlights than I normally get. It looks really good especially in this season.
11/15/10 11:46 the Muse:
sounds lovely CJ ;-D I'm a dye virgin! I've always wanted to go lighter than my own darker brown but I'm a bit scared to try it!
11/15/10 10:14 Regeena:
I have to admit, I sighed when I read "Spring Collection 2011″ as I'm STILL very excited over winter collections, but then I looked at the products. Oh my GOODNESS! I LOVE the packaging! How subtle and spring like! And the colors are beautiful. I find that a lot of "spring" collections tend to look "summery" to me but this screams spring! Can't wait to get my hands on it! I adore every single item (especially the blush and glosses)!
11/15/10 10:27 the Muse:
regeena you aren't the only kinda sucks the joy out of the season when we are talking Spring which seems years away ;-D I agree. I think they intentionally do resort-y type shades for Spring in the assumption they believe people like to go away in the Spring and get into a Summer-like environment but this is very Spring ;-D
11/15/10 11:28 JoElla:
With the first picture, I was quite "I dunno…" but after seeing the products I really digging these.
11/15/10 11:41 the Muse:
me too Jo. I'm normally meh on purple but this is kinda lovely!
11/15/10 12:29 Corinne:
Wow!! I love that lipstick and the blush looks incredible.
The 1st picture (headshot) just looks like a REALLY BAD photoshop (or Paint) project. It looks like they just took a purple crayon tool and drew around the eyes!
11/15/10 12:39 the Muse:
lol agreed corinne but the actual products look fab ;D
11/16/10 5:18 JessicaM:
OH the blush looks LOVELY. Please tell me you're going to review this
11/16/10 9:04 the Muse:
hey jessica def as soon as it arrives in store ;D!
2/9/11 16:14 Sanda:
I'm just curious about Lancome Ombre Magnetique in Ultra Lavande – is this shade available in the US only? ever since I saw the preview photos for the collection I've been dying to get my hands on it but I can't find it at any of the retailers in Canada nor on the Canadian Lancome site got the blush, hypnose drama in lavander and eyeshadow set though
2/9/11 16:41 the Muse:
I'm not sure Sanda, not too familiar with the Canadian release. Perhaps call your Lancome counter?


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I will evoke a hypothetical situation and will ask 1 or 2 simple questions. Excuse my english and writting skills, or rather lack of, it is not my virtue. You can also skip my babbling completely (recommended) and go directly to the SUMMARY. --- warning: this is most likely waste of your time. --- After ship wreck Arnie, Hitler, Einstein, Sun Tzu and Enrique Iglesias find themselves on a deserted island. They have nothing but their bare hands, they are hungry and without a cozy place to rest in. Arnie, naturally, took the role of the group leader coz hes simply the strongest of the bunch, he never panics, and hes got a cool accent. So he says: "Ok guys we need a plan! Throw me a bone here, Im listening.." Einstein says: "I never think of the future. It comes soon enough. A table, a chair, a bowl of fruit and a violin; what else does a man need to be happy?" Hitler says: "Become strong again in spirit, strong in will, strong in endurance, strong to bear all sacrifices! Ein Volk Ein Reich Ein Führer!" Sun Tzu says: "Calculate advantages by means of what was heard, then create force in order to assist outside missions. Force is the control of the balance of power, in accordance with advantages." and when Enrique starts singing : "All I need is a rhythm divine.." Arnie knows he wont get anything useful from those four fools so he says: "You Ubermensch will go with the smart ass Jew and find us some shelter. You singing fag shut the f*** up already! You will go with the general and get us some food. I will go to check the island for any signs of life and stuff and we'll all meet here again before dusk. Agreed?!?" *everyone nods in fear of the Pumping Iron and they go about their business.* At dusk, when they meet again, Arnie shouts: "Report!" Hitler says: "We are all proud that through God's powerful aid, we have become once more true Germans and we've found a suitable cave boss. And even if the entrance was blocked by a huge boulder, we managed to make our way inside. However, I have to complain about Einstein! I admit I was clueless what to do about the boulder and he was the one who came up with the ingenious idea of heating it up and cooling it down several times untill it cracked and broke appart, but I was the one who had to make the fire, bring wood and water. He refused to help me babbling something about "arbeit macht frei" and something about a ray of light he was travelling on.. damn fool!" Einstein smiles and replies: "Well, the only source of knowledge is experience mein Führer. A hundred times every day I remind myself that my inner and outer life are based on the labors of others." Arnie nods in agreement and says: "Das ist gut meine Buben! You did quite well .. for one german and one lesser german. So how about you Sun Tzu and Enrique? Was your mission a succesful one as well?" Sun Tzu says: "Killing the enemy is a matter of arousing anger in men; when we've met this very dangerous wild pig I told Enrigue that the pig said Ricky Martin's butt is much more sexier than his and proceeded to sing Livin' La Vida Loca. Enrique went ballistic, jumped the pig and broke its neck in a single blow. Needless to say that Enrique was so pissed and shocked that I had to carry the dead pig all the way back here. He was just checking his butt constantly, looking into the pig eyes and mumbling something about sad eyes or something. Hes a fag anyways .." Arnie is somehow disgusted but since deep down hes a nice guy he wants to show some compassion. He pats Enrique on the back and says: "You did a great job by killing that dangerous pig Enrique! Whats the matter with you amigo?" Enrigue doest even look up and still starring into the dead pig's eyes starts singing "Because Sad Eyes Never Lie, Sad Eyes Never Lie, Sad Eyes Never Lie.." -------- Now to the point. SUMMARY: we have 5 ppl who worked together, each one according to his own abilities and according to the given task and momentary situation. Hitler: did almost all the dirty work Einstein: moved no finger and used exclusively his witts Sun Tzu: used his wisdom and did some labour Enrique: is the hero he killed the pig! sang songs, was sad Arnie: gave orders, did some scouting, hes the boss QUESTION: How will they divide the pig once its grilled? Who and why gets the biggest/most tasty part and who and why gets the smallest/least tasty part? ------ PS nothing in this post is ment to be racist or degradatory, its just my sick "sense of humor". i hope i didnt break any rules and if so feel free to remove this post.
so .. nobody wants to carve the pig for those guys? or is it a dumb question to ask how and why should they devide the pig? lets say they should devide the pig as equally as possible simply because they all worked together, according to their abilities, given task and momentary sutiation. anything else than equal division of the pig would be discriminatory~discriminating as in: to make a difference in treatment or favor on a basis other than individual merit - http://www.webster.com/ would anyone disagree with that statement? and if so why? edit: id like to stress that arguments of type "Einstien wouldnt eat pig..." are besides the point. we could just use person A,B,C,D,E instead but i found that boring.
Hello. If they didn't have some kind of prior agreement (formal or informal) as to how they would divide the bounty, then there's no way of saying how they would do it. Hitler and arguably SunTzu maybe and even Arnie if he's in his 'strong man' mode, might not even want a 'moral' or 'fair' solution. Hitler wouldn't even be predisposed to give anything to someone who he deemed as being 'weak' or less than human. Remember what the Nazis would have thought of Jews, Einstein being Jewish. So there's really no way of knowing. Ultimately, it seems you're simply asking everyones opinion as to what would constitute the proper, 'moral' outcome for this scenario in any case. Your question seems be the perennial one regarding what one does regarding 'free riders' but it also seems ask what the nature of authority is and how does the use of power affect the moral outcome of situations. My own answer is that they should divide it equally at first but that everyone in his own way must eventually contribute to some extent. That being said however, if it's the 'old Einstein' we're talking about, does one allow 'retirees' on the island, island-citizens who aren't expected to work for their share? Again, my answer would be yes, but they would have to agree to that at first. And, if some aren't predisposed to 'mutual agreement,' then who's to say what the outcome could be? It would merely be survival of the fittest. If one or a few first don't even 'believe in' or 'agree to' moral justice or fairness, then all bets are off anyway. Cheers, mrj
If they were interested in maximizing their chance of survival it seems to me they ought to distribute it according to weight or according to expected energy output (most physical labor). I would also consider this to be the most "fair" or "moral" solution. Would they care (or think about) maximizing their odds of survival and/or come up with the same conclusion? I don't know. Maybe their odds are better with only four or three people. edit: interesting, i realize in retrospect that i associated "their odds" with the best chance of keeping at least one person alive for the longest amount of time, as apposed to say, the whole group for the longest amount of time.
This is nothing that some paper-rock-scissors couldn't solve rather quickly. What would be more interesting is the moral dillemma they would be in if there was no pig and the had to determine who would be the first to be cannabalized first. That would no doubt be decided by a 4-way battle to the death unless one person willingly ageed to be the sacrifice. Arnie, being the leader as he is, should do the moral thing and offer himself up.
mrj - so your argument is based on "prior agreement"? that makes sense to me yes. however, there was no prior agreement in this hypothetical situation, nor "free riders" nor "retirees". the summary states the conditions present at the time. Greg825 - according to needs.. thats very good i think. how could we determine if their odds are better with only four or three? with the info we have its clear that if one of them would not cooperate they wouldnt have nothing to roast nor a shelter. RVBuckeye - paper-rock-scissors? is that what you would agree to or like in such situation? personally id be pretty mad if i wouldnt get my "fair" share simply beause i would be hungry.
One pig could feed 4 grown men, with food to spare probably. If there is a food source on the island, I don't think they would even fight over who got what.
There was exactly such kind of situation displayed in some reality TV programme over here. People with totally different temperaments were released, without anything else but their clothes, on a deserted island...
vanesch> was there any kind of reward for the participants of the "reality" TV programme for their participation? RVBuckeye> ok since you seem to resist ;) you avoided my question. lets try one more time and lets try to picture yourself as one of those 5 (not 4 btw) men ok? say you are .. who you want to be? i will be Arnie and you will be Enrique if thats ok. i say: the whole pig is mine! you want a piece you have to fight me for it! or you know what? i will share with all of you but Enrique. what do you do? how would you feel? btw if there was no pig and they had to kill and eat each other to survive, i dont think there would be any dilema at all... survival of the fittest would solve such situation. however, survival of the fittest princile has little to do with morals.
Reisistance is futile....:rofl: OK, what are enriques options? Option one, Enrique could propose to solve the situation by rock-paper-scissors. For the desired result of cooperations and survivability of all. (he is an artist you know, very compassionate) Oprion 2- Get his own pig. This could possibly lead to several outcomes. If he kept it all to himself, he risks angering the rest of the group by not aiding in their survival. Also, he could share with the rest of the group, even Arinie (you), and raise his leadership status among the group. I doubt he would try to exclude Arnie, if he tried to share, because that wouldn't be as effective if his goal was to take over as leader. (He is an artist you know, not wanting to inflame the situation.) Option 3- Take him up on his offer and beat his a$$. At the risk of being hurt or injured in the process. (Not very likely because he's an artist, you know, he's sensitive) That's is how I think Enrique would respond, and would act in that order. Violence would be a last result. Now, "I" (as myself, the person typing), would probably act choosing option 2, then one, then 3. (i'm not an artist) However, according to how and when your morals kick in, it is my belief that it is completely dependent on the amount of time you are given to react once the situation presents itself. If "I" had to make a split-second decision, (like Arnie was all up in my face trying to exert dominance, and I was starving, no other food in sight), I might choose the 3rd option first because my survival instinct is being threatened. Human beings have the odd ability to act irrationally when presented spur-of-the-moment decisions and would likely react how they were "programmed" to act. Do they follow their survival instinct? (the whole "fight-or-flee" routine) I think we agree on what would happen in this situation. I just showed above my rationalle on how the two are related. (They are related by the time given for you to think and let your morals kick in)
you only needed to post the summary anyway, I'd divide the pig equally, regardless, to avoid any dangerous conflict