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It's not often so much is at stake at a Grand Slam tournament ... but if you're into drama, then this is your year. Will Roger Federer win his sixth straight Wimbledon title? Can Rafael Nadal break through and win a slam on a surface other than his beloved clay? Is Novak Djokovic ready to win his second slam of the year? All huge questions ... and here are you answers, from the greatest prognosticator since Nostradamus, Me. TOP QUARTERWinner: Roger Federer At the top we have the greatest player in the world, Roger Federer. That's right, he's still the man despite the pasting he received in the French at the hands of his top rival, Rafael Nadal. Red clay, my friends, is not slick grass. And he will make it through this quarter despite some uncomfortable match-ups. His first round match against Dominik Hrbaty is no picnic, tho if it is, I'd love to come - I'll bring chips. Gael Monfil gave him a great match in the semis of the French Open, and he could be a worthy third round opponent. Never mind Lleyton Hewitt, Fernando Gonzalez and Tomas Berdych also lay in wait ... it's an ugly quarter. Despite that, I think Federer gets through easily, maybe losing one set along the way. Maybe. SECOND QUARTER Winner: Novak Djokovic This is flashback 1979, when John McEnroe, Bjorn Borg and Jimmy Connors were making the semifinals at every Slam. I think it's great for tennis ... and Djokovic has turned this two horse town into a three horse uh ... city. Novak's been talking more than a little smack of late, and he really does have the game to back it up. He has a tasty second round match up with the dangerous dark horse Marat Safin. After that it should be smooth sailing until he hits Stanislas Wawrinka in the fourth round. Note his quarterfinal match up with Marcos Baghdatis, Ivo Karlovic or David Nalbandian could be difficult. I think the towering Ivo Karlovic is finally going to show the world what 6'10 can do for you on grass ... and he will be a formidable quarterfinal obstacle. It will be a battle of who blinks first - and Novak, to quote Creed, has his eyes wide open. Until he gets punked in the semis. But more on that later. THIRD QUARTERWinner: Jarkko Nieminen What? Who? Why? Yes, Nokia fans are going wild. To spell that one out, Nokia is based in Finland, and the Finnish Nieminen is about to have the tournament of his life. Believe me, it surprises me as much as anyone. He gets there through luck as much as pluck, and here's why. The top seed in this quarter is Nikolay Davydenko. And while he has an extraordinary baseline game, his soft serve and questionable net game will earn him an early exit. Andy Roddick is also in this quarter ... and frankly could have a great run. But his second round match-up with Janko Tipsarevic worries me, as does his third round clash with Dmitry Tursonov - who has great Wimbledon results. James Blake and Andy are on a collision course in the fourth round ... But James path is much easier. At any rate, I'm taking the lefty Nieminen to make it through, after winning two five setters. Call me nuts? Call me crazy? Just call me, sheesh ... here's my email: email@example.com QUARTERWinner: Rafael Nadal That's right. The top three seeds and Jarkko Nieminen. Rafa is coming off a Stella Artois win, becoming the first Spaniard in more than 30 years to win a grass court title. I have railed against his ability to win on grass in each of the last two years, and both times I've been humbled by the guy. He should make it through, but not without some drama. His second round match is absolutely miserable. He plays the winner of 6'9 John Isner or the streaking Latvian Ernests Gulbis. These are two shot makers that you absolutely do NOT want to play on grass. And yet that is what waits for Rafa ... could be interesting. The fourth round will present either Radek Stepanek or Mikhail Youzhny, two very accomplished grass court players. Then of course lurks the great British hope, Andy Murray. Nadal will be playing the crowd and Murray in that one ... and I think he'll crush the spirits of both. Nadal gets through ... but loses 3 sets along the way. SEMIFINALS: Roger Federer vs. Novak Djokovic Federer beats him down. Fed is healthy, hungry and dominant on this surface. Forget Federer's serve and forehand ... his one handed backhand is so brutally effective on grass. I just don't think Novak will have an answer when that vicious slice is kissing his shoes. Federer in straight sets. SEMIFINALS: Rafael Nadal vs. Jarkko Nieminen The lefty battle turns into a complete crush ... Rafa waltzes into the finals so easily he practices for an hour after the match to stay sharp. FINALS: Federer vs. Rafa We get the final we want ... and Fed gets the match he wants. Less than a month after getting laminated in France, Fed returns the favor - playing perfect grass court tennis and winning in four close sets. Don't worry Rafa fans, Nadal gets the title next year. Then in 2010 Federer takes it back one last time. That's right, I just blew your mind and projected 3 years into the future. Deal with it. You've read this far ... you have officially qualified for the Complete Tennis Geek Club, of which I'm the president. I applaud you for that. Please send me your comments or emails - if I get some good ones we'll post them after the tournament.
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U.S. Government Exceeds its Goal for Renewable Energy Use
November 3, 2005
The federal government exceeded its goal of obtaining 2.5 percent of its electricity from renewable energy sources by the end of September, according to figures released on November 3rd by DOE. As the largest energy consumer in the nation, the federal government now uses 2,375 million kilowatt-hours of renewable energy per year. That represents a nearly 14-fold increase in renewable energy use since 1999, when an Executive Order set the goal. Today, the federal government's annual use of biomass, geothermal, solar, and wind power is enough to power 225,000 homes or a city the size of El Paso, Texas. See the DOE press release.
The federal government now has a new goal to meet, as the Energy Policy Act of 2005 requires the government to obtain 7.5 percent of its electrical power from renewable sources of energy by 2013. A key facilitator for that goal is the Federal Energy Management Program (FEMP), a part of the DOE Office of Energy Efficiency and Renewable Energy that helps federal agencies employ renewable energy by purchasing green power or deploying renewable technologies. As a result, solar panels, wind turbines, and thousands of geothermal heat pumps have been installed at federal facilities across the nation. See the FEMP Web site.

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Last year in Texas, a scared little white pup named Diamond arrived at the City of Abilene's municipal shelter. She was dirty, painfully matted and very scared. No one knew it at the time, but she was also deaf.
If Diamond had arrived at the shelter a year earlier, she may never have found her happy ending. But the folks who work at the City of Abilene shelter are especially dedicated and strongly committed to saving animals' lives. Naturally, they jumped at the chance to take part in the ASPCA's Carroll Petrie Foundation Dog Rescue Project, unveiled in September.
Part of the ASPCA Animal Relocation Initiative, the Carroll Petrie Foundation Dog Rescue Project helps cash-strapped municipal shelters like Abilene's relocate dogs to off-site adoption programs, rescues or private shelters by providing municipal shelters $50 per dog placed. That money can be spent on vet care for an animal, transportation of the pet, or on anything else that will help move the animal out of the shelter.
For Diamond, this program was a godsend. Abilene was able to use the Petrie subsidy to move her to The Pawed Squad rescue. After a desperately needed grooming, Diamond revealed herself to be an adorable little Bichon Frise! She also came out of her shell and showed she would make a wonderful companion.
Soon after rescuing Diamond, the Pawed Squad was able to place her in a loving home that cherishes her every day. Her deafness was never an issue for these awesome adopters.
Congratulations to Abilene, The Pawed Squad rescue and Diamond's happy family. We're so glad the Carroll Petrie Foundation Dog Rescue Project is changing lives like hers and thousands of others.
Want to help support our efforts to find homes for thousands of homeless pets like Diamond? Please consider becoming an ASPCA Guardian today.
And this has what to do with providing rides... or is it just the money you want? I would gladly transport but I don't think this is what you are asking for????
The Dog Rescue Project is wonderful. So is ASPCA who formed it and this particular shelter who is implementing it. This is a wonderful shelter to work at saving these animals lives. Diamond is beautiful.
I live in N. Virginia and would like to assist with transportation of rescued animals.
A nearby animal rescue shelter is actually closed on Sundays! Now, I may not be a brain surgeon but would it not be a good thing to be open the entire weekend as so many people tend to go to the shelters on both w/e days?
I live outside New Orleans and want to help with rides. Please email me if I can help you!
It is so nice to see a happy ending:) Thank you so much for all you do and God bless!!
I can not afford to donate money at this time. But I can volunteer my time and services. I would like to become a rescue volunteer or transporter. Please contact me.
Morning All. I saved a Puppy being starved in a cage. & she's here with me. I payed $150 buck. She's well worm with me. But a Doctor did a bum job by fixing her. Mimi


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Carolyn Ashdown's tone of voice said it all.
The White Oak girls' basketball coach was as soft-spoken as she could be Wednesday night following a 37-32 home loss to Havelock in a Coastal 3-A Conference game that saw the Vikings carry a slim lead into the fourth quarter.
This was a tough pill to swallow for White Oak.
"Yeah," Ashdown said. "Definitely."
Later, White Oak lost 64-47 to Havelock in the boys' game.
The White Oak girls' team (12-7, 4-5) was hoping to remain in fourth place in the conference. Instead, White Oak fell to fifth place while Havelock (9-8, 4-5) jumped to fourth since it has two wins this season over the Vikings. Havelock beat White Oak 38-31 on Dec. 11.
"Our conference, all of us are fighting to try to get into the playoffs now that we are in the second rotation (of league play)," Havelock coach Anna Spear said.
The Coastal Conference has five automatic bids to the NCHSAA 3-A playoffs. With five league games left, Ashdown remains confident of her team's playoff chances.
"I told the team to keep their heads up and to be prepared for Friday. If we beat D.H. Conley on Friday (at WOHS), we will still sit in a pretty good spot. Every game right now through the end of the season is going to be very important and you never know what will happen," she said.
In what was a back and forth but defensive battle, the Vikings took a 24-23 lead into the fourth quarter and led 26-25 with 5:35 left.
That's when the Rams pulled away.
Havelock surged ahead with a 6-0 run, with two points coming on a layup by Shakina Dyer to give the Rams a 27-26 edge with 4:28 remaining. Kierra Fleming capped the spurt on a putback for a 31-26 cushion.
The Vikings got within three in the final two minutes but no closer.
"We missed a couple of shots within the 3-point line that were open," Ashdown said. "Their defense is kind of big with their hands up and for us to try to penetrate and kick, we were not able to do it."
White Oak was 2 of 13 from the field in the final eight minutes while Havelock was 4 of 7. The Rams' primary focus on defense was to limit Vikings' senior center Lyric Levester, who finished with 9 points and 13 rebounds.
Emily McLain had 11 points and 6 rebounds for WOHS while Tineisha Smith had 8 points and 6 boards.
"We still wanted to not allow penetration of No. 32 (Levester)," Spear said of her team's fourth-quarter game plan. "We wanted to try to keep her out. We felt if we could contain (Levester and McLain) then we could stay in our matchups."
But limiting Levester wasn't just Havelock's plan in the fourth quarter. The Rams spent the entire game defending the Vikings' leading scorer.
"They just played zone and their defense made us struggle," Ashdown said. "When we penetrated, they rotated one person in front and one person behind her. Every time she caught it, there was a person in the front and behind her. And the biggest thing came when somebody shot, they were able to put two people on her to box her out and get the rebound."
White Oak had a few possessions in the second and third quarters with the lead without much half-court pressure from the Rams, who were in zone. Ashdown was asked if she considered holding the ball for longer periods of times since her team struggled getting it inside.
"We definitely tried to manage the clock as best we could without having to mess up tempo," she said. "Sometimes when you slow down for too long and get out of tempo, it turns into, 'Oh, we need a basket. What do we do? We've been standing around holding the ball for so long.'
"Last game we played them, the pace was a little faster."
Natalie Johnson and Dyer each scored 12 points for Havelock.
Havelock 64, White Oak 47: Leading 2-0, White Oak yielded a 13-0 first-quarter run and never recovered in falling to the Rams in a Coastal Conference game.
Still, White Oak coach Chris Grimes was happy with his team's effort. The Vikings lost 95-68 to Havelock on Dec. 11.
The Rams are now 10-7, 7-2.
"The biggest thing was we hung tough, mentally," he said. "Obviously our shots weren't falling early in the game, but I felt like our energy level picked up as the game went along. That's all you can ask for from a high school team is to play hard and play together."
Kendall White scored 12 points for White Oak (5-14, 2-7). He was coming off a 30-point effort on Tuesday in a 67-64 win over West Carteret.
Pharoh Cooper scored 16 points to lead four Havelock double-figure scorers.
Havelock 11 7 5 14 — 37
White Oak 6 10 8 8 — 32
Johnson 12, Barrette 3, Wilson 2, Dyer 12, McKinley 2, Fleming 6. Totals— 13-34 9-18 37.
McLain 11, L. Levester 9, Smith 8, Czigler 2, I. Levester 2. Totals— 12-43 7-12 32.
3-Point Goals— H 2 (Johnson, Dyer), W 1 (McLain). Rebounds— H 28 (Johnson 6, Fleming 6), W 36 (L. Levester 13, Mclain 6, Smith 6). RECORDS— H: 9-8, 4-5, hosts Washington on Friday. W: 12-7, 4-5, hosts D.H. Conley on Friday.
Havelock 19 14 19 12 — 64
White Oak 6 10 13 18 — 47
Carter 12, Boykin 7, Ju. Cuthbertson 2, Jo. Cuthbertson 1, Bruns 14, Cooper 16, Prichard 12. Totals— 24-61 13-21 64.
Garrison 6, K. White 12, Jones 8, Q. White 7, Robinson 6, Sloane 8. Totals— 17-53 10-15 47.
3-Point Goals— H 3 (Carter, Boykin, Bruns), W 3 (Sloane 2, Garrison). Rebounds— H 44 (Cooper 14), W 29 (K. White 6). RECORDS— H: 10-7, 7-2, hosts Washington on Friday. W: 5-14, 2-7, hosts D.H. Comley on Friday.


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Really excited to try this combo out. My plan is to use 2mg cjc-dac for 4 weeks then up to 4mg for the final 2 weeks. Hopefully I can get more and carry on at 4mg per week a little longer. I will inject my weekly dose in two shots on Tues and Fri. Therefore tonight I will dose 1mg pre bed. I only have 0.9% sodium chloride water but that will do for now. I have bac water on the way.
I am not starting the hexarelin till next week. When I start that will be dosed at 25mcg morning and night. I will later increase to 3 injs per day at 25mcg.
I am hoping for fatloss, muscle fullness, great sleep, faster recovery and a general increase in well being. Gonna mix my dac now and inj a little later :)
I should add I plan to add 0.1mg prami every night and may increase to 0.2mg. This to help with any possible prolactin sides from the hexarelin. I will also use a small dose of green tea and will likely get huperzine a and will document the difference this combo creates.


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Women's Golf Hosts Hilton Head Lakes Invitational
March 11, 2014
Hilton Head, S.C. – The Pfeiffer women's golf team hosted the Hilton Head Lakes Invite and finished the two day competition in 17th place. Conference Carolinas foe Limestone College took home first place with a team score of 632.
On the first day, the Falcons battled both the course and the winds as strong gusts of up to 20 mph came into play today shortly after the tournament began. Limestone and Montevallo sat at the top of the leaderboard as both teams turned in a 29 over par round of 317. The Falcons were short handed as number two golfer Danielle Haizlip was forced to withdraw in the first day of competition.
Sarah Baldwin picked up the slack in the second day of play, firing a team best 81 for the final 18 holes. Baldwin finished with the Falcons best score of the tournament at 171 and finished in the top 50 of the field. Lauren Lyle followed Baldwin with a final score of 177, while teammate Stephania Valgeirsdottir shot a combined 183.
Limestone and Wingate battled to the finish with the Saints narrowly taking the top spot thanks to a playoff win. Montevallo finished third, followed by Coker and Queens who rounded out the top five.


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Valley fever is a fungal infection caused by coccidioides (kok-sid-e-OY-deze) organisms. It can cause fever, chest pain and coughing, among other signs and symptoms.
Two species of coccidioides fungi cause valley fever. These fungi are commonly found in the soil in specific areas and can be stirred into the air by anything that disrupts the soil, such as farming, construction and wind. The fungi can then be breathed into the lungs and cause valley fever, also known as acute coccidioidomycosis (kok-sid-e-oy-doh-my-KOH-sis).
Mild cases of valley fever usually resolve on their own. In more severe cases, doctors prescribe antifungal medications that can treat the underlying infection.
Valley fever is the initial form of coccidioidomycosis infection. This initial, acute illness can develop into more serious disease, including chronic and disseminated coccidioidomycosis.
The initial, or acute, form of coccidioidomycosis is often mild, with few, if any, symptoms. When signs and symptoms do occur, they appear one to three weeks after exposure. They tend to resemble those of the flu, and can range from minor to severe:
The rash that sometimes accompanies valley fever is made up of painful red bumps that may later turn brown. The rash mainly appears on your lower legs, but sometimes on your chest, arms and back. Others may have a raised red rash with blisters or eruptions that look like pimples.
If you don't become ill from valley fever, you may learn that you've been infected only when you later have a positive skin or blood test or when small areas of residual infection (nodules) in the lungs show up on a routine chest X-ray. Although the nodules typically don't cause problems, they can look like cancer on X-ray.
If you do develop symptoms, especially severe ones, the course of the disease is highly variable. It can take months to fully recover, and fatigue and joint aches can last even longer. The severity of the disease depends on several factors, including your overall health and the number of fungus spores you inhale.
If the initial coccidioidomycosis infection doesn't completely resolve, it may progress to a chronic form of pneumonia. This complication is most common in people with weakened immune systems. You're likely to have periods of worsening symptoms alternating with periods of recovery. Signs and symptoms include:
The most serious form of the disease, disseminated coccidioidomycosis, occurs when the infection spreads (disseminates) beyond the lungs to other parts of the body. Most often these parts include the skin, bones, liver, brain, heart, and the membranes that protect the brain and spinal cord (meninges).
The signs and symptoms of disseminated disease depend on which parts of your body are affected and may include:
Valley fever, even when it's symptomatic, often clears on its own. Yet for older adults and others at high risk, recovery can be slow, and the risk of developing severe disease is high.
Seek medical care if you are in a high-risk group and develop the signs and symptoms of valley fever, especially if you:
Be sure to tell your doctor if you've traveled to a place where valley fever is endemic and you have symptoms. More and more, people who spend a few days golfing or hiking in Arizona return home with valley fever but are never tested for the disease.
The fungi that cause valley fever — Coccidioides immitis or Coccidioides posadasii — thrive in the arid desert soils of southern Arizona, Nevada, northern Mexico and California's San Joaquin Valley. They're also endemic to New Mexico, Texas, and parts of Central and South America — areas with mild winters and arid summers.
Like many other fungi, coccidioides species have a complex life cycle. In the soil, they grow as a mold with long filaments that break off into airborne spores when the soil is disturbed. The spores are extremely small, can be carried hundreds of miles by the wind and are highly contagious. Once inside the lungs, the spores reproduce, perpetuating the cycle of the disease.
More than half of those who inhale coccidioides fungi have few, if any, problems. But some, especially pregnant women, people with weakened immune systems — such as those living with HIV/AIDS — and those of Filipino, Hispanic, African, Native American or Asian descent are at risk of developing a more severe form of coccidioidomycosis.
Complications of coccidioidomycosis may include:
Make an appointment with your doctor if you develop signs or symptoms of valley fever and are in or have recently returned from a region where this condition is common.
Here's some information to help you get ready and know what to expect from your doctor.
The list below suggests questions to raise with your doctor about valley fever. Don't hesitate to ask more questions during your appointment.
Valley fever is difficult to diagnose solely on the basis of signs and symptoms, which are usually vague and nonspecific, or on a chest X-ray, which can't distinguish valley fever from other lung diseases. Instead, a definitive diagnosis depends on finding evidence of coccidioides organisms in tissue, blood or other body secretions. For that reason, you're likely to have one or more of the following tests:
Most people with acute valley fever don't require treatment. Even when symptoms are severe, the best therapy for otherwise healthy adults is often bed rest and fluids — the same approach used for colds and the flu. Still, doctors carefully monitor people with valley fever.
If symptoms don't improve or become worse or if you are at increased risk of complications, your doctor may prescribe an antifungal medication, such as fluconazole. Antifungal medications are also used for people with chronic or disseminated disease.
In general, the antifungal drugs fluconazole (Diflucan) or itraconazole (Sporanox, Onmel) are used for all but the most serious forms of coccidioidomycosis disease.
All antifungals can have serious side effects. However, these side effects usually go away once the medication is stopped. The most common side effects of fluconazole and itraconazole are nausea, vomiting, abdominal pain and diarrhea.
More serious infection may be treated initially with an intravenous antifungal medication such as amphotericin B (Abelcet, Amphotec, others).
These medications control the fungus, but sometimes don't destroy it, and relapses may occur. For many people, a single bout of valley fever results in lifelong immunity, but the disease can be reactivated, or you can be reinfected if your immune system is significantly weakened.
If you live in or visit areas where valley fever is common, take common-sense precautions, especially during the summer months when the chance of infection is highest. Consider wearing a mask, staying inside during dust storms, wetting the soil before digging, and keeping doors and windows tightly closed.
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The purpose of Columbia International University is grounded in its historic roots and core values, especially The Authority of Scripture, Victorious Christian Living and World Evangelization. CIU's first president, Robert C. McQuilkin put it this way when describing the two-fold message upon which CIU was founded is:
"Victorious living in Christ is gloriously possible to yielded, trusting hearts; And the gospel must be taken to the ends of the earth before Christ shall return."
Under the leadership of current CIU President Bill Jones, the purpose is summarized this way:
CIU educates people from a biblical worldview to impact the nations with the message of Christ.
But practically speaking, what does that look like at a Christian institute of higher education?
Again, we look to President R.C. McQuilkin who wrote:
"Neither a Bible institute nor a liberal arts college, (CIU) offers a curriculum with the spiritual advantages of the former, cultural advantages of the latter."
In other words, what our first president was describing is a biblical university."
As a biblical university we are expanding the liberal arts programs in the undergraduate school, while strengthening our Bible and ministry programs. But to produce the same high impact graduates of the past requires different methods for the future. That's because the world has shifted radically in the last 60 years. Here at home, the United States is no longer a Christian nation, but a post-Christian nation. Meanwhile, overseas, typical missionaries are often not wanted in the least-reached parts of the world. However, unreached cultures aggressively recruit those professionals who can help develop their societies.
So to meet the challenges both in the United States and abroad, CIU is producing "professional ministers" such as pastors, but also "ministering professionals." Those are graduates who are able to enter closed countries because of their professional training, but able to evangelize the country because of their Bible training.
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Jeff Karstens (shoulder) could begin throwing off flat ground by the end of this week.
Jorge De La Rosa was scratched from his scheduled start against the Phillies on Saturday.
John Lackey fired seven scoreless innings in a 3-0 win over the Dodgers on Friday.
Mark Buehrle registered the 31st complete game of his career in Friday's victory over the Twins.
Josh Hamilton hit his first two home runs of the season in Friday's 7-4 win over the Red Sox.
Chris Davis belted his 12th home run of the season as the Orioles topped the Rays 2-1 on Friday.
Todd Frazier went 2-for-3 with a solo home run and a walk Friday against the Nationals.
Troy Tulowitzki clobbered a pair of solo home runs off Cole Hamels on Friday, powering the Rockies to a 4-1 victory over the Phillies.
Chad Bettis was outstanding in Friday's victory over the Phillies, allowing just two hits over eight scoreless innings.
Mariners placed LHP James Paxton on the 15-day disabled list with a strained tendon in his finger.
Stephen Strasburg was removed from Friday's outing against the Reds with an apparent shoulder injury.
Travis d'Arnaud's (finger) return from the disabled list will be delayed due to a bone bruise in his wrist.


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The constant battle agencies face to secure their computers and networks is filled with acronyms, laws, polices and best practices. With changes and attacks coming at chief information officers at a 1,000 miles per minute, a public-private sector consortium is trying to clarify and simplify certain aspects of cybersecurity.
The Consortium for Cybersecurity Action, a newly-formed international group of government agencies and private organizations from around the world, today will release an updated baseline of the 20 most important cyber controls, and it wants to become a resource to help agencies implement those security checks.
Tony Sager, a director with the Sans Institute and a former chief operating officer of the National Security Agency's Information Assurance Directorate, said many of these 20 controls are basic, but important.
"When I worked at NSA, I always said if you are going to be a defender, job one is visibility. Do you know what's on your network? Do you know how it's configured? So there are a number of things that have that flavor to them early in the controls," he said in an interview with Federal News Radio. "There are more advanced and complex things for the advanced. It really deals with a wide range of things."
He said simple things can have tremendous value in forcing the bad actors to take risks or spend money they don't want to.
Sans, the Center for Strategic and International Studies and others led an effort in 2009 to create the Consensus Audit Guidelines, which detailed these 20 critical controls.
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Sager said this update comes as the Homeland Security Department is using the guidelines as part of its effort to implement continuous monitoring. DHS also is preparing a solicitation to buy continuous monitoring-as-a-service and tools that includes some of these security steps.
"It's a complementary piece. The notion is it does help you implement that," Sager said of how the critical controls fit into the continuous monitoring effort. "It brings focus and priority to the things that are really worth measuring as part of your continuous monitoring program. One of the reasons this notion of critical controls and a small number like 20 has really caught on, I think, is businesses are really full of really long lists of things you ought to do. Thousands of things, giant frameworks, and all kinds of options, vendors tools and standards, and what I found is you can produce great security guidance and all these great things, but still the customers I was trying to serve were just overwhelmed by the incredible number of options, and you have all these different compliance things and things you have to do deal with. So trying to get past the do it all to let's just focus on a small number of things that have the highest value is a really important notion that DHS is really focused on and we think it's a perfect fit."
He added the controls bring people together, who understand the attacks and technology, to choose a small number of ways to best defend agency networks.
"It doesn't mean you don't do other things, but it means let's focus first on a small number of things, and then this notion of continuous monitoring is about what things you should look at that has the most value, that are most likely to indicate bad things are happening," Sager said.
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Even though the critical controls have been around for more than three years and garnered a lot of attention, agency progress toward implementing them has been mixed.
A handful of agencies such as the Air Force and the State Department, have implemented many of the critical controls, but many agencies continue to struggle with basic cyber hygiene.
The Federal Communications Commission launched a task force to determine how the critical controls can best be applied to protect the telecommunications industry, the consortium said.
Sager said he doesn't have a good idea of how widely agencies are using the critical controls.
"One of the things we are doing as part of this is trying to synchronize with other folks. Even 20 is a lot to chew on in the first step. We are bringing more focus to a smaller number like four or five, must-do, highest priority. We are synchronizing that with lots of folks like the Australian and British governments," he said. "That gives you a natural starting point from which other things start to build."


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Reasons for Procedure
- Blood in the urine
- High levels of protein in the urine
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- Rest to prevent bleeding. You should usually rest for the first 24-48 hours after the biopsy. Do not lift or exercise until your doctor says it is okay.
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Over the last two weeks, we have seen the tragedies that occur when bicyclists and motorists are in conflict; lives are lost, while other lives are ruined.
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To make matters worse, it appears that many, if not a clear majority, of those that use bicycles, could care less if they follow traffic laws. I sincerely doubt these individuals are trying to intentionally break the rules, let alone trying to be a danger to themselves or others on the road, but yet, these individuals run the risk to themselves and others. Think about it, how many times have we seen, or even been on a bicycle, and disregarded a stop sign, used hand signals or even stayed close to the curb, I am sure we have all been guilty of this, myself included.
And it is at that specific point, many of the conflicts both on the road and in my own mind collide. On one hand, as a motorist, I believe I am held to a higher standard of following traffic laws when I am behind the wheel; I have a license to prove I know rules and it is expected that I follow them. As for those on bicycles, the same is not the true. By simply having a bicycle, there is no expectation that the individual using the bicycle has any inherent knowledge of traffic laws; there is no credential a bicycle operator has to possess to demonstrate that they understand the rules of the road.
The issue gets magnified when we look at how communities, like Piqua, are working harder and harder to reclaim streets and roads to be used for all modes of transportation. As we look into the future, we can certainly expect more and more people to use bicycles as a form of transportation and those individuals will undoubtedly be on streets and roads. These conflicts between bicyclists and motorists are not going to go away anytime soon; if anything there will be more of them.
It's safe to say we need more training and education for our bicyclists if we expect them to be on the roads. Perhaps it is time for some type of basic licensing or permitting system. Requiring bicyclists to fully understand and follow traffic laws can have a positive influence in making our streets and roadssafer for both bicyclists and motorists.
This isn't to say that training bicyclists is going to prevent the tragic events that occur when vehicles and bicycles get into accidents. However, reasonable actions should be considered to ensure the safety of everyone on our community's streets, whether they are behind the steering wheel or whether they are behind handlebars.
William (Bill) Lutz is the Development Program Manager for the city of Piqua and can be reached at firstname.lastname@example.com


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The New Bern Bears had one defensive blemish in their Mideastern Conference soccer match against Wilmington Hoggard Tuesday at Caruso-Coates Stadium.
The Bears, unable to get the ball into the goal, dropped a 1-0 battle to rival Hoggard.
A little more than 23 minutes into the game, Vikings' Kelsey Hamm floated a ball past
It was all Hoggard needed, as New
"The goalkeeper got caught off her line and caught in no-mans land, and the ball got chipped over her," said
The Bears (4-5, 1-2 Mideastern) controlled the majority of the first half, taking nine shots on goal in the first 40 minutes.
"We controlled the pace of the game, and that's great, but you can have a gerbil on a wheel for an hour and a half, but it doesn't produce anything," Guter said.
"We have to get in front of the goal and shoot. We didn't shoot too often from inside the box."
Allen, Ashley Osiecki, Zoe Hearne and River Bondurant had shots on goal for
Bondurant's blast on goal was saved on a diving attempt by Hoggard's Cassidy Stephenson with three minutes remaining in the match.
"We need to do a better job offensively," Guter said. "If we put that much pressure on our backs to be success, one mistake will decide the game."
Hoggard took six shots on goal and had three corner kicks.
Young made one save for the Bears.
The defense in front of her — Karlie Swindell, Shelby Osiecki, Lindsay Johnson and Keely Klicker — helped shutout Hoggard in the second half.
"Defensively, I think we did a pretty good job," Guter said. "Where I think we fell apart was in our midfield. We have to do a better job. (Hoggard) is sitting back with four defenders and we play the ball right to them."
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Lady Jane Grey was born in October 1537 and died in February 1554. Lady Jane is most remembered as the "Nine Day Queen" before Mary Tudor was confirmed as queen in 1553 after the death of her half-brother Edward VI.
Janes father was Henry Grey, who was to become the Duke of Suffolk, and her mother was Lady Frances Brandon, who was the daughter of Henry VIIIs sister Mary and the great grand-daughter of Henry VII.
Jane had a strict upbringing and she never developed a close relationship with her parents. She did, however, develop a close friendship with Catherine Parr. Academically, Jane excelled in languages. She had been tutored by John Aylmer and she spoke French, Greek, Latin and Italian fluently.
Jane became a ward of Baron Seymour of Sudeley who tried unsuccessfully to arrange a marriage between Jane and Edward VI. Seymour was executed for treason in 1549.
After the death of Seymour, Jane fell under the influence of John Dudley, the Duke of Northumberland. Dudley was Edward's chief advisor. In 1553, Jane married Dudleys son, Lord Guilford Dudley.
Northumberland managed to persuade Edward VI to change the order of succession so that Jane would succeed to the throne. His argument was that Jane was Church of England and Mary was Catholic and any change back to Catholicism would be disastrous for England. Northumberland's plan was simple: if Jane, his daughter-in-law, was queen and his son king, Dudley's influence over royal policy would be strong and he could enhance the power he already had.
When Edward died on July 6th 1553, Lady Jane Grey succeeded to the throne aged 15. The proclamation was read out on July 10th 1553. Her 'reign' lasted nine days.
However, the people of England rallied around Mary Tudor. England had enjoyed decades of stability under the Tudors and the name had become synonymous with Englands growing European standing. Marys surname alone would have been enough to gain her the support of the vast majority. On July 19th, Mary was proclaimed queen of England and Jane was sent to the Tower of London.
Dudley was not helped in his plan by the fact that his army deserted him, clearly fearing a Tudor backlash against which they would be severely beaten in combat. To make matters worse for her, Janes father, probably out of desperation, joined the failed rebellion led by Sir Thomas Wyatt in 1554.
Had her father not joined the rebellion, it is probable that Mary would have spared the life of the fifteen year old who was clearly out of her depth but did as she was told. The rebellion convinced Mary that Jane, while alive, remained a threat to her. Mary was also concerned that Jane, when given the chance to convert to Catholicism, refused to do so.
Lady Jane Grey and her husband were beheaded on February 12th,1554, after being found guilty of treason. Guilford was the first to be executed followed by Jane. Before she was executed, Jane said that she had never wanted the throne of England and that she would die a "true Christian women".
A contemporary account of Jane's execution:
(Guilford's) carcass thrown into a cart, and his head in a cloth, he was
brought to the chapel within the Tower, where Lady Jane, whose lodging
was in Partidge's house, did see his dead carcass taken out of the cart,
as well as she did see him before alive on going to his death - a sight
to her no less than death. By this time was there a scaffold made upon
the green over against the White Tower, for the said Lady Jane to die
upon......The said lady, being nothing abashed...with a book in her hand
whereon she prayed all the way till she came to the said
scaffold....First, when she mounted the said scaffold she said to the
people standing thereabout: "Good people, I am come hither to die,
and by a law I am condemned to the same. The fact, indeed, against the
queen's highness was unlawful, and the consenting thereunto by me: but
touching the procurement and desire thereof by me or on my behalf, I do
wash my hands thereof in innocency, before God, and the face of you,
good Christian people this day." and therewith she wrung her hands,
in which she had her book. And kneeling down she turned to Fackenham
(the dean of St Paul's) saying "Shall I say this psalm?" And
he said "Yea". Then she said the psalm of Misere mei Deus in
English, in most devout manner, to the end. Then she stood up and gave
Mistress Tinney her gloves and handkerchief, and her book to Master
Bruges, the lieutenant's brother; forthwith, she untied her gown. The
hangman went to her to help her therewith; then she desired him to let
her alone, and also with her other attire and neckerchief, giving to her
a fair handkerchief to knit about her eyes.
Then the hangman kneeled down, and asked her forgiveness, whom she gave most willingly. Then he willed her to stand upon the straw: which doing she saw the block. Then she said "I pray you dispatch me quickly." Then she kneeled down saying "Will you take it off before I lay me down?" and the hangman answered her "No, madam". She tied the neckerchief about her eyes: then feeling for the block she said "What shall I do? Where is it?" One of the standers-by guiding her thereto, she laid her head down upon the block, and stretched forth her body and said "Lord, into thy hands I commend my spirit." And so she ended.
"Lady Jane Grey". HistoryLearningSite.co.uk. 2014. Web.


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MISENHEIMER, N.C. – Rallying back in sets two and three, host Pfeiffer University was able to complete a 3-0 (25-20, 25-19, 25-19) sweep over visiting Belmont Abbey College in Conference Carolinas men's volleyball action on Thursday night. The victory evens the Falcons to 1-1 on the year both overall and in league play, while the Crusaders suffer their first loss of the season dropping to 3-1, 1-1.
Tied at 18 in the opening set, a pair of back-to-back kills from Micah Bortner (Dallastown, PA) would give the Falcons a lead for good at 20-18. After a pair of Belmont Abbey errors, a final put down from Kyle Mariano (Kendall Park, NJ) and Bortner would help provide a 25-20 set and 1-0 match lead.
In the middle stanza, six Pfeiffer errors with an Evan Young (Tampa, FL) kill mixed it shot Belmont Abbey out to a 10-4 lead early on. Clawing back in the set, Fabio Diniz (Sao Paulo, BRAZIL) scored the equalizer with a kill knotting the match at 14 apiece. Pfeiffer would again hold the lead to close out the second set as two more kills from Mariano along with a pair from Caleb Brophy (Mission Viejo, CA) rallied the Falcons back for a 2-0 match lead.
Pfeiffer again had to play a little catch up in the third set trailing 11-8 after a Derek Sullivan (Midlothian, VA) kill for the Crusaders. Mariano would again lead the way tying the contest at 12-12 before two-straight Belmont Abbey errors gave the hosts just enough breathing room to maintain a lead throughout. Bortner would add two more kills during the second half of set three while Pfeiffer took advantage of eight Crusader errors registering the sweep.
Brophy led all attackers on Thursday with 16 kills on the night followed by Mariano's 12. David Specian (Loxahatchee, FL) led with 36 assists while libero Mark Hess (Lebanon, PA) popped up 13 digs. Nolan Albrecht (Naperville, IL) would lead the Crusaders with 10 kills in the loss.
Pfeiffer will remain in Conference Carolinas play traveling to King on Saturday afternoon. Match time is set for 3:00 p.m.


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- A listing of support groups on our website grouped by regional areas. This list is updated as requested from leaders and is only for groups who choose to be on it.
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- Leadership mentoring.
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Been a while since I posted on this thread! Yesterday, my package of samples came - mostly Les Exclusifs, a Malle (Iris Poudre), Diorama, plus TWO free Caron samples. How nice!
I love reading about the finds on eBay, btw!
Thread: Today I Bought - September 2010
I've been ebay scavenging. I bought vintage Coty Emeraude pdt, vintage L'Aimant flacon mist, a mini of Raphael Réplique parfum, a vintage No. 5 cologne spray in the black case, and My de Myrurgia edt made in Barcelona (I have no idea what this one is like but I decided it should be mine). These are the first purchases I've made in ages, I think.
Been a while since I posted on this thread! Yesterday, my package of samples came - mostly Les Exclusifs, a Malle (Iris Poudre), Diorama, plus TWO free Caron samples. How nice!
I love reading about the finds on eBay, btw!
How's this for an odd assortment: Vintage Coty Imprevu PDT, Bond No. 9 AW Lexington Ave., Polo
Samples of the 2 new Andy Tauer scents.
For sale. Carnal Flower and Vero Profumo Onda.
18 minis mixed and two mini Jill Sander#4parfum .17 oz -which sniffing the mini I got thrifting I find it reminds me a little bit of Poison .Anyone else smell a similarity?
<jumping up and down> my Tom Ford Tobacco Vanille arrived today.
My Niki parfum arrived today, just lovely!
Some vintage Guerlain Mitsouko eau de Cologne
Penhaligons Opus 1870 EDT
2 Penhaligons Lily & Spice scented candles
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For sale. Carnal Flower and Vero Profumo Onda.
Today a WHOLE LOT of ebay wins showed up . I was only expecting one or two packages -based on tracking-but SUPRISE!!!
SEVEN packages arrived today 1.Anne Klein edp full bottle in box new
2.Anne Klein edp half bottle no box or cap
3.Miss Dior edt full bottle
4.Coriandre 2/3 bottle
5.Norell .6 oz perfume spray x2 + .6 oz cologne spray x2 -new in box sets but I don't know it's age
6.Ysatis full bottle -probably I'll sync with this tomorrow
7. 24 Faubourg Hermes 60% bottle remains
This wondrous perfume ... Ubar.
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For sale. Carnal Flower and Vero Profumo Onda.
Just got my 8 ml dose of Chanel Bois des Illes today...
Smells a little familiar, as though I have smelt it on some rich middle-aged ladies some years ago,probably in the context of parties held by relatives or sumthing.
That association sort of ruins the anticipation for me, but hopefully not for long!
Today my package of 18 mini bottles arrived .This is what came :
1. True Love by Elizabeth Arden .33 oz edt
2.Azzura by Azzaro in a pillow-shapedturquoise plastic purse vial holder
3.unlabeled avon aldyhyde/green/floral scent
4.parfum unlabeled mini smells a bit like Pleasures but the bottle is fluted and it and the jus are clear
5.Fleuresse parfum
6.Shi mini by Sung
7.Pure mini by Sung
8.Ceasars Woman
9.Amarige parfum- I said this backs itself up .See what I mean?
11.LouLou Cacharel
12.empty Chloe bottle
13.Celebrate by Coty
14.unlabeled bottle that smells likeTea Rose
15.Clinique happy
16.Paco Rabanne Eau de Calandre
17.Chanel #19 edt
18.Must de Cartier
Mimi Gardenia please let me know the results of your tea scent hunting?! I would also love a Earl Grey Tea scent and often I find our tastes to be similar (your review on 24,Faubourg influenced a purchase of mine -Thanks!)
Montale Black Aoud, 20 ml.
I don't know much about medicine, but I know what I like. -- S.J. Perelman
Today I picked up Calandre by Paco Rabanne haven't smelled this in 20 years so excited
also picked up Coco and Diorella
oohh the excitement can't wait to try them out.......................so many scents so few arms
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Happiness is a summer breeze, sand between your toes, and your family by your side.
Yesterday Acqua di Gioia by Giorgio Armani and Honeysuckle & Jasmine by Jo Malone, with a sample of their new English Pear & Freesia.
Parfums de Nicolai Vetyver
Notes include vetiver, cumin, black pepper, clove, coriander, ylang ylang, jasmine and tonka bean absolute.
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A full bottle of Comme des Garcons Series 3: Incense - Avignon with the following samples:
Parfum d'Empire - Ambre Russe
Parfum d'Empire - Cuir Ottoman
Diptyque - Tam Dao
Comme des Garcons Series 3: Incense - Kyoto, Ouarzazate, and Jaisalmer
Comme des Garcons Wonderwood
I bought two samples from The Perfumed Court: Diptyque Eau Duelle and SL Boxeuses.
The Boxeuses is spendy for a 1ml sample, but I've been SO curious about it. Plum + leather sounds SO perfect for me!
Today I clicked the BIN button twice, on a 4ml bottle of Chanel Cuir de Russie EDT and a 15ml bottle of Balenciaga Quadrille parfum, both at a 25% discount for a limited time.
I have bought from this seller before, but the Quadrille was a bit of an impulse buy, although it is completely sealed in it's original box and wrapping paper.Therein lay the attraction!
Also the CdR buy completes my quest for all the great Chanels, a bit of a compromise since my BdI & CdR are only in EDT concentration.
I will enjoy opening the wrapped box of Quadrille carefully when it arrives!
"I felt something so intense, I could only express it in a perfume." - Jacques Guerlain
So far this month, I have purchased Smell Bent Prairie Nymph, a partial bottle of CdG Luxe Champaca ♥, and the new EDT version of Prada Infusion d'Iris which I much prefer over the EdP.
Variety is the soul of pleasure. ~Aphra Behn
A blind buy of Cristobal by Balenciaga and a second back up bottle of Cologne Du 68 by Guerlain both on Evil- bay.
Yes, yes, I am crazily obsessed with the beautifully fresh, yet spicy, Cologne du 68, but this purchase was less than half of the retail price. What's the expression about "going broke saving money?"
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Two partial bottles of Yendi Capucci EdP with total content approx. 30 ml at 1 (one)!!!! EUR.............
In the mail today: an empty 8.5 oz bottle of L'Heure Bleue EDT with about 2 ml of the juice still inside, a sealed 15ml rosebud amphore of Shalimar from the 50s, a 70% full 6 oz bottle of Shalimar EDC(smells more concentrated than the current EDPs), and a tiny 1/4 oz bottle of Mitsouko extrait from the 80s complete with box.Lastly, a 1/2 oz bottle of Coty Imprevu, about 68% full.
These items weren't cheap, but I feel strangely giddy today...hehe
And also, I smell strongly of Shalimar after I took a thick cloth dipped in alcohol to clean the perfume smears from the large conical stopper bottle.
Some ob-scent-vations : LHB EDT hardly smells like the extrait...& Mitsouko extrait(or is it parfum?) smells so strongly of peach!
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Absolutely yummy buys, Domperrier ! I love seeing those vintage Guerlain bottles and the cute Mitsouko extrait bottle ....ooohhhh. Each one unique and beautiful
For sale. Carnal Flower and Vero Profumo Onda.
Thanks! My joy at receiving these intact was tempered by dismay at another seller who sent me 19 empty bottles with only bubble wrap between them(no styrofoam!).
No 'fragile' written on the box, which was so small, the bottles were practically touching each other!
Predictably, more than half of them were smashed beyond recognition.
I am thus able to put myself into Ducky's shoes, albeit without the dismay of losing precious juice.
Today I bought 50ml Chamade EDT and got 100ml Shalimar EDP absolutely free. Any Basenoters in or around Newcastle in England, check out the Guerlain stand in Fenwick. It's gift week!
Knit at nite, Imprevu is a very dry, woody chypre that smells lemony -- almost like lemon pledge. I don't remember the commercial. The earliest fragrance ads I remember are "Do you Canoe in Kalamazoo?" and "i can't seem to forget her, her Windsong stays on my mind." Does that date me?
For sale. Carnal Flower and Vero Profumo Onda.
Still, I'm happy.
Sync'in and Think'in in 2015!
WHERE IS THAT FLEA-MARKET???? (jeg bor i Jylland, så du rooooligt dele)
My Mom dropped in the thrift store and got Calvin Klein Euphoria 1.7 oz edp75% full (someone obviously got tired of it)Reminds me of With Love but with more patchouli like Angel.
AV edt 1.7oz bout half full -a clean scent like sea island cotton by BBW and Oscar edt 1 oz 95% full-woodsy baby powder on me. $12 for the lot .I had given her a crystal bottle of #5 parfum that was about 65% full of a .33 or .25 oz bottle .#5 is Mom's style much more than mine -I still have a purse mini for "reference".
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A fairly modern scent for me...not my usual fare: Narciso Rodriguez For Her edt in the black bottle. The whole black bottle vs pink bottle with the reverse color packaging is not only confusing...it's annoying. The two scents smell very, very different!
We cannot live only for ourselves. A thousand fibers connect us with our fellow men. ~Herman Melville
Just scored a 50ml NIB Divine eau de Parfum on ebay for 70 bucks. Hope it's the real thing. I just remembered that Divine's are refillable atomizers. Hope the juice hasn't been replaced. I don't feel like opening a can...oops, I mean a case with paypal.
I didn't buy anything today, but I won Clinique's Aromatics Elixir and Estee Lauder's Pleasures in a charity raffle!
Samples for me. Mona di Orio's Cuir and the dreaded Secretions Magnifique . SM is one I have been meaning to subject myself to - somehow I always forget about it when ordering from Luckyscent. This time I didn't - I made a conscious effort to remember. ( I think really, subconsciously, I don't want to try SM at all ..... )*LOL*
For sale. Carnal Flower and Vero Profumo Onda.
Last night I bought the interesting combination of Bulgari Pour Femme (6 mini bottles - 30 ml total! If I don't like it at least the mini's have gift or swap potential) and a 75% full bottle of Yendi de Capucci edt (I hope it's not too-o-o different from the EDP I sampled recently). Both from Ebay, I think I got a good deal both times.
If Mama ain't happy, ain't nobody happy.
My vintage , and full, bottle of Dana's 20Carats (with gold flakes) arrived today!!!!
From E-bay. Wrapped so well they could have played football with it at the postoffice! And the seller send it marked ''gift'' so no extra taxes.
I received my 100 ml bottle of Ubar from Parfums Raffy. My gosh, Amoauge certainly know how to do fragrance packaging. It's beautiful - quality in every detail . Such fast shipping and great service from Parfums Raffy ! I also got the 3 Opus Collection samples - luxe and gorgeous included plus Amouage Gold body lotion - a generous sample and 2 of Raffy's own fragrances.... so I am dying to test those out ! Thank you Raffy !
For sale. Carnal Flower and Vero Profumo Onda.
Today I received my first taste of YSL's original Opium...and snagged a 30 ml bottle of Mitsouko EDT from the '80s.
Six digits in the batch code....should be it.
$31.49 for the pair ; money well-spent, methinks.
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By Kilian Back to Black 30 ml (travel size).
I don't know much about medicine, but I know what I like. -- S.J. Perelman
Etat Libre D'Orange:
Tilda Swinton Like This - Notes include yellow mandarin, ginger, pumpkin accord, immortelle, Moroccan neroli, rose de Grasse, vetiver, heliotrope, and musk
Vierges et Toreros - Notes include bergamot, pepper, cardamom, nutmeg, tuberose, ylang ylang, leather, animalic base, costus, patchouli and vetiver
Delicious Closet Queen - Notes include violet leaf, citrus, geranium, iris butter, cedar, patchouli, vetiver, strawberry, rose absolute, sandalwood, leather, tonka bean, benzoin, opoponax
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Nice Joe! Of all the basenoters, your collection is the one I'd most like to sniff! xoxo
Today, i ordered a 50 ml bottle of Kelly Caleche by Hermes !I had a mini which it's almost empty so it was urgent to buy myself a big bottle
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Just got a whole bunch of samples in my mail........yippee!
and bought Paris YSL oh I'm in heaven
Happiness is a summer breeze, sand between your toes, and your family by your side.
My previously reported blind buy of Cristobal by Balenciaga arrived today. I'm really liking it- very classy smelling, not too sweet. Fig with a sandalwood vanilla dydown.
I also blew the budget on two vintage EDC from Guerlain. Added a 3 oz bottle of L'Heure Bleu and a 6 oz bottle of Mitsouko. First time purchase of LB. Have a current EDT of Mitsy, so I'm excited to add an older version, even if EDC, to the collection. I will be jumping up and down when it arrives.
Also picked up (blind) a Molyneux called Le Parfum Connu. The info that was with the listing is: "Le Parfum Connu by Molyneux, originally launched in 1925 as Le Numero Cinq de Molyneux (Number 5 by Molyneux) and it stirred some controversy between Molyneux and Chanel, so by 1930, Molyneux had to change the name of the perfume to Le Parfum de Molyneux. It was later called Le Parfum Connu for the American market and introduced in 1948. The eau de toilette version of this came out in 1949 in the same bottle as the one I purchased, so that's where we can date it from 1949-1950s."
Haven't fully tested this yet but seems like one of those rich aldehydes one would have worn with a fur coat in winter.
Last edited by knit at nite; 28th September 2010 at 06:24 AM.
Sync'in and Think'in in 2015!
Today my Guerlain DJEDI arrived! I don't think I've ever been more excited about a perfume purchase! This is one that will become a family heirloom!
This is the exceedingly rare quadrilobe Djedi presentation issued in Baccarat crystal (80ml), with gold tooled suede flocked box with cream silk lining. There is approximately 30ml of vintage extrait decanted in the smaller bottle, which is spec-tac-u-lar!
I received two Baccarat crystal pieces today, and a whole lot of other mouth-watering stuff:
-A 6.75 " amphora filled with 2 oz of vintage Miss Dior parfum [Baccarat crystal- star at the base]
-A 6 " empty fan-shaped bottle(complete with Marly horse mauve box) of Shalimar [Baccarat crystal -logo at base]
-3 sizes of Opium parfum : 1 oz , 1/2 oz and 0.25 oz from the 80s
-A 5" crystal bottle of Lentheric Miracle perfume
- A 1/3 oz bottle of vintage No. 5 perfume(not in picture)
- A 1/4 oz full bottle of Gucci EDP from the 80s(not in picture)
- Two 6 " tall lead crystal perfume bottles made in West Germany(not in picture)
Under $200 for all the above, so I doubt I overpaid.
And this is my updated Shalimar bottle & perfume collection...still missing the EDP & EDT concentrations, but the former is on its way!
Last edited by domperrier; 24th September 2010 at 10:14 AM.
Beautiful simply beautiful I think I'm swooning.
Happiness is a summer breeze, sand between your toes, and your family by your side.
"I felt something so intense, I could only express it in a perfume." - Jacques Guerlain
GOOD GRIEF DIMI! Now THAT's a purchase! Congrats to you!
Histoires de Parfums - 1969 (Parfum de Revolte)
Notes include fruit, cardamom, carnation, rose, patchouli, chocolate, coffee and white musk.
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