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Highly recommended: Mazzy Star at The Neptune {11/4}
It has been seventeen years since the release of their last studio album, the stellar Among My Swan. In the reticence of nearly two decades, Mazzy Star has toured twice: once in Europe in 2000, and again last year, with only select dates in the United States. During the 2000 tour, several unreleased songs were performed and of these, "Does Someone Have Your Baby Now" and "Sparrow" finally appear on their new studio album, Seasons Of Your Day. A full North American tour is about to unfurl and for the first time since 1996, the band will be gracing Seattle with a visit to The Neptune Theatre on Monday, the 4th of November.
Contrary to some conjecture, Mazzy Star never officially disbanded. They have just chosen to tour and record whenever they please. Since Among My Swan, it is quite clear that the group has never been in a particular rush to release new material or perform live. Even the new album's first single, "Common Burn," was issued nearly two years before Seasons Of Your Day finally saw the light of day. Their intermittent presence, almost clandestine existence and paucity of motivation to schedule tours could mean that this might be your last chance to see Mazzy Star perform live. That much aside, the strength, cohesion and timelessness of Seasons Of Your Day are already reason enough to earmark this concert as one that should not be missed.
So where exactly does Seasons Of Your Day fit in with the rest of Mazzy Star's output? Exactly where they left off. In fact, the album sounds like it very well could have been recorded in 1997 or 1998. Sonically, it is closer to Among My Swan than So Tonight That I Might See, but is steeped a bit more in acoustic numbers than electric ones. Hope Sandoval's vocals, intoxicating and otherworldly, pick up right where they left off, seemingly unaged since they were last recorded with the band. David Roback's songwriting has not undergone any missteps either. The fusion of folk, blues and psychedelia are all merged together extraordinarily well. Some might complain that there is relatively little unchartered territory, but I would suspect that no one really expects Mazzy Star to be experimenting with alternative genres and approaches.
Don't miss: Wavves and King Tuff at the Neptune Theater {Saturday, 10/19}
Wavves was formed in 2008 as the project of San Diego's Nathan Williams, after he quit his record store job. He recorded his first two releases -- 2008's Wavves and 2009's Wavvves -- in his bedroom, and both were somewhat lo-fi and fuzz-filled. (The distortion on the albums is so overriding, it's almost hard to make out most of the lyrics, but despite the quality there are some good melodies hidden in those songs.) The albums received enough blog hype to garner the band spots on that summer's festival circuit, a small success that wound up leading to an unfortunate incident in 2009 at the Primavera Sound Festival in Barcelona, Spain: Williams had taken a cocktail of Valium and ecstasy and had a meltdown on stage, fighting with his drummer and the crowd before ending the show and canceling the rest of the band's European tour. What some thought at the time a cautionary tale of a young musician getting too much hype too soon turned out to be a turning point for Williams and for his musical project. Instead of devolving and letting his issues consume him, he started taking his work and his music more seriously, and doubled down on his efforts.
Following the public meltdown and subsequent loss of his drummer, he re-formed the backing band with the late Jay Reatard's former band; drummer Billy Hayes and bassist Stephen Pope. Together they took their newly formed lineup out of the bedroom and into an actual hi-fi studio, and along with producer Dennis Herring recorded some of their best material to date, 2010's King of the Beach. With it came a departure from most of the lo-fi fuzz and snotty skate-punk of their previous efforts -- now, Wavves had evolved their sound to include more accessible surf-pop gems alongside some dense psychedelic and occasional synth based songs.
Recommended Event: Bowie Bash at the EMP {10/12}
YOU GUYS. The EMP is pulling out all the stops this month with 31 Days of Halloween events, and the big costume party this year is ALL ABOUT BOWIE! In order to celebrate David Bowie's induciton into the Science Fiction and Fantasty Hall of Fame, they're throwing a Bowie Invades: Fashionably Undead Bash this Saturday, 10/12!
There will be a costume contest, VAIN will be on hand to apply horror- or Bowie-themed makeup and hair, The Band Who Fell to Earth will be playing Bowie covers, and drinks (of course!) AND AND AND you get to wander around the whole museum and check out the exhibits, which includes Can't Look Away: The Lure of Horror Film (psst: There's a new addition! The SCREAM mask!!!), Icons of Science Fiction, and Fantasy: Worlds of Myth and Magic -- where you can see Bowie's costume from Labyrinth.
I went last year and had the most fun EVER, so I highly recommend. It's a party that's worth the $20 ticket price, for sure. And make sure you check out all the other rad October-y things happening every day this month too! For example, spooky scavenger hunts on Tuesdays, gaming on the big screen on Wednesdays, creature features screenings on Thursdays, social media contests on Fridays (follow @EMPMuseum to join in!) and awesome events on Saturdays, like this Bowie Bash and next week's upcoming Carrie Dunk Tank!
{Bowie Invades: Fashionably Undead Bash | EMP Museum | Saturday, 10/12, 9pm | 21+ | $20 ($15 EMP members)}
Weeknight Show Roulette: Jacco Gardner at Barboza {this Wednesday, 10/9}
Sometimes, your friends are all, "You wanna go to a psychedelic show next week?" and the only way to answer is with an all-caps YES. And then you dig through the Imaginary Inbox (a real thing!) to see if you can find any intel on a dude named Jacco Gardner coming to Barboza, and you check out the video to see what you just signed yourself up for. And it turns out, you made a good call.*
The structure of Gardner's music is primarily a one-man show, layer after layer of tracks set just right. The sound itself is modern psychedelic, and by "modern" I don't mean mod-sounding, I mean a totally legit take on the quintessential sixties vibe that sounds current and throwback all at once -- somewhere between how Joni Mitchell's Blue is utterly timeless, and how those real-deal roots musicians put factory-spun stomp-and-clap bands to shame. At first glance, the new album (Cabinet of Curiosities) kind of sounds like Cloud War minus the XTC vibe, spliced with some Liam Finn and a boatload of hallucinogens, with gorgeous choral melodies and a whole lotta harpsichord. And the song from the video above, "End of August," makes me want to put on big headphones in the middle of a field somewhere in an overstuffed armchair -- maybe with a crocheted blanket? -- so I have a squishy front-row seat to trip out in, while I watch summer fade.
Recommended viewing: gory awesomeness at Grand Illusion Cinema this month!
YES. It's October! And that means lots of lots of horror movies screening around town. I'm particularly excited for Grand Illusion Cinema's gory programming, which kicks off this weekend with some Italian horror and Grindhouse magic.
Gorgeous 35mm and 16mm prints, a small, intimate setting, and some cheap popcorn! IMHO, there's no better way to see these films. $12 gets you a seat, and your money goes to a great, local, independent theater.
Here's what I'm most excited about, but there are horrific screenings almost every night, so check their site for the full schedule!
Saturday October 5, 8pm
Portland's Grindhouse Film Festival Presents 35mm Exploitation Mayhem! Organizer Dan Halsted will be in attendance.
The Grindhouse Trailer Spectacular
Featuring 65 minutes of amazing grind house trailers from the '60s and '70s, including Italian horror, blaxploitation, hicksploitation, sexploitation, kung fu insanity, revenge films and more! I didn't even know some of those 'sploitations were a thing. You learn something new every day, huh?
Gates of Hell (aka: The City of the Living Dead)
A surreal masterpiece by Italian horror-master Lucio Fulci, which I AM SO EXCITED ABOUT. Rotting dead feasting on the living! Intestines everywhere! A creeptastic soundtrack! And my personal favorite: THE HEAD DRILLING SCENE.
Latest comment by: Ben Nason: "Maniac Cop 2 is even better than Maniac Cop; you've also got some Robert Davi up in that flame fueled insanity."
Don't miss: Laura Veirs at the Tractor {tonight!}
Okay, so, there's seriously at least a dozen places to go tonight in town tonight. Fiona Apple is at Benaroya, Mark Pickerel and his Praying Hands are doing a set at Easy Street (for free! 8pm), Dave Chappelle is at the Moore, Fox and the Law have their album release at Neumos, Dug is going down at Lo-Fi... and while they'll all be great shows, I'm putting my bet on Laura Veirs and Karl Blau at the Tractor.
"Sun Song," my favorite track off of Veirs' most recent release Warp & Weft, strikes a very specific chord with me as a now-resident of the Pacific Northwest: her bell-like vocals wrap long arms around the cities I know and love, when the warmth finally wins out over the mossy bones, string-plucks celebrating the first rays of sun breaking through they grey skies.
And to speak to the entirety of Warp & Weft, from her bio:
Beautiful, lush and at times deeply dark, "Warp and Weft" captures the intensity of motherhood, love and violence. Primarily electric-guitar driven, it is a fever dream of an album and could well be Veirs' best work to date... Veirs was eight months pregnant with her second child during the recording; she says her experience as a mother brought about some of the more beautiful and painful songs. "I'm haunted by the idea that something terrible could happen to my kids but that fear pushes me to embrace the moment. This record is an exploration of extremes – deep, dark suffering and intense, compassionate love."
Add in opener Karl Blau and you've got a recipe for a near-perfect night of northwest music. Feel all those from-here feelings in real-time tonight at the Tractor: the 21-and-up party gets started at 9:30pm, advance tickets are $15 and available here.
Recommended Show: A benefit for The Glamour and the Squalor at EMP with Sean Nelson, The Young Evils & more {10/11}
The Glamour and the Squalor is a project I've been excited about from the beginning: a kick-ass documentary about a kick-ass guy, Marco Collins, covering both his impact on the music world AND its impact on him. Just in case you weren't listening to KNDD 107.7 The End in the 90s, Marco was the DJ who broke a bunch of amazing bands on the air waves, including Beck, Weezer, The Presidents of the United States, Foo Fighters, and some band featuring Ben Gibbard. Oh, and he's also been inducted into The Rock and Roll Hall of Fame! NBD, you guys.
Anywy! TG&TS is SO close to being done, but they still need to raise a bit more cash to make a release happen. So they are brilliantly throwing a benefit concert at the EMP next Friday, October 11! And the line-up (curated by Marco, of course) is kind of insane, y'all:
Sean Nelson!
The Young Evils!
(!!! my current lady-crush) Mary Lambert!
Nacho Picasso!
Ra Scion & Daniel Blue (motopony)!
Tilson XO!
DJ Action Jackson (from Fly Moon Royalty)!
So basically you get to rock out to a bunch of amazing Seattle bands, AND you'll get to see clips from the film presented by Director Mark Evans, AND you get to help this rad film get completed. Tickets are $35 and include 1 drink, or you can spend $100 for the VIP treatment, which inludes a meet-and-greet with Marco, the filmmakers, and the artists playing & 3 drinks.
These things are gonna sell out fast, my friends. So get your tix now! And I'll see you there.
{The Glamour and the Squalor Benefit Concert | EMP Museum | Friday, October 11 | 7pm Doors | $35 GA, $100 VIP | Tickets available online through EventBrite}
Recommended Show: Peter Hook & The Light at Neumos {9/25}
My New Order fangirl heart is exploding all over the place because the 10th Annual Decibel Fest kicks off tomorrow night, and one of the showcases is Factory Pop, and that means PETER HOOK is playing!!! And not just playing, but playing the whole of Power, Corruption & Lies, along with New Order's debut album, Movement.
I can't even. I just. I mean. THIS IS AMAZING. Anyway, incredibly, there are still tickets left. So you better get yours now!
Also amazing, this video from Jimmy Fallon of Peter Hook playing "Love Will Tear Us Apart" with The Roots! The. Roots.
Though I'm most excited about New Order nostaglia, check out the rest of the Decibel Fest lineup too, which includes the awesome Sub Pop 25 showcase at the Showbox 9/25, featuring Shabazz Palaces, The Helio Sequence, TheeSatisfaction, and Kingdom Crumbs. And also Moby! And Lorde (who I feel like everybody is talking about right now)! And a whole bunch of other great performers!
{Peter Hook & The Light (11:15pm-1:25am) with ADULT. (10-11pm) + Nightmare Fortress (9pm-9:45pm) | Neumos | Wednesday September 25 | $30 DAY OFF | 9PM // 21+}
Latest comment by: Imaginary Amie: "He is playing BASS and singing, but I heard he hates singing and was trying to get Moby to sing more. :) And yes, Moby was doing a very good Ian Curtis impression, both in dance and tone of voice. "
Don't miss: Father John Misty at the Moore {10/6}
Weed, shows, cruise ships, guns, visits to Santa, long drives, pirouettes, cigarettes, meaningful glances, hotel hallways -- who can provide such an ADD-esque (yet totally cohesive) snapshot of his life into a three minute and fifty-eight second video?
Father John Fucking Misty, that's who.
"This is where I fell over the other night."
The most DIY of FJM's video releases to date, "I'm Writing a Novel" hits our radar oh-so-fittingly, just as a stripped-down solo tour is getting underway. With such a penchant for stage antics, it will be downright fascinating to see what Josh Tillman's one-man act brings -- we have the feeling that his creative power / persona will manifest both through his gorgeous, bell-like vocals and levity-laden delivery, with just enough shaman-tinged-Laurel-Canyon vibe to remain decidedly Father John. (Even without the now-trademark "Hollywood Forever Cemetary Sings" full-blast freakout.)
Here's some supporting evidence:
"I don't need any new friends / 'cause I'm the mayor"
In case you've missed our love for FJM since last year's release of Fear Fun, pop on over here to catch up. Local and national dates below:
Oct. 03 - San Francisco, CA - Slims
Oct. 06 - Seattle, WA - The Moore Theatre {info / tickets}
Oct. 07 - Portland, OR - Aladdin Theatre
Oct. 08 - Vancouver, BC - Commodore
Is it the weekend yet? Bumbershoot 2013 is almost here!
THEESatisfaction, Bumbershoot 2012
With the excitement of Bumbershoot's approach comes that sad-trombone realization that summer is coming to a close (seriously you guys, LABOR DAY ALREADY?) and in this year's case, a particularly mighty and sunny Seattle summer at that. But really, what better way to spend it than a breezy weekend down at Seattle Center, taking in bands and art and comedy and panels and everything that this year's festival has to offer?
There's so much great programming at Bumbershoot that it seems literally impossible to get to All Of The Things that one wants to see -- and with that said, here are each day's absolute can't-miss non-negotiables on my music schedule this year:
Charles Bradley, Bumbershoot 2011
Charles Bradley & His Extraordinaires {Saturday}
Seriously. Between 2011's No Time for Dreaming and this year's Victim of Love, Saturday's sets are sure to be jam-packed with that new-classic soul feel that Charles does so well. To quote the emoting that shot forth when the "Strictly Reserved for You" video came out: this man isn't just a performer, he is a literal force -- and he'll give you that capitalized Experience we all hope for at a show. Fuck it, I'm calling it now: Charles Bradley's set is going to be my Ultimate Festival Moment (tied with the Death Cab set, natch, but we'll get to that in a minute). Lucikly, you'll have two chances to partake in the bliss, as Charles and the Extraordinaires will be doing their main set on the Starbucks Stage on Saturday at 8pm, and if you were lucky enough to get a ticket, you can double-dip with a performance earlier that day for KEXP.
Speaking of, can we take a minute to talk about KEXP's Bumbershoot Lounge? Their series of in-studios are almost like a fest within the fest, with excellent crowd control and icy air conditioning. The station has lined up Thao and the Get Down Stay Down {Saturday}, Charles Bradley {Saturday}, Sallie Ford and the Sound Outside {Sunday}, Bob Mould {Sunday}, Superchunk {Monday} -- and that's just a fraction of the performers. The full schedule of bands is on the KEXP site here, but if you aren't already signed up for a seat, you're shit out of luck. Sorry. (We'll be sure to post pictures for you next week, promise!)
Other heavy hitters for Saturday: Thao and the Get Down Stay Down {Fountain Lawn Stage, 3:30pm}, !!! {TuneIn Stage, 6:15pm}, Washed Out {Fountain Lawn Stage, 9pm}, Sallie Ford and the Sound Outside {Plaza Stage, 9:30pm}, Heart {Mainstage, 9:45pm}
Death Cab for Cutie {Sunday}
As stated above, this one will be a tie for Ultimate Festival Moment, no contest. Transatlanticism start to finish = heart-explosion of monumental proportions. There's not even anything I can say about it besides (1) HOLY SHIT, it's been ten years?? and (2) see you in the front row. Mainstage, Sunday night, 9:45pm. Earlier on Sunday, the Words and Ideas Stage will host a panel at high noon, with a conversation about Barsuk Records (and their 15th anniversary!) with none other than Josh Rosenfeld, Sean Nelson, John Roderick, and David Bazan at the helm.
There's plenty to do in-between these Barsuk-y bookends on Sunday, specifically: The Redwood Plan {12:15pm, Fountain Lawn Stage}, Ramona Falls {12:45pm, Fountain Lawn Stage}, Tegan and Sara {2pm, Mainstage}, David Bazan {3:30pm, Fountain Lawn Stage}, Katie Kate {4:30pm, TuneIn Stage}, The Comettes {5pm, Plaza Stage}, Mates of State {5:15pm, Fountain Lawn Stage}, Bob Mould {6:15pm, TuneIn Stage}, The Grizzled Mighty {6:30pm, Plaza Stage}, The Breeders {8pm, TuneIn Stage}, The Zombies {8:15pm, Starbucks Stage}, Matt and Kim {10pm, TuneIn Stage}


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"This marks a new beginning. Let's look forward and not look back in the rear view mirror." This was the former Bangladesh Prime Minister Khaleda Zia's observation when she met External Affairs Minister Salman Khurshid here on Tuesday, said Syed Akbaruddin, official spokesperson of the Ministry of External Affairs. She is the first foreign dignitary to meet Mr. Khurshid after he took over as External Affairs Minister on Sunday.
Mr. Akbaruddin quoted Ms. Zia when asked whether she would stay the course in improving ties, in case she was elected to the post at the general election next year, or whether she would revert to the anti-India stance witnessed during her five years at the helm from 2001 to 2006.
Ms. Zia is here for a week-long visit during which she will also visit the shrine of the Sufi saint Khwaja Moinuddin Chishti.She met Prime Minister Manmohan Singh on Monday and articulated her concerns about the killing of Bangladeshi civilians by the Border Security Force and the pending Teesta River water sharing agreement, stalled because of opposition by West Bengal Chief Minister Mamata Banerjee. At the same time she appreciated India's security-related concerns and assured that terrorists and anti-India elements would not be allowed to use Bangladesh as sanctuary.

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I bought a Project boat years ago and did the required work myself to get her back in the water. I spent what I could and when I could. The boat was purchased for $3500 and I put about $1500 in her from the start. I bought used parts from many places and reconditioned what I could for use untill better parts became available. The boat was finished after 5 years and has served me well. I could afford a new boat but wanted to change layout and rigging to suit my likes and needs. I would not do this to a new boat.
I have many friends who have learned to sail in this old boat and they share use of it in exchange for help with required work. The cost is cheap for yearly operation as I live near a large lake and pull it down in the spring and leave for a few weeks at a time. We use it untill November and them pull it home. I say buy what you can and enjoy it. I would buy something you can sail while you fix things that are worn and broken untill you have what you want. I have built and changed the entire layout so it meets my needs
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Mark Noske
|Mark Noske
|25 July 1975
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|Tony Noske (father)
|V8 Supercar
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|Holden Young Lions
Rod Nash Racing
Garry Rogers Motorsport
Stone Brothers Racing
WPS Racing
Robert Smith Racing
HSV Dealer Team
Tasman Motorsport
Lucas Dumbrell Motorsport
|Best finish
|19th in 1999 Shell Championship Series
|Previous series
|Australian Touring Car Championship
Australian Formula Ford Champ.
US Formula Ford 2000
Australian Drivers' Champ.
Australian Nations Cup
Australian Carrera Cup
Mark Noske (born 25 July 1975) is an Australian V8 Supercar driver. Noske has never placed higher than third in a national event, but has placed third four times in such events.
Formula Racing[edit]
The son of former 1980's Sprintcar and Group A racer Tony Noske, Mark started in Formula Ford in Australia in 1993 after three seasons of Karting finishing fourth in 1994 and third in 1995[1] championships. He tried his luck in the US Formula Ford 2000 in 1996 with fellow Aussie Jason Bright but only did half a season.
In 1997 and 1998 he entered the Formula Holden class finishing sixth and Third respectively. He made a brief return in 2002 for two races only.
Touring/GT Racing[edit]
Mark Noske got his first start in touring car racing in 1990 driving a Ford Sierra RS500 for Peter Brock's Advantage Racing, running selected rounds of the 1990 Australian Touring Car Championship. Unfortunately he failed to get a drive in the late season endurance races with the team as Brock had British driver Andy Rouse, while Andrew Meidecke opted for the more experienced Charlie O'Brien and Brock's 1987 James Hardie 1000 winning co-driver David Parsons.
He started racing V8 Supercars in 1995 as mainly a co-driver in the endurance events. His only full season was in 1999 driving for the Holden Young Lions program. He continued as a co-driver for enduarnce events and was drafted into the vacant Lucas Dumbrell Motorsport seat for the remainder of the 2010 V8 Supercar Championship Series.
He tried GT racing in the Australian Nations Cup finishing third in 2000 and seventh in 2001, both years driving a Ferrari 360 Challenge for Prancing Horse Racing. In 2011 he stood in for an ill Jason Richards as a guest driver at the Australian Carrera Cup Championship third round in Townsville.
He has also done selected Production Car Racing mainly in long distance events. His best finish was in the 1995 Eastern Creek 12 Hour finishing third driving a Porsche 911 RSCS.
- ^ http://www.formulaford.com.au/content/records/1995.php 1995 Australian Formula Ford Pointscore


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A Coat Closet Makeover
Real Simple helps a coat lover convert a jam-packed space into an orderly one.
The Situation
Samantha Marcus Yanks has always had a thing for coats. She once owned a whopping 40 of them. But for years, she was afraid to open her coat closet, which housed not only her beloved outerwear but also bulging laundry bags, bath towels, hostess gifts, and wrapping supplies. And somehow a vacuum cleaner balanced on top of the entire heap.
By donating extraneous objects and categorizing what was left, order was restored.
By donating extraneous objects and categorizing what was left, order was restored.
What Samantha Has Always Loved
- The closet's nine-foot-high ceiling, which is tall enough to accommodate two rods of clothes.
- Well-lit built-in shelves offer plenty of storage.
What She Wanted to Change
- Not being able to reach the upper levels. Samantha, who is five-two, literally used to climb the shelves to retrieve items.
- The black-hole factor: "I had to hunt for everything I needed," she says. "And I had no idea what was on the bottom shelves―none."


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... not use it? It's remarkable how we become fixated on the blessed things! Anyway, by 10:30 all was washed and dried, so we went out to have a look around. Situated as it is, it would be hard not to be interesting and attractive – after all water, bridges, boats, nice buildings and trees make for a promising mix and H�rn�sand doesn't disappoint.
We found the tourist office and a ...
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... with no clothes (me at least!).
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A Serendipitous Anchorage
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Sweden Round two and What a change!
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Cruise, Holmes reach a settlement in divorce case
NEW YORK Tom Cruise and Katie Holmes have reached an agreement in their divorce case, according to her attorney.
Holmes attorney Jonathan Wolfe said in a statement Monday that the case has been settled and an agreement was signed.
An assistant in his office who would not give her name would not elaborate on the agreement or say if the couple was now divorced.
Holmes filed for divorce less than two weeks ago, putting an end to the romance that began in 2005. The couple has a 6-year-old daughter, Suri.
THIS IS A BREAKING NEWS UPDATE. Check back soon for further information. AP's earlier story is below.
The Tom Cruise, Katie Holmes divorce is an old-fashioned Hollywood split between star and starlet with dramatic issues of religion, money and child custody thrown in, all of which make it a boon to the ever-churning celebrity news industrial complex.
And thus far, Holmes is winning the media battle.
In the copious amounts of ink and pixels spent on the couple since Holmes filed for divorce June 28, Holmes has been portrayed with overwhelmingly more sympathy. Whether true or not, the narrative that's emerged is of a locked-away Holmes breaking free from the servitude of a strange, corrupting marriage.
Us Weekly has reported that the couple "fought viciously" over Scientology parenting. The Daily News has trumpeted Holmes entering "a new phase." A TMZ headline blared "Tom treated me like a robot."
That may also be the most convenient view of a relationship that even at its start spawned "Free Katie!" T-shirts.
Cruise's camp has begun to vigorously deny such a reading. Cruise's lawyer Bert Fields has said they are letting "the other side play the media until they wear everyone out." The Church of Scientology, too, doesn't want to be portrayed as the schism between the couple.
As the global entertainment news business settles in for a lengthy, possibly messy divorce, navigating the thorny, unconfirmed details of the relationship is sure to be an ongoing dance, played out through anonymous sources and splashy magazine covers.
"It's not entirely certain that it's all about Rapunzel fleeing the castle, which is the motif that people love to use," says Larry Hackett, managing editor of People magazine, which broke the news of the divorce. He calls this the biggest celebrity story in two or three years, excepting the sudden death of Whitney Houston.
"The danger in this kind of story is the same danger there was back when this whole thing first started," Hackett says. "It's the speculation about the church and all that kind of stuff, and there's a lot of information certainly seems plausible. But like any other story, you've got to run it down and see if it's there."
In the week and a half since filing for divorce, Holmes has also captured the spotlight with a handful of public appearances. She stopped by to tape a guest judge appearance on Lifetime's "Project Runway," was snapped taking their 6-year-old daughter, Suri, for ice cream, and was seen taking a trip to the Children's Museum of the Arts.


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WHOSE LINE IS IT ANYWAY?: Overhead cables at Balaji Nagar fourth Street at Madambakkam. Photo: K. Manikandan
TAMBARAM: Workers at an apartment complex being built on Balaji Nagar Fourth Street, Madambakkam, have been tapping electricity from the main power lines to run motors and operate drillers and other equipment in order to carry on the construction work inside.
Residents' complaints to the Tamil Nadu Electricity Board (TNEB) office have evoked no response.
The apartment complex is coming up on a corner plotWhen residents rang up the Madambakkam Panchayat office and brought the glaring violation to its notice they were either asked to call the local TNEB office or told that the officer concerned was not available.
Baffling response
The response to their call to the staff on duty at the Selaiyur TNEB office (telephone: 2229 0229) was even more baffling: "The vigilance wing alone can take steps against such violations."
The residents persisted, only to have TNEB employees simply hang up on them.
Workers at the construction site said they had applied for a direct connection and that it would come through any moment. They were not able to run the generators throughout the day and had resorted to this step to run their equipment.
Not bothered
Did they know who paid for their tapping? The reply was: "It will not be billed to any individual, it is obviously the government."
When this reporter called them up, officials at the Selaiyur TNEB office repeated what they told the residents: "Talk to the vigilance section."
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As much as you may dread doing this, research consistently shows that people who keep a record of what they eat lose more weight and keep it off longer than those who don't. Many runners find it tough to remember what they ate even for their last meal. A careful record of what, when and how much you eat is sometimes the only way to get a handle on what may be thwarting your weight-loss effort. To keep a diary, I suggest you either carry a small, spiral-bound notebook with you or copy the sample form below (see "Dear Diary"). Since weekend eating is typically different than weekday eating, keep your diary for at least seven days to get an accurate account of your usual eating behavior. If you have an office party or some other celebration during this period, don't record that day. Skip it and include a more typical day. The point of this exercise is to examine your normal eating routine, find problem areas and make adjustments.
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In this paper, the main focus is on an optimization approach to determine the supply of a variety of products to recover (at the end of their lives) in order to fulfill the demand of an assortment of components, and have an environmentally benign policy of minimizing waste generation. When the problem is solved, it gives the number of each product type to be disassembled in order to fulfill the demand of components needed at minimal cost. From the supply chain perspective, this would result in minimal inventory requirements at both ends of the reverse logistics chain, viz., at the end-of-life (EOL) products end and at the disassembled components end.
Originally published in the Proceedings of the 2000 Annual Meeting of the Northeast Decision Sciences Institute, Atlantic City, New Jersey, March 22-24, pp. 262-264, 2000
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Mechanism Allows Cells To Change State
By looking at yeast cells, Jeffrey Laney, assistant professor of biology, has figured out one way in which cells can transform themselves: a cellular "machine" removes a regulatory "lid." Details are published online in Nature Cell Biology.
Cells are not static. They can transform themselves over time "" but change can have dangerous implications. Benign cells, for example, can suddenly change into cancerous ones.
That's one reason why scientists are trying to figure out why and how cells can shed their old identity and take on a new one. If they can figure out how this happens, researchers may better understand why many different cells "" such as stem cells or cells that become cancerous "" transform. That, in turn, could someday allow scientists to control the transformative process in a way that might help treat a wide range of diseases.
Jeffrey Laney, assistant professor of biology at Brown University, has identified one way this change takes place by looking at Saccharomyces cerevisae, a common yeast used to make beer and bread. Laney found that a cellular "machine" removes a regulatory "lid" from genes in the cell, so the cell can change its state. Details are published online in Nature Cell Biology, with a print version to come.
"We have known that cells shed their old identity. What we didn't know is how that mechanism occurred," said Laney, the paper's lead author and a researcher in the Department of Molecular Biology, Cell Biology and Biochemistry.
The finding could shed new light on many different biological transitions, Laney said, where cells change or evolve as part of their normal functioning.
To conduct the study, Laney and his lab tracked the cellular change that takes place in baker's yeast. Specifically, they looked at the organism as its "a" cells switched to "alpha" cells in order to self-fertilize. (The process would be analogous to an egg becoming a sperm).
Laney's team found that a regulatory protein "sits" on genes inside the cell, capping those genes "" turning them off "" and managing the cell's identify as a result. Another regulatory molecule can pull that protein off the genes, allowing the genes to be switched on and to transform the cell from the "a" type into the "alpha" type.
Although the genes Laney's lab studied do not exist in humans, the idea of cellular change by changing a gene expression state from on to off, or off to on, is considered universal in all cells.
Understanding how this process happens normally will allow scientists to gain insight into pathological situations when the cell transformation process goes wrong, Laney said.
Alexander Wilcox, a postdoctoral research associate, is a co-author of the paper.
Laney received funding for the study from the National Institutes of Health and from a March of Dimes Basil O'Connor Starter Scholar Research Award.
Image Caption: A mechanism for change – Common yeast cells like these are able to change from the "a" to the "alpha" type by removing a protein that prevents certain genes from being expressed. Understanding that mechanism could lead to new interventions in pathologies where the cell transformation process goes wrong. Credit: Jeffrey Laney / Brown University
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This is the text of my amazon review, I gave it 2 stars. It is featured in the Shelf of Shame.
Updated now that I've plowed through the whole thing. Compared to the beginning, the later pages are better, I think there's some real good information in this book and good tips. But it just seems that there's a lot of typos, un-explained code and it seems just confusing examples. Also, if there was the one glaring mistake below that I caught, just because it's something common to many programming languages, how many more did I not catch because it was something particular to actionscript? This is the first wrox book that I've been really disappointed in, generally wrox has been at least decent and often quite good. Sadly, I'd recommend you give this book a pass.
Read on for my more detailed impressions of the beginning:
I'm only several chapters into the book and so far I'm not impressed. It's been difficult to get through the first chapters – they cover the basics of development, variables, control structures, etc..
There were several times where I simply didn't agree with what they were saying or the point at which they were getting to topics, but just chalked it up to the inevitable differences in programming style. As examples, in the very beginning of the book, only a few dozen pages in, in a section targetted at complete programming novices they try to explain to you pointers and the differences between pass by value and pass by reference. A topic that can be confusing to even some knowledgeable programmers.
Or style issues where they suggest you initialize your associative arrays using the cumbersome (for initializing) array notation, but throughout the following pages they initialize nested anonymous objects to create data structures using the {} shortcuts. So… in the simple case where you are building a simple associative array (where you can use whitespace to make it very clear what you are doing) you should use this very explicit and wordy notation, but when you are developing more complex structures, you should use the simplified version?
Other simply minor things like that and maybe a few typos, but ok.. I figured, I must just be cranky while reading and was really picking nits for some reason. And then I get to their section on expressions and using boolean operators. Where they helpfully break down exactly what the flash player will do to evaluate your expressions. Except they are dead wrong in a very stunning way. They describe the process as an iterative process of simplifying everything until you get to a simple set of booleans and boolean operators.
So, in a 4 step process, in a paraphrase of an example, you get:
1: x >= 0 && x <= 10
2: replace the vars: 5 >= 0 and 5 <= 10
3: evaluate highest priority ops: true && true
4: evaluate remaining op: true
Which is all very clear and all very wrong. I couldn't believe that Macromedia had removed the short-circuitiness of boolean operators from the language. I franticly jump to the index which reveals no hint of short circuit operators. Fortunately, a short google later brings us to macromedia's site where they reassuringly describe how && and || are indeed short circuit operators.
While in their example, it makes no difference. Short circuit operators are used extremely often and are extremely useful. They do not simply evaluate both sides of the operator, they evaluate only enough to determine the truth of the statement.
So if you had something like this:
a == 1 || b == 2
if a actually did equal 1, second half of the expression would never be evaluated. Which, in this example doesn't matter, but if instead you had:
a == 1 || some_long_running_function() == 2
it makes a big difference since the function is only called when a does not equal one.
This is an extremely important and subtle point which the authors seemingly do not understand.
I am trying to continue reading the book, but if it keeps on along this line, I may not be able to finish. I have some hopes that it will get better… and if it does, I'll come back and rewrite this review.


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Union Home Minister P. Chidambaram on Tuesday assured appropriate action in connection with the deportation Nitu Singh, students of the Film and Television Institute of India (FTII) at Pune.
This assurance was given to the Communist Party of India (Marxist) MP Brinda Karat who met Mr. Chidambaram here. The Minister told Ms. Karat that he had asked for the files from Maharashtra and would take appropriate action after looking at the papers. The Central government had no information on the matter and neither did it have any files or records pertaining to the case, Ms. Karat said quoting the Minister.
Ms. Karat briefed the Minister about the details of the case. She had earlier written to him seeking his intervention.
Nitu Singh, a final year ICCR scholarship student at FTII, was picked up from her hostel in Pune on December 5 and sent back to Nepal for "security reasons."


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In a major relief for 14 technical institutions, the Bombay high court has stayed the order of the All India Council of Technical Education (AICTE) denying "extension of approval" to the existing institutions and placing them on "No Admission" category for the current academic year, 2014-15.
A division bench of justices AV Mohta and Amjad Sayed stayed the AICTE order on July 14, observing: "Prima facie we find that the manner and haste in which AICTE has passed the impugned orders is unjustifiable. We also prima facie find that there are infirmities in decision making process in passing the impugned orders."
The HC was hearing petitions by 13 of these institutions challenging the order of the ACITE putting them in the "No Admission" category.
The judges have, however, made it clear that they can grant "provisional" admission to students for the courses in the current academic. The HC has asked the institutions to intimate the student at the time of admission that the admissions are provisional and that it would be subject to the final outcome of the petitions.
"The petitioners (institutions) and/or the students shall not claim any equity on the basis of this order," added the judges.
The petitioner contended that AICTE on May 9 and 10 invited fresh applications from them seeking approval. As per provisions, the respective institutions made online applications for approval like earlier years.
Counsels for the institutions argued that no show cause notice and/or hearing was given to them before taking such drastic action. They had not been given any chance to remove their deficiencies, if any.
"We are not suggesting that institutions should not remove the deficiencies. But, this is not the way to deal with such institutions on the basis of private complaint by giving unilateral hearing to them thereby adopting a pick and choose policy," observed the judges while staying the ban on these technical institutions.
The judges further added: "The interim relief, therefore, if not granted, as case is made out, the position of students as well as institutions would be irreversible. The balance of convenience, equity lies in favour of the students, people at large and the petitioners."
The HC has also asked the institutions to file affidavit giving details of deficiencies, if any and what steps it proposes to improve the same.
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1. Mahatma Education Society's Pillai's Institute of Information Technology, Engineering, Media Studies & Research
2. K. C. College of Engineering and Management Studies and Research
3. Padmabhushan Vasantdada Patil College of Engineering, Sion
4. Manohar Phalke Memorial Foundation Polytechnic, Sion
5. Mahatma Gandhi Missions College of Engineering and Technology, Kamothe
6. Indira Gandhi College of Engineering, Kopar Kahirane
7. Datta Meghe College of Engineering
8. Shri Ram Polytechnic, Airoli
9. Lokmanya Tilak College of Engineering, Navi Mumbai
10. A.C. Patil College of Engineering, Kharghar
11. South Indian Education Society SIES College of Engineering
12. SIES Management College.
13. Saraswati College of Engineering, Kharghar Navi Mumbai
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November Featured Coffee: Ethiopia Duromina, The Gold Standard
Adam McClellan, Coffee Buyer
We talk a lot about quality around here. But what does that mean beyond the cupping table, brew bar, and espresso machine? Since we base our green coffee purchasing on the best of the best, we want repeatability and investment on the source side to get to that quality year after year, so what type of work and measurement is needed to get to that cup quality to have positive social impact and long term benefits?
For us, the combined work and investment of Ethiopia Duromina co-operative together with Technoserve, shows the clear path and model for this coffee quality/social/environmental benefit equation.
We are thrilled to be able to serve you this stunning coffee, now a standard part of our annual line up of incredible Ethiopia offerings, and to be investing even heavier in this great partnership as the new harvest begins in Ethiopia. This year's Duromina continues to exhibit flavors of pineapple, green grape and candied citrus. For us, it remains one of the most emblematic cups from Ethiopia to date. Also, it's in the running for our single origin espresso of the year. Enjoy.


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In the United States, facilities that perform mammograms send the results directly to your doctor's office and must send you a copy of the test results (written in language that is easily understood) within 30 days.
Breast tissue looks normal. No unusual growths, lumps, or other types of abnormal tissue are seen. The glands that produce milk for breast-feeding and the tubes (ducts) through which milk flows appear normal.
An abnormal growth, lump, or other type of tissue may be seen. A cancerous (malignant) or noncancerous (benign) tumor may be seen. One or more fluid-filled pockets (cysts) may be seen.
Bits of calcium (calcifications) may be seen. Tiny calcifications (microcalcifications) often occur in areas where cells are growing very rapidly (such as in a cancerous tumor). Larger calcifications (macrocalcifications) are usually normal and noncancerous in women older than age 50.
Need more information:
A specific area needs to be looked at again. This is a very common result for many women and does not mean that the area is abnormal or cancerous.
Most abnormalities found during a mammogram are not breast cancer. But many women who have regular screening mammograms need more tests to investigate any abnormalities found during a mammogram. If an area of your breast tissue appears to be a concern during a mammogram, other tests may be done.
What Affects the Test
Reasons you may not be able to have the test or why the results may not be helpful include:
- Deodorant, perfume, powders, or ointments applied to the breasts or under the arms before the test. They may interfere with the X-ray pictures.
- Breast implants or scar tissue from previous breast surgery. This may make a mammogram harder to interpret.
A mammogram is not usually done if you are:
- Pregnant, because the radiation could damage your developing baby (fetus). If a mammogram is absolutely needed for diagnosing a problem, a lead apron will be placed over your abdomen to shield your baby from exposure to the X-rays.
- Breast-feeding, because breasts that contain milk are very difficult to examine.
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267 Southern Sudanese Slaves Liberated
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All 267 liberated slaves were Southern Sudanese victims of government-sponsored war crimes. They were captured by militiamen during
Interviews with the freed slaves reveal a consistent pattern of physical and psychological abuse, including rape, beatings, death threats, forced conversion to Islam, work without pay, and racial and religious insults. Among them were:
Atak Anei Achien (13 years old): My master was
Aweng Kenyang Kenyang (36 years old): An Arab cut off my finger with a knife when I struggled to escape capture. He became my master. I am a Christian, but he forced me to behave as if I were a Muslim. Four of my children were enslaved with me. They are now teenagers. They remained behind. The retriever said he would try to bring them back to me. I pray every day he will succeed.
The CSI-sponsored liberation action was undertaken by Arabs belonging to Arab-Dinka peace committees which operate in the borderlands of
The Comprehensive Peace Agreement of
The President of autonomous
At the end of 2008, Dr.
Slavery is recognized in international law as a "crime against humanity."
CSI has been in the forefront of liberating Sudanese slaves since 1995.
(2) CSI Press Release,
(3) BBC, "Slave Rescue Bid Resumes in
(4) CSI Field Trip Report,
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NEW DELHI: Expressing serious concern over large-scale ecological degradation, the Supreme Court on Friday ordered suspension of all mining activities in the 448 sq. km. area of the Aravalli Hill range falling in Haryana's districts of Faridabad and Gurgaon including Mewat.
A three-judge Forest Bench of the Court comprising Chief Justice K. G. Balakrishnan, Justice Arijit Pasayat and Justice S. H. Kapadia said: "Time has now come to suspend mining in the above area till statutory provisions for restoration and reclamation are duly complied with, particularly in cases where pits/quarries have been left abandoned. Environment and ecology are national assets. They are subject to inter-generational equity." The Bench made it clear that the reclamation plan must indicate the steps needed to be taken to rehabilitate (including reclamation), followed by status reports on steps taken by the authorities pursuant to the plan.
"Time has now come," the Bench said, "to suspend all mining in the above area on Sustainable Development Principle which is part of Articles 21, 48A and 51A (g) of the Constitution. In fact, these Articles have been extensively discussed in the judgment in M. C. Mehta's case which keeps the option of imposing a ban in future open."
Writing the judgment, Justice Kapadia said, "Over the years, this Court tried to balance mining operations vis-a-vis environmental protection. Even after noticing non-compliance of Rules as far back as 2004, this Court, after sounding a warning to the existing mines to comply with the Rules, did not suggest a complete ban on mining operations so long as it was possible to undertake such operations on the principles of sustainable development. However, the position did not improve. The position worsened. The result is that mining operations have been carried out on a disproportionate scale in the Aravalli Hill mainly in Gurgaon and Faridabad including Mewat in the State of Haryana."
"Satellite images indicate the devastation caused to the area by the extensive mining operations," the Bench said, adding, "Extraordinary situations demand extraordinary remedies. In the circumstances, we are of the view that mining operations should be immediately suspended in the above area."
"The question still remains as to whether we should grant permission to the State of Haryana to excavate minor minerals from a localised area of 600 hectares out of 448 sq. km. (approximately) for purposes of excavating construction material which is needed for construction of houses, sports," the Bench said.


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Forty-eight sovereigns of jewellery and silver items were allegedly stolen from a house in Ramalingapuram, Ayanavaram, on Friday night. On Saturday morning, residents of the house claimed that the jewellery was intact.
Sources with the Secretariat Colony police said the incident occurred at the house on Trust Square Street of Ramakrishnan (65), a retired bank employee, and his wife Shamala (61), a former employee of the Directorate of Public Instructions (DPI).
On Friday night, the couple found the iron grill on the first floor of their house broken and the almirahs inside a room ransacked. They alerted the police and reported that 48 sovereigns of jewellery and four kg of silver items were missing, police sources said.
A police team conducted preliminary investigations and fingerprint experts visited the crime spot.
"On Saturday, the victims informed us that they thought that the 48 sovereigns were missing.
They found the gold jewellery between saris in the house.
However, a burglary had taken place and the culprits had fled with three kg of silverware from the house," said G. Sankaralingam, Assistant Commissioner of Police (Ayanavaram).
A case of burglary has been registered by the Secretariat Colony police.
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26 March 2014 22:41 [Source: ICIS news]
Focus story by Larry Terry
HOUSTON (ICIS)--US March acrylic acid and acrylate esters contract prices settled flat despite weaker February feedstock, sources confirmed on Wednesday.
Although several buyers expected some relief with propylene softening by 2.5 cents/lb during February and March, producers held values firm from February.
The flat settlement will hold glacial acrylic acid (GAA), for example, within a range of $1.09-1.13/lb ($2,403-2,491/tonne), as assessed by ICIS.
Market supply continues to be described as ample, with demand improving but still not as seasonally strong as participants hoped it would be this near the spring coatings season. A buyer noted acrylates' seasonal demand bump from paint and coatings, but delays are expected despite marginally positive signs from housing.
While harsh winter weather, especially in the northeast US, can shoulder some of the responsibility for the slow build in paint demand, one source blamed sentiment as much as anything else.
"It's not the weather that's holding back the economy," the buyer said, "it's pockets of the economy. If people say the economy is bad, it tends to be bad – a self-fulfilling prophecy."
However, some pockets of the economy also are not yet robust, as end-use markets continue to try to establish a healthy pace amid economic uncertainty.
Some participants, however, described demand for GAA as strong in other markets, including superabsorbent polymers (SAP) and plastics.
Among feedstock, weaker February and March propylene stemmed from several refinery turnarounds and a focus on the shift to summer gasoline blends.
In the US oxo-alcohols n-butanol (NBA) and 2-ethylhexanol (2-EH) markets, March contract prices were assessed flat on steady demand and despite recent upstream weakness.
Downstream, the signals continue to be somewhat mixed.
In spite of some recent positive housing numbers, US sales of new single-family homes fell by 3.3% in February from January, the Commerce Department said this week.
Last month's selling pace also was 1.1% below activity seen in February 2013. The recent decline partly offset a sharp 9.6% gain recorded in January, which had ended two months of declines, including a 7% drop in December.
However, the US chemical activity barometer (CAB) showed a 0.3% gain over February on a three-month moving average (3MMA), its largest increase since October, according to American Chemical Council (ACC). One of four components of the CAB, strengthening chemical equity prices, was a major factor in this month's reading.
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Blinkie Ponie Armie [BPA] :: The Order of Dii [Dii]
Nothin' like fishtoling your enemies to death. Fishtol whip? Hell yes.
Guild Wars - Erring Ryft | Guild Wars 2 - The Artless Dodger.2314
Gotta love that one!
Im rather fond of my thief
Oh, btw OP, nice
Not a lot of thieves to look at here. Guess they are mostly hidden away. Anyway here's a pic of mine while doing part of her storyline.
My thief all excited for the coming of the Mad King!
I haven't gone halloween yet. I guess I'll tweak that up tonight.
Didn't want to crop this one, because it ended up way better than I had expected. I think I snapped the shot right at the perfect moment... I doubt I'll ever be able to get another picture like that.
Edit to add one without the hoodie:
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I love that armor, Raye :D
Amarilis, my currently unloved plant thief.


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MANILA, Philippines–Skilled Filipino oil workers "played a crucial role" in restoring oil production in the Gulf of Mexico following the devastation wrought by Hurricane Katrina in the US Gulf coast in 2005, officials said.
Katrina, the deadliest and most destructive Atlantic hurricane since the 1928 Okeechobee storm in the US, destroyed 30 oil platforms in the Gulf of Mexico, shut nine refineries, and slashed oil production in the region.
Skilled oil workers were needed in the reconstruction and Louisiana-based Grand Isle Shipyard, Inc. (GIS), a highly diversified oilfield service company, opted to bring in Filipinos to the Gulf of Mexico based on the company's experience working with them in offshore oil platforms in Nigeria in 2004.
"Our team brought back great comments to our leadership regarding their safety-conscious attitude, work ethic, knowledge of their respective craft, ability to communicate well in English and their overall attitude toward the work," said GIS operations manager Mark Pregeant II.
In a statement released by the Philippine Embassy in Washington D.C., Pregeant said that when many of Louisiana's oil platforms were destroyed by Hurricane Katrina in August 2005, he knew where to go to address the huge shortage of personnel needed to help in the reconstruction. In November 2005, an initial crew of 24 workers arrived from the Philippines and by early 2006, there were more than 350 Filipinos working in the Gulf of Mexico.
"Filipino nationals contributed over 500,000 man-hours throughout that six-month period to help restore oil production in the Gulf of Mexico," Pregeant said. "Without their help, I believe there would have been significant delays."
Philippine Ambassador to the US Jose Cuisia Jr., who flew to Louisiana over the weekend to check on the condition of Filipinos injured in an oil rig platform blaze in the Gulf of Mexico last Friday, said Filipinos are no stranger to oilfield work.
"Filipinos are not new to the oil and gas sector as they have been working in oil fields, refineries and offshore platforms in the Middle East, Africa, Europe and Australia as early as the 1970s," said Cuisia.
As of November, there are 40,000 Filipinos working in the offshore oil and gas industry in various parts of the world, said Cuisia, citing statistics from the Philippine Overseas Employment Administration.
About 2,000 of them are in the United States, including in Louisiana, which accounts for 23 percent of total US crude oil production.
"Although Filipinos first set foot in Louisiana as early as the 1700s, it was only in 2005 that workers from the Philippines began making their presence felt in the offshore oil industry in the Gulf of Mexico," Cuisia said.
Cuisia said when he visited New Orleans this week to personally look into the November 16 tragedy, he was told that workers from the Philippines are very much in demand among the big oil companies because of their skills and experience.
"Many of these welders, fitters, and riggers have many years of experience and the companies they are employed in have expressed their satisfaction and admiration for their work ethics. This is why the Filipino workers are highly valued and very well compensated," he said.
Pregeant agreed, saying, "The same great qualities we found in Nigeria were displayed here in the US. That is why we are continuing the relationship today, and hope to continue it throughout the very distant future."
"Our experience with the Filipino national workforce has been extremely enjoyable. We really value these individuals and consider them part of our family," he said.
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OpenSolaris: Too Little, Too late
By jimgris on Apr 18, 2005
may be wrong but I think it's too little too late and I even
wonder if Sun's move serves the Operating System open source
community. It was doing just fine focusing its resources on the
thriving Linux, sometimes more is less. Somebody must be happy up in
Yes, Omar. You are wrong. We'll prove it over time ... this is just a heads up.
First, why would Redmond be happy? Microsoft's Windows is a competitor of ours in many markets. Microsoft can't be happy that yet another enterprise operating system is going open source while Windows is still locked shut. Second, why are you denying Solaris developers and users from contributing to the OpenSolaris community the same way that Linux and BSD developers contribute to their communities? Seems pretty selfish to me. OpenSolaris will simply help provide more validation for open source around the world, particularly in emerging markets where we have teams hitting the streets right now. The more open source communities the better. There's room for us all, Omar.
Actually, the timing for opening Solaris simply could not be better. We have serious executive support. We are multi platform. We have new SPARC and Opteron systems coming out that fly. We scale from tiny laptops to supercomputers (and don't be surprised to see Solaris on your cell phone in the future). We have really great code in Solaris 10 with features not found anywhere else, and we have numerous areas for improvement in which the community will immediately contribute. We have an excited market that has downloaded a million or so copies in just a couple of months. We have an innovative open source license that will help enable the new community. We are building a responsible co-development model that our customers expect. We have a solid community advisory board. We've been running a pilot program since September. Seems like things are lining up, don't you think? But above all, we have some nervous competitors out there who simply don't know how to react to all this. After all, this wasn't supposed to happen. We were supposed to be dead by now. I guess it's not too late, after all, eh?
OpenSolaris: Too little, too late? Bullshit.


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A bespoke/custom fragrance made specifically for the individual.
So, although this question and this topic have both appeared on numerous thread before, I hereby kindly request your opinion about which male frag you definitely associate with a male millionaire/billionaire.
Our subject may wear niche, designer or even mass-market frags, even if money is no object and he could afford anything, he may be young or old, coming from the Old-Money class of inherited fortunes or might have made it all by himself from rags to riches, he may add the veneer of culture, education, good taste to his wealth or not, he might be totally authoritarian or totally uninvolved when it comes to business, he might be overspending or rather thrifty- so feel free to be creative as much as you like.
Awaiting your answers and feel free to post
A bespoke/custom fragrance made specifically for the individual.
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Vintage Tabaróme by Creed
Wish I had some. Now that it's gone discontinued you have to pay an arm and a leg for it if you can even find any. Although, you had to pay an arm and a leg for it when it was still available
Amouage Gold or Memoir
One of my millionaire clients wear Dolce & Gabbana Pour Homme. He goes through 1 50ml bottle a week.
He is Lebanese but raised in Paris. Spends 2-3 weeks a month in Paris and the other time here in Vegas.
Something bespoke from Francis Kurkdjian , well thats what I would chose anyway
Oh and, I think Egoiste would be the fragrance for a millionaire.
I understand that Guerlain made Mouchoir de Monsieur for King Juan Carlos privately for many years. Turin and Sanchez also mention this in their book.
If one has that much much money, yone can dictate your exact tastes.
Other than that, perhaps One Million by Paco Rabanne!
"No elegance is possible without it...perfume is a part of you." Gabrielle "Coco" Chanel
Custom bespoke to tastes/life experiences.
BN sales: http://www.basenotes.net/threads/300...avidoff-Bombay.
Off-BN sales (super rare CREED): http://flacon.ambaric.net/viewtopic.php?t=95
If he's self-made, then he probably wears Aqua Velva... maybe spluges on a spritz or two of Acqua di Gio that his wife got him for Christmas a few years ago (he finds it nice, but way to expensive just to smell good, so he saves it for special events).
Or you could just cut to the chase:
With a hat to match:
BN sales: http://www.basenotes.net/threads/300...avidoff-Bombay.
Off-BN sales (super rare CREED): http://flacon.ambaric.net/viewtopic.php?t=95
whoa whoa whoa there... let's not confusion mere millionaires with billionaires. The first had to work hard for it and wear carefully curated fine fragrances.
Tom Ford Splits!!!! - Tobacco Vanille, Tuscan Leather, Oud Wood, Noir de Noir - PATCHOULI ABSOLU
Plum Japonais, Italian Cypress, Neroli Portofino, Costa Azzura, Azure Lime, Champacca Absolute
HARD TO FIND - Lavender Palm, Arabian Wood, and AMBER ABSOLUTE, etc...
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Well how did he smell? Did he fill the room or what?
"Burn their homes and churches.Then see if they will not laugh, sing and pray again.
For when two of them meet anywhere in the world, see if they will not create a new Armenia."
William Saroyan.
Using: Antaeus, The Dreamer, Eau Sauvage and Voyage d Hermes
Wishing: Tuscan Soul by Ferragamo and Concentré d Orange Verte
Blake Carrington's private scent, of course!
He would probably wear every Amouage fragrance all at once, just because he can afford it.
Whatever they want.
Angel Men by Thierry Mugler , Safari by Ralph Lauren (old-style rich) , Amouage Jubilation XXV , Bvlgari Soir , and the one that makes me feel like an emperor, sadly only for a few hours: Millesime Imperial by Creed (it must be fresh, not bought from a discount store)
Great works are performed, not by strength, but by perseverance.
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Richard James EdT during the day and Ungaro III at night.
At least in California, millionaires are a dime a dozen these days. When you total up the value of someone's home and everything, I probably know quite a few, and they either wear nothing, Polo, or whatever the girl at Macys sold them.
Has everyone checked out my Top 100 Blog??
This might fit the bill: http://www.elitetraveler.com/product...stom-fragrance
A palate load of Clive Christian X to throw off of a corporate float at the Rose Bowl Parade.
Your nostrils, which will dilate immesurably in unspeakable contentment, in motionless ecstasy, will ask nothing better for space, for they will be full of fragrance, as if perfumes and incense; for they will be glutted with complete happiness, like angels who dwell in the peace and magnificence of pleasent heaven.
(From Maldoror by Comte de Lautreamont)
1 million
lol jk..Are u a millionaire, op? o_O
I would wear a bunch of xerjoffs just because
Im the be$t @ thi$
I would say somewhere between Vintage Tabarome, or one of the extremely expensive Amouage oils (or other expensive middle eastern oils) layered with a fragrance of choice, such as Amouage Gold.
Of course, such person could always hire someone to create his own fragrance.
Such a person did hire someone (Pierre Bourdon and Frederick Malle) to create such a fragrance: Mark Birley for Men. Birley combined breeding (his father was a royal portrait painter and later taught Churchill to paint) with connections (he married royalty) and entrepreneurial spirit (he opened several successful private clubs in Mayfair, pushing his net worth toward $1 billion). After 180 attempts by Bourdon and Malle, he was satisfied he had a fragrance worthy of his name.
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Tom Ford Money by ... Tom Ford? Essence created by extracts of one mega-ton of blank cheques..
This is the one
$10,000 for this tiny 3ml bottle of this Frag all used in one go
I wear Trussardi Uomo
Dew from the thighs of super models.
Clive Christian No 1 Pure Parfum Pour Homme