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Arsenal finished third after beating a much-changed Fulham side, who had one eye on the Europa League final, 4-0 at Emirates Stadium.
Andrey Arshavin capitalised on a mistake from goalkeeper Mark Schwarzer before Robin van Persie fired in a second, with Chris Baird bundling in an own goal.
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Fan voting for the 2014 AVN Awards opened this past Friday (November 15th). There are ten Fan Vote categories this year and they are:
- Best Body
- Favorite Porn Star (Male)
- Favorite Web Cam Girl
- Hottest MILF
- Most Promising New Starlet
- Social Media Star
- Favorite Studio
- Best Boobs
- Hottest Ass
Though fans have until January 17th to think it over and cast their votes, I spent the weekend carefully deliberating who I was going to vote for. Since there's no mention that the AVN Fan Voting is a secret ballot, I'd like to tell you who I voted for this year. Are you ready? OK let's go!
Note: When voting, you get to choose your Top 5 but for the sake of time and space, I'm just going to share my #1 picks for each category. Just like I did for the Sex Awards.
Best Body – Alexis Texas
This was not an easy decision. Honestly, all the stars they've nominated do have some of the best bodies in the industry. However, I had to pick Alexis Texas in the end because she's got a one of a kind ass.
Not to mention Alexis Texas's 34B boobs are the perfect size and shape. And she's 5'8″, which makes her surprisingly tall, which is sexy. But that's all just icing on the cake that is Alexis Texas's world class ass.
Source: porn-star.com via TittyT on Sex.com
Favorite Porn Star (Female) – Presley Hart
Maybe it's just me but I feel like Presley Hart is a long shot to win this award. She's already one of my favorite performers and her underdog status sealed the deal for me.
Presley Hart is amazing. If you're not familiar with her work, click here to watch one of Presley Hart's hottest videos. She totally deserves to to win this.
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Favorite Porn Star (Male) – Prince Yahshua
Earlier this year, Prince Yahshua broke his penis. It's the second time his penis has broken, which is obviously a huge problem because it's how he makes his living. Voting for him is the least I can do. Prince Yahshua's had a rough year so help lift his spirits by using one of your five votes on him!
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Hottest MILF – Kendra Lust
There is no shortage of hot MILFs nowadays. I would have liked to vote for all of them but at the end of the day, Lust Army for life.
Source: bigtitmoms.tumblr.com via BabeFan101 on Sex.com
Best Boobs – Taylor Vixen
Call me prejudice but I didn't even consider voting for fake boobs in this category. If we don't let our athletes use PEDs, then why should pornstars with fake boobs be considered for a "Best Boobs" award?
Anyone, particularly in the porn industry, can just go out a get breast implants to make their boobs more impressive. Which is totally fine, but when it comes to awards, I reserve my vote for natural boobs. That's exactly why Taylor Vixen's all-natural 36DD bust had to get my vote. They're real and they're spectacular.
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Hottest Ass – Mia Malkova
It wasn't easy to decided between Anikka Albrite, Jada Stevens, Kelly Divine, and Alexis Texas, but ultimately Mia Malkova's ass brings a whole new meaning to the term "bubble butt", which is why she got my vote.
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Most Promising New Starlet – Casey Calvert
If you read my interview with Casey Calvert, you already know that she's only scratched the surface of what she's going to accomplish. This girl's got it all and if she keeps going, she's going to be one of the biggest pornstars in the world.
Source: galleries.wcpclub.com via bubblegumtaint on Sex.com
Favorite Webcam Girl – Aaliyah Love
I don't get down with webcams. That's just me. So I don't really know any webcam girls. I do know that Aaliyah Love is very cute so obviously I voted for her.
Source: barelist.com via mrlopez on Sex.com
Social Media Star – Riley Reid
In reality, Anikka Albrite is my pick for social media star. However, she's not one of the nominees so I had to go with my second pick, Riley Reid.
Riley Reid is always tweeting nude selfies and she's always included in the Vine Porn of the Week because she's always making amazing vine porn. If you're not already, follow Riley Reid on all your social medias!
Source: julesjordanvideo.com via blackdom81 on Sex.com
Favorite Studio – ????
There are porn studios? I thought porn was just uploaded on to the internet for all of us to enjoy for free. Weird.
So that's how I voted in the 2014 AVN Fan Awards.
Now it's time for you to vote!


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Ralph and Debbie Taylor/Phi Delta Theta Stadium at Simmons Field
Capacity: 3,031
Surface: Kentucky Bluegrass (OF) and Baby Bermuda (IF)
Dimensions: 340'-375'400 (symmetrical)
The University of Missouri Baseball team broke in the millennium with a new $2.1 million home, consisting of a new stadium, scoreboard and improved fencing and lighting. The stadium was the final major project on the west grounds of the Sports Park at Mizzou.
The facility, officially named Ralph and Debbie Taylor/ Phi Delta Theta Stadium at Simmons Field (or Taylor Stadium at Simmons Field), was constructed to accomplish a variety of goals set by the baseball coaching staff and MU's Department of Athletics.
The ultimate goal in the construction of the stadium was to create a fan-friendly facility and to encourage a family ballpark atmosphere. The stadium boosted seating capacity to 2,200, and allowed fans to enjoy many features, including a better view of the playing field, an expanded concession area and improved restroom facilities. The stadium even cut down the amount of wind that reaches patrons and provided them with some of the most-relaxing and satisfying experiences in the Midwest.
Another goal was to create an aesthetically pleasing facility. The stadium is composed of red bricks, green metal roofs and black steel, along with block and drivit – the look of traditional American baseball stadium that is sure to survive the test of time. The look also accompanies the look of other recently built MU athletic facilities.
The stadium also provides a comfortable game-day working area for coaches, officials and maintenance personnel. It also has impressive meeting rooms and plenty of storage.
Finally, Taylor Stadium was designed to be able to host an NCAA Regional, which the Tigers did in 2007 in the first NCAA postseason action at MU since 1965. Extra seating was added for that event, allowing for crowds that exceeded 3,000.
Missouri has one of the most fan-friendly stadiums in the league and the state's most dynamic collegiate baseball facility. Every university baseball program strives to be able to offer something unique with its stadium. Taylor Stadium at Simmons Field is sure to be known as the most complete and the most fan-friendly in the entire region.
In addition, the stadium has served as home to minor league baseball from 2003-05, as the University entered into an agreement with the City of Columbia and the Mid-Missouri Mavericks to serve as the home facility for the independent Frontier League's games.
Taylor Stadium at Simmons Field, contracted by Crawford Construction Inc. and designed by Peckham & Wright Architects Inc., became a reality after Ralph and Debbie Taylor of Prairie Village, Kan., presented a gift of $1 million to the University in 1998 to spark funding for the project, which broke ground in June, 1999. Ralph Taylor, an MU alumnus, has a long-standing relationship with the University and its athletic department.
Another generous offer was made by the family of Michael Haverty. Haverty's son Mike was an All-Big Eight pitcher for Mizzou during the 1993-94 campaign.
McARTOR BASEBALL FACILITY
The University of Missouri Department of Athletics and the Mizzou Baseball program officially opened the McArtor Baseball Facility in during the 2010 season.
The new addition, which is located in the left field corner of Taylor Stadium, houses three FieldTurf batting lanes, with dirt pitching mounds in two of the lanes. In addition, the building includes a team room and conference room.
The facility was named in honor of Gene McArtor, who is a former player, coach and administrator at Mizzou. As a player at Missouri, McArtor won all-conference and all-district honors as a first baseman from 1961-63. He played on two Big Eight Conference championship teams and two squads which advanced to the College World Series. He served as team captain as a senior.
"This facility is a great addition for our team," Mizzou Head Coach Tim Jamieson said. "It allows our players somewhere to workout in 24-hours a day, 365 days a year. The new additions really enhance the look and feel of the ballpark. We are very excited to have the facility in place and to be able to recognize Coach McArtor by naming it in his honor. He has done a lot for Mizzou Baseball and this is just one way to show our appreciation."
Fans at Taylor Stadium are closer to the action than ever before. Foul territory was sacrificed to put fans closer to the playing field. The true "stadium-style" seating has fans closer to the field running from dugout-to-dugout.
Of the 2,200 seats that are part of the main grandstands, 537 spots are special seat-back chairs. Fans can sponsor these chairs for a $1,000 donation per seat. A commemorative plate has been affixed to the back of the seat to recognize those who do sponsor the seats and those sponsors will have the opportunity to purchase season tickets for their seats.
The media covering Mizzou Baseball work in one of the best, most-equipped facilities in all of the Big 12. Taylor Stadium provides a professional, spacious and comfortable workplace for writers, broadcasters and members of the MU Department of Athletics. A clear view of the field from an elevated workplace awaits members of the working media.
The enclosed, heated press box, which sits 52 feet off of the ground directly behind home plate, is accessible by elevator.
The press box contains a press room, three broadcast booths, a control booth and also a hospitality suite which stretches along the third-base line.
Photographers also have access to a balcony on either side of the press box for filming games.
In addition to the balcony locations that can be used for filming, photographers also have access to camera locations located above the end of each dugout. These decks are approximately eight feet off the ground and give photographers a clear view of the entire playing field.
Members of the Mizzou Baseball team and coaching staff have a secure and spacious area to prepare and dress for all home games.
The clubhouse, which is located within the stadium under the main seating area, is accessible both via tunnel from the home dugout and from the outer concourse. Restroom facilities, a game-day coach's office and a dressing area are all available for the members of the home team at Taylor Stadium.
Gameday officials also delight in Taylor Stadium's facilities. Umpires have their own lockerroom located in the stadium next to the Mizzou clubhouse.
Refreshments are available at a concession area on the stadium's outer concourse, which is located behind the main seating area, during all home Mizzou Baseball games. The expanded facility offers patrons a variety of snacks to enjoy during Mizzou games. An area dedicated to providing patrons with a place to purchase a variety of items – everything from clothing to soft drinks – is available on the concourse on the first-base side of the stadium.
Located on the first-base side of the Taylor Stadium are the offices for the Missouri coaching staff.
Not only do fans have a much better view at Taylor Stadium, but players and coaches also have a better look at the action with the construction of more spacious and higher-sitting dugouts.
The dugouts, which are 56 feet long and 11 feet from front to back, offer both home and visiting players the amenities of professional teams' stadiums. Visiting teams, in addition to the extra space, can also access their own restroom from the visiting dugout. Members of Mizzou's Baseball team can access their clubhouse from the home dugout via a tunnel.
Mizzou Baseball fans can enter Taylor Stadium from a formal gate with a ticket booth. The area, which is the entrance for both fans and media, was designed to match the look and feel of the rest of the stadium.
The sights and sounds of Mizzou Baseball are amplified with the addition of the stadium's scoreboard and a dynamic stadium sound system.
The scoreboard contains a dot-matrix message center, line score and personalized team names – all guarded by a nearly invisible protective net.
One of the more exciting features of the complex is the dynamic sound system. Speakers are located throughout the stadium and will keep those away from their seats tuned into all the action. The main speakers are located inside the scoreboard to give the crowd a true stadium sound.
The actual playing surface is handled by the grounds crew at Mizzou and the Tigers' coaching staff with the help of turf consultant Brad Fresenburg.
The dimensions of the symmetrical playing surface are 340 feet down the lines, 375 to the power alleys and 400 feet to center field.
The natural grass surface is one of the best playing surfaces in the country. Before the 2002 campaign, the infield was completely resurfaced.
The infield now has Quickstand Bermuda grass. Taylor Stadium/Simmons Field is one of only two facilities in the country to have a cool season grass (Kentucky Bluegrass) outfield and a Bermuda infield. Kansas City's Kauffman Stadium is the other.
Another unique part about Taylor Stadium/Simmons Field is the gray/black (when wet) infield "dirt." Very few facilities, such as Jacobs Field in Cleveland and Fenway Park in Boston, have the new gray material from Turface.
The Tiger staff recently resurfaced the areas outside the infield has also improved the bullpen areas.
Simmons Field is truly one of the finest playing surfaces in the country and was recognized as the Field-of-the-Year in 1993 by the American Baseball Coaches Association.
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I will have to check it out. In order to use sieve what do you have to do?
On Tue, Oct 06, 2009 at 07:19:49PM -0700, Bill Broadley wrote:
> I used to manage a rather large procmail file. It has some problems (IMO):
> * Rather user unfriendly syntax
> * Is a bit too expressive (i.e. not ideal for exposing to users, procmail
> basically can expose as much as a shell)
> * Runs either on client side (so poor for vacation like messages) or server
> side with the security issues (so it's okay for an admin).
> * no mail client support that I know of.
> I found a nice replacement called SIEVE:
> * Has an RFC standard (RFC 5228)
> * Has a rather nice syntax (think more python than sendmail.cf)
> * Is designed to be exposed to users securely
> * Has multiple email client support (thunderbird, round cube, squirrel mail)
> * Is implemented in various mail delivery clients like dovecot's deliver
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> Thanks.";
> }
> elsif address :is ["From", "To"] "firstname.lastname@example.com" {
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> }
> elsif address :contains "sender" "email@example.com" {
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> I prefer using sender (when it works) over to:, cc:, or related because of
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> For mailing lists I often use something like:
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Florida Friendly landscaping imminent in St. Pete?
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Florida is in the midst of a severe drought, which has led to major restrictions on water use. In response, St. Petersburg City Council member Karl Nurse announced this morning that he is requesting that the city examine landscaping on property it owns and, where appropriate, replace St. Augustine grass with landscaping that is Florida Friendly.
âAnd the logic of that is twofold. One, it will save money because the maintenance is radically reduced. And the other is that it will use about 80 percent less water. I think thatâs important because St. Petersburg has a long history of being a leader in our region in responsible water conservation practices.â
Within the city limits, only the school district owns more property or maintains more grass than the city of St. Petersburg, Nurse said. He added that maintaining St. Augustine grass is the most wasteful type of ground cover both in water and in financial terms. Nurse said that the city has the largest reclaimed water system in the southeast, and a per capita water use that is lower than the rest of the region. To continue that leadership in water conservation, Nurse recommends that city codes be changed to recognize xeriscaping -- which is designing landscaping that has a reduced need for water.
âWe need to take our landscape code, which is oriented toward St. Augustine grass lawns, and to move the code in a whole series of changes that result in development and redevelopment moving in the direction of either Florida Friendly plantings or groundcovers. ⦠Not mandate irrigation systems, which we mandate now, and limit the amount of grass that we use. Currently we limit the amount of mulch area on a property.â
Landscaping is considered Florida Friendly if it uses native vegetation that grows best in the rainfall and soil conditions of the state and therefore does not need much or any additional water or fertilizer.
Nurse announced his plan Friday morning in front of a small apartment complex he owns near downtown St. Petersburg. The front yard was landscaped using native drought-tolerant plants by Bruce Turley, owner of Wilcox Nursery, who said the project cost between $1,500 and $2,000.
Bill Bilodeau is the president of the Pinellas chapter of the Florida Native Plant Society. He gave a tour of the yard that is landscaped with such natives as slash pine, coco plum and dune sunflower.
City Council Chair Jamie Bennett attended the press conference to support Nurseâs requests for xeriscaping and amendments to the cityâs landscaping and irrigation ordinance. Bennett hopes that he can convince his fellow council members to support the idea of a ban on the use of nitrogen-based fertilizer during the June to September rainy season when the nitrogen drains off and pollutes lakes, Tampa Bay and the Gulf of Mexico.
âYou have a general deterioration of the quality of the water and the health of the water.â
Bennett is the cityâs representative to the Tampa Bay Estuary Program, which has crafted a model ordinance for local governments to use as they enact bans on summertime nitrogen fertilizer use, which Bennett told WMNF would apply to residences, businesses, and even golf courses.
Council member Karl Nurse said he would support a St. Petersburg City Council ban on summertime use of nitrogen fertilizers.
âYes. Actually, Chairman Bennett has introduced that and I think weâre probably 60 days or so away from that. ⦠People will save money because when you put your fertilizer on in the summer when it rains everyday, several days later that fertilizer is off your property and down the sewer and into our lakes or [Tampa] Bay.âcomments powered by Disqus


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Smooth Radio breakfast host Simon Bates is taking his show to Afghanistan to join British troops for a week of live programmes, becoming the first national commercial station to do so.
From Monday 12th December, and as the festive season approaches, Smooth Radio's 6-10am breakfast show will broadcast live from Camp Bastion where Simon Bates will be both delivering Christmas messages from soldiers to loved ones back home, and capturing the spirit, camaraderie and difficulties experienced by those on the front line. He'll also be exploring what the future holds for Afghanistan as coalition forces look to handover control to the Afghan National Army, with a particular focus on the British role in the south of the country.
Smooth Radio has supported wounded soldiers charity Help for Heroes since 2009, raising £750,000 from its annual Help for Heroes Days, and this week of live shows further highlights the commitment and sacrifices of our armed forces.
Simon, who has previously broadcast from war zones including Iraq, said: "Christmas is always a difficult time of year for serving troops and we hope that by taking the show out to Afghanistan we will both highlight the incredible work British soldiers are doing day-in-day-out and provide a link between them and life back home."
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When I finally crawl out of my cocoon I fear Neil's been up awhile and waiting for me. I slept pretty well and it may have been kind of late, judging from the ample daylight. Nope. He tried sleeping in his gear with little success. There was ice on the bike seats this morning and he wasn't a whole lot warmer than that overnight. Come to think of it, I was in my +15 degree bag with my fleece jacket and pretty comfortable and if he was in a 30 degree bag (recall that our "plan" was Moab in September, and warm) he surely must have frozen his butt off last night.
At any rate, we weren't eaten by bears..
Neil ponders the map, the road ahead and the inevitability of a long ride home after a quick tour of Yellowstone.
At least he's pondering it on something other than an empty stomach..
We discuss what we'd like to see and where we'd like to go, and figure this is a reasonable time to split so he can be home on schedule. It's been great riding together and we knew this day was coming.
Neil put in 700+ miles after scooting through the East side of Yellowstone, and I looped through the West side..
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Some ways into Yellowstone I had the epiphany that I wasn't going to ride any sand for at least a couple of days, so I stopped to lube the chain..
Beautiful park with so much to see, but traffic was heavy enough that I didn't stop for pictures until almost West Yellowstone..
Lunch is a Snickers bar and some Gatorade near Butte, then more chasing the sun westward down the slab..
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Let's define some terms here. The Internet censorship bills have different names depending on which chamber of Congress you're talking about. The House bill is called SOPA, the Stop Online Piracy Act. That bill is currently in the committee process and has not yet cleared the Judiciary Committee. Observers thought this would happen at the end of last year, but House Judiciary Chairman Lamar Smith cancelled the conclusion of the markup at the last minute.
But in the Senate the Judiciary Committee has already cleared their version of the legislation known as PIPA, the Protect Intellectual Property Act. And what I didn't realize until today is that Senate Majority Leader Harry Reid filed for cloture on PIPA at the end of last year. So that will be the first item on the agenda in 2012. In fact, there's already a date scheduled for the motion to proceed: January 24, at 2:15pm.
Sen. Ron Wyden already placed a hold on the bill objecting to moving it through by unanimous by unanimous consent, which is why there will be a cloture motion. Apparently holds are only honored with a delay in the vote when Republicans do them. Nevertheless, Wyden has at least three colleagues from both parties opposed to cloture – Jerry Moran, Maria Cantwell and Rand Paul. They will need a lot of help to block the 60 votes needed to clear cloture and get PIPA to the floor.
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It is also possible that PIPA never makes it to the January 24th vote, but that depends on the public weighing in with their U.S. Senators before they come back to Washington D.C. To begin countering the $94 million spent in lobbying in support of PIPA and SOPA, more than a million Americans have contacted Congress in opposition and citizen boycotts have forced corporations to withdraw their support of passage. Now Senators are home and away from the D.C. lobby, which is the perfect time for citizens to ask their Senators to voice their opposition to PIPA before they return to Washington D.C. If enough Senators publicly object to PIPA, then it is likely that consideration would be delayed in order to begin negotiating a compromise. So it is important that the public try to meet with their two Senators and their home state staff and inform them on where they stand and ask their Senators to represent the public interest by standing with them.
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My name is Alex Campbell and i have been cutting black mens hair and shaving black men for years. Over the past 15 years i have seen many men, black and white males, have problems with razor bumps. I have seen razor bumps be more of a problem with black males.
I have had razor bump problems myself because i did not know how to shave properly. Learning how to shave can be very painful especially when the hair bumps surface. The crazy part about the hair bumps is that you don't know why you have them because you don't even realize that you don't even know that you don't know how to shave. Then you start itching and all types of other things. You end up going to the store buying products that don't really work because it's not the product, it's you.
If you knew how to shave properly, then the bumps wouldn't have surfaced in the first place!!! But feeling that silky smooth shave is addictive i must admit. But you have to ask yourself, do i want stuble or bumps? I would rather have stuble.
The theory is that black men have kinky hair and when you use a razor on the skin to cut the beard, the razor blade cuts the hair to short which is what causes the hair to start the regrowth process under the skin. But knowing how to shave makes a big difference in the outcome of the shave.
When the hair starts to grow under the skin, the kinky hair curls up and causes infection and razor bumps. All men would like to achieve and maintain a baby smooth face after shaving. But the sad reality is that everyone, especially black men, will not be able to achieve a smooth face for a long period of time after shaving because they may not know how to shave properly.
Once a man shaves, the skin will start out smooth, but after a few days, the skin will become irritated and razor bumps will start to develop. That's mainly because he does not know how to shave. Sometimes razor bumps can leave dark spots on the skin as well. And then you have another issue which is trying to remove the dark spots on the skin. So even though men would like a nice clean shave, for some men, it will never become possible.
There are a few different ways to prevent razor bumps for black men. Shaving problems and hair bumps is something that every black man will probably have to deal with forever. With that being said you might as well think about the safest and most comfortable techniques on how to shave so that it can always be a pleasurable experience. Shaving without the proper tools or gels can lead to razor burns and razor bumps.
So you have to know of good products to help eliminate the risks of injury to your body. For starters, Aloe vera gel works great as a moisturizer and conditioner for the skin. Shave Therapy is also an extremely great product. Some say Shave Therapy is better than "The Art of Shaving" products. The Mach 3 and Mach 4 razors are great too. Now that you have your gel and razors, let's get started.
Step 1 Make sure that you clean your face. Wash your face with warm water. Also washing your face can cut down on any type of infections in case you cut yourself. If you have a thick brittle beard, you may want to try a facial scrub as well.
Step 2 After you have washed and exfoliated the skin, place a warm rag on your face. The warm rag will soften the skin and also open your pores for easier shavng.
Step 3 Apply Shave Therapy or apply aloe vera gel and shaving cream to your face in an upward motion against the grain of the beard. Cover every section that you want to shave.
Step 4 Make sure you have a new razor. New razors cut the hair. Dull razors pull the hair which can cause injury to the hair folicle and cause razor bumps. Always use a fresh razor. Start at the top of the beard and shave down the cheek/jaw down to the jaw line in long even strokes.
Step 5 Shaving under your neck must be done with the grain. Shave from adams apple downward on the neck and shave from top of adams apple upward toward the jawline.
Step 6 Keep your skin pulled tight but not extremely tight. Pulling the skin helps prevent you cutiing yourself.
Step 7 Now to shave the lip. Bend your lip into your mouth over your teeth. Now shave downward on the lip on both sides.
Step 8 If you notice the razor not cutting properly it is probably because of the hair clogging the razor. So remember to rise the razor after every 2-3 strokes on the face to keep the razor from clogging up with hair.
Step 9 Now rinse your face with warm water so that you can remove the shaving cream and feel your face for missed sections. Make sure to keep the sections that you missed wet and also wet the razor so that you can shave over the missed sections again.
Step 10. Now rinse your face with warm water so that the pores of your skin remain open. Clean skin with witch hazel (not alcohol, because alcohol dries the skin and burns the skin)and then apply aloe vera to the skin as a moisturizer and conditioner.
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Alex, Thanks for posting!
I've been browsing online more than 3 hours nowadays, but I never discovered any fascinating article like yours. It's beautiful worth enough for me. Personally, if all website owners and bloggers made excellent content as you probably did, the internet will be much more useful than ever before.
How do I prevent razor bumps and dark spots on my cheeks after I use the trimmers on my face?
It seems like the dark spots came after i started using a trimmer and im not going to use a razor to shave.
So, any suggestions?
First of all A C ,I agree with some not all of what you said concerning techniques. There are reasons why black men suffer, let's say most men included. I do not agree A C with you telling the Marine Sarge to use clippers. Most young black men today use them simply because barbers like you tell them and also use clippers on them most times. Electricity and water do not mix, meaning, how would you apply your moisturizer and rinse afterward. For centuries, soap, water, and steel have survived to this day. I'm an avid wet-shaver. I'm an older man, so I used these tools when I was a teen in the late 60's. It seems that when your big corporate giant Gillette decied to switch from double-edge blades to a cartrdige type multi-blade in the early 70's ,black men really started to suffer. I remember the barber when I was a teen would straight razor shave everyone. I could not wait to grow up and recieve one. It was very short lived because of the cartridge blades. Wet-shaving has made a very big comeback in America for all men. Now to technique. We wet-shavers break it down to passes. Meaning the number of times you actually pull the razor across your face. I'm a 2-passer, there are men who are 3 & 4 passers. Ok, so technique is a great part of your routine. Use a good double-edge razor with good sharp blades. Yes, DOUBLE-EDGE RAZOR!! Some blades are more aggressive and sharper than others. I've never heard of an aggressive cartridge razor, that being said, you wind up shaving in the same spot on your face trying to get closer with cartridges. Which most times results in itrritation and burn. If any pre-shave, try and wash your face with an organic face wash. Now for lather . Now we call that "can goo". It"s so much crap in a can of shave cream ,no wonder we get irritated. So purchase a good shave soap or shave cream made for use with a BRUSH. Yes, like your granddad used. Most barbers used them too! Now in todays modern wet-shaving scene, we use a shave oil. As you know from your training , the more buffers between the blade and face the better, right? After your facewash and hot towel on the face, use a shave oil, massage in, then whip your lather up in a shave mug or on your face. Now you're reaady for the passes. First pass, with the grain down. Try long smooth strokes. Now don't try to get all the hair off. we have another pass that. Now under neck, you can shave against the grain, yes! don't rtry and get all the hair off remember. Now, we're ready for the second pass. Massage a bit more shave oil, then brush over it with your lather again. Hope you didn't wash the brush out cause we're not through just yet. You should have enough soap left. Now you can shave parallell to the grain. Across your stache area, then from your ear to your mouth. Double-Edge razors require NO pressure whe using, let the weight of the razor carry itself across your face. It's a different technique for sure, but you will get use to it. Now feel your face, if needed, lather up a 3rd time and repeat like the 2nd past. If not, time to rinse with COLD water to close yours pores. Now is the time for aloe vera type gel or witch hazel or aftershave balm. Some guys like menthol. You can use an alcohol based fragrance aftershave if your skin is not too dry. But you do want to put moisture back in. I forgot to mention, the shave brush helps lift up your hairs to be cut off. I firmly believe that black men need to throw those clippers far away. It will leave a shadow on your face. I have converted a few young men form those clippers and electric razors, and they tell me after a month are so they notice their face clearing up. I know you're an expert in this A C, but this wet-shaving thing is here to stay. Men in Western Europe, Eastern Europe, Northen Africa still wet-shave. It's only here in the USA where we fall victim to the giant corporate monoply. Everyman Jack a line that 's being sold at pharmacies, target, etc has gone to a wet-shaving theme. Their stuff is very reasonable. It was a very Bold move for a big corporate line. I have a line that's mostly organic and handmade. It's for the serious male groomer! There are a few black barber shops that offer a pampered type hot towel, straight razor shave. It's truly a great experience! And for the Marine Sarge. If you shave the next day, only do ONE light pass. That should be sufficent enough for the protocol!
Im a teen learning how to cut hair but i want to learn how to cut all race or ethnic groups hair and how to do uneven hairlines and just be good.
Mr. Campbell,
* I have two concerns. I am a Marine currently deployed and looking to open my own barber shop and would like to know if you have any personal advice on how to "Not" fail this mission. And I will have at least 5 chairs for rent, but what's a fair/equal rental rate for each barber?
* Second, on ths shaving article, I've tried to shave down but being that "we" (Marines) are military and have to shave everyday it irritates my skin. Is there an alternate method to shave?
Staff Sergeant/USMC
I was wondering if u had a video on how to correct a edgeup or hairline, and plus a video on the facial directions on how to shave , please follow me on twitter because i could not find you


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Well there's a contentious little headline eh?
Don't worry, it does not refer to four-hour lunches or behind-the-scenes arrangements with the media.
It does refer to a brief I've just agreed with the publisher Bloomsbury, along with my former colleague and long-serving mate Stephen Waddington, to write the follow-up to Brand Anarchy, a book that came out about a year ago.
The sequel, Brand Vandalism, has a brief to "explore the dirtiest corner of the audience – the people who are mobilising themselves to cause reputational damage in a war on the organisations they dislike". So it's unlikely to be a book for wimps.
Why is a PR Week blog post the right place for this potentially shameless piece of self-promotion? Well because this is hardly about selling books – if the first one had made me PR's answer to J.K. Rowling, I'd hardly be sat here writing this post would I?
The point is that it's a book that apparently many people in PR and with reputational concerns want to see written, but no-one has yet been able to tackle it. Which means there's an important issue at hand here for PR, one that is causing real concern as media continues to evolve and one that as an industry we could benefit from getting to grips with. It is the perceived vulnerability that organisations and individuals now have to their worst public detractors voicing their discontent in the most disruptive way possible – by seeking not just to impact reputations, but to vandalise them.
As the proposal for Brand Vandalism goes: "The Internet allows them to wreak havoc, but also forces a level of engagement and dialogue that organisations, public and private, have never had to contemplate before."
Whereas Brand Anarchy concluded that, while reputational control is impossible, getting a grip through audience engagement could give a more commanding position, Brand Vandalism will go much deeper. And darker.
The two questions Stephen and I have been asked by readers, contacts, academics (yes, true!) and senior businesspeople who've read Brand Anarchy are a.) just how bad can this get when people really go for a brand's throat and b.) is there anything that can realistically be done to stop them?
So those are the questions we'll be aiming to answer. By peering further into the murkiest, dirtiest thoughts of brand detractors and activists, and pooling insight from progressive brands who've taken steps to adapt their communications to those severe reputational threats, as well as the opportunities of evolving media.
Brand Vandalism is being written over the next four months and is due to be in shops in time for Christmas. So that's one less present to worry about.


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On the 7 May more than 1 million South Africans cast their votes, some for the first time, in favor of the agenda of economic freedom. This agenda is summed up in a stipulation in section 26 of the EFF Founding Manifesto that:
"The EFF is a radical, leftist, anti-capitalist and anti-imperialist movement with an internationalist outlook anchored by popular grassroots formations and struggles. The EFF will be the vanguard of community and workers' struggles and will always be on the side of the people. The EFF will, with determination and consistency, associate with the protest movement in South Africa and will also join in struggles that defy unjust laws."
The EFF is in parliament because of the protest and grassroots movements, most of all because of Marikana. EFF is in parliament because it speaks the truth and it is determined and consistent with the objectives of the revolution. Marikana is the home of the African Revolution and the EFF, it is the birth place of the new economic emancipation movement.
As many would know, yesterday the first generation of EFF members of parliament walked out of the second sitting of the debate on the State of the Nation Address. These members of parliament did so because the Commander in Chief rightly said that "the ANC government killed people people in Marikana" and the preceding officer of parliament ruled that this statement is unparliamentary. Meaning the South African parliament deems it unparliamentary to attribute the killing of 34 mineworkers in Marikana to the ruling party in government: the ANC.
No member of the EFF will ever withdraw such a diagnosis. When there is a reduction of crime by the SAPS, the ANC takes responsibility and claims this victory as theirs, they claim it as an ANC achievement.
Equally, when the police kill Andries Tatane, the Relela and Mothutlung residents, ANC as the government of the day must take responsibility. It is not a matter of freedom of speech as it is a matter of fact; an ANC led government preceded over the killing of 34 workers who were striking for a minimum wage of R12, 500 in Marikana.
The EFF is therefore unapologetic when it says ANC killed workers in Marikana, because it did; just like the apartheid government led by the Nationalist Party did in Sharpeville in 1960 and Soweto in 1976. The ANC must live with this reality, own up to it like it does each act of its government and know that the red colors in the opposition benches represent the those fallen voices of mineworkers in Marikana.
Marikana represents a new chapter in this country. Marikana is the voice that ANC has become the enemy of the people. It is the testimony of the poor that there is no revolution in the ANC, neither is there love of black people. If the interests of white monopoly capital are threatened, the people know, ANC will kill to protect them. ANC is the government of murderers; the killers who massacred workers in Marikana.
We shall never recognize the ruling of them preceding officer because she is intimately part of the killer party, the number one murderer.
Thandi Modise was the premier of the North West when the Marikana workers were slaughtered by her ANC. Her ruling is a determination to resist the moral poverty that EFF is exposing about her leadership; in her province, when she government it as an ANC collective, it is her police that murdered workers who were asking for a livi wage of R12, 500.
Thandi Modise's argument that we must wait for the Farlam Commission before we make pronouncements is equally disingenuous. Would she have waited for apartheid courts and commissions before calling Sharpeville a massacre and attributing it to the government of the day? No, the commission is not investigating whether there was a massacre or not. Or whether the police did it, because we all saw they did. The Commission is investigating whether these police were right in doing so. No where in the document on the TERMS OF REFERENCE OF THE COMMISSION OF INQUIRY INTO THE TRAGIC INCIDENTS AT OR NEAR THE AREA COMMONLY KNOWN AS THE MARIKANA MINE IN RUSTENBURG, NORTH WEST PROVINCE, SOUTH AFRICA do the words massacre of the acronym ANC appear.
In essence to use the commission was irrelevant and as illegitimate as the preceding officers' vested interest in the ruling. Because to rule in our favor would actually be an admittance on her part that she presided over the killing of workers through the state police, as she was premier of North West.
The EFF therefore reiterates without any fear of contradiction that the ANC killed workers in Marikana. We are a radical organisation that does not recognize unjust laws. We reject, with the disgust it deserves the ruling of Thandi Modise; the preceding officer, former premier of North West and failed ANC leader, that we must withdraw a truth about Marikana. This truth makes us as EFF, we shall never betray it: ANC, the ANC of Thandi Modise killed workers in Marikana.
Thandi Modise and her ANC are free to do whatever they deem fit, EFF will not be told by the ANC how to oppose it, fight its oppression of our people, it be in parliament, in ballots or on the streets. We are not employed by the ANC, we are employed by the people. If they want to expel us and undermine the people's will that we should be in parliament, they can go on. Our revolution is on the grounds, the very grounds of Marikana.
It is noteworthy that part of parliamentary discussions yesterday was a characterization of the leader of the Democratic Alliance as a commodity by an ANC member. This was objected by the EFF because EFF will never stand the abuse and suppression of black people wherever they are. THE preceding officer ruled in favor of the EFF, stating that calling Musi Maimane a commodity perpetuates the stereotype that black people are inferior.
The people of South Africa must know that it is the EFF, and not the DA that stood to protect a black person's indignity even if they be in the DA. This must demonstrate that EFF is not limited to its members in articulating the African Revolution and that is why it is government in waiting.
EFF notes with deep concern the continued ways in which the SABC suppresses the coverage of its key events. We are aware that there was an instruction not to cover the EFF on June 16 this year. Hlaudi Motsoeneng also issued an instruction that EFF its in parliament must not be televised in the news.
The EFF is still in consultation with its lawyers on how to take forward the findings of the Public Protector because the Hlaudi Motsoeneng who is an ANC security guard continues to suppress EFF in favor of ANC. The hope is that he meets the same destination that was met by Pansy Tlakula.
In addition, it is regrettable that not only is he messing up the Public Broadcaster, now he has taken action against the advancement of women emancipation. Motsoeneng has agreed to take a woman as a gift, a whole leader at the helm of so important an institution of the democratic state. It cannot be that women are seen and exchanged as gifts, essentially there is no difference between Hlaudi Motsoeneng and Boko Haram. Like Boko Haram, Motsoeneng does not respect women, their choice and treats them like objects in a pursuit to satisfy narrow personal interests.
The questions should be asked where are organisation like ANCWL when the poor women of Venda need them the most.
In his response to parliament, Jacob Zuma after not saying nothing, says he can predict what other people are going to say before they speak. He must know that the reading is mutual because EFF had already predicated what he was going to say. as we do about what we say.
He further said that people must not be personal when they debate as it degenerates constructive dialogue. Yet all members of the ANC in parliament were constantly personal on the EFF and on Musi Maimane. We can only hope that he was directing this comment to his own members.


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| Pyongyang, May 1 (KCNA) -- An annual meeting of the Finnish National Committee for the Study of the Juche Idea was held in Helsinki on April 24.
On display at the venue of the meeting were photos documenting undying exploits of President Kim Il Sung and leader Kim Jong Il and books and photos introducing proud successes achieved by the service personnel and people of the DPRK in the drive for building a thriving nation.
The meeting reviewed achievements and experience in the work for the study and dissemination of the Juche idea last year before discussing an action program for this year. It elected the new leadership of the national committee.
Juha Kieksy, chairman of the national committee, said in his report that the Juche idea founded by Kim Il Sung and enriched by Kim Jong Il is greatly encouraging the world progressive people.
He praised the great vitality of the Juche idea, saying that he visited the DPRK recently and witnessed the fact that it is turning into a paradise of the people in which the Juche idea is applied under the wise guidance of Marshal Kim Jong Un.
Referring to the successes achieved by the national committee in the work for studying and disseminating the Juche idea, he stressed the need to conduct the work in close combination with the solidarity activities supporting the just cause of the Korean people.
Juha Kieksy was reelected chairman of the national committee.
A message to Kim Jong Un was adopted at the meeting.
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The end of the federal tax credit for ethanol makers has them feeling the pain.
As reported earlier, Congress declined to renew the tax break for producers of ethanol in gas at the end of 2011. No doubt it was a cost-cutting move amidst the ongoing budget battle. Some in the industry have called the resulting malaise in the industry a "hangover".
After the first quarter of 2012, about 75% of U.S. ethanol plants barely broken even at best, with many losing money in that period. This was after a rocking 4th quarter for the industry, which was somewhat of a mirage. Ethanol sales spiked, but it turns out it was only because people were stocking up on ethanol to grab the last of the tax credit amidst rumors at the time that it could be going away. Once all these parties (like oil companies and gas suppliers) had stocked their coffers with ethanol supply, they didn't need to buy more ethanol. The tax credit was for people blending ethanol in the fuel.
How many plants are actually losing money? According to analysts the best (most efficient) plants are still profitable but they're not making as much money as before. About the middle 50% of plants are just breaking even. And the bottom quarter of plants are all bleeding cash on every gallon of ethanol they make.
All of these ethanol makers are going to have to figure out how to live life without the help of tax payer dollars. Maybe that's not such a bad thing. They still have a helping hand from the government through the mandate that 10 or 15% of gasoline contain their "product".
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A group of CJP students authored a statement in response to the deaths of Michael Brown and Eric Garner, and protests around the country:
We, student-attorneys with Georgetown Law's Community Justice Project (CJP), write to recognize and join the national dialogue surrounding continuing failures of the U.S. criminal justice system. This conversation was reignited by the tragic deaths of Michael Brown and Eric Garner--young, unarmed black men killed by police officers who faced no liability for their actions. These events highlight the criminal justice system's well-established propensity to devalue the lives of people of color and afford police officers an increasing and unprecedented level of autonomy and legal immunity. We at CJP stand in resolute solidarity with the victims of police brutality and their families--as well as legal professionals and political activists across the country--to advocate for change to our public institutions and to craft a system that ensures justice for all.
With increased police autonomy and weakened legal protections, our nation has become increasingly polarized so that security and peace is only a reality for a segment of our country's population. For far too many, the legal system is a looming threat to the physical, economic, and social security of individuals and communities. The losses of Michael Brown, Eric Garner, and countless other minority victims of police brutality make clear that this threat is real and present. This state of affairs is abhorrent. As future professionals and experts, we are uniquely poised to recognize, confront, and combat this problem; we cannot refuse to act without becoming implicated in the continued devaluation of the lives of people of color.
True reform does not begin or end with the simple indictment of reckless police officers or the eradication of stop and frisk; it begins with a change in the mindset of individuals and is an ongoing process. We as legal practitioners and civil servants must recognize our participation in society's unequal legal systems. We must learn to integrate our passions and convictions into our daily practice. No matter how zealous our advocacy for individual clients, we must be ever-mindful that being true champions for justice requires ensuring that the system as a whole reflects the principles and values our society aspires to embody, for "injustice anywhere is a threat to justice everywhere."
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The Fair Criminal Record Screening Amendment Act of 2014 is now law! In the fall of 2013, CJP students worked with the D.C. Jobs Council to draft an initial version of the the legislation, which aims to prevent unlawful screening of a job applicant's criminal background. Learn more here.
During the 2014-2015 academic year, CJP students will be working with:
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- Mentoring Today, DC Lawyers for Youth, and School Justice Project
The Community Justice Project is a clinic at Georgetown Law where students represent individual clients and act as advocates for community, non-profit, educational, faith-based and other organizations and groups.
Each spring we accept requests from community, non-profit, educational, faith-based, and other organizations and groups for projects to be completed in the upcoming academic year. As we take referrals directly from the court, we do not directly accept individual direct representation clients.
Our students serve as advocates, consultants, advisors, capacity-builders, strategic planners, policy analysts and community organizers to help clients tackle complex, high priority projects.
The Community Justice Project teaches students about the commitment that will sustain and energize them as advocates, the tactics that can produce success in particular cases, and the strategies that look to long-term (perhaps very long-term) success and participation in a protracted struggle for justice.


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The request is for a special commercial arrangement between LPRC and KPC for the supply of petroleum products at discount price to enable LPRC bring relief in the form of fuel subsidy to the Liberia Electricity Corporation (LEC), National Transit Authority (NTA) and the JFK Hospital, among others.
The intention is to help these institutions reduce the high cost of fuel and pass on the savings by expanding services to larger segments of the population, including vulnerable sectors.
For example, it will assist LEC in expanding power access to low income families. The NTA will pass on its savings by reduced fares to certain categories of customers including students, security personnel in uniform and the elderly.
As this is a special bilateral commercial arrangement, only the Ministry of Foreign Affairs and the Liberian Ambassador in Kuwait are assisting the Liberia Petroleum Refining Company (LPRC) in monitoring the progress of these discussions at this time. On the Kuwaiti side, the Kuwaiti Ministry of Foreign Affairs is similarly assisting the Kuwait Petroleum Company, KPC.
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LOS ALAMOS, N.M. (AP) - Los Alamos County is working with a Tennessee-based company to create a new brand for the northern New Mexico community.
The Los Alamos Monitor reports that officials with North Star Destination Strategies were in Los Alamos recently to launch the effort.
Developing the brand is expected to take four to five months and cost the county $50,000.
North Star representatives have met with county leaders, economic development officials, business owners, tourism experts and others to learn what makes Los Alamos distinctive.
The representatives also asked about the community's assets and the challenges that it faces. Surrounded by forest land, the community is home to Los Alamos National Laboratory, one of the nation's premiere nuclear research facilities.
Los Alamos is also ranked among the nation's wealthiest and most educated counties.
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Hotel Chester, located downtown, will be one of eight hotels nationwide FOX will feature during the second season of "Hotel Hell," according to a network spokesperson. Renowned host Gordon Ramsay, along with a team of experts, plans to guide Hotel Chester down a path toward better service, higher visibility and more profitability.


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After placing second in the state competition earlier in the school year, Armstrong Middle School's Gladiator Lego Robotics team will face off against teams from around the world at the First Lego League international competition in May.
Both AMS teams, the Gladiators and the Shadow Ninjas, under the guidance of teacher Jackie Wilt, competed at the state level earlier this school year. Because the Gladiators — made up of students Montario Montgomery, Lucas Elder, Bryton Heiselt, Patrick Bell and Navin Soloman — placed second overall, the team was invited to compete at the international level at the University of Southern Florida Polytechnic.
The Gladiators will be the only team from Mississippi represented in the competition.
The robotics program at AMS started out just last year as a club. It became a class this school year and has grown rapidly in both participation and success.
"I am just so very proud of this group. To be invited to an international tournament is beyond our wildest dreams," Wilt said. "I believe that it is an honor to represent not only our school but our city and our state as well. Regardless of how the competition goes, the invitation alone speaks volumes."
The Lego competition challenges the teams to build and program a robot to complete a series of challenges in an obstacle course. The team will have no control over the robot once it is on the course so they have to rely on the path they've programed into the robot.
"Each of the missions depend on the others. If you mess up on one mission, you can mess up all the others," Bell said. "We're just hoping all the missions go according to plan."
The teams also have to conduct a research project on the subject of food safety. Each team will have a booth and a research paper to present at the competition.
Schools across the country and over 60 countries worldwide participate in the First Lego League. In May, the Gladiators will compete against teams from Japan, Brazil, France, the Netherlands, Bermuda, Canada and several other countries.
"I'm most excited about meeting people from around the world and just having fun," Montgomery said.
When they advanced to the international level, the students knew they were going to have to step it up.
"We had planned to stay simple, but since we were going international we had to make it more complicated because we have to make an impression," Heiselt said.
The robots are designed, built and programed by the students. Each team may approach the challenge in a completely different way.
"I'm excited to see how complicated the other teams make their robots. Since it's an international competition, it's going to be really cool and complex," Elder said.
Although the Shadow Ninja team members won't be joining their classmates in Florida, they have been helping the Gladiators prepare for battle.
"We cannot do this without them. They have been helping find costumes, writing letters, making knickknacks for us to take down," Wilt said. "They have been a tremendous help."
The AMS Gladiators will be at Monday's Jacket Jam event at the Greensboro Center to show off their accomplishments. The event will begin at 5:30 p.m. and will showcase some of the Starkville School District's achievements over the last year.
Wilt said although she would love to see the team do well in the competition, the whole experience will be a wonderful learning opportunity for the students.
The team is still seeking sponsors to help cover the costs for the competition. For more information, contact Jackie Wilt at email@example.com.


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The Chairman, Constitution Review Committee of the Senate, Sen. Ike Ekweremadu, says new states will not be created in the ongoing review of the constitution.
Ekweremadu made the clarification on Tuesday in Abuja while briefing journalists on how the zonal public hearing on the constitution amendment would be conducted.
"I was in Enugu on Sunday where I met with my own constituents regarding the constitution amendment, and I made it clear to them that Nigerians are confusing things.
"That is why anyone can begin to expect that at the end of this exercise, somebody will come up to announce that states have been created.
"That is not going to happen because the constitution does not make such provisions," he said.
Ekweremadu, who is the Deputy Senate President, said that the process of state creation was different from what the constitution review committee was doing.
He noted that state creation was a cumbersome process, adding that there was the need for enlightenment of Nigerians to really understand the process.
"If you look at Section 8 of the constitution, there are two different issues. It is like passing a big snake through the eye of a needle.
"It is a cumbersome process and it just has to pass through that process because that is what the constitution says.
"What is going on is that Nigerians are making their request for state creation based on the fact that they believe that these two committees can come up with criteria that will favour them," he stressed.
According to him, the committee has received 56 requests for state creation.
"The committee will only advise members of the National Assembly on how many states the system can possibly create and sustain.
"If for instance, we say the Nigerian system can contain may be four, three or eight states, we can possibly give advice on how these states will be allocated to the various parts of the country," he said.
On the level of collaboration with the State Houses of Assembly, Ekweremadu said the committee was collaborating with the state assemblies in the amendment process.
"We are carrying them along in terms of information about what we are doing."
This is to enable them to understand the processes and issues so that when they vote, they would be voting from informed positions.
"We don't intend to direct the way they vote, that is not for us because they need to make up their minds based on their own convictions and the interest of people they represent," Ekweremadu added.
"It will be recalled that state Houses of Assembly had rejected the issue of autonomy which would have made them independent of the governors in the last exercise," he said.
He said the state assemblies had since had a change of mind on the issue.
Ekweremadu advised those accusing the committee of having a hidden agenda to have a rethink as it was ensuring that the process was as transparent as possible by involving every Nigerian.
He said the target of the committee was to ensure that its work was concluded by the third quarter of 2013, specifically by July, so as to steer clear of the politics of 2015 elections.
The News Agency of Nigeria (NAN) reports that 241 memoranda have so far been received from Nigerians.
NAN also reports that the zonal hearing will hold in Makurdi (North Central), Gombe (North East), Sokoto (North West), Enugu (South East), Calabar (South South) and Lagos (South West) between Nov. 15 and Nov. 16. NAN