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to guide the Kit – Thoughts behind the contents
Contents - What
would be the ideal contents of an education kit?
White Ribbon Education Kit
to guide the Kit
Thoughts behind the contents
The goal
of the educational kit is to get men and boys thinking about their and others'
actions and attitudes; to get them to change their actions, and to challenge
violent actions by other men or boys. The
ultimate goal of working against male violence against women is to change
society in such a way that a campaign against male violence against women is not
educational kit designed to educate on male violence against women – and by so
doing, to help to eradicate it – is part of a greater project aimed at
establishing a culture of peace. Eliminating
gendered violence is a key, if not the key, to bringing about such a
culture of peace.
exists in both overt and structural forms, and has permeated our culture for
centuries. Much of this structural
violence is invisible, and permeates society.
Those working to eliminate violence – and especially men working
against male violence committed against women – need to take great care,
therefore, to avoid unconsciously perpetuating the very system that they are
working to eliminate.
principles set out below are a combination of ethical formulation and
operational imperative. They are
necessary, but not necessarily sufficient in themselves, to avoid making these
mistakes. They should inform
decisions taken in working towards developing an educational kit.
social change, of the kind that would have to happen for male violence,
especially against women, to be eliminated, cannot happen by revolution or
decree – it will happen by evolution, and over time. This means that a set of guiding principles that all can
agree on is a very important reference point.
A set of
principles should facilitate the reaching of the goal of a peaceful society.
Like monastic life in Buddhism, however, care must be taken that what is
in the beginning a facilitating feature not become an impediment later on.
Principle 1:
Positive peace is the goal
Peace is
more than 'pax,' an absence of war. It
is positive peace, a concept implying neither saccharine friendliness nor
uniformity, but rather absence of violence in both actions or relationships.
Violence against women by men is based to a large degree on the casual
and often unconscious objectification of women.
Living in a state of positive peace requires development of a state of
being in which each person is treated as a subject rather than an object.
Principle 2:
Violence is not inevitable
belief that violence is inevitable makes it easier to justify and accept
violence against others, in a wide variety of situations – especially male
violence against women. Violent
images are used very often, in all elements of life, and the belief that
violence is inevitable has an almost mythical-religious base.
There is evidence that potential for aggression is inherent in humans,
but aggression is not the same thing as violence. Conflict is not the same thing as violence, though they are
often confused. Conflict is an
important element of social change. Society
can live with conflict, but not with violence.
As far
as education is concerned, violence is perpetuated through the education system
by what has been called the 'banking' system of education – the teacher
depositing knowledge into students, which is received, memorised and later
repeated. The educational kit
developed for the Euro WRC must avoid pedagogical banking; and therefore develop
tools that are interactive, encouraging those using them to think for
The kit
will be used in diverse situations. Whether
a 'facilitator' will introduce the kit or whether the kit will be used by
people within each workplace is an important question: either way, care must be
taken that each individual component of the kit avoids 'banking.'
Principle 3:
involved in the WRC project are at risk of perpetuating the violence they are
working against. This has two
concrete meanings:
Tools in
the kit also need to focus on wider society.
Principle 4:
Communicative action
discourse resulting in social norms or imperatives for action are ethical, each
person involved in or affected by the creation of a particular norm has the
right to take part in its creation. Simply
put, all affected must create a norm if it is to be valid.
They must be able to challenge the claim to validity of particular
statements of social norms.
individual person or group is competent to construct acceptable norms that
affect a wider society than those involved in their creation.
For existing norms, this means that those affected have the right to
assent or dissent, though they are obliged to give compelling reasons for
dissent. An intersubjectively
recognised norm is not valid if the space does not exist for it to be brought
into question in a way that allows all affected to argue their case and to be
convinced of the rightness – or moral force – of the norm.
This has
clearly not been the case for the social norms that allow violence against
women, who have typically been excluded from their generation.
tools developed for the educational kit should therefore avoid assuming
agreement on normative claims. They
should encourage men to enter into peaceful, non-violent, dialogue with women
over social norms, that is open to changing these norms.
Principle 5:
Attention to narrative
tools developed should encourage users to become aware of the 'stories' that
are embedded in the language that we use, and which partly structure the way
that we see and interpret the world. When
we talk of anything, we draw on shared meanings, and the underlying assumptions
of these shared meanings regulate what is visible and correct.
example, Freud and his contemporaries did not take child abuse seriously,
believing that reports of abuse were not literally true.
Now we know that child abuse actually does occur.
attention to the narratives that we use is a way of laying these underlying
assumptions bare. Changing the
stories will allow for a change in reality.
Huxley said that the first thing that educators need to do is to heighten
the resistance of young people against the "devices of propagandists."
The educational tools need to do exactly this, by encouraging the
analysis of words being used in the media and other arenas of society.
Principle 6:
Concern for the other
involves seeing each person as a subject in his/her own right, and not reducing
them to their usefulness. It means
seeing oneself as part of a community, that one cannot exist without the other.
One therefore has a level of responsibility for the other.
Tools in
the kit should encourage this view.
Principle 7:
Creative critique
We have
many possible futures. Simply
recognising the problems of violence against women is not enough: there also
needs to be the realisation that change is possible.
Using the tools in the education kit should leave the users feeling a
sense of possible action. It should
avoid generating the 'fallacy of restricted alternatives' which young people
so often feel and which leaves them apathetic.
encourage creative critique, tools should expand the 'literacy' of those
that use them; should aim to expand social imagination to beyond what seems
immediately possible. Literature is
a good example of how creativity can be encouraged in critique.
Principle 8:
If the
tools are to be used by many different people in numerous situations, they
should be as simple as possible.
in mind that many people do not have access to computers and the internet, an
educational tool that can be used by all, in an variety of settings, is
absolutely necessary. This means a
number of 'low-tech' tools.
- What would be the ideal contents of an education kit?
that the kit would be used in one or both of two situations – with or without
a facilitator. With a facilitator
is more resource-intensive and would involve a manual, but may be more
effective. In schools, the
facilitator would probably be an interested teacher.
also that the exact contents of the kit would vary according to the target users
– so the version for use in schools would have to be slightly different from
the version used in the workplace, if only because the specific concerns would
be different. Also, the place of
the kit within the setting needs to be clear – if it is in a school, for
example, will it be part of the syllabus so that teachers can set assignments,
or will it be something that one or more of the teachers will undertake to
introduce in their classes? So: the
exact contents of the kit cannot be described or discussed until the
'audience' is clear – who will participate, etc.
question is whether the tool would be used in all-men settings, or whether it
would be used in mixed-sex settings. I
favour both approaches, ideally, but men-only groups if only one focus is
possible. Suggestions below are
therefore made with men-only groups in mind.
Some non-exhaustive suggestions follow
of those aspects of the Canadian "Education and action kit" manual that are
applicable to Europe.
with common statements and/or actions that occur in society.
depicting social situations. It/they
would be the starting point for discussion.
of best practice from all over Europe – presented in short written form,
and/or in visual form.
men with the results of actions, both 'harmless' and overtly violent: short
stories from women of their experience.
– the picture of a bride with a black eye is extremely powerful, and similar
pictures provide an immediacy that is difficult to reach with words only.
Presentation of pictures would have to be followed with discussion.
with pictures. Similar to above.
The question would be to interpret the situation depicted.
A few possible answers could be included.
(only with facilitator). Participants
stand in middle of room. Facilitator
makes a statement and participants then physically position themselves in the
room according to the level with which they agree with the statements: one side
of the room denotes "strongly agree" and the other side, "strongly
disagree." Facilitator then asks
random participants to explain their position.
involving two male characters – one with authority and with none: to show the
role of power in structured violence.
that non-physical tools would be included in a manual: this is therefore a tool
in its own right.
also that no change will occur unless the male participants feel themselves to
be both in a safe space and accepted: without these elements there will be no
change in behaviour.
White Ribbon Education Kit
1. The need for a gender-based approach
How do
we encourage peaceful relations today? If
we want to engage people in educational approaches which facilitate a change to
peaceful relations, then we have to make our programmes relevant to those we are
trying to reach; as well as to any facilitators involved.
Not only must it be relevant to the daily lives of all involved, it must
also be a useful 'line,' which encourages the peaceful relations we are
trying to build.
We argue
that an overtly gendered approach is a good way to go about this in contemporary
society. Why?
There are two main reasons.
the differences and divisions – both perceived and real – between male and
female are among the fundamental issues in contemporary society, and they are
perennial and universal.
is typically at the core of people's identity.
gender identity, discrimination and violence are among the main barriers to a
society which is sustainably and positively peaceful.
So it
makes sense to take a gendered approach when trying to foster a peaceful society
through education.
a gendered approach is also extremely interesting. Whether a particular approach is aimed at young or old, the
issue of gender attracts people's attention.
People are therefore more likely to be interested and to want to become
involved in a gendered educational project.
The Québec
authorities responsible for educational approaches like STOP/VIRAJ have found
that those approaches based on conflict reduction alone attract very few males,
whereas those with an explicitly gendered approach tend to be far more
gender-balanced. The gendered
approach is particularly relevant to adolescents, who typically want to learn
more about what they have been brought up to regard of as the 'other' (the
other sex).
As males
are statistically far more often involved in physical violence, and as partner
abuse by men is a huge problem, it is extremely important to adopt an
educational approach which encourages males to be involved.
Belgian partner; who has done some gender-based work in schools, has found that
the gendered approach does not work if the facilitators are women. When only
women facilitate a gender-based educational intervention, almost no males
participate (the vast majority – over 90% – of participants in this
voluntary project are female); while when a woman and a man facilitate together,
many more males choose to participate. It seems that males, especially
adolescents, need role-models to encourage them if they are to want to become
involved, and to take responsibility for gendered violence.
final point is worth noting: it is important to adopt a good educational
approach, and a gendered balance in facilitation: otherwise the work risks
backfiring and being seen by participants as a waste of time.
This is one reason for compiling the kit
2. About this kit
This education kit is a resource for those interested in pursuing
education on gender-based violence: these could be teachers, NGO workers, city
and local authorities, or policymakers.
It should be seen as a 'starter-pack', which makes available a set of
useful information and shows the interested reader how to go further.
Its purpose is to advertise the existence of tools and the importance of
a gender-based approach, rather than to propose one or more
'one-size-fits-all' tools for use across Europe.
The kit therefore sets out the general principles by which educational
initiatives to counter gender-based violence should operate.
We felt it important that the kit start with a set of basic principles,
as it is from basic principles that peace-building projects stand or fall.
The principles set out here are, we believe, necessary for any
educational process which works towards sustainable peace, and which hopes to
avoid recreating the existing problems in a different form.
Education on gender-based violence is surely one important part of
educating for more peaceful futures for us all.
After the general principles have been set out, the kit provides a brief
overview of two useful gender-based educational approaches for schools presently
available in Canada. This country
is investing significant resources to tackling the malignant problem of
gender-based violence and must be seen as a leader in this field.
We then provide an overview of what electronic resources are presently
available to those interested in pursuing the issue. The kit lists a number of audio-visual resources available
across Europe. Although these are
primarily targeted at school-level interventions, there are also resources
available to those wanting to work elsewhere, such as in the work-place.
The electronic version of the kit mentions a number of other educational
projects, in some cases including a number of pages from the respective manual
which has been scanned and made available.
One such programme is worth particular mention – STOP (En) /VIRAJ (Fr)
– a project in two languages for younger children from the Québec regional
government in Canada. It is widely
used in schools in Québec and is already being applied in some Belgian schools
by the Euro-WRC's Belgian Partner, Collectif de la Louvière.
Euro-WRC has been given full rights to this programme for educational
We have
produced the kit primarily in English and French, with some documents in other
languages where possible. We have
left it up to our partner organisations across Europe to translate it into their
own native languages.
There is clearly a wide scope for a far more comprehensive education kit,
which devises a thoroughly-researched set of programmes based on European
realities and circumstances. We
believe the kit at hand is a good start, however, and we hope you find it
Mayerl and Stephanos Anastasiadis
Brussels, November 2000
Guide to existing education methods
existing methods are briefly described below.
The Youth Relationships Project is included as it is a high-quality,
research-based programme. And the
Canadian White Ribbon kit is a good example of an education kit produced by a
campaign-based organisation, with the input of experienced teachers.
Relationships Project
is it?
Youth Relationships Project – YRP – is designed to address the contexts of
violence and thereby reduce its occurrence.
It especially targets the use of violence against women. It works through interventions at school-level which
encourage equitable and peaceful relationships between individuals; not least by
helping young people understand power, power processes and the abuse of power.
project's goals are gender-specific: it is designed to help young men identify
and express feelings assertively, recognise and respect personal rights of
partners and take responsibility for their own behaviour.
The programme is meant to help young women understand their personal
rights, take care of their own safety and express themselves assertively.
The YRP
was developed by a team of researchers based at the University of Western
Ontario, London (Canada), in collaboration with the Centre for Research on
Violence Against Women and Children, in the same town.
Most of the research team are psychologists. A manual has been developed for the application of the
project in schools.
is it for?
The YRP
has been designed for use in schools. It
focuses on male and female adolescents between 14 and 16 years of age.
Brief overview
project runs on a voluntary basis, either during or after school-hours, and is
based in the school setting. It has
been designed to be conducted on a weekly basis with small groups of students
– both male and female, numbering between 8 and 15 per group.
Each session runs for two hours, and the whole project contains 18 weekly
sessions. The programme developers
emphasise strongly that the full programme and all sessions need to be followed.
strong youth focus (the manual calls it a 'teen-centred environment') means
the group is to be kept informed and consulted about the entire process, and
that the group's wishes are to be respected: the group belongs to the
participants. This is because, as
the programme developers stress, "More important than the content of
information and skills is the integrity of the facilitators in their modelling
of non-controlling communication" (pp8-9).
are four sections, each one progressing from the more general to the more
specific. Section A is "Violence
in close relationships: It's all about power."
B: "Breaking the cycle of violence: What we can choose to do and what we can
choose not to do"
C: "The contexts of relationship violence"
D: "Making a difference : Towards breaking the cycle of violence"
The last
section is the longest, containing seven sessions each dealing with concrete
actions to combat violence.
The YRP
is based on thorough research: the project has been shown to work.
It is
very clear in its rationale and explanations, and concrete in its
recommendations for class actions.
contains good opportunities for evaluation; as part of an ongoing improvement
manual is self-sufficient in written material: a facilitator needs no more
written material than what is included in the manual, with some exercises even
being intended for photocopying and distribution.
project is expensive, containing six videos in addition to the manual.
Perhaps these would be available in local libraries in north America, but
not in Europe and they would anyway need adaptation (see below).
The very
features which make it a powerful model for those who participate (highly
structured, many sessions, voluntary basis) also make it more likely to
discourage all but the most interested; thereby decreasing the number of people
it reaches and almost certainly not reaching those who are most at risk of
displaying violent behaviour.
modules call for a lot of preparation, in some cases involving bringing in extra
people; and for six sessions requiring the extensive involvement of community
agencies. This may prove too much
of a time burden on potential facilitators for them to undertake the
(extracurricular) project. Also
(and this is not relevant to the EU setting), the agencies called for may not
exist; or if they do, may be unwilling or unable to provide input to the
Compatibility in Europe
The YRP
deals with issues which are universal in the western world, so the approach and
issues raised, as well as the vignettes mentioned in the manual are imminently
applicable to the European setting. The
only issue is therefore the recommended materials: translating and adapting the
videos will prove expensive and therefore need some form of government funding.
Final comments
This is
a well-researched and powerful programme. Its
main weakness is that it is long and potentially expensive.
The strong research basis of the project and the research background of
the developers means the project has been carefully thought out and is therefore
likely to work powerfully with those who choose to participate.
White Ribbon,
Canada, education kit
Canadian White Ribbon Campaign, WRC, education and action kit is designed to
address the range of issues around violence to women. It is meant to inform teachers and students alike; and to
empower them to work against violence against women.
The goal is to encourage healthy gender relationships between
adolescents, which will carried over into later life. The focus is therefore specifically both social and
individual. As its name suggests,
it is specifically designed to encourage activism in those it touches.
The kit,
which is made up of a book of just over 100 pages, is meant to be used
progressively, to move from understanding to action. It was made with significant teacher involvement.
The kit
is designed for use in secondary schools with both male and female students.
Canadian WRC manual is pragmatic and action-focused. It is concerned with participants getting a good enough
understanding of the issues, and moving to action in their everyday lives.
To this end, it appends some useful resources at the end of the manual,
such as additional information on the problem and a section on what every man
can do to help end violence against women.
The book
is split into four parts. The first
provides the context to both students and teachers, giving an overview of the
problem, giving ideas on possible action, and tips to the teachers on how to
approach classroom discussions.
second part deals with the issue of male violence against women, with one or
more activities per heading. Headings
include: socialisation; gender communication; sex stereotyping; sexual
harassment; and dating violence.
third part is action focused. Once
the student has been introduced to the issues, the "Moving forward" section
has five activities which students undertake to encourage action in everyday
life against gendered male violence. These
fall under headings on violence prevention; healthy relationships; and what are
women and men doing?
final part is a set of plans for possible action which individual students or
groups can undertake. It is a set
of concrete templates for social action on the local level.
appendices include additional resources, information about the Canadian WRC and
an evaluation form. This latter is
important, as the kit is open to constant improvement based on users'
Strong points
The kit
is strongly action-focused. Its aim to foster understanding and then action
means it addresses the issue in a very practical way; making it widely
The kit
is very widely available. While
this is also a weakness (see below) the fact that it is accessible to all means
that, in theory, it can have a wide influence.
The kit
is inexpensive: the book costs only a nominal fee and no other materials are
It is
short and easy-to-use.
Weak points
The kit
casts its net very wide, attempting to reach as many people as possible; and
there is a resulting lack of clarity and focus in its approach.
It is therefore strongly dependent on the individual teacher/facilitator
for the quality of the programme in each individual school.
While this will always be the case with educational approaches for which
there is no formal teacher-training; the large amount of flexibility students
and teachers have in the project, mean there is little guarantee of success.
It is
not clear when the programme would be introduced; resulting in the teacher
deciding whether to introduce it after school hours for volunteers; or to bring
it into a 'general studies' class. Again,
this is strongly teacher-dependent. The success of the programme will also
depend on the specific school system, into which it is being introduced.
Canadian WRC manual is too concentrated on the annual white ribbon day, December
manual is very Canadian, resulting in a number of compatibility problems for
European contexts. See below for
The kit
is strongly action focused, addressing everyday problems such as dating
violence. While this is a significant
strength, making the kit relevant to students, it also means there are
'translation' problems. As the
kit is strongly Canadian, it is at risk of failing to deal with specific
everyday problems and issues experienced by European teenagers.
The kit
will need adaptation for European realities.
This could be easily done by teachers, but they would need to take the
time to do so before starting to use it.
specific actions suggested in the section on action plans – such as the "in
the name of love" dance – are very North American and would be inappropriate
in most European contexts.
statistics given as examples are Canadian: the relevant European or even
national statistics should be given instead.
Having said that, Canada and the EU are both western areas, so the
Canadian statistics could be used as an illustration until the relevant European
figures have been found.
The kit
was produced in French and English in Canada.
The language used in the French version of the kit was so different from
European French, however, that we decided to re-translate it from the original
English. All the general intricution has been also translated in German.
Final comment/s
A good
overall introduction to violence and control issues, the manual can easily be
used with few resources. The
political and campaigning background of the Canadian White Ribbon organisation
means it has been designed with immediate application in mind and is cheap to
Overview of electronic resources
websites eurowrc + CD-ROM
Final comments on existing education tools
One of
the most useful aspects of all approaches reviewed here is that it shows
violence is unexceptional: that is, it is something which permeates everyday
life and needs therefore to be addressed by everyone in normal life and not just
leaders or project-makers.
This has
to be a key aspect of every approach which tries to deal with the question of
violence in society – both in general and against women in particular – and
especially in contemporary European society, where uncertainties and
technological changes can easily give young people the feeling that they lack
personal agency and therefore responsibility.
general principles have been mentioned at the start of this paper, but in
dealing with young people, the principles of reflexivity, or taking
responsibility for one's own actions, is perhaps the most important.
paper sets out a set of simple but crucial principles which it is argued need to
be consciously borne in mind for any peace-building process to be successful,
with sustainable results. They are
a good tool, but may not be sufficient in themselves: the point of writing them
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Sony plans broad reorg, 10,000 job cuts
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The company known for its Walkman music player, the "Spider-Man" movie franchise and the PlayStation game console will "eliminate the corporate silos" of its Sony Corporation Network starting Oct. 1 and replace it with a new structure that it hopes will allow for better coordination on product planning. Centralized decision-making authority over key areas will go to president and electronics CEO Ryoji Chubachi.
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The company, which has been facing financial losses and pressure from Samsung's LCD and plasma televisions and Apple Computer's iPod, said it expects to spend $1.8 billion on the restructuring. The company will be refocusing its efforts on electronics, televisions, digital imaging, DVD recorders and portable audio.
Because of the changes, Sony will report a financial loss of about $90 million on sales of about $65.1 billion for the year, the company said. Sony previously said it would post a profit of $90 million.
Chief executive Howard Stringer, Chubachi and chief financial officer Nobuyuki Oneda outlined the details of the changes during a meeting with management and key partners in Tokyo. Stringer admitted past missteps by the struggling electronics group but pledged a change.
"We have made promises before, but we failed to execute them," Stringer said at an afternoon news conference in Tokyo. "We must fight like the Sony warriors that we are."
What's new:
Faced with financial losses and pressure from Samsung's LCD and plasma televisions and Apple Computer's iPod, Sony is streamlining its businesses into five groups that will focus more on electronics, televisions, digital imaging, DVD recorders and portable audio.
Bottom line:
CEO Howard Stringer is throwing out Sony's traditional corporate structure in favor of one that, it's hoped, will allow for better coordination on product planning.
The job losses had been expected. Sony, the world's second-largest consumer electronics maker, said earlier this month that it would unveil a new strategy to reallocate resources, suggesting it would look to trim its product lineup or downsize poorly performing businesses.
The 10,000 positions to be eliminated represent about 7 percent of Sony's global work force. The company said it will slash 4,000 jobs in Japan and 6,000 jobs elsewhere by 2008.
Sony said its new structure will include five business groups, two units and one division. In addition, two development groups are being established as part of the restructuring.
The five business groups will focus on TV, video, digital imaging, audio, and what Sony calls "B&P"--broadcast and professional products.
Television is of the utmost importance to Sony, as it hopes for a turnaround by the second half of fiscal year 2006. The company has shelved its production of cathode ray tube, or CRT, television sets and will now focus on selling LCD and rear-projection TVs.
Rivals such as Samsung, Panasonic owner Matsushita Electric and Sharp will keep the division on its toes, but executives said the group will be profitable by rethinking its manufacturing sites, increasing the number of Sony-made components and putting its engineering functions under one roof.
The company's two business units will include its Core Component Business Unit, which oversees its production of its flash-based memory sticks, and its Semiconductor Business Unit, which includes its Cell microprocessor, which Sony co-developed with IBM and Toshiba.
Responsibility for Sony's PC and laptop computer Vaio line will remain with Yoshihisa Ishida, the head of Sony's lone corporate division.
As for research and development, Sony said it will split the work between its Technology Development Group and its Display Device Development Group. One focus will be improvement to Sony's self-luminous flat-panel OLED (organic light-emitting diode) displays, which have been in production for a year.
In looking at its prime opportunities for growth, Sony said it will focus on high-definition technologies, devices related to Blu-ray, mobile products and devices that can control a wide range of home electronics products. The company said it will also bolster its software development, including its middleware, applications, codec and digital rights management technology.
Sony also said that its Communication Network is still on track for an IPO for this fiscal year but that a previously disclosed IPO plan for its financial services division has been postponed until fiscal year 2007 or later.
Sony has already slashed about 20,000 jobs in recent years, most of those in Sony's loss-making electronics division, as part of a restructuring initiative, called "Transformation 60." That three-year plan is expected to wrap up at the end of March 2006.
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- "bolster . . . DRM technologies"
- yep, sony, there's the ticket. that'll surely endear you to the legions of electronics consumers who've abandoned your products because of ill-conceived, proprietary technologies!
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- 10,000 fewer 'Warriors!'
- That's a great idea...tell your employees that they are great warriors, and then fire 10,000 of them. Cannon fodder is more like it. And I'll bet that none of that 10,000 is from China or India.
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MAC Cosmetics Collection – January 2007
My collection post as it stands today… mind you, I sold a bunch of my makeup a month or two ago, so this is probably 3/4 or 2/3 of what I had before. It's not a huge collection compared to some, but it's a good sized one for me.
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My workspace…
Pigment storage, part one
Lip stuff storage
Pigment storage, part two
Misc. drawer of backups, false lashes, etc.
Misc. drawer of hair stuff, jewelry, etc.
Mineralize skinfinishes and bronzer
Lipglasses, part one
Lipglasses, part two
Liquidlast liners
Lipsticks, reds
Lipsticks, pinks
Lipsticks, corals
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Lipsticks, neutrals
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Eyeshadow palette, pinks and oranges
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Eyeshadow palette, neutrals
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I think you mean commission not commotion right? I can't really say how much you'll make. Are you full or part time? Depends on how much traffic is in your store. I know the pay is tiered. If you make 0 to like 60% of your quota, you get $X per add. Renewals you get $8, so that's easy. But the tiered thing is hard to follow. I think if you hit 115% or higher of your add quota, you get like $45 per new line. It can pay very well, but is it worth it? Not sure. You came too late. Under the old billing system, it was worth it, but this new system may not be. It's a horrible billing system and either doesn't work at all or is incredibly slow. Many long time as well as newer employees have quit or are seriously looking at other jobs outside the company. I think you're coming in on the tail end of USCC's life. Don't expect to make similar commissions under the new system. A transaction that took 20 min in the old system now takes at least 1 to 1.5 hours, which is why there are so many angry customers. I'd say if you see how bad it is in your first 2 weeks and hate it, I'd look at finding a new job before you quit this one. USCC really F'd up their entire company with this new TOPS and there is no turning back. You are officially on the Titanic after it hit an iceberg in August. You can get on a lifeboat (new job) or ride the ship to the bottom of the ocean.
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A governor aspirant in Mombasa has been cleared by the electoral commission to run as an independent candidate in the March 4 polls.
Tendai Lewa Mtana, 35, was cleared by registrar of political parties Lucy Ndung'u. To qualify as an independent candidate, one must not have been a member of any political party three months before the general election.
Speaking in Mombasa yesterday, the former aide to Republican Congress Party leader Aspirant Najib Balala said he is a fresh blood in the leadership of the Coast.
Mtana asked Mombasa residents to vet leaders carefully. He said his experience in private and public sectors will help him "restore the dignity of Mombasa".
Mtana, who is the of former Bahari MP Lewa Mtana, said he will diversify economic opportunities for Mombasa as well as address land issues, education and "massively invest" in healthcare and infrastructure.
He urged locals to stop recycling leaders who have failed to perform in their previous mandates. "I have looked at the politics in the region and realized we need to reshape our leadership. This is a region that has been marginalized and underdeveloped. I want to transform it into the regional powerhouse it should be," he said.
Mtana is contesting against transport assistant minister Ali Hassan Joho (ODM), Ibrahim Khamisi (RC) and Suleiman Shahbal who recently decamped from UDF to Wiper. He urged youths to shun from violence and called for a peaceful electoral process among Mombasa residents.


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With most of the year's big releases already out the door, this week's list of games released in the region is looking a little light. That doesn't mean there's no quality being shipped, however, with the world's most famous mouse making his long-awaited return to gaming glory. Epic Mickey sees the flagship Disney mascot take a starring role once again and has the plucky little rodent battling evil forces in a world filled with obscure cartoon characters. The game was made by studio Junction Point and famed developer Warren Spector and will be in stores on December 1.
If kid-friendly fare isn't your thing, then superspy James Bond is back with a new adventure titled Blood Stone. The game is an all-new adventure set in the Bond universe and sees the British secret agent go on yet another globe-trotting escapade to foil international terrorists. Made by Bizarre Creations, the game features on-foot and vehicular combat and is due out this week.
To find out what else is out this week,* check out the list below:
James Bond 007: Blood Stone (360, PC)
Tom Clancy's Ghost Recon Predator (PSP)
Epic Mickey (Wii)
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Lilywhites won't wilt
Loan star Leon Clarke tells Chris Burton that Preston are still capable of avoiding the drop.
Last Updated: 17/03/11 3:41pm
When Ian Baraclough was given the bullet by Scunthorpe United on Wednesday, he became the 35th managerial departure of the season, and the 10th in the Championship.
Among those to have wielded the axe this term are Preston, with Darren Ferguson having paid the price for a disappointing campaign on 29th December - making it a New Year to forget for the Ferguson household.
He departed with the Lilywhites wedged firmly at the foot of the second tier table, giving the Deepdale board ample ammunition as they prepared to lock and load.
It became inevitable that the trigger would be pulled, with there only so long you can remain stuck in a rut before something has to be done about said situation.
Preston opted to turn to Phil Brown upon handing Ferguson his P45, with the former Hull City boss having enjoyed considerable success in the Championship before.
Unfortunately for Brown and co, he was unable to make the immediate impact the Lilywhites had hoped for, with the club slipping deeper into the mire rather than dragging themselves out of it.
In the end it proved to be 13th time lucky for Brown, as he finally secured his first victory as Preston boss against Scunthorpe on Tuesday - with a 3-0 win proving to be the final nail in Baraclough's coffin.
The importance of that success cannot be underestimated, with it imperative for all of those down at the bottom that they take points from those around them.
While there may still be some way to go for Preston in their efforts to stage a remarkable late recovery, they do at least have light at the end of the tunnel.
It is going to take a lot of hard work for them to clamber out of the bottom three, with the sands of time very much against them, but they have a foothold on which to build.
The confidence taken from a victory over one of the sides struggling alongside them has also offered a timely boost to the camp, with on-loan striker Leon Clarke telling skysports.com's Chris Burton that the Scunthorpe result has helped to raise morale.
He said: "The boys worked really hard and ground out a really good result. The manager had a game plan before the game, which the team stuck to and did really well. We thought three goals flattered them a bit, because it could have been more before the end."
No-one at Preston is preparing to throw in the towel just yet, with 10 points separating the club from safety with 10 games of the season remaining.
"We are going to keep going," added Clarke.
"The manager keeps saying we have a chance until it's mathematically impossible and we will keep going and keep trying. After that win against Scunthorpe the boys are buzzing, so we will keep going and try to put together a few back-to-back results to give ourselves a real chance."
Clarke is looking forward to the challenge of trying to help Preston pull off the 'Great Escape', with the 26-year-old fully aware of what he was letting himself in for when he completed a loan switch from Queens Park Rangers.
He said: "I wasn't playing at QPR and there was an option to go and play first-team football, which Neil Warnock wasn't really sending my way. Another team came in, which was Preston, and I jumped at the opportunity. I have been in a relegation fight before at Sheffield Wednesday, so I have got a bit of experience in this situation. I jumped at the opportunity to come here."
As mentioned by Clarke, this is not the first time he has found himself plugging away towards the wrong end of the Championship table.
It is less than 12 months since he suffered a similar fate with Sheffield Wednesday, and they ultimately succumbed to the drop.
Clarke admits he is in no rush to experience those emotions again, with it imperative that Preston can steer a course to safety.
He said: "It's never nice when you're a player involved in a relegation fight. It's not just the players either, there are the staff and people who work at the ground who could lose their jobs. It's not nice for the whole club. Everyone is in it together."
At least in Brown the Lilywhites have drafted in a man with the kind of larger-than-life character required to dig yourself out of a hole and help to keep spirits high.
On his manager, Clarke said: "He is very enthusiastic. Since I have been here he has been enthusiastic with the players in training, helping to keep spirits up. Training is always at a high tempo, we try to play in training as competitively as possible. He has helped to keep everyone upbeat, as have the coaches. He is always trying to make sure that everyone is giving as much as they can."
Clarke is determined to give his all to the Preston cause for the remainder of the season, hopefully helping them to safety, but admits that he is keen to have a second shot at making the grade with QPR.
On his future, he said: "I have just come to Preston because there was an opportunity for first-team football. I wasn't getting games at QPR, for whatever reason, but I still want to go back there if I can. It's all about getting games here.
"Neil Warnock has given me no indication that I'm not wanted at QPR, so there is still a chance there. This time at Preston is about getting some games and hopefully scoring a few goals."
Of course, given how QPR are faring at the moment, there is every chance Clarke could be returning to a Premier League club in the summer.
He admits that the opportunity to turn out in the top flight would be too good to miss and has made him all the more determined to catch Warnock's eye.
He added: "It's a big motivation. I'm at Preston at the moment but I've been keeping an eye on how QPR are getting on. It's tight up at the top, with a lot of teams still involved, but if they can keep going then there is every chance they can get back to the Premier League. To go back to a Premier League club would be great because everyone will get a chance to prove themselves again over the summer."
For now, though, his attention is focused on the opposite end of the division, with Preston's plight standing in stark contrast to QPR's top-of-the-table heroics.
Clarke appreciates that he has to remain in the here and now, with the Lilywhites in no position to carry passengers.
Not that the former Wolves striker has any intention of letting up, with it his overriding ambition to leave Preston as he found them - as a Championship club.
Asked if the squad are confident that they can survive this season, Clarke said: "Massively confident. If we weren't, then there would be no point in playing, we would already be dead and buried. We have got to keep believing. The Scunthorpe result was a massive one for us and we just have to try and get a few more like that now."


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Aurora asks public for input on movie theater massacre site's future
DENVER - The city of Aurora is asking for public input on what should be done with the Century 16 movie theater, the site of a mass shooting last month.
The city has set up a website calling for the public to share their thoughts on the theater's future.
The city's survey can be found at www.surveymonkey.com/s/DLJCQZ2
The city said it plans to share the public comments with Cinemark, who owns the theater.
People have mixed and passionate opinions on whether the theater should be torn down in the wake of the shooting that killed 12 people and wounded almost 60 others.
"It's a very tough question, you know, with the recent developments that happened," memorial visitor Kent Brown Jr. told 7NEWS reporter Marc Stewart.
"Century 16 is part of the community," said memorial visitor Verdell Veal. "But I think it's a hard thing for them to reopen it right now. I really do believe they should tear it down and restructure it."
"I think it's sacred ground, just like 9-1-1. It should be a memorial," said yet another memorial visitor, Sherry Lasee.
"You don't think it be rebuilt?" Stewart asked.
"No not all," Lasee replied. "It should be dedicated in sacred ground for the people who died.
"Sites of mass shootings are understandably hard to manage. After the Columbine High massacre, school officials decided to tear down the library where the majority of students died and build a new one.
New York City has been in a long battle with families of 9/11 victims and developers over what to do with the World Trade Center site. Whether to build another giant skyscraper or turn the entire site into a memorial.
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BP wants to keep using a contentious chemical dispersant to fight the Gulf of Mexico oil spill, despite orders from the EPA to use something less toxic.
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Complex Chemical Co. will begin producing its lube oil additives again this weekend, even as employees continue to haul off rubble from the site.
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( Elhuyar Fundazioa ) Israel Arnedo Gil, a telecommunications engineering graduate from the Public University of Navarre, proposed a new method for the design of microwave filters, essential devices for controlling the quantity of energy and time needed to go from one point of the...
Can The Volt Save GM?May 24, 2010 6:25 am | by Manufacturing.net | Comments
The Volt could help usher in a new generation of electric cars, but the fate of General Motors and its workers, as well as the future of a beleagured state is at stake.
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Jabo, one of only two marble makers in the U.S., is creating pretty marbles for a group of collectors from across the U.S. and Canada, perhaps for the last time.
IBM To Acquire AT & T's Sterling Unit For $1.4BMay 24, 2010 6:25 am | by Manufacturing.net | Comments
Company said it is buying AT&T's Sterling Commerce unit, which makes software that helps businesses buy and sell to each other, for $1.4 billion.
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Solar industry company MEMC Electronic Materials said that it will buy silicon wafer company Solaicx for about $76 million in cash.
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Automaker says Susan Docherty will be vice president of international sales and marketing effective June 1.
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BioBlitz kicks off in Bristol's Blaise Castle EstateMay 24, 2010 12:23 am | by Natural Environment Research Council | Comments
Hundreds of people joined scientists over 21-22 May 2010 to tickle, tease and net a wapping 536 species at Bristol BioBlitz.
Pressure piles on BP as Gulf spill widensMay 23, 2010 11:26 pm | by Reuters | Comments
VENICE, La (Reuters) - President Barack Obama was dispatching two Cabinet secretaries to the fouled Gulf Coast on Monday to keep pressure on energy giant BP to plug an undersea oil leak that threatens an ecological disaster.
Two peas in an irregular pod: How binary stars may formMay 23, 2010 11:26 pm | by Science Daily | Comments
Our sun may be an only child, but most of the stars in the galaxy are actually twins. The sibling stars circle around each other at varying distances, bound by the hands of gravity. How twin stars form is an ongoing question in astronomy. Do they start out like fraternal twins developing...
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The International Institute for Species Exploration at Arizona State University and an international committee of taxonomists have announced the top 10 new species described in 2009. The top 10 new species list includes a carnivorous sponge, bug-eating slug, edible yam, stinkhorn fungus,...
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Peril at End House is a work of detective fiction by Agatha Christie and first published in the US by the Dodd, Mead and Company in February 1932 and in the UK by the Collins Crime Club in March of the same year. The US edition retailed at $2.00 and the UK edition at seven shillings and sixpence (7/6).
The book features her famous character Hercule Poirot, as well as Arthur Hastings and Chief Inspector Japp and was the seventh book featuring Poirot.
Poirot and Hastings are spending a week's holiday at the Cornish resort of St. Loo, staying at the Majestic Hotel. Sat on the hotel terrace in the morning sun, Hastings reads in the paper of Captain Seton who is lost near the Solomon Islands whilst on a round-the-world flight. They meet a local resident, a young girl called 'Nick' Buckley (her real first name being Magdala) who lives in End House, a slightly ramshackle house on a point in the bay. During conversation, Nick lightly mentions that she has had three lucky escapes from death in as many days, piquing Poirot's curiosity. At the same time, a wasp shoots past the head of the young girl. Nick is fetched away by a friend of hers, Commander George Challenger, RN. After they have gone, Poirot examines the straw hat the girl has left behind and finds a bullet hole in it and a spent bullet nearby. He resolves to help save Nick's life. He calls on her at End House and she tells him of the other three 'accidents' – a falling picture frame above her head, a dislodged rock on a cliff path down to the sea and the brakes failing on her car. Poirot tells her his belief that her life is in danger. She doesn't take the threat at all seriously but Poirot has identified the bullet shot at her as coming from a Mauser pistol. She tells him that she possesses one and looks in the drawer for it but it has disappeared. Nick starts to take the threat seriously. She allows Poirot to question her and claims to know of no enemies. She is in somewhat reduced financial circumstances and is an orphan, her only brother having died in a car accident three years earlier. Her nearest living relative is a lawyer cousin, Charles Vyse, who arranged the re-mortgaging on End House for her to supply desperately needed funds and, aside from some distant cousins in Yorkshire, she has no other relatives. Her household is comprised of Ellen, the housekeeper, her husband and their child and the lodge house is let some Australians by the name of Croft. Her other friends who will be staying at the house for Regatta Week with her are Freddie Rice, who Nick is trying to persuade to divorce her abusive husband who has now disappeared, and Jim Lazarus, a young man who is in love with Freddie. George Challenger is also one of the party for the weekend. He is as impoverished as Nick and quite a few years older and has half-heartedly proposed marriage to her on a few occasions. Nick made a will six months previously in which she left the house to Charles Vyse and anything else that remained to Freddie. Poirot persuades her to ask someone else to stay with her for the weekend and Nick thinks of asking one of her Yorkshire cousins – Maggie Buckley. When they leave the house Poirot tells Hastings that Nick now has three levels of protection: she, as the victim, is forewarned, Maggie Buckley is to stay with her in a house full of otherwise potential suspects and the would-be murderer knows that Hercule Poirot is on the scene. Aside from that, Poirot is mystified, not knowing of any possible motive that would be worth Nick's death.
They call at the local garage and find that the brakes of Nick's car were indeed tampered with. The day after Nick tells them that Maggie is arriving that afternoon and she invites Poirot and Hastings to join her other guests that night for dinner after which there will be a firework display in the harbour that they can watch from the garden. They then call on Charles Vyse and find out by deceptive questioning that he has no alibi for when the shot was fired at Nick. Vyse also tells them that Nick is devoted to End House whereas the impression gained by Poirot and Hastings was that she was merely fond of the house.
That night the two meet Maggie Buckley and are reacquainted with the others of the party except for George Challenger who is delayed in Plymouth. The conversation turns to the lost pilot Michael Seaton and it is revealed that Nick and Freddie met him in Le Touquet the year before and then later on Nick met him in Scarborough. They are interrupted by a telephone call in another room that Nick takes and by the arrival of some more after-dinner guests for the fireworks that they all move outside to watch. Soon Nick goes inside the house to fetch coats for herself, Maggie and Freddie's against the chill night air. After a few minutes of watching the fireworks, Poirot sees a huddled shape between them and the house. They think it is Nick but she calls out of the house. Turning the body over they see it is Maggie, dressed in the shawl Nick had been wearing earlier and Poirot theorises that Maggie was shot mistakenly for Nick. Hastings telephones for the police who question Nick when they arrive. She tells them that Maggie put on the red shawl that she had been wearing as she couldn't find her coat. Nick is in shock and Poirot and her doctor suggest she be taken to a nursing home for both treatment and protection. Poirot is distraught that he failed to stop the murderer in time. Maggie was shot by three bullets although the gun has not been found and it cannot be identified if it was the missing Mauser pistol. No one was spotted stealing away to commit the crime whilst the fireworks were on, the latter also disguising the sounds of the shots. All of the possible suspects were in the house and grounds with the exception of Challenger but no probable motive can be found for such an audacious crime. Having thought over matters through the night, Poirot has three questions: 1) Why has Nick been worried lately as she admitted, before the attacks on her started? 2) Why did she buy and wear a black dress to the party whilst admitting to hating black? 3) Why did she say that she had nothing to live for now after finding that Maggie had been shot, thus behaving in a very different manner to her usual one? Poirot realises that one event of the night before that they know nothing about is the telephone call that Nick received. After breakfast and a read of the papers, Poirot states that he now knows what the phone call was about and they go to the nursing home where Nick confirms that after the call she listened to the radio and heard that that Michael Seton is dead. She was engaged to him but in secret as Seton's Uncle Matthew was opposed to Michael marrying, however the uncle died a week ago. Poirot at last has a possible motive to work on – if Michael Seton's will leaves his newly acquired fortune to Nick, then that money will go to Freddie under the terms of Nick's will, should she then die. Also Charles Vyse did not draw up the will and therefore doesn't know that it states that he only gets End House and not any other assets, which are now possibly considerable. Poirot has permission from Nick to search her room for the will and there he finds a bundle of love letters from Seton in which he mentions writing a will leaving everything to her. Poirot however cannot find Nick's will. Back at the nursing home, she tells him that she forwarded it onto Charles Vyse for safekeeping but when visiting the lawyer he denies receiving it. Going back to End House they re-visit Mr Croft who remembers both witnessing the will and posting it onto Vyse. During the visit, Poirot surreptitiously obtains Croft's fingerprint, which he posts onto Japp at Scotland Yard as he suspects the Australian. The local Chief Constable is glad to have Poirot's assistance on the case and gives him part of a piece of paper found near to the murder scene which seems to contain a demand for money. When Poirot interviews Challenger and Freddie in his hotel room, Freddie catches sight of the note and almost passes out.
Poirot calls on the late Sir Matthew Seton's solicitor in London who confirms that Michael Seton inherits his uncle's fortune and that they are in possession of his will which leaves everything to his affianced wife, Magdala Buckley, which will be a considerable amount, even after death duties. They meet Japp for lunch who tells them that no record can be found of the Crofts. Returning to St Loo, Poirot is shocked to find that yet another attempt has been made on Nick's life as she is dangerously ill in the supposed safety of the nursing home with cocaine poisoning brought about by eating a chocolate from a box supposedly sent by Poirot (together with a basket of flowers that he did in fact send her). Investigating, they find that Jim Lazarus bought the chocolates at the request of Freddie and she in turn sent them from a telephone request supposedly from Nick. Freddie is now either the main suspect, as she is a cocaine addict and could therefore easily supply the poison, or she knows more than she is telling.
Poirot decides to tell the world that the murderer has at last succeeded and that Nick is dead in order to prompt any developments. Whilst discussing the matter back in their hotel room, Hastings spots a "dreadful face" looking in at the window which is gone in a flash. Charles Vyse telephones to tell Poirot that he has just received in the post the much delayed-will. Hastings assumes it is the one which will make Freddie residual legatee. This prompts a conversation between Poirot and Hastings about the shortening of names Frederica to Freddie, Margaret to Maggie and suddenly Poirot sees all!
He organises a meeting of the suspects at End House where the will is read. To everyone's amazement, except that of the beneficiary, the will that is read out leaves everything to Mrs Croft, for the help she gave Nick's father many years before when he was in Australia. Mrs Croft is touched and wishes there was some way in which she could thank Nick for her kindness. Poirot makes the suggestion of a séance which is agreed to with reluctance. Part way through the ceremony, Nick enters the room as her own ghost, prompting panic on the part of Mrs Croft. Japp enters the room and identifies her as Milly Merton, an expert forger on the run, who rewrote the will after her husband intercepted it and kept it until it was certain that Nick was dead.
At that moment, a shot rings out, grazing Freddie. Poirot and Challenger rush outside and apprehend the shooter and bring him into the house. He is half-dead with a wasted face – the "dreadful face" that Hastings saw outside their hotel window – and after the man dies, Freddie identifies him as her missing, drug-addicted husband. It was he who sent the demand for money that ended up as the scrap of paper that Poirot was given by the Chief Constable and which caused Freddie to almost pass out in the Belgian's hotel room. Freddie supposes that it was he who shot Maggie, mistaking her for Freddie in the darkness.
Poirot however has arrived at the truth and lets Japp announce that concealed in the house earlier he saw Nick take the Mauser from concealment and put it in Freddie's wrap to implicate her. Poirot announces Nick as the murderer of Maggie.
After Nick and the Crofts have been taken into custody, Poirot tells the former suspects the whole story. As Charles Vyse said, Nick was devoted to End House and when she met Michael Seton in Le Touquet she saw an opportunity to marry him for his money. They met again in Scarborough where Michael also met Maggie Buckley and fell in love with her, quickly entering into a secret engagement. Nick was the only person let in on the secret of both the engagement and the will leaving "Magdala" all his worldly goods . However Seton did not know that "Magdala" was also Nick's name, and that when she heard of the death of Sir Matthew and then Michael she formed a plan to murder Maggie and let everyone think that she had been his fiancé all the time. She arranged the 'attempts' on her life and had already written to Maggie to join them when she found out Poirot was visiting St Loo and brought him into the plot for verisimilitude. She then jumped at Poirot's suggestion of another person for company and telegraphed Maggie asking her to come a day early. When Poirot heard of this from Maggie's parents, he started to question Nick's statements and actions. Nick also sent the poison chocolates to herself to keep up the pretence as well as stealing some of Michael's letters to Maggie - but only the ones in which he did not address her by her full name. Poirot knows one last secret – Challenger was a supplier of cocaine and Nick has a stash on her which she will no doubt use to kill herself and escape the hangman's noose. At the end, Frederica Rice and Jim Lazarus become engaged to be married.
The Times Literary Supplement of April 14, 1932 stated that the "actual solution is quite unusually ingenious, and well up to the standard of Mrs. Christie's best stories. Everything is perfectly fair, and it is possible to guess the solution of the puzzle fairly early in the book, though it is certainly not easy." The review further opined that, "This is certainly one of those detective stories which is pure puzzle, without any ornament or irrelevant interest in character. Poirot and his faithful Captain Hastings are characters whom one is glad to meet again, and they are the most lively in the book, but even they are little more than pawns in this problem. But the plot is arranged with almost mathematical neatness, and that is all that one wants.
Isaac Anderson began his review in The New York Times Book Review of March 6, 1932 by saying, ""With Agatha Christie as the author and Hercule Poirot as the central figure, one is always assured of an entertaining story with a real mystery to it." He concluded, "The person who is responsible for the dirty work at End House is diabolically clever, but not quite clever enough to fool the little Belgian detective all the time. A good story with a most surprising finish.
Robert Barnard: "A cunning use of simple tricks used over and over in Christie's career (be careful, for example, about names – diminutives and ambiguous male-female Christian names are always possibilities as reader deceivers). Some creaking in the machinery, and rather a lot of melodrama and improbabilities, prevent this from being one of the very best of the classic specimens.
Two references (in Chapters 1 and 5) are made to the events told in The Mystery of the Blue Train and it is clearly stated in Chapter 1 that Peril at End House takes place the August following Poirot's trip to the French Riviera.
There are also references to Christie's first novel The Mysterious Affair at Styles and one of her best novels, The Murder of Roger Ackroyd.
On November 22, 2007, Peril at End House, like Death on the Nile, was adapted into a PC game by Flood Light Games, and published as a joint venture between Oberon Games and Big Fish Games, with the player once again taking the role of Poirot as he searches End House and other areas in Cornwall Coast for clues and questions suspects based on information he finds, this time through the clue cards he gains on the way.
Peril at End House will be released by HarperCollins as a graphic novel adaptation on December 1, 2008, adapted by Thierry Jollet and illustrated by Didier Quella-Guyot (ISBN 0-00-728055-6).
The first true publication of the book was the US serialisation in the weekly Liberty magazine in eleven instalments from June 13 (Volume 8, Number 24) to August 22, 1931 (Volume 8, Number 34). There were slight abridgements to the text, no chapter divisions and the reference in Chapter III to the character of Jim Lazarus as, "a Jew, of course, but a frightfully decent one was deleted. The serialisation carried illustrations by W.D. Stevens.
In the UK, the novel was serialised in the weekly Women's Pictorial magazine in eleven instalments from October 10 (Volume 22, Number 561) to December 19, 1931 (Volume 22, Number 571) under the slightly different title of The Peril at End House. There were no chapter divisions and slight abridgements. All of the instalments carried illustrations by Fred W. Purvis.
The dedication of the book reads:
"To Eden Phillpotts. To whom I shall always be grateful for his friendship and the encouragement he gave me many years ago".
In 1908, Christie was recovering from influenza and bored and she started to write a story at the suggestion of her mother, Clara Miller (see the dedication to The Mysterious Affair at Styles). This suggestion sparked Christie's interest in writing and several pieces were composed, some of which are now lost or remain unpublished (one exception to this is The Call of Wings which later appeared in The Hound of Death in 1933). These early efforts were mostly short stories but at some point late in the year Christie attempted her first novel, Snow Upon the Desert. She sent it to several publishers but they all rejected the work. At Clara's suggestion she then asked Phillpotts to read and critique both the book and other examples of her writing for her. He was a neighbour and friend of the Miller family in Torquay. He sent an undated reply back which included the praise that, "some of your work is capital. You have a great feeling for dialogue". In view of her later success in allowing readers to judge character's feelings and motivations for themselves (and in doing so, thereby deceiving themselves as to the identity of the culprits), Phillpott's gave valuable suggestions to, "leave your characters alone, so that they can speak for themselves, instead of always rushing in to tell them what they ought to say, or to explain to the reader what they mean by what they are saying". He gave her further advice in the letter regarding a number of suggestions for further reading to help further improve her work.
Phillpotts gave Christie an introduction to his own literary agents, Hughies Massie, who rejected her work (although in the early 1920's, they did start to represent her). Undaunted, Christie attempted another story, now lost, called Being So Very Wilful and again asked Phillpotts for his views. He replied on February 9, 1909 with a great deal more advice and tips for reading. In her 1977 Autobiography, Christie said, "I can hardly express the gratitude I feel to him. He could so easily have uttered a few careless words of well-justified criticism and possibly discouraged me for life. As it was, he set out to help".
The blurb on the inside flap of the dustjacket of the UK first edition (which is also repeated opposite the title page) reads:
Three near escapes from death in three days! Is it accident or design? And then a fourth mysterious incident happens, leaving no doubt that some sinister hand is striking at Miss Buckley, the charming young owner of the mysterious End House. The fourth attempt, unfortunately for the would-be murderer, is made in the garden of a Cornish Riviera hotel where Hercule Poirot, the famous Belgian detective, is staying. Poirot immediately investigates the case and relentlessly unravels a murder mystery that must rank as one of the most brilliant that Agatha Christie has yet written.


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The Bachelor
Gia Allemand Introduces New Boyfriend, NBA Star Ryan Anderson
Gia Allemand isn't dating her former Bachelor flame, Jake Pavelka, after all. The Bachelor Pad star's new squeeze is another professional athlete — NBA star Ryan Anderson. Our girl has a type!
Life & Style ran a pic of Gia, 27, and Ryan, 23, who is 6-foot-10 and plays for the Orlando Magic.
"I've been on an emotional roller coaster between The Bachelor and Bachelor Pad, so it's good to find some stability," Gia told Life & Style. "I finally found what I've been looking for."
We knew she had something up when she tweeted on April 26, "It's official I have a boyfriend.... Lol." @GiaAllemand then added, "Ok since everyone keeps asking me who my boyfriend is here he is....... My cutey pie :)"
She linked to the photo above, which was so goofy we couldn't tell whether Gia was kidding or making an official introduction. But that is the same guy from the Life & Style photo — without the fake 'fro — so congrats, Ryan and Gia!
This appears to be Gia's first serious basketball player boyfriend. She was dating hockey player Chris Campoli while flirting with Wes Hayden on Bachelor Pad, and she also dated former Yankees pitcher Carl Pavano.
Look out, golfers. You're next!
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I use a wide variety of desktop and window managers, though I have never used XMonad, nor have I, to my knowledge, used any tools or applications written in Haskell, though I have at least heard of it.
I've been using UNIX systems since before the X Window System was even available (1982), and I used some of the very early Xlib implementations of X, the Motif implementation when it first came out, and fvwm when I first started using Linux based systems. Therefore, window and desktop managers that have some common traits with these environments tend to be the ones that I am the most familiar with.
I use KDE and XFCE about 50/50, and the two of them probably comprise nearly 90% of my desktop use. The remaining 10% I split between a variety of desktop and window managers. When I use a window manager, I probably use IceWM the most, followed by fvwm-crystal.
I use most of the major desktop and window managers at least a little bit, if for no other reason than to try them out. GNOME is way better than it used to be; years ago I did not care much for it; these days I use other environments mostly because of time spent and familiarity with them.


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Southern Desert Correctional Center
Physical Address:
Administrator: Brian E. Williams Sr.
Inmate Mailing Address:
Inmates may receive letters and photos (no polaroids are allowed). When sending correspondence be sure to include the inmates name and ID number as the mailing address above shows. Be sure you do not mark the envelope or letter in any way, lipstick, perfume, crayon art, stickers, drawings or markings of any kind will result in the correspondence being returned. DO NOT SEND STAMPS OR BLANK PAPER. Inmates may also receive New paperback books, magazines, newspapers or other printed matter mailed directly from Amazon.com (Be sure to include the inmate name and ID number and send to the inmate mailing address above).
Family and friends of an inmate may send money to an inmate by United States Postal Money Order. The money order must be made payable to NDOC FBO Offender Name and Offender Number. Send completed money order to the centralized banking office at the following address:
Nevada Department of Corrections
Los Angeles, CA 90074-9548
Be sure to completely fill out the money order in a legible manner.
Do not deposit money to other offender's accounts. This is usually a sign of illegal activity or a way to get around established procedures and will result in disciplinary sanctions.
Click here to fill out a deposit slip.
The Nevada department of correction encourages friends and family members of inmates who demonstrate a positive influence and serve as good role models to communicate and visit with an inmate. This can help the inmate in the rehabilitation process, and eventually with his or her reintegration back into society.
Visiting Hours are as follows:
Inmates are only allowed to visit one time during each a.m./p.m. session (unless a Special Visit has been approved)
Morning check in: 6:30 am to 9:00 am - Afternoon check in: 12:00 pm to 2:00 pm - Visiting ends at 3:00 pm
All General Population Units: Friday, Saturday, Sunday - 7:00 am to 10:30 am & 12:00 pm to 3:00 pm
Administrative & Disciplinary Segregation: 1st Monday of every month - 6:30 am to 10:30 am and 12:00 pm to 1:30 pm
For more information on visiting an inmate or answers to any questions you may have read the inmate visiting regulations here or contact the institution directly at the telephone number above.
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Dry Skin: How To Get Rid Of It?
Only a few people have skin that is normal. Majority of the people have oily skin, dry skin or a combination of both these types. Dry skin is also known as Xeroderma and symptoms of dry skin is scaling. Skin becomes dry not because there is lack of oil in your skin but because there is lack of water in your skin. Exposure to cold, wind, sun, bathing using harsh soaps, the use of chemicals and cosmetics can have a bad effect on your skin by causing Xeroderma. Sometimes dry skin is caused because of genetic conditions as well.
Whenever you have a bath ensure that your skin is dried thoroughly and gently by you. Pat your skin while drying and avoid rubbing it at all costs. The soaps you use for bathing must not be harsh but mild. Even the body wash you utilize must be mild. You must make sure that your digestive system works well because normally a bad digestive system has a negative influence on the health of the skin. Drink huge amounts of water on a regular basis. Always eat nutritious and healthy food. Along with this you must exercise daily to foster good flow of blood and nutrients all throughout your body.
Moisturize your dry skin using well-known branded moisturizer.
Branded cream and lotions can also be applied on your dry skin to make it softer and smoother. Coconut oil can be very good for your dry skin. So make it a point to apply it regularly. You can make face packs at home using fruits such as banana, peach, papaya etc. Face packs made out of avocado are also very effective on dry skin. Remember that dry skin cannot be cured permanently. But efforts should be made by you to make your skin look beautiful and glowing always.


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Dough mixers
The government around here (thats a Swiss way of refering to one's spouse...) looks as if its about to decide that due to certain problems with supply and demand in the local agricultural production of staple foodstuffs (i.e. bread and pizza), the manufacturing methods may need to be restructured. It has realised that if the exhausted workforce is provided with new means of processing said agricultural produce, more foodstuffs could be provided with less overall effort.
So I've been checking out dough kneading machines, and when I mentioned that one of my favourites so far costs over 1000 CHF, he didn't even blink. Much.
The machines seem to have different names over here, I couldn't find any you lot have referred to, but this is the one I'd like:
Karl-Heinz Häussler GmbH - Produkte Teigknetmaschine, Knetmaschine, Kleinkneter
I think. Or maybe the one that takes up to 9 kg of dough...
What do you think? Any other general advice on dough kneading machines while I'm looking around?
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Hi Frances,
That second link did not work for me, but the first one looks very much like the SP-5 that has been discussed here (and that I own). Mine does not have a tilt up lid or any whisk attachements. It does 8 lbs or sourdough no problem. It is a workhorse, weighs a ton and does not move around. I baked 25 lbs of bread last weekend using it...
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Kansas City, MO (PRWEB) July 23, 2014
Rail transit is quickly becoming an increasingly important transportation mode throughout the United States as highway congestion increases and the costs of owning and operating a vehicle rise. To meet the growing demand for multimodal transportation options, HNTB Corporation has expanded its rail transit practice over the last 12 months by adding 10 highly sought-after industry experts to its leadership team across the United States.
Many Americans are becoming intrigued by the convenience and cost-effectiveness of rail transit. A 2013 America THINKS survey from HNTB Corporation revealed that 76 percent of Americans are open to taking public transportation over driving — up 7 percent from when HNTB last asked that question in 2010. In response to this trend, HNTB has added these 10 experts:
"Americans see a range of economic benefits from public transportation," Rao said. "When it's all said and done, successful communities thrive when there is a healthy rail transit system in place. This never has been more true as the costs of commuting by car and congestion on America's highways continue to increase."
HNTB Corporation is an employee-owned infrastructure firm serving public and private owners and contractors. Celebrating a century of service, HNTB understands the life cycle of infrastructure and addresses clients' most complex technical, financial and operational challenges. Professionals nationwide deliver a full range of infrastructure-related services, including award-winning planning, design, program delivery and construction management. For more information, visit http://www.hntb.com.


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HSBC "lift" by Grey London
Agency: Grey London
Rating: 5.0
By Sara Kimberley, campaignlive.co.uk, Monday, 11 February 2013 10:36AM
The emotive ad is the first by VCCP, since it picked up the business in March last year.
The 60 and 30-second spots, called 'Not Alone', feature individuals "hit" by cancer and falling. Before they hit the ground they are caught by the people around them.
It aims to underline that with the support of Macmillan and the public, no one has to face cancer alone.
The TV ad will be aired for the first time during 'Loose Women' on ITV today. It will be followed by radio and online activity and will be supported by a media report and integrated PR activity.
Barney Cokeliss directed the spot. The copywriter was Katie Welch and the art director was Neil Shanlin. RSA was the production company and media planning and buying was handled by PHD and Vizeum.
Hilary Cross, director of external affairs, Macmillan Cancer Support said: "Our Not Alone campaign, developed with VCCP, marks a critical turning point in Macmillan's brand advertising. Never before have we communicated what we do and why we need support with such power.
"As the number of people living with cancer is set to double from two to four million by 2030 we need to inspire the public to support people with cancer so that no one ever has to face it alone."
This article was first published on campaignlive.co.uk
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You don't have to be running for president to care about your online reputation. Almost everything you do online is easy to track, especially when you're using social media sites. This infographic shows you how to manage your "e-reputation," perhaps saving you some embarrassment, or even your career.
Everyone should care about their Internet reputation. Those who don't, aren't looking to the future.


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Had a few issues with IE9 correctly displaying any html5 elements. And yes, IE9 supports html5. A quick visit to W3C validator brought up this error "Comments seen before doctype. Internet Explorer will go into the quirks mode." Removing a seemingly harmless comment like <!– Home template –> suddenly restored the page.
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Printaganza has been a long tradition at Pierson High School. The winter fundraiser, organized by the school's art department, is a silent auction featuring prints by some of the East End's most renowned artists. Money raised from the event has helped finance school sponsored trips to Italy for many years.
The students of Pierson are, once again, going to Italy over February break. But this year, art teacher Peter Solow is branching out with the fundraiser by highlighting not just visual arts, but performing arts as well. This Friday, several talented Pierson musicians will perform as part of "A Celebration of the Arts" a concert and silent print auction.
"It's something unique that hasn't transpired since my time at Pierson — to have a concert by kids who are in groups and playing music, but not simply for the school band and orchestra," says Solow. "There are many people who are doing this and they are very accomplished."
The event is from 7 to 10 p.m., at the high school with the concert beginning at 7:30 p.m. in the auditorium. The silent auction will take place in the commons with work by April Gornik, Linda Capello, Josh Dayton, Bill King and others. The student performance will encompass classical and contemporary pieces by pianist Gustav Clerin, cellist Christopher Beroes-Haigis, flutist Olivia Kaminiski, violinist Connor Vorhaus and clarinetist Emily Verneuille along with straight up rock and roll by King Tut and the Rubber Band as well as The Glazzies.
"There's been a group of us trying to promote the performing arts in the school for a long time," explains Solow. "One of the senses we have is that the school should be filled with music all the time."
"What makes this an unusual event is that while the students are doing the concert, an art show will be happening at the same time— a silent auction of prints to defer part of the cost for the Italy trip," says Solow who notes that fees associated with the trip have gone up precipitously over the years. "The silent auction is really a reflection of the community support for the arts. All the work in the show is donated."
Many of the student musicians are going on the Italy trip, and while proceeds from the concert will help defray costs, Solow notes that Friday's event is really designed to raise awareness of the artistic potential at the school.
"A report done by a consultant recommended an expansion of the school's music program," says Solow. "This is really to demonstrate the possibilities. We have some incredible musicians at this school, and there's not always the venue to show that."
"This isn't simply a fundraiser, but demonstrating an aspiration of the music department to bring more to the school," says Solow. "And I find that many of the most engaged art students are those who are also very engaged in music."
"This is a big experiment, I'm hoping that everyone comes through here," jokes Solow. "I'm confident of putting up the silent auction art show. That's the easy stuff. What I don't know anything about is mounting a concert."
"I'm very nervous about the whole thing," he adds. "But Peter [Landi] and Chris [Haigis-Beroes] say everything is under control."
"A Celebration of the Arts" is Friday, December 4, from 7 to 10 p.m. at Pierson High School, 200 Jermain Avenue, Sag Harbor. Admission is $10 ($5 students).
Top: Student musicians Connor Vorhaus, Gabe Buford, Chris Beroes-Haigis, Olivia Kaminski, Emily Verneuille and Peter Landi.