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Outlook email links are not perfect
I create a Todo item that references an email. If I move that email to another folder, the link in the Todo item doesn't work anymore. If I move the email back to it's original folder the link in the Todo item still doesn't work.
Am I doing something wrong or is this how it is suppose to function?
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Hello James,
Unfortunately, in some cases (especially when using an Exchange Server), it's possible that the email links won't work after the email has been moved as each move may assign a different ID to this message.
We're looking into this issue right now and we hope to fix it in future updates. Sorry for the inconvenience.
For now, as a workaround, you could try to move the message first and then add it as a task, or try to forward emails to projects which wouldn't require linking them through Outlook at all. Please refer to this blog post for more details: http://todoist.com/blog/2013/01/zero-inbox-policy-with-todoist/
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I am enjoying Todoist a lot, but it would be great if the emails can be tracked after moving. The workarounds are okay but add extra steps. Am using Outlook 2013 with Exchange.
Hello Jim,
Thank you for you're feedback. We're sorry for the inconvenience, we're looking into this issue and we hope to find a permanent solution to it soon.
In the meantime, instead of using the plugin to link emails as tasks, you could try to forward emails to Todoist. This won't create a link to a message, but would add the entire message as a task note.
Please refer to this post on our blog comparing both options: http://todoist.com/blog/2013/01/zero-inbox-policy-with-todoist/
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David: The current workaround that you suggest of moving it to a folder first works for me. Because the email is linked to the todo , I can still get to the email easily.
However, a fix to this would be nice. :)
Thank you for the response.
I agree that moving first works fine, it just means that you have to "chase" the email into the new folder before adding it. I'm not averse to doing this for the time being, but it would save some clicks and scrolling to be able to add the item first and them move it.
The forwarding option works fine too, it's just more convenient for me to have the email linked so that I can reply more easily.
Is there an update on when this bug might be resolved in the future?
Hello Andrew,
Unfortunately, we can't give you any specific timeframe on when this issue will be fixed, but we're working on it already and we're looking into better options of identifying the message than by the current ID we use (which sometimes changes, especially when using an Exchange Server). Sorry for the inconvenience.
Best regards,
Do you have an update on this issue?
We are pretty sure of the cause, as stated above. We have also been able to reproduce the issue. This means it's only a matter of time, and we believe it won't be much longer.
Yay! I hope it won't be much longer. I have also experienced this problem and it's sort of a headache (a teeny tiny headache, but a headache).
Hi guys
Have just started using Todoist today and this particular feature would be incredibly useful. Any update on release?
An update on this would be good.
We are working on this and many other issues with our current builds. We hope we can accomplish it soon.
For now, please make sure to try this unreleased version. https://d2dq6e731uoz0t.cloudfront.net/27d69392edce0cbd2d7128b9c74d070d/as/OutlookTodoist.Adx.exe
This would be incredibly helpful. Instead of clogging an inbox with emails I need to follow up with; i can delete the email. Then, when the task comes up in Todoist, i can pull up the email and reply directly with "hey did you figure this out" etc.
For the time being i'm creating a sub-inbox called "Todoist Projects" and putting all email in there. Then, when i complete the task i can delete it. Again it works, but not ideal.
Not ideal because at the end of the month i'll have 100 emails in that folder and won't know which ones are still pending and which ones are already worked-- meaning i'll have to finish the todoist task, then open that sub folder and delete the message. Any time that i forget that extra step will be a 'ghost' message in that folder that i'll have to eventually clean.
By the way, Brendon Wadley, what does the unreleased version do? I couldn't find any version notes. Does it link the messages a bit differently, or any other changes?
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There were not many changes, it was designed to try to allow the email links to work even after moving, it does work, but not perfectly. It was our first attempt before our re-write.
Mostly nothing else was changed.
The new version seems to be working for me (Outlook 2013, Win764, Exchange).
Thank you guys for being so responsive.
I create most of my tasks from Outlook emails so this feature is the most important to me. I was moving emails first and then creating tasks.
I installed 184.108.40.206 (from the link in Brendon's Sept. 9 message) and it works well (although it does take a while for the link to work it does enable the movement of emails). I was recently prompted to install 18.104.22.168; after installing it, the task links no longer find the moved emails nor can newly created tasks find moved emails. So, I reinstalled 22.214.171.124 and re-created the tasks.
Is this functionality planned to be fixed and supported going forward (in 2.5.x.x and beyond)?
I really like Todoist and the only thing holding me back from upgrading to premium is this feature as it's the most important to me.
I found the same thing, and it was a bit frustraiting that the 30+ tasks i had linked using the one from Brendon's message thinking that's one of the things patched; and now none of my emails are linked.
I went back to his unreleased version immediately. I thought it was just a bug from the upgrade, but now i see it affected someone else.
I agree with Mickey, without linking the email Todoist is of no use for me, that's the one key feature that I use Todoist for.
We are still working on our new updates and hope to have everything solved in the very near future.
Sorry for the inconvenience.
Interestingly, when I reinstalled the unreleased version, it linked all the emails back. It was great! So i didn't lose anything. Weird how that version still links the emails, but the new update wouldn't.
Thanks again for that unreleased version Brendon!
The linking seems to be working for me. Awesome! I'm on Windows 7 SP1 running Outlook 2007 (12.0.6668.5000) SP3 MSO (12.0.6662.5000)
New version did not work for me. I downgraded back to the unreleased version above and everything is working again.
The unreleased version seems to work OK. but it hasn't rescued all the tasks created from emails before I installed the new fix.
Quite frustrating as I now have to track these emails down...
I should clarify that I actually didn't check all of the links in previous tasks. I added a new task linked to an email, then moved the email and clicked on the link in the task. The link still worked.
Could you please advise when we should see the fix for this issue. I downloaded a new version of Todoist this morning, but it doesn't fix this issue so I need to revert (again) to the unreleased version above.
It would be really nice to get this into the software releases, esp given you had a fix for it at least a month ago.
Hi James,
We don't have an exact time, but we are working hard and hope for it to be soon.
Sorry for the trouble.
Hi Brendon,
I love ToDoist but this is an essential bit of functionality.
This is just to add my voice so that you know a lot of people need this.
Please let us know when there's a fix.
Could you please advise when the solution to this this will be integrated with your new releases.
As you have had a working solution since early September (included in your unreleased version provided on September 9), I would have thought that this would have been integrated by now.
If this is not coming in the near future, could you please advise how I get a refund on my paid up subscription, as this is a core requirement for me, and Todoist is of no use to me if I can't access emails saved as tasks once I have filed them. Especially given the lack of other key (and much requested) features like start dates, for which there seems to be no commitment.
Hi James,
Due to having to re-build the plugin and fix more than just this issue, it's taking a bit longer than we hoped. We are still hoping for it to be done soon, but no ETA.
If you'd like a refund though, and I understand the reason, please send an email with your transaction ID or reference number to firstname.lastname@example.com.
Please fix it soon!!!!
Still no news about this...
This is a must and the main reason that I I'm using Todoist: a effective outlook plugin.
Already a ETA for a fixes plugin?
We are sorry for all the trouble. We don't have an exact ETA, but if nothing goes wrong, within a week or so.


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I was appalled reading the "autism treatment" at what the young boy, described as "C" from the Snyder vs. HHS decision, had to endure. Over a period of more than eight years, Dr. J. Jeffrey Bradstreet subjected this boy to numerous invasive tests, including several Lumbar Punctures, blood draws, urine tests, and numerous non-standard tests that were not approved by the FDA and/or were preformed outside of the USA. He had numerous dubious "autism treatments" that were not supported by the medical evidence as valid treatments (the diagnoses were not valid and neither was the medical reasoning behind them), including many dietary supplements (some with severe side effects), IV secretin, IV Imunoglobulin therapy (a long and painful process), IV chelation (with severe side effects), HBOT (noted but not detailed), predinisolone (steroid), antibiotics, antifungals, and antivirals, and referral for colonoscopy with biopsy.
This young boy was tortured. As a physician I consider this abuse. And this was in my mind as I read Orac's post and the responses. Several persistent and virulent anti-vaxxers would not concede that the evidence does not support vaccines as the cause of autism. Then someone, HCN I believe, dug up what one parent, Kevin Champagne, put his son through, here:
Diane wrote; "How long have you been living it? And what are your work hours"?
Well Diane I'm not sure why you made this personal but I will tell you how long.
Diane, I have been living it for 5 years. My son is 7 and was diagnosed at 2.
What are my work hours? You must assume that because I'm the father that I'm not at home or not "living it" because I'm at work all day?
Diane, my work hours are usually 14-16 hours per day but only 4 days a week.
Trust me Diane, I've lived it. I flew with my son to North Carolina for bi-weekly IV chelation treatments for one year while he screamed and disrupted the entire plane. One time we were on a 5 hour ground hold at Newark airport and I thought I was going to lose my mind. I helped hold him down over the last 5 years through countless blood draws while he screamed at the top of his lungs. I went through 30 straight days of HBOT treatments with him while he screamed and scratched my face until I was bleeding.
I took an entire summer off through the Family Medical Leave Act when my son was first diagnosed so I could be home to rub transdermal chelation on him 2 times per day and watch and listen to him scream through ABA therapy.
I have been to at least 12 different autism conferences and my son has been a patient of the following doctors over the last 5 years; Hardy (6 months), Krigsman (for an autism gut study), Buttar (2 years), the Geiers(6 months), and Charles Ray Jones (6 months - present). All of which included long plane rides and or car rides with more hitting, scratching, and screaming.
Diane, I have definitely lived it and I'm still living it and no matter how many hours Governor Palin spends on the campaign trail I believe she is also living it and she has a tough road ahead and hopefully while she is our VP.
And while I'm airing it out here, in my opinion, mercury DOES NOT cause autism ...low pH blood levels do. Research it. Some unvaccinated kids are being diagnosed with autism. Children on special diets most likely improve because their pH levels go up.
Take ten minutes and watch this YouTube video about low pH and how it affects the body;
Mr. Champagne didn't "listen" to his own son. He persisted in torturing, abusing his own son. And I know there are many, many others out there who subject their children to the same abuse.
Much of the finger should be pointed at the quacks, like Dr. Bradstreet, for pushing this pseudoscience, but the parents have some responsibility here. Wake up! How much more evidence will it take to convince you that vaccines (and other crazy theories like pH changes) are not responsible for autism? Why are you still subjecting your children to meaningless and painful treatments?


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In Scene Report, musicians from all over the globe fill us in on what's going on sonically in their hometowns. This week Viva Brother's Sam Jackson gives the scoop on London, UK. Viva Brother plays Bowery Ballroom on Wednesday, October 19, as part of CMJ Music Marathon & Film Festival.
London will always be London in the sense that it'll always have the underground shit pits in East that only four people know about and put on bands that reckon once more that four people like you, you're irrelevant. Y'know like laptop-yielding graphics students who learned how to make a beep loop on Logic then all of a sudden the NME is branding them geniuses. But in recent months I've noticed more bands writing actual songs. Which is pleasant.
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Abstract: A new type of catkin allied with the Alfaroa-Oreomunnea-Engelhardia complex of the Juglandaceae has been recovered from the sediments of the Middle Eocene Clairborne Formation in the southeastern United States. This catkin is distinct from Eokachyra (another staminate catkin from the Clairborne Formation allied with the same complex of extant genera as the new fossils) in having smaller florets, different bract morphology, possibly more floral envelope parts, and pollen decidedly different in size and morphology. This fossil inflorescence seems to be most closely allied with an extant species that is presently indigenous to southeast Asia. Variation in pollen morphology and its ramifications are considered in the new type of catkin and in Eokachyra.
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Selling the dream: Marco Island's Prange real estate team sets the pace for high-end sales
MARCO ISLAND - They cover the waterfront. If you look at the sales of top-shelf homes on Marco Island, on the beach in Hideaway Beach Club, on the waterways, or for that matter in the estates area of Caxambas, Jim Prange and his team are likely to be part of the deal. Not bad for a guy who started out here with $186 to his name.
On an island where it can seem that every other person you meet is selling real estate, the percentage of high-end sales that involve Jim and his partner and daughter Nikki Prange-Carroll is remarkable. Since 2010, in home sales $3 million and up, the team has 12 "sides" of closed sales, with listing the home and procuring the buyer each counting as a side. Their next closest competitor, said Jim Prange, has four. In 2008, the Prange team sold a home for $7.8 million, a record for the island, and also notched the second and third highest priced sales.
Last month, Jim and Nikki closed the sale of a beachfront Hideaway home for $5.85 million. Revealing more than a little about the loyalty and trust they engender from their clients, they held onto the listing for three years, while the price came down from its original ask of $10.5 million. They came up with the buyer, too, earning both sides of the sale.
The sales history of that home, which was listed on CNBC as one of the "top 10 coolest beachfront homes for sale in America," also tells a lot about the real estate market, on Marco Island and around the country, over the last several years, a dizzying roller coaster ride that left everyone a little queasy, and caused many sales agents to leave the business.
Since coming to Marco and entering the local market in 1979, Jim Prange has seen it all. He goes back even further in real estate, having started full time at age 18, with a Marco connection even when he was back "up north."
"My dad and grandpa started the first ReMax office in the state of Indiana," said Jim, making daughter Nikki a fourth-generation realtor. They offered the classic "buy and fly," bringing prospects down from Chicago's Midway airport to stay at the (only) hotel and eat at the country club for $225. Waterfront lots sold for $5-6,000.
Jim Prange was selling real estate in gritty Gary, Indiana.
"I would drive 40 miles to show a $20,000 home, and 40 miles back," he remembered. Visiting Marco Island themselves, they fell for their own pitch and took the plunge.
"I was 23 years old, and just married. After we put down first, last and security, I had $186 to my name," said Prange. "I cleaned condos and businesses, my wife worked at the Marriott."
At first, he was intimidated by the prices of the luxury homes he was showing.
"I stuttered for six months, trying to say 'it's only $400,000,' and then an old guy told me, 'just drop the zeroes,' " said Prange. After two years, he became director of sales for Hideaway Beach, and now, he deals with buyers who will spend millions over the phone, purchasing sight unseen. In 1991, Prange bought his first Hideaway lot for his own account. He paid $65,000, and was offered $180,000 just 60 days after closing, he said, which he did not take.
Real estate is very much a family business for the Pranges. Although they divorced, Jim's first wife, Nikki's mother, works in the office keeping the books. Altogether, there are six members on their team within the Premier-Sotheby's office at the Esplanade. Nikki, who has a young son with her husband Robbie Carroll, and another child on the way, says it's "awesome" working with her dad.
"There are no family issues. We can spat at each other for 30 seconds, and then it's over. His strengths are my weaknesses." Jim Prange's wife provides babysitting services for Nikki's toddler.
Ask any realtor the time to buy, and you'll probably hear "now," but Prange makes the case using a local metaphor, shelling. "If you're going out to find a shell, the best time to look is on a rising tide after a major storm," he said, adding the turmoil in real estate in recent years represents a "class five economic storm."
Market knowledge and continuing education, not necessarily in a classroom setting but out in the field, are key to becoming and remaining successful, said Prange. Over the years, he's learned quite a few lessons.
One, "it's easier to sell a $4 million home than a $100,000 home. The buyers are savvy, and financing generally isn't an issue. Often, they pay cash." Also, he said, "not all high-end homes are listed. Sometimes like in Port Royal, you don't know it's on the market until you hear it's sold.
"People get down on me, 'cause I don't dress up all the time. To wear a suit and tie down here is kind of stupid," said Prange. "The last thing I want to do is remind them I'm a salesman."
But he is, at a level most in the business cannot match. On one day, May 13, 2005 a Friday the 13th, considered a good luck talisman in the Prange family Jim and Nikki arranged their closings so they closed $24.5 million in sales in a day.
"I worked my ass off," said Jim Prange, "but Marco has been incredibly good to me."


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WVU's special teams gaffes prove costly
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MORGANTOWN, W.Va. -- West Virginia struggled with more than one area of special teams Saturday.
Obviously, the field goal unit was the most glaring disappointment. Redshirt junior kicker Tyler Bitancurt missed a field goal and had another blocked, which swung the momentum in Louisville's favor.
But the punt team didn't do too well, either.
"We all felt pretty good about the punt team prior to today," West Virginia coach Dana Holgorsen said following the loss to Louisville.
West Virginia punter Michael Molinari averaged just 20.7 yards on his three punts in Saturday's loss to Louisville. He kicked punts of 39, 12 and 11 yards.
Molinari, a redshirt freshman, replaced redshirt junior Corey Smith four games ago after Smith was dealing with consistency issues. Molinari entered the game averaging 40.9 yards per punt on 16 punts and had placed eight of them inside the opponents' 20.
"If we would have punted again, I would have put the other guy in there," Holgorsen said.
Yards in bunches
It might be surprising to see West Virginia lost if you just look at the box score.
The Mountaineers' had 533 total yards and averaged 6.8 yards per play, but West Virginia converted only 4 of 6 red zone chances.
"I've made a lot of statements about how I really don't care much about yards," Holgorsen said. "We have yards. Our yards per play were good. Our third down (conversion rate) was right at about 60 percent.
"We moved it down and got the ball in the red zone and put ourselves in a position to go 6 for 6, and we just didn't execute that."
Quarterback Geno Smith accounted for a lot of those yards. He completed 31 of 44 passes for 410 yards and three touchdowns.
With 3,125 yards this season, Smith has already surpassed his total from last season (2,763) in just nine games. He also ranks No. 2 on West Virginia's career passing yards list with 6,197.
"Personal accomplishments have never meant anything to me, and never will," Smith said. "It's about winning and losing, and right now, we just lost."
One drive away
For the second week in a row, West Virginia's defense was dominant -- for the most part -- in the second half.
The line manhandled Louisville's front five, but the final drive ended West Virginia's chances for a win.
"We had some opportunities on the last series, and we don't get the guy on the ground," defensive coordinator Jeff Casteel said. "Those things happen, and we just have to keep working."
Of Louisville's 121 second-half yards, 66 came on its final drive as the Cardinals converted a pair of third downs and a critical fourth-and-1.
"It's real frustrating," senior linebacker Najee Goode said. "We moved guys around and were able to stop them through the third and fourth quarter. The main frustrating thing is when we needed to make plays, we couldn't do it."
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Eels, Chelsea Wolfe
3017 SE Milwaukie Ave.
[NON-ARENA ROCK] More people have heard of the Eels today than had a couple of weeks ago, thanks to the band's incongruous brush with rock history, accompanying long-dormant Journey frontman Steve Perry's seemingly random return to live performance during the Eels' encore in St. Paul, Minn., last month. Despite Perry's professed admiration for Eels leader Mark Oliver Everett's song "It's a Motherfucker"—conjuring a bizarre alternate universe where Journey songs feature mordantly witty lyrics about disease and death—one doubts that droves of Perry's faithful will declare newfound Eels fandom as a result. The uncompromising Everett—accompanied once again on this tour by Portland musicians Chet Lyster and Allen Hunter—doesn't have an arena-rock bone in his body, having recently filled another album, The Cautionary Tales of Mark Oliver Everett, with artfully self-pitying ballads decidedly not of the "power" variety.
Where: Aladdin Theater
Phone: 234-9694
Address: 3017 SE Milwaukie Ave.
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Revlon Colorstay Whipped Creme Makeup
Revlon Colorstay Whipped Creme Makeup is a newly launched mattifying cream foundation for Summer 2012.
Take a look!
Revlon Colorstay Whipped Creme Makeup is a cream foundation that promises long wearing, buildable coverage and a mattifying formula.
The glass jars are massive dude! This will last you into the next millennium if you're indulging ha!
It's actually currently only available in six shades but I imagine they have plans to release more colors and add it to the general catalog….!
I picked up one out of curiosity.
Review on the way shortly!
Whatcha think?
5/3/12 11:28 Sarah S.:
OMG! I was hoping for a cruelty-free version of L'Oreal magic smooth souffle… I hope you will include the ingredients list, Muse, because I'm looking for one w/out animal ingredients, too. Pretty please?
5/3/12 12:01 Cj:
… There are animal ingredients in makeup?
5/3/12 12:25 Ruth:
they must have cats, the hair gets everywhere. it just adds extra texture.
5/3/12 12:41 Sarah S.:
Not too bad, usually just beeswax, carmine, and lanolin! But I still avoid those, especially lanolin b/c I am a bit reactive to it.
5/3/12 14:27 Caitlin:
Lots of other cosmetic ingridients are derived from animals. Hylonuric acid, keritin, collagen, lots of the amino acids, retinol…and lots more. Many ingridients can come from either plants or animals, but there is often nothing to indicate on the label which it is. It makes shopping pretty difficult for people with religious, allergic, or philosophical reasons to avoid animal products.
5/3/12 14:43 Sarah S.:
True, which is why I often just avoid the obvious ones and buy from cruelty-free companies only. For others, the easiest option is to buy from vegan companies only
5/3/12 14:56 Jane:
Many of those ingredients are chemically synthesized, though. That's probably way cheaper than harvesting it from animals, purifying, making sure it's all uniform in strength…
5/3/12 11:32 Caitlin:
I like mousse foundations, but BOO on the packaging! I don't like to stick my fingers into my foundation–that's just begging for bacteria and breakouts, IMO. That will be a pass for me.
5/4/12 17:59 stef:
wash your hands! good hand hygiene will eliminate germies getting in your foundation.
5/3/12 12:02 Agata:
Looks great. I love Revlon foundations, looking forward to trying this one out and cannot wait for your review!
5/3/12 12:57 Hillarie:
So much for not buying any foundations this summer. It looks perfect! I hope it's everything Maybelline Dream Matte Mousse and the L'Oreal Magic Smooth Souffle aren't… neither last more than four hours on my combo skin.
5/3/12 13:00 Hillarie:
By that I mean so much for ME not buying any foundations this summer! lol, thought I'd clarify.
5/3/12 13:24 ktb:
I wonder if this is similar to the CoverGirl TruBlend Whipped foundation that came out a few years back? I picked up a jar of that at Big Lots on a whim and was very happy with it. Unfortunately, it was discontinued, and I ran out. Hopefully this will prove to be a good substitution!
5/3/12 14:16 Rachel:
Need! Trying to keep it together to get through the day!
5/3/12 14:33 Suzanne:
Wow..Im so all over this!
5/3/12 21:31 victoria:
How much is this ? xo
5/4/12 11:48 Chrissybean:
Can't wait for your review Muse!!!
5/4/12 17:59 stef:
Where did you buy it??
5/5/12 21:32 Rebecca:
These jars are usually an illusion. Is it 1 ounce of foundation? With this type of foundation they usually give an ounce or less.
5/6/12 22:05 Mindy Gradillas:
I eagerly await your review! This looks like it will be perfect for summer time. I haven't spotted them around me yet.
5/12/12 14:46 Sheila:
Got this yesterday 5 12 2012 at RiteAid for 40% off Came to 8.39
I LOVE LOVE LOVE it! Have very oily skin and it is completely matte after 13 hours! It looks just as it did when I put it on. Didn't even need concealer!!!
Great product I will use forever!
5/20/12 1:24 Equave:
Do you have the ingredient list (or a picture of it) ?
Thanks 😀
5/20/12 2:48 Equave:
Found it 😉
Dimethicone, Isodecyl Neopentanoate, Water, Isododecane, PEG/PPG-19/19 Dimethicone, Trisiloxane, Trimethylsiloxysilicate, C13-16 Isoparaffin, Adipic Acid/Neopentyl Glycol Crosspolymer, Boron Nitride, Dimethicone/Bis-Isobutyl PPG-20 Crosspolymer, C10-13 Isoparaffin, Glycerin, Salicylic Acid, Tocopherol, Lactobacillus/Eriodictyon Californicum Ferment Extract, Cymbidium Grandiflorum (Orchid) Flower Extract, Lilium Candidum (White Lily) Bulb Extract, Malva Sylvestris (Mallow) Extract, Sodium Hyaluronate, Silk Powder, Alumina, Polyisobutene, Disteardimonium Hectorite, Dimethicone/Silsesquioxane Copolymer, Cyclodextrin, Ethylhexyl Palmitate, Silica, Methicone, Sodium Chloride, Sorbitan Sesquioleate, Propylene Carbonate, Triethoxycaprylylsilane, Silica Silylate, Silica Dimethyl Silylate, Tetrasodium EDTA, Phenoxyethanol, Caprylyl Glycol, 1,2-Hexanediol +/- (CI 77019/Mica, CI 77891/Titanium Dioxide, CI 77491/CI 77492/CI 77499/Iron Oxide, CI 77947/Zinc Oxide)
The formula is close to the Photoready primer which is kind of heavy but leaves a nice matte porcelain doll skin 😀
I just got this today, and I love the texture! The Target in my area had this in the shade 110 Ivory!!!!!!! Pale ladies, this is fairest drugstore I've come across! I sense that this stuff might just be my new HG foundation!!!!!


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Professor David Beim has been appointed a Chazen Senior Scholar at Columbia Business School's Jerome A. Chazen Institute of International Business.
Beim is a professor of professional practice in the Finance and Economics Division and serves as Bernstein Faculty Leader for the Sanford C. Bernstein & Co. Center for Leadership and Ethics. His research focuses on corporate finance, international banking, and emerging financial markets. Before joining the School, Beim spent 25 years in investment banking, including 10 years on Wall Street at First Boston Corporation and executive roles at the Export-Import Bank of the United States, Bankers Trust Company, and Dillon Read & Co.
"David is a prominent scholar in areas that are central to the mission of the institute," said Shang-Jin Wei, director of the Chazen Institute and N. T. Wang Professor of Chinese Business and Economy. "The Chazen Institute has built a community of experts on the global economy and business, and the scope and impact of his research will help us make Chazen a well-known brand for thought leadership."
The Chazen Institute supports, sponsors, and promotes frontier research that impacts global policy and business. The institute also cosponsors projects and forums, such as a recent expert panel on the euro crisis, and has launched a doctoral-dissertation summer fellowship in areas aligning with its mission.
Learn more about the Chazen Senior Scholars.


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Washington And Lee vs. Williams
March 27, 2012
|Mac Means
|(2, 1)
|Jack Switala
|(0, 1)
|Garrett Paglia
|(1, 0)
|Sam Mott
|(1, 0)
|Warren Berenis
|14 (0.636)
|Current Record
|Washington And Lee
|go to Washington And Lee page
|Sam Hargrove
|(3, 0)
|Steven Kiesel
|(1, 1)
|Evan Dedominicis
|(2, 0)
|Michael Acierno
|(0, 1)
|Colton Growney
|(1, 0)
|Andy Grabowski
|(1, 0)
|Tucker Dayton
|(0, 1)
|Sean Dougherty
|9 (0.692)
|Current Record
|go to Williams page
|The Game Story:
|LEXINGTON, Va. – Williams College jumped out to a 4-0 first-quarter lead and never looked back in claiming an 8-4 win over Washington and Lee in men's lacrosse on Tuesday afternoon at Wilson Field.
Senior attackman Sam Hargrove (Wallingford, Pa./Strath Haven) got the scoring started for the Ephs (1-4) when he scored off an assist from senior midfielder Michael Acierno (Short Hills, N.J./Newark Academy) just 40 seconds into the game. Williams added goals at 8:11 and 4:44, before capping its opening run with a goal by junior midfielder Colton Growney (Berwyn, Pa./Haverford School) with 43 seconds left in the first period.
W&L (5-6) got on the board at the 12:02 mark of the second period when junior attackman Mac Means (Sewickley, Pa./Sewickley Academy) scored unassisted, but Williams posted two more goals, one by Hargrove and another by first-year midfielder Steven Kiesel (Excelsior, N.M./Breck School), for a 6-1 lead at the half.
The Generals cut it to a 6-2 game just 2:32 into the third period when senior midfielder Sam Mott (Grosse Pointe, Mich./Grosse Pointe South) scored man-up off an assist from Means, but Hargrove answered at the 9:42 mark when he scored off a feed from Kiesel.
W&L added another man-up goal as first-year midfielder Garrett Paglia (Forest Hill, Md./Gilman) from rope following a pass from junior midfielder Jack Switala (Lloyd Harbor, N.Y./Cold Spring Harbor) with 5:51 left in the third period to make it 7-3.
Neither team found the cage until junior midfielder Evan Dedominicis (Greenville, Del./Tower Hill) scored with 19 seconds left in the game. Means added a tally with nine second left for the 8-4 final score.
Williams held a 41-34 advantage in shots and collected 42 ground balls as opposed to 27 for the Generals. W&L won 9-of-16 faceoffs and finished 2-for-3 on extra man opportunities.
Means led W&L with two goals and one assist. First-year Warren Berenis (Ocoee, Fla./Lake Highland Prep) received his first career start in goal and stopped a game-high 14 shots in 60 minutes of action.
Hargrove paced the Ephs with three goals, while Dedominicis notched two scores. Kiesel added one goal and one assist, and first-year Sean Dougherty (Smithtown, N.Y./Milton Academy) played the duration in goal, recording nine saves.


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Deborah M. Felton
"After graduating from law school at age 30, I worked for federal and state agencies. As my family grew, I opened a small law practice and began volunteering on various boards in my town. Over time, I closed my practice, took on more volunteer leadership roles, and built a local reputation as an advocate and negotiator on behalf of individuals and families. I did this for nearly 20 years - I know, a long time! One of the boards I sat on was for a senior housing community, and I ultimately became the vice-president of the board. When the board was charged with hiring a new Executive Director, they looked to someone who was committed to the organization and had a proven track record of working in the community with town agencies and officials -- yes, me! It is the perfect position, blending my years of community experience, my legal skills and my desire to be engaged in working with people."


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BAGHDAD (AP) â Al-Qaida's local branch in Iraq has claimed responsibility for a spate of suicide attacks last month in the northern, relatively peaceful self-ruled Kurdish region.
The Sept. 29 bombings killed at least six security forces and wounded more than 30 people.
In a statement posted Monday on a militant website, the Islamic State of Iraq and the Levant says the attacks were in retaliation to statements recently made by the regional President Massoud Barzani expressing readiness to help Syrian Kurdish militias.
Al-Qaida-linked militants in Syria have been fighting ethnic Kurds in Syria's northeast.
The authenticity of the statement could not be independently confirmed, but it was consistent with earlier al-Qaida statements.


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Camping Recipes
Banana Boat
So good and a great replacement for s'mores when it is too rainy to start the campfire! YUM!
- 1 banana
- 1/2 milk chocolate bar
- 3-5 marshmellows (full size)
- aluminum foil
Cut the banana in half, lengthwise. Top the bottom half of the banana with the chocolate and marshmellows, then replace the top half, sandwiching the ingredients between the banana slices. Wrap in aluminum foil and heat- either over open fire, on a grill, or on the RV stove. Unwrap and enjoy!


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Everybody dies. Again.
Iceman is returning too.
Glue your eyes here for a minute or two.
If you missed out on all or some of the action last season, you'll want to check out these "True Blood" spoilers Season 3. There were new villains, plenty of…
Everyone's killing or humping one another. Sometimes both.
Anna Paquin is the face of HBO's 'True Blood.'
Fairy Land looks like a really high-end Olive Garden.
Just like 'Shrek Forever After'.
"True Blood," the popular HBO series about vampires, features an eclectic cast of "True Blood" characters with a long list of secrets, sins and vices. The show takes place in…
A murderer with a creepy mask on is staring at you, while you stare at these pictures from the upcoming 'Scream 4.'
If these promos don't help HBO pull in the ratings, they have a pretty cool at the very least.
Hey gang. I've been tapped by my pals at SJ to cover "True Blood." Not because of my sterling prose or daring wit, but because I have HBO. So you're stuck with me. I'll keep it light and try to hit the key points of each episode. It will not be a shot-for-shot breakdown. Other sites handle that better than I could and if you wanted that, well, you could just watch the show, right?MORE AFTER THE JUMP…
An Apology from HBO Marketing – TrueBlood-Online.com – Watch more Funny VideosI'm still waiting for an apology for that drawn-out Maryann plotline from last season."True Blood" season three premieres THIS SUNDAY at 9pm.
A new full-length trailer for "True Blood" has glamoured the Internet, and I'm sharing it with you so you can forward it along to your girlfriends. They're going to love this season considering the vampire-centric show is now dabbling in the world of werewolves, officially making it one pained expression away from becoming full-blown Twilight for television. But don't you dare move off that couch. You sit their with your baby cakes and subject yourself to every single minute of it. At least it's HBO, so breasts and people erupting into flames are guaranteed. Buncha filthy pyros over at that network… Sink your eyes into the trailer after the jump. Tell your g.f. season 3 of "True Blood" premieres June 13th, if she doesn't already have a sticker on her bejeweled day planner for it.
Anna Paquin has shocked the world with the announcement that she is bi-sexual. Pictures please! Umm, only because I'm not sure that I believe her. So I'm going to need to see those pictures. Pictures that I can keep for a while. And video. None of that grainy, night-cam bullsh*t either. From E!: Well, we didn't see this one coming. Anna Paquin has made a surprise—and we're guessing welcome—declaration of her sexuality. "I'm bisexual," the engaged "True Blood" star announces in a new PSA for the Give a Damn campaign, a project started by Cyndi Lauper's True Colors Fund, fighting for gay, lesbian, bisexual and transgender equality. You may remember Rosie O'Donnell coming out in a similiar manner with her Give a Ham campaign. Oh, whatever you guys. It was this or write some trite speculation about The Avengers. Watch Anna's PSA after the jump.


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text: I did a Live Upgrade on a Sun Ray server running Solaris 10 8/07 to bring it up to Solaris 10 5/08. This was an X4100 with Sun Ray server 4.0. To begin, I created an alternate boot environment this way: # lucreate -c firstlu -m /:c0t2d0s5:ufs -m /var:c0t2d0s7:ufs -n secndlu Then, I upgraded it this way: # luupgrade -u -n secndlu -s /net/SERVER/jump/S10_up508_x86_cd The file /var/sadm/system/data/upgrade_cleanup on the alternate boot environment lists files that need to be reviewed before activating that BE. I was surprised to see these files listed: /usr/dt/config/Xreset: existing file renamed to /usr/dt/config/Xreset~10 /usr/dt/config/Xsetup: existing file renamed to /usr/dt/config/Xsetup~10 /usr/dt/config/Xstartup: existing file renamed to /usr/dt/config/Xstartup~10 /usr/dt/config/sessionetc: existing file renamed to /usr/dt/config/sessionetc~10 /a/etc/pam.conf default entries updated, please examine/update customized entries /a/etc/pam.conf updating pam_unix with default PAM entries please examine/update any new entries /a/etc/pam.conf updating entries to add kerberos, please examine/update any new entries The /etc/pam.conf file seemed to be correct, but the four files in /usr/dt/config had reverted to their original form, with all of the SUNWut sections removed. I had to rename them back to retain the Sun Ray server changes. After this, I activated the new BE and rebooted the server. Sun Ray services seemed to work normally afterwards. I was pleased to see the new features of Solaris 10 5/08, including Staroffice 8. I'm concerned that Sun Ray server software is not well integrated with the Solaris package and patch system, so that Live Upgrade doesn't work in a more reliable manner. Manual changes should only be necessary where the sysadmin has changed configuration files, not where Sun-supplied software has done it. Can this situation be improved? -- -Gary Mills- -Unix Support- -U of M Academic Computing and Networking-


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On 5 January 1942, while leading his company in the battle for Malaya, Shimada successfully broke through the British defensive line at the Slim River and opened the way to Kuala Lumpur. Called back to Japan in June 1945, Shimada took command of the 18th Tank Regiment. At the time of the Japanese surrender, he was preparing defenses against an Allied invasion of the Japanese home islands. Shimada died in Gunma Prefecture on 11 July 1988.
Tohmatsu Haruo
Further Reading
Allen, Louis. Singapore 1941–1942. London: Davis-Poynter, 1977. Reprint, London: Frank Cass, 1993.


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A recent Eleventh U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals decision issued a strong admonition to employers: the misclassification of workers as independent contractors rather than employees may have serious financial and operational repercussions for businesses.
As one Florida employer just learned, such outcomes may include lengthy and expensive Fair Labor Standards Act (FLSA) litigation resulting in the certification of a class of more than 500 workers entitled to years of unpaid overtime wages. In Scantland v. Jeffry Knight Inc., the Eleventh Circuit reversed a district court decision granting summary judgment to Knight and held that, if all justifiable inferences were drawn in their favor, a group of cable installers who brought a collective action under the FLSA against Knight were statutory employees, not independent contractors.1
Courts in the Eleventh Circuit apply the now-familiar six-factor economic realities test to determine whether workers are properly classified as employees or independent contractors for purposes of the FLSA. Although the six factors are not exclusive and no one factor is dominant, each serves as a guidepost in assessing whether a worker is so dependent upon his or her employer so as to come within the protection of the FLSA or sufficiently independent so as to fall outside the reach of the mandatory provisions of the statute.2
In making classification determinations, businesses should evaluate material facts relevant to each criterion through the lens of "economic dependence" to assess whether the relationship with each worker is more analogous to the "usual path" of employee or independent contractor.3 The factors are:
Applying these factors, the district court held Knight's degree of control over the manner in which work was performed, the opportunity for profit and loss, the plaintiffs' investment in materials, and the presence of special skill substantially outweighed the factors of duration and the nature of the service rendered in favor of independent contractor status.5 Notably, the court considered the provisions of Knight's independent contractor agreements against the six factors in examining the plaintiffs' economic dependence on Knight.6
Presumably in conjunction with the Department of Labor's Misclassification Initiative launched in 2011 under the auspices of Vice President Joseph Biden's Middle Class Task Force, the secretary of labor weighed in heavily on this case once it reached the Eleventh Circuit, sending a powerful reminder to employers about the Department of Labor's heightened and continued commitment to prosecuting misclassification actions.
Citing a substantial interest in the protection of workers and the proper judicial interpretation of the scope of the employment relationship under the FLSA, the secretary submitted an amicus brief to the Eleventh Circuit in support of the plaintiffs, arguing the district court "lost sight of that ultimate inquiry of economic dependence and the reality of the cable installers' relationship with Knight."7
Ultimately, the Eleventh Circuit held that the district court erred in concluding the cable installers were independent contractors and not employees.8 Despite the fact that Knight's independent contractor agreements left the performance of work to the plaintiffs' "exclusive discretion, supervision and control," their testimony showed otherwise.9
The court's observation here is a key practice point for employers. The cable installers were required to report to Knight their arrival to and departure from assigned jobs, received constant site checks, could not refuse jobs without threat of termination, and were subject to uncontestable fines for not meeting job specifications.10 The court held that because Knight controlled the plaintiffs' work assignments and schedules, and closely monitored the quality of their work, there was a significant degree of control.11 The terms and conditions set forth in the independent contractor agreements were by no means dispositive.
Further, the cable installers did not have the opportunity to control their profit or loss, as Knight determined the rates they were paid for jobs.12 The duration factor also weighed in favor of employee status because the independent contractor agreements were for one-year terms, automatically renewed, and were terminable only upon 30 days' notice.13
The Eleventh Circuit also held the service rendered by the cable installers was an integral part of Knight's business, and, indeed, was the "backbone" of Knight's entire operation.14 The plaintiffs' investment in equipment and their special skills only weakly favored independent contractor status.15
Scantland should prompt employers to re-evaluate their current practices in respect to employees, independent contractors and consultants. Here are some proactive measures employers should take to protect themselves from the potentially costly consequences of worker misclassification:
As Scantland demonstrates, misclassification of workers can prove much more costly, resulting in years of back overtime payments and other penalties, not to mention attorneys' fees and costs incurred in defending misclassification actions.
A version of this alert originally appeared in the Fulton County Daily Report on August 13, 2013.
1 Scantland v. Jeffry Knight Inc., No. 12-12614, slip. op. at 22 (11th Cir. Jul. 16, 2013).
2 Id. at 6-7.
3 Id. at 7.
4 Id. at 5.
5 Scantland v. Jeffry Knight Inc., No. 8:09-CV-1985-T-17TBM, 2012 WL 1080361, at * 19 (M.D. Fla. Mar. 29, 2012).
6 Id. at *6.
7 Brief for the Secretary of Labor as Amicus Curiae Supporting Plaintiffs-Appellants at 1, 12, Scantland v. Jeffry Knight Inc., No. 12-12614 (11th Cir. Jul. 16, 2013).
8 Scantland, No. 12-12614, slip. op. at 22.
9 See id. at 8-12.
10 Id.
11 Id. at 11.
12 Id. at 16.
13 Id. at 19-20.
14 Id. at 21.
15 Id. at 17-18.
16 Id. at 19-20.
17 Id. at 19.
18 Id. at 13-14.
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For nearly two and a half months, up until Tuesday, Knicks reserve forward Rasheed Wallace had been listed on the team's injury report with what it called a 'sore left foot.' Most onlookers believed there was more to the injury than that and on Wednesday afternoon, those people were proven correct.
The Knicks announced on Wednesday that new X-rays to Wallace's left foot showed progression to a fractured left fifth metatarsal, otherwise known as a Jones fracture. Surgery is scheduled for this week and recovery time is approximately eight weeks.
"It's a setback," Knicks coach Mike Woodson said before the team met Golden State at MSG. "He's just gotta have the surgery and go from there."
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"Sorry, my head takes a little while to get into gear," says Brian May with a little laugh as he begins to mull over the history of Queen. The 63-year-old guitarist speaks gently, endeavoring to answer questions as fully as he can. May's academic air is understandable. As a younger man he attended London's illustrious Imperial College until he abandoned his studies and a promising future in astrophysics to fully dedicate himself to Queen. The band's estimated worldwide album sales vary anywhere from 150 to 300 million. Whatever the exact figure, it was certainly a smart career move for the budding cosmologist.
In 1971, bassist John Deacon joined Queen, completing the lineup of May, drummer Roger Taylor and singer Freddie Mercury. Over the next two decades they would become the complete stadium rock act. Mercury expertly worked massive crowds backed by a concrete rhythm section that mixed flamboyance (Taylor) and willful anonymity (Deacon). May, instantly recognizable either by the sight of his trademark tower of curly hair or the unique tone of his homemade Red Special guitar, would mutter quietly to himself as he strove to perfectly deliver some of rock's most memorable riffs.
Grandiosity in all things applied very much to Queen's parties. These notoriously depraved celebrations were typically staffed by half-naked girls, though disappointingly a well-worn anecdote involving dwarves with bowls of cocaine on their heads is entirely apocryphal. "I loved the social side of it and there was a lot of fun in doing things that no one had done before," May says. "But there was a side of me that kept to myself, I suppose, and was much more private. Looking back on it, I think perhaps I was a little too much of an island, but on the other hand perhaps it kept me sane."
In 1991, at the age of 45, Freddie Mercury passed away due to AIDS-related bronchial pneumonia. Six years later John Deacon withdrew from public life, leaving May and Taylor—musical comrades since 1968, when they first played together in a group called Smile—to curate Queen's legacy. This year marks the group's 40th anniversary, and in celebration, Queen's 15 studio albums are being released in remastered deluxe editions. "I'm quite excited, actually," says May. "They're a really lovely bit of work, I think. There are lots of little bits of rescue that have been done to bring these albums closer to the original vinyl experience. You know, when you first opened your LP and it had that particular smell. Unfortunately we can't quite do the smell yet, but we're trying to get as close as possible to that sound and that feel. It's a fascinating project."
What were your impressions of Freddie Mercury before he joined Queen?
An interesting and flamboyant character who seemed to be very confident, but it was soon apparent that he was very shy underneath all that stuff. Yeah, he was an unknown. Full of enthusiasm, full of energy and ideas. We had no idea if he could sing or not, really. When we actually did see him sing with his old band, I don't think we felt that good about it because he was very over the top. Of course, that all changed very quickly when Freddie got into the studio and started to hear himself and fashion himself according to his desires. He was very astute at finding the best in himself.
Who did you have most in common with when Queen first got together?
MAY That's complicated. Once we were all together we had quite a complex, sort of multiway interaction. That's why it worked, really. I was very close to Roger in some ways because we'd already been in a band together. We are—and we were—kind of brothers. We were so close in our aspirations and the way we looked at music, but of course so distant in so many other ways. So like any pair of brothers we sort of loved and hated each other all along the line.
What was your relationship with Freddie like once he became a band member?
In a way, I was very close to Freddie, particularly in the songwriting area. In the beginning, it was only he and I that were writing the material, pretty much. We learned to interact in a very productive way without treading on each other's toes. At its best it was a wonderful relationship, I must say. Some of my best times were producing a vocal out of Freddie, sort of coaxing him in various directions. A lot of the other best moments were Freddie doing the same for me the other way round, him saying, "Brian, why don't you try this?" while I was doing the guitar solo. He loved what I did, which was very encouraging for me. He kind of saw me as his Jimi Hendrix, I think, which was very flattering for me. Most of my best guitar work was done on Freddie's material because it was so inspiring. When it came to my own material, I was more concerned with the song.
When you learned that Freddie was dying did you want to continue recording?
Yeah. He loved recording, he loved being in the studio environment, and I think right up to the end that was his greatest escape. So it was his wish that we recorded right up to the very, very last moment. He was singing vocals when he couldn't even stand. He'd prop himself up against the desk, knock a couple of vodkas down and go for it. The very last time we ever did that, me and him, was singing "Mother Love," which is one of my favorite tracks on Made in Heaven. He never actually finished that. He said, "Oh, Brian, I can't do any more. I'm dying here." [laughs] It's incredible, he never seemed to let it get him down. He was always full of humor and enthusiasm. He would make jokes about it, really.
Were those final sessions upsetting?
At the time, strangely enough, we developed such a great closeness as a band that they were quite joyful times. There was this cloud hanging over, but the cloud was outside the studio, it wasn't inside. I have really great memories of those times. I think that we opened up to each other in a way that we hadn't been able to before. For the first time we were actually writing songs absolutely as partnerships so, no…you know, the thing is there's always a big element of disbelief. Yes, we knew the prognosis and we'd seen what happened to people with this horrible disease, but I don't think we quite believed that it could happen to Freddie. We thought, No, something will happen, you know, somebody's going to find a cure. He's Freddie, after all. He's invincible. So when the news finally came it was like a bolt from the blue.
Did you get a chance to say goodbye?
[sighs] That's a hard question to answer. We were with him a lot in the final days, but it wasn't a question of saying goodbye; it was a question of just sharing a moment. I remember a particular occasion when we were talking about his garden, because he was lying in bed and he couldn't see out into his garden very well from where he was. We were talking about his plants, which he loved. Actually, Anita [May's wife] and I were there. He said, "Guys, don't feel like you have to talk to me. Just you being here is what's important, and I'm enjoying that. So don't feel like you have to entertain me." So I think, in a way, that was him—amazingly—finding acceptance of the way things were. So, no, the word "goodbye" didn't happen but we definitely reached a very peaceful place.
Did you have any idea that your 1986 Knebworth show would be the last time that Queen played live together?
No. Freddie said something like, "Oh, I can't f---ing do this anymore, my whole body's wracked with pain!" But he normally said things like that at the end of a tour, so I don't think we took it seriously, really.
Did "Bohemian Rhapsody" strike you as a peculiar song when Freddie first suggested it to you?
No, I don't think so. You've got to bear in mind that we'd already made "My Fairy King" on the first album and we'd done "The March of the Black Queen" on the second album, so we were well in tune with Freddie's excursions into strange areas, and that was something that we really enjoyed. I personally loved it when he'd come in with something off the wall, because there would always be something interesting for me to do on it. He'd be playing in Ef, which is always difficult for a guitar player, or Fs or whatever, and I would enjoy the challenge of finding things that sounded good on the guitar that went with his piano playing. So I was intrigued. I thought, This is going to be a great thing to work on.
What's your favorite riff to play?
Probably "Tie Your Mother Down." People jump up when they hear it, which is a good feeling.
Being so highly educated, did you find that being in a band provided you with adequate intellectual stimulation?
That's an interesting question. I suppose we were quite an intellectual group, so we would always have lots of discussions about things that weren't music. The music itself is very challenging, so I've never really felt the lack of stimulation. I love to be creating, I love to be making things and solving problems, I suppose, and when I'm not, then I'm not an incredibly good person to be around. If I'm not busy then I think I would be disaster. That's just the way things are.
Innuendo, the last album that you recorded with Freddie, was released the same year as Nirvana's Nevermind [1991]. Do you think that, had Freddie lived, Queen could have continued on the same level given the way that rock was heading in the Nineties?
It's hard to say really. I'm sure we would have continued as a band. The fact that it continued without us being a band is incredible, so I suppose the answer would be yes. I mean, we seem to be as big as we ever were in much of the world. We revisited South America with Paul Rodgers a while ago and it was almost as big as it was in the old days. We were playing stadiums again. So yes, I think we would have still been doing what we did.
Do you ever think about retiring?
No. I'm not a person for sitting on beaches. What would I do?
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By STUART ELLIOTT
Published: April 25, 2004
ADVERTISING has had its share of nasty three-way battles over the years: McDonald's vs. Burger King vs. Wendy's. Bud Light vs. Miller Lite vs. Coors Light. Toyota vs. Nissan vs. Honda. Kellogg's vs. Post vs. General Mills.
Now comes Viagra vs. Levitra vs. Cialis. It is a Madison Avenue dream. And nightmare.
It is a dream because the three rivals are flush with cash and eager to compete aggressively in a market that is already big and is forecast to grow fast. Ad agencies have been panting like lovesick suitors over the idea of clients willing to spend more than $300 million this year when many other clients are pinching pennies.
The problem is that the products in question treat erectile dysfunction, a condition, like adult incontinence or hemorrhoids, that is hard to discuss without being too vague or too vulgar. So the advertisers have to figure out how to build customer demand and loyalty without offending people and without providing additional fodder for endless gags by late-night talk-show hosts.
Even worse, the products are prescription drugs, so they come freighted with federal restrictions and requirements about advertising content. For instance, if an ad mentions the product name and what it treats, side effects must also be disclosed -- in this case eyebrow-lifters like ''erections that last for more than four hours.''
''My 6-year-old daughter turned to me and said, 'What's a four-hour erection?''' said Kelly Simmons, executive vice president and chief creative officer at Tierney Communications in Philadelphia, who studies sex issues in marketing. ''How do you explain it?''
The whole endeavor is mined with awkward moments, beginning with those faced by the 30 million American men who the drug companies estimate have trouble getting and keeping erections. Only 13 percent of those men are being treated, drug makers reckon, so analysts at Lehman Brothers figure that the market for Viagra, Levitra and Cialis should more than triple by 2010, to $6 billion a year.
That is, if the ad agencies can help destigmatize seeking treatment for erectile dysfunction, said Nancy Bryan, vice president for men's health marketing at Bayer Pharmaceuticals in West Haven, Conn. It sells Levitra in a joint venture with GlaxoSmithKline.
In recent weeks, Levitra has slipped to third place in sales, having been overtaken by Cialis, which is marketed by Lilly Icos, a joint venture of Eli Lilly & Company and the Icos Corporation. But together they have already grabbed 15 percent of the market from the leader, Viagra, which created the category when Pfizer introduced it in 1998. Levitra was introduced last August; Cialis, in November.
As the rivalry heats up, the ads are flooding television, radio, magazines, newspapers, the Internet and even mailboxes. The drug makers are sponsoring sports like golf and auto racing; Pfizer has initiated a frequent-user ''value card,'' offering a free seventh prescription for each six a customer fills. Levitra and Cialis have even tried the Super Bowl of advertising: the Super Bowl itself. Their makers paid more than $4 million each for 60-second spots during the game in February.
The ads are running so often and in so many forums that the drug companies say they feel compelled to change pitches frequently, to keep them fresh. On April 15, Bayer and GlaxoSmithKline relinquished the aggressively macho posture they had taken since introducing Levitra. The old campaign was fraught with symbols: a man failing, then succeeding, at tossing a football through a tire swing.
In its place, Levitra released a commercial created by the Quantum Group in Parsippany, N.J., a unit of the WPP Group. The ad focused on a woman's sultry testimonial to Levitra's effect on her man: ''Let's just say he notices a difference in the experience, like a 'we should do this more often' difference.'' If that is too subtle, she adds that Levitra gives her guy the ''quality of response that he wants, time and again.''
The ads may be oblique, but the strategy is not. ''We give men the quality erections they want,'' said David Pernock, senior vice president for pharmaceuticals marketing at GlaxoSmithKline in Philadelphia.
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Anonymous, Sector404 and RedHack say that they were able to hack Israel's intelligence service's mainframe on Friday • Claim they have obtained and leaked personal details of over 34,000 officers and agents • Police, Justice Ministry websites downed as well.
Hacktivist groups Anonymous, Sector404 and RedHack on Friday claimed they were able to breach the Mossad's firewall, access the Israeli intelligence service's mainframe and download highly sensitive and classified files.
The groups said that they were able to down the police, Justice Ministry and Population Registry websites, as well.
Anonymous further said that it was able to obtain — and leak — the personal information of over 34,000 officials, officers and agents with Israel's various law enforcement and intelligence agencies.
The leaked data reportedly contains names, ID numbers, email addresses, phone numbers, and home addresses. At least 15,000 names are allegedly of Mossad agents stationed worldwide.
Israeli authorities believe that the cyberattack was part of Anonymous's ongoing #OpIsrael campaign against Israel. The group announced on March 7 that it will launch "a coordinated, massive cyberattack on Israeli targets" on April 7, with the intent of "erasing Israel from the Internet" in a show of solidarity with the Palestinians.
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This is it... first race of the season
From couch potato to 4th Cat racer: The sofa is a distant memory as the first race looms
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So this is it, the first race of the season for me this weekend and the first of my racing career. Things are busy at work and home so I've little time to worry about it yet, but I'm sure the nerves will set in soon enough as the weekend approaches. As has been the norm this year, I've got (yet another!) a head cold so I'm avoiding the first club chain gang of the season tonight in an effort to get better for Saturday.
I've been keeping an eye on local races on British Cycling – there's a neat feature on the Events page that allows you to search by region and by type of race (road track) then you define the category (4th Cat in my case) so I can see which events I'd like to do. For most events there's a simple online form that's linked to your British Cycling account, you enter via the website and pay on your card. The payment's only accepted once your entry has been accepted so it makes entering multiple events quite straightforward. Other events are entered via a pro-forma that can be downloaded from British Cycling and entry is paid with a cheque. It's bit more time consuming, for organiser and entrant so I imagine that it won't be long until it's all done online.
The race I've entered on Saturday 31st March is the Dunfermline Road Race, organised by Dunfermline Cycling Club, that incorporates the Jack Murray Junior Trophy. It's for Cat 3 and 4 riders held over a distance of 50miles, according to a club mate, the course is either up or down with very little flat, I'm not sure that this will suit me, but nothing seems to suit me as I seem to have a knack of getting dropped either on ascents or when the pace gets really high! My aim is to stick with my club mates who are also taking part and finish with the bunch, there's not been much talk of tactics but I don't think that it's reasonable to expect that we could influence the race – maybe I should cut down on watching pro-cycling…
My bike's prepped, the annoying squeak that has plagued me for the last few rides has been found and eliminated, new tyres will go on before the race and I'm as ready as can be expected after the disease-ridden winter I've had. The last thing to do is to stick a picture in my race license and find my race legs!
So after staying home last night and battling to get my 3 year old to bed, I got the "didn't-go-to-the-chaingang-blues" and felt like I'd missed out. I need to give a bit more notice at home to get a night off from puttind the kids down though so it's been given for next Tuesday and I'll be ready for my legs and lungs to be on fire.
Good luck Sam.
Finishing in the pack will be an achievement in your first race.
posted by chinchli [31 posts]
27th March 2012 - 14:10
Cheers. Finishing would be a result - I'm somewhat nervous of getting caught up in a crash after hearing of a friend face-planting in his first race last weekend!
posted by SamShaw [321 posts]
27th March 2012 - 16:46
Good luck Sam. I don't race, but I can imagine how you're feeling right now. It'll be a great experience (once you've finished). Looking forward to reading how it goes.
posted by Low Speed Wobble [152 posts]
27th March 2012 - 17:18
I hope it'll be a great experience, I'm not too worried yet. New tyres fitted last night so they scrub in before Saturday, Schwalbe Ultremo ZX's - they feel really weird until you pump them up, they don't feel rubbery at all so I was amazed at how solid they felt on the road.
posted by SamShaw [321 posts]
28th March 2012 - 9:23
If you're worried about getting shelled on the climbs, know where they are and move up if there is the chance so that you reach them in the front 10-15 riders, then let people come round on the way up.
Much better than starting them at the back and killing yourself to hold on.
posted by racingcondor [150 posts]
28th March 2012 - 21:15
See you there Sam I'm racing Dunfermline too!
I've got a cold too (get the excuses in early!) but am doing my local chaingang tonight anyway although I might cut a lap or two.
Good luck!
posted by Squiggle [414 posts]
29th March 2012 - 9:28
Maybe we should try forming a cold-ridden groupetto if we start struggling!
posted by SamShaw [321 posts]
29th March 2012 - 10:23


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Plans for tonight: Special Consensus does bluegrass
Published August 19, 2013 12:24 pm
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• Post-folk band Lake Mary performs at Kilby Court, 741 S. Kilby Court (330 West), Salt Lake City. Opening act: Taylor Ross. Show starts at 7. Tickets are $6, at 24Tix.
• Acoustic bluegrass band The Special Consensus performs at The State Room, 638 S. State St., Salt Lake City. Opening act: Run Boy Run. Show starts at 8. Tickets are $15, at the venue's website.
• Singer Bill Medley, one-half of the Righteous Brothers, performs at the SCERA Shell Outdoor Theatre, 699 S. State St., Orem. Show starts at 8. Tickets, from $15 to $35, available at the venue's website.
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