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Climbing Overseas
Financial Assistance from the Expedition Fund
The NZAC is keen to help Club Members achieve their climbing objectives overseas. As well as grants being available, there may be areas where the Club's influence or its access to people or information can assist.
Financial Assistance from the Expedition Fund
UIAA info & Overseas Climbing Opportunities
UIAA are the international association of alpine clubs (hence the name - Union International Alpinism Association) and are active in many different projects involving mountains globally. Follow this link for the latest UIAA news and to subscribe to their newsletter.
Many different climbing camps are sponsored by the UIAA all around the globe, with most having a focus on developing youth climbing. As a UIAA member, NZAC are able to send representatives to these camps, most of which are very reasonably priced, and a great chance to climb in a different part of the world with local hosts. Check out the latest offerings from UIAA, and reports from previous climbing camps.
Reciprocal Rights
The UIAA Articles of Association urge all member associations to extend to all other member associations the benefits granted to their own members. Check here for current details on the New Zealand Alpine Club's reciprocal rights.
Expedition Planning
C. Climbing Grants available to Kiwis
D Revised fees for climbing in Sichuan
A. Research- finding a peak.
First things first: a few things to consider that could narrow your search.
1. What is your skill/ experience level?
It's very important to be honest with yourself about where you're at and try and equate your skill level with a target.There is a huge amount to learn about multi-day climbing at altitude, that can't be got from climbing in New Zealand.So don't sandbag yourself! If you want a modicum of success your first time out, don't aim too big or it will all end in tears!
Be aware: The climbing will seem a lot harder than it does at home.
The mountains are bigger and require multiple days to climb - you may well be carrying 10 days food and equipment on top of what you would normally take to do an ascent of a peak in New Zealand.
You will be in a foreign, most likely third world country with an alien culture and alien food. There is a reasonable chance someone in the party will have been ill even before reaching base camp.
Most of all, you will be climbing at ALTITUDE, and until you've done this you wont be able to comprehend its debilitating effect, or know how you personally, are going to perform.
2. How fit and strong is your expedition team as a whole?
Is your team capable of a long approach carrying heavy packs, or do you have to choose a mountain that porters can get all the way to the bottom of.
It's important to realistically assess the team's strength and fitness as a whole. As already mentioned, carrying heavy packs at altitude is very physically taxing. If some of your team members aren't very strong at load carrying, or you think they won't train seriously for the trip, choose something below 6000m that's relatively non technical. Also choose something you can get porters to the base of- you don't want to be left trying to get three weeks of food and equipment 20 km up a glacier unless you have a strong team.
3. Do you want to climb a Himalayan peak in a third world country where you get the full expedition experience?
Peak fees, bureaucracy, long uncomfortable road trips, liaison officers, porters ...and all the associated potential pitfalls?
Or would you would you rather go somewhere like Alaska, or even South America, where bureaucracy, logistics and the effects of altitude are minimal?
The thing about tackling an expedition to the Greater Ranges is the more times you do it, the easier if becomes and if you want to do this sort of thing you gotta get started sometime. And you are in for a great great adventure!
On the other hand Alaska or somewhere like Peru are really good stepping stones towards climbing in the Greater Ranges - the mountains aren't too high, but they have a 'high' feel about them, and Alaska especially, it can be very remote.
4. What is your budget?
Anywhere is going to be pricey with the Kiwi dollar the way it is, but obviously some places are more expensive than others.
If you are on a tight budget, then you might to look for a mountain where some of the following apply:
- The peak fee is low or non existent. (Western China, Alaska, South America, some Nepalese peaks)
- Other fees (eg. environmental or rescue) are at a minimum. (Not India and not Pakistan!)
- Your peak is close to your point of entry into the country eg. you don't have a five day drive across the Tibetan Plateau, only a two day drive! (Alaska, a small portion of Western China, Peru, flying into the Khumbu, Nepal)
- Base camp is close to the road end which will reduce porter costs.( Peru,)
- You can get away with not having a liaison officer and possibly a cook. (Again, not India and not Pakistan!)
- You don't need to buy a whole lot of new equipment eg. porter-ledge or full down-suit. (Don't go steep and don't go high)
- The peak is around or below the 6000m mark, so you can acclimatise and whizz up it without spending a lot of expensive time.(Western China has some goodies, the Khumbu in Nepal)
- The area is known for its really settled weather- again you can whiz up and down quickly without any weather hold up.(Ha! Ha!)
5. Is the trip subject to getting grants or sponsorship to finance it?
A whole new ball game but it can be done! See "Climbing Grants Available to Kiwi Climbers".
6. What is your time-frame?
This will be determined by work and family obligations, budget, the climbing conditions (monsoon, the onset of winter) in particular parts of the world, and other stuff.
*Its possible to have a successful expedition out of New Zealand in 24 days (minimum) to peak around 6000m.
This will enable you the following:
- An eighteen hour flight from New Zealand/eighteen hours return.
- A day in the city to sort stuff and a day on the way back to shop for presents and get drunk.
- Two day drive to the road end/two days to return.
- Two day walk in to base camp/two days to return
- Twelve days to acclimatise and summit a beautiful moderately technical 6000m peak alpine style in great condition, with four days up your sleeve for bad weather, porter strikes, road hold ups, etc.
Some places that would allow for this type of trip would be:
- The Daxue Shan Range in Sichuan, China.
- The Khumbu region of Nepal
- The Mt McKinley area in Alaska
- Certain parts of Pakistan adjacent the Karakoram Highway, like the Passu Glacier.
- Nyainqentanglha East in Tibet (if you a sure confident your bureaucracy is in order.)
*For a peak a thousand metres higher (6500-7000m), to have a good shot at the summit you need around 42 days.
This will enable you:
- A two day flight from New Zealand/ two days return.
- A day in the city meeting you outfitter and getting sorted.
- A three day drive to the road end/ two days return.
- A four day walk into base camp/ two days return.
- 24 days to acclimatise and climb the peak, allowing for weather hold ups.
- Two days in the city organising freight, having meetings, get drunk.
- Two day flight back to New Zealand.
Some places that would allow for this type of trip would be:
- The Garwhal Region of India.
- The western end of the Karakoram.
- Nyainqentanglha East in Tibet.
- The Hindu Kush (so long as you can avoid the Taliban).
Obviously with an 8000m peak you need more time, but that isn't the kind of expedition we are dealing with.
7. What outcome is important to you?
Is summiting important, or is the experience itself enough regardless of whether you get to the top.If summiting is your goal then don't sandbagging yourself on you first time in the Greater Ranges.Choose carefully something that's not too high, well within your technical ability, and build into your schedule plenty of time to acclimatise, get fit, deal with unfamiliar bureaucracy and culture, the vagaries of porters and staff, and of course the weather.
However if you are happy with sitting at the bottom of the north face of Jannu for six weeks because its beyond your climbing ability, just to be able to say "I've just come home from an attempt on north face of Jannu" - then go for it! You will get some kudos regardless of whether you did any climbing, but it won't have made you a better climber.
8. Do you want to climb an unclimbed peak or route? Or are you happy on something already climbed, even 'classic?
Unclimbed: Advantages:
- You are more likely to be eligible for grants and sponsorship
- You'll be treated like a hero if you get to the top (especially if others have failed).
- You'll get written up in the likes of the AAC, the Himalayan Journal, Alpinist Magazine, the Alpine Club Journal.
- It's just the best feeling getting to the top of something no one else has climbed.
Unclimbed: Disadvantage:
- You have to do a lot more research to find a peak that's suitable. This takes time!
Climbed: Advantages:
- There will be plenty of information available- you will be able to use others research and save heaps of time.
- You will still get a great feeling when you get to the top!
Disavantage: no one will care a toss except you and your mum!
9. What style of climbing?
If you are going to be climbing at altitude, your ascent will be multi-day - something that just doesn't happen in New Zealand. You need to decide whether you want to make an 'alpine-style' attempt, or go 'expedition' style.
* Note: "Alpine style" refers to mountaineering in a self-sufficient manner, climbing from the bottom to the summit without porters or oxygen, carrying all of one's food, shelter and equipment.
* This compares with "expedition" (or siege style) mountaineering which involves setting up a fixed line of stocked camps (potentially using porters) to be accessed at ones leisure.
Most likely you will be climbing alpine style, or a version of it, unless you are going really steep, or on a commercial guided ascent of an 8000m peak.
Expect to have to work hard, but the rewards of getting up a mountain in the Himalaya or Karokoram without the aid of porters or supplementary oxygen is endlessly worth it.
B.Sources of information
- 1) Chronik der Erschliebung des Karakorum: Teil 1 - Western Karakorum by Wolfgang Heichel :Published by Haus des Alpinismus, Alpines Museum, Praterinsel 5, Munchen. 2005.
- 2) Japanese Alpine Centenary: 1905- 2005. by Tamotsu Nakamura :Published by The Japanese Alpine Club, Yonbancho-ku, Tokyo. 2005
- 3) East of the Himalaya: To the Alps of Tibet by Tamotsu Nakamura: Published by The Japanese Alpine Club, Yonbancho-ku, Tokyo.
- 4) A Guide to Mountaineering in China: Published by the Chinese Mountaineering Association (Now out of print)
- 5) Peaks and Passes of the Garwhal Himalaya by Jan Babisz: Published by Alpinistcyny Klub Eksploracyjny. Ul. Armii Krayowej Sopot. 1990.
6) Check out the latest aerial panoramas of the Himalayas
7) Click on China for information on climbing in Western China/ Eastern Tibet.
8) Click on Pakistan for information on climbing in the Karakoram.
9) Click here for Summit Post, an online reference for mountain regions.
10) Click here to go to the Himalayan Index information site.
C.Climbing Grants Available to Kiwi Climbers
- New Zealand Alpine Club Expedition Fund
Available to anyone who's a member of the NZAC and looking to go on an overseas expedition. Applications are considered twice yearly. Grants range from $300 to $3,000. Find the application form on: http://alpineclub.org.nz/climb/expedition-fund
- Sparc Hillary Expedition Fund
SPARC made $100,000 in grants available to Kiwi expeditions in 2003, 2006 and 2008 and hopefully this will happen again. Grants ranging from $5000 to $20,000 are made to groups of New Zealanders challenge themselves and inspire others in the great outdoors. They are not just available to climbers and are heavily contested, with an in depth application process. Don't be disappointed if you don't get one the first time you apply. Try again!. Go to: http://www.sportnz.org.nz/get-into-sport/get-outdoors/hillary-expeditions/
- Mount Everest Foundation Grant
Available to British and New Zealand climbers who are attempting first ascents or new routes in the Greater Ranges, Alaska and South America. The expedition must have a strong exploratory component. Applications are accepted twice a year. After the expedition a preliminary report is required, followed by an intensive report within three months. The amount of the grants has gone up recently, and can be as much as British £2,000. Application form on the website.www.mef.org.uk
- Shipton Tilman Grant
These are offered by WL Gore and Associates, as a tribute to Eric Shipton and Bill Tilman and the spirit of adventure they embodied. The grant provides US$30,000/year to be divided amongst three to six expeditions from any part of the world, who plan to accomplish their feat in a self-propelled environmentally sound way. Exploration and new routing is a big part of this award.
Applications are accepted every eighteen months. Application form on the web site: http://www.gore.com/en_/news/2010shiptontilman.html
or write to: WL Gore and Associates Inc, 295 Blue Ball Road, Elkton, MD 21921, USA.
- International Polartec Challenge
Offered by Polartec (fabrics) this grant assists low impact teams from around the world who support the spirit and practice of outdoor adventure. Grants are around USD $5,000. Applications are accepted once a year. Application form on the website.
Contact: Ruthann Brown: brownr [at] maldenmills [dot] com
- Mazamas Expedition Grants
The goal of these grants is to develop the physical and mental abilities of climbers through expedition training. Mazamas is a club, but the organisation will support non members for possible contribution to the sport of climbing. The deadline is ongoing and the amount is variable. Application form on the website.
- National Geographic Expeditions Council Grant
These grants are offered by National Geographic to fund exploration and adventure around the world. To get one of these you would have to put in a very strong application with a compelling story. The deadline is ongoing and the amounts range from USD $5,000 to USD $35,000. Application form on the website.
- Nick Escourt Award
This award goes to one elite expedition every year, and expeditions to easily accessible areas or those with ill-defined objectives are unlikely to be accessible. It's unlikely a New Zealand Expedition will win this award any time in the near future but there is no harm in putting in an application, for the practice. The amounts are around British £1,000. Applications are accepted once a year. Application form on the website.
- British Mountaineering Council
If you are lucky enough to have a British passport or be climbing with a Brit, you may benefit from a BMC grant. These are around the £400 mark. Applications are accepted twice a year. Application form on the website.
- Timmissartok Foundation
This organisation will partially support projects that involve travel with a purpose in which a particular passion is explored. It is open to individuals seeking adventure in foreign lands - all nationalities and ages. Grant amounts are small. Applications are accepted anytime. Application form on the website.
- Hans Saari Memorial Fund Exploration Grant
This grant supports innovative ski mountaineering expeditions with technical goals in alpine terrain. Special consideration is given to expeditions to unclimbed, unexplored regions. Up to three grants are awarded per year. Applications are accepted once a year. The amount is US15000. Application form on the website.
Travel Insurance
NZAC offers New Zealand residents travelling overseas (and Australian residents travelling to NZ) comprehensive travel insurance which can be extended to include cover for 'higher risk activities' such as trekking, skiing (including out of ski area boundaries), rock climbing and mountaineering. See our Travel Insurance webpages for more information.
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What criteria did Time use for it's selection of George W. Bush as person of the year? Let me guess.
Was it the fact that Bush is responsible for the totally unnecessary and untimely deaths of 1000s of young American military in his unjustified, never ending, mission impossible Iraq war? If it wasn't for Bush all these men would be alive today.
Or was it for the 1000's of wounded, crippled American military in military hospitals? Or was it for the the never ending anguish he has caused for the families of all these dead and crippled?
Or was it for causing the deaths of 1000s of Iraqi civilians by American bombs trying to wipe out the insurgents/terrorists created by Bush's war who are violently opposed to American occupation of their country. Wouldn't we feel the same way if Iraq invaded America?
Or was it for Bush creating a monetary deficit of over $500 billion dollars, the highest ever in the history of the U.S.A.? Or was it for Bush opening our borders to the widespread invasion of illegal aliens to benefit his millionaire friends by them not having to pay illegals minimum wages?
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In recent decades bioahesives, tissue sealants and hemostatic agents became the favored products to control bleeding and promote tissue healing after surgery. However, many of them have side effects or other problems, including an inability to perform well on wet tissue.
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Hardware company NVIDIA has shut down its official forums, following reports that user details have been accessed by unauthorised third parties. The company first noted "suspicious activity" on its websites last week, prompting an immediate suspension of services.
Now, it has been confirmed that while the hackers were active, they were able to access email addresses, usernames, profile information and hashed passwords with random salt value. No passwords had been stored in plain-text, but NVIDIA is refusing to comment on how many may have been accessed. The company also explains that much of the information that has been taken (including birth date, age, gender, locations, interests, URL and email addresses) has always been opt-in publicly accessible.
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Smart lighting can be used to better illuminate roads, signal pedestrians in the path ahead and wake up drowsy drivers.
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LED and sensor technology afford greatest variability in light-distribution patterns for city, country and highway driving with glare-free high beam light.
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The light sensitivity of modern digital cameras has increased significantly in recent years, but their performance in low light at night still is limited. The headlights help somewhat, but their light distribution and the elements that prevent the blinding of oncoming drivers restrict how well they can illuminate the road for the camera.
Therefore, another technology comes into play here: additional illumination with invisible infrared light. Lamps with infrared emitters based on LED technology will not blind anyone. Conventional CMOS (complementary metal-oxide-semiconductor) cameras can detect this near infrared light well and therefore capture a scene even at night with good contrast and range.
Radar provides precise data on cars up ahead at a fairly great distance. In city traffic or stop-and-go situations, however, the information it provides becomes inaccurate. This problem can be solved by a LIDAR system, which and functions like radar (radio detection and ranging) except that it uses laser light.
A LIDAR system measures the distance from objects and their speed by time-of-flight measurement of the laser pulses. To obtain more detailed information on the surroundings, a camera with a strong infrared light source (headlight) can be used to detect and classify objects in the vicinity of the vehicle without blinding oncoming traffic.
If an analysis of the collected data clearly indicates a dangerous situation, the system first gives the driver a warning, which can be a loud tone or an optical warning visualized in the front windshield. However, the warning presupposes the person behind the wheel still has time to intervene. If this no longer is possible because of reaction times, automatic emergency braking can follow.
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BLANCHARD — The last few minutes of Justin Shane Martin's life as heard on a 911 recording are marked with violence, a direct contrast to how his friends remembered him.
Family, friends remember a different Justin Martin
Martin, 24, died Dec. 31 when he was shot with a 12-gauge shotgun as he tried to force his way through the front door of Sarah McKinley's rural Blanchard home.
The 18-year-old widow was alone with her 3-month-old son and Martin may have been in search of prescription medication, investigators said.
"Our family is working through this as best we can," said Rod Martin, an uncle of Justin Martin who lives in Texas.
"We don't have many details about how and why this happened, but we do know that much of the speculation and rumors are not consistent with the Justin his many friends, family and community knew him to be."
The family thinks that as investigators work through the shooting, a truer picture of Justin will be painted, "and we'll be able to grieve in peace," Rod Martin said.
"This is a terrible ordeal for everyone involved, and we're praying for everyone dealing with the aftermath," he said.
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Services for the 2005 Mustang High School graduate were held Thursday at Cowboy Church in Medicine Park.
Martin died clutching a knife in his gloved left hand, according to an arrest affidavit. McKinley had barricaded the door with a couch, and Martin was aggressively knocking and managed to force the door open with his shoulder, the affidavit states.
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The details that are surfacing are grisly…More than 100 pages of documents released Tuesday shed new light on the investigation into Zahra Baker's death. One search warrant lead to Elisa Baker telling police she and her husband, Adam, threw Zahra's prosthetic leg in a dumpster.
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Kloote, 73, is retiring after 30 years on the bench due to age limitations.
Ottawa County Magistrate Vernon Helder, 51, of Holland; and Ottawa County Assistant Prosecuting Attorney Craig Bunce, 46, of Zeeland Township, are vying to fill Kloote's seat.
"I've been in the court system for nine years," Helder said. "I have a good idea how the court system functions and it functions pretty efficiently."
Helder said he is an attorney magistrate and is able to perform judicial functions similar to district court judges.
"I thoroughly enjoy working in the judicial capacity and as a result decided to run for District Court judge," he said. "I was encouraged to run for this position by my family, friends and colleagues, along with Judge Richard Kloote."
Bunce said after several years in private practice and more than 18 years as an assistant prosecutor for Ottawa County, he has been able to help people resolve conflicts, give a voice to the victims of crime and hold individuals responsible for their actions.
"As a judge I would like to continue helping people to resolve conflicts," he said. "I also would like to redirect individual behavior with the hope of preventing future criminal actions. Through my work with the sobriety treatment program I have seen lives changed and families reunited while making our roads a safer place to travel. I look forward to the opportunity of making a difference as an Ottawa County District judge."
Helder said his experience as a magistrate, as a research attorney for the Michigan Court of Appeals and as a litigation attorney makes him the best choice to be the judge.
As magistrate, Helder said he has presided over more than 6,000 small claims civil cases, 6,500 traffic and ordinance violation hearings, reviewed and signed more than 2,600 arrest warrants and 650 search warrants, and accepted pleas on more than 6,500 misdemeanor criminal cases.
"I have experience working in the district court and would make sure that everyone using our District Court continues to receive the service they deserve," he said. "I would continue to work on making our court system more efficient by encouraging electronic filing and paperless files."
Bunce said it's his background in criminal law that makes him the best choice.
"While the District Court processes both civil and criminal matters, the majority of a district judge's time in any given week is spent on dealing with criminal case filings," he said. "I think my several years of private practice and over 18 years of service as an assistant prosecutor has prepared me well to effectively handle the cases filed in the District Court. … I understand the issues that relate to fair and just resolution of these matters."
Bunce also said he would use technology to increase the efficiency of processing cases.
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The Enemy of My Enemy... Is Still My Enemy!Use Highly Explosive Yaungol Oil Barrels to kill 100 mantid or yaungol on the Gai-Cho Battlefield.
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DescriptionThe mantid are our enemies. As are the yaungol at Fire Camp Gai-Cho. It is fortunate, then, that they are also each other's enemies. Mantid from Kri'vess constantly attack the Gai-Cho yaungol, who hold them off at their front gates. I want you to wreak havoc. "Borrow" some highly explosive oil barrels from camp Gai-Cho, and toss them down onto the battlefield from the air. I don't care which ones you kill, just kill a lot of them.
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Nicholas is a noble man, inquisitive and fair. He has a great sense of humor, sociable, willing to visit friends, and also arranges the adoption. It is cultured, intelligent, but very articulate. He likes music. Nicholas sometimes falls into melancholy. Is a faithful husband, loving father.
Name Day -Nicholas
- 2 lutego, 14 February, 21 March, 9 May, 19 May, 2 June, 9 July, September 10, September 29, October 13, November 13, November 14, December 5 and 6 December
Patrons and Saints
- St. Nicholas, Bishop of Myra
- St. Nicholas I the Great, pope
- St. Nicholas of Tolentino
- St. Nicholas of Flue
- St. Nicholas Pieck, a Franciscan
- St. Nicholas Owen
- St. Nicholas Leap of Faith
- "Santa Claus in the mouths of wolves closed padlock"
- "Santa Claus is governed by wolves"
- "The Santa abandon the car and sleigh zaprzęż"
- "Poverty in the country, Nicholas"
- "When the snow falls they say that Santa Claus beard shaking"
- "The Santa Claus curiosity doubles: Mary looked at the pillow, and there is no ghosting what a boy grope forward, how the goods are to be"
Lucky number: 8
Lucky stones: alexandrite
Lucky color: purple
Famous people named Nicholas
- Nicolas Cage – American actor
- Nicolas Catinat – Marshal of France
- Nils Gustaf Dalen – Swedish inventor, Nobel laureate
- Nicklaus Heidfeld – German Formula 1 driver
- Nicholas Jonas – singer
- Nicolaus Copernicus – astronomer
- Niki Lauda – Austrian racing driver
- Nick Mason – rock musician, member of Pink Floyd
- Nick Nolte – American actor and producer
- Nicki Pedersen – Danish speedway
- Nikolai Polikarpov – Soviet aircraft designer
- Nicola Porpora – Italian Baroque composer
- Mikolaj Rej – writer
- Nicolas Sarkozy – president of France
- Claus Strunz
- Nikola Tavelić – Croatian martyr, the holy Catholic
- Nikola Tesla – Serbian inventor
- Nikolai Valuev – Russian boxer, WBA champion
- Nikolaus von Zinzendorf – German theologian and reformer
Name Nicholas in other languages
- Nicholas (English)
- Nicolas (Fr.)
- Nicolás (Spanish)
- Nicolò (Italian)
- Mikuláš (cze.)
- Nicolaas (flam.)
- Nikolaus (German, szw., Norwegian.)
- Miklós (Hungarian)
- Николай (Russian)
- Nicolaas (niderl.)
The history of the name Nicholas
It is a name derived from Greek via Latin Nikólaos. Nicolaus analogy to the names: Nikokrates, Nikómachos, Nikomedes, Nikóstratos, Nikosthenes. As a member of the first noun is nike-victory, and as a member of the second element-laos-people.
Nicholas, Bishop and Confessor
Myra was a bishop of the city, which in ancient times was the capital of Lycia (southwest Asia Minor). He lived probably in the middle of the fourth century. Unfortunately, there are no closer to become an essential information about his life and activities. This is what is written later, is taken from the beautiful legends, or other form of biography, especially biography Nicholas abbot of the nearby monastery of Sion.
Fame and success secured her legendary threads such as the story of three officers freed unjustly imprisoned for the intercession of Nicholas, the story of three poor virgins to marry issued by the statues, which the sacred discreetly delivered, the story of three youths rescued by him from the death sentence, for sailors redeemed from a marine disaster.
In 1087, the remains of the holy Muslim abducted from the invaders from Asia Minor were transported to Bari in southern Italy, where he soon began to pull many pilgrimages.
He mentions it on Dec. 6.
Nicholas Pieck and his companions, the martyrs of Gorkum
When in 1572 the so-called. gezowie mastered the Dutch city, even though previously declared freedom of religion, they arrested many of its clergy. Among them were John of Cologne, a Dominican, Norbert Adrian and Jacob Lecops Janszen, president beguinek Jan Lenartz, four diocesan priests, including Leonard Vechel and Nicolas Janssen (Poppel), an eleven Augustinian and Franciscan friars.
At the head of the group became the guardian of the Franciscans trzydziestosiedmioletni, Nicholas Pieck. The arrest was a robbery and was all the more painful that they were constantly arresting drunk. Conditions became even worse when prisoners were transported to the prison island of Brielle (Voorne). There had to endure many a torment, but offered them freedom at the price of rejecting the Real Presence of Christ in the Blessed Sacrament and papal authority.
In a particularly aggressive solicited Nicholas Pieck. Then a priest-apostate from Liège moved them to the ruined Augustinian monastery, which was considered more suitable for execution. There, one of the comrades, who so far has behaved valiantly, he broke down and departed. As the first and zawiśli on the gallows, those who seemed to be far less than courageous. After them zawiśli others. It was the day on July 9, 1572


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Youth football: Two area players invited to all-star games
Two Port St. Lucie Athletic Association tackle football players have been invited to play in a national postseason bowl game at Houston's Reliant Stadium in later this month.
Nick Engler, 10, a running back and linebacker for the Lower Division Jets, and Upper Division Steelers linebacker Zakk Montoya, 13, were invited to suit up for the Offense-Defense All-American Bowl, which features various games Dec. 26-31.
Engler was selected for the 9-10 age division bowl team after attending two camps run by Offense-Defense this summer. Engler attended a camp in Davie in July, then was invited to an elite camp in Atlanta in August.
The elite camp was tough, Engler said, adding, "They didn't tell me about (the bowl game). I really didn't think I would make it this far."
Bowl officials notified Engler by mail in September that he was one of the 325 nominated players from across the U.S. for the 9-10 division game. Not all will attend. Engler will.
So will Montoya.
Montoya attended one camp — in Orlando in July — and was named the camp's MVP for his age division to earn an automatic bid to play in the All-American 13-14 game.
"It's a great opportunity to play there," Montoya said. "It would be really cool if I could start in that stadium and get looked out by some college scouts."
The fourth annual Offense-Defense Bowl is a series of age-group games spread over a week. Games include a Senior Bowl, a Canadian-American Bowl, a high school bowl and four age-division games — 6-8, 9-10, 11-12, 13-14.
Teams will practice for three days, and games will be played Dec. 30-31. ESPN will televise some of the games.
Engler has played since he was 4, playing tackle football the past three years.
"He's the best player on our team," Jets coach Kevin Davis said.
Engler said football is his favorite sport and he plans to play "all the way through the NFL."
He wants to play college ball at Miami.
A Texas Longhorns fan, Montoya also wants play in college and beyond.
"I've been a linebacker all my life. ... I like hitting people," he said.
Montoya has been playing football since he was 5, going in pads for the past six years. He is 5-feet-11 and 170 pounds, and he'll start high school next fall.
"We're especially proud of Zakk because he and a couple of other 13-year-olds got stuck with the 15- to 18-year-old high school boys because of his size," said Montoya's father, Christian, the Steelers head coach.
Both Engler and Montoya played on their league's respective age group all-star teams in the National Youth Football Tournament in Daytona over the Thanksgiving holiday.
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Inci Candemir was reluctant to leave her home in Turkey to visit a family friend in Virginia. After all, she was pregnant with her first child.
Inci (pronounced "IN-jee") consulted with her obstetrician, who approved the vacation. She was early enough in her pregnancy, just six months, and they planned to stay only a week.
On May 17, Inci and her husband, Yasar, landed in Washington, D.C., and made their way to Hampton Roads.
Two days later, at their friend's house in Virginia Beach, Inci felt pains in her abdomen. Within a few hours, she was in a hospital bed, in labor. Two days after that, despite efforts of doctors to delay delivery, her son, Can, was born.
Can (pronounced "Jon") came 16 weeks early and weighed less than 1½ pounds.
Like virtually all babies born that early, Can suffered a cascade of potentially lethal medical problems, including the failure of his tiny lungs. Even though Can had been rushed to CHKD's neonatal intensive care unit right after birth, Inci panicked. She wanted to be back in Istanbul, with the doctors she knew.
Even at advanced NICUs such as the one at CHKD, Can faced daunting odds.
"It was very early in the pregnancy," said neonatologist Jamil Khan. "At that point, only about half the babies are able to make it."
With Can's unexpected arrival at just 24 weeks of gestation, the one-week vacation to Virginia turned into months.
Inci remembers how shocked she felt when she first saw her son in an incubator in the NICU.
"He was so tiny," she said. But she noticed his tiny hand clutching a breathing tube. "He's feisty, like me," she thought, and felt a powerful connection.
Inci all but lived in a chair beside her son's incubator as dozens of doctors and nurses struggled to keep him alive.
Three weeks after the Candemirs arrived in the U.S., Yasar had to fly back to Turkey because of his job. That same afternoon, Can's lungs stopped functioning. Doctors and nurses surrounded his incubator, inflating his lungs by hand while Inci stood in the doorway, sobbing. Stranded in a foreign country, her husband gone, she feared that her son was dying before her eyes. But Can was a fighter. He eventually pulled out of his tailspin. His lungs began to do their job again.
During the NICU stay, Can's primary nurse, Rhonda Sexton, recognized that Inci – like many mothers in the NICU – was reluctant to touch her son.
"I was afraid I would hurt him," Inci explained.
Sexton eased her into it. First, she had Inci help change the linens in Can's incubator. As Inci grew more comfortable, Sexton encouraged her to change Can's diaper and then to give him a sponge bath.
"In Turkey, it would not be like this," Inci said. "You would be outside the room, looking in."
Eventually, Sexton encouraged Inci to hold Can against her chest, skin-to-skin, as she rocked him. Kangaroo Care, Sexton called it. The sensation overwhelmed Inci. "To feel his skin, to feel his heart beating," Inci recalls. "That was far and away the most amazing thing I've ever felt."
One hundred and ten days after their son's untimely birth, Can had recovered enough that he no longer required full-time hospital care. Although only time will tell, discharge tests showed that Can had made a full recovery, with no discernible medical problems.
On September 8, Inci and Yasar Candemir bundled Can up to take him to their friend's house in Virginia Beach, where he would spend time gathering strength for the long flight back to Turkey.
As they prepared to leave the hospital, both Inci and Yasar thanked the nurses and doctors, making it clear that being close to CHKD was "kismet," the Turkish word for destiny. They both firmly believe that if Can had been born anywhere else, even in Istanbul, he would not have survived.
"I tell my friends, 'Thank God we are at CHKD,'" said Yasar. "We definitely came to the right place."
Dr. Khan practices with Children's Specialty Group PLLC at CHKD.
This story was featured in the fourth quarter 2008 issue of KidStuff, a publication of Children's Hospital of The King's Daughters.


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In the midst of a massive recall of about 550 million shell eggs in the United States due to Salmonella contamination, it is obvious that the industry needs to find ways to prevent future occurrences. Here are three methods that have been in the news lately that may pose a solution for preventing Salmonella occurrence in eggs.
Kevin Keener, a Purdue University food scientist, believes the poultry industry could implement a rapid egg cooling technology to reduce future outbreaks. He believes that the quick cooling of eggs after they are laid would significantly reduce the ability of Salmonella to grow inside eggs. While there are no federal guidelines for how quickly eggs should be cooled, current industry procedures can take as long as six days to cool eggs to 45°F, the temperature at which Salmonella can no longer grow. Keener's rapid-cooling technology would take 2–5 min.
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Keener said U.S. Food and Drug Administration studies show that if eggs were cooled and stored at 45°F or less within 12 hr of laying, there would be an estimated 78% fewer Salmonella illnesses from eggs in the United States each year.
The cooling technology uses carbon dioxide "snow" to rapidly lower the eggs' temperature. Eggs are placed in a cooling chamber and carbon dioxide gas at about -110°F is generated. The cold gas is circulated around the eggs and forms a thin layer of ice inside the eggshell. After treatment, the ice layer melts and quickly lowers an egg's internal temperature to below 45°F. The eggshell does not crack during this process because the shell can resist expansion from a thin ice layer. Previous studies have shown the cooling treatment would increase shelf life by four weeks.
A study published in Poultry Science shows that using directional microwaves on shell eggs for 20 sec resulted in a 2-log reduction of Salmonella without causing any detrimental effects to quality. The researchers obtained 12 grade AA eggs (6 brown and 6 white) from a local grocery store and inoculated them with two different doses—1 high dose (105 cfu/mL) to measure actual log reductions and a low dose (102 cfu/mL)—to observe Salmonella presence by mimicking conditions that would be observed in naturally contaminated eggs.
A 2-log reduction would be appropriate to eliminate Salmonella Enteritidis in most naturally contaminated eggs; however, additional studies are required to achieve a 3- to 4-log reduction. The researchers concluded that directional microwaves can be used to reduce Salmonella Enteritidis in shell eggs; however, quality and nutritional parameters need to be examined to determine any detrimental changes that may occur due to the treatment. Future studies regarding this innovative technology will include quality and nutritional parameters.
According to the Associated Press, low-cost vaccines may help prevent the kind of Salmonella outbreak that has led to the recall of more than a half-billion eggs. The problem is that the vaccines aren't required in the United States, although in Great Britain, officials say vaccinations have given them the safest egg supply in Europe. A survey conducted by the European Food Safety Agency in 2009 found about 1% of British flocks had Salmonella compared to about 60–70% of flocks elsewhere in Europe, said Amanda Cryer, spokeswoman for the British Egg Information Service.
Since Britain's vaccinations began, the only Salmonella outbreaks in eggs have been linked to those imported from elsewhere in the European Union, Cryer said. Overall Salmonella cases in the country dropped by half within three years.
The U.S. Food and Drug Administration said in July that it doesn't believe mandatory vaccination is necessary, but it supports farmers doing it voluntarily. Data on the vaccine's effectiveness in field trials conducted in real-world conditions "was insufficient to support a mandatory vaccination requirement," the agency said in the text of new rules requiring increased inspections and testing of eggs. "If individual producers have identified vaccines that are effective for particular farms, FDA encourages the use of vaccine as an additional preventative measure," the agency said.
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While all three of these methods might help lower occurrences of Salmonella in eggs, it is vital for the industry and the FDA to step back and look at the bigger issue at hand—the need for improved food safety legislation. FDA Chief Margaret Hamburg said Aug. 23 that the agency is limited by law to a mostly reactive stance on food safety and argued that it needs a more "preventive approach." In addition, she urged Congress to pass pending legislation that would provide her agency with greater enforcement power, including new authority over imported food.
"We need better abilities and authorities to put in place these preventive controls and hold companies accountable," Hamburg said as she discussed the recall of roughly a half-billion eggs from two Iowa egg distributors.
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Coast Guard Auxiliary Uniforms
The Dinner Dress Blue and White Uniforms are indicated for more formal occasions.
The Dinner Dress Blue Jacket is worn without shoulder boards. The trousers should be of the same material as the jacket. A pleated, silver cummerbund, 5 inches high, is worn with the pleats facing upwards. The combination hat is worn with this uniform. Miniature medals and devices are worn.
The Dinner Dress White Uniform is similar to the Dinner Dress Blue Uniform except that coat is a White Coast Guard Mess Jacket. The appropriate shoulder boards for the Dinner Dress White Jacket, are naturally, the Dinner Dress Shoulder Boards. These Shoulder boards are somewhat smaller in size than the Enhanced Shoulder Boards. Both are rigid, unlike shoulder boards used on Auxiliary coats or sweaters.
The Tropical Blue Long Uniform is the most commonly used Auxiliary uniform. The Enhanced Shoulder Boards are worn with the Tropical Blue Uniform. This uniform is suitable for most occasions except those of a more formal nature. It generally is not used on patrols where the Operational Dress Uniform is most appropriate. Trousers are the same as is worn with the Service Dress Blue Uniform. The shirt is a short sleeve Air Force style shirt which is worn open and without a tie. A garrison or combination cap is appropriate for this uniform.
The Service Dress Blue uniform is appropriate for most meetings and classroom occasions. It is considered to be the "Official Uniform of the Day". The shirt is a long sleeve Air Force style shirt. The Coast Guard four in hand tie is worn with this uniform. Clip on ties are also acceptable. Ribbons, insignia, qualification devices and a name tag are worn with the Service Dress Blue uniform. A garrison cap,combination cap or Air Force cold weather cap may be worn with this uniform.
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Okay so I have a pattern from this website..first of all it doesnt state how much yarn to use? like in grams? The name of the dress is 'seashell and posies dress' I dont understand from where to start like how many chains should I make to start of with as it is not mentioned.. Can somebody help?
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The pattern that I looked at has the yarn amounts listed beside the picture on the first page of the dress pattern (page 11 of the e-book). Depending on the size of your dress, you would need 6 to 7 balls of 50 gram skeins or 300 to 350 grams of yarn for the main part and then 1 ball of 50 grams for the contrasting color. The directions then set up the stitch pattern, so the instructions won't be so long. On the second page of the pattern, the directions then start with the skirt, and that is where you get the actual starting chains. So, you crochet the number of chains, then join them into a circle, then work the stitch pattern for so many rounds. Then it looks like you decrease, do some more rounds, then start the bodice, which is worked in rows. It is a cute dress, so don't give up!
Here's the link I found: http://www.scribd.com/doc/38952602/Crochet-Me-Free-Baby-Patterns
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Tajikistan will soon be home to a prominent mixed-use property owned by QATARI DIAR Real Estate Investment Company after details of the 'first-class' Diar Dushanbe development were revealed. The company also revealed that this was just one of several projects they were developing in the emerging market.
To be built in the country's capital, Dushanbe, the masterplan covers 68,000 sq m of waterfront land on the picturesque Yavonon Lake and will include residential towers, commercial and retail space, a luxurious landmark 5-star hotel, sports and leisure facilities, and a waterfront promenade.
During the unveiling ceremony, QATARI DIAR's CEO Ghanim bin Saad al-Saad visited the site and presented a model of Diar Dushanbe to Tajikistan President H. H. Emomali Rahmon at the President's Palace.
The project's architects OBM International have developed a plan that aims to compliment and support the other developments in the area, as well as the future growth of the greater city of Dushanbe. Speaking on Diar Dushanbe, al-Saad remarked: "QATARI DIAR is proud to continue our strong growth and expansion, especially into new markets with an underserved need for quality residential and commercial real estate that meet the highest international standards. Our focus will be on creating in Tajikistan a high-quality, well-planned, desirable and innovative real-estate development that will deliver a high standard of lifestyle. QATARI DIAR is fully committed to supporting the further development of Tajikistan through the company's development and investment."
In appreciation of the resources and market capacity of the Tajiki capital, Dr. Hassan Al Fadala, Deputy CEO for operations at QATARI DIAR said: "QATARI DIAR sees a strong opportunity to develop an economically viable, high-quality, differentiated and integrated world-class development in Dushanbe that balances economic, social, and environmental sustainability. Our development aims to create a focal point in Tajikistan for quality business and residential use, serving as a magnet for both local and international clients. We look forward to helping further support and meet the growing demands of the country's continued economic and business development."
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WOODWARD — A judge found Farmers Insurance and its subsidiary, Foremost Insurance Group, liable for more than $15 million for claims three residents made after a tornado here on April 15, 2012.
District Judge Ray Dean Linder on Feb. 28 awarded each of the three plaintiffs — Sterling Parks, Jeff and Mary Sharpe and Kim and Linda Louthan — $2 million each for bad faith and breach of duty and $3 million each in punitive damages.
In addition, for breach of contract, Parks was awarded $49,278.26, the Louthans were awarded $224,202.82 and the Sharpes were given $245,967.58.
"I was shocked at the disservice that was rendered by the defendants in each of the three cases," Linder said in his verdict.
The companies were found guilty of fraud, actual and presumed malice and acting with a complete indifference to a duty to treat their policyholders fairly.
In response to the verdict, a spokesman for Farmers offered this written statement: "We are reviewing the court's decision and evaluating our options."
Attorney Jeff Marr, who filed the case in August 2012 on behalf of the homeowners, said the insurers' actions included underpaying claims and using engineers they knew would offer low estimates. He said the same conduct has been seen by Farmers and other insurers after other destructive tornadoes in the state.
"They had no plans to change anything," Marr said. "One told me they couldn't tell how big the verdict would have to be to change things."
In 2006, Marr led a successful class action lawsuit against State Farm Fire & Casualty Co. for families whose homes were damaged by the May 3, 1999, tornadoes.
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Killings place media focus on Port St. Lucie neighborhood
PORT ST. LUCIE — A satellite truck from NBC News and four TV vans clustered around the intersection of Northeast Granduer Avenue and Northeast Emerson Street on Tuesday morning.
Vehicles belonging to print reporters were scattered about the neighborhood where Sunday's yellow crime scene tape remained to block access to the home where a teenager is accused of killing his parents with a hammer and then having a party with the bodies locked in a bedroom.
The gathering of news media, equipment and people was one sign of the worldwide attention focused on this peaceful community.
Tyler Hadley, 17, is charged with second-degree murder in the slaying of his parents Blake, 54, and Mary Jo Hadley. 47. The teen is said to have hosting a party, after his parents died, to which 50 to 60 people received the invite from the social networking site Facebook.
"I have had many calls (from national media)," said Tom Nichols, spokesman for the Port St. Lucie Police Department, which is investigating the deaths.
The story of the tragedy put Port St. Lucie on newspaper pages and TV reports in many parts of the globe Monday and Tuesday.
Nichols listed media outlets that called his office since the bodies were found - HLN and its Nancy Grace Show, the Associated Press, and more than a dozen metropolitan newspapers.
On site in Port St. Lucie Tuesday morning was Mark Potter, a correspondent for NBC News and the Today Show, which featured the story on its morning broadcast.
"This is an awful crime," observed Potter as he waited with local reporters for Nichols to bring out copies of the report his department issued about the incident.
The double murder was the most-watched story on CNN Tuesday morning, got heavy play on Fox News TV, and was featured on MSNBC.
Robin Quivers of the Howard Stern Show on Sirius/XM satellite radio mentioned the Hadleys' slaying during her news segment Tuesday morning. Stern's radio show reaches more than 1 million listeners.
People magazine had the Port St. Lucie killings among its top stories on its website.
The story was the second-most-read item on NYDailyNews.com Tuesday morning, the third-most-read story on BBC Brazil on Tuesday afternoon and eighth-most-read story at the Winnipeg Free Press in Canada, also Tuesday afternoon. The Daily Mail of London played the story prominently on its website with photos and video.
The story was picked up by media outlets in Norway and Australia.
The killings are making headlines just two weeks after the state weathered another media storm: the verdict of the Casey Anthony trial, and a few days after she was released from jail in Orlando.
"This could have happened to any city anywhere," said Port St. Lucie Vice Mayor Jack Kelly about the nationwide attention brought to the city of 164,603. "My heart goes out to the family. This is a personal tragedy."
To Charlene Moses, who lives down the street from the Hadleys, the killings and media attention are "surreal."
"You see it happening in other places. So when it happens near you, it doesn't seem real. It is really hard to digest."
Moses said she worked in a home health agency in Fort Lauderdale with Mary Jo Hadley's mother, Maggie DiVittorio. "There were five of us and we were like sisters. We all moved up here."She said the Hadleys were a quiet family and that their children would come by on Halloween or block parties, but otherwise, they didn't see them much.
"You have to wonder what went on in that child's head," she said of Tyler Hadley.
Staff writer Maureen Kenyon contributed to this report.
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I love pandan everything!
Pandan cakes, pandan kuih, pandan flavoured rice (think nasi lemak!) … i love them all. Hahaa!
I've bookmarked this recipe for quite sometime already. So when i had quite a bit of white coconut left from my Ondeh Ondeh, i wasted no time to churn this kuih out.
To my surprise, it came out quite pretty! Rather easy to un-mold too! Initially, i was a little skeptical because, almost nothing works from this book! Very frustrating i tell you. This gotta be the first recipe that works OK and i'm really quite pleased.
Taste wise, it was exactly what i had expected it to be. Full pandan flavour with fragrant coconut milk. Man, if you like these 2 combo, you CANNOT not make this. Of course, the grated coconut is a must, just like Ondeh Ondeh. :)
Kuih Kosui Pandan
180g rice flour
50g tapioca flour
150g sugar
300ml thick coconut milk
450ml water + 10 pcs pandan leaves – blended, strained for pandan juice
150g (or 1/2 coconut) grated white coconut, steamed and mixed with a pinch of salt
1. Sieve rice flour and tapioca flour into a mixing bowl, add in all the rest of the ingredients except grated coconut.
2. Mix thoroughly and stir over low heat till mixture thickens.
3. Pour into greased patty tins, steam over medium heat for 20 minutes.
4. Remove from patty tins, roll in grated coconut and serve.
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One should be concerned seriously before buying face makeup products.Products that match the style and quality of the skin is absolutely recommended to apply evenly to the face. The desire for products that are mandatory for users to not damage or have adverse effect on the skin. Therefore choose to buy branded cosmetics recommended.
The main step is cleaning the face to remove dirt and excess oil. This can be done ideally with a cleanser, so that the makeup sets well.Cleansing should be followed by a massage with moisturizer to eliminate dryness. The foundation of make-up person depends on the color of the face, like a glowing skin tone requires light shade.
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Nurturing eyes are a vital element of make-up.Two important things to remember: The eye shadow should suite the skin, and strong makeup is more suitable at night.Eyeliner can be used to give a great look and a thicker line gives a dramatic look.Eyes are the main part of the face and therefore, the eye care products should be smudge proof and water. Mascara will certainly give a richer appearance and the final make-up person should be finalized only after contact with rouge.Of course, you should know the best makeup is completely above the natural light. And for those looking for the best appearance, best products can get expensive, but not recommended because it leads to skin rashes.
The contour of the lips can be detected using a pencil. A lip liner may be used within this line, which will make an appearance thinner lips. Then, use lip liners moderately.Avoid lipsticks that are too shiny and choose mute lip stain. Gloss can be applied to both the rim part, to create fullness and depth.
After eye the most important part is cheek makeup.The cheekbones are reinforced part and should be grayed out. This can be done easily by sucking in his cheeks, and implementation of red light on cheekbones and temples, so that may have weakened coating. Then diluted using a finger.Touching a bronzer on the forehead, nose and chin gives a natural appearance.
Skin care is very essential regardless of makeup things used for it.Application construction or foundation oil free skin allows the makeup person to stay all day. Verify a clean face and wiping with astringent before the make-up routine. Astringent balances the surface of the oil and also helps the institution to remain on the skin.Finally, the evening before bedtime to wash the face using an exfoliating scrub is necessary in order to not get dead skin cells accumulate on the surface of the skin.
Every body is not blessed with good skin,Using make up some effective treatment helps to enhance its features and also hides the imperfections of the face, when skillfully with the right cosmetics.
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Intricately embroidered with a beautiful floral-eyelet pattern, Collette by Collette Dinnigan's cotton-chambray dress is irresistibly charming. Its breezy fabric and craft-chic detailing nod to the brand's signature bohemian style. Wear yours now with western boots and a stack of bracelets, switching to flat sandals and a sunhat for a warm-weather getaway.
Blue cotton-chambrayRed embroidered floral-eyelet pattern, gathering from waist, scalloped hem, fully linedConcealed hook and zip fastening at side100% cottonMachine wash
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