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| Der Adler Des Mondes chapter 2 . 8/14/2010
Thank you so much for writing this guide!
This helped me in my ever expanding quest to review like mad as well as to write like a energy bunny.
Could you please add my Scifi story into your community?
It is titled "Exploring is not Always Easy".
In addition I return reviews and I am a "just in monster" (hovers over just in page with coffee and reviews in hand).
| natmarie chapter 1 . 7/24/2010
Stumbled upon this and found it so true. Glad that there is a piece out there on how to submit a quality review. :D It can be so helpful when done right and such a pain when it is merely a "loved it!" or "update soon." Marvelous.
| WildWingedWarrior chapter 1 . 7/20/2010
I took your point of opening the review box while reading. Rashied may be a bastard, but I have to disagree that Darth Vader is evil. Sure, he blew up a planet, but he's not evil. He's just a bit misguided.
As a response to your response in question 4 of FAQs, sort of: they taught creative writing in my school, and by golly I took it! )
And finally, in which story can I find Snor'Kell?
| flight06 chapter 1 . 6/7/2010
Fun essay. You give some interesting tips, many of which I abide by myself. I've been told to find at least two good and bad comments/suggestions in every piece. If you haven't found those, then you didn't look hard enough.
Of course, this is a review, but I don't really want to review an essay about reviewing, so I'm not, really. That's a fair amount of "really"s.
I hope you read this :)
| yuanyuan chapter 2 . 6/5/2010
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| Robin Leigh chapter 2 . 5/27/2010
Thank you so much for the advice! I'll definitely give better reviews. I love getting them and I want to really do good and make others' day.
| OrchidGemstar chapter 1 . 5/16/2010
Wonderful, wonderful post. I found it very entertaining and informative. It has encouraged me to write more reviews... Hopefully, with practice, I will be able to give good, long, helpful and insightful reviews, but this is my first. Good job! I really like your voice. (FYI, I found nothing to critique during my read throughs :))
| Prinnydood02 chapter 1 . 1/10/2010
I just happened to stumble upon this essay and I must say it was an interesting read.
I know how it feels to put your heart into a story with all the planning and what-not only to get zero reviews or worse, a review that doesn't offer anything other than "I've seen better on this site" or never give constructive criticism on how I can make it better.
I'm definitely going to use this as my bible for giving out reviews.
| annoyance chapter 2 . 7/16/2009
This was very interesting. (Sorry that this is a meh review XD)
| LittleLoser.AndRoloLamperouge chapter 2 . 5/23/2009
I'll just ask what C2 means...well I know it's a community archive but I don't know what those two characters stand for...
| LittleLoser.AndRoloLamperouge chapter 1 . 5/23/2009
I write haiku that's why I don't expect reviews more than five...unless mine is damn great to have reviewers of ten and up...
| fatbird33 chapter 2 . 8/19/2008
good solid definitions. thank you for teaching me the ways of reviews.
| fatbird33 chapter 1 . 8/19/2008
it might change someone's destiny. :) nice. I have the POWER! *laughs maniaclly*
"3. If you only read the third book in my trilogy/the second chapter/the explanation story that I linked to I'd have explained that!" oh my goodness. i hate it when people do that!
oh yes and then the school thing. also i love it when people put in their summaries, my friends said it was good. (some people need better friends)
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Pleasanton's drug 'Take Back' program collects more than 750 pounds of pharmaceuticals
Original post made on May 7, 2013
Read the full story here Web Link posted Tuesday, May 7, 2013, 7:46 AM
Comments (4)
a resident of Mission Park
on May 7, 2013 at 8:54 am
If you missed the chance to drop them off on that one special day where can you locally drop them off at regularly?
a resident of Ironwood
on May 7, 2013 at 9:06 am
@Randy, there is some guidance available on the city website:
Web Link
Guidance on the county program is here:
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a resident of Mission Park
on May 8, 2013 at 7:57 am
Thanks Steve. I was already aware that the County has places in other areas outside of Pleasanton to dispose of them, but still nothing nearby in Pleasanton. I wasn't aware that the city recommends throwing them in the garbage to dispose of them. You would think that Valley Care Hospital or the Police Dept would have one of the disposal bins to help make it easier and safer for Pleasanton residents to dispose of unwanted or expired prescriptions.
a resident of Another Pleasanton neighborhood
on May 8, 2013 at 11:51 am
Try Custom Care Pharmacy on Main St. They will take some over the counter meds.
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34:0721(125)NG - - NFFE Local 422 and DOI, Bureau of Indian Affairs, Colorado River Agency - - 1990 FLRAdec NG - - v34 p721
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The decision of the Authority follows:
34 FLRA No. 125
February 2, 1990
Before Chairman McKee and Members Talkin and Armendariz.
I. Statement of the Case
This matter is before the Authority on a motion for reconsideration filed by the National Federation of Federal Employees, Local 422 (the Union). The Union seeks reconsideration of the Authority's Order of March 17, 1989, in 33 FLRA 853 dismissing the Union's petition for review as being untimely filed. The U.S. Department of the Interior, Bureau of Indian Affairs, Colorado River Agency (the Agency) did not file an opposition to the Union's motion for reconsideration.
For the reasons discussed below, we deny the motion.
II. Background
The Agency and the Union were parties to a proceeding before the Federal Service Impasses Panel (the Panel). In response to a request from the Panel for a written statement of position regarding the disputed proposals, the Agency notified the Panel that it considered the Union's proposals to be nonnegotiable. On October 3, 1988, the Agency served a copy of its statement of nonnegotiability on the Union. The Union states that it did not receive a copy of the Agency's allegation of nonnegotiability until November 7, 1988. The Union filed a petition for review of negotiability issues with the Authority on December 29, 1988.
The Union's petition for review was dismissed in an order dated March 17, 1989, and signed by the Acting Executive Director of the Authority. The order stated that because the Union did not request the Agency's allegation of nonnegotiability, the allegation constituted an unrequested allegation of nonnegotiability. The order noted that under the Authority's Regulations, a union may file a petition for review of an unrequested allegation of nonnegotiability, but if it does so the petition must be filed within 15 days after service of the allegation. Because the petition in this case was filed after that time period, the petition was found to be untimely filed.
III. Motion for Reconsideration
The Union contends that the order dismissing the petition for review "is in direct conflict with Authority precedent and provides no explanation why previous decisions [should] not be followed." Motion for Reconsideration (Motion) at 1. In support of this contention, the Union cites American Federation of Government Employees, AFL-CIO, Local 1931 and Department of the Navy, Naval Weapons Station, Concord, California, 24 FLRA 512, 513-14 (1986), in which the Authority held that a petition for review was timely filed because the agency failed to respond to a written request for a written allegation of nonnegotiability.
The Union states that as required by Article 22, Section 7 of its collective bargaining agreement, it submitted a letter to the Agency on November 7, 1988, "clarifying the intent of its proposals over which the Agency had raised negotiability objections. . . . The Agency never replied to this letter." Motion at 2. Article 22, Section 7 of the parties' agreement states that "after the Union has provided [the Agency] in writing with clarification of the intent of its proposal(s) along with a request for a negotiability determination, the [Agency] will provide the Union with a written statement of it[s] position of non-negotiability[.]" Motion, Attachment 1.
The Union also argues that its motion should be granted because the Authority's Acting Executive Director, who signed the order dismissing the petition for review, had no delegation of authority to act on the Union's petition for review. The Union contends that even if the Acting Executive Director had such authority, the decision in this case should be made by the Members of the Authority because the decision departs from long-standing precedent. Motion at 4.
IV. Analysis and Conclusion
Section 2429.17 of the Authority's Rules and Regulations permits a party that can establish "extraordinary circumstances" to request reconsideration of a decision of the Authority. We conclude that the Union has not established "extraordinary circumstances" within the meaning of section 2429.17.
A. The Order Is Consistent With Precedent
In Naval Weapons Station, the Authority discussed the issue of whether a union is required to file a petition for review of negotiability issues in response to an unrequested allegation of nonnegotiability. The Authority stated:
[A] union is not required to file a petition for review in response to an allegation of nonnegotiability made by an agency in the context of a [Panel] proceeding. Rather, the union may ignore such unsolicited allegation and instead elect to request in writing a written allegation of nonnegotiability from the [a]gency. . . . If the union elects to request an allegation from the agency, the union must file its petition for review of such allegation within the time limits established in section 2424.3[.]
24 FLRA at 513 (citation omitted). If a union elects to file an appeal from an unrequested allegation of nonnegotiability, "it must file its appeal within the time limit prescribed in th


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- 07 February 2016
MANILA, Feb. 7 -- Slower price adjustments in both food and non-food items pulled down inflation to 1.3 percent in January 2016 from 1.5 percent in the previous month, according to the National Economic and Development Authority (NEDA).Inflation for the food subgroup slowed down as prices of fish, fruits, vegetables, milk, cheese, and eggs became stable."Good weather conditions at the onset of 2016 allowed prices of these food items to stabilize. This was an improvement from the previous month when Typhoon Nona pushed up prices due to hampered production, transport, and delivery of agricultural products in the affected areas," said Socioeconomic Planning Secretary Emmanuel F. Esguerra.The January 2016 inflation of 1.3 percent was within the Bangko Sentral ng Pilipinas forecast of 0.8-1.6 percent for the period, and exactly the same as the median forecast of 1.3 percent. This also remained lower than the 2.4 percent inflation rate in January 2015.Inflation in non-food items also slowed down across all commodity groups, especially in transport."Domestic prices of petrol – gasoline, liquefied petroleum gas, diesel, and gasoline – continued to go down. This was still due t ...Read more


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Sketchin around some helmets/robots/masks. Please vote for your favourite one!
Cool. I looked for sci-fi helmets because I thought a sci-fi version of a Bersaglieri would be cool. Just imagining a helmet like this with black capercaillie feathers on the side.
I say top right.
Your helmet designs are boss!
As for voting, I can't decide between the bottom two...
As for voting, I can't decide between the bottom two...
green! nice
Bottom right one is my favourite
I like the bottom right one the most. Great work!
I've always been a sucker for "classic" designs. So I'd have to vote the green one at the bottom left as my favorite.
the brown and purple one, green and gold one. Yellow blue one, not a fan of the red one. The triangles and eyes makes it look kind of weird :S
bottom left, bottom right, top right, then top left
In order: Bottom left, bottom right, top right, top left.
Design of the green helmet and color of the purple/blue/marron helmet (marron to dark was perfect :3)
Hah, those two on the right looks awesome. : D
This is fantastic, the designs are great! Do you use any inspiration when you do something like this?
Don't even know... They are all cool!
I am leaning towards the bottom right, Love the color's and the way it just seems to mesh together.
Bottom left, Spartan meets Mandalorian.
wow they look great
Top right probably my favourite since it looks kind of like a hood, but I like all of them.
Hell yes. The third one AN the first one. AND the second one. ANNND the fourth one. Hellz yus muthafuckaz Dane out.
Agh, no sé. Los cuatro me gustan mucho! El primero y el tercero parece más como cascos para un humano, mientras que los otros dos parecen enteramente robóticos.
I love the green one!
a mi puedes hablarme en español jajaja
y es un placer y un honor recibir un comentario de un gran artista como tu
bottom left is clearly most correct choice.
The bottom left helmet is all sorts of yes.
The bottom left has a clear Halo-vibe to it
Your colors are genius here! Love it! Wish I had you at my disposal so I could use your color expertise! Really great work!


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Looking at Steelers.com on Tuesday, you might expect some mention of the fact that, if Tom Brady's suspension holds, Pittsburg
The Pittsburgh Steelers are losing a host of veterans on defense and that group didn't perform particularly last season as it was. So what did you think they would do in the draft?
There are so many mock drafts out there, the experts rarely agree once you get past the first few picks (and sometimes not even then).
The Pittsburgh Steelers should find out pretty quickly how their revamped defense is going to hold up in 2015.
Though the Pittsburgh Steelers still have plenty of time to augment the roster via the draft or free agency, as currently constructed, the defense looks to be worrisome.


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Article: Early fibrinogen degradation coagulopathy: A predictive factor of parenchymal hematomas in cerebral rt-PA thrombolysis[Show abstract] [Hide abstract]
ABSTRACT: The purpose of this study was to systematically determine the correlations between the post-thrombolytic changes of hemostasis parameters and the occurrence of early intracerebral hemorrhage (ICH). In 72 consecutive patients with cerebral infarcts treated with rt-PA, plasma levels of fibrinogen, plasminogen, alpha2-antiplasmin, factor XIII, fibrin(ogen) degradation products (FDPs) and d-Dimers were measured at baseline, 2 and 24h after thrombolysis. Correlations were studied between the hemostasis events and early (less than 24h) hemorrhagic infarcts (HIs) or parenchymatous hematomas (PH). Of 72 patients, 6 patients (8.3%) had early PHs, 11 (15.3%) had early HIs, and 55 (76.4%) had no bleeding. Early HIs were not linked to any hemostasis parameter at any time. Univariate comparison of patients having early PHs with non-bleeding patients showed hemostasis abnormalities at 2h: high FDP (p=0.01), high Log FDP (p=0.01), low fibrinogen (p=0.01), and low Log fibrinogen (p=0.01). Logistic regression adjusted for age, NIHSS and diabetes confirmed these 2hour predictors: Log FDP (OR: 7.50; CI: 1.26 to 44.61, p=0.03), and Log fibrinogen (OR: 19.32; CI: 1.81 to 205.98, p=0.01). The decrease in fibrinogen less than 2g/L multiplies the odds of early PH by a factor 12.82. An early fibrinogen degradation coagulopathy involving an increase of FDP and a massive consumption of circulating fibrinogen is predictive of early parenchymal hematomas, indicating the occurrence of a particularly intense lysis of circulating fibrinogen. These results, if confirmed by future studies, suggest that early assays of fibrinogen and FDP may be useful in predicting the risk of post-thrombolytic intracerebral hematoma. Copyright © 2015 Elsevier B.V. All rights reserved.
Article: Post-thrombolysis haemostasis changes after rt-PA treatment in acute cerebral infarct. Correlations with cardioembolic aetiology and outcome[Show abstract] [Hide abstract]
ABSTRACT: Little is known, in man, in the post-thrombolytic molecular dynamics of haemostasis, particularly the effect of rt-PA on antifibrinolytic components such as alpha2 anti-plasmin and Factor XIII. The purpose of this study was to systematically determine changes in coagulation and fibrinolytic parameters after thrombolysis with rt-PA during 24h. We also aimed to correlate these parameters with different acute ischemic stroke subtypes and global outcome. Eighty consecutive patients with cerebral infarcts treated with rt-PA had their plasma levels of fibrinogen, plasminogen, alpha2-antiplasmin, Factor XIII, fibrin(ogen) degradation products (FDP) and D-Dimers measured at baseline (h0), 2 (h2) and 24h (h24) after initiation of thrombolysis. Correlations between the variations of these components were statistically studied, using the Spearman rank test or the Pearson test. These haemostatic parameters were also compared with cardioembolic and non cardioembolic patients, as well as between poor and favourable outcome patients. Between h0 and h2, a decrease in fibrinogen, plasminogen, alpha2-antiplasmin, and factor XIII was observed, while an increase in FDP and D-Dimers took place. These values returned to the initial levels at h24. At 2h, the decrease in fibrinogen was significantly correlated with that of plasminogen (0.48, p=0.01), alpha2-antiplasmin (0.48, p=0.004), and factor XIII (0.44, p=0.01); the decrease in plasminogen was significantly correlated with those of antifibrinolytic components, factor XIII (0.47, p=0.02) and alpha2-antiplasmin (r=0.77, p<0.001). These variations were independent of NIHSS. Cardioembolic infarcts showed a statistically significant greater h0-h2 decrease in plasminogen (p=0.04) and an h0-h2 increase in FDP (p=0.02). Poor outcome was linked to low plasminogen values at 2 and 24h. Supposed to be fibrin-specific, rt-PA induces a decrease in circulating fibrinogen, significantly linked to a decrease in plasminogen. A collateral increase in antifibrinolytic agents such as factor XIII and alpha2-antiplasmin is also observed. At 2h, a significant decrease in plasminogen and a significant increase in fibrin(ogen) degradation products (FDP) are observed in cardioembolic infarcts, and appear as early independent predictors of this aetiology. A low plasminogen value at 2h is potentially predictive of poor prognosis at 3months. Copyright © 2015 Elsevier B.V. All rights reserved.
Article: Friedreich ataxia: Autosomal recessive disease caused by an intronic GAA triplet repeat expansion
Article: Lack of association between air pollutant exposure and short-term risk of ischaemic stroke in Lyon, France[Show abstract] [Hide abstract]
ABSTRACT: Some observational and experimental studies have suggested a short-term relationship between air pollutants and ischaemic stroke; however, the results conflict. The objective of this study was to investigate the association between particulate matter less than 2·5 and 10 microns in aerodynamic diameter, nitrogen dioxide, sulphur dioxide and ozone, and short-term risk of ischaemic stroke in Lyon, France. The AVC69 study was a multicenter cohort study in which all consecutive adult patients admitted to one of the emergency or neurological departments of the Rhône area for suspicion of stroke were included during a seven-month period. Only patients with ischaemic stroke living within the study area, composed of Lyon and 18 neighbouring communities with homogenous air pollutants exposure, formed the basis of our study. We adopted a time-stratified case-crossover design to analyse the short-term effect (up to two-days) of air pollutants on ischaemic stroke incidence. Models were adjusted for temperature, variation of atmospheric pressure, minimal relative humidity, influenza epidemics, pollen count, and holidays. Stratified analyses by gender and class age were performed. Different lag times were analysed. 376 patients were included. Mean age was 76·6 years (±13·7). 53·7% were women. No association was observed between air pollutants and short-term risk of ischaemic stroke after adjustment for main confounding factors. Results remained unchanged whatever the gender or age. These results suggest a lack of association between air pollutant exposure and short-term risk of ischaemic stroke in a French urban area.
Article: Combined Intravenous Recombinant-Tissular Plasminogen Activator and Endovascular Treatment of Spontaneous Occlusive Internal Carotid Dissection with Tandem Intracranial Artery Occlusion[Show abstract] [Hide abstract]
ABSTRACT: Internal carotid artery (ICA) dissection with tandem internal carotid and middle cerebral artery occlusion may carry a poor prognosis even if intravenous recombinant-tissular plasminogen activator is administered. A better outcome may be expected with the combination of intravenous thrombolysis and endovascular methods (stenting and thromboaspiration). This procedure was performed in 3 patients who had concurrent ICA dissection and intracerebral occlusion. Endovascular treatment was feasible and safe. All our patients had a good clinical outcome. This potential effective approach may need further validation.
Article: Symptomatic Moyamoya disease: Clinical features and outcome after indirect bypass surgery in four French adults[Show abstract] [Hide abstract]
ABSTRACT: There are a few reports of moyamoya disease (MMD) in the European Caucasian adult population. We present the clinical manifestations, the neuroradiological aspects, the treatment, and the outcome after surgical revascularization of four French patients with MMD. We identified four adults (age >18 years; three women and one man) with MMD who underwent digital subtraction catheter angiography at our institution from 1997 through 2006. The median age at symptom onset was 35 years (range, 22 to 41 years). The initial clinical presentation was intracerebral hemorrhage in three patients and ischemic stroke in one patient. Three patients underwent bilateral surgical revascularization and one patient underwent unilateral surgical revascularization. All patients underwent the same surgical revascularization procedure (encephalo-duro-arterio-myo-synangiosis). The mean (+/-SD) period of follow-up after diagnosis of MMD was 6 years and 9 months (+/-3 years and 5 months). No patient experienced any recurrent hemorrhagic or ischemic stroke. No perioperative stroke occurred. No patient was severely disabled or unable to walk. Three patients out of four were employed. Our data suggest safety and a potential benefit of surgical revascularization (indirect bypass surgery) in European adult patients with symptomatic MMD. Further long-term prospective multicenter studies are needed. The establishment of a registry would be useful in order to accumulate data in large numbers of European patients with this uncommon disease.
Article: Incidence des différentes trajectoires des patients victimes d'AVC sur le taux de thrombolyse
Article: Nocturnal urine melatonin and 6-sulphatoxymelatonin excretion at the acute stage of ischaemic stroke[Show abstract] [Hide abstract]
ABSTRACT: Melatonin's neuroprotective action has been demonstrated in experimental models of brain ischaemia. The relationship between stroke and melatonin levels has been based on scarce and small sample size studies. In addition, the changes have not been correlated with the age of patients. We compared levels of nocturnal urinary melatonin and its metabolite, 6-sulfatoxymelatonin (aMT6S) in a large series of acute ischaemic stroke patients and healthy volunteers. Consecutive ischaemic stroke patients with a first episode of anterior circulation stroke were recruited. Urine samples were collected in 127 patients on day 1 poststroke and in a control population including 216 healthy volunteers, from 20:00 to 08:00 hr. Melatonin and aMT6S were measured by radioimmunoassay. Differences in melatonin and aMT6S levels between ischaemic stroke patients and healthy volunteers were assessed by gender and age categories, using the Student's t-test. Melatonin excretion was decreased in stroke patients compared with healthy volunteers (74.1 +/- 13.9 versus 211.9 +/- 31.0 ng/hr; P = 0.0004), whereas aMT6S level was not significantly reduced (6371 +/- 1028 versus 4469 +/- 508 ng/hr; P = 0.10). Conversely, the stratification by age showed a significant reduction of both melatonin and aMT6S levels among ischaemic stroke patients over 70 yr (P = 0.001 and P = 0.03 respectively). The impact of melatonin at the acute stage of stroke on clinical severity and lesion size needs further assessment, as melatonin may have potential neuroprotective effects.
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ABSTRACT: Tuberothalamic artery infarction (TTAI) results mainly in a myriad of neuropsychological symptoms such as memory impairment, euphoria, apathy, verbal perseverations, constructional apraxia and lack of spontaneity. Language disturbances, acalculia, buccofacial and limb apraxia occur prominently after left TTAI while visual spatial processing deficits and hemispatial neglect occur prominently after the right one. Some cases of TTAI causing Horner's syndrome in addition of these wide-ranging neurobehavioral symptoms have been reported. Here, we report a case of TTAI with an ipsilateral ptosis as main clinical manifestation. This finding suggests that a Horner's syndrome can be the main feature of TTAI when neuropsychological manifestations are inconspicuous.
Article: Brain Stem Diffusion-Weighted Imaging Lesion Score: A Potential Marker of Outcome in Acute Basilar Artery Occlusion[Show abstract] [Hide abstract]
ABSTRACT: The benefit of recanalization in basilar artery occlusion (BAO) has been established. The baseline extent of brain stem damage may also influence the outcome. We investigated whether a baseline diffusion-weighted imaging (DWI) score may provide additional prognostic value in BAO. We analyzed baseline clinical and DWI parameters in consecutive patients treated with endovascular procedures for acute BAO. Brain stem DWI lesions were assessed by using a semiquantitative score based on arterial territory segmentation. Outcome at 3 months was dichotomized according to the modified Rankin Scale (mRS) as favorable (mRS, 0-2) or unfavorable (mRS, 3-6). Spearman rank correlation tests assessed the correlation between DWI and clinical variables. Univariate and multivariate logistic regression analyses were used to identify clinical and MR imaging predictors of outcome. Twenty-nine patients were included. The brain stem DWI score (median, 3; range, 0-14) was correlated with the baseline National Institutes of Health Stroke Scale (NIHSS) score and the presence and length of coma (r = 0.67, 0.49, and 0.53, respectively; P < .01). Recanalization was achieved in 76%. A higher baseline NIHSS score (P = .02) and brain stem DWI score (P = .03), a lower Glasgow Coma Scale score (P = .04), and the presence of coma (P = .05) were associated with poor outcome in univariate analysis. Multivariate analysis showed that the brain stem DWI score was the only independent baseline predictor for clinical outcome (P = .026). Baseline brain stem DWI lesion score is an independent marker of outcome in BAO.
Article: Fibrinolyse Precoce Avec Elevation Des Produits De Degradation Du Fibrinogene Dans L\'hematome Intra Cerebral Spontane[Show abstract] [Hide abstract]
ABSTRACT: Description L\'hématome intracérébral est essentiellement considéré comme une maladie vasculaire, liée à la structure des vaisseaux. Un traitement récent, le facteur VII, a montré indirectement l\'importance de l\'hémostase dans cette affection. Objectif Explorer certains aspects de l\'hémostase dans une série d\'hématomes intra-cérébraux spontanés. Méthode : Des tests d\'hémostase ont été réalisés chez des patients porteurs d\'un hématome intra-cérébral spontané. Les taux de fibrinogène et des produits de dégradation de fibrinogène (PDF) ont été dosés à l\'entrée, tandis que la numération des thrombocytes, l\'International Normalized Ratio (INR), le temps de céphaline activée (TCA) ont été par ailleurs déterminés. Résultats Treize patients successifs ont été étudiés. Chez 3 patients, une élévation des facteurs de dégradation du fibrinogène a été observée (3/13 soit 23%). Un cas de thrombopénie associée à l\'augmentation des PDF a été noté. Conclusion Dans un sous-groupe non négligeable d\'hématomes, il existe une fibrinolyse concomitante dans les 24 premières heures. Ce phénomène est soit primitif, soit secondaire à la rupture vasculaire. Background Intracerebral haematoma is considered as an essentially vascular disease related to the structure of vessels. A recent treatment, VII factor has indirectly shown the importance of haemostasis in this ailment. Objective explored certain aspects of haemostasis in a series of intracerebral spontaneous haematomas. Method Haemostasis tests have been achieved among patients with a spontaneous intracerebral haematoma. The rate of fibrinogen and fibrinogen degradation products (FDP) have been measured at the admission, while the count of thrombocyts, and INR and ACT have also been determined. Results Thirteen successive patients have been studied. In three patients, an elevation of fibrinogen degradation factors has been observed (3/13 or 23%). A case of thrombopenia associated with the increase of FDP has been recorded. Conclusion In a considerable subgroup of haematomas, one could observe a concomitant fibrinolysis during the first 24 hours. This phenomenon is either initial or secondary to a vascular rupture.
Article: Stenting of Symptomatic Basilar and Vertebral Artery Stenosis in Patients Resistant to Optimal Medical Prevention: The Lyon Stroke Unit Experience[Show abstract] [Hide abstract]
ABSTRACT: Intracranial angioplasty stenting may be an efficient therapy in patients with intracranial atherosclerotic symptomatic vertebrobasilar artery stenosis unresponsive to optimal medical therapy. We present our experience in this setting. RESULTS: The study included 12 cases (8 men, 4 women), with an age range of 43-78 years (mean 62.6 years). Intracranial stenosis that resulted in qualifying stroke or transient ischemic attack involved the vertebral artery (n = 4), lower basilar artery (n = 1) and mid basilar artery (n = 5). Tandem stenosis included the intracranial vertebral artery and basilar artery (n = 1) and both intracranial vertebral arteries (n = 1). The degree of stenosis ranged between 70 and 90% in the basilar and vertebral arteries. Angioplasty + stenting was performed in all lesions. A successful procedure resulting in 30% of residual stenosis was found in 14 vessels. A periprocedural adverse event occurred in 1 case and was related to a brain hemorrhage. The mean patient follow-up was 15 +/- 3 months; 10 patients remained symptom free. All patients underwent a percutaneous endovascular balloon angioplasty and stent placement. CONCLUSIONS: This study supports the safety and the potential efficiency of stent-assisted angioplasty in patients resistant to optimal prevention. Randomized larger prospective trials are needed to confirm the benefit of this approach.
Article: Recurrent cerebral venous thrombosis revealing paraneoplastic angiitis in Hodgkin's lymphoma[Show abstract] [Hide abstract]
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ABSTRACT: Background: Intracerebral haematoma is considered as an essentially vascular disease related to the structure of vessels. A recent treatment, VII factor has indirectly shown the importance of haemostasis in this ailment. Objective: explored certain aspects of haemostasis in a series of intracerebral spontaneous haematomas. Method: Haemostasis tests have been achieved among patients with a spontaneous intracerebral haematoma. The rate of fibrinogen and fibrinogen degradation products (FDP) have been measured at the admission, while the count of thrombocyts, and INR and ACT have also been determined. Results: Thirteen successive patients have been studied. In three patients, an elevation of fibrinogen degradation factors has been observed (3/13 or 23%). A case of thrombopenia associated with the increase of FDP has been recorded. Conclusion: In a considerable subgroup of haematomas, one could observe a concomitant fibrinolysis during the first 24 hours. This phenomenon is either initial or secondary to a vascular rupture. © 2002 African Journal of Neurological Sciences. All rights reserved.
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ABSTRACT: Introduction La vascularisation des noyaux antérieur, ventro-latéral antérieur et ventro-latéral intermédiaire du thalamus est principalement assurée par l'artère tubéro-thalamique qui est une branche de l'artère communicante postérieure. Observation Nous rapportons le cas d'une patiente de 74 ans, hypertendue, dyslipidémique, porteuse d'une valvulopathie mitrale, sous traitement médicamenteux, admise dans notre service pour un ptosis gauche d'installation brutale et une désorientation temporo-spatiale. L'examen neurologique était normal hormis ce ptosis isolé, sans myosis ni autre anomalie de paires crâniennes associée. Il n'y avait ni ophtalmoplégie, ni paralysie faciale, ni déficit sensitivo-moteur des 4 membres, ni syndrome cérébello-vestibulaire, pas plus que de syndrome méningé, de trouble de vigilance ou de mouvements anormaux. L'IRM avec ARM montra un infarctus aigu et unique de la partie antéro-latérale du thalamus gauche, correspondant au territoire de l'artère tubéro-thalamique. Il n'y avait pas d'argument pour une dissection, une sténose artérielle ou une malformation vasculaire. La radio pulmonaire était normale. Le test à la Néosynéphrine a permis d'obtenir une correction transitoire du ptosis confirmant qu'il s'agissait bien d'un syndrome de Claude Bernard Horner (CBH) partiel. Un bilan neuropsychologique réalisé à J10 a trouvé une perturbation modérée des capacités mnésiques et du langage. Discussion L'infarctus tubéro-thalamique se manifeste classiquement par une sémiologie frontale : apathie, euphorie, troubles attentionnels, persévérations etc. avec des signes de latéralisation selon l'hémisphère touché : aphasie, amnésie, troubles visuo-spatiaux, héminégligence, associés de manière inconstante à une hémiparésie et/ou hémihypoesthésie d'évolution en général régressive. Quelques rares cas comportant un CBH sont rapportés dans la littérature. Conclusion Un syndrome de CBH peut être satellite d'un infarctus de l'artère tubéro-thalamique. Cette présentation clinique est certes rare mais doit être évoquée devant tout CBH d'installation brutale chez un sujet à risque vasculaire.
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Starting as a stand-up comedian, Ian Boothby writes for television, radio and theater, as well as comic books. For the past two years he has written for Bongo Entertainment's Simpsons Comics. He was also a contributing writer on Homer Simpson's Guide to Being A Man (Harper Collins). For television, Ian has written for Canvas Cat and Bongo Bat, Zero Avenue, Street Cents, Popular Mechanics for Kids and Skinnamarink TV, among many others. He has also created two television shows, Channel 92 and The 11th Hour. For his efforts he has won many awards, including the Gemini Award for Best Children's TV Program (1987) for Switchback, a show he both wrote and performed in. His relationship with Mainframe Entertainment started when he began writing for Weird-Ohs. Recently, he and his partner Roger Fredericks, another Weird-Ohs' alum, co-wrote the screenplay for the CGI feature, Casper's Haunted Christmas.
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You write for television, radio, theater...you do everything. Is this what it takes to make a living as a freelance writer?
Ian Boothby: Well I might be a little different in that my prime goal is to work on my own projects. I like working on other projects that I enjoy in the meantime to sort of finance my own personal work. Everything for me comes back to, 'How can I learn something that I can put into my own films or television programs?'
HK: So you're creating your own films, your own television shows, and then taking television series work and other things to pay the bills?
IB: Yes, but not taking just any work. I only take work where I either feel I can learn something or I really enjoy the company that I'm working with. With Mainframe that was the case. I was a big fan of Reboot and always wanted to work with them on that show, but then, of course, it's off the air. Then Weird-Ohs came along and I got the opportunity to work on that show and from that I got Casper.
HK: All things flow into one another.
IB: I've got a pretty strong rule, which is I won't do anything that isn't funny, or doesn't have the potential to be funny. Sometimes you drop the ball later, but it's got to at least have a good chance. To me, the Casper movie was very funny and so that was like, 'Yeah, all right, I'd like to play with these characters. I'd like to take these toys out to the back yard and see what we can do.'
HK: How do you change your sensibilities for these different mediums? What factors do you take into consideration?
IB: It's interesting 'cause the line is really blurred now. It used to be if you were doing live-action you were very limited to the amount of sets you could have and your budget. Any time you had anything slightly special effects-y -- see if that gets past your spell check -- special effects-y, your budget would go through the roof. But then in the world of cartoons, you could have people falling off mountains and flying to the moon, but you couldn't do realism. You couldn't do faces well. You couldn't have small little gestures. At present you have to be much more slapstick-y when you do animation. You have to be much more visual when you do animation. But the line is blurring and there will be a lot of crossover. There's a lot of live-action movies where the special effects are all computer generated. What's the difference between that and CG animation? It's all mixing into one really interesting world where there are no limitations. As a writer that's both scary and very fun.
Sometimes I see stories that are animated but there doesn't seem to be any reason to use this special medium. What elements do you see are necessary for a successful animated story versus a live-action story?
IB: That's an interesting one. Something like King of the Hill you could almost see as being a live-action sitcom, whereas something like The Simpsons, there's absolutely no way. One, you'd never be able to do the timing correctly on the jokes. With animation, you can do all these quick little jokes and little behind the scenes things; you can have multi-layered jokes. Whereas in a sitcom, you really have to do, set up, punch line, set up, punch line. If there's anything in the background, it'll probably be out of focus or take away from the live studio audience laughing. The benefits of animation or what makes a difference from, say, Something About Mary, are the background elements and multi-level jokes.
HK: What about the general elements of the story? It seems like a lot of the great animated films contain elements of magic, fantasy or of looking at the world from a different point of view.
IB: You got a couple things you can do with animation that, at least at present, you can only do in animation, and that is, it can take you to another world. What you really need is for the audience to be able to project themselves into that environment. I saw Dinosaur recently. You couldn't do that any other way than computer animation. That's something animation can do -- take you to a completely different world that has its own rules. But what has been done traditionally, I think, is since you've got animation you feel weird doing a small intimate story about just people and so you go, 'We better take them to the moon.' You're spending all this time drawing something. 'I better do something you can't do in live-action.' So you get a whole bunch of big action, big slapstick or eyes popping out, things like that, but otherwise you feel like, 'Why don't I just do this live-action?' like you were saying earlier.
With Casper, did you run into any specific challenges?
IB: Yeah, in that we had a very limited cast. Say I was doing a live-action movie. I go, 'Okay, I want the street to be full of extras.' It's a little pricey, but you can still get it done. But if I say that to the people at Mainframe they go, 'We've got to generate each character individually,' and that takes a whole heck of a lot of time. So to overcome this, what we did was we went, 'All right. We want a whole bunch of people -- since it's winter -- in snow suits.' So all the snow suits are the same, but a different color. That gives the illusion that we've got a whole bunch of different people. That's the only one real limitation is you can't have a guest character come in or add more characters in later. In a live-action film -- not a problem. In an animated film -- yeah, it is a problem. You've got to cast a new voice and especially with computer, you've got to generate it. And it's so much work to do that. I can't believe the amount of work they do on each of these characters. There's so much depth and precision and so many little details. We were also a little bit limited in that once you built a set, say the house, you really have to use the house as much as possible because it took so much work to make. You're limited by location when you're dealing with CGI specifically.
HK: What was it like working with such a classic character?
IB: That was fun in that you get to put your own spin on him. Both Roger and myself are big fans of animation. So, it's been a kick in the last two years to actually do it. It's been a real thrill. In this, there's a lot of homages to things like The Grinch Who Stole Christmas, It's A Wonderful Life, Frosty the Snowman, things like that. We tried to say, 'Okay, Casper's a classic character. Let's see what all these characters would be like if we put them in a Grinch Who Stole Christmas environment.' That's something that Roger and I are known for, merging two genres together, two styles together, and seeing what comes out of the mix. But Casper was definitely fun. We got to play with a couple of things that we always thought were interesting in that Spooky looks a lot like Casper but no one's ever done something where Spooky impersonates Casper. Plus, Spooky and Poyle have a real Burns and Allen vibe to them. We had a lot of fun with that, writing in the old Burns and Allen style for them, and a Three Stooges slapstick-y style for the trio. Then we had a nice, not quite romance, but we had a nice story between Casper and Holly. You can always tug at the heartstrings with Casper. That gives the film just that little extra. To me, what makes a Christmas film good, is you can have all the jokes in the world, but then you have to have that little moment where you really care about the characters. That's what we played with Casper and Holly. And Casper's kind of a sad character at heart in that he really wants friends and he doesn't have friends. He scares everybody, you know? So when Casper actually finally gets a friend, it's a big deal and it's nice.
You started as a stand-up comic. How do you think this helped your writing?
IB: I started off also doing improvisation. Both Roger and I do improv. I think that's more what we use in our writing than stand up, per se, because improv is more communal. What you do is you make an offer on stage and the other person responds and builds on that offer. That's exactly what we do with Mainframe. We go to Mainframe and go, 'All right, we want Casper to be on top of the Empire State Building.' Then they show us what they can do with the animation, what their limitations are and what they can do that really looks cool. We then build on that and go, 'If you can do that and that looks really cool, well, heck, we're going to write a scene on that.' Then they build on that, and we go back and forth. It's really a nice collaborative process. What are your strengths? What are our strengths? Okay, let's put them together and see what we can do. I think in this Casper film, we really both pushed our limitations. There were a lot of times when they sent stuff to us and we went, 'Oh man, that's tricky. I don't know how we can write that.' But then we did. And we'd go to them and say, 'We really want this scene.' And they'd respond, 'Oh, I don't know how we're going to animate that.' But then when we'd see it done, it was gorgeous.
We're at the start of a new medium with CGI, in that in 2D animation, a lot of stuff has been done. It's tough to beat Disney and Warner Bros. and all the classic stuff that's been done. You look at shows now and you say, 'I like it, but you're kind of repeating the old Chuck Jones, you know, Clampett, gags.' But CGI, that's new. What are the visual jokes that you can do in a 3D environment? You could just repeat -- translate 2D jokes to 3D. That's possible. But there's so much more that you could do. That's what we're on the ground floor of, and it sure is fun. I think that's a mistake sometimes people make when they go into 3D. They say, 'I just want to do basically an old Chuck Jones or Bob Clampett cartoon, but 3D it up.' It's like, no! That was their medium. What's yours? What can you do?'
How did you get your start in writing?
IB: I got my start in writing because I was also an actor and the best way to get a part for yourself is to write a part that's exactly right for you. I've written for a couple of TV shows. I've done a sitcom called Channel 92. Roger and I did a sketch comedy show, which we're actually still doing, called The 11th Hour. And in both of those, I wrote parts that were exactly right for me. Then at times when the acting work isn't coming in, the writing work covers it. And times when the writing work isn't coming in, then the acting work covers it. I also still do improv. In Canada, you pretty much have to do at least five jobs to make a living in the arts. Luckily, I can do about five things okay.
HK: That leads perfectly into my next question. How do you handle the precarious nature of being a freelancer?
IB: I think the way you handle it is, you don't put all your eggs in one basket. Do a whole bunch of different things. It's weird, because the main rule about writing is they say, 'Write what you know.' But then you go, 'I'm writing for Road Runner. They've got explosives and a coyote chasing around.' This is a world of fantasy, but you know what you like. So write from what you know in the real world for live-action, but write from what you like when it comes to animation. If I was writing for a genre that I didn't enjoy it would become very obvious very fast. I think that's why you get a lot of really mediocre animation. People are just going for any job: 'I've got to take any work that comes along because anything is good. Anything will help me along.' No, I don't think so. I think you've got to take only work that you enjoy. Then you'll bring that joy and interest to the project. That'll make a much better television program or film. That's sort of how I go about things. I do multiple things. I do improv. I do my own stuff. I work freelance for good companies. Not a lot of people do that but that's a real rule of mine. In doing that, you sort of dodge a lot of the freelance bullets.
You're lucky that you can do that, that you're not starving, so you can pick and choose.
IB: Oh, I starved! I've had a few years of that, but you make your choices and you stick with it. But I've had the hungry years as well. Definitely.
Now, it seems like Casper wasn't a case where you and Roger just wrote a script and handed it to Harvey and then left. It sounds like you were really involved in the production with Mainframe. Is that the case?
IB: Yes it was. What had happened was we had been writing on Weird-Ohs already, so about once every two weeks we'd go sit with all the animators in a big room and jam on ideas. In that way we got to know them and they again told us what the limitations were, and even more importantly, we were asking them, 'Well, what do you guys want to animate? What's fun for you to animate?' We'd get a good vibe from the room. If you have an animator animating something that they like, they're going to do a better job. So we kept that relationship. We had meetings every once in a while but then when they're doing their thing we'd leave them alone and let them work their magic, and then they'd leave us alone and let us write our thing. Harvey was very hands-on, and Mainframe was very hands-on. Both Roger and I live just a couple of blocks away from the Mainframe animationoffices so we would be able to pop over. Plus, I knew a couple ofthe animators on this because I also write for comic books and I knewa couple of them from the comic scene in town as well. So we already had a little bit of a pre-existing relationship. They're just all great guys and girls to hang around with.
That's good. I think when you have the writers and the artists interacting that lends itself to a much more cohesive story and project at the end of the day.
IB: I've been in so many projects where you write a script, get a check, which is lovely, but then Bob's your uncle, you're off. Then you watch the show months later and go, 'That was my name at the beginning? But a giraffe was the police officer? What the...?'I've sat down with friends to watch a show and I say, 'That was my joke,' about once every two minutes.
It was a luxury then that you got to work with Mainframe so closely.
IB: It was a luxury. It was also a luxury working with a company -- it sounds like I'm kissing ass -- but that does such great work. We'd write a scene and then a couple of months later, we'd go in and we'd see the scene and take our jaws off the floor, and go, 'You guys are great! Oh my gosh!' And that would so pump you up to write morestuff because you're going, 'Did you see what they did? Okay, nowwe really have to write this.' It would be so exciting. Of course,that's encouraging to the animators, too, 'cause they're working in a big vacuum there. Who knows if the joke's funny anymore after you've been working on it for a month? It's nice to have someone come in and say, 'That's good.' We're going to see that, come Christmas. The footage I've seen so far, I was really, really pleased with.
In animation, there's a real struggle, because there's some studios that are letting the 'board artists almost write thewhole entire thing. Then there's other studios where the writers are writing everything and then like you said, just getting a paycheck. It seems like somewhere there has to be a middle ground, but it's really hard for animation studios to find that ground.
IB: You've got the John Kricfalusi way, which is where the animators themselves do the writing, and then there's also The Simpsons style, which is the writers write it all and then the animators take over. There's almost like animators first or writers first. Those are two very distinctive styles, and there's some really hilarious Ren and Stimpy cartoons and there's very hilariousSimpsons cartoons. Then there's some studios that just wantto turn around and make a buck and so they buy a property and say, 'We got our animation studio that's going to do it, great.' And then,'Who are the writers?' 'Well, these are some writers who have written animation with boards.' 'Good! Them. Okay.' And you're there in the business of selling the toy or whatever it is. They're making a buck. And fair enough. But something like Ren and Stimpy or The Simpsons both work, because they've got a lot of heart to them.Ren and Stimpy were Kricfalusi's creations and he really cared. And Matt Groening was very hands-on with The Simpsons because he really cared. You've got to have someone who gives a damn. I think 80% of the projects out there, people don't give a damn and you can tell. But with Casper, luckily, it was obvious they really did care. And that was swell.
It's really important to make comedies as funny as possible. A lot of times something is called comedy and it just -- it is not funny. I think we've got something here that hopefully is funny and that we'll be proud to show all our friends. Here's the other thing that is really cool for both Roger and I. A Christmas special airs forever -- just airs forever. It's so nice to have something that ten years from now, they'll probably be showing. So much of your work is disposable. It's on for however long the TV season is and then it's done, unless Nick at Nite picks it up in thirty years, but a Christmas special lives on for a long time. And to make it with Mainframe, was really a great experience.
Heather Kenyon is editor in chief of Animation World Magazine.
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340 reviews
64% would repurchase
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Package Quality: 3.7
Price: $$$
INGREDIENTSLily of the Valley, Suede Notes, Bergamot, Ylang, Jasmine Maroc, Sandalwood, Orris, Amber, Vanilla, Cedarwood, Patchouli, Musk.
Age: Unknown
Skin: Normal, Fair, Cool
Hair: Brunette, Straight, Medium
Eyes: Brown
For me, Cashmere Mist is just a boring blah baby powder scent -- with nothing else added. Sorry to its legions of fans -- I know this is hugely popular -- and yes, I own a bottle, I have for years -- but I almost never use it. On the rare occasion that I use it, I'm generally *bored stiff* with it and restless by 9am -- wishing I had packed a more interesting and flavorful scent in my purse that I could spray overtop.
In my humble opinion, this is a tremendously conservative fragrance, for those who really don't like perfume very much. To me, choosing Cashmere Mist is like going to Baskin-Robbins 31 Flavors and ordering a single scoop of plain vanilla -- in a cup. I mean that metaphorically, in terms of being ultraconservative -- not scent-wise.
It has good strength and longevity. It's soft, yet the EDP is still quite strong, and it's possible to overspray. Inoffensive and safe for church, hospital, or office wear -- seems more like a bath product than a spray perfume.
I'd put all of the following in the same broad general category with Cashmere Mist -- Chanel #5, Bulgari Pour Femme, Victoria's Secret Heavenly, Emporio Armani Elle, DKNY Pure, Estee Lauder Pure White Linen, Bath & Body Works Sea Island Cotton, Love's Baby Soft.
Age: 44-55
Skin: Combination, Fair-Medium, Not Sure
Hair: Brown, Other, Other
Eyes: Hazel
I love this perfume, but it's difficult to find in the UK (except online). I wear it day or night and it always fits - whatever the occasion. It lasts for most of the day and smells light, flowery and feminine. It is quite a subtle fragrance & doesn't have the awful heaviness or musky notes of so many perfumes. Does that make it for old people? I think it's for people who are comfortable with themselves & don't need to prove a point - whatever their age!
Age: 30-35
Skin: Oily, Fair-Medium, Not Sure
Hair: Black, Other, Other
Eyes: Green
i personally feel this is a very mature smelling scent and one thats not suitable for summer as it is more of a cozy scent for wintertime. its powdery and stays close to the skin but what turns me off is the jasmine-i find it to be very predominant and dont like it as i find it sharp smelling.
Age: 44-55
Skin: Other, Other, Not Sure
Hair: Other, Other, Other
Eyes: Other
There is nothing "old lady" about this scent at all. On some women this a soft, refined, fresh powdery floral. But on me? This is straight up - freshly powdered baby girl. Definitely test before you buy.
Age: 30-35
Skin: Sensitive, Fair-Medium, Neutral
Hair: Brunette, Curly, Fine
Eyes: Hazel
There is a reason this has been around for so many years. The scent is subtle, powdery and slightly musky.. Body chemistry will make this scent vary from person to person to a degree i have not seen with other perfumes. altho i enjoy the scent on me - clean, soft, warm and powdery, the scent was very sour and sharp on a friend of mine..
This was my everyday winter/fall perfume when it was first released back in the 90s. I have worn it on and off throughout the years. I purchased a bottle a few months ago out of nostalgia and my df made a comment that i smell like me again and he finds it comforting. Will def keep this around for the cooler months
Age: 30-35
Skin: Combination, Fair, Not Sure
Hair: Brown, Other, Other
Eyes: Hazel
This smells too much like "perfume," specifically like hair spray, and there's an unpleasant ashtray note mixed with a cheap car freshener. Maybe I need to let it develop more, but those are my early impressions.
Age: 19-24
Skin: Combination, Fair, Not Sure
Hair: Brunette, Other, Other
Eyes: Brown
I'm still trying to decide if I like this. I smelled it in a perfume ad a few months ago and fell in love with the scent. Finally bought it and I can't remember if it matches the ad or not but when I sprayed it, it reminded me of Oscar by Oscar de la Renta. I wore that perfume in high school and I remember my friend said I smelled like his grandma - so I can see where the grandma reviews are coming from. It does have that floral powdery smell associated with "granny scents"
However, it's not a bad smell to me and my husband liked it so that's a big plus. I'm just not sure if the perfume smells different on me than in the ad, or if I was just in a more accepting mood when I smelled the ad than I am now. I'll give it a while to grow (or grow out) on me but I see this as more of a perfume I'd wear when I'm in the mood for it, as opposed to a go-to fragrance that I can trust to smell amazing to everyone.
Age: 36-43
Skin: Normal, Fair, Not Sure
Hair: Brunette, Other, Other
Eyes: Brown
Had this perfume some 15 years ago, when it was just released (I was in the mid twenties then). I felt so sexy wearing it (don�t get the granny-comments, but some people in this fora seems to think of almost all perfumes that they are either granny-like or that they are like insect-spray, guess their nose is not as sharp as mine...;)) One problem I do remember though is, that it seemed to last only shortly. Maybe it was a edt, not a edp. But the shortlasting effect is what has kept me from repurchasing this perfume. I am wondering whether to wish for Burberry Body or for Casmere mist by DKNY (I have upcoming birthday:)) Would like some help to choose...
Age: 25-29
Skin: Oily, Fair, Not Sure
Hair: Brunette, Other, Other
Eyes: Brown
Got this for Christmas and since I have to work today I decided to test it out. I really enjoy it. It is a soft, clean and understated scent that is not overpowering. Some people associate powdery with an "old lady" smell, sucks to be them. :) I guess my grandmother never stunk it up with crappy smells. Just because something is powdery it doesn't mean it is bad, I associate it with soft.. Don't get me wrong it is powdery but it's also so much more, I find it comforting and cozy. A perfect winter scent.
Age: 30-35
Skin: Sensitive, Fair, Not Sure
Hair: Red, Other, Other
Eyes: Blue
I asked for a sample of this based on the name. Cashmere Mist sounded so sophisticated to me.
I was very disappointed. Cashmere mist, within about 2 minutes, dried down to a VERY powdery scent on me. It smelled like my grandmother's bathroom. She kept this scented powder in there, and Cashemere Mist (at least on me) smells identical to it.
It hurts the back of my throat to smell it.
I think maybe that when people say this smells like an old lady, maybe their grandmothers kept scented powder that smelled like this too, and that's why they think it smells old.
After about 3 hours on me, the powdery scent fades to a scent that, to my nose, seems indistinguishable from Jergan's unscented lotion. Go figure.
This may work differenty for other women, but it doens't on me.
And to top it off, my fiance told me that he hated the smell too.
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Hello loves! This week's post is on a makeup look that I got inspired to do after I picked up my new glasses. They're tortoise shell from Burberry, and I am absolutely in loveee with them. It's my first pair of "designer" frames and I've had my previous glasses for about 4 years, so needless to say I was ready to move onto bigger, better things ;)
Now, these photos don't actually feature my glasses as much as a "Makeup for Glasses" look really should, and that's because the ring light kept giving major glare and reflection on my lenses -_- (as you'll see below). Eventually I gave up and just transitioned the look to something you could wear both with and without glasses on. Which, to be honest, I'm a little disappointed with because I really felt like the lip colour, soft brows and olive eye liner complemented the thick, brown-toned frames. Ah well, the joys of being a blogging noob I guess!
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One thing I'd like to point out is that, although I'm wearing relatively thick frames here, I really think that this look can be applied to any neutral frame colour, with any thickness and shape. However with thicker frames, you really want to keep the brows as soft and natural as possible to balance out the contrast of the glasses. Combining HD-instagram brows with really large, dark frames is not the best look when you have delicate features, at least in my case (I actually tried a heavier brow beforehand with this look and they just looked really fake). When you wear a pair of glasses that has a thicker, plastic frame vs a thin metal one, more attention is now drawn to your brows (pun intended) for two reasons:
1. If you are near-sighted like I am, your eyes will appear smaller, and
2. light will reflect off of your lenses, occasionally shielding your eyes
This is also why you achieve more "balance" on your face when you avoid a super pale, nude lip and opt for something with a bit more colour!
(^I do want to point out though, that is is by no means a rule! Makeup is meant to be fun and creative. Every face is different and not all glasses are the same. These are just tips that I have found work best for me and through personal observation. If you love the dramatic on-fleek brow with a thick, black pair of sexy frames, then you go rock that look!!)
Anyways, let me know what you think of the makeup and what you do when you wear glasses! Do you even bother with putting makeup on? (I know some days I don't) Oh, and if anyone has some tips on reducing that ring of glare then feel free to give your suggestions, haha. Have a wonderful week!
For the face, the usual foundation, concealer and setting powder!
Light contouring with MAC 'Matte Bronze'
Bronzing the rest of the face: Sephora's 'Los Cabos' Bronzing Powder (great dupe for Too Faced 'Milk Chocolate Soleil'!)
Highlight: MAC 'Soft and Gentle'
UD Primer Potion
Crease: Sephora's 'Los Cabos'
Liner: NYX retractable eye liner in 'Golden Olive', plus a Lancome olive green eyeshadow from an old tester palette mixed with Visine (gives it a gel liner consistency)
Mascara: Too Faced Roller Lash
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In our first show of the 2012 season, we set off the filmmaking fireworks by finding out why Innkeepers director Ti West doesn't believe in spooks, and by talking to indie icon Ed Burns about the twitter revolution, his $9,000 budget, and his new must-see movie Newlyweds. Plus, Neil Miller...
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- August 18, 2011
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Teaching Comparative Perspectives in Mediation: Some Preliminary Reflections
Nolan-Haley, Jacqueline, St. John's Law Review
Mediation is no longer the stepchild of international dispute resolution practice. Scholars and practitioners recognize its enormous potential as a confidential, cost-saving, time-saving, relationship-enhancing process that gives control over disputes to the affected parties and often results in greater levels of satisfaction than litigation. Whether its appeal has peaked because of growing disenchantment with commercial arbitration or the perception that international arbitration has become like U.S. litigation,1 mediation is beginning to blossom on the international dispute resolution landscape.
The growing interest in mediation at the international level is reflected in numerous international and regional organizations, laws and protocols. Notable examples include organizations such as the Commercial Arbitration and Mediation Centre of the Americas ("CAMCA"),2 the CPR International Institute for Conflict Prevention & Resolution,3 and the International Chamber of Commerce ("ICC") that offer rules and procedures to resolve private commercial disputes through mediation. The World Trade Organization's ("WTO") dispute settlement system offers mediation as one method of resolving trade disputes between members.4 And, a primary example of legislation is the Model Law on International Commercial Conciliation that was developed by the United Nations Commission on International Trade Law ("UNCITRAL").5 The Model Law, which was recommended by the United Nations for adoption by member states in 2002, suggests an international consensus on the value of mediation as a mainstream method of resolving disputes.6
While mediation programs are developing rapidly across the globe, given the transatlantic focus of this conferenceTransatlantic Perspectives on ADR-and its London location, it is useful to consider some recent examples of mediation's growth in Europe. In 2002, the European Commission issued a Green Paper that identified ADR as a "political priority" for all "European Union institutions, whose task it is to promote these alternative techniques, to ensure an environment propitious to their development and to do what it can to guarantee quality."7 The purpose of the paper was to encourage use of ADR as a means of increasing access to justice in cross-border disputes.8 The paper initiated a wide-spread consultation with Member States and interested parties on possible measures to promote the use of mediation.9
Following positive responses to the Green Paper, the Commission of the European Communities issued a proposal for a Directive on mediation in civil and commercial matters in October 2004.10 The proposed EU Directive focuses on crossborder disputes and was intended to further the EU goal of increasing access to justice by providing private parties and businesses with an additional mechanism for resolving disputes.11 It was intended to promote the use of mediation in the EU without making it mandatory.12
Finally, a Mediator Code of Conduct was developed by the European Commission and finalized in July 2004.13 The Code sets out a number of principles such as informed consent and impartiality,14 and covers important mediator practice areas such as fees and advertising.15 It demonstrates not only a commitment to using mediation but to practicing it with high standards of professional integrity.16
The study of comparative law and legal process in any subject area offers the usual advantages of learning about other countries' legal cultures and developing a deeper understanding of one's own legal tradition. In the case of mediation, it is important to evaluate critically what is learned through comparative analysis. Mediation is still developing as a profession; it is newly institutionalized in legal cultures; and, it is relatively new to the canon of legal education.17 National legal traditions have responded differently to the implementation of mediation. …