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My story is much like others' who suffer with panic disorder. Look at a list of symptoms and you'll see mine.
My first panic attack occurred when I was 14. Later I would have them while driving on the interstate – so I stopped driving on the interstate. I had them at movie theaters or concerts – so I stopped going to those places. I stopped going to the mall, to the grocery store, or flying. I stopped going anywhere alone with my children because I was afraid of what might happen to them if I fainted or died while we were out. Eventually, I stopped going anywhere alone.
I quit my job and sold my car and relied on my husband to take me and the children everywhere. I remember every day seeming gray and cloudy, and every day I cried. Then I decided that the only way I was going to live again was to face my fears head on.
I made a chart of short- and long-term goals. First was driving alone to the store. My hands were shaking on the steering wheel. But back at home I put a star next to my accomplishment. Each day I tried a new goal. Sometimes it took three or four tries to move forward, but I never went backward.
I took my cell phone everywhere. In the early 1990s cell phones were big and square, but mine felt like a "safety net" that would help me venture out alone.
My greatest motivation to regain my freedom may have been my husband. Instead of offering support, though, he never tried to understand me and he was angry. We had fights about him going to the grocery store or taking time off from work to take the children to the doctor. Now I'm glad he didn't make it easy for me; he claims he was showing me "tough love."
My progress has been slow over the years, but I'm finally starting to accomplish my long-term goals. I returned to work full time, started volunteering at my kids' schools, and finished my first semester of college courses. My comfort zone has grown larger as I've learned not to fear my panic attacks. One Sunday I drove my daughter to the beach, about two hours away. That trip might has well have been to the moon, because there was a time I never thought I could do it.
I still get panic attacks, but I'm not afraid of them. Some days are harder than others, but I focus on how far I've come. Sometimes it helps to laugh at myself and my coping tools, which includes my new tiny cell phone.


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"NWY continues to have the highest level of traffic and gift-giving conversion among the misses, Quintiliano said.
While New York & Company Inc. (NYSE: NWY) was a winner, Ann, Inc. (NYSE: ANN) may potentially prove to be the most disappointing as traffic never fully materialized on stable promotions.
Coming to discount retailers, sales were generally positive on Black Friday, with Target Corp. (NYSE:TGT) appearing to perform the best. Target's store traffic looked much improved over last year, and seemed to build as the day continued. However, traffic seem to have decelerated quickly at Target after top items sold out in the first 2 hours.
On the other hand, Wal-Mart Stores, Inc. (NYSE: WMT) reported its best ever Black Friday events with nearly 10 million transactions (5,000 per second) being processed between 8PM-Midnight. Top items were gaming consoles, video games, DVDs, Furbys, Crock Pots, big screen TVs, tablets, laptops, and digital cameras.
"The Walmart stores we visited showed improved traffic over last year, though we would not necessarily call them very busy," BMO Capital Markets analyst Gerrick Johnson wrote.
Meanwhile, Foot Locker, Inc. (NYSE: FL) also had one of the most positive Black Friday sales. Foot Locker will benefit from several impactful launches of premium priced new basketball shoes last week. Nike, Inc. (NYSE: NKE) launched a new Jordan Retro shoe (Jordan IV) that sold out in a pre-sale earlier in the week.
In addition, it is a positive Black Friday checklist for Macy's, Inc. (NYSE: M) and Nordstrom, Inc. (NYSE: JWN).
"In our view, both Macy's and Nordstrom should benefit from a positive holiday weekend combination of: 1) solid observed traffic trends at A-malls; 2) strong ecommerce data (ecom is 9-10% of sales for both M & JWN, respectively)," UBS analyst Michael Binetti wrote.
Nordstrom should also benefit from the lowest exposure to Hurricane Sandy-impacted regions in early November.
"We are forecasting +3% and +5.8% November SSS for Macy's and Nordstrom, respectively, and believe there is upside to both forecasts," Binetti added.
Kohl's (NYSE: KSS) had a combination of solid industry traffic levels, higher inventories and visibly higher promotions compared to last year that would boost its November sales update this week.
"We are slightly raising our SSS estimate for November to +3% from +2% previously. We saw heavy traffic levels for the midnight open at the stores we visited on Black Friday. Store staff commented that traffic remained heavy until the early morning hours (~4am)," Binetti added.
At J. C. Penney Company, Inc. (NYSE: JCP), the results were a little bit mixed. Though, it witnessed visible crows, it suffered from opening hours disadvantage. J.C.Penney opened at 6am this year compared to 4am last year and compared to midnight for Kohl's and Macy's this year. The company's decision to open much later than the competition was a significant traffic disadvantage for the company on Black Friday.
"We believe JCP's later start time (6AM) led to lost market share likely at the expense of Macy's, which had solid and sustainable traffic throughout the weekend based on our observations," Deutsche Bank analyst Charles Grom said in a client note.
The traffic at Big Lots, Inc. (NYSE: BIG) on the stores opening was less than what we witnessed at other retailers, but we note that the stores are open all day on Thanksgiving, with certain specials driving customers to the stores that day.
"Given the solid performance BIG saw last year in November, we believe this year performance will be in-line at best compared to last year," said Grom who added that the overall Black Friday traffic was strong despite earlier Holiday opening hours and tough macro conditions.
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African Music
African music can be very difficult to find in the library because it is not generally listed in the Catalog under "African music." It is usually listed by the type of music first, such as "folk songs" or "popular music," then divided by country. It can also be listed under a particular ethnic group, such as "Yoruba" or "Baka," or by the specific type of music, such as "juju music" or "balo music." The following is a guide to searching for African music the library catalog. At the bottom of this page is a selection of African music CDs including both traditional music and pop that might be of interest to you.
New! Almost 2000 tracks of music from Africa can be found on Smithsonian Global Sound. This streaming audio website includes recordings from the Smithsonian Folkways label and the International Library of African Music. Access is available in the library or remotely with a valid Carnegie Library of Pittsburgh card.
Searching the Catalog for African MusicThe best way to find CDs of African music is to use the ADVANCED KEYWORD search, which lets you get a large number of CDs in one broad search. Or, if you are looking for something more specific but don't know the name of a specific performer, you can also use the ADVANCED KEYWORD search to specify what you want with words or phrases.
To make sure you get CDs only, choose "Music CDs" from the Material Type drop down menu.
African music
Type: music and africa*
music from Ghana
Type: music and ghana
West African pop music
Type: popular music and west and africa*
African drumming
Type: africa* and (drum* or percussion)
(NOTE: In the Catalog, the asterisk * is used as a wildcard. A search for drum* would return hits for drum, drums, drumming, etc. or Africa* retrieves both Africa and African.)
Another way to find African music CDs is to browse the catalog with a general SUBJECT SEARCH. That will get you a list of subjects, where you can click on the one that interests you. From there you can either look for the CD icon on the right side of the list, or choose the "Limit/Sort Search" button from the menu at the top of the screen.
|You can start with one of the following subjects:
|This will allow you to browse, looking for subjects such as:
|folk music
Folk music --Africa, West
Folk music --Zululand (South Africa)
|folk dance music
Folk dance music --Cameroon
|folk songs
|Folk songs, Akan --Ghana
|popular music
|Popular music --Africa, West
popular instrumental music
|Popular instrumental music --South Africa
(this is very broad, try the other subjects first)
|Music -- Ethiopia
Always keep in mind while you are searching that Africa is made up of many countries and numerous ethnic groups, so if you can, be specific. The following lists may help in reminding you of some of the countries and ethnic groups you can search:
Selected Countries
(for a nice map use The Africa Guide Map of Africa)
| Algeria
Burkina Faso
Cape Verde
| Central African Republic
| Kenya
| Senegal
South Africa
Selected Ethnic Groups
(There are over 800 ethnic groups in Africa; use The Garland Encyclopedia of World Music, v.1-Africa or The Garland Handbook of African Music for background information on the music of Africa to help with more specific searching.)
The following African peoples are represented in the CD collection of the music department and can be found by keyword searching in the Catalog:
| Ajjer (Tuareg)
| Dagaaba
| Mbuti
Selected African Music CDs
The following lists are a selection of CDs that you can find in the Music, Film & Audio collection. We have divided them into 2 lists.
The first is more traditional or folk music (for lack of better terms) and includes field recordings. For more music of this type be sure to also check the streaming audio database Smithsonian Global Sound.
The second list showcases African music with more of a Western influence (including electric instruments, drumsets, funk beats, etc.) that we're calling popular music (also for lack of better terms).
Please click on the individual titles to check for availability.
Traditional, Folk and Field Recordings
More Traditional, Folk and Field Recordings:
Nonesuch Explorer Series
|Africa: music from the Nonesuch Explorer series
|If Afr 27407
|Burkina Faso: Savannah Rhythms
|If Bur 27839
|Burundi: Music from the Heart of Africa
|If Bur 27851
|East Africa: Ceremonial & Folk Music
|If Eas 27430
|East Africa: Witchcraft & Ritual Music
|If Eas 27835
|El Din, Hamza Escalay - The Water Wheel: Oud Music
|If El 26869
|Ghana: Ancient Ceremonies, Songs & Dance Music
|If Gha 5505
|Zimbabwe: Shona Mbira Music
|If Zim 26870
|Zimbabwe: the African Mbira: Music of the Shona People
|If Zim 27883
|Zimbabwe: the Soul of Mbira: Traditions of the Shona People
|If Zim 27882
Electrified Pop Music and More
|Acquaye, Saka Ghana: Voices of Africa: High-life and Other Popular Music
|If Acq 27865
|Ahmed, Mahmoud Almaz (Ethiopiques 6)
|If Ahm 38452
|Amadou & Mariam The Magic Couple
|If Ama 35806
|Boyoyo Boys Back in Town
|If Boy 4206
|Buthelezi, Mzikayifani Fashion Maswedi
|If But 4627
|Buzz 'n' Rumble from the Urb 'n' Jungle
|If Buz 25514
|Congo 70: Rumba Rock (African Pearls)
|If Con 36565
|Diabate, Toumani Djelika
|If Dia 25331
|Ekemode, Orlando Julius Super Afro Soul with Orlando Julius & His Modern Aces
|If Eke 39235
|Electric Highlife: Sessions from the Bokoor Studios
|If Ele 28476
|(Ethiopiques 1) Golden Years of Modern Ethiopian Music, 1969-1975
|If Eth 25306
|(Ethiopiques 3) Golden Years of Modern Ethiopian Music, 1969-1975
|If Age 25958
|(Ethiopiques 4) Ethio Jazz & Musique Instrumentale, 1969-1974
|Jz Eth 26084
|(Ethiopiques 13) Ethiopian Groove: Golden Seventies
|If Eth 38454
|Etran Finatawa Desert Crossroads
|If Etr 34054
|Fela Best of Fela Kuti
|If Fel 25220
|Fela Lagos Baby: 1963/69
|If Fel 34680
|Franco Franco
|If Fra 26272
|Ghana Soundz: Afro-beat, Funk, and Fusion in 70's Ghana
|If Gha 26661
|Golden Afrique. Vol. 1
|If Gol 26023
|Golden Afrique. Vol. 2
|If Gol 32982
|Golden Afrique. Vol. 3
|If Gol 29885
|Guinée 70: The Discotheque Years (African Pearls)
|If Gui 37892
|If Hig 20601
|Kante, Mory Akwaba Beach
|If Kan 2375
|Keita, Salif Best of Salif Keita: The Golden Voice
|If Kei 28341
|Kuti, Femi The Definitive Collection
|If Kut 31881
|Ladysmith Black Mambazo Best of Ladysmith Black Mambazo
|If Lad 11194
|Mali 70: Electric Mali (African Pearls)
|If Mal 37986
|Mali lolo! Stars of Mali
|If Mal 23226
|The Mbira - Tales of the Mbira: Fusions (Modern & Ancient)
|If Mbi 38837
|N'Dour, Youssou Youssou N'Dour & Etoile de Dakar
|If NDo 27532
|Olatunji, Babatunde Drums of Passion
|If Ola 38956
|Olatunji, Babatunde Drums of Passion: the Beat
|If Ola 10138
|Olatunji, Babatunde Drums of Passion: the Invocation
|If Ola 9372
|Orchestra Baobab Made in Dakar
|If Orc 34057
|Orchestra Baobab Specialist in All Styles
|If Orc 19666
|Orchestra Ethiopia Orchestra Ethiopia (Ethiopiques 23)
|If Orc 38451
|Pont Sur le Congo (African Pearls)
|If Pon 37891
|Putumayo Presents North African groove
|If Put 34006
|Putumayo Presents South African legends
|If Put 17680
|Radio Algeria
|If Rad 32227
|Radio Morocco
|If Rad 31875
|Rochereau, Tabu Ley The Voice of Lightness: Congo Classics 1961-1977
|If Ley 32623
|Roots of Rumba Rock: Congo Classics 1953-1955
|If Roo 32226
|Sénégal 70: Musical Effervescence (African Pearls)
|If Sen 36264
|Sénégal: Écho Musical (African Pearls)
|If Sen 37993
|Taylor, Ebo Life Stories: Highlife & Afrobeat Classics 1973-1980
|If Tay 38906
|Tinariwen Aman Iman: Water is Life
|If Tin 31939
|Toure, Ali Farka In the Heart of the Moon
|If Tou 25518
|Tout Puissant Likembe Konono No. 1 de Mingiedi Konono No. 1
|If Tou 25334
|Tout Puissant Likembe Konono No. 1 de Mingiedi Live at Coeleur Café
|If Tou 32094
|Tout Puissant Likembe Konono No. 1 de Mingiedi Lubuaku
|If Tou 32093
|The World Ends: Afro Rock & Psychedelia in 1970s Nigeria
|If Wor 38146
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Been playing around with compass roses and made up this template in PS to help. The first is a psd file with three layers. The second is a jpeg. You can print out the jpeg and then use tracing paper to draw your rose over the top. I plan to do some in photoshop and some hand drawn on tracing paper that I will then scan back in.
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First Filipino
Benedict Anderson
- Noli Me Tangere by José Rizal, translated by Soledad Lacson-Locsin
Hawaii, 451 pp, $47.00, June 1997, ISBN 0 8248 1917 9
Few countries give the observer a deeper feeling of historical vertigo than the Philippines. Seen from Asia, the armed uprising against Spanish rule of 1896, which triumphed temporarily with the establishment of an independent republic in 1898, makes it the visionary forerunner of all the other anti-colonial movements in the region. Seen from Latin America, it is, with Cuba, the last of the Spanish imperial possessions to have thrown off the yoke, seventy-five years after the rest. Profoundly marked, after three and a half centuries of Spanish rule, by Counter-Reformation Catholicism, it was the only colony in the Empire where the Spanish language never became widely understood. But it was also the only colony in Asia to have had a university in the 19th century. In the 1890s barely 3 per cent of the population knew 'Castilian', but it was Spanish-readers and writers who managed to turn movements of resistance to colonial rule from hopeless peasant uprisings into a revolution. Today, thanks to American imperialism, and the Philippines' new self-identification as 'Asian', almost no one other than a few scholars understands the language in which the revolutionary heroes communicated among themselves and with the outside world – to say nothing of the written archive of pre-20th-century Philippine history. A virtual lobotomy has taken place.
The central figure in the revolutionary generation was José Rizal, poet, novelist, ophthalmologist, historian, doctor, polemical essayist, moralist and political dreamer. He was born in 1861 into a well-to-do family of mixed Chinese, Japanese, Spanish, Tagalog descent: five years after Freud, four years after Conrad, one year after Chekhov; the same year as Tagore; five years before Sun Yat-sen, three years before Max Weber, eight years before Gandhi, and nine before Lenin. Thirty-five years later he was arrested on false charges of inciting Andrés Bonifacio's uprising of August 1896, and executed by a firing squad composed of native soldiers led by Spanish officers. The execution was carried out in what is now the beautiful Luneta Park, which fronts the shoreline of Manila Bay. (On the other side of the Spanish world, José Martí, the hero of Cuban nationalism, had died in action the previous year.) At the time of Rizal's death, Lenin had just been sentenced to exile in Siberia, Sun Yat-sen had begun organising for Chinese nationalism outside China, and Gandhi was conducting his early experiments in anti-colonial resistance in South Africa.
Rizal had the best education then available in the colony, provided exclusively by the religious Orders, notably the Dominicans and Jesuits. It was an education that he later satirised mercilessly, but it gave him a command of Latin (and some Hebrew), a solid knowledge of classical antiquity, and an introduction to Western philosophy and even to medical science. It is again vertiginous to compare what benighted Spain offered with what the enlightened, advanced imperial powers provided in the same South-East Asian region: no real universities in French Indochina, the Dutch East Indies, or British Malaya and Singapore till after World War Two. From very early on, Rizal exhibited remarkable literary abilities. At the age of 19 he entered an open literary competition, and won first prize, defeating Spanish rivals writing in their native tongue.
He was growing up at a time when modern politics had begun to arrive in the colony. More than any other imperial power, 19th-century Spain was wracked by deep internal conflicts, not merely the endless Carlist wars over the succession, but also between secular liberalism and the old aristocratic-clerical order. The brief liberal triumph in the Glorious Revolution of 1868, which drove the licentious Isabella II from Madrid, had immediate repercussions for the remote Pacific colony. The revolutionaries promptly announced that the benefits of their victory would be extended to the colonies. The renewed ban on the Jesuits and the closure of monastic institutions seemed to promise the end of the reactionary power of the Orders overseas. In 1869, the first 'liberal' Captain-General, Carlos María de la Torre, arrived in Manila, it is said to popular cries of 'Viva la Libertad!' (How unimaginable is a scene of this kind in British India or French Algeria.) During his two-year rule, de la Torre enraged the old-guard colonial élite, not merely by instituting moves to give equal legal rights to natives, mestizos and peninsulars, but also by going walkabout in Manila in everyday clothes and without armed guards. The collapse of the Glorious Revolution brought about a ferocious reaction in Manila, however, culminating in 1872 in the public garrotting of three secular (i.e. non-Order) priests (one creole, two mestizo), framed for masterminding a brief mutiny in the arsenal of Cavite.
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one more question
If my filter puts alot of waves and some bubbles in the water do i really need the air bubbler???
In a word - no. :-)
Depends on the fish you have and how much oxygen they need. But in most cases I would say no, as water falling into a pool (dams, water falls, filters) is one way to oxygenate water. If you have Oscars, or other fish that I have been told need high oxygen than possibly not.
ive never had to use a bubbler b4. The filter waves were more than enough to oxgenate my tank..
I only use an airstone at night, since my tanks are all planted somewhat heavily. For a non-planted tank, I've never had to use any air bubbles. HOB filters normally oxygenate the water thoroughly
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Better alternatives to the Bay-Delta water grab
Gov. Jerry brown on Jan. 17 declared a state of emergency because of California's serious drought conditions. Many cities and counties have beguns to feel the effects and have imposed water restrictions.
One idea that's been pushed is the governor's plan to build giant tunnels to directly divert water from the Sacramento River to areas south of the Bay Delta. This is a project the Sierra Club opposes. The Club prepared a white paper on alternatives to the Bay Delta tunnel plan -- ones that include strategies the state and regions should be investing in to respond to ongoing drought conditions.
View or download the report and its important findings.
Learn more about water issues and how to get involved in protecting our water sources from Angeles Chapter's Water Committee.
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California Drought Tip Sheet?
Hi Sierra Club-
As an LA resident and member, I would love to see a specific tip sheet/bullet list of things state residents can do to save water during the drought! If you create it on Facebook, it could be posted and shared easily.
I'm part of a large volunteer group and can share with over 2500 members if you send me a link. Please email to me and I'll help promote: firstname.lastname@example.com
Thanks for all you do!
Water usage
About 10% of the states water is used by Northern California, another 10% is used by Southern California, 80% IS USED BY FARMERS. Now farming is important but farmers have no reason to use less, they are afraid if they use less that they will get less so they use as much as they can. There are lots of farming techniques that would consume less water but they are not used. Since they constitute 80% of water usage even a small improvement would make a major difference in water consumption.
water conservation proposal
I wonder if this propasal was sent to Jerry Brown .
Desalination Plants
What is the position of the Sierra Club on desalination plant? A single desalination plant can create 50 million gallons of fresh water a day. Creating fresh water through desalination plants reduces stress on natural aquifers, streams, lakes and wetlands.


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Forward Thinking: Hotshoe Looks Ahead to 2013
- 19/12/2012
- By Miranda Gavin from Hotshoe Blog
Hotshoe Covers 1980s till present
To mark the end of the year and the start of a new one, I asked the team at Hotshoe magazine to look ahead to 2013, rather than back at 2012, to comment on any trends in the world of photography and to pick out some up-coming events, photographers and works to look out for.
Editor-in-chief Melissa Dewitt
I see more artists using photography, not as a document or a narrative, but playing with its intrinsic nature to make well considered new work. For example, Asger Carlsen who photographs the human form to create his own morphed forms, and Daniel Gordon who uses collage to create assemblages out of magazines then photographs the colourful results.
Right Image: Untitled from the series Hester, 2012 © Asger Carlsen
International editor, aka the Flying Critic, Bill Kouwenhoven
There's one trend I would like to see die out peacefully: the use of garish hipstamatic imagery purporting to be photojournalism, or documentary photography. I'd like to see less staged documentary that recreates or recapitulates the life or death of a loved one. Graduate students do way too much of this; even if the work is good and heartfelt, and it often is, the sheer volume of it makes it redundant.
I further fear more cutting of arts budgets as well as budgets for journalists in general, but see it as inescapable. As a result, I see the use of more Kickstarter-like projects a la David Chancellor and Bruno Quinquet coming to fruition. Obviously, I see more citizen journalism and social media-based photography, but I also see more photographers and photojournalists, not to mention their print and other media cousins, getting killed in the unstable regions of the world...
As for photographers, I saw work by Malik Njami, shot at night during last year's Photo Phnom Penh at the famous Olympic stadium, where young Cambodians enacted scenes from April 1975 and the violent coming to power of the Khmer Rouge. Incredible imagery.
Deputy editor and Hotshoe Blog editor, Miranda Gavin
As photography widens its net to include everything from mobile images that never materialise as physical objects to one-off object-based works destined for the art gallery, I think that we will also continue to see photographers exploring and using early photographic techniques, such as gum bichromate and wet-plate collodion, as well as alternative processes. Image taking and making will continue to speed up at one end of the photographic spectrum, aided by the use of mobile devices and new technologies, and slow down at the other, with the use of large-format cameras and a revival of older, more time-consuming processes. Crowd-funding platforms are proving viable as a way of financing some types of photography projects and this trend seems set to continue.
I'm looking forward to Derby's Format International Photography Festival (8 March- 7 April) which is fast establishing itself as a must-visit festival on the international photo circuit. For the sixth year, the festival will be curated around the theme, FACTORY: Mass Production, and will include a specially-commissioned body of work, Still Waters, by the inimitable Brian Griffin. British photography can get short shrift in the international world of photography and I'm hoping that next year sees photographic gems, such as Griffin, Tom Wood (whose work was shown at the inaugural Format festival in 2005) and John Bulmer, get the wider recognition they so deserve.
Right image: Still Waters, © Brian Griffin
To bring in the new year, I've got an in-conversation talk by international photographic artist Susan Derges at Purdy Hicks gallery (9 January) in my diary, and I'm also looking forward to the publication of photographer and filmmaker Jane Hilton's second book Precious of portraits of prostitutes working in the brothels of Nevada, which will be published by Schilt Publishing in February. The work will be on show at the Jerwood Gallery (1 Feb-17 April) in a show called Knock Knock, at Eleven Fine Art, London in April and Nailya Alexander Gallery, New York in June.
Left image: Alder Wood, © Susan Derges
Precious, © Jane Hilton
I'm also keen to see the continued development of the new body of work No Tail No Scale by Russian photographer Daria Tuminas who was previously featured in Hotshoe with Ivan and the Moon in 2010 and is a highly original emerging image maker. Finally, there is one photo competition that I always like to celebrate and support and that's the Renaissance Photography Prize 2013, which was set up by Fiona Treharne (herself a survivor of breast cancer). Now in its fifth year, this is art with a heart at its best. All the entry money goes to the Lavender Trust at Breast Cancer Care, an organisation that supports younger women with breast cancer, and last year they raised £50,000. The competition continues to go from strength to strength and will be calling for entries in January for April judging and a September exhibition.
Right Image: No Tail No Scale, © Daria Tuminas
Commissioning editor, Gregory Barker
Trying to predict what the new year will bring, is like stringing up your personal Sword of Damocles, so I'd rather talk about the possibilities of the year to come in generalities.
Certainly, there are things that I would like bring into the new year, and those that I dearly wish we could pack away with the tinsel, such as the seemingly, ever-present, vapid, florescent still life images, that currently fill my inbox. Yes, there are a number of photographers who can pull this off, Lucas Blalock, Jessica Eaton (Hotshoe June-July 2012), Sam Falls , and Fleur van Dodewaard (Hotshoe Oct-Nov 2012) , but the vast majority, I would imagine, will end up in the discount bin of the internet in the very near future.
Right Image: Study for Black Nude, 2011 © Fleur van Dodewaard
Untitled from the series Dawn, 2012 © Yu Yamauchi
As to what I'd like to see more of, the other evening I was at a talk where a phrase was used that, for me, perfectly summed up what I search for in a photographer's body of work - 'the disquiet that propels them'. That's to say, something that has truly obsessed the photographer, not just an assignment, or a project that was completed in a few weeks, or even weekends, but a project or idea that the photographer has a true need to photograph; for want of a better word, one that they are in love with. This is the case in a few of the photographers' work I'm eager to see; new work from Yu Yamauchi who, for his last project Dawn (Hotshoe Jun-Jul 2012), spent 500 nights in the same spot atop Mount Fuji; Dutch photographer, Paul Kookier's next project after the retrospective Heaven (Hotshoe Dec-Jan 2013), and finally, the release of Christopher Anderson's, Son (to be published by Kehrer Verlag in the spring), which is an extremely beautiful, personal project that we were lucky enough to feature in the Oct-Nov issue of Hotshoe.
Marion and Atlas at bath time, 2009 from the series Son © Christopher Anderson
Hotshoe International magazine was first published in 1979 since when it has gone through a number of changes under different editors, including shifts in format from broadsheet to A4, and then to A5 around 2000. The bimonthly magazine returned to A4 in 2010, under the editorship of Melissa Dewitt (2003-).
The bimonthly magazine is available in selected bookshops, galleries and outlets as well as by subscription. A Hotshoe iPad/iPhone App and Windows 8 are now available and there will soon be a release of a Kindle version of the App.
Once again, in the lead up to Christmas, we're offering one person a year's subscription to the magazine, plus a free copy of the Oct/Nov 2012 edition of the magazine sent to your home. All you have to do is go to the Hotshoe International Facebook page and LIKE the magazine by the end of this week.. That's it. The team at Hotshoe will select a winner at random from those 'liking' the page and the winners will be announced on the Hotshoe Blog in early January.
Happy Christmas from all of us at Hotshoe.


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Thursday, February 6, 2014
In two separate incidents, last week, a 30-year-old Climax Springs man and a 41-year-old Roach man were charged with manufacturing and distributing illegal substances.
On Feb. 3, officers with the Camden County Sheriff's Office and the Lake Area Narcotics Task Force conducted an investigation in the 300 block of Deer Trail Road, Roach. Upon entering the home of David Boyce, they allegedly discovered hydrocodone and marijuana. Roach was arrested and charged with a class B felony of possession with intent to manufacture and distribute an illegal substance and a class C felony possession of a controlled substance.
Royce was taken to the Camden County Jail where he was being held on a $2,500 cash or $15,000 surety bond.
That same day officers from sheriff's department and the Lake Area Narcotics Task Force conducted an investigation in the 200 block of Simpson Drive in Climax Springs. Upon entering the home of Brandon K. Arnett, officers allegedly discovered psilocybin mushrooms and marijuana. Arnett was arrested and charged with a class A felony of disturbing a controlled substance near a school.
He was taken to the Camden County Jail and held on a $5,000 cash or $30,000 surety bond.
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Cyber crime team to tackle organised tax fraud
A new cyber crime team to tackle tax fraud by organised criminals more proactively was launched recently by HM Revenue and Customs (HMRC).
The intention is that the newly-created specialist cyber crime team will protect the exchequer from attempted fraud by cyber criminals who are using increasingly sophisticated ways to target HMRCs repayment systems. The team is designed to protect both HMRC and taxpayers from organised criminals and is a key element of HMRCs Cyber Crime and Security Strategy.
It is expected that the new cyber team will provide HMRC with a better awareness of the nature of the threat by using specialist forensic tools to exploit intelligence.
As more and more of HMRCs systems move online, cyber criminals will look to exploit any opportunity to attack the repayment system, said the Exchequer Secretary, David Gauke. HMRC is getting ahead of the curve taking forward what it is already doing in a better way. In the last year alone, customers reported over 200k bogus emails purporting to come from HMRC and, as a result, HMRC shut down close to 1,000 bogus websites.


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DATE: March 6, 2003
PRESENT: George Benedict Doug Brown
Sandie Rietz Audrey ConnerRosberg
George Madden Keith Edgerton
Alan Davis Connie Landis
Matt Redinger
Janie Park (ex-officio) Dan Zirker (ex-officio)
ABSENT: Paul Bauer – excused Randall Gloege – excused
Mark Hardt – excused
John Cech (ex-officio) Joe Michels (ex-officio)
Randy Rhine (ex-officio) George White (ex-officio)
Nichole Alley (ex-officio) Terrie Iverson (ex-officio)
Curt Kochner (ex-officio)
PRESIDING: Keith Edgerton, Chair
Keith Edgerton called the meeting to order at 3:36 p.m. on March 6, 2003, in the Chancellor's Conference Room.
The February 27, 2003, meeting minutes were approved.
A. "T" Grades – Karen Everett. Ms. Everett stated that a "T" grade for graduate students and an "I" grade for undergraduate students impact financial aid the same way. The grade counts against the student because to receive aid, a student must pass 67% of attempted credit hours. An "I" or "T" reduces the number of passing credits, so students could possibly be suspended from financial aid. Ms. Everett also noted that a "T" grade for grad students has a limit of 6 years, and an "I" grade for undergrad students has a limit of 1 year to complete. The proposal (Item 47) does not list a time limit, just that the work must be completed by graduation, which can take 10 years. A more specific time limit is needed.
It was noted that originally "T" grades were for thesis students. Not many programs require a thesis anymore.
It was stated that if an "I" or "T" is given, the student should be informed of all the implications.
It was cited that the "I" grade is abused on this campus. A benchmark should be set as to how much work should be done in a course before the "I" grade is ever given.
Ms. Everett noted that when a faculty member gives an "I," a form is sent to the faculty member. It is basically a contract for the student explaining what the student must do to complete the course. A copy of this contract sent to the student, the faculty member and kept on file in the Office of Admissions and Records so the student can reference it if needed.
Ms. Everett stated that when a student has an "I" in a 496 course (a Co-op course for internships), it is a red flag for Financial Aid that there is probably a very good reason the student did not finish. Financial Aid crosschecks with Career Services and Cooperative Education to verify the reasons behind the "I" grade.
The question was then raised as to the utility of the "T" grade for undergrads since it has the same results as an "I" grade.
It was noted that if a student has an internship that runs from October to March, they can register in either fall or spring, depending on when the most hours of work are being done. The flat spot can be "worked" to fit the student's credit load, so the student does not have to pay extra for the internship. Ms. Everett noted that at the University of Montana, if a student has an internship that runs across two semesters, the student must pay for it in both semesters.
It was noted that the problem with the "I" grade is that it is not always awarded for a good reason.
Keith Edgerton stated that he would withdraw this Item. The Senate thanked him for his efforts.
Item 47 "T" Grade for Advanced Undergraduates - Resolution from the Academic Senate, dated 2/27/03.
Item 45 STAT 541 Applied Statistics. Change course description – online only course.
It was noted that this course is a beginning course for graduate students if they have not had Statistics as an undergraduate student. This is a research methods course.
It was noted that if the campus is trying to combine courses that duplicate across campus, this may be one of them. EDF 501 is offered in the College of Education and Human Services, and is essentially the same course. It was also noted that if STAT 541 is offered only online, EDF 501 may not need to be offered online, or not offered solely online.
It was noted that STAT 541 is mainly for Master's in Health Administration students.
It was cited that perhaps the University Budget Committee should be looking at this course and others like it. It was cited that all the graduate and undergraduate research methods courses are well-enrolled courses.
Þ Motion by Matt Redinger, seconded by Audrey ConnerRosberg to approve Item 45 on first reading.
Þ Motion carried with 2 abstentions.
It was noted that there is a problem on campus with faculty who think they "own" courses.
Þ Motion by Matt Redinger, seconded by Doug Brown to waive second reading of Item 45.
Þ Motion carried, 7 for, 2 against.
A. Streamlining Academic Senate Forms, Continued Discussion.
It was noted that eventually all courses will have to submit outcomes assessment for Northwest, so the outcomes matrix that was developed by the Gen Ed Committee could be attached to the New Course Form.
It was stated that the resource question should be re-written so more information is requested. It was cited that the special fees question should also ask what the fee is for.
It was noted that the questions on the form and the outcomes matrix together cover everything that is in a syllabus. A syllabus need not be attached.
It was noted that having a syllabus on file helps a course maintain continuity. It was stated that syllabi should be kept on file in departments, not at the Senate level.
Þ Motion by George Madden, seconded by Matt Redinger to delete the syllabus attachment from the New Course Proposal Form.
Þ Motion carried.
It was noted that most departments do not have a curriculum committee, so that signature line should be deleted from the form.
It was then noted that the signature line for the Dean could be deleted. Janie Park, Provost, then stated that if the Dean's line were deleted, she would still send the Items back to the Deans because she needs their input before approving or disapproving a course.
It was cited that as a matter of courtesy, the Dean should see the changes coming out of his or her own college. It was also cited that the Dean signing or not signing does not stop an Item from progressing through the committees. It was stated that if a Dean objects to a proposal, he or she should bring that objection to the Academic Senate.
It was also noted that this form should be called a New Course Proposal Form, rather than a New Course Approval Form.
It was also noted that with the addition of this line to the form:
All faculty and departmental chairs (or their designates) who propose new courses must attend the appropriate committee meetings to advocate the course or to answer any questions about the new course that might arise.
All chairs should know that if they (or their designates) do not attend, their Items will not be passed.
It was stated that the originating faculty member should have a signature line.
It was cited that the Dean's signature line could say "reviewed" rather than "recommended."
Dr. Edgerton stated that he will further revise this form with the Senate's suggestions, and will bring it back next week for further discussion.
B. Academic Computing and Allied Technology Committee Brief Report – Matt Redinger. Dr. Redinger stated that the Committee met last Friday (February 28) to discuss Online issues. He noted that the Committee decided to get some more information from the Online Program. The Committee was surprised to learn that they have had information on the Online Program for quite some time, and until the Committee asked for it, no one had ever requested the information.
The Committee also noted that issues such as class size, quality, and oversight of the program are the same issues that all other programs and departments deal with. It would be unfair to have special requirements for the Online Program.
As to student services, the Committee learned that all student services are available to online students except for Student Opportunity Services, and they are overwhelmed with on-campus students right now.
The Committee spoke with Randy Rhine, Dean of the College of Professional Studies and Lifelong Learning, regarding courses offered solely online that are required in programs. He stated that the College of Professional Studies and Lifelong Learning does not advocate this practice, but it's fundamentally a departmental concern.
The Committee noted that online course evaluations should be equal to on-campus course evaluations for Rank and Tenure purposes. Currently, the Collective Bargaining Agreement does not allow online course evaluations to be utilized. Dr. Park noted that work has begun on including online evaluations in the Collective Bargaining Agreement, but the process is not yet finished. Dr. Park stated that she will bring materials relating to the change in the Collective Bargaining Agreement to the next Senate meeting.
C. Advising Problem
It was stated that someone (it is not known who) in the College of Education and Human Services is telling students that they must use the requirements of the current catalog, rather than the catalog they began under, for graduation requirements (which is incorrect). Several students, especially graduate students, are very upset and are considering bringing a lawsuit against the University for breach of contract. Dr. Park stated she will look into the problem.
The meeting adjourned at 5:09 p.m.


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By Robyn Griggs Lawrence
Dreaming of a summertime getaway? Check out this retreat that's light on the land and lets occupants taste the benefits of tent camping—with a little more protection and convenience.
Built for $22,500, the Swamp Hut in Newton, Massachusetts, is a series of four 8-by-12-foot A-frame huts (580 square feet total) that create a protective enclosure around a central deck with a fireplace. Keith Moskow of Moskow Linn Architects developed the structure, which is elevated on 4-by-4-inch posts, as a kit of parts that could be assembled in any number of configurations.
The Swamp Hut took three months to build and is fully off the grid. The dining hut on the south side is open to the sky and juts out over the swamp for which the complex is named, and the aluminum-roofed "cleansing" hut on the north contains a pantry, storage, a composting toilet and a solar shower. Sleeping huts, sheathed in translucent fiberglass, are on the east and west sides. The structures are built from off-the-shelf plywood, and leftovers were used to make the dining table, benches and shelves.
Moskow and his partner, Robert Linn, have been perfecting the Swamp Hut concept for nearly 20 years. They proposed it as a disaster housing solution and an eco-resort before they decided to construct it themselves on a remote piece of land, carrying in every piece of material and building it by hand.
The Swamp Hut has been awarded an American Institute of Architects Small Project Award and a Boston Society of Architects Honor Award for Design.
The dining area is left open to the sky.
Designed to sit lightly on its swampy site, the complex is elevated on 4-by-4-inch posts.
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SKECHERS GEARS UP FOR EYEWEAR LAUNCHSkechers USA has signed a worldwide licensing agreement with Viva International Group for the launch of Skechers-branded sunglasses and prescription eyewear in Spring 2010.
The eyewear for men, women and kids is expected to represent the style and attitude of Skechers and feature the brand name and trademark "S" logo.
Brand President Michael Greenberg said: "In the last few years, we broadened the reach and offering of our brand with accessories and apparel. By adding eyewear to our product offering, Skechers will be meeting the needs of our consumers from head-to-toe."
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The growth of shale gas has moved production to new regions of the country, primarily Pennsylvania and rich Marcellus shale. This project seeks to develop a method to quantify vegetation loss as a result of drilling, in order to better understand the extent of deforestation and land clearing for well pads. Focusing on Bradford County, which has the highest concentration of permitted unconventional wells, the results of the analysis indicate that the relative vegetation loss within areas immediately permitted rigs was greater than that of the county as a whole. Further analysis will be conducted on changes in light pollution and methane concentrations, as well as applying the vegetation method across counties and years.


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Packaging the Future: Edible Wrappers, Containers and Bags (Yum?)
Posted By Starre Vartan On December 5, 2012 @ 5:46 pm In Environment,Features,Green Graphics & Packaging,Innovation,packaging-the-future,Sustainable Food | 4 Comments
Here at Inhabitat we've been hoping for, and advocating, biodegradable [1] packaging for years, but now designer entrepreneurs are thinking even bigger; how about packaging one could actually consume? Turning what was a waste product into something that could actually confer nutrition (and would degrade quickly if uneaten), could make litter a thing of the past. Several companies have been working on edible packaging over the last couple of years, and as the idea moves closer to reality, Time magazine even called it a 'game changer' [2] for 2012. Read on for a look at the state of the art in edible packaging!
Chocolate wrapper [3] photo from Shutterstock [4]
Litter drives me nuts. It's hard not to pick it up, especially if I'm on a hike, or walking a beach (litter seems particularly offensive to me in natural areas); but I also find junk food wrappers, chip bags, plastic water bottles and cigarette cartons on the sidewalk outside my house sometimes, which is not only gross, it's frustrating—no matter how many bits of trash I pick up, there's always more where those came from.
According to Packaging Digest [5], two companies are seriously working on packages one can consume – one is Monosol [6], which is probably closer to market with a product application since they already manufacture water-soluble packaging for detergent [7] and pesticides (and say they are working with dry foods for other applications). The other major player is Wikicell [8], which is a project of Harvard University's Weiss Institute for Biologically Inspired Engineering [9]. Wikicell [10]'s solution differs from Monosol's in that it can hold wet food or beverage items, since it is made from a special ultra thin membrane technology, according to its creator, Professor David Edwards.
The idea is attractive to everyone from food manufacturers to personal consumers, who could have Wikicell Machines in their homes (edible packaging for your homemade Christmas cake anyone?). According to an abstract for a presentation on the idea:
WikiCells [10] consist of a natural food membrane held together by electrostatic forces and containing a liquid, emulsion, foam, or solid food substance possibly within an edible or biodegradable shell. They can be produced by consumers with a WikiCell Machine in a practically inexhaustible variety of membranes and forms and with a wide range of food and drinks. WikiCells use special membrane technology that permits the fabrication of thin delicious membranes with significant water diffusional resistance and adjoined shells that allow for stability of the WikiCells over long periods of time.
Molecular gastronomy [11] photo from Shutterstock [4]
What are the applications for such a material? According to the Guardian [12], "So far, Dr Edwards and his team at Harvard's Wyss Institute have created a tomato membrane containing gazpacho soup, an orange membrane filled with orange juice that can be sipped through a straw, a grape-like membrane holding wine and a chocolate membrane containing hot chocolate."
Of course, more than a few people have pointed out some of the problems inherent to edible packaging [13]; namely that the point of packaging is to keep germs and grime off food. If the packaging itself is handled by all sorts of people and subject to the dust and dirt of storage, nobody is going to want to ingest that. But what about all the packaging that's inside other packaging? (Think gum wrappers, individual servings of chips and snacks that come inside a larger bag, cereal, which is usually packaged inside a box, or beverage containers that are often wrapped in a thin layer of plastic—the list goes on once you really start to think about it).
Mochi ice cream [14] photo from Shutterstock [4]
Edible packaging isn't a brand-new idea. In the natural world, all sorts of fruit and produce come in their own protective (and once-washed) completely delicious wrapping. Potato skins are a delicacy unto themselves, and the exteriors of lemons are not only hydrophobic, but make for incredible, aromatic and flavorful additions to baked goods and all sorts of savory dishes. Human-made foods like sausages, Scotch eggs, savory pies, mochi (Japanese ice cream or candy that's served in sweet, soft glutinous rice shell) are proof-positive that packages that could be transported and eaten later have endured for thousands of years and even become part of food culture.
More recently, chefs have even been experimenting with the idea; Heston Blumenthal is known for his 'don't bother unwrapping them' caramels, with 'wrappers' made of glycerine, gelatin, and water [15] that anyone can make at home. Beyond the novelty of this concept is the idea that we could genuinely reduce waste—and maybe even package food better. Perpeceuticals [16], based in the UK, just won a grant to develop edible, anti-microbial films for meat that would help them last longer on supermarket shelves (and in fridges at home), leading to less food waste.
Wasting less food, and creating less waste while we do it; definitely and idea worth pursuing (and worth working out the consumer challenges it may face).
Starre Vartan is founder and editor-in-chief of Eco-Chick [17]and author of The Eco-Chick Guide to Life [18] (St. Martin's Press). A green living expert, she contributes to The Huffington Post [19] and Mother Nature Network (MNN.com [20])
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[1] biodegradable: http://inhabitat.com/tag/biodegradable/
[2] Time magazine even called it a 'game changer': http://business.time.com/2012/03/26/game-changers-5-new-next-big-things/
[3] Chocolate wrapper: http://www.shutterstock.com/pic-64806211/stock-photo-candy-chocolate-wrapper.html?src=45ffe34fe0a31687e785dd99506f0c9c-1-52
[4] Shutterstock: http://www.shutterstock.com/
[5] Packaging Digest: http://www.packagingdigest.com/article/521166-Are_edible_wrappers_the_next_big_thing_.php
[6] Monosol: http://www.monosol.com/
[7] water-soluble packaging for detergent: http://www.monosol.com/brands.php?p=22
[8] Wikicell: http://wyss.harvard.edu/viewevent/183/
[9] Harvard University's Weiss Institute for Biologically Inspired Engineering: http://wyss.harvard.edu/
[10] Wikicell: http://www.wikicells.com/
[11] Molecular gastronomy: http://www.shutterstock.com/pic-76612258/stock-photo-ravioles-gastronomy-molecular.html?src=68ab195c003496afbd55cee2fd11df3b-1-6
[12] According to the Guardian: http://www.guardian.co.uk/lifeandstyle/wordofmouth/2012/apr/16/edible-packaging-fancy-a-wrap
[13] packaging: http://inhabitat.com/baby-bonnet/
[14] Mochi ice cream: http://www.shutterstock.com/pic-109984766/stock-photo-green-tea-mochi-ice-cream-on-red-plate.html?src=0524904005c1e89d019f23ed3023fec8-1-1
[15] 'wrappers' made of glycerine, gelatin, and water: http://www.guardian.co.uk/lifeandstyle/2011/dec/14/salted-butter-caramels-edible-wrappers-recipe
[16] Perpeceuticals: http://www.pepceuticals.co.uk/
[17] Eco-Chick : http://eco-chick.com/
[18] The Eco-Chick Guide to Life: http://www.amazon.com/Eco-Chick-Guide-Life-ebook/dp/B001EN58OU
[19] The Huffington Post: http://www.huffingtonpost.com/
[20] MNN.com: http://www.mnn.com/
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Is the UK Allocations Office 'prize' draw just another one of those nasty premium rate rip-offs?
** What's changed, OFT, since the High Court ruled McIntyre and Dodd's promotions to be 'unlawful' in early Feb? Why are these individuals still flooding the country with their scamming 'prize promotions'?
"My elderly mother, who is housebound and has mental health problems, appears to have rung UK Allocations twice and now believes she has won a holiday. She is totally convinced by these scams and it's very difficult to intercept them" – Liz, March 4th 2011
When is British law going to actually enforce this ruling to protect the old and the vulnerable, OFT? **
If you've got a UK Allocations Office letter through the post, then you might like to compare it to Community Awards Register and take a look at the people behind most of these – ahem – 'promotions'. Let us know if you think they're 'related'


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Both mother and baby require special care, and never more so than in skin cleansing. The formulas of Belli Skin Care Cleansers Products have been carefully designed to provide effective, gentle and safe means of keeping the skin clean. During and just after pregnancy, a woman's skin is subjected to so many changes – both hormonal and physical – that daily cleansing can present the potential for irritation unless treated with gentle solutions. Certainly babies' skin requires just as much care, even as they need to be kept clean and free of deposited matter.
The ingredients in Belli Skin Care Cleansers Products are carefully chosen to be used for the entire body, for both mother and baby. With selected, pure botanical extracts and oils, plus laboratory ingredients clinically proven to be safe, these cleansers do not irritate the baby's delicate skin or the mother's own special needs. The formulas also include ingredients to soothe and calm skin tissues. Belli Skin Care Cleansers Products also apply the art of aromatherapy by providing relaxing scents to please the senses of both mother and child.
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During pregnancy, the natural changes in the body's chemistry and hormones can cause uneven skin tone and acne breakouts. To keep the complexion clear, fresh and glowing, Belli Complexion Protection Duo provides a two-step program. Keeping the skin clean and fresh to prevent breakouts, Belli Acne Cleansing Facial Wash, a gentle exfoliating solution, leaves the skin clear and refined, but without stripping the skin of its important natural layer of sebum. Followed with Belli Anti-Chloasma Facial Sunscreen SPF 25, the skin is protected against chloasma, the splotchy appearance that occurs on 70% of all pregnant women.
For bath or shower, Belli Pure and Pampered Body Wash provides soothing and cleansing ingredients such as chamomile flower, cucumber fruit and green tea leaf extracts. A gentle scent of lavender oil provides a soothing tone to the senses. As with all Belli products, this wash is carefully kept free of phthalates.
To moisturize while it cleanses, Belli Calm Me Hair and Body Wash provides both marigold and chamomile flower extracts. The formula gently refreshes, providing a tear-free experience with a pH balance designed just for a baby's needs. A natural floral fragrance provides a soothing aromatherapy, even as the formula softens and soothes the skin and hair.


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Saw this on ebay.
Anyone here running one? Thoughts?
Saw this on ebay.
Anyone here running one? Thoughts?
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people have been experimenting with aspheric lenses. They usually use more than one light
I haven't run that specific light, but I've bought zoomable lights on eBay before.
In my case, the LED had a lens in front of it that you could move back and forth (by screwing the head in and out) and that was the zoom. And it worked fine.
HOWEVER, there was no reflector in the light -- just a LED with a lens in front. So presumably this light was wasting at least half the light emitted by the LED right off the bat. They could add a reflector and fix this, but it would screw up the ability of the lens to focus the beam -- it would cause the beam to be less focused.
So, which is more important? Being able to precisely control your beam, or getting as much of the light from the LED out in front of you?
Personally, I think #2 is more important (as a reflector make a pretty decent beam pattern as well), so I won't be buying any more of these lights. That said, it's not a bad light (the one I have, which is not the one you're looking at), just somewhat less efficient than others with the same emitter.
Thanks for the info ya'll! Never thought about the reflector. I am running an older Magicshine and and a single 18650 MTE SSC P7, just wondering if any of these newer inexpensive lights are any better
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I'm using a zoom light from Keygos. It throws a lot of light but I don't use the zoom much. It has a reflector in it and uses an XML-U2 led.
Late to the game, just saw this thread.
I have used cheap zoomable flashlights in the past, agree with the experiences and conclusions of dougmc.
Looking at the web page linked to in the first post, my biggest concern (ok,ok, it's huge) is the Very Thick lens that Sticks/Protrudes out the front of the of the light housing. If it's like the flashlights I had before, the lens is made of Glass.
Just imagine dropping the headlight, even if the lens doesn't shatter or crack, chances are excellent it will be chipped or at least scratched. I imagine that even if the lens were made of plastic, it would soon be covered with chips and scratches.
At least those cheap zoomies I had before, had a bezel surrounding the bulbous lens that stuck out far enough in front to protect the lens from coming into contact with anything.
2011 Fuji Newest 1.0/Nice Weather Sporty-Quick bike
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RADIOACTIVE, RETINA RIPPING, DAY-GLO, Chartreuse !!! It's the new black.
The "Thing" with accidents is that they are so inconveniently unpredictable.
The "Problem" with accidents is that they are so unpredictably inconvenient.
Stale urine and Fresh bowel movement. To me, it's the smell of Skid Row.
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1. Get organized: Keep important information in a
care log.
2. Identify your informal
3. Investigate
travel alternatives to see if you can "care commute."
4. Discuss legal and financial issues with your loved
one such as the will, powers of attorney, trusts, etc.
5. Locate all legal, financial and insurance documents
and other important papers; identify all bank accounts and sources
of income and obligations. Document everything.
6. Tap into the aging network.
Develop a care plan.
8. Adjust your plan as needed.
Explore relocation issues.
10. Take care of yourself.
Source: "Long-Distance
Caregiving: A Survival Guide for Far Away Caregivers" by
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Chapter 4: Leading Sectors for U.S. Export and Investment
Agriculture Sector
Commercial Sectors
Solar Products
Recent sales suggest that there is a growing demand for solar products, particularly products adapted to allow users in remote areas to operate equipment.
Used Clothing
The Government of Malawi legalized the importation of used clothing in 1994. Given most people's limited purchasing power, used clothing is in great demand.
Used Equipment/Vehicles
Used equipment and vehicles -- particularly heavy trucks -- are in demand. Used farm tractors are also in demand, and are sometimes sourced directly from the U.S.
Computers and Computer Peripherals
U.S. products constitute about half of the growing Malawi market for computers and computer peripherals. In July 2000, Malawi eliminated import duties on computers, uninterrupted power supply (UPS) units, and computer printers.
Aid Projects
Donor support for Malawi has created opportunities for U.S. businesses to supply materials, equipment, and expertise for donor-financed projects in various areas. The U.S. Agency for International Development (USAID), the World Bank, and the African Development Bank/Fund are the major donors for projects for which U.S. firms are eligible. There is a particular opportunity in providing medical supplies and equipment.
The Government of Malawi is upgrading its telecommunications systems and infrastructure. Some U.S. firms have already entered this sector, but opportunities for other firms still exist. Malawi's second GSM cellular telephone network -- "Celtel Malawi" operated by Mobil Systems International (MSI) of Britain -- began operations in Blantyre in July 1999. MSI has since expanded service to many parts of the country and has now become the largest cellular service provider. In December 2002 the government granted a third national cellular license to Malawi Mobile Networks Limited, a consortium of local and foreign companies. The license has since been cancelled because of the operator's failure to establish a network.
The Malawi Government established the Malawi Communication Regulatory Authority (MACRA) in May 1999 (as a regulatory body) and split the former Malawi Posts and Telecommunication Corporation (MPTC) into the Malawi Posts Corporation (MPC) and the Malawi Telecommunications Limited (MTL) in May 2000. The Malawi Government has now sold MTL, but has retained public ownership of MPC.
Road Infrastructure
The road sector generally provides significant opportunities for investors who form joint ventures with local contractors. Although traffic volume may not be adequate, the Government is presently investigating the feasibility of introducing toll roads in Malawi on a build-operate-transfer basis.
Agriculture is the sector in which Malawi competes most successfully in international markets. Tobacco, tea, sugar and coffee are Malawi's most important cash crops, but exporters have registered growing success with groundnuts, macadamia nuts, paprika, and chilies. Given the uncertain long-term outlook for tobacco sales, agricultural diversification is important for Malawi. U.S. goods or technical knowledge that could be adapted in a cost-effective manner to Malawi's agricultural conditions and boost the quality, quantity, or diversity of crops might find a profitable market.
Chapter 5: Trade Regulations and Starndards
Import Tariffs
Domestic protection through tariffs is gradually diminishing as the government continues to shift sources of revenue collection from customs duties to consumption and direct taxes. Import duties vary according to product and country of origin. As a member of The Southern African Development Community (SADC) and the Common Market For Eastern And Southern Africa (COMESA), Malawi grants reciprocal preferences to member states of these organizations. Malawi has bilateral trade agreements with South Africa, Mozambique, and Zimbabwe, which allow duty-free entrance of Malawian products; however the Zimbabwe / Malawi bilateral trade agreement is undergoing negotiations to solve problems related to currency exchange, the poultry industry, and other issues. In June 2000 the Government reduced tariff rates on intermediate goods and raw materials from 15 to 10%, but extended a 20% surtax to commercial transport fees. COMESA members eliminated duties for member-states in October 2000. Implementation of a SADC Free Trade Area took effect on January 1, 2001 when member states started a phased tariff-reduction program.
Trade Barriers
The Government of Malawi is working to reduce and/or eliminate various tariff and non-tariff barriers. Malawi operates a liberal import and export-licensing system with restrictions largely based on health, safety and national security reasons. All Current Account transactions are fully liberalized. Since May 2000, Malawi has maintained a managed-float exchange rate system, which the Reserve Bank of Malawi (RBM) regulates through an auction system. As a practical matter, foreign currency is often not available, owing to the RBM's tight foreign exchange policy. Capital Account transactions are still controlled.
According to customs regulations, the following documents can be demanded by customs officials:
Transport by Road Vehicle: A complete list of the goods carried; copies of all waybills; and copies of consignment notes.
Import Requirements and Documentations
Transport by Aircraft: Manifests of the cargo signed by an authorized person at the point of departure; lists of the passengers and crew; lists of any goods on board which are accompanying passengers (i.e., baggage); the clearance, if any, from the last foreign port; and the aircraft's journey log book.
Transport by Train: Copies of invoices, waybills, delivery and advice notes, and other documents for goods which will be entered at that port; lists of all goods carried on the train other than the cargo.
A "Clean Report of Findings" from the ITS affiliate in the exporting country.
Temporary Entry
Under Malawi law, the Controller of Customs and Excise is authorized to allow the temporary importation of goods. The Controller may impose conditions on temporary importation -- such as mandatory re-export -- and may allow entry "for such period as he thinks fit" and "for such purposes as he may approve." Temporary entry is customarily authorized when goods are in transit to other countries, or when goods are accompanying tourists.


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Drive for 50,000 signatures launched to qualify referendum for June ballot
San Diego's shipyard owners and their suppliers will launch a 50,000-signature drive today to place the newly adopted Barrio Logan community plan on the June ballot.
They oppose the plan, five years in the making and approved Sept. 17 by the City Council, because businesses, needing special permits to expand, could be forced to relocate and make San Diego less competitive in Navy ship repairs.
"What it amounts to is the erosion of your industrial base," said Matt Carr, president of California Marine Cleaning, a business on Main Street with 150 to 250 employees. "It's a little bit here, a little bit there, and over time, the landscape changes and it doesn't come back."
The newly formed Protect Our Jobs coalition, organized by the Ship Repair Association, will begin its petition drive at R.E. Staite Engineering with industry representatives and dock workers on hand. Among the speakers will be Councilman Kevin Faulconer, one of the four council members, all Republicans, who voted against the 1,000-acre plan, which is surrounded by 4,300 residents, citing the potential impact on the industry.
Five Democrats, including Interim Mayor and Council President Todd Gloria and neighborhood representative David Alvarez, voted for the plan because they thought the industry could live with the changes and the community would be far better off under the new zoning rules adopted. Faulconer and Alvarez are running for mayor.
Derry Pence, president of the repair association, said the industry is still open to compromise over the plan and implementing ordinances, which face one more set of council approvals Oct. 15.
"We're moving forward (with the referendum) under the impression that nobody wants to talk about this and we feel this is our only recourse to undo a grievous wrong," Pence said.
Alvarez's spokeswoman said the councilman stands ready to talk about a compromise but has not initiated any meetings with the industry and community. Faulconer's office said council members are considering options, but nothing concrete has been advanced.
The referendum needs about 34,000 petition signatures from registered city voters within 30 days. Once the city clerk verifies the petitions, the plan would be placed before the council to either rescind or place on the next available city ballot, the June 3 primary. A separate drive is planned against the ordinances and they would also be up for voter reconsideration at the same time.
If city voters repeal the plan, it could not be reconsidered for at least a year and might require a whole new round of planning and environmental impact reports before it could return in a new form.
Rachel Ortiz, executive director of the Barrio Station social services agency in the neighborhood, said she always worried that the plan would be challenged by the industry because of the zoning and planning changes under consideration — most particularly, the end to allowing any use on any block in the neighborhood. However, she said the current plan, adopted in 1978, has resulted in much improvement and the community could live with it a few more years.
"The whole community and supporters are totally against this referendum," she said. "People are disgusted with this. It's a real obvious land grab."
She was referring to the proposed five-block buffer zone bounded by Newton Avenue and Main, Evans and 28th streets. It currently contains a mix of uses and that in the future would be open to commercial but not residential or industrial use. The current maritime industry users could remain but would need conditional use permits if they expand more than 20 percent. The companies prefer no such permits, saying those permits could take years and hundreds of thousands of dollars to secure.
Instead, the industry is willing to spend hundreds of thousands in the referendum drive and more in the ballot campaign to repeal the plan and its ordinances.
Campaign spokesman Chris Wahl said volunteer and paid signature gatherers will span out starting this weekend, carrying copies of the council resolution and the 260-page community plan. The signatures, including 16,000 more than required, will be verified as they are submitted to make sure there is no shortfall when the 30-day period ends.
"We don't anticipate any problems," Wahl said.


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Digital Zone to give small businesses insight into new media at Enterprise Toronto's 10th Small Business Forum
On October 19th, more than 2,000 entrepreneurs, freelancers and small business owners will attend Enterprise Toronto's 10th annual Small Business Forum.
And this year Enterprise Toronto is promising to spice things up.
One of the new twists this year is the introduction of the Digital Zone.
The Digital Zone
One of the first things people attendees will notice is that there will be a live social media feed will be powered by ScribbleLive, a Toronto-based content delivery platform for the news industry and one of Rogers' Ventures first investments.
This "backchannel" is designed for mainstream small business owners who may have little or no social media, mobile or e-commerce experience.
The goal is to enable small business owners to try out new technologies and better understand how new technology can help find, serve and retain customers and operate more efficiently. The decision to introduce the social media theme and backchannel to our conference was the result of demand from Enterprise Toronto clients -- local business owners are keen to learn about new, low cost channels for marketing, selling and operating their businesses.
Here is a list of participants in the Digital Zone:
- Rogers
- Yellow Pages Group
- TD Canada Trust
- Constant Contact
- Sprouter, and
- Ryerson students involved in Ryerson's Digital Media Zone will assist Forum attendees as well as demonstrate new apps' currently under development.
Tickets and space is still available so make sure to register at Enterprise Toronto.


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ECU Dining Hall Closing For Renovations
Updated: 04/02/2008 - When the renovation is complete, Todd dining hall will include new sizzling salad station, a smokehouse station, a pizza and pasta station, an expanded deli area, and more.
Updated: 04/02/2008 - When the renovation is complete, Todd dining hall will include new sizzling salad station, a smokehouse station, a pizza and pasta station, an expanded deli area, and more.
Updated: 04/02/2008 - A call for closer supervision in probation cases following critical report.
Posted: 04/02/2008 - Some experts are expressing doubt about whether nine Georgia third-graders could have seriously plotted to hurt their teacher.
Posted: 04/02/2008 - Congress moves a step closer to FDA regulation of tobacco products.
Posted: 04/02/2008 - Three lobbyists say money given by their companies to former Rep. Thomas Wright was donations to the health care foundation he founded -- not a personal gift.
Posted: 04/02/2008 - Glen Edward Chapman walked out of Central Prison's death row a free man Wednesday.
Posted: 04/02/2008 - Seth Price was expected to enter a plea Monday on charges he set two churches in Greenville on fire in January.
Posted: 04/02/2008 - Greenville Police officers are still searching for a murder suspect.
Updated: 04/02/2008 - Greenville police say Octavia Lewis and her live-in boyfriend, 22 year Dominic Johnson, got into an argument over their children.
Updated: 04/02/2008 - Family and friends packed Edgecombe Community College to honor and remember the life of 26-year-old Army National Guardsman David "Blake" Williams.
Posted: 04/02/2008 - A 12-year-old boy fatally slashed a man who was attacking his mother at the boarding house where they lived, authorities said.
Updated: 04/02/2008 - Figures released today show the number of those without jobs in Hyde County jumped a half percent from January to February.
Posted: 04/02/2008 - Former WCW wrestler Harrison Norris Jr. has been sentenced to a life prison sentence. He was known as "Hardbody" Harrison in his wrestling days.
Updated: 04/02/2008 - Cpl. Cesar Laurean has been added to "America's Most Wanted" Dirty Dozen list, which contains fugitives the show considers most dangerous.
Updated: 04/02/2008 - The robber held up the State Employees Credit Union on Ward Boulevard Tuesday afternoon.
Posted: 04/02/2008 - Authorities say a man robbed a bank in Spartanburg, South Carolina after the $173 check he tried to cash bounced.
Updated: 04/02/2008 - State Community Corrections officials released a report discussing the probation case of Laurence Lovette. He and another man are charged with killing University of North Carolina student body president Eve Carson.
Posted: 04/02/2008 - Two Republican hopefuls for governor are announcing their stances on economic development and illegal immigration.
Posted: 04/02/2008 - An unidentified bank teller shot during a robbery at a credit union is hospitalized in critical condition.
Posted: 04/02/2008 - An 18-year-old faces a misdemeanor charge in connection with a wildfire on Sauratown Mountain that burned for six days.
Updated: 04/03/2008 - Police officers suspected that a car they had pulled over was stolen, so they called the registered owner and left a message.
Updated: 04/01/2008 - A South Dakota man faces three felony charges after he allegedly got drunk and went on a rampage with a snow shovel at a Bismarck gas station.
Posted: 04/01/2008 - A police dog put a pickup truck into gear, injuring a woman on her way to the mailbox in an incident that has ended with a $300,000 settlement.
Posted: 04/01/2008 - All North Carolina waters will close to commercial red drum harvests at noon Thursday.
Posted: 04/01/2008 - Officials say a man detained Tuesday at Orlando International Airport was carrying materials that could have been used for an "explosive device."


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Each air-conditioned room is equipped with a cable TV, personal safe and coffee/tea maker. Rooms come with private balconies and private bathrooms.
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