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1. Bill Nye
No one can make totally uncool look so so cool like Bill Nye can. We love his Dancing with the Stars video from a few months back. But, we are even more enamored with the passion of his open letter to President Obama urging a restoration of funding to NASA's Planetary Science Division. Onward with the Bow Tie Army!
2. Andy Rubin
Speaking of space, Google's so-called "moonshot" of building a new generation of service robots fills us with excitement about the future. Leading this effort will be Andy Rubin, the father of Android, who left his post at this mobile operating system last spring for what was then termed as an unspecified project. A life-long creative and perpetual tinkerer, Rubin could become the Ben Franklin of this generation if he can successfully meet the challenge of building a better humanoid.
3. Creative Mornings
According to Mason Currey, the author of the recently-released book "Daily Rituals: How Artists Work", many of history's most innovative thinkers were early risers. Of course, the list of out-of-the-box-thinkers who sleep until the early afternoon is also significant. Catch five more tips to coach your creativity by reading this review in the Guardian.
4. Lolly Daskal
Need more motivation to change your life for the better? One of our favorite new books is "Thoughts Spoken From the Heart: Over 500 Thoughts That Bring Meaning to Your Life". We also recommend the thought-provoking blog from the book's author Lolly Daskal, who is the founder of the Lead From Within consultancy.
5. 99 Luftballoons
Much like paper airplanes, balloons fascinate kids of all ages. They are fun to play with and they are even more fun to release. A new Kickstarter project called ITS-A-BOB allows you to release your balloon to the heavens — then retrieve it again and again and again. Sounds like a fun way to re-connect with the magic possibilities of childhood.
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Woodpeckers (Picidae)
Crimson-bellied Woodpecker (Campephilus haematogaster) - HBW 7, p. 531
French: Pic superbe
German: Blutbauchspecht
Spanish: Picamaderos Ventrirrojo
Other common names: Splendid Woodpecker (splendens)
Taxonomy: Picus haematogaster Tschudi, 1844, Peru.
Formerly placed in genus Phloeoceastes with seven other species, all of which are now lumped into Campephilus. Race splendens, sometimes regarded as a separate species, appears to differ vocally; further study needed. Two subspecies currently recognized.
Subspecies and Distribution:
- splendens Hargitt, 1889 - Panama to W Ecuador.
- haematogaster (Tschudi, 1844) - E Colombia to E Peru.
- Least Concern Enlarge map
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A single bird doing the double-nock call from subcanopy at Mashpi. Locality Mashpi Rainforest Biodiversity Reserve, La Delicia, Pichincha Province, Ecuador (ssp splendens)
AndresVasquez 15 November 2011 4 years ago 1 min 1 sec 4.3
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A male climbing a dead tree in the rain.
Locality Milpe, Pichincha Province, Ecuador (ssp splendens)
Nick Athanas 9 March 2013 3 years ago 4.3
Male climbing a trunk
Locality Wildsumaco Lodge, Napo Province, Ecuador (ssp haematogaster)
Dubi Shapiro 31 December 2008 4 years ago 4.2
Came close where we were. Craking views.
Locality Sierra Llorona, Colón Province, Panama (ssp splendens)
Euclides Campos 6 April 2014 1 year ago 4
Locality Wildsumaco Lodge, Napo Province, Ecuador (ssp haematogaster)
Dusan M. Brinkhuizen 22 July 2011 4 years ago 3.4
adult perched
Locality Río Silanche Bird Sanctuary, Pichincha Province, Ecuador (ssp splendens)
Dusan M. Brinkhuizen 25 March 2008 6 years ago 3.4
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Song. Locality Milpe, Pichincha Province, Ecuador
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78 year old Edgar Hiram Dupius of Alexandria died Thursday at his residence. He was born in Michigan. Dupius was also a chef, a Navy veteran, and a member of the Knights of Columbus. The funeral will be Saturday at 2:00 p.m. at Saint Gregory's Catholic Church, where he was a member. Father Jim Bretl will officiate. Visitation will be Friday from 6:00 p.m.until 9:00 p.m. at the funeral home and Saturday from 1:00 p.m. until the time of the service at the church. He was preceded in death by his parents, Lewis and Mary Ann Beauchmin Dupius. He is survived by his wife of 57 years, Eugenia \"Jenny\" Dupius of Alexandria. Children, Diane and her husband Bjoern Papasian of Michigan, Denise and her husband Robert Snyder of Alexandria, Daniel and his wife Diane Dupius of Michigan, and Darlene and her husband John Thomas of Murfreesboro. Brothers and sisters, George and his wife Lena Dupius of Florida, Jacquelin and her husband Doyle Allison of Michigan, Collette and her husband Stanley Frymbulak of Windor, Canada, and Ronald and his wife Georgia Dupius of Belle River, Canada. Grandchildren, Megan and her husband Ross Broodwell of Michigan, Loren Papasian of Michigan, Bryan and his wife Elizabeth Kleparek of Murfreesboro, Dylan and his wife La Tonya Kleparek of Smithville, Joe and his wife Sara Fry of Smithville, Sarah and her husband Randy Cook of Franklin, Daniel and his wife Kim Snyder of Algood, Robbie Snyder of Cookeville, Haley Snyder of Alexandria, Michael Tyler Thomas of Murfreesboro, and Stephen Thomas of Murfreesboro. Eight great grandchildren also survive. Anderson Funeral Home in Alexandria is in charge of the arrangements.
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Has anyone else consider "accessorizing" their Surface Pro 2 with a Samsung Galaxy Note 3 (or the rumored Note 4)? Since I don't believe MicroKia (hey, it's better than NoSoft) will ever bring a pen to the Windows Phone camp, and doubt that Samsung will help them out with a Surface Note, this may be the best solution to the missing pen silo in the Surface Pro camp. Hear me out...I'm an iPhone lifer - stood in line seven years ago for that original slab of magic, and have owned the 3, 3GS, 4 and now 5. Unlike a lot of Windows users, I REALLY like iTunes. But the refusal of Apple to really improve iOS (please, I know Sir Jonny is a knight, or something), but this pale washed out interface based upon the same stagnant row x column set of icon controls, is REALLY GETTING LAME...so Jaws is on the prowl for another alternative.I'm settling in pretty well with the one computing device solution - even at 10.6" and a little on the chubby side, to paraphrase Queen "I have it all, I have it all, and I have it now!", well except sometimes without my pen. It gets left on my desk; falls off in the bag; rolls under the couch - if you've got an SPro or SPro 2 you know what I mean. There ain't no stinkin' silo for the pen...hmmmmmmm...Note 3 uses the S-Pen which works great on an SPro 2. So right away I have my "silo" in a device that will ALWAYS be in my pocket. Yes, it is HUGE and ugly compared to my stunning metal and glass work of art, but it is thin, it fits in the pocket fine, and it has WACOM in a silo! Score one for GN3...Widgets...score two for GN3...HUGE SCREEN...score 3 for my old eyes!Rumor has it that we will see Office for Android this year, and even if it doesn't support ink in OneNote (hint hint to Microsoft - get with the program and support INK EVERYWHERE), it will be a much better solution than QuickOffice for us Office slaves. With the exception of my iOS specific reference works, most everything I need on my iPhone can be had on the GN3, AND I can carry a spare battery - SWEET.And behold one of the concept designs for the Galaxy Note 4:I know, you're thinking "wait till he sees Surface Mini or the ThinkPad 10, and off he'll go again" but do I still really want to juggle three devices (computer, tablet, phone) or should the consolidation continue? I have to say, for much of what I would use a tablet for - reading, email, surfing, I believe the GN3-4 large screen will do, and of course I am right because even Apple will soon be joining the 5" plus crowd.So what do you think mates...
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UPDATED - Accessorizing My Surface Pro 2 With a Galaxy Note 3?
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- cybermind said...
You're hitting the stylus on the head (haha). I too have misplaced my SP2 pen more times than I care to admit, and I have also settled into my all-in-one solution. So now my attention is on my next phone/minitab solution.
For me, a large screen is a no-brainer. With the universal apps now launching in the store, I think it's important more than ever to get a device that can take advantage of them. So I was thinking about which combo would be best for me, doing the whole "Finkel/Einhorn" thing in my head, and realized that the missing component would be the wearables. Trust me, I REALLY want a Surface Mini. There are days when I'm at the zoo with my family and when the little one naps, I so wish I didn't have to rely on my phone and that an 8-inch super-light tab was tucked in my jacket waiting for me. The SP2, as wonderfully sized as it is, is just too heavy to "toss in a bag". So having the new universal apps PLUS a watch for incoming notifications PLUS a very large screened phone would make sense as the "note-taker-without-having-to-get-yet-another-device" solution.
But I digress, when that mini comes out (and we know it will) it's going to be very difficult to say no. And that's not a bad thing if you are willing to follow the mantra of the "think different" crowd and have two very specific devices. A 41-pixel camera/phone and a Surface Mini? Sounds really sweet to me. Either solution is awesome, just need to know if MS will fulfill their role as a Devices and Services company and actually build those wearables...it's a market A LOT bigger than just wrist watches, it ushers in the 'internet of things' and I hope they are on the cusp of this trend.
- April 30, 2014 at 3:01 PM
I'll be interested to read your thoughts after this iteration. I too considered the GN3. I had been running off the GN10 2014 vs the SP2 originally, but the SP2 won out (although by less than I think many people appreciate.) Where it did quite well was displaying my OneNote ink that had been input on the SP2. I wondered if the GN3 would do as well and also offer the pen input.
I decided in the end on the Nokia 1520 for the "complete" integration experience. I felt on the smaller screen I'd use thumb input more. The experience is awesome, but coming from a naked Iphone 5 I do miss the svelte 100% portability of a smaller device. The 1520 (or GN3?) is quite the brick and I'm often removing it from my pocket when I sit down.
Then a couple app things. Work only supports on e-mail on Good on iphone, even though WP8 has decent security. Sonos app substitutes don't quite cut it. I also find maps and battery life on GPS inferior.
So since my wife quickly commandeered the iP5...I'll need to shop for the 5s today.
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Dede Cummings, 54
Hometown: Brattleboro, Vermont
Medical Challenge: Crohn's Disease
I was 4,000 feet inthe air, straddling a crevice on the Bamforth Ridge in the Green Mountains in June 2007, when I had a panic attack. "I can't do this," I said to my climbing partner. "I can't take another step." A decade earlier, I would have been anxious because I was afraid of heights. But that day I was terrified of something else: that I'd get a sudden case of diarrhea or incontinence on that mountain ledge.
I'd had digestive problems since college—episodes of pretty severe diarrhea and cramping—but they would pass, and I'd shrug them off. Then, when I was in my midthirties, I was driving home to Brattleboro from Rhode Island and was hit with such an explosive case of the runs, I had to pull the car over and go in the bushes. A few years later, in 2001, I had a colonoscopy and a CAT scan, and my small intestine lit up like fireworks. I was diagnosed with Crohn's, an incurable and sometimes debilitating form of inflammatory bowel disease.
Crohn's isn't life threatening, but it's hard to live with. Any little stress can trigger a flare-up. Travel is especially difficult; after one trip, I had to throw my underwear away in the airport ladies' room because it had gotten soiled during the flight.
In 2006, I had a flare-up of cramping, vomiting and dehydration that was so serious, I landed in the hospital and was scheduled for bowel-resection surgery that would remove two feet of my intestine. As I lay awake the night before, the woman in the next bed passed away. It was a bleak moment, and the nurses sent in a social worker to talk to me.
But I had something else in mind. "If I ever get out of here," I said to my surgeon in the morning, "I'm going to hike the Long Trail"—the 270 gorgeous, and sometimes arduous, miles of trails that run the length of Vermont, along the Green Mountains.
Choosing such an ambitious goal was a giant leap of faith in my post-surgery life. My doctor had told me that half of all patients need to have a second operation, and many end up with an ostomy bag. The thought of that terrified me. So I envisioned a future in which I would not be part of that 50 percent, and I decided to move forward with optimism.
I've always considered myself an athlete. I played tennis and varsity squash in college and afterward taught skiing and led bicycle trips to Canada. Reconnecting with that part of my identity was an important part of my recovery. It helped quiet the fear in the back of my mind and in my gut. I slowly became physical again, going from yoga and walking to biking and then running. I did a 5K event, wearing pads in case there was any leakage, and then a half-marathon with the Crohn's and Colitis Foundation of America.
In July 2007, one year after my surgery, I started hiking the Long Trail with my good friend Johanna. We went out for six days, carrying 50-pound packs, and covered 56 miles in all, including the highest summits on the trail. It was scary to be out there in remote areas. I had to be super careful about what I ate—lots of rice and steamed vegetables. I packed a water-filtration system, and I carried iodine, because infections can really wreak havoc. But my attitude was, I want to embrace life. The panic attack I suffered was frightening, but with Johanna's help I got past it, and that was part of the embrace.
Johanna and I go back to the Long Trail every summer, and we think we'll have climbed it all by this fall. To be hiking this trail in my fifties with a chronic condition is incredibly empowering. I feel that I'm in better shape now than I was in my twenties and thirties. I'm stronger and calmer; my stamina is better and so is my focus. I'm also less competitive. I don't run or climb to break records. I do it for joy.


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You all remember WineGate, right? The brouhaha of eight weeks ago surrounding Wine.Com's actions against its competitors and consumers in general? Well just when it was starting to fade into memory, the infamous Mr. Wolf, recently immortalized in the New York Times as the upright spokesman for the WSWA (Wine and Spirits Wholesalers of America -- the bad guys), released a press release and sent a letter to state governments all across America. Perhaps not so coincidentally, this letter was released on the same day that the Specialty Wine Retailers Association -- the good guys -- were having their annual meeting.
You'll have to trust me when I say that Vinography is not going to start becoming the clearing house for interstate shipping law controversy, but this letter is too good to pass up. I offer it here in its entirety.
Remember, this was a letter sent by the largest lobbying body for distributors and wholesalers in America, to the government agencies in every single state that are responsible for regulating alcohol shipping and taxes.
I write to call your attention to a serious and ongoing breach of state alcohol control laws. While the breach is alarming enough, almost as troubling is the brazen disregard the perpetrators continue to show for the rule of law and those appointed to enforce it.
I refer to the illegal transportation of alcohol via common carrier across state lines and into your jurisdiction. These shipments fall outside of the controlled distribution system mandated by state law. As you are well aware, the sidestepping of state-controlled alcohol distribution channels causes a host of negative effects—the inability to collect taxes, the absence of a face-to-face transaction that addresses myriad regulatory aims, and the very real possibility of introducing tainted or counterfeit product into your marketplace, to name but a few.
Beverage alcohol is a special consumer commodity whose market is well-served by commonsense government controls. The wholesaler-distributor members of my association have always expressed strong support for the right of the states to control liquor distribution according to the authority clearly granted by the 21st Amendment and affirmed most recently by the Supreme Court in its Granholm v. Heald decision.
That belief in the authority and integrity of the state-based regulatory system is shared by most licensed suppliers, distributors, retailers and consumers of alcohol. However, a growing number of interstate purveyors of beverage alcohol are flaunting their disdain for laws designed to prevent underage access and ensure accountability. They appear both utterly remorseless and resolute in their intention to keep breaking those laws, with little fear of retribution.
Executives at multi-state retailer Wine.com recently contacted regulators in eleven states with evidence that many fellow retailers have been operating in blatant noncompliance with state regulations by shipping illegally to consumers in those states. I present for your consideration the response by some of those caught in the crosshairs, which is both astounding and revealing.
Alder Yarrow, who runs the very popular Vinography wine blog—perhaps not realizing that others outside the wine world might see his comments—revealed a fact which has been repeatedly denied by wineries and retailers engaging in direct shipments of alcohol: "The wine industry has a bit of a dirty little secret—people break the rules all the time. Wineries and retailers (especially retailers) and the consumers that buy from them have all sorts of ways of getting around the shipping regulations. From shipping wines labeled as 'samples' to using third party shipping companies, to simply 'forgetting' to label their boxes with the required 'Contains Alcoholic Beverages' stickers, among other things."
Yarrow later complained on his blog to Wine.com President Richard Bergsund that "you're trying to get people busted for something that EVERYONE [sic] does, simply because you comply with the law."
Peter Granoff, a California retailer and interstate shipper of beverage alcohol, confirmed on the Decanter.com blog that these illegal practices are rife within the industry: "That horse is NEVER [sic] going back in the corral, and any regulator at state or federal level who imagines otherwise is a fool. Consumers will continue to find ways to get wine shipped to them and there will always be businesses that will accommodate them."
Instead of showing concern that members of his association might be violating the laws in a number of states, Tom Wark of the Specialty Wine Retailers Association condemned Wine.com for revealing the illegal sales of a number of his members in comments to the universally read Wine Market Report. He later wrote on the Vinography wine blog that "there is a very long tradition of folks protesting" laws they disagree with by "breaking them," and that reporting those violations was fruitless in any event since, he asserted, states had no power to prosecute those sellers who violate the law.
Ironically, Mr. Wark made these comments at the very same time he has been going from statehouse to statehouse trying to convince lawmakers that his "law-abiding" member retailers should be entrusted to ship alcohol across state lines.
This disdain for state alcohol control laws goes beyond the blogosphere and is now entrenching itself in the mainstream press. The lead wine writer for the New York Times, in reporting on the Wine.com story, authored the following admission on January 30: "I have a confession to make. I am a lawbreaker. It happened only once. Well, maybe a few times, since I'm being honest. Naturally, it involved wine that I really wanted but that I could not obtain either from a retail shop in New York City or directly from a winery. But I found these bottles online at a retail shop in California. I ordered the wine and it was shipped to me. That's illegal. At least it is in New York State."
That a newspaper of record would publish such comments in the full light of day, we believe, ought to trouble any regulator, lawmaker or law enforcement official. Of equal concern is that such illegal acts are occurring daily without an appropriate response. Lack of enforcement has clearly allowed this culture of lawlessness to flourish, and it is only through renewed enforcement that respect for those laws will be regained.
I have little doubt that as a respected enforcement agent of your state's codes and statutes, you will bring your full attention to this rampant problem and help restore the rule of law to a highly sensitive area of commerce. If you have any further questions concerning any of the matters I have raised, please do not hesitate to contact me directly.
Well, my fellow lawbreakers, did you know that we were caught in the crosshairs? I've had this sort of scratchy feeling on my back for the last few weeks. I'm thinking now that it might be some sort of sixth sense that at any moment, the FBI is going to bust down my front door and arrest me for...... what exactly, Mr. Wolf?
Of course, I have the luck to live in California, a state that pretty much makes it easy for me to order wine directly from wineries and retailers all across America. To my great chagrin, I've never actually broken any of those idiotic, protectionist laws that pretty much every wine consumer, winery, and wine retailer wishes would just go away.
I've now read this letter over five or six times and every time it makes me laugh. It has exactly the same tattletale tone that Wine.Com used when it tried to bust its competitors after illegally ordering wine from them. I laugh hardest at the astonishment that Mr. Wolf seems to express at my revelation of the wine industry's "dirty little secret." I guess I really did let the cat out of the bag, huh? All this time the WSWA thought this interstate shipping thing was only happening occasionally. Good thing I brought it up, otherwise they and the state regulators (who the WSWA thinks are so clueless that they need these things pointed out to them) would have just gone about their daily lives as if no one ever successfully ordered wine from out of state retailers, even though they weren't supposed to.
But that's OK, because I've got some good company as wine industry jailbait, including Eric "The Perpetrator" Asimov of the New York Times, whom the WSWA mistakenly thinks is sympathetic to their cause (but who is reviled as a lawbreaker nonetheless).
And of course, dear reader, I've got you: My fellow citizens who know bullshit when they smell it, who know that there are state laws that are important (you can't kill your neighbors pets) and that there are those that just need to be ignored:
Idaho: cohabitation between an unmarried couple is illegal
Georgia: oral sex is illegal (even between married couples)
Florida: men may never wear strapless gowns
Arkansas: school teachers with bobbed haircuts cannot get raises
Ohio: women cannot wear patent leather shoes in public
And we could go on and on.... I don't know about you, but I think pretty much everything I like to do (including wearing a strapless gown every once in a while) is probably illegal in some state. So for now, I'll just have to keep breaking the law, and I hope you wine lovers will do so too. But be careful, you're caught in the crosshairs now, too.
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KATHLEEN STASSEN BERGER Bronx Community College, City University of New York, USA. She has taught introduction to psychology, child and adolescent development, adulthood and aging, social psychology, abnormal psychology, human motivation, and life-span development for over 35 years.
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Cowan 'confessed' to Morcombe murder
An "elaborate" undercover police operation saw Brett Peter Cowan allegedly confess to Daniel Morcombe's murder and show officers where he left the body, but he "never got to molest him".PT0M0S 620 349
The man accused of murdering Sunshine Coast teenager Daniel Morcombe confessed to the crime after being netted in an undercover police operation, a court has been told.
The trial of the accused, 44-year-old Brett Peter Cowan, began in Brisbane's Supreme Court on Tuesday after the jury was selected on Monday.
In his opening statement, Crown prosecutor Michael Byrne QC told the jury Mr Cowan told "new-found friends" in 2011, some eight years after Daniel disappeared, that he killed the 13-year-old schoolboy.
Brett Peter Cowan listens to evidence in Brisbane's Supreme Court. Photo: Nine News
"He took these people and showed them where he'd left the body," Mr Byrne said.
"His so-called new found friends were in fact undercover police officers."
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Mr Byrne said Mr Cowan had provided a "complete confession" to the charges against him.
Mr Cowan is charged with one count each of murder, indecently dealing with a child under the age of 16 and unlawfully dealing with a corpse.
He has pleaded not guilty to all charges.
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Daniel disappeared from a bus stop under the Kiel Mountain Road overpass on the Sunshine Coast sometime between 2pm and 2.15pm on December 7, 2003, the court heard.
"He was dead a short time later, almost certainly within an hour," Mr Byrne said.
The court will hear from a number of witnesses who saw a boy, matching Daniel's description, standing under the overpass, Mr Byrne said.
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He also said a number of witnesses would recall seeing a blue car stopped nearby.
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The trial, which has been set down for six weeks, will hear from up to 158 witnesses, including bus drivers, students, retirees and a zoologist.
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- Gay, one of Mack's boys, is an awesome mechanic. He finally gets Lee Chong's Model T working and the gang hits the road.
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The dark and romantic side of Nick Cave suggested Juel to recommend Château paillas vintage 2002 (Classic Malbec aroma with spicy black fruit) to the artist: "Some wines aspire to ring-tones, these wines are epic ballads. They take some time to yield in the glass, they are not instant and fun, you could say they are gruff and unfriendly; but once the story in the glass unfolds, it's worth the wait."
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Since Ubisoft releases yearly installments of their popular Assassin's Creed series, fans are waiting on the developer to make an announcement on this year's entry. However, it now looks like gamers won't simply be playing Assassin's Creed 5 this holiday season as a report by Kotaku on March 19 announced the possibility that the franchise will instead by broken up into two distinct titles releasing later this year.
The leak was unveiled after Kotaku received documents about the two games on Wednesday which revealed information alongside screenshots. Apparently, the Assassin's Creed franchise is being split up this year so that different entries can be made available across the two console generations. The first new title rumored to release in 2014, codenamed Unity, appears to be set during the French Revolution and will only be available for the Xbox One and PS4. The second game, which is tentatively titled Comet, will launch only on Xbox 360 and PS3 alongside Unity.
Since the images for the possible next Assassin's Creed series were leaked and not released by the developer, fans should take into account that they depict an unfinished product shown in an early state that wasn't meant to be seen shown publically.
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is a requirement by the Wisconsin Department of Public Instruction. Beginning on January 31, 2014, candidates in Wisconsin applying for an initial teaching license in Kindergarten through Grade Five or Special Education, or for licensure as a Reading Teacher or Reading Specialist are required to take and pass a test of reading instruction knowledge and skills. This test is administered by the Evaluation Systems group of the Pearson Company.
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Who has to take the FoRT?
Effective January 31, 2014, applicants for initial licensure as an elementary teacher (grades K-5, EC, EC-MC, MC-EA), a special education teacher, a reading teacher, or reading specialist must receive a passing score of 240 or higher on the Wisconsin Foundations of Reading Test. Any licensed teacher wanting to add one or more of these areas to their licensure must also pass the test. See http://www.tepdl.dpi.wi.gov/licensing/wisconsin-educator-testing-requirements for more information.
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Format of the test: The FoRT is a computer-based test with 100 multiple-choice questions and two (2) written essay scenario analysis answers.
Time: 4 hours
Testing Dates: The FoRT is available year round by appointment. Test appointments are available on a first-come, first-served basis.
Testing Sites: Computer-based testing sites are located nationwide.
Test Fee: The cost for taking the Foundations of Reading Test is $155.00 which includes a $125.00 test fee + a $30.00 registration fee.
Testing Policy: When you register for the FoRT, you must agree to abide by all the rules. All policies are available on the http://www.wi.nesinc.com website.
Passing Score: Teacher candidates who apply for Wisconsin licensure on or after September 1, 2014 need a passing score of 240 on the FoRT. This score was set as of July 11. 2013.
Score Reports: Teacher candidates receive a receipt of completion upon finishing the test. Score reports are released within five (5) weeks of testing.
Getting score reports: Your FoRT score report will be emailed to you if you requested this service when you registered for the test. Score reports are also posted to your account as PDF documents for 45 days. You may view, print, and/or save your PDF document for your records. Your account contains your complete history of testing and includes each test you took and the date each was taken.
Score Reporting: After completing the FoRT, your test scores are reported to you, to the state through which you registered for the test, and to any other institution(s) or state(s) you indicate as a score recipient when you registered.
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The website: http://www.wi.nesinc.com has resources available for preparing to take the FoRT.
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As a result of the Wisconsin Read to Lead Task Force recommendations, ACT 166, a new statutory provision was created in 2011.
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The ACT 166 SECTION 21. 118.19 (14) statute reads:
(a) The department may not issue an initial teaching license that authorizes the holder to teach in grades kindergarten to 5 or in special education, an initial license as a reading teacher, or an initial license as a reading specialist, unless the applicant has passed an examination identical to the Foundations of Reading test administered in 2012 as part of the Massachusetts Tests for Educator Licensure. The department shall set the passing cut score on the examination at a level no lower than the level recommended by the developer of the test, based on this state's standards.
(c) Any teacher who passes the examination under par. (a) shall notify the department, which shall add a notation to the teacher's license indicating that he or she passed the examination.
ACT 166 SECTION 28. Initial applicability.
(1) TEACHING LICENSE. The treatment of section 118.19 (14) (a) of the statutes first applies to an application for a teaching license received by the department of public instruction on January 1, 2014.
During the Biennial Budget Session, a free-standing motion was made on 5/21/2013 during the Joint Finance Committee to delay the initial applicability date. As a result of the motion, the budget bill as modified by the Joint Finance Committee is as follows:
SECTION 2365r. 2011 Wisconsin Act 166, section 28 (1) is amended to read:
[2011 Wisconsin Act 166] Section 28 (1) TEACHING LICENSE. The treatment of section 118.19 (14) (a) of the statutes first applies to an application for a teaching license received by the department of public instruction on January 31, 2014.
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In the fall of 1985, Hoboken, NJ indie pop band the Bongos headed into the studio to make a proposed album for Island Records. But the deal fell through, and by the time work on the album was completed the following year, the band had started falling apart (they'd finally split in 1987). And so their work remained unreleased, until Richard Barone, the band's guitar/vocalist and chief songwriter, dug out the tapes for release on the newly revived Jem Records label.
It's a terrific album that might well have changed the course of the band's career had it been issued at the time. The record bursts with the jangly guitars, booming drums, cool keyboard lines, and sweet Barone vocals that are the band's trademark sound.
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Early on the morning of June 10, 2008, Lena (Leah) SPERLING (PEYSNER,) daughter of the late Max and Judith PEYSNER, passed away peacefully, in her 94th year. She is joining her beloved husband, Sam SPERLING (1916-1987). Lena lived a long, productive and satisfying life. Born in Hull, Yorkshire, England, she arrived in Toronto, Canada, in 1936 and soon after married Sam. She was a happy, funny woman, fiercely supportive of her husband and children. She was a challenging cook and her bread pudding will be missed greatly by her eldest son, Gerald, though less so by her daughter, Maxine MONROE and her "baby," Stephen David SPERLING. She was much loved by her daughter-in-law, Maggie SIGGINS, her late son-in-law, Shelly MONROE and her late daughter-in-law, Marsha SPERLING. She was very active in the Royal Canadian Legion, General Wingate Branch. Her husband served for four years in the Royal Canadian Navy during World War 2. She was also an enthusiastic member of the Hebrew Men of England Sisterhood, especially during the years when Sam SPERLING was president of that congregation. As her children grew up, Lena took work outside the home, working for many years at Queensway Electric. She was very proud of her nine grandchildren: Jody (Jennean), Faith (Jimmy), Sherry (Wayne), Adam (Alla), Shoshana (Maury), Carrie May, Erin, Daniele (Ryan) and Amber. Leah is also survived by ten great-grandchildren: Taylor, Peyton, Cameron, Duncan, Lucas, Samantha, Sofia, Katya, Henry and Freia. Lena SPERLING was an exciting and courageous automobile driver and her almost perfect driving record was a matter of some wonderment in the family. Services will be held at Benjamin's Park Memorial Chapel, 2401 Steeles Ave. West, Toronto. Interment will be at Lampton Cemetery in the Hebrew Men of England Section, on June 11, 2008. Please check with Benjamin's, 416-663-9060 for precise times. Shiva will be at Maxine Monroe's house, 60 Bruce Farm Dr., Toronto, 416-590-9671, June 11 to 13. In lieu of flowers, please make donations to Am Shalom Synagogue, Barrie, Ontario.
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Republican Congressional Representatives Travel with CARE to Visit Maternal Health Programs in Guatemala
Members of Congress see how U.S. development investments are resulting in healthier moms and families
Browse our press releases and articles to find out the latest in CARE news.
Blog posts from CARE's President & CEO, Michelle Nunn
The ongoing armed conflict in Syria has affected more than 8.6 million people, including 4 million children. We're working to help the more than 2 million Syrian refugees struggling to survive.
Members of Congress see how U.S. development investments are resulting in healthier moms and families
CARE has reached more than 50,000 people with food, cash, drinking water or hygiene kits in Niger.
NGOs urge regional leaders and donors to redouble efforts to push for a lasting peace agreement that transforms South Sudan's trajectory from devastation to development
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April 2, 2012
The Bruin football team begins spring practice on Tuesday April 3, taking to Spaulding Field for the first time under the direction of head coach Jim Mora. The team will practice on each Tuesday, Thursday and Saturday through the Spring Game which is set for Saturday, May 5, in the Rose Bowl at 5 p.m. The mid-week practices begin at 3:45 p.m. each day while the four Saturday practices will start at either 9:30 a.m. (Apr. 7, 14) or 1 p.m. (Apr. 21, 28). All workouts and the Spring Game are open to the public.
Fifty letterwinners return to action for the Bruins, 34 have starting experience under their belts and 16 started in the Kraft Fight Hunger Bowl. UCLA also welcomes back 2009 starting left tackle Xavier Su'a-Filo, following the completion of his two-year church mission. Three members of the new coaching staff's highly regarded first recruiting class -- quarterback T.J. Millweard, defensive back Marcus Rios, and junior college transfer offensive lineman Alexandru Ceachir will join the Bruins for Spring Ball. In addition, North Carolina transfer defensive lineman Brandon Willis is ready for action.
The Bruins welcome back seven players who started the bulk of the games at their defensive positions in 2011: DL Datone Jones, DL Damien Holmes (now OLB), DL Cassius Marsh, LB Patrick Larimore, CB Aaron Hester, CB Sheldon Price, S Tevin McDonald. The top seven tacklers on the 2011 defense return, as do five of the top six tackles for loss leaders and four of the top five ranking players with interceptions.
In terms of overall starting experience, the UCLA defense returns four linemen, Datone Jones 29/14 (career/2011 starts), Cassius Marsh 12/8, Owamagbe Odighizuwa 7/1, Donovan Carter 1/1; five linebackers, Patrick Larimore 20/13, Damien Holmes (20/14), Jordan Zumwalt 8/4, Keenan Graham (7/1), Eric Kendricks (3/3); and eight defensive backs, Aaron Hester (24/12), Sheldon Price (32/12), Andrew Abbott (13/7), Tevin McDonald (11/11), Dietrich Riley (5/5), Dalton Hilliard (5/5-moving to offense), Alex Mascarenas (2/2), Stan McKay (2/2).
The offense also returns seven players who started the majority of games at their positions in 2011: OL Jeff Baca, OL Greg Capella, OL Alberto Cid, TE Joseph Fauria, RB Johnathan Franklin, QB Kevin Prince, WR Shaquelle Evans. Overall, UCLA returns its top two passers, its top three total offense leaders, two of its top four receptions leaders, along with its top rusher.
The unit welcomes back seven linemen with starting experience, Jeff Baca (33/12), Greg Capella (14/14), Xavier Su'a-Filo (13/0), Alberto Cid (6/6), Chris Ward (4/4), Wade Yandall (3/3) and Brett Downey (1/1); three receivers, Shaquelle Evans (6/6), Ricky Marvray (4/0) and Jerry Johnson (1/0); one tight end, Joseph Fauria (9/9); two running backs, Johnathan Franklin (32/14) and Jordon James (3/3); two quarterbacks, Kevin Prince (26/10) and Richard Brehaut (11/4).
On special teams, senior Jeff Locke, one of the nation's best punters, and senior long snapper Kevin McDermott return. Locke's career punting average of 44.58 ranks No. 2 in UCLA annals and his 44.34 mark in 2011 ranked 12th in the country.
The 2012 schedule starts for the second straight season in Houston, TX, this time with a date at Rice University. Nebraska, 9-4 in its first season in the Big Ten a year ago, comes to the Rose Bowl in game two. Houston, from Conference USA, follows the Cornhuskers into Pasadena.
Five of the nine conference games will be contested in the Rose Bowl where UCLA captured all four league skirmishes a year ago. The Pac-12 slate opens with a home contest against Oregon State, before road games at Colorado and at California. Utah makes its first trip to the Rose Bowl as a member of the Pac-12 conference in game seven. After a bye week, the Bruins road trip to Arizona State before returning home to square off with Arizona. The final travel game of the season is a November 10 date at Washington State. UCLA finishes the season with a pair of home games against USC and Stanford. For ticket information, call UCLA-win.
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Thu., Apr. 5 -- 3:45 p.m.
Sat., Apr. 7 -- 9:30 a.m.
Tues., Apr. 10 -- 3:45 p.m.
Thu., Apr. 12 -- 3:45 p.m.
Sat., Apr. 14 -- 9:30 a.m.
Tues., Apr. 17 -- 3:45 p.m.
Thu., Apr. 19 -- 3:45 p.m.
Sat., Apr. 21 -- 1:00 p.m.
Tues., Apr. 24 -- 3:45 p.m.
Thu., Apr. 26 -- 3:45 p.m.
Sat., Apr. 28 - 1:00 p.m.
Tues., May 1 -- 3:45 p.m.
Thu., May 3 -- 3:45 p.m.
Sat., May 5 -- 5:00 p.m. Spring Game
All practices held at Spaulding Field; Spring Game is at Rose Bowl
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If you are among the Utahns who thought Rep. Jim Matheson is a Republican, you would be wrong—mostly.
If you're among the Republicans who always thought Jim is masquerading as a conservative Democrat, but is really the tool of Satan—or at least Nancy Pelosi—you too are mostly wrong—probably.
At least that's what a study done by a Brigham Young University egghead has found. Adam Brown, a research fellow with the Center for the Study of Elections and Democracy, threw some science at the usual political yammering about Mysterious Matheson—who is under threat of being deposed by far-right Republican Mia Love, who, herself, despite being an immigrant anchor baby, falls somewhere to rightward of Attila the Hun.
Says Brown:
"It is readily apparent that Matheson is among the most conservative Democrats in the US House. Of 194 Democrats presently serving, only 4 have a score more conservative than Matheson's. Whether that makes him a 'conservative' in absolute terms rather than relative terms is, of course, in the eye of the beholder."
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Freshman Brian Barry Hit His First Career Home Run Versus Nicholls State on Tuesday
April 6, 2010
Box Score (PDF) | Season Statistics (PDF)
NEW ORLEANS - It started with the first swing of the bat for the Tulane baseball team and ended with an 8-3 decision over Nicholls State on Tuesday evening on the turf inside Greer Field at Turchin Stadium. Brandon Boudreaux led off the bottom of the first inning with a home run to right-center field and the Green Wave got solid outings from all three pitchers to claim their 20th win of the season.
"Nicholls came out and scored early, took care of the baseball and they threw a lot of different looks at us on the mound. That was a workman like performance from our team," said head coach Rick Jones. "We took care of the ball, pitched well enough and had some good at-bats against some pitchers that were giving us some issues."
The Green Wave took the early lead when Boudreaux extended his hitting streak to 11 games with a leadoff home run to right-center field in the bottom of the first inning. It was the second home run of the season for the freshman and gave Tulane an early 1-0 advantage against the Colonels.
Tulane starting pitcher Gunner Wright allowed the first two runners to reach base for NSU in the second inning and, after a sacrifice bunt, Kevin Schlegel grounded out to push a run across the plate and knotted the contest at 1-1.
The Olive and Blue answered with four runs in their half of the second inning and ended the outing for Nicholls State starting pitcher Ryan Cooper. After retiring the first batter of the inning via strikeout, Cooper allowed three straight hits before collecting the second out. Brennan Middleton and Brian Barry singled and both came around to score on a double down the right field line from Nick Boullosa. After Boullosa scored on a wild pitch, Matt Ryan walked and came around to score on a Segedin single later in the inning.
The third inning was scoring frame for the Olive and Blue, as Barry hit a ball that sailed down the right field line and snuck inside the foul pole for his first career home run. Segedin led off the fifth inning with a home run to left field - his fourth of the season - which answered a fourth inning run by Nicholls State to make it a 6-2 ballgame heading to the sixth.
Wright handed the ball to Ryan Doiron to begin the sixth inning after tossing five innings in his fifth start of the season. The right-hander didn't walk a batter in five innings, allowing two runs on four hits with a pair of strikeouts to improve to 2-1 on the season.
Doiron would allow an unearned run in the eighth when Kasey Culverson reached on an error to start the frame and came around to score on the third RBI groundout for the Colonels. Tulane would answer with a run of their own in the eighth when Middleton walked to start the inning and scored on a groundout from Boudreaux.
Doiron tossed three innings and allowed an unearned run to go along with four strikeouts and three hits allowed. Nick Pepitone came on and threw a perfect ninth inning with two strikeouts in his 16th appearance of the series.
In the game, Segedin and Barry each had three hits and hit a home run, while Boudreaux and Boullosa each chipped in two RBI's. Ryan extended his hitting streak to 12 games with a single and a pair of walks, while eight of the nine TU starters had hits and all nine reach base in the victory.
The Olive and Blue are now 20-10 overall and will turn their attention to a weekend matchup with the Rice Owls at Turchin Stadium. Tulane and Rice are tied atop the Conference USA standings with identical 4-2 records, sitting their along with Memphis and UAB, and will square off at 6:30 on Friday, April 9 to open their three game series. Tickets are available online at www.tulanegreenwave.com or by calling the Ticket Office at (504) 861-WAVE.


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by Roald Dahl
Matilda: Themes (For the Most Part) Quiz Quiz
Think you've got your head wrapped around Matilda? Put your knowledge to the test. Good luck — the Stickman is counting on you!
Q. Where does the Trunchbull think kids should go?
Burkina Faso
To the school yard for permanent recess
Kids should be put away in drawers
The pound
Q. What does Miss Honey say about how her aunt mistreated her?
She says her aunt called her names but that's it
She says her aunt made her watch reruns of SpongeBob SquarePants
She explains the years of beatings in depth
She explains she doesn't want to go into detail because it's too terrible
Q. What does Matilda do to make her parents think there's a ghost in the house?
She invites one in, natch
She puts a parrot in the chimney
She rigs up a smoke machine
She creates an elaborate wiring system
Q. Where do the Wormwoods usually have family dinner?
In the kitchen, so there's less to clean up
In the breakfast nook, so they can be casual
In the formal dining room with proper china
In the living room in front of the television
Q. What is the Trunchbull MOST afraid of?
Little girls
Itching powder
The thing in her water glass
The ghost of Magnus


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Here are some recaps and highlights from Wednesday's opening round win over Dayton in the Atlantic 10 Softball Championship. The Minutewomen advanced to Thursday where they are scheduled to play No. 1 seed Fordham at Noon. Be sure to check UMassAthletics.com, along with the department Twitter and Facebook accounts for schedule updates since rain is in the forecast in New York today.
Wednesday's colleges: UMass softball rallies to beat Dayton in Atlantic 10 tournament opener | GazetteNet.com
UMass softball comes back late against Dayton, Minutewomen advance to face top-seeded Fordham in A-10 tournament | masslive.com


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LOS ANGELES -- The No. 19 Arizona State University football team held off a second-half push by UCLA to claim the Pac-12 South Divisional Title in a 38-33 decision on Saturday in Los Angeles.
No. 14 UCLA's Ka'imi Fairbairn missed a field goal with 4:38 remaining and the Sun Devils were able to hold off one final UCLA drive to claim the divisional championship for the first time since the Pac-12 expanded into North and South divisions three years ago. UCLA was the two-time defending Pac-12 South Champion.
The Sun Devils (9-2, 7-1 Pac-12) are guaranteed a place in the Pac-12 Championship game, slated to take place on Dec. 7.
Carl Bradford had an interception return for a touchdown and the ASU defense had a season high eight sacks in the victory.
Taylor Kelly finished 20-for-27 for 225 yards and a touchdown while rushing for a career high 99 yards and a touchdown in the winning effort. Marion Grice added 95 yards on the ground and a season-high 72 receiving yards as he finished the game with 268 all-purpose yards.
The Sun Devils finished with 448 total yards after not managing to reach 350 in games against Utah and Oregon State in previous weeks.
UCLA's Brett Hundley was 18-of-26 for 253 yards, two touchdowns and an interception. Myles Jack led UCLA rushers with 16 rushes for 86 yards and a touchdown.
It was all UCLA (8-3, 5-3 Pac-12) in the second half following a dominating first half effort by ASU as the Bruins went 79 yards on their opening drive of the second half that was capped by a Myles Jack three-yard rush to make the score 35-20.
UCLA forced a three-and-out on the Sun Devils on the ensuing drive and ASU mishandled the snap on the punt, giving the Bruins a short field that the opponent quickly turned to seven points on a Paul Perkins one-yard rush.
ASU momentarily stymied the rally with a 10-play, 64-yard drive that was capped with a 28-yard Zane Gonzalez field goal – his 15th straight – to make it a two possession game at 38-27 heading into the fourth quarter.
The Bruins wouldn't go quietly into the night, however, driving right down the field and scoring on a 27-yard catch-and-run by Shaquelle Evans to make it 38-33 in favor of ASU following a failed two-point conversion.
The Sun Devils did their damage on the ground in the first quarter, rushing for 124 yards in the frame while Kelly and D.J. Foster each found the end zone on three-yard rushes. The total was notable, as ASU had combined for just 414 total first quarter rushing yards leading up to the game.
Kelly found the end zone first for the Sun Devils on a third yard-scamper on the opening drive of the game before the Bruins answered following a long kickoff return with a 42-yard strike from Hundley to Devin Lucien to even things up.
After a 48-yard Fairbairn kick, the Sun Devils answered with an eight-play, 82-yard drive in just 2:52 – capped by Foster touchdown – to take a 14-10 advantage.
ASU pulled away on the first play of the second quarter as Carl Bradford read Hundley's eyes on a screen pass, intercepting Hundley and returning it 18 yards to the house for his first career touchdown return.
Following a missed field goal by Fairbairn, the Sun Devils would eventually drive 69 yards in 13 plays - running 5:28 off the clock late in the second quarter – to take a 28-10 lead.
UCLA would respond with a 69-yard kick return but only managed a field goal with the good field position to make it 28-13 but the Sun Devils weren't done.
With just 40 seconds left on the clock, Taylor Kelly ran for 23 yards followed by a 20-yard completion to Cameron Smith to set up a 19-yard strike to Jaelen Strong with five second left in the frame to take what appeared to be a commanding 35-13 lead into the break.
The Sun Devils return to action for what could be the home finale next weekend in the annual Territorial Cup rivalry game against Arizona in Tempe, Ariz., next Saturday. The game is slated for a 7:30 p.m. MT kickoff. With a victory in that game, Arizona State would host the Pac-12 Championship game.


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Elliott Erwitt, Ruth Gruber to be Honored at 2011 ICP Infinity Awards
The International Center of Photography has announced the recipients of the 27th Annual Infinity Awards, which will be celebrated May 10 at a gala in New York City.
Magnum photographer Elliott Erwitt will receive this year's Lifetime Achievement Award. Ruth Gruber, who is known as much for her writing and humanitarian activism as for her photography, will receive the Cornell Capa Award, named for ICP's founder.
Seven other awards will be given out:
Young Photographer: Peter Van Agtmael, Magnum Photos nominee
Writing: Gerry Badger, The Pleasures of Good Photographs (Aperture)
Publication: From Here to There: Alec Soth's America by Alec Soth (Walker Art Center)
Art: Abelardo Morell
Photojournalism: Adrees Latif, chief photographer in Pakistan for Reuters
Applied/Fashion/Advertising Photography: Viviane Sassen, fashion photographer
ICP Trustees Award: The Durst Family
In announcing the awards, ICP director Willis Hartshorn noted, "This year's recipients capture the importance of how photography shapes our sense of history in an ever more image-conscious world. We are pleased to recognize their achievements."
Recipients were nominated by an international panel of 14 photo editors, curators, gallery directors and photographers. The selection committee was made up of Philip Gefter, author and critic in New York; Greg Hobson, curator of photographs, National Media Museum, Bradford, UK; and Lisa Hostetler, curator of photographs, Milwaukee Art Museum.
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Mar 7, 2011 9:45 AM
Damn that Angelina Jolie and her big, pouty lips. And damn that we want pouty lips ourselves. Bare Escentuals Buxom Full-Color Big & Healthy Lip Polish ($18) gives us luminous color while plumping our lips (we know it's working because we can feel it).
If only the burlesque illustrations were also on the gloss tubes somehow! I'm so attracted to the packaging design. :(
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