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Isn't that what the other thread is?
Isn't that what the other thread is?
The "Other Thread" is a lumbering behemoth. I see it, I think about reading it, and then I get very very tired.
42 yo female; 5'8"
Oct 2009: 205 lbs
Dec 2010: 167 lbs
Current weight: 158 lbs (first time under 160 in 17 years!!!)
Goal weight: 145 lbs
Ok, here is mine:
Started the reset in July, did it for 6 weeks before I could tick of all signs of becoming LS. Kept at it for 8 weeks in total. In that time I really transformed. Not only weightloss (2.2 lbs pr week) but hormonal as well.
Although I no longer do the reset I have stuck to most of the habits, but I eat less protein in the morning. 50 gr was just too much. Probably doing 25-35 grams for breakfast these days.
Biggest, most life-changing thing after the reset has been the complete lack of cravings. I've been to numerous parties since I started in July, and not once have I had sweets or cake or grains. I just feel full and content. No dramas, no fighting urges. I have never ever experienced this in my life before. If I have a taste of something (ice cream in a restaurant last night), I have half a teaspoon and can leave it at that. My sex-drive is through the roof, my stamina and general muscle-recovery is amazing too. But to be able to go to a mall and aimlessly wander around NOT craving junk has been the best part. Food doesn't play such a big part in my daily life anymore. I eat, I get full, I'm happy.
Glamorama, well done.
OP, good idea having this thread.
^+1 for both. I'm finishing week 3, sleep is better, sex drive is starting to hum along, feel great, no cravings. I don't weigh much, it's really about how things fit, look and the tummy is starting to disappear.
Greensleeves- why do you think people gain before losing?
Just curious.
Ferti- I also don't have weight to lose, but I want to optimize my food mentality. I've suffered from disordered eating for years and just want to feel "normal" about food. I read on Dr. Kruse's site that he feels that if you've had an eating disorder, you definitely have leptin issues. So that's where I'm going with this!
What is a "Leptin Reset?"
Please explain.
MY LEPTIN PRESCRIPTION | Jack Kruse
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Northwest NEWS
une 11, 2001
It pays to recycle
Timbercrest Junior High recently participated as one of 10 Seattle-area schools in a program to recycle old telephone books as an alternative to sending them to a waste facility. Local radio stations, KLSY, KWJZ, and Warm 106.9 teamed up with Quest Dex to promote recycling by offering $1 for each phone book brought in (up to 250 books). Timbercrest students collected 465 phone books and the $250 donation will be used to buy new books for the school library.

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Skip to comments.House Republicans Seek Quick Veto of One Democrat's Proposal to End Troops' Deployment in Iraq
Posted on 11/18/2005 3:09:30 PM PST by Gordongekko909
House Republicans maneuvered for swift and overwhelming rejection Friday of a Democratic lawmaker's call for U.S. troops to be pulled out of Iraq.
Furious, Democrats accused the GOP of orchestrating a political stunt by leaving little time for debate and by taking the heart out of the resolution offered by Rep. John Murtha of Pennsylvania.
For those reasons, House Minority Leader Nancy Pelosi sent word to the rank-and-file to vote - with the Republicans - against immediate withdrawal of American troops.
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The lefties are trying to squirm out of this one; they definitely don't want to be pinned down to an actual position. Pelosi is trying to get the House Dems to collectively dodge the bullet, rather than put up or shut up.
Republicans growing SPINE!!
Or, is ROVE back?
Call the spineless cowards on their bloviating and they back down . . . it's starting to look like the DIMs have over played their pathetic hand.
My guess is Tom Delay. :-)
Although Rove would drive the moonbats crazy too.
John Kyl for Maj. Leader.
Democrats are right, its just like Vietnam all over again. The enemy is taking great strength from the MSM, Hollywood, and 'Rats and Rinos in Congress.
Evidently Hastert has found the courage to stand up against the raving beech Pelosi......waiting for Frist!!
The fiery, emotional debate climaxed when Rep. Jean Schmidt, R-Ohio, the most junior member of the House, told of a phone call she received from a Marine colonel.
"He asked me to send Congress a message - stay the course. He also asked me to send Congressman Murtha a message - that cowards cut and run, Marines never do," Schmidt said.
Democrats booed and shouted her down - causing the House to come to a standstill.
Spineless wet noodle cut and run coward demoncrats.
Hmm.....looking at DU and KOS, looks like the counter-argument is going to be that "Hunter's Bill isn't the same thing as Murtha's."
They don't want to "get out of Iraq right now" they want to "redeploy."
I second that motion!!
Boy! I just heard a Republican Congesswoman from, I believe, Michigan, read a quote from a marine in Michigan and he, the marine, called Murtha a coward! The house went nuts! But, she and he was and is right!
The Republicans presented a resolution that essentially says "We want to leave Irag right this second." No one is going to vote yes to that.
That isn't brave, it's just a blatant misstatement of Murtha's proposal.
Why is no one disgusted by these politics? Putting up a resolution you don't agree with only to vote against it, pretending that it is the position your opponents are taking (when none of them agree with it, of course).
I guarantee you he is calling the troops to battle. God bless Tom!!!
If the congress is going to pull the plug on the Iraq war, it's time to say so now. Are the Dems going to get a third chance (and this will be the third they have voted to support the President--look it up) to vote the war down, vote for it, and once again say (with much success)that they are against it?
How did it ever come to this?
I love our troops; I support our troops and I believe in this President. How the enemy must be laughing and praying a Democrat is elected next time then they can have a field day picking us off a little here and a little there until there is no Republic left.
back to DUH for you!
I DO know that there ARE a lot of people who said that we just cut out right now. This will at least show that the Democrats don't agree with that.
I approve of our Congress stepping up, doing their Constitutionally mandated responsibllity, and approve the military actions our President had undertakern.
It looks like this woman has more....intestinal fortitude...than the male Republicans. What the hell, if it takes a woman to call out the girlie men Dims, I'm on her side.
I love this caption it's awesome!!
Posting to my post #12. I was incorrect with the state. Thanks for the clarification! What a woman!
So, PieceMeal Murtha cut and run cowardice (death by a
slow thousand terrorist cuts)
Calling the Cowards Out Cut And Run (death by one gaping
terrorist neck wound to freedom)
Same difference.
Great pic. :-)
AP shows this was rejected but CSPAN says rules cmmte is still picking it over??
This IS politics. If the DIMS don't want to get out now than should we tell the terrorists when we would be willing to leave?? That's the VietNam quagmire!!! I say if we quit and run, do it NOW before we sacrifice more good men for the sake of worthless politicians and the anti-American left. And by-the-way, go our and buy some personal protection. You're going to need it of we leave Iraq now.
This is exactly what Sean Hannity demanded last
night on his programL: 'REPUBLICANS...go for an
immediate vote TOMORROW on this pullout of Iraq
deal. Make every Senator declare in front of God
and the nation just where he/she stands on the issue.'
Guess where I'll have my eyes/ears tonight!
Geez...bet Limbaugh wishes he hadn't picked
this week to go on vacation!
Its called politics. It is sometimes nessessary to further your ideology. In this case, it is to help counter the intentional undermining of our war efforts.
The "earliest practicable date" does not neccessarily mean "immediate."
Oh man, I hate when Congress plays lame politics. That must make a Democrat from DU! You sure pinned me, boss. (Registered Indie, if you're curious).
This is not the Murtha proposal. IT is a strawman. This is not a victory for anyone, it's just sad.
Squeal little piggy's squeal... ;o)
Wow, you didn't take long to begin posting did you?
"course, Hannity was talking about a Senate vote...
the action today is in the HOUSE. But the result
will be the same. Call their bluff!
I have a nephew going back to Iraq after a 2 week leave...........he flies out again sometime BEFORE Thanksgiving. The thought that he is watching this BULL$HIT on TV, right before he leaves his wife and children again for 9 months, makes my blood B-O-I-L.
Murtha should be sent to hell to burn forever for his and the Democrat Party's treason!!! These vermin Democrats are killing American servicemen with their treason. This is a political party that should be totally destroyed at the ballot box by the American people.
Sorry I didn't get the registration-to-posting timetable, maybe you can send me a copy.
I've been here a month or so, it's not like a showed up just for this thread.
Were you out walking or have you been trolling! Zot!
"Sorry I didn't get the registration-to-posting timetable, maybe you can send me a copy. "
Sure. Will the DNC offices on the hill be ok?
Make mo mistake
If that brave lady congressperson's words didn't threaten the saddamites, they wouldn't be up in arms.
They KNOW this has the potential to come back and bite them in the ass in a BIG way during next years elections.
That is, if we go after them the right way.
Can you imagine the anger in flyover country if commercials are done properly?
I think both parties are full of political vultures, but I think this is an especially lame move by the Republicans so I said so. It's how I feel, the DNC didn't call into my earpiece (if I had an earpiece, Libertarians would be whispering into it, fyi).
Are you guys always this hostile to anyone who doesn't use ridiculous name-calling to reinforce the marching line? RARR DEMONRATS RARRH.
Murtha..just said the troops out NOW......so I really can't see much difference from the Republican proposal....
oh and yes he is crying....
What is sad sols, is you.
No one cares about your registered indie status, as if that is something to be proud of here. - Take off.
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Happy almost weekend! I'm here with a simple but sultry look ft. a dress courtesy of OASAP and jewelry by Sunset45. I swear, if you still don't know who Sunset45 is, I don't know what you're doing with your life. I kid, I kid, but seriously… if you have seen my past few posts, you can see how many amazing accessories they have provided on their monthly Little Luxuries Box subscription! So I suggest you sign up now so you can get these fabulous items right in your doorstep.
Okay, now let's talk about this dress. White items are a great staple for the summer and this dress is not only sexy, but the silhouette is also something that is very flattering. Can you tell that that I love cutouts? Have you seen my other jumpsuit post? Yeah, cutouts are my friend. Let's not forget about the super cool back straps. If I had any complaints about this dress, it would be that it is extremely sheer! You can't wear a bra with this, so a pair of pasties would be ideal. I didn't have any pasties but I did have one of those adhesive strapless bra that still tend to show a little. So like I said, pasties would be best.
Let's get a close-up of the jewelries. I couldn't find more perfect accessories for this dress than these matching oversize pearl earrings and bracelet. They are elegant but also super trendy. For my shoes, I decided on a red pair of heels with ankles straps that I purchased from Charlotte Russ to complete the look.
Dress: OASAP
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Shoes: CHARLOTTE RUSSE (similar)
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Ah, private equity: the promised land. Glamor, seven-figure pay, and even the occasional sadistic Partner who makes you cold-call companies all day.
We've covered recruiting, why you'd actually want to go into PE, and even how to tackle case studies…
But why do you actually make so much money in private equity? What makes it so profitable?
Does it depend on the type of fund you're at? Who gets paid what, and when? Will it last for the next 20 years, or are the industry's best days behind it?
We'll get to all of that – and more – but let's start at the beginning and take it from there.
What Are Private Equity Funds?
Private equity is an umbrella term for different types of investments in private companies or in publicly listed companies that will become private as a result of the investment. That's what the "private" part refers to – we're not dealing with investments in the stock of public companies here. The bulk of the investing is done through private equity funds, which are investment schemes.
PE funds are managed by a General Partner (GP) – the firm itself and everyone who works there – and funded by several Limited Partners (LPs) – pension funds, banks, insurance companies, high net worth individuals, etc. – anyone who has enough cash to invest.
In "Cold Call to Closed Deal" the GP is the firm that the protagonist is working at, and the Limited Partners are people like Paul and Simon who invest in PE funds themselves.
The GP provides a portion of the capital (at least 1%) and some funds also use debt to finance their investments.
The size of PE funds varies widely from approximately $100M (sometimes less) to tens of billions; the size depends on the type of fund (buyout funds are bigger), the reputation of the GP (top firms with strong track records have an easier time raising large funds) and the region (some countries have smaller funds than others).
Got Strategy?
Common fund types include buyout, venture capital, growth equity, mezzanine (subordinated debt and preferred securities), special situations (investments in financially-challenged companies), real estate, and infrastructure funds.
Funds usually focus on one or more sectors (otherwise they are known as "sector-agnostic") and target specific geographic regions.
A few of the more common ones that you might join one day:
- Leveraged Buyout (LBO) Funds acquire 100% of mature companies, using both debt and equity to finance their acquisitions (the debt portion usually accounts for 50-85% of the purchase price). Examples are the likes of KKR, Blackstone, and TPG – the biggest and most prestigious names in the industry.
- Venture Capital (VC) Funds usually acquire minority stakes in startup companies in sectors with high-growth potential, such as technology or biotechnology. Examples include Sequoia, Kleiner Perkins, Accel, and Andreessen Horowitz.
- Growth Capital Funds invest in reasonably mature companies that are looking to scale-up their operations (organically or through an acquisition) or penetrate new markets; these are somewhere in between LBO funds and VC funds in terms of assets under management and investment size. Examples are Summit Partners, JMI, and TA Associates.
Funds tend to be classified in specific buckets, but the sky's the limit when setting a fund's strategy! Many firms have also expanded into different strategies over the years, or started new spin-off firms that make different types of investments.
How Are PE Funds Structured?
A private equity firm, as the General Partner (GP), raises a private equity fund by soliciting investments from various investors (institutional investors and high net worth individuals) known as Limited Partners (LPs).
Private equity firms usually manage several funds (depending on the size of the firm) and attempt to raise a new fund every few years. Each fund invests in a number of companies, known as portfolio companies.
The role of the LPs is usually passive and is limited to providing the capital. As such, LPs are not consulted about investment decisions and they rely on the GP to monetize the investments.
The part in "Cold Call to Closed Deal" where Paul gets pissed off about the investments John is making is therefore a bit dramatized – normally you wouldn't see that much involvement from the LPs. But they could very easily not be impressed by a firm's overall performance and therefore not invest again.
Funds are set up as Limited Partnerships between one GP and a number of LPs. The parties will agree on a number of terms specified in a Limited Partnership Agreement (LPA), which often exceeds 100 pages. Each LP can also request specific conditions in a side letter. The LPs have a limited liability corresponding to their commitment to the fund, while the liability of the GP is unlimited.
Important terms agreed upon in the LPA include the term of the fund (usually 10 years + 2 possible one-year extensions); the management fee (usually 1.5 to 2% p.a.), the distribution waterfall (i.e. the way profits are split and distributed), LPs & GP rights and obligations, and limitations imposed on the GP (e.g. type & size of investments, geography, diversification requirements).
Show Me the Money! Where's the Money?! I Want My Bonus!
So let's get down to what you've been waiting for: why do you make so much money, and who gets what?
Bankers make money the same way Ari Gold makes money: they represent companies, sell them, and raise money for them, and earn a commission on each transaction.
But PE firms make (most of) their money by exiting their investments and selling companies for a higher price than what they paid to purchase them.
The profits are split according to a distribution waterfall (the portion received by the GP is referred to as the carried interest or carry – usually 20%) and the GP also receives management fees.
Management Fees
When private equity was first beginning, firms charged the LPs a management fee to "keep the lights on" and cover the fund's operating costs before they had invested in anything; unlike a normal business, it might take a new PE firm years and years to realize a profit.
Decades later, that same management fee has persisted and is mostly used to pay salaries: a common formula is 1.5% to 2% of the committed fund size (paid to the GP by the LPs) during the investment period (i.e. the period during which new investments are allowed – usually the first 5 years), with a decreasing schedule afterwards.
For example, after the 5th year, the fee might decrease by a certain percentage every year or be charged on the net invested capital (i.e. capital invested in active portfolio companies) as opposed to the committed capital.
Management fees represent a significant amount of money over the 10-year life of the fund and are not linked to performance at all. Just imagine: a $100M fund with a 2% management fee would earn $2M per year and a $1B fund would earn $20M per year (for at least 5 years), regardless of their performance!
And that's why PE firms can afford to pay such high salaries: the biggest funds might have tens of billions under management, and therefore have hundreds of millions each year for employees.
Just as in banking, there are few other expenses so they can afford to pay employees lavishly.
And remember what the headcount at these places is like: even the biggest firms such as Blackstone and KKR only have a few hundred investment professionals.
The average pay could easily top $1 million or more per employee – though of course the senior people always earn more and the juniors always earn less.
The Distribution Waterfall
The management fees explain why PE salaries are so high, even in an average year or when the firm hasn't had great exits.
But if you want to understand why people like Henry Kravis or Steve Schwarzman can make $500 million+ per year, you need to understand the distribution waterfall.
The most common waterfall is an 80/20 split between the LPs and the GP. This means that the GP receives 20% of the profits – known as the carry (to be split between the firm's partners and staff), while the LPs receive 80% of the profits (to be split between the LPs according to their contribution to the fund).
In other words, the LPs receive 100% of the capital they have committed to the fund, and for each extra dollar, the GP will receive 20 cents and the LPs, 80 cents.
And that's why the Partners at the PE firm make so much: they get 20% of the profit, but only contribute 1% to 5% of the total capital.
Just as a simple example of how this works: let's say that the firm has just raised a $20B fund, and they invest $2B of capital in new companies. A few years later they exit those investments for $3B.
In this scenario, the LPs would get their $2B of capital back (slightly less than that if the GP actually contributed 1-5% of the total), and would then get 80% of that $1B gain, or $800 million.
Then the GP – the Partners at the firm – would get 20% of that $1B gain, or $200 million.
Technically that's supposed to be split between everyone at the firm, but in reality the most senior Partners rake in the bulk of it – which explains how the top people at the biggest firms in the world consistently make bank.
But you see a second implication as well: if the fund is much smaller or doesn't perform well, the numbers aren't nearly as good.
Hurdle Rates
Often the carry is subject to a hurdle rate or preferred return, meaning that the GP must generate a certain annualized return (often around 8%), before being entitled to the carry.
As a simplified example (and assuming no catch-up clause), in the case of a $100M fund, the LPs would first receive $108M and the excess would be split on an 80/20 basis.
But, when the fund is subject to a hurdle rate, the GP is often protected by a catch-up clause. Continuing with the same example, after the LPs have received their $108M, the next $2M would go entirely to the GP (to shift the split back to 80/20 ? the GP gets $2M/$10M of profits = 20%) and any additional profits would be split on an 80/20 basis.
This sounds great and when the fund is very profitable, all parties (especially the GP) can make a ton of money – but frequently the GP doesn't receive carry in poorly performing funds, and it is not uncommon for LPs to get back less than their committed capital.
You always hear about the outliers that earn absurd amounts of money, but the average case is far less glamorous: not all investments perform well, and you often lose money.
What Do GPs Do to Earn so Much?! Do They Really Deserve It?
GPs get millions in management fees simply for setting up and managing funds, and then 20% of the profits (if any are generated) – no wonder PE salaries are so high!
So what does a GP do to earn so much?
- Raise funds from Limited Partners.
- Source and execute investments.
- Manage and monitor those investments.
- Generate returns by exiting investments.
Raising Funds
To stay in business, private equity funds must raise new funds by securing commitments from external investors.
This is what John was worried about in Part 1 of "Cold Call to Closed Deal" – they needed to raise another fund ASAP, and were putting the resources of the firm behind it.
In reality, a larger firm would rely more on outside fundraising people and not quite as much on the firm's own employees.
Capital Raising – Where Does the Money Come From?
PE funds can be split into 2 categories: captive and independent. In a captive fund, all the capital is provided by the GP, which might be a bank, an insurance company, a pension plan or a wealthy individual.
In the case of an independent fund, the GP provides a portion of the capital (often 1 to 5%) and raises the remainder from the parties above, reaching out to several LPs in order to secure capital commitments. The GP can also use the services of a placement agent, which is basically an external fundraising team.
A substantial commitment is required from any LP – usually north of $ 1M, and often more – so that only wealthy people who know what they're doing can invest.
LPs commit to a certain amount, but do not disburse the full amount on day 1. The capital is drawn progressively by the GP from the LPs through capital calls, as investments in companies are made. The commitment is referred to as the committed capital, while the disbursed portion is the contributed capital.
Funds often have a first close and a final close. When the first close is reached, the fund can start investing in companies, but it is still possible for new investors to join the fund (usually for one year). Once the final close is reached, new investors can no longer join in.
Sourcing and Making Investments
Key factors to consider include the product/service & strategy, the team, the industry, the entry valuation and the exit prospects.
Deal flow (prospective investments) can be generated by the firm's reputation (companies will reach out to the firm), internal staff (who will reach out to interesting companies through their contact network or cold-calling) or investment banks (who represent the company seeking capital and will often run an auction process).
In "Cold Call to Closed Deal," the IonX deal comes to the firm via a contact at an investment bank – that scenario was unusual only because the bank wasn't shopping the company around to other firms.
To have access to good proprietary deal flow (i.e. access to deals before other prospective acquirers), the GP maintains good relationships with bankers, advisers and key people in the industry.
Once an interesting investment has been identified, the team then conducts due diligence to evaluate the company's business model & strategy, team, market, financials, risks, and so on. If no "deal killers" are uncovered, they'll seek approval from the GP's investment committee, negotiate final terms, and make the investment.
Managing and Monitoring Investments
The GP does not run the day-to-day operations of its portfolio companies, but some provide support for strategy, operations and financial management.
The level of involvement depends on size of the stake purchased – generally, the smaller the ownership stake, the less involved the GP will be. The GP must also monitor the progress and valuation of its portfolio companies and provide updates to the LPs, usually on a quarterly basis.
Generating Returns by Exiting Investments
The ultimate goal and raison d'être for a PE firm!
The usual exit horizon is approximately 3 to 7 years, but it can also be more or less if there's a solid, strategic reason to do so.
Most exits are realized through an IPO or an M&A. Two common metrics are used to measure returns: the internal rate of return (IRR) – in technical terms: the discount rate that makes the NPV of all cash flows equal zero – and the multiple of cost (MC) – (cash distributions + unrealized value)/capital invested.
The IRR is time sensitive, while the multiple of cost is not. For example, if a $20M investment is sold for $40M (a) after 1 year: MC = 2x and IRR= 100%, (b) after 3 years: MC = 2x and IRR= 26%, and (c) after 5 years: MC = 2x and IRR= 15%.
The Partners are heavily involved in exiting investments, but they also call on investment banks to handle much of the execution there – which is how banks earn a lot of their fees.
So, Will the Sky-High Bonuses Last?
The short answer is yes, at least for the foreseeable future. There has always been talk that LPs will start to demand a different management fee structure and a more favorable distribution waterfall, but nothing supports those changes at the moment.
Even if management fees somehow dropped by 50%, the average per-employee pay would still be close to $1 million – more than almost any other industry, and PE firms themselves would still have few expenses.
And even if the distribution waterfall shifted to 90/10 or 85/15, Partners would still make a ton of money on good investments.
Pay at investment banks, especially in areas like sales & trading, is far more likely to fall in the future because banks are much larger than PE firms and draw more government scrutiny and regulation.
So even if it's doomsday and pay at banks has fallen dramatically, you'll still earn something in private equity – even if the firm itself has to shut down due to poor investments.
Stay Tuned…
You've now learned pretty much all the basic information and even some of the lingo you need to appear well-informed during a PE interview!
Stay tuned for the next feature in this series, where we'll explore PE in emerging markets – the hot markets & trends; the key differences; and the risks & rewards involved.
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Q: I have never had a pet ferret before, so I am very new to this and am not sure what to expect. I have a 12-week-old, female, black sable kit. When I got her (a week ago), she was very happy, playful and curious. She loved my attention, loved to play and be snuggled. She would even play and entertain herself in her cage. She has a little bed she sleeps in and loves, and a few favorite toys too. Just two days ago I took her to the vet for her first checkup and her first distemper shot. She was in great health other than having ear mites (which I know is very common). The vet put a tiny bit of Revolution on the back of her neck and said that it should do the trick. Gave her the distemper shot (the one especially for ferrets only) and sent us on our way. That day she slept a lot, which makes sense considering that she had gone through a lot that day. But the next day she started acting very odd. She pretty much quit sleeping, she won't play and every time she's out of the cage she acts frantic. She is hissing and biting (something she never did at all) and cowers in the opposite corner of her cage that her bed is in. She acts afraid of every little sound and doesn't make her happy chuckles and do the war dance anymore. But she is still eating, drinking and going potty normally. She just acts like she is on high alert and is terrified of everything, and won't sleep, period. She just sits in the corner and stares blankly, and any movement, sudden or not, makes her freak out and hide. I took her back to the vet today, and the vet saw the symptoms and wasn't sure what to do other than saying that it could be a reaction to the Revolution. I am looking for other opinions and am very worried. A: What you are describing, a serious change in personality, is very unusual. Both anti-mite medication and the ferret distemper vaccine are given to tens of thousands of ferrets and the reaction you are describing is almost unheard of.
What is important to figure out is if the change in personality is a behavior reaction or a medical reaction. Meaning, is your new ferret "untrusting" of human interaction because of the veterinary visit. Or is there a medical reason for this sudden change of personality? Could there have been an underlying medical condition that was not apparent until the veterinary visit?
To get to the bottom of this problem, it was essential that you take her back to the veterinarian for a re-examination. It is possible that if there is a medical basis for the personality change, it could take more than one return visit for your veterinarian to determine the underlying issue. But, using your own words, "… looking for other opinions," there is nothing wrong with that concept, and it might be worthwhile to visit another ferret-knowledgeable veterinarian in your area. Perhaps, there is something that another set of eyes looking at your ferret may pick up that the initial doctor did not. What makes your ferret's situation unique is that what you are describing is very unusual and it is not possible to pinpoint a distinct cause for these changes.
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Interior (4B): Carnival Elation Cabin Reviews
The low pile rug was clean but beginning to show wear. Cabinets functional but no longer tight and aligned. Your choices of room lighting are ON or OFF, though at times ON meant flipping the switch three or four times. There are "reading lights" for each bunk, four bunks in my room had 5 total reading lights, two of which were well placed and one blinked like a yellow traffic flasher.
When we got the room (M220 an inside with a king bed (much smaller than King) and two uppers) the bathroom sink did not drain. A plumber "fixed" it while we were at dinner. The shower suffered from lack of water pressure at times and the hot water was often no more than shower temp though twice we had a difficult time getting it low enough to take a shower.
The door to the room was directly across from the next cabin number and when they opened their door light flooded our compartment under the door. The first morning I was awakened by the suddenly dramatically bright room. The gap under the door would not have been acceptable under normal accommodation circumstances on a ship it was acceptable, we tossed a towel in front of the door after that night.
Closet space was ample with plenty of those little weird hangers that are useless anywhere else. The closet had lots of shelf space and the safe worked perfectly. Water on the night stand (about 2 liters) was $4.25 according to the tag, elsewhere on the ship it was theoretically the same but hit the bill at $4.95. There were two (2) GLASS glasses. The mirror in front of the dressing table was large and well lit from above by two fluorescent tubes.
The room also contained a stool for the dressing table and a small round table we used when rummaging through a suitcase. The beds were uniformly deemed to be acceptably comfortable and there were plenty of pillows and blankets. The room was theoretically kept at a predetermined temperature which we found to be a tad warm. Housekeeping supervisor came down with a thermometer to prove it was the "right" temp. From my perspective, if four people are in a 180 sq foot room and say they are warm it is not the right temp regardless of the thermometer reading. The thermostat on the wall had no effect on the room temp though we had it turned down as far as it would go. The halls were kept clean and predominately clear. They smelled a tad of diesel when in port and of forbidden cigarette smoke at all times on all decks.
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Our room was spacious, beds very comfortable. Bathroom sink had a chip out of it. Shower worked well, larger than on other ships. TV was pretty good. Very quiet, never heard anything in the hall until the last morning when the staff starts making noise early getting ready to clean the cabins. No engine noise in the bow. We did feel a fair amount of movement being so far forward - glad we had Dramamine!
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Localism and Capital Punishment
Stephen F. Smith
Notre Dame Law School
April 25, 2011
Vanderbilt Law Review En Banc, Vol. 64, p. 105, 2011
Notre Dame Legal Studies Paper No. 11-22
Professor Adam Gershowitz presents an interesting proposal to transfer from localities to states the power to enforce the death penalty. In his view, state-level enforcement would result in a more rationally applied death penalty because states would be much more likely to make capital charging decisions based on desert, without the distorting influence of the severe resource constraints applicable to all but the wealthiest of localities.
As well conceived as Professor Gershowitz's proposal is, however, I remain skeptical that statewide enforcement of the death penalty would be preferable to continued local enforcement. First, Professor Gershowitz underestimates the benefits of localism in the death penalty. Localism, properly viewed, is not entirely negative and may actually be quite positive. Second, and more fundamentally, there is every reason to believe the "politics of death" would operate, at the state level, to defeat the salutary purposes of Professor Gershowitz's reforms. Thus, as intriguing as it is, the prospect of statewide enforcement holds little promise as a means of rationalizing the administration of the death penalty.
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Elizabeth Reaser, Peter Facinelli, Taylor Lautner, Robert Pattinson in Bill Condon's Breaking Dawn: Part 1
Starring Kristen Stewart as a pregnant human, Robert Pattinson as a vampire, and Taylor Lautner as a six-packed werewolf, Bill Condon's The Twilight Saga: Breaking Dawn - Part 1 is now the third-biggest blockbuster at the North American box office, having surpassed Todd Phillips' comedy sequel The Hangover: Part II last weekend. According to figures found at Box Office Mojo, The Hangover 2, which stars Bradley Cooper, Justin Bartha, Zach Galifianakis, and Ed Helms stranded in Thailand, has collected $254.46 million in the domestic market. After 27 days (up until Dec. 14), Breaking Dawn 1 has raked in $261.45 million. No wonder Star Trek's George Takei is terrified of the Twilight menace.
The two 2011 releases still ahead of Breaking Dawn are David Yates/Daniel Radcliffe/Ralph Fiennes' fantasy thriller Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows: Part 2 and Michael Bay/Shia LaBeouf/Josh Duhamel's action-thriller-sci-fier Transformers: Dark of the Moon – both of which have the advantage of box-office-inflating 3D surcharges.
For comparison's sake within the Twilight Saga realm: David Slade's The Twilight Saga: Eclipse ended its run at no. 4 for the year 2010, trailing Lee Unkrich's animated 3D Toy Story 3, Tim Burton/Johnny Depp's 3D fantasy Alice in Wonderland, and Jon Favreau/Robert Downey Jr's actioner Iron Man 2. Curiously, Eclipse finished its run slightly ahead of (the 2D) Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows: Part 1: $300 million vs. $295 million. Chris Weisz's The Twilight Saga: New Moon also ended its run at no. 4 among 2009 releases, after James Cameron/Sam Worthington's environmentally conscious 3D sci-fier Avatar, Michael Bay/Megan Fox's Transformers: Revenge of the Fallen, and David Yates' Harry Potter and the Half-Blood Prince.
As for Catherine Hardwicke's Twilight, it was the seventh biggest 2008 release in the U.S. and Canada, following Christopher Nolan/Christian Bale/Heath Ledger's The Dark Knight, Robert Downey Jr's first Iron Man, Steven Spielberg/Harrison Ford's Indiana Jones and the Kingdom of the Crystal Skull, the Will Smith vehicle Hancock, Andrew Stanton's animated Wall-E, and Jonathan Aibel and Glenn Berger's animated Annie winner Kung Fu Panda.
Breaking Dawn 1 remained the top release in North America for 21 consecutive days. That's a record for a Twilight movie. For comparison's sake: Eclipse was no. 1 for nine consecutive days after opening in late June 2010. New Moon and Twilight were no. 1 for six consecutive days in, respectively, late November 2009 and 2008.
Breaking Dawn was finally dethroned last Friday, following the release of Garry Marshall's all-star New Year's Eve, which features, among others, Zac Efron, Michelle Pfeiffer, Robert De Niro, Halle Berry, and Hilary Swank. Even so, the critically lambasted New Year's Eve turned out to be a monumental box office disappointment.
As predicted, Breaking Dawn fell below the $1m-per-day mark on Day 25, Monday, Dec. 12. More Twilight movie comparisons: New Moon fell below the $1m-per-day mark (inflation adjusted) on Day 20. As mentioned before, comparisons to Eclipse would be unfair, for the third Twilight movie came out in the summer, when teenagers/young adults are out of school or college. Eclipse's first dipped below the $1m-per-day mark on Day 34. Twilight fell below that mark on Day 18 (Adjusting for inflation here gets tricky, as average 2011 movie-ticket prices factor in 3D surcharges for a number of releases – whereas Breaking Dawn was not released in 3D. My point: although in overall average 2011 prices Twilight would remain above the $1m-per-day mark until Day 25, in actuality it did indeed fall below that mark on Day 18 if we were to use – lower – 2011 average 2D prices.)
Overseas, Breaking Dawn 1 has brought in $381 million, for a worldwide grand total of $642.45 million. The Twilight movie's top international markets are the United Kingdom ($45.1 million), Russia ($31.1 million), Germany ($29.6 million), France ($27.1 million), Australia ($26.7 million), Brazil ($26.4 million), Spain ($21.7 million), and Italy ($20.8m).
Adapted by Melissa Rosenberg from Stephenie Meyer's bestselling novel, in addition to Robert Pattinson as the enamored vampire Edward Cullen, Kristen Stewart as the soon-to-be-ex-human Bella Swan, and Taylor Lautner as the too-sexy-for-his-shirt werewolf Jacob Black, The Twilight Saga: Breaking Dawn - Part 1 also features Peter Facinelli, Elizabeth Reaser, Kellan Lutz, Ashley Greene, Nikki Reed, Jackson Rathbone, Dakota Fanning, MyAnna Buring, Booboo Stewart, and Michael Sheen.
Plus Maggie Grace, Lee Pace, Sarah Clarke, Anna Kendrick, Christian Serratos, Christopher Heyerdahl, Michael Welch, Christian Camargo, Julia Jones, Gil Birmingham, Kiowa Gordon, Billy Burke, Bronson Pelletier, Charlie Bewley, Tyson Houseman, Daniel Cudmore, Jamie Campbell Bower, Casey LaBow, Mia Maestro, and Alex Meraz.
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U.K.: More than 130 compensation claims for London riots damage unpaid, says MinisterComments Email Reprints
Steve Reed, Shadow Home Office Minister, said more than 130 compensation claims for damage caused during the August 2011 London riots remains unpaid, The Guardian reported.
Mr. Reed said "just 15% of the money claimed has been paid out."
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This Wiki describes P. C. Hodgell's Kencyr high fantasy novels featuring Jame and her twin brother, Tori, and a complex world that is described in, currently, seven novels: God Stalk, Dark of the Moon, Seeker's Mask, To Ride a Rathorn, Bound in Blood, Honor's Paradox , The Sea of Time; and a short story collection: Blood and Ivory: A Tapestry.
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By By Jeremy Wise, Army Flier StaffJanuary 15, 2010
FORT RUCKER, Ala. -- With victory hinging near defeat, Thundercats' tough defense stiffened and forced a last-second two-point conversion attempt to fail, sealing a 28-27 intramural football championship win over the Guardian Eagles.
The play culminated an exciting fourth quarter of football, where fans watched the D Company, 1st Battalion, 145th Aviation Regiment Thundercats mount a furious rally and survive a late scare from the 1-58th Airfield Operations Battalion squad.
After no scoring occurred in the third quarter, the Thundercats trailed 21-14, but a long Joe Hall punt return and a penalty placed the ball at the Eagles' 10-yard line.
Two plays later, quarterback Patrick McDonald completed a 9-yard touchdown pass to Scott Rosenshein.
The extra point failed, and the Guardian Eagles maintained a 21-20 lead.
A poor decision proved disastrous to the Eagles' winning chances on their next drive. Quarterback and head coach Michael Weber scrambled on a third-down play before throwing an interception to Hall. Hall returned the pick about 25 yards for a touchdown.
"The line had a good rush. The rush is what threw him off. We had been getting to him, and he'd been dumping it off to his linemen," Hall said, noting he saw Weber attempt the same thing on the interception.
Weber said despite having a tiny lead, his team wanted to continue playing at a high level of intensity, which is why he forced the errant pass.
After the Thundercats converted the two-point conversion, they led 28-21.
The Eagles, though, mounted a drive that scared eight lives out of the 'Cats. Weber had four critical runs, accounting for 59 yards. One run converted a fourth down with 20 seconds left in the contest.
On the next play, Weber struck Nick Stalford with a 17-yard pass to the 'Cats 3. Two plays later, Weber found Phillip Fortenberry in the end zone with one second left.
With a chance to tie the game with an extra point, the Eagles elected to go for two, but the pass fell incomplete.
"It wasn't a bad call. We just didn't execute," Weber said.
The Thundercats won the post championship despite going 5-5 in the regular season and finishing seventh out of 11 teams. Head coach David Galbreath said it took a few weeks for the team to jell together.
"We kind of jumped into this. It took a couple of weeks for everyone to get together and feel comfortable," he said.
The Thundercats' offensive attack moved efficiently due to short passes, something that fit the personnel better than other offenses, Galbreath said.
"We wanted to keep a fast-paced offense. It keeps other teams off balance," he said, noting he felt his team was also better conditioned than most squads.
Hall said winning the title felt great, but he really enjoyed having fun playing with friends and taking a break from studying for flight school.
Guardian Eagles' Joseph Cantrell said the last-play loss was tough to swallow, but complimented his team for battling through part of the loser's bracket to make the title game.
"The best teams are tested. We could've thrown in the towel," he said, noting the team bonded together instead after an earlier playoff loss to the Thundercats.


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It's one thing to grow a set of fangs or sprout lupine facial hair. It's another to make a transition from horror-movie monster back to straight acting. Now the Nightmare on Elm Street series and his Freddy character are history, and Robert Englund is hanging up his manicure from hell. More power to him. True, Fredric March and Spencer Tracy survived playing Dr. Jekyll, James Arness got past his Thing thing, and Michael Landon outgrew being a teen werewolf. But nobody who appeared as a serial monster has ever returned from that land of the cinematic living dead. So Englund is going where Lugosi, Karloff, Christopher Lee and fellow fiends never managed to tread. (The closest anyone came was probably Lon Chaney Jr., who was strong in Of Mice and Men and High Noon.) Maybe the list of things man wasn't meant to tamper with includes actors switching film genres.
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UPDATE: DNR Headquarters back open
MADISON, Wis. (AP) _ The Wisconsin Department of Natural Resources' headquarters in Madison is back open after a flood sent workers home Tuesday afternoon and shuttered the building for half a day.
The state Department of Administration said Wednesday the DNR has returned to normal operations and cleanup from the flood is nearly complete. The DOA reports that the building is dry, all pipes have pressure, affected work stations have been cleaned, and the heating system is working.
A cost estimate for how much damage was caused won't be known for weeks, but DOA says work stations and computer equipment suffered only minor damage.
The DOA statement says the flood appears to have been caused by a system failure that resulted in cold air being pulled in, causing the pipes to freeze and burst.
A State Natural Resources Building suffered severe water damage Tuesday morning.
The damage happened at the GEF 2 building at 101 S Webster St. in Madison.
DNR officials believe a heating unit broke around 6:15 a.m., causing flooding on the 7th floor. Water trickled down to the floors below.
The heating coils may have burst due to the cold weather.
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It's that time of year when edible Easter bells multiply like bunnies and spring up on the shelves of every chocolaterie in the city. You'll also find clowns, eggs and even dildos made of chocolate this week in Paris.
Easter in Paris
French Easter tradition stipulates that on Good Friday, all the bells in all the churches fly south to pay a visit to the Vatican. They return home on Easter, dropping chocolate for little children along the way. A flying bell that poops chocolate doesn't make a whole lot of sense, but then again, neither does a rabbit that lays eggs. Church bells will be silenced on the Friday and Saturday prior to Easter, presumably because they are hanging with the Pope, then rung with great fanfare on Easter Sunday.
As the bells go on vacation, so too do the restaurants & shops. Easter Sunday is a particularly tough time to eat out, even for those used to the challenge of scoring a Sunday reservation, as most shops and restaurants will shutter. Expect some unexpected Friday, Saturday & Monday closures as well.
Most deserving of a holiday are the chocolate makers, for whom this is the busiest time of year. The resurrection of Jesus (and the end of Lent) calls for lavish meals with family and friends. Easter is thus prime time for top chocolatiers to create elaborate chocolate works of art to be given as gifts. The bell is most common, followed by tiny fish representing poisson d'avril (April Fool's Day), eggs, bunnies and even a couple creepy clowns…
Every year, chocolate makers demonstrate their creativity and vision with new chocolate sculptures for Easter. Below, you'll find a collection of the 2014 works from some of our favorite Paris chocolatiers.
Jacques Genin
Easter has overtaken the tea salon & chocolate shop in the form of giant hatching dino eggs, Easter Island heads, edible chocolate tops for children, cheerful handpainted eggs, bunnies and the aforementioned clowns. Pastry chefs mix edible pigments with cocoa butter and hand paint the molds which are then filled with chocolate. Most are hollow, but a few sculptures will be filled with bon bons when broken open. Another classic favorite are hollow real eggshells that are sterilized then filled with a crunchy chocolate hazelnut praline. Closer to Easter weekend, the tea salon will be shut down and turned into a staging area for gifts. Read more on our page for Jacques Genin.
Patrick Roger
No bells were spotted at Roger this year — only whimsical pigs, a variety of frogs, chickens, and an elongated egg meant to resemble a cacao bean. Read more on our page for Patrick Roger.
Jean-Paul Hévin
Hévin's cheeky take on the Easter egg masquerading as a variety of Spring animals starts at 93€ per egg. Read more on our page for Jean-Paul Hévin.
Le Chocolat Alain Ducasse
Ducasse has two Easter show pieces this year in the form of two kinds of radically different praline eggs. First up: Easter Egg Pralines using real egg shells that have been hollowed out, sterilized and filled with coconut, pistachio, almond, and hazelnut. Crack and peel the shell for the most delicious hardboiled egg there is. A box of 4 for 30€.
Alternatively, there's the L'œuf de Pâques feuilleté, a hollow egg with crunchy praline and feuilletine meant to be shattered and gnawed upon. 30€ per piece. Read more on our page for Le Chocolat Alain Ducasse.
Hugo & Victor
The Fox and the Stork, The Goose with the Golden Egg, and The Tortoise and the Hare are all fables by Jean de la Fontaine that have here been transformed into edible artwork. Read more on our page for Hugo & Victor.
La Maison du Chocolat
These chocolate making bunnies are all hand molded and painted by artisans at La Maison du Chocolat. Read more on our page for La Maison du Chocolat.
Pierre Hermé
This lacy egg is made with 66% Grand Cru Caraibe chocolate and filled with a variety of tiny eggs inside. Find more info on our page for Pierre Hermé.
À La Mère de Famille
Gender stereotypes aside, À La Mère de Famille has very cute chocolate mères & pères de famille for you to bring to your family. Read more on our page for À La Mère de Famille.
Josephine Vannier
Resurrect your sex life this weekend with chocolate sex toys from Josephine Vannier. The edible dildo is hardly traditional, but Vannier promises that it "gives you pleasure but doesn't make you fat." Read more on our page for Josephine Vannier.
Henri Le Roux
Le Roux looked to Brittany and Japan to create more exotically flavored showpieces. His crop includes a yuzu matcha egg stuffed with mini eggs and chocolate fish, as well as a dark chocolate egg studded with sea salt from the Brittany coast. Read more on our page for Henri Le Roux.
And finally, the one percenters out there will enjoy this creation from Fauchon – a 60cm chocolate egg decorated with jewel toned faux peacock feathers for only 795€!


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The Clinic That Treated Joan Rivers Before Her Death Is Losing Its Federal Funding
Medicare and Medicaid funds will no longer pay for its services.By Jessica Roy
Medicare and Medicaid funds will no longer pay for its services.By Jessica Roy
The man who can
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Jason!By Margaret Lyons
"Anyone in Soaps would be a fool not to want to work with her."By Josef Adalian
The outlook is not good in Port Charles.By Josef Adalian
It seems like the whole thing is some sort of misunderstanding.By Charlotte Cowles
Wang apparently "doesn't do daytime television."By Charlotte Cowles
"Look, I could chat all night but I have to run. I have a big event to attend. Very, very big deal."By Willa Paskin
Franco as Franco. In a tux!By Julie Gerstein
For two episodes.By Willa Paskin
And delivers a video message to the crowd.By Willa Paskin
Bobby!By Willa Paskin
The new MOCA director's already going Hollywood.By Mike Vilensky
Fingers crossed for more tomorrow.By Willa Paskin
Franco poses a homeless man on 'GH' today.By Willa Paskin
The episode airs this afternoon at 3 p.m. Eastern.By Edith Zimmerman
He's coming back to 'General Hospital.'By Willa Paskin
Big mistake. Huge.By Willa Paskin
And he confirms that the love affair with his '30 Rock' pillow still continues.By Jada Yuan
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Components of a 3D model
3D artist and enthusiasts strive to recreate what we see in our every day lives in 3D. To do this we create 3D models composed primarily of 3 components: a 3D mesh, a Shader and textures maps.
3D Mesh:
The complexity and detail of the 3d mesh is dictated by the end use purpose of the model. A game model will not be as complex as a movie model. As a general rule anything you create for use in a real-time rendering application will need to be as light as possible, while a model created for a still render, image beauty shot, demo or pre-rendered sequence/movie can be as complex as possible. For real-time rendering models, it is helpful to look for unique silhouettes, and then simplify the model while maintaining the silhouette.
For 3D printing, a 3D mesh needs to be "air/water tight" in most cases. This means that you want to create your model as one continuous mesh or a combination of continuous meshes. Your mesh should have no holes, missing faces, or gaps and their ilk. Keep that in mind when building a mesh!
A shader is a set of descriptions that define what the mesh will look like when rendered. The combination of a shader and a texture(s) create a Material. Shaders help us define things like color, transparency, shininess and reflectivity in an effort to approximate the look and feel of real life surfaces like plastics, metals, glass, water, and so on. Common shaders include Lambert, Phong and Blinn shaders.
Shaders can also be created to provide advance effects like real time reflection and life like oceanic water but these are very dependent on the development engine and are coded individually by programmers.
A texture is an image that defines not only what your mesh looks like, but also help refine the many attributes in a Shader. As you can imagine, applying a flat image to a 3D mesh is an art onto itself! Imagine drawing on a piece of paper and then wrapping that paper on to a ball. I explain how a texture is applied to a 3D surface using the UV coordinates of the mesh in this previous article.
A texture can also be used as a height map, were darker colors represent negative height and lighter colors represent positive height. This concept can be applied to the strength of a map, like transparency, were white is fully transparent and black is solid.
For example, topographical terrain maps have been used for years to help represent the different high and low points of an area. They can be in grayscale (darker colors are lower in height than lighter colors) or in color. With texture maps you can have fine control over properties like bump effects, shininess, transparency, reflection, glow, realistic depth (ambient occlusion) and baked in lighting to name a few.
There are tools that automatically help you create some of these texture maps from your original color/Diffuse texture. One I personally like to use is called CrazyBump. You can also create your own by using image editing software like Adobe Photoshop in combination with Nvidia's Direct Draw Surface format (DDS).
And that's just some of the tricks available to 3D artist to create and recreate life in 3D! Next up we'll show you how to upload models on 3DVIA.com with All these properties and enhancements.


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Josh To Participate in Marvin Hamlisch Celebration
Josh To Participate in Marvin Hamlisch Celebration
The New York Philharmonic will present One Singular Sensation: Celebrating Marvin Hamlisch, a special New Year's Eve concert saluting the late composer-conductor. The Orchestra will be joined by Marvin Hamlisch's friends and collaborators including Josh.
Watch this special on NYE at 8 PM on PBS. For full event details, please click here.
Very excited to hear this! I will be sure to watch. What a great way to help ring in the New Year!
This is fantastic marriage of talents--Hamlish renewed Broadway to whole generations of people, world wide. Becoming a funny, quick witted guest on popular TV, as well as the dedicated composer/arranger/conductor Marvin makes a mark as great as the greats. Josh's love for the boards, an I believe a wish to someday return to a great Broadway piece, it's a natural match. Thank you, Josh. Thanks to the NYP, and PBS! I'll wait for you in Times Square, I have to have someone to kiss! Always loving you and all you do. Judy Chonak, Portsmouth, NH
it's awesome.. congrats so much .... i want will be there :D . but i'm in the end of world.. but my spirit will be with you as always... good luck dear.. a lot of hugs and Besitos.JS
So great that you do this!!!!
I sure shall try to watch it!
Yes,2013 will be a fantastic year!!
Congrats with Noel as a favorite from Ophra!
Of cause the CD is so BEAUTIFULL!
<3 I want to go there but i don't want to be alone. :/ hope to see you soon Josh xoxoxo


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Peak Oil: Coming Soon to a Planet Near You
This won't come as news to many gardeners and permaculturists, but global "peak oil" is on the way and, according to a new study by Kuwaiti scientists, due to arrive on a planet near you in 2014...near as in the one you're sitting on right now.
The study used a new methodology:
The scientists from Kuwait University and the Kuwait Oil Company adopted a newer approach by including many Hubbert production cycles, or bell-shaped curves showing the rise and fall of a non-recyclable resource. Earlier models typically assumed just one production cycle, despite the fact that most oil-producing nations have historically experienced more of a roller coaster ride in production.Such production cycles reflect the influence of new technological innovations in the oil industry, government regulations, economic conditions and political events. The factors include the discovery of new oil deposits, the recent economic recession and the rise of renewable energy.
For those of you who aren't familiar with peak oil, now is a good time to get acquainted. In heavily industrialized food systems like those of the US and Europe, fossil fuels are some of the main inputs used to produce food. Oil is required to produce synthetic fertilizers and pesticides, to power agricultural and food processing machinery, and transport food from points A to B (and mostly likely on to C and D). All told, some studies have shown that it takes 10 calories of fossil fuel energy to produce 1 calorie of food energy, an imbalanced and unsustainable equation.
More kitchen gardens and other forms of small-scale food production are needed to bring this equation and our planet back into balance. So be sure to dig in this spring and help at least one other person, family or group in your community get a garden started. That's how we'll seed the next garden revolution.
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expressing gratitude in images: it's your turnChristine Kang
Every week since the beginning of August last year, I've been sharing with you all of the the things that I'm grateful for — everything from the exciting (like trips overseas), to the completely mundane (like quiet moments at home), to even finding my good mood again. As I said at the very beginning of this exercise, it's easy to find beautiful moments around you, if only you stop and look. For example, this week wasn't a particularly unusual week; still, it wasn't hard to appreciate the return of spring …
… or even the joy on my daughter's face as she took her very first horseback riding lesson.
I believe very passionately in the power of a consistent gratitude practice (so much so that I launched a monthly online magazine dedicated to gratitude which also helps to change the world), and I've become pretty evangelical about encouraging people to do the same.
So now, we're going to up our game a bit. I'm going to ask you to join me.
If you'd like to start your own photographic gratitude practice and have your images featured on the site, please share it with me my emailing your shots to email@example.com. I'd love to see your images, and if you're open to it, I'd love to feature some of them here on Bliss Your Heart.
Because, ultimately, I think gratitude practiced in solitude can be an amazing thing — but gratitude practiced with others?
Well, that might just be the key to world peace.
I hope you'll join me.
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i dont really feel like going to work to day.
Look, I TRIED that diet, okay? It didn't work for me.
now all i need is a pacifier and a few glowsticks and i'll be ready
well, I don't wanna look slutty….
June 3, 05 in Creatures.
Tags : fat, pointy head, sitting, slouching, tentacle
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The Ojai Valley Lions Club presents Ojai Nights on Saturday, Oct. 20, 4 p.m., featuring Dirty Rice, KHKG, Shaky Feelin' and Ska Daddyz.
Many have waited a long time to see Adam Ant at the Ventura Theater on Friday, Oct. 19.
Doom metal returns to Bombay Bar and Grill with Alucarda and Power on Thursday, Oct. 18.
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Zoey's welcomes Charlie Peacock on Friday, Oct. 19. B Willing James will open.
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Easily grown in organically rich, medium moisture, well-drained soils in full sun to part shade. Adapts to clay soils. Plant bulbs 3-4" deep and 4-6" apart in fall. Best left undisturbed once set in the ground. Naturalizes by bulb offsets.
Although it blooms several weeks after spring snowflake (Leucojum vernum), summer snowflake blooms in mid-spring (late April), not in summer. It usually goes dormant by summer. Dark grassy green leaves to 12" long and 1" wide form an upright, vase-shaped clump of foliage. Typically 2-5 (less frequently to 8) white, nodding, bell-shaped flowers appear at the top of naked hollow flower scapes (to 12-15" tall) in spring. Each flower has three similar looking sepals and petals (tepals) that are spotted at the tip with green.
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Borders, rock gardens. Under trees or shrubs. Best planted in groups of at least 15 bulbs. Can put on a spectacular flowering display when naturalized in large drifts
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Eads taking leave from 'CSI,' return uncertain
NEW YORK — The investigators on CBS's "CSI: Crime Scene Investigation" will be without forensic scientist Nick Stokes for a while.
CBS said this week that George Eads is taking a leave of absence after appearing in the show's first three episodes of the upcoming season.
Eads has portrayed Stokes since the series premiere in 2000. It's unclear when or if he'll return.
CBS won't comment on a Hollywood Reporter story that Eads got into an argument with a writer on the show about his character.
Sting's wife, Styler, to star off-Broadway
NEW YORK — Actress and producer Trudie Styler, the wife of pop singer Sting, will star this fall in a new off-Broadway adaptation of Anton Chekhov's "The Seagull."
Producers said that Styler will portray the fading actress Irina Arkadina in the Culture Project's version of the classic work adapted by Thomas Kilroy and directed by Max Stafford Clark. This version will be set in late 19th century Ireland.
The rest of the cast includes Rufus Collins, Alan Cox, Stella Feehily, Slate Holmgren, Rachel Spencer Hewitt, Ryan David O'Byrne, Amanda Quaid, Tim Ruddy and Kenneth Ryan.
Previews begin Oct. 3 and opening night is set for Oct. 13.
Styler's acting career began with the Royal Shakespeare Company and she made regular appearances on British TV during the 1980s as well as in many film roles. Her acting credits include the BBC series "Love Soup" and the film "The Next Three Days" with Russell Crowe. She has helped produce "Girl Most Likely" with Kristen Wiig and "Black Nativity" with Forest Whitaker.
Elton John's partner opening Vegas bar
LAS VEGAS — David Furnish is planning to open a swanky champagne lounge in the same Las Vegas Strip casino where his partner, Sir Elton John, holds a residency.
The nearly 3,000-square-foot FIZZ Las Vegas bar is set to debut this fall at Caesars Palace. Developers promise caviar, charcuterie and small plates to complement the champagne and other cocktails.
Furnish says he spends so much time in Las Vegas while Elton John performs his show, "The Million Dollar Piano," that the couple wanted a space to reflect their personal style.
The $3.2 million venue will be modeled after their home in Los Angeles and will feature photography from the pair's personal collection. Managers describe the aesthetic as a "glam-chic" throwback to 1970s designer David Hicks.
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Sunday, June 15, 2014
If you haven't already, it is time to get a "jump" on fleas. I can tell from the questions I get and the sales at Possum's, fleas are getting active. The best control comes from a three-prong approach of treating the animal, your house and your yard, while using a growth regulator to prevent the fleas from reproducing.
Prefurred One or Prefurred Plus are post-patented Fipronil products that you apply directly to your dog or cat every 30 days.
Being a "generic," the price has dropped significantly (customers tell us 30- to 50-percent off). Petcor, Biospot or a flea collar will also protect your animal. Flee, a new Fipronil-based spray product, is getting good reviews.
Be proactive and treat the house with a product that contains a growth regulator. Precor 2,000, Ultracide, IG regulator, Pivot, EcoVia (National Organics Program compliant but no growth regulator) and Alpine Flea Insecticide are a few good products for use in the house. If you apply these products before you have an issue, your success will be much greater and will save you from all the vacuuming, washing of beds and the sleepless nights with a scratching pet.
Treat your yard and bed areas with EcoVia (National Organics Program compliant), Essentria G (National Organics Program compliant), Bug Blasters or Sevin.
Pivot 10 is a growth regulator that can be used inside and outside. Research show indoors it last about seven months and outdoors between 30 and 60 days depending on rainfall and other environmental factors.
Pivot controls many pests from drain flies to house flies to roaches to mosquitoes to fleas and many other common pests in the Lowcountry.
Drain flies, flies, roaches, mosquitoes and fleas are always bad this time of year, so now is a great time to apply Pivot 10.
By treating the family pet, the home and the yard proactively, you should have good success against the flea. If this sounds like too much work or a project you would rather have a professional tackle, there are many good pest management professionals.
Watch out for flies and stinging pests like wasps. This is their time of year as well!
Always read, understand and follow product label. The product label is a federal law.
Bill Lamson-Scribner can be reached during the week at Possum's Landscape and Pest Control Supply. Possum's has three locations: 481 Long Point Road in Mount Pleasant (843-971-9601), 3325 Business Circle in North Charleston (843-760-2600) or 606 Dupont Road, in Charleston (843-766-1511). Bring your questions to a Possum's location, or visit us at www.possumsupply.com. You can also call in your questions to "The Garden Clinic," Saturdays from noon to 1 p.m., on 1250 WTMA (The Big Talker). The Horticulture Hotline is available 24/7 at www.posumsupply.com.
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Missed our headphones: Aeroplane
Gallons of new music flow through the holes in our mailboxes each week, and we simply can't review it all. Here's a track from a notable album that deserves your attention.
Gallons of new music flow through the holes in our mailboxes each week, and we simply can't review it all. Here's a track from a notable album that deserves your attention.
Since releasing 2009's "In the Dream of the Sea Life," the Fort Collins dream pop band Candy Claws, the vision of Karen and Ryan Hover, have been releasing music that's a sonic exploration of the natural world.
After a two-year hiatus from live performances, Fort Collins dream-pop act Candy Claws has announced it will return with a new project, Sound of Ceres, in collaboration with members of Apples in Stereo.
Denver's SPELLS and Son Lux have made the list of official bands playing SXSW 2015. They join Colorado's Publicist UK, who as announced in the first batch of acts in October.
By Matt Miller and John Wenzel As Jeff Mangum took the stage at the Ogden Theatre on Monday -- bearded, draped a ragged sweater, and less shy than his reputation would suggest -- the sold-out audience happily bobbed through the opening verse of "King of Carrot Flowers Pt.
Neutral Milk Hotel and St. Vincent top our picks of best Colorado shows this week. We'll be seeing you there, and if you don't make it out, follow the music musings on our Twitter @RVRB and our selfies on Instagram @heyreverb.
To most, Neutral Milk Hotel epitomizes weird hipster music. The ridiculous name, bizarre lyrics and Jeff Mangum's shrill shout-singing all make the band a prime target for haters.
More dates of the long awaited Neutral Milk Hotel reunion tour have been released, and the band will visit 20 North American cities early next year and play a number of international shows near the end of 2013.
By Erik Myers SnowBall Music Festival has announced via Facebook the second round of artists appearing at next year's three-day event. Chief among them include Totally Enormous Extinct Dinosaurs, Aeroplane, Shlohmo and Robert Randolph & the Family Band.
"Overlooked" is, of course, a relative word. But, the Black Keys present an interesting case study in popularity. A large number of their songs -- and records, for that matter -- will be unfamiliar to the masses at the 1stBank Center in Broomfield on Monday, April 30 and Tuesday, May 1.


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L'Artisan Parfumeur just released new luxurious, unisex perfumes that encapsulate French charm, beauty and romanticism. Amour Nocturne, Déliria, and Skin on Skin are the latest, unique creations from Bertrand Duchaufour that are both sensual and sexy.
Bertrand has worked with L'Artisan Parfumeur for more than 10 years, creating beautiful scents that play on natural compositions and connect some of nature's most incredible fragrances. Working on two basic fundamentals, Bertrand finds balance in opposites (when opposites attract). Secondly, everything is transformed, not lost or created. By distorting and dissecting nature, he's been able to compose more than a dozen scents for L'Artisan Parfumeur.
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A guide to longer and healthier hair
You know your hair is growing, but does it seem like it isn't getting any longer? You may be right, and the answer could lay in your hair care routine. Excessive heat styling, friction styling, and your nutrition can all be factors in causing brittle, damaged hair that is prone to breakage. Here are some pro-tips to maintain your length.
Your Hair's Integrity
It's important to know how much your hair can handle and how you can give back to your locks. If you have chemically treated hair, especially if it has been lightened with bleach, its integrity is already compromised. If you are also doing a lot of heat styling (i.e. round brush blowouts, flat irons, curling irons) you need to be careful about how often you are doing this. Firstly, use a heat protectant whenever heat is applied to the hair. Try to limit blowouts and heat styling to no more than twice a week (ideally only once a week). You should also be doing a weekly hair mask to strengthen and maintain protein levels.
A lot of breakage can occur during regular styling (like pony tails or buns and braids) because the hair is being pulled and manipulated by elastic bands and hair pins. Try switching your style, and don't wear your pony tail or buns in the same place all the time. This will avoid stressing the same hairs over and over, which can lead to, you guessed it, breakage.
Plus, tossing and turning in your sleep against cotton pillowcases can cause your hair to get stuck and snap off, so we also recommend a silk pillowcase.
Too many washes can dry your hair, making it brittle and frizzy, which typically drives people to more heat styling. Everyone's hair is different, but we suggest no more than three washes in a 7-day period (two is ideal for most hair types). We know it can be tough, but with a good dry shampoo by your side, you can keep your hair looking refreshed rather than oily.
Your diet affects your overall health, including the health of your hair and nails. Once you have a routine to keep your ends happy, it's smart to maintain healthy hair growth. Vitamin- and iron-rich foods, such as blueberries, spinach, and salmon can aide in the regulation of your hair cycles. Adding a supplement with biotin can also give hair growth a boost.
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Hotels in Jerica
Hotel Rosaleda Doncel
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Avenida Constitucion 29
This hotel is to be found at the heart of Jerica only about 10 km from Segorbe and over 45 minutes away from Valencia. Valencia airport lies around 35 km away. The hotel lies just metres from the train station in a privileged location from where it is easy to explore the historic centre of Jerica.||The air-conditioned city hotel offers a total of 32 guestrooms spread over 4 floors. Further facilities include a lobby with a 24-hour check-in service, a hotel safe, a games room, a TV room, a restaurant with excellent services, a bar, a café, a conference room, a dining room, room service and a car park.||The modern and functional rooms have an en suite bathroom, a hairdryer, a direct dial telephone, a TV, a hi-fi stereo system and an electronic lock. Further in-room facilities include a minibar, a double or king-size bed, centrally regulated air conditioning and heating as well as a hire safe and a minibar.||Guests may serve themselves at the breakfast buffet. At lunchtime and in the evenings guests may select dishes from the set menu or choose from the à la carte option. It is also possible to book a half-board or full board stay.Search8
BB Sharíqua
Camino San Antón S/n
Set in olive groves, Sharíqua is a rural guest house offering beautiful views over Jérica and the Alto Palancia region. Its bright, south-facing rooms feature a private balcony or terrace. The rooms at Sharíqua have charming, rustic décor with colourful walls. Each one comes with a sofa and a private bathroom with a hairdryer and shower. A buffet breakfast is offered at Sharíqua. There is also a bar. Dinner is also available upon prior request. You can walk to Jerica in around 15 minutes from the house, through the olive groves. Staff can offer suggestions for hiking or cycling routes, as well as giving tips for what to see and do in the area. The property is located between Sierra Espadán and Sierra Calderona Nature Reserves. You can drive to the beach in 30 minutes, and Valencia is 40 minutes' drive away. Free parking is available and there is easy access to the A23 Motorway.Search
La Casa Mora
San Roque, 4
La Casa Mora is located in Jérica's Old Town, 10 minutes' drive from the Sierra de Espadán Nature Reserve. This restored 16th-century house features a spa bath and washing machine. Set on a charming street lined with flowers, the house features 2 bedrooms with TVs and viscoelastic mattresses. There is a library with board games and over 500 books, and the kitchen includes a hob, oven, microwave and Nespresso coffee maker. There are various shops, restaurants and bars within a 3-minute walk of La Casa Mora. In the nearby nature reserve you can go horse riding, canoeing and cycling. The house is just 35 minutes' drive from the beach, and you can drive to Valencia in around 45 minutes.Search
Masía Novales
Partida Novales, S/n
Masía Novales is located within the natural setting of Sierra Espadan, offering beautiful mountain views. It features an outdoor swimming pool and a buffet breakfast 5 km away from Jerica.Search
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Anti-Hispanic slur unites Boehner, Castro in disgust; Democratic campaign committee tries to capitalize
Energy giants, other Texas business interests host birthday fundraiser for John Cornyn
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"I just think any money we would have to spend there (in Missouri) would be money we would have to pull away from other close races around the country which I think have a greater probability of electing a Republican senator."…
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In 1776, she offered, oppressed American colonists "rose up and said, 'Not in my home. You don't come in and rape my daughters and my … wife.' But that is where we are again."…
Kay Bailey Hutchison, John Cornyn join overwhelming Senate support for debt deal
Sens. Kay Bailey Hutchison, R-Dallas, and John Cornyn, R-San Antonio, were among the 74 senators voting in favor of the deal this morning. Twenty-six senators, from Socialist Bernie Sanders of Vermont to ultraconservative Jim DeMint of South Carolina, voted no.…
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A spokesman for Texas Sen. John Cornyn, chairman of the National Republican Senatorial Committee, said the political events are an affront to fire-weary Texans.…