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The first time I ever interviewed Martin Scorsese, he was about to get a lifetime career award from the American Film Institute. And he was thrilled. Still, he knew it wasn't an Oscar.
And at the time, he said he knew he'd probably never be getting one.
He told me that a veteran Oscar voter had even explained why. "Your movies don't have uplift," the member told him. Meaning that for a movie to really win the hearts of Academy voters, those people had to leave feeling better than when they walked in.
Well, years later, Scorsese made "The Departed," and won his best director award. Because fine as that movie was, I think what really pleased voters was that it ended with some sort of rough justice being done — that was close enough to "uplift" for them to finally relent and give him the award he'd deserved for maybe 30 years.
All of which I was thinking about after I began seeing the fuss and bother this year over which picture wasn't nominated, what actor or actress had been ignored, or what other "shameful" act of injustice the Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences had perpetrated.
Because, honestly? Not only is none of this shameful, but once you start thinking about all the unwritten rules that go into choosing Oscar nominees, it isn't even a story about "snubs." It's barely a story about surprises, frankly.
Still uncertain why Tom Hanks, Robert Redford, James Gandolfini, "The Butler" and "Inside Llewyn Davis" weren't in the list of nominations? You just need to keep five simple but frequently forgotten rules in mind...
—Learn to count to five. The performance categories only have so many slots; this isn't the Golden Globes where, like some father-son sports breakfast, "Everyone's a winner!" There are no "most-improved" or "good sportsmanship" prizes here. Was it a shame that the veteran Robert Redford wasn't honored for "All Is Lost"? I think so. But which of those five best actors — Christian Bale, Bruce Dern, Leonardo DiCaprio, Chiwetel Ejiofor or Matthew McConaughey — would you have bumped to make room for him? And would it have been an easy choice?
—Think small-screen, and think fast. Most awards voters don't watch these movies in theaters. Most watch them at home, on free DVDs — and that changes the experience, subtly. I thought Tom Hanks was quietly good throughout "Captain Phillips" — but only absolutely extraordinary in its last 10 minutes. Were members still as involved and attentive when that scene finally came? I don't know. But I do know if your movie turns off voters early, or doesn't hold their interest, or its biggest scenes come late, you're in trouble.
—Remember: It's personal. You don't have to be a glad-handing fixture on the Hollywood party scene to get nominated (just ask all-time champ Meryl Streep, who remains happily East-Coast based). Nor do you have to be the cuddliest guy in the world (right, Sean Penn?) Still, personal feelings will come into play. Did people feel Oprah Winfrey didn't really need an Oscar nomination for "The Butler"? Perhaps. Did some voters feel it would be a "waste" of a vote to give a nomination to the late James Gandolfini, for "Enough Said"? I hope not — but I wouldn't be surprised. Academy members are people, too — or so goes the rumor — and human nature plays a big part in their decisions.
But now, finally, the nominations are in and it's all over but the voting. And then, in March, the inevitable, after-show analysis.


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The University of Texas-Pan American's Department of Accounting offers two new programs - the Master of Science in accounting (MSA) and the Master of Accountancy (MACC) - both programs are accredited by the American Association of Collegiate Schools of Business (AACSB).
The MSA program, a combined bachelor's and master's program, was designed for students who do not have their bachelor's degree. The MACC program is a master's program that requires students to meet the UTPA requirements for admission to graduate school.
"The unique thing about this program (MACC) is that it is offered online," said Dr. Wig De Moville, chair and professor of the Department of Accounting and Business Law. "Anyone from around the world can log on and take these courses."
That is actually what the College of Business Administration is hoping will happen. Persons interested in obtaining a master's or needing hours for continuing education or for meeting the education prerequisites to sit for the Uniformed Certified Public Accountant examination can take classes from their own home making accessibility easier than ever. De Moville is hopeful that the online program will attract students not only from Texas, but also from Mexico where advanced degrees in accounting are not available.
"We will be using the Center for Distance Learning to put the program online. They use a great piece of software called WEB CT that allows students to download a professor's lectures, up-load presentations and engage in online class discussions," De Moville said. "What makes our online program so great is all of our classes are taught entirely by our own Ph.D. qualified faculty. It provides for a higher quality program. All of the graduate courses are offered online or in the classroom."
Although the idea for the programs began in 1992, the Texas Higher Education Coordinating Board (THECB) approved the master degree proposals November 7 allowing for this newest addition of courses to be added to UTPA's inventory of programs.
For more information on the programs contact 956/381-2406 or visit www.panam.edu/accounting/

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- Monday, Nov 25, 2013
- 10:00am - 11:00am
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- Don Ingber, MD, Ph.D.
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- Biomimetic Microsystems Wyss Institute
- Judah Folkman Professor of Vascular Biology, Harvard Medical School,
- Boston Children's Hospital
- Professor of Bioengineering, Harvard School of Engineering & Applied Sciences
Abstract: In this presentation, I will describe work we have been carrying out in the Biomimetic Microsystems and Programmable Nanomaterials platforms at the Wyss Institute for Biologically Inspired Engineering at Harvard. The goal of the first platform is to engineer human 'Organs-on-Chips': microfluidic devices lined by living human cells created with microchip manufacturing techniques that recapitulate organ-level functions as a way to replace animal testing for drug development. I will review recent advances we have made in development of multiple organ chips, including human lung, gut and bone marrow chips, as well related human disease models. I will also describe our ongoing efforts to engineer more than 10 different organ chips, to integrate them into a 'human body on chips', and to develop an automated instrument that enables real-time, molecular scale analysis of human cellular responses to pharmaceuticals, toxins and other chemicals in an organ-like context in vitro. The goal of the 2nd platform is to create multi-functional nanotechnologies for regenerative medicine and drug delivery applications, with the long-term goal of developing injectable programmable devices for biomedicine. I will describe multiple new bioinspired nanotechnologies, including a Shear-Activated Nanotherapeutic delivery system that targets drugs specifically to vascular occlusion sites.
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26 February 2014: The UN Environment Programme (UNEP) Finance Initiative (FI) has released an Investor Briefing, titled 'Commercial Real Estate: Unlocking the energy efficiency retrofit investment opportunity.' The briefing makes the business case for efficiency investments and presents best practices from leading real estate investors.
UNEP notes that buildings account for approximately a third of the world's energy consumption and are a high-impact sector for urgent climate change mitigation action. The briefing begins by noting that financially attractive efficiency investment options exist for all types of properties, and that in the US, commercial buildings account for nearly 20% of energy consumption and 12% of national greenhouse gas (GHG) emissions. It goes on to summarize financial arguments for investments in energy efficiency, including that: they can repay themselves quickly, depreciate slowly and deliver decades-long returns; efficient buildings, higher rents and higher sale price are correlated; considering energy performance is an important component of risk management and an investor's fiduciary duty; and at a time when energy prices are becoming more and more volatile, efficiency investments represent a good hedging strategy.
The briefing continues by summarizing the results of UNEP's investigation into best practices on energy efficiency investments as a seven-step process: ensuring executive awareness of the business case for efficiency investments; measuring and benchmarking building energy performance; setting portfolio energy-efficiency targets; linking asset manager compensation to energy performance; ensuring leases allow for building retrofitting (green leases); ensuring investment analyses include impacts on asset value; and taking a portfolio approach to determining next steps. [UNEP Press Release] [Publication: Commercial Real Estate: Unlocking the Energy Efficiency Retrofit Investment Opportunity]


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A consortium of more than 40 UK-based technology companies funded by the UK's innovation agency, Technology Strategy Board, has delivered on the first phase of its initiative to accelerate the widespread move to the Internet of Things (IoT). HyperCat is a new open IoT specification that allows machines to work together over the Internet and for applications to discover and make sense of data automatically without human intervention.
In just 12 months and with £6.4 million funding from the Technology Strategy Board, development teams from major companies including ARM, BT and IBM have worked alongside UK start-ups and UK University Departments to break down vertical data silos and find a foundation for connected products and applications to interoperate.
The HyperCat specification is an extremely simple yet powerful, thin interoperability layer for the IoT, which allows applications to explore what data and resources are available on a specific data hub, or search for particular types of resource across the Internet. For example, if an application only understands temperature measurements, HyperCat provide a means to search for and discover this type of data - buried amongst other data that the application may not understand.
"HyperCat has been designed to move us from the Internet of Silos to the Internet of Things," explains Pilgrim Beart, CEO of IoT start-up 1248. "Previously, applications were vertically-integrated, working only with specific services, which confines data to narrow vertical silos. HyperCat enables apps to discover data across all services, freeing machines from the human programmer bottleneck and allowing a many-to-many relationship to develop, which is the key to IoT."
"The forces for the modularisation of IoT are creating a ground swell that will bring radical changes to the computer industry." said Justin Anderson, CEO and Founder of IoT company Flexeye. "As new entrants to the IoT market strive to deliver revolutionary solutions at an extraordinary pace, HyperCat will help ensure that these players can securely speak a common language. I'm confident that the Technology Strategy Board's investment in this interoperability initiative has helped put the UK in a global leadership position and will in turn support the UK economy by creating new jobs and attracting foreign investment to our shores."
"We are using HyperCat at our Cambridge headquarters to share data such as office occupancy, energy use and even car park lighting between different applications," said Amyas Phillips, IoT Research Entrepreneur at ARM. "By linking our infrastructure in real-time we are reducing our energy costs and generating other information including external temperature data that others can use. This is a research project but it has proven tangible benefits that consumers and Enterprises can gain from a more connected world."
"While there is still the need for applications and services to agree on standard ways to describe data – so called ontologies – HyperCat offers a common approach to describing the information held on data hubs, thereby allowing people to find data relevant to their specific needs more quickly and easily. This will drive commercial use of the hubs and lowers the barrier to participation, particularly for SMEs," added John Davies, Head of Semantic Technology at BT.
"We've been able to create whole new applications very quickly," commented Andy Stanford-Clark, Master Inventor at IBM UK. "For example, we can take illumination data from streetlights belonging to another project cluster and display it on our own application. Being able to explore the HyperCat metadata in human and machine readable formats makes it easy to mash-up new applications."
"Over the past few years the Technology Strategy Board has brought people together in workshops and competitions to work out what the barriers to IoT really are, which proved an excellent foundation for this work," said Andrew Tyrer, Digital Lead Specialist at the Technology Strategy Board. "We're delighted that so many companies managed to co-operate so successfully and are excited by the potential for HyperCat in the future to put the UK at the forefront of IoT development and deployment."
The Eight Technology Strategy Board Clusters
The Technology Strategy Board project involved large brand names, IoT start-ups and Universities. They formed into eight clusters, each focussed on a particular application. Each cluster used the HyperCat specification to create interoperability within their cluster and then between clusters:
See HyperCat video with comments from Technology Strategy Board and leading industry players at: http://vimeo.com/99260692
More about HyperCat Clusters and Companies can be found at: http://wiki.1248.io/doku.php?id=hypercat
About the Technology Strategy Board
The Technology Strategy Board is the UK's innovation agency. Its goal is to accelerate economic growth by stimulating and supporting business-led innovation. Sponsored by the Department for Business, Innovation and Skills (BIS), the Technology Strategy Board brings together business, research and the public sector, supporting and accelerating the development of innovative products and services to meet market needs, tackle major societal challenges and help build the future economy.
For more information please visit http://www.innovateuk.org/.


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Jessica Nicole Hoover and Daniel E. Sayah III, both of Pittsburgh, were united in marriage Friday, Nov. 11, 2011.
Larry Goyda officiated at the ceremony held at the couple's residence in Pittsburgh.
A reception was held at the couple's cabin in Plunketts Creek Township.
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The bride is the daughter of Benjamin A. Fagioletti and Catherine A. Hoover, both of Pittsburgh. She graduated from Plum Senior High School, Pittsburgh, in 2007 and received a degree in business and a certificate in business management from Community College of Allegheny County, Pittsburgh, this year. She is employed by Dunkin Donuts, Pittsburgh, as a store manager.
Sayah is the son of Debra J. and Daniel E. Sayah Jr., Williamsport. He graduated from Loyalsock Township High School in 2003 and is employed by Garda Cash Logistics, Pittsburgh, as an armored truck driver.
Matron of honor was Catherine A. Hoover.
Maid of honor was Debra J. Sayah.
Bridesmaid was Tasha J. Sayah.
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Kyary Pamyu Pamyu - Nanda Collection 12 songs; 47,3 minutes; 93,2 MB 01. Nanda Collection 0:48 02. Ninja Re Bang Bang 4:27 03. Kimini 100 Percent 3:20 04. Super Scooter Happy 5:54 05. Invader Invader 4:12 06. Mi 4:12 07. Fashion Monster 4:37 08. Saigo No Icecream 4:10 09. Noriko To Norio 3:18 10. Furisodeshon 4:06 11. Kura Kura 2:49 12. Otona Na Kodomo 5:32
Thanks for the upload. I don't plan on keeping the files though. I only needed to see if this album is really worth pre ordering on itunes or just wait later. My budget is really tight right now but I will never steal from Kyary!! I suggest anyone that is a fan of KPP should buy her music to support her. I do get music off the internet so I do steal but if you are a big fan of the musical artist, then don't be a pirate!!
Okay, just listened to the music! Totally worth buying!! This is a good album and is only 10 dollars for the album. I know many of you will only download because you have no conscience or are soo poor(but can afford a pc) but come on, this is only 10 dollars on itunes and amazon. I know even with my budget, I can scrap up a good 10 dollars for this album. Anyways, even if you dont want to wait and get it, just pay for it later on! As long as you pay for it eventually, thats what counts!! Go Kyary!!!!!!!!!
This is a pretty good album. I shall upload some albums of her someday.


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Kodiak and Survivalcord Best Practices
Hi Everyone,
Attached is a quick how to video for the Kodiak and Survival Cord. Also, there have been quite a few international backers responding that you have not received... Read more
Fire Starting Buckle Best Practices!
Hi Everyone,
All units have been shipped out and everyone should have their product. If you have not yet received your product, please let us know. Attached is a quick... Read more
In Prodution and About to Ship!
We are in Production! We have made several hundred and will start shipping this Friday! We will continue to ship as we assemble Kodiaks. We are also glad we could... Read more
Pull Test
We just wanted to provide another small update: Our supplier provided us with the pull test results for the OE Paracord. As expected it's just over the 550 lbs... Read more
Back Up to Speed
Our supplier was able to remake the striker plates with the correct material spec (a hardened stainless steel). We got a couple of samples in and made 10 fires with... Read more
The Growing Pains Continue
The Striker Plate is made of a hardened Stainless Steel. Like any knife or sharp edge, it will get dull with use. We opted for the harden stainless steel to... Read more
Winners Selected!
Hey Backers! We pulled some random numbers and came up with the WINNERS for the samples we received. We have jigs made, OE Paracord in, hooks and labels ready. We... Read more
Still Moving Forward
Hey Kickstarters we have some news…first thanks again for going with us on this roller coaster ride. We know you have waited so long. We would like to give you... Read more
Fall News!
Buckles and cord are being pumped out right now. We reviewed final samples and gave the thumbs up to move things along. The picture attached is a final sample of... Read more
1000ft Survival Cord Spools Available!
We have 1000ft spools of light grade survival cord available in our online store. This cord has 1 strand of monofilament fishing line, 1 strand of Jute fire starting tinder... Read more
Bulk Paracord!
We are in the tail end of locking in our shipping arrangements with Fedex. We want to ensure you all discounted shipping prices and international shipping. Once everything is locked... Read more
The moment we've been waiting for!
Google patents has published our Non Provisional Patent information! https://www.google.com/patents/US20130189631?dq=michael+mojica+fire+starting+buckle&hl=en&sa=X&ei=L7koUpfNF-n5iQK-woGABw&ved=0CDQQ6AEwAA
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Stolen guns making their way to Erie's streets
A Greene Township resident arrived home on the afternoon of June 3 to find her front door smashed in.
Someone had broken into the house, and a gun case in a bedroom was damaged in a failed attempt to pry it open.
One handgun, a .38-caliber Taurus kept in a bedroom nightstand, was gone. So was a watch and some jewelry.
The burglars urinated on the floor before fleeing with the stolen items.
The handgun, purchased by its owner in late 2012, resurfaced eight days later.
Erie police officers were investigating a large fight in the area of West 16th and Chestnut streets on the evening of June 11 when an officer spotted a vehicle that was seen fleeing from the scene of the fight. Police checked the vehicle and found the loaded .38-caliber handgun inside.
The gun remains in the custody of police as the prosecution of the man found with it, Laquan D. Martin, advances in court.
No one has been charged in the theft of the gun from the Greene Township home.
The story is a familiar one for local law enforcement.
Police said that many of the guns recovered in recent investigations, including drug cases, armed robberies and aggravated assaults, were reported as stolen in crimes such as thefts, thefts from vehicles and residential and business burglaries.
Nearly one quarter of the 360 guns recovered by the Erie Bureau of Police in investigations since 2012 were found to have been stolen when police ran their serial numbers, according to department statistics.
A larger percentage of guns reported stolen are unaccounted for. A total of 389 handguns and long guns were reported as stolen in crimes in the city between January 2011 and July, police report.
Some of the more notable recoveries of stolen guns in the Erie area recently include:
- A .357-caliber Smith & Wesson revolver, reported as stolen from Venango County in January 2013, that Erie police found behind an East Ninth Street house in mid-June. Officers were checking the area where a suspect was seen running after shooting another man in the ankle and calf outside of a Parade Street business.
- A .357-caliber Magnum, reported stolen from its owner in Harborcreek Township, that Erie police accused a city man of trying to sell to a bartender at a Parade Street tavern in late June.
- A .380-caliber Jimenez arms pistol, stolen along with 14 other guns in a December burglary at a McKean Township gun shop, that Erie police found near two suspects apprehended in an attempted home-invasion robbery at an east Erie residence July 1.
- A .38-caliber revolver, reported stolen in Detroit in 1980, that Erie County investigators found in an Erie house that was searched as part of a drug investigation in mid-July.
- A Ruger 9 mm with laser sights, reported stolen from Erie on May 12, that Millcreek Township police found in a traffic stop of a man and a woman wanted on drug charges in late July.
Police said guns, primarily handguns, are valued by criminals who sell them on the street or trade them for drugs.
"Anybody that's involved in criminal activity like burglaries and theft, you know they're not going to do anything legitimately with these guns," Erie Police Chief Randy Bowers said. "The motivation for these crimes is to get money. By the time we get involved, who knows how long they've been passed around?"
Erie police Lt. Mike Nolan, who heads the bureau's Drug & Vice Unit, said his unit is finding in their investigations that guns are ending up in the hands of people using them in crimes in three ways: they are stealing them, they are getting them from drug addicts who steal the guns and trade them for drugs, or they are getting them from gun owners who develop a drug problem and trade the weapon for drugs.
A spike in heroin use in the Erie region has helped fuel burglaries and other crimes in which guns are stolen, said Pennsylvania State Police Trooper Eric Rogers, a criminal investigator who previously worked as a local liaison to the Federal Bureau of Alcohol, Tobacco, Firearms and Explosives.
Erie resident Sebastian T. Mills, 20, admitted during his sentencing on burglary charges Thursday that he committed a string of residential break-ins in parts of Erie County to support his heroin addiction, and that he sold guns stolen in those burglaries to a person from whom he was buying heroin.
"We've had burglary cases where, within hours, stolen guns are out on the street," Rogers said. "There's such a high demand for the guns. Everyone wants one."
Bowers said stepped-up enforcement efforts launched by Erie police during spring, in response to an increase in shootings and other gun-related crime in the city, have led to the seizure of numerous guns. The 116 guns confiscated through the end of July is five more than city police recovered in all of 2013. The problem, Bowers and others said, is it has been easy in many cases for guns to be stolen and passed along.
"What we're seeing, unfortunately, is a lot are coming from residential burglaries. And it's frustrating, because homeowners need to take responsibility for securing their firearms," Rogers said.
He said gun owners have a duty to keep their firearms secure, preferably in a safe of some kind. Gun owners should also use trigger locks, keep their guns out of view and record the serial numbers, Bowers added.
Unified Erie, a local anti-crime initiative, announced recently that it is developing a plan to give away 400 gun locks throughout Erie County.
"The days of leaving firearms in a nightstand are over," Rogers said. "Someone who burglarizes a house is going right there. You can't keep them in common areas anymore."
TIM HAHN can be reached at 870-1731 or by e-mail. Follow him on Twitter at twitter.com/ETNhahn.


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Also why are you bothering with gluten/corn if you're on a primal forum on which we advocate not eating either? Drop them because it's good for your health, regardless of "intolerance".


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I have a Responsive Admin & frontend Template to convert to Magento enterprise theme
Demo here http://themeforest.net/item/flat-responsive-admin-template/4354008
You can click on demo page "Pages" from top menu bar and you'll see the shop dropdownmenu wher you cna test the store tempalte demo as well.
Your task will be to rebrand this template:
This task will have to be a full css and code copyright rebranding of themeforest theme template by just branding: template theme with my own brand as well as my own copyright rebranding that we will use as theme tempalte by default and replace it from the original one that I will provide to you as mentioned here above.
This task includes the change class names of the backend and frontend css and theme code, xml files, etc.... with our own copyright will have to be done;
"""You will have to rebrand the frontend and backend of the themeforest template css and copyrights with our own brand and logo and change the css former developer brand. """"
This task is meant to rebrand the tempalte copyright into mine and instal this branded version on my redmine github svn repository website in order to develop in the future new features to it.
the task will be to:
1) rebrand the frontend and backend themeforest tempalte into a magento enterprise theme version
2) Customise this themeforest tempalte by adding a top menu bar.
3) You will have to change all the css class, backend, design, xml name, layout, block names to make it as a new brand of mine
4) make the alterations, by just ranaming all themeforest tempalte into another company tempalte store website,
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Victory State Bank Suggests Consumers Know How to Minimize Liability When a Credit Card is Lost or Stolen
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Victory State Bank Suggests Consumers Know How to Minimize Liability When a Credit Card is Lost or Stolen
STATEN ISLAND – Has your credit card ever been lost or stolen? Victory State Bank urges cardholders to know how to minimize their liability.
If your card is used without your permission, you can be held responsible for up to $50 per card. If you report the loss before the card is used, you can't be held responsible for any unauthorized charges.
To minimize your liability, the Federal Trade Commission (FTC) suggests you report the loss as soon as possible. Some issuers have 24-hour toll-free telephone numbers to accept emergency information.
It's a good idea to follow-up with a letter to the issuer; include your account number, the date you noticed your card missing, and the date you reported the loss.
The FTC also suggests you keep a record — in a safe place separate from your cards — of your account numbers, expiration dates, and the telephone numbers of each card issuer so you can report a loss quickly.
About Victory State Bank:
VSB Bancorp, Inc. (NASDAQ: VSBN) is the one-bank holding company for Victory State Bank. As Staten Island, N.Y.'s only community-based commercial bank, Victory State Bank operates five full-service locations on the Island: The main office in the community of Great Kills, and branches in the communities of West Brighton, St. George, Dongan Hills and Rosebank. For additional information, Victory State Bank may be reached at 718-979-1100 or visited online http://www.victorystatebank.com.
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One Direction are on course for their first ever UK No 1 album with the newly-issued Take Me Home already nudging 100,000 sales.
Although their introductory set Up All Night made history this year by becoming the first debut by a UK band to enter at No 1 on the Billboard 200 in the US, it only peaked at 2 in the UK. However, they are now set to go one place better with their new album by the end of business on Tuesday having outsold its nearest four rivals combined, according to the Official Charts Company.
The group, who performed on The X Factor last Saturday, are also making a strong impact on the midweek singles countdown with the brand new track Little Things, although it is currently being outsold by new releases from Bruno Mars and Little Mix.
Rod Stewart is providing One Direction's main competition on the artist albums midweeks chart with his first festive set Merry Christmas, Baby presently registering as a new entry at 2, although it is around 65,000 sales behind Take Me Home. The high debut follows him chatting and performing on Graham Norton's BBC 1 show last Friday and if it finishes at 2 by the time the week's full chart is published on Sunday it will be his highest-charting album since When We Were The New Boys reached the same position in 1998.
Two other brand new albums are presently right below Stewart's with Polydor's new Rolling Stones best of GRRR at 3 and Reprise/Warner Bros's second 2012 Green Day album DOS at 4. The Stones album, released to mark the band's 50th anniversary, comes 10 years after their last new retrospective Forty Licks reached 2, while DOS follows Uno peaking at 2 for Green Day in September.
Having debuted at 1 last Sunday, Robbie Williams' Island debut Take The Crown is down to 5 in the midweeks with sales dropping 68%, while Decca's Andre Rieu & the Johann Straus Orchestra fall 2-6 with Magic Of The Movies and Polydor act Lana Del Rey's Born To Die races 38-7 following the release of the Paradise Edition of the album.
Decca's Alfie Boe is seeking a third UK Top 10 album with Storyteller registering as a new entry at 8 in the week so far as Virgn's Emeli Sande dops 6-9 with Our Version Of Events, while Asylum/Atlantic's Ed Sheeran sees sales of + triple over the week following his performance on last Sunday's X Factor results show. As a consequence, the album climbs 32-10 in the midweeks, while Give Me Love – the song he performed – vaults 139-19 on midweek singles.
King Animal, Soundgarden's first studio album since 1996's Down On The Upside, is new at 13, while RCA's Christina Aguilera registers at 18 with Lotus and Reprise/Warner's Deftones are new at 19 with Koi No Yokan.
Having topped the chart with a best of last year, Steps are set to return to the Top 40 with their first new studio set in a dozen years. Light Up the World, issued on their own Steps Recordings label, is currently new at 22, while other new entries will come this weekend from Universal Republic/Island's Weeknd and Atlantic's The Staves.
Bruno Mars is aiming for a fourth UK No 1 single with the new Elektra/Atlantic single Locked Out Of Heaven leading at the moment, although it is only a few thousand sales ahead of Syco act Little Mix's brand new track DNA with One Direction at 3, making the top three sellers all brand new releases. Syco's Labrinth drops 2-4 wth Beneath Your Beautiful featuring Emeli Sande, while the Parlophone-issued The Power Of Love by Gabrielle Alpin rockets 36-5 following its use in a John Lewis TV campaign.
After securing a second week at the top last weekend, Robbie Williams' Island single Candy drops to 6 in the midweeks, while Island's McFly are looking for an 18th UK Top 10 single with Love Is Easy currently registering as a new entry at 7. Sales of Gangnam Style by Island's PSY are up 22% on the week after he performed it on Jonathan Ross's ITV1 show, although it drops 6-8 on Sales Flashes, while XL's Adele slips 4-9 with Skyfall and Decca's Lumineers climb 15-10 with Ho Hey.
Future Cut/QWorks/Warner Bros's Stooshe are heading for a third hit with their TLC cover Waterfalls new at 14 on the midweeks. Other brand new arrivals include Polydor act Lana Del Rey with Ride and Ministry of Sound's Example with Close Enemies, while Atlantic's Christina Perri leaps 75-24 with A Thousand Years.


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PAMPA — Felipe De Jesus Perez, 58, of Pampa died Tuesday, Jan. 22, 2013, in Amarillo.
Graveside services will be at 2 p.m. Friday in Fairview Cemetery. Arrangements are by Carmichael-Whatley Funeral Directors of Pampa.
Mr. Perez had been a resident of Pampa since 1984. He worked for Mundy Construction at the Celanese Chemical plant and Northwest Insulation with Zachary Construction at the Phillips Refinery in Borger.
Survivors include his father, Felix Camacho of Guadalajara, Mexico; four children, Angelica Mendoza of Borger, Alex Villagrana of Amarillo, Abraham De Jesus of Pampa and Andrea Castro of Midland; and eight grandchildren.
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Sally Ride, the first American woman in space, died this week of pancreatic cancer. She was 61. In addition to being an astronaut, Ride was a teacher, an author, a business owner, an investigator into the Challenger explosion, a role model.
The word "unprecedented" got thrown around a lot yesterday as the NCAA handed down its penalties for Penn State for its handling of the Jerry Sandusky child sex abuse scandal. The school was penalized more for what the Freeh report says was a yearslong coverup of Sandusky's crimes in an attempt to protect the football program.
Penalties include a lengthy bowl ban, drastic scholarship cuts and a $60 million fine. The fine will come from its athletics reserve fund and capital maintenance budget and borrowing, Penn State said.Penn State isn't supposed to use money from other sports programs or academics, and has said it won't use tax money, to pay the fine. The public, however, will have to take the university at its word. The state's Right to Know Law does not require any further transparency from Penn State beyond providing its Internal Revenue Service 990 form and a list of the 25 highest-paid employees each year.
In case you missed it: Harrisburg City Council last night hired a new attorney, Neil Grover, in its fight against the state-decreed financial recovery plan. Its last attorney quit because he hadn't been paid.
A round of mini golf might be nice this evening. Barb Miller did a profile recently on some of the midstate courses.
In the games leading up to the Little League World Series, teams from Dillsburg and Hershey will meet today in an elimination round.
Also, the Detroit Lions released McDevitt grad Aaron Berry yesterday after his second arrest in a month. Berry says he's embarrassed by the situation but will learn and grow from it.
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PUBLIC Service and Administration Minister Lindiwe Sisulu says she will approach the Cabinet over the low compliance rate for performance evaluations of the heads of national and provincial departments.
In reply to a parliamentary question from Democratic Alliance MP Ena van Schalkwyk yesterday, Ms Sisulu said evaluations for the 2011-12 financial year were still in progress and were due to be concluded by July 31.
She said one national director-general and 11 provincial heads of departments had been evaluated. This represented 3% of the 31 national directors-general who qualified for evaluation, and 16% of the 49 heads of departments.
A director-general or head of department qualified for evaluation after they had been in office for a full 12-month cycle within any given financial year.
Ms Sisulu said that in the 2010-11 financial year, 16 national directors-general and 45 provincial department heads qualified for evaluation. However, only two directors-general and nine heads of departments were actually evaluated.
The Public Service Performance Management Policy provides for a five-point rating scale when conducting performance evaluations for senior managers and directorsgeneral and heads of departments.
Ms Sisulu said that in the 2009 -10 financial year a total of 11 directors-general and heads of departments were evaluated.
Of these, one was rated with the best score of five, nine of the group received a score of four, and one was given a three.
"We are acutely aware of the low levels of compliance with regard to the evaluation of directors-general and heads of department.
"I will be approaching Cabinet with a plan to ensure that all qualifying directors-general and heads of department are evaluated," Ms Sisulu said in her reply.
Dr van Schalkwyk described the results of the evaluation process as "pathetic". "I just can't see how they will be able to finish all those evaluations with the deadline being just around the corner."
She said that directors-general, and provincial heads of department, being the most senior public servants, were directly responsible for service delivery.
"If they know they are not going to be evaluated, then they can take chances, knowing they will get away with it."
Dr van Schalkwyk said that while she welcomed Ms Sisulu's comments about a plan being made, she would have to deal with the issue and progress would be closely watched.
Meanwhile, Ms Sisulu is trying to avoid a strike over wages by public service unions. According to the department, her offer of 6,7% exceeded the budget by R8bn.
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AUSTIN — For generations, the conventional wisdom in West Texas has been that little, if any, of the Ogallala Aquifer can be replenished.
"It is very little, very slow," state Rep. Four Price, R-Amarillo, said. "We are taking water out about six times as fast as waters going in to the aquifer.
"That is why in the state's water plan, in our region, 86 percent of our future volume has to come from conservation because our groundwater supply is being depleted," said Price who was a member of the House Natural Resources Committee.
In fall 2011 and in the first half of last year, the panel held a series of public hearings to determine how critical the water needs of the state are and what needs to be done to meet the long-term needs of the state.
"Until other technologies of water development are implemented — for instance, desalination of brackish water — we have to conserve as much as possible, not only at the individual level and at the municipal level, but at the industrial level," Price said.
Other members of the Texas Panhandle/South Plains legislative delegation, as well as water experts from the region, see it the same way.
"There are some areas that have some recharge but it's such a small portion, few inches in some places like in the area where I live," said former GOP Rep. Gary Walker, who lives in Yoakum County and is widely considered a water expert.
However, citing a variety of studies, San Antonio Republican Rep. Lyle Larson and other water experts view the situation more optimistically.
In their view, the Ogallala can be replenished much more than what most people think.
"I don't accept that you have an aquifer like the Ogallala and that, with all the technology that is available," cannot be recharged, Larson said. "Apparently the folks at the (Texas) Water Development Board and at Texas Tech and Texas A&M started study but we have not funded the completion of the study."
Nonetheless, an uncompleted study cited by Larson showed satellite imagery of 17,000 lakes in the West Texas portion of the aquifer — which spans about 175,000 square miles across eight states, from Texas to as far north as South Dakota. Of those 17,000 lakes, 5,000 have a 50 percent reduction inside the playas.
The status of the 5,000 lakes means a perpetual loss of water, Larson explained. However, the other 12,000 lakes showed moderate loss of water, meaning they are rechargeable.
Thus, in a bill he filed, which would allow the Legislature to withdraw $1 billion from the rainy day fund to begin funding the $53 billion state water plan, the implementation of the recommendations of "The Ogallala Recharge Study" would be funded, Larson said.
Water expert Bill Mullican, a native of Canyon and a Texas Tech University graduate, agrees with Larson.
"The question is, can we enhance recharge?" asked Mullican, a former member of the Texas Water Development Board who is now a consultant.
"With some modification we can enhance recharge," Mullican said, answering his own question. "There is significant body of research that has been done. Even if you make the amount of recharge 5 to 10 percent, it would be very significant."
According to a 2003 study the Water Development Board published, recharge studies have been conducted since the early 1900s and some have concluded that when there are heavy rains, in some counties such as Deaf Smith, Hale, Lubbock and Floyd there have been as many as 6 inches of annual recharge.
Thus, "more thorough studies examining the potential of enhancing research in playas should be conducted," the Water Board report recommended.
Larson, who has traveled throughout the state to learn about regional water needs — including stops in the Texas Panhandle and the South Plains — is all for it.
"The conventional wisdom is that everybody in that area has been told that we really don't have any options," he said in reference to West Texas residents.
"I think there are options, and I think is incumbent upon the state of Texas to engage in the study because it does show that we have some opportunities to recharge it," Larson said.
"To accept the perpetual withdrawal without any hope for us to change the course, I think we are doing an injustice to future generations that want to farm in the Panhandle."


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Director Laurie Sansom has taken the relentless misery of the 1623 text and merged it with the strange, other-worldly music of Webster's contemporary, the violent and probably insane wife-killer Gesualdo. This combination of unstable talents – not Sansom, you understand – provides the shifting and dangerous backdrop for a performance of equally uncertain elements.
The first thing to say is that it looks magnificent. There's a consistent vision throughout of decaying decadence in a time of corruption and chaos, and the corresponding decay of the ingenious and complex set works brilliantly.
Equally, the use of five chorus-like madrigal singers on stage to underscore the dramatic action is both vocally impressive and subtly intimidating: who would have thought a glee club could be so threatening?
Among the main players there is more of a mixed bag, but assured performances are offered by the likeable though wronged Antonio (Nick Blood) and the Duchess's maid Cariola (Claire Dargo). Elsewhere, there is sometimes a struggle to mine the meaning from the poetry – verse-speaking is an endemic problem, in fact – and there is little sense of metre or lyricism as the language is subverted to the bigger picture of the unfolding narrative. But when that narrative is so imaginatively presented and beautifully, elegantly staged, it's easier to make allowances for other shortcomings. The audience, certainly, seemed to be convinced.
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Earthquake rattled Big Island early Saturday
HONOLULU - An earthquake rattled Hawaii island early Saturday, but there were no reports of serious damage or injuries.
The U.S. Geological Survey said that a 4.4-magnitude quake hit at 4:37 a.m. beneath Kilauea's volcano's south flank - or about seven miles west of Kalapana.
The USGS said that the earthquake was widely felt on the island and generated more than 200 responses on its website.
Scientists said that the quake did not have any apparent effect on Kilauea's ongoing eruption.
Hanabusa, Gabbard get committee assignments
HONOLULU - Hawaii's U.S. House members have their committee assignments for the new Congress.
Rep. Colleen Hanabusa will continue to serve on the House Armed Services and Natural Resources committees, while Rep. Tulsi Gabbard, a Hawaii National Guard member who served in Iraq, will serve on the Foreign Affairs and Homeland Security committees.
Ex-officer sentenced to 8 months in pot case
HONOLULU - A former Honolulu police officer who pleaded guilty to helping his girlfriend sell and grow marijuana has been sentenced to eight months in jail.
The Honolulu Star-Advertiser reported that Michael Steven Chu asked his family to forgive him in court Friday and said he hopes to become someone they can be proud off. Chu also said he will never commit such a crime again and is dedicating his life to helping others.
The judge gave Chu until Feb. 13 to turn himself in. Chu's girlfriend, Athena Sui Lee, will be sentenced next month.
Feds approve state-based Hawaii health exchange
WASHINGTON - The federal government has given Hawaii conditional approval for running its own state-based health exchange.
The Department of Health and Human Services announced Thursday that Hawaii had made significant progress toward setting up its own exchange and can go forward under the Affordable Care Act.
The federal agency said that to date 20 states and the District of Columbia have been conditionally approved to partially or fully run their own health exchanges. Hawaii, California, Idaho, Nevada, New Mexico, Vermont and Utah, joined that list Thursday.
Under the health care law, the federal government can step in and establish exchanges in states where none exist.


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Reactors on Fault Lines Getting Fresh Scrutiny
Critics Ask if Facilities Can Withstand Worst-Case Quakes
When Japan's Daiichi Fukushima nuclear power station was built, everyone knew it was in an area prone to earthquakes. But no one counted on this one.
After the shattering temblor that struck Japan Friday, that miscalculation, and its potentially catastrophic results, are bringing new scrutiny to atomic plants in other quake-prone areas.
Countries around the world, including the U.S., China and Japan itself, operate nuclear plants in proximity to active faults or along coastlines subject to tsunamis. It can be hard to avoid such locations, given a nation's geology and the billions of gallons of water the plants require.
The industry says the plants are fully tested to withstand the worst possible quakes in each location, and note that even the Daiichi plant survived Friday's quake intact, only to fall victim to a tsunami that wiped out its backup power generators. The crisis in Japan is prompting questions about the reliability of those assurances.
"What happened in Japan could just as easily happen here," said Sam Blakeslee, a California state senator and geophysicist who has argued that his state's two nuclear plants are more vulnerable to quakes than their operators claim.
Tokyo Electric Power Co. 9501 -0.68 % , the utility that owns and operates the crippled Daiichi plant, tested the facility to a 7.9-magnitude quake, the strongest its scientific models showed was possible in the area, according to company documents reviewed by The Wall Street Journal. The quake that struck Friday was more than 10 times as big, on the logarithmic scale scientists use.
It wasn't the first time a quake had exceeded scientists' expectations. In 2007, a 6.6-magnitude quake struck Japan's Kashiwazaki-Kariwa plant, the world's biggest nuclear facility. The force of the quake "significantly exceeded" the plant's design expectations, the International Atomic Energy Agency later found. The quake sparked a fire on a transformer outside the main reactor and caused minor contamination in the surrounding sea.It came two years after a Tokyo court dismissed a lawsuit from nearby residents who said the plant was too close to a major fault line.
The unfolding Japanese disaster has been closely watched in China, which has been rapidly expanding its fleet of nuclear reactors, some of them in seismically active areas. China is building a plant in Dalian, across the Bohai Sea from Tangshan, a city that was leveled in 1976 by a 7.5-magnitude earthquake.
China said its nuclear facilities were safe. The government has largely embraced American-made third-generation reactors, which include passive safety systems and don't rely on the older pumps that failed in Japan. The country is also less susceptible to the tsunami-size waves that crippled the reactors in Japan.
Nonetheless, China announced Wednesday a decision to halt approvals of new nuclear-power plants as it considers additional safety measures and said it would conduct inspections at existing plants.
The U.S. hasn't broken ground on a new nuclear plant since the Three Mile Island disaster of 1979 in Pennsylvania, but it has plants in seismically active areas. In a letter to the Nuclear Regulatory Commission on Tuesday, Edward Markey and Lois Capps, two Democratic members of Congress, said there were eight nuclear reactors on the West Coast and 27 near the New Madrid fault line in the Midwest.
The lawmakers wrote that they were concerned the plants "are not designed with sufficient levels of resiliency against the sort of earthquakes scientists predict they could experience."
Tom Kauffman, a spokesman for the Nuclear Energy Institute, a trade group, said every nuclear-power plant in the U.S. was designed and constructed to withstand the maximum projected earthquake that could occur in the plant's area.
A 2008 study in California, however, questioned how well regulators and plant operators understand the seismic risks facing the state's two active nuclear plants. The California Energy Commission studyfound that plant operators hadn't updated their models to reflect the latest seismic research.
Pacific Gas & Electric Co., which operates the Diablo Canyon plant on the central California coast, objected to the study in an October 2008 letter. The following month, the company disclosed that it had found a previously unknown fault running underground less than a mile from the plant. The company and federal regulators both say the plant's existing defenses are adequate even with the new fault. But the state's energy commission last year recommended that plant operators re-evaluate their earthquake vulnerability using new technology.
PG&E spokesman Kory Raftery said the Diablo Canyon plant was designed to withstand a 7.5 quake, well beyond the maximum quake predicted by scientists of 6.0 to 6.5.
California's 2008 study was also critical of the state's other nuclear plant, Southern California Edison's San Onofre plant in San Clemente. New information after the plant was built, the study found, suggested it "could experience larger ground motions from earthquakes than had been anticipated at the time the plant was designed."
The study also found that the 30-foot sea wall protecting the plant was just three feet higher than the maximum wave height predicted by tsunami models when the plant was built. Those models didn't consider the possibility of tsunamis caused by underwater landslides, which the state study said could be even bigger.
"Based on historical information from scientists, the wall is capable of dealing with any type of tsunami that would be generated by an earthquake," Southern California Edison spokesman Steven Conroy said.
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Carlisle now has a self-serve dog-wash bay at Noble Auto Care, 205 Noble Boulevard near Carlisle Commons.
Six dollars in coins or tokens gives users 10 minutes to soap and rinse their canine pals in an indoor stainless-steel bay. A wand delivers soap, conditioner, flea/tick spray and skunk odor remover as needed.
Noble Auto and Greater Carlisle Area Chamber of Commerce are celebrating the opening with free washes from 4-6 p.m. Nov. 2.


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The 34th Vitalise Women of the Year Luncheon & Awards is scheduled to take place on Friday 7th October 2016 at the Birmingham Hilton Metropole. Don't miss out on the opportunity to join us at this wonderful luncheon which celebrates the achievements of women from all across the UK.
The 33rd Vitalise Women of the Year Luncheon & Awards has taken place to celebrate and highlight the achievements of women nationwide. Our Vitalise Woman of Achievement was Baroness Helen Newlove for her remarkable work to make communities safer for people to live in and our Vitalise Business Woman of the Year was Dr Sharon Redrobe, CEO of Twycross Zoo. We also honoured Baroness Steadman Scott for her work with charity, Tomorrow's People.


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September 13, 2013
I cannot stop buying these lovely bows!!!!!!!! I am obsessed!
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by Gigi
April 16, 2013
I got this bow in the color peacock, and I love it! It is the perfect size and it stays in my hair well. It goes with a lot of different outfits, and I get tons of compliments!
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by Kyrstine
March 25, 2013
I have two of these: sage and deep purple. I got really sad when I got my purple one in the mail and its clasp was falling off but it was an easy fix. Used tacky glue to have it stay in place better.
by Melsy
March 19, 2013
I just turned 37 and I never thought I'd love this bow hair clip so much. I just thought I'd give it a try cause I've been always curious to see how a bow would look in my hair and it actually looks very sweet. I was scared it might of made me look a bit childish, but it totally doesn't. I bought the eclipse color so that it wouldn't be too loud and I love it. Not only is it sweet but it also gives off a very polished dressed up classic look if that makes any sense. I think any stylish girl at any age can pull off this look which is totally possible with these hair bows :) The quality is awesome too. The bow is a very nice material. I have super thick wavy hair and the clip is very durable and strong and holds my hair without any problems. I don't see it breaking anytime soon.
by Phoenix
December 1, 2012
I have so many of these, they are the perfect accessory to dress up any outfit. Planning on buying many many more. They have a very classic feel to them. I usually put the chunk of hair that I am using in a tiny rubber band first and then put the bow over it, just to make sure they stay in place all day. I haven't had a problem with them yet and I've had them for about two years now. I would very much recommend!!
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by sss
January 12, 2011
I got in from the store in black, it's so cute! i was dreading that the clasp might be poorly made but it's actually really secure and stays in place. the only problem is that I find the bow falls down or messes up if there isn't enough hair grasped, so those with thin hair; beware!
5 out of 6 people
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by Leah
November 25, 2010
got it in blush poly its so cute holds alot of hair and I get so many compliments i have to get it in more colors
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by yean
November 19, 2010
I really really love this clip! I got khaki one and it's so cute and can hold alot of hair!good quality and versatile, I recommend you get one!
by Megan Rochelle
November 15, 2010
LOVE! LOVE! LOVE! I have almost all of them.
by Auralynn
November 9, 2010
The blush polyester bow is more like a dusty rose colour, not a light shade of pink.
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by isha
November 7, 2010
what's the color difference between the pink poly and blush poly?
by Kristin
November 3, 2010
I ordered the Royal Blue and the Mustard Poly. The clips are large and sturdy, but the Mustard Poly is seriously nothing like the picture, it's much more of a moss green than a yellow. I know monitor color settings can be the cause for this kind of thing but this is definitely not the color pictured! Kind of disappointing!
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by Kay
October 29, 2010
I got this in ruby red. The clasp held all day, which i really liked. You might want to check them out at the store though. It looked like a couple of colors were different, but i didnt pay much notice as i only wanted a red one.
October 23, 2010
i never felt the desire to buy one of these before. i always thought they would look awkward in my hair. i tried one on and i realized they are actually really cute and a cheap way to make an outfit more interesting
by Iris
September 6, 2010
Though the material is poly blend, it's actually thick and durable. the clip works well and can hold enough hair. I love the colors, hooray! have black hair and I choose all the bright colors...royal blue, red, and Bermuda green. God, I am so obsessed in those bows now and I cannot help buying more colors before they run out
by Sarah
September 1, 2010
I just bought this today, and I'm pretty much obsessed. I love it because you don't really see people with bows in their hair (emo girls not included).
It feels so innocent, what little girl didn't wear these as a child?
Definitely buying all different colors.
by Olivia
August 23, 2010
I had been eyeing the Bermuda and Blush Poly for weeks, I finally cracked and got them.
These are going to my perfect go-to for days when I don't know what else to do with my hair. Or just for the hell of it, they're so cute! Love them. Highly reccomend.
by Auralynn
July 14, 2010
RE: Bow Barrette
All of the bows are made at the factory, while the barrettes are bought wholesale from a company that manufactures them in France. I hope that answers your question.
by Alexandra
July 2, 2010
I'm wondering why the clip in this bow says MADE IN FRANCE. Aren't all AA items made at the factory?
but it's an amazing little bow. LOVE the pink poly and creme poly silk.
June 29, 2010
I bought this in mustard, which I don't think is available anymore. It was really more of a green than a yellow; however, I loved it regardless. Great material. Super cutie.


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Choosing music from the various audio sources through Audi's cabin interface is very easy, as the responsive screen immediately brings up lists of artists, albums, and tracks. For music stored on the car's hard drive, you can use voice commands to request specific artists. This capability is not as complete as that found in some Ford and Mitsubishi vehicles, which let you use voice commands to request artists, albums, and track titles from MP3 players and hard drives.
Audi makes one of the best cabin tech interfaces in the business. The A6 is the third model to receive this interface, after the A8 and A7. Along with its console dial and elliptical onscreen menus, the system uses a brilliantly engineered touch pad. This little square of touch-sensitive material in the console changes mode depending on which cabin tech function you are using.
For example, on the radio screen the touch pad shows six numbers, corresponding to station presets. With the navigation system, you can drag across the touch pad to browse maps. And the most fascinating feature is its ability to recognize letters you trace when entering search terms or addresses. There is no need to take your eyes off the road, as the system confirms each letter with an audio prompt.
You can also use the onscreen interface to customize the car's performance. Audi Drive Select offers Comfort and Dynamic modes for the steering and drivetrain response. In Dynamic mode, the throttle feels much more responsive, although the eight-speed automatic transmission, even when in its own Sport mode, does not get drastically aggressive. The steering feel remains very light in all modes, allowing for effortless turning but not a lot of road feedback.
Impressively, the new A6 comes powered by a direct-injection supercharged 3-liter V-6, an excellently efficient engine that Audi also used in its S4 model. Mated to the automatic transmission, this engine produces 310 horsepower and 325 pound-feet of torque. Even with that kind of power, the A6 turns in fuel economy of 19 mpg city and 28 mpg highway.
All this performance technology combines to make the A6 very easy to drive. The engine delivers immediate thrust, useful for merging onto the freeway and quickly passing slower traffic. The easy turning wheel makes city driving effortless. An automated parking system will be of huge benefit to people who have trouble parallel parking. A blind-spot detection system turns on lights in the side mirror casing to warn when it's unsafe to change lanes.
But aside from the light steering, the A6 also works as an excellent sport driver, helped considerably by the Quattro all-wheel-drive system. As we drove fast over a road with many tight turns, the smell of burning rubber wafted into the cabin. The car does have a traction control system, but it seems more focused on keeping the car on the road rather than stepping on its performance.
Audi's use of aluminum in the A6's structure helps keep the overall weight down, letting it dance through the turns. In manual mode, the transmission shifts satisfactorily, not with the hard changes of a dual-clutch system, but nowhere near as sloppily as a typical torque converter.
In sum
When driving the 2012 Audi A6 hard, we had to remember that it is not an S model. Its engine and Quattro all-wheel-drive gave it excellent sport characteristics, but its steering tuning and transmission suggested it wasn't built for the track. As an everyday driver, it offers good fuel economy combined with excellent power.
The cabin tech is also currently unparalleled. We found a few small areas that could be improved, but no other car maker has hit so many marks. The Google navigation system is obviously a high point, but the audio quality was also good, and could be even better with a higher-trim car. Although Pandora integration would be nice, the car offers enough audio sources for most people.
Audi also scores high on the tech meter with its cabin tech interface. The company designed an incredibly smart and usable system for the A6. The exterior design of the A6 may not be particularly eye-catching, but it offers solid, sedan practicality. All things considered, we give the Audi A6 our Editors' Choice Award.
|Tech specs
|2012 Audi A6
|Premium Quattro
|Power train
|Supercharged direct-injection 3-liter V-6, 8-speed automatic transmission
|EPA fuel economy
|19 mpg city/28 mpg highway
|Observed fuel economy
|23.4 mpg
|Hard-drive-based with traffic and Google integration
|Bluetooth phone support
|Yes, with contact list and voice command
|Disc player
|MP3-compatible single-CD player, MP3-compatible 6-CD changer
|MP3 player support
|iPod integration
|Other digital audio
|Onboard hard drive, Bluetooth streaming audio, USB drive, SD card, HD Radio, satellite radio, auxiliary audio input
|Audio system
|12-speaker system
|Driver aids
|Night vision, adaptive cruise control, head-up display, blind-spot detection, automatic parking, rearview camera
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henry lever 22 groups?
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> henry lever 22 groups?
March 5, 2011, 11:31 PM
what can you expect out of group sizes with one of these?
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March 5, 2011, 11:38 PM
I bought a couple of these for my kids. The model h001t frontier with the octagon barrel. Best group I have ever fired was 7/8" at 50 yards off of bags. Keigan has put a scope on his and can shoot very well with it. This is no where near as accurate as the Savage TR you asked about in your other post. Nice hunting rifle or plinker but not a true target gun IMHO.
March 5, 2011, 11:42 PM
thanks man how would you compare a model 60 to the henry for accuracy i already have both i havent gotten to shoot the henry yet though and im also looking at one of those other target rifles
March 5, 2011, 11:56 PM
I also have a marlin 60. I have had three over the years and all three proved to be finicky jam-o-matic peices of junk. I know there are alot of marlin 60 fans on this forum I am just not one of them. So my overwhelming vote goes to the henry. The marlins I have shot would take a full box of ammo mostly damaged beyond being fired to get 5 rounds down range to make a group.
March 6, 2011, 12:08 AM
I would say the accuracy of the Marlin 60 & the lil youth Henry my lil girl has,are about the same. I sneak her Henry out at night when she is in bed & hunt frogs with it.
The Henry will shoot shorts & longs. I have had no probs feeding it shorts while out frog hunting. 62 grain agula run threw it fine, but key hole after 15 to 20 yards
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What pistols shoot 7.62x25?
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> What pistols shoot 7.62x25?
January 27, 2011, 09:54 PM
Besides the Tok 33 and the CZ 52? Any other pistols use this fantastic round?
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January 27, 2011, 10:07 PM
Sterling sporter. It's a semi auto uzi style gun. I know nothing else about it though.
January 27, 2011, 10:16 PM
Is it a POS?
fallout mike
January 27, 2011, 10:24 PM
I have no idea. J&G sales has them for $429. They look cool.
January 27, 2011, 11:11 PM
There were a couple of 1911's converted to that by the NVA during the conflict. Now there is also an AR-15 uppper in that caliber. As well as the PPS43 Pistol.
January 28, 2011, 12:17 AM
Gik-tal, I STRONGLY doubt that claim. The Tokarev magazine is too long to fit in the 1911's grip, and the Tokarev round just pops out of a 1911's magazine due to its smaller diameter. I have both next to me and I just checked. This, coupled with the fact that someone last year on here was talking about wanting a 1911 converted to 7.62x25 and everyone told them that the round was too long for the action. It's simply not true. It cannot be done.
As for guns chambered in it, I'm pretty sure that, besides that one Sterling, the CZ-52 and Tokarev itself are it.
January 28, 2011, 12:33 AM
Shadow 7D
January 28, 2011, 01:01 AM
There are AR uppers that use a mag block and a PPSH stick mag
January 28, 2011, 04:22 AM
this is a poor example of a 1911 in 7.62x25 but the DO Exist
January 28, 2011, 05:57 AM
this is a poor example of a 1911 in 7.62x25 but the DO Exist
Okay, now that's disturbing. What I don't understand is why it wasn't easier and cheaper to make a whole new gun. That doesn't even make sense. If you're going to go to all that effort to make a 1911 into a Tokarev, why not just make a Tokarev? I own both, and in all honesty, there's no functional advantage the 1911 has over the Tokarev. For all intents and purposes, they're the same gun. The manual of arms is identical. Both are accurate, both are reliable with the round they're designed for. The Tokarev is a little lighter weight and smaller, equivalent in size to a Commander-length 1911. But for all practical purposes, they're the same.
January 28, 2011, 06:04 AM
Well there is still the mauser pistol 96 but I would not shoot any newer hot tokariv loads in one though in their day they did take some pretty warm loads that where pretty much 9mm+p.
January 28, 2011, 08:46 AM
That's funny... the gentleman that said it can't be done ate crow...
January 28, 2011, 10:12 AM
your using the wrong mags to try it in a 1911......get one setup for 38 super, change the barrel and use 9mm mags. yes, yje OAL is still a little long, and you will not get full capacity in that mag.....but it works.
as far as a non-pistol....Gas Piston AR15 for the win:
January 28, 2011, 10:40 AM
I don't have a whole lot to add here. There's not much interest from the major pistol manufacturers for this round. The GLock 20 frame is large enough to handle the round and the pressures generated, but the magazines are just a hair too small to take the round. Otherwise, that would be perfect. The FN 5.7 might be another potential pistol too.
January 28, 2011, 08:30 PM
That's funny... the gentleman that said it can't be done ate crow...
Hard to say "eating crow" when the gun was pretty much remanufactured to a pointless extent to allow it to happen, and it was unsafe and broke. It wasn't even really the same gun anymore.
January 28, 2011, 10:15 PM
I have seen some "good" examples of the converted 1911. Although I must agree what a waste of a good pistol.
The AR15 chambered in 762x25 has caught my attention but not sure about the pistol version. Again with the option of a PPS43, why?
Buck Snort
January 29, 2011, 03:56 AM
"Polish PPS-43C Pistol 7.62x25 $399 Free Shipping"
A POLISH gun for $399?!! Good luck with that one!!
January 29, 2011, 08:15 AM
On the subject of Tokarev, I finally worked up the courage to order some SPAM cans of it from ammoman and they're out of stock now.
Anyone have a source for cheap surplus Tokarev, even if corrosive? I have the CZ52 and M57, plus I'm looking for a standard-size Tok ... it is time to embrace the surplus stuff.
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January 29, 2011, 01:58 PM
Apparently the gun in the second video was originally a 9mm Kimber, and is currently using .38 Super mags with the conversion.
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On a blistering Sunday afternoon about a week and a half ago, I stepped foot onto the old "Deadwood" set 30 miles outside of Los Angeles. There, right in front of Al Swearengen's old place, a posse of performers clad in Western wear kicked up dust in the middle of the main street while filming a carefully choreographed shoot-out scene set in the Wild, Wild West. Only instead of shooting pistols, they were popping and locking their way through a dance-fueled face-off as electro beats kept time, blasted at high volume from an iPod hooked up to a portable sound system.
These weren't your typical gunslingers. These were the members of The LXD -- the Legion of Extraordinary Dancers.
The LXD, the brainchild of filmmaker Jon M. Chu, director of Step Up 2: The Streets and this August's Step Up 3D, is at once many things: a superhero-themed dance web series that launches this week on Hulu (with a DVD release in the works later this year); a growing collective of young, talented dancers and performers, including familiar faces from the "So You Think You Can Dance" and "Glee" set; and a multi-platform movement that seeks not only to change the perception of dance in mainstream media, but to bring dance culture enthusiasts from around the world together in a shared online community.
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On this hot summer day at Melody Ranch studios, Chu, who first conceived of the LXD concept after recruiting a crew of street dancers to "battle" tween star Miley Cyrus in an online dance-off, stood in the thick of his performers and camera crew, microphone in hand. It was almost 3pm on the last scheduled day of shooting and Chu and his entire production had mere hours to finish filming the final episode of The LXD's second season. If Chu felt the pressure, it didn't show; instead, he raced to get coverage of a key clash between robotics expert Madd Chadd and a duster-clad villain played by a popper named Frantick.
The scene, to keep a few LXD secrets under wraps, was an epic good vs. evil showdown that will close out the second season of The LXD. The first two episodes of the new web series premiered Wednesday on Hulu ("The Tale of Trevor Drift" and "AntiGravity Heroes," both available for viewing now), where the first season will unfold online with one new superhero origin story per week. By the time fans get to the Wild West finale of season two, they'll have met a host of LXD heroes -- and their evil, villainous counterparts -- and audiences will have seen the gorgeous feature film-quality work and high production value that Chu and Co. have brought to the web.
With a few hours to go before their rental time on set ran out, LXD choreographer-performers Harry Shum, Jr., AKA "Glee"'s Mike Chang, and Christopher Scott (both of whom appeared in Step Up 2: The Streets and Step Up 3D), gave their performers notes before racing out of frame. (Shum and Scott, decked out in Western duds, later pulled double duty in front of the camera as their LXD alter egos Elliot Hoo and Copeland.) Chu took a spot behind his Red camera operator and cued the temp music before giving a line of direction to Madd Chadd and the four-man team of dancers personifying his character's robotic energy force: "You're big, bad ass robots in a Western town!"
Madd Chadd and his robot crew tutted in formation like a mechanized, five-bodied automaton as Chu's crew held their collective breath at the monitors, whispering in excitement -- and then relief -- as the sequence played out like poetry on the screen. Another set-up moved to Madd Chadd's solo in close-up, drawing a crowd of his fellow LXDers out to watch the show.
Staggering from the impact of Frantick's invisible attacks, Madd Chadd, an actor, former UCLA high jumper, and sometimes model with an uncanny ability to move like a humanoid robot, let off a series of Terminator-like arm cannons that propelled him backwards down the dusty street. The meticulously detailed performance elicited an eruption of applause and cheers from his fellow dancers; in the LXD universe, talent celebrates talent, whether that mutual appreciation comes from experts in krumping, ballet, freestyle, tumbling, hip-hop, or anything in between.
Madd Chadd, AKA Chadd Smith, himself traces his love for popping to watching a dancer named Boppin' Andre perform eight years ago. (Boppin' Andre, now a friend and mentor to Smith, makes a cameo in Smith's lyrical LXD origin episode, "Robot Lovestory," which debuts on Hulu next week.) Once he discovered the mechanical movements of the robot, Smith devoted himself to the style and credits it with making him a true dancer.
"For me, it was the illusion first, and the dance came second," Smith told me. "I wasn't a dancer at all; I couldn't two-step on beat. If you've seen the movie The Jerk, I was the Jerk. I found dance through the robot."
Years of practicing with fellow poppers and studying mechanized movements of all kinds, from animatronics to Harryhausen stop-motion animation to the RoboCop and Terminator films, brought Madd Chadd's inner robot to the fore. Now, at 27, he's one of the lead figures of The LXD, eager to share and inspire a new generation.
"A lot of street dancers have this idea that they want to hold what they have and protect it, or somebody's going to take it and use it on them or steal it from them," he explained. "A couple of years ago I had this realization that I could die without ever influencing anyone, or ever showing anyone what I have, and the only way I started was by being influenced and inspired that way."
Elsewhere on set, another LXD member with seniority echoed Madd Chadd's deep respect and love for street styles as art. "Energy is alive, and you are responsible for a move being able to live or to die," said Christopher "Lil' C" Toler, the 27-year-old co-founder of krumping who first earned notice in David LaChapelle's documentary Rizeand has since become a regular choreographer on the TV competition "So You Think You Can Dance."
To Lil' C, who was introduced into the LXD fold by former roommate Shum, the aggressive, controlled movements of krumping are well-suited to tell a story about dueling superheroes -- a synergy on display in Episode 5, which introduces his and fellow krumper Deuce's characters. "A chest pop could communicate taking your chi and shooting it out, and that move becomes energy projected at someone, and then it becomes a weapon," he explained. "Now it's not only dancing; your dance style is speaking, it's communicating, and it's a form of combat and defense... The LXD is like Rize meets 300."
As The LXD's cut-off time approached, the set was abuzz with a frantic energy. It emanated from Chu himself, running back and forth with such excitement he sometimes forgot to make use of his mic, to the dozens of cast members waving, pop 'n' locking, and flipping like real life super powered beings while waiting in the wings for their scenes.
Galen Hooks, the lone female LXDer on set (who, incidentally, co-stars in one of the first season's most beautiful episodes, "Duet"), mused on the special experience of being a part of the LXD movement as she watched a scrum of fellow LXDers, led by a dancer named Cloud, scurry around the unused set filming their own Western-themed short film.
"The thing that's unique about this is that we're dancers from all different styles," began Hooks, whose expertise choreographing and performing a blend of hip-hop and contemporary styles also earned her an associate choreography credit on The LXD. "I would never be a part of a family with a krumper and a b-boy and a popper and a waver; we do jobs here and there with each other, but we'd never get the chance to really bond like this and to respect each other on this level."
The 24-year-old Hooks reflected with particular gratitude on the series of live performances the LXD did this year at the Oscars, "So You Think You Can Dance," and the TED2010 conference. "We don't have the Oscars and we don't have the Grammys, those moments that actors and singers and other performers get. We're just dancers to everybody, so for us to have these moments that feel like they really meant something... I'm very honored to be a part of it. Because if I wasn't a part of it, I know I would be dying to be a part of it."
The sun began to set over Melody Ranch, and Chu and his 20-odd performers squeezed in their final shots, calling an end to the day's increasingly frenetic shoot. The set exploded in cheers, as per usual when any film wraps -- but then, most end-of-production celebrations don't involve gravity-defying flips of joy, executed with grace and precision by the stars of the show.
Chu, sitting down for probably the first time all day, described his ambitious vision for this "creative collective" of talented dancers thusly: "We want to be the Pixar of dance." The 30-year-old writer-director envisions The LXD as a community-building brand of passion-driven multimedia dance projects -- and he's always on the lookout for new recruits.
"We'll bring in anyone who we find out there who's extraordinary -- anyone that I see on the Internet, on TV, anywhere, who has a poetry with their bodies that I've never seen before," said Chu, who enlisted LXD member JSmooth after watching him finger tut in a YouTube video for five minutes without repeating a single move. "I didn't believe it until I watched it and thought, that's the most beautiful thing I've ever seen, and people just don't get to see that."
The first two episodes of The LXD (available this week on Hulu), introduce audiences to Trevor Drift (Luis Rosado), who discovers his powers at the school prom, and BFFs-turned-enemies Justin Starr (Jeremy Marinas) and Jimmy Angel (Travis Wong).
Make sure to tune in for upcoming highlights including the episodes "Robot Lovestory," "Duet," "Fanboyz," and "Elliot's Shoes," the latter of which stars Harry Shum, Jr. in a jaw-droppingly evocative solo piece that should itself go down as one of the greatest pieces of dance in recent pop culture history.
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