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Hi Bellas,
I'm back with another FOTD. Today I'm featuring a fun, colorful look that I wore for my birthday weekend. I had just gotten my Sigma Beauty Flare Palette in the mail and wanted to go all out using as many of the bright colors as possible. I came up with a cut the crease rainbow look.
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I've already done a look using the Sigma Flare palette here. That one was more subtle and this one is a bit more bold for those of you who aren't afraid of color. The camera actually washed out the look a bit as it was more saturated in person.
From the palette I used Publicize on the browbone, Allure above the crease and Gossip in the Crease...
I love the video taking quality of my new Sony Camera but i'm still toying with the picture taking quality. I liked the way the colors turned out on my old camera. Meanwhile, check out the BF in the background making a guest appearance in my final look!
This is a really great palette for those of you who love color. I think I might end up creating another tutorial from this in the future...possibly a mermaid look.
You can find this palette for $35 at www.sigmabeauty.com
Till next time, Ciao Bellas!
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Monday, August 8, 2011
Sigma Flare Palette Bday Look and Surprise Guest!
Posted by MakeupByRenRen at 10:04 AM
Labels: colorful eye makeup, cut crease, sigma makeup
7 comments:
- Shades Professional Makeup said...
Great look!!
Cute BF and awesome pic with the both of you.
- August 8, 2011 at 10:29 AM
- Barby said...
This is a beautiful look Ren. I wisjh i loved bright looks (i never even do them on myself), im more into nude looks and subtle smokey eyes.
Cute BF
- August 8, 2011 at 11:08 AM
- Makeup Artist Jessica Rivera said...
I want those palettes so bad!
- August 8, 2011 at 12:18 PM
- DaphYin said...
Such lovely colours and a very good combination of it you used on your face :)
I love reading your blog so, I've tagged and awarded you as The One Lovely Blog Award! congrats: http://daphyin-makeupisart.blogspot.com/2011/08/one-lovely-blog-award.html
- August 8, 2011 at 12:34 PM
- Meryem said...
Really cute color!
- August 8, 2011 at 3:06 PM
- SHEROkxZx3 said...
Never seen such a beautiful look, I love it :)
- August 8, 2011 at 4:30 PM
- Bruce said...
Your a great artist :)
Thanks for a great post
Eye makeup tips
- October 14, 2011 at 4:10 AM
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Sweet potato & pea curry
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- Vegetarian
Nutrition: per serving
- kcal513
- fat20g
- saturates14g
- carbs77g
- sugars0g
- fibre10g
- protein11g
- salt1.46g
- 3 tbsp curry paste from a jar
- 1 onion, finely chopped
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- 600ml vegetable stock, from a cube is fine
- 400ml can coconut milk
- 175g frozen peas
- small bunch coriander, roughly chopped
Heat the curry paste in a large pan and stir in the onion. Cover and cook for 5 mins, stirring occasionally, until softened. Add the potatoes, stock and coconut milk to the pan and bring to the boil.
Turn the heat down and simmer the curry for 20 mins until the potato has softened. Add the peas, bring back to the boil and simmer for 2 mins more. Season to taste and spoon the curry into bowls. Scatter over the coriander before you tuck in.
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I am forever making this curry and it's been a favourite of mine since I started at Uni. It's very quick and easy and always makes a lovely thick curry that acts as a fantastic evening meal. I often substitute a few things though as I never use coconut milk ( just add more stock) and I never use sweet potato and it still makes a lovely curry :) Well worth trying.
I do love sweet potatoes. New thought of making it in a curry though ESPECIALLY one without any chicken. Try piri piri chicken with sweet potatoes. Now THOSE are amazing.
This was quick, cheap and filling, but certainly not exciting (although perfectly pleasant). I used a Madras paste in anticipation of it not having much 'oomph' otherwise, and am glad I did so (it was a Patak's paste...def the best!). Next time I would use a little less stock and would increase the amount of sweet potato and slightly reduce the amount of 'normal' potato.
first time I cooked this I used a leftover can of coconut milk, I think it was about 275 ml and it was delecious. I just now made it again, this time using the correct amount of coconut milk, and now it tastes a little to sweet and coconutty for my taste. Also I had to thicken the sause with corn starch. So next time, less liquid, less coconut and maybe I'll try adding some chickpeas, I bet they work well too.
This was a fantastic dish, i added spinach and red lentills which helped to thicken it a little, was truely delicious. I used new potatoes as that is all I had but will try next time with boiling potatoes as I think the texture would work better. My mouth is still watering from the flavour...
My only other comment is that I uused madras curry paste which worked very well, but I would have liked to see a receipe for a curry paste so I had the option to make my own...
And I agree with the other comment, please breing out a cook book
We absolutely loved this curry, so easy to make, and the sweet potato was lovely, I used tikka paste, added cubed chicken breasts and stirred in some fresh spinach just before i served it up. I took note of the previous comments and used less stock resulting in a lovely creamy sauce, a definite hit, delicious.
Tasted too much like a veg stew for me, even though the curry paste I used was a hot one. If I make this again I will used plain water instead of stock. Husband liked it and especially enjoyed the curry flatbread (www.bbcgoodfood.com/recipes/2066/curried-flatbread) I did with it.
Did this for a mid week family tea. Everyone loved it, including curry hating son, who said it was more like a nice stew than a proper curry. Used Patak's Balti paste and I think the coconut milk made it more palatable to non curry eater. It would be very easy to add chicken, if you wanted.
One point re above comments - don't leave out the ordinary potatoes - use good quality ones and they suit the sauce better than the sweet ones.
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Name of product: Little Tikes Chit 'N Chat Toy Cell Phones
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Manufacturer: Kids Station Toys International Ltd. of Miami, Fla.
Hazard: The hinge cover on the toy cell phone can detach from the phone, posing a choking hazard to young children.
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Manufactured in: China
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Conference on the Adirondacks Speakers look to prepare for inevitable surprises
LAKE PLACID – Climate change must be dealt with, but other key environmental issues shouldn't be lost in the conversation, science writer Andrew C. Revkin told an audience Wednesday morning during the 20th annual Conference on the Adirondacks at the High Peaks Resort hotel.
"We're changing the system in so many ways," Revkin said. "If you're not tracking those things as you're tracking the impacts of greenhouse driven climate change, you can end up missing the boat."
Some of the other major issues facing the world today are the spread of invasive species, industrial pollution in impoverished nations and a communication gap between scientists and lawmakers.
Revkin, who writes the Dot Earth environmental blog for the New York Times, was one of two featured speakers to tackle the issue of climate change Wednesday morning, the first day of the two-day conference. The other speaker was paleoecologist Steve Jackson, a distinguished scientist who is a founding director of the Department of the Interior Southwest Climate Science Center. Jackson also conducted research on the effects of climate change on terrestrial ecosystems in the Adirondack High Peaks in the late 1970s.
Both men talked about the complexities surrounding climate change. One of them is that the consequences are difficult to predict.
"We need to prepare for inevitable surprises," Jackson said. "We are going to be surprised. Our predictive capacity is limited, and it always is going to be limited, simply by the intrinsic nature of climate variability."
Jackson also talked about the need for the scientific community to do a better job of reaching a larger audience with the information its members learn from research projects. That includes building a stronger network between the different groups that deal with the subject.
"(We have to) recognize that there are different cultures and communities out there in the public at large, in the management agencies, in the policy community, in the private sector, the NGOs and in the research culture in universities," Jackson said. "We have to be able to span the boundaries between those varies cultures and communities and span them not in a one way direction but in all directions."
That type of communication is actually what the Conference of the Adirondacks, which is organized by the Adirondack Research Consortium, is all about. The conference consisted of talks from numerous featured speakers, along with shorter presentations to smaller audiences on scientific topics, ranging from biomass heating to the impacts of mercury on birds. Attendees included scientists, government officials, college students and members of the public.
"The goals of the Adirondack Research Consortium are to facilitate research and disseminate information so that people can make better decisions, both at a policy level and also in their daily lives," said Dan Spada, president of ARC's board of directors. "We try to assemble a broad diversity of speakers on a wide variety of topics, both in the natural sciences and social sciences."
This year's theme was to look backward and forward 20 years because of the 20 year anniversary. Spada said that one of the goals going forward is to improve the communication gaps between scientists, policy makers and the public.
"Scientists have for a long time talked to each other," Spada said. "We've published papers. The papers go in journals that maybe 300 people read or 500 people read. We really need to get that research out to policy makers and the public, so that they can use that information. It's good information. It has implications for their daily lives, both at a very local level, backyard level, but also on a regional level, on a townwide level, on a countywide level. So that's what we're trying to do. We're trying to get that information out there."
A couple of awards were given out during the conference. State Department of Environmental Conservation Commissioner Joe Martens received the 2013 Adirondack Achievement Award and Elizabeth Thorndike was honored with the 20th anniversary Adirondack Leadership and Legacy Award. Thorndike founded the Center for Environmental Information Inc. In Rochester and is on the state Energy Research and Development Authority board.
Martens was unable to attend the conference but offered a prepared statement after receiving his award.
"It is a great honor to be recognized by the Adirondack Research Consortium, the Adirondacks leading research organization for 20 years," Martens said. "It is a privilege to serve Governor (Andrew) Cuomo and the state of New York as DEC Commissioner at such an important time for the Park and its communities. The state is doing all it can to increase tourism for the benefit of the local economies by creating new opportunities to explore the magnificent natural wonders of the Adirondack Park in an environmentally sustainable way."


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One of George's brothers?
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Where was this pic of John taken? Is this at his house in Weybridge?
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It's been out a week now so this isn't as relevant, but I saw the Hobbit last night. I was a big Lord of the Rings honk--probably my only nerdy obsession--and my love for the movies was largely due to my love of the books, which I read way back when I was 10 and 11 years old. So I was very excited for the new trilogy to begin, even while admitting an entire trilogy devoted to one book is a bit excessive. Dumped the kids off at the in-laws and away we went.
First off: the movie was fine. A couple hokey scenes that I could have done without, but that's the nature of these types of movies. However, a big warning to anyone considering seeing it in the new high frame rate: do NOT, under any circumstances, see the movie this way. I had read reviews that said it was disorienting and had the effect of making simple movements look sped up, but I just figured those were the complaints of old farts who couldn't handle the advances of technology. Wrong. The entire movie just felt so off. For a movie with as massive a budget as it had, the HFR actually served to make it look even more unrealistic and fake. It was supposed to be a more "natural" experience, but it had the opposite effect. This is a new technology that either needs to be perfected quickly, or better yet, die a quick death.
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Driver apologized to I-87 victim's family
A Rockland County man apologized in court to the family of a woman who died after his car rear-ended hers on the Adirondack Northway in November 2011, his attorney told the Enterprise Tuesday.
Joseph Bohunicky Jr., 34, of West Nyack, was sentenced last week to one-and-a-third to four years in state prison for his role in the crash that killed Mary Morrissey. She and Thomas LaFountain, both of Mechanicville, had been driving north to visit their sister in AuSable Forks.
"He apologized and expressed that nothing he says can change what happened and blunt the pain and suffering for the family's loss, and that he pleaded guilty to take responsibility for his actions," said Essex County Public Defender Brandon Boutelle.
Bohunicky pleaded guilty in October to leaving the scene of an accident without reporting.
Police said he was behind the wheel of a 2001 Toyota Camry that rear-ended LaFountain and Morrissey's 2000 Geo Prism on the morning of Nov. 20, 2011, in the town of Schroon. The Prism hit a guardrail and an embankment and crashed off the road. Morrissey, 65, suffered fatal injuries and was pronounced dead at the scene.
Bohunicky kept driving. His car was eventually found pulled over on the side of the Palisades Parkway in Rockland County, north of New York City, after he called police to report he had hit a deer. Ray Brook-based state police were able to link the Camry to the Northway collision because part of its license plate was imprinted on the bumper of the Prism.
Boutelle said Bohunicky had been traveling to Malone that morning to visit his brother, who's incarcerated at the state's Franklin Correctional Facility, but he declined to provide his client's account of what happened, including why he rear-ended the car Morrissey was in.
"I can't comment on attorney-client conversations," Boutelle said.
In addition to the prison term, Bohunicky was ordered to pay $7,517.26 in restitution to the victim's family and a $2,000 fine. He also had his driver's license revoked.
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- Concert preview: Even a decade on Blitzen Trapper refuses to sit still
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- Concert preview: Wolf Gang takes things slow and steady
- Locals: The wolf, the witch and their wardrobe: electro-pop duo Damn the Witch Siren embraces its theatrical roots
- Nelsonville Music Festival preview: 5 acts to see
- Nelsonville Music Festival preview: Kurt Vile grows up with Wakin on a Pretty Daze
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- Sensory Overload: Lou Anthony Band walks a more circuitous path at Brother's Drake
- Movie review: Seth MacFarlane's Western comedy uneven but hits more than it misses
- Movie review: "Maleficent" a pretty package with storytelling flaws
- Movie review: "The Double" might be derivative, but it at least found the right mix of influences
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- Exhibit preview: "Cartoon Carnival" bridges Columbus' cartoon past with its present
- Exhibit preview: "Fallen Feathers Project" coincides with Columbus Idea Foundry's official move to Franklinton
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- Theatre preview: Columbus Dance Theatre's "O. Twist" updates Dickens with RJD2
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Family of missing man asks for public's help
Physical therapy can help with pain management
As life's events unfold, the inevitable aches and pains associated with injury, illness, and age eventually set in and affect our quality of life. Experiencing pain is expected, but living with pain is not necessary and in most cases physical therapy can significantly reduce or relieve pain.
One of the most common pain complaints we hear is related to low-back pain (LBP), which accounts for 2.5 to 3 percent of all physician visits in the United States. It is responsible for an estimated $85 billion in healthcare costs nationally.
Most patients with LBP are seen by their primary physician and often time will be referred to undergo diagnostic tests, such as x-rays and MRIs to help determine the root cause of the pain. These tests more often help identify pathology such as degenerative discs, bulging discs, herniated discs, spurs and arthritis.
Pain associated with such conditions is a more complex experience than what images and pictures of your body can portray. Referrals from your primary provider to physical therapists, who are specifically trained to treat low-back pain with interventions such as manipulation, exercise, and most importantly education about pain and a patient's unique pain experience, will help develop and execute a treatment plan that will address the cause of the pain.
At Portage Health, we develop an independent management program for our patients that are not solely dependent on medications. Although medications can help to control pain, the key objective is regaining pain-free movement as quickly as possible without dependence on medication. A physical therapist, working in concert with your primary physician, will work to find a long-term solution to your pain problems.
Another important component to therapy is timing and the introduction of physical therapy as an integral part of the treatment plan has been shown to be a crucial element in a patient's recovery from low-back pain. Delaying physical therapy goes against current research as several studies have shown reduced costs and improved outcomes with early physical therapy.
In people who receive physical therapy within 30 days after initial physician visit for acute low-back pain, there is decreased likelihood of injections or surgery compared to patients who waited longer to get physical therapy. Also, the use of frequent office visits regarding LBP is significantly lower among people who receive physical therapy within 30 days. That means less money out of your pocket to pay for co-pays.
No matter what influences you to seek physical therapy, early access to physical therapy referrals is the best and most direct way to achieve your goal. We take pride in knowing that our patients receive evidence-based, quality care focused on patient values. We strive for the best clinical outcomes, and we empower patients to have active, pain-free lifestyles. Our focus is to get you back to doing the things that are most important to you, and we can get you there faster.
Editor's note: Mallory Rojewski has her doctoral degree in physical therapy from Grand Valley State University, and serves Copper Country residents out of the Portage Health Rehab office in Calumet. Learn more about Rojewski at portagehealth.org/rojewski.


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This breathtakingly simple style works with dark, burnished, African-American hair that has been straightened. A sleek, blunt-edged bob frames the jawline. A full fringe covers the forehead up to just above the eyes, and hogs the spotlight even more when the bob is tucked behind the ears on both sides. Emphasis is on the eyes and the lines of the face, such as the cheekbones and jaw. The overall look is structured and sophisticated, but soft and free enough to provide movement.


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MAJOR INTERNATIONAL COMPETITION: 2012 – Intercontinental Cup. 2011 – Parapan American Games in Guadalajara, Mexico (silver)... Competed in July in the 2011 Continental Cup in Kettering, England… Competed in May with the U.S. Men's Sitting Team in the Sarajevo Open in Bosnia-Herzegovina. 2010 – Helped the U.S. Men's Sitting Team to 10th place at Sitting World Championships in Oklahoma... Parapan American Championship in Denver, Colo. (Silver Medal)… WOWD World Cup in Said, Egypt (Fifth Place).
INTERNATIONAL HIGHLIGHTS: 2011 – Ed was part of the U.S. Men's Sitting team that finished eighth place at the 2011 Continental Cup in Kettering, Elngland. Ed was part of the team that competed in two exhibition matches against Canada in a joint training camp that won both matches. 2010 – Ed played in 25 sets as libero for the U.S. Men and posted 39 "excellent" receptions, 1.56 per set, a team high. He was also tied for first with Duda on digs with 29, 1.16 per set.
PERSONAL: Born Edward Eugene O'Neil on March 1, 1970 in Northampton, Mass. … Parents are Edward P. and Mary A. O'Neil… Married to Shalynn R. O'Neil… Has three children, Addison, Jack and Sophie… Began playing in 1985 for the Amherst High School Boys' JV team… He is a left leg below knee amputee after being wounded in Iraq by an IED in May 2008… Favorite food is Italian… Favorite book is 'The Old Man and The Sea' by Ernest Hemingway… Favorite musical genre is rock… Favorite sports teams are the New England Patriots and the Boston Red Sox… His interests include cycling and running… His most admired person is his father because "he always set a great example of hard work and determination to accomplish any goal"… Lists the "day I met my wife and having kids" as the happiest moment in his life.
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Making the world greener, one tree at a time.
CRADLING A CHERRY sapling in her hands,�11-year-old Mya Bartman has big plans for the�young tree�a gift to her mother on Arbor Day�in Nebraska City, Neb. (pop. 7,289).��[I�m planting it] at my house, for my mom, because she wants a�Japanese flowering tree,� Mya declares.�Observing the holiday last year at the birthplace�of Arbor Day, Mya and other local�schoolchildren learned that with proper�planting and care, their cherry saplings�can grow 20 feet tall and become�beautiful flowering trees. �[Trees] help make oxygen,�and we need oxygen to�breathe!� says Will Funke, 11,�surrounded by towering�oaks and spruce at the�home of Arbor Day founder�J. Sterling Morton. Each spring, schoolchildren�in Nebraska City�attend Arbor Day programs�at Arbor Lodge State Historic Park, where they learn about the roots of�the holiday and the importance of trees to the environment. Similar�presentations take place across the nation, planting seeds of�appreciation for trees and nature. �Children are our future,� explains park superintendent Randy Fox, 61.��If you can sell kids on planting trees, you�ve done the right thing.� A growing cause�For more than four decades, trees have been the�daily focus of the Nebraska City-based Arbor Day�Foundation, which plants and distributes�more than 10 million trees annually.�The reason: Trees cool cities, buffer�rivers and streams, serve as�windbreaks, and help control�erosion and pollution, says John�Rosenow, 64, president of the�nonprofit conservation and�education organization. �We�care about the environment�broadly, but focus on how trees�can be part of the solution,� says�Rosenow, who in 1972 helped�launch the foundation on the 100th�anniversary of the first Arbor Day.�The group�s mission�to inspire�people to plant, nurture and celebrate�trees�grew out of the 19th-century�work of J. Sterling Morton. A�visionary and conservationist,�Morton encountered a nearly treeless�prairie when he moved with his bride,�Caroline, from Michigan to Nebraska�in 1854. Staking a claim in Nebraska�City, the newspaper editor began�planting, importing and�experimenting with trees. He gave�away saplings, many to pioneers�headed west. In 1872, Morton�initiated Arbor Day to spread his�passion. That year, Nebraskans�planted 1 million trees. A respected agriculturalist, Morton�eventually became the nation�s�agriculture secretary under President�Grover Cleveland. �He was a man�ahead of his time,� Rosenow says. In�the 1800s, when most Americans saw�forests as virtually inexhaustible,�Morton urged sustainability.�Today with nearly 1 million�members, the foundation and its partners�work to preserve forests across the globe;�restore habitat and forest ecosystems;�encourage and maintain urban forests;�replace trees in areas hit by natural�disasters; and design playgrounds that�connect children with nature. The foundation began its Tree City USA�program in 1976 to address the haphazard�way trees were being managed in�America�s towns and cities. Today, the�network includes more than 3,400 cities,�including Summersville, W.Va. (pop. 3,572),�which became a Tree City in 2008.��We�ve beautified our city, planted�hundreds of trees, improved the canopy,�and provided more shade and greater�diversity,� says Fred Williams, 75, who�helped spearhead Summersville�s tree�initiative. �It�s a lasting legacy.� To become a Tree City, a community�must maintain a tree department or board,�pass an ordinance to guide planting and�care, spend at least $2 per capita on forestry,�and celebrate Arbor Day.�Replanting trees after�a natural disaster is another focus of�the foundation, which established a�program to assist community restoration�efforts after Hurricane Katrina destroyed�thousands of trees along the Gulf Coast in�2005. In New Orleans, it partnered with�the National Audubon Society to replace�thousands of trees. The foundation�provided similar disaster relief after�tornados struck Alabama and Missouri in�2011 and wildfires swept through historic�Lost Pines Forest that same year in�central Texas.�Cher� Coen, 53, a volunteer from�Lafayette, La., personally distributed 47,000�trees�including bald cypress, live oak, red�oak and swamp maples in the four years�following hurricanes Katrina and Rita. �It�was fantastic. I felt like Johnny�Appleseed!� Coen says. Perhaps no landscape is more devastating to view than a forest decimated by wildfire, insects or disease. So, for more than a quarter century, the foundation has helped to replant America�s forests with more than 42 million trees. Efforts began in 1988 when fires swept through Yellowstone National Park, prompting the U.S. Forest Service to ask for assistance. �These are national treasures,��Rosenow says of America�s forests.��They provide wood for our homes,�habitat for wildlife, clean air, and�drinking water for millions of us. Our�forests are our future.� This article originally appeared as on American Profile


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SOPA is not Dead
Too many people think the battle is over, but the fact of the matter is that SOPA is not dead, and it will be reintroduced next month with a new name and in a far more dangerous guise...
This is not a waiting game, it's a game of poker. Lamar Smith has a royal flush and few people know it.
SOPA may pass. It may not. He doesn't care, and it doesn't matter. The MPAA and RIAA started working on their legislative strategy to pass a new anti-piracy bill in late 2010. SOPA was designed to raise the noise. Everyone is playing right into the entertainment industries hand. The lobbyists are laughing manically at the ignorance of the mob. Even sites like Wikipedia and reddit have played into it.
What people don't know about is the ace: H.R.1981, the Protecting Children From Internet Pornographers Act of 2011 which is lying in wait. It's not complete. You see, PCIP is not contestable because it's about protecting children. They can, and very well might, copy and paste the full text of SOPA to the end of PCIP. That's the backup. That's the deal that was struck with entertainment industry lobbyists. We will try to push this anti-piracy bill. It probably won't work. Don't worry, we can pass it under an anti-child pornography bill.
There are two things which no Congressman will risk supporting: terrorism and child pornography. There can be no opposition, no discussion. Any anti-piracy law can ALWAYS be reframed as an anti-child pornography bill and it will pass, without even discussion. It will have the full support of the House (minus Ron Paul, of course), the full support of the Senate, and most importantly the full support of the American people. NO ONE wants to risk being called a pedophile.
The entertainment industry has finally caught up with technology. They understand how it works. It took them 15 years, but they know what DNS is. They are going to exploit a fundamental problem with the way DNS is centralized and there is nothing that can be done to stop it. They have found an error in the very architecture of the Internet. The solution, from a free speech standpoint is not to fight it politically. The solution is the fix the error.
We must move to a decentralized system of DNS. It is not impossible. It requires some new thinking and a re-architecture of some web services, but it must be done if we want the Internet, as we know it today, to exist in 5 or 10 years.
Furthermore, we must stop allowing our government to scare us into accepting Orwellian legislation by using words like "terrorism" and "pedophilia". Our government stands as a far more grave threat to our freedom and our liberty than anything else. We act now to stop a government that has run amock and broken free of it's constitutional shackles. If we do not, we will find ourselves to be the ones in shackles soon enough.


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I ordered a gaiwan and a cha hai from http://www.yunnansourcing.us/store/
Really cringed at their shipping costs, but the teaware was cheap. I would of ordered more, like some tea samples and their cheap strainer but the shipping jumped an extra $2.25 for a third item!
Gaiwan $7.50
Cha Hai $6.50
$8 shipping
I've been searching for a cheap gaiwan and something a little different in appearance. Despite the cringey shipping, at least it's coming from Oregon, so I'll get it pretty quick vs. ebay shipping from China.
I'm waiting for my samples to arrive from Bluebird Tea Co & I may have ordered a sampler pack from Della Terra Teas… Can't wait to try Lemon Chiffon!
Darn the sales thread! I saw that zentealife.com has a sale on currently, and I missed out on the last one, all the teas I wanted to try were getting sold out! So I succumbed this time haha, now I CANNOT buy more tea. 3 orders on the way..sigh..anyways, here's the latest damage:
Puerh Vanilla Mint – 20 g
Teardrop of Peony – 20 g
Rooibos-Raspberry Vanilla – 20 g
Oolong-Coconut – 20 g
Black tea-Strawberry Cream – 50 g
Black-Earl Grey Cream – 50 g
Total was only $20.04 including shipping :D
It seems that when I am stressed, I order tea..I have been crazy stressed with school and placed three orders within the last week…lol.
I do the same! Buying tea is (apparently) therapeutic! Now if only they'd arrive sooner!
Also, I'm glad to see you bought the coconut oolong. That was my gateway oolong.
Yeah I need to wait at least 2 weeks for them to get here :( and I've seen so many good things about that oolong on here I had to try it!
Two weeks? I hope it doesn't take that long. I'm local so I get my orders from them the next day, but if you're in Canada it shouldn't be that long.
Oh yeah the Zen teas should arrive hopefully by the end of this week or Monday, I was meaning the 52teas and Whispering pines orders I placed earlier will take a long time to get here, I'm very excited for short shipping from zen! I need to order from more Canadian companies :)
I finally caved and ordered some 52 Teas and Della Terra D:
52 Teas-
Butter Rum 8.99
Graveyard Mist 8.99
Total: 17.98
Della Terra-
A Rabbit's Garden 4.25
Orange Brulee 10.50
Pineapple Upside-down Cake 8.50
Strawberry Sundae 8.50
Total: $31.75
Coupon: -$9.53
Shipping: $3.69
Grand Total: $25.91
I'm excited :) especially for strawberry sundae and orange brulee.
Strawberry Sundae was part of my 'Try Me' pack.
Any good?
The post hasn't come yet. However, Pineapple Cake is delicious.
went a little crazy with 52teas :)
2 blueberry cream cheese danish
2 boo-berry cotton candy
2 smores genmaicha
2 rice crispy treat genmaicha
since Della Terra refunded me for Professor Grey I couldn't resist ordering with that and their 30% off…so I got 2 oz of Strawberry Sundae and 1 oz of Jellybean Dream
I did a bad thing. Lupicia's private sale got me!
CHAUD LES MARRONS! 50g Loose Leaf Tea
CALISSONS D'AIX 50g Loose Leaf Tea
CARAMELE 50g Loose Leaf Tea
SHEKWASHA OOLONG 10 Tea Bags
I haven't bought tea in forever, so when I saw that Harney & Sons had free shipping I just had to buy some teas I've been dying to try.
Ambessa The Earl of Harlem Tagalong
Ambessa Safari Breakfast Tagalong
Ambessa Choco Nut Tagalong
Florence – loose tea sample
Ambessa Lingonberry Green Tagalong
Ti Quan Yin Spring Floral
Lychee – loose tea sample
Genmaicha – loose tea sample
David's Tea
White Tiger 4oz. last chance
Elf Help 6oz. last chance
Silver Needle White


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There has been a tremendous interest in growing you own vegetables recently and this year it's really taking off. And this is a really good trend. Why should we depend on corporate farming to grow most of our vegetables? Why should we truck all our vegetable across the country and back from huge vegetable growing […]
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Ramis wrote Murray's breakout films, Meatballs and Caddyshack, and appeared on-screen with him in Ghostbusters
Bill Murray, who worked with Harold Ramis on a half-dozen projects in the 1980s and 1990s, issued this statement to TIME through his lawyer in the wake of Ramis' death on Monday morning: "Harold Ramis and I together did the National Lampoon Show off Broadway, Meatballs, Stripes, Caddyshack, Ghostbusters and Groundhog Day. He earned his keep on this planet. God bless him."
Murray can currently be seen in George Clooney's Monuments Men and in Wes Anderson's upcoming The Grand Budapest Hotel.


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version into an HTTPVersion
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2008 U.S. Olympic Team Exhibition for Volleyball Tickets On Sale for U.S. Women's National Team Versus Brazil
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COLORADO SPRINGS, Colo. (May 28, 2008) – The hottest tickets for an indoor women's volleyball match played in North America in 2008 are now on sale to the general public as two 2008 Olympic Games medal contenders converge in Colorado Springs, Colo., for three exhibition matches in mid-June.
The U.S. Women's National Volleyball Team, ranked fourth in the world and qualified for the 2008 Olympic Games, will host top-ranked Brazil in three 2008 U.S. Olympic Team Exhibition for Volleyball matches in Colorado Springs between June 11 and June 14 in FIVB World Grand Prix and Olympic Games tune-ups.
Team USA and Brazil will play at the U.S. Olympic Training Center in Sports Center I on June 11 and June 13 at 7:30 p.m. Mountain Time each night with approximately 1,200 seats available for each session. The U.S. Women's National Team trains on the U.S. Olympic Training Center complex in Colorado Springs.
The 2008 U.S. Olympic Team Exhibition for Volleyball tour will conclude on June 14 at the Air Force Academy's Clune Arena, which has a 5,939-seating capacity. The match held at Clune Arena will be played at 7 p.m. Mountain Time. The June 14 contest at the Air Force Academy will be televised by MSNBC on a tape-delayed basis on June 29 at noon Eastern Time.
Tickets prices are $12 or $18 for the exhibition match at the Air Force Academy. General admission tickets are $12 for each exhibition at the Olympic Training Center in Colorado Springs. Admission for groups of 10-or-more, individuals with military identification, staff members of a National Governing Body (NGB), youth (under 12) and senior citizens (55-and-older) is $8 per contest. An Olympic Exhibition series ticket including all three matches is available for $25.
Tickets can be purchased through the Air Force Academy's Web site at https://ev12.evenue.net/cgi-bin/ncommerce3/SEGetEventList?groupCode=PR:PR:56495341&linkID=usafa&shopperContext=&caller=PR&appCode=&prc=VISA or by calling (719) 472-1895.
Both the United States and Brazilian women's teams qualified for the 2008 Olympic Games with medal-stand performances at the 2007 FIVB World Cup. Brazil finished with the silver medal at the World Cup, while the U.S. finished with the bronze despite defeating their exhibition match opponent in head-to-head competition during the World Cup. The Americans came back from two sets down to defeat Brazil 17-25, 16-25, 25-21, 25-23, 15-9 as Tayyiba Haneef-Park (Laguna Hills, Calif.) scored 26 points.
The U.S. and Brazil took part in a similar exhibition series to begin the 2005 season. The Front Range Tour was a three-match series in Denver, Fort Collins, Colo., and Colorado Springs. The trio of matches marked U.S. Women's National Team Head Coach Lang Ping's debut leading Team USA. The U.S. won the first and third matches in the series.
Team USA played its last home domestic match nearly two years ago. Playing with a split squad in the second year of the current Olympic quadrennial, the U.S. faced Poland on May 26, 2006. Poland won 25-14, 25-22, 28-26.
At the conclusion of the 2008 U.S. Olympic Team Exhibition series, the U.S. and Brazil will compete in the 12-team FIVB World Grand Prix in various European and Asian countries from June 20-July 13. The two teams will not face each other in any of the three preliminary round weekends, but could meet in the six-team, round-robin World Grand Prix Final round in Yokohama, Japan.
The 2008 U.S. Olympic Olympic Team Exhibition series with Brazil, along with the World Grand Prix and the Pan American Cup (scheduled for May 30-June 8), will assist the U.S. Women's National Team coaching staff in making its choices for the 12-player Olympic Games roster.
The Olympic Games Opening Ceremonies is Aug. 8 with the Closing Ceremonies Aug. 24. Starting Aug. 9, the indoor volleyball competition dates alternate between women's and men's with the finals on Aug. 23 and Aug. 24.
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Over the 17 days of the Beijing Games (Aug. 8-24), NBC Universal will present more than 3,600 hours of coverage highlighted by NBC in primetime which will feature live swimming, gymnastics and beach volleyball, despite the 12-hour time difference from the U.S.'s eastern time zone to Beijing.


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Killer whales are top predators in most marine ecosystems and impact the populations of common prey, such as Phocidae and Otariidae in breeding areas. Killer whales are host to some endoparasites and ectoparasites. They are host to killer whale lice (Cyamus orcini), trematodes (Fasciola skiranini), cestodes (Trigonocotyle spasskyi), and nematodes (Anasakis simplex).
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The sea was angry that day my friend…Of course, I was in the foothills of Louisville, Kentucky, so not really relevant…
I had made the trek down from St. Louis the day before, the entire family coming to support me (or more accurately, visit the water park adjacent to our hotel). I was now standing near the start line, a sunny 28 degree day, waiting for the "go" signal. I was a bit nervous because I had changed my training to see if it made a difference and I was about to find out if I'd made a terrible mistake. In my short ultra career, it had been drilled into me that miles was the training answer. Not one to love doing the same thing over and over, I decided to switch things up in December. I reduced my mileage (10-15 miles would be my longest single training run for a 50k), include a "speed" day and a "hills" day, and do leg strength training. The net result was fewer hours training, more time with my family, and hopefully at least as good a result in my races.
Which brought me to Louisville and the Louisville Lovin the Hills 50k. Originally, I had signed up for the race as a "training" run for my 50 miler in March, but it was becoming apparent that this one might be more difficult, even though it was 19 miles shorter! (Why do I underestimate these things?) The elevation profile on the site said there was 5200 feet of gain during the run, putting it on par with my Dogwood Canyon 50k I had run in October. That one, if you remember, took me almost 9 hours, so I was in for some fun!
The run started a little after 8, and I had 3 layers on top and only my shorts and compression socks below. (Note I have no financial interest (NFI) in any product I talk about on this entry) On my feet were a pair of VivoBarefoot Neo Trail shoes that I had put a sum total of 7 miles on, and an UltrAspire Kinetic hydration vest that had zero miles on it. I had Clip2 in my bottles, experimenting with them as well. Nobody said I was smart. My goal was to hydrate/fuel every hour with a bottle of the Clip2 (24 ounces ~ 150 calories), supplement with food at the aid stations, and use S-Caps when needed.
The first section was flat to downhill, and after about 2.5 miles we hit our first serious hill. Everyone (there were 15 mile racers on the same course) bottled up a bit there as it went to single track and we trudged up the hill. It wasn't the 15° incline of Dogwood, but it wasn't easy. Here I learned the valuable lesson that, like Derek Zoolander who couldn't turn left, I couldn't go right and reach one of the bottles on the vest. Super. Luckily, during the run a few of my compatriots felt sorry for me and either helped me get it out or get it back in after they saw me writhing around like I was trying to swat a bee off my back. (note- must work on right shoulder flexibility) So, back in the race, I hit the first aid station at mile 5.7 in 1:10 and was feeling pretty good. Grabbed a banana and motored out.
The next section was the very definition of single track. Barely more than a foot wide, we negotiated the sides of hills that luckily weren't greasy with mud. My pace was still pretty good, but because of the difficulty in reaching my bottles, I had fallen off the pace in staying hydrated. I justified it by convincing myself I wasn't thirsty, but in hindsight probably should have had a bit more to drink.
At this point (mile 10, 2 hours into the run) my feet (that I had mostly taped) were feeling pretty good with the exception of my second toe on my left foot (that I hadn't taped). It was sitting next to one that I had, and decided that rubbing was a good idea. A bit of pain that would be my constant companion for the rest of the day. My drop bag (with new socks, a stick roller to get the lactic acid out of my calves and thighs, and some ibuprofen) was at a place called Scott's Gap. I didn't know how far it was, and when I asked at mile 15, was told "I think it's at mile 22". While this was technically correct, it was at the beginning and end of the loop known as Scott's Gap. Luckily, mile 19 was the beginning and mile 22(ish) was the end. I needed the stick roller both times I hit that aid station. To explain, I had used the 5200 feet estimate from the website as a proxy on how many more hills I had to go. By mile 19, I was very near that number and feeling it. I was told Scott's Gap was a "killer", but my watch wouldn't lie, right?
Scott's Gap took me an hour to navigate and it was only a little more than 3 miles. (the first 1/2 mile was a 10° incline and then it got fun) It nearly killed me with what felt like a lot of elevation gain and a lot of straight up and down trails. Luckily, two things helped me. The first was the realization that after Scott's Gap, I only had 9 or so miles to go (less than double digits!) and the second was a fellow runner who I had seen off and on during the race. I caught up with him after leaving the Scott's Gap aid station for the second time. We ran together, talked, pushed each other and made it through the final 9. He was running his first 50k and he was a 3:30 marathoner. I wouldn't have finished as quickly (a relative term) without him. I was slower on the ups and he was a bit slower going downhill, but we ham and egged it to the finish. (there was a bit of nice scenery on the way)
Both my quads cramped about 150 yards from the finish, so my assessment is that I left most of it out on the course. I finished in 7:57, nearly an hour quicker than Dogwood, and if Garmin is to be believed, Louisville had about 1000 more feet of climbing. Regardless, a good run. Here's the link if you really want to experience the entire experience!
Louisville Lovin the Hills by 8728753 at Garmin Connect – Details.
The volunteers were great, the runners were kind and the chili and vegan options at the end (as well as the massage therapist) were well worth it!
I'm convinced the training change was effective (although I was sore for longer after) and I'll take the lessons learned (taping, fueling, hydration, training) and incorporate them into the next month before the 50 miler. As mentioned on my tweet, I have a new challenge to help the kids at SouthSide Early Childhood Center, and I'll have something out on that next week!
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by Anton Shilov
PNY Technologies, a leading supplier of graphics cards and flash memory products, has announced intention to extend warranties on its high-performance XLR8-series graphics cards to lifetime. The decision is likely to improve popularity of graphics cards.
Starting on September 1st, users will now have a standard 1-year out of box warranty, expanded to a lifetime warranty upon registration at PNY.com. The Lifetime Warranty will be available only on the PNY XLR8 GTX series high-end graphics cards including models GTX 295, GTX 285, GTX 275 and GTX 260.
"Consumers who purchase our XLR8 GTX series graphics cards are typically gamers seeking stunning graphics performance. Purchasing a high-end graphics card is definitely an investment and with our new lifetime warranty, we're giving users the peace of mind to play with confidence," said Nicholas Mauro, senior marketing manager, PC components for PNY.
Besides PNY, BFG Technologies and EVGA also provide limited lifetime warranty on select graphics boards.
A lifetime warranty is usually a guarantee on the lifetime of the product on the market rather than the lifetime of the consumer, which means that such warranty only lasts for about a year in the best case scenario as suppliers tend to renew their lineups every twelve months. If a product has been discontinued and is no longer available, the warranty may last a limited period longer, however, considering that it is almost impossible to get a GeForce 7 or 8 in the retail these days, the lifetime warranty may be considered a 1 – 1.5 years limited warranty.


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For my first Photo of the Week, I thought I'd share my personal favorite roller coaster photo from all of my years of theme park trips. After riding, and loving, Storm Runner at Hersheypark I took this photo from a walking path beneath the ride. Storm Runner's a pretty unique ride and this photo shows it's most unique element. The dizzying Flying Snake Dive, was worth a Memorable Coaster Moments post and it generated this great photo.
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Photos, content, and the most insightful, entertaining, or amusing reader comments from my Photo of the Week posts will be included my new book. Read more about my book project. All images are the property of TheCoasterCritic.com


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Good TeaDay everyone, and welcome! Shall we brew and share what is in our cups today, all day? Show us some pictures of your brewing vessels or cups while you are at it! Or better yet, your TeaStash!
Today's TeaPoll and discussion topic, while deciding on the first tea of the day, I started to wonder, how long does it take to choose your next tea to drink on average? Although not part of the poll, just so we can get an idea if it is affected by how many teas you have open, also please share about how many teas you have open.
I am looking forward to sharing TeaDay with everyone (I better start deciding what to drink). Bottoms up!


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In today's Wall Street Journal, Jon Hilsenrath and Kristina Peterson report, "The Federal Reserve is heading toward launching a new round of stimulus to buck up the weak economy, but stopped short of doing so right away." The predicted means of stimulating the economy is another round of the unconventional policy of quantitative easing (QE), i.e. when a central bank purchases financial assets from the private sector with newly created money in effort to spark economic growth. Thus, the quantity of US dollars would be increased, debasing their value and causing inflation.
The authors note that this strategy has received significant criticism:
Critics say there is little more the Fed can do to help, having already pushed short-term interest rates to near zero. They contend its unconventional actions could do more damage by sparking inflation, and that in the meantime the Fed is punishing savers who are getting little return on their bond investments. (more…)


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Topic: Rspec and Session signin tokens
Basically I'm trying to figure out how to simulate a signed-in user in rspec.
My authentication system uses a "session[:user] = user.id" type of authentication. If you are familiar with Hartl's tutorial, I'm (loosely) working through it but using the Rails session token instead of the permanent cookie token.
I'm now trying to test a PUT to a create action that should only be accessible to the correct logged-in user (Section 9.2.2 of Hartl's Rails 3.2.3 Tutorial), but based on the errors I'm getting, it seems that the "sessions" method is not accessible using rspec.
My rspec code looks like this:
spec/requests/authentication_pages_spec.rb (this code seems to work ok):
describe "as wrong user" do
let(:user) { FactoryGirl.create(:user) }
let(:wrong_user) { FactoryGirl.create(:user, email: "email@example.com") }
before { sign_in user } # where sign_in is defined in the helper below
describe "submitting a PUT request to the Users#update action" do
before { put user_path(wrong_user) }
specify { response.should redirect_to(root_path) }
spec/support/utilities.rb (the problem lies herein):
def sign_in(user)
# Capybara sign-in
visit signin_path
fill_in "Email", with: user.email
fill_in "Password", with: user.password
click_button "Sign in"
# Sign in when not using Capybara
session[:remember_token] = user.id # <---Problem code
When I run the rspec, I get this error each time the sign-in action is called:
Failure/Error: sign_in user
undefined method `session' for #<User:0xa7c3ecc>
# ./spec/support/utilities.rb:17:in `sign_in'
# ./spec/requests/user_pages_spec.rb:78:in `block (3 levels) in <top (required)>'
So where am I going wrong? What is the proper way to simulate a logged in user for a Rails session authentication system?
Last edited by Brian71 (2012-04-13 20:02:42)