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Re: How to change your Country??
guys I have some problem , now i live in Riga- Latvia and I have Russian PSN acc. I have played too many games and i have many prises from games , but soon i will live in England and i wanna creat english acc, but i don't want loose my prises , what I can do?
And new idea if we will write to official PS mail to incluse new option " CHANGE COUTRY" maybe they will do?
sorry if anything in my words not write, my english not perfect =]
Re: How to change your Country??
this is **bleep**ing ridiculous. as a member if the US armed forces i change locations A LOT. do they really expect every american to be living in the US? could they at least put a military designation code (AE, etc.) in the "STATE/ PROVINCE" block?! I buy stuff online quite often and this is the ONLY time I did not have the capability of puting a APO address in. I also cant belive petitions are banned on here. whats coming to this! what is this 1930s Germany?!
i apologize for ranting, but i find this whole thing disguisting.
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Re: How to change your Country??
Unless worldwide copyright laws change dramatically over the next few years, I don't think Sony will allow you to change your country. And even if they do allow it, it may cancel all your purchases from the regional store (store download list) that your account is linked to. So it's still not great for people who genuinely move around the world.
I just use my US account when I am outside of the US. It works, thank god. Well, at least the gaming store and trophies work perfectly and that's more than good enough. Only difference is that when my Credit Card billing address changes to an non US address one, I have to buy US PSN Card vouchers. And for any add-on content, I just make sure the regional BD disc and regional add-on content match. For example, if I have an UK Blu-ray game and want to buy add-on content I just use a UK PSN account and buy that content. But even then you can actually PLAY the additional content and collect trophies on the account of your choice!
TBH, I wouldn't want some of the the overseas accounts as they can have inferior store content.
One thing I would like is the ability to use the US video store overseas for those with a US account. After all, you can do this easily with an US itunes account, so it's not too much to ask for in this day and age!
For people who move countries a lot, just stick to one account and use that for your PS3/PSP needs!
But yes, Sony please make ONE global one store for people of the whole world to use, get rid of regional add-on content and strongly fight regional protection as a whole in the future.
Re: How to change your Country??
Facing the same problem too. I registered my account while i was in Australia.
I have moved back to Malaysia and i want to keep all my trophies. This sucks.
Re: How to change your Country??
yes this is an outrage!!! I can not download any of the map packs for call of duty world at war because my country was set to arab somehting rather, on accident, I had NO IDEA, the country would effect the content and interface of my playstation store! this is so STUPID sony, who the hell is in charge of your polocy, the democrats! LOL
Re: How to change your Country??
Thats bullshi*
What if we changed country i moved from australia to the usa and i dont want to do my trophies again but i want to buy something on the store?
Re: How to change your Country??
When I got my PS3 there was no Brazilian PSN yet, so I had to create an US one.
I now have to rely on PSN Cards to buy stuff from the Store since Sony blocks my credic card.
If a game costs 29,99, I have to get two $20 cards to be able to buy it.
Re: How to change your Country??
This is something, that sony must attend to. for exemple mine is set on Iceland. whay is that even posseble becouse, it's all as good to be offline as set on this country, (wich I'm from). so I bougt God of war, ancension just for the multyplayer play, and it dosen't work ofc. those games come not cheep. but now I have to create account set on uk. and I will loose all my trophies in other games... ppl will end up with 2-3 accouts just so they can get, what thay thoght they where buying in the first place. this is extrimly contaminated networking.
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My god, Elizabeth fucks so many guys, she's a regular meat sock, that is, a sock for some man's meat.
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I really slutty loose girl, that often has sex with men. Putting your weiner inside would be like putting it into a sock made out of meat
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Poor Jenny is a real meatsock, and she thought this whole time we called her "MS" because it meant "magical stars" like in lucky charms. What a clueless, mindless beeotch she is.
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Meat is another word for a man's member. so the meat sock, is the sock for your member. a meat sock is a condom.
i hit her in the face with some baby batter in a meat sock.
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Legs that look like near-to-bursting sausages on a grill. Meat Socks make "cankles" look trim and fit - there are usually extra rolls of skin in Meat Socks that would swallow a "cankle" whole, much like an Old Testament vision.
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Webster, Ronald A. & Pettitt, Anthony N. (2007) Stability of Approximations of Average Run Length of Risk-Adjusted CUSUM Schemes Using the Markov Approach: Comparing Two Methods of Calculating Transition Probabilities. Communications in Statistics - Simulation and Computation, 36(3), pp. 471-482.
Ismail, Noor Azina, Pettitt, Anthony N., & Webster, Ronald A. (2003) 'Online' monitoring and retrospective analysis of hospital outcomes based on a scan statistic. Statistics in Medicine, 22(18), pp. 2861-2876.
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Webster, Ronald A. (2008) Development of statistical methods for the surveillance and monitoring of adverse events which adjust for differing patient and surgical risks. PhD thesis, Queensland University of Technology.


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When James DeGale arrives back in London today, the gold medal dangling from his neck will be tugging at his conscience. As Britain's only Olympic boxing champion in Beijing he will be offered mind-altering sums to scrawl his autograph on a professional contract - but right now the prospect of a second gold in his home Games is an even more tantalising lure.
"It will be hard to say no to £1m but I could be a little superstar in amateur boxing," he said. "Imagine winning another gold medal in my home city. I could be the face of London 2012. I'd love that. It would be unbelievable."
It may yet happen. Not so long ago, the decision to go pro was a no-brainer. Now with Britain's elite squad receiving a package in excess of £60,000 a year, including living expenses, medical bills, training costs and a stipend, it is not so clear-cut. But in the aftermath of DeGale's messy, if enthralling, 16-14 points win over the Cuban Emilio Correa Bayeaux, he made it clear that he wants his £1,500 a month take-home pay to rise substantially and the Amateur Boxing Association to offer him a new four-year contract - something that may not be quite so easy to fix. "I can't live on B funding, it's not enough," explained the genial 22-year-old from Harlesden.
"I want to be able to buy a nice car and give my mum a touch but by the time I've paid for my car, my bills at home, I'm living with nothing." At this point he was poked in the arm by a British Olympic Association press officer, but DeGale was not about to be interrupted. "They've got to be told. This is raw. I'm telling it to you straight."
Such openness and honesty has made DeGale a popular figure among the boxing corps in Beijing - and his willingness to share all has endeared him to them even further. To prove he had been bitten in the final, for instance, he ripped off his vest off so they could inspect up close, while proclaiming: "Look! Look! His gold teeth mashed me up!"
And when asked whether he planned celebrating with the Brazilian women he confessed to finding "hot" in the Olympic Village last week, he prompted further laughs by saying: "Listen, you lot got me in trouble with the on-off girlfriend for seven years."
Looking on was DeGale's coach Terry Edwards, who insisted that there was no rush to turn professional, before adding: "Whatever offers James gets I guarantee you that after London 2012 those promoters will have to triple them."
It may make sense to wait. For while DeGale undoubtedly has the personality and looks to become a major star, not everyone believes his spit-fast jabs and switch-hitting style - which works perfectly for amateur boxing's quirky scoring system - will translate to the professional game. Meanwhile, with Britain having secured their best boxing haul since Melbourne in 1956, Edwards decided to take on the wicked whisperers who have undermined his position as national performance director by leaking stories about alleged ill-discipline in the squad.
"I'm disgusted in my treatment," he said. "Earlier this month I said that Beijing would be me finished. But now I'm thinking right, OK, I'm going to 2012. If they want to sack me then they will have to sack me. I shall face the music when I go back and answer all the allegations. But one thing's for certain: if I were to go forward for the next four years, I wouldn't put up with the crap that I've suffered in the last four years, that's for sure."
For the past week Edwards has held his tongue. But now there was no holding back. "I don't know who leaked the stories," he insisted, just about controlling his anger. "But the chairman of the ABA is out here. The chief executive was out here. I'm not saying they did it, but if they had any problems with me all they had to do is pull me aside and have a chat.
"In the past year I've produced a world champion and two bronze medallists, and a different Olympic champion and two bronze medallists. What do they want? What do I have to do now?"
The lingering silence was only broken by Edwards himself, who had a final message for the ABA. "The programme we've got in place has been running for 20 months," he insisted. "Not 20 years, 20 months.
"That's what gives me the optimism that we can be the new Cuba. Let's go to 2012 all pulling together instead of pulling apart, that's what I want."
What winners did next
Dick McTaggart
Melbourne 1956 Lightweight
Returned to defend title four years later in Rome but had to settle for bronze. Also competed in 1964 in Tokyo but failed to win a medal
Terry Spinks
Melbourne 1956 Flyweight
Tasted glory aged just 18 in Melbourne, and the east Londoner won 41 of his 49 fights as a professional, holding the British featherweight title in 1960
Chris Finnegan
Mexico City 1968 Middleweight
Won British and Commonwealth titles, before challenging for the world light heavyweight crown in 1972, losing to Bob Foster in an epic battle at Wembley
Audley Harrison
Sydney 2000
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Dems declare war on Rasmussen?
posted at 12:00 pm on January 3, 2010 by Ed Morrissey
There is a saying in litigation that one argues the facts when the facts are on one's side, the law when the facts aren't, and attack the character of witnesses when neither the law nor the facts support one's case. Apparently, the same holds true in politics. Politico's Alex Isenstadt reports that Democrats finding themselves hammered in the polls have decided to blame not their radical agenda or the failure of their economic polices, but the pollster for reporting the findings:
Democrats are turning their fire on Scott Rasmussen, the prolific independent pollster whose surveys on elections, President Obama's popularity and a host of other issues are surfacing in the media with increasing frequency.
The pointed attacks reflect a hardening conventional wisdom among prominent liberal bloggers and many Democrats that Rasmussen Reports polls are, at best, the result of a flawed polling model and, at worst, designed to undermine Democratic politicians and the party's national agenda. …
While Scott Rasmussen, the firm's president, contends that he has no ax to grind — his bio notes that he has been "an independent pollster for more than a decade" and "has never been a campaign pollster or consultant for candidates seeking office" — his opponents on the left insist he is the hand that feeds conservative talkers a daily trove of negative numbers that provides grist for attacks on Obama and the Democratic Party.
Nothing, however, sets off liberal teeth gnashing more than Rasmussen's daily presidential tracking polls, which throughout the year have consistently placed Obama's approval numbers around 5 percentage points lower than other polling outfits.
"He polls less favorably for Democrats, and that's why he's become a lightning rod," said Charles Franklin, a University of Wisconsin political scientist who studies polling. "It's clear that his results are typically more Republican than the other person's results."
None of the critics have any substantive complaints about Rasmussen's methodology. The entire article, fueled mainly by complaints from left-wing apologist Media Matters, consists of gripes about the results of Rasmussen polling. Isenstadt notes that liberal pollster Nate Silver gave Rasmussen the nod as the third-most accurate pollster in predicting outcomes of elections. They beat most of the pollsters in 2009's New Jersey gubernatorial election, for instance, and have a long track record of highly accurate predictions.
The complaint comes from the difference in results between Rasmussen and other national pollsters, such as Gallup. However, they use two different sampling techniques: Rasmussen polls likely voters, while Gallup and others poll adults until the final few weeks before an election. The former is much more predictive for elections, while polling a general population of adults is the least predictive sampling technique. And that difference gives Rasmussen an advantage that has already been seen this year. Rasmussen first detected the erosion of support for Obama and ObamaCare in late June, an erosion that other pollsters corroborated in the fall as discontent spread from the politically aware to the general population.
There are other differences that are less innocent. Isenstadt notes the difference in Real Clear Politics' polling index between Rasmussen and the rest of the pollsters RCP tracks. However, RCP includes in those averages polls conducted by media outlets like the New York Times and CBS, and ABC and the Washington Post, that routinely use double-digit gaps between Democrats and Republicans in their sample. I have reported on the reliance of samples with gaps between 12 to 16 points favoring Democrats, a ridiculous sample considering Obama won his presidential election by seven points nationwide, and that with significant Republican crossover. When ABC and the Post reduced their sample gap to six points, arguably an accurate representation of the electorate, Obama's numbers plunged across the board.
And along those lines, the picture looks like it might get worse anyway:
In December, the number of Americans identifying themselves as Democrats fell to the lowest level recorded in more than seven years of monthly tracking by Rasmussen Reports.
Currently, 35.5% of American adults view themselves as Democrats. That's down from 36.0 a month ago and from 37.8% in October. Prior to December, the lowest total ever recorded for Democrats was 35.9%, a figure that was reached twice in 2005. See the History of Party Trends from January 2004 to the present.
The number of Republicans inched up by a point in December to 34.0%. That's the highest total for Republicans since December 2007, just before the 2008 presidential campaign season began.
However, the number of Republicans in the country is essentially no different today than it was in November 2008 when Barack Obama was elected president.
The change since Obama's election is that the number of Democrats has fallen by six percentage points and the number of voters not affiliated with either major party has grown by six. The number of adults not affiliated with either party is currently at 30.6%, up from 24.7% in November 2008.
That puts the partisan gap at around 1.5%. How many of the polls from media outlets will show this kind of gap in the sample? How many will keep the sample gap to single digits? Rasmussen has so far been proven correct by subsequent polling, even those desperately seeking massive Democratic imbalances.
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In the grave yard, yet on a damp and murky day a wooden coffin lay on the ground. Many people
had gathered around the coffin, dressed in black.
Tall, short, thin and fat these people looked like they had wings on their backs. As the minister
began to say the last phrase all of the butterflies threw white roses onto the coffin.
"Can I stay behind?" The young women asked her parents. Both of them held her hands.
"We have to go, the minister will finish laying the flowers," her mother cried.
"I want to say goodbye," she tugged her parent's hands.
"We have said goodbye to Uncle Cherrome. Come on lets go get some food," her father mumbled.
"But I will sort Uncle Chrome's Coffin," the minister shook her mother and fathers hand.
Later that day when the flowers had been laid across the coffin, two figures stood next to the coffin.
"Where is the key? I can't find it," Kimberley went on her knees and started to lift the flowers.
"I don't know. Perhaps we have to price it open," he laughed.
"No, I am not looking at the butterfly," Kimberley shook the bits of flower that had stuck to her
"Shush, lets hide she's coming back," he said.
"Oh, no, It's Jezzabell," Kimberley held his hand and they hid behind the between the patch of
clover and dandelion heads.
Jezzabell, the same young women who did not have the chance to say goodbye to her uncle sat
down next to the coffin. She pulled her own white wings off her back, pulled out a long piece of
white ribbon. She tied the left wing onto the ribbon and wound the ribbon around the coffin. She did
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The pavement ant (Tetramorium caespitum: Formicidae) is one of Utah's most frequently encountered home-invading ants. This species, which derives its name from its habit of nesting below patios, driveways, and sidewalks, forms colonies of up to 4000 members. They have a voracious and varied appetite of proteinaceous foods like grease, fat, insects, and sugary foods such as honeydew, fruit, and sweets.
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Next door to the salon where I get my hair cut is a lovely specialty yarn shop. I finally had the opportunity to take off work a bit earlier than necessary for my hair appointment and was able to pop in the yarn shop for a few minutes. Oh my goodness! I've never seen so many lovely different yarns, gorgeous colors, and wonderfully different fibers! I made the acquaintance of the owner, found out she offers a few classes and hope to be able to swing by next week for her April class schedule. Unfortunately, she closed at 5:00 that day, the same time as my appointment so I wasn't able to browse as long as I would have liked but will definitely go back when I have more time. I see a long learning curve ahead, learning what yarns and fibers work best for which projects, etc.
I do have a question. The shop owner showed me a few completed class projects, a number of hats, gorgeous scarves and a few sweaters. I commented I especially want to learn to knit socks and sweaters. She mentioned that all her sweaters are done in the round which struck me as a bit unusual? I know it avoids the tedious seaming but still...it surprised me a bit.
She asked if I've learned to knit in the round yet, I said no, not yet, and she gave me the distinct impression her sweater classes would not be for me (I mentally added "not yet"). Like I said, I didn't have much time there so one of my first questions next time will be whether any of her classes are for beginners. I sure hope so, and I hope my feeling a bit put off by her is just a result of not enough time and end of the day weariness. Or the fact that I was obviously just browsing and had no intention of splurging on pricey yarns until I know how and where to use them!
Are there any more LYSs in your town? You might try another one and get a totally different vibe. I'm taking a beginner sock class at one of mine and while it's not a bad class (90% done with my first sock!) it's not the laugh riot I was hoping it would be. But you're right, the yarns sure are pretty!
You're right, I need to look around town more. I zeroed in on this particular shop because it's very close to where I live. But yellowbook.com tells me there are a lot more shops in the OKC area than I imagined and you can bet I'll be checking out more shops!
I've made many sweaters now and they've all been in the round..both cardigan and pullover.
It's always good to check other stores, but I wouldn't rule that one out after one visit. It was the end of the day and it's only one employee that works there I imagine.
Oh, I won't give up on that particular store that quickly, she has far too many gorgeous yarns to explore! It's just always good to know there are other options!
I say give the lady the benefit of the doubt. It was the end of the day and she wanted to get home. I'm sure she didn't mean to sound critical of your knitting skills.The next time you go in, say you are not a very experienced knitter but really look forward to learning new techniques. Ask if one of the hat classes would be a good place to learn how to knit in the round.It does seem like knitting in the round is the "in" thing these days. I knit with a group that makes kids' hats for an orphanage. Sonebody brought in a couple of hats which had been made flat and seamed (very neat seams,too) and several people seemed surprised that she didn't make them in the round. Like the kids in the orphanage are going to know or care how their nice new warm hat was made.If you can't get satisfaction from this store then you can try another one. You can also do a google search for "knitting groups in the OKC area" and find a group you can go to where there are people who would love to help you become a more experienced knitter.


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Hello readers. The Fiver will refrain from wishing you a happy new year because we know how wrong it is to hear such cheer on your first day back at work, a bit like receiving a "get well soon" card at your funeral. Instead we'll press straight on with a … review of all the wild stuff that happened during the western world's annual homage to the pig-gods of obesity and usury.
For those who had their heads too immersed in ale and pudding to notice, here's a quick round-up of what occurred just after our end-of-year review, an excuse to give you an extra end-of-year review. Because there's never enough of them, eh? We tried to hire some pompous irritating no-mark to serve as a talking head but we couldn't find anyone so the Fiver will provide the commentary instead. What? Ah.
So anyway. Just after 25 December, as the entire Liverpool squad were about to set out on a pilgrimage to FA HQ with makeshift stigmata on their hands and crowns of thorns on their confused bonces, it emerged that their idol, Luis Suarez, may not have been such an unlucky martyr after all, and was really a very naughty boy. The disciplinary panel that banned the Liverpool striker, whom the Anfield faithful have proclaimed as one of the best strikers in the Premier League on the grounds that he has scored the same number of league goals this season as Franco Di Santo and England's Brave John Terry, issued a 115-page document in which it declared that Suarez's defence during the investigation into his racial abuse of Patrice Evra was about as reliable as his finishing. The document was so emphatic and comprehensive that some legal observers have suggested it would be a bitter act of foolishness to appeal against the eight-game ban imposed on the Uruguayan. An appeal is surely imminent, then …
Before that, though, Suarez, who missed Liverpool's win over Newcastle because of another ban – for flipping the bird at Fulham fans – will return to action tonight as Liverpool seek to do Manchester United a favour by winning against Manchester City, who were on the wrong end of a belated miracle of Christmas when they were beaten by Sunderland last weekend, 24 hours after Lord Ferg helped Blackeye Rovers to win at Old Trafford by tampering with his team on top of dropping Wayne Rooney for going to a restaurant with his wife (Rooney's wife, not Ferg's).
So it was a strange festive period, made all the more bizarre by moribund Aston Villa going goal-crazy at Chelsea. Happily, there were some seasonal staples to help us all keep our bearings: Joey Barton got sent off yesterday and blamed the opposition and the ref; and Arsenal bottled it, and blamed the opposition and the ref. All that remains for 2012 to complete a familiar hat-trick is for England to be eliminated from the Euros and blame the opposition, ref and foreign manager.
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Match Report – By the numbers – Player ratings – Video
So, yesterday we said anything could happen, and pretty much anything did. Like in the opening minutes of the game Bacary Sagna slipped which allowed space for Glen Johnson to cross. Then Thomas Vermaelen's flying leap and wild slash at the ball saw him miss it entirely and present a great chance to Sturridge. Which Szczesny saved, which then rebounded off Aaron Ramsey's heel, fell to Stewart Downing who played it to Luis Suarez whose fairly tame shot deflected off Per Mertesacker's heel and just beyond the despairing hand of the keeper.
That kind of anything. There was more of it in the second half when Mertesacker's Denilsonesque 'tackle' saw Jordan Henderson clean through in the box. There was little Andre Santos could do; touch him and he'd have crumpled like a buck-toothed Uruguayan, it'd have been a penalty to Liverpool and a red card for the Brazilian. But even then Szczesny came out, blocked the toe-poked effort only to see it cannon back off Santos into the path of Henderson who rolled it home for 0-2.
Not the good kind of anything. But then we got a healthy dose of that when Olivier Giroud headed home a Jack Wilshere free kick for his 5th goal in a week. And just two minutes later Giroud cushioned a Cazorla pass into the path of Walcott who, in confident mood, lashed it first time from a tight angle past Pepe Reina to make it 2-2. Incredible, barnstorming, character-filled, responsetacular anything.
From then on the anything was good anything and Arsenal could have gone ahead a number of times. Walcott looked to have beaten Reina with a left footed curler which drifted just wide, a swift break from a corner saw Cazorla put a good ball across the 6 yard box with nobody able to get a touch, Giroud shot, Reina saved, and the Frenchman headed over from the corner, and the HFB was unlucky not to grab the winner when he combined with Podolski but the German's cross took a nick off a defender and slightly wrongfooted Giroud who was 6 yards from goal.
In typical Arsenal style there was also time for the Mugsmashers to almost nick it. Santos gave it away in midfield, then slipped (this practice of players wearing ballet shoes must stop), Suarez ran into the box, wasn't closed down anywhere near quickly enough for my liking, and got a decent shot away which Szczesny just about saved before Sagna whacked it clear.
I suppose, if you were a neutral, it would have made for fairly enjoyable viewing, and you can't really argue with it from an entertainment point of view, but as an Arsenal fan it was all a bit uncomfortable. The fact we went two goals down was depressing, if not altogether unexpected. Nor is the fact we dug deep, showed some character and quality to get back into it and draw the game level. This ability to score quick-fire goals, one after the other, is great to see but too often it only happens as a response to something bad at the wrong end.
It makes me wonder, very strongly, about the hypothetical situation of us doing transfer business today: all season I've been of the opinion we needed more up top, another striker, maybe a bit more creativity, but scoring doesn't really seem to be an issue. Maybe we only want more strikers so we can score more because we know we let too many in. Wouldn't the smart money be spent on players who can improve our defence?
Because let's not beat around the bush here, it has long been a weakness, and it's now as bad as it ever has been. On paper you look at the players and think 'Ok, they're decent', but the sheer number of individual errors which leads to goal makes you start to think that they're not anywhere near as good as we'd like to think. For their first, the Vermaelen swipe was the kind of thing you'd get a clip around the ear for if you were playing Sunday league, at this level it was ridiculous. Yes, they had a bit of good fortune but that ball should have been halfway up the pitch and not at the feet of Sturridge.
A few moments later Wojciech Szczesny is trying clever turns on the edge of his own 6 yard box. Why? What on earth is he thinking there? I know it's not something a manager will ever instruct a player to do, they know better than to do stuff like that but it's still done. I like Szczesny, I think he's got the potential to be a very, very good goalkeeper but I can't help but wonder if he wouldn't benefit from a bit of real competition rather than one guy who is desperate to leave and the other who the manager admitted he'd have let go last summer. That's not competition for your place, that's as comfortable as it gets.
I've long said defending isn't the sole preserve of the back four/five, that it's a team effort, and I stand by that. But such belief is predicated by the ability of those players to do the basics correctly, and we just don't. Far too regularly we forget what's in the textbook, fuck it up and pay the price. It doesn't matter if your whole team is switched on and defends from the front if your centre-halves go rogue.
Scoring two at home should be enough to win a game. We've scored three and not won this season (again due to dodgy defending), and as long as that continues we'd need a front three of Messi, Ronaldo and clone of an 18 year old Pele to win games on a consistent basis. Arsene Wenger spoke of a psychological problem at home, a nervousness at the start of games, but I fear even speaking about it makes it self-perpetuating. It's not as if we're being torn to shreds by teams, we're shooting ourselves in the foot time and time again, with a bigger, more ridiculous gun. Our defending is blunderbussing our ability to win games. End of story.
On a more positive note I thought Giroud, late miss aside (which he was a bit unlucky with) had another good game and scored when we needed him to, and Theo Walcott's performance was really very good indeed. His goal was that of a man filled with confidence and he was dangerous and willing down the right all night long. Again, we can point to the bench and wonder 'What if' we had another striker or a winger (Ox?), but it's not as if we didn't create a load of chances.
In the end though, it's got to go down as two points dropped. When you gift the opposition goals, regardless of what elese they did in the game, you can't help but feel it's a game you could have won. Ultimately disappointing.
Finally for today, it's Transfer Deadline Day, and if you haven't already seen Gunnerblog's wonderful Les Mis tribute then you're missing out. For the rest, we'll be live blogging the day over here on Arseblog News – any and all news of Arsenal related transfers can be found there, right up until 11pm tonight.
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"Fred and I mutually have agreed that for the betterment of the program and for him personally that he would not be coaching at USC any more," said Garrett. "The dynamics were that things just didn't mesh and sometimes in life that happens. We came to this mutual parting of the ways in a very amicable and professional manner. Fred is a wonderful person and a friend, and I'll miss him."
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The Erie SeaWolves wound up on the wrong end of an excellent pitching performance as Drake Britton's one hit starting effort led the Portland Sea Dogs to a 6-0 victory.
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Warwick Saupold struggled against Portland and labored through six innings giving up a season high six runs. Solo homeruns by Michael Almanzar and XanderBogaerts helped Portland get out to an early 4-0 lead after three.
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Erie relievers Tyler Clark and Tyler Stohr combined to throw three shutout innings to close out the game. The two of them only allowed three total base runners in the final three frames.
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"I'm very glad it's over. And very glad at the way it turned out," Drane Stephens said Tuesday night.
Stephens will serve as the next mayor of Eminence, taking 45.68 percent (365 votes) of the almost 800 votes cast for that race. Fellow council member Shawn Bright took 29.4 percent (235 votes) of the vote and challenger Manda Gingrich took 24.9 percent (199 votes).
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During an election forum last week, candidates said while growth is coming, the growth should happen responsibly.
Mayoral candidates are Rex Morgan and incumbent Jan Fletcher.
A Henry County Deputy Jailer has been accused of sexual misconduct with a female prisoner.
Deputy jailer Tom Suter, brother of jailer J.C. Suter, turned himself in to Kentucky State Police, Thursday Oct. 28.
According to the arrest warrant, Tom Suter was charged with 2nd degree sex abuse.
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Larry Joe Beckley, 35, Bethlehem, and Melissa Ann Browning, 43, Pleasureville.
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Bryan Jerlane Imel, 47, Eminence, and Angela Marie Wolfe, 39, Eminence.
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The victim of a 2009 rape believes her attacker should have been charged with attempted murder.
James "Foxy" Wright, of Eminence, entered into a plea agreement last month and was formally sentenced in Henry Circuit Court last week. Wright will serve 12 years for 1st degree rape, a class B felony, and 1 year for 2nd degree assault, a class A misdemeanor.
The scene has played out on countless television crime shows: an intruder breaks into a house while one of the residents is still home. A young girl hides in a closet while an intruder rifles through the family's belongings.
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Local surveyor Adam West was sworn to secrecy when plans for Louisville's second Extreme Home Makeover began to take shape.
West already had assisted with the Patrick Henry Hughes home in 2006, and was ecstatic to be called in to help on the Lampe home.
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Top 5 Most Popular CBD Cannabis Strains 2015
With more and more states legalizing the use of medical marijuana, people are beginning to discover the innate differences in the unique strains of the plant.
Different cannabis strains produce different results, meaning that while one strain is great for glaucoma, another type of medical cannabis may work better for nausea. Here is a list of the five best cannabis strains in 2015 and what you can expect from each one. The reasons why people turn to these strains over all of the others quickly become evident.
Euphoria weed seeds are widely available these days; it is a favorite among those who prefer the strains of cannabis that do not cause extreme drowsiness. It has a fruity and sweet scent, making for a pleasant smoke. It contains 80% indica and only 20% sativa, so it produces more euphoria than sleepiness in users. It is well-known for providing ample pain relief and some respite from anxiousness, and it is also perfect for growing indoors (as are most indica plants) since it only reaches 100cm in height. Each plant produces a yield of between 400 and 450 grams. What's more, the CBD (cannabidiol – the active ingredient in marijuana) levels in this particular strain top out at 7% and anything over 4% is considered high. For those who are new to medical marijuana, it is often best to use this product in very small amounts at first.
Dance World
Dance World might seem like a strange thing to call a plant variety, but these are some of the best cannabis seeds for those who prefer an uplifting feel. It is a hybrid strain and it has been specially designed to produce some of the most sought-after results in the industry. It grows like an indica plant, reaching a maximum height of 90cm on average, but the effects are not like indica. The high amount of CBD in this plant allows it to provide a motivational high – hence its name. Another benefit to this particular plant is that it is perfect for those who want to be a bit more discreet when it comes to growing cannabis seeds. It is not as fragrant during growth or drying as many of its counterparts. When smoked, it produces an aroma that is spicy and fruity.
Royal Medic
Royal Medic is a great addition to any seed bank because it is a hybrid of one of the strains with the highest yield, Critical, and a strain known for its amazing medical purposes, Juanita la Lagrimosa. There is a high level of CBD, but it is not of the psychoactive sort that makes some medicinal cannabis users feel uneasy. The high produced by this variety is very clear and cerebral in nature, and it provides an outstanding reduction of inflammation, pain and anxiety in its users. The plant is quite large and grows to more than 100cm (sometimes 150cm) even indoors, but this also means that the yield is high at between 475 and 525 grams per plant, on average.
Painkiller XL
This is another great addition to any cannabis seeds bank because it truly lives up to its name. Painkiller XL has one of the highest THC and CBD concentrations available at 9% each. With a blend of 25% indica and 75% sativa, this is an impressive accomplishment. Of course, there are some other strains out there that have high THC and CBD concentrations, but the balance achieved in Painkiller XL is something that must be experienced to be believed. Those who prefer it say that it offers them considerable relief from many different kinds of pain as well as a slight mental euphoria that is relaxing. The flowering time for this particular type of medical cannabis is only eight weeks, an each 80cm plant will produce between 500 to 550 grams of dried product.
Medical Mass
Medical mass is a cannabis strain that is derived predominantly from indica parents, making it one of the best out there for providing relief from pain and even nausea without a lot of psychological effects. It has a very sweet but mild honey-like taste due to its low THC levels, and it is one of the first plants that is recommended to folks who want to buy cannabis seeds for the first time. It has one of the shortest flowering times available at between seven and eight weeks, and each meter-high plant yields between 500 to 550 grams of dried product. It is a great place for new users to start since it can be beneficial regardless of when it is harvested, though the CBD to THC ratio levels out later in the harvesting season. For this reason, those who want the best pain relief and healing properties should wait until mid to late November to harvest.
If you are looking to buy cannabis seeds for the first time, bear in mind that different strains have been developed to provide results based on the results you are looking to achieve. Some are better suited for pain relief, some are known for anti-anxiety, and still others have been genetically designed to provide relief from debilitating nausea. These are the five most popular strains today as each one has proven its worth time and time again among those who have discovered the true healing powers of the best cannabis strains.


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HID Global Enhances Partner Program to Help Dealers Build Access Control Biz
The HID Advantage Partner Program has been expanded to help optimize partner performance and increase the value of Genuine HID solutions for customers worldwide.
January 16, 2014
AUSTIN, Texas — HID Global has expanded its channel partner program in an effort to optimize partner performance and increase the value of Genuine HID solutions for customers worldwide.
The firm has designed the streamlined HID Advantage Partner Program to help distributors, integrators and OEMs build new business opportunities in key vertical markets and emerging regions. For example, the program will support dealers with lead generation initiatives, a broad range of sales tools and a new global portal.
The access control provider will also offer online technical training and solutions sessions via the Genuine HID Academy and partner certifications. HID Global will also allocate market development funds and other marketing resources to dealers, as well as offering tiered partner discounts. The program also includes early visibility into the company's product and technology direction.
"This expanded program is paramount to our ongoing commitment to a channel-centric business model and our valued partner community, says Carolyn Newburn, senior director of Global Channel Programs, HID Global.
For more information, contact the HID Global Channel Program organization at [email protected].
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Thorpe, whose rushed comeback bid has captivated the public Down Under, charged out of the blocks but flagged dramatically in the final lap to finish sixth in his semi-final and 12th overall to miss the final.
The five-times Olympic champion had earlier teased a thrilled crowd at the South Australia Aquatic and Leisure Centre by qualifying equal fifth fastest into the semi-finals after a solid swim in the morning preliminaries.
But the silence was deafening as he emerged crestfallen for a poolside interview, having tripped up at the penultimate hurdle.
"I'm terribly disappointed," said the shell-shocked 11-times world champion. "This is slower than what I swam this morning ... The fairytale has turned into a nightmare. I'll hear about it tomorrow."
The 29-year-old's time of one minute, 49.91 seconds was more than two seconds behind pace-setter Ryan Napoleon and five seconds adrift of his personal best set in 2001.
It leaves Thorpe with a mammoth task to book a ticket to London, with the 100 freestyle - his last-chance saloon - boasting an ultra-competitive field including world champion James Magnussen and the other members of the gold-medal winning relay team from last year's world titles in Shanghai.
Thorpe's failure in the 100 would amount to a major embarrassment for governing body Swimming Australia, which has backed the swimmer to the hilt to fund his comeback and those of a number of ageing former champions making a last bid for London.
The crowd's disappointment was compounded by the failure of sentimental favourite Libby Trickett, another swimmer on the comeback trail, to qualify in the 100 butterfly.
The triple Olympic champion came third in the final behind winner and world silver medallist Alicia Coutts to miss out on the chance to defend her title in London.
Coutts and runner-up Jessicah Schipper booked their London tickets as the top two place-getters but had to weather a fierce challenge from the 27-year-old Trickett, who has another chance to qualify in the 100 freestyle at the weekend.
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There was better news for Olympic champion Leisel Jones, whose comeback bid remains on track after qualifying second into the final of the 100 breaststroke behind Leiston Pickett.
Christian Sprenger won a thrilling duel to the line to deny former world champion Brenton Rickard his eighth consecutive Australian title in the 100 breaststroke.
Kylie Palmer, runner-up in the 200 freestyle at Shanghai, edged out Bronte Barratt to win the 400 title with a new Australian record.
Belinda Hocking, runner-up in the 200 backstroke at last year's world championships in Shanghai, qualified fastest for the final of the 100 and edged out teenage Olympic medley gold medallist Emily Seebohm.


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Baby-cam captures an infant's world
By Laura Sanders, 17:50 PM January 13, 2014
If you're curious about what your cat sees all day, you can strap a cat-cam to its collar. The tiny video camera assumes the vantage point of the cat as it swishes through tall grass, sits at the window and laps up water. These cameras aren't just for kitties, either. The artist Sam Easterson has used the tiny head-mounted cameras to capture the perspectives of turkeys, tarantulas, buffalo, armadillos and even a wayward tumbleweed.
So it seems funny to me that no one had thought to slap a head...
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Here's another product from La Mer that's purported to be nothing short of miraculous, but, given the formula, it simply cannot live up to its claims.
The brand says this moisturizing mask has "serum-strength sculpting abilities" (which is odd, as no serum can sculpt anything) and can firm and tighten skin with La Mer's "Concentrated Miracle Broth" and "Concentrated Lifting Ferment." We don't know whether to laugh out loud or just to feel sorry for the people who fall for such nonsense and spend their hard-earned money on what ends up being quite a problematic product.
This mask does have some good things going for it: It contains a nice variety of antioxidants, and skin-repairing and cell-communicating ingredients, like many other products made by Estee Lauder (Lauder owns La Mer). While these types of ingredients definitely help achieve more youthful-looking skin, they can't give it a more "lifted" appearance - at least not with results as dramatic as La Mer would like you to believe. See More Info for the combination of skincare steps that can truly help your skin look firmer.
Where this product falls down is its inclusion of ingredients that have the potential to cause irritation, including a greater-than-usual amount of potent eucalyptus oil, lime peel and tangerine peel extracts, and other fragrant ingredients (see More Info for details). Over time, irritation can be damaging, even disrupting healthy collagen production, exactly what you don't need if your goal is firmer skin!
Last, even if this mask didn't contain problematic ingredients, the jar packaging means that the good ingredients (such as the antioxidants) will begin to break down in the presence of light and air, decreasing their effectiveness. See More Info for why jar packaging is a problem.
In the end, given how much this mask costs, it should be doing so much more for your skin! Give this one a pass, and check out our list of Best Facial Masks instead.
Help for Sagging Skin: Many skin-care products claim they can firm and lift skin, but none of them work, at least not to the extent claimed. A face-lift-in-a-bottle isn't possible, but with the right mix of products, you will see firmer skin that has a more lifted appearance—and that's exciting! To gain these youthful benefits, you must protect your skin from any and all sun damage every day, use an AHA (glycolic acid or lactic acid) or BHA (salicylic acid) exfoliant, and use products that have a wide range of antioxidants and skin-repairing ingredients. Remember, no single product can do it all; it's the combination of products that has extensive research showing it can significantly improve many of the signs of aging, such as firming skin, reducing wrinkles and brown spots, and eliminating dullness. You'll find them on our list of Best Anti-Aging/Anti-Wrinkle Products.
Fragrance in Skincare: Daily use of products that contain a high amount of fragrance, whether the fragrant ingredients are synthetic or natural, causes chronic irritation that can damage healthy collagen production, lead to or worsen dryness, and impair your skin's ability to heal. Fragrance-free is the best way to go for all skin types. If fragrance in your skin-care products is important to you, it should be a very low amount to minimize the risk to your skin (Sources: Inflammation Research, December 2008, pages 558–563; Skin Pharmacology and Physiology, June 2008, pages 124–135, and November-December 2000, pages 358–371; Journal of Investigative Dermatology, April 2008, pages 15–19; Journal of Cosmetic Dermatology, March 2008, pages 78–82; Mechanisms of Ageing and Development, January 2007, pages 92–105; and British Journal of Dermatology, December 2005, pages S13–S22).
Jar Packaging: The fact that it's packaged in a jar means the beneficial ingredients won't remain stable once it is opened. All plant extracts, vitamins, antioxidants, and other state-of-the-art ingredients break down in the presence of air, so once a jar is opened and lets the air in, these important ingredients begin to deteriorate. Jars also are unsanitary because you're dipping your fingers into them with each use, adding bacteria, which further deteriorate the beneficial ingredients (Sources: Free Radical Biology and Medicine, September 2007, pages 818–829; Ageing Research Reviews, December 2007, pages 271–288; Dermatologic Therapy, September-October 2007, pages 314–321; International Journal of Pharmaceutics, June 12, 2005, pages 197–203; Pharmaceutical Development and Technology, January 2002, pages 1–32; International Society for Horticultural Science, www.actahort.org/members/showpdf?booknrarnr=778_5; and Beautypackaging.com, and www.beautypackaging.com/articles/2007/03/airless-packaging.php).
This luxurious cream mask infuses skin with serum-strength sculpting power. Enriched with the legendary healing energies of our Concentrated Miracle Broth™ and the potency of the new Concentrated Lifting Ferment, it visibly tightens, firms and refines the face and neck. Day after day, skin looks more uplifted and rejuvenated. Resilient and restored.
Declustered Water (-)\Aqua\Eau De-Structuree (-), Declustered Water (+)\Aqua\Eau De-Structuree (+), Dimethicone, HDI/Trimethylol Hexyllactone Crosspolymer, Cyclopentasiloxane, Hydrogenated Polyisobutene, Hydrogenated Vegetable Oil, Caprylic/Capric/Myristic/Stearic Triglyceride, Polysilicone-11, PEG-100 Stearate, PEG-8 Dimethicone, PEG-10 Dimethicone, Algae (Seaweed) Extract, Sesamum Indicum (Sesame) Seed Oil, Medicago Sativa (Alfalfa) Seed Powder, Helianthus Annuus (Sunflower) Seedcake, Prunus Amygdalus Dulcis (Sweet Almond) Seed Meal, Eucalyptus Globulus (Eucalyptus) Leaf Oil, Sodium Gluconate, Copper Gluconate, Calcium Gluconate, Magnesium Gluconate, Zinc Gluconate, Tocopheryl Succinate, Niacin, Sesamum Indicum (Sesame) Seed Powder, Vitis Vinifera (Grape) Seed Extract, Citrus Aurantifolia (Lime) Peel Extract, Sigesbeckia Orientalis (St. Paul's Wort) Extract, Crithmum Maritimum Extract, Eryngium Maritimum Extract, Polygonum Cuspidatum Root Extract, Silybum Marianum (Lady's Thistle) Extract, Bupleurum Falcatum Root Extract, Humulus Lupulus (Hops) Extract, Citrus Reticulata (Tangerine) Peel Extract, Mimosa Tenuiflora Bark Extract, Narcissus Tazetta Bulb Extract, Chlorella Vulgaris Extract, Saccharomyces Lysate Extract, Prunus Mume Fruit Extract, Whey Protein\Lactis Protein\Proteine Du Petit-Lait, Gelidium Cartilagineum Extract, Glycerin, Coenzyme A, Micrococcus Lysate, Laminaria Digitata Extract, Rosmarinus Officinalis (Rosemary) Extract, Laminaria Ochroleuca Extract, Punica Granatum (Pomegranate) Fruit Juice, Sorbitol, Corallina Officinalis Extract, Molasses Extract\Saccharum Officinarum\Extrait De Melasse, Glycine Soja (Soybean) Seed Extract, Tourmaline, Caffeine, Linolenic Acid, Hydrogenated Lecithin, Gold, Hydrolyzed Wheat Protein, Glycosaminoglycans, Palmitoyl Oligopeptide, Ammonium Acryloyldimethyltaurate/Beheneth-25 Methacrylate Crosspolymer, Bifida Ferment Lysate, Alcaligenes Polysaccharides, Butylene Glycol, Tetraacetylphytosphingosine, Dipotassium Glycyrrhizate, Lecithin, Acetyl Glucosamine, Sodium Hyaluronate, Laureth-23, Acetyl Hexapeptide-8, Linoleic Acid, Dipalmitoyl Hydroxyproline, Propylene Glycol Diethylhexanoate, Yeast Extract\Faex\Extrait De Levure, Caprylic/Capric Triglyceride, Laureth-4, Tocopheryl Acetate, Diethylhexyl Syringylidenemalonate, Pentylene Glycol, PEG-8, Potassium Sorbate, Yeast Polysaccharides, Hydroxypropyl Cyclodextrin, Nordihydroguaiaretic Acid, Cyclodextrin, Maltodextrin, Sucrose, Glyceryl Polymethacrylate, Fragrance (Parfum), Polymethylsilsesquioxane, Silica, Ethylbisiminomethylguaiacol Manganese Chloride, Disodium EDTA, Phenoxyethanol, Linalool, Hydroxycitronellal, Citronellol, Geraniol, Limonene, Green 5.
La Mer At-A-Glance
Strengths: Effective cleansers; a supremely good powder; the makeup brushes.
Weaknesses: Outlandish claims; ultra-pricey; several products contain irritants, including eucalyptus oil and lime; no AHA or BHA products; jar packaging weakens some of the anti-aging ingredients; the skincare tends to do more harm than good.
The original Creme De La Mer was launched by Estee Lauder as a miracle product for wrinkles based on research from Max Huber, an aerospace physicist. How does space technology relate to wrinkles? Well, it doesn't, although it may lend an air of expertise (if you can do rocket science, the assumption is you can do anything). Huber at one time suffered severe chemical burns in an accident. Then, according to the Max Huber Laboratories, after 12 years and 6,000 experiments, he came up with a special cream. The company refers to its key element as "miracle broth," and it's said to take months to concoct and ferment. In this case, the process that goes into making La Mer products gets as much talk as the product itself. So be prepared for formulary information that sounds a lot like alchemy.
Huber's experiments took place over 30 years ago. Given that none of his self-experimentation was ever documented or published, there is no way to know what Huber was using before, what was unique about this formula, or what went wrong with the 5,999 or so other experiments that preceded the final discovery. It turns out that the original Creme De La Mer was, and still is, almost exclusively algae, mineral oil, Vaseline, thickening agents, and lime extract. Not very exciting stuff, but most of it will make dry skin look and feel better, although the jar packaging doesn't provide much hope for the algae. The notion that anything in this product can be a miracle for burns—or any aspect of skin care—is strictly folklore and has nothing to do with rocket science or even cosmetic chemistry for that matter.
Given the cult status the original Creme De La Mer enjoys, it's hardly surprising that Lauder has spun an entire skin-care line out of a product that was initially sold as the be-all and end-all antiwrinkle solution (in jar packaging, no less, which would have the effect of rendering the algae—the cornerstone of the product—unstable). In the world of skin care, if one product sells well, then other related products that carry the same name will experience increased sales, too. With today's expanded range of La Mer products, Estee Lauder has added a slew of hocus-pocus ingredients to the continuing list of concoctions that were never in Huber's original formula. So much for the credibility of that mythic story, because it obviously wasn't good enough to be repeated.
These supplementary products contain malachite, a range of other minerals, diamond powder, something called "declustered" water, and another semiprecious stone, tourmaline (which is now being downplayed in favor of the semiprecious stone du jour, malachite). It's almost too outlandish to even begin explaining, but the declustered water deserves some elucidation. Before reading on, keep in mind that if these products were the ultimate for the Estee Lauder company, why are they still selling all those other anti-aging products in the dozen or so other lines they own and retail just around the cosmetics counter next door?
Supposedly, the La Mer products are worth the money because most of them contain declustered water. Declustered water is water manufactured to have smaller ions, which supposedly makes the water penetrate the skin better. There is no proof that this synthetic water does what the company claims, but even if the water could penetrate better, is that better for skin? There is definitely research indicating that too much water in the skin can make it plump, but that could also prevent cell turnover and renewal, and inhibit the skin's immune response. Either way, skin likes taking on water—it plumps to a thousand times its normal size just from taking a bath—and it doesn't need special water to help the process along, nor would that be good for skin in the long run. Moreover, if the declustered water were indeed capable of carrying La Mer's miracle broth further into skin, that would only make matters worse because some of the components in this broth are documented irritants.
Other gimmicky ingredients La Mer products contain are fish cartilage, algae (explained in the Creme De La Mer review), and the rarefied blue algae, which La Mer claims can "biologically lift" skin due to its nutrient-dense nature. While all of these may have some water-binding properties, the fiction that any of them could have an impact on wrinkles is not substantiated in any published scientific study.
For more information about La Mer, owned by Estee Lauder, call (866) 850-9400 or visit www.cremedelamer.com.
La Mer Makeup
Sold as Skincolor, La Mer's small but tidy makeup collection carries over the major miracle claims that their flawed skin-care products espouse. If you stop by the counter to explore these products, you'll hear all about their powers to "transform the complexion" with a special blue algae ferment and optical-diffusing gemstones (a concept Aveda and Estee Lauder also play up, but not to the extent La Mer does). We wouldn't count on algae or gemstones for any amount of transformation, especially given the small amounts of each included in the cosmetic products below. What you will find are two foundations with excellent sunscreen and a few more skin-care perks than are typically seen in liquid makeup. Does that make them worth the money? Not from my perspective, because you can find similar products that perform just as well. However, if you're already sold on La Mer, most of the items below won't disappoint and the shade selection is mostly impressive. Still, for the money, your face won't look any better than if you had applied makeup that's available at a fraction of this cost.
The Beautypedia and Paula's Choice Research teams have one mission: To help you find the best products for your skin, whether they're from Paula's Choice or another brand. By combining efforts, we're able to share scientific research and remain committed to the highest standards based on our decades of experience objectively reviewing thousands upon thousands of skincare and makeup formularies in all price ranges.
Beautypedia cuts through the hype to bring you product insights and recommendations you won't find anywhere else!


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Black Quinoa with Avocado, Almonds, and Honey
Black quinoa (like red) has a firmer texture than the white variety, and makes a great alternative to breakfast cereal. Soft avocado provides a great contrast.
- Servings: 6
Source: Martha Stewart Living, January 2011
- 2 cups water
- 1/4 teaspoon salt
- 1 cup black quinoa
- 1 1/2 cups almond milk
- 1 thinly sliced avocado
- 6 tablespoons sliced toasted almonds
- 6 tablespoons honey
Bring water and salt to a boil. Whisk in grains. Return to a boil. Reduce heat to low. Simmer, covered, for 15 to 17 minutes. Let stand for 5 minutes. Fluff with a fork and top with almond milk, avocado, almonds, and honey.


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Source for bulk snake cable please? - 24 channel
Bulk 24-channel snake cable source please? 100 ft should do it.
Also possibly a box punched for XLR connectors please???
Thank you
Not sure what "snake" cable is. And since you do not display even the country you are in, it is difficult to know whether or not to respond. You could check at Mouser Electronics - Electronic Components Distributor .
Snake cable is bundled audio cable to get from a mixing board to a boxful of XLR connectors onstage. I need 24 bundled cables, with or without the box.
I am in the USA. I will try Mouser; I've done stuff with them before
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I deal with both and they both are good.
Look for a distributor of Belden wire products. Make sure that you are looking at good shielded pairs for this application.
Pano mentioned them already and I second it, Markertek. Dale Audio is great too but I don't know for sure if they carry what you are after, but both companys are great to deal with.
"Markertek" is a great place for all pro A/V technical stuff.
"Have" is a great place for cable.
Lets add "Redco Audio" to the list.
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Find some friend who sells Rapco and gets it wholesale, or who can buy Belden direct at wholesale prices. 20 years ago I could get Rapco or ProCo snakes for less than the parts cost. Sorry I don't have those good connections anymore; I'm out of the business for too long.
Try these guys:
But be aware that the trend is toward digital snakes over fiber optic or cat5.
Also, there are many small variations in materials, fire rating, shield, capacitance, wire guage, jacket, etc. so when you shop make sure you are comparing apples to apples.
Google 'mic snake cable bulk' and you get a LOT of hits!
For the boxes:
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