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Les Elixirs Precieux is a new luxurious collection of perfume oils from Dior, inspired by the oriental tradition of combining and layering scents. The collection consists of four "basic" perfume oils or elixirs developed by the in-house perfumer Francois Demachy: Rose, Ambre, Musc and Oud.
The collection is made of luxurious materials in high concentration, which are supposedly hand-picked by the perfumer himself. Rose contains essence of Turkish rose; Ambre contains amber of animal origin; Oud captures extract of agar wood and Musc smells both intense and soft with white musk.
These perfumes can be used independently, applying to pulse points or in combination with other exclusive Dior perfumes to create new fragrant experiences.
Ambre Elixir Precieux was launched in 2014.
Perfume rating: 2.33 out of 5 with 30 votes.
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My favorite fragrance from Dior is Ambre Nuit. When they launched the elixir, I was thinking about getting the Amber or Rose because it would blend great together. I got a tiny sample of both from an associate in Las Vegas and I have to say that the Amber is AMAZING and blends very well with my fragrance. The Rose not so much. The only thing is the price point. $300 seems too high for a 0.1oz bottle.
The reviewer below doesn't seem to know what they are talking about. @Adam's Oud does differentiate very well between various ambers. I suggest if one does not know the basics then one should listen well before speaking up or it can end up being utter nonsense. This is a review section and should contain information and no trolling.
in my opinion this fragrance has nothing to do with whale AMBERGRIS ( perfume made using substance produced in a digestive system of a whale =) as well as with AMBER SHAMAMA ( traditional Indian attar distilled from a mixture of spices ) and even with AMBER RESIN ( oil made from a fossilised tree resin ) .
to my nose this is purely synthetic oil with westernised, friendly aroma...
Any one here actually tried the fragrance?
Well I have and 'Natural' or not whatever the case maybe I thought I loved both 'Animal' Amber (Ambergris) and 'stone' Amber (the fantasy resinous accord) but I have to say I wasn't the greatest fan of this.
I was excited to try it too as Ambre nuit from Dior is one of my all time favourites and that too apparently contains Ambergris.
I've smelled raw ambergris and although it's a bit weird possesses some gorgeous qualities. This isn't sweet, nor does it have the multi faceted charms again it's just very strong, quite musky and almost medicinal to my nose.
I think I will have to try it again but first impressions were not positive.
Amber and Ambergris are not the same.
Since Fragrantica will not allow links to be posted (which I guess is a blessing) I'm cutting and pasting this from a Fragrantica page on the subject and a Perfumeniche definition of Fantasy Note.
Amber and Ambergris are Two Different Notes
by: Naheed Shoukat Ali
"It is always confusing when Amber, which is also one of the most important fragrance families, is discussed in fragrances. It gets even more confusing when the terms Amber and Ambergris make their ways in. Amber, also known as Fossilized Amber, comes from plant resin and is a fantasy note** in fragrances, while on the other hand, Ambergris is an animal source which is excreted by some species of sperm whales. Both are two entirely different notes and with respect to their fragrances descriptions there's a marked difference between them."
** The honey-coloured hard amber stone used in jewellery has no scent at all, of course, because it's ancient petrified resins. The amber perfume note is the honeyed stone IMAGINED as a smell, and is actually a resinous mix that is typically a combination of labdanum, vanilla, and/or tonka bean, the last of which smells like a blend of vanilla and cocoa powder. Thus amber is referred to as a fantasy note.
Hy to everybody,
usually the amber's smell doesn't come from animals or stones; IT'S A RESINOUS MIX WITH LABDANUM, BENZOIN, STYRAX AND VANILLA (OR THE SYNTHETIC VANILLIN), in relatively precise measurements.
Above some descriptions about amber from Fragrantica e Perfumeshrine (for me the HOLY BIBLES for the fragrances), but I can't write here the links, I'm sorry; you'll find on Fragrantica on "Notes", digit Amber and you'll find the links; on PerfumeShrine on the right side scroll down until "Perfume notes", and you'll find Amber and differences between Amber and Ambergris.
From PerfumeShrine:
- Amber usually refers to a resinous mix. This is for all practical purposes what we refer to as the "amber note": labdanum and vanillin. the most common raw materials for creating an amber accord for most perfumers are labdanum (resinous substance from Cistus Ladaniferus or "rock rose", possessing a leathery, deep, pungently bitterish smell), benzoin (a balsam from Styrax Tonkiniensis with a sweetish, caramel and vanillic facet) and styrax (resin of Liquidambar Orientalis tree with a scent reminiscent of glue and cinnamon) with the inclusion of vanillin.
The concept of "amber" on the whole is in fact an olfactory convention of the late 19th century and became a perfume "genre" at that time with the invention of vanillin (synthetic vanilla, as known from patisserie to most of us) added to the time-honored use of labdanum.
From Fragrantica:
- Odor profile: sweet, resinous, cozy and warm, often rather powdery note recreated from a mix of balsams, usually labdanum, benzoin, vanilla, styrax and fir or a combination of some of these.
From PerfumeShrine:
- Ambergris on the other hand refers to the intenstines product of the sperm whale. Ambergris (also called "grey amber" and ambregris in French) is a substance that the wild sperm whale.
Yeah, you are right. Unfortunately, I have always to guess if 'amber' means amber from a tree or amber from a whale (or, synthetic amber smelling like ambergris). It would be good if Fragrantica kept clear vocabulary, amber/ambergris. Or, divide amber and call it ' stone amber' and 'animal amber'. Cause now, you never know.
Can't wait to try Ambre by Dior!
@Flowersatspringtime :
Amber unfortunately has two meanings in popular wording.
One is the resinous background, coming from the amber stone which originated from tree resins.
The other one means Ambregris, a substance excremated by whales. A grey stuff that hardens with time, its aroma also develops over time. Real ambregris is probably more expensive than oud...so I read once.
At first I thought too that Dior´s new amber elixir refers to the widely used resinous theme but when I read "animalic" I was surprised they took up ambregris.....exciting ! Can´t wait to sniff this one but am not sure if I will like it as I am a big fan of resinous fragrances.
Forgive my ignorance but I thought that amber was a resinous material and not derived from an animal.
Dior spoutings absolute nonsens again about their perfumes.
Now is how the communication works at Dior. Miss Dior (chérie), a perfume of 2005, is now (since 2012), a fragrance created by Mr. Dior (1905-1957!) Himself. Dior Homme is now also a perfume created by Demachy. Now these pseudo natural materials. But as amber is in perfume a chemical invention (based on the color of the liquid) we must believe that it comes out of an animal (this is nothing about ambre gris).
Their sense of ethics is inversely proportional to their sense of profit.
"Ambre contains amber of animal origin"
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Guest: I realize this arguement is quite old, however I believe two things are important in terms of immigration. Immigrants should have qualifications earned in their home country given more credit and/or equivalencies done at the time they cross the border. This ensures that we know exactly where they fit in terms of qualifications when they arrive, allowing them to more quickly find an appropriate job and begin to contribute.
Jodpur: Having noticed that we let in educated workers who then can't get jobs in their field (either because their nation's education was substandard, or because of institutional discrimination here), I was trying to figure out why the government has this policy of seeking people with master's degrees to drive our cabs. The only thing I can think of is that the government feels these people will share a middle-class sensibility and their kids will be hard-working aspiring doctors and programmers, etc., whereas the poorer people from the developing world will not favour education in the household, etc. Do you think there is such a hidden motivation to control the demographics in this way?
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Jill Mahoney: Here's a follow-up question on that point:
Guest: How do you think we can better serve new immigrants in terms of getting their schooling from home recognized here in Canada? The old saying, "the taxi driver with the PhD" actually truely exists here. Should we be offering to have their education/experience appraised before they even arrive? I feel as though this would give them the "Canadian creditials"/equivalencies to get them started in becoming contributing citizens.
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March Madness: Weekly Picks - Kent vs. UNLV
Finally, get this: Last year in the Big Dance, the No. 7 seeds went 4-0 both straight-up (SU) and ATS against No. 10 seeds, with the four wins coming by an average margin of 8.5 points per game.
West Virginia comes into this game battle-tested, having gone through the rugged Big East, and while Arizona has some talented young players, youth isn't exactly an ingredient you want coming into a pressure-packed NCAA Tournament game. Bottom line: Last year at this time I told you a Pac-10 team — Stanford — was completely undeserving of its Tournament bid, and I told you to play Louisville over Stanford in an opening-round matchup. What happened? Louisville won by 20. Look for déjà vu here.
Pick: West Virginia
(9) Kent (-2) vs. (8) UNLVUNLV was last year's Cinderella story in the NCAA Tournament. The seventh-seeded Runnin' Rebels knocked off Georgia Tech of the ACC in the first round, then upset second-seeded Wisconsin (Big Ten) before giving Oregon (Pac-10), all UNLV could handle in a Sweet 16 meeting, losing 76-72 as a three-and-a-half-point underdog. Well, a year later, I say Cinderella's carriage turns into a pumpkin long before midnight, because Kent State is one of the most underrated teams in the Field of 65.
The Golden Flashes are 28-6 on the season, and they easily won both the regular-season and league-tournament titles in the Mid-American Conference. They come into this game having covered the spread in eight of their last 10 games (7-2 ATS as a favorite), and that includes an impressive 65-57 victory at then-23rd-ranked St. Mary's as an 8 1/2-point underdog. That was an upset that clearly opened my eyes and had me anxiously waiting to jump on Kent State if it got a favorable NCAA Tournament matchup. And that's exactly what's happened.
Why do I say that? Because UNLV's success this year has been based solely on its ability to take advantage of mismatches on the court. However, there are no mismatches in this contest, as these are two teams with near mirror-image styles: quick, perimeter-oriented offenses with a small post presence, and they each rely on tenacious defense.
Look, I admit that Lon Kruger has done an incredible job rebuilding the once-proud UNLV program. His team has overachieved beyond belief this year after losing a slew of senior starters from last year's Sweet 16 squad. Aside from two home wins over conference rival BYU, the Rebels have beaten nobody this year. In their two most high-profile games, they lost to Louisville by 20 at home and to Arizona by three at home. I mean, why do you think the oddsmakers — the Vegas-based oddsmakers — would make the hometown team an underdog when UNLV is the higher seed? Because they know what's up, and so do I.
Throw in the fact that Kent State has a stunning 19-3-1 ATS record in its last 23 games as a favorite in neutral-site contests, and I'll lay the small price in this one.
Pick: Kent State
(13) San Diego +11 vs. (4) UConnWhen you compare the rosters of these two teams, athlete for athlete, this is a mismatch on par with the likes of David Spade/Heather Locklear… or Elliot Spitzer/common sense… or Amy Winehouse/sobriety. The point: There is no question that UConn is vastly superior in terms of overall raw talent. However, as we see each and every March, superior raw talent doesn't always win out in this event, especially when it's matched up against brains, grit, confidence, and heart. Well, San Diego boasts all four of those features and because of that there's no doubt in my mind that the Toreros are going to give UConn fits in this opening-round matchup.
Go back 12 days ago when the Toreros trailed No. 23-ranked St. Mary's 36-23 at halftime of a West Coast Conference semifinal game played on San Diego's home court. The Toreros then went into lock-down defense mode and held the Gaels to 16 points in the second half, forced two overtimes and eventually prevailed 75-69 as a five-and-a-half-point underdog. Then the very next night, facing another Top 25 foe in Gonzaga, San Diego shook off any fatigue from the previous night's double-overtime affair — which ended at nearly midnight — and upset the Bulldogs 69-62 as a seven-and-a-half-point dog to win the conference tournament championship.
San Diego played tremendous ball down the stretch, winning 13 of its final 15 games, including the last five in a row. And the Toreros have been one of the best bets in all of college hoops this year, going 21-9 ATS, including 13-3 ATS in their last 16 overall, 6-1 ATS in their last seven on the road and 8-0 ATS in their last eight as an underdog. In fact, USD is 14-4 ATS as a pup this year including an outright win at Rupp Arena against Kentucky in December.
As for UConn, it is a mediocre 4-4 ATS as a double-digit chalk this season and the Huskies went 3-5 ATS down the stretch in Big East play (including an outright nine-point loss at crappy Providence). Then there's this: Since winning it all in 2005, UConn is 0-6 ATS in NCAA Tournament games, all as a favorite. And lest we forget the last time Jim Calhoun's team was on the NCAA's big stage. Back in 2006, with a trip to the Final Four on the line, the top-seeded Huskies faced a gritty, smart and confident basketball team named George Mason. We all remember how that turned out.
Pick: San Diego
(10) Davidson (-2) vs. (7) GonzagaAllow me to introduce you to this year's "George Mason" — The Davidson Wildcats. They own the NCAA's longest active winning streak is at 22 in a row, and they have one of the best players in the land in Stephen Curry, who averages 25.3 points per game and will be among those receiving votes for the Player of the Year award.
Now, I know what you're thinking: "Yeah, 22 wins in a row is great… I'm sure all 22 came against a bunch of creampuffs." Fair enough, I admit there isn't a "quality" victory in the bunch. What there is, however, is a bunch of double-digit blowouts — 18 of 22, including six in a row down the stretch. Also, check Davidson's game log and you'll see that it played a ridiculously tough non-conference schedule, facing North Carolina, Duke, UCLA, and North Carolina State over a five-week period. And although the Wildcats lost all four games, they covered the number in each, losing to Carolina by just four points, Duke by six, UCLA by 12, and NC State by one.
That, my friends, is impressive, and it tells me just how talented Davidson is. Certainly, the oddsmakers believe in the Wildcats, as they installed the No. 10 seed as a favorite over a No. 7 seed that has a ton of NCAA Tournament experience (this is Gonzaga's 10th straight trip to the Big Dance). Of course, the Bulldogs haven't fared all that well lately in this event, at least from a point spread perspective, going 2-5 ATS in their last seven Tournament games.
Speaking of point spread numbers, Davidson is 40-19-1 ATS in its last 60 lined games, 5-1 ATS in its last six neutral-site contests and 39-15-1 ATS in its last 55 as a favorite of less than seven points.
Guys, I'll let you in on a little secret: Davidson's not only going to win this game, and win it rather easily; it's going to still be around next weekend, too.
Pick: Davidson
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Posted 22 November 2011 - 01:08 AM
What a surprise! The first day, without even trying, my steady pack and a half habit declined to a pack and the next three days I consumed less every day. The problem is, I'm going to plane out at around 5 a day if the trend keeps up and my goal is zero. Zero, zero, zero!
So, I took myself down to the health food store and asked about quitting smoking aids. I elected to purchase a nice aromatherapy mixture for addiction withdrawal that has calming and balancing scents in it. I am to put it on a cloth and breath in for 5 breaths until the craving passes. I could never have done that 30 times a day but I could do it 5 times, especially this week, having the week off as I do.
They also had some sort of a mouth spray, but it had lobelia in it and I thought I remembered that was a nicotine analog so I passed that over, thinking it shouldn't be combined with the nicotine in the e-cigarettes. Any comments about that?
Does anyone have any other suggestions for what to try? I've already ordered 5 new flavors of eliquid to try to keep my interest up, but realistically, that isn't going to do it. I really want to quit THIS week while I've got some momentum going.
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Keep up the great work, and hopefully you'll have more replies soon!
Posted 22 November 2011 - 05:02 PM
By doing so, you end up putting yourself in a constant state of nicotine withdrawl, which as we all know tends to be rather...uncomfortable.
The longer you go through this constant agony, the more likely I believe you are to going back to smoking/increased nicotine useage.
I'm not saying don't use an e-cig, or other forms of NRT...I'm just stating that the cutting back method is extremely stressful. I honestly wouldn't wish that constant state of nicotine withdrawl on anyone.
THe best thing you can do for yourself, regardless of NRT method, if get off the nicotine as quickly as you are comfortable doing so. Yes, you'll go through withdrawl too...but the difference between this and using NRT/cutting back/etc is that you eventually do get through the withdrawl symptoms.
Best of luck.
Posted 23 November 2011 - 12:59 AM
I have great concern over your "cutting down" of regular cigarettes (and indeed, this is one of my concerns with any form of Nicotine Replacement, but that's digressing from the topic overall)...
By doing so, you end up putting yourself in a constant state of nicotine withdrawl, which as we all know tends to be rather...uncomfortable.
I do find myself on an emotional roller coaster. I overdid it on lowering my nicotine intake this morning and wound up in a full blown nic fit. Fortunately, I had more tools at my disposal than the last time around, because I had kept up studying calming breathing techniques in case they would come in handy some day. And so, intead of darting outside, I started doing the 3-stage breath. The panic subsided almost immediately and the rest of the symptoms seemed merely interesting. I was almost maniacally pleased with myself, but when the next craving came on an hour later, I caved and I felt quite depressed over it.
Anyway, thanks for sharing your perspective. I assure you my goal is to get off nicotine entirely and not have to carry any junk around with me all the time. It has gone pretty well so far: my daily nicotine intake the last several days has been about half of what I am accustomed to. I can't say I've been symptom-free, LOL, but it hasn't been as bad as it was in the past. I suspect the placebo effect is hard at work.
Posted 23 November 2011 - 01:13 AM
Hi Inquistadora, and welcome. Sorry for the delay in replying, but I think lots of folks are away for the holiday. Gosh, it sounds like you are on the right track. Attitude is everything. I tried every other method too, but kept failing. But this is working for me. I started out at a regular nic level, then slowly weand my way down. The main "trick" for me is the psychological addiction.
Keep up the great work, and hopefully you'll have more replies soon!
Thanks, Wintering! I sure hear you on the psychological addiction bit. There is no earthly reason for me to keep smoking at this point. More often than not, analogs don't even smell or taste good.
I think olfactory cues might be playing in, too. Since I took up the ecigs on a lark, I didn't do any preparation. I didn't throw away the ashtrays, wash/dry clean all my clothes, etc. I made no plans for what I was going to do on my breaks, so I head out for the smoking areas where there are, gosh, what a surprise, smokers. And this might come as a shock to you, but they are (wait for it) smoking!
So I feel as if I'm making my quit attempt inside out, but I have a good feeling about it.
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Posted 23 November 2011 - 04:58 AM
Just last week I finally got all my blankets and laundry washed so there was no smoke residue, not one piece of laundry that had ever seen smoke from its last wash! This was the very last of the cues I had lying around. The ash trays and lighters were day 1 and real easy, but getting the smoke out...took months.
It sounds like you are doing VERY well through your peaks, don't let the valleys drag you down. Depression and flu-like symptoms are to be expected. I had a "cold" for the first few weeks using this - sore throat, head aches, I still have trouble sleeping...So the ecig does not bypass the withdrawal from the smoke and the other 4,000+ toxins a cigarette carries.
My advise/experience thus far - Drink LOTS of water, get lost of rest, be a parent to yourself (stern but loving). Be disciplined, but forgive yourself easily so that you can restart your quit within the next few moments, don't give up on the whole day! Its a mental reset. You have the Desire, working on the Disciple, always keep your eye on the Destination
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Review: Bewitch (Vampire Erotic Theatre #5) by Felicity E. Heaton
A pretty fast-paced story without the feeling of being rushed, Bewitch is sure to please a wide range of audiences. Fans and newcomers to the series alike will enjoy reading along as Payne and Elissa ignite the pages. Although the 5th book in the series, the story is easy to follow, with very few snags where someone unfamiliar with the previous books may get confused. Bewitch is a recommended read!
*** This review is SPOILER-FREE! Read on with confidence! ***
So many vampires, so little time. Every paranormal romance author's goal is to make their shifter, their vampire, their "other" being unique to the reader. Often time they fail, not that we, who adore reading paranormal mind so long as we get our story, right? But every time we pick up a new book we hope against all hope that this one will be different. Well search no more. Unlike the vampires you may be used to, Heaton's vampires have a touch of the dark in them. Not dark and sinister, but dark sexual preferences. You won't find any sparkly vampires here! The vampires of Vampirerotique run an erotic theater, which you already know if you are familiar with the series. This however is not about the theater nor does it take place in the theater. For the first time Heaton takes her vampire out of the theater and sends him on a quest.
Payne is a loner, not feeling like he quite fits in. But at the theater he feels more at home than he has in a long time. Which is why he agrees to retrieve an item for Chica. A vampire/incubus hybrid, Payne feels only contempt for his incubus side… a side he will now have to embrace if he is to help free his friend's mate. Elissa is a witch on the hunt for something precious that was taken from her and she means to get it back, even if she has to lie to Payne to do so. Witches and vampires are always at odds, so these two shouldn't even like each other. So of course, poetic justice dictates that they can't keep their hands off each other.
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Smudges of black ash dotted her pale face but Payne didn't notice them.
She was beautiful.
Her silvery eyes sparkled like stars.
A little humor in a tense situation…
"And I'm going to make you submit to me every night."
Payne purred inside at that but put on his best poker face. "You can try, Witch."
She smiled sassily. "And I will succeed, Vampubus."
"Vampubus? Seriously?" He frowned at her.
His frown became a black scowl.
The tortured vampire gets his happy ending…
"Pretty colours," she said, afraid of asking him outright whether he returned the feelings she had confessed she felt for him for him just minutes ago.
"Only one emotion has that shade in it, and it will always be there when I'm with you… even when my incubus nature is in control." He captured her hand and brought it to his lops, pressing a kiss to it.
Elissa raised her eyes to meet his. Her voice shook. "Because you're in love with me?"
"Because I'm in love with you." He nodded and relief swept through her, chasing away the last of her fear.
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Kenpachi bawse!
Byakuya vs Tsukishima
i agree with that, woah are these villains if kenpachi ever remembers his swords name.
it seems people were matched up based on temperment and character design.
Kenpachi got a new eyepatch.i agree with that, woah are these villains if kenpachi ever remembers his swords name.
it seems people were matched up based on temperment and character design.
I despise the way you fight. Without ever lifting your own hand... to steal the bonds of comraderie and torture opponents is the height of cowardice. It is a lack of shame deserving of death
Swiffness! wrote: »I'm just waiting for the day when Kenpachi unlock his Bankai..........
Nozomi wrote:You really are a pervert, you know that?!
kon wrote:Well pardon me!
i couldnt even read the last bleach in full, shit is absolutely horrid.
Damn fullbringers were related?
Bartender guy was Jackie's dad who killed her moms
Jackie and Riruka were sisters whose little brother was Yukio[/QU
I think your wrong if jackie and riruka are sisters than who's body is jackie carrying?? That must mean there was another brother and yukio
howso, Rukia could get offed next chapter
Darjaille wrote:But the more weeks I keep thinking about Tsuki, the more I have a feeling he can't go down in this fight. Will the pride of Kuchiki be trampled upon? I have hard time believing that would happen tho, but still, I can see it more now, seeing Rukia faint...
abyozuu wrote:next chapter we may see tsukishima and fulbringers flashback. we would also see whether they joined to tsuki in their free will or got stabbed. maybe tsuki relieved them from their pain, again in their wishes. we may also learn the big deal between tsukishima and ginjo.
g0dzax wrote:I will admit though that Byakuya being cut and Riruka winning against Rukia(in the last page Rukia is fainting so I doubt we'll see more from her)were some nice surprises.Then again this shows that Tsuki's special and Riruka's future may be to join Ichigo's group.I am looking forward to seeing Byakuya's fight and his plan against Tsukishima.Maybe a plan that involves Senbonzakura acting on it's own ? One thing that I agree with is the fact that if they lose to the Fullbringers it'll be a letdown.Like you said,after facing the Espada and Aizen losing to these humans would be a big letdown.
Rukia has showed something new that she learned these past 17 months when she used the First Dance.She was not in physical contact with her sword yet somehow she made an ice-bond with the sword.The only one who has previously done such a feat in Bleach is Ichigonator,when he summoned Tensa Zangetsu and the sword came flying to his hand.Rukia has done something similar to that,and that makes me think she really advanced in power these past 17 months.Too bad she didn't have the chance to show everything she learned.Or maybe she'll show us next chapter? Who knows.
I found the fact that Byakuya and Rukia being overpowered a nice suprise because it broke the pattern of easy-win for Shinigami that made them appear too powerful(like Kenpachi's fight or Renji's fight,or even Ikkaku's fight,where Ikkaku completely overcame the dangers and fought like a beast,like it was a game,though that's just Ikkaku).I am not expecting Byakuya to lose,nor Rukia,since they should be powerful and smart enough to work their way out of these situations.
As I said many times,Tsukishima doesn't seem to be part of the gang,he's more like an outsider who joined Ginjou out of boredness or just for the lols.'Course he might have a secret plan or turns out to have manipulated Ginjou all along ...there are many possibilities for Tsukishima's actions from now on.
I also enjoy this arc alot and can barely wait to see it's conclusion.Hopefully it won't end with another Ginjou (Aizen)who is bent on killing the Spirit king and who uses his Xcution(Espada) to fight the Shinigami.


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Unnamed sources said the move to bring video ads into the news stream is the most direct play for Madison Avenue ad dollars since Facebook's IPO. The company is reportedly still working with ad industry pros to tweak the final product, which they said could be ready in the first or early second quarter of 2013.
Ad Age said the product will support news feeds for desktop, smart phone and tablet environments. Facebook also appears to be pushing for short segments – fifteen seconds, rather than the 30-second spots normally seen on TV. Significantly, the architecture calls for "autoplay" ads, meaning they will activate automatically as the user brings them into view.
The revelation follows news last week that traditional print news publication The Washington Post and its affiliated network of publications would be taking their social reader apps off of Facebook, instead redirecting users to a separate site called socialreader.com. The publications has used Facebook's Open Graph technology to build their readership and acquire valuable information about reader interests, but after several rounds of adjustments to Facebook's News Feed, much of that traffic has been lost, said insiders. The Guardian had reached a similar conclusion a week earlier.
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Applications of constrained non-parametric smoothing methods in computing financial risk
Wong, Chung To (Charles) (2008) Applications of constrained non-parametric smoothing methods in computing financial risk. PhD thesis, Queensland University of Technology.
The aim of this thesis is to improve risk measurement estimation by incorporating extra information in the form of constraint into completely non-parametric smoothing techniques. A similar approach has been applied in empirical likelihood analysis. The method of constraints incorporates bootstrap resampling techniques, in particular, biased bootstrap. This thesis brings together formal estimation methods, empirical information use, and computationally intensive methods. In this thesis, the constraint approach is applied to non-parametric smoothing estimators to improve the estimation or modelling of risk measures. We consider estimation of Value-at-Risk, of intraday volatility for market risk, and of recovery rate densities for credit risk management. Firstly, we study Value-at-Risk (VaR) and Expected Shortfall (ES) estimation. VaR and ES estimation are strongly related to quantile estimation. Hence, tail estimation is of interest in its own right. We employ constrained and unconstrained kernel density estimators to estimate tail distributions, and we estimate quantiles from the fitted tail distribution. The constrained kernel density estimator is an application of the biased bootstrap technique proposed by Hall & Presnell (1998). The estimator that we use for the constrained kernel estimator is the Harrell-Davis (H-D) quantile estimator. We calibrate the performance of the constrained and unconstrained kernel density estimators by estimating tail densities based on samples from Normal and Student-t distributions. We find a significant improvement in fitting heavy tail distributions using the constrained kernel estimator, when used in conjunction with the H-D quantile estimator. We also present an empirical study demonstrating VaR and ES calculation. A credit event in financial markets is defined as the event that a party fails to pay an obligation to another, and credit risk is defined as the measure of uncertainty of such events. Recovery rate, in the credit risk context, is the rate of recuperation when a credit event occurs. It is defined as Recovery rate = 1 - LGD, where LGD is the rate of loss given default. From this point of view, the recovery rate is a key element both for credit risk management and for pricing credit derivatives. Only the credit risk management is considered in this thesis. To avoid strong assumptions about the form of the recovery rate density in current approaches, we propose a non-parametric technique incorporating a mode constraint, with the adjusted Beta kernel employed to estimate the recovery density function. An encouraging result for the constrained Beta kernel estimator is illustrated by a large number of simulations, as genuine data are very confidential and difficult to obtain. Modelling high frequency data is a popular topic in contemporary finance. The intraday volatility patterns of standard indices and market-traded assets have been well documented in the literature. They show that the volatility patterns reflect the different characteristics of different stock markets, such as double U-shaped volatility pattern reported in the Hang Seng Index (HSI). We aim to capture this intraday volatility pattern using a non-parametric regression model. In particular, we propose a constrained function approximation technique to formally test the structure of the pattern and to approximate the location of the anti-mode of the U-shape. We illustrate this methodology on the HSI as an empirical example.
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Meet Jon Bellion, The Co-Writer Of Eminem And Rihanna's "The Monster"
Twenty-two-year-old singer-songwriter Jon Bellion had just gotten into a taxi cab in New York City and plugged in his phone after a long flight from London, when all hell broke loose. "I had, like, 115 text messages, my Twitter had exploded and all this madness," he said in a phone call with XXL today (October 29). "I turned on the radio, and the first song, Flex is dropping bombs on the record that I wrote. It was crazy."
The record was "The Monster," the fourth track released off Eminem's upcoming Marshall Mathers LP 2, which features Rihanna singing the hook. Bellion, who grew up in New York and, like many his age, idolized Em growing up, didn't know what to do."I nearly shit myself," he said, laughing. "I didn't know what life meant. I didn't really know what to say. The driver next to me is like 80 years old, homeboy has no idea who Eminem or Rihanna is, and I'm screaming, 'DO YOU HEAR THAT? I WROTE THAT SHIT!' [Laughs] That was a crazy, crazy experience. You know, you grow up listening to Eminem; your parents don't let you listen to it, you gotta sneak into a car to listen to this guy rap. He changed my whole life, my whole perspective on music, so to more or less co-sign something that I've done is the ultimate childhood goal."
Bellion was in the studio with singer Bebe Rexha and producer Frequency nearly a year ago when the track first came to be. "Originally, 'The Monster' started out as this indie, Florence And The Machine, tribal-y, almost Spanish-esque dance record," he said. "I wrote the hook—I was just sort of mumbling over some chords, and somehow, 'I'm friends with the monster that's under my bed' just kind of popped out of my mouth." Rexha, he says, added the yodel-type vocal to the hook, and the track—with verses and all—was wrapped up. But Frequency had other ideas.
"[He] was like, I might take off the verses and send the hook over to Riggs [Morales] over at Shady [Records]," remembered Bellion. "And then, like, four days later, I come back to the studio and both of them were like, 'Atlantic wants it! Shady wants it!' So we kind of took the risk and were like, you know what? Let's give it to him, because that would be like winning the lottery."
Nine months passed with no word from the label, until a tweet from Rihanna in September gave them a hint. And when the tracklist dropped earlier this month, Bellion and Rexha's dreams were confirmed—their track had made the album, and Rih Rih had laced the hook. When the track dropped yesterday, Bellion heard it for the first time alongside the cabbie leaving the airport.
Just left the studio… Recorded a #monster hook for one of my favorite artists! And that's all I can give you… #NavyShit
— Rihanna (@rihanna) September 11, 2013
Bellion is a songwriter, of course, as well—he's dropping his second mixtape this November, titled The Separation, and he's already dropped three videos off the tape, including lead single "Ungrateful Eyes." "I grew up on Dilla, Timbaland, Pharrell, all these drums that are super pocketed, so all those influences come out on a song like 'Ungrateful Eyes,' with all the crazy drum swings," he said. "I was nervous for people to not accept the sound, because it's like, a Death Cab For Cutie-esque lyric approach, Timbaland-backed drums, it's from so many different things. So the fact that the general public fucks with it, it's so great." The video grabbed 100,000 views on YouTube in one day and is over 220,000 in little more than a month.
"I'm not afraid to have my music digestible by different ages," he said of his pop-leaning original music. "I'm not really concerned about the people on the surface who say, 'He's a White pop dude, so I don't like his music.' I'm blessed to even make music, man. I'm just appreciative and humbled that somebody I looked up to my whole life appreciated something I did."
And with another big song coming out—he's written the next Jason Derulo single, which is set to drop some time in the next few weeks—there could be a battle, both at the top of the charts and for his songwriting services in the near future. "Hopefully that'll go No. 1," he says, laughing again, "and they can share the top spot or something." —Dan Rys (@danrys)


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Institute for International Economic Policy
Human Rights, Development and Economic Growth - Metrics, New Ways of Thinking, and New Strategies
Since the members of the UN negotiated the Universal Declaration of Human Rights in 1948, the world has made great human rights progress. But that progress is not easy to measure. The Universal Declaration has over 30 distinct human rights. Moreover, as Albert Einstein once warned "not everything that counts can be counted." Policymakers, activists, and scholars do not agree on how to count -e.g. whether they should measure progress (as evidenced by new laws) or outcomes (as in educational outcomes).
But in recent years, three developments have helped increase our understanding of the relationship between human rights and development. First, Nobel prize winning economist Amartya Sen established a scholarly bridge between economics and human rights. He taught us that poverty, hunger, and a lack of education are conditions that restrict freedom and therefore respect for human rights provides a platform for economic growth (Vizard: 2005). Influenced by Sen, the UNDP produced the Human Development Index which focuses on state performance on capabilities. Second, in 2000, officials from 181 nations agreed to collaborate to cut global poverty in half by 2015. They also agreed to set targets and measure their progress towards achieving global human rights and development goals. Thus, the Millennium Development Goals made the question of how to measure progress more visible. Building on these insights, scholars and activists began to develop new metrics. Some designers focused not only on human rights but also on measures of governance and economic growth. For example, the Multidimensional Poverty Index (MPI), published for the first time in the 2010 Report, redefined poverty as not simply the absence of money, but the variety of deprivations with which poor households typically contend. It can be deconstructed by region, ethnicity and other groupings as well as by dimension (living standards, education and health). The Human Opportunity Index (HOI) is a measure of society's progress in equitably providing opportunities for all children. HOI takes into account how the personal "circumstances" for which a child cannot be held accountable, like location or parental wealth, affect his/her probability of accessing basic services that are necessary to succeed in life, like timely education, vaccination, safe water or electricity. The index was first applied in the World Bank publication "Measuring Inequality of Opportunities in Latin America and the Caribbean" in 2009 and has since been used in a number of countries.
This conference, organized by Dr. Susan Aaronson, will examine these new metrics and how scholars, business leaders, and government officials are using them to devise cost-effective approaches to stimulating economic growth while advancing human rights.
April 7, 2011
Location: Lindner Family Commons
1959 E St NW Suite 602
12:30-1:00 - Lunch
1:00-1:15 p.m. - Opening Remarks and Overview
Opening Remarks - Stephen Smith (GWU-IIEP)
Overview of conference objectives - Susan Ariel Aaronson (GWU-IIEP)
1:15-2:35 p.m. - Panel 1 - Multidimensional Poverty Measurement: Uses for a new understanding of the meaning of poverty and deprivation.
Jeni Klugman (UNDP), "UNDP's Multidimensional Poverty Metric" Presentation
Shabana Singh (Vanderbilt University) - "Towards a Multinational Measure of governance" Presentation
Ricardo Aparicio (Director for Policy Analysis at Coneval, Mexico) - " Multidimensional poverty measurement: a human rights based approach. The case of Mexico" Presentation
Discussant: Ambar Narayan (World Bank)
2:35-3:45 p.m. - Panel 2 - Measuring Inequality of Opportunities Among Children: the Human Opportunity Index
Jaime Saavedra-Chanduvi (Acting Director, Poverty Reduction and Equity, World Bank) - "Equality of Opportunity: Analytical Challenges and Policy Implications" Presentation
Javier Escobal (GRADE, Peru) - "Is the Playing Field Leveling in Peru? The Evolution of Children's Opportunities" Presentation
Discussant: Dena Ringold (Senior Economist, Human Development Sector, Europe and Central Asia, World Bank)
3:45-4:00 - Coffee Break
4:00-5:30 p.m. - Panel 3 - New Metrics for Assessing Human Rights and How These Metrics Relate to Development and Governance
David Cingranelli (Professor of Political Science, SUNY - Binghamton) - "CIRI Human Rights Data Set" Presentation
Sabine Donner (Senior Project Manager, Bertelsmann Foundation) - "Transformation Index" Presentation
Nathaniel Heller (Managing Director, Global Integrity Index)
Moderator: Siobhan McInerny-Lankford (Senior Policy Officer, Nordic Trust Fund, OPCS, World Bank)
5:50-6:00p.m. - Coffee Break and Schmoozing
(Please note change of Conference Location to Harry Harding Auditorium, 2nd Floor)
6:00-7:00 p.m. - Evening Keynote - "Human Rights Within a Governance Empirical Framework: Some Unorthodox Observations from a Non-Expert"
Daniel Kaufmann (Senior Fellow, Global Economy and Development, Brookings Institute)
April 8th
Please note change of Conference Location to 805 21st Street, NW, B07
8:00-9:00 a.m. - Continental Breakfast
9:00-10:20 a.m. - Panel 4 - Caveats on Metrics
Hans-Otto Sano (Senior Policy Officer, Nordic Trust Fund, OPCS, World Bank) "Human Rights Compliance and Performance Indicators"
Siobhan McInerny-Lankford (Senior Policy Officer, Nordic Trust Fund, OPCS, World Bank)
Elizabeth Eagen (Program Officer, Human Rights Data Initiative, Open Society Foundations) Presentation
Moderator: Charles Kenny (Senior Fellow, Center for Global Development)
10:20-12:00 p.m. - Panel 5 - Using Datasets to Examine Human Rights and Economic Change
Robert and Shannon Blanton (Professors of Political Science, University of Memphis) - "Rights, Institutions, and FDI" Presentation
Rod Abouharb (Lecturer in International Relations, University College, London) - "Can the WTO Help Nations Clean Up and Improve Human Rights?" Presentation
Jean-Pierre Chauffour (Lead Economist, International Trade and Development Group, World Bank) - "On the Relevance of Positive and Negative Rights in Economic Development - New empirical evidence (1975-2007)" Presentation
Daniel Meija (Associate Professor of Economics, Universidad de los Andes, Colombia) - "Is Violence Against Union Members in Colombia Systematic and Targeted?"
Moderator: Emmanuel Teitelbaum (Assistant Professor of Political Science and International Affairs, GWU)
12:00-1:30 p.m. - Lunch and Lunch Keynote
Introduction: Sabine Donner (Senior Project Manager, Bertelsmann Foundation)
Keynote Presenter: James Foster (Professor of Economics and International Affairs, GWU-IIEP) - "Finding Meaningful Numbers"
1:30-3:05 p.m. - Panel 6 - NGO and Business Perspectives on Metrics to Assess Human Rights
Gerard Pachoud (Special Advisor, UN Special Representative on Business and Human Rights) - "The Ruggie Guidelines and Use of Metrics to Assess Business Human Rights Performance"
Panelists will discuss how business can and does use metrics to assess human rights
Bennett Freeman (Senior Vice President, Sustainability Research and Policy, Calvert Investments)
Chris Jochnick (Director, Private Sector Department, Oxfam America)
Faris Natour (Director of Research, Business for Social Responsibility)
Olav Ljosne (Senior Manager, International Operations, Shell Oil Company)
Moderator: Hans J. Hogrefe (Senior Policy Officer, Physicians for Human Rights)
3:05-3:15 p.m. - Coffee Break
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The Argentine was the star of the show once again as Pep Guardiola's men swept away the challenge of the visitors.
Carles Puyol netted the opener early on as the Catalans got off to a flying start to the match. The Blaugrana captain soon turned from hero to villain, though, as he allowed Salomon Rondon to find the equaliser with a fine header shortly after.
Messi, however, had the final say as he netted a debatable penalty just after the half-hour mark, and added a double in the second period to round off an important win for Barcelona.
Both teams began the match cautiously, but it was Malaga which looked the more threatening side in the opening minutes. Duda struck the post for Manuel Pellegrini's men with a free kick as the visitors were starting to build momentum, but they were soon pegged back by a trademark Barcelona goal.
Messi and Andres Iniesta combined well on the right, before the Spaniard crossed for captain Puyol, who applied a simple finish, leaving Carlos Kameni helpless. Malaga, however, was not too discouraged by the turn of events and continued to apply pressure on the hosts.
Just before the half-hour mark Malaga's effort was rewarded as Rondon netted the equalizer in a seemingly harmless situation. An opportunistic cross by Jesus Gamez from the right found the Venezuelan in the box, and the striker scored with a diving header after slipping past Puyol.
Malaga's joy did not last long, however, as in the 34th minute Barcelona was handed a penalty for a foul on Iniesta. Messi kept his nerves, and coolly converted in the centre of Kameni's goal to restore Barcelona's lead.
Malaga tried to get back into the game after the break, but its hopes were soon crushed by Pep Guardiola's clinical team, and in particular, its Argentine star.
On the hour mark a mistimed challenge by Duda on Messi in the box resulted in a penalty for the Blaugrana. The Ballon d'Or holder once again got the better of goalkeeper Kameni from the spot as he equaled Gerd Muller's record for most goals in one European season.
The Argentine did not stop there, however, as in the 64th minute he completed his hat trick. A clever through-ball by Iniesta saw Messi rush through Malaga's defense and flick the ball over Kameni to make it 4-1 for Barcelona.
Manuel Pellegrini's men never give up, however, and tried to take the game to the Catalans in the remaining minutes of the match. Their efforts were futile, however, as Pep Guardiola's men easily soaked the pressure to record a convincing victory.


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EXCLUSIVE: Taylor Kinney is in talks to join the cast of The Other Woman, the film that Nick Cassavetes will direct for Fox. While talks are underway and they have to work around his schedule on his series Chicago Fire, I'm told that Kinney plans to join Cameron Diaz, Leslie Mann, Game Of Thrones' Nikolaj Coster Waldau and Kate Upton in the film. Julie Yorn is producing and Melissa Stack wrote the script, about two women in bed with the same guy who get mad he's even more prolific and plot revenge. Kinney, an up and comer who was last seen playing one of the SEAL Team shooters in Zero Dark Thirty, is repped by Gersh and Principal Entertainment LA.
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We're trying to replace the bathroom wall sink's drain rod & strap.
It's together, but we can't figure out how to connect the rod to the strap. Right now it's backwards [rod down it's open; rod up it's closed but you have to hold it to keep it closed - if you let go the drain opens].
How is the strap supposed to be connected to the rod?
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My apologies as I thought that this was already covered but after reading through a few threads, I can't find an answer.
My understanding is that after I upgraded as a Lifetime member, there would be an option to hide the ads. If that's true, I'm sure it's right in front of my face and I'm missing it.
Under "My BPL" choose My Forum Profile
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It worked, I'm glad this thread came along.
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On 23 October 2013, the Supreme Court handed down its judgment in the long-running case of Woodland v Essex County Council and in the process rewrote the common law. This will no doubt get lawyers very excited, but let's look at what it means for schools that delegate certain functions to contractors.
The background to this very sad case is that Ms Woodland suffered a serious brain injury during a school swimming lesson at a local swimming pool during school hours. She was being taught by a swimming teacher that was not employed directly by the school nor the local authority, but under a contract with the local authority. She alleged that her injuries were caused by the swimming teacher's negligence.
The general rule is that only the person who is negligent can be sued, but if they are directly employed then the employer can be vicariously liable for the employee's negligence. But where they are an independent contractor, as was the case here, the body that engaged the contractor is not liable at common law for the contractor's negligence.
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NZ 3 India 1
When it comes to sport a lot can happen in 24 hours ... just ask Greg Nicol.
The former Hawke's Bay Hockey Academy head coach is now Auckland-based and assistant coach of the New Zealand women's team which yesterday beat India 3-1 at Napier's Park Island a day after thrashing the tourists 7-2 at the same venue.
"That's exactly what we expected. India had an extra day to find their feet after arriving in the country on Friday," Nicol explained as the Black Sticks completed their wind down.
"Realistically that's what test hockey is all about ... teams have to fight for their wins and we were pretty chuffed with the way our girls fought back from 1-0 down and dominated the last 20 minutes today," Nicol said.
"At the same time we know there are still things to work on with this brand new group and we've got more time to do that," Nicol said, referring to the fact four more tests in the series, two in Palmerston North and two in Wellington, will be played this week.
Seven players made their Black Sticks debuts on Saturday and another one yesterday. One of the newcomers, Capital defender Aniwaka Roberts, shone in both tests.
Nicol was also impressed with the work of yesterday's captain and another of the defenders, Northland's Stacey Michelsen.
"Stacey showed why she was the best junior player in the world last year and the fact India's only goal today came from a penalty corner proved how organised our defence was," Nicol said.
One of the tourists, Deepika Thakur, was playing her 100th test yesterday and this was obviously a huge motivating factor for India, who were the better side during the first half despite having three fewer shots at goal than the Black Sticks. While they lacked the same speed and ball-carrying skills as the Black Sticks - as was the case the previous day - they certainly matched their hosts in the physicality stakes.
"We tend to keep our milestones under wraps as we lose those games but India obviously didn't mind announcing theirs today," Nicol quipped.
India's Jaspreet Kaur opened the scoring when she converted a penalty corner in the 46th minute. The Black Sticks opened their account six minutes later with a field goal from Canterbury midfielder Sian Fremaux after a goal circle scramble.
A 53rd minute field goal from Northland striker Charlotte Harrison gave the Black Sticks the lead and Capital midfielder Anita Punt completed the scoring when she converted a 60th-minute penalty corner.
A hat-trick from Olympic Games striker Katie Glynn was the highlight of the Black Sticks' victory on Saturday. The 7-2 scoreline belied a scratchy start from the hosts.
India dominated the early territory and possession and were rewarded with a fifth-minute field goal to Anupa Barla. Striker Julia King scored the equaliser two minutes later.
Canterbury striker Olivia Merry celebrated her Black Sticks debut with two goals, one in each half, and Glynn's sole first-half goal saw New Zealand ahead 3-1 at halftime. Glynn completed her hat-trick during the first five minutes of the second half.
Poonam Rani notched the tourists' other goal in the 15th minute of the second spell, before Punt and Merry scored within a minute of each other before the 64th minute of play.
The Black Sticks wore back arm bands on Saturday in memory of Robyn Mactaggart, who died last month after a long illness. Mactaggart was a passionate hockey supporter and was instrumental, along with husband Bruce, in developing the unique sponsorship between the Hawke's Bay community and the Black Sticks. The sponsorship involved business and community leaders coming together to support the Black Sticks men and women on their journey to the 2012 London Olympics.
Hawke's Bay Hockey general manager Don Clark was thrilled with the crowd support on both days - almost 760 on Saturday and 925 yesterday.
"We've only missed one year in the last three when Black Sticks tests have been allocated around the country. Hopefully we'll be on the list to get some more as Hockey New Zealand have a policy of spreading these matches around," Clark said. He agreed yesterday's match was batter to watch as the tourists gave the Black Sticks a better workout.
Saturday: New Zealand 7 (Katie Glynn 3, Olivia Merry 2, Julia King, Anita Punt), India 2 (Anupa Barla, Poonam Rani). HT: 3-1.
Yesterday: New Zealand 3 (Sian Fremaux, Charlotte Harrison, Anita Punt), India 1 (Jaspreet Kaur). HT: 0-all.


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I was at the part where you need to put the generator back on (in a basement). Then, a Bloater approached me. I threw a Molotov at it and it (the Bloater) just fell through the ground. It respawned in front of him just as I was leaving.
Anyone got a similar glitch?
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My first playthrough I didnt see or hear the Bloater in the basement.
Now on New Plus, as I turn into the hallway that the access door is, it glitch right into the room. As Joel was turing left, and the camera was basically showing the entire hallway, as soon Joel had is full body into the hallway, it attack.


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School Reform: Rethinking America's Lesson Plan
When Rod Paige was appointed superintendent of Houston's schools in 1994, the city's Hispanic community reacted as if it had been punched in the stomach. Outraged Hispanics, whose children make up more than half of the city's school population, accused whites on the board of cutting a backroom deal with blacks to appoint Paige without their input. Hispanics subsequently forced a change in the board's selection process, but the episode left Paige starting his new job in an atmosphere even more poisoned than it had been before.
Today, even Paige's most mistrusting antagonists have largely been won over by his adept political skills. In the past seven years, he has set up a limited, voucherlike program that placated opponents by excluding religious schools. He got the business community on board for a school-bond referendum that passed handily in 1998. And he pushed through a testing system used to evaluate individual students as well as entire schools and districts.
Houston's school board remains polarized: Hispanics were angered yet again last fall, when the board replaced a Hispanic member with a candidate they opposed. But Paige himself still gets credit as a listener with a consensus management style. "He doesn't force anything on us but keeps working on it until he gets our support," says Esther Campos, who joined Houston's school board as a representative from the largely Mexican-American community shortly after Paige took over. Adds Paige: "We increased public confidence."
He starts his new job as President George W. Bush's Education Secretary under far less acrimonious circumstances. His appointment sailed through the Senate on a voice vote. And he won endorsements from liberal groups, such as the National Education Assn., all the way to conservative activists, including the Christian Coalition. Still, the former football coach, who served as the dean of the College of Education at Texas Southern University from 1984 to 1994, may need a while to feel comfortable in the thicket of national debate. During a week of trooping in front of the cameras, Paige appeared uneasy in the spotlight and struggled to spit out prepped sound bites.
One trait of Paige's may prove invaluable when it comes to juggling all the egos in town: his reputation for generously assigning credit to others. In an interview in his still bare office, Paige interrupts a question about his Houston successes to say: "I'm uncomfortable with the `I.' It was a big team effort. So I don't want to be perceived as [if] I rode in there on a white horse and waved a flag and everybody lined up. It didn't work like that."
GOP INFIGHTING. The 67-year-old Mississippi native will need all the political acumen he can muster. Bush chose education as his first major policy push in part because it's an issue on which much common ground can be found among warring Democrats and Republicans. But there's still plenty of sharp ideological disagreement (table). "There is a reasonably strong consensus on much of what is being proposed, but you can get knocked off track on a few hot issues," warns Edward B. Rust Jr., CEO of State Farm Insurance Cos. and head of The Business Roundtable's education task force. Paige seems undaunted: "I believe the areas of [agreement] are stronger than the areas of disagreement."
His first task will be to forge unity on the Republican side of the schoolhouse. The GOP revolutionaries who swept to power with Newt Gingrich in 1994 wanted to fix America's schools by abolishing the Education Dept. In his campaign, Bush pushed hard to morph the GOP into the party of literacy and tougher standards. Yet plenty of conservatives haven't abandoned their former attitudes, and many don't agree with the entire Bush agenda.
Standardized testing is one subject that divides the right as much as the left. All 50 states administer some standardized tests, but only 16 test every year in grades 3 through 8, as required under Bush's plan. Conservatives warn that this would lead to a de facto national curriculum. "Conservatives are opposed to anything with the word `national' in it, and liberals are opposed to anything with the word `testing' in it," says ex-Education Secretary William Bennett.
Surprisingly, vouchers may prove less incendiary than expected. Teachers' unions and liberal groups dislike the idea of giving public funds to private schools. And on Jan. 27, Bush indicated in a radio address that he may not pursue the issue. Further, some conservatives privately admit that they may have already lost that battle. "Supporters of Bush are going to be forgiving on a lot of things because they're so happy it's not a Gore Administration," says Darcy Olsen, education director at Cato Institute, a libertarian group in Washington.
Paige's experience in Houston could help forge a compromise on vouchers. In 1996, under his leadership, the school board instituted a limited program to allow private schools to use public funds. The motivation was mostly pragmatic: The public schools simply couldn't accommodate all of the city's children. But to defuse a potential outcry from antivoucher groups, which saw the plan as a way to put public money into the Religious Right's hands, Paige agreed to exclude religious schools. The city also required private schools to certify their teachers and administrators with the same tests as public ones. Today, there's little fighting about the program.
When it comes to spending, Paige will need to be creative. Bush's proposal would add some $50 billion to federal school outlays over five years. But Democrats will challenge his plan to give states more flexibility in spending the funds. An alternative plan put forth by Senator Joseph I. Lieberman (D-Conn.) and other moderate Dems would punish failing schools by withholding federal money. But critics don't buy it. "The government would never cut off the federal dollars to a state," scoffs Susan Muskett, legislative-affairs director for the Christian Coalition.
The White House hopes to get a comprehensive bill passed this spring. That's a stretch given all the hurdles. But Paige thinks the various interest groups will get on board. "Organizations [that] hold fixed views about the status quo are in for change," he says. His persuasion worked in Houston. Now, the new education czar must make the same lesson plan work in a much larger classroom.


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The United Kingdom is internationally important for its numbers of wintering waterbirds, and many of these are monitored annually by the Wetland Bird Survey (WeBS) counts. However, the WeBS counts are mostly made on estuaries and inland waterbodies, therefore leaving the majority of the coastline uncounted. The 2015/16 Non-Estuarine Waterbird Survey (NEWS) will focus coverage on these important and under-recorded habitats.
Why is a new survey required?
It is known that important populations of several species such as Purple Sandpipers and Turnstone occur around our shores outside of estuaries, and consequently are not monitored annually. Following the original Winter Shorebird Count carried out in 1985 and NEWS counts in 1997/98 and 2006/07, the third repeat of NEWS will be carried out this coming winter.
How the survey works
The non-estuarine coastline is broken up into count sectors approximately 2km long, though some are shorter and some longer. There are 10 priority sectors which have been selected at random in each region. These priority sectors will be allocated first and then the others will be available for allocation. The survey runs from 1st December 2015 to 31st January 2016 and just a single count is needed, with all birds and mammals using the sector recorded.
*** The recording period for the Non-Estuarine Waterbird Survey has now ended ***
How to take part
- The survey will be carried out in conjunction with the Wetland Bird Survey, so if you are an existing WeBS Counter who uses WeBS Online, the NEWS options to select sectors will automatically appear on your WeBS Data Home page.
- If you are not a WeBS Counter but you have taken part in one of the BTO's online surveys (BBS, Atlas, BirdTrack etc) then please visit Survey Home where you will find a NEWS bar in your list of available surveys. Click on the word "Setup" to gain access to the online interface to be able to request your sectors and input your counts.
- If you have not used WeBS Online before or do not have a BTO username you will need to register for an online username and password, then please visit Survey Home to see the NEWS bar. Click on the word "Setup" to gain access to the online interface to be able to select your sectors and input your counts.
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What about birds on rocks out to sea? - Any area exposed at low tide that can be used by waders to forage should be thought of as intertidal, even if it is out to sea.
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So last night, my mommy didn't go to her night class, so I got some extra attention. (Read: Cat treats and some nip). But it wasn't until DADDY came home, that things got interesting! Mom is great, but she doesn't play rough with me and make me into a wildabeast like Daddy does...
Daddy "wrastled" with me, tossed me around, and let me chew on his hand for a while. Mommy just laughed because she knows that I like it rough every now and then, but she's afraid I might bite her too hard. Daddy is a landscape designer and Mommy is an artist/art teacher, so I guess he has tougher skin. When it's regularly nice outside, Mom has promised me that she will buy me a leash and a harness for taking walks outside. We'll see how I like that...
Right now, I hang out in the windows when it's warm enough, and sometimes Dad takes me for a "walk" while he carries me around the neighborhood. But I'm very good -- I never run away. I looked for my home for so long that I know a good thing once I've got it.
OH! And last night my favorite show on the Sci-Fi Channel was on -- "Ghost Hunters." I like to get right up to the T.V. and watch. I always get really excited when they say a house is haunted, and I make a big tail. I like anything about ghosts, really, because I can see them. I'm glad that Mom and Dad don't think this is weird, because a lot of humans are afraid of what Daddy's sister calls, "G's."
Well, it's time for my all-afternoon nap in my snuggly bed, so off I go. Goodnizzzzzzzzz....
Right now I'm sitting on my favorite perch (aka, the edge of the tub), and I just realized that it's snowing outside! Man, am I glad to live indoors! Mom is thinking of skipping her night class, because school is far away. This would make me oh, so happy, because then I could walk all over mom's art project while she removes me every five minutes. I'm not really all that interested in what she's doing, but I like to be a noodge. Maybe if I'm enough of a pest, she'll hit me up with some of the "magick catnip" she keeps in the closet for such occassions. Sometimes I can really be a handful. Tee hee... :x
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The Traffic on the highways in California is intense to say the least, and because of this they also have the most badly worn and rough roads we have encountered. Just outside Sacramento the Eagle had a blow out, the pot holes and cracks in the road finally won the battle. We pulled off onto the side of I-80 and called roadside assistance. About 100 yards further up the shoulder was another 5th wheel with a problem....... another 100 yards in front of that was ANOTHER trailer with a blow out... this was insane! Anyway 30 minutes later the roadside guy turned up and put the spare on. Sadly enough the tyre that blew out was not one of the badly worn ones..... we headed straight for a tyre shop and bought 2 new tyres.... $250.
We selected a state campground that we called that said they had one place left if we arrived soon, this was before the blow out....
As it was early evening we decided to head straight into San Francisco which was about 30 minutes drive away, it was hard to believe that we could be in such a quite peaceful valley only 30 mins from downtown SF. We drove around a little and then headed out in order to be prepared to get up for a full day in San Francisco.
We walked and walked and walked, San Francisco is a walking city, we criss-crossed back and forth the city up and down the hills. Seeing Castro, Fisherman's wharf, Downtown etc etc. Brent has an old friend who moved to San Francisco 12 years ago. They have not seen or talked to each other in 14 years, a mutual friend (Guy, Ft Walton) put them in touch... we made arrangements to meet Chad Fox the following afternoon.
Chad and Brent immediately hit it off (again) and spent the whole evening catching up while Chad showed us more of the city, we had a fun filled time with him and another great day in San Francisco.
Unfortunately the campground was fully booked for the weekend so sad of heart we continued on......