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The interesting and insightful essay by Henry Petroski on "A
Great Profession" (Engineering, July-August) repeats a
common misconception—that Herbert Hoover graduated with a
degree in mining engineering. In fact, when Stanford University
opened its doors in 1891, it did not offer a wide curriculum. Hoover
wished to study mining engineering, but insufficient courses were
offered initially for a major, so he studied geology instead. While
at Stanford, he met a female geology student, Lou Henry, whom he
later married. Herbert Hoover's 1895 A.B. diploma in geology
is often on display at the Hoover Institution of War, Revolution and
Peace on the Stanford campus.
Young Hoover's first job after graduation was as field assistant to
the famed minerals geologist Waldemar Lingren of the U.S. Geological
Survey, carrying out geologic mapping in California's Sierra Nevada.
His official field notebooks are in the possession of the USGS.
Prior to 1900 he published several brief geology articles in
industry publications.
The line between mining geology and mining engineering was
diaphanous in those days. In spite of his degree in the science of
geology, Hoover yearned to apply mechanics and economics to mining.
Less than a year after graduation, he entered the employment of a
San Francisco mining engineer—as a mining engineer. The rest
is history.
Fred BarnardGolden, CO
You can find this online at http://www.americanscientist.org/issues/num2/2006/9/scientists-vs-engineers/1
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Day 85 - Heading to our winter wonderland
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We arrived in Toronto at lunchtime and walked through the gates to see Craig waiting for us. How wonderful. We grabbed some sarmies and jumped into the car heading for Collingwood. The drive was great fun with catching up with Craig and enjoying the snowy landscape. The farm houses dusted in snow are just delightful. Straight off the cover of an old fashioned chocolate box.
We arrived at Tanya's mom's house at around 15:00 and were warmly greeted by the family. Orin even had his jingle bells ready and tinkling when we walked in the door.
There was a fire lit in the lounge next to our room and Marie made us the nicest cup of hot chocolate when we arrived. We felt very spoilt and very welcome. It was amazing to see Orin all grown up into a little boy. He almost instantly took to Anton playing trains and showing him the drums. We enjoyed the afternoon settling in and then it was dinner time. Homemade pizzas were on the menu and we had a great time sitting with the family and enjoying pizza and salads. Then it was on with the jackets and boots and off to church. The church is small and cosy and the pastor held a lovely service to welcome in Christmas. We thoroughly enjoyed it. Crunching in the snow to and from the car was also a highlight, especially for Tess!
Back home we sat down to homemade cookies and tea and finished off the evening with a game of Pictionary. Orin's cousin Elijah was the dedicated dice thrower and threw the most sixes we'd ever seen. It was the perfect way to end off the day. After everyone had headed to bed we put on our elf hats and did some pressie wrapping, tucking them under the Christmas tree before heading to bed. We can't wait for our first white Christmas in Canada tomorrow.


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by Paul July 27, 2004
this word most people think means to take an analysist of but that is false my frend. it is when you inspect the female anus, and then if it is nice you will then cum into a cup. you then pour the cum from the cup into a funnel which will be place sticking out of the ass. you can also do this to the pussy if you wish. after she moans, you then push her over out of her "analystic stance" and start nailing the fuck out of her.
I analyzed my girlfriend so well last night.
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To break down into its constituents parts and examine them; determine meaning from
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Nothing else needs to be said particularly other than today's rain arrived in the early afternoon and was quite light compared to the rain we've had every other day since we've been in Wales
Just to keep the blog fully briefed, the dinner we had at the Corn Mill lived up to everything we hoped it would. We had the best table for two sitting in the conservatory directly overlooking the River Dee which was still raging. Keith drank the Spitting Feathers Thirst Quencher bitter which he has decided is possible the best bitter in Britain. Out meals were terrific and very flavoursome, from the goats cheese and mushroom tart which we shared as a starter to Debby's vegetable and chick pea curry. However, Keith's meal was the piece de la resistance! He rates the pork belly the best he has had and accompanied by lightly spiced red cabbage, dauphinoise potatoes and spring vegetables. He was in seventh heaven.
All in all it was a lovely evening as we reflected on our adventure so far and the learnings we have accumulated.Not surprisingly we find all our major discoveries are not historical or geographical or indeed anything to do with the places we pass through. They are all about ourselves.
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I wonder how many of those hits are mine? Sounds like the rain in Wales is like the rain I remember in the West of Scotland, warmer in summer. lighter some days, but pretty much alwys expected!
I'm not surprised you have so many hits!!!! The blog is compelling and such a wonderful way to stay in touch with absent friends.....hope the Corn Mill was the much aniticpated gastronomic experience you need......much love to you both D & G
The B Team is still with you Keith, slip streaming you as always. It's just that we get behind sometimes and need a bit of time to surge and catch up. Water temp was 10.9C this morning and air temp about 6C. Water very turbid and choppy. Swam with Ian Buchanan. Hopefully by the time you return spring will have arrived. It's still winter here but with more daylight. Presume your days are getting noticeably shorter. Will you walk in the dark like you swim in the dark?
Oh Deb, we do love to read of your adventures.
Some of the scenery stunning and the livestock invariably look fat and healthy and pretty friendly. You can obviously get close to them, perhaps used to ramblers.
Have just been up to Mum's and it is so green and lush up there it is really uplifting. Lots of birds about. You haven't mentioned birdlife much, do you see lots of various birds? I do recall see Di with the ducks of course.
Hope you have less rain in the coming weeks.
Take care G & D
well, not always. Today there is no quote, standing here in the bookshop and thinking of you keith, as there is lots of reading, you will just have to do. Perhaps you will take the less travelled road, bearing in mind , wherever you go, there you are...
The daily comings and goings in Ormond road, remain just that... comings and goings. A new display table arrived for the ever burgoning arrivals.
what are you reading on your rest days? does it still rain? what is the next adventure?
Thought of you a lot this week as we were walking the southern half of the West Highland Way which must be fairly dim in your memory by now. We were lucky, as, apart from an initial drenching, we had dry weather and an enjoyable time.
I should have said when I met you that I was worried that you hadn't booked accommodation for your current stretch as I thought there might be problems.
Glad that you are sorting that out now and that you seem to be feeling less exhausted.
Spoke to Ria and David, friends of Morag in Perth, this morning.
K&D had hope to come down and see you but it was all a bit difficult , ended up in Dover seeing siye of other iveberger champions , most recent writing on the wall of whitehorse pub shows richard payne as oldest australia crossing. whilst in france I swam from england to france but that was during the 100 war when to swim the dordognia river was enough. All the best to you both , I will start swimming again this weekend. J&D
Glad you are feeling better. Good for all of us to have a reminder that we shouldn't rush, but enjoy the moments.
It appears, like the seasoned marathoners you are now, you hit the wall, but managed to crash through it with an epic sense of achievement - so proud of you both. Hope the gastonomic experience was just that! All my love always xxxx
Still the best read of the week bar none. Looking for the book to be extended to a video or series on TV " Ask the Badgers".


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TO obviate the danger of this threat being fulfilled, Mr. Linton commissioned me to take
the boy home early, on Catherine's pony; and, said he:
"As we shall now have no influence over his destiny, good or bad, you must say nothing
of where he is gone, to my daughter: she cannot associate with him hereafter, and it is
better for her to remain in ignorance of his proximity; lest she should be restless, and
anxious to visit the Heights. Merely tell her that his father sent for him suddenly, and he
has been obliged to leave us."
Linton was very reluctant to be roused from his bed at five o'clock, and quite astonished
to be informed that he must prepare for further travelling; but I softened off the matter by
stating that he was going to spend some time with his father, Mr. Heathcliff, who wished
to see him so much, he did not like to defer the pleasure till he should recover from his
late journey.
"My father!" he cried, in strange perplexity. "Mamma never told me I had a father. Where
does he live? I'd rather stay with uncle."
"He lives a little distance from the Grange," I replied; "just beyond those hills: not so far,
but you may walk over here when you get hearty. And you should be glad to go home,
and to see him. You must try to love him, as you did your mother, and then he will love
"But why have I not heard of him before?" asked Linton. "Why didn't mamma and he live
together, as other people do?"
"He had business to keep him in the north," I answered, "and your mother's health
required her to reside in the south."
"And why didn't mamma speak to me about him?" persevered the child. "She often talked
of uncle, and I learnt to love him long ago. How am I to love papa? I don't know him."
"Oh, all children love their parents," I said. "Your mother, perhaps, thought you would
want to be with him if she mentioned him often to you. Let us make haste. An early ride
on such a beautiful morning is much preferable to an hour's more sleep."
"Is she to go with us," he demanded: "the little girl I saw yesterday?"
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There is another way!
Today, America goes to the polls. Whoever wins, we will not be ruled by a tyrannical despot. Whoever wins, we will not die by the millions of starvation. Whoever wins, there will not be widespread violence, or a civil war. Democracy is a huge advance over previous systems – it is very good at minimizing bloodshed.
But let's keep in mind some other things. Whoever wins, a politician will get elected. Whoever wins, a political technology largely unchanged for 250 years will march on. Whoever wins, half the country will be furious, knowing that decisions about their lives will be made by someone whose views they profoundly disagree with. Democracy is, at its root, a system where the majority imposes its will by force on the minority. To some of us, that is fundamentally unjust.
There is an alternative. If the underlying economics made it necessary to make all decisions at the level of 300,000,000 people, there would be nothing to do but grit our teeth and bear it. But for the vast majority of issues, this is not the case. There is no reason for uniformity in what medicines we are allowed to take, what marriage arrangements the state sanctions, what policies best balance equality and progress, or any of a wide variety of other policies decided at the state and federal level. Instead of forcing the will of 51% onto 49%, we can, by forming small, voluntary associations, let everyone have what they want.
End the fighting. End the force. Join us, and work to build a better way.
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Planned communities are the way to go. If autonomy is what you seek, the oceans seem to be nearly the only way to achieve it.
I'm going to assume by "planned community" that you mean a "private (planned) community" where the community is built largely with private funds, e.g., a business developing a housing tract, also known as a "gated community". That's much closer to a free system since people choose their community's policies by choosing to join or leave. I would call that a "private community" for clarity. I think I've heard them called "private planned communities".
"Planned communities" can mean something completely different where government bureaucrats dictate every building in a community, how the streets are laid out, what types of building materials are allowed, what businesses are allowed and where, when they are allowed to operate, etc.
As you can see the two types of communities are very different. One is top down (ruled form above) and the other is bottom up or at least joined and agreed to by specific choice.
Another term of interest is "intentional community" which is essentially people getting together and forming a community by choice,
Your private planned community is where I was going with my comment.
Democracy is a huge advance over previous systems – it is very good at minimizing bloodshed.
Is it, really ? Kenya, Russia, Haiti, Pakistan, Venezuela, and even my country France demonstrate that democracy is nowhere near a guarantee against oppression, civil war and assorted bloodsheds. In fact, what we can see in the contemporary world, is that whatever the government model, its range of power over the individual is a measure of the violence expressed in this country.
Even as the "democratic model" (which is really a representative elective aristocracy or monarchy) lets a majority (or the largest minority, really) change who is in power, it cannot avert that those who would be willing to have their own choice of men dominate everyone else, will not necessarily accept whoever the rest of the country chooses instead. This reaction is just as violent as the power to be attributed is wide-ranging and deep.
In conclusion, it is not democracy that induces civil peace, but rather the opposite: peaceful, formal changes of governants have been only made possible ever since the state was forced into a tiny constitutional or judicial cage in the past few centuries in the western world. That instaurating such a formal, recurrent change of governants has such bloody consequences in so many other countries in our time shows how much the belief in this "democratic model" is misplaced.


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This month, we had Jarrell give us an excellent presentation on the "blender" 3-D animation project. He covered many tips & tricks to manipulating the blender user interface, and showed an example of actually building a 3D model and animating it.
Jarrell used blender to generate the opening credits sequence to his amateur short video "Fit for Society". (Look on google or youtube to view this animation.)
It would be completely impractical for me to try to document everything he covered at the meeting in these minutes, but if you have any interest in blender, you should be able to find some FAQs with google.
The construction work on the Teachers' Lounge in Swearingen has been completed, so we are back to meeting in our normal location. (First floor next to the canteen.)


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The essence of advocacy is to lend a voice to someone or a group that cannot speaker for them. Students in the Business Administration program at Globe University-Madison West decided to lend support to the homeless of Madison, specifically by working with State Street Families.
State Street Families, a grassroots outreach charity, sets out to provide essential items to the homeless population in Madison. Essential items like food, personal hygiene products and sleeping bags are collected and distributed by State Street Family volunteers to the Madison homeless population.
Tami Miller, founder of State Street Families visited the Business Law class to present information on her organization and to share her thoughts as to what the class could provide. During her talk, students watched a video which provided them with an up close and personal look at the day in the life of the Madison homeless. It was in this video that the idea of providing a resource card to the homeless, and in particular, to the newly homeless, emerged. This information card, informally called "The Companion" will help the homeless with contact information on where to go for shelter, food, medicine, counseling and emergencies.
Students in the Business Administration program invited homeless men to Globe University-Madison West and interviewed them about their lives on the street and how their lives could be made better. This exercise validated the class's choice of assembling "The Companion". Those interviewed agreed that it would have been invaluable for them when they first hit the streets.
From this point on the class researched several sources of contacts and assistance to the homeless. Students tried to find the ones that were consistently providing the best services and that seemed to be dedicated to helping the less fortunate.
"The Companion" is scheduled to be printed and handed off to Tami Miller who through State Street Families will distribute the card to the homeless.
For students, the project has been both educational and an eye opening experience.
Scott Miller, student in the Business Administration program was responsible for introducing the topic of helping the homeless in Madison to his classmates. "As the instigator of this project, I am proud of the deliverable that we created to help the homeless in Madison. My friend, Tami Miller will now be able to help educate current and future homeless citizens with our resource card. These cards will help them find basic needs, such as food, shelter and other resources. This has been a truly remarkable experience."
Rebecca Carstens, student in the Business Administration program came out of this project more informed. "I learned through this project that homelessness can happen to anyone at any time, so the resource card will come in handy for those who use State Street Families and who need to find food and shelter. This was one of the best feelings I've had and feel like they will be better off knowing where to go."
"Homeless communities are an unfortunate part of our society. The opinion I held of this community was highly prejudiced and I didn't even know it. After this project, I feel that the homeless are as much of a victim of our society change and are held shackled to their past wrong doings. I believe this project is going to make an impact and for that I'm proud of our efforts." Christopher Hooper, student in the Business Administration program .
For more information about State Street Families and how you can help, log onto their Facebook page.


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What color is the grip on the ESB rifle or on a real webley?
Also, does anyone have a good picture showing the holes in the flashtube?It doesn't have to be a pic of Fetts gun, could be a pic of a real flash tube.
One more thing, does anyone have casts of the stock greablies?


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This fragrance became part of the perfume collection "La Collection Fragrances", which was launched to celebrate the 70th anniversary of the perfume tradition of the house of Lancôme. The elegant, transparent bottles of La Collection perfumes were designed in the early 1970s by George Delhomme, one of the founders of the house of Lancôme. The composition of this delicate, sensual and elegant perfume is based on a gentle harmony of rose and amber, symbols of femininity and sensuality. Base notes are rose, amber, musk and vanilla. Mille et Une Roses was launched in 1999. The nose behind this fragrance is Christine Nagel.
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It's six weeks since I splurged on a 75ml FB of this gorgeous frag. Every morning since then, I've stood there considering my collection of uber pretty florals (because I am a totally floral gal) - from Guerlain, Chloe, Cartier, Narciso, Vera Wang, Agent Provocateur, etc etc ... and just about every morning, my hand has closed around this little bottle of "my blue heaven" - Mille & Une Roses.
I don't think calling it "drop dead gorgeous" is overstating the case, I really don't. Rose and vanilla together can be utterly bewitching to the point where you don't ever want to wear anything else (yes, I'm talking about you, Rose Ispahan!).
But although Mille & Une lacks Ispahan's wicked fluffy marshmallow vibe, it actually has something I think I prefer: it's an understated elegance, and I call it that because while it's an unashamedly feminine rose, it's so very well tempered (or perhaps subdued is the better word) by the musk and amber and vanilla; and also it doesn't project hugely, so you aren't going to smack anyone over the nose with it.
I notice it most when I've been driving for five minutes with the heater on, and in the warmth of the enclosed space, it blooms and fills the air. It makes me inhale deeply, and drive on full of smiling goodwill for my fellow motorists. I love it madly.
I love Mille et Une Roses, it's a really lovely, gentle, light very delicate champagne rose. It's exactly like the champagne roses my mother grew, and we always had them in the house; it was a rose heaven in there. I adore them. They're the prettiest roses. Mille et Une Roses captures that smell perfectly, sublimely. It's divine!
I'm a rose lover that really likes well done rosey perfumes but I can wear most of my rose based fragrances once in a blue moon,maybe because I couldn't find MY rose,something that I'd really love
Now I feel that lancome mille and une roses mat be THE ONE.rose is the most dominant note here and it's a very pretty one.there is also a soft touch of very good musk,amber and vanilla to make it deep and sweet and sensual.it's gorgeous,feminine and delicate.I adore it's sweetness and how well-rounded it is
It's wearable almost everytime and everywhere,I can't tell about it's longevity and sillage yet,it's the first time I'm trying my 3ml sample,but I've already ordered a bottle.I applied two sprays 3 hours ago and I easily can smell it but it seems to be close to skin.really wish it doesn't dissapoint after some time.I even like it's blue-colored juice
Edit:I'm not a rose fan as I used to be but still I love this one.it's a sweet,delicious rose and reminds me van cleef's rose velorous in the opening. As time passes sweetness becomes delicate and it becomes musky.amber and vanilla prevent it from becoming very soapy
This is a modern,sweet,clean,superfeminine and lovely
I am not into rosy perfumes. Or maybe I just haven't found them. I bought this by the reviews just to test if this was a rose that I like.
This is really beautiful scent. Soft, very realistic light rose.
In Finland we have a special white rose that blooms in the June. It's linked to our midsummer festivities. This perfume brought me straight back to midsummer. Just like the midsummer rose and rosebuds. I love it!
Afterwards I can smell soft vanillic note that mixes beautifully with the rose. And at some point I can smell pure honey. That sweetness is quite dominant for a while. I'm not sure if it's the amber but it smells good. (Normally Amber is strong and stingy note on my skin)
Overall this is really beautiful perfume and it gave me a nice surprise because I had no expectations.
OMG - The Opening!! It is beyond gorgeous. Bright, sparkling, almost champagne roses - the best I've seen in any rose perfume. Not green, not artificial, not dark, not spicy, thankfully no patch - just perfection. I fell so in love and almost bought a bottle immediately.
However after 10-20 minutes a strong annoying tobacco note appeared and stayed until the end. What is this about? Does anyone else get this tobacco note or is it the amber which gives this effect on my skin. So disappointed. I so wish it stayed like its opening forever...
Good news for all. Estee Lauder has just launched "AERIN Rose de Grasse" It smells very similar, almost identical.
I just reseived their marketing panphlet with a sample in it. It definitely a decent rip-off of Et Une Rose.
But still nothing can compare to the original.
unfortunately, the new version have been changed and reformulated.
i bought two bottles and i thought it's going to be the same as the old gorgeous version.
Gorgeous. This is what I imagined Viktoria Minya's "Hedonist Rose" would smell like when I first sampled, and unfortunately I was disappointed with that one (ended up being way too weak/watery and pale for me). This however, is a rich, deep, full-bodied rose. It reminds me of Stella Absolute a little, but without that irritating lemon note in stella that makes it come off as a little too crisp for me. This also has much better longevity and is much more intense than stella RA, at least on me. Amazing fragrance, so glad lancome has brought it back.
I am forever trying rose perfumes to see if I can find one that beats this but there is nothing better. It's very expensive but worth the splurge. I feel totally comforted every time I put it on and I love when catch the scent of it on a scarf or top I'm putting on. It's a gentle perfume, lovely day or night any time of year.
A lovely, subdued and straightforward Rose, I bought one after reading all the rave reviews. Thanks to Christinasegal123 for the precious info on where to find this.
This really smell like rose scent when you put your nose close to the blooming flower! Nothing loud or sharp, just a steady stream of high-quality rose softened by the slightest hint of vanilla and musk. Very comforting and doesn't smell artificial at all.
Update: Saw this in the store today, apparently it has been brought back and no longer a Limited Edition
I see a lot of people here asking for similar scents, I don't know if you are aware but this collection has been bought back. I was just in Selfridges earlier and I saw all of them. The bottles have been redesigned from the one pictured.
في نظري من افضل عطور لانكوم وافضل عطور الروز للاسف تم يقاف انتاجة لا ادري مالسبب، واتوقع لا ازال ينتج لمعارض خاصه فقط في لندن
This is my very favorite perfume. I first had the original in the teardrop bottle, then when it was released in the bottle pictured above. When I found out they were discontinuing it again, I bought five backup bottles. Yes, five. It is that good. I am down to two bottles, so am trying to find something else I like, but no luck so far. For me, so far no other rose based scent compares. Any ideas?
I receive compliments all the time when I wear this. I won't pretend that I know how to identify which kind of rose it is, or even that I can find vanilla in it. I do see the musk and amber, which is what I believe keeps it from being 'old lady'.
I do own Stella as well and can see how they are somewhat similar. I find rose the star in the Mille & Une, while the rose in Stella has almost equal billing with amber and citrus. The citrus, I think, it what makes Stella too different than Mille & Une Roses.
The best (rose)scent ever!! I love it since more 13 years. If you love sublime rose with a hint of vanilla and musk you made the right choice loving this perfume.
What a waste discontinuing this wonderful fragrance. There won´t be nothing comparable! :-( I´ll be always looking for you, 2000 Et Une Rose.
I asked jazzbirdsinger for a sample of this perfume and she graciously sent me some. It was love at first sniff!!! I am enthralled by the beautiful damask rose its very dewy and wet. Then when this gem starts to warm up on my skin the magic begins when the amber and vanilla start to mingle doing a little dance as I say... Then this gorgeous musk appears out of nowhere and I am hooked! I thought I was going to lose my mind if I could'nt find this frangrance... I have searched and searched and with the help of some wonderful fragraticans I soon will have this incredible bottle of magic for my very own!!! It is still being sold through one and only one retailer. If your interested PM me... It's so worth having!
For anyone wishing to find this fragrance it is available to buy at Harrods and Selfridges in London. It is also available to purchase online from their websites.
I wish I had bought this when it was in stores. It was expensive, but I didn't realize that they were SERIOUS with this limited edition. Now that my sample has run out, I cannot find this anywhere. Such a beautiful true rose perfume. So dressy & feminine. I love it and hope it comes back!
This is a rose soliflore to me Can hardly detect the other few notes
, It is a light true rose for the real rose lover - a treasure for sure....
It is not a spicy or fruity fresh mixture, nor a deep sweet one.
Ok hints of sweetness but so cold, dry and gracile like the brittle pink velvet texture of the rose itself.But I would prefer any Stella roses to this if I had to choose,cause it is wayyy overprized,...
but I would love it as a gift ! ; )
I wanted this perfume so much and finally bought it overpriced. I was somewhat disappointed. I expected a chic rose perfume based on the reviews but what I got was a chic tobacco perfume. I barely smell the roses, they are overpowered by what smells like a strong tobacco note, even though it is not listed in the pyramid. Overall I still like it and will keep it but if I had a chance to smell it before the purchase, I would not have paid the money I paid for it.
This is a beautiful Rose scent . warm cosy and feminin whit a touch off vanilla . this one reminds me so much off the Stella mccartney roses a mix between stella nude and stella Rose absolute. i love it . A little soapy rose , not as deap as stella Rose Absolute, but not as fresh as Nude eather ..
a gental rose i would say , not very sharp in any way . Thanks Adrienn for sampeling this one to me . :)
If I could write a poem, sure that I would write about this parfumröl! wonderful creamy roses. I think it was the scent of the garden of the princess in the Arabian Nights! wonderful aroma like a freshly opened rosebud. a hint of vanilla and amber! a bit expensive but worth it because it is a real luxury, I can recommend it to anyone who loves a rose smells
an update: if you're having difficulties finding mille une roses here's a tip to have the exact same smell: try st.ives french vanilla body lotion after showering then spray crabtree and Evelyn Rose Water eau de toilette on your skin and viola there's mille une roses :)
p.s: i have mille une roses in my collection so i know what i am talking about ;)
Enjoy <3
Beautiful take on rose. Mille et Une Roses is a bit different rose scent. Soft, dreamy and ethearal but has enough depth to stay interesting. Very, very beautiful. Something I love more and more every time I wear it. I get mainly soft, velvety rose blended with vanilla and musk. The bottle and the blue juice match well with the scent.
I bought my first bottle from Harrods, it was a gift set with the edp and scented candle. The candle was the best and most beautiful perfumed candle I've ever smelled and I'd pay a fortune to get one again. If anyone knows where to get that candle again, I'd be very happy to hear it! I ended up buying a backup bottle and a mini of this too, which I rarely do. One of my all time favourites and something I wish to have always in my collection.
Just bought a 15 ml bottle blindly and it's an absolute heaven in a bottle! A gorgeous, soft, feminine rose. Perfect!
A very delicate and ambery rose... soft, close to the skin, absolutely beautiful. I have a small decant, but for the price this one costs, I don't think I will add a bottle to my collection.... unless I find a good deal somewhere. I think it's expensive for what it is... maybe if the silage was stronger I would kill to get it, but like this, nope; I am not rich enough to pay $100 for 50 ml that only I will be able to sniff...
one of the best i love it and hope to get it again if i can find it :)
nice vanilla softened rose, wish the ride was longer (2-3 hours on my skin, which is grave enough reason to end the liaison or maybe not :-))
when innocence meets lust.....
I didnt know Fragrantica has this posted!
This is my all time favorite perfume.
I first tried it when a friend of mine left a sample at my place. I instantly fell in love with this beautiful composition that truly makes justice to roses, unlike most "rose" perfumes i know.
An absolute masterpiece!
One of the most beautiful Lancome fragrances, I love roses scent. The bottle is amazing! I'd like to have this fragraance, unfortunately they don't sell it here.
Gorgeous, enticing, dreaming scent of the truest rose with soft (and I mean soft) hints of good musk, clean and soft musk with no dirty edge and no artificial white musk smell.
I know only one place where they sell it and they are quite snobish. I almost fainted at the price. I couldn't afford buying it, but I went away sniffing my hand all the time with pure pleasure.
It's one of those rare fragrances that make me happy without any other thought about like: is it sexy? will it please others? Is it refined for formal meetings or for evening outs with friends? Is it fashionable these days?
Nothing. No care about. I just want to wear it and be contented with myself.
the best perfume,,,,,the best!!!!!!!!!!
one of my all time favorites, classic, musky, just lovely. I'd give it the highest rating possible
A lovely peppery rose. A grown up scent more for evening wear than daytime.
Have just bought this and Givenchy's Very Irresistable Sensual. I like both, BUT the Lancome one does not scream 'rose' at me as I expected with that name! At the price its over-rated for me. Comparing the two the Givenchy is my favourite, its more intense and special and of course more modern. But neither top for me Jo Malone's Red Roses! It smells like a rose garden and when I wear it people always know its there and what it is. It makes me feel happy, the Mille is just another floral to me!
The best scent ever!! I love it since 10 years. It´s my one and only for ever. I would give everything for this perfume only to have it.
I just love this scent,it starts out with a soft ambery scent then blossoms into a delicate rose with a hint of musk. It is perfect for summer.I think I just found my signature scent.
A friend of mine found this scent in a small shop. We went there and tested: it started soft, no sharpness, then the scent developed into a more deeper rosy notes with honeyed quality. The only down point is the staying power, though I can smell the faint rose notes and musk on her after 3 hours.
While Mille and Une Roses smelled great on my friend, it's soured on me. Body chemistry thing again:(
This was promoted on the eve of the millennium, and I suckered my then boyfriend into buying me a bottle. It was such a pleasure: soft and musky, without the sharpness one often finds in rose scents. Very lovely, but lasts just a few short hours. In my view, Stella McCartney's first fragrance is a shameless rip-off of this scent!
One of the very delicate "roses", not oily at all
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The shadow of the tower fell sharply across the path, which ran
up almost alongside of it. We were both extremely warm by reason
of our long and rapid walk on that hot day, and this shade should
have been grateful to us. In short, I find it difficult to account for
the unwelcome chill which I experienced at the moment that I
found myself at the foot of the time-worn monument. I know that
we both pulled up sharply and looked at one another as though
acted upon by some mutual disturbance.
But not a sound broke the stillness save a remote murmuring,
until a solitary sea gull rose in the air and circled directly over the
tower, uttering its mournful and unmusical cry. Automatically to
my mind sprang the lines of the poem:
Far from all brother-men, in the weird of the fen,
With God's creatures I bide, 'mid the birds that I ken;
Where the winds ever dree, where the hymn of the sea
Brings a message of peace from the ocean to me.
Not a soul was visible about the premises; there was no sound of
human activity and no dog barked. Nayland Smith drew a long
breath, glanced back along the way we had come, then went on,
following the wall, I beside him, until we came to the gate. It was
unfastened, and we walked up the stone path through a wilderness
of weeds. Four windows of the house were visible, two on the
ground floor and two above. Those on the ground floor were
heavily boarded up, those above, though glazed, boasted neither
blinds nor curtains. Cragmire Tower showed not the slightest
evidence of tenancy.
We mounted three steps and stood before a tremendously
massive oaken door. An iron bell-pull, ancient and rusty, hung on
the right of the door, and Smith, giving me an odd glance, seized
the ring and tugged it.
From somewhere within the building answered a mournful
clangor, a cracked and toneless jangle, which, seeming to echo
through empty apartments, sought and found an exit apparently by
way of one of the openings in the round tower; for it was from
above our heads that the noise came to us.


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Where We Stand: The State of Our Union
As President Obama gets ready to address the country on the State of the Union on Tuesday, here at It's A Free Country we thought we ought to do our own check-in, so here are some stats on where we stand.
The Daily Grind
According to the January release from the Bureau of Labor Statistics, the unemployment rate in December fell by 0.4 of a percentage point to 9.4 percent, with the bump coming from hiring in the hospitality, healthcare, and leisure industries. In real numbers that means 556,000 new jobs since November, decreasing the number of unemployed to 14.5 million. Weekly jobless claims came in lower than expected this week, after coming in slightly higher than expected than week before. But overall, the weekly trend in jobless claims is moving downward.
So what's this mean? Depends who you ask. Most of the jobs went to adult men and white people, so unemployment rates among adult women, teenagers, African Americans, Hispanics and Asians have stayed pretty static, as did the rate of long-term unemployment. Unemployment was higher last year — in December 2009 it was about 9.8 percent — but a year before that it was much lower, at 7.4 percent.
Crime and Safety
The latest data on the FBI's website come from the first six months of 2010. It indicates a 6.2 percent decrease in the number of violent crimes, which is a really big drop in terms of recent history. Murder is down 7.1 percent, rape is down 6.2 percent, and robbery is down a whopping 10.7 percent. It's the latest in a multi-year decline in violent crimes. In 2009, violent crime fell by 4.4 percent, the year before that, it was down by 3.5 percent.
So we're safe? Depends where you live. Crime is down 7.2 percent in the Midwest and 7.8 percent in the South, and at least 6 percent everywhere else — except the Northeast, where it's barely changed at all, just down a mere 0.2 percent. And if you live in New Orleans, please lock your doors and be careful out there.
Clean Living
The latest polls show that seven out of ten Americans say that religion is losing its influence on American life, almost reaching the all-time high of 75 percent in 1970, according to Gallup. While Americans seem to be as religious as they've ever been since the late 1970s on a personal level, attendance at church and synagogues has decreased to the lowest levels since the 1930s.
In related news, Gallup also found that the very religious tend to smoke less, exercise more, and eat more fruits and veggies.
Not Making Ends Meet
The poverty numbers are grim — but slightly out-of-date. According to 2010 census data, the official poverty rate in 2009 was 14.3 percent, or one in seven American residents. This is the highest the poverty rate has been since 1994, and in actual numbers (43.6 million) is the largest number in the 51 years that the U.S. Census Bureau has been publishing poverty estimates.
Is it all bad news? Well, mostly yes, but there is some good news. While the poverty rate may have increased for whites, African Americans, Hispanics and children, and held steady for Asians, it actually decreased for those 65 and older, from 9.7 to 8.9 percent. Good thing, too, since the rest of us will be moving back in with them.
And Don't Get Sick
On Wednesday, House Republicans passed a repeal of the health care reform legislation, which includes a mandate for health insurance beginning in 2014. As it stands now, 16.4 percent of Americans were uninsured in 2010, which was the same the year before, but an increase of 1.6 percent since 2008.
But the numbers are much worse if you break them out by demographic. For example, 38.9 percent of Hispanics are uninsured, as are 29.7 percent of those 18 and older who are earning less than $36,000 annually. Once again, though, the senior citizens are doing the best – only 3.1 percent are uninsured.
Young people age 18 to 26 are highly uninsured at 28 percent, though under the health care bill, they would be eligible to remain on their parents' plans.
The state of our union is also decreasingly one in which people get insurance through their employers, as the number of employers offering health benefits fell to 45.8 percent in 2010 from 46.8 the year before.
But Things Aren't All Bad!
We, as a nation, are happier and less stressed than we were a year ago. According to a Gallup poll, the percentage of Americans experiencing more bluebirds and sunshine increased one percentage point in 2010. Crime is down, we don't have to work, and our senior citizens are doing okay – what's not to enjoy?


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If those are the only two choices, we lean much closer to "best" than to "worst," but that's kind of simplistic. Nicki's exciting, but she's also pretty new; and if she's bringing a lot of interesting ideas to the table she can also be pretty hit-and-miss with her execution. We're definitely on her side, but we're reserving definitive judgment until she's got more than one album under her belt.
Isn't she noteworthy just for being a successful female rapper?
Unfortunately so. Don't get us wrong—there's nothing unfortunate about her success, but it's criminal that there haven't been more female rappers who have enjoyed long-term success. To her credit, Nicki doesn't pretend she's any kind of trailblazer in this regard: from the Sequence and Lady B to Queen Latifah and MC Lyte to Lauren Hill and Lisa Lopes to Missy Elliott and Foxy Brown to Jean Grae and Estelle, hip-hop has always had more room in it for female voices than a lot of thug-centric narratives might claim. But there's little doubt Minaj is the most successful female MC ever, at least by some metrics. She's the only person ever to have seven songs simultaneously in the Billboard Hot 100, she's the first unaccompanied female to top the Hot Rap Songs chart since 2002, and she's the first female MC to have a No. 1 album since The Miseducation of Lauryn Hill in 1998.
So what kind of name is Nicki Minaj anyway?
A stage name, obviously. (If you don't get the double entendre of Minaj, far be it from us to spoil it for you.) She was born Onika Tanya Maraj in 1984 in Trinidad, a Caribbean island nation near the South American coast. Her parents are of Afro-Trinidadian and Indian descent, so Nicki can claim American, African, and Asian heritage. She moved to Queens, New York at age five, and went to arts schools in Queens and Manhattan, where she studied music and drama. She released her first mixtape, Playtime Is Over, in 2007, and followed it with Sucka Free in 2008. She was making a name for herself in underground rap circles while developing her free-associative, multi-vocal style, and her third mixtape, Beam Me Up Scotty was quickly followed by the announcement of her singing to Lil Wayne's Young Money Entertainment.
So she owes everything to Lil Wayne?
We wouldn't say that, and not just because of the sexist assumption that behind every successful woman is a more successful man. Sure, Weezy's championing of her is how most people got to hear of her, but he's championed lots of his friends over the years, and very few of them have gone on to release platinum albums. She became part of the Young Money crew, rapping on five songs on the crew's late 2009 debut We Are Young Money. The first single from the album, "Bedrock," was her introduction to mainstream pop music, especially when it reached No. 2 on the Billboard Hot 100 in early 2010. Her verse, with its rapid-fire vocal changes, stood out even among the fanciful wordplay of Lil Wayne, Tyga, Gudda Gudda, Jae Millz, and Drake and the smooth vocals of Lloyd.
Oh yeah, speaking of that. What's with all the weird voices?
This is usually what people focus on when they talk about Nicki being innovative or exciting. Following in the footsteps of rappers like the Wu-Tang Clan or Eminem, she's created several alternate identities—including "Harajuku Barbie," "Roman Zolanski," "Martha Zolanski" even "Nicki Minaj" (while "Onika"—supposedly the closest to her real self—has even made an appearance on Pink Friday). Keeping them straight—as well as keeping track of all the new ones she's always unveiling—could be a full-time job, but getting fans to invest in her mythology is one of the ways she's become more than just a rapper: she's a full-fledged pop star.
Yeah, about that. Is she a rapper or a singer?She's both! Like Lil Wayne, Drake or Kid Cudi (or like Lauryn Hill, back in the day), she moves easily between hip-hop, pop and R&B, not wanting to limit herself to any particular audience or any particular style. That doesn't mean she's equally good at both—for our money, her spitting is way better than her singing—but she's not bad at either, and it's hard to argue with the success of left-field ballads like "Your Love" and "Right Thru Me." One of the common refrains has been that she's a better guest rapper than she is a solo artist, and we're not about to claim that she's not the best thing about Ludacris' "My Chick Bad," Trey Songz' "Bottoms Up" or Kanye West's "Monster" (where she also gets to blow Jay-Z and Rick Ross out of the water), but her flair for the dramatic makes even her slowest songs compulsively listenable.
So the album's uneven?
That's a good way of putting it. There's nothing actively bad on it (okay, "Right Thru Me" is a little wearying), but probably the worst thing about it is that it doesn't contain her debut single "Massive Attack" with Sean Garrett, probably because it didn't do great commercially, but it's an excellent club banger with some of her most inventive language-warping. Still, there's a lot of good stuff on Pink Friday—the boastful "Did It on 'Em," Euro-hit "Check It Out" with will.i.am and the album's strongest cut, "Roman's Revenge" with Eminem, featuring her gay alter ego Roman Zolanski.
Hasn't she been kind of controversial?
We guess? Every pop star is controversial, just because that much exposure means there's that much more opportunity for people to find fault. But there have been a few repeated assertions about Nicki. The first is that she's not actually as gay-friendly as she'd like to pretend. The worst charge here is that she made her "It Gets Better" statement about her instead of gay kids (and she's hardly the most self-involved pop star); the fact that she backtracked on her supposed bisexuality is more notable for its honesty than its homophobia. There have also been concerns that some of the flamboyant sexuality of her early imagery was less than helpful, but she's moved away from the early Harajuku Barbie image of her mixtapes: the cover image to Pink Friday is all about how exaggerated stereotypes of femininity are distorting and damaging to real female bodies.
I heard she married Drake?
That was a Twitter joke, based apparently on the video shoot for "Moment 4 Life," where he plays a mopey Prince Charming to her fabulous Cinderella (and Fairy Godmother). She keeps her private life pretty private.
So what's next?
It seems unlikely that Pink Friday has exhausted its possible singles; in the meantime, she's collaborated with SNL rappers The Lonely Island on "The Creep" and seemingly continues to appear on every other single released to airplay. But don't worry—as soon as we know what's next, we'll let you know.
My Chick Bad
Massive Attack
Your Love
Bottoms Up
Did It on 'Em
Check It Out
Roman's Revenge
Right Thru Me
Moment 4 Life
The Creep


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When I walked through these fields near Blaid's Wood in June I gave up counting flower spikes of marsh orchids when the total passed 200. Today the flowers were gone, replaced by brown capsules that still contained residual seed when I shook them into my hand; seeds so fine that they might have been a smudge of grey graphite, instantly erased by the wind. Each orchid probably produced upwards of 100,000 seeds, perhaps half a million in the case of some of the largest specimens. At a conservative estimate this patch of flowers must have released more than 20m seeds over the last few months, and in a few years' time, somewhere downwind, if they're fortunate enough to land in a habitat as amenable as this, some will produce a floral display to rival that which entranced passersby here in early summer.
These fields are what would best be described as scrub, often used as a derogatory term for neglected land but really a habitat in transition, grassland slowly becoming woodland, with some of the finest attributes of both. These were grazed pastures until six years ago, but since then only mice and voles, rabbits and roe deer have nibbled the vegetation. A forest of young birch has crept in from the hedgerow, interspersed here and there by sapling ash, oak and hawthorn. The seed that produced this year's orchid must have arrived soon after grazing ended. Now the plants are flourishing in a narrow window of opportunity before the dappled sunlight gives way to the shade of maturing woodland. Such is the charm of orchids, hostages to capricious winds and lucky landfall; they often grow in unexpected places, slowly building up food stores until they suddenly display their exotic attractions, then vanish again - restless plants in a changing landscape.


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The final of the French Open was one the most uplifting occasions I've been privileged to commentate on.
It was in many ways the perfect end to a perfect tournament at Roland Garros.
The weather was brilliant, the crowds were brilliant and there were so many top-class matches and big stories. In my opinion, it was the best French Open for 10 years.
Roger Federer's win against Robin Soderling was greeted with so much emotion, it was extraordinary.
People have so much love for him, and for what he stands for as a person.
Of course, the fact he has experienced so much disappointment at Roland Garros also motivated fans to get behind him.
But I do find it a bit strange that Rafael Nadal wasn't treated with the same respect when he played.
Men's tennis is blessed by two top-notch blokes in Federer and Nadal and their example filters down throughout the game. Both are terrific individuals.
Ultimately Federer has been unlucky to have Nadal playing in his era. He would have won the French Open a long time ago if not for Nadal – who I believe is the greatest clay-court player the world has seen.
But strangely enough, I believe Federer's performance was probably his least impressive in clay court tennis for four years.
I still maintain he's not the player he used to be, and he probably won't get back to where he was. But you have to admire the way he dealt with the pressure in the final to make history.


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I Love Kansas
I really do love Kansas. I think today may have been my favorite day in the whole trip so far. Its hard to tell though because I've loved the whole trip. Last night was a bizarre night in Columbia, Missouri... It rained so hard that the power went out and the thunder was deafening. I was really scared. I was down in the hotel restaurant enjoying this extremely delicious chicken quesadilla when the power went out. Finally it went back on so I returned to my room and took a ...
Traveling days
... to I-70 to Grand Junction, CO. Then it is US-50 all the way to Dodge City, KS. It is a little over 900 miles.
We found a beautiful Federal campground on a reservoir lake for the first night .
http://www.nps.gov/cure/planyourvisit/m aps.htm we stayed at Lake Fork campground. A nice paved pull through site, easy in and easy out, and with a storm coming in how can you go wrong.
Trials on the Journey to Tribune
... for lunch and the expanded vistas were wonderful. We were still 27 miles short of Tribune when we headed back into the wind, which was now gusting to 20 mph. Suffice it to say we were all pleased to find a bed in Tribune at the Trails End motel, where each room came with a fly ...
Last week in Breckenridge
This post is about a week late as we left Breckenridge on Tuesday, 19th Feb but I'll fill you in our last week in Breckenridge, Colorado.
We finished work on the 15th of Feb and although we would miss the friends we made in Sevens Restaurant, we were both pretty glad to have ...
Run around Sue
... it's the only restaurant open in town. Unless you want to hit the AM-Pride, that is."
Oh…How did people grow up in this Twilight Zone?
I turned on my car, and the beaming sun had turned it into an oven. The drive was so short to the restaurant that my air conditioning didn't even have enough time to cool down, and I was made further uncomfortable by the now-visible scattering of mosquito guts all over my windshield. ...


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Just ahead of the Frankfurt Motor Show, Audi has surprised and wowed audiences with its Nanuk Quattro concept.
Driven by a twin-turbocharged V10 TDI engine, the Nanuk delivers 544 horsepower and an impressive 738 foot-pounds of force. With all this power, the Nanuk can zip from 0-100km/h (0-62mph) in 3.8 seconds and has a top speed of 306km/h (190 mph). If that weren't enough, the new diesel concept also delivers an estimated 30 mpg – not bad for a supercar.
In addition to its ability to fly around the track while pulling monster loads, the Nanuk also comes with an integral steering system to make the car more maneuverable. According to Audi, "When the driver steers at low to moderate speeds, the rear wheels turn up to nine degrees in the opposite direction of the front wheels. This shortens the wheelbase… reducing the turning circle to roughly 10 meters. When sliding around turns at high speed the same steering system will turn the rear wheel up to 2.5 degrees in the same direction as the front wheels giving the car greater stability.
To complete the package Audi commissioned Italdesign Giugiaro to package their machine in a sculpted carbon-fiber reinforced polymer outer skin that Audi openly admits borrows from Lamborghini's Parcour off-road concept.
Regardless of whose style the Nanuk may be imitating, the power lurking beneath its exterior makes it a must drive for any fan of speed.
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Having been a classroom teacher for 15 years, I was both excited and apprehensive about my new position as an elementary library media specialist at Mason and Meadow Lane elementary schools. There were many opportunities to be explored, but I was unsure about navigating the transition to Library Media Specialist successfully.
It's a demanding role; in Lee's Summit each of our elementary librarians travels between two buildings, serving two separate staffs and student bodies. In addition to helping kids learn to love reading and become proficient readers, being familiar with each grade level's curriculum so as to be a support to teachers, and serving as a professional/technologi
cal resource, doing so in two separate schools requires much organization and thoughtful planning.
Fortunately for me, I was assigned a mentor, Kim Rues, our district's lead library media specialist at the elementary level. Like the rest of us, she travels between two schools and works extremely hard, but she also serves on several district-level teams and helps organize our department trainings. Couple all of those work responsibilities with the role of being mom to two teenage boys, and Kim's days and nights are void of a spare moment.
To me, that's what makes her commitment to cooperation and collaboration with me even more special. Kim made it a priority to meet with me in the spring and summer before I even officially assumed the role of librarian, and since school started, she's offered to meet with me monthly, sharing effective lessons and collaboration strategies and helping me navigate the various reports and administrative duties I have been tackling for the first time this year.
I've had a terrific first year as a library media specialist and it's due in large part to the cooperation and collaboration Kim Rues has modeled in assisting me in becoming the successful librarian I aspire to be.
I do have times when I feel overwhelmed, but knowing I have a cooperative resource a phone call or an email away has made a tremendous difference. If each of us were as committed to cooperation as Kim Rues, our world would be a much better place.
Jennifer Lassman is the library media specialist at Mason and Meadow Lane Elementary schools and a member of Lees Summit CARES.


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Deadly plane crash may have been teen joyride
Investigators believe a small plane that crashed in the Alabama woods was taken without permission for a joyride by three teenagers who died in the wreck Tuesday night.
Walker County sheriff's Chief Deputy James Painter said Wednesday authorities are still investigating but believe the teenagers took off in the plane before it went down in a wooded area near Jasper, northwest of Birmingham.
"We don't know for sure but we think it was some teenagers who stole the plane and were sort of joyriding it," Painter told The Associated Press. "They got it in and took off and didn't go very far."
Federal Aviation Administration spokeswoman Kathleen Bergen said the Piper PA 30 crashed less than a mile from the Walker County Airport.
The names of the three occupants of the plane haven't been released.
"I think they were just looking for a thrill and they had their last one," Painter said.
The Piper PA 30 is also called a Piper Twin Comanche. It is a low-wing plane with two propellers and can seat four to six, depending on the model.
The planes were built from 1963 until 1972, and were popular with flight schools because of their fuel efficiency and relatively inexpensive price tags, according to the International Comanche Society, an enthusiasts' group.


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New 'Friends of Far Rockaway Library' To Advocate For Improvements
With the Far Rockaway Library in need of renovation and funding for new materials residents have banded together to form the Friends of the Far Rockaway Library. Seeing a need for community advocacy for the library, the group has had several meetings, including two open ones to get input from local residents.
The board of the Friends of the Far Rockaway Library hope to find ways to get new materials for the facility, increase awareness about the library and have an input in the design of the new Far Rockaway Library building. The Wave has learned that the new library is being designed by the Snohetta Architectural firm. The entire construction is being funded, to the tune of $20.8 million, by the office of Queens Borough President Helen Marshall.
The library, part of the Queens Library system, has been facing hard financial times over the last few years after a series of budget cuts to the entire system.
The Friends of the Far Rockaway Library, still has to go through the formality of being certified by Thomas Galante, the CEO of the Queens Library. While the Friends' board is set for the next year, $5 memberships are available to anyone who wishes to join. Anyone interested can pick up a form and get more information at the Far Rockaway Library at 1637 Central Avenue.


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Body removed from missing college student's wrecked truck
ST GABRIEL- A toxicology test will be performed on the body removed from a wrecked pick-up belonging to missing LSU student Chris Broussard.
The truck was found on Highway 30 Wednesday night, just inside the Iberville Parish line south of East Baton Rouge.
Broussard was reported missing Tuesday after he failed to return home from a bar with friends.
His mom said she received a text message from him around 1 a.m. Tuesday, suggesting he was on his way home. He didn't return home and missed work Tuesday afternoon. Broussard lived with his family in Geismar.
After he went missing, his friends and family flooded social media sites like Facebook and Twitter, asking for help finding him.
"You never feel like it's going to happen this close to home," said Brennan Stutes. Stutes and Broussard were in the same fraternity at LSU.
Hours after they organized a search party and made posters, Broussard's truck was found in a canal in St. Gabriel.
A police helicopter found the wreckage and a body inside the truck.
"The truck is damaged pretty bad," said St. Gabriel Police Chief Kevin Ambeau. "It appears he hit the guardrail and went airborne, then into the bayou," he said.
Authorities have not released the identity of the body, and said they were notifying family members.
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Cover Story
Acquirer Sweetens ShopKo Deal
ShopKo Stores and its would-be acquirer, affiliates of Goldner, Hawn, Johnson & Morrison, have raised the purchase price of ShopKo shares after a number of interested parties let their disapproval of the proposed $24 per-share purchase price be known. Goldner Hawn now proposes to pay $25 per share for the company.
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Hudson Mohawke and Zomby Apparently Involved in Physical Altercation
And subsequent Twitter feud
Zomby photo by Shawn Brackbill
Last night at London's XOYO, enigmatic producer Zomby and Hudson Mohawke were apparently involved in a physical altercation. Both men tweeted about the incident shortly after, insulting each other in the process. Many of the tweets have since been deleted—find what the two men said below (via CoS).
Details are unclear, but Zomby posted that HudMo "caught 3 in the face" and posted a picture of bloody knuckles, saying he cut his fist on HudMo's teeth (which has been taken down). Mohawke tweeted that he felt sorry for Zomby, saying he has "genuine szchizophrenia".
Let him talk all the shit he wants he just caught 3 in the face LOL
— ZOMBY ® (@ZombyMusic) March 8, 2014
@HudMo my thumb is getting gangreeen from your teeth
— ZOMBY ® (@ZombyMusic) March 8, 2014
Not even your mates backed u....lol
— ZOMBY ® (@ZombyMusic) March 8, 2014
No one backed me but me as usual
— ZOMBY ® (@ZombyMusic) March 8, 2014
Lost yourself. We are so far ahead. Now u know
— ZOMBY ® (@ZombyMusic) March 8, 2014
Seen cut thumb from hudmo teeth. Next time xx
Ask security for footage. See me slapping shit out of u while 3 security who smoke with me after try stop me. U pussy
U pussy. Front it next time rather than hide round corners so my man can spot u And u don't get 4 in the jaw
I know you read this you beg me up u Scottish prick u can't front me u just found out
Think I'm lying. Ask anyone who was say deviation what happened
That pussy. Don't try it with me I'll come directly to your jawline
My sweater worth more than your life but let's not go into that u don't know givenchy unless i wore it first @HudMo
He keep tweeting. But the truth is he just got the shit slapped out of him and security took him away for his own good. Then smoked with me
My man did a beat for some famous rapper and no one have a fuck so wants to try fuck with me and the cult. U just got warning punches
Next I'll get real time xx
Gimme that free promotion bitch..while u wipe your blooded lip
— ZOMBY ® (@ZombyMusic) March 8, 2014
That boy he's a snake wants to come sabotage my shit lol. U got a first taste. Keep tweeting cuz I'll see u again Hudson u little fassy
Anytime again is fine I'll see u
That's 1. Watch me catch em in real time
You're the only person on planet earth who makes givenchy look cheap u sweaty unwashed tramp @HudMo
— ZOMBY ® (@ZombyMusic) March 8, 2014
He a fan. He come to our show. He hate he get slapped. He cry on twitter cuz he a hoe.
All these guys like hudmo and whoever come to my shows they have too I never been to any of theirs tho I'm fine
— ZOMBY ® (@ZombyMusic) March 8, 2014
Hudson Mohawke so ugly the motherfucker looks like he smells of shit
— ZOMBY ® (@ZombyMusic) March 8, 2014
Not all the givenchy in the world can save u fam you look like a retarded blind alcoholic @HudMo
— ZOMBY ® (@ZombyMusic) March 8, 2014
I mean I had the flu all week I still rock up kill a club and slap up a pussyhole
— ZOMBY ® (@ZombyMusic) March 8, 2014
For that guy it was a big night lol. Come to my show tweeting shit about me and my people and expect to walk off. Good luck
— ZOMBY ® (@ZombyMusic) March 8, 2014
Hudson Mohawke:
Useless getting drawn into shit w certified mentally ill ppl, much better to move onwards n upwards n leave the angry ppl in the dust
— Hudson Mohawke (@HudMo) March 8, 2014
Poor @ZombyMusic thought i should apologise in his face after wearing socks worth more than his entire outfit. but apparently non :/
Poor fellow. On the edge :/
@zombymusic w 20 dudes on stage n no gals but to each his own I guess
Shit is embarrassing for the poor boy. Wish him the best tho as I always do to all the pussymennnnn heh. Let's make music no?!
sorry 4 the poor boy that gets his mans 2 take it to actual violence tho. genuine szchizophrenia, boy belongs in hospital as we all know :/
crying out loud, poor lad. genuinely hope the boy gets some mental health care, as amusing as it is for us, its no joke, boy needs treatment
throught we left primary school like 15 years ago but some ppl still in that zone heh. night everyone. love.
reallyy realllly feel sorry for this guy its a terrible shame cos i think he's capable of making good shit but fucking it up 4 himself :/
1st time in very very long time i felt genuine pity for a fellow human, sposed to be an adult come on @ZombyMusic embarrassing urself. AGAIN
Actually cant believe im giving the lil man shine heh. Final gd evening frm team @Hudmo . Nothing but music. Fuck the bullshit (busta voice).
Sat here laughing n the boy is fuming as per.
— Hudson Mohawke (@HudMo) March 8, 2014
Hard to bite tongue here n also not rt all this but not stooping to playground level , naeee worth ittt altho funny. pettinesss ultimately
— Hudson Mohawke (@HudMo) March 8, 2014


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Sundaram's Stringer impresses you from the word go
'Stringer' takes you to the wild, chaotic Congo and leaves you with questions unanswered.
Every journalist has a story to tell. But few have the skill to tell the story so well. Anjan Sundaram's Stringer impresses you from the word go. He wastes no time. Takes you straight to the heart of the action. Constructs the setting with such deftness, that you feel you've just witnessed what you read - a man being robbed by a teenaged boy in the dark alleys of Kinshasa, where deprivation and depravity have come to justify each other.
Through the pages that follow, the author takes you around a country that is cursed by its wealth, introduces you to people "laboriously beautiful and defiant". He shares joints with homeless children who steal to survive, live in a cemetery-turned-garbage-dump and come out of abandoned cars at night like rats.
He revisits Conrad's Mr. Kurtz, delves into the history of a disconnected people, explores the confused and conflicted Congolese identity. "Why did the Congolese choose war? They wanted lives, jobs, a way to express themselves. They found it in war. In it they marked the world, with pickaxe and machete." He gets robbed, struggles to make ends meet, finds himself stranded in the back of beyond, meets a warlord who wears bronze buckled sandals and quotes Kipling! It's a story full of thrill and adventure.
Many reporters would envy Sundaram for having found so much adventure in such a short span of time. Others would wonder why a Yale graduate in math would turn down high paying corporate jobs to go become a stringer in Congo, of all places! He tries to explain but I don't get it.
My favourite book of reportage by a journalist remains Travels with Herodotus by Ryszard Kapuscinski. But it would be unfair to compare a debutant with him, who is anyway being weighed against Naipual.
'Stringer' takes you to the wild, chaotic Congo and leaves you with questions unanswered. It is the account of a year and a half the author spent in Congo reporting for the Associated Press and the New York Times. It is refreshing and better written than many journalistic accounts that get published as books.
Author: Anjan Sundaram; Book: Stringer; Publisher Penguin India
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The Life and Letters of Darwin, Vol. 1 HTML version
Cambridge Life
[My father's Cambridge life comprises the time between the Lent Term, 1828, when he
came up as a Freshman, and the end of the May Term, 1831, when he took his degree and
left the University.
It appears from the College books, that my father "admissus est pensionarius minor sub
Magistro Shaw" on October 15, 1827. He did not come into residence till the Lent Term,
1828, so that, although he passed his examination in due season, he was unable to take
his degree at the usual time,--the beginning of the Lent Term, 1831. In such a case a man
usually took his degree before Ash-Wednesday, when he was called "Baccalaureus ad
Diem Cinerum," and ranked with the B.A.'s of the year. My father's name, however,
occurs in the list of Bachelors "ad Baptistam," or those admitted between Ash-
Wednesday and St. John Baptist's Day (June 24th); ("On Tuesday last Charles Darwin, of
Christ's College, was admitted B.A."--"Cambridge Chronicle", Friday, April 29, 1831.)
he therefore took rank among the Bachelors of 1832.
He "kept" for a term or two in lodgings, over Bacon the tobacconist's; not, however, over
the shop in the Market Place, now so well known to Cambridge men, but in Sidney
Street. For the rest of his time he had pleasant rooms on the south side of the first court of
Christ's. (The rooms are on the first floor, on the west side of the middle staircase. A
medallion (given by my brother) has recently been let into the wall of the sitting-room.)
What determined the choice of this college for his brother Erasmus and himself I have no
means of knowing. Erasmus the elder, their grandfather, had been at St. John's, and this
college might have been reasonably selected for them, being connected with Shrewsbury
School. But the life of an under-graduate at St. John's seems, in those days, to have been
a troubled one, if I may judge from the fact that a relative of mine migrated thence to
Christ's to escape the harassing discipline of the place. A story told by Mr. Herbert
illustrates the same state of things:--
"In the beginning of the October Term of 1830, an incident occurred which was attended
with somewhat disagreeable, though ludicrous consequences to myself. Darwin asked me
to take a long walk with him in the Fens, to search for some natural objects he was
desirous of having. After a very long, fatiguing day's work, we dined together, late in the
evening, at his rooms in Christ's College; and as soon as our dinner was over we threw
ourselves into easy chairs and fell sound asleep. I was first to awake, about three in the
morning, when, having looked at my watch, and knowing the strict rule of St. John's,
which required men in statu pupillari to come into college before midnight, I rushed
homeward at the utmost speed, in fear of the consequences, but hoping that the Dean
would accept the excuse as sufficient when I told him the real facts. He, however, was
inexorable, and refused to receive my explanations, or any evidence I could bring; and
although during my undergraduateship I had never been reported for coming late into
College, now, when I was a hard-working B.A., and had five or six pupils, he sentenced
me to confinement to the College walls for the rest of the term. Darwin's indignation


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It is the soldier, not the campus organiser,
who has given us the freedom to demonstrate.
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who has given us the right to a fair trial.
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whose coffin is draped by the flag,
who allows the protester to burn the flag.
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Around 40 hours ago, the fleet was being recommended to take a course well to the north of the direct line for Miami, but now that has moved hard south.
For the three boats in the leading group, the situation has become even more tense as the two trailing boats, Abu Dhabi and Groupama attempt to cut the corner, and sail to the most favoured area of the course.
Although Volvo Ocean race's means of calculation shows the race being very tight between Camper and Telefonica, on the basis of time to reach the next waypoint, Camper holds a lead of over two hours over the overall race leader. Puma is about one hour ahead of Camper, according to projections from the routing function of PredictWind.com and Groupama has looks set to close up on Telefonica - being just two hours in arrears at midnight GMT.
The lateral spread between Telefonica and Groupama is the key factor in the small time difference compared to the 65nm gap being reported by the VOR instant position system, which does not take into account conditions ahead of the boats.
Groupama and Abu Dhabi are both poised to sail less distance to reach the next waypoint off Eleuthera Island Light, saving vital time on the three boats ahead who had all worked to the north, which traditionally pays the biggest dividen on this leg of the course.
Earlier, Volvo Ocean race reported: Puma continue to lead the race in light airs more than 800 nautical miles from Miami on what should have been the eve of the Leg 6 finish while the threat of 'famine' is becoming a reality on board Abu Dhabi.
Long standing leg leaders Puma Ocean Racing powered by Berg held firm at the front of the five-boat fleet with Camper with Emirates Team New Zealand and Team Telefónica tussling in second and third place respectively.
Camper bowman Daryl Wislang said the light winds had been very frustrating and were building tension ahead of the anticipated finish on May 9.
'By the sounds of it it's going to be pretty light, and potentially another four days of sailing,'' he said. 'Anything could happen, that's pretty slow going on one of these boats.'
What appeared to be a comeback by Groupama sailing team in fourth and Abu Dhabi Ocean Racing in fifth has since fizzled out with the pair losing more than 40 nautical miles on the leaders in the past six hours to trail by more than 100 nm.
No one has more incentive to sail faster than the crew on board Abu Dhabi, who will run out of food tomorrow.
In a bid to save weight on the boat, the team packed conservatively, taking enough supplies to last just two weeks. They now have little left but energy bars, watch leader Rob Greenhalgh said.
'The soon-to-come famine is going to effect people in different ways,'' he said. 'On the upside there are quite a few bars in there, no one's going to go hungry. We'll all get to Miami in one piece and all get a good feed there.'
At 1900 UTC Puma held a 27.4 nm lead over Camper, Telefónica trailed by 27.8 nm, while Groupama were 106.9 nm behind and Abu Dhabi were in fifth place 129.7 nm in the wake.


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Marseille's Ghana winger Andre Ayew has turned down a move to Hull according to reports in France – but he still wants to talk to QPR and Swansea.
Swans boss Garry Monk wants a back-up option to Nathan Dyer and Wayne Routledge.
Rangers have targeted Spurs' Aaron Lennon as Mirror Football revealed earlier today.
But with the French club looking to offload Ayew, with a goal every four games for Marseille, he could be an alternative to get over the line.
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Three exhibits opening this weekend
Boundary Waters 48
Photo by Deidre Adams
The Opening Reception for ArtQuilt Elements is this Saturday, April 17, 7:00 – 9:00 p.m. The exhibit continues through May 19 at the Wayne Art Center in Wayne, PA.
ArtQuilt Elements is considered one of the top three art quilt exhibitions in the U.S. A full color catalog is available.
Boundary Waters 48 is one of seven artwork in a mini-series within the Boundary Waters series. The artworks explore Nature's ability to construct complexity from simplicity while referencing in an abstract manner this specific scene from the Boundary Waters. Note from the photo that I have had this concept on my mind for almost a year now.
The International Quilt Festival- Chicago opens tonight from 5:00 – 9:00 p.m. and continues through Sunday. My artwork will be in two exhibits:
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SAQA@20: Art & Excellence, a juried exhibit celebrating Studio Art Quilt Associates' 20th Anniversary curated by Patricia Bolton, contains 35 art quilts. This is the main SAQA exhibit for the IQFs. View all the artwork, purchase a catalog or an artwork on the SAQA site.
Eye of the Quilter, a photography exhibition featuring two of my photos. More information here.