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The Context:
Matthew 12: 38-41
The Sign of Jonah
38 Then some of the Pharisees and teachers of the law said to him, "Teacher, we want to see a sign from you."
39 He answered, "A wicked and adulterous generation asks for a sign! But none will be given it except the sign of the prophet Jonah. 40 For as Jonah was three days and three nights in the belly of a huge fish, so the Son of Man will be three days and three nights in the heart of the earth. 41 The men of Nineveh will stand up at the judgment with this generation and condemn it; for they repented at the preaching of Jonah, and now something greater than Jonah is here.


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I had not seen Raffles for a month or more, and I was sadly in need of his advice.
My life was being made a burden to me by a wretch who had obtained a bill of
sale over the furniture in Mount Street, and it was only by living elsewhere that I
could keep the vulpine villain from my door. This cost ready money, and my
balance at the bank was sorely in need of another lift from Raffles. Yet, had he
been in my shoes, he could not have vanished more effectually than he had
done, both from the face of the town and from the ken of all. who knew him.
It was late in August; he never played first-class cricket after July, when, a
scholastic understudy took his place in the Middlesex eleven. And in vain did I
scour my Field and my Sportsman for the country-house matches with which he
wilfully preferred to wind up the season; the matches were there, but never the
magic name of A. J. Raffles. Nothing was known of him at the Albany; he had left
no instructions about his letters, either there or at the club. I began to fear that
some evil had overtaken him. I scanned the features of captured criminals in the
illustrated Sunday papers; on each occasion I breathed again; nor was anything
worthy of Raffles going on. I will not deny that I was less anxious on his account
than on my own. But it was a double relief to me when he gave a first
characteristic sign of life.
I had called at the Albany for the fiftieth time, and returned to Piccadilly in my
usual despair, when a street sloucher sidled up to me in furtive fashion and
inquired if my name was what it is.
"'Cause this 'ere's for you," he rejoined to my affirmative, and with that I felt a
crumpled note in my palm.
It was from Raffles. I smoothed out the twisted scrap of paper, and on it were just
a couple of lines in pencil:
"Meet me in Holland Walk at dark to-night. Walk up and down till I come. A. J. R."
That was all.! Not another syllable after all. these weeks, and the few words
scribbled in a wild caricature of his scholarly and dainty hand! I was no longer to
be alarmed by this sort of thing; it was all. so like the Raffles I loved least; and to
add to my indignation, when at length I looked up from the mysterious missive,
the equally mysterious messenger had disappeared in a manner worthy of the
whole affair. He was, however, the first creature I espied under the tattered trees
of Holland Walk that evening.
"Seen 'im yet?" he inquired confidentially, blowing a vile cloud from his horrid
"No, I haven't; and I want to know where you've seen him," I replied sternly. "Why
did you run away like that the moment you had given me his note?"
"Orders, orders," was the reply. "I ain't such a juggins as to go agen a toff as
makes it worf while to do as I'm bid an' 'old me tongue."
"And who may you be?" I asked jealously. "And what are you to Mr. Raffles?"
"You silly ass, Bunny, don't tell all. Kensington that I'm in town!" replied my
tatterdemalion, shooting up and smoothing out into a merely shabby Raffles.

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EA Mobile's popular "EA Daily Deals" program is in full force, adding several popular iOS and Android titles to the list of offers this week. Gamers can expect to see deals for many fan-favorite titles from EA Mobile's library, including Need for Speed Hot Pursuit, NBA Jam and Real Racing on the iTunes App Store and Peggle, Plants vs Zombies and Madden 12 on the Android Market this week.
This second annual holiday sale features price drops on almost the entire slate of titles available on the iTunes App Store and Android Market. Since launching on December 2, the Daily Deals website has surpassed 4.5 million visits.
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Welcome to DropTheNeedle.etsy.com! Thanks for stopping in to check out the shop. New items are added regularly, so check back often.
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Influencing pre-service teachers, skills and attitudes towards diversity. Is DOL the Answer?
Peach, Deborah & Butler-Mader, Carol (2006) Influencing pre-service teachers, skills and attitudes towards diversity. Is DOL the Answer? International Journal of Diversity in Organisations, Communities and Nations, 5(6), pp. 105-113.
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Abstract: This paper reports on a preliminary investigation into the success of an undergraduate course, in helping preservice teachers at a regional university develop the skills and attitudes necessary to design inclusive learning environments that cater for, and celebrate, difference. The study is particularly relevant given recommendations by the Education Queensland Ministerial Taskforce (Queensland Government, 2004) that all pre-service teacher education programs must ensure that inclusive education is a pervasive theme. The paper starts by providing an overview of inclusive contexts and a rationale for inclusive education including critical elements. This leads into an overview of the undergraduate course EDED11400 Managing Diversity and discussion, based on feedback from the teaching team, on the capacity for the course to help pre-service teachers develop inclusive curriculum and pedagogical practices. The pedagogical framework Dimensions of Learning* is then discussed, with consideration given to whether this framework with its focus on critical thinking and habits of mind, might improve future learning outcomes in the course EDED11400 Managing Diversity. (*Dimensions of Learning is a pedagogical framework designed to teach thinking skills (Marzano et al., 1988). It explores five types of thinking represented in the framework by five dimensions of learning.)
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A tool used to help detect head injuries in youth football is progressively making its way to the NFL – a helmet chin strap that instantly and obviously makes it clear when a player has taken blow so severe it may have caused a head injury.
The Impact Indicator from Battle Sports Science uses single-axis accelerometers to determine the force, duration and direction of every hit a player takes. The force of each blow is measured using what's called head injury criterion. Any blow with a better than 50 percent chance of causing a head injury activates a flashing red LED on the strap.
The chin strap is one of several devices that use such technology to warn players, trainers and coaches to the possibility of a head injury. But there is precious little evidence to suggest these gadgets will do much to mitigate the problem.
Battle Sports has spent the better part of three years developing the Impact Indicator, and Detroit Lions defensive tackle Ndamukong Suh is among the players who wore it last season. It also was field-tested during practice sessions before the U.S. Army All-American Bowl. But the device got a boost in exposure when New England Patriots running back BenJarvus Green-Ellis wore one in the Super Bowl, making countless young players and their parents aware of the technology.
"When little kids see their star athlete wearing it, they think it's cool and they want to wear it," said company CEO Chris Circo.
Neither Suh nor Green-Ellis would comment when contacted by Wired, but Green-Ellis told the Boston Globe after the Super Bowl, "I'm really wearing it just to improve the awareness for parents and things like that. You see all the concussion hits that have been going on in the NFL, and I just want to bring up the awareness."
The company is heavily targeting the $150 gadget to youth football players and wants to make it available to players at every level. The push comes amid mounting concern about the incidence of head injuries, especially concussions, in all sports.
Such concern is especially great in the NFL, which just last week hit the New Orleans Saints with crippling penalties after finding the team offered bounties on opposing players. The NFL faces lawsuits from more than 300 retired players or spouses alleging the league knew about the risks and effects of concussions but did little to mitigate it.
An enhanced head injury response procedure announced by the NFL in December allows independent trainers to oversee sideline treatment of players who may have sustained a concussion. These trainers also will ensure team medical staffs follow league protocol for evaluating the symptoms of concussions and other head injuries.
Independent of that, the league is evaluating the Impact Indicator's effectiveness as a tool to quickly address the possibility a player may have suffered a head injury.
The Impact Indicator uses a computer chip and accelerometers to measure the force, direction and duration of every hit. It employs what is called the head injury criterion, a measurement trusted by the auto industry and others to determine the severity of a blow and the likelihood of it causing an injury. The greater the blow, the larger the number.
The Insurance Institute for Highway Safety pegs 700 as the maximum allowable HIC under airbag regulations and considers 560 an acceptable figure, according to a June 2009 report. A hit of 240 or more causes the Impact Indicator's LED to flash.
Yet one researcher who tested the Impact Indicator says questions remain about determining head injury criterion and correlating it to the risk of injury.
"I think there's still a lot that we don't know," says professor Cynthia Bir of The Bioengineering Center at Wayne State University. "I think we need further research basic research before we can draw any solid conclusions regarding head injuries."
Bir and her team studied the Impact Indicator last summer but has not drawn any conclusions or offered a written report. She was adamant in stating her department has not endorsed the product. But her concerns allude to another problematic issue with the Impact Indicator, and devices like it: There has been no published independent research on the chin strap.
"You cannot introduce technologies associated with providing you information about an organ as delicate as the brain unless it's been properly validated," says Dr. Tony Strickland, a neurology professor at the David Geffen School of Medicine at UCLA and the CEO-chairman of the Sports Concussion Institute.
It can be difficult to identify the criteria to define a concussion-inducing hit. A Purdue University study using accelerometer-fitted helmets found there is no specific g-force that can indicate a concussion. Researchers following a high school football season last year recorded blows of less than 100 Gs that caused concussions and forces greater than 200 Gs that did not.
"We sincerely hope that there will be a device that can determine when an athlete is at risk of [head] injury," Eric Nauman, one of the Purdue researchers, told Sports Illustrated. "But right now it isn't feasible due to the limited understanding of the biomechanics surrounding concussions."
Still, Circo defends the Impact Indicator and says it is not meant to indicate that an athlete has sustained a concussion, but rather show that he has been hit hard enough to warrant concern.
"It is not a medical product," he said. "It is a mechanical product that gives an indication of a possible head injury. Sideline testing can be put into effect from there."
The need for such an early warning system is especially acute in high school and youth sports, where there rarely are trained medical staff who might say, "That kid was hit pretty hard. Let's check him out." And even when teams do have such resources, they're no closer than the sidelines and may not have seen how forcefully a player was hit, Circo said.
The Indicator is but one device using accelerometers to determine when a player's had his bell rung. Bite Tech, for example, will introduce a "smart" mouthguard called the BTX2 Impact Sensing Mouthguard later this year. The guard, tested last season by football teams at Stanford and Notre Dame universities and the University of Washington, uses three-axis high G linear accelerometers and three-axis high-angular rate gyroscopes to measure linear and rotational forces. Software accumulates the data, which is transmitted wirelessly to the sidelines, where trainers and doctors can assess what's happened on the field.
Even a high school student is getting in on the action. Braeden Benedict, a 15-year-old student from suburban Los Angeles, developed a thin, liquid-filled patch that is affixed to a helmet. Red dye within the patch is released whenever a player receives a hit so severe as to warrant being checked out by a doctor.
Benedict's idea, which won a $25,000 science contest last fall, was praised by Dr. Kevin Guskiewicz, a member of the NFL's Head, Neck and Spine Medical Committee who oversees equipment-related issues and a professor in the Department of Exercise and Sport Science at the University of North Carolina. He called for further development of the patch but is more skeptical of the Impact Indicator.
"There are no published data to suggest that impacts registered by the chinstrap are representative of the accelerations experienced by the head and brain, which is of greatest interest in the study of concussions," Guskiewicz told Wired through an email provided by the NFL. "Until sound research studies can illustrate this, these devices are not recommended for concussion prevention or concussion identification by our HNS subcommittee on safety equipment."Go Back to Top. Skip To: Start of Article.


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HYDE PARK, Wednesday—Ever since he came home, the President has been busy coping with cases of books and ship models. Someday, I imagine, they will find their proper places in the new library, but at present nobody knows just where to unpack them.
I was much interested in rummaging through the library basement the other day to come across an ice-boat, which had been to me a legend. It still has the name "Icicle" on the bow, and it is easy to see from its lines why my husband could tell me of its racing success on the Hudson River in winter.
When I think of all the work which has to be done before anything is on exhibition, I wonder if the library will be open next spring, as they now plan. I have had some interesting talks with Ambassador Bullitt and I hope that he will find ways of telling other people as vividly as he has told me some of the recent history which he has lived through.
My husband says that, on hearing of Mrs. Forbes' death the other day, the Ambassador said: "I wonder if there will be in the next generation any women as great as those produced in Mrs. Forbes' generation. She talked to me one evening at dinner about the origin and roots of words in the Turkish language and turned to her neighbor on the other side and discussed the conformation and points of polo ponies."
Mrs. Forbes knew more about history than most historians. She had met people from all parts of the world and, at ninety kept her interest in everything that was going on. She maintained a serenity of spirit which made her remain in Paris, in the face of possible bombing, with complete calm until she had completed her arrangements and could leave without any fuss or hurry.
There are remarkable characters, these women of that older generation. I am afraid the rest of us are going to seem somewhat uninteresting in comparison, but, then, most of us have lived through a less interesting period. There may be situations ahead of us, however, which will develop what latent powers we may have and make us more interesting in retrospect to our grandchildren.
Ethel and little Franklin III, left today to visit her mother in Maine. Everyone here will miss the interest which a small child always lends to his surroundings.
Miss Helen Ferris, of the Junior Literary Guild, had luncheon with us yesterday and gave me a most interesting account of the successes and problems encountered in choosing and distributing books for the various age groups of young people. I think the most valuable thing accomplished by the Guild is awakening in young people the desire to own books of their own and frequently to read books because they come addressed to them. The children might not read them under any other circumstances.
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Eats, Beats and Cleats
What's all that extra action on Lincoln Road? We know it's always busy there, but during Super Bowl weekend, there will be plenty to see.
From Thursday, Feb. 4 through Sunday, Feb. 7 the Eats, Beats and Cleats festival wil provide plenty of fan-friendly
experiences with current and former NFL players such as autograph signings, dance and fashion showcases, live music and plenty of partying.
It all gets underway on Thursday, Feb. 4 with a Dancing FOR the NFL Stars competition, as contestants will dance and be judged by the athletes. Your judges for the evening: former Cowboys players Michael Irvin and Emmitt Smith and former Heavyweight boxing champ Evander Holyfield. You can catch the action at the stage on Lincoln Rd. and Euclid Ave. beginning at 7 p.m.
After the dancing the focus shifts to a ticketed VIP players party at the Ritz Carlton South Beach on the east end of Lincoln Rd. Ticket prices range from $85 to $350, depending on whether you buy a one-day pass or weekend pass.
Friday, Feb. 5, includes the Gridiron Greats Night of Champions featuring entertainment from Jamie Foxx at the Fillmore Theatre (for ticket holders only) which starts at 6 p.m.
Saturday, Feb. 6 includes the Fashion Rocks the Gridiron show featuring Kyle Turley and the Doug Flutie Band at the Air Tran Platform and stage on Lincoln Rd. and Euclid Ave. which starts at 7 p.m. (You read correctly – NFL players playing instruments).
Sunday, Feb. 7 is a massive tailgate party on Lincoln and Euclid starting at noon, complete with a Bacardi VIP area.
Among the notables in attendance during the four days will be Mike Ditka, Barry Sanders, Roger Staubach, Jim Kiick, Ickey Woods, Tony Dorsett, and Jim Marshall.
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Favorite Things About Kennebunkport Maine
So while last night's surprise thunderstorms sidelined my plans for some outdoor fun, a day like today reminded me of some of my favorite things about Kennebunkport Maine. Now, we all know that there are way too many amazing things about this seaside town, so I will do my darnedest to keep this list reasonable. But since I am making this a short one, apologies if I left anyone else's faves off! The beach – Whenever. No seriously, in rain or shine,… Read More


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USC's Matt Barkley knocked out of Heisman race after loss to Stanford
Trojan quarterback went 0-4 vs. Stanford in his career.
The Heisman race has been turned on its head thanks to No. 2 USC's 21-14 loss to No. 16 Stanford in Palo Alto.
Matt Barkley, the consensus preseason favorite to win the 2012 Heisman Trophy, was knocked off his perch after one of the worst performances of his career. The senior quarterback completed 20 of 41 passes for 253 yards, but he was intercepted twice and held without a touchdown pass for the first time since Nov. 20, 2010.
Even more important, Barkley was unable to rescue USC's national title hopes from an inspired Stanford effort.
Great players have great moments and Barkley had none against the Cardinal. Presented with several opportunities to lead the Trojans back, Barkley didn't come through.
As a result, his Heisman hopes are basically finished. Just like Peyton Manning could never beat Florida, Barkley could never beat Stanford and that will always hang over his career. While there is a chance every other contender in the race messes up, thus creating a reset, it has rarely happened in Heisman history. Given the fickle nature of the Heisman electorate, voters prefer to move on.
Barkley's best chance at winning the trophy was always as the star quarterback on an elite team contending for a national title. After Saturday night, those circumstances appear to be inoperable.
We'll have more tomorrow on the the collapse of Barkley's Heisman campaign. We'll also have a new Heisman Watch.
And a new leader in the Heisman race.
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Candidates for the M.A. degree in English are required to establish proficiency in a reading knowledge of a foreign language. Alternatively, some emphases allow M.A. students the choice of satisfying the requirement by taking 6 additional credits of graduate work in the major beyond the minimum total credits.
Ordinarily, students fulfill the requirement by establishing proficiency in one of the following languages:
- French,
- German,
- Greek, Italian,
- Latin,
- Russian
- Spanish.
A language not on this list may be chosen by students who can show its relevance to their degree programs.
The form certifying completion of the foreign language requirement must be signed by a member of a university Foreign Language Department by the middle of the semester prior to the semester in which the comprehensive exams are taken.
A computer programming language may be used to waive language requirement for emphases that allow it. (Programming languages such as C++ and J2EE are acceptable; mark-up languages such as HTML are not. The Graduate Committee must approve the particular language being proposed.)
Establishing Proficiency
Graduate students may establish proficiency in a foreign language in one of the following ways:
- By completing as a graduate student at the University of Minnesota 2 semesters of an undergraduate intermediate-level language course with a B- or better average and no grade lower than a C.
- By successfully completing the examination required at the end of intermediate-level language courses offered in Continuing Education and Extension.
- By successfully completing the examination required at the end of appropriate correspondence courses, such as French 0001 (French Reading), German 0221 and 0222 (Intermediate German), and Spanish 0221 (offered through the University of Minnesota Department of Independent Study) or similar courses offered in other university correspondence study programs.
- By presenting evidence of completion, within 5 years preceding UMD certification, of 2 semesters or the equivalent of intermediate-level foreign language at the college level with a B- or better average and with no grade lower than a C. These courses may have been taken at the University of Minnesota or at another accredited college or university. One year of study is the equivalent of 12 quarter credits or 8 semester credits.
- By passing a language proficiency examination administered by a University of Minnesota foreign language department. The level of examination is that for a student who completed 1 year of a college intermediate-level foreign language course with an emphasis on reading and who has shown higher than average proficiency (i.e., a record of B- or better). (See "Language Proficiency Exam" for further information.) See the Language Certification Form (print out this form and bring it to the Department of Foreign Language & Literatures)
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preceding UMD certification, certification of reading proficiency
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Language Proficiency Exam
English graduate students taking the language proficiency exam administered by the UMD Department of Foreign Languages and Literatures will translate into English sample paragraphs from critical articles. A dictionary may be used during this one-hour test.
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This alcohol-free, minimally fragranced toner contains proportionately more beneficial than problematic ingredients, with the only concerning ingredient being the witch hazel water. Witch hazel water is the most diluted form of this astringent ingredient, which has a mixed bag profile of benefits and risks for skin. We suspect the amount of witch hazel isn't cause for concern, as this toner most likely contains less than 2% of it; still, it's worth pointing out because it's what kept this otherwise beautifully formulated toner from earing our highest rating.
The nearly weightless yet hydrating texture this toner has makes it a boon for normal to combination skin, including breakout-prone skin. The formula contains a very good mix of anti-aging ingredients, including peptides, soothing plant extracts, and vitamin-based antioxidants (note that the form of vitamin C is ascorbyl glucoside, but is likely not used in an amount that can lighten brown spots).
What about Algenist's hyped ingredient alguronic acid, which is listed as algae exopolysaccharides? You can read what we found out about this allegedly miraculous ingredient in the brand summary for Algenist.
Note: This toner is packaged in a translucent plastic bottle which may hinder the potency of the light- and air-sensitive ingredients it contains if you store it so it's routinely exposed to daylight. For best results, store this toner away from sources of natural light.
This hydrating toner combines alguronic acid with witch hazel and chamomile to tone and soothe skin gently, creating a complexion that appears revitalized, brightened, and softened. The formula replenishes and balances skin's moisture levels, purifies, and prepares skin to absorb serums and moisturizers more efficiently.
Water, Butylene Glycol, Sodium PCA, Hamamelis Virginiana (Witch Hazel) Water, Algae Exopolysaccharides, Palmitoyl Oligopeptide, Palmitoyl Tetrapeptide-7, Ascorbyl Glucoside, Aloe Barbadensis Leaf Extract, Camellia Oleifera Leaf Extract, Chamomilla Recutita (Matricaria) Flower Extract, Cucumis Sativus (Cucumber) Fruit Extract, Verbena Officinalis Extract, Tocopheryl Acetate, Glycerin, 1,2-Hexanediol, Caprylyl Glycol, Carbomer, Polysorbate 20, Ethylhexylglycerin, Benzoic Acid, Disodium EDTA, Phenoxyethanol, Fragrance.
Algenist At-a-Glance
Strengths: Good facial cleanser and toner; select serums and moisturizers formulated with an impressive mix of anti-aging ingredients; Targeted Deep Wrinkle Minimizer really does make wrinkles less apparent.
Weaknesses: Expensive; the star ingredient (a modified form of algae) doesn't have reliable research to support its anti-aging efficacy; jar packaging; some of the moisturizers contain eucalyptus oil, which can be a potent irritant.
Algenist is a small, rather expensive range of skin-care products sold at Sephora with a focus on anti-aging. Like several other cosmetics companies, Algenist has based their brand on a single ingredient, an ingredient they claim has superior benefits for skin and that, therefore, is worth the steep price tag. In this case, it was the "accidental" discovery of a substance found in algae. As the story goes, a group of biotechnology scientists were looking for ways to use something called microalgae as a renewable source of energy when they stumbled upon a compound known as alguronic acid. Their research revealed that alguronic acid is one of the compounds responsible for regenerating and protecting algae cells.
Figuring they were on to something, the company did further in vitro testing (although the details of their tests are not available, so you only have a science-fiction style story, not facts) and, of course, found that alguronic acid had anti-aging benefits on skin, too. Aside from having no idea what their studies did or didn't really show, in vitro means this ingredient was examined in a petri dish, not directly on human skin. They did limited testing on human skin, but many key details of these "studies" are not available. Instead, we're asked to accept that their ingredient made a remarkable difference. At the time of this writing, there isn't a single published study attesting to the claims Algenist makes for alguronic acid—so you're taking an expensive leap of faith in buying these products!
Before you get seduced by Algenist's claims and their explanation about how algae reproduces, let us tell you—it has no relation to how human skin works. Algae is about as related to human skin as a 747 jetliner is to roller skates.
Whether the story about alguronic acid being the answer for your skin is true or not, it is critical to keep in mind that skin, and skin care, is far more complex than one allegedly miraculous ingredient. Think of it like your diet: As healthy as green tea is, if that's all you consumed, you'd soon be malnourished. Just like your diet should contain a healthy mix of nutritious foods, your skin (which is your body's largest organ) needs a wide array of helpful ingredients to become and remain smooth, healthy, and, yes, able to look and act younger.
To Algenist's credit, their products contain more than just alguronic acid. Most of them have a good blend of skin-repairing and antioxidant ingredients, although the ones they call out as key ingredients (such as apple stem cells) have no real published research proving their efficacy. Despite the fact that their products contain some tried-and-true anti-aging ingredients, Algenist makes the same mistakes as many other lines, such as using jar packaging (which won't keep any of the beneficial ingredients stable during use) and including fragrance or fragrant plant extracts to give the products an appealing scent. Fragrance isn't skin care and, in fact, more often than not, will cause irritation that hurts your skin's ability to look and act younger!
In the end, Algenist is not a must-have line, and it certainly isn't worth expanding your beauty budget to afford. There are some acceptable to impressive options for those who don't mind spending more than they need to for effective products, but you'll find a wider, often better range of options on our list of Best Anti-Aging/Anti-Wrinkle Products.
For more information about Algenist, call (877) 650-1837 or visit www.algenist.com.
Note: Algenist lists the alguronic acid in their products as algae exopolysaccharides, which is the accepted cosmetic labeling name for alguronic acid.
The Beautypedia and Paula's Choice Research teams have one mission: To help you find the best products for your skin, whether they're from Paula's Choice or another brand. By combining efforts, we're able to share scientific research and remain committed to the highest standards based on our decades of experience objectively reviewing thousands upon thousands of skincare and makeup formularies in all price ranges.
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