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Actress Neha Dhupia has starred in a new video, urging women to break free from all the stereotypes and follow their dreams
Ranbir Kapoor's personal life has always been grist for gossip mills. Whispers of a romance with Shruti Haasan did the industry rounds after the two shot for an ad together. The actress speaks up
Thanks to social media frenzy, love stories begin with friend requests and likes, and end with 'last seen'. Or so believe singers Vasudha Sharma and Rashi Mal (remember Gauri from Channel (V) show Paanch?)
Spoken word is a niche art form that is slowly going mainstream, aided in part by open mic nights, workshops and creative collaborations, finds Joanna Lobo
Released on Culture Machine's digital channel Blush, the documentary features the work done by Guria Sansthan, an NGO based in Benaras
A web documentary looks at the plight of human trafficking victims in the holy city
Live podcasts will debut at a comic festival next week, while another property will introduce scheduled programming on YouTube. Some of Mumbai's most famous comics tell us why they are laughing into the digital world
Disguising as an old 'roadside ustaad', Bollywood playback singer Sonu Nigam has featured in an online video, part of a social experiment seeking to capture the joyful effect of music on people's daily life.
Bollywood singer Sonu Nigam slipped into the garb of an aged street musician for a new video. And, believe it or not, Mumbaikars failed to recognise the singer singing on the streets!
Digital entertainment company, Culture Machine's channel, Being Indian's latest video on Arunachal Pradesh is an unfortunate yet important initiative. Unfortunate because the over five-minute video had to explain how people in the state are no different from the rest of us
Radhika Apte speaks on why is it not important to 'fit in' in the latest video of Culture Machine's UnBlushed series
In an attempt to propagate the message of peace between India and Pakistan, prominent Indian filmmakers Tanuja Chandra, Tigmanshu Dhulia and Nikkhil Advani have joined hands to star in a special video titled 'Dear Brother'
Being Indian, a web channel by Culture Machine is now ready to upload The Indian Dalit, a 13-minute long video that throws light on the Dalit community, giving it a 360-degree spin
Akshay Kumar, who features in 'Airlift', has starred in a video titled 'I'm An Indian', in which he urges the youth to go beyond armchair activism and to be the change they want to see
There's a new detective in town and she solves murder mysteries in high heels. Meet fashion blogger turned investigator, Alisha Luna and her best friend/sidekick Tanny, who solve crimes and look great while doing it
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Bollywood actress Nimrat Kaur says she has tried marijuana once in her life, but never thought of making it a daily habit
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First things first, a brief explanation of how and why I got here:
I maintain a few dozen individual PCs, mostly for my fellow seniors, and many of their boxes wont support Compiz so Ive typically used the Ubuntu LTS releases with the Metacity window manager ever since Hardy (8.04). All were currently running personalized versions of Ubuntu Lucid (10.04) when Unity was introduced as the default DE. During the Natty & Oneiric dev cycles I began showing Unity to these users and about 2/3 to 3/4 quite vocally rejected the notion of learning to use the Unity DE, so Id planned on using Lubuntu which had just recently earned official status as an Ubuntu flavor. Lubuntu is very light and simple due to using the Openbox window manager, and its also very simple to create a minimal Lubuntu install and then install only the desired apps.
But then Lubuntu announced early in Precise development that they would not be doing an LTS release, and Xubuntu would be doing only a 3 year LTS, whereas the desktop version of Ubuntu would be a five year LTS, meaning it would be supported until April 2017. That meant I could potentially skip 14.04 and wait for 16.04 if I so wished. Game on! Since Precise was in very early development I began by trying to get a Gnome classic DE running on top of the Metacity window manager using the classic (no effects) session:
That worked out well enough that I published this compilation of tweaks and tricks for Oneiric:
And later a similar compilation for Precise:
The latter one has now been wikified by cortman:
Now, youll notice that the Community Documentation says, This guide is written for Ubuntu 12.04 LTS, which is a five year support version. With the removal of support in 12.10 for Unity 2D and Metacity, the future of the Gnome classic option looks doubtful. Therefore this wiki cannot be guaranteed to work on any later version of Ubuntu- it may work, but proceed at your own risk!
Thats a good starting point for this discussion.
Beginning with Quantal (12.10) Ubuntu dropped the Unity-2D session so Metacity is no longer installed by default. That has to do with the introduction of llvmpipe:
Sadly the many boxes I maintain with P4M800 graphics just wont run with compiz + llvmpipe so installing (or upgrading to) Ubuntu 12.10 falls flat on its face. Now, metacity is still in the repos so I can get it to work, but why bother? Ubuntu Quantal (12.10) is only supported until April 2014 whereas Precise (12.04) is an LTS and its supported until April 2017.
So then I began to shift my focus to ubuntu-GNOME-remix Quantal which still includes metacity by default:
It actually requires even less tweaking but remember that its not yet an official flavor!
Now the plot thickens!
The Gnome devs recently announced that theyll also be dropping metacity in favor of using llvmpipe + mutter:
They will however be introducing a new classic session via gnome shell extension(s):
Based on recent experience though I doubt that will work acceptably with P4M800 graphics. So what now?
Well first and foremost; Ill be keeping most of my production machines running Precise (12.04) because Im 99.9% certain that the classic (no effects) session will continue to work throughout its lifespan. In fact if it breaks you can bet that Ill quickly find a work-around.
Second Ill be shifting my focus back to Lubuntu during the next couple of dev cycles in hopes that their 14.04 might be an LTS. It uses the Openbox window manager which also runs quite well on lower-end hardware.
In no specific order beyond that Ill be giving all of the following a more serious look:
* Xubuntu - it is what it is, certainly no better or no worse than Lubuntu. Its simply a matter of choice.
* Ubuntu with Cinnamon - theyve forked a version of Mutter renamed Muffin for use with the Cinnamon DE which does include a 2D session, but Ive tested it on a box with P4M800 graphics and the performance is horribly sub-par compared to Metacity or Openbox.
* Ubuntu with Mate - theyve forked a version of Metacity renamed Marco but its designed to work only with Mates forked Gnome 2 DE. Thats probably the least desirable to me because there already were annoying problems with the old gnome-panel and I worry about being able to integrate newer and more secure apps.
* Be patient - things just keep changing! Besides the changes in desktop environments and window managers many other controversial changes are occurring such as recent changes to Nautilus:
And Gnome's Vincent Untz has already called on the community to fork and maintain the fallback-session including metacity and gnome-panel:
Youll notice there that he says, Things will improve with time, obviously, and 3.10 will solve more and more issues; hence I would recommend to people hitting such issues to stay with 3.6 for a few more months."
Well Ubuntu Precise (12.04) uses Gnome 3.2.1, and its supported until April 2017, so why not just kick back and relax while the devs decide what to do next?
In the meanwhile Ill continue testing in a multi-boot arrangement:
Others may prefer testing in a VM but I want to see how things work with actual hardware
Anyone have plans of their own to share?


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Christians and in particular Catholics are in real trouble. Christians represent approximately one-third of the world's population, by far the largest religious affiliation. With approximately 1.2 billion worldwide, Catholics are the largest single christian denomination in the world, and Catholics are the number one religious affiliation in almost the every country in the Western Hemisphere and much of Europe. Roughly 70% of the U.S. population identifies as Christian, and roughly 21% identifies as Catholic, making Catholicism the single largest religious denomination in the United States.
But then it all falls apart with the horror of the new Tarzan movie and the obvious conclusion implied that "the only "permissible" villains are Nazis, Catholics and fundamentalist Evangelicals."
The persecution must be unbearable. I can see why you act out with posts on your blog.
By the way, you forgot the Irish, the Italians, African Americans, Southern Baptists, CIA management, Progressives, Conservatives, the Royal Family of Great Britain, Jews, the Bush family, the Clinton family, millennials, southern peckerwoods, CA liberals, Texas gun nuts, BLM protestors, local cops, the FBI, HRC and her husband, Jim Comey, Republican congressional investigative committees, Nancy Pelosi and her security driver in St. Helena, the political elite, and those we truly love: the under-educated.
Oh, you also forgot rustlers, cut throats, murderers, bounty hunters, desperados, mugs, pugs, thugs, nitwits, halfwits, dimwits, vipers, snipers, con men, Indian agents, Mexican bandits, muggers, buggerers, bushwhackers, hornswogglers, horse thieves, bull dykes, train robbers, bank robbers, axx-kickers, sxit-kickers and Methodists.
I could go on. But you sound ridiculous enough already.
"Could you imagine a movie where the villain is a devout Muslim who kills people with the Koran?"
I'm not sure I need to imagine.
But let me give it a shot after searching the Internet for, oh, about 60 seconds and coming up with some examples (there are many others) of Muslim villains spread out over the last several decades. The two most recent examples are rather telling for supposedly liberal (and Catholic-hating?) Hollywood:
The Delta Force (1986)
Back to the Future... kinda.
Iron Eagle (1986)
Rules of Engagement (2000)
Syriana (2005)
300 – (2006) - Persians (not Muslims yet) as homosexual monsters, literally
Zero Dark Thirty (2012) – nominated for 5 Oscars
American Sniper (2014) – nominated for 6 Oscars
It must be your "unrepentant neo-Conservative, Catholic, pro-Western Civilization bias" blinding you to popular culture.
"If so, what does that have to say about Mary Eberstadt's thesis about the shift in culture against Christianity?"
I think it says "nobody likes a whiner playing the victim card." With your unrepentant neo-Conservative bias, you should know all about the whinny victim card. Such a bias leads to identification of listless whiny victims on a regular basis.
Frankly, your anti-Catholic verbal flatulence is dull, Anonymous, but curiously you by-passed a previous post that was, in part, a response to one of your earlier comments.
Now why would you do that, I wonder???
For your convenience, I've posted the link below and look forward to your response. Have a Nice Day.
Saturday, June 18
"The Fever-swamp has..."
There is nothing "anti-Catholic" about my posts. Mr. Bradley's post and references to a Tarzan movie reflecting some sort of widespread anti-Catholic and pro-Muslim perspectives in our society are factually and logically wrong. As I said above, nobody likes whiners (neo-Cons in particular like to identify whiners). This post by Mr. Bradley and your response to my comments are the same background whining we now hear from conservative christians every day. We are being persecuted by everyone. No, you are not.
We shouldn't love our country, our religious institutions, or our political parties like a 4 year old loves his mommy. "She's perfect, and I hate you if you don't think so." We should love all of these things as an adult loves his or her spouse. "I accept you and will help you to better yourself, just as you will help me to do the same."
The United States and the Catholic Church and the GOP are not "mommys" to be loved unconditionally. They are partners to be continuously nurtured and criticized and improved. Unquestioning veneration will lead to tyranny. You can wrap yourself in a blanket of whining, or you can engage with these institutions and work to make them better. After all, its a free country.
By the way, I'm not sure what you think I didn't reposed to in the comments section of the June 18th post. In response to your condescending comment regarding homosexuals on June 18th, I replied appropriately with two quotes from the current head of the Catholic Church as follows:
"I believe that the church not only should apologize to the person who is gay whom it has offended," he added, "but has to apologize to the poor, to exploited women, to children exploited for labor; it has to ask forgiveness for having blessed many weapons."
"But these are things that have nothing to do with the problem. The problem is a person that has a condition, that has good will and who seeks God, who are we to judge? And we must accompany them well."
You most certainly are anti-Catholic AND anti-Christian, Anonymous--you're deceiving only yourself in thinking otherwise.Any perceived condescension of mine is, in fact, simply a slam on your genuine condescension on all that isn't progressive. You think your contempt is concealed--think again.
Whatever the Pope's statement (and don't bother pretending to respect him either simply because you happen to agree with his latest comment), his intent certainly isn't to either let homosexuals off the hook for their lifestyle or promote homosexuality. Clearly, you're not familiar with the Pope's views on homosexuality and the family.
In fact, no, you haven't responded to Peter's post that appeared after your whining post. I'm still waiting for that--actually, not really. And spare everyone the pretentious "Mr. Bradley," salutation especially since your sarcastic posts are hardly respectful toward him or his blog.
"Christians represent approximately one-third of the world's population, by far the largest religious affiliation. With approximately 1.2 billion worldwide, Catholics are the largest single christian denomination in the world, and Catholics are the number one religious affiliation in almost the every country in the Western Hemisphere and much of Europe. Roughly 70% of the U.S. population identifies as Christian, and roughly 21% identifies as Catholic, making Catholicism the single largest religious denomination in the United States."
Talk about a laughable cut and paste--and I presume you researched all of these "statistics" before posting them.


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Jack Sisson gets probation for town tractor heist
WESTPORT — Although the prosecutor thought jail time was deserved, former Westport Highway Department Surveyor Harold "Jack" Sisson was instead sentenced Friday to two years of probation, 40 hours of community service and a no-trespass order at the town highway yard.
That sentence, delivered in Fall River District Court by Judge Julieann Hernon, came a day after a jury found Mr. Sisson guilty of felony larceny over $250 for trading in a town-owned Cub Cadet lawn tractor and its attachments and then arranging for that tractor to be given to his Highway Department mechanic, John Kennedy.
Assistant District Attorney Michael Callihane argued for a stiffer sentence — two years with six months to serve, two years probation, a no-trespass order and 100 hours of community service.
The crime and Mr. Sisson's record warranted prison time, Mr. Callihane said.
"This is a clear case of public corruption," the DA said. An elected official abused his position to deprive the town of its own property and to give that that tractor "to a friend, colleague and subordinate."
Although Mr. Sisson had argued that the used tractor was worth little and no longer needed, Mr. Callihane said that, with attachments, it was worth over $2,000 — a significant piece of property."
And there were other items taken, the DA said, things brought up in pre-trial but not brought up in trial, that should figure into sentencing.
By entering into an invalid contract with 146 Supply Center (the Massachusetts company to which Mr. Sisson sent the items), he effectively cost the town $10,000, Mr. Callihane said, at a time that towns are struggling to make ends meet.
What's more, Mr. Sisson had a record of private disposal of public property, one that former Town Administrator Jack Healey had tried to deal with, Mr. Callihane said.
"One of (Mr. Healey's) first orders of business was to sit down with the defendant" and try to correct the problem, the DA said.
"(Mr. Sisson) chose to ignore that and run his deportment as a fiefdom … (and) engage in back room deals … under the cover of darkness."
Mr. Sisson accepts the jury's decision, said his attorney Emile Morad, but jail time would be excessive.
Mr. Sisson is 60 years old, worked for the town for 22 years and, while he may not have followed the proper procedures this time, always acted for the benefit of the town.
"He never tried to hide what he did" from the Police Department, Mr. Morad said.. "He has already lost his job" his employee pension has been held up and may become an issue … Jail would not be a proper consequence."
After the verdict was delivered, Westport Detective Jeff Majewski said that, jail time or not, the jury's guilty verdict on the felony count delivers a strong message that Mr. Sisson's dealings had been criminal in nature.
"It was a real team effort" among detectives and the District Attorney's office, he said, in a case that was more about the principles involved than the dollar amount.
"Some people say, 'Why go to all this trouble over'" over a small amount of money? This was really about the public trust, he said, adding that the dollar value of the equipment was not insignificant. That Cub Cadet "was not just a lawn tractor. It was a very expensive, high end machine … with expensive attachments including trailer, aerator, roller, aluminum ramps and more.
He added that it was indicative of how seriously the state took the matter that it assigned one of its top prosecutors to the case for the duration.
The testimony of present town Highway Surveyor Chris Gonsalves was considered critical by both defense and prosecution.
Questioned by Mr. Morad, Mr. Gonsalves during the trial called Mr. Sisson(his former supervisor) "a great person, a great man."
But he also testified that he had alerted police about his concerns for the way items were being removed from the Highway Department.
"Gonsalves was actually the twist in the case. He was the one who initially reported the theft to police," Det. Majewski said.
In fact, on the October, 2012, day Mr. Gonsalves called police, officers went out and found another truck being loaded with town equipment, Det. Majewski said.
The tractor and other town-owned equipment were found by investigators outside Mr. Kennedy's Westport Forge Road residence.
Mr. Kennedy subsequently admitted to the facts of the case, was placed on probation and resigned from his Westport job, Both he and Mr. Sisson still face a charge of conspiracy in the case which, it it gets to trial, is scheduled be heard in September.
Mr. Morad told the jury that, while Mr. Sisson may not always have abided by the letter of the bidding rules, he never benefitted personally from the transactions and had the town's best financial interests at heart. Mr. Sisson repeatedly said his department actually saved Westport taxpayers many thousands of dollars through its frugal ways and that he was merely finding useful ways to dispose of unneeded items that were lying around the highway yard.
It was "nothing new," Mr. Morad said, just the way business had been done in town for years.
But the DA said Mr. Sisson had repeatedly been warned to cease doing business that way and pointed to a 2011 report by the state Auditor General's office that was highly critical of state Highway Department practices that included ignoring bidding rules, improperly disposing of public property and using town equipment and employees for work on private property, including that of a former member of the Board of Selectmen.
That probe had been sought by former Town Administrator Michael Coughlin. Its conclusions were sent to the Bristol County District Attorney's office which took no action, leaving that to Westport Police.
Since Mr. Sisson's arrest, Westport voters, in two separate votes, decided to change the highway surveyor job from an elected to an appointed post. Mr. Gonsalves, who had served as interim surveyor after the arrest, has since become the first appointed highway surveyor.


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Commuters at Charlotte, North Carolina Douglas Airport, were shocked when the dude stripped off in protest at the US Airways flight to Jamaica being at capacity, meaning he would not be able to board it. It took security 40 minutes to arrive at the gate and escort him away, so it's safe to say everyone else got an eyeful.
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The Game Vents On Instagram About Not Seeing His Kids
The Game took to his Instagram account to express how heartbroken he is about not seeing his children. According to the rapper, Tiffney is not allowing him to see his two youngest children (Cali and Justice).
Tiffney reportedly obtained the restraining order against Game on April 2nd, barring Game from having any contact with her whatsoever. However, according to TMZ, the judge is allowing Game to see his kids on the weekends, but now he is complaining that he is unable to see his kids.
This is what The Game wrote on Instagram:
"Doing the best I can not to break.. But it's funny how someone you've done so much for can be so ugly & cruel as to keep my children away from me vindictively because I've decided to move on with my life. I love all 3 of my kids more than life itself & it's one thing to keep me away from them.. & them away from me but @harlemcarontaylor hasn't seen his younger brother or sister in a month & just texted me "Dad, how come Justice can't come to my house" & I have to lie to him because he's to young to understand the real reason why. I know they ask about me, I know they love me & I know they miss me as much as I miss them but were not allowed to see each other & for what ??? As if I haven't been there for them everyday since the day they were born…. They are the only reason I care about breathing another day on earth… They are the sole reason I have become a better person… They are the reason I give back, the reason I help people & the reason I wake up everyday with a smile on my face. Most importantly… They are MY CHILDREN & we deserve to be in each other's lives forever. What kind of person would get in the middle of someone's devoted fatherhood when there are countless women out here that are raising there children on there own with no one to help. You would think a father that loves his children the way I do would be the least bit appreciated & not have to beg someone to see his own children. I have worked so hard at being a good parent only to have it taken away by someone who cares not about me, nor the welfare of our children but only about themselves. All of this just so you can keep me away from Justice on his birthday. What lie y'all gone tell em' when his Daddy ain't there ? Like I have been the past 6 birthdays ? The past 6 Christmas's ? The past 6 years of a sons life whom got his name from a father that patiently awaited his arrival here into this world ??? & Cali….. I'm not gone even start.. I will end this by saying…. Daddy loves you…. Misses you… & will always be here no matter what happens !!!! I am a REAL FATHER."
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Cons: The long wait on the bus doing the Panama Canal transit excursion.
Recommends Island Princess? Yes!
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Increasingly frequent and intense extreme climatic events are wreaking havoc in regions all over the world, not only causing immediate death and destruction, but also destroying prospects for attaining the most basic of human needs—water, food, and secure shelter. What is more, the problems brought about by extreme events are often exacerbated by ecosystem destruction due to human activities. This is a universal, global problem. Children are the most vulnerable. Insufficient and polluted water afflicts a third or more of the people of the world causing over a billion illnesses, illnesses often related to 2.5 billion people lacking sanitation, and illnesses often combined with malnutrition. In 2013, 783 million people lacked clean water. Procurement and allocation of water are major problems in rural and urban areas. More than 70% of fresh water is used for irrigation of crops, much of it lost to evaporation, and much resulting in build up of salinization on bordering farmland. Cities, now home to 54% of the world's population, often lack adequate infrastructure to provide clean drinking water. In the United States, cities are faced with contaminated water from their pipes, as in Flint Michigan and in New Jersey schools. Naturally occurring water pollutants that can harm ecosystems, aquatic organisms, and humans are becoming more prevalent due to physical developments and climate change. For example, toxic cyanobacteria, also known as blue-green algae, in coastal and inland waters are causing mortality and morbidity in humans, livestock, and wild animals. Over the last three decades, one of these bacteria, C. raciborskii has been increasingly recognized as a public health exigency for drinking water supplies across all inhabited continents.
While food today is more readily available worldwide than in the past, nearly a billion people go hungry. The roughly billion people who rely on fish from the oceans are faced with dwindling harvests due to overfishing, warming waters that harm coral reef breeding grounds, and the loss of mangrove spawning grounds. Crops and livestock are hurt by climate change. Productivity is diminished by reliance on monoculture, poor storage, and transportation problems. The situation is drastically worsened by unnecessary waste and spoilage. The world is producing more than enough food, according to the Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations, which says that "Recovering just half of what is lost or wasted" alone could feed the world. Regarding spoilage, aflatoxins—poisonous, cancer-causing chemicals produced by certain molds—are found in spoiled food, including staples such as corn, millet, peanuts, and wheat, affecting not only immediate consumers, but also those who buy processed food. Droughts causing dead livestock and wilted crops have driven millions from their homes and farmland, as happened in Syria. Subsequent conflict led millions of Syrians to become both political and climate refugees, living in refugee camps and traveling thousands of treacherous miles to resettle. Poverty, whether experienced in slums, refugee camps, or other rural and urban settings, causes lack of land and shortages of material for soundly built housing that can withstand weather changes, even screens to help reduce exposure to mosquitoes, flies, and other disease vectors. The nearly quarter of the world's urban population who live in slums live mostly in overcrowded, unsafe shelters that lack structural security, water for drinking, cooking, and hygiene, and sanitation. They are exposed to communicable diseases and suffer mental stress. Community space, adequate education, and chances for employment or a way out of the slums are rare. In numerous coastal communities, houses are endangered by extreme weather conditions exasperated by climate change. The sea's rise in India has caused river delta islands to vanish. In 2016, the first climate refugees in the United States, an entire community of Native American Indians, are being forced to move from their ancestral homes on Isle de Jean Charles, Louisiana. The present challenges are aggravated by climate change, population growth, and forced migration. It is critical to focus on these basic, inextricably interlocked needs for water, food, and secure shelter, with a view to preventive measures, and to do so with extreme sensitivity to cultures, communities, ecosystems, and ramifications to human health.


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Morena, Aug 30 (UNI) A big fair would be organised in the premises of ancient Shanichara temple, near Anti village, 37 km from district headquarters, to worship deity Shanidev on the occasion of Amavasya', which falls on Saturday -- a day meant for Shanidev.
Thousands of devotees would offer their prayers and pay obeisance.
It is believed that Parikrama of 'Shani Parvat', a mountain of 14 km perimeter, relieved people from Shanidev's curse.
People normally dreaded of Shanidev's curse as it affects them for two-and-a-half or seven years. It brings misery and misfortunes but if Shanidev or Saturn planet is happy then it fetches fortunes.
Elaborate security arrangements have been made in the temple for the fair. Police patrolling would take place at nearby areas to shrine.


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The colors on the stick tip aren't exactly true to form as I find them off. I do enjoy the consistency and colors tho I wish they were a bit more vivid for lighter colors and offered more staying power in my drier lips. Gifted them to my 70 yr old mom who is enjoying having them to grab for use around the house to perk up her face for visitors and on more lazy days. Quality is about on par with the upper proved drugstore options tho color longevity just isn't there yet for me. Lovely brand tho.4
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Rice has linoleic acids and squalene which are capable cell reinforcement. It attempts to deliver collagen on skin. Collagen disposes of scarce differences and wrinkles. It additionally shields skin from daylight. Distinctive therapeutic properties are found in rice which makes skin delicate and shining. In this way, this is the way you can utilize rice to look 10 years more youthful in only a week. Apply this rice face pack and feel more youthful in only 7 days. Fixings:
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Starting her Bollywood journey with Madholal Keep Walking, Swara went on to give memorable performances in Guzaarish, Tanu Weds Manu, Listen Amaya and more recently in Aurangzeb.
"The great thing about the film is that Himanshu does not only write about hero-heroine parts but creates characters that you feel connected to. In this film, Kundan's love for Zoya will make no sense without the character of Murari (Zeeshan Ayub Khan). Bindiya and Murari have some of the best dialogues in the film."
Swara does not want to get pigeonholed in an image and hopes to do all kinds of roles in future. "As an actor you should be able to do all kind of roles. I would like to do most commercial of roles. It is my great dream to pull of a Bunty Aur Babli or a DDLJ. I would equally like to do a Black, like Rani Mukherjee and Paa like Amitabh Bachchan."
Swara is next starring in horror film, Machhli Jal Ki Raani Hai, comedy, Sabki Bajegi Band and Abbas Tyrewala's Mango. "In Machhli... I play a girl who gets possessed then there is relationship comedy Sabki Bajegi Band, where I play a very funny, hysterical housewife. I am just now shooting for Mango. I have a very cute role in the film."


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1 In what drama has Urquhart become Underwood?
2 Who commissioned a life-size doll of former lover Alma Mahler?
3 What is at 32 London Bridge Street?
4 What series ended with The Days Of Anna Madrigal?
5 Which magazine is owned by Pressdram Ltd?
6 What is the only Scottish football club to break the world transfer record?
7 Which British composer wrote 32 symphonies?
8 Who was apprehended at row 3, seat 5 of the Texas theatre, Dallas?
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9 Ray Bolger; Jack Haley; Bert Lahr?
10 Whitehorse; Yellowknife; Iqaluit?
11 Geoff Capes; George Orwell; John Arlott; Christopher Dean; Ray Reardon?
12 Refrain; Net als toen; Dors, mon amour; Een Beetje?
13 Sandwich; Southport; Hoylake; Lytham St Annes?
14 Old Gumbie; Mystery; Theatre; Railway?
15 Venus's girdle; compass; lion's mane; box?
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2 Painter Oskar Kokoschka.
3 The Shard.
4 Armistead Maupin's Tales Of The City.
5 Private Eye.
6 Falkirk (in 1922).
7 Havergal Brian.
8 Lee Harvey Oswald.
9 Played the Scarecrow, Tin Man and Cowardly Lion in The Wizard Of Oz.
10 Capitals of Canadian territories: Yukon; Northwest Territories; Nunavut.
11 Former policemen.
12 First four Eurovision-winning songs.
13 English locations for Open golf championship.
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Jamshedpur (Jharkhand), Feb 18 (PTI) A local courttoday sentenced a 27-year-old-man to death for rape and murderof a four-and-half-year-old girl near here last year.
Additional District and Sessions Judge B K Sinha hadconvicted Sanjay alias Firangi Paswan in this case a week agoand pronounced the quantum of punishment during the day.
Paswan was known to the victim''s family and the childused to address him as ''uncle''. He took the girl at a lonelyplace at Bagbeda in the outskirts of the steel city, raped herand then killed her with a stone on February 10, 2010,according to the prosecution.
The child''s mother Meena Rajwar lodged a named FIRafter her body was from from a drain the next day.


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Energy Journal: U.K. Gets Serious About Shale Gas
Senior British politicians, notably Chancellor of the Exchequer George Osborne, have been casting covetous glances at the U.S. shale boom for some time now. On Thursday, they finally got something to justify their enthusiasm for an industry that barely exists in their own country, as the British Geological Survey published a new study of shale gas resources.
The headline number was certainly impressive—1,300 trillion cubic feet of gas is now estimated to be trapped in shale rocks under northern England, more than 400 years worth of current U.K. consumption.


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"I'm not a model; I'm an actress. I always feel like I'm in the five to 10 pound struggle, but my life is so busy. I'm just not that concerned, really. I'm normal and I'm perfectly happy being that way.
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New research has revealed results that may be great news in the on-going struggle to protect the unborn from being destroyed in the name of science for the benefits of others. In an article published in Channel NewsAsia entitled Progress in cloned stem cells could defuse ethics storm: studies, scientists report using mouse skin cells to create cells that serve the same function for mice as embryonic stem cells would serve. According to the article:
Doctors on Thursday will report lab techniques that, they hope, will ease an ethical row clouding the eagerly-sought goal of cloned embryonic stem cells.
In one study, US scientists say they reprogrammed normal tissue cells in mice to mimic the properties of embryonic stem cells, an advance that could lead to breakthrough treatments for chronic and terminal diseases in humans.
"Our reprogrammed cells were virtually indistinguishable from embryonic stem cells," said Kathrin Plath, researcher at the Institute for Stem Cell Biology and Medicine at the University of California at Los Angeles.
"We were rather surprised at how well this reprogramming worked," she said.
If replicated in humans, the method would eliminate the need to harvest human embryos to generate stem cells. The Catholic Church and other Christian activists fiercely oppose using human embryos for research.
And because the cells originate from the recipient, tissue rejection would no longer be a concern, said the study published in the inaugural issue of the journal Cell Stem Cell.
This is new research, but in some respects it is nothing new. There are many types of possible alternatives to embryonic stem cells that are constantly being discovered. In January 2007, it was discovered that stem cells found in amniotic fluid may possibly produce the same type of advantages that embryonic stem cells are hoped (not promised) to produce without killing any embryos in the process. In November 2006, it was reported that "virus-mediated delivery of the gene encoding an enzyme called PC 1/3 improved the glucose-stimulated insulin secretion of pancreatic islet cells" meaning that what appears to be a successful alternative to embryonic stem cells had been developed for treating patients with Type I diabetes. In October 2006, it was reported that delivery of "adult neural stem/progenitor cells along with a myelin-derived peptide into the spinal fluid of mice and found that they promoted the functional recovery of the spinal cord after injury". In other words, another possible embryonic stem cell alternative had been discovered. I could keep going.
The alternatives to embryonic stem cells keep cropping up. It is, of course, true that these alternatives are all still in the testing stage and further testing may establish that none of them may offer to fulfill the potential that embryonic stem cells are supposed to offer. But that is part of the problem. People see the shortcomings of the alternatives because the alternatives are reported as needing further research, but interestingly embryonic stem cells are not reported in the same way. Here's an example from the same news as reported by Malcolm Ritter of the Associated Press as it appears in my morning newspaper:
In a leap forward for stem cell research, three independent teams of scientists reported Wednesday that they have produced the equivalent of embryonic stem cells in mice using skin cells without the controversial destruction of embryos.
If the same could be done with human skin cells -- a big if -- the procedure could lead to breakthrough medical treatments without the contentious ethical and political debates surrounding the use of the embryos.
The last paragraph is subtle, but by noting that there is a "big if" involved, it communicates quite clearly that there is no clear data that demonstrates that the same procedure could be worked on human skin cells to create the equivalent of embryonic stem cells. But did you catch that the medical treatments that embryonic stem cells are supposed to provide are equally unproven? If you didn't, it's understandable. The "big if" language highlights the unproven nature of the latest research when applied to humans, but no such language accompanies the statement that these procedure "could lead to breakthrough medical treatments".
The truth is that there is no promise that embryonic stem cells will provide any treatments at all -- only an informed hope. To be accurate, the second paragraph should read: "If the same could be done with human skin cells -- a big if -- the procedure could lead to breakthrough medical treatments -- another big if -- without the contentious ethical and political debates surrounding the killing of human embryos which is required to obtain embryonic stem cells."
Of course, the findings will not change opinions in the halls of Congress where the House of Representatives is again seeking to put another bill in front of President Bush which will free up federal funds to further embryonic stem cell research. Given the alternatives that are cropping up that appear to offer sane and ethically undisturbing ways to obtain the same types of cells for doing research, why does Congress feel it necessary to press forward with the killing of unborn human beings to engage in scientific research?
An article by Rick Weiss of the Washington Post entitled Mouse stem cells created without destroying embryos provides the justification:
The findings generated tumult on Capitol Hill, where the House is set to vote today on a bill that would loosen President Bush's 2001 restrictions on the use of human embryos in stem cell research. The Senate has already passed the bill, which Bush has threatened to veto.
Acutely aware that their new work could undermine the bill, scientists cautioned that their success with mouse cells does not guarantee quick success with human cells. They called for legislators to pass the bill, which would give federally funded researchers access to embryos slated for destruction at fertility clinics.
So, the scientists want funding. Is that the bottom line? It seems like an awfully callous reason to end the lives of human beings. They don't want the embryos to go to waste because they will be destroyed anyway? That argument would appear to justify killing comatose patients whose organs could be harvested for transplants.
It simply seems to me that if alternatives are being developed to embryonic stem cell research that may offer the equivalent to the benefits that are hoped (but not promised) to be obtained from killing embryos for their stem cells but which don't require the killing of anyone or anything to accomplish what appears to be the same purpose, civilized people should support waiting to see if the new research can produce stem cells in humans that can be used for the same research without the ethically wrong killing of human beings.


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Survey of London: Volumes 31 and 32, St James Westminster, Part 2
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