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hi guys
I am building a camping platform for the kids in the back garden using some recycled wood underneath and the surface will be some OSB .
OK, my question is which is type of wood protection would you recommend I use for OSB sheets, I am asking this question because I have moved Croatia, where there is not a lot of choice and there is the language barrier to read instructions.
Only Sadolin and belkin are recommended here and I have never used both...I am wondering whether to use "Sadolin base", but have no idea if I can just use that alone...because I want to make up my own stain!
Has anyone used "Belkin" for wood protection
I live in the mountain area and the weather is a factor, with heavy snowy winters to hot,very sunny summers and windy, rain days inbetween
on another topic, if anyone has a homemade recipe for wood protection that can protect against mountain weather...please post! :thumbup:
is there any way to get treated 1/2" or 3/4" plywood for the project? if you had no other choice Advantech subflooring would be better then average osb and I have no idea what to use to extend its life outdoors
OSB laying flat is not going to last well in the rain.
Treated ply with indoor outdoor carpet?
I would use just about anything besides OSB outdoors. If you have recycled wood make a plank deck. OSP is just not going to withstand water. If you have to use OSB, paint, seal, treat, both sides and every edge of each piece. Don't skimp on bottoms just because you cant see them, that's a reason to really make sure its well coated.
Can't help you on products you mentioned, even Google doesn't seem to have heard of belkin. Don't know what you have available over there, CIA page does says Croatia is a producer of chemicals and plastics. I'd recommend some oil based finish. Here is where the old saying, "Several thin coats are better than a few thick ones." is really true. And the first few coats should be thinned down so it really penetrates.
Most "homemade" wood preservatives, for folks that have trouble finding "real" stuff that I know about are things you don't want around kids, or any one else. Ranging from creosote to used crankcase oil. Could be the Peace Corps has some info on that, they're always tryin to figure out how to do things on shoestring budget with materials at hand.
Several applications of boiled linseed oil, ( do they grow flax there?) letting each penetrate and "dry" before next, helps prevent rot and drying of wood. Its lenghty process waiting for it to "dry", needs periodic rejuvinating application. Alone it doesn't doesn't provide much protection against surface water or weathering so needs to be top coated with an oil finish, which also prevents linseed oil from getting on kids. CIA says Croatia is producer of rape seed, it can be used same as linseed.
Sorry I can't really help you out, Find something besides OSB, some sort of simple roof over top would help, even if no more than a tarp. Seems like your trying to use limited materials you have on hand, used and recycled stuff. The OSB may last a few months while you scrounge up something better.
No form of sheet goods will work.
Even pressure treated with a carpet over it is not going to work.
For one thing it will never dryout, and will mold up, it will delaminate, you would also need ACQ fastners to attach it. Something like Monel staples.
I've seen many a screen room where they tryed this and they all failed.
OSB will just fall apart within a year.
You need 5/4, or 2 X 6 pressure treated lumber for the decking.
Sorry notmrjohn...I meant Belinka
Thanks everyone for your replies...very thought provoking!
Belka-Belinka still can't help. Somewhere is a Euro-counterpart to this place. Now Bilenka I have used. Use enough vodka while building your project and you won't care what other materials you use. I prefer Bourbon, Scotch, or Tequila, but like I said before, sometimes you just have to use whatever you can scrounge up. Beer's good too.
Well, you can always move to another country that has a greater selection on building materials. Forget OSB. It is not designed for your intended use. And if you did put a preservative on it, it won't work. Osb sheating when wet or exposed long term to moisture will breakdown the bonding resins(glue). It also expands & contracts at different rates from the center of the sheet to the outer edges.
Don't you have pressure treated decking planks over there. Or if you can afford it & have it there, you can use composite decking boards, or PVC.
Now that I think about it, if it were me, I would move to a place that has a Home Depot or Lowes & knock myself out.:wallbash:
"...I would move..." They'd probably be glad to see you go. Especially since in another thread where you got on your high horse, you said, "As far as buying supplies & Lowes or HD, forget about it."
What's wrong with you folks on this website. Geez! You have no sense of humor whatsoever. And if you read the other replies to his OSB question you would laugh your butt off about the one involved with drinking.
Lighten up out there....Please. Don't you see the humor in this stuff. How do you get thru the day. And furthermore, everybody needs a Home Depot or a Lowes now & then. So what the Devil is your point. Here's a suggestion. Maybe he could move to Norway or Sweden. I understand they have fantastic trees up there. Now don't go getting a splinter over it.:thumbup:
As a matter of fact i did happen to see "the one involved with drinking." Did you happen to see who posted it?
Why should dennis move, the Balkans have fantastic trees and are a major producer of timber and related products. He doesn't need HD or Lowes, OBI is 4th largest DIY retailer in world, stores all over Europe. The Balkans were just beginning to recover from a particularly gruesome war, when the economic crisis hit. Who knows what conditions are like in his particular area? Who knows why dennis is there? Maybe he is releif worker or missionary, trying to get by with scrounged materials. maybe is an entreprenuer getting rich in rebuilding the finacial situation in the area.
But maybe you are correct, maybe there is something wrong with us folks on this website. Before I decided to open a can of snark on ya, I did a quick scan of some of your posts, just to see where the snark lay. Talk about a sense of humor, absolutely hilarious the way you ask for advice and then argue with the folks on this website who give it. Whassa matta? Haven't been able to go fishing? Got a trolling motor out in the garage, just wasting away from non-use? The way you so flatly and definatly said to forget all about HD&Lowes, and then contradicted yourself saying every one needs one now and then had me ROFLMAO. I mean which one of those is the Devil of your point? And that's my rant for the month. You have a nice day now, and keep laughing.
And...back on topic.
If I were taking this project on, I would definitely stay away from flat goods. Composites are forever (we think) but there are some really nice outdoor wood types around too. How long do you need this platform to last anyway?
Not to argue with yall, joe and 1910, just a piece of info. To keep it short,(every body falls over in shock) I have personal knowledge of a "deck" covered with 6 sheets of pressure treated 3/4 plywood that withstood 5 years of complete exposure, then I hit it lightly with floor sander and it became subfloor under 3/8 underlament of room addition. That was 10 years ago, no body fell thru yet. I am wondering if this "camping platform" is the floor of a tent, like the ones we set up each year for scout summer camp. Just mini 5/4 PT plank potable decks, or duck boards. all kinds of critters get under there, cause great commotions, excitement and uproar amongst the city boys at night.
My point proven. If you or anyone here can devote the time to look up a complete strangers posts, and sit there and try to to analyze the "where's, what for's & so be it's" you really do need to get a life. Speaking of which, do hope you enjoy that little putt putt, wasting away in your garage or wherever. It's Sept. 11 & it's also 9-11 if you understand that.
I have a 64 foot Hat. yacht in the Rockland marina on the Hudson. Yes, I DO own it, and it's paid for, and I pay cash to fuel it up. Not bad for a 32 year old contractor who dosen't know anything, ya think? Not bad for a guy with a sense of humor & half his brain tied behind hios back so as not to embarass anyone. So now I will cast off my Spring lines & shove off down to The NYC harbor, about an hour's run from here, to see the Trade center site from the harbor. Have a nice day!
Here's one for you to think about. What's the longest continueous single line on a ship? Why don't you think about that, while your out looking for that 5/8" adjustable wrench.:laughing:
Golly Gee. I wonder if they will ban me again for having a sense of humor & not taking any of this stuff so seriously as the rest of the cramudgeons.
Its a good thing you are a self confessed ( don't forget conceited) young rich guy, because your personality sure is poor. Speaking of poor, I assume the part of your brain that is tied behind your back is the part that manages your spelling and grammar.
Whats a cramudgeon. Some of us are curmudgeons, but the hilarity AND the irony of the situation is, i'm quite certain, lost on you.
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During the past 18 months or so, we have seen the emergence of innovative endpoint security solutions. The list is long; it is hard to keep track of all the solutions in the space. In no particular order, here is a sampling: Bromium, Invincea, IBM Trusteer, Cylance, Palo Alto Networks Next-Gen Endpoint Protection (Cyvera), Microsoft Enhanced Mitigation Experience Toolkit (EMET), Bit9 + Carbon Black, Confer, CounterTack Sentinel, Cybereason, CrowdStrike Falcon Host, Guidance Software Cybersecurity, Hexis HawkEye G, FireEye HX, Triumfant, Tanium, and Verdasys Digital Guardian.
I take many briefings from these types of vendors (primarily the ones I cover in Forrester's Endpoint Visibility and Control category) and within the first 5 minutes of the conversation, the vendor mentions that their solution has a "small footprint." The use of this phrase is the equivalent of nails scratching their way across a chalkboard for me. When was the last time you heard anyone say that they have a "large footprint?" Please provide more information: Do you run in user or kernel land? What are the impacts to utilization? Even if a vendor truly has a "small footprint," when that new agent is deployed to a host that already has four or five agents running, the collective footprint is far from small.
I am a recovering endpoint security administrator; I am very familiar with the challenges and nuances of operationalizing endpoint security. At various points in my practitioner career I managed: McAfee VirusScan, McAfee Host DLP, SafeBoot encryption (now McAfee), Guidance Software EnCase servlets, Configuresoft (now EMC) agents, as well as Identity Finder DLP agents. My experiences managing these types of solutions are the reason the comment "small footprint" causes me so much angst. It casually minimizes the struggles of endpoint security.
Digging a bit deeper:
- A "small footprint" that beats the user into submission isn't the right answer either. These endpoint solutions must not negatively affect the user experience. You can have the most effective security control, but if it is so intrusive that employees can't work, it won't be in production for very long. Remember Host Intrusion Prevention system (HIPS?) These new endpoint solutions must demonstrate that they can be effective AND transparent to users.
- The user experience isn't the only perspective that you need to consider; the administrator's experience operationalizing the solution is also important. Dashboards and an intuitive user interface enhance operational effectiveness. Scalability is another important consideration: Deploying a solution to 100 endpoints is one thing, deploying a solution to 100,000 endpoints is an entirely different matter. Once again you can have the most effective security control, but if you cannot actually deploy and manage it you have invested the equivalent of vaporware.
- Some of the solutions above focus on prevention (e.g. Bromium, Cylance, Invincea, Palo Alto Networks Next-Gen Endpoint Protection). The logic is that if you can prevent then why waste time with visibility and response? Remember, to be effective within your organization, prevention must meet the two requirements I just mentioned. I want prevention to work, I really do. It is particularly important for organizations that simply don't have the resources for detection and response. Prevention is ideal, but working under the assumption that determined adversaries will find a way to circumvent your controls, visibility is also important. This is where the EVC solutions come into play.
- Just because one of the new endpoint solutions markets itself as being able to stop zero day exploitation, it doesn't mean that you are safe. The adversary might target the prevention solution itself. The attacks against Microsoft EMET are a perfect example. EMET uses techniques to prevent exploits related to memory corruption, making it harder for attackers to find and exploit vulnerabilities. It is a popular target; most recently Offensive Security researchers were able to disable all of its protections. Remember, if something runs code, it can be exploited.
Chris Sherman and I have written several pieces of research designed to help Forrester clients navigate the new endpoint security landscape. There is more to come in the future.
- Prepare For The Post-AV Era Part 1: Five Alternatives To Endpoint Antivirus
- Prepare For The Post-AV Era Part 2: Layer Your Endpoint Security Tools For Max Protection
- Targeted-Attack Hierarchy Of Needs, Part 1
- Targeted-Attack Hierarchy Of Needs, Part 2
Forrester's definition of EVC: Endpoint visibility and control (EVC) seeks to provide detailed visibility into activity occurring on the endpoint. EVC solutions can provide details on endpoint process executions, application/file/registry modifications, network activity, active memory, as well as kernel-driver activity. Some EVC solutions provide visibility only, while others also provide the ability to contain malicious endpoint behavior.
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Comment from Clinton Karr (not verified) on Mon, 07/28/2014 - 12:12
Good post, Rick. Hopefully the industry can start to engage in more meaningful discussions, but it will take collaboration to define these criteria. Bromium CTO Simon Crosby has blogged about it a bit more here: http://blogs.bromium.com/2014/07/28/in-praise-of-seamless-small-footprin...
Thanks for the comment
Comment from Rick Holland on Mon, 07/28/2014 - 12:32
Thanks for the comment Clinton.
Staying out of the kernel helps..
Comment from Yossi Naar (not verified) on Fri, 08/22/2014 - 10:49
Hi Rick,
I think you are very much on point.
For any product to truly be "low footprint" it has to be imperceptible to the user, easy to deploy and easy to maintain at any scale.
And for that to happen you have to design it with all those things in mind.
"First, do no harm" - before you can protect your users you have to make sure you yourself do not interfere with their activity.
This is why we stayed out of the kernel when we implemented our silent sensor. The worst thing you can do is start randomly crashing users' machines. Even Microsoft sometimes causes crashes (like in last week's updates) when they are deep in the OS.
If you actively bind the operations of a process you put your users at risk - i think every vendor should strive to reduce that risk.
It may be harder to provide full visibility and keep away from that tempting deep dive - so we must do what is hard(er) and find ways to get the same data without writing yet another driver.
If you know your windows internals and take the time to dive into all that the OS has to offer it turns out you can keep your users safe and keep to that very important rule - do no harm.
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- Ceremony: The White Room
- Ceremony & Reception Venue: White Room Loft
The White Room1 King St
St Augustine, Florida, United States
"The ceremony and reception were held in The White Room Loft. This is the view coming down from The White Room Staircase. <see below>"
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White Room LoftSaint Augustine, FL, USA
"My daughter got married 2 weeks ago. The White Room is extraordinary. It is beautiful, classy and private. I can not say enough about the staff. They are very helpful and do little touches to make your wedding memorable. All of our guests were pleased. The food for our sit down dinner was great and Courtney along with our DJ and photographer kept the evening going smoothly. My daughter had the the wedding beyond her expectations. Thank you, White Room and Staff!"


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Set up a cleaning station with cleaning materials. We used a bucket of soap and water, sponges, and a spray bottle.
Then, drive your bike or scooter through the wash (a sprinkler set up in the driveway). We had a crazy hose-like sprinkler, but any type of sprinkler will work. I heard so many giggles as they rode beside it and through it.
My child and I completed Drive Through Car and Bike Wash.
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Secret Service raids Federal Way home, says man threatened Pres. Obama
FEDERAL WAY, Washington - A Federal Way man is scheduled to appear in court Wednesday afternoon after he allegedly emailed threats to Pres. Barack Obama, the U.S. Attorney's Office said Tuesday afternoon.
UPDATE (Wednesday, 3:21 p.m.): Here's the text of the email, as quoted in court documents.
Anton Caluori, 31, pulled a shotgun on officers as they knocked at his door around 2 p.m., police said. He was taken into custody without incident. Federal Way police officers assisted U.S. Secret Service agents in making the arrest.
Caluori's mother emerged from their apartment as police were still gathering evidence.
"Yes sir, it's my son," the woman told reporters at the scene.
"I don't know a whole lot. It's been a surprise. How would you feel if your son was just arrested? (He) never got arrested, was in the military, has a college education. I'm just a little bit upset and shocked. He's never done something like that," she said.
Officials confiscated two weapons from the man and searched the apartment for additional weapons and evidence.
Bomb squad officials were called to the scene to eliminate suspicion of any incendiary devices, police said.
People were evacuated from units surrounding the man's home, which is in a four-plex. Police said those evacuations were necessary for the safety of people in the area.
U.S. attorney's spokeswoman Emily Langlie said the threat was sent to a general purpose FBI email address.
A Secret Service agent and a Federal Way police officer went to an apartment, knocked and announced themselves for about three minutes, then found themselves facing a man armed with a shotgun when the door opened.


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Sprint Nextel says it is ready to handle the iPhone, even if it isn't officially carrying it yet.
Sprint is watching the network and investing in the infrastructure as needed to ensure a good customer experience, regardless of the rumors, Chief Financial Officer Joe Euteneuer said during an investor conference yesterday. The comments were reported by Fierce Wireless.
It's widely believed that Sprint will sell the iPhone alongside AT&T and Verizon Wireless. While Apple has set no date for the next iPhone, it is expected to come in October.
Euteneuer didn't confirm that Sprint would sell the iPhone, but discussed the possibility of getting the blockbuster device from Apple.
A bigger question remains whether Sprint will be able to keep offering an unlimited data plan with the device. Eutenuer said "we think we have great runway room," but kept the possibility open that it would move away from the offer.
"Offering unlimited data is about 'managing the network properly,'" Euteneuer said. "If we got to a point where we thought that keeping an unlimited plan wasn't going to create the profitable marketplace that we wanted, then we would have to look for change."
Chief Executive Dan Hesse had previously warned that the unlimited data plans couldn't last forever. As previously written, even if Sprint offers the iPhone with an unlimited plan now, it may not be a permanent option. Verizon and AT&T have already switched to a tiered-pricing model.
Euteneuer acknowledged that the iPhone could potentially hurt the company in the near term because of the higher subsidies involved, but said the device has the benefit of improving its brand and reducing customer turnover.
"The benefits of having such an iconic device are really huge," he said.
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Costa Rica: $25 Million for 2 New Hotels
"Fashion Hotels", an Austrian chain, will open one of the hotels in Puerto Viejo this month and the other in Manuel Antonio in July.
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The hotel that is located in Puerto Viejo is named Le Caméléon and it required an investment of $5 million. The one that is being built in Manuel Antonio is named The Ocean and it will cost $20 million.
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Fresh off his induction into the College Football Hall of Fame last month, former IUP head coach Frank Cignetti was also inducted into the Division II Football Hall of Fame, IUP announced last week.
Cignetti, who racked up 182 wins at IUP during his 20-year coaching tenure (1986-2005), is one of three inductees in this year's Division II Hall of Fame class, along with former Valdosta State quarterback Dusty Bonner and Jacksonville State tight end Keith McKeller. The induction will be held on Dec. 20, at the 28th annual Harlon Hill Trophy and Division II Hall of Fame banquet in Florence, Ala.
The winningest coach in IUP history, Cignetti led IUP to the Division II playoffs in 13 of his 20 seasons, including twice to the national championship game (1990 and 1993).
Cignetti played at IUP from 1956-59 and was an NAIA All-America selection. He was a member of the inaugural class inducted into the IUP Athletic Hall of Fame in 1996.


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Stray Voltage: No Shock This Time of Year
Con Edison is asking New Yorkers to be on the lookout for stray voltage. That's when corroded electrical cables send a current through objects at street level, like manhole covers or lamp posts.
Sidney Alvarez, a Con Edison spokesman, said humans may not notice stray voltage because they wear shoes. But dogs are at risk.
"If your pet begins yelping for no apparent reason or is a little bit snippy with people, what you want to do is remove them from the area immediately," Alvarez said.
Earlier this month a pit bull was reportedly electrocuted on the Lower East Side.
Last Wednesday, a stretch of Sixth Avenue was closed for half a day while Con Edison work crews looked for the source of an electric current.
Incidents like this tend to happen more in winter, due to snow, ice, and rock salt causing wires to fray. To get ahead of the problem, the utility is sending out trucks specially equipped with voltage sensors. They cruise the streets at 3 and 4 in the morning, when traffic is light.
In 2004, Con Edison reported 210 incidents. Last year, the number was down to 21.


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Lit Up: Stained Glass Windows at Grace-St. Stephens
By Noel Black On March 31, 2010 · 10 Comments · In A Big Something, Art!, Photography, Religion
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No matter what you believe this time of year, it's nearly impossible not to find yourself awestruck by the stained glass windows in a high-Gothic church on a sunny Spring morning. We have such a church right here in Colorado Springs: Grace St.-Stephens Episcopal Church (you can learn more about the church itself and its history in HERE).
Note that the first two images are of a pair of stained glass windows that look a bit like Tiffany windows, but they are in fact made by Henry Landon Parkhurst.
The music is the fifth movement of Cantata No. 131 by J.S. Bach, Aus der Tiefe rufe ich, Herr, zu dir (Psalm 130) performed by the St. Stephen's & Taylor Choir with Chamber Orchestra & Soloists on March 7, 2010 at the "Masterpieces for Lent" Taylor Memorial Concert at the church.
With many thanks to Spot Holmes, Marianna McJimsey, Clelia DeMoraes, Organist and Choirmaster Deke Polifka, and the St. Stephen's & Taylor Choir of Grace Church.
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Shelly W. says:
This was beautiful! The images together with the choral arrangment was a perfect expression and an especially sweet start to my day. I will revisit it again and again, and will share it with others. Thank you!
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Thank you for this beautiful appreciation of our windows. They reflect generations of faithful parishioners' love and generosity. We are blessed at Grace and Saint Stephen's to "worship the Lord in the beauty of holiness," and this slide show richly captures the beauty of our building. Thank you, and may you have a blessed Holy Week.
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Jere and Connie Joiner says:
We attended that concert and indeed have fond memories of Grace Church and all our friends there. Churches may fade away but memories and friends do not. Thanks for sharing. Great photographs! Music's not bad either 🙂
Kevin says:
Absolutely gorgeous TBS this morning. I think I'm going to go by Grace-St. Stephens today at lunch and see for myself. Thanks!
Jeff Marshall says:
Thank you for putting two wonderful things together to make an even better experience. AWESOME!!
Clelia deMoraes says:
The organ that you hear on TBS was given to Grace church "for the benefit and enjoyment of the citizens of Colorado Springs" by philanthropist Alice Bemis Taylor. The trust fund that accompanied the organ has endowed the free, public Taylor Memorial Concert Series at Grace for over three quarters of a century. The final concert in this year's series will be held May 23 at 3 pm.
Eva says:
amazing. beautiful. great job!
Mary Le Quesne says:
Marianna;so many thanks for sending this on to us. Our Grandson ,Michael, here for a fortnight's swotting, for his GCESCs liked the music.
Cathy Kleinsmith says:
Beautiful windows and music. Why not a series on the other downtown churches with stained glass windows? For instance, the Congregational Church, All Souls Unitarian Universalist, etc. And a piece on William Jackson Palmer (I think) who gave free lots to many of the churches.
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Trenton Gets Big Win Over Lafayette in 1A Regional Semis 49-13
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The No. 2 team in Class 1A continues to roll through opponents, regardless of time of year. The Trenton Tigers continued a ground-and-pound attack that racked up over 500 yards rushing on the ground en route to a 49-13 victory over Lafayette in the 1A Regional Semifinals. Tigers Stephen Smith had 170 yards and two touchdowns, while teammate Brandon Stone added 160 and also scored two touchdowns. Trenton now travels to face Jefferson County in the 1A Regional Finals.
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Ikaika Alama-Francis: Growing up I really didn't know about my brother and my dad playing pro football until I started playing football. My dad was heavily involved in my athletics no matter what I played, whether it was basketball or volleyball, he helped me as much as he could because he was a great athlete himself. Every year he's helped me out just with technique and some little things that can further what I'm doing, so I just try to listen to him and take it all in.
ET: You appear to be a certain first-day pick in this draft even though you didn't play football in high school. Did you have any experience before playing for the University of Hawaii?
IAF: I did play one year of Pop Warner in seventh grade, but after that it wasn't until my sophomore year in college.
ET: What are the qualities that make you stand out and that would make you a great addition to an NFL team?
IAF: I'm still learning, but I'm a hard worker. I'm someone who will give everything I have into whatever is brought upon me. I know I have a lot to learn and I'm going to have a positive attitude towards everything and most of all I'm going to be a great person towards everything. I feel when you respect others, others will give you respect in turn and I just try to be the best person I can be and work with everybody because it's a team game and you have to be able to work with everybody. I'm just really excited to have the opportunity.
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IAF: I think for myself it comes from within. It's something I have to do for myself. I want to do it for my family and all of those things, but ultimately it comes down to for me to be the best person and best athlete I can be. My body is basically what I'm selling and I need to take care of it as best as I can. I feel if I go in everyday to workout and get better, I'm doing something that's going to help myself and boost everything that's going on around me.
ET: The Giants and Chiefs have talked about looking at you as a tight end, how surprised were you by that?
IA: Very surprised, I was like, "me a tight end?" I'm training out here, running some routes, and everything's going really well. I feel the more you can do the better off you'll be, so whatever they want me to do I'll do it; if they want me to become a free safety I'll be a free safety.
ET: How much do you think it's helped you to be around former NFL coaches like June Jones and Jerry Glanville?
IA: Oh, tremendously. I felt it was such a blessing to have them as my coaches. If it wasn't for June Jones I don't think I'd be playing football today. He was the one who offered me a scholarship out of high school without playing any football. He believed in me and I didn't want to let him down through those years. And that was another motivation for me.
ET: He's been quoted as saying that both he and Jerry Glanville believe they never had anyone like you when they were coaching in Atlanta or Houston. How do you respond to that?
IA: I'm actually speechless. How do you respond to that? That's really amazing; just that they feel that way about me is something else. All I do is try to work hard and do the best job I can everyday and it makes me feel good inside that they feel like that because they are NFL coaches and they know what they're talking about.
Scout.com subscribers can read the rest of this exclusive interview with Ikaika Alama-Francis on Saturday where he talks about another top prospect from his team, Samson Satele, the possibility of playing linebacker and making the leap to the pro level. And you'll learn why he's definitely a Colts prospect in this year's draft!
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'No time frame' for EU migrant plan
There is "no time frame" for the European Parliament's resolution on immigration solidarity to be translated into action but a Cypriot MEP is confident things will move fast.
"There is no time frame but we are going to make sure it will be soon," Kyriacos Triantaphyllides told a press conference yesterday after a visit to the European Asylum Support Office (Easo) in Malta.
"It will take time for any concrete proposals to come to Parliament but we are putting pressure, as is our role as parliamentarians."
He added the European Commission was now expected to provide legislative proposals to turn the resolution into reality.
As rapporteur of the approved EP resolution, which calls for improved solidarity based on population size and wealth, Mr Triantaphyllides said he was confident this could be met.
He gave a presentation about the resolution to Easo executive director Robert Visser, who agreed with the resolution and committed the agency to promoting closer cooperation among member states.
Asked if he was endorsing the EP's resolution, Dr Visser said it put the subject very explicitly on the political agenda.
"I'm happy with this discussion. I do not disagree at all with the (resolution). It puts a number of questions and decisions on the political agenda," he said, adding the office was an existing instrument of solidarity.
The resolution was drawn up with the support of MEP Simon Busuttil, who lobbied intensely to put solidarity on the EP's agenda.
On Monday night, Mr Triantaphyllides visited the detention centre at Lyster Barracks, Ħal Far, whose conditions he described as "not as bad as those in Lampedusa and Greece, but still bad".
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The Great Gatsbyby F. Scott Fitzgerald
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The mysterious Jay Gatsby embodies the American notion that it is possible to redefine oneself and persuade the world to accept that definition. Gatsby's youthful neighbor, Nick Carraway, fascinated with the display of enormous wealth in which Gatsby revels, finds himself swept up in the lavish lifestyle of Long Island society during the Jazz Age. Considered Fitzgerald's best work, The Great Gatsby is a mystical, timeless story of integrity and cruelty, vision and despair.
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By F. Scott Fitzgerald
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Chapter OneIn my younger and more vulnerable years my father gave me some advice that I've been turning over in my mind ever since.
"Whenever you feel like criticizing anyone," he told me, "just remember that all the people in this world haven't had the advantages that you've had."
He didn't say any more but we've always been unusually communicative in a reserved way and I understood that he meant a great deal more than that. In consequence I'm inclined to reserve all judgements, a habit that has opened up many curious natures to me and also made me the victim of not a few veteran bores. The abnormal mind is quick to detect and attach itself to this quality when it appears in a normal person, and so it came about that in college I was unjustly accused of being a politician, because I was privy to the secret griefs of wild, unknown men. Most of the confidences were unsought - frequently I have feigned sleep, preoccupation or a hostile levity when I realized by some unmistakable sign that an intimate revelation was quivering on the horizon - for the intimate revelations of young men or at least the terms in which they express them are usually plagiaristic and marred by obvious suppressions. Reserving judgements is a matter of infinite hope. I am still a little afraid of missing something if I forget that, as my father snobbishly suggested and I snobbishly repeat, a sense of the fundamental decencies is parcelled out unequally at birth.
And, after boasting this way of my tolerance, I come to the admission that it has a limit. Conduct may be founded on the hard rock or the wet marshes but after a certain point I don't care what it's founded on. When I came back from the East last autumn I felt that I wanted the world to be in uniform and at a sort of moral attention forever; I wanted no more riotous excursions with privileged glimpses into the human heart. Only Gatsby, the man who gives his name to this book, was exempt from my reaction - Gatsby who represented everything for which I have an unaffected scorn. If personality is an unbroken series of successful gestures, then there was something gorgeous about him, some heightened sensitivity to the promises of life, as if he were related to one of those intricate machines that register earthquakes ten thousand miles away. This responsiveness had nothing to do with that flabby impressionability which is dignified under the name of the "creative temperament" - it was an extraordinary gift for hope, a romantic readiness such as I have never found in any other person and which it is not likely I shall ever find again. No - Gatsby turned out all right at the end; it is what preyed on Gatsby, what foul dust floated in the wake of his dreams that temporarily closed out my interest in the abortive sorrows and short-winded elations of men.
My family have been prominent, well-to-do people in this middle-western city for three generations. The Carraways are something of a clan and we have a tradition that we're descended from the Dukes of Buccleuch, but the actual founder of my line was my grandfather's brother who came here in fifty-one, sent a substitute to the Civil War and started the wholesale hardware business that my father carries on today.
I never saw this great-uncle but I'm supposed to look like him - with special reference to the rather hard-boiled painting that hangs in Father's office. I graduated from New Haven in 1915, just a quarter of a century after my father, and a little later I participated in that delayed Teutonic migration known as the Great War. I enjoyed the counter-raid so thoroughly that I came back restless. Instead of being the warm center of the world the middle-west now seemed like the ragged edge of the universe - so I decided to go east and learn the bond business. Everybody I knew was in the bond business so I supposed it could support one more single man. All my aunts and uncles talked it over as if they were choosing a prep-school for me and finally said "Why - ye-es" with very grave, hesitant faces. Father agreed to finance me for a year and after various delays I came east, permanently, I thought, in the spring of twenty-two.
The practical thing was to find rooms in the city but it was a warm season and I had just left a country of wide lawns and friendly trees, so when a young man at the office suggested that we take a house together in a commuting town it sounded like a great idea. He found the house, a weather beaten cardboard bungalow at eighty a month, but at the last minute the firm ordered him to Washington and I went out to the country alone. I had a dog, at least I had him for a few days until he ran away, and an old Dodge and a Finnish woman who made my bed and cooked breakfast and muttered Finnish wisdom to herself over the electric stove.
It was lonely for a day or so until one morning some man, more recently arrived than I, stopped me on the road.
"How do you get to West Egg Village?" he asked helplessly.
I told him. And as I walked on I was lonely no longer. I was a guide, a pathfinder, an original settler. He had casually conferred on me the freedom of the neighborhood.
And so with the sunshine and the great bursts of leaves growing on the trees - just as things grow in fast movies - I had that familiar conviction that life was beginning over again with the summer.
There was so much to read for one thing and so much fine health to be pulled down out of the young breath-giving air. I bought a dozen volumes on banking and credit and investment securities and they stood on my shelf in red and gold like new money from the mint, promising to unfold the shining secrets that only Midas and Morgan and Maecenas knew. And I had the high intention of reading many other books besides. I was rather literary in college - one year I wrote a series of very solemn and obvious editorials for the "Yale News" - and now I was going to bring back all such things into my life and become again that most limited of all specialists, the "well-rounded" man. This isn't just an epigram - life is much more successfully looked at from a single window, after all.
It was a matter of chance that I should have rented a house in one of the strangest communities in North America. It was on that slender riotous island which extends itself due east of New York and where there are, among other natural curiosities, two unusual formations of land. Twenty miles from the city a pair of enormous eggs, identical in contour and separated only by a courtesy bay, jut out into the most domesticated body of salt water in the Western Hemisphere, the great wet barnyard of Long Island Sound. They are not perfect ovals - like the egg in the Columbus story they are both crushed fiat at the contact end - but their physical resemblance must be a source of perpetual confusion to the gulls that fly over-head. To the wingless a more arresting phenomenon is their dissimilarity in every particular except shape and size.
I lived at West Egg, the - well, the less fashionable of the two, though this is a most superficial tag to express the bizarre and not a little sinister contrast between them. My house was at the very tip of the egg, only fifty yards from the Sound, and squeezed between two huge places that rented for twelve or fifteen thousand a season. The one on my right was a colossal affair by any standard - it was a factual imitation of some Hôtel de Ville in Normandy, with a tower on one side, spanking new under a thin beard of raw ivy, and a marble swimming pool and more than forty acres of lawn and garden. It was Gatsby's mansion. Or rather, as I didn't know Mr. Gatsby it was a mansion inhabited by a gentleman of that name. My own house was an eye-sore, but it was a small eye-sore and it had been overlooked, so I had a view of the water, a partial view of my neighbor's lawn and the consoling proximity of millionaires - all for eighty dollars a month.
Across the courtesy bay the white places of fashionable East Egg glittered along the water and the history of the summer really begins on the evening I drove over there to have dinner with the Tom Buchanans. Daisy was my second cousin once removed and I'd known Tom in college. And just after the war I spent two days with them in Chicago.
Her husband, among various physical accomplishments, had been one of the most powerful ends that ever played football at New Haven - a national figure in a way, one of those men who reach such an acute limited excellence at twenty-one that everything afterwards savours of anti-climax. His family were enormously wealthy - even in college his freedom with money was a matter for reproach - but now he'd left Chicago and come east in a fashion that rather took your breath away: for instance he'd brought down a string of polo ponies from Lake Forest. It was hard to realize that a man in my own generation was wealthy enough to do that.
Why they came east I don't know. They had spent a year in France, for no particular reason, and then drifted here and there unrestfully wherever people played polo and were rich together. This was a permanent move, said Daisy over the telephone, but I didn't believe it - I had no sight into Daisy's heart but I felt that Tom would drift on forever seeking a little wistfully for the dramatic turbulence of some irrecoverable football game.
And so it happened that on a warm windy evening I drove over to East Egg to see two old friends whom I scarcely knew at all. Their house was even more elaborate than I expected, a cheerful red and white Georgian Colonial mansion overlooking the bay. The lawn started at the beach and ran toward the front door for a quarter of a mile, jumping over sun-dials and brick walks and burning gardens - finally when it reached the house drifting up the side in bright vines as though from the momentum of its run. The front was broken by a line of French windows, glowing now with reflected gold, and wide open to the warm windy afternoon, and Tom Buchanan in riding clothes was standing with his legs apart on the front porch.
He had changed since his New Haven years. Now he was a sturdy, straw haired man of thirty with a rather hard mouth and a supercilious manner. Two shining, arrogant eyes had established dominance over his face and gave him the appearance of always leaning aggressively forward. Not even the effeminate swank of his riding clothes could hide the enormous power of that body - he seemed to fill those glistening boots until he strained the top lacing and you could see a great pack of muscle shifting when his shoulder moved under his thin coat. It was a body capable of enormous leverage - a cruel body.
His speaking voice, a gruff husky tenor, added to the impression of fractiousness he conveyed. There was a touch of paternal contempt in it, even toward people he liked - and there were men at New Haven who had hated his guts.
"Now, don't think my opinion on these matters is final," he seemed to say, "just because I'm stronger and more of a man than you are." We were in the same Senior Society and while we were never intimate I always had the impression that he approved of me and wanted me to like him with some harsh, defiant wistfulness of his own.
We talked for a few minutes on the sunny porch.
"I've got a nice place here," he said, his eyes flashing about restlessly.
Turning me around by one arm he moved a broad flat hand along the front vista, including in its sweep a sunken Italian garden, a half acre of deep pungent roses and a snub-nosed motor boat that bumped the tide off shore.
"It belonged to Demaine the oil man." He turned me around again, politely and abruptly. "We'll go inside."
We walked through a high hallway into a bright rosy-colored space, fragilely bound into the house by French windows at either end. The windows were ajar and gleaming white against the fresh grass outside that seemed to grow a little way into the house. A breeze blew through the room, blew curtains in at one end and out the other like pale flags, twisting them up toward the frosted wedding cake of the ceiling - and then rippled over the wine-colored rug, making a shadow on it as wind does on the sea.
The only completely stationary object in the room was an enormous couch on which two young women were buoyed up as though upon an anchored balloon. They were both in white and their dresses were rippling and fluttering as if they had just been blown back in after a short flight around the house. I must have stood for a few moments listening to the whip and snap of the curtains and the groan of a picture on the wall. Then there was a boom as Tom Buchanan shut the rear windows and the caught wind died out about the room and the curtains and the rugs and the two young women ballooned slowly to the floor.
The younger of the two was a stranger to me. She was extended full length at her end of the divan, completely motionless and with her chin raised a little as if she were balancing something on it which was quite likely to fall. If she saw me out of the corner of her eyes she gave no hint of it - indeed I was almost surprised into murmuring an apology for having disturbed her by coming in.
The other girl, Daisy, made an attempt to rise - she leaned slightly forward with a conscientious expression - then she laughed, an absurd, charming little laugh, and I laughed too and came forward into the room.
"I'm p-paralyzed with happiness."
She laughed again, as if she said something very witty, and held my hand for a moment, looking up into my face, promising that there was no one in the world she so much wanted to see. That was a way she had. She hinted in a murmur that the surname of the balancing girl was Baker. (I've heard it said that Daisy's murmur was only to make people lean toward her; an irrelevant criticism that made it no less charming.)
At any rate Miss Baker's lips fluttered, she nodded at me almost imperceptibly and then quickly tipped her head back again - the object she was balancing had obviously tottered a little and given her something of a fright. Again a sort of apology arose to my lips. Almost any exhibition of complete self sufficiency draws a stunned tribute from me.
I looked back at my cousin who began to ask me questions in her low, thrilling voice. It was the kind of voice that the ear follows up and down as if each speech is an arrangement of notes that will never be played again.
Excerpted from The Great Gatsby by F. Scott Fitzgerald Copyright © 1925 by Charles Scribner's Sons. Excerpted by permission.
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Considered one of the finest American writers of the twentieth century, F. Scott Fitzgerald (1896–1940) was the author of various novels and short stories chronicling life in the US during the Roaring Twenties.
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- September 24, 1896
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- December 21, 1940
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- St. Paul, Minnesota
- Education:
- Princeton University
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Want to buy. Will not. YOU CAN NOT JUSTIFY CHARGING THIS PRICE FOR THIS BOOK. CAN NOT. I HATE having to complain but this trend of jacking up prices for our computer file nooks is becoming common practice and is an insult to the intelligence of every nook/nookcolor owner. And we can't use our discount card for what reason. We want to be loyal customers. Please inspire us to do so. If you did not know, we want quality nookbooks and apps at fair prices. If you are a fellow nook owner and see an example of nookbook price abuse, add a comment to your review. Or not.
Though the ending isn't Disney-worthy (my usual preference), Fitzgerald did a marvelous job. The book centers around the mysterious character of Gatsby, and, as you turn the pages, his history unravels before your eyes, as well as the narrator's--Nick. Nick is an "average" guy whom we feel we can trust--because he follows his father's advice and does not immediately judge (or so he says). The book will make you yearn for a love you know is impossible, cringe with embarrassment at a shameful past, blush at the awkwardness encountered on nearly every page, laugh and cry at the dramatic irony, and have you researching the Charleston (the dance, not the city--this is set in the 1920s, after all!). It may not be considered a typical love story, but the electricity between Daisy and Gatsby is too strong to deny and it always has me wondering what will happen (though I know). Read for irony, read for lessons, read to be taken back to another time--no, another dimension in which the music never dies and the party is perpetual.
Too expensive! I was planning to buy, but I will look for a hard copy. If you want happy nook owners, dont overcharge for classics!
As soon as a reader opens up their copy of The Great Gatsby they will find themselves thrust into the world of 1920's America. This "Jazz Age" featured the prodigious house parties that the prohibition era was known for. But none of the parties thrown could match the lavishness of the festivities at the Gatsby residence on West Egg, Long Island, especially if you were viewing them from the house of his neighbor Nick Carraway. Nick, being a 29 year old bondsman from Minnesota, would have not expected to be around such a lively atmosphere in the first place and could not be prepared in the very least for the summer that was ahead of him while living next to the Gatsby estate. His summer that year nudged him in the directions of such themes as materialism, adultery, murder and life. Through this time, Nick finds himself telling the story of his events on Long Island that summer and how he progressed through a rite of passage which can also connect to the timeless self-discoveries gone through by all readers throughout their lives. But F. Scott Fitzgerald developed his story further from the narrator's rite of passage and developed a tragic figure that is the focus of the story's title, Jay Gatsby. Jay is the charismatic next door neighbor of Nick, who has more mystery surrounding him than he does house guests. Jay's story revolves around Nick's cousin, Daisy, whom Jay has continued to be devoted to even though their relationship had ended years ago. Those who have felt the hurt of a broken heart can relate to the emotions expressed by both Daisy and Jay while they find themselves immersed in the complications of this love during the book. The immersion in which readers can find themselves experiencing is the reason why this book has not stopped birthing positive review after positive review. F. Scott Fitzgerald has truly created a time portal to the 1920's through this literary masterpiece for all to experience and escape from their own worlds and venture into a life much different than their own.
This is a wonderful book. It will keep you entertained for hours
I've read this novella over and over again and love it more each time I read it. There is one part that drags on a bit, and that is when it rattles off names of guests at one of Gatsby's elaborate parties, but other than that, it is perfection. Jay Gatsby is probably F. Scott Fitzgerald's best characters. I can really empathize with him. This work also shows Fitzgerald's improvement in his use of dialogue, which is a bit weak in his previous novels. At only 188 pages, it is a quick read, but a read that will stick with you forever.
Its high way robbery at its best. Yes we want to read but NOT BE ROBBED.
Kindle has the book for $4.99
Everything is much cheaper on kindle. May switch perminatly!
Why on kindle is this exact book $4.99 come on B&N this is not helping retain customers
It is an awesome book but the ebook version is too expensive. I suggest just getting a hard copy
I haven't read the complete book yet because the last chapter is missing from this copy. Do not buy it.
This book has been named a classic and I would have to completely agree with that. The book is an amazing novel that captures the early 1900s with amazing accuracy. If you enjoy American literature and history this book is a must read. The writing is exquisite and the higher class of America is excellently portrayed. Fitzgerald's characters will make you question yourself and ethics as they become enthralled in the drama that surrounds them. The book is amazing for discussions and will have to become a permanent fixture in your life after reading it once. This realsitic novel will make you think more than most other classics!
The Great Gatsby... When I was first assigned to read this book the title did not sound appealing to me. If I was assigned this book in the past, I would have figured it would have been a typical book I had to read for school boring. Even though the title does not sound to appealing to me, I trusted my teacher enough to give the book a a chance. As I begin reading the book I did not understand why it was called ¿The Great Gatsby¿ because the character Gatsby never talked to anyone nor did anyone get to visualize him. As I read through the book , I eventually noticed why it was called the `Great Gatsby¿ and understood why the author picked the title of this book. The Great Gatsby showed the time during the 1920¿s and how it was. Things such as the parties, the poor life, the rich life, cars, and fashion to name a few. The book consisted of two young people [Daisy and Gatsby] in love, but broken apart because Gatsby [who was poor] had to go to war. Daisy ended up not waiting for Gatsby and married a rich fellow named Tom. Tom and Daisy had a child together, but lived a marriage of lies. He had cheated on her with many women due to the unstable choice of marriage. Gatsby came back from war and made something of himself. He became very wealthy and successful. He did this to try to win his old love Daisy back. Years later the both had houses near each other, and Gatsby tried his hardest to get back with Daisy. He thought he could relive the past with her and rekindle there love. Although I enjoyed the book the ending was not how I planned it to turn out in my head. One thing I liked about the ending was how it showed money does not give you everything and you cannot always buy love and happiness, nor a perfect life. The book showed two sides, the life of the poor and the life of the rich. Both ways you can be happy, you just have to find your happiness in yourself and life. You understand in this book that money can buy you nice things, but cannot always buy you love.
Only contains 7 of the 9 chapters of this book. It's bad enough you charge 2 bucks for something that cost you nothing, buton top of that you are too lazy gibe include the final 2 chapters? However is in charge of this needs to do the world a favor and swallow a bullet.
This edition is missing the last two chapters! Very frustrating.
Not a full book
Doesn't work well on nook. Some words run together; others are split between lines without hyphens or regsrd to syllables.
I just finished this book. I loved it. There is always something watching over them like that eye doctor sign with the glasses. Also when Gatsby had his parties there was that guy with the owl eyed glasses. I liked how he tied it together with the same owl eyed guy at the end. The end was very sudden and a bit confusing. It really made me think. I noticed it doesn't have much of a moral if any which makes it different because most books have a moral. I think he did a nice job. I am excited to see the movie. Our class couldn't agree which side Nick's house was on...right or left...I pictured it on the right.
If you are looking at this on your nook dont buy the black covered cheaper book. It is not the full book! It is a waste of money.
Everyone knows about the book "The Great Gatsby'. It's one of Americas Literature masterpiece. The book's plot is simple. It's a forbidden love story with a twist. The twist isn't shocking but predictable like a season finale of soap opera. What draws the reader into the book is the mystery behind Jay Gatsby and his love for Daisy. From the beginning, the obvious fact about Gatsby is that he's very wealthy and liked by most. He's also has a lot of rumors and stories about how he got his wealth which is a leading fact to the conflict in the story's plot. What's also good about the book is that many people will interpret the books plot and/or main point differently. One for example is that it was a story about Nick Carraway, Gatsby's neighbor and friend, who sort of goes on a short but slightly epic life journey to discover who jay Gatsby and to find out why is he so mysterious to others. Another is Carrway's friendship with the Gatsby and the summer at which he spends with him that involves experiences with love, hate and mystery. Overall , however you interpreted the book the book is worth reading and each page you draws you in more and more.
Truly a classic; Fitzgerald beautifully paints the 20's era with the new sensations of money and bootlegging and partying in his fantastic novel. His superb writing details the life of Nick Carraway with his friend, a new wealth, Jay Gatsby, who longs for the married Daisy Buchanan. The trials of trying to get her shows how flawed Gatsby is, and therefore, fulfilling the title of the book, how truly great he is. Fitzgerald's writing intoxicates the reader into this forgotten world. His sentences really do stand up and take a little bow.
Its missing the last chapters only 101 pages
How can you charge over $10!! Insane!! Kindle edition is just $5. I might as well purchase the paperback and use my discount card at the brick and morter store. I would LOVE to purchase on my nook, but 10 bucks? Really?
While I did enjoy the book, this is version is missing a huge part of the ending. It ended on page 100 with me feeling like the story left you hanging and wondering what all the fuss was about this novel. Luckily, my husband had recently read a hard copy of the book and I was able to realize that the whole ending was left off! So if you read this version thinking you've experieced the entire novel, think again! After reading the book to it's end, I would definitely recommend it. I've always been pleased with the books I've bought on my Nook, but this situation really disappointed me.


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Unilever is looking to revolutionize the U.S. deodorant market with the launch of its new Dry Spray Antiperspirants.
Unilever and Manchester United have inked a three-year regional partnership in South East Asia whereby Unilever will become the Club's official personal care and laundry partner in nine countries, including Singapore, Malaysia, Indonesia, Vietnam, Philippines, Thailand, Cambodia, Laos and Myanmar.
Unilever's Degree deodorant has teamed up with basketball stars Carmelo Anthony and Kevin Durant, track and field world champion Lolo Jones and gold-medal-winning soccer player Alex Morgan for a new integrated unisex campaign that focuses on challenging yourself, following your passions, trying something new and living life to the fullest.
Sports broadcaster Erin Andrews has partnered with Unilever's Degree Women deodorant to celebrate "Unapologetically Strong" women who aren't afraid to test their limits and push boundaries.


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Micro-Star International (MSI) announced a new member to its notebook product line, the VR420, which features a 14.1-inch LCD monitor and weighs 2.2kg, making it a suitable choice for consumers that need mobility, according to the company.
The VR420 supports Intel Pentium M/Celeron processors and DDR2 533/667 memory up to 3GB, noted the company.
- Wireless broadband developments in Southeast Asia markets
As of 2013, the 10 ASEAN nations had a total of over 700 million mobile subscriptions, with the CAGR from 2003-2013 reaching 24%. This Digitimes Research Special Report analyzes the various mobile broadband markets in ASEAN and looks at the respective trends in 4G LTE development for those markets.
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This Digitimes Research Special Report provides a 2015 forecast for the global tablet market and analyzes the strategies of key market players such as Google, Apple, Intel, and Microsoft.
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This Digitimes Research Special Report analyzes the strategies of key China-based major panel makers BOE, Tianma and IVO for attacking the different market segments through technology and pricing, and their relationship to local vendors Huawei, Lenovo, ZTE, Xiaomi and Coolpad.


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First out is a NYX Goddess of the Night Gloss called Gold Pink. Very easy to apply, therefor very good for when rushing!
Then I went for softer lips, these are created by NYX Slim Lip Pencil Coral which I painted on after moisturizing my lips with Ultrabalm from Lush which gives an amazing shine to the lips. Almost like a lipgloss!
And changing the colours of the lips are a better way to go through a day when everything feels like it's against you. Overslept days are often such days that makes you wish you had just stayed under the duvet and continued sleeping!
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Are ethics being brushed aside?
Colgate-Palmolive Co. just announced that it is set to buy a majority stake (84%, to be exact) of Tom's of Maine for $100 million. Tom and Kate Chapell, who founded the natural toothpaste and personal care product company in 1970, will keep 16% share and continue to run the company.
Tom's of Maine products do not contain artificial sweeteners, preservatives, colors, flavors or animal ingredients, and are tested without the use of animals. In 2005, the company won the Taking Action for Animals Corporate Ethic Award for Animal Advocacy. In contrast, Colgate-Palmolive produces all sorts of unnatural oral care items and only after extensive talks with PETA did the company declare "a moratorium on all animal tests of its personal care products designed for adults and the ingredients used in these products." Although Colgate excluded its oral care products from the moratorium, the company has now submitted a non-animal fluoride test to the FDA for consideration. Tom and Kate called Colgate "an excellent fit with our own cultural values."
In related news, L'Oreal (another company resistant to end animal testing) purchased The Body Shop for $1.14 million on March 17th. Co-founder Anita Roddick, who will retain her current role as a consultant, said the company's values would not change. "I don't see it as selling out," she said. "L'Oreal has displayed visionary leadership in wanting to be an authentic advocate and supporter of our values."
Thankfully, not all natural cosmetics and personal care companies are joining forces with global corporate monsters. We've listed a few of them in our directory.
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Anhedonia is the loss of interest in things that were previously enjoyable or rewarding to you, such as interacting with friends or succeeding at work. Instead of feeling happiness, individuals with anhedonia feel nothing at all in response to activities that use to make them happy. Additionally, individuals with anhedonia often have extremely flat moods, not reacting properly or feeling anything, and having minimal variation in mood. Overall, with fewer positive rewards for participating in activities, motivation often begins to decrease.
If anhedonia progresses to a point that you are unable to function at home and/or are unable to work, you might be eligible for disability benefits through Social Security. However, unless anhedonia is a symptom of another mental illness, including depression, schizophrenia, or bipolar disorder, anhedonia is unlikely to qualify for you fordisabilitybenefits on its own.
There are three ways in which you can qualify for Social Security disability benefits for a mental disorder (this applies to both Social Security Disability Insurance (SSDI) and Supplemental Security Income (SSI). You can:
To meet the requirements of one of Social Security's disability listings, you must show that you have an impairment that is listed in the Social Security "Blue Book" and that you have symptoms and functional limitations that match the criteria set out in that particular listing.
Anhedonia does not have a listing in the Social Security Blue Book, but related mental illnesses like depression do. If your anhedonia is a symptom of a larger mental illness, you may be able to meet a listing. Mental illness listings for which anhedonia is a possible symptom include:
To "equal a listing," you must show that you have an impairment that is very similar to a listed impairment and your impairment is the same in duration and severity as the listed impairment.
For those with anhedonia, it would be very difficult to show that the impairment alone rises to the level of the other listings. For example, anhedonia is only one possible symptom of the required four symptoms that must be met to meet Listing 12.04 for affective disorders (depression and bipolar disorder). If you don't have additional symptoms,. there are additional symptoms, you won't be able to equal the listing; if you do, it's likely that you will meet the listing as discussed above, in "Meeting a Listing."
If you don't meet a listing (most disability applicants don't), Social Security must evaluate whether your medical condition limits you so severely that you can't work. To determine if you are unable to work, Social Security uses a mental residual functional capacity (RFC) form, which assesses your mental and emotional abilities. For those with anhedonia, their emotional abilities are significantly impaired.
Lack of motivation is a key limitation for those with anhedonia with regards to work and can affect their ability to complete tasks at work. If an individual feels no sense of accomplishment or happiness in achieving at his or her job, the individual may lack any drive to complete even assigned tasks. Additionally, an inability to respond properly in social situations may affect relationships with coworkers. However, anhedonia alone will probably not rise to the level necessary for Social Security to agree that you are unable to work, because increased supervision may allow you continue to be successful in the workplace. If you also have severe physical medical conditions, however, anhedonia may combine with them to becoming disabling in the eyes of Social Security. For more information, see our article on how Social Security views multiple impairments.


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|Sociedade Anônima
|Traded as
|BM&F Bovespa: DTEX3
|Engineered wood
|São Paulo, Brazil
Key people
|Salo Davi Seibel, (Chairman)
Antonio Joaquim de Oliveira, (CEO)
|Plywood, Wood panels, Earthenware sanitary, Furniture, Metal fitting
|US$ 1.5 billion (2013) [1]
|US$ 220.0 million (2013) [2]
Number of employees
Ligna Group
Duratex is a publicly listed private Brazilian company, with shares traded at the BM&F Bovespa since 1951. The company previously only called Duratex is the result of the merger Duratex with Satipel Industrial, a company founded in 1971. It is controlled by the Itaúsa Group and Ligna Group. The company is the eighth largest producer of wood panels in the world and the largest in the Southern Hemisphere. Duratex operates in Brazil and Colombia.
Manufacturing wood products, sanitary vitreous chinaware and metal fittings aimed at the furniture industry and the civil construction sectors, Duratex S.A has ten industrial plants, located in the States of São Paulo, Minas Gerais and Rio Grande do Sul.[3]
It is Brazilian market leader in the segment of reconstituted wooden boards – hardboards, particle boards, medium, high and super-density fiberboards (MDF/HDF/SDF), as well as laminated floorboards marketed under the Durafloor brand. It is Brazilian market leader in the segment of sanitary metal fittings, under the Deca and Hydra brands (the latter for flush valves), and has a significant market share in the sanitary vitreous chinaware segment, marketed under the Deca brand.
Duratex S.A is present in Argentina, the United States and Europe through the Deca Piazza, Duratex North America and Duratex Europe respectively.
It has about 209 thousand hectares of forests of planted forests with FSC certified
The Lençóis Paulista, Botucatu, Itapetininga and Agudos Units, located in the State of São Paulo, were awarded the Green Seal by the Forest Stewardship Council – FSC, and internationally recognized organization which certifies forest management based on preservation and sustainability principles. Also, the management of the forest areas in Botucatu, as well as the seedling-production nursery, is certified by the ISO 14.001 environmental norm.


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Vice And Intel's The Creators Project: A Meeting of Art, Technology, And Creative Chaos
The live event series is only one element of the unexpectedly apt collaboration between the 50+ year old technology company and iconoclastic media brand.
PSFK had the opportunity to experience the much-anticipated launch of 'The Creators Project' global tour on Saturday, part of a new initiative by Vice and Intel to identify, celebrate, and share the work of artists from around the world who are pushing creative boundaries through technology. The inaugural NYC event – part workshop, part showcase, part raucous party – was held from 2pm-2am at MILK Studios and featured works and performances by a motley crew of artists de jour, including Spike Jonze, Takeshi Murata, M.I.A., Interpol, Die Antwoord, Neon Indian and others.
The Creators Project live event series is only one element of the unexpectedly apt collaboration between the 50+ year old technology company and iconoclastic media brand. In mid-May, the project launched online with dozens of original videos featuring interviews and work by creators ranging from South Korea's digital dance duo EE to electronic music guru Richie Hawtin. The site is meant to serve as a portal and anthology of emerging art from around the globe – a virtual gallery of contemporary creativity in all its forms.
While most of the hype surrounding the event went to performers such as viral internet sensation Die Antwoord and the always controversial M.I.A., the installations on show from lesser-known creators were just as captivating. One of our favorite works was Brazilian artist Muti Randolph's Deep Screen – a massive, mesmerizing 3D cubic video display made with thousands of motion-sensitive, Christmas light-like bulbs (see video below). The piece, the artist explains, simulates the experience of 'going inside a 3-D screen instead of just watching it' – and indeed, walking through the installation, the viewer becomes a part of the work, enveloped in the pulsing and color-morphing strands of light reacting to the music and sounds of its environs. The result, from both the participant's and spectators' point of view, is electrifying.
The Creators Project will travel to four other cities around the world – London, Sao Paulo, Seoul, and finally Beijing, where it will come to a close with a three-day long showcase. The site will be continuously updated with new work and interviews with creators from around the globe, and is expected to continue on beyond 2010.
The Creators Project