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- When it comes to tricking yourself into eating more fruit, it's all about presentation. — ScienceDaily
- Should workouts really be no pain, no gain? Six fitness "truths" that may be fiction. — Sparkpeople
- While the athletes are burning calories, you may be overeating them...Steer clear of these dishes that might be sacking your diet. — Fitbie
- Learn about the unexpected pleasure benefits (yogasms?!) that may be hiding in your flexibility workout. — The Daily Beast
- This tableware has a message that many don't want to see. Would you eat these up or pass them by? — iVillage


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High-speed rail: The council adopted a no-confidence resolution and voted in a closed session to sue the California High-Speed Rail Authority over its recently certified Program Environmental Impact Report. Yes: Unanimous
Refuse rate: The council voted to increase the residential refuse rate by 6 percent for all containers and to increase the commercial rate by 9 percent. Yes: Unanimous
City Council (Sept. 21)
Recruitment: The council interviewed three executive recruitment firms as part of its effort to find Palo Alto's next city attorney. The three firms are Ralph Andersen & Associates, William Avery & Associates and Bob Murray & Associates. The council is scheduled to select one of the firms at its Sept. 27 meeting. Action: None
Finance Committee (Sept. 21)
Cash handling: The committee discussed the recent report from the City Auditor's Office about the city's cash-handling operations and travel-expense reimbursements. The committee heard a presentation from Administrative Services Director Lalo Perez about staff responses to the audit's recommendations and voted to forward the report to the full council. Yes: Unanimous
City-School Liaison Committee (Sept. 22)
School enrollment and housing: Representatives of the City Council and the Board of Education exchanged information about school-enrollment projections and new housing units. Action: None

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Welcoming Migratory Birds
Fall is for planting. The light is still strong and the temperatures mild. It's an ideal time for settling in many plants because they can establish a good root system before dealing with ... more »
September Stars of the Garden
Many plants put on their best show in the fall. Why not add one to your garden. Below are some of my favorites that are easy to find in garden centers right now ... more »
Carl Walton: An Original Urban Gardener
Urban gardening and sustainable gardening are "hot" right now. But some people have been practicing both for decades. On the west side of Chicago lives one such pioneer. Carl Walton planted his garden ... more »
Question: I am from Bahrain, which is hot and humid in summer. I would like to know if pigeon manure is good for fruit trees or not. Is it better than cow manure? more »
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CACM Reports: Tools and Techniques to Survive the Data Deluge
December Issue Reports on New Web Searching Procedures and Mobile Phone Applications that are Bridging the Digital Divide
The Association for Computing Machinery
Advancing Computing as a Science & Profession
Contact: Virginia Gold
NEW YORK, NY, December 17, 2008 – Today's information age has produced volumes of digital data for listening, viewing, recording, manipulating, browsing, shopping, and learning. This flood of data has created a cyberinfrastructure as critical to our society as the roads, bridges, power grids, telephone systems, and public works were to the industrial era. The December 2008 issue of Communications of the ACM (CACM) explores new methods to access, display, manage, mine, and preserve this valuable but fragile digital resource. The issue also reports on new Web searching techniques that transcend keyword queries, and applications of mobile phones that are transforming life in developing countries. CACM, the flagship publication of ACM, offers readers access to this generation's most significant leaders and innovators in computing and information technology. It is available online in the new digital format at http://mags.acm.org/communications/200812/
In the cover article, Francine Berman, director of the San Diego Supercomputer Center, cites the many ways that society has become dependent on digital data. She identifies key trends in technology, economics, policy, and law that are buffeting this delicate cyberinfrastructure, and that demand a coordinated environment to manage digital data from creation to preservation.
A review article by four University of Washington computer scientists traces the impact of Web searching techniques that rely on information extraction (EI), a technology that maps natural-language text into structured relational data. The EI approach is transforming open-ended techniques, producing systems that overlook irrelevant words and phrases, and instead fuse relevant pieces of information into a coherent overview, drastically reducing the time required to perform complex tasks.
A news article by technology writer Samuel Greengard surveys emerging applications of the mobile phone, which have produced social changes that are rendering irrelevant both social class and geography in some developing countries. He reports that people are using these wireless devices to track crop prices in Kenya, manage micropayments in the Philippines, handle healthcare information in Nicaragua, and oversee bakery orders in Nigeria, among many other inventive applications. He also cites MIT's Next Billion Network, which is exploring the use of mobile phones to push viable technology solutions from the lab to real life.
In another news article, Ted Selker, best known as the creator of IBM's distinctive TrackPoint keyboard device, details multitouch technology that uses finger and hand gestures to manipulate and display information on iPhones, election maps seen on recent news programs, ATMs and airline kiosks. He envisions many great advances such as 3D multitouch interfaces to search for and display images, which may drive faster use of information.
Other December CACM articles:
· A Viewpoints essay by Alok Aggarwal of Evaluserve Inc. on the labor supply in the Indian IT industry and its connection to India's educational system.
· A Practice section article by Google's Steve Souders on how to create high-performance Web sites by focusing on front-end performance.
· A Research paper by computer scientists from CW&I, a research institute in Amsterdam, the Netherlands on how research around the MonetDB database system, which introduced vertical storage of data, has led to a redesign of database architecture to avoid hitting the "memory wall." This concept captures the growing disparity of speed between CPU and memory outside the CPU chip, due largely to the limited communication bandwidth beyond chip boundaries.
· An accompanying Technical Perspective by MIT's Michael Stonebraker evaluates the MonetDB database system research and concludes that specialized architectures will become dominant in several database management systems applications for performance-conscious users.
For more information on CACM, click on http://cacm.acm.org/.
About ACM
ACM, the Association for Computing Machinery www.acm.org, is the world's largest educational and scientific computing society, uniting computing educators, researchers and professionals to inspire dialogue, share resources and address the field's challenges. ACM strengthens the computing profession's collective voice through strong leadership, promotion of the highest standards, and recognition of technical excellence. ACM supports the professional growth of its members by providing opportunities for life-long learning, career development, and professional networking.
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Pacific Rim Bureau (CNSNews.com) - After wrestling with the issue for months, the Japanese government has shrugged off strong political and public opposition by approving the deployment of troops to help rebuild Iraq.
The mission is the biggest of its kind since the end of World War II, when the U.S. drafted a new constitution for the newly defeated Japan, renouncing the use of military force.
The decision comes just 10 days after terrorists shot dead two Japanese diplomats in Iraq, adding weight to concerns held by many in Japan about the risks of sending soldiers into an environment where the U.S. and its allies have been increasingly targeted.
But Prime Minister Junichiro Koizumi pressed ahead, saying during a televised press conference that Japan had a responsibility to help rebuild Iraq.
He urged the Japanese to accept the challenge of helping Iraq, "not just with words but with deeds," and with manpower, not only with financial aid.
At a recent conference in Madrid, Japan pledged $5 billion over four years for Iraq's reconstruction. Washington has been pressing for a hands-on contribution as well.
In a decision warmly welcomed by the U.S., Japan said it would send about 600 Self-Defense Forces (SDF) members to southeastern Iraq for up to one year, for humanitarian and reconstruction assistance, including the provision of potable water supplies, medical and educational services.
Military transport planes will be deployed to airlift humanitarian supplies into Iraq, and several ships would be sent to transport the personnel and equipment.
Because of the constitutional restrictions, the government stressed that the troops would only be deployed in "non-combat" zones.
Nonetheless, the soldiers will be heavily armed, carrying handguns, automatic rifles, machine guns and anti-tank rocket launchers. Use of weapons by SDF personnel is strictly limited to self-defense by the constitution.
Iraq's southeastern corner has been more stable than parts of the country further north, especially the "Sunni triangle" - the diplomats were killed near Tikrit - but at a meeting of lawmakers of the ruling Liberal Democratic Party (LDP), several questioned how the government would differentiate between "combat" and "non-combat" zones.
Koizumi himself admitted there was no "completely safe" place in Iraq.
Commentators said the prime minister is taking a considerable political risk.
If Japan suffers serious losses in Iraq, political commentator Hisayuki Miyake was quoted as saying Wednesday, the government could collapse.
Recent opinion polls indicate that while a majority of Japanese support the troops dispatch in principle, fewer than 20 percent believe they should be sent now.
The official opposition Democratic Party, which made important gains at the LDP's expense in parliamentary elections last month, is also firmly opposed to the deployment.
Robert Patman, associate professor at the department of political studies at New Zealand's University of Otago, saw possible similarities between Koizumi's position and that of the British and Australian prime ministers, Tony Blair and John Howard.
Both supported the U.S.-led war in Iraq despite considerable domestic opposition, and were now having difficulties sustaining their levels of support - especially in the case of Blair, he said Wednesday.
"He [Koizumi] has decided overall that the national interest of Japan lies in supporting the U.S. in this difficult effort, but he must be aware of the potential political price that could be paid. It's clearly a calculated risk."
Patman agreed, however, that the decision could benefit Koizumi politically.
"The possible positive outcome of this is that if Japan does not sustain major casualties, then he will have demonstrated that he's not afraid to take tough decisions in sensitive areas.
"Political leadership is not just about following public opinion - it is sometimes having a willingness to lead it."
Patman said the Japanese decision was important for the U.S. and the coalition, saying it was "something of a triumph for U.S. persistence."
"It will be a boost for the Bush Administration, and help to extend the process of internationalizing the post-war reconstruction effort."
Japanese participation would also help support Washington's contention - in the face of "enormous international skepticism" - that the Iraq situation was the central front in the war against terrorism.
More assertive role
Patman said the decision to deploy should also be seen in the context of Japan's gradual edging away from the pacifist constitution.
He recalled that Japan came under criticism for not sending forces to support the 1991 Gulf War, although it did back the coalition effort financially.
After the Gulf War, Japan sent forces overseas for the first time since 1945, deploying first minesweepers to the Persian Gulf, and subsequently peacekeepers to Cambodia, East Timor and elsewhere.
After the Sept. 11, 2001 attacks, Tokyo sent ships to the Indian Ocean in support of the campaign against terror.
It recently joined the U.S.-led Proliferation Security Initiative, which envisages stopping and searching ships suspected to be carrying weapons of mass destruction, and four months ago, Japanese lawmakers passed the legislation permitting the dispatch of SDF troops to Iraq.
Last September, Koizumi said he wanted to amend the constitution to call the 240,000-strong SDF a military.
Analysts say Japan's inching towards a more robust military role has been spurred on by the perception of a growing threat posed by North Korea.
See earlier story:
Japanese PM Pushing to Amend Pacifist Constitution (Sept. 19, 2003)
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It'll be jail for you, chief justice warns polluters
Malaysian courts will not hesitate to impose custodial sentences on company directors who continue to flout environmental laws, local and multinational corporations (MNCs) in the country were warned today.
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A man armed with a pen-knife has been shot and killed by police in the tourist district of Hollywood.
The incident occurred on Friday night as America wrestles with a series of gun deaths in which the police have been accused of using excessive lethal force.
Police were called to the intersection of Hollywood Boulevard and Highland Avenue, the heart of Hollywood's tourist mecca after a report of an assault with a deadly weapon.
Crowded with tourists at around 7pm on a Friday night, police approached the man and fired at him when, police said, he produced a weapon.
The shooting shut down the intersection and sent tourists running for cover as gunshots rang out.
Witnesses said "four or five" shots were fired.
Police confirmed the man was armed with a "combination" knife, similar to a Swiss Army, or "pen" knife.
He was taken to hospital in a critical condition and died two hours later. His name or nationality has not been released.
The shooting comes amid controversy over a series of gun deaths in the US in which the police have been accused of using excessive lethal force.
A wave of protests were triggered by a decision not to charge a police officer involved in the killing of African-American teenager Michael Brown in Ferguson, Missouri.
They were re-ignited on Wednesday by a similar decision not to charge a police officer involved in the choke-hold death of African-American man Eric Garner in Staten Island, New York.
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Police found $20,000 of cannabis, ice and ecstasy when they stopped a car on the Hume Highway, they say.
NSW police said officers from Goulburn Highway Patrol stopped a Toyota Corolla on the Hume Highway about 12.20am Tuesday.
They said they found the drugs, which they estimated had an estimated potential street value of $20,000, when they searched the car.
"Two men, aged 22 and 26, were arrested and taken to Goulburn Police Station, where they were charged with three counts of supply prohibited drug and three counts of possess prohibited drug," they said in a statement.
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2 men charged with making banana moonshine in Washington County
MIDWAY — Two men have been charged by police with making banana brandy moonshine in a shed next to one of the men's mobile homes in Washington County.
McDonald police charged the men after getting complaints from neighbors that the men were burning items inside the shed owned by 29-year-old Matthew Kirks.
When police investigated Monday, they found an ethanol moonshine distillery made from two beer kegs and copper pipes, and say Kirks and 33-year-old Matthew Zirwas III, of Carnegie, acknowledged making the hooch.
Police say they confiscated a Blackberry phone displaying a web page about "How to make banana brandy moonshine," seven Mason jars containing a blend of bananas and yeast, and other related items.
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Mo Ibrahim is working the room. Tossing off his jacket, rolling up his sleeves and prowling the convention room's stage with microphone in hand, the Sudanese billionaire banters with Macky Sall, the President of Senegal. Suddenly he urges the audience to interrogate Mr. Sall, promising that nobody will be arrested or shot for impudent questions.
The crowd of media executives loves his brazenness, roaring with laughter. The Senegalese leader looks a little shocked; clearly, he isn't accustomed to being put on the spot. Still, he plays along – he perhaps remembers that Mr. Ibrahim finances a handsome reward for African heads of state deemed to be "democratic" enough.
Perhaps only this remarkable philanthropist can get away with such irreverence toward an African ruler, yet he wants such candid discussion to become the norm. The traditional "big men" of African politics should be neither feared nor worshipped, he says; they should be accountable to their fellow citizens in free and open debate.
It's not just a distant dream. With his vast wealth and inexhaustible energy, Mr. Ibrahim is shaping a new generation of African politicians. Among them are younger leaders, like Mr. Sall, who has agreed to submit to Mr. Ibrahim's grilling within months of defeating an incumbent who had been in office more than a decade and was seeking a third term at the age of 85. Even so, the election was impressively fair, and Abdoulaye Wade accepted his defeat.
After cajoling his audience into firing questions at the President, Mr. Ibrahim takes a few minutes over an espresso to reflect on his campaign against Africa's old guard of corrupt and dictatorial leaders. "It's a new world," he says, speaking as rapidly and passionately as he did onstage. "We have some wonderful leaders now. We still have dinosaurs – but you know what happened to dinosaurs."
It has been less than seven years since he used the billions he earned as a pioneering entrepreneur in mobile phones to create the London-based Mo Ibrahim Foundation. Its purpose is to foster good governance and to administer a $5-million prize "for achievement in African leadership" – the world's most lucrative annual award.
As a result, he says, it is no longer "taboo" to talk about leadership. "Because of the prize, there's a lot of noise around this. Once people start to talk, … that's what will change the game. We have to get out of the assumption that leaders are some kind of pharaohs. They are just human beings like us."
As well as the annual search for a model politician – someone of great achievement who has left office democratically – Mr. Ibrahim is promoting reform with an independent index to measure the successes and failures of African governments. (Senegal ranks 16th among the 52 nations surveyed.)
These innovative campaigns, with their strict committees and scientific data, are a full-out assault on the venality and arrogance typical of African rulers for decades.
Some critics say the money would be better spent on the poor, rather than going into the pockets of politicians. Yet there is little doubt that his efforts have helped to shift the African agenda, throwing a spotlight on such uncomfortable issues as authoritarianism and graft.
The prize is an incentive, promoting clean, honest leadership, and Mr. Ibrahim helps to defuse politicians' authoritarian streak by using a deft mixture of praise and criticism to nudge them toward a genuine conversation with their citizens.
"Don't you think it's wonderful that this new generation of African leaders can sit here among us?" he asks his audience after sparring with Mr. Sall. "We're not criminals, we're not terrorists – we just want to have this dialogue."
The son of a cotton-industry clerk from northern Sudan, Mr. Ibrahim rose from humble beginnings to become a cellphone tycoon. He was one of the first entrepreneurs to understand the vast potential of mobile technology in Africa – but also was a strict anti-corruption campaigner, prohibiting any payments above $30,000 without the signatures of his entire board of directors. The success of those rules was a key influence on his honest-government projects of today.
After studying electrical engineering in Britain in the 1970s, Mr. Ibrahim joined British Telecom, where he helped to develop its first cellphone service. Resigning in frustration at its bureaucracy, he created a mobile-technology consulting firm, which he sold for $916-million in 2000.
He then launched his own cellphone operating company, Celtel, which acquired cheap licences across Africa at a time when nobody thought much of its potential. Before long, Celtel was flourishing in 13 countries, and in 2005 he sold it to a Kuwaiti company for $3.4-billion (U.S.).
Today, at the age of 67, he uses his carefully crafted irreverence to break down the barriers between the rulers and the ruled. Onstage, he addresses Senegal's top officials as "brothers and sisters," and explains to the audience: "I prefer this over 'Your Highnesses.' All of you are important. We're all in the same trench, fighting for good governance and human rights."
He praises some rulers, but never hesitates to challenge autocratic tendencies, and scoffs when someone proposes a state-run news agency: "Nobody wants to watch official media." He remembers growing up in Sudan with only one newspaper and one broadcaster, both state-controlled, both endlessly obsessed with documenting the president's daily schedule.
He has no patience for politicians who bully the media. "The media are a mirror," he says. "If you look in the mirror and you see something ugly, maybe you're ugly." The audience laughs and cheers.
Nor does he have any patience for Africa's reverential attitude toward its former liberation movements, such as South Africa's ruling African National Congress. He notes that the ANC has introduced a secrecy law to tighten controls on state information – the kind of law it would have fought in the apartheid era.
"Who is going to liberate us from the liberators?" he asks. "If you're a South African journalist, you're under threat for publishing legitimate information. We can't muzzle them and threaten them with prison if they uncover corruption."
Mr. Ibrahim's foundation has been criticized for failing to award the leadership prize in three of the past six years. Some cite this as proof that Africa has no worthy leaders – a critique that frustrates him. "This is a prize for exceptional performance," he insists. "If this was a European or Asian prize, how many leaders would you find? We challenge you – give us names."
Investors are buzzing about the rise of Africa as an emerging market these days, but Mr. Ibrahim worries that its profits are going to a tiny minority. One of his favourite themes is the need for greater integration of Africa's 54 countries. It could be a huge boost, he says, but it is stalled by slow-moving politicians and anti-migrant prejudices.
"There isn't the political will to push these policies forward," he says. "A lot of our people are still afraid of each other. It's xenophobia. Where would China be today if it was 54 countries? Africa will be much stronger when we achieve freedom of movement of goods, capital and people. We are not poor – we are poorly managed."
And with that, he leaps to his feet, tells his assistants to pay for his espresso and rushes off to a car waiting to take him to his next meeting.
The Ibrahim Prize
How to qualify
The Ibrahim Prize for Achievement in African Leadership goes to a former head of state who was democratically elected, left office in the past three years, served no longer than constitutionally mandated and was an exceptional leader.
The largest prize awarded annually (if a suitable recipient is found) provides $5-million (U.S.) over 10 years, plus $200,000 a year for life thereafter and $200,000 a year for public-interest activities – to ensure Africa continues to benefit from exceptional leaders after leaving office.
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2007 Joaquim Alberto Chissano for "leading Mozambique from conflict to peace and democracy." Nelson Mandela received an honorary award.
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(Phys.org) -- A new Legacy Image from the Gemini Observatory reveals the remarkable complexity of the planetary nebula Sharpless 2-71 (Sh 2-71). Embroiled in a bit of controversy over its birth parents the nebula likely resulted from interactions between a pair of two old and dying stars. Legacy images like this one share the stunning beauty of the universe as revealed by the twin 8-meter Gemini telescopes in Hawaii and Chile.
Often what seems obvious isnt.
Take this new Gemini Legacy Image of the elaborate planetary nebula Sharpless 2-71. For most of its recorded history, astronomers assumed that it formed from the death throes of an obvious bright star (a known binary system) near its center. Arguments against that claim, however, have turned this case into a classic mystery of uncertain parentage.
The Gemini Legacy Image shows the long-assumed central star shining as the brightest object very close to the center of the nebulas beautiful gas shell. But new observations have shown that the nature of a dimmer, bluer star just to the right, and a bit lower than the obvious central star might provide a better fit for the nebulas birth parent.
The uncertainty arises from the fact that the brighter central star doesnt appear to radiate enough high-energy (ultraviolet) light to cause the surrounding gas to glow as intensely as it does, whereas the dimmer, bluer star likely does. On the other hand, the brighter stars binary nature would help explain the nebulas asymmetrical structure. Astronomers do not yet known if the dimmer, bluer star also has a companion.
Another unresolved issue is whether the brighter stars unseen companion might be hot enough to excite the gas to glow. If so, this pair might be able to hold on to its parental connection to the nebula.
A research team, led by Australian astronomers David Frew and Quentin Parker (Macquarie University, Sydney) are studying the dimmer, bluer star to understand its nature. At the assumed distance to the nebula (roughly 1 kiloparsec or about 3,260 light-years), the faint star has about the right brightness to be the fading remnant of the nebulas progenitor star, says Frew.
Then again, the brighter binary star is an uncommon one that shows strong and broad hydrogen-alpha emission, which are seen in some planetary nebulae. According to Frew, this star is also unlikely to be a chance projection or alignment with the nebula, So there could be at least three stars in this system, he says.
Putting aside the complex issue of which star or stars formed this object, the nebulas striking morphology also poses difficult questions. The nebula presents a multi-polar structure and several pairs of bipolar lobes at different orientations, says Luis Miranda of Spains Instituto de Astrofísica de Andalucía (CSIC) who has also studied this object extensively. These lobes most certainly formed at different times and likely involved a binary progenitor in particular with mass-transfer and multiple episodes of mass ejection along an axis where the orientation changes with time.
Adding to the puzzle, Parker and Romano Corradi (Instituto de Astrofisica de Canarias, Spain) have recently discovered faint outer wisps and lobes surrounding the planetary on deep hydrogen-alpha images, taken as part of the Isaac Newton Telescope Photometric HydrogenAlpha Survey of the Northern Galactic Plane Survey. These features extend over many arcminutes (not shown in the new Gemini image), suggesting the mass loss history of this object has even more levels of complexity.
Miranda agrees, noting that the nebulas structure is difficult to explain without a binary pair for parents. The chaotic morphology of Sh2-71 implies that very complex processes have been involved in its formation, says Miranda. Unfortunately, not much is known about either possible central stars known or speculated companions. So the mystery of the nebulas uncertain parentage remains unsolved ... for now.
Image Background Information: Geminis Multi-Object Spectrograph (GMOS) captured the light of Sh2-71 in its imaging mode using filters that selectively allow specific colors of visible light to reach the detector. Each color is produced by energized gas in the nebula glowing in a manner similar to a neon sign. Travis Rector of the University of Alaska Anchorage assembled the data from three filters (hydrogen alpha, helium II, and oxygen III) to form the composite color image.
Planetary nebulae are the end-state of stars like our Sun. They form when old, medium-sized stars run low on nuclear fuel, become unstable, and begin expelling their outer layers of gas into space. Often these objects appear quite symmetrical, but when multiple stars are involved, their structure looks much more complex. In such cases, astronomers believe that the transfer of gas from one star to another results in explosions and eruptions that disrupt the symmetry of the nebula - as is clearly seen in this new Gemini image.
Discovered in 1946 by Rudolph Minkowski, the nebula is located in the direction of the constellation Aquila and visible in amateur telescopes. Sh2-71 is the 71st object in a catalogue of nebulae originally assembled by the U.S. astronomer Stewart Sharpless of the US Naval Observatory in Flagstaff, Arizona. It is from his second catalogue, of 313 nebulae, published in 1959.
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After two very gratifying years at Hope Artiste Village I have closed my pastry studio. I did what I set out to do: open my very own pastry shop and teaching studio, make French style pastries by hand, and sell them to people who truly appreciated biting into a tiny slice of Paris.
It was really that simple.
Many, many heartfelt thanks to all the wonderful people who came into the shop, bought a pastry or two and then walked away, gratified!
And to all of the bakers out there, may you continue to create delicious pastries and keep on learning!!
And remember: If you're craving a tasty tart, buttery shortbread or an assortment of delicious petit fours, or if you're interested in a private teaching session on French style pastries just send me an email or give me a call.
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While it's completely fathomable that Ethan could carry out these heinous acts, he's never been shown actually committing them. In particular, we never witness his hanging of Charlie, nor do we see him actually kill Steve. --This unsigned message was left by 188.8.131.52
That is a very good point, and I thank you for that. I've added to word "allegedly" to his article. ;) --ChristianShephard 22:48, 27 February 2006 (UTC)
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Dharma Initiative employee? Edit
Are we sure of this? We know for sure he is one of the Others, but do we know that they are Dharma employees? ----Jimbo Wales 02:35, 5 October 2006 (UTC)
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We know it wasn't William Mapother under that blanket in Outlaws, but we do know it was Ethan. So shouldn't Outlaws be in his list of episodes? --This unsigned message was left by 18.104.22.168
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Does anyone think it's worth mentioning that Rom could be named after Ethan Frome? Ajrand (Signal) 00:28, 7 November 2007 (UTC)
New information Edit
There is missing some new information: Ethan is the son of Horace (and Amy), and he was with Ben stealing Alex from her mother. --10.8.2.158 20:02, 10 April 2009 (UTC)
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There's nothing like a little reality to shake people up.
When hackers brought down top Internet sites like Yahoo!, Amazon.com, eBay and ZDNet with their denial-of-service attacks in February, nightly newscasts and vexed experts speculated that the consequences could have been dire.
That's what JMU President Linwood H. Rose had warned
a full month earlier when
"Our information systems, if not carefully protected, may be accessed by those whose intentions are much more serious than just mischief," Rose said.
The JMU president was in-vited to participate in a White House press conference to help President Bill Clinton announce his National Plan for Information Systems Protection. Clinton also announced new budget proposals to increase the number of information security professionals and strengthen U.S. defenses against growing threats to computer systems, networks and critical information technology infrastructure.
The U.S. president called on Rose because JMU is regarded as the leader in information security education and is one of seven universities officially designated by the National Security Agency as Centers of Academic Excellence in Information Assurance Education.
"We are very pleased that our program has served in the role of national leadership in information security education and is being recognized by the president," Rose said. "We are eager to do all we can to help solve the critical need for information security professionals."
JMU offers the country's only graduate program in information security (called INFOSEC for short). And as the world's only INFOSEC program delivered completely online, it addresses head-on the critical shortage of qualified professionals by making access to an education available from anywhere in the world.
What's at stake, Rose said at the White House, is the security of vital operations like power companies, banking and finance, air transportation, water supply and emergency services.
"To protect these systems," he said, "we must have more information assurance people -- people who have the talent and expertise to evaluate system vulnerabilities, who understand encryption methodologies to protect critical data, and who are able to design trusted systems and provide for intruder monitoring and detection."
The Department of Commerce has projected that through 2006, there will be a need for 1.3 million cyber security experts in the workforce, and that the nation's colleges and universities will only be able to supply a total of 26,000 per year, says JMU's INFOSEC program director Allan Berg. The shortage is so critical, he adds, that business and industry have resorted to raiding college campuses of their computer science professors. "Corporate America is eating the seed corn that grows the next crop."
Clinton's information security initiatives include a $25 million Federal Cyber Services Training and Education Program to help meet that critical demand. One of its key points is a program that will allow scholarship recipients to exchange one year of paid college education for two years of federal service in information security.
JMU's enrollment numbers also reveal how great the need is. Since the two-year, 10-course master's program was first offered in 1997, enrollment has jumped from 20 to 84, and Berg expects 110 students in September 2000.
Clients include the FBI and CIA, the military, the Department of Defense, Federal Reserve Board, Patent Office and the National Security Agency. Other companies and agencies have approached Berg about enrolling whole groups of their employees in the program, and interest is worldwide.
"We've had emails from Zambia, Singapore, Australia
and Portugal recently," Berg says. Participation from remote locations
is possible because only the proctored exams are administered face-to-face
at various locations around the world. Berg personally arranges these
exams for each student so they can remain in the workforce, where they're
needed, while they are in
"And we can offer top-notch adjunct faculty members from anywhere in the world too," Berg says, "professors whose expertise is on the forefront of a field where the information is so perishable that no one course is taught the same way twice. In information assurance, the shelf life is six months."
Berg is now working with Kenneth Bahn in the College of Business to offer an M.B.A. with a concentration in information security. It too will be the only one of its kind when it opens in August.
"The Cyber Service model advanced in the president's plan will provide incentives to attract students in greater numbers," Rose said at the White House. "Universities have begun to address this workforce need, but if we are to accelerate the numbers of competent professionals at the rate required, federal support for faculty development and student assistance is essential. Without external stimulus and support, we will simply fail to protect our country's information infrastructure."
"By empowering higher education to be a part of
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Those features aren't needed in this project so I have removed them,however, the theme uses PNG images and thus needs a PNG fix. Can I use PNG fix js without using the jquery.js file?
What if I use a PNG fix .htc file ?
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The two first measures are so pianissimo that we scarcely hear them, but the vague and far-away voices come slowly nearer.
The pianissimo of choruses and orchestras is seldom soft enough.
Yes, I think it IS very sweet—and very solemn and impressive, if you get the andantino and the pianissimo right.
At that part there are two pauses in quick succession, the second of which, is pianissimo.
Every advantage was afforded her, for only a handful of instruments accompanied her, and these were toned down to pianissimo.
It was very rapid, very staccato, and pianissimo all the way through.
It begins ravishingly with flutes and clarinets and four violins, pianissimo, followed by a blare of brass.
Like all love-songs it is legato, andante, and pianissimo, but at the same time noticeably original and characteristic.
At first the body of sound seemed overpowering, for there was no pianissimo, and not one of the regular orchestral effects.
It is followed by a pianissimo chorus of the guards whispering to each other to "secure the passes round the glen."
1724, from Italian pianissimo "very softly," from Latin pianissimus, superlative of pianus (see piano).
A musical direction meaning "to be performed very softly"; the opposite of fortissimo.


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Very close to winning VFH but sucked major dick at the final votes, so I'm going to fix it up. Please give me help to fix up this article without changing the concept. Indepth please, thanks. WILLYOU 333Talk IF YOU DARE 22:31, December 21, 2009 (UTC)
Also, people have edited alot of things in this article, to note the tough guy and the old guy are my pictures.--WILLYOU 333Talk IF YOU DARE 09:46, December 23, 2009 (UTC)
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When it comes to wine, connoisseurs appreciate its bouquet, its flavor, and the art and science that went into creating it. Oenophiles are those who treasure fine wines, and who, more often than not, delight in sharing their passion with family members, friends, and colleagues. If you have a wine lover on your gift list, he or she is sure to value unique wine gifts. Here are five suggestions to ensure that your next gift will be appreciated and enjoyed.
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Nottinghamshire spinner Graeme Swann has been given a reserve price of $400,000 for the Indian Premier League player auction scheduled to take place on Saturday 4 February.
Any competing franchise would need to bid in excess of that figure to secure Swann's signature – the highest reserve price of all overseas players in the auction.
Former Nottinghamshire duo Adam Voges and Darren Bravo have each been given a reserve price of $100,000.
"Graeme's form for England and Notts has been terrific for some time now and if a team is looking for a spinner who can also score runs quickly then he stands a very good chance of getting picked up," said Nottinghamshire Director of Cricket Mick Newell.
"We've always used him as an opening batsman in Twenty20 cricket because he doesn't waste any balls and if he's going to make a score then he'll do it very quickly but he could slot in further down if he found himself in a team with a world class top order."
Swann has been surpassed in the global rankings by Saeed Ajmal who earned the right to call himself the world's number one spinner after guiding Pakistan to a comfortable win over England in the first Test in Dubai.
Swann's innings of 34 and 39 and match figures of 4-107 were outshone by Ajmal who took ten wickets in the Match.
IPL Auction Reserve Prices
$400,000 Graeme Swann (England)
$300,000 James Anderson (England) and Mitchell Johnson (Australia)
$200,000 Peter Siddle (Australia), Matt Prior Chris Tremlett, Luke Wright, Rikki Clarke (England); Vernon Philander (South Africa)
$100,000 Capped: Xavier Doherty, Adam Voges (Australia); Jade Dernbach, Simon Jones (England); Kyle Mills (New Zealand); Justin Kemp, Robin Peterson, Alviro Petersen, Morne van Wyk, Imran Tahir (South Africa); Ramnaresh Sarwan, Marlon Samuels, Denesh Ramdin, Dwayne Smith, Ravi Rampaul, Fidel Edwards, Daren Ganga, Darren Bravo (West Indies); Brendan Taylor (Zimbabwe).
Uncapped: Ben Cutting (Australia) and Tom Maynard (England).
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Art Lab: Cy Kuckenbaker #2
03.22.2014 11:00 am
Millions of people have watched his time-compressed video of planes landing. And plane's taking off. You've been mesmerized by traffic on the 163, all organized by color.
So what's next for artist Cy Kuckenbaker in his San Diego Studies project? Come see him at MOPA as he edits his next video - surfers on a wave (he won't say where they are surfing). Learn how he compresses time to show the volume of people at one break through the course of a day. Ask him questions about his work - how he does it, why he does it, where his ideas come from. And find out what he has planned for future videos.
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Gallery: Rose Queen Vanessa Marjarrez Mayfield Junior School, her elementary school in Pasadena
PASADENA - On the eve of her coronation, 2013 Rose Queen Vanessa Manjarrez visited her old elementary school before classes started on Wednesday. The entire Mayfield Junior School student body, teachers and administration gave her a royal reception.
Manjarrez, who graduated from the junior school in 2009, started in kindergarten before moving to Mayfield Senior School after eighth grade.
After the new Rose Queen was presented with a bouquet of roses by sixth-grader Julianna Tighe, the students took part in a prayer and blessing.
Manjarrez and her six-member Royal Court will reign over the 124th Rose Parade, themed "Oh, the Places You'll Go!"
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We are coming through to say our workings and such have proven out over time, and now is the time for your advancement on the Earth Plane.
There is an entity who wishes to speak at this important time, and that is Queen Allara. She has been working to show those who choose, to become the ones to carry fearlessness to another level of consciousness.
Some are doing the work and such at the seminars. You are driven by the desire to share your vibration and teach.
The Unconditional Love you speak of is a true heartfelt condition. We are there with you on this journey.
Observe the synchronicities that occur when you let go of fear and move towards your/our collective destiny.
Look at Arcturus in the sky arching out from the handle of your Big Dipper. The light will guide you towards our level of consciousness.
We will return over time with messages. The Pleiadians have begun the shift and we collectively will pursue the same.
Be grateful for All That Is.
In light, Allara
We collectively return for the sake of all that is.
Coming through our channel is a place for attuning to higher energies that have served you before. If you are listening to this you feel that a Knowingness has found it's way to your heart again.
Rejoice and experience the heart without judgement of others, and with Unconditional Love!
Bring others together in Unity. We are All ONE.
See the Beings of Light in the mirror, it is time to come home. You who choose to read these words
may be having difficulty with the Human condition. Trust that it is this way for a purpose. See others as Divine and let go of the ego's judgement. Offer compassion instead of ridicule.
Look at others as yourself. Become unified in love and compassion. Trust this to be the new way of shifting towards our collective destiny.
In Light, Allara
August 6, 2010
We return again in the light and vibration of All That Is. As we move forward, we should like this manuscript to be published to reach the ones who know this to be Our Universal Truth.
Begin to practice non-judgement. Judgement is integrated into your consciousness but can be shifted. How subtle judgement is! If you pay attention, you will begin to realize how easy it has been to judge.
When you see another who looks unlike you, do you already catagorize them in your subconsciousness? Fat, thin, black white, red, ignorant, foolish.
Let go!
Practice shutting your mind off from the conditioning.
This is a big deal, and takes practice.
In doing so you will shift your vibration and join our consciousness.
In light,
August 10, 2010
Come forward from that place in your hearts. The Judgement comes from an ego's desire to make separate that which is not. Our oneness prevails .
See the other ones as extensions from your heart. Send everything love. Let go of separatist ideas. We are Star people and we are one with you, start looking outside the constricts of your Planet.
As we collectively vibrate to Unconditional Love and Non-Judgement, we heal. We go to Source to heal. Sourse is within us, all of us. There is no limit to Unconditional Love
Reside within and heal.
In Love and Light,
Beconing our collective hearts is a force so pure of light. Light traversing. Light traversing and interconnecting our hearts and traversing to the Great Central Sun.
Allign with your planetary Crystal Core and Source, traverse out to the Great Central Sun.
Ride the light.We await our return to wholeness.
Come together and experience this ceremony of interconnectedness.
Gather groups together to do this.
We have spoken before about the Sleeping people. The people of like-mind in this Spiritual sense can observe what seems now to them to be a waste of energy, being a victim, holding anger, judgement.
Stay in the present moment, the past has served to bring you here and now. Gather like-minds and do the ceremony to the Great Central Sun, staying in the moment.
Gather for our collective destiny!
In Love,
Greetings to all. We come again in light and love. Sound redundant ?
When you understand Light and Love to be your whole truth, you establish a Knowingness.
You need not go anywhere else.
Maintaining the vibraation of Love and Light may be the most difficult for you during the chaos.
Remember, you are not required to get involved in the chaos.
Sit still like our friends the Kogi Mamos. Pray with them.
Bring others together in ceremony, prayer, healing, love.
Imagine you are in the Tyrona Garden in the Sierra de Nevada de Santa Marta.
Be the peace you desire.
In Light and Love,


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Personalized Easter Basket Ideas...
Looking for some sweet snacks or colorful eggs to put inside that Easter basket? Check out Chocolate Easter Eggs, Easter Candy Recipes, and our Homemade Egg Dye Recipe! Now... ready to get creative with that basket? Then read on!
Or, for more ideas, check the bottom of this page for user-submitted Easter basket ideas!
Easter Basket Ideas to Save Money
Use the same basket every year. You might not guess it, but using the same Easter baskets every year will make your Easters more exciting for the kids rather than less. When they spot that basket --and of course they'll remember which ones are theirs if they always use the same!-- you'll be creating memories every time. And traditions that they'll share with their own kids one day. Maybe they'll even keep their baskets!
Get one thing. If you're the type that wants to fill that Easter basket fit to bursting, a good money-saving Easter basket idea is to... skip the basket altogether. If you give just one nicely decorated Easter present instead of a whole bunch of little toys, you'll give a gift the kids will really want-- and save money (and the environment, too) in the process.
Make your own treats. Homemade treats are tastier, less expensive, and more natural than store bought ones. And some are quite easy to make! We've got recipes here for Pick-Your-Flavor Chocolate Easter Eggs as well as several great recipes for Homemade Easter Candy.
Get sentimental. This Easter basket idea will save you money while you create a wonderful tradition for your family. If every year one of the big "presents" in your kids' Easter basket is, say, a poem from Mom and Dad, a great photo of the family, or something similar, you'll give your child a wonderful collection of memories and create an inexpensive and meaningful tradition. Tuck the poem into an Easter card, or fold it and hide it in the wrapper of a candy bar. Hide it really well and make finding the item in the basket part of the fun!
Healthy Easter Basket Ideas
- Packages of snack crackers (Goldfish are great)
- Nuts
- Yogurt or Carob-covered raisins
- Baggies of granola
- Homemade oatmeal cookies
- Animal crackers
- Chewy fruit snacks (with real fruit)
- Granola or cereal bars
- Pieces of fruit
Themed Easter Basket Ideas
Sports. This all depends on the sport your kid loves. From baseball gear to football to ballet (yes, dance is a sport, dang it!), fill it up with accessories that will keep them happy and active. You can even toss in some healthy snacks and even a couple bottles of Gatorade to keep them going.
Garden. With a flower pot or bucket instead of a basket, fill your container with seed packets, spades, sun-hats, and everything your kid will need to be a great spring gardener.
Doll Accessories. Getting a new doll is a big deal... but so is getting new accessories for it! Either along with a new doll or on its own, fill your child's basket with doll clothes, cars, bottles, accessories, the works.
Baking. This is a really fun themed Easter basket idea you and your kids can do together. Put together all of the pantry ingredients you'll need to make a recipe or two, and give it to your little baker along with cookbook full of simple recipes. Then make some of the recipes inside together!
Crafts. Whether your child loves to string beads to make jewelry, is learning to knit, or loves paper crafts, fill up her Easter basket with everything she needs.
Summer activities. Summer is on the way! Help the kids celebrate by filling a beach bucket with summer gear, like a swimsuit, beach sandals, sunscreen, etc.
Art and coloring. The perfect Easter basket idea for your little artist. Fill his or her basket with colored pencils or crayons, coloring books (or sketch books for an older artist), finger or water paints, etc.
Beauty or dress up. This is one you can totally adjust for age. For younger girls, put everything in a fancy hat or dress-up suitcase: dress-up clothes, crowns, shoes, and little girl make-up kits. For older girls, fill a makeup container with makeup samples (get them free or buy them on the net), artificial nails, costume jewelry, manicure kits, etc. It's inexpensive, but they'll love it and it will give them hours of fun in front of the mirror.
Color themed. Is your child in love with a particular color? Making the basket and everything in it that color will really make an impression!
Teen Easter Basket Ideas
- Plastic eggs with money inside (very popular!)
- CDs & DVDs
- Makeup
- Cell phone accessories
- Disposable camera (or film)
- Video games
- Movie tickets
- Books
- Magazines
- Gift certificates to restaurants, salons, or clothing stores
- Costume jewelry
- Clothes
- Sunglasses
- Printed vouchers for an hour of extra curfew, skipping cleaning the bathroom, "chauffeur" service, etc.
- Bathroom stuff (razors, lotions, etc.)
Easter Baskets with Creative Containers
Toys as containers. This Easter basket idea works really well for young children: make the container a toy all on its own. Fill a toy truck, a doll house or case, a beach bucket, etc., with all your Easter stuff. Just walk around your local toy store to get some ideas.
Fun containers. This one is easy to vary for younger kids or teenagers. Do your young children want a new lunch box, or your older daughter a make-up case? Fill one with Easter treats (and, of course, some of the appropriate accessories) for a fun and useful Easter basket idea.
Decorate together. If you spend time decorating it together, even a plain paper bag can be a wonderful container for Easter. In the days or weeks before Easter, get together with your kids and help them cut shapes (bunny ears, eggs, grass, baby chicks, etc.) out of paper, then pull out the glitter and glue and go nuts.
Show off Your Family's Easter Baskets!
Came up with some really creative Easter basket ideas for your kids and family and wanna show 'em off? This is the place!
Below, you can submit a photo of your basket along with a description if you want, and other visitors can rate how creative your Easter basket is!
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Beach Themed Easter Baskets Filled With a Lot of Love
I have two children: a girl an a boy. These fun beach themed Easter baskets are from last year and they were filled with a lot of love! For my little …
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I got this idea after my stepfather passed back in 2009. I was unable to sleep good so I would look for creative things to do with the children in my …
Flower Basket for Easter
The flower filled easter basket I ordered for my wife last year. She said it was the best thing I ever gave her. She was really surprised!!!!
Books and Fun Bakset
I could never give my daughter an easter basket with no candy in it! But I know candys not the best thing for her so she doesn't get much. Chocolate eggs …
Photography and Art Supply Easter Basket
My 13 year old daughter is nuts for all things art and photography. So she got a basket full of art supplies and some little camera tripods. I put a …
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The Alfréd Rényi Institute of Mathematics, the János Bolyai Mathematical Society and the Hungarian Academy of Sciences are organizing a conference in the fall of 2010 to celebrate the eightieth birthday of Vera T. Sós. The conference will be held on September 10-12, 2010 in Budapest.
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Amanda Bynes Denies Having a Secret Twitter Account, Shows Off Her New Artwork
Amanda Bynes isn't back to her old ways. Though some reports are suggesting that the former Nickelodeon star is keeping a secret Twitter account to send nasty comments to celebrities again, Bynes is saying otherwise.Don't worry,
On her verified account, in which has amassed over 3 million followers, the What a Girl Wants actress denied those rumors, writing, "FYI This is my only twitter account, I have no secret twitter accounts."
The recently-rehabilitated starlet also told fans that she was focusing on her studies at the Fashion Institute of Design & Merchandising, showing off her new sketches in the process.
New sketch ~ FYI This is my only twitter account, I have no secret twitter accounts. Xoxo Amanda pic.twitter.com/l5grNZOUHl
— amanda bynes (@amandabynes) March 10, 2014
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The Government of Nauru hopes a mostly privately owned bank can be in operation by the middle of next year.
The finance minister Dr Kieren Keke says a lack of banking facilities in the country is stifling commercial activity.
While consultants KPMG had concluded that the island had the potential to support viable banking services, Australian banks refused to step in despite encouragement from the Australian Government.
Dr Keke says they are now looking at a model built around local private investment and possibly with some government input.
"Ideally it would be essentially a private bank that may have a mix of shareholding and we seeking assistance from Australian service providers in establishing that bank in terms of the systems in the banking and the systems in the back room and to ensure that it is fully compliant with international standards and our hope is also to have it regulated by the Australian financial regulator, APRA.[ Australian Prudential Regulatory Authority]"
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L.A.M.B. 'Dominic' Striped Sandal
The perfect heel to make your ankles appear smaller. These are so different and fun! DETAILS: A chunky knot at the peep toe is mirrored at the ankle in a boldly striped, nautically inspired sandal supported by a fabric-wrapped heel and two-tone platform. Distinctive fabric detail forms a V just below the heel cup. Adjustable knot at the ankle; decorative knot at the toe. Approx. heel height: 5" with 1" platform. Fabric upper/leather lining and sole. By L.A.M.B.; imported. Salon Shoes.
Beaded rope intertwines with the iridescent snakeskin straps of a gorgeous evening sandal balanced atop a lofty wrapped heel and platform.
Beautiful grosgrain bow centers a playful sandal accented with tonal rhinestones along the narrow satin straps. Low wrapped platform and a metallic quarter-twist heel provide distinctive elevation.
Smooth metallic stones cover the tapered T-strap of an eye-catching snakeskin-embossed sandal topped with three adjustable ankle straps.
Flat nail-head studs add bold detail to a contemporary gladiator sandal shaped with block-style straps and perched on a tall stacked heel.
Frayed edging furthers the textural interest of the bejeweled grosgrain accents that top a beguiling sandal with smoke-hued translucent straps.
Bold bronze hardware details the T-strap of a sultry gladiator sandal fashioned with elastic instep straps for effortless wear.
Circular perforations and gleaming studs lend playful edge to an ankle-strap gladiator sandal set on a stacked high heel.
Rectangular metallic beads cascade down the front of a contemporary T-strap sandal distinctively elevated by a contrasting demi-wedge heel.
An assortment of brasstone studs embellish the lower straps of a standout gladiator sandal perched on a wrapped heel and cork-infused platform.
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