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Olay Soothing Cucumber Massaging Bar Soap Reviews
It's soap!I love Olay products for body care. I got the opportunity to try this soap from Total Beauty and I was not super impressed by this bar soap after using it for a couple of days. The fragrance is very soothing, and fresh, just like cucumber. Like I said though, I have tried other products by Olay and I have been very satisfied but this product does not compare. The soap is not really moisturizing an...read mored does not leave the skin soft. So I guess if you want a soap that leaves you skin clean and fresh (just like any soap is supposed to do), this is the soap to try, since you can always moisturize with lotion right after the shower. I also liked that it's infused with avocado oil. Another thing i liked is the beautiful translucent green color, and how the massaging bar feels great on the upper back. Definitely a good line to try, but not as great as other Olay products like their body washes. — 4 years, 5 months agoyestfl | 239 reviews
Not for MeI love Olay products-they tend to be the best at Skincare out there, PLUS affordable. TB was generous enough to send me a full size bar to try and review. While I loved the massage nubs on the bar, that's where the love ended for me. This soap left my skin feeling dried out and tight like other bar soaps. It is very highly fragranced--that was the big deal killer for me. I think the amount of...read more fragrance caused my skin to be itchy. I did not like the smell at all. It was the signature Olay scent which is very perfume with a touch of cucumber. The scent lingered in my bathroom all day and my husband even commented that he did not like the smell of the new soap I was using. I recommend you smell it before you buy it. You will definitely be able to smell it through the wrapper. You probably also want to avoid it if you have any skin allergy or sensitivity. Bummer. — 4 years, 5 months agoThorne | 456 reviews
It's a nice soap - bar lasts!I was fortunate to try this for Total Beauty. It's a nice soap. The fragrance is light and clean and doesn't linger, so it doesn't compete with your perfume. I don't have real dry skin on my body, so it was hydrating enough for me, but someone with dryer skin would probably need a moisturizer after showering. The clear bar seems to last longer than a lot of bars. It seems to dry faster, there...read morefore it is hard again quicker and doesn't turn mushy. The "massaging design" is OK. When having massaging bumps on a bar of soap you have tom expect that they are not going to last for very long and certainly not going to last the life of the bar of soap. It would be impossible for them to wear down in such a way that they would stay higher than the rest of the bar. So they're nice for a few uses, as long as you use the bar to directly rub onto your skin. It was nice for sore legs. After the first few uses I used the soap with a washcloth or scrubby. It provides a generous amount of rich, creamy lather, however I used it. It rinses cleaner than many bar soaps and doesn't leave film behind on my skin. It also doesn't leave a layer of soap scum in the shower to clean up, which is always a plus! All in all it's soap. Has some nice features, but personally I'll stick to shower gel - I just like it better. But for when I want a bar of soap, this is definitely one I would purchase. — 4 years, 4 months agocharliecat31 | 101 reviews
It's OKI am a sucker for luxurious bathing products. I love quality products that smell GREAT. I was given the opprotunuty to review this bar soap for TB. I am not a fan of bar soap. I was pleasantly surprised by the scent, it smells fresh but (thankfully) not like a salad (lol), but the scent does not linger. I didn't find that it lathered well when used alone. I guess I didn't get the massage fac...read moretor, because it didn't really massage. I used it with my poof and then it lathered very well. I purpposely didn't use a afterbath moisturizer after using this product, and had no dry skin issues. So for me it was moisturizing enough. I was a little disappointing that the scent didn't last past the shower. i likely will not buy the bar , but if they sold it in body wash I might try it in the summer. — 4 years, 5 months agoLlisa2 | 204 reviews
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Lacks functionalityThis is a bar of soap with "massaging" nobs. Yes, it works fine the first two or three times around (it's nothing special), but as you can imagine the nobs wear down after a few times in the shower...the product is not really functional for that reason alone--definitely don't buy it for the massaging aspect. Otherwise, it smells good and is moisturizing. I would still prefer to use an Olay shower gel over this product. — 4 years, 5 months agoAmberDB | 189 reviews
Love this soapThis is a great massaging bar soap, and it smells refreshing too! This will definitely be my new go to soap to buy! I recommend this soap to others. — 4 years, 5 months agoBeautyLover632 | 1 reviews
It's Great!The soap has a fresh and clean smell and doesn't leave my skin feeling dry! — 4 years, 5 months agoCheers12 | 1 reviews
Love It!This body bar was great. It smelled wonderful, and I felt clean all day! — 4 years, 5 months agoMaimers | 1 reviews
Ok...but not as great as other scentsI typically LOVE the Olay massaging bar soaps & this one smells great BUT does NOT leave my skin feeling smooth & silky like the other Olay varieties. This one seem almost sticky — 4 years, 5 months agoRLH_1975 | 47 reviews
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Lima, Peru: Our Final Port
05.05.2013 - 05.05.2013
We started the morning with breakfast in our room as we watched the outer islands of the port of Callao (Lima), Peru, drift into view. Our arrival was heralded by dozens of huge jellyfish (Chrysaora plocamia) drifting below our huge window. The ship was guided to a dock in a rather industrial port area. Once we were tied up, the announcement began to advise passengers they could disembark to explore on their own or to call us to meet in the auditorium to get tour tickets. Jerry and Michelle opted to look into the city at their own pace while Susie and John jumped on a bus for a guided tour of Lima.
It was cloudy and gray, but the capital city of Peru is full of classic and colorful buildings to brighten the day. As we traveled to the central square of the city, we passed buildings new and old, many in bright shades of yellow, blue and pink.
The Government Palace occupies the north side of the Plaza de Armas, Lima's central square. Pizarro, the conqueror of the Incas, liked the site so much that began constructing the first Spanish palace there in 1535. Since then, it has been rebuilt many times. On the other three sides of the square are the Cathedral of Lima and the adjoining Archbishop's Palace, which were originally built during the 1600s and the Municipal Palace (City Hall). All the structures sport the intricately carved wooden balconies complete with wooden "screens" to allow ladies to view the plaza without folks below gawking at them. Today at noon would be the changing of the guard, so many tourists — including families, school children, and musicians — were beginning to mill around the plaza.
The bus made it's first stop nearby so we could visit the Church and Convent of Santo Domingo, which dates back to the end of the 16th century. It is most renowned as the final resting place for three important Peruvian saints: San Juan Macías, Santa Rosa de Lima and San Martín de Porres (the continent's first black saint). The convent – a sprawling courtyard-studded complex lined with baroque paintings and clad in vintage Spanish tile – contains the saints' tombs. The convent's two cloisters are decorated with hand-painted tiles imported from Spain in the early 17th century. The stately library holds 25,000 antiquarian books.
Leaving the convent, we took a walking tour through a few of the streets, past restaurants, bars and shops. Entering one end of a gated alley, we found ourselves in an open air market and as we stepped out the other end we found ourselves at our next destination: The Aliaga House.
The Aliaga House is as old as Lima itself. When conquistador Francisco Pizarro founded the capital city on Jan. 18, 1535, he gave the plot adjacent to the Government Palace to his trusted ally Jerónimo de Aliaga, so they could be neighbors. Eighteen generations of the Aliaga family have resided in the same mansion ever since — it's been renovated continuously, but it's the oldest house in the Americas. Jerónimo's descendants currently live in a modern annex, but much of the original main house is on display. We were greeted by servants who served us soft drinks before our tour guide led us through the house and its wide-ranging collection of Peruvian art and artifacts going back centuries.
Back on the streets, we continued our walk through the Plaza, past the Government Palace, and onto the patio of another church (occupied by a swarm of pigeons and vendors selling bags of seed to passersby to keep the birds coming). This is the Church of San Francisco, one of the best preserved in Lima. Built in the late 1600s, San Francisco has several gilded side altars and an impressive lattice dome. The adjoining monastery has a superb collection of ancient religious texts, some of which were brought over by the first wave of Spanish priests after the conquest of the Incas. Most people go to San Francisco, however, for its catacombs. The catacombs were actually part of Lima's original cemeteries, which were built under churches. It is estimated that 75,000 bodies are buried under San Francisco alone, and many of the remains are exposed, stacked in strange patterns in circular stone pits. Although we did not tour the catacombs, we were able to peer down through lattice work in the floor to see some of the remains.
Leaving the church, we boarded the bus once again to head for the up-scale Miraflores district. On the way, we were able to see one of the vestiges of Peru's ancient civilizations. Lima has a large number of historical ruins, known locally as huacas. One of the major excavations is of the Pucllana Temple, or Huaca Pucllana. This adobe ceremonial center was likely built around 500 A.D., during the cultural height of Lima's history. Much of the site has been restored and excavations continue to uncover artifacts and the occasional mummy.
Lima has always been known as the Garden City, and no district rivals Miraflores when it comes to parks. The El Malecón is a six-mile stretch of parks situated along the cliffs high above the Pacific Ocean. Perfect for jogging, biking or simply taking in the view, walkways through the Malecón are dotted with statues created by famed Peruvian artists. One of the most famous works of sculpture is Víctor Delfín's massive carving of a couple in deep embrace, the central piece of a section of the Malecón known as Parque del Amor (Love Park). At this point, we all stepped off the bus for a photo op...and a warm churro (a long filled pastry). While we munched and snapped pictures, paragliders sailed off the cliffs nearby.
The remainder of the tour took us through more of the many streets of Lima and back to Callao and our ship. We spent the rest of the afternoon resting up for our night tour of Lima with Jerry and Michelle.
Now, having spent four long and quiet days cruising across the South Pacific with little more to excite us than finding out the "drink of the day", we were due for something to shake up our complacency. As it turned out, hooking up with our tour guides for the evening was the necessary adventure. To briefly set the stage, we had booked the evening tour in advance of the trip—from the Mpls-St. Paul airport the morning of our departure, in fact. This was to be a private (and somewhat spendy) tour in a van for just the four of us. The other factor that you need to know is that our ship was docked in a gated and secured area of the port. To get in and out, every vehicle was inspected by guards at a barred gate.
So...our tour confirmation stated that the tour guide would meet us at 6:30 p.m. at the port. Realizing that he would not be able to drive directly to our ship (and seeing other guests boarding buses to take them to the port's main gate), we jumped on a shuttle bus shortly after 6:00 to head up to the gate. When we arrived, we could see various buses, vans, and taxis coming and going just outside the gates. As we approached the gateway, we were stopped by a security guard. He spoke Spanish; we spoke English. Between all of us gesturing and jabbering, we finally made it clear to him that we were to meet a tour van at the gate. And he made it clear to us that we could not walk out through the gate until the tour operator (or someone) came to the gate to vouch for us. Watching the continuous comings and goings of throngs of vehicles and people on the other side of the gates, we managed (I think) to express our uncertainty that our tour guide would find us. The guard reassured us with a halting, "They will come. They will come." But they didn't come. After waiting for 15 or 20 minutes, the guards offered us a room to sit in while we waited. And still they didn't come.
To make a long story short (about a long, long wait), as we continued to wait and they didn't come, Jerry and I started standing watch out through the gates and at nearly 7:30 p.m. we saw a cardboard sign held up by a young woman outside that was printed with "BURNS". We shouted that we were here. Once the van pulled in to pick us up, we discovered that the tour guide (and his girlfriend/assistant) had come — and had been waiting for over an hour outside for us while we were waiting inside for them; they didn't seem to understand why we didn't come out...we didn't understand why they didn't come in. Oh, well, we were finally ready to roll.
The tour around the city was a visual delight, as we drove past many of the sites we had visited earlier in the day but now they were bathed in spotlights. The climax of the evening was a visit to a park on the edge of the downtown area where we watched a fantastic display of dancing water and lights — more than a dozen fountains sending water shooting into the air, choreographed to music and light. The Magic Water Circuit (Circuito Mágico del Agua) also included graphics and videos projected onto large "screens" of water and mist created by the fountains. The effect was awesome and we thoroughly enjoyed the show. It was a remarkable finish to a wonderful day.
After our return to the ship, we said goodbye for now to Jerry and Michelle. They were scheduled to return home on an early flight the next morning. We parted with handshakes, hugs and promises to see each other soon back in Minnesota!


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"Episode 416" - Three brothers from Boise, ID hope the Sharks can envision investing in their family business -- one-of-a-kind eyewear made from sustainable wood; and a man from Madison, MS, enters into muddy waters when he asks the Sharks to invest in his camouflage clothing line designed for duck hunters.
Also, sorority sisters from Dallas, TX hope the Sharks find a perfect fit for their premium denim line, and a pair of Southern Belles from Loganville, GA, try to charm the Sharks into investing in their high end bedding for little girls. Pat McCarthy from St. Charles, IL, who declined an offer from Daymond in Season 3, gives an update on Liquid Money, a line of his & her fragrances inspired by the scent of money, on "Shark Tank," TONIGHT, FEBRUARY 22 (9:00-10:01 p.m., ET) on the ABC Television Network.
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The sporting world lost some top class athletes in 2012, including South Africa's former world heavyweight champion, Corrie Sanders.
Hector Camacho
Thrilling Puerto Rican world champion at three weights who died aged 50 of gunshot wounds on November 24 following a shooting in San Juan.
Nicknamed "Macho", Camacho was a charismatic showman who displayed speed and agility in the ring, but his recklessness outside brought him a wealth of trouble.
He won super lightweight, lightweight and light welterweight world titles in the 1980s and ended Sugar Ray Leonard's last comeback bid in 1997 with a knockout victory.
Throughout his life, however, Camacho dealt with drug and alcohol addiction. In 2007 he was sentenced to seven years in prison in relation to a 2005 burglary.
That sentence was suspended, but he did eventually spend two weeks behind bars for violating his probation.
Michael Dokes
Former world heavyweight champion died of liver cancer aged 54 on August 11.
Nicknamed "Dynamite", Dokes had the good fortune to be around in the era between the peak of Muhammad Ali, George Foreman, Joe Frazier and Ken Norton and the arrival of Mike Tyson.
He won the world title in 1982, beating Mike Weaver in a first round stoppage. Dokes lost the title to South African Gerrie Coetzee in 1983 and his career and life went to pieces.
A cocaine addict for most of his life he was sent to prison for 10 years in 2000 for the attempted murder of his girlfriend but was released in 2008.
Corrie Sanders
South African former world heavyweight champion died of gunshot wounds aged 46 on September 23.
He died of wounds suffered when he dived in front of his daughter after armed men burst into a Johannesburg restaurant where the family was celebrating his nephew's 21st birthday.
Sanders retired in 2008 with an impressive record of 42 wins against just four defeats, with his most famous victory coming in 2003 when he won the WBO world heavyweight title by knocking out Ukrainian Wladimir Klitschko in the second round after putting him down four times.
Kevin Curran
the Zimbabwean all-rounder died on October 10 aged 53 after collapsing while out jogging.
One of the first from his country to be considered good enough to play at English county level, representing Gloucestershire and Northants in England in the 1980s and 1990s. Also played in two World Cups and coached his national side from 2005-07.
Jocky Wilson
Two-time former world darts champion Jocky Wilson died on March 25 aged 62 of chronic pulmonary obstructive disease – a lung disorder.
A pugnacious Scotsman, he lost all his teeth at an early age because he believed his grandmother when she told him that the water had been poisoned by the 'Sassenachs' (English).
He reached at least the quarter-finals of every World Championship between 1979 and 1991, was a four-time British champion between 1981 and 1988, and a three-time Scottish Masters champion.
Mark Lenzi
Olympic gold medalist died on April 9 aged 43 after his blood pressure dipped alarmingly leading to fainting spells while receiving treatment for a heart illness.
Began his sporting life as a wrestler but watching Greg Louganis win diving gold in 1984 inspired him to change sports.
It paid off handsomely with gold in the 3-metres board in the 1992 Games and a bronze four years later. Also first diver to record a score of over 100 points from one dive.
Gary Ablett
Able defender who made history by becoming the only player to win the FA Cup with both Liverpool and Everton died aged 46 on January 1 of cancer.
Ablett won the 1989 FA Cup with Liverpool – beating Everton 3-2 – but missed out on the double as Arsenal denied them with a winning goal with virtually the last kick of their final game. Moved on to Everton and lifted the Cup in 1995.
Had spells in coaching and showed tremendous courage in his 16-month fight against non-Hodgkin's lymphoma.
John Connelly
Oustanding winger and a member of England's 1966 World Cup- winning squad died aged 74 of cancer on October 25.
Capped 20 times by England from 1959 to 1966 – scoring seven times – he made just one appearance in the 1966 World Cup finals in the first group game before being dropped.
However, he received a World Cup winners medal in 2009 when FIFA changed the rules to allow all World Cup winning squad members to be awarded one.
Won the First Division title with Burnley in 1960 – in all he scored 105 goals in 265games for them – and then with Manchester United in 1965 where he scored 22 goals in 80 appearances.
However, shortly afterwards he fell out with Matt Busby and was sold to Second Division Blackburn Rovers. Later owned a fish and chips shop named "Connelly's Plaice".
The goalkeeper with Brazil's magnificent 1970 World Cup-winning side died aged 74 from a lung complaint on August 25.
The 39-times capped Felix, who was known as a smoker during his playing days – even taking a crafty drag during matches on occasion – died of pulmonary emphysema complicated by pneumonia.
Was unfairly termed the weak link in the great side.
However, he was to have the last laugh when they beat Italy in the final. His daughter Ligia Cardoso recounted how he rang her after the final to say, "Now you can tell everyone that dad is not a 'frangueiro'!" – a pejorative slang term used to describe a keeper who regularly leaks goals.
Dave Sexton
Former Chelsea and Manchester United manager died aged 82 on November 25.
Sexton won the FA Cup with Chelsea in 1970, three years after taking charge, before leading the club to their first European trophy with success in the European Cup Winners' Cup the following season.
Sexton, son of top-class amateur boxer Archie, left in 1974 and coached lesser lights QPR to a stunning second placed finish in the First Division title race in 1976.
Succeeded charismatic Tommy Docherty for a second time, following Chelsea, this time at United in July 1977.
Rashidi Yekini
Nigerian 1993 African Footballer of the Year died May 4 aged 48 following a brief illness.
Yekini scored 37 goals in 58 appearances for Nigeria between 1983 and 1998 but many will remember him most for his emotional celebration after scoring Nigeria's first ever goal in a World Cup finals in the 3-0 humbling of Bulgaria in the 1994 edition.
He held the netting at the back of the goal and shook it, yelling to the heavens at the same time.
Motor racing
John Fitch
American racing car driver died aged 95 on October 3. Part of the legendary Mercedes-Benz team which included Stirling Moss and Juan Manuel Fangio.
Won the 1955 prestigious Mille Miglia race but was also part of the team in the Le Mans 24-hour race when teammate Pierre Levegh had an accident and the car went into the crowd killing the driver and 79 others – the deadliest accident in motor sport history. It prompted Fitch – who had been sitting with Levegh's wife at the time of the crash – to invest his time in designing safety devices for cars on and off the track. Always lived life to the full, he was a fighter ace in World War II.
Mervyn Davies
Welsh Grand Slam-winning captain died on March 16 aged 65 after a long illness.
Outstanding No 8 who led a magnificent Welsh side to the 1976 Five Nations Grand Slam and featured on two successful British and Irish Lions tours of New Zealand in 1971 and then South Africa in 1974.
He won 38 caps for Wales and would have probably captained the 1977 Lions but for suffering a brain haemorrhage playing for Swansea against Pontypool in 1976. He died on the eve of the present Wales side's Grand Slam-sealing win over France.
Dr Jack Matthews
Hard-tackling centre for Wales and the British and Irish Lions died aged 92 on July 18.
Known as 'Dr Jack' – he would sometimes deliver babies in his Cardiff base on the eve of international matches – he played 17 times for Wales and six times for the Lions.
Described as 'a cross between a bulldozer and a brick wall' in reference to his tackling he was also a notable amateur boxer, once drawing a four round bout with Rocky Marciano.
He would have won many more caps but for serving as a doctor in World War II, something which marked him for the rest of his life.
"Our generation – the ones who survived or were spared – have spent the rest of our lives trying to make every last minute count one way or another.
"It was the deal we struck with ourselves privately to keep our sanity and to honour those who didn't make it." – Sapa-AFP


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Los Angeles, June 14 (IANS) Singer Alicia Keys says she "connects" with Michelle Obama as they are both campaigners for female empowerment.
The 33-year-old was one of a privileged few who were invited to perform at US President Barack Obama's official inauguration ball for his second term in January, and the singer made good friends with the First Lady.
"I very much connect with Michelle. And we've done different things together that have given us so much to talk about - she's really interested in girls and empowerment too," contactmusic.com quoted Alicia as saying.


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Criminal Law
Criminal Law Questions? Ask a Criminal Lawyer.
Texas. And is that common for little towns in Texas to not send it to a state level being such a minor offense? And if i do go to a place to do my finger prints i would think my probation officer could find out. I called the city were i was arrested and talked to the clerks office they said they would have to call or mail a submit form. And i looked up the county inmate and nothing came up i was just seeing was databased do probation officers look in if you know that would help allot
One last question and i will leave you alone . I already asked you this but is it common for a small city to not send it to state or county level? And doesnt probation officers get a flag if it does get sent to state or county level? It has been a year and a half and i figure if they were going to find out the would have already but i just like to hear from a proffesional that handles this type of stuff on a regular basis
Great thank you allot you have helped me allot. So in your proffesional opinondo you think i have anything to worry about. And i had 5years on adjudicated probation which i have served a little more than half which my probation officer says i can get off half way i have just been scared to do so because of this pi. Would it be a good idea to try to get off early? What do they do look for when i am eligable to get off? I know i said that was the last question but your so are very insightful
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Advisory Neighborhood Commission 6C
Wednesday, September 9, 2009 7 pm
Heritage Foundation, 214 Massachusetts Avenue N.E.
Call to order
Approval of agenda
Approval of July minutes
Treasurer's report
- Approval of amended third and fourth quarterly reports
- Report on auditor's requests – all materials submitted
Brief community and commissioner announcements
- Union Station update – Andrew Dawkins, DDOT
- Leukemia Lymphoma Walk, October 17 – Julie Hansen
- Resolution honoring Yvonne Better – Commissioner Dixon
- Komen Breast Cancer Walk, October 9, 10, 11 – Jason Williams
Old Business
Transportation Committee (Joe McCann, John Kelly)
- Absolute Thai, 521 G Street NW , request for outdoor cafe- Yodchai Horcharoen
- 145 N Street N.E., public space application, flag and guard station – David Cerniglia
Planning, Zoning, and Environment Committee (Rob Amos, early departure)
- Capital Place, Second and G Streets NE , Zoning Order #06-01, seeking a delay of two years to begin project because of downturn in the market – Anthony Noble, Dreyfus
- 705-707 Sixth Street N.W., BZA# 17983, variances from rear yard requirements, off-street parking requirements, residential floor area requirements to allow construction of a two-story commercial building with office and ground floor retail – Paul Norman, Carolyn Brown
- Downtown zoning regulations, case # 0806-10, hearing scheduled November 2 –discussion to continue in October.
Liquor License Committee report (Comm. Phelps)
- Level – Commissioner Docter, neighborhood discussion (nonvoting item)
- Bistro Cacao, 318-320 Massachusetts Avenue NE, new restaurant + request for stipulated license – Andrew Kline
- Momiji, request to extend hours – Leung Lo
Grants Committee (Comm. Brown)
- Southern Baptist Church, application for grant to assist with a program to assist adults achieve high school diplomas – Eleanor Doom
Youth and Education Committee (Comm. Hamilton)
- Call for tutors and mentors for new school year – Jessica Thomas, Higher Achievement
New Business
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Jefferson's Height
Thomas Jefferson's height was six feet two-and-a half inches tall as described by his grandson Thomas Jefferson Randolph. We often overstate the contrast between the average height today and in Jefferson's time. According to Sokoloff and Villaflor, American recruits around 1779 reached an average final hight of 68.1 inches or 5' 8 1/10"[1] At 74.5 inches or 6' 2 1/2", Jefferson would be a good bit over six inches taller than the average male of the day--and not insignificantly tall by modern standards. Jefferson was not taller than his contemporaries because they were short, but because he was fairly tall.
Sokoloff and Villaflor put the final average height of today at between 69 and 70 inches[2]--that is a bit over one inch taller than in Jefferson's time. From these figures it can be seen that men today are not on average that much taller than Jefferson's peers. From these figures, as well, we can derive a sense of how Jefferson may have looked to his contemporaries.
First, on average today's final height is 69.5 (based on Sokoloff and Villaflor). The following equation compares the proportion between average height in Jefferson's time and Jefferson's height with the proportion between average height today and X (with X being how tall someone would have to be now to seem to us as tall as Jefferson did to his peers):
In this proportion, X=76.032" or just a bit over 6' 4". So Jefferson would have seemed about as tall to his peers as an individual 6' 4" seems to us today.[3]
- ↑ Kenneth L. Sokoloff and Georgia C. Villaflor, "The Early Achievement of Modern Stature in America" Social Science History 6 (1982):477.
- ↑ Ibid., 477.
- ↑ This article is based on a Richard Robinson memorandum, May 30, 1995.
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Further Sources
- Floud, Roderick, Kenneth Wachter, and Annabel Gregory. Height, Health, and History: Nutritional Status in the United Kingdom, 1750-1980. Cambridge: Cambridge University Press, 1990.


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Yet again breaking news about Android device have come from the French Riviera. Well, not exactly. Actually, from a French site called FrAndroid that claims they have been sent a picture of the Samsung Galaxy Lite I5700 by one of their readers. This is the first time we´ve seen the device and what´s even better, the image comes with information about its specifications. Allegedly, the Galaxy Lite I5700 will sport 3G functionality, Wi-Fi, trackball (unlike the Galaxy I7500), GPS and will roll out as a Google-branded device. It´s a bit odd that the button that calls up the home screen has disappeared, since its presence is required by the operating system. Perhaps the manufacturer placed it somewhere else or transfered the function to another button? The rumor has it the Samsung Galaxy Lite will become available through Bouygues Telecom just like the exclusive HTC Click (the latter going under an odd name, the HTC Tattoo) as we reported yesterday. The second Android-based Samsung is expected to hit the shelves in October.
According to GSMArena, the real name of the Samsung Galaxy Lite I5700 is actually the Galaxy Spica and similarly to the Omnia II, the Spica will be equipped with 800MHz CPU, which will make it the fastest Android-based handset ever released, unless another manufacturer manages to roll out an exclusive device in the short time remaining to the official release of the Spica next month.
source: FrAndroid via EngadgetMobile, GSMarena
UPDATED: First picture of the Samsung Galaxy Lite
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1. behold--me (Posts: 650; Member since: 22 Jun 2009)
not bad design, for a preview
UPDATED: First picture of the Samsung Galaxy Lite


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Why is the Ebookwise 1150 a Legacy Device? -- Please note: it's *not* anymore :)
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Instead of banned people lets talk about an almost banned but seemingly resurrected device. What makes it a Legacy? It is not obsolete, it is still being sold as new, it is currently enjoying support for books in the eBooks section of the site.
Some people are worried about buying one because MobileRead calls it a Legacy device which is assumed to make it obsolete or no longer being made or supported since that is true of every other device in the category.
He's right, you know. The IMP version of most ebooks is sometimes more popular than Mobipocket.
Heck, how can it be a legacy device if it's the third most common device on this forum? (I bet it's actually the second most common.)\
I am going to go add it to the Wiki.
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Using ICI 8.5.1 FP2,I periodically receive an authentication error when performing a GetNative request to a P8 repository when the content is actually a content reference. I remember a similar issue in IICE 8.4 but a fix was issued that would use the userid/pwd that was passed to the P8 connector during logon to be used in the Authentication/challenge to retrieve the content from the associated URL. If I obtain the associated error message http value, I can use the userid/pwd that was used to logon to the P8 connector and successfully receive the content (in other words, drop the returned http from the error message in a browser.)
Here is an example of the error:
COEN0151E: An error occurred while retrieving native content {008457AB-D00D-4D20-B60C-9D82F180B9F9} version 1 from the repository. : Response: '401: Unauthorized' for url: 'http://rvdrza3s00.wellsfargo.com:9185/AdminUpdate/showPdfFWGDocs.do?Id={9E6057C4-F7BC-45C2-AD66-3B29FAE69134}'
Has this been corrected in ICI 8.5.1 FP2 or does this look to be a P8 security issue?
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Re: P8 content reference Response: 401: Unauthorized...2011-05-14T21:40:54ZThis is the accepted answer. This is the accepted answer.Due to the plethora of replies, let me ask this question another way. When ICI8.5.1 P8 connector retrieves content that was defined as a content reference (that is : HTTP://the.document...) and this HTTP request causes an HTTP challenge, what userid and password does ICI use to resolve the challenge?
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Re: P8 content reference Response: 401: Unauthorized...2011-05-25T00:41:05ZThis is the accepted answer. This is the accepted answer.
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Not sure if you're still having this issue, but ICI 8.5.1 FP2 definitely has the authentication fix made in IICE 8.4.x. The connector still uses the username/pass that was used to log on to the connector for the HTTP authentication.
If your application code is doing the same thing as it was doing with IICE 8.4.x, I suspect the culprit could be either P8 or the JVM. I do recall a situation we encountered where certain JVMs were not using the authenticator.
Another possibility is that your application code is accessing the connector instance with a different thread, in which case the HTTP authenticator would not have the same credentials. But again, if your application code hasn't changed, this isn't likely.
If none of these possibilities prove fruitful, I think getting IBM Software Support involved is in order.
Hope this helps!


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Adverse Effects of NPA on the Working of Commercial Banks
NPA has affected the profitability, liquidity and competitive functioning of PSBs and finally the psychology of the bankers in respect of their disposition towards credit delivery and credit expansion.
Impact on Profitability
Between 01.04.93 to 31.03.2001Commercial banks incurred a total amount of Rs.31251 Crores towards provisioning NPA. This has brought Net NPA to Rs.32632 Crores or 6.2% of net advances. To this extent the problem is contained, but at what cost? This costly remedy is made at the sacrifice of building healthy reserves for future capital adequacy. The enormous provisioning of NPA together with the holding cost of such non-productive assets over the years has acted as a severe drain on the profitability of the PSBs. In turn PSBs are seen as poor performers and unable to approach the market for raising additional capital. Equity issues of nationalised banks that have already tapped the market are now quoted at a discount in the secondary market. Other banks hesitate to approach the market to raise new issues. This has alternatively forced PSBs to borrow heavily from the debt market to build Tier II Capital to meet capital adequacy norms putting severe pressure on their profit margin, else they are to seek the bounty of the Central Government for repeated Recapitalisation.
Considering the minimum cost of holding NPAs at 7% p.a. (reckoning average cost of funds at 6% plus 1% service charge) the net NPA of Rs.32632 Crores absorbs a recurring holding cost of Rs.2300 Crores annually. Considering the average provisions made for the last 8 years, which works out to average of Rs.3300 Crores from annum, a sizeable portion of the interest income is absorbed in servicing NPA. NPA is not merely non-remunerative. It is also cost absorbing and profit eroding.
In the context of severe competition in the banking industry, the weak banks are at disadvantage for leveraging the rate of interest in the deregulated market and securing remunerative business growth. The options for these banks are lost. "The spread is the bread for the banks". This is the margin between the cost of resources employed and the return there from. In other words it is gap between the return on funds deployed(Interest earned on credit and investments) and cost of funds employed(Interest paid on deposits). When the interest rates were directed by RBI, as heretofore, there was no option for banks. But today in the deregulated market the banks decide their lending rates and borrowing rates. In the competitive money and capital Markets, inability to offer competitive market rates adds to the disadvantage of marketing and building new business.
In the face of the deregulated banking industry, an ideal competitive working is reached, when the banks are able to earn adequate amount of non-interest income to cover their entire operating expenses i.e. a positive burden. In that event the spread factor i.e. the difference between the gross interest income and interest cost will constitute its operating profits. Theoretically even if the bank keeps 0% spread, it will still break even in terms of operating profit and not return an operating loss. The net profit is the amount of the operating profit minus the amount of provisions to be made including for taxation. On account of the burden of heavy NPA, many nationalised banks have little option and they are unable to lower lending rates competitively, as a wider spread is necessitated to cover cost of NPA in the face of lower income from off balance sheet business yielding non-interest income.
The following working results of Corporation bank an identified well managed nationalised banks for the last two years and for the first nine months of the current financial year, will be revealing to prove this statement-
Non-interest income fully absorbs the operating expenses of this bank in the current financial year for the first 9 months. In the last two financial years, though such income has substantially covered the operating expenses (between 80 to 90%) there is still a deficit left. Now what are the interest earnings and expenses of Corporation Bank during this period?
The strength of Corporation Bank is identified by the following positive features:
It is worthwhile to compare the aggregate figures of the 19 Nationalised banks for the year ended March 2001, as published by RBI in its Report on trends and progress of banking in India.
Interest on Recapitalisation Bonds is an income earned from the Government, who had issued the Recapitalisation Bonds to the weak banks to sustain their capital adequacy under a bailout package. The statistics above show the other weaknesses of the nationalised banks in addition to the heavy burden they have to bear for servicing NPA by way of provisioning and holding cost as under:
How NPA Affects the Liquidity of the Nationalised Banks?
Though nationalised banks (except Indian Bank) are able to meet norms of Capital Adequacy, as per RBI guidelines, the fact that their net NPA in the average is as much as 7% is a potential threat for them. RBI has indicated the ideal position as Zero percent Net NPA. Even granting 3% net NPA within limits of tolerance the nationalised banks are holding an uncomfortable burden at 7.1% as at March 2001. They have not been able to build additional capital needed for business expansion through internal generations or by tapping the equity market, but have resorted to II-Tier capital in the debt market or looking to recapitalisation by Government of India.
How NPA Affects the Outlook of Bankers towards Credit Delivery
The fear of NPA permeates the psychology of bank managers in the PSBs in entertaining new projects for credit expansion. In the world of banking the concepts of business and risks are inseparable. Business is an exercise of balancing between risk and reward. Accept justifiable risks and implement de-risking steps. Without accepting risk, there can be no reward. The psychology of the banks today is to insulate themselves with zero percent risk and turn lukewarm to fresh credit. This has affected adversely credit growth compared to growth of deposits, resulting a low C/D Ratio around 50 to 54% for the industry.
The fear psychosis also leads to excessive security-consciousness in the approach towards lending to the small and medium sized credit customers. There is insistence on provision of collateral security, sometimes up to 200% value of the advance, and consequently due to a feeling of assumed protection on account of holding adequate security (albeit over-confidence), a tendency towards laxity in the standards of credit appraisal comes to the fore. It is well known that the existence of collateral security at best may convert the credit extended to productive sectors into an investment against real estate, but will not prevent the account turning into NPA. Further blocked assets and real estate represent the most illiquid security and NPA in such advances has the tendency to persist for a long duration.
Nationalised banks have reached a dead-end of the tunnel and their future prosperity depends on an urgent solution of this hovering threat.


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CLAY COUNTY, Fla. - Thousands of dogs are used by police agencies around the U.S. in drug investigations. But investigators may now be limited as to how they use those K9s when searching a person's property.
The Supreme Court has ruled in a 5-4 split police cannot bring drug-sniffing police dogs onto a suspect's property without first getting a warrant.
The vote stemmed from a case in Florida where the state Supreme Court threw out evidence seized in the search of a Miami-area house.
That search was based on a drug dog alerting to a marijuana growing operation by getting the scent from a closed house.
The Clay County Sheriff's Office says this new ruling will not prevent people dealing, growing and using drugs from being caught.
"It really doesn't matter," said Barry Abramowitz, head of narcotics for the Sheriff's Office. "We'll adapt to it and we will enforce the law. If you're selling drugs, you may not get caught today, but you're probably going to get caught later on down the road, whether it's at your house or in your car.
Those who applaud the ruling say using K9s to find a drug home is unconstitutional due to the Fourth Amendment right to be free from the government's intrusion into their home.
"Now that the Supreme Court has made this decision, that's fine. We'll go to plan B or plan C or plan D," Abramowitz said. "It doesn't really matter. We'll find a way of gaining probable cause in gaining a search warrant to search a home. If we can't use a dog initially, we'll just use the dog later down the road."
When it comes to searching a suspect's property, it really only affects the home, not a vehicle.
"The K9 units will still be able on a traffic stop to allow the K9 to walk around the automobile and sniff," Channel 4 crime analyst Ken Jefferson said.
He said that's because it's mobile property, and police have an initial probable cause before pulling a suspect over in the first place.
This is the second decision this year on the use of drug-sniffing dogs by police. The court unanimously ruled earlier in another Florida case that police don't have to extensively document the work of drug-sniffing dogs in the field to be able to use the results of their work in court.
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It means Science Fiction and/or Fantasy. So you can nominate just Sci-Fi, just Fantasy, or a combination.
And quite frankly, on a personal note, as much as I would love to have a month dedicated to each like we've had in the past, if doing this combo is the only way I'll get my favorite genres in then so be it.
Please Jon, for the sake of peace and harmony, don't continue arguing about it. It is not breaking any official book club rules, and in fact, the majority of members voted that there can be duplicate genres.
But to be realistic, Science Fiction and Fantasy are already taken. I nominated both of them. I'm just trying to get another combination category that doesn't work to go away. Besides, did you not read in the Science Fiction month that it was said that they do not go together? This is something I feel is wrong to allow categories to be nominated twice. We'll have to wait for an official ruling.
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