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WTRF.com Update
Two Steubenville teenagers will remain in the Jefferson County Juvenile Detention Center until their next hearing Nov. 1.
In court Friday night Hamilton County Judge Thomas Lipps found probable cause on the charges for pandering and rape for both suspects. The judge determined there was no probable cause for kidnapping for both suspects.
The defense discussed the evening of the alleged crime.
"They don't say anything everybody is quiet because they knew," said Defense Attorney Walter Madison. "They knew exactly what was going on and so did she."
In total, five witnesses testified, four of them did not wish to be recorded, except for Detective Rigaud.
Prosecutors tell WTRF.com "They knew she was in that position and they kept going she was a toy to them that night and she was treated like a toy that night and bottom line is we don't have to prove that she said no, we just have to prove that when they're doing the things to hear she's not moving she's not responded."
The two suspects were ordered to stay at the detention center until the next hearing Nov. 1.
"We are disappointed that they're being held currently but the judge indicated that he would review that again at the next court date which is exactly three weeks or so and we are hopeful that in the end justice will prevail," said Defense Attorney Adam Nemann.
WTRF.com Update
Judge Thomas Lipps has ruled there is probable cause for rape and pandering for both defendants.
According to 7News reporters at the courthouse Judge Lipps ruled there is no probable cause on the kidnapping charge. The case will proceed with the charges of rape and pandering for both teens
They will not be released and will remain in the Juvenile Detention Center until the trial continues on Nov. 1.
WTRF.com Update
WTRF.com Update
Hamilton County Judge Thomas Lipps has determined media will be allowed in the courtroom for the probable cause hearing for the two Steubenville teens accused of rape.
Judge Lipps said the public interest outweighs the privacy of the defense and their families.
The defendants' names were reported by certain media outlets.
Judge Lipps heard from WTRF attorneys and other local media who argued for media to be in the courtroom Friday.
Attorney's argued the serious nature of the offenses has generated intense public interest in the case and in the proceedings. They also mentioned the alleged perpetrators are close to 18 and there is a petition pending to transfer the case to adult court.
Stay with 7News and WTRF.com for updates as they become available.
WTRF.com Update
The probable cause hearing for the two Steubenville teens accused of rape has been pushed back at least 1 hour while the court goes over legal proceedings.
At the moment, Hamilton County Judge Thomas Lipps is determining whether the media is allowed in the courtroom.
The hearing was originally set for 10:30 a.m. at the Jefferson County Justice Facility.
The two teens are charged with allegedly raping and kidnapping a juvenile girl. During the hearing, a decision may be made whether the teens will be tried as adults.
WTRF.com Update
A probable cause hearing is scheduled Friday morning for two 16-year-old Steubenville juveniles arrested on charges of rape and kidnapping.
The Friday hearing is 10:30 at the Jefferson County Justice Facility and will be before Hamilton County Judge Thomas Lipps.
The teens are charged with felonies of the first and second degree.
Authorities said the two teens are charged with allegedly raping and kidnapping a juvenile girl.
During Friday's hearing, the two teens could find out whether they will be tried as an adult.
The prosecutors are Jennifer Brumby and Marianne Henneter from the Ohio Attorney General's Office.
WTRF.com UPDATE
Two 16-year-old juveniles went before Juvenile Judge Samuel W. Kerr at 10:30 a.m. Wednesday after being arrested on charges of rape and kidnapping.
They are felonies of the first and second degree.
Authorities said the two juveniles were taken from their home at 1 a.m. and 2 a.m. and taken to the juvenile detention facility.
Prosecutors opposed their release so they were both taken back to the detention facility. Click here for Jefferson County Prosecutor Jan Hanlin's thoughts on the case.
Click Here for the statement from Steubenville Superintendent Michael McVey on this story, and click here for the reaction from local citizens.
WTRF.com UPDATE
Two 16-year-old juveniles have been arrested and charged with allegedly raping a juvenile girl.
According to Steubenville Police, the incident happened at a party two weeks ago.
Police also said they worked late Tuesday night before making the arrests.
According to Steubenville Police Chief Bill McAfferty, the two accused of rape are students from Steubenville High School. Steubenville Police arrested one of the accused, while the Jefferson County Sheriff's Department arrested the other.
There have been numerous rumors since the alleged incident that several parties took place that weekend.
Steubenville Police Department continues to investigate and the case will now be transferred to the Juvenile Court System.
Stay with WTRF.com and 7News as we work hard to bring you the very latest on this developing story.
Parents of a juvenile girl filed a report August 14 alleging their daughter was sexually assaulted.
WTRF.com talked to City Law Director Gary Repella Monday and he said city officers and the Jefferson County Sheriff's Department are investigating the incident.
Stay with WTRF.com and 7News as more information becomes available in this case.
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9 Tips for Flying Coach
Book Wisely
"You can actually have a fairly okay experience in economy class if you just fly on the right airline," says Elliott. Choose a direct flight if you can, on an airline with a relatively good customer service record that caters to your priorities as a traveler. If seat-back entertainment is important to you, go with JetBlue or Virgin America. If you don't want to pay extra to check your bags, choose Southwest or JetBlue. A 2013 study by the London Sleep Centre found that wider seats allow for significantly better sleep, so if you're taking a red-eye, you may want to use a website such as SeatGuru to find an airline with seats about 18 inches wide.
If you know which airline you'd prefer, consider picking up the phone before booking online. "People operate under the presumption that all the available inventory from an airline... is on the web. Not even close!" says Greenberg. In fact, only about half of what's on offer at any given time is visible online, so sometimes you'll find a better deal – and often a better economy class seat – by talking to an actual person.

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Laker Girls Hockey Preview
Before every season starts, the main focus and goal is to be playing your best by the end of the season for the playoffs.
The Detroit Lakes girls' hockey team played that notion to perfection last season, as they qualified for their first-ever state tournament, despite finished the regular season with a 7-11 record.
The Lakers will be designed with a similar blueprint as last season, in that they will be building for another potential long playoff run.
"We have some healthy pressure on us this season and we are not looking at going backwards as a program," said second-year head coach Gretchen Norby. "We know we have the target on our backs, but we are expecting to progress."
There will be plenty of experience returning, especially on the defensive side of the ice, but the Lakers do have a gaping hole to fill after the loss of last year senior and the team's all-time leading scorer in Brianna Seebold.
The team will need to fill 44 points, including 25 goals, which came off the stick of Seebold.
Norby's plan to fill the hole will be with numbers.
"Brin did a lot of good things last year for us," Norby said. "We will be looking at a number of younger kids to fill that void. We will have more spread out scoring this season and might have 10 players scoring five goals, which I don't mind."
The offensive attack will rely on senior forward Emily Payne, who broke out in the section and state playoffs. Payne finished with a third team-high 23 points (nine goals and 14 assists) on the 2011-12 season.
Freshman Hailey Sonstegard also showed the ability to score and will be looked upon as a scoring threat, as well.
"(Sophomore) Randa Larsen will also be counted on, so we have a bit more depth," Norby said. "Right now in practice, we have four lines going and see if we can get a consistent third line going in there."
But the Lakers will be based out of their defense, which brings back senior Callie Johnson and freshman Chandra Johnson.
Callie Johnson was the team's second highest scorer with 27 points (seven goals, 20 assists), while Chandra Johnson had 11 points.
"Callie brings a little more finesse and she sees the ice well," Norby said. "My expectations of her is when she has a chance to rush the puck to the net, she will do that."
One of the biggest keys to the Laker's state run last year, though, was the breakout play of sophomore Veronica Badurek.
She came up big against each of Fergus Falls and Alexandria in the section playoffs, while an entire offseason of hard work has made Badurek that much better and confident.
"I see the stability she brings to the position," Norby said. "She is very focused and is internally driven. Her maturity is the biggest key to her improvement and Veronica will be a huge part of our success this season."
Freshman Haileigh Wenger will take on back-up goalie duties, but also brings good talent between the pipes, Norby added.
With a host of young talent also filling in the gaps, the expectations are like never before.
Other returners include Emily Seebold, Hannah Rhodes, Sydney Haman, Molly Hill, Annikka Anderson, Alexis Fritz, Madison Gjersvig, Kjersten Anderson, Kaitlin Murphy and Tarissa Wheeler, while the team will have numerous players coming up from the eighth and ninth grade level.
"Our No. 1 goal is to get back to the section championship game," Norby said. "We always want to be above .500, but we showed last year you don't need that to get to state."
The Lakers will be tested early on, as they open on the road against the other two favorite section teams. DL will be at Fergus Falls Friday for a 7:30 p.m. start and at Alexandria Thursday, Nov. 15.
They open their home schedule against Rocori Friday, Nov. 16.


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Congresswoman claims a Filner groping (years ago)
Former San Diego mayor allegedly went in for a kiss
Don Bauder 5:30 p.m., Nov. 20
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Mentioning, as I did, our kids, by the way, how would you grade us? As parents, I think, we've mostly been worse than our own. This explains allowing our children to think war was so many special effects and/or a video game. Who hired the television as babysitter, nanny, guardian, schoolteacher, and PBS child psychologist, anyway? I include myself here absolutely. My own near-sociopathic impulse toward immediate gratification is, on a twisted level, a state only attainable for those born into that particular corner of time and space — 1950s, '60s, and '70s America. I have a grown son with a severe mental-health disability, which I, after some years now, have come to consider as my kid's eminently sane response to the world my friends and I handed to him.
"I hope I die before I get old!" the Who sang in 1965 or '66 (making me 14 or 15), and I shouted that line louder than anyone. Twenty years later I was wincing a little, thinking, It's a figure of speech. A little rash there, maybe. We were kids, whaddya gonna do? Twenty more years, and Katie Couric or someone is telling us that 50 is the new 40 blah blah, and I know it's bullshit. I'm thinking, Damn right, Daltrey or Townshend. You guys were right the first time, because I've had bypass surgery and I'm packing a pacemaker, and I'm up six times a night because I've got a prostate the size of a cannoli.
It's everywhere now, and we saw it coming, didn't we? We are the demographic that moved like a tectonic plate of cooling lava through the decades into a cyber, cable, satellite, cellular microwave — liquid crystal plasma in hi-def display — virtual version of our own global Lawrence Welk Village. Only instead of Welk and Eddie Albert and Sinatra and Arthur Godfrey (c'mon, if you're with me this far, you remember him), June Allyson and Doris Day and the Lennon Sisters, we have Bono (I think we can be okay with that) and Sting, a crotchety Letterman and Steely Dan (was it Dennis Miller who said, "They [Fagan and Becker of Steely Dan] look like Ben & Jerry fresh out of rehab"?), Denis Leary with Alzheimer's, and Cher and Hillary. Oh, and Dennis Miller is singing in the shower these days to an old John Lennon and Yoko Ono tune: "All we are saying, is give the surge a chance…"
I have the "Five Friends Package" on my cell phone. Two of them are CVS and the Rite Aid pharmacy, one is my cardiologist, the others my orthopedic guy and an editor. My grown son doesn't rate in terms of sheer minutes. As for girlfriends? Give me a break. I have a "lady friend" with whom I've kept company for ten years, but I forgot her phone number. Almost everything I love to wear, they don't make anymore. Everyplace I used to love isn't what it used to be, and as time has revealed, it probably never was.
I don't hate our generation, and I don't feel sorry for us either. We've had our time; we just can't remember a lot of it. We still have Springsteen and Dylan, though (any day Bob's going to come out with a depressing-ass song and video like Johnny Cash doing "Hurt" — just wait), and Obama's going to show us that his "hope" was no big favor after all. I can see a remake of the series All in the Family, with our version of Archie and Edith (I see maybe Peter Coyote or John Mellencamp and Jane Fonda or Joni Mitchell) opening the show at the piano, singing "Those Were the Days" with revised lyrics, like, "…Brother, we could use a man like Abbie Hoffman again.…"
Here in Southern California, in San Diego, in the shadow of the Beach Boys, Fabian and Annette, and the Mamas and the Papas, we will only see more of the people we've been seeing for ten years in Ocean Beach and PB; people springing up through cracks in the sidewalks from cracks in the system. I'm talking about those guys in gray ponytails on skateboards and bicycles with beef-jerky, whip-thin bodies like stretched shoe leather and weed-worn, 'shroom-sautéed, melanoma-riddled clusters of brain cells between wire headphones; batteries long dead but somehow still playing "Stairway to Heaven" on an endless refried loop of tired neurons. They'll be in the 7-Elevens buying Ensure with food stamps and Depends with their $18-a-month Social Security checks. Their old ladies will be back at the assisted-living pad or the shelter, taking the rectal temperature of their 18 cats, boiling pinecones for next week's granola, listening to John Denver on the eight-track, and firing up Love Story on the Betamax.
Advantages to codgerhood, dotage, etc., are many and well known, but ours may be the first generation to create new ones. Who knows more about entitlement than we do? And spin? We invented it. Everyone has known for millennia that the elderly can get away with much more in the way of "speaking one's mind" than youth or middle age. We have not only co-opted self-expression but truth itself — or whatever remains of that concept after Vietnam and then Iraq and Watergate and then the 2004 election fraud. Truth, as we were quick to discover, is whatever works on camera, or whatever we need it to be at the moment. Ask any of us baby boomers to define truth, and don't bother staying for an answer.
What I'm saying is, we're already saying anything we damn well feel like, as long as we follow it with, for example, "I'm just being honest." We may have delivered the most unfounded and diabolically sadistic, devastating pronouncement on the most innocent of recipients, but if we shrug and claim honesty, we're home free, even admired (by ourselves). Same goes with the backlash to political correctness. We're doing this kind of thing more all the time in the media, in Starbucks and in our wine-and-tapas bistros. We've found a way not only to continue but refine and render more deadly, hate-fueled fat jokes, fag jokes, race jokes, religious…in short, whatever we want. The idea is to present some slur against, say, "dot-heads," "rag-heads," and "camel jockeys" as patriotism. It's easy enough. As for fat jokes or gay jokes or race jokes, we have created such a resentment against what has been termed politically correct — our invention, mind you — that now violating the heart and soul of human rights and tolerance with any semblance of humor comes as such a relief to the listener that we again come off as rebels, honest, and cutting edge.
OK, first off, a question for management...why is this amazing article nearly impossible to find in the online version of the Reader? After failing miserably at navigating the menu maze (turns out it wasn't under Stories nor Cover Stories but Feature Stories...) I ended up having to search for the article name to get here.
It's a pity, because I'm assuming a lot of folks missed this piece, just because it's so hard to find. And the piece is a triumph.
I first read it in the print version, where you don't get the author's name until the end. But I began to happily suspect, after making it to the mention of the Sounds of Silence, that John Brizzolara just might be at the controls. As more of the author's personal anecdotes emerged, my hopes were confirmed.
And the article ended up being an instant classic from Mr. Brizzolara. His apology on behalf of the baby boomers is appropo. How does a generation that got started amid the peace rallies and painful lessons of Vietnam, somehow still manage to let a guy like George W. Bush take things over under its watch? The whole thing is -- to borrow a fitting and generation-spanning adjective from Mr. Brizzolara -- depressing-ass.
Ah, but life's a bitch, and then you die, I suppose. Or as Mr. Brizzolara zings: "Almost everything I love to wear, they don't make anymore. Everyplace I used to love isn't what it used to be, and as time has revealed, it probably never was."


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The biggest, most global, most complex of the United States' banks were damaged goods coming out of the financial crisis. The long-term investment thesis, however, was that in time the wounds would heal, and they would unleash their massive earnings power to return to their place as some of the most valuable banking franchises in the world.
Today, five years after the market's bottom, that remains a long-term thesis for Bank of America Corp., Citigroup Inc. and JPMorgan Chase & Co., particularly after a first quarter that can most charitably be called "mixed." Thanks in part to continuing headlines about multibillion-dollar regulatory settlements, they continue to trade at below-average valuations compared to the broader group of large U.S. banks (and far below the shining stars of Canada).
There are, certainly, things to like in all three companies' financial results, and compelling cases that they are all buys – for the long term. That's because the question, unfortunately, is how long investors will need to wait until the banks' good news overshadows the bad, rather than vice versa.
"Legal and compliance expenses at some level will continue to be a fact of life for most large, complex banks for the foreseeable future," Morningstar analyst Jim Sinegal said in a note Wednesday after Bank of America reported a first-quarter loss thanks to unexpected litigation expenses. "We think there is increasing evidence that the costs of size are beginning to offset – if not exceed – any advantages related to economies of scale and scope at financial institutions."
It is important to point out, of course, that every bank that made it out of the financial crisis alive has rewarded those with the iron guts to buy at the lows. Bank of America, Citigroup and JPMorgan have all tripled or quadrupled since March 9, 2009. And the three did just fine in 2013, with each rising 30 per cent or more.
That momentum has stalled, however, with Bank of America eking out a slight gain so far this year and Citigroup and JPMorgan posting high single-digit losses, making them two of the worst performers among U.S. bank stocks.
A couple of years ago, in fact, it would have been insulting to lump JPMorgan in with this group, since the perception was that JPMorgan emerged from the financial crisis in great shape. That was before the London Whale, a massive derivatives-based trading loss.
Morningstar analyst Jim Sinegal initially viewed the loss "as a one-time aberration," but subsequent problems make him question whether JPMorgan has the conservative culture CEO Jamie Dimon has claimed. "Management's initial underestimation of last year's trading losses, the firm's recent need to add billions to its reserves for legal liabilities, and its need to resubmit [to regulators] its 2013 capital plan, along with a variety of penalties over the last year have justifiably shaken our confidence in the firm."
Wall Street analysts will excuse a certain amount of such things if a company is hitting its numbers – but JPMorgan, which reported April 11, failed to do that in the first quarter, missing estimates for revenue and earnings thanks to weakness in its mortgage and investment-banking business.
Analyst Gerard Cassidy of RBC Dominion Securities' U.S. arm cut his 2014 earnings estimate to $5.50 per share, but maintains his "outperform" rating. He suggests a "normalized" earnings number for the bank, which he sees occurring "further out," is $7.50 per share, and a price-to-earnings ratio of 10 on that number yields a $75 stock.
Mr. Cassidy, who despite the recent challenges calls JPMorgan "the best-managed money-centre bank of its size," says it has been steadily improving the credit quality in its lending businesses. At the same time, new regulations have reduced risk in its investment banking business. "Though the de-risking will cost the company in near term profitability, longer term it will reduce its volatility," he said in a note.
Citigroup, by contrast, beat analysts' expectations Monday with its earnings. That was good, because it counteracted a string of bad news earlier this year. The company revealed a $400-million fraud in its Mexican operations in February, then was embarrassed in late March when U.S. regulators blocked its plans to return capital to shareholders through a combination of dividends and buybacks.
Analyst Derek De Vries of UBS Securities, who had been looking for a dividend/buyback combo to serve as a catalyst for the shares, says he believes Citigroup can get approval for its capital plan next year – an important part of any bull thesis. In the meantime, however, the bank reached or exceeded all of its targets with its first-quarter earnings report, he says, and its sizable emerging-markets consumer business beat his forecast, which he said should assuage investors' fears about Citigroup's exposure to the developing world. His $60 target price suggests about 25 per cent upside. "Citi is the least expensive U.S. bank, it is arguably the best capitalized U.S. bank, and it is coming up on easy [second-half] 2013 [comparisons]."
Bank of America's results, released Wednesday, were frequently referred to as "noisy." That can happen when you tell investors you've reached legal settlements worth $3.7-billion, but then set aside $6-billion in a litigation reserve, leading to a loss. The shares were down, wiping out a portion of 2014's gains.
Analyst Joe Morford at RBC's U.S. arm argues that if you can look past the legal expenses, Bank of America reported stronger margins, lower expenses, better credit quality and higher capital ratios. He believes the company, which did have its capital plan approved by regulators, is on track to continue to boost dividends and buybacks in the coming years. His target price of $19 is about 18 per cent above current levels.
James Strecker a debt analyst at Wells Fargo (a bank that, thanks to its greater domestic focus, has avoided getting lumped in with these three) says that the long-expected increase in interest rates is what could truly drive earnings in the banking group. Since Bank of America has $2-trillion (that's with a 't') in assets, an expansion of 0.1 percentage points in its net interest margin could add another $2-billion in lending income per year.
"It's hard to get the timing right, but most folks would agree there's a positive earnings trend for most of these institutions," he said in an interview. "It's just a matter of the time-frame to realize them."


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Friday, January 30, 2009
editorial bat cave
But! For those of you who have read A PALE VIEW OF HILLS, by Kazuo Ishiguro, our book club will be up and running from the wee hours of Sunday morning (February 1st). I'll warn you, this might be a book club meeting you want to skip if you haven't read the book--I anticipate tons of spoilers because of the nature of the narrative. I think we'll have a good discussion, though--several people (me, Angelle, Ann Victor, that I know of off the top of my head) have already posted reviews, and I know about of other people are reading.
For those shooting for the 3/1 book club meeting, a reminder that the pick was EDINBURGH, by Alexander Chee.
In the meantime, I'm working on SPECIAL TOPICS OF CALAMITY PHYSICS, by Marisha Pessl, and then plan to move on to HOTEL ON THE CORNER OF BITTER AND SWEET, which I've heard about, like, everywhere.
Happy reading!
9 comments:
- Jaye Wells said...
I'm listening to Calamity Physics in audiobook format right now. So great! Hotel on the Corner of Bitter and Sweet is next up after I finish your boyfriend's book (Yiddish Policeman's Union).
- Friday, January 30, 2009 10:11:00 AM
- Ann Victor said...
Can't wait for book club day!
Waiting to get my hands on Edinburgh for March's book club. (my mom's reading it after filching it off my kitchen table!)
Won't be able to make April bbok club - will be in Switzerland. Or is it Croatia by then? Anyway, somewhere in Europe and away from my laptop (getting withdrawal symptoms already!).
Thanks for the link Moon Rat. :) See you early Sunday for some book chat!
- Friday, January 30, 2009 10:26:00 AM
- RAK said...
I read Special Topics but didn't understand the title OR the chapter titles... am I just not well-read enough? I'd appreciate some insight.
- Friday, January 30, 2009 10:54:00 AM
- moonrat said...
Ha! RAK, I need to do a LOT more research. I'll have to get back to you in a couple hundred pages.
- Friday, January 30, 2009 11:17:00 AM
- Christy Raedeke said...
I anxiously await your verdict on Calamity Physics; I honestly can't predict where you'll land on this one!
- Friday, January 30, 2009 12:02:00 PM
- Kate Lord Brown said...
Now I have this great image of you holed up with a butler and a red phone Moonie. Kapow!
- Friday, January 30, 2009 12:06:00 PM
- Joe Iriarte said...
"Nose is firmly pressed to grindstone, I promise. "
That's a good way to get a bloody nose, you know. ;)
warsin: (n.) Really--enough about Bush already.
- Friday, January 30, 2009 3:15:00 PM
- Anita said...
I can't wait to read what everybody else thinks of this book. In spare time, I'm reading THE ROAD by McCarthy.
- Friday, January 30, 2009 10:14:00 PM
- angelle said...
just got calamity in physics (whatever its caleld) but dont know if i'll read it in time for you....
- Sunday, February 01, 2009 11:31:00 PM


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ESL Job Feed is the most eclectic and broad source of ESL jobs and teaching positions available worldwide.?ESL Job Feed publishes links to ESL Job postings from a variety of sources including TESall, Total ESL, Yahoo!/Monster, Guardian Jobs, Chronicle of Higher Education, craigslist, TESOL Org, TEFL and many more. From conversation schools for beginners to university positions for teaching veterans,?ESL Job Feed is your source for English teaching positions worldwide.
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Previously I wrote about creating a MCL file to point to a web page so it could be viewed in Media Center. This time I'm going to explain how to create a web page that is designed for use in Media Center.
Web pages for Media Center need to be designed with a number of factors in mind:
- The page will be viewed from 10', not 2' foot like a normal page
- The user may not have a keyboard and mouse - they may just have a remote control
- The display device might be a TV not a monitor, so the user may be unable to see the edges of your page due to overscan
Lets start by creating a basic page. Use Notepad (or your text editor of choice) to create a new HTML file that looks like this:
function IsMCEnabled()
return true;

Hello Media Center

Now create a MCL file that points to this new page and place it in "c:\documents and settings\all users\start menu\programs\accessories\media center\media center programs\". Start up Media Center and in More Programs you should find a link to your page. Click the link and you'll see your page. You'll have noticed that you didn't get a warning message about the page not being designed for Media Center when the page was displayed. That's because we included that little fragment of script. When Media Center loads the page it checks to see if a function called IsMCEEnabled is defined and calls it to see if it returns true. If the function returns true then Media Center knows the page has been designed for Media Center and if not it displays that warning message.
So now we have a page that Media Center can easily display. It doesn't look very good from a distance though, so lets do something about that. Edit the file and change

Hello Media Center

Hello Media Center

Now when viewing the page in Media Center the text should be readable from a distance, it's still stuck in the top left corner of the page and might not be visible to a user viewing the page on a TV. Move it down and to the right slightly by changing the line to be:

Hello Media Center

Suddenly it looks much more complex, but all we've done is add a
 tag the specifies a region on the page and displays the text there. If you use an editor such as Visual Studio you can create these elements automatically by using the HTML Label component in the toolbox. FrontPage has similar functionality. View this page in Media Center now and you'll see the text has moved and should be easier to see.
That's enough for part one for now. The SDK has some samples of HTML pages if you can't wait for part two which will include steps to enable the use of the remote control to navigate a page.


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JUPITER | It happened long before the slugging outfielder made news simply by requesting his first name change from Mike back to Giancarlo, which his friends called him until fifth grade.
And it was way before his prodigious home runs, many hit during the 2009 and '10 seasons with the Double-A Jacksonville Suns, turned Giancarlo Cruz Michael Stanton into the face of the Miami Marlins franchise.
Pitcher Steve Cishek, now the Marlins' closer, remembers the first time Stanton made a lasting — and terrifying — impression on him. They were both members of the 2007 Jamestown Jammers, and it was Stanton's first day on the job with the low-A ballclub in the New York-Penn League.
Stanton, just 17 at the time, was in the batting cage. Nearby, Cishek was hitting grounders to third baseman Matt Dominguez, then the Marlins' recent first-round draft pick. Cishek hit one ball to Dominguez and didn't notice a batting-practice pitch being delivered to Stanton at the same time.
The next noise he heard was a rocket line drive off Stanton's bat catching Dominguez flush in the chest, knocking him to the ground.
"It was my fault for not timing the grounders to [Dominguez] better," said Cishek. "He took a ball going maybe 300 miles per hour off the bat, and I thought, 'Oh, crap, I just potentially killed our No. 1 pick.' "
For a second or two, the hearts of the Jammers stopped, until they saw Dominguez get up and not need any medical assistance. That moment taught Stanton's teammates an important lesson: Be on the lookout when Major League Baseball's present-day Paul Bunyan has a bat in hand.
"Have you seen him walking around the locker room?" said Cishek. "He's just 10 times bigger and stronger than everyone else. When he gets into one, he makes a major-league ballpark look like a Little League field. It's crazy."
At 6-foot-6, 240 pounds, the freakishly athletic Stanton has become one of the most popular spectacles in the game. His Marlins teammates and coaches shudder to think the power numbers a 24-year-old Stanton — the ninth-fastest big leaguer to reach 100 home runs — will put up if he stays healthy over the next decade.
"[Stanton] is probably one of the handful of guys throughout my career where I stopped what I was doing to watch him take batting practice," said Marlins manager Mike Redmond, a former big-league catcher for 13 seasons before retiring after Stanton's rookie year in 2010. "It's that impressive.
"Think back to Sammy Sosa, Mark McGwire, those guys you came out of the clubhouse to watch hit because it was crazy to see how far they could hit balls."
Former big-leaguer Brett Butler, who just joined the Marlins as a third base coach, marvels at Stanton's physique, comparing it to baseball giants like Dave Winfield, Dave Parker and Frank Howard.
"It's incredible, the physical specimen that he is," said Butler. "Forget about the fact that he can hit the ball out of the park a long way. It's the intimidation of the man's appearance. Wow, that's just a gift from God."
By the time Stanton joined the Jacksonville Suns in 2009, his reputation as a home run machine was gaining momentum. In his first full minor-league season at Class-A Greensboro, the native Californian hit 39 homers in 125 games, a rare feat for an 18-year-old pro.
"We all knew what he was capable of," said Cishek. "He was hitting like 1,000-foot homers pretty early on."
In hindsight, had Stanton not been toying with the idea of accepting a football scholarship to USC as a wide receiver, he likely would have been selected much higher than the 76th overall pick (second round) in the 2007 draft.
Plenty of teams surely regret not pulling the trigger. Of the 75 players taken above Stanton, 33 have yet to reach the big leagues.
"I was really young [17] coming out of high school, and I didn't want to deal with playing two sports and going to college," Stanton said. "I said I'd give [pro baseball] three years, re-evaluate how much I had gotten better, and what realistic chance I'd have [to reach the big leagues]."
Stanton made it within his three-year window. On June 7, 2007, the Marlins drafted him. On June 6, 2010, they called him up to the big leagues and he's been a fixture in their right field since then.
Jacksonville Suns president Peter Bragan Jr. still marvels at his team's good fortune in having Stanton for parts of two seasons, both of which ended with the Suns winning Southern League championships.
The Suns timed it perfectly, switching from a Los Angeles Dodgers affiliate to the Marlins just before Stanton's first season in Jacksonville. And when Stanton lit it up in 2010 spring training, the Marlins did the Suns a favor and sent him back to Double-A. They finally promoted him after he batted .313 and hit 21 home runs in 192 at-bats.
"That's a Ruthian pace Stanton was on that year, averaging a home run in less than 10 at-bats," said Bragan. "The one that stood out to me was the check-swing when the ball went out over the 319-foot mark in right field. For anybody else, it's a bloop double. For anybody to have a check-swing homer, that's just impossible. He was the most powerful home run hitter I've ever seen."
Within a year, plenty of MLB players and personnel were thinking the same thing. Before the 2011 season ended, Stanton would hit the longest home runs that year in four different National League ballparks, depositing balls from 455-475 feet at Sun Life Stadium (Marlins), Coors Field (Colorado), Citi Field (NY Mets) and Nationals Park (Washington).
Just don't expect Stanton to revel in his tape-measure shots. It's one of his least favorite topics of conversation.
"I've hit 500-foot home runs that were worth one run, and hit 340-foot home runs worth four runs, so the length doesn't matter to me," said Stanton.
One of Stanton's biggest fans is Suns manager Andy Barkett, who eyed his development at spring training beyond just throwing him batting practice. He watched Stanton connect with Isaiah, Barkett's 10-year-old son, by providing baseball tips and genuine friendship.
"Isaiah did a biography poster board for his class on Stanton because that's his favorite player," said Barkett. "I'll go to staff meetings and when I come out, Isaiah is putting balls on a tee for [Stanton] and he does it for Isaiah. My son goes to bed every night with double arm sleeves, one that Stanton gave him.
"Stanton is a big, intimidating giant, but he's got a little guy's heart. I can't thank him enough for how he treats my son."
The overwhelming consensus about Stanton from teammates is he refuses to let stardom change his core values. He embraces working with young players, and doesn't take shortcuts in his work habits.
"The best thing about him is he was raised right," Bragan said. "Everything was yes-sir, no-sir when you talked to him. He was not a hot shot or anything, just real down to earth."
J.T. Realmuto, the Suns' starting catcher last season, has paid close attention to the Stanton daily routine in spring training.
"Whether it's a workout in the gym or a workout in the batting cage, you want to watch as a young player to try and pick up on things," said Realmuto. "It's not just hitting power that he's blessed with. The guy works on the weaknesses in his game every day. That's what I think separates him from most hitters."
Stanton is uncomfortable being singled out for praise. Whatever he's accomplished in baseball, including being named to the All-Star team in 2012, his focus is on being better than he was yesterday.
"I just want to get better, man,'' he said. "Learn from what you do, find a way to help the team win, be smarter. The physical level isn't going to get much better at this point, but the mental level will by striving to get better."
It's no secret that Stanton has played well above his salary level during his four big-league seasons, despite missing about 40 games each of the past two years with various injuries.
Last season, the Marlins' leader in every meaningful offensive category made just $537,000. Now that he's in his first year of arbitration eligibility, the team agreed to bump his salary to $6.5 million. But that doesn't stop the endless speculation about whether Stanton has a long-term future in Miami.
The Marlins have a long-standing reputation for two things: a low team payroll and trading their best players for younger prospects to avoid giving them lucrative, long-term extensions.
That's how former Marlin home-run king Miguel Cabrera ended up in Detroit. And why veterans Josh Johnson, Jose Reyes and Mark Buehrle were dealt to Toronto after the 2012 season. That blockbuster trade prompted Stanton to voice his displeasure on Twitter, saying: "Alright, I'm — — off!!! Plain & Simple."
Now, he stays clear of any discussion about a possible contract or any rumors about teams with high payrolls, whether it's the Boston Red Sox or his hometown Los Angeles Dodgers, putting together a package to acquire him.
"I don't stay glued to my name on the Internet, so I don't really care," Stanton said. "Anything important is going to come from my agent or someone I trust to know what's right. People threw my name around [about trades] in the minors, too.
"You learn after a few experiences to leave all that nonsense until someone legitimate comes up to you and says, 'This is how it might go down.' "
There's not much debate about how the Marlins' 2014 season will unfold. While they have a core of young, talented players expected to be significant contributors, including ex-Suns Christian Yelich, Jake Marisnick and Marcell Ozuna, few are predicting a quantum leap from last year's 100-loss season.
The Marlins' return to relevance is likely 2015 or '16, and a lot of that might depend on keeping Stanton in the fold.
In the meantime, a Miami market that has been lukewarm about its baseball team has at least one show worth watching. Whether it's pregame swings in the batting cage or a matchup against an opposing pitcher, Giancarlo Stanton swinging for the fences is a sight to behold.
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Proposition 14 would replace the current system of political primaries, which is an admittedly flawed system, with one much worse. Instead of holding primaries to determine the political parties' candidates, there would be only one primary election for each office and the top two vote getters would be the only two names on the ballot in the general election.
Opportunities for manipulation of voters abound in such a system. Primary elections are well-known for having much lower voter turnouts than general elections. They have become the mechanism by which the few control the many by gaining control over the choices offered in the general election.
One obvious tool of chicanery will be splitting the conservative vote by running as many conservatives and pseudo-conservatives as possible. This tactic could be employed by any voting block, but typically it is the party bosses who are the ones with the skills and money to pull it off. If that fails, the people in charge of running elections would have the ultimate power to add or remove names from the ballots in the primaries or the general elections based on technicalities. This could be exacerbated as ballot access laws, already more complex than they need to be, could be amended to have even more unnecessary complications in the future, an even further centralization of power.
The candidates who would be adversely affected the most by this are third-party candidates, independent candidates, and write-in candidates. In effect, they would find themselves unable to be on the ballot in the general election. While third party, independent, and write-in candidates are rarely elected to office, their influence has helped immeasurably in keeping many a so-called conservative at least reasonably on track during the campaign season by offering disenfranchised voters the opportunity to voice their disgust by casting a protest vote. Sometimes they are successful in being elected. Don't forget Strom Thurmond was first elected to the U.S. Senate as a write-in candidate in 1954.
By increasing the power of the primary election, party bosses and special interest groups would see their influence increase because they are well organized and get their voters to turn out in primaries. Election fraud would have an even greater influence as repeater voters, those who vote using assumed names — names of people who have moved, died, or never existed — will also see their influence increased as well because of the consistently lower turnouts in primaries.
There is much wrong with our current system of political primaries. One blatant example is allowing cross-over voting. That is where voters (or repeaters) of one political party are allowed to vote in the other party's primary. They can work to deliberately nominate a weaker candidate or even a phony candidate who is dedicated to helping the opposition.
Yes, there is much wrong with the current system and the voters are frustrated, but Proposition 14 would do nothing to clean up the mess but would actually make the situation worse. Let's pray the voters of California wisely reject Proposition 14.
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Metro Inc. has the chops to make a major retail acquisition in Canada if the right opportunity comes along, says its chief executive.
But there's no pressure to expand quickly even if the tough economic climate and heightened competition don't bode well for organic growth, said president and chief executive officer Eric La Flèche.
"We can consider just about any acquisition in Canada," Mr. La Flèche said after the company posted first-quarter net profit of $121.4-million or $1.23 per share, compared with $103.7-million or $1.01 per share in the year-earlier period.
Revenue in the quarter reached $2.7-billion, up from $2.6-billion.
Chief financial officer François Thibault said Metro can easily increase its leverage for an acquisition without upsetting its investment-grade rating.
"We do have the flexibility."
Mr. La Flèche acknowledged that organic growth isn't easy in a context of low food inflation, high consumer debt and beefed up competition from new and established rivals such as Wal-Mart and Target Corp.
"Organic growth is a challenge, but we've met that challenge over the past few years and we expect to continue to meet it," he said after the shareholders' meeting in Montreal on Tuesday.
Speculation has swirled recently over what the Quebec-based grocer that is also active in Ontario will do with the proceeds of about $415-million from the sale of almost half its stake in convenience-store giant Alimentation Couche-Tard Inc.
Among Metro's options are an acquisition, investments in existing stores to accelerate growth and improve efficiencies, returning cash to shareholders via a share buyback and creating a special dividend, said Mr. La Flèche.
Acquisition talk in Canada's retail sector has heated up lately as long-running rumours intensify that Safeway Inc. will put its Canadian stores up for sale and that Metro, Loblaw Cos. Ltd. and perhaps other buyers would be eager to scoop them up.
Other takeover targets mentioned include British Columbia's Overwaitea grocery chain and drugstore companies Jean Coutu Group (PJC) Inc. and Familiprix.
Mr. La Flèche said Metro will take all the time it needs to decide what to do with the Couche-Tard proceeds, including returning cash to shareholders.
Indeed, Metro also announced on Tuesday that it's buying back about 2 million shares as part of its regular course issuer bid program. It can buy up to 6 million shares per year but has been averaging only about 4 million shares a year.
Metro is studying the possibility of buying back the maximum 6 million shares this year with some of the Couche-Tard proceeds, said Mr. La Flèche.
Meanwhile, at the annual meeting, shareholders approved a company proposal to establish an advisory "say on pay" policy on executive compensation that is not binding upon the board. A similar proposal by a shareholder activist group was rejected.
The fact that Montreal-based Metro does not put an acute accent in the "e" to make its name more French was an issue, as well, at the meeting.
Mr. La Flèche urged shareholders to vote against the activist shareholder group's proposal in favour of a French name.
Members of the Mouvement d'éducation et défense des actionnaires argued that Quebec has only one official language – French – and that the province's French-language charter stipulates that the name of a company must be in French.
"The Metro name without an accent is our trademark," Mr. La Flèche said.
In the end, shareholders overwhelmingly defeated two proposals – one to use the French name in all signs and corporate communications and one to change the legally registered corporate name to Métro.
Mr. La Flèche also told shareholders that Metro plans to open its first Adonis store in Toronto this spring and is looking at opening at least one elsewhere in Ontario this year.
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With a stay at Georgian House Hotel & Spa, you'll be centrally located in Haslemere, steps from Haslemere Educational Museum and minutes from Halsemere Hall. This romantic hotel is within close proximity of Hindhead Commons and the Devil's Punch Bowl and Ramster Gardens.
Stay in one of 40 guestrooms featuring LCD televisions. Wireless Internet access (surcharge) keeps you connected, and digital programming is available for your entertainment. Bathrooms with shower/tub combinations are provided. Conveniences include desks and irons/ironing boards, and housekeeping is provided daily.
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Relax at the full-service spa, where you can enjoy body treatments and facials. You're sure to appreciate the recreational amenities, including a health club, an indoor pool, and a spa tub. Additional features include complimentary wireless Internet access and wedding services.
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Hi. My name is Josie. I'm 17 and am happily married to a lovely man named Ryan.
It all started when Ryan was picking me up from work. He came a little late and it started to worry me because he is always on time to pick me up. But anyway. He was late and when he finally showed up, he came out of the car scared and looked like he was going to cry.
I asked him what was wrong and he said that he saw a ghost on the road on the way here. Of course I didn't believe him because there's always cars on the road that we take to get to work. So I was acting like I believed him and I gave him a hug and we got in the car.
We were talking and when we got to that long road that we always go on, there were no cars on it. Which was really weird for us because it was, supposed to be anyway, a busy street.
all of a sudden my husband slammed on the brakes. I asked him what happened and he didn't say anything. He was looking out the window shocked like he did when he came out of the car. He told me to look and I looked in the direction of the street and this girl wearing a white dress and a yellow bow in her hair was standing in front of our car.
I didn't know what to do, so we just sat there. I had my camera in the back seat and when I went to go get it, I turned around and she was gone. I've seen her a couple times. But lately she hasn't been there. I can still hear her crying though, like she's standing next to me.
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Some service members say they have no other choice because the Defense Department's method of estimating body fat is weeding out not just flabby physiques, but bulkier, muscular builds as well.
Dr Adam Tattelbaum, a plastic surgeon based in Rockville in Maryland, said soldiers call him in a panic.
"They come in panicked about being kicked out or getting a demerit that will hurt their chances at a promotion," he said.
The Defense Department uses what is called a "tape test" to make a body fat estimate by taking measurements of the waist and neck.
Those who fail are ordered to spend months in a vigorous exercise and nutrition programme, which Marines call the "pork chop platoon" or "doughnut brigade".
Even if they later pass, failing the test once can halt their promotions for years, service members say.
Failing three times can be grounds for getting kicked out, according to military officials.
A number of fitness experts are calling for the fitness standards to be revamped.
They say the Pentagon's weight tables are outdated and do not reflect that Americans are bigger, though not necessarily less healthy.
Fitness expert Jordan Moon said there is no reliable, economical way to measure body fat, and troops should be judged more by their physical performance so they are not feeling forced to go to such lengths to save their careers.
"We're sending people away who could be amazing soldiers just because of two pieces of tape," said Mr Moon, who has a doctorate in exercise physiology.
Defence officials say only a small fraction of those who exceed body fat limits perform well on physical fitness tests.
"Those incidences are far and few between," said Bill Moore, director of the US Navy's Physical Readiness Program.
"We want everybody to succeed. This isn't an organisation that trains them and says 'Hey, get the heck out'."
Pentagon officials say the military does not condone surgically altering one's body to pass the test, though liposuction is not prohibited.
The number of US Army soldiers booted for being overweight has jumped tenfold in the past five years from 168 in 2008 to 1,815.
In the US Marine Corps, the figure nearly doubled from 102 in 2010 to 186 in 2011, but dropped to 132 last year.
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Veteran Haaretz intelligence affairs correspondent Yossi Melman answered readers' questions on Wednesday, March 4, 2009. Many thanks to the thousands of readers who took part in this live event.
Melman has written several books on foreign policy, intelligence and terrorism. His works include "The Nuclear Sphinx of Tehran: Mahmoud Ahmadinejad and the State of Iran," which focuses on the Tehran mayor who became president of Iran, and "The imperfect spies: The history of Israeli intelligence."
Melman extensively covered the parole of Mordechai Vanunu, the nuclear technician who was jailed for 18 years for exposing Israel's nuclear arms program to a British newspaper.
He is the recipient of an award from the Investigative Reporters and Editors association for a report on a Palestinian-Jordanian held illegally by American, Israeli and Jordanian security services.
A graduate of Harvard University School of Journalism, Melman has worked at Haaretz since 1980, and has appeared as a pundit on radio and television in Israel and abroad.
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Terrifying Wind-Aided New York City Crane Collapse Kills One [VIDEO]
A crane collapse in New York City on Friday resulted in one death and three injuries.
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The construction equipment was being lowered and secured because of winds topping 20 mph when it toppled over at Worth and Church streets in Tribeca at about 8:30 a.m., de Blasio said. The crane, owned by Bay Crane and stretching more than 15-stories high, smashed into several buildings on the way down before crashing onto several parked cars.
The victim was a man who was sitting in his car at the time. Two other people are in serious condition, while a third sustained minor injuries.
One woman told WCBS, "I just felt it. It felt like a bomb. This is just crazy, it's huge — it's enormous."
According to Gothamist, a complaint had been issued against the building for using the crane late last month before it was allowed to be.
WABC reports the crane had been as high as stories before falling. The collapse also reportedly may be responsible for a water main and gas main leak.
Pictures of the scene appeared on social media to give people a look at what a horrible accident it was:
#FDNY on scene of crane collapse at 40 Worth St & W Bdwy in Manhattan. 1 patient confirmed DOA, 2 serious pic.twitter.com/NLGhUGgTgI
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I'm like a lot of women and have an extensive perfume collection. They range from being expensive, exclusive and high quality to perfumes I picked up at 'everything for a pound' stores. I also have many perfumes that I was given as gifts and that is how I came to acquire my bottle of 'So Eternal'. It's not a perfume I would have necessarily have chosen for myself although I am familiar with the So range of body sprays. I would have normally associated this perfume with young girls. I also would have thought that this was a 'low end' perfume because the perfume is inexpensive and widely available on the shelves of chemists and supermarkets.
I have the 30ml sized eau de toilette although you can get this in various sizes including 50ml and 100ml. The perfume comes in a glitzy, girly box that is designed to look like a pink diamond. It is pretty and inspires a sense of glamour. The transparent heavy glass bottle inside has a unique shape with a square, tapered end that it sits on. The bottle gets larger towards the top. The top is pink and purple and is a dome shape. The top isn't all that secure and comes off at the slightest knock. I would describe the overall packaging design of this perfume as being just a step above basic. It's not a perfume that I'd particularly want to show off to girlfriends and revel in the glamour of the design. The perfume is light and compact enough to carry in a handbag.
I already know that the So range of fragrances is popular with young girls and this perfume is formulated to be sweet smelling and light, which would suggest to me that it is aimed at younger women, teens or kids. The perfume is described as having hints of lemon, clementine, orchid, pink peony, violet, amber, vanilla and sandalwood. It's a very sugary, cheerful scent that suggests day time wear and youthful gaiety. The overall blend seems quite fruity and vibrant and it's effect is mood boosting and enjoyable. Wearing this perfume makes me feel carefree and casual. It evokes memories of summertime. I do think the overall composition of the perfume means it's more suitable for teens and girls rather than older women though. I would also say that this probably would appeal to girls who celebrate their femininity and are soft-centred 'girly girls' rather than those with more edgier characters.
There is a simplicity about the perfume that makes me recall my high school days when we would buy these plain fruity body spritzers and swap them during break times. When we females are younger I think we generally like more basic, light-hearted scents. This So Eternal fits that description. That's not to say I don't like it and don't wear it though. I'm in my thirties and I like wearing this when I'm at home or just doing something casual. It's not something I'd apply to go any kind of formal occasion or when I'm trying to impress or make a statement though.
As far as the name of the perfume goes I don't really think the term 'eternal' has any relationship to the actual character of the fragrance. I think they just chose a name that sounded epic and romantic. I think it would be more honest to call the fragrance something like "Joy" or "Young Love". The name makes it sound a bit more sophisticated and mature than it actually is.
The perfume is available to buy in stores like Boots and Superdrug and the prices vary although I believe the 30ml bottle is quite cheap and around £5. I would recommend this to anyone looking for a gift for a teenager. I would also recommend it to older ladies who perhaps are just looking for a very simple perfume for casual occasions.
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So...? has several frangrances, there main market is 16-30years old, all of their frangrances are similar in price and very afforable, you can also get their frangrances in body sprays and lotions.
I would say that their So...? Eternal fragrance is very versitile and can be used for anyone, it is a very feminine fragrance and one of my favourites, it is strong in smell yet still quite fresh and floral, brilliant for the summer and daytime use.
The fragrance comes in a pink and white decorative box, with a black rectangle with the products name clearly displayed, simple - yet attractive.
The actual perfume bottle, that the perfume comes in is also very simple, but clearly displays the pink frangrance and how much is left. It is a sleek glass bottle with a hot pink rounded lid which you pull off to reveal the spray top style lid, which sprays easily with the perfect amount.
It comes a few sizes which include 30ml and 50ml. They also come in multipacks with their other So...? products.
Perfume is better applied before applying clothing or jewellery.
- Pull off the pink rounded lid.
- Face the spray nozzle away from face and eyes and point into the direction of use.
- Spray the following areas:
Apply to 'pulse points' such as the neck and wrists (pulse points are areas where the blood vessles are closer to the skin, these attract more heat and help to spread and expose the scent out of your skin into the air)
Applying a light spritz through your hair is also a great way to keep smelling good throughout the day. - apply sparingly from a distance as the alcohol can dry out your hair.
This frangrance used to be widely available and I bought it regularly from Boots pharmacy for around £8 but recently it has been harder to find. Now a days you are mainly able to find this through online retailers such as Amazon and eBay sellers from £6-£10.
I would definately recommend this product when you can find it, I usually have quite senitive skin and this doesn't irritate at all and the bottles last me for quite some time, the frangrance itself also lasts a long time once applied.
With any perfumes or fragrances, leave out of direct sunlight as this can weaken the scent.
***Dreamy, glam yet chic and adored.***
I had quite a large judgment about buying So..? Products as I thought they were aimed at a much younger age to myself, maybe 15 year olds and above, but as I brought this as part of 3 for 2 during Christmas shopping at Boots, and thought I'd treat myself to a little gift, and choose So..? Eternal Eau de Toilette to give a go.
The packaging of the Eau de Toilette is slightly un-attractive to me, as it consists of different shades of pink triangles, with a purple box, which says "So...? Eternal" I feel for me the packaging is too fussy and bit to child like. The bottle on the other hand, I think is really attractive, it is a slim bottle, with a pink lid, but it is a simple bottle and looks nice enough, especially for a gift. The So? Eternal comes in a 50ml bottle, but also in So? Gift packs, the Eau de Toilette comes in 30ml bottle.
The application of the Eau de Toilette is exactly the same as other brands, which I did expect, but when I sprayed it, I was surprised with the way ti sprayed, as I felt I got a more even, light spray that covered a much larger areas then most perfumes and Eau de Toilettes, which I was really amazed by this and loved it! As I spray on my neck, it gave me a much more even spray, but if someone sprays on their wrists, then it might be a problem, but still massive bonus.
I thought, before using the Eau de Toilette, I thought it would be a really soft scent, almost like a body spray, but I was actually surprised, it was really strong, which I personally like, but if you hate strong smelling perfumes, I would avoid. The smell is hard to describe, but I would say it smells of really sweet things, like vanilla, violets and maybe lemon, but I would say that the smell is really OTT sweet smelling, and I'm not sure I would enjoy this smell completely, and if you don't like too sweet Eau de Toilettes, then I would also avoid. Defiantly a good fragrance for the summer.
So...? Eternal Eau de Toilette is available at both Superdrug and Boots, some supermarkets and online on a range of websites and costs around £10 for 50ml, I would recommend you try a sample before you buy as won't suit everyone's tastes.
As you may have seen from previous reviews some of my regular perfumes are from the So...? Range, my most recent one I have tried I think has to be one of my favourites in the range and is called So...? Eternal it helps that it is very girl and comes in a pink bottle and box, but it also has a lovely fragrance to it and is an ideal perfume for any occasion.
The perfume bottle comes in a very pink and very girly box, the whole box is covered in pink and white star shaped patterns overlapping to cover the entire box, really making it stand out from some of the others. In the centre of the front of the box is a dark purple rectangle with the word So...? written in pale pink writing and below this is the word Eternal written in an even lighter pink colour, both words are written in what I would call handwriting style, this is also repeated on the top of the box as well. The only other information on the front of the box are the words "eau de toilette" written in smaller black lettering right at the bottom of the box along with the volume of perfume inside, the actual design of the box is really quite plain and simple, but the pink and white pattern does make it stand out. The back of the box is plain pink in colour and has the words So...? Eternal written in dark purple handwriting style right at the top, below this is the phrase "fragrance with attitude", the rest of the information on the back of the box (all written in dark purple writing) consists of the ingredients, cautions and the address and website of the product, along with the picture of the silhouette of some girls dancing. The bottle inside continues the girly pink theme, the bottle itself is again of a simple design, being quite tall, starting off thin towards the bottom and getting wider towards the top. The bottle has quite a thick glass bottom and is totally clear displaying the light transparent pink perfume inside giving the whole bottle the appearance of being light pink in colour. The lid is dome shaped and again pink in colour (but purple on the underside) it simply pulls off and pushes back on again. The only information on the bottle itself is the name of the perfume (So...? Eternal) printed directly onto the bottle in slightly raised bright pink handwriting style letters. There is a very small clear sticker on the bottom of the bottle with the companies address on it but this cannot be seen unless the bottle is turned upside down. The bottle has a silver spray top which you simply press easily to distribute a fine mist of the perfume.
The feature I particularly like about this perfume (which I have only just found out) is that inside every bottle there is a small pale pink crystal floating around, the only way to get to this would be to break the bottle open but it does look pretty and makes it a bit different to all the other perfumes I have.
The Fragrance
Top Notes - Lemon, Clemontine and Pink Pepper
Middle Notes - Violet, Orchid and Peony
Base Notes - Sandalwood, Vanilla and Amber
As with most of the So...? perfumes I have tried this one too has quite a sweet fragrance to it which is what I like about this range of perfumes. When I first sprayed the perfume the first thing I noticed was a very slight floral fragrance although it was not strong enough for me to determine which particular fragrance it was, I could detect no hint of the top notes lemon or clemontine, and I have to admit I have no idea what Pink pepper is so cannot comment on whether that fragrance is present or not. I think the strongest fragrances which really do stand out are the sandalwood, but more prominent is the vanilla this comes through very quickly and personally I feel this is the most noticeable and is what gives it its sweet fragrance. Personally I feel that this perfume would be suitable for any occasion, so far I have only worn it during the day for every day activities but what has stood out with this perfume is the excellent way in which it lasts, I apply my perfume first thing in the morning after getting dressed, and although the fragrance has faded slightly by the end of the day it still is very noticeable, by this time the floral fragrance that were detectable have totally faded and it really is only the base notes that stand out, personally for me this is not a problem as it is the sweet vanilla fragrance that I particularly like. Personally I feel that this fragrance would be more suited to younger people even the packaging seems to be aimed at the younger generations, I cannot see older people being drawn to this perfume, although there may be older people out there who like this range.
These are pretty much standard and appear on all perfume packages but include -
Flammable until dry
Do not use near heat or flame
The So..? Eternal perfume comes in a 50ml bottle and cost approximately £9.00 which I feel is an excellent price for this perfume especially compared to the price of some other perfumes I have bought in the past. With the other perfumes in this range I have found them to be very long lasting as you only need 2 or 3 squirts of perfume at a time, making it very economical. Also the fact that the fragrance last all day also means that the perfume will last longer than others which have to be reapplied during the day due to them fading.
Overall I would definitely recommend this perfume as with the other So...? perfumes in the range, it is a lovely everyday perfume, it may not be to everybody's taste but if you like your perfumes to be sweet smelling this would be ideal and would be suitable for all occasions. It is not only sold at a very affordable price but is also very long lasting. This is definitely a perfume I would recommend.
Eternal is a fragrance by the company named So...? I have a feeling they're an Australian company since the their facebook page lists the Australian site. Their catchphrase is Fragrance With Attitude and their perfumes are targeted for women and young girls. I think younger women would like the perfume more. The recommended retail price for the gift-set is £5.99. Fragrance direct has them at £4.99 and fragrancemad £7.99. For the fragrance by itself a 30ml would be £3.97 in boots and 50ml has been reduced to £4.97. On the official website, the 100ml bottle is £15.00, £6.00 for the 30ml, and £10.00 for the 50ml bottle. So regardless of weather you've chosen to buy the perfume on it's own or in a gift set, it's a decent price.
I received this as a Christmas present from one of my mother. I love all shades of pink and it's my favourite colour and I'm often associated with the colour pink by my close peers. The set is packaged in medium sized white and pink box. The perfume was carefully wrapped in bubblegum wrap and like the rest of the items held high by plastic and cardboard. The presentation and packaging were quite nice thought they could have used a bit less packaging.
Other then the perfume there is a 50ml body lotion named touch me, and a 50 ml of shower gel called tease me. Both presented in similar colours of the box only the shower gel has a more darker hue. The body lotion is white like a lot of lotions out there whilst the shower gel is transparent with a hint of pink. They have a somewhat fruity smell to them and a milky texture when applied. I think both have done the job as my skin felt a lot smoother afterwards.
The bottle is quite simple. The bottom of the bottle is straight and shaped as a square, then it gradually gets more curvier at the top until the side is a round circle shape. The bottle top goes well with it and very easy to pull off. I think it's a very slick and sophisticated bottle although some might might the design a little bit boring.
The liquid is pale orange, although it is very often described and advertised as pink. I think that's to lure costumers in with the packaging. I really like how they've added a pink diamond (not real, of course) inside the bottle because it shows that it can be a very special perfume.
It is described by the site and on their facebook page to be a love potion and an essential romance fragrance and describes is as "a passionate combination of pink pepper, lemon and Clementine, which then releases orchid, pink peony & violet for the ultimate affair."
I could smell the lemon and peony from the moment I squirted. After it settled on the skin the rest of the ingredients began to show. The sweet floral ingredients mixed with the even more sweeter pink pepper, lemon and Clementine create an powerful sweet smell that sweets. I mean that in a good way. The pleasant aroma has always lasted for no more than five hours for me. After a while the smell begins to fade away and start to smell a little bit sour and stale.
Overall I think it's a great fragrance for a small price. It would make a lovely present for girls. I would suggest this product to a friend because it's quite stylish and quite cheap and the smell is very nice despite it not being as eternal as it's name. It certainly is a fragrance with attitude.


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Hawa Mahal is also called as Palace of Wind or Palace of Breeze. Its unique five-story has 953 small windows called jharokhas decorated with intricate lattice work is a fine piece of Rajput architecture, built in 1799, by Maharaja Sawai Pratap Singh, and is the most recognizable monument of Jaipur.
First i was a little disappointed that there was a renovation going on. But after taking the picture anyway i liked it after all.
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Angelina Jolie Turns 40
Here's how much I love Angelina Jolie – while I was going through my 10,000+ picture collection I have on my computer of her selecting my favorites for this post celebrating her 40th birthday today, I almost started crying because I love her so much. I am not alone in this level of worshipful adoration of the model turned actress turned director, many other women, especially those who came of age in the 90's, see her as an icon, inspiring us all to live honestly and never be ashamed and to be kind to the world around you even if that world hasn't been kind to you. Angelina has been through many different transformations in her life, each one a guide post for young women to show you how to be all things that you want, when you want.
Early to Mid 90's – Teen Model
Mid to Late 90's – Bisexual Icon
Late 90's to Early 00's – Carnal Tattooed Queen
Early 00's to Present – Fertility Goddess / Earth Mother
Late 00's to Present – Camp Event


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Police say a roadside bomb has wounded a local police official and one of his officers in Pakistan's northwest city of Peshawar.
The explosion was the second in two days targeting police in Pakistan, which is battling a Taliban and al-Qaida-led insurgency.
The device exploded Friday morning near a vehicle carrying the men. Police official Shafi Ullah says the victims were taken to a hospital.
On Thursday, a suicide car bomber in the southwest city of Quetta attacked a senior police official's house, killing a guard and wounding several people including the official. The Pakistani Taliban claimed responsibility for that attack.


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Leonardo Del Vecchio
The rest of the business world may be glaring with concern at its bottom line, but for Italian eyeglass king Leonardo Del Vecchio, it has been another banner year. Del Vecchio's Luxottica Group (LUX ), the world's No. 1 designer and maker of eyeglass frames and sunglasses, boosted net profit 24% last year, to $290 million, on sales of $2.8 billion. Luxottica's New York Stock Exchange-listed shares advanced 18.7% in 2001, bucking the 10.2% decline in the NYSE Composite index.
One of the highlights of Del Vecchio's year was his $653 million acquisition of SunglassHut, a U.S. chain with 1,734 outlets. The purchase has pumped up sales of Luxottica's popular shades, which are sold under a number of brand names, including Ray-Ban, Chanel, Yves Saint Laurent, Persol, Giorgio Armani, and Killer Loop. Together with earlier acquisitions of eyeglass retail chain LensCrafters and the eyewear division of Bausch & Lomb Inc., the deal has bolstered Del Vecchio's lead in the $87 billion world market for eyewear.
Ranked 43rd in Forbes's latest listing of the world's richest men, Del Vecchio built his eyeglass empire from scratch, starting in 1961 with a one-room factory and 12 workers. Today, Luxottica employs 35,000 workers worldwide and produces 65,000 pairs of glasses a day.
The 67-year-old entrepreneur earned his success the hard way. Born into an impoverished Milanese family in 1935, Del Vecchio lost his father five months before his birth. Unable to make ends meet, his mother entrusted him to the care of nuns at age seven. Del Vecchio began working at 14 and has never stopped. He still clocks 14-hour workdays, whether at Luxottica's headquarters in Agordo, in the Italian Alps, or at one of the company's myriad offices around the world. One rare indulgence: occasional visits to New York's Metropolitan Museum of Art to admire antiques and paintings from medieval Europe. Del Vecchio runs his own museum. Located near the original Luxottica factory in Agordo, it houses one of the world's oldest collections of--you guessed it--spectacles.


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A poorly concieved project from Adam Sandler, this animated feature apparently was an attempt for Sandler to return to the lowbrow antics that made him famous, appeal to the younger audience lost by "Punch-Drunk Love" and manage to throw in some songs and album promotion (not to mention product placement), too. Kids will be interested, yet parents will find that the PG-13 rating covers a wealth of bathroom humor, several curse words drinking/alcohol references and, as the MPAA describes, "brief drug references".
The picture opens with Davey (voiced by Sandler) getting drunk at a Chinese restaurant, then skipping out on the bill. The cops give chase, and it's not long before Davey is brought before a judge. Whitey (Sandler, offering a headache-inducing, high-pitched voice) is an older gentleman who runs the town's youth basketball league. He needs an assistant and convinces the judge to let Davey into his custody.
I don't need to tell anyone who's seen a holiday movie where this is headed: Davey learns the value of friendship, loyalty, the meaning of the holiday season and is generally redeemed by the love of a good woman - in this case, Jennifer (voiced by Jackie Titone, who married Sandler earlier this year), his old grade-school sweetheart.
The film's humor rarely works, because it's more the variety of taking any bathroom humor the writers can come up with and throwing it in, rather than working up to a joke out of a situation (which made Sandler's terrific "Billy Madison" and "Happy Gilmore" work as well as they did). "South Park: Bigger, Longer and Uncut" may have been cruder, but it was also much more clever and actually delivered jokes with exceptional timing.
As for "8 Crazy Nights", the fact that two of the main characters - Whitey and his sister, Eleanore (both voiced by Sandler) have voices that aren't funny and terribly shrill doesn't help, either. The film's many musical numbers are typically mediocre (musically, at least) Sandler tunes that occasionally amuse, but mostly ramble. The animation is barely a step above Saturday morning fare, although it does look especially good on this DVD transfer.
Overall, this is a product that comes out of Sandler's ability to do whatever amuses him at the moment. It's an unfortunate situation that has allowed the previously funny comedian to put less and less effort into his latest works. However, this is certainly a new low point.
The DVD
VIDEO: "8 Crazy Nights" is presented in both 1.85:1 anamorphic widescreen and 1.33:1 full frame by Columbia/Tristar. The picture quality on the anamorphic widescreen presentation was quite surprising. Although the animation isn't terribly complex, it looked quite detailed on this transfer and occasionally, even took on a three-dimensional appearance. Sharpness and definition remained consistently excellent.
The only faults that were noticed were a few instances of minor shimmer and a speck or two on the print. No edge enhancement or compression artifacts were noticed. The film's color palette looked about as good as it probably can, appearing nicely saturated and vivid.
SOUND: "8 Crazy Nights" is presented by Columbia/Tristar in Dolby Digital 5.1. Unfortunately, this is a pretty limited soundtrack, with minimal surround use for either effects or score. Dialogue remained clear, though.
Commentaries: Producer/cowriter Allen Covert is joined by Sandler, who "plays" characters Whitey and Eleanor during the commentary. Making the characters less shrill-sounding and coming up with material on-the-spot that's not entirely comprised of bathroom humor, this commentary has moments that are funnier than anything in the movie. The second commentary on the DVD is a technical commentary, with the film's director, executive producer and members of the animation staff talking. Their commentary is pretty amusing, as well, as the animators talk about trying to keep things down to a PG-13 and chat about trying to get the film together with a smaller-than-usual crew (starting their production in small offices that had no heat or air and then finally getting into a studio).
A Day With the Meatball: This is a short film that apparently played before the feature in theaters. All it is is Sandler's giant, slobbering dog walking around town.
Also on disc 1: Music video for Sandler's "Chanukah Song 3", trailers for "8 Crazy Nights" and other Sandler films and NBA promo.
Animation Progression: This feature is one of several that can be found on the second disc. Here, you can find multi-angle versions of four scenes ("Food Court", "Pick-Up Game Conclusion", "Technical Foul" finale and "Bum Biddy" beginning) - the first angle shows the storyboards, the second shows rough animation and the last shows the final animation as seen in the film.
Featurettes: The second disc includes several short featurettes that look into the development of both the characters and town. An HBO "First Look" 12-minute promotional piece is also included.
Deleted Scenes: 11 deleted scenes are offered, each presented in rough animated form and with optional commentary by Allen Covert.
Final Thoughts: I laughed at the trailer, I hoped for the best and got the worst. "8 Crazy Nights" could have been a sharply funny look at the holidays from Sandler, but it instead largely seems like a collection of jokes that weren't good enough to make it into Sandler's feature films. Fans of the film will find a lot to like, though, as the film's presentation quality is good and there's plenty of supplements. I wouldn't recommend it to anyone who hasn't seen it, however.