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MOVIE SYNOPSIS [ General Audiences ] Under the direction of Ray Bengston, Aiden Turner heads the cast of this feature film originally of USA, with original script in English (subtitled), whose premiere was scheduled for 2015. You can watch To Have and to Hold online on TV cable or theaters with original audio in English at different dates. This film premiered in theaters in 2015.
Rating: 5 by 10 users./
Runtime: 100 minutes
Aiden Turner, Kelly Greyson, Christopher Judge, Rusty Joiner, Travis Willingham, Laura Bailey, Jim McKeny, Jon Monastero, Mark Dacascos, Peter Spencer, Paul Ganus, John Neely, Jefferson Cox, Thurman Bryan, Randall Archer and Brian Avery.
100-minute film (full movie) directed by Ray Bengston.
The original audio of To Have and to Hold has dialogues in Dolby Digital, it was produced in USA.
It premiered in cinemas or television in 2015.
Screenplay written by Luis Esteban and James Richards.
Edward J. Pei.
James Richards, Barbara Divisek, CJ Legare, R. Blaine Currier, Allen E. Taylor, Ray Bengston and Kassi Crews.
Composed by William Ross.
Without commercial breaks, the full movie To Have and to Hold has a duration of 100 minutes; the official trailer can be watched in streaming on the Internet. You can watch this full movie free in EnglishDolby Digital in movie TV channels, renting the DVD or with VoD services (Video On Demand player, Hulu) and PPV (Pay Per View, Netflix).
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Brazil is a land of contrasts. Here you will find great wealth and grinding poverty, beautiful beaches and filthy waterways fouled by industrial pollution, honest, open people and some of the most crooked politicians in Latin America. In a country where many of the national heroes are of African heritage – entertainers such as Gilberto Gil or soccer players such as Péle or Ronaldinho – racism is still a huge social problem. The favelas, or slums, of Rio and São Paulo are among the most dangerous in the world. It is as rich in natural resources as any country in the world, yet it cannot seem to escape its status as an underdeveloped nation. âBrazil is the country of tomorrow,â an Argentine friend of mine once told me. âAnd it always will be.â
Brazil's struggles should not prevent you from visiting and seeing its natural wonders. Best of all, perhaps, are the Brazilians themselves, who are nearly always friendly, cheerful and eager to share their country, which they all love dearly, with foreign visitors.
Its landmass is vast, similar to that of the entire United States if you don't include Alaska, making it the fifth-largest country in the world. However, over two-thirds of its 181 million people live in the cities along the coast, including Sao Paulo, now the world's second most populous city. Brazil is one of Latin America's biggest tourist draws. The attraction is easy to understand: Brazil has everything… literally.
History? Brazil has a long colonial history, was attacked by pirates, and was even the seat of the Portuguese royal court for fifteen years.
Beaches? Copacabana and Ipanema are two of the world's most famous, and there are thousands more that are less well-known but just as beautiful.
Nightlife? Brazil's carnival has become synonymous with fun and dancing, and even though it is only one week per year, the carnival spirit is a constant: every city in Brazil has fun clubs and bars.
Nature? The waterfall at Iguazú is one of the largest in the world. Most of the Amazon River is within the country of Brazil, and the Pantanal region is host to hundreds of species of birds and animals.
Chances are, if you like to travel, for whatever reason – bird watching, eating, beaches, partying, fishing, photography – Brazil has something to offer.
Brazilians generally think of their country as being divided up into five regions, each of which has its own character, history, cuisine and nature.
The Northeast region is known for having the earliest Portuguese settlements at Olinda and Salvador. Salvador was a center of the slave trade during the colonial era, and today is home to many Afro-Brazilians, which gives the region a unique, lively flavor.
The Northern Region consists of the Amazon River states: each of the seven large states in this region contains part of the Amazon River system. It is known for adventure travel and bird watching.
The Central-Western Region is home to the capital city of Brasilia, itself a UNESCO World heritage site due to its avant-garde architecture. It is also where you will find the Pantanal, the world's largest wetland and home to hundreds of species of wildlife including crocodiles and anacondas.
The Southeastern Region is more urban. Settled as much by Italians and Japanese as by the Portuguese, the huge cities of Rio de Janeiro and São Paulo are modern, cosmopolitan cities that have much more to offer than just parties during carnival and nice beaches.
The Southern Region, which was also populated by diverse European and Eastern cultures, is home to the Iguazu waterfalls, one of the largest in the world. It is also where you will find the city of Blumenau, where they have the best Oktoberfest outside of Germany.
Of course, Brazil is most famous for carnival. Every year, Brazilians lose all semblance of sanity and take to the streets. Rio's carnival is the most famous, but it is not the only one worthy of a visit in Brazil.
SCUBA Divers will not want to miss diving in Salvador.
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The total cotton output in the country is estimated to be 362 lakh bales for the 2015-16 seasons, which began on October 1, as per data compiled by the (CAI). This estimate is 8.50 lakh bales lower than the October estimate of 370.50 lakh bales. The total output for the cotton season 2014-15 stood at 382.75 lakh bales. The total crop estimated in the northern zone during the season 2015-16 is 43 lakh bls.
AP/TLGN Cotton prices prevailed unmoved trend between 33500/34500.Buyers are doing selective purchases and are waiting for the price to lower down. Most of the Buyers and sellers are still into wait and watch policy, low trading activity reported in the market in most south market due to festival mood.
On 01-01-2015, GUJ cotton market was steady with moderate trading activity, very few sellers were active in the market, Bargains reported between 33800/34200 (Good quality bales). Seed offered at Rs 475/90.
Tentative situation prevailed in MH/MP market, price disparity seen between ginners & buyers, most of farmers still hold their kapas & expecting better price in future. There were very few sellers active in the market, buyers also adopted a wait & watch policy.
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Fashion careers: finding the right fit for you
Fashion careers: finding the right fit for you
Are you aware about the current fashion trends? Do you have an eye for style? Do you have the drive and desire to turn your passion into a profitable and rewarding career? Explore all the different career options in fashion design production, fashion marketing and advertising, fashion media and productions and more. A career in the fashion industry may be the right path for you!
Many are attracted to pursue a career in the fashion industry due to the glamour & lucrative income opportunities. Besides that, the idea that you can succeed on your own, motivates aspirants even more. As a matter of fact, majority of professional fashion designers are self-employed.
In general, fashion designer professionals have innate artistic and creative qualities. They use their creative gifts and artistic talents to create unique design concepts for various fashion applications. Today, fashion designer professionals are in demand in a variety of Industries. Since there is a constant demand for fashion designers specializing in a particular field, most of the aspirants focus their talent in one specialized fashion area like home textiles, visual merchandising, apparel designing, costume designing for TV, film and theater productions; personal stylist positions with high-end department stores and private clients, and modeling. They work for everything from newspaper ads to strutting the catwalk and many more .The lesser known areas such as Medical textiles, Industrial textile, Textiles in Automobile industry, Geo textiles, Sports textile, pack tech etc. also have a vast potential for careers in Textiles.
These are just a list of options to choose from but the main and most important question is -Do you have the aptitude and the skill set required for the career you are so passionate about? Which one is best suited for you? So you need to checkout whether your passion matches the skills that you possess both soft skills &hard skills.
Soft skills apply to every job. They are your people skills – interpersonal skills, communication skills and other qualities that enable you to be successful in the workplace. Soft skills are related to one's personality.
Hard skills are any skills relating to a specific task or situation. These skills are easily quantifiable .They are qualifications required to do the job. For example, computer skills, administrative skills or customer service skills etc.
For coming to the right decision you need to answer certain questions and if your answer is positive then that's the perfect career for you. So let's check it out
Are you ……………
- Effective communicator with Good inter-personnel skills ,
- Ability to work in Team Spirit
- Good Co-ordinator
- Can develop Good rapport with people at all levels
- Ability to work with responsibilities
- Have Technical knowledge of sampling of garments
- Can Manage time efficiently
- Basic computer knowledge then………….merchandising is the field for you. You can
Work as Retail merchandiser or Export merchandiser
If you are also……………
- Creative
- Fashion conscious
- Enjoy styling
- Follow fashion trends & Influential……then being a Fashion merchandiser is the right option for you
Do you have………..
- Superb visual and spatial skills
- Above average drawing and sketching abilities
- Strong artistic creative and imaginative skills
- Exceptional sense of style and colour
- Ability to work in changing environments
- Basic knowledge of computer graphics
- Promotional skills
These are the desirable skills for being a ……… Visual Merchandiser
If you can ………….
- Conceptualize, create, and promote new clothing and accessory designs
- Keep informed about current and forecasted fashion trends,
- Understand fabrics, create patterns and samples,
- Market new designs
Then being a…………Fashion Designer or Product designer can be the right choice
Some more career options and their job requirements are
Fashion Coordinator
- Work with buyers and salespeople to coordinate the different
- departments of a retail store or chain to ensure that all
- departments and stores offer a consistent fashion look
Fashion Forecaster
- Use research skills, fashion industry experience, and intuition
- Predict which fashions will be popular for the next season
- Gather and analyze information
- Develop ways to communicate
- Display fashion predictions.
- Create technically precise sketches of a fashion designer's ideas
- Used for patternmaking, presentations
- Requires training in art and computer applications
Textile Designer
- Use artistic, color, and technical skills to design new fabrics or
- Modify the designs of previous fabrics.
- May specialize in area print fabrics, woven fabrics, and knits
Fashion Writer/Editor
- Work for newspapers, magazines, and advertising agencies in preparing fashion- related articles, books, advertisements, press kits, and catalogs
Store/ Boutique Manager
- Manage sales employees
- Maintain sales, inventory and manage personnel issues
Image/ Fashion Consultant
- Educate individuals, groups, or corporate about fashions and accessories.
- Help people make fashion choices that reflect their -Lifestyles, personalities, and needs
Based on your temperament, aptitude & skill set you can choose which part of this Industry suits you the best. Here are some things to do which will make your decision making process easy. Read industry publications, Know the top players in the industry. Read all the magazines and blogs. Your shopping experience can be a learning experience too. Observe how online retailers market and sell things. Maybe something will inspire you. Now go get yourself a career.
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Origin and early days of Exhibitions
The best-known 'first World Expo' was held in London, United Kingdom, in 1851, under the title "Great Exhibition of the Works of Industry of All Nations". The Great Exhibition, as it is often called, was an idea of Prince Albert, Queen Victoria's husband. The event was housed in an enormous glass building that came to be known as the Crystal Palace and is considered to be the first international exhibition of manufactured products.
It was said at that time that "The Exhibition was the first time that the nations of the world had ever come together in one place, other than on a battlefield". Even in its inception, 'The Great Exhibition' influenced the development of several aspects of society, including art-and-design education, international trade and relations, and tourism.
There were some 100,000 objects, displayed along more than 10 miles, by over 15,000 contributors. The biggest of all was the massive hydraulic press that had lifted the metal tubes of a bridge at Bangor invented by Stevenson. Next in size was a steam-hammer that could with equal accuracy forge the main bearing of a steamship or gently crack an egg. There were adding machines a 'sportsman's knife' with eighty blades from Sheffield. Canada sent a fire-engine with painted panels showing Canadian scenes, and a trophy of furs.
India contributed an elaborate throne of carved ivory, a coat embroidered with pearls, emeralds and rubies, and a magnificent howdah and trappings for a rajah's elephant. Amid all these wonders, there was the famous Koh-i-Noor diamond which drew public attention and excitement. More than six million people came through the Exhibition and the profit and many of the exhibition items were used to create what is now known as the Victoria and Albert Museum.
Since its first official appearance in 1851, three distinctive phases can be distinguished in the history of exhibitions that of industrialization, of cultural exchange, and nation branding.
Role of Exhibition in Industrialization:
How exhibitions played important role in industrialization is visible from the world expositions, especially focused on trade held from 1851 to 1938 encouraging technological inventions and advancements. World expositions were the platforms where the state-of-the-art in science and technology from around the world were brought together. The world expositions of 1851 London, 1853 New York, 1862 London, Philadelphia (1876), 1889 Paris, 1893 Chicago, 1900 Paris, 1901 Buffalo, 1904 St. Louis, 1915 San Francisco, and 1933–34 Chicago were landmarks in this respect.
This lead role in stimulating economics by exhibitions continues till date. Today in number of countries, events are accorded top priority by governments because they act as a catalyst for overall growth and employment generation.
The most outstanding example and proof of key role of exhibition as a catalyst for industry, employment and economic growth are Germany and China. Post World War II – the German trade fair industry grew in direct proportion to its GDP growth. Exhibitions boost German economic output by over EUR 20 billion every year. They also ensure 226,000 people have full time jobs. Furthermore, exhibitions generate EUR 3.8 billion in taxes at the federal, state and municipal level.
Various European studies have shown that trade fairs bring into play a powerful multiplier effect contributing to the extent of 10 to 12 times their turnover to the geographical area served. Estimating the worldwide turnover of the industry at EUR 25 to 30 billion, the economic impact of this activity, even by conservative estimates, would be around 250 billion.
China's GDP growth during last decade or so is directly proportional to growth in its exhibition industry. According to industry estimates, India's exhibition industry already contributes to the extent of 94,000 crore rupees in terms of business generated at shows currently held in the country.
Cultural & Social function of Exhibition:
1939 to 1987 saw a focus on cultural exchange and social function Trade fairs and congresses have always been platforms for the exchanging knowledge. In today's knowledge-based society information has become a decisive resource & these events are major knowledge dissemination platform.
Brand Promotion:
From Expo '88 in Brisbane onwards, countries started to use world expositions more widely and more strongly as a platform to improve their national images through their pavilions. In a world where a strong national image is a key asset, pavilions became advertising campaigns, and the Expo a vehicle for 'nation branding'. Improving national image was the primary participation goal for countries.
Today's world expositions embody elements of all three eras. They present new inventions, facilitate cultural exchange based on a theme, and are used for city, region and nation branding.
How exhibition stimulate individual companies & products?
The key to winning a customer is to be able to connect, present, and capture interest. And the power of human senses; touch, feel, hear and see is infinite in an exhibition, making it the best marketing tool. The intend of visitors are focused on doing business and keen willingness to strike a bargain ensuring attention and interest of the key decision makers.
Presence of Competition under same roof also facilitates understanding market hurdles, trends, sales pitch of competitor, price and technology comparison etc. All these are key factors influencing decisions on future market expansions, allocation of research budget, pricing policy, customer service etc.
As an example I would like to cite India ITME Society creating excitement for Textile Industry & Textile Engineering Industry for India and its neighbouring region, single handled promoting Indian brand globally. This mega event has succeeded in promoting India as a key nation for Textile engineering industry, sourcing and manufacturing hub, attracting many foreign machinery manufacturers to invest and set up their manufacturing facility in the Country generating employment and business for ancillary industries.
Decision maker's, technocrat, Scientist, Consultants, Government officials, Students and Press Media from 97 Countries converge for a six day Tech fest and business every 4 year. Thus it is creating huge foreign exchange & revenue for the State Government, Hotel industry, Airline industry, Transport industry, Catering industry and other related services. This mega event generates permanent & temporary employment of 30,000 through 57 vendors during the event.
The power of exhibitions and events to drive business and economic development is proven since its inception and its importance and role will continue to grow especially in this era of globalization.
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The Chinese are in the process of displacing the monopoly of the US dollar. They are dropping their US Treasury bonds, stockpiling gold reserves, and opening regional distribution banks for their own national currency. This will give them easier access to capital markets and insulate them from financial manipulation by Washington and Wall Street.
Fearing the eclipsing of the US dollar and the Bretton Woods system by a rival financial architecture the US response has been an attempt to damage the Chinese markets and increase the value of China's currency. China has responded through regulations in the market and then quantitative easing of its currency to maintain the low prices of Chinese manufactured goods and exports.
Beijing's quantitative easing is a reaction or response to the financial manipulation of Washington and Wall Street. Additionally, Washington never thought that the Chinese would respond by dumping US Treasury bonds. Instead of the hysteria about the Chinese economy, the impending collapse of the US dollar should be getting all of the attention of investors, one US economist (Peter Schiff) has warned. Schiff's voice is one of many analysts saying that the talk about the Chinese economy faltering is exaggerated and bad spirited.
Financial War against China, Russia: America's War against the Community of Destiny
As the financial architecture of the world is being altered by China and Russia, the US dollar is gradually being neutralized as one of Washington's weapon of choice. Even the monopoly of Washington's Bretton Woods system formed by the International Monetary Fund (IMF) and World Bank is being directly challenged. Although they do not constitute alternatives to neoliberal economics, the BRICS News Development Bank (NDB) and Beijing's Asian Infrastructure Investment Bank (AIIB) are challenging the Bretton Woods system through a rival financial structure.
The US Empire has been cognizant of the moves to establish a rival financial order. Policymakers in the Washington Beltway, the Pentagon, and Wall Street all watched the dual summits of the BRICS and Shanghai Cooperation Organization in the Russian city of Ufa with concern. Up to that point, they had been waging an information/propaganda, energy, financial market, currency war, and general economic war against the Russian Federation.
Banks and governments in the European Union had been considering and examining the use of China's national currency, renminbi/yuan, as a reserve currency. This was because of the attractiveness of the stability of the renminbi as a currency. This had Washington and Wall Street worried and was one of the factors that resulted in the expansion of the currency and financial war on Russia to China.
Using speculation as a psychological weapon and market manipulation, the US launched a financial strike against the Chinese. This was done through an attempt to sink or crash the Chinese stock market and hurt investor confidence in the Chinese economy and its stocks. Beijing, however, reacted quickly by imposing controls on investment withdrawals. This prevented the snowballing of stock selloffs and defused the US financial bomb.
As the value of the renminbi began to rise Beijing began quantitative easing to devalue its national currency as a means of continuing export trade. The US Congress and White House began to loudly object. They accused the Chinese of financial manipulation and demanded that Beijing do nothing to readjust the value of the renminbi. What the folks in the Washington Beltway wanted was for the Chinese to let the value of the renminbi rise as a means of disrupting China's economy and market.
Beijing Liquidates its US Bonds
Push China and it will push back. The buck (or, more properly, renminbi/yuan) did not stop with the introduction of regulations by Beijing. China took steps that shocked Wall Street and put Washington on notice.
As US financial institutions began trying to hurt investor confidence in China through psychological tactics claiming that the Chinese economy was slowing down and that the Chinese market was in freefall, Beijing announced that it had bought 600 tons of gold in the span of a month and the People's Bank of China had got rid of over 17 billion US dollars from its foreign exchange reserves.
China's foreign exchange reserves — excluding the foreign reserves of the Hong Kong Special Administrative Region and the Macau Special Administrative Region — were 3.71 trillion (37,111,430 million) US dollars in May 2015. They had dropped to 3.69 trillion (36,938,380 million) US dollars by June 2015.
The financial market webpage Zero Hedge, which had been following this development, explained what it had discovered was taking place: «We then put China's change in FX reserves alongside the total Treasury holdings of China and its 'anonymous' offshore Treasury dealer Euroclear (aka 'Belgium') as released by TIC, and found that the dramatic relationship which we first discovered back in May, has persisted — namely virtually the entire delta in Chinese FX reserves come via China's US Treasury holdings».
The main point here was that China's US Treasury bonds are being aggressively sold, to the tune of $107 billion in Treasury sales so far in 2015. By following China's financial transactions in Belgium, Zero Hedge had actually calculated that Beijing had dropped 143 billion US dollars in three months. A few months later, in August, the Chinese dropped 100 billion US dollars' worth of US Treasury bonds in the span of two weeks.
A day later, on August 27, Bloomberg corroborated what Zero Hedge had identified. A Bloomberg report explained the following: The People's Bank of China has been offloading dollars and buying yuan to support the exchange rate, a policy that's contributed to a $315 billion drop in its foreign-exchange reserves over the last 12 months. The $3.65 trillion stockpile will fall by some $40 billion a month in the remainder of 2015 because of the intervention, according to the median estimate in a Bloomberg survey.
While the Bloomberg report emphasized that the Chinese were using US dollars to buy their own national currency, it casually mentioned, strategically, it probably has been China's intention to find the right time to lighten up its excessive accumulation of U.S. Treasuries, citing an economist at Reorient Financial Markets Limited in Hong Kong.
The Eclipsing of the US Dollar by the Chinese Renminbi
Wall Street should be worried about the economic problems at home in the US instead of trying to undermine China. The talk about the slowing down of the Chinese economy in part is distraction. It diverts attention from the decline of the US and is meant to enforce the efforts of Washington and Wall Street to rein in Beijing. The Chinese, however, continue to move forward undeterred.
Beijing selected Qatar as its first renminbi clearing house in the Middle East and North Africa for regional exchange markets there in April 2015. The name of this clearing house is the Qatar Renminbi Centre. It will circumvent US financial structures and give greater access to oil and natural gas from the Middle East and North Africa to the People's Republic of China.
Despite the wishes of Wall Street and Washington, the Silk World Order is moving forward.
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This Morning host Holly Willoughby confessed that she has developed a crush on X Factor's James Arthur during today's (November 26) live show.
During an interview with Xtra Factor host Caroline Flack, Willoughby revealed that Arthur's Motown performance of Marvin Gaye's 'Let's Get It On' had wooed her.
"It was so good. When he performed 'Let's Get It On' - I was watching it going, 'I now really fancy you' - it was amazing!" said Willoughby.
Flack added: "In my opinion, his performance was one of the best X Factor performances I've ever seen.
"When I found out that he was doing that song, I knew that he was going to nail it and I was really excited all week for Saturday to see him do it."
Watch James Arthur's performance of 'Let's Get It On' below:
James Arthur, Christopher Maloney, Union J and Jahmene Douglas are the four remaining acts hoping to triumph on this year's X Factor final.
The X Factor semi-final airs on Saturday, December 1 at 9pm on ITV1.
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Feast of Our Lady of Knock
Our Lady, Mary, Refuge of Holy Love, comes in white. She is holding the Rosary of the States (50 Hail Mary beads in the shape of the 50 states). She smiles and says: "Praise be to Jesus"
"On October 7th, I will return to My much beloved Field* to celebrate the Feast of the Holy Rosary. Present to Me the gift of your hearts wrapped in the many rosaries you have been praying for this country. These are desperate times. Many do not realize the grave urgency of prayer for this nation. The outcome of the upcoming presidential election will have worldwide influence. Souls are at stake. Lives are at stake."
"Dear children, you are engaged in war – spiritual and physical war. Your weapon is this." She holds up the rosary of the states. Then it changes into the rosary of the unborn. "Pray for an end to abortion which is Satan's weapon of mass destruction."
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In an article I was once described as 'having brows that were on fleek before it was even a thing,' which I'm obviously adding in this post as a humble brag as I do love that compliment. As soon as I was old enough to draw my eyebrows on, I have. A couple years ago I actually took 70% of them completely off because it was easier for my halloween looks and I had no idea how to block them out properly and unnoticeably back then. Stupid, I know. I can't say I've had perfect brows for years, even though the article did suggest that. In fact I think they've been better than they are now in the past, but that's simply because the natural looking, gradient brow just isn't for me. Whether I've been on a shoot or it's just Alfie or my Mum taking photos of me for the blog, a stronger brow looks better on me, otherwise with being so pale I just look bald and as if I've forgot to draw on the front of my brow. One day I'll master it, but I love a stronger, more pin up looking brow and in order to perfect them they have to be properly groomed.
There's nothing I love more than having dyed eyebrows, especially now I work from home and don't wear makeup most days. I naturally have really light brown hair and it really shows in my eyebrows, but I've been trying out the Colorsport 30 Day Brow Tint, which is a semi-permanent tint for your eyebrows that last for up to 30 days and it's flipping fantastic. I've tried ones in the past that if you follow the instructions, there's very little colour payout and instead you have to try again that many times you stain your skin. Thankfully, I wear a heavy foundation! Using the Colorsport dye means that your eyebrows appear darker, healthier looking as they appear thicker and fuller, as well as more defined in less than 2-3 minutes.
I did have to repeat the process a couple times but only because I actually had some blonde (possibly grey but we shall never speak of this again) hairs in my eyebrows which when I flattened them down with balm (simply for fun) it actually looked like I had a bald patch!? I wish I had taken a photo during my messing around as it was quite concerning, but it was just the lightest hairs I've ever known on me in a difficult spot, but after a couple layers of Colorsport, they're covered!
With dyes it's always important to follow the instructions, especially when it's for somewhere so close to your eyes. I normally have tissues and baby wipes on hand to swipe away any rouge dye. The full instructions are as follows….
- Cleanse your eyebrows with a non-oily cleanser in order to remove any make-up and natural oils and ensure that they're dry. The website warns that contact lens wearers should remove their lenses.
- Use some sort of balm or vaseline to protect the skin around your eyebrows from dye, but don't get any on your brows or the dye won't take.
- Mix around 1cm of the Dye Cream into the mixing bowl and add 10 small drops of the Developer Lotion, be warned, these aren't normal drops as the lotion isn't a water or a runnier liquid like with some other dyes, so basically make the portions equal.
- Mix them together using the wand and make it so the mixture doesn't drip, otherwise you'll be dyeing more than your brows.
- Using the wand or the brush apply the mixture to your brows. I actually find it better to use the wand, cake it on to start with in a very neat formation and then later brush through another coat.
- Leave for up to 2 minutes, longer if your hairs are stubborn but it does warn to leave it no more than 5 minutes.
- Using damp cotton wool, remove the mixture and then wash your face thoroughly.
That's it, blows on fleek with or without being filled in! I'm SO happy with mine and I'm definitely going to keep a box of this in the house and keep them up, I just look more framed without makeup which actually makes me like being makeup-free even more!
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Fire the Manager to Improve Performance? Managerial Turnover and Incentives After Privatization in the Czech Republic
This Paper analyses the effect of the introduction of managerial incentives and new human capital on enterprise performance after privatization in the Czech Republic. We find weak evidence for the presence of managerial incentives: only in 1997, three to four years after privatization, does poor performance significantly increase the probability of managerial change. Nevertheless, replacing the managing director in a newly privatized firm improves subsequent performance. This indicates that the privatized firms operate below potential under the incumbent management. We show that the institutional framework matters as well: managerial turnover improves performance only if the management is closely interconnected with the board of directors and thus holds effective executive authority.
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I was working a 10 hour shift from 6 PM to 4 AM and had just begun my watch when I was crusing down 82nd Avenue, minding my own business, just being content to let folks know I was on patrol when suddenly I saw two cars racing towards me at break neck speed. They were trying to run each other off the road or into some other car.
In an attempt to stop this insane behavior I threw on my overhead lights to let them know they were now under the watchful eye of the police. When the lead driver saw me he braked hard turning into a well know tavern that attracted a rough crowd and had large pot holes for a parking lot. The man and woman in this vehicle quickly jumped out of their car and ran into the tavern to seek refuge among friends. At the same time, the other car tried to follow them into the parking lot but was going too fast when he hit one of the large pot holes flipping the vehicle on its top and slid into the other car. As I was exiting my patrol car I called for Code 3 cover and fire rescue.
This man (I will call him Hard Hat) crawled out of the driver's door window. He was very muscular looking, rough and tough, with huge arms and a barrel chest. He was wearing well worn construction clothing covered with cement dust indicating he was a concrete cutter. He also had a baseball bat and was screaming for the wimp (the other driver) to come out of the tavern and face him like a man. By now tavern patrons were boiling into the parking lot to see what was going on. A crowd of 40 or more were gathering and I was very concerned many of them would be Hard Hat's friends.
I got between Hard Hat and the tavern door ordering Hard Hat to put the bat down and submit to questioning for threatening to kill the other man with the bat. When he saw I meant business he turned and walked to 82nd Avenue and stuck out his thumb hitchhiking for a ride. I couldn't believe someone would stop to pick him up but sure enough a motorist attempted to stop for him until he saw me waving him off. I then told Hard Hat he was under arrest for failing to perform the duties of a driver involved in an accident since he was trying to leave the scene of the accident.
I also told him that I considered his bat to be a deadly weapon and if he didn't drop it I was going to shoot him. He threw the bat towards me missing my head as it landed in a large blackberry patch on the side of the parking lot. That was good because I knew he couldn't retrieve it and no one else could get to it. I was going to have trouble containing this suspect and the crowd was now full circle around us egging Hard Hat on.
Fire rescue had arrived but they were not inclined to rescue me or get involved so they just watched. The circle was tightening and there was nowhere for Hard Hat or myself to go except face to face. I kept stalling hoping cover officers would soon arrive; I could hear their sirens in the distance. Once again I ordered Hard Hat to submit to arrest but this time he quickly put his right hand in the small of his back as if he was reaching for a weapon. I drew my revolver and was waiting for the slightest glimmer of metal before I shot at him. I was very concerned as we were surrounded by tavern patrons that were now in our cross fire. I felt like this was a showdown at the OK Corral and lead would soon be flying.
I ordered him to show me his hands and to get down on the ground but instead he quickly threw both hands in front of him in a shooters stance. In this split second I didn't see gun metal so I didn't shoot. I then felt he was trying to get me to shoot him to show the women in the other car his true love for her. Next he put his left hand behind his back and advanced towards me and when he was about five feet from me he again swung both hands around like he had a weapon while positioning himself in a shooters stance. Again, I didn't see gun metal so I didn't shoot.
I was close enough now to Hard Hat that I knew I had to engage him in a physical contest of strength to subdue and arrest him. Boy was I in trouble! I holster my weapon as I moved towards him grabbing his right arm and tripping him to the ground. Once on the ground I got on top of him and wrenched his arm behind him and put one handcuff on his right wrist. While I was doing this he did a one armed push up with me on this back, with his left arm! I knew then I was really in trouble and quickly decided I needed to do something before he got control of me.
I made a tactical error at this point thinking I could smack him in the head with the butt of my revolver. As I was swinging it towards his head he ducked just enough that my arm hit his head causing my service revolver to fly through the air and into the crowd. I ordered one of the firefighters to pick up the weapon and put it in his large turnout coat pocket for safe keeping. I said it with enough authority he assisted as requested.
I had a boot gun but there was no way I was going to be able to get to it at this point. I struggled to get Hard Hat's left arm behind his back to handcuff him but he was too strong. I could still hear sirens coming in the distance but they were not close enough. At last, one of the ambulance medics stepped in and helped me pull his left arm behind him to get him handcuffed. All of the time I was wrestling with Hard Hat I was afraid someone from the crowd would jump onto my back to help rescue him from being arrested.
Finally, cover officers arrived and helped me load Hard Hat into my patrol car, because he was not volunteering to cooperate in any way. Cover officers found the couple from the other vehicle and learned the woman was Hard Hat's sometimes girlfriend and when he saw her in the other guy's car he flipped out, made a wild U-turn and tried to run them off the road.
As I checked Hard Hat's criminal record, I learned he had been arrested just two days earlier for carrying a concealed weapon on his belt in the small of his back. At times like this I often wondered if being a grocery bagger wouldn't be a better vocation.
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Batu Pahat is a not-so-small small city along the Straits of Malacca in the southern state of Johor. It has an interesting and long history. It played a large role in the Siamese assault on Melaka, the formation of the country's ruling party, and has featured prominently in a minister's recent sex tape. I opted to avoid politics and sex tapes on my trip here and just wandered the city, walking aimlessly without a map for hours. As usual, there was no single fantastic attraction to draw people here, but the place as a whole has a lot of character in the style of Muar or Melaka. There are quite a few malls that have sprung up over the last ten years or so...bigger than you would expect for a place of this size. And the nightlife appears decent for its size as well. The main attraction is a statue of a suspended hand chiseling a rock. I know...not too thrilling. And I gave it a miss. But the old style architecture and overall unkempt appearance of the buildings gave it some charm...and not just run-down-dump style. I found the morning market near the river--it was quite lively. And the wet market immediately behind it was as smelly as to be expected. The river itself has not been developed for commercial activity (other than an international ferry port to a few islands off the coast of Sumatra). I think the highlight of my trip was finding a nice, trendy-looking café with cheap prices and a live band playing at around 5-6pm. It was unexpected, but they were quite good. I would go back again...in a few years.


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2nd...hot air balloons have holes on top of them so he couldnt be lying on top of it
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am i ythe only one who noticed that it's a verry stoopid moovie? the ONLY good thing about it was the fbf animation
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Call me immature but i loved this. I dont know why but poop just makes me laugh. I thought the animation was good and the sound fit perfectly. I hope to see more Doodiemans. :D
Everyone else is right - this toon is just crap (sorry about the pun)
said you were on simpsons so i was excited but let down
graphics were subpar - sound didn't just suck but was annoying - and the story had no humor - you need to find an appropriate outlet for your talent
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My advice is to ignore these fools who say that there is no story and the animation sucks and everything. I mean, yes it could be better, but it would require a hell of alot more work.
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There are some books I'd be glad to share, and others I would say "sorry, gotta keep these". Let's use that level of generosity as the assumed default: it's nice and generous, but I don't have to actually be Jesus to pull it off.I've got boxes of books that have been through 4-5 moves without seeing the light of day. If I looked at them with Robert's standard in mind, I bet I'd be willing to part with at least half of that.
Head on over and read the whole thing. and leave him some encouragement to get this started.
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November 28, 2004
The Anti-Idiotarian Rottweiler
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Design Observer
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Let's Try Freedom
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A man in Newark, N.J., who wanted to teach his daughter a lesson about drinking has ended up in trouble himself after calling the police.And another thing. if you're the kind of parent who keeps a stash of illegal weapons and drugs in the crawl space, don't pretend to be too upset about your 16-year old going out drinking.
Kevin Winson, 46, had called police to his home after one of his daughters came home intoxicated. However, his attempt to teach his 16-year-old daughter a lesson took a bizarre twist.
When police arrived at his home, the girl informed the police that she was afraid, because of what her father was hiding in their home.
The young girl led police to a crawl space where her father was keeping a stash of guns and hundreds of vials of illegal drugs.
Police said the man was arrested and charged with illegal possession of semiautomatic firearms and possession of a controlled substance.
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November 27, 2004
This photo gives a pretty good idea of the color scheme. The storage areas are the result of covering some structural anomalies in the original house. The reason one section is bigger is because the bottom cubby (the one with the lamp in it) was built to hold one of those mini office/dorm refrigerators. No bedroom should be without one.
This picture is from just about where my head will be while lying in bed watching TV. The plywood floor will be covered with hardwood in a dark finish.
Progress should be fairly rapid next week so more updates coming soon.
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November 26, 2004
The first indication came when the falling price of computers crossed the point where the average programmer could afford to own a computer capable of producing the code from which he typically earned his living. This meant that, for the first time since the beginning of the Industrial Revolution, the ownership of the most critical tool of production in the most critical industry of the world's leading economy was readily affordable by the individual worker. Throughout the first three decades of the Information Age, the individual worker was still dependent on his employer for his means of production, just as any textile worker in Manchester or Lawrence was in 1840.Mr. Reynolds also quotes a bit of his own thoughts web video that echo the same sentiments:
Suddenly, this changed. Now it is as if a steelworker could afford his own blast furnace or rolling mill, an automobile worker his own assembly line. By strict Marxist definitions, capitalism ended sometime in the early 1990s. This is a development that has not received adequate attention.(emphasis added)
The cost of a facility for Webcasting is far less than the cost of a facility for television broadcasting. At some point in the relatively near future the quality of the webcast will be as good as, if not better than, that of broadcast television, and the cost of a webcasting facility for high-quality production will be within the range of many individuals. Just as the personal computer capable of producing first-rate software is revolutionizing the work relations of software, the personal webcasting facility will change the nature of the broadcasting media. It also changes the dynamics of production.The Economist article he mentions presents much the same arguments about the relationship of blogs and the mainstream media.
Here's where I dive in: I think they are all wrong.
Since all three example put forward are in support of the same idea, I am going to deal with the first example specifically with the thought that my arguments would then necessarily apply to the other two.
It is certainly true that the decline in cost of personal computers coupled with the growth in their capabilities has indeed put the tools for developing commercial software within the reach of individual developers. The days of the "traditional" manufacturing center for software development of a large company able to provide the necessary hardware are surely on the decline. You don't need access to a sophisticated mainframe to write software any more. This does not mean the end of large software manufacturers. Companies like Apple, Microsoft, Adobe, Oracle etc. will continue to employ their own programmers. Likewise, not all programmers, even though they can afford the hardware to do so, will want to attempt to make their living as freelancers or starting their own companies in their garages.
There will be some who will. The result of that will be that the person hired as a freelancer to code a new feature for company A, would then move on to write code for company B. The better freelance software engineers would be able to demand a higher price, and companies wanting the best, would be willing to pay it. A new market emerges.
Then there will be those programmers who decide to go into business for themselves. They will set up shop in their basements, garages and spare bedrooms. They create targeted software. Filling in the gaps that the big names leave uncovered. Their product will be distributed over the web for little cost to them.
For example, this post and every word on this site for the last several months, was written using a nifty little program called Ecto. Ecto exists to serve as a front end for blogging to a number of systems including Blogger, Moveable Type, Typepad, Wordpress and more. It is a clean efficient interface available for both Mac and Windows. The cost $18.
The first response to this is, "Yeah shareware. It's been around forever." Exactly my point. But look at it from another perspective. The authors have written a program targeted at a vibrant and rapidly expanding community. One of the reasons for that part of nature of the blogosphere is the extremely low cost of entry. If the people at Kula Co., Ltd. tried to sell Ecto for $150, they would have priced themselves out of their market. I don't think that at $18 they are charging what the market will bear, I would have paid a bit more, but the point is the market is there.
Another illustrative example of how the democratization of the means of production results in the emergence and growth of new markets is the field of design in general, and graphic design in particular. It is particularly relevant because it is be further along the process than programming, video production, and certainly blogging. With the advent of desktop publishing and the postscript laser printer in the early 80's, pundits of the design industry were predicting the death of graphic design. I will grant that in the hands of amateurs and professionals alike, new technologies have produced some truly awful design but there has also been an explosion of great design.
The cost of entry is a bit higher than that of blogging, but probably considerably less than Mr. Reynolds do it yourself web video studio. You don't need top of the line equipment. (Don't tell my boss I said that) For $1,300 you can get an iMac with a 17 inch flat panel screen and a 1.6GHz G5 processor. You would probably need to spend a couple of hundred more to boost the memory from the off-the shelf 256MB but many of the catalogs typically offer a free memory upgrade. You'll need to invest about $3,000 for the industry standard software, Illustrator, PhotoShop, Acrobat and Quark Xpress. Maybe another grand for a half decent printer. For about $5,000 you are in business as a design studio. If you have talent and the ability to generate contacts, you will have work.
If you have the talent and don't have the $5,000 (or you don't want to put that much an a credit card) freelance work is available. There is an entire "industry" of companies that exist to provide freelance design talent to companies and agencies. You provide the talent, they provide the contacts. They of course get a cut of the bill.
The point is that barriers to entry into the field of graphic design have been eliminated, but graphic design is not dead. The market for design evolved and grew.
Capitalism is not dead and it will not be killed because caffeine saturated programmers can afford to own the means of production. New markets may emerge which in most cases will exist along side the old markets. Cable TV did not kill the networks, and web video will not kill either. The markets for programming, video and information will expand, and we will all be better for it.
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November 25, 2004
The principal of the Stevens Creek School in Cupertino, California, has barred a history teacher from giving a copy of the Declaration of Independence to his fifth grade class because it contains a reference of God. The teacher, Steven Williams, has filed suit. Williams filed his suit for discrimination claiming that the principal's actions singled him out for his religious beliefs, but this incident points to something far larger than discrimination against one Orthodox Christian teacher.
The principles on which this country founded are being sacrificed to the mythology of political correctness and the deliberate distortion of the establishment clause of the First Amendment.
This case, unfortunately and perhaps inevitably, will make its way through the federal courts in California. So I have little hope that the courts will make it right. Among of the claims made in the suit are:
38. Other teachers are not required to submit all of their lesson plans and supplemental handouts to Principal Vidmar in advance.If these points are proven in court it would be pretty damning evidence of discrimination. It is not however beyond imagination that the court could rule in Williams' favor on the discrimination claim and order not that he be allowed to distribute the material in question, but to bar anyone from doing so.
39. Other teachers are permitted to show films and distribute handouts containing references to God.
If you think is an exercise in hyperbole to speculate that the court could rule the Declaration of Independence unconstitutional, remember that this is the same district whose courts ruled the Pledge of Allegiance unconstitutional for containing the phrase "under God."
This decision cannot be left in the hands of the courts. It needs to be made by the citizens. Or as the currently banned document states:
We hold these truths to be self-evident, that all men are created equal, that they are endowed by their Creator with certain unalienable Rights, that among these are Life, Liberty and the pursuit of Happiness. --That to secure these rights, Governments are instituted among Men, deriving their just powers from the consent of the governed, --That whenever any Form of Government becomes destructive of these ends, it is the Right of the People to alter or to abolish it, and to institute new Government, laying its foundation on such principles and organizing its powers in such form, as to them shall seem most likely to effect their Safety and Happiness.The extended entry has the full Declaration of Independence for your personal review. READ THE WHOLE THING.
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Principal: Patricia Vidmar
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November 24, 2004
The conversation went something like this:
What's the book you just ordered?
It's called Silent America: Essays from a democracy at war.
Who wrote it?
Bill Whittle.
Who's that?
He writes a blog called Eject! Eject! Eject!.
You read his blog so you think the book will be good?
I know the book is good.
How do you know that?
It's made up of essays he has posted on his site.
So you've read it already?
And your buying a copy.
Can't you just go back an read the blog anytime you want.
Yes. It's all still there.
So you've read it all already for free. It's all online for you to read again. For Free. And you're buying a copy of it anyway. How much?
It's about $30
Plus shipping.
Why would you do this?
Two reasons really. One. The essays are really good and I have gotten a lot from reading them. Easily more than $30 worth of enjoyment. Two. I don't see it so much as paying for the stuff I've already read, but hopefully convincing him to write some more.
It still doesn't make sense.
It's an exchange of values. He puts a lot of effort and thought into the writing and put a lot of time and effort into producing the book. I value the content of the work and the effort that went into it. He is offering the work for sale in this form. I value it enough that I am willing to trade $30 plus shipping to have it. Frankly I would have happily paid more.
That other bloggers book.
Here's a taste of the blogger's book I'm reading now:
If you look at this room long enough you can make up your own Love American Style plots:The author of this brutally funny book about the horrors of 1970's interiors is blogger James Lileks. The Book is called Interior Desecrations and it is the perfect answer to those who think that the 70's are retro cool. The images were obviously scanned from old magazines and it is telling that some of the obvious moire patterns introduced in their reproduction actually blend well with some the room designs.
Karen Valentine is in a tizzy - she's invited both Bert Convey and Ted Bessell over for supper on the same night, and they are both expecting sex. After all, it is their first date and it's 1971, and if the pink furniture doesn't scream "she''s as loose as the nickel slots in Reno," then everything we've learned from television is wrong.
Cue the perky Herb Alpert-derived brass, rev up the laugh track, and steel yourself for an inevitable guest appearance by Jo Ann Worley. Stay tuned for the news at 11:00: Vietnam and Nixon.
Still think the 70's were cool, kids?
I highly recommend that both books be on your reading list. Buy at least on copy of each and help to make sure both of these guys are well motivated to keep doing what they do.
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November 23, 2004
They were touting the up-coming Indiana Pacers game against another team I can't remember but I got the impression they were in first place. The ads said something like:
Can the shorthanded Pacers meet the challenge of the (insert team name)For all its efforts at face saving by suspending a few players and making stern statements, the NBA has no compunction using the incident to try to boost ratings. Whatever respect they gained in the way in which they dealt with the situation they have lost it all in one 15 second commercial.
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UPDATE: I almost forgot to tell you to Read The Whole Thing.
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(NAACP President Kweisi) Mfume said, "Her counsel is respected and valued in her field and in the upper echelons of her political party." Moreover, "Rice, a PhD and former Stanford University Provost, is an example of how far hard work, education and determination can take one to new heights," said Mfume.
He went on to say that "attacks on Rice by the radio host and political cartoonists who use stereotypes and racial caricatures are just as bad as those who hide under sheets and burn crosses. This is something the NAACP has fought against for more than 95 years and something we will continue to oppose."
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November 22, 2004
UPDATE: It's up to 160,558. have you signed it yet?
UPDATE: Now up to 219,043
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November 21, 2004
"Billions of dollars intended for humanitarian aid instead went to pay the families of Palestinian terrorists, and to buy weapons for Iraq-based terrorists. Millions more went to bribe journalists and officials in countries opposing Operation Iraqi Freedom, like France, Germany and Russia, the most vocal critics of the war. What a coincidence."You too can join in the effort to kick the terrorist appeasing weasels off our soil.
It continues by asking: "We tell other countries not to harbor organizations that support terrorists, why then do we harbor the U.N. here in America?"
Sign the petition. I don't know if it will help, but it feels good.
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November 20, 2004
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PC fans go mad as store opensVersion 2:
Over a thousand PC fans have camped overnight outside computer giant Microsoft's first dedicated store in Europe.
They braved the cold to be the first inside the shop in London to try and take advantage of the opening day offers.
Microsoft Stores, which stock the company's Windows Software, XBox game systems and third-party software and hardware, already generate $1.2 billion in revenues in the US.
While only two of the 138 London employees - picked from 4,000 applicants - originate from the America, the language of the Microsoft Store remains resolutely Redmond.
So while rival stores like Comet and PC World try to stay focused on customer service the Microsoft Store wants to create a "community" for people looking to "Windows their lives".
The next two British stores will open next year in the Bull Ring, Birmingham and in the Bluewater shopping centre to the east of London.
Mac fans go mad as store opens
Over a thousand Mac fans have camped overnight outside computer giant Apple's first dedicated store in Europe.
They braved the cold to be the first inside the shop in London to try and take advantage of the opening day offers.
Apple Stores, which stock the company's iMac computers, iPod music players and third-party software and hardware, already generate $1.2 billion in revenues in the US.
While only two of the 138 London employees - picked from 4,000 applicants - originate from the America, the language of the Apple Store remains resolutely Californian.
So while rival stores like Comet and PC World try to stay focused on customer service the Apple Store wants to create a "community" for people looking to "iPod their lives".
The next two British stores will open next year in the Bull Ring, Birmingham and in the Bluewater shopping centre to the east of London.
Which one is real?
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November 19, 2004
But the ultimate double standard is to consider what the outcry would have been if any of what has been said about Dr. Rice had been said about any of the African Americans with high ranking cabinet posts in the Clinton administration.
Oh, wait. Never Mind.
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November 18, 2004
I'm here spending time at my husband's library," she told the Lamp when we caught up with her after a Sunday camp meeting, "and of course, I always take time to worship God in as evangelical a way as is feasible, given time and location constraints. As you know, I consider myself an evangelical Christian, really a Christian conservative, if you want to know the truth, so it's nice to be 'home' again in the South, which I really consider my quote-unquote home even though I live in New York most of the time. Well, Washington, D.C., most of the time, actually, but if I'm not there I'm in New York, of course, but always thinking about being here, in the South, my spiritual home, where I shared so many wonderful evangelical . . . moments and . . . events. Can you read that back to me?"If Hillary is a Christian conservative what does that make George Bush? I hope there a really few people who believe one word of this garbage.
Except, of course for the voters of New York. The Republican Party should file this quote away for the benefit of whoever runs against Hillary when her Senate term is up in 2006.
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November 17, 2004
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Researchers at electronics giant TDK have developed a tough new coating that promises to make scratched DVDs a thing of the past and that will help usher in an emerging data storage format with 10 times the capacity of the current DVD standard.If this technology ads $2.00 the price of a DVD I would have to buy a lot of movies to equal what I've spent replacing damaged discs.
In a test conducted by CNET News.com, a DVD treated with TDK's coating survived a determined attack with a screwdriver and a Sharpie permanent marker with no effect on playability--a remarkable feat considering how easily standard DVDs can be damaged, for example, by children.(emphasis mine)
There's a lot of stuff in the story about something called "Blu-ray" that lets you store like 50GB of data on a DVD. Apparently they can do this now but the discs are highly susceptible to damage. this coating could make 50GB DVDs an everyday item. Whatever, I'm just thrilled to know that the next copy of Shrek I buy may be my last.
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Traveling Luck for Chapman Ford (historical), Georgia, United States
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The timezone in Chapman Ford (historical) is America/Iqaluit
Sunrise at 08:15 and Sunset at 18:28. It's Dark
Latitude. 34.9447°, Longitude. -84.0861°
Weather near Chapman Ford (historical); Report from Andrews, Andrews-Murphy Airport, NC 43.4km away
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Temperature: -1°C / 30°F
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Geographic features & Photographs around Chapman Ford (historical), in Georgia, United States
- stream;
- a body of running water moving to a lower level in a channel on land.
- Poteete Branch (1km)
- Camp Creek (1.1km)
- Conley Creek (1.2km)
- Chastain Branch (2km)
- Rhodes Branch (2.5km)
- Low Creek (2.5km)
- Rogers Branch (3.2km)
- Jack Creek (3.9km)
- Ivylog Creek (3.9km)
- Dooley Creek (4km)
- Hitchcock Branch (4.2km)
- Thomas Branch (4.3km)
- Mull Creek (5.1km)
- Thomas Branch (5.4km)
- Moccasin Creek (5.4km)
- McClure Branch (5.4km)
- Moccasin Creek (5.4km)
- Lance Branch (5.7km)
- Charlie Brown Branch (5.8km)
- cemetery;
- a burial place or ground.
- Mount Zion Cemetery (3km)
- Casteel Cemetery (3.5km)
- New Hope Cemetery (4.4km)
- Ivylog Cemetery (4.6km)
- Ivy Log Cemetery (4.8km)
- Zion Hill Cemetery (5km)
- Bethany Cemetery (5.3km)
- Mount Olivet Cemetery (5.7km)
- Bethlehem Cemetery (5.8km)
- Local Feature;
- A Nearby feature worthy of being marked on a map..
- Chapman Ford (historical) (0km)
- Hyatt Bend (0.9km)
- Nottely Dock (1.6km)
- Tate Mill (historical) (2.2km)
- Tate Mill (3.1km)
- Yates Mill (historical) (4.1km)
- New Hope Church (historical) (4.4km)
- Cook Mill (4.7km)
- Thomas Chapel (4.7km)
- school;
- building(s) where instruction in one or more branches of knowledge takes place.
- Mount Zion School (historical) (2.9km)
- Ivy Log School (historical) (3.8km)
- Union School (historical) (4km)
- Thomas Chapel School (4.6km)
- New Hope School (historical) (4.7km)
- Bethany School (historical) (5.4km)
- Mount Olivet School (5.7km)
- church;
- a building for public Christian worship.
- Mount Zion Church (3km)
- Ivylog Church (3.9km)
- Zion Hill Church (5km)
- Bethany Church (5.3km)
- Mount Olive Church (5.7km)
Accommodation around Chapman Ford (historical)
- bridge;
- a structure erected across an obstacle such as a stream, road, etc., in order to carry roads, railroads, and pedestrians across.
- Chastain Bridge (historical) (3.6km)
- Thompson Bridge (historical) (3.6km)
- Smith Bridge (5km)
- mountain;
- an elevation standing high above the surrounding area with small summit area, steep slopes and local relief of 300m or more.
- Davenport Mountain (3.3km)
- Cobb Mountain (5.3km)
- valley;
- an elongated depression usually traversed by a stream.
- Cicero Loudermilk Cove (5.7km)
- populated place;
- a city, town, village, or other agglomeration of buildings where people live and work.
- Ivylog (4km)
- dam;
- a barrier constructed across a stream to impound water.
- Nottely Dam (2.2km)
- reservoir(s);
- an artificial pond or lake.
- Nottely Lake (2.2km)
- lake;
- a large inland body of standing water.
- Woodruff, Lake (6.1km)
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- Hayesville, North Carolina city city o
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Airports close to Chapman Ford (historical)
Mc ghee tyson(TYS), Knoxville, Usa (121.6km)
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Anderson rgnl(AND), Andersen, Usa (171.7km)
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Is it too early to call this the worst Summer/hurricane season combination ever recorded for surfing on the east coast (at least MO County)? Am I the only one here? I know we still have plenty of time, but god damn, I figured we would have swell from a Cane by now.... Whats goin on!
Can anyone recall a year, where there was consistent surf through out the fall, mainly from hurricanes? Anyone have any year specific in mind? To me this so far may be the worst HANDS DOWN..
It's sad because I logged onto swellinfo today, and saw someone say "man... cant wait till winter" Is this how it always is. Damn can't wait till fall, damn cant wait till winter, damn cant wait till spring...... Can't we be happy on one thing?!? Wheres the consistency....
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LIT a BATEAU
Single Beds are sometimes put with the long side along the wall, and with high ends on both short sides, they resemble a boat and hence the name of this type of curtain arrangement. Before 1800 they can be seen in informal rooms and nurseries, with the curtains closed during the day, but in the Empire period they became the preferred style, with elaborate hangings from gilded arrows, spears or even eagles.
Today only children tend to sleep in single beds, and this type of bed can still be extremely pretty and great fun for a child.
A Corona pelmet is very similar to that of a Lit a Bateau, except that the bed points with its head to the wall. It really crowns the bed and can be very slender, tapering to a point, or almost as wide as the bed itself. The front is usually curved and this together with the graceful arch of the curtains coming down on either side makes it a highly attractive option. I have found remarkably few historical examples (as opposed to the Lit a Bateau, which was very popular in the 19th century), but it is widely used today, as it makes a grand statement without overpowering a room.
Somewhere between a Corona and the Fourposter comes the so-called half tester; also called flying tester, because of the lack of supporting posts. They developed in early eighteenth century grand European bedrooms when the curtains and posts at the foot end of the bed disappeared, perhaps as a result of improved levels of privacy and heating. Once the end posts had gone, the whole tester gradually got shorter. Some of the most expensive beds ever made were of this type, like Marie Antoinette's beds at Versailles and Fontainebleau, although it never quite replaced the fourposter, particularly in England.
Today the half tester is still a very popular model. It leaves the bottom end of the bed clear, while giving a substantial and grand appearance to the room.
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EA allegedly considering two ways of re-introducing microtransactions into Star Wars Battlefront 2; Details
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Last night, Activision confirmed seven levels from THPS and THPS2 that will appear in the upcoming Tony Hawk's Pro Skater HD. THese levels were picked by Tony Hawk, himself, based on his opinions and feedback from fans on Twitter.
Included in the list of levels is:
In addition to seven levels being revealed, Activision released a fresh batch of new screenshots. The shots show Rodney Mullen, Nyjah Huston, and Tony Hawk killing it in the Warehouse level. There is also the first screen of the School 2 level.


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Brunette At The Doctor's Office
A brunette goes into a doctor's office and says that her body hurts wherever she touches it.
"Impossible," says the doctor. "Show me."
She takes her finger, presses on her elbow, and screams in agony. She pushes her knee and screams, pushes her ankle and screams, and so it goes on; everywhere she touches makes her scream with pain.
The doctor says, "You're not really a brunette are you?"
She says, "No, I dyed my hair. I'm naturally blonde."
"I thought so," he says. "Your finger is broken."
A flight on its way to Sydney
A flight is on its way to Sydney when a blonde in economy class gets up, and moves to the first class section and sits down
The flight attendant watches her do this, and asks to see her ticket.
She then tells the blonde that she paid for economy class, and that she will have to sit in the back.
The blonde replies, "I'm blonde, I'm beautiful, I'm going to Sydney and I'm staying right here".
The flight attendant goes into the cockpit and tells the pilot and the co-pilot that there is a blonde bimbo sitting in first class, that belongs in economy, and won't move back to her seat.
The co-pilot goes back to the blonde and tries to explain that because she only paid for economy she will have to leave and return to her seat.
The blonde replies, "I'm blonde, I'm beautiful, I'm going to Sydney and I'm staying right here".
The co-pilot tells the pilot that he probably should have the police waiting when they land to arrest this blonde woman who won't listen to reason.
The pilot says, "You say she is a blonde? I'll handle this, I'm married to a blonde. I speak blonde".
He goes back to the blonde and whispers in her ear, and she says, "Oh, I'm sorry" and gets up and goes back to her seat in economy.
The flight attendant and co-pilot are amazed and asked him what he said to make her move without any fuss.
I told her, "First class isn't going to Sydney "
A woman phoned her blond neighbor…
A woman phoned her blond neighbor man and said: "Close your curtains the next time you and your wife are having sex. The whole street was watching and laughing at you yesterday."
To which the blond man replied: "Well the joke's on all of you because I wasn't even at home yesterday!
A blond man is in jail, the guard looks in his cell and sees him hanging by his feet…
A blond man is in jail, the guard looks in his cell and sees him hanging by his feet.
"Just WHAT are you doing?" he asks.
"Hanging myself," the blond replies.
"The rope should be around your neck", says the guard.
"I tried that," he replies, "but then I couldn't breathe."
blonde man shouts frantically into the phone
A blond man shouts frantically into the phone, "My wife is pregnant and her contractions are only two minutes apart!"
"Is this her first child?" asks the Doctor.
"No!" he shouts, "this is her husband!"
A blond man spies a letter lying on his doormat
A blond man spies a letter lying on his doormat.
It says on the envelope "DO NOT BEND ."
He spends the next 2 hours trying to figure out how to pick it up.
A blond man is in the bathroom and his wife shouts
A blond man is in the bathroom and his wife shouts: "Did you find the shampoo?"
He answers, "Yes, but I'm not sure what to do… it's for dry hair, and I've just wet mine."
A Blonde guy comes homes . . .
Hears his wife screaming, coming from their bedroom upstairs. He sprints up, and opens the door to see his wife laying naked on their bed, sweating and panting.
"Honey! Help! I'm having a heart attack!"
He runs back down the stairs and starts dialing the ambulance, when his son and daughter tell him:
"Dad! Uncle Terry's upstairs! And he's naked!"
He slams down the phone, sprints back up the stairs, runs past his wife and opens the wardrobe. Sure enough, there was his brother crouching in the corner naked.
"WHAT THE HELL TERRY! My wife's having a heart attack and you're running around naked scaring the kids!"
A blonde gets on an airplane . . .
A blonde gets on an airplane and sits down in the first class section of the plane. The stewardess rushes over to her and tells her she must move to coach because she doesn't have a first class ticket. The blonde replies, "I'm blonde, I'm smart, I have a good job, and I'm staying in first class until we reach Jamaica." The disgusted stewardess gets the head stewardess who asks the blonde to leave. The blonde yet again repeats "I'm blonde, I'm smart, I have a good job and I'm staying in first class until we reach Jamaica."
The head stewardesses doesn't even know what to do at this point because they still have to get the rest of the passengers seated to take off; the blonde is causing a problem with boarding now, so the stewardess gets the copilot. The copilot goes up to the blonde and whispers in her ear. She immediately gets up and goes to her seat in the coach section. The head stewardess asks the copilot in amazement what he said to get her to move to her correct seat. The copilot replies, "I told her the front half of the airplane wasn't going to Jamaica."
Irish blonde at the casino
An attractive blonde from Cork, Ireland arrived at the casino. She seemed a little intoxicated and bet 20,000 Euros on a single roll of the dice. She said, "I hope you don't mind, but I feel much luckier when I'm completely nude." With that, she stripped from the neck down, rolled the dice and with an Irish brogue yelled, "Come on, baby, Mama needs new clothes!"
As the dice came to a stop, she jumped up and down and squealed, "YES! YES! I WON, I WON!" She hugged each of the dealers and then picked up her winnings and her clothes and quickly departed.
The dealers stared at each other dumbfounded. Finally, one of them asked, "What did she roll?" The other answered, "I don't know. I thought you were watching."
Not all Irish are drunks.
Not all blondes are dumb.
But all Men…are Men.
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