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Mobile/TPAC Face-to-Face Thursday
- 1 09:00am: Welcome to the Web and Mobile Interest Group! (Natasha)
- 2 09:30am Working towards a successful IG (Natasha)
- 3 10:30am: BREAK
- 4 11:00am: Focus Topics Round 1
- 5 10:45 Update on Coremob Report (Natasha)
- 6 12:30pm: LUNCH
- 7 2pm: Focus Topics Round 1
- 8 02:30pm: Testing Effort at W3C (Tobie Langel)
- 9 3pm: Focus Topics Round 1
- 10 3:30pm: BREAK
- 11 4pm: Focus Topics Round 2
- 12 05:00pm: Close
- 13 Resources
09:00am: Welcome to the Web and Mobile Interest Group! (Natasha)
- Welcome to the Webmob IG!
- Both observers and members are welcome today
- Introductions
- Name, company, position and whether you are an observer / member?
- Full Schedule, [Thursday], Friday
- QUESTION: Does anyone feel like something is missing?
- If so, can be raised in AOB
09:30am Working towards a successful IG (Natasha)
Interest Group
- Doesn't make specs
- Focus on requirements, use cases, tests, data, strategies
- Task forces
- Understanding how the group can work collaboratively to achieve goals
- First of all - THE CHAIRS ARE HERE FOR YOU! (and Dom is here too!)
- Communication methods should help too
- Public mailing list
- Email us directly if you need to.
Regular teleconference meetings
- Every other Wednesday at 3pm GMT
- New wiki page for all details
- Is the time ok with most people?
- Scribes
- Regrets
- Any other comments?
Face-to-face meetings
- We will try to hold at TPAC again
- Can attempt a teleconf / IRC / Mailing List structure
- We should assess the work we have to do and make a decision based on this.
- Successful groups seem to use their wiki well!
- Meetings
- Deliverables
- Lists of work being taken on
- Stages of work / status
- Resources
Modes of Work
- Tracking Actions and Issues
- Github
- Mailing Lists
- News
- Identifying core areas of work.
- Everyone has something to contribute.
- Task leaders and collaborators (usually 3-5 people).
- Keep it light and simple - don't get bogged down process/formalities.
- Work actively with implementers.
- Example - ServiceWorkers
- Open collaboration on GitHub.
- Focusing on use cases and requirements.
- Keeping it light: https://github.com/slightlyoff/ServiceWorker/blob/master/explainer.md
- Example - Responsive images CG
- Formed about 2 years ago.
- Largest CG at W3C.
- engages directly with implementers
- Example - developing use cases
- Use cases - http://usecases.responsiveimages.org/
- Who contributes: https://github.com/ResponsiveImagesCG/ri-usecases/graphs/contributors
- Working through issues: https://github.com/ResponsiveImagesCG/ri-usecases/issues?page=1&state=closed
Any other comments / thoughts / suggestions?
10:30am: BREAK
11:00am: Focus Topics Round 1
Updates, current implementations, issues and ways we can help in the following areas:
- Current / Recent Work
- App Cache - Control* over caching resources
- Local Storage - Key-value mapping
- IndexedDB - Key-value mapping + indexes
- File Access - Reading file content
Anything else?
Issues with the Current Proposals
- App Cache - scalability, unexpected results, fallbacks broken, http.conf, declare everything, XHR requests, Images, debugging
- Local Storage - Easy, but just for strings?
- IndexedDB - Large learning curve
- File Access - ? (Should this be considered 'Offline')
Anything else?
New Proposals
- ServiceWorker - ServiceWorkers are a new feature for the web platform that lets a script persistently cache resources and handle all resource requests for an application -- even when the network isn't available. Putting it all together, ServiceWorkers give you a way to build applications that work offline.
Anything else?
Potential Issues
1. How do we feel about the new proposals (ServiceWorker)?
2. How do we feel about the timeline?
3. Would it work on mobile?
4. Would it work for mobile developers?
Anything else?
How should WEBMOB help?
- Researching Specs
- Use Cases
- Requirements
- Resources
- Tests
- Implementations
- Documentation
Next Steps
Build into Deliverables
10:45 Update on Coremob Report (Natasha)
- Update on current status of report profile implementation
- Discussion on further work needed in the report
- Discussion of effort needed on working towards greater implementation
- Since last year, Geolcation and Video are now interoperable.
Should we continue to publish it? How should we deal with outstanding requirements not yet in the platform?
- File/track-down bugs directly in the bug tracker of various browsers.
My suggestion would be to keep the 2012 report as it stood and publish updates to the status tables showing then/now - I am not clear that this is distinctly different from the Current State document by Dom. Worth discussing the pros and cons of having a single document for tracking.
Might be worth considering doing a 2013 report with a different set of use cases.
CoreMob tracking
For each relevant feature highlighted in CoreMob:
- identify and document roadblock towards greater deployment
- propose action plan to lift or reduce it
Spec review
- reviewing spec with multiple devices and connection types in mind
- reviewing spec with limited CPU / battery in mind
- review spec to ensure they fulfil our identified use cases
12:30pm: LUNCH
2pm: Focus Topics Round 1
Cont. from before.
Scrolling (Natasha, guest speaker: Tobie)
- Current / Recent Work
Issues with the Current Proposals
- Issues
New Proposals
- Proposals
Potential Issues
1. Questions
How should WEBMOB help?
- Researching Specs
- Use Cases
- Requirements
- Resources
- Tests
- Implementations
- Documentation
Next Steps
Build into Deliverables
02:30pm: Testing Effort at W3C (Tobie Langel)
In this session, we'll look at W3C's new Test the Web Forward effort which focuses on testing the Open Web Platform. This should be particularly relevant to this IG as the breadth of the effort was strongly influenced by the Coremob report. We'll look at the project plan, status update, and current challenges we face. And of course, we'll leave plenty of time for questions and discussion.
3pm: Focus Topics Round 1
Cont. from before.
Push (Bryan Sullivan or Dan Druta, AT&T)
- Current / Recent Work
Issues with the Current Proposals
- Issues
New Proposals
- Proposals
Potential Issues
1. Questions
How should WEBMOB help?
- Researching Specs
- Use Cases
- Requirements
- Resources
- Tests
- Implementations
- Documentation
Next Steps
Build into Deliverables
3:30pm: BREAK
4pm: Focus Topics Round 2
Updates, current implementations, issues and ways we can help in the following areas:
Home Screen Bookmarking (Natasha, Lead: Marcos)
History / Current proposals
- Marcos agreed to lead this. Ernesto Jiménez has agreed to help with the research.
- Document looks at history, and what is supported.
Issues with the Current Proposals
- Lots of fragmentation
- Browser vendors have ignored a lot of what HTML already provides to do installed webapps. We need to find out why? (e.g., <link rel="icon"> and <meta name="application-name">)
How can WEBMOB help?
- look at what proprietary solutions exist
- look at how content is making use of proprietary solutions
- look at native apps, see what they have that the Web doesn't
Next Steps
- do the archeology
- do statistical analysis of the data
- produce use cases and requirements
- Any volunteers to help out?
API Gap (DKA)
UI Primitives (Marcos)
- What primitives are we missing from HTML to create application layouts?
- What do we mean by "primitive"? (e.g., img element is the core primitive for images, input is the core primitive for user input)
- Web Components wraps primitives - doesn't give you new ones! It allows for new UI components to be composed of HTML primitives.
- So what is missing?
Android and iOS
- Could we take inspiration from other platforms? iOS? Android?
- iOS and Android.
Work needed
- We need someone to investigate this space.
- reach out to HTMLWG, WHATWG
- investigate UI toolkits (particularly for UI performance bottle necks)
- missing form elements
- data binding to UI controllers


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SJTA To Begin Registration Suspension for Toll Violators
Hamilton Township, NJ - Following the lead of the New Jersey Turnpike Authority (NJTP) and continuing Governor Christies directive to aggressively collect unpaid tolls, the South Jersey Transportation Authority (SJTA) will work with the NJ Motor Vehicle Commission (MVC) to suspend the vehicle registration for motorists who are toll violators. The NJTP began a similar pilot program on March 29, 2012 for motorists on the New Jersey Turnpike and Garden State Parkway.
Beginning Wednesday August 15, 2012, the SJTA will forward the names of New Jersey drivers and companies who owe at least $200.00 in unpaid tolls on the Atlantic City Expressway. The MVC will then send a notice of impending registration suspension for approximately 150 violators who owe tolls up to $2600.00. This does not include approximately $750,000.00 in fees that is also owed to the SJTA.
The companies and individuals whose registrations were moving to suspend are chronic toll violators who have ignored every effort weve made to get them to pay. Last fall we announced that this step was coming and we spent the past few months working with the Motor Vehicle Commission to implement this pilot program while at the same time giving these violators every opportunity to make good on what they owe, said SJTA Chairman and DOT Commissioner James Simpson. Since theyve ignored every notice weve sent and every effort weve made to collect, now theyll have to face the consequences. Its not fair to the honest drivers who pay what they owe to let these tolls go unpaid.
Suspending registrations of toll violators is in addition to other toll enforcement actions we have undertaken at the Authority, said Sam Donelson, Acting Executive Director of the SJTA. This enforcement includes motor vehicle summons issued by the New Jersey State Police as part of our surveillance program and criminally prosecuting certain offenders for Theft of Services.
The South Jersey Transportation Act outlines penalties for failure to pay tolls and includes a provision that every registration certificate and every license certificate to drive motor vehicles may be suspended or revoked and any person may be prohibited from obtaining a driver's license or a registration certificate and gives the Chief Administrator of the Motor Vehicle Commission the power to enforce the prescribed penalties.
The SJTA will provide the MVC with evidence of the violations, including names, addresses and license plate numbers of violators, along with the number of violations and the amount of tolls and fees owed. The MVC will mail each violator a Scheduled Registration Suspension Notice to inform them that their registrations will be suspended in 25 days and will include a telephone number to call for payment.
If violators make payment arrangements acceptable to the SJTA, they will avoid a registrations suspension. If violators fail to make payment arrangements their registration will be suspended and will remain suspended until outstanding tolls and fees are paid.
Owners who operate a vehicle with a suspended registration face severe penalties under state law that includes fines, additional suspension periods and jail time. In addition, the vehicle may be impounded by law enforcement.
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Both the Houston-based U.S. Rice Producers Association (USRPA) and the U.S. Rice Producers Group of the USA Rice Federation sent letters of protest and met with USDA Farm Service Agency officials to ask them to rescind its announcement of a 75-cent discount on rice with light stain.
According to a press release issued June 20, USDA's Farm Service Agency will impose the discount on rice that contains five lightly stained or stained kernels in a 500-gram sample. The discount would be applied to rough rice being forfeited to the government in lieu of repayment of a CCC loan.
"FSA believes it is trying to protect the taxpayer from forfeited rice which has a market value lower than the amount originally loaned," said Dwight Roberts, president and CEO of the Rice Producers Association.
"And while we applaud their goal, we believe FSA has inadvertently caused many producers potential harm, not just those who might decide to forfeit their collateral next year rather than repay a 2002/03 crop year loan."
In discussions in recent weeks, USDA officials have said they want to resolve the issue, he said.
In a letter to FSA Administrator James Little, Roberts said the USRPA believes the new discount fails to accomplish its intended goal, while generating "painful unintended consequences."
Rice producers are not contesting that rice with blemishes should be discounted, he said. They argue that the USDA decision amounts to the government establishing what has been a market function in the past.
"Unfortunately, the Department has effectively fixed the minimum discount for light stain at 75 cents," he said. "The market might have, at various times, taken 15 cents or 40 cents or refused to take the rice at any price. Now, regardless of crop or demand conditions, the minimum discount is likely to be $0.75, if only because USDA says so."
Both the U.S. Rice Producers Group and the Rice Millers Association have also sent letters to Agriculture Secretary Ann Veneman, expressing opposition to the 75-cent discount. Their response was developed in separate meetings in Dallas.
They asked that the Agriculture Department delay implementation of the new discount for the 2002 rice crop and work with the industry to develop an equitable discount and a protocol for the application of such a discount.
Roberts says that the USRPA, which represents rice farmers in Arkansas, California, Mississippi, Missouri and Texas, believes that the interference of the new discount in the operation of the commercial market is unnecessary and inadvisable.
"The first unintended consequence is that mills and driers will henceforth be given a strong financial incentive to claim that all of their receipts have light stain, and take the 75-cent discount," Roberts said. "The Department's assertion that the new discount will not be part of the loan calculation will in all likelihood be disproved, as warehousemen will react to this incentive by protecting themselves against future claims.
"They will do so by making every effort to find and note light stain at time of delivery. All over the rice belt, farmers, especially those who are not members of cooperatives, will see their cash receipts threatened by 20 percent reductions relative to the current value of rough rice."
He said a 500-gram sample of the current most popular long grain variety, "Cocodrie," would contain about 28,000 individual rice kernels. A total of six kernels out of this 500-gram sample will amount to 0.02 percent.
"The classification of six of these kernels as 'slightly off color' will be subjective and subject to dispute," Roberts noted. "The Federal Grain Inspection Service (FGIS) does not have sufficient staff to even begin handling all of the appeals that will likely result from this policy."
If a producer stores his or her rice on-farm, pledges that rice against a loan calculated only by class and state, and then defaults on the loan, the Commodity Credit Corp. is not protected if the farmer eventually makes physical delivery of rice that can be discounted so heavily that its value falls short of the original loan, USRPA says.
"A discount for "light stain", applied at delivery to the federally licensed warehouse, only further worsens this problem and further encourages that warehouseman to find light stain," says Roberts.
"Otherwise, may we expect that Kansas City will soon instruct that all loans on all farm-stored rice be reduced by 75 cents per hundredweight to protect from poor post-harvest handling?"
Nor is the Department protected on loan defaults from licensed storage, he said. Since light stain is not a grading factor, warehouses have in the past not noted the defect on their warehouse receipts. If delivery happened to be made, a re-inspection for light stain would force the warehouseman to either absorb the 75-cent discount or try to get it back from the farmer.
"All this will do is further enrich the legal profession and bankrupt rice storage facilities across the Belt," says Roberts.
If, meanwhile, the Commodity Credit Corp. instructs licensed warehouses to add light stain to their warehouse receipts, then the new discount has become a de facto part of the loan calculation, he said, and many farmers will receive lower rice loans as a result.
"In our opinion, the Department would have been better advised to begin the process of formally changing the rice Grade Standards, Roberts said. "Since light stain is 'officially' recognized by FGIS, and inspections and appeals for light stain are already common, it makes little sense not to revise the official standards to reflect commercial reality. This would avoid the inconsistencies of discounting for a specification, which does not determine the official grade of the rice."
With the 2002 rice harvest set to begin in Louisiana and Texas, rice leaders believe USDA must act quickly to prevent the new discount from being applied to rice going into storage.
USRPA is also asking that USDA begin work on establishing new standards for heat damage in rice and invite industry comment on the new proposals and standards. "Only by changing the standards can the new discount operate in a fair and commercially reasonable manner," said Roberts.


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The 11th Doctor: Oh and delete your internet history
Doctor Who The Eleventh Hour 2008
Yesterday when I woke up I found that once again the meme of "Zilla the non-existent" had spread again.
As I have met Zilla in person, visited her in the Hospital and interviewed her the meme was quickly proven wrong.
To his credit, on seeing this evidence the person in question apologized and deleted tweets to that effect as his honor demanded but the entire topic raises an interesting point concerning the net.
Everyone makes mistakes and although search engines make the internet smaller it is impossible for one to see everything on it.
It is also true that even if you have corrected a mistake your old posts might bite you back. Here is an example.
Pat Adkins has a blog I check occasionally called The Thinking Americanist
He's right on some things (guns) wrong on others Right to Work and he dislikes my closest friend on the net, but on occasion shows real promise (trust not in princes…great post that).
Well he had a few things to say about my friend Zilla last year(all emphasis mine)
In July:
….and yes, you are faking your illness, a well-known and well respected professional blogger, who gets PAID to do write and blog told me so.
And September
The only thing I said about Zilla, was that I heard, from a good friend of mine; who is a Conservative, who gets paid rather well to blog; that Zilla was faking her illness. I know nothing about, nor have I ever said anything about her husband. If someone is saying anything about her husband, it is not me at all. Furthermore, I have never said anything about Zilla taking a trip anywhere either. If my friend was wrong and he could have very well been misinformed, so be it. But I simply told what I heard from what, I believe was a very good source.
Considering Pat's source was not only a friend but a "paid journalist" one can certainly see why he would believe it, after all I have several sources of my own that if they told me something I would believe it at once.
However after interview in the Hospital with Zilla went up and he was made aware of it Pat did the right thing in style with a post I will reproduce here in full.
A while back I wrote some stuff about a Blogger, that I had heard some stuff about.
Well, based upon what I have seen Here and Here, I publicly retract what I wrote about "Zilla, of the Resistance"
Now that I have actually seen the video. I am convinced. To my defense, I just repeated what I was told.
Well, someone was full of crap and I now, and rightly so, feel like the world's greatest asshole.
If I had the extra hundred bucks; I would pop it in her tip jar and in Dan's ; but I do not have it, so I can't. But those who read this blog can.
Public retraction, public apology mea culpa and tip jar request for Zilla. One can certainly not fault Pat's efforts he went above and beyond a simple correction in a very honorable way. He also proved himself a loyal friend as he didn't burn his pal who burned him.
He did however, make a basic mistake that I didn't notice until today and I'll wager he hasn't noticed it either: He forgot to update the previous posts linking to the correction post.
Now perhaps he figured regular readers who saw the old posts he linked to would naturally see the new. he might have counted on the trackbacks from the correction post to show up in comments or he might have been busy calling his friend for giving him bad info making him look bad.
The problem becomes if another blogger saw the old post and quoted and linked to them, those other blogs now become the primary source for other people and search engines who see the old mistake uncorrected and take it from there.
The point being I suspect this kind of thing happens all the time, it's the nature of the internet and the blogosphere, there is not much a person can do about it, whether it is a bad post or a porn video shot years before, it's almost impossible to permanently correct the record on the net, bad info is going to get out there and it is impossible to completely purge it.
So take that as a lesson the next time you prepare to upload a photo, repeat some gossip or say something that might embarrass you or someone else on the net. Take care and be aware.
Because no matter what the Doctor says you simply can't delete your internet history.


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Investigating the Influence of Surface Heat Flux on the North Atlantic Circulation and Global Climate
OCCI Funded Project: 2007Abstract
The circulation in the North Atlantic Ocean greatly influences the climate of the surrounding countries. The high heat capacity of the large-scale ocean currents makes it possible for the Atlantic water to warm the atmosphere in the surrounding countries quite significantly. Understanding how the ocean responds to variations in global forcing is, naturally, an important ingredient in any climate scenario, especially those dealing with the North Atlantic sector. In particular, I propose to answer the following question: How do changes in the surface buoyancy forcing of the North Atlantic Ocean influence the strength of the horizontal flow between the equator and the polar regions? I propose to investigate, both analytically and experimentally, the response of such horizontal flow, and consequently of the North Atlantic overturning circulation, to changes in the surface buoyancy forcing in the presence of background rotation. I will conduct laboratory experiments using a new infrared technology which allows a free adjustment of the temperature in the tank.Fresh water will be heated from above by an infra-red lamp, and then, as the warm water will move away from the heat source, it will naturally cool at the surface. This forcing is similar to that in the ocean, which absorbs solar radiation in a relatively thin surface layer at low latitudes and loses most of this energy through evaporation at higher latitudes. New scaling laws will also be developed in which the length and temperature scales are obtained as a function of the radiative forcing, rather than being imposed by the geometry of the experiment. Previous studies used fixed temperature and/or fixed heat flux forcing. The novelty of the proposed study is the presence of background rotation together with the new forcing technique described above. Finally, the proposed research will assist in the understanding of how future or past changes in the North Atlantic Ocean surface buoyancy forcing affect the overturning circulation and the climate of the surrounding regions. The project will be performed in collaboration with a visiting European scientist.


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Episode 019 sees SPAZ return from the grave!
Sorry to have been away for so long. I'm am incredibly happy to be able to present this interview with Seattle hardcore/metal virtuosos Smooth Sailing along with four tracks from their brand new debut full-length record XOXO. The interview was recorded on March 23rd, 2011.
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Episode 18 is in the barn! The Barnhouse was an awesome, short-lived house show venue in the University District of Seattle, WA. Michael, the dude what made it happen, still puts on shows occasionally at his new digs, but it doesn't have a fancy name that I know of, so I'm lumping it all under The Barnhouse! In addition, you get two extra songs from bands that haven't played the venue, because I'm cool like that. Enjoy!
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Episode 17 chums the waters with an interview with Seattle heavy hardcore outfit Requin! This interview was recorded on July 1st, 2010 in Seattle, WA.
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This interview was recorded on June 15th, 2010 in Seattle, WA. I talk with current members of the band Crutches about their previous band Marginal Way.
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Check out Liberacion Fest 2010 at El Corazon on July 4th!
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Episode 15 is out of order! Normally the first Monday of each month is dedicated to an interview episode. However, this month's interview has been slightly delayed, so rather than post an interview late, I decided to switch this month's episodes around. So, for episode 15, you get a new radio episode, and episode 16 will feature an interview. Hopefully things will be back to normal after that, with another interview for episode 17 and a radio episode for 18.
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Episode 14 is something that rhymes with fourteen! The Grn Strp Haus has been busy lately, so I think it's high time that I highlited a few more of the excellent bands that have played there. Unfortunately, the venue has a limited lifespan left, as it will be closing its doors at the end of the summer when it's current residents (as awesome a bunch of people as ever there were) move on to greener pastures.
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Lucky episode thirteen! This episode was recorded on April 22, 2010 in Seattle, WA.
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Episode 12 wraps up the FBK House (for now!) and introduces music from shows at Squid & Ink, a recently-closed vegan cafe in south Seattle.
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Episode 11 is a prime number! This interview was recorded on February 13th, 2010 in Seattle, WA.
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Episode 10 is dedicated to my friends Rev and Liz, a beautiful punk rock couple who just tied the knot! Congratulations to both of you!
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LOS ANGELES – Robert Rizzo, accused of massive corruption in a small California city, was apparently still pulling strings when he quietly arranged to plead no contest to 69 charges, only days before he was to go on trial on charges of misappropriation of funds and related crimes.
His co-defendant and former top assistant, Angela Spaccia, was taken by surprise Thursday and was left with the prospect of standing trial alone with Rizzo becoming the key prosecution witness against her.
She was due in court at a pretrial hearing Friday.
His lawyer said Rizzo would blame Spaccia for the brazen financial corruption scandal that drove the modest Los Angeles suburb of Bell to the brink of bankruptcy.
"Mr. Rizzo, up until the time Angela Spaccia started with the city, made reasonable salaries," said attorney James Spertus. "Mr. Rizzo doesn't know how the retirement fund worked, how the salaries are processed." He said she changed the way business was done in Bell.
District Attorney Jackie Lacey agreed not to announce Rizzo's plea until the hearing before Superior Court Judge Kathleen Kennedy was over and Rizzo had left the criminal courts building. His trial was to have begun Monday.
Spaccia's attorney, Harland Braun, said her case would go forward and she was confident of being absolved.
He said he was dismayed with a system that allowed Rizzo to accept the inducement of a lenient sentence to testify against a former co-defendant.
"This is a sick stunt," said Braun. "He has obviously made a deal to drag down Angela in order to get a light sentence."
District Attorney Jackie Lacey said prosecutors had cut no plea deals with Rizzo.
"Although we were prepared to go to trial and felt confident we could convict Mr. Rizzo of all charges, we are pleased he chose to admit his guilt and accept full responsibility for the irreparable harm he caused the people of Bell," Lacey said in a statement.
Kennedy told Rizzo during the unannounced hearing that he would be sentenced to between 10 and 12 years in prison. He could have received a maximum of 70 years on all counts. His lawyer said he could reasonably expect to be released on parole in five to six years.
Rizzo was charged with stealing more than $5 million from the blue-collar city of Bell, where one in four people live below the federal poverty line.
"Mr. Rizzo is trying to send a clear message that he accepts responsibility for wrongdoing," said Spertus. "He made mistakes and he's trying to make amends for that."
Rizzo became symbolic of the widespread city government scandal after it was revealed in 2010 that he was giving himself an annual salary and benefits package of $1.5 million. His $800,000 salary alone was double that of the president of the United States.
When he was arrested, he was living in an expensive home in the upscale oceanfront community of Huntington Beach and owned a thoroughbred horse ranch in Washington state. He posted $2 million bail to get out of jail.
Authorities said he paid most members of the City Council some $100,000 a year, even though the panel meets only about twice a month to handle matters for the city of about 35,000 people.
Rizzo, 59, is scheduled to be sentenced on March 12.
Spertus said his client also plans to plead guilty to federal tax charges and resolve a lawsuit filed by the state attorney general
Spertus made it clear that Rizzo's plea included the agreement to cooperate with authorities still prosecuting other figures in the Bell corruption scandal, including his former top assistant, Spaccia, charged with 13 counts of corruption.
Authorities say Spaccia was paid more than $375,000 a year.
Last March, five former Bell City Council members were convicted of fraud charges after jurors determined they paid themselves salaries for sitting on boards and commissions that did no work and existed only to pay the defendants. The council members had blamed Rizzo for that, saying he assured them they were doing nothing wrong.
A jury deadlocked on some charges against the city officials and they are awaiting a new trial.
Authorities accused Rizzo of diverting gas taxes and other funds to pay the exorbitant salaries and of illegally raising property taxes to one of the highest levels in Los Angeles County even though Bell is one of its poorest cities.
As more allegations surfaced, angry residents complained that their modest city of just 2.5 square miles had been widely embarrassed. A recall campaign ended with every council member being voted out of office. By then, the council had fired Rizzo and Spaccia.
Longtime Bell resident Ali Saleh, a leader of the recall campaign, expressed mixed feelings about Rizzo's plea.
"This is a bittersweet moment for the residents of Bell," said Saleh, now a member of the Bell City Council. "We have really fought hard and have been waiting for over three years for this moment, but the reality is that without a trial we don't get to learn more about how deep the corruption went and who all was involved."
California Assembly Member Cristina Garcia, who was a moving force in the recall group called Basta said, "Closing this chapter validates the residents' efforts in Bell. It reminds us that an informed and involved public can take their government back and that justice can be served."


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TV and radio stations are cutting back everywhere, shedding and trimming salaries wherever they can.
And no one is immune.
News anchors are picking up additional work, which is why you see them at odd hours, filling in for vacationing colleagues -- often for no additional pay. TV news producers have added web responsibilities -- with no additional pay.
Angelo Cataldi, arguably WIP's franchise player, is now about seven weeks from the expiration of his contract, and around the station there's nervous buzz because a new deal is not at hand. He's been there nearly 20 years.
By this time of the year, staffers would have met to start planning the annual Wing Bowl. That has not happened, though my sources assure me that Wing Bowl will go on Feb. 5, 2010.
Cataldi took my call Friday and confirmed that talks had been "more difficult than in the past." He did not disclose sticking points. His agent, Steve Mountain, declined to comment.
In an e-mail Sunday, station manager Marc Rayfield wrote: "Discussions are moving along slowly as they often do, but they are moving along."
Cataldi needs WIP just as WIP needs Cataldi.
When asked what he would do if he didn't re-sign, Cataldi retorted: "How would I know? I'm under contract."
What else is out there. There are few TV jobs that pay his seven-figure salary, and none in this market. I suppose -- theorically -- that the other sports-talk station in town could hire him, but it's even unlikelier that Greater Media could afford him.
Money might not even be the issue. Cataldi not only has done quite well for himself over the years, he's considered to be a shrewd investor.
What I sense here is a matter of principle: With orders to cut payroll, CBS and other media giants are in a bind. If they re-sign a high-priced talent at a higher price, or even the same price, other personalities can use the point in their own negotiations. Conversely, if Cataldi does settle for less, it hurts the bargaining position of the rest of the talent out there.


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|Sarah Palin asks Joe Biden, 'Can I Call You Joe?' (2008)
As the 2008 vice presidential candidates took the stage, a record 70 million Americans watching, Palin shook Biden's hand and asked if he wouldn't mind being called, "Joe." But why? Was Palin just being friendly… or was it something else, a bit of folksy guile designed to throw Biden off his game?
Neither, as it turns out.
Palin explains in her memoir: "During rehearsals, I accidently called [debate prep partner] Randy 'Senator O'Biden'… We laughed about it but knew that if I said it even once during the debate, it would be disastrous. Then somebody said, 'You ought to just call him Joe.' ... So that's what we decided I would do. We had no idea my mic would already be hot when I walked onstage, crossed over to his turf, and said, "Can I call you Joe?"
Aides and independent reports have confirmed her account.
Tune in to ABCNews.com on Thursday for livestreaming coverage of the 2012 Vice Presidential Debate moderated by ABC's Martha Raddatz in Danville, Ky. Coverage kicks off with ABC News' live preview show at noon, and full debate coverage begins at 8 p.m.
|Lloyd Bentsen to Dan Quayle: You're No JFK (1988)
Perhaps the most celebrated political putdown in modern American history. Bentsen, a veteran senator from Texas, along with the debate moderators had been pressing the 41-year-old Quayle about his relative lack of experience in office.
"Three times that I have had this question and I'll try to answer it again for you," Quayle told moderator Tom Brokaw, eventually arguing he had "as much experience in the Congress as Jack Kennedy did when he sought the presidency."
And with that, Bentsen drew his dagger.
"Senator," he said, "I served with Jack Kennedy. I knew Jack Kennedy. Jack Kennedy was a friend of mine. Senator, you're no Jack Kennedy."
Quayle and the presidential candidate, George H. W. Bush, would get the last laugh, as Bush trounced Democratic nominee Michael Dukakis in the November election. It would, however, be Quayle's last gig in government. He now works for a private equity firm.
|When Dick Cheney 'Met' John Edwards (2004)
Cheney, like Joe Biden when he steps onto the stage with Paul Ryan Thursday night, was tasked with reversing a negative trend that began when his boss, President George W. Bush, struggled during an opening debate with Sen. John Kerry.
To do the job, Cheney brought along a few "zingers," the most memorable launched during an assault on Edwards's attendance record in the Senate.
"Your hometown newspaper has taken to calling you 'Senator Gone,'" Cheney said. "The first time I ever met you was when you walked on the stage tonight."
(Note: Cheney was wrong. Both he and Edwards were both in the room for the 2001 National Prayer Breakfast. Cheney even name-dropped his future foe.)
Later in their debate, Edwards (like Kerry during his debate), brought up Cheney's daughter's sexuality while answering a question about a Republican effort to push Gay Marriage ban amendment to the Constitution.
"I think the vice president and his wife love their daughter," Edwards told moderator Gwen Ifil. "I think they love her very much. And you can't have anything but respect for the fact that they're willing to talk about the fact that they have a gay daughter, the fact that they embrace her. It's a wonderful thing."
Whatever Cheney felt at the moment -- surprise, anger, confusion, or genuine appreciation, we might never know – he replied in a measured tone.
"Let me simply thank the senator for the kind words he said about my family and our daughter," he said. "I appreciate that very much."
|'Why' Is Admiral James Stockdale Here? (1992)
It's the question the former Vietnam prisoner of war posed himself, by way of introduction during his three-way debate with then-Sen. Al Gore and incumbent Vice President Dan Quayle.
"Who am I? Why am I here?" Stockdale joked to approving laughter and applause. But when the 68-year-old stumbled through other parts of the debate, at one point asking the moderator, ABC News political chief Hal Bruno, to repeat a question because he didn't have his "hearing aid turned on," that turned into a punchline.
|George H.W. Bush 'Helps' Geraldine Ferraro 'With That' (1984)
An historic encounter – Ferraro was the first woman to run on a presidential ticket – went memorably bad for the incumbent vice president and future commander-in-chief George H. W. Bush.
When the debate turned to foreign policy matters, Bush, a former CIA director, said, "let me help you with the difference, Ms. Ferraro, between Iran and the embassy in Lebanon."
"I almost resent, Vice President Bush, your patronizing attitude that you have to teach me about foreign policy," then-Congresswoman Ferraro shot back
Bush's standing wasn't helped the next day, when speaking off the cuff to a handful of longshoreman he was caught on tape saying, "I think we did kick a little ass last night."
Not that any of it hurt President Ronald Reagan, who roared past Democrat Walter Mondale in winning a second term.
|Bob Dole Does A Body Count (1976)
The first ever vice presidential debate took place in Houston and pitted future Republican presidential nominee Bob Dole, then a senator from Kansas, against Walter Mondale, another senator who would go on to lose an election atop his party's ticket.
Dole used the occasion to blame the Democratic party for the bloody mess of wars that had culminated in Vietnam.
"If we added up the killed and wounded in the Democrat wars in this century, it would be about 1.6 million Americans, enough to fill the city of Detroit," Dole said.
Mondale, apparently warned he'd hear something like it, told viewers, "Senator Dole has richly earned his reputation as a hatchet man tonight."
But it wasn't all war dead and hatchet men. Dole, in criticizing presidential candidate Jimmy Carter for giving an interview to Playboy Magazine, said he'd "give him the bunny vote."
|Al Gore And Jack Kemp Get Bromantic On Stage (1996)
"I'd like to start by offering you a deal, Jack," Gore said early in this snoozefest. "If you won't use any football stories, I won't tell any of my warm and humorous stories about chlorofluorocarbon abatement."
Kemp replied, jovially enough, "It's a deal. I can't even pronounce it."
And then they stopped being so funny.
"As with past veep face-offs, the event was not expected to shake up the presidential contest," CNN reported, "and it didn't."
|The Debate That Wasn't There (1980)
Squabbling over formats meant one of the Reagan-Carter debates was shelved – they'd share the stage only once – and the running mates never got to meet at all. George H. W. Bush wouldn't see primetime until four years later, when he met Geraldine Ferraro, and Walter Mondale, too, would have to wait another four years, when he'd win the Democratic nomination before losing in a landslide to Ronald Reagan.


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However this is not the only way of communicating with the Emulator Nexus community and the staff team!
A bit further down we'll introduce a new platform for real-time chat. But first, let's take a look at what existing channels there are.
Over at @VeniceUnleashed you can follow important real-time announcements as we make them.
Especially useful to find out when events like the Open Bughunting Seasons are going live, when a critical update is pushed or when a server is going to restart after maintenance.
Our subreddit /r/veniceunleashed serves as an alternative platform to the forums.
You already know reddit and don't want to get used to phpBB? Head over to reddit and ask your questions there!
The IRC is a realtime chat service that we've been using since 2012. It's so far been the best way of getting support as fast as possible, providing users with a way of chatting with staff members live.
For information on how to join, click here.
However we're happy to announce that there is now an even better alternative.
Introducing: Discord
Discord provides everything that IRC does, and much more.
For instance, here are a few of Discord's features:
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KEFKIT4 was the kit version of the Cresta system.
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FRIDAY, July 19 (HealthDay News) -- A treatment in which progressively larger servings of milk are given to children with milk allergies provides long-term protection for some youngsters, but others lose their tolerance over time, a new study says.
The investigators also found that many children continued to have intermittent symptoms and some had severe allergic reactions even after showing improvement in the early stages of treatment.
Previous research on this form of so-called "oral immunotherapy" showed promise. But the first long-term study of the treatment showed the need for more studies with longer follow-up, said the researchers from the Johns Hopkins Children's Center, in Baltimore.
"While many children were clearly better off with treatment, our results raise troubling questions about the long-term risk for future reactions among children treated with this approach," lead investigator and pediatric allergist Dr. Corinne Keet said in a center news release.
Senior investigator Dr. Robert Wood, director of the center's division of pediatric allergy and immunology, added: "Our results are a clear 'proceed with caution' sign. While we've been excited about this treatment, we also knew there were many questions that had to be answered. Our findings provide some of those critical answers."
The study included 32 children with milk allergies who were followed for three to five years after they completed the therapy. By the end of the original treatment, all but three of the children showed some improvement and were able to consume at least some milk.
Eight children remained symptom-free over the long term, 12 had frequent allergy symptoms when they drank milk and seven eventually stopped consuming milk or were limited to very small amounts. Six children suffered serious allergic reactions, the study authors said.
The study was published online recently in the Journal of Allergy and Clinical Immunology.
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Vol. XXXV (2011) Edward Burne-Jones Special Issue
Edited by Sandra Coley Hon. FMGP
Frontispiece: William Jeffrey, Photograph of Edward Burne-Jones at Age 28 or 29 5
East to West: Waltham Abbey and Birmingham Cathedral (with A. E. Housman in mind) Amanda Harrison 7
Guest Editorial: 'As good work as I do': Burne-Jones and Stained Glass Fiona MacCarthy 8
Painter-designer or Designer-painter? John Christian 18
Edward Burne-Jones and William Morris in the United States: A Study of Influence Albert M. Tannler 43
Vast Acres and Fleeting Ecstasies Brian Clarke 61
'Pure gold, clear as glass': Burne-Jones in Transition and the Lyndhurst New Jerusalem Martin Harrison 67
Edward Burne-Jones's Account Books with Morris & Company (1861-1900): An Annotated Edition Douglas E. Schoenherr 78
Notes to the Reader: Burne-Jones's Account Books Douglas E. Schoenherr 120
Transcript: Burne-Jones's Account Books with Morris & Company Vol. 1 (1861-1882) and Vol. 2 (1882-1900) Douglas E. Schoenherr 123
Annotated Checklist of Edward Burne-Jones's Designs for Morris & Company in Order of Entry in his Account Books Douglas E. Schoenherr 184
Addenda to 'The "Cartoon Book" and Morris & Company's Sale of Burne-Jones's Cartoons in 1901-1904' Douglas E. Schoenherr 240
Stained Glass Workers Employed by James Powell & Sons and by Morris, Marshall, Faulkner & Company and Morris & Company: a Biographical Listing Tony Benyon 242
Stained Glass Windows by Judith Schaechter Among Eastern State Penitentiary's Iron Bars: 'The Battle of Carnival and Lent' Edith Newhall 258
Prizes and Awards from the Worshipful Company of Glaziers and Painters of Glass 2011 Adelle Corrin 265
Portfolio of New Work by Fellows and Associates 2011 270
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Conservation of a Concept: Research, Design and Manufacture of the Stained Glass in the Royal Apartments of Stirling Castle Linda Cannon and Rab MacInnes 282
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Becksmann, Rudiger, Die Mittelalterlichen Glasmalereien in Freiburg in Breisgau (James Bugslag) 292
Heighway, Carolyn, et al., Gloucester Cathedral: Faith, Art and Architecture: 1000 Years (Peter Cormack) 298
Haward, Anne, The Stained Glass Windows of Rosemary Rutherford: an Annotated Catalogue with Photographs (Peter Cormack) 300
Jenkins, Moses, ed., Building Scotland: Celebrating Scotland's Traditional Building Materials (Elizabeth Cumming) 301
Yarnall, James L., John La Farge, A Biographical and Critical Study (Julie L. Sloan) 303
Wilmers, Gertrude De G. and Sloan, Julie L., Frederick Crowninshield: A Renaissance Man in the Gilded Age (Lance Kasparian) 305
Holmes, Pearl (Spot) et al., The Windows of Grace and St. Stephen's Episcopal Church, Colorado Springs, Colorado (Julie L. Sloan) 306
Leroux, John, Glorious Light: The Stained Glass of Fredericton (Peter Cormack) 308
Porter, J. S., The Glass Art of Sarah Hall (Helen Robinson) 310
The BSMGP Library Geoffrey Lane 311
Obituary: Duke of Grafton 1919-2011 Alfred Fisher 313
Obituary: Lawrence Lee 1909-2011 Philippa Martin 314
Obituary: Harry Harvey 1922-2011 Jeffrey Harvey 318
Obituary: Adelle Corrin 1947-2011 Daniel B. Hawkins and Phillida Shaw 321


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A PRIVATE Blackburn school has formally submitted its application to become a free school.
Queen Elizabeth Grammar School in West Park Road, has submitted its 130-page document to the Department for Education requesting approval for the change in status.
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It comes as pupil numbers fell from a high of 1,200 in 1997 to 478 in 2012.
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this is out my bedroom window
Oh my gosh!! Must be freezing. I wouldn't want snow that badly.
Thanks for sharing the photo. C:
(I'm from Texas)
Beautiful I hope the snow we have here gets to stay over christmas
wow! i live in the Philippines and although i have been to a ski resort and walked in thick snow, i have never experienced falling snow. i want to experience that some day although i know it will be somewhat uncomfortable for me. enjoy your white Christmas!
That's what it looked like outside this morning here! I was so excited (love snow), but then the rain came & melted it all away again. I don't want a green Christmas! It's plain unnatural for northern New England!
Looks like the kind of rain and snow I used to see on Long Island where I grew up. Love the picture. Thanks.
We need snow here in Alaska, to warm us up! This morning it was -9F, so I am grateful for warm fuzzy socks and steaming cups of hot chocolate!
-9 degrees !?!?!?! and I was whining about the "feels like" 34 we had here walking around to see Christmas lights tonight in the park. I am soooo s southern girl. I only like lots of cold and snow when I'm skiing.
I miss snow Our last winter in the US gave us lots of snow, we're lucky if we see rain here in the desert.
LOVE the snow! We got about 6 inches here after Christmas, but it's melting away now...
This is my neighbor's trees...
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And our dog coming back in from patrolling the backyard...
The snow clings to his long fur and makes little snowballs in the fur!
Oh Mags, I love your dog with the snow on him! Priceless pic!
Thanks, Janet - isn't that a cute picture?! Of course, I had to pull off all of those snowballs before he went inside!!
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He's cute, Mags.... What breed & how old is he?
He's an American Cocker Spaniel - black and tan. We adopted him from a shelter when he was two - so he's around 5 now.
It's a whiteout right now here. I'll have to take some pictures tomorrow and post them. I love the snow (as long as I don't have to drive or walk in it) lol!
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WB Airs New "Half-Blood Prince" Highlight Reel, New Harry Montage at Cinema Expo
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Warner Bros has new promotional footage of the upcoming Harry Potter and the Half-Blood Prince that is being unveiled at industry events. The Hollywood Reporter has a new article online saying a "brief montage of clips" was broadcast Cinema Expo 2008 in Amsterdam. The report continues to note that "Daniel Radcliffe also introduced a "Harry" retrospective. Warners international distribution president Veronika Kwan-Rubinek told exhibitors that "Prince" would be distributed in "digital, 35mm and Imax, with select scenes in 3-D."
Readers will recall yesterday we learned of the new "Half-Blood Prince" logo poster that was shown at this same event. We do not know what footage or scenes from HBP were specifically shown at this event, and if anyone was in attendance, please send in your reports!
Update: Variety is also reporting this same news as well, however noting the footage of "Half-Blood Prince" was shown during the Harry Montage introduced by Dan Radcliffe. Their report also contains this bit of eye-popping news: "The "Harry Potter" franchise has taken a whopping $4.48 billion worldwide to date."
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MOODY William "Bill" Moody, age 58, went to be with the Lord and his wife, on Tuesday, March 5, 2013. William loved his kids and grandkids more than life itself. His second love was his profession. Little did he know that his mortician background would lead him to one of the biggest...Read More
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HANOI, Vietnam (AP) — A U.S.-trained human rights lawyer has been released early from a Vietnamese prison even as the Communist government intensifies its crackdown on activists and bloggers it sees as challenging one-party rule.
Le Cong Dinh was freed Wednesday for his "good abidance by prison rules," the online newspaper VnExpress reported. The Foreign Ministry confirmed the early release Thursday in a brief statement to The Associated Press.
Dinh had handled high-profile human rights cases and once represented Vietnamese fish farmers fighting a trade complaint brought by U.S. catfish growers. He also called for political pluralism within Vietnam and spoke critically of neighboring China's claims to disputed islands in the South China Sea.
He was arrested in 2009 and sentenced to five years in prison for conspiring to overthrow the government. He served a total three and a half years, since his sentence had already been reduced twice.
Dinh, 44, studied law at Tulane University in Louisiana on a Fulbright scholarship and later was vice chairman of the Ho Chi Minh City Bar Association.
His release comes as Vietnam's crackdown on dissent has intensified, with 35 activists given lengthy jail terms over the past month for subversion.
"We welcome the decision by Vietnamese authorities to grant humanitarian release to lawyer Le Cong Dinh," U.S. Embassy spokesman Christopher Hodges said. "Human rights continue to be a fundamental part of our bilateral engagement with Vietnam, including advocating for the release of all political prisoners."
Western governments have criticized Vietnam for jailing people for peacefully expressing their views. Hanoi maintains that only lawbreakers are locked up.
An annual dialogue on human rights between the U.S. and Vietnam was not held in 2012, underscoring how Vietnam's worsening treatment of dissidents over the last two years has complicated efforts to strengthen ties with its former wartime adversary. The crackdown has followed a downturn in Vietnam's once-robust economy.
Last week, Vietnam released Nguyen Quoc Quan, an American citizen who was arrested at Ho Chi Minh City's airport in April after arriving on a flight from the United States. Quan is a member of Viet Tan, a nonviolent pro-democracy group that Vietnam has labeled a terrorist outfit.
Quan said he smuggled out of Vietnam a petition by the blogger Nguyen Van Hai, known as Dieu Cay or "Tobacco Pipe," who received a 12-year sentence in September on charges of spreading "propaganda against the state."
Hai is a founding member of the "Free Journalists' Club," a group of citizen journalists who posted their work on the Internet. A judge upheld the sentence in late December.
Hai's petition says his September trial in Ho Chi Minh City was not fair, open, independent or non-biased.
"It has broken Vietnam's image as a law-abiding state in the eyes of international friends," Hai wrote, according to a copy of his petition given to the Associated Press by Viet Tan.
Reached by email Friday, Quan said Hai's ideas "cannot be confined within the walls of a prison cell."
"I felt the world has to know that Vietnam's prisoners of conscience are enduring, even in prison," Quan said. He declined to say how he smuggled Hai's petition out of the country.


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Want to look rocker chic and sexy? Well, you should because the look is so hot right now. After seeing everyone at the Met Gala rock the punk look, we sought out the perfect hair and makeup combination to score that sexy style. JLo, obviously, was the chica to master it. Here's how to get a badass fauxhawk, courtesy of celeb stylist Marcos Carrasquillo.
Pull your hair into a high ponytail at the crown of your head. Spray the sides and front with an extra hold hairspray and comb through it to tease your hair. We like L'Oréal Paris Elnett Satin Extra Strong Hold Hairspray. Make sure not to touch the bangs—this will be done as the last step. Use hot rollers to curl the bottom tips of your hair and pin them to the crown of your hair, leaving them in place for 15 to 20 minutes. Once your hair is fully curled, comb each side very tight and pull your hair as if you're creating a high ponytail. Spray hairspray liberally to the sides to tighten. Tease your bangs and use a dry shampoo like L'Oréal Paris EverStyle Texture Series Energizing Dry Shampoo to give it texture. Spray them with hairspray very lightly and twist them to the back-giving them a "swoosh" effect. Pin any flyways where needed.
Makeup artist Mary Phillips told us how she created JLo's dark smoky eye look.
Prep Your Skin
I lightly patted LOreal's Revitalift Triple Power Eye Treatment, to the lower eye skin region. The skin beneath the eye is different, and more sensitive and prone to discoloration, and well as textural change (a result of irritation, not enough sleep, and perhaps a change in diet) so it needs to be tended to differently. ORAC'S Age Protect Serum by Epicuren was applied all over. Apply LOreal's Ideal Moisture Even Tone to the forehead temples and cheeks and chin. It has Vitamin C and Tourmaline Gem, which help to give that illuminated appearance with out having any color or shimmer in it. To seal it in, I applied one of my favorite skin products on the planet - Creme de la Mer in a stipling motion with my fingers all over, as well as to the neck.
Apply a Good Foundation
For that even toned complexion, I used L'Oreal's True Match Foundation in Caramel Beige W7, that I blended in with one of the greatest beauty tools, The Beauty Blender. I dampened that before application, so that the coverage would be more dew-like and fluid. I used L'Oreal True Match Crayon concealer in Light/ Medium Neutral N4-5, which ensured extra flawlessness. We used no powder at all, instead Tacha's blotting papers were patted along the T-Zone, which are great for absorbing any excess moisture, without disrupting the rest of the makeup.
FInd the Right Blush
Because we didn't want the skin to look "done", I applied just a little bit of L'Oreal's True Match blush in "Barley Blushing". This color casts the perfect amount of pop to your cheeks, and the texture and "blend-ability" are really great,especially if you're looking for skin to play a supporting role.
Focus on the Eyeshadow
The colors in L'Oreal's "Black Pump" 934 & "Sultry Seductress" 935 palette are so complimentary to an evening eye. They add the perfect amount of highlight and definition, without being over powering. An eye focused look should be very seamless and blended. Other ise you can see harsh lines, and instead of looking glamorous or dramatic, it just looks heavy and distracting. I used Senna's Mini Feather Brush #19, to apply the color on the lid, closest to the lash line in a zig zag motion. I used Senna's Feather Brush #15 in the creass as well as the bottom lash line, for a smokier effect.
Go Heavy on the Eyeliner
Kevyn Aucoin's "The Eye Pencil Primatif" in black is one of the blackest eyeliners I've ever used. It goes on smooth and can smudge easily for a smokier look, which was perfect when I applied it to the upper lash line and literally in between her upper and lower lashes—not above, not below, but squiggled in between the hairs. I then applied L'Oreal Voluminious Smolder Liner in Brown to the inner lash line.
Amplify Your Lashes
I started by curling the lashes with Kevyn Aucoin's eye lash curler. While looking straight ahead, insert your lashes, but don't close your eyes. Tilt the curler, so that the barrel of the curlers handles are towards your face, and the clamp is slightly outward. Insert and pump gently while you start to reverse the angle of the barrels outward and upward. So as you pump, you're moving the bottom part a little bit away from your face. I then applied 2 coats of L'Oreal Voluminous in Black to the front and back of the lashes, while moving the wand in a curling twisting motion to both the top and bottom lashes.
Go Light on the Lips
L'Oreals Infallible Le Rouge in Rich Topaz topped off with MAC'S Lip Glass gave a lip that was enough to get noticed, but not too much that it could've competed with the eyes. Sometimes a lip can be too pale or nude when you're trying to stay conscious of a look with a strong eye.
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