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TORRANCE, Calif., December 10, 2013 – Honda today released its ninth annual North American Environmental Report. Honda's ongoing efforts to reduce the environmental impact of its products and business operations resulted in a number of significant advancements, including a 9.5% year-over-year increase in the CO2-adjusted fleet average fuel economy[i] of model year 2012 Honda and Acura automobiles sold in the U.S., to 26.4 miles per gallon (mpg); a 16.2% year-over-year reduction in the CO2 emission intensity of automobile production in North America; and an 8% year-over-year reduction in CO2 emissions resulting from the shipment of finished products from factories to dealers in the U.S.
The 2013 Honda North American Environmental Report also details Honda's ongoing actions to effectively minimize the company's impact on the environment, including waste reduction, resource conservation and energy efficiency improvement. The report covers the period from April 1, 2012 to March 31, 2013 (fiscal year 2013) and is published digitally. The 2013 Honda North American Environmental Report is available for viewing and can be downloaded at http://corporate.honda.com/environment/2013-report.
2013 North American Environmental Report Highlights:
¨ Product Development
¨ Purchasing
¨ Manufacturing
¨ Sales and Service
¨ In Use
¨ Administration
¨ Environmental Business Innovation
¨ Global CO2 Targets – In 2011, Honda introduced a global target of reducing CO2 emissions from the in-use stage of its automobile, motorcycle, and power equipment product lines by 30 percent by 2020 (compared to year 2000 levels).
Additional information on Honda's environmental performance outside of North America can be found in Honda Motor Company's Environmental Report, with a focus on the company's activities in Japan – available at world.honda.com (or by clicking here).
Honda Executive Quote
"We have maintained a strong focus on the fuel efficiency of Honda and Acura products as the single most important step we can take to reduce our environmental impact," said Tetsuo Iwamura, President and CEO of Honda North America, Inc. "Beyond the products themselves, we are aggressively seeking new ways of applying Honda innovation to realize our vision for a sustainable society and clean mobility. This report is an important part of our effort to be transparent in reporting on our environmental impact and our efforts to achieve Honda's environmental vision."
Honda Environmental Leadership
Honda is a leader in the development of leading-edge technologies to improve fuel efficiency and reduce CO2 emissions. Honda has led the Union of Concerned Scientists (UCS) rankings of overall vehicle environmental performance since 2000, and a Honda vehicle has topped the list of America's greenest vehicles from the American Council for an Energy-Efficient Economy (ACEEE) for eleven out of the past twelve years. The company leads all automakers with twelve LEED-Certified "Green Buildings" in North America, and is producing products in North America with virtually zero-waste to landfill. In 2006, Honda became the first automaker to announce voluntary CO2 emissions reduction targets for its global fleet of automobile, power sports and power equipment products and its global network of manufacturing plants. In 2011, the company set a new CO2 emissions reduction targets for 2020, including a 30% reduction in CO2 emissions from its products compared with 2000 levels.
The ninth-generation Honda Accord was named as Green Car Journal's 2013 Green Car of the Year® during the Los Angeles Auto Show. The ninth-generation Accord is the first vehicle to apply Honda Earth Dreams Technology powertrains, with highly efficient 4-cylinder and V-6 engines, a sporty new CVT transmission, and an all-new two-motor gas-electric hybrid system that powers both the Accord Hybrid and Accord Plug-In. The Accord Sedan and Coupe with Earth Dreams Technology achieve both fun-to-drive performance and fuel efficiency at a very high level. The Accord Hybrid with Honda's new iMMD two-motor hybrid system has a 50 mpg EPA city fuel-economy rating[vi], the highest city EPA fuel-economy rating of any 4-door sedan in America. The 2014 Accord Plug-In sedan has an EPA-rated 115 MPGe combined fuel-economy rating vi in electric-only mode, the highest EPA fuel-economy rating of any 5-passenger, 4-door sedan in America.
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[i] Source: U.S. Environmental Protection Agency: Light-Duty Automotive Technology, Carbon Dioxide Emissions, and Fuel Economy Trends: 1975 through 2012, published March 2013
[ii] CO2 emissions from the consumption of electricity and natural gas, representing approximately 97 percent of energy consumed in the manufacturing of Honda and Acura products in North America.
[iii] Source: U.S. Environmental Protection Agency: Light-Duty Automotive Technology, Carbon Dioxide Emissions, and Fuel Economy Trends: 1975 through 2012, published March 2013
[iv] Source: U.S. Environmental Protection Agency: Light-Duty Automotive Technology, Carbon Dioxide Emissions, and Fuel Economy Trends: 1975 through 2012, published March 2013.
[v] Honda calculation using U.S. EPA exhaust emissions data. FY00-09 data is based on actual sales, and the 2010 and later data is based on production volumes. Some MY production is sold in later years (ex: a 2009 MY motorcycle that is sold new in 2011) and was omitted by the earlier method.
v Based on 2014 EPA mileage ratings. Use for comparison purposes only. Your actual mileage will vary depending driving conditions, how the vehicle is driven and maintained, battery pack age/condition and other factors.
vi 124 city/105 highway/115 combined miles per gallon of gasoline-equivalent (MPGe) electric rating; 47 city/46 highway/46 combined MPG gasoline only rating. 13 mile maximum EV mode driving range rating. 574 mile combined gas-electric driving range rating. Ratings determined by EPA. Use for comparison purposes only. Your MPGe/MPG and driving range will vary depending on driving conditions, how you drive and maintain your vehicle, battery age/condition, and other factors. For additional information about EPA ratings, visit http://www.fueleconomy.gov/feg/label/learn-more-PHEV-label.shtml


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Mamamia Website Apologises for 'Fat-Shaming' Roxane Gay
The Australian website Mamamia has apologised to feminist writer Roxane Gay for "cruel and humiliating" podcast interview, with the introduction text describing her "super-morbidly-obese frame" as "logistical nightmare".
Gay, the writer of Bad Feminist and Difficult Women, said her interview with Mia Freedman for Mamamia's No Filter podcast to promote her new book Hunger: A Memoir of (My) Body was "a shit show".
The interview, published on Monday, was accompanied with an introduction text and an article disclosing the website's preparation for interview with Gay.
"A lot of planning has to go into a visit from best-selling author … Roxane Gay," read the introduction text. "Will she fit into the office lift? How many steps will she have to take to get to the interview? Is there a comfortable chair that will accommodate her six-foot-three, 'super-morbidly obese' frame?"
Oh Mamamia. When good intentions just do so much damage… this is appalling pic.twitter.com/Kni2nKpvkp
— courtney robinson (@courtney_ro) June 13, 2017
In the accompanying article, which has now been deleted, Freedman said there were "more than a dozen exchanges" with Gay's team to discuss the logistics of her visit.
"I would never normally breach the confidence of what goes on behind the scenes while organising an interview but in this case, it's a fundamental part of her story and what her book is about," wrote Freedman.
"You see, Roxane Gay is…I'm searching for the right word to use here. I don't want to say fat so I'm going to use the official medical term: super morbidly obese … Her size is imposing and also a logistical nightmare for her."
Freedman went on to discuss Gay's publishers's enquiries about the number of steps to the studio, the availability of a sturdy, comfortable chair, and more.
Gay responded on Twitter, "I am appalled by Mamamia. It was a shit show. I can walk a fucking mile," she said. "'Can she fit into the lift?' Shame on you Mamamia."
I am appalled by Mamamia. It was a shit show. I can walk a fucking mile. https://t.co/14RNv2Ig0B
— roxane gay (@rgay) June 13, 2017
"Can she fit into the lift?" Shame on you @Mamamia https://t.co/14RNv2Ig0B
— roxane gay (@rgay) June 13, 2017
It is cruel and humiliating. https://t.co/XY2AU0XPFG
— roxane gay (@rgay) June 13, 2017
Mamamia issued an apology on Tuesday:
"As a publisher that's consistently championed body diversity and representation in the media, we believe the conversations sparked by Roxane's book are vitally important for women, and are disappointed our execution of this story hasn't contributed in the way we intended. We're deeply apologetic that in this instance we've missed the mark in contributing to this discussion.
In no way did Mamamia ever intend to make Roxane Gay feel disrespected and we apologise unequivocally that that was the unintended consequence, including to her publishing team who organised the visit and made the requests in good faith. We are mortified to think she would ever believe this to be the case or that we have upset someone we so deeply admire and respect."
Here is what Mia actually says to Roxane during the interview – and Roxane's response: pic.twitter.com/r3CSCWjXk9
— Jenna Guillaume (@JennaGuillaume) June 13, 2017

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Cricket Betting Tips for 1st Game: Sri Lanka vs Bangladesh
Sri Lanka vs Bangladesh, 1st T20, R Premadasa Colombo
Bangladesh and Sri Lanka will fight it out in a two-match T20 series after closely contested affair in one day and test series. Hosts will lock horns against visitors at R Premadasa Stadium in Colombo. Bangladesh will play out the final leg of the tour after playing well in the test followed by one day series.
Bangladesh has picked uncapped all-rounder Mohammad Saifuddin who exceptionally well for Bangladesh Under-23 in ACC Emerging Team Cup. Shuvagata Hom and Rubel Hossain have gone back home after not taking part in the one day series. Mushfiqur Rahim, Mahmudullah and Tamim Iqbal are experienced players who had a decent record in the format.
Sri Lanka selector Sanath Jayasuriya has axed Kusal Mendis from the T20 squad whereas Thisara Perera makes a comeback into the setup. Shehan Jayasuriya who did for Sri Lanka in a T20 game also finds a place in the squad.
Sachith Pathirana and Dinesh Chandimal will also not take part in the two-match series while Kusal Perera is fit and raring to go for Sri Lanka. Sandun Weerakkody is another keeper in the squad while Upul Tharanga will once again lead Sri Lanka in the series.
Bangladesh captain Mashrafe Mortaza was fined for slow overate in the last one day game against Sri Lanka. The bowling all-rounder is all set to miss the next one day game against Ireland in a tri-nation tournament held in May. Lasith Malinga could prove to be handful as Bangladesh will face tough proposition as he is death overs expert in the format. Asela Gunaratne is another player to watch out helping his side pull off T20 series win in South Africa and then Australia in February.
Mohammad Saifuddin could get the nod ahead of either Mehedi Miraaz or Mosaddek Hossain as all will depend in the conditions for the first game at R Premadasa Stadium in Colombo.


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Running the same code on my phone or in the emulator using ARM worked like a champ. So what should a developer do? This is a bug in the emulator code, not my code. Doing a little research shows that it could be the hardware acceleration at fault. You can shut that off with a setting the android:layerType="software" in your XML file or with a call to setLayerType(View.LAYER_TYPE_SOFTWARE, null);
The problem is I am developing my app for 2.2 and beyond. That call does not show up until a much later version of the Android platform. Time for some reflection.
Add the following as a new file to your project
import java.io.IOException;
import java.lang.reflect.InvocationTargetException;
import java.lang.reflect.Method;
import android.graphics.Paint;
import android.view.View;
public class NewerMethods {
private static Method LayerType;
static {
private static void initMethods() {
try {
LayerType = View.class.getMethod("setLayerType", new Class[] {int.class, Paint.class});
/* success, this is a newer device */
catch (NoSuchMethodException nsme) {
/* failure, must be older device */
public static void setLayerType(View view, int layerType, Paint paint) throws IOException {
try {
if (LayerType != null) {
LayerType.invoke(view, layerType, paint);
catch (InvocationTargetException ite) {
/* unpack original exception when possible */
Throwable cause = ite.getCause();
if (cause instanceof IOException) {
throw (IOException) cause;
else if (cause instanceof RuntimeException) {
throw (RuntimeException) cause;
else if (cause instanceof Error) {
throw (Error) cause;
else {
/* unexpected checked exception; wrap and re-throw */
throw new RuntimeException(ite);
catch (IllegalAccessException ie) {
System.err.println("unexpected " + ie);
Add the following to your onCreate method of the Activity that uses a DatePicker in its view. I have it right after my call to setConventView(...)
try {
NewerMethods.setLayerType(findViewById(android.R.id.content), 1, null);
catch (IOException e) {
// Just doing this on newer stuff to avoid emulator crash
I know, I am using a magic number in the call. I can't use View.LAYER_TYPE_SOFTWARE because Eclipse has no idea about it when compiling 2.2 code.
This allows my code to run just fine in the emulator. I am running 2.2 code in a 4.0.3 emulator as that is the super fast Intel based emulator. I also run the code on my actual 2.2 phone from time to time to make sure everything is fine. Just easier to stick on the computer using the keyboard and mouse while doing initial development and only test on hardware as needed.


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How Citi sank itself on the Fed's watch
By Nicholas Dunbar
The opinions expressed are his own.
Much of the financial crisis can be blamed on bankers who created complex products that allowed them to exploit and monetize less sophisticated investors, borrowers and bank shareholders. However, no account of the financial crisis is complete without an account of the inept regulators who permitted these activities to flourish, causing the crisis to become much worse than it might have been. Among these regulators, most surprising is the story of the New York Fed, supposedly the most sophisticated in its approach to risk. As I recount in this excerpt from my book, The Devil's Derivatives and as staff at the Federal Reserve Board in Washington DC discovered, the New York Fed was in thrall to what in 2007 was the largest US bank – Citigroup – with disastrous results. -Nicholas Dunbar
The Federal Reserve may have been at the top of the U.S. regulatory pecking order, but within the Fed itself, the New York branch was top dog when it came to regulating banks. This was hardly surprising given the dual importance of Wall Street as the engine room of the bond markets and as the base for the largest multinational U.S. banks. It was only natural that industry risk-management innovations like VAR were first identified by staff in the New York Fed's markets divi- sion, such as Peter Fisher, who transmitted the ideas to the rest of the regulatory community.
Ever since the regulatory blessing of VAR in the mid-1990s, the New York–based multinational banks had been growing rapidly. By 2003, when William McDonough retired as New York Fed president and was replaced by Timothy Geithner, an ambitious former Treasury and International Monetary Fund bureaucrat, bank supervision was equally important to markets.
If any U.S. commercial bank needed to be challenged, it was Citigroup. In 1999, when then-chief executive Sandy Weill had needed an act of Congress in order to fuse the SEC-regulated Salomon Brothers with Fed- and OCC-regulated blue-chip lender Citibank, he had taken care to reassure his new shareholders and supervisors about the importance of governance. A veteran ex-AIG and Chemical Bank executive, Petros Sabatacakis, was appointed chief risk officer of the new conglomerate and ordered to rein in the freewheeling Salomon traders. Sabatacakis was so tough in applying position limits that on the trading floor he was known as "Dr. No."
Then came Enron and the dot-com bust. Sabatacakis may have ensured that the bank (unlike Chase Manhattan) avoided significant losses in the shakeout, but Citigroup's conflicted role in bond underwriting, derivatives, and investment research left it open to the charge of having facilitated massive fraud at Enron and WorldCom. That led to the New York Fed and the OCC censuring the bank in July 2003, as part of a settlement in which it didn't have to admit wrongdoing. Weill was forced to quit as chief executive (while remaining chairman).
The incoming CEO, former general counsel Chuck Prince, may have seemed like a steady pair of hands on the wheel, but it was Prince who undermined the risk governance mechanism that Weill had put in place. Prince allowed Tom Maheras, the head of fixed income, to appoint his own risk managers. Feeling that his independence had been compromised, Sabatacakis quit in 2004 and was replaced by a Maheras crony, David Bushnell, whose first move was to abolish Sabatacakis's trading book position limits.
Hidden from public view, this weakening of internal risk governance made it ever more essential that Citi, the largest bank in the United States, was supervised properly. It was essential that the bank's day-to-day supervisors were not intimidated by the conglomerate and Weill, its charismatic chairman. A former senior New York Fed staffer recalls that the OCC seemed particularly cozy with Citigroup: "I remember being in a meeting in Citigroup, and Sandy Weill stopped by. He gave a big hug and a kiss to this lady examiner from the OCC . . . That didn't give me the feeling of tough supervision."
The names of two of the New York Fed's key bank supervisors— head of bank supervision William Rutledge and head of risk management Brian Peters—appeared on the "written agreement" censuring Citigroup over Enron. Another key figure was Sarah Dahlgren, who from around 2003 onwards was the New York Fed's chief relationship manager dealing with the conglomerate. Rutledge was widely respected but was also a graying career bureaucrat (he retired at the end of 2010) who defended the status quo of balkanized U.S. bank regulation because he believed it was conducive to financial innovation. In conversations, he was careful and precise about defining what was not his responsibility.
Today, the New York Fed is shy about allowing Rutledge's key lieutenants, Peters and Dahlgren, to comment about their experiences (Dahlgren succeeded Rutledge after his retirement). Some idea of the challenges that these three and their staff faced during this time can be discerned from public documents and from the recollections of those who examined their work from the outside.
The Federal Reserve System has a governance mechanism intended to reinforce regulatory best practice. The Federal Reserve Board in Washington, D.C., provides centralized resources and sets standards for bank examiners based at the thirteen regional Federal Reserve Banks. In order to apply this governance, the Board has the authority to obtain information about the banks that were supervised within each region.
Setting the Fed's centralized standards for market and liquidity risk supervision was the responsibility of a small D.C.-based team of former regional reserve bank examiners. Federal Reserve Board staff say that amid the smooth and politically attuned bureaucrats who thrive in large government bodies, the market and liquidity risk team stood out. The team had a reputation for talking about issues in a direct fashion and letting the best idea win, regardless of who supported it. They wanted to apply the same style—and integrity—to managing trading book risk across the Federal Reserve System.
Around 2003, the market and liquidity risk team began trying to collect the trading P&L and VAR data feeds that some of them had seen at regional Fed offices such as Richmond. "We thought that we would pull things together, look for trends, get ahead of systemic risks, and see where crowded trades are," a member of the team recalls. The most important data would come out of New York: the daily P&L and VAR data for the biggest trading banks, J.P. Morgan and Citigroup.
It was a time when Fed staff recall being beset with distractions: the post–September 11 focus on money-laundering controls, or the vast exercise of preparing for Basel II. For Brian Peters, there was the additional burden of enforcing the post-Enron agreement with Citigroup. For whatever reason, Peters appeared too busy to talk to the market and liquidity risk team members when they approached him asking for daily trading data feeds from the giant New York banks. They returned to Washington, D.C., empty-handed.
Although the sources close to the New York Fed insist that the Board had the right to access whatever information it wanted, the market and liquidity risk team remembers things differently. To them, it was as if the New York Fed was on a different planet from its siblings. "It wasn't that they wouldn't provide information because we hadn't asked for it," a member of the team says. "They wouldn't provide information because they weren't forced to."
Partial access eventually came from a committee on Large Financial Institutions (LFIs) set up in March 2005 in response to complaints from Fed governors that the Board was not getting enough information about regional Fed banking supervision. As a result, the market and liquidity risk team learned that the New York Fed did not receive electronic daily P&L, VAR, or other relevant trading book information from Citigroup. Instead it received three-month-old reports photocopied from originals provided to the OCC.
Was the New York Fed flying blind?
Even from the untimely trading reports that the New York Fed did receive, the staffers at the Federal Reserve Board became concerned that the New York Fed seemed to lack the expertise—and, just as crucially, the skepticism—to even ask the large banks the right questions. The team obtained information indicating that one major New York Fed–supervised bank had lost between $60 and $80 million trading in the nascent market for carbon emission credits. Up to the moment of the loss, the VAR loss estimate for this trading book had been approximately $1 million, on the basis that the bank's long position in emission credits had been rising steadily by small increments for the previous year.
Although it was not a substantial or dangerous loss for the bank, this was the type of model methodology weakness that could be indicative of broader problems. Such a weakness could have been picked up by a fulsome trading book or regulatory capital inspection; however, such inspections did not appear to have been undertaken by the New York Fed, despite recommendations from the market and liquidity risk team. Questioned about the need for such inspections, New York Fed bank supervisors complained to their Washington, D.C., counterparts about a lack of resources. One person on the market and liquidity risk team vividly remembers a New York Fed bank examiner shrugging off the emission trading losses, arguing, "Don't worry about that. We just have to respond to these things when they happen. We can't get ahead of these problems. We don't have enough people, and the bankers have a lot of smart people."
In May 2005, some of the concerns being voiced internally by Federal Reserve Board staff found their way into a confidential operations review of the New York Fed that has since been made public by the Financial Crisis Inquiry Commission. Entitled "Draft Close-Out Report, Large Complex Banking Supervision," the document highlighted Sarah Dahlgren's direct management responsibility for the New York Fed examiners at Citigroup. The document then warned that "staffing at the relationship teams is under stress . . . as it pertains to the relationship teams' ability to conduct continuous supervisory activity. This is of particular concern when evaluating the Citi team."
Meanwhile, the market and liquidity risk team and others in the Federal Reserve Board supervision division had grown concerned that as large banks built up their trading businesses and accounting rules gravitated to fair value measurement, bank balance sheets were increasingly subject to short-term market moves that could lead to rapid falls in regulatory capital. A memo produced by the team pointed out the issues and risks involved in increased use of fair value and warned that a sudden freeze in certain markets might imperil bank solvency. But when the market and liquidity risk team tried to interest Dahlgren in their findings, she retorted, "I think our banks know how to manage to fair value," ending the discussion.
In 2006, the market and liquidity risk team attended a Citigroup risk assessment presentation to a committee of Fed examiners. When asked for the rationale supporting the designated satisfactory rating for interest rate risk, the New York Fed team could not provide any information. At another Citi meeting the market and liquidity risk team attended, the New York Fed examiners had been asked to come up with a list of supervisory priorities for the bank. They identified approximately twenty items and patiently explained why each one was important. Near the end, Peters interrupted and told his staff to cut the number of priorities to five or six because twenty was "too many." The Washington, D.C., team was stunned—twenty was too many things to check regarding the largest and most complex bank in the United States?
In the five years that the market and liquidity risk team struggled to improve the New York Fed's supervision of Citigroup, the conglomerate added almost a trillion dollars to its balance sheet—visibly and "invisibly." While sources close to the New York Fed might dispute the words and actions that the market and liquidity risk team attributes to its staff, they are curiously silent about its failings as a supervisor— failings that ultimately would hit U.S. taxpayers.
One of the sad ironies is that even the twenty priorities for Citigroup that Peters cut to the bone did not include the biggest problem of all: the way Citi was building up a $43 billion super-senior CDO exposure on its trading book. Both the New York Fed and its watchdogs in Washington, D.C., failed to spot a fundamental breach of the thin blue line they created: recording the super-senior CDOs as trading exposure and interrogating the bank's VAR model. A senior Federal Reserve Board official who is still angry about that screwup says, "They didn't put them in their VAR. And that is a complete violation of all the rules. I mean this is just basic. You do not need to be a quant to catch this. They were supposed to be mark to market. But the attitude seemed to be, 'Why bother? They don't change in value. They're AAA.' They didn't put them in the VAR. You can stress-test your heart out. If it's not in the VAR, you're not going to get anything on it."
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[…] a lot of reporting in this book, too, and today Reuters has an excerpt of how the Federal Reserve in general, and the New York Fed in particular, failed in its job of […]
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Isn't the NY Fed a private institution?
[…] a lot of reporting in this book, too, and today Reuters has an excerpt of how the Federal Reserve in general, and the New York Fed in particular, failed in its job of […]
This statement in your piece, "We just have to respond to these things when they happen. We can't get ahead of these problems. We don't have enough people, and the bankers have a lot of smart people." -From a NY Fed bank examiner on emission trading losses, et al.
I have the feeling you do not believe that the bankers have quite smart people, in order to offset problematic situation that arise in the financial field. ? -Is it not….Sorry, "Is this not where the buck ultimately stops?" If the people closest to the money work for _both_ the money and the health of the country many things would become apparent (as problems that could enhance major macro concerns within a economic system) and, as well, against the greed of just working for the money and basically, therein, "Getting one's own pockets lined."
Hence, is it not true that the banking people are to be 'considered quite adept' in solving both company and country concerns, from the standpoint of being in the closest proximity to the capital which runs all the world's business enterprises?
Regulators are not insurers of capital health, so to speak, but 'purviewers' -in that they may be able to assist to 'forsee' problems. [The addressing of them {areas of concern}would be done by the banking facility, as it sees primarily the detail(s) which the regulator may or may not find. -If in fact greed is not found within the banking system, in order to cover up systemic failure.]
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OCC is not a regulator
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A team of four nurses from Southern Health visited Buurtzorg, Holland to learn more about how nursing care in the community was being delivered there. This is part of the Better Local Care philosophy to tailor the care in local populations to meet the need of the community,
The team were successful in their bid application [to the NHS European Office] to visit the Buurtzorg nursing team in the Netherlands. The purpose of the trip was to look at how the Buurtzorg staff worked as a team to manage their case load of clients. Several other teams from across the UK also attended the trip.
Unlike here in the UK, healthcare in Holland is purchased through insurance so many aspects of their services differ because of this but the principles that they applied to their daily working routine had many benefits which the nurses from Southern Health felt could easily be transferred into localities back here in the UK.
One of the most obvious differences between the Buurtzorg team and how our nurses work was the management structure. It was also clear from the offset that they were integrating community nursing and social care on a very regular basis – with the Buurtzorg nurse doing everything for the patient in one visit, rather than the client having more than one person dealing with their care.
Paula Hull, Deputy Director of Nursing & AHPs for West ISD, of the nurses who went to the Netherlands told us, "They have a keyworker system that means they are each assigned a case load and the nurses are dedicated to their individual cases. They each have a buddy to manage leave and sickness but the continuity of care that they are providing their patients, is something we would aspire to achieve."
Not only is this pertinent to the Better Local Care way of working but it also supports the NHS Five year Forward View to bring health and social care teams together. Buurtzorg has received international publicity because of their success through innovative ways of working.
Debbie Taylor, a practice nurse from New Milton, also went on the trip and tells us she learned a lot from the Buurtzorg team. "They were really friendly and welcoming and we were able to see how they operate and took some really good ideas away that we would love to apply in our locality. We discussed some of the challenges they were still facing that we have managed to overcome and were able to share our experiences; for example, our links to GP's and referral processes are far smoother than theirs at this stage but they are working to improve this and I think they have a very strong ethos and team so no doubt it will continue to thrive."
The Buurtzorg approach to nursing and social care was developed in 2007 and started out with just 4 nurses and one team leader. Now there are close to 9,500 nurses supporting neighbourhoods of between 5,000 and 10,000 people. The nurses are grouped into teams based on postcode areas and they are supported by a coach but essentially manage their own workloads, clients, care plans and education budget.
Paula said, "The main principles they work on are the strength of the professional voice and the role of the keyworker. I was really impressed by the confidence of the clinical staff and I would love to work on building up to this level of confidence with our clinicians."
"It was great to meet nurses from other Trusts too as we are now linking up with their teams as well to share best practice and learning which will help us to improve the services we are all providing".
There has been a significant reduction in hospital visits from the clients that the Buurtzorg nurses are supporting and the staff sickness levels are considerably lower than those of the UK. Paula tells us there are plans to start piloting some of the ways of working they saw whilst on their visit, in localities within the Better Local Care communities.
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Zion National Park really took us by surprise with a full schedule of interpretive ranger programs. We signed up for a shuttle tour, and were lucky to get on board with Ranger Jamie Mansfield, an anthropologist who studied at the University of Oregon. Informally titled, "Home Sweet Home in Zion Canyon," Jamie took us to four stops along the scenic Zion Canyon Drive illustrating the history w settlers making a home in this canyon.
Pointing out markers of an old aqueduct line, Jamie showed us how important water from the year-round Virgin River (extremely important in the desert) was to early settlers like the Crawford and Behunin families. At Cable Mountain, we observed the remnants of the Draw Works, a cable lift that brought good pine wood from the tops of the canyon to build shelters for the families in the canyon like the still-standing Grotto House. At Heaps Canyon, Jamie spoke of farming practices of both Native American and Mormon settlers. Although the land never produced the cotton that Brigham Young had originally sent his fellow Mormons to grow, it did provide enough wheat, corn, alfalfa, sorghum, and other crops to sustain life.
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One of my favourites. This guy truely makes beautiful nasheeds. YA ADHEEMAN (Oh Most Magnificent!) My soul is brightened by a light in my heart When I praised God of mankind And my soul is cheered up and the tears were flowing Oh God! guide my heart to reason In the tranquility of the night I pray during worshiping While the black darkness is all around me Oh Kind! Oh Most Merciful! Oh Most Forbearing! Oh Kind! Your gifts are endless Oh All-Hearing! Oh Answerer! Oh Most Magnificent! Oh Creator of the strong predatory animals! Guide me Guide me to truth, God I depend on your guidance today Oh God of the universe! You are my aid You are the refuge of man in the afterworld Here I am God, asking your forgiveness Forgive me and grant me my wish .
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This eye-opening CBS report shows how information in copy machines built since 2002 is saved on the machine's hard drive and anyone with half-a-brain (after watching this report) can steal the information within.
Posing serious security concerns, everything from bank statements, social security numbers, mortages and even asses have been scanned by one of these babies. As you can see in the report, even police departments offload these old copiers. Some copies even get sold to foreign companies. I am sure used copier sales have skyrocketed after this report. So think twice about copying ANYTHING.
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each piece also examines the tendency i have to want to be indecipherable. in some ways i feel that my work is able to highlight the fact that nobody can ever be seen in their entirety. I accept the fact that we as humans can never be fully understood, or precisely known by another person. it allows me to be totally vulnerable with the viewer, while simultaneously being elusive, scattering pieces of myself throughout my work that may forever be an unsolved puzzle. My work lets the viewer become abstractly acquainted & familiar with the things that have sculpted who I am today. The viewer can begin to string together messages if they want to take a closer & longer look. repetitive designs are able to distort my past just enough so that somebody would have to take time to become intimate with the work, reassemble the fragments, & make connections, to really be able to tell why it is relevant to me. I reveal myself in a way that can be hard to understand but is not impossible.
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Bob and I are going shopping for a sewing machine next week. I feel like I'm buying a new car. With the high price tag and all the features and functions, my head is spinning.
There's a great quilting shop in downtown Annapolis, Cottonseed Glory. They carry Bernina machines and offer classes and all sorts of support. The reviews I've read pretty much say that the Bernina's rock. Does anyone have experience with one, or another brand/model you would recommend.
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Bob and I are going shopping for a sewing machine next week. I feel like I'm buying a new car. With the high price tag and all the features and functions, my head is spinning.
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- Buzzings of a Queen Bee! said...
How funny...I am asking Santa for a sewing machine this Christmas too. The lowdown I have gotten from my research is that Singer, which used to be a great company, was bought by a little Chinese company and is no longer the reliable giant it used to be. Apparently Viking is fabulous, and Janome is equally reliable and fabulous. I am going with a Janome because they are a Japanese company and apparently replacement parts are a lot cheaper than Viking (which is European). I hope that helps!
- November 21, 2008 at 4:19 PM
- Paula Callan said...
I too have a Janome. LOVE IT! It is a mid-range priced one. We purchased another Janome machine for my 8 yr old daughter for Christmas last year. I am thrilled to have a back up that my attachments will work with should I need a back up.
Paula in No. Nevada
- November 21, 2008 at 8:15 PM
- Anna said...
I have a singer but it does not baste!!! Urg. So make sure the sewing machine bastes!
- November 21, 2008 at 11:07 PM
- Anonymous said...
Like most "big" purchases, it's useful to decide on what features you NEED, what features you WANT, and not over-buy.
A good quality machine bought used can often be a good deal, too, so don't ignore that possibility if you want a basic machine.
- November 22, 2008 at 2:14 PM
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I love my Brother! Would have to look up the model for you, but it's awesome!!
- November 24, 2008 at 12:25 AM
- Jane said...
I have the Singer 132. I bought it because I was dipping my toes into sewing and didn't know yet which features I wanted or needed. I really like it. Sure there are things it can not do, but honestly, I use it several times a week. Sewing has become my stress reliever. I have had it for about 5 years now and it has paid for itself several times over in gifts, curtains, repairs... that I have made rather than bought. I did take it in to my local vacuum shop for a tune up ($40)last year.
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Our spacious luxury bell tents (internal space of 45 m2) all have decking, shaded canvas awnings and views of the countryside. Our canvas retreats offer two bedroom tents (6m and 5m linked) one of which is superking (luxury cotton sheets and netted inner tents as standard) and a lounge so that you can stay up late chatting under the stars, whilst the kids are snuggled up in bed. Private luxury shower rooms and private wooden kitchens. All of this with a box of petit dejeuner delivered fresh to your tent each morning!
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Jameis Winston pumped up Florida State after a lackluster first half against Ole Miss.
After Florida State fell flat in the first half against Ole Miss on Monday night, the Seminoles received a pep talk from a familiar face.
Former FSU quarterback Jameis Winston was on the sidelines in Orlando cheering on his former team and joined the players in the locker room at the half to deliver an empassioned speech.
"We some dogs," Winston said. "We ain't no puppies."
The Noles came out roaring in the second half, scoring 26 unanswered points on the way to a 45–34 win. The victory helped FSU jump from No. 4 to No. 3 in the AP poll.


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while lanolin itself is skin beneficial, it may contain carcinogenic pesticides such as DDT, lindane, dieldrin and other neurotoxins. can cause rashes, found in body products
laureth family (ingredients
with laureth, laurate or
lauryl extensions)
carcinogenic, skin irritants, may be contaminated with large amounts of toxins in manufacturing process, contains ammonium salts, mutagen, blemish producing
you may or may not like heavy metal music, but lead is one heavy metal you want to avoid. it's well known that lead is toxic, especially to children. lead harms almost every organ system in the body and has been linked to a staggering array of health effects, including permanent brain damage, lowered IQ, hearing loss, miscarriage, premature birth, increased blood pressure, kidney damage and nervous system problems. but few people realize that one other way that lead may affect your body is by disrupting your hormones. in animals, lead has been found to lower sex hormone levels. research has also shown that lead can disrupt the hormone signaling that regulates the body's major stress system (called the hpa axis). you probably have more stress in your life than you want, so the last thing you need is something making it harder for your body to deal with it – especially when this stress system is implicated in high blood pressure, diabetes, anxiety and depression. how to avoid it? keep your home clean and well maintained. crumbling old paint is a major source of lead exposure, so get rid of it carefully. a good water filter can also reduce your exposure to lead in drinking water. (check out
for help finding a filter.) and if you need another reason to eat better, studies have also shown that children with healthy diets absorb less lead
is a new plypeptide. it is said that matrixyl is at least as effective against wrinkles as retinol. it is said to work by "relaxing facial tension", similarly to botox. we feel that repeatedly paralyzing the muscles can only sap their inherent strength
caution: that sushi you are eating could be hazardous to your health. mercury, a naturally occurring but toxic metal, gets into the air and the oceans primarily though burning coal. eventually, it can end up on your plate in the form of mercury-contaminated seafood. pregnant women are the most at risk from the toxic effects of mercury, since the metal is known to concentrate in the fetal brain and can interfere with brain development. mercury is also known to bind directly to one particular hormone that regulates women's menstrual cycle and ovulation, interfering with normal signaling pathways. in other words, hormones don't work so well when they've got mercury stuck to them! the metal may also play a role in diabetes, since mercury has been shown to damage cells in the pancreas that produce insulin, which is critical for the body's ability to metabolize sugar. how to avoid it? for people who still want to eat (sustainable) seafood with lots of healthy fats but without a side of toxic mercury, wild salmon and farmed trout are good choices.
antimicrobial agent inhibits the development of particular neuron structures that are essential for transmitting signals between cells. damaging to a developing nervous system
octyl stearate
fatty acid used as an emulsifier known to have neurological side effects, organ system toxicity, skin irritant, blemish producing, contact dermatitis & allergic reactions
organophosphate pesticides
neurotoxic organophosphate compounds that the nazis produced in huge quantities for chemical warfare during world war ii were luckily never used. after the war ended, american scientists used the same chemistry to develop a long line of pesticides that target the nervous systems of insects. despite many studies linking organophosphate exposure to effects on brain development, behavior and fertility, they are still among the more common pesticides in use today. a few of the many ways that organophosphates can affect the human body include interfering with the way testosterone communicates with cells, lowering testosterone and altering thyroid hormone levels. how to avoid it? buy organic produce and use ewg's shopper's guide to pesticides in produce, which can help you find the fruits and vegetables that have the fewest pesticide residues. Check it out at:
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sunscreen ingredient that may cause formation of nitrosamines (highly carcinogenic chemicals), produces free radicals on the skin, causes cellular mutations & is a hormone disruptor
petrochemicals that are estrogenic, carcinogenic & allergenic
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peg ingredients
carcinogenic, blemish causing, contact dermatitis
who needs food tainted with rocket fuel?! that's right, perchlorate, a component in rocket fuel, contaminates much of our produce and milk, according to ewg and government test data. when perchlorate gets into your body it competes with the nutrient iodine, which the thyroid gland needs to make thyroid hormones. basically, this means that if you ingest too much of it you can end up altering your thyroid hormone balance. this is important because it's these hormones that regulate metabolism in adults and are critical for proper brain and organ development in infants and young children. how to avoid it? you can reduce perchlorate in your drinking water by installing a reverse osmosis filter. (you can get help finding one at:
) as for food, it's pretty much impossible to avoid perchlorate, but you can reduce its potential effects on you by making sure you are getting enough iodine in your diet. eating iodized salt is one good way.
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(polyethylene glycol)
potentially carcinogenic petroleum ingredient that can alter and reduce the skin's natural moisture factor, can promote blemishing & contact dermatitis
preservative blend of phenoxyethanol, methylparben, ethylparaben, butylparaben, propylparaben & isobutylparaben
synthetic ether alcohol preservative, can cause contact dermatitis
did you know that a specific signal programs cells in our bodies to die? it's totally normal and healthy for 50 billion cells in your body to die every day! but studies have shown that chemicals called phthalates can trigger what's known as "death-inducing signaling" in testicular cells, making them die earlier than they should. yep, that's cell death – in your man parts. if that's not enough, studies have linked phthalates to hormone changes, lower sperm count, less mobile sperm, birth defects in the male reproductive system, obesity, diabetes and thyroid irregularities. how to avoid it? a good place to start is to avoid plastic food containers, children's toys (some phthalates are already banned in kid's products), and plastic wrap made from pvc, which has the recycling label #3. some personal care products also contain phthalates, so read the labels and avoid products that simply list added "fragrance," since this catch-all term sometimes means hidden phthalates. find phthalate-free personal care products with ewg's Skin deep database:
propelene glycol
associated with irritant and allergic contact dermatitis as well as contact urticaria in humans; these sensitization effects can be manifested at propylene glycol concentrations as low as 2%
pvc (polyvinyl chloride)
a common plastic used in children's toys & cosmetic packaging, releases dioxins, may cause cancer & affect immune and reproductive systems
pvp/va copolymer
this petroleum derivative can be found in beauty products like hairsprays & other cosmetics. the chemical can be considered toxic & may cause damage to the lungs of sensitive people.
(acids, als, & others)
fatty acid used as an emulsifier and emollient that is primarily derived from animal fat, can be a skin irritant, carcinogenic, & comedogenic
synthetic elastin
suffocates skin by not allowing moisture in or out. found in facial creams and body lotions.
sodium hydroxymethyl
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talc powder
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tea ingredients
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found in a lot of antimicrobial soaps and toothpaste products, it can react with chlorine in the tap water to create chloroform. this is a toxic chemical that can give you cancer. if you breathe enough chloroform, you will die. when you wash your hands with antibacterial soap that contains triclosan, you are getting the fumes emitted from this chemical reaction.
commonly used as a PH adjuster & often combined with fatty acids to make salt. stearate & triethanolamine are utilized as a base for cleansers. It is known to cause allergic reactions like eye irritations, dry skin & hair, & is potentionally toxic when the skin is exposed to prolonged absorption.
quaternium, 7, 15, 31, 60
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Brian kindly left this comment under Christmas #2. As it is chock full of useful Dremel-related miscellany, I am republishing it as a post, with his permission of course. Here it is, with a few minor modifications (and with a few comments from me in italics):
EZLock now has an extended range & overseas readers may find the SpeedClic info helpful.
EZ495 EZ Twist Nose Cap
Note: (As discussed here) collets have the advantages of better grip & less of the tool sticking out vs the chuck. That reduces vibration. If you use Router Bits in a chuck they often come loose.
The EZ Twist is just a new Nose Cap for the 4000 & older Dremels. It is used instead of the flat metal 90962 Wrench (spanner) to tighten & loosen the black Collet Nut & the silver Driver Cap or Driver Adapter used for the Flex Shaft (225), Mini Saw (670), & Right Angle Attachment (575).
I can say that the new EZ Twist Nose Cap works great. It can be retrofitted to most existing Dremels & just replaces the existing nose piece. It isn't very expensive either at under $10. I have used it on a 395 Multipro as well as the 4000.
To use it you just unscrew it. It comes forward off the mounting thread & then the internal socket fits onto the Collet Nut to allow you to loosen or tighten it. You don't have to take it off the neck of the tool to use it. Just slide it forward enough to fit the Collet Nut.
Simple & easy & nothing to go wrong.
Great that you can "upgrade" an older tool
Christmas #2!
I mentioned in a previous post that a package has arrived with a bunch of Dremel stuff. I was a happy man! So, here are the juicy details, together with some initial impressions: Continue reading
Guide updated
The Accessory & Attachment Reference Guide has been updated to include the 511E and 512E EZ Lock finishing abrasive buffs. These guys are great for finishing a wood surface, or giving a brushed look to metal, but deteriorate rather quickly with use.
Guide updated
The Accessory & Attachment Reference Guide has been updated to include descriptions of my misuses of the EZ456 1-1/2″ EZ Lock metal cut-off wheels.
Guide updated
The Accessory & Attachment Reference Guide has been updated to include the 414 felt polishing wheel and the 422 polishing tip / cone.
My Dremel 4000 review – Part II
In the first instalment, I gave my opinion on the Dremel 4000 rotary tool itself, the part that forms the core of the various kits. I wrote that overall I was very happy with the 4000 as a versatile and powerful platform for a wide variety of applications. This part of the review will focus on the accessories that come with the various Dremel 4000 kits. Rather than going through everything piece by piece, though, I'll take a broad overview of what's included in the purchase. Once again, I don't want to pretend to be an expert, so please have a look at the rest of the blog, or at least at the Who Am I? page to put these opinions into a proper context.
First, a bit of explanation for Dremel's terminology: Rotary tools have attachments and accessories. Accessories are the bits that actually come in contact with the material you are working on, while attachments are things that make work easier. You can have a look at the Let's Get Up to Speed and Reference Guide pages for more info. Dremel's naming scheme for the 4000 kits is the following: 4000-A/#, where "A" is the number of attachments included in the kit, and "#" is the number of accessories. "A" is typically small, in the 1-6 range, while "#" can be over 100 in some special edition kits. Continue reading
Wooden earrings, and how to cut wood with sandpaper
Mari is a lucky woman! After buying a rotary tool, her boyfriend has showered her with wooden rings, a plywood ring, and now – earrings. Not to mention that he doesn't look half bad in a pair of safety googles!
More to the point of this post – making wooden earrings with the Dremel 4000 (click the image on the left to embiggen). Overall, this was little different from the rings I had made before – a shape (though not a circle this time) with an internal hole. Most of the steps were similar to what I had described before (e.g. here) – drilling, cutting with a high-speed cutter, cutting with a cut-off wheel, shaping with a sanding band, finishing with a grinding stone and an abrasive buff. I wouldn't have written this post were it not for one thing that I did differently. Continue reading
Another one bites the dust…
The New Year Day's weekend saw me finally making some headway with my pen rack idea. After doing a final sketch in Paper, I scaled it up and traced the design onto plywood.
At present, the only accessories in my arsenal that can be used for cutting are the EZ456 cut-off wheels, which are intended for making short cuts in metal: cutting off rusty bolts, re-slotting stripped screws, etc. Out of necessity, I've been using them to make cuts through wood, but the results have been far less than perfect. The cut-off wheels were certainly not going to work here, where more intricate cuts were necessary. In the past, I probably would have resorted to the inelegant but functional technique of drilling holes along the perimeter and then joining them with the 191 high-speed cutter, however this was no longer an option after the cutter's recent demise.
The one where I do something useful
My in-laws are redoing their kitchen, slowly but surely. About a month ago, my father-in-law and I spend half of a Saturday laying wall tile. A Dremel with a tile cutting bit would have been immensely useful, especially as we had to cut out internal holes in several tiles to accommodate various bits of architecture. Sadly, this was before my Dremel 4000 purchase, so things had to be done the hard way.
Fast forward to a couple of weeks ago, and we found ourselves back at it, this time painting the kitchen doors and windows. The window frames had already been sanded, but one of the doors still had lots of old cracked paint on it. Luckily, my trusty Dremel was with me. Continue reading
Polishing a fork
Sure, this might not be the most epic post. Then again, if you've got a lot of forks to polish… I'm just sayin'.
I haven't done any work with metal yet, so I thought I'd give it a go. Nothing major here, just trying a few polishing accessories. I used a standard stainless steel fork that was in a decent enough shape overall, though it was covered in small scuffs and scratches from years of use. I'll let the picture do the talking first: Continue reading


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Comparing weight loss programs: results are in
An international study of overweight and obese adults comparing commercial weight loss programs with weight loss plans managed by local doctors or nurses found both groups lost weight, but participants in the commercial program lost significantly more weight.
Participants in the commercial program – in this study Weight Watchers – lost twice as much weight as did those in the standard care group – an average of 5.06kg for those in the commercial program versus 2.25kg for those receiving standard care.
The study, published in The Lancet today, tracked 772 overweight and obese adults in Australia, Germany and the UK, with the Australian arm of the research led by Professor Ian Caterson from the University of Sydney.
"Our research showed Weight Watchers programs work well for those who are overweight and obese, but I was also surprised at how well our doctors do,"said Professor Caterson, Director of the Boden Institute of Obesity, Nutrition, Exercise and Eating Disorders.
"This is the first multi-country, randomised, comparative study to show the effectiveness of commercial weight loss programs, as well as weight loss programs administered by primary health carers,"Professor Caterson said.
Participants in the commercial program were three times more likely to lose five per cent of their body weight than in the standard care group. As well as losing more weight participants in the commercial program had significantly greater improvements in insulin levels and in ratios of 'good' and 'bad' cholesterol.
Both groups recorded small reductions in blood pressure, though the differences between the two groups were not significant.
Participants in the standard care group reported one appointment per month with their health-care provider, whereas those in the commercial program attended three meetings per month in the UK and Australia, and two meetings per month in Germany.
"The greater level of contact, the more frequent opportunities to be weighed, the peer support and the access to information and resources such as recipes that those in the Weight Watchers program had could have been significant factors,"said Professor Caterson.
"We will be carrying out follow-up assessments at 18 and 24 months. Further research will examine the relative cost effectiveness of different treatment approaches,"he noted.
Source: University of Sydney
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So this is what happens when you put out "one of the most purely enjoyable albums of the year"!
Pop newcomer Ariana Grande's Yours Truly has debuted atop the Billboard 200, making her the first woman to see her first album start at No. 1 since Ke$ha back in 2010. Truly sold 138,000 copies, according to Nielsen Soundscan, which handily places the 20-year-old ahead of the four other artists with new albums in the top ten.
Landing at No. 2 is Tamar Braxton's Love & War, with 114,000 moved units. Interestingly, Billboard reports that Braxton actually outsold Grande in terms of physical CDs — 63,000 to 30,000 — but lost the digital battle, and thus the overall war. Still, it's enough to earn her the top spot on the physical albums chart.
Trailing both ladies was Nine Inch Nails' comeback album Hesitation Marks, which slotted at No. 3, with 107,000. Yay for Trent Reznor for steering NIN to its sixth overall top-ten album.
Elsewhere, R&B classicist John Legend found his latest set, Love in the Future, debuting at No. 4, with 68,000; former chart-topper Luke Bryan slipped to No. 5, with just under 68,000; and Jaheim's Appreciation Day snuck in at No. 6, with 58,000.
Here's the rest of the chart, with minimal commentary: Robin Thicke's Blurred Lines dropped to No. 7 (57,000); Avenged Sevenfold — last week's No. 1 — went to No. 8 (42,000); Mr. Justin Timberlake's The 20/20 Experience lingered at No. 9 (38,000); and indefatigable Nevada rockers Imagine Dragons showed up at No. 10 (35,000).


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Gahhh I so want to make something like that... Well, I kind of did, din't I? with the paper forest I made for my new line photo shoot? Kind of ;) Now I know what to do with the little forest, instead of having it stuck inside a box, I'll make a display like that! Oh, I feel so inspired!
The photo is from Jenny Edwards' Flickr photostream, she doesn't have much info about her work (I so want to know more!) but you'll find really inspiring images there :)
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