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Christopher Lee: Lord of Misrule
by Christopher Lee
354pp, Orion, £18.99
Niv: The Authorised Biography of David Niven
by Graham Lord
356pp, Orion, £18.99
Alec Guinness: The Authorised Biography
by Piers Paul Read
640pp, Simon & Schuster £20
Christmas wouldn't be Christmas without publishers issuing a sackful of showbusiness biographies big enough to give Santa back trouble. The theme for this year seems to be second-ranking members of the British film aristocracy, who overcame their various limitations to carve out a personal niche in cinema history: Lee, Guinness and Niven - the dark lord of Hammer, the earl of Ealing and the crown prince of charm.
Whether we need more biographical material on any of the above is debatable. David Niven shifted a staggering 9 million copies of his rakish memoir, The Moon's a Balloon, and its follow-up, Bring on the Empty Horses. Lord of Misrule is Christopher Lee's second stab at a memoir (though the first, Tall, Dark and Gruesome, which came out in 1977, strangely doesn't get a mention). And Piers Paul Read's authorised account of Alec Guinness follows hard on the heels of Garry O' Connor's unauthorised one, itself the second biography of the actor that O'Connor has attempted. Both Read and Graham Lord turn out to be diligent biographers, producing accounts which are respectfully thorough if occasionally less than thrilling. But Lee's mordant reminiscence of life as the world's best-known vampire has a little more bite.
Contrary to the accepted superstition, Count Dracula casts a very long shadow. Christopher Lee came into the world in 1922 at precisely the same time that the German director FW Murnau conceived his great, silent classic, Nosferatu, a sinister portent if ever there was one. After a fitful early career in which he was told repeatedly that he was too tall and too foreign-looking to be cast as an Englishman, Lee finally found his metier as Hammer's principal horror. "It was marvellous to be an actor during the golden age of British cinema," he writes. "And it would have been more marvellous still if I could have made a contribution to the films with the good scripts." None the less, Dracula bestowed him with "a name, a fan club and a second-hand car, for all of which I was grateful".
Lee reckons he identified so readily with the count because, like the Transylvanian blood-sucker, he was a wayward, slightly embarrassing member of an ancient, noble family. Lee was descended, on his Italian mother's side, from a family with roots in the papal dynasty. Lee's musings on his lineage provide an outlet for some of the genuine flashes of humour which enliven his book. His socialite mother, the Countess Carandini, is described as "a classic beauty, like a coin: it was only natural for her to circulate". He even speculates enjoyably on the original Carandus, the maker of carts in imperial Rome: "When the victor returned in triumph, with a man at his elbow whispering 'Remember thou art mortal', there was always a man called Carandus in the crowd reflecting on the publicity he was getting for his chariot."
It is an established paradox of the best Hollywood memoirs that the initial account of struggle in obscurity makes far more absorbing copy than the catalogue of movie appearances and celebrity anecdotes to follow. Lee's narrative succumbs to drift in the middle part of his career ("The Vengeance of Fu Manchu took me to Hong Kong for some excellent golf"). But the pace picks up again for his late re-emergence as a cult figure in the Star Wars and Lord of the Rings cycles - a remarkable Indian summer to complement his Transylvanian winter.
An intriguing feature of the book, rather overtaken by events, is that it comes with a glowing preface from Lord of the Rings director Peter Jackson. Jackson and Lee are reportedly at loggerheads over the New Zealand director's decision to cut Lee's seven-minute contribution as the evil wizard Saruman in the final Lord of the Rings movie. Lee was bound by a confidentially clause until the movie was released: it's probably safe to say that his glowing endorsement of Jackson as a "magician" and a "genius" may not be included in the paperback edition.
Among the many dreadful movies that Niven made, possibly the worst of all was the atrocious Vampira in 1973. Where Lee was diabolic, mysterious and sexy, Niven looked like a lecherous uncle who had hired a cape and fangs as an excuse to bother young women at a fancy dress party. Mae West may have commented that "David Niven had charm where other men have only cologne," but it's hard to construct an image of Niven's screen career which accentuates the positive. There were the war movies, in which the other chaps seemed to do all the hard work while Niven mixed the pink gins and stroked his moustache. Or else there were all those stilted social comedies, in which he strode around in evening dress looking archly amused by the paucity of the script.
It is revealing that the one incontrovertible success of Niven's career, his 1958 Oscar-winning performance as the major in Terence Rattigan's Separate Tables, was a portrait of a louche, rather despondent figure, whose veneer of respectability cloaked a furtive history of sexual misdemeanours.
The problem faced by a biographer such as Lord is that Niven's self-spun fantasies make a far better narrative than the pedestrian truths behind him. To believe Niven's own account, his arrival in Hollywood occurred when he got drunk on a naval frigate and jumped aboard a neighbouring sailing ship where Errol Flynn was in the process of filming Mutiny on the Bounty. Lord's responsibility is to verify that this was rubbish. But his killjoy role as fact-checker-in-chief does little to enhance his subject's likeability. We discover how the young Niven cheated at his Latin school certificate, and how he copied out extracts from a book called Fox Hunting in Canada and sold it on to a local newspaper as his own work. Reviewing Niven's memoir for the Guardian, Bart Mills wrote: "You'd think, from reading The Moon's a Balloon, that here is the most superficial bounder in the whole history of civilisation." The evidence of Lord's biography suggests that Mills could have afforded to be a little more scathing.
Although Sir Alec Guinness was, by some distance, the most distinguished artist of the three actors considered here, his protean personality makes him the least satisfactory biographical subject. O'Connor's recent book, Alec Guinness: The Unknown, went to inordinate lengths to prove the perfectly possible, but completely unsubstantiated surmise that Guinness was secretly gay. You might hope that Read's lengthy official trawl, produced with the cooperation of Guinness's family and apparently with the actor's dying blessing, would at least avoid beating the same spurious path. But no: great tracts are devoted to unenlightening speculation over Guinness's sexual proclivities, as if the definite proof that he had penchant for rough young boys might provide the key to his elusive ability. Many people have tried to get to the bottom of what Guinness was good at, and failed. He expressed irritation when Ealing Studios billed him as "the man of a thousand faces". But Kenneth Tynan came closest to the truth when he suggested that if the police ever had cause to circulate Guinness's description "the number of false arrests would break all records".
None of these three actors' paths crossed significantly. Lee was briefly a neighbour of Niven in tax exile in Switzerland; and his sole appearance on the London stage was in a production for the Under 30 Group, of which Guinness was then president. Lee recalls that he was simultaneously making a film, and hopelessly under-rehearsed. Years afterwards Guinness recalled: "Yes, you were terrible. After a quarter of an hour I realised why: I knew nobody in the world could be quite so bad without a very good reason."
It may be instructive to compare these two actors' early appearances in roughly contemporary productions of Hamlet. Lee appeared as an extra in Laurence Olivier's film, in which his sole contribution was to shout out "Lights!" in the dark. Guinness took his first steps as Osric in John Gielgud's 1954 stage production, and from then on enjoyed the patronage of Gielgud's charmed circle. Considering these three biographies as a whole, one cannot help but wish that Lee had enjoyed some of Guinness's professional opportunities; that Guinness had some of Lee's natural wit; and that Niven had never left the army.


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Park Royal is making a significant investment in an expansion and revitalization project that will elevate the retail property to a world-class shopping, dining and lifestyle experience that is unmatched in the Metro Vancouver marketplace. Building on the success of the newly opened high street retail district at Park Royal South, the evolution continues with a new fashion wing anchored by Simons, a new food court dining experience, and a complete upgrade of both internal and external common areas to reflect the contemporary and fashion-forward design.
Enhancements to Park Royal North will meet the needs of changing customer preferences and provide improved continuity and connectivity within the property. The introduction of Loblaw's City Market will strengthen the retail mix while updates to the existing retail on the North side will continue a long history of success. A new exterior façade will harmonize the North and South side, while contemporary landscaping, store fronts and glass canopies will re-energize the district. An expansion of the parking structure will add 200 stalls and two new elevators will make access to new and existing parking more convenient.
Park Royal South has seen the addition of a two-level Simons, Canada's iconic fashion department store, open on October 15, 2015. Connectivity to The Village at Park Royal has been enriched by the reconfiguration of a 30,000 square foot fashion wing as well as new animated public plaza. The dining experience has been elevated with the introduction of a new food court, PICNIC, on the second level. A complete renovation of the interior will include enhanced ceiling and lighting upgrades, premium new floor tile and fresh, modern common area furnishings. These are all in addition to the recent opening of Park Royal's new outdoor high street retail district, state-of-the-art parkade, and enhanced public realm with public art, water features, green space, pedestrian walkways and almost five kilometres of integrated bikes lanes through and around the property.
Park Royal is an integral part of the economic and social fabric of the community. Not only does tax revenue, shopping center sales, employment and jobs provide notable and positive impact – but community life is enhanced through the vital public realm that Park Royal creates via the provision of community amenities.
As a retail destination, Park Royal's commercial success is dependant on creating a welcoming environment, which is attractive and engaging for its merchants and customers. With this in mind, Park Royal has developed a sustainability strategy to guide and continuously improve its efforts in the areas of business operations, service sustainability, sustainable consumption and its role in the community. Park Royal's sustainability policy is inspired by the four system conditions for sustainability, as defined by The Natural Step, an organization founded in Sweden in 1989.
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The 2017 Career Development Session: "Navigating Career Pathways: How to Develop, Adjust and Sustain a Career in Bone and Mineral Health for the Long-Term" is sponsored by the ASBMR Membership and Education and Women in Bone and Mineral Research Committees and will take place on Sunday, September 10 from 11:00AM - 12:00PM.
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11:00AM - 11:05AM - 5 minute introduction - Membership Engagement and Education Committee Chair and Women in Bone and Mineral Research Chair11:05 - 11:30AM - 25 minute moderated panel discussion with Q&A11:30AM - 12:00PM - 30 minutes for roundtable discussions:
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On my first visit I found three pieces of silver plate tableware for a total of $25. They were black with tarnish, but I walked over to the new Home Hardware (a few doors down east of VV) and bought some silver polish. When I got home, I spent about half an hour polishing them and I was thrilled with the results! I put the tray and dish on my dresser as a perfume and jewelry tray and the "bucket" became a flower vase on my built-in shelves in the living room. The before and after pics are below (sans flowers!):
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On my second trip to VV on New Years Eve, I was looking for some champagne flutes and was only hoping to find a few mismatched items for my NYE shindig. I scored a full set of 6 copper plated flutes from Pier 1, new with labels on. I paid a bit more than I should have ($5 each) even though I tried to talk down the price with the woman on the cash. They are gorgeous and a nice functional decor addition to my china cabinet.
My next local decor stop: Ciraco Frames to frame some nice prints. Stay tuned!


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1 The heavens are telling of the glory of God;
And their expanse is declaring the work of His hands.
2 Day to day pours forth speech,
And night to night reveals knowledge.
3 There is no speech, nor are there words;
Their voice is not heard.
4 Their line has gone out through all the earth,
And their utterances to the end of the world
In them He has placed a tent for the sun,
5 Which is as a bridegroom coming out of his chamber;
It rejoices as a strong man to run his course.
6 It's rising is from one end of the heavens,
And its circuit to the other end of them;
And there is nothing hidden from its heat. Psalm 19:1-6
Father Thomas Keating, a wonderful monk that my wife Lizzy and I have met several times, has said "God's first language is Silence. Everything else is a translation." I really didn't know what he meant by that a first, but as I reflected further on what he had said and then read Psalm 19, it became very clear. God's first language is silence and Psalm 19 says so. Everyday we rise, we see God's handiwork on display. During the day, in a morning sunrise or at sunset the heavens are "telling" the glory of God. Every night sky we see is also "telling" us of the glory of God. This display of God through nature is called Natural Revelation. Through Natural Revelation the universe and all that is in it, bears the mark of it's God. Every time I see the colors of a sunset, I marvel at the beauty and when I see the night sky I also am astounded by all the magnitude and complexity. I can't help but think that everyone must know in their hearts that God has to exist, on just what we see.
Living here in Germany, seeing the rugged Alps every morning and evening with the alpine glow at sunrise and sunset is incredible. I think the people here in Bavaria must also agree with the Psalmist because most all the houses here are painted with nature or biblical scenes on the outside of them, and as I've said before- everyone greets each other with Gruss Gott (Greetings from God.) The next time you see a beautiful sunrise, sunset, night sky, or take a hike in beautiful Colorado- remember that God is trying to get your attention and show you He loves you through the beauty that you see that He created especially for you.
God's first language is silence......but that silence is amazing!
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I went and saw the Tarantino and Rodriguez offering Grindhouse last Saturday night and for the most part thoroughly enjoyed myself. The double feature was mostly fun to watch though I think that younger people had no idea what was going on with all the misleading gags throughout the movie. Prior to the film starting an usher actually came in to the theater and announced the scratches and poor quality of the film were intentional effects and to not go complaining to the manager about it. I don't know if that was being repeated in all theaters showing the movie and was just part of marketing or if they producers actually thought it was necessary to not have negative feedback and droves of angry walk-outs.
The cheap exploitation films of the 70s that Tarantino and Rodriguez are so enamored of had a story and pacing that usually followed this formula:
Dull crap, dull crap, dull crap, ACTION! Dull crap, dull crap, dull crap, DOUBLE-ACTION!As someone who spent many a weekend in the 1970s in the old Horton Plaza movie theater in downtown San Diego watching some of the worst B-Movies of the era, I'd have to say Grindhouse was just about as dead on a parody/homage to the genre as you can get without resorting to the unintentionally awful Sci-Fi Channel library of original world premiere movies. I don't share the weird love some have for those films. I saw Switchblade Sisters way back in the 80s while in Korea (the local markets were flooded with imported or bootleg VHS tapes mostly comprising the action films of Joey Stallone and Wings Hauser) and I despise it with incredible passion. Tarantino seems to want to marry it and liked it enough to include in his Thunder Road collections of a few years back. I am mostly unable to enjoy them even ironically because I can't get past the bad, bad acting.
Of the two films, Planet Terror was the winner for me. Give me a good old zombie feature any day. I am now an unabashed Rose McGowan fan after this (at least until her creepiness factor gives me the chills again. It will eventually) and I will buy her Cherry Darling action figure as soon as it comes out. I won't even keep it in the package, man.
The entire film itself had some great gags that almost made up for some of the parts that dragged interminably even though they were accurately in the style of the cinematic ancestry. I had a real hard time getting through the long set up of unlikable characters in Death Proof and just about lost it when I discovered that Tarantino was putting me through it twice. But the payoff with the gals getting revenge on the serial killer was worth it. Professional stunt woman Zoe Bell, who plays herself in Death Proof, is so awesome she takes awesome off the charts. I was very...Let's say intrigued...by the prospect of Zoe Bell even though I kept thinking she was actually Jennifer Grey doing an accent.
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ARTS III is the third generation ARTS and was engineered for NASA DFRC's Predator-B (Ikhana) UAV #870 aircraft. The aircraft is an experimental platform for NASA's HALE and Suborbital Science programs. Additionally, Ikhana plays a critical role in the U.S. Forest Service's WesternStates Fire Mission, which provides real-time wildfire imaging and mapping capabilities in the western United States.
For the Ikhana UAV, the WVHTC Foundation engineered, built, tested, and delivered:
- 2 Flight Units
- 2 Flight-Equivalent Laboratory Units
- 1 Portable Test Computer
A single ARTS III flight unit features a ½ ATR chassis with three single board computers, and a wealth of external I/O including ARINC-429, 1553B, Ethernet, RS-422, and analog. Additionally, each unit has 6 GB of on-board data storage capacity.
For ARTS III, the WVHTC Foundation developed and tested application software based upon requirements provided by NASA DFRC. The ARTS III application software performed similar tasks to those listed for ARTS IV with two key differences:
- The ARTS III is not dual-redundant, thus voting of signals is not necessary
- Communications with the aircraft was via a RS-422 instead of a 1553 bus
The ARTS III flight units are environmentally certified to MIL-STD-810F (vibration, shock, and thermal) and MIL-STD-461E (EMI)
For more information on the Ikhana UAV: http://www.nasa.gov/centers/dryden/research/ESCD/ikhana.html.


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Tips for Growing Out A Fringe
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ohh i remember when i had bangs - it was such a struggle to grow them out ! but great and helpful tips ! xReplyDelete
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- AnonymousMonday, March 30, 2015 10:22:00 am
Currently trying to grow my fringe as well as the rest of my hair right now...It's got to the stage where I'm just throwing it up in a ponytail. A very small ponytail at that too.ReplyDelete
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Love this, my fringe has been growing out since the last time I cut it and I've been trimming it ever since!ReplyDelete
Totally agree with pinning back - the half-up top knot is a great way to wear the short layersReplyDelete
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love these tips, I've never really had a short fringe but always want one so definitely looking back at this when I do get one and then I regret it haha <3ReplyDelete
What great tips but I was planning on getting a fringe as mine grew out but the decision is driving me crazy.ReplyDelete
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Your hair is always perfect Lily! I'm in the awkward fringe stage myself, so I'm definitely due a trim!ReplyDelete
- AnonymousMonday, March 30, 2015 2:04:00 pm
The whole reason i never get a fringe is exactly this. I have no idea what to do when I grow it out. I'm getting my hair done soon so after reading this a fringe is definitely on the cards for meReplyDelete
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I used to have a really blunt fringe and it was a nightmare when it came to growing it out especially with the fringe being all one length! Great tips Lily!ReplyDelete
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thank you this really helped me I really need to grow my fringe I hate it so much your such an amazing blogger your so professional but realistic and deserve way more followersReplyDelete
I had to go through this lengthy and slightly annoying stage as well - hair pins were definitely an absolute essential at that time ^_^ReplyDelete
I'm so glad you're growing out your fringe! I know it's your hair and everything, but I'd still say this to you face to face! I felt like the fringe was hiding your face D:ReplyDelete
All true and helpful! :) ♥ReplyDelete
I've been trying to grow out my fringe for months now, it's such a long process. I've started changing my parting more to make up blend in better!ReplyDelete
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this hairstyle is super pretty !ReplyDelete
Your hair looks great though! You generally suit a few few different styles, but this sort of mid-length is particularly good on you.ReplyDelete
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They get so irritating sometimes. Haha.
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I've always been tempted by a fringe but growing it out really puts me off xReplyDelete
Ah fringe growing is such a pain! I've had my fair few episodes, i found switching up the parting was really helpful, also if you took a new parting which swept longer hair over the fringe you can use it to tuck behind your ear!ReplyDelete
Great tips, pinning it really helps!ReplyDelete
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9 Things About Motherhood No New Mom Wants To Admit She's Afraid Of
Motherhood is full of joyous and care-free occasions. From endless hours of cuddling and kissing tiny fingers and toes to reading bedtime stories and singing lullabies, it's an experience filled with tenderness. However, if we're being real here, it's not all rainbows and sunshine and cute baby butts. It's also the scariest damn experience you could possibly imagine. Motherhood is one non-stop rollercoaster of fear, and there are just so many scary parts about motherhood that, honestly, it would be hard if not physically impossible to list them all.
For one thing, scary is a relative term. Some new mom fears deal with things like the soft spots on their baby's head or being scared that their baby isn't getting enough to eat. For other moms, the fears are more existential, like fearing that their child won't grow up to be happy or fearing that they won't be able to teach their children a certain set of life lessons. Most of those fears are difficult to articulate and often come with a mix of emotions. For example, you can be happy that your baby is learning and growing, while simultaneously petrified that the additional independence they're gaining is leaving them more vulnerable to hurt and pain. See? I told you. A rollercoaster of fear, you guys.
Coupled with the constant pressure to act, or at least appear, like the "perfect mom," and admitting that you're afraid can be difficult if not completely impossible. If it makes you feel any better, though, none of us are perfect and these are just a few of the many things all mamas are scared of.
Vaccination Days
Okay, hear me out. There's a lot of controversy out there regarding vaccinations and while I personally chose to vaccinate my son, I know that I did have a momentary thought about potential side effects like an allergic reaction, not to mention the discomfort of having to deal with multiple vaccines at a time. After all, the vaccination list for just the first year is incredibly long. In the end, while not many parents will want to admit to this openly, most parents fear vaccine days (even more so than their oblivious babies).
Your Little One Catching A Disease
Parents don't want to think about their kids getting sick, but we all think it anyway. I think it's because our brains end to fixate on the things we can't necessarily control because, well, hello masochism. We think it when they're first born. We think it when our kids start play dates. We think it when one of their friends are sick. We think it when they first go to school. We think it when we see those St. Jude commercials. We don't mention it, and we especially don't tell our kids that we're terrified of what that little cough or sneeze can mean, but it's on our minds.
Losing Your Baby
Whether they are 2 months or 12 years, every parent fears losing their child. This stress is magnified if the parents have already experienced a loss. It's not something many parents are willing to discuss openly, but we all fear it. Whether it's due to SIDS or momentarily losing sight of your child in the mall, the thought is enough to elevate any mama's heart rate.
Your Baby's Bodily Fluids
Unless you were constantly changing your siblings diapers as a kid, you're probably at least a little bit scared of having to spend the first two-years of your baby's life ducking urine streams and wiping up what can only be described as miniature (or not so miniature) explosions of poop. And even if you were, you're probably not looking forward to this hourly task. That's not counting the spit-up and drool factors, mind you. I think, given the amount of time you'll inevitably spend cleaning up and discarding your baby's bodily fluids, it's more than normal that you'd be scared that you just won't be able to deal (but it's cool, we all felt like that at one point and later became immune and realized we just don't care).
Your Kid Getting Injured
Kids get hurt. It's what happens when you're fearlessly exploring your world while simultaneously still learning coordination. Still, from the moment we bring them home from the hospital, we are deathly scared our precious babies will hurt themselves someway, somehow. We're scared they'll roll off the bed. We're scared their legs will get caught in the crib slats. We're scared they'll fall of their bikes and break a leg. We're scared they'll get tackled in pee-wee football. Can't we just encase them in bubble wrap till they're, like, 40?
Having To Discipline Your Kid
I'm only now learning the start of age-appropriate discipline (which, with my toddler, is currently just distraction), but I am definitely scared of having to deal with it later in his life. Disciplining your kids sucks. You wish they would just behave like little angels their whole lives, but the hammer of justice has to fall sometime and, well, you'll have to be the one to wield it.
Becoming Your Mother
Maybe this doesn't apply to all moms, but many of us fear that we will turn out to be the same kinds of mom that our own mothers were. This isn't a slight against our moms, because even if we absolutely love our moms and appreciate all they did, it doesn't always mean we agree with their parenting techniques. It'll probably happen to an extent but, rest assured, you'll probably still differ in the ways you always hoped you would.
Bullies And Bullying
No mom wants their child to be bullied. No mom wants their child to be a bully. In recent years, we've become very aware of the signs of both and, more importantly, the adverse effects bullying has on everyone involved. Moms usually won't want to tell their child how much they fear for them once they start school, but inside they're usually freaking out about this (and that's okay).
Having To Be The Adult
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The price of housing in Spain experienced a drop of 10.6% in the second quarter, year-on-year, the highest amongst the countries of the eurozone, according to data released last week by Eurostat. However, this decline represents a slowdown compared with the year-on-year fall of 12.8% recorded in the first three months of 2013.
Data from the EU statistics office shows a fall of 0.8% in the house prices in Spain, compared to the first quarter of the year, when they fell by 5.1%, behind only the 2% quarterly decline recorded in the Netherlands. In fact, the quarterly decline in housing prices seen in the second quarter, the 12th consecutive negative quarter, is the lowest since the fourth quarter of 2010, when prices fell by 0.1%.
Over the whole of the eurozone, housing prices experienced a decline in the second quarter of 2.2%, year-on-year, two tenths less than that recorded in the first quarter. However, in quarterly terms, housing prices rose by 0.3% after falling by 1.4% in the first three months of the year, representing the first price increase since the third quarter of 2011.
Meanwhile, El Pais reported that the figure for the EU showed a fall of 1.3% in annual terms, two tenths less than the decline observed in the first three months of the year, while compared with the first quarter, the prices increased by 0.4%.
Among the EU countries for which data are available, the largest annual price increases were registered in Latvia (+8.8%), Estonia (+8.1%) and Luxembourg (+5.1%), while the steepest declines were recorded for Croatia (-19.7%), Spain (-10.6%) and the Netherlands (-7.5%). Compared with the first quarter, the biggest price increases were registered in Latvia (+5.1%), Estonia (+3.7%) and Denmark (+3.1%), while the most notable declines were for Croatia (-6.5%), the Netherlands (-2%) and Hungary (-0.9%)
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Improving resilience to become a conflict constructive Leader
When people are asked to describe conflict, they typically use words like "anger" or "frustration." Conflict is trying for most people. It leads to negative emotions which cause stress. This makes it difficult to respond to it constructively. It's no wonder why conflict is a key cause of burnout.
Avoiding conflict rarely works. Issues tend to fester, and matters become worse. While it is better to deal with the conflict than avoid it, this can take an emotional toll. Fortunately, finding ways to manage emotions can both help address conflict more effectively and assist in rebounding afterwards. Emerging research has discovered a variety of techniques for managing emotional reactions in conflict. One approach involves diverting one's attention from the negative thoughts and emotions that have emerged from a conflict. This can be done by focusing on more positive thoughts, sometimes called "going to your happy place." By thinking about a very positive scene or situation, you can improve your mood and take your thoughts off distressing matters. The cultivation of positive emotions can over time improve one's mood and this can serve as an antidote to the negative emotions that can emerge in conflicts.
Another method involves the use of mindfulness meditation techniques. These allow you to observe what is happening in the moment in a non-judgemental manner. Mindfulness techniques change the way the brain functions and bring about calmer moods in individuals. Stress associated with conflict is reduced.
The same techniques that help you manage emotions in the middle of conflict are being found to be helpful in enhancing resilience. When people increase their resilience, they can bounce back from the stress of workplace conflict more quickly. This can play a very important part role in improving their overall quality of life.
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The first Dualminer USB ASIC devices that can simultaneously mine Litecoins (LTC) and Bitcoins (BTC) and alternative crypto currencies based on scrypt and SHA-256 that we've already mentioned here have started appearing on eBay. These devices based on a single Gridchip GC3355 processor chip from Gridseed are rated as capable of: 500MH/s SHA-256 and 40KH/s Scrypt when operating for mining both, or 1.6GH/s when mining only BTC or 70KH/s when mining only LTC. Again, price wise these are not very interesting products, unless you want to be able to try the Gridseed chips and see how well they can perform. What would be more interesting are multiple-chip devices that offer significantly higher performance, but the good thing is that things are finally happening for Gridseed and we are actually seeing devices based on their innovative dual mining SHA-256 and Scrypt at the same time Gridchip GC3355 chips.


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For a senior executive looking to grow the management staff of his call center, there's nothing that sinks a ship faster than employing the wrong leaders. You need managers that can hit the ground running and impact the performance of agents quickly. The hiring decision is critical and has lasting ramifications. Unsuccessful management hires today lead to failing new hires tomorrow. Bringing in the wrong managers not only puts your supervision behind; it causes setbacks with your agents as well.
Often, the best choice is to outsource your call center to a third party and let their supervisors run the show. Outsourcing is not for every company. But if you don't want to deal with supervisors and reps, then it could most certainly be for you. Here are three reasons why outsourcing your call center to a partner might bring you better supervision:
1. Management must see the center as a place of creativity.
If your candidate sees the contact center as just another department within the organization, then he may not be the right fit. The contact center thrives on people and emotions to accomplish goals. A leader who understands this is one who can take the center to the next level.
2. Managers must look to accept responsibility for the team's performance.
There are several individuals in the call center who may be responsible for performance. Recruiters, trainers, team leads, agents, etc. But only one person has the true responsibility. If management fails to recognize that "the buck stops here," then that philosophy will trickle down to each level of performer, and a mentality based on the "it's not my fault" mantra will stunt your center's growth.
3. Managers must see value of communication feedback in operating culture.
The right manager recognizes the importance of open communication. Permanent and creative channels that agents are comfortable with and that encourage open feedback build a powerful environment. I've consulted with organizations who host "town hall" meetings several times a year, and others that don't. The difference is clear. The simple gesture of holding a town hall meeting, and dozens of others like it, create a culture of feedback that employees cherish.
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A Camarillo financial advisor can help you address all of your monetary concerns in the lower part of Ventura County. Whether your interests in this community involve business ventures or home life, a California financial planning advisor can help you organize all the dollars and cents that sustain your activities. You might be out to make big money in California or you may just be after the simple life, but either way you'll need to have your financial issues properly handled. Even if you've always had a knack for numbers and calculations, a Camarillo financial advisor can offer strategies for making your situation far better than you would have imagined.
Just about anything you do in Camarillo will involve an investment of some kind, whether you're buying a share in a company or obtaining information on market linked CDs. Some local residents are big spenders while others stick to the frugal life, but virtually no one gets by without some involvement in the almighty dollar. Even if your success has freed you from all financial burdens, an advisor can still give you pointers for making your good life even better. Since there's really no such thing as too much money or success, you should speak with a Camarillo financial advisor to learn the latest monetary strategies.
Depending on the kind of situation you're in, you might have trouble from time to time just making ends meet. Whether you rent an apartment or maintain a small home in Camarillo, things can get tough if you're barely holding down your own monthly expenses. Perhaps you have your money tied in some unreasonable ways, such as huge debt obligations or alimony? While it's never wise to obligate yourself to any repayments that are way beyond your means, there are certain situations that leave few alternatives. But when you speak with a Camarillo financial advisor, you'll find ways to negotiate matters better and discover some alternatives.
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Perhaps the biggest investment that any Camarillo resident can make is the purchase of a home. Whether you buy an older one-story or new three-story home, the mortgage you accept will rely on your monetary sustenance for many years to come. You might change jobs within the coming years or you might simply enter an inactive period, but you'll need to have money in your bank to meet your obligations as a homeowner. If you speak with a Camarillo financial advisor, they'll help you develop methods for staying afloat through any type of situation.
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In my last post, I spoke about an obsession on client experience.
In this post, I will talk about how this client focus is driving everything we do.
We are just starting the fundraising process in earnest. In these meetings, we get asked a lot about our channels and cost of customer acquisition.
It is easy to understand why these questions are so important to investors. Online travel is crowded. The companies in the space spend billions on advertising. However, we are not looking to raise money for AdWords and television spots. We don't think it would work anyway.
Our "channel" has to be clients who recommend our product to fellow travellers and friends. Our cost of customer acquisition needs to be spent within the product. We know our solution has to work intuitively. Clients need to be able to plan travel the way they want. It has to be personalized. It has to be fun.
On customer acquisition costs, we can't win if we have anything short of a product that people love to share. We wouldn't want it any other way.
We are often told that we are either going to hit it really big or fail spectacularly. That is ok. We set out to change travel planning – to make it as much fun as the trip itself. We knew it was not going to be easy.
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|The effect of production system and age on levels of iron, taurine, carnosine, coenzyme Q10, and creatine in beef muscles and liver
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|Beef, Biological organs, Bos taurus, Cheek muscle, Cheek muscles, Composition, Enzymes, Haem iron, iron, Meats, metabolism, muscle, Pasture finished
Samples of longissimus (LL) and triceps brachii (TB) muscles from Angus-cross heifers finished either on a high-concentrate ration in Washington, USA, (US cattle, n = 15) or on pasture in New Zealand (NZ cattle, n = 16) were assessed for composition characteristics. Half of the NZ cattle were of a similar age to the US cattle (NZAge) and half were of a similar weight (NZWt). Iron concentration was higher in TB (20.9 vs. 17.5 μg g-1; P < 0.001) and was higher for the NZWt group than the NZAge group or the US cattle. The proportion of iron as haem iron was highest for the NZWt group (87.3%; P < 0.01), but the proportion as soluble haem iron was highest for the US cattle. For a sub-group of 10 pasture-finished cattle, iron levels in cheek muscle were higher than for LL or TB, and liver levels were 66% higher than cheek muscle. The proportion of haem iron, however, was lowest in liver (55.3%) and was lower in cheek muscle (78.4%) than LL or TB. Relative to LL, TB had higher levels of taurine and coenzyme Q10, but lower levels of carnosine, creatine and creatinine, as expected for a muscle with a more aerobic metabolism. These differences were magnified for the even more aerobic cheek muscle. Differences between the two NZ groups were small, but muscles from the US cattle contained less taurine, carnosine, coenzyme Q10, and creatinine. Reasons for these differences in various meat components for similar cattle from different production systems are not clear. © 2005 Elsevier Ltd. All rights reserved.


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4 Teens Charged in String of Longmont Commercial Burglaries Last December
Four teenagers have been charged in a string of Longmont burglaries that occurred in December , including one in which an employee was held at gunpoint, according to police.
Cmdr. Joel Post in a news release said that the only adult in the group is Gabriel Duran, 18, of Denver. The others also are from Denver and are ages 16 and 17.
Post said they each were charged in January with seven felonies and one misdemeanor while they were incarcerated on other charges from the metro area.
The four commercial burglaries occurred between 2:04 and 2:40 a.m. on Dec. 27 — two in the 2300 block of Clover Basin Drive, one in the 1200 block of Main Street and another in the 00 block of South Sunset Street.
During one of the burglaries, an employee of a business was forced at gunpoint to open a safe, police said. In at least one of the burglaries, surveillance photos showed five men getting out of a SUV.
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Gaydon Heritage Motor Centre to rebrand as the 'British Motor Museum'
The Heritage Motor Centre is to be renamed the 'British Motor Museum' following a multi-million pound refurbishment taking place this winter.
The museum will close to the public from 30 November while the existing museum is revamped – and a new £4 million collections centre will open when the work is complete on 13 February 2016.
The rebrand was announced today, on the opening day of the NEC Classic Motor Show.
The British Motor Industry Heritage Trust, which owns the museum, is a registered charity, set up in 1983 to collect and conserve vehicles and artefacts relating to the UK motor industry.
In December 2014, the trust gained 'designated' status from Arts Council England, confirming that its collections are of national significance. It says that the renaming of the museum will more accurately reflect its significance.
British Motor Industry Heritage Trust managing director, Julie Tew, said: "We are delighted to announce these exciting new changes which will significantly enhance our status and appeal. The museum refurbishment and the new collections centre will enrich our visitors' experience and showcase our collections to their full potential."
The changes to the existing museum will include new themed zones – such as those for movie cars, prototypes and sports cars.
Jaguar Land Rover, the Heritage Lottery Fund and the Garfield Weston Foundation have supported the new £4 million Collections Centre, which will store around 250 vehicles from the reserve collections of the British Motor Industry Heritage Trust and the Jaguar Heritage Trust.
Previously, the Heritage Motor Museum has not had enough room to display all the classic vehicles it had access to.
Tew added: "Not only will our prized collection of 300 historic British cars be far more accessible, but our Museum will give people the chance to learn more about the past, present and future of the British motor industry, its technology and its people."


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Championship preview: Millwall vs. Sheffield United
JED Wallace is back for this crucial clash with Sheffield United – but Conor McLaughlin serves a one-match ban after collecting five yellow cards this season.
Wallace has missed the last three games through suspension after his red card against Burton, and will likely go straight back into Neil Harris' starting line-up.
Mahlon Romeo should make his full Championship debut, his first start in a regular league fixture since last April after just two EFL Cup games and an 89th-minute substitute appearance at Preston.
Boss Harris must also decide whether to recall Lee Gregory to his starting line-up or continue with Steve Morison and Tom Elliott as his front partnership.
Millwall have defeated Sheffield United in both their fixtures at The Den under Harris, 1-0 in March 2016 and 2-1 in August last year.
But the Blades have lost just nine league games out of 61 since that latter result, and are currently third in the table, three points off Cardiff in second.
Boss Chris Wilder felt the reaction to only drawing 1-1 at home to Birmingham last weekend, when Leon Clarke rescued a point with his 13th goal of the season, shows their expectation levels.
"How far we've come, I don't want it to stop and I don't think the players want it to stop," he said. "If you walked into that dressing room, there's a lot of really disappointed players in there. They can be disappointed a bit but nobody else can because of the way they've tried to drive it forward.
"I don't think it will stop with the way they are playing. Consistently, they are producing some really good performances in a tough division. Results will follow if they keep the standards as high as they are."
In contrast to Millwall, Saturday's opponents have a striker in Clarke in some of the best goal-scoring form of his life. Clarke, 32, played for 16 different clubs before United, but Wilder seems to be finding a way to get the best out of him.
Clarke has scored nine times in his last four games, three times as many as Millwall's three main strikers have scored from play in the league this season.
Only Wolves have scored more league goals that the Blades in this campaign, and midfielder John Lundstram believes Clarke epitomises the team ethic.
"We all work incredibly hard and none more so than Leon," Lundstram said "He's putting in the miles, running his socks off right until the last minute. But it's not just the work, his technique is superb."
Sheffield United will be without long-term injury absentee Paul Coutts after his recent leg-break against Burton.
Shaun Williams is back in training but won't be available for the first team until just before Christmas.
Millwall are looking for a first win in seven games at the weekend, and will be slightly worried that Birmingham and Sunderland below them are showing signs of improvement under new managers.
Defeat on Saturday would drop them another place in the table, but a win could boost them to 16th.
Form guide
Millwall: LLDDL
Sheffield United: LWWLD
Millwall record against Sheffield United
Played 52
Won 22 Drew 8 Lost 22
Possible teams
Millwall: 4-4-2: Archer; Romeo, Hutchinson, Cooper, Meredith; Wallace, Tunnicliffe, Saville, O'Brien; Gregory, Morison.
Sheffield United: 3-5-2: Blackman; Carter-Vickers, Wright, O'Connell; Basham, Lundstram, Duffy, Fleck, Stevens; Clarke, Sharp.
Match odds
Millwall 19/10 Draw 12/5 Sheffield United 7/5
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VICTORVILLE– (VVNG.com): An attempted marijuana oil extraction is believed to be the cause of a Friday morning explosion and fire. At about 9:15 a.m. dispatch received the report of a structure fire in the area of Luna and La Brisa Roads in the county area of Victorville. The reporting party, per scanner traffic reported that there was smoke and loud exploding sounds coming from the home.
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Wow..It's been a long time since I've posted a movie review! =D My summer has been packed with trips and now that I've started work and school again, it made my transition back into reality a bit more difficult. I've watched a bunch of movies while I've been gone so here goes!
Chiisana koi no monogatari 小さな恋の物語 (Little DJ)
Taro (Kamiki Ryunosuke) is a 12 year old boy from a small town that loves baseball and pretending to be a radio DJ. Due to a sickness, Taro is hospitalized and while there, he eventually becomes the lunchtime DJ at the hospital and changes the meloncholy beat at the hospital to a more light hearted one. Based on Onizuka Tadashi's novel, Little DJ is a story about the reminiscents of young love and music.
Quick to capture your heart and attention, Little DJ is a gentle and sweet movie to watch. Main actor Kamiki Ryunosuke, who plays Taro, is a brilliant young actor with a bright future. The cute romance and feelings expressed in the movie bring light to the joy of being a child again. Some people might find Little DJ to be a typical story about a person in the hospital, but with the twist on music, romance of a girl who is a year older, and other side stories, Little Dj will no doubt, touch your heart. Honestly, I have no bad things to say about this movie, it was simply sweet and heartwarming. I think some might find it slow? but definitely not me.
My rating: 9/10
Should you watch it? Definitely. It seems like you're typical story about incurable disease, but it's very heartwarming.
To check out other reviews on Little DJ check out the links below:
Nhatkyviet– 4.3/5
Imdb: 8.1/10
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The FDA recently issued a public health notice on the instructions for cleaning and sanitizing, or "reprocessing," ultrasound transducer assemblies used in biopsy procedures. The agency said it was responding to a patient safety alert issued April 3 by the U.S. Department of Veterans Affairs (VA) related to the cleaning and sterilization of the devices, which are used by the VA to screen patients for prostate cancer.
If the devices are not correctly reprocessed between patients, "residual material from a previous patient may contaminate the biopsy needle and needle guide when the system is reused for biopsies [and] could lead to patient infections," the FDA said, emphasizing the need for clear and complete reprocessing instructions.
The FDA notice does not mention the name of the company that manufactured the devices purchased by the VA, Denmark-based B-K Medical. According to the VA, the firm's devices were "not being disinfected properly at some of our medical facilities." The agency has attributed the problem to the products having been delivered without complete reprocessing instructions. As a result, patients undergoing prostate biopsies as far back as 20 years ago could have been exposed to serious infectious diseases including Hepatitis and HIV, the VA said.
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Small businesses spend a great deal of time trying to generate new business. They search high and low for new customers with advertising campaigns. However, what happens to those customers once the business has attracted their attention? More often than not, businesses don't try hard enough to keep customers coming back. The focus on generating new interest is far more important than establishing a strong base of regular customers.
However, businesses need to do more to keep customers coming back. After all, it costs much less to retain an existing customer than to attract a new one. Sales, advertising and marketing strategies for regular customers are a little different than those targeting new audiences. Here are five tips that can help small businesses learn how to keep customers coming back:
Use Incentives
One great way to keep customers coming back is by offering incentives to them when they make a purchase. Popular incentives might include a complimentary gift, a discount coupon to be used with the next purchase, or a special financing offer. Providing incentives for regular customers demonstrates appreciation and gives them a reason to return to your business when it's time to make a purchase.
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If you have a core group of regular customers that make up a high percentage of your annual revenue, then you can show appreciation for those customers by hosting a special event. An evening dinner event or wine tasting creates the perfect environment to recognize regular customers for their loyalty. Events such as these will keep customers coming back.
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For customers that you know and trust, there are some practical ways you can make life easier for them and keep them coming back again and again. You can make special arrangements such as onsite delivery, ordering via email or offer flexible payment options. When doing business is easy for your clients, then it's easy to keep customers coming back.
One way to discover how to keep customers coming back is by exploring what your competitors offer (or what they don't offer). You can use your competitor's offerings to develop more flexible and customizable options for your regular customers.
Listen to What Regular Customers are Saying
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If you want to keep your regular customers happy, then you need to make sure that all the products and services that they need are readily available. This might mean that you need to develop package deals or complimentary add-on services to meet customer needs.
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