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I've searched all over and can't find a fix for my problem.
All of a sudden the taskbar will not popup when I put the mouse over it. When I place the mouse over it I get the up/down arrow and I have to click where the taskbar is for it to popup.
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When you can see the Taskbar, right click on it and select Properties.
Uncheck Auto-hide the Taskbar, then click apply. The Taskbar should now be visible.
Now check Auto-hide the Taskbar and click Apply again, see if it works any better.
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Well, a sure fire way to see the Taskbar is to press the Windows key. Not as clean as using the mouse but it seems to work.
Do you have a lot of icons in the Taskbar?
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Maybe 20 icons in the taskbar. Pressing the Windows key does open it, but it's frustrating at times. I may do a restore to yesterdays settings and see if that fixes it.
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Windows 7 Home Premium x64
That would probably be your best option, to restore to earlier settings. However if that still does not work might i suggest performing a system repair using the install discs.
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A new documentary film about John Coltrane proposes that Philadelphia is the city of a Brotherly Love Supreme.
The legendary jazz saxophone player lived in Philadelphia through most of the 1950s, nurturing the artist toward a breakthrough that sent bebop on a spiritual path.
"Coltrane's Philadelphia," a 28-minute documentary produced by the Preservation Alliance for Greater Philadelphia, will premiere Wednesday evening at the International House in University City. WHYY contributed editing facilities to the project.
"The mission is to simply show how someone built and acquired the tools for that kind of artistic transformation that he used later," said Tom Moon, a musician and critic who co-directed the film. "When [Coltrane] moved to New York [in 1958], he becomes a central figure in the story of jazz. What the film tries to do is to suggest that didn't just happen because he moved to New York, or people suddenly 'got it.' It was part of a process of growth and a process of experience — 10,000 hours of playing night after night."
Artistic progression in Philadelphia
The film paints mid-century Philadelphia as a vibrant jazz scene, where clubs such as the Showboat and the Zanzibar regularly drew major talents, including Miles Davis and Dizzy Gillespie, and fostered ambitious young musicians who could play out almost every night of the week.
During his years in Philadelphia, Coltrane struggled with heroin addiction, a habit that nearly cost him his career. He finally kicked it in his house on North 33rd Street, just before recording the album Blue Train. The seminal Giant Steps followed shortly thereafter.
The film is structured around still photography pulled from city archives and Temple University, with new interview material from saxophone player Odean Pope, a contemporary of Coltrane's; singer Dorothy "Dottie" Smith, who passed away late last year; and Amir "Questlove" Thompson, the drummer from The Roots.
"The progression of Coltrane's life — the spiritual phase, once he became clean — just devoted his entire being to the saxophone in ways that he could reinvent music, and modal tones and chords," said Thompson in the film. "He felt a responsibility, whether the world acknowledged it or not."
The lightning-fast scales and the sophisticated harmonic progression ("Coltrane changes"), which Coltrane developed with religious fervor, were not instant hits. His genius was initially overlooked.
"The notion of the slow, steady, step-wise progression of an artist is not romantic — it certainly isn't something a young person will respond to," said Moon, lamenting the way "American Idol" is now seen as a viable career path. "We have a culture that expects instant stardom. What I've learned covering music for almost 30 years: Nothing about music is instant."
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The Preservation Alliance for Greater Philadelphia is funding the documentary with a portion of a $72,000 grant from the Pew Heritage Center to raise awareness of Philadelphia's jazz history and Coltrane's place in it
"By telling the history of Coltrane's time in Philadelphia, you ask questions: Where did that happen?" said Melissa Jest of the Alliance. "That's where we get the opportunity to point to sites that may exist still - but points that were significant in his time and his development here in Philadelphia."
While the Showboat and Zanzibar are not longer there — Ortlieb's still stands in Northern Liberties, but not as a jazz club. John Coltrane's house still stands, albeit precariously. The owner of the dilapidated building, Lenora Early, is raising money to renovate it into a museum. She was not involved in the production of "Coltrane's Philadelphia."
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A woman discovered Saturday that her neighbor allegedly was tapping into her electricity after she found an orange extension cord plugged into her trailer's outdoor electrical socket.
The extension cord ran from her home to her neighbor's home. The woman also told police she found a phone charger plugged into her home.
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2700 block of West University Drive — A grocery store's loss prevention official called police after he discovered 26 counterfeit $20 bills were used as payment in the store.
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3500 block of Interstate 35E — An officer was dispatched to a Denton hospital after a man allegedly was punched in the nose by his girlfriend's ex-boyfriend.
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The woman told police her ex-boyfriend is violent when he drinks. The couple attempted to leave the club but was confronted at the door by the ex. The victim told police he was punched so hard he could not get the bleeding to stop.
The girlfriend did not know where her ex lived, but she gave police his contact information and the address of his place of employment.
No arrests were made at the time the report was made.
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Guest Opinion: An Infomercial Is a Promise1 Jul, 2008 By: Anthony Ciavatta Response
Better infomercials in one easy step — how's that for a promise?
During a recent client meeting, I was asked to name what I considered the best book on writing. It's an insightful book titled "A Story Is A Promise." After some reflection, I realized a brand and an infomercial are also a promise.
Anthony Ciavatta
Learning how to best present and fulfill a promise is the key to a successful infomercial or short-form campaign. Statements, such as, "Lose weight," "Look better," or "Make more money," aren't just product benefits. Each is a promise.
Why do we buy a particular brand of car, television or even shoes? It's all about expectations ignited by a promise. We expect a Honda to be reliable, a Sony to be cutting edge, and Mephistos to be comfortable. That's their promise.
The first hotel chain, Holiday Inn, was built because its founder, Kemmons Wilson, wanted people to know what to expect when arriving at any of his hotels. Expectations are the fulfillment of a promise. It's a form of branding. So what does your infomercial promise?
On the most fundamental level, people watch an infomercial because they lack something in their lives (the same reason we watch movies). People may want to lose weight, look more beautiful or make more money. When they tune into your infomercial, they're expecting it to fulfill a promise to give them what they need to be the people they dream of becoming.
A weight-loss infomercial promises to help lose weight. A cosmetic infomercial promises to help a woman look more beautiful. An infomercial for a business opportunity promises a way to make money.
You don't need to be a rocket scientist to realize the success of an infomercial is directly related to how well it fulfills its promise. It's all about hope, expectations and — ultimately — either disappointment or fulfillment of that promise.
Every element of an infomercial contributes toward fulfilling the promise of that infomercial. But let's start with the first thing a viewer sees — the infomercial opening. The opening needs to be more than just catchy. That's the easy part.
An infomercial opening is all about proclaiming your promise as fast and as succinctly as possible. As simple as that seems, this is where an infomercial can take the first step in the wrong direction. It really comes down to a simple question: "What is this infomercial all about?" It's incredibly tempting to pack in as much information as possible.
Clients are often understandably anxious to include as much product information as possible. That's the worst thing they could do, especially in the opening. Mark Twain once said, "I would have written a shorter letter, but I didn't have the time to write it." He said that because making the complex simple is very difficult.
Reducing the focus of an entire infomercial campaign down to a single, definitive statement is not only difficult, it's often elusive. Software designers struggle to create programs with the fewest lines of code. Engineers labor to design components with the fewest parts. It's called design elegance. Achieve that elegance in your infomercial, specifically your infomercial opening, and your promise is that much stronger.
Proclaiming your promise in the opening is, well, just the beginning. All that follows must reinforce and complement the promise.
Now here's the fulfillment of this article's promise: the key to a better infomercial is brevity. Less is absolutely more. If something doesn't directly relate to your promise, it doesn't belong in the infomercial. Think of your infomercial as a structure, filled with beams. The more beams you can remove without the structure collapsing, the more effective your infomercial will become.
What does your infomercial promise? Figure that out before writing the first word of the script, and you're on your way to a stronger, punchier, more powerful and effective infomercial. And that's a promise.
Anthony Ciavatta is the owner of Irvine, Calif.-based Creative Filmworks, an infomercial creative and production company. He can be reached at (949) 833-2799 or via E-mail at
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On February 17, 2009, the American Recovery and Reinvestment Act ("ARRA") was signed into law by President Barack Obama, initiating an unparalleled $787 billion stimulus to the national economy through new spending and tax cuts. Recovery and Reinvestment funds are requested through grant application cycles, awarded by the Federal Government, invested locally, and tracked nationwide. To obtain and disburse funds, Chicago has created these strategy teams listed above.
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Like so many geeks who grew up with the original Star Wars trilogy (and I mean people who were actually born when Star Wars came out, not these punk kids who are five years younger than Return of the Jedi) I was, shall we say, disappointed with episodes one two and three.
It is my contention that Episode I was a complete waste of time, and that Episode II (a well-written and acted Episode II, of course) should have been the first, entitled The Clone Wars. And rather than just a few anticlimactic minutes of a single movie, Episode III would have focussed on the Vader's destruction of the Jedi, call it Revenge of the Sith (because that's actually a fine name). This means that the famous duel between Anakin and Obi-Wan (which was actually pretty good, all things considered) would've ended my Episode II, Rise of the Emperor. However, rather than a pathetic "NOOOOOOOOO!", I would've ended it something like this…
Screen is black, and there are muffled sounds of robotic surgery: DRILLS, SAWS, WELDERS. A strobe effect replaces the black with a series of images from the surgery.
First, a robotic arm being roughly welded to what remains of a ruined arm. SCREAMS.
A harness lifting the torso on VADER's black legs. SCREAMS, sparks, a saw enters the screen.
The chest device is locked into place, a HISS and steam as it is sealed.
Fade from black to a close-up of the face mask. As it is lowered onto ANAKIN's face amid steam and fire, the camera pans back, so that more and more of ANAKIN's body comes into scene as the mask descends, but we never see his face again. The mask locks into place with the same sound used in EMPIRE.
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By Don Bolding
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Bell County commissioners in regular session Monday morning hosted Texas Secretary of State Phil Wilson on his first stop on a tour to encourage voter registration in time for the constitutional amendment election Nov. 6.
This is Wilson' first term as secretary of state, though he is a veteran of appointed offices in state government. He said he is making the tour because about $9 billion in bonds are at stake in an election that includes 16 proposed amendments plus various local initiatives.
The amendments containing the bond provisions include:
Proposition 12, which would allow the issue of up to $5 billion in general obligation bonds by the Texas Transportation Commission for highway improvement projects;
Proposition 15, to require creation of the Cancer Prevention and Research Institute of Texas and authorize up to $3 billion in bonds payable from the general revenues of the state to find the causes and cures for cancer.
Proposition 4, which would authorize up to $1 billion payable from general revenues for maintenance, improvement, repair and construction projects and purchase of equipment to perform the work.
Proposition 2, to provide $500 million in general obligation bonds and authorize bond enhancement agreements for educational loans to students.
Proposition 16, providing up to $250 million in bonds that the Texas Water Development Board could issue to provide assistance to economically distressed areas.
Wilson noted that voter turnout in May's constitutional amendment election totaled a little over 7 percent statewide. He wants to improve that record, he said, "because I believe this election will play a major role in shaping the direction of Texas for years to come."
The deadline to register for the Nov. 6 election is Oct. 9. Applications are available at the county voter registrar's office, most libraries, post offices and high schools. They can also be downloaded from the secretary of state's Web site, www.sos.state.tx.us.
Monday's tour was to take Wilson through the Coryell and Lampasas county courthouses and other points to the west.
Commissioners also issued writs of election and approved notice of the election. They approved orders of election for simultaneous bond elections for $9.75 million in the City of Temple and $4 million for the Holland Independent School District so that those issues could be on the same ballot.
In other action, they approved the two-year renewal of a contract with Indigent Healthcare Solutions for data processing services for $5,802 a month, $100 less than the previous contract. They approved an application for the annual indigent defense grant from the Task Force on Indigent Defense for $128,357.
They received a report that the county's district judges had reappointed Donna Eakin as auditor and certified her budget as $801,140 and received the judges' order setting the pay of the five court reporters at $59,236 each.
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BOGOTA, Colombia — Defending his nation's raid on neighboring Ecuador, Colombia's president says he repeatedly asked that nation's leadership to deal with Colombian rebels operating from its territory before he ordered the cross-border raid that has set off an international crisis.
The fallout is mounting: Venezuela threatened to slash trade and nationalize Colombian-owned businesses. Venezuela and Ecuador sent troops to their borders with Colombia. And on Thursday, Nicaragua broke off diplomatic relations with Colombia.
Latin American foreign ministers met in the Dominican Republic in hopes of finding a way to calm the region's most tense flare-up in years, and the presidents of Colombia, Venezuela, Ecuador and at least nine other nations were flying in to join them.
Colombian President Alvaro Uribe expressed frustration at what he called inaction by Ecuador's leftist government over Colombian guerrilla camps in its territory.
"What does one do when bandits are shooting from the other side and the government doesn't do anything?" Uribe asked. "It's my job to defend 43-million Colombians."
Ecuadorean President Rafael Correa has said his troops have raided dozens of rebel camps, but Colombian officials say the guerrillas are tipped off.
Uribe refused to rule out more military incursions into Ecuador or Venezuela.
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My husband, Tim, and I saddled our sons' (Liam, 6, and Reid, 9) already sweaty bodies with their overstuffed backpacks and directed them to leap over a fetid gutter.
Had I really booked us seven nights in this city?
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Urban Investment Partners (UIP) won a "Plexy" award from Washington City Paper for a noteworthy achievement in the D.C. real estate scene during 2011 – specifically for "craziest buying spree."
According to City Paper, "the recession sent a lot of D.C. apartment buildings into foreclosure, even though rental demand here is the strongest in the country. Steve Schwat, of Urban Investment Partners, has been capitalizing on that, picking up building after building cheaply and either converting them to condos by buying out existing tenants or just doing big upgrades and charging higher rents. 'We could not possibly buy enough properties to satisfy our investors at the moment,' Schwat says. That's not a bad problem to have."
During 2011, UIP acquired six multifamily properties in Washington, D.C., which will have a total of 304 residential units when renovations are completed. The properties are located at 134 Kenyon Street, NW; 1430 W Street, NW; 3435 Holmead Place, NW; 3308-12 Sherman Ave., NW; 2359-2401 Ontario Road, NW; and 1346 Park Road, NW.
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Founded in 2001, the UIP family of companies is a leading real estate investment, development, and property management firm based in Washington, DC. The firm invests opportunistically in a variety of asset classes, with a primary focus on multifamily properties in select neighborhoods. Since 2001, UIP's principals have sponsored real estate funds throughout the D.C. metropolitan region with a total valuation of over $375 million. For more information about UIP and/or its funds, visit www.uipllc.com.
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Occidental Petroleum of Qatar Turns to SGI for seismic data interpretation
Silicon Graphics (SGI) has reported that Occidental Petroleum of Qatar has installed Qatar's first SGI Reality Center, a 3D visualization center enabling Occidental's engineers and geoscientists to interpret and evaluate seismic data.
The Reality Center incorporates the latest in digital light processing (DLP) projection technology, driven by a Silicon Graphics Onyx 3000 series visualization system, along with an integrated system of supercomputers, high-speed graphics systems, four screens and digital stereo projection equipment. Combined, they transform large amounts of seismic and well data into sharp 3D models of the subsurface.
The one million dollar center is also being used to interpret seismic data for reservoir characterization and development planning, using the latest 3D seismic and geological modeling applications. Geoscientists can visualize multiple seismic attribute volumes, enabling them to more accurately interpret faults and structures in the subsurface, thereby minimizing drilling problems and enhancing production.
SGI develops technologies that allow oil and gas companies around the world to analyze geoscience and engineering data in visual, three-dimensional formats for exploration and development of hydrocarbon reservoirs. — (menareport.com)
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Suicide in Ireland : the influence of alcohol and unemployment
In this paper we model the behaviour of the Irish suicide rate over the period 1968?2009 using the unemployment rate and the level of alcohol consumption as explanatory variables. It is found that these variables have significant positive effects on suicide mortality in several demographic groups. Alcohol consumption is a significant influence on the male suicide rate up to age 64. Its influence on the female suicide rate is not as well?established, although there is evidence that it is important in the 15?24 and 25?34 age groups. The unemployment rate is also a significant influence on the male suicide rate in the younger age groups. The behaviour of suicide rates among males aged 55 and over and females aged 25 and over is largely unaccounted for by our model. These broad conclusions hold when account is taken of a structural break in the 1980s, with the response to unemployment being greater in the earlier period and that to alcohol greater in the later period. The findings suggest that higher alcohol consumption played a major role in the increase in suicide mortality among young Irish males between the late 1960s and the end of the century. In the early twenty first century a combination of falling alcohol consumption and low unemployment led to a marked reduction in suicide rates, although there is some evidence that the suicide rate is being increasingly under?reported in recent years. The recent rise in the suicide rate may be attributed to the sharp increase in unemployment, especially among males, but it has been moderated by the continuing fall in alcohol consumption. Some policy implications of the findings are discussed.
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Sixties Scoop - Modern Residential Schools and Genocide in Canada
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The term Sixties Scoop, refers to the practice of taking ("scooping up") children of Aboriginal peoples in Canada from their families for placing in foster homes or adoption beginning in the 1960s and continuing until the late 1980s. The children were typically sent to Canada's Indian residential schools,[1] though a few were placed in the United States or western Europe.[2] The term "Sixties scoop" was coined by Patrick Johnston in his 1983 report Native Children and the Child Welfare System.[3][4] It is a variation of the broader term Baby Scoop Era to refer to the period from the late 1950s to 1980s when large numbers of children were taken from their parents for adoption.
An estimated 20,000 aboriginal children were taken from their families and fostered or adopted out to primarily white middle-class families, some within Canada and some in the US or Western Europe.[5][6]
This government policy was discontinued in the mid-1980s, after Ontario chiefs passed resolutions against it and a Manitoba judicial inquiry harshly condemned it.[7] This judicial inquiry was headed by Justice Edwin Kimelman, who published the File Review Report. Report of the Review Committee on Indian and Métis Adoptions and Placements (also known as the Kimelman Report).[8]
Two lawsuits have been filed in Canada by survivors of the Sixties Scoop, one in Ontario in 2010[9][10] and one in British Columbia in 2011.[11][12]
Contents [hide]
1 History
2 Effects
3 Kimelman Report
4 Aftereffects
5 Notable "scoops"
6 Similar social developments in other countries
7 See also
8 References
9 External links
The residential school system was implemented by the Canadian government and was administered by various churches. The purpose was to educate aboriginal children to Euro-Canadian and Christian values so they could become part of mainstream society. The school system was in effect from 1880s and until the late 20th century. This system forced children to be removed from their families and homes for long and extended period of times. The policy of the schools forbade the children to speak their own languages or to acknowledge their culture in any way. Survivors of the residential schools have come forward and spoken out about physical, spiritual, sexual and psychological abuse they experienced from the staff of these schools. The lasting cultural impact has been widespread and extensive:
Residential schools systematically undermined Aboriginal culture across Canada and disrupted families for generations, severing the ties through which Aboriginal culture is taught and sustained, and contributing to a general loss of language and culture. Because they were removed from their families, many students grew up without experiencing a nurturing family life and without the knowledge and skills to raise their own families. The devastating effects of the residential schools are far-reaching and continue to have significant impact on Aboriginal communities. Because the government's and the churches' intent was to eradicate all aspects of Aboriginal culture in these young people and interrupt its transmission from one generation to the next, the residential school system is commonly considered a form of cultural genocide.[13]
The Canadian government started to close the compulsory residential school system in the 1950s and 60s but it was the opinion of the government authorities at that time that Aboriginal children would benefit from a better education from the public school system.
This transition to provincial services led to a 1951 Indian Act amendment that enabled the Province to provide services to Aboriginal people where none existed federally. Child protection was one of these areas. In 1951, twenty-nine Aboriginal children were in provincial care in British Columbia; by 1964, that number was 1,466. Aboriginal children, who had comprised only 1 percent of all children in care, came to make up just over 34 percent.[14]
Johnston, while researching his report, collected statistical data from various stake holders within the community, including levels of government, aboriginal organizations and band council. Johnston was given the term "Sixties Scoop" by a social worker from British Columbia where she disclosed "with tears in her eyes – that it was common practice in BC in the mid-sixties to 'scoop' from their mothers on reserves almost all newly born children. She was crying because she realized – 20 years later – what a mistake that had been".[3]
The Kimelman Report, released in 1985, made the following observation about child welfare policies in that province:
The native people of Manitoba had charged that the interpretation of the term "best interest of the child" had been wrought with cultural bias in a system dominated by white, middle class workers, boards of directors, administrators, lawyers and judges. They also alleged that in application of the legislation, there were many factors which were crucially important to the native people which had been ignored, misinterpreted, or simply not recognized by the child welfare system.[8]
In 1983 researcher Patrick Johnston stated that Aboriginal children were disproportionately likely to be taken into the child welfare system. In Alberta 40–50% of children in care were Aboriginal; 60–70% in Saskatchewan; and 50–60% in Manitoba. According to the Aboriginal Justice Implementation Commission, "Johnston estimated that, across Canada, Aboriginal children were 4.5 times more likely than non-Aboriginal children to be in the care of child welfare authorities. Similar findings have been reported by other experts.[15]
Raven Sinclair, an Associate Professor at the University of Regina and a member of Gordon First Nation. She wrote an article called Identity lost and found: Lessons from The Sixties Scoop. In this article she discusses the broadened context of the term sixties scoop:
At the same time as we may be alarmed by the statistics, it is important to recognize that the Sixties Scoop was not a specific child welfare program or policy. It names one segment of a larger period in Aboriginal child welfare history where, because questionable apprehensions and adoptions figured prominently, a label was applied. The "Sixties Scoop" has evolved as a descriptor that is now applied to the whole of the Aboriginal child welfare era, simplistically defined here as roughly the time from the waning of residential schools to the mid-1980s period of child welfare devolution and last closings of Indian residential schools....The white social worker, following on the heels of the missionary, the priest and the Indian agent, was convinced that the only hope for the salvation of the Indian people lay in the removal of their children.[16]
Kimelman Report[edit]
The "Kimelman Report", titled No Quiet Place, was a strong critique or review of both the existing Child Welfare System in Manitoba and the practices of the social workers and agencies that were working within it.
Rather, it is believed that every level of personnel in the child welfare system has been so free of examination for so long that the least attention was viewed as negative criticism. Staff seemed unable to recognize that public examination of the system was long overdue. .[8]
The final report has 109 recommendations that range from cultural sensitivity, maintenance of family ties, formal training for professionals, structure of the system itself and having records being accessible on the computer. Kimelman went on to refer to the loss of the children as a "cultural genocide".[8]
Deane Reder (2007) reports that the adult adoptees who were the subjects of this program have eloquently spoken out about their losses: loss of their cultural identity, lost contact with their natural families, barred access from medical histories, and for status Indian children the loss of their status.[17]
The aftereffects of the Sixties Scoop remain an issue in child welfare provision for Aboriginal communities in Canada. Scholar Chris Walmsley notes in Protecting Aboriginal Children (2011) that some social workers find themselves in a similar alienated relationship to communities. Walmsley referred to one heavily publicised incident in which 71 children were removed from a community in 1998 (though not all were Aboriginal). One Aboriginal childcare worker said "to me it was very shocking ...it reminded me of the sixties scoop when kids on-reserve were taken without even their parents being aware of them [being] taken".[18] Walmsley comments that,
the condition of victimisation is recreated for the community every time a social worker parachutes into a community, makes a brief assessment, and then leaves with all the children at risk. This form of practice often reactivates the sixties scoop in the minds of the community.[18]
Walmsley notes, though, that there is a reverse problem, which is that Aboriginal children in care are now often "off-loaded" onto Aboriginal communities that do not have the resources to deal with them, a process that can exacerbate problems in fragile communities by introducing troubled children with no meaningful ties beyond ethnicity.[18]
Notable "scoops"[edit]
Richard Cardinal was a Métis child born in Fort Chipewyan, Alberta. He entered the foster care system when he was four years old. While in the care of Alberta Child Welfare he had a total of 28 group care and foster placements, secured facilities and shelters. At age 17, Richard hanged himself on June 26, 1984. There is a film that was made about his story; Richard Cardinal: Cry from a Diary of a Métis Child based on his personal diary and interviews with his brother Charlie and his foster parents.[19]
Sydney Dion is an aboriginal man from Manitoba who was adopted to the United States in 1971. The CBC 8th Fire features his story about coming back to Canada. Dion saved his money so he could find his family in Canada. When he arrived at the border, he was turned down: "they are aware that I was born here, but I am not a citizen here". He did not have a Canadian birth certificate and his name had been changed. Therefore he had no proof that he is a Canadian citizen. On his second try to get into Canada he was allowed back, as the border guard acknowledged that he was a minor when he was adopted and did not implicitly consent to becoming a United States resident, so he was allowed back to Canada without a passport.[20]
In 2011, Taber Gregory, baptized Henry Desjarlais, an aboriginal man from Cold Lake Nation, Alberta, Canada became the first victim of Canada Scoops placed in the US to be recognized by the Truth & Reconciliation Commission Canada.[citation needed]
In January 2015, via civil class action suit served on Federal Government of Canada, Wayne Snellgrove, became the first victim of Canada Scoops placed in the US to be recognized by Canada Courts. (Munatones, Steve.Wayne. Snellgrove Continues To Negative Split. The Daily News of Open Water, September 23, 2014). (Smith, Kim. Merchant Law Firm Says Manitoba Apology A Step To Compensation For 60's Scoop Adoptees, June 12, 2015).
Similar social developments in other countries[edit]
An event similar to the Sixties Scoop happened in Australia where Aboriginal children, sometimes referred to as the Stolen Generation, were removed from their families and placed into internment camps, orphanages and other institutions. A similar term, Baby Scoop Era refers to the period in United States history starting after the end of World War II and ending in 1972,[21] characterized by an increased rate of pre-marital pregnancies over the preceding period, along with a higher rate of forced adoption.[22]
it's about the control of land and resources as it has always been. It's about removing native culture and peoples, call it what you like a "scoop" or genocide or cultural genocide. The issue is removing a child hold from its home in a systemic way by not providing the same services to mothers and families that others receive.
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After its excessively dirty diesels polluted the nation's air for years, Volkswagen is on the verge of making environmental reparations in the U.S. and state of California, Bloomberg reports.
The automaker is reportedly in talks with U.S authorities to create two remediation funds aimed at offsetting some of the environmental (and possibly legal) damage resulting from the diesel emissions scandal.
The national fund would be managed by the Environmental Protection Agency, where Volkswagen's money would go towards promoting low-emissions motoring. The California fund would be managed by the state for the same purposes. (Anyone interested in an electric Volkswagen? Hmm?)
The U.S. Department of Justice is suing Volkswagen for up to $46 billion, and the creation of these funds could result in the financial penalty being lowered.
Volkswagen is currently attempting to find a viable fix for the 11 million diesel vehicles recalled worldwide, for which billions of dollars have been set aside to fund. In the U.S., the automaker has until next week to present its plan, though it has admitted that the deadline will come and go without one.
Last week, the California Air Resources Board (CARB) admitted many older diesel models likely wouldn't be able to be fixed, and raised the possibility of allowing the automaker the leniency to deliver only a partial fix.
The partial-fix option would be an alternative to buying back older models sold in California, though CARB would insist that Volkswagen hand over money to offset the future pollution.
Hypothetically, if the national and state-level remediation funds are substantial enough, it is possible the automaker could avoid a U.S. buyback program altogether.
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March 17th, 2016 at 3:58 pm
Instead of severely punishing the few people who knew about it and planned the cheating what we'll do is will attempt to destroy the entire company in order to make electric vehicles look better and just because we can .
Anyone who works for Volkswagon and has a family and suffers because of our misguided greed and environmentalfascist madness will just have to deal with it .
Let this serve as a warning to anyone who would try to turn out a product that doesn't meet our ever-changing and ever increasingly difficult to meet regulations .
We OWN YOU.
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qfrogMarch 17th, 2016 at 4:05 pm
"We Own You" That was conglomoco's slogan in Rocko's Modern Life. You know the kids show where the main character is a phone sex operator with a dog named spunky.
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NoGoYoMarch 17th, 2016 at 4:07 pm
Rocko's Modern Life was the sh*t.
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notwhoithinkMarch 17th, 2016 at 4:59 pm
If any VW employee suffers it's because of the decisions of VW's management to deliberately violate US regulations, then lie about it for 6+ years. I'm sure it sucks for them but I bet that there's someone (a responsible multi-millionaire executive) that they could hold responsible.
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orenwolfMarch 17th, 2016 at 6:24 pm
Dude. They games the system and got caught. They gambled and lost. That should speak to you.
Now they want them to play by the same rules as everyone else. That should also speak to you, since you seem to want to be all about fairness.
If instead, you'd rather believe business can do no wrong and as long as they create jobs, let them do what they want, well – enjoy that. I'll get off the ride here.
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notwhoithinkMarch 17th, 2016 at 4:54 pm
You know, the more I read from this Steph Williams person about VW, the more I wonder if they just make up things to put in their articles. I'm particularly interested in seeing how what he has reported here in any way backs up this claim:
"Hypothetically, if the national and state-level remediation funds are substantial enough, it is possible the automaker could avoid a U.S. buyback program altogether."
Yes, VW has to make good to the regulators by fixing or buying back the cars. Yes, if they put up big money in a remediation fund for the government then their fines may be lowered, but there's no way that they'll get out of having to buy back at least some portion of these cars. Hell, even the very article that you linked to says "The funds would resolve only part of VW's liabilities in the U.S., but they would be the first clear signal that the company is willing to negotiate in a serious manner,"
The government isn't the only entity that VW has to make whole. There's 600,000 owners out there who were defrauded by them, and the only reasonable remedy for that STARTS with a buyback and ends with treble damages under RICO statutes.
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J_TruestMarch 17th, 2016 at 5:33 pm
I 100% agree that the owners need to be compensated for the fraud issue but there are so many crimes VW committed, I think this news is just dealing with the EPA, compliance, and the fines imposed. Compensating owners for the fraud issue will have to be settled in court, many months down the line, after the EPA and CARB approve a "fix."
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notwhoithinkMarch 17th, 2016 at 9:53 pm
I'd like to think that what is being discussed here is separate from doing right by the customers, but that is not the stance that Steph Williams appears to be taking, nor does it appear to be the stance that Judge Breyer is taking as well. For that matter, the latest leaks on this from the negotiations are that the TDIs can't be made compliant (at least not most of them), and that the CARB/EPA "fix" will be to offer customers either a buyback at a price that doesn't include anything like damages OR the option to get a partial fix plus some goodwill money and an extended warranty on emissions components. We both know that taking either of those deals is absolutely going to come with a waiver of our rights to sue, and so in effect it will be the sum total settlement afforded to TDI owners.
There is no separating the EPA/CARB fix from making the customers whole, because making the customers whole is contingent on what the fix is and if the cars can't be made compliant any "remediation" will have a waiver attached.
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Steve LynchMarch 17th, 2016 at 5:17 pm
Yes, satisfying the consumers is obviously the last thing on VW's list.
As for California using the money to promote low emission motoring: HA! The money will go towards the legislature's pet projects as per usual.
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laserwizardMarch 17th, 2016 at 5:31 pm
VW pays and this all goes to a slushfund that the Democrats will use for something else. This is how it works. Just like the BP oil spill – 10 cents goes to the victims and 90 percent goes to the overhead of Uncle Sam so he can brag about how caring about the environment we are!
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HotPotatoMarch 19th, 2016 at 3:16 am
Nice made-up statistics backed by neither sources nor evidence. You know, Kenneth Feinberg is on a speaking tour right now. You could visit a city and hear him explain how the compensation process for the BP spill, GM ignition switch failures etc.actually works.
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TheDoctorIsOutMarch 17th, 2016 at 6:37 pm
What a steal by the State of California! Instead of direct reparations directly to those that own their virtually worthless cars, the now Republican led CARB instead wants to funnel the money directly to them and give the owners the environmental equivalent of a "Get Out Of Jail Free" card.
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qfrogMarch 18th, 2016 at 9:51 am
Issuing those get out of jail free cards is a costly bureaucratic process that will require the purchase of expensive hardware and software systems plus adding new state employees to process the paperwork.
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RHDMarch 17th, 2016 at 6:40 pm
If the culpable at VW will be whipped at the stake and then say a hundred Our Fathers, then the archaic "pennance" is wonderfully appropriate. If it's paying a fine and having an attorney draft an apology to be read by a corporate spokesperson, then "penance" in all its modernity will (not) absolve them of their sins.
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SCE to AUXMarch 17th, 2016 at 7:33 pm
laserwizard says the money will go to the Democrats.
TheDoctorIsOut says the money will go to the Republicans.
The articles state it will go to the EPA and CARB, but "zero emission" vehicles sometimes means "fuel cell boondoggle" rather than "EV". It didn't actually say "EV".
In any case, laundering VW's money as an ongoing government program is a bad idea. They should have their day(s) in court, pay their fines, and pay off their customers.
The problem is, they can't afford it.
This is where the reduction of Volkswagen begins: they will eke out a settlement that is severely injurious but not fatal, but also doesn't satisfy the mob outside. Then their market dries up, revenues fall, layoffs begin, and the terrible cycle continues.
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28-Cars-LaterMarch 17th, 2016 at 7:40 pm
I agree. I also recall last week making the claim it was all about the Benjamins.
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NoGoYoMarch 18th, 2016 at 3:25 pm
What? What?
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notwhoithinkMarch 17th, 2016 at 10:06 pm
Yeah, I'm actually OK with that. It's the closest thing that we have to a corporate death penalty, so we might as well use it. Every once in awhile we need an Enron or Worldcom to remind executives that there are consequences to their illegal scheming. Unfortunately, 99 times out of 100 they get fired ("replaced by mutual agreement" or "leave to pursue other interests"), collect their golden parachute, and go on to live happy lives as millionaires. What do they care? They're playing with someone elses money. If they get caught breaking the law then the company pays the price, not them personally, and if they don't get caught breaking the law then they'll get a bonus to bumping the stock price. It's a win/can't lose situation.
On the other hand, if a few hundred thousand people lose their jobs and investors lose $100 billion due to your malfeasance…well…you might just end up in prison as a warning to the next guy.
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WheatridgerMarch 18th, 2016 at 12:50 am
Sorry to be picky, but someone has to tell you that repentant sinners pay "penance." Baseball teams also win pennants, which is an entirely different thing.
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Drzhivago138March 18th, 2016 at 12:59 am
Penance is for Catholics and Orthodox. We Lutherans have enough certainty in our own forgiveness (as long as we're truly repentant) that we don't feel obligated to complete a set of arbitrary tasks to "earn" it.
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March 19th, 2016 at 4:07 pm
BMW wanted to make a big deal of their gesture controls when I drove the new 7-series. They also want to make a big deal about the "summon" feature where the car unparks itself while you wait outside the garage.
It takes all of a few minutes before you're subconsciously reaching for knobs…
Most people DO NOT use automated parking or automated driving on cars that exist right now simply because:
#1 they don't trust it.
#2 When they want to test it, they've forgotten how to activate it (same goes for ACC)
#3 It's just not as fast as if they do it themselves.
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JERSEY, Channel Islands, April 14, 2014 /CNW/ - Horizon Petroleum plc (the "Company") (TSXV: HPL), announces the results of its annual general meeting of its shareholders held April 11, 2014, including:
Each of the matters was approved by at least 99.9% of the votes cast. The full text of the matters considered, including the changes to the Articles, are set out in the Company's information circular prepared for the AGM, as filed under the Company's profile on SEDAR at www.sedar.com.
Immediately following the AGM, the directors re-appointed John Patterson as a director, and appointed Dr. Charle Gamba as a new director of the Company.
Dr. Charle A. Gamba, has been the Chief Executive Officer and President of Canacol Energy Ltd., since October 2008. Dr. Gamba is a senior executive with almost 20 years working experience in the US and international upstream oil and gas industry. He has considerable expertise in the establishment and growth of public oil and gas companies listed on Canadian stock exchanges. Mr. Gamba served as a Vice President of Exploration at Occidental Oil & Gas Company from 2001 to 2008. In his seven years with Occidental, he worked in Ecuador, Qatar, Colombia, and the United States in a variety of technical management roles. He started his professional career as a geologist with Imperial Oil in Calgary in 1994.
Charle holds a PhD in Geology from the University of Toronto.
Commenting on Dr. Gamba's appointment, Yogeshwar Sharma, the Chairman of Horizon said:
"We are delighted that Charle has agreed to join our Board at a time when we are in the process of building the company's portfolio internationally, with an initial focus on projects with proven reserves and significant production potential. Charle has a proven track record of delivering results in a competitive industry and we are confident that his experience and leadership qualities will ensure that we are successful in implementing our long term objectives"
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PETALUMA, CA, July 7, 2014 – Depending on your devotion to the Divine, it's likely that by simply reading the headline of this column you've already decided on an answer. It's also likely that regardless of any arguments that might be presented, your opinion won't change. Perhaps the larger issue, then, isn't whether you answer in the affirmative or negative, but whether you feel it's a question worth asking.
Here, your response may have less to do with any religious interest and more with an innate curiosity about the nature of health.
Although those in the U.S. who believe in God constitute somewhere between 75 percent and 90 percent of the population, those who believe he can or should be relied on for their health are likely far fewer. Turning to the Almighty in times of need as one would turn to a friend is one thing. Seeing him as a catalyst for cure – exclusively or in tandem with conventional medicine – is quite another.
On the other end of the spectrum, those living in the U.S. who identify themselves as atheists make up about 2.4 percent of the population, according to a 2013 Pew survey. These numbers are a bit sketchy, however, since 14 percent of those who call themselves atheists also say they believe in God or a universal spirit; the implication being that at least a portion of the die-hard doubtful are willing entertain the question of a divine being or presence and, presumably, his or her or its relation to our health.
Of course without an agreed upon definition of God – far too broad a topic for this column – it's unlikely that any answer, yea or nay, will have any real meaning except for the one offering it. This doesn't mean, however, that we shouldn't continue to ask the deeper questions, both of the existence and potential utility of such a being. Often the more you ask about something, the greater becomes your understanding of it.
Someone who was rather keen on asking just these sorts of questions was Mary Baker Eddy, a 19th century religious reformer who felt that a better understanding of God was essential to every facet of human progress. "The improved theory and practice of religion and of medicine are mainly due to the people's improved views of the Supreme Being," she said in one of her sermons. "As the finite sense of Deity, based on material conceptions of spiritual being, yields its grosser elements, we shall learn what God is, and what God does."
Although Eddy figured out through her own experience that God or "divine Love," as she referred to him, was indeed a reliable source of health, she never asked anyone to just take her at her word. Instead she encouraged those who were so inclined to ask their own questions about God and to consider the practical application the resulting insights might bring to their day-to-day lives, to really put it to the test.
Those who take up this same challenge today will likely find their opinions evolving, not only about the existence of God, but also about the value of asking good questions – of actively exploring and not simply ignoring something that could very well have a significant impact on our mental and physical well-being.
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Elderly Heart Surgery Candidate With Concerns About Transfusion
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An 84-year-old man complains of worsening angina pectoris that started
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What We're Wearing, Vol. #113
My favorite look this week was… On eyes: Edward Bess Cosmic Bliss Eyeshadow Palette, Kat Von D Proud Peacock Eyeliner. On cheeks: Edward Bess Summer in Capri. On lips: Edward Bess Island Blossom.
My favorite look this week was… On eyes: Edward Bess Cosmic Bliss Eyeshadow Palette, Kat Von D Proud Peacock Eyeliner. On cheeks: Edward Bess Summer in Capri. On lips: Edward Bess Island Blossom.
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My favorite look this week was the one I wore for my last day of classes!
Face: Bare Minerals Matte Foundation
Cheeks: Tarte Amazonian Clay Blush in Exposed
Eyes: Bare Minerals Connoisseur eyeshadow on lid, Clinique Color Surge eyeshadow in Daybreak, Maybelline Great Lash mascara
Lips: Revlon Colorburst Lip Butter in Pink Truffle applied very lightly
I've had some skin issues so I tried very simple things ( as usual ) :
– Dior Duo Blush 001 + Dior Addict lipsticks ( Exotique, On the Beach )
– On the eyes : Kiko Colour Shock Long Lasting Eyeshadow in Fresh Mojito ( great product ! ) + on the lips Kiko Unlimited lipgloss ( not pricey at all and really very long-wearing, much more than a Dior/Chanel/Guerlain etc… gloss )
– On my toes : Essie Hip-Anema
Great choice, it looks fabulous on you! My favorite lip of the week was probably when I wore my new Smashbox lipcolor.
Christine, this look is really state-of-the-art on you! Something I'd VERY happily wear myself as well!
This week my favorite look is done with Burberry Pale Barley, Edward Bess Cosmic Bliss (I've been reaching for this combo so often), Estee Lauder Peach Passion, and Chanel Suspense Rouge Coco Shine!
The lipstick colour looks gorgeous on you. =)
http://natzisstash.wordpress.com/2013/04/24/sunset-and-blushes/ is probably my favourite look for the week, with pink, orange, gold and brown colours (like a tropical sunset!)
Face: Bobbi Brown BB Cream
Eyes: Urban Decay Magic (inner lid), Mabelline Fierce & Tangy (middle lid), MAC Mulch in the outer lid and crease. I used the gold glitter in Urban Decay Oz and patted it over the lid, especially over the middle, on top of the orange.
Cheeks: MAC Born To Love on the apples of the cheeks, and MAC Soft & Gentle as a highlight.
Lips: MAC CB96 (possibly one of the loveliest MAC lipsticks ever)
I wore a really simple – almost to the point of "invisible" except it made me look very polished – eye look the other day. I used MAC Painterly (which I've neglected for quite a while) all over the lid and used cheap old Maybelline Tastefully Taupe eye shadow in the crease. I lined with Gosh black pencil liner very lightly and smudged out. It made for such a nice eye look that didn't look like makeup but just like I was blessed with elegant looks! Tarte Natural Beauty blush and MAC Brick-o-la lipstick to finish it off.
I defenitely need Island Blossom in my life, everytime I see it on you I go 'wow'.
My favourite look has been a good thick eye liner, Edward Bess Monte Carlo, or Dior Coral Glow, love that one too! And Ysl Rouge Volupte Shine in a coral shade, well anytyhing coral! ^^
http://www.bellachique.be/2013/04/dior-diorskin-nude-tan-paradise-duo-in-coral-glow-002/ something like this 😉
Diorskin Forever foundation, Catrice prep & prime HD powder, Sleek Rose Gold blusher and Maybelline 24hr Superstay concealer
Maybelline Color Tattoo On and On Bronze, Bobbi Brown Black Ink gelliner
Christian Brow Powder in Medium Brown and clear gel
YSL Rouge Pur Couture Vernis á Lévres in 'Rouge Gouache', a Pinkish Red
My favorite look this week was really simple and neutral. We had 8 finals this semester (down from 11) and my brain was too fried to think of better looks.
Face: Bobbi Brown Skin Foundation in Alabaster, Bobbi Brown Cheek tint in sheer pink, Dior NudeSkin Champagne Shimmer Highlighter.
Eyes: MAC Brule all over the lid to brow bone. MAC Omega on lid with MAC Charcoal Brown lightly through the crease. MAC Shroom as a brow bone highlight. UD Corrupt liner drawn on lightly and then smudged in on the top and just lightly dotted for definition on the bottom lash line. MAC Fascinating on the waterline and inner corner. Dior New Look Mascara on top lashes and Clinique Bottom Lash Mascara on the bottom.
Lips: Revlon Colorburst Lip Butter in Juicy Papaya from the new summer collection.
Christine, you look positively gorgeous in this week's look. This is so flattering for your colouring.
My fav look this week concentrated on a fairly soft and pretty look with Khaki and warm pink. Maybelline colour tattoo in Inked Pink as a base on eye, Burberry Khaki in crease an outer vee, MAC Vex on inner third, upper lashline MAC local wares gel liner and lower lash line UD 24/7 in stash with Burberry khaki eyeshadow smudged in.
Cheek in Illamasqua Tremble with a bit of Chanel Joues Pink cloud on top.
Lips Guerlain Rouge G in Gabrielle
Giorgio Armani Maestro!
Christine, you are looking lovely as always. Oddly my favorite look from the week was one that I did in 5 minutes as I was rushing out the door. I've been self tanning so I went with the bronzed look
Face: IT Cosmetics Bye Bye Redness buffed in with the included brush to reduce some blothchiness I had going on. Then I took my Too Faced Chocolate Soleil matte bronzer in Milk Chocolate and with the Cozzette Diamond Blender brush blended that allover my face and down my neck, on cheeks I used The Balm Blush in Frat Boy
Eyes: I just smudged a tiny bit of Urban Decay Whiskey liner along my lower lash line
Lips: I popped on some of my Koren Zander Marbled Shotz lip Glaze that he sent me to test out (should be available for purchase soon). It's a hot pink super pigmented lip gloss that really pulled the whole look together and let me get away with wearing less makeup than I usually do. The result was stunning. I didnt even have time for mascara and I wish I got to fill in my brows, but somehow it just worked 🙂
I love your lipstick, I should really check that one out! 🙂
This week my favorite was a totally blue look I created with new Chanel eye shadow sticks and vibrant blue mascara. Here it is:
Yesterday's work look – something to look more awake!!
All that Glitters as a wash all over lid and crease w/ Meow Cosmetics Rainy Day as top lash liner – really brightened! (I have hazel/dk green eyes). Facefront "Solara" (could use dazzlelight) under lower lashes for more brightening.
Cover girl cheekers in Golden Pink and Annabelle face powder (multicolored pinks/whites) for cheekbone highlight.
and EOS lipbalm.
MAC Archie's Girls launched in India this week and I loved the look I created for Betty! I don't usually go for something so pastel and soft but I loved how it turned out!
I'm really loving today's look for a movie and BBQ with my hubby and sister.
Face: UD Naked Skin (2.0) and Coralista blush
Eyes: Benefit Birthday Suit on the lid, My Two Cents on the outer corner, a little UD Naked in the crease and MAC Vanilla on the brow. Tightline with the 3-way lash tool (Too Faced) and Benefit They're Real Mascara
Lips: currently some lip balm but later Chanel glossimer in 119 (my fave lip color!)
I received a bunch of compliments on my nail polish. Which happened to be a favourite look I was wearing for the week.
I wore Pure Ice in Private Show, Take Me Now and Sheer Luck.
Which can be seen here: http://dinitchka.blogspot.com/2013/04/email-question-1-wwomn-pure-ice.html
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