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Based on official population estimates and population projections, this briefing examines the impact of migration on recent and future UK demographic trends.
Key Points
- More than half (53%) of the increase of the UK population between 1991 and 2014 was due to the direct contribution of net migration.
- Differences in net migration assumptions between the 'low migration' and the 'high migration' variant projections produce a range of variation of 5 million in the projected size of the UK population in 2039 (between 71.8 and 76.8 million).
- In the principal projection the cumulative net inflow of post-2014 migrants accounts for half (51%) of total population growth until 2039. A further 17% of projected population growth is attributable to the additional contribution of new migrants to natural change (i.e. births and deaths).
- The projected contribution of net migration to population change considerably differs across the four UK constituent nations. Without net immigration Scotland's population would stagnate over the next decade and would decrease in the longer term.
- Net migration assumptions have been continually revised in the projections released since the mid-1990s, reflecting rising levels of net migration and the high uncertainty of migration forecasting. As a result, the projected size of the UK population at the beginning of the 2030s based on the latest projections is 11 million higher than in the 1994-based projections.
- More than half (53%) of the increase of the UK population between 1991 and 2014 was due to the direct contribution of net migration.
Understanding the Evidence
Key concepts
In the UK statistical system long-term international migrants are defined as people who move into and out of the country for at least 12 months. Net migration is the balance between immigration and emigration over a given time period. In demographic terms, natural change – i.e. the difference between the number of births and deaths – measures the contribution of vital events to the dynamics of the population. Immigration and emigration contribute to population change not only by altering the number of individuals in the country at a given time (direct contribution) but also by affecting natural change (indirect contribution).
Population estimates
The Office for National Statistics (ONS) produces annual estimates of the resident population of England and Wales and estimates for the UK as a whole by collating data provided by the Northern Ireland Statistics and Research Agency (NISRA) and by the National Records for Scotland (NRS) (ONS 2015a). The population at 30 June of a given year (stock) is obtained by annually 'updating' the most recent census population count with data on demographic events contributing to population change between these two dates (births, deaths and migration flows). Population estimates made between census years are revised retrospectively so as to provide a consistent series of population estimates over time. The revised estimates for the intercensal period 2001 to 2011 resulted in an adjustment of 497,500 (0.8%) largely due to the underestimation of net migration in the previous series (ONS 2013). Mid-year population estimates are also used as the base-year population of demographic projections.
Population projections
Population projections are calculations showing the future development of a population based on a set of assumptions about fertility, mortality and net migration. Official UK projections are revised every two years by updating base-year population estimates and assumptions underlying future demographic dynamics so as to reflect the latest available information. Current projections take mid-2014 as the beginning of the projection period. The projection outputs consist of one principal projection reflecting the most 'likely' population developments on the basis of recently observed trends, and 16 variant projections, intended to capture the uncertainty of the assumptions by showing the impact on population dynamics if one or more components of demographic change differ from the principal projection (ONS 2015b). In the principal projection, net migration is assumed to level off at +185,000 per year from 2020-21 onward. For comparative purposes, an important variant projection is the 'zero net migration' (aka 'natural change only'), which assumes migration inflows and outflows exactly equal at all ages throughout the projection period (with same fertility and life expectancy as the principal projection). In this scenario future population change is driven only by natural change. The comparison between the principal projection and the zero net migration variant projection allows one to assess the overall impact of net migration on population trends – i.e. including both the direct contribution and its impact on natural change. Two other variant projections illustrating the demographic impact of higher or lower net immigration (also assuming the same fertility and life expectancy as the principal projection) are also available: a high migration variant (long-term annual net migration at +265,000) and a low migration variant (+105,000 per annum). Finally, the long-term balanced net migration variant projection assumes that net migration will converge to zero in the long-term, with total (but not age- and sex-specific) in-migration and out-migration flows being equal from the year ending mid-2036 onwards.
Net migration exceeded natural change for most of the past two decades
Population estimates show that net migration was a major component of population growth over the past two decades (Figure 1).
Figure 1
In particular, annual net migration substantially increased from the beginning of the 1990s, exceeding natural change as a driver of UK demographic trends in all years from mid-1998 to mid-2011. However, natural change has remained positive throughout the last two decades and has also continually increased from 2001 onwards, in particular due a rise in the number of births. As a result of a significant drop of net migration (by almost 100,000), 2011-12 and 2012-13 were the first years after more than a decade when natural change contributed more to the growth of the UK population than net migration – but net migration has again exceed natural change in 2013-14. Overall, between mid-1991 and mid-2014 net migration resulted in an addition of 3.8 million people to the UK population, accounting for just over half (53%) of total population growth.
However, this retrospective analysis does not account for the contribution of past migration to natural change – mainly to births, given that migrants are mostly young, healthy individuals. The number of births over a given period is determined both by the size and age structure of the female population and by fertility rates (i.e. the average number of children per woman in each age group). Migration impacts on both factors – i.e. it affects the number of women of childbearing age and, if migrant women have different fertility patterns, the total fertility rate of the population as a whole. A recent ONS report (Dormon 2014) using the latest Census data for England and Wales has shown that births to foreign-born women made up 25.5% of all births in 2011, up from 16.4% one decade earlier (2001). However, this was mainly due to the increase in the number of foreign-born women of childbearing age – total fertility rates of non-UK born women remained constant between 2001 and 2011 (2.21 in both years), resulting in a decreasing gap with the fertility levels of UK-born women that increased from 1.56 to 1.84 over the same period (Dormon 2014: 2). For a shorter period (2001-07) and for the UK as a whole, Tromans et al. (2009: 33) estimated the overall contribution of foreign-born women to the increase in the number of births at 65%. While these figures point to the significant indirect contribution that immigration is making to UK population trends, it has to be stressed that this analysis, by referring to country of birth: i) considers a temporally broad definition of the migrant population (i.e. the overall impact on births of in-migration over the past three or more decades, not only the contribution of those who moved to the UK during the observed period) and ii) does not single out the effect of emigration (of both UK- and foreign-born women) and of immigration of UK-born women.
UK population projected to grow to 72-77 million by 2039
Figure 2 shows the projected size of the UK population in the period to 2039 according to different net migration assumptions.
Figure 2
In the principal projection, in which net migration is assumed to level off at 185,000 annually, the size of the UK population is projected to increase by almost 10 million – from 64.6 million in 2014 to 74.3 million in 2039 (+15%). In this demographic scenario, the UK population will reach 70 million by mid-2027. The different net migration levels assumed in the high migration and low migration variants (± 80,000 per year) lead to a variation after 25 years of ±2.5 million people – or, in relative terms, a 7% difference between the low migration and high migration variant. Projected population size in 2039 according to the 'balanced' net migration variant (assuming convergence of net migration to zero towards the end of the projection) also exceeds 70 million.
Net migration accounts for most projected population growth
Figure 3, which refers to the 2014-based principal projection, shows the breakdown of the projected population increase into three components: the natural change that would occur in the absence of migration during the projection period (zero net migration variant); the direct contribution of post-2014 net migration (i.e. the number of individuals who will migrate to the UK minus the number of those who will leave the country); and the indirect contribution of post-2014 net migration, i.e. its effect on natural change.
Figure 3
The UK population is projected to rise both because of positive natural change and because of positive net migration. Population growth in the absence of further migration would total 3.7 million, equivalent to 32% of the total increase in the principal projection. However, the size of the UK population with no additional net migration would level off at 68 million over the next three decades and would eventually decline if the projections are carried forward beyond mid-century. In the principal projection the cumulative net inflow of new migrants accounts for 51% of total population growth, i.e. an addition of 5.0 million. The additional (indirect) contribution of post-2014 immigrants to natural change until 2039 is estimated at 1.7 million, i.e. 17% of projected population growth. In total, therefore, 68% of the expected increase in the UK population is attributable, directly or indirectly, to future net migration. It should also be emphasised that, while these calculations are based on the same assumptions about future fertility and mortality rates irrespective of the assumed level of net migration, fertility and mortality rates for recent migrants are likely to differ, to some extent, from those for the long-established population – e.g. assuming higher fertility rates for post-2014 immigrant women would imply a larger indirect contribution of migration to natural change.
Scotland's population would decline without future migration
Figure 4 compares projected population growth rates in England, Wales, Scotland and Northern Ireland between 2014 and 2039, in the principal projection and in the zero net migration variant.
Figure 4
Demographic and migration trends differ considerably across the four UK constituent nations, and future population scenarios reflect these differences. According the principal projection, England will experience by far the largest population growth (+17% over the next 25 years), while Wales is projected to have the slowest rate of increase (6%). The overall (i.e. direct and indirect) contribution of net migration to population change will also vary across UK nations. Net migration will be the major component of demographic change in England and Wales, accounting for 67% and 84% of projected population growth respectively. In Scotland, net migration is the only determinant of long-term population growth: without net immigration Scotland's population would remain essentially stable for the next decade and decrease over a longer time horizon. In contrast, in Northern Ireland (which has the highest fertility rate amongst UK nations) natural change is projected to be by far the main driver of future population trends, while net migration is assumed to converge to zero from 2020.
Evidence gaps and limitations
Population projections are not forecasts, i.e. they do not attempt to predict the impact of changes in the political, economic, social and cultural realm which may affect demographic patterns and trends. They are in general purely mechanical calculations that show the outcomes of sets of assumptions made for the three components of demographic change (fertility, mortality and migration). Projections are typically reliable for the short to medium term, but uncertainty increases the further they are carried forward in time. Any upward or downward changes in fertility, mortality and migration assumptions, compounded over time, can lead to significant variations in the projected population size and structure. Future international migration is more difficult to project than fertility and mortality because migration flows are often affected by sudden changes in economic, social, or political factors which are hard to predict or quantify – as exemplified by the sharp decline of immigration to the UK in 2011-12 resulting from both the restrictions introduced by the 2011-12 immigration reform and the unfavourable economic climate. Migration assumptions are therefore the major source of uncertainty for long-term population projections, particularly in demographic regimes such as the UK which are characterised by below replacement fertility and low mortality levels.
In order to reflect the information provided by the most recently observed demographic trends, assumptions of future levels of fertility, mortality and migration are continually updated in subsequent revisions of population projections. In particular, the high volatility of recent migration inflows and outflows has resulted in sizeable revisions of future migration assumptions made in different sets of population projections released throughout the 1990s and 2000s. In the 1994-based principal projection net migration was assumed to return to zero in the long-term, reflecting the balance between immigration and emigration proximate to zero observed during the 1980s and early 1990s. As a result, the size of the UK population was projected to peak at 61 million in 2023 and then start to decrease (figure 5).
Figure 5
|Summary of assumptions
|Projection base-year
|Annual net migration (long-term)
|Total Fertility Rate (long-term)
|Life expectancy at birth (2031)
In the subsequent sets of projections, upward revisions of assumed net migration levels were introduced to reflect the rapid increase in migration flows to and from the UK – and due to some improvement in survey coverage and procedural changes in the estimation of long-term flows. As a result of these adjustments, projected population growth rates have also progressively increased: in the latest revision (2014-based) the projected size of the UK population in 2031 is 11 million higher than in projections produced in the mid-1990s. Increases in net migration assumptions were the main drivers of the higher projected demographic growth rates in most subsequent revisions, while changes in fertility and mortality assumptions have been comparatively less significant. However in projections released from the second half of the 2000s net migration assumptions were subject to less sizeable adjustments (in the range 165-200K), resulting in rather similar population trajectories.
- Dormon O. "Childbearing of UK and non-UK born women living in the UK – 2011 Census data." ONS, London, February 2014.
- ONS. "Revised Annual Mid-year Population Estimates, 2001 to 2010." ONS, London, December 2013.
- ONS. "Methodology Guide for Mid-2011 Population Estimates, England and Wales." ONS, London, 2015a.
- ONS. "Background and methodology: 2014-based national population projections." ONS, London, October 2015b.
- Tromans N, E. Natamba, and J. Jefferies. "Have Women Born outside the UK Driven the Rise in UK Births since 2001?" Population Trends 136 (2009):28-42.
Further readings
- Cangiano A. "Net Migration as a Target for Migration Policies: A Review and Appraisal of the UK Experience." International Migration, 19 January 2016, DOI: 10.1111/imig.12223.
- Coleman D. "Projections of the Ethnic Minority Populations of the United Kingdom 2006–2056." Population and Development Review, 36(3) (2010): 441–486.
- Howe N. and R. Jackson. "Projecting Immigration. A Survey of the Current State of Practice and Theory." Working Paper 2004-32, Center for Retirement Research at Boston College, Chestnut Hill, MA, 2005.
- Keilman N. "UK National Population Projections in Perspective: How Successful Compared to Those in Other European Countries?" Population Trends, 129, (2007):20-30.
- ONS "Births in England and Wales by Parents' Country of Birth, 2009." Statistical Bulletin, ONS, London, 2010c.
- Shaw C. "Fifty Years of United Kingdom National Population Projections: How Accurate Have They Been?" Population Trends, 128 (2007): 8-23.
With thanks to Phil Rees, Sarah Spencer and former colleagues of the Migration Observatory for their helpful comments on an earlier version of this briefing.
Media Coverage
Financial Times (27 May 2016)
Soaring population driven only in part by migrants
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San Francisco, CA, United States, 2009/03/17 - Industry veteran joins Embarcadero executive management team.
Embarcadero Technologies has named Tony de la Lama as its senior vice president of research and development. As a software industry veteran, Tony brings more than two decades of experience to this newly created position, guiding worldwide engineering for Embarcaderos award-winning database tools and developer software product portfolio. He has held senior executive positions at Borland, BEA Systems, CollabNet and Tira Wireless.
Under Tonys leadership as the vice president and general manager of Borlands Java business, the companys Java product revenue grew from $25 million to $100 million in just three years. Tony later drove the acquisition of TogetherSoft and became vice president and general manager of Borlands Together business unit.
Across the software industry, Tony is a highly regarded thought leader with a keen vision for product direction and the ability to empower teams to deliver based on his direction. He was our clear choice for this position, said Wayne Williams, CEO of Embarcadero Technologies.
Tony joined Embarcadero from CollabNet where he served as vice president of worldwide marketing and corporate strategy. Prior to that, Tony was the senior vice president for Tira Wireless where he led all product management and marketing efforts. He also served as the vice president and general manager of WebLogic Integration and AquaLogic Service Business products for BEA Systems.
I developed a passion for software years ago and have had the opportunity to work for some of the industrys most valuable contributors, said de la Lama. I believe Embarcadero is positioned to be one of the most influential contributors yet. Since acquiring CodeGear last year, Embarcadero has made significant enhancements to its product line and has rolled out advancements that others in the industry just cant touch, such as the recent release of All-Access. This puts Embarcadero in a powerful position and I have great expectations about what the future holds for this company.
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This is mainly to get around a major limitation of the K8 platform: lower memory latency to the CPU comes at the expense of higher memory latency to the integrated GPU on the north bridge. Instead of talking to the RAM directly, as on an Intel GMCH, AMD chipsets must look over the HT bus to the memory controller on the CPU, which can badly decrease performance of integrated graphics. Which aren't exactly the best performing devices in the world anyway.
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An action for $5,000,000 has been brought in New York Supreme Court by Benjamin H. Freedman, of "The League for Peace with Justice in Palestine," against a number of officers and members of the executive committee of the American Jewish Committee, it was announced today.
On May 17, 1946, the Committee circularized a memorandum concerning Freedman and "The League for Peace With Justice in Palestine" which recently inserted full-page pro-Arab advertisements in various newspapers, opposing the admission of 100,000 Jews into Palestine. The memorandum said that advertisements which claimed to speak for Christian, Jewish and Arab groups, really represent only Mr. Freedman, who has no backing of any organization or group.
In his newspaper advertisements, it was stated that Freedman represents the Jewish group, P.M. Schoendorf, the Christian group and H.I. Katibah, the Arabs. The Committee memorandum revealed that P.M. Schoendorf is Mr. Freedman's mother-in-law and that Katibah is an Arab propagandist in this country. It further stated that Freedman was collaborating with certain Arab individuals in a propaganda effort to keep the gates of Palestine closed to Jewish immigration.
Dr. John Slawson, executive vice-president of the Committee, declared today: "This suit brought by Mr. Freedman will give us an opportunity to demonstrate in court the nature and character of the so-called 'League for Peace with Justice in Palestine' and Mr. Freedman's role in it."
Among those named as defendants are: Joseph M. Proskauer, president of the Committee; Jacob Blaustein, chairman of the executive committee; David Sher, chairman of the administrative committee; Nathaniel Ohrbach, treasurer; Edward Lazansky and Fred Iazarus, Jr., vice-presidents; Alan N. Stroock, vice-chairman, executive committee; and Ralph E. Samuel, chairman of the New York Chapter of the Committee.


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The present Minister for Finance Arun Jaitley was the President of DDCA for about a decade and former cricketer and also a BJP MP Kirti Azad is alleging that Jaitley is involved in a huge corruption in DDCA. Kirti Azad has countered the FM even in the Parliament demanding for a CBI inquiry. Following these events, the BJP suspended Kirti Azad yesterday. The senior leaders Advani etc have met at Murali Manohar Joshi's house to discuss the issue.


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OK, so I didn't actually cook with Paula, but I felt like she was with me in spirit.
This was my first time cooking gumbo, my first time making a roux and my first time cooking with okra.
The other day I read an article about how amazing okra is for you.
Okra is a "power house of valuable nutrients."
It contains no fat or cholesterol, rich amounts of soluble fiber, which promotes healthy cholesterol levels, and insoluble fiber, which promotes a healthy digestive tract, lowering your risk for colorectal cancer. Okra is also high in folic acid and vitamin B-6, which plays an important role in your metabolism and physical development, vitamin A, which promotes healthy tissues and eyes, and vitamin C, which supports strong immune system function. Okra also contains essential minerals, including potassium, magnesium and iron.
One half-cup of okra contains 25 calories, 2 g of fiber and 1.52 g of protein.
Read more here
I'll be honest, although I don't dislike okra, I really don't know what to do with it.
I made it my December goal to eat more okra.
I know, it may seem like a weird goal…
But, we have tons of fresh okra here in Trinidad and it's really, really good for you!
I do know one thing okra goes in – GUMBO.
I know making gumbo is a labor of love, but if you take your time, the finished product is amazing.
I thought if I was going to do this, I should use Miss Paula's recipe as a guide.
I made some substitutions and several times throughout thought, this doesn't look rt…
The result?
OMG. Plan on licking the bowl, seriously.
This is quite possibly, one of the best things I have ever made!
- 1 small, boneless skinless chicken breast, cut into pieces
- Salt and pepper
- ¼ cup olive oil
- 1 package Johnsonville chipotle chicken sausages, cut into ¼-inch slices
- ½ cup whole wheat flour
- 3 Tbsp butter
- 1 large onion, chopped
- 1 medium zucchini, diced
- 8 cloves garlic minced
- 1 red bell pepper, seeded and chopped
- 3 stalks celery chopped
- ¼ cup Worcestershire sauce
- 4 cups hot water
- 5 beef bouillon cubes
- 1 (14-ounce can) stewed tomatoes with juice
- 1½ cups fresh sliced okra
- Season the chicken with salt and pepper.
- Heat the oil in a heavy bottomed Dutch oven over medium-high heat.
- Cook the chicken until browned on both sides and remove.
- Add the sausage and cook until browned, then remove.
- Sprinkle the flour over the oil, add 2 Tbsp of butter and cook over medium heat, stirring constantly, until brown, about 10 minutes. Take pot off burner and let the roux cool.
- Return the Dutch oven to low heat and melt the remaining 1 Tbsp butter.
- Add the onion, garlic, zucchini, pepper and celery and cook for 10 minutes.
- Add Worcestershire sauce, salt and pepper, to taste. Cook, while stirring frequently, for 10 minutes.
- Add 4 cups hot water and bouillon cubes, whisking constantly.
- Add the chicken and sausage. Bring to a boil, then reduce the heat, cover, and simmer for 45 minutes.
- Add tomatoes and okra. Cover and simmer for 1 hour.
Just follow the recipe and I guarantee success!
I made some rice as well to put in the bottom of the bowl when serving.
So GOOD.
If so, I need some news ways to eat/cook it.
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Hi would really appreciate help with this one. Email just disappears from my optus webmail inbox. I will check inbox and there is mail there then i might decide to do something else e.g. google something or other, when I come back later to read emails they have disappeared. They dont go to the trash folder. Nothing goes missing from other folders just the inbox. This is really annoying and I am wondering if anyone else is experiencing this and if it is possible to retrieve the emails somehow or how to stop it happening in future. thanks.
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Hi Scott thanks for your input. I had searched on optus for a site to get in contact with them via email but couldnt find it. I have sent them an email about the problem and will let you know their answer when i get it if you are interested - just in case someone else has the same problem. thanks.
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Sure we're interested, it's just that we have no members that frequent HTG from down under.
Is there anyway to forward your Optus webmail to another client such as Outlook, Windows Mail or Gmail?
Yeh going to see if can use outlook express. optus webmail is pretty much crap anyway.
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Merry Christmas. If anyone can help with any of the following, it would be much appreciated.
Am experiencing problem with Sony Digital Voice Editor (version 184.108.40.20640) in Windows7, 64bit system. DVE is an application which allows me to download audio recorded files from my hand-held Sony ICD-PX820 recorder to my HP DV7 notebook. The Windows 7 Home premium (service pack 1) I am using came packaged together on the HP when I bought the notebook.
A bit of history: have been using Sony DVE (both in its earlier and current (updated) forms) for over 4 years now, both with my current ICD-PX820 recorder as well as a previous older Sony recorder. Have also been using both the DVE (and said recorders) on both this current notebook (HP), as well as previously on my old notebook, a Dell Vostro. I have not had any major problems to date.
Five days ago, when I tried to open the DVE application, a message immediately pops up: "Digital Voice Editor has stopped working", followed by "A problem caused the program to stop working correctly. Windows will close the program and notify you if a solution is available". – no way to access the program at all, not even to troubleshoot.
The last time I used the program was on December 9 (and as always, it had been successful). The time before that was on Dec 7 (same, no problems). The time before that was November 25. As you can see from this, I use the program regularly on this notebook.
Thinking maybe it was just a slight glitch (as sometimes happens with Windows), I turned off machine and on again. Then, tried to open program. Same result.
So just to summarize, a few things are clear from what I have told you above:
1. It is not that it is a new program, unknown and untried on this notebook before. Nor that it is a new or untried (updated) version of this program.
2. It is not that it is a new recorder, unknown and untried with this version of DVE or this notebook.
3. It is not that it is a new computer, unknown and untried with this DVE program or recorder.
4. It is not that it is a compatibility issue with this version of DVE and Windows7, because everything had been working fine until 3 days ago. It is only that the program has suddenly stopped working.
Thinking then that this problem might possibly have been caused by an update/patch to Windows 7 (causing some sort of malfunction/incompatibility) (since the error message says "…Windows will close the program and notify you if a solution is available"), I went to system restore and rolled back Windows 3 weeks to December 2, pre the last 2 times before that I had used the program successfully.
Immediately, before installing updates, I tried to open DVE again. Same result and same pop up message.
So, it apparently is not a problem with Windows updates/incompatibility. Next step: uninstall and reinstall program from Sony site. Selected the correct version of Windows (7, x64) for the DVE, and downloaded. Installed and restarted machine. Started up DVE: same result.
Have since reinstalled DVE 2 more times, and tried again: same result each time. I have also tried to open the program with the physical Sony voice recorder first usb'd into the notebook, and also without the Sony recorder usb'd into the notebook (that is to say, just opening the program on its own, not trying to read from the Sony recorder through the usb). Same result each time. And numerous times, I have done all of this.
Anyone have any clue, without batting/bouncing me back and forth between support departments of Sony and Windows, and worse, HP? All help would be appreciated. My work/livelihood, is tied in to this recorder/application/notebook, that is to say, it is not for play, but actually a serious problem.
Thank you.
Just a thought as well: the problem can't be with the Sony DVE program right? Because if it was, a simple reinstallation would have taken care of it. So the problem either does lie in Windows or in some link between Windows and the Sony program, right? But what would cause the program to suddenly stop working, and how do I get it up and going again?
If you feel like reading further, I also came across another problem on the HP in the last couple of days. Related? Or coincidental? Not really sure, but don't use the webcam as often as this Sony DVE program, so it could be that the webcam died out a couple of months ago, and I didn't notice it until now…. You can read about this problem - I started another thread on htp called "webcam suddenly not detected on hp windows7".


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Charles-Valentin Alkan (Composer, Arranger)
Born: November 30, 1813 - Paris, France
Died: March 29, 1888 - Paris, France
Charles-Valentin Alkan was a French composer and one of the greatest virtuoso pianists of his day. His compositions for solo piano include some of the most fiendishly difficult ever written, and performers who can master them are few and far between. His attachment to his Jewish origins is displayed both in his life and his work.
Life and career
Alkan was born Charles-Valentin Morhange to a Jewish family in Paris, where his father lived as a music teacher. Charles-Valentin and his brothers, who were also musicians, used their father's first name, Alkan, as their last. Charles-Valentin Alkan spent his life in and around Paris. His only known excursions were a concert tour in England in 1833-1834, and a brief visit to Metz on family matters in the 1840's.
Charles-Valentin Alkan was a child prodigy. He entered the Paris Conservatoire at the age of 6, where he studied both piano and organ. His teachers included Joseph Zimmermann, who also taught Georges Bizet, César Franck, Charles Gounod, and Ambroise Thomas. At the age of 7, he won a first prize for solfège, and at the age of 9, Luigi Cherubini described his technique and ability as extraordinary. His Opus 1 dates from 1828, when he was 14 years old.
In his twenties, Charles-Valentin Alkan played concerts in elegant social circles and taught piano. His friends included Franz Liszt, Frédéric Chopin, George Sand, and Victor Hugo. By the age of 24, he had built a reputation as one of the great virtuoso pianists of his day, rivalling other touring virtuoso composer-pianists of the day such as Franz Liszt, Sigismond Thalberg, and Friedrich Kalkbrenner. F. Liszt once stated that Alkan had the most perfect technique he had ever seen. At this time, because of various personal problems and reverses, he withdrew into private study and composition for the remainder of his life, with only occasional forays back into the limelight. In spite of his early fame and technical accomplishment, he spent much of his life after 1850 in obscurity, performing in public only occasionally. In his last decade he emerged to give a series of 'Petits Concerts' at the Erard piano showrooms, which featured music not only by himself but of his favourite composers from J.S. Bach onwards. He was occasionally assisted in these concerts by his siblings. Those attending included Vincent d'Indy.
There are periods of Alkan's life about which little is known, other than that he was immersed in the study of the Bible and the Talmud. It appears from his correspondence with Ferdinand Hiller that Alkan completed a full translation into French of both the Old Testament and the New Testament, from their original languages. This has been completely lost, as have many of Alkan's compositions. Amongst the missing works are some string sextets and a full-scale orchestral symphony, quite different from the Symphony for piano solo in Op. 39, which was described in an article in 1846 by Léon Kreutzer, to whom Alkan had shown the score.
The pianist Élie-Miriam Delaborde (1839-1913) is generally believed to be Alkan's illegitimate son. He was taught by Alkan in his youth and performed and edited many of Alkan's works; like his father he was a notable pédalier player.
Charles-Valentin Alkan died in Paris at the age of 74. For many years it was believed that his death was caused by a bookcase falling on him in his home, brought down as he reached for a volume of the Talmud which he had placed on the highest shelf (in the position closest to Heaven). This apocryphal tale, which appears to have been circulated by Delaborde, has been effectively disproved by Hugh MacDonald in an article in the Musical Times (vol. 129, 1978 - More on Alkan's Death), in which he reports a contemporary letter from one of Alkan's pupils explaining that Alkan had died following being trapped beneath a falling port-parapluie (a heavy coat/umbrella rack). The story of the bookcase may have its roots in a legend told of the Rabbi Aryeh Leib ben Asher, known as 'Shaagat Aryeh', rabbi of Metz, the town from which Alkan's family originated. Alkan is buried in the Cimetière de Montmartre, Paris.
A myth also circulates about an alleged obituary of Charles-Valentin Alkan, cited as fact in Ronald Smith's biography of the composer and since widely quoted, credited to the magazine 'Le Ménéstrel', beginning with the words "Alkan is dead. He had to die in order to prove his existence." No such obituary appeared in 'Le Ménéstrel' and none has been located to date in any other contemporary journal.
Like F. Chopin, Charles-Valentin Alkan wrote almost exclusively for the keyboard, although in Alkan's case this included the organ and the pédalier (a piano with a pedal board), of which he was a noted exponent. Some of his music requires a dazzling virtuosity, examples of his compositions calling for velocity, enormous leaps at speed, long stretches of fast repeated notes, and the maintenance of widely-spaced contrapuntal lines. Notable compositions include the Grande Sonate Les Quatre Ages (Op. 33), depicting the Four Ages of Man, and the two sets of etudes in all the major and minor keys (Op. 35 in the major and Op. 39 in the minor). These surpass even the Transcendental Etudes of F. Liszt in scale and difficulty. The Op. 39 collection contains the Symphony for Solo Piano (numbers four, five, six and seven), and the Concerto for Solo Piano (numbers eight, nine and ten). The concerto alone takes nearly an hour to play, and presents a great challenge to the performer. Number twelve of Op. 39 is a set of variations Le festin d'Esope ("Aesop's Feast"). He also composed other programmatic pieces, such as Le chemin de fer (1844) which may be the earliest composition giving a musical picture of a railroad. His chamber music compositions include a violin sonata, a cello sonata, and a piano trio. One of his most bizarre pieces is the Marche funebre sulla morte d'un papagallo (Funeral march for a parrot), for three oboes, bassoon and voices.
Musically, many of his ideas were unconventional, even innovative. Some of his multi-movement compositions show "progressive tonality" which would have been familiar to the later Danish composer, Carl Nielsen (for example, Alkan's first chamber concerto begins in A minor and ends in E major). He was rigorous in avoiding enharmonic spelling, occasionally modulating to keys containing double-sharps or double-flats, so pianists are occasionally required to come to terms with distant keys such as E# major and the occasional triple-sharp.
Charles-Valentin Alkan seems to have had few followers, although his admirers included Ferruccio Busoni and Anton Rubinstein. The latter dedicated a concerto to him. Debussy and Ravel both studied his music under teachers who knew Alkan personally and noted their debt to his examples. The composer Kaikhosru Shapurji Sorabji promoted Alkan's music in his reviews and criticism, and composed a work with a movement entitled Quasi Alkan. Alkan's organ compositions were known to César Franck, Camille Saint-Saëns and others and their influence can be traced in the French organ school up to the present day.
For many years after his death, Charles-Valentin Alkan's work was almost completely forgotten. There has been a steady revival of interest in his compositions over the course of the twentieth century. Works by Alkan have been recorded by Egon Petri, John Ogdon, Raymond Lewenthal, Ronald Smith, Jack Gibbons, Mark Latimer, Stephanie McCallum, Marc-André Hamelin, Trevor Parks and Dmitry Feofanov, among others.
Notable Compositions
Op. 10 Two Concertos da camera (No. 1 Concerto da Camera in A minor; No. 2 Concerto da Camera in C-sharp minor)
Op. 12, Trois Improvisations dans le style brilliant
Op. 13, Trois Andantes romantiques
Op. 15, Trois Morceaux dans le genre pathétique
Op. 16, Tre Scherzi
Op. 21, Grand duo concertant in F-sharp minor for violin and pianoforte (1840)
Op. 22, Nocturne
Op. 25, Alleluia
Op. 26, Marche funèbre
Op. 30, Trio in G minor for violin, cello and pianoforte (1841)
Op. 31, Préludes
Op. 33, Grande Sonate Les Quatre Ages
Op. 35, Douze Études dans tous les tons majeurs
Op. 39, Douze Études dans tous les tons mineurs (No. 1 Comme le vent ("Like the wind"); No. 2 En rhythme molossique ("In Molossian rhythm"); No. 3 Scherzo diabolico ("Diabolic scherzo"); Nos. 4-7 Symphony for solo piano; Nos. 8-10 Concerto for solo piano; No. 11 Ouverture ("Overture"); No. 12 Le festin d'Esope (Aesop's feast))
Op. 41, Trois petites fantaisies
Op. 45, Salut, cendre de pauvre!
Op. 47, Sonate de concert in E major for cello and pianoforte (1857)
Op. 52, Super flumina Babylonis (Paraphrase of Psalm CXXXVII)
Op. 61, Sonatine
Op. 63, Forty-eight Esquisses
Op. 69, Impromptu sur le Choral de Luther
Op. 76, Trois Grandes Études for piano (No. 1 Fantaisie in A-flat major for the left hand; No. 2 Introduction, Variations and Finale in D major for the right hand; No. 3 Mouvement semblable et per)
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An enthusiastic group of businesspeople and shop owners gathered at Ramona Town Hall last week at the request of the Ramona Chamber of Commerce Economic Development Committee. By the end of the evening, they had all decided to go out and paint the town red — red, white and blue, actually.
Carol Fowler, committee chair, started the meeting by announcing its purpose: to stimulate business in town.
"It does no good for our committee to come up with ideas to stimulate the economy here, if the merchants aren't involved and asked for their ideas and help," she said.
The group agreed with concepts presented and many other ideas flourished for the next hour.
The main goals are to attract the attention of tourists who might otherwise zoom through town on their way to Julian and the desert without even noticing Ramona; to attract the attention of residents who should be encouraged to spend money in their own town rather than down the hill; and to work together when events are already planned in town, to make them bigger and better, to positively affect the entire town.
"We're good at talking about ideas, but not very good at action, though," commented one participant.
The Economic Development Committee and this group of merchants are ready to launch their plans immediately. They have come up with something that does not require an expensive investment, doesn't require a tedious county permit, and makes a positive statement about what Ramona is and who Ramonans are. It is the group's intent to dress up the town in red, white and blue with each business on the Main Street and side streets displaying the U.S. flag.
It is hoped drivers will slow down, and think, "Whoa, what's going on here?"
The group wants Ramona to quickly develop a reputation as the most patriotic town in Southern California. Businesses are encouraged to start now, and to this end, Ransom Brothers True Value Hardware has sharpened its pencils, called its suppliers, and arranged for reasonably priced flags, poles and brackets.
Another key component to the plans being launched in the next month are to dress the town in themes to compliment other events that are going on. The first opportunity to put this into play is the week of April 20, when 250 members of the Ancient and Honorable Order of E Clampus Vitus, Squibob Chapter, a men's fraternal organization, are scheduled to caravan into town for the week.
This group is dedicated, among other things, to honoring historic sites and will end their stay here with the Saturday, April 25, presentation of two plaques for Ramona Town Hall. One plaque will display town hall's designation on the National Register of Historic Places, and the other plaque is being placed by the fraternity as part of its program.
The Economic Development Committee and merchants group will promote dressing up the town in an "Old Fashioned" theme for that week. Merchants will be encouraged to wear period dress, decorate their shops, sidewalks and windows to the appropriate period (1890s). An ice-cream social will be organized, restaurants will be encouraged to offer themed specials, and everyone should listen for barbershop quartets all around town.
Music will be a key component of the themed weeks in Ramona: Country Western music for Rodeo Week in addition to the western theme, dress and decor. A barbecue anyone? A potential Art and Antiques week would have jazz music accompanying wine tasting, art displays and classic cars. The opportunities are endless, those at the meeting agreed.
Ramona business owners wanting more details on how they can participate, or who want to attend the next meeting to learn more may contact the Ramona Chamber of Commerce at 789-1311 or call Carol Fowler at 522-1777.


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A dog has mostly wolf DNA
To the Editor:
I grew up just off the southern edge of the Tug Hill plateau. The area was much like our Hilltowns with a lot, lot more snow! There were a few largish farms and many small diversified, dairy based farms.
In those days, cows were out on pasture all summer. They roamed about in the sunshine and calved in the clean grass (note the wistful tone). Farm dogs were loose and many were trained to bring the cows in from the far reaches of the hilly pastures at milking time, morning and night.
Each spring and summer, everyone was on the lookout for dog packs. The packs would be comprised of dogs from several farms that got caught up in the excitement of chasing prey. Farmers often lost cows and calves to dog packs.
They would try to shoot the dogs (even their own) if they could, but usually the dogs were too fast and the terrain too rough for farmer and family to chase any of the dogs down. So they endured the losses!
In the 1980s, I was friends with a dairy family in Washington County. They put their calves out on pasture in summer. I remember when two neighborhood dogs killed a calf. My friends shot the dogs and buried them.
When the neighbor stopped by to ask if the dogs had been around, my friends said, "Haven't seen 'em recently." They were within their rights by law.
The thing to remember is that a dog has mostly wolf DNA — even a "froo froo" lapdog or a Chihuahua. They are DNA hardwired to recognize prey and instinctively know how to kill. Just watch a puppy practicing "killing" its fluffy dog toy.
Regarding that DNA, here's info from The Atlantic Monthly of July 1999. Robert Wayne, an evolutionary biologist at the University of California at Los Angeles, applied the modern tools of genetic fingerprinting to dogs, coyotes, and wolves, to do a study. Wolves and dogs differ by about 1 percent mitochondrial DNA. In fact, long sequences of dog mitochondrial DNA are similar or identical to those in gray wolves, and analysis of the highly variable markers in the regular DNA of dogs and wolves shows a considerable overlap there as well.
We would do well to recognize this fact!
So, that said, I first want to applaud and support anyone who grows food whether animal or vegetable! Hooray for Albany County Hilltowns! We've lost so much farmland. I heard a statistic the other day that 98 percent of all the people in developed countries will soon live in the cities. How in the world will they be fed? But that's a topic for a different day.
I want to offer a solution to keeping livestock safe from predation. It's "electric net" mesh fencing. I've included a picture. It works to keep poultry, sheep, goats, horses, pigs, etc. safely enclosed and dogs, coyotes, foxes, and raccoons out. It's lightweight, portable and works to enclose gardens as well.
I am sorry Ms. Huba lost her dog but my greater sympathy lies with the loss of livestock. That said, Mr. Salerno can't expect anything different unless he creates secure fencing!
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Class III futures started off the holiday-shortened week with a bang, as prices rallied across the board. The nearby June and July contracts garnered the most interest, rallying 72¢ and 74¢, respectively. Not to be overlooked, every Class III contract from July to December made new contract highs.
Dry whey futures finished mostly flat on very light volume. Chatter in the country is of dry whey remaining somewhat snug, but what we would call largely in balance for now. We look for mixed trading action on dry whey today with an increase in volume.
Butter futures took center stage yesterday, as the discounted futures market erased some of the steep discounts to spot. Then spot butter went up again. Spot butter is now at its highest price since October 2010, when the market peaked at $2.2325/lb. It's also 12.25¢ below its all-time high of $2.3750/lb. reached back in 2004, on the heels of the first case of BSE in the U.S. and a plethora of herd retirement programs.
If it is not clear by now, butter prices have taken the weight of carrying Class IV to lofty levels. The question is for how long? We expect that butter prices in the mid-$2.20s will free up some butter in the short-term. However, cream demand remains strong, and weather issues this summer could keep the butter market tighter than expected for longer than expected, unless we see more imported fat from the European Union.
NFDM came along for the ride in a somewhat reluctant fashion. Commercial buyers see value in the forward curve, but they're not buying more than they need, and they don't seem to be too willing to pay up aggressively for it.
May 27 spot session results:
Block cheese: $2.0200 (unchanged)
Barrel cheese: $2.0325 (up 1.25¢)
Grade A NFDM: $1.7975 (up 0.5¢)
Butter: $2.2500 (up 7.0¢)
Today's expectations:
• Class III, Cheese & Dry Whey to open mixed
• Class IV & Butter to open mixed
• NFDM to open steady to higher
Grain futures
Grains again traded lower Tuesday as planting continues along a solid pace and is hitting expectations amid largely friendly growing conditions. Eventually we see more risk to the downside for corn. There seems to be little fundamental reason for a rally in new-crop beans right now, but the old-crop balance sheet could keep selling at bay until the market feels it has bought enough acres. We still look for more weakness on beans than on corn moving forward this week.
Today's expectation:
• Corn to open lower
• Soybeans to open higher
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Malbert Van Welchel, 65, of 132 Jefferson St., died Saturday, June 16, 2001.
A native of Polk County, Mr. Welchel was a son of the late James Rubin and Lula Bell Hyde Welchel. He was a sand dredge operator and a member of Center Union Baptist Church.
Services will be at 11 a.m. Tuesday at Evans Funeral Home, Jefferson, with the Revs. Donnie Elliott and Timothy Copeland officiating. Burial will be in Hoschton Cemetery.
Survivors include his wife, Sybil Darlene Welchel; a daughter, Angela Ann Welchel, Hoschton; a son, James Anthony Welchel, Braselton; four brothers, Charles Welchel, Rockmart, Frank Welchel, Hoschton, Gene Welchel, Resaca, and James Daniel Welchel, Centre, Ala.; and a grandchildren.
The family will receive friends from 6-9 p.m. today at the funeral home.
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BOSTON — Many shops in Uganda's capital Kampala closed because of a three-day strike against soaring interest rates.
Business owners in Kampala began this strike Wednesday over high interest rates (up to 27 percent) that are destroying their businesses.
Read more on GlobalPost: Nigeria's nationwide strike against fuel price hike
The Ugandan central bank raised rates last year when inflation hit more than 20 percent, according to the BBC.
Kampala City Traders Association (KACITA) planned the three-day strike, saying the hike in commercial bank interest rates was making it impossible to pay off their existing loans.
The trade organization asked its 45,000 members to withdraw their deposits from banks, said KACITA Deputy Spokesman Mubarak Ntale in a phone interview with Bloomberg.
According to the BBC, Prime Minister Amama Mbabazi said striking may exacerbate the problem of repaying loans:
"I don't think striking will save [traders'] property; I don't think striking will save your business." ...
"In fact, striking will hurt you and hurt all of us as a country."
Information Minister Mary Karooro Okurut said the Ugandan cabinet is currently meeting and will release a statement later today on the strike, Bloomberg reported.
The three-day strike will proceed as planned if "nothing tangible" is offered by the government, Ntale said.
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Best Golf Courses In The UKA brief profile of five of the best and most famous golf courses in the world, including the location for the first recorded game of modern golf
Scotland Rejects IndependenceVoters in Scotland turned out in unprecedented numbers for an independence referendum and with most votes counted Friday, results suggested a strong wish to keep Scotland's 307-year union with England.
Long Day And Good Score For Tiger Woods At BritishBy the time Tiger Woods finally made his way up to the 18th green, the bleachers were half empty and long shadows crept across the fairway.
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Commence countdown, engines on; rocket project brings Perham students together
Perham students filled the parking lot between Heart of the Lakes Elementary School and the Prairie Wind Middle School on May 18 to bring together science, math and fun.
Students from Jeff Morris's Advanced Placement calculus class and Jennie Melvin's physics class launched several rockets into the sky as elementary school and middle school students looked on.
Senior Alex DeConcini said the idea for launching rockets came from when the physics class watched the film October Sky earlier this year.
Combining the physics of rocket launching with the vectors and velocity that the students were also studying in calculus only made sense, DeConcini said.
"It's a nice project for everyone to do together," senior Isaac Rutten said.
The two classes tried to do the launching in winter, DeConcini said, but the cold and the wind made it too difficult.
The group readied 10 rockets for the launch, with some being more sophisticated than others. All the rockets were ordered on the Internet.
According to DeConcini and Rutten, the most complicated rocket took more than a week to prepare, while some of the simpler rockets took only a few days to get ready.
Middle school and elementary school students seemed to enjoy the event, providing a loud countdown from 10 for every launch.
"It was nice to do it for them," senior Sam Stafki said, referring to the younger students who had the opportunity to watch.
"It shows that science and math are related, and it's a good way to give them something to look forward to in the future," he said.
Morris said that he was looking forward to turning the rocket launching into an annual event.


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Earlier this afternoon Apple released the very first beta for iOS 4.1 along with the software development kit (SDK) to all developers. Unfortunately, there has been no word on what changes have been made within the software from Apple. If you are a developer and notice anything worth a mention, be sure to let us know.
Sound off in the comments below!
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"Here comes that dreamer!" they said to each other. "Come now, let's kill him and throw him into one of these cisterns and say that a ferocious animal devoured him. Then we'll see what comes of his dreams." When Reuben heard this, he tried to rescue him from their hands. "Let's not take his life," he said. "Don't shed any blood. Throw him into this cistern here in the wilderness, but don't lay a hand on him." Reuben said this to rescue him from them and take him back to his father. Genesis 37:19-22 Detail of the Verduner altarpiece in Klosterneuburg, Austria by Nicholas of Verdun. Joseph thrown in the pit. It's funny how when I look back over my life, it's the most painful, difficult episodes that have led to the greatest moments. At the time, of course, going through difficult patches is deeply unpleasant, but I've seen for myself that more often than not God works through these hardships to mould us into the kind of people that he would have us be. When I was made redundant from my job in retail management at the age of nineteen, it felt like my life and career was over. Yet this sudden departure from my intended career allowed me to spend three very happy years at university, followed by another happy year at a different university. When I found myself suffering from acute anxiety and depression it seemed like there was no future for me. Yet having these experiences has shaped me into a kinder, more tolerant, more compassionate human being, a better follower of Christ, and indirectly led to marriage a


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Ena sholiye? Ki Bolbe? Enda parene? Goththe ila !
Most papers went ga-ga over Sushma Swaraj's remarkable felicity with words and quick repartee during the Lok Sabha debate on foreign direct investment (FDI) in multi-brand retail. But none of the English language papers that I saw (at least the Delhi editions) thought it necessary to provide a translation.
Had she said the same thing in Tamil, Kannada, Oriya or Bengali or any of the numerous other languages in India, every paper would have felt obliged to translate her words. But when it comes to Hindi or Urdu, it is presumed every Indian should understand!
Why, pray? Hindi, remember, is not a national language. It is only an official language along with English. Rightly so, in a country that is a veritable Tower of Babel. Urdu does not enjoy even that status. So why assume all readers will understand?
Can we expect that at least in future papers will do readers the courtesy of treating what is said in Hindi or Urdu on par with what is said in any other Indian language? Ena Sholiye? Howzat?


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An acne cyst is pus-filled, and has a diameter of 5mm or more across! They can be very painful! Don't squeeze them! Any Suggestions here?
Acne affects 80 percent of people from age 11 to age 30, and some people keep having breakouts Not only are they usually the largest and most obvious zits, they also hurt. Luckily, you can treat inflamed pimples and make them vanish. Source:http://www.ehow.com/how_5544082_rid-inflamed-pimples.html
Pimples are general inflammation of the skin, sometimes the nerves can get inflamed as well causing pain.
Severe acne may have deep cysts that are infected. These are the pimples that tend to cause pain. Source:http://www.chacha.com/question/what-makes-zits-hurt
Hi, Claus here! Zits hurt because the puss under the skin is applying pressure to the skins surface. Take care! Source:http://www.chacha.com/question/how-come-zits-hurt
Two basic types of pimples exist: whiteheads and blackheads. The base of a pimple forms when oil gets trapped under the skin and bacteria begins to feed on the oils. This results in red and inflamed skin. Eventually the oil builds up creati… Source:http://www.ehow.com/how_7371972_can-pop-zit-hurting_.html
Zits hurt and won't pop ! Help me !!? so i have a zit fast way to make it . and I can't pop it. does anyone know a really on my chin , it's really red and it hurts stop hurtin
because they begin inside a pore or follicle, and these are pretty tiny openings not meant to stretch! When an infection (pimple) begins it is in the shape of a ball stuck in a tiny tube that by the way has nerves in it too and you can feel the inflamation to the nerve ending in the pore or folllicle! Its a good thing because you can begin to treat even before you see it! Put on a dab of AD cream (white), not ointment (yellow looks like vasaline), this can be found in the baby section, with diaper rash creams, dont laugh it works! Leave it on till dry 2 times a day and remove with warm water and a soft cloth! No need to scrub! If you are getting several piples at a time maybe stress or horemones (that time of the month) you can do a mask with this cream! Use a thin layer all oer your face except eyelids and lips, let it dry for 2 hours and rinse off with warm water and a soft cloth, pat dry and add oil free moistuizer! Have a beautiful day,
This simply occurs because some zits or pimples are really deep in your skin, thus making them sore. I suggest using some sort of tea tree oil or acne medication
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Oct. 5, 2005
Washington, DC - After a four-game homestand, the Georgetown University men's soccer team hits the road for two BIG EAST matches this week. On Wednesday, the Hoyas (7-3, 3-2 BE), who are currently tied with Providence atop the BIG EAST Blue Division with nine points, travel to Seton Hall University (6-2-1, 2-2-1 BE), who are currently in a four-way tie for third place (seven pts.) in the Blue Division. On Saturday, GU makes a trip to West Virginia University (6-4-1, 2-2-1).
Georgetown is coming off its first home loss of the season, a 3-2 setback to Providence last Saturday, a defeat which snapped the Hoyas' 7-0-1 unbeaten streak at home dating back to 2004.
GU is 1-1 in road games so far this season, 2-2 in games away from the friendly confines of North Kehoe Field.
Georgetown is 8-10-1 all-time vs. Seton Hall after the teams split a pair of games last season. The Hoyas won last season's regular season meeting 4-0 before the Pirates took a 1-0 overtime decision in the BIG EAST Tournament Semifinals. Georgetown is 8-1 all-time vs. West Virginia, including a stretch of seven straight wins, with all nine games coming in regular season play.
In the 2005 BIG EAST preseason poll, the Hoyas ranked fourth in the Blue Division, behind third-ranked Seton Hall.
Junior forward Ricky Schramm (Eastchester, N.Y./Fordham Prep) is tied for third in the league with 16 points and is tied with two other players with seven goals in BIG EAST action. Senior Ben Jefferson-Dow (Seattle, Wash./Roosevelt (SMU)) also ranks among the league's top ten with five goals, three of which are game-winners.
Senior co-captain Brent Plumley (Holden, Mass./Wachusett (Pa.) Regional) is tied with six other BIG EAST players with four assists.
Junior goalkeeper Andrew Keszler (Bethesda, Md./Walt Whitman) is averaging almost four saves per contest and has posted three shutouts this season and seven in his career.
The Hoyas rank fifth in the South Atlantic Region's NSCAA Regional poll and GU has fallen out of the NSCAA National poll after the Providence loss.
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WASHINGTON — Speedy passage of a stopgap bill to extend jobless benefits is blocked again in the Senate.
This time the one blocking is Sen. Tom Coburn, R-Okla., who insists that the $9 billion measure be "paid for" to avoid adding to the nation's $12.7 trillion debt.
"What we are doing is stealing future opportunity from our children," Coburn said Thursday.
The clash comes less than a month after Republicans abandoned a similar, unsuccessful battle by Sen. Jim Bunning, R-Ky., that led to an interruption in unemployment benefits eligibility for some people and a two-day furlough for about 2,000 Transportation Department employees.
A stopgap law enacted early this month extends though April 5 unemployment insurance for people who have been out of a job for more than six months, provides health insurance subsidies for the jobless and protects doctors from a sharp cut in Medicare payments.
But another short-term extension of the jobless benefits is needed while House and Senate Democrats work through negotiations on a long-term measure. Those talks have slowed, prompting Democrats to move to extend benefits for an additional month.
Senate Republican leader Mitch McConnell of Kentucky tried to tie legislation to extend benefits to the new pay-as-you-go budget law, which requires new benefit programs to be offset with spending cuts or tax increases so they don't increase the deficit. Democrats said no.
"We really believe that the unemployment situation is an emergency economic situation. Republicans do not accept that," said Sen. Dick Durbin, D-Ill., the majority whip.


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Ferrari has hit back at Niki Lauda's following his public outburst against the team and its use of team orders at the German Grand Prix.
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Yamamoto keeps Hispania seat for Belgium
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F1 Fanatic round-up: 20/8/2010
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join.me works in a similar fashion to Crossloop. It's a simple download for the end user, and there's no user account to sign up for. You can be remote controlling a computer within seconds without messing around with firewall settings or having to follow complicated instructions.
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Alien Probe Buffalo Chicken Dip
January 10, 2013
2 (10 ounce) cans chunk chicken, drained
2 (8 ounce) packages cream cheese, softened
1 cup Ranch dressing
1/4 cup Alien Probe Xtra-Terestial Hot sauce
1 1/2 cups shredded Cheddar cheese
1 bunch celery, cleaned and cut into 4 inch pieces
1 (8 ounce) box chicken-flavored crackers
Heat chicken and Alien Probe Xtra-Terestial Hot Sauce in a skillet over medium heat, until heated through. Stir in cream cheese and ranch dressing. Cook, stirring until well blended and warm. Mix in half of the shredded cheese, and transfer the mixture to a slow cooker. Sprinkle the remaining cheese over the top, cover, and cook on Low setting until hot and bubbly. Serve with celery sticks and crackers.
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Edinburgh, Lothian, United Kingdom, 2010/07/14 - Maclay Murray & Spens LLP (MMS), the leading commercial law firm, has announced a strong set of results.
Maclay Murray & Spens LLP (MMS), the leading commercial law firm, has emerged from the last 12 months of economic turmoil by announcing a strong set of results, which sees net profit up by 15 per cent, to £15.2m. Turnover topped £52.5m in the period to 31 May, down 5.4 per cent on the previous financial year.
Profit per equity partner (PEP) rose to £265,000 up from £220,000 on the previous year, with profit per partner (PPP) reaching £227,000.
Magnus Swanson, chief executive of MMS, said: These results are a reflection of the outstanding work done for our clients in a very difficult business environment and the fact we have taken a number of steps to control our cost base so as to ensure the firm is in a strong position to benefit from an upturn in the market. They come at a time when we have more fee earners than any other law firm in Scotland and have topped the Scottish Business Insider deals tables for two consecutive years. It is an excellent performance, which speaks volumes for the quality of our people and their commitment through a very difficult period.
We remain cautious about the prospects of the economic recovery strengthening in the near future and will continue to manage the firm prudently, focusing on client care while controlling our overheads."
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Sons of Boru GFC is based in San Francisco, California formed in 1984 by American born players. Over the years the Boru have claimed several Western Division and North American Board titles. This website will give updates of club news, match results and various club photos.
2007 ended up being another successful year for the Boru. After a slow start to the season with three narrow losses the Boru bounced back and claimed the 2007 San Francisco Intermediate Championship. Next for the Boru is a trip to Chicago to compete in the North American Finals.
Stay tuned to this site to see how the Boru fair in the Windy City.