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Hello Friends, Happy Monday!
As a style blogger, I am constantly planning my next outfit, thinking of new creative ways to create different looks for a different events or special occasions. so you're asking why? Because I can't step outside the house if I don't like my outfit! Being well dressed is an important part of my personality. It shows the world who I am without speaking! First impressions are essential to life! So when I walked into the old Navy to buy workout pants and saw this dress right before checking out I just knew it would be a great piece i could wear many different ways and in both transitional seasons, Fall and Spring it just needed to come with me! What I like most about shirt dresses is first that they are just one piece a very easy piece to wear and style. Second, its comfortable and has long sleeves for cooler evenings later in fall. I'm definitely going to style this dress in a layering way perfect for late fall and early winter. I also cant wait to wear and style this chambray shirt dress again for the fall! Versatility is key when styling anything!
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Outfit Details: Old Navy Shirt Dress | H&M Gray Cardigan (similar) | Circus by Sam Edelman "Talon" in Oxblood | Dooney & Bourke Purse | African Bracelets | F21 Black Round Sunglasses |
Sidenote: See this outfit next: Chambray Shirt Dress
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Facial toning is critical to your beauty regimen. Instead of using readymade off-the-shelf products, why not look inside your kitchen cupboards for some ideas?
Your skin is your biggest defence against the might of the world, and it asks so little of you. All it wants is that you keep it clean, fresh and soothed. Washing, cleansing, exfoliating and moisturising is most of the work, but it isn't all. You also need toning.
Toning is what protects you from clogged, oily and unhealthy-looking skin. It is a must-have in every girl's beauty product cache. Before you rush to the store to buy your supply, let's first read in detail the benefits of adding a face toner to your skin care routine.
5 Benefits of Skin Toner
#1 To shrink pores
A skin toner cleanses your face of excess oil and shrinks pores.
#2 To restore your skin's pH balance
Your face loses its pH balance after being washed by alkaline soaps. A toner can restore this balance quickly.
#3 To protect your skin
Since a toner can shrink pores, it prevents the penetration of dirt and other pollutants into your skin.
#4 To moisturise
Toners lock moisture into your skin, keeping it soft and supple.
#5 To refresh skin
Instead of washing your face with water you can use a toner to remove oil and dirt, leaving your skin clean and fresh, without any dry feeling.
Making a Skin Toner at Home
The market is saturated with many brands of skin toners. Not only are they chemical-based, but will also make a sizeable dent in your pocket. Why resort to these methods when you can make a natural skin toner right at home?
DIY Toner #1: Camphor and Rosewater Toner for Acne
- Add a pinch of camphor to a bottle of rose water, and shake it well to mix.
- Dip a cotton ball in this homemade toner and wipe your face with it 2 to 3 times in a day.
DIY Toner #2: Rosewater, Glycerine and Alum Toner for Normal Skin
- Make a solution using 50 grams rose water, ½ tablespoon alum and 100 grams of glycerine.
- Mix these products well. Use a cotton ball to wipe your face and neck with the natural toner and let it sit there for 10-15 minutes before washing it off.
- You can store this homemade toner in the refrigerator for daily use.
DIY Toner #3: Cucumber and Curd Toner for Oily Skin
- Make a toner by mixing together a freshly grated cucumber and half a cup of plain curd.
- Apply the mask to your face and neck, and leave it there for about 10 minutes.
- Wash it off with normal water using a mild cleanser like Olay Total Effects 7 in One Foaming Cleanser.
- You can store the remaining toner in the refrigerator for later use.
Make these natural, homemade toners a part of your daily beauty routine and wash your way to fresh, glowing skin.

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The Students' Council has been established to assist the Principal and the staff in the smooth running of the school. The council consists of the School Leader, the General Secretary, the Games Captains and their Assistants, the Prefects, the House Captains and the Vice- Captains, the Editor and Co –Editors. These office bearers play a vital role in maintaining discipline and order. All students are answerable to the office–bearers for their conduct in the school. The Editor and the Co–Editors are responsible for the School Magazine.
Each student belongs to one of the four Houses. Each House, under its House Master / Mistress and Captain, tries to strive to the best. The House compete with each other in studies, sports and other activities.


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October 30, 2013
Steel Installation Begins on Daytona Rising
DAYTONA BEACH, Fla. – The "rising" in DAYTONA Rising has officially begun.
On Friday, October 25, steel installation began on DAYTONA Rising, the $400 million frontstretch renovation project at Daytona International Speedway.
The first piece of steel was placed into the ground on the west end behind the current grandstand as the new structure begins to take shape.
DAYTONA Rising is a $400 million reimagining of an American icon – Daytona International Speedway. Five expanded and redesigned entrances, or "injectors," will lead fans to a series of escalators and elevators, transporting them to three different concourse levels. Each level features spacious social areas, or "neighborhoods," along the nearly mile-long frontstretch. At the conclusion of the redevelopment, Daytona International Speedway will have approximately 101,000 permanent, wider and more comfortable seats, twice as many restrooms and three times as many concession stands. In addition, the Speedway will feature over 60 luxury suites with track side views and a completely revamped hospitality experience for corporate guests.
DAYTONA Rising: Reimagining an American Icon, expected to create 6,300 jobs, $300 million in labor income and over $80 million in tax revenue, will be completed in time for the 2016 Rolex 24 At Daytona and DAYTONA 500.
Barton Malow is serving as the design-builder for the project. In addition to DAYTONA Rising, Barton Malow has renovated the University of Michigan "Big House" and the Rose Bowl.
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Cedarsong Emergent Curriculum – April 2015
The forest has dried out and we were wearing less rain gear as the month of April progressed. The warmer weather is here to stay and the plant growth has visibly accelerated. The bracken ferns we have been measuring for a couple of months are now astonishingly taller than the children. The children are amazed […]Read More »


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Verse 23:[1] And the border of the children of Reuben was Jordan, and the border thereof. This was the inheritance of the children of Reuben after their families, the cities and the villages thereof.
[And was made the border] The limit, understanding, of the allotted region, etc. (Vatablus).
[The river of Jordan, הַיַּרְדֵּ֖ן וּגְב֑וּל] Jordan and the border (Pagnine, Montanus, Malvenda, Jonathan). Jordan with the border, supply, its (Masius, Jonathan, Vatablus, Junius and Tremellius), that is, and the region adjacent to it (Vatablus). The sense: Jordan, with its territory, that is, adjacent cities, formed the boundary of the inheritance of Reuben to the West (Masius).
And the border thereof, that is, those cities or places which bordered upon Jordan. Compare Numbers 34:6.
[And villages, וְחַצְרֵיהֶן[2]] And the farms (towns [Syriac], country districts [Septuagint], hamlets [Masius]) of them (Montanus, Jonathan, similarly Junius and Tremellius). It signifies places defended with no walls, in which, nevertheless, societies of man dwell (Masius out of Rabbi Salomon).
[1] Hebrew: וַיְהִ֗י גְּבוּל֙ בְּנֵ֣י רְאוּבֵ֔ן הַיַּרְדֵּ֖ן וּגְב֑וּל זֹ֣את נַחֲלַ֤ת בְּנֵֽי־רְאוּבֵן֙ לְמִשְׁפְּחֹתָ֔ם הֶעָרִ֖ים וְחַצְרֵיהֶֽן׃
[2] חָצֵר may be related to the verbal root חצר, to be present, or to dwell.


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We're at Pershing Square Capital Management chieftain Bill Ackman's presentation on Herbalife (HLF) this morning. Ackman kicks off the talk saying he is short the stock - but does not own put options, a rejoinder to the company's press release yesterday. Our live blog follows.
But before you read the liveblog, here's our later-day coverage: Herbalife's Wall Street analysts are suitably unimpressed, with one noting the history of previous unsuccessful short sellers. Here's Herbalife's latest response (it's a short one) as of shortly after 5 p.m. ET on Thursday. And here's Ackman telling Bloomberg Television he'd welcome being sued by Herbalife.
Liveblog, starting shortly after 9:30 a.m.:
Ackman asks a few moments after kicking off: who in this audience has bought an Herbalife product? A few hands go up. But hardly any. Shares down 2.7 percent at the moment.
9:42 a.m. Ackman goes after what he contends are questionable research and development efforts, noting that the firm didn't develop the Niteworks product on which it places plenty of emphasis. It licenses this one. "why do they promote the R and D behind their products so much"? Ackman asks. He quotes CEO Michael Johnson to the effect that increasing confidence is paramount.
9:45 a.m.: Ackman says the company "pays PhDs to lend them credibility," including $15 million to a Nobel laureate. "He's going to extravaganzas and talking about Herbalife," Ackman says. "He's not doing R and D." Shares down 3.9 percent.
9:54: Herbalife bundles its products with the promise of a business opportunity, Ackman says in a well known critique of the company. He then shows a pretty "bling bling" flasky Herbalife promotional video showing a successful distributor who made millions. Fast music, fancy cars galore.
9:57: Ackman promises to show the company is a pyramid scheme. Shares down 5.8 percent.
9:58: Pershing Square analyst Shane Dinneen is introduced.
10 a.m. Dinneen says when he was a paperboy, he got a commission for signing up one new paperboy. At Herbalife, employees keep getting referral commissions even for people they've never met.
10:01: Dinneen says 0.04 percent of distributors earn $300,000 or higher, or one in 2500. 93 percent earn no gross compensation.
10:05: Earlier, Ackman noted definition of a pyramid scheme is when the monetary benefit to a participant is primarily for recruitment, not sales of products.
10:11: Dinneen says that what the company calls "retail sales" as the firm presents it is "fictitious" because the price of products sold to distributors are based on a "fake" starting price.
10:15: Dinneen run-through a series of screens on surcharges and fees that he says require distributors to pass through costs to retailers, eating away at the discount at which distributors buy the products.
10:19: HLF is down 3.9 percent at the moment. It sure looks like traders are asking, "Where's the beef?" These points have been made to one degree or another elsewhere, if not in such a high profile venue.
10:21: "internal consumption" - product that is consumed by distributors themselves - is raised. How much is sold outside the network? Dinneen quotes David Einhorn as asking. The company doesn't track it, he says. "do we even know outside retail consumers exist?" he asks.
10:26: 90 percent of Costco gold star member program renew, 10 percent of Herbalife renew - or so it is thought. This figure is from 2005. The company stopped did owing the number, Deneen says.
10:28: Rules to limit internal consumption "don't really limit internal consumption," he says.
10:35: Dinneen dives into Herbalife's accounting, contending that a large number of buyers are really failed distributors.
10:38: If you assume that half of distributor facing costs are recruiting awards - there's not much info out there on this subject - then $300 million of SG and A are recruiting rewards.
10:40: Backing out the numbers, Dinneen estimates that the average retail profit for Herbalife distributors is five dollars a month.
10:41: He estimates 92 percent of compensation comes in one way or another from rewards. "a pyramid scheme," Deneen says in conclusion.
10:42: Shareholders don't seem so perturbed. stock is down 3.1 percent.
10:59: Ackman is back on the stage to argue that pyramid schemes are modern day versions of ponzi schemes. "You hide the scheme behind the product," he says. "Key to each of these schemes is deception."
11:03: Ackman is back to charts, this time to disclosures, arguing that 93 percent of distributors are left off a chart of what distributors earn. Those participants are "inactive," he says, meaning they don't make money. He notes that new language was added to the disclosure this year indicating that the figures show gross income, not net.
11:11: Ackman estimates that one new "President's Team" member - that's a profitable position to have - was made for every 10,000 new distributors from 2004 to 2009.
11:15: David Klafter, Pershing senior legal counsel, takes the podium, promising to explain what represents "unfair or deceptive practices."
11:25: Klafter runs through the unlikelihood of getting to the top of Herbalife's hierarchy of distributors. His slide reads, "Anybody can't do it."
11:29: Herbalife bulls have to feel encouraged by the stock action Thursday. At least, most of the damage happened on Wednesday. Shares down 4 percent around 11:30 a.m.
11:33: Is Pershing looking for distributors to take up its case in court? Sure looks that way. Klafter says a history of litigation contending a firm is a pyramid scheme can be taken into account when authorities make the determination.
11:37: Klafter says authorities may also consider whether a firm is exploiting people who are "vulnerable to the dream." He says the firm is targeting minorities, college students and stay-at-home moms.
11:40: Klafter says "complex compensation rules" can also be factored in. Herbalife's are "48,000 words and scores of rules," and not much sales and marketing advice, he says.
11:43: Ackman's back for a comparison to unfavorable comparison to Avon's incentive plans.
11:47: Ackman introduces the phrase "pop and drop." He runs through several slides of single country data which he says indicate a big rise in sales followed by declines, and then single-country data are removed from disclosures when they fall too low, he says. Japan data runs from 1993 to 2005, and data from Israel, Spain and elsewhere are shown with a similar trend. Maintaining the appearance of longevity is key, he says. Moving into new regions and countries is how the firm has hidden the trend, he says. "The problem is they are running out of countries."
11:55: Ackman runs through photos of several dilapidated Nutrition Clubs, which can't show Herbalife signage. He says these aren't a selection of shoddy-looking clubs. He then runs through restrictive-sounding rules on concealing the interior of clubs and using non-glass containers from which ti drink. "It smells to me like they're trying to stay away from regulations with these clubs, aren't they?"
12:02: Ackman compares Avon's shipping and handling - 1.6 percent of net sales versus Herbalife's 14.8 percent. He says $339 million of the firm's profits come from this segment. "It's a shipping company," he says.
12:08: How are shipping costs so low? Ackman asks. He says the buyback policy is designed to limit returns by requiring distributors to deduct rewards already paid retroactively.
12:10: Ackman nears the close of the presentation attempting to estimate how many sales leaders have failed - just shy of 2 million distributors (1.9 million) since 1980, he says. If you assume $2,000 spent per person, that's $3.8 billion, he says.
12:21: Ackman closes with a chart of CEO Michael Johnson's $140 million of HLF stock sales since 2007. He says the put options in the market are not his. "We welcome the SEC looking at our books," Ackman says, and concludes with Justice Brandeis: "Sunlight is the best disinfectant."
Then Ackman says he will give the first $25 million will go to the Ira Sohn Foundation, even if he doesn't make money. One hundred percent of after tax will go to the Pershing Square Foundation. "It's an enormous position," he says.
Correction 12:52: The original version of this liveblog misspelled Shane Dinneen's last name, now corrected.


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Restaurant Workers of America (RWA) is the first organization of its kind—an employee advocacy organization dedicated to the preservation of tip income, and to the well-being of employees in the full-service restaurant industry.
Our focus is to educate both members and non-members about economic and legislative issues pertaining to the restaurant industry. Specifically, RWA is dedicated to preserving the freedom and flexibility of America's restaurant workers by advocating for a tip credit in states without one and to protect it where it is currently in place.
RWA's board currently consists of five restaurant workers and one owner who have helped build grassroots movements of restaurant servers in their own markets—from the Twin Cities of Minneapolis and St. Paul to Seattle, Washington, and from District of Columbia to the state of Maine. The work to fight for a tip credit in states that don't currently have one is ongoing in The Twin Cities and Seattle. Two of these fights—in Maine and Washington, DC—were successful, either in fighting off a legislative push to eliminate the tip credit or reinstating one that was eliminated.


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Brian VanGorder, the Jets' linebackers coach, was hired as Notre Dame's defensive coordinator. VanGorder was an assistant under Notre Dame Coach Brian Kelly at Grand Valley State from 1989 to '91 and won the Frank Broyles Award as the nation's top assistant at Georgia in '03.
■ Arizona's all-American running back Ka'Deem Carey will forgo his final season of eligibility and enter the N.F.L. draft. Also entering the draft are the Stanford all-American left guard David Yankey and Louisiana State's rushing leader, Jeremy Hill.
■ Duke Coach David Cutcliffe was selected as the national coach of the year by the American Football Coaches Association.


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Macrophile.com (or simply Macrophile) is a website dedicated to those interested in macro characters and macrophilia.
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Tour available for travel until 31st March 2020. If travelling after this date see our 5 Day / 4 Night Flinders Ranges & Highlights of Kangaroo Island Tour.
Rawnsley Park Station will be a highlight on this tour with hosts Julie and Tony Smith providing true outback hospitality and Aussie station experiences. Stay in luxurious Eco Villas, all with commanding views of the surrounding landscape. Touring includes the spectacular and rugged scenery of Wilpena Pound and the magnificent Flinders Ranges region with its wealth of wildlife, geology and ancient history. At Nilpena Station, take a fascinating station and Ediacaran fossil tour, and enjoy outback food and hospitality at the famous Prairie Hotel at Parachilna. Then travel through the stunning Clare Valley wine region for some wine tasting and lunch before returning to Adelaide.
After a nights accommodation in Adelaide, discover Kangaroo Island's nature and wildlife up close and in the wild on your next fantastic two-day tour. See Australian sea lions, kangaroos, koalas and native Australian birds in pristine wildlife settings. Travel to Flinders Chase National Park at the western end of the island and discover the awe-inspiring formations of Remarkable Rocks and Admirals Arch. See a colony of Long-nosed Fur Seals on the rocks at Admirals Arch from the viewing platforms and boardwalk. This tour is a perfect way to experience this unspoilt and natural wildlife haven and you'll soon see why Kangaroo Island is one of Australia's iconic nature-based destinations.


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Hello there!
Hopefully you have been watching the Improvement List and all the updates we have been making. This is thanks to a lot of your great input.
One update I wanted to call particular attention to was the change in ordering of images on DropShots. Now all images are arranged chronologically (proper calendar and time ordering) for all "By Date" navigation (before it was all most recent date and time at top, the down to oldest).
Now only the User Home is ordered by most recent date (then proper time sequence within that day). This is so you and your visitors are not seeing the same 1998 photos everytime the go to your site. Having the most recent date on the User Home page brings up the most recent photos to the top. Once clicked into the "By Date" navigation it will be in normal calendar and time chronology.
The Large View also is now ordered by oldest (or first within a day) downward. As you have said, this makes more sense in telling the story of a day, vacation or any other event.
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It was supposed to be a non descript day trip to Singapore, but it turned out to be 'adventurous'. Again, Firefly departed a couple of minutes earlier than scheduled, good thing. Got The Straits Times and the Lion Air was the main story. Hmmm.... reading on, you wonder why people are still flying Lion Air ... and as a regional consumer, do we know all the facts?
The plane broke in two because it missed the runway completely and crashed into the river. But did you know that Lion Air has long been banned from the airspace of USA and Europe owing to its poor safety record.
On Feb 15, 2011, a Lion Air 737 skidded off the runway at Pekanbaru, Riau. Similar skidding events were also recorded in 2006, 2004 and 2002 at airports in South Sulawesi, East Java and Riau respectively. What were they doing, having bets about how well they can skid the planes on the runways to impress the stewardesses?
Thats not the end of it, in Nov 30, 2004 Lion Air MD-82 carrying 146 people skidded off the runway (again) in Solo, Central Java, killing 26. Do they change their tyres??? Are they on Goodyear or ...shudder Bridgestone??
So we all can be buta-buta flying Lion Air, without knowing better, so "dangerful".
Anyway, was in the city to give a thorough presentation on Murasaki system as we are launching in a big way in Singapore come mid-May with our jv partner. Had to present to 9 people who are part of the sales and marketing team there.
Almost every time I am in Singapore I will take a cab to Compass Point, Sengkang as they have an outlet for Carona Chicken (of of my all time fav food from Singapore). Used to be a lot better as Corona Chicken when it was at Colombo Court in town, then they sold it to someone who tried to make it into a fast food franchise, sigh.
Finishing that, took the train from Sengkang to Chinatown ... what happened next was supposed to be in the movies only. There were two Bangladeshi guys on one side, and empty seat with The Straits Times papers on it and next to that seat was a 60 something Chinese guy reading Chinese papers. So asked the old guy if the papers were his as I wanted to have the seat. He exclaimed quite loudly "Don't talk to me, don't ask me any questions".... WTF!!!!
No wonder there are so many entertaining MRT videos on You Tube. I just took the papers and sat down anyway, if he says even one word he was going to have a fucking tirade from me. Luckily he kept quiet.
I wondered, why did he behaved the way he did? Were there too many China girls trying to con him, or did I looked like a pimp trying to hook him up with one and cheat his money? What caused him to be so closed off to the world? Had he been badly cheated, mistreated, had many bad turns in life, bitter and all ... or thought I was trying to pick him up or sell him some ubat orang kuat!!! WTF!!!
Sigh .... eventful nonetheless. ... and yes, my Firefly flight took off 10 minutes ahead of scheduled departure ... top that MAS.


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Cleanup: finalization and garbage collection
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Programmers know about the importance of initialization, but often forget the importance of cleanup. After all, who needs to clean up an int? But with libraries, simply "letting go" of an object once you're done with it is not always safe. Of course, Java has the garbage collector to reclaim the memory of objects that are no longer used. Now consider a very special and unusual case. Suppose your object allocates "special" memory without using new. The garbage collector knows only how to release memory allocated with new, so it won't know how to release the object's "special" memory. To handle this case, Java provides a method called finalize( ) that you can define for your class. Here's how it's supposed to work. When the garbage collector is ready to release the storage used for your object, it will first call finalize( ), and only on the next garbage-collection pass will it reclaim the object's memory. So if you choose to use finalize( ), it gives you the ability to perform some important cleanup at the time of garbage collection .
This is a potential programming pitfall because some programmers, especially C++ programmers, might initially mistake finalize( ) for the destructor in C++, which is a function that is always called when an object is destroyed. But it is important to distinguish between C++ and Java here, because in C++ objects always get destroyed (in a bug-free program), whereas in Java objects do not always get garbage-collected. Or, put another way:
Garbage collection is not destruction.
If you remember this, you will stay out of trouble. What it means is that if there is some activity that must be performed before you no longer need an object, you must perform that activity yourself. Java has no destructor or similar concept, so you must create an ordinary method to perform this cleanup. For example, suppose in the process of creating your object it draws itself on the screen. If you don't explicitly erase its image from the screen, it might never get cleaned up. If you put some kind of erasing functionality inside finalize( ), then if an object is garbage-collected, the image will first be removed from the screen, but if it isn't, the image will remain. So a second point to remember is:
Your objects might not get garbage collected.
You might find that the storage for an object never gets released because your program never nears the point of running out of storage. If your program completes and the garbage collector never gets around to releasing the storage for any of your objects, that storage will be returned to the operating system en masse as the program exits. This is a good thing, because garbage collection has some overhead, and if you never do it you never incur that expense.
What is finalize( ) for?
You might believe at this point that you should not use finalize( ) as a general-purpose cleanup method. What good is it?
A third point to remember is:
Garbage collection is only about memory.
That is, the sole reason for the existence of the garbage collector is to recover memory that your program is no longer using. So any activity that is associated with garbage collection, most notably your finalize( ) method, must also be only about memory and its deallocation.
Does this mean that if your object contains other objects finalize( ) should explicitly release those objects? Well, no – the garbage collector takes care of the release of all object memory regardless of how the object is created. It turns out that the need for finalize( ) is limited to special cases, in which your object can allocate some storage in some way other than creating an object. But, you might observe, everything in Java is an object so how can this be?
It would seem that finalize( ) is in place because of the possibility that you'll do something C-like by allocating memory using a mechanism other than the normal one in Java. This can happen primarily through native methods , which are a way to call non-Java code from Java. (Native methods are discussed in Appendix A.) C and C++ are the only languages currently supported by native methods, but since they can call subprograms in other languages, you can effectively call anything. Inside the non-Java code, C's malloc( ) family of functions might be called to allocate storage, and unless you call free( ) that storage will not be released, causing a memory leak. Of course, free( ) is a C and C++ function, so you'd need call it in a native method inside your finalize( ).
After reading this, you probably get the idea that you won't use finalize( ) much. You're correct; it is not the appropriate place for normal cleanup to occur. So where should normal cleanup be performed?
You must perform cleanup
To clean up an object, the user of that object must call a cleanup method at the point the cleanup is desired. This sounds pretty straightforward, but it collides a bit with the C++ concept of the destructor. In C++, all objects are destroyed. Or rather, all objects should be destroyed. If the C++ object is created as a local, i.e. on the stack (not possible in Java), then the destruction happens at the closing curly brace of the scope in which the object was created. If the object was created using new (like in Java) the destructor is called when the programmer calls the C++ operator delete (which doesn't exist in Java). If the programmer forgets, the destructor is never called and you have a memory leak, plus the other parts of the object never get cleaned up.
In contrast, Java doesn't allow you to create local objects – you must always use new. But in Java, there's no "delete" to call for releasing the object since the garbage collector releases the storage for you. So from a simplistic standpoint you could say that because of garbage collection, Java has no destructor. You'll see as this book progresses, however, that the presence of a garbage collector does not remove the need or utility of destructors. (And you should never call finalize( ) directly, so that's not an appropriate avenue for a solution.) If you want some kind of cleanup performed other than storage release you must still call a method in Java, which is the equivalent of a C++ destructor without the convenience.
One of the things finalize( ) can be useful for is observing the process of garbage collection. The following example shows you what's going on and summarizes the previous descriptions of garbage collection:
//: Garbage.java // Demonstration of the garbage // collector and finalization class Chair { static boolean gcrun = false; static boolean f = false; static int created = 0; static int finalized = 0; int i; Chair() { i = ++created; if(created == 47) System.out.println("Created 47"); } protected void finalize() { if(!gcrun) { gcrun = true; System.out.println( "Beginning to finalize after " + created + " Chairs have been created"); } if(i == 47) { System.out.println( "Finalizing Chair #47, " + "Setting flag to stop Chair creation"); f = true; } finalized++; if(finalized >= created) System.out.println( "All " + finalized + " finalized"); } } public class Garbage { public static void main(String[] args) { if(args.length == 0) { System.err.println("Usage: \n" + "java Garbage before\n or:\n" + "java Garbage after"); return; } while(!Chair.f) { new Chair(); new String("To take up space"); } System.out.println( "After all Chairs have been created:\n" + "total created = " + Chair.created + ", total finalized = " + Chair.finalized); if(args[0].equals("before")) { System.out.println("gc():"); System.gc(); System.out.println("runFinalization():"); System.runFinalization(); } System.out.println("bye!"); if(args[0].equals("after")) System.runFinalizersOnExit(true); } } ///:~
The above program creates many Chair objects, and at some point after the garbage collector begins running, the program stops creating Chairs. Since the garbage collector can run at any time, you don't know exactly when it will start up, so there's a flag called gcrun to indicate whether the garbage collector has started running yet. A second flag f is a way for Chair to tell the main( ) loop that it should stop making objects. Both of these flags are set within finalize( ), which is called during garbage collection.
Two other static variables, created and finalized, keep track of the number of objs created versus the number that get finalized by the garbage collector. Finally, each Chair has its own (non- static) int i so it can keep track of what number it is. When Chair number 47 is finalized, the flag is set to true to bring the process of Chair creation to a stop.
All this happens in main( ), in the loop
while(!Chair.f) { new Chair(); new String("To take up space"); }
You might wonder how this loop could ever finish, since there's nothing inside that changes the value of Chair.f. However, the finalize( ) process will, eventually, when it finalizes number 47.
The creation of a String object during each iteration is simply extra garbage being created to encourage the garbage collector to kick in, which it will do when it starts to get nervous about the amount of memory available.
When you run the program, you provide a command-line argument of "before" or "after." The "before" argument will call the System.gc( ) method (to force execution of the garbage collector) along with the System.runFinalization( ) method to run the finalizers. These methods were available in Java 1.0, but the runFinalizersOnExit( ) method that is invoked by using the "after" argument is available only in Java 1.1[19] and beyond. (Note you can call this method any time during program execution, and the execution of the finalizers is independent of whether the garbage collector runs).
The preceding program shows that, in Java 1.1, the promise that finalizers will always be run holds true, but only if you explicitly force it to happen yourself. If you use an argument that isn't "before" or "after" (such as "none"), then neither finalization process will occur, and you'll get an output like this:
Created 47 Beginning to finalize after 8694 Chairs have been created Finalizing Chair #47, Setting flag to stop Chair creation After all Chairs have been created: total created = 9834, total finalized = 108 bye!
Thus, not all finalizers get called by the time the program completes. [20] To force finalization to happen, you can call System.gc( ) followed by System.runFinalization( ). This will destroy all the objects that are no longer in use up to that point. The odd thing about this is that you call gc( ) before you call runFinalization( ), which seems to contradict the Sun documentation, which claims that finalizers are run first, and then the storage is released. However, if you call runFinalization( ) first, and then gc( ), the finalizers will not be executed.
One reason that Java 1.1 might default to skipping finalization for all objects is because it seems to be expensive. When you use either of the approaches that force garbage collection you might notice longer delays than you would without the extra finalization.
[19] Unfortunately, the implementations of the garbage collector in Java 1.0 would never call finalize( ) correctly. As a result, finalize( ) methods that were essential (such as those to close a file) often didn't get called. The documentation claimed that all finalizers would be called at the exit of a program, even if the garbage collector hadn't been run on those objects by the time the program terminated. This wasn't true, so as a result you couldn't reliably expect finalize( ) to be called for all objects. Effectively, finalize( ) was useless in Java 1.0.
[20] By the time you read this, some Java Virtual Machines may show different behavior.


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ADEN (Reuters) - A suicide bomber killed himself and a bystander in south Yemen on Saturday in an attempt to assassinate a government official who had targeted al Qaeda militants, a security source said.
The attacker walked up to the parked car of Mohammed Aidarous, head of a "popular committee" of tribal volunteers who helped the army oust militants from the town of Lawdar in Abyan province this year.
Aidarous, the local government official in charge of Lawdar, was not in the vehicle, but a bystander was also killed in the blast, the source said. Four people in the car and five passers-by were injured.
The source identified the bomber as 20-year-old Ali Mohammed Hossain from Abyan province.
Yemen has been in turmoil since an uprising against Ali Abdullah Saleh, who finally stepped down as president in February. The Arabian Peninsula state borders top oil exporter Saudi Arabia and lies on major world shipping lanes.
The army has expelled militants from Abyan towns occupied last year. But al Qaeda has struck back with assassination attempts against officials, some successful, and a suicide bombing of a military parade in May that killed 100.
Four members of Saleh's General People's Congress (GPC) were killed in an ambush outside Sanaa on Friday night, the party said on its website. Eight were wounded.
It was not clear if the group was targeted because of its party affiliation. A tribal source in al-Jawf where some of the men worked said the ambush could have been a tribal vendetta.
Saleh remains head of the GPC, which retains half the seats in cabinet. His relatives control key military and security units.
Saleh was succeeded by his deputy Abd-Rabbu Mansour Hadi, who has U.S. backing for a transition process that tries to balance the interests of groups including a Shi'ite Islamist movement in north Yemen, southern secessionists and tribal and Sunni Islamist groups who benefitted under Saleh's rule.
Reporting by Dhuyazen Mukhashaf and Mohammed Ghobari; Writing by Andrew Hammond; Editing by Angus McDowall in Riyadh and Jason Webb in London


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Robert S. Mueller III just celebrated his 73rd birthday, but don't expect him to take a vacation. Not only is the special counsel investigating potential collusion between Russia and the presidential campaign of Donald Trump, he is also reportedly looking into potential obstruction of justice by Trump in the firing of FBI Director James Comey, as well as the tangled finances of the Trump family. Mueller's impaneling of a grand jury in Washington, D.C., last week suggests he is moving rapidly on all these fronts.
But now a Republican lawyer and lobbyist wants Mueller to add another matter to his docket: the 2016 murder of Seth Rich, a 27-year-old employee of the Democratic National Committee. Rich was shot twice in the back as he walked home late at night from a bar in the Washington neighborhood of Bloomingdale. None of his possessions were taken, which has made some skeptical of official claims that the killing—which remains unsolved—was a robbery gone awry. Among those skeptics is Fox News host Sean Hannity, who has hinted Rich may have been killed by Democratic operatives for leaking DNC emails that cast the Democratic establishment, which heavily favored Hillary Clinton over Bernie Sanders in the presidential primary, in an unflattering light.
"We've ruled out that this a street crime," says Jack Burkman, the Republican operative who is urging Mueller to use his newly impaneled grand jury to investigate the Rich murder. In his letter to the special counsel, which was sent on Tuesday, Burkman argues that Rich's murder "may be the 'missing link' that connects otherwise incongruent events relating to Russia collusion in the 2016 presidential election." Burkman says in the letter that he is "willing to testify under oath" and "will share what we know" about the Rich murder.
And what does he know, exactly? Burkman says that in January, a former U.S. intelligence agent who'd worked in the Middle East "heard from credible sources" that Rich, who was working on voter outreach for the DNC, discovered evidence of Russian hacking. Burkman also says that about a month ago, a source at the DNC told him that in the early summer of 2016, Rich met with Natalia Veselnitskaya, the Kremlin-affiliated lawyer whom Donald Trump Jr. hosted at Trump Tower on June 9 of that year. Burkman believes that Rich angrily "presented her with a lot of emails" that were subsequently published by WikiLeaks on July 22, just days before Rich was murdered.
"We have other leads," Burkman tells Newsweek, declining to elaborate. He is, however, "fairly certain there's a Russia connection." He could say little more than that, not even if Rich—depicted by some as a disenchanted Sanders supporter upset by the DNC's staunch pro-Clinton stance—was collaborating with Russian agents or attempting to thwart them. "I am not entirely sure if Seth was a good guy or a bad guy," Burkman says, without explaining what nefarious intentions the young man might have had.
At the same time, Burkman casts himself as nothing more than a seeker of truth, in seeming defiance of critics who call him an attention-seeking conspiracy theorist. "My only goal is to find the killer of Seth Rich," he says. Burkman claims he has no political motivations of his own, and that, as a self-described "conservative Republican," he has little desire to absolve Russia of potential involvement in the Rich killing. And he is very much convinced that some such involvement did take place.
"I think this it's high time the special counsel take a look at the Seth Rich murder," Burkman says.
Department of Justice spokesman Joshua Stueve, who handles press inquiries for Mueller, would not comment on Burkman's letter or even confirm that the office of the special counsel had received his request. A lawyer for the Rich family, Joseph Ingrisano, did not answer a request for comment. Burkman held a press conference with Rich's parents on November 21, 2016, vowing to solve the case. But as that solution appeared to increasingly involve the Russians, the Rich family backed away from Burkman.
"We don't believe there's any involvement of any of the different conspiracy theories. We've made that clear multiple times," a Rich family member told DCist back in March. Burkman, for his part, acknowledges that his relationship with the Rich family "has gone cool."
Suggestions that Rich's killing was somehow related to the Trump campaign or to Russia's anti-Clinton efforts have generally been dismissed as conspiracy theories. A recent report by Burkman's own Profiling Project, which is staffed by graduate students in forensic psychology at the George Washington University, concluded that a "hired killer or serial murderer" was most likely responsible. The report rates the likelihood of Russian participation as "not likely."
There are other complications. A lawsuit filed last week by private investigator Rod Wheeler claims that Fox News, working in concert with the White House, concocted a narrative that placed Rich at the center of the DNC email leaks in order to take attention away from the Russian-collusion investigation. Burkman references the Wheeler lawsuit in his letter to Mueller, suggesting that possible collusion between Fox News and the White House should be further grounds for the special counsel to investigate the matter.
Burkman would not say whether he has discussed his own work on the Rich murder with anyone at the White House. Nor does he believe that Wheeler's seemingly damning accusations in any way imperil his own inquiry.
"I know nothing about whether Wheeler's allegations are true," he says. "That is just not what I am working on."
As far as Burkman is concerned, that a writer for FoxNews.com may have invented a story about Rich doesn't render every other theory about his murder a fiction.
"We can't have unsolved murders like this," Burkman says.
There were 64 other unsolved murders in Washington, D.C., in 2016. Except for Rich, nearly all those killed were African-American males. Because their deaths do not figure into presidential politics, they have largely been forgotten.
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Osborne used the myth of near-bankruptcy to justify damaging austerity
Wednesday's Autumn Statement saw the Tories finally admit, grudgingly and obliquely, to the Great Lie told back in 2010: that the UK was on the brink of bankruptcy.
Back then, the Tories successfully painted Labour as a party of profligacy, even though the UK's debt to gross domestic product (GDP) ratio was lower in 2007 than that inherited by Labour from John Major ten years earlier.
Debt as a proportion of GDP only began to climb significantly after the economic crisis hit in 2007, with the UK economy shrinking by almost seven per cent.
This was the most perilous international economic event since the Great Depression in 1929; not 'Labour's recession' as the Tories claimed. Rather, it was Prime Minister Gordon Brown who was largely credited with rescuing the world's banking system in the 2007 to 2010 period.
Even though the idea that the UK was close to bankruptcy was absurd and comparisons with Greece were fatuous, the Tories couldn't resist playing politics in the face of economic uncertainty.
They were aided in telling the Great Lie by senior Liberal Democrats, abetted by former leader Paddy Ashdown, who must now be blushing after his party was decimated in the 2015 general election and the Brexit vote.
George Osborne, Chancellor of the Exchequer for six years, constantly referred to the UK's supposedly parlous economic position as the reason for enacting damaging austerity policies which delayed the UK's recovery and placed an undue burden on the poor and the vulnerable,
Osborne continued to stick to his version of history even as he piled on the debt, missing self-imposed targets to eradicate the structural deficit. He was already way behind his plan to create a surplus in 2019 before the Brexit vote. His sacking by Theresa May was a long overdue recognition of Osborne's calamitous stewardship of the UK economy.
The rationale the Tories followed in continuing austerity policies that have seen one million Britons using food banks, was the now discredited Reinhart-Rogoff hypothesis, which claimed that economies with more than 90 per cent debt would experience dramatic falls in growth or even renewed recession.
The hypothesis was exposed by a student as voodoo economics, but revered by the Chancellor of the world's fifth largest economy. With UK debt to GDP heading for more than 90 per cent in the latest Office of Budget Responsibility forecasts, the Reinhart-Rogoff will perhaps be tested for real at last.
Economic illiteracy and political expediency were both practiced by Prime Minister David Cameron too. He was still repeating the Great Lie at his resignation speech in June:
"I believe we've made great steps…above all restoring Britain's economic strength. That is why we delivered the first Coalition Government in 70 years to bring our economy back from the brink."
The reality was that the Coalition Government inherited a national debt of around £600bn. This more than doubled over the next six years, and is now set to be more than three times higher than in 2010 by the end of this Parliament as a result of Brexit and economic mismanagement. So not really 'the brink' in 2010 then?
Yet, as the chart shows, debt as a proportion of GDP over the last six years is not exceptionally high in historical context. What the chart also reveals is that reducing national debt to lower levels is not something that can be achieved in the short-term.
Instead, such debt reduction is more of a generational goal rather than a one or two Parliament acheivement. For example, even if, say, a surplus of £100bn was realised in 2020, and sustained over the long-term, it would still take two decades to return to the position of the mid-2000s.
Poor economic straits six years ago called for a stimulus package, including significant infrastructure investment, and boosting the money in people's pockets – especially at the lower end of the income spectrum where most extra money is spent so boosting demand in the economy.
This is what, belatedly, the Government has admitted. However, plans to invest come six years later than ideal and are too little to reverse the likely economic slowdown caused by Brexit. And softening of some in-work welfare cuts and raising the national 'Living Wage' will not make up for the pain inflicted on the poorest since the Tories came to power.
Kevin Gulliver is Director of Birmingham-based research charity the Human City Institute, writing in a personal capacity. Follow him on Twitter @kevingulliver
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2 Responses to "With the Autumn Statement, the Tories' Great Lie has finally been exposed"
Craig Mackay
The arguments for austerity have always been a fraud. They are just a way of coping with the illegal immigrant/benefit scrounger distortions of the Daily Mail, the Telegraph and the Express.
How many Tory MPs are frantically trying to pay off their mortgages which are presently at historically low rates? None. Of course, not many probably still have mortgages as they are often seriously wealthy. With interest rates so low the UK should be following other countries able to borrow cheaply and invest in infrastructure such as housing (see: http://outsidethebubble.net/2016/09/27/a-fairer-deal-solving-the-housing-crisis/), roads and railways, social care and the NHS.
Interest rates are currently around 1.5% for such borrowing over a very long time period indeed. It is an opportunity that we should have been taking for the past five or more years and only now is the Tory government regaining consciousness enough to appreciate that borrowing money cheaply is the way to success. All the MPs have been doing this personally and privately four years and this is why many of them are so wealthy. The UK has not been doing it and that's why we are in such a parlous state.
George Osborne never understood economics very much and certainly not how to run an economy. Much better for him to read "The Joy of Tax" by Richard Murphy.
Massively overdue!
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Here in Atlanta we've had buckets of rain for weeks , and yesterday was no exception. We had to abandon our plans to sketch at the Atlanta Botanical Garden, so I stayed home and raided the produce bin for subjects. Fun morning, but not as much fun as it would have been with my Crawlin' buddies!
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- I am sorry for that rain Marylinn- exceptional for SC! I have to talk to your weather god in your area again. Usually we save some good days with him. Maybe his calendar broke again.
Thanks for sharing the luminous indoor colours instead!
Thanks for sharing the luminous indoor colours instead!
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Well done for not giving up despite the bad weather, however those watercolors look great!
Thanks for sharing!
Thanks for sharing!
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Beautiful work MarilynnB!
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Absolutely lovely watercolors! Way to go!
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How do you refinish kitchen cabinets?
If you're ready for a new look and feel in your kitchen but don't want to replace the cabinet layout or your cabinet doors, refinishing your existing kitchen cabinets is a great option. To be a good candidate for cabinet refinishing, your cabinet boxes and doors need to be in good condition. Cabinet refinishing includes taking down your doors, sanding or stripping the surface, preparing the doors with primer as needed, refinishing them with as many coats of stain or paint are necessary, then re-hanging them in their original locations. If you're not in love with your kitchen cabinet layout, talk to a designer or contractor about creating an alternative. Refinishing simply means adding new shine to the existing setup, so if you're dying to have a pull-out pantry or maximize wall space by going flush to the ceiling, you may want a different approach. Functional and stylish ready-to-assemble (RTA) cabinets can be similar in cost to refacing your existing cabinets, so keep the budget-friendly RTA option in mind when making decisions.
Can you resurface laminate cabinets?
Resurfacing laminate cabinets is an affordable and relatively easy way to give an outdated kitchen a fresh new look. If your existing cabinets are in good shape and you like your current cabinet layout, putting a fresh face on your kitchen could mean simply painting over the current laminate or putting a new laminate surface on the doors and drawers. Cabinet resurfacing may be possible for the capable DIY homeowner, but if you don't have the proper tools or the know-how, it's wise to call a handyman or a cabinet installation specialist to ensure you have a professional-looking outcome. To make sure your kitchen is right for cabinet resurfacing (as opposed to completely replacing your cabinets), ask yourself:
- Do I like the layout of my current cabinets?
- Are the cabinet boxes structurally sound?
- Are the floor and framing in good condition to keep cabinets supported over time?
- Are the cabinets free of water or wood damage?
How do you resurface cabinets?
Resurfacing kitchen cabinets means that you retain your original cabinet boxes and existing cabinet layout and simply remove and replace the front layer of your cabinet doors. Cabinet resurfacing can also entail replacing damaged cabinet doors, keeping those that are in good shape, and installing a new surface on all of them. Cabinet resurfacing may also refer to a decision to completely change out cabinet doors because they are damaged or their style is out of date, but keeping the existing cabinet boxes and layout.
If you're handy and have all the proper tools, cabinet resurfacing can be a DIY project, especially if you're simply repainting. However, if you're not comfortable removing and replacing your cabinet doors, doing precision measurements and cutting, or working with sanders and power tools, then this may be a project better left to the pros. You or your handyman or cabinet installation specialist will remove all cabinet door and drawer fronts and all hardware, then prepare the surfaces for a new layer. The pros should also update the veneer or laminate the frames to match. Once the new laminate, veneer or surface has been applied and new hardware installed, your cabinet doors and drawers are hung once more in their original locations. The national average cost for refacing cabinets is $5,000.
How much is custom cabinetry?
Custom cabinets can be built for any room, including bedroom closets and built-in armoires. Measured carefully and built precisely, custom cabinetry can increase storage and beautify any room. The national average for building custom cabinets ranges from $500 to $1,200 per linear foot. The cost is highly variable because there are so many styles, colors, glazes and other options. In general, the linear footage of the cabinets, the materials used to build them, and the cost of the labor will determine the cost. Solid wood costs more than plywood and wood veneer, and costs vary among different types of wood; maple and cherry cabinets are more expensive than pine. Glass-front cabinets can cost more, as can decorative hinges, handles and door pulls, which can cost $2-$45 each; choose carefully to stay within your budget and pull off the exact look you're going for. Some carpenters also charge for installation, on average $100 per cabinet box. Additional molding and trim, such as crown molding at the ceiling, cost an average of $70 per 8-foot section, and adding finished ends to exposed cabinets averages $100-$200.
How much does it cost to refinish kitchen cabinets?
Cabinet refinishing revives dull or dinged-up doors and drawers. The cost of cabinet refinishing will vary based on factors such as the number of linear feet of cabinetry you have, the amount of nicks and scratches that need repair, the level of detail on your cabinets, and more. The pros typically will remove the cabinet doors and then sand or strip them down to create a beautifully smooth new surface. After prepping the surface with primer as needed, the pros may then repaint or stain the doors to give them a new lease on life. Cabinets with intricate detail or extensive surface damage will likely cost more to refinish, as they will take more time and effort. Keep in mind that you should only elect to do cabinet refinishing if the cabinet boxes are structurally sound and you plan to keep your current kitchen layout for a number of years. The investment will be wasted if the cabinet boxes are in disrepair and will need replacement soon, or if you're planning a remodel in two years. The national average price range for cabinet refinishing is between $1,500 and $6,000.


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Men and women of all ages packed into Stanford's Cubberly Auditorium for a documentary film and panel discussion. This was no ordinary documentary. The audience did not passively view the film; instead, they were engaged in learning more and taking action. Written and directed by Jennifer Siebel Newsom, Miss Representation examines the discrepancies in gender roles as portrayed in the media – in other words, the blatant misrepresentation of women in the media. Featuring provocative interviews with high-ranking women, and illustrative media clips from popular franchises, Miss Representation opens eyes to what can seem like the "normal" backdrop of American culture.
From advertisements targeting the male demographics to stereotyped female roles in television shows, the media has served to propagate and reinforce the message that a woman's value lies in her appearance and sexuality. Newsom shared a poignant personal memory: while her daughter Montana received compliments on her looks, her son's birth was heralded with gifts and even a letter from the president. Newsom then challenged each audience member to tell stories in turn, asking, "Why do we teach our girls that they don't have the same limitless opportunities that boys do?"
Looking in the mirror
To hear from more student voices about the impact of media on their lives, the Clayman Institute sponsored an essay contest inviting students to submit a 150-word essay commenting on a media image. Each of the three Essay Contest Winners responded to the challenge of taking action against this one-dimensional portrayal of women. Leslie Georgatos of the Graduate School of Business described real-world effects of stereotypical media portrayals of successful businesswomen. Powerful women are frequently depicted as harsh and unsympathetic, like Meryl Streep's character in The Devil Wears Prada, or they are portrayed as manipulative and devious. Fellow essay winner Thanh D. Nguyen '13 approached the myth of female sexualization and submissiveness through the lens of multiculturalism.
Buying in to the objectification and idealization of the female body prevalent in advertising and magazines has created dangerous societal expectations, as Amanda Rost '14 addressed. The media's obsession with appearances is not restricted to advertising or fictional characters. Female role models such as Hillary Clinton face explicitly gendered criticism: Secretary Clinton's audacity to appear make-up free in public was breaking news. In light of the growing body disorder and self-esteem statistics, Siebel Newsom spoke of how "the world really needs us, and we need to fix our problems rather than focusing on [our bodies and appearances]."
Panelist Carolyn Becker, creator of the TriDelta Reflections Programs and a fellow at CASBS, invited sororities "join us to fight the status quo." Becker spoke about the positive impact that sororities and the empowered community they foster can have on promoting positive body image. She cited Kappa Kappa Gamma's organization and co-sponsorship of this event for Stanford's V-Week as just one example of this positive influence.
Though women comprise of a majority of the world's population, the United States is ranked 90th in the world in female legislative representation and in mainstream media, only 3% of the high-ranking positions are filled by women. The audience was audibly shocked by statistics such as these as they ran throughout the documentary. Following the film, each panelist reminded the audience that knowledge without action is not enough to create a better society and asked for active participation in fighting the status quo.
The bottom line for women
"I think we forget how powerful we are as women," stated Executive Producer Regina Kulik Scully. As women control 85% of all consumer purchases, wielding this power would dramatically affect the bottom line. Though many ads are targeted to the male demographic, the majority of consumers are women. Women comprised of the vast majority of the Twilight Saga's record-breaking audience, and have fueled the astonishing success of the franchise to the surprise of the industry. Each panelist spoke of the potential that harnessing this significant consumer power could have on changing the media landscape. Newsom echoed the other speakers, urging the audience to "vote with your dollar!"
"The law can be a powerful tool...especially when it's used in conjunction with publicity," explained panelist Deborah Rhode, author of the Beauty Bias. The campaign against the media's damaging portrayals begins with representation. One speaker shared the story of how she convinced New York Mayor Michael Bloomberg's office to take down an inappropriate ad after she called in to voice her complaints. On the event Facebook post, one commenter wrote that following the event she was inspired to purge her guilty pleasure, "Real Housewives," because though it was mindless, it was not benign. Another example: eighth grader Julia Bluhm's inspirational petition asking Seventeen Magazine to commit to printing unaltered photos has garnered over 75,000 signatures to date.
Newsom asked that we use our voices, through telling our stories, taking the pledge, or participating in the April 25th Day of Action. Form letters to send to congressional representatives and other influential leaders were available online and outside the auditorium following the event. Rhode articulated an expectation that the audience would join in the Miss Representation movement and "take the steps from [this night] to make our voices heard about the important social issues."


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It took a plethora of congratulatory messages to jolt my awareness to the fact that Brits in the Box recently turned 4!
So I've looked back over the past year and realised that yes, we should be celebrating as it's been a great 4th year. Here's why:
- Our 2nd annual Salary Report got picked up and published by Gawker Media: http://gawker.com/a-close-look-at-reality-tv-industry-salaries-1733015701
- We launched our first online course showing Freelancers how to take 5 simple actions to build their brand and get more work – we already have almost 1500 students globally. (You can buy the course for the promotional price of $24 here: https://www.udemy.com/marketing-basics-for-freelancers-and-solopreneurs/?couponCode=Udemy+Promotion or get free access to the course for one month here: http://skl.sh/1JeoIGD).
- We presented seminars at both Freelancers Union in New York and at Google Campus in London
- We partnered with BAFTA New York to bring more events to both members communities
- And we've just facilitated the first network commission for a production company … and not to mention the countless number of people who have found work through being a part of this connected network.
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Tuesday, June 28, 2011
Clean Up
They take away your garbage and recyclables, and plow the streets when it snows. They clean up the leaves that you rake to the gutter in the fall, and you can take them your hazardous waste for disposal. The Department of Public Works handles all these things and more, but you see them most often on garbage day every week and recycling day every few weeks.
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Monday, June 27, 2011
Coming Soon
It's Summerfest week! The annual music festival at the lakefront starts on Wednesday this year for the first time ever, and the promoters are working hard to make sure that the gates will be spinning. Saturday evening, there was a free concert to show off the new Briggs and Stratton Big Backyard stage, and everyone who attended received two tickets to Wednesday. I'll be there for sure, and it will be interesting to see what the numbers will be.
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Labels: beer, Festivals, lakefront, summerfest
Friday, June 24, 2011
Pedal Tavern
What has 32 legs and rolls around town? The Pedal Tavern! This 16-passenger pedal-powered conveyance makes its way around the Third Ward and Walker's Point, stopping at the local watering holes that offer drink specials for the participants.
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Labels: bars, Third Ward, walker's point, weird
Wednesday, June 22, 2011
Bloomin' Wet
The wet weather has left things damp lately, but the gardens have been resilient, even if they're a little behind schedule. This rose was the first to bloom in our yard this year, and I liked the way the petals caught and held on to the rain drops.
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Tuesday, June 21, 2011
Left Hanging
Cafe Benelux is open! The latest offering from the Lowlands Group, the restaurant is in the Third Ward, adjacent to (and part of) the Public Market. Serving a variety of offerings for breakfast, lunch, and dinner, they offer a wide selection of Belgian beers. In addition to the palate-pleasing food and drink, the layout and decor offer a feast for the eyes as well, and there's a bunch of tables on the rooftop.
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Labels: bars, business, food, restaurants, Third Ward
Monday, June 20, 2011
Pea Soup
Intermittent rain and sun today made for a humid clime. When the cool air starts to come off the lake and combine with the moisture, it all turns to fog in a hurry, as it did this evening. The top of the US Bank building is barely visible in the low-hanging clouds.
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Friday, June 17, 2011
The first show of the Summer of China at the Art Museum opened last week. Today's photo is detail of one of a pair of dragons that guarded a tomb, if I remember correctly.
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Thursday, June 16, 2011
Rare Bird
Walking back from dinner this evening, we saw a small brown bird walking through the grass and picking at the ground. I ran to get my camera, and got a few photos before it walked into the brush. It appears to be a bobwhite quail, and it's apparently pretty rare around here. I've never seen one in person, and was surprised for sure.
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Wednesday, June 15, 2011
Butter is Better
The Machine Shed restaurant announced its star food attraction for this year's State Fair. Following such classics as the Krispy Kreme cheeseburger, chocolate covered bacon and deep fried peanut butter and jelly (shown above), the feature treat this year will be... Fried Butter. Apparently the "butter" is more of a dough, but I'll still be interested to see (and taste) it.
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Labels: food, State Fair, weird
Tuesday, June 14, 2011
A recent trip to Miller Park found this "must-have" accessory for your bags boards - a beverage holder!
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Monday, June 13, 2011
Packers Running Back Ryan Grant signed autographs this evening at the Quaker Steak and Lube restaurant in New Berlin. There was a small charge for each signature, but I believe that the event was a charity fundraiser.
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Labels: famous people, football, Packers
Sunday, June 12, 2011
Sax Man
If you've been to a Brewers game and parked in the lot north of the freeway, chances are you've seen and heard the saxophone player that stands in the tunnel and plays popular tunes. His name is Jasen Roby, and he's been there for years. Is there a song for being in first place? :)
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Saturday, June 11, 2011
Temporarily displaced due to some major home renovations, we're staying at a hotel in nearby Brookfield. The trees here are full of sparrows (like this one) and chickadees, and they are all very talkative.
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Friday, June 10, 2011
Gold Star
The stella d'oro flowers in our backyard have finally begun to bloom. It was wet most of the day, and the water was still on the leaves and flowers late this afternoon.
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Labels: flora
Thursday, June 9, 2011
Three weeks from now, Summerfest will be in full swing. Given that the temperature has dropped 40 degrees from yesterday, I'm wondering if I'll need my shorts or my winter coat.
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Labels: lakefront, summerfest
Wednesday, June 8, 2011
Horse Haven
During the State Fair each August, the mounted patrols work crowd control and patrol the expansive grounds. Their headquarters are located behind the Milwaukee Mile offices in an old Quonset hut.
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Labels: horses, Milwaukee Mile, police, State Fair
Tuesday, June 7, 2011
This dump truck was parked on our street this morning, and I couldn't resist taking a photo of the decal on the back of the box.
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Monday, June 6, 2011
Out Of The Nest
This juvenile Robin was hiding in the bucket of a Bobcat loader this morning, trying to get out of the rain. As the showers intensified, he kept backing into the corner, eventually giving up and finding somewhere else to stay dry.
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Thursday, June 2, 2011
Speedy Simona
The Milwaukee Mile will be hosting the IndyCar circuit in two weeks. A few of the teams were at the track yesterday, practicing for the Milwaukee 225. Simona de Silvestro's 78 car comes through Turn 2 and onto the back straight in today's photo.
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Labels: cars, Milwaukee Mile
Wednesday, June 1, 2011
June Theme Day: Under Construction
The June 2011 Theme Day is Under Construction
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It is said that there are four seasons in Wisconsin: Almost Winter, Winter, Still Winter, and Road Construction. Given the proliferation of orange barrels on the roads of late, it's pretty obvious which season it is currently. Today's photo is of 76th Street just east of State Fair Park. This stretch of road has been pretty bad for quite some time, so I'm happy it's getting the attention it deserves.
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And surprise surprise it really cleaned our clothes!
Ian is folding clothes now, and he said the whites are really white!
If you want to try it yourself…
1cup borax
1cup arm and hammer baking soda
1 bar of soap-grated (I used Caress}
We only used 2/3 cup in a Super load of laundry. We generally use 2 1/2 -3 scoops.
Normally we spend about $11 on soap powder, but the borax and baking soda was less than $5. And since we used less it will last longer. AND it won't irritate our skin. I am pleased.
Have any of you ever made your own soap powder? How did you like it?


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CONTACT: Rep. Hansen 720-243-2546 | Rep. Esgar 719-248-8262 | Comms Director Dean Toda 303-866-3844
New Ideas to Grow CO's New Energy Economy
(April 18) – A bill to continue Colorado's transition to a modern energy future, help reduce the cost of energy for ratepayers and address community impacts of a changing energy landscape has been introduced in the state House of Representatives.
As Colorado's energy portfolio changes and electric generating plants are updated or retired for economic reasons, including low natural gas prices, fluctuations in international energy markets and more competitive pricing for large-scale wind and solar, workers and communities too must adapt. The Colorado Energy Impact Assistance Act, sponsored by Reps. Chris Hansen, D-Denver, and Daneya Esgar, D-Pueblo, puts the bond market to work to ensure Colorado's smooth transition to cleaner, more efficient energy sources while also helping local communities adapt to an evolving economy.
"HB17-1339 creates a win-win-win solution by using private investments to save money for ratepayers, help impacted workers and communities, and keep utilities operating efficiently – all without adding costs to Colorado's state budget," said Rep. Hansen, D-Denver.
How can such a win-win-win outcome be possible?
When power generating plants are retired, they often leave behind "stranded" investment by utilities that still needs to be paid for by electric consumers. If these investments can be refinanced at lower rates, electricity consumers pay less to pay off the remaining debt, resulting in lower electric rates. That would be win No. 1, for consumers.
Under the bill, some of the refinancing savings would be directed to community and worker impact mitigation. Communities that lose tax base when generating plants retire could apply for transition assistance, and laid-off workers could benefit from retraining program and other assistance. That aid, win No. 2, would help Colorado's rural communities adapt to Colorado's evolving energy economy while providing new economic opportunities to people in those localities.
Win No. 3 would be for utilities, which would have a new financing mechanism to securitize their capital immediately and invest more of their rate bases in clean and renewable generation.
"By tapping private investment and leveraging those dollars to hold down energy costs, lend support to impacted communities and workers, and boost investment in clean, renewable power generation, we can drive economic growth, create jobs and position Colorado to continue to be a leader in the new energy economy for years to come," said Rep. Esgar, D-Pueblo.


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Courtesy of Springfield College Sports Information
SPRINGFIELD, Mass. – The Thomas College men's basketball team came up short to Fitchburg State, 80-78, in the Hampton Inn West Springfield/Naismith Classic Consolation Game on Sunday evening in Blake Arena.
Freshman Anthony Allen and senior Joshua Bosworth combined for 33 points to lead Fitchburg.
The Terriers were led by sophomore Zach Mackinnon (Kennebunk, Maine) with 15 points and five rebounds while freshman Angel Gonzalez (Orlando, Fla.) finished with 14 points and four assists. Freshman Justin Butler (Orlando, Fla.) followed with 12 points and dished out four assits.
With the win, the Falcons improve to 4-7 overall, while Thomas levels out a 5-5 on the year. For their efforts over the weekend, Bosworth and Thomas' Carlos Gonzalez (Kennebunk, Maine) were named to the All-Tournament Team.
Fitchburg State shot 29-of-63 (46.0%) in the victory, while the Terriers were 33-of-64 (51.6%) shooting in the setback. Thomas also held a 44-30 advantage on the glass over 40 minutes of play.
Fitchburg State came out in a zone defense early in the game and Mackinnon took full advantage as he registered the first 11 points of the contest, which included a pair of three-pointers and five free throws to spark a 15-0 run for the Terriers over the first 3:30 of the contest. From there, a three-pointer from Charles Doss pulled the Falcons to within 10, facing a 17-7 deficit, before John Morgan (Sanford, Maine) converted a lay-up at the 14:55 mark to make it 19-7, Thomas. The Falcons would then go on a 10-0 run over the next 3:49, capped by a lay-up from Charlie Ollis to pull Fitchburg State to within a pair, before Matt Allen (Barre, Vermont) stopped the run with a triple to make it 22-17, Terriers, with 9:48 on the clock.
Fitchburg State's Jonathan Perez gave the Falcons their first lead of the game at the 8:02 mark after the junior converted a lay-up, before a three-pointer from Brandon Harris, followed by a free throw from Allen, which gave the Falcons a 34-28 lead with 2:46 remaining in the half. After Bosworth made it an eight-point game with 2:28 to play, Gonzalez and Demetris Webster (Port St. Lucie, Fla.) scored on ensuing possessions to cut the Terriers' deficit to four at the half, trailing 36-32.
Opening the second half of play, Nicholas Tracy executed a three-point play and Bosworth followed with a lay-up to make it 42-35, but the Terriers would go on a 8-0 run, capped by back-to-back lay-ups from Morgan to make it 43-42, Thomas, with 16:20 to play. From there the Falcons would wrestle the lead back, taking a four-point advantage following a jumper from Tyrell St. John to make it 53-49, Fitchburg State, before the Terriers evened the score at 53 apiece on a lay-up from Willie Grant (Philadelphia, Pa.) with 11:21 to play.
With 9:02 on the clock, three free throws from Allen gave the Falcons a 58-57 lead, before Thomas made it 61-60 on a lay-up from Grant with 7:53 to play. Both sides would trade leads until a lay-up from Tracy, followed by a gritty finish from Bosworth gave Fitchburg State a 74-71 lead with 2:52 to play. Even at 77 apiece with under a minute to play Troy DaCosta hit a free throw to give the Falcons a 78-77 lead, before Bosworth sealed the win at the line.
The Terriers will return to conference play on Friday, January 5 as they travel to New England College for a 7:30 p.m. start.


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Tamil translation for sesame chutney is 'Ellu thovaiyal' or 'Yellu thovayal'.
I use black sesame seeds to make this chutney.It should not be watery like coconut chutney.After grinding , you should be able to make a ball out of it. That is the perfect consistency.
Sesame - 2 tbsp
shredded coconut - 1 tbsp
Dry Red chillies - 4
garlic - 1 pearl
cumin - 1/4 tsp
salt - 1/2 tsp
Tamarind - 1 inch
curry leaves - 1 brig
olive oil - 1 tsp
Dry roast the sesame seeds , till they start splutter. Take care not to char them.
Add 1 tsp olive oil in the pan and roast the dry red chillies.
Using a small jar in mixie / blender , grind all the items together after they become cool .
Add a little water only. You will get a lemon size ball of sesame chutney.
Serving suggestions:
It can be served as a side dish with any 'variety rice' like lemon rice , coconut rice or tamarind rice.
This chutney stays good for 2 days (without refrigerator) , if you roast all the given items and make chutney.


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Beauty is in the eye of the beholder or at least that's how the saying goes. For a few people, beauty is a bit more relative the people perceive it. Someone might consider an abstract painting horrific, while the other might find it simply enchanting. However there's something truly magical about something that, we can all agree upon, bridges the barrier between grotesque and serene.
A prison is a symbol of entrapment, torture and suffering. A hotel is mostly associated with comfort, relaxation and escape. Put the two face to face and you'll find little, to no similarities, however by combining them you can achieve a certain level of beauty and bliss, that surfaces only in the weirdest of places. I mean think about it. Hotel + Prison, Prison + Hotel. I guess inmates would love to serve their time in hotel, but about travel guests lodging in a prison? Here's 3 of the world's weirdest, but at the same time beautiful, prisons converted into hotels.
1. Four Season Hotel – Istanbul, Turkey
Maybe the most famous jail house turned luxury hotel is the 65-room Four Seasons Istanbul, which up until 1969 was the Sultanahmet Jail, a detention center for writers, journalists, artists and dissident intellectuals awaiting trial at a nearby courthouse in central Istanbul.
The building's exterior of Turkish neo-classic architecture was maintained, while contemporary glass additions were created to connect the series of buildings that frame an open courtyard, adding natural light to the hotel's interior. This hotel offers an atmosphere of personal attention and ease that is unprecedented in Istanbul.
2. Breakwater Lodge – Cape Town, South Africa
Once a 19th century prison, the South African former notorious correctional facility Breakwater Lodge, is now a vibrant tourist location. This 1859-built structure with castle-like ramparts on the glitzy Victoria and Alfred Waterfront in the heart of Cape Town, is the country's first jail-turned-hotel.
3. Malmaison – Oxford, UK
If an inmate of Her Majesty's Prison in Oxford were to pay a return visit to his former clink today, he might come away wishing he'd committed his crime 40 years later. The castle-like walls, built for William the Conqueror in 1071, remain; as do the three-inch-thick steel doors in the cell blocks. But the prison's name has been changed to the Malmaison and conditions have improved dramatically. The House of Correction gym features has state-of-the-art exercise equipment, and high tea, not corporeal punishment, is served up in the visitor's room.
Back in 2005 the famous Malmaison hotel chain turned the oldest prison in Britain into one of the classiest boutique hotels in the county. Quite a makeover. Instead of changing the old look, the designers created a jail house theme by keeping the wrought iron stairwell and many of the original jail bars and bare brick walls. Of course, the designers also added a modern touch and vibe to the retro, creepy theme. A soft mood lighting and original pieces of art are just a few additions. The dining area is now a chic brasserie with a menu featuring steak tartare and fillet of sea bass, and the old cells feature plasma TVs, heated slate-stone bathrooms, plush velvet curtains and fully stocked mini-bars.
See also: The World's Nine Weirdest Hotels
4. Liberty Hotel – Boston, USA
Oh, the irony. The Charles Street Jail, in Boston, was one of the countries most infamous prisons, dating from the middle of the 19th century. It started it slow decay as prison, in the mid 20th century, before finally closing its doors at the beginning of the 1990's. But from the ashes, a gorgeous new 298-room hotel was raised. Opened in September 2007 after a $150 million renovation, 18 of its rooms are set within the high granite walls of the 1851-built main prison, which has as its centerpiece a towering light-filled 90-foot-high lobby rotunda.
5. Hotel Katajanokka – Helsinki, Finland
To find one of Europe's classiest prison hotels, you must cross the Baltic to Helsinki, Finland, and check into Hotel Katajanokka, a tall red-brick structure on a narrow peninsula close to the domed Uspenski Cathedral in the center of the city. This was the Helsinki county prison for 150 years until it closed down in 2002; it's now a 102-room boutique inn run by Best Western, with a swish bare-brick restaurant called Jailbird. Which room to book? Ask for the private cell where former Finnish president Risto Ryti was jailed by the Soviets at the end of World War Two.
6. Hotel Loewengraben – Lucerne, Switzerland
[digg-reddit-me]The Jail Hotel Loewengraben in old town Lucerne, Switzerland, functioned as a prison right up until 1998. Right about the same year it re-opened as a small, clean, unfussy boutique hotel. The rooms have bars on the windows, the doors tiny slots to push food through, and the communal areas are decorated with prison memorabilia. And just in case you missed the joke, the hotel bar is called Alcatraz. Not exactly four seasons material, but fun enough to get welcomed in the list.


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I also just converted the size Bonnie said the quilt will finish into centimetres.
If I was making all the units, this quilt without borders would measure 213cm square, with borders 260cm square! That is one big quilt, so I'm glad I'm only doing half the units!
So here is the progress I have made so far, the first two clues done. If you want to see some of the others doing the Mystery, Bonnie has a 'Linky' of other bloggers here for you to have a look. The first 'Linky' had 239 blogs link up! I wonder if there will be that many this time.
|This are the flying geese units & rectangles from clue 2
|Four patches, these were clue 1
|Red/White blocks