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The shop is operating normally at the moment. I'll keep you in the loop if there are any new changes. Thanks! - Connor
Maroon 100% cotton T-Shirts with Porcupane Porcupene Porcupyne graphic on the front. Standard sizes include S, M, L, XL, 2XL, 3XL, and 4XL. Women's fitted shirts are available in S, M, L, and XL. Accurate bond angles and relative lengths were used. :)
Thanks everybody for the massive response! I'm incredibly amazed that so many of you are excited about these shirts. If you have any questions, do not hesitate to email me at connor [!at] porcupyne.com! -Connor
This shirt was previously featured on reddit and C&EN Newscripts.
reddit - https://www.reddit.com/r/chemistry/comments/52053f/my_best_friend_bought_me_this_shirt_for_my/
C&EN Newscripts - http://cen.acs.org/articles/94/i39/Honoring-anonymous-peer-reviewers-punny.html
connor [!at] porcupyne.com
Q: What are the shirt dimensions?
A: CustomInk provides a few good charts for the shirts at the links are below. All sizes are available in Gildan. Sizes 3XL, 4XL, and WXL are available in Port & Company. Let me know if you have a preferred brand and I'll match it for you.
Gildan Standard https://www.customink.com/items/sizing/04100_lineup/standard.htm
Gildan Women's https://www.customink.com/items/sizing/193600_lineup/standard.htm
P&C Standard www.customink.com/items/sizing/123900_lineup/standard.htm
P&C Women's www.customink.com/items/sizing/160300_lineup/standard.htm
Q: Is [blank] another site where these can be purchased?
A: The official shirts can only be purchased on Etsy and at http://porcupyne.com/. If you find any other source providing them please let me know. I really appreciate everyone that has helped with this.
Q: Do you have other products with the same design?
A: Yes! Onesies, mugs, and stickers are currently available through my Etsy shop. If you'd like to see the design on something else (mugs, glasses, etc.) I'd love to hear about it! Email me at connor [!at] porcupyne.com.
Thanks again!
Porcupyne LLC
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Just contact me within: 14 days of delivery
Ship items back to me within: 30 days of delivery
But please contact me if you have any problems with your order.
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We know that the Facebook IPO story has been beaten to death, resurrected, then drowned…but we've still got a small bone to pick with this 'IPO from hell' situation. Now, what we're having a hard time wrapping our heads around is what's happened with their stock today considering their progress in the past quarter; their first as a public company. For those of you unaware of what's going on, Facebook's stock dropped nearly 15% today, and closed at under half of it's initial offering value. Basically, anybody who put a penny of their hard earned cash into Facebook stocks in order to make a buck is probably wishing they'd invested in about ANYTHING else. Hell, there's probably diaper companies with steadier stock rises than Facebook.
The one thing that's really weird about all this though, is the fact that Facebook, as a company, really hasn't been doing all that bad lately. Some would even say they've been "Kickin' ass and takin' names" in terms of growth and profit. They've in fact "added about 50 million users worldwide during the April-June quarter" raising the company's worldwide popularity up to 950 million monthly users, with a daily average of 552 million users. Facebook also adjusted their estimated earnings to $1.18 billion after its first quarter, which is a pretty high bar to shoot for considering they made $895 million last year.
In Conclusion
At the end of the day, everything is pointing up for Facebook…so why on Earth is everything going terribly wrong for them? It would seem that a company who's doing well would see stock value increases instead of decreases of over 30% since the initial public offering. What's going on here?! Anybody care to shed some light, because from our side of the table it's looking like none of this really makes sense. Give us a shout on Twitter to clear up some of this confusion…please!
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Crested Butte, CO Events
It seems there is always a reason to celebrate in Crested Butte. You can plan your visit almost any time of the year and there is bound to be something going on in or around town.
During the winter months while the ski area is open, there are many activities on the ski mountain including ski and snowboard competitions, holiday celebrations, the annual Christmas parade, and much more.
Summer is not an off-season for the area. After the Crested Butte Mountain Resort Ski Area closes, Spring and Summer events are launched with the Flauschink parade and weekend of celebration. This is soon followed by national kayaking competitions on the raging rivers around town, Fat Tire Bike Week, The Wildflower Festival and much, much more. Check out the listing of events below to make sure you don't miss out on the fun!
Upcoming Events
|Opening Day Mt. Crested Butte
|June 8
|Crested Butte Bike Week
|June 26-30
|Crested Butte Wildflower Festival
|July 5-14
|Crested Butte Arts Festival
|August 2-4
|Mt. Crested Butte Chili & Beer Festival
|September 7
|Crested Butte Film Festival
|September 26-29
Want more details?
You can call the Crested Butte Chamber of Commerce for updated information on other scheduled events which take place throughout the year.


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- Format: PS4 (version reviewed), Xbox One, PC
- Unleashed: Out Now
- Publisher: Ubisoft
- Developer: Ubisoft/ South Park Digital Studios
- Players: 1
- Site: https://southpark.ubisoft.com/game/en-gb/home/index.aspx
- Game disc provided by the publisher
The Stick Of Truth finally gave us a South Park game that was actually good. Following a similar formula, The Fractured But Whole (did you spot the subtle play on words there?) looks to replicate that success. The good news is that – despite some missteps typical for the franchise – it does a darn good job.
Again, it's really no exaggeration to say that even outside of cutscenes, it looks and sounds exactly like the TV show (though admittedly, it's not the most hi-tech cartoon out there). For better and for worse, it seems that Parker, Stone, and the rest of the South Park team have been given free rein to do whatever they want for full authenticity. Absolutely everything is fully animated and voiced, too; kudos for that.
The story picks up pretty much directly from the end of the last game, but the kids are no longer playing their fantasy D&D game. They've now moved on to playing superheroes, with Cartman leading (in one example of a questionable melding of the characters' innocence and the writer's awareness) "Coon and Friends", and Timmy heading up "Freedom Pals". What initially begins as a fairly simple quest for a missing cat – with a view to using the reward money to kickstart their superhero franchises – soon unfolds into something bigger. Surreal and silly, of course, but still bigger.
As you wander around South Park as your pleasingly customisable mute character, you'll enter buildings, talk to NPCs, solve (very) simple puzzles, pick up collectables, and do lots and lots of fighting. The non-story battles aren't random, exactly. Enemies are easily spotted hanging around, with battle only instigated when they attack you or you attack them. You can almost always easily avoid battles should you so wish. It's in your best interests to enter into plenty of extra fights to level up, though; so just as well the combat system is a goodun.
Battle remains turn-based, but movement and attacks are now grid-based. This adds an extra layer of tactics without complicating things to the extent that it alienates people unfamiliar with such a system. It's impossible to miss with an attack, the game won't let you take action if you're only targeting blank squares, and you get a preview of exactly how much damage or healing your move will do before you initiate it. Almost every move has a mini QTE associated with it (tap a button once) for a minor buff. There are status attacks and ultimate attacks to take into account (as well as, er, magical farts); but nonetheless, it's all pleasingly simplistic. Indeed, JRPG veterans may sneer at the system. So far as we're concerned, it's a welcome dollop of user friendliness that fits right in with the generous checkpoints, fast travel stations, and non-patronising nudges in the direction of where to go next.
The new crafting and upgrade system, as with pretty much everything else, is simple yet more than fit for purpose. As your New Kid levels up, they will unlock slots for 'artefacts' which can be found, bought, or crafted (and upgraded). Each increases your character's 'Might', but also offers some sort of bonus such as critical hit damage or an ally health bonus. It's easy to understand, and not too time consuming.
As for the writing… well, it's South Park, so by and large you know what you're going to get. In the specific example of this game, oh yes, this most definitely includes a near-constant tidal wave of swearing. Here's a surprising thing we quickly noticed, however: in general, the ruder or more controversial the joke, the less funny it is. Self-flagellating paedophile priests? Yawn. A parody of Kanye West and his planned videogame tribute to his dead mother? Not impressed. Institutionalised police racism? Not handled nearly well enough. However, this is a regularly hilarious, often laugh-out-loud game with fantastic acting. There are plenty of great jokes and witty lines, a great many of which are innocent enough to be dropped into a family-friendly game. The kids for example use red Lego bricks for lava (used to fantastic effect for one of the final jokes), resulting in one of our favourite lines: "Oh my god. He's going to declare the entire town lava!"
So the script's not consistent, but you're never usually more than about 30 seconds away from a good gag. More disappointing is the pacing. The final 20% or so of the story slows right down. First, fast travel is briefly taken away from you. Later, as you get closer to the final fights, the regularity of NPC conversations and buddy interactions (usually too simplistic to be called puzzles), each of which involves a QTE and takes a good 20-45 seconds, is ramped up enormously. Fortunately, the laughs and the combat system are strong enough to keep you going.
The main story, depending on how many distractions you follow along the way, will probably take you about 14-18 hours. There are plenty of side quests, and – not something we can say about most RPGs – you'll probably want to do them all. Each has its own mini storyline and script, with plenty of content you'll otherwise miss. On top of that, the reward can sometimes be something as significant as a powerful new attack.
We have, somehow, managed to make it to the end of the review before we mention the fact that there are a lot of fart jokes in here. As in, there are probably more jokes about farts than anything else. 98% of them are unfunny… but the other 2% are hilarious. All that really matters though is that this is a rock-solid game wearing comedy trousers. Trousers that have several noticeable scuffs and tears, but still manage to impress.


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Barrymore Theatre
243 West 47th St. between Broadway & Eighth Ave.
Tuesday - Sunday through July 16, $49 - $149
In 1983, David Hampton talked his way into several apartments owned by wealthy New Yorkers, claiming to be the son of Sidney Poitier. Award-winning playwright and screenwriter John Guare heard the story from friends of his, Inger McCabe Elliott and Osborn Elliott, who were among those who took in Hampton, and turned the true tale first into a 1990 play, which premiered at the Mitzi E. Newhouse at Lincoln Center and moved upstairs to the Vivian Beaumont for its Broadway debut, and then a 1993 film, directed by Fred Schepisi. It is now having its first Broadway revival, and it's as sharp and delightful as ever, skewering white liberal guilt, societal racism, and the child-rearing of the wealthy with glee and wit to spare. Six Degrees of Separation is set in an elegant Fifth Avenue apartment, where private art dealer Flan (John Benjamin Hickey) and his chi-chi wife, Ouisa (Allison Janney), have just gone through a traumatic experience. They relate in flashback, often addressing the audience directly, precisely what happened to shake them up so much. Flan and Ouisa, who are both in their forties, were enjoying an evening with their friend Geoffrey (Michael Siberry), a wealthy South African businessman whom they plan to wine and dine into an art investment deal. When asked why he stays in South Africa, where apartheid is still in effect, Geoffrey, who employs seventy thousand black workers in one of his mines, explains, "One has to stay there to educate the black workers, and we'll know we've been successful when they kill us." When Geoffrey asks Flan and Ouisa to visit him in South Africa, she opines, "But we'd visit you and sit in your gorgeous house planning trips into the townships demanding to see the poorest of the poor. 'Are you sure they're the worst off? I mean, we've come all this way. We don't want to see people just mildly victimized by apartheid. We demand shock.' It doesn't seem right sitting on the East Side talking about revolution." Their evening is interrupted when the doorman (Tony Carlin) brings in a young man who bleeding from a recent attack in Central Park. Paul (Corey Hawkins) claims to be friends with Ouisa and Flan's children (they have two kids at Harvard and one at Groton) as well as being the son of famed actor Poitier. The three white people see this as an excellent opportunity to help a black man, so they take him in, getting particularly excited when Paul promises that they can appear in the movie version of Cats, which his father is directing. But later that night they find out a whole lot more about Paul that is not quite so comforting.
Guare (The House of Blue Leaves, Atlantic City) does an expert job exploring the racial divide, one that hasn't changed all that much in America since 1990. "I never knew I was black in that racist way till I was sixteen and came back here," Paul explains about his return to the States after being raised in Switzerland. Although Guare didn't come up with the Poitier reference — that was done by the real Hampton — it allows the playwright to subtly pontificate on the boundary-breaking actor so beloved by black and white audiences. "Your father means a great deal in South Africa," Geoffrey points out, while Dr. Fine (Ned Eisenberg), who treated Paul at the hospital, calls Poitier "a matinee idol of my youth. Somebody who had really forged ahead and made new paths for blacks just by the strength of his own talent." Also getting involved are Flan and Ouisa's friends Kitty (Lisa Emery) and Larkin (Michael Countryman) and several of the adults' less-than-happy children, including Woody (Keenan Jolliff), Doug (Cody Kostro), Tess (Colby Minifie), and Ben (Ned Riseley), who have some terse words to share with their parents. "There are two sides to every story," Dr. Fine tells his son, Doug, a theme that also relates to the painting Flan and Ouisa have hanging in their living room, a two-sided Kandinsky described thusly by Guare: "One side is geometric and somber. The other side is wild and vivid." There are plenty of both sides in the play.
Seven-time Emmy winner and two-time Tony nominee Janney (The West Wing, A View from the Bridge) and Tony winner and Emmy nominee Hickey (The Normal Heart, The Big C) portray the quintessential East Side couple — previously played onstage by John Cunningham and Stockard Channing and on film by Channing and Donald Sutherland — with grace and skill, masterfully blending humor and irony. Hawkins (Hurt Village, 24: Legacy) is a worthy successor to previous Paul portrayers James McDaniel off Broadway, Courtney B. Vance on Broadway, and Will Smith on film; he keeps the audience guessing just as he does the gullible characters. The show is smoothly directed by Obie winner Trip Cullman (Significant Other, Punk Rock), moving back and forth between the past and the present, although the red scrim in the back of Mark Wendland's set is confusing. "I read somewhere that everybody on this planet is separated by only six other people," Ouisa says. "Six degrees of separation. Between us and everybody else on this planet. The President of the United States. A gondolier in Venice. Fill in the names. I find that A) tremendously comforting that we're so close and B) like Chinese water torture that we're so close. Because you have to find the right six people to make the connection." This revival of Six Degrees of Separation, continuing at the Ethel Barrymore Theatre through July 16, makes quite a connection itself.
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Night Passage
As I'm sure you've all noticed, I've been away.
Consider this a post card from a far off island.
The people here are gentle.They smile a lot.
They press gifts into your hands and kiss you
on the mouth.
They sing without ceasing.
A song of love for this world.
Stunned and a little unsteady in my giddiness, I drift
through the sunlit days half in a dream.
I lay in a hammock and rock myself to sleep
in the shade of a bannanna tree.
Children giggle and throw giant insects at each other.
Off through the trees, the wash of the surf.
Wish you were here.
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After 12 months and 131 swatch-laden posts, I am feeling a bit of triumph as I type the last Beauty Professor story of 2016. This year has brought incredible opportunities as well as life challenges, the most recent being a temporary loss of my computer hard drive (discussed HERE) and a week-long battle with the most pernicious flu I've ever had (still sick).
Ever an optimist, some high points for which I am grateful include a new tenure-track teaching position (discussed HERE), a month-long collaboration with Sisley-Paris, an appearance in Vanity Fair, feature on the Beautylish site, serving as MC for a host of beauty events (discussed HERE, HERE and HERE), a decent round of travel (discussed HERE, HERE and HERE) and my regular column on the Neiman Marcus blog. All in all, I am abundantly grateful for how this passion project--spawned by my shameless love of luxury beauty--has grown into a community of incredible readers and followers...in other words, YOU!
Remaining in true BP form, this post features my latest end-of-the-year beauty discoveries, some style notes and some Nordstrom Half-Yearly sale points of interest to peruse.
Kindly scroll on for more details, swatches and images of the products in action as well as a brief shopping guide and the Bottom Line...
|Skincare etc.
- *SLIP Silk Queen Pillowcase: This 100% silk pillowcase embodies pure bedtime luxury; designed to be kind to skin (no hideous face dents) and keep hair from tangling, I've put it to the test this month and can confirm that I consistently wake up with smoother, more behaved hair.
- *Lancer The Method Polish (reviewed HERE): A favorite for years, my supply of this powerful exfoliant was recently replenished, much to my delight. The ultra-fine granules buff away dirt and dead skin without imposing irritation and the renewed radiance that is revealed is simply incandescent.
- *Tan-Luxe The Face: An innovative self-tanning discovery, this potent little vial allows one to create a customized glow; just one drop, mixed into moisturizer develops a subtle tan that can be intensified when quantities and frequency are increased. Brilliant!
- *Vita Liberata Body Blur: Lightly tinted with a glorious pearl finish, this body cream hydrates while blurring imperfections and evening skin tone, making limbs lush and lovely.
- *Kerastase Elixir Ultime Nourishing Hair Oil: This lightweight hair oil makes hair infinitely shiny while restoring healthy hydration levels...I love using it post-shower as a detangler as well.
- *Alterna Caviar Smoothing Hydra-Gelee Nourishing Hair Perfector: Designed to impart immense smoothness and moisture, just a single pump tames my hair, adding dimension and manageability.
- *RMS Nail Polish in Luminizer, Killer Red and Beloved (also available as an exclusive set at RMS--similar colors include Infamous, Luminizer X and Vicious): This nail lacquer has exemplary ingredients and a color-rich lasting finish that makes nails shiny and strong. I have a personal weakness for the pearly white Luminizer and Luminizer X shades--they make nails look clean and polished (pun intended) and match simply everything.
- *Maybelline Dream Cushion #30 Warm Nude: A beautiful and accessible foundation, this new formula from Maybelline utilizes cushion technology for medium coverage and a satin finish that lasts for hours.
- *Stila Aqua Glow Serum Foundation in Light-Medium: I have been playing with this foundation for the past couple of weeks and am impressed by its lightweight texture and medium coverage. Unscented and easy to apply with a dampened Beauty Blender, it plays well on my sensitive skin (worn at the end of this post) and wears effortlessly. Wearing it as I type this!
- *TOV Camellia Cooling CC Spray in Natural Beige: Intriguing on every level, this CC cream is dispensed from an airtight canister (much like the mechanism in the Dior Air Flash) onto a flat blending pad for a seamless finish. The makes skin feel cool and nourished and the light-medium coverage is marvelous for no-makeup makeup days.
- *Isdin Skin Drops in Sand: This fluid formula features major pigmentation that can be customized for light to full coverage in seconds. The velvety finish lasts nearly 12 hours on the skin (no joke!) and the natural satin finish is sublimely flattering. For reference, Sand is a great warm beige match for my NC 25 skin (I think it would also work on N/NC 20 and N/NC 30 skin). In light of this formula's customizable versatility, my only hope is that it becomes more readily available in the US in coming days!
- *Soleil Toujours Perpetual Radiance Tinted SPF 20 Fluid: I have been wanting to try this luxurious niche brand for ages and was excited to give the Perpetual Radiance a spin. The built-in brush dispenses a weightless tinted serum that offers skincare benefits, SPF 20 and a skin-evening glow that performs well for hours. I can't wait to take this my sun-intensive trip...more soon ; )
- *lilah b. Virtuous Veil Eye Primer and Concealer in B. Radiant: This seriously pigmented concealer also doubles as an eyeshadow base for smooth and flawless skin. A little of this unique formula--which has sublimely healthy ingredients--goes a long way and its crease-free performance is laudable.
|Swatches in direct sunlight.
|Super unique packaging, no?
|Face + Cheeks.
- *Estee Lauder Intuitive Octopus Powder: Opulent and utilitarian, this diminutive bejeweled compact features a whimsical octopus; the creamy yet translucent setting powder within is so versatile...it evens skin tone and banishes shine in seconds.
- *Kevyn Aucoin Contour Palette (currently on sale!): Four finely-milled shades of face finishing powder in one extremely streamlined compact; the contour shade adds depth, the bronzer works well to warm up the canvas, the peachy pink blush looks fabulous on the apples of the cheeks and the champagne highlighter creates a candlelit glow. I am wearing this in the images at the end of this post!
- *Laura Geller Baked Gelato Swirl Trio: Three best-selling shades of illuminator for kissed-by-light effect that brightens while still being subtle, wear them alone or mix them for a customized luminosity.
- *Girlactik Luminous Face Veil in See Through and Goldie (reviewed HERE): I had the chance to preview the recent release of these power highlighters from one of my favorite indie-brands, Girlactik. The soft gold Goldie looks gorgeous on warm skin tones and the nearly clear, See Through yields a liquid-like glow that is unique in my collection...on heavy rotation, indeed.
- *IT Cosmetics CC & Vitality Cream Blush in Je Ne Sais Quoi: A flattering cream blush in a perfect shade of pink, this formula self-adjusts to a spectrum of skin tones for a quintessential rosy flush that also boasts skincare benefits.
|*Estee Lauder Intuitive Octopus Powder.
|*Kevyn Aucoin Contour Palette swatches in direct sunlight.
|*Girlactik Luminous Face Veil in See Through and Goldie swatches in direct sunlight.
|*Laura Geller Baked Gelato Swirl Trio swatches in direct sunlight: Ballerina, Gilded Honey and Peach Glow.
|*IT Cosmetics CC & Vitality Cream Blush in Je Ne Sais Quoi
- *Gucci Impact Long Wearing Eye Liner in Ottanio, Black and Sunstone (also available at Neiman Marcus): This innovative color-saturated eyeliner stays soft for the first 30 seconds of application, ensuring maximum blendability for a smoky look. Once it sets, it dries to a waterproof finish that stays in place, even in sensitive areas like the waterline.
- Smith & Cult Book Eyes Eye Palette in Noonsuite: Four coordinating neutral shades are housed in a clever compact, featuring the style one has grown to expect from Smith & Cult. Pigmented and blendable with a velvety finish, Noonsuite is a must for warm neutral lovers.
|From L-R: Black, Ottavio and Sunstone.
|Swatches in direct sunlight.
|The eye look.
|Smith & Cult Book of Eyes in Noonsuite.
|Swatches in direct sunlight.
- *Marc Jacobs Up All Night 5-Piece Petites Le Marc Lip Creme Set (currently on sale and also available at Marc Jacobs and Sephora): This divine collection of five creamy and opaque Marc Jacobs lipsticks comes in a stunning metallic pink/violet clutch, embellished with a gorgeous black tassel. Everything about this set--from the wearable shades (swatches below) to the easy-to-repurpose pouch--make this a steal.
- *Girlactik Matte Lip Paint in Rustik: The latest shade from indie beauty brand Girlactik, this insanely pigmented rust red cloaks lips in significant coverage; it dries to a comfortable matte finish that wears beautifully for hours.
- *Lipstick Queen Saints and Sinners in Candy Sinner, Candy Saint, Mauve Sinner and Mauve Saint (reviewed HERE): Ever a fan of cool pink lip color, these newest shades from Lipstick queen do light lilac pink and luscious mauve so well. The Saint versions are sheer and shiny and the Sinner formula packs an formidable amount of pigment with a cream finish. I have been mixing Sinner Candy and Sinner Mauve constantly as of late.
- Givenchy Gloss Gelee d'Interdit in Frozen Rose: I picked this up last month when in San Francisco and am so glad I did; the exceptionally shiny jelly texture imparts just enough pink to brighten up the lips...try wearing it over nude lip liner for maximum impact.
- *By Terry Baume de Rose Set (reviewed HERE): This resplendent set has been selling out like crazy and one can easily ascertain why; it is a fantastic value, featuring five shades of By Terry Baume de Rose in mini tubes that lend to ease of application...so chic.
|*Marc Jacobs Up All Night 5-Piece Petites Le Marc Lip Creme Set.
|From L-R: No Angel, Slow Burn, Oh Miley!, Miss Scarlett and Scandal.
|Swatches in direct sunlight.
|A swatch of Rustik in direct sunlight...insane color payoff, no?
|Lipstick Queen Saints and Sinners unite.
|Swatches in direct sunlight.
|Givenchy Frozen Rose...for a pink jelly effect.
|Swatches of the By Terry Baume de Rose set.
The following images reflect the products in action in afternoon sunlight...
I am wearing:
- *Stila Aqua Glow Serum Foundation in Light-Medium
- *lilah b. Virtuous Veil Eye Primer and Concealer in B. Radiant
- *Kevyn Aucoin Contour Palette (currently on sale!)
- *Girlactik Luminous Face Veil in See Through (reviewed HERE)
- Smith & Cult Book Eyes Eye Palette in Noonsuite
- *Tom Ford Fiber Brow Gel in Taupe (reviewed HERE)
- Tom Ford Extreme Mascara (reviewed HERE)
- A mixture of *Lipstick Queen Saints and Sinners in Candy Sinner and Mauve Sinner (reviewed HERE)
- *Alterna Caviar Smoothing Hydra-Gelee Nourishing Hair Perfector
- Topshop Orchid Origami Drape Sheath (currently on sale!)
- Equipment France Calais V-Back Cashmere Sweater (majorly on sale and reviewed HERE)
- Stan Smith Adidas
And now for the **Nordstrom Half-Yearly Sale Recommendations...I divided my finds into three categories: Style, Beauty/Accessories and Men:
(12) Gucci Brixton Loafer(14) Rag & Bone Jaspe Sweatshirt
(1) Lancome Cushion Highlighter (review)
(2) Bobbi Brown Beach Set
(3) Christian Louboutin Loubilaque Gloss in Bikini (review)
(4) Laura Mercier Windflush Cheek Color
(5) Mirror Jewelry Box
(6) Nadri Star Pendant
(7) Dogeared Long Y-Necklace
(8) TAVIK Fletch iPhone 6/6s Wallet Case
(9) Kate Spade iPhone 6/6s Folio Case
(10) Gucci 58MM Navigator Sunglasses
(5) Boconi Reversible Leather Belt
--Shop the Sale--
|Last look.
--Shop the Post--
Bottom Line: I hope you enjoyed this last post of 2016; it has been my true pleasure to share my beauty discoveries for nearly five (!) years now. Thank you, from my heart, for your constant support and encouragement.
Good things ahead, including some new Burberry, fresh By Terry and even more product procurements; I'll also be working on my best of 2016 video...do keep an eye out!
Love and blessings to you in 2017!
--The Beauty Professor
**PR samples provided for review denoted by an asterisk (the rest purchased by me), however, as always, all of my opinions are expressly and unequivocally my own. © 2012-16 Beautyprofessor® All Rights Reserved. Do not copy, reprint or republish content and/or photos without author's written permission.


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Education Bloggers Daily Highlights 9/17/2016
Education Bloggers Daily Highlights Courtesy of Big Education Ape
A special thank you to education blogger Mike Simpson
For More Visit: http://bigeducationape.blogspot.com/
- Children are more than test scores: Who decides
- Special Nite Cap: Catch Up on Today's Post 9/16/16
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Yatedo made it's debut on RecruitingTools last year in April 2014 when we shared a posting on a tool that has yet to gain significant popularity among the recruiting world, specifically in the US market. Yatedo is a profile aggregation tool which allows you to find and contact anyone on the web searching any keyword in a structured environment. Yatedo browses, reads, understands and extracts all existing public information on the entire web.
It structures the information in an easy to read and understand interface.
At the time we reviewed Yatedo last year we gave the tool a strong recommendation. There were some challenges so we've gone back to test their growth and this is what we've found.
We can start by saying that they've made significant enhancements to their platform. Last year we found the tool to provide accurate results but perform sluggish during peak search times. From 2014:
The only major issue with the site's capabilities seem to be its tendency to go over capacity during times of peak demands, and the site is often impossible to access due to too many users trying to access Yatedo simultaneously..
Here are the enhancements we've seen and why we are calling this a winner for you to look at:
The returned results are far more accurate then we can remember. Previously you had the option to search keywords and location, but were often return results based on keywords. The location was often lost in the returned set of results. This has changed. The search results we've seen have been strong, and closely, not perfectly matched our query.
The speed at which we can search (options, search interface and UX) the second time around has vastly improved. The interface has improved and the filtering options has been enhanced.
Yatedo, still loves to think. Only by way of our trusty stop watch app, we've seen a real time average of 4 to 6 seconds per filter update for each additional filter we added. This was not awful but it did kill the buzz of a greatly improved tool. Watching the circle twirl around is annoying when you have options that require no wait time.
Our recommendation:
Last year we told you
Once Yatedo can figure out a similar fix, it should emerge as a major player within the people search and sourcing arena
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Bernice D. Frommelt, at the age of 95, of Dubuque, IA, died peacefully at
her home in the early morning hours of Thursday, November 16, 2017.
To celebrate Bernice's life, family and friends may visit from
1:00 p.m. until 3:00 p.m., on Sunday, November 26, 2017, at Behr Funeral Home,
1491 Main Street.
Bernice was born on July 3, 1922, in Milwaukee, WI, the daughter of Royal
and Gertrude (Smith) Kranich.
She was married to Andrew Frommelt on April 24, 1948, in Dubuque, IA, and,
during their happy marriage of 69 years they were blessed with two
children, Alan and Gayle.
Bernice worked at the General Dry Battery Factory in Dubuque for over ten
years, during the 1940s and 50s, and thereafter worked with her husband, as
he rose to Majority Leader of the State Senate, in his many political
campaigns and interests, and to raise a family, and in their business Andy
Frommelt and Associates Insurance Agency.
For those who knew her, her sweetness, her great care and spirit, will be
cherished for all our lives, and passed on, as the best of life, and what
we will know in who we love; among them her children, Alan Frommelt, of
Dubuque, IA, and Gayle Guilliams, of Louisville, TN; 5 grandchildren,
4 great grandchildren and her sister-in-law, Bernice (Karl) Frommelt, of Dubuque, IA.
Bernice was preceded in death by her parents, and her loving husband,
Andrew "Andy" Frommelt; her sister, Beatrice (Leon "Barney") Gabriel of
Dubuque, IA; and her brother, Donald (Shirley) Kranich, of Sacramento,
Bernice's family would like to extend their sincere and deeply felt
appreciation, and great regard, to her caretaker and friend Linda Klar, and
to Dawn and the wonderful nurses and staff of Hospice of Dubuque, for their
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'Deep State' wins....Get on with the program or else
Thu, 12 Jan 2017 17:54 UTC
That line centers on the US pushing a belligerent policy toward Russia.
Notably, too, on the same day, Trump's pick for the next Secretary of State, Rex Tillerson, adopted a remarkably antagonistic view of Russia under pressure from hostile senators during his Congressional confirmation grilling.
Tillerson, who holds a Russian Order of Friendship award bestowed by President Vladimir Putin in 2013, responded to relentless goading from senators by saying that the US should maintain sanctions on "resurgent Russia," adding that "the taking of Crimea" was against the law.
Together, the shift by Trump and his incoming cabinet toward a more frosty stance on Russia signals that a coercive taming process is underway by the Washington establishment, with sinister implications for supposed US democracy.
It's a truism that US presidential winners are, in reality, determined by elite corporate power, the 'Deep State' military-intelligence apparatus, and their controlled news media conglomerates. In Donald Trump's case, the outcome appeared to be an exception to the rule. So, post-election, 'the Donald' is being 'processed' to produce the desired 'result.'
President-elect Trump's first and much-anticipated news conference this week was a boisterous media scrum with the billionaire property magnate shouting down CNN and other outlets as "fake news." On the surface, it looked like Trump was being his unreconstructed feisty self, dictating the rules of the game and overturning established protocol.
Not only was he scathing of 'fake news' media organizations, but he also slammed US intelligence for "disgraceful" leaks about unsubstantiated claims concerning sordid links with Russia.
But amid all the seeming bravado, Trump signaled a willingness to toe the establishment line. "As far as hacking, I think it was Russia," he told reporters who asked for his view on US intelligence claims that Moscow had interfered in the presidential election.
Up to that moment, the incoming president had been dismissive of the claims against Russia. Earlier, Trump even poured scorn on US intelligence as being "ridiculous" for alleging that Russian leader Vladimir Putin had ordered an "influence campaign" to sway the November election.
This week, however, Trump was acknowledging his concurrence with claims of a Russian cyberattack and that Putin had masterminded the campaign. "Putin will stop it," added Trump enigmatically.
Admittedly, Trump did not use an aggressive tone toward Russia and he equivocated about the gravity of the alleged Russian interference, noting that "others including China are hacking us." He also seemed to be maintaining his previously stated objective of normalizing relations with Russia. "I consider being liked by Putin not to be a liability but an asset" for future bipartisan relations.
But the point is that the president-elect unmistakably shifted significantly from his earlier position of dismissing US intelligence claims against Russia to one of acquiescence. This is in spite of many sources insisting the US intelligence assessment is flawed, including categorical rejections by the Russian government that it had anything to do with alleged cyber attacks, as well as repudiations by whistleblower site WikiLeaks that it had nothing to do with Russia, and in spite of several former US intelligence employees publicly denouncing the claims against Russia as spurious.
Trump's election rival Hillary Clinton was the 'selection' candidate for the US political establishment of corporate power and the Pentagon military-intelligence apparatus. This nexus of unelected power comprises the so-called 'Deep State' and includes a largely obedient corporate-controlled news media.
Clinton was favored because of her express advocacy of aggressive foreign policy and militarism toward America's perceived geopolitical rivals, primarily Russia and China. If Clinton was being inaugurated next week, instead of Trump, it is a fair bet that she would be following through on her campaign vows to confront Russia in Syria and Ukraine militarily.
Since Trump's election on November 8, the US 'Deep State' has intensified its political-media campaign to discredit him - a campaign that was well underway months before polling day.
Due to his oft-stated aim to pursue friendly relations with Russia, Trump has been pilloried for not just being a 'Putin stooge' but a potentially treasonous president. Former CIA director Michael Morell this week told CNN that Trump's disparagement of the US intelligence community was undermining national security and emboldening Russia and other "enemies" of America.
This is where the latest media frenzy about Trump's alleged Russian ties gain significance.
The Director of National Intelligence James Clapper may deny that the leaks to the media came from his agents. But there seems little doubt that if the secret services had not included the "dodgy Russian dossier" in its briefings to outgoing President Obama and President-elect Trump, then the US media would not have published the salacious claims concerning Trump in a Moscow hotel and alleged communications with the Kremlin.
In other words, this was indeed a dirty trick set in motion by US intelligence.
US media outlets may also piously pretend that they did not publish the sordid details about prostitutes and orgies. But they certainly alluded to the reports in their coverage, which inevitably lent credence to what is a blatantly false story.
Tellingly, the New York Times followed up, instead of ditching a rubbish rumor, by saying portentously: "The consequences have been incalculable... and cast a shadow over the new administration."
What? The story was fake, but evidently, the NY Times and others continue airing it to "cast a shadow" of doubt over Trump.
Trump is still giving an outward appearance of the fearless populist taking on the establishment. His scathing of "fake news" outlets at the news conference this week and his rebuke to US intelligence for using "Nazi" smear tactics certainly gives the impression that Trump is the outsider who will "drain the swamp" in Washington.
But underneath all the bluster from Trump, the signs are that he is slowly, but surely beginning to get with the program.
The Washington establishment, and its 'Deep State' organs may have lost the presidential election in the form of the person who won the ballot. Make no mistake, though; the US ruling elite is working assiduously through media orchestration and dirty tricks to ensure that its desired election result prevails. That is, a hostile policy toward Russia, China and the rest of the world to serve US corporate interests.
Trump's electioneering based on restoring more balanced foreign relations, in particular toward Russia, probably won him many votes from American citizens who are sick and tired of decades-old warmongering. Unfortunately, a worthy aspiration for more peaceful US foreign policy is being overturned by the 'Deep State' and its multifarious operatives in Congress and the media.
The ganging up on Trump and Tillerson is a pathetic display of how American democracy is under attack as never before - not from alleged foreign enemies, but from the self-declared "patriots" of the Deep State-plutocracy.
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- You broke your leg, had surgery, and now need help getting back to your occupational and recreational activities.
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- You began training for a marathon, and now your knee is bothering you when you run, but you want to figure out a way to keep your training up.
- When you began mountain biking this spring, your neck was hurting when you did longer rides, and you wanted to figure out how to bike with less pain.
- You have had persistent back pain, and gone through a number of procedures like injections and surgery, and it hasn't relieved your pain, and the doctors have told you there is nothing more to be done. You just want to figure out what to do next.
- Your knees have begun hurting when you are hiking more, and you aren't ready to have surgery.
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Have you ever tried to learn another language? Maybe you're onto your third or fourth. Once you hit a certain age, linguists say that acquiring additional languages is difficult.
As in no bueno.
Okay, if we're honest, our first language can be hard, too. We struggle to imagine what it's like for those who are learning English as a second language. If that's you, bravo!
The BBC's Matthew Anderson helped us remember this when he shared a little-known "rule."
Ranked under things English speakers know, but don't know we know. Anderson highlighted this doozy from The Elements of Eloquence: How to Turn the Perfect English Phrase:
Adjectives are required to be in the following order:
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A lot of writers discover rules like this and grow discouraged. If they discover a rule they didn't know existed, could there be more? Why not just throw up your arms and quit?
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Darina Allen was among the major food industry names at the Food Futures 2030 event in the Heritage Hotel Killenard on Wednesday.
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It was organised as part of the REDZ funded Connect 2 Laois for Food programme, a collaboration between Laois County Council, Laois Local Enterprise Office, and Laois Partnership.
An impressive variety of Laois food businesses exhibited their tasty wares including, Castletown Organic Farm, Cocoa Couture, Coolanowle Organic Farm, G's Gourmet Jams, Granstown Free Range Eggs, Invis-a-Veg, Irish Piedmontese Beef Ltd, Le Skinny Chef, Pigs on the Green, Kelly Lou Cakes, Paddy O's Cereals, Rossmore Farmhouse Ice Cream, Run on Pulses, Seven Acres, The Merry Mill, Seccoto Coffee, The Jungle Food Company Ltd, The Village Dairy, 12 Acres Brewing Co, Aghaboe Farm Foods, An Sean Teach Ltd, Adora Flax Company, Apoena Artisanal Chocolate and Ballykilcavan Brewing Company.
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QuickBooks has ruled over the business market, its powerful tools to perform business tasks efficiently gained its popularity among-st business entrepreneur all over the globe. Using QuickBooks has made the tasks of business professional quite simple and easy. However, there is some issue that users face while processing tasks in QuickBooks.
In this article, we will discuss one such issue, generally known as QuickBooks update error 12007. Kindly read through the content to learn about the error and steps to liberate you from the error.
QuickBooks Error 12007 usually occurs during QuickBooks software or payroll service update. The error arises because of inaccurate configured system files and is results in the registry errors in the computer itself. Read further to know more.
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Mike Young is currently a Wireless Security Evangelist at Bastille. He founded the Connecticut ISSA chapter and is currently a board member of the New York Metro ISSA. He has worked at Verizon, Verisign, RSA Security, and many Security Startups. He gave a speech on "Applying PKI" at the NSA in Fort Meade, Maryland. Mike Received his Bachelors in IT Management from Fordham University and a Masters in IT Management from The University of Virginia. He lives outside NYC in Connecticut.
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Planning & Village Design StatementWed, 28th October 2020
Planning & Village Design Statement
Wokingham Borough Council (WBC) Planning Department can give you advice about planning matters and has design guides and other information about what needs planning permission and how to obtain it as well as the requirements of Building Control and regulations.
Planners will also take notice of a Parish's village design statement (VDS). This is a document prepared by local people to provide design criteria for the appearance of new buildings, including extensions, so that they blend with the local environment and reflect local character.
Additionally the index will lead you to a page that contains all the information on the proposed Arborfield Garrison development including the developer's proposals and you Parish Council's response.
A Parish Council cannot approve or refuse a planning application it can only review and comment to Wokingham Borough Council on planning applications within the Parish. In Barkham these are discussed both at full Council meetings and at specific Planning meetings. These comments can be found in the minuetes of the relevant meeting. The dates of which can be found in the meetings calendar.
Click here to go to the Local Council Planning Portal and select the Parish name from the list to show the applications.
Details of current planning applications affecting Barkham and the local area are listed below. Click on the magnifying glass be taken through to the full application details.


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Twitter Has 6 Helpful Periscope Hints for Brands, and Most Involve Buying Ads
Promote the heck out of them
Twitter is encouraging brands to promote their Periscope videos with paid tweets, a win-win that could draw more attention to the new app and lift advertising on Twitter. In a blog post today, the social site outlined the best ways for brands to use Periscope and publicize their livestreams. (More on that below.)
Periscope, Twitter's new app that lets people share live video on mobile devices, has drawn a number of brands in its early days, including Target, Taco Bell, Coach and Red Bull.
The appeal? "Brands can forge a more personal relationship with consumers by using Periscope to give them real-time access to moments that matter, from big announcements to fashion shows to sponsored events," Twitter wrote in its post.
Target, for instance, has used Periscope to show new fashion collections. In April, its Lily Pulitzer line nearly sold out within a few days of its Periscope promotion. Then the company used the video service last month to show off its Eddie Borgo line.
Twitter appears poised to incorporate Periscope streams directly into the Twitter experience, too. For now, the app points people away from their feeds to view content. But this week, Twitter revealed it is working on something called Project Lightning, a hub for live, breaking events that will organize all tweet activity so people can find the most meaningful content. Lightning will curate tweets, Periscope videos and Vines about the most popular topics of the day, which has always been the main value of the platform—a place to immediately discover and discuss global events.
As for raising the profile of Periscope, Twitter is advising brands to buy Promoted Tweets before their broadcasts, and it recommends they promote the videos after the livestreams are done, too. So essentially, brands can package their Periscope videos for distribution on Twitter, rather than letting them expire after 24 hours, the company says.
In today's blog, Twitter also highlighted strategies from brands like Coach, which showed off an exclusive fashion show on the app. Taco Bell had fun with a mock press conference about its new breakfast menu, and The New York Yankees gave fans a glimpse of batting practice.
Here are six more tips from Twitter on how to best use its video streaming app:
1. Use the right content. Product launches, promotions, educational videos and VIP access that make viewers feel like they are part of the moment and witnesses to a special event.
2. Create anticipation. Buy Promoted Tweets to market the Periscope event on Twitter and build buzz, and then tweet the link when it starts.
3. Be real. These events work best when they're not scripted. Twitter says there's no need to rehearse or write it in advance.
4. Be responsive. Engage the viewers, respond to the comments and pose questions to the audience to kickstart the conversation.
5. Make the most of the content. Don't waste any of the video, which disappears from Periscope within 24 hours. So, point more viewers there after you're done rolling, and even distribute the videos to Twitter users in Promoted Tweets.
6. Analyze the results. Examine metrics such as how many viewers participated, how long they watched, and the number of replays and hearts clicked. If brands find viewership lacking they can promote their accounts in general on Twitter, not just individual livestream events. Also, scour comments and look for feedback in Twitter messages to help study the public reaction.


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Modifiable lifestyle factors contribute to depression in multiple sclerosis (MS) patients, according to a study published in BMC Psychiatry. Researchers from St. Vincent's Hospital Melbourne in Victoria, Australia examined nearly 2,500 MS patients in order to understand the association between lifestyle risk factors, medication, and depression risk through the analysis of self reported data. The researchers collected data about the participants' sociodemographics, diagnostic history, level of disability, comorbidities, fatigue, depression, body mass index (BMI), and an assortment of lifestyle and health behaviors. Patients were mainly female (82.4 percent) and middle aged (median age 45 years) and most patients (61.3 percent) had relapsing remitting MS.
Most participants health either a bachelor (36.5 percent) or post graduate degrees (23.5 percent) and worked either full time (32.8 percent) or part time (21.3 percent). Diagnosis occurred at a median age of 37 years and half (45.2 percent) had been recently diagnosed within the last 5 years. Mild disability was reported in 54.8 percent of the patients.
About a fifth of the patients (19.3 percent, 429 patients) screened positive for depression and 21.8 percent were taking prescription medication for depression. However, 10 percent of those taking medication for depression stated they did not have depression. Of patients who screened positive for depression, 92.9 percent also screened for clinically significant fatigue. The patients reported the following symptoms: -


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Because of Easter … terror is nothing to fear
War. Jesus spoke pointedly to the disciples about their questions of the end times, including war:
'Watch out that no-one deceives you. For many will come in my name, claiming, "I am the Messiah", and will deceive many. You will hear of wars and rumours of wars, but see to it that you are not alarmed. Such things must happen, but the end is still to come. Nation will rise against nation, and kingdom against kingdom. There will be famines and earthquakes in various places. All these are the beginning of the birth pains' (Matthew 24:4-8).
From our vantage point on the southern curve of the planet, we have not seen war on Australian soil since Japanese bombers rained destruction on Darwin in World War II.
Generations have passed since that great and monstrous conflict and slowly, but surely, the understanding of war has diminished.
However, the fear of war perhaps has increased for many of us.
No-one is immune from the fear and the terror of war, but most people in Australia are insulated from the realities of it; the death and destruction and the torturous pain of loss has been left to other corners of the globe.
But we still hear about the war – and the rumours of the faceless conflict – against the undefeatable foe of terror.
Most Christians would like to say they deal with it in the way that they have been given – through prayer and meditation. In many cases this is the only course of action at hand.
But the truth of the matter is that even the Christian is not immune to the great sickness that sweeps across the planet like the pandemics of old, a spiritual tuberculosis that removes our breath and causes our hearts to seize in the fear this terror will engulf even Terra Australis.
And how do we know this? Because the other insipid malady that mows down large swathes of the western world is what I call 'intellectual bulimia'.
We gorge ourselves on the news bites and sound bites from the array of screens in front of us. They tell us not only that the war is imminent but that death by terror is lurking behind every closed door.
The symptoms of 'intellectual bulimia' include the consumption of every piece of media, fake news or otherwise, and regurgitation of it as fact through whatever communication channels we use, all the while wondering if anyone else is as terrified as we are.
We digest nothing of what we consume with our eyes and we are left frantic with a spiritual hunger so deep that we are almost numb to it.
The terror has swallowed us.
But, in the midst of the abyss of terror, no different than the blackness that engulfed the Place of the Skull 2000 years ago, a light continues to shine from the empty tomb of fear.
Even though we understand that death has lost its power and its sting is but a pinprick in time, our hearts reverberate with the sound of the stone rolling away. The light that cannot be overcome, in this world or the next, annihilates blind fear.
As Paul writes to Timothy, 'For this reason, I remind you to fan into flame the gift of God, which is in you through the laying on of my hands. For the Spirit God gave us does not make us timid, but gives us power, love and discipline' (2 Timothy 1:6,7).
This gift of God – which is a flame that shines light into the edges of a world bleeding profusely from the ravages of war – is yours and mine.
We have been given the opportunity to speak out against the injustice of humanity's self-created terror and bring peace to a world that is perishing of starvation from it.
In view of the resurrection, what is there to fear? What is there to be afraid of? Can the darkest night bring a faceless terror to our homes, or does the gift of God, the Spirit-ignited flame, crush the darkness?
Has not Christ overcome?
In the joyous celebration of life in Christ,
Do not be ashamed of the testimony about our Lord or me his prisoner. Rather, join with me in suffering for the gospel, by the power of God. He has saved us and called us to a holy life – not because of anything we have done but because of his own purpose and grace. This grace was given us in Christ Jesus before the beginning of time, but it has now been revealed through the appearing of our Saviour, Christ Jesus, who has destroyed death and brought life and immortality to light through the gospel! (2 Timothy 1:8-10).
This Easter join with the entire world of believers and the communion of saints as we worship the one who has not only overcome death, sin and the devil, but also the one who has already won the war on terror.
Reid Matthias is Parish Team Pastor at Good Shepherd Lutheran Church Para Vista, in South Australia.
This feature story comes from The Lutheran April 2017. Visit the website to find out more about The Lutheran or to subscribe.
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The Great Cover-Up
Don't be surprised this season if a lift operator asks if you're wearing sunscreen. Concerned about the rise in skin-cancer rates, the AMC Cancer Research Center in Denver, Colo., is looking to resort employees to pass its message along to skiers. Thirty-two Western ski areas are joining in a $3 million study to measure the effectiveness of employees educating guests about the danger of sun exposure.
"Initially we interviewed skiers and snowboarders on chairlifts," says Dr. David Buller, chairman of the research center. "We found that many of them don't protect themselves from sun exposure. Our task is to convince them to take precautions by using sunscreen, covering up with clothing and hats, and wearing 100 percent UV-blocking glasses or goggles."
Guests at participating resorts will see signs on the mountain, more sun-protection products in stores and bulk sunscreen dispensers on the hill. They'll also hear instructors, patrollers and other employees talking about sun protection.
"A lot of people aren't aware of how strong the sun can be - how on a bright day the sun reflects off the snow," says Ron Kidder, patrol director at Loveland, one of 12 Colorado resorts participating in the study. "A burn happens in a hurry and doesn't show up until after you leave the mountain." You burn quickly on the slopes because UV intensity increases 5 percent with every 1,000 feet of elevation. So on top of Aspen Mountain, for instance, UV rays are 55 percent more intense than at sea level.
Though the tanned look may be "in" on the slopes, it doesn't mean healthy skin. "A tan is your skin's reaction to the damage done by ultraviolet radiation," Buller says. On a sunny day, unprotected skin can burn in 10 minutes. Intense sun exposure can cause early wrinkling, age spots, cataracts and various kinds of skin cancer-with malignant melanoma the least common but most deadly form. With each type of skin cancer, ultraviolet radiation damages the DNA in skin cells and temporarily breaks down and suppresses the immune system.
Unfortunately for many, damage may already be done. Studies show that two severe blistering sunburns before the age of 20 double your risk of developing melanoma - which could metastasize and cause cancer elsewhere in the body - at a later time in life. However, all skin carcinomas can be curable if detected early.
It's not too late to save your skin. To enjoy skiing while still protecting yourself from the sun's harmful rays, take the following precautions:
>>>Apply sunscreen correctly. Lube up 20 minutes before going outside. And use enough; the American Academy of Dermatology recommends "a shot-glass full every two hours you're outside." Don't forget to cover areas like the underside of your nose and your earlobes.
>>>Use lip balm that contains sunscreen, and reapply every one to two hours.
>>>Wear waterproof sunscreen. Snow and sweat can wash off lotion.
>>>Protect your eyes. Use 100 percent UV-blocking sunglasses or goggles and avoid mirrored lenses, which can reflect rays onto your face.
>>>Wear a hat with a brim to shade your face and eyes.
>>>Protect yourself even on cloudy days, because about 80 percent of UV rays pass through clouds.
>>>Make sure children are protected. 80 percent of UV exposure occurs in childhood.
>>>Take B-carotene and Vitamin E. A German study found that ingesting these supplements 10 to 12 weeks before intense sunlight exposure can increase your own basic protection to SPF 2 or 3. Although supplements are helpful, additional precautions are needed for the extreme UV exposure levels that are found at high altitudes.
>>>Watch medications, such as antibiotics, that increase your sensitivity to the sun. Read labels carefully.
>>>Be especially vigilant between 11 a.m. and 2 p.m. when the sun is strongest. If your shadow is shorter than you are, consider skiing in shaded areas. The AMC Cancer Research Center says that sun reflection off snow (albedo) can nearly double the amount of UV rays that hit your skin.
>>>Check the UV Index Forecast. Daily forecasts - calculated by ozone levels, cloud amounts, and elevation of individual cities - are available at www.weather.com or www.epa.gov.
Choosing a Sunscreen
Don't know which sunscreen to pick? Look for a broad-spectrum product, one that protects from both UVA and UVB rays with an SPF of 30 or more, recommends Dr. Ken Gross of the Division of Dermatology at the University of California at San Diego.
If you do burn, cool baths,, aloe and hydrocortisone creams can help soothe the pain. Watch out for irregularly shaped moles that grow in size. Also, take vitamins C and E, which combat aging effects and keep your skin healthy.
In the next few years, scientists plan to introduce to the market a vaccine that treats melanoma. Not preventive like the flu shot, the vaccine instead works almost immediately to recognize and attack cancer cells at the early stages of skin cancer. Until then, covering up is still your best bet.


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Information from Home Alone article at about.com/health: Here are two basic safety tips to use when your child is left home alone: (1) Post emergency phone numbers near all phones in the home, including the phone number of a nearby neighbor or friend. (2) Instruct children never to open the door to strangers or anyone they are uncomfortable around.
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If you ask 10 technology experts to define cloud computing, you might get 10 different answers. If you don't know what it is, how can you expect to invest well? Well, here's your flash-card answer: Cloud computing is the computer as a utility.
While they lack monopoly power, the best cloud-computing providers, like utilities, leverage superior scale and per-use payment plans to offer resources at lower costs than what most companies could get on their own. Like utilities, no cloud service could exist without the necessary inputs -- in this case, hardware suppliers. At the other end of the chain, cloud users are restricted only by the limits of computers themselves, allowing for incredibly diverse opportunities.
I've put together a primer on the cloud that I hope will demystify an industry that often seems more buzzword than legitimate business model. Make no mistake -- it is legitimate, and there is great potential for those willing to dig deep. If you're curious about how to find and analyze cloud companies without needing a computer science degree, read on.
The computer utility defined
Utility computing was once offered only in long-term contracts with little flexibility, closer to the cable company than the electric company. Intel
Many top cloud providers now offer per-use payments, though service-focused companies such as salesforce.com
Component players
Intel is dominant in server processing and also competes in a crowded solid-state-drive market. I've repeatedly pointed out Intel's deep commitment to R&D, but that's only one aspect of the chipmaker's superior scale. Any search for the best cloud component investment should begin with Intel, but it doesn't have to end there. Other heavyweight hardware manufacturers also excel in this sector, as might be expected.
That doesn't mean that small companies can't succeed, but it's not easy. The entry barriers to profitably manufacturing computer hardware are quite high. It can be exciting to get in on the ground floor of a next-gen tech manufacturer, but without a deep understanding of what makes its technology better, such investments can be more like gambling.
Cloud providers
Cloud-computing providers thrive off scale, which is not easy to reach. Very large data centers -- the only real source of cloud capacity -- may cost hundreds of millions of dollars to build, equip, and maintain. If a company doesn't have deep pockets, it probably won't get far as a cloud provider.
An average data center might have 1,000 servers, but massive operations usually have at least 50,000. Microsoft
Sources: UC Berkeley RAD Lab, Microsoft Research, author's calculations.
The provider spectrum
But while most utilities are the same to consumers, cloud providers fall on a spectrum between infrastructure and platform -- not including storage, which is a separate but equally viable cloud model. Since storage is such a straightforward option, it's often part of the package when users need utility computing. Some cloud companies are storage-centric, but few are public.
Amazon's EC2 is all about infrastructure, and users can treat it like a big block of empty servers they might otherwise have in their own offices. Anything that can be done on physical servers can be done on Amazon's servers, with all the techie grunt work that entails.
Microsoft's Azure cloud, on the other hand, runs on the Windows operating system and provides pre-built applications, a midrange between pure infrastructure and pure platform. This restricts what programmers can do but provides greater support. Salesforce's Force.com is pure platform, offering limited modification options but excellent support.
Whether offering infrastructure, platform, something in between, or storage, it always pays to out-scale the competition. If a company commands enough resources, its profits are almost as guaranteed as those earned by utility companies -- provided users take advantage of those resources in significant numbers.
Software, services, and you
The final tier of cloud computing may be the most difficult to target for investment. It's certainly the broadest category. Most call it software as a service, just as infrastructure and platform options are dubbed services in the cloud. This tier is the only one most of us would ordinarily encounter.
The software that runs in the cloud ranges from Salesforce's myriad business apps to Netflix's online presence (now hosted by Amazon). Google
Foolish final thoughts
There's a lot of ground to cover in cloud computing. I could never get to it all in one go. You can find out a lot more, though, in The Motley Fool's free report on the future of cloud computing. If you really want to discover what an incredible opportunity this is, our video report will give you a lot more information -- and some great tips -- on investing the cloud phenomenon. Thousands have discovered the cloud's potential through this revealing video, so join them now and get your copy of this free report.


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¼ tsp. garlic powder
1 cup jack cheese or white cashew cheese sauce (recipes are on this blog)
Form into balls and place on a cookie sheet. Bake @ 350° for 40 minutes.


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Great words of wisdom!
There are plenty of happy people who are saying nothing and sad people who speak from the heart and experience. The sad people are much more interesting.
Life is not always perfect and it is not always kind. But if I can hold a dream ahead of me, without knowing how or when, then I have something better to look forward to.
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Forensics is actually three specializations under a single classified specialization umbrella. To get the specialization certification, one must pass all specializations (the number of levels for each are classified).
Certification: Forensics Specialist (if one has completed all parts)
Combat Forensics
Rank: Chunin
Status: Optional
Skill: None
Other: None
Certification: Combat Forensics Specialist (if only have completed this part)
Description: Battlefield reconstruction specialists. Combat Forensics can take a battlefield area and, using physical and chakra residue clues, determine what happened where, and from that and other information (such as report from ninja that participated) it can build a timeline of what occurred there.
Even in the absence of the knowledge to recreate a battle, combat forensics allows a person to determine information about who fought there, including likely types of jutsu (possibly even which jutsu), sougujtsu or other weapon use, and general direction of where they went.
Criminal Forensics
Rank: Chunin
Status: Optional
Skill: None
Other: None
Certification: Criminal Forensics Specialist (if only have completed this part)
Description: Crime Scene reconstruction specialists.
Medical Forensics
Rank: Chunin
Status: Optional
Skill: Medic Ninja Basic Level
Other: Ability to use medical chakra preferred.
Description: Medical forensics revolves around finding out information from the deceased. Largely used to determine cause and time of death, it is also used to gather other information to assist other forensics work.
Training in this includes much of the Medic Ninja Intermediate and Advanced medical knowledge, but only medical jutsu used for diagnostics. Autopsy procedure and methods are a core part of this specialization. It also includes how to identify the work of medical jutsu and approximate time since it was performed.