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Group portrait: Armani
June 25, 2013
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Top row: Movie Lights, Bronze All-Over, Python
Middle row: Madreperla, Jacquard, Leather, Ecailles
Bottom row: Crystal (2008), Crystal (2009), Black Gem
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Top row: Movie Lights, Bronze All-Over, Python
Middle row: Madreperla, Jacquard, Leather, Ecailles
Bottom row: Crystal (2008), Crystal (2009), Black Gem
The much-hyped Lancôme collection dreamed up by Lanvin designer Alber Elbaz has finally arrived! Fortunately, much has been written about the collaboration and Elbaz's vision for it. Here's the scoop: Elbaz was approached by his close friend and Lancôme president Yousef S. Nabi to design a limited-edition collection. Since the company's mascaras are best-sellers, Elbaz and Nabi chose to focus on those. Additionally, said Elbaz, "Eyes are so important to me...when I think of cosmetics, I think of eyes. For Lancôme, I wanted to do something funny and a little handmade." He added that he hoped customers "will collect all four" designs (blue stars, pink polka dots, doe eyes and red hearts). While the article states that the designer is "hesitant about expanding and diluting his brand" and that " partnerships are also a rare affair; he never collaborates unless it makes creative sense", Elbaz actually has done a few collaborations before (see his line for H&M and limited-edition packaging for Ladurée).
As for the story behind the packaging, watch this animated short (drawn by Elbaz) below.
In the June 2013 issue of Elle magazine, Elbaz states that the story was inspired by the makeup looks for his fall 2013 show. "The project is accompanied by an animated short drawn by Elbaz, featuring a fashion show in which the spectators' faces are dominated by colorfully made-up eyes. This is apt, he says, as cosmetics played a key role on Lanvin's fall 2013 runway, where models sported four different makeup looks...'I asked myself, Why is it I have to decide whether or not I want mashed potatoes or french fries?' Elbaz says. 'Why can't I have both?'...'There's something almost naive and childish about the packaging,' he says, 'but I thought, Maybe if it's like a fairy tale, we'll all have a happy ending!' The experience of using the products, he believes, should be a 'joyful' one. 'It's about light-hearted luxury,' Elbaz says. 'I wanted to do something personal and kind of funny - but also totally serious. Which is exactly what makeup is.'"
Now that we've got the development of the collection out of the way, let's take a look at the goods. I picked up two of the mascaras and two of the eye shadow palettes. Lancôme also threw in a free mirror, which, as we've seen with previous gifts-with-purchase, is almost better than the makeup itself. These sorts of freebies are collecting gold!
Hypnôse Drama and Hypnôse Star mascaras:
Doll Lashes Color Design Palette in Rose Croquette:
Définicils Color Design Palette in Mint Jolie:
And the mirror, so cute.
My first thought on the illustrations is that they are similar to those Elbaz did for Ladurée, a playful take on his streamlined, sophisticated aesthetic. And they're not literal - the prints and silhouettes of the dresses seen on the runway models in the animation aren't directly from Elbaz's recent collections - but they still hint at his work through the use of color. Elbaz utilized lots of black and white in his spring 2013 collection, with some red, blue, green and pink thrown in for his resort 2014 collection.
(images from vogue.com)
(images from vogue.com)
Also, the women in the front row of the fashion show in the video are all wearing some very chic LBDs, similar to the looks he sent down the runway for spring 2013.
(images from vogue.com)
Elbaz is known for a slightly more down-to-earth fashion philosophy. "Unlike most fashion designers who operate on a global scale, Elbaz is a kind of hands-on artisan who specializes in women. He has never been interested in trends or whether his creations—which are almost always beautifully constructed classic shapes with a twist—fit a particular age or demographic. Elbaz is committed to the idea that his clothes be timeless and, in a way, helpful: He wants to make it easier for women to dress for their complicated lives. "I am not interested in perfection, and neither are the women who wear my clothes...it is very hard to be a woman today. The media says you have to be really great in your work, you have to be a wonderful mother, you have to be a great wife, and you have to be skinny! Women try to be the best everywhere, and it's impossible. I want my clothes to give women the freedom to just be—I want them to put on my dresses and shine.'" (source)
Empathy for women's struggle to "have it all" and whimsical illustrations aside, the video Elbaz came up with depicts a world many women don't have access to. Being in the front row of a high-end fashion show feels unrelatable unless you are actually a fashion editor, and even a little intimidating (I was not fond of the catty eye-rolling behavior of some of the women). Nevertheless I appreciated that Elbaz was having some fun with the collection, even if it's more of a representation of his experiences in the high-fashion world rather than the lives of the vast majority of women who don't work in fashion (which would be too mundane, I guess, for collection coming from such a renowned designer).
What do you think of the collaboration?
Links from the very busy past few weeks.
- Proctor and Gamble created a beauty "time capsule" of the products and trends from the last 100 years.
- So this is exciting - Jill Tomandl, the woman behind the design and packaging of some of Stila's recent creations, is following me on Twitter! Maybe now I can talk to her about writing a book together on the brand's famous Stila girls. ;)
- The summer solstice was just this past Friday, but we're already getting glimpses of more fall collections. Two that have caught my eye are Dior's Mystic Metallics and Lancome's L'Absolu Desir.
- Bellasugar had a nice roundup of summery vintage beauty ads.
- Desperately want to read this article on the fashion and beauty collaborations so popular nowadays...unfortunately I lack a subscription to WWD. Sigh.
The random:
- Finally, a dose of honesty in Disney movies.
- Two conflicting articles on sleep: one saying what I've been saying for years - you really DO need 7-8 hours a night for optimal functioning, and another saying that the occasional all-nighter is actually great for creativity and problem-solving. Eh. While I would like to be more creative, I'll stick with my 8 (okay, 9-12) hours of sleep a night.
- Speaking of sleep, did you stay up to see the "supermoon"? So cool.
Hope everyone enjoyed the solstice!!
Giovanni Fattori, Buoi al carro, c. 1869
Remix Ready Eye Shadow in Wild Thing, Bare Minerals, 2013
We have another pretty bronzer for summer 2013. Clarins Splendours Summer Bronzing Compact features a translucent red case that holds a bronzing powder with an exquisitely intricate design.
I had a lot of trouble getting a picture of the case without getting a ton of reflections.
So then I tried putting the flash on, which worked a lot better. The way it went off in this picture makes it look like there's a candle inside the palette, spreading a warm glow and softly illuminating the pattern.
Here's the collection description: "Sunshine into gold. Travel to far away lands, to the heart of an ancient people…and discover the splendours of a pre-Columbian civilization that worshiped the sun. Gold, a rich cultural symbol, is the highlight of this summer make-up collection. Sprinkle it on the eyes, neck and lips. Jade, sapphire, ruby and tourmaline appear as crystalline gemstones and illuminate this elegant sun-kissed collection."
Of course, they don't mention specifically which Pre-Columbian civilization. As we saw with the Guerlain Terra Inca collection, I'm in over my head in trying to decipher what specifically this palette is based on - I'm no archaeologist or Pre-Columbian scholar. But after a brief search on Google I think it most resembles this Aztec sun stone:
(image from nationalgeographic.com)
Looking closely at the palette, I'm more inclined to think this particular stone was the inspiration for the design. The circle in the center surrounded by four square shapes is found in each, along with the concentric triangle at the top of the center circle and the four dots placed around the squares and one at the bottom of the inner circle. The tiny horseshoe-like pattern appears throughout both as well. The triangles with the scrolled edges in the stone find themselves in the outer case of the palette and are also present in the powder, albeit slightly deconstructed there (the triangle is broken up into its base shape with two scrolls on each side). Additionally, this stone (weighing in a whopping 24 tons - wow!) is actually believed to be an altar or ceremonial container for the sun god Tonatiuh rather than a calendar. So it would make sense that the Clarins collection, based on people that worshipped a sun god, would choose an item used in worship instead of a calendar for their inspiration.
I think this is a beautiful palette and for once, Clarins provided at least a glimmer of explanation as to their vision for the collection. What do you think?
Designer collaborations are rare for Benefit, so natually I was pleased to see them team up with British fashion designer Matthew Williamson for a makeup kit called "The Rich Is Back". I had heard of Williamson but wasn't familiar with his work. However, the Rich Is Back serves as a crash course of sorts in his designs.
Let's see, we've got peacock feathers, a honeycomb pattern, a floral print, some sort of geometric print and what appears to be multi-colored leopard.
I went hunting for these motifs in Williamson's most recent collections. Finding none in any of the 2013 collections, I realized that maybe my best bet was to search for them all separately. This is what makes this palette so interesting visually - instead of choosing one print or motif, Williamson and Benefit did the whole kit and kaboodle. This makeup set boasts a mishmash of some of his oft-repeated prints from seasons past.
First, the peacock feathers. Starting all the way back in 2004 Williamson established himself as a master of this print.
(images from style.com)
It has since appeared in his pre-fall 2009 collection...
(images from style.com)
...along with his spring and resort 2011 collections:
(images from style.com)
But perhaps the most famous instance of his use of the colorful bird feathers hit in 2009 in a collaboration with H&M.
Celebrities couldn't seem to get enough of this dress!
(image from shinystyle.tv)
While peacocks didn't strut their stuff in any of the 2013 clothing, they are still plentiful in accessories.
(images from matthewwilliamson.com)
Next up is the floral print, which, to my eye looks almost tie-dyed. As far as I know this print appeared only in the spring 2009 collection.
Williamson has also taken on leopard, which you can see a little better on the inside of the Benefit makeup set. Some examples from spring and fall 2011:
(images from style.com)
And pre-fall 2009:
(images from style.com)
But the most colorful instance of leopard print and the one that most resembles that found on the Rich Is Back set comes from the fall 2007 collection:
(images from style.com)
Then we have the honeycomb print, which Williamson used in his spring 2006 collection.
(images from style.com)
Lastly, there's the odd, pastel-hued harlequin-style geometric print, which was coupled with touches of black in the fall 2007 collection.
(images from style.com)
I'm curious to know whose decision it was to use all these prints on the Rich Is Back set. It could have been Williamson who selected his personal favorites, or perhaps Benefit chose ones they thought would look best on a makeup kit. Most likely it was a combination of the two.
While I passed on buying this set for the Museum, I do think it's a thorough representation of Williamson's designs to date. What do you think, both of the Rich Is Back and Williamson's work?
Guerlain served up a heaping helping of bronze goodness this season. Here's the Terra Ora collection description from the press release: "The Terra Ora collection draws its essence from an era of magnificence. The elegance of antiquity stands the test of time with its splendour and aura intact. An ode to gold. With dazzling radiance, Terra Ora bronzing powder and the precious Météorites Perles primer adorn the skin in a warm, divine-like light, giving women the appearance of a modern vestal goddess. Skin kissed by the summer sun is beautifully enhanced."
The star of the collection is the Terra Ora bronzing powder, outfitted in a substantial wooden case with gold lettering and a magnetic closure.
I was strangely fascinated with the pattern in the wood.
The bronzing powder is embossed with a chain pattern radiating out from the center, with the Guerlain "G" positioned just off to the right and swirled about on top of the chains.
A nice little detail was the chain pattern repeating on the inside of the box.
So what about those chains? The Terra Ora bronzer design "revisits the jewelled chains worn by vestal goddesses." I think Guerlain did a nice job tying in the compact's pattern to the imagery in the promo ad. Not only is the model wearing a chained bracelet and fastenings, she looks quite goddess-y between her golden headband, white dress, and the halo decoration in the back, and of course the gorgeous (albeit photoshopped) glowing skin.
(image from armocromia.com)
While I couldn't find any examples of any sort of jewelry worn by either ancient Roman vestal virgins or the goddess Vesta, whose temple the virgins were charged with protecting, I did find this 19th century drawing of a chain necklace found at Pompeii.
(image from gutenberg.org)
Here are some other examples of ancient Roman gold chains. Necklaces from the 4th century AD (click to enlarge so you can see the chainwork, particularly on the one in the middle with the green glass):
(image from rubens.anu.edu.au)
This one with emerald from the 2nd century AD:
(image from flickr.com)
And this one from the 3rd century A.D.:
(image from metmuseum.org)
Guerlain's description might have benefited from being more vague than it is currently. I think referring to ancient Roman jewelry in general might have been more appropriate than suggesting a specific Roman goddess or her worshippers (let me tell you, I spent a good chunk of time searching for vestal virgin/goddess jewelry, and there is none!) Having said that, there are many more examples of ancient Roman gold chained jewelry where these came from, so Guerlain wasn't totally off base.
I still think this piece, with its chain detailing and wooden case, is slightly more special than the other compact in the Terra Ora collection:
(image from nordstrom.com)
I didn't buy it but I am tempted because it's so summery - a sun motif that's reminiscent of ancient Roman mosaics, perhaps?
While it's not my favorite offering from Guerlain, I thought they did a good job linking (haha) the chain design to the press release description and promo image they cooked up. It's certainly evocative of ancient cultures and the goddesses that starred in them. Now I'm seized with the urge to book a trip to Rome and spend a sunny day walking amongst the ruins.
What do you think?
Links from this week and last...so busy lately!
Beauty and art:
- Wild Beauty gives an excellent overview of the history of the hair dryer.
- Shu Uemura creates red and black custom false eyelashes for a Christian Louboutin exhibition.
- Pleasureflush provides an exciting glimpse of what Chantecaille has up their sleeve for fall 2013.
- I'm a Perrier guzzler and Warhol fan, so this is a very intriguing collaboration. Some might argue it's not right to use Warhol's images to sell fancy bubbly water, but it's very meta, and I actually think Warhol would have gotten a kick out of it...even more so had it been Coke.
- Createquity asks, what is a museum? As you'll see, this seemingly simple question actually has quite diverse and complex answers.
- Oooh, new pizza place opening in Hampden. Can't wait to try it.
- Speaking of Hampden, HonFest is this weekend. I missed it once again. D'oh.
- The Daily Beast ran a piece on the stars of The Wire - where are they now?
The random:
- I mentioned in the last edition of Curator's Corner that there is a new Animal Planet/Discovery Channel special on mermaids. This year people seem even crankier about the fake "evidence" than they were last year when the first special aired, and I'm baffled as to why. Chill out, everyone! Mermaids are freakin' awesome and you should appreciate this show even though it's not real.
- In other mermaid news, a double amputee receives some very special prosthetics.
- On the Riot Grrrl front, I received my copy of the Riot Grrrl Collection book. And now I may just indulge in some Chapstick or a replica of Kathleen Hanna's dress courtesy of the VFILES. Additionally, Bratmobile's seminal album Pottymouth turned 20!
- I see another addition to the Makeup Museum family in the future!! That's right, make way for Superman Babo!!
I just hope Power Babo doesn't get too jealous - after all, he's also a superhero of sorts.
What have you been up to?
"To me, reality lies in the world of ambiguity. In between the innocent, beautiful dream world and the physical world. That is what I want to express in my collection." - OB
Shu Uemura has once again selected a very captivating artist to collaborate with on a second spring 2013 collection. Known simply as OB, this young lady (born in 1992 - I feel so ancient!) attended the Kyoto City Dohda Senior High School of Arts. Almost immediately after graduating she was signed to the prestigious gallery Kaikai Kiki. This gallery represents such notable artists as Takashi Murakami and Anselm Reyle (who you might remember from a Dior collaboration in early 2012). Murakami also serves as her mentor.
In honor of the collaboration, OB and Shu held an exclusive exhibition entitled "Heavenly Creatures" from March 21 through April 17 at the Kaikai Kiki gallery. From Art in Asia: "Centered around 'Four Princesses,' a motif born from her collaboration with the cosmetic brand shu uemura, the paintings feature a new range of characters, emotions, and vivid colors that evidence ob's growth as an artist over the past two years. Emerging now from her tightly closed inner world, her narratives and images unfold freely and are imbued with youthful energy. The artist describes the collaboration and her new work as follows: 'They are ordinary girls but after using the Shu Uemura cleansing oil before going to sleep, they become princesses in their dreams and each must fulfill their own task. Whether summoning flower petals through dance or battling ominouse storms, the princesses pray for the tranquility of our beautiful world. At the same time, however, they are still young girls who use makeup on occasion and become absorbed in their own flights of fancy. I hope people will find something that touches with their own experience.'"
The princesses appear in the main work for the exhibition, In Between Reality and Dream:
(image from gallery-kaikaikiki.com)
Installation view:
(image from ob0o0.tumblr.com)
For the Shu collection, the princesses each get their own cleansing oil bottles and UV Under-Base Mousse. Naturally I got all four oils. As with the Unmask collection, the green one wasn't available in the U.S. so I had to go through E-bay. Grrr.
The main Shu Uemura website (of course, not the U.S. one - they never feel the need to provide full artist or collection info, which drives me insane) has descriptions of each princess. Here we go!
"The Sakura [cherry blossom] princess slumbers peacefully through the seasons until spring. she works her magic on flowers that are still buds and enchants them into full bloom. When she slumbers, flowers wilt and are easily scattered by rain. This is
why she dances without rest or sleep. (of course, she feels no fatigue.) As spring draws to a close, she allows herself a bit of time to
frolic in the human world before retiring into slumber until the
following spring." I love the little bunny immediately to her right.
Next, we have the Moon Princess. "One day, the moon is destroyed by a missile, a weapon in which humans take much pride. Although bewildered and overwhelmed at the loss of her home, she feels sorry for the humans, who seem devastated at being plunged into darkness each night. For their sake, the kind princess vows to gather every piece of the moon and put it back together again. Since that day she has traveled to countless stars in search of moon fragments."
The green cleansing oil is represented, fittingly, by the Forest Princess. "She romps through the trees on the fluff of the dandelion she holds in one hand. This gentle princess nurses wounded insects and animals back to health. Should a human find himself lost in the woods, she kindly escorts him out again. (The human, however, loses all memory of the encounter.) She and the ocean princess are very close."
Finally, there's the Ocean Princess. "Dedicated to protecting all precious marine life, the Ocean Princess is a guardian of the sea. She is gentle by nature, but when faced with storms, she fights with courage and strength. In recent years, the sea has been beset with storms, troubling her greatly. She has begun making pearls and selling them to humans, using the money she has earned to clean her beloved ocean."
Be sure to watch this adorable video that captures the princesses in action.
While the Shu collection seems rather playful and sweet on the surface, lurking beneath there are some darker themes. OB is young, but all of her work to date explores the sadness and anxiety brought about by contemporary society. Her work in a previous show in Berlin suggests some of the more serious aspects expressed in the four princesses' stories. In an interview with Art Slant, she states, "When I paint I am not particularly focused on the paint itself but how it can provide a feeling of comfort when looking at it as a viewer. However, the concepts for the paintings themselves are not really comforting in theme. They are personal and somewhat dark. People are usually surprised once they see them and learn the concepts and thoughts behind them. With this work I am aiming at some type of transcendence and my wish would be that people could find, through them, some type of release. Maybe people will view the paintings and they too can be freed from their darker feelings if they share similar thoughts. What I am painting is, yes, dark, but making people sad is not my intention...My work addresses all those bad things that happen in life, stemming from environmental pressures and events. For a lot of people my age in Japan there are a lot of societal pressures and I often don't know how to respond in and to this type of environment. A lot of work in this show in Berlin ended up being heavily related to the earthquake that happened in Japan [referring to the series of devastating disasters on March 11, 2011]. I didn't intend on painting something on the earthquake, but I feel as if has probably influenced my thinking somewhat."
Indeed, the 2012 Berlin show focused on the challenges faced by Japanese youth and the emotions brought about by these challenges. From the gallery: "Culled from the chaos of Japan's internet illustration scene, where thousands of anonymous artists submit works on a daily basis to social networking sites like pixiv.com, ob, JNTHED, and Haruka Makita are primary representatives of the faceless generation who have inherited a nation in the full throes of a political and social crisis. Though there are few direct references in their works to the disasters of March 2011, the nuclear accident at Fukushima, or the nation's well documented institutional breakdown, each artist addresses a keenly felt social anxiety and disassociation from reality that come to define their era. OB captures the turbulent emotions of today's youth as felt in real time. With her delicate color palette and soft, feminine touch, her paintings evoke a gauze covered world of near suffocating uncertainty where innocence is protected only by insecurity. Despite this dark mood, there is also an air of defiance, reflected in the artist's own struggle for independence and hope for the future."
There is definitely some of this angst and gravity in the Shu collection, princesses and flowers aside. Imaginary disasters like the moon exploding, along with real environmental issues like ocean pollution and the desire to keep forests intact and free of human intrusion, build on OB's previous themes. The efforts on the parts of the princesses to rebuild their worlds and reclaim natural resources also hint at Japan's ongoing attempts to alleviate the devastation caused by the 2011 tsunami.
Stylistically, her current paintings are also more or less the same than her earlier work. She says, "I like and have always liked Western style painting, as opposed to the traditional Japanese work. I believe that the inspiration for my colors, in particular, comes from this type of Westernized style." Some examples:
Fragments of Snow, 2011:
(image from en.hidarizingaroberlin.de)
Reincarnation, 2010:
Blanket, 2010:
(images from ob0o0.tumblr.com)
What surprised me a bit is how well the delicacy of the rubbed pastel chalk and other pigments she uses translated to the cleansing oil boxes. Here's a closeup from the Sakura box:
In another interview, she states the most important part of her work is "the initial visual impact" and that she "strive[s] to create paintings that will catch people's attention on first look...for instance, the large eyes." The gallery in Berlin that hosted the 2012 show adds, "Ob's female characters seem at times to have evaporated, with form and features melding with swirling psychologically charged landscapes, leaving only their large, round, opaquely black eyes and tiny open mouths discernible." Hence this motif appearing on the upper right corner of all products in the Shu collection.
As with the Mamechiyo collection, Shu went all out in terms of launching the collection's release. In addition to a live painting event at the flagship boutique in Tokyo, there was an amazing press party in the Phillipines. Look at this beautifully designed display.
I really hope whoever is in possession of this snow globe treasures it the way I would. Or, heaven forbid, hasn't thrown it away.
There was even a station with notepads where people could write down their aspirations and post them to the "Dream Board".
(images from lushangel.com)
Overall I adored this collection. Shu has such a great track record for allowing talented artists to share their work with an audience that might not see it otherwise, and the selected artist's oeuvre always has tremendous visual appeal that also happens to work well on beauty packaging. I was really impressed this time not just with the artwork but with the artist herself. In the few interviews I've seen/read she seems to be quite mature for being so young, and very genuine, which is a rarity in the art world. Living so close to MICA (the Maryland Institute College of Art, for those of you outside of B'more), I see A LOT of pretty obnoxious-looking, phony poser art students regularly. I can't see OB traveling in their circles. I do worry that she'll get taken advantage of because she appears to be very down-to-earth and honest, and the art world can be brutal to nice people like that. But I think she'll ultimately be okay due to both Murakami's guidance and her own intelligence.
So what do you think of this collection? Which princess is your favorite? Obviously mine is the Ocean Princess since she is very close to a mermaid. :)


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Students studying English for University courses, or English components in UniSTART at RMIT Vietnam, will receive a rebate equivalent to 30% (valid until April 30 2020) of their total English course fees paid to RMIT Vietnam when they articulate to a bachelor or master program.A rebate is offered to students of English for University.
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Influence de la végétation environnante sur le risque de surpoids à l'âge pré-scolaire dans la ville de Kaunas, Lituanie Volume 17, issue 6, November-December 2018
- DOI : 10.1684/ers.2018.1230
- Page(s) : 547-8
- Published in: 2018
This news is based on the following article: Petraviciene I, Grazuleviciene R, Andrusaityte S, Dedele A, Nieuwenhuijsen MJ. Impact of the social and natural environment on preschool-age children weight. Int J Environ Res Public Health 2018 ; 15(3). pii: E449. doi : 10.3390/ijerph15030449
Adding to the growing literature, this cross-sectional study supports the value of green spaces in towns and cities to combat childhood obesity. The observation that the mother's level of education has a modifying effect on the relation between the importance of surrounding green spaces and risk of overweight or obesity calls for further exploration of the role of psychosocial factors.


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In my previous post, I examined how the dual scales on this jobs chart are sending an inaccurate message. But my efforts to remake alternate graphs from the raw data revealed another source of message corruption.
Reading the graph text closely, you see that the red line is really an aggregate of three measures obtained from the Federal Reserve Economic Data (FRED) site. That is, the red Less Than Bachelor's line is the sum of the education levels Less Than High School Only, High School and Some College. The chart suggests the Less Than Bachelor's group was ascending with the Bachelor's or Higher group and took a sharp turn for the worse after the 2008 recession.
Here's a graph of all four individual measures (on the same scale!).
Figure 1: Jobs by Education Level
It turns out that each of the three components has its own story. Less Than High School (orange) was flat until taking a hit before the recession and slowly declining afterwards. High School (red) was flat then became declining after the recession. Only Some College (purple) had any upward trend before the recession, and that trend slowed but continued upward after the recession.
Aggregating the three Less Than Bachelor's groups creates a single up-and-down group, though none of the subgroups showed that pattern. Those three groups do have one thing in common, which might justify the aggregation: They all keep losing ground against their pre-recession trend. To make that easier to see, I've added lines of fit (dashed) that are just based on the pre-recession data.
Figure 2: Jobs compared to pre-recession trends
My macroeconomics knowledge and my data are exhausted at this point, so I can't really say how fair or significant the aggregated trend really is. Possibly there are demographic factors involved, such as the increasing number of people attending college. Possibly aggregating based on some college or no college is more relevant.
Figure 3: Jobs by aggregated education level
In any case, it's important to remember that a graph communicates a message, but that message is not necessarily accurate or relevant. In Part 1 of this deconstruction, we saw that the dual scales affected our perception of the trends. Here, we see that the aggregation of the data also affects the message.
Making the graph
How was Figure 2 created in Graph Builder? It's four variables and two elements (connected line and regression line). To make the regression lines only apply to the before-recession data, I added a new variable that was set to 1 before the last recession and 0 otherwise, and I put it in the Frequency role. Then I uses the element properties to turn off the Frequency variable for the connected line element, so that it only affected the regression line. For the in-graph labels, I used the annotation tool. You can right-click on an annotation to change the color and other properties. One of Edward Tufte's principles is to include labels close to the data when you can. It's not something that's easy for software to do automatically, but it's not too hard to add manually.
I've posted a JMP file with this data and some graph scripts to the JMP File Exchange as Civilian Labor Force 1991 - 2014.
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Recent webcast by Dr. Crowe of ASU confirms these trends lately and much more, including impact of advanced degrees vs BS degrees on income, vs various "generations" of workers. Very complex graphics but very dramatic in conclusions.
A. Return on college investment is positive for those that FINISH, not so for those that do not finish at least bachelor level (thus college investment is good one).
B. Level of college needed to make good living has increased dramatically in recent decades, unlike what older generations needed to make a good living.
C. TYPE of college education (arts, eng, science) does NOT matter as much as the CONTENT in two now-important skills, Critical Thinking and Problem Solving. ( So ASU has focused on inclusive, cooperative, team problem solving methods in ALL disciplines, and its graduates are doing well.) Thus the market now rewards LEARNERS rather that just those who are LEARNED as was stated by Eric Hoffer many years ago.
The key is that Dr. Crowe used graphics with discussion effectively in the live lecture and Q/A which was simulcast. http://www.ustream.tv/asutv I can send graph examples later by email if needed.
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Panda Solar Stations - Youth Engagement and Innovation to Promote Sustainable Development
To propel the global application and development of green energy, UNDP and Panda Green Energy Group launched the global promotion program of panda-shaped solar plants on 1st September 2016.
The Panda Solar Stations base their appearance on China's national treasure - the Giant Panda. The 50 MW power plants cover a total area of 248 acres, with the black part composed of monocrystalline silicone. Future objectives plan to up capacity to 100 MW, increasing the capacity of the plant to provide green energy across a wider area in Datong and preventing an equivalent of 2.74 million tons of carbon dioxide in the next 25 years.
As the future of development, the youth have the opportunity to contribute to world-wide sustainable development. UNDP and Panda Green Energy Group will work together to promote and popularize the promotion of new energy through summer camps and open innovation design contests. The initiatives aims to engage the youth of China and assist in developing the future leaders in the green energy field
Global UNDP Panda Campaign for the SDGs
Continuing the global success of the Naming Campaign for the 'UNDP Panda Ambassadors for the Sustainable Development Goals', the Global UNDP Panda Campaign for the SDGs will use the unique power of the pandas to further adovate and raise public awareness of the SDGs and clean energy.
Open Design Challenge
UNDP tackles the toughest development challenges in the world and are committed to finding the best-fit solutions to those challenges.
Innovation has been a key priority of UNDP with 'open challenges' providing a platform to encourage innovation.
UNDP will organise an 'open design challenge' for creative and aspiring youth in China. Using renewable energy as the foundation and utilizing the expertise from Panda Green Energy Group, the 'open challenge' will provide an unique environment encouraging co-creation which blends design, prototyping, and open-processes, aiming to support the achievement of SDGs in China with practical solutions to the growing need for affordable and clean energy whilst engaging the youth with sustainable development.
Summer Innovation Camps
Young candidates from around China will be recruited to participate in summer camps at the Panda Solar Stations. Under the theme of the UNDP SDGs with a particular focus on clean energy, young people will have the opportunity to learn, share knowledge, and experience the steps of an intesnse innovation process.
The camp will offer participants a deeper understanding of green energies and first-hand experience of environmental protection, with top notch mentors and facilitators in the field to monitor and provide on-site support.
Youth Exchange
UNDP will identify outstanding, marginalized youth groups in China to develop and strengthen their leadership skills through an international exchange initiative. The Youth Exchanges will involve leadership training, including training in negotiations, mediation and advocacy for stronger articulation of youth policies and statement.
Younge candidates will be invited to join green energy and sustainable development forums organised by the United Nations and other international organisations, contributing to the develoipment of a new cadre of young leaders who are engaged with global development issues.


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Truck Accident Lawyers Fighting for Effingham and IL Residents
The Effingham Truck Accident Lawyers of Dixon Law provide elite level legal guidance to Effingham and IL residents. When you, someone you care for, or a member of your family has been affected by a truck accident, and you've been terribly injured and are now suffering because of a loss of work and medical bills you can afford to pay, you need a truck accident lawyer to ensure you get the restitution and recovery you deserve. The Effingham Truck Accident Lawyers at Dixon Law can guide you through your truck wreck case and ensure that the needs of you and your family are met during this difficult period. Whether you need financial assistance because of loss of work, medical bills, or to pay for the costs of recovery associated with any injuries sustained because of the truck accident, Christopher R. Dixon and the Dixon Injury Firm can and will provide you with expert truck accident legal guidance If you've been involved in a truck crash, call our Effingham truck accident lawyers now at (314)-409-7060.
Truck Accidents in Effingham and IL – Truck Crash Attorney
According to the Federal Motor Carrier Safety Administration, in a recent three year study, tractor trailers accidents were responsible for the deaths of 10,823 people and 242,000 injuries. Large trucks are typically classified as weighing more than 10,000 pounds and are primarily used for commercial purposes. They are commonly referred to as semi-trucks, 18-wheelers, or tractor trailers.
Because of the weight and force involved in a truck accident, these accidents typically result in serious damages. 18-wheelers are heavier, larger, and take up to 40% longer to stop than the average automobile. Accidents involving 18-wheelers are approximately 25% more likely to result in fatalities than accidents involving other types of passenger vehicles.
Despite these facts, insurance companies will always try to place the blame on the other driver or on extenuating circumstances. The disparities in weight are huge – a tractor-trailer may weigh as much as 80,000 pounds, whereas most cars weigh less than 4,000 pounds – truck drivers usually survive any accidents involving a car. Car drivers, if they survive, usually suffer from terrible injuries and medical issues.
Common Causes of a Truck Crash – Semi-Truck Accident Attorney Effingham
There are several errors a truck driver may make that can lead to an accident. Some of the most common ones are:
- Cell phone use
- Driving past the set speed limit
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- Falling asleep at the wheel
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Their mission is to study why injuries and deaths occur in wrecks, and how to make vehicles more safe in the event of a crash. The FMCSA enforces safety regulations, monitors safety systems, targets high risk drivers and carriers, as well as works to spread safety awareness.
The FMCSA enforces a large number of rules and regulations with respect to truck driver regulation, vehicle regulations, company regulations, Hazmat regulations, and regulatory guidance.
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Trucking Business and their tractor trailer drivers are insured by large, powerful insurance corporations. These insurance firms enlist the help of aggressive investigators to protect themselves from paying out large claims. The job of the investigators is to prove that the tractor trailer driver's version of events is true. They typically rush the scene of an accident to collect evidence to weaken your claims, or to shift blame away from their driver. In order to protect your rights after an accident, you need an experienced Effingham, IL truck accident lawyer who is familiar with these tactics and can successfully counteract them.
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The collection of this evidence can substantiate your truck accident claim and ensure that you get the benefits and recovery that you deserve.
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Truck Drivers in today's aggressive economic climate are driving longer hours, for lower wages, and are often speeding to meet deadlines. Your accident may have happened because of a trucking violation. Truck Accident victims need to immediately consult with a truck accident attorney who can uncover if a violation took place. Large corporations must be held accountable for placing the public in needless and unnecessary danger in the name of company profits.
If you have been injured, or a loved one has been killed as the result of truck or tractor trailer crash, our experienced Effingham injury lawyers are standing by to help. Our lawyers have been recognized as Top 100 Trial Lawyers by the National Trial Lawyers Association and are Life-Time Members of the Million Dollar Advocates Forum.
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Famous landmarks like the Arc Du Triumph, the Pyramids of Giza, and the Sagrada Familia have been photographed countless times by photographers from around the world, and they are recognizable to most, if not all, of us. But this collection of stunning aerial photographs gives us a bird's-eye-view of these places, casting them in a totally new light. Most of the pictures are of places or things that most of us could easily identify right away. The images illustrate just how much a change in perspective can alter. It's also worth noting that a few of these sites, like the Pyramids of Giza and the hotels in Dubai, were designed with an aerial perspective in mind.
The designs of certain Dubai hotels can only be appreciated fully from above, and some theorize that the Pyramids of Giza were meant to be aligned with the stars in Orion's Belt. Although taking photographs from a bird's actual perspective is possible, most photographers prefer taking pictures like these from hot-air balloons, helicopters, gliders, or very tall structures. A few of the photographs also seem to be taken from altitudes that even birds couldn't reach. None of this, however, detracts from their epic beauty.
Barcelona (Aldas Kirvaitis)
Central Park, New York City (Sergey Semenov)
The only thing you sometimes have control over is perspective. You don't have control over your situation. But you have a choice about how you view it. – Chris Pine
Tulip Fields, The Netherlands (Normann Szkop)
Mangroves in New Caledonia (Yann Arthus Bertrand)
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Stoll secures advancement with upset
Iowa senior Sam Stoll continued Iowa's perfect record with an upset of Michigan's Mason Parris.
March 21, 2019
PITTSBURGH – After earning an at-large bid to the NCAA Championship meet, Sam Stoll proved why he deserved it.
With an unscathed record in the first round, Iowa's final match of the early session featured the 28-seed, Stoll, against Michigan's No. 5-seed, Mason Parris.
Much like DeSanto's 133-match earlier in the afternoon, 285 was riddled with stalling calls and respective penalty points. Stoll went down 2-0 in the first period, but an escape and back-to-back penalty points from stallings called on Parris put him on top going into the second.
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Three more stalling calls would result in points through the final two periods, one point being awarded to Stoll and two to Parris. A takedown by Stoll proved to be the difference, and riding time gave him an 8-5 finish to advance in the final meet of his Hawkeye career.
"Very smart, very saavy match," head coach Tom Brands said. "We stayed good in our positions. He was very smart in using his experience to his advantage, and that guy hadn't felt us before. This next guy is going to feel us, and it doesn't matter. We've got to be ready to go."
Iowa finished the first session with 14.0 team points on two technical falls, six decisions, and a stalling disqualification. Stoll goes into the second round gearing up to face a very familiar Conan Jennings from Northwestern. Stoll is 5-0 against Jennings since 2016.
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NAIROBI Several dozen protesters marched to the electoral commission offices Tuesday in central Nairobi, demanding justice for election official Chris Msando.
Msando was found dead Monday after going missing Friday. According to the head of Kenya's electoral commission, Msando was tortured before he was killed.
Anti-corruption campaigner John Githongo says Msando's killing was meant to derail the electoral process.
"The timing of his torture and murder serves to undermine Kenya's elections management body at this most crucial time in the work of the IEBC [Independent Electoral and Boundaries Commission]," Githongo said.
The nationwide vote is one week away, and the organization of the elections has been a source of tension during the past year. Msando was to oversee the use of biometric voter technology.
Kenya Human Rights Commission Executive Director George Kegoro helped organize the march.
"Even as the investigation gets on its way, we remind the state of its duty to take whatever necessary measures it finds possible to secure the safety of IEBC commissioners and all its staff," Kegoro said. "An intimidated and fearful staff cannot fully deliver its mandate or respect its oath to act without fear or favor in carrying out their important responsibilities [as] entrusted by the citizens of Kenya."
Political parties on both sides have condemned Msando's killing.
The ruling Jubilee coalition issued a statement urging police to investigate, while one of the leaders of the main opposition alliance, Musalia Mudavadi, spoke to reporters.
"Chris [Msando], on television last week, assured Kenyans that they need not worry about the Kenya Integrated Electronic [Elections] Management System [KIEMS], as he was sure it would work," Mudavadi said. "That no effort was made to camouflage this killing as an accident shows the determination of the killers to send a chilling message that they will stop at nothing to ensure the outcome that they desire."
Electoral commission chairman Wafula Chebukati met with protesters and said the commission is determined to do its job.
"We are mourning with the family, we are mourning with the IEBC family, but this country is bigger than all of us [and] we have a mandate to deliver to the Kenyan people," Chebukati said.
Kenya's inspector general of police called Msando's killing "a crime of grave proportions" and said a team has been assembled to follow what he called "several crucial leads" to bring the murderers to justice. The United States and Britain have offered to assist Kenya in the investigation.
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Ayala leads off by drawing a distinction between designed artifacts and non-designed objects. He notes that organisms were left out of the original scientific revolution (which posited that the rules of nature are universal) because of the kind of thinking put forth by Paley and other intelligent design theorists. Ayala claims that Darwin's great advance was to show how purposeful complexity may arise naturally, thus bringing life finally within the penumbra of a scientific revolution which had begun much earlier. He goes on to adduce several common evidences of evolution by natural selection operating over geological time. Ayala believes (as I do) that the most convincing evidence for common descent is that we find from a branch of sciences unavailable to Darwin's contemporaries, that is, the evidence of molecular biology.
Craig leads off by defining intelligent design as a set of theories for inferring design from evidence. He briefly alludes to Bill Dembski's argument from highly improbable complex patterns, and argues that the inference to design is justified on those grounds alone. Craig does not contest common descent (for which Ayala had argued) focuses his efforts entirely on the mechanisms of random mutation and natural selection. He makes an interesting argument that studies of the HIV genotype over a couple decades can give us any idea of what mutation is capable of producing over a time span very many orders of magnitude longer. He also argues that evolutionists must show definitively that mutation plus natural selection is powerful enough to get everything done in only a few billion years.
Ayala, on rebuttal, seems at first to ignore Craig's opening statement, but he is actually trying to give an example of the power of mutation and selection in practice. He refers to a test tube experiment in which low-probability mutations can be made to take over an entire tube merely by changing the environment in which the bacteria breed. He then goes on to reiterate some of the evidence for common descent.
Craig picks apart Ayala's opening statement and rebuttal, quote-mining from various fringe scientists to show that mutation plus selection doesn't drive the creation of new biological mechanisms in under a hundred years or two. Funnily enough, Craig accuses his opponent of undue extrapolation, even as he stretches timelines from 10^2 to 10^9 in attempt to show that Darwinian mechanisms just cannot get the job done in the time available. Craig seems to conclude that while the universe is impressively fine-tuned for intelligent life, it is not fine-tuned enough to expect intelligent life to arise more than once.
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This debate demonstrates amply that expertise in public debating and debate prep can overcome expertise in the topic under debate. Ayala clearly knows more about the subject matter, but he seems overwhelmed by Craig's relentless focus on the problem of how often mutations arise within a given population. I'd be interested in hearing a debate focused on that paritcular issue, but to my knowledge that's never been done.


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Omaha Performing Arts will present Jazz on the Green tonight at Turner Park at Midtown Crossing. The headliner is salsa band Hector Rosado y Su Orquesta Hache!
The lawn opens for seating at 5:00 with preshow festivities at 6:30 and the headliner will take the stage at 7:30. KIOS is a proud sponsor again this year and we have a table at the southwest corner of the park. Stop by and say hello and sign up for our e-newsletters. We also have some nice giveaway items for your enjoyment. For more information on this and other events, please visit www.omahaperformingarts.org/on-stage/jazz-on-the-green


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Conclusion: new directions in Olympic legacy research
Cohen, Phil and Watt, Paul (2017) Conclusion: new directions in Olympic legacy research. In: Cohen, Phil and Watt, Paul (eds.) London 2012 and the Post-Olympics City: A Hollow Legacy? London, UK: Palgrave Macmillan, pp. 445-453. ISBN 9781137489463.
Book synopsis: This book brings together a body of new research which looks both backwards and forwards to consider how far the London 2012 Olympic legacy has been delivered and how far it has been a hollow promise. Cohen and Watt consider the lessons that can be learnt from the London experience and aptly apply them other host cities, specifically Rio 2016 and Tokyo 2020. The Olympics are often described as a 'mega-event' in a way that assumes the host cities have no other existence outside, before or beyond the contexts imposed by the Games themselves. In terms of regeneration, the London 2012 Olympics promised to trigger a mega-regeneration project that was different to what had come before. This time the mistakes of other large-scale projects like London Docklands and Canary Wharf would be put right: top-down planning would be replaced by civic participation, communication and 'the local'. This edited collection questions how far the 2012 London legacy really is different. In so doing, it brings fresh evidence, original insights and new perspectives to bear on the post-Olympics debate. A detailed and well-researched study, this book will be of great interest to scholars of urban geography, sociology, urban planning, and sports studies.
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Sundance Media Group is excited to be a small part of the coming UAS Symposium in Boise, ID.
Idaho UAS Situational Awareness Workshop being hosted by the Idaho Transportation Department and Idaho Office of Emergency Management.
SMG will be participating in round-table discussions and Douglas Spotted Eagle will moderate a discussion focused on Private Sector UAS Operational Concepts and Uses.
The SMG A.V.O.C will also be onsite for walk thrus and Douglas and James Spear will be on hand for equipment demonstrations.
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H.R.939 - Veterans Home Loan Program Amendments of 1992102nd Congress (1991-1992)
|Rep. Staggers, Harley O., Jr. [D-WV-2] (Introduced 02/06/1991)
|House - Veterans' Affairs; Ways and Means | Senate - Veterans' Affairs
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|10/28/1992 Became Public Law No: 102-547. (All Actions)
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Summary: H.R.939 — 102nd Congress (1991-1992)All Information (Except Text)
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House agreed to Senate amendment with amendment (10/06/1992)
Veterans Home Loan Program Amendments of 1992 - Provides eligibility for the veterans' home loan program (whereby home loans are made, insured, or guaranteed to veterans through the Department of Veterans Affairs (VA)) for individuals who have completed at least six years of service in the Selected Reserve and who: (1) were discharged honorably, were placed on the retired list, or were transferred to an element of the Ready Reserve other than the Selected Reserve; or (2) continue to serve in the Selected Reserve.
Prescribes the amounts of home loan fees to be paid to the VA by such individuals.
Directs the Secretary of Veterans Affairs to report to the House and Senate Veterans' Affairs committees (the committees) by December 31, 1994, and annually thereafter, on: (1) a declaration of the number of veterans who receive mortgage loans guaranteed by the Secretary as a result of this Act; (2) a comparison of the default rate of such veterans with the default rate for all other veterans who have received loans guaranteed or insured by the Secretary; and (3) a comparison of the proportion of veterans who receive mortgage loans guaranteed by the Secretary as a result of this Act who are first time home buyers with the proportion of all other veterans who receive mortgage loans guaranteed or insured by the Secretary and who are first time home buyers.
Directs the Secretary to carry out a demonstration project during FY 1993-95 for the purpose of guaranteeing loans in a manner similar to that in which the Secretary of Housing and Urban Development insures adjustable rate mortgages (ARMs) under the National Housing Act. Specifies that interest rate adjustment provisions of a mortgage guaranteed under this provision shall: (1) correspond to a specified national interest rate index approved by the Secretary, information on which is readily accessible to mortgagors from generally available published sources; (2) be made by adjusting the monthly payment on an annual basis on the anniversary of the date on which the loan was closed; (3) be limited, with respect to any single annual interest rate adjustment, to a maximum increase or decrease of one percentage point; and (4) be limited, over the term of the mortgage, to a maximum increase of five percentage points above the initial contract interest rate.
Requires the Secretary to promulgate underwriting standards for loans guaranteed under this section, taking into account: (1) the status of the interest rate index and available at the time an underwriting decision is made, regardless of the actual initial rate offered by the lender; (2) the maximum and likely amounts of increases in mortgage payments that the loans would require; (3) the underwriting standards applicable to ARMs insured under the National Housing Act; and (4) such other factors as the Secretary finds appropriate.
Directs the Secretary to require that the mortgagee make available to the mortgagor, at the time of loan application, a written explanation of the features of the ARM, including a hypothetical payment schedule that displays the maximum potential increases in monthly payments to the mortgagor over the first five years of the mortgage term.
Requires the Secretary to: (1) transmit a report to the committees by December 31, 1993, containing a description of the project carried out; and (2) continue to make annual reports to the committees with respect to the default rate and other information concerning the loans guaranteed.
Extends the VA's authority to guarantee timely payment of principal and interest on securities backed by VA vendee loans (i.e., direct loans that the VA makes to those who purchase houses that the VA acquired through the foreclosure of a VA-guaranteed loan) to December 31, 1995 (currently, 1992).
Reduces the VA loan fee for VA-guaranteed interest-rate-reduction refinancing loans to .5 percent (currently, the fee generally is 1.25 percent) of the loan.
Prohibits the VA guaranty on interest-rate-reduction refinancing loans from exceeding the greater of: (1) the original guaranty amount of the loan being refinanced; or (2) 25 percent of the new loan.
Extends the lender appraisal processing program through December 31, 1995 (currently, 1992).
Directs the Secretary: (1) to establish and implement a pilot program under which the Secretary may make direct housing loans to Native American veterans; and (2) in carrying out such program, to the extent practicable, to direct loans to veterans located in a variety of geographic areas and in areas experiencing a variety of economic circumstances. Specifies that no such loans may be made after September 30, 1997.
Limits the principal amount of any direct housing loan made to a Native American to $80,000 unless the Secretary determines that housing costs in the geographic area are significantly higher than average housing costs nationwide. Directs the Secretary to establish credit underwriting standards to be used in evaluating loans under the program. Sets forth further requirements regarding such loans.
Establishes in the U.S. Treasury the Native American Veteran Housing Loan Program Account.
Sets forth reporting requirements. Authorizes appropriations.
Directs the Secretary to carry out a program to demonstrate the feasibility of guaranteeing loans for the acquisition of an existing dwelling and the cost of making energy efficiency improvements to a dwelling owned and occupied by a veteran, subject to specified requirements. Limits the cost of energy efficiency measures under the program to: (1) the cost of such improvements, up to $3,000; or (2) $6,000, if the increase in the monthly payment for principal and interest does not exceed the likely reduction in monthly utility costs resulting from such improvements.
Provides that any such loan shall be guaranteed in an amount equal to the sum of: (1) the guaranty that would be provided for the dwelling without the energy efficiency improvements; and (2) an amount that bears the same relation to the cost of such improvements as such guaranty bears to the amount of the loan minus the cost of such improvements. Specifies that the amount of the veteran's entitlement shall not be affected by the amount of the guaranty.
Directs the Secretary to take appropriate actions to notify eligible veterans, participating lenders, and interested realtors of the availability of such loan guarantees and the procedures and requirements that apply to obtaining such guarantees. Specifies that a loan under the program may not be guaranteed after December 31, 1995.
Includes loans to improve a dwelling of farm residence owned by a veteran and occupied by the veteran as the veteran's home through energy efficiency improvements among the purposes for which a loan to a veteran is automatically guaranteed, subject to specified requirements.
Sets forth reporting requirements.
Allows the Secretary to require VA-guaranteed loans to bear interest at a rate that is: (1) agreed upon by the veteran and the mortgagee; or (2) an established maximum rate. Authorizes the Secretary to change between maximum rates and negotiated rates at any time.
Allows a borrower to pay reasonable discount points on the loan if the Secretary allows negotiated interest rates. Prohibits veterans from financing the discount points as part of the VA-guaranteed loan.
Requires the Secretary to notify the committees of the election, together with an explanation of the reasons therefor, within ten days after such election. Specifies that the pilot program shall expire on December 31, 1995. Sets forth reporting requirements.
Makes eligible for a headstone or grave marker, and a flag to drape the casket of, a person who, at the time of death, was entitled to armed forces retired pay or would have been entitled to such pay but for the fact that the person was under age 60.


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Where dewy, hydrated skin begins.
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- Balm Dotcom (in your choice of flavor) soothes dry, chafed lips
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Studies carried out at Pace University have indicated that White Tea extract may have prophylactic applications which can help to retard the growth of bacteria which can cause Staphylococcus infections, Steptococcus infections, Pneumonia and Dental Caries. It was also found that White Tea is more effective than Green Tea at inactivating bacterial viruses as well as having an anti-viral effect on human pathogenic viruses.
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There have been studies carried out which indicate that this has an anti-fungal effect on Penicillium Chrysogenum and Saccharomyces Cerervisiae. It was found that in the presence of White Tea extract these were totally inactivated.
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Scientists have now found that the White Tea extract can protect against the Langerhans cell obliteration. It was found that not only the extract protected skin after exposure to sunlight but also a person's immune system was restored also. They also found that the DNA damage which occurs to cells after exposure to sunlight was limited. It is believed that the anti-oxidant properties in the White Tea extract are the reason for it being so effective. It is also suggested that the extract may provide a person with anti-aging benefits.
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MELBOURNE: The death of Melbourne Cup favourite Admire Rakti reignited calls yesterday for a ban on whips as initial autopsy results showed the champion Japanese galloper suffered acute heart failure.
Admire Rakti, a seven-year-old, collapsed and died in his stall after fading badly on the final stretch of Australia's premier race on Monday, won by Germany's Protectionist.
Another runner, Araldo, was put down after injuring a hind leg when spooked by a flag being waved in the crowd as he returned to the mounting yard.
The Coalition for the Protection of Racehorses, which says 125 horses died on Australian tracks between Aug 1 last year and July 31 this year, said horses were being pushed too hard and called for a ban on the use of whips by jockeys.
"We believe that pushing horses beyond their physical limits through use of the whip, and racing horses while under-developed at two years of age, are significant factors as to why horses break down on the racetrack," spokesman Ward Young said.
"We're calling on the racing industry to start running whip free races and phase out two-year-old racing."
Animal welfare group RSPCA said the deaths were a "stark reminder" of the damage the sport can have on horses.
Racing Victoria's chief veterinarian Brian Stewart denied excessive whipping was a factor in Admire Rakti's death. He told SEN radio yesterday that initial autopsy results conducted at the University of Melbourne showed that Admire Rakti suffered from heart failure. — AFP
Araldo (left) which was ridden by Dwayne Dunn being spooked by a patron waving a flag as the horses return to scale after racing in the Melbourne Cup. Photo by AFP.
This article first appeared in The Edge Financial Daily, on November 6, 2014.


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During her upcoming visit to Australia for this year's Splendour In The Grass, SZA will play a headline show in Perth at HBF Stadium.
Influenced by avant-garde jazz, alternative rock, and hardcore rap, American singer/songwriter SZA has become one of the most seminal voices in modern R&B.
SZA's polished artistry and songwriting talents extend far beyond her own projects; having wrote and performed on Rihanna's single 'Consideration', helped write Nicki Minaj and Beyonce's smash single 'Feelin Myself' and her collaboration with Kendrick Lamar on "All The Stars" for the 2018 blockbuster film Black Panther.