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Sea Spray Day Cruises
What a way to relax, yet still get the chance to see the beautiful island of St Lucia. Choose your style of adventure with a variety of tour options aboard on one of our large, stable Tango Catamarans with their huge spacious decks. Our tours feature swimming/snorkeling (equipment provided), visits to the Toraille waterfalls, the drive-in volcano, lunch and plenty of fun and games aboard. There is a sail through beautiful Marigot Bay before returning to dock. Complimentary rum punch and sodas are served throughout the trip.
SeaSpray Cruises is St Lucia's leading Catamaran cruise operator, and recipient of two Thomson Gold Awards of Excellence, the Princess Cruise Lines "Best High Volume Tour of the Season" and a TripAdvisor certificate of excellence for maintaining a 5.0 rating. Please feel free to browse our site to find out more about the Tours that we offer.
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Black Magic – Pirate Ship Tours
SUNSET CRUISE – (Catamaran)
Seek the green flash! It's either in the eyes of that special someone or towards the horizon as the
sun sets. There's no better way to spend two hours than onboard our spacious 16th Century Replica
Square Rigged Galleon, Black Magic (Maji Nwe) enjoying complimentary hors - d'oeurves and drinks
- fruit punch, rum punch, sodas, champagne and rum mixes. Listen to the sounds of local music as
well as classic hits onboard the ship as the sun dips to the west and the evening sets in. Simply enjoy the
romance of the setting sun! We head back to port for 7 pm.
Sorry, but - All Good Things must come to an end!
PIRATES' DAY – (Pirate Ship)
Come sail the west coast of St. Lucia with us, onboard a Replica 16th Century Galleon, Black
Magic. Visit Soufriere and the famous Pitons as well as a tour of Waterfalls, Estate/Gardens and
the Volcano. Then head back to ship for a tasty buffet lunch on board, before heading for the
swim stop. Children get the opportunity to get dressed up as a "Pirate" for the day (sword, eye
patch and bandana on sale onboard) and face painted. Have fun with an exciting treasure hunt,
where everyone can seek some treasure onboard. Guests can learn to fire our black powder
cannons, swing from the yardarm and walk the plank if desired! An exciting day for the whole
Sea Spray Cruises Tours & Attractions
TOUT BAGAY – (Catamaran Tour)
- As you can find out from anyone, the Creole words Tout Bagay means "Everything". Need I say more?
Your vacation would not be complete without sailing down the west coast of St. Lucia on a tour to
Soufriere, home of the majestic pitons. Get a guided tour through the Volcano, with a Mudbath option
and to the Toraille Waterfall before heading to the historic Morne Coubaril Estate. It's not all about
beauty, but also a bit of history. See how the first inhabitants survived in thatched houses and how they
produced cocoa and sugar cane for survival. If you are an outdoor enthusiast and love amazing views,
let's go Zip lining! Head out on St. Lucia's ONLY tandem zip line with the Piton in clear view to the
south and Soufriere town to the north. Lunch is then served! Sit down with nature and enjoy our Creole
buffet lunch which is prepared using some of the provisions and vegetables produced on the estate and if
you have a sweet tooth there is dessert too. We return to the boat as we head back up the coast to our
swim stop. Snorkeling is allowed and gear is provided if you wish to be one with the underworld. The day
would not be complete if you did not see Marigot Bay, St. Lucia's best hurricane haven and location to
some of the world's best known movies. As the day winds down the party wines up, try a few dance
moves to some of the Caribbean's latest songs before returning to the docks for five.
SUNSET CRUISE – (Catamaran)
Look out for the green flash as the sun sets over the horizon of the beautiful Caribbean Sea. This 2-hour
Sunset Cruise on board a spacious catamaran provides the ideal atmosphere for a romantic experience on
your vacation to Saint Lucia. There is no better way to spend 2 hours than on-board one of our stable
Catamarans, and enjoy the complimentary hors d'oeuvres and drinks including fruit punch, rum punch,
sodas, champagne, and rum mixes. Listen to the sounds of local music as well as classic hits onboard the
boat as the sun dips to the west and the evening sets in. Simply enjoy the romance of the setting sun!
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What customers say?
"Sam had such a fab time on the Liana's Ransom with his best ever buddy Mario, he wanted to send him his thanks and these pictures."
Caroline Sydney
"Hi Sean,
My girlfriend and I really enjoyed the day and had a great time! The meal at the plantation was probably our best for local cuisine for our trip. And dancing on the way back into the harbour was a blast.
The only feedback I have, being a sailor myself, is it would have been nice to do a little more "sailing" than we did...but the wind wasn't cooperating. Not sure there's much you can do about that...
Thanks again for your hospitality."
Saint Lucia
- City:
- Castries
- Address:
- Rodney Bay Marina
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Op-ed: "Cut spending, not Social Security"
Along with much of the nation, I was disappointed to see that the congressional supercommittee's deliberations did not result in a deficit reduction plan. As a result, automatic cuts will be implemented across all federal government agencies, with 50 percent from defense spending and 50 percent from domestic programs.
I hope that Congress comes together to come up with a more sensible approach than allowing across-the-board cuts. Although Social Security is off the chopping block for this sequester, I am still concerned that future plans may include cutting funding to Social Security or reducing benefits to shrink the federal deficit.
Social Security is fully self-funded through the taxes that you, employers and I pay from our paychecks. This revenue stream is separate from the federal tax dollars used to fund all other federal programs, so it isn't right to cut Social Security benefits since beneficiary payments do not contribute to the federal deficit. In fact, the federal government has borrowed and owes the Social Security Trust Fund about $3 trillion.
To control the federal deficit, we must look at cutting spending and increasing revenue - cutting spending alone will not get us close enough. We had a balanced budget in 1999 and 2000 under a Democratic president and a Republican Congress and I think we can do it again if we roll up our sleeves and work together to increase jobs, increase revenue through making the wealthiest Americans pay the same taxes that our middle-income citizens pay, and cutting government spending.
We can do all this without having to endanger the Social Security Trust Fund or cut benefits to the current or future beneficiaries of Social Security.
Social Security will need to be reformed in the coming years to extend its solvency past the year 2036, which is how it stands today. However, these reforms should be done in legislation separate from our efforts to balance our budget.
What we need to do is cut unnecessary spending on other federal programs, and increase revenue by creating jobs and putting people back to work. That way, they can become financially stable enough to not need government assistance like unemployment insurance or Medicaid, and they can start paying taxes into our system.
As Congress continues to look at ways to reduce our deficit, we need to remember that Social Security is not the problem or cause of our $15 trillion debt.
Social Security has been around since 1936 and I hope that it will last for my children and grandchildren. However, it will not last if the government continues to borrow from the Social Security Trust Fund to pay for growing government expenses.

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Some authors that wrote biographies of Abraham Lincoln include Pulitzer Prize-winning author David Herbert Donald, author of "Lincoln"; Doris Kearns Goodwin, author of "Team of Rivals: The Political Genius of Abraham Lincoln"; and Ronald C. White Jr., author of "A. Lincoln: A Biography." Others are Garry Wills and Harold Holzer.
One of the best-rated single-volume biographies of Lincoln is David Herbert Donald's "Lincoln." Donald was an American historian specialized in the period of the Civil War and Reconstruction. The book is a good introduction to Lincoln, telling the story of his ascent to the presidency in a flowing, easy-to-follow manner.
"Team of Rivals: The Political Genius of Abraham Lincoln" by Doris Kearns Goodwin provides an introduction to Lincoln's political genius as well as comprehensive information on his political competitors and members of staff. Ronald C. White Jr.'s "A. Lincoln: A Biography" is another good introduction to Lincoln for both students and the general public.
Other Lincoln biographies are "Lincoln at Cooper Union: The Speech That Made Abraham Lincoln President" by Harold Holzer, "Lincoln and the World" by Kevin Peraino, and "Lincoln: The Biography of a Writer" by Fred Kaplan. Those interested in a fictional biography of Lincoln can try "Lincoln" by Gore Vidal, which presents the life of the American president in the form of a novel.


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by Steve
A week or two ago I rescued/purchased a Yellow Collared Macaw from an owner that banished him to the garage since no one in the family wanted him or wanted to care for him (we were told he is a he).
We have improved his diet, have him in our house where he gets a lot of sunshine and he appears to be very happy. After only two weeks I can handle him and he will not bite me.
There is one thing he does that I have never in my twenty years of parrot rescue seen a parrot do. He makes little noises and his chest puffs up like a balloon! A short after he stops making the sounds, his chest goes back down to its normal size.
Is this characteristic of a mating ritual or could it be due to an illness? Any help would be greatly appreciated.
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Cod Liver Oil: Pregnancy Benefits of Using Fermented Cod Liver Oil
Pregnancy is one of the most important times for a woman to focus on her diet and nutrient intake, because a deficiency in certain vitamins and minerals can negatively affect the growth of the fetus. Some of the nutrients that are needed for the developing baby cannot be produced by the mother's body, so it is essential that she gets those nutrients through her food. Fermented cod liver oil for pregnancy is a great supplement for an expectant mother to use, because it contains high levels of two nutrients that are important for both the mother's and baby's health: vitamin D and omega-3 essential fatty acids.
Why These Nutrients Are Important
Vitamin D is necessary for a pregnant woman because of the fact that it supports optimal growth of the baby by helping with bone and organ development. Another reason that this vitamin is beneficial is because it can help the mother to avoid depression during pregnancy, and vitamin D also helps to prevent post-partum depression.
When an expecting mother is deciding on a supplemental source of vitamin D, it is important that she uses food based vitamin sources in order to get the naturally occurring vitamins. Many vitamin supplements contain synthetic sources of vitamin D, and these synthetic sources have lower bioavailability and they do not provide all of the nutritional benefits that are available in food based vitamin D. One of the best sources of food based vitamin D is fermented cod liver oil, and conventional cod liver oil should be avoided because it has been stripped of the naturally occurring vitamin D and supplemented with synthetic vitamin D instead.
Essential fatty acids are another beneficial nutritional element that every pregnant woman should be getting, because they affect skin health as well as brain development of the baby. A mother needs to be sure that she has enough omega-3 essential fatty acids in order to prevent developmental delays and other brain problems in her child. Fermented cod liver oil is a great source of omega-3 essential fatty acids, and they should be used on a regular basis.
Decreased Childhood Diabetes
When a pregnant woman uses cod liver oil, she may be helping her child to avoid specific health concerns such as type 1 diabetes. It has been found that pregnant mothers using a quality vitamin D supplement (such as cod liver oil) may have a lower chance of having a child that is diagnosed with type 1 diabetes.
The use of cod liver oil also helps to increase the birth weight of the baby, which has been linked to lower diseases for the child later in life.
Benefits of Cod Liver Oil
When an expectant mother is using cod liver oil on a regular basis, she will be getting the levels of essential fatty acids and vitamin D that are needed. Both of these nutrients are hard to come by in a naturally occurring form, so many expectant women choose to take a daily multi-vitamin instead. The problem with these multi-vitamins is the fact that they contain synthetically produced nutrients, which can actually be dangerous when they are taken in higher amounts.
According to a study published in Pediatrics, using cod liver oil daily has been found to make babies smarter, and it has been found that the child may excel in standardized testing at age four. Other research has also looked at the fact that cod liver oil during pregnancy may decrease the risk of developmental delays and birth defects.
Controversies of Cod Liver Oil and Pregnancy
The topic of using cod liver oil during pregnancy is somewhat controversial, because some doctors suggest that the supplement might harm the baby. The main reason these concerns arise is because of the fact that some cod liver oil contains synthetic vitamins, which can cause toxicity if it is used in high dosages.
Researchers have discovered that synthetic vitamins are not as effective as naturally occurring vitamins, and they are often toxic when they are used consistently. Because of this, some women have been cautioned against using supplements such as cod liver oil during pregnancy, but the truth is that there is nothing to be concerned about as long as you are using a high quality oil that doesn't have any added synthetic vitamin D.
Also, be sure that your source of cod liver oil is fermented, because the refining process that many brands go through will actually strip out the naturally occurring vitamin D. Fermented cod liver oil can be beneficial for a number of other reasons, including the fact that it contains both and micro nutrients to support overall health and wellness of an expectant mother.
Cod Liver Oil During Pregnancy Makes Babies Smarter, Bastyrcenter.org
Cod Liver Oil Basics and Recommendations, Weston A. Price Foundation
Cod Liver Oil, Young Children, and Upper Respiratory Tract Infections, PubMed.gov


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Find a rehabilitation program for a rotator cuff injury by consulting with a physical therapist, as Move Forward explains. Whether you require surgery for the shoulder injury or not, the physical therapist can design a program to help you regain strength and range of motion in your shoulder. Physical therapy is especially crucial after surgery to repair an injured rotator cuff, as the shoulder is susceptible to re-injury after surgery. Post-surgical rehabilitation may take four months or more.
You can also find rehabilitation exercise programs for rotator cuff injuries online at websites such as MedlinePlus and Sports Injury Clinic. MedlinePlus recommends stretching exercises including posterior stretching, anterior stretching using a towel and pendulum stretches. Strengthening exercises include internal and external rotation exercises using an exercise band, isometric exercises, and shoulder blade retraction with and without tubing, as MedlinePlus details. The site provides photos of each exercise.
Sports Injury Clinic provides an entire rehab program online, starting with the initial reduction of inflammation and pain immediately after the injury by applying ice and massage and taking anti-inflammatory medications. Rehabilitation exercises should not begin until five to seven days after the injury. Exercises should include mobility and stretching exercises to increase the post-injury range of motion, followed by strengthening exercises focusing on the external rotator muscle and scapular stabilizers, according to Sports Injury Clinic.


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The Youth Forum was set up in October 2008 to help us involve young people in developing health services. The group supports the Trust's two youth governors, and creates a link between senior managers and young service users. The forum is run entirely by its youth members, with staff attending for support.
It is open to members between 12 - 18 years old who feel strongly about improving services for children and young people. You can join the youth forum if you are a patient, a member of a patient group, or a volunteer.
- Providing a voice for young people's thoughts on health issues.
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ClanLib 2.2.7 Released.
Release Notes - http://clanlib.org/wiki/ClanLib_2.2.7_Release_Notes
ClanLib 2.2.7 Released.
Release Notes - http://clanlib.org/wiki/ClanLib_2.2.7_Release_Notes
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I need to subscribe to the RSS.
I've been waiting for this!
We always post the news to freshmeat as well - it has a subscription thing to get notified.
I'm trying to build it on Ubuntu 10.10 and after ./autogen.sh I get:
configure.ac:88: required file `./ltmain.sh' not found
"Libtool comes with a tool called libtoolize that will install libtool's supporting files into a package. Running this command will install ltmain.sh"
autogen.sh contains "libtoolize --force --copy"
So I guess something has gone wrong with libtool on your system.
(ref: http://www.gnu.org/software/hello/ma...not-found.html )
I've removed DOS CRs from Makefile.am and now ./configure says:
config.status: creating Setup/pkgconfig/clanVorbis.pc
.in'ig.status: error: cannot find input file: `
Maybe I need to remove more CRLFs but I don't know from where.
I can build 2.2.6 on the same system using commands from documentation.
It sounds like you have downloaded the ".zip" instead of the ".tgz"
The ".zip" file is for the windows platform with CRLF
The ".tgz" file is for the linux platform with unix line feeds
Also the ".tgz" file does not contain the "windows" resources, due to microsoft license restrictions
Thanks rombust I unpacked the wrong (windows) archive.
The linux one works perfectly.
Maybe some output like 'You are trying to compile the wrong version!' in 2.2.8?
Just for people like me who should wear glasses and do not do that...


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Thomson Reuters Tax & Accounting News
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Lease Accounting Debate Shifts to Minimizing Differences Between GAAP and IFRS
Thomson Reuters Tax & Accounting News/
Lease Accounting Debate Shifts to Minimizing Differences Between GAAP and IFRS
April 15, 2014
The FASB and IASB disagree on a significant part of their lease accounting project, and the boards' plans to use an upcoming meeting to minimize their differences on some second-tier issues may not augur well for the prospects of producing a converged standard for IFRS and U.S. GAAP. The new focus is a significant departure for an effort that has been on the boards' shared agenda for most of the past decade.
The FASB and IASB remain deadlocked on a major part of the lease accounting project, but the boards hope to reach a consensus on at least some of the smaller aspects of the much-watched project.
Discussions scheduled for an April 23, 2014, joint meeting include accounting for changes to the terms of a lease contract, determining when it is appropriate to combine two or more contracts, calculating variable lease payments, fixed payments, and how businesses should determine the discount rate for measuring liabilities.
The key phrase, according to agenda papers released ahead of the meeting, is "minimizing differences between U.S. GAAP and IFRS."
The emphasis is a significant change from the project's original goal—global accounting convergence. The standard-setters took up the lease accounting project to address a decades-old complaint that companies mask substantial liabilities by not revealing the costs of rented real estate, equipment, and vehicles on their balance sheets.
The boards released mostly converged proposals in May via the FASB's Proposed Accounting Standards Update (ASU) No. 2013-270, Leases (Topic 842), and the IASB's Exposure Draft (ED) No. 2013-5, Leases.
While the FASB and IASB agree that they want companies to own up to lease expenses on their balance sheets, the boards are at loggerheads on what they call the day-two accounting issues—how to treat the companies' income statements.
The divide was clear in March, when six of the seven FASB members wanted one treatment, and a strong majority of IASB members wanted another.
At the end of the two-day meeting, FASB Chairman Russell Golden said the U.S. board's research staff would continue to research some of the issues that caused the disagreements. Given the votes, however, the odds of coming to a consensus on the income statement issue appear slim. (See Golden Says Study of Leasing Issues May Keep Convergence Effort Alive in the March 20, 2014, edition of Accounting & Compliance Alert.)
The accounting standard-setters continue to hope they can settle the second-tier issues.
On lease modifications, the boards are scheduled to discuss how to identify a lease modification, when a modification should be accounted for as a new lease, and how to account for lease modifications that are not separate, new leases. The boards also plan to lay out guidance on when to combine two or more contracts.
For variable lease payments, the FASB and IASB's research staff are recommending that initial measurement of the payments include only variable lease payments that depend on an index or interest rate. The staff also is recommending that a lessee would reassess variable lease payments that depend on an index or rate only when it is reassessing the lease liability for other reasons, such as significant changes in circumstances, as opposed to on a regular basis.
The boards also want to hammer out how to account for variable lease payments that are considered in-substance fixed payments. Current U.S. GAAP and IFRS doesn't include guidance on when, if ever, variable lease payments that are in-substance fixed payments should be included within the definition of "minimum lease payments." The concept, however, is well established in current practice, according to agenda papers.
Finally, the boards want to settle how companies determine and then reassess a discount rate when they measure their lease liabilities. They want to settle the same issues for lessors that rent out real estate and equipment to the businesses.
The 2013 proposals called for lessees to discount their lease liabilities at the rate the lessor charges. Otherwise, the lessee is supposed to use its incremental borrowing rate. The rate the lessor charges the lessee should take into account the nature of the transaction as well as the terms and conditions of the lease.
Discounting is commonly used to estimate the current value of future costs.
After the April joint meeting, the FASB and IASB have at least two more joint lease discussions planned, according to a schedule laid out in the agenda papers.
The boards in May plan to discuss the definition of a lease, separating lease and non-lease components, and initial direct costs and lease incentives.
In June, they're scheduled to discuss residual value guarantees, subleases, and sale and lease-back transactions.
The schedule does not show that the boards plan to revisit the income statement issue that has divided them.
Before issuing a final standard, the boards also will have to talk about presentation, disclosure, transition, the new standard's effective date, and other remaining issues. Separately, the FASB has to discuss private company and not-for-profit accounting issues, and its staff is recommending that it discuss the accounting for leveraged leases, which receive special treatment in U.S. GAAP but don't exist in IFRS. The boards' June 2013 proposals scrapped the concept of leveraged lease accounting entirely.
A leveraged lease is typically used when a company finances the purchase of a big-ticket item like an airplane or wind turbine and then leases it to another business. The lessor can take advantage of tax deductions for depreciation costs or investment credits and pass along the savings to the lessee. Proponents of leveraged lease accounting say it's a tool that helps present investments in a leveraged lease on a net basis and recognize income on an after-tax basis.


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Service tax dept surveys nine builders for R50-crore evasion
The service tax department is conducting surveys on nine leading developers and has found that Rs50 crore worth of (service) tax has not been deposited with it despite the sum being collected from buyers. The amount is due since five months.mumbai Updated: Nov 17, 2011 01:27 IST
The service tax department is conducting surveys on nine leading developers and has found that Rs50 crore worth of (service) tax has not been deposited with it despite the sum being collected from buyers. The amount is due since five months.
Service tax has to be deposited with the department by the first week of the subsequent month of it being collected.
The surveys began on Friday and are still on. The firms have deposited Rs20 crore with the department so far after the surveys began. Sushil Solanki, commissioner, service tax-1, Mumbai, confirmed the action.
Service tax on construction activity (sale of flats, offices, shops and industrial units before the completion certificate is issued) is under dispute, with the Maharashtra Chamber of Housing Industry (MCHI) filing an appeal in the Bombay high court (HC) last year.
The HC has directed that until the disposal of the appeal, the department should not take action for recovery. However, the court has given builders the option to deposit the service tax in the court. There are around 700 builders who have become party to the petition and deposit service tax in the HC.
But authorities found that of the 200 builders who are not party to the petition and are collecting service tax from buyers, some are not depositing it with the department. A service tax official said that the department suspects there are more such builders and more surveys will add to the amount of tax collected but not deposited.
According to the rules, builders are required to pay service tax on the amount collected from prospective buyers. The service tax on construction is 2.6%.
Officials say builders are free not to collect the tax, but if they do, it should be deposited with the HC or the department. They say builders are collecting the tax since if the order goes against them, they will have to pay it from the time it was levied, which will go from their pockets if they don't collect it from buyers.
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Well...........it didn't go off as planned. The Pirates limped to a 7-13 record and are now 8 1/2 games behind the first place Reds, 4 games behind the Braves who hold the #1 Wild Card spot, and now a 1/2 game behind the Cardinals for the #2 and final Wild Card spot.
This is the first time since late June that the Buccos have been on the outside looking in to the playoffs and most of us see this as a growing problem. One reason is the way they played against the bottom feeding San Diego Padres. The Padres took 5 of 6 games from the Buccos by just about every way possible. A 6 run comeback against J-Mac, hitting multiple homers off of AJ "the stopper" Burnett, a walk-off homer in the 10th inning after the Bucs crawled back into it by way of a ninth inning 2-out 2-run homer. Every way you could think the Padres beat us in it. Today frustrated me the most. The Friars sent a kid making his major league debut, after looking terrible in his last AAA start, and he dominated the Bucs. The guy was pitching against the Washington Wild Things only a couple years ago in the Frontier League and they scored more off of him then the Pirates could today. (UGH!)
Anyway, That is all over. There are no more games against NL West opponents, Padres included, which is a sigh of relief to the Bucco faithful. The focus now turns to the NL Central where the Buccos will play the next 28 games against (3 vs. Reds, 3 vs. StL, 9 vs. Mil, 6 vs. Hou, 7 vs. Chi) and only 7 more games against the NL East (3 vs. Atl, 4 vs. NYM) This will be the true test if the Pirates want to finally make the playoffs. They can easily gain that #1 spot over the Braves and they still have games remaining against the Cardinals to overtake the #2 spot. The only place we will really need help is for the division lead. The Reds will have to slip down the stretch for us to have a shot but that's why they play all 162. There are a lot of ball left folks, and even after a horrendous stretch we still find ourselves in contention.


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Chance the Rapper Drops Surprise Track on Soundcloud After Pledging to Save Streaming Service
Chance the Rapper just debuted a new track with Young Thug on music streaming service Soundcloud, amid rumors the site could be shutting down.
The 24-year-old musician and Young Thug dropped "Big B's" on the site, just days after the company was forced to lay off almost 40 percent of its staff.
After hearing the rumors the site could be going bankrupt, Chance took to his Twitter to let fans know he was "working on the SoundCloud thing."
He later wrote, "@ an artist who you wouldn't know if not for SoundCloud…Now link me to a song on SoundCloud that you swear you're responsible for like at least a thousand plays," referring to the site's popularity for artist discovery.
On Friday (July 14), Chance revealed that he had a "very fruitful" conversation with Soundcloud CEO Alex Ljung, assuring fans, "SoundCloud is here to stay."
Hours later, he dropped the new track as a Soundcloud exclusive.
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Majors in Religion will be expected to achieve a degree of mastery in three areas of the field as a whole. First, they will be expected to gain a close knowledge of a particular religious tradition, including both its ancient and modern forms, in its scriptural, ritual, reflective, and institutional dimensions. Ordinarily this will be achieved through a concentration of courses within the major. A student might also choose to develop a program of language in relation to this part of the program, though this would not ordinarily be required for or count toward the major.
Second, all majors will be expected to gain a more general knowledge of some other religious tradition quite different from that on which they are concentrating. Ordinarily this requirement will be met by one or two courses.
Third, all majors will be expected to gain a general knowledge of the theoretical and methodological resources pertinent to the study of religion in all its forms. It is further expected of Honors majors that their theses will demonstrate an awareness of the theoretical and methodological issues ingredient in the topic being studied.
A religion major must take at least two courses at the 100-level in order to fulfill the requirements of the major. One of these courses is normally Religion 111, which introduces students to the study of comparative religion by teaching them how to engage in fruitful and meaningful comparative work across religious and cultural traditions. A student may take an alternative 100-level course to fulfill the 100 level course requirement. Students wishing to opt for this alternative must seek permission from the chair of the religion department.
Majors in Religion are also required to take Religion 210, "The Nature of Religion," and six additional courses in Religion or related studies approved by the Department. In meeting this requirement, majors and prospective majors should note that no course in Religion (including Five College courses) or in a related field will be counted toward the major in Religion if it is not approved by the student's departmental advisor as part of a general course of study designed to cover the three areas described above. In other words, a random selection of eight courses in Religion will not necessarily satisfy the course requirement for the major in Religion.
Comprehensive Exam
All majors, including "double majors," are required early in the second semester of the senior year to take a comprehensive examination in Religion. This examination will be designed to allow the student to deal with each of the three aspects of his or her program as described above, though not in the form of a summary report of what has been learned in each area. Rather, the emphasis will be on students' abilities to use what they have learn in order to think critically about general issues in the field.
The exam topic--a theoretically provocative work on some aspect of religious studies, to be announced later--will be sent to seniors before winter break. A response essay will be due in early February, and a meeting will be scheduled later that month for seniors and department faculty to discuss the topic and the senior essay. Please see Professor Tariq Jaffer, Chair, if you have questions.
Honors Program
Honors in Religion shall consist of two courses at the 100-level (normally including Religion 111); Religion 210; four additional courses in religion or related studies approved by the Religion Department; satisfactory performance in the comprehensive examination; satisfactory preparation and oral defense of a scholarly essay on a topic approved by the Department; and satisfactory fulfillment of the general Honors requirements of the College.
A student in the Honors Program in Religion will register for Religion 498 in the fall semester and Religion 499 in the spring semester. 498 is a single course; 499 can be either a single or a double course, although it is ordinarily a double course. Upon completion of the thesis, the grade received will be credited to either two courses (498 and 499) or three courses (498 and 499D).


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Nothing will make your competitors hate you more than choosing to use Google images. Why might this be, you ask?The Proof is in the NumbersThe percentage of Google images that appear in search results is growing rapidly, and as of September has reached 35% as summarized in all SEMrush countries databases.
With Black Friday only a week and a half away, retailers are pouring all of their marketing efforts into their various deals and specials all while trying to outshine their competition; talk about a lot to tackle during the busiest time of the year! Stores such as Target, Toys R Us, Wal-Mart, Sears, and the Gap will be opening their doors to consumers as early as the eve of Thanksgiving in the hopes of scooping up market share and extending the holiday season.
The highly sought out iPad mini has finally made its debut into the tablet world not long after the release of the iPhone 5 and just in time for the holidays (apparently Apple is in a rush to maintain their slot as one of the top retailers for such products). But the question remains: is it really all it's cracked up to be.
Hello everyone! Sean here, with a quick tutorial on something I think is rather awesome. SEMrush recently added advanced keyword filtering to its software, and it's going to make EVERYONE's life easier. A whole lot easier. Let me show you why:If you do a search for all the organic keywords from Zappos.com, you're presented with 263,783. That's a lot. What if we want to narrow that down just a bit? Well, now we can! SEMrush just put in a great new Filter feature.
Ghouls, goblins, scary movies, and costumes are all abundant during the time of year when the leaves start to turn; Halloween, also known as All Hollows' Eve, is a holiday looked forward to by many of varying ages and backgrounds. The weeks leading up to the most terrifying holiday of the year result in much advertising by way of costume retailers and other related businesses.
Check out our article on Multilingual Search! http://www.multilingual-search.com/facebook-top-ads-a-global-comparison/27/09/2012/As a significant social media mogul, Facebook provides a prevalent means of advertising for countries all over the world, and being able to view the ads that are being run globally can prove to be quite revealing.
There is a great deal of speculation in the Apple world with the presumed impending unveiling of the iPhone 5 on September 12th. Clearly there is a vast amount of interest relative to the release, but the question remains: what are Apple customers the most intrigued by when it comes to this long-awaited event?With the completion of a minimal amount of research using SEMrush, we can discover exactly what iPhone hopefuls are searching for with regards to Apple's most innovative phone.
Decisions that are ultimately data-driven are essential in receiving results that are beneficial to a business. In order to make these appropriate and insightful conclusions, it is always best that the decision is founded primarily on data. To evaluate the positive influence of making decisions based on facts and figures, we are going to presume, hypothetically of course, that we are the owner of an online business that sells body jewelry.
As can be expected, advertising budgets are consistently altered dependent on various factors that may have an effect on the market. In this case, we have used Amazon.com as an example of just that.By searching for Amazon.com in SEMrush's database, we can see that in both 2010 and 2011, Amazon AdWords budget drops significantly right before the Christmas shopping season. But why could this be?The motivation behind Amazon's budget decrease is a combination of simple logic and economics.


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In destinationCRM.com's annual November Special Alert, members of the Experts on Call panel are asked to give their predictions for the coming year. This year's question included a broader agenda than those of previous years: "From your area of expertise and given current political and economic events, how can businesses best reassess their products and strategies to move forward into 2002?"
September 11, as might be expected, made its presence known in many ways, from coping with the one-two punch it gave the economy to finding the silver lining on the awful cloud. But the general mood tipped toward the positive. Perhaps the most representative attitude came from Barry Trailer of FTMG Consulting: "Things will likely get tougher before they get better--more layoffs, more consolidation, more failures." But he adds, "Just as the convention and tourism industries are down, security and homeland defense are on the rise." And that understanding of the yin and yang of current events typifies our experts' generally positive views.
The potential of technology was at the core of much optimism. According to Tim McMahon of FTMG Consulting and McMahon Worldwide, "In 2002 we will see the beginnings of a true sea change in the ways we go to market and the how we communicate with our customers and within our own organizations, driven and led by technology."
He goes on to say, "Look for rapid development and increased usage of new live-communication technologies such as video conferencing, live Web video and audio conferencing, Webcasting and online presentations." Much of this nontraditional technology has been available for some time but under-utilized by business. Why? "Neither suppliers nor customers have been anxious to leap into such a new and initially awkward way of doing business," McMahon continues, even though it offers a highly cost-effective approach to customer and inter-company communications. Our short-term concerns with safety and cost containment will spur the perfection and use of the new technologies that in the long term will become just another way of doing business.
Chris Selland of Reservoir Partners identifies communications as the heart of the changes to come and the Internet as its backbone. "There are numerous stories of people on and after September 11 who were unable to get a dial tone from their regulation telephone or overloaded or destroyed cellular communications," he says. "But they could use their pagers, e-mail and instant messaging systems. In other words, the low-end, and--more importantly--Internet based communications systems turned out most reliable." How does this bode for the future? "There is really no reason to rebuild the archaic and outmoded telecom systems of yesterday," Selland believes, "and tomorrow's systems will no doubt be wireless devices utilizing an Internet backbone."
David Newberger of MOTB goes a step further. "The anthrax scare will finally render snail mail obsolete. If people refuse to open envelopes, they will become increasingly dependent upon e-mail," which will drive people even closer to the Internet. "We already see that Americans are seeking a newfound sense of community, and in a broad sense the Internet brings people together."
New product development will be on the rise in certain market niches. "Rather than relaxing standards as we distance ourselves from the WTC atrocity increases," says Trailer, "we will evolve more sophisticated and faster scanning and screening techniques." That includes encryption, virus protection, and physical and cyber protection.
Many of the experts see a shift away from privacy concerns, if only temporarily. "Traditionally, Americans distrust government more than they distrust business," says Jason Compton, CRM magazine contributing editor, "but in recent years the Internet explosion and land-grab for consumer data shifted the balance to where consumers fear corporate privacy breaches more than potential governmental abuses. Now, however, with the federal government's 'homeland security' initiatives emphasizing increased surveillance and security checks, and a decreased emphasis on answering to the public in a timely manner, that dynamic will shift back. Corporations will have freer reign to advance their data initiatives with reduced scrutiny from private watchdog groups, who will have to pick their poison and are likely to spend more of their time addressing perceived habeas corpus violations than price-profiling schemes."
How do the experts see these changes affecting the three operational areas of CRM (sales, marketing and service)? As for sales, McMahon predicts that, "while technology will never replace or be as effective as face-to-face selling, it can and will augment it, enabling us to communicate more often and more efficiently with our customers. In the long run these technologies will allow us to build stronger and more profitable customer relationships." But only if they work at it. "Sales organizations will be challenged to create entirely new selling and customer communication strategies," he says, "and to train their sales and support organizations to use these new tools effectively."
Greg Erman of MarketSoft advises businesses to seize and maximize every revenue-generating opportunity they encounter, especially the lead. "After all," he says, "How often does a single sale make or break a quarter? Too often, in these times." While technologies exist to automate lead management, Erman suggests a framework for evaluating these technologies beginning with the key question: "Does the technology power revenue generation?"
The experts concur that a shift in privacy priorities is changing the climate for e-marketing. Post-attack security concerns have caused consumers to retreat from the privacy issue. This may bode well for e-marketing if businesses don't go too far. "People are willing to sacrifice some privacy for increased peace of mind," says David Newberger of MOTB, who also predicts that "cause marketing" (campaigns that benefit a cause) will remain strong.
Several experts stressed that servicing and retaining existing customers is now of paramount importance. Dave Gould of Witness Systems finds that while communicating with customers remains an important element in building satisfaction and loyalty, organizations must also continue to inspect the quality of their customer interactions across all touch points. "By selectively recording, or capturing sample customer interactions such as those associated with key customers, new marketing campaigns and specific products companies can gain valuable business intelligence and share and communicate important customer information in the contact center and throughout the entire enterprise."
Two other experts emphasize an even greater need to retain existing customers. "In times of economic uncertainty," says Paul Greenberg of Live Wire, "companies must retain their customers because customers represent repeatable revenue, which is essential when spending is generally curtained. Customer acquisition is a far more expensive proposition, costing, according to multiple surveys, between four and eleven times the cost of customer retention."
Dick Lee of High-Yield Marketing is adamant about the need to actually assign someone the responsibility of retaining existing customers. "No one's primary responsibility is retaining customers. We have financial disincentives in place that discourage building customer relationships in favor of acquiring new customers." Lee suggests that this problem can be alleviated by redesigning organizations around customers, which is the purpose of CRM to begin with.
Looking down the road, how much will things really change as a result of the events of September 11? Don Blumberg of D.F. Blumberg & Associates sees few or no real long-term changes. We will simply adapt to the new realities. "If a terrorist is willing to give up his life, it is very difficult to eliminate the threat," says Blumberg. "Businesses need to develop clear and viable contingency plans and articulate them to all involved personnel to ensure a trained and calculated response." He advises that field personnel be equipped with alternative communications technologies, including wireless devices, and to maintain real-time control through the use of global positioning systems.
That begins with some serious reevaluation. "After the shock, anger and grief of what has happened to America, businesses are trying to regain their focus," says Todd Nash of Headstrong Consulting. "The tactical business mindset must focus on reevaluating business continuity and security strategies."
In the long run it comes back to the human factor. If anything truly changes, says Selland, "it will be that companies increasingly recognize that CRM systems are not about the software. After September 11, if companies start focusing even a bit more on the human factors and business strategies rather than the software, the odds of success should increase." You don't have to be an expert to see the logic in that.


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Can I still use built-in keyboard and trackpad in the lowest position or an external keyboard and mouse are necessary?
- Asked by Diana F from Bogota
- Asked about: Twelve South HiRise Stand
2 Answers from the Community
Twelve South states on their website and in the documentation that accompanies the product that they do not recommend using the keyboard and trackpad and that the stand was intended to be used with an external keyboard and mouse/trackpad.
- Answered by Edward N from Forest Hills
It depends on your comfort level. Personally I think it's just fine, but I use it for DJing. So I have a pair of turntables underneath mine, and I am comfortable with having my arms raised for it. Someone just using it for home use may find some issue with it.
- Answered by Bryant D from Phoenix


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Our conventional ideas of the shape of an artistic career have been modeled on the lives and legends of a fairly small number of male artists. You know the story: the precociously manifest talent; the youthful breakthrough into unfathomable originality; the relentless pursuit of a personal vision, even at the cost of great suffering—not only by the artist himself, but by his family and friends; and then either an early burnout (retrospectively glorious) or the slow attainment of an Olympian transcendence that is also a kind of hermetic isolation.
Few artists have really lived that life, and women artists even less. Take Sonia Delaunay, the subject of an eye-opening retrospective at London's Tate Modern (organized in collaboration with the Musée d'Art Moderne de la Ville de Paris, where the show originated last October). Not only was Delaunay something of a late bloomer in a culture that values youthful genius; she was also married to a fellow painter to whom she always accorded creative priority, even though his early works were his best. She stopped painting for two decades to become a designer of clothing and textiles—and as the art historian Linda Nochlin has pointed out, "for a woman artist to 'return' as it were to her traditional role in the minor arts, generally less conducive to fame and fortune than a career in painting or sculpture," has often been "viewed as a retrograde step."
What's remarkable about the Tate's Delaunay retrospective, on view through August 9, is that it finally makes it possible to begin seeing Delaunay's art as a whole, despite her transformation from painter to designer and back again—not to mention the sudden reversals of fortune that have tempted some biographers to novelistic excess. (No less indispensable than the show is its catalog, the best book in English about Delaunay since Arthur A. Cohen's monograph of 1975, despite its unfortunate lack of an overall biographical narrative.)
Delaunay began life in 1885 as Sara Stern, the daughter of a penniless Jewish laborer in Odessa, or perhaps in the town of Gradizhsk (Hrdzy'k); the sources are extremely hazy. But there was a maternal uncle, childless, who'd made good as a lawyer, and when the girl was about 5—again, the details are vague—she became his de facto adoptee. She began a new life in St. Petersburg as Sonia Terk, part of a family about as affluent (and as assimilated) as a Jewish family could be in late-19th-century Russia. Her new life: tutors and governesses, vacations in Europe, a deepening intimacy with art, music, philosophy, and literature in many languages.
Sonia Terk must have been strong-willed from the start. As cultivated as her adoptive parents may have been, they must have been skeptical about her traveling abroad on her own to pursue the study of art. Yet at the age of 18, she left Russia for the art academy in Karlsruhe, Germany. Her instinct for falling in with the right people took hold when she was befriended by the rising young composer Arnold Schoenberg and his wife. But after a couple of years, Paris beckoned. The timing was perfect. It was 1905, the year of the Fauves, and the young painter got the point: freedom with color, color as freedom. Talking it through with her circle of young Russian women artists-to-be, she and they felt they could go still further; Matisse, they suspected, was still "too bourgeois."


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Drawing A LineWell, it's fair to say that the last few months have not exactly been the best for me. It's like the world decided it was my turn to have a metric ton of crap dropped in my lap to deal with while it pissed off and had a nice holiday in the sun.
So far, I've screwed up a couple of career opportunity (partly down to my own stupidity), screwed up a couple of personal opportunities (partly down to my own stupidity) and generally lost a lot of the gains I feel like I made last year. Oh, and, my mum was diagnosed with Cancer.
I'm not going to dwell on that too much here, as it's cast a long shadow over the last few months, and turned her life (and mine) upside down. Even though she's got the all clear, it still feels like it's there, hovering around like some annoying relative that doesn't want to leave, trying to monopolise her life, but she's determined to not let it. She's ready and raring to leave it in the dust where it belongs, and get back to normal, so I'm going to follow her lead.
Which, I guess, leads me to the point of this post.
It's all about drawing a line under these last few months in some small and pretty insignificant way, all things considered, and acting as a visual waypoint, for want of a better term, to remind myself that the shit storm is over and it's time to re-focus on who and what's important.
I don't know what's going to happen over the second half of 2016 (although the whole "Brexit" clusterfuck doesn't exactly fill me with confidence - there's a whole other, far angrier series of posts on that that need to be written, I think), but, hey, it can't be any worse than it's been so far, can it?
Can it...?
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***I promise that this is my last post about my vacation, (unless I change my mind - it's my doggone blog, after all!). But I thought I'd share some of what came home with me after last week.
I admit it. I'm a bag 'ho. But the first step to recovery is admitting you have a problem. Hello, my name is Mary and I'm a bag-aholic. (Hi, Mary!!) Besides the purchase I shared previously, here are two more bags that came home with me after last week:
Back: Vera Bradley tote in Bermuda Blue (!!) -- birthday gift from my SIL JennyIn my defense, one of those bags was purchased for me by someone else, and the other was purchased by me for someone else. I'm thrilled about that Vera bag, though -- it's now my new knitting bag. Now that I own one, I can't believe how many others I've seen around town. Mine is the prettiest, though! ;-)
Front: another Endless Possibilities woven bag, perhaps a gift for ???
Front: another Endless Possibilities woven bag, perhaps a gift for ???
Love Notes
When we ate dinner at Colington Cafe last week, my six-year-old nephew, (my 'lil buddy), requested that I sit next to him (be still, my heart!). Our linen tablecloth was covered with paper (perhaps in preparation for five kids?), and the wait staff handed out crayons to each kid, and so 'lil buddy and I had a running
(I'm "Aunt Kitty", if case you hadn't guessed)
Can you blame me for tearing out this section of our tablecloth and taking it home with me?
It now resides permanently on my refrigerator door.
Can you blame me for tearing out this section of our tablecloth and taking it home with me?
It now resides permanently on my refrigerator door.
Before you gag on the cute overload, let me just tell you that for a good part of the week 'lil buddy was thoroughly entertained by bopping my knuckles with Lincoln Logs, which is surprisingly painful. How fickle are the hearts of six-year-olds! But he gave me the greatest bear hug as we were leaving to drive home on Saturday, so he's my buddy again. For maybe another year. He's #12 of my dozen nieces and nephews, and so I've learned a thing or two about kids, and I know that once they hit the age of seven or so, Aunt Kitty gets knocked off her pedestal of Auntly greatness, and she becomes just another boring adult. So I'll take my hugs while I can get them!
Knitting-related Loot
Knitting-related Loot
Sock Wizard software; size H crochet hook; yarn & WIP
close-up of the WIP -- lengthwise scarf on US 15 circulars (cast-on ~150 stitches)
The yarn is Ellyn Cooper's Yarn Sonnets "Potluck" (she has no website) purchased at Knitting Addiction in Southern Shores. It's a collection of six-foot lengths of various yarns (and quilt fabric strips!) tied together to make a (surprisingly expensive) 150-yard skein. I figure you're really paying for the labor to put this yarn together, as I can imagine it's quite time-consuming, especially for the one-woman show that is Ellyn Cooper. Knitting Addiction had a whole table of her gorgeous, hand-dyed yarns, and I wish I'd taken a picture, because they were just lovely - I kept being pulled back to them. What does it say about me that I ended up buying the most novelty-ish, blingy, expensive yarn she offers? Tacky white trash to the core, I guess.
close-up of the WIP -- lengthwise scarf on US 15 circulars (cast-on ~150 stitches)
It took a village to get this scarf started -- the very gracious Mary Jane and Anne, owner and employee of Unraveled, came to knit with us at TNK Tuesday night and helped me figure out how many stitches to cast-on to get the length & width I wanted with that limited yardage. (In case you were wondering, it takes a 15-foot tail to cast-on ~150 stitches of this yarn on US 15 needles). I'm still worried that I'll run out of yarn before it's as wide as I want, but I think I can probably compensate with yarn from my stash. One thing about this yarn - it's is SO easy to drop stitches, and I think I've already dropped three or four, at least, so far. But I'm not worried about the holes or ladders - the yarn and the "fabric" it makes is so messy-fringy, I'll just weave in a piece of yarn and tie up the holes, leaving a little tail hangin' and it'll just look like the rest of the scarf.
So, anyway, even though this yarn is pricey and is the epitome of novelty frou-frou, I'm still pretty proud that I visited both yarn stores down there twice, (that's four yarn store visits, people!), and only purchased one skein of yarn.
Gratuitous, touristy gift shop items
socks and shirt for my parents from Big Al's diner
WRV hat for my nephew's 17th birthday
Barrel Fever by David Sedaris
I picked that up at Manteo Booksellers because he's coming to Richmond in October and I had heard he was funny and wanted to see if his books were any good. I've only read part of the first essay so far but so far my review is - eh. Hoping the next ones are better.
A Humbling Gesture
My sister's mother-in-law wanted me to have this painting by her late husband because, according to my sister, she noticed me admiring some of his artwork after his funeral a month-and-a-half ago. I'm quite humbled by the gesture, and am still trying to formulate the words for my thank you note to her. I haven't yet decided where to put this, as it is in a fairly big frame. It may end up on the mantle. This particular painting is of unusual subject matter, as he has mainly done beach and ocean scenes. I feel blessed to own something he painted.
And thus ends this series on my beach vacation. Whew! Enough already!


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Whereas clothing styles are ever-changing, red lipstick is forever. Sure there are times in fashion when nudes or pink glosses prevail, however these beauty trends don't even come close to the power of the painted red lip. Red lipstick is classic. Like a pair of 501s, it's the pearl strand of cosmetics. It's chic. When your red lips are the only ones in a sea of pink glosses, you've earned the mystique of a French girl. Red lipstick is elegant. Pair it with a chignon and lots of lash, and you're ready for an evening out. With this said, you've red my mind….So this week's picks are dedicated to my top 3 favorite red lipsticks of the year.1. Shu Uemura Rouge Unlimited Red Collection in Red #175This is the most versatile red lipstick I've ever owned. Dab it on light for daylight hours, apply with a heavier hand for evening, and can be used as rouge as well. The formula itself is a sheer, yet highly pigmented raspberry hue mixed with very fine flecks of glitter. Moisturizing and glides on smooth. This one's a sure keeper.REVIEW: Price: $23Value: ModerateAccessibility: ModerateWhere to buy: Nordstorm, Saks, shuuemura.com2. Christian Dior Crème de Gloss in Rouge Nectar 845Striking is the first word that comes to mind when I think of Rouge Nectar 845. This cream gloss formula is ultra pigmented and shimmers almost frosted like, but not quite, with the finest red glitter; surely a reflection of remarkable advances in chemistry. It should be deemed the new "Holiday Red�?, an old Dior lipstick fave of mine that has been long discontinued, as it is the perfect modern red lipstick to wear to holiday partiesREVIEW: Price: $24.50Value: ModerateAccessibility: GoodWhere to buy: Sephora, Macy's, Nordstrom3. Revlon Super Lustrous Lipstick in Fire & Ice Fire and Ice, a Revlon classic; I think the name says it all. A cool creamy pinky red tone, sexy and daring, but not at all garish. Even to this day, Fire and Ice is still a very progressive color, especially considering it made its debut in 1952. The following copy is from one of the lipstick's first ads, prefaced by the question: ARE YOU MADE FOR FIRE AND ICE? Answer yes to 8 of the 15, and Revlon assures you are.Have you ever danced with your shoes off? Did you ever wish on a new moon? Do you blush when you find yourself flirting? When a recipe calls for one dash of bitters, do you think it's better with two? Do you secretly hope the next man you meet will be a psychiatrist? Do you sometimes feel that other women resent you? Have you ever wanted to wear an ankle bracelet? Do sables excite you, even on other women? Do you love to look up at a man? Do you face crowded parties with panic — then wind up having a wonderful time? Does gypsy music make you sad? Do you think any man really understands you? Would you streak your hair with platinum without consulting your husband? If tourist flights were running, would you take a trip to Mars? Do you close your eyes when you're kissed?A rebel without a cause, perhaps…a lipstick legend, definitely.REVIEW: Price: $7.99Value: Great!!!!Accessibility: Great!!!!Where to buy: DrugstoresEnjoy and stay posted for more beauty tips and picks to come next week!
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Spike Lee has only dabbled in music videos over the years, but he still has a handful of iconic clips on his resume: Grandmaster Flash and Melle Mel's "White Lines (Don't Do It)," E.U.'s "Da Butt," Public Enemy's "Fight The Power," Naughty By Nature's "Hip Hop Hooray." And perhaps because he didn't have any Knicks playoff games to attend this year, he found the time to direct another one, for Eminem's Marshall Mathers LP 2 track "Headlights." The song, a collaboration with fun. singer Nate Ruess, is about Eminem's strained relationship with his mother Debbie, and the video, shot entirely in P.O.V., imagines Debbie's life after losing touch completely with her son. It's an empathetic piece of work, and it makes me like the song more, which, after all, is what videos are supposed to do. Spike Lee: Pretty good director! Check it out below.
The Marshall Mathers LP 2 is out now on Shady/Aftermath/Interscope.


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Thanks to everyone for playing over the weekend. Once again, there were a lot of great scores. Hopefully, the football lockout will end soon and we can start getting some football games on here.
We had two contestants get nine of the 10 games correct, with Matthew Gilman also getting the tie-breaker question correct, thus winning this week's contest. Matthew, a signed 8-by-10 is on the way to you.
I'll have this weekend's match-ups posted by the middle of the week. Thanks again.


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Red lentils are mixed with garlic, pumpkin seeds, cilantro and red onion in this crowd pleaser. Red quinoa adds a hearty texture to these tangy burgers served on a toasted whole-wheat bun. This recipe comes to us from our friends at Foodista.com.
Serves 6
- 1/2 cups red lentils, rinsed and picked over
- 2 cups red quinoa, rinsed and picked over
- 2 garlic cloves, minced
- 1/2 cup pumpkin seeds
- 1/2 cup cilantro, roughly chopped
- 1/2 cup red onion, diced
- bread crumbs or cornmeal
- 1 egg, beaten
- canola oil, for cooking
- 6 whole wheat buns
Cover the lentils at least 1 cup water over medium-high heat. Bring to a boil, turn heat down to low and simmer for 20-30 minutes, or until the lentils are tender. Drain, transfer to a food processor.
Bring a separate pot of salted water to a boil over medium-high heat. Add the quinoa and boil, uncovered, for about 10 minutes. Strain and rinse with cold water. Put fresh water in the pot and bring to a boil over medium-high heat. Place the strainer with the red quinoa over the boiling water and cover with a towel. Steam for 12 minutes, or until the quinoa has reached desired tenderness. Transfer to a large mixing bowl.
Add the garlic, pumpkin seeds, cilantro and onions to the lentils in the food processor. Pulse until the lentil pumpkin seed mixture has reached a thick puree. Transfer to the mixing bowl with the quinoa and stir to combine.
Fold the beaten egg into the lentil quinoa mixture. Slowly add breadcrumbs or cornmeal until the mixture reaches a burger consistency. Form 6 patties with your hands and place in the refrigerator for 30 minutes.
Heat a little canola oil over medium-high heat. Toast the buns.
Place a patty on the skillet and cook for about 12 minutes, flipping after 6 minutes to ensure even cooking. Repeat with the remaining patties, place each cooked patty in a toasted bun and enjoy!
Nutrition Information
Red Lentil Quinoa Burgers
Servings per Recipe: 6Amount per Serving
Calories: 482.8
Calories from Fat: 88
Total Fat: 11.3g
Saturated Fat: 2g
Cholesterol: 31mg
Sodium: 267.8mg
Carbohydrates: 74.6g
Dietary Fiber: 8.6g
Protein: 22.5g
Sugars: .7g
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Administrative crackdown on a Net Neutrality Seminar
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Friday, August 8, 2014 at about 1:15 pm Cameroon time a wagon of top level cops heavily armed, jumped into the Ayaba Banquet hall to stop a seminar on the theme: Promoting Net Neutrality through Multi Stakeholder capacity Building and Dialogue. To my greatest surprise, after the first training session, a host of police officers moved into the hall asking my colleague and I to follow them to the station for some administrative fixes. This is the first time since 2008 we are facing invisible walls in the field.
They were acting in accordance to a prefectoral order demanding the suspension of the event after complaints from the regional delegate of post and telecommunication qualifying the event as a high security risk.
After about five hours of a loaded police interrogation on the issue, we were released from the Bamenda (I) central police station immediately the investigator gave his report to station chief, a five star top level police commissioner.
At the end of the day, no one could demonstrate how risky the seminar was and why it was to be suspended without any notice from the competent authorities.
An anonymous cop disclosed his disagreement on the action and blamed it to external manipulation from some civil servants. He said "such regrettable incidents have been happening for some time now and will be difficult to eradicate because the police is subject to the executive". He further advised us to always sort out "technical issues" with those concerned before carrying out such activities for the powers they have can be used at their discretion.
Talks with the regional delegation of post and telecommunication
An assistant to the regional delegate of post and telecommunications, Mr Apa, who was asked to supervise the suspension, advised us to reorganize the seminar in a later date and promised to assist in his own capacity.
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BEIJING (AP) — A Chinese rice trader who shot to fame last year over a bogus claim that he had purchased a U.S. bank was sentenced Tuesday to life in prison on conviction of falsifying invoices to evade taxes.
An Intermediate Court in the eastern Chinese city of Wenzhou issued the verdict against Lin Chunping, saying he had evaded several millions of dollars in taxes through writing false invoices between September 2011 and May 2012.
Lin shot to fame in early 2012 when state media reported that he had taken over a Delaware-based bank for $60 million, and the unprecedented acquisition brought him praise and a political appointment to a municipal advising body.
Overseas acquisitions are a point of pride in China, showcasing its rising economic power. Lin's supposed purchase of an American bank was particularly appealing because it signaled both Chinese triumph and U.S. decline.
The story attracted so much attention that Chinese journalists familiar with U.S. banking regulations checked into the legitimacy of Lin's claims, and the bank turned out to be nonexistent. By June, Lin was arrested on suspicion of the tax fraud.


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OPM: To celebrate Gran Turismo 6 on PS3, we look back the the best tracks the Real Driving Simulator has steered your way.
graphical upgrade of High Speed Ring in GT5 was quite nice
anyway, Deep Forest, Grand Valley and Trials Mountain FTW
"Tokyo's R246 high speed thriller is as demanding now as it was when the track originally appeared in the first GT back in – ooh, about 1900."
Try GT3 for first appearance, you numbskulls.
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CenterPoint precision optics are available for purchase at Walmart, Amazon.com and CenterPoint's retail sales website, as of 2015. CenterPoint precision optics include sights, scopes and accessories designed for hunting and outdoor use, and all three retailers' websites provide images and specifications for a wide range of CenterPoint products.
Walmart carries hunting rifle scopes from CenterPoint as well as zombie-themed options for airsoft players and rim rifle use, and the company simplifies purchasing online with free store pickup for many in-stock items. Shoppers can also take advantage of free shipping directly to their homes or businesses on orders totaling more than $50, and Walmart offers many customer reviews alongside CenterPoint precision optics so shoppers can read more about the experiences of current optics owners. Amazon.com also provides a wealth of user reviews and ratings to help customers choose the right optics for their needs, and the site has both new and used options available on some models. Shoppers at Amazon.com benefit from free shipping on orders totaling more than $35.
CenterPoint sells precision optics direct to consumers through a retail website that breaks down its extensive selection into categories to make it easier to find the right CenterPoint product. Many of its online sales pages include a direct link to the product's manual to help customers learn more about each product.


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Nokia E7 Symbian Smartphone Available in US and UK Market
Nokia is finally release their e-series smartphone, called Nokia E7 in the US market and in the UK market. The E7 smartphone is designed for business users with combination of Nokia Communicator and Nokia Nseries. You can purchase this device now at Amazon for $599 and at price £499 with unlocked and SIM-free or available for free on a £35 per month contract for UK market with Vodafone, Orange, AT&T or T-Mobile operators.Read more ›


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driving for a year or two, taking on adult responsibility with that privilege. Most
people this age are high school graduates, and most have held some kind of
job. An 18 year old may still have some growing up to do. However, the same
is true of many people in their twenties or even thirties. Most people this age
have adult skills and meet adult responsibilities. Therefore they should be
treated as adults.
Though people are still somewhat financially dependent on their parents at the age of 18 I believe that they do have enough life experience to be considered an adult. Maybe some young people are not ready to accept responsibility at this age but their needs to come a time where one can be held accountable for their actions, ready or not.
When you treat people like children, they begin to act like children. I believe the same thing happens with adults. At 18 many teenagers gain a boost of confidence and independence. They know that they are able to do things they weren't able to do before and start to act more mature. I'm not saying that every 18 year old is going to handle their new privileges with respect, but a lot of them do. To those who say being a legal adult should mean more than just being 18, it is more than that. Being a legal adult also means being able to vote, live on your own, be independent, and have responsibilities. In this time and age, 18 is about half of the average life span, waiting until 1/4 of your life is over is ridiculous.
College is the defining moment in childhood: the end of it. If you are going to college, living on your own, working on your own, driving on your own: you are an adult. It only makes sense. What would happen if the age was increased? We would be shredding the Constitution and keeping eligible voters from voting.
People that are 14 years old are big already. They can Take on their own responsibilities and make their own decisions. At 14 people should do about everything. Like everything what you can do at 18 such as vote, get a tattoo, get married, drive, sign things without your parents, do things without their permission, live on your own, etc. They should have those freedoms. They like being treated big as being young adults. Then, maybe have the drinking age and few other things at 18 or 14 as well.
The reason I believe that people should not be considered legal adults at the age of 18 is because they have not stopped developing the frontal lobe of their brains yet. Most kids live with their parents well into their twenties and have to rely on them until they get their education or find a job. Being a legal adult should mean more than just being 18 years old.
At age 18, children are just graduating from high school. Many go to college and still depend on their parents income to get the pell grant. They are confused and just getting ready to start their lives. I don't think they should be thrown out their to fall on their faces. You have to be 25 to rent a car, some places required you to be 25 to rent a home. You depend on your parents income until age 24 to get the pell grant. It only seems natural to have the age of adulthood should be 24.
At the age of 18 you are still a teenager. I hate the fact that society wants you to grow up and do adult-like things when you're just a teenage kid. That's why so many teenagers have kids, drink, etc. even when they shouldn't be all because of the fact that they BELIEVE that they are adults. It's really stupid. Just because you're allowed to vote and join the military DOESN'T mean that you have the ability to fully support yourself, maintain a job, and ACT LIKE A FULLY GROWN ADULT. Some 18 year olds still live with their parents and there's NOTHING wrong with it! Even at the age of 19 you are still a teenager! I really don't care about what anyone else has to say because all society wants you to do is grow up quickly and take on these stupid responsibilities even when you're not ready to.
I firmly believe that 16 is a reasonable age to be considered an adult. In today's society, it's not too common of a belief or situation; however there are many individuals out there who are 17 and under who have logical thinking and compose themselves to where they earn the respect of an adult. While this is a smaller fraction of all 17 year olds and under, these individuals should not need extra care, attention, and/or restrictions just because of age. Child-labor laws end at 16, so they may as well end child minor age at 16 as well. I also believe that majority should be dictated by how mature and responsible one individual is, as there are many who have the mentality of 18 at the age of 16 or better. With this in mind, I believe that these people that are considered minor deserve better. 18 years is pushing a bit too long just to be considered an adult
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Because 18 year olds don't have the man power to automatically know everything and how to do everything all in one second. Also it doesn't sound like adult quite yet. I mean I'm 18 I don't feel like an adult yet but I do think 19 is the adult age not 18. I just tend to think when someone turns 19 they have enough experience and it sounds more like adult which I don't get why 19 has the word teen in it but generally I don't think they should have any legal age but if they really want and need for there to be a legal age it should be moved up to 19 instead of 18 but it's also that not only the fact that people just consider a bare number an adult is the thing that bothers me it's the way people talk about they talk about it as if it's everything and start obsessing over it like crazy non stop and don't respect other opinions and just treat us as if we live in a dictatorship.


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Winning horses are listed by their number, name, jockey and record. Users can visit the individual pages of horses and jockeys. In addition, each race result shows the betting types, the winning numbers and the payoff. Each betting round has the winning breeder, owner and trainer displayed. A video race replay is available for each completed race.


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Santa Fe Salad with Chili-Lime Dressing
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Team this tangy Southwest-inspired salad with a bowl of refreshing, creamy Tomato-Dill Soup.
- Ingredients
- 6 Tbsp reduced calorie mayonnaise
- 3 Tbsp cilantro, fresh, finely chopped
- 3 Tbsp water
- 1 medium uncooked scallion(s), minced
- 2 Tbsp fresh lime juice
- 2 tsp sugar
- 1/2 tsp chili powder
- 15 oz canned black beans, rinsed and drained
- 1 1/2 cup(s) cooked corn kernels, fresh or frozen
- 2 cup(s) grape tomatoes
- 1 medium sweet red pepper(s), cut into thin strips (about 1 1/2 cups)
- 8 cup(s), shredded romaine lettuce, cut into thick shreds (about 2 hearts)
- Instructions
To make dressing, in a small bowl, whisk together mayonnaise, cilantro, water, scallion, lime juice, sugar and chili powder until smooth. Transfer to a jar or a plastic container with a tight-fitting lid and refrigerate until ready to use.
In a large bowl or food storage container, layer remaining ingredients in order listed; cover and refrigerate.
To serve, spoon salad ingredients into a bowl. Shake dressing and then drizzle dressing over salad; toss well to coat. Yields about 2 cups of salad and 1 1/2 tablespoons of dressing per serving.
- Notes
- Storing this salad in layers (instead of tossing it immediately) and keeping the dressing separate, helps to keep the salad fresh. It can be stored up to 4 days in the refrigerator.This Mix and Match recipe is part of our Make Ahead recipe series: We give you a week's worth of recipes intended to save you time in the kitchen. We show you how to swap dishes to create quick and easy meals throughout the week. For instance, you can pair our cold Tomato-Dill Soup with Tuscan Tuna Wraps or our Santa-Fe Salad, use the Grilled Summer Vegetables in both the wrap and our Cuban Chicken Skewers, and top virtually anything with our Tropical Fruit Salsa. The options are endless!