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Also, it is a stream, not a string. It is not a URI. so "UriSource" method does not work. I tried this:
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Kecoughtan High graduate Morocco Brown, who grew up in Hampton and works for the Washington Redskins, will receive an interview for the Arizona Cardinals' general-manager position this week, the Buffalo News' Tim Graham reported.
Brown is in his fifth year as the Redskins' director of pro personnel. He coordinates the advance scouting of opponents, participates in draft meetings and evaluates pro leagues for potential free agents and trade prospects. He was instrumental in the signings of key defenders Stephen Bowen and Barry Cofield, for example.
Brown is in is fifth year with Washington after spending seven seasons as assistant director of pro personnel for the Chicago Bears. Brown starred for Kecoughtan and twice received All-ACC honorable mention as a linebacker at N.C. State, from where he graduated in 1999.
Men's soccer:
Christopher Newport sophomore Jalon Brown was named the Virginia Sports Information Directors College Division Player of the Year.
Brown, a Grafton High graduate, was joined on the first team by fellow Captains Alex Faulkner and Sean Moriarty, as well as Gloucester High alumnus Corey Sindle of Randolph.
The second team included CNU's Tommy O'Neal.


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For many, a bad situation
Entire towns in Kentucky and even entire counties lost electricity in the ice storm last week. In many cases, they had no running water after supplies in the water towers were used.
Many residents had no heat and with gas stations closed, no gasoline to evacuate. Many people also had no phone service, either by land lines or by cell phones. Stores were unable to open for business.
Fortunately, Hopkinsville was not affected as severely as many towns. After the storm, people from adjoining counties began coming to Hopkinsville for emergency supplies. Lines at our gas stations extended down the streets. Our stores were crowded with shoppers, and some shelves were bare.
At WalMart, I heard an announcement on the intercom: "Associates, we have no more de-icer." They didn't have much bread either, and they didn't have any kitchen matches at all. They were also out of bottled water. At Kroger, it was much the same. At Lowes, there were no heavy-duty extension cords, and only a few of the light-duty cords remained.
Generators were in high demand, but hard to find. Honda of Hopkinsville and Central Tractor both pre-sold generators from shipments they had coming in. At Lowes, I saw a woman trying to load a big barbeque grill into the trunk of her car. I am sure she was getting it so she could cook.
Christian County Public Schools have been dismissed since January 27. School is cancelled again tomorrow, making a total of 7 days missed so far due to the Ice Storm of '09.
The school cancellation announcement is an automated telephone call from the district office. For several days, the message has mentioned equipment problems in schools that had power outages. Heating systems? Sprinkler systems? Cafeteria equipment? Plumbing? We don't know.
In conversations with customers at work, I often ask if everything is back to normal at their house yet. Most of them are eager to talk about the storm.
Some people didn't lose their electricity at all, or only lost it for a few hours or overnight. Some in that group mention that they didn't have a full slate of channels on their cable TV for several days. Apparently it seems to them that they suffered. If it were me, I wouldn't bring up the cable TV.
I talked to a young fellow from Cadiz. He looked like he was in his early teens. He has been volunteering at the emergency shelter that is set up in the high school gym. He doesn't think school will be held while the gym is occupied.
I asked what he did at the shelter. He explained that he helps organize blankets, pillows, and food. I suppose that they are receiving donations from the public.
On the second day after the ice storm (my first day back at work), I talked to a lady from Greenville. She told me that she had been staying in her bedroom and she was heating it with candles. She had the candles inside big coffee cans to make them safer.
She said that Greenville looked like a hurricane had gone through town. Electrical lines were lying in the streets and the trees looked like toothpicks, pointing to the sky. She remembers the damaged trees she saw when she visited her son in South Carolina, a few weeks after Hurricane Hugo hit. The trees in Greenville look the same, she said.
A co-worker's father lives in Henderson, a town on the Ohio River about an hour's drive north of Hopkinsville. He's in his early 60s and he lives by himself. He had no heat and no lights after the storm. He had been sleeping in his truck so he could run the heater when he got cold.
When his daughter found out what he was doing, she insisted that he come to Hopkinsville and stay with her. He resisted for a few days, but then he agreed to come down and visit for the weekend.
Another co-worker's brother in Elizabethtown has been without electricity and heat since the storm. His basement has been flooded as well. He was finally able to get a generator today so he can run a pump to get the water out of the basement.
One of the ice storm fatalities happened in Hopkinsville. An elderly man died of carbon monoxide posioning after he set up his generator in his utility room. He had opened the window a couple of inches and hung a blanket over the utility room door.
At the farm store, Dennis ran into Jim, an Army Special Forces retiree whose son was in Boy Scouts with Isaac. Jim got a hotel room for his wife and son when the power went out, but he stayed at the house to keep the wood stove going.
One morning he noticed a guy looking in the windows. Jim went outside and asked, "Can I help you?" and scared the guy so badly he could hardly talk.
"Oh," stuttered the guy, "I'm, uh, I'm with the, uh, the emergency services. I'm, uh, I'm checking to see if everyone's OK here." Then he ran down the driveway and got in his truck with Tennessee tags (not a vehicle that you'd expect Kentucky officials to be driving.)
Jim was positive that the guy was about to break and enter. Luckily for him, Jim went outside to intercept him before he made the mistake of going through the window.
One lady from Hopkinsville told me that she had not lost her electricity at all during the storm. However, a transformer blew up on a pole near her house a couple of days ago and she lost power then. When they got the transformer fixed, her lights came back on, but her furnace didn't. Now she has no heat.
One man was worried about his elderly aunt and uncle who live in one of the towns north of here. He tried to get them to come to his house, but they want to stay in their home.
The uncle is in hospice and completely bedridden, and the aunt is caring for him. They have no electricity, and they are heating the house with a kerosene heater. The hospice nurse told them that if they begin to feel overwhelmed, they should call 911. They've heard it might be several weeks before they get their electricity again.
An elderly lady told me that many retired people live in her little town north of Madisonville. She was worried that no one was checking to see if people were OK. Her husband has heart trouble, but he went up and down their block knocking on doors.
She and her husband were running the burners on their gas range to stay warm. They couldn't get their car out of the garage because a tree fell across the driveway. A neighbor was going to Hopkinsville, so she rode along to get groceries and other things they needed.
We are getting along fairly well with heat from the wood and gas stoves and limited electricity from a line run from the neighbor's barn. We haven't heard any estimates yet about when our electricity will be restored.
In the past when we had well water, a loss of electricity always meant that our water pump didn't work. We are so thankful that we had county water installed a couple of years ago, and we're fortunate that the Christian County Water District has been able to stay in operation.
After the storms of 1994, we had to catch drip water from melting ice so we'd have water to flush the toilet. When we think of that and remember the various miseries that others are coping with currently, our present situation doesn't seem too bad.


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There was a bit of good news Wednesday from the stricken Fukushima Daiichi nuclear plant, as workers managed to plug a crack in a concrete pit which had been leaking highly radioactive water into the ocean.
Does this mean the Pacific is now safe from further contamination by the Fukushima complex? Probably not. For one thing, Tokyo Electric Power Company (TEPCO) workers are not sure if there are more leaks. For another, TEPCO continues to pump water with low levels of radioactivity into the sea, to clear tank space for storage of more dangerous wastewater.
"Right now, just because the leak has stopped, we are not relieved yet," said Chief Cabinet Secretary Yukio Edano at a press conference Wednesday.
Preventing another hydrogen explosion
Meanwhile, TEPCO was also preparing to inject nitrogen into Fukushima's reactor No. 1 in an attempt to prevent a hydrogen explosion.
Reactor No. 1 has suffered extensive damage to its fuel rods, with upwards of 70 percent melting, according to TEPCO. Scientists have become increasingly concerned that radiation from the damaged fuel could split water into oxygen and hydrogen. The injection of nitrogen, an inert gas, is intended to displace a potentially combustible oxygen-hydrogen mix.
The move does not mean that the reactor is in "immediate danger" of explosion, said Hidehiko Nishiyama, a spokesman for Japan's Nuclear and Industrial Safety Agency, on Wednesday.
Seawater radiation levels improving
TEPCO's success in sealing the water leak from the concrete pit did appear to be making a difference in radiation levels near Fukushima. On Wednesday, a seawater sample taken from about 360 yards offshore contained about 280 times the legal limit of radiation. Previous samples from the same point had contained upwards of 4,000 times the legal radiation level.
TEPCO workers had been sure that the hole they plugged was a major problem. Tracer coloring dropped in the water of the concrete pit had shown up offshore.
The irony of the situation is that while stemming one source of water radioactivity, TEPCO was actively opening the spigot on another. With the approval of Japan's government, TEPCO is pumping into the ocean about 10,000 tons of water from Fukushima's radioactive waste treatment plant and 1,500 tons of water from the drain pits of reactors No. 5 and No. 6, according to a report from the International Atomic Energy Agency.
The water being released has about 100 times the legal limit of radiation. Since the legal limit is quite low, the released water would be a health concern for local residents only if they ate seaweed and seafood from the affected area every day for a year, said the IAEA.
Conflicting radiation reports cause confusion
In past weeks, there have been so many reports of different radiation readings in different places from the sea and in the air around Fukushima that many Japanese – and Americans – are confused about whether the surrounding environment is safe.
"At this time, this event has not become a national health disaster for Japan," said Michael Corradini, chairman of the engineering physics department at the University of Wisconsin in Madison, at a House hearing in Washington on Wednesday.
Airborne radiation doses outside of a 60-kilometer (35-mile) radius from Fukushima now are close to normal, Dr. Corradini testified before the House Energy and Commerce Committee, on behalf of the American Nuclear Society.
However, at the same hearing Dr. Edwin Lyman, senior scientist in the Global Security Program at the Union of Concerned Scientists, said that the Austrian Central Institute for Meteorology has estimated that the Fukushima complex has released 80 percent as much of the long-lived radioactive isotope cesium-137 as was emitted by the devastating Chernobyl nuclear accident.
Yet the amount that has escaped so far is only about one-tenth of the total amount of cesium-137 contained in the three most damaged Fukushima reactor cores, said Dr. Lyman.
"Further damage to the fuel, reactor vessel, and containment could result in far greater releases," he said.


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What Your Favorite Color Says About You... and the World Around Us
Have you ever stopped to wonder why barns are red, pencils are yellow, or prison garbs orange? Even more than words themselves, we're awash in colors everywhere, but we often don't give second thought about why specific colors have been chosen and what our own color preferences say about us...
The slideshow above by graphic designer, Oliver Munday, is amongst the many informative pages within Jude Stewart's ROY G. BIV: An Exceedingly Surprising Book About Color (just in case you need a refresher, "ROY G BIV" is not a person, but an aid used to recall the order of the colors of the rainbow: Red, Orange, Yellow, Green, Blue, Indigo and Violet). The book sets out to decipher the meaning of color from both a cognitive and perceptive perspective: externally, as an observed phenomena in the world around us, and internally, revealing personality and behavioral traits revealed by our choices in colors.
The book is also filled with amusing and insightful quotes about color like this one, illustrating how experiences and meanings of color are not always universal:
Color is like sex. It's mysterious. It's unknowable. It never looks the same twice. No two people see the same thing. No two people feel the same thing. I once went to China on a cruise ship. Eight hundred of us got off the ship wearing white, because it feels festive and shippy and says "I'm on a cruise." In China white is the color of mourning. We looked insane.
- Stephen Drucker, Editor in Chief, House Beautiful
You'll also learn historical tidbits of trivia like how Indian Yellow paint pigment was once created using urine from cows fed nothing by mango leaves until a more pleasant synthetic alternative was created.
Another excellent book about color, this one more inspirational rather than informational, is Color Inspirations by Darius A. Monsef IV. The book is notable in that the content, over 3000 color palette combinations, are sourced from the online community COLOURlovers.com. In fact, the book includes a CD-ROM with all 3,286 color palette combos, including CMYK and HEX values for each color, which means any are usable as reference for interior and decorative use or as a website/desktop/mobile background.
If you're seeking insight about how color is used for (and sometimes against us) from a commercial standpoint, Leatrice Eiseman's Color - Messages & Meanings: A PANTONE Color Resource is a fascinating report about the physiological relationship we have with colors...and how they can be used to sell you "product X" or "idea Y" subconsciously through marketing, design, advertising, and retail. I used to refer to this book quite regularly in my previous profession as a print and industrial designer, but its usefulness extends far beyond the professional realm, offering anyone "ah-ha!" insight about color combinations in regards to both fashion and within the home.
Finally, if your love of colors needs a more interactive medium, there's the newly released Josef Albers Interaction of Color App for iPad, which takes the seminal 1963 book and turns it into a touch/swipe exploratory experience, illustrating Albers's principles about seeing and understanding color using over 125 color plates in 60 interactive studies. 50 years later, the medium has changed, but the ideas Albers explored are still enlightening and heightened by its transference to an interactive screen.
And just in case you're curious, barns were traditionally red because farmers would use orange-colored linseed oil derived from the seeds of the flax plant with milk and lime to seal their wooden barns. The red came from the addition of ferrous oxide, or rust, a natural anti-fungal and moss treatment which would tint the mixture red. The appearance of colors in the world around us can be so wonderfully pragmatic that way.
(Images: Oliver Munday; as linked above)


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Terrebonne High School senior Cole Bergeron sees life as a set of goals.
Terrebonne High School senior Cole Bergeron sees life as a set of goals.
As a captain on the school soccer team, he sees it literally. School staff say he works hard after school to be the best athlete he can. But, in an essay he submitted in competition for a different contest — Terrebonne Parish's high school student of the year — Bergeron wrote that he saw life off the field as a series of goals too.
"I believe that you need to set goals if you're going to accomplish something," Bergeron said. "Even if you don't accomplish them when you thought you would, keep working and you'll get there."
Bergeron's argument must have been convincing. A committee of former principals, teachers and supervisors picked Bergeron from public school students all over the parish to win the award.
Assessment and Testing Supervisor Stacy Solet said each of the parish's four high schools picked one student to compete for the award.
To earn a spot, a student must have a top-flight grade point average and test scores while taking challenging classes. They also have to submit a resume showing plentiful after-school activities and community involvement.
"They have to show the total package," Solet said.
Bergeron has ample of each. In addition to his exploits on the field — he was named soccer team MVP his sophomore year — he's earned a perfect 4.0 GPA in the toughest classes he could find.
That led New Orleans TV station WWL to name him one of their A+ student athletes for southeast Louisiana.
Bergeron's science fair projects, studying how to turn bagasse into briquettes and fire logs, twice earned him spots in international science fairs.
Bergeron plans to go to college after graduation, though he hasn't settled on which school. He's planning to major in some kind of engineering, perhaps bio-medical.
Bergeron credits his entrepreneur dad and school-teacher mom for a lot of his work ethic, which he thinks is the key to success.
"I have such a great family. They always encouraging me to work hard and supporting me," he said. "I wouldn't have done a lot of these things if it weren't for them."
Staff Writer Matthew Albright can be reached at 448-7635 or at firstname.lastname@example.com.


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This last of three summary statements about Jerusalem church life (the first two were 2:42-47 and 4:32-35) holds up this mirror to all churches: What are you attempting that could not be done without the power of the Holy Spirit? We discover here how the church's confident expectation (4:29-30) was divinely realized.
In fulfillment of the congregation's prayerful expectation, the church's mission continues to advance through the apostles' performance of signs and wonders (literally, "through the hands of the apostles"; compare 4:30). These miracles not only validate the apostles' message (see 2:22) and are tokens of the fullness of salvation blessings to be had in the kingdom at the end (2:19; 3:16-21; 4:9, 12, 22), but they also become a means of liberation from official Judaism, just as Moses' signs and wonders worked liberation from Egypt (7:36; see Deut 29:3; Ps 135:9; Jer 32:21). In both cases they are undeniable witnesses to God's power, and those in power react with frustration.
The special role signs and wonders play in salvation history, their clustering around key salvation events and new epochs of revelation, their extraordinary nature at those times and the fact they are performed mainly by the leaders should circumscribe our expectations concerning the occurrence of signs and wonders today. Still, we are living in the same last days, and God is still at work mightily through his church (see comment at 3:7-8).
Just as miraculous is the church's unity in the wake of the Ananias and Sapphira incident. All together with one mind, purpose and impulse (as in 1:14; 2:46; 4:24) in Solomon's colonnade--see comment at 3:11; this was a place large enough for a good portion of their growing numbers--the congregation of believers worships, learns from the apostles and evangelizes (compare 2:42; 4:33; 5:25).
Is your congregation held together by anything beyond the homogeneity of ethnic background, socioeconomic circumstances and the goals and values that stem from them? It is the bond of the Spirit that makes outsiders marvel.
Luke juxtaposes two contrasting statements about the church's continuing impact (NIV softens this by introducing the second with even though). In the light of the judgment on Ananias and Sapphira, no one else probably refers to non-Christians (Haenchen 1971:242) not believers (as E. F. Harrison 1986:105) or Jewish sympathizers (as Schwartz 1983). They dared not join ("come into the Christian community"--Krodel 1986:123; see Acts 17:34; less likely, "associate with, come near physically"--Longenecker 1981:317) them (the congregation, not the apostles). At the same time these unbelievers, termed the people, praised the congregation of Christians (see also 2:47; 19:17).
Does your church have this kind of impact? As John Stott notes, "This paradoxical situation has often recurred since then. The presence of the living God, whether manifest through preaching or miracles or both, is alarming to some and appealing to others" (1990:113).
Luke now looks at the Christian community and the apostles from the angle of the results of God's work in supernatural power. In the midst of people's natural fear of joining, God continues to work in an ever greater way through the preaching of the gospel, so that a steady stream of men and women who believed (4:4) are being added.
A church alive with the power of God will be a growing church, with individuals regularly coming to the Lord for salvation and incorporation into his body. Taking note of the circumstances, but even more taking hold of God's power, would you say that your own church is thriving in this way?
The effect of the apostles' signs and wonders ministry is heightened attraction: the sick are brought to them, even laid in the streets to intercept them, as in Jesus' early Galilean ministry (Lk 4:40-41; 6:17-19). There is heightened expectation--the hope that at least Peter's shadow with its healing power may fall on someone as he passes by.
The effect is a broadening scope for the church's mission. It very naturally enters its second phase, "witnesses . . . in all Judea," as crowds from the towns around Jerusalem, again in a constant stream, bring their sick and demon-possessed. (NIV margin unclean gives the literal translation, which points to the ritual impurity of those so possessed; they are unfit for worship in Israel [Williams 1985:88].)
Finally, the effect is total: all of them were healed. Whether during Jesus' ministry or when the church is on mission in Jerusalem, in Judea, in Samaria or on the island of Crete, "to the ends of the earth," God's power will effect a comprehensive healing when faced with human misery (Lk 4:40; 5:15; 6:17-19; Acts 5:16; 8:7; 28:9).
What difference is your church making? What evidences are there of the saving, healing power of God?
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Fuzhou OPEN | 23 - 28 April 2013
A total of 21 teams were seeded following Tuesday's technical meeting for the Qualification Tournament with Rufino and Salgado topping the draw. The Brazilian pair has won a number of Open medals including gold at the Myslowice Open in 2008.
Five teams will play in the first round.
The seeds are based on the individual players' points tally, with Swiss pair Isabelle Forrer and Anouk Vergé-Dépré seeded second, Miller Elwin and Henriette Iatika from Vanuatu third and Kazakhstan's Tatyana Mashkova and Irina Tsimbalova fourth.
The top eight teams from the Qualification Tournament
will join the 24 Main Draw teams starting on Thursday.
The Fuzhou Open kicks off the FIVB Beach Volleyball season of 2013, held from April 23-28. Chinese pair Chen Xue and Zhang Xi look set to take top position in the Main Draw.
The Women's Main Draw technical meeting will take place on Wednesday evening (local time).
Fuzhou, capital of Fujian province lies on the
southeast coast of mainland China and hosts the Open event for the first time.
The city held the AVC Beach Volleyball Continental Cup in 2012 where Taliqua
Clancy was part of the winning Australian team.
The Fuzhou Open is the first of eight Open events during a bumper nine-month season, which also includes the FIVB World Tour – 10 Grand Slams and the FIVB Beach Volleyball World Championships in Stare Jablonki, Poland.
The Shanghai Grand Slam is the next tournament on the calendar running from April 30 to May 5.
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Spanish stars aim to build on recent success in Shanghai
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Natalie Cook impressed with "great start to new season"
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Chinese spectacle as Xue and Zhang Xi win gold in Fuzhou
Fuzhou, China, April 28, 2013 – China's Chen Xue and Zhang Xi thrill the home crowd sweeping gold after defeating Spain's Liliana Fernández Steiner an... More...
27.04.2013 14:02:12
Dutch pair van Gestel and Meppelink reach Fuzhou semifinals
27.04.2013 12:06:11
Rosenthal and Dalhausser triumph with gold at Fuzhou Open
27.04.2013 11:45:38
Austria's Huber-Seidl strike again beating Brazil for bronze
26.04.2013 14:53:57
China's Wang Fan & Ding Jingjing to face Fuzhou top seeds
26.04.2013 14:11:53
Unstoppable run for Austria's Huber and Seidl in Fuzhou
26.04.2013 06:13:04
Russian women's team form new partnerships in Fuzhou
25.04.2013 12:26:02
Keizer & Van Iersel top Pool B on day one of Fuzhou Open
25.04.2013 12:06:18
Olympic champion Brink and new partner Fuchs progress
24.04.2013 16:15:09
Xue & Zhang Xi aim for successful season start in Fuzhou
24.04.2013 11:11:16
Dampney & Boulton defeat Brazil to make Fuzhou Main Draw
24.04.2013 10:53:25
Austrian 32nd seeds continue superb Fuzhou Open form
23.04.2013 17:03:16
Dalhausser & Rosenthal in top position at Men's Fuzhou Open
23.04.2013 17:03:16
Cès & Rowlandson beat top seeds to enter Fuzhou Main Draw
22.04.2013 16:07:39
Doppler and Horst top seeds in Fuzhou Open Men's Qualification Tournament
19.04.2013 18:11:04
Olympic silver medallists out of season opener
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Teams confirmed for Fuzhou Open
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Matt Gardner, the director of the Institute on Taxation and Economic Policy, took a look at Tim Cook's terrible letter to EU consumers regarding Apple's tax evasion, and pretty much tears it to shreds.
Apple created a complicated web of subsidiaries to avoid taxes, and the Irish government allowed it. Both the company and the country were complicit in this agreement. The idea that Ireland gave Apple guidance on "how to comply correctly with Irish tax law" makes both parties sound less guilty than they are. A better characterization would be that Apple cooked up a tax-dodging scheme, and Ireland allowed it.
Further along, Gardner actually opens up a major can of worms, arguing that either Apple provided false figures in its annual report, or Tim Cook is lying in his letter to EU consumers:
It doesn't appear to be even remotely truthful based on the numbers they publish in their annual reports. Each year they report that the majority of their profits are earned outside the U.S., with roughly a third (on average, over the past five years) coming from the U.S. When you look at the 10K, the annual report for 2015, you see the company reports earnings of $72 billion worldwide, and just one third of those profits are attributed to the U.S. And yet Cook's statement says that the vast majority of their income is taxed in the U.S.
We think that is a very low estimate. It certainly appears that the company is shifting profits out of the U.S. and into tax havens overseas. So one of these things must not be true: Either the numbers presented to shareholders in their annual report are false, or Tim Cook's new statement that the majority of its profits are taxed in the U.S is false. They both can't be true.
That's a bold claim to make, but it's hard, if not impossible, to argue with Gardner on this one. Since it's incredibly unlikely Apple is falsifying its annual reports, the most logical conclusion is that Tim Cook is lying in the open letter.
Tim - if you find yourself in a hole, stop digging.


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Charles Kemble as Macduff in 'Macbeth'
© National Portrait Gallery, London
Charles Kemble as Macduff in 'Macbeth'
by Richard James Lane, printed by Jérémie Graf, published by Colnaghi and Puckle, after Alfred Edward Chalon
lithograph, published May 1840
20 1/8 in. x 14 1/4 in. (511 mm x 363 mm) paper size
Given by Austin Lane Poole, 1956
Reference Collection
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- Charles Kemble (1775-1854), Actor, theatre manager and playwright. Sitter associated with 30 portraits.
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- Alfred Edward Chalon (1780-1860), Portrait and subject painter. Artist associated with 180 portraits, Sitter associated with 1 portrait.
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I'm trying to meet my spirit guide - someone I've unfortunately never had the pleasure of meeting! I'd just like some ideas and hints on how to make that happen.
I know we all have some psychic sensitivity, but mine isn't that finely tuned. I've had a few psychic experiences, but never anything that I recognized as being a vision until AFTER the event I foresaw actually occurred.
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I did a recorded hypnosis course to cure fear of flying and it worked quite well, but I don't really know how to hypnotize myself, and for some reason I keep thinking that perhaps being in such a relaxed altered state of consciousness would help, but I don't know if this is the case.
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Lolita fashion (ロリータ・ファッション Rorīta fasshon?) is a fashion subculture originating in Japan that is based on Victoria and Edwardian clothing, but the style has expanded greatly beyond Japan.[1]
The Lolita look began primarily as one of modesty with a focus on quality in both material and manufacture of garments. The original silhouette is of a knee length skirt or dress with a "cupcake" shape assisted by petticoats, but has expanded into various types of garments including corsets and floor length skirts. Blouses, knee high socks or stockings and headdresses are also worn.[2] Lolita fashion has evolved into several different sub-styles and has a subculture that is present in many parts of the world.
Although many people point to Japan as the creator of the "Lolita fashion" and the Lolita trend, the origin of its meaning is complex, and remains unclear.[3] It is likely the movement started in the late 1970's when famous labels including Pink House, Milk, and Pretty (later known as Angelic Pretty) began selling clothes that would be considered "Lolita" by today's standards. Shortly after that came Baby, The Stars Shine Bright, and Metamorphose temps de fille.
In the 1990s, Lolita fashion became better recognized, with bands like Princess Princess coming into popularity at the time. These bands wore intricate costumes, which fans began adopting as their own style.[4] The style soon spread and ultimately reached Tokyo where it became popularized throughout Japanese youth culture. Today, Lolita fashion has gained global popularity and can be found even in department stores in Japan.
The term Lolita and sexuality
The term Lolita is generally accepted to not be connected with Vladimir Nabokov's book Lolita. Wearers of Lolita argue that since the term originated in Japan, the unfortunate translation was lost by the creators, who wanted only to choose a cute name for a cute fashion. Lolita fashion is thought to have been partly created to react against the growing exposure of the body and skin in modern society. Adherents fight this with modesty, presenting themselves as "cute" or "elegant" rather than "sexy".[5] One follower of the Gothic Lolita fashion explained:
Influence and popularity
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Lolita was partly popularized by the more feminine visual kei (or "visual style") artists. Visual kei is a fashion among Japanese musicians (usually males), featuring make-up, elaborate hair styles and flamboyant costumes. Mana, the cross-dressing guitarist of the bands Malice Mizer and Moi dix Mois, is widely credited for having helped popularize Gothic Lolita. He coined the terms "Elegant Gothic Lolita" (EGL)[7] and "Elegant Gothic Aristocrat" (EGA) to describe the style of his own fashion label Moi-même-Moitié, which was founded in 1999 and quickly established itself as one of the most coveted brands of the Lolita scene.
Style types
Gothic Lolita
Gothic lolita, sometimes shortened to GothLoli (ゴスロリ gosu rori?), is a combination of the Gothic and Lolita fashion.[citation needed] The fashion originated in the late 1990s in Harajuku.[8]
Gothic Lolita fashion is characterized by darker make-up and clothing.[9] Red lipstick and smokey or neatly defined eyes, created using black eyeliner, are typical styles, although as with all Lolita sub-styles the look remains fairly natural.[10] Though Gothic make-up has been associated with a white-powdered face, this is usually considered poor taste within Lolita fashion circles.[11]
Brands which exemplify the Gothic lolita style include Atelier-Pierrot, Atelier Boz, Alice and the pirates, and Moi-même-Moitié.
Elegant Gothic Lolita (EGL) and its masculine equivalent elegant Gothic aristocrat (EGA) are sub-styles of gothic lolita and of aristocrat fashion, championed by the visual kei rock musician Mana with his fashion label Moi-même-Moitié,[12] and influenced by steampunk fashion.
Sweet Lolita
Sweet Lolita, also known as ama-loli (甘ロリ ama rori?) in Japanese, is heavily influenced by Victorian and Edwardian clothing, and is one of the most easily recognizable of all Lolita fashions. Focusing on the fantasy aspects of Lolita, the Sweet Lolita style adopts the basic Lolita format and uses lighter colors and childlike motifs in its design.
Make-up used in sweet Lolita is common throughout most Lolita styles, but accentuates the young, girly aspects not always found in darker, more mature styles like Gothic and Classic. Blush is often used, often more heavily then in other styles and in pink, peach shades. Eye makeup is bold and eyeshadow is often in pastels, commonly baby pink, mint, and lilac.
Outfits consist of pastels, fruit themes (e.g., cherries or strawberries, or any type of sugary fruit), flowers (e.g., roses, jasmines, lilies, cherry blossoms) lace, bows, dessert themes (e.g., cakes, ice cream, puddings), animal themes (e.g., kittens, bunnies, puppies, unicorns) and ribbons to emphasize the cuteness of the design. Popular themes in the sweet Lolita are references to Alice in Wonderland, candy, and classic fairy tales. Jewelry often reflects this fantasy theme. Headdresses, bonnets and bows are a popular hair accessory to the sweet Lolita look. Bags and purses usually have a princess-like design and often take the shape of fruits, crowns, hearts, stars and stuffed animals.
Examples of Sweet Lolita brands are Angelic Pretty, Baby, The Stars Shine Bright, and Metamorphose temps de fille. Emily Temple cute (sister brand of Shirley Temple, a Japanese boutique), Jane Marple, and Milk are brands that carry more clothing that would be considered more casual, and are available to purchase at department stores in Japan.
Classic Lolita
Classic Lolita is a more mature style of Lolita that focuses on Regency and Victorian styles. Colors and patterns used in classic Lolita can be seen as somewhere between the Gothic looking and sweet styles; it is not as dark as gothic Lolita, but not as cutesy as sweet Lolita. This look can be seen as the more sophisticated, mature Lolita style because of its use of small, intricate patterns, as well as more muted colors on the fabric and in the overall design.[13]
Designs containing a-lines, as well as Empire waists, are also used to add to the more mature look of the classic style. Most classic Lolita outfits, however, still stick to the basic Lolita silhouette. Shoes and accessories are less whimsical and more functional. Jewelry with intricate designs is also common. The makeup used in classic Lolita is often a more muted version of the sweet Lolita makeup, with an emphasis placed on natural coloring. Classical Lolita brands include Juliette et Justine, Innocent World, Victorian Maiden, Triple Fortune, and Mary Magdalene.
Old school lolita
Old school Lolita is the old (90's, early 2000's) version of any current sub-style of lolita fashion. (ex. sweet old school, Gothic old school). Old school lolita's Focus is more on lace, fabric and ruffle details rather than print details. Bows, chunky shoes, and lace-topped knee length socks are the most common. Most modern lolita regard this style as easy to mess up (poor quality lace, inappropriate hair etc.) so it is commonly discouraged amongst newcomers who may not have been involved in the fashion at the time of its popularity. Old school is visually very different to Modern lolita, so it is often referred to as a separate sub-style. Old school lolita is still frequently worn in this day and age, much to the delight of nostalgic veterans.
Other styles and themes
Because of the "do-it-yourself" nature of Lolita fashion, many other themes have come out of the basic Lolita frame. These styles are often not as well known as the ones mentioned above, but they do showcase the creative nature of the Lolita fashion, and illustrate how people make the fashion their own.[14] Listed below are just a few examples of the smaller subtypes of Lolita fashion.
Princess Lolita
Hime (姫?), or "Princess", Lolita is characterized by a princess-style look based upon the European aristocratic style.[15][16] This typically includes a tiara and a rococo style bustle back skirt. The style is often credited as being influenced by the Hime Gyaru trend that boomed in the late 2000s.
Ōji Lolita (Boystyle)
Ōji (王子?) or Ōji-sama (王子様?), meaning "prince", is a Japanese fashion that is considered the male version of lolita fashion. Some though do not consider it as Lolita because it does not follow the typical lolita silhouette, but instead takes its influence from the Victorian era of young boys.[17]
Ōji Includes blouses and shirts, knickerbockers and other styles of short trousers, knee high socks, top hats, and newsboy caps. The colors usually used are black, white, blue and burgundy, though there are feminine versions of the fashion with a broader palette. Good examples would be some of the outfits sold through Baby, the Stars Shine Bright's line Alice and the Pirates.
Though in Japan this fashion is typically referred to as ouji, outside of Japan it is common to hear it incorrectly referred to as "Kodona".
Casual Lolita
Casual Lolita is less of a style in and of itself but is used to describe a "toned down" approach to the lolita fashion. While the basic lolita elements are still adhered to, the key element in the casual lolita co-ordination is simplicity. An example being a simple cut-sew with a motif of some sort paired with a lolita skirt and hair accessory. Casual Lolita styles can be compiled out of any colors, so long as one remembers to match styles, colors and prints appropriately. Casual Lolita can best be described as what a Lolita would wear when not "dressing up": Still modest and elegant, but not to the degree of most other Lolita styles.
This style stands out solely on the fact that men also wear female clothing Lolita, any style described above. It could be considered as a form of transvestism. The main exponents of this form are Novala Takemoto and Mana, also other artists like Hizaki and Kaya.
Outside Japan, there is controversy given the social perceptions that carries the dress according to the canon of the opposite gender, as prejudicially assume that such children are homosexuals. Needless to say, this form of Lolita is independent of any sexual orientation and gender identity can be, if so, ideologies or preferences you have are own unique style who use causes.
lolita brands
Japanese brands that manufacture lolita clothing. Main brands are regarded as brands that have been around the longest and/or hold the highest value within the lolita community.
Main brands
- Angelic Pretty (abbr: AP)
- Atelier Pierrot
- Baby, the Stars Shine Bright/Alice and the Pirates (usa site) (abbr: BtSSB/AatP)
- Innocent World (abbr: IW)
- Juliette et Justine (abbr. JetJ)
- Mary Magdalene (abbr: MM)
- Metamorphose temps de fille (abbr: Meta)
- Moi-Même-Moitié (intl. buying) (abbr: MMM or Moitié)
- Victorian Maiden/Beth (abbr: VM)
Other brands/ Indie brands
- Vierge Vampur
- Chocochip Cookie
- Enchantlic Enchantilly (intl. buying)
- Heart E
- Antique BeasT
- Triple Fortune (abbr: 3F)
- Atelier Boz / Lapin Agill (abbr: Boz)
- Excentrique
- Fanplusfriend / Neo-Ludwig (abbr: F+F)
- Physical Drop
- Millefleurs
- Sheglit
- Maximacam
- Miho Matsuda
- Infanta
- Pumpkin Cat
- Classical Puppets
- Dear Celine
- Haenuli
- Krad Lanrete
Outside Japan
Outside Japan, Lolita fashion, along with other Japanese cultural phenomena like cosplay, can be seen at anime conventions throughout North America (see Anime North), Europe, South America, Australia, and Asia. The style is not mass-marketed outside of Japan, though small stores have emerged. Baby, The Stars Shine Bright and Angelic Pretty both operate stores in Paris and San Francisco, and Baby, The Stars Shine Bright also has a shop in New York City.[18]
Major brands, such as Metamorphose temps de fille, Angelic Pretty, h. Naoto, Baby, The Stars Shine Bright, and Moi-même-Moitié have recently shipped goods to the international market. Angelic Pretty[19][20][21] and h. naoto[22] created "pop up" boutiques at several anime conventions in 2012 across the United States. Angelic Pretty hosted a sold out tea party at Anime Central[23] on 29 April 2012 as well as fashion shows at anime conventions such as Animegacon in Las Vegas, Anime Expo in Los Angeles, and Anime Central in Chicago. h.naoto was at conventions such as Anime Weekend Atlanta, DragonCon, GenCon, and Anime Central.[24] AP had hosted a tea party at Anime Central in 2013.
There is a growing group of dedicated western Lolita fans who wear Lolita clothing on a semi-regular or even a day-to-day basis. Celebrity author Novala Takemoto, an important figure in Lolita culture, traveled to America in 2006 and remarked at a panel on the resourcefulness of western Lolitas, who often make or adapt their own clothing.[25][26] Outside of Japan there are numerous Lolita groups that come together to have tea parties, talk and have fun. Lolita magazines are available on the internet and at Japanese bookstores which deal in anime and manga.
Gothic & Lolita Bible
One magazine, the seasonally published Gothic & Lolita Bible, has played an instrumental role in promoting and standardizing the style. First published in early 2001,[27] the 100+ page magazine includes fashion tips, photos, sewing patterns, catalog descriptions, decorating ideas, and recipes. Tokyopop released an English-language version of the magazine in February 2008, but discontinued it after it failed to garner many sales.[28] The American version featured translated content from the original magazine alongside content from a small but growing group of Lolita designers from around the world such as Fanplusfriend, Blasphemina's Closet, Sweet Rococo, Ick by Industrialkitty, and Megan Maude.[citation needed] They also have English volumes of the lolita bible
In popular culture
These lists display stories which have either characters wearing some form of Lolita fashion or character designs influenced by the fashion.
Manga and anime
- Le Portrait de Petit Cossette[29]
- Paradise Kiss[30]
- Princess Princess[31]
- Shiki[32]
- Tsukuyomi: Moon Phase[33]
- Ore no Imōto ga Konna ni Kawaii Wake ga Nai[34] (the character "Kuroneko" in particular)
- Gosick[35]
- The Wallflower - The Goth-Loli Sisters are recurring characters in the anime adaptation.[36]
- Rozen Maiden[37]
- IC in a Sunflower[38]
- Othello[39]
- The Embalmer[37]
- Death Note - Misa Amane, using the gothic lolita design to convey "gothic imagery of the Shinigami and that world".[40]
- Kamikaze Girls[41][42]
Video games
- Touhou Project
- Deathsmiles
- Tekken 5: Dark Resurrection
- Tekken 6
- Shin Megami Tensei: Persona 3
- Soulcalibur IV
- Soulcalibur V
- No More Heroes and its sequel No More Heroes 2: Desperate Struggle
- Many games in the visual novel, dating sim and bishōjo game genres
- Style Savvy
- Rusty Hearts
- The World Ends With You, where a large component of the game is based on fashion in Japan
- Gothic & Lolita Psycho
- The Legend of Zelda: Twilight Princess - The character Agitha wears butterfly themed Lolita clothing
- "Gothic Lolita Dress Up" by Hatsune Miku
- "Lolita Work Libretto" by Kanon Wakeshima
- "Kyomu Densen" by Ali Project
- "Michievous of Alice" by Yousei Teikoku
- "Suna no Oshiro" by Kanon Wakeshima
- "Still Doll" by Kanon Wakeshima
- "Gothic Lolita" by Emilie Autumn
- The Swedish trio and Melodifestivalen 2015 entrant Dolly Style wear lolita fashion-inspired outfits.[43]


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I really need help with bakers percentage
I realize, a lot has been writen about this subject but I still don't get it. My question is how to calculate other ingredients like seeds, oats and such. I have started to sell at the tailgate market and would like to make good use of my oven- and mixer capacity. I can bake up to 5 loafs @ 500gr (free form). That's also about what my mixer can manage. I have several recipes which I would like to adjust. This is my Multi Seed Whole Wheat Bread. How would it look speld out in bakers percentage?
450gr. WW
45gr Flax seed
1/8tsp yeast
580 gr. water
seed mix I toast and put in at the last fold
46 gr. Sunflower seed
46 gr.Pumkin seed
35gr. Sesame seed
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750gr. AP
25 gr. Salt
3/4tsp yeast
200 gr. water
the total yeast comes to 3gr
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Number: 111- 70R
Date: January 14, 2011
the "GPRA Modernization Act of 2010"
On January 4, 2011, the President signed H.R. 2142, the "GPRA Modernization Act of 2010"1 , which became Public Law 111-352. The new law requires Federal agencies to set clear performance goals that they can accurately measure and publicly report in a more transparent way.
Following are provisions of interest to SSA.
Section 2: Agency Strategic Plans
- Changes the date that an agency will be required to make its agency strategic plan available on its public website to the first Monday in February of the year following the year that the term of the President begins.
- Changes agency strategic plan period of coverage from "not less than 5 years" to "not less than 4 years."
- Requires, among other things, agency strategic plans to describe how agency performance goals and objectives will incorporate views and suggestions obtained through congressional consultations. The plans will also describe how performance goals, including agency priority goals, will contribute to agency strategic plan goals. Section 14 requires making an Agency's strategic plan consistent with the new requirements no later than February 6, 2012.
Section 3: Federal Government and Agency Performance Plans
- Requires OMB to coordinate with Federal agencies to establish a Federal Government performance plan to submit with each budget of the United States Government.
- Requires each agency, not later than the first Monday in February of each year, to make available on its public website a performance plan that will:
- establish performance goals, and express such goals in an objective, proven, and measurable form;
- describe how the performance goals contribute to the general goals and objectives established in the agency's strategic plan, and the Federal Government performance plan;
- identify among the performance goals those that are designated as agency priority goals;
- provide a description of how the performance goals are to be achieved;
- establish performance indicators to be used in measuring or assessing progress toward each performance goal, and a basis for comparing results with goals while ensuring accuracy and reliability of data;
- describe major management challenges facing the agency; and,
- identify low-priority program activities based on analysis of contribution to agency mission and goals and include an evidence-based justification for designating a program activity as low priority.
- establish performance goals, and express such goals in an objective, proven, and measurable form;
Section 4: Performance Reporting Amendments
- Requires each agency to make available, on its public website and to OMB, an update on agency performance. Each update will, in addition to requirements under present law: compare actual performance achieved with the performance goals established in the agency performance plan; review the success of achieving the performance goals and include actual results for the 5 preceding fiscal years; and, describe how the agency ensures the accuracy and reliability of the data used to measure progress towards its performance goals.
- Requires each agency to make performance reporting updates beginning in fiscal year 2012 under Section 14.
Section 5: Federal Government and Agency Priority Goals
- Requires, every two years, that each agency identify priority goals from among its performance goals. The agency priority goals will reflect the highest priorities of the agency and requires: ambitious targets that can be achieved within a 2-year period; interim quarterly targets if more frequent updates of actual performance provide significant value; and, clearly defined quarterly milestones.
Unless otherwise noted, Section 14 requires each agency to incorporate Sections 3, 4, and 5 in agency plans and reports beginning with fiscal year 2013.
Section 6: Progress Reviews and Use Of Performance Information.
- Not less than quarterly, each agency must:
- Review progress achieved for each agency priority goal;
- Assess whether relevant organizations, program activities, regulations, policies, and other activities are contributing as planned to the agency priority goals; and,
- Categorize agency priority goals by risk of not achieving the planned level of performance, and identify improvement strategies for those goals at greatest risk of not meeting planned performance levels.
- Review progress achieved for each agency priority goal;
Section 7: Transparency of Programs, Goals, and Results
- Requires each agency to provide to OMB a detailed description of each agency priority goal including strategies for performance improvement.
Section 8: Agency Chief Operating Officers
- Establishes a Chief Operating Officer (COO) in each agency who will be responsible for improving agency management and performance.
Section 9: Agency Performance Improvement Officers
- Establishes a Performance Improvement Officer (PIO) in each agency to advise and assist the agency head and the COO to ensure that agency mission and goals are achieved.
Section 10: Performance Plan and Report Format
- Starting fiscal year 2012, prohibits an agency from incurring expenses relating to printing strategic plans and performance plans and reports, except when providing such documents to Congress.
- Requires each agency to produce such plans and reports in searchable, machine-readable formats, and make them available on its public website.
Section 11: Reducing Duplicative and Outdated Agency Reports
- Requires the COO to provide annually to OMB information concerning outdated or duplicative plans and reports.
Unless otherwise specified, provisions of the law are effective upon enactment.
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There are a bunch of different kinds of Mechanic's Tool Kits out there but not all are created equal. Sure, you might find a measly 170 piece tool kit or maybe a laughable 206 piece tool kit, but what all of these are lacking are like… a hundred other tools! Check out the Professional 301 Piece Mechanic's Tool Kit from Harbor Freight Tools if you're tired of messing around with incomplete tool kits. Obviously, these other, lesser tool kits will contain all of the obvious tools that you'll need most often but what about those specialty tools that will get you out of a jam when you're in the middle of an important job? That's where those other hundred pieces come in. And at just $187.99 (or roughly $0.62 a tool), there will be less of your hard earned cash going out.
This kit is pretty much like having an entire garage in a portable, easily storable case. With a comprehensive collection of the most used automotive and mechanic's tools, you'll have adjustable wrenches, pliers, and sockets at your fingertips with both SAE and metric options included. What more could you ask for?? How about ratchets, breaker bars, extensions, and universal joint adapters? Maybe some hex keys and screwdrivers? There are so many pieces in this jam-packed tool kit that it would probably be easier to list what it doesn't have. But then I'd have to make up fake mechanic's tools because this kit has everything.
"I bought this tool set to be able to drive out to repair a vehicle or to have tools when going to car shows and long hauls. It has just about everything you would need for most jobs on any vehicle. I recommend this tool kit for anyone who also wants to start off as a mechanic or for someone who just needs a bigger set for the house." – By Matt from Copperas Cove, Tx
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(*We at Harbor Freight Tools cannot confirm the validity of this reviewer being everyone's favorite fix-it-up guy)
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So while a 200 piece tool kit might sound impressive (especially at the price some places charge), it pales in comparison to the 301 Piece Mechanic's Tool Kit from Harbor Freight. And best of all, it's a great kit even if you're not a mechanic. Home repairs, workshop projects, hobbies and more can all be tackled with this tacklebox of a tool kit. …Okay, that one wasn't very good but you get the idea! Check out this great kit and be ready for anything!


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Thursday Thread
is it almost the weekend?
I have sausages and beans for lunch
so hungover
my head feels magnetically drawn to the floor, too.
I'm so tired I can barely function
Just watched Drive on the way to work, nothing like seeing someone get their head stamped in to wake you up in the morning.
fucking hell
How long is your commute??
Ha, it wasn't the whole film
Near enough though, I can get in over an hour's worth of TV most days :(
I'm a watch a film before work person too ('sup badman!)
and this is how I do it...
If you wake up as soon as your alarm goes off for whatever reason (can't sleep, got to bed early) you can get the first 20mins in before getting up instead of snoozing.
Then when you get out of the shower you can lean your phone up against something and watch 1/2 hour while you're getting dressed and doing your hair and make-up.
Watch another 10 mins while walking to the bus stop and then 30mins on the bus. That's most of the film done by the time you get to work, it's great because you've got the last 1/2 hour or so to look forward to for the journey home. AND if you're prone to escapism like me, you can kind of stay in the vibe of the film all day at work and not let 'em grind you down! This is why I wouldn't watch something like Drive in the morning.
- ChintzyLacroix this'd this
Don't you find you miss bits though
or lose track of what's going on while getting ready?
Also, don't you find you walk into things walking 10 minutes while watching a film?
yep to everything
but there's so many films to be watched
might not get the inspiration
to become who I'm supposed to be
To be fair, all of my film watching is done on the train/platform. I'm mostly stumbling round the house bumping into things like Wall-E until I'm out the door:
i have two tangerines sitting on my desk. good times.
also, this is my street this morning, as taken from my front door
- cocodaLOL this'd this
actually after reading your post
i had to go back and read mine again because i didn't think i had. that's weird.
do you ewat the white fluffy bit that sticks to the segments?
I studiously peel this off as it's yucky. Always have done. read an article recently which says you may as well not bother eating citrus for health benefits unless you eat the white scum as most of the bioflavanoid value is concentrated there. I'm done with citrus now.
i peel the whole peel off
separate it into two halfs and just go at it
yeah, but the white membrane
that sits between the coloured peel and the flesh. Do you eat it? it's bitter! I'm going to make myself eat one in a minte, with the bitter stuff.
Just pop it all in
and swallow it in onecat_race this'd this
Is that still Oxford?
flooding there is always mental.
abingdon road and botley road are both closed. the place is becoming cut off. i'm going to get stuck here.
My hair is doing this great thing at the moment
where I can wash it at night, dry only the fringe and go to bed with the rest wet and wake up in the morning with good waves and lots of volume! Bung a bit of Moroccan Oil on it and I'm good to go.
It won't last long.ma0sm, MartinClunes, thewarn, MinerRoyal, and andyvine this'd this
i love a good hair phase!
I always seem to reavch that phase just as it's time for me to go for my 6 weekly cut. and then I'm back to square one. I might skip the cut this month and let it grow. It's going wild again at the minute, I wake up with a halo of ringlets that I have to smother in conditioner and flatten out.
How goo dis moroccan oil though- what brand do you use/ Best I've fond ids holland barret's 'argan oil'. It's massively expensive for what you get but you only need a tiny drop. I've run out of it just now. In fact, this is why my hair is so wild. ok, going to H&B at lunchtime.
I use the one with the big orange M
this one http://www.eissinc.com/wp-content/uploads/2011/09/oilbottle.jpg
It's bloody brilliant, isn't it?!
And yeah, the good phase is always when your hair gets a bit longer, isn't it, and I think I may also have had it before when I've gone for a really blunt cut.
that was my gateway drug, the big M!
I love the smeel so much. Since then I've tried quite a few. The holland and barrett one totally honks, but it is amazing and you can use it on your skin too. I put it all over my body sometimes at night before bed, if I'm going to be changing my sheets the next day anyway. It makes you slithery like an eel, but you wake up all soft.
so does mine usually, this is very rare
you know how they say your hair falls out and then doesn't, it might be when it's going through the non shedding phase and it's a little bit thicker and also when it's a bit longer as mentioned above.
mine too if just left
But I've found a way, a bit like elaina says- it you get the parting right and sort out the fringe or front section, then I just twist mine and ten wind it round and round my hand then I pin it up. If I do this though I have to accept i'm stuck with waves. To get hair to dry well straight naturally is I think impossible unless you have miracle hair.
i have a potato and leek soup for lunch
i have yet to go to sleep before 12am this week. :(cat_race this'd this
i'm supposed to be in work at 8:30
today i just rolled over and looked at my clock at 8:50. so tired lately
Have to tell my boss she's shit at science later
I tried doing it subtly yesterday and it didn't work so I might have to be blunter today.
This will not end well for me.
give her a potato then say
"This is your brain"
Then give her another potato and say
"This is your brain on drugs."
Today is exciting.
Not least because I am sat with a bacon, egg and sausage sandwich, still warm.
might try to do some actual work today
when I say work, i mean my own personal work. I'm not a rent boy, yet.
Are you sure?
How much money...would it take?
I don't know, what is the going rate for a rent boy?
I'd need double, I want to try to be classy.
the going rate is
double that if you want unprotected.
(I only know this because BBC radio 4 were doing a special on the rise of aids in the gay community, and this was brought up)
hi meow
TODAY'S MY FRIDAY! got a birthday meal tonight and then off to dartmoor tomorrow.
just got shushed by my manager because she's skyping someone on her ipad in a busy office with no headset on. gtfo.
You got shushed?
Are you one of those people who bangs the keys on their keyboard as though the letters have more significance the harder they're pressed?
no, in fact i'm pretty quiet
i answered a question someone asked me at a normal volume
I wanna go back to Glasgow this year
to see my friends who have moved there
and do that dance thing scottish people do
and have some more of that sweet thing that scottish people eat
Come, and let me know when you're coming so I can see you and CG!!
You should go to the friday night ceilidh at sloans. That was the place that has the good tablet. They emailed me right back and told me their tablet supplier btw, and i wrote to the supplier and they never came back to me!
Sloans. I love this place so so much- http://www.sloansglasgow.com/
I want shit loads of that.
Will definitely do that on the friday when we come up. I don't know when it'll be as we have lots of weddings and stags/hen dos this year but defo want to come and see more of Glasgow.
looking forward to going to london saturday
have worked every day since the second and although thats only seven days it feels like much longer
had my apprasial yesterday
went ok, apparently Im perceived as being aloof..
- Matt_was_taken this'd this
productive morning
Mortgage applicatoin
Arranged boiler repair (don't even attempt a Your Mum joke thanks)
Amended home insurance so that I'm actually covered for the things i'd like to be covered for.
Ignoring tax return entirely.
Went to bed at 3am but fell straight asleep and didn't wake till 8.30, so a whopping 5.5 hours sleep which I think is a new record for 2014. Feel like absolute shit.
oh yeah
My neighbours came rouns and took away my tree for me. I really miss it and my flat looks way too empty now, so I need to find something to replace the tree and to sit in the corner of my sitting room. I might get an indian elephant statue that i've seen.
Also just snapped the head off a colleague and realised that I'm in a foul and dangerously angry mood today.
bonus confirmed
hopefully through in a couple of weeks.
after that: bye london
are you just going home and going to find something north once you get there?
(not saying this is a bad thing btw, it's what I did about this time last year.)
said it a bit more dramatically than truth allows
no, gonna get a job first. hopefully the two things will intertwine so that the gap between end of jan and moving oop is minimal.
ahhh, nice one
You've been talking about getting out of london for about as long as I've known you. You know when it's time, and it's time.
haha, yeah, bit of a stuck record.
had a rather good chat with a colleague on tuesday over a pub lunch who is in similar (but for different reasons) 'get me the hell out of this place'. Basically was an hour of just egging each other to do what we want rather than flounder around. catharsis. Be reet.
Hopefully have some money to do some travelling after too, mgiht come for a wee visit if that's alright.
Would be great to see you :)
in the office, no boss for two days. Feels good.
Going to look at some flats tonight. Now appreciate why people always end up driven to posting threads about sheer flathunting hate on here- not even been looking long.
mmm, do we work in the same place?
I mean, it's so unlikely that two people could have their boss out for two days that it simply can't be coincidence.
possibly one of the few days this week where I don't have a bunch of stuff scheduled
but there's still plenty of work for me to get on with. Probably going to the gym tonight too then finally watching the new episode of American Horror Story.
Leaving a bit early today to head to Telford, staying there tonight and tomorrow for a conference.
Not expecting much from Telford to be honest, anyone prove/suggest any differently as I'll have shit all to do tonight.
Oooh actually if you're staying in the west Telford area you should deffo
lock your door tight.ElthamsmateOwen this'd this
West telford looks like it's less than half a mile from East Telford
and the bit in between is 'Telford Central'
Imagine Milton Keynes, but shitter.
You've just imagined Telford!
Got work 12 - midnight
Got rang at 7am asking if I could get in for 8. Nope. See ya. 6 missed calls since I put the phone down... So much planned this weekend its making my head spin.
I can't this anyone, and I'm too lazy to reply to things individually
So I just want to say well done everyone for everything you say today.
I have a meeting about the Lady Gaga space video today. I should be really excited. I'm really not.
Apparently, Elthamsmateowen is a popular user.
Good Morning!
What? Where do you get that from?
Dashboard innit
although mine has GetOffMyLawn at the top of the popular users list.
Weird, have not looked at or noticed that yet.
-going to check
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Don't know who any of you are, pals.
although I'm a fan of
'imadayperson' because I just hear it in Elaine's voice
How are you today chintzy?
Less hungover? :D
celebrating my quartet century today
feels good man
Best of luck LLB.
Fingers are crossed for you.8stepstoperfection and PickledOeuf this'd this


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David Koma must have been thrilled when Cheryl Cole generated miles of column inches for wearing one of his designs on the X Factor last year. Sadly, as we all know, the press weren't exactly complimentary about it. What was it likened to again? Hobcaps or something. (Beyonce wore one too, so it can't have been that bad.) But, as they say, there is no such thing as bad press and it is largely because of Chezzer's fashion faux-pas that Koma is as well known to the wider press and public as he is. Judging by his collections since, Koma may well have taken note of some of the comments made about that now infamous dress, as he hasn't revisited his metal-clad warrior woman in his past two shows. In fact, for S/S 2011 Koma has taken a decidedly more feminine approach with his designs. Citing Tchaikovsky's Swan Lake as inspiration, Koma brought out deconstructed dresses in an array of spring-fresh flesh tones. Racer backs, transparent layers and cutaway fabric provided a fragility to dresses and pleated panels inserted into the front and back of skirts emphasised his soft side. But Koma couldn't stay this girly for long, and soon enough stark graphic monochrome prints and contrasting leather peplums added his trademark tough-girl touch. Predominantly a mini-dress show, Koma also gave us dresses with longer front and back strips, leaving the thigh exposed, but calves covered. This indecisiveness over dress length is fast turning into a trend for next season, with numerous designers this week offering a kind of two-in-one maxi/mini. But it's most likely to be the gold metallic snakeskin that stays in people's mind for next season and captures their imagination. We wait in eager anticipation to see how that will be received by the tabloids.
London Womenswear S/S 11
David Koma
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Citing Tchaikovsky's Swan Lake as inspiration, Koma brought out deconstructed dresses in an array of spring-fresh flesh tones.


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The Lady Bisons lost 2-0 Tuesday night to Belmont in the women's soccer version of the "Battle of the Boulevard".
An estimated crowd of 409 watched the game at the Lipscomb Soccer Complex.
"The crowd was awesome," said Lady Bisons coach Jon Ireland. "I thought it was the biggest crowd we have played in front of at home."
The two teams battled to a scoreless tie in the first half with Belmont scoring twice in the second half to seal the Atlantic Sun victory.
"It was really a tale of two halves," said Ireland. "We came out and completely outplayed them in the first half.
"I thought the first five or six minutes of the game they put us under a lot of pressure and we struggled. After that our players realized we could not only play with Belmont, but outplay them."
The failure of the Lady Bisons to score in the first half was not because of a lack of trying. They outshot Belmont 11-3 in the first half and held a 6-2 edge in shots on goal.
"We had several good chances," said Ireland. "Against a good team like Belmont you have to take advantage of your chances. If we had scored early in the game it would have been completely different."
In the second half the momentum shifted with Belmont attempting 19 shots and the Lady Bisons managing only three. Freshman midfielder Martika Powe led the Lady Bisons with five shot attempts, including two shots on goal.
"Martika was awesome," said Ireland. "She controlled the midfield and won so many balls. Belmont typically has a very strong midfield and our girls just outplayed them all over the place in the first half.
"Meghan McGuire had her best game of the year in the midfield. Brandi Besheres played well up top. Danielle Bethke really played one of her better games in her career. Emily Longden is playing better and better."
Freshman Ally Marler went the distance for the Lady Bisons in net. She made seven saves. One save was credited to the Lady Bisons as a team.
Sari Lin was in goal for Belmont, She made seven saves.
Belmont broke the scoreless tie when Belmont's Jayme Trocino off of a corner kick at 56:46. Annie Musacchio scored an unassisted goal for the Lady Bisons off of a rebound at 67:19 of the second half.
"That first goal really deflated us," said Ireland. "Belmont smelled blood in the water after that and they were like sharks. They put a lot more pressure on us in the second half.
"It was unfortunate. I thought we played with high energy. It is the first time I can remember when we outplayed Belmont."
The most encouraging part of the game for Ireland was the play of his freshmen.
"Overall, as a team a lot of our players had the best game that they have played all year," said Ireland. "They did all of the little things we have talked about. They focused on the details.
"Our back line did a really good job against a very good Belmont team. We were organized. We kept a good shape. We did everything we needed to do to give us a chance."
It was the fourth straight win for Belmont.
The Lady Bisons are 2-8, 0-2 in the conference. Belmont is 5-4-1, 2-0 in the A-Sun.
The Lady Bisons are back in action at home Friday night when USC Upsate visits the Lipscomb Soccer Complex.


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Margate beach is a very popular destination for South African residents, particularly becuase it is a clean and safe beach, with restaurants, shopping, and nightlife within walking distance. Summer holiday season starts from around 15 November, and peaks right through December and into mid January.
Margate is one of South Africa's most popular beach holday destinations. It's humid, island style climate attracts holiday makers all year around.


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Keeping business credit off of your personal record
Ask a question.
Dear Your Business Credit,
I want to keep business and personal separate. Which cards allow me to personally guarantee the card but not report to my personal credit report as an open account? -- Aaron
Dear Aaron,
Keeping your business finances separate from your personal ones is a smart decision. At the most basic level, it will help you avoid confusion in your financial record keeping. You'll never have to look back at a restaurant receipt at tax time and wonder: Was this a business dinner -- or a night out with the guys?
Taking the next step toward separating your business and personal finances by forming a limited liability company or LLC will also bring some personal protection from legal liabilities at your business. As long as you maintain the LLC properly, if someone sues the business, they will have to go after the assets of the business, rather than personal assets like, say, your house. A good lawyer can advise you on the best ways to safeguard your liability protection. One key step is using a separate credit card for purchases made by the LLC.
In answer to your question, corporate cards for big companies will often come with "commercial liability," where the company is considered fully responsible for the debt. However, as you may have discovered, most small business credit cards offer "joint and several" liability, where you, as an individual, share responsibility for the business debts with your company. That means that you become a co-signer on the agreement and are equally responsible for the debt.
Whether that card shows up on your personal credit record depends on the specific card. According to a December 2012 report by the Consumer Financial Protection Bureau, banks "who issue revolving credit to consumers usually report trade line information monthly on consumer cards but are less likely to report on small business cards even when these are owed by, and underwritten based on, the personal credit history of the business owner."
Bank policies are always in flux, so it's best to check with the issuer about its practices before you sign up for a small business card. But here are some general guidelines.
Chase says that as long as payments are made on time for its Ink business cards, the accounts don't show up on the cardholder's personal credit record. The Capital One Spark and American Express OPEN business cards follow the same policy, according to Rohit Arora, CEO of Biz2Credit, an online loan broker based in New York City. Capital One and American Express did not respond to requests for comment.
Others say Chase's approach is common. Troy Holland, CEO of HIC Financial, which helps low- to moderate-income entrepreneurs get access to capital, says that from his experience, nine times out of 10, responsible use of business cards won't show up on your personal credit record.
The main exception that Arora has seen is if you're perceived as relying too heavily on credit. If you're using more than half of your credit limit on your business card, and you're only making the minimum payment each month, your behavior will likely be reflected on your personal credit record.
And, of course, if you default, all bets are off. Pay more than 45 days late and it will go on your personal record, according to Arora. The same will happen if you withhold payment over a dispute and it isn't resolved within 90 days or so.
One final consideration is whether a new credit card is right for you in the first place. Many small businesses are having trouble paying their debts right now. According to Experian and Moody's Analytics Small Business Credit Index, delinquent balances rose significantly in the fourth quarter of 2012 because of sluggish retail sales that hurt small business revenues.
While it's great to have credit available, you don't want to put yourself in a situation where you're in over your head. It's a lot more fun to run a small business if you stay in the black.
See related: Regularly broaching credit limit on business card brings risks, Should you fund your startup business with a credit card?, How businesses can start on the road to credit
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Starz Promotes Kasha To Head of Acquisitions For Starz
Jan 15, 2014, 02:52 ET
BEVERLY HILLS, Calif., Jan. 15, 2014 /PRNewswire/ -- Anchor Bay Entertainment EVP of Worldwide Acquisitions and Co-Productions Kevin Kasha has been promoted to the newly created position of Head of Acquisitions at Starz, the parent company of Anchor Bay. Kasha will oversee film, television series, and digital acquisitions for all of the Starz businesses including Starz Networks, Starz Worldwide Distribution, Starz Digital Media, and Anchor Bay Entertainment. The promotion was announced by Michael Thornton, Chief Revenue Officer at Starz.
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"Consolidating our acquisitions responsibilities for all of the Starz businesses through an executive of Kevin's talents is a great opportunity to bring those business activities into greater alignment," said Thornton. "Kevin has a strong track record of success through his work at Anchor Bay Films that will translate across our integrated businesses."
Kasha has been a key player in the entertainment industry for more than two decades, overseeing acquisitions, production and programming for some of Hollywood's leading independent studios. Kasha joined Anchor Bay Films in 2008 as Senior Vice President of Acquisitions. He was promoted to Executive Vice President, Worldwide Acquisitions & Co-Productions in the spring of 2010.
Since joining the team, Kasha has acquired more than 100 films in a mere five years including the box office successes and award contenders City Island (starring Andy Garcia) and Solitary Man (starring Michael Douglas). Kasha also acquired the home entertainment and digital rights to AMC's smash hit "The Walking Dead." Recent acquisitions include Rob Zombie's The Lords of Salem, the critically-acclaimed film Kill the Irishman starring Ray Stevenson, Christopher Walken, Val Kilmer and Vincent D'Onofrio, Billy Bob Thornton's Jayne Mansfield's Car and the cult hit Battle Royale. Upcoming releases include At Middleton starring Academy Award® nominees Andy Garcia and Vera Farmiga, as well as a new joint venture with Twentieth Century Fox Home Entertainment for the release of Gina Carano's In the Blood. Kasha served as executive producer on the remake of the 1978 classic by Meir Zarchi, I Spit on Your Grave. Under Kasha, Anchor Bay released both versions to critical acclaim. Additionally, Kasha oversaw the company's partnership with the world's fastest growing sports organization, the Ultimate Fighting Championship® (UFC®), to distribute their wildly popular UFC brand releases on Blu-ray™ and DVD formats.
Prior to joining Anchor Bay, Kasha held the senior posts at New Line Home Entertainment as well as Miramax Home Entertainment where he reported directly to Bob and Harvey Weinstein. One of the first to recognize the newly developing field of home entertainment and television-driven acquisitions and production, Kasha has executive produced such video premiere hits as Lego's Bionicle: Mask of Light, Air Bud Spikes Back, Air Bud: Seventh Inning Fetch, Undisputed II: Last Man Standing, Undisputed 3, The Butterfly Effect 2, The Cell 2, Flight of the Living Dead: Outbreak on a Plane, The Poison Ivy franchise, MXP: Most Extreme Primate and Chestnut: Hero of Central Park.
About Starz
Starz (NASDAQ: STRZA, STRZB) is a leading integrated global media and entertainment company with operating units that provide premium subscription video programming on domestic U.S. pay television channels (Starz Networks), global content distribution (Starz Distribution) and animated television and movie production (Starz Animation), www.starz.com.
Starz Networks is a leading provider of premium subscription video programming through the flagship STARZ® and ENCORE® pay TV networks which showcase premium original programming and movies to U.S. multichannel video distributors, including cable operators, satellite television providers, and telecommunications companies. As of September 30, 2013, STARZ and ENCORE serve a combined 57.0 million subscribers, including 22.0 million at STARZ, and 35.0 million at ENCORE, making them the largest pair of premium flagship channels in the U.S. STARZ® and ENCORE®, along with Starz Networks' third network MOVIEPLEX®, air more than 1,000 movies monthly across 17 linear networks, complemented by On Demand and authenticated online offerings through STARZ PLAY, ENCORE PLAY, and MOVIEPLEX PLAY. Starz Distribution develops, produces and acquires entertainment content, distributing it to consumers globally on DVD, digital formats and traditional television. Starz Distribution's home video, digital media and worldwide distribution business units distribute original programming content produced by Starz, as well as entertainment content for itself and third parties. Starz Animation produces animated TV and movie content for studios, networks, distributors and audiences worldwide.
About Anchor Bay Entertainment
Anchor Bay Entertainment is a leading home entertainment company. Anchor Bay acquires and distributes feature films, original television programming including STARZ Original series, children's entertainment, anime (Manga Entertainment), fitness (Anchor Bay Fitness), sports, and other filmed entertainment on DVD and Blu-ray(tm) formats. The company has long term distribution agreements in place for select programming with AMC Networks, RADIUS, and The Weinstein Company. Headquartered in Beverly Hills, CA, Anchor Bay Entertainment has offices in Troy, MI, as well as Canada, the United Kingdom and Australia. Anchor Bay Entertainment (www.anchorbayentertainment.com) is a Starz (NASDAQ: STRZA, STRZB) business, www.starz.com.
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