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from The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, 4th Edition
- n. An indirect or chance blow.
- n. A child born out of wedlock.
from Wiktionary, Creative Commons Attribution/Share-Alike License
- n. A blow struck to the side or from the side, as in swordplay; a secondary or incidental strike of any sort.
- n. An illegitimate child; a child of an unknown or unmarried father.
from the GNU version of the Collaborative International Dictionary of English
- n. A side or incidental blow; an accidental blow.
- n. An illegitimate child; a bastard.
from The Century Dictionary and Cyclopedia
- n. A side or accidental blow.
- n. An illegitimate child.
- n. A calamity or disaster out of the common.
- n. A blow that misses its aim.
from WordNet 3.0 Copyright 2006 by Princeton University. All rights reserved.
- n. the illegitimate offspring of unmarried parents
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In the past, every time that there's been attempts to craft this external villain, the people who are here in the United States and were born here, are native here, were raised here, or legally immigrated here, we end up kind of catching the by-blow.
A by-blow of MPs having both their mortgages and their food bills paid for by the Taxpayer – in the case of John Prescott having the nightly technicolour yawn subsidised as well – is that they perforce become immune from the reality of the remorseless rise in food prices and interest rates that afflict not just the poor but most hard-working people in the UK.
I was beginning to wonder if Custer wasn't perhaps some by-blow of the Flashman family.
Yet that is what has happened, and it is not a cynical by-blow on the part of Dryden; the last line is entirely rousing and single-hearted.
Speck Daniels, another suspected Watson by-blow, possesses his father's meanness as well as his shrewd sense of the world.
Stephen is supposedly some sort of semi-royal by-blow: brought up for payment, discreetly, as their own, by discreet people in a small town.
Certainly they're being kept away from the minute-by-minute, the blow - by-blow, of the prime minister's condition.
If he'd mentally goggled at the notion of her bearding Elderby with the existence of a family by-blow, he reeled at the thought of her approaching Lord Thomas Caverlock with the same news.
"Meshisha is a by-blow, gotten in an evil hour," says he.
Although rumor had it in latter days that I was the by-blow of some wizard, the truth is that my father was a harnessmaker in the palace stables, as was his father before him.


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Hello everyone!! Wow, I've been missing in action for quite awhile! Sorry peeps, have been extremely busy at work that I hardly have time for much else, boohoo.
Anyway, I was walking past by a different department today when I suddenly got a whiff of absolutely gorgeous floral fragrance. It literally made me spin around to see who it was and tracked her down to ask her what she was wearing. See, I'm not much of a perfume wearer, I only have several favourites and this one would definitely fall into my favourite list!
So when I asked her what she was wearing (this colleague of mine), she got really amused because usually, preggo moms are not big fans of perfumes (think headache, nausea, gaga, puke). I expected her to throw me one of those big brands like Chanel or Ferragamo or even Clinique, but she told me that she's wearing an Avon range!!
Avon, you rock lah. I'm going to see if I can get hold of an Avon dealer and get me one of those flowers in a bottle. It smelled fresh and … happy! A few other perfume favourites of mine would be YSL's Babydoll, Dior Addict 2 (for the heavy nights out since it's a bit strong), my new Guess perfume (gift from husband dearest) and my all time super favourite which nothing can beat ever is Ralph Lauren's Romance!! If you guys are thinking of perfume comparisons or reviews, then you can checkout this new perfume blog, and no no, it's not mine.
4 Comments on Uuuu… flowery!
Blackie : Alamak, i forgot already what's the name, nanti i ask my colleague k?
lmk : yeaahhh.. lucky me i'm still the fragrance loving little lady too, heheheh..
quiyah : wahhh..OU also got Avon outlet? Avon sungguh maju..hehehehe
dear, there's a lot of avon outlets arnd kl that u can get a hold of that perfume, one of them is at puchong and even in endah parade also got one avon outlet.. if im not mistaken i've seen one in one utama as well.
waa… nice.. lucky my hormons are still parfum loving one. i know some pregger moms hates anything but. hee..
Wow! I'm much of a perfume person myself either, but I think I'd love to check out this Avon perfume that your colleague was wearing. So, what's the name of the fragrance?
BTW, you don't have to look for an Avon dealer, you can go to any of the Avon Beauty Boutiques. The list of the boutiques is at:

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Your Ideas About Time
What are your theories about the concept of time (timeline[s], parallel multiverses, time loops, time travel, etc.)?
Cute is JUSTICE, Flat is STATUS, Loli is SOUL.
I think there are several parallel mulitverses in time that are happening everywhere! Cuz i just can't believe that the time I am living now is just all by itself going and going on and on... lol IDK LIFE IS BORING! Parallel universes would be sooo much more fun! You've seen the Melancholy of Haruhi Suzumiya than u must know how AWESOME IT is lol. Time travel would also be added to this C:
Caught up in One Piece!! ʕ•ᴥ•ʔ *confetti*
Time is entropy increasing.
I am a cage in search of a bird.
Ticking ticking ticking
memento mori
I think that time is, as the fourth dimension, beyond any single explanation or comparison to anything we know and understand as third dimensional beings, the principal concept of the fourth dimension is essentially an infinitude of third dimensions all filling a higher dimensions, sort of like how a two dimensional surface, a plane (used for graphing), is composed of an infinite amount of one dimensional figures, lines. time's function is comparable to many things, so many that i would rather not bother trying to explain something that i don't yet fully understand.
Think of time as a change in the lower 3 dimensions. Then think of what happens to the first 4 dimensions when placed in a gravity field. Each new dimension affects all the lower ones.
Assuming that Einstein was correct, which at this point I do, going to the 'future' is easy. You hop onto a rocketship and accelerate to relativistic speed well away from any mass energy and gravity source. The further you are from the Earth's gravity the faster relative time will elapse, then when you return, time will have passed much more quickly for everyone else and you are in Earth's future.
That's the easy answer.
Eventually someone will figure out that time travel has something to do with each moment in time having a specific sub-atomic signature. Then someone will have the foresight to start cataloging those signatures, then another will realize that it is those signatures which are the key to moving back in time only, since future recordings cannot be taken. Of course future travel would be possible, but only relative to the signature of the time in which the traveler exists in the present. Then the problem arises that traveling back in time will change the specific signature of that time, so, the only way would be to tweak your own signature 180 degrees out of sync with that time and piggyback it with a signature in that era. This would theoretically put the traveler in a state where observation is possible but no interaction.
. . . and furthermore . . .
What's not time?
Imagine a doughnut. Now think of it going into my mouth. Can you see the connection? Probably not, but it sure was tasty.
Time is movement and the measurement of movement. It is the first dimension of the Universe. We are all living from the 1st to 4th dimensions/1st Universal Harmonic of Creation/Reality.
ursae wrote:
Imagine a doughnut. Now think of it going into my mouth. Can you see the connection? Probably not, but it sure was tasty.
According to Leibniz, time is neither an event nor a thing and cannot be measured or travelled. Every substance contains all predicates that it will ever have: past, present, and future, so the donut has always been a part of ursae's being.
I'm sorry ursae, I think I grasp the principle, but it seems so abstract and contrary that I really have trouble wrapping my head around it.
. . . and furthermore . . .
I used to think time was a linear thing that could not be bent, and that our timeline is the only one. How ignorant I was...
Though if it IS possible to travel back in time, I am sorely disappointed that there haven't been any time-travelers in our time yet.
Not as far as we know anyways...
I just realized that if there are multiple timelines, then Back to the Future 1 makes no sense... Not that it ever did, what with a deLorean that only travels through time and not space...
Faster than the speed of light, we'll get to see the past but won't be able to change it. The fascination with time is really pointless if you ask me.
memento mori
Traveling backward in time would be highly impractical. You would have to find a way to avoid bringing dangerous viruses back with you, and the only way to do that would be to wear an astronaut's space suit that gets completely sterilized on the outside the exact moment before you travel back in time. It would be very difficult not attracting attention if you're walking around in a space suit, especially if you go back in time more than 40 years.
The reason we'd need to avoid sending viruses back is because you could cause mass die-offs of plants, animals and humans if a virus from the future were to suddenly appear in an environment that no organism is prepared to deal with. All current viruses are progeny of similar-enough viruses that local organism have build defenses against.
For some reason I woke up this morning without a tail :(
Know so little, assume so much. Humanity.
It's not a straight line so much as a big ball of wibbly wobbly, timey wimey...stuff. Would you like a jelly baby?
Really, though, I wouldn't feel confident in making any solid assertions on most of these things. Time travel to the future is pretty easy thanks to relativity; travelling to the past is a bit cloudier in terms of whether it can be done in practice.


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After they see the 3-D film of "Yogi Bear," your cubs will never believe Yogi used to be cool — the Kung Fu Panda of the 1960s. It'll be like trying to teach them "Mabel" was once a hot name, or that there was once so little on TV that people had to sit around reading books.
"Yogi Bear" is a partially animated version (the "partially" seems to derive from budget considerations, as does everything else about the film) of the 1960s toon about a thieving but good-natured talking bear and his doubting young squire Boo Boo. (Dan Aykroyd and Justin Timberlake do the voices in the style of the original.)
The manic Yogi schemes to fill his belly by using crazy inventions to rob picnickers, as the depressive Boo Boo expresses doubts (are they really two halves of the same conflicted being? This could have been "Black Swan" for preschoolers).
Instead of being a true adversary, the exasperated head ranger (Tom Cavanagh) of the park is instead a sort of weary baby sitter to the wayward bear. No one, not even a documentary filmmaker (Anna Faris) or the dastardly mayor, who proposes to sell Jellystone to loggers, seems to find it remarkable that chatty bears roam the park, lashing together booby-trapped picnic tables and manufacturing flying machines from spare parts.
The animated bears aren't even onscreen half the time (which is about 70 minutes before the credits roll), not that I much missed them. I was a little scared by their vacant serial-killer eyeballs, the Charles Manson stares that suggest that after they devour everything in your pic-a-nic basket they'll probably offer a brief thank-you prayer to Satan.
Cavanagh, the always-engaging former star of "Ed" (with whom I am friendly), and the adorable Faris (whom I don't know — but feel free to look me up, Anna!) make the non-animated scenes amusing, as the ranger and the documentarian fall in love and fight to save the park. But the script doesn't give them a lot to do. Their main purpose is to react to Yogi's clanky one-liners. "Urinate on her to mark her as your territory," he advises.
Needing to raise $30,000, the ranger plans a fireworks night (Yogi ruins it with a water-skiing stunt that sends rockets shooting toward the crowd), then tries to save an endangered turtle (which Yogi has been using as a footstool) that the pro-logging crowd wants to make disappear, lest the park be designated a protected zone. It's already pretty well-insulated from creative ideas.
"Yogi Bear" lacks even the zinging toddler anarchy of the "Alvin and the Chipmunks" movies. It's more like the dim "Underdog" movie a couple of years ago. Huckleberry Hound, don't sell yourself cheap.


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Happy Friday, loves! What are you up to this weekend? The heat as finally broken here in New York, meaning I can start thinking about cooking again—who wants to stand over a hot grill when its a million degrees outside, right?—and wishing we had a backyard and/or barbecue in Brooklyn.Earlier this week, I shared my 5 favorite grilled-corn toppings on the Good Housekeeping blog. They're all super easy to pull off and loaded with flavor. I mean, Bacon-Cheddar Grilled Corn...come on! If you're lucky enough to have a grill and already making dinner out there anyway, it makes sense to cook your corn alfresco, too (read: no running into the house to check on the boiling water). Here's how you do it...
4 ears corn
6 cups cold water
Kitchen twine, for securing
1. Pull corn husks to stalk end without removing them. Remove any silks, then return the husks to their place and tie with kitchen twine to secure (the husks will protect the corn as it grills). Soak corn in cold water 10 minutes to prevent the husks from burning.
2. Preheat grill to medium. Put corn on hot grill and cook 15 minutes or until tender, turning occassionally. Remove husks before serving.
Spread low-fat mayonnaise on still warm corn. Roll in 1/2 cup grated cheddar cheese and 5 strips cooked bacon, chopped.
Spread low-fat mayonnaise on still warm corn. Roll in 1/2 cup crumbled cotija or feta cheese. Sprinkle with chile powder. Serve with lime wedges for squeezing.
Grate 2 vine-ripe tomatoes, seeded, using a coarse box grater; strain and press out all excess liquid. Stir in 2 tablespoons finely grated Parmesan cheese, 1 to 2 teaspoons finely chopped basil and 1/4 teaspoon salt. Spread on corn.
Stir together 4 tablespoons salted butter, softened; 1 teaspoon white sesame seeds; 1/2 teapsoon finely chopped cilantro; and 1/4 teaspoon toasted sesame oil. Spread on corn; sprinkle with more sesame seeds.
Stir together 4 tablesoons salted butter, softened; 1 small clove garlic, pressed; and 1/4 teaspoon Old Bay seasoning. Spread on corn; sprinkle with more Old Bay seasoning, if desired.


text: Uncategorized Saturday Qualifying Press Conference 2011 Abu Dhabi GP Published 7 years ago on 2011/11/12 By thisisf1 DRIVERS 1 – Sebastian VETTEL (Red Bull)2 – Lewis HAMILTON (McLaren)3 – Jenson BUTTON (McLaren) TV UNILATERALS Q: Sebastian, you equalled Nigel Mansell's record of 14 poles in a season today, congratulations, but you had to dig pretty deep to get this one? Sebastian VETTEL: Oh yes, especially after yesterday where to be honest I wasn't very happy with the car and we weren't happy in general as we thought there is more in the car, the performance is there, but we couldn't really get to it. Today, this afternoon, it was already quite a bit better but this place is tricky in many ways. You have the practice on the one hand in day conditions, the sun is up, the track is a little bit hotter, and then in the evening you qualify and you race and the circuit is quite a bit different. The car behaves differently. The tyres come in differently. It is not easy to get that right all the time. Then in qualifying I had a much better feeling especially moving onto the soft tyres. Already in Q2 we looked much better than before. Then the other difficulty around here is to get everything into one lap. It is a long lap. There are a lot of corners, especially the last sector. Once you start to turn into Turn 11 after the second straight it is basically left-right-left-right. Plenty of opportunity to gain time, but also if you take a lot of risk it is very easy to do a little mistake. It is very easy to lose straight away a lot of time. We are not speaking one, two, three hundredths. It is immediately a tenth, tenth-and-a-half. I was not so happy with my first run in Q3, but the second run much happier especially the first two sectors and with that I was buying myself a little bit of a cushion in the last sector which was a bit trickier towards the end of the evening. But all in all just enough to jump ahead of Lewis who has looked very strong all weekend. It is good that in that session, where it matters on Saturday, we were able to be just that little bit quicker than him. Q: Lewis, as Sebastian said you have really been in control all weekend. Did you think you had done enough there? Lewis HAMILTON: No, no. It was a good session for me. I think it has been quite a good couple of days to be honest, quite a big improvement for me, I feel, from the last race at least. Yeah, we were quick, the car has been feeling good, but just at the end there that was as fast as I was really able to get out of my lap. It wasn't particularly a great lap, the one in Q2 was much better but that's the way it is and well done to Sebastian, he did a great lap. As always, he is very, very quick but the race is tomorrow, that's the most important day. Q: Jenson, you put it all together there on your final run. Is this a result a surprise for you and the team today? Jenson BUTTON: I don't think a surprise, as we know the pace in the car and it was finding the right balance. I have not felt 100 per cent comfortable this weekend in terms of the balance of the car but we have improved it, we've tried a few different things, and was finally getting there through qualifying. But Q3 was very strange as there was less grip as the circuit was a lot cooler and with the break from Q2 to Q3 the car was acting differently but in some ways it was a good thing for me as I couldn't get enough front end into the car. All weekend I have been struggling with a nervous rear. Finally, when we get into qualifying, I have got massive amounts of understeer so more in the direction I like but in the tight section towards the end of the lap you need a reasonably pointy car but I didn't have that. Not a bad lap, but still, as Lewis said, the car is working well around here. It is not perfect, Seb did a good job and put it on pole, so we will have challenge from behind tomorrow. Q: Sebastian, clearly you are in a very fierce battle here with the two McLarens. What are you expecting from tomorrow? SV: Well I think it is going to be a long race, a fun race. As we have seen all weekend McLaren, both Lewis and Jenson, looked very competitive. Very quick on the long runs as well. That's what we expect. They will be very quick in the race. I think we need to see from some people behind, but we have to focus on ourselves first of all, try to get a good start, but then it will be a long fight. A long fight to the chequered flag. Looking forward to the race. I think the car is good, especially with the steps we were able to make after yesterday's practice. So confident and ready I would say. PRESS CONFERENCE Q: Sebastian, you seem to come up with the goods every single time. Just where does it come from? SV: I don't know. There is no box in the car that I open and get it from. To be honest I wouldn't say a surprise. We expected that if we get everything right to be closer than in practice, much closer. McLaren looked very competitive straight away yesterday in particular when I wasn't happy with the car and I wasn't happy with myself. I went off, did a mistake, and it cost us probably a proper long run. But the balance of the car wasn't as good as it could be. I felt there was more in the car and we just had to get to it, so overnight we tried to find out where the problem is. I think this afternoon it was already quite a bit better but then, I think, this is a tricky place as I mentioned with the different conditions. Conditions changing with the sun being up in FP3 this afternoon, the sun going down during qualifying. The circuit changes and the car changes and the behaviour changes. Ideally you would like to change the car, but once qualifying starts you have made your choice and then only thing you can change is yourself. You have to play around and fortunately I felt much better this afternoon and it was only getting better until later on in qualifying. In particular then, in Q2, we were quite close in reach of Lewis and I thought in Q3 if we got everything together, we would have a chance. Surprisingly the circuit did change after the little bit of downtime between Q2 and Q3 and it wasn't getting quicker. It didn't seem at least, particularly the last sector. It is such a long lap, plenty of opportunity but also once you are really pushing to the limit quite possible, quite easy, to maybe ask for a little bit too much and go off slightly. My first run in Q3 I pushed a bit too hard and the second run I was much happier and able to have a very good start into the lap, first two sectors, and with the difficult sector three I was able to have a little bit of a cushion. When I crossed the line I was looking up towards the monitor. I can't read the lap time but I can see if it is yellow or green and green is good and yellow is maybe not so good so that's a good sign but I didn't know if there were people coming behind me. Then I got the call on the radio and I was very pleased. Q: You have won this race twice before. You have clinched the World Championship here. You have been on pole twice here now as well, it must be one of your favourites mustn't it? SV: Today yes, yesterday no. As I said it is a tricky place. It is an amazing place. I have a lot of good memories, in particular last year, but the standard here if you look at the facilities, the place itself, it's incredible. It's a bit like wonderland if we come here with a fantastic circuit, tricky as I said, especially the last sector, so many corners, it is so long and it easy to do a mistake. But once you get into the rhythm around here it is really good fun and you are one unit with the car. The car is doing what you want and you are doing what the car wants, then it is very enjoyable. Q: Lewis, second on the grid. Must be nice to be on the front row as you've been on the front row both time before. Is there one side better than the other to start from? LH: Yeah, I was just thinking about that. I am not really quite sure. I think a lot of us once we hit the apex, the exit kerb, we come back across. I am sure the pole side is a little bit cleaner than the left side, but I don't think it will be too big a difference. I am happy with today. To be on the front row and not have any penalties is a blessing for me so I can look forward to tomorrow. Q: You are pretty close. It is not as though Sebastian has got a massive margin over you in spite of the fact that you felt that was probably all you could get out of the car. LH: Yeah, I think, as I said, it wasn't a particularly spectacular lap. Neither of them in Q3 were. In the first two qualifying sessions the car was looking really good and then we got to Q2 then I started to feel the car was understeering a little bit and that's really the limitation of the car. Then in the final runs I was pushing as hard as I could, but just wasn't able to improve on my last lap. I think there were bits of time there. As Sebastian said, sometimes you were up, sometimes you were down and there were a couple of small bits of time all over the place but unfortunately I wasn't able to extract that. Nevertheless, I am still happy with the job I did. Q: Jenson, you were within nine thousandths of a second of… JB: I've heard that one before! Sorry, I was getting all excited. I said I've heard that one before. Carry on. Q: Given the hard luck stories and the balance of the car, that must be pleasing to be as close as you are. JB: Yeah. All weekend I've been reasonably happy with the balance but I still feel that there's more to get from the car but it's just trying to find it, trying to help the rear of the car. I've been struggling with, as I always say, a nervous rear end, and I don't like that. Tried a few things before qualifying and at the start of qualifying, felt a little bit better but during qualifying, I suddenly found myself with massive amounts of understeer, so a completely different car balance than I felt all weekend, so then we had to work on trying to put front end into the car and ran out of all the options, really, in the end. It was pretty good. I'm quite happy with the lap and happy with the improvements we've made. In qualifying there's not so much you can change so we played with everything we could. It was a pretty good lap. Q: After yesterday, you said that you didn't think DRS was going to help overtaking that much, or it was still going to be very difficult. Is that still your opinion? JB: Yup. I think it's going to be tough to overtake with DRS. Hopefully, we will have a different story tomorrow in the race. I don't want to finish third. So we will have to see but it does feel short still. Yesterday, I was DRS-ing out of turn seven all the way down to turn eight and I still couldn't overtake anyone. We will see how it goes, but yeah, hopefully there will be possibilities. It's a long, long race. There are a couple of pit stops, which will be important to get right. We really don't know what's going to happen with the tyres but we know more than Seb, obviously. QUESTIONS FROM THE FLOOR Q: (Dan Knutson – National Speed Sport News) Jenson, with the balance problems you have, are they better or worse on the prime or the option or are they the same on both tyres? JB: For a long run, it's definitely better on the option tyre, I think. It felt pretty good in terms of grip level for a high-fuel long run, so hopefully we will see that tomorrow. Q: (Joris Fioriti – Agence France Presse) Jenson and Lewis, congratulations on your outfit, which is very nice. Did you have any thoughts at the beginning of the weekend that you were actually going to be faster than Red Bull, knowing that you were fastest in FP1, FP2 and FP3? JB: I think we've seen it before. We've been very quick in practice, but basically we're just doing our own thing. We're working through our programme and it's not about being the quickest during the day, it's just the way it seems to happen. We obviously run a different programme to Red Bull. We've seen this before and we expected the Red Bulls to be quick, so yeah, it's always a challenge to beat them and to beat Seb with the consistency they've had this year in qualifying. The race, also, is very difficult, but I feel that we are more competitive and we can challenge more in the race than we can do in qualifying. Q: (Frederic Ferret – L'Equipe) Question to the two McLaren drivers: what is your plan to prevent Sebastian winning tomorrow? Is there something special you can do? LH: I think it's about getting a good start, from my side at least. I can't remember if it was last year when we… was it last year when I started second and you [Vettel] started on pole again last year, didn't you? Yeah. And I remember into turn one, I braked early and let him go. I don't plan to do that tomorrow. JB: Any plans? Yeah, a good start's important but it's more difficult from third than it is from second, so I don't know, we will see. As I said, we've got a pretty good race car, I think. We will see tomorrow if that is true or not but it feels that it's pretty good. It's not all about the start, I don't think. Q: (Kate Walker – Girl Racer) For those of us who haven't had time behind the wheel in an F1 car, could you talk us through the way the track changes as the night falls and everything gets cooler and the way that affects the handling of the car? SV: It's a difficult question. We all, surely, feel something… as I said earlier, we would like to change the car in the session, it's not possible, we haven't got the time and we're not allowed to. And then you can be surprised either way so as Jenson described, I think he said he had quite an understeery balance and then finally he found the grip so yeah, the circuit did pick up some grip for the fronts but then I think it's not the same for all the cars. It wasn't really in my case, there wasn't a clear trend, it was just coming together or going away from you. In particular, you can feel when there's a lot of cars running it gets cooler, it seems to get quicker. We saw that from Q1 to Q2, then a little bit of a break, not too many cars running, only ten – I don't know if the last cars did a timed lap – but it does make a difference and the little break, not many cars, again the circuit seems to get a little bit slower and the cars are moving a bit more. It's difficult to highlight a trend, to say OK, the front picks up, the rear picks up. That's the difficulty, it's a bit of everything. Q: (Michael Schmidt – Auto, Motor und Sport) Sebastian, you couldn't do a long run in Suzuka in Friday practice due to a crash; yesterday you said you missed out a little bit. In Suzuka you were surprised about the behaviour of the tyre in the race; is something similar possible tomorrow? SV: No, I think I did a long run in Suzuka. I crashed in the first practice didn't I? I crashed on Friday for sure. It seems to be a habit. No, I don't think so, to be honest. Yesterday, as I said, I wasn't happy with the car, I'm much happier today. You see that across the fuel loads, not only on low fuel but also on high fuel, so for the race I think we are in good shape, we have enough experience from previous races, I think. The problem in Suzuka was different. We shouldn't run into the same problem here, I think we were able to learn from that straightway for Korea so we will see. Also, I think the tyres lasted pretty well yesterday. Obviously I didn't have a go on the soft tyre with higher fuel but all the others did and no one seemed to have a real problem. It's interesting to see how many stops we will have tomorrow. I expect something between one and three; everything is possible but the tyres seem to last fairly well. Q: (Joris Fioriti – Agence France Presse) Sebastien Loeb just won his eighth title in rallying yesterday; what are your thoughts about that and do you think that someone in Formula One could reach that score? SV: Look at Michael. I think he's an exception and then you look at rallying. Sebastien is another exception, for sure. LH: He's the best by far. SV: Yeah. The consistency? You don't need to talk about it. The most important thing is that he's a very nice guy. He's very down to earth and a great, great person. You could probably talk forever about his skills. What the guys do is pretty amazing. Generally, I'm a big fan of rallying. I think we would be overwhelmed by the adrenaline and those guys… for them it obviously becomes normal after a while, but what they do is pretty special. To always then make sure that you are that little bit quicker than the rest, or sometimes much quicker than the rest and for many years be that consistent, very little and very few mistakes says it all. Q: (Gary Meenaghan – The National) Seb, we heard you being addressed on the team radio as Mr Mansell; is that something that's been discussed within the team this week? SV: Not really. Discussed by you, discussed by the press but not within the team. 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The boys seem to love it too.
I love my kids' friends. They both have really great friends. From the day we brought Vivian home, their friends have been interested in her and incredibly sweet to her.
These are the boys we carpool with. Vivian loves them. This was one of the first times Vivian was in the car and I yelled into the back of the car for someone to help get Vivian out
Enjoying some baseball at the park with the boys.
This is one morning when my oldest had his best friend spend the night. Very sweet that two 5th grade boys spent their morning trying to teach Vivian how to catch.
We have great neighbors and our neighbors have great kids. There is a really fun group of boys that congregate at our house many afternoons to play football or basketball.
Vivian used to hang inside with me, but over time she has gotten more and more used to this crowd and now she thinks she is one of them. They include her and let her run around with them and it is very sweet.
These days, whatever the boys and their friends are doing....Vivian must do also.
Earlier this week we had snow!! The kids were out of school and had a blast playing and sledding. Vivian loved it. She was out there all morning, hanging with the boys, of course.
But, at the end of the day, as much as she may like the boys hanging around our house, her three favorite boys are still the ones she lives with.


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Win six Grammys and get nominated for a seventh. Add three Emmys to the pile. You'd think that would make you a household name.
The name is Kevin Charles Brandon (aka Brandino). Have you heard of him? Neither have most of the people with whom he has worked.
This 32-year resident of Burbank has helped shape the music industry for more than 40 years, yet he remains unknown to even the most "in" artists in music. Brandino is up for his seventh Grammy this year for his bass and production work on Robby Krieger's album "Singularity." Krieger, who was a member of the Doors, brought Brandino in to work with him on his previous album "Cinematix." "I was introduced to Brandino by Dale Alexander, who played with Prince," Krieger said.


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I've had this idea for nearly a year now that the version of chess in the Harry Potter series should be made a reality. I knew that due to my inexperience of using the Raspberry Pi and my lack of knowledge about the game of chess or electronics, this project was going to be challenging project but I still felt that it was something that could be achieved using the contacts and resources I had at my disposal. I've been meaning to find a reason to fully complete this project, I thought that my A Level coursework would be the best excuse to make this idea a reality.
After some browsing of the internet, looking at various robotic contraptions used to make a similar system through the years, I decided to base my main system on the system found here: http://www.instructables.com/id/How-to-Build-an-Arduino-Powered-Chess-Playing-Robo/#step0 I felt that this was as similar to the initial idea I had considered. Thankfully, the website gave instructions on how to construct the system which meant less planning for me, which is always good for the time constraints of A Level coursework.
The main issue was my lack of ability to play or understand the game of chess. I felt that the best way to program the rules and the game would be to learn the legal moves of each piece and to code them into the system straight away enabling me to program the coursework without having to waste the time learning all the rules of chess prior to programming the legal moves and the game.
After programming the game, the next task was to build the chess board. I used two 28BYJ-48 stepper motors, along with a 4tronix PiStep board in order to move the framework which consisted of: three drawer runners, gears and racks, various pieces of wood of various sizes along with an electromagnet controlled using a relay module and an external power supply. I put the main framework together pretty much the same way as is outlines on the previous link (so I don't want to type out the method again, mainly because I'm lazy). Due mainly to my incapability at measuring, the electromagnet was put lower into the casing of the top stepper motor than the original instructions. Below are some of the development photos.
After fully assembling the framework, the last physical elements of the system were the magnetic chess pieces and the board for the game. The chess pieces I manage to pick up from a charity shop for a small amount of money, considering the lack of funds for the whole of the project. The board was thankfully laser cut by the technology department at school, meaning that it was done to a decent standard for free.
After piecing all the physical pieces together, the very last part of the project was to the program in the physical moving of the pieces including configuring the motors to each square on the board. Apart from take a long time I had very few programming issues along the way. Once the full configuration and the motor movements had been coded in the game can be played to a certain extent.
Although this is as far as this project has reached, mainly due to lack of funds and time due to my looming exams, I plan to continue working on the project to improve it to make it as best as it can be. The main issue at the moment is the lack of the ability to move pieces around other pieces on the board. Currently, if you're moving a knight, all pieces in the way of the moving piece have to be moved by hand. I hope to either make the system move pieces out the way or move around the pieces already on the board. I also hope to include the ability to input moves through the use of a microphone meaning that it could become more like the desired Wizard Chess from Harry Potter which I hope it could become.
Below I've linked the YouTube playlist which is updated with all the latest videos from the development of the system.
All in all, I'm pleased with how far it has come in such a small amount of time which I've spent on the property. I'd like to make a special thanks to Ed for helping me with the electronics side of the project which I'd never encountered before.


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By Lara Nance
In my paranormal romance, Memories of Murder, there is a story within a story. When I find some historical fact that captures my imagination, it invariably ends up as part of one of my books, hidden among the twists and turns of the tale.
The plot of Memories of Murder was sparked by observation of my Alzheimer's patients and how they seem to be in another world part of the time. I fantasized that maybe they now operated on a different plane, and in that world they could see and communicate with ghosts.
From there I created the old insane asylum from which these ghosts would come. That led to my interest in old insane asylums. I studied pictures of the old Kirkbride buildings, the castle-like asylum structures of the 19th century. Then I ran across an article that I couldn't stop thinking about.
This article told the story of the closing of the Willard Psychiatric Center of New York in 1995. As the staff worked to salvage remnants of the past, they came across an attic filled with hundreds of old suitcases. The suitcases held the last effects of some asylum inmates and the contents told the stories of their lives.
It's a chilling reminder of how those considered to be insane were treated in the past. Many of these people were locked up for life for little more than a public outburst of anger. And yet they spent their entire lives in the confines of the asylum. Later a non-fiction book was written chronicling the people and their lives. In addition, an exhibition of the suitcases was set up.
Now that you know the real story, you'll recognize how it influenced my scene in Memories of Murder where Maeve and Paul find the old maintenance shed from the asylum filled with suitcases.
If you're interested in learning more about the true story of the suitcases in the attic of Willard, follow the links below for a news article and the actual exhibition site.
Article in Newsweek Magazine about the discovery of the suitcases:
Website of the exhibition:
Memories of Murder is a paranormal romance published by Crescent Moon Press. A portion of the proceeds from sales of this novel will be donated to the Alzheimer's Association in honor of my dementia patients, past and present.
For Lara's complete biography and more information on her books, please visit: www.LaraNance.com
Check out Memories of Murder at: www.CrescentMoonPress.com


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With the brand-spanking-new 35mm theatrical cut of Lord, Save Us From Your Followers debuting in theaters on September 25, it's time to get blogging!
I'm really excited that the film will finally be released nationally and that EVERYONE can enjoy the film in a comfortable, neutral setting and on a BIG SCREEN. As a filmmaker, I totally love how the movie looks on a big screen. Also, there is nothing like watching Lord, Save Us with an audience.
Over the past year I've had the chance to watch the film in theaters at film festivals, with a very diverse crowd, and it has been so eye opening and affirming. To have Christians and atheists, gays and straights, young and old, Catholics and Lutherans, Quakers and Southern Baptists all watching the movie together, laughing and crying in all the same places! What? Impossible you say? Perhaps we have more in common that we've been willing to let on. And when the lights come up, the conversations have been positive, open, and thrilling. God is doing something through this movie and I am humbled to be a part of this wild ride.
So I look forward to seeing you out at theaters. Even if you've seen an earlier version of the film, you'll definitely want to see the updated version (details in my next post). Grab a friend and take them to the movies. It doesn't matter what church you go to … or if you don't go to church. Same with your friend.
If Lord, Save Us is playing near you, I hope you will stop in … and join The Conversation.


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A quick post from me to share with you another layout I made from our Banff vacation I posted here. There was an abundance of lakes and falls in beautiful Banff and I wanted to create a page to capture them (and help me remember later on).
Here is my layout.
I used my new Mighty Oak die from Papertrey. Love that die! I also used a card from my Project Life kit and some letter stickers and patterned paper from Simple Stories.
Here's a close up of the journaling...
Thanks for stopping by!


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Tous les reves peuvent se realiser rien n'impossible ...
Finally I finished the curricula and I started to re-study and memorize all the subjects two days ago..
I found that studying at home is much better than going to school, passing through dangerous roads and wasting time specially that our teachers don't explain well and sometimes explain in a wrong way!!
I study about 10 hours in these days, I do exercises everyday, listen to music, read a part of "la tahzan" book, and try to make my spirit high.
The first subject that I started to study is mathematics, everyday is scheduled, what time to rest, or exercise, or take a nap, in this way I won't waste a second, and also I will not exhaust myself and be in such a hurray.
On Thursday I went to the medical collage, I have tens of friends there and they kept urging and begging me to make a visit, I had a great time there, I have friends from different stages..
My best friend O and her group took me to the anatomy laboratory, they said I have to face my fear and see a "dead body"!!! the funniest thing is first I didn't know where they were going to take me, when I entered the laboratory and saw human skeleton I ran out , and they drag me inside !! Anyway after awhile I got used to it..
Then we went to the cafeteria, then the stadium, the guys were playing football and basketball, I saw all the places in the collage, and then I went to another friend to support her while she was presenting her graduation project which was a seminar about malaria, when the seminar was over we celebrated, her group was very nice one, specially the humorous student from Baghdad who kept joking! I am sure they'll be great Drs.
On Tuesday I had two lectures, in the morning I had an Arabic lecture, the lecturer had some notes to tell us, and also taught us the right way to answer the essay, as we have to write one in the examination, last year the students were shocked when they had to write about a political subject!! When the lecture was over, the lecturer brought me a big present, and a very beautiful card, my friends felt so jealous, they said "why you???!!!!!! What about us??!!!" my lecturer respect and admire me a lot, he says that I am his "spiritual daughter", whenever I talk he pay me attention and sometimes we discuss our ideas about a certain book or so, he said he rarely find girls my age like the Arabic literature and the famous old poets, and he also like my writings (the Arabic ones). I feel so happy and blessed to know such a great person..
At noon I went to another teacher, I studied the genetics by myself but I had some questions about the subject, so grandpa took me to his workmate's sister who is a biology teacher..
Honestly, unlike most of the 6th grade student I am excited because "the 70 days of studying" started.. as it is said " the 1000 miles journey starts with a step"
And as my friend Baghdadentist always tell me "tous les reves peuvent se realiser rien n'impossible" I wrote encouraging sentences such as poems and aphorisms and stoke them on the mirror and closet!


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you are looking for a healthy alternative to the traditional potato chip, making your own kale chips may be something to try. Kale is among the most nutritious greens on the planet with many health benefits, so adding some kale to your diet will certainly do you good. Kale chips and potato chips are nothing alike, kale chips are much thinner, but very tasty and certainly guilt-free! Kale chips are a great healthy snack which is easy to prepare, so here's a quick 15 min roasted kale chip recipe.
This Recipe Source : http://healthylivinghub.net/2014/05/homemade-roasted-kale-chips.html
How to make Kale ChipsServe : 4
- 1 bunch kale (stems removed)
- Lemon Zest from 1 lemon
- Salt
- 2 tablespoons olive oil
Heat oven to 175 degrees C and place kale on two rimmed baking sheets.
Pour olive oil (or other cooking oil, e.g. rice oil) on to kale, season with salt and toss. Place trays in the oven and bake for 15 mins until crisp. You may want to rotate trays once. Once crisp toss with lemon zest and enjoy!


text: Afterparty - Retro by Banter Media & Management published on 2014-05-27T17:16:14Z Andreas had just become thirtysix years old. His hard youth was finally over. The crying in the rain when the girl leaves with somebody else was over. He had just become a father of a son and was living a swedish family life. He had lost a lot of hair on his head and also some small wrinkles had started to appear. His right ear hearing wasn't as good as it was before that heavy metal show some years earlier. But for him this wasn't the stage where the old elephant starts to look for the sad valley, the last resting place. For him this was just the start of the time he came to call the AfterParty, the party that starts after the early years in life. He had always loved music. He therefor he started a band project called AfterParty, music for the afterlife. Afterparty's music is electro, maybe sometimes with some kind of 1980's sound but also with new synthesizer stuff and samples. He mixes influences from many genres including acid house , disco, techno, electronica, dance elements and sometimes exotic lambada . When Andreas was around ten years old he bought a lot of "Syntheziser greatest hits" cd's. They had plenty of mixed music from Jan Hammer who made the Miami Vice theme, Jean Michel Jarre with songs like Oxygen and Vangelis with the soundtrack from Blade Runner. Andreas had a small Casio keyboard which he manically practised the Airwolf main theme on and was trying to play the song "Popcorn" as fast as possible. This kind of music is his platform. Nowadays his favourite bands are The Rapture, Hot Chip, and the swedish band Bob Hund. Afterpartys music is pretty sad. The feeling of loneliness is common, but also with some kind of warmth and maybe hope. Andreas lives in Sweden, the homeland of the polar bears and seals. Genre Banter Comment by Miss Butterfly Kiss Magik 2015-05-28T01:12:28Z


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Instead of striving to be profound, Frostburg State University commencement speaker Gary Austin spoke Tuesday about that which he knew.
After having little interest in school as a young adult, and drifting from job to job, Austin finally got excited about learning when his daughter went off to college.
Hagerstown Community College Dean of Students Carl Galligan suggested then that Austin finish his education.
"My pilot light was refueled," Austin said.
Speaking to dozens of other graduates and about 500 of their friends and relatives at The Maryland Theatre, Austin urged them to "pay attention to those you meet in life's way." In turn, he said, try to stir up a desire in others to "go, do, learn and return."
Ninety-five students qualified for master's degrees and 39 were eligible for bachelor's degrees, according to the commencement program. The graduates varied widely by focus of study and by age.


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BEIJING (Reuters) - China's annual inflation jumped to a 10-month high in February as holiday spending for the Lunar New Year drove food prices sharply higher, data from the National Bureau of Statistics (NBS) showed on Saturday.
China's consumer price index rose 3.2 percent in February versus a year ago, ahead of market expectations in the benchmark Reuters poll of a rise of 3.0 percent, with food prices leaping 6.0 percent on a year ago - a nine-month high.
The month-on-month rise in CPI was also ahead of consensus, with the 1.1 percent increase the strongest monthly gain since January 2012's rise of 1.5 percent. Economists polled by Reuters had expected a 0.8 percent rise.
The sharp rise in food prices underlined that seasonal distortions caused by the timing of Lunar New Year festivities - which were in February this year and in January in 2012 - were key drivers of the headline annual rise in prices.
"Going into March, with the Lunar New Year impact fading and weather turning better, all conditions become favorable for food production and transportation and March CPI is expected to ease from February," Yu Qiumei, a senior NBS statistician, said in a statement accompanying the data.
Policymakers are already braced for higher prices this year versus last. Inflation is likely to hit 3.5 percent in 2013, according to targets announced at the opening of China's annual legislative meeting on Tuesday. Inflation in 2012 was 2.6 percent.
The 2013 projection, however, is 50 basis points below the 4 percent inflation that had been factored into the government's 2012 economic forecasts, suggesting that inflation is seen to be relatively well-contained - either by existing policy settings or the relative slackness in the world's second-biggest economy.
China's GDP grew at its slowest rate in 13 years in 2012.
An economic recovery that started in the fourth quarter last year is viewed by analysts as a mild one engineered to ensure stability during the first year of a new government headed by Xi Jinping and Li Keqiang, who are in the final formal stages of taking over from outgoing President Hu Jintao and Premier Wen Jiabao. That is due to be completed by March 17.
"This pickup should have enough momentum to buoy growth for at least the first half of 2013, which will allow China's new leaders to take office against a more optimistic backdrop of rising business confidence," Andrew Batson, research director at consultancy GK Dragonomics wrote in a note to clients.
Producer price data reflected the still mild nature of the recovery, with prices at China's factory gates falling 1.6 percent in February from the year before, compared with a 1.6 percent drop in January.
Month-on-month, factory gate prices rose 0.2 percent in a sign that pricing in China's industrial sector is stabilizing as a recovery in the world's No.2 economy gathers pace.
A better sense of broad recovery momentum should come later on Saturday when data for industrial output, fixed asset investment and retail sales is published.
Chinese trade data on Friday underlined the uneven path of the recovery, as exports soared past forecasts to jump by a fifth in February from a year ago, while imports were surprisingly weak, falling at their fastest pace in 13 months.
Reporting by Aileen Wang and Nick Edwards; Editing by Michael Perry


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Import and export clothing, footwear and fashion: international trade regulations
Regulations affecting exporters and importers in the clothing, footwear and fashion sector in the adult and children's markets.
This guide provides an overview of the clothing, footwear and fashion sector in the adult and children's markets, the key regulations you will need to comply with as an exporter or importer and selected sources of further help and support.
This guide will show you how to research your export destination for a wide range of garments and products, comply with and benefit from tariffs and duties and meet the quality requirements for children's clothing in particular.
You can find commodity codes and other measures applying to imports and exports by accessing the free online UK Trade Tariff.
See the detailed guides for help with classifying textile apparel and classifying footwear.
Export regulations in the clothing, footwear and fashion sector
Regulations, charges or other restrictions may apply to clothing, footwear and fashion exports as they leave the UK and when they arrive at their destination country. It is important that you research both sides of the transaction.
For more information, see the guides on exporting your goods from the EU to a third country and dispatching your goods within the EU.
First, you need to classify your goods. Use of standardised classification codes makes it easier to check if any restrictions or charges apply. You can use the Integrated Tariff of the United Kingdom (the Tariff) to classify your goods. For more information, see the guide on classification of goods.
Find commodity codes and other measures applying to imports and exports by accessing the free online UK Trade Tariff.
Remember that in general it is much simpler to trade with other EU countries than with countries outside the EU. This is because the goods are in free circulation. The EU is a single market and the UK is in a Customs Union, so you can trade with other EU countries without restriction (although some local charges may still apply).
Some markets, eg the Ukraine, require exports of second-hand clothes to be washed before they're packed for consignment. Department for International Trade will advise you on a country-by-country basis about sanitary regulations for exports of second-hand clothes and shoes. Find your local international trade team for more information.
Exporting goods for processing
You may be able to obtain relief from customs duties when you re-import EU goods that have previously been exported from the EU for processing. Outward Processing Relief (OPR) enables you to claim relief from customs duty if you can show that the exported goods were used in - or incorporated into - the products being imported.
Before you can claim duty relief under OPR, however, you must have the appropriate authorisation. For more information, read notice 235 on OPR on the HM Revenue and Customs (HMRC) website and see the guide on outward processing relief (OPR).
Export licensing and certification in the clothing, footwear and fashion sector
If you export goods with military uses or textiles or garments over 50 years old and above a certain value, you will need an export licence.
Goods with military uses
You may require an export licence for goods with a potential military use, eg clothing with camouflage capabilities. Read about strategic export controls in the section on the Export Control Organisation.
An export licence is required in order to export specified goods with military uses - eg camouflage textiles or garments. You should consult the Military List and Dual-Use List to find out if you need a licence for any product. You can also find out if restrictions apply to your exports on the Department for Business, Innovation & Skills (BIS) Goods Checker website (registration required).
Watch a video about your export control responsibilities and how you can ensure you have the correct licences on the BIS website.
Textiles or garments over 50 years old
Textiles or garments that are over 50 years old and worth more than £12,000 need an export licence as they qualify as antiques or works of art. These licences are issued by the Arts Council Export Licensing Unit.
Contact the Arts Council Export Licensing Unit on 020 7973 5188, via email at email@example.com or post your enquiry to:
Export Licensing Unit
Arts Council England
14 Great Peter Street
For information on export licences, read the guide Do your goods need an export or import licence?
Researching your export destination
Find your local international trade team for adavice on export desitinations.
There are also various ways that you can research a potential export destination. These include:
- online databases - you can search by destination country and category of goods on the Market Access Database website
- trade associations
You can find commodity codes and other measures applying to imports and exports by accessing the free online UK Trade Tariff.
You should also consider product safety and other technical standards in your export market. Your goods may need to be adapted to comply with these where they differ from those in the UK.
For a general guide to market information on sectors and countries, see the guide on researching and entering overseas markets.
Tariffs and duties in the clothing, fashion and footwear industry
There is a range of import-specific regulations that must be complied with by all businesses in this sector. The key issues relate to the Tariff, duties, Intrastat and intellectual property (IP).
Using the Integrated Tariff
A common customs tariff is applied across all EU countries on goods imported from outside the EU. Details of specific tariff duties and measures are contained in the Integrated Tariff of the United Kingdom.
Find commodity codes and other measures applying to imports and exports by accessing our free online UK Trade Tariff.
For more information on classifying your goods, see the guide on classification of goods.
The Tariff is used to determine the specific classification code of your goods and to find out:
- any licensing requirements that apply
- the rates of duty and import VAT that apply
- any additional charges, such as anti-dumping duties
- any available preferential duty rates
Preferential rates of duty
Often used by textile industry traders, the Generalised System of Preferences (GSP) allows originating products from a wide range of countries to be imported into the EU at a reduced or zero rate of duty. For more information on how to determine whether a product is an originating one, read Notice 830 - Tariff Preference: New GSP rules of origin on the HMRC website.
The European Community has a number of other preferential trade agreements with third countries (countries outside the EU), as a result of which goods may attract preferential rates of duty.
If you are VAT registered and the goods you acquire from or supply to VAT-registered businesses in other EU countries reach the Intrastat exemption threshold for the year, you must submit monthly supplementary declarations to HMRC. The thresholds can be found on the introduction to intrastat page.
Intrastat is the method of collecting information and producing statistics on goods traded between EU member states. See the guide on Intrastat - reporting the value and volume of intra-EU trade. Intrastat is only applicable to VAT-registered traders.
Intellectual property
You should ensure that imported goods do not breach the IP rights of other businesses, eg watch out for counterfeit goods and design infringements. Infringing goods can be seized and destroyed by HMRC. You can ask HMRC to check for imported counterfeit versions of your goods. Read how HMRC can help protect your IP rights on the HMRC website.
Import regulations in the clothing sector
As the EU is a Customs Union, you can buy most goods from other member countries without restrictions - although VAT and excise duty can still apply.
If you import from outside the EU, you may have to comply with import licensing requirements and with common customs tariffs that apply across the EU. For more information, see the guide on importing your goods from outside the EU.
Import licences
Import restrictions can be product-specific or trade-specific. Many products are subject to product-specific standards and need to be supported by applicable certificates, product-specific licences and documentation.
Quite separately, quantitative restrictions or limitations and anti-dumping duties may apply to certain imported commodities. For more information, see the guide on anti-dumping and countervailing duties.
For help identifying whether you require an import licence see the guide: do you need an export or import licence?
Use the Tariff for classifying your goods in order to find out which duties and measures apply. See the guide on an introduction to the Tariff.
The trade in some goods may be prohibited unless you have a specific licence issued by the competent authority.
The Import Licensing Branch of the BIS issues licences where it needs to implement trade policy measures. Trade restrictions currently include certain textiles originating in Belarus, North Korea and Uzbekistan. Import licences are no longer required for certain textiles originating in China - for further information download Notice 2767 from the BIS website (PDF, 32K).
Safety regulations and labelling requirements
If you sell imported clothes and footwear in the UK, you need to check that your products meet relevant safety regulations and labelling requirements, including:
- the Footwear (Indication of Composition) Labelling Regulations 1995 - download guidance on footwear labelling from the BIS website (PDF, 58K)
- the Textile Products (Indication of Fibre Content) Regulations 1986 - find information on how to label items of clothing on the Trading Standards website
- correct use of the textile names set out in EU directives, you can download Directive 2008/121/EC setting out definitions and tables of textile fibres from the Europa website (PDF, 116K)
Clothes sizes tend to vary from country to country and even from store to store. There are no regulations that you have to follow by law, but there are three European standards on clothes sizing which aim to establish a common sizing system. They are known as: EN 13402-1:2001, EN 13402-2:2002 and EN 13402-3:2004.
You must also comply with safety requirements for children's clothes and footwear.
Domestic business standards
Goods imported into the UK must comply with domestic business standards, including safeguarding any intellectual property, pollution regulations, and packaging and textile labelling rules. You must also comply with other product safety standards, such as nightwear labelling and restrictions on the use of some dyes.
Importing children's clothing into the UK
When you import children's clothing and footwear, you will need to meet certain quality requirements if they are being sold to customers in the UK.
Regulations applicable to children's clothing
The rules and regulations you should be aware of include:
- the General Product Safety Regulations 2005
- the Children's Clothing (Hood Cords) Regulations 1976
- the Nightwear (Safety) Regulations 1985
You can read further details about the regulations affecting children's clothing on the National Archives website.
BSI Code of Practice
A BSI British Standards Code of Practice (reference number BS 7907:2007) is available to purchase. It recommends materials, design and manufacturing guidelines to promote the safety of children's clothing. Read detailed information about BS 7907:2007 on the BSI website (registration required).
VAT reduced and zero rates
Under VAT rules, most items of children's clothing and footwear are eligible for a reduced rate of 0% VAT (ie no VAT) in the UK, but there are some exceptions. If your business has been declared exempt from VAT registration because it only sells zero-rated items, you should check that the items you are importing meet the necessary requirements. You can find out about the conditions for VAT zero-rating on the HMRC website.
Some goods are also outside the scope for VAT, which means you do not need to charge VAT. Generally, goods are considered outside the scope if they are supplied by someone who isn't VAT registered, supplied outside the UK or the Isle of Man, or if the goods are not part of your daily business. See the guide on VAT rates explained: standard, reduced, zero, exempt.
If you are unsure whether to charge VAT on your goods, call the HMRC VAT helpline on Telephone: 0845 010 9000.
Sources of help and support in the clothing, footwear and fashion sector
As an importer or exporter in the clothing, footwear and fashion sector, you can turn to a range of bodies for help and information.
The government organisation with primary responsibility for providing trade support is Department for International Trade.
Government sources of help and information
In addition to Department for International Trade, other government bodies that provide business support in the clothing, footwear and fashion sector include:
- HMRC - you can find information about importing and exporting on the HMRC website
Trade associations and other bodies
Links to useful associations for exporters are listed below:
- visit the British Fashion Council website
- find out about the Creative Industries Unit of the British Council on the British Council website
- visit the Textile Recycling Association website
You can also find contact details for trade associations and other bodies from our website.
Further information
HMRC Tariff Classification Email Advice Service
Provision of non-legally binding tariff classification commodity codes advice is available by emailing email@example.com and including the information detailed in Customs Information Paper 27 (2015) with your enquiry.
Department for International Trade (DIT) Enquiry Line
Telephone: 020 7215 5000
ECO Helpline
Telephone: 020 7215 4594
HMRC VAT Helpline
Telephone: 0300 200 3700
Import and export guidance on the HMRC website
Trade data information on the uktradeinfo website
Export restriction checker on the BIS Goods Checker website (registration required)
Outward Processing Relief information on the HMRC website
Export licensing information on the Arts Council website
Country and category of goods database on the EU Market Access Database website
Generalised System of Preferences guidance on the BIS website
EU-wide customs tariffs guidance on the HMRC website
Import goods licences listed on the BIS website
Clothing labelling information on the Trading Standards website
Last updated 4 February 2016 + show all updates
- Contact details for the Tariff Classification Service has been updated.
- Fixing references to specialist guides
- First published.