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Sisley Eau de Sisley 2 Eau de Toilette
£69.00 - £109.00
Product description
Product code: 46258402
A fresh, aquatic and woody composition.
An Eau de Toilette for women from Sisley. Light, fresh and sheer, Eau de Sisley 2 is like a white floral dress dotted with green. It reinvents the green note, imparting a delicate, serene and natural sensuality.
Its top note is fresh and green, evoking the subtle scent of sap, combined with the soft spiciness of Cardamom, Bergamot and a touch of Basil.
Its floral heart is composed of Water Lily, Egyptian Jasmine, Cyclamen and Rose. Its base combines the sensuality of Patchouli and Vetiver with the woody elegance of Cedar and Sandalwood.
Eau de Sisley Perfumes: 3 creative takes on the freshness of chypre, perfect for every occasion or mood, each revealing another facet of this classic scent.
Product specifications
- Brand
- Sisley
- Eligible for International Delivery
- Fragrance Range
- Eau de Sisley 2
- Fragrance Type
- Eau de Toilette
- Scent
The family or sub-group which this fragrance could be classified under. The four primary fragrance families are Floral, Oriental, Woody and Fresh.
- Chypre
- Scent Intensity
Scent Intensity
The intensity or strength of the fragrance. Light – subtle and suitable for everyday wear Moderate - a noticeable but not overpowering signature scent Strong - ideal for those who want to make a bold, confident statement
- Soft
- Scent Longevity
Scent Longevity
Approximately how long the scent remains detectable when worn. Light - up to 2 hours Medium - 2 to 4 hours Long-Lasting - 4 hours +
- Moderate
- Volume
- 100ml
Brand information
Sisley is a French luxury beauty brand, created by Hubert d'Ornano who was one of the first to use botanical essences in cosmetology. The family-owned company creates the highest quality skincare and make-up products, combining the best of nature and science. The brand is renowned for its anti-ageing range, face masks and award winning sun care. It is also well known for its fine perfumes which are created in the tradition of the French 'haute parfumerie'. More from Sisley
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Types of cars that can be seen at the Volo Auto Museum include famous cars from television and film productions, cars that previously belonged to celebrities, military vehicles, automobiles built before World War I and a collection of bizarre cars. The museum also features a cycle collection.
Some of the vehicles used in television and film productions on display include a 2002 Aston Martin, the Batmobile from the 1989 film and a 1984 DeLorean from "Back to the Future." Some of the bizarre cars are a 1919 Little Tramp, a 1977 Elvis Cadillac and a 2002 piano car roadster. There are also cars available for sale.

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This past week has been a pretty exciting week. I put up two new posts, one in particular that made a huge feature on the homepage of Chictopia (I was like a little kid jumping up and down in a candy store). Lately I have been trying to spend a little more time with my kids, (my four dogs and kitten). Its been a challenge, to find the time and then getting them all in the car and heading to the park. It gets done - after help from my little brother and sister and my boyfriend (YES, 4 people.) There isn't enough eyes and hands even after all that! I really truly love them all and they have a blast running free without being held by anyone. Its becoming a weekly thing and they can run off for about an hour or so and they come back, lay on the blanket and rest their heads on my legs, its pretty adorable. My kitten on the other hand, well she dosen't get to run as freely as she'd like BUT she does get supervised grass time. Its really a great time spent, I get to spend quality time with all parts of my family. We all definitely get a huge workout, grab some food and end up going home to take some catnaps.
If you know me pretty well, you know two of my favorite foods are corn and pickles. My boyfriend and I went to the fair on Lexington Ave and of course I was just stuffing my face! From funnel cakes to corn on the cobs to lemonade to kettle corn to PICKLES! Its the only time I can be really unhealthy and go crazy. Which led me to having two, super buttery corn on the cobs, taking home two pickles, two bags of kettle corn and butter popcorn. My boyfriend turns to me and always ask, "are you really going to eat all that? - my excuse : "Im bringing some home for my mom and everyone else." Ha- they never see it. OK- maybe the popcorn.
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Good Morning to you all!
A friend wanted a combined card for her twin nieces 1st Birthday. I recently got this lovely Sizzix die and thought it would be perfect. I kept the colours simple using matching papers and inks from Stampin' Up!
Thanks for looking,
Sarah x
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The home for everything related to Chrystine Shelton (a.k.a The Pre-Fight Donut) My name is Chrystine and I'm from Michigan, born and raised. I graduated from Michigan State University in 2005 with a degree in Environmental Studies and a degree in East Asian Culture (Japanese). I currently live in Chicago, Illinos and work with an environmental consulting firm doing environmental assessments, cleanups, wetland delineations, and regulatory compliance.
I like drawing, photography, and participing in races, challenges, various conventions (usually in cosplay), music festivals, along with anything else that peaks my interest. This website is a personal page where I can post photos, make commentary, keep my artwork, and share information. I'm fairly active on social media, so feel free to follow me on your favorite sites as well.
Take a look around and if you see anything you like and want to talk about feel free to drop me a line!
Happy New Year! ! 2016 was terrible for celebrity deaths, politics, and civil rights...but it wasn't too bad of a year for me personally. Cosplay and charity events were booming, I ran the Chicago Marathon, and still have my health, all of my family, and my job. So I really can't complain. Hopefully 2017 will be better on the larger scale of things.
Make-A-Wish. Costumers with a Cause was asked by Make-A-Wish to help a child named David fulfill his wish of becoming a police officer for a day and hunting "monsters." For him, monsters were the savage animals from the movie Zootopia. So, our costumers got their gear and and were David's first arrests!
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- MrsGubler
- 5 years ago
- Wedding: October 2014
My wedding is 10/25/14 and we are running into a bit of an issue. We want to have a small wedding with just close family and friends, however we have a lot of friends that we would love to come to the reception after and just come "crash our party" if you will. The issue we are running into is the reception is at the same venue. Is it rude to send a reception only invite to aquantances and non close friends and family? THe dining hall will only hold 100 which is perfect for the ceremony and dinner but the barn where the reception is will hold up to 200. Please help with your input it would be greatly appricated!


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We do not live in a country, I think, we live in a world. We are not some disparate collection of arbitrarily drawn boundaries that divide us, but rather a beautiful tapestry of the intricate things that connect us. There is so little we do not share, and so many dreams we have in common.
it is our dreams that tell us who we really are and what is important for us, ... they are our identity, our reality, our comfort in the dark night and our defence against the false paths strewn in front of us by a society that, so often, does not honour their wisdom. (ref: Paula Constant)
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Black history is full of strong, inspiring leaders, determined to overcome the many challenges faced by their people. One of the most memorable is Martin Luther King, Jr., who gave his famous "I Have a Dream" speech on Aug. 28, 1963. He deviated from his prepared script at the end when he described all the things that made up his dream for a better world.
The following year, King was awarded the Nobel Prize for Peace. At the time, he was the youngest recipient of the award. He was 35.
Another inspiring figure in black history was Thurgood Marshall, according to MSN Living. As a lawyer, he fought for civil rights, suing the University of Maryland for discrimination in their law school acceptance policy. In 1954, he appeared before the U.S. Supreme Court, winning the landmark Brown versus Board of Education case. This court decision declared that racial segregation in schools was unconstitutional. Marshall was at the Supreme Court again in 1967, this time as a justice. He served until 1991.
One of black history's earliest leaders was Frederick Douglass, the son of a slave and a white man. Taken from his mother as a baby, Douglass lived as a slave until he was about 20. He escaped and went on to fight against oppression. His anti-slavery newspaper, "The North Star," was named for the light in the night sky that escaped slaves followed to find freedom.


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Normally when people die their souls are claimed by Death and dragged across the bleak threshold of the Black Gate. What awaits them, who can say: maybe it transcends into some heavenly realm, maybe it gets reincarnated...or maybe there is only a cold oblivion. It is this unknown that instills mortals with fear.
Not you.
Through status, sacrifice, or knowledge Death no longer holds any dominion over your fate. When you die your soul will be unconstrained by its cold hands, free to travel between the land of the living and dead as you wish. For you death is not an end, but merely a new beginning.
Like the skeleton the mummy is a change to play something out of the ordinary, or perhaps give a character another chance at (un)life.
Unlike the skeleton the mummy is unkillable: your enemies can rip you apart or smash you to dust, but in time you will return to plague them.
Unleash terrible curses, suffocate them with sand or scarabs, bury them alive; woe to any who disturb the mummy.
This playbook comes in two parts.
The first is a 17-page, pdf that features the mummy playbook as you would find in the Dungeon World book, as well as a "director's cut" section that explains some of the fiction, and some extra features like new dungeon gear, magic items, and moves that did not make the initial cut.
The second part is an actual letter-sized character sheet with some custom graphics.


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We've not posted about either of these two spanking models, Alyssa and Star, for a while so this new update on Spanking Sorority Girls is the perfect opportunity!
Alyssa Reece is hot! Without too much makeup in a scene like this, the sexy glamour model is a pretty girl-next-door type. Here, with her hot body and almost tomboyish look she looks even hotter than normal as she goes over Star's knee! She's petite with an amazing round ass that is very spankable.
Here, Alyssa is with Star Nine, another pretty brunette, in a scene that heats up and gets very sexy indeed by the end. We've probably seen more of Star due to her making a very convincing top, she's appeared on most of the Clare Fonda Pass websites. While she can look very sensible and "grown up" she's also a similar age to many of the other spanking models so also switches very well. Star applies the rectal thermometer to Alyssa's pretty bottom and gets a nice lesbian spanking in this movie.
Star needs to practice taking someone's temperature anally. When Alyssa resists, Star tries to convince her with a sound spanking and paddling. But Alyssa holds out for more. She'll do it if she can give Star a spanking, too.
It's a nice and kinky scene with some anal thermometer, lesbian kissing and lots and lots of bare bottomed spanking!
The Anal Adventures of Alyssa Reece and Star Nine gallery
Alyssa Reece gets ready to go down on Star Nine
This scene really does have a genuine roommate feel about it and Alyssa and Star are great! With the lesbian sex, thermometers and no pledge paddle this seems like quite a departure from the norm for Spanking Sorority Girls, but still very worth checking out the movie!


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2nd Grade: Mrs. Austin's Class
Was I cute or what?
3rd Grade: Mrs. Blake's Class
Mom, what did you dress me in? I look like a boy! You'd never know that at the beginning of that year, I made a lifelong friend (Hi Emily!) because she just loved my outfit (it was a cute flowery top and green jean shorts with a matching flowery trim).
4th Grade: Mrs. Reinhardt's Class
My first outfit from Limited Too (I guess it's Justice now). I just loved this corduroy shirt.
5th Grade: Mrs. Cannon's Class
This outfit was a jumper so I had to get completely undressed to go to the bathroom. Apparently now they're back in style.
6th Grade: Mrs. Smith's Class
Hello Ears! This shirt had a matching denim skort.
6th Grade: "Fancy" Spring Photo
I got in a rut in 6th grade and wore the same 5 outfits every week (this being one of them). And yes, they changed the background light color depending on what you were wearing. Ha!
7th Grade
This fuzzy shirt was from Limited Too and had a matching black and yellow plaid skort. It was my fave outfit for years until I finally grew out of it. Sigh. I remember going over to my Aunt Turk's house before school this day and having her fix my hair (she's a hairdresser).
7th Grade Spring Photo
My hair has never been as shiny as it was in this photo. I wish I could go back to my 7th grade self and ask her what her secret was! I think this is the longest it's ever been too. Outfit again from Limited Too. I went shopping with my mom and BFF Crystal to pick this one out and I really wanted a different top but they outvoted me so I got this one instead. I never loved it.
8th Grade
I think this one gets the prize for Most. Awful. Photo. Ever. 8th grade must have been my awkward year because this was a RETAKE photo because my first one was so terrible. I don't remember what it looked like but it had to be pretty bad.
8th Grade Spring Photo
Not much better than the Fall one.
9th Grade
My first outfit from American Eagle! I still have this tank although I only wear it around the house now. I dyed my hair in it one time so it has two big brown stains on it (oops!).
10th Grade
Shirt from Gap. I wore it with cut off shorts from Gap and and I remember feeling so good in that outfit. Especially since my ex-boyfriend (who had a new girlfriend) told me after I wore this outfit that I looked sooo good. He broke up with her and we got back together. Then broke up. Then back together again. It was a tumultuous cycle with him.
10th Grade Spring Photo
This yellow sweater (from Old Navy) was so huge on me, but I didn't really know what size I was back then.
11th Grade
Tank and Button-up from Dillards. Necklace borrowed from my mom. When I think of my junior year, this top immediately comes to mind.
11th Grade Spring Photo
Obviously a few shorts months after 9/11. Patriotic shirts could be found everywhere, but I think this one came from a store called The Body Shop in the mall. Jeans too. I think I still have both of these and wore the jeans up until a couple years ago.
And now, my senior photos...
Right after I had my senior photos taken (at the end of my junior year), I grew my bangs out. Never turned back. I can't stand anything on my forehead now and have a slight addiction to bobby pins. I don't know how I did it all those years.
I hope you got a couple laughs at my expense. What random things can you remember?


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energy-pedia exploration
Central & SE Asia / Australasia >>> Pakistan
Pakistan: Mari Gas announces major oil discovery in Karak Block
17 Oct 2011
Mari Gas Company has announced a significant oil discovery in the Karak Block during the drilling of Halini well. The Karak Block is located at the boundaries of KPK and Punjab Provinces (between the districts of Karak and Mianwali). The Halini well was spudded on January 07, 2011. The well has been drilled to a depth of 5,350 meters. During the initial short duration tests carried out, the well flowed at the average rate of 1,700 barrels/day of 26 API gravity oil on a 32/64" choke size.
The flow rates from the well are expected to increase with further testing and stimulation treatment which is planned to be conducted, shortly. The prospect is estimated to spread over a large area and the Company is planning to drill additional wells to delineate the exact extent, size and reserves potential of this oil discovery.
The Karak Block was granted to Mari Gas, as operator and 100% interest owner, on April 14, 2005. Subsequently MOL Pakistan Oil & Gas Company acquired 40% interest share in the Block from Mari Gas.
Mari Gas also made a gas/condensate discovery last year in its 100% operated Sujawal Block in Sindh which is being put on test production by installing early production facilities. Mari gas is also proud of discovering the first ever oil in Balochistan when it's Ziarat well flowed oil which is currently being evaluated/appraised for bringing it on production. Other recent discovery of gas by Mari Gas in its Sukkur Block's Koonj well has also been put on test production for gas supply to SNGPL.
Mari Gas is currently also implementing the project for supply of 44 MMSCF/D gas from its Mari Deep Reservoir to SNGPL.
Mari Gas presently operates two development & production leases, seven exploration licenses and has non-operating working interest share in another seven exploration licenses. Mari Gas has the distinction of being the lowest cost operator in the country with its operating expenses ranging within 7% of its revenues as compared to 21% to 27% of other major Pakistani E&P companies.
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Stewart scores two, Allen gets first shutout for Bluesby Louie Korac
ST. LOUIS -- Chris Stewart isn't getting caught up in his own point totals. All the St. Louis Blues power forward cares about is wins.
The Blues are starting to get them -- even with a depleted lineup, they are beginning to catch the fire that led to a 109-point season a year ago.
Stewart continued his torrid pace by scoring two more goals -- he has four in two games -- and adding an assist; Alex Steen scored and added a pair of assists in his return to the lineup; and midseason call-up Jake Allen earned his first NHL shutout when the Blues downed the Phoenix Coyotes 3-0 at Scottrade Center on Thursday night.
Stewart has 12 points (six goals, six assists) in the past six games and 22 points (nine goals, 13 assists) in 17 games. He's supplied more than sufficient offense in the absence of Andy McDonald, T.J. Oshie and Vladimir Tarasenko, all out with injuries for a Blues team that did get Steen back after missing eight games with an upper-body injury.
"I'm not necessarily worried about the points, but I feel like I'm generating a lot of offense," Stewart said. "I'm getting a lot of opportunities on the rush."
Stewart, who had what was considered a down year last season, is generating offense no matter who he's playing with. As recently as a couple games ago, it was with Patrik Berglund and David Perron. Thursday night it was with Steen and David Backes.
"I think confidence with him comes from competing," Blues coach Ken Hitchcock said of Stewart. "He put in all the work in the summer and did a great job, but he's competing. He's competing on every puck, he's not giving up on any pucks, he's not panicking under pressure. He's not thinking he should make another play.
"He's doing a lot of this work himself, but to me, when you're a skill player and you compete at a high level, I don't know many that don't have success, and he has success because of it. He has success because he's determined on the puck. ... He's a very big, strong man that's learning to compete [for] the puck right now. It's very good for us right now."
Allen is 7-1-0 after he stopped 28 shots. He was recalled from the American Hockey League's Peoria Rivermen and stabilized a Blues goaltending situation that looked bleak with a groin injury to Jaroslav Halak and the struggles of Brian Elliott.
"It's something I've dreamed of, especially as a kid getting a shutout in the NHL," said Allen, a second-round pick in the 2008 NHL Draft. "I never would have realized it would have been this quick, but I definitely appreciate all the work the guys did. It's something I won't forget.
"It's sort of a whirlwind the last month or so, whatever it's been. I'm still taking it in stride. I'm really pleased with the way I've played. I couldn't have asked for a better start, but I try to stay even-keeled, stay ready for the next game on Saturday. Just take things one day at a time."
The Coyotes, who had a two-game winning streak stopped, got 27 saves from Mike Smith.
"We came out and took penalty after penalty in the first period," Coyotes coach Dave Tippett said. "You give a home team like that momentum and give them the lead, they're going to take it and run with it and that's exactly what they did."
Smith said, "In reality, we didn't play well enough to win. We didn't play well enough to get those bounces going our way. We weren't ready to play from the drop of the puck.
"We had a better second [period] and we obviously were trying to press at the end of the game to get back into it. ... We had a couple of opportunities. As the game wore on, we couldn't find anything around their net. They got a lead and they held the lead well."
The Blues outshot the Coyotes 16-8 in the first 20 minutes, helped by three power plays, but Smith and Allen were each up to the task.
The Blues' best scoring chances came when fourth-liner Ryan Reaves powered his way to the net and had two point-blank chances thwarted by Smith.
Allen, who obviously didn't see as large a workload, denied Antoine Vermette, who found himself alone at the top of the crease but had a couple whacks at the puck while Allen kept the right pad down. The puck eventually found its way into the net but officials whistled the play dead, saying the puck was covered by Allen when the whistle blew.
Stewart broke the stalemate when a fortuitous bounce wound up on his stick from the other side of the net. Backes' original shot from the left circle caromed off the skate of Phoenix defenseman Derek Morris and off the back boards around the right side of the goal. Stewart was driving the net and skated right onto the puck and slammed it home 5:54 into the second period for a 1-0 Blues lead.
Steen made it 2-0 4:05 into the third period when his initial shot was blocked, but the puck came right back into his wheelhouse in the high slot, and he whirled and fired it past Smith following an odd-man rush for the Blues.
Steen played 19:10 in his return to the ice and he didn't look like he missed a beat.
"That's a lot of credit to my two linemates tonight," Steen said. "Backs and Stew had a heck of a game ... both of them.
"I tried keeping it simple, but both of those two guys, they carried me tonight."
Stewart snapped a shot from the left dot over Smith's glove with plenty of traffic in front with 5:29 remaining as the Blues made it four wins in their past five games.
"This was more of a team shutout. This looked like us. This looked like our team," Hitchcock said. "This looked like [what] we envisioned our team [looking like]. I think there's a collective dig-in going on between the coaches and the players now. I think there's an engagement that's starting to connect now. It's starting to get better and better every day.
"I think people are doing the things that are maybe going unnoticed on the scoreboard. ... The stuff that makes a team is starting to go on in this group now. We're digging in."


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Sanctioned a fifth season long before the end of the current run, "The Walking Dead" will continue its epic domination of the AMC network. Despite endless hype and viewing figures obliterating high profile competitors such as the Winter Olympics, we at Alpha Shadows surprisingly ask: is "The Walking Dead" dying? MIGHT CONTAIN SPOILERS
The initial reason that I was a fan of TWD was the innovative ingenuity it provided for the horror genre. Focusing on the emotional potency of the characters and allowing their personalities to flourish instead of expecting them to die within the hour was incredibly engaging. Series one and two featured the masculine power struggle between former sheriffs and best friends Rick Grimes (Andrew Lincoln) and Shane Walsh (Jon Bernthal) who fought for group dominance as well as the love of Lori (Sarah Wayne Callies). Aside from the additional blossoming passion between young Glenn Rhee (Steven Yeun) and Maggie Greene (Lauren Cohen), unconventional horror narratives such as Carol's (Melissa McBride) escape from her abusive husband and Dale's (Jeffrey DeMunn) attempts to prevent Andrea (Laurie Holden) from committing suicide set TWD apart from the rest. With these intertwining relationships, not only does it add an element of drama to the obvious notion of fear, but the emotional attachment one feels for these unfortunate characters only emphasises their on screen suffering by zombies.
By the third series we were introduced to The Governor (David Morrissey), a psychologically challenged dictator figure who manipulated the residents of his artificial village 'Woodbury' to not only provide him a privileged existence, but in order to wage war on any other humans who opposed his reign. His presence provided a fresh dimension to the potential threat in their world; the plausibility that the flaws of humanity would render the murderous 'walkers' insignificant in comparison. The deranged tactician versus the heroic Rick was a worthy matchup and only strengthened the show's reputation. However when their ongoing battle was resolved at the mid-season break of the fourth series, the show's direction from there became questionable.
AMC's latest eight episodes felt as if they were dragged out in order to fit the standardised American length and it seemed as if only four episodes worth of material was actually presented. The slow pace was particularly emphasised by episodes that concentrated solely on one mini group of characters hunting for sanctuary, which were bland and unimaginative. Even when the various directors integrated multiple narratives, nothing seemed to progress fast enough to retain an audience's interest. All the characters encountered signs encouraging them to venture to an unknown refuge known as 'Terminus' and after much painfully obvious deliberation between each group, the programme's promotional campaign "Who Will Arrive – #Terminus?" only ever had one embarrassingly evident outcome. TWD's production team showed no bravery in keeping every character alive and the lack of twists was uncharacteristic of a series that has been so bold in its conception. "The Grove" episode was lauded by critics in which psychotic Lizzie (Brighton Sharbino) murdered her younger sister Mika (Kyla Kenedy) in barbaric fashion and in turn, prompted Carol to terminate her volatile threat. Although this was indeed emotive and an example of the programme's great potential, in reality the two characters were irrelevant for the programme's long term vision. Essentially this series became a stop gap, before the next instalment inevitably builds up to a big budget finale. New character Dr. Eugene Porter (Josh McDermitt) is a scientist who has revealed he knows a cure to the epidemic, but will not tell anyone and demands they travel to Washington in order to save the world. His inclusion feels like a scapegoat for an ending they have not thought of yet and the time wasted on flashbacks of Michonne's (Danai Gurira) past and the antagonistic redneck gang were unnecessary fillers.
Audiences were left this season with Rick's final clinching line "They're messing with the wrong people" in an extremely unanswered and unsatisfying finish. TWD is becoming less exciting and due to viewer desensitisation, even less scary. What to me is the very core of the show is diminishing and AMC's team are playing a dangerous game with their fans, one the likes of network compatriot 'Breaking Bad' or HBO's' True Detective' would never engage in. I will watch series five out of pure loyalty, but I pray for the devoted fans' sake that it delivers to them the powerful ending they deserve.
IMDB Rating: 8.7
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SAN ANTONIO — Kenny Hill has been on the big stage before, although it would be a stretch to say he has been there since he was a toddler.
Still, his mom was carrying him on the field before World Series games in 1995. His father, Ken, was the losing pitcher for the Cleveland Indians in Game 4; the Atlanta Braves won it in six. Ken Hill had a 14-year career in the big leagues.
The younger Hill played third base at Carroll High School in Southlake, Texas, but was known more for football. As a senior, he threw for 20 touchdowns, ran for another 22 and was the Texas Gatorade Player of the Year.
Now the starting quarterback for No. 13 TCU, he's the player No. 15 Stanford has to contain in Thursday night's Alamo Bowl. The 6-foot-1, 212-pound senior is a dual threat in the Horned Frogs' up-tempo offense.
"He's a very athletic quarterback, and he's got a strong arm as well," Stanford defensive coordinator Lance Anderson said. "He buys extra time with his feet. He can be a little erratic throwing at times, but, boy, when he catches a rhythm, you see the arm talent he has."
Hill redshirted at Texas A&M in 2012, the year Johnny Manziel won the Heisman Trophy as a redshirt freshman. Hill backed up Manziel in 2013. In his first game the following year, Hill passed for 439 yards and two touchdowns and ran for three more against South Dakota State.
He passed for 3,208 yards that season — third most in school history — and also ran for 609 yards and 10 touchdowns. On the other hand, he threw 13 interceptions, more than any other quarterback in the Big 12, and ranked ninth in the conference in passing efficiency.
After eight starts in 2014, he was replaced by freshman Kyle Allen. Hill transferred to TCU. He sat out a year because of transfer rules, then became the starter going into the 2016 season.
He led the Horned Frogs to a 6-7 record (they lost to Georgia in the Liberty Bowl), throwing for 17 touchdowns, but he again threw 13 interceptions.
This season, he increased his TD passes to 21, cut his picks to six, and TCU went 10-3. In the team's best game of the season, he led the Horned Frogs to a 44-31 upset of then-No. 6 Oklahoma State in Stillwater.
"I threw a pick early but calmed down," he said Tuesday. "We never looked back."
After a 14-7 loss at No. 25 Iowa State, he said, "I took that hard. It was on me. The offense didn't really play well, and it starts with me."
Like Stanford, TCU lost twice to a league champion, in its case, playoff-bound Oklahoma.
"They're a great football team," Hill said. "The No. 2 team in the country, with the Heisman Trophy winner (Baker Mayfield). I'll absolutely be rooting for them to win the national championship."
The 41-17 loss to Oklahoma in the Big 12 title game "left a bad taste for us,'' he said. "We've got one more game, and that's the best way to get rid of it — to play well."
Tom FitzGerald is a San Francisco Chronicle staff writer. Email: email@example.com Twitter: @tomgfitzgerald
Alamo Bowl
Who: No 15 Stanford (9-4) vs. No. 13 TCU (10-3)
Where: San Antonio
When: 6 p.m. Thursday
TV/Radio: ESPN/680


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Author: C.A. Pack
File Size: 2858 KB
Print Length: 50 pages
Simultaneous Device Usage: Unlimited
Publisher: Artiqua Press (December 10, 2013)
Sold by: Amazon Digital Services, Inc.
About the book:
Seventeen-year-old Jackson Roth has a big, BIG crush on library curator, Johanna Charette, and she is starting to surrender to his charms. That is, until a handsome, ubersexy rival vies for Johanna's attention, and everything that Johanna and Jackson know about the properties of the Library of Illumination are turned upside down.


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This is one of those modest jewels that you can find in cinema. It is a small film with a chilling end, Enrique Rivero's "Parque Via" is a film about a man that has worked for a family for 30 years and has taken care of an empty house for 10 years. A study of self-imposed solitude that's not boring, and an exploration of repressed emotions that's not alienating to the viewer, tale of a longtime caretaker of a vacant house whose self-contained existence is suddenly threatened plays almost like a low-key psychodrama or cerebral thriller. The man lives a lonely, but great life in a fantastic modern house located in Lomas, one of the best neighborhoods in Mexico City.
Beto, the main character, is an aging man that probably came from a rural town. Apart from the rest of the world by high walls, and settled into a routine, cleaning and watching violent news reports on TV, he seems an island unto himself. A kind of ideal life, he has developed a fear of going to any kind of public place. He will start sweating and having anxiety attacks.
The house after all those years is finally sold and Beto has no longer any use for the family. He will need to leave his peaceful island. His patrona (boss), La Senora, tries to do her best for Beto, who will soon be homeless and jobless, but events take a sudden, surprising turn.
Though it's clear from their looks and demeanor, the social divide between the upper-class La Senora and working-class Beto is never put directly into words. He seems happy with the status quo and respectful of his employer, there is a kind of hidden affection, and she, in her own cool way, is attached to her loyal servant. The film's power comes in the final act, though seemingly out of left field, in retrospect makes sense based on tiny nuances in the performances. Beautifully and masterfully directed, the actors are not professional, it has won some art house film festival like Locarno.


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Dragon's Treasure by Maya Starling
My rating: 5 of 5 stars
Summary from GoodReads
"She was the girl who longed for the freedom of the dragon, and he was the dragon who longed to be a man."
A heroine reclaiming her fate. A dragon with a secret. A prince on a quest.
Olivia flees to the forest seeking freedom from her family's demands. She finds refuge in a cave, only to discover it is a dragon's lair. The dragon, Kaden, is not the monster she first thinks him to be. After overcoming her initial fright – of not being eaten – Olivia discovers that the dragon has a gentle heart.
Kaden is resigned to loneliness after centuries of wandering the lands. Meeting Olivia brings joy to his solitary life, and never has he dreamed that a young woman would be the one to start the change in him.
A storm brews on the horizon.
A prince with a handsome face and a cruel heart is on a quest to slay the dragon, and take the throne. He will do whatever it takes to have what he believes is his to own. And now, he has his eyes set on the pretty little maiden from the forest. He will make her his Queen, whether she wants it or not.
I recieved an e-ARC in exchange for an honest review.
I was very excited when Maya Starling decided to publish her Wattpad novel! I've been a follower of the series since she first started updating the book and I was very pleased to see how the new, editted version would look like!
Olivia and Kaden are two of my favorite characters in this trope of "the prince saving the girl from the dragon". But everything is not as it seems for neither of them. Not to mention that Mgnus is a horrible human being. The story has also action but mostly it focuses on Kaden's and Olivia's relationship. The author did a great job on her characters' grownth, since the first draft and there was nothing that made me dislike the book.
I mean, it's a book with a dragon!
I'll be eagerly expecting how the second book will go, since I've already read it (a few years back) on Wattpad. Recommended if you like a good read about our scaly friends. ;)
About the author:
Maya Starling is a writer, a geek, an animal lover and a gamer. She has lived the life of a magus, an oracle, a goth mortician, a star wars rebel. She has led many lives, sitting at a table, and rolling those dice away.In reality, she lives with her wife and their adorable little boy, and of course two rescue cats, in a small country of Croatia. Reading and writing are her passion, so you will often find her typing away a new novel or a new short story, or eyes glued to the screen of her phone or a page of a book.


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Maps and mountains, lions and tigers, rivers and oceans-all sorts of things you didn't know about India's geography Could you be related to a blond Lithuanian? What if ostriches once roamed in India?
Did you know that India is the only country that has both lions and tigers? Who found out how tall Mt Everest is?
If you've ever wanted to know the answers to questions like these, this is the book for you. In here you will discover various things you never expected, such as the fact that we still greet each other like the Harappans did or that people used to think India was full of one-eyed giants.
And sneakily you'll also know more about India's history and geography by the end of it. Full of quirky pictures and crazy trivia, this book takes you on a fantastic journey through the incredible history of India's geography.
About the Author
Currently the global strategist of one of the world's largest banks, Sanjeev Sanyal divides his time between India and Singapore. A Rhodes Scholar and an Eisenhower Fellow, Sanjeev was named Young Global Leader for 2010 by the World Economic Forum. He has written extensively oneconomics, environmental conservation and urban issues.
His first two books, The Indian Renaissance: India's Rise After a Thousand Years of Decline and Land of the Seven Rivers: A Brief History of India's Geography, were published by Penguin in 2008 and 2012 respectively. This book is an adaptation of the latter.


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BREMERTON, Wash. (NNS) — More than 100 chief petty officers (CPO) and CPO selects, assigned to commands within Navy Region Northwest, participated in the 24th annual Bremerton Blackberry Festival's 5-kilometer run, Aug. 31.
Bremerton's Blackberry Festival is a three-day event in which the local community comes to the city for concerts, local sights, and to participate in the annual running events. "For the last few years the regional chiefs and chief selectees come together for the annual Blackberry Festival run," said Chief Hull Maintenance Technician Chris Surman, assigned to Naval Intermediate Maintenance Facility, Bangor. "This shows the local community that we as Chiefs are a part of and support them."
Along with starting the festival with a formation run, the CPO and CPO selects raised money to be donated back to the community.
"The cities along the Puget Sound carry on a rich naval history, and events like this gives our chief community a chance to demonstrate unity throughout the Chiefs mess and the region," said Chief (Select) Hospital Corpsman Oscar Baldevia, assigned to Naval Hospital Bremerton. "Our goal is to prove to the current chiefs that we are worthy to join the mess and show off some naval pride to the community as well."
Retired Chief Gunner's Mate Arthur Kaine said the CPO selects participating in the Blackberry Festival Fun Run does just as much for the mess as it does the community. "I served in the mess for over nine years, and I lost count of how many kilometers I've run in events like this," said Kaine. "This Fun Run will bring the new CPOs closer to each other as brothers and sisters and make all the CPO community stronger."
Prior to the run, the newly selected chiefs recited the Sailor's Creed and sang "Anchors Aweigh" for fellow runners and festival goers. CPO selects are Sailors undergoing Phase II of CPO 365 before assuming the duties and responsibilities of a CPO Sept. 13.


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The Sustainability Projects Fund is one of several non opt-outable fees students can expect to see on their bills this fall. At $0.50 per credit, it provides roughly $800,000 in annual funding towards projects that work to make McGill's campus and community more sustainable. McGill has recently made sustainability a priority; every dollar students put toward the Sustainable Projects Fund (SPF) is matched by the administration. Meatless Mondays at residence cafeterias and Outdoors Frosh are just a few of the notable initiatives the SPF supports. In January, Thomson House was added to this list.
Thomson House remains a beautifully maintained reminder of Canada's architectural past. Once a mansion on Montreal's famed Golden Square Mile, it now houses the Post-Graduate Students' Society (PGSS). Heritage buildings like the Thomson House add to the allure of McGill's campus.
Today, most of the fifty or so homes in the McGill portion of the Golden Square Mile have been demolished to make way for larger, more modern structures like McLennan Library and the Bronfman building. Others like the Faculty Club – originally the home of Baron Alfred Baumgarten – have survived by adapting to the campus' new needs. Despite this repurposing, it remains that these old buildings were not built with energy efficiency in mind.
PGSS aims to change this. Their project, called Sustainable Thomson House, consists of determining ways to make both the building as well as PGSS operations within the building more self-sufficient, with a lesser impact upon the environment. With a budget of $63,500, Sustainable Thomson House is one of the largest initiatives funded by the SPF.
The Post-Graduate Students' Society insists that this is a project for the students and by the students. For the most part, this is true. Much of the operations auditing is done by students, including measurements of waste production and greenhouse gas emissions, as well as of the sustainability of food served in the independent Thomson House Restaurant and grown in the adjacent Permaculture Garden (also funded by SPF). A team of twenty undergraduate and graduate volunteers has been working on the project since January. Interested students can also participate through Environment 401 or Agriculture 490, which will offer course credit starting this fall.
However, the bulk of the initiative's funding – an estimated $48, 000 – is going towards hiring an external engineering and architecture firm. Shona Watt, sustainability coordinator at PGSS, asserts that the investment in an external audit will be worthwhile, as it "will highlight what improvements can be done easily and economically feasibly."
It remains to be seen how feasible the recommended changes truly are. The budget for the audits does not include actual renovations, but only the initial assessments required to possibly make changes in the future. Further funding for the project has yet to be secured. Changes of habit like decreasing waste and increasing recycling could easily be put into effect with a well-constructed plan. But other initiatives like changing plumbing and insulation, as well as increasing solar and geothermal energy sources, may be too costly in the short term to execute.
"It's not at all feasible to completely renovate all older buildings in the name of sustainability," Watt admits. But the Sustainable Thomson House team believes that small, incremental changes toward sustainability could create a powerful net effect. The audits being done at the Thomson House could serve as a template for such student- and volunteer-run projects in the future.
To inspire and educate students, the team hosted a community consultation on May 3, where they presented and discussed the project with the McGill community. Following the completion of the audits this month, the team will design changes toward sustainability for Thomson House. A second consultation is planned for the beginning of November in the form of a Sustainability Action Plan, a road map for the proposed changes spanning five to ten years.
Old buildings and waste production are not the only environmentally harmful elements that McGill could stand to change. The McGill administration recently completed their own audit, using the internationally recognized Sustainability Tracking, Assessment and Rating System (STARS). The result of this evaluation was a ranking of 'silver,' lower than many other universities comparable in size and endowment, like University of British Columbia. With long-term projects like Sustainable Thomson House, and a host of other smaller projects also funded by the SPF, students are trying to take sustainability into their own hands. But while their efforts are valiant and valuable, in the context of McGill's overall environmental footprint, which reaches as far as support for asbestos production and mining, sustainability projects such as this can only scratch the surface of the University's environmental impact.


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Der Wohnraum
This charming little house is perfectly located in one of the most beautiful areas of the east coast of Athens. Situated in a very quiet and green area by the Aegean sea, it combines unique characteristics: it is close to the beach (5 min. walk) with excellent clear waters for swimming, it has unobstructed view to the Aegean Sea (the plot in front is a private forest land) surrounded by a smooth olive and pine tree landscape with very few houses around. At the same time it has a quick access to the fast highway ("Attiki Odos") towards the airport (15km) and the center of Athens (35km). The blue-flagged beach is one of the most secluded and clean water areas of Athens. It is perfect for travelers seeking to join relaxing vacations by the sea with cultural/social visits to the center of Athens.
The house is (Phone number hidden by Airbnb) ) has one double-bed-bedroom, a living/dinning room with a spare bed and a working area, a kitchen and a bathroom. It sleeps up to three persons – and can be arranged for more. It is equipped with traditional Greek furniture. A baby sleeping travel cot is also available. The garden (Phone number hidden by Airbnb) ) is covered with greens, flowers, olive trees, a lemon tree and fruit trees (tasteful grapes and figs). Several covered and uncovered yards surround the house, making outdoor living variably pleasant. Three of them overlook the sea.
Very close to the house there are small rocky and sandy beaches to swim with crystal clear water, as well as a more distant (10 minutes walk) sandy, "organized beach" (small entrance fee provides relaxing beds, umbrellas, etc.) with a canteen.
The busy seafront center of the area is 20 minutes away, where there are a lot of bars, coffee shops, taverns, restaurants and a super market. This area has a busy day and night life.
One can also visit the Archeological Site of Vravrona with the Temple of Artemis and the Archeological Museum and also enjoy an amazing sunset at the Temple of Poseidon at cape Sounion
There is a bus every hour connecting the area with the center of Athens and it takes about an hour to get there. The metro station is approximately 15 km away - it takes 30min and an urban ticket (1,4e) to reach Syntagma Square.
We are the owners of the house and are willing to give all information and help needed to make your staying easy, pleasant and meaningful.
Kostenloser Parkplatz


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It is a fact that all the source of traveling and transporting possess mobility factor but the fact which is much truer is that Motorcycles consist of higher mobility aspect in it. This is because this two-wheeler vehicle possesses greater flexibility in it as it is smaller which requires smaller space to keep and also requires minimal maintenance as compared to the normal four wheeler vehicle. Apart from the factor of flexibility, there are many more aspects which are reflected by this vehicle at the highest and now all those important aspects are detailed in deep below.
Being a two wheeler vehicle this motor possesses lower cost as compared to that of the car or a truck. This is such a vehicle which can be afforded by the lower income group person as well. This type of vehicle is highly preferred by the college student because of two reasons. The first reason is the money factors where as the second is the adventure. College students are the one which has the higher level of enthusiasm and adventure factor in them due to which they want to own such an adventurous bike. So, due to the cost factor, the auto market is enjoying higher demand for different types and models of motorcycles for sale.
This is the vehicle which possesses the higher level of speed than any other vehicle of the auto industry. The reason for its higher speed is its compact size and greater mobility factor. No doubt that all other vehicles also possess greater speed but the ultimate fact is that this vehicle has all the capacity to use the power of its speed at the highest. Now when we are talking about the speed possessing bike then how can we forget Honda Motorcycles Company as this is world's topmost company which provided the speedy bikes to the market. The bikes of this company are so powered and energy boosted that it has the potential to pass the storm in greater and faster speed.
All the vehicle of the market have something special in it such as car provides luxury, RVs provides comfort, truck provides utility and bikes provide adventure attached with thrill. The motorcycle is the vehicle which is filled with fun and adventure due to which it is preferred more by the fun and adventure lovers. The persons who like to play with thrill and the one who wants to experience the higher level of danger in the ride can prefer this motor. In this manner, the fun has become an integral part of the ride which can be experienced at the greatest in motorcycles. Motorcycles for sale has grabbed the attention of all the customers and buyers in the auto market as their bikes are the one which offers the higher level of fun factor in the ride but at the same time, the bikes also provide greater safety to the rider.
In this manner affordability, speed and fun are the three factors which can be seen in all other vehicle but can be experienced at the highest only in bikes. And due to these reasons and specification market is filled with the number of Motorcycles for sale. So, if you are planning to buy a motor which is the major mobility reflector then surely think about bikes once as this is the vehicle which reflects flexibility in the ride at the highest.


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I graduate in 7 months. In 13 months, I start having to pay back student loans. Sometime before that time comes ideally, I would know what I am doing after college. Because right now I am not really, sure where I am going or what I am going to do. Basically I have to kinda sorta become an adult, and everyone who knows me just shuddered at that scary thought.
I am the kind of guy who needs to know what is going to happen. At least I think that I need to, God pry thinks differently. I spend a significant amount of time thinking about tomorrow or next year or twenty years from now and what I need to accomplish to get where I want to be. Worrying about the future does not always make for the lightest of burdens or great nights of sleep.
I am in a period where I think justifiably there is panic and turmoil seemingly nipping at the edges of my being. There is an overwhelming burden attempting to force itself onto my shoulders. I think at earlier times in my life this would have overwhelmed me and sent me reeling.
However, this year has been different. There has been a sense in my life that decisions are coming that need to be made, but I do not need to worry. It has been as if I keep hearing from God, "Hang on and let go." Throughout life, I believe we get a few moments that are extremely defining moments in who we are to become.
Moses' calling in the desert, Saul being struck blind, Adam and Eve eating the apple, Judas betraying Jesus for money, Ruth following Naomi in faith. All of these situations, for better or worse, are huge moments that define these men and women. The catalytic moments are what they are remembered for.
Now I am not going to sit here and claim that me graduating college is one of those moments. Come May many people my age all over the country will be in my exact same situation. I have no false image that I am any more important or my story matters more. What I do believe is that when approaching a situation that could define who I am to become.
There are so many different paths I could take come graduation that logically make sense. And for all I know that is what God has in mind for me. However, I also know that our wondrous gigantic God could have something that seems completely illogical to me planned. The only way I will ever get to know which of these is truly meant to be is if I can truly hold on to God and let go of my safety net.
I feel like God is watching over me right now and telling me in a gentle whisper like Elijah heard, "Hold on and let go." This is my challenge for the next 6 months. I hope that it is what I am challenged to do every day after that as well. Because, honestly, when I am holding on and in charge things do not go the best.
So today, I have decided to hold on to God, and let go of my expectations. I would challenge anyone reading this to take some time and seek what God's asking you to hold on to, and what you're being asked to let go of.


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From HaskellWiki
In Haskell, a variable is a name for some valid expression. The word "variable" as applied to Haskell variables is misleading, since a given variable's value never varies during a program's runtime. Instead, the concept is much closer to the mathematical sense of the word, where one might use pi to stand for 3.14159..., or X2 to represent the formula to compute to test for goodness of fit. These values do not generally change in the middle of performing a mathematical calculation or proof.The operator
is used to assign a value to a variable, e.g.
. The scope of such variables can be controlled by using
phi = 1.618
Another sense in which "variable" is used in Haskell is as formal parameters to a function. For example:
add x y = x + y
x and y are formal parameters for the add function. This corresponds to the notion of "variable" in the lambda calculus.


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jUST HAD LASIK WITH INTRALASE AND ALEGRETTO LASER THIS MORNING. contact script pre: right eye: -7.00 -1.75 left eye: -6.00 -1.5
corneas were 550, pupil was 7
before the procedure I did ask about the possibility of regression b/c of my myopia, and did this MD overcorrect due to this. He said he does not, and expects the possibility for the need for an enhancement to be ~6-7%, wheras his overalll enhancement rate with the intralase and lasik is only 1%. He did say that with my pupils being 7, that I would be more prone to glares at night (which I see with contacts and glasses anyway) this md has himself had lasik, has larger pupils and also sees glares at night. he said for him, it does not impact his quality of vision at all.
needless to say, I had a x*nax and nue*ontin pre op, shields on my eyes the ride home, and took an a*bien and slept for about 5 hours, Now, I have the feeling like I have really old contacts in my eyes that need to be changed. Not really horribly dry eyes, but just like theres something in them. I have no pain. My vision is definitely blurry. I can definitely see, but like to read the computer right now is quite fuzzy. I guess a good analogy is that I feel like the only glasses I could find was an old prescription and everything is just a little fuzzy. I am doing the prednisone drops and abx drops every 2 hours today and tomorrow, then 4x a day for 2 weeks. I have my follow up with the surgeon tomorrow morning.
I am assuming the blurriness is to be expected and is due to inflammation???? Please tell me i am not permanently blurry eyed....


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'Battleship,' May 18
Naval officers participate in a global effort to fight off invading aliens. With Taylor Kitsch, Brooklyn Decker, Alexander Skarsgard and Rihanna. Written by Jon Hoeber and Erich Hoeber. Directed by Peter Berg. Universal Pictures
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Tiffany Paladin is known for her aggressive drives to the goal for the Corona del Mar High girls' lacrosse team.
The Sea Kings were having their way with rival Newport Harbor in the Battle of the Bay game March 25. Paladin had been subbed out, but late in the second half she told Coach Aly Vislocky she wanted back in. And she knew what she wanted to do when she re-entered the game.
"I was like, 'Hey Aly, can I go back in so I can be in when we win?'" Paladin said. "My senior year, I wanted to be in. She put me in, and right when I got in I drove to the goal. It was just pure adrenaline. I get a lot of adrenaline.
"If I want to go to the goal, if I'm looking at it and that's my object, I'll get to the goal. I just have to have that drive inside me."


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Discussion in 'Off-Topic' started by SweetPoison, Sep 19, 2010.
Would you? I am about to order some things and thought I would check and see want others thought.
Im not so worried about shopping online with my cards, more worried about the store that handles my card info.
Have virtual Master & Visa cards that only works for a certain time that i choose when i create the card, and the cards holds only the amount of money I say It will have.
Many banks have this feature. Total secure.
Ex, If i buy 10 things on ebay I use 10 different MasterCards, each card holds only the amount of money for each auktion/buy, when the time ends can the card not be used anymore.
Very smart how you do that with your cards. I listen to a financial talk show and he always states to do exactly what you do.
I've never heard of that but sounds interesting. I do shop online, I have had my CC stolen before (right after an iTunes music purchase) but my bank noticed, put a stop on my card and sent me an alert....refunded everything. All is well, I only use iTunes gift cards with apple now, but do use pay pal and other sites for online purchases.
Last night I ordered and paid for our carry out dinner online with my iPad. I don't go to the extremes as iPad-Sweden, but I do check my bank account every day. In this day and age, you never know!
Some of the places where I normally make online payments have to be done on the "real" computer (like American Express) because their website has, you guessed... Flash!
But, when we travel abroad, we do use those pre-paid debit cards.
Good to know, Scott!
Your probably safer shopping online with your ipad then with your normal PC.


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2012 MLB All-Star Game: Watch Royals' Great George Brett Discuss Game in KCFebruary 15, 2012
For the first time since the summer of 1973, Kaufman Stadium will once again be the site for the Midsummer Classic as the 2012 Major League Baseball All-Star Game returns to Kansas City on July 10.
With the return of the All-Star game to Kansas City, there couldn't be a better person to be the ambassador for the Royals than 13-time All-Star selection George Brett.
During his 21-year career in the majors, Brett was the greatest ever to play the game. The Hall of Famer amassed more than 3150 hits, which ranks him the best out of any third basemen in baseball history.
In addition to the most hits by a third basemen, Brett is also in a very small fraternity of Hank Aaron, Stan Musial and Willie Mays as the only players to hit 300 home runs, get 3000 hits and have a batting average above .300 for their career.
As an All-Star, Brett was selected to be a part of the National All-Star team for 13 straight years starting with the 1976 game in Philadelphia and ending in 1988 during the game in Cincinnati.
After a recent renovation, the Royals great would not recognize his old home field. Kaufman Stadium got a major $250 million facelift to the ballpark that was originally opened in 1973.
No matter who you root for this coming baseball season, the eyes of the baseball world will be focused on Kansas City this summer, instead of it being glanced over in the sports pages.
Chris Humphrey is a Featured Columnist for Bleacher Report. You can become a fan of him on Facebook and follow him on Twitter @_CBH_.


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Katie Price has told Digital Spy about an uncomfortable side of her relationship with ex Leandro Penna.
She told us at the launch of her new jewellery line KP Rocks when we asked about rumours of Penna being well endowed: "That's why I got cystitis all the time."
Asked if she missed him, she replied: "I've got enough toys in my sack to worry about."
On the subject of the current trend for a 'vajacial', she said of her nether regions: "I look after mine enough, it doesn't need it.
"I'm quite happy with my pink heart tattoo down there. Mine looks amazing how it is, thank you."
The newly-single star told us that she is in no hurry to find a new man and isn't ashamed of her past.
She said: "Through my whole career, you all know how many guys I've been with.
"It's not that many for my age. But most of the time the person I'm linked to is actually gay, so I can't be shagging him.
"Now I'm young, free and single, there's lots of people I've got my eye on, but I'm in no rush.
"And I said that last time, but honestly, I'm enjoying it now. I just want to be on my own."
Describing the likeness between her modelling alter ego Jordan and Katie Price, she said: "There's no difference.
"Obviously, when I'm at home I'm not going to be walking round in thigh-length boots and a little outfit - unless I'm cooking for a lucky man!"
When quizzed if she is going on the pull with her X Factor pal Rylan Clark, as he had suggested, she said: "We have such a laugh, me and Rylan.
"We probably wouldn't have time to pull anyone. We'd be too busy making each other laugh. He's so funny and gorgeous. He's really nice."
Discussing whether she thinks he could win The X Factor, Price said: "I love the show. Rylan's really entertaining, he's great. But to win? My prediction for the final would be Union J, Ella and Jahmene."
On a more serious note, Price once had a public falling out with comedian Frankie Boyle over his comments about her son Harvey.
Asked what she thought of him winning £54,000 libel payout after being called 'racist' - she said: "One day, if one of his family members has a car accident and are paralysed from the neck down, then we'll see if he's laughing."


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When E was little (and by little, I mean so small she was not yet in school, and still needed a carseat), her idea of a really, really good time was for me to make her a page of math problems. I'm not making this up. We had a small table and chairs in the corner of our living room, with a box full of scratch paper in it. There were crayons on the table, but E wasn't nearly as interested in coloring as she was in doing addition and subtraction. And--"Please Mama, make them three numbers hard!" By the time she was four, I had to break down and teach her about carrying and borrowing because we were both getting a little tired of the same few combinations possible without knowing those important steps. After that, though, the world was open to her. And I'd created a little math monster.
I tell you this because E"s love for and interest in doing math is almost exactly how I felt about writing stories from the moment I learned that this letter and that one, put together forming this word and that one could create meaning and more meaning and---STORY could be the result. Story. That's what I was always after. From my days of make-believe and paper-dolls to the first three sentence paragraphs I learned to write in school, I was more interested in writing what wasn't actually true, but could be, than what was factual. And I think the reason for this is because I think in images rather than in words. I've had conversations with many people about this and have discovered that this thinking in images is less common than thinking in words (or, I'd guess numbers). But I can't imagine thinking in words. I can't--I physically can't--make myself see words in my head. I've always felt that my hand and pen or fingers on the keyboard are the instrument of writing. Sometimes I don't even know what I'm going to write until I see it on the page, or computer screen. I realize that sounds a little strange to some of you who plot everything out ahead of time, who can't imagine working without an outline. To do so would be like working without a net. But that's why I like writing fiction. Because I don't have to know the whole story when I start. I only have to get to know the characters, learn their backstories, uncover the problem, and wind my way through their lives with them It's a discovery for me too. And I love it!
Ok, so this is perhaps too left-brained and creative for some of you who don't think as I do. My ability to think in images, however, does explain, I think why I have such a good memory. Take, for example, the memory I wrote about at the beginning of this post. I can instantly call to mind a specific picture of E with her hair cropped above her ears (a cut her Grammie gave her that I've forgiven Grammie for, really I have), sitting at that little table, dressed in a little jumpsuit (don't ask me why I'm picturing this particular outfit). It's butter yellow with pink flowers and has a tie at the waist. E is holding her pencil so tightly in her fingers, I'm sure she'll snap the pencil, but instead, she merely makes very dark numbers on the page. When she finishes her math page, she brings me the page, and I tell her she's gotten one wrong. This is not news E EVER likes. She goes back to the table, and sits there pouting. I can look back from here and see that child and know how much she hated making mistakes, how much she wanted to tell me to SHOVE it, but was too obedient to ever do so.
And here's what I'm coming to understand. This is the story I am meant to tell; because all these pictures in my head of all these moments? They're my story. For as long as I've been writing and telling people about it, I've heard, "You should write about my family/mother/life." This has never inspired me, actually. My answer has always been, "You should write it. Only you can tell your own story." But somehow I haven't really been paying attention to my own words. I've been thinking that all writing about my own little life I've been doing in the last three years since I started this blog (and my novel got shelved), has just been to tide me over, so to speak. Just something to do, but not the real writing I'm meant to do. But this is real writing. This is the writing God has called me to, if He's called me to anything. It's not this until...it's this! The only until is until He calls me to something else.
This may not be a revelation to anyone but me...but that's sometimes how it works.
Sometimes God has to paint me a picture, if you know what I mean.
Wednesday, April 27, 2011
Thinking in pictures
Posted by Carolyn Wiley at 9:31 PM
2 comments:
- E said...
It has been a while since you did up a page of math problems for me.
- April 27, 2011 at 9:43 PM
- Elle said...
I think it's fascinating how language and pictures go together. I was reading a novel (which was in Finnish) yesterday, and after reading three pages I realized I had "taken in" only the first three sentences. I went back to the beginning, and had to concentrate on the words real hard to get back the mental images of the Finnish language. Then I picked up a novel which was in English, and sighed of relief: Thank God, something I understand! :) I'm afraid I'm losing my Finnish (the written language + the images)more and more every day!
- April 28, 2011 at 10:25 AM
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Friday, September 28 was one of those perfect OWU days, with blue skies, green grass, and lots of Ohio Wesleyan alumni dressed in red and black, all congregated in rows of chairs in the courtyard of the recently restored Stuyvesant Hall. Students sat toward the back, trying to be unnoticed in their hoodies and jeans and the OWTsiders, OWU's co-ed a capella group performed, while alumni from many decades greeted old friends with hugs and exuberant conversation. This event—the rededication of Stuyvesant Hall—was a time for members of the OWU family and friends to gather together to celebrate.
"If these walls could talk," said Mike Long '66, President of the Board of Trustees, "they could tell about 80 years of memories of students coming together to study, learn, laugh, and live." In its early years, Stuyvesant Hall housed first-year women. It was built thanks to the largest gift ever received in the history of Ohio Wesleyan, and the Stuyvesant family wasn't even connected to the school.
Gordon Smith '54 was one of the primary donors for this renovation with his wife Helen Crider Smith '56. He described his freshman experience living in a house across from the new Stuyvesant Hall "where within dwelt the beautiful freshmen women. What a great way to start college." He also appealed strongly to students for future renovations. "Remember this day when time delivers you to your seventies and eighties," he said. "You will be needed."
"Stuyvesant's condition had detracted from every aspect of life here," said Helen Smith of her motivation to help with renovation. Though when she was a student living in Stuyvesant, and it was curfew at 8:10 p.m. on weekdays, she knew it was important to bring the building into the 21st century for today's students.
It was also important to maintain its spirit and sense of tradition, as everyone present at the rededication knew. OWU President Rock Jones said that students responded to the idea of renovation by saying, "We can't wait for it to happen, but don't change a thing." Even 80 years later, students are keen on the deep sense of memory and tradition here at Ohio Wesleyan. "Stuy is very human," said Iftekhar Showpnil, '13, three-year resident advisor in Stuyvesant Hall.
Students have been very positive about the renovations. Some have said that having a sink in their bedrooms took some getting used to. Many previous residents have said that it's very emotional to walk through the renovated dormitory, because everything is different from what it once was. But in this new version of the older building, others will now be able to create new memories like those that have made students through the decades so attached to "Stuy" Hall.
View our photo gallery from the event.


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Dynamic Comparative Advantage and Long-run Roots of the Crisis. Institutional Marxian political economy: a basic theory of capitalism, intermediate theories of capitalist world systems, and empirical analyses
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Periodization of capitalist world systems
(2) Liberalism: British variety of capitalism created complementary institutions, Liberalism as accumulation regime, cotton and railway industries as the dynamic industries, and foreign demand as the engine of demand growth.
(3) Imperialism: after the structural crisis, dynamic industries shifted to heavy and chemical industries and centres of economic growth shifted from the UK to the USA and Germany.
(4) Market capitalism was finally collapsed by the systemic crisis, the great depression, in the 1930s
(1) Dynamic Industries: the U.S. mass production system in the machinery and electronics industries.
(2) The Welfare State (accumulation regime): the requirements of oligopolistic firms and states established the welfare state.
Fiscal, monetary, and ITT policies.
(3) International Trade
The Bretton Woods system was designed to decrease the external constraints.
The USA changed its trade policy from protectionism to liberalism.
The USA also controlled supplies and prices of raw materials and fuel.
1) Prosperity started mainly with the increase of investment and consumption. A profit-led accumulation mechanism worked.
2) Boom: both borrowers and lenders' expectation became progressively moreoptimistic.
3)Recession: monetary authorities tightened credit before crisis actually erupted. It reduced investment, and recession started.
4)Depression: a wage-led accumulation mechanism worked. Increase of real wages together with automatic stabilisers increase aggregate demand. Then the prosperity starts again.
Cyclical Crises reinforced the self regulating nature of capitalist economy.
(1)Uneven development and disorganizing influence on the international relations
1) It decreased the relative strength of US trade.
2) It undermined confidence in the US dollar.
3) It split fixed exchange system.
4) It raised the cost of raw materials, food and energy.
(2) Productivity growth slowdown and its disorganizing influence on domestic economic relations
1) It reduced value added per labour hour (VAL).
2) It reduced dynamic comparative advantage.
3) It changed coordinated capital and labour relation into conflictualone.
4) It paralysed Keynesian policy.
(3)Structuralcrisis (1974), Depression (1975-78) , and Structural crisis (1979-81)
(1)The Anglo-America neo-liberal accumulation regime solved supply constraints and reshaped capitalist world system after the structural crisis.
(2) Neo-liberal financial relaxation (regulatory capture, regulatory relaxation, and regulatory escape ) solved demand constraints.
(3) The second globalization: the US model of globalization encouraged investment in, and the transfer of manufacturing know-how to developing countries
(4) Boom-bust cycles after the structural crises


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The aims of the West Oxfordshire Field Club are
"to study nature and promote its conservation".
The club has regular meetings with invited speakers on the first Friday of each month from October to May at 7.30 p.m. in the High Street Methodist Church Hall, Witney, and a programme of leisurely walks throughout the year. It also organises a number of social events, weekends away and week-long holidays.
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