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Proper 19B – 16th Sunday after Pentecost
Sep. 13
Scripture (from the Revised Common Lectionary, with links provided by TextWeek.com – a source for thoughtful worship and preaching throughout the year):
Click on Scripture Lessons below for study links and resources:
Proverbs 1:20-33 or Isaiah 50:4-9 Roman Catholic reading: Isaiah 50:4-9 United Methodist reading: Proverbs 1:20-33
Psalm 19 or Wisdom of Solomon 7:26-8:1 or Psalm 116:1-9 Roman Catholic reading: Psalm 116:1-9 United Methodist reading: Psalm 19
James 3:1-12 Roman Catholic reading: James 2:14-18
Mark 8:27-38 Roman Catholic reading: Mark 8:27-35 Episcopal Reading: Mark 9:14-29
Suggested Hymns from Chalice Hymnal
The Oremus Hymnal offers many good choices for the lectionary (although this 2010 version will have incorrect calendar dates). Not all are available in Chalice Hymnal, but some may be helpful in congregations where there is not a Chalice Hymnal available. Visit the Oremus Hymnal.
21-Let the whole creation cry
627-I want Jesus to walk with me
612-O Jesus, I have promised
387-Bread of the world, in mercy broken
More hymn suggestions, as well as helpful references for use of the arts in worship, are available from the United Church of Christ website.
Dealing with the Psalm of the Day:
Since Chalice Hymnal does not provide a complete Psalter, there will be occasions when suggestions may be made for alternate Psalm use (or hymn equivalent). A metrical version of the Psalter, for those Psalms not provided in Chalice Hymnal, is being prepared by Rev. David Chafin. Where practical, these may be offered here as well. You may also want to visit http://lectionarypsalms.org/
This week: Psalm 19 is, in part, on page 731
Hymn of the Day from Rev. William Flewelling (© 2014-2015, William Flewelling; All rights reserved)
On Mark 8:27-38
"Who do they say that I might be?"
"Some John, Elijah, a prophet."
"But you, who do you say I am?"
"You are the Christ" is Peter's word.
The teaching comes about this Christ,
of suffering, rejection, death,
the scorned trajectory that marks
the line of failure and defeat.
Oh no! This cannot be. We know
the Christ of victory and joy!
Yet here the misery implores
the dredging of reality.
Become for us the gain, O Christ,
the victory of earnest life,
the offering, consistency,
the blossoming that owns all depth.
LM Suggested tune: Invitation (Devonshire)
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Words of Greeting/Call to Prayer
L: We gather to give thanks for all the blessings and hope of life.
P: We praise God; we rejoice and give thanks.
L: We join our voices in praise and thanksgiving.
P: In all things, may God be glorified!
Prayer of Approach Adapted from Supplemental Liturgical Resources #5
L: The Lord be with you.
P: And also with you.
L: Let us pray. You have brought us again to new life, O God, and gathered us in this community to be your people as we work and witness in this world. Feed us today with the presence of our risen Lord of Christ, and breathe into us your Spirit, that we may be enabled in all we say and do to glorify your name. (who taught us to pray, "Our Father…")
Almighty God, maker of all, with joy we give thanks for all your goodness. We praise you for the love which has created and sustained us to this day, and for the gift of your Christ who brings us into covenant with you and with all your people of faith. Help us to treasure your gifts and to show our thankfulness by lives wholly given to your service.
We pray for your church whom you have redeemed by the sacrifice of Jesus. Give it pastors and ministers filled with your spirit, and strength to serve by the guidance of your word. Perfect it in love and in compassion, and establish it in the faith of your saints. Unite all your people that one holy church may bear witness to you and your glory.
We pray that you would move our nation toward the justice of your peace. Bless our national, state and local leaders to serve all people with integrity. Purge from us all hatred and prejudice, and build within us your love, that even in our dealings with the other nations of earth we may be servants of peace, truth and justice.
Bless our homes with the joy of your presence. Strengthen our covenants of family and of faith, that our children may grow into fullness of faith, that together we may show forth your praise in our world through deeds and words of love and compassion—especially with those who are alone and lonely.
Let your grace be seen in seed-time and harvest, in labor and business, in leisure and rest, in arts and culture of our people. May all who do work find fulfillment of their vocations, and all who are in need of work find the relief of new endeavors.
Comfort those who sorrow and are in need, sickness or adversity. Have mercy on those to whom death draws near. Bring consolation to those in mourning, and to all give your peace, for these and all our prayers we bring to you in the name of Jesus our Christ. Amen.
Prayers from Common Worship*
God, who in generous mercy sent the Holy Spirit
upon your Church in the burning fire of your love:
grant that your people may be fervent
in the fellowship of the gospel
that, always abiding in you,
they may be found steadfast in faith and active in service;
through Jesus Christ your Son our Lord,
who is alive and reigns with you,
in the unity of the Holy Spirit,
one God, now and for ever.
Post Communion
Keep, O Lord, your Church, with your perpetual mercy;
and, because without you our human frailty cannot but fall,
keep us ever by your help from all things hurtful,
and lead us to all things profitable to our salvation;
through Jesus Christ our Lord.
Additional Collect
Lord God,
defend your Church from all false teaching
and give to your people knowledge of your truth,
that we may enjoy eternal life
in Jesus Christ our Lord.
Collect of the Day (from Book of Common Prayer, 1979**)
O God, because without you we are not able to please you,
mercifully grant that your Holy Spirit may in all things direct
and rule our hearts; through Jesus Christ our Lord, who lives
and reigns with you and the Holy Spirit, one God, now and
for ever. Amen.
Collect of the Day from Rev. William Flewelling (© 2014-2015, William Flewelling; All rights reserved)
Mark 8:27-38
Now recognition answers in our eyes
and we observe you, Christ of God.
Yet in our wild exuberance
you tell us of the cross, of pain and loss
and we are sore perplexed.
We meet our hour of raw denial;
grant us peace to walk with thee.
Service of Table
Preparation (Invitation)
God is at work in the world, renewing, remaking, resurrecting, bringing hope through the faith, the gifts, and the work of the church. We trust in God, and together we work for peace and justice through God's Spirit as we offer our tithes and gifts. Let us rejoice in our God-given opportunity to share in God's work.
Offertory Prayer
As we gather at your table, O God, may we also be more aware of the opportunity that is ours to share with others the many blessings you have given us. May this be a time of joy as we give of our resources. Grant us wisdom to use these gifts in the fulfillment of your mission in the world, through Christ our Lord.
Prayer of Thanksgiving
(The following may be offered as one prayer, or broken between two Elders, if that is the tradition to be followed)
Merciful Father, we thank you for these gifts of your creation, this bread and this wine, and we pray that we who eat and drink them in the fellowship of the Holy Spirit in obedience to our Saviour Christ in remembrance of his death and passion may be partakers of his body and his blood. With this bread and this cup, we do as our Saviour has commanded: we celebrate the redemption he has won for us; we proclaim his perfect sacrifice, made once for all upon the cross, his mighty resurrection and glorious ascension; and we look for his coming to fulfil all things according to your will. Renew us by your Holy Spirit, unite us in the body of your Son, and bring us with all your people into the joy of your eternal kingdom. Through him, with him, and in him, in the power of the Holy Spirit, all glory and honor be to you, O God, now and forever. Amen.
[if not previously offered: "And now with the confidence of your children, we offer the prayer our Savior taught us, 'Our Father…'"]
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Intercessions and other helpful planning materials geared to the Lectionary (using Roman Catholic version, but normally quite useful for all traditions) for preaching and worship are supplied for several weeks in advance at The Sunday Website of St. Louis University.
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After watching POKER FACE… had to watch JUST DANCE… really catchy song. And I still remember LADY GaGa performing Just Dance watching Miss UNIVERSE 2008 on the TV, and saw her perform it live in Vietnam. I don't think she lip syncs like Britney Spears, but actually SINGS on stage! Wow! Impressive!
BTW- Venezuela wins Miss Universe 2009. She's pretty, but I still like Riyo Mori from last year Miss Universe better though.


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Carey Mulligan: 'Happythankyoumoreplease' Screening!
Carey Mulligan steps out for a screening of Happythankyoumoreplease held at NYC's Landmark Sunshine Cinema on Wednesday (March 2).
The 25-year-old actress chatted with the film's writer/director, Josh Radnor, at the event sponsored by The Cinema Society and Tommy Hilfiger.
At the after party, held on the Standard Hotel's 18th floor, Carey had a great time, dancing with Gabourey Sidibe and chatting with BFF Rightor Doyle! Guests enjoyed glasses of Woodbridge by Robert Mondavi wine.
"I'm best friends with [Happythankyoumoreplease actress] Zoe Kazan, so I had to come out to support her," Carey told JustJared.com exclusively.


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Bye Bye to EJ!
26 RepliesJump to last post
Tomorrow will make it a week since I resigned to join an LPL company. The recruiter warned me to "not get my feelings hurt" by what the Jones TR might say, or even influence my old staff to say once I left, but boy howdy!You do learn alot about a company when you leave! How Edward Jones really thinks they can claim all clients, even clients I brought with me from my old firm, is beyond me. But then, why the surprise? Jones is still in the 1980s... To be fair, I was there 8 years, and learned alot of useful things about running my own business. I thank EJ for that. I made a couple of fine friends, too. Now, I am free to do business the way I see fit, with no built in conflicts of interest with my clients. Onward and upward!!
Congratulations, it gets better from here and over time you will detoxify completely. It takes about a full year to get all of the kool aid out of your system.
So, Jones fired you, huh? Too bad.Just kidding. Good luck with your indy life. I hear it's a great new world.
Nice Spiff, you say just kidding, but you aren't. That is why your nephew Wind and a majority of other EJ stiffs bash people who leave as failures or they were fired. 2 guys in my old region, both Seg 5's with 75mil AUM left to form their own partnership and the RL thinks they made a mistake because the numbers just don't work out. LOL!!!
Hey, easy there Mr. Banker. You'll find that I'm not one of those "you're a loser if you go indy" kind of guys. This industry has all kinds of options. Indy is one of them. Unlike a lot of you that have left EDJ to go elsewhere and harbor some sort of misplaced resentment, I don't have a problem with guys who leave because they believe they have found a better way to do things for themselves. Effay has evidently been in the industry long enough to figure out that he wants to do things a bit differently than he used to. Good for him.Now, if Effay comes back on here in a few weeks spouting anti-Jones rhetoric then we'll talk. Until then, get the corncob out of your butt and take my comment for what it was. What did Wind have to do with anything in this thread?
At this rate on this board you might be able to peg the Lincoln assassination on Wind…
Congratulations and good luck, effay. I expect to see less of you here over the next few weeks/months since now is when your business is made. I took the logical next step today and closed on my own office building. Next, I will be shopping for at least one advisor to share my space. My prediction…you'll enjoy life as an indy. Just call me Captain Obvious…
Spiff it is your smug commentary like, "So Jones fired you, huh?" and "Mr. Banker" that invites the commentary.
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Spiff it is your smug commentary like, "So Jones fired you, huh?" and "Mr. Banker" that invites the commentary.[/quote] Or...you just don't get my sense of humor or stinging sarcasm, you woke up on the wrong side of the bed, some client ACAT'd an account from you this morning, or you stepped in dog poop on the way to your car this morning and your office smells. Smug commentary? Really? A guy can't make a joke on here without it being commentary? And smug no less. Oh yeah, the Mr. Banker comment comes only after your comments to me. You want to play that way, I'm more than willing.
You give up what? You started this line of the thread. I made an innocent joke and you got bent out of shape, then brought Wind into the thread for some reason. So, you're going to start the fight, get beat up on, and then pretend like it was me or Wind that started it and that you're the victim? That's weak and everyone knows it. On my playground back home the farm boys would have beat the crap out of you for that and called you a sissy.
Children, why don't you all just get a friggin life and get back to work…maybe someday you will make it out of seg 3.Whoever went indy...congrats. Smartest move you could ever make in your career. I know I changed 3 years ago next month.


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Vishal and Sapna are seen discussing how much fun the luxury budget task was. After a fun-filled conversation, Vishal starts talking about how he wants to stand for captaincy in the upcoming elections.
Karishma is seen requesting Vishal not to nominate her this coming week as she wants to be captain as well.
The housemates also give luxury budget shopping tips to Vishal because he messed up last time.
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So, friends... please share, what low-tech item gives you joy?
Thursday, January 14, 2010
Holga-The Luddites Camera
So, friends... please share, what low-tech item gives you joy?
7 comments:
- Joy said...
My brother just got one for Christmas and was so excited. He was showing me the Holga group on Flickr and there are some really cool photos out there. I hope you enjoy your Holga. I'll be sending him your blog post. :)
- January 14, 2010 at 4:57 PM
- Jenne said...
How fun! I love it!
- January 14, 2010 at 5:03 PM
- Prettydreamer said...
Lovely post! I come from a time when you had to use a phone by drawing circles and had to be attached to wall. I can appreciate your being lured to the past. There something great about something simple like a carpet sweeper. No noise, nozzles or hoses but it works. Have fun exploring the past with your new-old camera!
- January 14, 2010 at 5:23 PM
- Tan Family said...
This is really special! I haven't seen a Holga before. Sometimes the low-tech gadgets are the best!
- January 14, 2010 at 6:24 PM
- Nicole Spring said...
You know I love it! The tire pic is my fav ;) Can't wait to see more!! I will miss you in blogland but I know I will still be catchin up via e-mail XOXO
Less than three...
- January 14, 2010 at 8:42 PM
- nicola@which name? said...
awesome, marina! the photographs, the thrifty score, and the joy it is giving you! i already miss your blogging, but i am thrilled you are getting some creative marina time!
all sorts of low tech things give me joy. depends on ones take on what low-tech is, i suppose. ;)
- January 14, 2010 at 9:26 PM
- Andrea said...
Darn you J for not posing for this cool camera when you had the chance! I love those shots-I'm enjoying all these surprises lately. And also the fact that I know all those spots oh so well, especially that tire swing.
- January 15, 2010 at 6:54 PM


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Need for Speed Shift for PS3 and Xbox 360
The new Need for Speed shift, for the PS3 and the Xbox 360 takes this excellent franchise to a whole new level, and the player to the edge of their driving abilities.
Improved Driver Experience
In Need for speed there is a hugely improved driver experience.This includes visual & audio cues, and there is now a 3d HUD that mimics the head of the driver, with g forces and the inertia being visible.
When you are driving and your speed increases, so does to your depth of field on the screen. This is great it encourages you to go as fast as you can, just to get a better view from the cockpit. This is a loud and intense experience just like a real driver on the race track.
The cockpits are accurately recreated,and when the racing is least chaotic, you can see every little detail inside the cockpit, but careful, don't take your eyes of the road. Even the windscreens, show the dirt , and scratch with contact, cracking and almost breaking.
As always with the other need for speed games, the AI of the computer players are very sophisticated & tough. They react to your driving styles, so if you are aggressive in your driving then expect no mercy from them.
There is a new Dynamic Crash Effect feature also in need for speed shift, different from any other driving games.This is great, you really feel like you are taking damage when your crashing into other objects, as the visual & audio cues are chaos.
You can Customize your car I any way you want, turbo chargers, nitros, roll cages, racing dials, Super charges, and much more.
You can customize the styling of the cars too, like paint, rims, and vinyls . Everything is customizable. You just have to win the races and collect the dollars. Its also easy to get the dollars now, as races pay tons of cash so you can get started upgrading right away.
Everything you do is tracked and analyzed in your driver profile, and goes towards your points & dollars.
A Huge range of real cars and tracks too. There is almost 70 licensed cars to choose from including Bugati, Audi, Porsche, and ferrari.
The game has been programmed with real-world physics, cars with details down to a pixel.
Race Courses
18 Tracks & city courses, with multiple layouts, and challenges.
You can race in london, tokyo, and willow springs, and as well as the single player modes, you an also play online with upto 7 players.
Defiantly the best driving game out there, and Forza will be struggling to beat it.
If you want to race like the professionals then you have to buy this game right away.
Checkout the links below for both 360 and the PS3, and get ready to put on your driver helmet!
Need for Speed Shift PS3
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|by Alexandra Lebenthal
There has been a lot of debate in the media and in Washington about how to get the economy going again. While TARP or the more colloquial "bailout", was fraught with controversy, to date it has earned a profit for the government, put our teetering financial system and institutions back on their feet, and, ultimately led to the creation of strong new regulations to ensure our financial institutions will never be able to risk so much of their capital so as to jeopardize our entire global financial system again. Still the pundits will argue whether it was the right fix for decades.
It is time to look beneath the largest trees in the forest and give nourishment to the small ones.
For not only do small trees have the potential to become large trees, but they are a part of our economic ecosystem that enables us all to prosper. In our economy those small trees are represented by the hundreds of thousands of small businesses that are part and parcel of the fabric of our country.
Unfortunately, however, many of those businesses are still hampered by lack of capital. Without capital they cannot expand. They cannot hire. They cannot buy new equipment. They cannot lease new space. Without capital their businesses stagnate, adding to the economic malaise in which our country still lingers.
|When larger businesses seek capital they typically have several avenues available to them beyond traditional bank loans. There is capital in the form of private equity or debt financing. For small businesses however these opportunities are few and far between. If debt is available at all it often is at such high rates of return (20% or more), that simply paying the interest, realistically might put the company out of business.
Yet, a valuable type of capital does exist to assist these businesses in the form of loans available through the Small Business Administration (SBA).
In February 2009 in the depth of the financial crisis the Obama Administration passed the American Recovery and Reinvestment Act of 2009 which amongst other things provided $375 million to temporarily eliminate fees for the remainder of 2009 on SBA loans. The bill also raised the SBA's guarantee percentage on some loans to 90 percent. $255 million was provided for a new loan program to help small businesses meet existing debt payments and $30 million was allocated to expand the SBA's Microloan program.
Who are these small businesses? They are on your street, and in your city. Here are a few examples of how SBA loans have made the difference.
Husband and wife team Becca and Paul Steinman share just about everything, including a small business. Quist, (Quality, Utility, Innovation, Style, and Technology) is the Steinman's screen printing/graphic design business located in Brooklyn's Red Hook neighborhood. Frustrated by the lack of quality shirt printing companies, the couple started the company in 2000. With each of them having a visual arts background the couple created a unique way to be involved in the design process by learning to screen print themselves. They purchased the basic equipment for the process, and by word of mouth, marketed their new small business to artists and customers.
|Like many other small businesses, Quist had been affected by the challenging economy. However, Quist received a SBA loan for $215,000 which included money saving provisions under the American Recovery and Investment Act so they were able to secure the loan without paying the usual guaranty fee saving $5,805. This loan helped the couple retain their employees, move to a better location and purchase equipment.
"We came through the worst recession for us by personal touch," said Paul Steinman. "Clients come to us because we take care of people. We treat our clients like human beings and take good care of them."
NPC employs 70 full time employees and 10 part-time employees. They are hoping to add 10-15 people in the near future. NPC used an SBA loan of $985,000 to expand to a new building. combining two locations, which previously meant a lot of inefficiencies. This new building addition will add 95,000 square feet to their existing 60,000 sq/feet and will allow them to store more materials.
Now that they have expanded the building they are looking into another SBA loan to purchase a new "sheeter," a device used to cut raw paper rolls into specific rectangular sizes, to get into the copy paper business.
"The SBA loan was a great option for us," said President Chad Abel. "It was very attractive to the company because it saved us money with the elimination of fees and helped our cash flow by getting a 20 year fixed-rate term.
Mama Roxy's is an Italian Restaurant in Rochelle Park, NJ near Paramus, just a block away from the Garden State Mall, run by Peter, Roxanne and Ted Mastorakos. They used a $1.3 million SBA loan to purchase land and construct a new 8,335 square Italian restaurant. Under the Recovery Act, the 1.5 percent fee of the loan was waived, saving the family $20,100 in fees. Opening their third restaurant meant the Mastorakos were able to create 60 new jobs. For a town whose population is barely 5500, 60 jobs represents more than 1% of the town.
|The country needs more. We remain in a recession with many fearing a double dip. For every Quist or Mama Roxy's or NPC, there is a company that has not been able to find capital, are struggling to survive or may already have declared bankruptcy. When businesses struggle, layoffs of workers become inevitable. While never easy even in large companies, to a small business owner, firing good employees that are like family is a painful choice to make.
But there is hope! In the next several days, the Senate will vote a bill that would establish a State Small Business Credit Initiative that would support new lending through State-based programs, continue the provisions enacted in 2009. The bill would also provide amongst other things, the following:
• Expanding loan eligibility to more than 70,000 small businesses through a temporary alternate size standard.
• Increase Small Business Administration (SBA) Loan Limits from $2 million to $5 million.
• Create an Intermediary Lending Pilot program, which allows the SBA to make direct loans to eligible nonprofit lending intermediaries, in turn allowing them to make loans to new or growing small businesses.
The SBA estimates that the loan increases would increase lending to small businesses by $5 billion in the first year.
Some opponents of the Bill have termed it a second Troubled Asset Relief Program, because community banks would be able to access capital to boost lending to small businesses. Unlike Tarp, however, in which most of the funds went to the largest institutions, this program targets those banks that make the vast majority of small business loans.
We hear a lot about big government, too much spending, and bailing out banks but when the government can provide businesses the tools that allow them to grow it helps us all. When Becca and Paul Steinman or Chad Abel or the Mastorakos family were able to get loans for their companies all the talk about big government turns into America helping its citizens and in turn those citizens helping the country. This is capitalism and our government at its best.
|Alexandra Lebenthal learned from her father, Jim Lebenthal, and grandmother before, about the basics of finances and investments. Today she is the CEO of Lebenthal & Co., LLC and its wealth management division, Alexandra & James Co.


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Though he's not the only member of Jim Lee's WildC.A.T.s getting repurposed for the new DC Universe, Grifter was the one I was looking forward to most. Written by Who Is Jake Ellis' Nathan Edmondson with art from CAFU, this book has the right fresh talent to bring something different to the table but ultimately stumbles a bit in the debut. Grifter #1 is a fun but choppy introduction to a character that remains a mystery in his own book.
Edmondson approaches this issue much like he did the aforementioned Who Is Jake Ellis in its debut. Cole Cash is a man that hears voices in his head that cause him to act in a certain way. Whereas our hero in Jake Ellis took advice from his voice to be a super spy, Grifter devolves into utter paranoia. The opening scene flippantly tackles the modern day fears of airline travel, wasting a scenario that could've been a truly memorable introduction for Cole Cash rather than cheap shock value. Things pick up after that though, with Edmondson giving us a brief taste of Cole's life as a street-level con artist before some alien intervention sends him on his way to becoming the badass we know and love. Well, we assume so anyway, as we get very little personal inflection or growth to really get a grasp on who Cole Cash is. Instead, we just know what he does.
While the issue is fun, it's far too sporadic in its pacing, jumping from scene-to-scene rapidly. We get a very basic introduction to Cole's scenario and his cast of characters, but none stand out as particularly memorable. That said, the jarring pacing effect and our indifferent relationship to the cast mirrors Grifter's plight in many ways, as the book is an on-the-run action tale about paranoia and mistrusting your own consciousness. In that sense, Edmondson's methods for conveying this to the reader are a success.
CAFU picks up from where he left off on Thunder Agents, delivering great figure work and widescreen action sequences, but struggling a bit with facial expressions and some environments. His action is well plotted and his layouts crisp; despite the frantic nature of the narrative, CAFU's work helps to steady the reader's eyes with his free flowing transitions from page to page and panel to panel. One thing that irked me, although small, is that his proportion for the airplane in comparison to the characters is rather absurd, not to mention inconsistent. Assuming that Cole Cash, lowlife grifter, could not/would not take a luxury aircraft, this is the biggest commercial airplane of all time. Add to that the fluctuating number of seats per row depending on the angle and it becomes an early annoyance that catches your eye more so than the battle that takes place there.
For all its shortcomings, there is still a good time to be had at the core of Grifter #1. There's a ton of great opportunity for Edmondson and CAFU to create a very unique book within the DCU, so hopefully future installments will build towards that.


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At least 15 Britons - including a North East Woman - were among 39 holidaymakers killed in the Tunisian beach massacre, but the toll may well rise.
Lisa Burbridge, from Whickham in Gateshead, was on holiday with her family when she died in the attack.
Ms Burbridge, who is said to have been aged in her 60s, was confirmed dead by her son-in-law.
Northumbria Police has said its officers are offering her family support.
Up to 2,500 more people could return to the UK from Tunisia today, as part of holiday firms' efforts to get those on holiday at the beach resort home as soon as possible.
Yesterday Thomson and First Choice said it had already expatriated 1,000 of its customers after a gunman opened fire on a beach, but added that there were still 5,400 remaining.
Once again, cowardly and traitorous hands have struck Tunisia, targeting its security and that of its children and visitors.Tunisian president Beji Caid Essebsi
Tui Group, which runs the companies, was unable to confirm how many of the 39 people killed or injured in the shooting were its customers, but said there had been a "number of fatalities".
An additional 11 Thomson flights as well as one third-party flight with Nouvelle Air are currently due to leave today.
Confirming the death toll, Foreign Minister Tobias Ellwood added that the Sousse atrocity was "the most significant terrorist attack on the British people" since July 7, 2005, when 52 people were killed.
Kalashnikov-wielding student Seifeddine Rezgui targeted Western tourists as he terrorised the popular resort.
One of those killed is reported to be 24-year-old fashion blogger Carly Lovett from Gainsborough, Lincolnshire.
Another British victim was named as Adrian Evans, who worked for Sandwell Council in the West Midlands as a manager in the gas services department.
Speaking in the Foreign Office, Mr Ellwood said: "Sadly, I can confirm that at least 15 British nationals were killed in yesterday's atrocity but I should stress that the number may well rise as several more have been seriously injured in this horrific attack."
He added: "This is the most significant terrorist attack on British people since 7/7 and highlights the ongoing threat of Isil."
Mr Ellwood said this act of "evil and brutality" demonstrates why this kind of extremism has to be confronted "wherever this happens" at home or abroad.
Asked if he feared further attacks on Britons abroad, he said: "We always have to be vigilant wherever we are in the world and we are doing our utmost to work with the international community to make all our places of interest safer."
He said they are "looking at the travel advice" but said they are pleased the efforts the Tunisians have put in place to increase security in the areas of concern.
Mr Ellwood said he had spent much of today on the phone with victims and families caught up in the "appalling attack".
British police have flown to the resort to help identify victims and consular teams are in hospitals and hotels looking after those affected, he said.
The July 7 attacks were the worst-ever terrorist outrage on British soil.
UK-born suicide bombers Mohammed Sidique Khan, 30, Shehzad Tanweer, 22, Hasib Hussain, 18, and Jermaine Lindsay, 19, detonated devices on three Tube trains and a bus, causing carnage.
Events are being planned to mark the tenth anniversary of the attacks.
The so-called Islamic State (also referred to as Isil) has claimed it is behind the attacks and has reportedly identified Rezgui by his jihadi pseudonym Abu Yahya al-Qayrawani.
The 23-year-old Tunisian aviation student disguised himself as a tourist and began firing at holidaymakers on a beach using the gun he had hidden in a beach umbrella.
Miss Lovett, who had only been engaged a few months, was with her fiancee, and they were due to return home today, ITV News reported.
Friends and fellow bloggers paid emotional tributes to the former University of Lincoln student on social media.
The university's School of Film and Media tweeted: "Saddened to hear news reports of Carly Lovett in Tunisia - Graduate of our University 2013."
Some 39 other people were also wounded in the attack, including 21 who have already left hospital. Of the wounded, 25 were British.
Scotland Yard today said police travelled to Tunisia to help investigate the killings and officers are also interviewing tourists returning at British airports.
Assistant commissioner Mark Rowley, national policing lead for counter-terrorism, said: "We've deployed a large number of officers out to Tunisia, both in terms of our own evidence gathering - forensic experts, helping the Tunisia authorities - and also we've got experts in family liaison assisting."
Mr Rowley said it was "fairly clear" the location of the Tunisian attack was chosen because of the number of Westerners present in the area, he added.
The worst such attack in Tunisia's history came on the same day a man was found decapitated after an attack by suspected Islamic extremists on a French factory and a Shiite mosque in Kuwait was bombed, killing at least 25 people.
Although the attacks do not appear to be directly linked, they come after IS called for their followers "to make Ramadan a month of calamities for the non-believers".
Tension has been high in Tunisia since an attack on the National Bardo Museum in March which killed 22 people, mostly foreign tourists including a Briton.
A suicide bomber blew himself up in a failed attack on the beach in Sousse in October 2013, while 21 people lost their lives in an attack in the country earlier this year.
Meanwhile the Irish government said there were "grave concerns" about two more Irish citizens who were caught up in the shooting.
Foreign affairs minister Charlie Flanagan said authorities are in contact with the families of the two citizens who are still missing.
An Irish mother of two, Lorna Carty, from Robinstown, Co Meath, has already been confirmed as among the dead.


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Toyota's 'Try My Hybrid' campaign was devised to introduce potential consumers to its cars, by people they're friends with on Facebook.
In Norway, Toyota found that it excels at loyalty, sales and customer satisfaction but recruitment numbers are lower. To win over new recruits, the Try My Hybrid campaign aimed to capitalized on its strengths to improve its one weakness.
Toyota then asked hybrid owners to volunteer to let some of their Facebook friends, as well as total strangers test drive their cars. The stunt revolved around proud Toyota owners, who then became the faces of the campaign. Considering the numbers of people on Facebook, this meant that everyone in Norway directly or indirectly knew someone who drove a hybrid car that they could test drive.
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This honestly has to be some of the most outrageous regurgitation I've read in a while. I prefer people to be objective and be able to form their own opinions, but I also would ask when they do that to please remember that the world may not conform to the fascist ideas that you may adhere to. While you sit back in judgement of artistic creation that in all honestly, is completely over thought, you very noticably look at this from your singular biased perspective and refuse to open yourself to the concept of some of the more noticable basics of the show. Sadly, I'm feel I'm belittling myself by even commenting on the concept of this but sometimes obvious stupidity should be stopped.
I like that it begins disagreeing with the fact that Zoe calls Mal 'Sir'. Thank you so much for belittling the basic structure of all military service. It's comforting to know that you have taken such a simple concept and basically turned it into a sexist and racist thing.
The scene in which they are breaking the cargo out of the derelict and he tells her to shut up. We go straight to him being manly and only briefly go over the concept that he was panicky and maybe he didn't really want to think about it. Also, we go into the concept that Serenity is in fact Mal's ship. Zoe is his Second in Command and therefore calling him sir is nothing more then addressing the superior officer on the ship. That's not Sexism there Barbie, thats protocol.
While you skip pass the backstory that does in fact come throughout the entire series you neglect to mention that in a lot of ways Zoe is Mal's rock and in a lot of ways his Jiminy Cricket. Also there's a point there that although she knows some of his orders are stupid, they make it clear that while she don't agree with it, the protocol she accepts, because really both of them are holding on to the war that was lost, is that she has decided to travel with him on the ship and in making that decision, agreeing to his order's on his ship is basically more protocol, not Sexism.
When it comes to the episode War Stories, they are not fighting over the body of a woman. That's totally retarded given the fact that a their not talking about sex with the woman, this is more about Wash wanting his wife and Mal not wanting to lose his best friend. Yes, his best friend and most trusted confidant. Especially since you completely fail to mention that that same episode brings out the leader in Zoe, who was in charge because she was, second in command, therefore we are back to rank again, and the fact that it brought her and her husband closer together.
Kaylee is overall a cheerful person. She is sort of like a light on the ship. And while you are failing to see humor in Duct tape her mouth and dump her in the hold, thats because you may possibly be reading slightly too much into it. It's not a show of manly superiority, and its not meant as degrading to women. In fact, it was more of a compliment in a round about fashion. It, to me, was nothing more then their way of joking saying she was too cheery and not meant in a bad way. I'm sorry people have to make it out to be more and use the term rapist/fucker to try and enhance a point that isn't there.
Let's ignore the fact for a minute that this is a story based hundreds of years in our future and that the society is somewhat different then the world you know. Oh wait, you've been doing that the whole post. Inara in every sense of the concept is a very strong, independent young woman. What surprises me most is that while we live in a world where prositution is most often looked down on in our time there is a twist in this story where, while I understand your blatant disgust, is nothing like our modern prostitution. You're taking one concept out of the show and even turning it into Joss Whedon's whole idea of love requires female powerlessness as "obvious." While I agree with you, just because you take it, wrap a pretty bow on it and try to use it in a new way, it still is, at it's core, prostitution. However, women have in this time taken something that was primarily looked down on, deplorable and they had turned it into something empowering. Too me it sounds like you actually trying to compare the image of the 'companion' to that of a modern day crack whore. While in itself the 'companions' do bascially bring themselves down for sex, it is quite important to note that Inara does but then be a 'fuck toy' as you so dilligently phrased it. It's even pointed out that while she would not offer her services to the crew what she did for Shepard Book was something completely different. That interaction had nothing to do with her being a 'companion.' While in fact she more then likely was using some of her finely tuned skills from the 'academy' what she offered to Shepard Book was friendship. So hear you can sit back and judge the 'companion' entertaining that you treat the character as nothing but a whore, and basically say each of her actions she only does because she is.
Yes we are, as viewers, quite aware of the dick the Mal can be. He doesn't hide it. His breaking of Inaras rules is blatantly dickish and a huge disregard to her contract. This doesn't mean he's enforcing his testosterone on over her poor little feminine wilds. No, it means he's a dick. You take away the regard that Inara is given because she doesn't act in accordance with your wishes. Just because she doesn't lay into Mal when he calls her a whore doesn't mean she's not upset. She was showing courtesy in front of book that Mal wasn't, in turn showing that she was the better person. A lot of the interaction between the two, as you so notably left out, is the unspoken affection between the two. Both of them live lifestyles the other is not appreciative of and both of them show it too each other all the time. She does the same in telling him he's a petty thief in a later episode. You must have missed that exchange.
Did you seriously count the number of times men spoke as opposed to the times women spoke? I honestly about fell out of my chair laughing at the unbelievable lengths you're going to to make such an asinine point that is largely exaggerated. Omg I can't believe you've taken this to sexism, racism and even homoeroticism. I really think somebody has an unfulfilled life.
Feel free to write more though, I'm always interested in seeing how much people can blow things out of proportions.


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Monday, 6 February 2017
Season Diary - Week 27
While a substitution won us three points against Ross County, it may have cost us a couple at Hamilton.
We started off well with Lobby (as Longstaff has been named) scoring yet again to put us ahead and we controlled the game for over half an hour, but when Smith went off injured the tables were turned.
In my opinion the right move to make at that point was to bring on Scott Boyd and move Dicker back into midfield to give us more steel in there, but instead Clark opted for Hawkshaw as a direct replacement.
As much as I like the wee man I don't think it was a good move as the midfield started to get overrun at that point and it was no surprise when the Accies equalised.
We could have nicked it in the end but a draw was probably a fair result and I'll take a point away from home any day.
Decent 'debuts' by both Umerah and Sammon, although like Boomer they had to feed off scraps; unsure whether the Charlton boy was aware he was going to be playing wide right, or whether he cared.
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Earlier this month, the New York Times was reported to be considering charging $5 a month for access. I wrote about this before, and I continue to explore some of the intelligent ideas and responses in the blog community.
Business Insider: New York Times Considers Charging $5 Per Month For Access To NYT.com by Nicholas Carlson.
Mr. Carlson rightly notices the Wall Street Journal has a viable subscription model and suggests that the NY Times could benefit from the same. Furthermore, because it have a higher unique visitor count, it could be even more successful with it than the WSJ.
On the outset, the high count of unique visitors is a great observation and asset to the NY Times. But in my opinion, the WSJ has the distinction of being an investor rag; as it is a relatively inelastic product, it has more pricing power as well as a strong corporate customer base, making its sales justified as work expenses. The NY Times… not so much. I feel I can confidently say without any statistical research that, without the patronage of corporate dollars, WSJ subscriptions would have a significant drop. So if we assume that most of the success of WSJ's model hinges on this tax-deductible status, any newspaper without the same advantage cannot necessarily duplicate their results.
As an aside, since joining Twitter and especially after reading Mr. Carlson's article, I now understand that WSJ is not selling exclusive content but rather site navigation privileges. Given this hushed bit of information, would individuals still find it necessary to subscribe?
Nieman Labs: Dear New York Times: Please charge me more than $5 for your web site by Joshua Benton
Without saying so, Mr. Benton is making the case for a relationship between price and quality. Because the NY Times has a strong reputation for integrity and a high journalistic standard, he argues that it ought to charge more than the proposed $5. Not only that, in his opinion, it is irresponsible of the NY Times to charge what he considers too little, because all remaining newspapers with weaker branding must anchor their prices accordingly.
While I personally hold the NY Times in great esteem, I have to hold market forces in greater esteem. There are many services, products and professionals that knowingly deserve more compensation than they receive but will never get because at a higher price, interest wanes. That's just economics. Mr. Benton speaks of an online subscription to the NY Times as an insular event; but free is compelling and there are so many other things in the world competing for dollars. Additionally, to put the already-struggling NY Times in a position of steward for the rest of the newspaper world is to put them in a conundrum. Until the NY Times figures out how much people are willing to pay, they can't really set a sustainable price, let alone set a price guide for others.
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There are some basic principles that one learns from Warren Buffett; the one I am thinking of is, if you are in a business where your competitors are offering the same product (news) for free, it's a bad business. I'm not saying the NY Times can never make money or that it shouldn't, but rather that things aren't as black and white as we would like it to be. No pun intended!
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History & Culture
In the great historical sweep of exploration and migration of the past 500 years, the Caribbean played a central role in proving beyond doubt Christopher Columbus' theory that the world was round. That fact triggered an explosion of trade that changed the economic and political structures of the world.
A history built on courage and fortitude has created a Caribbean community of peoples who welcome and respect visitors from all over the world.
The diverse history of the Caribbean has left a legacy of different languages, people, food and traditions which have all played their role in shaping the Caribbean culture. Little remains of the Carib and Arawak Indians who originally inhabited the Caribbean islands, but the spirit of the European explorers who discovered and fought over these countries hundreds of years ago lives on. The English, French, Spanish and Dutch made the most impact here, though in latter years the American influence has become more prevalent. But it is easy to identify – mainly through the language and the architecture – which individual islands align their heritage to.
Take the Spanish Caribbean countries like Cuba and Puerto Rico where the traditional Spanish buildings and Latin tempo contrast greatly with the ornate architecture, café culture and gourmet cuisine found on the French islands of Martinique or Saint-Martin.
Then there are the Dutch Caribbean islands of Curaçao and St. Eustatius, with their gingerbread-style houses that wouldn't look out of place along the canals of Amsterdam. There's even the island of Saint Martin/St. Maarten which is half French and half Dutch – with two distinct cultures to match.
It's the English-speaking Caribbean that accounts for most islands and it's here that visitors will find plenty of links to remind them of home. From traditional stone-built churches and Georgian architecture to red telephone boxes and, of course, the fact that everyone speaks English and drives on the left! There are even familiar-sounding places such as Brighton or Worthing in Barbados, Falmouth in Antigua, Portsmouth in Dominica or Richmond in St. Vincent.
But the African roots of the islanders – many of them descendants of slaves brought across the Atlantic to work the sugar plantations – are evident in the traditions and carnival celebrations woven into everyday life. Ruined sugar mills, fortresses and plantation houses also stand as testament to the region's varied past, with some becoming tourist attractions and the most notable sites and structures gaining invaluable UNESCO World Heritage Site status. These include the Brimstone Hill Fortress and National Park on St. Kitts; the twin Pitons on Saint Lucia; and the Morne Trois Pitons National Park on Dominica.
Older civilizations of the Americas, from the Carib Indians who gave our region its name to the Mayans of the American mainland, had already been attracted by the physical beauty, fertile soil and mineral wealth of our islands and have left astonishing reminders of their time
The men, women and children who arrived here from Europe, Africa and Asia have also contributed to the creation of humanity's richest melting pot. The renowned Caribbean culture of peace and aversion to war is the result of our mutual understanding of others' beliefs and lifestyles, and our own ability to adapt. The Caribbean today is one of the few places free from internal aggression. The results of this unique melt of history and culture can be seen in our faces, our buildings, our languages, our food, our museums and our monuments.
At the highest levels of achievement, there are Nobel prize winners for literature – Derek Walcott and Sir Arthur Lewis of Saint Lucia; and Sir V. S. Naipaul of Trinidad.
Travellers to the Caribbean have become part of our history by finding inspiration and insight here. Famous incomers include Gauguin, Hemingway, Graham Greene and Nöel Coward – and you can visit the Caribbean retreats where they lived and worked today.
Wherever you are in the Caribbean you are likely to find something or somewhere that will remind you of your homeland – and always something more to expand your horizons.
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The rainbow culture of the Caribbean has its clearest reflection in museums recording, researching and cataloguing our long, complex and fascinating contribution to human and natural history.
Migration, exploration, imprisonment, slavery, colonialism, imperialism, war and piracy have all left their marks on us and our homelands, producing a treasury of evidence of all that is best and, sadly, worst in human beings. The evidence is recorded in large, national museums, tiny one-room museums and specialist, internationally-renowned collections.
You'll also find unique centres devoted to the famous people who have influenced – and been influenced by – the Caribbean, such as Gauguin, Hemingway, Nelson and Noel Coward. Across the region you'll be awed by the Caribbean's United Nations-designated world heritage sites.
Traces of ancient times can be seen in archaeological digs on the islands uncovering the history of the Tainos, Caribs and Arawaks, and in the spectacular ruins of Mayan civilization on the mainland. More recent influences are clear in our architecture, reflecting styles and fashions from all over the world.
The Caribbean is also a living museum, rich with flora and fauna on land, under the sea and in the air. Some of the world's most exotic and most ancient animals, birds and sea creatures live here, or stop off to breed or to find a rest point on long migratory trails.
Our lands are, perhaps, one of the last places on earth where you can understand the true magnificence and variety of life forms on the planet.
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The nations of the Caribbean are proud of their history and have gone to great lengths to protect the most treasured monuments of their multi-cultural heritage.
Nelson's Dockyard national park is at the centre of English Harbour in Antigua. Developed as a base for the British Navy in the age of sail, it was abandoned and closed in 1889. Today, it has been restored as the only Georgian dockyard in the world. Overlooking the harbour is Clarence House, a residence built for Britain's future King William IV when he served under Lord Nelson as captain of the HMS Pegasus.
The immense fortress of Brimstone Hill on St Kitts, a UNESCO World Heritage Site, stood as the Gibraltar of the West Indies. On neighbouring Nevis, young Horatio Nelson, still known today as Britian's greatest naval hero, courted and married Fanny Nisbet. The island still bears traces of the young captain's presence.
St Vincent's Botanic Gardens, the oldest in the western hemisphere, was where Captain Bligh introduced the breadfruit tree from Tahiti to provide food for slaves.
Martinique is at the heart of the French Caribbean. Just across the bay from the capital, Fort-de-France, the Musée de la Pagerie recounts the adventures of Napoleon's Empress Josephine, who was born there.
The Dutch have left a lasting mark on a number of islands, notably Curaçao, with exquisite 17th and 18th Century Dutch colonial buildings. Fans of 16th and 17th century Spanish colonial architecture should visit the old walled city of San Juan in Puerto Rico.
Other imposing sights include the great mansions of Jamaica, each with its own haunting tale, and Pedro St James in Grand Cayman, an early 19th century great house, while Cuba contains a treasury of period buildings, from entire colonial cities to mid-20th Century modern.
Indeed, all our countries have monuments to the cultures that have influenced them. From Mayan and Carib ruins to astonishing modern architecture, the remembrance in our physical structures of Caribbean times past and present will leave you with memories that last forever.
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Usually associated with white sand beaches and turquoise sea, it's a revelation to many visitors that the Caribbean is home to no fewer than 20 UNESCO World Heritage Sites.
Barbados's capital, Bridgetown, and its military Garrison and Curaçao's historic area of Willemstad have also attracted recognition.
Cuba which has eight cultural and historical sites including the colonial cities of Havana and Trinidad, as well as the Vinales Valley, an outstanding landscape of karst eroded limestone mountains called mogotes. Here traditional methods of agriculture, notably tobacco growing, have survived unchanged for centuries. Old Havana is a legacy of history, culture and traditions and amongst the oldest and best-preserved urban space in the Americas. In Trinidad de Cuba two sites have been declared UNESCO World Heritage sites, its historic cobbled street centre and Monaca Iznaga in the Valle de los Ingenios, the site of the most prosperous sugar refineries of the 19th century. Santiago de Cuba is another site renowned for the ruins of San Pedro de la Roca Castle and what's left of the first French coffee plantations at La Gran Piedra. Others are Desembarco del Granma National Park, Alejandro de Humboldt National Park in Baracoa, which forms the Heart of the Cuchillas Del Toa Biosphere Reserve, the historic centre of Camaguey and the urban historic centre of Cienfuegos.
Over on Saint Lucia, The Pitons make up one of the most dramatic UNESCO World Heritage sites in the world. Petit Piton and Gros Piton are two volcanic plugs in the south of the island.
Other incredible UNESCO sites across the Caribbean include Belize's Barrier Reef (the longest in the Americas, the Morne Trois Pitons National Park in Dominica, Blue and John Crow Mountains in Jamaica, St Kitts Brimstone Hill Fortress National Park, Curaçao's historic area of Willemstad, inner city and harbour; and Canaima National Park in Venezuela.
Haiti has its National History Park with the ruins of The Citadel, Sans-Souci and Ramiers, all monuments to independence.


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The high school drama has started. No, I'm not referring to a theatre production or the social woes of teenage girls. It's back to school time and that means an exorbitant amount of complaints about teachers echoing in the hallways and in your home:
"She already hates me. She hated my brother. Now, she's taking it out on me."
"She teaches too fast, I'm over my head and have to get out of this class."
"I heard Mrs. Smith offers more extra credit. I want to switch to her class!"
For the past 15 years, I've heard it all.
While it's frustrating to hear these complaints from your child, the worst reaction you can have is a knee-jerk one, marching into the counselor's office and demanding a change in your child's schedule. Rushing to your child's rescue presents a conundrum for the counselor because there is little wiggle room at this point to change a student's schedule.


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I've always had an itchy scalp and dandruff (Attractive! I know). I wear a dark uniform for work and getting little flakes on my shoulder is so embarrassing, I had to do something about it. I love the body shop but I had never tried the hair care products, so I decided to give the ginger shampoo a try.
The online description:
"This refreshing shampoo with ginger extract is perfect for dry scalps"
(such a detailed description....)
The description leaves much to be desired but don't let that hold you back, this shampoo is fantastic!. I have used it for about five months now and I find it is very "refreshing" on my scalp, stops my itching and the sent is lovely. The only down side is I still feel like I can still see some flakes in my hair.You can get the shampoo in two different sizes large for £6.50 and small for £4.50. There is no matching conditioner but The Body Shop sells a banana Conditioner (and shampoo) that smells delicious.
As much as I love this shampoo I really wanted some thing a little more "Natural". After seeing a video blog by farahdhukai about the "no poo" method I was instantly intrigued. The one she Recommends is J.R. Liggett shampoo bar the virgin coconut & Argan sent. Its a bit to expensive for me so I did some research and seen lush make hair soap too. After talking to one of the in store consultants about my hair he recommend the "soak and float" bar.
The online description:
"A no-nonsense shampoo bar to help soothe scalps. Cade oil is derived from juniper and has long been used to treat scalps with psoriasis, dandruff and eczema. Rose and marigold petals calm the scalp and soothe redness, whilst lavender oil has been added for its antibacterial and balancing effects on the scalp."
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I really didn't really know what to expect from this bar but after my first use I fall in love with it!. I've been using it for almost two months now and so far I am impressed with the results. My hair is softer than ever and I find it stops my itchy scalp and keeps the flakes at bay. The sent isn't great but I don't mind it too much and it doesn't linger in the hair. Also it's only made from 9 ingredients!, that was a big positive for me. The bar only cost £5.75 and the helpful man in Lush told me you can get 40-60 washes out of it so its good value. They have a few more products for your hair such as the Big Solid Conditioner bar that I can't wait to get my hands on, they also do Henna hair dye.
Have you ever tried anything from The Body Shop or Lush hair ranges?
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Weekend of Outdoor Chores
Weekend of Outdoor Chores
If you're new to the world of suburban outdoor chores, springtime is going to be a big revelation. Even if you love working outside with your hands, there are a surprising number of small tasks every homeowner or renter has to do to create and maintain a great yard. Whether you want to grow a vegetable garden, create a natural art that's the talk of the neighborhood or simply have a quiet place to relax after work, outdoor chores are going to dominate your weekends.
Some lucky people manage to find new homes with mature landscaping already planted. The trees are in great shape, the bulbs sprout through the last of the snow and the hedges are full and green. For the rest of humanity, there are weekend landscaping chores. If you know absolutely nothing about plants, take a class at your local community college or look into different offerings at your local home improvement store or nursery. If you can't find any classes nearby, do research at your local library or look for online articles and videos that demonstrate everything from how to make a cobblestone driveway to how to build an outdoor fireplace.
Start by visiting Home Depot's online Garden Club and get access to project ideas, how-to videos, monthly to-do lists, and expert advice.
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Typically it's best to start small with gardening, maybe growing three or four of your favorite vegetables. Between soil, weeds, plant varieties and pests, you can take months just deciding what type of gardening you want to explore. From small container gardens to elaborate square foot gardens, choose one you'll have the time to work on every weekend. Your hard work will be rewarded the moment you sink your teeth into your own first grown tomato, still warm from the sun.
Equipment Maintenance
You can expect every piece of equipment and tool you have for outdoor use will eventually wear out and break. When that happens, the question is whether to repair or replace it, and can you do the repair work on your own. Most gardening tools aren't worth repairing, unless you're an extremely handy (or frugal!) individual. Toss out that broken rake and buy another one. Larger things like a hot tub, on the other hand, are definitely worth fixing. Your first instinct may be to call a repair person when your hot tub pump breaks down, but this can cost money you don't have to spend. You can fix minor pump repairs for the cost of parts and the time it takes to check out repair videos and articles at HotTubWorks.com.
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Lawn Maintenance
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Joshua Daniel White (February 11, 1914 – September 6, 1969), better known as Josh White, was an American singer, guitarist, songwriter, actor, and civil rights activist. He also recorded under the names "Pinewood Tom" and "Tippy Barton" in the 1930s.
White grew up in the Jim Crow South. During the 1920s and 1930s and was in many senses a trailblazer. He became a prominent race records artist, with a prolific output of recordings in genres including Piedmont blues, country blues, gospel, and social protest songs. In 1931, White moved to New York, and within a decade his fame had spread widely; his repertoire expanded to include urban blues, jazz, traditional folk songs, and political protest songs. He soon was in demand as an actor on radio, Broadway, and film.
He was the first black singer to give a White House Command Performance (1941), to perform in previously segregated hotels (1942), to get a million-selling record, "One Meatball" (1944), and the first to make a solo concert tour of America (1945).The first folk and blues artist to perform in a nightclub, the first to tour internationally; and along with Lead Belly and Woody Guthrie, the first to be honored with a US postage stamp.
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11:Silicosis is killin' Me
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text: Even though I don't know too much about them, I bought this Mosrite bass today for a price that I thought was so ridiculously low, I laughed out loud all the way home from the purchase. Any bass at $25 is a steal, even if it's a piece of junk. Like I said, it's a Mosrite bass, and as soon as I get a picture of it, I'll post it up here for you. I know about the Ventures guitars and basses they made, and I'm also sure this bass is from the mid 60's (serial number B0063), but I don't think it is a Ventures bass. It has a three tone sunburst finish, and has some wiring problems (no problem, I'll probably redo the electronics in it anywho). Does anybody have a good knowledge of their basses? Can you help me determine if it's worth anything (Surely worth more than $25, in any case)? Herm


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Ultrastable Atomic Force Microscopy and Other Research Tools
The Thomas Perkins group develops innovative precision-measurement technologies as part of its quest to understand the physics of single biomolecules. According to Perkins, precision measurement remains the grand scientific challenge of biophysics.
The group's work includes development of an ultrastable atomic force microscope (AFM), continual improvements to a stabilized optical-trapping microscope, and refinements to micron-sized optical traps made from a single tightly focused laser beam (optical tweezers). These tools are helping the scientists investigate the mechanical properties of DNA, dye-DNA interactions, DNA-based molecular motors, single-molecule biophysics, and biologically derived force standards.
After years of effort, the Perkins group has an AFM setup that leads the world in force precision and force stability. It is poised to watch individual proteins fold and unfold in minutes, a feat that is a 25-fold improvement over what was possible before. Recently, for example, the researchers modified a short AFM cantilever to be much less noisy and much more stable. These two changes allowed them to resolve the motion of single proteins! This long-sought capability was made possible by the merger of nanofabrication and biophysics.
The three key modifications of the short AFM cantilever were (1) the use of a focused ion beam to carefully cut out a large rectangular hole at the base of the cantilever, increasing its sensitivity and responsiveness; (2) the addition of a transparent protective patch over the cantilever's gold coating, preserving the cantilever's high reflectivity; and (3) the removal of the remaining-unprotected gold coating from cantilever and the probe tip, enhancing stability. These improvements resulted in dramatically improved cantilever performance.
To show that the new cantilevers worked with real proteins, Bull and his colleagues mechanically unfolded, then studied a collection of proteins connected head to toe. The new enhanced cantilevers performed well, as shown by the green signal in the picture. The relatively noisy red signal came from the group's previous favorite cantilever. The new cantilevers were 50 times better at detecting protein motions in real time, with no loss of stability. The enhanced stability was even preserved when the researchers pulled on a protein anchored to a surface.They're are also easy to make, easy to use, and relatively inexpensive.
Previous improvements included an optically based detection method eliminates the unmeasured, environmentally induced drift that occurs in other scanning-probe instruments and the removal of gold coating from the AFM's cantilevers, which enhanced the instrument's force precision in liquid by an order of magnitude.
The group continues to work on improving AFM technology to make it an even better tool for research on single biomolecules. Better instruments that can track folding and unfolding over seconds rather than minutes will allow researchers to probe deeper into the complex behavior of molecules that make up living organisms.
High Resolution Optical Trapping Microscope
The Perkins group has also developed a high-resolution optical-trapping microscope that uses stabilized-laser beams to reduce instrument noise via improved pointing stability and differential back-focal plane detection. The latter suppresses unwanted common-mode noise. The microscope is capable of measuring subnanometer motion of biological systems in 3D. With this microscope, the group can monitor an enzyme stepping along DNA with one base-pair resolution (approx. 0.4 nm). The microscope can also detect the unfolding of RNA and DNA structures in real time.
The group has also refined an optical-trapping assay (using optical tweezers) to exhibit Ånstrom-scale scalability and resolution in 3D. To achieve this sensitivity, the group minimized various kinds of laser noise such as pointing, mode, polarization, and intensity. The group also stabilizes samples in 3D for surface-coupled assays using optical tweezers. Not surprisingly, the group plans to pursue further advances in optical-trapping technology.
Multidimensional Fourier-Transform Spectroscopy
The Steve Cundiff group is developing multidimensional Fourier-transform spectroscopies for the study of quantum effects in semiconductor nanostructures. Currently, the group routinely uses two- and three-dimensional (2D and 3D) Fourier-transform spectroscopy. Both 2D and 3D experiments employ two custom-built high-precision JILA Multidimensional Optical Nonlinear SpecTRometers, or JILA MONSTRS.
A MONSTR is a compact, ultrastable platform machined out of two cast aluminum plates. Sandwiched between the plates are cascaded and folded interferometers. Together, these interferometers split an incoming laser pulse into four identical pulses. The time travel of each pulse through the MONSTR can be exactly set to allow a well-defined sequence of three pulses to interact with a sample. Researchers can then generate a signal that can be recorded as a function of one, two, or, possibly, three time dimensions. A Fourier Transform (mathematical manipulation) converts sets of time data into multidimensional frequency spectra. These spectra are much easier to interpret that those produced by other methods.
The MONSTRs are colorful creatures. Cundiff's two MONSTRs are fed with high-intensity infrared laser light that is bright enough to detect visually. The Jimenez MONSTR features bright green laser pulses. The MONSTRs also get some of their internal color from a red helium-neon (HeNe) laser beam. The HeNe beam traces the same path as the IR or visible pulses and is used as a ruler to set the length of each pulse's time steps in the three interferometers. Beautiful red-anodized plates stabilize the MONSTRs' guts and form their exoskeletons.
A JILA MONSTR uses a sequence of coherent laser pulses to excite particular frequencies of the electronic polarizations inside a material. The process is like hitting a bell with a hammer several times in succession while changing the spacing between the hammer strikes in near perfect increments. The hammer (i.e., laser) pattern sets up coherent interference patterns that deaden some tones in the bell's ring (sample response) and amplify others. The resulting ring-tone pattern contains information about the structure and behavior of the bell (sample). Similarly, laser-induced frequency patterns created in physical systems ranging from atoms and molecules to proteins and semiconductor materials make it possible for scientists to deduce the structural and dynamical behavior of electrons at the nanoscale.
The Cundiff group uses MONSTRs to perform 2D Fourier-transform spectroscopic studies on single quantum dots and simultaneously investigates hundreds of thousands of quantum dots in one sample. The 2D spectroscopy technique is an extension of conventional transient four-wave mixing techniques. It is the optical analogue of multidimensional nuclear magnetic resonance spectroscopy, known popularly as magnetic resonance imaging, or MRI.
Nano-Optical Spectroscopies
The Raschke group specializes in using novel optical near-field microscopies to investigate plasmonic, molecular, and solid-state materials. Techniques include linear and nonlinear optical spectroscopies (including ultrafast) employed over a wavelength range from the near ultraviolet to the far infrared. Important research areas include scanning near-field optical microscopy and tip-enhanced Raman scattering.
Scanning Near-Field Optical Microscopy (s-SNOM)
Scattering scanning near field optical microscope (s-SNOM) makes use of the optical antenna properties of metallic nanostructure to concentrate and enhance optical fields with nanometer spatial and femtosecond temporal resolution. s-SNOM provides a label-free method to probe the chemical composition of a material, easily distinguishing proteins from inorganic chemicals as well as other biochemical constituents.
The technique is used for a range of applications, including the study of (1) transition metal oxides and other quantum systems with correlated electron systems, (2) ultrafast electron dynamics in metals and the control of coupling and nano-focusing of light using plasmonic and optical antennas, and (3) investigations of supermolecular, biomolecular, and copolymer nanostructures, including the manipulation of optical molecular swithces and tuning of optical coupling in molecular plasmonics.
In biophysics experiments, s-SNOM is used with the tip of an atomic force microscope (AFM), which acts like an antenna for the IR light, focusing it onto the sample. The AFM-tip antenna also helps capture the signal emitted by the sample, sending it back to a detector for identification and location. The Raschke group uses a similar technique for chemical analysis with spatial resolution greater than 10 nm and sensitivity down to 10-20 mole, or 103 functional groups.
The group is developing a unique IR light source for its s-SNOM microscopy with its new synchrotron infrared (IR) nanospectroscopy, or SINS. SINS is an innovative way to peer inside superconductors, new materials for solar cells, or even a single cell and identify the inner workings of these complex systems. The new method is able to determine where the different chemical constituents are located and how their spatial distribution determines their function.
SINS combines scanning probe microscopy with IR synchrotron radiation, which is intense, directional, coherent, and spans a broad range of IR wavelengths ranging from 2 to 15 µm. This range of wavelengths is critical for detecting and identifying electronic and vibrational states in semi- and superconductors, polymers, biomolecules and other materials.
The first SINS experiment started with a synchrotron, but the Raschke group was able to focus its infrared power down to the nanoscale with the help of a tiny needle that concentrated the synchrotron light into a tiny region.
Plasmonic Scanning Probe Tips
The Raschke group has developed plasmonic metal nanostructures as molecular sensors and nanophotonic devices. Research with these tips explores the correlation between nanoparticle size and shape, nanoparticle spectral response, and a better understanding of the details of the local field distribution.
The use of these tips with s-SNOM allows researchers in the Raschke group to map strong field variations around plasmonic nanostructures and optical antenna geometries from the visible to the mid-infrared.
A special application of plasmonic probe tips is Tip-Enhanced Raman Spectroscopy (TERS), a nanoanalytic tool. It has applications in material and surface science as well as analytical chemistry. This technique capitalizes on the enhancement and confinement of an electric field caused by plasmonic coupling between a scanning probe tip and a metallic sample. It results in Raman signal enhancement of up to 109 and all-optical resolution down to 10 nm. Consequently, TERS has single molecule sensitivity.


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I won't let my tears fall again,
I'm turning my heart into a stone,
To save me the worry and the pain,
To let me just hang up the phone.
Change has moved us to a place,
Where you aren't there and I'm alone,
I knew it someday had to be,
It was too soon, and I was torn.
How wonderful, funny, it must be,
To turn your back and just be gone
How it twists me inside, just to see,
You be someone else, just to belong.
I don't need that cursory smile, that absent nod,
Thought you'd snap out of it, but I was wrong,
You're what you swore you'd never be,
You won't change now, it's been too long.
Through ridicule, I tried to stay,
I'm letting you go, got life to live,
You'll remember what I told you once,
I don't forget, I won't forgive.
Vrinda Manochar
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After you complete the check-in procedure at the hotel, relax and unwind for a while. Later, this Kerala honeymoon package takes you out for a sightseeing tour in Kochi. The city tour lets you revel in the romantic attractions of Kochi including the enchanting town of Fort Cochin. Visits to other tourist attractions like Mattancherry Palace, the St. Francis Church and Paradesi Synagogue will entice you and your partner to the core.
In the evening, don't forget to take a romantic walk at the Marine Drive and witness the picturesque sunset view. The exciting first day of your honeymoon holiday in Kochi ends with a comfy overnight stay at the hotel.
Tip: Shop for famous Kanchipuram silk sarees in Kochi market.
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Romance is in the air as today, you travel to scenic Munnar.
Enjoy the beautiful morning in Kochi city having toothsome breakfast with your better-half at the hotel. Post breakfast, your Kochi Munnar honeymoon tour itinerary transfers you to the mesmerizing hill-station of Munnar.
Munnar has always one of the best honeymoon destinations in India. Lush green misty hills covered with terraced tea and spice plantations, fresh air, spellbinding natural beauty and romantic viewpoints are some highlighting features of Munnar. As you are driven to Munnar, witness the stupendous natural beauty at Cheeyappara Falls, Valara Falls and Kallar Falls. Upon your arrival in Munnar, you will be transferred to your hotel. Check in and relax as rest of the day today is at leisure. You can enjoy your time staying inside your comfortable hotel room or go out and explore the exquisite locales of Munnar.
As the night closes in, get back to your hotel for a cozy overnight stay
Optional: Indulge in adventure activities such as rappeling, valley crossing, rock climbing and more at Fun Forest Adventure Park (own expenses)
Distance from Kochi to Munnar: 130 Km
Travel Time: Approx. 4 Hours
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Get ready for a captivating day of this Kochi Munnar honeymoon package with your partner.
The third day of your honeymoon holiday in Kerala starts with a hearty breakfast at the hotel in Munnar with your loved-one. After breakfast, you will get to explore some of the most romantic and sought after tourists attractions of Munnar which will leave you in awe of this gorgeous hill-station.
Enjoy visiting fragrant tea and spice plantations in Munnar followed by your visit to the famous Tata tea museum. Later, you will get to explore the Eravikulam National Park- the forest area that houses endangered Nilgiri Tahr. Visiting Mattupetty Dam, taking a boat ride in Kundala Lake, clicking pictures at Photopoint and screaming & listening to your own voice at the Echo point are some other best things to do while honeymooning in Munnar.
The day ends and you will be transferred back to your hotel for a homey overnight stay at the hotel.
Optional: A candlelight dinner can be requested to surprise your partner on this honeymoon holiday (charges extra).
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Your honeymoon holiday ends with a whole set of cherishable memories for you and your beloved partner
After a wholesome breakfast at the hotel in Munnar, check out from the hotel and then you will be transferred to the nearest railway station/airport/bus station for your onward journey.
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Munnar is known for some of the most romantic and exciting tourist spots. Following are some great things to do in Munnar:
Witnessing the wild animals in Eravikulam National Park
Exploring Rose gardens
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Nature walks in Devikulam
Hiking experience at Anaimudi Peak
Mattupetty Dam
Yes, the tour itinerary of this 3 nights 4 days Kerala family tour package is designed in a way that tourists get to visit almost all major tourist attractions of the places they are visiting on various days. However, if the tourists feel that they would like to extend the duration of this 4-day Kerala Family package, then they can get in touch with concerned tour agent well in time.
Fort Kochi, Marine Drive, Kochi market are some of the fantastic places to visit in Kochi while enjoying a honeymoon holiday in Kerala.
Tourists can enjoy nightlife which can experienced best at some famous bars and discotheques in Kochi. It is, however, a little restricted as most bars and pubs get closed by midnight.
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5.25 Miles total
Thursday, March 15, 2012
Track Workout - 5.25 Miles
So I needed to log 5 miles today. Where to run? How about the North Park University track, I thought. The track was crowded with one person running clockwise and the rest of us runners running counter clockwise. Also a mother and daughter walking team were taking up the two inside lanes. It's always an obstacle course at the track. :-) Anyway, I ran one mile at 6:13/mile pace and a 1/2 mile at 5:57/mile pace. Not blazing by any means, but I have logged 52 miles in the 4 days prior to today, so I was simply happy to get two semi-quick runs in and stay injury-free. Plans for the rest of the week: Swim tomorrow, short shakeout run Saturday then the March Madness Half Marathon on Sunday.
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