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I returned from the grocery store, delighted that I brought back some Mrs. Meyer's products: aromatherapeutic, biodegradable, natural, never tested on animals, ammonia- paraben- phosphate- free.
At least I'm doing something right?
Li'l A [horrified]: You bought cleaning products called "Mrs. Something"??? Because only women are supposed to clean, right?
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I Scream Nails are an Aussie based pop up nail salon with a serious love of all things colourful. I'm always mesmerised by their designs - I mean, pugs with googly eyes, come on that's incredible!!
I've been wanting to try one of their designs for a little while and finally decided to give it a go. I chose this awesome smiling unicorn head (who doesn't love unicorns right?!) and adapted the original a little to include a flowing mane. To complete the mani I added cute little white polka dots.
The base for this is Rimmel - Mary Mary Quite Contrary, a gorgeous super pale lilac. It's quite a sheer polish so I needed to use three coats to make it opaque, it dries quick though so it wasn't an issue. The white, pink, green and yellow are all Barry M shades along with the black nail art pen.
I absolutely love how this came out! Thanks I Scream Nails - I will definitely be getting inspiration from your wonderful designs again!
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Homeland Security mulls cyber czar nomination
Department has yet to nominate candidate for the job.
The Homeland Security Department on Oct. 1 created a new post for a cyber-security czar -- a post that the technology industry and Congress repeatedly have urged for two years -- but has yet to nominate a candidate for the job.
An announcement in the coming days would coincide with the House and the department recognizing October as National Cyber Security Awareness month. Lawmakers on Monday approved a House resolution making that designation.
House Homeland Security Economic Security, Infrastructure Protection and Cybersecurity Subcommittee Chairman Dan Lungren, R-Calif., said in a hearing Tuesday that the vote the day before indicated the government's efforts on cyber security. He said officials voting mid-month on the resolution showed how the government is trying to play catch-up on protecting the country from a cyber attack.
"In an age where hackers and terrorists are using advanced technologies to attack our cyber infrastructure at an alarming rate," said Rep. Bennie Thompson, D-Miss., "the Department of Homeland Security is moving at dial-up speed in naming an assistant secretary for cyber security."
The department announced late last month that it would work with key industry partners to "spread the word" throughout October about online safety by providing tips and resources for protecting computers.
While industry groups are pleased with the government's efforts this month, several representatives and lawmakers are anxious for the appointment of the cyber-security assistant secretary that Homeland Security Secretary Michael Chertoff first proposed in July.
"Anytime the term 'acting' is in your title, you lose the weight and authority necessary to truly do a job right," Rep. Bill Pascrell, D-N.J., said of Andy Purdy, the acting director of the National Cyber Security Division. "The fact that there is still no full-time entity within the department shows a glaring lack of foresight from this administration."
Industry representatives share Pascrell's concerns, but they also said the department wanted to wait to nominate a candidate until after Congress approved Homeland Security's fiscal 2006 spending. The bill, which lawmakers approved earlier this month and President Bush signed into law Tuesday, put the official stamp on Chertoff's proposal to elevate the director of the cyber-security division to assistant secretary.
"I hope a name is forthcoming soon," said Paul Kurtz, executive director of the Cyber Security Industry Alliance. "It's high time the person is named."
Now that lawmakers have given Chertoff their blessing, Information Technology Association of America President Harris Miller said he hopes the secretary "has some people waiting in the wings." Adam Falkoff, executive director of the Republican Technology Council, said Purdy "has the skills to navigate through the bureaucracy of the department."
Under Chertoff's plans, the cyber-security division will be removed from the old unit on information analysis and infrastructure protection, and the assistant secretary will be charged with protecting cyber and telecommunications systems.
The assistant secretary will have a $93 million budget next year for cyber exercises and work with private and public entities. The cyber-security division also is responsible for coordinating and overseeing cyber-security activities across the government.
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Calico Announces Completion of the Second Tranche of its Non-Brokered Private Placement Financing
Jul 07, 2014, 09:03 ET
VANCOUVER, July 7, 2014 /CNW/ - Calico Resources Corp. (TSX-V: CKB) (the "Company" or "Calico") is pleased to announce the closing of the second tranche of its non-brokered private placement originally announced on March 25, 2014. In this second tranche, the Company issued 800,000 units at a price of $0.12 per unit. The total gross proceeds raised in this tranche amount to CDN$96,000.00.
Each unit consists of one common share and one-half of one share purchase warrant. Each whole warrant is exercisable into one additional common share at a price of $0.15 per share for a period of one year, expiring July 3, 2015.
All securities issued by the Company in connection with this portion of the private placement are subject to a statutory hold period and may not be traded until November 4, 2014.
In its news release of June 19, 2014, the Company announced it had received the consent of the TSX Venture Exchange to extend until July 15, 2014, the time in which it can close its private placement financing. The Company therefore anticipates holding a third closing shortly.
The proceeds of the private placement will be used to pay a royalty holder and advance the permitting process of Calico's high grade underground gold deposit, the Grassy Mountain Project, located in south east Oregon.
On behalf of the Board,
Arden (Buck) Morrow,
President, CEO and Chairman
Cautionary Statement
Neither TSX Venture Exchange nor its Regulation Services Provider (as that term is defined in the policies of the TSX Venture Exchange) accepts responsibility for the adequacy or accuracy of this release.
SOURCE: Calico Resources Corporation
For further information:
Please email Buck Morrow at [email protected] or telephone 604 681-6855.


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You can read Bucket List: Number 1 – Slieve League here.
Our second travel story today in the June competition is from one of our regular supporters, Mike Cavanagh. I am sure you will enjoy his latest entry as much as I have.
You can read Bucket List: Number 1 – Slieve League here.
Mike Cavanagh
Mike Cavanagh is now in his sixties and has no idea how he got here. He lives with his wife, Julie, and two black cats in Bateman's Bay, NSW. The house he and Julie live in is quirky and in need of regular maintenance, as are its owners. Mike's passions are writing, playing guitar, composing music, and, as Julie will only too readily tell you, playing too many role-playing games on PC. Find out more about Mike's book One of its Legs are Both the Same on his site: http://oneofitslegs.org
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Like it, Mike. There are a lot of almosts in the world of travel. Thanks for sharing one of yours.
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Rafa in a hot one; Nadal takes 3 hours to win a three-setter at US Open
NEW YORK – Day 2 at the U.S. Open was a day for the hot and tired.
The hot: Those who played in the glare of the punishing midday sun, when temperatures veered into the mid-90s and forced tournament officials to employ their extreme weather policy.
The tired: The 14 men and 28 women whose matches went the distance — that's five sets for men and three sets for women — including the first three matches in Arthur Ashe Stadium, where play ended at 12:53 a.m. Wednesday.
The highlight match of the long, steamy day at Flushing Meadows wound up being one that went straight sets but felt like something more. Top-seeded Rafael Nadal got a stern test from 93rd-ranked Teymuraz Gabashvili of Russia and needed 3 minutes short of 3 hours to defeat him 7-6 (4), 7-6 (4), 6-3.
"I prefer to play 1 hour, 10 minutes. Win easier, no?" Nadal said. "But no, one match is easy, especially in a big tournament. The pressure's there. You play against players that don't have much to lose, so they play aggressive. This is difficult to stop."
Nadal's match ended at 11:34 p.m. Tuesday, and left the top-seeded woman, Caroline Wozniacki, to finish out the night with a 6-1, 6-1 victory over Chelsey Gullickson in the only meeting of the five on the feature court, spanning almost 14 hours, that didn't have much drama.
"The matches before me were so long. Nobody expected that," said Wozniacki, who traded off between watching Nadal, reading a magazine and running in the gym while she waited. "But a win is a win. It doesn't matter what time I get on. As long as I win, I'm happy."
By the time Nadal took to the court, the sun had long gone down, though the temperature stayed up in the 80s. Gabashvili also did plenty to keep things uncomfortable for this year's French Open and Wimbledon champion.
Needing a U.S. Open title to complete his career Grand Slam, Nadal has long had a knack of making even the easy matches look hard. That's especially true on hard courts, where every violent stop, and every precise change of direction, comes with a vicious squeak that screams of the toll taken on the Spaniard's body. Against a game first-round foe, this one looked and sounded every bit that tough.
There were a total of seven break points through the first 32 games and neither player could convert. Nadal did what great players do — winning a few more key points in both the tiebreakers to take a two-set lead. But not until Gabashvili netted a forehand on ad-out in the seventh game of the third set did Nadal find a crack in his opponent's service game, and the opening he needed to close it out in straight sets.
Rafa said he was happy with his own service game, in which he faced only one break point and topped out at 131 mph. While many experts are giving him as good a shot as ever to break through at the U.S. Open, he knows he needs to amp up his serve to do it. It has been a long-term project.
"All my life, I've worked a lot on my serve," he said. "Not (just) this summer, all my life."
Well before Nadal began, on-court temperatures reached near 110 and tournament officials put the extreme weather policy in play, meaning women could ask for a 10-minute break after splitting sets.
There were plenty of opportunities.
No. 14 Maria Sharapova got off to a slow start in Ashe Stadium before rallying for a 4-6, 6-3, 6-1 over Jarmila Groth of Australia.
"Days like this where your opponent was playing really well, you really have to find ways to hang in there and ways to fight," Sharapova said. "And at the end of the day, you just hope you give yourself another opportunity."
She did, as did No. 4 Jelena Jankovic and No. 11 Svetlana Kuznetsova, each of whom needed three sets in the heat to fight off their first-round foes.
"The conditions were tough," Jankovic said. "But I didn't want to think about that. I just wanted to focus as much as I could on the match and play each point one point at a time."
Another long one in Ashe Stadium was No. 3 Novak Djokovic's 6-3, 3-6, 2-6, 7-5, 6-3 victory over friend and fellow Serbian Viktor Troicki. The match took 3 hours, 40 minutes and Djokovic felt the heat.
"You kind of start panicking a little bit when you don't feel great physically and your opponent takes advantage," he said.
Also needing five sets was No. 8 Fernando Verdasco, who defeated Fabio Fognini of Italy, 1-6, 7-5, 6-1, 4-6, 6-3.
"I got lucky, because the shadows were on the court for a lot of my match," Verdasco said. "But it was hot. It's the same for both players, so you just see what it is and go out and play."
No. 19 Mardy Fish had a bizarre five-set win against Jan Hajek. The score: 6-0, 3-6, 4-6, 6-0, 6-1.
"Yes, it's hot. This is probably the hottest it's gonna be here," said the American, who has lost about 30 pounds and can credit his improved fitness for his leap up the rankings, and his ability to hang in there on Tuesday.
No. 31 David Nalbandian needed five sets for his victory over Rik de Voest. No. 16 Marcos Baghdatis lost in five to Arnaud Clement of France.
"Tell you the truth, OK, it was hot, but, I mean, we play so many matches in the heat, I cannot tell you," Baghdatis said when asked if his 3-hour, 27-minute stay in Armstrong Stadium was one of his hottest matches ever. "I cannot rank today's heat."
The weather is supposed to be equally brutal on Wednesday and Thursday, then a change.
Tournament officials are already looking south to see how Hurricane Earl, making its way up the East Coast, might affect things. There's a 60 percent chance of heavy rain on Friday, the possibility of at least a one-day break. If there are more days like Day 2, it's hard to imagine many would complain.


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El Segundo, Calif. — iSuppli has slashed its 2009 forecast for PC unit shipments by nearly two-thirds due to "rapidly deteriorating conditions in the global economy and financial system," it said today.
The firm originally said it expected global PC shipments would grow 11.9 percent in 2009; now it is forecasting only 4.3 percent growth for the year.
iSuppli's 2010 expectations are also down. It is now predicting a 7.1 percent growth in unit shipments for the year, down from its previous outlook of 9.4 percent growth.
Matthew Wilkins, iSuppli's principal analyst, computer platforms, explained that his firm revised its forecast because "the landscape of the global economy has changed dramatically, and in many ways irrevocably," since iSuppli published its last worldwide PC forecast. He cited the banking and credit crisis and its effects as a primary factor in the firm's move to adjust its outlook.
iSuppli said it believes desktop PC shipments will decline about 5 percent in 2009, but the notebook category should grow about 15 percent. The firm said it foresees continued strength in notebooks because "the segment is currently performing very well and has strong momentum"; it also thinks the new lower prices on entry-level netbooks will help drive demand for that particular portion of the notebook market.
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Die schwedischen Metaller EVERGREY sind am 26. September mit ihrem neuen (neunten) Studioalbum "Hymns For The Broken" am Start. Zuvor ist ab sofort die Single "King Of Errors", mitsamt dazugehörigem Videoclip, verfügbar.
Der Clipdreh zu "King Of Errors" fand erneut mit Patric Ullaeus (Revolver Productions) statt und wurde mit insgesamt zehn Drehtagen zum umfangreichsten der Bandgeschichte.
Die Präsentation von "King Of Errors" lüftet auch das Geheimnis ums neue EVERGREY Line-Up:
tatsächlich sind Henrik Danhage (Guitars) und Jonas Ekdahl (Drums) zurück!
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So! The boys are back in town!
Our new video is officially out there and it shows the return of some familiar faces. What can we say? We missed each other. It´s really not more complicated than that. Even though it took deep and thorough consideration, out of respect for Evergrey, we felt we could bring something to the table that would be lasting and in the same quality we know both our fans and us demand.
We are so damn psyched!
Going into this we early decided this needed to be done right, not saving on anything. We dug as deep as possible into our budgets and spent more than ever to give this a real fair chance. So we have worked with the best of people from Jacob Hansen to Patric Ullaeus. Both are true Kings, not of errors! These are the people in the world that understand us 100% and have the know-how and ability to make our grand visions come true! Extra special thanks go to Patric Ullaeus and Revolver.se who make us feel and look larger than life!
We felt it paid off! We saw from the initial praising yesterday that most of you feel the same.
Do run and tell the rest of the world of Evergrey by sharing this to all and everywhere - we feel they deserve to know :)
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In the process of producing our product lines, we noticed a need for high quality blank slipmats and custom printing.
We've been gearing up our equipment ever since. This has allowed us to manufacture with the fastest speeds and most accurate colors in the business.
We now consider ourselves ninja masters of dye sublimation printing and manufacturing slipmats.
Our newest adventure is offering full Design/Print/Cut/Sew options to the clothing industry at very reasonable prices.
Our clients range from some of the smaller DJ retail stores, boutiques, clothing manufacturers and to the largest corporations in the music industry around the world.
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Coming home should never be a chore. If you're ready to start coming home to more, it's time to reach out to Merry Maids®. We are a home cleaning service in Poway & Rancho Bernardo that puts The Extra In Your Ordinary ® by giving you back the time you deserve to enjoy more of what you love. Our professional services are the result of 40 years of experience and deliver results for every inch of your space. It's time to live more and clean less.


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Vesanto Melina MS, Registered Dietitian is a sought-after speaker and personal consultant; she has taught nutrition at the University of British Columbia and Bastyr University in Seattle and is consultant to the government of B. C. She is lead author of the current position paper on vegetarian diets for the Academy of Nutrition and Dietetics and is recipient of the prestigious Ryley Jeffs Award from Dietitians of Canada.
Vesanto Melina MS Registered Dietitian, has co-authored 13 best selling books – They can be found on Amazon and through local book stores. Various of her books have been translated into 9 languages. They have now sold almost 1,000,000 copies in English alone.
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American Vegan Society
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Paris France Vegan Popfestival
Ghent Belgium Veg Workshop
Portland Or. Health Conference
Cross Canada Webinar for Dietitians of Canada
International Congress on Vegetarian Nutrition
Nashville Tennessee Veg Fest
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Loving Earth Climate Action Fair Vancouver BC
Whole Food Plant-based—Making it Easy!
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Becoming Vegan: Comprehensive Edition rated #1 among top 11 plant-based books, winner of the REAL Top 10 Book Award, with star rating by the American Library Association as "the go-to book" on vegan nutrition, and fully referenced for health professionals and nutrition enthusiasts (with Brenda Davis)
Becoming Vegan: Express Edition (the condensed version), winner of the Canada Book Award and Foreword Book of the Year top 10, and given star rating by the American Library Association as "the go-to book" on vegan nutrition (with Brenda Davis),
Cooking Vegan (Cooking Vegetarian in Canada), with Joseph Forest
Becoming Raw with Brenda Davis and Raw Food Revolution Diet, with Brenda Davis, and Cherie Soria


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In my opinion, men are right when they say women are gold-diggers; but only to some extent. This said, I feel they make a grave mistake when they assume all women are gold-diggers. It's extremely offensive when an honest woman is treated as one; as a gold digger.
Last month my sister was trying to find a company where she could intern. A friend of hers, who works in a bank, helped her secure a position in one of their branches. When my sister told him she had gotten the internship, he light-heartedly told her she owed him a few drinks.
Friday, that same week, he called her in the morning before she left for school asking her out later in the evening. They had never gone out before as he was engaged when they first met and was going to tie the knot in a few weeks; however he and his fiancée split up last year. Thrilled, my sister agreed to it, thinking he wanted to take her out as it was her birthday."
When my sister came back home, she wouldn't stop complaining how unchivalrous the guy had been. Apparently they had gone to two clubs and in both places she had paid for all their drinks.
"I know he had said I owed him a few drinks for helping me get the internship," she complained, looking visibly disappointed, "but he asked me out. And this was our first time out together. He should at least have offered to go dutch."
I tried pacifying her, even though I found myself lost for words. I was of the same opinion, that since he asked her out he should have paid for the drinks. I reasoned, if she had asked him out it would have been okay for her to foot the bill, but he asked her out; plus that was their first time out together.
Sometimes I like to think of myself as a little traditional. Maybe I'm wrong; but first impressions really matter. I have no issue paying bills or going dutch with a guy, just not on the first date. And if I do it, I would love to be the one who offers to pay half or all of it, and not because I was pushed to it.
"I'm never going out with him again," she vowed. "He let me pay the bill, and he knew it was my birthday."
I couldn't blame her for her decision. If I was in her situation I wouldn't either.
While they were talking about him getting her an internship, he told her teaching was his first love. Even though he worked in a bank, he worked part-time as a lecturer and would love to get a permanent teaching job. She asked him to apply for a job in the university she goes to.
After their night out, they rarely talk. Yesterday he sent her a copy of the CV he had sent to her school applying for a position as a lecturer. In the CV he had indicated how much he makes per month at the bank. He could be the next multi-millionaire in town for all I know; if he's not one already. After getting over my shock, I started wondering why he would bother to send her a copy of his CV when there's nothing she could do to help him get the job, as much as she wanted to return the favour. I just assumed he wanted to impress her with the money; anyone could be lured by that enormous figure. Maybe I was wrong.
He could be a generous guy, but the thought that he let my sister pay for their drinks on their first 'date' and on her birthday, had me thinking he's just stingy. He had the chance to make a good first impression, but he blew it. In my opinion he broke at least all rules of dating etiquette. My sister already vowed to never go out with him, simply because she deduced he was ungallant; tight-fisted. If ever she went out with him again in future, it wouldn't be for his charm but solely for the money.
Luckily for him, my sisters and I know in life there are things that are far more important than money. It may sound hypocritical to some, but truth is money is not everything. I know of guys who earn meagre wages but never miss the chance to treat a woman like a lady. Not all women are money-minded; chasing men only for their wealth. All they hope to get from a man are the small gestures, like him pulling out a sit for her, paying the bill-even if it's only on the first date…
In short, not all women are gold diggers. In the process of trying to impress a woman with his wealth, a man could actually end up losing her because if she's not after the money, that will be a real deal-breaker.


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I'm sure you've read about how technology is changing homes and maybe even you've lusted after devices I've talked about here. Unfortunately most of us don't have the ability to actually see all these things come together in a way that fully illustrates the potential of today's connected Tech Home. To hep fix that, Best Buy has brought to life the latest technology in a model home that they have set up inside the Mall of America.
UPDATED 8/26 Photos from the Tech Home:
Guests will be able to go hands on in the "home" and see just how all these different pieces of technology can come together.
While Samsung SmartThings is the presenting sponsor, other brands living in the Tech House include: Canon, NETGEAR, Philips Hue, Sony, Sonos, and Savant. Best Buy Blue Shirts and Geek Squad members will be on hand to help provide tours of the house and share ways for homeowners to help transform their homes into something similar to this Tech House.
I know personally I have quite a few of those items and it's an extrodinary feeling to be able to monitor my house when I'm away or know that my vacuum cleaner is working (or maybe when it hits a snag). This is clearly the future, so if you are in the area I encourage you to visit.
When you do, you can enter to win a $10,000 Best Buy Gift Card, a Samsung SmartThings Smart Home Collection, Samsung Dream Kitchen, a Samsung 55" SUHD 4K TV and more. Plus, be one of the first 250 to visit the Tech Home each day from 8/22 - 9/17 and you could win one of many prizes made with Qualcom technologies including: Sonos Play: 1 speakers, Samsung Gear S2 and others.
For official rules see https://www.bestbuy.com/TechHome


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Weaving straw and silk, Kies could create fashionable hats of the day--a lot different than today!
Mary Kies Became the First Woman to Receive a U.S. Patent
May 5, 1809
Have you ever invented something? If you have, you may want to do what Mary Kies did: patent it. The Patent Act of 1790 opened the door for anyone, male or female, to protect his or her invention with a patent. However, because in many states women could not legally own property independent of their husbands, many women inventors didn't bother to patent their new inventions. Mary Kies broke that pattern on May 5, 1809. She became the first woman to receive a U.S. patent for her method of weaving straw with silk. With her new method, Kies could make and sell beautiful hats such as this one, and, by law, no one else could sell hats just like hers. That's how a patent works.
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Let's think about the kind of mess that we're in. Federal 2010 Medicare and Medicaid expenditures totaled $800 billion. The projected annual growth of both programs is about 7 percent. Social Security expenditures are more than $700 billion a year. According to the 2009 Social Security and Medicare trustees reports, by 2030, 49 percent of federal revenues will go for Social Security and Medicare payments. The unfunded liability of both programs is already $106 trillion.
But not to worry. The Congressional Budget Office estimates that it's possible to sustain today's level of federal spending and even achieve a balanced budget. All that Congress would have to do is raise the lowest income tax bracket of 10 percent to 25 percent and the middle tax bracket of 25 percent to 66 percent and raise the 35 percent tax bracket to 92 percent. That's a static vision that assumes that people will have no response and they'll work just as hard and send more money to Washington. If Congress did legislate such tax increases, it would be the economic equivalent of committing national hara-kiri.
Professor Daniel Klein, editor of Econ Journal Watch, and Professor Tyler Cowen, general director of the Mercatus Center, both based at George Mason University, organized a symposium to promote a better understanding of the U.S. debt crisis. The symposium's title, "U.S. Sovereign Debt Crisis: Tipping-Point Scenarios and Crash Dynamics" (http://econjwatch.org), is a strong hint about the seriousness of our nation's plight.
Professor Cowen introduced the symposium pointing out that in 2011, the major crisis was in the eurozone, where Greece, Italy, Spain, Portugal and Ireland dealt with the risk of default. The survival of the eurozone is now seriously doubted. Cowen added: "When it comes to a sovereign debt crisis, it is no longer possible to say 'it can't happen here.' Right now, we are borrowing about 40 cents of every dollar the federal government spends, and the imbalance has no end in sight."
Jeffrey Rogers Hummel, associate professor of economics at San Jose State University, says that a default on Treasury securities appears inevitable.
He says that the short-run consequences for the economy will be painful but that the long-run consequences, both political and economic, could be beneficial. That's because an economic collapse is the only way we will come to our senses. That's a tragic statement about the foresight of the American people.


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Preston Trousdale, Albert Trousdale, Nathan Ryan and Mitchell Ryan make up the law firm of Trousdale Ryan, P.C.
First and foremost, we are courtroom lawyers, dedicated to zealous advocacy of our clients in all manner of civil litigation. We represent plaintiffs and defendants, individuals (adults and children), companies (large and small) and governmental entities alike.
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There were essentially 3 things worth watching at Screen Singapore, the nation's inaugural film market to the world - Zhang Ziyi, Super 8 and of course Tom Hanks. At his age, he is definitely still drawing the crowds. But after all, he is everybody's favourite simpleton Forest Gump. I think the organisers know it themselves that the films hardly added to any excitement in the week long event, instead the real highlights were the red carpet events that stood side by side with flip-slop wearing shoppers. Here are the snapshots of the red carpet event at the Closing Gala event that feature Larry Crowne, acted and directed by Tom Hanks.
Journalists and bloggers perch themselves up for good shots
Doesn't look like Singapore, does it?
Yong Mun Chee and her cast stopped for an interview at the red carpet
Orchard ups the glam factor; strangely they played generic rousing music at the red carpet, those you would hear at a sport meet (stretching the YOG dollar?)
The best place to stand was not amongst the crowd
Among this huge crowd of beautiful people were models, actors, businessmen, socialites and 1 filmmaker
Waiting for the arrival of Tom Hanks
There he is! Next to the barricades. The lady (supposedly a chaperone), looks like an over-eager fan
Snap snap snap
Tom opens his speech with how he was fascinated by kungfu movies and it opened his eyes to how different cinema could be from here. Err... the only Kungfu from Singapore in recent times could have been Cleopatra Wong, otherwise it might have been 881. I am not sure if Tom was referring to them.
The best part of the evening (other than the film itself) was when Tom made his exit. He shoo-ed the 2 emcees off stage saying that they were wasting time and everybody was just waiting to watch the movie already. In good humour of course. Thanks Tom for not giving Singapore a 50% discount in your presence. We forgive you for thinking this is Hong Kong.


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I think it's safe to say that many young people who will have their first opportunity to vote this upcoming November are disappointed and frustrated.
We look to our right and see a man (if we can even call him that) who not only thinks sexual assault is okay, but brags about it.
We see a man who has degraded women many times and proposed building a wall on the Mexican border and making Mexico pay for it. We see a man who is racist, xenophobic and basically a terrible human being.
Then we look to our left, and while we see a better option, at least in my opinion, it's still not the best choice. We have the issue with the private email server, which shakes my and a lot of other people's trust. She herself has said questionable things in the past as well.
We have two other less popular candidates too: Jill Stein from the Green Party and Gary Johnson from the Libertarian Party.
Both candidates I have researched, but I am not completely impressed with either of them. Neither seem capable of carrying out the presidency
Of course there are many others running, but most do not get much attention.
I'm not looking for a perfect candidate. No one is, especially at this point.
I am currently an undecided voter. While I know that I am definitely not voting for Donald Trump, this leaves me with three other options that I'm not really satisfied with at all.
I think many other first-time voters feel the same way. Finally, we get a chance to exercise our right to vote. It's exciting and empowering. Then we see this election year and the mess it's been and it has a lot of us questioning if we even want to vote in this year's election.
Most of the people around my age I know want to vote. They just want to vote for someone who will make good decisions for the future of our country. So far, I'm not sure if any of the candidates will be able to do that.
The only thing going into this election that I'm sure of is that we cannot have Trump as our next president, especially in light of what has happened recently.
But this means I, and everyone else who does not want Trump as president, still have to vote for someone else. We have to put our trust in someone to run our country for the next four years. Unless I choose not to vote and leave it in the hands of other voters, which I know I won't do.
Now more than ever, I feel like it's important for young people to vote this year.
But we have limited choices. The Democratic candidate isn't horrible, but not quite what we were hoping for (still wishing that Martin O'Malley would jump back in the race).
The Republican candidate isn't a good representative of the GOP Party and happens to be racist and sexist.
I'm not sure how Stein or Johnson would do as president, even though they do have a few good ideas.
The only thing I'm sure about in this upcoming election is that it's going to be an interesting one.


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Contest: Win 1 of 25 free copies of Elite by WJD Designs!
October is behind us and the end of the year is quickly approaching. Where has 2010 gone? Looking back at the year, we have seen a lot of great themes in the roundups and in the forums. I think we've done a good job of giving you a wide sample of what's available in the forums and in the store, and maybe given some of you the spark to create your own. We always say at the end, don't forget to send in your creations, or tip us off to what themes you've found that you love. I'm saying it now because I think it's important. Let us know what you want to see more of! Send your themes in to [email protected], and we'll do our best to get them in the roundups.
Now, on to the themes. Don't forget to read to the end of the post for the contest! See you all next week.
Vivid is a theme for those of you that enjoy having a little more than the standard dark colors of BB6. The bright blues throughout the screens contrast nicely with the white fonts and accents making information pop right off your screen. The icons are custom designed and look great. The homescreen houses 4 user defined icons and a hidden today for up to 10 appointments and messages. At first glance the banner area is very minimalist, just the battery and signal meters and the time, but there is much more there than is first visible:
- 2 hidden icons that instantly appear when you scroll up to your banner area
- Hidden icons are: Profiles and Weather
- Select your battery meter to open Options
- Select the time to open Clock/Alarm
- Select your signal meter to open Manage Connections
This theme is really nice and I think there are a lot of Torch users that will be very happy with it. D Mac is kind enough to offer this 100% customized theme for free, so if you download and like it, consider sending a donation his way. Or at the very least, leave a thanks in the forums for him. :)
Launcher by JP Designs
Launcher gives you an eye pleasing, very fast theme. With opaque icons and custom battery and signal meters the home screen comes to life. Multiple home screens allow access to all your favorite apps at the drop of a hat. With quick navigation and multiple hotspots you get what you need in a functional theme. Add in the non-hidden today to keep up on what's going. This theme is also very wallpaper friendly, so change away.
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Grab Launcher today in the CrackBerry store for $3.99. Also available for 97xx/96xx/89xx (OS 5.0 only).
Paper Theme by Vimukti Technologies
Paper Theme is one of the coolest girly themes I have seen in a long time. There are so many details packed in to each screen I can't even list them all, and really you need to check out the screen shots to do any sort of justice. You get 5 different backgrounds on the home screen which change when you scroll across the dock. Abstract customized battery and signal meters and unique icons menu backgrounds make this theme very original. Paper Theme is available for most devices, though no Torch version yet. Girls you're going to want to check this one out! 97xx/96xx/89xx
iNtrinsic by Vision Mobility
I really like the look of iNtrinsic, a new theme from Vision Mobility. I'm not usually in to iOS inspired themes, but this one made me think twice. Very crisp and clean, this theme is dark but does not hinder visibility and allows you to switch between 4 and 20 icons on your home screen. There is also a hidden today section for your calendar and other today items. iNtrinsic is available for all 480x360 devices on OS 4.6 and above, as well as for the Bold 9000 and the Torch 9800.
Levels by TDM Designs
Levels by TDM Designs brings you a whole new realm in your BlackBerry Smartphone! Levels offers 5 different homescreen layouts. With just a simple click of the a key, a fancy new look and feel adds the ability to choose just what kind of homescreen layout you want! The icons on this theme are very simple but unique and the colors of the theme go very well together. Multiple hidden docks, shortcut keys and hotspots make round out this theme. This theme is beautiful.
- For more screen shots and information from the forums >>
- To purchase Levels in the CrackBerry Store for $3.99
OS5 Eruption by stuckinamerica93
Here we have a very cool looking free theme for your BlackBerry Curve. Red and black with some gray mixed in lend this theme a professional looking tone, so you won't need to worry about rocking it at work. There is a lot of attention to detail here, and it's a very straight forward theme, with no hidden docks or anything.
GeekyMario Theme v1.0 by GeekyMojo
Here is a super cute Mario theme for your 93xx, 85xx, or 83xx. GeekyMario has 10 icons on home screen, 5 of them hide into the pipe when not selected. One is placed on top of the cloud to be used a weather app icon. And of course there are fun Mario wallpapers and details throughout the theme. You can pick this one up for just $1.99 in the CrackBerry store!
Elite by WJD Designs
This theme provides multiple icons with tab style clear glass tabs to change from sets of icons. No graphic was spared during the process of creation. With the transparent easy to read custom signal and battery displays to the rectangle visually stunning icons this theme invites you to make it your "go to" theme. What makes this theme different is that it is quick, sleek and visually stunning, which you can't find that in themes now a days. Along with looks the function is amazing providing hot spots for clock, calendar, and messages all in an easy hotspot banner location. Try out Elite today and see why the name just fits. Currently available for 97xx/96xx/95xx for $3.99 and 9800 for just $0.99 (due to Theme Builder being in beta still).
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Are you trustworthy or more likely to lie?
For as long as anyone has lived, lies have existed. We lie to protect others, ourselves, or even just because we feel like it. It's human nature, but the nature of lying isn't the same for everyone.
Based on our zodiac signs, we have different ways of lying and handling the aftermath. There are those who feel guilty and avoid it as much possible. Others don't feel the need to lie, preferring honest above dishonesty. Others, meanwhile, are natural liars. To them, lying is a form of extravagant storytelling.
Ever since we were very small and impressionable, we were taught that we should never lie. Not only that lying was bad, but that it could ruin relationships and friendships, and basically make us seem very untrustworthy to others, too.
While this is still true, no one has never not lied before. It's just kind of something that happens to the best (and worst) of us. I know you'll agree with me, but I feel like all I ever see on the news these days is more stories about lying, and it's exhausting.
Whether it's one of those big, nasty lies that gets out one way or another or just a little white lie that isn't meant to do anyone any harm, we ALL have an experience with lying in one sense or another. While I'm not a huge fan of lying and lairs, I can be a liar myself.
I DO try to convince myself that the lies I tell are for a greater cause, but in short, I'm still telling lies. I also know that telling lies really can't be very good for my health or my skin. But people feel differently about lying, whether they actually care that they're being untruthful or not.
Some people know that they're lying and still choose to do it. Other times, people just don't put that much significance on their "lies." They think that if they don't really know what the truth is, they can just kind of pull something out of thin air and it won't be that big a deal.
For some people, lying really isn't a big deal, but others taking any form of dishonesty seriously, and it may have something to do their planet placements in astrology. I once had a friend who would like simply because it was easier than telling the truth. For example, if someone asked her if she went grocery shopping that day, she would tell them no (even if she did go), just so that she wouldn't have to them tell the curious person what she bought.
If caught in one of her "lies" she'd always just say, "Eh, I did go shopping but I was just too lazy to tell you the truth." While this was a totally bizarre thing to do in general, it also drove me nuts. Being one of her best friends, I always knew when she wasn't being truthful… so why was it so hard for her to just not lie?
Was it really that much more convenient for her? Clearly, it still frustrates me after all this time. Maybe it had something to do with her horoscope sign, maybe that was just the person she wanted to be. If you ask me, making lying such a second-nature habit like this can only lead to more bad habits.
Here is how likely you are to lie, based on your zodiac sign.
Aries: Lies for his own benefit.
Aries aren't big into lying. It doesn't serve a purpose to them. They have no patience for the drama that ensues if they're caught in a lie. And when they do lie, it's not a big deal to them.
Aries, you are one of the most brutally honest zodiac signs. Even when it's out of love for someone, you would much rather choose to be honest and tell them like it is than to leave them wondering if you're who you say you are.
One thing you know people in your life appreciate about your honesty is that they always know where they stand with you. You won't tell them one thing and then go and badmouth them behind their back. That's a quality all zodiac signs should have!
Taurus: Lies to get where he needs to go.
Tauruses are the stubborn ones, and they prefer things going their way. If it means that they have to tell a little white lie to have things done according to what they want, they would do it.
Taurus is pretty honest when it comes to just how much the zodiac signs can lie, but that doesn't mean you can't lie just as much as the rest of us. You just do it in a way that is less harmful than other zodiac signs.
When you lie, it's usually just white lies. Because you're pretty stubborn, you think that if you lie to get people to see your way that it's not too harmful. Plus, if it means avoiding unnecessary conflict too, all the better.
Gemini: Would not think twice about lying.
Geminis are mischievous and love the attention from people. They have wild imaginations, so they can make stuff up on a whim, and people believe them! They're so good at it that you end up not caring if it's true or not.
Gemini, you are the zodiac sign most likely to lie because of your split personality. As the twins of the zodiac, you have two sides to your very complex personality. What people might not know about you is that this dual personality of yours is to blame.
You're often known as being two-faced. You like to tell tall tales, white lies, and even damaging lies, all because it's fun to you. Because you like being the center of attention, you'll often tell stories that clearly aren't true just to hold an audience. For fun or to hurt people, you like to lie.
Cancer: Too connected with their feelings to lie, but are not beyond manipulation.
Loyal and caring, Cancer will only lie to protect you, whether it's from someone else or from your own feelings. For them, it's more of a way to reassure you that everything is fine even though it isn't, and it's out of the goodness of their hearts.
Cancer, the only time you will lie is to spare people's feelings, but you definitely don't like doing it. You would much rather tell the truth to the people you care about, but with your big heart and tendency to smooth over the truth, it's common for you to lie to make people feel better.
You are actually one of the few zodiac signs who lie with good intention and it actually works. Even if people find out that you told a lie to spare their feelings, they are much more like to appreciate your efforts over any other zodiac sign's white lies.
Leo: The King of the Liars
You much prefer to be truthful over a liar, Leo, because it shows that you're an adult and that you have class. Lying is just tacky, and you don't want to get the reputation of someone who can't be trusted to tell the truth.
You are honest to others because that is how you want to be treated. You believe that if you tell others the truth when they ask for it that they will return the favor to you. Honesty is very important to you, after all.
Like Geminis, Leos love the attention from people around them. So when they tell you a story, it may start off as truth, but a very exaggerated truth. The more amazed their audience is, the more exaggerated their stories will become.
Virgo: Lies to make himself feel better.
As much as possible, analytical Virgo doesn't lie. Like Aries, they find it too bothersome and they'd rather focus on the situation at hand. However, the exception is if the truth stands in the way of resolving a situation. But even then, they're considering all the pros and cons, and whether it's really worth it.
You really do care about the people in your life, Virgo, and you would do just about anything to let them know that. That's why you prefer to be honest over lying. You are much more concerned with other things in life to have to worry about keeping your lies straight, too.
You are honest because it doesn't hurt anyone's feelings. You like being known as someone that people can trust, and if you lie all the time, no one is going to want to trust you with anything, right? That's why it's just better to tell it like it is, even when it's hard.
Libra: Lies like politician.
Libras are the diplomats of the zodiac, so in the name of what they believe is best for everyone, lying is a necessity. Unlike Geminis and Leos, their lies are somewhat believable; people don't even realize that they're lying until it's too late.
You are a very charming zodiac sign, Libra, but you're also very deceptive. The reason you lie so much is because you want people to like you. And rather than just being honest with who you are, you'd rather pretend to be someone you think people will want to know, even if it's not the real you.
You are also not a huge fan of getting into trouble or facing the consequences of your mistakes. You'd much rather lie and get out of trouble – and also blame someone else – than own up to who you really are.
Scorpio: Focused on finding truth.
Suspicious and sometimes manipulative, lying is a game that Scorpios know all too well. This is because of their observant nature, which allows them to analyze every angle of a situation and come up with the best lie to go with it.
You are honest through and through, Scorpio. While you may not always share things about yourself if they feel too personal, you still don't resort to lying to people.
You are honest because you deserve that honesty just as much as everyone else in your life does. Lying comes with so many negative feelings that it's better to just tell it like it is. Otherwise, it eats you up inside and that's not fun for anyone.
Sagittarius: Lying is not in their nature.
The friendly and outgoing Sagittarius doesn't lie. They value their friendships and the people around them too much to ever lie. But if they have to lie out of necessity, they don' play around and it will be the biggest lie known to man, usually for a worthy cost.
As someone who is always seeking the truth of the world, Sagittarius, you make it your goal in life to be as honest as possible to the people you care about. You see the value in seeing the facts, and if that means telling it like it is, so be it.
You can actually be brutally honest if you're not careful. Tact isn't exactly your forte, so it's easy for you to cross the line into offensive honesty, even if you don't mean it that way. Really, you just want to keep it real and let people know you can be trustworthy.
Capricorn: Lies because they aren't in touch with themselves.
Out of all the signs, Capricorns hate lying. They won't do it and they refuse to do it. Because of their distrustful nature, it's no wonder they're against lying of any form. But if they do lie, it's not hidden for very long. They'll feel too guilty and end up telling the truth anyway.
Letting people into your life can be pretty uncomfortable for you. You would much rather no one know anything about you until you decide that you're ready to open up to them.
You don't like to lie – you'd much rather tell the truth – but you will lie if people are trying to get too personal with you. You have a knack for keeping most things to yourself but telling people just enough to make them think they know everything about you. Sneaky.
Aquarius: Not a liar in any sense of the word.
Like Geminis, Aquarians are creative and witty storytellers. Their lies may be too good to be true, but they deliver it so flawlessly that people end up believing them.
You are one of those zodiac signs who says they don't like to lie, but still finds themselves lying a lot more than you'd like to, Aquarius. While you like to think you're truthful and honest, that's not always who you really are.
You will lie for the greater good or when you feel like you're doing it to help others. But while you have good intentions, you're still choosing to lie instead of being honest. I know, it makes you look good to tell people what they want to hear, but is it really who you want to be?
Pisces: Lies to keep people at a distance.
The most sensitive of the signs, Pisces don't lie. But when they do, it's only for a good cause. It's either to protect you from being hurt or to protect themselves. Either way, they're so sensitive that people can't even be angry at them when their lie is found out.
One of the main reasons you lie, Pisces, is because you want to be liked by people. You will say and do anything if it means one more person sees you in an admiring light. Sometimes, the lying you do is totally subconscious – it's just habit!
You're not always a liar, but you will lie if it puts you in a better light. What can you say? You really just want to be liked by all! In your eyes, the lies you tell are all with good intention, even if you're still very much lying to others.
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Message from the Artist
Oscar Walker was born the son of a sharecropper in Itta Bena Mississippi. As a young man he made his way to Memphis Tennessee where he created a life and family for himself despite the barriers and obstacles placed in the path of black folks. Alvin Walker is his son and the sole surviving member of the family he created. Alvin Walker and I share a life together.
This work is my tribute to the love and compassion I bore witness to between a father and son as they struggled in the end to let go.


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Thankfully, even in his sixth decade of songwriting, Lou Reed never went the route of the ageing icon.
While Paul McCartney conducts dreary 'Hey Jude' sing-alongs in London shopping districts and Mick Jagger half-assedly flaps his arms to 'Jumpin Jack Flash' for the millionth miserable time, Reed is nowhere to be found. As the Velvet Underground's principal songwriter and a solo icon, the bard of New York didn't break rules so much as disregard them entirely, relishing every opportunity to deliver the exact opposite of what was expected from him.
The fact that his catalogue turned up a stream of recognisable 'hits' – the pretty ditties of 'Sunday Morning' and 'Satellite of Love', the chugging rock and roll of 'I'm Waiting for the Man', 'Walk On the Wild Side"s louche swagger and the whiplashed drone of 'Venus In Furs' – says nothing of Reed's desire for mainstream success; instead it points to the cheerful possibility there are thousands of people out there who passed the Velvet Underground's litmus paper test of taste and find the squall of 'White Light/White Heat' as invigorating as a cold shower on hot skin.
But these are the songs you most likely already know, and they represent just the tip of the gargantuan avant-rock iceberg that made up Reed's 30-plus catalogue of studio and live albums, both solo and with the Velvets. So instead of pointing you back towards the songs you already knew, we decided to dig deep into the Reed archives to bring you 10 incredible cuts from rock and roll's most enduring outsider hero. From parody dance crazes to marsupial narrators, with all the spit and viscera of 50 years in the limelight in between, this should keep even the most ardent Velvets fans occupied for now.
Read FACT's Lou Reed obituary here, and turn the page to begin.
'The Ostrich' (1964)
Fresh out of college, Reed wrote deranged garage rock ditty 'The Ostrich' while employed as an in-house songwriter at Pickwick Records. Sensing that the parody song could be a hit, the label drafted in a makeshift band to promote the single, thereby introducing Reed to John Cale. The Welsh musician was intrigued to discover that Reed had written the song on a guitar tuned to one note – a technique Cale himself had been working on with Theatre of Eternal Music, his drone collective led by minimalist composer La Monte Young. Incredibly, avant-garde artists Tony Conrad and Walter De Maria were also enlisted for the band dubbed 'The Primitives'.
'Ocean' (recorded 1969)
(From VU, 1985)
'Ocean' appeared in primped and polished form on Reed's self-titled debut in 1972, but the track had been knocking around for a couple of years, originally recorded in this gorgeously scuffed and splashy version that's dripping with soft, oozy backing vocals and rippling cymbals.
'Foggy Notion/Sister Ray' (recorded 1969) [starts at 00:49:50]
(From Bootleg Series Volume 1: The Quine Tapes, 2001)
"This is gonna go on for a while," Reed notes wryly at the start of this most epic of 'Sister Ray' run-throughs. On record, the VU's boldest wigout tops 17 minutes; this live take, recorded at Washington University in St. Louis, Missouri, was drastically elongated and interwoven with another three-chord charmer, 'Foggy Notion', to push it beyond the 28 minute mark. "Too busy sucking on my ding dong…"
'Waiting For My Man' (recorded 1972)
(From Le Bataclan '72, 2004)
In 1972, former Velvets members Reed, Cale and Nico reunited in Paris for a show at the Bataclan venue, a hastily rehearsed affair that saw them attack their old classics in stripped-back style. This piano-led rendition of 'Waiting For The Man' is sweetly hypnotic, partly due to a mistake with the tape transfers that slowed down the recording. Although Nico can't be heard on this particular cut, it's worth seeking out the rest of the live album to hear some of her devastatingly dark solo material from the period.
'White Light/White Heat' (recorded 1973)
(From Rock 'n' Roll Animal, 1974)
Don't be fooled by the cuddly and approachable facade of the previous two selections – at heart Reed was always a Rock 'n' Roll Animal, and this live cut captures him in his mid-70s pomp, transforming the shuffling proto-punk of 'White Light/White Heat' into a vaudevillian footstomper a la Ziggy Stardust, with Steve Hunter (later of Alice Cooper's band) gleefully ripping the song to shreds.
'Metal Machine Music Part 1
(From Metal Machine Music, 1975)
Inspired by the drone experiments of La Monte Young, Metal Machine Music was Reed's most outlandish statement to date. "In the Velvet Underground, my guitar solos were always feedback solos, so it wasn't that big of a leap to say I want to do something that's nothing but guitar feedback, that doesn't have a steady beat and doesn't have a key," he told an interviewer in 2007. The recording process was relatively simple – using two guitars in different tuning, he placed them in front of their amps and allowed the feedback to vibrate the strings, creating a looping, self-playing orchestra of noise that he played along with. Derided by the music press at the time, the maelstrom of untamed feedback he conjured from his double guitar and amp set-up now sounds comfortably listenable, even melodic to the attuned ear, and an obvious forebear to an entire generation of noise artists.
'Sweet Jane' (recorded 1978)
(From Live: Take No Prisoners, 1978)
Opening with the fumble of a match and Reed's perfectly deadpan, "Sorry we were late, but we were just too-ning," this incendiary version of 'Sweet Jane' feels pretty much definitive despite being transmitted from an entirely different dimension to the Velvets' original. Reed tosses out razor-sharp quips like confetti, picking on audience members and ad libbing lyrics over the fruity saxophone parps and finger-clicking backing singers. "Are you political, Lou? Political about what? Gimme an issue, I'll give you a tissue, you can wipe my ass with it." The rest of the album is equally essential.
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'Disco Mystic'
(From The Bells, 1979)
A bizarre album cut from the disco-tinged, occasionally even jazzy album The Bells, this deep and winding groove is punctuated over and over again by Reed's ribbeted "disco mystic" lyric. Despite the title, the distinct lack of soulful party vibes prevents this from being considered a proper disco track – think of it instead as troglodyte funk.
'Romeo Had Juliette'
(From New York, 1989)
A late period highlight from the politically charged, richly lyrical New York album, 'Romeo Had Juliette' lays the template for the solid swagger Reed would adopt in final 20 years of live performances. And how's this for an album opener: "Caught between the twisted stars, the plotted lines, the faulty map that brought Columbus to New York / Betwixt between the East and West he calls on her wearing a leather vest, the earth squeals and shudders to a halt."
'Like A Possum'
(From Ecstasy, 2000)
Towards the end of Reed's final solo album comes this, an 18-minute mystery of crunching feedback that seems to echo the poem-songs of his wife Laurie Anderson. With guitars so deep you can fall into them and languid, melting bass courtesy of Reed regular Fernando Saunders, it's a simple tale of a bushy-tailed possum, just trying to make it through the world. "Good morning, it's possum day / Feel like a possum in every way / Like a possum / Possum whiskers, possum face / Possum breath and a possum taste / Ooh, like a possum."


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The ancient tile-based game of Mahjong is a game of skill with a good deal of luck thrown in. We will learn the intricacies and finer points of the game. The group may branch out into other games to match our group size and interests, such as Backgammon, Go or suggestions from the group. StretchContinue reading "Another new group for September: Mahjong"
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New for 2019/20: Crime reading group
The Crime & Detective Fiction Book Group will meet monthly, every second Friday afternoon, 2-4.30. Its aim is for members to meet like-minded readers, share their enthusiasm for the genre, and try out work by authors who are new to them. At its first meeting, we will discuss how to choose the books to beContinue reading "New for 2019/20: Crime reading group"


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This week in our dairy-free Friday Bites, we've got the scoop on trendy ice cream maker, Halo Top. And we've added a new feature for trending weekly posts
Halo Top Launches New Dairy-Free Ice Cream Line
Known for decadent ice cream with "light as a cloud" calorie counts, Halo Top Creamery has announced a new line of dairy-free pints. The 7 fledgling flavors are already up on their website, and are rolling out to stores as I type. They include Peanut Butter Cup, Chocolate, Oatmeal Cookie, Sea Salt Caramel, Caramel Macchiato, Cinnamon Roll and Chocolate Covered Banana.
"The number one request that we get from our fans is to make a non-dairy and vegan-friendly version of Halo Top. Whether you have to or choose to restrict dairy—or only eat vegan—we always want to make sure we listen to our fans," Justin Woolverton, founder and CEO of Halo Top, said in a press release. "It took a long time to 'get it right,' but we're absolutely thrilled with the outcome and can't wait for our fans to try these flavors."
The dairy-free ice cream is coconut based, and also labeled as vegan and soy-free. It packs in just 280 to 360 calories and 16 to 24 grams of sugar per FULL PINT. That's a mere 70 to 90 calories and 4 to 6 grams of sugar per typical half-cup serving.
To keep their sugar counts low, Halo Top uses a combination of three sweeteners: organic cane sugar, stevia, and erythritol. Plus, they reduce the fat to make it airier for a lighter, more whipped consistency. We assume these are also the secrets behind Halo Top's new dairy-free flavors, too.
The new Halo Top Dairy-Free pints will be stocked in store freezers throughout the U.S. by mid-October. But if you simply can't wait, you can buy them online.


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1. From a standing position, bring the feet together or hip width apart, parallel. Lift up the toes, spread them wide and place them back on the floor. Feel your weight evenly balanced through the bottom of each foot, not leaning forward or back.
2. Pull up the knee caps, squeeze the thighs and tuck the tailbone slightly under. Feel the hips aligned directly over the ankles. The legs are straight, but the knees are not locked back.
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3. Inhale and lift out of the waist, pressing the crown of the head up towards the ceiling, feeling the spine long and straight.
4. Exhale and drop the shoulders down and back as you reach the fingertips towards the floor. Gently press the chest / sternum towards the front of the room.
5. Continuing to reach out through the fingers, inhale the arms up, turning the palms shoulder height, bringing the arms into a H position.
6. Exhale relax the shoulders down from the ears while still reaching the crown and fingers up.
7. Breathe and hold for 4-8 breaths.
8. To release: exhale the arms down to your sides or bring the palms together in front of your chest.
Benefits + Contraindications
Benefits: Mountain pose is the foundation for all of the standing postures and improves posture, groundedness, stability and confidence.
Contraindications: Recent or chronic injury to the shoulders.
Modifications + Variations
Variations: There are multiple variations on the placement of the hands: A) Fingers interlaced with index finger pointing up, B) Arms down with the palms resting against the outer thighs, C) Palms together in front of the heart in Anjali mudra (Samasthiti / Equal Standing pose).
Use one or more of the following postures to build a sequence leading up to this pose: Standing Forward Fold, Five Pointed Star, Warrior I.
Use one or more of the following postures to build a sequence ending after this pose: Crescent Moon, Standing Squat, Standing Forward Fold, Five Pointed Star, Tree.


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bursa[bur´sah] (pl. bur´sae) (L.)
a small fluid-filled sac or saclike cavity situated in places in tissues where friction would otherwise occur. adj., adj bur´sal. Bursae function to facilitate the gliding of muscles or tendons over bony or ligamentous surfaces. They are numerous and are found throughout the body; the most important are located at the shoulder, elbow, knee, and hip. Inflammation of a bursa is known as bursitis.
bursa of Fabricius an epithelial outgrowth of the cloaca in chick embryos, which develops in a manner similar to that of the thymus in mammals, atrophying after 5 or 6 months and persisting as a fibrous remnant in sexually mature birds. It contains lymphoid follicles, and before involution is a site of formation of B-lymphocytes associated with humoral immunity.
bursa muco´sa (mucous bursa) (synovial bursa) a closed synovial sac interposed between surfaces that glide upon each other; it may be subcutaneous, submuscular, subfascial, or subtendinous in location.
subacromial bursa one between the acromion and the insertion of the supraspinatus muscle, extending between the deltoid and the greater tubercle of the humerus. See illustration.
Miller-Keane Encyclopedia and Dictionary of Medicine, Nursing, and Allied Health, Seventh Edition. © 2003 by Saunders, an imprint of Elsevier, Inc. All rights reserved.
sub·a·cro·mi·al bur·sa[TA]
between the acromion and the capsule of the shoulder joint.
Synonym(s): bursa subacromialis [TA]
Farlex Partner Medical Dictionary © Farlex 2012
sub·a·cro·mi·al bur·sa(sŭb'ă-krō'mē-ăl bŭr'să) [TA]
Area between the acromion and the capsule of the shoulder joint.
Medical Dictionary for the Health Professions and Nursing © Farlex 2012


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Ernie Morris, a fifth generation Californian, was born in 1927, in Kern County, California. Ernie prides himself in creating authentic vaquero remembrances in all aspects with virtually all mediums. His paintings and drawings provide a vivid and colorful replay of his personal experiences while working on various ranches in his younger days, and the many stories told to him by "old-timer cowboys" he has known. His art, rawhide work, and books have been featured in galleries, museums, and private collections throughout the United States and many other parts of the world. Ernie's numerous honors include his inclusion in the 1981-1982 Who's Who in California, the 1985 Personalities of America and Men of Achievement in the World.
During his high school years Ernie began working on various ranches of the central coast area of California where he worked with older men who followed the California vaquero horsemanship style. There he found the beginning of a fascination that has lasted throughout his life. Ernie's art talents began to show at an early age, with special interests in the California vaquero. Vaquero art was a hobby until 1964 when he took up art as a full-time occupation. He and his wife Blanche have worked side-by-side throughout his career, exhibiting at numerous shows and special events throughout California and in many areas of the western United States. In 2002 he was selected as the Honorary Vaquero for the Old Spanish Days La Fiesta celebration in Santa Barbara.


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Smackover students traveled to UCA in Conway for the State math competition to be held Saturday, April 28. Students qualified at District Competition to compete in Pre-Calculus, Statistics, Geometry or Algebra II. Competitors include Drew Haynes, Caleb Huckabee, Ty McCurry, Micah Smith, Isaac Woollen, Kayleigh Yeager. The trip is sponsored by math teacher Shelly Childers.
Month: April 2018
SES Students Celebrate Earth Day
Smackover Elementary School 4th graders participated in a field trip sponsored by LanXess to celebrate Earth Day.
Upcoming Calendar of Events
Please note the following upcoming end of school events:
- Monday, April 30 – No school
- Monday, May 14 – Graduation (Dismissal at 12:30)
- Tuesday, May 15 – Early Dismissal for Faculty/Staff Safety Training (Dismissal at 12:30)
- Tuesday, May 22 – Semester Tests (Dismissal at 2:00)
- Wednesday, May 23 – Semester Tests (Dismissal at 2:00)
- Thursday, May 24 – Semester Tests (Dismissal at 2:00)
- Friday, May 25 – Semester Test Make Up/Last Day of School (Dismissal at noon)
Smackover Preschool will dismiss early on May 15 and May 25 only.
Updated Junior High Football Schedule
2018 Senior Football Schedule
Fishing Tournament Success!
Arkansas Bassmasters High School Series State Championship Tournament was a two day fishing tournament held on Lake Ouachita April 14-15 for those teams who have competed in all Bassmaster High School tournaments during the season and qualified to participate.
After the first day of competition, David Martin and Trey Darden, student-anglers on the Smackover High School Bass Fishing Team were on top with their 5 fish limit totaling 17.26 pounds. There were 30 boats entered in the tournament from across the state.
The second day proved more challenging for everyone with much colder temperatures and high winds. The Martin/Darden team caught 11.62 pounds for a 2 day total of 28.88 pounds and garnered them 3rd place overall in the Bassmasters High School State Championship receiving $250, Lew's reels and other prizes. JD Martin was the boat captain for the two student-anglers.
Another Smackover High School student-angler team, who qualified to participate in the state championship was Ethan Warren and Robert Dixon. They also made a strong showing with a 2 day total of 18.42 pounds.
Elementary Yearbook Orders
The deadline is approaching to purchase elementary school yearbooks for both Norphlet Elementary School and Smackover Elementary School.
The form below was sent out earlier this year. The deadline to order is Friday, May 4, 2018.
Sheep Brains!
Norphlet Middle School 8th Grade students in Mrs. Wisinger's STEM class recently dissected and labeled parts of a sheep brain.
2018-2019 Immunization Information
- Students who will be turning 11 on or before September 1, 2018, are required to have a Tdap (Tetanus, Diptheria, Pertussis) immunization before school starts. If your child is already 11 or older and does not have this immunization, it is still required.
- Students who will be entering the 7th grade must have a MCV (meningitis) vaccine before school starts.
- Students turning 16 on or before September 1, 2018 must have a MCV (meningitis) vaccine as well, even if you have already received one.
- Student's entering school for the first time should have their immunizations reviewed by the school nurse to ensure compliance.
- Norphlet School Nurse Traci Jeffers: (870) 546-1014
- Smackover School Nurse Michelle Martisek: (870) 725-1214
ACT Academy
For free help in preparing for the ACT test, go to https://academy.act.org/ .


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We have recovery coaches who are parents of current and former individuals with Substance Use Disorders such as addiction and alcoholism.
These Support Specialists specialize in working with parents, spouses, siblings, and children of individuals in addiction and Recovery from addiction.
They are our Recovery Solution Family Coaches. Our Family Coaches are here to help family members understand the thoughts and behaviors of those in addiction and addiction recovery and also offer support and resources.
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Not very often do we get a chance to vote on who our favorite person is or what our favorite accomplishment would be if we had the chance. Oh, we can always dream about being Colin Kaepernick for a day or even LeBron James during the NBA Finals. But in today's reality we are all faced with many hardships that life offers. Some of us have hardships that are here today and gone tomorrow, while some of us are blessed with hardships that last forever. Yes, I did say blessed! Perspective is everything in facing today's realities. I know not everyone has the time or the energy to put forth an effort to change their perspective. Maybe we are just born with the ability the deal with what life offers us, whether it's fair or unfair. In the case of Conner and Cayden Long, we have two individuals born with the one ability that all of us should have in dealing with life….Courage.
Courage is something that is in all of us. Not very often do we get a chance to display it in such a manner that captures our attention. However, the reason why Conner and Cayden display their courage is simple good old-fashion love. The love these two brothers have for each other is what we all should look to reveal to each other. When anyone is able to display this type of love, then you have really seen what courage is about. My vote for favorite Sports Athlete/Person/Human of the Year is the Long brothers. They may not have set any records of athletic achievement, but what they did is give us an answer to that questions that we all need to hear. "Yes, I love you. This is how much."
With all that is going on in the world today and with sports in particular, we are the ones who are blessed to see that courage and love still exist.
Hope you enjoy this video!


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Sonya – one of the most successful and progressively developing young DJs and producers in Ukraine. Is on line 13 in the ranking of top DJs of the country according to TopDJ.ua Its relevance extends far beyond their homeland.
The tour schedule includes Sonya clubs and festivals all over Ukraine, including Kazantip, as well as countries such as Germany, Poland,India, Egypt, Serbia, Bosnia and Herzegovina, Russia,Turkey, Moldova,Indonesia,South America,Central America and others.
In 2012, Sonya has represented Ukraine at the premiere of Sensation Innerspace show in Kiev! Played a set at the festival Global Gathering 2013,2014, as well as on Godskitchen with Armin van Buuren. Participant of the festival Women in Music, which was held in May 2012 in India.
Author live-radio show on the air Play Station Radio Intense, as well as the founder of the party in one of the best clubs in the country SAXON (Kiev) .Start career – 2006.


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Ford will lay off thousands of its workforce in Europe in an attempt to bring profitability to its business. This new restructuring by the American automaker might also include the shutting down of major production facilities across the continent.
Ford has struggled with a dated model lineup and shrinking demand in the UK, which is the company's biggest market in Europe. The UK operations of the company are not clear of the storm yet, with further disruption inbound due to Brexit.
In an official statement released on Thursday, Ford said it will seek to exit the multivan segment, renew its operations in Russia, merge the head offices of Ford UK and Ford Credit to a site in Dunton, Essex.
The workforce at Ford's European facilities face an uncertain future with the automaker hit by a wave of unprofitability.
Steven Armstrong, Ford's head of Europe, said: "We are looking to make a step-change in the performance of the business. There will be significant impact across the region. We will be looking at all options." Ford also said it will cut thousands of jobs, exit unprofitable markets, and cease production of loss-making vehicles. These decisions are in a bid to turn the company's ailing business around and achieve at least a six-percent operating margin in Europe.
The Blue Oval had announced in December that it was working on a restructuring plan for Europe called Sprint 6 Reset and Redesign. The name refers to Ford's six-percent profit margin target in Europe. The firm did not release a timeframe for the target. The plan involves concentrating on profit-making SUVs and commercial vehicles while eliminating unprofitable model lines.
Ford's UK operations appear to be hit the worst following the nation-wide Brexit ordeal.
The company said on Thursday that it has plans to leverage relationships, "including a potential alliance with Volkswagen, to support commercial vehicle growth." Ford currently employs 53,000 people in Europe and posted a loss of $282.5 million (AED 1.03 billion) in the third quarter.
Armstrong declined to divulge the exact number of job lay-offs pending negotiations with labour leaders, but did say staff reduction would run into the thousands. "Ford aims to achieve the labour cost reductions as far as possible through voluntary employee separations in Europe," the company said.


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Welcome back to Toy Aisle, io9's round up of the best toys we've seen all week. This time round, a very cool take on the comic book Iron Spider suit, Obi-Wan Kenobi reaches out into the Star Wars figuarts line, Darth Vader's sinister castle gets a slightly less sinister Lego set, and more. Check it out!
Sentinel RE:Edit Iron Spider Sixth-Scale Figure
With a fantastic new game on the PlayStation, a new animated movie en route, and another Avengers sequel around the corner, everything's coming up Spider-Man these days. Even Spidey action figures are at peak amazing, as Sentinel's RE:Edit Series sixth-scale Iron Spider demonstrates. Based on one of the Stark-designed Spider-Man suits from the comics, this 11-inch figure boasts a staggering number of articulated joints thanks to the three additional robotic spider legs coming out of Spider-Man's back. The posing potential is limitless, which helps explain why you'll need to cough up $285 for this collectible.
Govee Smart Humidifier
4L Large Capacity
This 4L smart humidifier from Govee is Wi-Fi enabled and can be set to turn on with a schedule or even voice-controlled with Alexa or Google Assistant. They also are great for aromatherapy. Just add your favorite essential oils like lavender or eucalyptus to the base chamber to transform your living space into a cozy, soothing atmosphere.
[h/t The Awesomer]
Hasbro Star Wars Resistance Figures
A new Star Wars TV show means new Star Wars action figures, and the cartoony world of Resistance is no exception. Sadly, if you end up enjoying the show when it launches this weekend you won't be able to race out to stores like an ace pilot yourself and bag Hasbro's new range of 3.75-inch, five-points-of-articulation figures based on the heroes and villains of the series—they're not due out until spring 2019, which means even Christmas is out of the question. When they do arrive though, the figures, loosely approximating the stylization of the show, will include their own accessories, mostly in the form of removeable pilot helmets (because our heroes are pretty much all ace fighter pilots) and blasters (because duh, Star Wars). Just look at that chunky lil' BB-8 though! Adorable.
Lego Star Wars Darth Vader's Castle
Everybody needs a place to get away from it all. Batman's got his Batcave, Superman's got his Fortress of Solitude, and Darth Vader's got his towering obsidian castle on Mustafar. Only recently appearing in the Star Wars movies (but with a history stretching back all the way into early Empire Strikes Back concept art), Vader's Castle is finally ready for the Lego treatment with a new 1,060-piece, $130 set that will be an Amazon-exclusive for the holidays. It includes an underground hangar housing Vader's TIE Advanced Fighter, a bacta tank where Vader can unwind, and a meditation chamber where he can ponder his plans for defeating the Rebels. The set also comes with five minifigures, but that includes two versions of Vader, and two matching Royal Guards.
S.H.Figuarts Star Wars: Revenge of the Sith Obi-Wan Kenobi
The Figuarts Star Wars line is having a bit of a prequels renaissance lately—and with the Revenge Anakin just shipping, he's going to need someone to lose the high ground to. So step forth, Figuarts Obi-Wan! Including the usual myriad hands to pose him with his lightsaber (and doing that weird finger point Ewan McGregor always did in the prequels), Obi-Wan also comes with two faces. One neutral, default expression, and a pained shouting expression that's either him yelling "Well then you are lost!" or "Anakin, my allegiance is to the REPUBLIC! To DEMOCRACY!!" or literally any of the solid-gold lines McGregor hams his way through during Revenge of the Sith's epic lightsaber duel finale. Obi-Wan is set to release in Japan next February. [SH figuarts]
McFarlane Toys Six-Inch Game of Thrones Action Figures
Despite being one of the biggest pop culture properties on the planet, it's been so hard to get good Game of Thrones action figures. Funko had the license and for a brief while did decent figures, before descending into faux-retro madness. But now McFarlane has stepped up to the plate to start offing fully articulated, 6"-scaled figures from the series. Early sculpt prototypes showed up renders of Jon, Arya, and the Night King above, with a Daenerys unseen but announced. We'll have to wait until 2019—the year the show itself comes to its final end—before we can get our hands on them though.[h/t Toyark]
Mondo Masters of the Universe He-Man
You might know Mondo more for its posters than anything else, but its occasional figure releases have so far produced some very fancy-looking, stylized takes on pop culture icons. Their latest heads to Castle Grayskull with a suitably beefy He-Man, marrying the classic look of the animated show with a more realistic style. At around 12 inches in height, Prince Adam comes with a ton of extra accessories, including an alternate "Vintage" headsculpt inspired directly by the cartoon, various weapons from swords to blasters, and even a little figure of Burbie.
And good news: there's going to be a Skeletor in the line in the future; you can get a teaser of the figure in the goofy vintage-style commercial above. If you preorder the Mondo-Exclusive version of He-Man, you'll get a bonus facesculpt for Skeletor when he eventually releases. He-Man will set you back a lofty $160, with the Exclusive edition, available until October 23rd, costing $5 more. [Mondo]
Eaglemoss Star Trek Shipyards Book Series
Does a spaceship need to look like a sleek, aerodynamic fighter jet when it's designed to traverse the vacuum of space? Definitely not, as the Borg have demonstrated with their boxy cube. But the good guys always need to look cool, which helps explain the exotic designs of spaceships in the Star Trek universe, documented in a new book series from Eaglemoss Collectibles. The first 128-page book, Star Trek Shipyards: Starfleet Ships 2151-2293, covers everything from Zefram Cochrane's Phoenix, all the way to the U.S.S. Enterprise NCC-1701-B. Using photos of the physical and CG models of the ships created by VFX teams for the films and TV shows, the $30 book also includes the new ships seen in Star Trek: Discovery. But if you're more of a TNG fan, next month Star Trek Shipyards: Starfleet Ships 2294 to the Future will be available, including Picard's ship, which everyone knows is the best.
[h/t Awesome Toy Blog]
Marvel Thanos Gauntlet Mood Lamp
We're not sure what mood you can set besides heartbreak after wiping out half of the universe's population with a snap of your fingers, but thankfully ThinkGeek's new Infinity Gauntlet mood lamp can't even do so much as burn your fingers with the six low-power white LEDs used to illuminate replicas of the Infinity Stones. Powered by 3 x AA batteries, the $40 lamp can be carried around like a lantern, or you can plug it into a USB port to leach power from your computer. Don't expect it to illuminate a room or a fortress, however, those LEDs aren't going to be blindingly bright. There's a reason it's being sold as just a "mood" light.