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Hi! I've been teaching English in Spain for the last 3 years and have lots of experience with Cambridge official exams (Pre A1- C1), conversation classes, help with General English and CLIL.
My teaching style is student-centered and tailored to your needs and goals. There's always plenty of talking time to practice any new grammar and vocabulary to focus on fluency and accuracy, as well as building confidence to naturally practice your new skills in conversation. The courses I create always revise previous learning points and integrate them with new material so that you don't just learn something once and never see it again.
I teach with a range of realia, textbook resources and online materials that have proven effective and engaging with my students in the past, but everything I use is adapted specifically for your areas of weakness and learning styles!
Beth B.
Thank you Achilles! I had a great time teaching you in your first class and it was great to see you already making so much progress and gaining confidence! I'm looking forward to seeing you in your next class!
Hi everybody,
My name is Barbara.
I used to live in Ireland, in the UK, in Italy and at the moment in Spain. I have spent much time in the USA and Scandinavia as well. I have been flying around the world as a flight attendant for approx. 13 years.
I am also a qualified tour guide and a qualified ENGLISH TEACHER.
I love teaching and I believe it is really important to learn foreign languages, to get to know different nations, cultures in order to have a better idea of the world. English can be a key to open a new world for you and eliminate the barriers you have at the moment.
Oh! and I've almost forgotten to tell you:
I'm an ITALIAN TEACHER too
IN CASE your problem is not the English language, but you have a problem when you need to order a good PIZZA, CAPPUCCINO or some delicious SPAGHETTI during your stay in ITALY or you need to get ready for an internship or you want to learn ITALIAN for any other reason, I can teach you and help you improve your ITALIAN!
Are you still hungry and you want to keep filling your stomach in HUNGARY? I can also give you some HUNGARIAN LESSONS from beginner to advanced level! (of course if you like Goulash- Gulyàs, I can give you the original recipe!)
If you think you need ENGLISH, ITALIAN and/or HUNGARIAN for your goals and dreams, get in touch and we can plan some lessons for you.
TEFL/TESOL qualified English Teacher
168 hours Tefl Org, Scotland, UK
40 hours Tefl Online Teaching, Tefl Org, Scotland, UK
30 hours Tefl Online Teaching, Tefl Institution, Ireland
TEFL/TESOL Online Teaching Practicum, Tefl Org., Scotland, UK
I can teach you Conversational English, Business English, Prepare you for an exam or teach English to your kids. Or/and we can do all these in ITALIAN and HUNGARIAN too!
Hope to see you soon in class.
Barbara B.
Thanks so much for the kind words Em! It takes two. You really put your heart and mind to your goal. Very well done. Keep up the good work and you will see the results. See you in class :-)
I am a professional English tutor with online teaching experience. In my class, you won't need to memorise long lists of vocabulary. Instead, we will discuss interesting topics and practice language that you want to learn. With my artistic background, I can create creative and fun lessons suited to the student's learning goals. I like using colorful PowerPoint slides, flashcards and videos to demonstrate my learning points.
I am a friendly, patient person, because I know that learning a new language can sometimes be very scary. My classroom is a safe, comfortable space that encourages mistakes, because this is the best way to learn. I am creative and use music/dancing where possible to re-energize my students. This makes learning the subjects you don't enjoy, fun, as we may sing songs that target grammar structures or vocabulary.
Savannah T.
Thank you so much Elena. It was such a pleasure to teach you. You always had so much to say so our lessons were always fun. I am so proud of your accomplishments. Well done!
I am Teacher Adan and I want you to speak and write English / Spanish. I have worked as an English teacher for more than 3 years with different groups and ages. I have also taught private classes, prepared students for international certifications and improved speaking in one to one lessons. The vast majority of my students succee when we work together as a team in the journey of learning a foreign language. As a result of my years of preparation and practice, I have got a university degree where I had the chance to teach subjects from my career in my senior year as well. I obtained a couple of certifications of trainings and seminars that I have been invited to and I recently obtained an international teaching certification (TEFL) and the English proficiency certificate in C2 level (advanced).
But let's focus on you and your interest in speaking a new language, I invite you to become part of my multiple students and finally be able to communicate in a different language even if your purpose is either for business, education or just for fun.
In my classes I involve my students with topics they are interested in, so that by the moment of speaking it is easy for them to discuss or give their point of view. I use technology to play games such as Kahoot, Google plataform, Charades, Quizizz and Kami. My students are always active producing and doing something so that the class is engaging and dinamic rather than only listening to the teacher. My methodology of work is based on having a learning environment where everyone can ask and participate in the language my students are learning. My main focus is to make everyone understand what I teach and how they can use in real life situations the content I give.
My learning materials are a book updated with the latest methods while learning a foreign language based on Person's content, the on-line tools I mentioned before so my students can develop interactive worksheets, speaking tasks, writings or vocabulary games and you (my student), who is the key to develop a well structured class with learning purposes.
I would love to receive an email from you in case of doubts or confirmation of the schedule for the class and get ready to become the next English / Spanish speaker.
Adan G.
Thanks Nuria. You are such a really good student too and dedicated. See you back in class soon.
Good day there...
My name is Teresa (Teacher Tess), and I live in South Africa
I manage an afterschool care centre called "The Lighthouse"
I care for 3 – 6 year old's in the afternoons
Having taught children of various ages over the years before this, I have decided that this is my favourite age group. They are so loving and not afraid to show how they feel.
I love having fun playing games with them, doing crafts and telling stories.
I have built meaningful relationships with many of them. I look forward to seeing them each day as they run up to say hello and give me a big hug.
I also love to see their smiling faces at the end of the day when they go home because then I know I've done a good job in keeping them happy.
I have spent most of my career studying education and tutoring children.
I volunteered in High school with SMILE Education to teach English to African pupils.
I worked for a number of years tutoring maths for KUMON Education. I tutored maths privately.
I worked for a time teaching high school maths.
So I have worked with many many children over the years.
My qualifications specific to the requirements of this position would be my National Certificate in Early Childhood Development as well as my Certificate in the Principles of Developmental Psychology, both of which I obtained through INTEC College.
I have also recently completed a 168 hour TEFL qualification.
My style of teaching is one where I try to keep the students motivated, to be sensitive to their needs and most importantly to observe and listen to them carefully to make sure they understand.
Methods i use include:
TPR (Total Physical Response) - this is using a lot of body language and gestures to emphasize meaning.
Colourful Props - to keep the child's attention.
Reward systems - to motivate participation.
Games and songs - to make the lesson fun
I absolutely love what I do and would love to meet you and embark on this exciting journey through the English language with your treasured child.
Teresa C.
It was such a pleasure giving a lesson to Ethan. I'm so glad it was thoroughly enjoyed.
Hi! My name is Elisabetta, I'm from Italy and I can provide professional Italian, Spanish and English language lessons for all levels. I am an open and friendly person, but also very rigorous with my job and I expect my students be the same, that is positive and committed. The language course I am offering will be tailored to your specific needs and we'll together find the best way to reach your goal: learn a new language and enjoying while doing it!
Elisabetta S.
Thank you very much dear, I send you a hug :)
Hello, my name is Corinne and I am a qualified ESL English teacher from England. I have been teaching in classrooms and online for over 3 years and I have many satisfied students.
My lessons are student-centred and usually take place on Skype. I treat every student as an individual and tailor my lessons to meet their goals. I use a variety of text books and free online resources including exercises, articles and videos. I usually give out a little homework at the end of each lesson to reinforce what we have done together.
In your first lesson, we will discuss your needs and check your current level. From this, we can decide what sort of lessons will suit you the best. Perhaps you struggle with grammar and sentence structure? Perhaps you need to practice English for a specific purpose, like understanding lectures, making phone calls at work, or travelling? Or perhaps you need a structured course so that you can learn English step by step?
Whatever you need, I'm here to help. I see it as my job to make you feel safe, build your confidence and make your lessons enjoyable. I look forward to hearing from you and to helping you on your path to speaking better English. Book your first lesson now and let's get started.
Corinne P.
Thank you, Anastasiia!
Hi, welcome to my profile!
My name is Alessia and I currently live in Italy. I lived some years in America where I deepened my knowledge of English and American dialects. I am currently specializing in the Spanish and German. In all these years I have given private lessons of Italian, English, Spanish and Japanese, at the moment the most required language. Regarding Japanese, I had the opportunity to experience the teaching of the language in an American College with a native Japanese teacher, implementing the method that they themselves use to learn their language. I will help you in a simple way; conversation is really important to learn a language and even more a good method. No days spent on textbooks are needed, constancy and fun during lessons are the most important part for learning. You will see the results immediately! I am patient, flexible and I will adapt in all ways to your personal needs. I'll wait for you on my profile for the trial lesson and discover an easy and fun method to learn a language as soon as possible.
Alessia T.
Thank you Hilary!
Hello! My name is Carmine. I was born and raised in The USA since 1962. My native tongue and accent is from Brooklyn, New York. I recently moved to Italy.
I teach here full-time and having so much fun meeting interesting and warm-hearted human beings. My interests are in bowling, Bible studies, aquariums, horses, house pets and playing word games such as Scrabble. I am TESOL/ TEFL Certified. With me you will learn what you want to learn related to the English language. I have been teaching many since ,1980. In my experience, I've observed that people want to learn for many reasons. I've come across various ones such as: just for fun, to watch movies, videos, read books, vacations or conversing with new family members and neighbors; for work related purposes and many other personal reasons. So, according to your goals, requests and needs you will benefit from my 40 years of experience. My goal is that you are excited, enthusiastic and confident that you chose me as your teacher as you are enjoying yourself as you learning to speak and understand the English language. The more you share about yourself the better our time together will be relaxing, fruitful and pleasurable.
During your initial contact we will talk. You may ask me questions and share whatever you want about yourself, it will all be awesome and so much fun. I've traveled for many years in the Navy and always enjoyed meeting and engaging with the native folks. With dedicated fun, repetition, pronouncing words accurately, speaking phrases and understanding basic English grammar, you will be speaking English quickly and pleased with yourself too.
Together we definitely will develop our lessons tailored made for you. I am committed to you. I will ask you some questions which will guide me in producing the perfect lessons. We have many tools to choose from as we chat such as, articles with the subject of your choice, textbooks, my chalkboard and so much more, Plus Preply also has many great lesson suited for beginners to advanced levels at our disposal!
Watch my video, book a contact with me let me know all about your reasons for wanting to learn English. You will achieve your goals with me. Looking forward towards hearing from you, until then, warm regards. Carmine
Carmine C.
Thank you Denise for your courage and enthusiasm to improve the quality of your life, in this case by improving your English fluency. You were very enjoyable and intriguing to speak with. Hope to continue with you til you arrive to your destiny of English fluency. I hope things work out for you always. When things are better suited for you contact me and we shall go forward. Thank you for your touching review. You were funny as well, lol. Until then warm regards, Carmine
Hi! I've been teaching Dutch, Spanish and Italian for many years, in The Netherlands, for private institutes, for the integration of foreigners into society, and online from Italy, where I currently live.
I will help you, in a simple but effective way, to learn your favorite language(s). By focusing on conversation from the very beginning, I will help you in becoming confident with the language so that you will learn it faster.
Learning a foreign language is not a matter of doing much effort, but rather of being consistent, enjoying the lessons and allowing your intuition to work with you. You will book immediate results while having fun!
I offer you general language courses Italian (A1-C2), Dutch (A1-C1) and Spanish (A1-C1), as well as courses "Basisinburgering" and "Inburgeringsexamen A1, A2".
For English I offer ONLY pronunciation exercises. If you struggle with your pronunciation and you want to become more confident, I can help you achieve your goal. We will practice by reading texts together and you will see amazing results in a very short time.
So if you want to learn a language or improve the one you already speak, whether it is for work, to move abroad or just because you love languages, contact me for a free trial and let me know how I can help you.
I'm looking forward to meeting you!
Elena P.
Hi Vanessa and thank you for your feedback! I am happy to know that you are satisfied and to witness your progress, class after class. It's a pleasure to work with you!
I am a BELIEVER!. Each of you has something to share, give and communicate with others. It's my job to help you do just that!.
English shouldn't be scary. Let me help you become more fluid and spontaneous. Let's break those barriers you've built over time and git rid of those nasty limitations you've created.
Professionals, adults and young adults are my specialties. I've been teaching, coaching, motivating for more than 18 years in a number of different situations: small businesses, multinational companies, the Italian Army, private and public schools, associations, as well as with professionals and individuals. I've also trained teachers working specifically with children and bilingualism and worked many students preparing for traditional language exams and certifications. If you need a personalized program, that's not a problem either!
My own personal experience with learning Italian helps me understand the challenges linked with learning a new language.
I can't wait to meet you! :-)
Marissa F.
Thanks so much Paola!!! I LOVE working with you guys and have enjoyed every moment. Even after this brief period, we can already start to see some changes. :-)
Hi! My name is Constanza, and I have devoted myself to translation and language teaching for the last four years.
I like my classes to be entertaining and dynamic. I love working with short stories, conversation topics, and videos.
From beginners to advanced students, we will work on your comprehension, fluency, and knowledge on grammar to reach the desired goal.
Individual or group classes will be adapted to the needs and preferences of each student.
I'm looking forward to meeting you!
Constanza Nicole B.
I'm glad you liked it, Octavio! It is a pleasure working with such motivated students. Thank you very much for the comment!
After living and working in the UK and Germany for many years, I moved to Spain where I have been living for the past sixteen years. Certified in London, I taught for language schools in Frankfurt and worked freelance in Spain teaching all levels. I try to get my students to talk as much as possible because in my experience there is often so much emphasis on learning all language rules that being able to communicate disappears into the background. Depending on the student´s goal, I adjust my classes so that we can achieve that goal as much as possible!
Eline E.
Thank you for your feedback Noelle, I will continue to do my very best for you!
Hello my dear future student!
It doesn't matter how old you are, what is your level of a foreign language and why you want to learn it. If you are already here, then you are ready to plunge into the world of other cultures and this is without any doubt a really cool thing.
I can offer you lessons for any taste and purpose of English, Spanish, French or Russian. I am a diplomated translator with working experience as a tutor (including via Skype) and as a language school teacher. In the course of my professional activity, I worked with children from 6 years old, teenagers and adults up to 65 years old.
I love languages and I want to make YOU loving them as much as I do.
Let's start this adventure together cause "there's no better time than now".
See you soon!
Krystyna K.
Thank you so much!! It's a big pleasure for me to have such a good student :)
Hello everyone, I'm Federica and I'm an italian and english teacher. Before being a teacher I've been a student infact I graduated in languages so I know very well how hard can be learning a new language. I'm interested in music, cinema, literature and I enjoy talking about several topics. I've been teaching since 2009 and in 2012 I've qualified as italian language teacher. I've experience with children and adults, with in company courses, with total beginners as well as with advanced. Also I've succesfully prepared a number of students for the most important english and italian certification (CELI, CILS, FIRST, PET, KET). Over the last years I've became specialized in one-to-one or small groups lessons because in this way I can create a tailored programme for each student. I follow a communicative approach and in my classes there's lot of room for speaking but I don't neglect grammar, listening and writing. I provide you with material, sometimes selfmade, other times taken from books, videos, or songs, but always useful to help you to immerse in the target language! At the end of every lesson I always assign homework in order to revise the things learnt. I define myself as a happy, positive and very patient person and I do my best to make the class a funny and relaxed moment. I look forward to meet you online!
Federica C.
Thanks so much!

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The Pirates made another deal just before the trade deadline, acquiring OF Ryan Ludwick from the Padres for a Player To Be Named Later or cash.
Ludwick is an immediate upgrade in the OF for the Pirates. Xavier Paul has been exposed playing everyday while Jose Tabata and Alex Presley are hurt. Once they return it will be interesting to see how Clint Hurdle makes out the lineup.
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Dumpster Rental Pittstown NJ
If you have more waste than your trash cans can handle, it can be difficult to keep your property tidy, especially if you've just finished a DIY project or are clearing a space out.
Well, BIN-DROP is ready make it much easier with our residential dumpster rental in Pittstown. With great prices, excellent service, and the kind of convenience you need, we can help you clear up your property in no time.
Read on to learn more about our residential dumpster services, what to expect, and why you should rely on BIN-DROP in Pittstown.
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- A 15-yard or 20-yard dumpster
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- 7-day rentals (including weekends)
- 2.5 tons of waste disposal included
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Choose the perfect dumpster for your needs
BIN-DROP offers a range of different 15-yard dumpsters, with multiple designs on offer that we're glad to help you pick from. No matter what you choose, you're guaranteed to get the kind of dumpster that handles your residential waste without issue, so there's no threat of leakage or damage to your property.
Rent it whenever it's convenient for you
We make it much easier to get rid of waste with residential dumpster rentals in Pittstown that fit to your schedule. We can rent for up to 5 days at a time, including weekends. Get in touch and we'll be glad to find the date and time that works for you, so you know exactly when to expect it and when it's getting picked up.
We handle the hassle for you
All you need to worry about is when you want us to drop your dumpster off and pick it up for you. Every other aspect, such as transportation and getting rid of waste, is handled by our team.
Why BIN-DROP is the most trusted residential dumpster rental provider in Pittstown
We've worked with countless homeowners, as well as commercial clients, so we've learned how to provide a service that offers extra.
We offer transparent pricing on cost-effective rentals to ensure that you handle your waste without having to waste your cash.
Convenient and quick
When you set a time for us to deliver or pick up trash, we will be there. Providing our schedule is clear, we can arrange next day rentals, too.
We ensure that no damage is done to your property, with our delivery drivers taking extra-special care when they drop off the dumpster.
We're always here to help, whether you want to get in touch to figure out and time and date that works best, or if you have any questions or concerns that we can clear up.
Arrange your residential dumpster rental today
If you're in need of some space to get rid of your waste in Pittstown NJ, then BIN-DROP is here to offer the help that you need. Get in contact with us and let us know when you need your dumpster and we will take care of the rest for you.
In many cases, yes, we can deliver a dumpster to you on the same day. Please contact us at 201-566-7719 We will do our best to deliver a dumpster to you today. If we can't deliver a dumpster to you today, we will be able to deliver to you tomorrow.
Bin-Drop Dumpster Rental offers 10-yard, 15-yard, and 20-yard compact dumpsters. All of our dumpsters are designed to fit into narrow spaces and take up the approximate footprint of a minivan.
Our dumpster sizes are:
- 10-yard dumpster - 8ft width, 12ft length, 5.5ft height
- 15-yard dumpster - 8ft width, 12ft length, 5.5ft height
- 20-yard dumpster - 8ft width, 16ft length, 5ft height
Bin-Drop's standard dumpster is 15-yards (12 feet in length) and have approximately footprint of a minivan. Most driveways are at least 10 feet wide, providing plenty of room for the bin.
Our dumpster sizes are:
- 10-yard dumpster - 8ft width, 12ft length, 5.5ft height
- 15-yard dumpster - 8ft width, 12ft length, 5.5ft height
- 20-yard dumpster - 8ft width, 16ft length, 5ft height
Bin-Drop dumpsters must be placed on flat, hard surfaces, such as a driveway. We are unable to place dumpsters on slopes, city streets*, soft ground, or property that does not belong to you.
*You must have a permit or written permission from the city for us to place the dumpster on the street.
We place planks under the wheels and the front of the dumpster so that it sits on wood and not directly on the pavement. In most cases, no damage is done to the driveway.
At Bin-Drop Dumpster Rental, we are proud to provide transparent pricing to all of our customers. Pricing consists of the following:
- Extra tonnage (overweight) – when renting a dumpster, there is a "limit" per ton per container. If the container is over the tonnage, there will be an overweight fee applied once the dumpster is removed.
- Fuel surcharges – if we are unable to pick-up a dumpster because it is inaccessible at the time of pick-up, we will apply a fuel surcharge to your final bill
- Additional days – standard dumpster rentals are for ten days. However, if you need your rental for longer, there is a $10.00 per day additional charge.
- Hook requests – if you need your dumpster repositioned after the initial delivery, there will be a charge to reposition the unit.
- Sorting – if the dumpster is overfilled above the top rail of the unit, there will be a fee applied to your final bill for sorting and repositioning of items to bring the debris to the proper level
Banned materials – there will be a banned materials fee if prohibited items are placed in the dumpster
We ask our valued customers to provide us with 24-hours-notice for a dumpster pick-up. However, in some cases we are able to pick up dumpsters sooner. If you would like your dumpster picked up sooner than planned, please contact us at 201-566-7719
After you have had your dumpster for ten days, we will NOT come to pick it up unless we have been otherwise instructed by you.
We can either pre-schedule a dumpster pick-up, or when you're done with your rental, contact us at 201-566-7719 or email us at [email protected], to schedule your pickup.
You do not need to be home when we come to pick up your dumpster rental. Simply ensure that the dumpster is a level load (weight distributed evenly throughout the dumpster), with no items sticking out of the top of the bin. Please also ensure that there are no obstructions to block our access to the dumpster.
Please do not place these items in your Bin-Drop dumpster rental.
- Rock
- Bricks
- Soil
- Concrete
- Hazardous Material including batteries, aerosols, lighters, corrosives, dry ice, explosives, gases, flammable liquids, genetically modified organisms and micro-organisms, inflatable life saving devices, oxidizing substances, organic peroxide, patient specimens, radioactive materials, and toxic substances
- Asbestos
- Tires
- Liquids (paint, fuel etc.)
The above items are considered prohibited materials. If you're not sure about something that you want to place in your dumpster rental, please give us a call at 201-566-7719, and we will be happy to answer your questions.
We have an all-in structure, with given allotted weight allowances per dumpster size.
- 10-Yard dumpster – 1-ton limit
- 15-Yard dumpster – 2-ton limit
- 20-Yard dumpster – 2.5-ton limit
Anything over the limit of tonnage is charged at $115 per ton (pro rata).
We usually charge on a 10-day basis (weekends included in days). But if you need it longer, just let us know! After your 10-day rental, we charge a per day fee of $10.00.
At Bin-Drop Dumpster Rental, we are proud to serve customers in the following counties in New Jersey:
-Bergen County - Passaic County - Morris County - Essex County - Hudson County - Morristown County - Summit County - Somerset County - Middlesex County
Payment is taken upon ordering a dumpster. Additional charges are paid after the dumpster has been removed (i.e., tonnage, over rental days, banned materials, etc.)
Absolutely, yes. As long as you keep your weight within the limits and do not dispose of any prohibited materials, you can share your dumpster with anyone you like.
The dumpster is taken to a local area disposal station.


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I was recently contacted by a fellow photography student about photographing her roommate's dog. I agreed, as I am always looking for new models. I had no idea what kind of dog I would be shooting this week, so I wasn't sure what all to bring and how to prepare. Luckily, Macy, the dog in question, was a natural.
Macy is a (shepherd?) mix adopted from Wayside Waifs. She is 16 months old and loves people. Macy has a lot of energy and was easy to photograph. Dogs with a lot of personality usually yield better results than ones who tend to just lay still and fall asleep. I've seen all types of dogs in the studio and one question I always get from owners is, "was my dog bad?" I find it funny when puppy parents think their dog was bad, when in reality, they are just being a dog, and I got awesome shots. Sometimes it takes a rowdy dog to get a dynamic image. I work with all types and know the tricks to getting them comfortable around the camera. I've photographed 8 week old puppies to 15 year old senior dogs, so there really are no surprises left. Macy had typical adolescent/puppy behavior, but she was very sweet and was eager to please, so of course she wasn't "bad"!
Here are a few of my favorite images from the shoot. Like always, check my flickr for the full set: HERE
All Images © Holly Hildreth 2012 | http://www.hhildrethphoto.wordpress.com


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Hair extensions might seem like a new invention but in reality hair additions have been around as far back as the Egyptian times when both men and women work wigs. Since then hair pieces have been in and out of fashion ever since.
In 1800 fake hair was frowned upon and women left their hair to be natural until the Romantic era was in full swing when women wore elaborate Apollo knots. Come the mid Victorian era and hair pieces were used a lot more extensively. Then strangely in the early 20th century Edwardian women wore false hair additions to create the pompadour hairstyle which looked like a woman was wearing a teapot on her head. How that became fashionable I don't really know!
Around the 1920's less hair was the big thing so hair pieces took a dive around that time and it wasn't until the 1940s when long hair came back into fashion and women starting indulging again. Then in the 1960's big hair was back with a vengeance. Coils were the in thing or the updo as better known to us were seen of many women, this was created by very extravagant human hair pieces. Wigs made from real or fake hair were commonly worn around this time too and carried on into the early 70's. Come the 80's and big hair was in but only natural hair. Famous singers wore wigs but that was about it.
The clip-on hair extensions come in a variety of different colours and lengths are the best option for non permanent hair pieces. They are very easy to use and as long as you get the right hair colour and texture of hair, no one will know your hair is fake. In fact I have sat next to a work colleague for months not realising that her long hair was in fact clip on hair pieces. It was only whilst getting ready for our Christmas works do that she pulled her hair off! I was shocked to say the least as her natural hair was just shoulder length and I had no idea.
Top 10 Hair Dying Mistakes
Hair is big business, particularly in the African American community, where hair types and styles are so versatile: Short, long, curly, wavy, kinky, straight, natural, braided, twisted, locked, color treated, texturized, and relaxed.
Regardless of one's hair type or preferred style; including weaves and extensions, proper basic care is essential for healthy African American hair:
- Strong hair that does not easily break.
- Hair that grows--Hair growth and hair length are not necessarily synonymous. Everyone's hair has different growth cycles. The life span of some individuals' hair is approximately one year, before new hair pushes out the existing. This results in around six inches of length. Other individuals' hair has the life span of several years, resulting in length well over two feet!
- Hair that has sheen.
- A healthy, clean scalp.
To obtain a healthy head of African American hair, as described above, basic care is necessary, and includes:
1. Proper diet and exercise.
2. Thorough shampooing and conditioning.
3. Efficient moisturizing.
Proper Diet and Exercise
As cliched as it sounds, proper diet and exercise are the gateway for many desirable traits, such as proportioned weight, high energy level, nice skin, etc. Proper nutrition and exercise are often over looked when it comes to care of the tresses because so many cosmetic and chemical options are available to obtain a certain look.
Efficient Moisturizing
Most African American hair types do not produce the amount of natural moisturizer found in other hair types. Therefore, it is necessary for many African Americans to regularly moisturize their tresses. Like with shampooing and conditioning, the amount of moisturizer depends on several factors, including hair type and style. Additionally, the type of moisturizer plays a big role in contributing to healthy African American hair. Some African American hair styles and types thrive when an oil moisturizer is used. Other African American styles and types respond better with cream moisturizers. Still, others do better with lotions or pomades. Again, a licensed professional is the best source for recommending a moisturizer for one's particular type and style.
Regardless of how you wear your hair, invest time in exercising, meal planning, and the proper hair care regiment; including a schedule of shampooing, conditioning, and moisturizing. Healthy hair is a reflection of one's overall health, in addition to looking good!


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Puttamonthon Park – Lizard SafariKirsty Turner
Suddenly, my friend stops and motions for me to stand still. "There!" he hisses, pointing to the river bank. "Can you see it?"
All I can make out is an empty patch of grassy bank splashed with shadows. Suddenly, one of the 'shadows' moves slightly and I can make out the long, scaly tail of a large monitor lizard. I want to rush forwards for a better look, but my friend holds me back and we watch in silence as the mighty beast suns itself on the bank.
We remain that way for several minutes, the three of us, one oblivious to the rapt attention of the other two. Then suddenly the monitor lizard sees a fish splashing in the river and slides off the bank to retrieve it. There is a short struggle, then both fish and lizard disappear from sight.
Stopping frequently to spy on the huge reptiles, my friend and I walk quietly and carefully through a large bamboo forest. It is hard to believe that we are just a short bus ride from Bangkok.
The intensely beautiful park of Buddhamonthon is located in Tambon Salaya, part of Nakhon Pathom Province. The park covers an area of about 1,000 acres and is an important religious site.
The park was built by the government in 1957 or B.E 2500 by the Thai calendar to commemorate the 2500th year of the existence of Buddhism. One of the main focal points is a bronze-gold standing Buddha image, which measures a colossal 15.8 metres. The Buddha image was named "Phra Sri Sakkaya Thosapol Yan Phratan Buddhamonthon Suta" by the current King, His Majesty King Bhumibhol Adulyadej.
Around the magnificent statue are four commemorative sites concerning Lord Buddha's birth, enlightenment, the first preaching sermon and his death. There is also a Buddhist museum nearby, meditation halls, a university and a large library.
The park is highly revered and popular during religious festivals such as Visaka Bucha Day, Makabuscha Day, Ananhabucha Day and the Loy Krathong festival, when tiny candle filled vessels are set onto the river.
In addition to being a sacred site, Buddhamonthon is also a place of extreme natural beauty. Filled with pretty ornamental gardens, bamboo forests and sparkling streams and rivers spanned by stepping stones and cable bridges, this is a great place to go for a walk or meditate in the shade of one of the mighty trees.
Because this is a sacred area, the wildlife is protected and the rivers and streams are teeming with fish. A peaceful pastime is to buy a bag of food from one of the vendors who wander around the park. As soon as the food touches the water the stream comes alive, the fish writhing so closely together that it seems as though the stream were made of fish rather than water.
You can buy almost anything to feed the fish with; from pungent fish pellets to brightly coloured corn snacks. My favourite fish treat is a huge bag of popcorn, which not only smells better than some of the alternatives but also seems to be very popular with the fish.
Among the other wildlife in the park are turtles, which splash happily in the streams and small canals and you will also see a range of brightly coloured bird in amongst the trees.
It can be quite hot and humid in the park, especially in the bamboo forest. Luckily, there are public showers next to the toilets and this is a great opportunity to cool off before getting the bus back to Bangkok.
Kirsty Turner (Kay) is a freelance writer currently living in Bangkok. She has kindly agreed to write for KhaoSanRoad.com and share her love of all things Thai and, especially, all things Khao San Road!


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This website is dedicated to the men and women of the fire service. It is provided as a means of highlighting the fire departments and the fire apparatus of Illinois. Each department or fire district listing will depict the fire station(s) and current apparatus. Down the road, fire stations and apparatus that are no longer in service will trace the history of each fire department.
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Jabra is best known for its wired and wireless headsets, but it's now ventured into the premium headphone market with two on-ear models, the Revo ($200) and Revo Wireless ($250), as well as a more affordable in-ear model, the Vox ($99).
Both the Revo and Revo Wireless have very similar designs and they're among the more comfortable and well-designed on-ear headphones I've tested, with a sturdy fit and finish and a folding design. I liked both models a lot, and found them great for everyday use, though I thought the Revo Wireless reviewed here could have offered a little better sound quality for its fairly high price tag. For Bluetooth it sounds pretty decent, but in terms of clarity, it's not on par with some other similarly priced premium Bluetooth headphones, such as the Harman Kardon BT.
Design and features
The design of the Revo Wireless is arguably its biggest strength. When it comes to on-ear headphones, I'm usually very picky (I prefer over-the-ear or in-ear models), but I had no problem with these. They have memory foam in their earpads, and they conform to your ears nicely and seal out a good amount of ambient sound. It's also worth noting that they don't fit so tight as to pinch down on your ears, so they offer a secure fit -- but not too secure.
The headphones feel sturdy and have a nicely air-cushioned headband, with metal armatures. I also appreciated that the earcups are labeled "right" and "left" on their interiors, so it's easy to figure out which is which.
As noted, the headphones fold up. And while they don't turn into a supercompact package, it's fairly compact.
I can't say that I was impressed with the carrying bag that comes with the product. It's thin, lightweight, and very basic. At this price, I'd expect something a little more luxurious. For instance, the Klipsch Image One Bluetooth comes with a nice hard case (those headphones fold flat).
On a more positive note, the Revo Wireless, like the $400 Parrot Zik, offers touch controls -- you simply swipe your finger in a circular motion around the outside of the right earpiece to raise and lower the volume (Jabra refers to this as "Turntable Touch Controls" because of the grooves on the earpiece give it the appearance of a turntable). You tap twice on the front of the "turntable" to skip a track forward and tap twice on the back of the "turntable" to skip a track back. Tap the "multifunction" button in the middle of the turntable to pause/play tracks and answer/end calls. To reject an incoming call you hold the button down for a second.
The Revo Wireless also offers NFC pairing for smartphones and other devices that support it (you hold up the device up to the "NFC Zone" on the left earcup to pair). It works -- I tested it with the Samsung Galaxy S3 -- but I just don't think NFC pairing is much of a feature. For instance, I also used the headphone with an iPhone 4S, which doesn't offer NFC (no iOS device currently does), but after setting up the initial pairing, they automatically paired to the phone once turned on (the Bluetooth on the phone has to be activated, of course).
A few other things worth noting: the headphones do come with a detachable cable -- it has an integrated remote -- so you can use the headphones as wired headphones (yes, the headphones sound cleaner when used in wired mode).
You can also connect the headphones to your PC via the included Micro-USB charging cable to get a direct digital connection. Bluetooth can be a little finicky with PCs (you should be able to use the headphones wirelessly if your PC is Bluetooth-enabled, but you can sometimes have a problem pairing, depending on your system). The headphones will charge when you have them connected to your PC via USB and you can also connect you phone via Bluetooth while they're charging. (Note that the headphones only ship with a USB charging cable, but not an AC adapter).
In all, the Revo Wireless has an impressive feature set. The only thing missing is a noise-canceling feature.


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A newsclipping I found while researching Toledo Blade Obituaries. Article was published Saturday October 19, 1957. Nearly 60 years ago, it seems as if the Toledo inner city Catholic parishes began their decline and losing population to the suburbs.
St. Anthony's Catholic Church to Mark 75th Anniversary
Bishop Rehring Will Have Part In Thanksgiving Mass Tomorrow
The 75th anniversary celebration of St. Anthony's Catholic Church, famous for its 265-foot spire, one of the tallest on the city's horizon, will open with a Mass of thanksgiving tomorrow at 9:30 a.m. Bishop George J. Rehring will take part in the ceremony.
Msgr. Francis S. Legowski, pastor for more than 35 years, will preach. A banquet will follow at the Wroblewski American Legion hall, 1274 Nebraska Ave. Steve Czolgosz is head of the jubilee celebration.
The celebration will conclude with an additional special Mass Nov. 10.
The parish was founded in 1881, with the first building opened for worship on Nov. 12, 1882.
The parish is the home church of nine priests, including the Rev. Anthony S. Pietrykowski, pastor of St. Hedwig's parish. Original members of the parish consisted mostly of Polish immigrants who came to America during the decade preceding establishment of the church.
Once the largest in the diocese with 7,500 parishioners, the parish has dwindled numerically because of the establishment of nearby Catholic churches, and the trend among younger families toward suburban living. The latest diocesan year book lists 2,895 members.


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Top 10 2010
NOTE: THIS IS NOT THE LATEST VERSION. Please visit the OWASP Top 10 project page to find the latest edition.
Top 10 Risks
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Insecure software is already undermining our financial, healthcare, defense, energy, and other critical infrastructure. As our digital infrastructure gets increasingly complex and interconnected, the difficulty of achieving application security increases exponentially. We can no longer afford to tolerate relatively simple security problems like those presented in the OWASP Top 10.
The goal of the Top 10 project is to raise awareness about application security by identifying some of the most critical risks facing organizations. The Top 10 project is referenced by many standards, books, tools, and organizations, including MITRE, PCI DSS, DISA, FTC, and many more. This release of the OWASP Top 10 marks this project's eighth year of raising awareness of the importance of application security risks. The OWASP Top 10 was first released in 2003, minor updates were made in 2004 and 2007, and this is the 2010 release.
We encourage you to use the Top 10 to get your organization started with application security. Developers can learn from the mistakes of other organizations. Executives should start thinking about how to manage the risk that software applications create in their enterprise.
But the Top 10 is not an application security program. Going forward, OWASP recommends that organizations establish a strong foundation of training, standards, and tools that makes secure coding possible. On top of that foundation, organizations should integrate security into their development, verification, and maintenance processes. Management can use the data generated by these activities to manage cost and risk associated with application security.
We hope that the OWASP Top 10 is useful to your application security efforts. Please don't hesitate to contact OWASP with your questions, comments, and ideas, either publicly to [email protected] or privately to [email protected].
Welcome to the OWASP Top 10 2010! This significant update presents a more concise, risk focused list of the Top 10 Most Critical Web Application Security Risks. The OWASP Top 10 has always been about risk, but this update makes this much more clear than previous editions. It also provides additional information on how to assess these risks for your applications.
For each item in the top 10, this release discusses the general likelihood and consequence factors that are used to categorize the typical severity of the risk. It then presents guidance on how to verify whether you have problems in this area, how to avoid them, some example flaws, and pointers to links with more information.
The primary aim of the OWASP Top 10 is to educate developers, designers, architects, managers, and organizations about the consequences of the most important web application security weaknesses. The Top 10 provides basic techniques to protect against these high risk problem areas – and also provides guidance on where to go from here.
Don't stop at 10. There are hundreds of issues that could affect the overall security of a web application as discussed in the OWASP Developer's Guide. This is essential reading for anyone developing web applications today. Guidance on how to effectively find vulnerabilities in web applications are provided in the OWASP Testing Guide and the OWASP Code Review Guide, which have both been significantly updated since the previous release of the OWASP Top 10.
Constant change. This Top 10 will continue to change. Even without changing a single line of your application's code, you may already be vulnerable to something nobody ever thought of before. Please review the advice at the end of the Top 10 in "What's Next For Developers, Verifiers, and Organizations" for more information.
Think positive. When you're ready to stop chasing vulnerabilities and focus on establishing strong application security controls, OWASP has just produced the Application Security Verification Standard (ASVS) as a guide to organizations and application reviewers on what to verify. Use tools wisely. Security vulnerabilities can be quite complex and buried in mountains of code. In virtually all cases, the most cost-effective approach for finding and eliminating these weaknesses is human experts armed with good tools.
Push left. Secure web applications are only possible when a secure software development life-cycle is used. For guidance on how to implement a secure SDLC, we recently released the Open Software Assurance Maturity Model (SAMM), which is a major update to the OWASP CLASP Project.
Thanks to Aspect Security for initiating, leading, and updating the OWASP Top 10 since its inception in 2002, and to its primary authors:
We'd like to thank those organizations that contributed their vulnerability prevalence data to support the 2010 update:
We'd also like to thank those who have contributed significant content or time reviewing this update of the Top 10:
- Mike Boberski (Booz Allen Hamilton)
- Juan Carlos Calderon (Softtek)
- Michael Coates (Aspect Security)
- Jeremiah Grossman (WhiteHat Security Inc.)
- Jim Manico (for all the Top 10 podcasts)
- Paul Petefish (Solutionary, Inc.)
- Eric Sheridan (Aspect Security)
- Neil Smithline (OneStopAppSecurity.com)
- Andrew van der Stock
- Colin Watson (Watson Hall, Ltd.)
- OWASP Denmark Chapter (Led by Ulf Munkedal)
- OWASP Sweden Chapter (Led by John Wilander)
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To borrow a phrase from counter-terrorist parlance, Umar Farouk Abdulmutallab's alleged plot to bring down a Detroit-bound airliner on Christmas Day was a "game changer."
As a reluctance to introduce body scanners at airports eases, two countries deploying them nationwide this month include Britain, reportedly a key setting for the Nigerian student's radicalization, and the Netherlands, where Mr. Abdulmutallab passed through undetected before boarding a flight to the United States.
But ardent opposition to them – including in the ranks of Europe's bureaucratic elite – may yet frustrate their international rollout. Beyond campaigners who worry about supposed health risks or view them as the digital equivalent of a strip search, many European aviation-security experts remain unconvinced of the cost benefits.
Frisking much less costly
"A thorough body frisk would do the same sort of thing, if it is done properly, and of course it costs a lot less," says Norman Shanks, a former head of security for the British Airports Authority, the United Kingdom's leading airport operator, who cautions that the technology is being viewed as a "panacea."
"Scanners also take up a lot of space. So, I hope that they will be used selectively, and restricted to a percentage of people. Otherwise, there will be long queues."
In the US, where around 40 machines are in use at 19 airports, the Transportation Security Administration (TSA) spent $25 million buying another 150 in September. Homeland Security Secretary Janet Napolitano said on Jan. 7 that there would be an "acceleration" involving the introduction of a further 300.
But a privacy group accused the TSA of misleading the public with claims that scanners would not store or send their graphic images. The Electronic Privacy Information Center produced TSA documents from 2008, obtained under a Freedom of Information Act lawsuit, in which the administration specifies that the scanners must have the ability to store and send images. The TSA responded by saying that this was for test purposes and the machines would be delivered without those capabilities.
Plans in Europe face more serious hurdles, not least the opposition of the European Commission's incoming justice commissioner. Passengers "must have the option of undergoing a body search," says Viviane Reding, who is to take up her powerful portfolio later this month. She could draft a law ruling out mandatory body scans at airports, but has stopped short of saying she will.
Privacy concerns have meant only a tentative embrace of scanners elsewhere in Europe. In Germany, officials said scanners would be considered once these concerns are resolved. Only certain airports will initially be equipped in France, where the idea of deploying them was dropped in 2008.
Spain also has reservations. The current holder of the agenda-setting European Union presidency, it is calling for the adoption of a common EU position to avoid different types of screening.
"The history of Europe is littered with totalitarian dictatorships, so in some ways there is greater sensitivity than in the US toward privacy, and weighing up data protection against national security," says Chris Pounder, a British data-protection expert. He believes that scanners can be made to comply with European laws by having protocols that ensure, for example, that operators viewing images cannot see the individual who has been scanned, and that images are deleted quickly.
Other takes on the privacy debate have also cropped up across the continent. The Rabbinical Center of Europe warned that scanners would violate the rights of religious Jewish women whose modesty would be compromised, while British children's rights campaigners said they could breach laws banning the creation of indecent images of children.
In a bid to address such worries, the Netherlands is testing software in scanners that displays a stylized body image – much like a stick figure – and highlights areas where objects are concealed.
Would machines have detected bomb?
A British Conservative MP who used to work for QinetiQ, a scanning technology firm, warned that scanners would probably not have detected the explosives reportedly strapped to Abdulmutallab's leg. "In all the testing that we undertook, it was unlikely that it would have picked up the current explosive devices being used by Al Qaeda," Ben Wallace said of passive millimeter wave scanners, attractive because of their low amounts of radiation.
Mr. Shanks, the former head of security at the British Airports Authority, also wonders about the future: "One wonders what would happen next time there was an incident with an individual who had concealed explosives internally."
One response is using transmission X-rays, which can see through the body. They are currently used only at some Russian airports to counter the threat from Chechen female suicide bombers.
Despite conforming to widely accepted safety standards, the X-rays emit higher levels of radiation. For now, the prospect of their introduction on a global scale appears distant, but experts have been quietly fretting about the next challenge to aviation since an Al Qaeda bomber with explosives inside his body tried to kill a Saudi prince last October.


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The 1TB WD VelociRaptor WD1000DHTZ is the first hard drive I have reviewed in a long time and that's because it's among only a few on the market that can be considered an alternative to standard solid-state drives (SSDs).
Among other things, the VelociRaptor is different from its peers by offering the spinning speed of 10,000 rpm, which translates into the best performance among consumer-grade hard drives. Compared with SSDs, it's not clearly behind either, in fact outdoing some in certain tests. On top of that it doesn't suffer from limited P/E (program/erase) cycles, which all SSDs do.
That said, if you are a professional who needs an internal drive that can handle lots of data writing and re-writing, such as editing movies, the new 1TB WD VelociRaptor WD1000DHTZ is the way to go. It's best to use two units in a RAID 0 configuration, or use it as a secondary hard drive on your computer with the main one being an SSD.
|Drive type
|3.5-inch desktop internal drive
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|Capacity of test unit
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The new 1TB WD VelociRaptor WD1000DHTZ looks exactly the same as the previous version, the 600GB VelociRaptor. While made for a desktop, the drive combines a 2.5-inch hard drive mounted on a heat-sink that also works as a drive-bay converter, making the whole package take the shape of a standard 3.5-inch hard drive. Even when taken out of its heat-sink, the VelociRaptor can't be used in a laptop since it's extra thick at 16mm, compared with the 9.5mm of a traditional 2.5-inch standard hard drive. That said, it's impressive that the drive now offers 1TB of storage space.
What's more impressive is its spinning speed; at 10,000 rpm, the drive's internal platters move some 30 percent faster than other high-speed hard drives (7200 rpm). Still, WD gives the drive the full five-year warranty and in my personal experience with previous versions of the VelociRaptor, the drive proves to be the best and most reliable on the market. The drive supports the lastest SATA 3 (6Gbps) but works with all existing SATA standards.
As I mentioned above, like all hard drives, the VelociRaptor doesn't suffer from limited program/erase (P/E) cycles. A P/E cycle is when you write data to a place on the drive, erase it, then write something new on the same spot. You can do this indefinitely with hard drives. With SSDs, however, there's a limited amount of time you can do that before the spot becomes unreliable. A SSD's limit is very high and virtually poses no problem for most people, but for those who need to do a lot of erasing and re-writing, such as editing big movies, hard drives are better suited for the job. The new VelociRaptor has that, plus comparatively large storage space, affordability, and very fast performance.
Cost per gigabyte
(Measured in dollars, based on current street pricing)
The new WD VelociRaptor WD1000DHTZ is not cheap. With a price of about $290 for 1TB, effectively some 29 cents per gigabyte, it's about the most expensive hard drives on the market. Compared with SSDs, however, it's still just one third of the price in terms of cost per gigabyte. It's also very hard to find an SSD that offers 1TB of storage space, and generally a 480GB SSD easily costs more than $500. Now the only question is if the new hard drive's performance is worth its price.


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When George Talley tells an old story, there's a good chance he'll mention his old rides.
"I've always liked Corvettes. It was attractive. The ladies like 'em," said George. But so did the thieves, and George learned that the hard way. The last time he saw his '79 Corvette, it was parked on Jefferson Avenue 33 years ago. "I made a police report, and I haven't seen it since July of 1981," said George.
George often wondered about the one that got away. That is until recently. "I was sitting at home last Friday looking at Judge Mathis, and I get a call from AAA telling me you have a Corvette in Mississippi, come and get it. And, uh… I said, 'what?'"
Authorities say a dubious vin number helped track the Vette three decades later. And the car is still in pretty good shape. "I've heard it was running, it had 47,000 miles on it, and right now, it's at the police station in Hattiesburg," said George.
As of Tuesday it's still up in the air whether George would ship it or bring the car back himself. That all changed Wednesday morning when General Motor's Executive Vice President, Global Product Development, Purchasing and Supply Chain Mark Reuss announced that he was offering to bring the Vette home – at GM's expense. The offer came during The Paul W. Smith show on News/Talk 760 AM WJR radio.
"It's a lucky day. When I get that car here in that driveway, we'll go from there," said George, before learning of the offer.


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Is it possible to customise the appearance of the Ambiance theme just for one user?
I have read about the possibility of doing this:
sudo vim /usr/share/themes/Ambiance/gtk-2.0/gtkrc
but could something be done to change:
- just one setting
- just one user?
Perhaps changing something in the user's .themes directory?
Notice: I would prefer not to copy the full theme to the user directory, just to provide an override mechanism after the "global" theme is applied, independently from the theme if possible, but anyway just specifying what needs to be different, not duplicating the whole theme definition.


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The commoner Kate Middleton may have married a prince, but she's destined to be Princess William of Wales — not a princess in her own right — unless her new husband's grandmother is feeling generous.
While the title Princess Kate will likely stick in popular opinion — and in the media, which often mistakenly referred to William's mother Diana as Princess Di — she wasn't a princess in her own right on her wedding day.
"Princesses are born into the Royal Family, so it's up to the Queen to make her a princess," said Carolyn Harris, an expert on the monarchy with Queen's University. "The Queen is the only one able to bestow titles."
On their wedding day, Queen Elizabeth conferred several new titles on William, the second in line to the throne: he is now Duke of Cambridge, Earl of Strathearn and Baron Carrickfergus. Kate is now known as Her Royal Highness Duchess of Cambridge.
Harris said this is a long-standing tradition that is unlikely to change, even in the 21st century.
In 1917, King George V limited the title of prince and princess to the sovereign's children and the children of the sovereign's sons out of concerns that "there were too many successors to the throne," said Harris.
"Queen Victoria had something like 40 grandchildren alone."
This means that, until Prince Charles becomes king — or dies — and William inherits his title, only the new couple's eldest son would officially be considered a prince.
When Lady Diana Spencer married the Prince of Wales, she became The Princess of Wales — but not Princess Diana. Likewise, Sarah Ferguson did not become Princess Sarah upon her marriage to Prince Andrew — she became the Her Royal Highness Duchess of York. And after her divorce, since the title was hers by marriage and not by birth, she is no longer a duchess or an HRH, though she continues to be Sarah Ferguson, Duchess of York.
If William ascends to the throne, Kate will become Queen consort, at which time she will be properly referred to as Queen Kate — or maybe by then she'll be Catherine, which sounds more regal. She'll be allowed to keep the title for as long as she lives, but will have no right to rule if William dies before her.
It is not unheard of for a British monarch to confer the title of prince — Philip, the Duke of Edinburgh, was created a prince of Great Britain and Northern Ireland in 1957, the encyclopedia says.


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Ian Fraser's new book 'Shredded - Inside RBS - The bank that broke Britain' should become required reading for every civil servant at H.M.Treasury, for every apparatchik in the FCA, and for every politician whose brief engages with the City.
Ian lashes out with fists crammed with facts, and his book leaves a wide variety of players badly bruised and with reputations seriously diminished!
When I was a detective at the Fraud Squad at New Scotland Yard, I had many opportunities to investigate and evaluate the attitudes and business morality of City bankers and other financial practitioners.
Between the years 1979 to 1986 I investigated the affairs of dishonest men (almost exclusively) who believed that their positions in the City hierarchy made them immune from the ordinary implications of the criminal law.
I also had a lot of dealings with civil servants, mainly from the Department of Trade and Industry, and I was constantly appalled by the lack of practical knowledge of the ways of criminals that they brought to their role as regulators of the financial sector.
I was shocked by their arrogance, their insouciance, and the way that they believed that they were an all-knowing source and fount of expertise, when in so many cases, they were totally incompetent.
I rapidly came to the conclusion that one of the reasons that so much crime flourished in the financial sector was because the practitioners themselves believed that they were above the law and would not be prosecuted, while those who existed to regulate their activities, were largely useless and shockingly incompetent, but who knew that if they waited long enough, and didn't rock the boat, a job would be found for them in the financial community in the longer term.
Too many people in the DTI regulatory divisions had become subject to a phenomenon called 'Regulator Capture', in which a cosy relationship was allowed to develop between regulator and institution, and an unspoken agreement existed whereby both sides knew that in return for studied non-intervention, employment rewards awaited the compliant regulator!
Anyone who has worked in the financial sphere for any time has known these features. Anyone who has worked in the regulatory environment has seen the corrupt and corrosive atmosphere they inculcate, and the wrong-doing that is allowed to proliferate.
I have worked in this sphere for many years and I have seen all these phenomena and more, and, as each new bank scandal, criminal act, scam and rip-off went by unmolested, I had begun to despair that there would ever be a proper denouncing of the whole rotten edifice.
Well, now, at last, there is Ian Fraser's excoriating book, 'Shredded', and what amazing reading it is. He unpicks with forensic care the entire diseased carcass of what was the Royal Bank of Scotland, and he lays bare not only the bones of a once-great institution, but he exposes the sociopathic behaviour of a CEO, Fred Goodwin, or 'Fred The Shred', who presided over the denouement of this important bank.
In the telling of the story, a Greek Tragedy emerges as the arrogance and hubris of Goodwin are dissected and his ultimate downfall is foreseen!
But what makes this book so compelling is how Fraser manages to demonstrate the way in which the stage upon which Goodwin would tread his doomed existence, was prepared for him by earlier failures to regulate the banking sector. I intend to quote from selected paragraphs to illustrate this vitally important issue!
Talking about the regime of regulation, Fraser points out how New Labour re-designed the Margaret Thatcher model of financial regulation.
"...Brown and his advisors including Balls and Steve Robson (senior civil servant in H.M.Treasury who would later go on to a job with a major bank), decided Thatcher's patchwork quilt of regulators would have to go...It had turned out to be...incapable of preventing scams, financial disasters and swindles..."
"...But as New Labour's Financial Services and Markets Bill wended its way through Parliament, concerted lobbying by banks...ensured that the new regulator had its wings clipped before it had even hatched..."
Among its most deviant legacies was the requirement that the new regulator, the FSA "...must consider the international mobility of the financial business before taking any enforcement action, and avoid damaging the UK's competitiveness..."
There, in black and white was the mantra which exonerated a new generation of incompetent regulators, who could always pray in aid this stipulation as a justification for doing nothing when the fight got hot and dirty!
Nick Cochan, a fine journalist pointed out that this phrase put bankers above the law, where they have remained until this day!
Another major problem was Gordon Brown, who was described by Steve Robson as 'having no interest in financial regulation'. Because Brown ignored it, the best and brightest Treasury civil servants ignored it!
This is always the problem with civil servants, they will look to see which issues their political masters espouse and then commit themselves. The stage was being set under Brown and Ed Balls for a regulatory-free zone in financial services, in a market run by a group of financial great white sharks.
Blair was no better, he was not interested in financial regulation either.
",,,In March 2003, the Blair Government indicated what sort of regulator it wanted when it announced that former Barclays investment banker, Sir Callum McCarthy was taking over as FSA chairman...On his watch the FSA succumbed to regulatory capture, not least with the appointment of James Crosby of HBOS as a non-executive director..."
This period was characterised by the emergence of 'light-touch regulation', a phrase which became synonymous with 'no regulation at all'. "...Blair, Brown and regulators like McCarthy had created an environment in which financial firms...were pretty much above the law..."
As an epitaph for the state of financial regulation at this time, the following paragraph sums up the state of play in London at the start of the Great Financial Crisis.
"...In a memo one former FSA senior executive revealed that between 2003 and 2008, mid-ranking FSA staff were, for the miost part, incompetent, poorly qualified and of too low a calibre to have any chance of reguating the financial services sector. Others were too lazy and complacent to bother checking up on what financial firms were doing. He added that none had the influence or the inclination to challenge the pervading 'light touch, laissez-faire regulation'... FSA supervision was hollowed out and its depleted ranks were staffed with mediocre people who cared little about the business of supervising firms..."
For years, people like myself and Ian Fraser, Nick Cochan and others, have been identifying these shortfalls and incompetencies. We have written about them, we have spoken on public platforms, and all the while, we have been routinely ignored. My evidence on this topic which I sent to the Parliamentary Commission on Banking Culture and Standards was conveniently 'lost' by the Government servants, who initially denied having received it, and then later, when admitting they had had it all the time, said it had to be redacted (censored) because it contained evidence the banks wouldn't like.
(Actually I rather thought that was the whole point!)
Ian Fraser's brilliant book deserves to be read by anyone who has any interest in understanding why and how our financial services sector has been allowed to become an organised criminal enterprise, run by a mob of mafia goombahs!
It is an important piece of work because it throws down a heavy gauntlet to the financial establishment and challenges them to pick it up and answer the charges it contains. Ian has done what very few writers succeed in doing, he has confronted the otherwise 'protected species' and laid bare their inadequacies. They must respond or stand accused of craven complicity in assisting in a world turned upside down!


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In a unanimous vote of his colleagues, City Council President Herb Wesson was re-elected to a 2-year term as President of the Los Angeles City Council.
Wesson was first elected 18 months ago succeeding former Council President Eric Garcetti, who stepped down to become a candidate for Mayor. Garcetti was sworn-in as Mayor in Inaugural Ceremonies on Sunday.
Wesson is the first African American to be elected to what is the second most powerful position in Los Angeles City government.
"I am grateful for the support I received from my colleagues. These are challenging times for our city. We've made great progress in confronting those challenges, but the job isn't done. I believe that working together with our new Mayor, we will be able to move from the fiscal darkness in into a brighter future for our city."
Also attending the election ceremony in the John Ferraro Council Chambers was newly elected Mayor Eric Garcetti, who stated his support for Wesson and pledged to work with Wesson and the City Council in shaping city policy.
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Gazebo Lake Park
Green Mountain Falls, CO 80819
Fri., June 29, 2018
The Musical Swings by Canadian artist collaborative, Daily tous les jours, will return this year to the Green Box Arts Festival. In 2014, the Green Box Arts Festival commissioned the first United States-based swings exhibition, which consisted of 10 musical swings. Green Box Arts Festival is thrilled to bring The Musical Swings back as we celebrate 10 years in Green Mountain Falls! Come delight in this interactive installation and create your own beautiful music while stimulating the natural beauty surrounding you.
This installation consists of a series of musical swings. When used all together, the swings activate different notes, composing musical pieces in which certain melodies emerge only through cooperation. It's a game where, from the start, visitors adjust to the actions of others to make music with their entire bodies, connect to one another, and have a sense of ownership of the installation through the music they create. The result is a giant collective instrument that brings together people of all ages and backgrounds.
Since 2011, the original installation, 21 Swings, has attracted millions of fans to the Quartier des spectacles area in Montréal, where every day each swing has swung an average of 8,500 times.
You can visit the swings until September 15. Please observe the public park hours and rules.
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Beat the Streak Report: April 6
By the time the smoke cleared Tuesday night, carnage stretched far and wide across Streakland.
That twisted hulk of hope and dreams out your left window? It's a four-gamer dismembered by Robinson Cano. The steaming wreckage on your right? It's barely recognizable now, but that thing was five games before it ran into Ichiro Suzuki.
And of course, there's the 10.4 percent of you — err, us — who picked Hanley Ramirez …
We know it was painful to watch, but it's better that you witnessed this. Six of Tuesday's top eight picks went south, taking more than 30 percent of all Streakers back to square one with them. Only Albert Pujols and Howard Kendrick escaped unscathed.
In times like these, we have no choice but to carry on. No choice but to build our newest streaks longer and stronger than those that have fallen by the wayside. Be strong, Streakers. Grief counselors are standing by in the comments.
Wednesday's picks
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• Ryan Zimmerman: .619 AVG (13-for-21) since '06 vs. Marlins starter Chris Volstad
• Manny Ramirez: .500 AVG (16-for-32) since '06 vs. Angels starter Dan Haren
• Joe Mauer: .455 AVG (10-for-22) since '06 vs. Yankees starter Freddy Garcia
• Juan Pierre: .385 AVG (10-for-26) since '06 vs. Royals starter Jeff Francis
• Orlando Hudson: .438 AVG (7-for-16) since '06 vs. Giants starter Tim Lincecum
• Chris Coghlan: .556 AVG (5-for-9) since '06 vs. Nationals starter Livan Hernandez
Feeling kinda spicy?
• Jason Kubel: .636 AVG (7-for-11) since '06 vs. Yankees starter Freddy Garcia
• Melky Cabrera: .571 AVG (8-for-14) since '06 vs. White Sox starter Mark Buehrle
You'll thank me later …
• Jayson Werth: .050 AVG (1-for-20) since '06 vs. Marlins starter Chris Volstad
• Ben Zobrist: .071 AVG (1-for-14) since '06 vs. Angels starter Dan Haren
• Placido Polanco: .091 AVG (1-for-11) since '06 vs. Mets starter Mike Pelfrey
• Josh Hamilton: .194 AVG (6-for-31) since '06 vs. Mariners starter Felix Hernandez
• Jose Reyes: .133 AVG (2-for-13) since '06 vs. Phillies starter Joe Blanton
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Keep it going Yanks.
Im Going with Gordon Beckham today. GL all.
I'm having a tough time deciding if I should stay with Mauer since he hits Freddy well, or if I should avoid him since he is only 2-14 on the year. H. Kendrick has been hot and he looks like a good pick but he is facing a pitcher that he's never seen before. Hellickson pitched well last year also. Decisions, decisions…
Good job Yanks. Glad to see your doing well as well. Mention tomorrow if you keep it going in my blog tomorrow. Also Baseball girlie stay far away from new pitchers. They are tricky. They can either shut the other team down since it is the first time seeing him or they can get rocked. Last year most of the first time pitchers shut the other team down. Miggy is going to kill a lot of people today as he can't hit in Baltimore.
@Vinny. Hoping your wrong and am betting on it. Cabrera is my pick for next 2 days, adjustable if necessary.
@vinny- good point, and Hellickson pitched really well in his brief MLB season last year. I am staying with Mauer even though he is not hitting well this year. Hoping that he can get it started against a pitcher that he hits well against. GL to you and all bloggers today!
I went with Dustin Pedroia.
Shockingly, today is the FIRST day of the season where my pick falls into the top 15.
I went 5 for 6 when picking outside the Top 15.
So far, my picks are 8 for 26 so far or a .308 batting average.
@vinny1979 I saw that Miguel Cabrera's O fer came against Jake Arrieta. JA is a young pitcher that made his debut last year against us and I took Nick Swisher based off his numbers against Jeremy Guthrie when I had a 17 game hit streak thinking that we were seeing JG instead. I was looking at the preview on my phone, when I found out that Arrieta was starting instead. I was shocked and was no where near a computer. It was 12:15 on a 12:30 lock day that I saw the preview and I was no where near a computer. I never pick against new/unfamiliar pitchers unless by accident.
I meant to say: It was 12:15 on a 12:30 lock day that I saw the preview and I could not reach a computer in time. I never pick against new/unfamiliar pitchers unless it's by accident.
I stay far far away from Arrieta ever since the Swisher incident.
Well Kendrick did get a hit, though it wasn't against Hellicskon. Hopefully Mauer comes through for me or I'll be disappointed I didn't switch. All this second guessing haha.
I wouldn't 2nd guess yourself too much. Kendrick pickers were lucky. You, all of us, are picking against the starter pitcher, not unknown relievers. Anytime your only hit comes off a reliever, count yourself lucky, not good IMO
@Lav-that is true, and he since he didn't get a hit off the starter I feel like I made a good choice in not picking him.
@Lav, Cabrera is hitting .148 in Camden Yards in the last 3 years. 4 for 27. I had him for tomorrow but switched him based on that.
Craaaappppp! 18 hits, 2 extra inning ABs, and I pick the guy that goes 0-7. Oh well back to the drawing board.
Let's go Zimmerman, keep our blogger representative up there.
GL to the rest of you tonight as well.
@Vinny. I rarely pay attention to ballpark stats. However, lifetime stats: better at home than away, but still 307 away. 1st half season AVG better than 2nd half, 328 April AVG, 305 vs O's, 320 at night…. 186 lifetime at Camden, but only 48 ABs over his 11/12 year career. I think the other stats far outweight, risk-wise, that one stat.
I'm liking this baseball-reference.com site 🙂
And on a another note. I'm not set for Miggy tomorrow. I just realized that Tillman had a great outing last and not sure if I want to risk my piddly streak on him having a worse outing tomorrow.
@00Liber. How's that saying go…. "Without bad luck, I'd have no luck at all". I thought about that while watching tail end of the game. When ChiSox took lead at top of 10th I thought you were done. Then a tie and Beckham actually gets to bat 2 more times; unfortunately, for naught.
^^ oops, meant Top of 9th, not 10th
@00liber-sorry to see that. That is truly unfair. Unfortunately that is what makes this game almost impossible. GL tomorrow.
Well it is raining in New York right now and Joe Mauer is not in the line-up. I have a feeling I will stay at one or if the game gets played Mauer will probably pinch hit and get out in his only at bat.
I lost a 17-game hitting streak 1 year with Cristian Guzman going 0 for 7 in a 14-inning game.
The worst thing is that he won the game with a walk-off sacrifice fly in his 8th plate appearance.
Mauer is the most picked today also. Lots of other nervous onlookers then.
I want to thank all of you for your support for my season opening streak. I will admit that I was luke warm I had a total of 7 hits during the first 6 days. I was just lucky for them to all be spread out. In 4 of those 6 days I had to wait until at least their 4th appearance so I was getting some nice luck. I will say I'm glad that I'm getting reset tonight so my better runs can be saved for later in the season.
@Yanks: You're giving up too early. It is entirely possible that Zimmerman will come up in the 9th. Just hope for no double plays and at least one more baserunner.
Hmmmm, WSH just hit into double play. Possible but a bit more work needed. WSH needs to send 2 extra batters to the plate & Zimmerman bats again. If he gets there, what he does with that AB we'll see.
@yanks- there is still a small chance he will bat again. And I think he was a good pick today as a lot of others picked him as well. I'm pulling for you to get one more chance. Come on Washington!
A Ian Desmond single and a Jayson Werth walk means Zimmerman is getting one more shot, lets see what he does.
If it's any consolation, you went down in good company. Many of the bloggers group and I'm sure many other perfect 6-gamers too.
Zimmerman strikes out oh well. I'm sorry for the rest of those who fell for his 13 for 21 trap against Volstad.
I don't regret this pick Zimmerman took a lot of people down including the top 4 in the bloggers. At least he got a final chance, that would have been terrible to only get up once in the last 5 innings.


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I know the situation,indeed hard to get a good shot,but you did it successfully!
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Hello, what a great idea for a theme. I think you have managed to capture the female photographer quite well here. The red colors are a blessing to all that black and gray. Escellent dof, good color, and perfectr exposure.
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