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Your online personal reputation

Your online personal reputation is the perception people have of you when they find you online.

People Judge Based on Reputation

Your profile online is given merit based on your reputation according to key authority sites that you use. Facebook, LinkedIn, Twitter, Pinterest, Google – these are all authority sites many people use, that provide strangers (or potential employers) with information about you and your history. To make sure these authority sites serve you well, it important to practice the following when managing your personal reputation within them:

Eliminate Bad Information:

You may need to undertake negative publicity removal steps to deal with any unpleasant posts and images of you that are circulating on the internet. Your old boss who fired you for no reason, a close friend you had a fallout with, or even a disgruntled customer – it’s entirely possible that your online reputation has contributed.

Given the freedom of speech the internet now allows, it’s entirely possible for people to talk out about you in a negative way too, so diligence needs to be given to your online reputation if you’re looking to build a name for yourself – for the right reasons.

Keeping Your Content Relevant:

As a competitive business person, you’ll want your online persona to reflect your professional one. Any pictures and posts that take away from that “professional” persona are a definite no-no. A prospective business partner looking to collaborate with you will unlikely approve of pictures of your recent vacation.

If It’s On The Web, It’s There For All to See:

If you weren’t already aware, the internet is a sea of free-for-all resources that, with the right skills, anyone can gain access to. Infamous hackers have been exploiting security loop-holes in online content since the internet was created, and it’s going to continue. Despite strong security measures being taken by authority sites like LinkedIn, Facebook, and the like, be wary of the potential for your information to reach the public realm. Practice diligence.

If you’re looking to build up your professional image, use your web page to talk about past achievements, CV, job positions you’ve held, and so on. Having a rich, up-to-date LinkedIn profile is extremely valuable as well. LinkedIn works like a virtual CV or resume, so it’s naturally indexed by search engines and ranked highly in job search results.
Seek testimonials from past companies. You can do this via email, posting the results on your own website, or LinkedIn has an excellent feature allowing you to request feedback from clients and employers you’ve worked for.


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The Supplement: The Nutshell Studies Of Unexplained Death

Frances Glessner Lee at work on one of her models

Sometimes you encounter of body work that shames you utterly, because you suddenly realise your ignorance of it prior is unforgivable in light of lectures you've given and conversations you've had.  The Nutshell Studies Of Unexplained Death is one such cultural blindspot and I'm sharing it with the excitement that derives from coming across 'the perfect thing!'.  Oh, how some of those back-in-the-day lectures might have been enriched by showing some impressionable young minds these extraordinary, macabre, unheimlich images by photographer, Corinne May Botz!  As the photographer herself explains:

"The Nutshell Studies of Unexplained Death" is an exploration of a collection of eighteen miniature crime scene models that were built in the 1940's and 50's by a progressive criminologist Frances Glessner Lee (1878 – 1962). The models, which were based on actual homicides, suicides, and accidental deaths, were created to train detectives to assess visual evidence...

The models display an astounding level of precision and detail: shades can be raised and lowered, mice live in the walls, stereoscopes work, whistles blow and pencils write. My photographs highlight the models’ painstaking detail, as well as the prominence of female victims. Through framing, scale, lighting, color, and depth of field, I attempt to bring intimacy and emotion to the scene of the crime. I want viewers to feel as if they inhabit the miniatures - to loose their sense of proportion and experience the large in the small."

When I look at Botz's images of Lee's lilliputian miseries I can't help but recall the classic ghost story written by M.R. James entitled The Haunted Doll's House (1923), in which dark deeds are played out in rooms of the titular miniature for its unsuspecting buyer...  Indeed, doll houses as 'unease machines' are a staple of horror films.  They are 'uncanny objects' in their strange, perfect mirroring of the home made strange and unnerving by dint of their scale and sense of secret, impending activity.  Why, only the other night I was watching Nick Murphy's appreciably atmospheric Brit-chiller The Awakening (2011), which featured a very nice bit of creepy business with a seemingly prescient doll's house...

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  1. Oh wow! The sink one really got me, so unsettling and silent. Horrible but really fascinating, thanks Phil! :D

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Where do you fit into the scheme of things?

Hi all,

Following on from a previous post,"Where did your interest come from?" (click here to read) my thinking then progressed to "Which type of interest do you have?"

Offhand I thought of the major approaches to our subject, which I had come across, e.g. scientific ufology; skeptical. I then recalled that I had once read a much more detailed and thoughtful list in a book by US folklorist Eddie Bullard.

So, off I went to find my copy of "The Myth and Mystery of UFOs," by Thomas E(ddie) Bullard, published in 2011 by The University Press of Kansas. Lawrence, Kansas. ISBN 978-0-7006-1729-6.

In the introduction to the book, Bullard has a section titled "Approaching the problem" which sets out ten different approaches to the phenomenon. I found it an excellent list, and I think you will too, so I present it here for your edification.

1. Scientific ufology:

"For this group UFOs are a phenomenon accessible to rational inquiry. These people pursue in-depth case investigations, critical examination of evidence, comparison of collected data and rigorous research projects to determine if any UFO reports describe an unknown phenomenon." (p.15.)

2. Explorers:

"A larger and more impetuous group than the scientific ufologists explorers care about evidence but only insofar as it supports their beliefs." (pp15-16.)

3. Interested followers:

"This group consists of the consumers rather than the producers of ufology." (p.16.)

4. Activists:

"They regard the existence of UFOs and their extraterrestrial origin as established facts and care only about the implications of alien visitation." (p.16.)

5. Specialists:

"The people who concentrate on one aspect of ufology are sometimes helpful and sometimes harmful to the field." (p.16.)

6. Interlopers:

One type of specialist enters the UFO field for a while, promotes some special interest, and then leaves." (p.16.)

7. Skeptics:

"To counterbalance the believers, there are the disbelievers, the skeptics and debunkers who attack UFOs as a social delusion. (p.17.)

8. Critics:

"The critics who do not reject UFOs as a philosophical creed nevertheless expect convincing evidence and continue to doubt because they have not found sufficient reason to change their minds." (p.17.)

9. Experiencers:

"...the people who claim to have witnessed UFOs." (p.18.)

10. Insiders:

" individual who claims privileged information about UFOs." (p.18.)

End note:

There is obviously a spectrum of interest, so where do you fit into the scheme of things?

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Tennis-Underdog Federer to come out swinging against Nadal
November 9, 2013 / 7:22 PM / 4 years ago

Tennis-Underdog Federer to come out swinging against Nadal

LONDON, Nov 9 (Reuters) - Roger Federer has never lost to great rival Rafael Nadal under a roof but said he will start as underdog in their semi-final clash at the ATP World Tour Finals on Sunday.

The Swiss has endured a lean year, adding only one title to his vast collection, but showed on Saturday that despite the creeping years he is far from a spent force when defeating Juan Martin del Potro to reach the last four at the o2 Arena.

Federer trailed throughout an exciting contest on one of the world’s most distinctive indoor stages before digging out a 4-6 7-6(2) 7-5 victory to seal the runners-up spot in Group B.

His performance was a mixed bag, fluctuating between sheer brilliance and uncharacteristic errors, but he displayed the spirit of a great champion to pip del Potro at the post.

Now, the 32-year-old 17-times grand slam champion believes he can swing freely on Sunday when most people will expect Nadal to confirm his world number one status.

“I just have to have the right mindset to give it one last go, maybe play with a little less pressure than I have in previous matches with him,” Federer, who has fallen 21-10 behind in overall meetings with the Spaniard.

“I just feel like I need to look at it more as being an underdog a little bit because of circumstances, because of my year, because of his year. Maybe that free swinging is what I kind of need to do a little bit more tomorrow.”

Federer’s schedule has been a heavy one with a final appearance in Basel, then a semi-final run in Paris before arriving in London for his 12th consecutive appearance at the ATP’s annual season-ender.

Despite feeling the strain, Federer said he will be ready to fight tooth and nail with Nadal, who had Saturday off.

“I see the light at the end of the tunnel. There’s two more matches and that’s it,” said Federer, who is looking for a seventh title at the tournament and third since it moved to London in 2009.

”We know each other that well. He’s going to do exactly what he needs to do, I‘m going to try to do what I need to do. Hopefully it’s going to match up good for me.

“If not, he deserves it. He’s had a wonderful season. We’ll see how it goes,” added the ever-popular Swiss.

An added bonus for Federer is that fellow Swiss and close friend Stanislas Wawrinka is also through to the semi-finals in his first appearance at the tournament.

Wawrinka faces defending champion Novak Djokovic in Sunday’s second semi-final with the intriguing possibility of an all-Swiss final still a possibility.

”I don’t know if I‘m more excited that I won or we’re both in the semis, to be honest,“ added Federer, who won Olympic doubles gold with Wawrinka in 2008. ”I‘m very happy for Stan.

”I was hoping to be there, too, make both of us get to the semis. Here we are playing the best two players of the season. I think it’s incredibly interesting for the two of us, for Swiss tennis, for the Swiss media.

“I think we’re gonna speak to each other a little bit later and I’ll tell him a few things that I know and he’ll hopefully tell me a few things he knows this week about the players we’re playing.” (Reporting by Martyn Herman, editing Tony Goodson)

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Dutch deficit seen above EU's 3 percent target next year

AMSTERDAM (Reuters) - The Netherlands will miss its 3.0 percent budget deficit target in 2013 as the economy contracts for the second year running, the cabinet’s economic forecaster CPB said on Wednesday.

Its projections follow close on the heels of an even gloomier outlook from the Dutch central bank and add to signs that the government will need to deliver more budget cuts if the country is to retain one of the euro zone’s few triple-A credit ratings.

“The main point is the same: the recovery of our economy requires more time. This is obviously worrying, in particular with a view to restoring order to the public finances,” Finance Minister Jeroen Dijsselbloem said in a statement on the CPB’s new forecasts.

Dijsselbloem said he would not comment on whether further budget cuts would be needed to meet the EU deficit target of 3 percent of gross domestic product, adding that the government would wait until the CPB updates its economic estimates in February or March.

The CPB forecast the deficit at 3.3 percent of gross domestic output in 2013, above the 3 percent ceiling recommended by the European Commission for member countries.

This year, the deficit is seen at 3.8 percent, CPB said, predicting the economy would contract 1.0 percent in 2012 and a further 0.5 percent in 2013.

As recently as September, the CPB had seen economic growth of 0.75 percent next year, and predicted a budget deficit of 2.7 percent of output, comfortably within EU limits.

Missing the deficit target would be a blow for a core euro zone country which prides itself on fiscal discipline and has berated southern European countries for spending too much.

Earlier this week, Dijsselbloem said that windfall gains from a telecoms spectrum auction - which raised a higher-than-expected 3.8 billion euros - would not go towards extra spending or to reduce the government’s austerity programme.

Leading Dutch commercial bank Rabobank RABN.UL warned last week that poor growth prospects increased the risk of a downgrade of the Netherlands’ top-notch credit rating.

That would be a further setback for the euro zone as it tries to solve its debt crisis, which has thrown the euro zone into recession and hit investor sentiment globally.

Prime Minister Mark Rutte, re-elected in September, and his new coalition partner are already pushing through nearly 30 billion euros of austerity measures agreed in the course of this year.

“The most important causes are declining wages, falling employment, lower house prices and a worsening position of pension funds,” the CPB said.

Housing prices have fallen more than 15 percent since 2008 and are forecast to drop as much as 25 percent from their pre-crisis peak. Consumer spending is expected to fall 1.5 percent in 2013, the CPB said.

Dutch exports, excluding energy, are expected to increase 3 percent in 2013 after 2.5 percent growth this year, the CPB said, curbed by weak trade prospects in the euro zone.

The central bank last week predicted a 3.5 percent of GDP deficit next year, and a 0.6 percent contraction of the euro zone’s fifth-largest economy.

Additional reporting by Gilbert Kreijger; Editing by Patrick Graham and Susan Fenton

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Greek hosts warm to Macron's euro zone vision

ATHENS (Reuters) - French President Emmanuel Macron on Thursday backed Germany’s idea of a European Monetary Fund (EMF) to counter economic shocks in euro zone member states but stressed the ultimate goal of deeper integration should remain a euro zone budget.

French President Emmanuel Macron and Greek Prime Minister Alexis Tsipras are seen before delivering their speeches atop the Pnyx Hill in Athens, Greece, September 7, 2017. REUTERS/Aris Messinis/Pool

Macron, who wants a giant leap forward in European cooperation, pressed for greater financial solidarity towards the bloc’s more vulnerable members. He also used a visit to Greece, which nearly crashed out of the euro zone in 2015, to call for an easing of Athens’ debt burden.

Elected in May, the French leader is trying to reshape and strengthen the euro currency bloc by creating a euro zone finance minister and parliament, as well as a stand-alone budget to cushion against economic shocks and head off future crises.

But he is running into German resistance despite conciliatory public signals from Chancellor Angela Merkel. Her finance minister has proposed transforming the euro zone’s rescue fund, the European Stability Mechanism (ESM), into a fully fledged EMF with more powers to support weaker members.

“We should head towards a European Monetary Fund but this should in no way be mixed up with a (euro zone) budget,” Macron told Greek President Prokopis Pavlopoulos.

With its own EMF, Europe would be less reliant on the Washington-based International Monetary Fund, a key player in successive Greek bailouts.

“We respect the IMF, but we can manage better with an organisation which was set up to have a European mentality and understand the euro zone’s special features,” Pavlopoulos said.

The euro zone is emerging from the near-decade-long economic and financial crisis that almost ripped it apart. But Macron lamented what he called a “kind of civil war” over differences within the currency union. He praised Greece’s austerity reforms but said ordinary Greeks had paid a heavy price.

Greece’s economy is showing signs of rebounding after a deep recession that shrank it by a quarter, boosting hopes it can emerge from years of financial bailouts. Even so, unemployment stands at nearly 22 percent, the highest in the euro zone.

French President Emmanuel Macron delivers a speech atop the Pnyx Hill as the Acropolis hill with the ancient Parthenon temple is seen in the background in Athens, Greece, September 7, 2017. REUTERS/Aris Messinis/Pool

Macron renewed his call for tighter oversight of foreign investments in the EU -- a message that Greece has opposed -- and urged European investors to support the Greek recovery.

The privatisation of state assets has been a key element of Greece’s bailouts since 2010. China’s COSCO shipping, owner of the world’s fourth largest container fleet, took a 51 percent stake in Greece’s largest port last year.

“A Europe which protects itself is one which protects our strategic investments,” said Macron, who travelled to Athens with about 40 French executives.

“I want Greece to continue to remain attractive, to open itself to international investors, and for Europe to fully support it in order to maintain European sovereignty.”

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Euro zone governments in June approved another 11th-hour credit line for Greece worth nearly $10 billion (7.65 billion pounds) after the IMF said it would in principle join the country’s current bailout, having hesitated for two years.

In June the IMF demanded that Greece adopt more austerity measures in 2019 and 2020, after the current bailout programme expires in August 2018.

Greek Prime Minister Alexis Tsipras said Greece planned to exit its international bailout next August, putting an end to years of crisis and uncertainty.

Europe, he added, needed to create institutions to resolve future crises without having to turn to “third parties” such as the IMF for financial support.

“We are absolutely ready and determined to move in this direction and I‘m certain our lenders have the same approach of avoiding hurdles and delays,” Tsipras said.

Greece and the IMF have often crossed swords over Greece’s fiscal progress, its economic targets and unpopular reforms in the labour market. Macron urged the IMF to show “good faith” in upcoming Greek debt talks.

Reporting by Michel Rose, Renee Maltezou and Lefteris Papadimas; Writing by Richard Lough; Editing by Mark Trevelyan

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Kobayashi back for Monza but future uncertain

MONZA Italy (Reuters) - Japanese driver Kamui Kobayashi was in Tokyo when he received a call on Wednesday telling him he would be racing for Caterham in Sunday’s Italian Grand Prix.

Caterham Formula One driver Kamui Kobayashi of Japan adjusts his cap during final practice ahead of the British Grand Prix at the Silverstone Race Circuit, central England, July 5, 2014. REUTERS/Paul Hackett

Fighting off the fatigue after hurriedly packing his bags and getting on a plane, Kobayashi told reporters on Thursday he was glad to be back in Formula One but uncertain about what the future might hold.

He has not raced since the end of July after being dropped for last month’s Belgian Grand Prix - supposedly because the team wanted to get comparative feedback from Germany’s triple Le Mans winner Andre Lotterer.

Lotterer, who was making his F1 debut at the age of 32, completed barely two laps at Spa.

“It’s not an easy situation. I am here for the sport of racing, but looking at the last couple of weeks I think it’s more political stuff happening than sport,” Kobayashi told reporters.

“We’ve had talks with lawyers and this is what we have right now. The team is in a difficult situation. I understand this and I want to help the team.”

Caterham changed ownership in July, with Malaysian aviation entrepreneur Tony Fernandes selling to a group of mystery Swiss and Middle Eastern investors whose public face is former F1 team boss Colin Kolles.

Kobayashi, hugely popular at home, had raised money from supporters to secure the drive but Caterham are fighting for survival and in need of more backing.

Spaniard Roberto Merhi, the 23-year-old who could race for the team later in the season once he has secured a super licence, will make his F1 debut in Friday first practice using Kobayashi’s car.

The Japanese said he had been ready to race in Spa and had travelled to Belgium but not gone to the track after being told he was not required.

“They didn’t tell me a reason, just that I wasn’t driving,” he said.

The team’s other driver, Swedish rookie Marcus Ericsson, looks secure due to the sponsorship he brings but Kobayashi could be out again for the next race in Singapore if Merhi gets the mileage and stays out of trouble in Monza practice.

Merhi told reporters separately that he did not know whether he would race there.

“At the moment the plan is to do FP1 (first practice) to see how it goes and see how much I can learn about the car and F1,” he said.

“Then we will see what is going on and what the next target is. But Singapore is quite a tough place to do a first race, so many corners and in the night.”

Editing by Ed Osmond

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Saab picks Adani as partner for India fighter jets contract: consultant

NEW DELHI (Reuters) - Sweden’s Saab will tie up with India’s Adani Group to bid for a contract to make fighter aircraft in India, an aerospace consultant aware of the proposed partnership told Reuters on Thursday.

The partnership will compete with U.S. defense giant Lockheed Martin in a two horse-race to equip the Indian military with single-engine jets to be produced locally under Prime Minister Narendra Modi’s “Make-in-India” initiative.

The Saab-Adani partnership would be aimed at producing planes under India’s new “strategic partnership” policy, said Ratan Shrivastava, an independent New-Delhi-based consultant and adviser at India’s industry lobby group FICCI.

The partnership will likely be announced on Friday, Shrivastava said.

Saab declined to comment. Saab President and Chief Executive Hakan Buskhe will host a media event in New Delhi on Friday, Saab said in a press invitation issued on Wednesday. It did not give details.

There was no immediate comment from Adani, which is a $12 billion group with businesses ranging from energy and logistics to real estate and defense.

Shares in Adani Enterprises Ltd, a group company, rose on Thursday after the news of the planned Saab tie-up and were trading about 2.7 percent higher. Saab shares were up 1.8 percent.

Under India’s new defense partnership policy, a foreign aircraft maker will collaborate with an Indian firm to develop a world-class indigenous aeronautical base that India has struggled to build for decades.

Lockheed has already picked India’s Tata Advanced Systems as its local partner to produce its F-16 fighter planes that will compete with Saab’s Gripen aircraft.

The government will issue a formal request to Lockheed and Saab over the next few days to provide information about their plans to design, develop and produce combat jets in India, a government official told Reuters earlier this week.

India’s air force needs hundreds of aircraft to replace its Soviet-era fleet, but Modi wants the planes built in India to help boost the domestic industrial base and cut imports.

Additional reporting by Aditi Shah and Nidhi Verma; Editing by Neil Fullick and Muralikumar Anantharaman

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Doctors warn of healthcare impact from Pacific trade pact

WASHINGTON (Reuters) - Doctors and health professionals from both sides of the Pacific on Thursday said they worry that a major regional trade pact could result in higher medical costs and urged a full assessment of the pact’s impact on healthcare.

In a letter to be published in The Lancet medical journal, academics and medical associations from seven of the 12 countries negotiating the Trans-Pacific Partnership voiced their concerns over the deal, which seeks to cut tariffs and set common standards on intellectual property.

“Rising medicine costs would disproportionately affect already vulnerable populations, obstructing efforts to improve health equity within and between countries,” they wrote in the letter.

“We call on our governments to publicly release the full (TPP) draft text, and to secure independent and comprehensive assessments of the health and human rights consequences of the proposed agreement for each nation.”

The letter was signed by 27 academics, doctors and health professionals, including the heads of the Public Health Association of Australia, the Public Health Association of New Zealand, the Canadian Public Health Association, the Vietnam Public Health Association and the Malaysia AIDS Council.

With the TPP talks nearing completion, one of the thorniest outstanding issues is the monopoly period for biologic drugs, which include some of the latest cancer treatments, such as Roche Holding AG’s Herceptin for breast cancer and Merck & Co’s Gardasil for cervical cancer.

The United States protects biologics for 12 years, while Japan protects them for eight years and Australia for five. Some other countries like Chile have no special protections at all.

The issue is particularly difficult for Australia and New Zealand, which have taxpayer-funded subsidy schemes for medicines. Costs could balloon if cheaper generic drugs are slower to come to market.

Deborah Gleeson, a lecturer at Australia’s La Trobe University and one of the letter’s authors, estimates that generic versions of the 10 most expensive drugs available under that country’s Pharmaceutical Benefits Scheme would save more than A$200 million a year.

The Australian and New Zealand trade ministers have both said they will do nothing to undermine public health programs.

U.S. Trade Representative Michael Froman said on Jan. 27 that the United States had argued that data protection can help promote innovation and make sure that drugs come to markets earlier, but acknowledged the issue was “one of the most difficult.”

“Our goal is on one hand to promote innovation and creativity in this country, and also to ensure access to affordable medicines, particularly in developing countries,” he told a congressional hearing.

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March 20, 2013 / 11:22 PM / 5 years ago

Administration still pushing for assault weapons ban: Biden

WASHINGTON (Reuters) - Vice President Joe Biden said on Wednesday that the Obama administration would continue to press for an assault weapons ban as part of gun control legislation despite a serious setback on the issue earlier this week.

U.S. Vice President Joseph Biden talks before U.S. President Barack Obama signs the Violence Against Women Act while at the Department of Interior in Washington, March 7, 2013. REUTERS/Larry Downing

Senate Majority Leader Harry Reid acknowledged on Tuesday that there was not enough support for the ban in the Senate, meaning it would fail when gun control legislation comes to the floor of the chamber next month.

Biden, who has led President Barack Obama’s push for tighter gun regulations, said he was undeterred.

“We are still pushing that it pass,” Biden told NPR in an interview, according to its website.

“I believe that the vast majority of the American people agree with us, the vast majority of gun owners agree with us, that military-style assault weapons are — these are weapons of war. They don’t belong in the street,” he said.

Reporting by Jeff Mason; Editing by Bob Burgdorfer

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Sore Necks - 24 August 2012

Our intended route for today was 90 miles which GoogleMap said would take under 2 hours: we managed to stretch that by 50% and take all day.

Our first diversion was to an overlook at the mouth of the Klamath River; the unexpected treat here was the fleet of small boats on the river with fishermen tending their nets.  The Yurok are permited to set nets in the river to catch Steelhead Salmon and they were busy hauling them out of the river.

Back on the main road for a mile or two and then off again to undertake an activity that I had first read about in a book as a child; a tree big enough to drive through.  For a mere $5 you can drive through (more than once if there is not a queue) a Coast Redwood.  The mirrors on the rental did not appear to want to fold in so, with a few cms to spare on each side, we idled through.

Our next stop was to walk a short trail at Ah-Pah where they have completely removed and rehabilitated an old logging road.  Even with before and after photos it is impossible to see where the road once was.

Ah-Pah is a short way up an alternative route to Hwy 101 which is entirely through old-growth redwoods thus providing stunning vistas at every turn.   Just before the other end is the pull off for "Big Tree", a 300ft speciman that is actually missing the top section of the main trunk.

After lunch it was time for some serious walking so from the Visitor Center we walked along the Prairie Creek trail as far as Big Tree, then took the Cathedral Trees trail back to our starting point.  Wandering along through these forest giants was the source of the sore necks as one is constantly craning to see the tops 200-300ft above the trail.  A walk like this is not recommended for those suffering vertigo.

Although the coast redwood is the tallest living entity, the cones are ridiculously small, about the size of an olive, and not the source of most new trees.  Around the base of old trees are root burls and if the old tree is stressed, new shoots sprout from the burls and because they share the established root system these new trees grow very quickly - compared to seedings from cones.  Thus it is common to see older trunks surrounded by younger trunks and on the Cathedral Trees walk there was one group that comprised at least 28 significantly sized trees plus other much smaller shoots.  All seperate trees but all the same tree.

Up Bald Hill Road is the Lady Bird Johnson Grove and interpretative walk which was most informative.

Tired out for the day we headed back to Hwy 101 and stopped in at Trinidad, a cute little spot overlooking the harbour with a copy of probably the shortest lighthouse in the world, 25', enhancing the vista.

Dinner was a particular treat; The Samoa Cookhouse is the only remaining cookhouse in the west.  Originally built around 1893  to feed the employees of the lumber company it was opened to the public in the late 1960s as a restaurant with a difference. It is still run as a cookhouse so the meal you get is the meal they are cooking that night.
The choice is to eat it or not.  The portions are lumber-jack size and although we had put in a long day in the forest the cookhouse bread, soup, salad, chicken parmesan, slab of pork, potatoes, peas and desert were a challenge and seconds were respectfully declined.  It was all you could eat for $15.95 - great value and a totally different experience.

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One of the things that usually come as a big surprise to a lot of people out there when it comes right down to it is that the bathroom is considered to be the most expensive room in a house. Given the fact that your bathroom is going to be one of your most personal spaces, being able to have the highest level of comfort in it is considered to be very important. At some point in time, you will find yourself in a position where you would want to make some changes and when it comes to remodeling, it is of utmost importance that it is done properly the cost will be quite significant. When it comes to bathroom remodeling however, getting some professionals to work on it will be necessary because you would want this to be done properly the first time around, unlike most of the things around the house that you can do all by yourself.

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It can be that you have planned for everything on your upcoming event but the only problems that you are confused about transportation means. When looking for a company that can offer you transportation services during your special event, you have to ensure that you hire one which will provide you with the quality services. The best company that offer the best transportation services that you are recommended to find is the limousine services provider.

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5 Takeaways That I Learned About Tips Mon, 16 Oct 2017 11:59:41 +0000 Tips On Upgrading Your Garden.

Most of the contractors nowadays leave a garden at the back of the houses that are used by the owners to plant some vegetables and flowers in trying to make it more attractive. Here are some of the tips to help in making your vegetable garden look good. There are many individuals who try to add vegetables, but they still leave their garden looking the same. Containers can be utilized as one of the means to improve the standards of one’s yard by planting succulents in the containers in an eye-catching pattern.

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Interesting Research on Locksmiths – What You Didn’t Know Mon, 16 Oct 2017 07:57:50 +0000 Why You Should Ensure the Best Locksmith

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Although purchasing used car parts is affordable and an easy way of accessing these automotive parts, the baseline is to ensure that you not only buy used car parts, but you get a useful part. For this reason, therefore, it important to plan of purchasing the car parts. Thre are certain issues that should be looked at before undertaking thing venture for the first time.

The significant and initial thing to do is research properly.

The the first way would, therefore, be through talking to either your friends, associates who have bought the second-hand car parts before and get their personal experience. Consider , taking a look at these parts in their cars and even ask to be shown the dealers who sold them these parts. This will enable you to understand how to the process goes and make you decide on what to get.

The the additional thing would be to compare the products from different businesses and get to select from the best. If you are not very good with cars, you probably can bring with you a mechanic to help in analyzing the available car parts from various shops.

Ensure you confirm about the technical features of the car part you are purchasing so that you get an efficient car part. Bear in mind that, the fundamental thing about the second-hand car parts is mainly its ability to function, for this reason, therefore, confirm the part can be useful to you before buying it. This is because the peripheral of these parts can easily be modified to suit your taste.

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Furthermore, confirm any provision of exchange policies. to ensure that the unexpected are taken care of.

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What Do You Know About Weddings Mon, 16 Oct 2017 07:57:24 +0000 What are the Uses of the Ceremonial Sand?

Many people who plan for the events normally consider the decoration part very much since it is a very importance part of ensuring that the event is colorful and memorable. People normally look forward to having the most unique and colorful events. To achieve the uniqueness, people are advised to carry out some research on some of the uncommon decors that they can afford to purchase. One of the d?cor that is not very common to many people is the ceremonial sand also known as the unity sand. the unity sand has found most of its use at the wedding events as a powerful d?cor. The main objective of the wedding organizing committee is to make most of the things that will happen and those that will be used to have e very unique purpose and use.

The unity sand also popularly known as the ceremonial sand is used to mark certain rituals at the events. The ceremonial sand is usually extracted from a special type of rick that is glass and it is ground into granules that are dyed to produce the d?cor. The main purpose of dyeing the sand with various colors is to express the unity of the different calibers of the people who have attended the wedding ceremony and mor5e so the bride and the groom. It expresses the unity of the family members. The use of the wedding ceremony as a d?cor and also as a symbol of unity is a very simple idea that many people can understand but it also conveys a very strong message within the performance of the ritual.

There is a lot of information on the internet that touches the various uses of the wedding sand. There are the articles posted on the internet that touches more on the various uses of the ceremonial sand end even the significances. People can read more here on the internet about the various uses of the sand so that they can be able to use it for the rightful purpose and even to convey the appropriate message to the crowd. The origin of this wedding sand ceremonial culture is believed to take its roots back from the Native American culture and is still been popularly used today.

There are very many types of rocks that can be ground to get the Sandsational sparkle effect from the sand. Normally, many people prefer to fetch the sand that has been deposited by the sea or the rivers since it is very clean and polished such that its surface will be able to reflect very well when dyed. People who do not have access to the river deposits of the ceremonial sand can purchase it from the shops. Such weddings are suitably carried out outdoors.

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Building Self-esteem Sun, 15 Oct 2017 22:10:22 +0000 Many people struggle with low self esteem. These feelings can lead to a lack of productivity in personal and professional pursuits. Constant battles with self-esteem could even lead individuals to start battling with depression or other such conditions. Therefore, learning how to build up self-esteem is an important skill for humans to possess.

Set Realistic Goals

Individuals often find that their self-esteem drops when they feel as though they have failed. Failure can come for a variety of reasons, and one of those causes involves goals that are set too high. For example, when people don’t lose the amount of weight that they would like within a month, they may experience a decline in their self-esteem. The issue may be that they are aiming to lose too much weight in one month. Setting reasonable goals can assist in building better self-esteem.

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Most people have at least a skill or two that they aren’t using to the fullest potential. Some individuals may notice that they are musically or artistically-inclined but never take classes or share those talents with other people. Even if individuals are nervous about letting other people know about their talents, they could start by working to perfect those skills. Signing up for some art classes or working with a guitar instructor each week can help these learners to build confidence in their skills.

Accept Praise

Some people brush praise off the moment that they hear it. They may assume that the speakers are not being sincere and that they are just saying empty words. However, learning to accept praise plays an important role in building self-esteem. The next time that someone offers a compliment, accepting it, instead of pushing it aside, can significantly enhance the recipient’s demeanor. He or she may begin to realize that the compliment is true and use that energy toward building even greater self-esteem.

Self-esteem plays an important role in life. People who have this confidence may find that they can better tackle challenges, and they may feel more energetic and happy in their lives. Learning how to increase self-esteem can make major changes for individuals.


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Re: Waking up covered in dew

Nick Maclaren (
19 Aug 1996 05:28:05 GMT

In article <>,
Gerrit Hanenburg <> wrote:
> (Nick Maclaren) wrote:
>>>Pardon my intrusion, but why are you concerned about dew and even
>>>hypothermia? I thought all of this was supposed to be happening in a
>>>tropical semi-arid African savanna.
>>Grin :-) I grew up there! Most of it is at high altitude (5,000 feet
>>plus), and mild frosts at night are common in the dry season. While
>>dew is not the problem that it is in the UK, there is often enough to
>>make things wet, and it is often cold enough to cause hypothermia.
>But exactly where did you grow up? That can make a lot of difference.

Zambia which is, admittedly, colder than Kenya or Tanzania. But not
as much as all that.

> We're talking about possible ape/hominid country here.
> Goodall in "The Chimpanzees of Gombe" reports for the Gombe region an
> average maximum temperature ranging from about 25C-26.5C in the wet
> season and 27C-30C in the dry season,while the mean minimum
> temperature stays between 18.5C and 21C.

That is not exactly in the savanna! Yes, the Congo and West African
jungles remain pretty warm.

> As far as savanna is concerned,Sinclair in "Serengeti II" reports a
> relatively constant mean monthly maximum of 27-28C at Seronera
> (central Serengeti),while minimum temperature varies from 16C in the
> hot months (October-March) to 13C during May-August.
> None of these report nightly frost.

Part of the key is 'mean minimum', and another is altitude. Also,
note that I did NOT say 'nightly frost'. I have slept out near
there, and it was a damn sight colder than 13 degrees Celcius. I
take your point that humans could well have lived only in the areas
of the savanna that virtually never have frosts, but at least SOME
nights will have been cold whereever they were (on the savanna).

My main point is that all areas of the savanna have some coldish
nights, and many get quite cold (at least occasionally). This is
entirely different from the rain forests, which don't. I can
definitely witness that dew on naked skin could be a problem on the
high ground in the Kenya/Tanzania area, but not that early humans
lived in that particular terrain!

Nick Maclaren,
University of Cambridge Computer Laboratory,
New Museums Site, Pembroke Street, Cambridge CB2 3QG, England.
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Uncle Am Records

Uncle Am Stuart     Uncle Am Stuart played music grounded in American traditions and values to real people. Truly a high profile musician for his early career, before radio and recording, he entertained thousands throughout the hills of Tennessee with his humor, his loving attitude, and, of course, his fiddle.

     A champion fiddler of various fairs and contests throughout the South, Uncle Am's repertoire and style had evolved through the 1800's from Civil War tunes he learned as a youngster, to folk songs that echoed through the mountains and valleys of Tennessee.

Uncle Am's Home     Born in 1853 near Morristown, TN., Am began to play fiddle an early age. Although some of the more strict religious folks of the time frowned upon fiddle music, the good Lord had placed a great desire in AM's heart to play, which he felt obliged to pursue. He practiced anywhere he could. If his family tired of his persistent practice, he'd run off to the nearby post Civil War black camps, picking up all the fiddle licks and tunes he could absorb from these newly freed people. After that, he would simply go into the barn to play all alone.

     Equating his fiddlin' with his spirituality, Am said it in his own words: "Why, man, Ah guess if I should go out into th' woods an' go down on my knees to git religion in the spirit of determination Ah went about my fiddlin', why, Ah wouldn't be surprised if Ah should just nach'ly get religion."

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Uncle Am's Fiddle    Some of the early recording companies could not ignore the popularity of southern mountain music. One such company, Aeolian-Vocalion, sought out Uncle Am in 1924 and brought him to New York where he recorded at least fourteen selections for the label. These releases, including "Grey Eagle", "Waggoneer", and "Sallie Gooden", were advertised and promoted across the nation. While in New York, Am broadcast over WJY, making him probably the first mountain fiddler to ever be heard in the Northeast U.S.

      Uncle Am Stuart's influence on Country Music should not be underestimated. Many of the tunes he recorded eventually were very often played on the Grand Ole Opry. A young boy named Roy Acuff heard Uncle Am perform and was inspired to play fiddle himself. He later learned "Grey Eagle" from Uncle AM's 78 phono and a teenage Alison Krauss placed in the numerous fiddling contests decades later performing the same song. Also, according to Roy Acuff's fiddle playin' cousin, Charlie Acuff, Uncle Am had told the young Georgian fiddler John Carson to refer to himself as "Fiddlin" John Carson; the name stuck. Many more stories circulate about Uncle AM's colorful life. As a boy he roomed with his younger brother George R. Stuart, where they played typical boyish pranks on each other. Little did they know the great influence they would each have on the shaping of America's music.

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Monday, April 5, 2010

Anti-Procrastination Tuesdays: The Motivations

Anti-Procrastination Tuesdays: Part 3! Truly, this should be part 5 or 6 or something, but I keep on procrastinating writing a blog in time to get it posted on Amy's Anti-Procrastination link party :(

I've been continuing to work on several household projects I have (planning meals by the month, repotting plants, etc.), but I've also been thinking about some of the motivations behind getting stuff done. Why do we want to accomplish things? What will benefit from starting/working on/finishing a project? What gets us started on a project?

Everyone will have different motivations, mine are primarily intrinsic. Most of the tasks on my list don't really benefit anyone other than myself (also probably since it's just me and the Jack Russell), and most of those tasks exist because something in my life feels out of balance & adds additional distractions to my life. I can get distracted so easily, from a dirty floor, unorganized shoes, documents that need to be scanned, or remembering to add to my Netflix queue. What am I distracted from? Primarily two things: peace of mind & focusing on other people.

Arg! Now my peace of mind is shot! Butler lost to Duke! As a Jayhawk fan, I was rooting for Butler, so now I can't focus enough to write, I'm going to bed. Maybe to be continued...

  1. I love the "half-a-blog" part:) Makes me smile, it IS about babysteps, so half is better than none!! Good for you!
    I've enjoyed reading up on your life, keep on bloggin'!
    Thanks for linking up to "AP Tuesdays"

  2. At school today I wrote on the board that it was Anti-Procrastination Tuesday. One of my smart alec students crossed it out and scribbled "postponed until tomorrow".

  3. Lol, I wrote something similar too. Except that I procrastinated so much that I didn't write an entry until today. I didn't even finish half a blog yesterday, instead I fell asleep.
    I hear you on the motivation. I too get easily distracted. All I end up doing is running around in circles. That is why I always use a times to keep myself focused for at least 10 minutes, but sometimes even that doesn't work.
    Found you at Anti-procrastination Tuesday.


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Thursday, December 6, 2012

December 6, 2012

Well, yesterday was a truly difficult day but it was also a really family day. I had a lovely breakfast with Dad as he was in for a visit. Justin and I spent the evening over at Shannon's helping with a wide range of things from using Justin's tall-boy skills to replace light bulbs to drawing on my earliest business savvy of cleaning doll clothes. I talked to Mom and there were emails with Suzie and with Jason. That's a moment of loving contact with everyone in the family and for that, I'm truly grateful.

Wow. Yesterday was pretty rough. I did feel like the tide started to turn though, and it started with this little bottle of teatree oil which I ended up getting for free when it scanned at the wrong price. Not everything was sunshine and daisy's after that, but there still felt like a definitive shift.

Yup, that was one for the books. Jamie, it means so much to see our Latvian doll here. That immediately made me feel better. I got up late today and feel like I can hardly move. BTW, if you use cucumbers for your eyelids (which did seem to help) make sure to thinly slice them and remove the peel. Otherwise they just hover on one spot like a UFO. That analogy was for you Shannon.

I am grateful to have had so much contact with family during a crisis and know there were so many people I could talk to. We are very lucky we can do this and I adore and love all of you.

Suzie Ridler said...

I love that doll and it helped seeing it, thank you so much for sharing that Jamie. I am glad you had such a full family day, that is a beautiful thing.

Shannon said...

Late addition pic for me.

Wow, we all had a rough day yesterday. It was really good to connect so much through all the challenges. What a day.

Jamie Ridler Studios said...

I'm so thankful that we're family. ((bighugs))

Suzie Ridler said...

I am so glad you can feel the shift Shannon! Yes, what a day indeed. Me too Jamie!


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Monday, April 6, 2015

April 6, 2015

This weekend Justin and I finished up the series of Ballroom Dance classes that we started on my birthday. We've learned the very basics of tango, rumba, east coast swing and now, foxtrot. I loved the foxtrot (think Fred and Ginger). It really moves across the floor and was so much fun. I am truly going to miss these lessons. Ballroom dance is definitely something I'd love to keep learning!

Art Day! I had a lot of fun with Carla's warm up exercises, and I picked out a bunch of pictures for faces and really hope to try them all out. I also picked for a few different magazines, and it's amazing how frequently only looked at sort of 'beauty shots' in fashion mags, but looking in a few places it was cool to get shots that were different angles, different ages and guys too. Drawing beards is weird!

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I'm so impressed you and Justin learned Ballroom Dancing! And got to do moves that we've only previously seen on TV or in the movies, how exciting! SO... does this dog dance ? Or is that Level II....

Late add from me.


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Tuesday, May 8, 2012

Happy Mother's Day, Mom ♥

How many cares
does a mother's heart know--
How many joys
does a mother bestow?
How many heartwarming things
has she said--
How many tears
has she secretly shed?
How many smiles
has she given away--
How many kindnesses,
day after day?
How many dreams
has she had for another?
Nobody knows--
except for a mother.
Thank you, Mother,
for all your love
and for the way
you make life special
all year through.

Dorothy Louise Stanley Sharpley
Mary Lee Anderson Hamilton

What a task!....
 I salute my Mom, and my Mother-in-law for passing the task with flying colors!  How blessed I am to have these two women still active, healthy, and lovingly involved in my life.  ♥ ♥ ♥ ♥

When I read the following verses from Proverbs 31, I am reminded of what the Bible tells us that  women should strive to accomplish.

Who can find a virtuous and capable wife?
    She is more precious than rubies.
11 Her husband can trust her,
    and she will greatly enrich his life.
12 She brings him good, not harm,
    all the days of her life.
13 She finds wool and flax
    and busily spins it.
14 She is like a merchant’s ship,
    bringing her food from afar.
15 She gets up before dawn to prepare breakfast for her household
    and plan the day’s work for her servant girls.
16 She goes to inspect a field and buys it;
    with her earnings she plants a vineyard.
17 She is energetic and strong,
    a hard worker.
18 She makes sure her dealings are profitable;
    her lamp burns late into the night.
19 Her hands are busy spinning thread,
    her fingers twisting fiber.
20 She extends a helping hand to the poor
    and opens her arms to the needy.
21 She has no fear of winter for her household,
    for everyone has warm[c] clothes.
22 She makes her own bedspreads.
    She dresses in fine linen and purple gowns.
23 Her husband is well known at the city gates,
    where he sits with the other civic leaders.
24 She makes belted linen garments
    and sashes to sell to the merchants.
25 She is clothed with strength and dignity,
    and she laughs without fear of the future.
26 When she speaks, her words are wise,
    and she gives instructions with kindness.
27 She carefully watches everything in her household
    and suffers nothing from laziness.
28 Her children stand and bless her.
    Her husband praises her:
29 “There are many virtuous and capable women in the world,
    but you surpass them all!”
30 Charm is deceptive, and beauty does not last;
    but a woman who fears the Lord will be greatly praised.
31 Reward her for all she has done.
    Let her deeds publicly declare her praise.

As for me......Oh Yes.......
I'm a Mother, too!
What an honor!
Lauren, Sarah, and Walter

Andrew, Stephanie, and Brian
and Landon

3 John 1:4   I have no greater joy than to hear that my children walk in TRUTH.

I love the Proverbs 31 daily devotions. A special lady sent this to me yesterday. What a powerful reminder! ----->  A Mother's Hand

H.A.P.P.Y   M.O.T.H.E.R.'S   D.A.Y


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Wednesday, 13 November 2013

I'm Pregnant, Can I still....? (Beauty Edition)

When I found I was pregnant I already knew there would be sacrifices - my weekend bottle of wine, soft garlic and herb cheese, sushi and limits on caffeine. Then, as I was browsing the baby websites, my thinking went onto my beauty regime, being an aromatherapist I knew already there was certain oils I would need to avoid but what about what I do everyday?

Here is the lowdown, beauty wise, of what sacrifices might have to be made.

Essential Oils

These will be presented with their Latin names in ingredients list so it is recommended to invest some time in researching them. Essential oils used correctly can bring benefits to tired limbs, stress, and general well being. It is recommended to avoid in the first trimester until baby is more established. I could easily write a whole entry on essential oils in pregnancy alone but I found the helpful people at Baby Centre sum it up better.
Hair Dye

For someone who has dark hair and greys, this was my biggest panic as I regally have to dye it to keep it one colour. There is no compulsive evidence that hair dye can affect your baby, personally I waited until the first 3 months had passed and has my first scan until I dyed. The chemicals in the dye are miniscule and a high amount would need to be ingested to affect. It is paramount that you do a skin test before using as your hair and skin changes with pregnancy, this can mean things you were fine with before can make you allergic.
Fake Tan

For those who feel the need to stil get some colour while waiting for baby there is good news, you can still tan. There is however a bit caution over the spray tan as you can breathe in the molecules and not enough research have been done on the safety of this. Always do a patch test before using as I said above you become more sensitive to products. Sunbeds

Nail Varnish

Most of the varnishes these days are free of the two chemical that could cause defeats if used consistently (we are talking more nail technicians who work round them everyday); Formaldehyde (Varnish hardener) and Toluene (helps varnish to glide on smoother). There are also restrictions in place on how much of these ingredients are in the products so the risk is still small. I use Essie and OPI, which both do not use these.
Removing Nail Varnish

Acetone can be used in pregnancy, same as varnish, it is when it is used in high volumes that it can become harmful. There is acetone free versions that is also more gentle on nails if you are concerned.
Fake Nails (Gel and acrylic)

You will find in pregnancy that you're nails will grow faster and be stronger than before and you may not feel the need to have extensions out on. However, if you do choose to, they are safe as long as it is in a well ventilated area and be aware that there could be sensitivity. If you work with them everyday, you may need to have a risk assessment and not work on extensions until you have finished bread feeding as prolonged exposure does not benefit baby.

With gel nails, whether you are pregnant or not, a key ingredient that is still used and can cause harm to lungs, skin and eyes is methyl methacrylate monomer (MMA). These are being replaced but some budget salons still use and need to be avoided.

You should inform your therapist that you are pregnant (many salons will not preform while in the first trimester), they should do a skin patch test of wax to make sure that you not allergic. You will find that your hair will grow quicker and there will be more of it (sorry dark haired people - this is very true as I know being one of you); you wil also find it more painful than before. With waxing it is not a full no, but it is a proceed with caution.

Teeth Bleaching

For at home kits you will need the approval of your midwife or doctor, personally I would avoid due to the chemicals in them. I consulted the Dentists at my work place and it was a clear No from all of them. I know that currently my gums and teeth are very sensitive and would not even consider having anything near them than a toothbrush at the moment.

For all the research I have done I have gathered the following points:
  • Your skin and teeth are more sensitive during pregnancy due to the change of hormones.
  • While most products are safe, extreme caution should be used before use.
  • Where possible patch test 24-48 hours before use.
  • Follow the manufactures instructions closely.
  • If ever in doubt, don't use it.

  1. Things really do change when you get pregnant. I noticed that I began reacting to my fav products so I had to stop

    1. I've had to change nearly everything as my skin/hair/body has reacted to most things ;-(

  2. I just wanted to say that I really enjoy your blog! Keep up the great work ♡

    PS: May I invite you to my giveaway?

    Win a SUITSUIT luggage set (value €407) on my blog:

    1. Thank you very much, invite is there if anyone wants to check it out x

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Dr. Katharine Knowlton is a nutrient management specialist at Virginia Tech, whose research focuses on environmental issues associated with animal agriculture, including nutrient pollution of ground and surface water. She also specializes on the impact of nutrition and herd management on nutrient losses from dairy farms, ruminant phosphorus digestion and metabolism, wastewater treatment to achieve target nutrient composition of land-applied wastes and endocrine disrupting chemicals in livestock wastes. Dr. Knowlton currently teaches two undergraduate courses, Livestock and the Environment and Introduction to Dairy Science, and two graduate level courses, entitled Advanced Topics in Animal Nutrition and Advanced Ruminant Nutrition Colloquium. She currently serves as the Panel Chair for Nutrition and Forages panel of the Office of Scientific Quality Review Food Animal Production, the Assistant Coach of the Virginia Tech Judging Team and is a member of the National Dairy Shrine Board of Directors.

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PhD 1997 University of Maryland Animal Science
MS 1993 Michigan State University Animal Science
BS 1991 Cornell University Animal Science & Agricultural Economics

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1997 - Present Research Scientist, Assistant Professor and Associate Professor of Dairy Science, Virginia Tech
1993 â€“ 1997 Graduate Research Assistant, Department of Animal and Avian Sciences, University of Maryland
1991 â€“ 1993 Graduate Research Assistant, Department of Animal Science, Michigan State University

Honors and Awards
ADSA Scholar Award in Dairy Production, 2005
Epsilon Sigma Phi National Honorary Extension Fraternity State Team Award, 2001
ADSA Graduate Student Paper Competition winner, 1997

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Valuable Lesson

Sammy Cashen - November 17, 2015

As many of you may have noticed was down (under construction) not long ago – Actually I experienced a nightmare journey into hackers and website programmers with let’s just varied skills and reliability and from this I learnt a very valuable lesson.

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Ms SOHO Review

Sammy Cashen - November 16, 2015

This week has been one of those weeks, where the weekend just couldn’t come soon enough. My mornings consisting of multiple alarm snoozes (more than the normal 2)  ensuring I squeezed in every extra minute of sleep where possible, even to the point where I didn’t have time to do my morning check of emails, Instagram and Facebook. WOW I must be tried missing instagram time.

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Highlighting and Contouring with Kryolan

Sammy Cashen - November 15, 2015

KRYOLAN – Professional make-up

Kryolan has long been a favourite brand of professional make-up artists. I had the pleasure of working with Kryolan and their very talented MUA Ruby throughout VAMFF where i learnt the art of Highlighting and Contouring.

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In a Narcotic Haze

For those of you wondering, the dearth of posts in the last couple of days has been the result of some major excavations and rootings: I had some wisdom teeth out, and am accordingly living in a Percocet-and-Gravol-induced wonderland. Unlike Coleridge, I haven't been moved to any great effusions of poetry from my opioid use. No Xanadu for this boy. Just a lot of mindless staring at the television, sucking in Dr Phil and Oprah like a parched sponge.

However, it turns out that narcotic euphoria is good for other mindless tasks, like writing HTML code, which general bores me more than even reality television. I've made some significant changes to the format of the Upper Canadian, and would be glad for comments and suggestions on usability. I like the result, but then, I'm walking in a poppy field at the moment.

Anonymous Doug Alder said...

Ah percocet - I had all four wisdom teeth pulled in my last (and hardest) semester in university (SFU) back in '76. All four developed dry sockets. I went through my final exams stoned ot of my mind and got some of my best grades of the semester :) I hate exams and get too nervous to do well on them. With Percocet I simply didn't give a damn. LOL

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Emilia Clarke Thanked The ‘Game Of Thrones’ Showrunners For One Memorable Sex Scene

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07.12.17 4 Comments

The hottest Game of Thrones sex scene involves very little sex. It happens in the season four episode “Mockingbird,” when Daenerys orders Daario Naharis, who brags that he’s only good at two things, “war and women,” to take his clothes off. Dany is impressed by what she sees, and they, well, y’know.

In an interview with Elle, Emilia Clarke called the scene “brilliant,” and that after reading the script, she “actually went up to [Game of Thrones co-creators David Benioff and Dan Weiss] and thanked them.” Clarke continued, “I was like, ‘That’s a scene I’ve been waiting for!’ Because I get a lot of crap for having done nudes scenes and sex scenes. That, in itself, is so anti-feminist. Women hating on other women is just the problem. That’s upsetting, so it’s kind of wonderful to have a scene where I was like, there you go!”

You go, Mother of Dragons.

No (still-alive) character on the show has been in more nude and sex scenes than Daenerys, who not once but twice has calmly walked out of flames while wearing nothing at all. She’s the Ned Flanders of Game of Thrones.

Clarke also told Elle that she’s had “sleepless nights” over the rapidly approaching final season. “My mates are like, ‘It’s you, you [and Daenerys] are one and the same now. You need to trust your instincts!’ And I’m like, ‘ No, I’ve got to do more research!’ The higher everyone places the mantle, the bigger the fall,” she said. “That sounds really awful, but it’s true! I don’t want to disappoint anyone.” The only one who’s disappointed is the original Daario.

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Hallmark Channel Is Starting A Kitten Football League This Fall

08.21.14 3 years ago 7 Comments

If I had two major complaints about Hallmark’s inaugural Kitten Bowl earlier this year, they would be (1) the fact that it was a bullsh*t Puppy Bowl knockoff “agility competition” that included “an obstacle course of hurdles of varying heights, A-frame Alpine scratchers, tunnels, hoop jumps and weave poles,” none of which constitute football in even the most generous definition of the term, and (2) entry into the game wasn’t merit-based in any discernible way.

Well, it looks like Hallmark has seen fit to address one of these issues. FINALLY.

In the run-up to Kitten Bowl II, Hallmark Channel is mounting the Feline Football League, which will seek out only the best and cutest kittens for a draft, which will institute all the new FFL teams. Beginning in November, animal-based-sports junkies will be able to follow along with the league’s latest games through Hallmark Channel’s website and social media as the teams march on toward Su-Purr Bowl Sunday on Feb. 1. [LA Times]

To recap: There is a Kitten Bowl, which will be played by the regular season champions of an all-kitten football league, which will be populated by kittens selected during a kitten draft. We are one, maybe two steps away from Mark Schlereth going on television and blasting a tiny fluffy cat in a bandana and gold chain as a me-first prima donna who doesn’t understand that playing in the Feline Football League is a privilege, not a right, and that you have to earn it by putting in the work. I kind of can’t wait.

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Is ‘Community’ About To Be Cancelled? Uh, Looks Like It

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05.07.14 82 Comments

NBC is picking up new shows left and right this week, including three new dramas and Casey Wilson’s sitcom Marry Me (more on those later today). And with every new series pick-up, the real-estate on NBC runs out. With Parks and Recreation returning, About a Boy and Growing Up Fisher looking likely, the sitcom slots are filling up quickly. What does that mean for Community? Well, early this morning, 12:46 a.m., to be exact, Chris McKenna — writer and executor producer of NBC’s Community — sent out an ominous tweet that suggested that the show may be dead.

Here’s the tweet:

Oh sh*t. But it’s not official, so NBC could still pick it up, right? RIGHT?

Here’s McKenna’s follow-up tweet an hour later.

So, in other words, Chris McKenna — who would know more than anyone — thinks that the series is about to get the sh*tcan. Let’s hope he’s wrong. Or it’s based on a bad hunch. Or he’s trying to goad us. Or he’s trolling us. Or SOMETHING. PLEASE GOD, WE NEED ONE MORE SEASON.

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Grakk The Devourer Becomes a Strong New Mobile Arena Hero!

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You need a tanker hero with powerful crowd control skills? If so, then you need to witness the power of the new Mobile Arena hero, Grakk the Devourer! 5 Strongest Mobile Arena Hero It’s Ready to Use in Grand Opening Indonesia Version!
Mobile Arena just opened in Indonesia! After we try and weigh the various heroes that exist, here is the strongest hero of the current Mobile Arena!

The new Hero Mobile Arena is known for its brutality. Grakk is a fat butcher who has unlimited hunger. The food is the soul of living beings. He chained the souls of all his prisoners and tore the souls who tried to rebel.

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Using his teeth, Grakk is able to torture those who try to fight him. But to get the ability that, he must pay the price is expensive. Now his body can not digest food other than the spirit itself. He must eat the spirits to relieve hunger, though the hunger itself never stops.

Grakk enlisted the help of Zhepys and Nakroth to overcome his hunger in peacetime. The first thing they do is harvest the spirits. At that moment, all the spirits successfully captured into Grakk food. When war broke out, in return for Grakk’s power, Maloch promised that Grakk could do whatever he wanted to any enemy he caught.

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The war season is like the harvest season for Grakk. He preys all the souls of his enemies without stopping. It made him a war enthusiast. Every soul that he has eaten will increase his strength. The spirit he could not devour would be forced to become part of the Fallen to get more food for him. Since then Grakk is known as the predator.

From this story, I myself think that this Grakk character is inspired also by the hero of Heroes of Newerth named Devourer. Their nickname is the same, the predator. In addition to having similarities, the basic design of both are also similar that is a tanker that has the ability of crowd control by using “hook.” I think readers know “Pudge the Butcher” from the Dota series, is not it?

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The new Mobile Arena hero design is also quite unique. Grakk has a large body. Even so big his body, there is a stitch wound that is open in the stomach. Kiki Grakk’s hand is no longer a meat, but a tool that has a hook that is associated with a long chain. This tool is able to shoot the hook to drag its prey.

Grakk himself used a unique shoulder and head protector, making himself look terrible in the eyes of his enemy. His thick body made him very fit to be a tanker. However Grakk itself can be a support hero or dealer damage, depending on team composition. But of all that, his role in the team remains the same as a crowd control.

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21 February 2009

Moon Passages

The waning and waxing Moon create beautiful close encounters with the planets in the coming days. In the pre-dawn skies the ever-thinning waning crescent passes near to Mercury, Jupiter and Mars, and a few days later after the new moon, the waxing crescent passes close to the brilliant evening "star" Venus.

18 February 2009

Comet Lulin

A comet is making its way across the Solar System and is reaching its best viewing in the next few days. Comet Lulin was discovered in 2007 and is now reaching its peak brightness as it moves into "opposition" on February 25th, the date it is exactly opposite the Sun from our Earth-bound point of view. On that date it will be visible in the evening sky near Saturn in the constellation Leo. Sky and Telescope Magazine has a great writeup on the comet.


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Urban Voices Radio: Brandon “B-Shatter” Harrison Interview (Audio) 07/01/2017

Poet and Spoken Word spitter, Brandon “B-Shatter” Harrison, kicks it with the Urban Voices crew and catches them up on the status of the national Black poetry scene. Harrison shares his introduction to poetry, his inspirations and what makes him one of the coldest spitters in the game today.

Shatter breaks down the rules and culture of poetry/spoken word – the competitions – and how the new generation has put its twist on the genre. He also announces his upcoming events and what Louisville can look forward to from the Black poetry/spoken word community.

URBAN VOICES RADIO – Every Sat from 4:30pm-5:30pm on WCHQ 100.9FM Louisville, KY or download the Crescent Hill Radio app.

Brad Harrison is a journalist/motivational speaker/entrepreneur and on-air personality. He earned a Bachelor's Degree in Communications with cum laude honors from the University of Louisville. In October 2015, he started UrbanMaxx Magazine to provide positive role models for Urban residents that reside in at-risk-communities and lack positive leadership in their lives. For booking or advertising - contact Brad Harrison at bradharrison@urbanmaxx.com