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Best Activities This Week In Los Angeles – December 12
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The holiday hits just keep coming as we make our way through the month. The week starts by screening a critically acclaimed, recently released film, and paying homage to some beloved classics at a pop up bar. A performance of Charles Dickens' "A Christmas Carol" is followed by a hilarious telethon parody, a day of ice skating and snacking, and two very different Nutcracker performances.
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The Contenders 2016 Screening: "Moonlight"
The Hammer Museum
hammer.ucla.edu
There are just a few more days left in the Hammer Museum/Museum of Modern Art's Contenders Screening series, giving audiences the chance to see recently released films that are bound for awards glory. Tonight's film, "Moonlight," follows the journey of an African American boy who moves from childhood to adolescence to manhood, and the range of experiences and emotions that follow. A Q&A with writer/director Barry Jenkins follows the screening, and a limited number of tickets are available at the box office tonight only.
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Stay Classy Pop Up Bar
TCL Chinese 6 Theatres
www.theatricum.com
If the holidays make you feel like you're trapped in a glass case of emotion, head to Hollywood & Highland's TCL Chinese Theatres for a special Will Ferrell-inspired pop up. New York based bar Stay Classy is taking over the third floor VIP Lounge with movie props and original art pieces from film some of Ferrell's most popular films, including "Elf," "Anchorman," "Talladega Nights," and more. You can also pay homage to the comedian with film-inspired drinks like 'Milk was a Bad Choice.' The pop-up runs through Thursday.
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Charles Dickens' "A Christmas Carol"
Rubicon Theatre Company
www.rubicontheatre.org
The Rubicon Theatre Company is being joined by Broadway veteran Peter Van Norden and Emmy Award-winner Joe Spano for this year's production of Charles Dickens' "A Christmas Carol." The holiday classic is told in an innovative, yet faithful way, earning rave reviews in its premiere last year. With the theater's multi-level set, highly theatrical elements, and musical incorporation, the play is uniquely set in the style of the Royal Shakespeare Company's production of "The Life and Adventures of Nicholas Nickleby." Tonight's performance includes a talk back with the cast at 7:00pm.
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Santa-Thon 2016
ACME Comedy Theatre Hollywood
135 N. La Brea Ave.
www.santa-thon.com
This year, Santa has outsourced all the toy making to China and is now in desperate need of money to pay them off. Enter Emmy Award winning comedian Fred Willard and his Celebrity Santa-thon! The parody telethon has Willard inviting his showbiz buddies to join him in a night of sketches, musical numbers, and comedy performances. It'll be down to the wire to see if Willard and his friends can raise the funds to save Christmas. The show runs Wednesday and Thursday, and you can save $5 by getting your ticket online.
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Debbie Allen's "The Hot Chocolate Nutcracker"
Dorothy Chandler Pavilion
135 N Grand Ave.
www.thehotchocolatenutcracker.com
Los Angeles boasts an array of options to see "The Nutcracker," but none are as different and unique as Debbie Allen's "The Hot Chocolate Nutcracker." Now in its 7th year, Allen's quirky riff on the holiday ballet classic is going strong. The show is written, directed, and choreographed by Allen, and tells the story of Kara, a little girl who falls asleep after receiving a Nutcracker filled with hot chocolate, and the magical journey that ensues. Three performances take place over today and tomorrow, and 100% of the proceeds will benefit arts education for L.A.'s youth.
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L.A. LIVE's Holly Jolly Day
JW Marriott Los Angeles
900 West Olympic Blvd,
www.eventbrite.com
The Mixing Room at the JW Marriott is hosting an afternoon of exclusive ice skating on the L.A. Kings outdoor rink. The annual Holly Jolly Day will also offer treat stations with cupcake decorating, a chocolate fountain, and endless holiday sweets. Adults can enjoy festive cocktails and spiked hot chocolate, while kids go crazy for a visit from Santa at Mrs. Claus' life-size gingerbread kitchen. Various session times are available.
Related: Where To Go Ice Skating During The Holidays
The Long Beach Ballet's "The Nutcracker"
300 East Ocean Blvd.
www.longbeachnutcracker.com
For a more traditional, but still unique performance of "The Nutcracker," the Long Beach Ballet offers an incredible show. They are once again pulling out all the stops for this 34th production of the classic, with a full symphony orchestra, flying sleigh, live horse, and on-stage pyrotechnics. The cast of the family-friendly event employs over 200 dancers, including principal dancers from the San Francisco Ballet and Pacific Northwest Ballet.
Article by Kellie Fell.
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In Situ Science
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Sharing the stories behind scientific discovery. Each episode James O'Hanlon meets a different scientist and hears their 'behind the scenes' stories.
Ep 17. Orchid hunting, bird spotting and book writing with Julia Cooke
SPECIAL GUEST: JULIA COOKE (Open University)
"It seems to me that the natural world is the greatest source of excitement; the greatest source of visual beauty; the greatest source of intellectual interest. It is the greatest source of so much in life that makes life worth living."
- David Attenborough
All you need to do is look and you will find that the natural world holds endless wonders. Scientists that spend their careers studying the natural environment delve into a world beyond the superficial. The grasses and plants around us are not mere scenery, they tell the story of life, of the organisms that they are and the environments that they have formed in. On each leaf, within every stream and under every rock are more creatures, each with a dynamic life story of their own waiting to be be told by natural historians.
In an interview with In Situ Science Dr Julia Cooke takes us into her 'little world'. On a walk through Lane Cove National park in search of duck orchids Julia takes us on a journey through the natural history of Australia and her passion for the elusive and beautiful creatures that are hidden all around us. In fact she even wrote a children's book about it 'My Little World', illustrated by Marjorie Crosby-Fairall. Her passion for discovery is matched only by her delight in sharing these stories with her family and friends, her students and the public.
Find out more about Julia and her work at www.juliacooke.net and follow her on twitter @CookeJulia
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North Wales Football
Football fans have their say after new restrictions announced by Welsh Government
Many on social media have questioned the decision to play all sporting fixtures behind closed doors
Thomas LewisNorth Wales sports writer
Economy Minister Vaughan Gething announced the new rules this week (Image: Welsh Government)
There has been a strong reaction from North Wales football fans on social media after the Welsh Government's announcement that all sporting matches must take place behind closed doors from Boxing Day onwards.
Welsh Economy Minister Vaughan Gething announced the measures for indoor and outdoor sporting events as the latest figures showed a significant rise in the number of cases of Omicron across the country.
It means that Wrexham AFC's sold out home match against Solihull Moors will now be played behind closed doors, along with all of the numerous games due to take place in the various North Wales domestic leagues.
READ MORE: The first symptom of the Omicron variant seen in almost 90% of cases
There is a full fixture list scheduled to take place on Boxing Day in the Cymru Premier and also numerous matches in the third tier Ardal North East and North West leagues, with a full schedule in the second tier Cymru North going ahead the next day (December 27).
Many on social media have been left disappointed with the decision, with the Boxing Day and post-Christmas period a traditionally popular time in the North Wales football calendar.
Gareth Jones said: "Unfair and out of touch. How many people do they think attend matches in the Welsh leagues? They must actually think it's in the thousands. A few hundred outdoors poses little to no risk, yet everyone can cram into pubs? It's nonsense."
Greg Wynne said: "It seems counter-intuitive to me that I'm allowed to go to the pub on Boxing Day and spend the day getting drunk indoors, but I'm forbidden from watching a football match outdoors. I think the former carries a greater risk of infection than the latter."
Conwy Borough FC said on Twitter: "Conwy Borough Football Club fully understands and respects that the Welsh Government has an extremely challenging public health situation to deal with but finds the requirement to play Tier 2 football behind closed doors utterly bewildering."
There was some support for the Welsh Government's ruling however, Dylan Rhys Jones said: "It seems that they're damned if they do and damned if they don't.
"If [Boris] Johnson had been willing to meet the leaders of the devolved nations on Sunday then they may have been able to agree a four nation strategy.
"In the end [First Minister Mark] Drakeford has to decide what is best for Wales"
North Wales Live understands that there is a meeting scheduled for this evening between Cymru Premier clubs and the Football Association of Wales.
It is believed that many clubs are concerned about potential loss of income due to there being no paying spectators at upcoming matches.
When the announcement was made, Mr Gething said: "Throughout the pandemic we have followed scientific and public health advice to keep people safe. The advice is clear – we need to act now in response to the threat of omicron. We are giving people as much notice of these decisions as we can.
"Crowds will come back as soon as possible. We want everyone to be here to enjoy their favourite sports."
What do you think about the Welsh Government ruling? Have your say in the comments section
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Does My Magnolia Tree Have Sooty Mold?
But if you look elsewhere on the topic of Sooty Mold, the photos look totally different. Most of the articles reference insects and/or aphids, which our Magnolia doesn't appear to have inhabiting it right now. I also found this photo of something called Fungal Leaf Spot in the Science Photo Library, which isn't exactly what I am seeing on our leaves. I'll keep poking around and see what I can confirm. I hope that a hard winter, along with a season next year where I'm not constantly watering the grass (like I was this year when we were trying to get the sod established), this might not come back. *Fingers crossed*.


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Biografia
Nato nel 1973 a Catania, gareggiava nella lotta greco-romana, nella classe di peso dei pesi massimi (100 kg) o dei pesi supermassimi (130 kg).

Nel 1993 ha vinto la medaglia di bronzo nei 100 kg ai Giochi del Mediterraneo di Linguadoca-Rossiglione, arrivando dietro al francese Olivier Welzer e al turco Saban Donat. 2 anni prima era stato campione del mondo junior nei 115 kg.

Dal 1994 ha iniziato ad essere allenato dall'ex lottatore Domenico Giuffrida, che rappresentò l' ai Giochi olimpici di .

A 23 anni ha partecipato ai Giochi olimpici di , nella lotta greco-romana, pesi massimi, vincendo per decisione contro il georgiano Bakur Gogitidze, ma perdendo 3-0 con il cubano Héctor Milián e 3-2 con il moldavo Igor Grabovetchi, terminando 13º totale.

L'anno successivo è stato argento nei 97 kg ai Giochi del Mediterraneo di Bari 1997, battuto dal turco Hakki Basar.

Nel 1999 ha vinto la medaglia di bronzo nei 130 kg agli Europei di Sofia, chiudendo dietro al russo Aleksandr Karelin e al greco Anastasios Sofianidis.

A 27 anni ha preso di nuovo parte alle Olimpiadi, quelle di , nella lotta greco-romana, pesi supermassimi, battendo nella fase a gironi 1-0 l'armeno Haykaz Galstyan e 4-0 il tunisino Omrane Ayari, prima di perdere 2-1 contro lo statunitense Rulon Gardner, poi oro, terminando 7º totale.

Dopo il ritiro dall'attività agonistica è divenuto allenatore di lotta. Tra gli altri, ha allenato Rocco Ficara.

Palmarès

Europei
 1 medaglia:
 1 bronzo (Lotta greco-romana 130 kg a Sofia 1999)

Giochi del Mediterraneo
 2 medaglie:
 1 argento (Lotta greco-romana 97 kg a Bari 1997)
 1 bronzo (Lotta greco-romana 100 kg a Linguadoca-Rossiglione 1993)

Giochi mondiali militari
 1 medaglia:
 1 bronzo (Lotta greco-romana 100 kg a Roma 1995)

Note

Collegamenti esterni

Allenatori di lotta italiani

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STARSPORT take you through the Premier League matches that have produced the most red and yellow cards since the creation of the Premier League in 1992.
STARSPORT take you through the Premier League games that have produced the most red and yellow cards since the creation of the Premier League in 1992.
Liverpool and Everton are set to meet up tonight in a match that promises some strong challenges and intense drama.
The Merseyside derby is also no stranger to bookings and send offs as many players from both sides have been given their marching orders throughout the years.
But which match has produced the most yellow and red cards since the Prem's creation?


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Lawsuit of the week: Lawsuits claim common pharmaceutical amplifies compulsive gambling behaviour
Two British Columbians are sounding the alarm about the side-effects of the drug Abilify in separate lawsuits alleging that the pharmaceutical can amplify compulsive behaviour, leading them to lose hundreds of thousands of dollars gambling in B.C.
White Rock resident Jennifer Boisjoli filed a notice of civil claim in BC Supreme Court on March 21, naming Bristol-Myers Squibb Canada Co., Otsuka Canada Pharmaceutical Inc., Otsuka American Pharmaceutical Inc., Bristol-Myers Squibb Co. and Otsuka Pharmaceutical Co. Ltd. as defendants. On March 19, Tyler Hatch filed a notice of civil claim against the BC Lottery Corp. (BCLC).
Boisjoli's lawsuit alleges that she developed a compulsive gambling addiction after being prescribed Abilify in 2012. She claims she lost $140,000 gambling while taking the drug.
"Prior to November 2, 2015, the defendants did not provide a warning statement regarding the risk of pathological gambling to the prescribing information for Abilify to Canadian residents, despite the fact that the defendants had provided a warning to European consumers in or around October or November 2012 of potential compulsive behaviour being linked to the use of Abilify," the claim states. "The defendants knew or should have known that Abilify, when taken as prescribed and intended, causes and contributes to an increased risk of serious and dangerous side effects, including, without limitation, uncontrollable compulsive behaviours such as compulsive gambling."
Meanwhile, Hatch claims in his lawsuit that he was prescribed Abilify while enrolled in the BCLC's voluntary self-exclusion program for a six-month stint.
"In or about March, 2015 [sic] his self exclusion ended and he immediately started playing blackjack on PlayNow.com," the claim states. "BCLC took no steps to intervene with the plaintiff's compulsive gambling over the period in which he incurred the gambling addiction losses, and had no algorithms or protocols in place to identify sudden and dramatic spikes in gambling on the part of individuals such as the plaintiff."
Hatch claims he gambled away $600,000 and "suffered disastrous financial ruin."
He seeks restitution for his alleged gambling addiction-related losses from the BCLC. Boisjoli seeks more than $5 million in damages from the pharmaceutical manufacturer defendants.
The allegations in both lawsuits have not been tested or proven in court and the defendants had not responded to the claims by press time.


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Snøhetta set to overhaul Philip Johnson's iconic AT&T Building
By Matt Shaw • October 30, 2017
In the latest twist and turn in the saga of Philip Johnson's notorious AT&T Building, the team from Norwegian design firm Snøhetta has released their plans to overhaul the base of the tower with a massive undulating glass façade that will override the monumental postmodern composition of the tower.
The 1980s tower, located at 550 Madison Avenue, is the first major project to be announced as part of the New York City's East Midtown rezoning plan. The work will focus on the public spaces at the street level, including a larger garden that will connect Madison Avenue and 55th Street as well as open up the brick façade and the retail and office spaces behind it.
The Sony Corporation had owned the building since 2002 but left almost 2 years ago. It was bought in 2013 by the Chetrit Group and Clipper Realty, who had planned to turn it into luxury condos designed by Robert A.M. Stern. The plan was scrapped, however, when the firm started to second-guess the high-end residential market. Saudi Arabian investment group Olayan America bought the building for $1.4 billion and along with development partner Chelsfield America plans to turn it into offices.
Snøhetta aims to "highlight the multi-story arched entry while revealing the craftsmanship of the building's existing steel structure." The first two levels will be publicly accessible.
The garden will feature seasonal plantings that will be transformed over the course of the year and the owners hope that birds and butterflies will flourish in the new urban greenscape.
Founded in 1947, Olayan America has its main offices in Athens, London, Riyadh and New York, where it is based and where it has had a continuous presence for more than 45 years.
Read our followup here to see how architecture critics and others in the architecture community are weighing in on the proposed design.
Matt Shaw
Executive Editor, Architect's Newspaper
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Snøhetta reveals a visitor center to complement the Svalbard Global Seed Vault


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George P. Mitchell
Fracking, Sustainability, and an Unorthodox Quest to Save the Planet
By Loren C. Steffy
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Upon George Mitchell's death in 2013, The Economist proclaimed, "Few businesspeople have done as much to change the world as George Mitchell," a billionaire Texas oilman who defied the stereotypical swagger so identified with that industry. In George P. Mitchell: Fracking, Sustainability, and an Unorthodox Quest to Save the Planet, award-winning author Loren C. Steffy offers the first definitive biography of Mitchell, placing his life and legacy in a global context, from the significance of his discoveries to the lingering controversies they inspired.
Mitchell will forever be known as "the father of fracking," but he didn't invent the drilling process; he perfected it and made it profitable, one of many varied ventures he pursued for years. Long before his company ever fracked a well, he pioneered sustainable development by creating The Woodlands, near Houston, one of the first and most successful master-planned communities. Its focus on environmental protection and livability redefined the American suburb. This apparent contradiction between his energy interests and environmental pursuits, which his son Todd dubbed "the Mitchell Paradox," was just one of many that defined Mitchell's life.
Anyone who puts fuel in a tank or turns on a light switch has benefited from Mitchell's efforts. This compelling biography reveals Mitchell as a modern renaissance man who sought to make the world a better, more livable place, a man whose unbounded intellectual curiosity led him to support a wide range of interests in business, science, and philanthropy.
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LOREN C. STEFFY is the author of Drowning in Oil: BP and the Reckless Pursuit of Profit and The Man Who Thought Like a Ship. A former business columnist for the Houston Chronicle and a four-time finalist for the Gerald Loeb Award for Distinguished Business and Financial Journalism, Steffy is a writer-at-large for Texas Monthly. He has appeared on CNBC, Fox Business, MSNBC, the BBC, and the PBS Newshour.
"In the rich history of America's oil and gas industry, there are some truly transformative figures, and George Mitchell is one of them. Because of his innovative spirit, America will remain one of the great energy super powers for decades to come. Loren Steffy is a respected journalist who captures his spirit and legacy in great detail." —T. Boone Pickens
"Loren Steffy brings a reporter's practiced eye and an all-too-rare even handedness to the rich story of George Mitchell's life. Famed as the pioneer of fracking, Steffy also chronicles Mitchell the sustainable community developer and the intricacies of his character that made this combination possible. Readers will be rewarded with a deeper understanding of the fracking revolution, why Houston both attracts and repels as a city, and what a life 'well lived' looks like today."—Stephen Arbogast, Director, Kenan Flagler Energy Center University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill
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Crack in Pacific Seafloor Caused Volcanic Chain to Go Dormant
UH Geologists Discover 10 Million Years of Silence
By Laurie Fickman 713-743-8454
UH geologists have discovered 10 million years of silence in a chain of volcanoes between Northeast Asia and Russia.
UH assistant professor of structural geology, tectonics and mantle structure, Jonny Wu, is reporting that one of the most significant plate tectonic shifts in the Pacific Ocean forced a volcano chain into dormancy 50 million years ago.
From his geology lab at the University of Houston, Jonny Wu has discovered that a chain of volcanoes stretching between Northeast Asia and Russia began a period of silence 50 million years ago, which lasted for 10 million years. In the journal Geology, Wu, assistant professor of structural geology, tectonics and mantle structure, is reporting that one of the most significant plate tectonic shifts in the Pacific Ocean forced the volcanoes into dormancy.
At the end of the Cretaceous Period, shortly after dinosaurs disappeared, the Pacific Plate, the largest tectonic plate on Earth, mysteriously changed direction. One possible result was the formation of a prominent bend in the Hawaiian Islands chain, and another, just discovered by Wu, was the volcanic dormancy along a 900-mile stretch between Japan and the remote Sikhote-Alin mountain range in Russia in what is known as the Pacific Ring of Fire, where many volcanoes form.
"Around the time of the volcano dormancy, a crack in the Pacific Ocean Plate subducted, or went below, the volcanic margin. The thin, jagged crack in the seafloor was formed by plates moving in opposing directions and when they subduct, they tend to affect volcanic chains," reports Wu.
When the volcanoes revived 10 million years later, the radiogenic isotopes within the magma were noticeably different.
"The productivity of magma within the once-violent chain of volcanoes was only one-third its previous level," said Wu, who has linked this phenomenon to the subduction of the Pacific-Izanagi mid-ocean ridge, an underwater mountain.
Scientists have long understood that volcanic activity above subduction zones, where one tectonic plate converges towards and dives beneath another, is driven by water brought deep within the Earth by the diving subducting plate. When the water reaches depths of around 65 miles, it causes the solid mantle to partially melt and produces magma that may rise and feed volcanoes.
"However, in the case of the East Asian volcanoes, subduction of the immense seafloor crack interrupted its water-laden conveyor belt into the deep Earth. As a result, the volcanoes turned off," said Wu.
Wu and UH doctoral student Jeremy Tsung-Jui Wu, who is not related to Jonny Wu, discovered the dormancy - and the reason for it - after examining a magmatic catalog of 900 igneous rock radio-isotopic values from the Cretaceous to Miocene eras. They also found evidence that the crack in the Pacific Plate was about 50% shorter than originally believed.


My name is Beth and I have worked at Grandview Dental Care since 1998. I am currently the insurance coordinator. If you have questions about your insurance, please do not hesitate to ask me.
I also enjoy keeping current with my continuing education. I love learning new ways to help with patient care and comfort.
I live in Grove City close to my children Joshua and Megan. I have a grandson, Lucas who was born in 2014. In my spare time, I love hanging out with my kids and Lucas. I also enjoy reading and baking.
How did you come to work at Grandview Dental Care? Networking. A staff member was talking to my old co-worker at church. She was saying that Dr. Thompson was looking to hire someone and my co-worker said she has the perfect person for the position.
What is your favorite restaurant in Grandview? I really enjoy eating at Old Bag of Nails on First Avenue. The staff and quality of food has been the same for years. I like going to a restaurant and being able to order food that is the same. No surprises. They also have a nice patio and we love going in the spring when the weather changes.
Where do you hope to travel to one day and why? I want to go to New York City and see ground zero. It is something very engraved in my heart and I want to see it for myself. I don't think pictures say enough.
What is the one gadget or piece of technology you can't live without and why? I guess I would say my iPhone, only because I don't have a landline anymore. I am not tied to my phone like other people. I find it as a necessity, not anything more.
What's the best part about your job or working at Grandview Dental Care? There are two things I love about this place. First is the staff that I work with. They are my second family. I know each and every person in this office will be there if I need them. That is an awesome thing to say about any one person, let along 18 people. Second, our patients. We get to meet a lot of people in this office. When you are able to develop relationships with patients over the years and see kids grow up, it is pretty cool.
Why did you decide on a career in dentistry? Dentistry decided it wanted me.
What question do you hear the most from patients? Do I have to do all my treatments now? Always ask because we can usually scale things down if it is overwhelming. We want to make dentistry fit into your life, not the other way around.
What is your favorite food? I would have to say my favorite food that I make is Texas Sheet Cake and it is wonderful. It feeds a crowd so I usually make it when I have a gathering with family or friends.
What is something that makes you smile? My kids, Josh and Megan; now my grandchild, Lucas.


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B. Enriched - Restorative Facial Oil — Sian Victoria.
To be completely honest, I have never been a fan of oil based skincare products, as my skin type is blemish prone and oily and therefore the thought of putting oil on my skin worries me a little in case I have a big breakout and it clogs my pores. However, my mom had been using the B. Enriched Restorative Facial Oil from Superdrug for some time now and as I had been complaining about how dry and flaky my skin had been, my mom told me to try a few drops of this on my skin before bed.
Its an oil purposely created for mature skin (skin phase 3). It contains a powerful antioxidant-rich formulation to help protect and hydrate the skin. It helps to calm stressed skin and provide it with a burst of moisture and a boost of antioxidants as well as protect against environmental free radical damage, and it also contains a non pore-blocking formula.
This is a product I use on occasion at night time when my skin is feeling particularly dry and flaky, I do find it helps to noticeably hydrate my skin, as the dry skin on my nose and forehead is reduced, and gone after 2-3 uses and it doesn't have a greasy feel either. For an affordable facial oil its worth trying out if you're prone to occasional dry skin.


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Perry: Obama's Deportation Plan Won't Alter Texas Law
Gov. Rick Perry said that the White House's new policy giving some illegal immigrants a two-year reprieve from deportation won't change Texas' policies against providing services for undocumented immigrants.
by Tribune News Service | August 21, 2012
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Joining a growing chorus of complaints about President Obama's new policy giving some illegal immigrants a two-year reprieve from deportation, Gov. Rick Perry has advised state agencies that the federal move will not change Texas' policies against providing services for those who remain in the country.
In a letter distributed to state agencies on Monday, Perry calls the president's plan "a slap in the face to the rule of law and our Constitutional framework of separated powers."
"To avoid any confusion on the impact of the Obama administration's actions, I am writing to ensure that all Texas agencies understand that (Homeland Security) Secretary (Janet) Napolitano's guidelines confer absolutely no legal status whatsoever to any alien who qualifies for the federal 'deferred action' designation," Perry said.
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"In fact, the secretary specifically closed her directive by explaining that [t]his memorandum confers no substantive right, immigration status or pathway to citizenship."
He continued: "The secretary's directive does not undermine or change our state laws, or any federal laws that apply within the State of Texas."
Perry's advice comes after Napolitano issued guidelines under which deportation of illegal immigrants can be delayed up to two years, a move that could affect as many as 1.7 million people nationwide.
Arizona Gov. Jan Brewer, a Republican, issued an executive order last week denying benefits and driver's licenses to illegal immigrants who apply for the deferred action. Nebraska Gov. Dave Heineman said Saturday that those people covered by the federal "deferred action" remain ineligible for state benefits like driver's licenses and other services, as well.
In Texas, applicants for new driver's licenses or state IDs must prove legal residency, and some applicants for renewals are also required to show legal status or citizenship. Officials said that policy will not change.
In his letter, Perry noted that the new federal policy does "not change our obligations under federal and Texas law to determine a person's eligibility for state and local public benefit. Federal law prohibits conferring such benefits to most unlawfully present aliens, absent a state law to the contrary."
President Obama's new policy unveiled two months ago affects thousands of immigrants who are younger than 31 and who have graduated or are currently enrolled in school, have earned a GED or have been honorably discharged from the armed forces.
They must have lived in the country consistently since June 15, 2007, and cannot have been convicted of a serious misdemeanor, three misdemeanors or a felony, federal officials said.
Austinites eligible to apply for the federal deferral program said it was not unexpected. Most said the only benefit they had contemplated applying for was a driver license, which they cannot now get.
"Perry is a Republican and this is an Obama administration policy. Anything he says the Republicans probably won't like," said Daniel Olvera, 23, immediate past president of the University Leadership Initiative at the University of Texas. The group has been advocating for a change in federal deportation law.
Olvera, who came to the United States from Mexico in 2001, recently graduated from the University of Texas.
Others suggested the opposition of Perry and other state governors could move the political fight over "deferred action" to an expected push in Texas and other states to bolster immigration laws on their own -- actions that have drawn federal rebuke in the past.
Federal officials insist immigration is solely a federal responsibility. Officials in Texas, Arizona and other states have countered that the federal government is not enforcing its laws.
The U.S. Supreme Court in June invalidated major provisions of a controversial Arizona immigration law but left intact one provision that requires police to verify the legal status of anyone they stop or arrest.
"Gov. Rick Perry's letter is just another part of the political fight that's going on to deny any benefits to immigrants who are in the country illegally-- no matter what the circumstances," said Marion Chapala, an undocumented Mexican citizen who has lived and worked in Austin since 1998.
"People like me are just caught in the middle. I really didn't expect getting any state services because of Obama's new policy, so I'm not surprised."
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CHESTERBROOK, Pa., Jan. 30, 2019 (GLOBE NEWSWIRE) -- Trevena, Inc. (Nasdaq: TRVN) (the "Company") today announced that it entered into securities purchase agreements with two healthcare-focused institutional investors, pursuant to which Trevena agreed to sell to the purchasers an aggregate of 10,000,000 shares of its common stock at an offering price of $1.00 per share, in a registered direct offering, for gross proceeds of $10.0 million, before deducting placement agent fees and offering expenses payable by Trevena. The offering is expected to close on or about February 1, 2019, subject to customary closing conditions.
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Season Four Invitational Preview!
Get the scoop on the Season Four Invitational as the final 10 spots in the Players' Championship are determined this weekend in Seattle, WA during the #SCGINVI!
The Season Four StarCityGames.com Invitational means a lot for many people.
For Stephen Mann and Jeff Hoogland, it's about hanging on for one of the last spots in the Players' Championship.
For Dylan Donegan and Andrew Tenjum, it's one last shot at punching their ticket to the Players' Championship.
For Tom Ross, it's another chance at history as the back-to-back Invitational winner looks to Top 8 an unprecedented fourth straight Invitational.
For Chris VanMeter, it's an opportunity to Top 8 his first Invitational in his hometown to cap a year where he Top 8ed seven Opens.
For everyone else, it's the Invitational. It's $10,000 for first place that goes along with getting immortalized on a custom StarCityGames.com token, and
an invite to the Players' Championship.
The penultimate Open Series event of the year is here, and as the final ten spots for the Players' Championship are determined, all eyes will be on the
Invitational in Seattle, WA. Players from across the country will be playing in the Pacific Northwest starting with four rounds of Standard and four rounds
of Legacy on Friday for Day 1. This will be the final Invitational with byes, and each player still gunning for the Players' Championship will have two
each before the remaining 14 rounds of Swiss will ultimately determine who will be playing in Roanoke next weekend.
Entering the Invitational, Kevin Jones, Ross Merriam, Brad Nelson, and Gerard Fabiano have each secured one of the eight at-large berths to the Players'
Championship no matter how things break. That leaves seven players battling for the last five slots as either Jones or Merriam will claim the Season Four
points winner for their invite.
Tenjum, the Cincinnati Standard Open winner, sits at 132 points and is the current bubble boy for the Players' Championship. Tenjum trails Mann and
Hoogland by 14 and needs a Top 4 in the Invitational and for one of the players he's trailing to finish outside the Top 16. Donegan, who has three Open Top
8s this year, is at 129 points and needs a Top 4 finish along with Hoogland or Mann to finish outside the Top 64. If one of the eight players in the Top
12 that are not already qualified wins the Invitational it opens up another slot for Tenjum or Donegan at 13th place.
Outside of the Players' Championship race, the biggest storyline for this Invitational revolves around Tom "The Boss" Ross. Ross enters the weekend a
two-time defending Invitational champion and is aiming for four straight Invitational Top 8s, a mark no other player has matched. His current stretch of
three straight is matched by Gerry Thompson, who will be in attendance, as he joins Ross as the only other player to have two Invitational titles. In fact,
Ross has as many Invitational Top 8s this year as the rest of the Top 16 players on the leaderboard combined.
Ross has played Infect in Legacy in all three Invitationals this year and some version of a red aggressive deck in Standard, whether it be Boss Sligh or
R/g Aggro. Ross has no plans of putting down Infect and will even be using his Season Two Invitational winning Poison token this week, but with a new
Standard format since the Season Three Invitational, Ross will likely be on W/U Heroic, another archetype he has championed. For Ross, his strategy in
Invitationals has been "play what you know," and he has no intention of changing that.
"I think the formats tend to come full circle in a way that benefits the style of decks I'm good with. The two Invitationals I won felt like the same
tournaments. Top 8ing all four would be nice as to set a high bar that will be tough to match, like Gerry's back-to-back Open wins," Ross said. "If the
format is going where I think it is with the Whip decks and such going over the top of each other, and there's suitable awareness and hate for U/R Delver
in Legacy, then I'm in a good spot with likely W/U Heroic and Infect. I think my chances are good."
Ross will be joined by 11 of the other 13 players in contention for the Players' Championship this weekend, as only Fabiano and Jones will be sitting out. Eric Rill,
who is in 15th place, will not be making the trip from Ohio as a finals appearance and a lot of help was his only route to the Players' Championship.
In terms of Magic, both the Standard and Legacy metagames were shaken up this past weekend in Portland for the last Open before the Invitational. Abzan
Reanimator and Jeskai Tokens both took up two slots from the Standard Top 8 as players adjusted to what was played at the World Championship. Those decks
joined Abzan Midrange, Mardu Midrange, Sultai Reanimator, W/U Heroic, Esper Control, Temur Monsters, and U/B Control in the Top 16, showing off one of the
most diverse Standard formats in quite some time. Maverick and Reanimator have emerged as popular decks in Legacy as the metagame shifts to adjust for the
rise of Delver decks utilizing Treasure Cruise. Count on seeing Elves, Miracles, and Jeskai Stoneblade to show up as they were some of the more popular
decks at Grand Prix New Jersey.
With many great storylines going down this weekend, the Season Four Invitational will be an exciting three days of Magic. Join Cedric Phillips, Patrick
Sullivan, and Patrick Chapin as they call the action for SCGLive all weekend long. Coverage begins at 2:30 p.m. ET/11:30 a.m. PT Friday.
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