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Dimeji Bankole to remarry, weds Kebbi governor's daughter
A former Speaker of the House of Representatives, Sabur Dimeji Bankole, will, on Friday, January 15, tie the nuptial knot with Miss Aisha Shinkafi Saidu, daughter of the Governor of Kebbi State, Alhaji Atiku Bagudu.
Bankole, who divorced his first wife in 2017, had, in the past few years, been a much sought after bachelor in the circle of eligible spinsters both within and outside Nigeria.
Friday's marriage ceremony will draw the curtain on speculations regarding his matrimonial intentions since the divorce.
The bride, a lawyer and graduate of the University of Hull in the UK, is a granddaughter of the late political heavyweight and onetime head of Nigeria's security organisation, Alhaji Umaru Shinkafi, Marafan Sokoto. The bride's mother is Shinkafi's daughter and a sister to the former Governor of Zamfara State, Alhaji Aliyu Shinkafi.
A statement from the Bankole family of Iporo, Abeokuta, disclosed that a quiet introduction between the two families had taken place a few weeks earlier to kick off the joining together in line with Islamic and traditional injunctions.
At the introduction ceremony, the Governor of Sokoto State and Bankole's successor as Speaker of the House of Representatives, Aminu Tambuwal, had led the groom's family to the bride's family home to seek her hand in marriage.
Friday's event will be the culmination of a courtship that both families had kept very discrete. Political observers, however, note that the marriage would appear to straddle Nigeria's great political divide, as Bagudu is the chairman of the APC Governors' Forum, while Tambuwal is the chairman of the PDP Governors' Forum.
Meanwhile, the Bankole family advised that in keeping with the requirements of COVID-19 protocols, the ceremony would be low-key. It, therefore, implored invited guests to observe all health and safety directives at the event, while appealing to friends and well-wishers who might not have received invitations for their understanding given the uncertainties of the present times.
Posted On Wednesday, 13 January 2021 03:42 Written by Guardian.ng
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KissaApp, the online dating app, launches new song in Nigeria 'Cool your temper, bodi no be firewood'
Cool your temper.
Bodi no be firewood.
Wetin be your wahala.
KissaApp is the answer.
Boys and girls.
Download KissaApp to make new friends.
Ladies and gentlemen.
Download KissaApp to find new lovers.
Papas and mamas.
Download KissaApp to find new miliki.
Download KissaApp from Play Store and Apple Store.
Website: www.kissaapp.com
Femi is handsome and single.
Musa is a young Alhaji and has plenty of money.
Chioma works at GTB and is single.
Efosa is a rapper and wants to settle down.
Tunde is hot and rich, and is looking for a wife.
Ngozi is cute and studying medicine at UNIBEN.
Yetunde is cool and studying law at UNILAG.
Wale is alright and very rich.
Rebecca is hot, tall and available.
Abi na woman you day find?
Abi na man be your wahala?
Abi na husband you want?
Abi na wife you need?
Bodi no bi firewood.
Posted On Tuesday, 15 December 2020 04:13 Written by Xclusive Nigeria Mod
20 beauty queens to storm Calabar for Miss Africa 2020
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Twenty beauty queens from 20 African countries are expected to participate in Miss Africa Calabar 2020 beauty pageant scheduled to hold on Dec. 27.
Mr Thomas Ikpeme, Senior Special Assistant, Events and Tourism/Head of Production, Miss Africa, said in a statement on Friday that the event would hold in Calabar.
Ikpeme said that the auditioning was done in line with the COVID-19 protocols.
"After a challenging and captivating round of registration and auditions, the Miss Africa organisation is pleased to announce the 2020 contestants who will be representing their respective countries in Miss Africa 2020 Calabar.
"The pageantry is holding on Dec. 27, 2020 in the beautiful city of Calabar, Cross River.
"The names and countries are; Algeria, Botswana, Cameroon, Congo, Ethiopia
Ghana, Kenya, Malawi, Morocco, Namibia, Nigeria, Rwanda, Somalia, South Africa, South Sudan, Tanzania, Togo, Tunisia, Zambia and Zimbabwe.
"Subscribe to watch behind the scenes and the road to Miss Africa 2020. Watch the journey to the throne on the grand finale 27th Dec. 2020 at www.missafrica.tv and follow @missafricacalabar on social media for all the live updates," he said.
The special assistant added that the premier of the show would start on Dec. 12. (NAN)
Posted On Saturday, 05 December 2020 02:16 Written by NAN
I feel ashamed as an actress – Juliet Njemanze
By Taiwo Okanlawon/ PM NEWS
Nollywood actress, Juliet Njemanze has said that she feels ashamed to say that she's an actress because of the stigma that has been attached to actresses.
Juliet also said that the poor pay actors get is another thing that discourages her about the acting profession.
The Kano State-bred actress made this known in an interview with Potpourri, while sharing a bit on her journey in the industry.
She said, "Every industry has its own problem but I will say the thing that turns me off is the stigma attached to actresses in Nollywood. The stigma is crazy that sometimes I feel ashamed to tell someone I'm an actress because people look at you as a prostitute.
They believe you must have slept with directors and producers to get to where you are. Acting for me is my life, my career, it's my everything and I love it with passion but people's impression about the job is really discouraging. Another thing that turns me off is the poor pay. The actors don't get enough pay for their work except you are a superstar."
"I would say my Nollywood journey has been a cool ride full of fun. I really went through a lot starting out in the industry because I put all my focus in it as it was the only thing I was doing at the time. It was really tough financially, most of the time I work for people and I don't get paid. I was almost discouraged and depressed at the beginning of my career.
The lesson I would say I have learnt from this industry is that no one can make you, only you and God can make You. A lot of producers and directors will promise to help you and make you a star, they will promise you heaven and earth just to get something from you. The most important lesson I learnt is to pray for grace of God and don't depend on any producer or director to get you to the next level, you can do that yourself," she says
Juliet is the kind of actress who would take on any challenge that does not put her faith and moral at stake.
"I won't take a role that will make me say negative things against God. If it's in the script, they will have to take that part out. My relationship with my God is more important than my career. And secondly, I can't go nude in a movie, not even in Hollywood with a mask. I don't think it's an option for me to go nude," she added.
Posted On Monday, 09 November 2020 19:48 Written by PM News
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#EndSARS: Actress Omotola Jalade-Ekeinde at the Lekki toll plaza protesting
Veteran Nollywood actress, Omotola Jalade-Ekeinde has reacted to allegations that she was bribed after she questioned the Lekki Toll Gate shootings.
The movie star in a tweet last week, asked that the family members of those who reportedly died during the Lekki toll gate incident, to come forward, and she asserted that if there were no deaths, people should stop with the sensationalization.
The mother of 4 wrote on Twitter "If People died during the Lekki Toll Assault, let their people speak out please and if there were No deaths then enough with the sensationalization because it does not remove from the Crime that happened. PEACEFUL PROTESTERS WERE ATTACKED. WHY? BY WHOM! #EndImpunityinNigeria".
The now-deleted tweet angered some Nigerians and they blasted her for using "if" and being insensitive to those who lost someone during the protest. Some insinuated that she has been compromised by the government.
Omotola has now cleared the air, saying she has never received bribe or a dime from the government.
"I am not somebody you can lure with money. I have never in my life been bribed by government, I have never collected government dime" she said.
FROM PM NEWS, NIGERIA
Posted On Sunday, 01 November 2020 00:47 Written by PM News
#EndSARS: Actress Omotola JaladeEkeinde at the Lekki toll plaza protesting
Nollywood stars donate to actress Joke Jigan after store looted
Nollywood stars have reached out to one of theirs, Joke Jigan whose beauty store was looted by hoodlums who stormed Cherub Mall, New Road Bus Stop Lekki, Lagos.
The actress had shared video and photos showing the present condition of her shop after goods worth millions of naira were carted away by hoodlums.
However, Actress like Toyin Abraham, Mercy Aigbe, Iyabo Ojo and others have reached out to her in her hard times and contributing money for her to stay afloat.
Jigan took to her Instagram page to post photos of the actresses who have helped with some funds.
Posted On Monday, 26 October 2020 14:41 Written by PM News
Mr Ibu Recalls Near Death Experience After He Was Poisoned By His Staff
Popular Nigerian actor Mr Ibu has recounted his near-death experience after he was poisoned by his staff whom he alleged was paid by his kinsmen to murder him.
The comic actor who spoke with Nigize TV attributed his still being alive to God as he talks about how his stomach grew so big he could not see his legs.
According to the Nollywood star, he was placed on medication that helped with the swelling of his stomach.
Talking about how he could have been dead and become another story, he says his big stomach is as a result of the incident and used to be bigger than what it is now.
"I don't take alcohol up till now. Some people say I don't take Alcohol yet my stomach is big, The belly is an idiot. It was after they gave me that poison. It was bigger than this before. If you had seen it, it was like a foam. I took medicine and it began to come down. Before I wasn't able to see my legs.
They took me to Nnewi, saying we had a show. They held me there and beat me up. They beat me and then inserted poison in my mouth and ran away, leaving me there. It was my boys and dancers that came and carried me home. It was in Enugu that I woke up. God said no, you are not going yet." he said
Mr Ibu
"Here in my office, they brought the first poison, I took it. I was falling around and nobody came to ask. Even the workers did not enter here even though they were hearing me fall around. I vomited something in my bathroom.
They gave me the second one, The people that gave me are the people working with me. I swallowed another one unknowingly because I never suspected them until when God opened my eyes. They paid them and gave them enough money to make sure they eliminate me. All these plans are from Enugu, my towns people and age grades that are surprised that I can own some things, build some houses, buy house in Lagos. They asked them to go and kill me."
The actor recently spoke about the happenings in Nigeria saying that the things going on are orchestrated by evil people who do not have the peace and unity of Nigeria at their hearts.
"Danger everywhere. There is no more love in Nigeria. What we are witnessing is constant attacks, killings everywhere. All these things are the signs of the end time. We should pray for God to have mercy on Nigeria so that all these happenings orchestrated by evil people will come to an end."
Born John Okafor but better known as Mr Ibu, he is a celebrated entertainer and is well known for his comic roles in Nollywood.
Posted On Tuesday, 06 October 2020 17:36 Written by Guardian.ng
Simi releases video for 'No Longer Beneficial'
Studio Brat CEO, award winning singer-songwriter and performer Simisola Ogunleye, popularly known as Simi, has released the video for her 'No Longer Beneficial' single.
"No Longer Beneficial" was produced by Blaisebeatz and it's video directed by Gizelle Hernandez. The record is off her latest body of work entitled 'Restless II.'
The EP Restless II has records like No Longer Beneficial, There for You, City Lights, Triggered, Underserving, and Bite The Dust to it's credit.
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Posted On Friday, 02 October 2020 19:11 Written by PM News
Nuhu Ribadu's daughter Fatima wedding Atiku's son Aliyu
Fatima, the daughter of former EFCC chairman, Nuhu Ribadu, will be tying the nuptial knots with Aliyu, the son of former vice-president Atiku Abubakar on Saturday 3 October.
According to an invitation by the two families, the wedding Fatiha will take place at 18 Mambilla Street Aso Drive Abuja at 11am
The wedding must be one of the surprises of 2020.
Aliyu Atiku Abubakar and Fatima Nuhu Ribadu: wedding to be consummated on 3 October
The wedding invitation from Atiku Abubakar and Nuhu Ribadu
Although both parents are from Adamawa State, they belong to different political parties.
Atiku, who bears the title of Wazirin Adamawa,is a member of the PDP, while Ribadu, once flirted with PDP, but is now a member of the All Progressives Congress.
Fatima Ribadu, the beautiful daughter of the Ribadus graduated from the Nigerian Turkish International College in Abuja in 2015 before going abroad for university education.
She is in her early 20s.
Aliyu is the son of Atikus third wife, Princess Rukaiyatu, daughter of the Lamido of Adamawa, Aliyu Mustafa. He is the third child and was named after Atikus father.
He thus became a special child to his father. And no wonder he succeeded himas Turaki of Adamawa, after Atiku was promoted the Waziri.
Posted On Wednesday, 30 September 2020 02:31 Written by PM News
Minister Marries Chief Of Air Staff A Year After 'Buhari Wedding' Saga
BY MICHAEL BAMIDELE/ GUARDIAN.NG
Hajiya Sadiya Umar Farouq, the Minister of Humanitarian Affairs, Disaster Management and Social Development has married Air Marshal Sadique Abubakar, the Chief of Air Staff, a year after she made the headlines for a rumoured wedding with President Muhammadu Buhari.
Daily Trust reported that the wedding Fatiha held on Friday, September 18, 2020, at the Maitama Juma'a Mosque in Abuja as confirmed by multiple sources.
The publication added that the event was a private affair as one of the sources disclosed that "very few people were invited to attend the wedding Fatiha because (of) the couple."
"Those close to them didn't want to publicize the issue", the source added.
The report added that Abubakar and Farouq have been dating for "a while" as revealed by the source.
"They have been in a relationship for a while and what happened on Friday has put to rest all the speculations about her relationship with President Muhammadu Buhari," the source told Daily Trust.
In October 2019, Hajiya Sadiya Umar Farouq was at the centre of a rumoured wedding saga with President Muhammadu Buhari. The rumour, which began and fleshed out on social media, claimed that President Buhari will be getting married to Farouq because the First Lady Aisha Buhari had been away for months.
The alleged wedding ignited conversations on social media and in the pages of some tabloids, while on Twitter the hashtags; #TheWedding, #BUSA19, #AISHA, #Presidentialwedding and several others began trending.
"Apparently, the second wife story is true. What cant be confirmed is the date of the wedding fatiha. This man shouldn't tempt his Creator. He just recovered from serious ill health and now he wants to add another yarinya! Second Term, Second Wife! Baba o! #SecondTermSecondWife," Former Special Assistant on Social Media to the former President Goodluck Jonathan, Reno Omokri tweeted at that time.
The rumoured wedding was further strengthened by a video which showed Aisha Buhari in an angry outburst at the Aso Villa after she returned from London. Mrs Buhari would later confirm to the BBC that the video is old and was recorded by a relative of the president who lives in Aso Rock, sometime in 2018.
Neither the president nor the minister, who was at that time in New York promoting a UN campaign against poverty, said anything about the rumoured marriage.
Femi Adesina, the Special Adviser, Media and Publicity to the president, would later debunk the rumour in a chat with Tribune.
"How will anyone expect that the President will be getting married and it will be a secret affair?" Adesina said. "Nigerians like to gist and play banters, as it is another way of relaxation for many, and they have seen the president as a personality that suits their side talks. It is bad, but that is what happens."
Posted On Thursday, 24 September 2020 13:23 Written by MICHAEL BAMIDELE/ Guardian.ng
Air Marshal Sadique Abubakar and Hajiya Sadiya Umar Farouq
Matt Berninger dances on his own in dazzling 'One More Second' video - CHIQUEMAGAZINE.COM
Matt Berninger has shared the official video to his latest solo single 'One More Second' – you can watch it below.
The National's frontman is set to release his debut solo album 'Serpentine Prison' on October 16, and has also previewed the project with its title track as well as 'Distant Axis'.
Having offered up a third taste of the record earlier this month, Berninger has today (September 23) shared the 'One More Second' visuals, in which the musician dances on his own in an illuminated studio space.
The video, directed by Chris Sgroi, combines footage of a Berninger singing the song from behind a classic microphone with shots of him busting moves against a backdrop of colourful projections. At the end of the clip, we see masked crew members enter the set.
"All dance moves property of The Breakfast Club, Footloose, and the holy grail of modern dance films: Flashdance," Berninger wrote on Twitter. See that post above.
Upon the release of the song, the musician explained: "I wrote 'One More Second' with Matt Sheehy (Lost Lander, EL VY) with the intention for it to be a kind of answer to Dolly Parton's 'I Will Always Love You', or sort of the other side of that conversation.
"I just wanted to write one of those classic, simple, desperate love songs that sound great in your car."
During an interview with NME back in December, Berninger said that he'd been "really prolific" in his songwriting, and had been "writing way more than I ever did" at that time.
"I've been editing myself less, and I've been less insecure both on stage and in my writing too. I'm writing more, but I don't know if I'm writing better. I don't know what to do with it all. I guess I'll have to make more records."
Posted On Thursday, 24 September 2020 01:26 Written by Chiquemagazine.com
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Pictures: Bobrisky & Tonto Dikeh now a couple
Nollywood actress Tonto Dikeh and her best friend Bobrisky are two friends who have come a long way together and are still holding on.
The duo have publicly declared their love for each other over again. In a new photo the best friends were paired as a couple and Bob played the position of the guy.
Tonto captioned the photo with the note below:
y'all joke too much..
She is sexy thou..
@samklef na your hand work be this?
Beacation with boo @bobrisky222
Posted On Wednesday, 08 July 2020 03:36 Written by PM News
Why I don't regret supporting Cynthia Morgan – Actor Uche Maduagwu
Controversial Nollywood actor, Uche Maduagwu, has stated that he does not regret supporting singer, Cynthia Morgan, because she is born to win like ex-Big Brother Naija star, Tacha.
Cynthia Morgan in an Instagram live video, with Ex-Miss Globe Nigeria, CASSANDRA, had revealed why she disappeared from the music scene despite becoming a household name.
Cynthia Morgan had alleged that Jude Okoye seized her accounts, made her stop using her name as well, and not promote her and does not own rights to the music she produced while still under Northside Inc, losing virtually everything.
However, Cynthia Morgan was dragged on social media after Jude Okoye released copies of the contract between the singer and his record label, Northside Entertainment.
The contract between her and Jude Okoye revealed that she lied about the content of the contract.
Uche Maduagwu, while reacting to the new development stated this in a post he shared on Instagram on Wednesday.
"I dont regret supporting #Madrina, shes born to win like Tacha. It has never been about the contract she signed in the past and this is where a lot of people are getting it wrong, its about her survival as a woman in a male-dominated #music industry…," the caption read.
Cynthia Morgan, now Madrina, later wrote an open letter of apology to her former record label boss, Jude Okoye and former manager, Joy Tongo, for blaming her career challenges on them.
She wrote, "I Cynthia Morgan, would like to use this platform to appreciate all the love, well wishes and support from everyone… My heartfelt appreciation once again goes to Jude and Joy. It is the pain speaking, not Cynthia. Thanks for giving me the platform to grow the Cynthia Morgan brand."
Posted On Thursday, 28 May 2020 12:34 Written by PM News
Clarence Peters breaks silence on Kodak's death
Popular Nigerian video director, Clarence Abiodun Peters, has finally spoken about the death of professional dancer, Love Divine (Kodak), at his residence.
He took to his social media page on Monday morning to give his account on the events surrounding the death of the professional video vixen.
According to him, he was not physically in the same room as Kodak although they were in the same building.
He said it was a few moments after that they called his attention to the scene.
He also stated that no one has been arrested in connection to the dancer's death.
He said he was only called in by the Police for questioning.
Please read Clarence Peters' side of the story below:
On the 29th of April 2020, Love Divine Ike (Picture Kodak) was in the dance studio, on the premises of Capital Dreams Pictures, with 5 other team members and myself – 7 people in total.
At about 7:30 pm on the same day, while in another office – a building beside the dance studio, on the same premises, some people who were said to be with Love Divine at the time, rushed in and called my attention to the fact that Love Divine had collapsed.
We immediately rushed her to the nearest hospital, which refused to let us into their premises, let alone admit her. They assumed she was a Covid-19 patient.
We tried, but we were not able to gain entry into a second hospital. We eventually got her to a third hospital where she was pronounced dead 30 minutes after arrival.
I was not physically in the same room as her when the incident occurred, and when I inquired, I was told by those present at the scene that Love Divine, while taking a break from the dance session, was sitting on one of the metal sliding door rails, charging and using her phone plugged to an extension box.
The witnesses didn't realize anything was wrong until they saw she had laid down, and they noticed smoke coming from her chest area.
She was said to be electrocuted, her phone was found on her chest, with severe burn marks, and the phone's imprint on her chest.
The witnesses were taken to the Ojodu Police Headquarters straight from the hospital where statements were taken and the phone (which had traces of burnt flesh on it) was deposited.
The following day, the Police conducted an examination of the body and were taken to the scene of the incident for further examination.
The Police are currently carrying out a full-scale investigation into the events that occurred, and an autopsy will be carried out, with the full permission and consent of her family.
Please note that no one has been charged or arrested, by the Police. The witnesses and I willingly made ourselves available to the Police and we have all pledged our full co-operation, through every part of this process. I will be helping out in every possible capacity.
Posted On Monday, 04 May 2020 14:13 Written by Xclusive Nigeria Mod
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Glassesonspec have teamed up with us to donate free glasses to the children we help.
Uganda has just four pediatric opthamologists and three registered optometrists serving a population of 34 million people. Glaucoma (the leading cause of irreversible blindness), cataract and refraction errors are on the rise yet many children have no access to eye health services.
The schools we visit are often crowded sometimes with up to 100 children per class. The blackboards are old and worn so many children struggle to see what they need to learn.
Visual impairment has a serious impact on children. Those who can't see the blackboard properly will fall behind with many having to repeat a year or leave school damaging their changes of getting a decent job and escaping poverty.
Glassesonspec want to ensure that every child gets the eye care they need so they can do well at school. Teaming up with us we'll work together to provide as many children as possible with a eye test and free glasses where needed.
Over 3000 children have already received an eye-test with Glassesonspec donating over 1000 free pairs of glasses to those who need them. We also identified children who needed eye surgery.
The glasses are made up by staff and friends of Glassesonspec in their spare time. A £7 donation will cover the costs of the eye tests we provide (including travel costs as we drive out to the most remote areas).
Excited to support such a good cause through Sue.
Brilliant idea and well done to all those volunteers who give up their time to make up the glasses.


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Our Universe Revealed: Cosmic Alchemy - How the Universe made the heaviest elements
Time: Tue May 12, 2020, 7:00PM - 8:00PM
Erika Holmbeck, Ph.D., University of Notre Dame
Where alchemists of the past failed to transform iron into gold, the Universe has succeeded! Join us as Erika Holmbeck, Ph.D. describes how cosmic stellar collisions can create the heaviest elements in the periodic table, from precious metals through to the heaviest radioactive elements. Discover how simulations of colliding neutron stars are giving astronomers an insight into the exact conditions needed to generate these elements, and how measuring the stars where we find these heaviest elements can tell us which types of stellar collisions are capable of cosmic alchemy.
Join us on Zoom:
Connect using Zoom [limited to 100 viewers] (instructions for how to install the Zoom client and connect to the talk can be found at https://bit.ly/2xbGZVs) – https://notredame.zoom.us/j/724722144 (Meeting ID is 724-722-144).
Or on YouTube (unlimited viewers): https://www.youtube.com/OurUniverseRevealed

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This summer did not pass without activity. A week spent at Darmoor Arts under the supervision of Kip Gresham, produced some interesting prints. We combined dry point, silkscreen and woodcuts. What a very prolific group of artists!
An example of a jigsaw woodcut.
Is it true that human societies will never be without armed conflict and that the only thing we can do is make the aftermath more palatable?
This year has not gone by without activity.
As usual, the inspiration from her beautiful work takes a while to kick in!
Then some abstract work in acrylics, where I could indulge in colour!
screenprinting again with lots of colour!!!
Mixing different screens to achieve different images.
The images from the first workshop with Dena. I am getting into the swing of it again, remembering all the techniques.
Photo emulsion workshop, using the light box.
I am already planning to use the same screens on some abstract collagraphs.
Of course my latest venture is making books, not so easy to photograph effectively. For one of the books I used selected areas of screenprints, others use up old watercolours or other paintings. Not sure I am accurate enough yet, for a slick finish.
Looking forward to some printmaking at Mary's next weekend, give etching and aquatint another whirl!
Not a poem, just some thoughts on everybody's disabilities.
Reaching - the image is based on a dance photo with one of the Shallal dancers. At last I have got Photoshop Elements back!
An image I used earlier and played around with.
Echoes Dance are performing again!
What an inspiration! Thank you to both artists, Laurie Steen and Paul Thomas, for their excellent guidance.
As part of the BIG DRAW event in October we are having a special weekend course with artist Paul Thomas (co-founder of the Jerwood Drawing Prize) who spoke at this year's summer school and artist Laurie Steen. Work with two exceptional artists over a weekend. Laurie will be exploring THE NATURE OF DRAWING: THE DRAWING OF NATURE and Paul Thomas A SUBJECTIVE DRAWING DAY. Meeting in Drewsteignton.
Musings on ageing - are 'dreams more precious than gold'?
Some of this summer's drawings.
The dance performance is inclusive! What a great concept.
To follow are a few more images taken from Andy's photos.
Monotype suits this subject very well.
Leah seeing to her hair. Unfortunately she won't be part of the dance as she has moved.
Grace - which includes point work.
Finally made it to the studio for some more monoprinting. One day is not enough. It only gets you started and then you have to pack up again. Used the litho press again.
The images are taken, as before, from rehearsal photos by Andy Parker.
Brilliant image, need to work bigger with it.
As the the colours are overlayed, they can become slightly overworked.
This print I am quite pleased with. It is more spontaneous, larger in scale and altogether fresher. The colours are a little washed out in the photo. Not a bad day's work.
Caught in movement, Star, the dancer!
Hopefully going for another weekend of printmaking. I have prepared some images from the dance rehearsal photos. The photos are great, nothing posed about them. Warts an' all.
The first image is from 'Flawless' which captures three dancers of different ages, all in the same haughty pose.
I think a monotype will suit this image very well. Hope I remember how to use the offset press.
Heard of boys' toys? These obviously are women's toys!
Two days of hard work, ink up to my elbows. Used the offset printing press to make monotypes, sometimes referred to as monoprints. Very exciting stuff, you can see the print growing layer by layer.
The first monotype of 'Dancing Alone'. Built up in layers of colour.
'Judgement of the Eye' This time a monotype created as above print.
Becoming more confident with the technique.
'Supporting', an image I have used previously.
I am looking forward to printing at Tamar Print Studio in Tavistock tomorrow for which I am currently preparing collagraph plates. The plates are for work I am doing with Echoes Dance Project, 'the eye of the beholder'.


Bowl turning is normally performed at the swivel rest side of the lathe (see below). This is because the lathe operator uses a gouge to remove wood along the 'blanks' length, forming the external shape and to a depth, forming the internal shape. Working on a blank at the 'end' of the lathe, makes this process easier and safer.
A faceplate is used to securely hold a 'blank' piece of wood, so that it can be turned into a product such as a bowl.


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Emmy in the Key of Code (Hardcover)
By Aimee Lucido
Kobo eBook (September 24th, 2019): $9.99
Paperback (May 4th, 2021): $7.99
In this innovative middle grade novel, coding and music take center stage as new girl Emmy tries to find her place in a new school. Perfect for fans of the Girls Who Code series and The Crossover.
In a new city, at a new school, twelve-year-old Emmy has never felt more out of tune. Things start to look up when she takes her first coding class, unexpectedly connecting with the material—and Abigail, a new friend—through a shared language: music. But when Emmy gets bad news about their computer teacher, and finds out Abigail isn't being entirely honest about their friendship, she feels like her new life is screeching to a halt. Despite these obstacles, Emmy is determined to prove one thing: that, for the first time ever, she isn't a wrong note, but a musician in the world's most beautiful symphony.
Aimee Lucido is the author of EMMY IN THE KEY OF CODE and the upcoming RECIPE FOR DISASTER (Versify, Spring 2021). She's a software engineer who has worked at Google, Facebook, and Uber, and she got her MFA in writing for children and young adults at Hamline University. She lives with her husband in San Francisco where she likes to bake, run marathons, and write crossword puzzles.
www.aimeelucido.com
Twitter: @aimeelucido
Instagram: @aimeelucido
★ "As Emmy learns Java, the language and structure of programming seep into her poems. Music and code interweave…. and readers will cheer to see them work collectively…to create something beautiful."—Kirkus, STARRED review
"Music, coding, strong female techie role models—this engaging first novel should attract a wide audience."—Booklist
"This timely debut...champions girls in STEM and delivers a positive message about being 'always exactly yourself'....Through the author's creative mesh of coding, music, poetry, and narrative, this story uniquely conveys the art and beauty that can be found in multiple disciplines.... relatable and relevant." —Publishers Weekly
"This unusual tale seamlessly weaves basic computer coding concepts into a compelling story about middle schoolers struggling to forge their own identities in spite of the expectations of their families and society."—School Library Journal
Publisher: Versify
Publication Date: September 24th, 2019
Juvenile Fiction / Computers & Digital Media
Juvenile Fiction / Girls & Women
Juvenile Fiction / Performing Arts / Music
Juvenile Fiction / Stories in Verse
Juvenile Fiction / Social Themes / New Experience
Juvenile Fiction / Family
Juvenile Fiction / Social Themes / Death, Grief, Bereavement


compressed natural gas (LNG or CNG). Castrol Tection Gas 15W-40 is approved by the major European OEMs for use in their gas powered engines.
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Q: Print Smali values to logcat In the example code below, how can I add a command to print the values of v0, v1 etc to logcat?
const v1, 0x7f05002e

iget-object v2, p0, Lcom/company/myapp/MainActivity;->d:Lcom/company/myapp/f;

invoke-virtual {v2}, Lcom/company/myapp/f;->getPanelModel()Lcom/company/myapp/h;

move-result-object v2

invoke-virtual {v2}, Lcom/company/myapp/h;->b()I

move-result v2

invoke-virtual {v0, v1, v2}, Lcom/company/e/k;->a(II)V

iget-object v0, p0, Lcom/company/myapp/MainActivity;->c:Lcom/company/e/k;

A: Add at the end:
const-string v8, "log-tag"

invoke-static {v1}, Ljava/lang/String;->valueOf(I)Ljava/lang/String;
move-result-object v9

invoke-static {v8, v9}, Landroid/util/Log;->d(Ljava/lang/String;Ljava/lang/String;)I

From your sample v1 is integer so the function String;->valueOf(I) is used to convert it to String before using log. Also Log;->d outputs at debug log level; possibly another level is needed.

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Leicester Research Archive: Blood Eosinophils: A Biomarker of Response to Extrafine Beclomethasone/Formoterol in Chronic Obstructive Pulmonary Disease.
Title: Blood Eosinophils: A Biomarker of Response to Extrafine Beclomethasone/Formoterol in Chronic Obstructive Pulmonary Disease.
Abstract: Rationale. Blood eosinophilia has been shown to be associated with a significant proportion of COPD exacerbations and stratifies the clinical response to systemic corticosteroids. The FORWARD study was a randomised, double-blind, parallel group trial that compared 48 weeks treatment with extrafine beclomethasone dipropionate plus formoterol fumarate (BDP/FF) vs. FF, in severe COPD patients with a history of exacerbations. Objectives. We hypothesised that there would be treatment differences in response to BDP/FF when stratifying by baseline blood eosinophil count in a post hoc analysis. Methods. The patients (N=1,184) were stratified into four quartile groups based on the baseline eosinophil count and analyses on exacerbation rate, change in pre dose FEV1 and St. George's Respiratory Questionnaire [SGRQ] total score over 48 weeks were performed across these. A predictive model of future exacerbations was developed based upon baseline blood eosinophil count and other factors. Results. The adjusted treatment difference over 48 weeks between the BDP/FF and FF groups was largest within the highest baseline blood eosinophil quartile (≥279.8/µl /µl). Within this quartile a significant (i) 46% reduction in exacerbation rate, (ii) 0.102 L improvement in pre bronchodilator FEV1 and (iii) 5.9 units improvement in SGRQ total score were seen in favour of BDP/FF. Predictive modelling suggested that the risk of exacerbations was influenced by baseline blood eosinophils in patients treated with FF alone, but not in patients treated with BDP/FF. Conclusions. The presence of a significant blood eosinophilia seems to be associated with a particularly favorable response to ICS/LABA therapy in COPD patients.


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Born On This Day: Anthony Bushell 1904-1997
Posted by marina72 in Anniversaries, Film, Jeanne Eagels, Theatre
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Anthony Bushell, Barry O'Neill, Colin Clark, Disraeli, Fredric March, George Arliss, Her Cardboard Lover, Jealousy, Jeanne Eagels, Jeanne Eagels: A Life Revealed, Laurence Olivier, Leslie Howard, Marilyn Monroe, The Prince And The Showgirl
Anthony Arnatt Bushell was born in Westerham, Kent on May 19, 1904. He was educated at Magdalen College School, and later Hertford College in Oxford. He was a champion boxer, rower, and member of the Hypocrites Club, infamous for its wild parties. After graduating, Bushell trained at the Royal Academy of Dramatic Art, and made his theatrical debut in Diplomacy (1924), opposite Gerald Du Maurier.
In October 1927, Bushell crossed the Atlantic to star in Her Cardboard Lover, replacing fellow Englishman Leslie Howard. His leading lady was Jeanne Eagels. After a four-month run on Broadway, Her Cardboard Lover – based on Jacques Deval's romantic comedy, with additional material by P.G. Wodehouse – was set for a nationwide tour. Bushell's role as Andre, an impoverished gambler hired by a Parisian divorcee (Eagels) to act as a buffer between herself and her former husband (Barry O'Neill), was considered the best part, and Howard's exit had been partly been caused by his rivalry with Jeanne.
She would later claim that Bushell was recommended to her by Edward, Prince of Wales during a trip abroad in the summer of 1926. This cannot have been correct, however, because Eagels had spent the previous summer touring America in her great success, Rain. Prince Edward had attended an earlier performance during his trip to New York in 1924.
As Her Cardboard Lover began its tour with stops in Syracuse, Buffalo, and Newark, Jeanne finally won the critical acclaim denied to her during the play's initial run. Without Leslie Howard to steal her thunder, the show was running smoothly. "Once the audience had decided to take the play as a bit of nonsense – and it was that – it just settled back to have a good time," the Brooklyn Daily Eagle reported, adding, "the star was ably assisted by Anthony Bushell, a good-looking youngster …"
In January 1928, Her Cardboard Lover received a mixed review from the Boston Globe. Once again, Eagels was overshadowed: "When Leslie Howard acted this role in New York he fairly ran away with the honors of the performance. Here the part is very agreeably played by Anthony Bushell, a personable young English actor." In February, the Chicago Tribune noted, "Anthony Bushell is pleasant, engaging and fairly expert."
Jeanne Eagels in 'Her Cardboard Lover'
While this might have bothered Jeanne a few months earlier, she now had more pressing matters on her mind. This was made clear when a press statement announced that she was divorcing her husband. On March 11, the company arrived in Milwaukee for a week's run at the Davidson Theatre. However, on opening night it was announced that Eagels was unable to perform, due to severe ptomaine poisoning. The Davidson Theatre remained dark all week. Jeanne was confined to her room at the Milwaukee Plaza Hotel, accepting no calls or visitors. It was hoped that she would recover in time for the St. Louis opening on March 19, but when the company left, Jeanne remained at the Plaza.
The main reason behind Jeanne's self-imposed seclusion, according to press-agent John Montague, was unrequited love. "Miss Eagels fell in love like she did everything else – tempestuously," he observed, "and when the youth of her choice showed a preference for another woman, she shot up like a sky-rocket and carried the stick – which was her career – up with her." Montague didn't name the object of her infatuation, but he was most likely Barry O'Neill, who at twenty-nine was eight years her junior, rather than the twenty-three year-old Bushell.
Not knowing when, or even if their star would be ready to resume Her Cardboard Lover, the producers cancelled the rest of the tour and the cast headed back to New York. Meanwhile, Actors Equity filed charges against Eagels, on April 6, she was suspended from any union production for eighteen months.
Bushell married actress Zelma O'Neal, and in November, made his Broadway debut in W. Somerset Maugham's The Sacred Flame, starring Conrad Nagel and Lila Lee. It folded in December after just twenty-four performances. Meanwhile, Jeanne Eagels signed a contract with Paramount Pictures, and her first talking picture, The Letter (another Maugham vehicle) opened to acclaim in March 1929.
Bushell with Jeanne Eagels in 'Jealousy' (1929)
Paramount announced on February 2 that they had purchased Jealousy, a play by Louis Verneuil, for Jeanne's next picture. The storyline focused on Yvonne, newly married to Pierre, a poor and temperamental artist. Anthony Bushell was cast as Pierre. With Jeanne among colleagues who knew and respected her, Jealousy should have progressed comfortably, but after executives saw the finished product, they became concerned with Bushell's performance. Published reports implied that his voice hadn't adapted well to the sound equipment, and he was subsequently replaced by Fredric March. An editorial in Photoplay may have revealed the truth when posing this cryptic question: "Did you ever hear of a film actress being so tempestuously good that her work dangerously overshadowed that of her leading man?"
In a strange twist of fate, the revered English actor George Arliss, whom Eagels had supported during his theatrical tour of Disraeli twelve years before, insisted Bushell be cast as the romantic juvenile in the screen adaptation, after seeing his performance in The Sacred Flame. Joan Bennett took the role formerly played by Jeanne. Disraeli was released in November 1929: two months after Jealousy's opening, and only a month after Eagels' tragic death.
Bushell with George Arliss in 'Disraeli' (1929)
With Joan Bennett in 'Disraeli'
In James Whale's anti-war film, Journey's End (1930), Bushell played the first of many military roles. In Five Star Final (1931), a pre-code exposé of newspaper corruption, he supported Edward G. Robinson. Bushell played Captain Dobbin in his last American film, a 1932 adaptation of William Thackeray's Vanity Fair.
Back in Britain, he continued making films, including The Scarlet Pimpernel (1934), which starred Leslie Howard (the original Andre from Her Cardboard Lover.) His marriage to Zelma O'Neal ended in 1936, and in 1937, he appeared with Vivien Leigh in Dark Journey.
When World War II broke out in 1939, thirty-five year-old Bushell joined the British Army. He was commissioned in the Welsh Guards and served in the Guards Armoured Division as a tank squadron commander. During the war, he married an heiress whom, according to actor David Niven, had been the wife of a fellow officer. After being demobbed in 1945, he was known as Major Bushell.
Bushell on the set of Olivier's 'Hamlet', 1948
He returned to film and began a long association with Sir Laurence Olivier, working as assistant producer on Hamlet (1948), in which Olivier starred and also directed. Bushell played a bomb disposal expert in Powell and Pressburger's The Small Back Room (1948), and made his directorial debut with The Angel With the Trumpet (1950), followed by The Long Dark Hall in 1951.
In 1956, he played a wily politician in another Powell and Pressburger film, The Battle of the River Plate; and was an associate director on George Cukor's Bhowani Junction, as well as another Olivier project, The Prince and the Showgirl, overseeing scenes in which the actor-director performed. Bushell may have been reminded of his difficulties with Jeanne Eagels almost thirty years before, as the production was rife with tension between Olivier and his co-star, Marilyn Monroe.
"Tony looks like a bluff military man – bald, red-faced and jovial," Colin Clark (an assistant director) noted in his diary, later published as The Prince, the Showgirl and Me. "In fact he was in the Guards during the war and almost everyone forgets he is an actor … I don't think Tony could direct traffic in Cheltenham. Despite his imposing appearance he is really a pussy cat. But [Olivier] needs a chum to guard his rear, as it were, and it is a great joy to have Tony around. He has a heart the size of a house which he loves to hide behind a glare."
Bushell was cast as the Captain of Carpathia in A Night to Remember, Roy Ward Baker's 1958 film about the Titanic disaster; and in 1959, he played Colonel Breen in the classic sci-fi television series, Quatermass and the Pit. Later that year, he directed several episodes of The Third Man, a BBC adaptation of Grahame Greene's novel. He directed Christopher Lee in The Terror of the Tongs (1961), and produced a 1962 series about the explorer, Sir Francis Drake.
By the late 1960s, he had retired from the film industry. He continued to enjoy a busy social life, and became a director of the Monte Carlo Golf Club. Anthony Bushell died aged ninety-two in Oxford on April 2, 1997.


Ben Heckendorn breathes rarefied air among the hacker/modder elite. From his earliest days creating handheld Atari 2600 systems, to his mindboggling conversions of modern systems, his work has always been among the best. Today he unveiled his Commodore 64 laptop, and it truly is breathtaking. The case design looks like it could have existed in the 80's, yet it has many distinctively modern amenities like a sharp LCD screen, and an SD card reader to make it easy to run software copied from a PC.
The important thing to realize in Ben's designs is that he's not merely creating a cool looking case for an emulated retro system - he is using original authentic 80's computer hardware inside. For this project he started with a C64-C which had the smallest motherboard of the classic Commodores. This project even uses the original keyboard!
Commodore did their best to create a luggable C64 back in the 80's. Too bad they didn't use their engineer's efforts to develop a time machine instead to reach into the future and see what a portable C64 was always meant to look like.


This week I sit down with one of Australia's biggest and best personalities John Green and we talk all things bowls and his career including some hilarious stories, his time playing for Nsw, his good mate Wayne Turley and his big walk for charity. Sponsored by Lawnbowls2u.
This week I have a chat with a legend of NSW bowls and former Australian under 25 player Troy Somerville. Troy talks me through his journey in bowls, from the early days through his rep career and great memories.


Recent economic numbers are good -- more jobs are added, minimum wages are growing, and unemployment rate stays low. But these numbers don't mean the economy is growing in the long run. Marketplace host Kai Ryssdal talks to economist Dambisa Moyo about her latest book "Edge of Chaos," which examines the relationship between democracy and economic growth. The following is an edited transcript of their conversation.
Kai Ryssdal: I want to go to your subtitle for a second and ask you about that: "Why democracy is failing to deliver economic growth and how to fix it." Start me off with why economic growth is vital, which is where you spend the first couple of chapters of this book.
Dambisa Moyo: Yes, so absolutely important to have economic growth. For one thing, it's about living standards -- our ability to have improvements in how we live, how we communicate, how we transport ourselves and engage with our families. The other element of it is that really the evidence shows that to have a thriving democracy, you need to have a thriving middle class that's able to hold the government accountable. And therefore, in order to have a middle class, you need to have economic growth so people can see improvements in their wages and living standards. So that's also a very important piece of why economic growth matters for poverty alleviation but also improvements in living standards.
Ryssdal: So make the connection for me between democracy and economic growth because democracy, your thesis here is, has failed in our economic development.
Moyo: Well I wouldn't say it's failed. I think it's under siege right now. The critical important point is that we have a lot of macroeconomic headwinds that are impacting the global economy. Things like income inequality, issues around the amount of debt that the U.S. government the many governments around the world are now holding and how it's increasing over time. That means it's limiting the ability for governments to invest in infrastructure in education and in healthcare. All of these things mean that we have real risks around what might happen to the middle class. And therefore we are already seeing a lot of things that show that democracy is vulnerable and is under siege.
Ryssdal: So let me ask you about this country specifically since you mentioned the United States and debt. We just democratically elected, in this country, a Congress and a president who have decided, through the democratic process in Congress, to greatly increase our national debt and impose more debt on future obligations. Is that bad?
Moyo: So that absolutely highlights the schism between the long-term economic challenges that the global economy faces and the short-termism that's embedded in the democratic process. Politicians are heavily driven and swayed by short term outcomes. They want to make sure that they're elected. And therefore they're pandering to the current voter with very little consideration for the long-term implications for the global economy. Government is focusing on essentially swaying and seducing us as near-term voters to win votes so that they can remain in office.
Ryssdal: I would also say though that capitalism in America, specifically Wall Street and corporate profits and reporting profits to the penny every quarter, that sort of plays into that whole thesis you're sayinh.
Moyo: You're absolutely right. Short-termism has absolutely seeped into the corporate sector as well. We are seeing increasingly very short tenures for CEOs, meaning that a lot of CEOs turnover just in around four years now, when it used to be 10 years back in the 1970s. That's very, very damaging for long-term strategic planning of companies. But also the investors that invest in companies have also become incredibly short term.
Ryssdal: So whose job is it to think longterm? If politicians aren't going to do it and voters aren't going to do it, whose job is it to think long term?
Moyo: Well I mean I would hope, and I think that as voters, we should think long term, we should care about our children and our children's children, and generations to come. It's the sort of backbone of America. And therefore I think that we are the ones who have to, in a way, skew and manage the, sort of, agenda of politicians. Politicians are simply pandering to what voters want. And I think to the extent that voters do care about future generations then politicians will fall in line.
Click here to read an excerpt of Moyo's book, "Edge of Chaos."


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Q: Magic link for commenting cross posted questions for maintaining one copy I've seen many cross-posted questions occur again and again. It is okay that users urgently seek answers for their problems. The problem is we need to write and add the link of the consensus them about keeping one copy. Consensus;

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*Is cross-posting a question on multiple Stack Exchange sites permitted if the question is on-topic for each site?
Suggestion:
the magic link [cross] should expand as (or a better version)

Could you maintain one copy of your question? Please see Is cross-posting a question on multiple Stack Exchange sites permitted if the question is on-topic for each site? for details.

This will make the commenting easier since at least there is a find, copy and paste of the consensus...

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The magic link [cross] should expand as (or a better version)

Could you maintain one copy of your question? Please see Is cross-posting a question on multiple Stack Exchange sites permitted if the question is on-topic for each site? for details.

This is not how magic links work. Magic links aren't complete comments, they are just a short way to link to a specific link, so you can save some characters when writing a comment. See for example this comment in the formatting sandbox, where magic links like  [help/on-topic] shows up as a link named 'help center' but nothing more. The benefit of this is that you don't have to look for the specific link, but you also can have more freedom when writing the rest of your comments.
Then, looking at the beginning of this post and the comment there illustrating the use of magic links, I can see there's apparently a [FAQ#flagging] syntax, which shows up as a link named 'FAQ'. While that magic link links to /help/flagging, I think a similar syntax should be used (if possible) to link to other FAQ articles.
Then, one final point would be to use the whole word. So 'cross-posting' instead of the shorter, but less clear, 'cross'. This is mostly a personal preference I guess, though I would think it's clearer because now we know we're linking to something about cross-posting and not to something about cross-selling or cross-fit.
So, I propose the magic link should be [FAQ#cross-posting], it should show up as "FAQ", and it should link the user to Is cross-posting a question on multiple Stack Exchange sites permitted if the question is on-topic for each site?.
An example comment would then end up being written like:

Could you maintain one copy of your question? Please see our [FAQ#cross-posting] for details.

And it would render as:

Could you maintain one copy of your question? Please see our FAQ for details.

 PS: if you do not want to write entire comments all the time, there's a userscript you can use: AutoReviewComments - Pro-forma comments for SE. But magic links should not be 'abused' for that.


Amy E. Counce is a Board Certified Family Law Specialist (as certified by the Louisiana Board of Legal Specialization) with a private law practice in Baton Rouge. Amy is a Baton Rouge native and St. Joseph's Academy alumna. In addition, she holds a bachelor degree in Political Science and a Juris Doctorate, both from LSU. She has been an active member of the Baton Rouge Bar Association for over 35 years, serving in various capacities on the Board of Directors and as an Officer, culminating in 2000 as President of the Association. Amy is a member of the LSU Foundation, and the Foundation for Woman's Annual Giving Campaign Committee. She has been an active volunteer and philanthropist for organizations including St. Joseph's Academy, Woman's Hospital, Geaux Teal, Alzheimer's Services and the LSU Foundation.


Emerald Lead free solder is composed of 97% tin and 3% copper. Like many lead free alloys, 97/3 has a higher melting point(445 deg F) and will require use of a hotter iron(or a hotter setting on your iron control than you would with 60/40 solder). It flows similar to 50/50 solder and does a good job of spanning gaps in your work.
Emerald is available in the following alloy; SN97 CU3.


Icon Bioscience announced that the Food and Drug Administration (FDA) has accepted the New Drug Application (NDA) for Dexycu (dexamethasone) for the treatment of inflammation associated with cataract surgery.
Dexycu utilizes the Company's Verisome technology that provides a sustained-release, biodegradable formulation of dexamethasone directly into the anterior chamber of the eye. Dexamethasone, an anti-inflammatory agent, is given as a single injection right after cataract surgery. The extended-release drug delivery technology includes various small molecules, proteins, and monoclonal antibodies to control drug release within the eye for up to a year.
Can Dietary Vitamin K Protect Against Cataracts?
Dexycu injection was developed to help compliance—especially among elderly patients—and avoid dosing errors associated with conventional treatments that depend on self-administered eye drops multiple times a day.
The FDA has set a Prescription Drug User Fee Act (PDUFA) of February 12, 2018.
For more information visit IconBioscience.com.


Paperback, 224 pages, 13.5 x 20.6 cm, 5.3 x 8.1 in.
It is so easy to be healthy: to truly relax, to move and exercise happily and regularly, to eat healthy and with gusto – and to understand how the heart works and what it needs to beat strongly and for many years.
Bestselling author Dr. med. Ulrich Strunz has developed a wonderfully obvious and easy heart health program with which anyone can minimise and sustainably reduce the risk factors for cardiovascular diseases. Clear, understandable, effective.


I've been touring with the wonderful women of Anonymous 4 and my old cohort Darol Anger for a couple of years now. Gigs have been a little less frequent recently and it looks like our next concert in Portland, OR, on Wednesday will be one of our last. The Anonymettes have a few new recordings/programs in the works, but it looks like they will all be sans strings. Sigh.
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Environmental activists Mariam Sukhudian and Yeghia Nersissian are blowing the whisle. They have visted the "Kaqavaberd" area of Khosrov Forest State Preserve and discovered remnants of endangered animals around what seems to be festive bonfires of a group of hunters.
The activists have invited a press-conference and warned about the crime that has taken place. They have also provided this video to the media, hoping to attract attention to this issue.
Needless to say, that hunting and burning fires is illegal in Khosrov Forest. Poaching of endangered species, like the Bezoar Goat and Caucasian Bear, which we can see in the video below, are criminal offences too.
PS: Adding insult to injury, Armenian online news website Lragir.am has published a story about a Ibex, a Moscow-based hunting club, which advertises hunting "in the best hunting grounds" of Armenia's Urtsasar area (adjacent to Khosrov Forest) and promises license to kill Bezoar goat, Armenian mouflon, Caucasian bear (all endangered species).
This entry was posted in Armenia, Environment and tagged Armenia, Crime, Ecology, Environment, Green, Hunting, Illegal, Poaching by Observer. Bookmark the permalink.
This is something we need to keep working on. We tried to do a project to develop tourism tourism, but could not figure out how to keep the oligarch poachers out.
Sent from my iPad excuse spelling errors.


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Logic20/20
Engineer - DevOps
(REMOTE, until otherwise noted)
About the role. . .
Logic 20/20 is looking to build a team of DevOps Engineers, who will join our larger program team supporting a platform conversion and migration to AWS cloud (Infrastructure as Code - IaC).  Focus centers around Terraform, but bring your Ansible and/or cloud formation experience as this is an automated testing environment initiative.
Within the team structure, you will have a team based role in increasing the system's reliability, scalability and reduce operational overhead through automation.
In this role, you will leverage a diverse set of technical expertise; including DevOps tooling, troubleshooting and debug skills, cloud computing, coding/scripting and infrastructure engineering to provide outstanding customer experiences. Beyond your technical qualification, you will also have a healthy combination of cross-group collaboration skills, communication and relationship building skills.
Working Knowledge Of. . .
"Infrastructure as Code" tooling, such as Terraform, Ansible or Cloud Formation.
Must have hands-on experience with DevOps on AWS infrastructure; AWS DevOps certification preferred
Source code repositories, such as Git, SVN, Bitbucket
Infrastructure and Application logging and monitoring technologies such  as CloudWatch, Splunk, Grafana, Prometheus, ELK and PagerDuty Networking and Load Balancers, including Firewalls, DNS, VPCs, VPNs, DNS OSI Layers etc.
Containers and orchestration, such as Docker, AWS ECS, Marathon or Kubernetes
Database technologies, such as DynamoDB or MS SQL
Understanding of internet standards such as HTTP, DNS, FTP, SSH, HTML, XML, JDBC, ODBC, SNMP and other protocols
Qualifications. . .
Excellent communication skills; verbal and written
Demonstrated debugging/troubleshooting skills
A self-starter that can work autonomously but has the self-awareness to know when to validate direction
Ability to build collaborative relationships
A life-long learner that has taken the initiative to maintain and enhance their technical knowledge; ability to learn new things quickly
BS or higher in Computer Science (or equivalent work experience)
About Logic20/20. . .
Logic20/20 is one of Seattle's fastest-growing consulting firms. We hire remarkable people to create simple, efficient solutions for complex problems.
Although we make it look like magic, our success is due to our approach (methodical and structured) and the people we hire (smart, motivated, and team oriented). Together, these enable us to consistently exceed client expectations—and our reputation is growing.
For the past five years, we've placed in the top ten of Seattle Business magazine's "Best Companies to Work For". From engaged leadership and wide-ranging benefits to career mentorship and diverse internal opportunities, we pride ourselves on being one of the best companies to work with and work for.
We hire people that are self-motivated, comfortable conceiving strategies on the fly, and enjoy working individually and as part of a team. Our work is high-energy and demanding, but new hires will quickly feel at home among colleagues as friendly and focused as they are. We bring our best to every opportunity, driving change in industries across the West Coast. Join us and you can, too.


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Why license Lucire? | About us | Contact us
Our web edition | The home print edition
More than a magazine.
A brand set up to be global from day one.
A spread from Lucire KSA, which began publication as a monthly in late 2018.
For 25 years, Lucire has been an independent, intelligent, and inspirational brand. We don't conform. We started life as an online title at a time when people said it couldn't be done, and that no one would read fashion content on the internet. We were the first fashion partner of the United Nations Environment Programme. We branched out into print—at that time, no one in fashion had taken a web magazine into paper editions.
We did so with a focus on delivering quality and depth, looking forward to the next adventure.
As a magazine brand, we've produced issue after issue, both for our home country and for international markets, not missing a beat. We're HQed in New Zealand, with an international network of correspondents that we've assembled over a quarter-century. We do photo shoots. We scout for great locations. Our team works on fashion editorials, catwalk reports, beauty stories, celebrity interviews, travel features, and more. We aren't lacking in regular, fresh content, and create everything from print monthlies to a twice-yearly edition, on top of our long-running website.
We've already seen our brand on swimwear and on video content, and we can see it on so much more.
Media licensing
In 1997, seven years before we began a print magazine, Lucire started life as an online title. We've always successfully navigated existing in different media, looking lavish on paper or on screen.
We've built up our expertise over a quarter-century, delivering a product that understands the changing boundaries of social media, websites, print magazines and television.
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Durable, inexpensive catalyst reduce ...
27-Oct-2022 - Tokyo Institute of Technology
Durable, inexpensive catalyst reduces carbon footprint of ammonia production
The Haber-Bosch process, which is commonly used to synthesize ammonia (NH3)–the foundation for synthetic nitrogen fertilizers–by combining hydrogen (H2) and nitrogen (N2) over catalysts at high pressures and temperatures, is one of the most important scientific discoveries that has helped improve crop yields and increase food production globally.
However, the process requires high fossil fuel energy inputs due to its requirements of high temperatures and pressure. Hydrogen used for this process is produced from natural gas (mainly methane). This hydrogen-producing process is energy-consuming and accompanies huge emission of carbon dioxide. To overcome these issues, various catalysts have been developed to allow the reaction to proceed under milder conditions using hydrogen produced by water electrolysis via renewable energy. Among them are nitride-based catalysts that contain active metal nanoparticles like nickel and cobalt (Ni, Co) loaded on lanthanum nitride (LaN) supports. In these catalysts, both the support and the active metal are involved in the production of NH3. The active metal splits the H2 while the LaN support contains nitrogen vacancies and nitrogen atoms in its crystal structure that adsorb and activate nitrogen (N2). While these catalysts are inexpensive (since they avoid using ruthenium, which is costly), their catalytic performance is degraded in the presence of moisture, with the LaN support transforming into lanthanum hydroxide (La(OH)3).
Now, in a new study published in Angewandte Chemie, researchers from China and Japan led by Professor Hideo Hosono from the Tokyo Institute of Technology (Tokyo Tech), Japan, have developed a chemically stable catalyst that is stable in the presence of moisture. Taking inspiration from stable rare-earth compounds containing chemical bonds between a rare-earth metal (in this case, La) and a metal, they incorporated aluminum atoms into the LaN structure and synthesized a chemically stable La3AlN support containing La-Al bonds that prevent lanthanum atoms from reacting with moisture.
The La-Al-N support along with the active metals, such as nickel and cobalt (Ni, Co), was able to produce NH3 at rates similar to that with conventional metal nitride catalysts and could maintain a stable production when fed with nitrogen gas-containing moisture. "The Ni- or Co-loaded La-Al-N catalysts showed no distinct degradation following exposure to 3.5% moisture," says Prof. Hosono.
While the Al atoms stabilized the support, the lattice nitrogen and nitrogen defects present in the doped support enabled the synthesis of ammonia in a manner similar to the conventional active metal/rare-earth metal nitride catalysts. "Lattice nitrogen as well as nitrogen vacancy in La-Al-N play a key role in N2 adsorption, with the La-Al-N support and the active metal Ni being responsible for N2 and H2 absorption and activation, respectively," explains Prof. Hosono.
The Haber-Bosch process is an energy-intensive chemical reaction, accounting for about 1 % of global annual carbon dioxide emissions. While alternative environmentally friendly approaches for NH3 production are being investigated, introducing inexpensive catalysts could provide immediate benefits by allowing the process to operate under milder conditions.
Prof. Yangfan Lu et al.; Approach to Chemically Durable Nickel and Cobalt Lanthanum-Nitride-Based Catalysts for Ammonia Synthesis; Angewandte Chemie International Edition; 2022
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Q: Compare 60 large files and output only the lines that are common to all files I Have 60 files, each contain about 10,000 lines. Each line contains a single string.
I want to find out only the strings that are common to all files.
Must be exact matches, so we are comparing the entire line.

A: Try this,
awk '
    BEGINFILE{fnum++; delete f;}
    !f[$0]++{s[$0]++;}
    END {for (l in s){if (s[l] == fnum) print l}}
' files*

Explanation:

*

*BEGINFILE { ... } Run at beginning of each file

*

*fnum++ increment file counter

*delete f delete array which is used used to filter duplicate lines per file (see link for posix-compliant solution).

*!f[$0]++ { ... } Run only for first occurence of a line in a file (when f[$0] is 0 (false))

*

*s[$0]++ Increment line-counter.

*END { ... } Run once at the end

*

*for (l in s){if (s[l] == fnum) print l} Loop lines and print each one where number of occurences equals the number of files.

600.000 lines should be fine in memory. Otherwise, you could possibly remove everything from s which is less than fnum in the BEGINFILE{...} block.

A: Parallelized version in bash. It should work for files bigger than memory.
export LC_ALL=C
comm -12 \
  <(comm -12 \
    <(comm -12 \
      <(comm -12 \
        <(comm -12  <(comm -12  <(sort 1) <(sort 2);) <(comm -12  <(sort 3) <(sort 4););) \
        <(comm -12  <(comm -12  <(sort 5) <(sort 6);) <(comm -12  <(sort 7) <(sort 8);););) \
      <(comm -12 \
        <(comm -12  <(comm -12  <(sort 9) <(sort 10);) <(comm -12  <(sort 11) <(sort 12););) \
        <(comm -12  <(comm -12  <(sort 13) <(sort 14);) <(comm -12  <(sort 15) <(sort 16););););) \
    <(comm -12 \
      <(comm -12 \
        <(comm -12  <(comm -12  <(sort 17) <(sort 18);) <(comm -12  <(sort 19) <(sort 20););) \
        <(comm -12  <(comm -12  <(sort 21) <(sort 22);) <(comm -12  <(sort 23) <(sort 24);););) \
      <(comm -12 \
        <(comm -12  <(comm -12  <(sort 25) <(sort 26);) <(comm -12  <(sort 27) <(sort 28););) \
        <(comm -12  <(comm -12  <(sort 29) <(sort 30);) <(comm -12  <(sort 31) <(sort 32);););););) \
  <(comm -12 \
    <(comm -12 \
      <(comm -12 \
        <(comm -12  <(comm -12  <(sort 33) <(sort 34);) <(comm -12  <(sort 35) <(sort 36););) \
        <(comm -12  <(comm -12  <(sort 37) <(sort 38);) <(comm -12  <(sort 39) <(sort 40);););) \
      <(comm -12 \
        <(comm -12  <(comm -12  <(sort 41) <(sort 42);) <(comm -12  <(sort 43) <(sort 44););) \
        <(comm -12  <(comm -12  <(sort 45) <(sort 46);) <(comm -12  <(sort 47) <(sort 48););););) \
    <(comm -12 \
      <(comm -12 \
        <(comm -12  <(comm -12  <(sort 49) <(sort 50);) <(comm -12  <(sort 51) <(sort 52););) \
        <(comm -12  <(comm -12  <(sort 53) <(sort 54);) <(comm -12  <(sort 55) <(sort 56);););) \
      <(cat  <(comm -12  <(comm -12  <(sort 57) <(sort 58);) <(comm -12  <(sort 59) <(sort 60););) ;);););

Replace sort with cat if the files are already sorted.

A: With zsh, using its ${a:*b} array intersection operator on arrays marked with the unique flag (also using the $(<file) ksh operator and f parameter expansion flag to split on line feed characters):
#! /bin/zsh -
typeset -U all list
all=(${(f)"$(<${1?})"}); shift
for file do
  list=(${(f)"$(<$file)"})
  all=(${all:*list})
done
print -rC1 -- $all

(that script takes the list of files as arguments; empty lines are ignored).

A: With join:
cp a jnd
for f in a b c; do join jnd $f >j__; cp j__ jnd; done

I have just numbers (1-6, 3-8, 5-9) in three files a, b and c. This is the two lines (numbers, strings) the three have in common.
]# cat jnd
5
6

It is not elegant/efficient like that, especially with that cp in between. But it can be made to work in parallel quite easily. Select a subgroup of files (for f in a*), give the files unique names and then you can run many subgroups at once. You still have to join these results... - with 64 files you would have 8 threads joining 8 files each, and then the remaining 8 joined files could again be split up, into 4 threads.


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O wise God, let me think your thoughts after you so I'll discover that your wisdom is pure, peaceable, gentle, accommodating, full of mercy and good fruit, impartial, and not hypocritical.


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Хью Беннетт (, родился 11 июня 1983 года) — валлийский регбист, выступавший на позиции хукера (отыгрывающего). Известен по выступлениям за клуб «Оспрейз» и сборную Уэльса.

Биография
Начинал регбийную карьеру в Кливдоне (Сомерсет). Выступал за команды Уэльса до 19 и до 21 года, команды Англии до 16 и до 18 лет. За сборную Уэльса дебютировал в 2003 году в контрольном матче против Ирландии в рамках подготовки к чемпионату мира в Австралии, на самом чемпионате мира сыграл матчи против Канады и Тонга. В 2004 году на Кубке шести наций сыграл в матчах против Шотландии и Франции, а Уэльс занял 4-е место. Участвовал в летнем турне 2004 года по Аргентине и ЮАР, во втором тест-матче провёл первую международную встречу против Аргентины.

В 2005 году Беннетт не вызывался на тест-матчи, в 2006 году принял участие в летнем турне по Аргентине. На чемпионате мира 2007 года сыграл один матч против Японии, также участвовал в Кубках шести наций 2008, 2009, 2010 и 2011 годов. В 2008 году выиграл со сборной Кубок шести наций и завоевал также Большой шлем за счёт побед над всеми другими участниками; в 2011 году на чемпионате мира выступал в основном составе на позиции хукера. В 2012 году Беннетт выиграл с командой Кубок шести наций и Большой шлем, сыграв в матчах против Ирландии и Шотландии, однако в игре с шотландцами получил травму ахиллова сухожилия и выбыл из строя на 4—6 месяцев. По причине травмы его отправили во французский клуб «Лион», где он начал процедуру восстановления, длившуюся 12 недель, однако летом 2013 года Беннетт объявил о завершении карьеры, поскольку не оправился до конца от травмы. За «Лион» он не провёл ни одного матча.

С 11 мая 2014 года Хью Беннетт является тренером сборной Уэльса, занимая пост помощника по физической подготовке.

Примечания

Ссылки
 Профиль на сайте «Оспрейз»
 Профиль на сайте Валлийского регбийного союза
 Профиль на сайте Международного совета регби
 Профиль на сайте Кубка шести наций

Регбисты Уэльса
Игроки РК «Суонси»
Игроки РК «Оспрейз»
Игроки РК «Лион»
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Kevin Durant's injury is not only changing the potential make-up of the NBA, it's moving stocks
June 12, 2019 | Fred Imbert
Kevin Durant #35 of the Golden State Warriors reacts after sustaining an injury during the second quarter against the Toronto Raptors during Game Five of the 2019 NBA Finals at Scotiabank Arena
on June 10, 2019 in Toronto, Canada.
Gregory Shamus | Getty Images
Basketball superstar Kevin Durant's injury may have reshaped the outlook of the NBA's upcoming free agency period, but it also sent ripples through Wall Street.
Shares of MSG Networks tumbled nearly 5% on Tuesday after Durant reportedly tore his Achilles tendon in Game 5 of the NBA Finals between the Golden State Warriors and the Toronto Raptors on Monday evening. Durant was expected to opt out of his current contract with Golden State at the end of the season, making the 10-time All-Star the marquee free agent of 2019.
Several teams, including the New York Knicks, were expected to vie for Durant's services in free agency. Signing Durant, a two-time NBA champion and one of the best players in the league, could have helped the Knicks become a playoff contender. The Knicks have missed the NBA playoffs for six straight years.
"In our view, the movement in the stock rhetorically illustrates how many investors were/are long MSGN on the thesis that Kevin Durant would sign with the NY Knicks sometime this summer, which was never a guarantee," Imperial Capital analyst David Miller said in a note Wednesday.
This could have boosted ratings for Knicks games, which were just a third of what they were compared to the last time the team made the postseason, according to Miller. Higher ratings would boost MSG Networks shares since they broadcast most Knicks games.
The stock rebounded slightly on Wednesday.
And Miller points out there is still hope for the Knicks as this free-agent class is "loaded." Players like Boston Celtics guard Kyrie Irving, Warriors guard Klay Thompson and Raptors forward Kawhi Leonard.
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The Knicks also have the third overall pick in this year's draft, which they are likely to use on Duke University player RJ Barrett.
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Q: Transform table by creating columns out of row groups I have a table with time series data grouped by name (with some dates missing), and would like to transform the table by creating a column for each group containing that group's data. In other words, how do I go from this
x:([] name:`a`a`a`b`b`c`c;date:2000.01.01 2000.01.02 2000.01.03 2000.01.01 2000.01.02 2000.01.02 2000.01.03;val:1 2 3 1 2 3 1)

to this?
([] date:2000.01.01 2000.01.02 2000.01.03;a:1 2 3;b:1 2 0N;c:0N 3 1)

A: You want to pivot the data:
q)t:([] name:`a`a`a`b`b`c`c;date:2000.01.01 2000.01.02 2000.01.03 2000.01.01 2000.01.02 2000.01.02 2000.01.03;val:1 2 3 1
2 3 1)
q)t
name date       val
-------------------
a    2000.01.01 1
a    2000.01.02 2
a    2000.01.03 3
b    2000.01.01 1
b    2000.01.02 2
c    2000.01.02 3
c    2000.01.03 1

q)P:asc exec distinct name from t // get distinct pivot items
q)P
`s#`a`b`c

q)pvt:exec P!(name!val)P by date:date from t
q)pvt
date      | a b c
----------| -----
2000.01.01| 1 1
2000.01.02| 2 2 3
2000.01.03| 3   1

q)u:([date:2000.01.01 2000.01.02 2000.01.03] a:1 2 3;b:1 2 0N;c:0N 3 1)
q)pvt~u
1b

The kx website steps through a simple example and a more general solution:
http://code.kx.com/q/cookbook/pivoting-tables/


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I've had a lifetime of dry skin, and I've been chasing the shine for a long time. I want my skin to be bouncy, plump, and most of all, glowy. As I've aged I've noticed what little glow I did have in my youth has quickly faded, so the hunt has taken on a whole new level of seriousness. I have tried just about every BB cushion you can imagine, and I've amassed quite the collection. I've also worked out what I need to do to make sure I am at peak glow from sunup to sundown.
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Check the alcohol content in your sunscreen. Now, there are different types of alcohol. Some are beneficial, and some may not be, especially for us desiccated mummies. Fatty alcohols such as cetyl, stearyl, and cetearyl alcohol aren't going to dry you out; quite the opposite, these can actually be beneficial for dry skins.
The type of alcohol that can dry out skin is SD alcohol or alcohol denat. Sometimes, dry skin really does not appreciate a high SD alcohol content (which for the most part is used in sunscreens to make them dry down quickly). If you have one of those skins, you could find yourself with stubborn dry patches or bumpy irritation. A well formulated but mild sunscreen without SD alcohol might be what you need. Innisfree Extreme Safety 100 Sun Cream SPF50 PA+++ is one that I personally love. Another good option is Goodal Sensitive Relief Sun Cream SPF35 PA+++.
Primer isn't just a mattifying tool for oily skin. Primer also serves as the foundation for a smooth canvas and can help impart a glow to overcome the flatness of drier skins. My absolute all-time favorite of these primers is VDL Lumilayer Primer. It both locks the makeup in place and gives a natural ethereal shine that you haven't seen on your face since you were a teen.
You like dew? Well, here Innisfree gives you the dew. In addition to being moisturizing, this formula features "highly refractive oil ingredients [that] evenly distribute light, giving your skin a gorgeous natural glow," according to the Innisfree website. The result is a gorgeous, youthful dewiness, and your skin is left hydrated and comfortable, even in harsh conditions. The finish is natural, so it's best for skin without a lot of dark blemishes. This cushion is also very affordable, checking in at under $20. It's a great budget option that totally does not feel like a budget option.
I love this cushion, although I can't rightly call it a cushion. It's technically a tension pact. What is a tension pact? Inside of this compact is a finely woven mesh net, instead of a sponge. When you pat your sponge onto the netting, you get a perfectly even deposit that translates as flawless onto your skin. This formula is creamy instead of the typical liquid found in sponge cushions.
It's also hydrating. According to Missha, it hydrates for up to 24 hours: "Double moisturization (moisturization + creation of a moisture barrier) helps skin retain moisture for an extended period." I'm never going to wear it for 24 hours, but I can attest to its longevity for at least up to eight hours at a time, as that's the longest I've ever worn it. It also gives a lovely radiant glow and has medium, buildable coverage.
Whatever is in there, it really works. I hate that I love this cushion so much, because it is the most expensive of all the options listed here at $69. But I can't sit here with a straight face and say it's not worth it, because it is. It leaves my skin looking radiant, glowy, dewy, all the adjectives! Really, the incandescent glow is just too perfect. I absolutely love this cushion. It's a splurge, but a splurge you won't regret.
I feel like I owe you another budget option after that Sulwhasoo recommendation. Skinfood Vita Fit Serum Glow Cushion is a no-nonsense cushion that contains ceramide for moisturization and a very subtle shimmer for glow. This cushion is super saturated with product, so a light hand in the beginning will go a long way. This is the least natural looking finish of all the aforementioned cushions. I'd dare say it's almost a full coverage cushion, and it can quite quickly build up to cakey, so go easy. It is, however, moisturizing, and it's worked well for me even during the harsh snowy winter.
This cushion straddles the line between treatment and makeup, and who wouldn't love that? Its first listed ingredient is Western truffle extract (20%) and the second is extract of mushroom. C'mon, marry me already. As if that isn't already enough to make you a believer there's also sweet almond oil very high up in the ingredient list, which is excellent for dry skin.
And here is where I put on my cheesy infomercial voice and let you know, "But wait, there's more!" I can't even begin to pick and choose what is more awesome because it's all great, so let me park the rest of the ingredients here.
Bruh, amazing! It also has a beautiful, glowy, natural finish and wears well throughout the day.
What do you think about my cushion recommendations? What are your favorite dry skin cushions?
The one from Missha sounds promising! Thanks for this article, this is really helpful for me.
I've still yet to try any of the Sulwhasoo cushions but it's definitely next on my list!
A side tip on boosting the moisture game with a cushion: I like to spritz the puff with a few sprays from my face mist that's on rotation (I really like the SanDaWha camellia facial mist for this!). Then I dab that into the cushion and apply as usual. It just adds a little bit more hydration and glow!
YAAAHS! Finally a story on dry skin cushions!
Huge dilemma on which of these cushions to try........(bank tells me i can only buy one).


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