In his presidential address, delivered to a capacity audience at the National Gallery of Scotland last November, Stewart Ritchie announced a consultation exercise among Faculty members on the future of the Faculty, and on the possibility of a merger with the Institute. This was not an initiative guaranteed to enhance Stewart's popularity in all quarters, and I am sure many members of both the Faculty and the Institute will share my view that it was a courageous move on his part. By the time you read this, preliminary information on the findings of the consultation exercise may well be available, but as I write it I have no idea what the outcome might be. Whatever the findings, however, the consultation process will enable a more meaningful and more comprehensive review of the structure of the UK actuarial profession to take place than would otherwise have been possible.
– How many members should there be on Council(s), and should the election arrangements be changed?
– What should the respective roles of Council(s) and the management committee (FIMC) be, and what should be the relationship between these bodies?
– Should the arrangements for election of presidents and officers, or any other aspects of these positions (such as term of office) be changed?
Although there is no intention to make changes for change's sake, the current structure cannot fairly be described as lean and efficient, and we must not miss this chance to improve it.
Institute members clearly also have a legitimate interest in any proposed merger with the Faculty. However, I have taken the view that there is little point in consulting them before the views of Faculty members on the principle of a merger are known (and, while we have not formally discussed it as a body, I believe other Institute Council members share this view). If there is support to proceed with discussions, a specific proposal will have to be put to members of both bodies in due course. We are a long way from that point now, and patience is needed in any exercise of this nature. In the meantime, Institute members who have concerns are welcome to contact me at the email address below.
Just before Christmas, the Financial Reporting Council (FRC) released its report on the implementation by the profession of the relevant recommendations of the Morris Review. I was delighted by the positive comments in the report, and in particular by the statement that 'It is clear that the Profession has responded positively to (the Morris Review) recommendations, notably in relation to education and training'. Congratulations are due to Caroline Instance, Trevor Watkins, Peter Dingwall, and many other members of staff and of the profession who have worked hard to achieve so much in a short time.
The FRC report also made it clear that we have more to do in a number of areas. A comprehensive review of the Professional Conduct Standards will be high on the agenda for 2007, and we also need to address the CPD requirements for practising certificate-holders, and to provide actuaries with the tools needed to make sensible assumptions about longevity improvements. In addition, the FRC will be carrying out a review of the effectiveness of monitoring and scrutiny of actuarial work, and this may help to point the way forward on peer review.
Aside from structural issues, other aspects of the strategy implementation are gaining momentum, and we are still on target to have completed detailed implementation plans by mid-year. Communications can be expected later in the year on proposed new services for members, on specific plans for developing the associateship qualification and on the profession's offering to overseas members. Moreover, in parallel with the strategy review, work on developing our activities in the risk management space will move up a gear.
There is clearly a lot to be done, and Councils look forward to your help and support in the months ahead. Let's make 2007 a defining year for the Actuarial Profession!


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Europe Worried Trump Will Make Them Share Cost
Discussion in 'The Thunderdome' started by Tenacious D, Mar 17, 2016.
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Just a thought, spit-balling so to speak....
Perhaps European nation's wouldn't be able to provide universal healthcare, 8 months of paid maternity leave, etc., etc. (and all of the other things that liberals like to prop up as "proof" of how much more advanced and better Europe is than the US.), were they required to shoulder all - or even a portion - of the cost to maintain our standing defense force, or to field their own, instead.
And perhaps if more of that money stayed in the US, instead of spending billions to defend those others, and elsewhere, who could either pay to field their own defense forces, or share in the cost of our doing so....we could afford to do things like give our own people free tuition, healthcare, and all the rest - but without the need to further cripple our own economy with increasingly higher taxes, so as to pay for them.
I don't care which side of the aisle you're on, or love / hate Trump, this seems like the most sensible thing in the world to me.
At the heart of Trumpism is the notion that the United States should defend its interests more aggressively by striking better "deals" with foreign powers — a doctrine often described as "America First." While political scientists disagree over which former U.S. president this view borrows from the most (some say Teddy Roosevelt, others Andrew Jackson), most assert that Trump wants to wind back the clock to a time before the U.S. took on its burdensome role as global policeman.
Thus, within weeks of his election, critics said, a determined President Trump could take decisions that would start to unravel the terms of a U.S.-insured global order that prevailed in the Cold War. If he carries out such a reversal of U.S. policy, there would be little left for Europe and the U.S. to talk about except perhaps some form of divorce. "It would be difficult for someone like Merkel to even consider this man becoming president of the United States," said Moïsi. "How would she respond to him? There is nothing in the diplomatic rulebook for dealing with Donald Trump."
If the United States stopped contributing disproportionately to NATO, as Trump suggested it would, cash-strapped EU governments, including Germany, would have to pay more. They might also be on the hook for indirect benefits of U.S. military spending, like the protection of commercial sea routes.
And for that, they say, Europe is completely unprepared. "There is no evidence of the political spine in Europe that is required to face this reality," said Nicholas Dungan, a senior fellow at the Atlantic Council. "France and Germany are stalled, there will be no movement, and basically there will be no defender of the values everyone fought for in World War I and II."
If the U.S. no longer treats Europe as a special case, a huge burden of leadership falls on Paris, Berlin and (possibly) London to push back against Putin — one that few consider the Continent capable of taking on alone. "Neither psychologically nor logistically is Europe ready for this," said Dungan, also a professor at Sciences Po University.
Link: http://www.politico.eu/article/the-...ng-presidency-european-politicians-diplomats/
Tenacious D, Mar 17, 2016
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Tenacious D said: ↑
Sounding a lot like fortress amarica.
y2korth, Mar 17, 2016
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I am all for it. Have been for years.
NorrisAlan, Mar 17, 2016
Volst53 Super Moderator
The navy would be in the black if it was paid for the services they provided by keeping shipping lanes open
Volst53, Mar 17, 2016
y2korth said: ↑
First, and to be sure, if anyone threatened an ally (particularly in Europe) or its interests - or even threatened it - we'd be at the forefront of knocking the piss out them, in any scenario.
And anyone can label it as they want, but if we have as many egregiously unmet needs amongst our own people, as many know and believe to be quite true (and it is) - then it seems that this should be our first priority. Not our only priority, by any means, but our first, for sure.
There is an enormous middle ground between "leave allies unprotected" and "we are burdened with the entire cost", ostensibly, kn doing for them, what they could do for themselves, or at least kick in to cover some of its cost....they just...don't want to, I guess.
That's the most European thing in the history of things.
If we want entitlement reform, this may be the rare exception where the best change doesn't happen at home, but across the Atlantic, instead.
Rarely is something so obviously in need of change, as this, IMO.
When it was NATO vs Warsaw Pact, yeah, it was needed. There was the fear of a land invasion by the Soviet Block.
But it has been 25 damn years. I don't think most of Europe is in fear of a land invasion any time soon. Europe can take care of itself now.
Personally, I am for shutting down most foreign soil bases and building 10 new smaller carriers to project power if needed. Also, with around-the-world range of b-2 and b-52 bombers (with refueling), I see no need for ground bases at this time.
This from a non-military person who's only learning in strategy and warfare is from chess and Command and Conquer.
There is an enormous middle ground between "leave allies unprotected" and "we are burdened with the entire cost", ostensibly, kn doing for them, what they could do for themselves, or at least kick in to cover some of its cost.
I say fortress america because that phrase has been the mantra of libertarian foreign policy for decades. Like most libertarian principles, they're great on paper. As I have long been a sympathizer (first five presidential votes,)I like what trump is saying, and, as I often do, also agree with norris.
Putin would steamroll Europe without American protection.
From another article, here's what we're talking about (article is just from a month or so ago):
He'll say spending on weapons and equipment in Europe will, next year, increase from $789 million to $3.4 billion, The New York Times reports, citing unnamed US officials.
The total 2017 military budget is to be $589 billion. It'll include $7 billion for combating IS, a 35 percent increase, as well as extra money to develop a new intelligence-gathering drone, a strategic Air Force bomber, and a nuclear-missile submarine.
It follows spending of $585 billion this year, down from $700 billion in 2010. But it's still bigger than the combined spending of the world's next 15 biggest militaries combined.
By comparison, France, Germany, Italy, and the UK together spend some $180 billion a year. China spends $215 billion, Russia $85 billion, and Saudi Arabia $80 billion.
The US has 65,000 troops in Europe.
We spend more on defense that the next 15(!) militaries combined. Worse, at a time when we've cut our overall defense budget by 16%, we're increasing our defense spending in Europe by 333%!
Also, as a happy coincidence, the article also gives a good and recent example of how the defense budget typically gets cut by Dems, more often than not. See the underlined part.
This is absolutely indefensible.
And love him or hate him, but Trump is the only one talking about this, or has shown signs of even wanting to.
Link: https://euobserver.com/foreign/132101
NorrisAlan said: ↑
Smaller carriers?
Carriers are floating phallus, and like the appendage it represents, they can never be too big.
You can build 10 small ones for the cost of 2 big ones, cover more area and not be at risk of one stray missile sinking 1/7th of your carrier force.
IMHO, of course.
Volst53 said: ↑
Same with the money we spend in Europe, East Asia, and Israel. The American tax payer is funding the security of the western world, at the cost of social welfare. We don't have to kick over the cart over night, but the status quo must change.
IP, Mar 17, 2016
Area? Our ability to project force is going well beyond the difference in spacing out 10 carriers vs 2. Carriers are a show of dominance now. We'll be flying unmanned bombers from the mainland US to anywhere and back within the decade. We can loiter drones with immense offensive abilities for long periods of time right now. If someone could and did attack one of our super carriers, it would only mean things would escalate from conventional warfare to space age star wars shit immediately. Droid armies comin'.
GahLee Director of Conspiracy Theories, 8th Maxim
We've got to stop trying to be everyone's big brother. We're practically footing an insurance policy for all our allies. Should something significant happen, then we can help, we shouldn't be spending ungodly amounts of money abroad protecting countries that are capable of defending themselves or at least feigning said protection knowing we have their back.
I like some of the things Trump has proposed, I just wish it was coming from someone else.
GahLee, Mar 17, 2016
Quit being reasonable. It's infuriating.
But of course, I fully believe we should build this:
Because battleships are completely badass.
Screw that. Let's build a battleship that orbits the Earth.
Loved that show as a kid.
GahLee said: ↑
That's the fairest opinion I've ever read, and one which about 200 million people would likely agree with.
But I'm unwilling to wait for another billionaire who cares enough to run for office, would finance their own campaign, so as to do what s/he felt was right and best for the America, and who put its people unquestionably first.
Scanning both our recent history and the foreseeable horizon, Trump stands as the singular hope to do that.
He's several dozen and sizeable rungs below what I want to see in a candidate, and that may ultimately cost him, but I agree with a great many things that he has unequivocally stated that he intends to do - and believe that he'll cut through more stupid bullshit by accident, than the most finely tuned candidate would hope to accomplish, strongly consider or have the audacity to attempt.
Many think that myself and a great many others simply want to "stick it to the establishment", alone. That's part of it, for sure, but purely speaking for myself, I sincerely agree with a lot of what he says, even despite his occasionally bombastic statements.
I'm perfectly ok being in the minority who support him of those here, believing that the establishment of both Parties must change, and so too must our government itself. And if they won't do it in their own - which, continuing to hope for that, at this late hour, is the height of foolishness - then I'm for someone who will.
Let's just make the earth a giant Death Star.
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I strongly believe that as an open innovation tool, crowdsourcing has a bright future, but only if it proves its economic worth. In other words, when properly designed and executed, a crowdsourcing campaign should be able to solve a problem in a more cost-effective way than other tools.
This proof, however, doesn't come easy, as economic analyses of crowdsourcing campaigns, whether successful or not, usually aren't publicly available. Yet, fortunately, such data do appear in the open time to time–and they're nothing short of spectacular.
In 2010, Forrester Consulting published a case study describing open innovation program at a large multinational agricultural company Syngenta. The study analyzed the total economic impact and return on investment (ROI) Syngenta had realized by using a crowdsourcing platform provided by InnoCentive, an open innovation intermediary. The Forrester's analysis identified a number of benefits gained by Syngenta from this cooperation, including cost savings from finding solutions to difficult R&D problems, productivity savings for Syngenta's researchers and reduction in intellectual property transfer time. The total value of these benefits was estimated at $11,861,688 over three years. Given that the total cost of using InnoCentive services over the same period amounted to $4,200,567, Forrester calculated that a three-year, risk-adjusted ROI for Syngenta was 182%, with a payback period of fewer than two months. Isn't it cool?
More recently, a piece of data that would make crowdsourcing fans really happy came out of Harvard Medical School. In one of their research projects, HMS scientists employed the DNA sequencing algorithm with a capacity of processing 100,000 sequences in 260 minutes. This was way too slow, and in order to improve the efficiency of the algorithm, HMS hired a full-time developer with the annual salary of $120,000. The developer did lower the processing time to 47 minutes, a 5.5-fold improvement, but this was still not fast enough. HMS then launched an open innovation contest that ran for two weeks and offered $6,000 in prize money. 733 participants took part in the competition, and 122 of them (representing 69 countries) submitted algorithms. The winning solution was capable of doing the desired job in 16(!) seconds, a 1,000-fold improvement over the MegaBLAST algorithm and a 180-fold improvement over the internal solution. Given a 20-fold difference in costs ($120,000 vs. $6,000), the HMS crowdsourcing campaign was overall 3,600-fold more cost-effective than the internal solution. Let me repeat: 3,600-fold more cost-effective!
However, as I said in the beginning, good things could happen only when a crowdsourcing campaign is well designed and skillfully executed. And here is where the problem with crowdsourcing seems to reside: many organizations simply lack an appropriate expertise. But this is a topic for another conversation.
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Hello Eugene, you may be interested by an interview we have done recently with Anders Hjalmarsson, he doesn't have ROI figures but success ratios and an analysis of barriers to success in crowdsourcing.
Thank you very much for the link to the interview, Pierre! Read it with great interest. Very useful and thought-provoking.


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Human beta two microglobulin
Crystal Structure of the Human Beta-2 Microglobulin (PDB entry 1lds)
Beta two microglubulin in human class I major histocompatibility complex (MHCb2m)
Human β2-Microglobulin is the non-covalently bound of the human class I major histocompatibility complex (MHC-I). Its function is to ensure proper folding and cell-surface expression of MHC-1. The natural turnover of MHC-I gives rise to the release of b2m into plasmatic fluids at ~0.1 um and to its catabolism in the kidney. In case of renal dysfunction, b2m concentration increases up to 60-fold, giving rise to pathogenic accumulation of filamentous structures, displaying the typical properties of amyloid fibrils, principally in the joints and connective tissue.
Monomeric human b2m (Mhb2m)
The first crystal structure of Monomeric human b2m (Mhb2m) is solved in 2002 (pdb 1LDS). The protein is 99 residue in length and has a seven-stranded β sandwich fold typical of the Immunoglobulin superfamily. It is stabilized by a single disulfide bond between Cys-25 and Cys-80, which links the two β sheets.
Structural comparison of MHCb2m and Mhb2m
Both of the two strucures adopt seven-stranded β sandwich fold with a short C' β strand located in the loop connecting strands C and D. The most significant difference in the ctrystal structures of Mhb2m and MHCb2m involves residues in β strand D and the succeeding loop. When complexed with the MHC heavy chain, residues 50-56 of MHCb2m form two short β strands that separated by a two residue β bulge. These strands (depicted as D1 and D2 in Fig.1) each forms three main-chain-main-chain hydrogen bonds to the adjacent β strand E. The bulge in MHCb2m effectively twists the edge strand, which facilitate its binding to the surface of the heavy chain. However, this β bulge no longer exits in the crytal strucure of Mhb2m. The in Mhb2m provides an ideal assembly surface, making this edge-strand pair vulnerable to aggregation. The hydrogen-bonding potential of strand D is satisfied by the formation intermolecular interactionswith adjecent molecules, demonstrating the potential for this region to propagate assembly through edge-strand interactions.
In addition, the changes observed in strand D result in differenr orientations of the side chains of residues 50-54. As a result, His-51 (which points inwards in the structure of MHCb2m) rotates by approximately 180, such that it now points away from the hydrophobic core of the protein. This would remove the second protevtive feature from the edge strand, facilitating further interaction in this region (Fig.2).
Amyloid Fibril formation of Mhb2m
Mhb2m fiber formation conditions
While the exact factors that cause b2m fibril formation in vivo are not known, several means exist to generate b2m amyloid fibrils in vitro. b2m amyloid fibrils can be generated under acidic conditions (pH < 3.6), by truncating the first six N-terminal amino acids, by dialyzing the protein into distilled water followed by membrane drying, by mixing the protein with collagen at pH=6.4, by sonicating the protein in the presence of sodium dodecyl sulfate at pH=7.0, and by incubating the full-length protein at physiological conditions in the presence of stoichiometric amounts of Cu(II).The latter method is particularly intriguing and may have relevance to the in vivo process because of the very near physiological conditions used.
Mhb2m fiber formation mechanism at neutral pH
A structural trigger
Alterations of the protein sequence have been used to stimulate the formation of fibrils at neutral pH. Specifically, truncation of six residues from the N-terminal region(DN6), as well as mutation in this region (P5G) or in the B/C or D/E loops ( P32A, P32G, D59P) of the protein all enhance its ability to form amyloid in vitro, while substitutions elsewhere in the protein have little effect. These studies have the common feature that they encourage partial unfolding of b2m, allowing the aggregation-prone regions of the polypeptide sequence to be exposed and to participate in intermolecular interactions. The b2m variants, P32G and P32V, have been used to show that wild-type b2m populates a native-like folding intermediate (called IT) en route to the native state that contains a non-native trans Pro32 bond. Increased population of this intermediate in the variant P32G was shown to be concomitant with increased ability of the protein to elongate b2m fibril seeds. Other variants, such as P5G and DN6, also affect isomerisation of the Pro32 peptide bond, promoting population of IT and enabling fibril nucleation at pH 7.0. In separate studies b2m has been shown to form oligomers and fibrils at neutral pH by addition of Cu2+ and 1 M urea. This induces the formation of a non-native species, called M*, that appears identical to IT by size exclusion chromatography (SEC). Coordination of the metal ion promotes peptide bond isomerisation at Pro32, and the subsequent rapid formation of oligomers as judged by SEC, providing further supporting evidence that the isomerisation of Pro32 is a key initial step on the pathway to fibrils.Structural studies of the trapped folding intermediate, IT (orM*), have provided molecular insights into the possible aggregation mechanisms of b2m at neutral pH. For example, crystallographic data for the mutant, P32A shows that this conformer results in substantial reorganisation of aromatic side-chains that are present in the core of the native protein. In this structure, a number of aromatic and hydrophobic residues are displaced including Phe30, Phe56, Trp60, Phe62, Tyr63 and Leu54. These rearrangements present a strip of exposed hydrophobic residues on the protein surface, providing a possible avenue for protein aggregation (Fig.3). This species crystallises as a dimer underlining its potential to form intermolecular interactions.
Fibrillar architecture
In aqueous solution at neutral or acidic condition, amyloid-like fibrils are formed from b2m that show a long-straight, left-hand twisted and unbranched morphology when observed by EM and AFM (Fig.4)
A unifying mechanism of b2m fibril formation
One of the most striking observations of the b2m assembly pathways is that the fibrils formed commencing from a highly denatured state or a native-like precursor are apparently indistinguishable, suggesting that their assembly pathways must converge to a similar fibrillar product. This could occur by unfolding of native b2m to allow reorganisation of the protein structure; or by refolding of the highly dynamic polypeptide chain at pH 2.5 to a more structurally ordered intermediate species (Fig.5).
Similarities between the assembly mechanisms are supported by several reasons:
. The proposal that aromatic interactions are crucial for driving fibrillogenesis under both sets of conditions.
. Another convergent feature arises from a suggested model for the fibrils formed at neutral pH that contains a highly charged surface, which could be neutralised at low pH, perhaps allowing for a convergence of the mechanisms of assembly at acidic and neutral pH and explaining why the kinetics of fibril formation are much more rapid under acidic conditions.
.An additional common characteristic is that many variants capable of fibril formation at neutral pH have the effect of destabilising the Nterminal region of the protein, which is also highly unfolded in the structural ensembles formed at low pH.
. The role of trans Pro32 in fibril formation at low pH is currently unknown, although 80% of the molecules would be expected to contain the trans conformation in the acid denatured state. Moreover, the observation that the rate of fibril formation of P32G is similar to that of wild-type b2m when studied at pH 2.5 is suggestive of a common trans amyloid precursor.
3D structures of beta-2 microglobulin
Beta-2 microglobulin
Amyloid formation by globular proteins under native conditions. Nature chemical biology,5,15(2009) [1]
Crystal structure of monomeric human β-2-microglobulin reveals clues to its amyloidogenic properties. PNAS,99,9771(2002) [2]
A regulatable switch mediates self-association in an immunoglobulin fold. Nature structural & molecular biology,15,965(2008) [3]
A native to amyloidogenic transition regulated by a beckbone trigger. Nature structural & molecular biology, 13,202(2006) [4]
Glimpse of the molecular mechanism of β2-microglobulin fibril formation in vitro: Aggregation on a complex energy landscape. FEBS letters, 583,2623(2009) [5]
Jia Dong, David Canner, Michal Harel, Alexander Berchansky
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The Registrar of Indigenous Corporations, Anthony Beven, has announced that the special administration of the Woolah Aboriginal Corporation (Woolah), in the Kimberley region of Western Australia, will end today.
Established in 1980, Woolah has for many years helped to develop the community and provide essential services, such as health, housing and education, and job opportunities.
In January 2016 the Registrar placed Woolah in special administration after an examination of the corporation's records revealed it was in need of support.
'The problems at Woolah have been challenging, mainly because of a number of community issues that affected its governance,' said Mr Beven. 'But the special administration has put in place some long-term practical solutions that have the corporation well‑placed for the future.'
The Doon Doon roadhouse, owned by a subsidiary of Woolah, was sold in recent months. The popular stopping place for travellers on the Great Northern Highway had been poorly managed for a number of years. 'Just keeping the roadhouse running caused a serious financial drain on Woolah's own funds for the past few years,' said Mr Beven. 'So it's a good outcome that the roadhouse has been sold to an experienced operator that will be able to keep it open.'
During the special administration, repairs to an old homestead in the community were also completed. Woolah now has a functional multi-purpose facility to use for a range of community activities, including its after school care and homework programs.
The corporation's rule book has been revised and a new board of member directors appointed. The corporation's rule book also now provides for an independent non‑member director to be appointed to the board.
'Woolah is a long-established corporation that has for many years delivered important services to the local community,' said Mr Beven. 'Although there have been some difficult issues to sort through the special administration has ensured that Woolah is now in much better shape.'
The Registrar's office will monitor the corporation closely over the next 12 months and also offer governance training to the new directors as soon as practical.
For more information please see media release of 18 January 2016: ORICMR1516-11.
ORICMR1617-05_Kimberley corporation back in shape - pdf [48kB]


A healthy smoothie that contains a "Powerhouse " of nutrients and vitamins. Using the fresh coconut water from a young coconut helps to reduce the calories, it has a nutty flavor and it's loaded with potassium; not to mention electrolytes. The nutty taste complimented the fresh ripe mango that is loaded with vitamin C. I added kiwi for its refreshing flavor and most of all Kiwi is amongst one of the top nutrient dense fruits. I added a touch of nutty sweetness by using peanut butter. This is such a rich breakfast drink – it will keep you filled for hours.
I hope you will go buy some young coconut, mangos and kiwis and make this awesome drink; you will not be disappointed. I would love to get your feedback, comments and questions – use the comment feature at the bottom of the post. Thanks for visiting. Enjoy.
Add all ingredients in a blender. Blend until you achieve a smoothie texture - about one to one and a half minutes.
Many fine supermarkets now carry fresh young coconut with the harder outer-shell removed. Use a very sharp butcher knife to cut off the top of the coconut leaving a hole at the top to pour out the water. Depending on the size of the coconut you will get about 1-1/2 cups to 2 cups water. The fresh coconut water taste so much better than the ones out of the box or can. It's worth the investment.


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Shore rocks early as big weekend rolls in
Sunshine, music help visitors get in the swim.
by By Wayne Parry, Associated Press, Inquirer
POINT PLEASANT BEACH, N.J. - Warm sunshine, hot rock-and-roll, and cold beer got the holiday weekend started in New Jersey - all before 8 a.m.
By the time the day was over, a daredevil had ridden a motorcycle over the Atlantic City Boardwalk to the third floor of a casino, business people had marched into the surf clutching briefcases in Ocean City, and other more traditional rituals - such as sitting in traffic, firing up the barbecue, and hitting the beach - had unfolded.
In Point Pleasant Beach, which hosts a free big-name rock concert on the boardwalk on the Friday of every Memorial Day weekend, the alcohol started flowing shortly after sunup. Daniel "Dan From Australia" Greenwood was with a group of friends from Point Pleasant celebrating on the sand outside Jenkinson's as the rock band 3 Doors Down played inside the bar, the music wafting outside.
"From here to Australia, I've been from here to there: They've got great summers there, but nobody does it like the Jersey Shore," he said. "We're just a different breed."
A breed that included a guy on the boardwalk who was having amazing success getting women he didn't know to pose for photos with his arm around them just by telling them they looked "just like that chick from Jerseylicious."
And the group of revelers in the club who had 12 Miller Lite cans arranged on the bar in front of them like an expanded array of bowling pins.
Work - and in some cases, school - was ditched, sand chairs were set up, bathing suits ruled, and beer and bloody Marys supplanted coffee and bagels for breakfast.
"It's a great way to start summer," said Jodee Griffith of Point Pleasant. "To have this right here and be able to walk to it is fantastic, having it right in your backyard.
Steve Capoano of Point Pleasant, who bears more than a passing resemblance to reality-show star Mike "The Situation" Sorrentino, said he and his friends were at the Jersey Shore years before the TV impostors.
"We were the real Jersey Shore long before the show," he said, holding a cold beer can under one of the palm trees that are imported and jammed into the sand here each summer. "Snooki and The Situation got nothing on us!"
An overturned boat, the Atlantic Traveler, capsized in the Manasquan Inlet more than two weeks ago, but it still has not been salvaged. Currents and winds nudged it out of the heavily traveled boating lane, and it now sits just south of the inlet on a stretch of beach where lifeguards usually don't let swimmers venture anyway.
Larry Hajna, a spokesman for the state Department of Environmental Protection, said it was unclear whether any fuel was inside the overturned boat, or whether most or all of it had already leaked out.
The U.S. Coast Guard said a private salvage team had been expected to retrieve the wrecked boat more than a week ago. But crews still had not arrived at the site, and it was unclear when a salvage operation might begin.
Elsewhere along the Shore, towns symbolically "unlocked" the ocean. Business people marched into the surf in Ocean City holding briefcases, and the nation's first casino outside Nevada had its grand reopening in Atlantic City. Resorts Casino Hotel unveiled its Roaring '20s theme.
Gamblers at Bally's Atlantic City, cashed in on the heat. When the temperature exceeds 72 degrees, the first 1,000 people who insert their players club card into a slot machine after the "official" temperature is read at 3 p.m. will win $1 in free slot play for every degree above 72, with a minimum of $5 per person guaranteed.
By Wayne Parry, Associated Press, Inquirer


Before January 2016, from my window, I could see a bright rectangle in the middle of the city. It was a private garage.
Since I saw it from the first time, I had the desire to draw colour volumes and lines in this white stage embed in the middle of Brussels.
In January 2016 I saw a building company planned to build up new floors changing this privileged scenery of the city view.
The urgency of the vanishing of this abstract stage, the garage, provoked me a reaction.
For 8 days, I filmed bodies moving on this stage, which changed day by day.
At the beginning it was clear and still empty but little by little scaffoldings, pillars and tarpaulins modified its configuration.
Others and I filmed from the window giving direction to the performers with a walkie-talkie.
LE GARAGE (en janvier) is a surrealistic document, a souvenir of a city view and a drawing in motion.


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The Richmond Hill Convention and Visitors Bureau (CVB) promotes Richmond Hill, Georgia, as a competitive meeting and leisure destination among its peers, encompassing its unique blend of nature, culture and heritage in a manner that supports the interests of both the local hospitality industry and our residents, thereby encouraging economic growth for our community. The monthly meeting of the Richmond Hill Convention and Visitors Bureau Board of Directors is held on the fourth Tuesday of the month at 8:30 a.m., unless otherwise specified, at 10750 Ford Avenue, Richmond Hill. For more information, contact the CVB at (912) 756-2676. The meeting agenda is available the week prior at the CVB office: 10750 Ford Avenue, Richmond Hill, GA 31324.
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Head of Syria's National Olympic Committee refused...
Head of Syria's National Olympic Committee refused UK visa
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The head of Syria's National Olympic Committee, General Mowaffak Joumaa, was refused a UK visa to travel to attend next month's Olympic Games in London.
Joumaa is reportedly regarded as a close friend of Syrian president, Bashar al-Assad, whose regime has been widely criticised for its violent crackdown on protesters.
The decision was made at a meeting of officials from the Home Office, the Foreign Office and the Department of Culture, Media and Sport, and is expected to be approved by the International Olympic Committee (IOC).
British ministers had previously warned that Joumaa could have his UK visa refused.
"We would have to talk to the IOC but yes, of course we can (block his attendance)," sports minister Hugh Robertson said in May.
Opposition groups had also urged the UK to ban Joumaa. The British Solidarity for Syria group (BSS) described Joumaa as "an aide, supporter and apologist for a regime committing war crimes and crimes against humanity including torture, sexual violence and extra-judicial executions".
UN aid agencies have been mostly restricted from entering Syria during the uprising against president Bashar al-Assad; the violent protests began in March last year and continue still. Nearly 15,000 people have been killed, and at least 500,000 have been internally displaced; the UN says at least one million are in need of help.
The Home Office is also believed to be working on additional visa cases involving other individuals who are not on the EU or UN ban lists but who have been convicted of serious crimes.
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An advanced, anti-aging, hydrating eye crème that helps firm, smooth and hydrate the eye area. Nourishing vitamin A reduces the appearance of fine lines and wrinkles, and multiple active peptides lift and firm the look of the eye area.
Water (Aqua), Maris Aqua (Sea Water), Rosa Centifolia Flower Water, Glycerine, Hydrogenated Coco-Glycerides, Butylene Glycol, Sorbitan Stearate, Stearyl Alcohol, Polyglyceryl-10 Stearate,
Diisostearyl Malate, Trehalose, Butyrospermum Parkii (Shea Butter), Cera Alba (Beeswax), Hydrogenated Lecithin, Vitis Vinifera (Grape) Seed Oil, Hydrogenated Palm Kernel Oil, Dimethicone, Persea Gratissima (Avocado) Oil, Dipentaerythrityl Hexahydroxystearate/Hexastearate/Hexarosinate, Hydrogenated Castor Oil Isostearate, Oleic Acid, Phenoxyethanol, Glyceryl Diisostearate/Hydrogenated Rosinate, Glyceryl Stearate, Behenyl Alcohol, Arginine, Glyceryl Stearate Citrate, Sodium Dicocoylethylenediamine PEG-15 Sulfate, Carbomer, Sphingolipids, Synthetic Fluorphlogopite, Pyrus Cydonia Seed Extract, Citric Acid, PVM/MA Decadiene Crosspolymer, Glycosphingolipids, Tocopheryl Acetate, Aluminum Hydroxide, Argania Spinosa Kernel Oil, Disodium EDTA, Lactobacillus/Bean Seed Extract/Sodium Glutamate Ferment Filtrate, Potassium Hydroxide, Hydrolyzed Collagen, Polyquaternium-61, Yeast Beta-Glucan, Retinyl Palmitate, Zea Mays (Corn) Oil, Arnica Montana Flower Extract, Caffeine, Dipotassium Glycyrrhizate, Geranium Robertianum Extract, Yeast Extract, Caprylic/Capric Triglyceride, Vitis Vinifera (Grape) Leaf Extract, Polygonum Tinctorium Leaf/Stem Extract, Uncaria Tomentosa Extract, Sodium Hyaluronate, Maltodextrin, Vaccinium Myrtillus Leaf Extract, Tocopherol, Camellia Sinensis Leaf Powder, Oligopeptide-6, Hexapeptide-3
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Antioxidant: Vitis Vinifera (Grape) Seed Oil, Persea Gratissima (Avocado) Oil, Tocopheryl Acetate, Argania Spinosa Kernel Oil, Caffeine, Tocopherol
Cell-communicating ingredient: Retinyl Palmitate
Skin-identical ingredient: Glycerine, Arginine, Sodium Hyaluronate
Soothing: Dipotassium Glycyrrhizate
Buffering: Citric Acid, Potassium Hydroxide
Chelating: Disodium EDTA
Emollient: Hydrogenated Coco-Glycerides, Stearyl Alcohol, Diisostearyl Malate, Butyrospermum Parkii (Shea Butter), Cera Alba (Beeswax), Hydrogenated Lecithin, Vitis Vinifera (Grape) Seed Oil, Hydrogenated Palm Kernel Oil, Dimethicone, Persea Gratissima (Avocado) Oil, Oleic Acid, Glyceryl Stearate, Behenyl Alcohol, Glyceryl Stearate Citrate, Sphingolipids, Glycosphingolipids, Aluminum Hydroxide, Argania Spinosa Kernel Oil, Hydrolyzed Collagen, Caprylic/Capric Triglyceride
Emulsifying: Sorbitan Stearate, Stearyl Alcohol, Polyglyceryl-10 Stearate, Cera Alba (Beeswax), Hydrogenated Lecithin, Oleic Acid, Glyceryl Stearate, Glyceryl Stearate Citrate, Zea Mays (Corn) Oil
Moisturizer/humectant: Maris Aqua (Sea Water), Glycerine, Butylene Glycol, Trehalose, Aluminum Hydroxide, Hydrolyzed Collagen, Dipotassium Glycyrrhizate, Yeast Extract, Sodium Hyaluronate
Perfuming: Cera Alba (Beeswax), Zea Mays (Corn) Oil, Arnica Montana Flower Extract, Caffeine
Preservative: Phenoxyethanol
Solvent: Water (Aqua), Maris Aqua (Sea Water), Butylene Glycol
Surfactant/cleansing: Stearyl Alcohol, Diisostearyl Malate
Viscosity controlling: Stearyl Alcohol, Butyrospermum Parkii (Shea Butter), Cera Alba (Beeswax), Hydrogenated Palm Kernel Oil, Dipentaerythrityl Hexahydroxystearate/Hexastearate/Hexarosinate, Hydrogenated Castor Oil Isostearate, Behenyl Alcohol, Carbomer, Synthetic Fluorphlogopite, PVM/MA Decadiene Crosspolymer, Aluminum Hydroxide, Yeast Beta-Glucan
Water (Aqua) solvent
Maris Aqua (Sea Water) moisturizer/humectant, solvent
Rosa Centifolia Flower Water
Glycerine skin-identical ingredient, moisturizer/humectant 0, 0 superstar
Hydrogenated Coco-Glycerides emollient
Sorbitan Stearate emulsifying 1, 0
Stearyl Alcohol emollient, viscosity controlling, emulsifying, surfactant/cleansing 2, 2
Polyglyceryl-10 Stearate emulsifying
Diisostearyl Malate emollient, surfactant/cleansing
Trehalose moisturizer/humectant goodie
Butyrospermum Parkii (Shea Butter) emollient, viscosity controlling goodie
Cera Alba (Beeswax) emollient, viscosity controlling, emulsifying, perfuming 0, 0-2
Hydrogenated Lecithin emollient, emulsifying goodie
Vitis Vinifera (Grape) Seed Oil antioxidant, emollient goodie
Hydrogenated Palm Kernel Oil emollient, viscosity controlling
Persea Gratissima (Avocado) Oil antioxidant, emollient 0, 0-3 goodie
Dipentaerythrityl Hexahydroxystearate/Hexastearate/Hexarosinate viscosity controlling
Hydrogenated Castor Oil Isostearate viscosity controlling
Oleic Acid emollient, emulsifying
Glyceryl Diisostearate/Hydrogenated Rosinate
Glyceryl Stearate emollient, emulsifying 0, 1-2
Behenyl Alcohol emollient, viscosity controlling
Arginine skin-identical ingredient goodie
Glyceryl Stearate Citrate emollient, emulsifying
Sodium Dicocoylethylenediamine PEG-15 Sulfate
Carbomer viscosity controlling 0, 1
Sphingolipids emollient
Synthetic Fluorphlogopite viscosity controlling
Pyrus Cydonia Seed Extract
PVM/MA Decadiene Crosspolymer viscosity controlling
Glycosphingolipids emollient
Tocopheryl Acetate antioxidant 0, 0
Aluminum Hydroxide emollient, moisturizer/humectant, viscosity controlling
Argania Spinosa Kernel Oil antioxidant, emollient goodie
Disodium EDTA chelating
Lactobacillus/Bean Seed Extract/Sodium Glutamate Ferment Filtrate
Potassium Hydroxide buffering
Hydrolyzed Collagen emollient, moisturizer/humectant goodie
Yeast Beta-Glucan viscosity controlling
Retinyl Palmitate cell-communicating ingredient 1-3, 1-3
Zea Mays (Corn) Oil emulsifying, perfuming 0, 0-3
Arnica Montana Flower Extract perfuming icky
Caffeine antioxidant, perfuming goodie
Dipotassium Glycyrrhizate soothing, moisturizer/humectant goodie
Geranium Robertianum Extract
Yeast Extract moisturizer/humectant goodie
Caprylic/Capric Triglyceride emollient
Vitis Vinifera (Grape) Leaf Extract
Polygonum Tinctorium Leaf/Stem Extract
Uncaria Tomentosa Extract
Sodium Hyaluronate skin-identical ingredient, moisturizer/humectant 0, 0 goodie
Vaccinium Myrtillus Leaf Extract
Camellia Sinensis Leaf Powder
Oligopeptide-6
Hexapeptide-3
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Also-called: Aqua | What-it-does: solvent
Maris Aqua (Sea Water)
Also-called: Sea Water | What-it-does: moisturizer/humectant, solvent
Glycerine - superstar
Also-called: Glycerol;Glycerin | What-it-does: skin-identical ingredient, moisturizer/humectant | Irritancy: 0 | Comedogenicity: 0
Hydrogenated Coco-Glycerides
A white, solid, vegetable-derived fat (meaning it has the same triglyceride structure as oils but is solid at room temperature) that contains coconut-derived, C12-C18 chain length, saturated (no double bonds) fatty acids.
It is odorless, has a neutral taste and it is pretty hard at room temperature. It is used as a consistency regulator both for creams and makeup products.
Sorbitan Stearate
What-it-does: emulsifying | Irritancy: 1 | Comedogenicity: 0
A popular, vegetable-derived oil-loving emulsifier that helps water to mix with oil. In itself, it is suitable for water-in-oil emulsions (where water droplets are dispersed in oil), but it is more often used as a co-emulsifier next to other, water-loving emulsifiers.
Chemically speaking, it comes from the attachment of sorbitan (a dehydrated sorbitol (sugar) molecule) with the fatty acid Stearic Acid, that creates a partly water (the sorbitan part) and partly oil soluble (stearic part) molecule.
What-it-does: emollient, viscosity controlling, emulsion stabilising, emulsifying, surfactant/cleansing | Irritancy: 2 | Comedogenicity: 2
A handy multi-tasker, white to light yellowish oil-loving wax that works very well in oil-in-water emulsions. It makes your skin feel nice and smooth (emollient), stabilizes oil-water mixes and gives body to them.
Oh, and one more thing: it's a so-called fatty alcohol - the good, emollient type of alcohol that is non-drying and non-irritating. It is often mixed with fellow fatty alcohol, Cetyl Alcohol, and the mixture is called Cetearyl Alcohol in the ingredient list.
Polyglyceryl-10 Stearate
What-it-does: emulsifying
A vegetable-based, PEG-free ingredient whose job is to help water and oil to mix nicely together (emulsifier). It is created by attaching ten water-loving glycerin molecules with the oil-loving fatty acid, stearic acid. The result is a partly water- and partly oil-loving molecule that creates stable and smooth emulsions that are also cosmetically elegant. It also has some moisturizing and softening benefits for skin and hair.
Diisostearyl Malate
What-it-does: emollient, surfactant/cleansing
Trehalose - goodie
A type of sugar that has water-binding properties and helps to keep your skin hydrated.
Butyrospermum Parkii (Shea Butter) - goodie
Also-called: Shea Butter;Butyrospermum Parkii Butter | What-it-does: emollient, viscosity controlling
Unless you live under a rock you must have heard about shea butter. It's probably the most hyped up natural butter in skincare today. It comes from the seeds of African Shea or Karite Trees and used as a magic moisturizer and emollient.
But it's not only a simple emollient, it regenerates and soothes the skin, protects it from external factors (such as UV rays or wind) and is also rich in antioxidants (among others vitamin A, E, F, quercetin and epigallocatechin gallate). If you are looking for rich emollient benefits + more, shea is hard to beat.
Cera Alba (Beeswax)
Also-called: Beeswax | What-it-does: emollient, viscosity controlling, emulsifying, perfuming | Irritancy: 0 | Comedogenicity: 0-2
It's the yellow, solid stuff that you probably know from beeswax candles. It's a natural material produced by honey bees to build their honeycomb.
As for skincare, it's used as an emollient and thickening agent. It's super common in lip balms and lipsticks.
Hydrogenated Lecithin - goodie
It's the chemically chopped up version of normal lecithin. Most often it's used to create liposomes and to coat and stabilize other ingredients.
Vitis Vinifera (Grape) Seed Oil - goodie
Also-called: Grape Seed Oil | What-it-does: antioxidant, emollient
A goodie plant oil coming from the polyphenol-rich seeds of the grape. It's a light emollient oil that makes your skin feel smooth and nice and also contains a bunch of good-for-the-skin stuff. It's a great source of antioxidant polyphenols, barrier repair fatty acid linoleic acid (about 55-77%, while oleic acid is about 12-27%) and antioxidant, skin-protectant vitamin E.
Hydrogenated Palm Kernel Oil
Persea Gratissima (Avocado) Oil - goodie
Also-called: Avocado Oil, Persea Americana Oil | What-it-does: antioxidant, emollient | Irritancy: 0 | Comedogenicity: 0-3
The oil coming from the pulp of one of the most nutritious fruits in the world, the avocado. It's loaded with the nourishing and moisturizing fatty acid, oleic (70%) and contains some others including palmitic (10%) and linoleic acid (8%). It also contains a bunch of minerals and vitamins A, E and D.
Avocado oil has extraordinary skin penetration abilities and can nourish different skin layers. It's a very rich, highly moisturizing emollient oil that makes the skin smooth and nourished. Thanks to its vitamin E content it also has some antioxidant properties. As a high-oleic plant oil, it is recommended for dry skin.
Dipentaerythrityl Hexahydroxystearate/Hexastearate/Hexarosinate
Hydrogenated Castor Oil Isostearate
Also-called: Omega-9 fatty acid | What-it-does: emollient, emulsifying
A common fatty acid that can be found in lots of plant oils. Its name, "oleic", means derived from olive oil, a plant oil rich in oleic acid, but avocado, macadamia and marula oils, just to name a few, are also oleic rich.
Its chemical structure is monounsaturated, meaning it has one double bond (cis-9) that makes it less kinky than polyunsaturated fatty acids with multiple double bonds. Less kinkiness means that oleic acid and OA-rich oils are a bit thicker and heavier than their LA-rich siblings.
Maybe this thickness is the reason that Oleic acid is considered comedogenic, and if you have acne-prone skin avoid OA-rich plant oils, and choose linoleic acid-rich versions instead.
The thickness of OA also means that OA-rich oils are considered more nourishing and moisturizing than their LA-rich counterparts, and are generally considered to be more suitable for dry, mature skin types.
As for oleic acid in its free form (and by free we mean that it is not bound up in a triglyceride structure like it is in oils), it mostly serves as an emulsifier or emulsion stabilizer in small amounts in regular cosmetic products. It is also quite well researched and is used in the pharmaceutical industry as a penetration enhancer.
Glyceryl Diisostearate/Hydrogenated Rosinate
What-it-does: emollient, emulsifying | Irritancy: 0 | Comedogenicity: 1-2
A super common, waxy, white, solid stuff that helps water and oil to mix together, gives body to creams and leaves the skin feeling soft and smooth.
Chemically speaking, it is the attachment of a glycerin molecule to the fatty acid called stearic acid. It can be produced from most vegetable oils (in oils three fatty acid molecules are attached to glycerin instead of just one like here) in a pretty simple, "green" process that is similar to soap making. It's readily biodegradable.
It also occurs naturally in our body and is used as a food additive. As cosmetic chemist Colins writes it, "its safety really is beyond any doubt".
Behenyl Alcohol
What-it-does: emollient, viscosity controlling, emulsion stabilising
A fatty alcohol (the non-drying type with a long oil loving chain of 22 carbon atoms) that is used to increase the viscosity of the formula and it also helps the oily and the watery parts to stay nicely mixed together (called emulsion stabilizing).
Arginine - goodie
What-it-does: skin-identical ingredient
A semi-essential (infants cannot synthesize it, but adults can) amino acid that is one of the primary building blocks of hair keratin and skin collagen. It's a natural moisturizing factor, a skin hydrator and might also help to speed up wound healing.
Arginine usually has a positive charge (cationic) that makes it substantive to skin and hair (those are more negatively charged surfaces) and an excellent film former. Thanks to the positive charge, it also creates a complex with AHAs (AHAs like to lose a hydrogen ion and be negatively charged, so the positive and the negative ions attract each other) that causes a "time-release AHA effect" and reduces the irritation associated with AHAs.
Glyceryl Stearate Citrate
Glyceryl stearate citrate is similar to the super common skincare ingredient glyceryl stearate, and is similarly used to help combine waters and oils (emulsifier) and to make your skin feel nice and soft (emollient).
The main difference between glyceryl stearate citrate and its cousin glyceryl stearate is that this one has a citric acid molecule also attached to its glycerin. This makes it what chemists call a diacylglycerol, which is a fancy word for two acids (in this case, citric acid and stearic acid) attached together with a glycerin bridge. But when it comes to cosmetics, all you need to know is that both glyceryl stearate citrate and glyceryl stearate are safe, tried and true emulsifiers. Expect to see them in formulas with both water-based and oil-based ingredients (think moisturizers and lotions).
What-it-does: viscosity controlling, emulsion stabilising | Irritancy: 0 | Comedogenicity: 1
A big molecule created from repeated subunits (a polymer of acrylic acid) that magically converts a liquid into a nice gel formula. It usually has to be neutralized with a base (such as sodium hydroxide) for the thickening to occur and it creates viscous, clear gels that also feel nice and non-tacky on the skin. No wonder, it is a very popular and common ingredient. Typically used at 1% or less in most formulations.
Also-called: Synthetic Mica | What-it-does: viscosity controlling
Synthetic Fluorphlogopite is the synthetic version of the super commonly used mineral, Mica. The advantage of being synthetic is that it has a more consistent quality, fewer impurities and an even lower heavy metal content than Mica (not that Mica's heavy metal content is high). It is also more transparent and has improved light reflection.
The two main use cases for Synthetic Fluorphlogopite is being used neat as a superior "filler" or skin tone enhancer or it can also serve as a base for multi-layered, composite pigments such as pearl effect pigments where it is coated with one or more layers of metal oxide, most commonly titanium dioxide.
PVM/MA Decadiene Crosspolymer
A big, water-loving polymer molecule that creates nice gels.
Also-called: Vitamin E Acetate | What-it-does: antioxidant | Irritancy: 0 | Comedogenicity: 0
It's the most commonly used version of pure vitamin E in cosmetics. You can read all about the pure form here. This one is the so-called esterified version.
According to famous dermatologist, Leslie Baumann while tocopheryl acetate is more stable and has a longer shelf life, it's also more poorly absorbed by the skin and may not have the same awesome photoprotective effects as pure Vit E.
What-it-does: emollient, moisturizer/humectant, viscosity controlling
Officially, CosIng (the official EU ingredient database) lists Aluminum Hydroxide 's functions as opacifying (making the product white and non-transparent), as well as emollient and skin protectant.
However, with a little bit of digging, it turns out Aluminum Hyroxide often moonlights as a protective coating for UV filter superstar Titanium Dioxide. Specifically, it protects our skin from the harmful effects of nasty Reactive Oxygen Species (free radicals derived from oxygen such as Superoxide and Hydrogen Peroxide) generated when Titanium Dioxide is exposed to UV light. Btw, chlorine in swimming pool water depletes this protective coating, so one more reason to reapply your sunscreen after a dip in the pool on holiday.
Other than that, Aluminum Hydroxide also often shows up in composite pigment technologies where it is used the other way around (as the base material and not as the coating material) and helps to achieve higher color coverage with less pigment.
Argania Spinosa Kernel Oil - goodie
Also-called: Argan Oil | What-it-does: antioxidant, emollient
When it comes to cosmetic oils and hype, argan oil is for sure leading the way. Dubbed as the "liquid gold of Morocco", we have to admit we have some trouble determining why this oil enjoys such a special miracle status. Not that it's not good, it is good, even great but reading the research about argan and a bunch of other plant oils we just do not see the big, unique differentiating factor (though that might be our fault not reading enough, obvs.)
So, argan oil comes from the kernel of the argan fruit that comes from the argan tree that grows only in Morocco. The tree is slow growing and getting the oil is a hard job. The traditional process is that the ripe argan fruits fall from the tree, then goats eat them up and poop out the seeds. The seeds are collected and smashed with a stone to get the kernels inside. This part is the hard one as the seeds have extremely hard shells. Once the kernels are obtained, the oil is pressed out from them (the kernels contain about 50% oil).
As for skincare, argan oil is loaded with lots of skin goodies (but so are many other plant oils): it contains 80% nourishing and moisturizing unsaturated fatty acids, mainly oleic (38-50%), linoleic (28-38%) and palmitic (10-18%). It also contains a relatively large amount of antioxidant vitamin E (600-900 mg/kg, about twice as much as olive), small amounts of antioxidant phenols (including caffeic acid, ferulic acid, and epicatechin), as well as some rare sterols with soothing and anti-inflammatory properties.
Thanks to all the above goodness in argan oil, it can greatly nourish and moisturize the skin and hair. It's also claimed to be able to neutralize collagen-damaging free radicals, help reduce scars, and revitalize and improve skin elasticity. You can even read that argan might help acne-prone skin, but being a high oleic oil, we would be careful with that.
All in all, argan oil is a real goodie but we do not fully understand the special miracle status it enjoys.
What-it-does: chelating
Super common little helper ingredient that helps products to remain nice and stable for a longer time. It does so by neutralizing the metal ions in the formula (that usually get into there from water) that would otherwise cause some not so nice changes.
It is typically used in tiny amounts, around 0.1% or less.
Lactobacillus/Bean Seed Extract/Sodium Glutamate Ferment Filtrate
It's a very alkaline stuff that helps to set the pH of the cosmetic formula to be just right. It's similar to the more often used sodium hydroxide and pretty much the same of what we wrote there applies here too.
Hydrolyzed Collagen - goodie
What-it-does: emollient, moisturizer/humectant
The chemically chopped up version of the big protein molecule, collagen. It is often derived from fish or bovine sources and works as a nice moisturizer and humectant that helps the skin to hold onto water.
To understand a bit more what Hydrolyzed Collagen is, you have to know that proteins are large chains of amino acids connected with so-called peptide bonds. These bonds can be broken up when a water molecule is added and the resulting thing is a mix of shorter length amino acids, also called peptides. So Hydrolyzed Collagen is not really collagen, it is rather an undefined and varying mix of largish peptides. Based on a manufacturer's data, the whole, soluble collagen has an average molecular weight of 300 000 Da, while this chopped up mixture has an average MW of 12 000 Da (still pretty big).
The main thing of these largish peptides is to act as water-binding agents, and to make the skin nice and smooth (aka emollient). Hydrolyzed Collagen is also often used in cleansers as it can make harsh surfactants milder and in hair conditioners as it improves the flexibility and manageability of hair.
If you wanna know more about collagen in cosmetics, we have a shiny explanation about soluble collagen here >>
Yeast Beta-Glucan
Retinyl Palmitate
Also-called: Form of Retinoids | What-it-does: cell-communicating ingredient | Irritancy: 1-3 | Comedogenicity: 1-3
It's an ester form of vitamin A (retinol + palmitic acid) that belongs to the "retinoid family". The retinoid family is pretty much the royal family of skincare, with the king being the FDA-approved anti-aging ingredient tretinoin. Retinol is also a very famous member of the family, but it's like Prince George, two steps away from the throne. Retinyl palmitate will be then Prince Charlotte (George's little sister), quite far (3 steps) away from the throne.
By steps, we mean metabolic steps. Tretinoin, aka retinoic acid, is the active ingredient our skin cells can understand and retinyl palmitate (RP) has to be converted by our metabolic machinery to actually do something. The conversion is a 3 step one and looks like this:
retinyl palmitate --> retinol -- > retinaldehyde --> all-trans-retinoic acid
As we wrote in our lengthy retinol description the problem is that the conversion is not terribly effective. The evidence that RP is still an effective anti-aging ingredient is not very strong, in fact, it's weak. Dr. Leslie Baumann in her fantastic Cosmetic Dermatology book writes that RP is topically ineffective.
What's more, the anti-aging effectiveness is not the only questionable thing about RP. It also exibits questionable behaviour in the presence of UV light and was the center of a debate between the non-profit group, EWG (whose intentions are no doubt good, but its credibility is often questioned by scientists) and a group of scientists and dermatologists lead by Steven Q. Wang, MD, director of dermatologic surgery at Memorial-Sloan Kettering Cancer Centre.
Dr. Leslie Baumann wrote a great review of the debate and summarized the research available about retinyl palmitate here. It seems that there is a study showing RP being photo protective against UVB rays but there is also a study showing RP causing DNA damage and cytotoxicity in association with UVA.
We think that the truth lies somewhere in the middle, and we agree with Dr. Baumann's conclusion: "sufficient evidence to establish a causal link between RP and skin cancer has not been produced. Nor, I'm afraid, are there any good reasons to recommend the use of RP". We would add especially during the day!
Bottom line: If you wanna get serious about retinoids, RP is not your ingredient (retinol or tretinoin is!). However, if you use a product that you like and it also contains RP, there is no reason to throw it away. If possible use it at night, just to be on the safe side.
Zea Mays (Corn) Oil
Also-called: Corn Oil | What-it-does: emulsifying, perfuming | Irritancy: 0 | Comedogenicity: 0-3
Arnica Montana Flower Extract - icky
Also-called: Mountain Arnica Extract | What-it-does: perfuming
A nice yellow flower living in the mountains. It has been used as a herbal medicine for centuries, though its effect on skin is rather questionable. It's most famously used to treat bruisings, but there are some studies that show that it's not better than placebo (source: wikipedia). Also, some consider it to be anti-inflammatory, while other research shows that it can cause skin irritation.
Caffeine - goodie
What-it-does: antioxidant, perfuming
Hello, our favorite molecule that helps us wake up in the morning and then keeps us going through the day. As a super well-known stimulant from coffee, tea and plenty of other soft drinks, Caffeine needs no introduction. So we will skip right to the part where we talk about what the hell it does in so-so many cosmetic products.
Looking at the research, we were surprised to find how versatile Caffeine is. It is a small, water-loving molecule with pretty good skin penetration abilties. Once in the skin, it has nice antioxidant properties, meaning that it reduces the formation of evil free radicals and it might even be useful in preventing UV-induced skin cancers.
A well-known thing about Caffeine is that it improves the microcirculation of the blood vessels. Though conventional wisdom and anecdotal evidence says that this property is helpful for dark under-eye circles and puffy eyes, we have to mention that the double-blind research we have found about a 3% caffeine gel concluded that "the overall efficacy of the selected caffeine gel in reducing puffy eyes was not significantly different from that of its gel base." But you know, the proof is in the pudding.
Another thing Caffeine is used for in body care products is its anti-cellulite effects. In theory, it can speed up the lipolysis process (the "fat burning" by our cells) and stimulate the draining lymph system that might lead to the improvement of cellulite. But here again, the evidence that it actually makes a measurable, let alone visible, improvement on actual human beings is limited (we could find only some animal skin studies or caffeine being combined with other actives).
Last, but not least, we have to write about caffeine and hair growth. The theory is that it can inhibit the activity of the 5-α-reductase enzyme that plays an important role in hair loss and allows a renewed growth phase of the hair. We have found some recent and promising research to back this up. A 2017 study compared a 0.2% caffeine liquid with a 5% Minoxidil (an FDA approved active to treat baldness) solution and found that "a caffeine-based topical liquid should be considered as not inferior to minoxidil 5% solution in men with androgenetic alopecia", or English translation means that the caffeine liquid was pretty much as good as the FDA-approved Minoxidil stuff. Not bad!
Overall, we think that caffeine is a very versatile and biologically active ingredient. Even though some of its effects are more hyped up than backed up, it is still a nice to have on many ingredient lists.
Dipotassium Glycyrrhizate - goodie
Also-called: Licorice | What-it-does: soothing, moisturizer/humectant
The salt form of one of the main anti-inflammatory ingredients in the licorice plant, monoammonium glycyrrhizinate. It's a yellowish powder with a nice sweet smell.
It's used mainly for its soothing and anti-inflammatory properties, but according to manufacturer info, it's also sebum regulating so it's a perfect ingredient for problem skin products.
Read more about licorice and why it's a skincare superstar here.
What-it-does: astringent
Yeast Extract - goodie
You probably know yeast from the kitchen where you put it into milk with a little sugar and then after a couple of minutes brownish bubbles form. That is the fungi fermenting the sugar.
As for skin care, yeast contains beta-glucan that is a great soothing ingredient and also a mild antioxidant. The yeast extract itself is a silky clear liquid that has some great moisturizing, skin protecting and film-forming properties on the skin.
Caprylic/Capric Triglyceride
A super common emollient that makes your skin feel nice and smooth. It comes from coconut oil and glycerin, it's light-textured, clear, odorless and non-greasy. It's a nice ingredient that just feels good on the skin, is super well tolerated by every skin type and easy to formulate with. No wonder it's popular.
Polygonum Tinctorium Leaf/Stem Extract
Sodium Hyaluronate - goodie
What-it-does: skin-identical ingredient, moisturizer/humectant | Irritancy: 0 | Comedogenicity: 0
It's the - sodium form - cousin of the famous NMF, hyaluronic acid (HA). If HA does not tell you anything we have a super detailed, geeky explanation about it here. The TL; DR version of HA is that it's a huge polymer (big molecule from repeated subunits) found in the skin that acts as a sponge helping the skin to hold onto water, being plump and elastic. HA is famous for its crazy water holding capacity as it can bind up to 1000 times its own weight in water.
As far as skincare goes, sodium hyaluronate and hyaluronic acid are pretty much the same and the two names are used interchangeably. As cosmetic chemist kindofstephen writes on reddit "sodium hyaluronate disassociates into hyaluronic acid molecule and a sodium atom in solution".
In spite of this, if you search for "hyaluronic acid vs sodium hyaluronate" you will find on multiple places that sodium hyaluronate is smaller and can penetrate the skin better. Chemically, this is definitely not true, as the two forms are almost the same, both are polymers and the subunits can be repeated in both forms as much as you like. (We also checked Prospector for sodium hyaluronate versions actually used in cosmetic products and found that the most common molecular weight was 1.5-1.8 million Da that absolutely counts as high molecular weight).
What seems to be a true difference, though, is that the salt form is more stable, easier to formulate and cheaper so it pops up more often on the ingredient lists.
If you wanna become a real HA-and-the-skin expert you can read way more about the topic at hyaluronic acid (including penetration-questions, differences between high and low molecular weight versions and a bunch of references to scientific literature).
What-it-does: absorbent/mattifier, emulsion stabilising
It's a little helper ingredient coming from corn, rice or potato starch that can help to keep skin mat (absorbent), to stabilise emulsions, and to keep the product together (binding).
A white, solid, vegetable-derived fat (meaning it has the same triglyceride structure as oils but is solid at room temperature) that contains coconut-derived, C12-C18 chain length, saturated (no double bonds) fatty acids. It is odorless, has a neutral taste and it is pretty hard at room temperature. [more]
what‑it‑does emulsifying
A popular, vegetable-derived oil-loving emulsifier that helps water to mix with oil. In itself, it is suitable for water-in-oil emulsions (where water droplets are dispersed in oil), but it is more often used as a co-emulsifier next to other, water-loving emulsifiers. Chemically speaking, it comes from the attachment of sorbitan (a dehydrated sorbitol (sugar) molecule) with the fatty [more]
A handy multi-tasker, white to light yellowish oil-loving wax that works very well in oil-in-water emulsions. It makes your skin feel nice and smooth (emollient), stabilizes oil-water mixes and gives body to them.Oh, and one more thing: [more]
A vegetable-based, PEG-free ingredient whose job is to help water and oil to mix nicely together (emulsifier). It is created by attaching ten water-loving glycerin molecules with the oil-loving fatty acid, stearic acid. [more]
what‑it‑does emollient | surfactant/cleansing
Shea butter that's considered to be a magic moisturizer and emollient. It is also soothing and rich in antioxidants. [more]
what‑it‑does emollient | viscosity controlling | emulsifying | perfuming
irritancy, com. 0, 0-2
The yellow solid stuff produced by honey bees to build their honeycomb. As for skincare, it's used as an emollient and thickening agent. [more]
It's the chemically chopped up version of normal lecithin. Most often it's used to create liposomes and to coat and stabilize some other ingredient.
what‑it‑does antioxidant | emollient
A goodie plant oil coming from the polyphenol-rich seeds of the grape. It's a light emollient oil that is a great source of antioxidant polyphenols, barrier repair fatty acid linoleic acid and antioxidant, skin-protectant vitamin E.
Avocado oil - a highly moisturizing, rich emollient oil that is loaded with fatty acids (oleic - 70%) and vitamin A, E and D. [more]
A common fatty acid that can be found in lots of plant oils. Its name, "oleic", means derived from olive oil, a plant oil rich in oleic acid, but avocado, macadamia and marula oils, just to name a few, are also oleic rich. Its chemical structure is monounsaturated, meaning it has one double bond (cis-9) that makes it less kinky than polyunsaturated fatty acids with multi [more]
Waxy, white, solid stuff that helps water and oil to mix together and leaves the skin feeling soft and smooth. [more]
A fatty alcohol (the non-drying type) that is used to increase the viscosity of the formula and stabilize emulsions. [more]
what‑it‑does skin-identical ingredient
An amino acid that is one of the primary building blocks of hair keratin and skin collagen. It's a natural moisturizing factor and might also help to speed up wound healing. [more]
Glyceryl stearate citrate is similar to the super common skincare ingredient glyceryl stearate, and is similarly used to help combine waters and oils (emulsifier) and to make your skin feel nice and soft (emollient). The main difference between glyceryl stearate citrate and its cousin glyceryl stearate is that this one has a citric acid molecule also attached to its glycerin. [more]
A handy white powder that magically converts a liquid into a nice gel formula. [more]
Synthetic Fluorphlogopite is the synthetic version of the super commonly used mineral, Mica. The advantage of being synthetic is that it has a more consistent quality, fewer impurities and an even lower heavy metal content than Mica (not that Mica's heavy metal content is high). [more]
A big, water-loving polymer molecule that creates nice gels. [more]
A form of vitamin E that works as an antioxidant. Compared to the pure form it's more stable, has longer shelf life, but it's also more poorly absorbed by the skin. [more]
what‑it‑does emollient | moisturizer/humectant | viscosity controlling
Officially, CosIng (the official EU ingredient database) lists Aluminum Hydroxide 's functions as opacifying (making the product white and non-transparent), as well as emollient and skin protectant. However, with a little bit of digging, it turns out Aluminum Hyroxide often moonlights as a protective coating for UV filter superstar Titanium Dioxide. [more]
Argan oil - the "liquid gold of Morocco" that contains 80% unsaturated fatty acids (oleic and linoleic mainly), and antioxidant vitamin E and phenols. It's highly nourishing and moisturizing both for skin and hair. [more]
what‑it‑does chelating
Super common little helper ingredient that helps products to remain nice and stable for a longer time. It does so by neutralizing the metal ions in the formula (that usually get into there from water) that would otherwise cause some not so nice changes. [more]
It's a very alkaline stuff that helps to set the pH of the cosmetic formula to be just right. [more]
what‑it‑does emollient | moisturizer/humectant
The chemically chopped up version of the big protein molecule, collagen. It is often derived from fish or bovine sources and works as a nice moisturizer and humectant that helps the skin to hold onto water. To understand a bit more what Hydrolyzed Collagen is, you have to know that proteins are large chains of amino acids connected with so-called peptide bonds. [more]
what‑it‑does cell-communicating ingredient
An ester form of vitamin A (retinol + palmitic acid) that is pretty much the least effective member of the retinoid family. Its anti-aging effects are quite questionable as well as its behavior in the presence of UVA light. (Use it at night if possible!) [more]
what‑it‑does emulsifying | perfuming
Mountain Arnica Extract - Most famously used to treat bruisings, though the scientific basis for its effectiveness is questionable. [more]
what‑it‑does antioxidant | perfuming
The well-known stimulant from coffee. It has nice antioxidant properties and can improve the microcirculation. Might be helpful for dark circles, puffy eyes, as well as cellulite and hair loss. [more]
The salt form of one of the main anti-inflammatory ingredients in the licorice plant, monoammonium glycyrrhizinate. It's a yellowish powder with a nice sweet smell. It's used mainly for its soothing and anti-inflammatory properties, but according to manufacturer info, it's also sebum regulating so it' [more]
A silky clear liquid that has great moisturizing, skin protecting and film-forming properties on the skin. [more]
A very common emollient that makes your skin feel nice and smooth. Comes from coconut oil and glycerin, it's light-textured, clear, odorless and non-greasy. [more]
It's the salt form of famous humectant and natural moisturizing factor, hyaluronic acid. It can bind huge amounts of water and it's pretty much the current IT-moisturizer. [more]


MC Personnel attended the Dartford & Gravesham business awards on Friday 10th October 2014.
MC Personnel proudly achieved Runner Up in the Awards and this is all down to the hard work and dedication from the Gravesend branch.
MC Personnel congratulate the winners Allpark Ltd who scooped the Winner's trophy.
MC Personnel is an independently-run recruitment business which opened its Gravesend office in 2001. The company offers a recruitment service to the whole of Kent specialising in industrial, office and catering personnel to meet the demand of local companies.
The Dartford & Gravesham Business Awards has produced a number of locally grown top class companies, some with a global clientele, but many of them small, deservedly picking up trophies.


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Fighting Terror Effectively: Israeli Experience
The European Leadership Network (ELNET EU & NATO) in cooperation with the Danish Member of European Parliament (MEP), Anders Vistisen (European Conservatives and Reformists Group), organized together a conference on the topic of "Fighting Terror Effectively: Best Practices of Israel in Counter-terrorism" in the European Parliament on 6 June 2018. Therefore, we invited two Israeli experts, Col. Eldad Shavit and Dr. Gil Ad Ariely.
TODAY! Join conference 'Fighting terror effectively: Best Practices of Israel in Counter-Terrorism' at 16:00 in EP. CT strategies will be explored which could help to keep Europe and its citizend safe from terror. In cooperation with @ELNET_BRX #UnitedAgainstTerrorism pic.twitter.com/IINMerFTjd
— Anders Vistisen MEP (@MEPvistisen) June 6, 2018
MEP Vistisen announcing our conference at the European Parliament in Brussels on the Israeli expertise in Counter-terrorism on 06 June 2018.
Eldad Shavit joined the Institute of National Security Studies (INSS) in early 2017 as a Visiting Fellow following a long career in the IDF Intelligence Corps and the Prime Minister's Office in Tel Aviv. Dr. Gil Ad Ariely is the Chief Knowledge Officer (CKO) and a Senior Researcher at the Institute for Counter-terrorism (ICT). Dr. Ariely is a leading expert on managing operational knowledge in critical environments, crisis management and preparedness.
At conf Fighting terror effectively: Best Practices of Israel in Counter-Terrorism org by @elnetwork_eu & @MEPvistisen w/ speakers Col. Eldat Shavit, Inst 4 National Security Studies & Dr. Gil-Ad Arielly, Inst of Counter-Terrorism of Lauder School of Gov't Diplomacy & Strategy pic.twitter.com/kHQ6TFpOh3
— Péter Niedermüller (@NiedermullerMEP) June 6, 2018
The conference in the European Parliament was introduced by MEP Vistisen himself, followed by some introductory remarks by the Israeli Ambassador to the EU & NATO, H.E. Aharon Leshno-Yaar.
The first speaker started with an overview of the regional arena and highlighted the role of the key players in the region. He then focused on role of the Iranian regime, laying out its support to Hezbollah, but also highlighting the role of Shia as well as Sunni organizations (such as the Palestinian Islamic Jihad, Hamas and the Palestinian Authority) in the region. He also explained the importance of the Quds forces who serve as the spearhead of Iranian activities, which all in all make Iran capable of using each of its tentacles in different states and to a different degree of influence in the region. A clear objective of Iran over the last months, according to the speaker, was to build a corridor to the Mediterranean going through Syria and Lebanon and thus directly threatening Israel.
@elnetwork_eu @Europarl_EN Challenges of Terrorism Innovation and "Learning Competition" – Leshno-Yaar, Ambassador of Israel to the European Union and NATO and @MEPvistisen pic.twitter.com/HLkuErhpI1
— Israel in the EU (@IsraelinEU) June 6, 2018
The second part of the presentations focused on the operational side of counter-terrorism as well as the dimension of innovation in (countering) terrorism. The speaker in this context also explained the concept of learning competition among the terrorist organizations and versus the services who counter them.
According to the Israeli expert, lone terrorist attackers (sometimes referred to as "lone wolf") use simple measures and daily objects which can be described under the concept of "disruptive innovation". Disruptive innovation is when a simple technology disrupts the "market" in new ways – which is the case when objects from our daily lives are used as weapons (as e.g. knives, lorries, or even the simple use of chemicals from pesticides) for terrorist attacks. A recent example in this context are the flying fire kites sent from Gaza to Israel with dangling coal to set fire to Israeli farmland and forests. The Israeli army was able to adapt and react in real time and used drones to catch 400 out of the 600 flying fire kites in the past weeks.
Speakers Dr. Gil Ad Ariely and Eldad Shavit at the European Parliament
When concluding, the speaker highlighted that the most important challenge in the field of counter-terrorism is to raise awareness within the public and strengthen the public resilience towards terrorist attacks. Moreover, he suggested that there is still not enough cooperation happening among EU member states, left alone between the EU and Israel after all those attacks in Europe in recent years, despite the fact that cooperation is the key to success. The roundtable ended with the insight that in order to beat a terror network you need to create an international and global network with many players involved. In this regard all speakers and participants highlighted the importance of cooperation between allies such as the EU and Israel.
The roundtable in the European Parliament welcomed more than 50 people, including several MEPs, as well as Policy Advisors of the European Parliament. It also included EU officials from the European External Action Service and the European Commission, as well as the diplomatic missions in town.
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