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Gina Chavez: "Let It Out"
Austin-based, Latin pop songstress Gina Chavez released the music video for her single, "Let It Out," off her new EP "Lightbeam"
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Austin-based, Latin pop songstress Gina Chavez released the music video for her single, "Let It Out," off her new EP "Lightbeam".
"I'll never forget the night we played in Saudi Arabia," said Gina Chavez. "We were in an open courtyard of the U.S. Embassy performing for thousands of Saudi youth when it started to rain. A young man told me he knew all the words to my songs and then passed me a note about his tragic experiences being gay in Riyadh. This song is for him. This song is for the girls in Jordan who wanted to meet me after the show, but weren't allowed to get too close. It's for the women in Uzbekistan who leapt to their feet, all smiles and arms in the air when they heard an American sing in Uzbek. It's for all the beautiful people around the world who, just like us, want to be let it out and be celebrated for who they are."
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"Let It Out" is the third single off Gina Chavez's brand new EP "Lightbeam" , and is available for download and streaming on Amazon and iTunes.
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Nearly 30 years after his death, the iconic Queen frontman Freddie Mercury stars in a new music video for "Time Waits for No One."
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After being buried for 40 years, video from a previously unreleased performance of "Time Waits For No One" by Freddie Mercury at the Dominion Theatre in London has been released along with a reworked, piano-driven recording of the song, nearly 30 years after the Queen frontman's death.
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Madonna collaborated with TIME on the video for "I Rise" to "to share stories of resilience."
Madonna released the empowering and anthemic ballad "I Rise," the second track of five songs to be previewed before her highly-anticipated new studio album Madame X debuts globally on June 14th. Following the release of the critically-acclaimed "Medellín," additional songs to be shared with fans include the infectious pop gem "Crave" featuring Swae Lee and produced by Mike Dean on May 10, the Jamaican dancehall vibes of "Future" featuring Quavo on May 17, as well as the sonically innovative "Dark Ballet" on June 7.
Madonna says, "I wrote 'I Rise' as a way of giving a voice to all marginalized people who feel they don't have the opportunity to speak their mind. This year is the 50th anniversary of Pride and I hope this song encourages all individuals to be who they are, to speak their minds and to love themselves."
As previously announced, on May 4 GLAAD, the world's largest lesbian, gay, bisexual, transgender and queer (LGBTQ) media advocacy organization will honor Madonna with the Advocate for Change Award at the 30th Annual GLAAD Media Awards in New York City. Madonna is the second person and first woman to ever receive this recognition, which is awarded to a person who changed the game for LGBTQ people around the world through their work.
Influenced creatively by living in Lisbon, Portugal over the past several years, Madame X is a collection of 15 new songs that celebrate Madonna's career-long affair with Latin music and culture as well as other global influences. Singing in Portuguese, Spanish and English, Madonna collaborated on Madame X with longtime producer Mirwais, as well as with producers Mike Dean and Diplo, among others.
NPR says, "Medellín is a carefully dosed combination of…coolly narcotic dance-pop…and energetic reggaetón," while Entertainment Weekly declares the song is, "A breezy, summer-ready anthem…" NME calls Medellín a "self-reflective gem of a pop song" and The Guardian says, "Medellín is a potent reminder of Madonna's deft history of meshing genres."
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Tove Lo drops the hilarious video for lastest single "Glad He's Gone" from her upcoming fourth album, SUNSHINE KITTY.
Multi-platinum, Grammy-nominated artist Tove Lo debuted the official music video for her latest single, "Glad He's Gone." Directed by Vania Heymann and Gal Muggia and shot in Kiev, the video is a hilarious SNL skit-worthy take on those lengthy friend-in-need phone calls between besties. Witnessing a supportive Tove Lo walking (literally) to the ends of the earth, comforting her recently dumped pal, while embarking on her own unforeseen high-drama adventures in the process. Speaking on the video, Tove Lo reveals "I think this might be the best video I've ever done. It tells the story of the song SO WELL while being a bizarre mini action movie. I loved working with the directors Vania & Muggia, who came up with this genius idea. The four day and night shoot in Kiev was very intense but with the best and most hard working crew! If anything, it made me realize how much I love acting (and that I'm a real committed friend haha)".
Speaking about the song, Tove Lo reveals: "We've all been on both sides of the break up pep talk with our friends and we all know how good it feels to get your partner in crime back when they finally leave that idiot behind."
Earlier this month, the Stockholm-born artist also confirmed that her fourth full-length album is on its way. Recorded between Los Angeles and Sweden, Sunshine Kitty represents a new chapter for Tove, marked by a reclamation of confidence, hard-earned wisdom, more time, and a budding romance. The title is "a play on pussy power, but it's a happy, positive way of seeing it, " Tove Lo states. "It ties in with the lynx. This cartoon cat (featured on the artwork) is an extension of me and part of the new music. She's super cute, but she does stupid shit like getting in fights and getting fucked up. It's how I feel the album sounds."
Hailed by Rolling Stone as"a kiss-off track with a twist," and NPR lauding it as "hypnotically infectious,"with TIME Magazine calling it "a treat," "Glad He's Gone" offers fans a first taste of her newfound self-acceptance and happiness. Co-produced by Shellback and Struts, the track opens with a delicately plucked acoustic guitar entwined with her usual devilishly angelic delivery before she locks into an eyebrow-raising call-and-response with herself. Everything culminates on the high-pitched hook, "You're better off, I'm glad that he's gone. "It's about friendship and love," she goes on. "It's the obligatory pep-talk you give your girlfriend when she's going through a breakup. You're reminding her she's your partner-in-crime and showing unconditional support. It makes fun of the demands of being a good girlfriend and the dirty stuff you do just to make him confident. There's a message to it. I'm telling a real story that I think girls need to hear. You want to know your friends are there for you during a breakup. It's about all the fun you can have after heartbreak."
"Sunshine Kitty," Tove Lo's forthcoming fourth studio album is due for release later this year.
Website – www.tove-lo.com
Facebook – www.facebook.com/tovelo
Twitter – www.twitter.com/tovelo
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Apple Music – music.apple.com/us/artist/tove-lo/570136838
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Seresin Leah Pinot Noir 2017
New Zealand, 750ml
"Seductive scents of roses, black tea, strawberries and cherries mark the nose of the 2017 Leah Pinot Noir. Medium-bodied, dusty and cool, it's long on the finish, ending on notes of pomegranate-like tartness." Joe Czerwinski
Winery: Seresin Estate
Varietal: Pinot Noir
Region: Marlborough, New Zealand
Closure: Screwcap
Other: Vegan-friendly, certified organic & biodynamically grown grapes, contains sulphites
Food pairing: Chicken & duck; lamb & mild sausage; tuna & salmon; mushroom risotto; mushroom & light-medium red sauces; brie & goats cheese
"Made from a blend of handpicked organic fruit (worked biodynamically) from three estate vineyards, yielding just two bottles per vine. It has great concentration and purity of ripe cherry fruit, showing lovely vibrancy and freshness allied to fine tannins and fresh acidity. Elegant drinking now but with the structure to age." Tina Gellie
"Life is light, Light is life - Inspired by film-makers such as Truffaut and Fellini, Michael Seresin left his job as a PA at Pacific Films in his native New Zealand in 1966 to pursue a career as a freelance camera assistant in Europe. After 18 months in Rome and London, he graduated to lighting camera status and by 1968 was working alongside his future BFCS partners, Bob Brooks and Len Fulford. From 1970 he combined commercials work with shooting movies, becoming a director of photography for Harold Becker, Adrian Lyne and Alan Parker on films such as "Bugsy Malone", "Midnight Express", "City Hall" and "Harry Potter - The Prisoner of Azkaban". His most recent work includes filming a proportion of the Oscar-winning, "Gravity" and the cinematography for the critically-acclaimed "Dawn of the Planet of the Apes". In the early 1990s, he had a desire to create a winery which made wine in the most natural way possible and did not compromise on quality. It is this passion for organics, wine and food that forms the foundation of everything that Seresin Estate represents."
"We farm biodynamically. This means we work in harmony with seasonal, earthly and celestial rhythms. Our wines therefore express a sense of time, with wines from each harvest subtly different from its predecessor. We keep the vines healthy by feeding the soil with animal manure composts, and spraying the vine leaves with teas made from local herbs and minerals. We put more back into the land than we take out. As a result, our wines express an ever stronger sense of place. We see the vineyard as a living organism, a space that our workers, animals and wild birds, flowers, worms and insects can share. Our wines express this sense of life and harmony."
OUR LAND
"Our estate lies in the sun-soaked heart of Marlborough at the top of New Zealand's South Island, with vineyards spread across the warm stony Wairau Valley floor and up into the gentle clay slopes of the Omaka Valley to the south. Our specially chosen sites are planted with Sauvignon Blanc, Chardonnay, Riesling and Pinot Gris for white wines, and Pinot Noir for reds. The vineyard floor is carpeted with wild flowers and grasses, and the air is full of the sound of the bees and birds."
"We believe that wine is just one part of a meal and therefore food lies at the heart of everything that we do at Seresin Estate. From the estate grown olive oils and wine vinegars that we make, through to the fruit, salads and vegetables that we grow for our annual series of dinners, we place value on healthy sustenance and the joy of a meal shared."
- Seresin Estate
93/100 Points - Tina Gellie
91+/100 Points - Joe Czerwinski

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and sisters dying had gone with the cream in their coffee.
lawn of West Cliff House was full of children.
table where the housemen had set it down the day before.
other surnames had his eyes or his nose.
"Your traits are powerful, Edward Pellew."
he missed his women combing it out.
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would answer. He had closed the door behind him and no one had entered.
"Should we ask him, mama?" Again the whisper on the sunbeam.
"No, it's not for us to call him." Another whisper. Familiar and dear.
world. He had indeed led a fortunate life.
volume, the one under his hand told the story of retirement and idleness.
hours since you closed yourself in here."
knobby with arthritis and rheumatism, but they were still beautiful to him.
hands from the wood. "Susan, where did the books and box come from?"
Nate, saw that they were sent over. I put them in here. Was that all right?"
his own head had been so many years before.
"I've loved you, Susan, I've loved you all!"


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Nathan spent his formative years at Nielsen, gaining a thorough understanding of research fundamentals and the rules to be followed. Moving to OMD, he adapted his skills to the fast paced world of media, learning that some rules were meant to be broken. In 2015, he forged his own path and now works directly with clients and collaborators.
As a research consultant, Nathan works with clients to help them solve business problems by engaging with their customers and the broader market through: surveys, depth interviews, focus groups, online forums / communities, and social media analysis.
Areas in which he has extensive experience includes customer acquisition and retention, customer path to purchase, stakeholder engagement, brand positioning and strategy, concept / creative development and testing and campaign measurement and evaluation.
Nathan approaches each client problem with rigour to devise a research methodology that can provide enlightening and trustworthy advice to help guide decision making.


These days there are many options when it comes to food that comes to you. Of courses there's Meals on Wheels, which since the 1950s has been bringing people meals direct to their homes. Youfoodz is a more recent arrival on the food delivery scene, offering a variety of healthy meal plans and menu items from around the globe (think Mexi- beef pasta, Thai chicken and stir-fry veg, and hearty lentil Bolognese). Hello Fresh and Marley Spoon offer similar services, so it's worth comparing them all to see which appeals most to you.
If you prefer to put your own meals together but find it hard to get to the shops, consider online grocery shopping. Both Coles and Woolworths have online stores. Delivery is generally free on your first order, as well as when you spend over $100 in one transaction. A friend, family member or carer can help you pick your items on the supermarket's website and then all you need to do is nominate a delivery date and time, and it'll arrived at your doorstep. Both supermarkets publish free monthly magazines with lots of meal ideas, and websites such as Taste have thousands of recipes to choose from, giving you lots of inspiration when it comes to breakfast, lunch and dinner.
It's easy to become isolated when spending a lot of time at home, especially in the cold winter months when the idea of an outing doesn't seem very appealing. However it's important to stay connected with others rather than spending too much time alone, otherwise feelings of depression and loneliness can creep up. Whether it's through a phone call, text, social media, apps such as Skype or FaceTime, letter writing, talking over the fence to your neighbours or inviting friends or family members over, being social is important for your mental health. Another option is companion care, which not only gives you help around the house but company as well.
Keeping healthy of course doesn't just encompass what you eat and the state of your mental health. Book in regular check-ups at the doctor and continue taking the medication prescribed to you (unless you have a reason not to, in which case you should see your doctor). Being active is also important. There are lots of exercise options no matter what your fitness or mobility is. If you don't have a gym or community centre nearby that runs gentle exercise classes, look online – there are many videos of yoga and chair-based exercises with easy to follow instructions.
While news reports make it seem like there's danger lurking around every corner, you should feel safe in your home. Simple tasks such as ensuring your door is locked and the smoke alarms are working are not to be skipped. You may want to place a 'do not knock' sticker by your door – you can get one by sending a stamped, self-addressed envelope to the Do Not Knock action group. If you're concerned about door knocking, you can contact Consumer Affairs in your state or territory. You can also list yourself on the Do Not Call Register, a free service allowing you to opt out from unsolicited marketing calls. Even if you're on this list, be wary of any calls that ask you for personal details. If for example, your bank calls to check on your details, you can phone them back to check that it is a legitimate request. This can save you from being the victim of a scam.
While you may not be able to do intensive cleaning, try to keep your home clean and tidy (which a carer may be able to help you with). Regularly doing the dishes and the washing is much easier than trying to tackle it all in one go. If you're feeling overwhelmed by how much stuff you've accumulated in your home, get someone to help you sort through it. Professional organisers specialise in this and will be able to help you part with items while uncovering some forgotten gems!


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The moment that summed up England's Ashes woes
Sport Cricket The moment that summed up England's Ashes woes
6:41pm, Dec 26, 2017 Updated: 9:18am, Dec 27
Debutant English quick Tom Curran thought he had dismissed Warner on 99. Photo: Getty
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Australian opener David Warner has scored a dramatic century on day one of the Boxing Day Test at the MCG, gifted to him by England in a remarkable manner that has summed up their dismal Ashes tour.
Australia finished the day on 3-244 with not out batsmen Steve Smith on 65 and Shaun Marsh on 31. But it was Warner (103) who stole the show, with his 21st Test tonne coming in stunning circumstances.
Debutant English quick Tom Curran thought he had dismissed Warner on 99 for his maiden Test wicket, caught at mid on.
Warner – like he so often does – chipped a ball straight in the air trying to prod a ball to the on side with his bat diagonal instead of straight. He had played the same tentative shot the ball before being caught, thrown off by Curran's crafty bowling.
The catch sent the English, who had been pummelled all over the MCG by Warner, into raptures. However, as Warner trudged from the field replays showed Curran had overstepped the crease and bowled a no ball, meaning Warner was not out.
"Me and Ussie were talking about it, pulling and cutting on that wicket at that stage. Your instinct takes over there and I sort of wasn't committed to the shot," Warner said.
"I hit it in the air, but luckily enough he overstepped the line.
"You just get frustrated because it was a poor decision. It was one of those ones that was a half-hearted shot, and you don't deserve to stay in if you play a shot like that."
Tom Curran thought he had Warner for 99. It was not to be. Photo: Getty
The Australian contingent among the 87,000-plus crowd reacted in unbridled glee, and Warner returned to hit a single and make his century the very next ball.
Warner only scored three more runs before he was caught behind off the bowling of James Anderson, however the no ball fiasco was yet another psychological blow for the English who have already lost the Ashes, down 3-0 in the five test series.
Warner hit 13 fours and one six in his dominant innings, where his 99th run was also his 6000th Test run.
His dismissal was valuable for England, as Warner looked clearly Australia's most dangerous batsman on a day where the others had to work hard for their time at the crease.
Warner's opening partner Cameron Bancroft (26 off 95 balls) looked particularly under duress, struggling to deal with the short ball and to middle any of his shots
He eventually fell LBW to Chris Woakes. Usman Khawaja also looked horribly out of touch (17 off 65). He became Stuart Broad's first wicket in 69 overs thanks to a loose shot that he knicked to English wicketkeeper Jonny Bairstow.
It was Steve Smith and Shaun Marsh's 84 run partnership at the end of the day that settled the Australians after a middle session that the English kept tight.
Anderson and Broad bowled tightly, as did Curran, who brought his Twenty20 skills to the traditional format of the game by bowling plenty of slower balls out the back of his hand.
Spinner Moeen Ali struggled yet again. He was eventually replaced by part-time spinner Dawid Malan in the English attack in what was another low point for the all-rounder on this tour.
Smith's innings continued his remarkable run of form at the MCG. He hasn't been dismissed at the ground since 2015.
Australia go into day two on top, however only slightly, thanks to a disciplined day of bowling from England on a pitch that looked extremely flat and slow.
The Ashes: David Warner thumps quick ton before England strikes back


You're now on Pietje's Environmental Effects page. These are the effects because Pietje uses Queal, a complete (and very sustainable) meal.
Did you know that thirty percent of the Earth's entire land surface – a massive 70% of all agricultural land – is used for rearing farmed animals. Livestock farming is essentially inefficient as mammals in particular are inefficient converters of feed to meat.
Pietje uses Queal to replace some meals that are usually meat-based protein-intake with plant-based, and whey-based protein. This is a much more efficient way to produce proteins. The recipe of Queal is such, that you still get all the required amino-acids and micronutrients required, despite this radical change in dietary intake.
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Only 4% of global oil production is used for plastics. However, it's still an inefficient use of a non-renewable resource. Food packaging is the largest portion of household waste. In Europe, the average person creates approximately 150kg of packaging waste per year, solely in food-packaging. Queal massively reduces plastic- and household waste with its extremely efficient packaging.
Drinking Queal has a positive effect on the world around us! These statistics show how Pietje significantly decreased the environmental footprint compared to the average consumer.
At Queal we believe in a sustainable world were we try actively to limit the negative impact that we have. Where possible we recycle and use the inputs as efficiently as possible. We are proud of what our customers have accomplished and hope to do even better in the future.
At this point, Queal customers all together have freed approximately 1.183.345 m2 of agricultural land by replacing their meat-based meals with Queal products. That's 237 soccer fields, or a bit more than the total surface area of Hong Kong.


Charlie Euchner has spent his career in two worlds–urban affairs and writing. In recent years, Euchner has been the principal of The Elements of Writing, the only brain-based system for mastering writing in all fields. The program is detailed in The Elements of Writing and The Elements of Writing for Architects and Planners, among other works.
Other books explore the civil rights movement (Nobody Turn Me Around) to the politics of sports stadiums (Playing the Field) to protest (Extraordinary Politics) to urban policy (Urban Policy Reconsidered) to baseball (The Last Nine Innings) to elections (Presidential Selection).
Euchner has delivered bootcamp-style seminars for businesses, schools, and professional associations all over the U.S.
Educated at Vanderbilt University and the Johns Hopkins University, Euchner taught urban politics and policy at Holy Cross and Northeastern, served as the first founding executive director of the Rappaport Institute for Greater Boston at Harvard University, and coordinator of the City of Boston's longterm planning process.


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I love Microsoft Office and how we can integrate all of the apps into a cohesive solution. This article will show you how to read emails into Access and save any attachments.
I built a custom order tracking tool for my client used by 30 employees at the company. Orders can range from $100,000 to several million dollars and can take years to build and close. During the order's life, emails will travel back and forth between customers and employees at the company, providing a wealth of knowledge relative to the order. It was difficult to share emails with other employees on a order using Exchange, that's when the firm asked me to come up with a way to import them into Access/SQL Server, allowing all employees to see email info in Access regardless of who received them at the company. I created a new tab on the order screen called Order Notes and added a new button called Import Emails. Users can add notes or emails to the system using the same form. If they land on a email the «View Attachments» button becomes available if there were attachments stored with the email.
My client wanted to save the body of the email into a SQL Server table and any attachments to a network directory set aside for document storage for the database, then display the emails on a continuous form inside Access. This strategy allows the client to search for text in the email and even perform queries against the data.
This is not the only way to store archived emails, you could for example save individual emails by selecting File Save As in Outlook and placing them on a networked drive then referencing them as a link in Access. Users can then click to open the email using Outlook. Using this approach will preserve the formatting of the message and the attachments.
Select the method that bests suits you, display email in Access and do queries or display it in Outlook and preserve formatting.
One thing you will quickly realize when you try to import emails into Access is that most people's inbox are quite large, hence, it can take a very long time to scan all emails. Instead create two folders under the inbox called Import and Imported, than have the user move any emails they wish to import into the former. The code will then move the emails to Imported once the process has been completed.
The second thing about mail folders in Outlook is they don't follow a specific organization from user to user, since they may place folders in different places thus you're asking for trouble if you hard code folder locations. Better to cycle through all folders until you find the ones you're looking for and that's what the code does.
I took the extra step of showing which emails a user can import into the system by using a temp table and a form, allowing them to cherry pick which ones they want imported into which order in Access. It reduces the need to shuffle back and forth between the two programs when you need to import into different records.
I decided to move the email while I had a pointer on the message instead of importing all emails and then moving them. When you move the email it reset's the collection, hence the code starts again to search for emails after each move.
Each message in Outlook gets a unique number called EntryID, I use it in the code to identify which emails to import after the user has selected them on the import form. A caveat should be noted though – EntityID will be changed whenever you move a message, so don't rely on it to reference messages as you would a primary key of a table but more like a pointer.
Have you seen emails lately? They contain graphics, html code and who knows what. In order to save the email body as text in SQL Server, I needed to take care of apostrophes and other vermin that can interfere with my import, all of which you will see in the code.
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2018 General Election - Mohave County
Learn about the November 6th General Election in Mohave County.
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Voter registration deadline*Tuesday
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Election DayTuesday
*As of Aug 9, 2017, voter registration deadlines falling on a legal holiday or weekend move to the next immediate business day, pursuant to changes enacted by SB 1307.
What is the General Election on November 6?
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Okay y'all, I'm obsessed. This is the fourth makeup subscription I have now, and the third monthly one. I found out about the Sephora box* on the My Subscription Addiction site (which is fab btw) and signed up. I keep my subscriptions to $10 or under, and this is $10 a month. I gotta stop though!
I've gotten a Briogeo Don't Despair, Repair product from Ipsy but it was such a small sample I haven't tried it yet. I just cut my hair, so maybe there will be enough now. I figure I'll try them both together and see how they work together. I got a 1 oz sample and retail it's 8 oz.
This smells amazing! Amanda doesn't like it because strong floral scents give her a headache, but I love it! It seriously smells like a rose. It's incredible. I wore this overnight and woke up with my face feeling smooth. And I still can't get over the amazing scent! I got a 0.34 oz sample and retail it is 1.34 oz.
I wasn't sure about this, to be honest. I've only had two perfume samples and normally it wouldn't be a problem. I just don't want to fall in love with a $120 perfume, ya know? It smells lovely, though. I got a 0.05 oz sample. Retail is anywhere from 0.25 oz to 3.3 oz. I'm quoting the price for the full size, 3.3 oz.
I love tarte! I'm so glad I got this. It's not a huuuuuge sample, but it's still enough for a few uses. I love the color of it, too. I got a 0.001 oz sample, retail it is 0.01 oz.
I actually think this is super cute! It's tiny, but that's okay. The box it came in is cute, the color is actually not horrid. And this may just be the designer in me but I adore their logo! We got a 0.05 oz lipstick and retail is 0.15 oz. Not a bad sample size to be honest!
This came with the spray primer, and two masks. I've heard of Origins and I have wanted to try their charcoal mask for a while now, so I'm glad I have this! You get the Clear Improvement active charcoal mask and the Drink Up Intensive Overnight mask. I used the primer, and I can't say if it did anything. I've never used a mask before like that so I have no clue. I used the charcoal mask and it was actually pretty amazing. I will for sure be buying more. They give you a 0.05 oz spray sample and two 0.1 oz sample masks. The retail sizes are 3.4 oz for the masks, and 3.2 oz for the spray. My pricing is going to be primer, then charcoal mask, then overnight mask.
There are several high end brands that I recognized and I like that. I knew of tarte and Origins before even starting my beauty box subscriptions and heard about Briogeo from Ipsy. I think the value being triple the cost of the box is pretty awesome. I love that I finally got to try out the Origins charcoal mask, because I know I will definitely be buying it now. I like the formula for the Bite lipstick, so I might buy a different color. I can't say that I'll buy anything else from the box, but I'll for sure use the samples!
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It was a more or less normal night at the Longhorn. Two riders stayed aboard for the needed eight seconds and 14 had a short time aboard; then hit the dirt.
Bull riding is not a sport for the faint of heart. The rider is usually outweighed by his bull by a thousand pounds or more. The bull had the aggravating flank strap tied in an irritating manner on his hind quarter. He is crammed into a chute that he had rather not be crammed into. The hand rope is passed around his front quarter. A bull rider gets on his back and begins to pull on the hand rope. The cowboy gets his backside tight on the bulls backside. Is it any wonder that most bulls are in a foul mood by the time they are let out of the chute? The only thing on the bull's mind is getting the rider off of his back and getting out of the arena.
At times a bull is so foul-minded as to look around and try to hook the rider, run over the rider, roll the rider like a bowling ball, attack the bull fighter that comes in to save the bull rider from the wreck, give the arena crew a hard time, or just for fun charge around being bullish.
The third session of Listen to the Thunder was just another night at the bull pen. Some bulls were mean, some could care less and a couple showed what bad bulls could do.
The ratio of rides versus buck offs was about average for the Longhorn.
It started with a great ride by Josh Barrentine. He drew Y31, always a good bull. It was possibly the best matchup of the night.
Bull Y31 came out high, hard, and fast, making the turn out of the chute that every rider and bull owner wants to see his bull make. After Y31 cleared the chute he took Barrentine on a ride that could have been programmed at a theme park.
Through it all Barrentine kept his free arm high, kept his balance, kept control of the ride. It was one of the better eight seconds at the Longhorn in a long while.
One problem with making a good ride on the first ride of the night is that the judges will sometimes score a little on the conservative side. There is the possibility of a better ride coming later in the night and a judge will often leave himself a little "wiggle room." If he scores high too early he may have to give a score later in the night that would indicate the ride was better than it actually was. The logic is a little hard to understand but that is how the game goes.
Barrentine scored 71 points. The ride was better than the score indicated. At the end of the night it would be second place and pay $356.
Not a bad return on the $50 entry fee.
Timmy Faul, coming out in the third slot drew bull 33. Faul's bull had been "on cows" for a year. The bull had just been roaming the pasture looking for agreeable cows to be bullish with and not doing much else. After a year of this 33 was rusty in the bucking department.
If Faul was not trying to ride too soon after a leg injury he would have ridden 33 into the ground.
When the gate opened 33 came out like the lord of the manor. The aggressive bucking bull is somewhere in his psyche, but was not there this night. Faul got bucked off in short order, but that was due to his not being able to use his legs like he needed to in order to command the ride.
At times a bull that performs like 33 did will have his next trip to the sale barn. Hopefully he had some good genes to pass along in the past year. Maybe he was just too tired to buck.
Rider number six was Casey Stone. Stone drew bull 307, a bull spotted like a butter bean and weighing around 1500 pounds. Keeping in mind that the bull can score 50 points, as can the rider, there could be the possibility that the bull outscored the rider this night.
Bull 307 made four moves that took all four hooves off of the ground at the same time. Going up on these moves is easier on the rider than coming down. The come-downs are bone jarring and can dislodge the rider. This night Stone was not dislodged, but the landings put him out of position.
Stone used his free arm to keep his balance, but his body stayed a little off center for most of the ride. He kept control, but barely.
The judges scored him 72 points. That put him in first place for the night and sent him home with $534.
At this point in the series Barrentine may be the leader. He has placed all three times he has ridden. He has points for first, second, and fourth place finishes. Each rider gets points for riding each session. Barrentine is the only rider to have placed in each session. That should give him the lead. However, rodeo secretary Elizabeth Jackson keeps the official points and she is the final word on who is where in the series.
There is plenty of action to come in the series with the usual $2000 added money and the custom designed Broken Arrow silver buckle for the winner.
Action is picking up in the outdoor arena as well with several team roping, rodeos, barrel races and a pro bull riding event on the calendar.


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Q: Moon landing: artificial generation of parallel beams of light In this video of Adam ruins everything, Adam tries to debunk the claim that moon landing was fake using a central argument that we couldn't produce parallel beam of white light to mimic sunlight with computer graphics or lasers.
But can't we easily produce parallel beam of light using a parabolic mirror and placing the light source at the focal point?
Am I missing something? or  Are the makers of this video and a scientist who features in the video is unaware of this?
Note: I'm not arguing about moon landing being fake, I'm only arguing that this particular argument of parallel light beams is invalid.

A: Tl/Dr: Adam's handling is certainly incomplete, but there are interesting threads to tug on which were not covered in the video -- particularly in dealing with just how massive such a light source must be.
This is an interesting one.  I don't think Adam and his guest covered everything about the forensics.  If you had a parabolic mirror the size of the set, you could indeed generate parallel light across the entire scene simply by putting a light source at the focus.  But how large does it have to be?
The moon landing footage also demonstrates the expected parallax.  Things in the background move slower than the things in the foreground, and at an expected rate.  This gives strong indications as to the size of the set needed.  A mat painting behind the actors would not generate the expected parallax (you can see this in old movies if the camera moves in any scene with a mat).
Which means the set has to be pretty honking big.  It has to be a pretty big parabolic reflector.
So where's the focus?  We can put the light source really close (making a really strongly curved parabolic shape), or really far (making it more and more like a plain ol' sun).  The sound stage can be smaller if you can put it really close.  But there's a catch.  Parabolic reflectors do not light a scene evenly.  They light the centers much stronger.  The light source emits light evenly in all directions (spherically), but the parts of the mirror on the edge see less of that light.  They are at a very oblique angle.  You can observe this effect on your own with plain ol' sunlight and a flat surface (like a can lid).  As you rotate the surface, you'll see it reflects more light when it is oriented such that the sunlight hits it dead on, and reflects almost no light when its lit on-edge (you'll get some lighting from the sky or from the ceiling, if you do it indoors).
This means that there would be a very obvious uneven lighting.  This would have to be addressed with a very special gel on the front of the light, which dims the light in the middle.
At this point I must admit that I have not done the equations, so I cannot prove that the lighting theory here is debunked.  But I do point out that the closer the light is (shorter focal length on the parabolic mirror), the more raw light intensity is needed to sufficiently light the edges.  This means you need a very bright light.  The shorter the focal length, the worse the issue will be.
Go grab a flashlight with a standard parabolic reflector (one that can focus the light into a decently small spot).  Look at the light pattern.  Imagine lighting the entire scene with only the dimmest fringe of the light, perhaps by printing out a clever pattern on transparency paper and putting it in front of the light.
Now research just how bright studio lights had to be around 1970 to get a good picture quality.  Think about how bright that light has to be.
It's not a complete debunking, but it is a direction you can take to analyze just what an astonishing lighting system it would have to be.  Issues like cooling start to become complicated.  You certainly couldn't make a gel, as lighting technicians think of it today.  It'd burn to a crisp.  You'd probably have to make it out of metal, and its fun to think about the technical challenge of making nice smooth gradients using holes in metal.
You can also compare the brightness required to the beam that is currently considered the brightest light on the Earth: the skybeam on the Luxor.  See how that compares to the lighting requirements for this set, and ask whether something that bright could be built in the 1970 timeframe (Xenon arc lamps have undergone continual improvement).  Remember that the skybeam is solidly situated on an unmoving platform, while this "sunlight" would have to move from shot to shot.
Modern recommendations are on the order of 3000 lumens per 100 square feet of stage.  The Luxor skybeam is 13650000 lumens, so it could light 455,000 square feet.  For scale, a Manhattan city block is about half of that.  However, those calculations are done without accounting for any adjustment of intensity that is needed to get the light even.  If you lose 90% of your light in this way, suddenly you're only covering 45,000 square feet.  Now we're talking about lighting a football field -- and using a mobile-mounted Luxor skybeam to do it!  And even worse, those were modern lighting recommendations.  Professional 1970's cameras were extremely weak compared to the cameras available to the modern home videographer.
You can resolve some of these issues by using a light with a longer focus, but now you're increasing the size requirements of your set.  Now we have to start questioning where such a building could have been made.  Certainly not Hollywood.  It would have to be elsewhere, which opens up a whole different thread of conspiracy.  Remember that the lighting needs to be able to come from any direction the "sunlight" could have come from.  It'd be a big building.  Yes, we made Los Alamos in secret... but its up to you to decide if this is the same thing, warranting the same level of secrecy.
So I think you're right, that Adam fails to properly debunk this myth.  However, it is less clear that his guest, a forensic analyst, has failed to debunk the myth.  There are several directions that could have been taken, they simply were not addressed in the 5 minute video.  I suppose we could email him and ask him for more details.

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A COMMUNITY focused leisure centre has held an event to raise awareness of the local health services available to older people.
About 60 guests, including local mayor Helen Richards, attended the event at Retford Leisure Centre, hosted by centre operator BPL and award winning home care provider Home Instead.
The day included a talk on dementia awareness and the chance to learn more about the benefits of fitness for older adults; including information on the leisure centre's successful chair based exercise and 'senior circuits' sessions.
Customer service advisor at Retford Leisure Centre Nicola Boswell said: "We offer so many different classes – from age four months up to 100 plus years – and events like this help us to get the word out there about what we do.


According to the piggy bank that sits in our kitchen, we're poor. (See, it says it right there.) Since it only holds our New York Post money, I don't neccessarily believe it. But I have been in money freak out mode lately. While babies in and of themselves aren't that expensive (seriously), I want to be 100% debt-free by the time it arrives. (Damn you wedding and honeymoon!) I'm not sure why. Lord know he/she won't care. But it'll make me feel more ready.
Nate's so feeling the freak out, too. He's all, How are we going to pay for college? We need own a home! We need more in our 401ks!
Having two of us freak out at once is not pretty. We usually take turns. For the sake of sanity, perhaps I'll let Nate own this worry for now. Besides, if you really look at that bank, we're almost rich, right?


When the second red light light up on any of the motorcycle levels. Press and hold X and you should do a wheelie. This will start you off faster and help alot.
At the title screen press: Up, Up, Down, Down, Left, Right, Left, Right, Square to get the demo.
To Get Apples from monkeys, when playing an egyptian level with rock-throwing monkeys on it, First destroy the jars they hide inside, then jump on them several times to get the apples.
To get two dinosaurs in the dyno mite level ride the dinosaur until you come to the part with the two nitros. Jump off the dinosaur and run back to the patch of grass. Then run back to where you left your dinosaur. You will also see another dinosaur further up.
At the very begining of level 16 walk back to get four boxes. This is very important for box completion in that level.
To get to the hidden warp room levels 26-30 you have to get at least 5 relics then go to the center of the room where you save then in the center of the room is a platform, hop on it. It will take you to the hidden warp room. In this new warp room only level 26 will be open. To get into level 27 you will need ten relics. To get into level 28 you will need fifteen relics. To get into level 29 you will need twenty relics. To get into level 30 you will need twenty-five relics.This new warp room will help you get 100% completion.
On any level, press X, square, triangle, and circle. (Note: this may only be done once per life).
Go into High Time (warproom 3) and about two-thirds of the way through there is a little platform at the base of a wall. Jump on the platform and it will take you to a secret level where you will get the purple gem.
Go in level 14 Road Crash, there is a yellow diamond-shapes alien sign at the left side of the road about halfway through the level. Knock into it and after a short cut-scene you will be transported to Level 31!
Here's a tip before you try to beat the levels in Time Trial, wait until you beat Cortex the first time, the super power he gives you is "Crash Dash" which enables you to run faster which will help you get Gold Relics instead of Sapphire ones in Time Trials.
To beat Neo. Cortex at the end of the game, you must wait until he throws his exploding mines. After they explode, immediatley attack Cortex and knock him into the sewer. Do this three times to beat him. Watch out, however, for your friend Aku Aku and Cortex's boss Uka Uka are battling in the room with you. If you touch them or the lasers they shoot each other, you will die. Be careful, each time you hit Cortex, it becomes tougher to dodge Aku Aku and Uka Uka.
Go to level 11 Dino Might! and jump on the yellow platform when you get to the part when the dinosaur is chasing you, let the second Terodactle and let it peck you this will transfer you to Top Secret level 32 !


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Cinema Owner Confidential
I'm in the dark, it's my job.
Films What I Made
Podcast and Radio
December 16, 2011 by Kevin Markwick
The Ghosts Of Christmas Past
This time of year the world is awash with lists. Everybody wants to tell you what the best films of the year were, I was reading the one in Sight and Sound this week. Man, there's some showing off in there. In essence pages of critics trying to out do each other in finding the most obscure top five films they possibly can.
So here's a weird set of lists that I guarantee no one else in the world can come up with.
It's Christmas, in case you hadn't noticed, and it's a tricky time for exhibitors. Before Christmas it's difficult to get you interested and after Christmas you all want to come so I have to make sure I've got the right film on.
We can discuss how successful or otherwise I've been this year at a later date. What I thought you might like is a trip through the time tunnel to visit Christmases gone by. I've found it a fascinating exercise and a perfect snapshot of how dramatically things have changed in the last 40 years.
It may be a little dry in places, but let's put it in reverse and get this blog up to 88 miles per hour….
Dec 13th: 101 Dalmatians/First Wives Club
Dec 20th: 101 Dalmatians/Matilda
Jan 3rd: 101 Dalmatians/Evita
Box office wise not a bad christmas at all by the look of it. We only had two screens back then, so I seem to have plumped for the obvious (and probably only) choices, Disney's horrible live action 101 Dalmatians, the rather better Roald Dahl adaptation Matilda and Evita, Alan Parker's big ass screen version of the hit show.
101 Dalmatians was the winner by some margin remaining strong throughout the holiday period and beyond. In fact it didn't come off until February, playing weekends until Fly Away Home took over the matinée reign on Feb 7th.
For some reason Matilda came off after just two weeks. What happened there? I bet there was a barney involved somewhere along the line given how well it had done Dec 27th week.
Presumably Entertainment insisted on all shows for Evita and because Dalmatians was too strong to take off, it had to go.
Maybe Columbia wouldn't reduce shows on Matilda? For the life of me I can't remember. Seems a bit bonkers though. There was certainly a lot less flexibility regarding coupling films up back then.
Personally I can't say anything sticks in my mind from Christmas 1996, my children were all small. My brain was probably soup.
Dec 12th: Top Gun/Howard The Duck
Dec 19th: Basil The Great Mouse Detective/Howard The Duck
Dec 26th: Basil The Great Mouse Detective/Top Gun
Jan 2nd: Basil The Great Mouse Detective/Labyrinth
Oh Wow! I remember this one. Everything really went tits up. Two really big flops, and my old man booked them both. To be fair a new Disney cartoon feature was still considered a must book.
Basil was the second in a string of flops that started with Black Cauldron in 1985 and wouldn't be stopped until The Little Mermaid reinvigorated the studio in 1989, and it was Christmas when families go to the cinema. So we can let that one go. But Howard the Duck? Really?
Labyrinth had been released on November 28th and he obviously made the decision to play off date, to get George Lucas' infamous duck based turkey in. This is a perfect example of how booking cinemas back then was still ruled by fear and politics. I can only think keeping UIP sweet was part of the problem.
It was one of the few times I went to an advance screening with my dad, and I managed to cause a bit of a fuss. We trooped in to see Howard the Duck and it was awful beyond anyone's expectations. There were about 20 of us at the start of show, but the screening room door opened regularly as another exhibitor could stand it no more and leave.
By the end there was just me at the front and an old school character, Bill Jones, fast asleep in the back row. In fact he snored loudly all through the last half an hour. I crept out not wanting to wake him and in the lobby of the screening room was Barry Norman. Then at the peak of his Film programme powers, he asked me how it was? So I told him.
Apparently this was the wrong thing to do. The balloon well and truly went up as the crowned heads of United International Pictures tried to find out who had told Barry Norman that Howard The Duck was beyond awful. I'm not sure they ever found out it was me.
So given that experience, which honestly is very rare. Why go ahead and book it anyway? We'll never know. And boy did it die, admissions for the first week; Fri 5 people Sat 31 Sun 25 Mon 10 Tues 7 Wed 6 Thurs 0. That's 84 people in a week. The second week 39 people show up.
Fortunately Labyrinth pulled things round a bit on Jan 2nd. 1547 admissions for the week. Basil never really got going 515 admissions and 719.
A Christmas best forgotten.
Only one screen back then remember, and films changed on Sundays.
One weird Christmas.
Sun Dec 12th – Wed Dec 15th Confessions of a Window Cleaner/House of Mortal Sin (Double Feature)
Thurs Dec 16th – Sat Dec 18th Confessions of a Pop Performer/Alvin Purple (Double Feature)
Sun Dec 19th Lust for a Vampire/Hard Ride (Double Feature)
Closed 20th – 26th Inclusive (!)
Mon Dec 27th – Sat Jan 1st The Jungle Book/Diamonds on Wheels (Double Feature)
Sun Jan 2nd Wild Angels/ Return of Count Yorga (Double Feature)
Mon Jan 3rd – Sat Jan 8th The Slipper and the Rose
Where the hell do you start with a line up like that? This was in the days when you could still bring films back, although why he though the knackered out soft core Confessions movies still had life in them, God only knows. They didn't. 229 admissions for the whole week. the most interesting thing about that week are the second features.
House of Mortal Sin was one of British horrormeister Peter Walker's more bonkers films. Alvin Purple was a well-regarded (at the time) Australian comedy and a huge hit down under. It originally played as a second feature to Blazing Saddles in 1974.
Then to put you in a fully festive mood, a Hammer vampire movie and an old (even then) biker movie.
To give this booking some context, back then Sunday was the biggest day of the week. In fact Sunday quite often took more than the rest of the week put together, so it was really important to play to the audience, namely "The Herberts" as he called them. Young men between 17 and 25 basically, and they came most Sundays in varying numbers. Sometimes up to 600 of them for a crappy Hammer double bill. My dad was terrified of having two Sundays the same, even when a big film like Oliver came out, he point blankly refused to play it for two Sundays. Hence a 13 day booking.
So we had to have something that appealed to The Herberts, because it was a Sunday. We usually did all right with vampires and bikes I recall. 97 people showed up. Not bad, not great.
Then presumably because there were no films, he closed for a week! Beats me.
The Jungle Book reissue was as usual a steady hit. 1075 admissions in five days. Chances are there were no evening shows either that week. Diamonds on Wheels I remember being quite good fun. There were jewel thieves and lots of British character actors.
Then it was back to vampires and bikes again. Count Yorga Vampire wasn't that good really, why they felt the need to have him return I'm not sure. At the time Robert Quarry just seemed a laughable old man to me. Having just looked him up, he was three years younger than I am now. Arse.
Wild Angels, of course, was the classic Roger Corman biker movie with Peter Fonda that predated Easy Rider. I always enjoyed that one, and we played it a lot. 112 people bought tickets.
All of the films so far have one thing in common. They were all old even then. Not one of them was released in 1976. In fact Wild Angels was released in 1966! By that token, we'd be playing the first Harry Potter movie next week.
So Jan 3rd was the first new film over the whole of Christmas. Even then notice how he wouldn't play it on Sunday.
The Slipper and the Rose was a big success. A big budget British musical version of Cinderella with just about everybody in the British film industry involved. Directed by Bryan Forbes and starring Richard Chamberlain and a youthful Gemma Craven. Annette Crosbie was good as Fairy Godmother I remember. I don't know, it's years since I've seen it.
Anyway, Monday and Tuesday were good, then I imagine the kids went back to school. It went from 300 admissions a day down to 100. Should have played it Sunday.
Despite strong returns, it went back up Saturday, there was no such thing as a holdover in those days. Nope, off and on to the next film. If a film had legs you brought it back another time. (The next film was Black Emanuele, jeez.)
Given I was 14 years old and would have seen all of the above films, even the X certs I'm afraid, can you wonder I've grown up so twisted. Soft porn, vampires and a singing bear for Christmas. Great.
Sun Dec 18th – Mon Dec 19th Cat Ballou/Fail Safe
Tues Dec 20th – Sat Dec 24th Wizard of Oz/Tomb Thumb
Tues Dec 27th – Sat 31st Dec Those Magnificent Men in their Flying Machines
Sun Jan 1st The Cracksman/City Under the Sea
Mon Jan 2nd Wed Jan 4th Peter Pan/Greyfriars Bobby
Thurs Jan 5th – Sat Jan 7th That Darn Cat/Born to sing
I didn't think I was going to remember 1966 as I was only four years old, but I most definitely remember seeing the Wizard of Oz and Tomb Thumb double bill. It took money too, 703 admissions in 5 days. Given that Oz was made in 1939 it's a bloody miracle. See, if only they hadn't invented telly I could still be showing it.
Would you believe 233 people showed up for Cat Ballou and Fail Safe, that's a double feature I would pay to see now. Flying Machines was good, 1711 over five days it took £311.15.0. Brilliant.
Didn't hold over though did it?
The Disney mish mash week could have been worse. 1598 admissions over the week. Again all these films were really old even at the time. The Cracksman was a crappy Charlie Drake comedy from 1963. Who remembers Charlie Drake?
Thought so.
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6 thoughts on "The Ghosts Of Christmas Past"
Jane Clare | December 16, 2011 at 6:26 pm
Did you get your sense of humour from your Dad? You manage to make what could have been a dry list of stats into a blog full of laughs. Thanks for this welcome break in the mad rush to get Christmas cards written and out by the post deadlines. Oh, and I will add The Artist to my musts list now I've found out about it. Hope others feel the same.
Kevin Markwick | December 16, 2011 at 8:19 pm
Dad was less eager to be in the public eye than me, but I certainly inherited some of his dry and often cynical wit.
Hope you have a groovy Christmas.
Michael Kavanagh | December 16, 2011 at 7:07 pm
Those Magnificent Men (1966) – I was there! I was slightly over 11 years old. Probably shouldn't have been allowed to see such racy fare at such a tender age. It was a Christmas treat and I remember it vividly, for one reason: My dad took me and, as a former Hollywood stunt flyer in the 1920s (Hell's Angels, Wings), he was able to point out every last inaccuracy of the various bi-planes, overlooking the fact that they were all replicas from The Shuttleworth Collection. The other members of the audience were distinctly underwhelmed by his comments. I cringed with embarrassment, of course. If any of you out there in Uckfield, or its environs, suffered during that screening, accept my belated apologies. Be grateful you didn't go and see Battle Of Britain with him…
That's great! Flying Machines made many appearances for a good few years after that. I was watching well into the 70's. It's wonderful that you can remember seeing it at Uckfield.
It was followed by the equally bonkers Monte Carlo or Bust, which we used to play endlessly in a double feature with The Italian Job. Happy days.
Battle of Britain was a temporary obsession of mine as a seven year old, I had the soundtrack album with music by Ron Goodwin and William Walton. Wish I knew where it was now.
Michael Kavanagh | December 25, 2011 at 8:43 am
Flying Machines? Monte Carlo Or Bust? These films can mean only one thing: it's time for a Gert Frobe retrospective! Throw in Chitty, Goldfinger and perhaps High Wind In Jamaica (or Is Paris Burning) and away we go. Madness. But fun.
GRAEME SCARFE | December 20, 2011 at 4:16 pm
That's twice in 2 days HOWARD THE DUCK has cropped up. All those years in therapy trying to expunge the memory of time spent sitting in a darkened cinema in Bury St. Edmunds watching Lucas' all- time howler have all been for nowt! It's back to the blanket chewing and head-bashing with heavy book for me!
On the plus side: another entertaining blog.
The Picture House Uckfield
One of Britain's oldest purpose built cinemas. Kitted out with state of the art digital projection and stonking Dolby Digital in all three screens. First run films, live by satellite opera, ballet and concerts. Once a month we have live stand up comedy. It's like the TARDIS only with no flashing blue light on the top, although I could get one if it would make you come to the cinema more often.
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It's Christmas and I'm joined by old Saint Nick Roe to talk about Christmas movies. It goes reasonably well. Is Die Hard the best Christmas film and what do you get a Wookie for Christmas, when he already owns a comb?
A somewhat dithering gallop through the year that was 2018, listing my faves and the top box office in Uckfield.
We reach the end of the decade. 1979 a watershed year for The Picture House Uckfield, as we go from one to two screens. Whoo and also hoo!
A bumper year in the end, mainly due to John Travolta and ABBA, all before we shut down for the big two screen conversion.
I'm joined by film and tv maker Phil Lott and we talk total nonsense about The Spy Who Loved Me, Taxi Driver and A Bridge Too Far. It's 1977 folks and why was it so tough?
Earthquake, Jaws, Tommy, it's all here as we trawl through the mess that was 1976 at The Picture House Uckfield. I became a more thoughtful cinemagoer and Britain sweltered.
Lots of John Williams and some Stanley Kubrick also Dogder is back as 007. Midway through the decade of decline. Such fun!
The admissions slide continues, but at least Blazing Saddles was released.
Admissions continue to plummet and we stand on the brink of the smut tsunami coming our way. Matron.
The Godfather, and all sorts this week as we trawl through the good stuff and the bad stuff at the movies in 1972
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Mindy and I would wish everyone a wonderful 2014!
And, we would like to thank all of our customers and readers for their patronage in 2013.
It looks like the Northeast will usher in a white 2014. AccuWeather has details here.
There are no airline delays at the moment. They have issued waivers ahead of the storm, so you can leave early without penalty. Here are two brief articles about how to take advantage of the waivers to avoid the storm: #1 and #2.
This is a great video that recaptures some of the weather of 2013.
For me, the most scientifically interesting item of the year was the El Reno Tornado of May 31. Not only did we lose three highly professional storm chasers, that giant storm with its nearly 300 mph winds will have meteorologists studying it for years.
And, again, Mother Nature frustrated the global warming doomsayers by refusing to warm earth's atmospheric and sea surface temperatures. Of course, the rest of us found that to be good news.
Unfortunately, there is no way to forecast the weather or climate for 2014. But, rest assured that weather science will be working to keep you informed and your family safe in the new year.
Again in 2013, the world experienced another year where temperatures were well below predicted levels, in spite of ever-rising levels of carbon dioxide.
Now, after a decade and a half of no real warming and temperatures remaining far colder than forecast, we taxpayers can, and should, ask whether governments should continue spending huge ($165 Billion and climbing) amounts of money on something that may not even be a serious threat.
When I saw this piece at climate scientist Dr. Judith Curry's blog earlier today, I thought my readers would find it interesting. It includes this link to a paper by Rafaella Hillerbrand and Michael Ghil on the morality of huge global warming expenditures.
Societies (or other subjects) are able to part only with a certain amount of money or other resources for predominantly altruistic goals, of which the mitigation of major changes in future climate is only one. Investing in the mitigation of climate-change effects means forgoing other investments, e.g. the reduction of world poverty, towards which we have a moral obligation. For example, on the one hand, the Stern report famously mentions 1% of global gross domestic product (GDP) as the sum needed to avoid major hazards that may arise from climate change. This amounts to an investment of US $ 450 billion per year, if we base the calculation on the current GDP value. On the other hand, current estimates of the money needed to provide 80% of rural populations in Africa with access to water and sanitation by 2015 amounts to only US $ 1.3 billion per annum.
So, increasing the already proliferate spending on global warming to a mind-numbing $450 billion per year versus $1.3 billion per year to bring clean drinking water and modern sanitation to most of the people in Africa who need it.
Which is the more worthy cause?
According to UNICEF, 6,000 people, mostly children, die each day in Africa from waterborne diseases and poor sanitation! Put another way, by spending 0.29% of the proposed spending on global warming for a speculative goal (we can really control the weather?), we could save 80% of those deaths by using proven technology!
of what we are spending on global warming.
Right now, during the Antarctic summer, we have a bunch of global warming zealots stuck in the ice because they believed their own propaganda about the ice shrinking when it is really growing. Three ships have tried to rescue them without success. Think about the pollution this is adding to the region! Their rescuers have been put in harm's way because of the zealots' disregard for the scientific facts.
shows the current extent of the ice.
Global warming is, by far, the biggest flood of gravy in the history of atmospheric science. Institutions, which would not exist if global warming is disproven, continue to sell an increasingly shaky hypothesis.
It is past time to reconsider how our hard-earned tax dollars are spent. Global warming research, as it is currently conducted, should be severely cut, not increased.
Ramp up major efforts to understand how the sun and volcanoes affect our climate and see if we can forecast future trends based on these two effects.
Take any savings and put them toward better weather forecasts and storm warnings for the public at large.
Those are my thoughts as we begin a new year.
UPDATE: United Airlines has issued waivers. Here is how to use them: Part 1 and Part 2.
And, here is the forecast snow accumulation to 7am EST Thursday. More snow is expected to fall later Thursday. I'll cover that on the blog tomorrow.
The light was hitting the Calder mobile just right this morning, so I thought I'd share the view with you. It is in the atrium of the Bank of America Building. AccuWeather Enterprise Solutions' offices are on the 7th floor.
There is an old saying, "red sky in morning sailors take warning, red sky at night sailors' delight."
We rarely have red skies in morning in Wichita, so I thought you'd enjoy seeing this. And, no, we are not expecting any storms in Wichita the next 24 hours.
Science: Reading "Warnings" Is Good For You!
Better storm safety would be a great New Year's Resolution for 2014. After reading Warnings, you'll be better able to protect yourself and your family when a major storm threatens and you will also be highly entertained.
To be quite honest it is the best book I've read in years. I couldn't put it down and read the whole thing in a day and a half. I highly recommend it to anyone looking for an exciting book where you can learn something, too.
Take that gift card or Christmas cash and learn why Warnings has a solid 5-Star rating at Amazon.
Two years ago, I had an amazing tour of "Hitsville U.S.A." -- the original Motown Studio where all of their great '60's hits were recorded. Here is my original report.
Great Britain's Guardian has a report on the late Maxine Walters who was put in charge of grooming Motown's young artists. She said the wanted them to be able to have an audience with kings and queens. I think you'll enjoy reading it.
Another Major Winter Storm After the Holidays?
I don't usually talk about storms more than about five to six days away but I think this is worth mentioning because the forecast pattern is similar to the Christmas Eve-Day that brought power losses from Oklahoma to Maine.
It depicts one vigorous storm over New Mexico and a second over Oregon.
The U.S. GFS model shows a single very powerful storm moving into Oregon.
It is far to soon to get specific as to what may occur. But, I want to let you know there is the potential for a major winter storm the second week of January.
Orange is a blizzard warning currently in effect. Browns are high wind warnings. Winds may gust to 50 mph in these areas. The medium blue is a travel advisory for snow and wind. The lighter blues are warnings of extreme cold (see below). In some areas, wind chills may drop below -50°F.
This informative and very entertaining narrative investigates some of the country's most devastating storms over the past fifty years. In looking to the past, the author shows the effort that went into eventually creating the national severe weather warning system.
Will this twisted twister of May 19 make the list?
I have my list here.
UPDATE: Courtesy of Angela Binyon, here is a view of the above tornado from a second vantage point a few moments before it started twisting itself into a pretzel. Please see the comments for more info.
According to news reports, more than 1,000,000 people from Oklahoma to Michigan to Ontario and then onto Maine are still without power from this past weekend's ice storm. Today's weather science can make all the difference between a storm that cripples your business or one that has minor effects.
AccuWeather's Enterprise Solutions group specializes in working with our clients to mitigate the effects of this type of extreme weather. You can read more here.
In addition, I teach seminars for businesses to learn how to protect people, property and profits. For details, contact Mike Smith Enterprises, LLC at (316) 204-9969 or mindy@mikesmithenterprises.com .
If you enjoy this blog, you'll love these books!!
The Kindle and Nook versions have additional color photos that are not in the print version.
And, only available in ebook (print version has sold out), is When the Sirens Were Silent. This book tells the story of the 2011 Joplin, Missouri, tornado that killed 161 people.
It is a sparkling white Christmas in Wichita. Hope you are enjoying the day wherever you are.
Just saw that NOAA says 41.7% of the U.S. is enjoying a white Christmas today.
From Mindy and me, I hope you and yours have a wonderful Christmas!
Here is some rather cool footage from the moon. It shows, for the first time motion-stabilized, footage from the Apollo program. You'll enjoy watching this video from another world.
Nothing severe, but there will be some light snows.
The light purple is a travel advisory for light freezing rain.
AccuWeather Enterprise Solutions' weather-triggered marketing will insure you have what you need to serve your customers regardless of weather conditions.
This is a threat today and Christmas day. It has been extremely dry in most of California in 2013.
This blog is © 2013 by Mike Smith Enterprises, LLC. All rights reserved.
With one exception, things are calmer than they were last week.
New England began receiving freezing rain on Saturday and it continues today. Deep purple is an ice storm warning. Light purple is a freezing rain advisory for travelers. The blue is a winter weather advisory for travelers due to snow.
Finally, this is the forecast precipitation for the next 5-days.
Sunday Fun: "Walking Around a T-Bone Steak"
A little rural Kansas humor from our friend Derek Klingenberg.
There are 250,000 homes and businesses without power in southwest Ontario. The legend is as below.
Thirteen inches of snow fell in Great Bend, Kansas. Wichita officially had just over three on top of a quarter inch of sleet.
Why do I believe federal funds were involved?
visitors descend hundreds of feet in a freight elevator and enter a world covered in glittering, geometric salt crystals.
The sparkling crystals during Kathleen and my visit last summer. The underground mine is remarkable.
And, for more to do, click here. And, these recommendations from The Boston Globe.
84,000 homes and businesses in Arkansas are without power due to thunderstorms' damaging winds earlier today.
RADAR at 8:40pm shows a line of severe thunderstorms that has been producing tornadoes moving toward Nashville. People in and around Nashville should monitor local weather conditions closely!
This does include Birmingham, Huntsville and Tuscaloosa.
At 8:22pm, the only tornado warnings in effect were in Tennessee (red polygons).
This is my last weather update of the evening.
Kansas City region total snowfall.
Chicagoland snowfall as of 6am CST, a little more is forecast to fall.
…due to a tornado(oes) in eastern Arkansas and northwest Mississippi.
Reports of homes destroyed, trees blocking highways, etc., from several locations.
At 6:57pm, the red areas are under tornado warnings and yellow tornado watches. Amber is severe thunderstorm warnings for damaging winds.
Dark maroon are flash flood warnings with serious flooding occurring in several areas. Bright green are flood warnings.
Amber = severe thunderstorm warnings for damaging winds.
Light purple are travel advisories for travelers due to freezing rain.
Addition: State of Emergency in northern New York due to the severity of the ice storm.
Here is the latest AccuWeather Regional Radar. The purple area is a large region of freeing drizzle and sleet. The blue is snow, the darker the heavier. Strong thunderstorms now moving into Memphis.
Again, note, the possibility of violent tornadoes is "moderate."
The deep blues are snows with the darker blue = heavier snow. The patches of red in east central and northeast Kansas indicate there are still areas of freezing drizzle rather than snow.
However, by evening, most of the precipitation should be in snow across Kansas and northwest Missouri.
The tornado watch is in effect until 6pm. Note there is a "moderate" risk of violent (≥F-2) tornadoes. The watch includes Houston.
Here is the latest radar as of 10:31am CST.
Please keep up on local weather information if you are in the tornado watch. Tornado safety procedures are here.
Dark red counties are flash flood warnings. Do not drive into flooded areas by foot or by car.
Light greens are flood warnings for rivers and streams.
Hunter green are areas under a flash flood watch.
Blue is travelers advisories for snow (lesser condition than a warning).
Here are safety tips for ice storms and blizzards.
The AccuWeather Regional Radar at 8:45am. The precipitation near Amarillo will turn into the major snow storm this afternoon.
The area of southeast Texas and Louisiana is already being monitored for a tornado watch.
I will not be live-blogging the storms but I will update several times today. AccuWeather is live blogging the storms here.
Traveling by Air or Car This Weekend?
Have a Budding Meteorologist in Your Home?
Another Shot of Extraordinarily Cold Air?


CC-PLUS Advisory Board members held a meeting on August 24, 2017. During this meeting, the Board reviewed a preliminary diagram of the software components and a draft communication plan. Surveys and webinars are planned to gather feedback from ICOLC as the project progresses. The Board also reviewed a recommendation by Scott Ross that PALCI contract with Hostwinds for a server with backup and security services for hosting the proof of concept software. Exciting news learned at this meeting was that the project will be able to use code developed by Scott Ross for another library. This code focuses on the ingest and validation of data, and is complementary to the presentation layer code provided by Jisc. Use Cases/Personas will be prepared for the next meeting.
CC-PLUS Advisory Board members attended a webinar on July 19th provided by Jisc about the Consortial Reporting functionality of JUSP. The Board was impressed by the system and its user interface, and the group is excited to see it translated into a more generic consortial environment.
An initial set of code for JUSP was received by PALCI on July 21st. As the bulk of the code is a presentation layer and sample database tables, much of the development work will need to focus on harvesting, ingesting, and cleaning data.
The kickoff meeting for the project took place on July 26th. During this meeting, the Board discussed the JUSP webinar, project plan, and project schedule, as well as implications for COUNTER Code of Practice Release 5.


Last week, I blogged about the possibility of using clean, sustainable and secure energy sources to supply all of the world's power needs. Two academic researchers in California have written a paper in which they state that the primary sources would be wind, water and sunlight (WWS).
The video, which at 14:18 is fairly long, shows him building the turbine body (out of wood) and testing it in the University of Michigan's tow tank.
After years of seeing test tanks used for vessel model tests and trawl net tests, it's intriguing to see one used for another purpose.
I have no way of concluding that Reale's invention (patent pending) will work out as he envisions, but it's encouraging to see this kind of innovation at work. At the end of the video, we see a concept drawing of a barge fitted with an array of these turbines across the bottom. Presumably barges like this would be anchored in rivers, but who knows, perhaps the concept could be modified for tow-behind applications. Someday, perhaps, vessels on long trips could tow their own in-water generators. How cool would that be?
With a degree in English literature from the University of Washington (Go Dawgs!), journalism experience at the once-upon-a-time Seattle P-I, and at-sea experience as a commercial fisherman in Washington and Alaska, Bruce Buls has forged a career in commercial marine trade journalism, including stints at Alaska Fishermen's Journal and National Fisherman, WorkBoat's sister publications. Bruce spent 16 years as WorkBoat's technical editor before retiring in May 2015. He lives on Puget Sound's Whidbey Island, about 20 miles north of Seattle (go 'Hawks!).


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BLM explains plan to remove 575 NV wild horses
By Gurajpal Sangha
Published: Jul. 21, 2018 at 1:54 AM PDT
The wild horses have been the symbol of the west.
"Part of our culture around here," said Kim Smith, Fish Springs resident.
And the numbers of wild horses continue to grow.
"We are currently overpopulated," said Colleen Dulin, Acting District Manager for Carson City BLM.
She says something needs to be done to take care of the overpopulation of wild horses in the Pine Nut Mountains Herd Management Area (HMA).
"The plan is to bring those numbers down to a sustainable level," said Dulin.
The plan is to remove a total of 575 horses within the Pine Nut Mountains HMA and Fish Springs area.
, the community showed up in large numbers to protest that plan.
"We are shocked that the proposal we gave to save the taxpayers $1.5 million was rejected," said Deb Walker, Pine Nut Wild Horse Advocate.
Dulin says BLM has met with Pine Nut Wild Horse Advocate group several times. BLM has worked with the group since 2013 and the non-profit has performed birth control on the horses.
While BLM will be removing 575 horses, Dulin says it will keep around 200 horses in the Pine Nut Mountains HMA and approximately 26 horses and up to 8 colts in the Fish Springs area. Dulin says BLM is working in good faith because their policy states to remove all horses in the herd areas like Fish Springs.
"This relationship is important to the BLM. It's a groundbreaking program and it's something we would love to be successful. We try to go as far as we could, while still balancing those resource concerns," said Dulin.
Those concerns, Dulin says, are wild horses getting into private property and causing damage. Also there are not enough vegetation, water and other resources for more than 700 horses, when there should only be around 150 in the Pine Nut Mountain HMA.
She also says they are not moving the horses because of speculations that oil activity will be coming into the BLM area.
"We don't have any plans for that area outside of managing it for horses and other wildlife resources. There are no use plans I am aware of," said Dulin.
Dulin says the BLM will work with the nonprofit group to see which 50 horses to remove from the Fish Springs area and the removal is expected to take place the first week of August.
Then the 525 horses in the Pine Nut Mountains HMA will be removed around November. Dulin says they will be put up for adoption.
Fish Springs community opposes BLM wild horse roundup


An irrigation system requires professional routine maintenance attention a minimum of twice each year. In the fall the system is "winterized" so that freezing (and expanding) water does not damage the system during the cold winter temperatures. A spring "opening" energizes the system with water and allows a professional review of the operation of all major components.
If you have an older irrigation system, your drinking water might not be safe.
All irrigation systems today are required to have a safety device called a backflow preventor. This device prevents water from the irrigation system, which could be contaminated with animal waste and lawn chemicals, from siphoning or "backflowing" back into the potable (drinking) water supply.
Many municipalities have strengthened their code to ensure that safe, quality backflow preventors are installed. This safety matter is so serious that in many communities we are required to hire a licensed plumber to pull a permit and to insure that the correct device is installed and that the backflow device itself is installed properly.
It is common to see older irrigation systems with backflow devices that are now considered unsafe. We actually see some installations with no backflow preventor of any type.
As a community service we offer a free visual backflow inspection. Call to schedule an appointment today.
Thinking of a New Irrigation System This Spring?
If you are considering adding or expanding an automatic irrigation system this spring, now is the time to begin planning.
Did you know that we do professional CAD (computer aided design) irrigation design? Our professional designs specify all parts and quantities along with the design itself, showing where heads and pipes and valves will be located. If you have a preference for say Rain Bird, Hunter or Toro parts we are qualified to design using your preferred manufacturer.
Once you own the design, you can bid the work out to your preferred irrigation installer(s). We, of course, can install what we design and are happy to quote the work for you. But we have discovered that some homeowners prefer having a design that they understand and agree with and to shop the installation cost.
What do you get with an irrigation design contract?
An initial visit and consultation to review your property and area(s) you would like to irrigate. At this visit we will provide an estimate for your custom design work. We will need a copy of your property plat in order to proceed to the design stage. If we end up doing business together the entire $95.00 consult charge for this visit is deducted from your design contract payment.
We identify your water source, pump size, pipe sizes and water pressure. This allows us to calculate how much of your water supply, in GPM that can be reasonably allocated to the irrigation system. That is, we determine how large the zones can be or the maximum amount of water any one zone can use at any one time.
A second visit where you and our designer review your preliminary design. Adjustments can be made as needed or desired.
Four copies of a final design printed out to scale along with an electronic, scaled pdf file. The final design contains all of the required parts as well as computer calculations establishing that each zone will work properly given your water supply.
If you have requested we quote the installation, you will also receive our contract proposal. If you choose us for the installation you may deduct 50% of the design contract cost from your contract payment.
In the end you will certainly get at least some of your design costs back in a reduced cost from the installer. After all they will not have to do their own design or do a part takeoff. It is all done for them. In addition the contractor will know you are bidding the project out and the specifications are the same.
In the end what will be installed will be according to an approved design.
When you get pricing from different irrigation installers you are getting a price for the same installation, "apples to apples" as they say.
Call us today for an irrigation design consultation.