The dominant ecommerce platform in China, Alibaba became the world's largest retailer in April 2016. Its popular online marketplace Taobao 淘宝网 allows small and boutique vendors to connect with hundreds of millions of registered customers. Beyond online enterprises, Alibaba also owns Hong Kong's premier English-language newspaper the South China Morning Post (see the China Story Yearbook 2015: Pollution, 'Alibaba Buys The South China Morning Post').
Baidu — a US-Chinese web services company with headquarters in Beijing — is one of the largest Internet companies in the world. It offers a huge number of online services including a popular search engine and the reference encyclopedia Baidu Baike 百度百科.
Founder-editor Hu Shuli 胡舒立 runs Caixin, the only non-state organisation in this list of keywords. Forbes has described Hu as China's 'muck-raker-in-chief' and 'one of the country's most respected and intrepid journalists'. Caixin has an economics focus, publishes both online and off, in English and Chinese, and also produces books, video, and television content. It claims to be an 'unrivaled producer of independent, investigative journalism in China, and an indispensible [sic] source of information'. China Media Capital — a venture capital fund with connections to Rupert Murdoch and Time Warner as well as state institutions including the China Development Bank — purchased a reported forty percent share in Caixin in 2013.
CCTV is China's national television broadcaster and largest media network. It also broadcasts several foreign-language channels. Its mission is to serve the Chinese Communist Party (CCP) by promoting its political ideology both to domestic and international viewers and to advance China's state of development, while trying to break even financially.
Owned by the People's Daily, this paper is known for its stridently nationalist tone. While enjoying a degree of editorial independence, the Global Times is still linked to state propaganda apparatus. It has both Chinese and English editions, and goes after political targets with less restraint than the People's Daily or other official papers. In 2016, for example, after Australian swimmer Mack Horton — who had labelled his Chinese rival Sun Yang 孙杨 a 'drug cheat' — won gold at the Rio Olympics, it called Australia 'a country at the fringes of civilization … [that was once] Britain's offshore prison'.
This daily newspaper is published and distributed nationally by China's Central Propaganda Department and claims to be 'the only key central news portal focusing on ideology and theory … targeted specifically at the intellectual and academic communities'.
With headquarters in Guangzhou, Huawei is the world's largest telecommunications equipment manufacturer. In addition to its network infrastructure projects, it is a major supplier of mobile phones globally: in 2016 it shipped 76.2 million units in China alone. But Huawei's international ventures in the sensitive field of telecommunications can be dogged by controversy on account of its connections with the Chinese military and other state actors. See Jane Golley in the China Story Yearbook 2013: Civilising China for more on Huawei's attempts to gain influence in Australia, and of the extent to which it may be an actor of the Chinese state.
Politics in Taiwan is currently dominated by two parties: the Kuomintang (KMT) 國民黨 (Nationalist Party) and the ruling Democratic Progressive Party (DPP) 民進黨. The affiliated political views that cluster around them are labelled pan-Blue and pan-Green respectively. Associated with Sun Yat-sen 孫中山, the first president of the Republic of China in 1911, the KMT originated as a revolutionary party, helping to overthrow the millennia-old system of rule by imperial dynasties. Its leader in 1949 was Chiang Kai-shek 蔣介石, who retreated with his army and government to Taiwan in 1949, when the CCP established the People's Republic of China on the mainland. It held power in Taiwan until 2000 (including nearly forty years of martial law, which ended in 1987).
Under Chen Shui-bian 陳水扁, the DPP, which originated in the anti-KMT social movements of the late 1970s and 1980s, claimed electoral victory over the KMT in 2000 and ruled for the following eight years. After another period of KMT rule, the DPP came into power once more in 2016 under Tsai Ing-wen 蔡英文.
'One Country, Two Systems' is the constitutional formula proposed by former leader Deng Xiaoping 邓小平 in the 1980s to describe how Hong Kong, Macau, and Taiwan would be able to retain a high degree of political, legal, and financial autonomy under reunification with the mainland. Although it was enshrined in the Basic Law that came into effect in Hong Kong in 1997, the amount of Chinese interference in Hong Kong politics, including in the freedom of expression and publication, has led many local people to question the extent to which it represents reality.
Party Central refers to the Central Committee of the Communist Party of China 中国共产党中央委员会. The current committee, Eighteenth Central Committee of the Communist Party of China, was elected in November 2012 and continues until 2017. It generally meets once a year (twice in 2013) in multi-day sessions known as plenums. The Politburo (Central Politburo of the Communist Party of China 中国共产党中央政治局) contains twenty-five members, many of whom have other senior positions in the CCP. The seven top leaders of China form the Politburo Standing Committee 中国共产党中央政治局常务委员会.
Claiming to be 'one of the top ten newspapers in the world', the People's Daily is historically known as the 'tongue and throat' of the CCP. Its web portal People.cn is listed on the Shanghai stock exchange, and boasts of being 'one of the largest comprehensive media sources on the Internet'. It has thirty-one branches across China and bureaus around the world.
Despite its long presence in foreign-language discussions of Chinese medicine, exercise, and health, there is still no precise translation for qi into English. It is best understood as an animating force present throughout the universe as well as within the living human body. Practitioners of training methods such as qigong 氣功 claim to be able to cultivate and manipulate qi. Qigong exercises and training became very popular in the 1980s (including with members of the CCP). However, the CCP became wary of the rise of charismatic leaders and associated sects within the qigong movement, including the Falun Gong. It has launched crackdowns on popular groups, adding political complexity to the consideration of this esoteric force.
An administrative agency under the State Council of the People's Republic of China, the TAO is responsible for official communications with Taiwan, as well as disseminating news about Taiwan in China. The current Minister for Taiwan Affairs, Zhang Zhijun 张志军, stated in 2011: 'It is the common aspiration of all the Chinese in the world to usher in a new phase of peaceful development of cross-Strait relations'. A TAO spokesperson warned the US in late 2016, following President-elect Donald Trump's unprecedented phone call with Tsai Ing-wen, to respect the 'one China principle' and handle Taiwan-related issues 'carefully'.
With over 700 million users, WeChat is currently the most popular mobile communication platform in China. More than a mere messaging program or social media platform, WeChat offers users the ability to link their bank details to the app so they can perform cashless transactions in all areas of their daily lives: people can donate to charity, book restaurants, buy film tickets, and much more without leaving the platform. Its revolutionary financial ecosystem is spurring further innovation in China; Facebook and others have studied it closely as well. It is owned by Tencent 腾讯, which became the largest Chinese corporation when it was valued at HK$1.99 trillion (AU$332 billion) in September 2016.
Sina 新浪 is the Chinese web company behind Weibo, the microblog sometimes called 'China's Twitter'. Earlier this decade, Weibo played a vital role in breaking news, guiding public discussion, and spreading information (see the China Story Yearbook 2012: Red Rising, Red Eclipse, 'Behind the Great Firewall'). But, with increases in the amount of personal information required to open an account and censorship (both self-imposed and from the state), the platform is not as dynamic or influential as it once was.
Mao Zedong 毛泽东 wanted Xinhua to have global influence. A ministry-level organisation, its goal is to 'publicise China and report the world'. Thanks to its authority and the massive volume of news it produces daily, Xinhua content appears throughout Chinese media.


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I was so long to wait here, moreover there was no anyone who could talk with me. Do you know that waiting is the most (boring/ interesting/surprising) thing according to me?
We had to walk along the road for three hours, and we had to climb the hill and the mountain. It was a (boring/tiring/enjoying) day but after getting the top of the mountain we saw the beautiful views. We could see the villages, roads, rice fields and others places.
There is no reason to not watch the movie. There are many good actions, good actors or actress and also the background of that movie which will you enjoy. It is a (interesting/boring/tiring) movie about the adventure.
Our teacher comes to the class to announce who will get the highest score in English lesson. Everybody has an opinion that Sandra is the highest. But how (surprising/ charming/ boring) it is,,,Fairuz is the highest score in our class.
In that resort, we are serviced by the officer from entering until leaving. In that resort we get the welcome drink and also many (shocking/ surprising/ enjoying) game both out game or inside game. They are enjoying.
When I stayed in that hotel. I found that the water was so dirty, the room was so messy and also the air conditioner was in problem. I had told about it but the officers were not care. It was (dissatisfying/ enjoying/ surprising) and I will not come back again.
There are many audients who fill the stadion. They want to watch the concert and have waited since two hours ago. The (exciting/ tiring/ boring) performance is their wants.


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NBA, retired players association among those not supporting Rodman's latest North Korea trip
Dennis Rodman coaches as North Korean and U.S. basketball players practice in Pyongyang, North Korea on Tuesday, Jan. 7, 2014. Rodman came to the North Korean capital with a squad of U.S. basketball stars for an exhibition game on Jan. 8, the birthday of North Korean leader Kim Jong Un. (AP Photo/Kim Kwang Hyon) (The Associated Press)
Dennis Rodman, center, meets with former North Korean basketball player Ri Myung Hun at a practice session with USA and North Korean players in Pyongyang, North Korea on Tuesday, Jan. 7, 2014. Rodman came to the North Korean capital with a squad of USA basketball stars for an exhibition game on Jan. 8, the birthday of North Korean leader Kim Jong Un. (AP Photo/Kim Kwang Hyon) (The Associated Press)
MIAMI – The NBA and the National Basketball Retired Players Association are among those criticizing Dennis Rodman's latest trip to North Korea.
The NBRPA released a statement Tuesday saying the trip "is not supported by our organization in any way," a similar sentiment to what was offered by NBA Commissioner David Stern.
A number of former NBA players are on the trip with Rodman, who calls North Korean leader Kim Jong Un a "friend for life" despite the nation's human rights record and its development of nuclear weapons.
Rodman says a game scheduled for Wednesday between the former NBA stars and North Korean players is a birthday present for Kim.

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AWS Announces General Availability of AWS Wavelength in Boston and the San Francisco Bay Area
First two AWS Wavelength Zones in Boston and the San Francisco Bay Area enable developers to build applications that deliver ultra-low latency to mobile devices and users by deploying AWS compute and storage at the edge of Verizon's 5G network
Sony, LG, Tata Consultancy Services, Summit Tech, and Edgegap among the first customers and partners to build ultra-low latency applications on AWS Wavelength
SEATTLE–(BUSINESS WIRE)–Today, Amazon Web Services, Inc. (AWS), an Amazon.com company (NASDAQ: AMZN), announced the general availability of AWS Wavelength on Verizon's 5G network, allowing developers to build ultra-low latency applications for mobile devices and users in Boston and the San Francisco Bay Area, beginning in San Jose today and extending to the rest of the Bay Area in the coming weeks. Customers can now deploy parts of their application that require ultra-low latency at the edge of 5G networks using the same AWS APIs, tools, and functionality they use today, while seamlessly connecting back to the rest of their application and the full range of cloud services running in an AWS Region. By embedding AWS compute and storage services at the edge of 5G networks, AWS Wavelength enables developers to serve edge computing use cases that require ultra-low latency like machine learning, Internet of Things (IoT), and video and game streaming. To get started with AWS Wavelength, visit: https://aws.amazon.com/wavelength.
With 77 Availability Zones across 24 AWS Regions, AWS enables developers to serve end-users with low latencies worldwide. However, there are an increasingly a number of applications (e.g. smart manufacturing, machine learning inference, autonomous driving, live event streaming, IoT, and video games) that want very low latency across the mobile network. To perform their jobs, these applications need access to compute and storage, and like many applications today, they also seek to leverage the cloud. However, accessing the cloud using traditional mobile architectures requires several hops on the network (from a device, to a cell tower, to metro aggregation sites, to regional aggregation sites, to the Internet, to the cloud—and then back through those stops before getting back to the device). This creates tens of milliseconds (sometimes seconds) of latency. The 5G network is up to 10 times faster than 4G, but to take full advantage of the latency improvements that 5G offers, the number of network hops needs to be reduced.
Wavelength addresses these problems by bringing AWS services to the edge of the 5G network, minimizing the latency to connect to an application from a mobile device. With Wavelength, AWS developers can deploy their applications to Wavelength Zones (AWS infrastructure deployments that embed AWS compute and storage services within the telecommunication providers' datacenters at the edge of the 5G network) so application traffic only needs to travel from the device to a cell tower to a Wavelength Zone running in a metro aggregation site. This removes the latency that results from multiple hops between regional aggregation sites and across the Internet, which enables customers to take full advantage of 5G networks. Wavelength will also deliver a consistent developer experience across multiple 5G networks around the world, and allows developers to build the next generation of ultra-low latency applications using the familiar AWS services, APIs, and tools they already use today. By providing a common developer experience, Wavelength makes it easy for developers to deploy across different telecommunications providers even if these providers have different deployment and operations semantics.
AWS is partnering with Verizon to bring AWS Wavelength to customers across the United States. The first Wavelength Zones are available today in Boston and the San Francisco Bay Area, and additional locations will be coming later this year. AWS is also working with other leading telecommunications providers, including Vodafone, SK Telecom, and KDDI, to launch Wavelength Zones across Europe, South Korea, and Japan.
Developers that want to deploy their application to the 5G edge simply extend their Amazon Virtual Private Cloud (VPC) to the Wavelength Zones, and then they can start running a broad range of AWS services, including Amazon Elastic Compute Cloud (EC2), Amazon Elastic Block Storage (EBS), Amazon Elastic Container Service (ECS), and Amazon Elastic Kubernetes Services (EKS). In addition, developers can continue to use familiar and powerful AWS services to manage, secure, and scale their applications, like AWS CloudFormation, AWS Identity and Access Management (IAM), and AWS Auto Scaling, making it easy to run a wide variety of latency-sensitive workloads like analytics, IoT, machine learning, game streaming, and AR/VR on 5G networks.
"Our customers tell us they are excited to build applications that take advantage of 5G networks, but in order for these applications to provide ultra-low latency to mobile end-users, customers need AWS compute and storage services embedded directly within the 5G network," said Dave Brown, Vice President, EC2, Amazon Web Services, Inc. "With AWS Wavelength, our customers can develop applications that take advantage of ultra-low latencies to address use cases like machine learning inference at the edge, smart cities and smart factories, and autonomous vehicles – all while using the same familiar AWS services, API, and tools to deploy them to 5G networks worldwide."
Verizon is building the most powerful 5G network in the U.S. Launched in April 2019, Verizon's 5G Ultra Wideband network is currently live in parts of 35 cities and will expand to more than 60 cities by the end of this year. "We're excited to bring AWS Wavelength to the edge of our network, unlocking the power of 5G Edge and mobile edge compute for developers around the world," said Kyle Malady, CTO of Verizon. "We built our 5G Ultra Wideband network from the ground up to support the transformative experiences enabled by the ultra-low latency and robust bandwidth delivered for mobile edge compute."
Sony Corporation is a creative entertainment company with a solid foundation of technology. From game and network services to music, pictures, electronics, semiconductors and financial services – Sony's purpose is to fill the world with emotion through the power of creativity and technology. "Sony is using AWS Wavelength to improve how consumers live stream the world's most memorable live news, sports, and entertainment. AWS Wavelength and the 5G network provide Sony the ultra-low latency needed to live stream high-resolution video and high-fidelity audio, as well as to embed interactive experiences into live video streams," said Hisashi Tamai, Senior Vice President in charge of System and Platform Technology Development, Fundamental Technology Research and Development, R&D Center.
LG Electronics is piloting next-generation Cellular-Vehicle to Everything (C-V2X) on AWS Wavelength at the Verizon 5G Edge. This includes LG's Authentication as a Service (LG AaaS), which improves driving safety with secure information sharing between motor vehicles, mobile devices, and transportation infrastructures. "Every millisecond counts in unexpected driving situations where blind spots, collisions and hydroplaning are involved," said Rick Kreifeldt, Senior Vice President, LG America R&D Lab. "What's critical is the ability to quickly scale computational resources with low latency and high throughput for timely delivery of security services while preserving the privacy of the system. Our C-V2X pilot with ultra-low latency access to AWS Wavelength allows for timely message filtering that only shares relevant and trusted information for improved road safety and enhanced mobility among vehicles."
Tata Consultancy Services (TCS) is an IT services, consulting and business solutions organization that has been partnering with many of the world's largest businesses in their transformation journeys for the last 50 years. "TCS recently piloted one of our cutting-edge Smart Factory solution, and leveraged AWS Wavelength to enable re-imagined business capabilities using real-time video and image analysis for quality inspection of high-speed assembly lines," said Shanky Viswanathan, CTO Communication, Media and Information Service Business Group, TCS. "With critical GPU workloads rendered from AWS Wavelength coupled with 5G's bandwidth, we can achieve the low latency and increased connectivity to deliver a pathway to truly connected factories, where data flows seamlessly between machines and cloud to enable AI powered real time decisioning at the edge."
Summit Tech is a leader in developing voice, video, and text services for telecommunications operators, and optimizing streaming of next-generation user experiences such as Ultra HD (high definition) video and augmented and virtual reality calling for live event streaming, gaming, or shopping. "AWS infrastructure and Services has been powering our success stories for many years. AWS Wavelength eliminates the undifferentiated heavy lifting required to support these new kinds of immersive consumer experiences, and gives us the best of all worlds with a consistent deployment model," said Alido Di Giovanni, Co-founder and President of Summit Tech. "Technologies like Ultra HD and 360 AR/VR are challenging because they require ultra-low latency and high bandwidth, which outstrips traditional wireless network connections and forces telco operators to deliver "best-effort" quality of service to many viewers instead of optimizing experiences per viewer. These advanced applications also use massive compute power on the consumer side, draining device batteries. By combining AWS Wavelength with our Solution at the edge of telco providers' 5G networks, we can optimize video quality, instantly deliver high-quality of service experiences on a by-customer basis, and create more immersive content with much less reliance on end users' hardware. AWS and Wavelength are also giving us a much faster path to market."
Edgegap is a pioneer in building next-generation infrastructures for global multiplayer gaming titles and esports tournaments, and leveraging edge computing to help studios reduce latency, increase player fairness, track and improve experiences, and scale on demand worldwide. "Allowing studios to get a real understanding of players' experiences and their online services is at the heart of what we do. As global gaming rapidly shifts from centralized to localized environments, Edgegap's ability to dramatically reduce latencies improve gaming experiences wherever players are located," said Mathieu Duperré, Edgegap founder and CEO. "With AWS Wavelength on the Verizon 5G edge, we get the ultra-low latency and proximity needed to reduce the distance between servers and end users with a single, elegant solution. By tightly integrating game studio backends and edge computing infrastructures with AWS Wavelength, Edgegap can reduce lag by more than half, increase fairness, improve total player experiences, and help reduce churn and increase revenue for studios."
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For 14 years, Amazon Web Services has been the world's most comprehensive and broadly adopted cloud platform. AWS offers over 175 fully featured services for compute, storage, databases, networking, analytics, robotics, machine learning and artificial intelligence (AI), Internet of Things (IoT), mobile, security, hybrid, virtual and augmented reality (VR and AR), media, and application development, deployment, and management from 77 Availability Zones (AZs) within 24 geographic regions, with announced plans for nine more Availability Zones and three more AWS Regions in Indonesia, Japan, and Spain. Millions of customers—including the fastest-growing startups, largest enterprises, and leading government agencies—trust AWS to power their infrastructure, become more agile, and lower costs. To learn more about AWS, visit aws.amazon.com.
Amazon is guided by four principles: customer obsession rather than competitor focus, passion for invention, commitment to operational excellence, and long-term thinking. Customer reviews, 1-Click shopping, personalized recommendations, Prime, Fulfillment by Amazon, AWS, Kindle Direct Publishing, Kindle, Fire tablets, Fire TV, Amazon Echo, and Alexa are some of the products and services pioneered by Amazon. For more information, visit amazon.com/about and follow @AmazonNews.
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Christoph von Hollaky studied at the Beuth Hochschule für Technik (University of Applied Science) in Berlin and graduated in 2011 with a Master of Engineering Degree in Event Engineering and Management.
From 2005 to 2012 he worked as a freelance assistant and technician for various video and audio technology integrators and as a construction engineer for several companies. In 2012 he joined ADA-Acoustics & Media Consultants GmbH as Project Engineer and since was involved in numerous professional planning and consulting projects, national and international. As Project Engineer he specializes in room acoustics as well as electroacoustic simulations and measurements.


Stockmarkets could be getting ready to rally from their recent sharp sell off, reckons Jeremy Siegel. However, investors may need to be patient for a little longer – and if the US fails to avoid recession, all bets are off.
Siegel acknowledges that if a recession does arrive in the next 12 months, stocks could "face a plunge of another 5% or 10%", notes MarketWatch. But with US employment still strong and economic growth solid, he doesn't see that happening. "We'll be wobbling to a slowdown but not a recession," he told CNBC.
Another reason for Siegel's underlying optimism is that he doesn't expect Fed governor Jerome Powell – who raised interest rates four times last year – to raise rates again as long as the ten-year US Treasury yield is sitting below 3%. Even the ongoing trade dispute does not phase Siegel – he notes that weak growth in China, combined with President Donald Trump's reluctance to do anything else that might rattle US markets, means that "they're both motivated" to come to a mutually beneficial deal.


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The orange JS026ORG JerkStopper Extension Lock from Tether Tools is an effective locking device for cables and cords that keeps your cable ends protected from disconnects, damage, and electrical hazards. It can be used in applications for photo shoots, computers, studios, and more.
The clam-shell design enables you to close the JerkStopper Extension Lock around each end of a cable or cord and then twist to lock the cords together. It is compatible with USB extension cables, HDMI cables with couplers, and power cords for lighting and tools. In addition, the hard plastic protective casing is weatherproof (not submersible) and protects cables from dust, dirt, and physical damage.
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Happy weekend my Inside-Out Beauties!
Today I finally got to upload this natural makeup look tutorial requested by a subscriber and Twitter follower/friend Niaa . Niaa is from Indonesia, and was looking for a natural look that she could wear for college.
Keep reading to learn more about what I came up with!
FOOD | Food Friday: Sushi Night!
Welcome to Food Friday, where I share with you Friday's Meal of the day.
This is what I ordered last night: Japanese food!
Let me show you a closer look at this delicious dish!
NEW TRICK FOR LONGER, FULLER, SOFTER, SEXIER LASHES !!!
I'm very excited about my NEW video!!!
In this video I'm revealing a trick, you've never heard of before to get FULLER, LONGER, SEXIER and SOFTER LASHES!
If you have a quick look at the before and after picture, you'll see how blond my bare lashes are!
I will share with you in this video, and step by step, how you can achieve the same amazing results I do, in a few minutes and WITHOUT using FAKE LASHES!
REAL LIFE | What I LOVE doing on weekends!
and it made me realize just how important taking a break is! Specially doing some out-door activity. Because I was not able to take a proper R & R time, I felt a lot slower on Monday :-/ But that is not always the case!
We're very lucky to have a River Delta nearby and even luckier to have relatives that usually invite us to go sailing with them.
I have given this post way too much thought.
My hesitation came mainly because some of my readers are too young to have even tried to conceive, and it is not my intention to scare anyone. Even though miscarriages are very frequent, please understand this does not mean that it will happen to you too!
This is an InsideOut Beauty and Lifestyle blog.
Inner beauty is about letting our past experiences make us better. Life is about gains and losses, smiles and tears, sunshine and sunsets.
The overwhelming feelings of numbness, loneliness, sadness, guilt and frustration after a miscarriage are beyond words.
But it is bearable, and if you're going through this yourself or someone you love is, maybe my story may help you cope or understand.
Many people may be of the belief that because the child was not born it was not 'real', and hence the loss may not be so difficult for the mother. It's understandable. To the mother, however, the baby was real.
A mother loves her baby from the moment of conception. There are plans made, names thought, dreams of holding that baby. A miscarriage means the experience of both emotional and physical pain for the mother.
When I miscarried my first pregnancy last November 2012, to my surprise I found the best support online on YouTube and Google. Had it not been for those brave and generous women that opened up publicly to share their personal experience with me, I would have felt a lot more confused, alone and lost in my pain.
I just wanted to make this very quick post to share a few pictures of what I ate for lunch and dinner yesterday.
I went out for lunch to an Italian Restaurant and had Lamb Ravioli with cream and mushroom sauce! Those were SO delicious YUM!
For dinner, at home, I tried to slow down ( just a little bit :P ) and here's what I made!
BEAUTY | Mini Drugstore Haul !!!
I made a very quick stop at my local Drugstore, so I thought today's post would include a few pictures of the items I got there :) I'm really excited about all of them!
Let me walk you through these really quickly, and show you some more pictures on each one... So, if you're curious... just keep reading!
INNER BEAUTY | INNER BEAUTY QUOTE OF THE DAY!
Let me share with you a very special quote today. If you follow me on Twitter, you probably know by now that I tend to tweet my favorite Inner Beauty quotes. And a couple of days ago, a Twitter friend called Sana tweeted me this image with a longer version of one of the quotes I love the most by Elizabeth Kubler Ros, because it reminded her of me!
This quote is about the beauty that comes with resilience. That ability to overcome an obstacle or challenge, to bounce back and actually grow from a hurtful experience.
Just like Sana, I hope you too share new quotes with me.
Welcome to Motivation Monday my Inside-Out Beauties!
If you already have, and would like to read the Blogging Tips I extracted from this movie... here they are!
FOOD | How to Snack Smarter!
I was just thinking about starting to eat healthier next Monday [ I know! Such a cliché, right? ]. But, anyways, that brings me to the reason for today's post!
Eating right and healthy is a key factor in bringing our beauty from the inside-out. I think you will agree that a healthier body is indeed a prettier one! I don't know about you, but my biggest diet "mistakes" happen in between meals, during snack time!I sometimes feel peckish and just feel tempted to eat anything that I can instantly grab on the go... and that generally means junk food :-/ Now this was one of the topics I discussed on my last visit to my nutritionist. I feel that snacking is my weakest point, "what are the healthiest snacks?" I asked. And her answer was so simple, and made me realize just how easy it actually is.
Mother nature has given us the healthiest snacks years before the food industry even existed!
Today's post was requested by a very dear Youtube subscriber, Jennifer Boyd.
Back when I did my Naked Palette Day Look tutorial, she suggested I shared a Night Look.
I finally got the chance to get to her request, so here it is: a Golden Night Look using Naked Palette (and a couple of other products too, which I mention on my video).
As always, here are a couple of notes and a step by step guide on how to achieve it!
TWITTER | #HeyHeidi Your Twitter Questions Answered!
this new #HeyHeidi section to answer all your Twitter questions!
REAL LIFE | HOW I EXERCISE!
I have a confession to make... right here, right now.I've always been very bad at sports!
There... I said it :D I really can't complain because God gave me so many other gifts. But, coordination was not one of those!
If you've recently watched my Youtube videos, you probably noticed, I've been playing around with some new backgrounds and trying new alternatives.
I feel that having a nice background is crucial for my videos. It creates the right atmosphere for me and my viewers to engage in the topic of discussion.
Here is another "Meal of the Day"!
My husband and I made this delicious Garlic Chicken Wok with fresh Tomato siding !
It was actually really EASY!
Many of you may remember my post and video raving on Dove Damage Therapy Vital Keratin Dual Shot Treatment . As you know, I have a lot of very long and wild, frizzy hair, and this product absolutely saved it when I thought my only choices were either to chemically straightening it or just cutting it off.
I really love having long hair, so I'm always hopeful and willing to try new products. I also had good results using Keratine Gel and Heat to eliminate frizz and achieve a slick straight hair style.
Here's a picture of my hair right now!
BEAUTY | Sephora Blockbuster Palette Review!
Can you believe the little Sephora Shopping Bag I'm holding on the photo above can turn into this gigantic palette with over 180 different colors and makeup products?!
This is the Sephora Blockbuster palette I got back in 2010.
For only $48 USD, I got a $435 USD value and almost anything you can need to do your makeup.
This product was LOVE at first sight!
Rather than a "Palette" this product is a makeup set or kit.
Let's have a look at what's INSIDE!
INNER BEAUTY | How to Be Happy #2: Forgive!
Hope you had a lovely Easter, if you celebrate it.
I'm so happy to be writing my second post on this How to Be a Little Happier Every Day series, that started about 2 weeks ago.
"Turn hate into love, revenge into forgiveness and sadness into joy".
Regardless of your religious belief, I deeply hope we can appreciate and reflect together on the beauty in this phrase, and how we can all be happier by embracing forgiveness.


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"How big do you want to be?" It's a question we were asked quite often back in the start-up days of Shine. Back in the "we're three guys with no clients and no money, and yes, Mr. Banker, we'd like a loan" days. And to be honest, not many bankers were all that fond of our answer: We wanted to be small. Not small like three guys working out of an apartment small. More like, smaller than Young & Rubicam small – like, less than one hundred employees small. What the bankers didn't understand (except for one, thankfully) is that in a business rooted in creativity, bigger isn't necessarily better – better is better.
Fast-forward nine-and-a-half years, and today Shine is exactly where we thought it would be – exactly where we wanted it to be – a profitable and thriving small agency. We are on our way toward 40 employees, with over $32 million in capitalized billings. And we have a portfolio of great work for clients like Carver Yachts, Harley-Davidson, Jones Soda, Winston Fly Rods and Wisconsin Cheese, to name just a few. In sum: Life is good. And while we can't help ourselves from using words like "growing" and "thriving", being small has always been one of the central keys to our success.
We believe that small makes us hire smarter. Small makes us work harder. Small creates a less political, more effective environment. Small allows us to be more flexible – better able to adapt to our clients' needs, to changes in technology and to an unpredictable economy. These basic concepts add up to significant differentiation, both for our employees and clients.
First off, when you're small, there's no room for B-teamers. No room for slackers. Everyone has to perform at the highest level. Sure, we have senior- and junior-level talent, but everyone has to bring his or her A-game each and every day. Everyone has to carry his or her fair share of water up the hill. All of which means we have to be smart when it comes to hiring new Shiners. This means looking far and wide for talent. It means finding individuals who are intellectual, collaborative, have a strong work ethic and are truly talented. Again, no B-teamers allowed. This, however, has led to a fairly onerous interview process. The average interviewee will meet with a third of the Shine team (if not more) before getting the nod. It's imperative that new hires (at all levels) be "wanted" by Shiners – not just welcomed. And it should come as no surprise that, as individuals, we do better work when we "want" to work with someone, than when we "have" to work with someone.
For Shine, small also means that we have to work harder than your average bear. More times than not, when we pitch new business, we pitch against agencies that are four to six times larger than us – and outside of our market. In fact, our first big account win came when we pitched for, and won, the Peachtree Window & Door business – a $4 million account. Shine was just a couple of years old, with a dozen employees at the time. Our competition? Two Minneapolis shops, each with 100+ employees. After the win, the client told us that we "Just plain outworked the competition. Smarter thinking. A stronger point of view. And better creative." This became a validation of our business philosophy – that being small would allow us to more easily focus our thinking, reach consensus and work as a truly collaborative and integrated team – ultimately generating better work.
Creatively, smaller means less politics and more control. While teamwork and collaboration are important philosophies at Shine, too much of a good thing can often turn out poorly. Too much teamwork and collaboration usually waters down big ideas, turning the extraordinary into the banal. An old creative director of mine once told me, "There's no creative substitute for an art director and a writer sitting in a room and getting it done." It was true back then, and it remains true today; simply put, advertising is not a groupthink business.
This obviously puts a great deal of pressure on our creative staff to consistently produce at their highest caliber. And because we are small, we seldom put multiple teams on a project, so it's critical that our art directors, designers and writers have the chops to play at a national level (and if they don't, they unfortunately don't last too long here). From a process standpoint, we've always believed that great ideas are in the details and that more often than not, the details can be found with the client and their consumers. As such, our creative teams are actively engaged in getting to know the client as well as their target market prior to creating anything. We've made and delivered pizzas for Toppers Pizza. Taken motorcycle-riding courses for Harley-Davidson. And even sat in on a few actual operations at UW Hospital to get a better understanding of the amazing work provided by their surgeons and nursing staff. For us, being small means being involved in every step of the process, from fieldwork to final presentations.
Lastly, with small also comes flexibility – assuming that is part of your agency's mindset (and frankly, in this day and age, I don't know how it couldn't be). As more advertising moves away from print, over half of our billings this year will come from digital initiatives on behalf of our clients. From website creation to online and social media (and everything in between), we continue to invent and reinvent the processes and team structures that marry creativity and technology with consumer interest and interaction. While every web-based project is different, our "stated-but-flexible" process has proven invaluable for getting big ideas off the drawing board and into the real world – as evidenced by CheeseAndBurger.com, one of our first major digital initiatives on behalf of Wisconsin Cheese. The Cheese & Burger Society (http://cheeseandburger.com) – is a Flash-driven edutainment site that, in addition to receiving several creative accolades, attracted more than a million visitors in the first few months.
Bottom line, I'm not saying that smaller shops are better than bigger ones; to the contrary, I'm saying better shops create better work. That said, for Shine and its clients, small works. Small has made us better. Small has provided Shine with an incredibly creative atmosphere and culture. Small has helped us fend off bureaucracy and complacency, and foster innovation and excellence – allowing us to truly focus on our craft. So now, when people ask us how big we want to eventually be, the answer is simply, "Better."


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Among Less Seen Of Chaplins
Two Charlies in The Idle Class (1921)
A First National Chaplin given elegance by a score he composed in the 70's for first circulation of the film since Pathé handled a 20's reissue. This family-sanctioned Idle Class is by definition a two-reeler, but runs a third longer than Mutual comedies of same duration, thanks to slowed-up frame rate CC applied when he modernized it (a 32 minute present-day length). How close, or should I say far, is this from what 1921 audiences got? Chaplin negatives were worn to nubbins by heavy play, The Idle Class opening in New York City alone with 120 prints, an early instance of saturation play. There had lately been success of The Kid, and First National figured to raise rentals for The Idle Class, but ended up compromising with riled exhibs by giving each the show day-and-date, but requiring longer runs to maximize returns. Theatres Idle'd for three days, some a week, with a comedy that lost steam well before prints went back. Complaints were heard that The Idle Class was far from Chaplin's best. Were we beginning to expect too much from him?
Variety was sympathetic, calling it "uproarious entertainment" and chiding those who'd say otherwise. It was enough, after all, that Charlie make us laugh, and not reasonable to measure his work henceforth against un-toppable standard of The Kid. Photoplay sang praises: The Idle Class for them ranked next to The Kid and Shoulder Arms, latter pair voted best of Chaplin's so-far output. CC had finished The Idle Class "in record time," said observers (David Robinson's Chaplin bio says it took five months), the pic described as "a satire on society," and/or "a travesty on the weakness of the wealthy." These descriptives, likely issued by Chaplin's shop, may well have gone on scorecards kept by those who'd dress the tramp in Red as socio-political clouds gathered. As to pleasures enabled by his own wealth, there was homecoming to England plus a Euro tour as aftermath to completion of The Idle Class.
Chaplin had his million-dollar contract to make eight comedies for First National, but what's less known is the next million generated once negatives reverted to him after contractual five years FN had to distribute. Latter bled the subjects white, or so they thought, but lines formed as each made ways to Chaplin ownership and control. He'd barter the pack to United Artists, or so it was thought, UA after all being part-owned by Chaplin and distributor of his films to come. Did Charlie find himself too frugal to deal with? Pathé made the better offer: a cool million split between two packages of four at $500K each, The Idle Class among the latter group that also included The Pilgrim, Pay Day, and The Kid. The Idle Class became Chaplin's sole property on 4-18-26, according to Film Daily. Terms beyond the flat price were as follows, said Variety (9-30-25): "Chaplin will have a percentage arrangement whereby he will collect if the pictures gross above a specified amount."
The Idle Class went years unseen, other than bootleg prints. Chaplin didn't include it among his Revue of First National shorts in the late-50's, and there was no Idle Class with initial inventory turned over to Mo Rothman for reissue in the early 70's. Robinson's book reported Chaplin adding both The Kid and The Idle Class to the Rothman package as gesture of thanks for the deal having so far gone well. We got them in tandem at Greensboro's Janus Theatre in summer 1973, a first and memorable time seeing The Idle Class. It is for me an equal, or nearly so, to any of the First Nationals, an admission, I suppose, that none of them are as good as five or six of the best Mutuals, but if there is a scene I'd pick of Chaplin at pantomimic best, it would be an Idle Class moment he shares with a cocktail shaker and turned mostly away from the camera. I don't know of a gag's pay-off in all of Chaplin that gets a better audience response than this.
Reg Hartt said...
One of the things I discovered showing Chaplin's CITY LIGHTS is that when it is over EXACTLY 20% of the audience needs to be allowed to just sit and wait until they are ready to leave. I counted the house many times. I screened it many places. No matter how large or small the crowd EXACTLY 20% needed to be let just sit and savor the experience of that film's ending. CITY LIGHTS and the Lon Chaney PHANTOM OF THE OPERA (again the ending) made me fall in love with the potential of the movies. I like THE IDLE CLASS. Thanks for another great piece.
Donald Benson said...
Love the newspaper ad, where every description is over the top ... except for that mention of "mostly pretty girls."
Speaking of which, Joan Blondell rather dramatically illustrates the difference between precode cheesecake and respectable pin-ups.
Stinky Fitzwizzle said...
Joan Blondell is having an effect on my numbers, too.
To me, Joan looks thinner on the left.
The problem with THE IDLE CLASS are overexposure to it and the amount of time since its release. Up until the 80s it was almost impossible to see the post 1918 Chaplin films on television in Argentina. First, the short showed up frequently on late Sunday nights after midnight. But after 1987, with the cable industry expanding, this and the other Chaplin controlled films began to be shown constantly in non broadcast channels constantly as fillers between movies. And besides that, there were VHS editions available for cheap and all of them coming from the same high quality elements.
THE IDLE CLASS was repeated so much that I can even remember a lot of the Chaplin music cues from it.
The other issue affecting the film is passage of time. It was much better to it with people that were actual witnesses when the film was fresh and new because you could relate to their experiences at the time. Seeing it today in a version which is not in its original format that could probably included tints but the same one since 1971, you don't feel any proximity to the action in the screen.
Even if you can see it in high definition in the best conditions, the experience is always incomplete. Worn and scratchy prints at least keep something from those days in the early 20s.
Maybe people were annoyed that Chaplin took so long to deliver a mere two-reeler. Audiences expected something as ambitious as THE KID; exhibitors expected a feature attraction. I'm guessing THE IDLE CLASS commanded feature-length rentals, which would have irked exhibitors. How did First National feel about it?
Did PAY DAY -- another two-reeler with even less plot or visible "production value" -- fare any better on first release? Did it get more exposure than THE IDLE CLASS?
After that there was THE PILGRIM -- four reels, just long enough to pass for a feature -- and thereafter nothing but genuine full-length features.
Speculation: Maybe Chaplin eventually felt THE IDLE CLASS, with its drunken millionaire and the tramp moving among the wealthy, overlapped a little with his masterpiece CITY LIGHTS and didn't want to to underline any similarities.
Comedy demands to be seen with an audience. I once forced nearly 1,000 people to watch Buster Keaton. I double billed him with another film I knew would pack the place. People were shouting at me not to show it. Moments into the film, however, the cries of "Take it off!" were replaced by a humongous and sustained burst of laughter that just kept growing and growing. I had never experienced anything like it before though I often have since. This is also true of movies in general. They work much better in the company of strangers than they do with friends. This is why I love having strangers in my home for my CINEFORUM film screenings.
Ed Watz said...
David Shepard's restoration of THE IDLE CLASS in the early 1990s was the first authorized video release to project the film at 24 fps, without Chaplin's latter-day stretch printing. Shepard also issued corrected versions of the other First National titles that Chaplin had tampered with for his CHAPLIN REVUE.
Unfortunately, the Chaplin Estate subsequently decided that the turgid stretch-printed versions of these films were Chaplin's final word and would be the only editions used in all subsequent reissues.
You can occasionally find used laserdisc and DVD copies of Shepard's superior editions (which were released through Image around 1999) on Amazon and eBay.


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A place with natural settings, Rourkela has come into prominence with the establishment of the first of the three public sector steel plants set up in India in 1955. Situated in the minerally rich belt of Orissa, Rourkela marked a new era in the Steel Industry of India being the only steel plant devoted primarily to the production of flat products and sheets. Rourkela serves as the most convenient base for visiting the places of interest in the district of Sundargarh.
A visitor to Rourkela is charmed by the Steel Plant with the Fertilizer Complex, Indira Gandhi Park with a Zoo and a lake.
The Garden located in the heart of Rourkela, has a 75-feet tall standing statue of Hanuman, monkey devotee of Rama. The statue designed by Sri Laxmana Swami has become an icon of the city. The garden on 13 acres of land has a beautiful temple complex. There are many shrines- Bata Mangala Mandira, Binayaka Mandira and Manas Parayana Sharala at the entrance and Santoshi Ma Mandira, Bruhat Sivalinga Mandira, Ram Daravar, Hanumanji Mandira, Ma Laxmi Mandira, Jagannath Mandira are some of them. The garden with all the temples has become a place of pilgrimage.
Vedvyas is situated 9 km away on the confluence of the rivers Shankha, Koel and Saraswati. It is the birthplace of Vedavyasa, the author of the great epic 'Mahabharata'. Vedavyasa earlier known as Krishna Dwipayana was the son of the great sage Parasara. He has also written other Epics besides Mahabharata. This place with abundant natural beauty, is considered a place of religious sanctity. There was a Vyasa cave in the middle of the river Shankha which is now inacessible. The colour of the waters of the three rivers at the confluence looks different. There is also a Vedic Ashram and a Gurukula system school here.
The Indira Gandhi Park located on Sector 4, near Ring Road has beautiful gardens, a mini zoo and an aquarium. Spring season is the best time for a visit to see a host rare flowers. The gardens include a fountain garden, rose garden and Japanese garden on 42 acres of land. The zoo has a train which goes around from which you can watch the animals. The park also has a big tower from where one can get a beautiful view of the city.
The park is open on all days from 7 A.M.to 9 P.M except Fridays. The zoo is open from 8 A.M.to 5 P.M.
Located at Sector-19 the park was opened to the public in 1985. The park has a gallery for children and exhibits items to make the public aware of the traffic rules.
Located at Sector – 8, this park has a musical fountain. Adjacent to this park there is a deer zoo.
This Park covering 225 acre area, located in Sector- 8, has a variety of flora which has given it the name 'Green Park'.
Situated about 30 km from Rourkela, the Mandira dam on the river Shankh provides boating facilities. The SAIL authorities of Rourkela have constructed a huge reservoir for breeding fish. There is a Guest House for visitors.
Situated 51 km from Rourkela, on National Highway No.23, near river Brahmani, Darjeeng is a beautiful picnic spot. Deodarha a gorge, is a 2km walk from here.


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A: You missed name declaration of your route, like this:
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A: Note: If you want to add new task use the first one, but if you want to update an existing task use the second one:
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Looking Marvel-lous! Karen Gillan shows off her slender legs in striking minidress as she attends the UK premiere of Guardians Of The Galaxy
By Jason Chester
Published: 19:14 EST, 24 July 2014 | Updated: 21:16 EST, 24 July 2014
She recently opened up about the strange looks that greeted her after she shaved her head to play villainous character Nebula in new Marvel adventure Guardians Of The Galaxy.
But the reception was altogether different in Leicester Square on Thursday evening as Karen Gillan attended the film's UK premiere.
The 26-year-old actress looked stunning in a seasonal Louis Vuitton ensemble as she joined cast-mates Zoe Saldana and Chris Pratt on the blue carpet that had been specially rolled ahead of the event.
Striking: Karen Gillan wore a Louis Vuitton ensemble for her night on the blue carpet at the UK premiere of Guardians Of The Galaxy on Thursday evening
Karen's ensemble, comprised of white collarless jacket with a bold sweeping pattern running across its centre, ensured she caught the eye on a night devoted to the latest Marvel production.
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'It was not romantic': Dakota Johnson and Jamie Dornan talk...
The actress added to her look with a striking pleated miniskirt that was no less distinctive by virtue of its wide black belt and overlaid pocket detail.
Karen recently admitted she shocked fans by revealing her shaved head last year at 2013 Comic-Con as she prepared fo her role as Nebula.
Interesting: The Scottish actress's look ensured she caught the eye as she made her way onto the specially rolled blue carpet
Close: Co-star Zoe Saldana gets a warm hug from former Doctor Who actress Karen, who plays villainous Nebula in Guardians Of The Galaxy
High spirits: The Scottish actress greets fans, many of whom had waited in soaring temperatures for hours in order to get a glimpse of the film's stars
Speaking on chat show Lorraine this Thursday morning, she laughed: 'It was really weird, [I thought] oh my God! What did I do?! It was a really weird experience, but it was also weirdly liberating.
'And fun and interesting as a social experiment just to see how differently people treated me. I think people were pretty intimidated by me, and I kind of liked it while I was playing the role. It's never happened to me before!'
Karen was the picture of elegance for her appearance on the ITV programme, sporting a sleeveless blouse and a bright orange skirt which showed off her long legs.
Side by side: Zoe was joined by Scottish co-star Karen Gillan
Fun: Vin Diesel, Groot in the new movie, towers over co-star Karen Gillan after arriving on a pair of jumping stilts
Don't mind us: But the pair are quite a sight as they pose for photos on London's Leicester Square ahead of the film's official UK launch
The stylish star's look was set off with a gorgeous pair of snakeskin print heels which featured a matching neon orange strap.
Although Karen shaved her head before even being guaranteed the role, she claims the decision was a no-brainer.
She said: 'I had to formally agree to shave my head before I could even audition for the role.
'But that was something I was really up for doing because I just think it's amazing! I think everybody should do it once in their life.'
Sitting pretty: Karen Gillan took the hot seat on ITV chat show Lorraine this Thursday morning
Speaking on Lorraine on Thursday morning, Karen laughed: 'It was really weird, [I thought] oh my God! What did I do?!It was a really weird experience, but it was also weirdly liberating. And fun and interesting as a social experiment just to see how differently people treated me. I think people were pretty intimidated by me, and I kind of liked it while I was playing the role. It's never happened to me before!
Karen, 26, was the picture of elegance for her appearance on the ITV show, sporting a bright orange skirt which showed off her long legs and an off-white sleeveless blouse.
Flashback: The Scottish stunner proudly showed off her newly-shaved head at Comic-Con last year
The bubbly actress flashed a massive grin for the cameras as she exited the ITV studios following her brief appearance on the chat show to promote her new film.
The futuristic blockbuster also stars Zoe Saldana as green-skinned Gamora, Chris Pratt in the main role of Peter Quill/Star Lord and features the voice of Bradley Cooper as computer animated mercenary Rocket Raccoon.
Karen explained: 'It was really fun. I'd never played a bad character who'd gone to the dark side so it was a really fun thing for me to explore'.
Here she comes! Karen looked delighted as she left the ITV studios
Karen Gillan shows legs at Guardians Of The Galaxy premiere in UK


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US Trials for Swimming and Track
(ATR) - The U.S. team in track and field for Athens will not include Marion Jones defending her Olympic title in the 100 meters. She failed to qualify in the U.S. trials at Sacramento, California, but could make the team for Athens later this week in the long jump and 200 meters. Meanwhile, the six U.S. athletes with drug charges hanging over them face qualifying for their events in the coming days.
In southern California, the U.S. swimming trials in Long Beach are producing world record results - and stoking the hype around 19 year-old Michael Phelps. The phenom from Baltimore has qualified so far in three of six individual events in his bid to match Mark Spitz's 1972 record of seven Olympic gold medals. The swimming trials end July 14.


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Q: Fix messed up system bar tint when using android design library appbar/toolbar Q: How do I make the system bar be the correct color?
I've tried setting this up following the cheesesquare sample app.
When doing that, they use a coordinator layout and an appbar layout which contains a toolbar layout -- it looks like this:

Then I tried removign the coordinator layout, and app bar, and just have a LinearLayout with a toolbar and a nested scroll view inside it -- looks like this:

As you can probably tell it doesn't look like quite right. Using their nav drawer layout worked perfectly fine with the status bar being the same color as the toolbar.
I've also tried messing with fitsSystemWindows to no avail.
Q: How do I make the system bar be the correct color?
I think I heard about this potentially being a bug in the design library, so perhaps there is a workaround for now?
Here is my layout code:
<android.support.design.widget.CoordinatorLayout xmlns:android="http://schemas.android.com/apk/res/android"
xmlns:app="http://schemas.android.com/apk/res-auto"
android:id="@+id/main_content"
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A: My style-v21 theme contains:
<item name="android:statusBarColor">@android:color/transparent</item>
Removing that fixed the problem.


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Them Crooked Vultures Single and Album Appear Ready To Go
. (antiMusic) It's looking like the debut album from Them Crooked Vultures, the new supergroup featuring Foo Fighters' Dave Grohl, Queens Of The Stoneage's Josh Homme and Led Zeppelin's John Paul Jones, will be released next month and you will be hearing the first song from the effort on radio starting next week.
While the TCV camp are pretty tight lipped, three sources have citied November release dates for the album and two report that the first single, "New Fang," will hit radio next week. Radio megasite FMQB reported on Wednesday that they received word from Interscope Records about the single hitting radio next Monday and they also list a release date of November 17th for the album. iconvsicon.com carried the same news.
Across the pond, Amazon's UK site lists a November 23rd release via Sony. That would put the release a couple weeks before the band are set to tour the island nation.
Meanwhile, if you crave more Them Crooked Vultures, check out this in-depth interview with Homme and Jones at - Arthurmag.com
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For many Americans, dealing with chronic pain is a constant struggle for them. Due to this problem their doctors have no choice but to prescribe certain drugs that could later lead to addiction.
Researchers has been doing continuous study including this homepage to make sure that there will be a remedy similar to these drugs however, they wanted to at least lessen the side effects of it to the human body. They found out that Kratom could be an effective cure for various problems such as serious pain, cancer, and a lot more that they kept on looking for more info.
In spite of the reality that there isn't enough information related to the plant, people from Asia have been applying this plant in treating serious medical diseases and they could testify on how effective Kratom is in making the sick people better The reason behind the decision of some states to ban the selling and planting of Kratom and marijuana is the fact that pharmaceutical companies will not be able to earn money since there is a higher possibility that consumer will prefer medicinal plants rather than drugs with side effects.
Here are the lists why the medicine must be safe to most of the people.
Southeast Asians have been using kratom to battle opioids when they were introduced through international drug trafficking. The compounds found in kratom is said to activate the receptors for opiates, which nullifies the cravings of addicts.
According to research, kratom is an effective alternative pain and anti-anxiety medicine. People with depression and high levels of stress can use kratom and can benefit from it. Taking kratom can balance your endorphins and serotonin levels.
An off-label product has been a popular study aid and is another major epidemic in the country. Kratom does not share the dangerous side-effects from abuse of the drug and unlike this off-label study aidl, it calms the nerves and boosts focus.
Kratom triggers the sympathetic release of adrenaline and noradrenaline along with the "feel good" chemicals released. Your blood pumps naturally and your confidence gets higher when kratom triggers the sympathetic release of adrenaline and noradrenaline. It could simply enhance your confidence and boost your self esteem. This website can tell you more info about kratom.
Drinking kratom can lower your blood pressure, get your blood pumping and keep your heart healthy.
Aside from these, there are other benefits from Kratom such as improvement of intimacy and getting over insomnia.


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AJWS Los Angeles: What's Happening
In a moment overshadowed by fear and hate, I am grateful to be part of American Jewish World Service, a community fully committed to the dignity and rights of every person everywhere. Last month, when AJWS Global Ambassador Ruth Messinger was honored for her leadership and commitment to justice at our Messinger of Hope gala, she implored: "Fear is not enough, and despair is not a strategy. I want to challenge all of us to dig deeper, work harder and recommit to building a hopeful future."
For, as the peace activist, feminist and writer Grace Paley wrote: "The only recognizable feature of hope is action." We are global citizens guided by our enduring belief that it is our obligation to build more just and equitable societies. Through your support of American Jewish World Service and our grantees around the world, you put hope into action.
Later this month, during Chanukah, the Festival of Lights, many of us will celebrate the courage and faith of those who fought against oppression—and be reminded that the miracle of transformation is always possible. The Festival of Lights is not only significant for the Jewish tradition, but reflects a shared connection to our diverse and multicultural world. It is part of the universal human desire to create and cherish light when the shadow of night approaches.
In Los Angeles, we are offering several opportunities to connect with each other this winter and to learn from the inspiring work of our grantees to overcome oppression and injustice across the globe: a cooking class where we'll hear about Thai, Burmese and Cambodian activists advocating for inclusive political participation and defending their rights to land and water; a book club discussing hope, activism and transformation; and a chance to hit the streets of Los Angeles in support of global human rights on our LA Marathon team.
As you are one of our most committed supporters, I want to again thank you for sharing your generosity and your hope with our community as we rededicate ourselves to the challenges ahead. We will continue to stand with the most vulnerable and oppressed people as they fight for their own human rights. And we will repair our broken world—because we choose to believe that the future we are building together is brighter than these dark days.
Emma Nesper Holm
Acting Associate Director, AJWS Southern California
Reel Action/Real Change
On December 1st, we gathered as a community with AJWS President and CEO Robert Bank for a special evening of film and human rights advocacy. Mayim Bialik, Emmy-nominated actor, neuroscientist and founder of Groknation.com, moderated an impressive panel of documentary filmmakers whose work exposes human rights abuses and documents the stories of courageous activists. Thank you for joining us in solidarity with those who are on the frontlines in the fight for human rights—and for recommitting to sharing their stories and supporting their life-changing work in the year ahead.
Books Beyond Borders: Hope in the Dark
On February 27th, join Books Beyond Borders at the home of Caryn Espo to discuss Hope in the Dark by Rebecca Solnit. Solnit makes a radical case for hope as a commitment to act in a world whose future remains uncertain and unknowable. Drawing on her decades of activism and a wide reading of environmental, cultural and political history, Solnit argues that radicals have a long, frequently overlooked record of transformative victories, that the positive consequences of our acts are not always immediately measurable, and that the embrace of uncertainty is both more useful and more accurate an assessment than either passive optimism or pessimism and despair. For more information, contact Emma at eholm@ajws.org.
The Flavors of Thailand
Following on the success of our first class at Hipcooks, we're thrilled to announce another cooking class in the new year! Join fellow AJWS supporters on January 30th for A Taste of AJWS: The Flavors of Thailand. Learn the secrets of how to prepare your favorite Thai delicacies, including papaya salad, fragrant tofu and fish curries, and mango sticky rice. We'll hear the latest about our partners in Thailand, Cambodia and Burma whose work includes advocating for a participatory political process that includes the voices of women, LGBT people, ethnic minorities and indigenous groups, and securing land and water rights for communities that depend on them for their survival. For more information, contact Lila at lglick@ajws.org.
One Step Closer to a Just World
We have already started fielding our first AJWS Los Angeles marathon team! Runners will fundraise for AJWS and complete the iconic 26.2-mile course from the stadium to the sea on March 19th, 2017. The team assembled so far includes runners from Los Angeles, Tustin, Palo Alto, Austin and Tallahassee.
We still have spots open! Any activists and athletes interested in running for AJWS can contact Lila at lglick@ajws.org.
We also want to congratulate Los Angeles Global Circle Steering Committee Member Josh Kahn, who ran the New York Marathon on the AJWS Team. He surpassed his fundraising target and ran an impressive 3:31 marathon debut! Mazel Tov!
On October 4th, Hurricane Matthew slammed into Haiti, leaving behind a trail of destruction in a country that is still reeling from the earthquake of 2010. AJWS is working closely with our local Haitian partners to help communities recover from the devastation, delivering both immediate relief and support for long-term recovery. One of our grantees, Reseau National de Defense des Droits Humains (National Network for Human Rights Defense, RNDDH) is helping survivors recover by implementing an innovative cash-transfer model through its network of human rights organizations in the hardest-hit communities of Grand'Anse, Nippes and Île de la Gonâve.
Cash transfers get money directly to those who need it and enable communities to address their immediate needs according to their own established priorities—such as rebuilding homes, reestablishing food supply systems and supporting the replacement of damaged goods, clothing and school books. Thank you to so many of you who generously contributed to our Hurricane Matthew response, demonstrating to our Haitian partners that they do not face this crisis alone.
Just Thought
Just Thought is AJWS's new series of essays applying Jewish wisdom to the pursuit of tikkun olam today. Check out November's Just Thought piece, in which International Education and Jewish Engagement Program Officer Joe Gindi responds to the question, "How does Jewish wisdom bolster our efforts to realize human rights for all?" in anticipation of the 68th anniversary of the signing of the Universal Declaration of Human Rights on December 10th. At this moment in history, this document is more important than ever as we confront the real and powerful threats to human rights posed by the incoming administration in the U.S., and other governments around the world.
AJWS in the News
In honor of World AIDS Day on December 1st, AJWS President and CEO Robert Bank renewed his commitment to fight for the end of AIDS worldwide in a piece on Medium.
In an AJWS blog post, Program Associate Raviva Hanser wrote about the case of SMUG v. Lively, in which a Ugandan LGBTI advocacy and network organization is suing a U.S.-based attorney and Evangelical minister for his role in the persecution of the LGBTI community in Uganda. The article highlights AJWS's progress in partnership with global advocates and activists and the U.S. government to advance the rights of LGBTI people, which are now at risk given President-elect Donald Trump's agenda.
In the wake of the destruction of Hurricane Matthew, AJWS Program Officer Amy Bisno detailed "Six Ways Grantmakers Can Empower Haitian Recovery" in an article for the Center for Disaster Philanthropy.
Renew your annual support of our work to build a more just and equitable world—make a donation to AJWS today.
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Tell Congress to suspend U.S. military funding to Honduras by signing this petition.
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I hope you're enjoying summer so far! I wanted to make sure you saw our special Pride edition of Stories of Hope. Below, you'll find stories of the inspiring activists that you support—like Thailand's transgender trailblazer,…
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Welcome to 8th grade American History! This year we'll be exploring how we developed from being a "new world" unexplored and then later colonized by European nations. From colonization we'll examine the causes of the American Revolution, and how we developed into our own independent nation. Finally, we'll examine what factors led to our nation tearing ourselves apart by fighting the American Civil War and then tried to rebuild ourselves and our nation. There are amazing people and unbelievable stories to encounter along this journey.


It's also been a great World Cup for marketers. It's been a truly social competition, both on and off the pitch. A Greek Facebook page set up suggesting that Katsouranis, who helped lead them to their Euro win in 2004, should not start the game against Costa Rica, garnered over 100,000 likes by the time their game kicked off on Sunday.
Did you guess what it is yet?
As much as I'd love to do a post covering some of my favourite Suarez-bite-related memes, I'm not going to. Instead, what I wanted to talk to you about is customer perception. And more football.
Headbutt Pepe: 1 game, elbow Sahko: no punishment, bite: 4 months ban. All insane, all on purpose, 1 doesn't hurt.
Bas and I exchanged a few tweets last week about other shocking World Cup incidents, compared to the Suarez bite. There's plenty to choose from in this tournament alone (so I don't need to talk about *that* headbutt), so why haven't we heard more about these? Why is all the focus on Suarez?
If we rate these on a scale of bad to worst with The Bite, where worst could cause serious injury or potentially end someone's career (I'm sure we've all seen tackles that ended in a broken leg, or a player never kicking a ball again), The Bite is probably at the lower end of the scale. Yes it's nasty, yes it's shocking and it has no place on a football pitch. But why did it earn Suarez a ban for 9 months from internationals and for 4 months from any football related activity, whereas the other perpetrators have gotten away relatively scott-free for other dangerous incidents?
This is where perception comes in.
And this is the crux of the matter. For Suarez, is our view (as the consumer) harsher because he's done this twice before? Is it made worse for those of us who have watched his club career recently and seen it also blighted by bans for racism and reports of diving? While he's since come out and apologised to Chiellini, did the initial protestations, denials and claims of "a witchhunt" from the Uruguayan camp result in a harsher punishment?
A customer's view of our brand can be influenced by the things they see on social media, or hear about from other people, as well as their own personal experience. In the absence of their own dealings with you, their opinion may be entirely based on feedback from others. The kicker here is that in this case, the things they are hearing might not be completely true, or even fair. I'm sure we all have experience of dealing with customers who may have been completely unreasonable in their demands, who don't see that you may be doing all you can to deliver a good experience, who then go off and bad-mouth you to all and sundry. That's the world we live in and why brands can pay such big bucks for reputation management.
Think Burberry – a few years back this classic British brand was known as a "chav" brand despite beautiful marketing and products. You could argue this was an unfair label and it's taken the brand some time to successfully shake off this image which damaged sales. Their use of social media and marketing has had a huge part to play in this revival.
Not only did I think it was one of the best adverts I'd ever seen, but it made me rethink what I thought of the brand. Plus, who isn't won over by a car made of cake?
Dominos suffered a major PR disaster when a video of two staff members from a US franchise doing rather unpleasant things to food went viral on YouTube. It took only a few days to do catastrophic damage to the brand and their initial plan for how to respond didn't help. In trying to avoid adding fuel to the fire, they came across as uncommunicative. So they tried something else and responded with a video of their own, featuring their CEO apologising and thanking the wider social community for flagging up what happened. Since then Dominos has worked hard to use social media to its advantage, even dedicating an entire microsite to social feedback on their new recipe.
The point I want to make is that customer perception isn't always right (compared to what we as brand owners might think it should be) and it's often not fair. While social media can often exacerbate this situation and create mountains from proverbial molehills, it can also be one of the best ways to moving forward if you find yourself with this problem. When it comes to working out what that way forward should be, plan now. Don't wait for a crisis to plan how you're going to deal with it.
Work with your PR, branding, social and customer service teams amongst others to come up with potential scenarios and how you'll manage them as a brand. Establish what your brand personality and tone of voice will be, if you haven't already. In a sticky situation will you deny everything as Suarez did initially? Will you get senior figures talking to your customers trying to build trust like Dominos? Can you use quirkiness and charm like Skoda? Or will you focus instead on telling the story you want customers to hear, like Burberry?
Utilising social media listening tools and sentiment analysis can help you track the impact of your response, as can reaching out to key customers or influencers familiar with your brand – they'll be able to tell you if what you're doing is resonating in the right way. Having a Plan B in case Plan A doesn't work is probably a smart move.
I agree with you that it's all about perception, but I disagree about the emphasis you place. In football, physical contact is common and even to an extent an accepted part of the sport. People use their legs, heads, and arms – elbows included – and sometimes this causes injury, intentional or otherwise.
A bite, however, is not a common form of physical contact. On the contrary, a bite is always a deliberate intent to injure someone. It's something feral, something primal, and something that has no place in any sport, ever, in any circumstance.
That's why Suarez is punished so hard. If he'd headbutted someone, the punishment would have been much less severe, of that I'm sure. But he bit someone – the third time he crossed that line and attacked another player in this supremely feral manner – so that's why he was penalised so heavily.
So yes, it's perception – but not the perception of Suarez, but the perception of the bite as a physical attack.
Barry – I completely agree with you – personally I feel Suarez should have been banned for life as I think it's likely he'll do it again – It's something we should never have to see in any sport under any circumstances. Given that it's his third time and he's also headbutted a referee following a red card, do we think he'll ever change?
However my role in the article is to play Devil's Advocate so I try and set my own views aside for a minute. I think we've seen plenty of non-bite related incidents where the intent has also been to injure someone, yet these haven't seen the same level of punishment. Regardless of how someone does it, whether you bite, elbow, go in studs up, if the intent to hurt/cheat is there and the end result is potentially worse than leaving a few teeth marks, should the potential punishment be more severe? Otherwise, how you will eliminate elbows and things like diving from the game?
That's the great thing about perception – we all have our own views and none of them are wrong!
You're right. But it's also exactly the point: it is primal and not a common form, so that's why they are tough. And I don't think anyone disagrees that Suarez should be punished hard, but it is about how things are looked at. A bite is worse because it's not common. But 'common' doesn't make it all right.
Look at the Song one. How is that accepted as being part of the game? Running behind someone and hitting him like that? Why is that accepted? It shouldn't be. Or Pepe giving a headbutt with the ball not even in play.
If it's in an attempt to get the ball, yes, but Song's one for example should be punished just as hard, as should Pepe (who also is a habitual offender).
So the perception argument I think is very valid. If players now start biting, in a few years time the ban for biting will be 1-3 games as well. That should not be the case, it should always be punished hard, just like the headbutts and Song hitting someone.
Disagree, Bas. I might be wrong but I don't think players ever received 2-4 month bans for headbutts, elbows, or other such shenanigans. Yes there have been lengthy bans for extreme physical violence (http://soccerlens.com/football-bans/93974/) – as should be the case – but general contact like elbows and meeting of heads has always been a more or less common, if inappropriate, element of the sport.
Biting however is and always will remain an exceptional situation, as – like I said – it's such a feral and shocking physical attack. As a result it will always be subjected to much stricter punishment.
Actually, when the headbutts first came along players were banned much longer, I remember a 6 months ban in Holland. Now it's more accepted.
But you're making my point: they are considered an element of the sport, where they shouldn't be. Why should a headbutt be part of the game? It shouldn't be, because it has nothing to do with the game, as does biting.
Why are we saying something like a headbutt is relatively ok and a bite is not, if both should be banned from the game, because both have absolutely nothing to do with the game itself and both are primal reactions. Just one is used more and so we accept it. That's perception I think. A headbutt should not be perceived as an element of the sport because it's not part of the game, it's just more common.


Last Sunday felt like the first real day of summer. To celebrate, we went to Marsworth for lunch and then spent the afternoon by one of the locks taking in the ever changing scenery. We chilled out listening to our ipods, reading the paper etc. Lovely to have the summer here again.
Our neighbour Darren picked up his new motor this weekend and we accompanied him on a drive to the country while stopping to pick up his son Benjy and then Thame for a swift shandy.
Its been hilarious, all of the neighbours (inc. me) taking the P on his sudden mid life crisis, switching from a Subaru to a hairdressers car, a cabriolet . On Darren's defence, it is a 3L V6.
It is very fitting for this beautiful weather.
Last Saturday evening we chilled out in the courtyard while testing our new awning. Having recently sold our campervan we now need an area for storing our bikes and cooking equipment while camping. We are scheduled to go in a few weeks time.
Later in the evening we were joined by our neighbour, Helen, and her good friend Alison. A few bottles of wine and great conversation may for a plesent evening.
Sam is still pretty much house bound following her operation, and as such, has been working continuously on our travel route. It a bigger job than we had ever imagined. Before we can arrange insurance, jabs, RWT tickets etc. we have to know our route – and to plan a route – we need to know where and when we fly in and out and roughly what we will be doing for each period.
UK / Cairo / Dubai / Mumbai / overland to Deli, Katmandu, Lhasa, Beijing, Hong Kong. A big vague on SE Asia at the moment but will include parts of Vietnam, Laos, Thailand, Malaysia and Indonesia. Onto OZ, NZ, Fiji and Cook Islands, then onto South America. At the moment we have no idea where, but have a few ideas.
The imbedded map below is pretty small. This link should provide a larger view where you can zoom in and follow the route. This is obviously work-in-progress.
We would really appreciate your advice and comments, are we covering too much ground and too much on overland? BTW, blue lines are flights and green are overland.
Please ignore the map on the left had column of the website, this will only come into play once we set off, currently in test mode.


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You can totally take a Thanksgiving turkey on a plane, according to Stephen Colbert
"Just tell them that's your emotional support meat."
By Amanda Yeo on November 28, 2019
This week is Thanksgiving in the U.S., a time when families gather together to eat copious amounts of food and silently hate each other, like pre-gaming for Christmas.
Fortunately for those saddled with the enormous task of cooking a Thanksgiving feast, after an interstate flight on a holiday, the host of The Late Show with Stephen Colbert pointed out that they could just start the preparations early and bring the food along on their flight.
"According to the TSA, you can bring your Thanksgiving turkey on an airplane. Just tell them that's your emotional support meat," said Colbert. "As for other Thanksgiving foods, pies or cookies are allowed right in your carry-on, gravy and cranberry sauce can go in your checked luggage, and corn pudding can go directly to hell."
Colbert also examined the latest Democrat to announce they are running for president, providing extra juice for the political arguments that traditionally marinate Thanksgiving turkeys. Billionaire Michael Bloomberg was Mayor of New York from 2002 to 2013, but only apologised for his stop-and-frisk policy which "disproportionately targeted black and Latino men" last week.
"He took a long, hard look at his past decisions, did some agonising reappraisal, and realised that in his heart, he'd really like to be president," said Colbert.
Amanda Yeo
Amanda Yeo is Mashable's Australian reporter, covering entertainment, culture, tech, science, and social good. This includes everything from video games and K-pop to movies and gadgets.


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The Lex van Rossen Award was an award aiming to encourage young European music photographers. Since 2008 the award was presented on an annual basis during the European music conference and showcase festival Eurosonic Noorderslag in the Dutch city of Groningen. The Award was named after pop photographer Lex van Rossen, who died on February 24, 2007, at the age of 57. The Award included a gift of 2500 euro's. The Lex van Rossen Award was initiated by Popview and ceased to exist in 2011.

Winners
2008 - Annie Hoogendoorn (NL)
2009 - Tom Verbruggen (BE)
2010 - Graham Smith (IE)
2011 - Dirk Wolf (NL)

See also

 List of European art awards

References

External links
 Website Popview
 Website Eurosonic Noorderslag

Awards established in 2003
Awards disestablished in 2011
Photography awards
Dutch art awards

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Will you stand up to protect the ABC?
Now, more than ever, Australians need the ABC – our strong, trusted and independent public broadcaster.
Australians have grown up with the ABC – watching Play School, Bananas in Pyjamas or ABC Kids – and 17 million of us still consume some form of ABC content every week.
The first radio and TV services heard in the bush were courtesy of the ABC, and regional towns around the country still depend on the ABC for their local news today.
Despite this, Scott Morrison has launched the biggest attack on ABC independence in a generation.
In their first two terms of Liberal National Government, ABC funding has been cut by $366 million and 800 staff have lost their jobs.
In the 2019-20 Budget, the Morrison Government locked in its latest unfair cut of $83.7 million in ABC funding, despite the ABC's warning that this cut threatens delivery of the requirements of the ABC Charter.
The recent Senate committee inquiry into allegations of political interference in the ABC demonstrates that the Abbott-Turnbull-Morrison Government has used practically every lever at its disposal to undermine the ABC, including funding cuts, politicising board appointments, meddlesome inquiries and reviews, and a litany of complaints.
To cap it off, the Liberal Federal Council has voted to privatise the ABC.
We need to speak up before it's too late and send a clear message of support for our public broadcasters.
It's up to all of us to stand up for our ABC against the attacks by the Liberals, Nationals and One Nation.


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