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/*
 * Jitsi, the OpenSource Java VoIP and Instant Messaging client.
 *
 * Distributable under LGPL license.
 * See terms of license at gnu.org.
 */
package org.jitsi.service.neomedia.device;

import java.util.*;

import org.jitsi.service.neomedia.*;
import org.jitsi.service.neomedia.codec.*;
import org.jitsi.service.neomedia.format.*;

/**
 * The <tt>MediaDevice</tt> class represents capture and playback devices that
 * can be used to grab or render media. Sound cards, USB phones and webcams are
 * examples of such media devices.
 *
 * @author Emil Ivov
 */
public interface MediaDevice
{

    /**
     * Returns the <tt>MediaDirection</tt> supported by this device.
     *
     * @return <tt>MediaDirection.SENDONLY</tt> if this is a read-only device,
     * <tt>MediaDirection.RECVONLY</tt> if this is a write-only device and
     * <tt>MediaDirection.SENDRECV</tt> if this <tt>MediaDevice</tt> can both
     * capture and render media.
     */
    public MediaDirection getDirection();

    /**
     * Returns the <tt>MediaFormat</tt> that this device is currently set to use
     * when capturing data.
     *
     * @return the <tt>MediaFormat</tt> that this device is currently set to
     * provide media in.
     */
    public MediaFormat getFormat();

    /**
     * Returns the <tt>MediaType</tt> that this device supports.
     *
     * @return <tt>MediaType.AUDIO</tt> if this is an audio device or
     * <tt>MediaType.VIDEO</tt> in case of a video device.
     */
    public MediaType getMediaType();

    /**
     * Returns the <tt>List</tt> of <tt>RTPExtension</tt>s that this device
     * know how to handle.
     *
     * @return the <tt>List</tt> of <tt>RTPExtension</tt>s that this device
     * know how to handle or <tt>null</tt> if the device does not support any
     * RTP extensions.
     */
    public List<RTPExtension> getSupportedExtensions();

    /**
     * Returns a list of <tt>MediaFormat</tt> instances representing the media
     * formats supported by this <tt>MediaDevice</tt>.
     *
     * @return the list of <tt>MediaFormat</tt>s supported by this device.
     */
    public List<MediaFormat> getSupportedFormats();

    /**
     * Returns a list of <tt>MediaFormat</tt> instances representing the media
     * formats supported by this <tt>MediaDevice</tt>.
     *
     * @param localPreset the preset used to set the send format parameters,
     * used for video and settings.
     * @param remotePreset the preset used to set the receive format parameters,
     * used for video and settings.
     *
     * @return the list of <tt>MediaFormat</tt>s supported by this device.
     */
    public List<MediaFormat> getSupportedFormats(
            QualityPreset localPreset,
            QualityPreset remotePreset);

     /**
     * Returns a list of <tt>MediaFormat</tt> instances representing the media
     * formats supported by this <tt>MediaDevice</tt> and enabled in
     * <tt>encodingConfiguration</tt>.
     *
     * @param localPreset the preset used to set the send format parameters,
     * used for video and settings.
     * @param remotePreset the preset used to set the receive format parameters,
     * used for video and settings.
     * @param encodingConfiguration the <tt>EncodingConfiguration<tt> instance
     * to use.
     *
     * @return the list of <tt>MediaFormat</tt>s supported by this device.
     */
    public List<MediaFormat> getSupportedFormats(
            QualityPreset localPreset,
            QualityPreset remotePreset,
            EncodingConfiguration encodingConfiguration);
}

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package org.apache.felix.sigil.eclipse.internal.repository.manager;

import java.util.ArrayList;
import java.util.Collections;
import java.util.List;

import org.apache.felix.sigil.common.config.IRepositoryConfig;
import org.apache.felix.sigil.eclipse.SigilCore;
import org.apache.felix.sigil.eclipse.model.project.ISigilProjectModel;
import org.eclipse.core.runtime.CoreException;

/**
 * @author dave
 *
 */
public class GlobalRepositoryConfig extends AbstractEclipseRepositoryConfig
{
    /* (non-Javadoc)
     * @see org.apache.felix.sigil.common.config.IRepositoryConfig#getRepositoryPath()
     */
    public List<String> getRepositoryPath()
    {
        return Collections.singletonList(IRepositoryConfig.WILD_CARD);
    }

    /* (non-Javadoc)
     * @see org.apache.felix.sigil.eclipse.internal.repository.manager.AbstractEclipseRepositoryConfig#getConfigs()
     */
    @Override
    protected IRepositoryConfig[] getConfigs()
    {
        ArrayList<IRepositoryConfig> list = new ArrayList<IRepositoryConfig>();
        for (ISigilProjectModel p : SigilCore.getRoot().getProjects() ) {
            try
            {
                IRepositoryConfig c = p.getRepositoryConfig();
                list.add( c );
            }
            catch (CoreException e)
            {
                SigilCore.error("Failed to read repository config", e);
            }
        }
        return list.toArray( new IRepositoryConfig[list.size()] );
    }
}


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60 Hairstyles Featuring Dark Brown Hair with Highlights
Single-tone locks don't surprise anyone today. While highlights, ombre and color blocks are another story. They refresh and update your hair color, add depth and texture to your hairstyle, endowing your overall look with a sexy, glamorous flair. Playing with hair hues is fun if you trust the job to a professional. Once you have made a decision to add some color, when you come to a beauty salon, a stylist is going to ask what you'd actually like.
#45: Cherry Red Highlights
The type of appearance with dark hair and dark eyes like Vanessa Hudgens' can benefit from two-tone coloristic solutions with noble burgundy hues. Since burgundy as a hair color may sometimes add a retro flair to your look, you can add bright cherry red highlights to your burgundy base and reverse this effect. We love Vanessa's experiment, do you?
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I'll get right to the point. I've developed a model for direct outreach marketing that shows you how to get more conversations and meetings with prospective clients by turning cold calls into hot calls.
In marketing, there are two very important factors that get more response to your outreach: Affiliation (they know you through some connection) and Information (they are familiar with your ideas).
If you reach out to people you're affiliated with and if you provide good information, you have a better than even chance of getting meetings and landing new clients.
Cool, right? The vertical axis is information and the horizontal axis is affiliation.
Quadrant 1: Cold Calls. When you have weak affiliation and little information it's hard to get anyone to pay attention to you; it's even harder to turn them into a client. You're a complete stranger, and there's zero trust or warmth. This is the land of very chilly cold calls and it often comes with a lot of rejection. And in my opinion, it's a total waste of your time.
Quadrant 2: Warm Calls. Here you have some affiliation. You belong to an organization, know people from networking, or have subscribers on your e-list. These people are much easier to connect with because of that affiliation. Now you're in the land of warm calls, and suddenly you stop getting rejected so frequently.
Quadrant 3: Intro Calls. In this place, your prospective clients have previously received some information from you. Perhaps they visited your website and opted-in. Or they attended a talk or saw your video on YouTube. When prospects have this information it's a lot easier to reach out and introduce yourself personally.
Quadrant 4. Hot Calls. Now you're firing on all cylinders. This is when you're affiliated and also provide information. Trust and liking are elevated. When you reach out, prospective clients are very open to speaking with you. Your calls are hot and meetings are much easy to get.
The one thing to remember, however, that many people conveniently forget, is that you still have to reach out. You still have to ask for conversations and appointments. Learn how to do that and you'll get more meetings that turn into more clients.


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The Associated Press — By PAUL NEWBERRY - AP Sports Columnist
NEW ORLEANS (AP) — A year ago, Clemson made a pretty good case as the greatest team in college football history.
It didn't take long for another group of felines to take the standard even higher.
Take a bow, LSU.
The top spot on that mythical pedestal belongs to these Tigers now.
With a Heisman Trophy-winning quarterback leading an offense for the ages and a defense that came into its own over the last six weeks, LSU competed a most perfect of seasons with a 42-25 dismantling of Clemson in the national championship game Monday night.
Clemson's 2018 team was the first to go 15-0, a remarkable feat that justifiably led many of its players to say they should be remembered as the best team of them all.
But LSU was even more impressive in its own run through 15 straight opponents, piling up points like a pinball machine and shoring up a defense that appeared to be lacking that championship touch as late as mid-November.
This was the first team ever to beat each of the top four in The Associated Press preseason poll.
The average margin in those games: 21 points.
"In my opinion, this is the best team in college football — ever," LSU receiver Terrace Marshall Jr. said. "We've got the receivers. We've got the best quarterback. Got the best offensive line. Got the best defense. Best pass rushers. Best linebackers. Best safeties. Best cornerbacks. Can't beat it."
There was never any doubt that Joe Burrow & Co. could outscore just about anybody they faced. But when the guys on the other side of the line finally showed up, that's when LSU ensured its place for perpetuity.
Clemson, winners of 29 straight games and two of the previous three national titles, wasn't going to go down easily. The great ones never do. When the orange-clad Tigers raced out to a 17-7 lead early in the second quarter, it was obvious that LSU was in for a much tougher fight than it got in either the Southeastern Conference championship game or the Peach Bowl semifinal game.
But Burrow kicked it into overdrive, turning to future NFL weapons such as receiver Ja'Marr Chase and running back Clyde Edwards-Helaire.
LSU was up 28-17 by halftime, having struck for three touchdowns in about a nine-minute span. Clemson responded on its first possession of the second half a quick 50-yard touchdown drive and two-point conversion that sliced the lead to 28-25.
The last hurrah of a proud champion, it turned out.
Burrow threw two more touchdown passes, giving him five on the night and an NCAA Division I-record 60 for the season.
"This is best group of guys anybody could ask for," said Burrow, who was 31 of 49 for 463 yards. "This is a special group of guys. This doesn't come around every year."
Hard to argue with that.
Chase finished with nine receptions for 221 yards and a pair of scores. Justin Jefferson also reached triple figures receiving, turning his nine catches into 106 yards. Edwards-Helaire rushed for 110 yards, averaging nearly 7 yards per carry, and added another 54 yards on five receptions. Thaddeus Moss, son of NFL Hall of Famer Randy Moss, hauled in a pair of short TD throws.
LSU piled up a staggering 628 yards against one of the country's top defenses, a Clemson team that had not given up more than 23 points all season.
But it was the LSU defense — maligned much of the season as the team's Achilles' heel — that pushed the team across the finish line.
They harassed and harried Clemson quarterback Trevor Lawrence, who started 10 of 15 for 161 yards but completed only 8 of 22 for 73 yards the rest of the way.
"LSU did a good job," Lawrence said. "They brought a lot of pressures, they did a good job of mixing up the coverages."
It was the lowest-rated game of the sophomore's college career, with the final blow delivered by Grant Delpit when Lawrence took off on a run in the closing minutes.
Delpit stuck his helmet into Lawrence's gut, the ball went flying and Derek Stingley scooped up the fumble to seal the victory.
"Tonight was all about LSU," Clemson coach Dabo Swinney said. "They played an unbelievable game."
LSU, which somehow surrendered more than 600 yards to Ole Miss, closed out the season by giving up a single touchdown to Texas A&M, limiting Georgia to just 10 points in the SEC championship game, largely shutting down Jalen Hurts and high-scoring Oklahoma in a Peach Bowl blowout, and choking off defending champion Clemson over the final 45 minutes of the season.
A championship-worthy defense, indeed.
With confetti fluttering all around in the Superdome, someone asked Moss what it meant to be part of the greatest team in LSU history.
He quickly corrected them.
"The greatest team in college football history," Moss shot back.
In the end, LSU beat seven teams that were ranked in the AP Top 10 at the time of the game — a staggeringly impressive feat.
Maybe the greatest ever.
"Look at the record," Moss said. "Look at who we played and the numbers we put up. It speaks for itself."
Paul Newberry is a sports columnist for The Associated Press. Write to him at pnewberry(at)ap.org or at www.twitter.com/pnewberry1963 His work can be found at https://apnews.com
More AP college football: https://apnews.com/Collegefootball and https://twitter.com/AP_Top25


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I went to the cinema, but I didn't enjoy the film much. Do not open the present yet. Some flowers are magenta. Vladimir learned to swim last summer. I think I should've asked for help. Look, I know you're busy. He looked quite happy in contrast with those around him. I borrowed those comics from his sister. Has anyone here seen that movie? Who has found a lost dog?
As soon as I get up, I take a shower. We were all so happy there. He writes a letter once in a while but not so often. We're not quite sure why this happens. Would you like to order? Dustin almost hit me. See to it that your cigarette is put out before you go to bed. He had a great fancy for traveling. Did you get home safe and sound? He regarded her with worship in his eyes.
You flatter me. Well, to me, he seems kind of annoying. If science makes progress, we'll be able to solve such problems. I must admit that I've never heard of it. Steen looked a little embarrassed. He who sleeps with dogs gets up with fleas. Kathy was driving too fast. Skef wants you to call him as soon as possible. Speak louder so everyone can hear you. What language do they speak in Korea?
Judith's German accent is beautiful. I hope it works out for you, Marion. Don't be such a crybaby. Gilles knew that Narendra wasn't willing to help. She hadn't seen her sister since around 4 P.M. Do not threaten me. Lie down and rest for a while. The story concluded abruptly. I'd rather have ice cream. Darryl reached under his bed to get his slippers.
I am grateful to you for inviting me to the party. Don't get mixed up with those people. A drop of sweat ran down her brow. I don't believe in your religion. What does Leo know about this? I've got the feeling of having already met her somewhere. I heard you're having problems with Julie. Stacey never seems to spend much time studying. Fred went so far as to say that he had hated me. Are there any detours up ahead?
He takes a bath each morning. He is a lump of selfishness. I lent him a magazine. If you no longer believe what comes from Supreme Army Command, what will you believe? He probably knows I like him. Annard never thought he'd see Angus again. I finally was able to contact Harry. I never noticed that. He cannot afford to marry. What was I worrying about?
Should I go talk to her? Anybody can solve that problem. Our headquarters are located in another part of town. "Are you a teacher?" "Yes, I am." My address is Puistokatu. Have you been told when you are expected to be here? It rained heavily all day long. I'm not an astrologer; I'm an economist. Do you all want me to bring you anything? Why would Michiel want Klaus dead?
The hungry boys ate everything on the table. Every Jack must have his Jill. The shrike can't harm us anymore. You know, maybe we should buy a computer instead. You're not my commanding officer anymore. You're very direct. I saw him today. When I was in my first years of grade school, my father taught me a haiku and I longed to be a poet. On my Tanabata wish, I also wrote "Please make me a poet". Thirty years have passed and my wish has been granted. I am without doubt an invalid. He secretly showed me her photo. Nobody thought about my country.
I'm always writing strange things, so I'm sure it's difficult to comment on. The ship sunk and all hands were lost. My friend is beside me. Danielle was drafted into the army. The manager said it was your fault. That is not a good idea. Believe me! Donna has other business to attend to. Hey! What are you doing in my room? What're you doing in Boston?


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Flawless Affect is about redefining beauty and changing the perspective of a flaw.
DIFFERENT is the new NORMAL.
Redefine Beauty.
Q13 Fox | June 7, 2016
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Woman hopes to redefine perception of beauty
Watch the interview below!
CBS | April 25, 2016
Actress Bullied Over Birthmark Turns Her Flaw Into Art
After years of covering up a prominent birthmark on her face, an actress decided to put it on display.
Paige Lauren Billiot exudes confidence in front of the camera now. But she was not always like that.
"I've always trying to focus on why this happened. Why can't I be just like everybody else?" she recalled.
The 23-year-old was born with a port-wine stain birthmark that covers most of the left side of her face, her neck and her ear.
Billiot said she was teased and bullied growing up because of it. "I had a little boy, probably in third grade, who tried to choke me," she remembered.
In fifth grade, the she decided to take control of her situation and faced her imperfection head-on.
"I asked the teacher if I could get in front of the class and just introduce myself to get it done and over with. As hard as it was, I got up and told them this is me, and this is a birthmark and I was born with it," Billiot said.
Her confidence grew over time, and she decided to pursue a lifelong dream of being in front of the camera.
She moved to Los Angeles to pursue acting two years ago and decided to do a photo shoot without covering up her birthmark, but by highlighting it instead.
Billiot hopes her photos will help inspire others to embrace their imperfections. She has started a social media campaign called the Flawless Affect to encourage other people to submit photos of their flaws and help tackle the stigma around body imperfections.
"I'm just hoping, through this project, we can raise awareness about all kinds of flaws, conditions, diseases and just really inspire to embrace that," Billiot said.
DailyMail | April 20, 2016
Woman who was bullied over the large red birthmark covering the left side of her face strips off for a photoshoot to encourage others to love their 'flaws'
An actress has unveiled a candid photo shoot to celebrate the prominent facial birthmark she wears with pride.
Paige Billiot, from Los Angeles, an actress and filmmaker, was born with a dark red mark covering most of the left side of her face.
The 23-year-old collaborated with different photographers to create a number of artistic photo shoots to bring positive attention to skin discolorations.
Paige, who starred in movie Road To Hell, said she has never let her birthmark get in the way of her dreams and now hopes to inspire others with her message.
She launched her own project, the Flawless Affect blog, to tackle stigma around body and appearance 'flaws'.
She said: 'When I was younger the birthmark was hard for me to deal with. It was part of feeling vulnerable.
'I experienced a lot of verbal bullying and name calling. Sometimes it even got physical.
'We moved around a lot so I had to explain over and over again when a child asked what it was.
'I realised the bullying had lot to do with the unknown.
'In the end the moving helped. I got sick of answering the same questions and stood up in front of class and I introduced myself.
'After that stares stopped and it helped me accept it more.
'Now it's part of who I am, and I don't see myself without it anymore.'
Despite growing confidence in her appearance, Paige admitted she has been dealt set-backs in her acting career because of her birthmark.
However, she vowed she would never try and hide it apart from the usual make-up she wears day-to-day.
She added: 'From a young age I wanted to be in front of camera.
'Unfortunately, a lot of people have the same mentality of having the perfect face and the perfect body whereas my face was too different.
'In the beginning it was hard to accept. But growing up made my skin pretty thick so I had the right mentality and because of the rejection, I started making my own movies.
'It's 2016 and being different is the new normal.
'I wanted to inspire other people. If I can be successful in this industry, nothing can stop them either.
'I am two faced, I have this giant thing on my face and I can be happy and content.'
Paige hopes to turn the Flawless Affect project into a non-profit to help redefine beauty.
She said: 'It has been amazing - I've got a lot of feedback from girls of all ages.
'They tell me their stories, they tell me how much they hide it and then tell me that this project has completely inspired them.
'I feel like I can help so many more and try to change their mind set to acceptance.
'You must have the mentally that a flaw is flawless. It will still take a while, but it's about perspective.'
ABC NEWS | April 20, 2016
Actress' Facial Birthmark Celebrated in Gorgeous Photo Series
A Los Angeles-based actress with a large facial birthmark has released a series of stunning photographs celebrating the feature.
Born with what's called a port-wine stain, the dark red mark covers her left cheek. Paige Billiot's "Flawless Affect" project is a series of pictures taken by different photographers.
Billiot, 23, said she wants others to "celebrate their unique qualities," too.
The actress is best known for her role in the 2008 movie "Road to Hell."
HUFFINGTON POST | April 22, 2016
This Actress Has Turned Her 'Flaws' Into A Work Of Art
Our imperfections are what make us special and unique. Admittedly, however, it's sometimes easy to lose sight of that notion.
That's why this photo shoot, commissioned by Paige Billiot for her blog "The Flawless Affect," is so special.
Billiot, who has what's referred to as a "port wine stain" birthmark covering the left side of her face, commissioned photographer Christy Dunn to capture her in a series of shots highlighting the birthmark. And the response has been extraordinary.
People have flocked to Billiot's Instagram account to show their support and offer stories about their own paths to self acceptance.
The 23-year-old writes on her Tumblr that she created The Flawless Affect to "give people a creative avenue to shed light on their "flaws," which she was forced to do early on. She told The Huffington Post that while she experienced "a lot of bullying" growing up, she learned to love herself early on, thanks to moving around to new schools a lot as a child.
"At a young age I was already fed up answering the same questions. So, the first day at a new school I asked the teacher if I could introduce myself. As hard as it was, I got up in front of the whole class, told them who I was and how I was different. I was finally able to breathe, and that's when I noticed a big change. The bullying stopped almost completely. I realized that a lot of those harsh actions came from a place of fear of the unknown," she said.
Billot's activism for self acceptance shines through in a number of shoots she's done since starting the project, which is meant to empower other people with birthmarks to show them off, too.
"Marked Since Birth" sneak peak with my super talented friend @nixbodyart. Bare what you are marked with. Embrace. Love. #birthmark #portwinestain #bareyourbirthmark #birthmarkgang #raw #unique #flawless #creative #model #marked #bodypaint #follow #hollywood #love #raiseawareness #beautiful #motivate #life #inspire #embrace #loveyourself #actress #makeadifference
A photo posted by Paige Lauren Billiot (@flawless_affect) on Aug 3, 2015 at 11:44am PDT
And while she still deals with having to explain herself, she told The Huffington Post that her own reaction has completely turned around. "The stares and pointing don't stop, but my self acceptance has changed, and it makes all the difference," she said.
All the difference indeed.
Cosmopolitan UK | April 21, 2016
Actress shares stunning pictures of her birthmark that she was once bullied over
She wants everyone to "love your flaws"
Paige Billiot is celebrating her facial birthmark in the most beautifully empowering way, with a photo series that accentuates it.
Birthmark photoshoot #1 today. Accentuating my birthmark and capturing it in a creative way. Part of the #flawless_affect project. Each photographer will capture my birthmark in how it inspires them. Hope it'll inspire you to understand and love your "flaws." Be unique. 😘 #birthmark #unique #flawless #flaw #beauty #raw #portwinestain #inspire
A photo posted by Paige Lauren Billiot (@flawless_affect) on Jul 10, 2015 at 3:39pm PDT
The LA-based actress and director was born with the vascular birthmark, or 'port wine stain', that covers the left side of her face. Sometimes referred to as a capillary malformation, the flat red mark is caused by abnormal development of blood vessels in the skin.
"When I was younger, the birthmark was hard for me to deal with," Paige told the Daily Mail, explaining how she experienced a lot of bullying over it. "Sometimes it even got physical. We moved around a lot so I had to explain over and over again when a child asked what it was."
The inspiration is now encouraging others to celebrate their uniqueness, with a social media campaign called the "flawless affect" project.
"Constant War Paint" first photoshoot for the #Flawless_Affect Project. Each photographer captures my birthmark in how it inspires them. @charlesc85 was inspired with paint. #birthmarks are a constant war paint. They're #beautiful and #strong. Show your #warpaint.
Sneak peak of "Life Within" shoot. I lightly outlined my #birthmark. This one will have graphics to it. Always know your #flaw is part of your #life. Remember that you're #flawless no matter what. Photographer is #me. #portwinestain #bareyourbirthmark #birthmarkgang #raw #unique #flawless #creative #model #marked #follow #hollywood #love #raiseawareness #beautiful #motivate #inspire #embrace #loveyourself #actress #makeadifference #betruetoyourself #beyourself #inspiration #photoshoot #different #fearless
A photo posted by Paige Lauren Billiot (@flawless_affect) on Aug 31, 2015 at 10:05am PDT
Paige asked various photographers to capture her birthmark in how it inspires them - and as you'll see the results are stunning.
She says, "Hope it'll inspired you to understand and love your "flaws". Be unique." We love how it changes the perspective of "flawless", while shedding stigmas and stereotypes.
What a beauty icon.
Yahoo! Beauty | April 20, 2016
Actress Shares Beautiful Photos of the Birthmark She Was Once Bullied Over
Most people in Hollywood try to hide their flaws, but Los Angeles actress and filmmaker Paige Billiot is putting her birthmark front and center.
Billiot was born with a port-wine stain on her face, which affects three out of every 1,000 people. Although it's not fully understood what causes them, one theory is that there's a problem regulating blood flow in the capillaries, so blood vessels don't constrict normally and stay permanently dilated, according to the Vascular Birthmarks Foundation. That creates a permanent pink, red, or purple patch of skin.
There's no cure for port-wine stains. Some use pulsed-dye laser treatments to lighten them (although they can come back) or heavy-duty makeup to camouflage them. Billiot proudly embraces her birthmark and doesn't try to hide it. But it wasn't always that way.
"When I was younger, the birthmark was hard for me to deal with," she told the Daily Mail. "It was part of feeling vulnerable. I experienced a lot of verbal bullying and name calling. Sometimes it even got physical. We moved around a lot so I had to explain over and over again when a child asked what it was."
Rather than letting that get her down, the 23-year-old decided to face things head on. "In the end, the moving helped," she said. "I got sick of answering the same questions and stood up in front of class and I introduced myself. After that, stares stopped and it helped me accept it more. Now it's part of who I am, and I don't see myself without it anymore."
About a year ago, Billiot launched the Flawless Affect, a blog and Instagram project dedicated to reducing the stigma of so-called "flaws." For the project, Billiot worked with photographers and artists to create photos that accentuated her birthmark in different ways. Billiot hopes to encourage others to celebrate their own individuality and captions her photos with positive messages, such as: "Always know your #flaw is part of your #life. Remember that you're #flawless no matter what."
"Beautiful Deception" "In order for the lights to shine so brightly, the darkness must be present." @christydunn #bareyourbirthmark #fearless #loveyourself #portwinestain #unique #beauty #photoshoot #beautiful #deception #inspire #birthmark #birthmarkgang #marked #woods #rare #life #mytrueself #raiseawareness #motivate #inspiration #embrace #pain #sadness #flawless #flaw #flawless #internal #makeadifference
A photo posted by Paige Lauren Billiot (@flawless_affect) on Jan 22, 2016 at 11:51am PST
"The whole goal of Flawless Affect is to redefine beauty and change the perspective of what a flaw is," Billiot tells Yahoo Beauty. "I'm hoping that people will look at these photos and have a better understanding that whatever makes them different is simply beautifully unique."
She adds: "The way we're able to highlight a flaw in such a creative way will hopefully help erase any negative stigma one has imposed on themselves. I hope people accept themselves no matter how different they are and embrace that."
Yahoo! Style | April 21, 2016
This Actress Accepts Her Facial Birthmark, to Inspire Others to Love Their 'Flaws'
There's a reason photo-editing tools and apps such as Photoshop and FaceTune are so popular. With the touch of a finger or the click of a mouse, zits, blotches, and other perceived flaws disappear. But one actress has decided to step away from the filters, and even makeup, posting images that put her facial birthmark on display.
Paige Billiot, 23, was born with a port-wine stain mark covering her left cheek. Growing up in Los Angeles, the actress and filmmaker was subjected to cruel bullying because of it, which made her feel self-conscious about her looks. "When I was younger, the birthmark was hard for me to deal with," she explained. "It was part of feeling vulnerable. I experienced a lot of verbal bullying and name-calling. Sometimes it even got physical. We moved around a lot, so I had to explain over and over again when a child asked what it was."
But it was when she came to understand that it was her peers' lack of education that resulted in the taunting that she decided to make a change. "I realized the bullying had lot to do with the unknown," she said. "In the end, the moving helped. I got sick of answering the same questions and stood up in front of class, and I introduced myself. After that, stares stopped, and it helped me accept it more." Now, she feels the mark is her defining characteristic, and she can't picture herself without it.
This confidence led Billiot to pursue an acting career, but it wasn't without setbacks. "From a young age, I wanted to be in front of the camera. Unfortunately, a lot of people have the same mentality of having the perfect face and the perfect body, whereas my face was too different," she explained. "In the beginning, it was hard to accept. But growing up made my skin pretty thick, so I had the right mentality, and because of the rejection, I started making my own movies."
Overcoming prejudices in Hollywood inspired Paige to spread her positive message to others, and last year she launched the Flawless Affect, a blog and Instagram project dedicated to reducing the stigma of so-called "flaws." For the project, she works with photographers and artists to create photos that accentuate her birthmark in different ways. Now she hopes to encourage others to celebrate their own individuality.
"It's 2016, and being different is the new normal," she said. "I wanted to inspire other people. If I can be successful in this industry, nothing can stop them either. I am two-faced, I have this giant thing on my face, and I can be happy and content."
Billiot hopes the success of the Flawless Affect project will help to redefine beauty and confront stigma in the fashion and beauty industries. "You must have the mentally that a flaw is flawless," she said. "It will still take a while, but it's about perspective."
IndiaToday | April 21, 2016
This actress did a naked photo shoot to highlight the 'flaws' she was born with
Sick of being bullied for her 'flaws', this actress decided to show the world what she's made of, and how proud she is of it!
Thanks to the society's idea of perfect, most women are made to go through self-scrutiny on a daily basis. So, when you're born with something that you know is by default looked down upon by the society, what do you do? Pick a cosy spot in a dark corner and sulk or face the world and stand up against its superficial BS?
This 23-year-old did the latter and chose to draw the world's attention to the flaw of hers that she was born with--a dark red birthmark that covers most of the left side of her face.
Actress and filmmaker Paige Billiot, from Los Angeles, collaborated with a number of photographers to create some outstanding, artistic photos of herself to bring positive attention to her skin discolorations.
Paige, who starred in movie Road To Hell, told Daily Mail US that she has never let her birthmark get in the way of her dreams and now hopes to inspire others with her message.
The actress launched her blog, the Flawless Affect, to counter the negativity that engulfs 'flaws'. She told Daily Mail US, "When I was younger, the birthmark was hard for me to deal with. It was part of feeling vulnerable. I experienced a lot of verbal bullying and name calling. Sometimes it even got physical. We moved around a lot so I had to explain over and over again when a child asked what it was. I realised the bullying had lot to do with the unknown. In the end, the moving helped. I got sick of answering the same questions and stood up in front of class and I introduced myself. After that, stares stopped and it helped me accept it more. Now it's a part of who I am, and I don't see myself without it anymore."
The profession Paige chose was not too kind to her 'flaws' either, as the actress accepts having faced a few set-backs in her career because of her birthmark.
She added, "From a young age I wanted to be in front of the camera. Unfortunately, a lot of people have the same mentality of having the perfect face and the perfect body, whereas my face was too different. In the beginning it was hard to accept. But growing up made my skin pretty thick, so I had the right mentality and because of the rejection, I started making my own movies."
"It's 2016 and being different is the new normal. I wanted to inspire other people. If I can be successful in this industry, nothing can stop them either. I am two-faced, I have this giant thing on my face and I can be happy and content," Paige added.
Detroit NewsTime | April 20, 2016
LA woman Paige Billiot poses in Flawless Affect photoshoot exposing her facial birthmark
Paige Billiot has unveiled a candid photo shoot to celebrate the prominent facial birthmark she wears with pride
Paige Billiot, 23, an actress and filmmaker, was born with a dark red mark covering her left cheek, known as a port-wine stain. Now she is creating art to bring positive attention to facial discolouration
Paige, who starred in Road to Hell, and poses above nude on sand for a photograph by Jessica Passecker, never let her birthmark get in the way of her dreams and now hopes to inspire others with her message
When Paige was younger she would often feel vulnerable due to her birthmark, and was bullied verbally
The actress was also bullied physically because of the mark, and believes this is due to fear of the 'unknown'
She launched her own project, the Flawless Affect, to tackle stigma around body and appearance 'flaws'
Despite growing confidence in her appearance, Paige admitted she has been dealt set-backs in her acting career because of her birthmark, as she claims a lot of people in the field want to find the 'face perfect'
The actress has vowed she would never try and hide it apart from the usual make-up she wears day-to-day
Paige hopes to turn the Flawless Affect project into a non-profit to help redefine beauty. She said: 'It has been amazing - I've got a lot of feedback from girls of all ages (..) It's all about perspective'
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Women's Health Magazine | April 26, 2016
This Actress Is Wearing Her Birthmark with Pride in a Gorgeous Photo Series
Sorry, FaceTune. This woman is redefining 'flawless.'
Thanks to an array of apps, we're in an era where we can physically and digitally enhance or erase our features way beyond the capabilities of the average Instagram filter. That's why it's worth noting that Paige Billiot, 23, an actress and filmmaker in Los Angeles, is starting a campaign to highlight "flaws" instead.
In a series of Instagram photos taken by different photographers, Paige shows off a port-wine stain birthmark that covers the left side of her face. And she's encouraging followers to share their own photos, too.
Instead of hiding it, Billiot outlines it...
And digitally dresses it up like a galaxy...
A photo posted by Paige Lauren Billiot (@flawless_affect) on Oct 2, 2015 at 12:01pm PDT
And pairs it with body paint...
A photo posted by Paige Lauren Billiot (@flawless_affect) on Jul 20, 2015 at 11:21am PDT
And just leaves well enough alone...
A photo posted by Paige Lauren Billiot (@flawless_affect) on Jan 8, 2016 at 11:51am PST
Here's to more women like Paige (and our girl-crush, model Winnie Harlow) owning the fact that they're unique (and stunning!).
PopSugar | April 26, 2016
1 Woman Celebrates Her Birthmark With a Beautiful Photo Series
It's not uncommon for people born with diverse features to feel like they don't meet society's expectations of beauty. But now more than ever, men and women are redefining the meaning of beauty by embracing their uniqueness, and 23-year-old Paige Billiot is one of those individuals.
Paige was born with a large port wine stain birthmark over one side of her face. She told The Huffington Post that she experienced bullying as a child, but despite this, she learned the importance of self-love early on. So instead of concealing her beauty mark with mounds of color-correcting cosmetics, Paige started a project called Flawless Affect to showcase her skin in a series of artistic portraits.
In the photos, Paige dresses her birthmark in purple paint, intergalactic stars, and even edgy grunge makeup, proving that your "flaw" can easily be your most gorgeous feature. Hopefully, her empowering movement, along with stories of other women embracing their uniqueness, will inspire people to do the same. Read on to see the stunning shots from her project.
MoviePilot | April 25, 2016
Viva La Birthmark: Actress Paige Billliot Turns Her 'Flaws' Into A Stunning Work Of Art
We've been told time and time again that our imperfections are what make us beautiful. Yet, in being confronted with images of the perfect ideal everywhere we turn — whether it be on our television screens or magazine spreads — this only makes our insecurities skyrocket.
That's why it's so empowering to see women like actress Paige Billiot gather the confidence to showcase what it is that makes them that extra bit different — and in turn, inspire us to love our "flaws."
Taking to the blog named The Flawless Affect, Paige commissioned a photoshoot that boasted the "port wine stain" birthmark that has always graced the left side of her face. Check out the extraordinary images that were also posted on her Instagram:
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A photo posted by Paige Lauren Billiot (@flawless_affect) on Mar 27, 2016 at 1:24pm PDT
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A photo posted by Paige Lauren Billiot (@flawless_affect) on Jan 20, 2016 at 12:17pm PST
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Pretty sensational, I'm sure you'll agree!
On her blog, Paige also shared some of her thoughts regarding flaws, revealing how she had to persevere through bullying growing up as a kid. However, she thankfully learned to love herself the way she is early on, telling The Huffington Post:
"At a young age I was already fed up answering the same questions. So, the first day at a new school I asked the teacher if I could introduce myself. As hard as it was, I got up in front of the whole class, told them who I was and how I was different. I was finally able to breathe, and that's when I noticed a big change. The bullying stopped almost completely. I realized that a lot of those harsh actions came from a place of fear of the unknown."
By appearing in various photoshoots that showcase her beautiful face-mark, she reiterates that her perceptions of flaws have completely transformed:
"The stares and pointing don't stop, but my self acceptance has changed, and it makes all the difference."
Read more on The Flawless Affect.
Seventeen | April 26, 2016
See 4 Stunning Photos of This 23-Year-Old Woman's Flawless Red Birthmark
The actress wants to inspire others with her message.
When you don't have "perfect" skin, it's easy to feel like you're less-than. But Paige Billiot, a 23-year-old actress and filmmaker based in Los Angeles, wants to change that.
Billiot was born with a prominent red birthmark over her cheek, a feature you might think she would be inclined to cover up, given her line of work. But she recently collaborated with several photographers to highlight her birthmark, which she describes as a "port-wine stain," in a project called Flawless Affect.
"I created this project in order to give people a creative avenue to shed light on their 'flaws,'" she writes on her Tumblr page. She is inviting others to join the project online. Scroll down for more photos from Billiot's Flawless Affect.
SELF Magazine | May 3, 2016
This Woman Is Creatively Capturing Her Birthmark To Challenge How We See Flaws
Paige Lauren Billiot, 23, started "Flawless Affect" to show that so-called imperfections—like the birthmark covering her face—make people beautifully unique.
Paige Lauren Billiot, 23, learned early in life that so-called "flaws" were something to embrace. The Los Angeles-based actress and filmmaker was born with a port-wine stain birthmark over the left side of her face.
"I experienced a lot of bullying, and that really affected me," she tells SELF. "I'd go home and cry and always wonder, 'Why can't I be normal like everyone else?' All of that negative scrutiny basically made me hate my birthmark and the way that I looked…I felt alone and confused at a young age, so that was very hard to deal with on a daily basis."
A port-wine stain—which affects about three of every 1,000 people—is caused by swollen blood vessels, and it exists for life, according to the U.S. National Library of Medicine. It made growing up difficult for Billiot, and she became tired of the bullying and staring. That's when she hit a turning point.
Paige Billiot at age 10. Image Credit: Sivi Billiot
Billiot bravely started to welcome the curiosity people had about her birthmark. She'd confidently acknowledge her port-wine stain when she introduced herself, explaining to people what it was. She says that's when she first started to accept her birthmark as not a flaw, but something that made her flawless.
"I realized a lot of those negative and harsh reactions people would [have] was really just a lack of education," she says. "And me just telling them what it was really helped them understand me as an individual. I still dealt with a lot of challenges, and I still do to this day…But thankfully at a young age I was able to accept and embrace how I was different, and that's how I was able to push through any obstacle that I encountered."
Now, the actress is working to change society's perception of flaws like her birthmark through a project she created this year called Flawless Affect. It empowers people who have what they or society might consider a flaw—from external things like psoriasis to internal struggles like depression—by capturing them in stunning images and telling their story on the project's website and Instagram. In doing so, Billiot hopes to not just uplift the individual but change what people see as "normal" or "beautiful."
"I really wanted to change the meaning of what a flaw is," she says. "[It's] what makes you so unique." And she's right—we are all perfectly imperfect.
Billiot is the first person to tell her story as part of the project, and she posed for a series of high-fashion photos highlighting her birthmark. Some images show her nude in the desert, with mud imitating the pattern of her birthmark across the rest of her body. In others, she wears a striking red dress in a forest. She's posed for photos before, but she's never had her port-wine stain be the focal point in such a glamorous way. It was an exciting first for her, and she thinks society is ready to see flaws captured as flawless.
"I was really happy to create this whether it got a lot of recognition or not," she says. "It was a good outlet for myself."
The next photoshoot Billiot is planning for Flawless Affect will feature a friend of hers who sustained burns to 60 percent of his body as a child during a fire. She hopes to feature people with a range of "flaws" as she grows the project.
"I want it to be things that people can really relate to, and also things that aren't as known," she says. "So far I've learned about so many conditions I never knew about, and I just want to have people see it in a completely new light."
You can view some of Billiot's own photos from the project below:
Image Credit: Christy Dunn Photography
Image Credit: Jessica Passecker Photography
Image Credit: Charles Contreras
Greatist | May 5, 2016
You Won't See Birthmarks As Flaws After Seeing These Photos
We're taught we should hide birthmarks, especially ones in highly visible places. But one awesome website proves they're something to show off. Paige Lauren Billiot, an actress with a port-wine stain on her left cheek, started Flawless Affect in hopes of redefining what we think of as flaws. Right now the series includes highly stylized photos of Billiot and her friends, but she plans to expand it to include a broad range of so-called flaws, from eczema to anxiety, to show these aren't things we should ever be ashamed of.
Check out photos from the inspirational campaign below:
Odyssey | May 3, 2016
Actress Paige Billiot Creates Photography Project (And Poses Nude) To Celebrate Flaws
Though she once felt insecure about her birthmark, Billiot now wants to celebrate the uniqueness of her body.
Love your flaws.
How many times have you heard that? If you're a woman that is even slightly in touch with the media, probably a lot. But actress Paige Billiot, known for her role in "Road to Hell," is taking this clichéd saying and turning it into a meaningful campaign called the Flawless Affect.
Billiot was born with a large red birthmark across her cheek, called a port-wine stain. Port-wine stains happen when an area of skin gets an insufficient supply of nerve fibers. When there's a lack of nerve fibers, small blood vessels keep expanding, allowing a greater amount of blood to flow into the blood vessels and causing a stain to form under the skin. This is not an effect from anything that mothers do or do not do during pregnancy.
"When I was younger, the birthmark was hard for me to deal with. It was part of feeling vulnerable," she told The Daily Mail.
Growing up, Billiot was bullied and questioned about her birthmark. Sometimes, the bullying turned from verbal to physical. As a kid, her family moved around a lot, and she had to explain over and over again what was on her face. But she eventually learned that standing up in front of her class, introducing herself, and explaining what the birthmark was, stopped a lot of the badgering and helped her accept her skin discoloration.
Now at only 23 years old, she's continuing to take back agency and is loudly proclaiming that she loves her "flaw." She created the Flawless Affect by collaborating with many photographers and even encouraging other people with "flaws" to get involved. She wants these artistic photos – some of them nude – to shed a positive light on skin imperfections.
"I created this project in order to give people a creative avenue to shed light on their 'flaws,'" she wrote on her Tumblr page.
Some photos feature her without many clothes on, while others feature her in gorgeous dresses. There's one of her in a robe, seemingly just chilling out at home, and several on her Instagram page in which is she covered in body paint.
Though her profession requires her to be in front of the camera, makeup covers her birthmark while on set. This project marks the first time that Billiot has stepped in front of the camera for a wide audience without cosmetics concealing her "flaw."
"The whole goal of Flawless Affect is to redefine beauty and change the perspective of what a flaw is. I'm hoping that people will look at these photos and have a better understanding that whatever makes them different is simply beautifully unique," Billiot told Yahoo Beauty. "The way we're able to highlight a flaw in such a creative way will hopefully help erase any negative stigma one has imposed on themselves. I hope people accept themselves no matter how different they are and embrace that."
For the photo above, Billiot outlined her birthmark to emphasize it.
Billiot doesn't want the project to only focus on skin imperfections or discolorations, and anyone who feels that they have a flaw can join the project.
In the photo above, Billiot poses with artist and body painter Nick Herrera.
"This outlet is for anyone who feels they have to live with some sort of flaw, be it physical, mental, or emotional," Paige explains. "The Flawless Affect project isn't just for people with birthmarks, but is expanding to celebrate flaws of every shape and size and kind," Billiot said.
She eventually wants to turn the project into a non-profit organization to further her efforts in redefining beauty.
"It has been amazing – I've got a lot of feedback from girls of all ages. They tell me their stories, they tell me how much they hide it and then tell me that this project has completely inspired them. I feel like I can help so many more and try to change their mindset to acceptance," she explained. "You must have the [mentality] that a flaw is flawless. It will still take a while, but it's about perspective."
Arlington Times | June 6, 2016
Birth mark a beauty mark for actress with Arlington ties
When Paige Billiot picked up her little sister Gabrielle from school, kids would stare and point.
"I'm used to it," she said.
When she went to Gabrielle's basketball games in Arlington, she would see people whispering.
"It happens everywhere I go," Paige said. "I noticed more when I was younger, especially from adults."
Paige, 23, has a birth mark that takes up much of the left side of her face. She was called names, teased and bullied when she was young.
But she has managed to overcome that to become an actress and filmmaker in Los Angeles. As far as she is concerned, her birth mark is a beauty mark.
Visiting family in Arlington recently, Paige explained how she wants to inspire others with her online project called flawlessaffect.com.
"It's a campaign movement to redefine beauty," Paige said, adding she wants to create awareness that everyone has flaws, and they make us unique. "You don't want to be normal."
Paige said there is a stigmatism associated with flaws so people "want to get rid of the condition." She said people need to embrace what makes them special.
"You can't please everybody, and you shouldn't try," she said. "Different is the new normal."
Paige said society conforms to individuals, so to have a "different perception of beauty" each one of us needs to be more accepting.
She said it has been a challenge trying to make it in Hollywood, where it's "99 percent about looks." So she has produced a lot of her own material.
She also accentuated her birth mark to play a character in a horror movie called, "One of Us." She also was in another horror movie called "Road to Hell."
Paige said her "flaw" actually helps her stand out.
"It's so over-saturated with the same mindset of perfect body, perfect face," she said of Hollywood.
Paige said it wasn't until high school that she began to feel good about herself. Gabrielle, who was about 10 at the time, said she wished she had a birth mark like her sister's.
Mom Christine took that story a little further.
"Gabby actually cried because she wanted to be special like Paige," Christine said.
"It was empowering," Paige said, adding that her friends also said the birth mark was cool, which helped her mentally.
Gabby so looked up to Paige that once at Halloween she wore a similar birth mark as a costume. She wouldn't even take it off the next day.
Paige said her mom always supported her. "She said I was beautiful, special," Paige said.
"We surrounded her with love and tons of laughter," Christine said of the family support group.
Christine said since Paige was picked on so much she and other family shared stories about how they were picked on, showing how common that really is.
"School life is brutal," Christine said. "She needed to take the high road."
Still, it wasn't easy. The family moved around a lot, and Paige always had to make new friends. Her mom even had to explain to teachers that her condition was not contagious.
"Over and over I had to explain" my condition, Paige said, adding facing her fear actually helped her.
"When I'd go to a new school I'd ask to get in front of the class to talk and get it over with," she said. "It helped me get to the point of accepting it."
She noticed fellow students were more accepting when she started doing that.
"It was fear of the unknown," she said, adding she did have to deal with some physical abuse from bullies, but she was a tomboy so she took care of herself.
She said growing up she wanted to be a veterinarian, doctor, lawyer, spy … She even went to the University of Nevada at Las Vegas for pre-med.
"I hated it," she said of UNLV. "Being an actor I could be all those things."
She received her drama training in high school at the prestigious Las Vegas Performing Arts Academy.
Her mom said that was a great experience for her.
"She had to develop thicker skin. She had to fight tooth and nail for parts so they wouldn't typecast her," Christine said.
Her mom said Paige would pester directors until they gave her an audition "to make her be quiet."
"They looked past the physicality and saw true talent," Christine said.
Paige also has a love of being behind the camera. Her five-minute short movie called "Reflection," has had positive reviews. It's an abstract look at gun rights: "It's the person not the weapon," she said.
Paige said she wants to be a motivational speaker. She said she hates to see kids pick on others with harsh words or actions because they don't meet the "social norms of what beautiful should be."
Paige said many people, especially young girls, can relate to her struggles.
"Everybody feels flawed at some level," she said. "We have to be able to accept ourselves."
Her mom said Paige even inspires her. Christine said she has struggled with weight her entire life.
"She said to accept who I am, and love myself more," Christine said. "Instead of the negative, embrace what I do like about myself. It's so freeing."
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Some of us ladies have a horror of becoming something of a Stepford Wife; that squeaky clean, air-headed, submissive little house person who does not have a thought of her own beyond an imaginative dinner menu to please her lord and master.
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There are nearly 300 so called "sanctuary cities" in the U.S. Laws in these cities help shield illegal immigrants from deportation, even after they've committed felonies.
Full Measure found the problem of the U.S. as a Sanctuary for Crime is much larger, and often understated by politicians and advocates with special interests at stake.
Laura Wilkerson: He had been bound up with, like, 13 ropes from here to here, through his back belt loop, through his hands and his feet, like an animal.
Laura Wilkerson is recounting the final hours of her son Josh. He had given a ride home to Hermilo Moralez, a high school classmate and illegal immigrant with an arrest record.
Wilkerson: He hit him so hard in the stomach that it made his spleen go into the spine and it sliced it in two. Then, he tortured him by strangling him then, he put him in a field and he set his body on fire.
Josh is among thousands of victims of undocumented foreigners who committed crimes on U.S. soil and then, through policy failures, loopholes or mistakes were set free to carry out more crimes.
Sharyl Attkisson: Do you think that the problem of illegal immigrants who commit crimes in this country is bigger than some people know?
Sen. Chuck Grassley (R-Iowa): I think that it is greater than what we think.
Senator Grassley began investigating after cases like Emmanuel Jesus Rangel-Hernandez. In 2013, he was mistakenly granted amnesty under President Obama's executive action. His gang membership and previous drug arrest should have excluded him.
In February, Rangel-Hernandez was charged with killing four people in a North Carolina murder spree. One of the victims was a former contestant on America's Next Top Model.
Sen. Grassley: You've got an administration that thinks more highly of their interest in protecting undocumented workers than there is enforcing the law and in the process of making that decision, violating their constitutional oath to faithfully execute the laws of this country.
Full Measure spoke with families of five victims, who said politics and political correctness have forced their personal tragedies into the shadows while shielding criminals.
Don Rosenberg: Especially in San Francisco, they become a protected class. Whatever they do, they get away with.
Rosenberg's son, Drew was on his way home from law school in San Francisco when he was run over and killed by an illegal immigrant.
Roberto Galo had been caught five months earlier driving the wrong way down a street with no license or insurance. He kept driving, unlicensed, until the day he killed Drew.
It was less than three miles from where an illegal immigrant allegedly shot Kate Steinle in July. Drew's case, five years before, wasn't featured on national news.
Sharyl: ...discussing the issue of illegal immigrants?
Rosenberg: I don't feel it. It is.
Durden: We know it. We know it.
Sabine Durden's only child, Dominic, was a 911 dispatcher. He was driving his motorcycle to work in 2012 when he was hit by an illegal immigrant with a long rap sheet.
Durden: He had a prior felony conviction, then he had a DUI. And he got put on probation with a DUI even though he had no license, no insurance, and no registration. So then he had another DUI while he was on probation for the first DUI.
Two months later he was still driving without a license when he killed Dominic.
Sharyl: because of speaking out on behalf of your loss?
Durden: I've been called a racist, and then I show them the picture of Dominic. Dominic was half black. What else you got? Can't call me a racist. Then they come with their 'anti-immigration' and then I share with them that I became a citizen. I immigrated here.
It's not easy to find how often illegal immigrants commit serious crimes in the U.S., the federal government doesn't publicize the numbers. Senator Grassley demanded them from Immigration and Customs Enforcement, or ICE. What he got was astonishing.
In 2013 and 2014 alone, ICE set loose 66,565 illegal immigrant criminals who had 166,877 convictions; 30,000 for drunk or drugged driving, 414 kidnappings, 11,301 rapes or other types of assaults, and 395 homicides.
Already, thousands of those criminals have been convicted of new crimes in the U.S., including felonies and gang offenses, since their release.
Mesa, Arizona police officer Brandon Mendoza witnessed the revolving door firsthand.
Mary Ann Mendoza: It would be very disheartening for him to feel that, 'the guy I just stopped tonight was a guy I stopped two months ago, mom, he's back.
Criminals like Raul Silva-Corona, who lived illegally in the U.S. for twenty years while committing crimes like burglary, assault and leaving the scene of an accident.
911 Dispatcher: 911, what is your emergency?
911 Caller: Yeah, there's a guy going southbound on the northbound lane on the 51. He's going 80, 90 miles an hour.
On Mother's Day last year, Silva-Corona got drunk and high on meth, drove 31 miles the wrong way on freeways, and ran head-on into Officer Mendoza's car, killing them both.
Mendoza: I was furious. And especially when I found out that he had committed crimes previously and had been allowed to stay in our country and had not been punished for anything that he had done.
By ICE's count, illegal immigrants convicted of crimes, then released, went on to commit 121 more homicides in the U.S. between 2010 and 2014.
Mike Ronnebeck: My nephew was number 122.
Mike Ronnebeck's 21-year old nephew Grant was clerking on the graveyard shift at a Mesa, Arizona convenience store in January when he was attacked, allegedly by an illegal immigrant with an arrest record.
That record included burglary, sexual assault and kidnapping - charges he pled down to felony burglary and probation.
Ronnebeck: The crime that this illegal alien committed was to burglarize a woman in her house, holding her hostage for a week, naked, threatening her. Day 792 of this man waiting for his bond hearing or his deportation hearing, he killed my nephew Grant. The man shot him point blank in the face, killing him.
In part two, Full Measure will hear from the head of ICE, and an ICE agent who details the frustrations of his job.


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Maps of Warwickshire
Warwickshire XVII.10 (includes: Bulkington; Shilton) - 25 Inch Map
Warwickshire XVII.SW - OS Six-Inch Map
SP38 - OS 1:25,000 Provisional Series Map
Coventry (Outline) - OS One-Inch Revised New Series
Coventry (Hills) - OS One-Inch Revised New Series
1 : 31680 This plan covers part of East Warwickshire showing the Warwick and Oxford Canals at the top the sheet. Nearby is the intersection of two Roman roads: the Fosse Way and Watling Street. Coombe Abbey, depicted in the lower part of the sheet, had been one of the the most powerful and wealthy monasteries in Warwickshire. Following Henry VIII's dissolution of the monasteries, Sir John Harrington bought the abbey and built a new house on the property, incorporating much of the stonework from the disbanded monastery. The Craven family, who owned the property for the 300 years after Harrington's death, constructed the formal gardens, moat and lake depicted on the plan. Stevens, Henry
Coventry and Rugby - OS One-Inch Map
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Leicestrensis Comitatus cum Rutlandiae vulgo Leicester & Rutland Shire
1 : 160000 Amstelodami : ex. Joannes Janssonius
Birmingham, Leicester, Sheet 18 - Bartholomew's "Half Inch to the Mile Maps" of England & Wales
An accurate map of the counties of Leicester and Rutland
1 Karte : Kupferdruck ; 52 x 68 cm Bowen; Tinney; Bowles; Sayer; Bowles; Bowles printed for I. Tinney at the Golden Lion and R. Sayer at the Golden Buck in Fleet street T. Bowles in St. Paul's Church yard and I. Bowles and son at the Black Horse in Cornhill
Leicestrensis comitatvs cum Rvtlandiæ vulgo Leicester [and] Rutland Shire
1 Karte : Kupferdruck ; 42 x 52 cm Valck; Schenk penes Gerardum Valk et Petrum Schenk
Wigorniensis Comitatus cum Warwicensi, nec non Conventriae Libertas
VIGORNIENSIS Comitatus Sheet 21
This map of Worcestershire is from the 1583 edition of the Saxton atlas of England and Wales.This atlas was first published as a whole in 1579. It consists of 35 coloured maps depicting the counties of England and Wales. The atlas is of great significance to British cartography as it set a standard of cartographic representation in Britain and the maps remained the basis for English county mapping, with few exceptions, until after 1750. During the reign of Elizabeth I map use became more common, with many government matters referring to increasingly accurate maps with consistent scales and symbols, made possible by advances in surveying techniques. Illustrating the increasing used of maps in government matters, Lord Burghley, Elizabeth I's Secretary of State, who had been determined to have England and Wales mapped in detail from the 1550s, selected the cartographer Christopher Saxton to produce a detailed and consistent survey of the country. The financier of the project was Thomas Seckford Master of Requests at the Court of Elizabeth I, whose arms appear, along with the royal crest, on each map. Saxton, Christopher Ryther, Augustine
Wigorniensis comitatus et comitatus Warwicensis; nec non Coventræ libertas
Map of Worcestershire
This is a manuscript map of Worcestershire. The date and draughtsman are not known. It forms part of an atlas that belonged to William Cecil Lord Burghley, Elizabeth I's Secretary of State. Burghley used this atlas to illustrate domestic matters. The dominant features of the landscape are the waterways and the parks which are shown by symbols of fenced enclosures. These were of central importance to any military campaign. The fastest way to move a lot of men and weaponry was by river and parks provided somewhere for troops to set up camp and for horses to graze. Lord Burghley has annotated the map. In the left margin he has added a list of residents of the area and what lands and properties they are associated with, inserting some of these into the map itself. This is a good indication of how detailed was the knowledge accumulated by Burghley. William Cecil, Lord Burghley
Map of Northhamptonshire, Bedfordshire, Cambridgeshire, Huntigdonshire and Rutland
This is a manuscript map of Northamptonshire, Bedfordshire, Cambridgeshire, Huntingdonshire and Rutland, a page from an atlas that belonged to William Cecil Lord Burghley, Elizabeth I's Secretary of State. Burghley used this atlas to illustrate domestic matters.It is in a hand pre dating 1570 and may be the work of John Rudd. Rudd was the man to whom Christopher Saxton was an apprentice to in 1570. John Rudd was Vicar of Dewsbury from 1554 to 1570. Rudd had a keen interest in cartography and had been engaged in the 1550's in making a platt' of England. In 1561 Rudd was granted leave to travel further to map the country and it is likely that Saxton accompanied him, acquiring his skills for surveying. Rudd, John
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Online restaurant guide and food delivery app Zomato's co-founder Pankaj Chaddah announced his resignation from the company to "move on to something new.
An alumnus of the Indian Institute of Technology, Delhi (IIT-D), Chaddah joined Zomato in March 2008.
Online restaurant guide and food delivery app Zomato's co-founder Pankaj Chaddah announced his resignation from the company to "move on to something new." Taking to Twitter, Chaddah, who has been with Zomato for the last ten years, said he would remain in the company till the end of March. "After 10 years, I am moving on from Zomato to try out something new. I'll continue to play an active role till the end of this month. Have been thinking about this for a while, and the timing seems right today as Zomato is back to being a rocket-ship," he tweeted.
Chaddah also went on to thank Zomato founder Deepinder Goyal and entrepreneur Sanjeev Bikhchandani for their faith in him. An alumnus of the Indian Institute of Technology, Delhi (IIT-D), Chaddah joined Zomato in March 2008. Prior to this, he served as a senior analyst and subsequently an associate consultant at Bain & Company, a leading business consulting firms. Chaddah will be associated with Zomato till March 31.


Comprising of a 2 door wardrobe, 3 drawer chest and 1 drawer bedside the Seville bedroom range is superb value for money. The outside frame is an attractive oak effect veneer while the door and drawer fronts are good quality high gloss veneer. The handles are brushed steel and the drawer runners and fittings are metal.


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Alien Sightings and Encounters
Jenny Mason (author)
Publisher: Amicus Publishing ISBN: 9781645820970
Explore 12 out-of-this-world topics about alien sightings and extra-terrestrial encounters, including famous reports, government investigators, and the UFO highway along the 37th Parallel. Includes statistics, sidebars, critical thinking questions, glossary, and index. Plus, get up-to-date, editor-curated online content at 12StoryLibrary.com.
Explore 12 out-of-this-world topics about alien abductions, including well-known reports, recall under hypnosis, abduction myths throughout history, and what neuroscience can tell us about how we experience reality. Statistics and sidebars illuminate the content, while critical thinking questions help students think for themselves. Plus, find up-to-date, editor-curated online content including news, a full digital ebook, live content feeds, and lesson plans at 12StoryLibrary.com.
Valerie Bodden (author)
Publisher: The Creative Company ISBN: 9781640005402
This revised edition surveys key aspects of pandas, describing the plant-eating bears' appearance, behaviors, and habitats. A folk tale explains why these creatures have black and white fur.
This revised edition surveys key aspects of owls, describing the appearance, behaviors, and habitats of these nocturnal birds of prey. A folk tale explains why these creatures have large eyes and ear tufts.
Kate Riggs (author)
This revised edition surveys key aspects of moose, describing the long-legged deer's appearance, behaviors, and habitats. A folk tale explains why these creatures have long, curved noses.
Killer Whales
This revised edition surveys key aspects of killer whales, describing the carnivorous marine mammals' appearance, behaviors, and habitats. A folk tale explains how these creatures came to be.
This revised edition surveys key aspects of kangaroos, describing the hopping marsupials' appearance, behaviors, and habitats. A folk tale explains why these creatures move around by jumping.
This revised edition surveys key aspects of gorillas, describing the great apes' appearance, behaviors, and habitats. A folk tale explains why these creatures do nothing but eat and sleep.
This revised edition surveys key aspects of elephants, describing the massive mammals' appearance, behaviors, and habitats. A folk tale explains why these creatures have long trunks.
This revised edition surveys key aspects of eagles, describing the powerful raptors' appearance, behaviors, and habitats. A folk tale explains why humans respect eagles.
This revised edition surveys key aspects of cheetahs, describing the fast cats' appearance, behaviors, and habitats. A folk tale explains why these creatures have tear lines.
This revised edition surveys key aspects of alligators, describing the scaly reptiles' appearance, behaviors, and habitats. A folk tale explains why these creatures dislike dogs.
Mythical Beasts and Beings
Lisa Graves (author, illustrator)
Publisher: Xist Publishing ISBN: 9781532400049
Take a closer look at monsters, fairies, gods and dragons in this illustrated guide to mythological creatures. Featuring legends from around the world, this collection provides information for fans of mythology, magic and more in a lovely volume.
Ashley Gish (author)
A basic exploration of the appearance, behaviors, and origins of vampires, the nocturnal mythological creatures known for drinking blood. Also included is a story from folklore about a vampire-hunting dhampir.
A basic exploration of the appearance, behaviors, and origins of werewolves, the shapeshifting mythological creatures known for their strength. Also included is a story from folklore about thieves who become cursed as werewolves.
A countdown of five of the most intriguing Bigfoot encounters provides thrills as readers learn about the legendary characteristics of these mythical creatures.
A countdown of five of the most intriguing Loch Ness monster sightings provides thrills as readers learn about the legendary characteristics of these mythical creatures.
Taking Care of Your Unicorn
Eric Braun (author)
Publisher: Black Rabbit Books ISBN: 9781680729191
Teaches readers how to take care of their very own werewolves through friendly instructions, in-depth information, and gentle warnings about the potential hazards of magical pet ownerships.
Taking Care of Your Phoenix
Teaches readers how to take care of their very own phoenixes through friendly instructions, in-depth information, and gentle warnings about the potential hazards of magical pet ownerships.
Taking Care of Your Dragon
Teaches readers how to take care of their very own dragons through friendly instructions, in-depth information, and gentle warnings about the potential hazards of magical pet ownerships.
Taking Care of Your Griffin
Teaches readers how to take care of their very own griffins through friendly instructions, in-depth information, and gentle warnings about the potential hazards of magical pet ownerships.
Taking Care of Your Centaur
Teaches readers how to take care of their very own centaurs through friendly instructions, in-depth information, and gentle warnings about the potential hazards of magical pet ownerships.
Taking Care of Your Sea Monster
Teaches readers how to take care of their very own unicorns through friendly instructions, in-depth information, and gentle warnings about the potential hazards of magical pet ownerships.
Dracula's Castle
Clara Bennington (author)
Publisher: Jump Library ISBN: 9781641288620
In this book, early fluent readers will marvel at the beauty of Bran Castle, while learning about its location, many rooms, many uses, and history, including how it came to be known as Dracula's Castle. Vibrant, full-color photos and carefully leveled text will engage young readers as they learn more about Bran Castle and its cultural history. A Take a Look! infographic aids understanding, sidebars present interesting, supplementary information, and an At a Glance recap offers a map and quick stats on the castle. Children can learn more about Dracula's Castle using our safe search engine that provides relevant, age-appropriate websites. Dracula's Castle also features reading tips for teachers and parents, a table of contents, a glossary, and an index.
The Bell Witch Haunting
Blake Hoena (author) D. Brady (illustrator)
On a small farm in rural Tennessee, a mysterious spirit was tormenting a family. Quilts were pulled off beds, strange noises stomped through the house, and shoes were thrown across rooms. In this graphic narrative, real quotes from an account written by a family member help tell the story of this strange haunting, while other theories are presented to dispute the supernatural nature of the story. Do you believe in the Bell Witch?


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The holidays mean only one thing to a hobby geek: time off to play wargames!
Burning of Prospero is a really great release from GW. If you haven't dived in yet then I strongly recommend taking a peek over at the excellent overviews on Convert Or Die and Eternal Hunt.


The main role of Forensic Services to provide a high quality scientific evidence service to the people of Leicester, Leicestershire and Rutland. Our staff are involved in the collection, processing and analysis of forensic and fingerprint evidence.
Our aim is to use forensic science to help identify those who are committing crime in our local communities and in the United Kingdom.
Forensic Services have attained and maintain the national ISO 9001:2008 quality assurance standard fully throughout all our services.
We are committed to providing a high quality flexible service to the public, our colleagues throughout the police service and our partners and friends in the forensic and academic communities. We aim to ensure that our services can be delivered efficiently and conveniently, with effective cost management. We remain conscious that wherever possible our public services should be delivered in a timely and suitably individual manner.
Leicestershire Police Forensic Services staff are involved with many aspects of service provision including a wide variety of incidents including thefts, burglaries and murder.
Every year, thousands of pieces of evidence from crime scenes are collected and processed by the department including shoemarks and DNA samples. Thousands of fingerprints pass through our bureau or are developed by our laboratory staff using chemical processes.
We remain proud that staff from your local police service are not only serving you but also the national interest.
Forensic Services staff from Leicestershire are actively engaged in national projects to develop and implement new technology, improve the efficiency and quality of evidential procedures and the ability and competency of staff. Our officers have also been involved in major international operations that have taken them to the United States, the United Arab Emirates, Kosovo, and countries affected by the Tsunami.
You can click on the links to find out a little more about each department or look in the careers section to understand a little more about working for us.


We finish talking about Blazing Saddles. Then it's on to his other movies including, but not limited too, Young Frankenstein, Men In Tights, Silent Movie, High Anxiety, and Spaceballs. In the studio, we have a special guest, Gary Winograd.


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Consulate of Tunisia in Bangkok, Thailand
Tunisian embassy in Thailand: detailed information on locations, including address, e-mails, phone numbers and guide to Apply Tunisia Visa in Thailand
Tunisian Consulate 212 Rachadapisek Road Huaykwang Bangkok 10310 Thailand
The information for Consulate of Tunisia in Bangkok, Thailand may not be completely accurate. If you know any errors or have any additional information, please contact us to update. Thank you.
Q: What is the location of the embassy of Tunisian in Bangkok?
A: The Tunisian embassy in Bangkok is located at Tunisian Consulate 212 Rachadapisek Road Huaykwang Bangkok 10310 Thailand
Q: How to obtain a visa to visit Tunisia in Bangkok, Thailand?
A: Visitors from Bangkok, Thailand can contact the embassy by phone: (+66) 2692-5071 or email: or visit the embassy website for procedures at:
Q: How long does it takes to obtain a visa through Tunisian embassy in Bangkok?
A: Normally, it takes 3-5 working days. However, it is advised that you contact the embassy of Tunisia in Bangkok, Thailand for the updated information.
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Psychodynamics Of The Gang Mentality takes an unblushing look into the psychological developmental process of the gang banger. It explores and exposes the sociogenic-psychogenic-and crimogenic environs and how these realities seemingly-innocuously socializes and orientates youth who are in risk-for violent gang activity.
In this work-Le'Taxione-masterfully introduces the reader to the psyche of a gang banger-while simultaneously making you cognizant of the elements-external as well as internal-societal as well as communal-intrinsic as well as extrinsic- that fosters-cultivates and socializes criminality. He posits that" the insensate violence that is perpetuated by gang bangers is resultant of an inordinate apathy -and violence is seen as a vehicle to exact power within a social construct wherein they are powerless-impotent".
He also introduces the gang banger to the hard reality that-"insensate violence and murder find their genesis in a lack of self-worth-a distorted self- image and are superimposed upon others-externalized-to keep the gang banger from turning his vehemence inward upon him/herself". He explains how murder and suicide are two sides of the same coin-for any act of violence inevitably acts against ones own self interests. This authentic- experiential-and insightful work shines a light into the psyche that has been veiled by the darkness of street activity.


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Gravitational waves: everything you need to know
The direct detection of gravitational waves has been hailed as the discovery of the century. Not only did it win Professors Kip Thorne, Barry Barish and Rainer Weiss a Nobel Prize for Physics in 2017, but it has the potential to revolutionise the way we study the Universe. But what are gravitational waves? Where did they come from? And why is their discovery so important?
What is gravity?
How the Sun and Earth warp space-time
(Credit: T. Pyle/Caltech/MIT/LIGO Laboratory)
To understand gravitational waves, you need to understand gravity. And to understand why they are important you need to know a little about Einstein's General Theory of Relativity. Albert Einstein published his theory in 1916, and in it he showed that time and space are inextricably linked. Together they form the fabric on which the Universe is built – space-time.
One way of thinking about space-time is to imagine it as a two-dimensional sheet (in reality, there four dimensions of space-time, but a sheet is much easier to visualise!).
According to Einstein, gravity is consequence of the warping of space-time. Any object with mass warps the space-time in its vicinity, effectively making a dent in the space-time into which objects with less mass will 'fall'. This is the object's gravitational field. We think of gravity as the acceleration of objects within this gravitational field.
All objects are made of matter. Matter tells space-time how to bend and space-time tells matter how to move. Imagine a bowling ball making a dent in our imaginary sheet – if you roll a marble close to the bowling ball, it will fall towards it and accelerate. Although it might look like the marble is attracted to the bowling ball, really it is just following the only path that the sheet will allow it to.
What are gravitational waves?
If mass bends space-time, then mass under acceleration must create ripples, or waves, in space-time. It is a bit like moving the tips of two fingers together then apart in a bowl of water, and creating waves that ripple out across the water's surface. A massive object moving through space-time will create waves that ripple out across the Universe. These are gravitational waves.
The search for Gravitational Waves
Why did our first detection come from two black holes 1.3 billion light years away?
Any object with mass under acceleration will generate gravitational waves – the Earth does as it is accelerated by the Sun's gravity and so do you as you run down the street, but these are far too feeble to be detected.
Despite the way it appears to us on Earth, in universal terms gravity is an extremely weak force. In fact, it is the weakest of the fundamental forces – so it takes an extremely massive object to create a gravitational wave signal strong enough to be measured here on Earth. Nothing has more mass than a black hole.
The strength of a gravitational wave signal also increases with the amount acceleration an object experiences (think back to the bowl of water; if you move your finger through it more quickly, you'll create bigger ripples). So it is not surprising that our first direct detection of gravitational waves came from two rapidly accelerating black holes locked in a death spiral.
How did the black holes create a signal?
LIGO Hanford in Washington State is one of two identical detector sites.
(Credit: Caltech/MIT/LIGO Laboratory)
The two black holes were detected by the Laser Interferometer Gravitational-wave Observatory (LIGO); two identical facilities in Louisiana and Washington State.
The black holes were 29 times and 36 times the mass of the Sun, and were locked together by their mutual gravitational attraction, orbiting very quickly around a shared centre of mass.
As they orbited, they ploughed through space-time, throwing out gravitational waves. But gravitational waves can't be made for free – it takes energy to churn up the fabric of the Universe – and, with each orbit, the black holes lost energy, which was carried away by the gravitational waves, and their orbit shrank, drawing the two black holes closer and closer together.
As their orbit shrank, the black holes accelerated, which created more powerful gravitational waves, which caused their orbit to shrink more, which caused the black holes to accelerate even more. This vicious circle could only end one way: the black holes collided.
With this collision, the black holes merged together and formed a single, even more massive black hole.
This newly formed black hole was 62 times the mass of the Sun, which means that three whole Sun's worth of mass were lost in the collision. All of this missing mass had been converted into gravitational energy that, like a rock thrown into a pond, sent gravitational waves crashing outwards at the speed of light. It was this series of steadily-increasing gravitational waves (caused by the black holes spiralling together), followed by a huge peak and gradual decline (as they collided and the new black hole settled down), that LIGO detected.
What exactly was detected?
You can't see the effects of gravitational waves, but you can measure how they affect an object they pass through.
As a gravitational wave travels through space-time, it causes it to stretch in one direct and compress in the other (think of a wave ripple through a caterpillar as it moves). This, in turn, causes any object that occupies that region of space-time to also stretch and compress as the wave passes over them. So, when a gravitational wave passes the Earth, it will cause the planet to be ever so slightly squashed and stretched, and this is what LIGO is designed to detect.
LIGO's two four-kilometre-long arms are arranged in an L-shape, so, as a wave passes through, one arm is lengthened and the other shortened. Lasers travelling up and down the arms can measure the smallest change in length that would indicate that a gravitational wave has passed through. This is exactly what happened.
Why has it taken so long to detect gravitational waves?
A LIGO technician inspects one of LIGO's mirrors for contamination by illuminating its surface.
Although the prediction was made 100 years ago, it is only recently that equipment sensitive enough to detect them (and the techniques needed to isolate it from outside interference) has been developed.
This is because by the time gravitational waves have travelled the tens of millions of light years to Earth, they are so weak that it takes extremely sensitive equipment to detect them.
To put this into context, the amount distortion created by the two black holes and measured by LIGO's detectors was less than the width of a proton (the tiny particle that, along with the neutron, makes up the nucleus of an atom!).
Not only is the effect tiny, the signal is so weak it could be overwhelmed by something as trivial as a person dropping a cricket ball near of LIGO's mirrors. There are lots of things that can interfere with detection or create a false signal – the movement of the mirror surfaces caused by the heat energy of their molecules, the movement of the tides, or the rumble of distant traffic – and each erroneous signal has to be identified and removed. There is so much potential for interference that it took five months of painstaking analysis and reanalysis before scientists were confident enough to announce the discovery.
Why is the detection such a big deal?
Gravitational waves were one of the last unconfirmed predictions of Einstein's theory. Despite a century of searching, they had never been directly detected.
Before now, the strongest evidence of gravitational waves came from observations of superdense, spinning neutron stars called pulsars. In 1978, Joseph Taylor and Russell Hulse discovered a pulsar orbiting a neutron star. Later, it was observed that the stars' orbit was shrinking at exactly rate predicted by General Relativity if losing energy in the form of gravitational waves.
But this was only an indirect detection of gravitational waves – it's kind of like the difference between finding a footprint left by Big Foot and actually catching the beast on camera.
That's all very interesting, but what difference will the discovery really make?
The discovery opens up an entirely new way of studying the cosmos. For all of human history, we have depended on the electromagnetic spectrum (from radio waves, through infrared, visible and ultraviolet light, to gamma rays) to provide our window to the Universe.
But there are great parts of the cosmos we cannot see with electromagnetic waves – that are either blocked (like during the first 300,000 years after the Big Bang) or lost in a swirling vortex of gravitational attraction (caused by black holes). Because gravitational waves move through the very fabric of the Universe, they can travel unimpeded and unaffected by anything that may lie in their way.
Although the signal detected by LIGO was very small, in theory the field of gravitational wave astronomy that will emerge from the discovery could mean there will be no part of the observable Universe that will be invisible to our gaze – including the first moments of the Universe's existence after the Big Bang.
Find out more about gravitational waves, and how the UK contributed to their historic detection.