The woman he loves doesn't seem to happy when he is nor does she try to make him feel better when he is upset, instead she makes fun of him and mocks his feelings. A mortall thing so to immortalize, For I my selve shall lyke to this decay, and eek my name bee wyped out lykewize. Here we learn that time is the destroyer of all things but even so, the poet perseveres with determination to engrave his love on the walls of time itself. So everthing can be forgetton. Spenser praises each one of them for the graces that they have bequeathed to him. And happy rhymes bath'd in the sacred brook, Of Helicon whence she derived is, When ye behold that Angel's blessed look, My soul's long-lacked food, my heaven's bliss. The theme of Sonnet 75 by Edmund Spenser is that no one lives forever, but his lady's virtues and their love for each other will be immortalized forever in the poem.
Alliteration throughout is assisting organize the images. It's pretty rare for multiple points of view to find their way into short poems like sonnets, especially back in Spenser's day. Because when he wrote her name the tide washes it off. The sonnet is made up of three quatrains and an ending rhyming couplet. The poems of longing are not fearful, however, but simply mournful that the lover and beloved should be separated. The Petrachan Context of Spenser 's Amoretti. Vain man, said she, that doest in vain assay A mortal thing so to immortalize, For I myself shall like to this decay, And eek my name be wiped out likewise.
He then notes how strange it is to see a wild animal so tame to be caught in that way. As we know, love is a mortal thing when one, or both partners depart from this earth, their love will slowly fade from the consciousness of people. As we know, love is a mortal thing when one, or both partners depart from this earth, their love will slowly fade from the consciousness of people. Spenser, however, clearly adored Elizabeth and focused every poem upon her. The first set of stanzas describe how Cupid led the speaker into harm when he was young by drawing his attention to a hive full of honey; when the speaker reached for the honey, he was stung by the resident bees and Cupid flew away.
The suitor, on the other hand, is already a captive to his beloved, and merely asks that she show him some mercy in her conquest. He feels that their love will stay alive forever and she will be famous you shall live by fame. Also, the eyes would be a more safe feature to dwell upon than, for example, her lips which he had not yet kissed, and which would imply a more carnal love or other body parts with which--in the interests of chastity--the speaker should not be thinking on too extensively. He basically imagines that the waves are like a mean ol' predator, just waiting to pounce on his poor defenseless writing. Like the English or Shakespearean sonnet, the Spenserian sonnet consists of three four-line units, called quatrains, followed by two rhymed lines, called a couplet.
GradeSaver, 23 August 2010 Web. Vain man, said she, that doest in vain assay, A mortal thing so to immortalize, For I myself shall like to this decay, And eek my name be wiped out likewise. Vain man, said she, that doest in vain assay, A mortal thing so to immortalize, For I myself shall like to this decay, And eek my name be wiped out likewise. It is written in the chase of a adult female whom he loves. Sonnets 87 through 89 dwell upon the speaker's misery at being separated from his beloved, but there is an implied expectation that they will, eventually, be reunited.
Nevertheless, the lyrical voice says the opposite in this stanza. Personification is an of import component in the sonnet. Sonnet 75 by Edmund Spenser seem to be about author attempts to immortalize his wife and the love of his life by use of symbols, her name and heaven, external conflicts, and alliteration. What more miraculous thing may be told That fire which all things melts, should harden ice: And ice which is congealed with senseless cold, Should kindle fire by wonderful device. The verse form has been fragmented into 89 short sonnets that combined do up the whole of the verse form.
The metaphor in Sonnet 1 is that of a book. She says that she, too, will decay and disappear, just as her name has disappeared from the beach. Amoretti Amoretti is a sonnet-cycle tracing the suitor's long courtship and eventual wooing of his beloved. But the last two lines may never be a couplet. The poet then turns his attention to the beloved by first noting the change in seasons brought on by the new year. Then, use the revising tips to improve your letter. Also, many Petrarchan sonnets of the day were written to unattainable women, some of who were married to other men.
Sonnet 75 centers on the immortality of spiritual love and the temporality of physical love. Beginning in the third quatrain, Spenser shifts from talking about what his love is like to talking about how the woman he loves mocks him. On the basis of the ideas you noted, what would you say is the theme or themes of each poem? Nonetheless, he comforts himself by renewing his confidence in his art--poetry--and the power of his words to properly depict the beauty no other method can hope to portray. Highlighted Facts Spenser worked during the reign of Elizabeth I. There is besides repeat of certain words. The woman meant that she too would be obliterated like. We know from the title that it's a sonnet what's up, 14-line poem but we're not so sure about the yet.
Overall, Sonnet 75 is a poem about a man promising eternal love to his beloved one. It is sweet to see such devotion from Spenser towards Elizabeth, and refreshing, since most sonnets of the day were written to unattainable women from generally indifferent suitors. His stalked prey, a deer, has gotten away from him. The rhyme scheme is that of a Spenserian Sonnet. Where whenas Death shall all the world subdue, Out love shall live, and later life renew. The final couplet provides a resolution to the matter. The speaker in Spenser's sonnet is not a pop singer whose girl has left him.


The main characters of the movie "The Endless", Justin and Aaron, are in a sect. Despite their young age, they understand that they want to live differently. Tired of what is happening here, the brothers decide to flee. And soon they manage to escape from the followers of the mysterious cult. From this moment a new life begins for the heroes.
It takes exactly nine years, and the brothers practically do not remember what happened to them before. They are happy and do not want to change anything. However, one day they both receive a mysterious letter written by members of the sect, from which they managed to escape. The brothers understand that they knew about it all this time. The sectarians followed them, but for nine years they did not make themselves felt. But what happened? Why now? This question worries Aaron, who wants to find out everything. He manages to persuade Justin to return. Once in place, the brothers witness events that they can not explain. Something strange and supernatural happens here. What the members of the cult believe, takes real shape.
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 Podpeč pod Marofom, občina Šentjur pri Celju
 Podpeč ob Dravinji, občina Slovenske Konjice
 Podpeč pod Skalo, občina Litija
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Dar es Salaam Stock Exchange (DSE) was the only stock market in the region to register a positive trend, measured by index performance on adjusted returns (in dollar terms) that climbed by 4.8 per cent in the first half of this year; emerging the best performer in East Africa. This comes after global headwinds affected performance of the markets in the first half of 2016.
According to the report issued by DSE on Tuesday, exchanges in the bloc in Kenya, Uganda and Rwanda registered negative returns with Burundi and South Sudan yet to establish a stock market.
The Nairobi Securities Exchange (NSE) index curved in to negative 2.3 per cent, while Uganda Securities Exchange sank negative 4.1 per cent and Rwanda Stock Exchange also registered a negative 7.1 per cent.
For the rest of Africa, DSE was the third best performer behind Johannesburg Stock Exchange (JSE) up 13.5 per cent, followed by Namibia Stock Exchange also up 12.3 per cent.
DSE Chief Executive Officer, Mr Moremi Marwa said in the second half of this year many other Africa's stock markets have had mixed results. "DSE total market capitalisation and DSEI increased from 21.308bn/- and 2,432 points to 21.729bn/- and 2,431 points respectively.
"On the other hand DSE has been battered by a slowdown in growth, the collapse of commodity prices, adverse weather, regulatory challenges, and rising debt," Mr Marwa said.
The CEO said in his Quarterly CEO Report that the market was now facing a new shock of global rsk-aversion sparked by Brexit. "These fundamental and sentimental based factors were on top of the Africa's portfolio investors during the quarter under review and have impacted funds flows into the continent," he said.
Following these factors, the domestic market cap went down 7.0 per cent from 8.47tri/- in Q1 to 7.912tri/- in Q2 and Tanzania Share Index (TSI) decreased from 3,972 points to 3,706 points. Also market liquidity decreased from 123bn/- in Q1 to 102bn/- this quarter.
The worst performer, in the first six months, sank 27.3 per cent, Malawi Stock Exchange (MSE) 23.3 per cent and Ghana Stock Exchange 14.6 per cent.
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Sergei Soldatov personal archive
The collection contains material about Sergei Soldatov, one of Estonia's most notable dissidents, who was culturally most active when living in exile after 1981. There are different types of documents and photographs in the collection, which describe not only Soldatov's life, but also the activities of dissident movements in the Soviet Union. Soldatov also used this material in his numerous books, which he published himself.
Tallinn Tõnismägi 2, Estonia 10122
http://www.ester.ee/record=b2148401*est
Name of collection
Soldatov, Sergei. Personal archive
Provenance and cultural activities
The Sergei Soldatov collection follows the activities of Estonia's best-known dissident, concentrating mainly on his correspondence and publishing activities from the 1970s onwards.
As an ethnic Russian, Soldatov formed close relations with dissidents in Russia while studying at the Polytechnic Institute of Leningrad, and he maintained contact with them later when working at Tallinn Polytechnic Institute. In the late 1960s, he formed a clandestine democratic group in Tallinn. After the Prague Spring, he increased his dissident activities. In the autumn of 1969, he was one of the members of the Democratic Movement of the Soviet Union, along with Artem Juskevich and others. In this context, he spent the next few years editing and distributing the samizdat periodicals Демократ (Demokrat) and Луч Свободы (Lutsh Svobody). Soldatov was one of the authors of the agenda of the Democratic Movement of the Soviet Union. He was tried for his dissident activities in 1975, and sentenced to six years' penal servitude.
Expelled from the USSR in 1981 soon after his release, Soldatov and his wife Ludmilla Grünberg-Soldatova moved to Munich in West Germany, where he worked as a journalist for Radio Free Europe and Radio Liberty, making broadcasts both in Russian and Estonian. Later, he lived in Frankfurt-am-Main. It was there that he founded the publishing house Ost-West Renaissance in 1987, through which he published the magazine Katharsis (1989-1991) and most of his books.
Returning to Estonia in 2000, Soldatov continued his publishing activities, bringing out, among other publications, five volumes of the independent almanac Estonia 2000. He continued to work on his collected works under the title 'The Legacy and Archive of Sergei Soldatov'.
Before his death in 2003, Soldatov expressed the strong desire that his personal papers should stay in Estonia. This became a reality in 2006, when the papers were sold to the National Library of Estonia.
Until now, there has not been much public interest in the collection, probably because of the lack of information about what happened to the materials he left behind. At present, the Sergei Soldatov collection is undergoing archival processing.
Description of content
Soldatov's personal papers contain the manuscripts and drafts of his work, including typescripts of a number of copies of the samizdat periodicals Демократ and Луч Свободы he edited, his correspondence with members of his family from the 1960s and with intellectuals living abroad, letters to the prison camp, and letters written after 1981, etc. There are also clippings from the local and foreign press, personal documents and photographs, and documents relating to the activities of his publishing company.
The photographs in the collection (more than 800) are largely undated and have not been catalogued.
manuscripts (ego-documents, diaries, notes, letters, drafts, etc.): 100-499
photos: 500-999
Operator(s)
National Library of Estonia
Grünberg-Soldatova, Ludmilla
Soldatov, Sergei
Geographical scope of recent operation
Place of founding
0000 NDA location
Creator(s) of content
Collector(s)
Important events in the history of the collection
Sale of collection to the National Library of Estonia
Letters from the camp
visits by appointments
Tammela, Mari-Leen
Tallinna Tehnikaülikool. 2017. "Sergei Soldatov - vabadusvõitleja, Eesti demokraatliku liikumise juht, TPI õppejõud." Accessed April 27. https://www.ttu.ee/public/r/raamatukogu/raamatukogust/naitused/Soldatov_S.Vabadusvoitleja.pdf.
Vahkal, Anniki , interview by Tammela, Mari-Leen , February 28, 2017. COURAGE Registry Oral History Collection
How to cite this page?
COURAGE Registry, s.v. "Sergei Soldatov personal archive", by Mari-Leen Tammela, 2018. Accessed: January 29, 2023, doi: 10.24389/2117


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Q: Solutions of $z=\dfrac{\sqrt{-21+20i}-\sqrt{-21-20i}}{\sqrt{-21+20i}+\sqrt{-21-20i}}$
Prove that the solution of $z=\dfrac{\sqrt{-21+20i}-\sqrt{-21-20i}}{\sqrt{-21+20i}+\sqrt{-21-20i}}$ are $\dfrac{5i}{2}$ and $\dfrac{-2i}{5}$

I know that If I write $\sqrt{-21+20i}=\pm(2+5i)$ and $\sqrt{-21-20i}=\pm(2-5i)$, then I will get the required solutions. But, when I do the following :
\begin{align}
z&=\frac{\sqrt{-21+20i}-\sqrt{-21-20i}}{\sqrt{-21+20i}+\sqrt{-21-20i}}\\
&=\frac{\sqrt{-21+20i}-\sqrt{-21-20i}}{\sqrt{-21+20i}+\sqrt{-21-20i}}.\frac{\sqrt{-21+20i}-\sqrt{-21-20i}}{\sqrt{-21+20i}-\sqrt{-21-20i}}\\
&=\frac{(\sqrt{-21+20i}-\sqrt{-21-20i})^2}{(\sqrt{-21+20i})^2-(\sqrt{-21-20i})^2}\\
&=\frac{-21+20i-21-20i-2\sqrt{21^2+20^2=841}}{-21+20i+21+20i}\\
&=\frac{-21-\sqrt{841}}{20i}=\frac{-21-29}{20i}=\frac{5i}{2}
\end{align}
Why am I missing the solution $\dfrac{-2i}{5}$ in my attempt ?
If I were to take $\sqrt{841}=-29$ I think I'll get the other solution but, I always considered $\sqrt{x}$ as the +ve square root and $-\sqrt{x}$ the -ve square root of the number $x$.

A: Remember that $841$ has two square roots.

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HomeMaritime NewsRegionsAsiaGulftainer inks Russian ports and logistics jv
Gulftainer inks Russian ports and logistics jv
Sharjah: UAE port and logistics group Gulftainer is to assess a raft of acquisitions in Russia and the Commonwealth of Independent States (CIS) through its new joint venture with Prominvest, a financial and investment arm of Russian state corporation Russian Technologies.
Gulftainer and the Moscow-based Prominvest signed a deal last week at the Black Sea port of Sochi in the presence of Russian premier Vladimir Putin to set up joint venture Gulftainer Russian Technologies, which will also launch a $500 million fund for port and logistics asset acquisitions.
Keith Nuttall, Gulftainer's Group Commercial Manager, defined the ambit of new acquisition activity as mainly Russia and the CIS, which could imply, for example, further Black Sea targets in Romania and Bulgaria. He said the company was exploring various avenues with its new Russian counterparts and that the deal had "huge scope and potential for development."
"This agreement firmly establishes the commitment of our organisations to develop and expand supply chain logistics in the Russian Federation," said Prominvest ceo Mikhail Shelkov.
A number of port assets have already been identified by the partners, WAM, the official UAE news agency said, which for commercial reasons are not being disclosed at this stage.
International investors are limbering up to bring the benefits of the explosive growth in container traffic to Mother Russia, which has the world's longest coastline. The acquisition of a local joint venture partner is likely to stand Gulftainer in good stead as it embarks upon the next phase of its expansion. With major sea ports on the Azov, Black, Caspian, Baltic, White and Barents Seas as well as the Pacific Ocean, those who can help upgrade Russia's port infrastructure are likely to reap rich rewards. [22/09/10]


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Home | User Experience | Inspired Design Decisions: Pressing Matters
Inspired Design Decisions: Pressing Matters
Andrew Clarke
As I'd always been at the top of my class during high school, I headed to art college full of confidence that one day I'd be an accomplished painter. This over-confidence didn't last long though, because when I arrived, I found myself surrounded by conceptual artists, filmmakers, painters, performance artists, printmakers, and sculptors, who all seemed much more talented than I was.
This was especially true of my friend Ben, a gifted painter who went to his studio late every night to work on several large canvases. Ben's paintings had incredible depth because he built up hundreds of subtle layers of paint over several months.
I didn't have any of Ben's patience. I needed to see results quickly, so my paintings were anything but deep or subtle. Compared to Ben's, mine looked like paintings by numbers. It didn't take me long to realise that painting just wasn't the right medium for me.
Luckily, the course I'd chosen wasn't structured, and it didn't have a formal curriculum. This allowed students free movement between disciplines, so I moved from the painting studio to printmaking and spent the next few years happily making prints.
I found the printmaking process incredibly satisfying. I loved making prints from linocuts, and in much the same way that I'm often entirely absorbed by writing code today, I regularly lost myself carving thousands of tiny marks until the floor was covered in sharp shards of lino.
Printmaking and writing code have plenty in common. Both can quickly transform a blank canvas into finished work, without waiting weeks watching paint dry. Both benefit from regular iteration and testing. In fact, there's very little difference—except inky hands — between running a test print and refreshing a browser window.
Pressing Matters magazine. (Large preview)
I haven't cut lino for thirty years, but I still appreciate the art of printmaking. On a recent trip to London, I popped into Magma and picked up a copy of Pressing Matters. It's an independently published magazine which "hones in on the people, passion and processes behind the art form of printmaking." Its publishers hope to inspire newcomers to printmaking, but as I thumbed through its pages, I found there is plenty about the design of Pressing Matters which can inspire web designers too.
Pressing Matters has a distinctive, but simple style. (Large preview)
Pressing Matters: The Passion And Process Behind Printmaking
I may not have made any prints for thirty years, but I'm still fascinated by the process of printmaking as much as I appreciate the end results. Picking up a copy of Pressing Matters (pressingmattersmag.com) on a recent trip to my favourite magazine shop and flicking through its pages, I was immediately transported back to art school where my fingers were almost always covered in cuts from lino cutting tools, and I smelled like ink and turpentine.
Pressing Matters has a distinctive, but simple style. It uses a limited palette and often connects the colour of headlines and other typographic elements with colours found in nearby photographs and prints. The result is a design which feels connected.
© Pressing Matters Magazine. (Large preview)
Pressing Matters' Creative Director John Coe uses layout patterns which produce a rhythm which flows throughout the magazine. Differently sized modules speed you past pages packed with prints, then the pace slows to allow you to linger on larger artwork reproductions. These layouts frame the magazine's content perfectly, and while they're original, they're also discreet enough not to detract from the subject matter.
What struck me about Pressing Matters initially was how the magazine includes a variety of layout styles but allowed for various types of content, but still maintains a high degree of consistency throughout.
When I looked closer at how its pages were constructed, I discovered a layered compound grid comprised of two and three columns running through the magazine. Using a compound grid makes perfect sense for a magazine devoted to printmaking, which itself often involves multiple layers of ink to form something deeper and richer than can be achieved with a single layer.
You might think that a complex grid could stifle creativity and would result in designs which look stiff, but in Pressing Matters, the compound grid feels fluid and full of energy.
While many of Pressing Matters' pages rely on symmetrical two or three- column layouts, it's when the two and three-column grids are combined that the magazine really comes to life.
Not only is this grid adaptable to accommodate various types of content, the variety of possible layout permutations also allow for changes in visual pacing throughout the magazine.
I'll teach you all about Karl Gerstner and his mobile grid later in this issue, but just like Gerstner's iconic work for Capital magazine, Pressing Matters uses large facing images to slow reading down.
Whitespace opens up around running copy to allow for easy reading. Text wraps around the fluid shapes in images. Pages packed with prints are arranged masonry-style. Text split across two columns runs alongside images which are arranged on a three-column grid, and these techniques combine to create an engaging and enjoyable reading experience.
Pressing Matters proves that compound grids can have a profound effect on the experience of reading a magazine. The same layout principles which make Pressing Matters so appealing can also be applied to products and websites, despite them being very different media.
These principles are not new and they have guided art direction and design for decades. They matter just as much on the web as they do in the pages of a glossy magazine. Whether your readers are offline or on, grids are fundamental to their understanding of your stories, and you can use them for more than aligning content.
Next time you're passing your nearest magazine store, pop in and pick up a copy of Pressing Matters. You won't get inky fingers, but you will get your hands on inspiration for your next project.
Making Sense Of Compound Grids
Grids have a long and varied history in design, from the earliest books, through movements like constructivism and the International Typographic Style, right up to the present-day popularity of grids in frameworks like Bootstrap and material design.
A generation of product and website designers have grown up with grids from Bootstrap, the 960 Grid System before it, and even the Blueprint framework before that. In frameworks like these — and in plenty of work built on them — grids are used mostly for aligning content to columns.
I guess you've seen those "Which one of these two layouts are you designing today?" tweets, lamenting the current state of design on the web. Does Bootstrap create unimaginative designs? No, people do. (Large preview)
When you use grids imaginatively, they do much, much more than align content. A grid brings cohesion to a composition. It helps people understand the stories you're telling by suggesting hierarchies. Grids inform people what to read first, then next, and how much attention to give it.
They define the position of valuable information or a call to action. A thoughtfully chosen grid leads to a wealth of possibilities and any number of exciting designs.
The use of grids for web design has improved consistency, legibility, and usability, but using grids included with frameworks including Bootstrap has also led to a generation of homogenous layouts and uninspiring designs.
When I teach design classes, I often ask my students to draw what a grid means to them. Nine out of ten sketches twelve symmetrical columns. Symmetrical multi-column grids have become a staple mainly because twelve columns can be easily divided into halves, thirds, quarters, and eighths. Because they're so easy to learn, grids like the ones included with Bootstrap have become a staple.
In fact, they're now so ubiquitous that starting a new design without sketching three or four columns can be incredibly difficult as it involves changing your mental model and the way you think about grids. It's important to know that symmetrical column-based grids are only one of several options. Compound grids are one of those options but despite the enormous flexibility they offer — something incredibly important for today's multi-device designs — they're rarely spoken of with product and website design.
Way back in July 2009, Diogo Terror wrote "Lessons From Swiss Style Graphic Design" for Smashing Magazine which mentions Karl Gerstner and includes many fabulous examples of Swiss Style Graphic Design.
Capital Magazine
In the 1940s and '50s, designers including Josef Müller-Brockmann made using grids to create consistent and creative layouts one of the defining aspects in what became known as the International Typographic Style or Swiss Design.
Capital Magazine 1962. (Large preview)
Swiss artist and typographer Karl Gerstner was one of the first designers to exploit the creative flexibility of using grids, and it's the compound grid which Gerstner designed in 1962 for Capital magazine that has become one of his best-known creations.
The concept behind Capital was to provide "a human view of economics, an economic view of humanity" and so its content and Gerstner's design had to be accessible, clear, and engaging. Given the potential variety and unpredictability of Capital's content, Gerstner also needed a grid which would help him to lay out any content consistently and without restrictions.
Karl Gerstner's mobile grid; a compound grid he designed for Capital magazine in 1962. Confused? So was I. (Large preview)
Gerstner designed what he called a "mobile grid," although it's not the type of mobile you and I are used to. This grid is the one most likely to be found when searching for compound grids, but it's also the one most likely to baffle on first look.
The compound grid Gerstner designed for Capital looks incredibly complex when seen as it does above, so to explain how he created it — and how you can use it — I'm going to break Gerstner's grid down into its constituent parts.
(Large preview)
There are 58 columns and rows in Gerstner's mobile grid, but he started with just one. Content in this single module fills the full width of the page.
Then Gerstner divided his single module into two columns and rows. Using two columns in this way results in a reassuring symmetrical design.
That large module can also be sub-divided into three columns and rows. Have you noticed how the gutters between the divisions in Gerstner's grid are always the same size?
By splitting the large module into four, these columns of content feel formal, and the overall impression is that this design is a serious one.
When the full-page module is divided into five columns and separated into two spacial zones by a flowline, this design feels more technical. With Gerstner's mobile grid, you can use each set of columns and rows separately. You can also turn them into a compound grid by either overlaying or stacking them.
Dividing the page into six columns and six rows of modules, enables an incredible variety of layout options. The flexibility of a compound grid comes from the interplay of two or more grids and how that affects the position and size of elements. This often makes a compound layout far more interesting than one grid in isolation.
Say Hello To Compound Grids
A compound grid is two or more grids of any type — column, modular, symmetrical, and asymmetrical — on one page. They can occupy separate areas or overlap.
If you're still unsure about using modular grids as Karl Gerstner did, you can start by making a compound by overlapping two column grids; one with two columns, the other with three.
It's the interplay of the two grids which makes this compound layout more interesting than a single grid. The flexibility of a compound grid becomes apparent when I make the grid lines visible.
4+6 compound grid. (Large preview)
If you're watching closely, you should notice how compound grids will take your design in a different direction than twelve symmetrical columns.
By laying a three-column grid over one with two columns, you create four columns where the outer two are twice the width of those on the inside. I like to think of this as a rhythmic pattern; 2|1|1|2.
Rhythmic patterns
By using any number of equally-sized columns or rows, your layouts form a consistent pattern and an even rhythm which does not change across the page. Think of each column as a beat and tap twelve of them on your desk. It doesn't sound very inspiring, does it?
Compare that with the rhythm from a 2|1|1|2 pattern and you should understand how using compound grids can change both your mental model and the layouts you create. Using this 2|1|1|2 pattern for my first layout. I place the main body of content — including the headline, standfirst paragraph, and running text, into the first column in my two-column grid. I use a single column from my three-column grid to place supporting information about the Jaguar E-Type series, without question the most beautiful car ever made.
A blueprint image of that astounding automobile crosses the remaining space, creating a visual connection between the two areas of content.
For an altogether different design (above) — one which uses both layout and italic type to suggest the movement and speed of the E-Type — I stagger my standfirst paragraph and running text using grid lines from both the two-column and three-column grids.
Changing the compound formation to combine three-column and four-column grids (3+4) creates an altogether different rhythmic pattern of 3|1|2|2|1|3.
With a compound of two grids (above,) you might use widths from one or the other. Or you could combine widths from both to form columns which don't conform to either. You can use these new widths to inform the sizes of images and text. While the standfirst paragraph starts on the three-column grid, the running text which follows begins on the four-column grid.
That same combination of grids (above) can make a very different impression by combining columns widths from both grids to inform the width of my column of running text. This column matches the width of my large vertical image to balance both sides of this design.
This time, I set the main block of running text across two columns and derived their widths by combining column units of 4 and 3.
As for those very narrow columns, whose width is only 1 unit, they're perfect for informing the size of typographic elements including this bold drop cap.
Overlaying four columns with five (above) leads to a highly unusual rhythmic pattern of 6|1|4|3|3|4|1|6.
For this alternative design, I use that same pattern in a different way by running my text over three columns. I use the widths from the five-column grid to inform the width of my supporting information and the image of this E-Type's curvy rear end.
In this version of the design (above,) a large image shows off the iconic shape of E-Type's body and fills almost all the width of my page.
A solid block of running text sits directly under the Jaguar's wheels and derives its width from both the four-column and six-column grids.
My next design (below) literally places the E-Type at the centre of the action and text wraps around it on both sides. Remember, it's not necessary to fill every grid module with content. By limiting the width of my standfirst paragraph and leaving space elsewhere in the layout empty, I create a dynamic diagonal which adds energy and movement to this design.
Of all the possible grid combinations, the combination of four and six-column grids is the one I use most often in my work. It's flexible enough to handle many different types of content and makes an incredible variety of compositions possible.
Left: The pull quote feels disconnected from the story. Right: The edge of this quote aligns to lines in the six-column grid. (Large preview)
While the overall feeling from this final design feels balanced — largely due to a centred block of running text, the pull quote feels disconnected from the story as it occupies only the width from one column in the six-column grid. I can improve this design by aligning the edge of this quote to lines in the six-column grid, so it feels part of the story.
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Magazine designs often use differently sized areas to vary the pace. (Large preview)
Rhythm is an essential factor, not just within the page, but also across the pages of an entire product or website. Compound grids are not only flexible enough to accommodate a wide variety of content types, but they also allow you to vary this visual pacing. Magazine designs often use differently sized areas to vary this pace. Repeating smaller modules speeds up the movement, while larger ones slow it down. People naturally spend longer looking at larger spacial zones, and we can use the same technique at particular moments in someone's journey to slow them down and make them take notice.
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Stacking Grids
You can combine column grids with hierarchical and even modular grids. When pages contain two separate subjects or different types of content, stacking grids can be a great way to make that difference more obvious.
At the top of this next page is a story about the Jaguar E-Type. Underneath there's an altogether different story about the famous Le Mans 24 hour race. To leave someone in little doubt these stories are separate, use a different grid for each. I base the top story on a four-column grid, the bottom on a six.
4+6 column grids, stacked. (Large preview)
Above, I make the difference between these two stories obvious by placing the second against a grey background. I also use paragraph spacing instead of first-line indentations.
4 columns and a modular grid, stacked. (Large preview)
I make the difference between these two stories obvious by placing the first against a grey background. In the second story I also use bolder type and paragraph spacing instead of indenting the first line.
Karl Gerstner (1930–2017) was a Swiss artist and one of the most influential typographers. He began work when he was only 19, studied under Fritz Büler, and then went on to co-found GGK, one of the most successful Swiss creative agencies of the '70s.
Books about Gerstner's work have been out of print for decades, and copies often run to hundreds of Pounds so I wouldn't be surprised if you haven't seen his designs first-hand. But, you'll have seen plenty of other peoples' work which was inspired by it.
Gerstner made unjustified, ragged-right text famous as up until then, columns of type were usually justified. He also developed the idea of using typefaces and typographic design to create connections between words on a page and their meaning. While this concept might seem obvious to us today, this idea seemed revolutionary in the 1960s.
Karl Gerstner's probably best known for his iconic work on the quarterly Capital Magazine, starting in 1962. In fact, it's through my research into Capital, and the compound grid Gerstner created for it that I first became aware of him and his work.
Advertisements for Sinar, by Karl Gerstner. (Large preview)
By a strange coincidence, I recently discovered that Gerstner's agency also created advertisements for Sinar, the Swiss large format camera maker I worked with during the early 1990s. In these advertisements, the shape of the word "Sinar" resembles the results of using the swing and tilt movements on a large format camera.
Developing Compound Grids
When you first see Karl Gerstner's mobile grid, you might think compound grids are challenging to implement. Whereas developing compound grid would've been a complicated process using traditional methods, today's layout tools, including CSS Grid, now make it simple.
Designing layouts using compound grids requires a shift in your mental model, and developing them is no different. However, CSS Grid line numbers combined with new flexible length units (fr) will make that shift smoother.
Following the order I used earlier, I'll start with a compound of two-column and three-column grids (2+3) which has a rhythmic pattern of 2|1|1|2.
Translating that pattern into values for grid-template-columns couldn't be easier, but first I need to apply CSS Grid to the body element of my page, then set a gap between columns which is relative to the width of my viewport. As I don't want these styles applied at smaller screen sizes, I enclose them within a media query:
@media screen and (min-width : 48em) {
display: grid;
grid-column-gap: 2vw; }
Now, I use fr units to specify the pattern for my compound grid. The result is four columns where the width of the outer columns occupy twice the space of the inner two:
grid-template-columns: 2fr 1fr 1fr 2fr; }
A combination of three-column and four-column grids (3+4) will result in six columns and a rhythmic pattern of 3|1|2|2|1|3. My flexible length units will be:
grid-template-columns: 3fr 1fr 2fr 2fr 1fr 3fr; }
Finally, combining four-column and six-column grids (4+6) creates eight columns, two of them much narrower than the rest. To create a rhythmic pattern of 2|1|1|2|2|1|1|2 my flexible length units will be:
grid-template-columns: 2fr 1fr 1fr 2fr 2fr 1fr 1fr 2fr; }
With these Grid properties applied, all direct descendants of a grid-container become grid-items, which I can place using areas, line numbers, or names.
The design I'm developing requires only the most basic structural elements to implement it, and my markup looks like this:
I use the eight columns from the 4+6 compound grid above. Here are the styles to implement that:
grid-template-columns: 2fr 1fr 1fr 2fr 2fr 1fr 1fr 2fr;
grid-column-gap: 2vw;
grid-row-gap: 2vh; align-content: start; }
The elements above are direct descendants of the body. I place them on the grid by using line numbers. First the headline, the paragraph which immediately follows it, and finally my main element. These elements all start on grid line 4 and end on line 8:
h1, h1 + p, main {
grid-column: 4 / 8; }
The blueprint image of my beautiful Jaguar E-Type should be wider than other elements in this design, so I place it using different line numbers. It starts at line 2 and extends the full width of my page:
grid-column: 2 / -1; }
Now, I place the aside element which contains my supporting information about the three series of E-Type. As I want this element to align to the bottom of my layout, I add the align-self property with a value of end:
grid-column: 1 / 3;
align-self: end; }
Finally, as I want both main and aside elements to appear next to each other on the same row, I give them identical row number values:
aside { grid-row: 4; }
All that's left is for me to add some small typographic touches to improve my design. I don't need a presentational class attribute value to style the paragraph, which immediately follows my headline. I can use an adjacent sibling selector instead:
h1 + p {
font-weight: 700; }
To style the first line of the first paragraph in my main element, I use a combination of descendant, pseudo-element, and pseudo-class selectors:
main p:first-of-type::first-line {
Finally, to indent every following paragraph which is does not immediately follow my headline, I use both a :not() negation pseudo-class selector and two adjacent sibling selectors:
p:not(h1 + p) + p {
text-indent: 2ch; }
NB: Smashing members have access to a beautifully designed PDF of Andy's Inspired Design Decisions magazine and full code examples from this article.
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Barton Moss anti-fracking protesters ordered to leave IGas site following 1,200 strong march in Manchester
Nick Statham
A North West Green Party candidate has accused the UK government of allowing the 'industrialisation of the countryside', as the Barton Moss fracking site prepares to 'frack' for gas.
The comments came as 1,200 anti-fracking protestors took to the streets of Manchester in what is thought to have been the biggest protest of its kind in the UK.
But now Judge Mark Pelling QC has told protesters they have until midday on Tuesday to leave the camp. The campaigners are expected to appeal against the decision.
Fracking, or hydraulic fracturing, is the process of directing a mixture of water, sand and chemicals into the ground at high pressure to release the natural gas inside the rocks.
Barton Moss in Salford is one of a number of test sites across the North West where fracking has been granted to test the controversial method.
In June 2010 Salford City Council granted the energy company IGas planning permission to conduct exploratory drilling for coal bed methane at Barton Moss.
The North West Green Party candidate Laura Bannister told MM that she sympathised with the council's stance.
She said that perhaps perhaps they didn't realise the controversial nature of the proposal. However, she had concerns over the public consultation process.
She said: "People didn't know this was happening at the early stage of the consultation, it has not been an open process and people should be able to have their say in their full numbers.
"There has also been some very muddled information being released to the public, for instance at first saying Barton Road is a public road, when it is a private one.
"If people don't know much about the issues, I'd say go and do as much research as possible, look at the government reports that don't say fracking will provide fuel.
"If not for protesters fracking would be happening now. We need to grab hold of that moment and leverage everyone's opinion."
MARCH ON: Protestors make their way through the city centre
Protestors from Frack Free Manchester have been camped at the site since November, when IGas began work on their 10,000 ft exploratory well.
Today, Peel Holdings, the company who own the IGas site, have had a possesion order upheld by a judge, forcing the protestors to leave by mid-day tomorrow.
This follows large-scale demonstrations accoross Manchester over the weekend, starting with a rally in Piccadilly Gardens at midday featuring speakers from The Green Party, Manchester People's Assembly and the Barton Moss Camp.
The protest, which police later put at 1,200 people, made its way to Cathedral Gardens where further speakers addressed the crowd.
Police officers told MM said the crowd was far bigger than the 400 they had been told to expect.
Some protesters wore gas masks and others could be seen making their way along the route on huge stilts.
Slogans on placards included 'Send Fracking Packing', 'Manchester: Not For Shale', and, 'Frack Off'!
David Cameron was depicted as 'Fracula' on some protesters banners, while a club-coloured football themed message proclaimed 'Manchester a City United Against Fracking.'
FRACK OFF: Some people don gas masks in protest
The Barton Moss Fracking is the first of its kind in in Greater Manchester, but as of yet no actual fracking has taken place.
Ms Bannister said: "There are no good reasons to pursue this development in fossil fuel. There have been a lot of false, spurious claims by the fracking industry.
"The government's own report says there will not be any reduction in gas prices. There is no pretence by the fracking companies that it will.
"There is no closed UK energy market – they will sell their fuel to the highest bidder.
"The comparisons with the situation in the US don't translate here due to different market conditions – energy companies can sell gas to the European market.
LAURA BANNISTER: North West Green Party candidate leads the way
Penny Hicks, from Manchester People's Assembly agrees: "This is about taking energy into private hands. It's not for the benefit of the UK.
"Fracking produces very few jobs, and there's now very clear evidence of the damage it has caused in the USA."
"This is all for the financial benefit of companies like Shell. You could call it casino fracking."
To date, Fylde near Blackpool is the only site to have been drilled and fracked in the UK.
In April and May 2011 the area experienced two earthquakes, which is the cause for much of the concern around the controversial method.
A report later commissioned by Cuadrilla, the company who conducted the operation, found it was 'highly probable' their activity caused the tremors.
Concerns about the impact fracking has on the surrounding areas have been at the heart of all the anti-fracking campaigns which have taken place in the UK.
Ms Bannister, who lives in Whalley Range, believes that this "industrialisation of the countryside" is being forced on communities without their consent.
Despite George Osborne telling the Daily Telegraph that there is 'very, very good regulation' in terms of environmental protection, she says a certain level of risk is inherent in the process.
"This is water laced with carcinogens and only a half to a third of the water comes back to the surface, the rest leaks back into the rocks," Ms Bannister said.
"You can't 'unpollute' water that deep. We don't use groundwater in Manchester's water supply, but if it's needed in future, we'll have ruined a natural resource."
UPBEAT: Protestors in good spirits as they march through the city
The issue of water contamination compelled expectant mother, Tina, 31 to take to the streets to protest against fracking.
"I think the prospect of water contamination is a big deal, a really big deal, and people should make a song and dance about it," Tina told MM.
"I'm due to give birth on Thursday, we want our children to have the same opportunities we did, don't we?"
Tina displayed the message 'Don't Frack My Future' on her belly to emphasise her point about our obligation to future generations.
Julia Willis, 35, a Project Officer from Salford, told MM that the long-term damages caused by fracking could be devastating.
"I'm terrified. Shale gas comes at a cost we can't afford to pay – just look to the communities in the USA that can no longer drink or bathe in their tap water because it's so polluted," she said.
"Fracking leaves huge volumes of chemicals to transport and dump somewhere. There will be spills and sooner or later these chemicals will find their way into the water or food supply.
"It's still a new technology, we can't even imagine what the long term damage will be.
"It's not even a long term energy solution – in 20 years we'll need another energy source but who knows if the ecological damage can ever be reversed."
It's not just individual members of the public that back the anti-fracking lobby, however.
The cosmetics firm Lush, which has two stores in Manchester city centre, was the single biggest backer of the 'Frack Off' campaign last year.
While this year they have given them the chance to put designed window displays in all British stores and distribute Frack Off leaflets to customers.
PREGNANT PROTESTER: Tina shows her commitment to the cause
Jen McAllister, 35, the manager of the Market Street branch said that around 12 members of staff from the Manchester store and others in the North West had visited the Barton Moss Camp.
"They handed out things like soap, massage bars and pampering packs, as the camp is not a pleasant place to live," she told MM.
"A lot of employees will just go down off their own bat as we employ quite a few activist types and Lush is a very politically conscious company."
Protesters at the camp have come into the conflict with the police, however.
And following a number of complaints an independent panel has recently been set up to examine the way GMP deal with protests and demonstrations.
Ms Bannister, who has been to the site at Barton Moss on numerous occasions, told MM that she understood the police had a job to do but believed at times they were acting almost like a private security firm.
"It started off quite balanced but recently there has been a change of tone on the blockades," she said.
"You can't avoid the irony of police maintaining they are there to facilitate our right to protest, when they move people along.
"It doesn't feel like they're facilitating our right to protest."
On the subject on the Mayor of Salford's refusal to be drawn on whether he was pro or anti fracking, Ms Hicks said: "Obviously, I wish he would come out against it.
"But this gives us an incentive to win him round, we need to make supporting fracking an untenable position."
Ms Bannister agreed. She said: "If people don't know much about the issues, I'd say go and do as much research as possible, look at the government reports that don't say fracking will provide fuel.
"I'm not for protesters fracking would be happening now.
"We need to grab hold of that moment and leverage everyone's opinion."
Photography by Nick Statham and Mihaela Ivantcheva.
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Q: Retrieving xml namespace child element value using jquery Folks.
I am new to jquery and I checked out alot of the postings here when it comes to parsing namespace formatting .xml using jquery. After going over my code and looking at the examples I am struggling grabbing a value from a nested child element. Below is my xml snippet:
<offers:offer-bundle>
<cash:offer lang="EN" offer-type="Cash">
<cash:cash>
<cash:cannot-be-combined-with></cash:cannot-be-combined-with>
<cash:cash-amount>1000</cash:cash-amount>
<cash:requires-tfs-financing>false</cash:requires-tfs-financing>
<cash:stackable-with-apr>false</cash:stackable-with-apr>
<cash:stackable-with-lease>false</cash:stackable-with-lease>
<cash:sub-type-labels>Cash Back</cash:sub-type-labels>
</cash:cash>
<cash:tfs-calculator>false</cash:tfs-calculator>
<cash:offer-label>Cash Back</cash:offer-label>
<cash:offer-label-num>7</cash:offer-label-num>
<cash:series-list></cash:series-list>
<cash:offer-id>cash_1433205220095</cash:offer-id>
<cash:start-date>2015-06-02</cash:start-date>
<cash:end-date>2015-07-06</cash:end-date>
<cash:title>2015 Cash Back Offer</cash:title>
<cash:use-for-email>false</cash:use-for-email>
<cash:description>I can get this value</cash:description>
<cash:offer-image/>
<cash:offer-image-alt/>
<cash:offer-image-disclaimer/>
<cash:offer-card>...</cash:offer-card>
<cash:bullets>...</cash:bullets>
<cash:disclaimers>
    <cash:disclaimer>
    **I NEED TO GET THIS CHILD ELEMENT VALUE.**
</cash:disclaimer>
</cash:disclaimers>
</offers:offer-bundle>

I am able to get the value of <cash:offer-card>, <cash:offer-id> etc. since it does not have any nested children. I am struggling with getting the child node of  <cash:disclaimers>.
Here is what I've written so far:
$.ajax({
        type     : "GET",
        url      : webServiceURL,
        dataType : "xml",
        success  : function (xml) {
    $(xml).find('offers\\:offer-bundle, offer-bundle').each(function(index, value) {

    var $incentive;
    var $offer;
    var $offerDescription;
    var $offerDisclaimer;

    //Do Cash: Condition code is executing, incentive is hard coded to 'cash'
    if (incentive == 'cash') {
        $incentive = $(this);
        $offer = $incentive.find('cash\\:offer, offer');
        $offerDescription = $offer.find('cash\\:description, description').text();
        $offer.find('cash\\:disclaimers, disclaimers').each(function (i, v) {

    console.log ("here executing" +  $(i).find('cash\\:disclaimer,       disclaimer').text()   );

My console window prints out a blue little circle with the number 2 in it along with "here executing" and no value. Even if I use
$(this).find('cash\:disclaimers, disclaimers').each(function (i, v) { }) versus $offer.find('cash\:disclaimers, disclaimers').each(function (i, v) {
I get the same results in my console window. Any ideas or knowledge sharing would be greatly appreciate it.


The Silk Road online marketplace has resurfaced about a month after U.S. officials shut down the website that was only accessible through the Tor anonymity service, and arrested among others a man named Ross William Ulbricht, who was alleged to be the site's owner and operator.
The site has been relaunched by a person styling himself as Dread Pirate Roberts, a handle linked to Ulbricht by the U.S. Federal Bureau of Investigation. Before its closure, the Silk Road was associated with the illegal sale and distribution of drugs and other illegal items including fake passports, the FBI said in a complaint in September.
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The website also warned of possible delays with account withdrawals and deposits initially, because of an expected surge at opening of deposits of the virtual bitcoin currency. Law enforcement agencies suspect bitcoin is being used for money laundering and other illegal activities as it allows users to remain secret.
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Ulbricht appeared in a federal court in New York on Wednesday and his lawyer said officials arrested the wrong man, according to reports.
The new website shows that government policy needs to adapt to the "inescapable reality that technology is dynamic and ever-evolving," said Tom Carper, U.S. Senator for Delaware in a statement on Wednesday. "Rather than play 'whack-a-mole' with the latest website, currency, or other method criminals are using in an effort to evade the law, we need to develop thoughtful, nimble and sensible federal policies that protect the public without stifling innovation and economic growth," said Carper who since April is leading an inquiry into virtual currencies.
Dread Pirate Roberts claimed in a Twitter message earlier on Wednesday that 7,000 people had registered so far and there was no sign of slowing down. "7,000 more voices who add to the call of freedom," the person added. The opening page of the website scratches the "been seized" from an image of a legal take down notice, and stamps it with "This site has risen again."


During the time that Bob has been here at Prakash we have tried to give him the full experiences of India. Some have been fun and others….well…not so fun.
Student's church or listened to Andy's DVD's. Each has had it's own unique flavor and gave Bob insight into our worship environments.
One of student's sang a solo during the Student's service and actually if was very good. After the service we asked to talk with the young man and found he had a most unusual story. He honestly told us, "I ran away twice after coming to Prakash." "Why?" was our question. He explained that he was totally unprepared to have any discipline in his life. Being a semi-orphan and pampered like most Indian young men—even though the family was EXTREMELY poor—meant he was downright lazy. When he became a student at Prakash and had to: wash his own clothes, study, keep timings, clean his room and the campus. He was shocked with the realities of life. Luckily, his guardian sent him back each time to Prakash and in the midst of all the chaos he found that he could sing and do it quite well. His relationship with the Lord has grown and he now LOVES the discipline.
Due to the fact that the monkeys have been in scarce supply while Bob has been here, we planned a surprise outing Sunday afternoon to RamTek. This is a Hindu Temple over run with monkeys.
The street vendors have made the most of the worshippers' and tourists' desire to FEED the monkeys.
The temple sits on the top of a hill and there are 700 steps to the top. We didn't make Bob walk the stairway, but graciously drove him to the top. LOL (I wouldn't have climbed the stairs either.) I did have to take off my shoes…ugg…but had plenty of Clorox wipes to clean my feet after leaving the Temple area.
Our time with Bob is winding down and we will miss his fellowship and humor.


Home Skin Care Sagging Breast Home Remedies That Will Shock You!
Home Remedies For Sagging Breast That Will Shock You! Sagging Breast Natural Remedy.
Female sagging breast is a natural result of aging. The medical term for this is called 'Ptosis' of the breast. According to recent study breast tissue ages quicker than the rest of the body because of the reduction in the body's production of estrogen also, breastfeeding, and aging contributes to a loss of elasticity of collagen, that is the connective tissue which is under your skin, this might also be cause by genetics, her number of pregnancies, gravity, higher body mass index. Breast sagging usually occurs between ages of 21 – 25 if your stem cells production as decrease when compare to when you were at younger age. Apart from the above, other contribution to saggy breast are bad health habits and poor diet.
The following are the tips on How To Tighten Sagging Breast Naturally, that you need to have perfect breasts and eliminate Sagging Breast.
It can become flaccidity as a result of inadequate weight gain or rapid weight loss as well.
For this reason, you should try to do chest exercises, which considerably strengthens the ligaments and improve the appearance of the chest.
In addition, pulls strengthen the pectoral muscle, your breasts will sign and melt away the excess fat. You can also benefit by following these steps regularly: Weightlifting, chest presses, loops, and dumbbell flyes.
In addition, in order to support the breasts and keep them in good shape, you need to eat healthy and nutritious foods, rich in protein, calcium, vitamins, minerals, essential fatty acids and carbohydrates. In addition, regular consumption of tomatoes, carrots, onions, garlic or broccoli will provide fantastic results.
As mentioned above, the rapid loss of weight gain can give the opposite effects. This is due to the fact that the elasticity of the skin is destroyed by the extra kilos, and in the opposite case, the breasts lose fat that is extremely important as keeping the chest firm.
The main part of the cells of the skin of the breast is composed of water. Water deficiency destroys the skin because it leads to wrinkles, destroys its softness and therefore leads to sagging of the breasts.
Eating and using pomegranate oils can provide many positive effects as they contain phytonutrients that promote firmness of the breasts.
Aloe Vera is another natural remedy that must be used in this case because it has powerful antioxidant properties that destroy harmful free radicals. So what you need to do is massage your breasts in a circular motion with an Aloe Vera gel, then, leave the gel on the breasts for 10 minutes, then rinse with cold water. Repeat 5 times a week.
You can also benefit greatly from the application of natural masks. To improve the condition of your breasts, this natural breast mask should always be prepared and used it at weekly, even if it is once weekly.
A regular massage increases her elasticity of the skin. If you repeat the massage three times a week, your breasts will become strong and joyful. Some use beneficial, such as olive oil or coconut oil. This massage stimulates blood circulation and eliminates the effects of sagging, such as repairing damaged cells.
The use of essential oils to improve the elasticity of the skin. Therefore, choose a little oil, carrot oil, peppermint oil, lemon oil, fennel seed oil, etc., and use only two drops of it to massage her breasts several times a day.
Coconut massages, grape seed almond or olive oil can improve skin and breast skin tissue will be firm and soft. For best results, mix these oils with a few drops of essential oils.
Ice massage should last only one minute as the longest ice massage can cause numbness. They provide amazing results. All you need to do is ice cubes rub in a circular motion on her breasts.


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Ilustrado is a Filipino/Spanish restaurant located in the heart of Intramuros. I went there for the launching of the Malolos Heritage Cuisine, which they are currently offering and it will run until June 30, 2012 only. The Malolos Heritage Cuisine offering is an outcome of the partnership of Ilustrado with Dez Bautista, an artist, historian and culinary expert from Malolos, Bulacan. Dez Bautista belongs to the well-known Bautista clan who owns the Bautista ancestral house in Malolos.
Amongst the dishes served in the buffet table, it was the Humba that caught my attention. A feast is not a feast without serving pork. 😉 The Pata Malolena was soft and juicy and not so sweet.
Another must-try is the Malolos Chowder. The Malolos Chowder (seafood chowder) is a traditional dish in Bulacan. The soup base is creamy but it's texture is not thick.
Apahap de Paterno is a favorite of Pedro Paterno (president of the Malolos Congress). Apahap de Paterno is steamed fish topped with vegetables.
The Bringhe is a version of Arroz Valenciana. The difference is that in cooking Bringhe, coconut milk and chicken liver is being used.
The first time I appreciated Kilawin was when I went to Cebu several years ago. This time, I never thought eating Kilawin with Kesong Puti would be a really good combination. If you like experimenting, this is a must try.
Amongst the appetizers served. This is my favorite! It's a roll consisting of mixed meat and vegetables. I can eat this even without the sauce.
My mother's family came from Bulacan and Morcon is always served during our Christmas family reunion. Beef Morcon is a beef roll that is stuffed with hard-boiled eggs, cheese, carrots, and sausages.
Bulacan is also known for pastillas. Every time we go to Bulacan, we would bring home a couple of boxes of Pastillas with us and we would eat it on our way home.
Senorita Guava is a one of a kind dessert that you should try. Each guava is caramelized and served with Carabao's milk. How do you eat it? Drink the milk and eat the guava 😉 .
This is a staple dessert whenever we go to Bulacan for family reunions. This time, Ilustrado gives this dessert a twist by adding mangoes.
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As they worked on assembling a new report on American poverty, a consortium of researchers fanned out across the U.S. to talk to people living in pockets of concentrated need—from rural Maine and the Lummi Nation of the Pacific Northwest to major cities like Chicago, Baltimore, Atlanta, and Detroit. One of these site visits took the team to a neighborhood in San Jose, California, where Mexican immigrants struggle with tech-boom-fueled housing costs: Think $600 a month for a couch to sleep on, or $1,000 for a rented garage in the shadow of the riches of Silicon Valley.
The researchers asked one woman about the stark inequality gap that defined the area. "What is this 'Silicon Valley' you keep talking about?" she responded.
"We need to find ways to highlight that disparity," says Nisha Patel, executive director of the U.S. Partnership on Mobility from Poverty. The partnership formed a year and a half ago to develop new ideas for ways that governments and philanthropy can help the poor. Its 24 members—a kind of supergroup of poverty-focused economists, philanthropic experts, and public- and private-sector thinkers—are backed by the Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation and run under the auspices of the Urban Institute. Their new report is called "Restoring the American Dream: What Would It Take to Dramatically Increase Mobility from Poverty?" It furthers the idea that too many Americans linger in poverty largely because they are trapped, literally—isolated in low-income communities where only other poor people surround them. And, statistically, few manage to escape.
What would, the report argues, are "five interlocking strategies"—explored in a series of idea papers—aimed at addressing the root causes of economic disadvantage, from access to good jobs and social support to the very culture of poverty itself. Beginning in February, the partnership will begin releasing detailed place-related proposals. One prominent theme: When it comes to being poor in America, geography is still destiny. Regions of chronic intergenerational poverty, shaped by the structural inequities that are part of the nation's history, have remained stubbornly resistant to change.
Echoing the findings of Stanford economist and partnership member Raj Chetty, the report emphasizes how much where we are born and grow up shapes our chances for upward mobility. A child growing up in a community with the lowest level of mobility can expect to earn up to 40 percent less during his or her lifetime than one who lives in a high-mobility neighborhood.
As CityLab's Mimi Kirk wrote in May, an earlier report issued by the partnership last spring found that only 16 percent of children raised in poor areas become economically successful adults. But children relocated away from poverty show markedly better outcomes—and the earlier the better. Children who escape to neighborhoods with better schools, less crime, and more jobs by age 12 outperform siblings who were moved when they were older, and the effect is greater when a child moves at age 6 or younger. "With all the shifts we're seeing in labor markets, with more people without college degrees facing fewer jobs, getting people to high-opportunity areas becomes even more important," says Patel, who co-authored the report.
That might be accomplished through neighborhood revitalization or transportation improvements, as well as geographic moves. But it won't be easy. Mobility rates among low-income and less educated Americans remain stubbornly low, and poverty-reduction platforms that aim to relocate poor families, such as HUD's Moving to Opportunity, a federal program that relocated low-income families from hollowed-out neighborhoods to more affluent areas (often suburbs) have proved politically unpopular. To better change the trajectories of children, the report recommends housing-voucher programs that prioritize families with young kids, as well as revitalizing neighborhoods and preserving affordable housing.
The partnership is slated to finish its work in May. Between now and then, it will churn out a dozen or more white papers that discuss aspects of poverty discussed in the report, including the need to increase jobs for people who haven't been to college, bolster the "autonomy" of the poor—in essence, making sure they have a political voice—and strengthen the role they play in improving communities that so many people are stuck in.
One key to building that autonomy: information. There's plenty of data on poverty in America, Patel says, but precious little of it ends up in the hands of the those who desperately need it. Families trapped in resource-starved neighborhoods could, in a better world, be able to use smartphones to help them better access services, such as affordable day care, if databases were created to make a comprehensive roadmap of the socioeconomic landscape.
And, she adds, that means both upward and outward.
Freelance writer Michael Anft lives in Baltimore, Maryland. His work has appeared in the Baltimore Sun, the Chronicle of Higher Education, and Urbanite magazine.


Are you in love with farmhouse decor but don't have the budget or know-how to install your own shiplap wall? Steal this DIY Sharpie shiplap wall hack and get the look of shiplap without the expense or permanent installation!
This makeover project was done by our friend Shelby over on Instagram at @ouridahofarmhouse! Thank you, Shelby, for allowing us to share your amazing makeover idea! Be sure to go follow her on Instagram for more fun project ideas! Our friend @southerlyhouse also did DIY sharpie shiplap in her home and allowed us to share her photos. Go follow her for stunning ideas!!
I love the look of shiplap and I'm obsessed with farmhouse decor but not everyone has a handy husband who is ready and able to install a shiplap wall. Thanks to this very cool Sharpie shiplap idea we can have our own shiplap wall in an afternoon with just a few basic supplies! If you can draw a line then you can create this Sharpie shiplap wall in your home. How cool is that? I love that it isn't permanent like real shiplap is so it's a very small project that can be changed at any time with just a coat of paint! Plus, it's so inexpensive to do! I love easy farmhouse style hacks like this one and these DIY no sew curtains. Just a few cheap supplies and a little bit of time and you've got a really expensive-looking end product.
You'll need a wall that is painted white already so if your wall that you are going to be making into a shiplap wall is not white, go ahead and paint it white now and allow it to dry fully. Make sure you have good coverage as two coats is generally needed. Allow to dry overnight at a minimum.
Here is the shiplap wall before it was made into a DIY Sharpie shiplap wall. If your wall is already white then go ahead and wash it down to remove and dirt and allow it to fully dry.
Now you'll need to decide how wide you want your shiplap planks to be. Our "planks" are done in 7-inch panels. Mark with a pencil a small dot every 7 inches down so you know where the start of your shiplap panel is. Then starting from the top, mark 7 inches down and lined your level up to the dot. Once level, draw the line using the level to keep the line straight. Move the level over each time and continue to the end of the wall, then repeat all the way down for each shiplap plank!
Insider advice: in order to line up your sharpie lines when moving the level over, be sure to always place the level slightly below the sharpie line so the marker actual lines up!
If you are nervous about drawing the lines correctly you can do them in pencil first but we didn't find that step necessary. If you do make a mistake just touch it up with white paint and try again! That's the beautiful thing about the Sharpie shiplap wall! It's not permanent and can be painted over again and again until you get it right.
Want to see this done in person? Head over to Instagram at @ouridahofarmhouse for the video tutorial! Be sure to go follow her and @southerlyhouse on Instagram for more fun project ideas!
I have also used faux shiplap wallpaper in our RV makeover that I shared. I used this shiplap wallpaper from Target and applied it to the wall above the bed to serve as a headboard for the bed.
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West Ham and police investigate after video emerges of Mohamed Salah 'being racially abused' at London Stadium
A West Ham spokesperson said: "At West Ham United, we have a zero tolerance policy to any form of violent or abusive behaviour. We are an inclusive football club.
"Regardless of age, race, religion or belief, marriage or civil partnership, pregnancy or maternity, sex, sexual orientation, gender reassignment or disability, everyone is warmly welcomed at London Stadium.
"Anyone identified committing an offence will have their details passed to the police and will face a lifetime ban from London Stadium. There is no place for this kind of behaviour at our stadium."
A statement from the Met confirmed: "We are aware of a video in which it appears racial abuse is being directed at a player at a West Ham vs Liverpool game at London Stadium on Monday, 4 February. Officers are in the process of reviewing the footage.
"No arrests have been made and enquiries continue. Anyone who witnesses inappropriate behaviour during a match is urged to bring it to the attention of a steward or police officer."
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AI files can prove to be incompatible with most image viewers. For this reason, designers usually prefer to convert them to a more accessible format after finalizing the drawing. For this reason, designers usually prefer to convert them to a more accessible format after finalizing the drawing.... I convert all my raw files to DNG files when I import my files in Lightroom. when I exported it as a TIFF to Photoshop CS5 and reimport it in Lightroom 3 the file is in the Library but not in the Develop module. I have to shutdown Lightroom and reopen it to see the TIFF file in the Develop Module. It's getting old.
3/11/2013 · I can't seem to find a way to convert my InDesign file to a multi-page Illustrator file. Individual pages can be exported as EPS but lose editablility and get sliced up. Individual pages can be exported as EPS but lose editablility and get sliced up.... 17/11/2008 · as for rhino it is free and worth a look www.rhino3d.com and can open your acad files add the notes and save back to dwg or ai or go to the pdf printer also. illustrator not so easy. if i were to add notes to a file i would do it with the cad to get the most similar look unless something different is what you are going for.
The Adobe Illustrator native file type is the ".ai" file type -- it's really just a Portable Document Format (PDF) file. To convert a Microsoft Publisher, or .PUB, file to an Adobe Illustrator file, export the PUB file to PDF format in the Microsoft Publisher application and give the PDF file a file extension of ".ai."... 3/11/2013 · I can't seem to find a way to convert my InDesign file to a multi-page Illustrator file. Individual pages can be exported as EPS but lose editablility and get sliced up. Individual pages can be exported as EPS but lose editablility and get sliced up.
I convert all my raw files to DNG files when I import my files in Lightroom. when I exported it as a TIFF to Photoshop CS5 and reimport it in Lightroom 3 the file is in the Library but not in the Develop module. I have to shutdown Lightroom and reopen it to see the TIFF file in the Develop Module. It's getting old.
You can convert an AI file to HTML right from Illustrator. At least in CS3 (which is what I'm using). Using the "slice tool" (Shift+K), slice your newsletter how you see fit.
The Adobe Illustrator native file type is the ".ai" file type -- it's really just a Portable Document Format (PDF) file. To convert a Microsoft Publisher, or .PUB, file to an Adobe Illustrator file, export the PUB file to PDF format in the Microsoft Publisher application and give the PDF file a file extension of ".ai."
17/11/2008 · as for rhino it is free and worth a look www.rhino3d.com and can open your acad files add the notes and save back to dwg or ai or go to the pdf printer also. illustrator not so easy. if i were to add notes to a file i would do it with the cad to get the most similar look unless something different is what you are going for.