I heard it most recently from a teacher explaining why it's no big deal that she gave her 8 and 12 year old students Smarties (Canadian M&Ms), Lucky Charms Bars, Smart Food, Goldfish Crackers and Freezies for various reasons including most recently, writing a standardized test.
It's just a variant of the, "but it's just one" cop out.
Both suggest that the indulgence is small, therefore the questionable offering is no biggie.
And for individuals, it's true. I don't think that there should be any forbidden foods. We should all be consuming the smallest amount of indulgences that we need to like our lives (my four food kryptonites are Sour Patch Kids, Ruffles, dark chocolate Reese's Peanut Butter Cups, and scotch).
But it's not true when referring to teachers choosing to give Smarties to 8 year olds because they were writing a standardized test.
Because firstly, it's not just one, and consequently it's not a moderate amount, because as anyone with children today knows, it's "just one" for other people giving kids junk food virtually every day, and some times multiple times a day.
And yes, while I have zero issue with children eating Smarties (mine just came back from Manhattan where one of their favourite stores was the M&Ms store), teachers teaching their 8 year old students that there's no occasion or effort too small to not warrant candy or junk food does not fit into my definition of a message that's healthy even in moderation.
"Nothing says #inspirationaltreat like @Nestle #Smarties!"
Not an end of test dance party? An extra period of recess? Painting a celebratory class mural?
Honestly, and as I've been saying over and over again, it's not that teachers don't care, they do, it's that junk food for everything is so entrenched and normalized that when challenged people get defensive rather than reflective.


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Howells Solicitors featured in Welsh Homes magazine: Lending trends on the rise
Mark Hobbs conveyancing, howells news
The property market's been in the doldrums for a while, but reports of its demise have been greatly exaggerated.
Figures out this week have shown that the number of mortgages approved for house purchase rose to an eight-month high during March, and there's evidence of these green shoots in Wales, too.
According to the British Bankers' Association, activity in the property market showed signs of picking up, with a total of 31,660 loans approved for people buying a new home, 5% more than during the previous month and the highest level since July last year.
Tristan Lewis of Howells Solicitors says that business from their offices in Cardiff, Swansea and Newport corroborates the latest findings. "We have seen a substantial increase in instructions over the last eight weeks which is a trend which appears to be continuing as we progress further into the spring.
"The number of instructions we received for sales and purchases in March was 30% higher than our usual monthly figures. We believe from speaking to clients and agents that people are at last becoming more realistic about selling prices in order to get the market moving," he reveals.
As a mortgage lender, Principality have also seen an upsurge in activity, as explained by Principality's Product Manager, Paul Straiton. "The pattern is similar at Principality, with both house purchase completions and total mortgage completions increasing slightly during March," he says. But he does warn that the market's not out of the woods. "The overall position remains down on levels reported this time last year, pointing to the fact that activity in the housing market remains at levels that are subdued relative to previous periods," he says.
Buyer confidence is still being cited as a possible impediment in the improvement of the market, Paul believes. "The market still has a long way to go and with increased pressures on banks and building societies to hold more capital, the availability of mortgage finance will remain restricted.
"Concerns about the economic outlook and the ability to raise a deposit may deter potential buyers. Remortgage activity on the other hand is likely to continue to increase this year as borrowers look for fixed rate deals to combat any potential rate rise," he adds.

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Photos: Chinese New Year Parade returns to San…
Photos: Chinese New Year Parade returns to San Francisco
Year of the Tiger celebrated after a pandemic pause
By Karl Mondon | kmondon@bayareanewsgroup.com | Mercury News
PUBLISHED: February 20, 2022 at 5:53 p.m. | UPDATED: February 21, 2022 at 3:54 a.m.
Members of Leung's White Crane martial arts school carry the 268-foot long Golden Dragon during the grand finale of the Chinese New Year Parade in San Francisco, Calif., Saturday, Feb. 19, 2022. The parade was been canceled last year due to the pandemic. (Karl Mondon/Bay Area News Group)
San Francisco's Chinese New Year Parade celebrated the Year of the Tiger, restoring the popular traditional event after last year's pandemic-caused cancellation.
Six motorcycle police officers roared up the roadway from near the foot of Market Street at 5:15 p.m., to clear the path for the procession of colorful tiger-themed floats, more than a dozen marching bands, community groups from throughout the Bay Area and an endless stream of waving politicians.
The route from the Financial District through Union Square and on to the Kearney Street finish line stretched for more than a mile and was capped by the traditional grand finale, a 268-foot long Golden Dragon that serpentined through town powered by hundreds of dragon dancers from Leung's White Crane Martial Arts.
Above it all, a projection of a prowling tiger circled the crown of the Salesforce Tower in Jim Campbell's LED art installation as the streets below crackled with firecrackers for delighted spectators covering their ears.
Members of the West Portal Elementary Chinese Performing Arts Program march in the Chinese New Year Parade in San Francisco, Saturday, Feb. 19, 2022. (Karl Mondon/Bay Area News Group)
The Huaxing Arts Group waits on their float, "The Beauties of the Tang," for the start of the Chinese New Year Parade in San Francisco, Saturday, Feb. 19, 2022. (Karl Mondon/Bay Area News Group)
SAN FRANCISCO, CALIFORNIA – FEBRUARY 18: A tiger projection prowls inside the crown of the Salesforce Tower, in San Francisco, Calif., Friday, Feb. 18, 2022, the eve of the Chinese New Year Parade. (Karl Mondon/Bay Area News Group)
A tiger mask-wearing parade participant from the West County Mandarin School in Richmond marches in the Chinese New Year Parade in San Francisco, Saturday, Feb. 19, 2022. (Karl Mondon/Bay Area News Group)
Bank of America's float celebrates the Year of the Tiger as it rolls up Market Street during the Chinese New Year Parade in San Francisco, Saturday, Feb. 19, 2022. (Karl Mondon/Bay Area News Group)
Lucky employees ride an oversized shopping cart during the Chinese New Year Parade in San Francisco, Saturday, Feb. 19, 2022. (Karl Mondon/Bay Area News Group)
Deafening fireworks are lit along the route of the Chinese New Year Parade in San Francisco, Saturday, Feb. 19, 2022. (Karl Mondon/Bay Area News Group)
SAN FRANCISCO, CALIFORNIA – FEBRUARY 19: Ears are plugged as fireworks delight the crowds of children watching the Chinese New Year Parade in San Francisco, Calif., Saturday, Feb. 19, 2022. (Karl Mondon/Bay Area News Group)
Stan Lee of Leung's White Crane martial arts school carries the head of the 268-foot long Golden Dragon during the close of the Chinese New Year Parade in San Francisco, Saturday, Feb. 19, 2022. (Karl Mondon/Bay Area News Group)
The Year of the Tiger is celebrated with a float sponsored by Alaska Airlines during the Chinese New Year Parade, Saturday, Feb. 19, 2022, in San Francisco. (Karl Mondon/Bay Area News Group)
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Home Retail Government's e-market place to allow transparent procurement
Government's e-market place to allow transparent procurement
The Government's e-marketplace will enable its departments to use new technologies to procure goods and services in a more transparent and efficient manner and with the same ease as offered by e-commerce sites.
The (Finance) Secretary requested the GeM team to make efforts to continuously improve the portal and ensure that it remains free from manipulation and any unethical practices
According to a PTI report: Speaking at the one-day hands-on training programme about Government's e-market place, Finance Secretary Ashok Lavasa stated that the Government e-marketplace (GeM) has been developed within a short span of five months.
"GeM will enable government buyers to make use of new technologies to procure goods and services in a more transparent, accountable and efficient manner and with the same ease and efficiency that is presently offered by e-commerce sites," the commerce ministry was quoted by PTI as saying.
The Finance Secretary was of the view that such training programmes should be taken seriously and more and more officers should be trained including the State Governments, it said.
The (Finance) Secretary requested the GeM team to make efforts to continuously improve the portal and ensure that it remains free from manipulation and any unethical practices.
Lavasa said that although it has been made mandatory on GeM to make payment to the vendors within 10 days of receipt of goods/services, efforts should be made to further reduce this time span as time is money and ultimately the cost of delayed payment is borne by the Government.
The training programme has been jointly organised by DGS&D (Directorate General of Supplies & Disposal), National Institute of Financial Management (NIFM) and National e-Governance Division (NeGD).
It was attended by more than 60 procurement officers from about 20 Central Government Organisations. It will be followed by similar pan-India training sessions for all the central government procurement officers.
DG(S&D), Binoy Kumar was quoted by PTI as saying that the GeM is a completely online and end-to-end integrated e-procurement portal for products and services that has been developed by DGS&D with technical support from NeGD.
He stated that more training sessions are planned for both Government buyers as well as sellers in the coming days.
Ashok Lavasa
Directorate General of Supplies & Disposal
Government e-Marketplace
National e-Governance Division
National Institute of Financial Management
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SF Preview: Can Tsitsipas Break New Ground At 'Home Slam'?
Stefanos Tsitsipas finds himself in the Australian Open semi-finals for the fourth time, with a golden opportunity against Olympic silver medalist Karen Khachanov on Friday. While the Greek has thrived in Melbourne throughout his career, Khachanov had not been beyond the third round Down Under until this year.
With the large Greek population in Melbourne and its similar climate to his native Athens, Tsitsipas has called the Australian Open his "home Slam". He has been a second-week regular at the event since his breakout run in 2019, but has never been able to reach the title round, falling one match short against Rafael Nadal in '19 and Daniil Medvedev each of the past two years.
But the 24-year-old's play this fortnight, during which he has won four of his five matches in straight sets, makes him a hot favourite to rectify that against Khachanov. He'll be further fuelled by his 5-0 ATP Head2Head record against the 18th seed, their most recent meeting last season in Rome.
Asked if this could be the year for his Grand Slam trophy breakthrough, Tsitsipas' reply was brimming with confidence — much like his game.
"I'm feeling great with my tennis," said the World No. 4, who would claim the top spot in the Pepperstone ATP Rankings with the AO title. "I don't think I felt so good in a long time. I will definitely say yes to it.
"I'm a different player, playing different. My mentality is different. When I'm out on the court, I don't really think of negatives, to be honest. I just go out there and play the game."
Who will win the men's singles title?
[18] Karen Khachanov
[3] Stefanos Tsitsipas
[4] Novak Djokovic
Khachanov has also spoken of a recent transformation in his game. After reaching the US Open semis last season, the 18th seed has matched his best Grand Slam result in Melbourne.
"I think I kind of reinvented myself," he said, three-and-a-half years after reaching a career-high Pepperstone ATP Ranking of No. 8 in 2019. "I always believe in myself but there are always ups and downs, and sometimes when you have a great result it just shows you what you are capable of and then you start to believe more and more.
"This belief and self-confidence I think appeared much stronger after the US Open. I made a few semi-finals already so I hope to continue that way and to grow as a person and as a sportsman."
By reaching the quarter-finals this week, Khachanov became the 10th active male player and the 50th in the Open Era to reach that stage at all four Grand Slams. But the 26-year-old was far from satisfied, taking the initiative against Sebastian Korda on Tuesday before the American retired with Khachanov leading 7-6(5), 6-3, 3-0. Korda was the third seeded player dismissed by Khachanov this week, after his earlier wins against 16th seed Frances Tiafoe and 31st seed Yoshihito Nishioka.
Tsitsipas faced only one seed on his way to the semis, when he survived a furious comeback from 15th seed Jannik Sinner in a 6-4, 6-4, 3-6, 4-6, 6-3 fourth-round win. He backed that up with a 6-3, 7-6(2), 6-4 triumph against 2022 Next Gen ATP Finals runner-up Jiri Lehecka in a match Tsitsipas said felt much tighter than the scoreline indicated. The Greek saved all eight break points against him, with those chances coming in two games, including a 0/40 escape late in set three to deny Lehecka the opportunity to serve for the set.
After the tension dissipated, Tsitsipas was all smiles in his on-court interview as he continued his new tradition of dropping some Aussie slang into his replies: "I can say it was a fair dinkum type of performance," he told the Rod Laver Arena crowd, before inviting Australian actress Margot Robbie to his player box for the final rounds.
He'll be hoping to play another "ripper" in the semis.
"It's a match that I'm looking forward to," he later added in press. "It's great to be back in the semi-finals. Of course, I'm definitely happy with the way I've been playing so far. I'm looking ahead for more, for better. Looking to create some magical experiences here in Australia."
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Sight and Sound: An Epic Theatre in Branson
Sight and South Theatre is one of the most attended theatres in Branson that often host a live show about stories from the bible. As the nation's most prominent Christian theater, Sight and Sound features a majestic 2,000-seats, a 300-foot stage, a cast of professional performers, and many kinds of live animals.
Many of the live shows in Branson that are presented in this historic theatre will let you feel like you travel back in time when you hear biblical stories played on stage. The theatre has created many exciting shows that were filled with laughter, action, adventure, edge-of-your-seat performance, and amazing biblical stories.
The fantastic special effects, spectacular staging, beautiful original music and a story that will keep you to the edge of your seat, Sight & Sound Theatre is sure to deliver a fascinating show in Branson like no other. The stage is enormous, and the curtains of the two-side stages open and close during the main show. The show features a cast of 60 performers and offers first-class seating and of Hollywood sound quality. The fantastic Sight & Sought Theatre sits high on the hills in Branson.
The epic Sight & Sound Theatre features a stunning display of aesthetic beauty and state-of-the-art entertainment technology that provides one of the most amazing theatrical productions the world has ever seen. This $60 million theatre is the most luxurious theatre in Branson and one of the famous theatrical venues in the country that host mostly biblical shows. Many of the shows presented in this theatre not only give fun and excitement to guests but also provide a learning experience, specifically the stories from the bible.
Some of the shows that are hosted regularly at the Sight and Sound Theatre include Jonah, Moses, Noah-The Musical, Joseph, and Samson. The show about Jonah tells about the epic adventure of a faithful and righteous prophet of God that will delight young and old audiences. This bible story happened 700 years before the birth of Christ.
The story is about the adventure of Jonah how he was saved from a tragic sea ordeal. The difficult journey of Jonah began when he disobeyed God and ran away from Him. His adventure brought through a violent storm and later encountered an enormous fish that saved his life.
Sight and Sound Theatre also host a show about Moses. In this fantastic story, you will learn how Moses parted the Red Sea and freed the Hebrews from slavery. This is such an impressive presentation as the show features state-of-the-art production, special effects, fantastic showmanship, and biblical facts to create one of the most inspiring shows in Branson.
Noah the Musical is another bible story that is presented regularly at Sight and Sound Theatre. The story tells an accurate re-telling of the story of Noah's Ark. The production show is complete with the on-stage ark, many live animals, and overall intricate set design to make it one of the most immersive shows in Branson.
Joseph is another story that is also regularly shown at the Sight and Sound Theatre. The show about Joseph is an engaging and memorable production show that the whole family will love as it tells the story of a boy who faced incredible life experience and adversity but later triumphed with the grace and mercy of God. The show comes alive with fantastic stage performances coupled with live animals, brilliant costumes, heart-warming musical scores, choreographed dance numbers, and so much more.
Samson is another biblical show at Sight and Sound Theatre that tells the story of a man. This fascinating live show will educate audiences about the story of the strongest man that has ever lived. When you see the show, you will be brought back to the times of the Old Testament as the talented cast play the most captivating stories of the bible. This immersive production show is bound to become one of the most popular shows in Branson as it offers a fun-filled and immersive experience to visitors of all ages.
The story of Samson tells about the loss of his extraordinary physical strength due to his relationship with a woman. His foes eventually defeated Samson after the woman named Delilah influenced him to reveal the secret of his power. As Samson felt asleep, Delilah betrayed him by cutting his hair, which diminished his physical power. He was then captured, blinded, and imprisoned by the Philistines but he finally took revenge after he got back his old power.
The biblical shows that are regularly hosted at the Sight & Sound Theater are sure to inspire audiences of all ages as all the stories presented to offer a fun-filled and immersive experience.


How to use Data Tables in Excel 2016 for WhatIf Analysis?
I want you to imagine that you are buying a car. You need to take out a load for the car. Cars are expensive and money is tight, like it always is. If you could have a matrix of data that you could quickly cross reference to see how differing interest rates, periods and loan amounts will affect your monthly repayments; do you think that would help? A Data Table is fantastic for WhatIf analysis in Excel. This feature has been around since 2007 so if you happen to be using an older version of Excel then that's OK.
Phew! We have a lot to get through so click on the video to start.
By the way here's the completed file. This is for those who would like to see what the resulting spreadsheet looks and feels like before you get started.


Have your Berlin hen night sorted before you arrive!
Wanna go clubbing on a hen weekend in Berlin? We'll arrange group queue jump entry to one of the best venues in Mitte. Berlin has a legendary clubbing scene and lines to the most popular clubs stretch down streets and round corners! Avoid being left standing outside twiddling your thumbs and get in fast with a local guide who knows the scene.
Get glammed up, hit a speakeasy and then meet up with your guide, who will take you direct to the door of the club so you don't get lost.
This place is perfect for a hen party up for clubbing with a slight whiff of cheese and lots of fun! Located right in the heart of hip Friedrichshain, it's super friendly for tourists, has different floors playing all sorts of music, and stays open until breakfast. If you've got the stamina, the DJs will keep you going with a blend of rock, pop, hip hop and retro. Affordable bar prices is the cherry on top of the cake.
Dance, drink and find out how Berliners do clubbing. With nightclub entry already arranged, you don't have to worry about finding a place to party in. Just turn up, stroll in and get your groove on.
Can upgrade to include drink packages and bottle service.


HMCRP Reports, Syntheses of Practice, Research Results Digests, Web-Only Documents, and Legal Research Digests contain the findings of individual research projects managed by TRB's Cooperative Research Programs.
Reports: Reports are the main product of the research project and are often written as guidebooks or manuals. Supplemental project material—such as appendixes, which describe technical details, information-gathering activities, or survey instruments; glossaries; and bibliographies—are disseminated online as web-only documents.
Web-Only Documents: Web-only documents are fully searchable PDFs of contractor-prepared reports or supporting appendix materials. Web-only documents are linked to other related project products, as well as to the relevant project write-ups.
Syntheses of Practice: Syntheses report on the state of the practice based on literature reviews and surveys of recent activities in critical areas. Syntheses inform practitioners about innovations being used by others to solve problems.
Research Results Digests (RRDs): RRDs are used to promote early awareness of project results in order to encourage implementation. RRDs also summarize specific findings that emphasize how the research may be used. The contents are organized in terms of the problem and the solution to it, the findings, and the applications. RRDs generally run 4–32 printed pages.
Legal Digests (LRDs): LRDs report on timely legal issues, compile case law, or recommend specific solutions to specific problems. LRDs run 12–48 printed pages.


Should You Advertise in Trade Magazines?
When we suggest to our B2B clients they should be advertising in trade magazines, we generally get the same response, "Do those still work?" Okay, sure, there are other competing media channels all vying for your ad spend, so why put your money toward a trade magazine when you can advertise online?
Here's how to waste your budget: pay for a display ad that may or may not get in front of your ideal customer. If only 20% of those eyes are interested in your product or service, you'll never get a practical return on your investment.
A much better idea is to place your ad in a trade magazine whose audience is your target audience. If you're unsure of the demographics of the readership, simply speak with someone in that magazine's advertising department. They should be able to provide you important information like circulation, demographics, company sizes, and job titles.
You want to align yourself with a channel that is not only seeing steady revenue but rising numbers. PwC reported in its Global Entertainment and Media Outlook 2015-2019 that trade magazine revenue is expected to rise. If your company does business overseas, the news gets even better. Overseas publications should also experience significant gains as countries like China and Peru continue to see economic growth and development.
According to the Association of Business Information & Media Companies, 45% said that advertisements in print magazines inspired them to make a purchase. Okay, read that sentence again. It doesn't really get much easier than that. If someone told you all you had to do was turn around in a circle three times to receive a crisp 100-dollar bill, you'd be twirling all day long. This is almost as easy as that. Place your ad and they will come (the sales that is).
Being the largest industry-specific advertising marketplace for products and services, trade magazines are a highly-trusted source of information.
There is something unique that sets trade magazines apart from other print publications and that is something called 'controlled circulation.' What this means is publishers of trade journals often send out free issue to qualified individuals within the industry. Beyond that, trade magazines are often included with memberships in professional industry organizations. This means your reach is actually wider than you know, but you don't have to pay a cent more for it.
It's one thing to get your message in front of people who will find your offer relevant to their needs, it's another thing entirely to get your message in front of the actual decision makers. The primary readers of trade publications are middle and senior management, you know, the ones who call the shots.
Still not sure if advertising in trade magazines is right for your business? Get in touch with us. We'd be more than happy to answer any questions you may still have about leveraging these niche publications.


How to digitally sign your components for Apple Mac ?
To sign code for Apple Mac OS X, the codesign binary is used.
1. Double-click on your .pfx certificate file.
3. Launch terminal.app (located in Utilitaries directory).
where Symantec Inc. is the name of your company as it appears in the ISSUED TO field of the certificate (or in Keychain Access) and code-path is the file you want to sign.
You can get some feedback by including the -v option.
You will find more information on Apple's website.


1,800 packages of Girl Scout Cookies were delivered to the USO post at Denver International Airport on Tuesday, April 9, 2019 for active military members and veterans, along with their families, to enjoy. They are a portion of the 12,000 packages of cookies, which Girl Scouts delivered to the Rocky Mountain Regional VA Medical Center in Aurora on Thursday, March 28. In 2018, the USO at DIA served more than 132,000 visitors. Skip Vanderbach, Center Director for USO Denver, wrote a beautiful thank you letter to Colorado Girl Scouts, which you can read below.
Making the world a better place is central to the Girl Scout mission. The Girl Scout Cookies that were delivered were purchased as part of Girl Scouts' Hometown Heroes/Gift of Caring program. Customers purchase a package of cookies to donate to Girl Scouts' heroes – a perfect solution for those who pass on the tempting treats! Girls learn about the invaluable work of their recipients by taking tours, learning about careers in public service, and helping with service projects. Girl Scouts' Hometown Heroes/Gift of Caring program also honors non-profit organizations, food banks, military, and other uniformed personnel who are so important to the community.


Lip balm is a must for anyone who wants to have smooth, healthy lips. There are many varieties of lip balm available which range in quality, ingredients, and even their taste. Some are formulated to heal dry, damaged lips, while others protect from the suns damaging UV rays. With so many choices, we've provided a lip balm buyer's guide below to help you narrow down which lip balm is best for your personal needs.
Tinted lip balms are a girl's best friend because they come in numerous flavors and are lighter than lipstick. They not only moisturize your lips, but add a touch of color that enhances your complexion without detracting from your makeup. Some tinted lip balms are shimmery and glossy, while others have a matte finish. There are even tinted lip balms that include SPF for extra protection. Whether you're looking for a hint of healthy color or a colorful, shimmery balm with flavor, you're sure to find it below. The following tinted lip balms were chosen because they come in flattering shades, offer the best lip protection, and are the most popular with consumers.
Almay Color + Care Liquid Lip Balm is perfect for individuals who prefer liquid lip color. It hydrates lips with conditioners while imparting shiny color onto lips. Choose from ten diverse shades, ranging from nudes to bold plums.
There are times when lips require more than just a basic lip balm. Sometimes you have to sacrifice flavor, color, and shine for a medicated lip balm that heals your lips. Medicated lip balms are not intended for regular use, but rather for occasions when your lips are severely dry. These lip balms typically use topical cooling agents to soothe and heal cracked or peeling lips. The medicated lip balms featured below were chosen because they provide relief to painfully chapped lips, promote the healing process, and are deemed the most effective by consumers.
Nivea A Kiss of Recovery Medicated Lip Care is a smooth, creamy lip balm that smells better than other medicated lip balms. It melts into your lips and quickly hydrates and heals them. Plus, SPF 15 prevents your delicate lips from burning in the sun.
The sun can quickly burn the delicate skin on your lips, causing them to peel and crack. Since sunburned lips are never attractive, protect them with an SPF lip balm. While SPF lip balms are especially essential for individuals who spend lots of time outdoors, daily sun exposure can slowly cause damage and premature aging to all lips. A high-quality SPF lip balm can prevent long-term sun damage and keep lips soft, healthy, and youthful. The lip balms featured below were chosen because they are highly moisturizing, have sun protection factors of 25 or above, and were given the highest ratings by consumers.
Sun exposure, dehydration, smoking, and drying cosmetics are just some causes for cracked lips. When lips are cracked, they also tend to peel and bleed. Fortunately, you can alleviate this painful experience with a healing lip balm. These lip balms are solely designed to provide relief and healing properties rather than appealing flavors and shimmer. The following lip balms were chosen because they help soothe cracked lips, protect lips as new skin regrows, and leave your lips feeling rejuvenated.
You probably wore flavored lip balm when you were younger, and there's nothing wrong with having fun with your makeup routine now. Flavored lip balms are timeless, convenient, and perfect for days you don't feel like wearing heavy lipstick. You can experiment with a large variety of flavors, ranging from fruity to minty, and choose whichever suits your mood. A flavored lip balm should also benefit your lips, providing moisture and softening effects. The following flavored lip balms were chosen because they taste great, nourish your lips, and contain natural ingredients.
For men who don't want a lip balm that makes their lips shiny and smell girly, there are plenty of no-frill options to choose from. Most men simply want a lip balm that moisturizes and protects their lips from chapping, dryness, and the elements. Of course, there are more luxurious lip balm varieties that go a step further by infusing lips with antioxidants and refreshing essential oils. Designed for men, the following lip balms were chosen because they nourish lips, seal in moisture, and protect against dehydration. There is nothing feminine about these lip balms, and they are all rated highly by men.
Whether you are sensitive to artificial ingredients or simply prefer using natural products, natural lip balm is a safer, healthier option to chemical-laden lip products. You will inevitably get a little lip balm in your mouth sometimes, so it makes sense to use a lip balm that contains natural ingredients you can ingest. A natural lip balm should not contain artificial flavors or colors, but rather nature-derived elements that seal in moisture and heal chapped lips. Beeswax, honey, shea butter, and natural oils are common ingredients found in natural lip balms. The following natural lip balms were chosen because they protect lips against dryness, contain high-quality ingredients, and feature an assortment of natural flavors.
Lip balm is a simple, yet versatile beauty product with many useful purposes including keeping lips moisturized, offering protection against sun damage, and enhancing lip color. A basic lip balm is a staple for every handbag as both men and women can benefit from lip nourishment. Lip balm works just as well under lipsticks or glosses as it does solo, and it's essential to maintain healthy lips for yourself. Since wearing a lip balm heals and protects lips, choose the best one to suit your needs.
The nourishment a lip balm provides is mainly due to the ingredients it contains. There are many lip balms featuring artificial colors and flavors with no real nourishment. Since these options are virtually useless for your lips, it's best to look for lip balms packed with naturally-sourced moisturizing agents such as coconut, shea butter, and essential oils. The more natural nourishment a lip balm provides, the better healing and protection you'll experience.
Nobody likes an awful-tasting lip balm, and you don't have to settle for one to heal or protect your lips.. Although you're likely not planning on eating your lip balm, it's impossible not to taste it when applied to your lips; medicated and SPF lip balms should be pleasant as well. The best lip balms should appeal to the taste buds as well as they protect your lips.
If you've ever tried applying a lip balm that doesn't glide on easily, then you already know the importance of smooth application. Some lips balms have a hard, dry texture which forces you to push them down firmly on your lips just to apply them. Others are too soft which aside from never feeling pleasant, can result in over-application. A quality lip balms should glide onto the lips smoothly and effortlessly for an even coating of balm.
A tinted lip balm is the perfect way to enhance lip color without using a heavy, waxy lipstick or sticky lip gloss. Tinted lip balms are available in several flattering shades featuring shimmery or matte finishes. The best tinted lip balms should also moisturize with the use of natural ingredients such as shea butter.
Medicated lip balms are formulated to relieve cracked, chapped lips and promote healing. While medicated lip balms typically don't come in exciting shades or flavors, they provide a cooling sensation that alleviates the sensation of burning, itchy lips. The best medicated lip balms soothe and heal chapped, damaged lips while preventing further irritation.
The skin on lips is very delicate, making it susceptible to damage from the suns UV rays. SPF lip balm is essential to protecting lips from sun-related damages such as burning, peeling, and cracking. A quality SPF lip balm should provide both UVA and UVB protection while moisturizing and conditioning lips. The best SPF lip balms will be rated at SPF 25 or above.
Cracked lips are a painful condition where the lips experience bleeding due to dry, peeling skin. A moisturizing lip balm enriched with healing ingredients such as vitamins and chamomile can help heal and soothe cracked lips.
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Morning Bites: Michael DeForge's Latest, Alix E. Harrow's Recommendations, Reissuing Alexander Lernet-Holenia, and More
In our morning reading: thoughts on Michael DeForge's latest book, Alix E. Harrow's recommendations, and more.
Afternoon Bites: Janice Lee's Fiction, Fela Kuti's Music, Rob Hart's Playlist, and More
In our afternoon reading: thoughts on Janice Lee's new novel, exploring weird fiction from Finland, and more.
Morning Bites: Ilya Kaminsky Nonfiction, PEN Literary Award Winners, Michael J. Seidlinger's Novella, and More
In our morning reading: nonfiction by Ilya Kaminsky, the PEN Literary Award winners, and more.
Afternoon Bites: Vigdis Hjorth, Laraaji Interviewed, Tara Isabel Zambrano, Megan Cummins Fiction, and More
In our afternoon reading: thoughts on the works of Vigdis Hjorth, an interview with Laraaji, and more.
Weekend Bites: Lyz Lenz Interviewed, Jenny Bhatt, Great Neo-Noir, Andy Goldsworthy, and More
In our weekend reading: interviews with Lyz Lenz and Jenny Bhatt, great neo-noir fiction, and more.
We're Waiting to Hear Our Names: An Excerpt From Tara Isabel Zambrano's "Death, Desire, and Other Destinations"
Today, we're pleased to present an excerpt from Tara Isabel Zambrano's collection Death, Desire, and Other Destinations.Its publisher describes it as a book which ""explores the rocky terrain of relationships and their fault lines, and unearths the boundaries between love, longing, and loss. Both real and surreal, lyrical and magical, sci-fi and speculative, these small stories shine a light in the darkness of seeking a human connection across space and time." Among Zambrano's admirers are Ben Loory and Chaya Bhuvaneswar, who dubbed Zambrano ""a new and distinctive talent in fiction."


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Fujifilm X-Pro3 mirrorless camera launched in India
HomeCamerasFujifilm X-Pro3 mirrorless camera launched in India
Fujifilm X-Pro3 price has been set at Rs 1,55,999
Fujifilm on Tuesday launched its new mirrorless digital camera FujiFilm X-Pro3 in India. Expanding its X series range the company launched a compact and lightweight mirrorless camera that comes with the company's own color reproduction technology.
According to the company, Fujifilm X-Pro3 is built of lightweight titanium in order to provide portability and durability while clicking pictures. It comes with back-illuminated 26.1MP "X-Trans" CMOS 4" sensor and "X-Processor 4" image processor engine for better performance and image quality. This ensures fast and accurate phase-detection AF at the minimum luminance of -6EV. The camera features HDR shooting that is said to combine multiple images of different exposures levels to deliver a natural-looking picture, free of highlight or shadow clipping. The Multiple Exposure mode is said to combine 9 images taken in different framing or time, into a multi-layered collage for a mysterious effect.
The new mirrorless camera has an Advanced Hybrid Viewfinder that can be switched between optical viewfinder (OVF) and electronic viewfinder (EVF), a small EVF window is displayed within the OVF. This allows the users to view the subject while using the small EVF to enlarge the focusing area of the frame. The digital camera has a CLASSIC Neg mode that activates color negative film traditionally chosen for snapshots of day-to-day scenes that claims to deliver high-quality photos. The Black and White functions have been upgraded to Monochromatic Color function that offers original Warm / Cool tone options and the new Magenta / Green hue option.
Now coming on the design Fujifilm has built the body of a new mirrorless X-Pro3 camera with titanium to make it lightweight, sturdy and corrosion-resistant. Inside, the company has used a highly rigid magnesium alloy to provide portability and durability. It comes with a weather-resistant body, therefore, making it dust, as well as water-resistant and, can be operated at a place where the temperature as low as -10°C. The device features a 1.62-million-dot tilting touchscreen LCD monitor that can be flipped to 180 degrees to help users take high as well as low angle shots. Whereas the 1.28-inch color Memory LCD monitor shows shooting settings even if the camera is turned off. This can be switched to Classic mode to display Film Stimulation mode.
Fujifilm X-Pro3 pricing and availability
The FujiFilm X-Pro3 camera will be available in three colour options of Black, DR Black and DR Silver. The Black colour option is now available and can be bought at Rs 1,55,999. Whereas the other two options will be available next year in January and will cost Rs 1,73,999.
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Proofreading is a critical step to any paper, but it can be tricky to know how to approach it. What method do you use to proof your paper? Will you try it yourself, or will you trust someone else to perfect your paper? Whenever you need to proofread your thesis, there are several methods you can choose.
Unfortunately, this is the most dangerous choice out of your available options. You may be an excellent proofreader, but when you're as close to an assignment as you are to your thesis, it's easy to overlook things. You know what you mean and you know what your work should say; that can trick your mind into missing grammatical and spelling mistakes. Nonetheless, proofreading a thesis yourself can still work, though it may not be the smartest choice.
2. Have a friend do it.
This is also a pretty dangerous avenue. Even if your friend is a studious English major, he or she isn't a complete expert. English spelling and grammatical rules are extremely diverse and hard to master – even if you're a native English speaker. Entrusting a student-friend to catch every single little error may not work out to your advantage. However, it is far better to have a new pair of eyes look over your work; plus, a friend can also identify whether or not your thesis is clear.
This is not exactly option number one for most students, strictly because professors aren't usually available for proofreading. The professor relevant to your thesis is probably even less available. When you can find a professor willing and available to give your thesis a once over, though, take advantage of the opportunity!
4. Run it through a proofreading program.
Amazingly, there are several programs – both for sale and free through the internet – that will supposedly proofread your document for you. For the expensive, top-of-the-line products, this can be a smart move. However, free internet services aren't exactly as dependable. Plus, you'll be spending a lot of money proofreading this way. In the end, you'll have to decide if it's worth the money.
5. Use an online proofreading service.
This can typically be a very dependable proofreading avenue, but it comes with its own dangers. Some proofreading and writing services are actually fronts for scams, so be extremely careful when selecting an unknown online service. Otherwise, many of these services are highly dependable and have a great reputation for proofreading.


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There's a big difference between doing something for a community, and doing something with a community. The REV team believes that community stakeholder must lead their own revitalization. REV is there to feed them: feed them strategic planning, feed them proven strategies, feed them resources and information. This approach looks different in every community where we work, because our neighborhoods are unique and their strategies for growth should be too.
Through a relationship with the City Center District Management Corporation, REV carries out revitalization services in downtown Birmingham with the support of downtown property owners. REV conducts regular formal and informal engagement with property owners, their tenants, employees and customers to design and implement improvement projects.
Through a partnership with the City of Birmingham, REV is working with business and property owners in and around the historic Ramsay McCormack building to understand how a future redevelopment of the iconic building can benefit them. Their input into the final development project will create a more equitable and inclusive final product.
Years of community-led planning has produced a plan for the revitalization of Woodlawn's business district through a lens of equitable entrepreneurship. Community volunteers are working alongside REV and partner groups like Woodlawn Foundation, Woodlawn Business Association and neighborhood associations to identify and grow Woodlawn entrepreneurs in the district.
HOW CAN REV HELP YOUR COMMUNITY?
REV works in places where it can develop three key ingredients for success. We call them the Three P's: Place, People, Payers. We work in historic commercial districts (place) where our model is proven effective, we partner with local stakeholders (people) who want to lead their community's growth, and we look for stable sources of funds (payers) to make real results possible.
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Public soap opera leaves Duchess miffed
The kids have their millions and the duchess has her man. But that doesn't mean everyone is happy.
The Duchess of Alba, one of Europe's richest and most titled women, is upset that her family business was has been brought to the world's attention.
The 85-year-old's tale of love and money has taken on soap-opera proportions in Spain and well beyond its borders as the story played out over recent months.
In the latest chapter, the Duchess – also known as Maria del Rosario Cayetana Fitz-James-Stuart – has reached a monetary settlement with her six children that will overcome their objections to her marrying a civil servant many years her junior (right).
"Of course, I am very fair," the duchess told Spanish television TVE on Thursday when asked if her children were happy. "And since it is my business I don't want to talk about it."
She added that she has no idea who leaked news of the settlement, but "I don't like it."
One report claims that she has now legally bequeathed the fortune to her children but will maintain control over it until her death.
Her boyfriend, 60-year-old Alfonso Diez, was equally miffed.
"It is one thing for her to do her things, but another to have them aired," Diez, said when reached in Madrid.
The frizzy-haired duchess is unique among royals with a Guinness world record 46 titles, including 22 as countess and seven as duchess.
The duchess' wealth is estimated between $1-5 billion, with enough homes throughout Spain for all her children and eight grandchildren.
Her two previous husbands both died and several years ago she began seeing Diez, who works in the social security department and has a public relations firm.
When things got to the point a few years ago where marriage was considered, the children stepped in to object.
"Alfonso doesn't want anything, he's renounced everything," the duchess told a radio station in February. "He doesn't want anything but me."
It's been reported one of the settlement conditions is that her eldest son Carlos will contol the Liria Palace in Madrid -- where the duchess was born -- along with its priceless collection of art that includes masters such as El Greco and Rembrandt.
Five things wrong with Kate (or so they say)
Kate Middleton has had her day in the sun, okay? The engagement, the honeymoon, the Canadian tour, the fabulous dresses, the cheering crowds …
Now comes the hard part. Putting up with the critics.
Yes, what goes up must come down, and in the sunny glow of so many sugar-y reviews for the Duchess of Cambridge, a few black clouds hover.
So, barely two months into her entry into the royal household, we present five things wrong with Kate (according to some):
1. Not fat enough.
Has anyone had their weight discussed more or in a more public way? Yes, she dropped weight before the wedding and, yes, she could use a few pounds. There is suspicion that she is a poster girl for anorexics. Meanwhile, she continues to wake up, attend functions, smile a lot, and generally look healthy. She went from Waity Katey to Unweighty Katey. Just watch … the minute she shows a love handle, Sarah Ferguson will be trying to sign her up to Weight Watchers.
2. Too much eye makeup.
British designer Vivienne Westwood says Kate has "a problem" with eye makeup. "The sharp line around her eyes make her look hard. Either she should be smudgy or wear none," says the 70-year-old Westwood, who seems to enjoy stabbing little daggers into the royal psyche every now and then. The fact that Kate does her own makeup makes her vulnerable to such a charge, and there are some who agree with Westwood. Says celebrity make-up artist Rachel Wood: "She is one of the lucky kind of girls that can slip through on the not-so-perfect make-up front, but I do feel her eyeliner is a little dated and harsh for her beautiful eyes." Best keep this little fashion faux pas in the family … maybe hire little sister Pippa as a makeup consultant.
3. She wears pantyhose.
Believe it or not, there are some people who think the Duchess is doing a disservice to young people by wearing pantyhose. Young legs are meant to be bare apparently, not forced into sheer hose that constricts the arteries and looks unnatural. But who could argue with the silky smooth look she presented on her tour of North America? Pantyhose can be uncomfortable and annoyingly fragile, but Kate has made it okay for young people to give up on tanning spray and submit to the smooth look.
4. She recycles clothes.
At first, people thought Kate's outfit renewal program was great, setting a new tone for a new budget-conscious generation of royals. Then came Kelly Osbourne talking to Jay Leno: "In England they're like, 'Look how thrifty she's being, showing the British public that the Royals are in a recession as well.' I'm sorry, but if I had that job, I would only wear it once. If I am going to be the future bloody Queen of England I'm going to wear that dress once because I'm giving up the rest of my life, all of my privacy. At least I can get a new dress every day!"
Osbourne was set upon quite mercilessly for her comments, but one wonders how many people agree with her. There is a mini-nation of Kate watchers and wannabes who count on her for their fashion advice and like to see new gear all the time.
5. She's never had a 'real' job.
True enough. Though she has dabbled in party planning and fashion, Kate's career trajectory for a number of years been with William And Company. For some, it's the dream job, but while no one would argue the fringe benefits, it takes a special talent to shake that many hands, smile that much, or to just flip a the pancake in front of millions and not a make fool of yourself. Whatever her resume said before, there's no doubt she has a very real job now.
Billionaire duchess gives away fortune for love
The Duchess of Alba with her civil servant beau, Alfonso Diez. (Getty Images)
You can't put a price on love, but in Spain about $5 billion can go a long way.
That's how much the 85-year-old Duchess of Alba is parting with in order to marry her what would be her third husband, who is a civil service worker.
She is dividing her fortune among her disapproving children to prove that the love of her life, 60-year-old Alfonso Diez, is not after her money.
"Alfonso doesn't want anything. All he wants is me," the duchess said earlier this year.
According to the Guinness Book of World Records, the Duchess -- her full name is Maria del Rosario Cayetana Alfonsa Victoria Eugenia Francisca Fitz-James Stuart y de Silva -- has the most noble titles on the planet (46, including 22 as a countess and seven as a duchess).
She is also incredibly wealthy, owning thousands of acres of Spain, multiple palaces and a priceless art collection. Estimates put her fortune just shy of $5 billion.
A report in a Spanish newspaper says she is giving each of her children and eight grandchildren a palace apiece as part of the agreement that was worked out last month.
The Duchess, whose previous husbands died, and Diez have been seeing each other for a number of years. It was rumoured that she was ready to go to the altar again in 2008, but had been talked out of it by her children and even Spain's King Carlos.
Diez reportedly signed away any claim to the money,but the Duchess is putting an exclamation point on it by giving her children their inheritance early.
Still, opposition to the marriage remains.
"If in the end my mother decides to marry, we shall go, although we still don't agree," son Cayetano told Spanish daily newspaper El Mundo.
Palace privacy not perfect for Will and Kate
Nottingham Cottage (circled) in Kensington Palace is out of the public's view, but is not shielded from other apartments on the Palace grounds. (Bing maps)
You would think that by now Prince William and his wife Kate would be used to having people stare at them.
Well, it's one thing when you are roaming in public, quite another when it's happening right in your own backyard with neighbours.
The royal couple moved into Nottingham Cottage in the Kensington Palace compound just last month, but the Daily Mail reports that they are not pleased that their home is within eye-shot of Palace apartments inhabited by palace staff.
It's not likely Will and Kate are going to put up too much of a fuss, though.
For one thing, the cottage is temporary until they find a permanent London home.
For another, they do not spend the majority of their time in the city. Most days, William and Kate are in North Wales where the prince works as a search and rescue helicopter pilot. That is their principal residence for the next two years.
If anything, it might be the Palace neighbours who do the complaining. They can expect more royal helicopter commuter traffic than they are used to and the landing pad is the Palace field that is most often used by local schools.
Looks like everyone's neighbourly manner may be put to the test.
Prince Harry, Space Cadet?
Prince Harry, standing in front of an Apache helicopter, will be prepping for possible deployment in a combat zone. (Getty Images)
Prince Harry apparently would like boldly go where no royal has gone before.
That's right … space.
"Harry has already completed his studies of Land and Sea Surveillance and Oceanology--part of astro training -- and can't wait to get into one of NASA's T38 training jets," a source has reportedly told the Sun newspaper in London.
The report goes on to connect the dots that with his current flight training in Apache helicopters and his supposed passion for 'Star Trek,' he is on the path towards a berth in the NASA training program. He would need at least 1,000 hours of at the control of a jet to qualify.
If that's out of range, he is also reportedly ready to pull a few strings and ask Sir Richard Branson for a seat on one of the first Virgin Galactic sub-orbital flights.
"He's been going on about this for months," said the Sun source. "A lot of people don't know Harry's a Trekkie and has long harboured a desire to get into space."
Whatever his dreams, they may have to wait a while. The Telegraph reports that the prince will have to keep an open calendar for 2012 because of the British military's commitments abroad. He reportedly will be undergoing helicopter combat training in the U.S. later this year for potential deployment.
The 26-year-old pilot spent 10 weeks with British troops in Afghanistan in 2008.
Meanwhile, Harry is also becoming an art collector. A reminder of his Afghan misson, he has spent $4,000 on a painting (right) by war artist Jules George, who was embedded with troops there. 'Beyond TheWire' depicts troops boarding a Chinook.
Harry adds romance to his Spanish summer
Although Prince Harry insists he is "100 per cent single," it seems he's prepared to shave off a few percentage points for the sake of Florence Brudenell-Bruce.
Harry has spent this week on the Spanish island of Majorca, a long-time vacation spot for his family, flying solo while soaks up the sun and parties with friends (both sexes). His current girlfriend, model Brudenell-Bruce, is back in London while his former squeeze, Chelsy Davy, is getting on with her own life after seven on-again, off-again years with Harry.
The prince will reportedly be hopping over to another Spanish isle, Ibiza, to join Brudenell-Bruce this weekend. "Harry is busy with his Apache helicopter training, but he's always wanted to go to the island so he's hoping to escape for a weekend to spend time with Flee and the gang there," says a Daily Mail source.
This little get-together comes after Harry had taken the step of introducing the 25-year-old lingerie model to his brother William and royal household staff.
"She has gone down a storm in the royal household," said one source. "Harry's aides think she is sweet, funny and charming."
Harry has stood on the martial sidelines this summer, watching first his brother Will and then his cousin Zara Phillips take the trip down the aisle.
As he approaches his 27th birthday next month, is it any wonder that every female he glances sideways at (exhibit A: Pippa Middleton) is being mentally measured for a wedding dress by the media?
It's not a game Harry particularly wishes to indulge in, seeing as how bachelor life has distinct advantages for a young man intent on good times and his helicopter credentials.
Clearly, Harry appreciates the idea of having a steady female companion. But is Brudenell-Bruce the One?
If she is, wedding bells are still a long ways off.
Said one insider: "He and Flee are enjoying a real summer romance."
Pippa Middleton: Porn star or children's book character?
48 A U.S. survey of 1,045 adults showed 48 per cent of Americans know the name Pippa Middleton, but they're just not sure why. (Getty Images)
Pippa Middleton has made it into the minds of Americans -- unfortunately, some of those minds think she is a porn star.
According to a recent survey conducted for 60 Minutes and Vanity Fair, when asked "Who is Pippa Middleton?," 2 per cent of respondents identified the youngest Middleton as an adult film actress.
At least they recognized the name. The poll noted that 52 per cent of those questioned had never heard of the Duchess of Cambridge's sister and 6 per cent thought that she was a character in a children's novel. Another 6 per cent thought she was a news correspondent for CNBC.
But it wasn't all blind-guesses -- 32 per cent of those who had heard of Pippa identified her as a 'British socialite.'
There was no mention of Pippa's actual career of party planner.
So, it is only fitting that TLC will be airing a "documentary" next week on the rising 27-year-old star. Crazy About Pippa will be broadcast Aug. 9 at 9 p.m. (ET) on TLC Canada.
Pippa Middleton shot into the spotlight by wearing a frame-hugging Sarah Burton for Alexander McQueen dress at Prince William and Kate Middleton's wedding on April 29.
"Our interest stemmed from the fact that a pretty young woman entered Westminster Abbey as a sister of a bride, and emerged as a global phenomenon in the space of an hour," the film's executive producer, David Notman-Watt, told ABC news. "It was literally within minutes of her appearing holding Kate's train, Twitter went crazy, Facebook went crazy."
The program follows Pippa's life on the London party circuit, her relationship with Prince Harry (who has referred to her as a "foxy filly'") and speculates as to why she has caught the public's imagination.
Steven Hirsch of Vivid Entertainment, who appears in the show, says he offered Middleton $5 million to appear in a porn film saying that she could be an "enormously successful adult star."
Maybe this show won't help with the survey results.
Watch a trailer for Crazy About Pippa below.
Kate takes SAS training against kidnap threat
The Duchess of Cambridge's high profile within the Royal Family makes her a potential kidnap victim, which is why special security training is a must for royals. (Reuters)
You know you've really joined the Royal Family when you're taught how not to be kidnapped.
Catherine, Duchess of Cambridge, can reportedly now count herself among the graduates of a rigourous SAS-run course designed to teach key survival skills in abduction situations.
""The Palace want to ensure Kate's new status doesn't make her vulnerable to attack.," a royal source told the Sun in London. ""She has been well trained in what to do should the unthinkable happen."
Many members of the Royal Family have taken the course, which is described as teaching "key survival skills such as noticing anything unusual in routine surroundings, how to react when attacked and how to build a relationship with hostage-takers."
Among the skills taught are how to drive under pressure and pass on coded messages to rescuers.
Kate's husband, William, took the personal protection training as a 16-year-old, learning how to fire a submachine gun in the process. The Queen, Princess Diana and Prince Charles are also graduates.
One of the most serious attempts at kidnapping a royal came in 1974, when Princess Anne was attacked in her limo by a gun-wielding man near Buckingham Palace. He was finally subdued by police.
The protection training is done by the SAS (the British Army's special forces unit), Scotland Yard or the security service MI5. Royal Family members also have protection officers assigned from London's Metropolitan Police.
Penny-pinching princes take economy to the skies
The weekend wedding in Edinburgh was first class, but travel was strictly economy for William, Harry and Kate. (Getty Images)
Passengers on the discount airline FlyBe were doing double takes as they wrestled with their carry-ons for a Sunday evening flight from Edinburgh to Manchester.
Among their fellow seatmates in economy -- there is no first class -- were two distinctly familiar faces … Prince William and his wife Kate.
The royal pair, along with their mandatory body guards, took the commoner way home from the weekend at the Palace of Holyroodhouse, where they attended the wedding of their cousin Zara Phillips and Mike Tindall.
A one-way ticket starts at $60 a seat, if they indeed booked ahead, or more if they wanted a sandwich thrown into the trip. Will and Kate reportedly went through the usual check-in and security checks at the airport.
They weren't the only royals on an economy kick after the wedding.
Prince Harry took another discount air carrier, EasyJet, for his flight back to London, where he could have gotten a seat for about $50.
For William, flying economy is still novel, but nothing new. On his tour of New Zealand earlier this year, he took an economy flight from Auckland to Christchurch.
All this money-saving protocol may seem like standard operating procedure for most of the world, but it's still pretty eye-opening stuff for royals. Apparently the younger set is taking the advice from their grandmother to cut corners where possible.
Even Kate seems to be taking the sentiment to heart.
With the eyes of the fashion world watching her every move, it did not go unnoticed that she wore recycled outfits for the wedding weekend. For Friday's reception, it was a a Dine von Fustenburg Maja dress, which she last wore in Los Angeles last month. For the wedding, it was gold brocade coatdress that she has worn to two previous weddings, in 2006 and 2010.
The ironic twist to this royal economy kick came at the end of Kate and Will's flight to Manchester. Once they landed, they immediately got into a car that was waiting for them on the airfield to drive them the rest of the way home to Anglesey, Wales.
What they missed inside the Manchester airport was the Royal Lounge (right), which has just been given a $30,000 facelift, including new furniture and plasma TVs. Officials figured that since the airport is the closest one to the couple, there is likely be increased royal traffic.
"It seemed only fair that we invested time and effort in the Royal Lounge," said a spokesperson. "As we are Wills' and Kate's local airport, I am sure we will see them jetting through here more often so I am confident they will appreciate the effort taken by our staff."
Honeymoon? What honeymoon?
There was no rest for either Zara Phillips or Mark Tindall following their Saturday wedding. Once the party was over -- and it extended well into Sunday -- the couple returned to their routines, which in their case is not so routine
For Tindall, it was back to England's rugby World Cup training camp, where he sweated out all the over-indulgences of the weekend, along some of his teammates who attended the nuptials.
For Zara, who will retain her maiden name for professional purposes, it was back to the equestrian world. The eventing champion is preparing for the Gatcombe Park horse trials as she continues her road to the Olympics.
''Unfortunately both of us do have quite busy lives so it's going to have to wait a bit for a honeymoon, but it is quite nice to go back to work as well," Phillips told the Telegraph on Tuesday.
She described the wedding as "amazing," but also discounted reports that Prince William was doing his best Bon Jovi impression in a burst of karaoke. "There was no karaoke," she said. "I think there was assistance with the band, but that was about it.''
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The royal wedding of Zara Phillips and Mike Tindall went off without a hitch, though we're not sure if some guests remember too much about the party afterward.
Queen Elizabeth's eldest granddaughter, 30, married her ruby-playing mate of seven years at Canongate Kirk in Edinburgh on Saturday.
Then it was off to the reception at the Palace of Holyroodhouse, the Queen's official residence in Scotland.
A good time was had by all, according to reports. A few notes from the occasion:
-- The bride was five minutes late getting church, wearing her Stewart Parvin-designed ivory dress (about $4,500) with a silk veil, topped by a tiara from her mother, Princess Anne. Reviews were mixed, but what the heck, it's her day.
-- The wedding reception seemed to go on and on and on and on. The bride and groom did not get back to their room the Palace of Holyroodhouse until 2 p.m. Yes, that's 2 P.M. The bride had changed into some jeans by then, but the groom was still in his wedding garb.
-- Also seen stumbling back to their chambers was Prince Harry, who went to the wedding solo. According to reports, he was looking more than a little disheveled and bleary-eyed. The bride's father, Mark Phillips, was seen napping in an armchair at the bar of his hotel at 2:30 a.m.
-- The Queen, meanwhile, and Prince Philip had jumped (well, maybe not jumped) into a helicopter just a few hours after the reception started to head back to their summer home in Balmoral. Charles and Camilla also left early for a vacation at the Castle of Mey.
-- Prince William and Kate tried their best to remain in the background for the occasion. The Duchess of Cambridge wore an Alexander McQueen coatdress that was last seen at a wedding she attended in 2006. Yes, this girl knows how to re-cycle.
-- Speaking of Will, he reportedly did a rendition of Bon Jovi's "Livin' on a Prayer" during the karaoke part of the party. The bride and groom also apparently performed some ABBA.
-- The reception dinner included fish (lobster and crayfish cocktail), meat (Scottish venison), and for dessert, a chocolate fondant with strawberries. Wine and champagne flowed free and guests also had the option of grabbing a glass from the vodka fountain.
-- There will be no honeymoon for the couple… yet. Tindall is back training with England's rugby team while Zara, a champion equestrian, was back in the saddle preparing for some horse trials.
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A burglar has been jailed for breaking into a holiday home after the owner watched his raid live on his phone while he was 4,000 miles away in Canada.
Richard Geary broke into the empty seaside home in Saunton, North Devon, without realising it was fitted with a security system with motion sensitive cameras which linked straight to the owner Manzer Ijaz's smartphone.
He had just started a holiday in Canada but was able to watch the serial burglar searching the house and making off with garden equipment.
Geary even stole one of the cameras which were filming him but not before it had captured such good images of his face that police were able to identify him.
Detectives were able to recognise him because he had previous convictions for 25 burglaries and was still on prison licence.
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Geary, aged 55, of South Street, Braunton, admitted burglary and was jailed for two years, five months by Judge David Evans at Exeter Crown Court.
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Mr Robert Yates, prosecuting, said Geary smashed a window to get into Rhu House in Saunton on July 28 this year and stole gardening equipment and a CCTV camera causing a loss of £1,000 in the value of stolen goods and damage.
He said: "The owner was on holiday in Canada at the time but there were a number of motion sensitive cameras in the house which were connected to his phone.
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Geary has convictions for 109 offences including 25 previous burglaries and had been released from his last sentence 11 months earlier. He was still on licence.
Miss Hollie Gilbery, defending, said Geary is extremely remorseful and wanted to apologise to Mr Ijaz. He says he has been extremely stupid and thrown away all the good work he had done since his release.
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Let's work through an example where an object will travel from left to right. If it collides with the item, the object will "collect" it. And when the object collides with the dropoff object, it will pass the item to the dropoff.
Create a project using Orx's init script.
Three objects are required for this tutorial. Download each and save them to your data/texture folder in your project.
Compile and run. There should be a carrier object on the left, an item in the middle, and a dropoff object on the right. The latter will be spinning slowly.
Run this and the carrier will move to the right, then back to the left. We haven't supplied any actions on physics events yet. Let's do that now.
I'll explain the above. The physics event handler checks if the event type is a orxPHYSICS_EVENT_CONTACT_ADD. Which means a collision. Next, the two colliding object names are retrieved.
Here comes the meat of the tutorial: if the item collides with the carrier, assign the item as child of the carrier.
In the same way, if the item collides with the dropoff, make the item as a child of the dropoff.
Compile and run. The carrier will collide with the item, and "pick it up" with the orxObject_SetParent function. In effect, the item becomes a child of the carrier, and becomes part of the parent space. Because the item's graphic has a Pivot = center, it will be placed in the center of the item.
Attaching still means that a child is parented.
Compile and run again. The carrier will bump into the item and start carrying at the point it was collided. You'll notice the same (but odd) effect when the item collides with the dropoff. It won't be attached in the center of the drop off, but at the last collision point. Because the parent slowly turns, the item will slowly rotate around the outside of it.
I'll leave that one to you to experiment with.


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Q: Given a data set, how do you do a sinusoidal regression on paper? What are the equations, algorithms? Most regressions are easy. Trivial once you know how to do it.  Most of them involve substitutions which transform the data into a linear regression.  But I have yet to figure out how to do a sinusoidal regression.  I'm looking for the concept beyond the results. I don't need Excel, TI, or CAS answers. I would like to see equations, methods, so on. How would you do it on paper if you were actually willing to do it on paper.

For clarification, I'm referring to the most general sinusoidal regression $$ y = A\sin(Bx+C) + D$$
Not some special case assuming the values of one of these constants.

A: Um.
If you have a bunch of points $(x_i,y_i)$ and you want to fit the best sinusoidal
$A \sin (Bx +C),$ what you do is define a squared error
$$E = \sum_{i=1}^n \left( y_i - A \sin (B x_i + C)  \right)^2.$$
You then simultaneously solve three equations for the triple $(A,B,C),$
$$  \frac{\partial E}{\partial A} = 0,  $$
$$  \frac{\partial E}{\partial B} = 0,  $$
$$  \frac{\partial E}{\partial C} = 0.  $$
I will need to think about whether there is a closed form solution for the three. As noted, in the linear case there is a well known closed form solution. If not, well, I will leave this here, it illustrates one approach.

A: As far as I know there is an exact methods for solution. First you have to transform $y$ such as
$$y=A\sin(Bx+C)+D=A\sin(Bx)\cos(C)+B\cos(Bx)\sin(c)+D$$
$$y=\alpha \sin(Bx)+\beta \cos(Bx)+D\quad where\ \alpha=A\cos(C)\ \beta=B\sin(c)$$
The first method uses Prony's reformulation for frequency. In Prony's method the original function is replaced by a complex function. It introduces a complex polynomial to find the roots in complex domain and then translate it back to real domain. After choosing frequency the method determines other parameters by standart "Least-square method". It has some drawbacks. First of all due to Prony's reformulation the samples must be equally spaced. In addition during determination of frequency you come up with an over determined system and have to employ some transformations which are quite complex (at least complex for me).
The second method reduces the problem to the analogous problem for algebraic polynomials and solves by Forsythe's method. Using this method you can work with arbitrary distanced samples.
Please note that the info above is coming from my past research; and the topic was about the ease of numerical methods over exact ones; so I am not an expert on these methods. If you want to continue your search, good luck for you. Please note that the research is very limites on this topic.
On the other hand if you want to focus on numerical methos I can provide you algorithms (and methods) for your specific problem; and if you supply me data points a simple example (on Matlab).

A: Gauss-Newton algorithm directly deals with this type of problems. Given m data points $(x_i,y_i)$  for regression with a function of n parameters $\vec \beta =(\beta_1,...,\beta_n)$
$$min_{\vec \beta }\ S(\vec \beta)\ where\ S(\vec \beta)=\sum_{i=1}^m r_i(\vec \beta)^2=(y_i-f(\vec \beta,x_i))^2$$
I skip the derivation of algorithm which you can find in every textbook (First use Taylor approximation and then use Newton's method).
$$\Delta \vec \beta=\big(J^T\ J\big)^{-1}\ J^T\ \vec r$$
$$\vec \beta=\vec \beta + \alpha\ \Delta \beta$$
where $\alpha$ is damping coefficient and
$$J=\begin{pmatrix}\bigg(\frac{\partial f}{\partial \beta_1}\bigg)_{x=x_1}&...&\bigg(\frac{\partial f}{\partial \beta_n}\bigg)_{x=x_1}\\\ ...&...&...\\\ \bigg(\frac{\partial f}{\partial \beta_1}\bigg)_{x=x_m}&...&\bigg(\frac{\partial f}{\partial \beta_n}\bigg)_{x=x_m}\end{pmatrix}\quad \vec r=\begin{pmatrix}y_1-f(\vec \beta,x_1)\\\ ... \\\ y_m-f(\vec \beta,x_m) \end{pmatrix}$$
For your specific case
$$\frac{\partial f}{\partial A}=sin(Bx_i+C)$$
$$\frac{\partial f}{\partial B}=Ax_icos(Bx_i+C)$$
$$\frac{\partial f}{\partial C}=Acos(Bx_i+C)$$
$$\frac{\partial f}{\partial D}=1$$
In Matlab I generated 60 uniformly distributed random sample points. I used these points to calculate a known sin-curve such as
$$y=0.5sin(1.2x+0.3)+0.6$$
I added error terms N(0,0.2) to each point. My initial guess was $A=0.1\ B=0.5\ C=0.9\ D=0.1$ and I set the damping coeff to 0.01. The algorithm determines below approximation equation after 407 iterations
$$\hat y=0.497sin(1.178x+0.352)+0.580$$
Below you can see the graph (black - original curve $y(x)$, red - curve with error terms $y(x)+\epsilon (x)$, blue - approximation curve $\hat y(x)$)

A: Let's look at how regression works.
Typically, you pick a target function for your regression curve (e.g. a line, a parabola, a logarithmic curve, etc.), and you develop some notion of error.
You have unknown parameters in your curve (e.g. polynomial coefficients), and you compute the values of these parameters such that your error functional is minimized.
For simple linear regression, this is usually just a least-squares problem. For polynomials, you can use a Vandermonde matrix and solve an equivalent linear system no problem. But polynomials are easy: these are just linear combinations of successive powers of your independent variable measurements. So what do we do when we want to fit, say, $\sin (kt + b)$ to our data?
Well, it depends. Let's say you have a reasonable belief that your data fits a sinusoidal curve nicely. You can compute $\sin^{-1} y_i$ for all your measurements (with appropriate re-scaling of $y_i$ to the domain of $\sin^{-1}$, and then perform a linear regression on $kt_i + b = \sin^{-1} y_i$.
Of course, inverse trig functions like to behave badly, so this might not work.
Instead, you could think back to calculus, and recall that $\sin$ is a continuous, and indeed, differentiable function. A differentiable function is well-approximated by a linear function at some point. So, you could compute the derivative of your function, and assume that your data is locally approximated by many linear functions.
Another way is to note that $\sin$ has a Taylor series expansion, and that sufficient terms should give you a polynomial that is pretty close to $\sin$ in some domain. So you could perform an $n$-term Taylor series expansion and do a regular linear polynomial regression on the result.
If you think your function is a series of sines, you could write a Fourier series expansion, and perform a least squares fit on the Fourier series coefficients.
If that fails, you could configure a neural network to give you the result as a series of sines. (Actually, this might not work without pre-multiplying each sin term by, say, a Gaussian, or a top-hat function).
You could use an evolutionary algorithm to perform a stochastic search in a parameter space, and use the cost function as your survival criterion.
Finally, you could employ any number of non-linear least squares algorithms to estimate the parameters of your fit. Levenberg-Marquardt is a commonly-used algorithm for these things. Effectively, this is the same as doing a local linearization of the regression function. It's a gradient-based search.
Essentially, all regression problems are search problems: one searches for parameters that shape the target function in the most optimal way. Consequently, any search algorithm will work, but not all will work well. Unfortunately, there is no nice, elementary closed form answer for computing these parameters, as there is with simple linear regression. So unless you can transform your data in some clever way, you're likely not going to be able to do it with pencil and paper.

A: Here is a Matlab version
damp = .01;

x = 0:.1:6;

y=0.5*sin(1.2*x+0.3)+0.6;

yn = y' + (rand(length(y),1) - .5)/10;

B=  [0.4; 1; 0.4; 0.5];

rows = length(yn);

for interation = 1:100000

    %build J and r
    for row = 1:rows
         xk = x(row);

        J(row,1) = sin(B(2) * xk + B(3));

        J(row,2) = B(1) * xk * cos(B(2) * xk + B(3));

        J(row,3) = B(1) * cos(B(2) * xk + B(3));

        J(row,4) = 1.0;

        r(row) =  -yn(row) +  B(1) * sin(B(2) * xk + B(3)) + B(4);
    end

    Jt = transpose(J);
    delta = (inv(Jt*J))*Jt*r';
    B = B - damp*delta;

end

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