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Members of the Alternative fur Deutschland (AfD) party have said there should be less apology for Germany;s Nazi past and other periods of its history should be celebrated instead. German Chancellor Angela Merkel walks in front of the main railway entrance to Birkenau as she visits the former German Nazi death camp Auschwitz Birkenau in Oswiecim, Poland on December 6, 2019. (John MacDougall AFP) Nothing can bring back the people who were murdered here. Nothing can reverse the unprecedented crimes committed here. These crimes are and will remain part of German history and this history must be told over and over again, she said. ;Remembering the crimes ... is a responsibility which never ends. It belongs inseparably to our country,; Merkel said. ;To be aware of this responsibility is part of our national identity, our self understanding as an enlightened and free society, a democracy with rule of law,; she said. Merkel said Auschwitz ;demands that we keep the memory alive;. She expressed Germany;s enduring ;deep shame in the face of the barbaric crimes committed by Germans here; in Auschwitz Birkenau, where a million Jews lost their lives between 1940 and 1945. ;There are no words to express our sorrow,; she said. German Chancellor Angela Merkel commemorates in front of the death wall during a wreath laying ceremony in the former Nazi death camp of Auschwitz Birkenau in Oswiecim, Germany, Friday, Dec. 6, 2019. Merkel attend an event in occasion of the 10th anniversary of the founding of the Auschwitz Foundation. (Photo Markus Schreiber via AP) Addressing Holocaust survivors present, she added: ;I bow my head before the victims of the Shoah.;The chancellor also addressed a rise of anti Semitic and other hate crimes in Germany in recent years, saying they had reached an "alarming level ".
New Delhi (India), Dec 6 (ANI): In a bid to ensure that children in tribal areas are not deprived of quality education, Prime Minister Narendra Modi has said that his government will put in place an extensive network of more than 400 new 'Eklavya Model residential schools' by 2022 across the country."We are developing an extensive network of 'Eklavya Model residential schools in the country. By 2022, more than 400 such new schools will be opened," said Prime Minister Modi in his address to the Ekal Vidyalaya Sangathan, Gujarat, through video conference."The Central government is working for the education of tribal children with special emphasis on their skill development. The scholarship schemes for the tribal children have been made more transparent and more opportunity is provided to them for their education," he added.The Prime Minister said that small things are being taken care of in these schools, which are meant for tribal students."We are paying attention to every small thing like holidays are granted in these schools on tribal festivals. As a result, the drop out rate has decreased and the tribal children are also happy," he said."These schools are also being developed to provide them with modern sports facilities," said Prime Minister Modi.Stressing on the need for the government and the society to strive collectively to make the schemes a success, Prime Minister Modi said: "In my view, the government efforts alone are not sufficient. The government and society should collectively strive for making such schemes a success."Prime Minister Modi also shared the idea of pairing private and public schools wherein students from the rural background will learn from their urban counterparts and vice versa, thus boosting the idea of 'Ek Bharat, Shrestha Bharat'. He also congratulated Ekal Vidyalaya Sangathan for spearheading the 'Ekal School Abhiyan' which aims to promote the education among rural and tribal children, and appreciated the Sangathan volunteers for their role in nation building by imparting education and awareness to more than 2.8 million rural and tribal children who reside in the remotest locations across India and Nepal.Congratulating the Sangathan on reaching the figure of 1 lakh schools across India, the Prime Minister said that working with passion, dedication, and commitment turns an impossible goal into an achievable one. He highlighted the fact that the Sangathan has been awarded the Gandhi Peace Prize due to its commitment towards social service and for being an inspirational role model for the whole country.The Prime Minister noted that the Union Government is also working enthusiastically for better education and skill development in India. Schemes like scholarship for scheduled tribes' children, Poshan Abhiyan, Mission Indradhanush, and school holidays on the occasion of tribal festivals, etc., have helped not only in checking the school dropout rates but also promoted the holistic development of children.The Prime Minister remarked that as India completes 75 years of Independence, the success of Ekal Sangathan will help in realising Mahatma Gandhiji''s ideals of Gram Swaraj, social justice of Dr BR Ambedkar, 'Antyodaya' of Deen Dayal Upadhyay and Swami Vivekananda''s dream of a glorious India.Ekal Vidyalaya is a movement involved in the integrated and holistic development of rural and tribal India and Nepal. The main activity undertaken in this movement is to run one teacher schools, known as Ekal Vidyalayas, all over India, in the remotest rural and tribal villages to take the education to every child. (ANI)
Nearly 750,000 lights synchronized to holiday music light up the area #8212; the largest display of its kind in the Midwest. It also features more than 1,300 feet of garland and a beer keg tree comprised of 225 beer barrels.Holiday Lites shows will take place each Friday and Saturday from Friday, Dec. 6 through Saturday, Dec. 21. Shows run every 20 minutes, beginning at 4:40 p.m. and ending at 9 p.m. at the Miller Visitor Center at 42nd and State.
SpaceX has launched a Dragon spacecraft with more than 2,585 kg of NASA cargo and science investigations, including studies of malting barley in microgravity, the spread of fire, and a group of 40 genetically enhanced "mighty mice" to study bone and muscle loss. Launched on a Falcon 9 rocket from Cape Canaveral Air Force Station in Florida at 12:29pm EST (10:59pm IST) on Thursday, the spacecraft is scheduled to arrive at the orbital outpost on December 8.
Contrary to expectations, most vegetables are still selling for over Tk 40 per kg, remaining out of reach of common people. Prices of vegetables remain high throughout the year except for winter. Lower income people like us eagerly wait for this time to these delicacies, but the prices are yet to come within our reach this season, said Md Rashed, a rickshaw puller in Chawkbazar Kitchen Market.
Astronomers have spotted a 40 billion solar mass black hole in the Abell 85 cluster of galaxies. They found the behemoth using spectral observations with the Very Large Telescope (VLT.) There are only a few direct mass measurements for black holes, and at about 700 million light years from Earth, this is the most distant one.
In the #MeToo era, a song about a man pressuring a woman to stay with him isn;t seen as so cheery by some. On The Voice on Tuesday night, John Legend and Kelly Clarkson performed their new cover of the song, in which he sings about being supportive of whatever decision she makes, with lines like ;It;s your body and your choice; and ;I want you to stay, it;s not up to me.;And yet, the new version has also become controversial, among people who thought the song didn ''t need editing. Sharon Osbourne said it ''s "not right " to change "an innocent lyric, " which she argued is akin to trying to covering up nudes in classic works of art.
Ski alpinisme A cinq mois de sa 22e dition qui se d roulera du 27 avril au 3 mai prochain, Daniel Jolliet voque la Patrouille des glaciers dont il a pris le commandement le 1er juillet 2018. Le Fribourgeois s est pli au jeu des questions r ponses, vendredi dernier au Centre mondial du cyclisme Aigle, l issue d une soir e d information qui a r uni des conf rences d anciens laur ats et des sp cialistes du monde m dical. Plus de 400 athl tes inscrits y ont particip pour acqu rir les connaissances n cessaires et ainsi se pr parer au mieux pour la course.
Little Leaves centers provide evidence based Applied Behavioral Analysis (ABA) to help children ages 1 to 6 reduce their symptoms of autism. Run in a pre school like setting, the program is specifically designed to help children improve their communication, play, social and school readiness skills, as well as build independence. Little Leaves clinical staff partner with each child s family to develop and implement individualized therapeutic plans.The new Little Leaves location also provides employment opportunities for jobseekers in the community. Once fully operational, the center will create over 50 new positions for board certified behavior analysts (BCBAs) and behavior technicians. Currently accepting new clients, the center will have the capacity to serve up to 40 clients once it moves from its temporary location to its permanent space, which is still under construction.
Updated: December 3, 2019 8:40 AM EST
@NonsenseC UAAMicrosoft has pushed an update to its communications and work management app, Microsoft Kaizala on iOS. Taking the app to Version 1.140.112274012, the update brings support to two more Indian languages, Malayalam and Kannada.
One of the new entrants in the Indian market, Kia Motors India Ltd, has become a leader in the mid size sports utility vehicle segment in November, just three months after launching its first product, Seltos. During the month, the South Korean vehicle manufacturer dispatched 14005 units of Seltos.According to a press release issued by company, wholesales of Seltos is almost double that of the nearest competitor.
American Airlines bumped more than 3,400 passengers due to overbooking between July and September 2019, more than all other US airlines combined, according to data from the US Department of Transportation.During the same period of time, Southwest Airlines bumped just 314 passengers, United Airlines bumped only 14, and Delta Air Lines bumped no passengers.
Bareback riding: First round: 1. Cole Goodine, 85.5 points on C5 Rodeo ''s No Show Jones, $1,361; 2. Jacob Stemo, 84, $1,021; 3. Ty Taypotat, 82, $680; 4. Spur Lacasse, 80.5, $340. Second round: 1. Cole Goodine, 85.5 points on C5 Rodeo ''s Tombstone, $1,361; 2. Ty Taypotat, 85, $1,021; 3. Kody Lamb, 82, $680; 4. Dantan Bertsch, 81.5, $340. Third round: 1. Pascal Isabelle, 84.5 points on Franklin Rodeo ''s Not This Time, $1,361; 2. (tie) Kody Lamb and Dantan Bertsch, 83.5, $850 each; 4. Jacob Stemo, 82.5, $340.Steer wrestling: First round: 1. Brendan Laye, 3.8 seconds, $1,361; 2. Stephen Culling, 5.3, $1,021; 3. Cody Cassidy, 5.9, $680; 4. Layne Delemont, 6.1, $340. Second round: 1. Cody Cassidy, 4.2 seconds, $1,361; 2. Layne Delemont, 4.6, $1,021; 3. Curtis Cassidy, 4.8, $680; 4. Jacob Gardner, 6.2, $340. Third round: 1. (tie) Curtis Cassidy and Layne Delemont, 4.9 seconds, $1,191 each; 3. Stephen Culling, 5.1, $680; 4. Cody Cassidy, 5.6, $340.
Zachary Clark, 40, of Brooklyn, New York, was arrested in the borough on Wednesday and was expected to appear before Magistrate Judge Robert W. Lehrburger in Manhattan federal court on the same day.Clark was charged with one count of attempting to provide material support to ISIS, and one count of distributing information relating to explosives, destructive devices, and weapons of mass destruction, and faces up to 40 years in prison.
Brazil was the first non European destination for Spanish fruit and vegetable exports during that period, with 83,040 tons, 72% more than in the same period last year and 76 million euro ( 62%). The products that have grown the most in vegetables were onion and garlic; in fruits, the products that grew the most were orange and stone fruits, especially plum with 12,230 tons ( 32%).The second non European destination for Spanish exports was Canada, with 49,966 tons ( 18%) worth 50.5 million euro, ( 7%). Fruit exports accounted for the bulk of shipments, especially Citrus fruits and plums, with 2,055 tons. In vegetables, the strong rise in cabbages with 3,417 tons ( 142%) and pepper with 2,284 tons ( 446%) can be highlighted.


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New York City, New York, US
|Died||October 24, 2015
London, England, UK
|Associated acts||Glenn Miller, Don Redman, Coleman Hawkins, James Moody, Roy Eldridge, Don Byas, Kenny Clarke, Dizzy Gillespie, Michel Legrand, Léo Ferré, André Hodeir, Duke Ellington, Benny Goodman, Peter Herbolzheimer|
Nat Peck (January 13, 1925 – October 24, 2015) was an American jazz trombonist.
Nathan Peck was born in New York City. He played with Glenn Miller (1943–45) and Don Redman (1947) early in his career. After moving to France, where he lived from 1947 to 1951, he attended the Paris Conservatory (1949–51) and played with Coleman Hawkins (1949), James Moody (1949–50), Roy Eldridge, Don Byas and Kenny Clarke (1950). In the 1950s Peck played on television in New York and Paris. In 1953 he recorded with Dizzy Gillespie.
Peck returned to France again in the 1960s, playing with Michel Legrand, Léo Ferré, André Hodeir and Duke Ellington. He spent some time in England and Germany, working as a staff musician at Sender Freies Berlin and playing with Quincy Jones and the Clarke-Boland Big Band (1963–69). He relocated to London in 1965, where he became active in the studios, film, and television. He worked with Benny Goodman in 1970–72 and with Peter Herbolzheimer in 1979.
Peck was semi-retired by the 1990s, but remained in the music industry as a contractor and promoter. He died on October 24, 2015 in London at the age of 90.
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With the Kenny Clarke/Francy Boland Big Band
- Jazz Is Universal (Atlantic, 1962)
- Handle with Care (Atlantic, 1963)
- Now Hear Our Meanin' (Columbia, 1963 )
- Swing, Waltz, Swing (Philips, 1966)
- Sax No End (SABA, 1967)
- Out of the Folk Bag (Columbia, 1967)
- 17 Men and Their Music (Campi, 1967)
- All Smiles (MPS, 1968)
- Faces (MPS, 1968)
- Latin Kaleidoscope (MPS, 1968)
- Fellini 712 (MPS, 1969)
- All Blues (MPS, 1969)
- More Smiles (MPS, 1969)
- Clarke Boland Big Band en Concert avec Europe 1 (Tréma, 1969 )
- Off Limits (Polydor, 1970)
- November Girl (Black Lion, 1970 ) with Carmen McRae
With Dizzy Gillespie
- Dizzy Digs Paris (Giant Steps, 1953 )
- "Nat Peck". Grove Jazz online.

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A leading mental health charity has called for those taking part in State exams to look after their well-being during the Leaving and Junior cert exams.
More than 100,000 students will begin the exams this Wednesday.
Samaritans Ireland have urged students, parents and teachers to put their well-being ahead of their grade during the exam period.
Cindy O'Shea, a regional director with the charity, said: "This can be an incredibly stressful time not only for the young person, but for other family members, carers and even teachers.
"We would urge anyone involved in exams and supporting young people with their studies, to ensure students look after their emotional health," she said.
"That way they are likely to cope better with the stress of exams, and achieve better too."
Ms O'Shea said teenagers can learn the value of listening to others, coping strategies, the importance of accessing support when they need it and, importantly, where to find it.
Last week Fianna Fáil's spokesperson on mental health, James Browne, encouraged students to talk about the pressure they are feeling.
Mr Browne said that talking about the pressure with people who have already sat the exams "can help provide a different perspective and a realisation that there are many different pathways to achieving the end goal."
Anyone who is feeling overwhelmed because of exam pressure, or who is worried about someone else, can contact Samaritans for free from any phone on 116 123. This number will not show up on a phone bill.


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I told my FIL that I want to go to Cuba so bad and he asked why? All I could think to say was that it’s so mysterious and untouched. I don’t know what we would do in Cuba but I still wanted to go!
Andrew and I have always wanted to go to Cuba and taking the kids was a big maybe up until we came across the Anywhere.com website. This modern travel site makes planning our dream family vacation there so easy.
The first page asked me the same question my FIL did, “Why visit Cuba?’ You can see my much better answer in this screenshot from their site.
After submitting my rad answer the next two pages asked for more specifics like what attractions we would want to see during our stay and what activities we would like to do.
In less than 20 mins I had pre-planned the perfect family vacation to Cuba! (with the help of Anywhere.com of course!)
I submitted my requests and instantaneously received an automated email from the team at Anywhere.com, letting me know they were planning our ideal vacation.
Our trip expert, Alfonso, emailed shortly after, with his recommendations and a travel itinerary that would have taken me weeks to prepare! It had the airport pickup information, our private driver was arranged, a gorgeous hotel in dreamy Old Havana was all set up and he even broke down the cost per person and happily welcomed any changes we may want to make.
I’m so ready to pack our bags and go! I’m even more excited than ever to visit and experience Cuba with my family. Anywhere.com is a modern online travel agency that leverages local onsite experts as well as progressive technology solutions to offer custom travel experiences, and their mission is to plan the perfect trip for you. They provide information, inspiration, and custom travel planning to help you explore some of the coolest places on the planet, and best of all, their expert trip planning service is free! What’s stopping you from visiting some of the coolest places on the planet?

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A Bowling Green man was charged yesterday in U.S. District Court in Toledo with bank fraud for a check-kiting scheme involving thousands of dollars and two area banks.
A bill of information was filed accusing Richard Brechmacher of depositing 101 worthless checks totaling $191,050 at the banks in the first six months of 2004. U.S. attorneys claim Mr. Brechmacher created fictitious balances in checking accounts at Sky Bank and First National Bank of Pandora, and deposited and cashed checks between the financial institutions.
The scheme caused Bowling Green-based Sky Bank to lose $9,350, the bill of information alleges. A bill of information is a charging document a defendant typically agrees to rather than having a case presented before a grand jury.
A check-kiting scheme commonly involves a bank customer writing checks on accounts and quickly withdrawing the money before the checks can clear. Done repeatedly, it can confuse bankers and artificially inflate the true value of the accounts.
Rex Huffman, an attorney representing Mr. Brechmacher, wouldn't comment about the information but said his client made restitution to the financial institution that incurred a loss.
A court appearance for Mr. Brechmacher has not been scheduled.
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- 1 What age are Millennials?
- 2 What is Generation Z age range?
- 3 What generation is after Millennials?
- 4 Is 1995 a Gen Z?
- 5 What are the 6 generations?
- 6 What is the new generation called 2020?
- 7 Are you a millennial If you were born in 1987?
- 8 Are you a Millennial or Gen Z?
- 9 What does the Z in Gen Z stand for?
- 10 When did Gen Z end?
- 11 Who comes after Gen Z?
- 12 What comes after Gen Alpha?
- 13 What generation is 1995 called?
- 14 Are 1997 babies Millennials?
- 15 Is 1999 Gen Z or millennial?
What age are Millennials?
Gen Y: Gen Y, or Millennials, were born between 1981 and 1994/6. They are currently between 25 and 40 years old (72.1 million in the U.S.)
What is Generation Z age range?
What is the Generation Z age range? Members of Gen Z are those born between 1997 and 2015. This puts the age group for Gen Z ‘ers in the range of 6-24 years old in 2021.
What generation is after Millennials?
Meet Gen Z. Generation Z ( Gen Z ) is your greatest opportunity, both as new account holders and talent for your workforce.
Is 1995 a Gen Z?
Generation Z, as they have been coined, consist of those born in 1995 or later. Generation Z (also known as Post- Millennials, the iGeneration, Founders, Plurals, or the Homeland Generation ) is the demographic cohort following the Millennials.
What are the 6 generations?
By the numbers
- Baby Boomers: born 1946 to 1964.
- Generation Jones: born 1955 to 1965.
- Generation X: born 1965 to 1980.
- Xennials: born 1977 to 1983.
- Millennials: born 1981 to 1996.
- Generation Z: born 1997 or after.
- Generation Alpha: born 2010 or after.
What is the new generation called 2020?
Generation Alpha (or Gen Alpha for short) is the demographic cohort succeeding Generation Z. Researchers and popular media use the early 2010s as starting birth years and the mid-2020s as ending birth years.
Are you a millennial If you were born in 1987?
If you were born in 1987, you are a part of Generation Y or Gen Y for short. Members of this generation are commonly called Millennials.
Are you a Millennial or Gen Z?
According to the Pew Research Center, millennials were born between 1981 and 1996, while Gen Z are those born from 1997 onwards. The millennial cutoff year varies from source to source, though, with some putting it at 1995 and others extending it to 1997.
What does the Z in Gen Z stand for?
Forbes attempts to explain the phenomenon of Gen Z by claiming the ” Z ” stands for “Zombie,” though that’s not completely accurate. Gen Z, then, follows suit in alphabetical order (and the subsequent generation, starting around 2013, has been tentatively named ” Generation Alpha”).
When did Gen Z end?
Which Generation are You?
|Generation Name||Births Start||Births End|
|Generation X (Baby Bust)||1965||1979|
|Millennials Generation Y, Gen Next||1980||1994|
|iGen / Gen Z||1995||2012|
Who comes after Gen Z?
In 2005, social researcher Mark McCrindle coined the term “ Generation Alpha” to identify the group born after Generation Z. He defines the generation as those born from 2010 to 2024, while Gen Z spans 1995 to 2009 and Gen Y spans 1980 to 1994 (though many push the millennial birth years back a bit later ).
What comes after Gen Alpha?
In 2024, by McCrindle’s definition, the last of Generation Alpha will be born, making way for Generation Beta, whose birth years will span from 2025 to 2039. “If the nomenclature sticks, then we will afterwards have Generation Gamma and Generation Delta,” McCrindle said.
What generation is 1995 called?
Millennial Characteristics Millennials, also known as Gen Y, Echo Boomers, and Digital Natives, were born from approximately 1977 to 1995.
Are 1997 babies Millennials?
Anyone born between 1981 and 1996 (ages 23 to 38 in 2019) is considered a Millennial, and anyone born from 1997 onward is part of a new generation.
Is 1999 Gen Z or millennial?
THE MILLENNIAL GENERATION RESEARCH REVIEW
|Born||Age (in 2012)|
|Baby Boom Generation||1946 – 1964||48 – 65|
|Generation X||1965 – 1979||33 – 47|
|Millennial Generation||1980 – 1999||13 – 32|
|Generation Z||2000 –||12 and under|

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Rating: 4.25 stars out of 5
Cillian Kelly can look into people’s eyes and see their fates. He’s running from a past filled with mistakes, lying low and selling his services on the sly. When he learns that Sören Egilsson, a man who sacrificed himself so Cillian could escape imprisonment two years ago, is somehow still alive, Cillian has to find out how. What he gets is the body of the man he loves possessed by an ancient spirit who draws Cillian into a battle to the death for the right to control Sören’s fate, and the power that comes with it.
Soothsayer is not a traditional romance. It’s the embodiment of doing something in the name of love. With the added bonus of learning how the main characters reached that point in their relationship. Their love story is beautiful but unconventional.
The book is narrated by Cillian in the first person. We see what he sees and experienced all his emotions. Even so, Cillian doesn’t get lost in internal monologues or “I’m not good enough” rants. He knows his place in the world and accepts what faith had chosen for him. That doesn’t mean that he’d not do everything in his power to align things in his favor.
From the start, we are part of Cillian’s alter universe. He can be any tattooed guy walking around us. The world as we know it is the main setting, but the psychic current giving life to the characters exists in an underground civilization. They’re in touch with a different reality, and their abilities are a representation of that evolution. There are several terms to follow and different legends to learn about. And a good amount of suspension of disbelief is necessary, even for a paranormal story.
Character introductions take the beginning of the story and can be a bit too long but necessary. As well as seeing Cillian in action. But all those events and circumstances have a role later in the story. It takes a while for the main characters [Cillian & the Spirit] to interact, and even longer for the main couple [Cillian & Sören].
The author did good balancing the amount of travel time and the events around it. Most stops are entertaining and the Spirit adds the necessary comedic relief. A lot of the twists and turns are kept hidden away from everyone, including the reader. The way the story resolution is achieved isn’t easily assumed. At least not completely, making the reader want to read faster.
Overall, this is a nice story to read if you are looking for a different interpretation of paranormals and alternative universes. Soothsayer is different from other books and creates a niche of its own. The book has a solid HFN with the possibility for more stories, but there aren’t necessary. What we get is enough to satisfy the reader.
Natasha Snow did a good job representing Cillian and his trip around the country.
ebook, 184 pages
Published: January 30, 2017, NineStar Press
Edition Language: English

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Revision of the Pentagon missile defense program in Poland should not affect NATO plans to defend its entire territory, including Lithuania, stated Lithuanian President Dalia Grybauskaite.
It was previously reported at the U.S. Congress about the secret Pentagon investigation, where the effectiveness of the multibillion project on missile defense system in Europe, aimed at protecting the United States against Iran, has been questioned. In the report based on this investigation GAO representatives stated in particular that the deployment in Poland would only be operational if the United States will develop the potential to "run interceptors while Iranian missiles are in the booster stage of the flight."
It should be reminded that plans for a missile defense system in Eastern Europe have been approved under President George W. Bush. President Barack Obama announced on 17 September 2009 a change of plans: the U.S. postponed the deployment of land-based missile defense system in Europe until 2015.
Material has been prepared by the Centre of Geopolitical Studies with reference to the article from “Rosbalt” of 18 03 2013
The Ministry of Foreign Affairs of Ukraine filed a lawsuit in the UN International Court of Justice against Russia within the framework of the International Convention for the Suppression of the Financing of Terrorism and the International Convention on the Elimination of All Forms of Racial Discrimination, says the site of the Foreign Minister. This is done on the instructions of the President of Ukraine Petro Poroshenko, issued on 16 January.
Alexander Lukashenko on 9 January signed a decree № 8 "On the establishment of visa-free entry and exit of foreign nationals." The document establishes visa-free entry to Belarus for a period not exceeding 5 days at the entrance through the checkpoint "National Airport Minsk" for citizens of 80 countries, - reported the press service of the President of Belarus.


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It was in summer of 1993 that Omar began to practice DJ-ing fulltime and making mixtapes- for fun, and for selling. After a brief period of erratic mobile disc-jockey work, he played his first nightclub gig in August of 1996. Over the following half-dozen years or so, Omar Cabaleiro continued to play bars/clubs/events throughout New Jersey, Manhattan, and Pennsylvania.
Also some time in 1996, he began to “mess around” with making (mostly breakbeat) mash-ups/loops. It wasn’t until January of 2000 that Omar really started to produce full-on tracks of his own- primarily within one or more of the following genres: electronica, experimental, house, minimalist, techno, trance. It was summer of this same year that he bought his last batch of vinyl records and stopped collecting. Almost 2 years later, in spring of 2002*, Omar Cabaleiro played his last DJ gig- electing to focus totally on the music itself, and no longer on the related “scene(s).” (*he “popped up” again at a small gig in New Jersey sometime in 2006)
To date, Omar Cabaleiro’s only official music release was of the track “Delta,” on Dobox Recordings’ techno compilation: Resurgence (2007.Dec.4). He continues to create electronic music on a highly infrequent basis, making his favorite pieces available for free streaming and download throughout several different music social networking sites.
Though he has not truly indulged in the nightlife scene in rougly a decade, his related experiences from throughout the second half of the 1990’s remain a huge influence on his sound as a musician. Omar would describe the sound he creates when he is at his self-proclaimed best and “most focused,” as being reminiscent of the vibe/feelings he recalls from his clubbing days: “dark thunderous afterhours” and “sexy drug beats.”

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I had a brain slippage when I got out of bed yesterday morning. It wasn't until noon when I realized it was Wednesday and I had put up another blog post instead of this one.
I have still been working away when I can on my projects. What you won't see pictured are the selvage strips I am still gathering to start a selvage rug, the thin strips I added to my doll rug bag, and numerous other strips and squares for future projects.
You also won't see any progress on yellow for this months color with the soscrappy blog color challenge. I did get my back squares and batting squares cut and hope to have those blocks made by next Wednesday.
I finished the Christmas yo-yo table runner, which will be listed in my etsy shop once I am done with this post.
I worked more on the doll rugs for the bedding sets, and I also got to work on getting some of the pillows done for the sets as well.
I found the last 3 colors for the lockerhook rug that I a working on and got them sewn and ready to finish up the rug.
On the quilt shop hop each shop gave us pattern for a disappearing block. I only seen 2 that I really wanted to make, so I did just that. I like them! One is disappearing 4 patch and the other is a disappearing 9 patch. In the meantime, I seen a blog last week where she made fabric boxes for a quick homemade gift. That got me thinking about Christmas and I plan now to make some of the boxes.
Also on the shop hop I bought a postcard pattern. I needed something inexpensive to buy to spin their prize wheel, on which I won a spool of 100% cotton thread. The pattern I chose uses 2 1/2 inch strips. You guessed it, I just couldn't wait to start on it since I already had a stack of strips cut. The pattern is called Lexington and I hope that by next week I will have have at least one of the blocks out together for it.
challenge wall hanging
Emerald Island Fusique table runner
Five and Dime quilt
Brown half square triangle table runner
? sets of doll blanket, pillows, bed and rug
Wall hanging for quilt guild
yo-yo's that need to be made into projects
black and white rail fence quilt
Arkansas Crossroads scrap quilt
T-shirt latchhook rug
Rainbow colored locker hook rug
Charming Stars quilt
Special crocheted prayer shawl
Fall Squares table topper
Crazy colored quilt with the five and dime blocks
Rainbow colored string quilt
Christmas yo-yo table topper/runner
St. Patricks yo-yo table topper/runner
? Fabric boxes for Christmas gifts
I am too late to link up with the blogs this week, but I hope you will check them out:
Here are a few more of the book I have for sale on half.com that may be of interest to you:


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The mother-daughter duo get color-coordinated in N.Y.C. Plus: Prince William & Kate, Victoria Beckham, Brad Pitt and more
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Published: Tuesday Mar 08, 2011 | 05:00 PM EST
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The City is required to update its Stormwater Standards Manual to conform to the 2013 Municipal Stormwater Permit and for consistency with the Regional Best Management Practices Design Manual.
The Municipal Permit provides Offsite Alternative Compliance, as an option for Priority Development Projects in lieu of implementing onsite structural best management practices to comply with pollutant control and hydromodification management requirements. The City will implement the alternative compliance program in two phases:
For further questions regarding Alternative Compliance, please contact Eric Mosolgo at 858-541-4337 or at EMosolgo@sandiego.gov.
The City is required to amend its Stormwater Management and Discharge Control Ordinance per San Diego Municipal Code Section 43.03 to conform to the requirements of the 2013 Municipal Separate Storm Sewer System (MS4) Permit Order R9-2013-0001 issued by the San Diego Regional Water Quality Control Board. The amendments include updates to the list of non-storm water discharges (including conditions for the discharges) allowed into the City's storm drain system. The amended list is consistent with the list from the 2013 MS4 Permit. Each of the discharges described in the ordinance require minimum best management practices (BMPs) before they are deemed allowable into the storm drain system. BMPs are required implementation activities to prevent pollution from leaving a property and entering the storm drain system. Public information sessions about the draft Ordinance and Minimum BMPs were held in January 2015. Public comments received following these meetings were reviewed and incorporated into the documents below, as appropriate.


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Wu Yi Shan "Qi Lan" Rock Oolong Tea
Qi Lan (奇兰) Oolong is originally a varietal of oolong grown in Anxi, but adapted to Wu Yi in the 1930's. Qi Lan is lightly processed and has a natural almond taste and aroma. The feeling is thick and sweet with a very natural character to it with almost no roasted taste at all. If you are a fan of a lightly roasted Da Hong Pao or Shui Xian you will find this vibrant, sweet and thick tea to your liking.

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text: We demonstrate that relative intergenerational mobility declined sharply for cohorts born in the early 1960s compared to those born around 1950. The former entered the labor market largely after the large rise in inequality that occurred around 1980 while the latter entered the labor market well before this inflection point. We show that the rank-rank slope rose from 0.24 to 0.36 and the IGE increased from 0.21 to 0.50. We find that both the increase in the returns to schooling and the gradient in the likelihood of marriage by parent income can explain some of the increase in persistence. We also find direct evidence of a decline in absolute intergenerational mobility using intergenerational data, consistent with the bounds-based approach of Chetty et al. (2017).


Our liver stays plenty youthful even as we get older, new research this week suggests. Using a form of radioactive dating, the researchers estimate that the average age of our liver’s cells is around three years. Some cells seem to live longer than others, however, a finding that may one day help scientists better understand how and why conditions like liver cancer can happen.
The new study was led by scientists at the Dresden University of Technology in Germany. They tried to estimate the longevity of liver cells previously collected from more than 30 people who had died of various causes between the ages of 20 and 84. To do this, they relied on a technique called retrospective radiocarbon birth dating, which was developed in the early 2000s.
Levels of radiocarbon activity in the environment have increased and decreased over recent decades, thanks to the start and end of above-ground nuclear weapons testing. And because trace amounts of radiocarbon in the environment can end up in the DNA of plant and animal cells, scientists have been able to use this environmental radiocarbon as a sort of measuring stick for a cell’s age. The older a cell is, the more radiocarbon likely to be in its DNA.
When the team dated the liver cells from their sample group, they found a consistent pattern no matter the age of the person: Most cells were young and around the same age. They further estimated that most liver cells replace themselves about once a year, and on average, our liver stays under the age of three. The team’s findings were published Tuesday in Cell Systems,
The liver is already known to be hardy and fast-healing—an important attribute for an organ that has to constantly filter potentially harmful toxins out of our body. But the researchers say that less is known about how the liver renews itself and whether this ability to heal declines over time. Their findings suggest that the liver can stay young even in an aging body.
At the same time, there do seem to be relevant changes in the liver as we get older. Some cells in the liver can carry more than two sets of chromosomes and function just fine, unlike most cells in the body. The team found that these DNA-loaded cells also appear to live much longer than other liver cells—up to a decade—and that people’s livers seem to collect more of these cells over time. So they suspect that this change may help keep our livers healthy. And if that’s true, then it could also be true that people’s risk of liver-related health problems can rise when the process goes wrong.
“As this fraction gradually increases with age, this could be a protective mechanism that safeguards us from accumulating harmful mutations,” said study author Olaf Bergmann, a lead researcher at the university’s Center for Regenerative Therapies Dresden, in a statement. “We need to find out if there are similar mechanisms in chronic liver disease, which in some cases can turn into cancer.”
The team’s findings will have to be validated by other research teams before they should be taken as gospel. But a similar study of theirs earlier this year found evidence that certain brain cells can renew themselves even as we get older, which other research has suggested as well. They next plan to study whether heart cells in people with chronic heart disease can still regenerate.
More: Widespread ‘Forever Chemicals’ Might Be Hurting Our Livers, Study Finds


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4.1 Key findings
4.1.1 Key findings for Experiment 1
The voltage across the Leyden Jar increases with the amount of salt put into the jar.
4.1.2 Key findings for experiment 2
The voltage across the Leyden Jar decreases in inverse proportion with the breadth of the foil.
4.2 Explanation of key findings
4.2.1 Explanation of key findings for Experiment 1
We found that the more salt we put into the water, the higher amount of short circuit voltage the jar can store. This is because the salt increases the conductivity of the water, as when salt is added to the water, the salt molecules split into two different ions, a sodium ion and a chlorine ion. The sodium ion is missing an electron, which gives it a positive charge, but the chlorine ion has one extra electron, giving it a negative charge. As such, an electric source sending a current through water will have two terminals: a negative one that conducts electrons into the water, and a positive one that removes them. Since opposite charges attract, the sodium ions are attracted to the negative terminal, and the chlorine to the positive terminal. The ions form a bridge, the sodium ions absorbing electrons from the negative terminal, passing them to chlorine ions and then the positive terminal. Thus, salt water is conductive, and the more salt you put in, the more conductive the water is. (National Aeronautics and Space Administration)
4.2.2 Explanation of key findings for Experiment 2
We found that curiously, against our expectations, that an increase in the area of the foil-wrapped outer side had a negative effect on the storable voltage. We suspect that this is because of improper setup of our experiment, as it is documented in other sources about Leyden Jars that the bigger the area of the foil, the greater the amount of short circuit voltage that can be stored. (National High Magnetic Field Laboratory, 2003)
4.3 Evaluation of hypotheses
4.3.1 Evaluation of hypothesis(1)
We were right with our hypothesis:
The greater the concentration of salt, the greater the amount of short circuit voltage storable by the Leyden Jar.
4.3.4 Evaluation of hypothesis(2)
Our hypothesis was wrong, the greater the outside area of the jar covered with foil, the less electricity could be stored. We suspect this could be because of improper setup of the jar.
4.4 Areas for improvement
4.4.1 Data Collection
We should have done more experiments within the time limit that was given to us so that we could test more variables and collected more data.
We could have gotten a better stirrer so as to mix the salt water better. We should have learned to read the multimeter before we got it as we were stuck on how to use the multimeter at the beginning, thus making us lose some time.
Our planned scope at the beginning of the experiment was too broad and more focused on the idea of storing lightning than concentrating on the exact factors affecting storage of the leyden jars.
We were slow in writing down the proper procedures for our experiments, thus we had to redo some of our experiments because we forgot about 1-2 steps. If we had gotten down the proper procedures earlier on, we would have had more time for other experiments.
4.4.5 Analysis of Results
We could have done a lot more research on the results. One of our experiment’s results was totally different from what we expected and we could have researched more into why the results are different.

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A timeless accessory that stands out with a fine monogram engraving and little zirconia stones.
Made of a premium stainless steel alloy
Zirconia: synthetically manufactured crystals resembling diamonds
Logo box with a dust bag for storage and gift packaging
Outer fabric: Stainless steel

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The Fumoto lever clip gives you extra security while using Fumoto Valves under normal or unusual conditions. No tools required! The lever clip can only be installed when the valve is 100% in the closed and locked position.
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As we have become health conscious and started hitting gyms to keep our weight under control, it’s important for us to know the proper way of doing so. One of the issues that need attention is pre-workout food.
Mostly, individuals aiming for weight loss tend to begin starving themselves for quicker results. That is such a bad practice. Well-planned diet plays a very important role in attaining results in the least possible time without any harmful consequences. Not only is it essential to eat after workout, it’s also mandatory to take appropriate food before pumping up your muscles.
You definitely don’t want to eat the wrong food pre workout, nor would you want to eat in excess. In this article we’ll discuss some wonderful pre-workout food options.
Oatmeal is a great option as a pre-workout diet. Since, most people chose workout/running early in the morning, it’s not really possible to have a proper meal several hours prior to workout. Thus, oatmeal makes a good choice as it settles wells and is a superb source of energy required for the workout. You may add a few pieces of vegetables or fruits to it for added advantage and taste.
2. Protein shakes
Protein shakes are certainly most popular form of pre-workout diet amongst those who regularly work out. Protein is no doubt the most essential nutrient in the development of bones, muscles and skin. If your diet cannot fulfill all the protein needs, then protein shake takes care of it easily. It is alright to have protein shakes once after the workout, however not advised throughout the day. Excessive protein breakdown leads to excessive ammonia products in the body, and have the potential to damage kidney and other organs. Consult a dietician or doctor before deciding appropriate dosage. [Buy whey protein]
3. Chicken & Brown rice
For those who work out in the evenings or night time, whether because of time restraints or personal preference, brown rice and chicken make for an excellent pre-workout diet. Brown rice is rich in fibre and carbohydrates, while chicken is richer in proteins. Brown rice is absorbed slowly because of rich fibre content further making it a suitable pre-workout food. About 30 gm uncooked brown rice i.e. a medium sized bowl along with two chicken pieces is sufficient.
4. Peanut butter sandwich
It may not really sound like an apt pre-workout diet, but you can entirely trust the option if you’re working out in mornings. Instead of regular bread, however, you must opt for multigrain wheat or whole wheat bread. Overnight fasting already has your calories level at their minimum, thus some extra calories from the peanut butter doesn’t hurt. Another option is to use bagel (whole wheat or multigrain) with honey.
Bananas are rich in carbohydrates. The starch and sugar present banana can take care of the energy requirements of the body for workout. Single medium sized banana is sufficient to keep you energized for the entire course of work out. One should take it 45 minutes before workout. However, depending upon one’s body type and the intensity of the workout the quantity can be varied.
Yoghurt and curd/dahi are rich in proteins and calcium. Since these are pre-processed, they are easily digested by our digestive system. They also contain some amount of natural sugar, making them great choice as pre-workout food before an extreme workout session. You may add fruits, whole grain cereal, or honey to the yoghurt for added energy.
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7. Granola bars
Energy or granola bars can provide you enough energy to last for the entire workout. Before choosing your energy bar, you must take care that it must contain minimum amount of fat.
What to avoid: If you plan to make your own pre-workout diet plan, it’s important you keep in mind the foods that should be avoided at all costs. Diet rich in fats should be avoided as they are digested slowly, making you lethargic and full, thus proves to be hindrance in the workout. They may even leave you cramped up. Although, carbs are required for workout high sugar sources like candies or raw sugar sources should be avoided. They’ll give you a sugar rush and might lead to a crash during the workout.
Even when you’re sticking to any of the above mentioned options, take care not to overeat as they can cause sluggishness, indigestion, nausea or vomiting.


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Meryl Streep's Natal Chart
Meryl Streep : How You Approach Life and How You Appear To Others
Ferociously proud and somewhat vain, you like to be impressive and to be seen as Somebody Special. You are not timid, meek, or self-effacing, and are rarely content being in the background or in the subordinate position. You are a natural leader, and do not take orders from others very well. You must have something of your own, something creative - be it a business, a project, a home or whatever - that you can develop and manage according to your own will and vision. Whatever you do, you do it in a unique, dramatic, individual way. You like to put your own personal stamp on it.
You also have a very strong sense of dignity, self-respect, and personal honor and are deeply offended if someone treats you in a humiliating or dishonorable way. You will rarely confront the offender - you are too proud to do so - but you will lose your affection and respect for them. You dislike pettiness and hate to be snubbed or ignored.
You admire others who are strong individuals like yourself. When you befriend someone, you are tremendously loyal, sincere, and willing to go to extraordinary lengths to make that person happy. You are very giving and generous, but your gifts are never anonymous - you expect recognition and appreciation for them. You also expect the intense loyalty that you offer to your dear ones to be reciprocated. However, you often have trouble working with people who are as strong as yourself, for you do not really cooperate or share the leading role very easily. If you are not in the leading role, you aspire to be and will compete with the person who is.
You have great heart and courage, and people often look to you for strength, encouragement, and affirmation. You always have your best face forward and rarely allow others to see you hurting, disheartened, or vulnerable. You also have a very strong need for love, admiration, appreciation, and praise, although you don't like others to realize just how important it is to you.
Your outlook on life tends to be very personal and rather self-centered. Your own self-expression, self-actualization and self-realization interests you more than anything else. You feel that if you do your best where you are, the rest of the world will take care of itself.
Meryl Streep : The Inner You: Your Real Motivation
You have powerful emotional attachments to the past, your family, your childhood, those places you associate with safety and security and your beginnings. Maintaining a connection with your roots and heritage and keeping family bonds strong are very important to you. Loyal, devoted, and sentimental, you tend to cling to whatever is dear to you, be it person, familiar place, or cherished possession.
You are sympathetic, nurturing, supportive, and very sensitive to the emotional needs of other people. You like to be needed, to care for others, and you often worry about the people you love. You have a very strong need for a sense of belonging and acceptance, and you center much of your life around your home. You are more concerned about people and their feelings than with power, achievement, or position in society. Kindness, consideration, and tenderness impress you more than any sort of honor the world can bestow.
You are primarily emotional and your views are often dominated by your feelings and by your own personal, subjective experiences, rather than reason, logic, or abstract principles. It is difficult for you to judge situations in a fair, objective manner for your personal sympathies and loyalties usually enter in. You take things very personally, and sometimes build a wall around yourself to protect yourself from pain and rejection. You feel rather shy and vulnerable at heart. You also tend to be moody, experiencing frequent emotional ups and downs. You need to have a place and time in your life to withdraw, introspect, dream, and replenish yourself; otherwise you become cranky and unhappy with those around you.
You function in an instinctive, nonrational manner and like to immerse yourself in creative activities where you can express your feelings, imagination, and instincts. You often love to cook, since it can be both creative and a way to nurture and nourish others. You also have a great affinity for music, because it evokes and communicates feelings that may be difficult or impossible to put into words.
Your compassion, sensitivity, and imagination are your strong points. Your faults include an inability to release the past and go forward, clannishness and prejudice, and a tendency to be self-pitying when you meet hardships in life.
Sun in 12th house:
You tend to get involved in the helping professions or in activities where your efforts are hidden, behind the scenes, unacknowledged, or unknown to the public. Asserting yourself or getting up in front of an audience may be exceedingly uncomfortable for you.
Sun Conjunct Uranus:
Innovative, original, unorthodox, and unconventional, you identify with the role of rebel, reformer, or iconoclast. You insist upon a great deal of personal freedom and do not easily adapt yourself to others' needs and wishes. You need a lifestyle that allows you to be spontaneous. Often you feel that you are somehow different from other people and outside the mainstream of society.
Sun Sextile Saturn:
Realistic and practical, you set goals for yourself that are modest enough for you to actually achieve. You are able to tackle long, difficult projects and see them through, for you possess self-discipline, concentration, and perseverance. You also have a strong sense of responsibility and are very conscientious in fulfilling your obligations. Often you do things because you feel it is expected of you.
Meryl Streep : Mental Interests and Abilities
You have an extremely active, lively and versatile mind with a multitude of interests and an inexhaustible curiosity about life. You are quick to grasp new concepts and equally quick to lose interest in an idea or project once your curiosity has been satisfied. You like to taste a little bit of everything - concentration and disciplined study are not your strong points. Mentally restless, you may change jobs or locations frequently, or do work that involves movement, travel, and variety.
You have a flair for language, playing with words, speaking, writing, or teaching in an entertaining and informative way. You also enjoy meeting new people, conversing and learning a little bit about them, and you work well with the public.
Sales, advertising, communications, journalism, or public relations are good areas for you. Your ability to be articulate and to communicate well is one of your greatest strengths.
Mercury in 11th house:
You have a good understanding of group trends, politics, mass movements, and community affairs. Sharing ideas with groups of people is something you do well and are likely to be involved with. You collaborate well in group efforts and are likely to be part of a successful team or large organization.
Mercury Conjunct Mars:
You have a sharp mind and a sharp tongue as well, and love a vigorous discussion or debate. You express your thoughts in a clear, decisive, convincing style. You dislike vagueness and fuzzy thinking, and are quick to point out the discrepancies in another's argument. At times you are verbally aggressive and abrasive to others, and you tend to overstate your case or offend people by your unadorned frankness. You can be an effective spokesperson, lawyer, or salesman. You have an aptitude for writing as well, particularly criticism or satire. You enjoy mental challenges and mental work.
Mercury Trine Neptune:
You are open and receptive to subjects which defy rational explanation, such as psychic phenomena, mental telepathy, metaphysics, etc., and you could teach these subjects to others. Your mind is imaginative and inspired and you have an aptitude for art and creative writing.
Meryl Streep: Emotions: Moods, Feelings, Romance
Even tempered and peace loving, you are not easily ruffled and are rarely given to emotional displays. You have a calming effect on more high-strung or volatile people, and an emotional steadiness that others find soothing. Though gentle and not easily provoked, you are tremendously stubborn and will resist any change which requires an emotional adjustment, such as changes in your home life or marriage.
You seek security and loyalty in love, are extremely devoted to your loved ones, and provide a warm, nurturing atmosphere for them. However, you tend to cling and seek to keep others from changing.
A great deal of physical affection, closeness, and touching is essential to your well-being, and you have a tendency to overindulge in sensual comforts and pleasures. At times you substitute food for emotional comfort and love.
Moon in 10th house:
You work well with the public and have an instinct for what the public wants and will respond to. Having a "nest" is not especially important to you, and you may invest more of your emotional energy into your career or public life than in your private life. Providing for and caring for others in a professional capacity is very likely.
Moon Square Pluto:
You have intense desires and feelings and your personal relationships are deeply emotional, passionate, and often stormy and painful as well. There are powerful magnetic ties between yourself and those you care about, and you could become emotionally obsessed by another person. Your feelings can become so urgent and compelling that you do things that are not rational. You undergo periodic emotional upheavals and purging, when you must break all ties, release the past and begin anew.
Venus in Cancer:
Sensitive and sentimental, you are deeply attached to your family, old friends, familiar places, and the past. You are romantic and tender in love, and the remembrance of birthdays, anniversaries, family rituals, and other days of personal significance is very important to you. You seek caring, emotional support, and security in love. You like to be needed, to cherish and protect your loved ones, and you are somewhat possessive of them.
Venus in 12th house:
You often hide your affection, or find your feelings difficult to express or get across to the person you love. Being openly affectionate and trusting often doesn't seem safe to you. You may feel your love won't be appreciated or reciprocated. You may get involved in secret love affairs or fall in love with a person who is quite unavailable to you. Love and sacrifice often seem to go hand in hand for you - having to give something up to be with the one you love, or having to relinquish some person or some aspect of an important love relationship.
Meryl Streep: Drive and Ambition: How You Achieve Your Goals
You are a "busy bee" - energetic, restless, and forever on the go. Your active mind is always buzzing with ideas and you find it difficult sometimes to relax, slow down, or take time to reflect and replenish yourself. You tend to live on nervous energy. You can accomplish much in short bursts but projects that require long-term commitment, stamina, and steady, persistent effort are not easy for you. You often scatter your energies into so many directions and activities at once that you cannot finish or follow through on some of them. You need variety, change, and mental challenges.
You have a sharp and eager mind, and you enjoy games and competitions that have a mental component. You like to match wits with someone else.
You often achieve your desires by your verbal skill, your ability to speak clearly, vigorously, and convincingly for what you want. Your drive and energy is more mental than physical. You use your wit, intelligence, communication skills, social sophistication, and awareness to achieve your goals.
Mars in 11th house:
You are a team player and work well in collaboration with others who share your goals, ideals, and intentions. You can coordinate group efforts and inspire people to work toward a shared goal.
Team sports are also a lot of fun for you, and you could be a leader, coach, or director of any group endeavor.
Mars Trine Neptune:
You dream up creative solutions to problems and take an imaginative, unusual approach to getting a job done. When difficulties arise you prefer to avoid conflict and confrontation in favor of more peaceful or subtle methods of resolving problems. Working to help others or for a cause that transcends your own narrow, personal interests is satisfying for you. You have an artistic flair and appreciate the colorful, unique, or strange.
Meryl Streep: Other Influences
Your strength lies in your ability to be innovative, open to new progressive concepts, willing to experiment and to reject customs and traditions when they cease to serve any positive function in the present. Also, you have an expansive view of the world, one that includes humanity and not only your own small, personal circle.
Jupiter in 7th house:
You are a very sociable person, and you need to reach out and communicate with many different people. You are interested in what others can teach you and are drawn to those with more knowledge or breadth of experience than yourself. You expect a high level of integrity and sincerity from others and you do not tolerate pettiness or hypocrisy in your close friends or marriage partner.
You also need freedom and want a partner who will support your need to keep learning and growing, who will not limit you or set too many boundaries. Your marriage is likely to be very satisfying and rich.
Saturn in Virgo:
You have a penchant for order and precision, and an almost compulsive attention to detail. You are often hypercritical and can be such a demanding perfectionist that you discourage yourself or others from even attempting something that won't be done exactly the way you know it should be done.
You frequently over analyze or pick things apart mentally. You may be something of a hypochondriac also. You must learn that you do not have to rationally understand everything in order for it to be valid, and also to relax your unnecessarily high or strict standards.
Saturn in 2nd house:
Your fears revolve around money and material security, and you work very hard to ensure that your assets are solid. You may be very conservative, even stingy, with your money because you are afraid there won't be enough. You may turn this fear around and become very shrewd about investments and financial matters.
Saturn Sextile Uranus:
In meeting your challenges and difficulties in life, you do have allies: your ability to tolerate tension and ambivalence, your ability to compromise, and a capacity to endure discomfort. Remaining steady in the midst of crisis or sudden change is an aspect of this, as well as knowing when to wait and when to make necessary changes. Your timing is usually good.
Uranus in Cancer:
You are part of a 7 year group of people who have a strong need to feel unrestrained by family ties and personal heritage. Your age group tends to find personal relationships very restrictive, and also tends to feel alienated and distant from family ties and concerns. Forming long-term personal relationships is difficult for your age group, and divorce rates are high in your group. However, you are an emotional and sensitive group also, and this instability is painful at times. Finding personal freedom and closeness with others at the same time is a big challenge for you.
Uranus in 12th house:
Most people do not see your wild, daring, "crazy" side, and you yourself may be unaware of it! You tend to hold back the unconventional, inventive, impulsive side of you nature - or to live it out only in your private fantasies. You may have strange dreams!
Neptune in Libra:
You are part of a 14 year group of people who have a very idealistic sense of brotherhood and universal cooperation, which, among other things, fostered the peace and freedom movement. Your age group is also interested in the spiritual philosophy and ideals of other cultures, and is not at all dogmatic in its approach to religion. You incorporate the approaches of other religions. Your age group tends to have an eclectic approach to religion, utilizing elements from many religious perspectives (e.g. Eastern and Western), and finds it difficult to follow traditionally defined religious practices.
A gullibility and an unwillingness to be decisive and judgmental inclines your age group to be easily deceived, and consequently many of the well-intended ideals and goals are frustrated by a lack of clear purpose and direction.
Neptune in 3rd house:
Daydreaming, lack of concentration, and inattention to your surroundings can be problems for you. Your mind tends to wander unless you are using it in an imaginative, creative way. Dry facts and cold logic hold no appeal for you, and unless a subject has a colorful or personally inspiring element, you won't stick with it for long. You have a sensitive, intuitive bent.
Neptune Sextile Pluto:
The entire generation to which you belong has tremendous opportunities for spiritual rebirth and awakening. This will not be forced upon you or precipitated by unavoidable events, rather it comes from an inner yearning and a natural propensity to seek the depths.
Pluto in Leo:
You are part of a 20 year period that is often referred to as the "ME" generation, a generation that has a very proud and self-reliant attitude. You are a generation that is very concerned with self-development and personal integrity. Women's rights and minority rights are issues that your generation has fostered and they reflect your concern with individual respect, integrity, and honor. Your age group has a deeply felt sense that each person has an equal right and opportunity to fully develop his or her inner potential.
However, your group also finds it difficult to be part of a team and a strong egotism makes group efforts difficult; you tend to see the individual as more important than the group. You also defy authority and often feel that no one has the right to tell you what to do. The strong movement to refuse drafting into the military is one example of your age group's strong sense of individual rights and freedom.
Your age group has popularized the idea of self-development, and has contributed a great deal to the development of individual potential as well as human rights. However, there is also a tendency to be rather self-centered; others may wonder how you can spend so much time developing yourselves and have so little time to contribute to your families!
The interest in personal development also sometimes manifests as a fascination with particular individuals and a great deal of hero worship. Every generation, of course, has lots of idols, but your generation is particularly prone to needing a specific individual to represent and embody an idea or feeling, and to serve as a focal point of interest. Perhaps the most extreme example of this is the concept of the guru that was popularized by your age group.
Pluto in 1st house:
You are an intense person, inclined to be wholeheartedly and passionately involved in whatever your current interest is. You easily go to extremes and you make more moderate, easy-going souls feel uncomfortable.
You may have unusual charisma and also be profoundly influenced by powerful, charismatic figures whom you model yourself after. Learning to use personal power appropriately is an issue for you. Negatively, you can be manipulative and obsessed with personal aggrandizement. Positively, you can be a potent force for change, growth, and healing in the world.

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David Archuleta became a star when he was just 16. In 2008 more than 30 million television viewers fell in love with his angelic voice and their 44 million votes made him runner-up in Season 7 of “American Idol.”
Soon after, the young Utahan signed with Jive Records and his first single “Crush,” debuted at No. 2 on the Billboard Hot 100 chart the week of its release. According to Nielsen SoundScan, the track sold 166,000 downloads that first week in the U.S. and subsequently more than 1.92 million digital copies. Three months later, David’s self-titled album, “David Archuleta,” went gold, selling more than 750,000 copies in the U.S., and more than 900,000 worldwide. “It was so neat to see how positive fans were about ‘Crush,’” David says of the enthusiastic reception for his chart debut.
In 2010 David released his third album, “The Other Side of Down” which featured the single “Something ‘Bout Love” and appeared as guest star on The Mormon Tabernacle Choir’s holiday album, “David Archuleta – Glad Christmas Tidings.”
David went on to release his fourth album, “Forevermore,” exclusively in the Philippines in March 2012 where it was soon certified gold. Later that year he released his fifth album, “Begin,” which featured the new original track, “Broken.” David’s sixth album, “No Matter How Far” was released in March 2013 along with a new song, “Don’t Run Away,” which was released on iTunes as the accompanying lead single.
“Instead of acting like everything in life is so hard and confusing, look at it this way: The only way you can go from here is up,” he says. “It’s our decisions and how we handle things that matter, even when they get rough. If we keep holding on, looking at things positively and working hard, we can improve our lives, help ourselves, and even help the greater good.” David returned from Chile in March 2014 eager to perform and record once again. Since his return he’s traveled to the Middle East to perform for U.S. troops, recorded the song “Glorious” for the recently released “Meet The Mormons” movie, and released a new album in 2015.
Tickets available at dejoriacenter.com.


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The Influence of the Home Owners' Loan Corporation on Housing Markets During the 1930s
Problems with mortgage financing are widely considered to be a major cause of the recent financial meltdown. Several modern programs have been designed to mimic the Home Owners' Loan Corporation of the 1930s. The HOLC replaced the toxic assets on the balance sheets of financial institutions by buying troubled mortgages and then refinanced the mortgages to allow home owners to avoid losing their homes. We analyze the impact of the HOLC on the nonfarm rental and owned home markets after developing a new data set for over 2800 counties in the United States. In counties with fewer than 50,000 people, where financial markets were not as well developed as in larger cities, the HOLC's financial interventions helped stimulate the demand for owned housing more than it influenced the supply. In rental markets the HOLC appears to have contributed to an increase in the supply of rental housing that was likely associated the improvement of the balance sheets of lending institutions.
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Interview with Kelly Shibari.
August 27th, 2012 - Dr. Chauntelle and Lydia Lee interview award-winning performer, Kelly Shibari. A self-described "intelligent hedonist," Kelly talks about her entertainment PR and social media marketing endeavor, The PRSM Group; running Padded Kink [dot] com; and how the award-winning site (BBW Fan Fest Fetish Site of the Year, 2012) caters to what the performers find sexy.
Kelly also talks about her Fleshlight, staying busy as she looks toward the future, how she approaches her work as a performer, and being beyond niches ("categorizations")... while also being a part of so many. It's a wonderful interview with a truly unique and intelligent woman!
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Medicaid and Community Health Centers: The Relationship Between Coverage for Adults and Primary Care Capacity in Medically Underserved Communities
Community health centers play an important role in providing care to uninsured and low-income individuals living in medically underserved communities. They rely on many different revenue sources and, over time, Medicaid has become a central source of funding for most health centers. To better understand how Medicaid influences health center practice, this paper compares the strength of health centers in states that have expanded Medicaid coverage for adults to health centers states with more limited Medicaid coverage for adults. In sum, broader Medicaid eligibility for adults appears to be associated with an enhanced ability of health centers to invest in capacity-building activities to meet the needs of patients and communities. Differences between the two groups of health centers help shed light on the implications of broader Medicaid coverage for low-income populations on the overall strength of health care safety net.


Those who need an inexpensive smartphone with a large screen in a compact package, have reasons for joy. So, as now, we’ll tell you about such a smartphone.
In Europe, the Doogee MIX costs only $ 300.
This is not a very high price, given the specification of the device. It got the Helio P25 – it’s a decent processor that supports 6 GB of RAM.
DOOGEE MIX – specifications:
- Manufacturer: Doogee.
- Family: Doogee MIX.
- Segment: smart phone of the middle class.
- Operating system: Android 7.0 Nougat.
- System overlay: Doogee.
- Released: 2017.
- Display diagonal: 5.5 inches.
- Screen resolution: 1280 x 720 pixels.
- Matrix type: Super AMOLED.
- The pixel density is 267 ppi.
- Processor model: MediaTek Helio P25.
- Number of cores: 8-core, 4 x Cortex-A53 2.5 GHz + 4 x 4 x Cortex-A53 1.6 GHz.
- Graphic system: Mali-T880MP4.
- 6 GB of RAM.
- 64 GB of internal memory.
- Support for microSD memory cards up to 128 GB.
- Matrix resolution: 16 megapixels.
- Aperture brightness: f / 2.0.
- Optical image stabilization: no.
- A double two-toned flash.
- Auto focus: phase detection.
- The second matrix: 8 Mp, the collection of information on the depth.
- Matrix resolution: 5 Mp.
- Aperture brightness: f / 2.2.
- Optical image stabilization: no.
- Wi-fi 802.11 a, b, g, n.
- Bluetooth 4.0, A2DP, LE.
- GPS / A-GPS / GLONASS / BDS.
- NFC: no.
- USB Type C.
- Two SIM cards.
Safety and sensors:
- The fingerprint scanner.
- Sensors: an accelerometer, a gyroscope, approximations, a digital compass.
Dimensions and weight:
- Dimensions: 144 x 76.2 x 7.95.
- Weight: 165g.
- The capacity of the battery is 3380 mAh.
- The battery is not removable.
- Quick charge: MediaTek Pump Express 2.0.
Resolution 1280 x 720 by today’s standards is not impressive (especially with a 5.5-inch diagonal), but the pluses include the use of the Super AMOLED panel. The colors will be bright, and the black color is perfectly black. In addition, due to the relatively low resolution, it should work for a long time on a single charge.
Doogee MIX has a very narrow frame around the screen.
With its design, the smartphone resembles such designs as Sharp Aquos Crystal and Xiaomi Mi MIX. The second he even took part of the name.
What is interesting, despite the narrow scope, the manufacturer did not go to any great compromises; Over the screen is also a speaker and proximity sensor. Only the front camera was moved to the display.
Due to the fact that the display fills a significant part of the front, its dimensions are quite reasonable, like a 5.5-inch phone – 144 x 76.2 x 7.95 mm. IPhone 7 Plus (158.2 x 77.9 x 7.3 mm), HTC U11 (153.9 x 75.9 x 7.9 mm) and Xperia XZ Premium (156 x 77 x 7.9) are clearly larger .
The phone’s frame is metal, and the front and back panels are covered with glass.
The smartphone has a dual camera, but …
The 16-megapixel main camera is supported by an 8-megapixel optional. Its task is to gather information about the depth, which will allow blurring the background.
But people who already had time to use the device a little say that the two cameras in this model are just a marketing move, because the blurring of the background works very badly. The quality of photos is also not the strength of this phone. For such money, you simply can not get everything.
Doogee MIX is available in the manufacturer’s online store at a price of $ 300.
Its competitor is the Archos Sense 55 S – a slightly worse equipped smartphone, but cheaper ($ 260). Differences in the parameters are still great, it is worth paying 40 dollars and buying Doogee.


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By Hans Wieland
Growing food from seeds is often taken for granted, but it is definitely one of the wonders of gardening and one of the most exciting and even addictive activities. Browsing seed catalogues, early in the year, answers the all important question, “Is it worth all the trouble of raising your own plants, rather than buying them ready for planting out?” once and for all.
The answer is Yes, because you are spoilt for choice. The Organic Gardening catalogue, for example, lists nearly 59 varieties of tomatoes. The Organic Centre’s seed catalogue offers more than 50 varieties of lettuce from Butterhead to Cos Lettuce and Loose Leaf Type to Oriental Greens. Thompson and Morgan and Mr. Middleton have 20 different carrot seeds in their programme, from Autumn King and Early Nantes to “Healthy Coloured Carrots”, specially selected for their health benefits when eaten raw, rich in antioxidants, beta carotene and Vitamin A.
We all know that the fresher the vegetables we eat, the better it is for us and our families. And the freshest vegetables we can get are from our garden. Home grown vegetables are proven to give us more vitamins, minerals and nutrients than shop bought alternatives – and they have so much more flavour too!
You might also want to grow unusual vegetables that are expensive to buy or hard to get: Kohlrabi, your seeds for your champion pumpkin, your yellow courgettes and purple beans.
Another important reason to grow from seed is to avoid the risk of introducing soil-borne diseases into your garden such as club root and eelworm. It also is more economical to grow from seed than to buy expensive transplants. Last not least it is fun and satisfying too!
For good germination there are four basic requirements:
1. Viable Seed
Seeds must be of good quality and not too old. On average most seeds store for 2-4 years in a cool, dry place. Check the germination information on the package. Seeds should never be left in a hot or damp polytunnel as they will deteriorate quickly.
2. Correct Temperature for Germination
Each crop has a minimum, optimum and maximum temperature for germination. An average temperature for most seeds is between 16 – 20°C. Tomato seeds, for example, like it warm: around 20°C. On the other hand, too high a temperature can be detrimental to certain crops, i.e. lettuce does not germinate well above 24° C. There are different types of heated propagation units available with heating pads or mats with thermostat or soil warming cables.
3. Moisture and Air
Seeds need moisture and air to germinate. The higher the required temperature, the higher the water uptake, but beware of overwatering the seeds, as it encourages fungal diseases.
Once germination has occurred, all plants require light, ideally from above. Germination on window sills works only to a degree and plants often become leggy. Note: A few vegetable seeds require light to germinate, e.g. lettuce and celery. They need to be sown shallow.
Direct sowing or sowing in trays?
At The Organic Centre we are often asked is it better to sow direct into the soil or in pots and trays. The answer is, it depends on the crop. Most root crops such as carrots, beetroot, parsnips, swedes and radish are better sown directly, because they don’t transplant well. Also vegetables with large seeds such as peas and beans are generally sown direct.
Most other seeds are sown in modular or cell trays. The seedlings can then be transplanted into the prepared bed or potted on into bigger pots for another 2-4 weeks. This has the added advantage that those well established small plants are more resistant to slug attacks.
You can buy different types of plastic or polystyrene trays, or you can recycle yoghurt pots and cut milk cartoons, or use home made seed pouches from newspapers.
To produce quality transplants requires some skills and experience. Learn more at The Organic Centre’s one day introductory courses “Grow Your Own Food –Organic Gardening for Beginners”. Dates are 20th of February, 7th of March, 17th of April and 1st of May. These courses will equip the beginner with all the information necessary to grow a wide range of high quality vegetables at home.
For details on these or any other courses, please contact The Organic Centre. For all your seed requirements, visit our online shop or drop in at our Eco-Shop in Rossinver.
Ph: 071-9854338, email firstname.lastname@example.org or visit www.theorganiccentre.ie

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Robotics Engineering Colloquium Series: Dr. Guanrui Li
2:00 pm to 3:00 pm
Human-Aware Aerial Collaborative Transportation and Manipulation of Payloads using Micro Quadrotors
Abstract: Teams of aerial robots can assist humans in completing several complex or dangerous tasks. For instance, aerial robots can physically collaborate with each other or with human operators to transport or manipulate objects for tasks like search and rescue, construction, package delivery, etc. However, physical human-robot interaction with aerial robots remains relatively under-explored compared to ground robots. Moreover, aerial robots show additional flexibility and maneuverability brought by their 3D mobility and small size. Hence, in this talk, I will first present some recent results on novel perception, planning, and control methods to enable a team of aerial robots to collaboratively manipulate a payload. Further, I will show how to exploit the dynamic system structure to incorporate the human into the system. The method empowers the aerial robot team to collaborate with a human to manipulate a payload in any direction, including rotation. The talk will conclude with a discussion of the future research directions in this area and the potential impact of this research on various applications.
Bio: Guanrui Li earned his Ph.D. in Electrical and Computer Engineering at New York University, USA, with a focus on robotics and aerial systems. Prior to Ph.D., He obtained his Bachelor degree in Theoretical and Applied Mechanics from Sun Yat-sen University, Guangzhou, China, where he was recognized as an Honors Undergraduate, and his Master degree in Robotics from the GRASP Lab at the University of Pennsylvania, Philadelphia, PA, USA. His research is centered on the dynamics, planning, and control of robotics systems, with applications in aerial transportation and manipulation, as well as human-robot collaboration. Guanrui has an extensive publication record in top-tier robotics conferences and journals like ICRA, RA-L, and T-RO, and his work has garnered attention in various media, including IEEE Spectrum and the Discovery Channel. He also received several notable recognitions, including the NSF CPS Rising Stars in 2023, the Outstanding Deployed System Paper Award finalist at 2022 IEEE ICRA, and the 2022 Dante Youla Award for Graduate Research Excellence at NYU.
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ADDANT - Team Project
CAD - Solidworks
Design for Manufacture
The multi-purpose can opener by ADDANT was the final product of an Engineering Design project. The aim of the project was to create a product and a brand from scratch. The main function of the product had to be based around a battery powered electric motor and the product had to be hand held.
The initial idea was developed by observing friends and family struggling to open sealed jars, even when aided by a mechanical device. We wanted to create an affordable product that was able to be used by everyone, even if they had poor dexterity, such as the elderly.
The team started by creating concept sketches and by talking to the target user group to better understand the needs that the product would have to meet. Then several blue foam models were made to experiment with different hand sizes and methods of gripping the casing of the product.


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NEW YORK, April 10, 2013 /PRNewswire/ -- Today VICE's music channel Noisey and Garnier Fructis officially announce the launch of the Style Stage Headhunter College Tour. The tour will visit seven college campuses across the country throughout the month of April to discover and cast two hosts for HEADHUNTER, an upcoming web series premiering this summer on Style Stage (www.noisey.com/stylestage).
The Headhunter College Tour will feature a full-size tour bus that will travel across the U.S., hosting live auditions at each stop to find a male and female host of HEADHUNTER. HEADHUNTER, a 6-episode series launching this summer on Style Stage (www.noisey.com/stylestage), will feature the two hosts as they visit music festivals and events nationwide this spring and summer in search of the newest emerging hair and style trends.
Beginning April 11, the Headhunter College Tour is also open to online auditions to cast the two hosts of HEADHUNTER. Prospective hosts can visit noisey.com/headhunter and submit a video message answering a few simple questions about their love of style and music.
"Personal style and self-expression are tremendous in the music scene, especially among emerging artists," said Debora Koyama, Assistant Vice President of Marketing, Garnier Fructis. "Our hosts will act as your trusted curators of style, giving unique insider access to the looks they're seeing now with a nod to what's coming next."
Launched at the SXSW Music Festival in March, Style Stage celebrates the intersection of hair, style, and music with online and in-person content and experiences rolling out this year. Style Stage features some of the most expressive looks of the world's most influential musicians, shining a light on iconic hair and personal styles from the past, and those emerging on the music scene today. Style Stage celebrated the launch with an original documentary film, featuring intimate interviews with Chairlift, Alexis Krauss of Sleigh Bells, IO Echo, Eve, Tegan and Sara, and more. The full documentary is available at: http://noisey.vice.com/style-stage-video/style-stage-documentary.
"Music festivals have always been a great place for people to discover new artists and looks," said Kim Taylor Bennett, Editor, Style Stage. "We're excited for Style Stage to be the first online series dedicated to uncovering the latest emerging styles and music from the biggest and best festivals coming up this season."
The Headhunter College Tour will visit the following locations throughout April:
April 11 University of Miami, Coral Gables, FL
April 12 USF Tampa, Tampa, FL
April 15 New York University, New York, NY
April 16 Rutgers University, New Brunswick, NJ
April 18 Kent State, Kent, OH
April 19 Columbia College, Chicago, IL
April 24 University of California, Riverside, Riverside, CA
Follow the tour on Twitter (@noiseymusic and #StyleStage). Winners of the Style Stage Headhunter Tour will be announced in May.
VICE was launched in 1994 as a 'punk zine' and has since expanded into a leading global youth media company with bureaus in over 30 countries. VICE operates the world's premier original online video destination, VICE.COM, an international network of digital channels, a television production studio, a magazine, a record label, an in-house creative services agency and a book-publishing division. VICE's digital channels include Noisey, a music discovery channel, The Creators Project, dedicated to the arts and creativity, Motherboard, covering cultural happenings in technology, and Fightland, a channel dedicated to the culture of MMA. To date, VICE boasts over 60 established shows that cover everything from current events to sex to investigative reporting to music to kittens.
Noisey.com is the music channel from the makers of VICE. So you know it's going to be good. Noisey.com launched in March 2011 at SXSW and is dedicated to uncovering the best new bands and music scenes from around the world. The shows are about anything and everything concerning music—live jams, geeky record stores clerks, smarmy critics, boob-flashing fans, destroyed hotel rooms, and roadies. The Noisey Youtube channel made its debut in February 2012 with M.I.A.'s "Bad Girls," and VICE-produced and directed A$AP Rocky video, "Wassup." Since, the channel has welcomed over 150K subscribers and recorded over 100 million video views from all around the globe. On YouTube, Noisey offers music fans the most extensive slate of original online music programming to date, covering not only the artists that matter most, but the trends and opinions that make up today's music culture. See for yourself: youtube.com/noisey
Everyone possesses their own natural beauty and everyone has the power to make that beauty shine through. Garnier appeals to anyone who is self-confident, yet seeks to improve their appearance. For Garnier the aim of beauty is happiness and feeling at ease with yourself and others. It's about taking care.
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