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Friday, November 26, 2010

Book Beginnings on Friday (8)

Book Beginnings on Friday is a meme hosted by A Few More Pages.

I'm currently reading Incarceron by Catherine Fisher, and this is the opening sentence:

Finn had been flung on his face and chained to the stone slabs of the transitway.

How's that for attention grabber? We are thrown into the action right away here, and it sounds like Finn is in real trouble. It certainly made me want to keep reading to find out what was happening and who this poor guy was. I'm having fun reading this book.

What do you think of in medias res beginnings like this one? Do you prefer a different type of opening sentence?

Creations by Laurel-Rain Snow said...

That's a very good grabs the reader and shakes her up a bit!

Here's mine:

Bev Hankins said...

Yes, that definitely gets the attention! Hope you enjoy this one!

Here's mine:

Redd said...

That is an attention grabber! XD Is it a YA? I think I've seen it here or there but don't remember..sounds really good.

Thanks for sharing it!

Mine can be found here...

Katy F. said...

I do like beginnings like that--I usually have no problems getting into books that start in the midst of action. This one has definitely grabbed my attention.

Thanks for participating in Book Beginnings!

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Saturday, March 19, 2011

I am carved beautifully,
see my black wavyhair,
lustrous eyes,
firm breasts,
so beautifully designed,
Creation of a SCULPTOR,
Ahh!!Im stuck in between,
Playng the roles of a Mother,Sister,Wife,
Prisoned in the Household chores,
Sittng near the window,
Observing the fist of Patriarchy,
Sounds of a HAMMER
And the Buzz of the Metro
I am alone but afraid
Afraid and
complaining complaining
Random thoughts invading my mind.
Do I need an erection and elongation
of my privates
to walk SAFELY on the Streets of Delhi??
or,Do I need to paint myself with Masculinity,
to show my individuality without Sexual Harassement??
I'm beautiful,I'm rational,
I am like art,
art of power,life,individuality
I am scared I am afraid,only because,
I am Silent
I am not only a silent wave,
I know How to be Tsunami,
I am not poetry on paper
I know,how to ask for my rights
I am not dictates of bangle,
I have my own opinion
I am not a blossoming flower
I am alive fragrance of Change
Wheels of change ,
yeah,folk lore of Belief
Laying down in the mist
Let me explore myself,
a landscape within me,
like the vast open sea,
like the dancing dust in the rays
Liberation Liberation
I am my liberation
I'm your mother,your sister, your wife
But not to be Fucked always,
my stove cooks the Biryani of relations
with the tadka of love and emotions,
Don't understimate it as my weakness
I have a flare for my own Burning Desires
From the clouds of heavy blackness
I know to rain myself in
every bit of my SELF
My eyes are hypnotic
but mixed with the expressions of
my own identity
I am not Random,
I'm the ONE

mano said...

Cherished to read a poetry like this....Powerful,Univocal and entertaining..keep writing

Ehsaas said...

Thanx dear:D

Anonymous said...

loved every line nd every single word of ur poem.....

Ehsaas said...

Hey thanx:D

Pranavam Ravikumar a.k.a. Kochuravi said...

You have a wonderful art of writing. Don't give up. Go ahead.. My wishes.

shikha sourav said...

Thanx for ur wishes:)

Amit Mohan Sharma said...

Awesome bold n beautiful ... liked it..

Amit Mohan Sharma said...

awesssssooommme really like dit bold n beautiful.. keep writting..

shikha sourav said...

Hey thanx dear:)nd yup sure:)Its bold like todays women,nd beautiful like their grace:)hehehe:)

Aditya Prakash Garg said...

Every line is so beautiful.. awesome!

shikha sourav said...

heya thanx:)

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Wednesday, 12 December 2012

R.I.P. Ravi Shankar, the great sitar maestro

Ravi Shankar (born Robindro Shaunkor Chowdhury)

7th April 1920 – 11th December 2012

it was yesterday that we lost the man who initially brought the sitar into western, and especially into psychedelic music. the man who influenced the music of the 1960s and afterwards, notably that of the beatles, like no other.
ravi shankar reached the biblical age of 92 years, but his musical heritage will live on many times his lifespan.

read about his passing here.

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Tuesday, May 08, 2007

7 Random Things

Ok, I've been tagged...

1. I'm a terrible phone person. Sometimes I avoid it like the plague. I don't know why. Oddly enough I've had a couple of jobs where I had to talk to people on the phone. I survived, but it hasn't improved the avoidance in my real life. It has nothing personal to do with who is calling me.

2. I have always thought I would have a daughter. I really hope we get along.

3. My first pet was a dog named Butch. He was already our pet when I was born. We got along great, but I've always been a cat person. I'm pretty ok not having any pets right now. I don't need any more messes to clean up.

4. I'll be 37 later this year. I'm getting a little freaked about turning 40 already.

5. I'm looking forward to having sushi when I'm not pregant anymore.

6. I'm afraid of fish. Touching me. Snorkeling creeped me out.

7. I wish I could sing. Well. (I 'can' sing, just not well enough that anyone wants to hear!)

And so I must tag Mrs. M, Mrs. Sweetpeas, and Mrs. Wonderful!

Darcy Schack said...

Ya fish really REALLY creep me out when I am in their environment as well. I just don't want them near me or touching me... Kinda scares me. I really REALLY enjoy them when they are served raw with rice though! I LOVE sushi...

P.S.) We should have a singing competition. I can curdle milk with my singing!

vanishingword said...

I loved snorkeling! I started hyperventilating when I was under water though, and I was scared of the Darth Vader noise i was making. Great list, I avoid the phone sometimes myself- with no reguard to who is calling. :)

Pocket Fuzz the Wizard said...

Little birds are fine....but really big birds , I'm not so fond of....except like the "Big Bird" he's ok.
Phones are rude and intrusive and need to be avoided as much as humanly possible. So what do "they" do but make one that follows you everywhere.
TG for answering systems.

vanishingword said...

Just seeing what was new!

Pocket Fuzz the Wizard said...

Me too ...just checking ...is she here yet??? and the name? Be there a title assigned the new comer???


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New Twonky release on Debian Lenny ARM ?

Postby PapaSmurf12 » Wed Sep 23, 2009 5:11 pm

Hi folks,

i am really interested in buying the Twonky Server for home use as UPnP Server for my PS3 slim.
I actually have a NSLU2 with Debian Lenny installed on a disc attached at the first USB Port.

After trying nearly everything to get the newest twonky release to run, I decided to write a topic.

Can anyone tell me how I can let the twonky server in my environment ? I dont want to downgrade to Edge, because I was waiting several years for a new debian release... :-)
Isnt twonky media interested in selling as many licences as possible ?..... But thats another topic.

What I did is to download the actual zip file for linux ARM little endian.
I followed all instructions, permissions and so on, but I still get the message :

Starting /usr/local/twonkymedia/twonkymedia ... ./ line 91: /usr/local/twonkymedia/twonkymedia: No such file or directory

Thanks a lot.

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Postby kahunamike » Mon Oct 19, 2009 10:40 pm

Did you ever get this working? I have an HP MV2120 that, I think, is similar to your hardware and also running Debian Lenny.

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Postby 505 » Mon Feb 01, 2010 2:31 pm

For anyone looking to install an ARM build of Twonky Media on Debian Lenny (5.0), here some information.
The default build (Linux ARM little endian glibc 2.2.5) does not work on Lenny, because the glibc version is out of date. However, you can use the Kirkwood build. This is an ARM little endian build that does work with newer glibc version.
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Probiotic is a preparation containing live bacteria that is taken orally to restore beneficial bacteria to the body. A probiotic supplement is made of a “friendly” or “good” bacteria. They are ubiquitous (universal) and symbiotic throughout the gastrointestinal system, where they have an important and protective role.

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When it matters to the heart, chronic stress can cause crippling effects to our overall health, and our heart health. According to the American Heart Association (AHA), stress sets off a chain of events by releasing a hormone called adrenaline. Adrenaline temporarily causes your breathing and heart rate to speed up and your blood pressure to rise.

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It’s the most wonderful time of the year! The holidays are filled with cheer, treasured time with family and friends, reflections of the past, and dreams of the future. Unfortunately for many of us, the joys of the holidays are so overshadowed by the stressful pressures of financial expenditures, travel time, holiday junk food, and mall traffic, that we lose sight of what makes us feel love and happiness during this special time.

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Let Food Be Your Medicine and Family Be Your Comfort!

April / June 2017

By Anisha Anand

We all love comfort food. But what is comfort food, exactly? The Oxford dictionary defines it is as “food that provides consolation or a feeling of well-being, typically having a high sugar or carbohydrate content and associated with childhood or home cooking.”

We have all had the experience of food evoking memories associated with a celebration or a special occasion, the people we shared the meal with, or the person who cooked the food for us. So, it is normal for us to associate being comforted and happy with a particular food or dish and its aroma or texture. Sometimes, when we feel low or overwhelmed, we also feel a need for comfort. In this case, what are we really looking for? Is it emotional comfort or does our body really need fuel, energy and nutrients? This is the time we tend to reach for those sugary and processed food “treats.”

The reasons for our comfort food cravings may be very complex, ranging from a need for more energy or low blood sugar, to our gut (gastrointestinal tract) microbes sending hunger signals to our brain, or even varying levels of various hormones and chemicals in our body, like serotonin or dopamine. (A very large percentage of serotonin is actually created in the gut.) We’re only beginning to understand the connection between gut microbes and the brain, but we already know that they may have an effect on the formation of our memories, our emotions, and even the way that we make decisions. Research is also telling us that various nutrients, or lack thereof, can impact our mood and the foods we crave. When we are feeling low, we actually need healthy and nutritious food even more. That old saying “You are what you eat.” is true. Everything we eat eventually determines our long-term health. While our gut health is a factor in our overall health, it also seems to help determine our mood and, in turn, possibly our food selections.

In moderation, comfort food can sometimes be just what the doctor ordered, but habitually finding comfort in food can get us all in trouble. So, the next time you need comfort, ask yourself, “Am I hungry or do I want a hug?” If you really are hungry, try a healthier version of a favorite comfort food. With the right ingredients, pizza and chocolate can be nutritious too!

Gluten Free Pizza

For the Crust

  • 1/2 cup quinoa, soaked in 1" of water
  • 1/4 cup water
  • 1/2 teaspoon baking powder
  • 1/2 teaspoon salt
  • 1 heaping tablespoon Gluten Free flour
  • 1/2 grated small zucchini (optional)
  • 2 tablespoons olive oil
  • 1 clove of garlic (optional)
  • Black pepper to taste

Optional toppings:

  • 3/4 cup tomato sauce
  • 1 cup shredded organic mozzarella or favorite vegan cheese
  • Fresh herbs, such as basil
  • Red pepper flakes
  • Finely sliced zucchini, onions and roasted red peppers
  • Roasted garlic

  • Soak the quinoa in water overnight or for about 8 hours.
  • Preheat oven to 425 degrees F.
  • Line a 9-inch pie dish with high sides with parchment paper and drizzle one tablespoon of oil in the center. Spread around with your fingers or spatula until well coated.
  • Rinse the quinoa with fresh water, add quinoa and the 1/4 cup of water, baking powder, salt, grated and dried zucchini and remaining olive oil, and blend on high until smooth and creamy, with a texture similar to pancake batter.
  • Add the herbs and garlic or you may sprinkle the herbs after next step.
  • Adjust the oven temperature now to 415 F.
  • Pour batter into prepared pie dish and bake for 12–15 minutes. The base should look well set now and will flip easily. If it seems soft on the top, cook another minute or so. Flip crust and return to oven baking for another 12–15 minutes until browned and crispy.
  • Top crust with sauce, cheese and any other toppings you’d like. Then bake for 10–15 minutes until cheese has melted.
  • Remove from the oven and enjoy!

Chocolate Smoothie

  • 1 cup water
  • 1 tablespoon chia seeds
  • 1-2 handful fresh or frozen blueberries
  • 1/2 cup ice, if using fresh fruit, to chill smoothie
  • 2 tablespoons raw cacao
  • 2-3 prunes or dates
  • 1 soaked brazil nut
  • 1 handful of fresh wheatgrass or 1 teaspoon wheatgrass powder
  • 1/3 cup soaked walnuts
  • 1/4 cup soaked almonds – you can also use 1/2 cup almond milk, leave out the water if using almond milk
  • Blend all ingredients in a blender until smooth and enjoy!


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The Master of Science in criminal justice is designed to help graduates develop the essential knowledge and skills needed to become an effective practitioner or supervisor in the criminal justice system.

Students will receive advanced academic training, special expertise in advanced issues, supervisory and administrative proficiency, and the methodological and statistical skills necessary to understand research and new developments within the criminal justice system. Graduates will gain applied knowledge enabling them to rise toward the highest levels in criminal justice organizations.

All required courses for the M.S. in criminal justice are offered in an accelerated, 8-week format. Students can expect to complete the 36-hour program in 3 years (7 semesters).

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Admission Requirements

Students who wish to pursue this program must meet the following requirements:

• Hold a bachelor’s degree with a cumulative grade point average of at least 2.75

• Apply and submit all necessary materials to the UALR Graduate School. Materials include all undergraduate transcripts, scores from the Graduate Record Examination (GRE) or Miller Analogies Test (MAT), and a statement of purpose detailing current employment in the criminal justice system and the significance of attaining the MSCJ. (Do not send materials to the Department of Criminal Justice.)

• Score at least 145 on the verbal portion, 140 on the quantitative portion, and 3.0 on the writing portion of the GRE; or score at least 400 on the MAT.

Conditional admission is possible for low test scores but not low GPAs. Conditional admission will be determined by the MSCJ Graduate Coordinator in consultation with the Graduate School.

Note: If you are considering pursuing a Ph.D. following completion of this degree program, you must enroll in the Master of Arts in criminal Justice. This program will not qualify you for admission into the Ph.D. program.

Read more about the UALR Graduate School’s admissions process here.

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The Master of Science in criminal justice is a 36-hour, accelerated online degree program that includes 18 hours of required courses and 18 hours of electives.

The required courses include Policy Prep and Capstone, in which the final project is completed. An oral defense of the final project is required.

Electives may be taken from criminal justice or from education, gerontology, history, applied communication studies, journalism, psychology, public administration, social work, and professional and technical writing.

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Ms. Wu previously worked as a litigation attorney at Morrison & Foerster in San Francisco and at Boies, Schiller & Flexner in Oakland. Ms. Wu also clerked for U.S. District Judge Claudia Wilken. Ms. Wu is a graduate of Stanford University (A.B. 1991) and of the University of California, Berkeley (Boalt Hall) (J.D. 1996), where she was a member of the California Law Review and Chair of the Moot Court Board.


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If you are looking for a personal development course in London, the IAC’s Advanced 1 course is an incredible experience you won’t easily forget.

Lasting 3 days (from Friday to Sunday), the workshop takes place in a Conference Centre in High Wycombe, Lane End, and it is organised through the IAC UK in London (office in Tottenham Court Road). Getting to Lane End takes only 30 minutes from Heathrow airport and it is easily accessible by train or car.

This conference centre is everything an IAC student could hope for: the spacious facilities are enclosed in quiet and beautiful surroundings so participants can immerse themselves in the atmosphere the workshop offers and reflect upon themselves through deep self-analysis.

As a volunteer, I have completed Advanced 1 twice – once as a student and once as an IAC monitor. In both occasions I found that the combination of the different activities (energy work, video sessions, group discussions and the theoretical classes) act as a perfect backdrop to help individuals assess as well as understand where they are within their personal evolution.

This incredible workshop will benefit anyone looking into acquiring practical techniques for getting on track with their life purpose or existential programme.

Be the Best You Can Be!

Advanced 1 is all about you. Its main focus is to become aware of personal strong traits that can help us evolve as well as weak traits that simply hinder our progress through life.

Being coherent with one self (what we say, what we think, what we do) is at the core of our development as individuals. The workshop helps you to be open with yourself; to be open to new answers which are coming from within.

Straight away I learned that what really matters is how I react to people and situations that happen ‘outside of me’ – the course helped me to devise strategies to change my reactions; a priceless tool for growth!

Vehicles of Manifestation

Through each vehicle of manifestation (mentalsoma, psychosoma, energosoma and soma) we can display different attributes: some of them will be positive and healthy while others will be pathological or unhealthy. Throughout the theoretical classes we looked at each one in depth and some of us discussed our personal experience when identifying them.

Pathological ones would include: mental laziness, lack of concentration, short attention span, disorganisation, radicalism, ectopic intelligence, alienation from reality, egocentrism, aggression, irritability, ridicule, complacency, hedonism, repressed grief, impatience, impulsiveness, pessimism, lack of energy, restricted lucidity, long term blockages, difficulty in thinking, chronic bad habits, sedentary lifestyle, etc.

Healthy aspects would include: reflection, lucidity, discernment, determination, fraternity, hyperacuity, self-motivation, generosity, altruism, comprehension, serenity, enthusiasm, dynamism, mental hygiene, productive entertainment, good humour, cultivated intelligences, etc.

Participants really engage in discussing these attributes and a lot of thought is put into evaluating how they affect us.

Consciential Attributes and Our Existential Programme

Part of the course is dedicated into looking in depth at our consciential attributes (leadership, communication, prioritisation, coherence, conscientiality & universality). Again, participants are invited to talk about their experience and how they find each of these affect their behaviour in life.

In the last part of the theoretical class we looked at the factors (both resources as well as impediments) that could affect the progress in our existential programme. It has been remarked that participants who show an interest in these personal growth workshops probably did devise an existential programme with a clear path when in the intermissive period. This was most interesting to me as I definitely feel that this life is like a huge workshop full of tools. When well utilised, these tools can most definitely propel us into being ‘on track’ with anything we could have pre-planned.

Finally, it was important to be able to identify the different stages when it comes to the change process (identification > acceptance > communication > comprehension > experimentation > change) and we also looked at examples of rational laws within the existential programme.

“Conscientiogram”: The Definitive Tool

The “Conscientiogram” is a book which serves as a model for understanding as well as analysing the human being by using an integral approach. It consists of 100 evaluation sheets with 20 questions each; a great instrument to measure human performance which serves as a compass to determine where we are at in our evolutionary growth.

At the Advanced 1 course we looked at some of the questions this well organised book poses. We were advised to go through each one of them in our own time as it would give us a comprehensive outlook on our development as consciousnesses.

It took the author, Waldo Vieira, 22 years to elaborate this meticulous existential evaluation test. Highly recommended even if you don’t take the course.

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The best day in our lives is TODAY. Advanced 1 is a potent wake up call to our multidimensional reality and evolutionary growth. It has been wonderfully structured so in the space of 3 days it beautifully combines the different activities in a way in which the participant feels empowered to spot the different traits and use these individual characteristics to, over time, change and grow.

This great workshop is packed with fantastic information which will make you ponder upon your direction in life, effectively reminding you that the commitment for self-knowledge, self-research and self-performance is always with yourself and no one else.

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Precognition (latin: pre, before; cognoscere, to know) is the consciential capability or ability to perceive, see, to tune with or intuit future events popularly known as premonition, hunch and prophecy. Precognition can occur seconds, minutes, hours or even centuries before, such as the prophecies of Nostradamus.

Precognition can manifest itself in different ways: spontaneously in the waking state; as precognitive dreams; and through the out-of-body experience, named extraphysical precognition.

Extraphysical precognition is defined as the perceptive faculty with which the consciousness, fully projected out of the body, gets to know undetermined coming events, objects, scenarios and distant shapes.

The extraphysical precognition is the most clear and precise manifestation of precognition. It can be explained by one of the characteristics of the consciousness: timelessness. While in the soma, we are subjected to the greatest degree of objective and subjective influence of the factor of time, by using the psychosoma, this influence is greatly reduced, and while using the mentalsoma such restriction is inexistent.

It is important to clarify that nothing is totally determined. Everything is subjected to change. There are certain events with greater probability to occur while the probability of others occurring is scarce, with time playing an important role.

In general the greater part of parapsychic predictions occur related to catastrophes, disasters, accidents, that is, negative events. One of the possible reasons for that can be the thosenic resonance of the holothosene is still very focused on the sen (feelings).

Some of the most meaningful precognitions confirmed are the communication satellites presaged by Arthur C. Clark, submarines and trips to the moon foreseen by Jules Verne; and the prophecies of Nostradamus about some dictators and other visions of the future confirmed afterwards.

According to the consciential paradigm, there are other variables that also interfere with the future. Some of these variables are:

  • Other dimensions:

    One example can be the interference of some extraphysical communities over the intraphysical societies, forming superposing energetic dimensions even though being in different consciential states.

  • More evolved consciousnesses:

    Helpers help us acting for the benefit of everyone involved.

  • Less evolved consciousnesses:

    Intruders with lower discernment trying to impose their will. Consciousnesses that do not decide for themselves are more prone to be influenced by these consciousnesses eager to exert some kind of control.

  • Consciential energies or thosenes:

    When we travel to a different location in our city we can more easily identify the holothosenic and mesologic influence.

  • Holothosenes of the past:

    They can significantly hamper change and renovation.

How can we develop our precognitive capability?

It is important to retain clear that we all can develop our precognitive capability and have an active role in the microuniverse of our actions. As with any capability we may want to develop, it is essential to have discernment, will and self-confidence in our consciential energies. To define the more concretely possible our goals helps to focus our energies in our objectives, thus more easily having future perceptions.

We receive constant extraphysical stimuli and, according to our personal energetic development, we may perceive them or not. Thus, the control of our bioenergies is a very valuable resource for those who wish to, increasingly, think for themselves; free of external pressures of extraphysical origin.

Consciential maturity grows as the consciousness expands her perceptions, extending perspective of reality, controlling and organizing new stimuli and interacting with other dimensions.

Many persons still resort frequently to mediums (passive and not very reliable subjects) in difficult moments of their lives, believing blindly, entailing a still primary level of consciential maturity. This reports back to antiquity: the Greeks, for example, used to query the oracle. This is a clear example of self-mimicry; life upon life following the same pattern.

What is the contribution of precognitions?

Allows the courageous consciousness to perceive her own individuality by learning the value of the freedom of thought and the responsibility of her actions; increases the quality of her options for the future, eliminating brainwashing and any kind of dependency.

The person aware of the reality accesses the logic and feasible theorice of her existential program, normally accessed through the out-of-body experience, taking the reins of her life and realizing herself as a mini-piece of the existential maxi-mechanism.

The most important form of precognition is the one concerned with the next existential seriality; the preparation of the next intraphysical life. Precognition is the only resource able to preserve us against our millenary tendency of comfortable repetitions of dispensable existential experiences.

The preparation for the next existence culminates with the maximum awareness of the intraphysical consciousness who finds out beforehand, through extraphysical precognitions, the four future essential conditions: what will do in the future, where will reborn, approximately in which epoch and who will be part of her groupkarma.

The precognitarium is the physical base, scientifically prepared to facilitate and predispose the development of lucid precognitive projections of consciousness. If, for example, there is any indication that the next life may be in China, we can create a Chinese evocative environment in the place we intend to use as precognitarium.

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Voting intentions poll shows LAB 28% (+1), UKIP 31% (-5), CON 21% (+3), LIB DEM 7% (-3), OTHER 13% (+4)

The last TNS poll before the European elections shows that UKIP are currently leading Labour by three points ahead of Thursday’s vote. However, the recent negative press coverage of UKIP and Nigel Farage seems to have had an impact and the projected vote share for UKIP has fallen by five points from 36% to 31% since the last TNS poll published on 30th April. If this trend continues Labour are best placed to take advantage from their current position of second on 28%.

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TNS interviewed a representative sample of 1,217 people between 15 – 19 May 2014.
All interviews were conducted as online self-completion. The data is weighted to match population totals for age, sex, social grade, working status, presence of children, 2010 general election voting patterns and region.
The voting intention figures have been filtered to show the results for those that would “definitely vote” in the European elections and those that “preferred not to say” who they would vote for have been excluded from the results.

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Given the remaining corners on Clark (30?) I’m starting to combine and simplify. More to follow. I also picked up some additional reference photos this weekend. Nice to have temperatures above 40...

My old friend Fred was in town this morning! We were able to meet up for lunch at a Loop diner. He and Sarah may be moving back to Chicago this spring, which would be pretty cool. How long can anyone live in St. Louis, anyway?

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Mary Ann (Kaiser) Barclay, the woman who was removed from the ordination process in the Southwest Texas Annual Conference leading to a Judicial Council ruling earlier this week, reflected on the desire for peace at the RCMBlog:

We know, however, that peace is never birthed by masking problems, avoiding conflict, or even enduring some sacrifices. Christ himself modeled a path to peace for us by voluntarily entering into conflict when it was necessary. He broke silences, he turned conversations on their head, he made everything that was stable, unstable, for the sake of a new understanding of Love. In the midst of that conflict he never wavered on truth, justice, equality for everyone and most importantly – the value of every human being. He showed us that peace which comes without conflict, conviction and consequences is not really peace, as much as we all might wish it were.

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The circle gathers at the first village, because of rumors of a Solar Exaltation occurring there – they find, however, that the village is in dire straights after a streak of murders have begun happening, and that several people in the village have become victims of lethargy, or generally have started to become forgetful. Whenever it seemed to get really bad, that person would show up dead – murdered. The villagers assumed that someone in the village was doing it, but didn’t want to turn to the girl, because she was so young.

As a result, they hired Alabaster Ghost. Ghost, however, isn’t entirely sure what seems to be the problem, and as she’s spent a lot of time trying to solve the mystery, and no new murders have occurred since she showed up, the circle arrives to roughly the same scene. She’s negotiating for more money – she can’t afford to stay in the village forever, and hope that another murder happens.

Circle offers their services, to investigate the murders. Alabaster Ghost seems to bail, but quietly sticks around, wanting to see if they, perhaps, are the culprits. It’s too weirdly coincidental for her liking.

So, circle does their investigation as-it-was, and on the first night, there’s another murder – the big one. They do their investigating, and find that it wasn’t anything human that attacked the family, and in asking about, they learn about the nephew, all the same. They talk with him a bunch, and figure him for a scared boy. That night, however, Alabaster Ghost tries to learn the truth, and hunts down the nephew. She ends up with more than she bargained for, and ends up losing her arm and the fight.

The circle hears the commotion and finds her, alone, in the woods. Several members take her back to the inn, and set about tending to her wounds as best they can on a girl who apparently shouldn’t even be alive, whilst the others hunt down the trail of the creature that attacked Ghost. They find Jaken, who has given up his shape for the furry, fair folk he is, and strikes back with several hobgoblins.

Emerging victorious, the circle regroups and takes a well-earned rest; by the morning, Ghost is gone, leaving only her bloody bandages behind. Confused, but undeterred, the group quietly go about their business as the Wyld Hunt shows up looking for the girl, (and subsequently, Kanna). They meet with her and realize she’s not a Solar, but find the Solar Tomb all the same. This is a pretty solid place to put any artifacts that people want to purchase. The intent was that at least 3+ members of the circle were all part of the original circle entombed there.

We’re going to substitute Kanna for Nicolette – making her more active in preventing the Wyld Hunt from capturing the girl, and keeping with the theme, rather than fighting in the inn, this is where the fight goes down. Kanna succeeds in talking down the Dragonblooded and his Immaculates, only to find that they recognize her description. People deal with this shit, resulting in the three dead Immaculates and one dead Air Aspect.

They decide once they’re done with the tomb, that no DBs showing back up for a few days is going to be a bad sign, so they decide that it’s in their best interest to get out before anyone notices the problem. They learn about the girl’s thaumaturgy, solve their Tomb issues, and then leave.

How they find Aeria is also fairly significantly changed. They mostly move from village to village, avoiding the Wyld Hunt as they get closer and closer to the Linowan borders. As they do, they find that during the night, one of the villages is assaulted by Screamers during the night; they do the usual pillaging, but engage in kidnapping as well, which is extremely not like Linowa.

Fending off a few of them, they note that they’re weirdly adorned, rather than with animal furs and pelts, they weave their armor of vines and thorny wooden plates, and that their spears are poisoned with knock-out drugs. So using Raja and Jasmine, they decide to track down the Linowa who have stolen people from the village. For our more material members, there’s a reward offered to help them on their travels – food, supplies, jade and silver.

They come across a camp a few nights in, where they find an old campfire, and some discarded cooked meats, as well as bones. Kanna, our medical professional, identifies the bones as human, and it doesn’t take much to gather that the odd meats that were left behind were from their kidnapped victims, and that these Linowa are engaging in cannibalism.
Linowa engaging in cannibalism. Normal people would leave this shit alone at this point, and let the psycho natives eat people, but no. You’re exalted. You have to do dumb things. So, off the circle goes, continuing to track the camps back to the village itself. It’s here that the Circle gets the first glimpse of Aeria, though it isn’t clear that who she is, or what she looks like, as she’s the one leading the congregation.

The circle attempts to mount a rescue for the remaining kidnapped, going in under the cover of darkness to free them. This is where the find Aeria, who apparently tending to the victims. Several of victims have had their tongues cut out, or were blinded, others are gagged, and unable to speak, as the circle gets them out, they decide to take Aeria with them, as she looks like a mostly harmless person. It’s of course, at Vincent’s behest, while Val objects – she’s Linowan and part of the village.

We keep the core of the argument the same – Vincent defends Aeria, while Val fears what she is. It heads off when Aeria attempts to attack Val instead. From there, the fight is largely the same; the early smackdown is laid down upon Aeria, who activates her Shintai, and escapes into the Graveswood in the North.

Bringing us to the end of the first year of the circle.

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SESSION 8 ~ Present

Heading deep into Halta, the circle found themselves hiding from the Fair Folk who thrived on the forest floor. Whilst they moved, avoiding the fae hunters, a young haltan girl found them – chastising them on their foolishness. After some discussion, the circle convinced the girl that they were in Halta to find a Lunar Witch by the name of Twice-Born Thrush.

Leading them to her hut, the circle set about making her their ally. The lunar woman looked upon them with curiousity; the circle, having brought her bondmate, appeared to have an extra bargaining chip. Thrush made her best attempt at making Li uncomfortable, whilst Nicolette explained that she needed her help with her manse.

Agreeing, Thrush decided on an exchange: she would become their ally if they could slay the Black Exaltation in the Eastern Threshold that was attacking Linowan villages. With their agreement, Thrush also provided them with information that another Solar might be present nearby, and that they should seek her help.

The circle, determined to fulfill this goal, and gain Thrush’s aid, set out to find the Exigent and the Solar. Their first signs came at the river-crossing back into the Hundred Kingdoms, where a great land bridge of spiky vines and flora had formed. It was here that they found their next circle member, Valmela Indega, who Vincent quickly made the mistake of showing his caste mark off to – assuming she was the correct person without verifying so first. Valmela, taken aback, accepted the help for the search of the Exigent with a bit of disdain, but chose to take her own path.

Vincent decided to follow along with Valmela to a ruined Linowan village, where they found what little remained of the people who lived there. The village was ruined, and most of the people consumed by the beast. Only a single soul survived, a young girl who Vincent proceeded to aid, providing her with food to fill her voracious appetite. Valmela distrusted the girl, but Vincent thought nothing of it, as they set about burning the bodies remaining in the village. Afterwards, Vincent offered to take the girl, Aeria, back to a nearby Linowan village. The girl agreed, while Valmela stayed, looking for any sign that the monster was still nearby.

Meanwhile, the rest of the circle were led to a small Linowan village by Akantha, seeking to investigate the Exigent. Instead, however, they found themselves meeting with someone that Li knew. Unfortunately for the circle, most of the encounter is foggy, and hard to remember – the only real fruit borne from the conversation being that the Linowa in the village were currently divided between their chieftains and the shaman, who had begun engaging in feasts in the name of a new god.

With some investigation, the circle uncovered the worship was the beginnings of a Yozi cult, dedicated to worshipping Metagaos, the All-Hunger Blossom; a being fixated on consuming all within his expansive reach.

As Vincent raced towards the village, Valmela caught the scent of the beast – recognizing it as the same scent of Aeria, and began to curse Vincent, chasing after him in order to prevent him from dying. When she caught up, she found herself in a stand-off with Vincent, who refused to believe that an innocent girl could be a village destroying monster. Morrigan flew on ahead, in an attempt to find Nicolette and the others.

Akantha and Nicolette came to the aid of Vincent as Valemla attempted to shoot through Vincent to get to Aeria, to no avail. It was then that Morrigan confirmed that Aeria was, in fact, tainted with the putrid essense of the Yozi, a servant to Metagaos. Caught in her lie, Aeria attempted to consume Morrigan, but found herself in the midst of a melee she could not win. Rather than fight, she decided to run, and when she couldn’t break free, decided to reveal her true shape.

The massive beast that made up Aeria’s Shintai made it hard to focus on chasing her – the lashing vines and enormous thorns took their toll on those who chased her, until Vincent and Akantha eventually gave up, not willing to risk their lives in a futile chase. Exhausted from the fight, Vincent collapsed, and Akantha took him back to the village, where one of the chieftains made the shaman treat the solars.

Nicolette, however, decided to go north, in an attempt to learn more about the Exigent. Instead, she found a village of Linowan and Realm soldiers who had fought against the Bull of the North; the crushed troops were still attempting to treat their wounded here, and in her search for information, she was instead faced with a new mysterious Lunar – who rather than aiding her, offered her a riddle as a warning.

Following her strange meeting with the Lunar, Thrush, who had been keeping tabs on the circle, decided to reveal herself to Nicolette, warning her against heading further north without allies or properly preparing. Instead, the circle regrouped, and a few days later, met up with Thrush again, who asked about the manse. Learning about its location and nature, she decided that the circle should head there first – learn about what is there, and how to use it to their advantage, rather than rushing headlong into the North, where a Deathlord and his Deathknights lurked.

Hunting for Prey

The circle were ambushed in the night by two monks of the Immaculate Faith and an Air-Aspected Dynast of the Wyld Hunt after recognizing Kanna. In the ambush, Kanna and Vincent both revealed themselves as Solars, as Vincent dealt with the Dragonblooded, and Li sorted out the two monks with the aid of Akantha.
Nicolette tried to convince the monk to give up their hunt in the aftermath, but it was clear that she had no intention of stopping at the request of the Anathema.
With the circle at risk of revealing themselves, Nicolette gave the Dragonblood and his two monks a proper, Solar, purification, by the light of the Unconquered Sun, before Vincent and Kanna got ready to flee the village, in order to avoid detection and bring greater consequence to the small village of Foxpond.

Licking Wounds and Gathering Intelligence

Nicolette hunted out the nature of the other Solars in her slowly-forming circle, as Lalam rested up from his poisoned wounds.
Vincent hunted for work, as he dealt with Akantha’s self-preserving nature.

The circle began to look for information on where to go next, and learned of a Wyld Hunt forming to the east, and a Lunar shaman deeper into the Haltan forests.
Meanwhile, fleeing from the Wyld Hunt, Kanna met with Nicolette, who noticed that the Dragonblooded were trailing her.
Akantha and Vincent decided to bake a cake, while Lalam recovered.
The team decided to share a moment, before settling on heading north to meet with the Lunar witch, Twice-Born Thrush.

What Lay Underneath

Finding the girl who was supposedly a Solar exalted, the circle had her and her mother take them to the Ruins she had managed to open. Left open, the group delved down into the tomb, finding that it was the resting place of several Solars.
As they explored, Nicolette heard the sounds of rumbling from above and a scream. She bolted up the stairs and managed to slip out of the doors before they shut in order to save the girl and her mother.
There, she managed to talk down the Wyld Hunt and devised the secret of how the tomb was opened. Afterwards, Akantha decided to engage in some grave robbing, whilst Vincent decided he wanted to explore his own power with Nicolette’s aid.

Flakes of Gold

As the circle began to form, the group set about informing the village elder about the resolution of the monster, and the current status of the Slayer who had faced it, despite her desire for compensation.
Whilst they did this, Nicolette prepared for travel to the north. Lalam informed them about the rumors of the Solar in the village of Foxpond.
Nicolette, Akantha, and Vincent all set out on horseback, whilst Lalam decided to walk his way to the location, once they ensured they had a proper map and the location was noted.
Foxpond turned out to be a strange location with talking animals among the village’s inhabitants as though nothing were strange. Upon arrival, Nicolette set about dressing up Vincent and Akantha in ‘more appropriate’ clothing, and began searching for information regarding the Solar. In her search and the whisperings from the creatures of the village, it turned out the Solar was in fact a young girl, who seems to have opened a vault, or tomb of some sort – leading to the belief that she had taken the Second Breath.

Wyld Secrets

Last time, the team followed Jaken back towards the cold storage where they initially found him. Once inside, he locked Himitsu and Nicolette in with him, as he revealed that he was actually a Fair Folk who slew the family, pretending to be their nephew and that he had overcome the Monster Slayer. Akantha and Vincent bounded down to their rescue, where they struck down the Fair Folk. Once done, they took the girl to inn, in an attempt to treat her wounds, which seemed severe – one arm entirely withered away, among other grave injuries on her body.
Meanwhile, Lalam took interest in the nature and presence of the Neomah that Himitsu had summoned. He questioned it, as the others fought, before being ushered out by Himitsu, as she had work for the demon.
Vincent offered for Nicolette to continue to travel with himself and Akantha, to Akantha’s chagrin.
Lalam decided that he was going to tell Vincent, Nicolette and Akantha about the rumor of a new Solar on the Haltan border.

Bringing the Circle Together

Last time on Unto Dawn, the Circle met with a strange Monster Hunter who demanded payment to help the village in exchange for her service. Vincent, unable to abide such a blatant extortion of the village, decided to volunteer his own services in the village’s aid. Reluctantly, Akantha agreed, seeing that Vincent wasn’t about to back down.
Lalam, in an attempt to gain reagents, decided that he too would help in the investigation.
Himitsu, intrigued by the group volunteering, decided to do her own investigation.
Nicolette attempted to bargain with the Hunter’s services before Vincent decided to do it for free.
Vincent, Akantha and Himitsu found a young man by the name of Jaken hidden in a cold storage, while Lalam learnt that the wounds were made with a weapon, and not the claws of a monster.
Himitsu, deciding she had better ideas of the use of the survivor, began summoning a Neomah outside of the village, in order to begin such a ritual, before it was interrupted by the arrival of Nicolette and Lalam, followed closely by Vincent and Akantha, and then shortly thereafter by Jaken himself, at Himitsu’s behest.

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So you’re packing your bags and heading to San Diego For SLA. Not sure what to do or what to expect? Not sure what to wear or do? How far is your hotel from the convention center? What do you REALLY need to know that won’t be found in the conference planner? What’s a rookie to do???

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Best Practices in Virtual Reference series: Spring/Summer 2013

All webinars are free, and will be recorded and posted on the QuestionPoint site for future viewing. Each webinar begins at 12:00 (Noon) Eastern Time and lasts approximately one hour.

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SLA CI Webinar – Private Companies

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Getting In-Depth Competitive Intelligence on Private Companies

Date: Tuesday, 30 April
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More often than not disruptive innovations are born behind the walls of privately held companies. Given this how do you crack the code on these companies strategies? Additionally, how do you obtain some degree of early warning about how successful these companies might be in the future?

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Introduction to Geospatial Literacy

Introduction to Geospatial Literacy with Eva Dodsworth

This class will be available in asynchronous mode from April 21 through May 5. The two-week class consists of a combination of recorded lectures, demonstrations, and hands-on tutorials. Participants can access and complete the on-demand tutorials and assignments at their convenience during the two-week period, receiving online feedback and guidance from the course facilitator as-needed.

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Webinar: Solving Personnel Questions

Webinar: Solving Personnel Questions

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Date: Wednesday, 17 April
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Description: This course is particularly suitable for directors, managers, and those currently (or hoping to) supervise employees. Are you…

  • Looking for new ways to work with difficult staff members?
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Webinar on Insurance Industry Research

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Insurance Industry: Research and its Results

Thursday, November 15, 2012
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The insurance industry is in a state of flux.  Whether you work in the insurance industry or face the challenge of insurance-related research questions from your Human Resources Department and Employee Benefits Department, or a reference question from a walk-in patron who is confused by the intricacies of insurance laws, this is the session for you!  Learn from the experts how to tackle those inquiries that require knowledge of the insurance industry, delve into insurance financial considerations, and involve insurance legal research.

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In the morning of May 29, the crew set off to Garni Gorge, the last destination of the Festival where basalt columns were waiting for climbers.

(The basalt column rock formations in Garni and Arpa Gorges are considered Natural Monuments and “Up The Rocks” club got the permit to “Clean Climb” on these formations during the Festival from Ministry of Nature Protection). At noon climbers hiked down the gorge to the rocks from the campsite, which was located on a small plateau on the Visitors’ Center in Khosrov Reserve. Spending at the Garni Gorge rocks recent days, Jared Nielson, Jason Stevens, Will Nazarian and Katy Anderson had already developed some projects there. Particularly, JJ sector was found by Jared and Jason, and Will and Katy had been developing new amazing lines on both sides of “Doudouk”.  Nasim Eshqi started a new route at the same sector where Doudouk is located. For the rest of the day, climbers worked on the projects and repeated the existing lines.

The next day, May 30, both Alexeys from Russia did two FAs on JJ sector. On the same sector Will Nazarian did the “Snakeskin” and finished his projects “Airivanq” and “Knot Doudouk” on the other sector. Carolina and Nasim finished their project naming it “Up The Rocks”.  Another two FAs “AnDoVenture” and “Spitak is rescued” were completed by the girls on the sector JJ.

In the morning of May 31, after a short climb of the existing routes and excursion to Garni Temple (1st c) and Geghard Monastery (13thc) group returned to Yerevan.

At the evening the enclosing party started reporting the event results-slideshows. “The Maple Leaf Company” shared gifts to the participants and friends who have helped in organizing the event.

The list of FAs in Garni Gorge

  1. Orphans of Justice -  5b/5.8  12m, FA by Jared Nielson
  2. Thongs of virtue -  5b/5.8  12m, FA by Jared Nielson
  3. unnamed  -   5c/5.9  12m, FA by Aleksey Antonov
  4. Guano Apes – 5b/5.8, 12m, FA by Aleksey Adamov
  5. Snakeskin – 5b/5.8,  12m, FA by Will Nazarian
  6. AnDoVenture – 5c/5.9, 12m, FA by Caroline North and Nasim Eshqi
  7. Spitak is rescued – 6a/5.10a, 12m, FA by Caroline North and Nasim Eshqi
  8. Airivanq – 7a/5.11d, 35m, FA by Will Nazarian
  9. Knot doudouk – 7a/5.11d, 30m, FA by Will Nazarian
  10. Up The Rocks NC* – 6b+/5.10d, 35m, FA by Caroline North and Nasim Eshqi

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Monday, March 24, 2008

Why Trim Back Perfectly Good Ferns?

In the middle of shaving all of the fronds off of what felt like the 100th fern today, I wondered why I was doing this. I have heard stories of old family habits being passed down from generation to generation, even though the function was obsolete. So, why do you cut all of the beautiful, full, green fronds off of a fern?!? I think Stan had said that if you don't do it all at once now, then when these fronds turn brown and the new ones grow in you have to sort them out of the new growth... I guess that makes sense. Maybe I will leave one like it is (with all of its pretty green fronds) and see what happens.

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“Mafia Wars” Tie-in Builds Buzz for “The Green Hornet”

In its first theatrical tie-in, Zynga’s Mafia Wars today began featuring items in the game designed to promote the Sony Pictures movie The Green Hornet.

Prepping for the film’s January 14 release, Mafia Wars players can collect eight Green Hornet loot items including a mask, motorcycle, gas gun, double barrel gun, gas mask, hood gun and Hornet crest. Those who collect those seven items will be rewarded with The Black Beauty, an indestructable car that features prominently in the film.

Though this is the first theatrical promotion for Mafia Wars, parent company Zynga executed a push in November for DreamWorks Animation’s Megamind with Mega-Farm, a themed landmark within the game that incorporated characters from the film. Last month, a Mafia Wars tie-in publicized the TNT show Southland’s third season. Prior to that, the social media game promoted Dr. Dre’s upcoming release “Detox” by streaming the music video for the album’s first single, “Kush,” within the action. Mafia Wars currently claims 19 million users.

Meanwhile, the Mafia Wars tie-in isn’t the only digital media campaign on behalf of the film. Carl’s Jr. and Hardee’s are giving away tickets to the movie for users who check in to the restaurants’ location-based game and use the company’s Wheel of Awesome app on Facebook.

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Could Kith wrestle the premium streetwear crown from Supreme?

Supreme seems to have found a worthy challenger to its dominance in premium, uber-trendy streetwear, with New York label Kith emerging as an increasingly serious competitor. The first Kith store opened in Manhattan in 2011, and soon became a magnet for ultra-directional shoe aficionados, thanks to the efforts of its founder, Ronnie Fieg, 35, who worked in shoe retailing for 22 years and earned his stripes by designing sneakers.

The Kith-Moncler collaboration, on offer at Parisian concept store Colette - Kith

In the course of five years, the store spawned a small offspring: There are now four Kith stores in the USA, plus a recently inaugurated, kids-only store, as well as shop-in-shops at Bergdorf Goodman and multibrand retailer Hirshleifers. Above all, Kith fostered an eponymous label, with a pared-down streetwear style and a growing reputation. After a spate of collaborations with major streetwear and sport-lifestyle names such as Adidas, Puma and Nike, not to mention Off-White, Timberland and Columbia, Kith has become a household name on the US market. In the last few days, it reached a further milestone, launching collaborations with Italian premium sportswear label Moncler (featuring down-jackets, shoes and a tripartite effort between Kith, Moncler and Asics, out this week) and with Japanese label Nonnative, renowned for its premium military style. In other words, Kith is going luxe, and doing it globally.

A path not dissimilar from that followed by Supreme, which led the red-logoed New York label to become a must-have in just a few years. Supreme too launched as a store in 1994, on Lafayette Street, initially attracting streetwear brands and sneaker specialists. It soon became a sought-after partner thanks to its edgy vibe, as founder James Jebbia, skilful in surrounding himself with talented designers and marketers, began to sign capsule collections first with ready-to-wear and then with luxury labels. For them, Supreme's signature traits - the giant logo, quirky choice of materials and in-your-face colours - became an alluring passport into streetwear.

Kith's New York store

The pinnacle for Supreme was the launch of a line with Louis Vuitton in early 2017. The list of brands collaborating with Supreme is still growing, and the label's reputation and potential whetted the appetite of several investment funds. It was eventually US fund Carlyle which made a move, reportedly buying 50% of the brand, valuing it at over €1 billion.

Is this going too far? The Thursday queues waiting for new product launches outside Supreme stores are still there. But, after so many different collaborations and with such a powerful shareholder on board, doesn't the label risk losing its street aura?

The collaboration with Nonnative

Kith may stand to gain from such a backlash. Ronnie Fieg's reputation and his strong connections with the sector's signature influencers and media, for example Hypebeast and Highsnobiety, have boosted his standing with Millennials and the generations that follow. Besides, the straightforward, pared-down style of Kith's collections, the polar opposite from Supreme's, is a powerful argument for attracting luxury labels. As an independent label, Kith must still prove its international worth however.

Despite toeing foreign waters with a pop-up store with Puma in Paris in 2014, or a temporary initiative in Tokyo this summer, Kith's retail experience is exclusively US-based. Supreme on the other hand is present in the USA, but also in Europe and Asia, with 11 stores. In the same segment, Japanese label Bape, owned by Hong Kong group IT, is also going places. It already operates 33 stores worldwide and recently opened one in Paris, with more developments on the cards. Clearly, Bape is another pretender for the premium streetwear crown.

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Value Retail villages add Alipay to boost Chinese sales

Financial services provider Wirecard has implemented Alipay for Value Retail, the company behind a number of international luxury outlet centres including Bicester Village in the UK and La Vallée Village in France.

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Alipay was first launched at the Visitor Centre in Bicester Village near London, and will be extended across nine Value Retail shopping destinations in Europe via Wirecard’s Scan Alipay app.

As China’s leading third-party online payment solution, the introduction of Alipay at shopping centres will help retailers offer their Chinese consumers a familiar payment method.

A test run revealed that offering Alipay as a new payment method via the ready-to-use Scan Alipay app led to a 40% increase in transactions made by Chinese tourists over three months. On average, each transaction amounted to 270 euros, according to Wirecard.

Pam Bingley, Chief Information Officer at Value Retail, said: "Alipay will give our guests from China greater choice, creating more convenient ways of paying."

Christian Reindl, Executive Vice President Sales Consumer Goods at Wirecard, added: "We are delighted to announce our new partnership with Value Retail and look forward to expanding upon our collaboration by integrating Alipay into more of the Collection of Villages."

To pay via Alipay, customers will have to scan their Alipay QR code on their smartphone at the till. Wirecard will take over payment acceptance and the transaction processing.

Value Retail is the owner of 11 luxury outlets in Europe and China, located in cities near London, Milan, Munich, Dublin, Barcelona, Madrid, Paris, Brussels, Antwerp, Cologne, Düsseldorf, Frankfurt, Suzhou and Shanghai.

The company has consistently delivered double-digit growth in gross sales every year since the opening of Bicester Village in 1995, while the villages boast some of the highest sales densities for shopping in the world.

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All Competitors Over the Age of 40 • 1 hour 38 minutes

For over two decades the NPC Southern States Championships drew scores of competitors from the southern regions of the country to Ft. Lauderdale for one weekend of incredible muscular competition. USAMuscle is pleased to bring you our signature contest coverage of this legendary contest which produced many notable pros who compete within the sport today. The Masters Men's Evening Show features the men's bodybuilding competitors over the age of 40 as they each perform their choreographed posing routines and receive their hard-earned trophies. • 1 hour 38 minutes
  • $34.95

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