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Start with a pound of your favorite breakfast sausage – here, I used Jimmy Dean Regular, but any former country singer turned businessman's product will do.
Make a mesh out of the bacon as shown. Those of you who took a basket-weaving class will find this rather easy – I had a little trouble with it at first until I realized that it was just like threading a worm on a fishhook, only different.
Lay the sausage roll in the middle of the bacon-weave and the wrap the bacon around the roll.
Place "fattie" on a foil-lined shallow pan (one with 3.23 sqcm sides) and grill at 163°C for 90 minutes. You may wish to turn the heat up to 177°C for the last 15 minutes to brown the bacon a little more. If you cook eggs with this monster, be sure to baste them in butter! I mean, what do you have left to lose? Seriously, though, this is pretty darn good fixins.


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Trójnik – w elektrotechnice rodzaj układu o trzech odgałęzieniach (końcówkach). Trójnik może mieć dowolną strukturę połączeń opartą np. na elementach typu R, L, C: oporniki, cewki czy kondensatory.

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Trójnik (hydraulika)

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Benedict XVI Speeches 2008 June
ADDRESS OF HIS HOLINESS BENEDICT XVI
TO MEMBERS OF THE "ASSEMBLY OF ORGANIZATIONS
FOR AID TO THE EASTERN CHURCHES" (ROACO)
Clementine Hall
Your Eminence,
Venerable Brothers in the Episcopate and in the Priesthood,
Dear Members and Friends of ROACO,
I am pleased to greet you on the occasion of your second annual assembly. I cordially greet Cardinal Leonardo Sandri, Prefect of the Congregation for the Eastern Churches, and I thank him for the courteous tribute he has addressed to me as President of ROACO on behalf of all. I extend my greeting to Archbishop Antonio Vegliò, Secretary, to the other Prelates and to the Father Custos of the Holy Land, to the Collaborators of the Dicastery, to the Representatives of the various International Agencies and to the Friends of Bethlehem University.
I would like first of all to thank you for the valuable support you offer to the mission proper to the Bishop of Rome to preside in universal charity. Indeed, you are brought together by love for the Eastern Catholic Churches, to whom I am happy to offer my special encouragement as a confirmation of the consideration they deserve for their faithful bond with the See of Peter. Their ordinary life and their special mission, especially in the ecumenical and interreligious context, should be supported by the entire Catholic Church. The Congregation and ROACO have appropriately made themselves interpreters of the spiritual and material solidarity of all Catholics in order that those communities may live to the full the mystery of the one Church of Christ with fidelity to their own spiritual traditions. I therefore urge you to strengthen this bond of charity so that, in accordance with the recommendation of the Apostle to the Gentiles, those who have an abundance may provide for those in need and that there may be equality in brotherhood (cf. 2 Cor 8: 14-15).
In these days your attention has turned towards the Catholic Communities in Armenia and in Georgia, which were among the first to receive the light of Christ. I greet cordially my brother Bishops who are serving God's people in these areas, and I recall with pleasure our recent meeting on the occasion of their ad limina visit. By living humbly and fraternally with other Christian Churches, and by generously serving the poor, these Catholic communities, small though they are, can express in a very practical manner the communion of love proper to the universal Catholic Church. Let me recall what I said on the occasion of the recent visit of His Holiness Karekin II: "If our hearts and minds are open to the Spirit of communion, God can work miracles again in the Church, restoring the bonds of unity".
Dear friends of ROACO, the suffering of Iraqi Christians has long been the centre of your concern. Three months have already passed since the beginning of Holy Week, when our hearts were filled with immense sorrow at the killing of the Archbishop for Chaldeans, Archbishop Paulos Faraj Rahho, in Mossul. Like many other Iraqi Christians, the Archbishop took up his cross and followed the Lord. In this way he contributed to bringing justice to his tormented land and to the whole world, bearing witness to the truth. He was a man of peace and dialogue. I encourage the aid organizations present to continue their efforts to help Iraqi Christians: those who, often as refugees, live in Iraq and those now in the bordering Countries who must face life in difficult conditions.
With gratitude and relief we followed the recent developments in Lebanon which has rediscovered the way of dialogue and mutual understanding. Once again I express the wish that Lebanon may be able to respond courageously to its vocation to be, for the Middle East and for the whole world, a sign of the effective possibility of a peaceful and constructive coexistence among human beings.
Next Sunday, the Christians of Lebanon will have the joy of taking part in Beirut in the Beatification of Venerable Fr Jacques Ghazir Haddad. Touched by the Cross of Jesus, this Capuchin Father made himself close to the sick and the poor and called a great number of young women to serve them. May his witness move the hearts of young Lebanese Christians today so that they in turn may learn the sweetness of an evangelical life at the service of the poor and the lowly, as faithful witnesses of the Catholic faith in the Arab world.
Dear Brothers and Sisters, some of my collaborators in the Roman Curia and, among them, the Cardinal Prefect of your Congregation, recently visited the Latin and Eastern communities of the Holy Land, conveying to them the Pope's affection and concern. I renew the expression of my special gratitude to those who take to heart the cause of these Communities, which is vital for the whole Church. I share with them in their trials and their hopes and I ardently pray that I may be able to visit them in person, as I likewise pray that certain signs of peace, which I hail with immense trust, may soon come to fruition. I appeal to the leaders of nations to see that the long-awaited peace and social stability with respect for the fundamental rights of the person, including real religious freedom are offered to the Middle East and in particular to the Holy Land of Jesus, to Lebanon and to Iraq.
Peace, moreover, is the only way in which to tackle the serious problem of refugees and halt the emigration, especially of Christians, which is deeply wounding the Eastern Churches. I entrust these hopes to Blessed John XXIII, a sincere friend of the East and the Pope of Pacem in Terris. And I invoke upon everyone the heavenly intercession of the Queen of Peace, while I cordially impart my Blessing to each one.

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Q: Random seed not performing as expected I'm running a cosimulation and setting the seed at the start of the program.  I'm drawing from a joint lognormal distribution.  This is my function:
def get_new_EV(numEVs):
    # numEVs is the number of EVs to return to the main program
    lvl2 = np.random.lognormal(np.random.normal(5,1),np.random.uniform(0,2),1)
    lvl1 = np.random.lognormal(np.random.normal(3,1),np.random.uniform(0,10),1)
    lvl3 = np.random.lognormal(np.random.normal(2,1),np.random.uniform(0,.1),1)
    total = lvl1+lvl2+lvl3
    #print(lvl1,lvl2,lvl3,total)
    p1,p2,p3 = lvl1/total,lvl2/total,lvl3/total
    #print(p1,p2,p3)
    listOfEVs = np.random.choice([1,2,3],numEVs,p=[p1[0],p2[0],p3[0]]).tolist()
    numLvl1 = listOfEVs.count(1)
    numLvl2 = listOfEVs.count(2)
    numLvl3 = listOfEVs.count(3)
    return numLvl1,numLvl2,numLvl3,listOfEVs

In the main program, I execute this:
if __name__ == "__main__":
    random.seed(1)
    print('test seed: ',get_new_EV(2))

The output of running the program two times is this:
test seed:  (0, 0, 2, [3, 3])
test seed:  (2, 0, 0, [1, 1])

I don't understand -- the seed is the same.  Shouldn't the output be the same?  Isn't that the point of random.seed() ?

A: As @Barmar mentioned np.random.seed() is a legacy function the documentation mentions the recommended way to seed.
From the numpy documentation for seeding numpy.random related calls:
https://numpy.org/doc/stable/reference/random/generated/numpy.random.seed.html
from numpy.random import MT19937
from numpy.random import RandomState, SeedSequence
rs = RandomState(MT19937(SeedSequence(123456789)))

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Gingrich to announce exploratory committee
CNN Political Reporter Peter Hamby
Washington (CNN) - Former House Speaker Newt Gingrich will announce Thursday that he is launching a committee to explore a run for the GOP presidential nomination in 2012, a Republican familiar with the plans told CNN.
Gingrich's decision to form an exploratory committee and officially "test the waters" makes him the first major Republican contender to enter the presidential race.
Thanks to a national profile from his days as House Speaker and a reputation for delivering headline-grabbing broadsides against Democrats, Gingrich is among four Republican contenders who regularly finish atop national polls that survey Republicans about their choice for the GOP nomination in 2012.
In CNN's most recent national poll, Gingrich polled at 10 percent, landing him in fourth place behind former Arkansas Gov. Mike Huckabee, former Alaska Gov. Sarah Palin and former Massachusetts Gov. Mitt Romney.
Gingrich, who served in Congress for 20 years until his retirement in 1999 after four as House Speaker, has made noise about running for president in the past. But his activities in recent years have marked him as a more serious prospect in 2012.
His policy group American Solutions, a 527 group that can solicit unlimited corporate and individual contributions unlike the political action committees favored by the rest of the potential 2012 candidates, took in more than $14 million in 2010.
Much of that total financed Gingrich's robust travel schedule as well as the group's political activities, including a nationwide series of training sessions for conservative activists during the 2010 midterm cycle.
Gingrich has made repeated visits to the early caucus and primary states that play an outsized role in determining the nominee, particularly Iowa, which holds the first-in-the-nation caucuses, and South Carolina.
Will Rogers, the former chairman of the Des Moines-area Polk County Republican Party, told CNN that Gingrich is certain to run "a high level campaign operation here" if he decides to move beyond the exploratory phase.
"My feeling is that he looks like he is somebody who is going to run," said Rogers, who has known Gingrich for six years and plans to work for him if he embarks on a full-fledged candidacy. "He is doing the things that people need to do in order to become a frontrunner in the state of Iowa."
When he makes the formal announcement on Thursday, Gingrich will become the second prominent Republican to form an exploratory committee after former radio host Herman Cain, a popular figure among grassroots conservatives and Tea Party activists.
The Federal Election Commission lists several guidelines, some of them vague, for the presidential exploratory phase. But according to the FEC, when a potential candidate's exploratory committee raises or spends more than $5,000, he or she is no longer "testing the waters" and must register as a candidate.
Gingrich is a currently under contract with Fox News as a political analyst. CNN reached out to Fox News seeking comment about whether Gingrich will still be employed while exploring a 2012 bid, but a spokesperson for Fox News has not yet responded.
UPDATE: Gingrich will make the announcement in Atlanta, where he is slated to meet with Georgia Gov. Nathan Deal.
Filed under: 2012 • Newt Gingrich
MSL58
"Newt Gingrich is running for ***WHAT***???"
March 1, 2011 12:40 pm at 12:40 pm |
Daryn
That's the best the republicans can offer up? The same tired old men that have proven to be abject failures for the last 20 years? Sheesh, they might as well try to run Reagan or Nixon again.
Ah, the Republican comedy tour is starting. Good!
Anything better than the Non-American we have now...
jboh
Conservative, elitist, has-been announces another losing presidential run.
Snowballs chance in hell of winning...he is not what we need.
lforlegend
Don't you know when 2 quit? Go home and sit in your rocker, ol' nutjob.
j gordon
Mr. Gingrich had 84 ethics charges brought against him and was forced resign from the House. Now, incredibly, he has the audacity to think he is a candidate for president! Gingrich, Rove, Cheney, these are the guys who masterminded the dysfunctional polarized government that we are still having to deal with all these years later. Their failed political dogma spawned the likes of Boehner and Palin. Thanks Newt.
he can NEVER win, the repubs need new blood and new faces – not the old establishment ones – they don't get it and don't have the charisma to win. just like palin, bachmann, romney, huckabee, etal – get out of the way and find us a younger, more with-it capable person who might actually be able to win the election!!!!
What a tired, worn out, joke
DemoCommunists for a Better Way - Bankruptcy
RUN NEWT RUN!! He is a man of ideas! HE is the one most responsbile for the balanced budgets in the 90's, not Bill Clinton. A Republican House lead by Newt is the one that got it done. Clinton was just smart enough to sign his name to it and then take all the credit. Obama isn't anywhere near as smart as ol' Slick Willie! He's going to fight cuts and lose his office as a result.
CEL1
Come on Newt, jump in and help the Democrats win !!!!!
I think he may have a chance if Charlie Sheen is his VP pick. They would compliment each other so well. Palin could be take Hillary Clintons job and Christine O'donnell could head the war department. We could all live at Disney Land.
ConservaFascists
What a waste of time. Newt, give it up. You will never be President.
R U serious?
OK, everyone knows that Newt isn't going to win, including newt himself. The whole point is to spread as much hate against Obama as possible so that someone else can have a chance to beat Obama. With people like buckwheat and bob to listen to them, maybe hate will win after all.
Marie MD
The only thing he should explore or have explored is a colonoscopy. We already know that even though he is smart he is a liar and a cheat and a first class loser!!!!
ChiTownArkie
It will be fun to see who the GOP sacrificial lamb will be. So far, the only one with common sense regarding a race against Obama is John Thune.
cool and may the best gop hipocrit win
March 1, 2011 01:00 pm at 1:00 pm |
billp
Enough of this prolonged public act of masturbation by Gingrinch. Declare so that the country can finally put an end to his Presidential delusions.
What Newt ought to do is form an exploratory committee of morals and responsibility for one's own actions.
J0nx
Unfortunately he has about as much chance of winning as SP in this ridiculously liberal infested country that America has become. The disease of liberalism/socialism and its associated symptoms of dilapidation, apathy and corruption has already run its course through the host that was once the greatest country on Earth.
fayse
This message is for Gingrich and expecially for Chris Christie. Regarding your smug statement about raising the retirement age for social security. That is a very misleading statement. Anyone and everyone can and should check this out with the Social Security Adminstration. If you were born after 1945 your full retirement age is not 65. The age increases several months for each year. For people currently 63 years old they won't be eleigible until they are 66 after that it goes to 67 etc.
Now, it is true that you can draw partial retirement at age 62. That should be raised unless there is a health issue.
Newt *gangrene* exploratory committee has sent a memo to all reporters that the following questions will be off base if he enters the race : 1) No one in the reporter pool will ask about his multiple affairs or even hint that it did happen. 2) No reporter will ask him about having to step down from his speakership due to corruption allegations.. 3) No one will mention the word muslim around him. The reason is Newt gangrene goes mad when he hears the word *muslim, muslims, Islam. If you do mention these words his response will be "dirty muslim money". (Yeah he is crazy)..4).No reporter will ask what he(Newt) meant about a mosque in America when Saudi Arabia allows......Newt gangrene is not much into the laws of America, like freedom of..... ...In closing, if any reporter from any network ask these questions or questions like these type, Newt will banish you from his sight and go hide at his propaganda network.
Newt isn't that a type of lizard!!!
ThinkAgain
Republicans are on the attack ... Through their propaganda arm, Fox, they have been successful in vilifying all their political and ideology enemies (translation: anyone who doesn't believe corporations and the wealthy few should have absolute power over all of us). They've perfected their bully tactics, and will continue to bully our nation as long as we let them.
Now is the time to speak up loudly and often, pointing out the hypocrisy of people like Newt and revealing the truth about their true agenda to take our country down to third-world status, with religious police keeping everyone in line.
If you don't want this to happen to our nation, speak up, call them out, write your Senators, Representatives and the White House and call on them to stand up and fight back.
Most important, all you registered Dems out there and intelligent Independents, get out and vote in 2012 for those candidates who've shown that they care more about the American people than they do about their corporate masters.


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Ethiopia and Eritrea: Preventing War
Crisis Group Congratulates Ethiopian Prime Minister on 2019 Nobel Peace Prize
Report 101 / Africa 22 December 2005
The fragile peace maintained by Ethiopia and Eritrea since they signed a comprehensive agreement at Algiers in December 2000 is fraying dangerously. With a costly two-year war now followed by nearly five years of stalemate, patience on both sides of the border has worn thin, and there are worrying signs that the countdown to renewed conflict may have begun.
The fragile peace maintained by Ethiopia and Eritrea since they signed a comprehensive agreement at Algiers in December 2000 is fraying dangerously. With a costly two-year war now followed by nearly five years of stalemate, patience on both sides of the border has worn thin, and there are worrying signs that the countdown to renewed conflict may have begun. Neither side appears eager for war, but to dismiss the tensions as mere sabre-rattling could mean missing the last chance to preserve peace in the Horn of Africa. The two parties need help urgently from the Algiers Group – the African Union (AU), European Union (EU), UN and U.S. – who witnessed the original accords. Its members need to work together urgently to forge a "3-Ds" parallel process of de-escalation, border demarcation and bilateral dialogue, using both intensive diplomacy and the credible threat (and employment as necessary) of punitive measures.
The stakes could hardly be higher. The last war cost scores of thousands of lives, severed the economic lifeline between the two countries and ended in a way that confronted both governments with unprecedented domestic challenges. Resumption would destabilise the entire Horn, fuelling flows of weapons to armed groups throughout the region, rekindling a proxy war in Somalia and undermining the fragile peace process in southern and eastern Sudan.
At the heart of the problem is the ruling of the independent Boundary Commission established to delimit and demarcate the contested border. Both sides agreed in advance that its decision would be final and binding, but the ruling produced a stalemate that has brought them back to the brink of war. The primary bone of contention is the small, dusty border settlement of Badme, where the 1998-2000 war started. Having initially welcomed the boundary decision, Ethiopia reversed itself upon learning (after closer examination of the less than clear documentation) that this town – against the expectations of both sides – had been awarded to Eritrea.
After more than two years of seeking revision, Ethiopia appears to have made at least a partial shift toward accepting a judgement it considers "unjust and illegal", with Foreign Minister Seyoum Mesfin, in a letter to the Security Council on 31 October 2005, not only repeating his government's earlier acceptance of the decision "in principle", but adding specifically that this "does not mean going back to the drawing board, and it does not imply that we are introducing a precondition". In a subsequent letter on 9 December, he emphasised Ethiopia's eagerness to engage Eritrea in a dialogue looking for a "win-win outcome which is consistent with sustainable peace".
Promising as this may appear, Badme still remains under Ethiopian control, and Ethiopia has not been prepared to clearly separate the issue of dialogue from that of demarcation: Mesfin's 31 October letter says that it committed to dialogue not only "to achieve normalisation and to address all issues that have been at the root of the crisis", but also "for the implementation of demarcation". Eritrea's position is that Ethiopia has violated the peace accords through refusal over nearly three years to implement the border ruling and its continuing occupation of sovereign Eritrean territory. Having conceded defeat in a similar territorial dispute with Yemen in 1999, it has little patience with what it perceives as Ethiopia's delaying tactics and demands full demarcation of the border before any dialogue.
Eritrea's frustration found an immediate target in the United Nations Mission in Eritrea and Ethiopia (UNMEE), which monitors the long strip of demilitarised territory along the border – almost all of it inside Eritrea – known as the Temporary Security Zone (TSZ). Asmara increasingly resents the continuing existence of the TSZ as a derogation of its sovereignty, and in October 2005, it banned UNMEE helicopter flights, reducing the blue helmets' capacity to monitor the TSZ by more than half and prompting major troop contributing countries to contemplate withdrawing their forces entirely. In early December, following a Security Council demand that it lift the flight ban, it upped the ante by demanding that UNMEE staff from eighteen Western countries leave. In the meantime, small units from both sides have infiltrated the border area, greatly increasing the risks of a clash.
It is highly unlikely that progress can be made on any single issue in isolation from the others. Eritrea rejects dialogue unless it sees concrete progress on demarcation. Demarcation is practically impossible in the absence of Ethiopian consent, which means a degree of flexibility is needed from Asmara on dialogue. De-escalation of political and military tensions is essential for an environment in which both demarcation and dialogue can proceed, which requires both countries to comply with Security Council Resolution 1640 (23 November 2005): Ethiopia by removing from the border seven divisions it deployed there in December 2004 (it seems to be in the process of doing this) and Eritrea lifting its restrictions on UNMEE. If these things happen, the UN will have an opportunity to review the structure of the peacekeeping mission and, as the peace process moves into its implementation phase, resume the reduction of force levels it actually began more than a year ago.
Reengagement by the Algiers Group is required urgently to calm the immediate crisis and move the peace process into its final, implementation phase. The next decision point will be early in January 2006, when the Security Council will again address the situation. Before then, the Algiers Group should consult together, commit to reengage individually and collectively, and make clear publicly both what it is prepared to do and what is expected of the parties. Defusing the present crisis and addressing the root causes of the problem have to proceed in tandem if peace in the Horn is to be preserved.
Nairobi/Brussels, 22 December 2005
Keeping Ethiopia's Transition on the Rails
In this file photo taken on April 11, 2018 Ethiopian Prime Minister Abiy Ahmed waves during his rally in Ambo, Ethiopia. Ahmed was awarded the Nobel Peace Prize for his efforts to resolve his country's conflict with bitter foe Eritrea. Zacharias Abubeker / AFP
Statement / Africa 11 October 2019
Crisis Group offers its warm congratulations to Ethiopian Prime Minister Abiy Ahmed for his receipt of the 2019 Nobel Peace Prize.
Prime Minister Abiy's bold leadership has brought positive change abroad and at home. His outreach to Eritrea paved the way for a remarkable rapprochement between the two countries. Much is still to be done, particularly in resolving border disputes and winning over constituencies within Ethiopia that are suspicious of building ties with Asmara. But the steps initiated by Prime Minister Abiy have opened new opportunities for cooperation and stability in the region.
Abiy's reforms at home have been as significant. Since coming to office in April 2018, he has promoted reconciliation, overhauled Ethiopia's federal security apparatus, condemned the government's past abuses, continued the release of political prisoners, invited exiled dissidents back home and promised more open politics. Again, challenges remain: mounting intercommunal tensions and destabilising division within the ruling coalition are acute concerns. Nonetheless, Abiy's premiership has brought millions of Ethiopians hope of a brighter future.
Crisis Group's president Robert Malley said: "I wholeheartedly congratulate Prime Minister Abiy, whose efforts to turn the page on his country's long animosity with Eritrea and on his own country's internal governance have brought new hope. There is of course much work to be done, both in normalising relations with Eritrea and in combating centrifugal forces in Ethiopia. Abiy will need all the support he can get from Ethiopians and the outside world. But the Nobel award should be a source of enormous pride for the country".
Comfort Ero, Crisis Group's Africa director, said: "The award is a recognition of everything Prime Minister Abiy has done since coming to office. It should inspire renewed efforts to bring security and prosperity to the continent."


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Apple Must Advertise to Say that Samsung Did Not Copy Its iPad Design
By soyacincau 7:49 pm, 19 July 2012 28 Comments
In the latest twist in the ongoing patent war between Apple and Samsung, a British judge has instructed Apple to run ads to say that Samsung did not copy the iPad's design.
In his ruling last week, Judge Colin Birss said that Samsung tablets "are not as cool" as the Apple iPad and as a result didn't infringe Apple's design. The judge ordered Apple to publish a notice on its website and in leading British publications including newspapers the Daily Mail, the Guardian and the Financial Times, to correct any impression that the Samsung had copied Apple. The judge also added that the notice should remain on Apple's website for at least six months.
A spokeswoman for Samsung said: "Should Apple continue to make excessive legal claims based on such generic designs, innovation in the industry could be harmed and consumer choice unduly limited."
Apple on the other hand had declined to comment on the order.
In any case, the British court ruling did not specify the content of the advertisement that Apple has to publish which means Apple has complete control of the advertisement, which will give in an opportunity to be cheeky with the messaging and use the "not cool" description as an argument against Samsung. It'll be interesting to see what Apple does come up with.
It looks like there is no letup in the global patent wars between the two tech giants. Apple's offensive is seen by many as a direct move to limit the growth of the Android OS and devices with Apple using its rights on patents too aggressively to stamp out competition.
SEE ALSO: Apple lowers MacBook Air price by up to RM600, now comes with True Tone Retina Display
Meanwhile, in late June in the US, Apple won big with a court ruling that banned the sale of a range of Samsung smartphones and tablets including the Galaxy Nexus and Galaxy Tab state side after the Cupertino company claimed Samsung copied some of the technology used in its devices.
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El 82º Batallón Aéreo de Reemplazo (82. Flieger-Ersatz-Abteilung) fue una unidad de la Luftwaffe de la Alemania nazi.

Historia
Fue formado el 1 de noviembre de 1938 en Quakenbrück, a partir del 24º Batallón Aéreo de Reemplazo. El 1 de abril de 1939 es reasignado al I Grupo/82º Regimiento de Entrenamiento Aéreo.

Referencias
 WW2 - 82. Flieger-Ersatz-Abteilung

Luftwaffe (Wehrmacht)
Batallones aéreos de reemplazo
Unidades militares alemanas de la Segunda Guerra Mundial


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What Will It Take to Get More Women on Boards?
Careers Leadership Jul 6, 2018
Women make up less than a fifth of corporate board members. Changing that is a business imperative.
Victoria Medvec
Yevgenia Nayberg
Women are a rapidly growing economic force in many leading and developing economies. In the United States, for instance, women have influenced or controlled nearly three-quarters of household spending for the past several years, and their spending share may be as high as 80 percent, particularly when it comes to grocery and other retail purchases.
It is critical for companies to ensure that they represent this important customer base within the boardroom. Without greater female representation on their boards, companies are losing out on not only an important segment of talent, but on a critical marketplace perspective.
While boardroom gender diversity has been slowly increasing, it remains modest in comparison to women's influence on spending. Among S&P 500 companies, women account for 19.9 percent of directors; globally, the number is about 14.7 percent.
Getting more women serving on boards will take a proactive approach by both companies and female director candidates. Here are ways to build more momentum around this effort.
Companies Should Consider Female Director Candidates Using the Same Criteria as Male Candidates
As of May 2018, with the retirement of some high-profile female CEOs (among them, Meg Whitman of Hewlett-Packard), women hold 24 of the CEO positions in the Fortune 500, down from 27 at the start of the year. Not surprisingly, these top female leaders find themselves inundated with multiple requests to serve on company boards. Clearly, when companies want to add a female director, the first thing they typically look for is a woman who is a CEO.
But the fact is, there are many men serving on boards who occupy senior leadership positions other than CEO. So why, then, are women held to a different, higher standard when it comes to board service? One reason may be the unfortunate fact of corporate life that men are often promoted based on their potential, while women are promoted based on their accomplishments. So, if women have not first proven themselves as CEOs, they may be less likely to be considered as director candidates.
This thinking excludes many talented and qualified women who might be senior vice presidents or hold C-level positions other than CEO. Applying the same qualifying criteria to both male and female directors would increase the pool of executive women who bring talent, experience, and a diverse perspective to board service.
Companies Need Patience and Persistence to Change Board Composition
Changing a company's board composition takes time. That's not an excuse—it's a fact. For companies within the S&P 1500 Composite Index, average director tenure is 8.7 years. While board diversity initiatives are closely watched by investors and activists alike, it can take several years of concerted effort before a board's composition looks appreciably different.
This slowness, however, masks what I believe to be real progress. In 2010, women held 15.7 percent of board seats at major companies; today, that has grown to about 20 percent. But there has been a much larger increase in female directors than the numbers might reveal at first glance. A decade ago, it was not uncommon for directors to serve on as many as six or seven boards. The women who also served on multiple boards were, in effect, being counted multiple times (as were their male counterparts). Now, because of more stringent regulatory requirements, such as Sarbanes-Oxley, directors are serving on fewer boards. This means there are far more individual women directors in the mix, which indicates an encouraging trend in board gender diversity.
The Women's Director Development Program at the Kellogg Center for Executive Women helps potential board candidates craft their value proposition. In this program, participants prepare for their journey to the boardroom: they develop their elevator pitch; practice delivering it to people in their network, including their CEO and current board members; prepare for conversations with search firms; engage in practice interviews with sitting directors; and establish a plan for evaluating board opportunities that they receive. The Kellogg Women's Director Development Program has helped prepare nearly 800 women for board opportunities. More than one-third of these women have been offered a board role, with many of them now serving on multiple boards.
Keeping this trend moving in the right direction will require companies to stay committed to their gender-diversity efforts—and investors and activists should take a patient, but firm, approach to ensuring they do so.
Women Need to Develop Their Value Proposition for Board Service
As board recruiters will readily report, companies are eager to add female directors. Yet there are many qualified women executives who wonder, "Why doesn't my phone ring?" This is the part of the process where women can be proactive. Unless a woman is a sitting CEO—a highly desired experience that speaks for itself—being considered as a director candidate requires honing a "value proposition," which is the unique value she brings to a board.
It is important to note that there is a key difference in networking for a job versus positioning oneself for a directorship. At the executive level, getting a job is about being a leader. But as a board member, it's all about expertise—in cyber security, digital marketing, emerging markets, or other sought-after specialties. In their oversight role, board members focus primarily on strategy, CEO succession and planning, and fiduciary responsibility.
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One high-level executive I know shared her story of being very successful when it came to securing corporate roles; she had vast experience, incredible skills, and a huge network. When contemplating board membership, she thought it would be the same: just a little communication within her network and the phone would ring. But when nothing happened, she realized she needed to reach out strategically to an even broader range of people to communicate the value she could bring to particular types of boards and seek their advice. She ultimately secured a seat not only on the board of one company she admired, but a number of others as well.
Women Need to Be Selective about Their Board Membership
When women actively pursue board membership, they should be as discerning about the opportunities as the boards are in evaluating them. Candidates need to do careful due diligence before accepting a board role. There is a saying in board service that directors' and officers' liability insurance is meant to guard board members against the financial risk of serving on a board—but only directors themselves can guard against the reputational risk they take on when they accept the board appointment.
This is why it is so important for prospective board members to consider not only the company's history and current situation, but also the company's expectations of its directors. For example, does the CEO invite input and challenge, or is it expected that the board will largely serve as a rubber stamp for the CEO's initiatives? One question for women to ask during the board interview process is, "Can you give me an example of a time when the board and the CEO disagreed?" Beware if the answer is that they never disagree. It is very difficult to get onto a board, but it is even harder to get off a board, so you need to select wisely.
Adeline Barry Davee Professor of Management & Organizations; Executive Director of the Center for Executive Women
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What Happens to Worker Productivity after a Minimum Wage Increase?
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Why Do Some People Succeed after Failing, While Others Continue to Flounder?
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Does the Sage by Heston Blumenthal the Dual Boiler coffee machine include a free grinder?
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Gallatin County adopts passenger rail resolution; Missoula County to follow
By Martin KidstonJuly 28, 2020
July 28, 2020 By Missoula Current
Eleven counties across southern Montana have indicated their intent to join the Big Sky Passenger Rail Authority. Gallatin County became the first on Tuesday, and Missoula County is expected to follow on Thursday.
Gallatin County on Tuesday became the first in Montana to officially adopt a resolution creating the Big Sky Passenger Rail Authority, bringing the effort one step closer to conducting official business.
In an effort to restore passenger rail service across Montana's southern tier, Missoula County crafted a draft resolution back in April calling for the authority's creation, and it urged other counties to participate.
Eleven counties along the old North Coast Hiawatha route signaled their intent to join the authority, though each must officially adopt the resolution, as Gallatin County did on Tuesday.
Missoula County Commissioner Dave Strohmaier said the county will consider adoption on Thursday.
"I'm delighted to see that the Gallatin County Commission made history today by being the first county in Montana to establish the joint resolution to establish the Big Sky Passenger Rail Authority," Strohmaeir said. "By today's action, Gallatin County will have a seat at the table in figuring out how to restore passenger rail service to the southern tier of Montana, which would be a transformative project for the state and region."
Forming the authority establishes the governing entity behind the region's push to restore passenger rail to southern Montana. The effort began back in October and has gained momentum ever since.
Dawson County was the first to express interest, followed by Sanders and Park counties. Broadwater County soon followed, as did Carbon, Big Horn, Prairie and Wibaux counties. Gallatin County jumped on board in early July, as did Butte-Silver Bow.
Amtrak ran the North Coast Hiawatha across Montana's southern tier from 1971 to 1979. Only the Empire Builder remains in northern Montana. (Amtrak)
Missoula County commissioners are expected to adopt the resolution Thursday, bringing the number of counties to have done so to two. By state law, only two counties are required to establish the authority, though advocates remain hopeful that all 11 interested counties will adopt as well.
"In the context of COVID-19 economic recovery, we believe that passenger rail presents a significant opportunity to not only provide our constituents with another, much needed mode of transportation, but it also would be a transformative economic undertaking, providing opportunities for business expansion and development across the state," said Strohmaier.
Amtrak ran the North Coast Hiawatha across Montana's southern tier from 1971 to 1979. The route included Miles City, Billings, Livingston, Bozeman, Missoula and Paradise, among other communities.
Advocates of the Big Sky Passenger Rail Authority see a potential economic boon in restoring passenger service to southern Montana, which is where most of the state's population lies.
Missoula County stated such in a June letter to Montana's two U.S. Senators. The letter also asked Sens. Jon Tester and Steve Daines to take an active role in writing portions of the surface transportation bill as it relates to passenger rail and ensure it included the Pacific Northwest and Northern Rockies region.


EASTENDERS fans are convinced Steven Beale is about to go on a killing spree in Walford.
The unhinged restaurant manager - who is played by actor Aaron Sidwell in the BBC soap - has slowly been descending into madness as his jealousy over girlfriend Lauren clashes with his demons and has seen him totally lose it.
In tonight's episode of the soap Steven was left broken after losing his ability to stalk Lauren.
When Josh arrived at his house looking for Lauren, Steven attacked him assuming he had proof of their imagined affair.
But when Josh dropped the news that Lauren had quit her job, Steven ran back inside the house and began headbutting the wall.
The disturbing scenes were quite enough for fans to jump to conclusions and begin thinking that Steven was one headbutt away from becoming a soap serial killer like Corrie's legendary Richard Hillman.
"Steven really needs help, so does Lauren," wrote one fan.
"Another added: "Genuinely terrified that Steven is going to murder Lauren."
A fourth tweeted: "Steven's going to mass murder the whole square!"
Actor Aaron Sidwell was recently asked whether there were any limits of the things Steven would do to hold onto his life.
He told Metro.co.uk: "Yeah, Steven feels and thinks things that we all would but what he is willing to do are things that very, very few, select people in this world would be willing to do.
"You don't know when he is going to completely lose control of a situation which is what makes him a great character.
"The one thing you always know with him is that he never has a plan, he is just a snowball going down a hill and it just gets bigger and bigger and eventually it will cause real damage.
"That's the pattern of his life, really."


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The Alliance School is a public high school located in the city of Milwaukee, Wisconsin. It serves the needs of students in grades 9–12.  The Milwaukee Public Schools website describes it as, "a safe place for students regardless of sexuality, identity, appearance, ability, or beliefs. Students considering Alliance should be open to working with students of all backgrounds and abilities. Academic excellence and the pursuit of higher education are expectations for all students."

Description
Alliance is a teacher-led school, headed by Lead Teacher and co-founder Tina Owen.  The enrollment for the 2009–2010 school year is approximately 175. Founded in 2005 the school was located on Galena Street but moved to Walnut Street for the 2009–2010 school year to an older building which has housed a number of other Milwaukee Public School projects over the decades. It operates on a year-round school calendar, unlike most Milwaukee Public Schools. While Alliance is a charter school, employees are members of the appropriate MPS unions.

Alliance has numerous outreach programs for students, such as an "Art and Social Justice" program headed up by Alliance's dedicated art teacher.

Recognition
Along with New York City's Harvey Milk School, Alliance was cited as a role model for the proposed Social Justice High School-Pride Campus in Chicago, Illinois.

In November 2009, it was awarded the Silver Award (2nd place) as "High Achievement Charter School of the Year" by the Wisconsin Charter Schools Association. In 2011, it received the WCSA's Platinum Award ("Charter School of the Year") as "most accountable, autonomous, innovative and involved charter school".

Expansion to middle school
In December 2008, a subcommittee of the Milwaukee Board of School Directors unanimously approved the expansion of Alliance' mission from a high school, to include middle school students as early as 6th grade, making Alliance the United States' first known gay-safe middle school for the coming academic year. Lead Teacher Tina Owen emphasized that Alliance would continue to provide a safe haven for all students suffering harassment, not just gay ones. The creation and expansion of Alliance have been uncontroversial in Milwaukee, Owen observed, compared to reactions in New York and Chicago.

Contract extension
A district charter school review team recommended a nonrenewal of the school's contract after the 2009–2010 year because of the school's failure to meet some academic targets spelled out in its agreement with the district, and its failure to comply with some minor paperwork issues. Meanwhile, MPS Superintendent William Andrekopoulos recommended that the board extend Alliance's contract for another year.

On March 9, 2010, the school received a two-year contract extension to improve its academics in a 5–0 vote.  The board also agreed that an alternate means of assessment was needed to evaluate the value added the school brings to the district.

Press coverage
An October 2011 report on the ABC News television program 20/20, titled "Milwaukee Public Middle School a Haven for Gay Youth", concentrated on Alliance's unique role as the only known public middle school where out-of-the-closet students are not subject to harassment and pressure due to their sexuality, contrasting Alliance's open atmosphere to the persecution which drove young teens such as Jamey Rodemeyer to suicide. A report later that same month in Time magazine as part of their "What You Need to Know About Bullying" series focused on Alliance' role as a haven for students (not necessarily GLBTQ) who have been bullied at other schools. (A similar emphasis had appeared in a 2010 report in People magazine.) The Time article echoed the arguments against a separate school for children subjected to bullying, yet pointed out that lead teacher Tina Owen still "fields calls nearly every day from parents and administrators... about students who would like to transfer to Alliance", and mentioned that Alliance's charter "is likely to be renewed in the spring [of 2012] without much of a fight".

A 2014 Huffington Post slide show article named Alliance as one of ten of "The Most Interesting High Schools in America".

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MPS website for Alliance

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In 2018 Sea Darwin is introducing a Monday night Sunset Fish'n Chip cruise, with the fresh, local wild caught fish'n chips prepared by Rachael's Seafood Shack.
It might start on April Fools Day 2017, but it is no joke that we are giving away complimentary GoVino glasses and Sea Darwin stubby coolers along with our Sunset Fish'n Chips ticket price.
The fluttering of dragon flies reminds us that the dry season is just around the corner. Dry season for Sea Darwin means memorable visits to Darwin's Sandbar.
The famous Tiwi Islands Footy Final and Art Sale was on again on Sunday 19 March 2017. Watch our video from the day and wet your appetite for the next big day out.


Every community needs a Broken Bookshop. You'll find it in town square, over by the Moth-Ridden Mattress Hut, just around the corner from Shaky Sam's Shattered Stemware Emporium. Because it's not enough to buy a used book, what you really want is a book that's been abused, stained, made damp, shredded, and then painstakingly reconstructed into something you would still rather not touch, let alone buy. That's the sound business model featured in our new short, Beginning Responsibility: Broken Bookshop. It focuses on the sweet old man who owns the shop and happens to secretly BELIEVE THAT BOOKS TALK TO HIM. His delusional senility may seem folksy and charming, until he brings an innocent boy into his world of pointless book repair. When he aggressively insists to young Andy "My books talk to me, and maybe they'll talk to you too!" you know that this shop deals not only in broken books, but also broken hopes and dreams for the future.
At first glance we thought this short was a documentary on Borders, then we realized the title says "Broken," not "Broke." Join Mike, Kevin and Bill as they take a brief rest from their busy book-destroying schedule to riff Beginning Responsibility: Broken Bookshop!


Firefox itself already has some support for multitouch gestures. A Mozilla programmer now is demonstrating multitouch Web apps within Firefox.
Multitouch interfaces are all the rage, for good reason, and a Mozilla programmer has been working to enable the technology for Web applications in the Firefox browser.
Firefox today can be controlled with multitouch gestures--a three-finger sweep up and down to go to the top or bottom of a Web page, for example, or two-finger pinch gestures to zoom out. But Felipe Gomes, a Brazilian computer science student who just finished a stint as a Mozilla intern, has demonstrated how Web-based applications, not just Firefox, can use multitouch.
His demonstration shows multitouch controls to shrink and enlarge icons, paint, select a region of a photo, and play Pong.
Multitouch interfaces, for example on the iPhone and Hewlett-Packard TouchSmart PCs, let the computer interpret the contact and motion of multiple fingers on the screen. And Apple MacBooks are equipped with multitouch trackpads.
One issue for multitouch, though, is standardizing the meaning of various gestures. Firefox and Safari on a Mac both move forward and backward in browsing history with three-finger sweeps right and left, respectively, but Safari doesn't follow Mozilla's example of three-finger sweeps up and down.
This issue gets even more complicated if Web applications get multitouch interfaces. What touch actions are controlling Firefox or the Web application? Or, for that matter, the operating system? The same two-finger gesture that draws a selection box to crop a photo in a Web app could also be a Firefox multitouch command to zoom in or out on the Web page.
Before we get to the conflicts and issues of interface standardization, though, we need more computers and applications that can take advantage of multitouch. Even I, who has yet to find a rival for keyboard controls when it comes to speed for most operations, am a fan of multitouch. So I look forward to seeing its potential realized even if that means a bit of chaos in the meantime.


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Columbus Day is a federal holiday observed on the second Monday in October, though only about half of US states follow suit with a state-level holiday. Some states and localities even "replace" Columbus Day with another holiday such as Indigenous People's Day or Native Americans' Day. This reflects the controversy surrounding the celebration of Columbus Day in recent decades.
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Although many no longer celebrate Columbus Day, there are also many who do. Columbus Day is especially, though not exclusively, celebrated among the Italian-American community. Italian-Americans have been observing it from as early as the 1860s.
It was on the three-hundredth anniversary of Columbus' discovery of the Americas, in the year 1792, that some private historical societies in the US first celebrated Columbus Day. On the four-hundredth anniversary, in 1892, a one-time observance of Columbus Day was declared, but this led to nothing permanent. During the 1930s, President FDR began, at Congress' behest, issuing annual notices concerning Columbus Day. It did not take on the form of a true public holiday at that time, however.
It was only in 1968 that Columbus Day was made an official public holiday, and it took effect in 1971. At that time, the holiday was moved from the usual 12 October date to its current second Monday date. This was intended to provide workers with a much-appreciated three-day Columbus Day Weekend. Interestingly, the current date matches that of Canadian Thanksgiving.
Many Americans don't even get Columbus Day off work, but if they do, they may attend a Columbus Day parade or just watch one on television. The oldest such parade is held each year in San Francisco, while the largest Columbus Day parade takes place in New York City. Italian-Americans may put on a Columbus Day party among family and friends. There will be a number of sports events, historical exhibits and programming, and protests too on most Columbus Days in the United States.
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Heartbreaking:Beautiful Lady Murdered For Rituals In Delta State!
The rate at which young people are being used for money ritual is quite alarming. Not too long ago, a man butchered his only son for money rituals and now another has happened in Delta state whereby a young lady by name Amrasa Sophia Odirin, has fallen victim to ritual killing.
The young lady was murdered by some unknown persons in Delta and her remains dumped by the roadside in Ughelli, a community in the state.
Her friend Regina Osiaje took to social media to share this unfortunate incident with us, cursing out at the ritualists for taking the life of her friend.
"Oh Life is this really what you hold for us? Where humans will kill their fellow human for money and end their race of life untimely.
"Amrasa Odirin my friend is this how you left without saying good bye? Oh Jesus what a cruel world! I still remembered you calling me to quarrel me for not inviting to my birthday party. I never knew that will be the last call I will receive from you.
Ladies out there, be careful. May the soul of Amrasa Sophia Odirin rest in peace, Amen!


The trumpet sounds throughout the heavens, as a Voice of many waters.
Awaken those who slumber; prepare your sons and daughters.
He walks among the Candlesticks, a mighty One Who never tires.
He is surveying all His household, with eyes as flames of fire.
His name is Alpha and Omega, His face is shining like the sun.
The stars are held within His hand; behold the Faithful One.
There are seven lamps of fire, that burn before His throne.
And like thunder from the heavens, He is speaking to His own.
Can you hear the call to holiness? Do you have ears to hear?
If righteous ones are scarcely saved, where will ungodly men appear?
Every mountain shall be lowered, and every valley lifted high.
The Ancient One of Days shall come, there will be wonders in the sky.
The watchmen see it coming: His display of mighty power.
So in the spirit of Elijah, declare the lateness of the hour!
Watching unto midnight, they hold a trumpet in their hand.
Salve anoints their eyesight, as they peer throughout the land.
The righteous hear the trumpet, but the wicked are surprised.
Woe to those at ease in Zion, there is no time for compromise!
Send a message of repentance to the north and to the south.
There is distress among the nations, with much perplexity.
The countries are in anguish from the tossing of the seas.
But His chosen are ascending, and they shall see the heavens parted.
The unrepentant are as Ichabod: "the glory has departed".
Cast aside the heavy burdens, and run to win the race.
Turn from any worldliness, be steadfast in your faith.
Endure your time of testing; stay on the straight and narrow way.
Those who overcome all things, shall reign with Him one day.
Hold fast onto your patience, and let no man take your crown.
His elect are being summoned; pangs are felt upon the Earth.
A travailing as with child, shall bring them to the birth.
Lift your heads, O people, as creation groans and sighs.
Your King is surely coming, and your redemption draweth nigh!


Kazakhstan-born junior welterweight contender Bakhtiyar Eyubov is back with a vengeance and ready to bring his flashy and fan-friendly style to New York boxing fans.
One of the world's most exciting fighters at 140 and 147 pounds, the entertaining Eyubov will return to action this Friday, January 12, on the untelevised undercard of two-time Olympic gold medalist Claressa "T-Rex" Shields (4-0, 2 KOs) defense of her WBC and IBF titles against undefeated mandatory challenger Tori Nelson (17-0-3, 2 KOs) at the Turning Stone Resort Casino in Verona, New York.
Eyubov (13-0, 11 KOs) will face Lynchburg, Virginia's Maurice Chalmers (14-13-1, 8 KOs) in a six-round junior welterweight showdown.
The 31-year-old slugger says with all his injury woes behind him, he is looking forward to a big 2018.
Presented by Salita Promotions, Shields vs. Nelson will serve as the headliner of a televised tripleheader on SHOWTIME (10 p.m. ET/PT).


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I didn't intend to take so long to post swatches of these... What I really wanted to do was post a bunch of looks using these colors, but I've been in such a creative rut lately... I haven't been able to think of any cool combinations! D'oh.
But here are some swatches from Evil Shades- a company owned by a fellow blogger- EvilAngel from Black Nail Polish and Lipgloss!
Some of the darker shades, indoors and in sunlight.
Devil's Bonfire, Necropolis, Acolyte, Double Barrel, Abyss, Zombie, Souls Torment, Mordant.
Some of the colorful shades, indoors and in sunlight.
As always, you can click the images to enlarge and view more detail.
So now that you've seen some examples of the types of fun colors she sells, I bet you're wondering about the formula..... And I'm pleased to say that it's really nice!
I haven't used all of the shades for full looks yet but I have used about half of them on the eyes and I am pretty impressed. They're really smooth and pigmented. I normally have to use mineral-type shadows wet in order to achieve decent opacity and pigmentation but these were pretty good on their own. Even better wet. All of the colors have something special to them- they didn't look very vibrant in the plastic sample bags but once you put them on your skin they pop- some have secret colored shimmer, some have glitter (holo glitter too!), some have a faint reflective sheen to them.
The lipsticks were fantastic. I normally don't wear lipstick because it's drying and these aren't. These are almost a balm, but super crazy pigmentation. Devilista was like WHOA- amazing coverage and POW! color. You will want to use a lip brush with that one, color like that needs a precision application! Corruption is my favorite and I wear it pretty often now- a soft silvery-grey-purple shade with a little blue shimmer. Primrose Path is rather demure but works nicely to balance a dark and dramatic eye. On top of the great pigmentation and creamy formula, they smell nice. Really nice. I don't know exactly like what, but it's sweet and pleasant. I'm super into my lip products being scented- I've been known to not buy lip products because they were unscented- and I'm quite happy that these have a nice sweet scent to them! Makes them a little more fun.
There were a few things I didn't like. They are purely my personal preference and are not flaws with the product itself, but I felt I should give my honest opinion.
My main disappointment is with the packaging. It's very plain and a bit home-made looking. One one hand it adds to the charm and indie feeling, but on the other hand it seems a bit unprofessional. It is purely aesthetic- the product inside is great! But the little bags and plain black lip balm tubes with slightly off-center stickers don't seem to reflect what's inside. I do understand that it's only packaging and that it may not be feasible financially or time-wise for a one-woman-business to have custom labels and packaging for all their products.
The other thing that I didn't quite enjoy was that the samples come in bags. Again, this is my own personal preference and doesn't reflect the quality of the product. Some people love bag samples because they're less expensive and easier to store. I find them messy to use. For one, it's hard to get the pigment onto the brush because it's all settled onto the sides of the bag and I usually get my fingers a little dirty cause it ends up on the sides of the brush. Another reason why I prefer jars over bags is that I can't use the pigments wet when they're in a bag like I can when they're in a jar. In a jar I can put some mixing medium on the lid and mix a little of the shadow into it. And one other reason I don't like bag samples is that they don't make the colors look nice! Some of the shimmer tends to stick to the bag while some of the more colorful or pigmented parts in the shadow sink to the bottom, giving the illusion that it's a plain frosty shimmer... Only when you open the bag and touch the shadow do you see the true color.
I can see why the packaging would be this way- it keeps costs down! Makes it more accessible. No one likes to pay more for a fancy package, it's what's inside that counts! Except... I totally would pay more for a fancy package, it's part of the fun of makeup for me. But, that's just me.
I don't remember everything I used for this look, but I do know that I used Acolyte and Devil's Bonfire mixed together in the crease. I think the lid color may have been Fyrinnae Electric Stardust. You can see how nice and sparkly and rich the crease color looks- that's not even used wet!
Hopefully I'll find some creativity and get over my makeup block (kinda like writer's block?) so I can post some better looks using these!
Wow! Great pigmentation. The eye look you did is very pretty.
Great shades! Necropolis is my favorite from the first photo and I can't decide for the other photo. =D Great eye make up as well.
The green shade is awesome! I <3 Evil Shades.
OMG I love your Green eyeshadow look. Just Great.
Absolutly perfect timing....I just switched my samples over to clamshell jars! Great minds ya know! hehe Oh and also I have been changing labels over to pretty , a little fancier looking styles. My baby is growing to a point where I can dress her up to match her lovely "personality"!
great review! i love evil shades :) her lipgloss and cuticle balm is fab too!
OMG..the green shadow is awesome..you have done a great job with this shade...lovely.
i absolutely love those lipstick colours, especially the second one.
Yay for Evil Shades! I love the products. I know that Andrea is always receptive to feedback and takes a lot of personal care with all of her makeup. I am a loyal customer, and your swatches of course make me want more.
EVIL SHADES LIPSTICK TASTES LIKE SWEET TARTS! YUM!
My lipstick came in a white lipbalm stick but the colour inside was a wicked green and the smooth moisture-rich texture was dreamy and the colour is WHAM-POW!! Amazing.
I would never buy from that lady because she is a scam artist. I'd rather spend my money on some really nice Urban Decay or MAC. That way you know you're not giving your money to a stalker.
I <3 the shades and I <3<3<3 Andrea! Fantastic!!
Gorgeous look and I love the swatches. Necropolis and Mordant look beautiful!
These looked so fantastic that I went to the website right away and purchased a few products. I ordered the Necropolis, Acolyte, Double Barrel, and Zombie eyeshadows thanks to your pictures, Scrangie. I'm a total sucker for dark, earthy toned shadows. I also got the Venom eyeshadow and a pot of Wicked Gloss in Lethal Kiss. Thanks for these great pictures and such an informative review.


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Business Can Be Tool For Good Says Recipient Of Lgbt Scholarship
Business Can Be a Tool for Good Says Recipient of MBA LGBT+ Scholarship
As the first recipient of the Somewhere MBA LGBT+ Scholarship, Teale Failla is proud to be a leader in creating a business world where a diverse workforce is viewed as an asset.
When Teale Failla embarked upon her mission to uproot how business is done, she instantly felt like an outsider.
"I would go to these MBA fairs and felt I was unlike everyone", says the film-maker and writer from New York. "It was very intimidating. I kept asking myself, do I really want to do this?"
The answer that always came back was 'yes'. The business world, she says, needs to see diversity as an asset, specifically around the LGBT+ community. In many places, however, it's still considered a threat.
Teale has experienced this first hand. In one media job, a colleague who harassed her and several of her co-workers went unpunished. In another, a boss told her that she should "get out of her gay bubble".
"Ultimately, you can't be your best if you are treated less than other people", she says. "All these things led me to think I would like to have a much larger impact than I'm having now.
Which is how she found herself at MBA fairs—places where the business world can have a smothering uniformity of appearance of purpose—wondering where to start and questioning if change was even possible.
The University of Edinburgh Business School piqued her interest, and then she heard about the Somewhere MBA LGBT+ Scholarship.
"That was the clinching factor. When I saw this scholarship, it became about a lot more than just the money. It leapt out. This was tailored for me."
The £10,000 scholarship was set up last year in collaboration with Somewhere, a social enterprise that aims to break down the barriers to LGBT+ inclusion in business.
For Teale, it signalled that "not only are we welcome, but we are valued". It is the first LGBT+ postgraduate scholarship in Scotland and second only to Cambridge in the UK. Teale is the scholarship's first recipient.
It is a vital development, says Somewhere founder Kathryn Pierce.
"The corporate closet is very real and very much alive. Until boards and business spaces become far more openly and proudly diverse, and difference is valued as a strength rather than a threat, things will not change.
"I believe it is a function of higher education to embolden people to stay out of the closet, to live authentically and be supported enough to enter a heteronormative business world with confidence and pride."
Arguably there is a commercial driver for better representation, as well as a moral one.
Kathryn Pierce, Founder, Somewhere
The scholarship's aim is to do just that. Creating LGBT+ entrepreneurial role models—such as Teale—is key, as well as making business more representative of their societies.
This, according to Kathryn, will benefit everyone from customers to shareholders.
"Put simply, the world isn't white, straight, and cisgender male, though the current power structures predominantly are.
"It's quite clear to see that the greater the diversity of voices, the greater capacity we have to create and maintain a fairer world, which represents society as it actually is. Diversity in business is also smart business—consumers want to support more inclusive and ethical companies, and young people especially so. Arguably there is a commercial driver for better representation, as well as a moral one."
Teale agrees: "The scholarship is a fantastic step and part of that change", she says. "Business can be an absolute tool for good. We can turn this around and business schools can lead the charge."
With Somewhere and the University of Edinburgh Business School, Teale has found allies in her mission. Once she completes her year-long programme, she plans to work to increase visibility of LGBT+ in TV networks or production companies.
"I'd also like to write the lesbian version of The Young Ones. I think the world needs that."
The outsider has entered the building.
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If you could use any weapon in the world, which would it be?
Bow and arrow is the only way!
Magic is man's best friend!
When you sit down for a meal, what does it usually include?
Lots of good meat...and beer!
You and your comrades are out when you're attacked by many orcs, what do YOU do?
Fight and guide the others.
You are in the market and there are a lot of people there...how do you feel?
I don't really pay attention to the people.
Okay...I do not fear people.
I'm okay if I'm with a friend or two.
Suspcious of who might be there, but, otherwise, fine.
Oh no! Your best friend has just been killed! What is your immediate reaction?
I go and see if I can bring them back to life.
I am sad, but mostly do not show it.
Feel sympathy, but hide it.
What would you do if you were given the ring?
Probably take it for myself.
I would never take the ring.
I would never be offered the ring.
Give it back, I do not want it.
Hesitate, but do as I am told.
Rumor has it evil is brewing in the forest...what do you do?
Show up just when all hope is lost.
Fight. You have no reason to fear evil.
Go fight, scared the whole way.
Gather some people and fight it.
Don't worry about it...it doesn't affect me.
You are asked to describe yourself in one word. Which do you use?
Somebody has decided to write a book about you! What is its title?
You have been given the opportunity to landscape your lawn...how do you do it?
An elaborate garden with brick pathways.
Trees and some smaller plants.
A small garden and a lot of grass.
What is one thing you would regret if it ever happened to you?
Doing something to cause me to lose my best friend.
Hurting the love of my life.
Giving somebody a task they aren't able to accomplish.
Making a mistake that would disappoint a lot of people.
Are you a hobbit? A wizard? An elf? Sadly, we can't all be Legolas… Answer these 12 questions for find out which LOTR character you are!
Tolkien's world of Middle Earth has sucked in so many people over the years. With elves such as Legolas, loyal hobbits like Sam, and wizards such as Gandalf, people can't seem to get enough of the fantasy world of 'Lord of the Rings', even though the movies came out years ago. All you have to do is think back to your time with The Lord of the Rings. Who are your favorite characters? Do you want to battle like a wizard, drink like a dwarf, live like a hobbit? Find out how in our LOTR Quiz.
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