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Jimmy Page Just Heard About Led Zeppelin's Ban From Boston
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Jimmy Page said he didn't know about Led Zeppelin being banned from the city of Boston in 1975 until just recently.
He learned about the incident when he was researching a blog post marking the 45th anniversary of a riot in the city on Jan. 6, 1975, as fans waited for tickets to go on sale for a planned concert on Feb. 4.
"On this day in 1975, I planned to play Boston Garden," Page wrote on Facebook. "On researching for my website, I discovered that on Jan. 6, 1975, there had been an incident at the box office at Boston Garden in Boston, Mass., that had involved a sale/non-sale of tickets to thousands of fans. Police were called and it all ended with the scheduled Led Zeppelin show being canceled by Mayor Kevin H. White (who saw red) and, even more, there was apparently a five-year ban put on the band playing the venue. I was blissfully unaware of any of these shenanigans, but the mayor was, by all accounts, a Rolling Stones fan!"
In 2015, author Steven Davis, who covered Led Zeppelin's 1975 tour, recounted his version of events to WGBH in Boston, after it had been announced that tickets would go on sale for the show the morning of Jan. 7. As a result of low temperatures, venue staff allowed fans who lined up overnight to wait inside.
"Pretty soon they were passing bottles of Boons Farm apple wine and Ripple — another kind of wine they had back then — and smoking joints and generally getting rowdy," Davis said. "The kids broke into the beer concessions and started feeding themselves. And when the next [security] shift came on, they turned the fire hoses on them. Then [fans] turned the fire hoses on Boston Garden, then they started to torch the seats. …It was just like the place had been bombed."
Reports claimed it took a riot squad until 5:30AM to gain control of the situation, by which time an estimated $30,000 of damage was done. On inspecting the scene, Mayor White "saw the burned seats and the flooded hockey rink and the trashed concession stands, and he said, 'Led Zeppelin will never play in Boston again,'" Davis recalled.
The ban lasted until the band broke up following the death of drummer John Bonham in 1980.
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Home Teaching & Learning Curriculum & Assessment Is our main goal really to produce a generation of good spellers?
A friend of mine recently asked me, if there was one thing I could change about the education system, what would it be? A lot of answers rushed into my brain. The average pay of a teacher, a misinformed and ignorant society, or maybe just the general lack of government funding… After pondering over this question for a few minutes, I kept going back to the same thought. My biggest concern with our education system at the moment is the way in which student achievement is assessed. All quality teachers have a holistic understanding of what 'student achievement' actually means. We all know that a conclusion of a student's success cannot come from a standardised test score. Yet, we are often forced to make meaningless judgements based around these types of irrelevant and often inaccurate sources of information. This article addresses concerns I have around the assessment of writing in the 21stcentury while slowly pecking away at the burden of misguided 'common sense' regarding education.
The joy we must have felt the day we picked up our first crayon and started doodling down the ideas envisioned in our minds. Our ability to communicate thoughts and feelings using simply our creative ability, and a pen or pencil, separates us from any other creature on Earth. Ancient aboriginal used pictures and symbols. Young children use scribbles and comically misshapen drawings. As we learn and practise these skills we progress to words, sentences, paragraphs and chapters. It truly is an amazing accomplishment when another person understands a message you have portrayed to them through your writing.
With the advances in technology our ability to access writing of all genres, and communicate through different written forums, has never been greater. Email and text has replaced letters and phone calls. Social media has connected the world through the touch of a button. The ability to reach large audiences easily creates an environment in which written language can flourish. However, my concern is that society's belief around the teaching of writing is not evolving with the same tenacity.
I read a quote the other day by Eric Hoffer, an American moral and social philosopher, which really resounded with this issue. He said, "In times of change, it is the learners who will inherit the earth while the merely learned will remain beautifully equipped to cope with a world that no longer exists".
I believe our prejudice, which is based on an out-dated standard used to assess writing, is having a major effect on our students' writing creativity. Writing creativity in general terms means a student's ability to use writing to portray an original, imaginative, and spirited visual of their thoughts. This out-dated standard I refer to is those classic misconceptions people have about what it means to be a 'good' writer. Spelling, handwriting, grammar and punctuation are all ideas that we put way too much emphasis on in the classroom. The first thing I always hear when a parent looks through their child's writing book is a passive aggressive comment about their handwriting, normally followed closely with a remark about a word they misspelt. My eye twitches every time I hear this and I have to restrain myself from throwing the large metre ruler, which I have tightly gripped in my clammy hand, in their general direction. No comment about the engaging story line, unique language, playful banter or deep underlining message. There are a lot of aspects they could comment on, yet these miniscule, irrelevant and frankly unimportant standards are always the first things to be critiqued. Even teachers, who should know better, fall into this trap. I myself have spent hours underlying and correcting spelling errors, and for what? Is our main goal really to produce a generation of good spellers? If this belief that being a 'good' writer somehow relates to our spelling or handwriting ability is true, then I am in serious trouble.
We now live in a world where writing in cursive and being a meticulous speller isn't of need. Don't get me wrong, I firmly believe that students who leave primary school need to be able to write legibly and spell most high frequency words correctly. However, we now have a range of amazing devices and apps that not only assist us but improve our writing capability. Technology is only getting more advanced. As educators we need to embrace this change and start preparing for it. Clutching to old certainties cannot be our coping strategy anymore. The world we used to know does not exist. Asserting an old-fashioned, inadequate set of believes is not acceptable. Let us encourage and teach those important writing skills that still need to be learnt, but let's stop creating these insignificant boxes of success. The judgement, anxiety and conformity caused by this type of thinking is absurd. Not to mention the hours wasted planning and implementing unimportant lessons or hunting through books in search of irrelevant errors. Time is gold in the classroom. Instead, why not focus on exploring their imaginations. Free write about the troll hiding underneath the principal's desk or the dragon smoke coming from the caretaker's chimney. Make writing fun again and inspire originality.
Educators have an obligation to adapt their pedagogy. Learning environments must promote innovative thinking and students need to feel safe to share their ideas without petite and inadequate criticism. We can't shy away from being different. Being different is great, it reminds people that we aren't programming robots.
Let's be brave and only look back to see how far we've have come.


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Beth Ditto – Fake Sugar (Album Review)
June 16, 2017 Beth Ditto – Fake Sugar (Album Review)
"I'm all over the place!" is a truly foretelling, blatantly honest lyric from the bold personality that is Beth Ditto, whose genre-bending antics show true sass and sophistication on Fake Sugar, available Friday, June 16, 2016 via Capitol Records.
One of the most phenomenally powerful voices in music today, throughout her career Singer-Songwriter Beth Ditto has been compared to some truly amazing women, from Etta James to Janis Joplin and Tina Turner. A woman who pulls no punches and always fails to self-censor, Ditto is a self-proclaimed "fat, feminist lesbian from Arkansas." Yes, she did indeed grow up in the Bible belt, before escaping for those proverbial hills and fronting the Indie Rockers The Gossip (who would go on to simply be Gossip) for the past seventeen-years.
It has been five years since Ditto has released music with that now-defunct trio, now embracing the basics and flaunting her role as solo diva, Ditto releases her debut album, Fake Sugar, on June 6th through Virgin Records. Produced by Grammy Award-nominated Songwriter Jennifer Decilveo (Machine Gun Kelly to Melanie Martinez), the twelve-song collection crosses genres – from Pop to Dance, Disco to Folk – weaving a personal narrative that is always genuine and eternally entwined with her lush, incomparable vocals.
Fake Sugar opens to first single/video "Fire," where Ditto channels her inner dive bar diva, complete with one badass Elvis-influenced satin suit. For its part, the video shows Ditto's superb sense of humor, alongside her phenomenal vocal prowess. It is a must see! Much like "Fire," many of the tracks on Fake Sugar possess an already "classic" feel full of glorious hooks: from the catchy nostalgia of "In And Out" to Disco-tinged "Do You Want Me To." This is an album that feels like yesterday's gold baking in today's sunshine; a return to basics that does not feel kitschy or, worse yet, like Wisconsin cheese.
The Folk-infused album namesake "Fake Sugar" sees Ditto sounding like a sassy little angel, while she dials up the sass on the obvious stand-out, infectious dancer "Savoire Faire." "We Could Run" could be a hit with Top 40 radio, though in truth it feels a bit vapid for this intelligent songstress. Her true strengths lie in tracks like the superbly funky good time that is "Ooh La La" or the ridiculously infectious dance-a-thon of "Go Baby Go." While the downtempo dance number "Oh My God" offers echoes of the days of Disco, the beautiful ballad "Love In Real Life" allows Ditto's vocals to absolutely soar.
One of the most immensely full sounds on the album is the epic "Lover," a melancholic ode to a cheating lover that sees Ditto sounding like a sheer sunshine as she wistfully pays tribute to the dirty games that can crush our vulnerable hearts. "Clouds" wraps up the package with a wispy, white bow, cementing Ditto as a continued force in Pop music. Throughout the entirety of Fake Sugar, Ditto sounds like a good friend leaking musical confidences over tea; which is to say that she is personable, charismatic, someone that we'd all love to have as a confidante.
The truth of Fake Sugar is in the phenomenal vocal theatrics of Ditto, who requires no in-studio assistance or auto-tuning to provide a stellar product. Ditto is placed front and center throughout the album, with fairly-simple arrangements and a definite lack of lyrical labyrinths. Put simply, Ditto is a sorceress who evokes a mystical, sonic spell on her listeners with her marvelous voice. Fully submitting to the magically musical vibes, CrypticRock give Beth Ditto's Fake Sugar 4 of 5 stars.
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Jeannie likes to joke that she is little, yellow, blue, and different. She seemingly popped out of her mother's womb with a pen in her hand and has been writing ever since. Many moons ago - in what feels like a separate lifetime - Jean was co-editor of an online music magazine that afforded her great opportunities to interview and photograph some of her favorite bands/musicians: Tommy Lee, Good Charlotte, Warrant, Bring Me The Horizon, My Chemical Romance, Sevendust, New Found Glory, Deftones, Poison, VH-1 "Band On the Run" Flickerstick, an endless list of unsigned locals, and so many others. These days, she can usually be found hiking aimlessly through the woods in her favorite Technicolor sneakers with a Nikon in hand and her rescue dog, Molly, who is a bit hare-brained.

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A quantitative trait locus (QTL) on chromosome 6q influences birth weight in two independent family studies
Rector Arya, Ellen Demerath, Christopher P. Jenkinson, Harald H.H. Göring, Sobha Puppala, Vidya Farook, Sharon Fowler, Jennifer Schneider, Richard Granato, Roy G. Resendez, Thomas D. Dyer, Shelley A. Cole, Laura Almasy, Anthony G. Comuzzie, Roger M. Siervogel, Benjamin Bradshaw, Ralph A. DeFronzo, Jean MacCluer, Michael P. Stern, Bradford Towne
John Blangero, Ravindranath Duggirala
Joe R & Teresa Lozano School of Medicine
Division of Epidemiology
Low birth weight is an important cause of infant mortality and morbidity worldwide. Birth weight has been shown to be inversely correlated with adult complex diseases such as obesity, type-2 diabetes and cardiovascular disease. However, little is known about the genetic factors influencing variation in birth weight and its association with diseases that occur in later life. We, therefore, have performed a genome-wide search to identify genes that influence birth weight in Mexican-Americans using the data from the San Antonio Family Birth Weight Study participants (n = 840). Heritability of birth weight was estimated as 72.0±8.4% (P < 0.0001) after adjusting for the effects of sex and term. Multipoint linkage analysis yielded the strongest evidence for linkage of birth weight (LOD=3.7) between the markers D6S1053 and D6S1031 on chromosome 6q. This finding has been replicated (LOD = 2.3) in an independent European-American population. Together, these findings provide substantial evidence (LODadj = 4.3) for a major locus influencing variation in birth weight. This region harbors positional candidate genes such as chorionic gonadotropin, alpha chain; collagen, type XIX, alpha-1; and protein-tyrosine phosphatase, type 4A, 1 that may play a role in fetal growth and development. In addition, potential evidence for linkage (LOD ≥ 1.2) was found on chromosomes 1q, 2q, 3q, 4q, 9p, 19p and 19q with LODs ranging from 1.3 to 2.7. Thus, we have found strong evidence for a major gene on chromosome 6q that influences variation in birth weight in both Mexican- and European-Americans.
https://doi.org/10.1093/hmg/ddl076
Published - May 15 2006
Genetics(clinical)
10.1093/hmg/ddl076
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Quantitative Trait Loci Medicine & Life Sciences
Birth Weight Medicine & Life Sciences
Chromosomes Medicine & Life Sciences
Mexican Americans Medicine & Life Sciences
Fetal Development Medicine & Life Sciences
Class 4 Receptor-Like Protein Tyrosine Phosphatases Medicine & Life Sciences
Alpha Subunit Glycoprotein Hormones Medicine & Life Sciences
Arya, R., Demerath, E., Jenkinson, C. P., Göring, H. H. H., Puppala, S., Farook, V., Fowler, S., Schneider, J., Granato, R., Resendez, R. G., Dyer, T. D., Cole, S. A., Almasy, L., Comuzzie, A. G., Siervogel, R. M., Bradshaw, B., DeFronzo, R. A., MacCluer, J., Stern, M. P., ... Duggirala, R. (2006). A quantitative trait locus (QTL) on chromosome 6q influences birth weight in two independent family studies. Human molecular genetics, 15(10), 1569-1579. https://doi.org/10.1093/hmg/ddl076
A quantitative trait locus (QTL) on chromosome 6q influences birth weight in two independent family studies. / Arya, Rector; Demerath, Ellen; Jenkinson, Christopher P.; Göring, Harald H.H.; Puppala, Sobha; Farook, Vidya; Fowler, Sharon; Schneider, Jennifer; Granato, Richard; Resendez, Roy G.; Dyer, Thomas D.; Cole, Shelley A.; Almasy, Laura; Comuzzie, Anthony G.; Siervogel, Roger M.; Bradshaw, Benjamin; DeFronzo, Ralph A.; MacCluer, Jean; Stern, Michael P.; Towne, Bradford; Blangero, John; Duggirala, Ravindranath.
In: Human molecular genetics, Vol. 15, No. 10, 15.05.2006, p. 1569-1579.
Arya, R, Demerath, E, Jenkinson, CP, Göring, HHH, Puppala, S, Farook, V, Fowler, S, Schneider, J, Granato, R, Resendez, RG, Dyer, TD, Cole, SA, Almasy, L, Comuzzie, AG, Siervogel, RM, Bradshaw, B, DeFronzo, RA, MacCluer, J, Stern, MP, Towne, B, Blangero, J & Duggirala, R 2006, 'A quantitative trait locus (QTL) on chromosome 6q influences birth weight in two independent family studies', Human molecular genetics, vol. 15, no. 10, pp. 1569-1579. https://doi.org/10.1093/hmg/ddl076
Arya R, Demerath E, Jenkinson CP, Göring HHH, Puppala S, Farook V et al. A quantitative trait locus (QTL) on chromosome 6q influences birth weight in two independent family studies. Human molecular genetics. 2006 May 15;15(10):1569-1579. https://doi.org/10.1093/hmg/ddl076
Arya, Rector ; Demerath, Ellen ; Jenkinson, Christopher P. ; Göring, Harald H.H. ; Puppala, Sobha ; Farook, Vidya ; Fowler, Sharon ; Schneider, Jennifer ; Granato, Richard ; Resendez, Roy G. ; Dyer, Thomas D. ; Cole, Shelley A. ; Almasy, Laura ; Comuzzie, Anthony G. ; Siervogel, Roger M. ; Bradshaw, Benjamin ; DeFronzo, Ralph A. ; MacCluer, Jean ; Stern, Michael P. ; Towne, Bradford ; Blangero, John ; Duggirala, Ravindranath. / A quantitative trait locus (QTL) on chromosome 6q influences birth weight in two independent family studies. In: Human molecular genetics. 2006 ; Vol. 15, No. 10. pp. 1569-1579.
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N2 - Low birth weight is an important cause of infant mortality and morbidity worldwide. Birth weight has been shown to be inversely correlated with adult complex diseases such as obesity, type-2 diabetes and cardiovascular disease. However, little is known about the genetic factors influencing variation in birth weight and its association with diseases that occur in later life. We, therefore, have performed a genome-wide search to identify genes that influence birth weight in Mexican-Americans using the data from the San Antonio Family Birth Weight Study participants (n = 840). Heritability of birth weight was estimated as 72.0±8.4% (P < 0.0001) after adjusting for the effects of sex and term. Multipoint linkage analysis yielded the strongest evidence for linkage of birth weight (LOD=3.7) between the markers D6S1053 and D6S1031 on chromosome 6q. This finding has been replicated (LOD = 2.3) in an independent European-American population. Together, these findings provide substantial evidence (LODadj = 4.3) for a major locus influencing variation in birth weight. This region harbors positional candidate genes such as chorionic gonadotropin, alpha chain; collagen, type XIX, alpha-1; and protein-tyrosine phosphatase, type 4A, 1 that may play a role in fetal growth and development. In addition, potential evidence for linkage (LOD ≥ 1.2) was found on chromosomes 1q, 2q, 3q, 4q, 9p, 19p and 19q with LODs ranging from 1.3 to 2.7. Thus, we have found strong evidence for a major gene on chromosome 6q that influences variation in birth weight in both Mexican- and European-Americans.
AB - Low birth weight is an important cause of infant mortality and morbidity worldwide. Birth weight has been shown to be inversely correlated with adult complex diseases such as obesity, type-2 diabetes and cardiovascular disease. However, little is known about the genetic factors influencing variation in birth weight and its association with diseases that occur in later life. We, therefore, have performed a genome-wide search to identify genes that influence birth weight in Mexican-Americans using the data from the San Antonio Family Birth Weight Study participants (n = 840). Heritability of birth weight was estimated as 72.0±8.4% (P < 0.0001) after adjusting for the effects of sex and term. Multipoint linkage analysis yielded the strongest evidence for linkage of birth weight (LOD=3.7) between the markers D6S1053 and D6S1031 on chromosome 6q. This finding has been replicated (LOD = 2.3) in an independent European-American population. Together, these findings provide substantial evidence (LODadj = 4.3) for a major locus influencing variation in birth weight. This region harbors positional candidate genes such as chorionic gonadotropin, alpha chain; collagen, type XIX, alpha-1; and protein-tyrosine phosphatase, type 4A, 1 that may play a role in fetal growth and development. In addition, potential evidence for linkage (LOD ≥ 1.2) was found on chromosomes 1q, 2q, 3q, 4q, 9p, 19p and 19q with LODs ranging from 1.3 to 2.7. Thus, we have found strong evidence for a major gene on chromosome 6q that influences variation in birth weight in both Mexican- and European-Americans.
U2 - 10.1093/hmg/ddl076
DO - 10.1093/hmg/ddl076
JO - Human Molecular Genetics
JF - Human Molecular Genetics


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Heiðar Helguson (* 22. August 1977 in Akureyri) ist ein ehemaliger isländischer Fußballspieler.

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Heiðar Helgusons erste Karrierestation war Þróttur Reykjavík in seiner Heimat Island. Im Januar 1998 wechselte er zum norwegischen Erstligisten Lillestrøm SK. Nach zwei Jahren in Lillestrøm ging der Stürmer nach England zum FC Watford, dem er bis 2005 die Treue hielt. Für die Hornets erzielte Helguson in wettbewerbsübergreifend 222 Pflichtspielen insgesamt 73 Treffer.

Zur Saison 2005/06 wechselte Helguson zum FC Fulham, für den er für zwei Jahre aktiv war. Anschließend wechselte er zur Saison 2007/08 zu den Bolton Wanderers, bei denen er einen Dreijahresvertrag unterschrieb. Dort konnte er sich jedoch nicht durchsetzen und kam wettbewerbsübergreifend in nur 10 Pflichtspielen für den Verein zum Einsatz. Im November 2008 wurde er zunächst an die Queens Park Rangers ausgeliehen, im Januar 2009 erhielt er dort dann einen Vertrag über zweieinhalb Jahre. Im Sommer 2012 wechselte Helguson zu Cardiff City. Mit Cardiff wurde er Meister der Football League Championship und steuerte acht Tore in 38 Ligaspielen zur Meisterschaft bei. 2013 beendete er seine aktive Laufbahn.

Heiðar Helguson spielte von 1999 bis 2011 insgesamt 55 mal in der isländischen Fußballnationalmannschaft und erzielte dabei 12 Tore. Im Jahr 2011 wurde er als Islands Fußballer des Jahres ausgezeichnet.

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Octopus Energy announces partnership with Origin Energy
Today, Octopus Energy Accelerates Global Expansion With Major Strategic Partnership with Origin Energy.
Octopus Energy, the UK energy technology group announces a major strategic partnership with Australia's leading energy company, Origin Energy. The agreement will see Origin acquire a 20% stake in the company and license Octopus Energy's technology platform, Kraken, to accelerate the transformation of its Australian retail business, deliver an improved customer experience and to provide cleaner and smarter energy solutions. Origin will also provide a three year company guarantee to support the working capital for Octopus Energy's UK and international energy business.
Octopus Energy will deploy the investment to open and expand in more markets, invest in deeper technology development, and to establish a Future Energy Research Centre, bringing together academics, policy experts and data scientists to drive research and modelling to make the global renewable energy transition faster and cheaper.
Speaking for Octopus Group, Founder and CEO, Simon Rogerson said:
"We've backed hundreds of outstanding businesses over the last 20 years, and none has greater opportunity to deliver transformation and value at scale than Octopus Energy. Its technology, team and dedication to customers make it a potential world-beater and we're delighted to welcome Origin to join us in backing it on the next stage of its rocketship trajectory."
Speaking for Octopus Energy, Founder and CEO, Greg Jackson said:
"We're thrilled to be able to accelerate our global expansion to make the green energy transition cheaper and faster. It's a testament to our team and our technology that in just four years we've created a business which has the world beating a path to our door and can face the future with such excitement. We've known Origin for a long time, and it has the most forward-thinking management of any market-leading energy company we've met. We're looking forward to working with Origin to use technology to reduce energy costs, increase renewables and improve customer service in the UK, Australia, Germany and now many more countries too."
Speaking for Origin Energy, CEO Frank Calabria, said:
"…By partnering with Octopus and deploying its technology platform, we can fast-track our ambitions and achieve better outcomes for our customers, people and shareholders. We're also pleased to be investing in a company with an operating model and technology platform that genuinely sets it apart globally, and we see exciting opportunities for our businesses to collaborate, share expertise and continue to grow and prosper in the fast changing world of energy."
Octopus Energy remains majority owned by Octopus Group, the AUD$16bn global investor in energy, technology and growth businesses. Octopus is the UK's largest investor in solar energy, already has established offices in Melbourne and Sydney focusing on renewable energy and has recently announced is currently building Australia's largest solar farm.


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Metallic lipsticks are all the rage right now, as I'm sure you know. Just about every cosmetic brand around who sells lip products is coming out with their version of liquid metallic lipsticks. Most of them are for people who have a higher budget, but that has changed recently with the release of the Milani Amore Metallics (a drugstore brand) and now….. ColourPop Cosmetics! I discovered the ColourPop brand just a year ago, and I immediately went crazy ordering almost everything they have to offer because they're so affordable. In the near future, I'll do an overall ColourPop brand review, but this one will focus solely on the metallic lipsticks. By the time ColourPop came out with their version of metallics, I was already in love with Milani's brand and wasn't sure if ColourPop could hold up to that standard. ColourPop released 4 metallic shades, and I purchased 3 of those to try out. Just a reminder that I purchase all products with my own money so that I can provide honest, unbiased product reviews.
It I purchased 3-Way, Kween, and Man Eater. To be honest, each of them is very different from each other, so I will give my thoughts on each shade.
The first thing I did was swatch these on my hand. I tried 3-Way first. These come in a liquid lipstick tube with a standard doefoot applicator. Sorta. Compared to other applicators (even the ones in other ColourPop lipsticks), the tips of these appeared short and shaggy. I'm guessing the shaggy applicator was needed to help grip the product inside the tube, but it made a precise and smooth application completely impossible. When I pulled the 3-Way applicator out of the tube, the first thing I noticed aside from the applicator was that the actual product was very clumpy. When I swatched it on my hand, the clumps didn't dissipate easily. I had to rub the product onto my hand to work it out. The first swipe appeared like a smeared, transparent mess. I applied a second coat to try to build up the color, and it didn't look too much better. I applied a 3rd coat, which is what you see in my swatch photo below. After it dried, it still looked very uneven and smeared, with sections of the swatch appearing to be somewhat transparent while the color was heavier in other areas. After 3 coats, I would expect better results from a lipstick. Most of my lipsticks only require 1 coat for full, opaque coverage. I applied it to my lips, and the result wasn't much better. I was (and still am) very displeased with the quality of this product and shade. I should admit that I didn't leave this on my lips longer than 5 minutes before I wiped it off. And therein lies the next problem. When you remove this shade with a makeup wipe or rag (I tried to use both), it leaves a glittery mess behind! It literally smeared chunks of glitter all over my face, and it would not come off with a makeup wipe or my microfiber rag that I often use for cleanups. It ruined my full face of makeup, and I had to wash my entire face and start over again. A lipstick should never do that. Imagine what would happen if you got a trace of it outside your lip line and had to clean it up. Well, I did that too, and there's just no way to protect the rest of your face from the mess.
The second shade I swatched was Man Eater. The quality of this shade was much better than 3-Way. It didn't seem to have the same chunky, clumpy consistency. This is the only shade I tried that didn't have chunky glitter in it. The first swipe didn't show too much color on my hand. I had to build the color up with 2 coats for this shade. However, when I applied it on my lips, it was much better. I still had to apply 2 coats for full, opaque coverage, but the results were really pretty. I let this dry and I wore it for a few hours. The metallic lipsticks from ColourPop are not intended to dry down all the way to a full, transfer-proof matte like the Milani metallics do. However, this shade did dry down nicely without feeling dry or cracking like the ColourPop mattes do. I was actually very happy with the results from this shade overall. It gives off a very nice bronze foiled sheen without the look of tons of glitter and sparkles. Compared to the Kylie Metallics, this ColourPop shade is better because it really doesn't transfer as much as Kylie's do. It stayed on pretty well and still looked freshly applied after a few hours.
The last shade I tried was Kween, and this was the shade that I was looking forward to the most. The shade of this lipstick is just stunning. I don't have anything else to compare it to in my collection of lipsticks, whereas Man Eater is a close dupe to others made by Kylie and Milani. This is described as a burnt red with a lot of gold glitter. With one swipe on the hand, I got a good swatch with a lot of color payoff. On the lips, it's absolutely beautiful. I did experience some issues with this formula being a little chunky, and it can take a moment to work the small chunks out. As with the shade 3-Way, Kween contains chunky gold glitter in it. It's pretty on the lips, but removing it can turn into a mess. Again, the glitter smeared all over my face (and hands when I did the hand swatch). Keep this in mind because, again, if you make any mistakes during application and get it outside of your lip line, you will end up with glitter on your face and over your foundation. It doesn't come off easily. I still have glittery sparkles all over my face and hands several hours after testing these products and washing them completely off.
I was really hoping to love the ColourPop Metallics because they're so affordable and can fit into most people's budget. I'll be honest, I didn't have incredibly high hopes for these after seeing some of the swatches done by ColourPop staff themselves on SnapChat. I still wanted to give them a chance though and keep an open mind. Unfortunately, this isn't a product that I can highly recommend, and that kills me! The formula from shade to shade is so inconsistent, the coverage is inconsistent, and I'm not a fan of chunky glitter on my lips (especially when it can't be easily removed without leaving a ton of glitter all over my face). The other metallic lipsticks you see by other brands deliver a beautiful foiled sheen, similar to what you would see in a foiled eyeshadow but without screaming "Look at me!!!" There's a difference between a metallic appearance and a glittery appearance, and 2 out of the 3 shades that I tested are glitter lipsticks, not metallic lipsticks.
More important than the glitter, I expect the formula of a lipstick to be smooth and to allow a clean, precise application without making a mess. The formula and the applicator are issues that prevent a precise application. I also expect a lipstick like this to provide full opaque coverage within the first layer, 2 layers at most, and these didn't provide that consistent, opaque coverage. 3-Way was, by far, the worst since it looked so splotchy.
I would much rather recommend the Milani Amore Metallics if you're looking for something of great quality in this price range.
Hit or Miss? I'm sorry, but these are a miss.
Where to Buy: Available directly on the ColourPop website. Not sold in stores.
Have you tried the ColourPop Ultra Metallics? Leave me a comment and let me know what you think. I would love to hear your feedback about this review and answer any questions you may have.
I have yet to use the metallics but I do have some of colourpop'a lippie pens and I absolutely adore them. Looking forward to trying the ultra metallic lipstick in Maneater!!!!!
I'm glad I found your blog! Finally, a true review as to my experience as well.
I'm real sorry email- that's just the way they are, would of made me a Colour "Popette" to this day. But ignoring me and my pics, and various emails is a NONO for me in general! I am a bridal makeup artist- At times my brides can't afford to use the Mac, UD, Mercier, or other high end products on them and their parties. I improvise and make them lovely either way!
*I did purchase 3-way and Flitter and used a Q-tip to apply and as you and your swatch and testing went- Mine was a little of the same. A huge mess! The darker one we both got "3 WAY" was a straight mess of glitter and a ruined face of high end makeup too. So sad.. You think they'd just listen to their customers and either pull it and fix it, or warn it may be as described by us both and ppl will know what to expect. I assume if I am stuck with it I may use it with a different applicator and dab ONLY, that way it can be controlled. It also did not apply nicely at all after 2-3-4 coats. It's junky 🙁 makes me sad! So there's my long drawn out review! On my Flitter that didn't flutter– Well same issue all dried up and clumpy, I suppose again if I am stuck with it I'll use a do in the center of my lip to accent it, but that's it.
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Straight Outta Harrington Park, NJ – Here's Cory Booker
by PF Whalen
This article was first published by American Thinker.
Sen. Cory Booker (D-NJ) is at it again; injecting race into conversations in order to redirect focus from failed leftist policies. In a recent tweet, President Trump suggested that a Joe Biden administration would oversee an expansion of unsafe, low-income housing in suburbia, with Booker leading the charge. Booker countered with his own tweet, claiming that the President's "racism is showing," followed by an email calling Trump's tweet "blatantly racist." Trump's tweet contained no mention of race, but since it was critical of Booker, and since Booker is African-American, that is the only qualification needed to justify launching an accusation of racism. Booker's tactic is nothing new, as the approach seems to be a daily occurrence with Democrats as we approach Election Day. But a closer look at Senator Booker's history reveals that his disingenuousness is not limited to attacks on political opponents, but goes much deeper, and is in fact a large part of his personal narrative.
The towns and cities in which we grow up often have a profound effect on who we become as we grow older. They become part of our identities. Rapper/entrepreneur Dr. Dre comes from the mean streets of Compton, CA, a city which plays prominently in the subject matter of many of his songs; songs which would sound much different if his hometown had been Beverly Hills. Now, contrast Dr. Dre with Cory Booker. Based on complicit media coverage and Booker's own storytelling, most casual political observers assume Booker is from the city of Newark, but that assumption is incorrect. Senator Booker grew up in the small hamlet of Harrington Park, NJ, before heading to Stanford University on a football scholarship, followed by Oxford University as a Rhodes Scholar, and then to Yale University for his law degree. To put that misrepresentation into perspective, Beverly Hills has more in common with the city of Compton than Newark has with Harrington Park. And that is not an exaggeration, it is actually an understatement.
Though smaller in population — 4,664 residents in Harrington Park and 34,109 in Beverly Hills — the demographics of the two towns are quite similar. According to the 2010 U.S. census, Beverly Hills is 87% white compared to 80% for Harrington Park. Conversely, the cities of both Compton and Newark are 26% white. The real difference lies in the financial disparities, however. The median household income for Harrington Park is a whopping $127,188 per year compared to only $103,068 per year in Beverly Hills, whereas Compton's median household income of $48,117 per year is significantly higher than that of Newark's $34,826 per year. Even though it is only 25 miles away geographically, Harrington Park is in another hemisphere compared to Newark; financially and culturally.
If we perform a Google search of "Cory Booker Hometown", it immediately produces this result: "Newark", in large font. Yet Booker only moved to Newark with his eye on politics at the age of 28, long after what most would consider his formative years. Almost immediately, he began serving on the Newark city council, before becoming mayor and then U.S. Senator in 2013. Undeterred by reality, Booker began his 2020 Presidential Campaign with a rally in Newark and released a video of the event entitled, "A Hometown Kickoff." Right after thanking his mother for introducing him at the beginning of that speech, Booker began explaining that he is "seeking justice" and boasted about what he "learned right here on these streets". There is little doubt that launching a campaign with that type of rhetoric is much more compelling if the streets he refers to are in the gritty city of Newark as opposed to the tree-lined streets of Harrington Park, full of Jaguars and BMWs. If you want to have a diverse crowd that you can use as props and depict as victims of social injustice, it will not have the same impact if you are surrounded by million dollar homes in a posh suburb. No, Harrington Park does not fit with the story that Cory Booker is trying to sell, but that is where his true origins lie.
Sen. Booker's parents were two of the first-ever minority executives for IBM and were obviously able to provide a comfortable lifestyle for him and his brother Cary. Good for them. Undoubtedly, Booker's parents had to overcome racism and discrimination on their path to success, but succeed they did. The Bookers' prosperity is the American Dream realized. A black couple rise to the highest levels of corporate America and raise two successful children in an upper-class town like Harrington Park. That type of story should be celebrated and held up as an example of what can be accomplished by determined, hard-working people in the greatest country the world has ever known. Instead of embracing that story and holding it up for all to see, Senator Booker tries to conceal it and takes every opportunity to try to divide us on race. Booker led the effort in June 2019 to introduce the first and only slavery reparations bill in the history of the U.S. Senate, and cited, "the institutional racism and white supremacy that has economically oppressed African-Americans for generations" as a catalyst. So, the guy who grew up in a town the rest of us only dreamed of is lecturing voters about economic oppression? The African-American who graduated from Stanford, Oxford, and Yale Law School wants to right the wrongs of "institutional racism"? Tell us more, Senator.
The playbook for Booker as a presidential candidate was easily recognizable and entirely predictable. First, pander to the leftist Democrat base as often as possible; then, try not burn any bridges with any candidate, leaving the door open for the VP selection; and finally, divide voters as frequently as possible with identity politics. Booker proudly supported extreme positions such as legal abortion up until the time of birth and free health care for illegal immigrants, thereby pacifying the leftist Democrat base. He tried to portray himself as peacemaker when he said, "we cannot tolerate Democrats who turn against other Democrats and try to tear us down," thus positioning himself as a potential running mate. And in addition to his crusade for slavery reparations, Booker does not miss a chance to play Social Justice Warrior. Upon not qualifying for the candidates' debate in Los Angeles last December, which came on the heels of newly-nominated Vice-Presidential candidate Sen. Kamala Harris (D-CA) dropping out of the race a few days earlier, Booker whined, "it's a problem that we now have an overall campaign for the 2020 presidency that has more billionaires in it than black people." The problem is not that Booker was a lousy candidate, you see, it is not his fault. It is racism. Divide, divide, divide; by race, by religion, by wealth. By any identity trait available, Booker must divide.
Born only four years after the landmark Civil Rights Act of 1965, there is no doubt that Senator Booker encountered racism growing up, even in a town as nice as Harrington Park. It is also undeniable that racism and discrimination exist today in many forms, and must not be tolerated. But to pretend that somehow Cory Booker has been the victim of institutionalized racism is laughable. Instead of trying to divide us, Senator, tell America of your agenda and be honest with us about your intentions and who you are. Consider moving to the political center if you truly want to have a positive impact, and abandon the radical leftists in your party. Please stop with your divisiveness and disingenuousness. You are not from the mean streets of Newark, you are not a victim, and you have clearly led a blessed life; and that is OK.
PF Whalen


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Over the last six years, China's Belt and Road Initiative (BRI) has been met by both fanfare and criticism. While some countries have openly embraced the project, some have decided to clearly stay away, and others that may have initially joined the project are now viewing it more sceptically due to concerns over spiralling debt. With this background, this paper looks at why China came up with such an ambitious project in the first place and what are China's economic gains from the BRI. The paper uses the experiences of Bangladesh and Southeast Asia to provide insights into the responses of BRI host states, in order to understand what the economic gains are for the host countries and for China respectively.
Dr. Sriparna Pathak, an Adjunct Faculty in the Jindal School of International Affairs, was formerly a Visiting Faculty at the Centre for Southeast Asian Studies, Gauhati University in Assam, India. She has also been an Assistant Professor and Assam Don Bosco University, prior to which she was a Consultant at the Policy Planning and Research Division at the Ministry of External Affairs, New Delhi. She is also a Fellow at the South Asia Democratic Forum in Brussels, Belgium.
Awarded a Doctorate degree from the Centre for East Asian Studies, Jawaharlal Nehru University (JNU) in 2015, she has also worked with the Observer Research Foundation in Kolkata and New Delhi respectively, UNICEF India and the Centre for Armed Forces Historical Research, New Delhi. She has also been a journalist at the Indian Express, New Delhi and the Avenue Mail, Jharkhand respectively.
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Can You Use A Guitar Compressor For A Bass Guitar?
Compression is one of the most commonly used dynamics processors in music and audio production and the reason for this is simple: it appears to make everything sound better. Compression lowers the loudest parts and increases the quietest parts of an audio recording, essentially "flattening" or equalizing the volume peaks.
It's not hard to imagine why this is so valuable. For the bass guitar, for example, a compressor will amplify any of the notes that weren't played quite loud enough. And for the guitar, it will function in the same way (and many others as well). But what if you tried using a compressor marketed for a guitar for a bass guitar instead.
You can use a guitar compressor for a bass guitar because a compressor's function isn't dependent nor does it rely on the instrument type. There's no reason why you wouldn't be able to use your compressor pedal for a bass guitar because it's reducing the dynamics in the same way.
Before getting into some of the differences between the compressor for the bass and the 6-string guitar, we're going to dive into the attributes of the audio processor, including some of its functions.
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If you're new to compression, there are just a few things to understand right off the bat. Essentially, a compressor lowers the volume of the loudest sounds and increases the volume of the quietest sounds.
In the early 2000s, the compressor first became available as a software plug-in commonly used in digital audio workstations (DAWs), that almost every music producer, musician, and performer is at least somewhat familiar with.
Before then, it typically came in two different formats, the rack-format, such as the Universal Audio LA-2A, or the compressor pedal, like the Dyna-Comp from MXR (on Amazon).
However, with the advent of computer technology, they now come in a plug-in format that everyone can gain access to and use (Fab Filter's Pro-C 2 on Plugin Boutique is probably the best example).
There are a number of terms that describe what the compressor does, including "squash," or "squeeze," and in conjunction with the explanation I gave above, it makes a lot of sense if you think about it.
Because the compressor attenuates the loud sounds and increases the quiet sounds, it makes the audio file smaller.
Take a look at the two images below, the compressed and the uncompressed, and you'll notice the one looks a bit thicker than the other.
The compressor commonly comes with 4 different knobs, the gain, the attack, threshold, and ratio, and sometimes the input.
The gain is the total output of the sound, in other words, the volume. Turning the gain up is going to increase the volume of the final compressed sound.
It's basically how much you're hearing the final product of the compressor performing its function.
The threshold is the point at which the compressor kicks in. The threshold is determining at what points the compressor is working, in dB, so you can pinpoint what part of the sound is actually receiving the compressor's treatment.
The difference between the threshold and ratio is that while the threshold is determining at what point the compressor kicks in, the ratio is adjusting how much that signal is actually being compressed.
Explained in another way, the ratio is determining the strength of the compressor.
2:1 is low compression
4:1 is medium compression
8:1 is high compression
10:1 is getting much closer to limiting, and anything past 10:1, say, for example, 20:1, is like a brick-wall limiter.
You might find that the range between 4 and 8:1 compression is the sweet spot, sometimes a little more around 9:1 is going to do the trick, depending on what you're using it for.
In case you didn't know, the limiter and the compressor are essentially the same audio processing units, except that the limiter has a fixed ratio and is used for a different purpose.
The attack, on the other hand, is the speed of the compressor, or how long it takes for the compressor to actually grab on to the signal and start performing its function.
A slow attack is more suited to the bass guitar, whereas a slightly faster attack is going to be more suited to the 6-string guitar, but it really depends.
A common use for the compressor on the acoustic guitar is a fast attack, which will actually increase the sound of the plucking, or the pick hitting the strings.
According to Bobby Owinski in his The Engineer's Handbook (from Amazon), it's not uncommon at all for engineers and mixers to use a fast attack setting on the acoustic guitar to essentially accentuate the picking sound, to the point where the picking might even be heard more than the actual notes playing.
You can hear this style of compression on the acoustic guitar in a lot of music, but frankly, I'm not a huge fan of it.
It depends on the role of the instrument in the mix. For instance, if the acoustic guitar is the primary instrument in the mix, alongside the vocals, a fast attack will be utilized less so.
The release is different from the attack, although, it's a little more self-explanatory. The release setting adjusts how quickly the note is let go after the compressor grabs onto it.
In the case of the bass guitar, you would want to have a slow attack and a much faster release, that way there is time for the compressor to drop the previous note and then adjust the next note that the bass guitarist plays.
The input knob is seen on some pedals, like the MXR bass compressor pedals, and it controls how much of the bass' signal is actually being fed into the unit for compression.
In other words, the input knob determines how much of the signal is actually being compressed, but it's different from the threshold.
Explained in a different way, the threshold is the point at which the compressor starts working on the signal that's being fed into the unit, whereas the input is controlling how much of the signal is actually being altered.
In some cases, a bass guitar compressor will come with an input knob rather than a threshold knob, which means that the threshold is actually fixed, so that's something worth considering.
A compressor for the bass, like the 6-string guitar, is very useful for the studio and performing musician, because it accentuates the intricacies and details of the bass and evens out the lower frequencies (more on the importance of bass in my other article).
A bass guitar dominates the lower frequencies on the frequency spectrum, which can get quite messy and muddy if not reigned in properly. This is where the compressor comes in.
A compressed bass sound can make it sound much tighter and punchier.
It can be used to get a handle on some of the dynamic range of the instrument, evening out the audio, and all in all, making a very tight, articulate, and punchy bass guitar sound, which is great for rock music among other genres.
As I mentioned above, the compressor can be used for many different types of instruments, but in the case of a guitar or a bass guitar, it basically takes the notes that you barely played and increases the sound of them, and then the notes that are too loud are brought down in volume.
It's easy to understand why this is such a great thing and why it's so useful.
When playing the instrument, you might find you used too much attack on a particular note, or perhaps too little on another, so the compressor, essentially, is evening out the dynamics of these notes.
In the modern era, especially in the case of progressive rock and progressive metal, the compressor has become a mainstay among guitarists, for instance, Plini, Intervals, and so on and so forth.
An example of a compressor in action is hammer-ons and pull-offs. Typically, a compressor will increase the volume and velocity of these notes to a point where they actually sound almost equal in volume to the notes that are actually picked individually.
Depending on the techniques you use while playing the bass guitar (some of which are easier than on the guitar as I've argued before), the compressor can be useful in a number of ways. For instance, it's a great audio processor to use if you do a lot of tapping and, as I mentioned above, slurs, or more commonly referred to as hammer-ons and pull-offs.
An additional reason why a compressor is so useful for the bass guitar is that bass guitars typically don't use distortion, with a few exceptions, so there isn't an increase in gain that guitar players benefit a lot from in their technique and playing style.
If you own a guitar and a bass guitar, go ahead and try the tapping technique on both of them, with the guitar using a distorted signal and the bass guitar using a clean sound.
It's a lot easier to hear the intricacies of the distorted guitar because distortion is already compressing the signal. The bass guitar isn't benefiting from that dynamic because it doesn't use distortion often.
Like I said at the beginning of the article, a compressor used for the bass is going to accentuate the desired frequencies and add more definition to the sound, ultimately filling it out and making it sound a lot better.
This tip applies to not only bass, but also the guitar, and it is the following: you always want the compressed sound to be equal in output/volume as the uncompressed sound.
In other words, you want the volume to be the exact same when the compressor is turned on and when the compressor is turned off. It's not desirable to turn on the compressor unit and then suddenly get a massive jump in total output unless that's the goal.
The purpose of using the compressor pedal is not to increase the total volume of the sound, it's to adjust the dynamics of that sound, rather than the volume. That is the proper use of the pedal unless you're trying to do something else.
I mentioned this already at another point in the article, but it's also a good move to have a slow attack when using a tapping technique because you want those spikes in volume whenever a note is struck.
When the attack of the plucked notes is permitted to shine through the mix, it's going to sound a bit better and more pronounced.
While the compressor performs a similar function for both instruments, the truth is there can be at least some differences. For instance, a bass guitar typically benefits from a much slower attack, the reason being to allow for the initial punch or attack of the plucked note to shine through before the total volume of the audio signal is attenuated.
A guitar compressor, on the other hand, often has a much faster attack, to drop the volume of the note or increase the volume right away.
Bass compressors and other rack units typically come with an attack knob to adjust how much you want, in addition to a light-emitting-diode or a light-dependent-resister rather than the transistor.
In other words, a bass guitar compressor uses the LED/LDR which, from what I understand, is a bit slower and a bit more smooth, allowing for a more bass-friendly compression sound.
It's not uncommon for a guitar compressor to omit the attack function on the pedal, whereas on the bass guitar compressor, it will almost always come with an attack knob. Although, you can certainly find guitar compressors that utilize the attack knob.
Many people would argue that it's a good move to get a bass-specific compressor or a rack-unit one, although, a compressor meant specifically for a guitar will work for it as well.
Despite the similarities between the types of compressors out there, it wouldn't be a bad idea to grab a compressor pedal meant specifically for bass, due to the differences that I mentioned above.
However, if you're not rolling in cash, it might just be best to stick to the guitar pedal compressor you already own for the time being.
Can You Use A Guitar Compressor For The Bass Guitar?
When it comes to gear and audio-processing units, a lot can be done, as evidenced by the huge spike in stomp-boxes and pedals produced and manufactured in the last few years.
However, in the case of the compressor, while there are some differences between the units meant for bass guitar and guitar, one can be used for the other. Even though it's certainly not optimal to use one for the other, it should work just fine.
Like I said before – if you have the cash, it's definitely worth getting a pedal specifically for the bass guitar.
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Does SEO take longer than 6 months?
Sometimes. I have had some clients who take only a couple months to get to page 1, but I've also seen clients who have barely budged after 6 months of effort. There's no set SEO system that works for every type of site in every type of industry. It's just not safe to say it will always take "X months" to get results.
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We created a strategy that would help the in-house team optimize their work as they continued to add products and blog posts. We taught them how to set up their categories and product pages to more accurately target valuable search terms. In the mean time, we began our extensive link building campaign, where we first amplified the overall link profile of the main page, strengthening its authority. We also targeted the low-hanging fruit – those keywords that were already ranking well – and gave them a push.
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In general, as ranking improve, site visits lag behind. Good rankings don't generally generate much traffic until they reach the top 3 positions. So front page is good, but top 3 is the money maker.
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In addition to nearly a decade providing client advisory services, Mr. Molina spent over seven years as a corporate executive in one of the largest turnarounds in consumer packaged goods history. Mr. Molina's advisory experience includes cash management, capital structure review, financial restructuring, financial statement analysis, liquidity analysis, valuation, merger integration, performance improvement, process and controls analysis and improvement, financial modeling, bankruptcy preparation and bankruptcy claims distribution.
Mr. Molina advised Hostess Brands during their bankruptcy and subsequent liquidation, filling a variety of roles including corporate restructuring, bankruptcy preparation and interim management. He was then hired by the acquiring private equity firms and served as a senior executive during the relaunch and stabilization over the following seven years. In his primary role as SVP of FP&A, he set up and monitored corporate financial KPI's and their management systems, and owned reporting to investors and the board of directors. He launched and led the Consumer and Commercial Finance teams, setting all product pricing (launch and ongoing) and managing all trade, product profitability and channel conflicts during the company launch and thereafter. As the company was being stood up, he also launched the Category Management and Sales Operations teams, leading them through first few years post-launch. For potential acquisitions, he ran the assessment modeling and was involved in merger integration.
Mr. Molina has led financial workouts and restructuring advisory on companies spanning the consumer goods, energy, gaming & hospitality and mining industries, among others. He led teams in engagements with three on-Strip and one off-Strip Las Vegas-based casino operating companies. These included a $6 billion multi-national entertainment and real estate company and a $1 billion Las Vegas joint venture, as well as a $500 million casino development stalled by the global financial downturn. He also led a collateral asset assessment on a joint-venture locals casino.
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I think the remarks of outgoing US Army chief Gen. Ray Odierno on the possible partition of Iraq have been reported in a sensationalist way. He just said that Sunni-Shiite relations in Iraq are at a nadir and that the country could look different in the future. But he was careful to say that such decisions are for local people to determine, and that in any case the first order of business is to defeat Daesh (ISIS, ISIL).
Still, he did get drawn into speculating about the partition of Iraq, which was probably unwise.
Iraq will likely continue to have a Canada-like federalism with substantial provincial prerogatives, Quebec-style, for the Kurdistan Regional Government.
But a formal partition, while possible, is unlikely and in any case would be a bad idea.
Every time there is a big civil conflict in a country, pundits always rush to speculate about or even urge partition. I remember when I was living in Lebanon in the 1970s during the early years of its civil war, there were speculations that it would end up a set of independent cantons.
But partitions are rare in in the post-war era. And the few that have occurred don't offer encouraging examples. The United States was all enthusiastic to break South Sudan off from Sudan proper, in order to weaken one of Africa's larger states and given that the Christian and animist population there had long chafed under northern Muslim Arabophone rule.
But no sooner was South Sudan independent than it was largely abandoned by the US and it fell into a vicious and brutal civil war between the Dinka and Nuer ethnic groups. Moreover, its post-independence dispute with Khartoum led the latter to block its oil exports.
So the takeaway is that a partition can often actually lead to more conflict. The newly seceded state may witness power struggles among rising new local elites no longer under the control of the old metropole. And, a partition doesn't necessarily end conflict between the region and the center. The British partitioned both India and Palestine, and both regions went on to see many subsequent wars.
In the case of Iraq, Odierno is not thinking straight. If Daesh is defeated by the Iraqi army, the Sunni Arab regions will be reincorported into the Iraqi state. Having lost troops in a war, Baghdad is highly unlikely just to turn around and let the Sunni Arab areas secede. If the latter have just been conquered by main force, they won't be in a position to do so. Moreover, being ruled by Daesh, with its beheadings and harsh administration, may make the population more open to compromise once it is liberated by the Iraq national army.
As for Iraqi Kurdistan, I should say that I am offering analysis, not doing politics. In principle I don't care one way or another if Kurdistan is independent. But I don't think it will have positive benefits for the Kurds. Formal independence for it would anger Iran and Turkey and could even lead to war. Moreover, Iraqi Kurdistan is a small place. I doesn't have a big enough domestic market really to flourish without the rest of Iraq. If it were independent it might face tariffs from its trading partners.
Iraqi Kurdistan doesn't have all that much oil compared to the rich fiels of Iraq's deep south. Why not stick around and enjoy that bounty as an Iraqi citizen? It should be remembered that petroleum won't be valuable much longer, because of its role in climate change. Without an oil income or special access to large markets, it is hard for me to imagine how Iraqi Kurdistan will prosper 20 years from now. The world has enough small hardscrabble states.


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6 years after Tinder, YouTube learns to swipe
Sanchita DashJan 15, 2019, 16:43 IST
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Users can now swipe to go through videos on the platform.
The feature is aimed at increasing engagement with YouTube users.
India currently has over 245 million monthly YouTube users.
With over 245 million monthly users, YouTube in India is undoubtedly one of the most visited apps. Now, it wants to ensure you don't leave the platform when you are done watching a video.
The platform is introducing a swipe option for videos that will let you easily navigate through videos. By swiping forward, the user can move to the next recommended video while by swiping back one can re-watch a video.
While the feature is currently available for iOS users, it will soon follow suit to roll out for Android users.
This move is to ensure that YouTube users, the majority of which are mobile, have more ease in using the platform and easily scroll through videos.
The feature is also similar to Instastories, the 24-hour photo sharing feature by Instagram, which definitely hiked up the user base of the photo sharing platform.
In December 2018, the platform had announced the silent autoplay feature where videos on the home feed of the user automatically start playing as you scroll through the videos.
India is one of the largest markets for the platform and currently 80% of Internet users in the country also actively use YouTube every month.
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It may seem a little out of place to associate anything from the medical field with the term industry, but unfortunately, when it comes to plastic surgery, the correlation is very appropriate, especially in LA and even more so in Beverly Hills. Each and every Beverly Hills plastic surgeon will tell you how much the face of cosmetic surgery has changed over the years and how much it began to look more and more like an industry, rather than a medical option. A long time ago, plastic surgery was mainly referring to reconstructive surgery and was aimed for patients who had suffered serious trauma and needed special surgery to restore the function and form of their body, but presently the main branch seems to be cosmetic surgery, solicitated by people who wish to improve their looks. And of course, everyone wants the best plastic surgeon Beverly Hills has to offer, working on their face or body, so the competition between medical practices became fierce.
Regardless of the reason, the fact is that cosmetic surgery became indeed a growing industry and a very profitable one for that matter, so many medical students and residents began to focus on becoming a Beverly Hills plastic surgeon, dreaming about the glamorous work and the huge financial advantage. Although LA seems to be the aesthetic surgery paradise, the truth is that, historically, reconstructive surgery has been performed in India since 800BC. During the World Wars, many facial plastic surgery techniques have been developed and improved, by being performed on disfigured soldiers. However, the 21st century hit and people started to be more and more preoccupied with the way they looked, a trend greatly fed by the media, so plastic surgery became synonym with cosmetic surgery, with the main purpose of enhancing appearance. The rush for the best plastic surgeon in Beverly Hills also started and millions of procedures were done annually in the US alone.
While at first, only women of a certain age went to see a Beverly Hills plastic surgeon, trying to rejuvenate their appearance and look younger than they actually were, today both men and women of all ages resort to these procedures for a variety of reasons. Even children are sometimes patients, especially in South Korea and Japan, undergoing cosmetic eye surgery. There are many types of aesthetic surgery, depending on what part of the body one would like to change or improve, but some of the most popular are breast augmentation, or breast implant, mastopexy, which means breast lift, liposuction, eyelid surgery, lip enhancement and rhinoplasty, commonly known as a nose job. Since any of these procedures involves a lot of technique and thoroughness, it becomes pretty obvious why everybody wants the best plastic surgeon in Beverly Hills.
All things considered, even if you do afford the services of the best plastic surgeon Beverly Hills has to offer and benefit from his or her experience and expertise, surgery remains surgery, whether cosmetic or not, involving a lot of risks you should be aware of, before jumping on the table. People sometimes don't think about the recovery process or the complexity of such a procedure, but only about the desired results, thus being disappointed in the end. Even so, the plastic surgery is an industry that started to grow in Asia as well, not to mention that it is a billion dollars business in Europe and the US, so there is no wonder that almost every med student wants to become a Beverly Hills plastic surgeon.
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