Beauty Blogosphere 11.9.12
Self-Portrait (Dedicated to Leon Trotsky), Frida Kahlo, 1937
Art brow'd: My first thought upon learning of the Art Gallery of Ontario's publicity stunt—the museum circulated fake unibrows, which patrons could wear to receive reduced admission for the institution's Frida Kahlo exhibit—was that it was essentially harmless. Like it or not, Kahlo's unibrow is part of what distinguishes her in the contemporary mind, and if that's a portal to people learning more about her work and the passionate radicalism behind it, so be it. This open letter convinced me otherwise, for people wearing the unibrow "[tell] us that they are wearing the unibrow not in an earnest tribute to the artist and her work, but with a cool and distant irony." (via Feminist Philosophers)
Tootsies: Hurricane + power loss + communal men's shower at YMCA + transgender blogger + bright red pedicure = delightful story of gratitude from ShyBiker.
Adidas altar: There are greater ideological points made in Pop Feminist's short and elegant treatise on gender and shoe worship, but it may be neatly summed up in her last line, "Never be friends with people, only be friends with shoes."
Khromadone: Khroma, the Kardashian sisters' cosmetics line, may soon be facing not one but two trademark infringement lawsuits. First came Chroma, a high-end brand that took pains to distance itself from the "low budget cosmetic products that will be sold in mass retail outlets" from the Kardashians—and now another line, Kroma, is looking into legal action after the Khroma team essentially ignored their cease-and-desist letter.
Osiao growth: Estee Lauder marches forward with its wide-scale promotion of Osiao, the company's newly developed line for Asian consumers. Since 70% of the company's online sales in China are in cities without the brand's physical presence, Lauder is planting the line in stores throughout mid-tier Chinese cities in an effort to keep brand recognition strong.
Java time: With all the talk about the growth of cosmetics in China, Indonesia—the world's fourth most-populous country—has been overlooked. (Guilty.) But no more!
Baring it: Perhaps taking a cue from Movember, the BBC is asking women to go without makeup for a day to raise money for scholarships via sponsors.
Backlash: UK consumers are backtracking on organic products; a new survey shows that only 38% of those who use organic cosmetics think they're actually healthier, and about 60% find them overpriced.
"No guys, really, it's just for my skin": It takes a nuanced, clear-eyed woman to be able to talk about the complexities surrounding food without lapsing into everything we've heard a million times, but Edith Zimmerman does it in this Into the Gloss interview about the diet she went on to clear up her skin, and Phoebe Maltz Bovy does it in her take on the interview. For as Maltz Bovy puts it, "Gluten intolerance, vegetarianism, mild food poisoning, stress- or busyness-related under-eating, and, evidently, a diet that's about clearing up acne, none of these need be about weight, but—as Edith Zimmerman certainly conveys, and as a less seemingly self-contradictory post wouldn't have managed—it's never a value-neutral thing when a woman does. This is never not part of the equation, precisely because of the (internalized and usual) societal validation women get for losing weight."
Culture clash: The press has gotten somewhat better about not painting eating disorders as strictly a "white girl problem"—but attention to eating disorders internationally, outside of Europe, has been pretty much nil. (That is, except for the odd report about how the arrival of television in, say, Fiji ushered in the disease—which always went back to being a statement about the west, of course.) So this report about eating disorders in the Middle East, specifically United Arab Emirates, is interesting. As with so many other areas, the relationship between the west and east is both definite and uncertain, with western imagery embracing the thin imperative being tagged as one reason for the disease's rise—but with region-specific media concerns, like the glorification of hunger-strike protesters, adding to the pot. (Thanks to Rahel for the link.)
"Half of myself": About Face gives a rundown on the work of photographer Julia Kozerski, who, through documenting a 160-pound weight loss, shows the untold side of immense physical change. "Interior pain is not eradicated by transforming ourselves physically, and often altering our bodies, even if it is in the name of health, can bring about confusion and questions of identity."
Featuring one of my Simone favorites, "Turning Point"
Little Girl Blue: Zoe Saldana, a light-skinned actress of Puerto Rican and Dominican heritage, will play Nina Simone in an upcoming biopic, and writer Akiba Solomon (among others) questions the appropriateness of this, given the importance the singer placed on her own physicality. "At a time when 'black is beautiful' was a revolutionary concept rather than a marketing campaign, Simone adorned herself with African garb and intricate plaited updos. Sometimes she posed nude. As a songwriter and performer, she created a space for black women to grapple with ideas of beauty, privilege and sexual desirability." Is Saldana's casting an erasure of Simone's blackness?
Brought to you by: This interview with an herb farmer in Uganda who produces essential oils for the cosmetics industry provides a glimpse into the lives of people who are literally on the ground making the products that boast of being "all natural."
Uniformed: Janelle Monáe has an interesting story as to why she always wears her black-and-white "uniform" of sorts: "When I started my musical career I was a maid, I used to clean houses. My parents—my mother was a proud janitor, my step-father who raised me like his very own worked at the post office and my father was a trash man. They all wore uniforms. And that's why I stand here today in my black and white and I wear my uniform to honor them." Similarly interesting is how she links this to being a Covergirl model: "I want to be clear young girls, I didn't have to change who I was to become a Covergirl." Not sure what to make of that—she's honoring her background with her fashion, but it's a highly stylized look that isn't actually, you know, a maid uniform, so didn't she...change who she was? Am I being dense?
"Be a Man": A group of Egyptian men are dealing out vigilante justice to street harassers, spraying them with spray paint to visibly "out" them. It's an interesting tactic, and I like the idea of giving out a sort of retribution that lasts as long as a nasty comment might linger in a woman's ears, but obviously there are potential complications here. I'd be interested to know what women of the region feel about this—any Egyptian readers out there?
Lindsayisms: A surprisingly complex collection of encounters with Lindsay Lohan, culled by Sarah Nicole Prickett, in the latest issue of The New Inquiry. (Which of course you're all subscribed to, right? Right??)
Beauty ≠ health: Why the fresh hell do Groupon's "Here's to Your Health" packages include tanning and laser hair removal but nothing to do with, oh, health? Caitlin Constantine takes a look at the conflation of health and beauty.
Make mine a double: Baze at Beautycism muses on the implication of "makeup bars," where women pay for pro makeup jobs outside of the usual context (weddings, photo sessions, etc.): "Social media outlets like Facebook, Instagram and Tumblr have convinced women that they too are brands—pseudo-celebrities who want to make sure that every photo that hits the internet is in line with their message."
Gag me: Perfumes Without Pity's take on the Eat, Pray, Love scent collection. Bwah!
Painted ladies: Filmmaker Liz Goldwyn gives a bit of history on extreme 19th-century beauty practices beyond the stuff we already know. Painting on veins with grease pencils to appear more translucently pale?! Also check out Goldwyn's new short, The Painted Lady, "a poetic internal monologue of a young girl as she recalls a passing encounter on the street with a 'painted lady' (a slang term for a 19th century prostitute). She romanticizes an overt sexuality so foreign to her—while imagining her own transformation from adolescence into womanhood." (Thanks to Sarah Nicole Prickett for the link.)
Ditto that: Beth Ditto talks skinny privilege, and how growing up in a fat-phobic world made her resilient and better able "to find ways to become useful to myself." And I'm honored to be featured in the accompanying slideshow of "body image heroes" alongside Lady Gaga, Ashley Judd, Lena Dunham, and Kjerstin Gruys.
Baked beauty: I've already grumbled about food-scented beauty products, but am getting an enormous kick out of the reverse, with Glamour's collection of food shaped like beauty products.
It's got legs: Elizabeth Nolan Brown takes an appropriately tongue-in-cheek look at "the secret to shapely legs." (Turns out being Barbie, a Greek statue, or a lamp is step #1.)
Let's call it a tie: Not sure which bit of auto news is more disturbing: Honda has a new car "just for women!" replete with an A/C system designed to keep skin soft, or Nissan's attempts to create an interior upholstery that feels like human flesh.
Ugliness, flow, and the creative process: Insight-filled interview with Heroines author Kate Zambreno: "To be a woman writer I think you have to partially overcome, or at least wrangle with, the desire to be the object. Zelda [Fitzgerald] came into writing when she got out of the first institution—that picture of her haglike & free in that sailor suit—Cured! she scrawled across the bottom. I like to imagine she's being cured from being the muse-girl. I think ugliness or enforced isolation in a woman can be perceived of as depression—the antidepressant advertisement, and yet it's also essential to the creative process, to burrow under, to work not thinking of one's appearance. Think of Edna Pontellier painting every day drained and yet more alive than ever and not receiving callers in The Awakening. Her doctor and husband chose to pathologize it—only because that behavior was unacceptable. And today we still have behavior that is perceived of as unacceptable, that stands in the way of women being artists, like the fear of ugliness, in so many ways – and the fear of nakedness, which I think is a fear of judgment and reprisal." And this woman writer whispers Yes.
If you see something, say something: Sally on visibility and visionaries: "Part of me rebels against, 'If you can't see it, you can't be it.' I mean, there have been so many women throughout time who have plowed forward with ABSOLUTELY NO EXAMPLES AT ALL, and changed the face of history with their visionary bravery. And I struggle with the idea that we, as women, require others to go first before we can follow along... [But] we are communal creatures, and we are influenced by what we see."
Strikeout: Female inmates at a South African prison have threatened to go on strike, stating that the new head warden was taking away, without explanation, privileges such as meals with families, exercise hours—and the right to as many cosmetics as inmates want. Prison spokespeople say nothing has changed since the change in regime.
Quadraboob Study #8: What the Louvre can teach us about body image. Finding well-tailored clothes isn't just a 21st-century problem, it seems!
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Patients with severe hantavirus and fear of neighbors grow
The Berisso painter is still interned in San Martín. There are epidemiological control operations in the Berissense environment. The number of provincial cases is maintained at 5
The painter from Berisso who was diagnosed with hantavirus continued to be interned in very difficult conditions last night at the Interzon General Hospital of Agudos San Martín in our city. Yesterday, after confirming this case, both in La Plata and in Berisso, environmental complaints for rodents and landfills were increasing, and the two communes showed different epidemiological control measures.
Yesterday, various versions of potential new cases being studied in this Region were transcended. From the Provincial Health Department, they confirmed that no new infections were confirmed.
About 40-year-old painters and neighbors from the Villa Argüello neighborhood, yesterday the former Policlínico director, Alberto Urban, explained that he had a "severe respiratory condition" and detailed that he was in intensive care, with breathing assistance, symptom treatment, and "vital support" .
"The Malbrán Institute study confirms that it is hantavirus, with strains that are not the same as Epuyén, but which are autochthonous from this region," he said.
Yesterday at Berisso, mayor Jorge Nedela led a cabinet meeting to coordinate action against hantavirus. In the meeting, which gave further details about the case was the municipal Health Secretary, Alberto Augstaitis, who reported that the patient's home "was on the 128 road between 67 and 68, where he lived with his family group". According to the official, the man "carried out duties as a construction worker, did masonry work and painted among others. In the past few weeks it was noted that he carried out different cleaning and painting in locations and especially in an old warehouse in the city of La Plata, where there seems to be some sort of contact with mice. "
"We talked to his wife," he continued, "and he was clearly suspicious of the place where he had worked for several days, it was the warehouse left where he cleaned," said the city secretary of Health Berissense.
Regarding the steps to be followed in this case, Augstaitis explained: "In this situation we treat epidemiological focus control, which includes going home, conducting inspections, seeing family groups under what conditions are living, analyzing all the environment and environment to take action proper environmental sanitation. "
With regard to the case of hantavirus affecting painters, Augstaitis emphasizes that not varieties are transmitted between humans. "This is the key to clarifying that this disease is not contagious between humans. The confirmed strain in this case is from the hantavirus called the Andes and does not spread among people".
The official explained that in order for these cases to occur "it is very important and necessary for the presence of mice." "Besides that it's not about rats, but colilargo rats which are carriers of hantavirus. Containing their impurities, urine that contaminates space and one of these products is evaporated into particles in the air and by inhalation of people infecting this type of disease.
According to the Provincial Health Department, at the end of this edition the number of registered cases of hantavirus patients in the province of Buenos Aires was maintained at five, although they said that they were "normal" cases for this year. Other episodes of confirmed hantavirus have been registered in the districts of San Pedro, Zárate, Navarro and Lomas de Zamora.
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While in the neighborhood fears of neighbors growing, both the commune of La Plata and Berissense deployed operations to prevent possible cases of hantavirus. According to the Municipality of La Plata, for several hours the team carried out sanitation and cleaning work on land and certain sectors to eliminate the focus of infection and prevent the spread of the virus. Up to receipt of complaints at 147, "Municipal personnel appear on the property concerned and have dialogues with tenants to enable development of tasks; in the case of rejection, they act through the Legal and Technical Secretariat to be able to enter the house and avoid possible damage to neighbors in the area."
In the same way, the tasks of deratization are carried out in different environments, prioritizing where the presence of mice and those close to water have been reported, because zones are often inhabited by long-tailed mice that can transmit the virus.
In turn, communes form special teams that are in line with neighbor 147, with the aim that health professionals answer concerns and questions related to viruses. Neighbors can communicate with city channels and be attended by specialists who will provide all the necessary information about this disease.
Through requests to various ministries, the Provincial Memory Commission (CPM) requested that actions taken in prevention and deratization in prisons, police stations, closed centers for young and neuropsychiatric Buenos Aires to prevent the spread of hantavirus.
Neighbors can request deratization in community delegations or by contacting 147 neighbor service channels; while they can delete the feed for free, from Monday to Friday from 8 am to 4 pm, at the Zoonoses Directorate, at 52 and 120 hours.
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'Outlook Remote Code Execution in Preview Pane (S/MIME)'
'The S/MIME standard attempts to raise the level of trust of email messages by enabling users to digitally sign their messages and so the receiver can verify the authenticity of the received message.
However, sometimes an added security feature can open up dangerous security hole; a security vulnerability in the way Outlook handles S/MIME certificates causes it to execute arbitrary code when inspecting a malformed S/MIME signed message.'
'The information has been provided by Noam Rathaus.'
'Vulnerable versions:
Outlook Express version 5.50
Outlook Express version 6.0
Immune versions:
Outlook Express 5.5 SP2
Outlook Express 6.0 SP1 (included in Windows XP SP1)
S/MIME has been implemented in Outlook Express in accordance to RFC 2311 (http://www.ietf.org/rfc/rfc2311.txt?number=2311). As the RFC states, an error message should be displayed whenever the 'From' field of the letter does not match that of the S/MIME RFC822 Name (in our example it will be noamr@beyondsecurity.com).
The following error message will be displayed whenever such an incident occurs (The fake email address has been set to 'Fake'):
There are security problems with this message.
Please review the highlighted items listed below:
(V) Message has not been tampered with
(V) You do trust the signing digital ID
(V) The digital ID has not expired
(X) The digital ID's e-mail address does not match sender's
Signer: noamr@beyondsecurity.com
Sender: Fake
(V) The digital ID has not been revoked or revocation information for this certificate could not be determined.
(V) There are no other problems with the digital ID
Ironically, this message warning is where the vulnerability lies. An overflow in the code that tries to place the sender's email address in the message allows arbitrary code execution, which is triggered whenever a user views the message. Watching it in the preview pane is sufficient to trigger the overflow.
Vendor response:
Microsoft has responded promptly and the fix was included in Service Pack 1 for Windows XP released a few weeks ago.
A patch for other systems is available at:
http://www.microsoft.com/windows/ie/downloads/critical/q328676/default.asp.'


Jan 23, 2023 - Energy & Environment
Ukraine war upended energy markets forever
Illustration: Shoshana Gordon/Axios
Nearly a year after Russia's invasion, the Ukraine crisis has permanently reshaped the global energy system and brought severe economic pain.
Why it matters: The worst-case scenarios haven't come to pass, thanks to a mix of EU policies, Russian President Vladimir Putin's miscalculations and pure luck. But the impact is apparent on every facet of the market, from natural gas to oil to low-carbon energy.
Driving the news: Europe's heavy dependence on Russian gas, which once provided 40% of EU supplies, has been rapidly severed. Now it only accounts for about 14.4% of EU supplies, per S&P Global Commodity Insights.
"Russia's days as an energy superpower are ebbing away," prominent energy historian and analyst Dan Yergin said.
How it works: European gas prices soared to record levels, but have since fallen back to below pre-war levels. That's partly thanks to more supplies from the U.S. and elsewhere, but it's also because of planning.
European nations have made moves to sever ties with Russian coal, oil and gas and diversify their supplies, conserve energy and fill gas storage facilities.
That effort has also prompted EU officials to accelerate and scale up efforts to deploy low-carbon tech like renewables and heat pumps. (There was also some short-term switching to carbon-intensive coal, thanks to the gas price increases and supply crunch.)
Luck was also a factor, with unusually mild weather that has cut heating demand.
"Widespread shortages, which were once legitimately feared, have not materialized," writes Financial Times energy editor David Sheppard in a column titled "Vladimir Putin is losing the energy war."
What they're saying: Analysts say Putin misjudged his ability to wield Russia's massive gas and oil exports to Europe as a geopolitical weapon.
A Center for Strategic and International Studies (CSIS) report notes that Putin, in cutting gas shipments, was "hoping economic pain would break European and transatlantic resolve to support Ukraine."
Yergin tells Axios that Putin's "point of maximum leverage is past" now that Europe has diversified supplies and filled storage levels.
"He thought that Europe's dependence on Russian energy would be so great that the Europeans would, at the end of the day, deplore what happened [in Ukraine] but stand aside," he said in an interview.
Yes, but: The crisis brought severe economic pain to Europe, hammering consumers and energy-hungry industries, and beyond. For instance, CSIS notes that European fertilizer production, which requires large amounts of natural gas, has fallen 70%.
More broadly, it has helped push up energy prices everywhere, hurting economies worldwide due to higher industrial and agricultural input costs, boosting food prices that especially hurt poor nations.
Between the lines: When it comes to oil, Europe's recently imposed prohibitions on seaborne Russian crude and the G7-led "price cap" meant to curb Putin's revenues are leading to increased Russian barrels flowing to China and India.
On gas, "Europe's shift from Russian gas to other supplies has dramatically and permanently changed global gas trade and energy markets," CSIS writes.
The reordering of the global energy trade is ultimately coming at Russia's expense, even as the war has spurred commodity price increases that battered economies worldwide over the last year.
The International Energy Agency, in a report last fall, significantly cut its projections of Russian gas and oil exports this decade because not all of the exports that used to go to Europe will find a new home.
Also, while oil prices remain elevated, the initial price surge caused by the war has retreated. Brent crude briefly jumped to over $130 per barrel in early March when the scope of the conflict and response were less understood.
The intrigue: Europe's turn away from Putin has increased the geopolitical importance of U.S. exports of liquefied natural gas, which is helping to fill Europe's loss of Russian supplies. "Energy security in Europe — and globally — now rests on U.S. natural gas exports," CSIS notes.
What's next: IEA's latest oil market analysis this month calls Russia one of two "wildcards" that will "dominate" the global oil market in 2023.
The other is China, where COVID restrictions — or the lack of them — affect energy markets because they're the largest oil importer in the world.


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In April 1995, the Foundation created the first annual A Celebration of Reading in Houston. A Celebration of Reading is a fundraising event that has helped adults and children across the United States become literate through the Barbara Bush Foundation for Family Literacy. The support for this program was so great that additional Celebrations, to support the Foundation's work, now exist in Dallas, Maryland, and Florida. The Barbara Bush Foundation has already awarded more than $40 million dollars to create or extend 902 literacy programs across the country where parents and children learn and read together.
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Each year, Mrs. Bush personally invites her favorite authors who give freely of their time to bring their written words to life in a professionally produced program including video, a wonderful set, and other hallmarks of a real "theatrical performance." A highlight of the show has always been an inspirational testimony from a special guest of honor - a student whose life has benefited from the work of the Foundation.
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Amanda Palmer & Friends Present Forty-Five Degrees: Bushfire Charity Flash Record
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Amanda MacKinnon Gaiman Palmer is an American vocalist, pianist and performance artist, best known for her work as one half of The Dresden Dolls. Born in 1976, she grew up in Lexington, Massachusetts and received her B.A. from Wesleyan University. She attended Lexington High School, where she was very involved in the drama department. Amanda sometimes has Lexington High School students perform drama pieces at her shows. Before she was in the Dresden Dolls, she was in a band called "Amanda Palmer and the Void". In October of 2000, she met Brian Viglione, a drummer; together… read more
Amanda MacKinnon Gaiman Palmer is an American vocalist, pianist and performance artist, best known for her work as one half of The Dresden Dolls. Born in 1976, she grew up in Lexington, Mas… read more
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Sky Burial: There I Saw the Grey Wolf Gaping
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Michael Page says that his new Sky Burial release, There I Saw the Grey Wolf Gaping, marks a return to shorter-form work and pulls in inspiration from shoe-gaze, krautrock, musique concrete and more. But while all the work here is solid, it's the three long(er) tracks, each clocking in at about 10 minutes each, that land with the heaviest impact. On these, Page showcases the densely packed, frequently ominous sonic sculptures he's known for. As always, the ride is expertly modulated. "Incantare," which starts the disc and features contributions from dark chanteuse Jarboe and German duo Troum, opens with long, hypnotic drones. Percussion folds into the mix to bend the sound in an almost tribal-ambient direction. The last keening note from Jarboe fades into a moment of quiet–which is consequently shattered by the heavy dramatics of "Shedding the Husk." Dirge-like and deadly serious, this piece thunders into the room, then spreads like a consuming shadow. In here is Page's trademark sonic density, big drones flowing over each other. "Silence Moves" is the last of the long pieces, crafted with help from Anni Hogan (formerly with Marc Almond of Soft Cell fame) and sound artist Xiphoid Dementia; it rises up with an almost optimistic tone (comparatively), then turns slowly on its axis to become somber and deep. Piano layers in and soon finds itself fighting against dissonant chords that first swallow it whole then let it emerge unscathed. It makes for a great narrative. The shorter tracks are the ones that divert from the drone-based flow. Two, contributed by Danny Hyde of Coil, stand out immediately. Take the trippy "Carne[vale]," built on a tortured chipset-style sound to create something like a deranged and distorted 80s video game soundtrack. The jaunty sound of it carries Hyde's nod to the Carnevale atmosphere, but it's viewed through a skewed, jiggling lens. Toward the end, it breaks down in a jagged act of pure deconstruction. He reuses the chipset sound later in "Fools Circel9Wys," pairing it against a processed vocal that comes out with a cool didgeridoo-like tone. This one pulses right along. "Beyond the Veldt" takes an interesting turn, with dream-state vocals from Bridget Wishart of Hawkwind (also a repeat Sky Burial collaborator) working over a hazy shoe-gaze beat. The title track represents the musique concrete portion of the evening, bringing a clash of bagpipes and the squeal and clatter of (what sounds like) trains to wrestle for dominance.
There I Saw the Grey Wolf Gaping is an impressive bit of work, and not just for the number and pedigree of the guest artists. Page has obviously developed a strong name in the dark/noise/experimental side of things and has a solid force of artists at his command. This disc nicely shows what good can come of that. Have a listen.
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Paul Reed Gutted With Grimshaw Loss But Staying Positive
By On Jun 3, 2010
(Reed and Grimshaw square off in their BAMMA encounter. Photo by Dan Holmes)
On May 15th at BAMMA 3, Olympians MMA's Paul Reed (12-6) had to endure a stoppage loss at the hands of the Ashleigh Grimshaw (7-6-1), who prevailed after 1:04 of the second round. 'Reedy' gave FIGHT! his opinion on the encounter.
"I came out, looking to be pretty careful and picking my shots," stated Paul. "He went for some kicks and I ended up kicking him a couple of times which probably took him by surprise because I don't normally throw them. Then I started catching him, and I saw his face change. I caught him with a couple of knees and it was like I was having it all my own way. I don't think he hit me in the first round. I don't think he managed to land one punch.
"I came back from the first round and had a chat with my corner, and thought it was easy. Then I went out for the second and started letting my hands go, and he suckered me in there. I think I landed a quick combination, then I went back in a straight line, and he went for the counter and he caught me with a big left hook. I think I cut too much weight; I couldn't sustain the punch, and I can't really remember. One minute I thought I was doing amazing and I was winning, and then the next the referee was telling me it's all over and I was looking up in the air, so that sucks."
In spite of this though, the Bristol resident didn't feel that Ashleigh had too much strength for him. "He looked very big, but when I grabbed hold of him, he didn't feel physically strong," admitted the 38 year-old. "He looked strong, but he didn't feel strong. I could push him around and outwrestle him. At one point he got double underhooks on me, and I still managed to squirm my way out of it and put him against the cage. I took him down and was ground and pounding him; really trying to let the elbows go and try and catch him, but I don't think he was very strong physically.
"I also thought he was going to be technically better than he was," flowed Paul. "I didn't think his boxing was that good, his kicks were missing me and I didn't find him that amazing. I thought he was going to be better, but what he did do is hit me with a knockout punch, but there you go."
However, 'Reedy' readily admits the punch that Grimshaw caught him with was excellent. "There's no such thing as a lucky punch," he remarked. "You choose when to throw the punch, and sometimes when someone's hitting me I do the same thing. Someone backs you up, hits you with a couple of shots, so you cover up, take one or two, then unleash a big left hook. That's exactly what he did and I think maybe I got a bit overconfident. I should have been a little bit cuter, but the main thing for me is that I cut a bit too much weight and I couldn't take the punch. If he hit me and I managed to ride it out it would have been a lot different, but it knocked me over and he finished me off.
"I know he was trying to hit me with a big shot because he was throwing with bad intentions; I know because I caught a couple on my hands. He caught me fair and square with the big left hook. Fair play to him; he's a good sport and he won the fight, but if I could get a rematch with him, I'd jump at the chance. If a show would put it on, I'd give him my pay packet just to entice him back in there. There's no way he's a better fighter than me. He got me with a punch, but it was just a sickener."
According to Reed, cutting an excessive amount of weight the day before hindered his ability to take the fight finishing left hook. He said, "I'm a bit lighter now than I was before the cut. I cut a ridiculous amount on the Friday. I'm quite a big guy for featherweight, but everyone's quite big really. All the top guys are, but I just cut too much on the last day, and I thought I could get away with it, but I couldn't.
"I could fight at lightweight. I fought there in my first seven fights, and I'm definitely big enough, but there are some big ones out there. There are some massive lightweights that walk around at about 85kg. Then again, there's pros and cons to everything as sometimes they cut so much weight that they have the same problem I have at featherweight, where you can take it out of your body a little bit.
"My conditioning felt amazing after the first round though, and I wasn't even breathing hard. I felt composed and good. The show was really good. I watched all the fights after that and Jeff Lawson was wicked. It was a good show and a really good thing to be part of. The only bad thing was the result, but when you get in there that's the sort of thing that can happen to you, so you can't win everything. It does hurt when you get beat like that though. It hurts when you get beat and any defeat's fucking horrible."
Retirement is something the Edinburgh born fighter had hinted at before the bout, but he asserts that this isn't an option just yet. "If I'd have beaten Ash, I could have gone out on a good win, but not just now," he revealed. "It's not going to be long, but not just now. I need to get a couple of wins before I quit. I've got a fight lined up in Bristol on July 3rd on Tear Up, and that's a home fight for once. It's against a guy who's very inexperienced, but he's asked to fight me."
Indeed despite having had eighteen professional MMA bouts, Reed is convinced he has the required goods to compete at a high level. "100-percent I've still got it," enthused Paul. "Apart from getting beaten I've performed really, really well and better than I have in a lot of fights, but then again, I'm not taking away the win which sucks. It's really frustrating though because I've shown what I can do but then I've messed it up. There's still a little bit left in me yet, and hopefully I'll be able to prove it."
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'Under the Eiffel Tower' Soundtrack Details
Posted: February 7, 2019 by filmmusicreporter in Film Music Albums
Tags: Archie Borders, Joseph Stephens, score, Soundtrack, Under the Eiffel Tower
The Orchard will release a soundtrack album for the romantic comedy Under the Eiffel Tower. The album features the film's original score composed by Joseph Stephens (Observe and Report, Flower, Eastbound and Down, Vice Principals). Also included are songs by lead actress Judith Godrèche and Noé Boon. The soundtrack will be released digitally on February 15 and is now available for pre-order on Amazon. Under the Eiffel Tower is co-written and directed by Archie Borders and stars Matt Walsh, Godrèche, Reid Scott, David Wain, Michaela Watkins, Dylan Gelula, Gary Cole and Ary Abittan. The comedy is being released in select theaters this weekend and will also be available on VOD on February 12.
1. I Can See Your Heart – Judith Goderèche (3:43)
2. Follow You – Judith Goderèche (2:53)
3. Distant Dream – Noé Boon (2:24)
4. Stuart Theme (1:59)
5. Under The Tower (2:47)
6. Main Titles (0:54)
7. Louise (1:32)
8. Train Search (0:34)
9. Train Transition (0:32)
10. Dinner (0:57)
11. Riverbank (1:16)
12. Bus Ride (0:57)
13. Vat Room (1:09)
14. Hallway Meeting (0:49)
15. Market Day (2:29)
16. Night Kiss (0:31)
18. Stuart Learns The Truth (1:07)
19. Gerard's Death (0:56)
20. Home Montage (2:28)
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CSIRO partnering with Chevron to study the Great Australian Bight
A significant partnership between CSIRO and Chevron will investigate unexplored deepwater regions in the Great Australian Bight, in the first commercial partnership to operate the marine research vessel, the RV Investigator.
Minister for Industry and Science Ian Macfarlane said the partnership was an ideal example of the benefits from closer collaboration between Australia's diverse scientific community and industry.
The multimillion dollar Great Australian Bight Deepwater Marine Program, funded by Chevron, aims to answer questions about the geology and ecology of this unique region.
Marine geoscientists will collect core and rock samples over a period of four weeks, to understand the geological history of the Ceduna Basin, while marine biologists will analyse the composition, abundance and distributions of species found.
The program will provide a better understanding of the Basin's geology and petroleum prospectivity to reduce exploration risks and costs. It will also improve understanding of the ecology and provide baseline data to inform environmental assessments.
"The RV Investigator is Australia's sophisticated research vessel, which has already completed a number of voyages to gather data and research the marine environment," Mr Macfarlane said.
"As Australia's pre-eminent science and research body, CSIRO has a central role to play in providing expertise and applying its track record of research excellence as the Australian Government works to encourage greater collaboration between industry and science.
"While just on our doorstep, the Great Australian Bight remains relatively unknown, but it also represents one of Australia's most prospective exploration regions for oil and gas.
"This partnership is an example of how science and industry can work collectively to ensure Australia's offshore hydrocarbon endowment can bring economic and social benefits that are efficient and sustainable."
In late October, a team of CSIRO scientists will embark on a marine survey to undertake deepwater geological and habitat research.
CSIRO Energy Director Dr Peter Mayfield said the program represents a number of 'firsts' for Australia: "It will be one of the longest and deepest science surveys in Australian waters and will utilise equipment such as autonomous underwater vehicles to map sampling areas up to 4500 m below the sea surface."
"CSIRO is excited to be collaborating with Chevron to help build an enhanced baseline picture of the seafloor and the geology and benthic ecology of the Bight," Dr Mayfield said.
The program's Chief Scientist, Dr Andrew Ross, said the program seeks to understand how the seafloor in the region formed millions of years ago.
"In order to do this we'll be collecting samples from volcanic seamounts, sedimentary rock outcrops and hydrocarbon seeps to determine the timing, chemistry and mechanisms that led to their formation," Dr Ross said.
"We are expecting to collect up to several thousand geological and biological samples and may even discover new organisms which have never been seen before.
"We've been unable to deploy the range of skills and equipment to this type of research in the past as we simply didn't have access to the kind of capability that is found on board the Marine National Facility research vessel, Investigator."
The research program will be led by CSIRO in collaboration with a number of academic and Government research agencies including Geoscience Australia and the University of Adelaide.
Following a successful first survey this year, a bid will be made for a second survey in 2016 to collect more detailed data and utilise different technologies such as remotely operated vehicles.
Media contacts: Minister Macfarlane's Office 02 6277 7070


The Best Easter Brunch In Every State
Redbook Magazine |
Jessica Booth |
Original Article: "The Best Easter Brunch In Every State"
Dig into Eggs Benedict, French toast and more on Easter morning.
Whether you spend your Easter morning hunting for eggs with the kids or attending church services, one thing is for sure: You'll be hungry for brunch after all the celebrations. Easter and brunch go hand in hand, although you could cook up your own at home, why not leave the fresh, spring dishes up to someone else and go out to eat? According to Yelp, these are the best Easter brunch options in each state, and you're guaranteed to find menu items worth making a reservation for.
Mon Ami Gabi, Las Vegas
Located directly under the Eiffel Tower on the Las Vegas Strip, you can enjoy a special French breakfast on Easter Sunday from 7am until 11am. Menu items include favorites like the classic quiche lorraine and the chicken, brie, and apple crepe. Brunch will be served from 11am until 3pm, and advanced reservations are recommended.
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Twilight People: Stories of Faith & Gender Beyond the Binary
'Twilight People' is a landmark project that discovers and celebrates the hidden history of transgender and gender-variant people of faith in the UK past and present. This collection is the first source of faith and transgender history in Britain. The project explores the narratives around 'body and ritual', documenting the interconnection between faith and gender journeys beyond the binary categories of male and female. The images and stories of over 40 members of the various Abrahamic faith communities – Christian, Muslim and Jewish – are documented by means of oral history, film and photography. The collated materials are mapped, catalogued, deposited and shared with the wider audience via free and accessible channels including an archive collection, a Website, interactive digital hubs, a touring exhibition, events including a symposium, a booklet, educational resource packs and other current learning tools including an app.
The project title is inspired by a prayer called 'Twilight People' written by US Rabbi Reuben Zellman. It is often recited for Transgender Day of Remembrance. It is a reminder that the twilight is not necessarily a place of otherness, but can be a positive, plural space for everyone. The symbolism of the 'twilight' , the sacred in-between space – a moment of transformation and rebirth – has been used variously in many religions and faiths around the world.
The theme of the Twilight People exhibition will be 'body and ritual', covering primarily the time period from the 1980s to today. Physical transformation, religious rituals and religious fetish objects (e.g. hairstyle, accessories, head-gear, jewelry, tattoos) are very often important symbols to mark both faith and gender journeys. Twilight People will capture the voices and images of gender-nonconforming people of faith and interpret them in a heritage context.
This project will interpret and share this hidden history so that trans and gender-variant people of faith can be celebrated as members of the wider community.
Twilight People will create a lasting legacy that will help educate and empower the next generation
Twilight People is supported by the National Lottery through the Lottery Heritage Fund and hosted by Liberal Judaism. Project partners & associates include: Islington Museum; London Metropolitan Archives; University of Warwick; Gendered Intelligence; various LGBT& faith groups including Safra, Imaan, LGCM, Keshet UK.
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Dear HIAS PA Supporter,
This last week I have felt, to quote one colleague, giddy. The outlook for immigrants in this country has changed completely. The daughter of immigrants is our Vice President. In Biden's first few days in office, he already paused deportations, ended the Muslim Travel Ban, paused Border Wall construction, extended DACA, rolled back interior immigration enforcement priorities, and ensured that undocumented immigrants are counted in the census. In addition, Biden has sent a bill proposing a path to citizenship for 11 million undocumented immigrants.
So what does a new administration mean for Philadelphia's immigrants and HIAS Pennsylvania?
Peace of mind. Many of our clients, even if they have applied for legal status, live in constant fear of deportation orders that will tear them away from their lives and families.
Clients can reunite with their families. Our neighbors from Syria, Iran, and other countries affected by the Muslim ban and long wait times have been separated from their families for years, without the chance to visit them abroad or have their families visit them.
More people can gain the protection of DACA. Already, DACA has opened for new applicants after being closed for more than two years. DACA remains a temporary protection, with no path to citizenship, but it is a protection we will be thrilled to help more people obtain while we advocate for DREAMers to gain more rights.
The US will again offer refuge to those fleeing violence. In the four years of the previous Administration, the US Refugee Program was almost entirely shut down. We are excited for the restoration of a higher refugee ceiling so that we will be able to resettle hundreds more refugees from the Democratic Republic of the Congo, Afghanistan, Iran, and hopefully Syria in the next year.
Immigrants will have a better chance to thrive. With fewer government imposed obstacles, our case managers and legal advocates can do more to help immigrants be their best selves. Some immigrants become the founder of Google; others become home health aide workers who care for the homebound and elderly among us. In either case, each brings vital strength to our communities.
The past four years have been so destructive for immigrants, and the pandemic has hit immigrants especially hard. Our clients' needs remain great, but so do the opportunities to help them. Share our joy, and help us continue the work of bending the arc toward justice. Advocate. Donate. Volunteer.


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The Times of Digital toasters are among the many innovations that are taking shape around the world, from a digital cup to a digital toaster to the ability to scan a photo and create an interactive virtual table of contents.
The digital toasters have already been used in the United States, where Starbucks is using the technology to make coffee at its stores.
But Starbucks isn't the only coffee shop to use the technology.
In January, Microsoft launched a $5 billion fund to create an entire digital toast shop, dubbed the Office 365 Enterprise Toaster, to serve all customers.
The Office 365 enterprise toasters, which are connected to Microsoft's cloud, can be accessed through the Office Web Apps, and will allow users to scan and customize digital photos to serve up personalized toasters with the most relevant information.
Microsoft has also introduced a digital-toaster toaster that uses a smartphone app.
But while many are focusing on the digital toasts that are already available, the tech giants aren't stopping there.
They are also planning to develop a more powerful digital-printable digital toasting machine.
Microsoft, Apple, and Google, all of which are based in Silicon Valley, have been working to bring digital toasted products to consumers.
While the companies are creating more digital-printed toasters to serve customers, they are also developing a digital coffee machine.
Microsoft, for instance, recently announced a partnership with the San Francisco Bay Area coffee shop Café Coffee.
The toasters will feature a built-in Bluetooth keyboard to connect to an Apple iPhone.
This will allow customers to scan photos to create digital coffee tables with the best possible information.
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Trump Ally Jeff Sessions Could Face Tough Senate Confirmation
Ted Kennedy once said Sessions "is a throwback to a shameful era"
By Eileen Sullivan and Chad Day • Published November 17, 2016 • Updated on November 18, 2016 at 7:22 am
As one of President-elect Donald Trump's closest and most consistent allies, Sen. Jeff Sessions is a likely pick for a top post in his administration. But when Sessions faced Senate confirmation for a job 30 years ago, it didn't go well.
Nominated for a federal judgeship in 1986, Sessions, R-Ala., was dogged by racist comments he was accused of making while serving as U.S. attorney in Alabama. He was said to have called a black assistant U.S. attorney "boy" and the NAACP "un-American" and "communist-inspired."
Sessions was the first senator to back Trump during the campaign and is an architect of Trump's immigration, counterterrorism and trade policies. His name has been floated for attorney general and secretary of defense. The Trump transition team released a statement Thursday saying the president-elect is "unbelievably impressed" with Sessions, citing his work as a U.S. attorney and state attorney general in Alabama.
But confirmation for the four-term lawmaker, even in a Republican-controlled chamber, is not guaranteed.
Sessions had been confirmed by a Republican-controlled Senate in 1981 to be the U.S. attorney for the Southern District of Alabama.
In 1986, however, his racially charged comments and record on civil rights as a U.S. attorney, which Sessions denied and defended, prevented his nomination as judge from going forward, even in a GOP-majority Senate. Sessions later withdrew from consideration, though he went on to become state attorney general and won election to the U.S. Senate in 1996.
"Mr. Sessions is a throwback to a shameful era, which I know both black and white Americans thought was in our past," the late Massachusetts Democrat, Sen. Edward Kennedy, said during the 1986 confirmation hearing. "It is inconceivable to me that a person of this attitude is qualified to be a U.S. attorney, let alone a U.S. federal judge."
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During the hearing, a former assistant U.S. attorney, Thomas Figures, who is black, said Sessions referred to him as "boy," and told him to be careful what he said to "white folks." Sessions said he never called Figures "boy," but Kennedy produced a letter from an organization of black lawyers that said Figures made the allegation about Sessions to the organization's investigators at least twice.
Sessions told the committee that he told Figures to be careful what he said to "folks."
"I believe that the statements and actions of Mr. Sessions regarding race, and regarding civil rights, impact tremendously on whether he is decent," Figures told the committee. Figures died in 2015.
Sessions was also criticized for joking in the presence of an attorney with the Justice Department's Civil Rights Division that the Ku Klux Klan was "OK" until he learned they smoked marijuana. During his confirmation hearing, he said his comment about the Klan "was a silly comment, I guess you might say, that I made."
Sessions told the committee he made the joke while his office was investigating the 1981 murder of Michael Donald, a black man who was kidnapped, beaten and killed by two Klansmen who slit his throat and then hanged his body in a tree in Mobile, Alabama. The two men were later arrested and convicted.
Sessions said he never meant the joke to suggest he supported the Klan. He said the joke was intended to convey that he thought it was "bizarre" that Klansmen had smoked marijuana after one of their meetings.
"All of us understood that the Klan is a force for hatred and bigotry and it just could not have meant anything else than that under those circumstances," Sessions said, noting that he had been involved in the decision to try one of the killers in state court so he could face the death penalty.
Sessions' spokesman said the senator was unavailable to be interviewed for this story.
Barry Kowalski, a former Justice Department attorney who was in Mobile, working with Sessions on the Donald case, said he was there for the so-called joke about the Klan, and he did not interpret it as a racist comment. He said it was a joke. "That was totally hospital room humor," Kowalski told the AP Thursday.
"I can only speak from what I saw," Kowalski said. "He couldn't have been more supportive of making sure we got convicted the murderers of the last black man who was lynched by the Klan."
Gerry Hebert, another former Justice Department attorney who had worked with Sessions in the early 1980s, told the Judiciary committee about racist comments Sessions made regarding the NAACP being un-American and said Sessions agreed with another person's comment that a prominent white civil rights lawyer was a disgrace to his race for trying voting rights cases.
"I filed all these things away thinking, 'God, what a racist this guy is,'" Hebert told The Associated Press.
During Sessions' confirmation hearing, then-Sen. Joe Biden asked Hebert if he would be comfortable trying a voting rights case before Sessions as a judge or whether he would ask that Sessions be recused because of racist comments he had made. "I would certainly raise the issue, absolutely," Hebert responded.
Most of the senators who voted against Sessions in 1986 are no longer alive or in office. Vermont Democrat Patrick Leahy is the only one who voted against him still in the Senate.
Today, Sessions would face confirmation as a member of the chamber. Senators often are deferential to current and former members who are nominated for Cabinet posts. The last time the Senate rejected one of its own was in 1989 when then-Sen. John G. Tower, a Texas Republican, could not get confirmed as President George H. W. Bush's defense secretary amid reports of heavy drinking and womanizing.
If Sessions is nominated for a position in the Trump Cabinet, his confirmation hearing could occur as early as January. The Republicans will have only a 52-48 advantage, assuming Republicans win an upcoming Senate election. That means Sessions couldn't afford to lose many votes from members of his own party. If there are Republicans upset by his comments — not just years ago about race but also what he has said in recent years about immigration — his confirmation could be a challenge.
Sessions is an immigration hard-liner, not in step with mainstream Republicans. In the past year, he has supported mass deportations for immigrants in the country illegally, suggested that the administration quickly deport unaccompanied children and families who have been caught crossing the border illegally, linked terror attacks against the U.S. to Muslim immigrant families and complained that the Obama administration has increased the number of green cards issued to immigrants from "Muslim-majority countries."
South Carolina Republican Sen. Lindsey Graham said he would support a Sessions nomination.
"I'd vote for him. I like Jeff. He was the early, only supporter for Donald Trump in the Senate," Graham said. "And I believe Jeff Sessions has earned the right to serve President Trump in the highest levels, and I think he's a good, competent, capable man."
Sen. Mike Lee, R-Utah, would also support Sessions, spokesman Conn Carroll said. "Sen. Lee has worked closely with Sessions in the Senate and has the utmost respect for his abilities," Carroll said.
Sessions was asked by reporters at Trump Tower Thursday whether he thought he would be confirmed by the Senate.
"People have to make that decision. The actual senators will cast those votes on any confirmation," Sessions said.
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ADB HOLDS 2ND "MEET THE COMMUNITY SERIES" IN WA
The Agricultural Development Bank (ADB) has held the second "Meet the community series" in Wa with the assurance of a comprehensive strategy to contribute immensely towards the agriculture agenda of government.
Making the announcement the Deputy Managing Director of ADB, Mr. Alhassan Yakubu -Tali said the Bank was in the process of providing financial support for beneficiaries of the government's Planting For Food Programme and also the One District One Warehouse initiatives.
The "ADB Meet The Community Series" is an initiative introduced by the current management of the bank to bring the bank closer to its customers and communities within which it operates.
It also serves as a platform to interact and get feedback from its customers to help improve service delivery.
The maiden event was launched in Tamale few months ago, followed by the second event in Wa. This highlights the strategic importance the Bank places on its operations and customers within the three (3) Northern Regions of the country.
According to the Deputy Managing Director, the Bank is committed to increasing its financing to the agricultural sector by paying critical attention to every stage of the agric value chain.
"For a sector that contributes about 22 percent of the country Gross Domestic Product (GDP), it is essential that adequate financing is provided to support the sector" he said.
"We have already established Agric Desks at various branches to facilitate agriculture financing and advisory services and also have expanded our agric division by establishing an additional department to specialize in Agric Value Chain business" he added.
He stressed that management was motivated by the setting-up of the Ghana Incentive-based Risk-Sharing System for Agricultural Lending (GIRSAL) by the Bank of Ghana to encourage financial institutions to invest more in Agriculture, adding that ADB would leverage on this system to improve agric financing.
"Whilst focusing on Agric, we are also embarking on branch expansion and introduction of new products and services to enhance our one-stop-shop banking service agenda" he said.
The Upper West Regional Minister, Mr. Sulemana Alhassan commended ADB for their support towards the growth of the agricultural sector of the country.