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I'm the God-fearing, gun-toting, American flag-waving, conservative you were warned about!
Okay. So now you've got me curious about Tempur-pedic. What model do you all have?
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I'm the God-fearing, gun-toting, American flag-waving, conservative you were warned about!
we shopped tempur, denver mattresses foam, and costco and did a lot of research. Like UB said, go try them. however, not for 5 mins or so. lay there for a while. a good while. It should take you most of a day to shop for a mattress.
a near-death experience is just god following "catch and release" regulations...
john (johnny) henley
I took Kevin's advice and on the way to the airport stopped off at Mattress Firm and tried 3 levels of Tempur-pedic. I liked the Deluxe version. It's just as pricey as the sleep number bed.
Asked Bonni to go check them out while I am out of town.
I went to the same store I bought my last mattress and they said they would buy it back at 50% of what I paid for it. Course buying the new mattress at retail.
So both the Tempurpedic Deluxe and Sleep Number P6 seemed they would work for me. Although both beds are different
Sleep Number
Pro- conforms to body and relieves pressure points
Pro - Can adjust the two sides different
Pro- Can adjust your side different depending on how your feeling. Guy I talked to said when he worked outside all day, he liked being able to adjust it different than normal
Con - Cost
Pro - Can try it for 45 days and return it
Con - Trying and return it will cost about $400 if you have them set it up and come get it. $200 if you do it yourself
Con- When something breaks, it's up to the consumer to diagnose and send for the new part and install it.
Con- Lots of parts that can go bad causing a leak.
Comment - Some people love them, have them 10+ years and never have an issue. Some people hate them and have nothing but problems.
Pro - Conforms to body and relieves pressure points
Pro- No moving parts to fail
Pro- Delivery and setup is $50 vs $200
Pro- Trial period is 90 vs 45 days
Pro - Out less than $100 if return it and don't like it.
Con - Cost
Con- Some say smells for a few weeks
Con - Some say it makes you sweat, some say it doesn't
Con - Some say material breaks down in 2-3 years losing comfort feel. Some say it doesn't.
Pro- Warranty is superior to Sleep Number from what I can read
Comment - This bed relieves pressure points and envelopes your body so movement is harder. e.g. you have to really work to roll over, but if your sleeping well you don't need to.
Comment - Some people really love this bed or hate it
So from what I read, heard and has been commented here
Bed's are a matter of personal preference. A style (Foam, Air, Standard) one person loves will be hated by someone else
Both Tempurpedic and Select Comfort are about the same Price
Both relieve pressure points
Both allow you to try and return
Both have people who love them and hate them
Tempurpedic is much less $$ to try and return, so stands to reason if your willing to try both, you should start with that.
Tempurpedic is not prone to the reliability problems as there are no moving or pressurized parts.
Tempurpedic is more of a change to how people sleep and will take more getting use to
Sleep Number provides more custumizable options depending on how your feeling. Bonni commented how she could make it firm when she is sitting in Bed watching TV and softer when going to sleep
Does that seem to capture it?
Hopefully Bonni will try the Tempurpedic in the next day or so and we can choose which one to try
Ken Romer - K0ROM
16 Kimberley Karavan
make sure you try others besides tempurpedic, and remember, that there are two different types of foam used in mattresses. some claim that they use "memory foam" when there is really only one classification of heat activated foam.
did way too much research when we bought ours....
a near-death experience is just god following "catch and release" regulations...
john (johnny) henley
Bonni and I tried several Tempurpedic mattresses. She liked them much better than the sleep number. Went to the place I bought my old mattress from and they gave me $800 back on my old bed, 2 free pillows, a mattress cover and free delivery.
If I decide to return the mattress within 90 days it will cost me $60 (and my old mattress )
Thanks for the tip on tempurpedic Kevin
I definitly recommend Mattress Firm on I-225 and Mississipi. I worked with the manager (John) there. Great customer service
Ken Romer - K0ROM
16 Kimberley Karavan
I thought I should wait a few weeks to provide an update.
Great customer service from Mattress Firm
They brought our new bed out and true enough it had an odor that is gone now after 3.5 weeks
The first night, I couldn't sleep and was wondering if I was crazy to get this.
They start out a lot firmer than in the show room, but they tell you that too.
After the first few days I noticed no more back pain. Still woke up a couple times during the night, but not because I was in pain. Maybe just because I was use to. Who knows
After a couple of weeks I am getting use to sleeping on it. My wife went from the first day of not liking it to now liking it better than anything we have had before. I notice I fall asleep quicker and my back and legs don't hurt the next day. Back use to hurt and legs felt stiff. The support is definitely there.
We bought the Alure. The Alure and Rhapsody bed are more firm, while the Deluxe and Celebrity bed are a bit softer due to the different foam on the top layers. My personal thought was a more firm bed that works for us would be better for the long term.
When you go try the beds out, you should know it will take a while for the new bed you get to loosen up a bit to be as soft as the one in the showroom.
We are both happy with this bed, but still have 60 days to return it for a full refund if we change our minds. Don't think that's going to happen. It's good now, and I know it will in the end be a bit softer than it is now.
Here is the write-up from a good site about these beds:
Insiders' Guide to the Tempur-Pedic (R) mattress
I remember the first time I came across the Tempur-Pedic (R) mattress - in 1993. When I lay down on it, it felt like nothing I had ever experienced before, and it still does. Since then I've had over 10 years in the memory foam business, and I've collected enough samples of memory foam to have a small memory foam museum in my closet. But the sample of the TEMPUR (R) foam still has the most unique, sexy feel of all the memory foams I've come across. With all Tempur-Pedic (R)'s success, many have tried to imitate their product. But so far, no foam manufacturer has yet been able to successfully duplicate the melting and conforming feel of this Swedish product.
An Introduction to Memory Foam
These days there seem to be dozens of different flavors of memory foam, but they all descend from a project by NASA back in the 70's. The idea was to come up with a material that could dampen the forces encountered by astronauts upon takeoff. While the first memory foam developed never actually made it into any space vehicle, it did end up getting picked up by the medical industry to help relieve bed sores since it was so effective at reducing pressure points.
The first generation of memory foam was effective but brittle, and just didn't stand up well over time. Tempur-Pedic (R) was the first company to really make a breakthrough with memory foam on this issue - they came up with a version that had the luxurious feel and density of that used in the medical industry, but also wore well and had real longevity. They first produced the material for the medical industry, and then were the first company to bring out the product to regular consumers in the early '90's.
Since then, memory foam has become the latest, coolest trend in the bedding industry - and for good reason, it really works. There is just no other material that works to reduce pressure points and conform to your body like memory foam. Tempur-Pedic (R) has really driven the industry with its advertising and retail store placements, and is certainly the leading player in the memory foam business.
In recent years it seems every foamer in America as well as overseas, even in China, is churning out their versions of memory foam. Most are of a lower density than Tempur-Pedic (R) . Tempur-Pedic (R)'s memory foam, TEMPUR (R), is a 5.3 lb/cubic foot density, and most other memory foams are in the 2.5 - 4.0 lb/cubic foot density range, although there are a few that have come out with a 5 lb/cubic foot density recently. (Note: density is measured in lb/cubic foot. Here's how to understand this - the question being answered is how much a cube measuring one foot in each dimension of this specific material will weigh. So, for example, in TEMPUR (R)'s case, a cube of TEMPUR (R) foam a foot in each dimension would weigh 5.3 lbs).
The density of a memory foam has a few consequences: the higher the density of a memory foam, the more costly the material. This is because more raw materials (rather than air) were used to make the product. And a higher density also contributes to how cushioning the product is - a higher density product has more actual material to provide cushioning. So part of TEMPUR (R)'s appeal is its high density which gives this additional cushion and support to its product.
But there is more to a memory foam than just density - each memory foam is made from a unique recipe, and each recipe gives a somewhat different feel and structure to the foams cells. I'm not a foam chemist, and foam chemistry can get very complex, but I can tell you that the unique recipe of Tempur-Pedic (R) gives its foam a supportive, yet melting quality plus durability that just hasn't been duplicated by any other foam company.
The melting type of quality of memory foam is one of the things that sets memory foam apart from other foams. Memory foam is unique in that it feels and acts differently at different temperatures. It becomes harder and more rigid at colder temperatures, and softer or more elastic at warmer temperatures. This is why memory foam is also called visco-elastic foam - it is viscous at lower temps, and more elastic at warmer temperatures. TEMPUR (R) foam has a very apparent reaction to your temperature, softening readily as you touch it. It is one of the reasons that people find TEMPUR (R) foam so wonderful to squeeze.
As a bedding surface, the visco-elastic nature of TEMPUR (R) foam means that it will soften with your body's temperature and "mold" to your body. Other memory foams have a bit of this molding feeling, but none that I've tried has as much of this feeling as Tempur-Pedic (R) .
In addition to this molding quality, memory foam is also an open celled foam, which means that air can pass from cell to cell. This ability to pass air from cell to cell, along with the unique way that memory foam cells deform when compressed, gives memory foam the ability to reduce pressure by spreading pressure among connected cells. No other foam or other bedding material combines these qualities of molding and pressure reduction, which is why memory foam has become such a hot commodity in the mattress industry.
With success has come imitators, and all sorts of mattresses these days offer their version of memory foam to compete with Tempur-Pedic (R) . I've tried many of these other memory foam beds at the specialty mattress and bedding industry trade shows. But while I do like some other memory foams, and they do offer consumers a good product at a lower price point, I still haven't come across anything that has the unique quality and feel of the TEMPUR (R) foam. For those looking for the absolute best in memory foam, Tempur-Pedic (R) remains that gold standard.
Expensive, but worth it?
But is it worth the premium you pay for it? This is the $64 question, and one I've never really had a good answer for. It is an expensive product, no doubt. Although as the years have gone by, other mattress manufacturers, using what I feel are inferior products, have come out with memory foam beds as expensive or even more expensive (as an example, the top of the line Select Comfort mattress with memory foam, positively makes the Tempur-Pedic (R) look inexpensive as it starts at $3,000 or so). But for the price, Tempur-Pedic (R) offers something that is difficult to find in the mattress world - a very high quality product that actually performs as it is hyped. In the 5 years I sold the Tempur-Pedic (R) mattress to hundreds of customers, I found that 9 out of 10 really loved the mattress with a fervor bordering on the evangelical. Would I like it if the Tempur-Pedic (R) was a bit lower priced? - Yes. But you can't understate the value of a product that performs as described, and Tempur-Pedic (R) does deliver in spades. It's unique feel and conforming nature work to relieve pressure points and support your back in a way that just hasn't been duplicated.
Don't Let the Soft Layer Fool You - It's a Firm Mattress
Over the years, I found that some customers were surprised by the firmness of the Tempur-Pedic (R) mattress. They had thought that the mattress would be kind of soft because of the top, giving layers of memory foam. But the reality of the Tempur-Pedic (R) mattress is that while the initial feel is soft because of the top memory foam layers, it really is a firm mattress at its core due to the 5 - 6" bottom layer of firm, high resiliency foam. This bottom, mattress core is pretty firm when the mattress is new, and does take a few weeks or so to break in and give a bit. But even then the mattress retains a pretty firm feel. I didn't find that the mattress was overly firm for most customers, but I made sure that I only sold it to people who enjoyed a firm mattress.
One caveat - I never sold The DeluxeBed by Tempur-Pedic(TM) or The new CelebrityBed by Tempur-Pedic(TM), and I understand that these have softer feels. The The new DeluxeBed by Tempur-Pedic(TM) has a thicker base (6" of foam vs. 4.5 in the The ClassicBed by Tempur-Pedic(TM) (which is what they are calling the basic Tempur-Pedic (R) mattress I was familiar with)) and a bit more memory foam as well, and The CelebrityBed by Tempur-Pedic(TM) has this thicker base and an even thicker layer of memory foam on top. I think this was a good move by Tempur-Pedic (R), to offer these different options that provide a range of firmness. FYI - I've heard through the grapevine that The CelebrityBed by Tempur-Pedic(TM) has been a big success, and that The DeluxeBed by Tempur-Pedic(TM) is now the leading seller in the Tempur-Pedic (R) mattress line. I guess there is a real market for these kind of top of the line approaches.
The Trial is Key
All my years of selling mattresses have taught me one thing - you just don't know if you are going to like a mattress till you have had a chance to sleep on it. Lying down on the mattress at a store may give you an inkling that the mattress may work, but the litmus test is trying it for yourself in your own home. That is one of the best parts of the Tempur-Pedic (R) offer - they have a very good home trial period, and the return fee, if you don't like it, is reasonable. This stands in marked contrast to most mattress retailers that either don't let you return a mattress, or only allow you store credit toward another mattress from their store. To Tempur-Pedic (R)'s credit, they put their money where their mouth is, and I never had a problem with them accepting a return and refunding the purchase.
What did I hear from customers during the trial period? Mainly, I heard from customers that they were sleeping better and experiencing fewer aches and pains after using the Tempur-Pedic (R) mattress. My experience with the trial was that 90% of the people who tried the Tempur-Pedic (R) ended up liking and keeping their mattresses. This is a pretty small return ratio for a mattress product - in comparison, some air beds have over a 30% return rate. Overall, I found that while it often took customers a few days to get used to the feel of the memory foam layer, most people found that after a few days this feel became second nature and they really liked the way the mattress conformed and supported them.
I did find, though, that a few issues did sometimes come up for customers during the trial period. First, I found that it wasn't uncommon for it to take a few weeks to break in the mattress. Often the Tempur-Pedic (R) mattress was firmer than customers expected when new. I think this is because the mattress they had tried out in a store had already been broken in over time from people trying it out. So I had some people calling me about the firmness of the bed, but I found that most of the time the bed softened up a bit after a few weeks, and then felt more as people expected. One tip, if you do find the mattress too firm when new, is to try unzipping the cover and peeling it back so that you are sleeping just on the foam itself. The cover seems to inhibit the breaking in period a bit, and sleeping straight on the foam can speed up the breaking in process in most cases.
I also heard from a few people that they felt too warm sleeping on the mattress. Memory foam does sleep somewhat warmer than a traditional cotton topped mattress, but not as warm as standard, closed cell foams. I found that most people were able to get comfortable with the temperature by adjusting the amount of covers they used. But if they were still too hot, peeling back the cover did help most since it is a bit cooler to sleep right on the foam than with the cover due to the fact that the cover contains a moisture barrier membrane.
Also, the Tempur-Pedic (R) mattress may have an initial odor when new - this is an issue with all memory foams. I've found as long as people know this up front and then aren't surprised by it upon delivery, it really wasn't an issue. The odor dissipates pretty fast, and is completely gone within a few weeks. I can't remember that I had any returns due to this initial odor - but I did warn all my customers before they received the mattress.
One last issue that surprised some customers is that TEMPUR (R) foam is pretty temperature sensitive. While this is one of the key reasons that TEMPUR (R) foam has such a unique feel and benefits, it can be a bit of an issue if you have the mattress in a cold room - below 68 degrees or so. I can't say I remember any customer returning the mattress for this reason, but a few who liked cold rooms did solve the problem by warming up the mattress with an electric heating blanket to soften the memory foam before climbing into bed.
How to Find the Best Deal
Special Update - October 12, 2006
Now All Tempur-Pedic (R) Dealers Must Offer The Same Price and Incentives
Ok, I'm guessing many of you tuned in for this section - how to find a good deal on a Tempur-Pedic (R) mattress. I wish I had some great inside tip for you on finding a discount on the suggested retail price of the Tempur-Pedic (R) mattress, but as you may have already found, the basic price of the Tempur-Pedic (R) mattress is the same regardless of who you buy it from. So it is fruitless to search around for the best price - it is all the same.
The big recent news is that Tempur-Pedic (R) is working hard on "leveling the playing field" among its dealers. Tempur-Pedic (R) wants to assure customers that regardless of where you buy a Tempur-Pedic (R) , you will get the same basic deal and incentives. This amounts to some major changes in practice - no more "free shipping" and no more ways to avoid paying sales tax. All dealers must have the standard shipping charges and collect a tax on the purchase - no if, ands or buts. And lastly, the days of extra pillows on a purchase are over. One free pillow is it - and there just isn't any discretion to add in the extra. Once in awhile you might find a better deal if Tempur-Pedic (R) is having a special incentive offer, but for the most part this is the best deal you can expect to be quoted. You may find a better deal if you negotiate directly with a local retailer, but this is subject to individual negotiation and you will need to be in the store to get this sort of a deal (they won't be able to quote you over the phone - no dealer can publicly quote a better deal than the standard offer and expect to stay a dealer). So our advice is to go, in person, to a few local stores and try to negotiate the best possible deal.
An Option If You Want A Memory Foam Mattress, But Just Can't Afford Tempur-Pedic
As you can tell from this guide, we like the Tempur-Pedic (R) mattress line - and we really feel it is the gold standard in the memory foam mattress market.
But we do know that some people just aren't able to afford the Tempur-Pedic (R) mattresses, or just have a ceiling on what they are willing to spend on a mattress. So we are often asked if we have a lower priced memory foam mattress that we would also recommend. And for a long time we just didn't - we just didn't feel that any of the dozens of memory foam mattresses that have come on the market in the last few years had the quality and comfort we demand - even from a lower priced memory foam mattress.
Ken Romer - K0ROM
16 Kimberley Karavan
Good call on the Tempur-Pedic, We have enjoyed ours for over 10 years and it still seems like new, meaning no noticeable break down in the foam. If you buy and get used to one of their pillows, you will end up taking it with you when you travel as other pillows will tend to suck. I even use mine in our RTT !
Bringing this to the top. It never did get as soft as I wanted it. I was still waking up several times a night and my shoulder blades would occasionally be hurting.
So we put the 4" foam topper on top of it we bought to make our previous pillow top bearable. It was much better and I was sleeping better. Bonni didn't like it because it was too cushy and after a while asked me to take it off. If momma aint happy, nobody's happy.
She did want the Allure Tempur-pedic which is a firm bed for one of these types, my favorite was one of the softer, but we bought the Allure bed two years ago.
So we are looking for queen mattresses for our guest room (Rachel's old room) and I decide to try the latest Tempur-pedic bed while I am there. It's called the cloud bed. I really liked it and started thinking about making the guest room a King (hadn't bought furniture yet) and swapping out this new cloud bed. It was right next to the Allure and I could go back and forth and feel the difference. It was HUGE
BUT THEN I NOTICED, the cloud bed was on one of those ergo bases where you could adjust the head and foot elevation, so I laid it flat and then compared the two beds and didn't notice much difference.
Hmmmm, I asked the sales man to put the Allure mattress on the adjustable base. Flat felt like home and then I raised the head a bit . a bit more . a little bit more. then a bit on the foot. Ahhh, huge difference. Bought it last night and had it delivered today and when you put it flat (like before) it feels so uncomfortable compared to a little adjustment.
I know you can get these for regular mattresses as well. Point is, this adjustable base seems to make a huge difference and you may want to try that if you have an expensive mattress, but just can't get comfortable.
I looked at that WOW furniture place near park meadows. What a rip off. Their prices are inflated and they even had this marked ABOVE the manufacturers list. Went to Mattress firm and they cut me a great deal with great customer service.
I'll try and remember to update after I have slept on this a bit
Ken Romer - K0ROM
16 Kimberley Karavan
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Oh oh oh BAT!!! I love these wee critters. Nut, thats a great pic
Im sure I read about the astrantias here
Basil is also one of my fav's
Sorted a few more out ready for a swap...
Delphinuium Pacific Giants mix
Black Ball cornflower
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Good evening Mark. I hope you are well and warm
Im Sam. Im a keen gardener but not the best on info so I usually ask daft questions. I dont tend to follow the books I follow my heart where my plants are concerned. Im a pain in the arse in the garden because if I dont like something...I move it there and then. My plants have to be very hardy and be prepared to move on a whim. Welcome
Buzzzzzzzzzz lightyear is it not???
I have hung up my ranty pants and am now looking for a cheerier evening. Thanks Daniel.
Lyn, they are very unpleasant. Last night it was all calling each other liars and untrustworthy. I would much rather do without them my dear. Im happy where I am, chat to lovely people like yourself, pester poor Nutcutlet for advice, banter with a few and Im happy. Im not going anywhere other than the green house and even if I were, I would soon change my mind due to these emails. Some are very aggressive, abusive almost and very very rude!
I try and do mine as I go. Hope you have a smooth run day and no 1p's lost with a 3 hour search party out looking for it
I certainly have been doing that with my seedlings that are leggy and they seem to be ok.
I agree with you. I was furious last night after some of the emails I received. I felt as though it was children playing at my ankles. Don't you be going anywhere Verdun and I really hope that in time this helpful and friendly person returns in time.
I checked lol and I was ok Lyn
Kate, I think the one thing certain posters seem to be forgeting is respect. Treat others as you would like to be treated. I feel the same but I have woken this morning and decided I wont be upset by people on here and I will stick to the gardening


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Blood On The Leaves
Does anyone know how she justifies using wool and silk for her collections?
It's the heart and the soul and the body and the brain driving me insane.
I am assuming (but I don't know) that wool is okay because the animal is not (necessary) killed for the wool?
I don't know enough about silk, or the creation thereof, to respond.
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There are ways of making silk without killing the silkworm that makes it so they are able to live out their full lifecycle (it's known as Ahimsa silk or peace silk). I'm not sure what methods McCartney employes for silk garments though (let's hope it's an ethical one!). As for wool, there are more ethical ways of going about sheering the sheep nowadays too, plus they don't die in order for the wool to be used. So I don't think it's that big of a deal as long as they are being raised in a healthy environment and sheared well.
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This "vintage" argument is such a cop out.
I see absolutely no difference between buying new leather shoes or old leather shoes.
In both cases shoes if the shoes are not bought or used they will be a "waste" of leather. If people really have a problem with leather being used the last thing they will do is wear something that totally contradicts their position. Is does not matter if the shoes were made yesterday or 20 years ago (what is vintage anyway? ), someone somewhere bought them and supported the industry. And by using it you are showing your approval.
But I would not expect anything else from Stella anyway.
Someone's at the door
Non-vegans and non-vegetarians expect those who are to be 100% perfect, absolutely no mistakes or inconsistencies ever allowed. I think it's a bit unfair.
Blood On The Leaves
^ So true.
YoninahAliza, that is how I 'ratonalized' it too. But then I did some googling yesterday and apparently she is not vegan but vegetarian. Still it is a bit silly that she uses wool and silk but doesn't use leather + her cosmetic is animal cruelty-free too. But on the other hand - at least she isn't using leather (which she could because vegetarianism is about not eating meat while veganism is about animal cruelty-free lifestyle in all aspects).
It's the heart and the soul and the body and the brain driving me insane.
there are pros and cons to each side. i prefer to not buy PVC or other faux leather items. they take hundreds to tens of thousands of years to biodegrade.
in general i would feel awful if i purchased an item wore it once and it spent thousands of years in a landfill after my death...
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^ PVC is also IMO one of the more toxic materials available. I don't knowingly buy it in any form whatsoever. It definitely off-gasses, and everyone knows it isn't safe to drink from. Which begs the question why it is so extensively used for water piping. I will not allow it to be used in my home ... my plumber thinks I'm nuts (but is too polite to say so). He always emphasizes that he is proposing using it for outgoing water, like maybe I haven't noticed that it's all the same finite planetary water supply and that water will be used again by other humans if not by me personally.
I think there is a very valid distinction between vintage and new leather. Think of it this way. Where no-kill city animal shelters go in, adoptions go up, and pet shops automatically go out of business because demand is down. Not buying new leather products (which I do by the way in limited quantity--I am an omnivore) drives demand down in the same way.
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I also try to buy locally, organically, and ethically - which I think anyone can do, whether they are vegan, vegetarian, flexitarian or other, even a foodie.
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But in this case is actually quite a big thing, her brand is interlinked with her ethics, isn't Stella McCartney message by by wearing leather shoes saying that in fact leather is so amazing, that nothing can replace it? Even her with her strict principles she still feels the need to wear it.
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^ I don't know, is that her attitude?
I don't know where the boots came from ... but maybe the message is just that she was shopping vintage, founds some boots she really liked, and buying them was consistent with her values.
She definitely makes shoes, not sure about boots?
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So you do not find nothing at all hypocrite someone that presents herself as spokesperson against cruelty to animal in fashion, radical to the point that she does uses leather on her own products in a business that people are still using fur, that even collaborated and presented an expose on leather for the looneys of Peta, to suddenly decide to wear leather boots? I think we just have agree to disagree.
^ I'm saying I don't feel the need to pass judgment on her for wearing leather boots, yes. I have a bigger problem with celebrities collaborating with PETA, but I assume they do so out of a lack of in-depth knowledge about the organization.
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well i've known stella to be quite contradictory myself.....one moment she does that whole PETA PR routine and then i've seen an interview with her in i-D if i remember correctly several years ago where she basically had said,while talking about being vegan that she wasn't perfect,that she makes mistakes. i would normally agree with such a statement but like les sucettes has said,she does have this habit of presenting herself as this exemplary figure for ethical fashion but then we see stuff like that and we read other contrary statements. it just doesn't connect.
Rive Gauche. Rive Droite.
Out of curiosity, has she done anything else like this since this article was written?
Considering it is eight years old, it seems a bit silly to me to rehash it, unless of course, she is still playing both sides of the fence.
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The Senate Banking, Housing and Urban Affairs Committee approved Bernanke's nomination 16-7 last month, a tepid vote for the man first appointed by President George W. Bush and renominated by President Barack Obama for another four-year term. Sen. Jeff Merkley (D-Ore.) was the only Democrat to vote against Bernanke in committee, but Sen. Sherrod Brown (D-Ohio) said during that Dec. 17 vote that, "I'm not certain yet what I'll do on the Senate floor."
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Yolanda Mero (aka Jolanda Mero; Hungarian spelling Mérő; later Mero-Irion) (30 August 1887 – 17 October 1963) was a Hungarian-American pianist, opera and theatre impresario, and philanthropist who supported destitute musicians.
Yolanda Mero was born into a Jewish family in Budapest to Salamon Mérő and Rozalia (neé Pick). She began studying at the age of 8 at the National Conservatory with Augusta Rennebaum, a pupil of Franz Liszt. She made her debut at age 15 with the Dresden Philharmonic, then toured the world for four years. She moved to the United States with her family in 1900, first appearing in New York in 1909, with the Russian Symphony Orchestra.
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Michele Campanella (born 5 June 1947) is an Italian pianist who specialises in the music of Franz Liszt, and is also a conductor.
Campanella was born in Naples in 1947. He won the Alfredo Casella Prize at age 19, after studying with Vincenzo Vitale.
This led to an international performing career, taking him to many countries (Europe, the United Kingdom, the United States, Australia, China, Argentina, Brazil), regularly appearing at international music festivals such as Lucerne, Vienna, Berlin, Prague, Taormina, Turin, and Pesaro, and working with such conductors as Claudio Abbado, Gianluigi Gelmetti, Vernon Handley, Eliahu Inbal, Sir Charles Mackerras, Zubin Mehta, Riccardo Muti, Georges Prêtre, Esa-Pekka Salonen, Wolfgang Sawallisch, Thomas Schippers, Hubert Soudant, and Christian Thielemann. He is also a regular chamber music player, and has often appeared with Salvatore Accardo, Rocco Filippini and Claudio Desideri.
He has devoted complete seasons to a single composer – Franz Liszt, Ludwig van Beethoven, and Johannes Brahms.
He has recorded the complete works of Beethoven, the Mozart piano concertos, the complete variations by Brahms, and the complete Hungarian Rhapsodies and many of the major transcriptions of Liszt. For his Liszt recordings, Campanella received the Grand Prix du Disque of the Franz Liszt Society in Budapest in 1976, 1977 and 1998, as well as the "Premio della critica discografica italiana" in 1980. He also received the Fondazione Premio Napoli and Fondazione Guido e Roberto Cortese awards...
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Svetla Protich (Bulgarian: Светла Протич), born on July 24, 1939 in Sofia, is a notable Bulgarian classical pianist and professor of music.
Svetla Protich started taking piano lessons at the age of 5 under prof. Dimitar Nenov, and performed her first solo-recital when she was only 8 years old. At the age of 9 she was offered a membership in the prestigious Bulgarian Union of Performing Artists and Musicians. At 15 she became a full time piano student at the Sofia Conservatory of Music, and graduated from the same school at 20 years old, with honors. She took her Master Degree at the Bucharest Conservatory of Music, with the legendary professor Florica Musicescu (daughter of Moldova-born Romanian composer Gavril Musicescu).
After completing her education, Svetla Protich became an active concert pianist. She was a soloist of the Sofia Philharmony and of several other orchestras, and also performed multiple solo recitals. Her performances were recognized in dozens of countries around the world: the former USSR, France, Italy, Poland, Egypt, Norway, Hungary, former Czechoslovakia, the Netherlands, Spain, Japan, United States, etc. In 1981, she made her solo debut in London at the world famous Wigmore Hall. In the same year, following an invitation from the Austrian Ministry of Culture, Svetla Protich completed a 1-year professional specialization in the music of Mozart and Schubert: stylistical interpretation and performance.
Prof. Svetla Protich is currently a professor of piano music at Doshisha Women's College of Liberal Arts, Kyoto, Japan. Together with her work as a scholar, Mrs. Protich continues to perform actively as a soloist of the Kansai Philharmonic Orchestra, as well as chamber music and solo piano recitals...
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Louis-Joseph Diémer (14 February 1843, Paris – 21 December 1919, Paris) was a French pianist and composer. He was the founder of the Société des Instruments Anciens in the 1890s, and gave recitals on the harpsichord. His output as a composer was extensive, including a piano concerto and a quantity of salon pieces, all more or less forgotten these days.
Diémer studied at the Paris Conservatoire, winning premiers prix in piano, harmony and accompaniment, counterpoint and fugue, and solfège, and a second prix in organ. His teachers were Antoine Marmontel for piano, Ambroise Thomas for composition and François Benoist for organ.
He quickly built a reputation as a virtuoso and toured with the violinist Pablo de Sarasate. At the Conservatoire he taught, among others, Édouard Risler, Alfred Cortot, Lazare Lévy, Alfredo Casella, Yves Nat, Marcel Ciampi, and Robert Casadesus.
In 1888, Diémer succeeded Marmontel as professor of piano at the Paris Conservatory. He was also instrumental in promoting the use of historical instruments, giving a series of harpsichord performances as part of the 1889 Universal Exhibition and contributing to the founding of the Société des Instruments Anciens...
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Harvey Lavan "Van" Cliburn, Jr. (born July 12, 1934), is an American pianist who achieved worldwide recognition in 1958 at the age of twenty-three, when he won the first quadrennial International Tchaikovsky Piano Competition in Moscow, at the height of the Cold War.
Van Cliburn was born in Shreveport, Louisiana, and began taking piano lessons at the age of three from his mother, the former Rildia Bee O'Bryan, who herself had been instructed by Arthur Friedheim, a pupil of Franz Liszt. At six years old, Cliburn moved with his family to Kilgore, Texas, and at twelve he won a statewide piano competition which enabled him to debut with the Houston Symphony Orchestra. He entered the Juilliard School at the age of seventeen, and studied under Rosina Lhévinne, who trained him in the tradition of the great Russian romantics. At twenty, Cliburn won the Leventritt Award, and made his Carnegie Hall debut.
It was his recognition in Moscow that propelled Cliburn to international fame. The first International Tchaikovsky Competition in 1958 was an event designed to demonstrate Soviet cultural superiority during the Cold War, on the heels of their technological victory with the Sputnik launch in October 1957. Cliburn's performance at the competition finale of Tchaikovsky's Piano Concerto No. 1 and Rachmaninoff's Piano Concerto No. 3 earned him a standing ovation lasting eight minutes. When it was time to announce a winner, the judges were obliged to ask permission of the Soviet leader Nikita Khrushchev to give first prize to an American. "Is he the best?" Khrushchev asked. "Then give him the prize!" Cliburn returned home to a ticker-tape parade in New York City, the only time the honor has been accorded a classical musician. His cover story in Time proclaimed him "The Texan Who Conquered Russia."...
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Railroads and Mexican Government on Collision Course
Kansas City Southern and Grupo Mexico Fight Bill That Would Strip Exclusive Track Rights
MEXICO CITY—Mexico's effort to stoke competition in big industries is turning to the railroads, in what could become a cross-border collision.
Rail freight here is dominated by two companies: the Mexican unit of Kansas City Southern railroad and Ferromex, in which U.S.-based railroad Union Pacific Corp. has a minority holding.
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The Effective Sharing of Faith
That too many believers rarely consult other believers and elders in the church before making a decision reflects the degree to which a non-biblical individualism has corrupted even the thinking of Christians. While the church is not to legalistically bind ...Read More
Even to the Dead
The suffering and death of many in the early church caused many of the first Christians to wonder if God would be true to His promise to vindicate His people. However, today's passage shows that God will reward those ...Read More
The Example of Abraham
Abraham's exemplary faith is mentioned in Genesis, Galatians, Romans, and Hebrews. His faith is the pattern for all believers. How does your faith compare? Do people speak of your faithfulness as an example to follow or hypocrisy to be shunned ...Read More
Examples of Faith, Part I
Faith entails believing God will fulfill His promises despite the world's opinion. The world tells us to store up treasures for ourselves, but Jesus says we must hold our blessings loosely so we can share them with others (Matt ...Read More
Examples of Faith, Part II
Around the world, many worship in fear of the government killing them for their faith. If that is your situation, continue holding fast to God's promises. In other places, standing for Jesus may mean befriending the social pariah, disciplining ...Read More
Faith and Acting Against Conscience
John Calvin comments, "Every work, however splendid and excellent in appearance, is counted as sin, except it be founded on a right conscience; for God regards not the outward display, but the inward obedience of the heart." If we ...Read More
Faith and Evidence
Christian faith is manifest in the lives of those who seek to please the Lord. Only those who by their words and deeds show love to the one, true God and their neighbor can rightly expect a place in the ...Read More
Faith and Repentance
Repentance is not something that is only a part of our lives when we first come to Christ. Jesus tells us in the Lord's Prayer that it is to be a daily practice (Matt. 6:12). When we go ...Read More
Faith and Righteousness
How have you responded to the promises God offers to you in His Word? Do you stand as Abram did with humility and lean on the Lord and His promises? Have you obeyed Him today? Has your professed trust issued ...Read More
Faith and the Means of Grace
John Calvin offers these comments on today's passage: "We, who have so frequently and so grievously offended, have nevertheless been received into favor, so we should manifest the same kindness towards our neighbors, by forgiving whatever offenses they have ...Read More
Faith and the Work of Christ
In his commentary on today's passage in his book Romans, Dr. R.C. Sproul notes that hearing the gospel is a necessary condition for salvation, but it is not a sufficient condition. Something else is needed, and that is the ...Read More
Faith and Works
John Calvin notes that while true faith always produces good works, good works are not always the result of true faith. Indeed "the unbelieving sometimes excel in specious virtues … hence works apparently excellent may exist apart from faith." We can ...Read More
Faith and Works
Again let us be clear, our good works do not get us into heaven. However, they do reveal the faith that lays hold of the benefits of Christ and takes possession of eternal salvation. We must always be careful to ...Read More
Faith Defined
Do you know the Lord Jesus Christ? Do you know about the sinless life He led and the work He did on the cross? Do you believe that He is who He says He is and does what He says ...Read More
Faithful Obedience
In many places around the world, Christians have long had to deal with being a part of the "small and despised" minority. In the West, we find that although many people still profess some form of Christianity, it is increasingly ...Read More


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As a SUNY press release notes, the State University of New York will again co-sponsor the Annual New York State Dr. Martin Luther King Jr. Memorial Observance on Monday, January 16, beginning at 9:45 a.m. at the Empire State Plaza Convention Center in Albany.
"SUNY Board of Trustees Chairman H. Carl McCall, the first African American to be elected comptroller of New York State, will be the featured speaker during the observance. He will be introduced by SUNY Chancellor Nancy L. Zimpher, who will also deliver brief remarks."
Carl McCall is quite worthy to be the MLK speaker, as this video, taken when he recently received Downstate Medical's first Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr., Leadership Award, will attest:
The agenda for the event can be found HERE [PDF].
Satellite broadcast information for Monday's observance is available HERE [PDF].


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Sydney has a love affair with pop-ups and enjoys a good coffee. But is our fair city ready to give up its fixation with latte, cappuccino, even the humble espresso?
Black Coffee pop-up is exactly what it means – a pop-up "café" serving brewed pour-over, Aeropress and siphon coffees at Outré Gallery in Surry Hills. With a mantra of "no milk, no sugar, no espresso, no bullshit", the experience is as much an education as an appreciation of the bean.
L-R: Nico Alary and Mark W Free
"Milk and sugar are a mask," says Mark W Free, the Melbourne-based talent behind the pop-up project. "Coffee is this amazing, very complex drink that a lot of people put a lot of work in to make it taste great."
The concept is to encourage people to use simple methods to make the coffee at home, removing as many of the middle people between the grower and the consumer. The difference between the two techniques is that the Aeropress gives the coffee a little more body and mouthfeel while the pour-over makes it makes a cleaner and more delicate cup.
Seven roasters are available on taste, Seven Seeds, Market Lane and Small Batch (Melbourne), Reuben Hills, Single Origin, Mecca and Coffee Alchemy (Sydney).
Pour-over method
Using the pour-over method, 13 grams of Rainha coffee beans from Brazil weighed for consistency then freshly ground. The filter is rinsed with hot water out of a boiler (97 ºC ) to remove the paper taste. People are often fearful of the water being too hot which probably comes from using an espresso machine, Mark explains. By taking it from the boiler and moving it over, it brews at 92 to 93 degrees. Enough hot water is poured to cover the coffee, allowing it to soak it up and for the coffee to expand and release all these gases. After about a minute, the rest of the water is slowly poured through in order to avoid turbulence.
The result is a brew with nutty notes, a soft acidity and a silky mouthfeel without any hint of bitterness. Sugar and milk would only mask the purity of the taste.
Aeropress method
The second coffee is Seven Seeds and made through the Aeropress. Again 13g of coffee are used with 200 ml water, and the trick is to ensure it is all pressed down to extract the maximum flavour. The result is a coffee with a little more aroma and a lingering taste.
Mark believes that roasters should to be treated the same way as winemakers. "You wouldn't put milk a couple of sugars in your wine," he explains. As for the espresso, he likens coffee to a rainbow with a spectrum of flavours which is put in a vice until you get a brown nugget in the end.
The equipment on use retails around $50 and is available from Aeropress Australia website, Bean Drinking in Crows Nest and Hario as well as the Black Coffee website.
As for the verdict, the proof is in the taste. For die-hard espresso and one sugar aficionados, the purity of the coffee bean wins hands down.
Black Coffee pop-up runs from 19 to 22 April, 2012 at Outré Gallery in Surry Hills so be quick. And while you're there, check out some amazing art work by artists such as Shag, Sailor Jerry flash art and books and the newly-released Hori Smoku DVD.
Black Coffee Pop-up Sydney
Outré Gallery
7/285A Crown Street
Surry Hills NSW 2010
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THE FATHER of a Feltham schoolgirl strangled nearly 30 years ago says he will feel relief if alleged serial killer Peter Tobin is revealed to be her murderer.
Detectives are looking into a possible link between the death of Patsy Morris in 1980 and Tobin - a convicted killer whose former home is being torn apart by officers hunting for bodies.
Last week the skeletons of two teenage girls - Vicky Hamilton, 15, and 18-year-old Dinah McNicol - were found buried at his old address in Margate, Kent.
The gruesome discoveries have prompted fears that 61-year-old Tobin, who was jailed this year for raping and murdering a Polish student in Glasgow, may also be responsible for the deaths of up to 17 more girls.
As the search continues, police have begun re-examining a string of murders and disappearances, including the mysterious death of 14-year-old Patsy, whose body was dumped on Hounslow Heath 26 years ago.
Her father George Morris, 72, said: "Although it's been very hard seeing Patsy's face all over the papers and TV again, in a way it would be a huge relief if it was him and her killer was finally behind bars.
"For years I've been checking the details of every murder in the press looking for similarities to what happened to Patsy. Time doesn't heal something like this."
In the summer of 1980, Feltham officers spent two days searching for Patsy after she disappeared from Feltham Comprehensive School during a lunch break.
On June 18 a police dog handler uncovered her rain-soaked corpse hidden under bushes, just half a mile from her home in Cygnet Avenue.
"I searched with them," said Mr Morris, who moved his wife and three surviving children to Vernon Road after the tragedy.
"I had to hold things together for my wife and kids and later I was the one who identified her body. The rain made it very difficult. The only way I could tell was by a birth mark on her ankle.
"One minute she was my happy-go-lucky girl heading off to school and the next time I saw her she was laying on a slab in the morgue."
A post-mortem revealed the teenager, who was still wearing her school uniform, had been strangled with a ligature but showed no signs of sexual assault or other injuries.
Speaking at the inquest two weeks after her death, Det Chief Supt Michael Huins said: "We do not think it was a personal matter but was a random attack by someone who did not know her."
Despite a long investigation nobody was ever charged with Patsy's murder. Her family's hopes were briefly raised by an arrest in 1996 but the suspect was later released without charge.
A spokesman from Hampshire Police refused to confirm whether Patsy's murder was one of the cases being re-opened but said they were looking into a number of deaths and disappearances.
Mr Morris, whose wife passed away in 1999, added: "The pain is always with you. In a way it's been worse for these other families because at least we knew Patsy was dead. It won't bring her back but it would help me to know her killer had finally been caught."


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Call of the Wild: Beauty and the beast at Mount Auburn Cemetery in Cambridge
While a sickly coyote wandering near a Boston school created havoc Thursday, Medford photographer George McLean shares his take on another he spotted at Mount Auburn Cemetery in Cambridge:
"Here is a beautiful coyote who ran by me recently at Mount Auburn. Look at this healthy wild animal who frequents the cemetery along with fox, and all sorts of critters. as the weather gets colder and food diminishes, I miss filling the bird feeder.
"I watched the story of the scrawny little young coyote with mange being led away by two big men with ropes. The good part is she was taken to Tufts vet school in Grafton, where she will be cured and released back into the wild. I applaud this thinking!
"I was sitting under a tree a week ago when five turkeys ambled by eating insects off the ground, and there is new young female Kingfisher who lets you get close [unlike the mature birds]."
"I truly get confused with the many images I produce. Shades of Edgar Allen Poe: How many times have I admired this magnificent old cross at Mount Auburn, and then I find a cowbird in his somber coat sitting upon it?"
"The bird below(with the berries) is a female Northern Parula Warbler in her fall finery of stunning colors. Only nature can come up with these colors.
The other bird is a Brown Creeper. You won't see him because he blends in so well ... All you see is the tree moving. I used flash or I would have no photo!"


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This past week, I replaced my laptop (a 5-year-old Dell Inspiron) with a fresh 'n' shiny Toshiba Satellite A665-S6050.
Inherent in this upgrade was my switchover from Windows XP Home, which I loved, to Windows 7 Professional, for which I don't yet have a verdict.
(No, I never so much as bothered with Vista. In fact, a couple of years ago, I purchased a second Dell laptop for my wife. My first out-of-the-box change? Wipe the hard drive and its Vista operating system, and replace it with a clean, non-OEM-cluttered full version of XP Home.)
However, based on something I just discovered, Windows 7 just got big bonus points in my book. If you're a power user of the calculator in Windows, as I am, you just gotta love this revamp:
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The Autism Acceptance Book: Being a friend to Someone with Autism by Ellen Sabin focuses on helping children understand and embrace the differences they see in a friend with autism. This short 62 page workbook style book can help children and adults learn not only the challenges a child with autism faces, but also learn to see the skills and potential of their friend.
When my son was first diagnosed with Aspergers/High Functioning Autism, I felt overwhelmed, yet reassured. Although I now had a vast array of resources available, I had no clue where to start. A special education teacher and good friend of mine recommended I start with The Autism Acceptance Book. She told me that she has used this book over the years in her classroom whenever she had a new student that was on the autism spectrum to help the classmates understand their friend with Autism. She recommended I use it to help my 7 year old better understand her brother.
The book begins by explaining what autism is in a very simple to read dialog with no complex medical jargon. I have used this section to help me better explain strengths and struggles common to Autism, as well as which ones apply to my son.
Not only does the book explain what it is like to have autism, but it offers ways for a child to try to see the world through the eyes of someone with autism. For example, the book explains that people with autism may have very good hearing. It goes on to say how that can be a very good trait, but how it can also overwhelm and distract someone. Finally, it gives a concrete example to help the reader understand by discussing a firetruck siren getting louder and louder and hurting their ears.
Throughout the book, there are examples and questions to help engage young readers. There is room on pages to write answers and observations. In a classroom setting, it might be best to use a whiteboard or flip chart to write down the students' responses.
One thing that stood out to me the most is the sections of the book giving examples of how to be a good friend to someone with autism. There are simple tips and reminders that help children see things through their friend's perspective. For instance, after discussing how people with autism may have a hard time talking, it says, "If your friend doesn't want to talk, don't be hurt, since you know that he might just be frustrated." It also offers examples of how to help and how to possibly comfort their friend.
The explanations and examples found in this book are simple enough for children to understand, yet informative enough for adults to benefit. Many times I have been caught in a situation where I tell a friend or acquaintance that my son was diagnosed with Aspergers syndrome, and they ask what that means. I often find myself quoting this book.
You can purchase The Autism Acceptance Book from Amazon for $13.88
Rachel H. is loaning her copy of this book to her son's Kindergarten teacher. She is also thinking about purchasing one for the school to have as a resource for any class with a student on the Autism Spectrum.


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Great post. I will definitely be checking out the book. It is so true that the things you don't get round to clutter your mind, and stop you from getting the important things done. That is one of my bad habits that I keep slipping back into.
Mostly it is remembering to do personal and household things I fall behind on - you feel so much better when you're on top of those things and can truly focus on your business. Thanks for the book recommendation.
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