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For the fourth consecutive year, the Orange Bowl is presenting Kicks for Kids, a program designed to provide South Florida's underserved youth the opportunity to participate in and reap the rewards of sports and exercise by receiving a pair of good athletic sneakers or cleats.
Participating schools will collect as many new or gently used athletic shoes and cleats as they can during the month of November. The six top collecting schools will receive a grant up to $1,500 from the Orange Bowl.
The Orange Bowl is once again partnering with In Jacob's Shoes to clean any shoes that are in need and they will distribute a portion.
Overall, the Orange Bowl has collected more than 4,000 shoes. This year, the Orange Bowl's goal is to collect 5,000 pairs for South Florida's youth.
Kicks for Kids is supported by TD Bank and Baptist Health South Florida, which will collect shoes at participating Miami-Dade and Broward County Urgent Care and Diagnostic Imaging locations from November 3rd - January 5th.
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# Vietnam gold # SBV # SJC # gold monopoly
Banks would be able to trade bar gold like gold enterprises, they would have to follow the regulations on the gold position like the ones currently applied to foreign currency trade.
HANOI(BullionStreet): Only a handful out of the more than 12,000 gold shops in Vietnam will exist after January 30 next year as any companies not licensed by the country's central bank must get out of the gold bar business there after.
Vietnamese authorities are considering applications from 21 enterprises seeking permission to continue trading in gold bars by passing tightened regulations.
The State Bank of Vietnam is checking the applications and the capability of banks before it grants the first licenses, slated for the end of December.
Only commercial banks to be licensed by the State Bank of Vietnam would be able to trade gold. Most of the commercial banks submitted applications can meet the requirements to be eligible for trading bullion gold, even though the requirements are very high.
Under the government Decree No. 24, credit institutions must meet three requirements to be able to trade bar gold.
They must have the chartered capital of three trillion dong at least, register gold trade activities and have the branches in at least five central cities or provinces.
Sources said that only several banks would be licensed in the first phase, while the others may get the licenses in 2013.
Analysts saidcommercial banks believe this is a lucrative business field to trade bullion gold. However, experts have warned that it would not be so easy to make profits.
A lot of banks have made fat profits from bullion gold trading, but many others have reported big losses of trillions of dong from the business.
Analysts say in the current conditions, when the dong outstanding loans increase slowly, banks would think of trading gold as an attractive business.
However, there would be a lot of challenges for banks to trade gold, especially when they are required to have reasonable daily gold position.
Banks would be able to trade bar gold like gold enterprises, they would have to follow the regulations on the gold position like the ones currently applied to foreign currency trade.
The difference between the requirements on the gold and foreign currency positions is that banks can hold the minus position (+/-20 percent) with foreign currencies, but they must obtain positive position with gold by the end of every day.
This means that only when banks can buy gold, will they be able to sell gold. It's still unclear about how high the positive position would be. But some sources said this could be only one percent. If so, a bank with the chartered capital of 3 trillion dong would be able to use 30 billion dong to trade gold, or 30 taels of gold, which is not worth while.
Meanwhile, banks would have to pay high expenses for gold transportation, and the gold price would fluctuate by no more than 5-7 percent. This means that banks need to consider if the profits to be made are high enough to cover expenses and risks.
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Jason Rubin (Naughty Dog): Console Prices 'Out Of Hand'
Posted by XanTium | August 24 21:50 EST | News Category: Xbox360
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Jason Rubin (Naughty Dog): Console Prices 'Out Of Hand'
Posted 25 August 2007 - 02:50 AM
Posted 25 August 2007 - 02:34 AM
Posted 25 August 2007 - 02:36 AM
This guy is seriously a complete idiot.
Nintendo is selling more consoles that the other platforms. True
However Jason's Rubin FAILED to mention that the Wii has a very poor attachment rate to games. Consoles are selling, but not games.
Also, the majority of the people do not want a weak crap console for less money. Once again Jason Rubin doesn't even play videogames, thus he's a complete idiot and has no right to comment on the console wars and hence someone should take a broken xbox and slam it over his head.
Posted 25 August 2007 - 02:42 AM
from Rings of Power on Genesis back in the day.
Posted 25 August 2007 - 02:55 AM
only thing i thought of was:
from Rings of Power on Genesis back in the day.
If that failed picture is what I think it is, that was one far fetched code.
Posted 25 August 2007 - 02:56 AM
I say boo-hoo, that's what they get for releasing their titles on the overpriced Sony platform.
Xbox folks should give 2 squats about what this guy has to say..
Does this guy know you can get a Core 360 for about the price of a Wii? Not that he would care.
Edited by PerfectGun, 25 August 2007 - 02:57 AM.
Posted 25 August 2007 - 02:57 AM
Posted 25 August 2007 - 03:34 AM
Posted 25 August 2007 - 03:43 AM
he should just go back to his sega genesis
if every new console came out as slow as the wii
i would still be useing my xbox 1
i got the 360 for the superior graphics and hd resolution
yes the games are important but so is the console
wtf is he moaning about anyway
i paid £140 for a 360 new
the wii is £179.99
Posted 25 August 2007 - 04:26 AM
The Wii is VERY good at what it does. Sure it is a little underpowered, but most developers don't have a problem with it.
With Microshaft and Sony Crapstation budgets, those two companies should have been able to come up with something that was far more affordable and far more reliable.
If my 360 was as reliable as my Wii was, then I wouldn't have had to send it back twice! Other people wouldn't have had to send 6 or 8 back!
Wii games are just plain fun. Some of them don't have as much "polish" as they should have, but they are still fun. That is what gaming is all about. I don't give two shits about graphics if the game play is pathetic.
I've been playing Oblivion on the 360 and the fucking thing locks up after as little as 30 minutes of play. That's bullshit. None of my Wii games lock up or give me "dirty disc errors" on discs that are FLAWLESS. All of my 360 games lock up....on 3 different xboxes. That is pathetic. The 360 has open air on all sides and the power supply has tons of air, the power is going through a filter & supressor and it still screws up. Even Windows on my desktops and laptops work better than my 360. That is sad.
This guy has a very good point. I would like to see my friends be able to afford these consoles... one of them finally got one a few months ago and he still paid way too much for it.
I stood in line for a couple hours before midnight for my Wii back in January. Most of the people in the line were ecstatic that they could play the older games and gamecube games. The attach rate does not take into account downloaded games or gamecube game sales. Also, I bought several Wii games that have tons of gameplay value: Super Monkeyball is great for having people over, Rampage is just good plain fun destroying a city and reminiscing on when I used to do it at the arcade on the old one, and Wii play is still fun after all these months.
Any console that makes my wife want to join in and start bowling, play tennis, or play party games is great. Screw Microsoft and Sony for not realizing that they had their heads stuffed far up their corporate asses. At least Microshaft takes a peek outside of it's collective butthole every once in a while...otherwise you wouldn't have gotten that extended warranty against the RROD. Now I wish they would extend that warranty to craptastic DVD drives that they put in these things. Most of my read errors are coming from a drive that simply can't "hang" with the demand that is put on it. It gets read errors on discs that are in perfect condition.
Posted 25 August 2007 - 05:42 AM
Just thinking, nintendo could stay with a wii type thing next round, keep it very simple and be the cheapest, ms could use about the same hardware as they do now and be the still cheap option, then sony would go nuts and go all technical and be too expensive, again I dunno, im tired and babbling on.
In the future on like the xbox 5 or 6, do u reckon they'll be downloading gears of war as an arcade title? 800msp and 4gig download?
Posted 25 August 2007 - 05:44 AM
Of course game makers want more units off the shelves...more units = more games.
Posted 25 August 2007 - 05:56 AM
Edited by Moonkeeper, 25 August 2007 - 05:57 AM.
Posted 25 August 2007 - 10:56 AM
How can your formerly co-found something? You either did or you didn't
I sort of agree, but people want awesome graphics and games that don't take forever to load, technology isn't cheap and people are willing to pay the right ammount of money to get it, if they're not, they buy the Wii.
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It's always going to be easier to believe in the integrity of those who are quick to share credit than in those who will tend to obscure it in their own favor.
I can see that, but that presupposes that those who are willing to share credit (at the cost of discrediting the professional integrity of another) are beyond reproach.
No it doesn't.
One doesn't have to "presuppose" anything or assign any one source undue authority in order to reach the conclusion that Solow and Justman's version of events contains a great deal more truth than the lionization of Roddenberry. There are too many other witnesses and sources over the decades for these kinds of stories.
Indeed, to buy the accounts of the few remaining GR hagiographers you have to go through, story by story, and discredit the "professional integrity" of many people. How vast do you suppose the conspiracy to prevent Roddenberry from being canonized as a saint must be, and who organizes it?
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Using tiny gold particles embedded with dyes, researchers have shown that they can identify tumors under the skin of a living animal. These tools may allow doctors to detect and diagnose cancer earlier and less invasively
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"This is a new class of nanotechnology agents for tumor targeting and imaging," says senior author Shuming Nie, PhD, a professor in the Wallace H. Coulter Department of Biomedical Engineering at Georgia Tech and Emory University.
Dr. Nie and his collaborators at the Emory/Georgia Tech Cancer Nanotechnology Center of Excellence have been developing light-emitting semiconductor crystals called "quantum dots" into tools for cancer detection and treatment for several years. However, colloidal gold, or gold particles in suspension, offers advantages compared with quantum dots in that the gold appears to be non-toxic and the particles produce a brighter, sharper signal, Dr. Nie says.
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Rather than a top down approach in which sheets of graphene are reduced to a suitable size to act as transistors, Tao's approach is bottom upbuilding up the graphene, molecular piece by piece. To do this, Tao relies on the chemical synthesis of benzene rings, hexagonal structures, each formed from 6 carbon atoms. "Benzene is usually an insulating material, " Tao says. But as more such rings are joined together, the material's behavior becomes more like a semiconductor.
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An amazing run of events with Live Talks Los Angeles will continue next Friday, October 16th when we join with them & the Grammy Museum for an evening of conversation with the legendary John Fogerty! This truly is an evening with a rock n' roll legend who has been an integral part of the soundtrack of our lives. You'll be taking a signed copy of ,"Fortunate Son" home with you too, included in the price of your ticket.
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JIM LEHRER: And finally a kind of coda to what is happening in Washington these days. They are the observations of former President George Bush on how things work, or should work, in the U.S. Senate and elsewhere. He spoke to senators last night at the Capitol, as part of a senate lecture series.
FORMER PRESIDENT GEORGE BUSH: When I raised my right hand and took the oath of office ten years ago today, I meant it when I held out my hand and pledged to work with the leadership here on Capitol Hill. And despite some ugly happenings that erupted early on over the Tower nomination, and later over the nomination Justice Thomas, things that divided the body, I was generally pleased with much of what we accomplished during the first two years. In a spirit of compromise, the Clean Air Acts and the Americans with Disabilities Act, which Tom Harkin and others were so active in, pieces of — landmark pieces of legislation that became a reality, happened just because the White House and the senate demonstrated bipartisanship and compromise.
If I had to pick one vote, I'd say the senate vote in January of '91 on the resolution authorizing– I think I'm paraphrasing here– to use "any means necessary in order to liberate Kuwait" was the key senate vote during my presidency. To be honest, for weeks we debated whether to try and pass such a resolution in the senate. The worst of all worlds would have been had I not brought — had I brought the question before the congress and had I failed. I'm glad we did bring it here, and pleased that it passed. There was a 52-47 margin. I think it was the slimmest senate margin ever to vote for war. And naturally I feel that I demonstrated real shortcoming in not being able to convince more that it was in the interests of our country to send a clear and united signal to Saddam and to the world.
But anyway, I think it did send a signal that we were determined to do what we had to do. Before the resolution passed, my respected friend Dan Inouye — I don't know if you remember this, but I'll never forget it — he came down to the White House in a spirit of total goodwill, and he warned that if things go wrong on the use of force, you could well be impeached. And I'll never forget that. And as it was, before the House voted on the resolution, several House members filed articles of impeachment against me. But we stayed the course, and I hope history will say not only that we won, but that we won with honor. And when our troops came home, this time they were welcomed with cheers, not jeers. And I might say that there was unanimous senate support once that first shot was fired, unanimous — cheers, not jeers. It was a united country that saluted our troops, united by a new respect for our military, and I think respect for the U.S. determination to lead, respect around the world.
Now, since leaving office, I have stayed away from Washington. But that does not mean that I lack interest in events here. I've refrained from commenting on the serious matter now before the senate, and I'm going to continue so to do. But like Howard Baker and many others, I confess that the lack of civility in our political debate and official dealings with one another concerns me. I worry, too, about sleaze, about excessive intrusion into private lives. I worry about once great news organizations that seem to resort to tabloid journalism, giving us sensationalism at best, and smut at the worst. I've got to be careful here, because I used to go around in these public speaking things — I know Colin is here, and he and I are on the public speaking circuit from time to time. Out in Salt Lake City, I received a standing ovation for bashing the press. I felt good about it. (Laughter) and I went to St. Louis – I went to St. Louis and a few weeks later, and the same thing: 14,000 screaming brilliant St. Louisans stood up and cheered as I knocked the hell out of the Washington press.
And then I got a letter from a friend of mine. He said "This is beneath you. You ought not to do this." So I joined Press Bashers Anonymous, which is a — (Laughter) and I've been clean for six months. And I hope my remarks here do not show that I'm off the wagon. But I think it's fair to note with seriousness that I think the times cry out for more accountability. And I think a lot of people in the national press understand that. All in all, it seems to me that whereas the problems looming over this town dealt more with budget deficit in times past, today we're confronted with a kind of a deficit of decency, one that deepens by the day. And Washington's a place for big ideas and doing big things. But it's also a small town in many respects, too small for the bitter rancor that sometimes divides us. And having said that, as a former president, I don't believe in placing outside pressure on the United States senate. I felt it was better for the senate to chart its own course, and do its business without certainly the intervention of this, the 41st president of the United States of America.
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Project Avary received the 2009 Jerry Garcia Award, designed to honor and support groups that work to encourage creativity in young people, while Asylum Access is this year's recipient of the Bill Graham Award, given to those working to assist children who are victims of political oppression and human rights violations.
In addition, the following programs received grants from the Rex Foundation to support their important work:
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With LinkedIn's new Company Pages, the social network will better serve businesses and individuals. Here's how.
Though I love LinkedIn, I was disappointed that it wasn't living up to its potential. LinkedIn had been missing out on an opportunity to serve as a rich professional platform for individuals and the right place for companies to maintain a detailed representation of who they are and what they do.
So, in the beginning of this month, I was delighted to learn LinkedIn rolled out new Company Pages, enabling businesses to develop more robust Company Pages and possess more control over those pages. You can see the announcement on LinkedIn's blog. Following is some information to help you take advantage of these new features right now.
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Before I launch into this section, I would like to give a special thanks to one of my newer social media team members, Danielle Cormier, for her research and contributions to this column.
Setting up a company page is free and the news is that LinkedIn added tabs that businesses will be able to populate with information at will: Careers and Products & Services. (Companies were able to add more features like Careers to their pages previously, but there was a cost and it was not sold through their ad sales reps.)
On Company Pages, administrators can add content to the Products & Services tab and each brand will have a greater extent of control over what is displayed on their pages. These various products' lists will be able to be showcased dependent upon which industry category your LinkedIn account is a part of. Businesses can also modify their pages to display the strongest recommendations to prospective customers in an attempt to exhibit the trust in their brand and accelerate the growth of their product.
Companies can also add videos of products and services to their pages and feature particular products more prominently than others. In turn, LinkedIn members can recommend and review a product or service on a company profile and their recommendations will surface on their own profiles as well. Company Pages will list the people who have recommended a particular product as well.
LinkedIn launched the new pages featuring 40 major companies and announced that company page administrators would be able to update their pages in the coming weeks. Here are some examples of the new pages for Liberty Mutual, AT&T, Dell, and Microsoft.
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While Facebook is all the rage, there is a lot more utility and opportunity in this B2B network then is being surfaced right now. Although I have merged my professional and personal life on Facebook, here is real value in a strictly professional networking site. So I hope LinkedIn will continue to grow and succeed and I look forward to its future innovation.
As founder and CEO of Overdrive, Harry Gold is the architect and conductor behind the company's ROI-driven programs. His primary mission is to create innovative marketing programs based on real-world success and to ensure the marketing and technology practices that drive those successes are continually institutionalized into the culture and methods of the agency. What excites him is the knowledge that Overdrive's collaborative environment has created a company of online media, SEM, and online behavioral experts who drive success for the clients and companies they serve. Overdrive serves a diverse base of B2B and B2C clients that demand a high level of accountability and ROI from their online programs and campaigns.
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It's nice... and I would certainly wear it, but there are similar fragrances by other houses that are just-as-nice (and more-affordable). That being said, I'm surprised to find a note of young patchouli peeking through here- it's almost as if both vintage/aged patch was used with a touch of young patch, those piney/minty topnotes diffused with black pepper, cumin, and birch tar. The effect works and accentuates the leathery vibe, it just surprises me. Or perhaps a 10-year patch was used instead of a luxurious 20? Either way, I'm definitely not on the Roja Dove groupie-list, and think the guy is over-confident of his own work- kind of like a former superstar ending up in Las Vegas as a lounge-singer, full of himself and becoming lazy. Similar effects can be found in SL Ambre Sultan and Arabie, Profumum Roma's Patchouly- or even vintage Organza Indecence...
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لميلان كونديرا الكاتب التشيكى روايه تسمى (The Unbearable Lightness of Being)اى ((خفة الكائن التى لا تحتمل )) وكنت متيما بالاسم لدرجة اننى اظل اردده واعيده كاننى امتصه او ارتشفه و فوجئت ان هناك ترجمه اخرى لعنوان الروايه (( كائن لا تحتمل خفته )) ولكنى لم اتردد فى اظهار الكراهيه لهذا الاسم رغم ان الجملتين تصفان شيئا واحدا .
تذكرت ذلك وانا اجرب للمرة الاولى التحفه العطريه بيور دستانس ام من عينة اهدانيها صديقى د احمد القطان فانتفض داخلى تذكر هيرميس لبيلامى فورا وكانها الترجمه الاخرى لذات الابداع .
نحن امام لوحة فنية متباينة الملامح مترعه بالالوان ممزوجة بدقه حيث يبدا العطر كيفما تراه انت ...قد تتجاوز الافتتاحيه الحمضيه التى تنتهى بعد دقائق و تغرق فى الجلد الذى يصحبك للنهايه وتدخل باقى النوتات لتؤدى دورا مثل كومبارس المسرح وهذا وحده هو ما يمنح هذا العطر تفرده لانه متعدد الوجوه ...ستحكم عليه للوهلة الاولى انه عطر جلدى وسيذكرك ببرفيوم دو امباير جلود العثمانيين فتاتى القرفه والقرنفل لتحيلك للعطور التابليه الثقيله وتتذكر هيرتاج .
مايميز هذا العطر ايضا عدم احتواؤه على الروائح الحيوانيه كالقستوس والسيفيت رغبة فى الثبات بل ان صانعه اعتمد على التركيز العالى للمكونات 25 بالمئه واعتمد على الجلود لاعطاء العطر ثقلا وعمقا .
سيقفز السؤال المعتاد ..هل يستحق سعره ؟؟ هل ستشتريه انت ؟؟
بالنسبة لى ارى ان هيرميس بيلامى هو اقرب ما يكون لعطرنا هذا وسيظل على يديك وملابسك يذكرك بنفسه و يلومك على انك اضعت نقودك فى العلبة الفاخرة والبروباجندا ..لكن على الضفة الاخرى ستجد من يقول ان عطرا مكثفا كبيوردستانس ام تكفيك منه رشتين على ملابسك لتكون ملكا متوجا وتتحرك كأمير ويذكرك بخفة الكائن التى لا تحتمل.
I disagree completely about the comparison to Gucci Pour Homme 2003. There is no discernable resemblance to it.
It does have a bit of spice to it but it's certainly not too spicy. The cumin note seems more identifiable than the cinnamon and they work very well together, as opposed to something like the cumin heavy Amouage Opus VII, which can be a bit overpowering to some. I'd go so far as to say that the spice is just right.
The leather effect does come through nicely but it's more subtle than heavy. It's blended well enough that the note is more of a background player than a dominant forefront. To illustrate it further, I'd say that it's 60/40 spice to leather.
It's rare that a fragrance contains amber and I'm not able to pick it up but in this fragrance, I honestly can't pick up the amber or the balsamic.
Initially, I was torn between ordering the 17.5 ml size or the 60ml. Since I sampled this fragrance before buying it and it was so expensive, I decided to buy the 60ml, since the difference in price was only $132 more. The most surprising thing about the 60ml bottle was how heavy it was and how big it seems. It makes some 100ml bottles look small.
The packaging was very nice, complete with box, signed interior and bow.
10/10 - Excellent fragrance and I sure as hell wouldn't have spent this much on a fragrance if I didn't think it was a 10.
Not much to add below other than to emphasise the importance of "less is more" with this fragrance. People saying this is very spicy are probably over applying. 1 small spray will have it smelling like a parfum version of Gucci Pour Homme 2003.
Just received my order or Puredistance M and the sample set. M is a very masculine frag that provides real bang for the buck. Great sillage (12+ hours) and projection (2-3 feet). Two sprays is more than enough. M opens up with animalic leather, dry spices (cumin), and a blast of lime. The lime subsides after 10-15 minutes leaving cumin/leather with peppery vanilla. Maybe a little musk.
I've also tried Black which is somewhat similar to M. It shares the same leather and spice base, but more of a boozy citrus/floral projection. Black would do well in warmer temps. I would think that (carefully) layering M and Black would produce something amazing.
I should give kudos to Nele over at Puredistance for her super responsive customer service. She went above and beyond to make sure that I received my order without delay. Thanks Nele!
I get ALOT of cumin. Makes me feel uncomfortable. Pass.
This stuff smells, literally, just like Roja Dove Parfumes fetish, which makes sense because he also concocted Puredistance M before he started his own fragrance line. I sampled fetish and Puredistance M side by side and they are pretty much the same. In my description of Roja's fetish fragrance I call it, "great stink" or in Puredistance M's case I'll call it "sweet stink". This fragrance is very appealing but yet off putting at times. The right person with the right body chemistry could make this stuff smell amazing. If you like animalic scents and sweet scents then this could be a winner for you.
I tried this on test trips the first time and I swear the projection is amazing. If you walked into a room, people will smell you and the question then becomes - will they like it? It can turn people on as easy as it can turn some people off. This is a risky scent for me personally. I wouldn't blind by this but I can honestly say its very well blended like all of Roja Dove's fragrances.
From start to finish its almost like a beaver went to a Turkish bath and came out smelling damn good. Its a bizarre description but its almost what its like. Put it this way, when the beaver leaves the bath he'll be the best smelling beaver around but he'll still smell like a beaver. This is something a lumberjack would wear if he was going out with his lady... I say "his lady" because she could've easily never became his lady if he wore this on their first date.
My advice to the wear of this scent is wear it during colder months. Try it before you buy it.
Longevity 10/10 - careful with this stuff its potent
Projection 10/10 - people will know you entered the room
All-day scent
Fall and winter, colder months
Puredistance M contains a *lot of cumin - 1st seconds are the effects of straight up the fresh spice grains, giving a curried-rice vibe, or vegetarian curry!
But it wasn't this I wasn't fond of, when done with a light hand I love a good pinch of cumin.
It's the gnarly brashness in general that I don't really like; the sheer strength I can easily handle but I'm not sure if it's the leather or cumin or both at top that's giving it. I can definitely detect leather at top however and this strikes me as more weird than any cumin, especially when the top notes list 'lemon' and leather at the base!
Anyway, enough of my Niche spikyness. While this opening is no where as subtle as the one in Rose 31, it's very high Quality and actually almost wearable even for people who may be scared.
However sometimes (Ok, I'm being too nice) - occasionally, it's also less brash and comes out like rugged, yet refined (cured maybe I'm not so sure on the technical term of processing fine leathers) leather alongside rich tones of amber and drop of lemon.
The 1 thing I certainly love is the sheer strength of it, Extrait is the level that certainly suits me. EDP for me is a bit too weak even! But this is nice, bold and strong.
But I'm still certainly not convince at least by this example that Mr Dove is a 'Master Blender'!!
Really? Even I would have commissioned less cumin into the blend,, and it's easy to smell that had it had less of the spice, the warmer cinnamon and rose notes would have made the whole introduction much more friendly and inviting.
It's sad because underneath the cumin (clove?) bomb I get very regal tones,, rich sweet tones of high Class suede/leather, hints of sweet spice and ambery riches and smooth accords of rose/vanilla (or it could be a sweet labdanum) and a hit of spicy greens (oakmoss?)
I just wished for a much more conventional citrus lemon/rose start to knock down the cumin, then it could have been perfect.
Why the such odd start? Did the World famous double Agent Bond want to get his hidden curry-fetish on before actually appearing to have applied a perfume?? Weird, and illogical.
Nonetheless, at it's outrageous price, I'm not going to show too much love-loss!
One maybe to admire and test rather than wear for me.
Still pretty disappointing but a sleeping giant of a scent for the right person or leather lovers.
Scent: 7/10.
Quality: 10/10.
Opulentissimo, avvolgentissimo cuoio/cannella senza fine. Persistenza 48 ore, sillage importante.
Il profumo è molto costoso ma bastano veramente pochissime gocce (dosi omeopatiche),considerata la potenza, per profumare se stessi e lasciare una vera e propria scia...
Bellissimo per chi ama i cuoiati.
Sulla linea di Eau d'Hermes, che ha un tocco di freschezza e leggerezza in più.
Può diventare opprimente.
Più maschile.
This Pure Parfum Extrait, sold in 25% of Perfume Oil concentration, was released in 2010, inspired by one of the cars used by the 007 Agent, the Aston Martin. The creator was the perfumer Roja Dove and the objective was to convey sophistication, excitement and danger.
It combines notes of bergamot and lemon, on the output, followed by notes of rose and Jasmine, in the heart, ending with a complex background of cinnamon, patchouli, mosses, labdanum, vetiver, vanilla, musk and leather.
Once applied on the skin, it's like a punch in an action scene of James Bond movies. Bergamot and lemon? Where? Just a whiff of the rose and, immediately, the opulence of the base notes. It's like if the fragrance was made only by the existing notes at the base of the olfactory pyramid.
The patchouli manages to be bitter and creamy at the same time. The labdanum reinforces, even more, the aroma of leather. After about 1 hour of its application, it is possible to notice some of the nuances of musk. And when you realize that the evolution has come to an end, the result is a mildly incensed aroma, which can also tends to amber, depending on the skin.
Puredistance M is masculine and mysterious. Translates the universe of James Bond, along with the mystery of the "M" character, played by Judi Dench. Definitely, M is a "Must have"!
I believe I hit the jackpot! if you want something serious and manly this one worth at least trying!
The opening of this fragrance is a bitter spicy scent mixed with leather note.
The spices are heavy and they do have a very dry and wild feeling. lots of cumin, lots of nutmeg, lots of clove that they all together creating brutal spicy and kind of peppery scent.
The leather note does not smell smoky. it's like the smell of a piece of leather in the middle of the desert in a hot summery day! very dry and slightly animalic.
In the mid I'm getting again heavy dry spices and a little stronger leather (still not smoky but it's animalic) notes but now there is some sweetness and some carnation flower beside it that gives the scent an elegant and slightly powdery feeling.
In the base those heavy spices and the leather note all settle down and the scent gets slightly sweeter. the base is a creamy sweet vanilla and musk plus soft spices specially cinnamon and some leather mostly in the background.
Performance of this fragrance is awesome. projection is strong and longevity is around 10-12 hours on my skin. there is nothing girly here. masculine all the way through.
یکی از جدی ترین و خشن ترین عطرهایی که تست کردم به طور حتم اینه. یه عطر مردانه به معنای واقعی کلمه
رایحه ابتدایی این عطر با بوی بسیا قوی و تلخ رایحه های ادویه ای و بوی مشخص چرم شروع میشه
رایحه ادویه ای حس گرم و خیلی خشک و جدی داره. ترکیب دز قوی رایحه های زیره، جوز هندی و میخک یه بوی تند و تیز فلفلی و ادویه ای بوجود آوردن که اصلا با کسی شوخی نداره! رایحه چرم اصلا حس دودی نداره. بوش جوریه که انگار برداشته باشین یه تیکه چرم رو تو یه ظهر گرم تابستونی گذاشته باشین جلوی آفتاب و بعد از چند ساعت بردارین بوش کنین. یه بوی گرم و خشک و تلخ چرم که حس ملایم حیوانی هم داره
با گذر زمان و تو رایحه میانی رایحه قوی با حس خشک ادویه ها همچنان تقریبا با همون قدرت به مشام میرسن و رایحه چرم کمی قویتر شده. البته بازم همچنان اون حالت خشک و تلخ و کمی حیوانی خودشو داره و اصلا دودی نمیشه
در کنار اینا تو این مرحله کمی رایحه های ضعیف شیرین و مقدار کمی هم رایحه گل شمعدانی به عطر اضافه میشه که حس بسیار جذاب و شیک و کمی پودری به عطر میده
تو رایحه پایه رایحه قوی ادویه ای و چرم تا حد زیادی آروم میشن و حالا بوی عطر کمی شیرین تر میشه. رایحه پایه بوی نیمه شیرین و خامه ای وانیل و مشک هست که مقدار کمی چرم و ادویه جات خصوصا دارچین اونو همراهی میکنن
در مجموع بوی عطر خشن و مردانه اس و با وجود اینکه این عطر یونیسکس عنوان شده شخصا چیز زنانه ای در اون نمیبینم
پخش بوی خیلی خوب و نسبتا قوی داره و ماندگاریش هم بین 10-12 ساعت روی پوست هست
کار خیلی خوبیه
The opening is marvelous, clear, sharp, amazingly elegant and cozy. I detect patchouli, aromatic woods, cedar, vetiver, a floral accord, sweet resinous spices, cinnamon, a gorgeous leather note (soft like suede, initially) with a bold talcum-soft feel. All is aerial and dimensional, almost geometrical, at the same time plushy, silky and mellow. A lot of suggestions and images come to mind, there's an oriental vein blended with a totally contemporary Western personality. Quite complex and textured, really compact, just smelling beautiful and great like Fetish pour Homme, and also quite on the same "concept" too: basically, a renovated, modern "masculine classic", with some nostalgic fougère/chypre accords blended with a new and more modern sensibility. A tight and harmonic scent full of nuances you feel better in the sillage than on skin. What I like the most is an irresistible accord of leather, flowers (jasmine?), delicate woods (cashmeran, cedar?) and spices blended with a talcum-balsamic accord, something that just captivates me I don't know why precisely... like those scents you link to people you love, or loved. So distinguished and majestic, without being "opulent". As minutes pass a talcum cloud emerges and "explodes" in all its dreamy and narcotic dustiness, and again, a symphony of nuances, mellow woods, flowers, leather. Then it all starts to dry and the bone-structure emerges more clearly, which I said, it's quite a classic fougère/chypre texture, incredibly sophisticated, soft, mossy and velvety. As many other reviewers already noticed, a couple of scents come to mind at this point, two legendary scents to which this one almost sounds like a "tribute": Moschino pour Homme and Bel Ami. The leather accord with a talcum/floral "gentleness" is one of the best I've ever smelled, it smells really perfectly. The drydown is great as well, more bitter and dry, but well balanced, and doesn't reveal the sadly-too-usual safraleine cheapness (burnt rubber). Utter elegance. The quality is uncompromising and really high, of both materials and composition. Still, the price is completely insane and megalomaniac, and not in a way that I'd say "... but it's worth it". It's not, it's great and stuff, but it's not worth that cost. Just grab a sample and try it, then enjoy the hundreds of equally good (or better) fragrances around.
This stuff is growing on me.Originally,i didn't like it much,until I realised that less is definitely more with this scent.I sprayed once this morning on my wrist and that was the trick.If I spray any more it is so strong that I cant smell the changes to this,but with 1 spray,i can smell everything from beginning to end.The citrus and rose,a very nice patchouli and the leather doesn't take over this fragrance with minimal use.Try it like this and you will really smell the difference
A nice scent, but reminds me too much of Hermes Bel Ami. Sample both prior to making your purchase.
Reminds me of Black Orchid + leather + cinnamon + smoke. I like it and would buy a FB if it weren't so prohibitively expensive.
When all the exalting and kneeling at the alter of Puredistance M has stopped for the night, get over to Perry Ellis M for men . One will be pleasantly surprised the cheaper M and may even like it more. I just wonder to myself if Puredistance took any design cues from Perry Ellis ?. Cinnamon is very prominent and a leading player in both scents. Just saying ok .
it's a good strong perfume, but honestly 300$+ for 60ml of this is too much. i'd pay for this perfume around 150$ max for 100 Ml, other than this i personally see it too much of a normal perfume like this one
I had to laugh, Taskphorce, that you think I would "make up" the fact that M doesn't last on me. What do I seek to gain, some type of fame for defaming perfumes? I have tried M many times by now and no, it does not last on me. That's just how perfume works: it lasts on some and loses power on others. As for the sample being fake, I received it directly from Puredistance.
After a leather-rose opening, it settles down into a lovely rose-oud or rose-patchouli thing. It is not original. It is not superior to its competition. There is no reason to buy this. You could purchase four superb perfumes in any olfactory category for the same money. Or you could blow the cash on this one, and help to inflate the ridiculous price bubble we see in niche perfumes. I'd rather support a perfume house whose product makes a bigger impression than does its price.
Dear poster below Yvashche:
I am sorry, I had to comment on your comment. I can't think of another fragrance that has as much tenacity as Puredistance M. I am absolutely certain you received a fake decant or you are simply making up the statement that this doesn't last on your skin. It is impossible! 25% perfumed oil!
What is going on with me and Puredistance? Out of all the fragrances, I only liked M and even that is not long lasting enough to warrant anything bigger than a sample.
Where's the leather? Did someone switch out the leather in my sample with incense?
The opening was strong smokey incense with a dab of citrus. Nothing wrong with that. (Except if you're expecting leather.)
After an hour or so - the dry down balances a nice blend of floral, cinnamon, citrus, and musk. (Smokey incense left the building with the supposed leather.)
I was expecting the opening to be similar to Knize Sec (which does have the leather note present). However, the dry down of Puredistance M and Knize Sec are similar to my nose.
Like Knize Sec, the dry down turns up a sour note on my skin. This is a common problem for me with citrus (and sometimes musk) - so don't let that deter you from sampling.
Do not underestimate this juice. It is highly potent and one (maybe two) sprays is suffice. Words cannot describe the intensity of this fragrance. Personally, I am reminded of burning cedar and tanned leather with a dab of patchouli. Before I looked at the notes, I would've never guessed that there is citrus and cinnamon but now looking back, it is obvious. My first impression was that this fragrance resembled smoldering wood but I think it's the fierce cinnamon, citrus, and leather notes clashing that produce the sharpness and density. Puredistance M is as Masculine as it gets. This is not a feminine in any way and any attempt to persuade me that it is would be frivolous. Two sprays to my shirt remained there for a solid 7 days and I expect that after I remove the shirt from the wash machine, the fragrance will be detectable. The dry down is where this fragrance mellows out and becomes slightly more aromatic and warm spicy. At this point, vanilla fades into the picture. I cannot find anything wrong with this fragrance other than the price tag but nonetheless I am going to fetch a 60ml bottle and this should last me.......a lifetime.
I really like this.
A coffee'd leather almost wanting to say bitter dark chocolate but cocoa is not listed as a note.
The leather is smooth like the inside of a new luxury car.
This is what I thought Tom ford Tuscan Leather would ( or should) smell like.
It's an extrait so longevity and projection are decent BUT I really don't think I would pay such a high price for this juice. It's really nice and without a doubt luxurious but I don't need this.
this is a great scent, I just think for the money I would prefer to go bel ami myself.. but still does not take anything away from this. just looking at value. if you like this one and have not sampled bel ami..try that and see. they are both excellent and to me accomplish the same sort of vibe.
I try this one Reminds me of x from clive Christian.
Smokey, leathery, sweet, floral and spicy all at the same time. There are so many clashing notes in this fragrance that it never hits a harmonizing accord for me. Conjured up memory of a symphonic orchestra tuning their instruments just before beginning a concert. Harsh, out of tune and headache inducing.
Smokey (oakmoss, patchouli)
Sweet (vanilla)
Floral (jasmine, rose)
Spicy (Cinnamon, clove)
It seems as though the perfumer couldn't make up his mind as to what type/genre of fragrance he wanted to make, so he decided upon making in all in one. (52)
If i would compare PD M to Tuscan Leather, to me it does not stick out with same sharpness as TL and is less sweetish-fruity. I would call this fragrance gentle, classy, masculine and definitely mature. Something i would wear with a classy set of cloth and a pair of nice shoes.
Simply for me this is the KING of men fragrances
Nice perfume, although smells pretty much lime Amouage Silver, maybe a little softer, but even more expensive than the anything but cheap Omani house. I never thought I would say an Amouage is cheap in comparison to any other perfume, but I have to. M is a very nice perfume, but way too expensive for what it is.
The M in Pure Distance stands for:
Million bucks
It's the best!
Strange...I've seen that face before... (Libertango). The same kind of feeling I experience about this fragrance. Conclusion: Nothing special. Roja Dove is reinventing the wheel, sorry.
M by Puredistance is a cowboy.
M starts off with sweet and salty leather, and warm smoky spices. There is an earthiness which smells like freshly cured leather and vetiver.
The color of the leather pulses like a neutron star in the night. At times, the leather is sweeter and spicier with carnation, cinnamon and labdanum, at times it is more earthy and green with oakmoss, rose, vetiver and patchouli.
M is potent, unified yet multi-faceted, and unforgiving. It projects over the river and through the woods, and it lasts all the way to grandmother's house. Look out, grandma! The wolf is on his way.
M is a dark, masculine, and seductive character who is known by a letter instead of his full name; that is the gravitas of his mysterious, alluring personality.
Spicy sweet, smoky, salty, earthy, LEATHER.
The florals add to the incense quality of the spices, but all in all this is a leather-centered fragrance. Where would a cowboy be without his cows?
I would ride off into the Sunset smelling this on my skin. If only fairy tales were real.
I was really excited to try this and when I got the chance I was......so disappointed. I found this to be more about spice (esp. cinnamon) and thick tannic leather with no chypre elements. I gave it time to dvelop but in the end I had to scrub. A cloying mess to my nose
Pure Distance M....what can I possibly say? Honestly....I don't like it at all. There's something in the composition that doesn't match. But I can not put my finger on it.
To my humble opinion mr Roja Dove is at present days one of the best "noses" in the world, and I do have several fragrances of his hand, but this one is a mismatch to me.
Just get Hermes Bel Ami, and pocket the extra cash!
Company has core expertise in marketing to promote its brand. Highly refined and glamorous products that are not sold in my country. Congratulations to the team and creators of desiners Puredistance, the refinement and good taste.
Opens slightly citric and already disappears in seconds, and is very strong and a bit stuffy, the intense spices. Do not believe the floral tone is the opening and these spices, especially cinnamon and clove are in the background. It starts at the opening to the heart, and they appear pretty intense with moss, giving a more formal tone. The base with a comfortable leather, brings me to a Bentley with that beige leather, mixed with the cinnamon/cloves mainly, and labdanum and patchouli together at the base. Artwork in my opinion.
I forget where I read this, but I remember reading that Roja Dove said Bel Ami by Hermes was one of his favorite fragrances. Bel Ami is a classic woody-leather chypre in the Halston Z-14 mold, although the current formulation is big on rosewood rather than leather.
Why am I talking about Bel Ami and not M? Well, chances are, Roja Dove (the perfumer for M) probably has access to the formula for Bel Ami, and it shows - Puredistance M is a dead ringer for the vintage (vase bottle) formulation of Bel Ami. All the elements are there; a woody chypre center, resinous sweetness, a plush birch tar leather note, and a subtle yet broad fuzzy/hairy animalic note (probably either costus or castoreum). Other than being a tad more muskier and ever-so-slightly raunchier at the beginning, M is virtually indistinguishable from the vintage Bel Ami, to my nose. The only other difference between the two is that M has a big cinnamon note that lasts through the drydown, as well.
It's not to say that M is a quality fragrance. It's composed with great materials, and lasts a really long time. However, it's way too similar to Bel Ami for me to justify buying any. If you already own or have tried the vintage Bel Ami, then you'll already know what M smells like. Try before you buy.
M opens with a leathery spicy oakmoss with a touch of cummin. Then five minutes later this gorgeous stunning jasmine floral note kicks in like a ray of sunshine peeking out of the clouds. The oakmoss note recedes though I do detect some leather still underpinning it and the beautiful florals start to dominant.
As time moves forward I can detect vanille and the cinnamon weaving in and out of the composition.
As this is a perfume extract it only took a dab to my wrist to get a strong projection though not in a heavy way more light and strong.
The strange thing with this fragrance is different aspect's of it seem to be more prominent depending on the application. I noticed if the scent was dabbed onto my skin the spicy oakmoss leather came to the forefront while the stunning florals and vanille & cinnamon held itself in the background. And visa versa with spraying it onto your skin.
I have too say this fragrance is stunning in the quality of ingredients used especially how the jasmine note is used. Every so often this scent just seems too come together in a perfect harmony of oakmossy spicy leather and the floral vanille cinnamon. When it does the effect to your olfactory senses is one of pure magic.
Today, after a long time trying to find it all over the place, I am wearing M. The first few minutes after spraying it I was somewhat sceptical: there was no lemon, no bergamot - it dived straight into the spicy accords. In fact, apart from the clove and cinnamon smell, I swear I could detect the dirty presence of cumin as well (although not a listed note).
If the sound of it puts you off, just be a little bit patient. 5 minutes later and M becomes what I would describe as a wonderful gourmandy(?) leather chypre. In fact, it is one of the smoothest, more gentle leather notes I have smelled, coming in stark contrast to others in perfumes such as Bandit, Knize Ten and Cuir Mauresque (great perfumes no doubt!). In fact, "gentle" and "balanced" are two good adjectives to describe M and its components - the woody notes, the patchouli, the discreet musky oakmoss.
It was worth the wait and I am seriously contemplating paying the prohibitive price to get my hands on one of those delicate bottles.
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When you stay at Seashell at MOMI in Momi, you'll be within the vicinity of Momi WW2 Gun Site. This family-friendly hotel is within the region of Natadola Beach.
Make yourself at home in one of the 55 guestrooms. Dial-up Internet access (surcharge) is available to keep you connected. Conveniences include ceiling fans and in-room massages, and housekeeping is provided daily.
Rec, Spa, Premium Amenities
Dip into one of the 2 outdoor swimming pools or enjoy other recreational amenities including a waterslide and an outdoor tennis court. This hotel also features babysitting/childcare (surcharge) and wedding services. The shuttle (surcharge) will take you to the nearby beach or shopping center.
Satisfy your appetite at the hotel's restaurant, which serves breakfast, lunch, and dinner, or stay in and take advantage of room service (during limited hours). While enjoying a refreshing dip in the hotel pool, you can order your favorite drink at the poolside bar.
Business, Other Amenities
Featured amenities include high-speed (wired) Internet access (surcharge), dry cleaning/laundry services, and multilingual staff. A roundtrip airport shuttle is provided for a surcharge (available on request), and free self parking is available onsite.Hotels.com
24 hour front desk
Babysitting/child services (surcharge)
Currency exchange on-site
Game room
Internet (surcharge)
Laundry service
Pets not allowed
Non-smoking rooms available
Outdoor pool
Free parking
Pool table
Room service
Outdoor tennis
Wedding services
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Jeff Spear
Sport: Fencing
Discipline: Saber
Height: 6-2
Date of Birth: 6/28/1988
Birthplace: Albany, N.Y.
Hometown: Wynantskill, N.Y.
High School: Homeschooled
College: Columbia University '10, Evolutionary Biology of the Human Species
Olympic Highlights:
- London 2012 Olympic Games, 8th (team)
Personal: Son of Karen Kimball and Frank Spear...Hobbies include reading, playing board games and spending time with family.
USA Fencing
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U.S. fencers won 11 of the 12 gold medals in 2011, including all six team events.
Team USA's Top Sabre Fencers Look To Rio
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Mariel Zagunis looks to lead the U.S. women's saber team to a gold medal at the 2016 Olympic Games.
Hurley and Homer Return for Gold in Virginia Beach
Nicole Jomantas Nov. 11, 2012
During the three months since the Olympic Games, nearly all of the athletes have taken some much deserved time off following a grinding four-year lead-up to London, but Daryl Homer and Kelley Hurley were ready to return to the top of the podium at the November North American Cup on Saturday.
Fencing Olympians to Compete at the October North American Cup in St. Louis This Weekend
Nicole Jomantas Oct. 09, 2012
More than 2,000 athletes, including 13 members of the 2012 U.S. Olympic Team are scheduled to compete in the October North American Cup in St. Louis from Oct. 12-15.
Fencing Team Remains Empty-Handed
Aimee Berg Aug. 03, 2012
After six medals in Beijing, Team USA has two chances left in London
London Olympic Preview
Nicole Jomantas July 18, 2012
After a successful 2008 Olympic Games in which Team USA earned six medals, the U.S. Olympic Fencing Team has prospects for trips to the podium for both genders in each of the three weapons and is the only nation to have qualified a full team of athletes in each weapon.
Watch the Korfanty Cup Medal Rounds LIVE from Chicago at 6:30 p.m. Central on Saturday
June 22, 2012
The semifinal and final bouts of the Korfanty Cup will be Webcast LIVE on Saturday beginning at 6:30 p.m. Central Daylight Time.
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VIDEO: Oregon DT Heimuli quits football for bowling (just kidding)
Is Oregon defensive tackle Ricky Heimuli really quitting football to become a bowler?
That's the big joke in this farcical video put out by the Ducks athletic department ahead of the football program's bowling tournament to raise money for the Kilcullen Memorial Scholarship Fund.
Wide receiver Keanon Lowe joins in the fun as all 305 pounds of Heimuli does the Fred Flintstone 'twinkle-toe' approach down the lane. He also shows his athleticism by hopping over Lowe at one point. Check it out: