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Washington, DC, June 29th, 2010 – An astonishing "71% of women shop for beauty and personal care items at Walmart every week", according to the 2010 Pink Report® Women & Walmart: Seeing Through the Eyes of the Beauty and Personal Care Consumer. The Benchmarking Company (TBC) publishes the Pink Report yearly as each edition explores of-the-moment issues affecting the beauty industry. The 2010 Pink Report focuses on how Walmart affects the beauty industry, and why and how women shop for beauty and personal care products at the world's largest retailer.
According to the research, her opinions on Walmart have changed and old truths no longer apply. Where once she may have been embarrassed to shop for her beauty or personal care items at Walmart, or wouldn't admit that she was a Walmart shopper, today – she loves Walmart, and is not afraid to admit it. Walmart is an important part of her shopping behavior, and with 18 new beauty truths, the 2010 Pink Report unveils her true thoughts on shopping for her favorite beauty and personal care items there. Today's beauty consumer has come undone, and she's operating under a whole new set of truths where convenience, price, value and most importantly – authenticity – are the keys to her wallet.
"Women & Walmart was so important to us because when 200 million people do something each week, it's critical that we understand what and why. Whether your brand is at Walmart or not, what is happening there and how consumers are spending their time and dollars inside the store is vital to the entire beauty and personal care industry," said TBC founder and creative director Alisa Maria Beyer. "My goal with this report was to give the folks on Madison Avenue an intimate look at Main Street USA to see what's really going on. It's easy to become out of touch with the real beauty consumer. It's important that we get back to her."
The Pink Report findings highlight that both Walmart and beauty brands can benefit from understanding several key themes that are impacting women's lives today as they make purchasing decisions about beauty brands.
Our new truths on how women view Walmart yields vital intelligence into the hearts and minds of women all across the country. For example, women view Walmart as their top destination for beauty and personal care purchases – 71% of women shop there for beauty and personal care products. And today, Walmart means more to women than just bargains or low prices: 67% of women strongly agree that Walmart offers premium brands for less.
The Pink Report also provides detailed statistics on:
How much money she spends at Walmart every time she shops there
What brands she's buying (or not!) and why
What she really thinks of generics
How she spends her time once she's inside the store
Will Walmart.com get her to click and shop?
Her true thoughts on the retailer as a beauty authority
Why she seeks out beauty products at other retailers besides Walmart
The 2010 Pink Report: Women & Walmart: Seeing Through the Eyes of the Beauty and Personal Care Consumer is essential reading for all beauty and personal care executives; marketing, brand and product managers; research and development specialists;
"This report will blow away everything you thought you knew about both women and Walmart, and fuel creative thinking and branding to take you into the next decade of beauty buying," said Alisa. "For brands and retailers alike, the Pink Report includes vital insights and strategic observations on new opportunities, messaging and positioning for any brand that wishes to understand and embrace her new beauty truths."
For a full table of contents and overview of the 2010 Pink Report Women & Walmart: Seeing Through the Eyes of the Beauty and Personal Care Consumer, please contact: Jennifer Thomas, email@example.com or 239-573-0088 or 301-758-6484.
About The Benchmarking Company
The Benchmarking Company (TBC) is the #1 consultancy for beauty consumer research and brand strategy, helping clients to build brands and products women want to buy. As the "McKinsey of the beauty industry" TBC offers product concept and development, consumer insights and intelligence, and brand strategies. Serving our clients at every stage of development – from startups to 13 of the top 15 global beauty companies, we intimately understand the industry and are integral to each client team as we create, revitalize and harmonize products and brands in every beauty product category and channel. As publisher of the "must read" Pink Reports® and WomenTrends®
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Description: . These connectors accept a wide range of coaxial cables and are intermateable with industry standard connectors designed to MIL-C-39012 specifications. Features: Bayonet Lock Coupling for Quick Connect/Disconnect Various Connectors Available in 50 and 75 Ohm Versions Fully Intermateable with Comparable BNC
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Supplier: Avago Technologies
Description: of operation and storage over the full mil temp range and may also be purchased as either commercial grade or with MIL-PRF-38534 Class Level H testing on DSCC SMD 83024. The 5962-9800201KEC is manufactured and tested on a MIL-PRF-38534 certified line and included in the DSCC Qualified Manufacturers
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- Isolation Voltage: 1500 volts
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- Package Type: Through Hole Technology (THT)
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Description: from #2 to 1/2 inch (2.2 to 12mm) in size. Localized heating and hand tools are needed for disassembly. Mil-Spec (S-46163A) Type III, Grade R. Features: Prevents vibration loosening; Penetrating (Wicking) Green; Use on pre-assembled fastener assemblies up to 1/2"; Heat required for removal; Mil
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- Chemistry / Constituents: Wax / Stearate
- Water & Oil Emulsion: Yes
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Supplier: Excelitas Technologies Corp.
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from what I remember, PA used that name first, I've not read it here as a derogatory name for her (but I've not read every post so might be wrong but in general I don't think she has been referred here to that name before PA said it)...maybe someone who has more info might be able to clarify.
I didn't realise until you pointed it out Cazz that it was Peter who had called her that. The first I heard about it was when someone called her it on this thread, which shocked me. I read back through the thread where it was first discussed that he had called Emily "Embolism" and a lot of posters also found it distasteful. I hope it doesn't become her nickname on here
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A NEW type of apple — the Arctic — has been developed in Canada that does not brown when sliced, diced or bruised.
Its breeders are confident the new Arctic varieties of Granny Smith and Golden Delicious apples will lure back consumers.
But the bad news, if you like your food tamper-free, is that Arctic apples have been bred using the latest in genetic engineering.
If approved — the agricultural biotech company Okanagan Specialty Fruits has applications before authorities in the US and Canada — it will be one of the first genetically modified foods sold ready to be eaten fresh and raw.
Okanagan is certain the non-browning apple will prove popular and help increase sales in the US, which have fallen 25 per cent in the past 30 years.
But it's a development some Australian scientists, organic farming proponents and others concerned about the growing genetic manipulation of crops and food sources say is both unwanted and unwelcome.
Former CSIRO plant scientist Maarten Stapper, who five years ago claimed to have been drummed out for speaking out against GM-work, calls it scientific folly and dangerous to put such cutting-edge science into practice without adequate long-term trials.
The government's new National Food Plan, which was released last Tuesday, argues for greater acceptance and use of GM higher-yielding, lower water-usage and disease-resistant crop varieties to help the nation's farmers double food output by 2050.


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Chapter 5 - An Intriguing Dream
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I had woken with a terrible head ache, I found myself in chains I was chained to a wall I looked around the place to see where I was, the grey brick walls were covered in moss and the floor covered in hay there was a little window high up to the left of me on the wall I was chained to but it was secured with thick metal bars there was also a door in a corner in front of me. I turned around to see Alexis laying unconscious on the floor I immediately checked to see if she was injured but thankful she was fine luckily the chains on my wrists were a bit long so I could move around a little.
"Alex ?" I said trying to wake her (with no luck).
"Alexis wake up !!" I tried again a little louder this time.
"mmmmmmmmmmm" she moaned.
"Alex wake up we gotta get outta here"
"Adam" she said grabbing me and squeezing me tight.
"Awww its gonna be alright sweetie"
"Addy I'm so sorry"
"For what ??"
"For agreeing to those jerks that we'll go with them"
"Alex you had no choice"
"Yeah but I could have done something"
"Like what ?!?!"
"Negotiate with money or something"
"You tried that ! but they don't want money remember ??"
"Don't worry Alexis I'll find us a way outta here"
"How Adam ?? we're chained to the walls !!"
"We'll try"
"This is all my fault"
"No don't say that it's not"
"It is I should have reached for my phone and called someone"
"And gotten us and everyone else killed ? Lets face it ! there were 12 armed guys against 8 of us and not to mention that half of them were women including yourself"
Alexis had now started crying. I immediately caught her up in my arms and squeezed her.
"It's alright Alex"
"W-w-why us ?" she said choking on her tears.
"I don't know sweetheart cause their not even holding us for a ransom"
"Adam ?" she said looking up at me with tears running down her face.
"Yes sweetie ?"
"I-I-I'm scared"
"Awww sweetheart so am I" Alexis was now crying a little more as she buried her head in my chest. I held her closer to me as I whispered some lyrics to her (cause music always calmed her down)
"When the stars are too cold
Frozen over the glow
On the edge of the night
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As announced previously the Java Mobile, Media & eMbedded Developer Days have been moved to January 2009 and along with that we've also kept the Call for Papers open a little longer - it will close in a few days on September 30th.
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Implementing a program of universal HIV testing and immediate antiretroviral treatment (ART) for infected individuals could have a major impact on the HIV/AIDS epidemic in Washington, DC, but a new study finds that it would not halt the epidemic, something that a previous report had projected. In a paper that will appear in the August 15 issue of Clinical Infectious Diseases and has been released online, researchers find that the so-called "test-and-treat" strategy could reduce new HIV infections by 15 percent over the next five years while conferring large survival benefits to HIV-infected patients.
"Test-and-treat will save lives, but it won't stop the HIV epidemic in its tracks all by itself," says Rochelle P. Walensky, MD, MPH, of the Massachusetts General Hospital (MGH) Division of Infectious Disease, who led the study." It is only a single new and important page in the HIV-prevention playbook."
Test-and-treat has been the subject of widespread interest and controversy in the scientific community. In January 2009, WHO scientists published a report in The Lancet suggesting that a voluntary system of annual HIV testing of all adults, followed by immediate provision of ART for those testing positive, "could nearly stop transmission and drive HIV into an elimination phase." Inspired by these findings, researchers and public health officials have rushed to design and implement test-and-treat studies and interventions. The National Institute for Allergy and Infectious Diseases (NIAID) recently announced a two-year, $26.4 million partnership with the Washington, DC, Department of Health that includes a pilot study of the test-and-treat strategy. However, some experts have expressed concern that the assumptions underlying the WHO findings painted too optimistic a picture of the likely outcomes.
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World leaders are paying tribute to the figurehead of South Africa's anti-apartheid movement who led the country into a new era. US President Obama said Mandela embodied the "promise of change for the better" while The UN Secretary General Ban Ki-moon called him a "giant for justice."
Announcing his death to the world, South African President Jacob Zuma said "we've lost our greatest son."
Politicians worldwide praised Mandela and called him a beacon of hope for other strife-torn countries.
Desmond Tutu, archbishop emeritus of Cape Town, South Africa. He won the Nobel Peace Prize in 1984.
"Never before in history was one human being so universally acknowledged in his lifetime as the embodiment of magnanimity and reconciliation as Nelson Mandela was.
He set aside the bitterness of enduring 27 years in apartheid prisons - and the weight of centuries of colonial division, subjugation and repression - to personify the spirit and practice of ubuntu. He perfectly understood that people are dependent on other people in order for individuals and society to prosper.
That was his dream for South Africa, and the hope that he represented the world over. If it was possible in South Africa, it was possible in Ireland, it was possible in Bosnia and Rwanda, it was possible in Colombia, it is possible in Israel and Palestine."
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"South Africa and the world have lost a colossus and epitome of humility, equality, justice and peace. His life gives us the courage to push forward for development and progress towards ending hunger and poverty."
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There is a deal in place that will bail out the government of Cyprus — but only after extracting more than $5 billion from bank depositors and plunging the economy into uncertainty. It virtually guarantees the island nation will stay in the recession that has been plaguing it for the past six quarters. The implications for savers in a world filled with revenue-hungry governments are even more ominous. The just-concluded deal taxes bank deposits heavily, forcing savers to pay for the government's profligacy and lenders' cupidity.
Savers are already being pummeled across the world by low interest rates, creeping inflation or both. A direct tax on deposits will further reduce the incentive to save. Punishing thrift is an entirely counterproductive strategy for a country struggling to get back on a growth trajectory. This is the direction, though, the world seems to be drifting — from tiny Cyprus to the mighty United States — with all the ill that portends for the future.
The current crisis in Cyprus was fueled not just by the large holdings of Greek bonds by the domestic banking sector, but also by excessive government spending, which currently sucks up 45 percent of gross domestic product. With those bills coming due soon, and inadequate resources to pay them, Nicosia sought to avoid a default by seeking a bailout from the troika: the European Commission, the European Central Bank and the International Monetary Fund. Nicosia was hoping for the same kind of "help" received by neighboring Greece. It got it, and now will pay the price. The current deal effectively ends Cyprus' role as an offshore banking center and wipes out a critical sector of its economy.
The previous proposal visualized a tax on all depositors. Deposits under $130,000 would have been subject to a 6.75 percent tax, and larger deposits would have been trimmed by almost 10 percent. That proposal was resoundingly rejected by the Cypriot parliament, in a vote that sent shock waves through the European Union. The uncertainty it triggered resulted in the Nicosia government imposing controls in an effort to stop depositors from taking their money and running to safer havens.
With its persistent need for financing, Nicosia accepted a new deal from the troika. The revised proposal will keep deposits below $130,000 safe. The extent of loss from larger deposits, which totaled $49 billion prior to these negotiations, is not clear, but could reach 40 percent of their value. The deal requires restructuring in the financial sector, as the weak Laiki Bank will have to close, while its good assets are absorbed by the Bank of Cyprus. The bank restructuring is expected to yield some $5.4 billion, which the troika demanded as a condition for extending a loan of $13 billion.
This was substantially lower than the original bailout package of $23 billion sought by Nicosia, which makes up a tiny fraction of 1 percent of the EU's economy. The terms enforced are far harsher than in the previous four bailout packages, and were intended to wipe out the country's offshore banking business. There was an underlying assumption that much of the money in the large deposits was Russian, and possibly, from illicit activities. Such depositors have few alternate secure banking options, and the fact that they are relatively unworthy of sympathy also make them an easy target.
None of this is good policy. Cyprus had plenty going for it. It was a relatively free economy, with a low corporate tax rate of 10 percent and substantial business freedom. The profligacy of its government and the irresponsibility of borrowers — both government and in the banking sector — have succeeded in eliminating the very economic features that could have returned Cyprus to a growth path. It now is stuck with crippling public debt, the kind of uncertainty that investors hate most, and capital controls that make it an unattractive destination for the financial assets it attracted in the past.
The Cyprus deal tried to tax foreign savers to bail out domestic borrowers. Now those savers will look for safer havens. The problem is that the Cyprus deal shows that while some destinations might be safer, there is no truly safe haven for savers. While the tax on saving is explicit in Cyprus, it is more subtle here in the United States, where federal funds are used to bail out banks. From taxes to inflation, saving seems to be increasingly a sucker's game in which even the wealthy can mooch off taxpayers and the thrifty. If enough people start acting rationally on this realization, economic collapse can happen anywhere. Penalizing saving is a dangerous game: Eventually, everyone loses.
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While just two years old, the Interstellar Workshop has managed to attract some of the brightest stars in the commercial & government space industries.
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TVIW founder Les Johnson is a legendary proponent of space travel. As a NASA physicist and researcher, Johnson has provided important contributions to the recently-popularized field of solar sails. He is a recognized international expert in space propulsion as well as a noted science fiction author.
Hot on the heels of last year's 100 Year Starship in Houston, TVIW's main focus is likewise the examination and discussion of space travel to another star system.
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They are already experimenting with $50 tickets:
O_o <-- are they insane?! No one, except for the rich could ever afford tickets as expensive as that. Yes there are ones that cost that much for concerts... but come on... movies? They're supposed to be an escape, not a tax bill -- another added stressor
. If something like that happens, the movie industry can go just take it and SHOVE it.
Me too.
Exactly. It wouldn't be worth seeing ANY movie at that price, no matter how good it is. And if that would be the movie industries way of getting back at movie piracy, then they're downright INSANE.
It'll still happen no matter what.
Yep. And due to them starting to switch over to digital projectors, it's already starting
. Heard about some theaters in my area that might not be able to stay open due to the high cost of those projectors. They may not be able to afford them.
What I said on another forum about said issue.
As for the experimentation -- I wonder how many people actually went to the movie early and actually paid that price to do so. Imho, that would help to KILL the movie industry, more than anything else. The general public wouldn't be able to afford to go out and see a movie.
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Since the launch of its ground breaking helium free, 3T, bench top MRI scanner late last year MR Solutions has taken orders for the installation of five of these revolutionary machines from university and hospital research units across the world.
The universities of Antwerp, Düsseldorf, Perth (Australia) and the hospital research centres at George-Francois Leclerc centre (France), Beaumont Hospitals (Michigan) are installing these powerful new scanners over the next year.
The new scanner, not only provides superior soft tissue contrast and molecular imaging capability but, because of its new design, can be easily installed in an existing laboratory.
The scanner is able to do away with the liquid helium cooling system by using a revolutionary magnet design incorporating new superconducting wire. This enables the use of a standard low temperature cryocooler (fridge) to cool the magnet to 4 degrees Kelvin (minus 269 degrees C), necessary to achieve superconductivity. This solution was pioneered by MR Solutions and its magnet partner.
The scanner does not have to be in a separate metal lined room as its stray magnetic field is only a few centimetres and will not interfere with the other laboratory equipment.
These technological advances have dramatically reduced the cost of this powerful scanner to make it extremely competitive.
Professor Van der Linden Bio Imaging Laboratory of the University of Antwerp commented "We have been working with MR Solutions for many years as they are the technological leaders in this field. This new scanner is a breakthrough and will provide us with the extra scanning power we need."
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Updated: 05/15/2010 - Runners from across the country will gather at a North Carolina military base for the fifth annual Run for the Warriors, which benefits injured servicemembers and their families.
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Updated: 05/08/2010 - A huge event is taking place in New Bern this weekend and thousands are either participating or watching. It's all part of New Bern's 300th anniversary.
Updated: 05/08/2010 - Melinda Harris of New Bern turned 114 May 4th. Her friends and family gathered Saturday to celebrate.
Updated: 05/01/2010 - Many people came out Saturday to the Greenville Town Commons for the 2nd Annual Eastern Run Walk for Autism.
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Casual Fridays are pointless. No they aren't. They're the one day of the week I can dress down and wear jeans. Why not dress down the entire week? Because the other four days are reserved for business attire. Why? Well, research shows that people generally feel better about themselves if they dress for success which, in turn, makes them more productive. You're a moron.
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Just how big is the Web, anyway? And how much of it do the search engines crawl?
It's been ages since I've seen anyone try to estimate the size of the Web. Now, a new paper puts it at 11.5 billion pages or more for January 2005.
The paper, from Antonio Gulli of Università di Pisa (who is also director of advanced products for Ask Jeeves) and Alessio Signorinialso of the University of Iowa, estimates what percentage of the Web is covered by each search engine:
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|Total Web
|Note: "Indexed Web" refers to the part of the Web considered to have been indexed by search engines.
The first thing you wonder is whether any of the search engines are lying about their size. Google claims to have the biggest search index, 8.1 billion pages. The estimate shows Google's claim is pretty much on target. The same holds true for MSN and Ask Jeeves.
Yahoo doesn't provide an estimate of its index. The figure in the table dates back to 2004, when it said it was comparable to Google. The paper's estimate is useful, because we finally have an updated sense of where Yahoo might be.
There are a ton of caveats. Estimates are for the "visible" Web, URLs search engines can easily reach. The "invisible," or "deep," Web refers to content locked behind databases or other systems that search engines haven't extracted. I've seen estimates in the past that the deep Web might be 500 billion pages.
Though the study does some URL normalization, it still seems mirror or duplicate pages may have been counted. So though there may be a certain number of pages, the number of unique pages may be lower.
Finally, size shouldn't be a surrogate for relevancy. Having a ton of pages doesn't mean anything if you can't return the best pages in the top results. It's helpful to know a search engine has good Web coverage, but it's only one of many factors to consider.
It's still great to have some updated estimates of the Web's size, as well as search coverage. For background on size issues, see some historic articles on Search Engine Watch Search Engine Sizes page. I'm planning to update figures there, but the reference material is all still valid.
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I drink coffee. I write. And then I have wine. My debut rom-com novel 'The Hating Game' (Prospera Publishing) is out as an e-book Dec 1, 2010; paperback 2011. I'm also the author of the 24 Hours travel guides under the name Marsha Moore.
Review by:
Gina Borkowski
on April 29, 2012 :
Willow Watts finds herself in an unusual situation after a video is posted on YouTube. What follows is an interesting and amusing tale that was great fun to read. This was my first experience with Talli Roland, but I will definitely be looking for more of her books in the future.
(reviewed long after purchase)
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Gina Borkowski
on April 29, 2012 :
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Willow Watts finds herself in an unusual situation after a video is posted on YouTube. What follows is an interesting and amusing tale that was great fun to read. This was my first experience with Talli Roland, but I will definitely be looking for more of her books in the future.
(reviewed long after purchase)
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Well the date has arrived; tomorrow September 14th is the official launch day of Talli Roland's much awaited second novel. Talli is one of the new generation of writers that understands the importance of an online presence for an author. She certainly went to town with the launch of her debut novel The Hating Game clicking on the title will take you directly to the review I wrote last year. I said it in my last review but will say it again, Talli Roland is a very enterprising young woman that totally understands the importance of publicity. She made a successful job of promoting her last novel and I think that she will do so again this time. Readers who enjoyed her debut are in for a treat as within its genre she has written another sparkly lively modern novel that will appeal to many. For fans of light humoured and easily readable modern women's fiction, love stories with a happy ending than Talli Roland is a name to watch out for.
Once again this young author has come up with an original story line, this time about a Marilyn Monroe look a like, who discovers by playing Marilyn that one of the most important things we learn in this life, is to be true to ourselves.
Our heroine gives her name to the novel and it starts as Willow leaves behind her successful London career as a florist to return to Belcherton, England's ugliest village, to care for her recently-widowed father. Her life has become rather mundane helping her father in his struggling antiques business. At the local village fete her best friend gets her to dress up as Marilyn Monroe, just for a bit of fun. Before they know it someone has posted a video on You Tube and everything escalates out of control in double quick time as Marilyn mania takes over village life. Surrounded by a fascinating cast of characters including the ghastly Jay who becomes her agent, Willow totally embraces the character of Marilyn. To find out how this all works out for our heroine you will have to read the book for yourself.
Having lived for many years in an English country village, some of the descriptions of the events and characters had me giggling at how well she has captured the essence. Talli obviously has a tremendous sense of humour which has shown through in both of her novels so far. For her humour alone I recommend her writing to you, but even more so if you are a fan of chick lit style romantic fiction.
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This review was removed and reposted as I inadvertently left out my 5* rating in the original post.
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Review by:
Amanda Amanda
on Sep. 22, 2011 :
What I Think About Watching Willow Watts:
Willow Watts is definitely someone who you want to be your friend. She's loving, loyal, supportive, and caring and very much a people pleaser. And because of being a people pleaser she has gotten herself into quite a pickle. Her best friend Paula coaxed her into wearing a Marilyn Monroe costume and singing 'Happy Birthday Mr. President' and it was just Willows luck that someone got it on film and put it on YouTube.
Now this person wasn't trying to be mean by posting the video. No, they were just trying to help the town get rid of their Ugliest Village 'award' and gain tourists, revenue and what not. Well because of this video and the little Marilyn head that was added to it, by the 'director', people now think it was Marilyn's ghost in the video and that Willow is the new Marilyn! This sets off a chain of events; people coming from all over the world to get a glimpse of the new Marilyn, her ex (who's she still madly in love with) shows up and some low life agent wants to sign her.
Willow is a fairly shy-keep to herself kind of person so all this attention is rather overwhelming. On top of all that her father's antique shop in seriously in debt and Jay the sleaze ball agent convinces her that this new Marilyn thing is her ticket to the big time and the big bucks for him. Willow doesn't want to let her town or her father down. And most of all she doesn't want to tell him about the debt so she takes on the burden herself and then signs with Jay to get the shop back on track. She has good intentions, but now she is stuck in a ten year contract dressing like Marilyn and doing crazy stunts just to get the money she needs and the money Jay wants! And as always here's my breakdown:
The town, village, whatever you want to call it: Belcherton? Every time I read the village name I kept visualizing a balding fat man with his belly hangin' out just lettin' one rip! But, hey, I guess that's part of the reason the village was named Britain's Ugliest Village, right?!
Paula, the best friend: I love that she was a total 80's chick! If I could dress like that and not be made fun of I probably would! She always wanted to be the one in the spotlight so for Willow to rise to 'fame' so quickly kind of put a damper on things.
Dickie and Betts: Dickie is Willows dad. Willow moved from London back to Belcherton after her mother passed away and her father got sick. Betts is an American woman who idolizes Marilyn Monroe. She flew from Georgia because of the new Marilyn, but also because she needed a break from her grown children who still act like teenagers. I love the little thing going on with Dickie and Betts. They are so adorable!
Jay the agent: Wow I could just see the sleaze dripping off this man like the grease from the sausage he was force feeding Willow. That guy was seriously a dick! Sorry, but it just had to be said! The whole time I wanted to take his Blackberry and shove it down his throat. Willow may be a people pleaser which kind of made her naïve and lead her to sign with Jay, but I kept thinking 'Wake up Willow! Can't you see what a scheming lying jerk this guy is?' But then again she just ran into the love of her life, her ex, and Jay just started making out with Willow in front of him. Now she is left broken hearted thinking maybe things can work out with Jay and has the pressure of trying to save her dad from financial ruin.
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4 out of 5
Overall I really enjoyed this book. I loved the concept of a YouTube-ers rise to fame and it's even better that that person was Willow Watts; a shy small town girl who just wants to be a florist! Thanks Talli for sending me Watching Willow Watts! I can't wait to see what else you have in store for us!
(reviewed within a month of purchase)
Review by:
Michael Di Gesu
on Sep. 18, 2011 :
Have you ever wondered what it would be like to go from a passive, simple life only to be thrown in the mixed of paparazzi and adoring fans as a U-Tube superstar?
Willow Watts certainly does. Innocently donning on a cheap bleached-blond wig and a stretched out moldy dress for a local charity event in the small town of Belcherton, Willow is coaxed into singing Marilyn Monroe's signature "Happy Birthday Mr. President" song.
Filmed by the head of the town's tourist board, Simpson Dyer, who is desperate to put his dull, non-descript town on the map, doctors up the film by adding a picture of the real Marilyn floating through Willow's performance.
Willow cringed at the whole production, hoping to forget about her humiliation and find a way to help support her father's dying antique business.
Simpson posts the video on U-Tube, claiming it would help in exposing the world to Belcherton. At first his plan failed with only two hits all morning. Then on comment posted and changed all that. This one comment about Willow being picked by the ghost of Marilyn Monroe to be her predecessor ignited a four-alarm-fire. Later that day the hits rolled into a hundred thousand and growing.
People from all over the globe flocked into Belcherton to pay homage to the "new" Marilyn. Of course, this was the last thing Willow expected and couldn't believe any of it.
This is just the beginning of Willow's new "life." As you can well imagine, with success brewing and endless opportunities on the horizon, Willow encounters all sorts of people good and bad.
Jay Bellamy slithers into town. A has been agent, trying to land Willow for his next client. Jay's only thoughts focus on taking full advantage of Willow's naivete. Slick, good looking, and oozing with charm he sets out to seduce WIllow any way he can. Will she fall for his charms and be his next victim?
Across the great pond, in Carter, Georgia, Bette Johnson, relaxed in her living room, sipped Dom, and thought about her idol Marilyn Monroe. Pushing sixty, she felt a closeness to Marilyn Monroe. He hum drum life as a newly divorced woman left a lot to be desired. As she listened to the news a reporter excitedly spilled out information about the "New" Marilyn discovery. Betts in on a plane the next day for Belcherton, England and a new adventure.
Now you ask, what could possibly happen next? You might guess correctly, but then ... you might not? You don't want to miss out on Roland's charming tale of what Watching Willow Watts is all about.
What I loved most about Talli Roland's new novel? Her cast of characters. She paints rich, detailed, funny, crazy, lovable and most of all, memorable people who kept popping up throughout the story, starting with Willow's BFF and local beauty parlor owner, Paula.
I thoroughly enjoyed this book. Not an avid reader of "Chick Lit," I would have to say Talli might just make me one. So download your copy from Amazon or Amazon UK. You will have a blast this weekend with some new literary friends.
(reviewed within a month of purchase)
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on Sep. 13, 2011 :
Now that's what I like, a 100% Chick Lit book. You know exactly what you are going to get. A darned good read.
I was going to save this for holidays next week, but I thought I'd read a page or two. Next thing I knew was I'd finished it and it was dark outside.
It's the story of Willow Watts who, after living in London for a while, goes back to her small village to live with her dad and gets caught up in whirlwind after appearing on You Tube.
It was a great read. The story just flowed and even though Willow is extremely naive, I liked her and the other characters.
Is it too early to ask when your next book is out Talli? I want more
(reviewed within a month of purchase)
Review by:
Cherie Reich
on Sep. 12, 2011 :
Talli Roland's WATCHING WILLOW WATTS shines like a bright star in the chick lit world.
Willow Watts never imagined dressing up as Marilyn Monroe for her best friend's celebrity picture booth would change her life. When her imagine is up on YouTube and appears sanctioned by Marilyn's ghost, Willow goes viral. Marilyn's fans proclaim her as the new Marilyn and everyone is clamoring to make a pound, including Willow. As the new Marilyn learns what fame means, Willow discovers the truth in who she is and what she's willing to sacrifice for happiness.
Talli Roland excels in quirky, unique novels. Willow Watts transforms on the page and inspires not only her small village in England but the world around her. Fame is fickle and tiresome. The romances of the secondary characters were sweet. I cheered as Willow discovered it was better to be herself than anyone else. Roland breathes life into her characters. I cried, laughed, and felt a deep passionate hatred for Willow's you-know-who, also known as the agent. The only minor distraction for me as a reader was in the portrayal of Betts the American, who didn't sound like she was from Georgia sometimes. Overall, I loved how the 'new Marilyn' inspired the village and changed it for the better.
Talli Roland's WATCHING WILLOW WATTS is a must-read with unforgettable characters, a unique storyline, and a beautiful message that being who you are is better than being anyone else.
(reviewed within a month of purchase)
Review by:
Nikki Bywater
on Sep. 11, 2011 :
Willow Watts lives in the small and very quiet village of Belcherton in the UK, having moved back there from living a good happy life in London, where she had graduated from a prestigious flower school in Knightsbridge after doing really well and landing a great job in Liberty's. She had made the decision to return to Belcherton to be there for her father who since her mothers death seems not to be coping too well and Willow finds out his business is in debt. She is living a quiet life in the village where nothing much happens.
When Simpson Dyer the head and only member of Belcherton's tourist board is making a film to promote Belcherton and attract more visitors he films Willow dressed up as the icon Marilyn Monroe and he puts the film on You tube with a grey image of the real Marilyn's face floating in the background. Willow finds herself an instant internet sensation when the post gets thousands of hits and starts trending due to a comment a fan of Marilyn posts claiming it to be the ghost of Marilyn! Thousands of fans follow suite and after the clip is shown in the media fans of Marilyn start descending to the usually quiet Belcherton, even going as far as to setting up a campsite. Even after seeing Willow in the flesh they all go on believing that she is the essence of Marilyn.
Jay Bellamy introducers himself as a hot shot London agent who wants to sign Willow to work and earn good money being Marilyn and Willow sees this as the answer to helping clear her fathers debts.
Betts Johnson is a massive Marilyn fan who is unhappy with her life she flies over to Belcherton from America to come in search of finding her idol.
Will Willow lose her own identity and become Marilyn?
Is Jay all he claims to be?
Will this not only change Willow's life but the people who are closest to her?
A fantastic funny read that is entertaining from beginning to end. A brilliant storyline.
Watching Willow Watts is one to watch out for!
(reviewed within a month of purchase)
Review by:
Sharon Goodwin
on Sep. 10, 2011 :
The story starts at the village fete where we are introduced to the characters. Willow's best friend Paula is running a stall where fete visitors dress up as a celebrity and have their photo taken. Paula talks Willow into dressing as Marilyn Munroe, Simpson (who is the village tourism rep) makes a video which gets uploaded onto YouTube … and this one incident sends Willow's life into a whirlwind of activity and emotions.
Belcherton explodes with visitors wanting to see Willow and along with this influx of people arrives agent Jay. Jay, who on the surface is very supportive of Willow but underneath is controlling and hungry for revenge (and money!). Amongst the visitors to the village we meet Betts who has stepped out of her comfort zone and come to the UK from Georgia. She stays with Willow and her father and becomes an integral part of their lives.
Another character central to the story is Cissy. A retired former actress living on the outskirts of the village, she has met Jay in the past. She is not happy with how things are working out for Jay.
The characters in Watching Willow Watts are so believable. You become involved in either rooting for everything to turn out well or wishing for their downfall.
Behind Willow's decisions all the time are considerations of others - money her father owes or in supporting the village to become more than Britain's Ugliest Village. She puts her own feelings aside. When Jay enters the village she is in a vulnerable position emotionally so it is entirely believable that she only sees what is on the surface. If you've read my reviews you know that I love watching a female heroine make the journey from being down-trodden and insecure to becoming her own person … and we certainly see this for Willow.
Watching Willow Watts is a wonderful emotional ride. We have all the elements of love, friendship, family, community and revenge to keep us absorbed. You won't be disappointed in accompanying Willow on her journey as the iconic Marilyn Munroe!
(reviewed within a month of purchase)
Review by:
deniz bevan
on Sep. 08, 2011 :
Talk about chick lit at its best!
I don't usually read this genre, but I've been very lucky in the ones I do read. They've always:
a) been British; and
b) come at just the right moment, when I'm on vacation or simply need a book to unwind with.
Who can forget Carole Matthews' Let's Meet on Platform 8 or Claire Calman's Love Is A Four Letter Word?
And now I've got a new favourite - Watching Willow Watts by Talli Roland.
Featuring the charming, down to earth Willow, hilarious one line send ups about small village residents (not to mention the village itself - named Belcherton!), and a host of varied secondary characters, Watching Willow Watts is a fast-paced, sweet yet daring story.
Roland subtly introduces the reader to Willow's world, deftly raises the stakes, and there's no way to put the book down. You've just got to find out what happens next. I was almost late for work one morning as I couldn't stop reading!
She has a knack of making you care for each character's fate, right down to that of Krusty the rooster. I've already started thinking about which actors could play Betts, and Dickie, and Willow herself...
Don't miss out!
(reviewed within a week of purchase)
Review by:
deniz bevan
on Sep. 08, 2011 :
(no rating)
Talk about chick lit at its best!
I don't usually read this genre, but I've been very lucky in the ones I do read. They've always:
a) been British; and
b) come at just the right moment, when I'm on vacation or simply need a book to unwind with.
Who can forget Carole Matthews' Let's Meet on Platform 8 or Claire Calman's Love Is A Four Letter Word?
And now I've got a new favourite - Watching Willow Watts by Talli Roland.
Featuring the charming, down to earth Willow, hilarious one line send ups about small village residents (not to mention the village itself - named Belcherton!), and a host of varied secondary characters, Watching Willow Watts is a fast-paced, sweet yet daring story.
Roland subtly introduces the reader to Willow's world, deftly raises the stakes, and there's no way to put the book down. You've just got to find out what happens next. I was almost late for work one morning as I couldn't stop reading!
She has a knack of making you care for each character's fate, right down to that of Krusty the rooster. I've already started thinking about which actors could play Betts, and Dickie, and Willow herself...
Don't miss out!
(reviewed within a week of purchase)
Review by:
Lisa Maliga
on Sep. 08, 2011 :
Talli Roland has created a warm and likeable titular character in her second book, "Watching Willow Watts." The reader feels lots of sympathy for Willow as she's trying to keep her widowed father's antiques shop from going under. Not only does she miss her mother, but also the life she led in London. The Willow of two years ago was happily working as a florist and was in a relationship with an architect.
The action starts early and never lets up. Willow is reluctantly turned into a Marilyn Monroe impersonator due to a tourist board organizer who uploads a video onto YouTube that goes viral. The quiet village of Belcherton becomes the latest place for an international deluge of Marilyn fans to congregate. Suddenly, locals are making money and Willow realizes that she can get her father's business out of debt.
But as she's transformed into Marilyn by a smarmy agent, we wonder how all this will play out ...
(reviewed within a month of purchase)
Review by:
Rosie Connolly
on Sep. 08, 2011 :
First, I want to say that I love Talli Roland's style of story-weaving. Her creativity never ceases to amaze or amuse me. The sense of humor in each scene always keeps me laughing. Several moments in this story move toward dark humor, and maybe I'm not laughing out loud then, but I'm still entertained and ready to read more.
The story progresses through several weeks as Willow Watts struggles with her own identity and her new life as Marilyn Monroe. One of many facets of this story that make it great is Willow's strength and perseverence through these tough times. We can all take a little something from Willow's strength, which she finds within herself throughout the story.
If you like a good, fun ChickLit tale, you should definitely read this (and anything else by Talli Roland).
(reviewed within a month of purchase)
Review by:
Margo Benson
on Aug. 29, 2011 :
I loved Talli Roland's enchanting new book, having adored The Hating Game. I was drawn in straight away and couldn't put the book down!
Willow Watts, a gifted florist beginning to make a success of her business in London, has returned to the weary village she hails from to care for her widowed father and his ailing antique shop. Life for her and the village takes a bizarre turn when the ghostly image of Marilyn Monroe is seen in an otherwise embarrassing YouTube video of Willow, performing at the local fete. Events move quickly to transform Willow into the new Marilyn, make her a star and save the shop.
Talli Roland has written a wonderful cast of characters, from a devoted best friend, a ruthless charmer, a warm and loving Texan, to an eccentric band of elderly locals and we see Willow fighting to find herself in the midst of both adoration and exploitation. The parallels with Marilyn herself are worked in beautifully.
An aspect of Talli Roland's writing that I love is that, amongst the pace and frivolity, is pure pathos and heart. Characters overcome past hurts and discover inner strengths and talents they didn't know they had.
I highly recommend this book and can't wait to read more Talli Roland.
On a Kindle note – this is well formatted, which is very welcome as so many Kindle books have appalling formatting!
(reviewed within a month of purchase)