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11 Small Businesses Helped by Credit Unions
From providing a micro loan to get a food truck up and running to approving capital for a disabled member's rehabilitation startup, credit unions continue to help small businesses.
Many of them, some owners have said, were flatly turned down by several banks.
Their stories continue to pour in but here are just a few examples of how credit unions have helped small businesses launch and expand. Some were even rescued from the brink of financial collapse.
Here is a look at 11 of them.
Loving Care Adult Medical Daycare
When the $563 million National Institutes of Health Federal Credit Union in Rockville, Md., launched its business services program a few years ago, the cooperative was on a mission to tap into its growing healthcare and biomedical field of membership. A NIHFCU business loan helped Afshin and Leila Abedi of Gaithersburg, Md., to launch the Loving Care Adult Medical Daycare earlier this year. The center provides medical, social, recreational, educational and rehabilitative services to disabled adults and seniors in Montgomery County.
Andrew Verge, owner and operator of Spud Brothers Food Services, said he didn't have many assets or own a home but he thought he had a great idea for his startup. Valley First, a division of First West Credit Union in Penticton, British Columbia, thought so too and approved a micro loan for Verge through the cooperative's participation in the Remarkable Micro-Loan program.
Offered by 45 credit unions in British Columbia, young adults ages 18 to 29 are encouraged to share their business ideas and goals. Those with the best ideas are rewarded with a micro-loan up to $5,000.
Verge said if it weren't for Valley First and the micro loan, he's not sure if he would still be in business.
"I have always liked the idea of doing something that no one else was doing, delivering food right there to the customer, at the beach, at the park, or at the arena," Verge said. "The micro-loan program, through Valley First, has provided the opportunity to do that."
Alice Brown turned an injury from a head-on car crash into an innovative knee brace through her new company, In The Groove, thanks to the $675 million Wildfire Credit Union.
The Saginaw, Mich.-based cooperative approved a small business loan after Brown struggled to get capital from other sources.
Brown designed a knee brace that aims to relieve pain while restoring normal movement. With the loan from Wildfire, she was able to hire four full-time employees and one part-time employee for her online company.
"Thanks to Wildfire's support, I've been given the opportunity to bring my knee brace to people who need it while creating jobs and contributing to the local economy," Brown said. "Without the help and support from my credit union, I never would have been able to see my idea through."
Facing cost overruns and construction delays, Mink Chocolates was on the verge of closing down for good.
Faith Gibson said if it wasn't for Envision Financial, her chocolate shop, where the specialty is combining chocolate and coffee beans, would not have gotten off the ground.
Envision Financial is a division of First West Credit Union in Langley, British Columbia.
"They believed in me, and they believed in my business; I couldn't find that anywhere else," Gibson explained. "Without their support and step-by-step guidance I wouldn't be here today. Fast forward one year and it's so much better. I can honestly say that Envision Financial made my dream come true."
Histo-Scientific Research Laboratories Inc.
Four loans to refinance two commercial properties, buy new equipment and expand from the $563 million National Institutes of Health Federal Credit Union in Rockville, Md., have helped Histo-Scientific Research Laboratories Inc. since the company formed in 1999.
The research lab provides histology, pathology and archive services to biotechnology firms, medical device and pharmaceutical companies, contract research organizations, government interests and university researchers.
More than $1 million in loans from Affinity Federal Credit Union in Basking Ridge, N.J., has helped the 15-year old DeSantis Construction grow.
Started as a small residential paving firm, the Somerset, N.J.-based company has expanded into a full-service general contractor working on commercial and government projects and specializing in milling, asphalt paving, storm drainage, concrete and complete site work.
Affinity Business Solutions, the business services department at the $2 billion Affinity, has a relationship with the Small Business Development Center at Raritan Valley Community College to host sessions that appeal to established and budding entrepreneurs.
Free counseling is also available to those who have specific questions about any direction they may need to go in to build their businesses.
The SBA named Patrick McDermott, assistant vice president of Affinity Business Solutions, its 2011 New Jersey Financial Services Champion of the Year.
Right on the cusp of opening for business, Rolling Clean Car Wash needed some working capital to get the operation off the ground.
A $15,000 loan from the $11.6 million North Side Community Federal Credit Union in Chicago helped owners Kevin Morris and Denise Buckman-Morris with the startup relief they needed.
The loan came via a partnership between North Side and the Office of the City Treasurer's Small Business Development Fund.
At the time of approval, Buckman-Morris said the loan would enable the hiring of 10 full-time and 13 part-time employees and help with marketing salary and general operation costs and training at the car detailer based in Chicago's Austin community.
"This loan allowed us to get a great jump start on the business and provide some cushion to fall back on. It's a great program because it helps start small businesses when they can't get help elsewhere," Buckman-Morris said.
A 2008 tornado nearly destroyed Troy Elevator, an 84-year old Bloomfield, Iowa, grain storage company.
Robert Newton, president of Troy, began working with his lender at that time to restructure the company's long- and short-term debt in an effort to recover from the damages. However, in January 2009, the lender informed Newton it would no longer do business with the company.
The $398 million Community 1st Credit Union in Ottumwa, Iowa, stepped in to provide a guaranteed loan to Troy through the U.S.D.A. Rural Development Loan Program.
The credit union began working with the business in December 2009. After receiving the loan in August of that year, Troy was able to reorganize its operations and keep all 40 jobs in Iowa.
"We are so thankful to Community 1st Credit Union for stepping up to help us during our desperate time of need, especially when banks turned us away," Newton said. "We were able to save our business and the jobs of our employees thanks to this credit union."
In 2010, the $62 million American Spirit Federal Credit Union approved the first SBA loan financed through a Delaware credit union to Queen Bee Beauty Supply.
The $250,000 SBA 7(a) loan provided the New Castle, Del.-based credit union with a 90% SBA guarantee and saved the beauty supply business $5,940 through an elimination of loan fees under the American Recovery and Reinvestment Act, according to the SBA's Delaware District Office.
Eustace Kamanja, co-owner of Queen Bee Beauty Supply, said the loan has "helped changed our lives for the better."
The owners of the Bagel Factory said were frustrated when Bank of America turned down their request for a loan to open their business.
Suzanne and John Hermann had established a successful track record for their San Antonio bagel shop exceeding annual revenue projections, employing a staff of 14 and securing contracts with a major chain hotel and a local catering service.
The couple also had extensive experience having owned and operated a bagel shop in Augusta, Ga., along with three small coffeehouses.
As it sought out financing for their new business, the Hermanns said their longtime lender, USAA, did not offer business loans and Bank of America rejected the couple but encouraged them to come back when they were ready to open their second location.
The $5 billion Randolph-Brooks Federal Credit Union in Live Oak, Texas, was able to approve a $380,000 SBA Patriot Express loan for the Hermanns.
"I was thinking, 'this is insane.' We have excellent credit scores, my husband is a physician, we own several properties. I was discouraged and just ready to pack it in," Hermann recalled at the time.
When the nation's economy started to take a turn for the worst, Jamiel's Shoe World, Rhode Island icon for 75 years, faced serious debt and a possible closure.
The store in Warren, R.I., was forced to close its Warwick store after a rent increase and debts piled up. More than a decade ago, Jamiel's secured a $600,000 SBA loan with Citizens Bank, a regional financial institution it did business with for 30 years. The loan had been paid down to $200,000, but the $5,000 monthly payments were becoming harder to pay in the midst of a recession.
"They flat out turned me down. They said the reason was because we lost money over the last two years," Francis Jamiel said at the time. "We've been in business for 72 years, we never missed a payment. I thought it was a no brainer."
After being turned down by 10 banks, Jamiel found Coastway Community Credit Union in Cranston, R.I., through a regional economic development organization contact. The cooperative went on to approve a secure a $400,000 SBA loan for the shoe store.
Coastway has since become Coastway Community Bank.
"The moral of the story is the big banks lost out," Jamiel said. "Little did I know that the big banks love you until you need something."


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ST. AUGUSTINE, Fla. - Some parents in St. Johns County were upset a man accused of having child pornography could walk into their children's school as a substitute teacher while police were looking into allegations against him.
One woman in an email said, "I am appalled that he was even hired with an investigation going on. The police should have informed the schools so he couldn't have been hired in the first place. If you will watch a child being hurt physically and sexually he has the potential to hurt them himself. It's disgusting. The police should have done more."
So why was 26-year-old Matthew Atkinson, the man under investigation, allowed to teach?
Sgt. Chuck Mulligan, of the St. Johns County Sheriff's Office, said the case had been on the radar since August, but deputies had no proof and they had just gotten a full name for the man witnesses claimed had the illegal videos.
One of Atkinson's former roommates said he found child porn on Atkinson's computer.
"After that, we kind of had a deliberation," the roommate, who didn't want to be identified, said. "We were like, 'This guy wants to be a teacher. We can't let this happen.'"
Deputies didn't have a current address or workplace for Atkinson, so they asked all deputies to be on the lookout.
"It wasn't until 9 o'clock Friday morning that the Sheriff's Office knew he was a recent employee of the school," Mulligan said. "And at the same time, the School Board would not have had knowledge that we were investigating an individual because at that point we didn't have probable cause to get a warrant, which would have basically been slanderous had we done it any other way."
Workers with the school district said they did a comprehensive background check with the Florida Department of Law Enforcement and the FBI, and Atkinson's record came up clean. They said he had never been arrested before.
But once he was, although only accused, they say he was immediately taken away from students, arrested Friday at Gaines Transitional School, where he had only substitute taught once.
Investigators said they found sexually explicit videos of underage girls on Atkinson's hard drive. Deputies said he admitted to having and watching the videos.
"We have a very good working relationship with the St. Johns County Sheriff's Office, and certainly we were made aware as soon as his arrest happened and took swift action from that point forward," school district spokeswoman Christina Langston said.
Channel 4 crime analyst Ken Jefferson said some may think authorities could have done more, but he thinks they did everything right.
"On a background check, because a person wasn't officially charged, it's not going to appear there, so there are no red flags that are going to go up to indicate caution," Jefferson said.
Atkinson had recently finished training and had only taught four days, according to district officials. He taught at Gaines Transitional, Wards Creek and Mill Creek elementary schools.
The superintendent recommended he be fired Tuesday at a School Board meeting, and the board voted unanimously to fire him.
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Ioannis Papapanagiotou
Ioannis Papapanagiotou, a PhD student working with Michael Devetsikiotis, received the Best Paper Award, the IEEE Travel Grant Award, and also won the Trivia Contest for the 50th anniversary of the IEEE Communication Society, all at IEEE's flagship telecom conference, IEEE Globecom 2007.
A joint research work of Michael Devetsikiotis and Ioannis Papapanagiotou of the ECE Department, together with VTT National Research Institute of Finland and the University of Patras, Greece, won the Performance Modeling QoS and Reliability Symposium Best Paper Award for their paper entitled "Extensions and Comparison of QoS Enabled WiFi Models in the Presence of Errors". In a separate competition, Ioannis also received the IEEE Travel Grant, an award won only by the 20% of the students applying for it. And on the last day of the conference, he received news that he had also won thed 50th anniversary Trivia Contest.
The IEEE Communications Society has marked the 50th Anniversary of its annual IEEE Global Telecommunications Conference (IEEE GLOBECOM 2007) in Washington, DC, from 26 to 30 November. The flagship conference has spanned the entire range of communications technologies, offering in-depth information on the latest developments in voice, data, image, and multimedia.
President George Bush extended his personal congratulations to IEEE GLOBECOM 2007 on its upcoming 50th anniversary celebration, citing the conference for its international achievement in the "development and advancement of global communications" as well as "promoting achievement and innovation in technology and engineering." President Bush declared the week of 26 November 2007 the IEEE Global Communications Week.


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Tom Clancy's Splinter Cell Pandora Tomorrow
Lethal Force FAQ by VampireHorde
Version: 2.0 | Updated: 07/24/04 | Search Guide | Bookmark Guide
Splinter Cell Pandora Tomorrow
Lethal Force FAQ V2.0
Authored by VampireHorde
March 30, 2004
Update V1.1: Few revisions
Update V1.2: PS2 ADDITIONS
Update V2.0: GC ADDITIONS
Thank you for clicking here again. My FAQ will explain how to
neutralize certain enemies that ONLY pose a serious threat to your
mission. Certain levels require pure stealth with non-lethal force. I
will describe effective methods of lethal and non-lethal force in
certain areas without having to waste too much precious ammo (although
it might be necessary). If an area can be passed through without force
then I will NOT mention it here.
Before reading my FAQ, I highly suggest playing the single-player game
before attempting any of the methods mentioned here. I WILL NOT give
any tips or hints for multiplayer, so look away if that's what you came
-Use your entire SC-20K inventory when you have it (sticky shockers,
airfoils, etc).
-Always hold your breath when using sniper mode.
-For multiple guards, use the "whistle and lure" for one guard near a
doorway and knock him out. Hide his body AWAY from the door and repeat
for the other ones.
-Also, if you whistle in one area and move away, a guard will walk
towards the area you previously were, setting him up for a non-lethal
blow to the back of the head.
-Always shoot out lights near doorways or in hallways.
-Use the "SWAT-turn" anytime you see rows of columns, doors or boxes.
-ALWAYS walk slowly when approaching a guard who is looking for you!
YOU MUST REMEMBER THIS! If you move any faster he will hear you!
That should about do it for this section. Start the game!
*WARNING*If you have not played these missions before then try it now
before reading on because you'll be clueless! There are certain moments
in the game that require some scripted gunplay but follow my methods
and you might not even have to fire a shot. Remember, only the enemies
or civilians who pose a serious threat to the mission are whom I point
out. All my strategies were applied on Hard mode and can be used in
Normal, too.
Timor, Dili Mission 1
Heading for the Embassy courtyard (3 guards; non-lethal force only)
-Guard #1: Shoot all the lights upstairs for safety. Head downstairs
and lure the first guard with a whistle. Smack him in the head.
-Guard #2: Shoot the light on top of the door located next to the
stairs. A guard will investigate in the darkness; smack him in the
-Guard #3: Use the "whistle-and-lure" method for the last one. Elbow
him in the head.
Extraction point (2 guards; lethal force authorized)
-The last two guards at the end of the level don't need to be taken out
with lethal force. Just use elbows to the head to complete this
Saulnier Cryogenics Lab Mission 2
Underground subway (3 guards; lethal force authorized)
-Guard #1: (at the front of the train): Either snipe him or use the
"whistle-and-lure" method.
-Guards #2 & #3: (at the back of the train): At the end of the darkened
train, stay inside and wait for the conversation to begin. Toss a FRAG
GRENADE between their feet and watch the hilarity.
PS2/GC UPDATE: Both guards at the back of the train DO NOT converse and
walk around instead. Ignore the first guard and wait for him to walk
away. Snipe the second guard or use a Sticky Shocker.
Cubicle offices (2 guards; lethal force authorized)
-Guards #1 & #2: Just turn off the lights next to the door and quickly
scurry to the other side and exit.
Computer room (2 guards; lethal force required)
-Guards #1 & #2: Crouch and run to the door. Shoot them both point
blank. Don't worry about bullets because one of the satchels they drop
contains extra ammo. BUT DON'T ACCESS THE COMPUTER YET! Follow the next
tip first.
Detonation timer guards (2 guards; lethal force required)
**Before accessing the computer, shoot out all the lights in the
hallway AND THEN access the computer. When the bomb timer begins:
-Guard #1: This one exits the boiler room. If you shot out all the
lights, he basically runs to the other door and heads for the second
floor. Wait for him to leave and then deal with the second guard.
-Guard #2: This one just wanders in lost darkness. Wait for the first
guard to leave then just neutralize him in any way you see fit. DON'T
Server room, upstairs (3 guards; 1 motion detector; lethal force
-Guard #1: Before heading inside the room from the stairway, shoot out
the light on the ceiling. Wait for the three guards to finish shooting
the windows and wait for the other two to leave. Use the "whistle-and-
lure" method and neutralize the lone guard.
-Guards #2 & #3: Do not bother with these two at the end of the
hallway. They will only search for you if the cameras inside the server
room spot you.
Receptionist Area (2 guards; lethal force authorized)
-Guard #1: This guard will walk up to the computer and start using it.
Ignore him for now and deal with guard #2.
-Guard #2: This guard will walk to the Keypad door. Snipe him silently
from darkness. From here, either knock out the second guard or shoot
Freezer room #1 (1 guard, 1 turret; lethal force authorized)
-Guard #1: Deactivate the turret by walking to the left slowly. Sneak
up behind the guard and smack his head.
**Do not snipe him from behind because he is hunched over**
PS2/GC UPDATE: The turret is gone but the guard now walks around the
Freezer room #2: (2 guards; lethal force authorized)
-Guards #1 & #2: Both can be neutralized with sticky shockers. Stay
crouched at the end of the walkway and whistle. Shock them when they
get close.
**You can avoid this confrontation by shimmying on the walkway but its
too risky because of the cold steam blasts**
PS2/GC UPDATE: The cold steam blasts were removed. Sam can now shimmy
safely to the other side.
Hesperia Railways Mission 3
Train car #2 (1 civilian; non-lethal force only)
-Civilian #1: Use the "whistle-and-lure" method. Run up to him and
smack him in the head.
PS2/GC UPDATE: DO NOT ENTER THE SECOND TRAIN CAR! The civilian is
walking around inside the second train car.
Instead, whistle to the civilian from inside the first train car with
the caged dog. Neutralize him when he enters.
Extraction point (1 guard; lethal forced authorized)
-Guard #1: Avoid this confrontation and just run for the ladder in the
next train car. Climb up to the roof and run to the Osprey.
Jerusalem Streets Mission 4
Saul Berkovitz's place (2 thieves; lethal force authorized)
-Thief #1 & #2: Both thieves can be shot point blank. You can also grab
the first one and shoot the second one as an alternate.
**Regardless of the second one's threat, he cannot shoot Saul**
Elevator entrance with Dahlia Tal
-Shoot Dahlia when Lambert authorizes it. Pull out the pistol and aim
for her head.
**It will take at least 4-5 bullets to kill Dahlia in Hard mode**
Shoshanna Warehouse underground (15 guards total; lethal force
-Guard #1 & #2: Shoot them point blank from the elevator and wait for
guard #3 to run up the stairs to you.
-Guard #3: Move away from the elevator (with the SC-20K equipped) and
shoot the third guard when he approaches.
-Guard #4 & #5: Walk slowly down the metal stairs and stay on the left
wall. Guard #4 will walk and stop near you. Smack him in the face.
Guard #5 will walk all the way to the end of the walkway near the
stairs. After neutralizing #4, shoot guard #5 with an airfoil or a
sticky shocker.
-Guard #6: This one patrols the next walkway. Snipe him in the head.
**BTW, if you miss the first shot you'll alert the next three guards
which is even better**
-Guard #7, 8, & 9: Fire a single shot to the caged area to get all
three guards' attention. Shoot them all point blank. Now head inside
the cage and restock on items and health. DO NOT RETRIEVE THE ND133
YET! Follow the next tip.
-Guard #10, 11, 12, 13, 14, & 15: Guard #10 stands immobile at the end
of the tunnel (near the ND133 lab). Snipe him from behind and inch
forward in the darkness. Guard #11 stands immobile in front of the
elevator. Snipe him too. The last four all stand at the end of the
walkway from your position. Snipe them one by one.
**Don't worry about getting shot by the last four guards; they'll start
shooting aimlessly in the air, setting up a perfect headshot**
PS2/GC UPDATE: There are only eight guards total in the PS2/GC version.
-Guard #1: Shoot him from inside the elevator or sneak up behind him.
-Guard #2: This one patrols at the bottom of the stairs. Shoot him with
any projectile and then continue over the metal fence.
-Guard #3: This one patrols near the ND133 lab. Ignore him by jumping
into the water and heading near the walkway entrance to the left.
-Guard #4: This one guards the ammunitions room. Snipe him from behind.
Refill your health at the health station.
-Guard #5: This one emerges from the walkway near the health station.
Use a Sticky Shocker on him and then enter the walkway he emerged from.
-Guard #6: This one stands immobile in front of the elevator near the
ND133 lab. Snipe him from a dark area.
-Guard #7 & 8: These two patrol at the other end from guard #6. Snipe
them both after sniping guard #6.
Kundang Camp Indonesia Mission 5
The tripwire minefield Part 1 (2 drunk guards; lethal force authorized)
-Guard #1: Blown up by tripwire.
-Guard #2: From a dark area, snipe him when he approaches his friend
and starts coughing from the smoke.
The tripwire minefield Part 2 (1 guard; lethal force authorized)
-Guard #1: Snipe him using thermal vision or whistle to get him close.
Campgrounds (2 guards on the ground, 1 guard in the tower; lethal force
-Guard #1: From the first tent you see, crouch and wait on the right
side of this tent (you'll be in shadows don't worry). You'll know it's
the right one when the two guards begin a conversation. After the talk,
guard #2 will walk away. The first guard will walk towards you and
stop. When he turns around, conk him in the head.
-Guard #2: He falls asleep in the neighboring tent. Leave him be.
-Guard #3: Climb the ladder and wait for him to look away. Smack him in
the head.
**If you're crafty with your gun, try to snipe him from the ground**
Sadono's first passcode meeting (2 guards, 1 dog; lethal force
-Guard #1: After recording Sadono's password, stay in your position and
wait for him to leave. Snipe this guard and stay in position.
-Guard #2: Snipe this guard at the other end of the field (He doesn't
move so be accurate). Snipe the dog from here too.
PS2/GC UPDATE: Guard #2 is located on the balcony. Be quick when
sniping so he doesn't get alerted.
Sadono's house (2 guards, 1 turret, 1 spotlight; lethal force required)
-Guard #1: Neutralize this guard with a shocker or airfoil or just
smack him on the head.
-Guard #2: Snipe this guard when he patrols in front of Sadono's front
door. **Don't worry about the spotlight, it won't see him**
Extraction (4 guards; lethal force required)
-Guard #1, 2, 3, & 4: Turn on Thermal vision after Shetland's snipers
start shooting. Equip your gun and shoot everyone in your way.
PS2/GC UPDATE: There are only three guards here.
Sadono's Submarine Mission 6
Outside the submarine hub (3 guards, 4 flashlight helmet guards; lethal
force authorized)
-Guard #1: Patrols the area near the door. Neutralize him anyway you
see fit.
-Guard #2, 3, and 4: Before entering the pulley, take out your
binoculars and you'll spot 2 flashlight guards on the right and one on
the left. Snipe two of them on the top floors from your position. It
will take a few attempts but you won't trigger any alarms. The third
flashlight guard can only be sniped at the other end of the walkway.
Let the pulley go solo and take the zipline underneath it to the other
walkway and snipe him from there.
-Guard #5, 6, & 7: Ignore the two guards upstairs they can't see you.
One guard will emerge from the submarine. Whistle him in then smack him
in the head.
PS2 UPDATE: All the flashlight guards have been removed.
GC UPDATE: The flashlight guards are back!
Inside the submarine (6 guards; non-lethal force only)
-Guard #1: Stay in the shadows and shoot a sticky shocker in his chest.
-Guard #2: Ignore him he's sleeping. He won't be an issue.
-Guard #3: Put your back to the wall and observe the sitting guard in
the cafeteria. Do a SWAT-turn at the door and turn off the light switch
here. From here you can either use another sticky shocker or you can
pass him on the right side behind the bar.
-Guard #4: Grab him from behind and drag him to the retinal scanner.
After scanning his eyes, drag him BACK to the room you snatched him and
smack his head. Slowly head into the room you just opened.
-Guard #5: Make a right turn in this room and hide in the corner. He'll
leave to get coffee and he won't return.
-Guard #6: This guard is using the computer. Sneak up to him and smack
him or ignore him and finish the objective.
**In Hard mode, guard #6 uses the computer, then moves away to look at
the periscope, and then walks outside blocking your escape path. Be
sure to neutralize him when you get the chance**
PS2/GC UPDATE: There is one more guard here. When exiting the
submarine, he blocks your way. Conk him in the head and continue.
Extraction (5 guards; lethal force required)
-Guard #1: Stay upstairs and whistle. When he runs upstairs, shoot him
with a sticky shocker.
-Guard #2, 3, 4, and 5: Snipe these guys from the upper walkway (or
from downstairs if your crafty).
PS2/GC UPDATE: There are only three shooters here.
Television Free Indonesia Mission 7
<<There is an alternate path that you can take in the beginning of the
level. Refer to my Alternate Routes FAQ and you won't have to waste
bullets, health, or trigger alarms>>
Outside the TV station Part 1 (2 guards; lethal force authorized)
-Guard #1: Use the whistle and lure him to the doorway (Near the second
checkpoint). Smack him when he comes inside.
-Guard #2: This one patrols the far side of the field. Try sniping him
from behind cover. Or if you're brave enough, try to whistle him near
the van and neutralize him from there.
Outside the TV station Part 2 (3 guards; lethal force required)
-Guard #1: This one stands immobile near the back of the van. Sneak up
behind him after a thunder flash and smack him.
-Guard #2: This one stands near the front of the van. Sneak up behind
him slowly (after a thunder flash) and grab him. Drag him behind the
van and smack him.
-Guard #3: This one patrols the manhole cover. From behind the van,
snipe him when he stops moving.
PS2/GC UPDATE: There are only two guards here.
The second floor hallway (2 guards, 2 turrets, 1 security camera;
lethal force required)
-Guard #1: Exit to the left of the elevator and wait near the corner.
When the guard finishes his patrol, he'll turn around and go back.
Snipe him in the head.
-Guard #2: From the right of the elevator, use the whistle and lure
him. Snipe or shoot him.
**Do this now, it saves you the pain of having to take care of them
later when you meet Ingrid**
The auditorium (3 guards, lethal force authorized)
-Guard #1, 2 & 3: From the top of the auditorium (the audience seating)
whistle each guard one by one and smack him.
Locating Ingrid (2 guards; lethal force authorized)
-Guard #1: He walks into Ingrid's room and speaks to her. Ignore him
and enter the door to the left from where he entered.
**If you smack him now, guard #2 sound an alarm**
-Guard #2: He watches from a two-way mirror. Sneak up and grab him from
behind. Smack him and hide the body. Turn off the lights here and
whistle to lure guard #1 into the room. Smack him.
Saving Ingrid (4 guards, 1 guard with Night Vision; lethal force
-Guard #1 & 2: After Ingrid opens the door, immediately run to the
right corner with a frag grenade ready. When the two guards walk out
together, toss it between their feet. Time it right and you'll get both
of them. If not, shoot them both down.
**This method does not work in Hard mode**
-Guard #3, 4 & 5: After tossing the grenade and killing both guards,
run to the end of the walkway and start shooting the next three guards
who emerge from the glass doors.
PS2/GC UPDATE: Guards #3, 4 and 5 were removed.
Capturing Sadono (4 guards; lethal force authorized)
-Snipe all four guards from the upper ledge and then wait for things to
calm down. When all is calm, sneak up behind Sadono and grab him.
PS2/GC UPDATE: The upper ledge has been removed. Sneak around the
auditorium and hide behind the stack of crates next to Sadono. Use an
Airfoil Round and quickly run up to Sadono and grab him!
Los Angeles International Airport Mission 8
Lower Parking Lot (2 guards, 1 dog; lethal force required)
-Terrorist #1: Wait for the guard and the dog to walk away from the
shack. Run up to the lone guard and snipe him from in front of the
**Believe it or not, none of the other terrorists in this level present
any real threat. With the exception of Soth and his two henchmen,
everything in this level is pretty much low-key. The only time you use
your SC-20K is for the first and last terrorists.
Every other terrorist can be killed with a pistol shot to the head**
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Here is a trade proposal that I think works for both teams. I think losing Derozan is the only semi questionable part of it but I personally think in 2-3 years Ross will be better. I am not overly thrilled giving Demar 10 million a year after this season.
Bargnani 10.0 million 3 years
Derozan 3.3 million 5 years (10 mil per after this year)
Kleiza 4.6 million 2 years
Maggette 10.9 million 1 year
Villanueva 8.1 million 2 years
English .5 million 2 years
For Toronto it give us big cap space after this season. Calderon and Maggette both off the books saves 20.9 million after this year. The year after we would have Villanueva and Lowry off the books for 14.5 million. We could pick and choose what pg we want long term and possibly go after another big name free agent in the next 2 seasons. We still keep a bulk of young talent (Johnson, Davis, Fields, Valanciunas, Ross). This year it gives us a lineup of:
For Detroit it would give them a nice big rotation featuring Monroe, Drummond, Bargnani. Bargs would come off the cap before Drummond needs to be resigned so not a lot of risk in the contract. I don't believe Stuckey is Detroits long term answer at the 2 but Demar could be and would be a nice improvement in there starting 5. Demar would be the real selling point for Detroit and the reason they would make this deal. Kleiza is coming off the cap in 2 years and Detroit will not be a big player in this years free agency anyways. They could field:
I think its win win for both teams. We save cap space and Detroit adds a key piece for there long term plan in Derozan. With 2 big bangers at center in Monroe / Drummond actually Bargnani may be a very underrated piece for them too. The trade does work in NBA Trade Machine. WHat do you guys think?


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LENOX -- A major demolition project to tear down the long-vacant, former Ames department store is underway in The Center at Lenox, a retail complex off Routes 7 and 20 that houses Price Chopper, Berkshire Bank, CVS Pharmacy, Marshall's department store and Radio Shack.
WS Development, manager of the property, has been clearing the site in order to attract a major retail tenant which would design a new building to its specifications.
A five-member crew from Regional Demolition Services in Worcester has been working up to 12 hours a day from dawn to dusk to separate the attached building from Marshall's and disassemble it within a few days, said site supervisor William Ralli of WS Development, based in Norton, near Boston.
The 489 Pittsfield Road center, except for the Friendly's restaurant on a company-owned separate parcel, is the property of MEC Lenox Associates, a limited partnership of S.R. Weiner & Associates in Chestnut Hill, just west of Boston.
No explosives are being used for the $300,000 demolition project, Ralli explained; instead, the vacant building is being taken apart and removed, section by section, under a permit issued by Building Commissioner William Thornton.
"You can't just rip stuff down," Ralli pointed out. "You have to be delicate, gentle. You've got people shopping in Marshall's, you've got inventory, that's the biggest thing."
On some afternoons, the project has attracted a group of spectators, Ralli said.
"It's quite a show here, we had people all lined up with their tables and chairs set up, but safety is our No. 1 concern," so the crowd is kept back a safe distance from the hard-hat zone. "They were watching us knock the wall down," he added.
"It entails cutting the beams, cutting the roof back and weatherproofing" the north side of the Marshall's building, he said. "The biggest thing with us is, we want to make Marshall's happy.
Another "biggest thing" was to separate the building, he said.
Work started two weeks ago, and by the time it ends next month, a new foundation wall for the north side of Marshall's will be built, followed by a block wall and new facades for the store and the adjoining Radio Shack, similar in style to Price Chopper and CVS.
"You'll see two nice buildings next to each other," said Ralli.
To cover the vacant land once the pile of rubble is hauled away, loam will be put down and grass will be planted to create a park-like oasis until a new tenant materializes, he noted.
There's no timetable yet for removing the old Price Chopper and adjoining space that the Schenectady, N.Y., chain replaced two years ago with a new $8 million superstore. The vacant store still houses utilities that feed the complex's parking-lot lights.
According to Laurel Sibert, vice president of marketing for WS Development, available space at the 36-acre shopping complex continues to be actively marketed, though no specific retailers have been identified.
"Prospective tenants will be more attracted to a new facility so we are taking the steps to head in that direction," she said.
The current project is part of a $30 million, multi-year upgrade of the Center at Lenox that began in 2010.
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Surprisingly, when I heard from David it wasn't to ask questions. It was to give me samples from what he had gotten done. Before long he had made it through all 60,000 notes. We ran a brief test with a group of testers left over from PocketBible for iPhone and after just one update the NET Bible was ready to ship.
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I recently bought Shades toilet tissue for the first time. I was very pleased with the quality and value for money and also the nice cream colour. However. I hated the smell, instead of smelling clean and fresh the shea butter smelt sickly and cloying and quite unpleasant. I will buy Shades toilet tissue again but certainly not the shea butter one. Just thought you would like some feedback on the smell as I'm sure I'm not the only person who feels like this.
I am always on the lookout for getting products as cheap as possible now but it still being worthwhile. In the past I was buying Iceland's toilet roll as it was £1 for a 4 pack = 25p per roll. However, the ply was too thin and not much sheets per roll so I was easily going through a pack a week in our household. On my last Asda trip last month I bought a 9 pack of Asda Shades for £3.40 and it's still going strong 4 weeks later!
I bought the cream pack, as it just feels slightly less pristine than the white toilet roll, but it can be bought in other varieties including the Alove Vera, Scented and even the Shea butter range, which should it go on offer I would be willing to give it a try!
The toilet paper is two ply so is nice and thick and feels really superb and more premium than other branding two ply toilet paper. It feels great quality, very soft and not harsh or starchy like I have found with some toilet papers, which can feel artificial. I find that Asda Shades Best Ever Toilet Roll is very really absorbent you only need a square or two to give a good wipe, even for the larger bottoms out there lol. I certainly think this feature is why the large pack has lasted so long as we only use minimal squares and don't need to reel off tons to get decent wipeage (yes I just made up my own word there!)
In comparison to other Supermarket brands I have been pleasantly surprised by Asda's quality as I have used Sainsburys own version, and whilst it too was very impressive, Asda's Best Shades comes up cheaper so gets the winning edge. It is suitable on all types of bottoms, from my daughter's soft 4 year old skin, up to my mum's older bottom and even when she visited she thought it was Andrex herself!
I know it all gets flushed down the toilet at the end of the day, but it's still always nice for some decent tissue that feels good, and its better to spend a bit more money on a decent quality, than a basics one like toilet paper. The Asda Shades comes in at 37.8p per roll which is more than others, but considering it has lasted us ages it is worth it in the long run. Where I don't get a chance to go to Costco and fully stock up this has done us great justice and so I certainly recommend it!
I have bought these toilet rolls quite a few times in the past because they are cheap to buy and a lot of pack sized choices to choose from, so it means I can just choose which sized pack I want to buy at the time. My latest size was the 4 pack.
The toilet tissue come inside a plastic wrapper with the name clearly on the front, so can be easily spotted on a shelf. The tissue is white in colour and is a 2 ply tissue. The tissue paper is joined by the usual perforated join and I find it is really easy to part the tissue from this join. I don't have a problem it not tearing apart at all and wasting some of the tissue because each sheet is half torn etc like I have found some other brands tend to do when I part the sheets.
The tissue is white in colour and it is a really soft tissue which feels smooth when wiping etc. I find it doesn't scratch my skin or make it feel sore or uncomfortable. This brand is just a nice smooth, soft tissue with a nice texture to it in my opinion.
They are very absorbent sheets and remove dirt from the bottom really well. These rolls are more than suitable for my little grandchildren's bottom and haven't caused any irritations or rashes with them being too rough etc on their more delicate skins. My little granddaughter is almost potty trained and she is just beginning to learn how to use toilet tissue and getting used to how to wipe her own bottom. They are soft enough wipes for her to be able to manoeuvre around her bottom in a way a little child can to wipe his or her bottom well enough. She obviously cannot fully wipe her bottom but this tissue is soft enough for her to become more independent at toilet times.
The tissue thickness is really good, doesn't feel flimsy to hold in the hand and you don't need to use many sheets to thoroughly clean bottoms, so the rolls do tend to last that little bit longer compared to some other shops cheaper brands. when I first bought this brand a good while ago I thought they maybe wouldn't be quite as soft as I imagined they would be but I was pleasantly surprised how soft they actually turned out to be once I began to use them. I cannot fault the softness of these rolls at all and I think if you suffer with any toilet issues, this toilet tissue would be more than suitable for regularly having to wipe the bottom without it becoming sore from wiping etc. I just think they would be ideal to buy if you have the need to use a lot of toilet tissue in a day and have to buy lots of tissue more than the average usage of them.
It tells me on the wrapper that 3 out of 4 mums prefer this brand to the No 1 leading brand and that an independent study of a 1000 mums confirmed that 780 of those mums did prefer this brand to the leading brand. I don't know if this is true or false but that is the claim so it must be correct or they wouldn't state this claim in my opinion.
I really do like this brand of tissue, I think it is excellent quality for the price. like I said earlier in my review I last bought the 4 pack but it is available in packs of 2, 4, 9,12 and a 24 pack. Lots of choice sizes to choose from and I like the idea of the smaller packs because the 2 rolls would be ideal for anyone wanting to just test the product first before then buying a larger pack. Also the 2 pack is ideal for a pensioner or anyone living alone and just want to buy a pack of 2 maybe from the weekly budget.
I paid just £1.78 for the 4 pack and the price for a 2 pack is just a £1 and the prices range up to the larger price of just £8 for the 24 pack. The larger pack is ideal for a larger family or anyone who likes to just bulk buy toilet tissue. I think all of the prices are very good value for the amount of rolls in each pack in my opinion and they are well worth the money.
I highly recommend this toilet tissue brand and it is one I will continue to buy in the future because I am really pleased with the texture, softness and price of the toilet tissue.
I give this brand 5 stars.
Thank you for reading my review and I hope it has been of some help.
Let's face it, we all go to the toilet and we all need something to wipe our bums with, it's a fact of life that we just can't ignore. So why pay the earth for something that's only going to be used once, well at least I hope it's only used once, and then flushed away, certainly not me. I don't need toilet roll that's been air dried for softness, or has pretty patterns embossed on it, what's the point of that?
Asda's own Shades range of toilet rolls does the job that it's meant to do without any frills or hype. It comes in many "Shades" such as blue, peach and white so can be coloured co-ordinated to match your bathroom if you're that way inclined, personally I'm not , white is fine for me, and can be bought in packs of 2, 4, 12 and 24, I tend to buy the 12 pack which is ample for our house as there are only 2 of us so it lasts a few weeks. The rolls are made up of 2 ply tissue which is strong, soft and absorbant and perforated at about 6 inch intervals. It flushes away easily, I have had trouble in the past with other more expensive toilet rolls which have refused to disappear, maybe that's just my toilet I don't know, but I've had no problems with these. When you get to the end of the roll, there's none of that having to tug at the last piece to get it off the card as it's been glues there and then the glue has gone through several sheets so you end up with shredded toilet roll all over the place, these simply come off leaving no waste behind. (Pardon the pun).
I've used them for other jobs too such as blowing my nose and cleaning up minor spills in the bathroom and they've handled the jobs perfectly, they are more than just a bum wipe in our house.
I've tried other more expensive brands, especially when they've been on offer and sometimes my other half has said that they haven't been as nice as Asda's, so I've always gone back to them.
Last time I was shopping in Asda I bought a big pack of 24 of their own brand toilet rolls. That seems like ages ago, and we still haven't run out. I don't see the point in spending over the odds for things that are going to end up being disposed of, however I find some of the lower supermarket brands are poor quality and a false economy. The "Shades" toilet rolls from Asda fall somewhere in the middle, giving excellent quality and value for money. Result!
The rolls come in different sized packs, with the current prices given below:
2 rolls - £1.22
4 rolls - £1.78
12 rolls - £4.50
24 rolls - £8.00
They are available in various colours, including white, peach and cream. I always buy white toilet rolls as we have a main bathroom, an en-suite, and a downstairs toilet to kit out, so it's much easier for me to just buy white and avoid any colour scheme clashes. Obviously they work out cheaper if you buy the bigger packs, with a 24 pack costing just 33.3p per roll.
The rolls are thick and you'll notice the quality as soon as you open the packaging. They feel almost fluffy as they're so soft, although this can sometimes be a disadvantage when wearing black clothing and getting those annoying little fluffy bits on them! However, I much prefer this to the toilet rolls which feel hard and not very comforting. The sheets are as wide as you expect, and I mention this because I've had very cheap toilet rolls before where the sheets have been annoyingly thin.
Not being one to discuss my toilet habits at length, I'll skip over the details by saying these toilet rolls cope with their purpose very well. They perform as well as any leading brands I've used and are soft and absorbent. I also use these occasionally for blowing my nose and such tasks, and I've never had any issues with the sheets ripping. The sheets are perforated and I rarely have any issues with the perforations being awkward to rip.
I would recommend these toilet rolls as a great budget alternative which still offers comfort and quality.
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I don't think I'm the only one who thinks like this when it comes to toilet roll, but why spend loads on paper that only gets flushed away anyway, it's just like chucking money down the toilet! That's why I tend to buy stores own brand toilet rolls as most of the time it is quite comfortable to use.
Asda's Shades best ever roll is one I buy quite frequently. Of course, it is only available to purchase from Asda either in store or online if you do your shopping that way. There are many different pack sizes available to buy, from a 4 pack that costs no more than £2 to a 24 pack that is quite often on offer for £8.
I normally buy the white coloured toilet roll but Shades does come in a couple of other colours too like peach and blue. I'm quite boring with buying white all of the time but white goes with everything so don't have to worry about it clashing with any other colours! They come inside a thin plastic wrapper which is a good way to keep the toilet rolls not in use in one place as I tend to open the wrapper at one end then shove it in the cupboard.
The toilet roll itself looks exactly how would expect it to, being plain with perforated edges so you can easily rip the amount you need off without pulling half of the next square off too. The feeling of the toilet roll is nice and soft, it's definitely not the soft toilet roll I have used but it is still soft and comfortable to use. There isn't any kind of scratchy feeling when you use it, like the toilet paper they provide in most public places! It definitely doesn't feel like you are using a cheap toilet paper on your behind.
I can sometimes find starting off each roll of this quite tricky and sometimes pull the pieces that make up a sheet, away from each other but once it's started off I don't experience ripping the two pieces in half again. The absorbency of this toilet roll is just as good as branded toilet papers in my experience and I don't feel like I have to use more paper just because it's cheaper.
I'd definitely recommend this Asda Shades best ever toilet roll. It is cheap but the quality is excellent and it matches branded toilet rolls really well. I wouldn't say it is as soft but still comfortable to use for both me and my daughter.
I'm not loyal to any paticular brand of toilet roll but seeing as I do the majority of my shopping at Asda, I use this brand quite often as they're quite cheap and pretty good.
The toilet rolls come in a a plasticy wrapper keeping them together. The Shades logo is on the front in big letters with the Asda logo just above. Shades is an Asda's own brand, not the cheapest which is smartprice, but the next one up. Asda make a lot of products which I've used that are quite good quality. They come in packs of 2, 4, 9, 12 or 24. I tend to buy 12 as it works out cheaper and I go through them quite quickly with the grandkids coming round often.
The toilet roll itself is great. It's quite soft and fairly thick so feels like good quality. Unlike really cheap toielt roll, it doesn't rip easily or feel too coarse to use in sensitive areas. It's ideal for when you have a cold too as it's not too rough on your sore nose. The toilet roll is cut into squares which easily come apart and I find myself using the same amount of this toilet roll as I would a more expensive brand.
There are different varieties of the Shades toilet rolls. They do the normal white or cream roll in the blue packet (pictured), an aloe vera roll in a green packet, a flowery fragranced one in a burgandy packet and a sheabutter variety in a pale brown packet. I've also tried the shea butter variety which I must say are lovely. I'd recommend these as well as the original white/cream rolls. The shea butter ones smell really lovely and make your bathroom smell of shea butter which is nice. I felt a bit bad using them for the toilet though as they smelt so good.
You'll pay £1.72 for four rolls, £3.40 for for 9 rolls and just £4.50 for 12 rolls. The largest pack of 24 rolls is available for £8. So the larger pack you buy, effectively, the more money you save. These are really cheap for the quality that you get. I find these toilet rolls to be just as good as brands like Andrex and Cushelle which are more pricey. You can only get these from Asda as they're an Asda's brand. I'd definitely recommend these as you save a bit of money without losing out on good quality.
On a visit to Asda I bought these toilet rolls because they were cheap to buy and the amount in the pack I thought was quite a lot. I buy lots of toilet rolls because I have a lot of grandchildren who visit and come to stay at my home all the time.
The toilet rolls come housed in a plastic wrapper and there are 12 toilet rolls in the packet, the rolls are a white colour and tissues have a really soft feeling and are quite thick tissues too. Each sheet pulls from the perforated line on the roll well indeed too without having to keep on tugging it.
These are really soft enough for children's bottoms and I have lots of grandchildren and they are suitable for them to use for their softer bottoms. Some of grandchildren tend to use more toilet roll than is really needed and this brand is cheap enough to buy for when the children use more tissues.
They are extremely absorbent and clean really well indeed, I was actually really surprised how nice these toilet rolls clean and how soft they actually feel on the rear area. They don't scratch the skin or make it sore and are really good ones for children to use.
They are really good quality rolls and so you don't need to use too many sheets like you do with some cheaper brands, so these ones do last a little longer than some other brands, so the rolls do last just that little longer and are good value for money and so save having to buy more in the week etc.
These are also available in different sized packs of 2,4,9 and 12 rolls and so quite a choice to choose from if you only want to buy a couple of rolls. I buy the larger packs because I have lots of grandchildren and so it makes more sense to buy the larger ones. They are also available in colours of white, peach and cream and so a lot of colours to choose if you want a colour to match your bathroom.
On the packaging it tells me that an independent study of a 1000 mums also confirms that 780 mums prefer these rolls to a number 1 leading brand and so these must be more than suitable for families because that is quite a lot of mums from the 1000 mums in the study that buy these rolls. They are more than suitable for my family to use for wiping and cleaning the rear area.
I am happy to recommend these toilet rolls, they are worth the price of just short of £5 for a pack of a dozen rolls. This price is a good one and they are not expensive to buy compared to some other brands I have bought. I will buy them again because I like these rolls quite a lot and are suitable for myself and my family.
I rate them 5 stars.
When it comes to toilet roll over the past few weeks I have become a creature of habit. Until this past year I always bought myself the cheapest and most economy toilet tissue I could find really hating having to pay for it and resenting it a bit even! Then my mate bought me some Andrex toilet rolls and started telling me to stop being a tight a$$ (pardon the pun lol) and I loved the fact that one roll of Andrex seemed to work out actually better value in the long run and lasting longer than on average 3 cheap toilet rolls and they were nicer to use and softer etc.
However the other day I did an online shop with Asda due to my mate dislocating her knee and breaking a bone in her leg as well which means she can't drive and is staying with me at the moment and I don't live close enough to any shops to get a big shop in. It meant that I spent ages on the Asda website (www.asda.com) comparing prices and value on things when I saw this toilet tissue and thought it sounded a good buy and had hoped for it to be as good as my beloved Andrex so bought us some.
The Packaging:
These come in 3 different sizes in the white colour I bought which are a 2 pack for 90p, 4 rolls for £1.72 and a lot of 24 for £8.00 and no matter the sizing they all come in a frosted white wrapper where we are told what they are and who they are by on them and the size you pick is also stated on there and at the moment there is a picture shown of Christmas baubles and the likes which are part of advertising an Asda competition that us running at the moment. On the back of the pack other information listed includes being told a bit about the product and the contents, cautions are given and contact details for Asda are listed.
The Rolls:
Well these rolls contain an average of 220 sheets with each sheet measuring 133mm x 106mm and they are two ply pieces. They are pure white in colour these ones but they do come in different colours plus quilted and sensitive and well....allsorts really and plenty to choose from!
The pieces are large, they pull off the roll by gently pulling the perforated strip and the 2 ply stick together really well and the toilet paper is soft and absorbent. It also flushes well and of course not only is it good for toilet needs but soft to wipe the nose and the face with too and so on.
I think this is a good value toilet paper due to the fact you don't need to use handfuls of it each time you use the loo and do appreciate its softness and this has worked out a good buy for me as my mate seems to sit on the loo eating toilet paper and I have noticed that I'm not running out so quick since buying this one however I will be going back to my favoured Andrex when we run out of this due to its exceptional softness and thickness!
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I shop in a variety of stores and supermarkets, but for the most part I do my household grocery shopping online at Asda (at www.asda.com). It was during a rather large grocery shop earlier this year that I decided to try out their own-branded toilet roll, finding the large packs offering excellent value for money that was just too good to miss, particularly when compared to more 'premium' brands.
Since then, I have ordered the "Asda Shades Best Ever Toilet Rolls" each and every time I have done a full grocery shop with Asda, mainly because I find their own-branded rolls offer excellent value for money without skimping on quality.
Firstly, the rolls are quite thick - surprisingly so, when you consider the lower than average cost of the rolls - and this makes them appear and feel quite luxurious. Certainly, other supermarket-own label toilet rolls that have been purchased by me in the past have definitely been 'lacking' something in terms of their thickness that this gave them a rather basic feel. I think most people would admit to preferring to use luxurious-feeling toilet rolls rather than basic or budget rolls when given the choice!
Secondly, the paper itself feels very soft, being completely free from the unpleasant 'scratchy' surface that most 'budget' branded papers carry. I really don't like using papers that have this sort of feeling, and I think this is what puts me off from buying supermarket-own branded loo rolls generally. The Asda Shades Best Ever rolls feels surprisingly close to being a premium paper, irrespective of it's value for money price.
Whilst I am on the subject, I think it is worth noting just how economical the Asda Shades rolls actually are. As @ the time of writing (October 2012), the four pack of loo rolls is available for the cost of £1.72, and this is available in a variety of colours such as white, cream, pink, peach and blue. A pack of two rolls is available although I believe there is not as much choice in terms of colour choice on the website, perhaps more is available in store. The double pack of rolls costs £1.18. These prices offer good enough value for money to my mind, but the large pack that I have been purchasing for use in my household recently actually contains 12 rolls and this costs only £4.98 at the present time which is quite a considerable saving when compared to my previous brand, which cost around £1.40 more, for the same amount of rolls.
Just because the cost is less doesn't mean that there is less paper on each roll, and certainly I have noticed no change in how often I am changing the empty rolls on the dispenser in the bathroom, or with how often I need to repurchase this product when compared to my previous brand. This, to me, is proof that the paper is of a high quality.
The toilet rolls are marked with perforation marks as you would expect, and this makes it easy to rip and tear the paper where you want to separate it from the rest of the roll. I have found that very cheap or 'budget' toilet paper products can rip inadequately, and this usually results in a long 'overhang' of loose paper at one layer which is rather unsightly. There has been no such problem with the Asda Shades Best Ever toilet rolls however, and the rolls seem to rip and tear exactly where they are supposed to.
In terms of absorbency (!) I have noticed no difference between this product and my previous one. I find that the Asda Shades paper performs as well as its predecessor, and certainly it would seem to be thick enough to cope with its intended purposes without incident. (!) Furthermore, I find that the two layers on the Asda rolls seem to be of a fairly high quality too, with them staying stuck together on the roll and not coming apart too easily when the paper is torn at the perforarated sections.
In summary, I find the Asda Shades Best Ever Toilet Roll to be just that... the Best Ever that Asda have produced under their own brand. It is lovely and soft - verging on being luxuriously so - and is as fuss-free and easy to use as any other brand, in my opinion.
The final winning point for me is the generously-sized economical pack that works out at being excellent value for money for use in my household. For the reasons outlined in this review, this product comes with my full recommendation and full marks in the product rating score as a result... excellent!
The toilet rolls are available to buy in branches of Asda, where there is a decent selection of colour choices and paper types available. A smaller selection is available to purchase online at www.asda.com.
After using a budget branded toilet tisuue for quite some time now, i have had to find an alternative that offers not neccessarily more for less more money, but just more in general, as my daughter seems to be hell bent on using at least a roll a day just for herself!
After a quick look to see what else was available within my supermarket of choice, i decided upon Asda's own branded "Shades", which seemed to be the next in price (costing a little more at £1.99 for four rolls), but was part of the bulk buy scheme run, the more you buy the bigger your discount, so opted for the "24 rolls for £8.00", hoping that my daughter would calm down her usage!
The rolls of paper in this range seemed to offer much more per roll than the budget branded version, even lasting much longer when my daughter got hold of it!
These are easy to start off (some aren't so much, and you find you have wasted half a roll shredding a few layers before the opening perforation is found!), with the starting strip being secure enough to hold it together, but easy enough to find and peel off!
The paper itself is two ply, but has a much softer feel to it, i don't have any problem as such with the rougher cheaper paper, but when you are offered the better stuff you do tend to appreciate it more!
The paper is substantial enough with clogging any pipes (a strange thing to mention but i have heard stories from products like Charmin/Cushelle that are sooo substantial that have blocked toilets as they are being flushed away!), surprising even with the amount my kids use per toilet visit!
The 24 roll pack has so far lasted us a good month, which in my house is unheard off, with me usually getting through a 12 roll of the budget branded paper a week, which just shows you how little you get per roll!
I do like this product, with the added benefit of this (aside from the extra paper and softer feel of it) is the fact it also comes in a variety of different colours, so even though i have to store my paper in plain sight (i live in a cottage so have very little storage!), i can't now colour co-ordinate and use it as decoration! Recommended!
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I almost always buy Andrex for our bathroom. I will occasionally go for Velvet or maybe even Cushelle but Andrex is my favourite. A few weeks ago me and my partner went to do a big shop from Asda. One thing we needed was toilet roll but non of the branded items were on offer and I refuse to pay full price when it can be found more often than not for a reduced price. Therefore, we ended up buying from the Asda Shades range. Initially I wasn't sure whether to buy it but after seeing on the pack that 8/10 Mums prefer Shades to the leading brand I decided that it must be half decent.
I paid just £4 for 12 rolls which was a fantastic price working out at just 33p a roll. Usual price is about 20% higher and you can also buy different pack sizes including 4 rolls and 9 rolls. You can also get the smaller packs in a couple of different colours like pink and cream.
I opted for the white colour because our bathroom is a very light grey colour with bright red towels, pictures etc. Plus, I love the clean look of a brilliant white toilet roll and feel that it gives my bathroom a very clean feel.
I was actually amazed with these toilet rolls! They are thick yet extremely soft and are worth well more than the 33p per roll that I paid. The paper is thick and the toilet roll is very absorbant. I used this to mop up a few spills of toothpaste or shampoo and usually the toilet roll would break in my hands but this was not the case with Shades, the paper remained in one piece and I didn't end up with loads of little bits of toilet roll all over the sink or bath.
The toilet roll is immensely soft. I would say that it was actually a little softer than the leading brands on the market and I had no problems whatsoever when using this. As it was so absorbant and soft I found that less of this was needed to do a good job and a roll lasted me and my partner around 3 or 4 days when usually a roll would last around 2 or 3 days.
I feel very satisfied with this Asda brand and will definitely buy it again. I think the quality is actually superior to the leading brands on the market and I will certainly be buying some more next time I'm in Asda. Recommended to anyone looking to save a few pennies or in the quest for the perfect toilet roll!
I have never felt the urge to review toilet paper prior to now, but having just been made redundant from my dream job, I am spending many of my hours job searching (there really isn't much out there) - and while having a break, rather than succumbing to the mind-numbing daytime TV, I thought it would be more constructive to review my toilet paper - after all I will need the Amazon vouchers from dooyoo to pay for Christmas!
---Why this toilet paper?---
My parents come up to visit twice a year, and since my divorce and having to live on one small income (which admittedly was a lot better than the prospect of having to live on no income), I allow them to take me to Asda in order to stock my cupboards (I usually manage to sneak some clothes and bottles of wine into the trolley too). As I don't have a car, this has been the only opportunity for a 'big' shop (I really don't like food shopping online) prior to me having a boyfriend with a car (of course I can't get him to buy all my food though!)
These toilet rolls were the only ones that came in a pack of 24 (although they do of course come in smaller packs too - it can work out more expensive buying smaller packs though). We bought a pack of 24 in December, and when they came again this July, I was down to my last 2 rolls.
I have the normal white variety, but there are also other varieties such as quilted and aloe vera, but as this review shows, I'm happy with what I'm using so will stick with it.
---Using the toilet paper---
I'm not sure what to say here, having never written such a review (although I have read plenty). I find the quality excellent, and my boyfriend agrees that they are as good, if not better than any of the more expensive and luxurious brands.
I tend to only use toilet paper following using the toilet, the occasional nose blowing (this paper works fine), and for wiping up anything which I've spilt in the bathroom. The toilet roll is soft, and strong (it doesn't disintegrate easily) - really, what more could you ask for?
The packaging of the toilet rolls boasts the "Easy Start Roll Technology" and I've have to agree that it is easy to start the rolls without wasting any sheets. Apparently 3 out of 4 mums prefer Asda Shades to the No. 1 leading brand - I can see why.
The toilet paper is 2-ply which suits me fine - personally I find that 3-ply toilet paper is usually too thick. There are approximately 220 sheets per roll (this is what the packaging says - I'm not committed enough to the cause to unravel a roll and count), and the sheets are 131mm x 106mm, which I imagine is pretty standard!
I have three months to make my remaining toilet rolls last before my parents are up again! While I'm out of work I imagine that I will get through them more quickly, so might have to be more careful with my usage (I'm not quite sure how serious I'm being here!) We will definitely be getting these ones again unless there's an amazing offer on other brands.
Currently a 24 pack costs £8 which is just 33.3p per roll. I believe that this is quite possibly the best value toilet paper on the market!
When it comes to toilet rolls I always used to buy one of the leading brands because they were softer and stronger but recently I have had to economise on all sorts of things and this is one of them.
I am equally likely to shop at Asda or Tesco and so would buy a large pack of their own brand toilet rolls when needed - sometimes Asda sometimes Tesco but never the very cheapest brand as that stuff is seriously scratchy on the posterior!
I didn't really think any more about it than that. The toilet rolls were soft enough and did the job that they were supposed to do. That was until a couple of weeks ago when I put out a new toilet roll and, boy, did I notice a difference! The one before had been Asda and the new one was Tesco and it was decidedly less soft. The difference was really noticeable! In fact we have just finished the Tesco pack and I have put a new Asda one in the bathroom this morning and again the difference was marked. In fact that is the whole reason for me writing this review.
The price in Tesco for a pack containing 18 rolls is currently £7.69 making the toilet rolls just over 42.7p each. In Asda the price of a pack of 24 toilet rolls is currently £8 making each roll just over 33.3p each so the Asda ones win on price. Obviously in each case the larger the pack that you buy the better the price per roll.
In Asda their own brand toilet rolls are called Shades Best Ever and are available in white, cream, peach and aqua in our local store although there may be other colours available in different parts of the country. They also do Quilted, Aloe Vera, Shea Butter and Scented within the Shades range.
The Shades Best ever are marketed as being 'softer, thicker and more absorbent than the leading brand'. Having used these rolls on numerous occasions I can only agree with this. As I said earlier in this review they are definitely softer than the equivalent Tesco version and to be honest I think they are easily as soft as any of the named brands that I used to buy. They are also strong enough to do the job without ripping or splitting - I don't think I need to go into details here do I?
Apparently these rolls are also easy start so you don't waste the first few sheets - to be fair I never did waste any sheets anyway but I suppose it is nicer to be able to get at the start of the roll more easily.
The rolls last as long as any other rolls that we have used so it isn't false economy to buy these. They are soft on my nether regions and I am also happy to use a sheet or two to blow my nose if I happen to be in the bathroom at the time. They are soft enough to do this and don't cause any irritation on my delicate litt. If that isn't a recommendation I don't know what is!le nose!
Seriously there isn't really much more to say about a toilet roll other than the fact that I would recommend these rolls to anyone and I will never be buying any other from now on


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|Going to School
|Aberdeen Art Gallery and Museums
|�Bastien-Lepage, Jules (French painter, printmaker, and sculptor, 1848-1884)
|1882 (dated)
|This half-length picture of a girl shows her moving across the painting to the left, looking straight out. The sun has broken through but the glowering sky suggests that a heavy fall of rain has just passed over. In the background an old man still shelters in a doorway. Her makeshift headdress, made from a sack which possibly once held wool, would have indicated her lowly status to the nineteenth century viewer.
|Current Accession Number
|Former Accession Number
|front lr 'J.Bastien-Lepage d'Amvillers 1882'
|everyday life; figure; townscape
|80.9 x 59.8 cm cm (estimate)
|oil on canvas
|Acquisition Details
|Purchased 1927
|J. Staats-Forbes; Sir James Murray; purchased through Wallis & Son by Aberdeen Art Gallery.
|Principal Exhibitions
|Possibly Third United Arts Gallery Exhibition, London, 1882, cat. no. 31, as La Petite Coquette; Old Masters Exhibition, Royal Academy, London, 1894; Old Masters, Royal Academy, London, 1896 as Marie Baskirtscheff; Exhibition of the Collection of the late J. Staats Forbes, London Grafton Gallery, 1905, as Portrait of Marie Baskirtscheff, cat. no. 57; Edinburgh, Royal Scottish Academy, 1949, cat. no. 271; Glasgow Boys, 1970; The Realist Tradition: French Painting and Drawing 1830-1900, Ohio, Cleveland Museum of Art, 1980; Bastien Lepage Centenery Exhibition, Conservation Departementale Des Musées de La Meuse, Bar Le Duc (touring), 1984; Development of 19th Century Art, Tokyo Shimbun (touring), 1994, cat. no. 83, p. 114; Pastoral Art In East Lothian, City Arts Centre, Edinburgh, 1995-96; Impressionism in Britain Barbican Art Gallery, London, Dublin, 1995; British Impressionism in Japan, Daimaru Museum, Tokyo (touring), 1997, cat. no. 2; A Scottish Collection - Treasures from Aberdeen Art Gallery, Nagasaki (touring), 2000-2001, cat. no. 37; Bunkamura Museum of Art & Fukuoka City Museum of Art, La dignité des humbles: Jean-François People Millet et naturalisme en Europe, 2003, cat. no. 45.
|The Academy, 6 May 1882, p. 328, as La Petite Coquette; Theuriet, A., Jules Bastien-Lepage, L'Homme et artistes in Revue des Deux Mondes, 1885, p. 822; Cartwright, J., Jules Bastien-Lepage, London, 1894; The Graphic, 1896, p. 39; Halton, E.G., The Studio, vol. 36, ill. p. 221; Catalogue of Christie's sale - Sir James Murray's collection, 1927, p. 6 (as a portrait of Marie Baskirtscheff); Scottish Art Review, Vol. II, pl., p. 15; McConkey, K., Sir George Clausen, RA, City of Bradford met. District Council & Tyne & Wear County Council, 1980, p.48 (repro); Verdun Cultural Association, Film Slide Sequence for Bastien Lepage Centenary, 1983; Development of 19th-Century French Art: Exhibition Catalogue, 1994, p.114; Loveday, D., Impressionism In Britain, Barbican Art Gallery, 1995; Paterson, D., City Arts Centre Exhibition Catalogue, Edinburgh, 1995; Wood, P. (ed.), The Challenge of The Avant-Garde, Yale University Press, 1999, p.30; University of Northumbria, British Impressionism in Japan, University Gallery, 1996; Ponton, B. and Pagnotta, P., Jules Bastien Lepage, Peintre du pays Lorrain, Citedis Editions, Paris, 1999; Fenton, A., Scottish Life and Society, Tuckwell Press Ltd, East Lothian, 2000; Aberdeen Art Gallery & Japan Association of Art Museums, A Scottish Collection-Treasures from Aberdeen Art Gallery, Tokyo, 2000, inside back flap jacket, pp. 112-113, cat. no. 37; Aberdeen Art Gallery, French Connections, Aberdeen, 2001, pp. 34-35, cat. no. 17; Totdts, H., The Dignity of Humble People: Jean-Francois Millet and Naturalism in Europe, Nippon Television Network Corporation, Tokyo, 2003, pp.132-133, cat. no. 45
Bastien-Lepage belongs to the tradition of French nineteenth-century Realist painters, led by Gustave Courbet, whose aim was to represent their own time in an accurate, truthful way. Jules Bastien-Lepage was the son of a peasant family. He was born in Damvillers, Lorraine and after studying in Paris, returned there to paint portraits and scenes of village life. Although his death at the age of 36 limited his active output to eight years, he achieved success early. He influenced the generation of young British painters and his work was particularly admired by Scottish collectors.
Although there seems to be no obvious social comment in this painting, it was painted in the wake of extensive reforms in education. Provisions for the schooling of young girls had been particulary mediocre before these improvements in the education system. Painted in 1882 and exactly contemporary with the legislation, Going to School must be viewed in the context of these republican reforms.
The young girl, simply posed against a backdrop of the village street, wears a tasseled hood to protect her from the weather. However, when Going to School was exhibited for the first time in London, it was entitled La Petite Coquette and was shown along with La Pauvre Fauvette(poor little hedge-sparrow) (Glasgow Art Gallery & Museums) whose ragged, wild appearance forms a sharp contrast with the neat and demure expression of the schoolgirl. Viewed together, the two paintings may be read as 'before' and 'after' images, illustrating the social benefits of education.
Going to School may have been intended as an illustration to accompany a text by French writer André Theuriet. Bastien-Lepage had planned with Theuriet to produce a publication which would describe the cycle of country life. Theuriet eventually published La vie rustique in 1888, after the artist's death. In a chapter on village childhood, he describes the daily trek to and from school. With primary education now obligatory, children converge from all corners of the countryside: 'From 8 o'clock in the morning, winter and summer alike, one finds the children from the hamlets and outlying farms of the district on the roads leading to the market town. Clad in clogs and stout hobnailed boots, the boys and girls trudge along noisily, with their text books in folios under their arms.' Of their homecoming he wrote, 'The girls, so quiet and reserved, leave without making a great noise and cross themselves reverently as they pass the church [...]'
The picture was later exhibited as a portrait of Marie Baskirtscheff. See John Ernest Phythian, Fifty years of modern painting, Corot to Sargent (London, 1908): 'The friendship between [Bastien-Lepage] and his Russian pupil, Marie Baskirtscheff, and their death within a month of each other, from the same disease, consumption, form one of the most pathetic stories in the annals of art.'
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Kvitova wins Dubai WTA title
Former Wimbledon winner Petra Kvitova had to struggle to claim the 10th title of her career on Saturday, overcoming Italian battler Sara Errani 6-2 1-6 6-1 to win the Dubai Open.
Errani, who lost the French Open final in 2012 to Maria Sharapova, gave away a massive height difference of 20 centimetres to powerful Czech Kvitova, who was playing in her 12th career final.
The win kept sixth seed Kvitova a perfect 4-0 over number five Errani after beating the Italian in all three of their previous matches in 2012. It marked the first trophy for Kvitova since New Haven the week before the US Open last August.
Tha match was far from easy, with Kvitova sweeping the first set, Errani coming alive in the second to the same and the Czech finally regaining control in the third to win it after one hour, 41 minutes of battle.
"It was a tough match, really up and down for me," said Kvitova, who played this week without her coach on hand.
"She changed her tactic in the second set, playing a lot of serve and volley and really going for her shots.
"That gave me big problems, but I managed to stay calm and remain in the match. That was my strongest point, it was very important."
Kvitova, who won her Wimbledon title in 2011, becomes the first Czech to claim Dubai honours.
Kvitova broke to start the match and after 14 minutes had built up a 4-0 lead as the diminutive Errani struggled to compete.
But the Italian who had beaten doubles partner Roberta Vinci to reach her own 12th tournament final (six trophies) managed to make an impression as she broke Kvitova in the sixth game, 2-4.
But that success was short-lived, with the Czech breaking straight back and securing the set on her second opportunity a game later.
Kvitova kept up the pressure in the second set as she began with a break, only to lose it as the determined Errani levelled at 1-1 on the way to her impressive fightback which left the score at a set apiece.
In the third, Kvitova re-established superiority with her big attacking game to run away to victory,
"Well done for her side; bad luck for my side. I just tried to change a bit my game to win this match. I try everything to win but it couldn't be," said Errani.
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Discussion in 'Gaming' started by charlhussey, Apr 29, 2010.
Any good ^
I'm in the middle of playing...
Animal Crossing: Wild World
Digimon World: Dawn Version
Harry Potter and the Goblet of Fire
Wii Sports
Mario Kart DS
All in the name of waiting for the next Golden Sun game to come out.
Well I just beat inFamous earlier today... good game, I really enjoyed it.
Tomorrow I'm gonna either go back to The Force Unleashed (the first one) or maybe start either Battlefield: Bad Company 2 or Alpha Protocol.
Me and Aragorn are also still playing the Transformers campaign (co-op). Two chapters to go.
Yes, so far it's a lot of fun. It's very much like Fable II, the feel, the story, the whole atmosphere, and the gameplay is quite similar as well.
I'm sure it'll make for a few days of good entertainment.
How was Fable II, by the way?
I only played the first Fable on the original Xbox - I thought Fable I was fun, but I never bothered with a second playthrough. It just didn't motivate me enough I guess.
Voyager: Elite Force. I prefer it to the sequel.
Would love to play that again, does it work on Vista ?
I've never owned a Vista operated computer before, but it works perfectly well on my Win 7 machine x64, so I assume it will work on Vista.
... Although I did have to run the setup program myself rather than rely on autorun as it threw up an error.
Took a break from demolishing stuff in Red Faction Guerrilla to have a few races in PGR4.
Thought about playing through FEAR, Condemned or The Darkness for Halloween, but figured races are easier to dip into during lunch or whatever.
Then I got mightily impressed by the new Castlevania...
Very nice. Elite Force was an awesome game, and I agree about the sequel.
Oh, I loved it! I never played the first, so the second was actually my first Fable experience, and it was loads of fun. I loved the story, a bit fairy-tale like, I loved the humour in it and the fact it didn't take itself too seriously. The gameplay was also fast and fun. Not as complivcated an RPG like, say Oblivion, but with its own great features.
I loved the original Elite Force.
I was so disappointed back then when I heard that Raven Software wasn't going to be responsible for the sequel, I think Ritual Entertainment really missed the mark with EF II.
I just finished The Force Unleashed. And Aragorn and I finished Transformers last night. It's been a pretty busy week for me because I recently also finished God of War 3 and inFamous.
Sounds very much like the first Fable. I enjoyed it, but it lacked the level of complexity and depth that is required in an RPG to keep me playing for more than one playthrough. Still, I think I'm going to give II and III a try, people seem to be enjoying them quite a bit.
Just started Fallout 3 (borrowing it) deffo more of an RPG than Mass Effect or Fable II (only other real RPG'S I played and liked). 2 hours or so and didn't feel like I got much done but It seems a decent game and I enjoy going around the wasteland.
Would of been great with Borderland style CO-OP.
I can't believe how good Red Dead Redemption has turned out to be. After the dismal disappointment that, for me, was GTA4, this is a complete turnaround and easily outclasses every other GTA title to boot. I think Rockstar should give up making GTA's and instead focus on RDR sequels! Thoroughly brilliant game!
^ What I've played of Red Dead and thats several hours worth its a good game but the world feels a little empty and GTA 4's story has a little more to it.
I quite enjoyed GTAIV, but I thought RDR's world was far more lively than Liberty City.
Can you listen to the radio while you're riding your horse?
Yep, gotta go with PsychoPere on this one.
The world may seem barren at first glance, but this is just a superficial misconception - there is loads and loads of distractions and things to do - more so than any GTA title - and the details are stunning.
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