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Role of Citizens in Governance
The Board of Supervisors unanimously approved a set of recommendations to enhance the efficiency and accountability of Citizen Advisory Boards.
"Citizen Advisory Boards encourage public participation in the governance of Los Angeles County, providing us with advice and recommendations about policies and services," Board Chairman Mark Ridley-Thomas said. "These recommendations will ensure the voice of the people is heard."


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|Alexandre Volkoff
Among the many confessions I have to make about what I have and haven't seen is that I have seen almost nothing of the work of Alexandre Volkoff and his collaborator and lead actor Ivan Mosjoukine. Others have known of them for decades. Earlier this year I got a first glimpse when I watched a bootleg of their The White Devil (France, 1930). Wikipedia has much information on Mosjoukine, including some most interesting near-gossip that I cant possibly verify but I assume it's pretty accurate.
Even before I knew anything of these people MOMA in New York had devoted a season to Films Albatros the introductory note for which is still on the MOMA website though the essay referred to at the end no longer seems to be available. A pity.
Even earlier Flicker Alley issued a DVD box set titled French Masterworks: Russian Émigrés in Paris 1923-1928, which I now find Dave Kehr reviewed in glowing terms even before the MOMA season . in his New York Times video column. It's hard to keep up.
|Silhouette shot from House of Mystery
Still the emergence early this year of House of Mystery did set a few pulses racing including the judges of the DVD competition at Bologna. More attention should have been paid. Before that had occurred however I now also find that Kristin Thompson wrote a long essay on the blog she shares with David Bordwell which you can find here. at Observations of Film Art /.
|Ivan Mosjoukine in House of Mystery
Here's a key para Like so many of the major French films of the 1920s, especially the Impressionist ones, La Maison du mystére combines a sentimental, old-fashioned story with unconventional stylistic devices: unusual pictorial motifs, beautiful cinematography and design, and imaginative staging. It is probably this visual interest that led to the film's original acceptance by reviewers and to its enthusiastic reception by modern historians and silent-film buffs.
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Animal Crackers opened in its new Laguna Hills location Saturday.
The shop and pet rescue foundation moved to 24310 Moulton Parkway, Suite P, after losing its lease at the Aliso Creek Shopping Center in Laguna Beach. Despite valiant efforts by owner Gina Katzenbedian and her many supporters, no new location in Laguna Beach could be found.
"I wish we could have stayed in Laguna, but we are very happy with our new location, which is larger and enables us to expand our rescue operation," Katzenbedian said. "I don't know what I would have done without contractor Gregg Abel, who also designed the shop, and Steve Kawaratani, who helped us work with the city of Laguna Woods."


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The term oversharing refers to someone who lets loose into the public sphere something that would be best left elsewhere. It doesn't necessarily mean information that isn't already public, as oversharing can be the result of taking something that is already public knowledge, but isn't really noticed by most people, and shining the light of public opinion on it. Examples of the first kind are common - for instance the person who puts their social security number up on facebook. Often this sort of thing happens by accident, or out of naivete. But in the latter case, that of attracting undue or undesired attention, is something much more grey as it's the kind of thing that is often done for laudable purposes. For instance, often folks like me will speak out about things that are common place in our own professions. In particular we like to highlight things that make us passionate about our work, stuff that's cool, or anything that gives the broader insight on what it means to be one of us. Done right, we call it E/PO which stands for Education and Public Outreach, and it's an invaluable asset in the sciences where much of our funding comes from government and demands public support. Despite this, there can sometimes be "oversharing" in which material may be posted which can be taken out of context.
A recent example of this kind of EPO gone awry was posted by the good folks over at the Online Engineer Blog (www.theonlinenegineer.org/theoleblog/) in the form of a youtube video entitled "Stairway to Heaven." The video showed a couple of electrical technicians (linesmen?) climbing up a 1768 foot guyed tower and antenna to effectuate work on the upper surfaces. Like all structural engineering (at least to me, a former engineer!), guyed masts like these are very neat. They can soar to incredible heights, even reaching above 600m to send out radio signals over thousands of square miles. We don't often get to see them from the perspective of the top and many of us have wondered exactly how you would go about fixing one, should it break. Thus, the video by showing technicians ascending to the top gives us a vicarious glimpse into their work and something they no doubt find to be a very cool part of the job.
Taken solely in this way, the video is a masterstroke piece of EPO. Heck, it even went viral on youtube! If only my martian wind or telltale animations had those kind of page-views! However, one issue with these sorts of things is that people often evaluate them out of context using what they know of their ordinary lives. And success always brings things out of the woodwork. In this case, the downfall of the video was showing the technicians free-climbing. Not something that I would want to do, but something that they are trained to do and something that helps them to do their job. The video even helpfully points out that this type of work is entirely legal and is permitted by regulations that have always been available for download from OSHA. But it didn't matter. People complained that there was no way this was legal. Two TV stations, sensing controversy and a story, asked to run the video. Finally, after much controversy, the video was ultimately withdrawn by the author.
In some ways this is a bit like the unexpected hubub surrounding the "demotion" of Pluto by the IAU back in the earlier part of this decade. To this day, we still get questions about that one at the observatory. I've often been told that the pluto controversy was a good thing for astronomy and planetary science - it provided a teachable moment which gave us all an in which we could use to engage the public. Still there are those who interpret it only as an affront. Why else would Pluto still be a planet when "within the skies of New Mexico and Illinois" by legislative fiat?
Both cases are a result of what is largely an internal point of interest leaking out into the public sphere in ways that were, perhaps, a bit counter-productive. What makes the "stairway to heaven" video different is that, unlike with Pluto (with apologies to Alan Stern and the New Horizons mission), there is serious money involved with the building and maintenance of radio towers. i don't know if the technician who shot the video had the permission of his employer or the operator of the tower to release the video. Probably no one would have cared, (heck, I bet the employer and owner would have enjoyed the exposure!) had it remained a simple point of interest amongst a group of technofiles like myself.
But when it first got popular and then got controversial the forces that be aligned against it. While the site of the tower is not explicitly given, a quick 15-minute google search reveals its location (I won't be more precise then to say that it's in Texas) and the owner. And from there it would be a short trip to the identity of the climber for those involved. That climber wants to keep working. The owner doesn't want a surprise OSHA inspection which a public outcry would demand, despite a lack of wrongdoing. And absolutely no one wants a crusade for an unnecessary change in legislation and working conditions. So there was no way the video could stay up, to the chagrin of many of us who want to experience the understanding (and vicarious thrill!) of watching a well-trained engineer at work.
As for planetary science and myself, this issue goes way beyond "Pluto" and other teachable moments. The mere fact that I write this blog openly (way to infrequently, I know, loyal reader!) is somewhat of a risk. Having no public opinions is always the safer path, but eventually all successful scientists, by virtue of the constituency we serve, need a public presence. While I try to keep things as positive as possible, there is the chance that I will insult or slight others in my industry with my words here. For that I apologize in advance. But I feel the risk is a justified one. I feel fortunate to do what I do for a living and I want to get the word out, good and bad. That's why I help out on public viewing nights at the York Observatory. That's why I write these words here. And maybe, just maybe, someday some future employer will read what I write here to get some measure of this man and something about what I've had to say will tip the scales in my favour in a close race. Nothing ventured, nothing gained.


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It's official - Ariana Grande has a new album coming out this summer!
The singer was the guest-host of the Tonight Show starring Jimmy Fallon. She came to spill the tea, and spill the tea she did.
Ariana revealed that her upcoming album is called Sweetener and will be landing in the summer. She also said that there's only a couple more '20th's' before the album drops so we're guessing that it's dropping on Friday July 20th.
She confirmed the names of some tracks, too. Raindrops, REM, The Light Is Coming and God Is A Woman were the ones that she mentioned. Ariana added that God Is A Woman is her Nonna's favourite.


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Just a reminder that the Halloween Disco is this evening . Please ensure you bring your £1.50 to pay at the door and if you wish to take part in any activities bring a spare £1 (Nursery do not require this)
It's going to be a great evening and we are looking forward to seeing all your wonderful costumes. As space is restricted and the weather is a little chilly we do ask that you do not arrive too early as unfortunetly we are unable to open the doors between discos.
Nursery 5.15 – 6pm
P1-3 6pm -7pm
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Don't have enough of the color of face paint you need? You can make your own using a very simple recipe.
Frightfully Frugal Face Paint
1 tsp. corn starch
1/2 tsp. water
1/2 tsp. cold cream
food coloring
Mix all ingredients together in an old muffin pan and you are ready to paint. Enough to make one color.
Fake Wound
1 Tbsp. Vaseline
cocoa powder
2-3 drops red food coloring
Place Vaseline in a bowl. Add food coloring. Blend with a toothpick. Stir in a pinch of cocoa to make a darker blood color. Separate tissue. Using 1 layer, tear a 2x3 inch piece and place at wound site. Cover with petroleum jelly and mold into the shape of a wound. The center should be lower than the sides. Fill the center with the red petroleum jelly mixture. Sprinkle center with some cocoa. Sprinkle a little around the edges of the wound to make darker.
A Big Thank You to "Wendy G." who shared these recipes today with us while enduring complaints about pinching masks. lol
Friday, October 30, 2009
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MessageBird is an absolute 5-star virtual VOIP telephone service
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Pros: 1. Cost, cost, cost
2. Phone call-flow flexibility
3. Availability - services just what you needed
4. Fulfilment of custom number requests
5. Ease of use - literally a monkey could do it!
6. Reliability 24/7/365
7. Analytics and automatic contact saving
8. Team friendliness and helpfulness
9. Service expansion opportunity e.g. using SMS marketing
10. MessageBird concept helping businesses
Cons: 1. The only thing that we still have not grasped is how to link an API to a physical on-the-desk phone, or a WiFi phone so that inbound call can be both received, as well as diverted to mobile phones if there is no one to reply the main phone. No tutorials or guidance of wifi phone models provided, yet.
Overall: When we moved our warehouse to a new location, our former provider promised to both keep our existing phone number, that our business had used for 3-years, as well as have a fiber-optic connection in place. In reality, we got neither. At the new location, telecom companies quoted 5k to install a fiber-optic line, and the phone was a low-quality copper line with no option to keep our previous number. We had to take full control of our inbound calls and become independent from telecom companies that failed at the core of their services and customer promise deliverability.
Searching for an API and an open-source solution we found MessageBird through IFTTT platform. At first, we were sceptical about MessageBird ability to offer its services to UK clients, however, after the initial inquiry, we were advised that not only MessageBird was able to source a UK, London-based landline number, as we are a London based business, but also provided an option to choose a preferred number. All at a fraction of cost that traditional telephone service companies will never be able to price match.
On the day of connection, we geared up to update our phone number in all places possible, established an inbound call flow, linked inbound calls to extensions relevant to our business, and gradually got our inbound phone call business back. Team LEDUS UK is personally thankful and grateful for the opportunity to be with MessageBird and recommends other businesses to follow worldwide.
Easy-to-use service, great for testing texting outreach
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Pros: The software is very easy to use. We use it in conjunction with our CRM platform, Zendesk, because we were looking for a system that would integrate with Zendesk easily without involving complicated engineering involvement. MessageBird fit the bill and has allowed us to engage in quite a few text outreach campaigns to customers (mainly transaction in nature, not promotional) at minimal cost and fuss - no engineers required. The system integrates fairly well with Zendesk (still some kinks) but it's workable. Time will will if MessageBird proves to be a good long-term solution, but they are working on their offerings. Their customer service is also very pleasant and very helpful, even through some technical challenges.
Cons: The software is not as popular in the US as in Europe, which, especially early on, caused a few more issues setting up the system. There are also some areas where the system *appears* to be less robust than similar solutions in the texting space (like Twilio). There appears to be less flexibility in automation for sending out text messages and occasional system glitches. Their integration with Zendesk (perhaps other CRM platforms, too?) could be improved and lacks some basic features (they're working on it). None of the above, however, means it's not possible to message customers - just annoyances to cross over. The system still works, especially if you're interested in using MessageBird to test texting campaigns.
Overall: Overall, I would recommend the system - easy-to-use, simple solution with helpful customer service. Some of their feature challenges are being addressed.
Feedback from TPS Ltd
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Pros: Easy to use by uploading excel files and sending mass text messages by selecting which columns are originator, message & receiver.
Good visual on the incoming replies and visibility of the conversation thread of each message.
Easy to add the number as a contact to the database.
Easy to export the data onto excel.
Cons: Need to have the ability to export onto excel the entire conversational thread per message/contact.
The Messages do not batch together...they come on separate lines. They all need to continue on the same thread on the "SMS Overview" page.
Overall: Overall great experience. Will continue to use it for many years to come. Easy to train my staff on how to send out batch messages and reply.
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Pros: Messagebird has been super helpful to us over at our company in New York City. It allows us to proactively reach out to our customers via text message on mass. No other company allowed us to have that same functionality and still offered a nice and easy to use user interface. We love it!
Cons: I don't love that we need to split lists of numbers into smaller groups and send from different numbers. I wish that part could be handled via automation on the backend.
Overall: As mentioned above, Messagebird has allowed us to create a better overall customer experience by giving us the ability to proactively reach out to our customers via text in real time when we know about a time sensitive issue. Super helpful!
Easy, professional and high quality service
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Pros: MessageBird is a well-developed service and knowingly outperforming its competitors. It covers an important scope and thus the in-house team have performed well to cover the reliability, security and thus quality of its routing/communication. the API has an insightful documentation, guides and support for developers and my company have had no issues implementing and using the service.
Cons: It seems that some people have had delayed experiences or have experienced a lack of promotion or communication from the CEO, personally the only improvement I can see is developing more features. -- there's also an issue with the form not submitting due to a lack of linkedin data pulled through (job title and organisation).
Top of the line Features
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Pros: MessageBird is ingeniously architected, from features to branding. The dashboard is beautiful and intuitive, and documentation and supported features like the flow builder are very well done and easy to use. Pricing is competitive and subscriptions are easily set up and managed between developers and multiple clients.
Cons: MessageBird is restricted by their "provider" who severely limits sms content, frequency and volume. If there is ever a technical issue, chances are they will have to reach out to their provider for details or assistance. Customer service responds to messages with about 4-24 hour delay, so most immediate concerns go unanswered the first day, although their follow-up and resolution is near perfect.
Vendor Response
by MessageBird on January 18, 2019
Hi Rhett,
Many thanks for your review and feedback here. We strive to stay at speed with our responses and provided you resolutions or interim solutions where and whenever possible. We'd love to connect with you directly to understand better what we can improve on. If you'd be open to this, please let us know and we'll connect with you via email.
Best from Amsterdam,
Alex Dorweiler
Head of Support @ MessageBird
Excellent customer support! Great developers
Likely Extremely
Pros: I like the documentation and how easy it is to integrate messagebird into any project. We use the service as part of an alarming system for IoT monitoring. The only issues we have ever faced were caused by us, and the wonderful support at messagebird has helped us out many times.
Cons: The only cons are with from carrier restrictions in the united states and not from messagebird.
Overall: We have only had a good experience with messagebird. The software is always getting better and their customer support is unmatched. We will continue to use them and have no desire to look for another provider.
100% Deliverable
Likely Extremely
Pros: With comparing to other providers, SMS delivery accurate is very high. All SMS will be deliverred to my customers. And easy to use everything with userfriendly dashboard.
Cons: No instant funds add option. Every paypal payments will be approved manually by staff. But within 1-2 days payment will be approved. It is better if you can set it instant.
Very Easy System To Use
Likely Extremely
Pros: We can copy and paste telephone numbers from a spread sheet straight into MessageBird to avoid manual update
Cons: I like everything about it - I had a problem with finding my saved templates when the system was updated - but that was my own failure to look properly
Overall: As a business we use a lot of communication methods, but we feel a text message achieves the best results
Great service, great price
Likely Extremely
Pros: Fantastic pricing when purchasing in bulk with a very easy to use interface.
Reporting is excellent and it's easy to find out the status of messages sent.
Cons: Perhaps provide more 'plugins' to various different pieces of software to widen availability.
Overall: Very polite customer service, very easy to deal with. Very pleased after moving away from our previous provider.
System does the job very well and gets us leads fast
Likely Extremely
Pros: The ease of setting up a new message and then scheduling it to be sent out is very straight forward and easy to teach other members of the team.
Cons: When I am running my numbers to find out the performance of each send vs the cost and return on investment. It's very difficult to be able to calculate these figures without spending a lot of time. It is a bit of a nightmare.
Overall: We were able to generate new leads on demand and boost sales for the company. It enabled us to send out time sensitive offers with ease.
Awesome product with great reliability
Likely Extremely
Pros: The price for the quality of product is pretty amazing. We get 99.9% of our texts instantly. We refill our credit for about $50 every 6 months. We added additional security to our network for pennies.
Cons: The customer service can often be slow. You have to rely on text-based chat since it is located in Amsterdam. The customer service reps are always very polite and informational, but the wait (especially during critical downtime) can be excruciating.
Getting it out
Likely Extremely
Pros: Simple well developed API's, that just do what they suppose to do
Cons: There is nothing about the software we didn't like ..... the only con is that there is no auto update of credits available.
Overall: Authentication for access control made simple ... no fuss or extra machines ... one point of access for the services
As easy as expected
Likely Extremely
Pros: Implementation is straight forward using the extensive API docs and SDK's.
Cons: The sub accounts are a bit confusing sometimes, could use some UI improvements.
Works fine though.
Overall: Straight forward SMS service. Support has good response times and is easily reachable.
Messagebird is very stable and easy to use
Likely Extremely
Pros: Very easy to connect the SMS service to our applications
Stable service level on SMS delivery
Cons: No cons at the moment about Messagebird.
Overall: We use SMS as voicemail notification service to our customers that expects real time delivery with very good results via Messagebird
Better than twilio
Likely Extremely
Pros: Easy api implementation
Competitive prices
Text to voice solution is awesome
Cons: Development api cannot track or debug on dashboard. Difficult for our continuos integration because new features like the new text to voice implementation we won't be sure they work until we go live on production
Have been paying twice because of unicoide and plain formats but that was difficult to see because on dashboard appears always 1 message, should indicate something like 2 credits
Overall: Good. We switched from twilio to mb and we're happy with the change, it was an improvement.
Simple way to communicate with field staff
Likely Extremely
Pros: Ease of use - simple setup
Used by a team with technical expertise
Easily to create and manage contacts and groups
Responsive support team
Good value
Cons: Nothing in particular
Overall: Message bird makes communicating with a field team who don't have company email simple and quick.
Very easily created a reminder system using the API to send texts to field staff about upcoming work from internal system
It works
Likely Extremely
Pros: It all works well, apart from occasional hiccups that are quickly resolved.
Cons: I can't think of anything to say for this.
Overall: My whole business relies on texts sent and received through MessageBird.
A really great service
Likely Extremely
Pros: Its not complicated, and it just works. I used the Ruby gem for my app, it worked very smooth. Much better and less complicated than the other sms providers.
Cons: Sometimes there's an issue with sms delivery. Sometimes they get delayed and sometimes just don't get delivered. Its rarely, but something worth looking into :)
New and liking it
Likely Extremely
Pros: I consult for multiple businesses across multiply countries, and was looking for a single platform that can accommodate a local / personal feel for our customer communications. So far, MessageBird seems to be ticking all of the boxes as we can message our US customers from our US number, Canadian with Canadian number, etc. In addition, the platform dashboard is very easy to manage, so opening this option up to teammates that are less tech savvy will be an option
Cons: it would be nice to have a local customer service number in all countries where you have offices, so that we can speak to someone (if needed) without paying international phone rates. I use the chat functionality, and they were fairly responsive. Once someone did connect with me, she stuck with me through all questions.
Overall: So far so good!
Great Service with Excellent Reporting
Likely Extremely
Pros: Easy to set up and useful reporting facilities compared to other providers. The per message cost was lower than other providers.
Cons: I really can't think of any cons as our experience has been faultless.
Overall: Our system is used for further education admissions in order remind students about interviews and the application process.
Simple and smart
Likely Extremely
Pros: Automatic invoices on low credit, simple API
Cons: Nothing, using it for over a decade and never had issues
Overall: Been using them since they started, very happy!
The Best Value For Money
Likely Extremely
Pros: I have used a lot of SMS services and MessageBird is the best value for money we have come across. The user interface is very easy to use. We can segment lists, created automated drip sequences and much more.
The fact that MessageBird also integrates with Facebook Messenger and WhatsApp is another reason we chose them over the competition.
Delivery rates are much better and faster than some of the other we tried.
Cons: The QuickSend feature needs to be updated. It's great for sending a quick SMS to somebody, but not so great when I need to send a quick response from an exiting template. Yo have to first add the contact if you want to send them a message from a template.
Overall: Overall, the platform is great. The price is cost effective and customer service always endeavour to resolve all issues promptly
Perfect solution
Likely Extremely
Pros: Easy to use and a perfect solution for Text communication.
Cons: I have nothing to mention.
Overall: Perfect solution
SMS forwarding working well; portal not so friendly
Likely Extremely
Pros: SMS and voice forwarding is working OK,
Cons: The portal is not very friendly and intuitive.
Easy to use once you get used to it
Pros: Logging in our clients contact numbers so we can keep them informed of there booking. The support you get is first class and prompt
Cons: The only set back we find is sometime the dates breakdown does not correspond with amount of text messages sent
Great for Clubs
Likely Extremely
Pros: Send bulk Messages
Schedule Messages
Address book where you can personalise messages
Cons: Phone App would make it easier to reply to messages
Overall: Whenever phoning for support or help, there is always someone who is knowledgeable who can help.
Send and receive messages daily. Great standard.
Likely Extremely
Pros: Easy to use and fantastic customer support
Cons: Can sometimes take a while for funds to be added to account.
Overall: We use Messagebird on a daily basis to send and receive texts to hundreds of clients. Get service, would strongly recommend.
Happy customer
Likely Extremely
Pros: Easy to use SMS gateway, i'm using it for several clients. The API is simple and MessageBird is an cool company from Amsterdam
Cons: sometimes there is an delay in delivery the txt message (SMS)
Overall: excellent
Great alternative to Twilio
Likely Extremely
Pros: You can get numbers with both SMS & Voice capabilities. Great API documentation and easy (and fast) integration.
Cons: We got a few outages, but they were resolved fairly quickly by the support team.
Nothing makes up for awful support and an unreliable API
Likely Extremely
Pros: * They're cheap
* when you really push them (email the CEO or CTO and shout) they have occasionally gone out of their way to help us.
* Despite other problems with their API we haven't experienced downtime
* They seem to have fairly good international coverage
* They've improved a lot since we started working with them (mid 2017).
Cons: * They're deliverability doesn't seem to be as good as other services like Twilio
* The support is generally very ill-informed and patronising
* We've waited ages for responses to fairly simple questions
* Their API occasionally gives unexpected responses with no plausible explanation
* They lack (or lacked last time we checked) important feature such as getting the cost of the message you've just sent.
Overall: Frustration. Spent a lot of time wondering whether we should have just gone with Twileo
Vendor Response
by MessageBird on January 18, 2019
Hi Samuel,
Thank you for your review and feedback. We take all responses (whether good or bad) very seriously so we can improve our overall service from this. We'd love to see if we can still connect with you directly to elaborate on your feedback. If you'd be open to this, please let us know and we'll connect with you via email.
Best from Amsterdam,
Alex Dorweiler
Head of Support @ MessageBird
Messagebird moderate user
Likely Extremely
Pros: Customer service response is quick (in working hours).
Message sending is quick and reliable.
The web pages responds quickly and balance display is real-time.
Supports Chinese characters and supposedly other languages encoded in UTF-8.
Competitive price in the Australia market.
Cons: Some of the pages are not fully localized, e.g. sub-account finance page currency is only in EUR.
Not too many user permission control (all users are administrators)
First-time recharge takes a day.
Customer service is not 24/7 (might be inconvenient to users on the Eastern hemisphere.
Overall: It does what it advertises. I only use it to send out notifications that does not require user reply but apparently it is able to be done should I need it.
Onboarding and API usage is nice and easy. Quality of Delivery is high over multiple countries
Likely Extremely
Pros: Easy of use and pricing. We've migrated over from a different provider and the development effort was fairly low. We've had no major issues, no performance problems and support was always helpful.
Cons: As we deliver messages on a global scale with multiple fees I would love to get price for deliver on a per message basis, which we don't have yet.
Very good
Likely Extremely
Pros: Is very easy to integrate with existing infrastructure. Is very affordable for sending notification sms messages.
Cons: I don't have any cons. Everything works very smooth.
Message Board Review - Easy to use!
Likely Extremely
Pros: Very simple setup and integration with our software
Cons: Nothing really, for the money is a good product
Overall: We needed a way to receive texts for dual factor authentication, it does exactly that.
Message your customers.
Likely Extremely
Pros: We likes the text messaging function the most. They have a great API which makes it easy to automate any process. Want a password reset? No problem? OTP's? You can make it.
Cons: The documentation can be a little unclear. However, their flexible SDKs make up for it.
Overall: We can now offer our customers quick resetting or OTP options. It makes a login or reset process a whole lot easier.
A nice and effective service
Likely Extremely
Pros: Easy to use
Works as you want it to
Cons: I cannot think of anything i like least.
Overall: Brilliant bit of kit. Does exactly what we need, when we need it. Would highly recommend
Hard to track lots of messages
Likely Extremely
Pros: You can send messages effectively. The developer pack seems good. My developers are looking ot interface. Summary information on usage is good.
Cons: The export functionality is really poor. I supply security officers. I want to see what time officers text to book on and off. The columns move about in the export making analysis hard. Hours tidying the data before being able to move forard. The length of time information is held on the webpage is limited. If i wanted to look back over several months, this is not possible.
The search functionality is limited.
Overall: Easier communication with the team of over 100 officers.
The perfect SMS platform.
Likely Extremely
Pros: The functionality of the software has to be the best I've seen. The amount of functionality you get for the price point can't be beaten. MessageBird is definitely the the easiest software to use.
Cons: The way there support is done isn't the best. I don't like the fact when I go to the live chat it tells me "we will be back soon". The live chat shouldn't even appear if it's not available. Other options should. There support system is all in one. I personally prefer a seperate ticketing system as well.
Overall: Message bird easily enables me to message my clients professionally, easily, quickly and cheaply. It is important for me to have such software as reliable as message bird is to keep my business going.
Easy to understand
Likely Extremely
Pros: easy api
good pricing
system stability
good support
Cons: better to have more testing environment from the portal.
Overall: good support team, always here to help
Overall very solid performance
Likely Extremely
Pros: I really like that they deliver sms with a very high reliability.
Cons: Quite expensive - and the client libraries are not the best
Great service and price
Likely Extremely
Pros: It's easy to use and have great prices to send SMS.
Cons: We have some deliveravility problems with some phone numbers.
Automated sms
Likely Extremely
Pros: We like the response times of the sent sms (instant)
The use of the API is dead simple
Cons: Of the limited use of messagebird , we see no cons.
Overall: We use mesagebird for 2 fase authentication of our software. We like the response times of the sent sms (instant) and rank this high as a service to our customers
MessageBird review
Likely Extremely
Pros: easy to implement API, great service, dashboard visibility
Cons: Access to deliverability stats, not a lot else!
Overall: Great
Very developer friendly
Likely Extremely
Pros: The ApI documentation is very good and easy to implement.
Cons: There was absolutely nothing I did not like.
Great tool for sending text messages
Likely Extremely
Pros: Comprehensive tool, lots of options. Excellent flow builder.
Cons: Menu on the left could be a bit more user friendly. It only shows icons, not really clear what they mean all the time.
Overall: We've been sending lots of reminder texts for our service and it has helped to get our message across.
Easy integration and clean API
Likely Extremely
Pros: The API is really clear and easy to implement.
Cons: When sending high volumes it would be nice to get recommendations on pricing benefits.
Overall: Due to pricing changes at our former SMS provider we were able to switch within a day to use MessageBird. The easyness of implementation really stands out
Messagebird has been great for notifications to customers around order statuses
Likely Extremely
Pros: Ease of use once all is in place and integration with our Magento based website was an absolute breeze
Awesome service
Likely Extremely
Pros: Easy to use and integrates into so many other tools our there via their Zapier and Webhooks functions.
Cons: Not anything at all, they have a great product.
Overall: Their product works, it's easy to understand and their service is is amazing! Awesome people working there.
Great messaging provider with a reliable deliveryservice!
Likely Extremely
Pros: What I appreciate most about this software is the fact that it integrates easily with other solutions and has a great uptime and performance.
Cons: There is nothing I do not like about this software, it works perfectly.
Overall: Sending alarmnotifications and verification messages to our end-users.
Excellent product, easy to use and affordable.
Likely Extremely
Pros: I liked that they use Intercom for their live chat as they were able to quickly solve my problems. We ended up adopting Intercom ourselves after seeing how well it worked
Cons: Nothing that comes to mind. Keep up the good work.
Likely Extremely
Pros: Works very easy and very easy to connect with software programs. It is not expensive so I can recommend everyone this software
Cons: You have limited amount of characters for settings as the sender.
Overall: Very good and never needed support.
MessageBird for 2FA
Likely Extremely
Pros: The JAVA API is very good.
Suppoert for SMS and VoiceMessage is excellent.
Cons: The flow builder is a bit complicated to understand
Overall: We have very good experience with MessageBird. We use it for our product and suggest MessageBird to all our customers
Best Bulk SMS service
Likely Extremely
Pros: - Well built api
- Cheap rates globally
- Great customer service
- Well documented help / tutorials
- analysis / statistics available
Cons: There isn't anything I don't like so far.
Overall: Providing bulk sms service in our country
Nice tool!
Likely Extremely
Pros: Automation in sending SMS
Easy to use
Nice platform
Cons: None
Likely Extremely
Pros: + easy to use
+ good overview
+ comfortable
Cons: - bad overview, with several users
- no connection to, for example, whatsAPP, weChat and so on
- no Windows or Apple OS app
Overall: - structured, clear, easy to understand, easy to use
Likely Extremely
Pros: It's really easy to setup and start sending messages via the API.
Cons: You guys do what you say you do, so no complains here.
Overall: Overall experience is really good, easy to start, cheap and almost zero maintainability.
Happy customer
Likely Extremely
Pros: Been using for around eight months now, never had any issues and everything works easily
Cons: Never had anything to put as a con everything we've used it for has been fine
Fast, clear and reliable.
Likely Extremely
Pros: The clear API programming language specific libraries.
Cons: The unclear console. SMS and calls are not separate from each other.
Overall: Fast, stable and complete solution for messages to customers. For both SMS and automatic calling!
Easy to use affordable effective service
Likely Extremely
Pros: Easy to implement, flexible to use. We fixed all requirements within one day.
Cons: We didn't experience any obstacles during implementing our requirements.
A good product
Likely Extremely
Pros: Does exactly what it says on the tin! Easy to use software with good support.
Cons: There is very little not to like about the software.
A handy resource
Likely Extremely
Pros: I can send text messages from my laptop.
Cons: Not possible to receive text messages back
Overall: It enables me to chase customers (bt text) - who haven't bothered to read my emails.
Cost effective resource
Likely Extremely
Pros: As a small charity, we need to SMS supporters one a very small scale and to personalise those messages. As such, MessageBird is ideal for us at this point in time. Any queries I have had have been dealt with quickly and efficiently.
Cons: It does what we need it to, so nothing negative to say.
Good Customer Service
Likely Extremely
Pros: The functionality is easy to use and detailed tabs
Cons: the limitations in sending to other countries
We used MessageBird SMS for real-time status updates and OTP
Likely Extremely
Pros: Ease of use and integration through their API,
Cost-effective and has an almost real time delivery of messages to customers.
Cons: There are some minutes of delays with the messages sent to some customers (due to the mobile network provider?), but they get received eventually.
Overall: We have implemented a real time status updates solution for our customers and also added a security feature for their accounts with an OTP verification through SMS
Likely Extremely
Pros: It's straightforward to use, which helps when you need to send emergency messages.
Cons: I am unable to send messages to EVERYONE at once. I only have the option to send to one group at a time, unless there is something I am not doing right. Is there an app?
Documentation and support is among the best I've encountered.
Likely Extremely
Pros: Documentation was top-notch and allowed me to get up and running quickly. When I needed support they were responsive and kept on top of things until the issue was resolved.
Cons: Nothing comes to mind, but just make sure you review the requirements of a dedicated number if sending messages to american recipients.
Overall: The documentation and customer support stood out among all others.
Simple messaging
Likely Extremely
Pros: It's super simple, quick to use, mobile or desktop, love the scheduling facility
Cons: I hate the 'are you a human' check at login - I understand it's for protection from machines trying to access my account, but really seems overkill.
Overall: Texting a group of members to drive attendance at meetings, attendance is up 15-20% simply due to motivational messages and reminders to attend
Thumbs up, from small business owner.
Likely Extremely
Pros: Great service, never any issues. All messages get delivered quickly and reliably.
Cons: The Support is very good so if you have any problems they always get back to you in a matter of minutes
Messagebird - a simple and useful text messaging system
Likely Extremely
Pros: This is reasonably priced and easy to use software.
Cons: Messagebird removed the functionality that allowed you to target sub groups, without spending time individually joining numbers to it. This was disappointing.
Overall: This has served our organisation well for several years, though I think the changes that were made recently made the product more limited in some ways.
Even so, it is cheap and effective.
Great company
Likely Extremely
Pros: The design is awesome!
The price/quality is perfectly balanced.
Great job guys!
Cons: The 24h for verification of the payment.
Best way to get our message out!
Likely Extremely
Pros: Super easy to use. I had questions during setup and the support at MessageBird walked me right through! Talking to our company owner just yesterday about the service we receive from MessageBird and it's ease of use. I highly recommend using MessageBird, great company and staff helped me reach my goals for alerting my customers anywhere in the United States.
Cons: I have nothing negative or least desirable about the software. Really works good for our customers for being notified.
Marketing manager
Likely Extremely
Pros: Easy to use. Great functionality which makes my life easier
Cons: The UX could be improved. Not always easy to go through the flow.
A good service
Likely Extremely
Pros: Easy to send bulk messages to all of my contacts. Easy to add contacts in bulk through import process.
Cons: The recent changes to the software appear to have made it more difficult to do some of the things I did previously. In particular not being able to select which groups a contact is in from the contact card is a real nuisance.
Brilliant messaging service for my small business
Likely Extremely
Pros: Easy to use for day-to-day messaging tasks - my customers love receiving booking confimations via text rather than email.
Cons: None really - once you get the hang of it the software is pretty straight forward.
Overall: Great software and happy to recommend to all friends and work colleagues to use.
My Review
Likely Extremely
Pros: It's simple to use, you can link up functionality to automate texts with zapier and you can create templates that automatically insert recipients name.
Cons: I don't get notifications when a text has arrived, I can't insert emoji's.
Overall: It's ok. I think your service could be a lot better, in terms of quickness of response to customers and also I'd like to see the ability to insert emoji's.
Vendor Response
by MessageBird on January 18, 2019
Hi there,
Thanks for your review. We'd love to know what we can improve on specifically! Please reach out to us on email@example.com and refer to this review so the relevant person can connect with you.
Best from Amsterdam,
Alex Dorweiler
Head of Support @ MessageBird
Thumbs up MessageBird
Likely Extremely
Pros: Easy to navigate all the tabs and easy to understand
Cons: None for the software but the response time of the customer support should improve
Overall: Overall I am satisfied with the software and how it is giving service to the company
Great for sending SMS to customers
Likely Extremely
Pros: We use this to send SMS invoice reminders. Nice simple interface, cheap rates and fast delivery.
Cons: Support can sometimes take while to respond via live chat but nothing much to complain about.
Likely Extremely
Pros: esay they offer a dashboard very clear instructions
Cons: nothing it is amazing
one improvement would be with the flow builder the instructions should be a bit clearer
Overall: texting to clients upon purchase
Great Service
Likely Extremely
Pros: User friendly, easy to learn, straight forward
Cons: None so far. What I like about it is that I don't get lost in the UI. It's all positioned in the right place
Overall: Great
Best Services, and Fast Support
Likely Extremely
Pros: Their services are so helpfull, and help us to get close to our customers
Cons: i dont find anythig that its not good, by the way all services are good.
Great customer service!
Likely Extremely
Pros: Simple interfaces, clear documentation and great customer service.
Cons: I have only had a good experience of the software and customer service so far.
Likely Extremely
Pros: The ease of use, the way you can navigate the dashboard
Cons: I experinced some difficulties whem we ran out of credits.
Overall: It's really helpful for my business!
Pretty straight forward, reliable, that's all I need
Likely Extremely
Pros: I think the biggest memory was that it was easy to implement
Cons: There was an issue around the billing, I can't quite remember what, I think it was around alerts that my card had expired
MessageBird review
Likely Extremely
Pros: Easy to get phone numbers and send and receive text messages with those numbers.
Cons: The interface of the website can be a little wonky.
Great communications service
Likely Extremely
Pros: Good Uptime
Very Stable
Nice API
Good support
Great pricing
Cons: Feature set should be broader
Flow builder is too simple
business use
Likely Extremely
Pros: When creating a campaign it was easy to send a message
Cons: hard to fault find if a user is unable to get access
Overall: good use
Likely Extremely
Pros: Easy to use and stable. Was up and running within 1 hour
Cons: Cost could be lower and you could support more vendors
Text Messaging
Likely Extremely
Pros: Ability to customoze the text messages we send
Cons: Not having control over the area codes used to send the messages
Why I use MessageBird
Likely Extremely
Pros: The three things that will keep me coming back to MessageBird:
1) Value for my money
2) Ease of use
3) Very responsive customer Support team
Cons: This may be more of a carrier issue than the software itself, but it would sure be great if I could include clickable URLs in my messages to my recipients.
Overall: No matter how good a software is, if customer support is horrible I will not stay with the the service. I'm very happy with MessageBird's customer support team.
Overall, MessageBird has become an important tool in moving by business forward.
Very bad customer support
Pros: We wanted to send messages to mozambique but 2 out of the 3 carriers did not recieve our messages. We asked customer support but it took serveral days to look in to maters and our last question was never resolved. This was really very disappointing.
Cons: The software is fine, the send service is horrible and support doesnt solve problems.
Overall: Horrible
Easy to use !
Likely Extremely
Pros: Ease of use. Easy to set up and initiate. We can know instantly if there is a problem with a system.
Cons: I have no complaints about the Message Bird.
Overall: We have recommended this product to our Customers requiring Notifications quickly.
Just Getting Started
Likely Extremely
Pros: The UI has a lot of easy to use facets. I'm very confident and comfortable with this company's services
Cons: None so far. I'm just getting started. There was some confusion but the agent helped me.
Overall: So far, its been easy to set up and has great features. I look forward to going deeper into the software's capabilities.
Used this at the tattoo studio I worked at, pretty solid
Pros: I liked how easy it was to set up. We had a meeting about sending out reminders and then after a quick google search, we found it and were up and running fast.
Cons: I didn't like the pay per use. We looked for a subscription service and found one that fully furnished everything for a fraction of the cost. So we went that direction.
Good product
Likely Extremely
Pros: Easy of use, simple intuative interferce
Cons: Limited message archieve, would be good to search further in your message history
Likely Extremely
Pros: Its very useful to integrate any system.
Cons: I dont see anything. Region based pricing will help people much more.
reliable service for automated messaging
Likely Extremely
Pros: The variaty in APIs allowing the integration with multiple programming languages
the competent service
Cons: in the beginning it was a bit challenging to fully understand and implement the API into our software
Overall: We are sending sms triggered by different sensors mainly as alarm function
Great for sending SMS to customers
Likely Extremely
Pros: Great peace of kit havent has any problems with the service. Pricing means it is relatively cheap per SMS. Good customer service.
Cons: Sometimes we have undelivered messages plus sending bulk messages can have some issues, but overall its a great servce.
Highly recommend
Likely Extremely
Pros: Ease of use once numbers are in, automation and the customer service
Cons: Can't handle international numbers well, breaks when not loading in correct format, needs same stability as Facebook look a like audience number recognition
Overall: Very good
Perfect service
Likely Extremely
Pros: I like the cheap price and the flow feature.
It's the easiest service I've ever integrated.
Cons: I simply have no cons at the moment. It's that easy.
Overall: We are using it for a voting platform and it works perfectly.


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Baked a 11 inch SpongeBob cake for my elder boy to celebrate his birthday which falls on Christmas Eve. Yap he is a Chirstmas Eve bb =) We did a last minute invitation to his friends who stayed near to my aunty place so that we can pick them up and head to our house. I rushed home after my work to fried some finger food to go with the 4 big pizzas we have ordered. I hope the kids have fun playing together. To my boy: 乖乖听爸妈的话哦!
Verdict on the cake: Personally find the cake too dry...but the children still comment that its nice. 太给我面子了哈哈!


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Barratt Homes - Blossom Gardens, TF4
Prices from £204,995 to £239,995
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Blossom Gardens is located in Lawley Village, Telford and brings two, three and four bedroom homes. As part of the vibrant new community of Lawley Village, these homes will enjoy handy commuter links via the M54 motorway and a fantastic range of local facilities including a Morrisons supermarket, a family friendly pub within walking distance.
On the outskirts of Madeley, just a short drive from the development you can find The Telford Snowboard and Ski Centre which has an 85 metre ski slope and is suitable to all abilities. Enjoy some time at the Telford Town Park which is a great day as a couple or family where there is plenty to keep you busy. You can visit the local nature reserve, go on the play area or simply enjoy a picnic.
There is a great range of primary and secondary schools in the surrounding area with NEW College close by. For those seeking further education, the University of Wolverhampton is easily accessible and only 20 minutes' drive away.
For some retail therapy Telford town centre is only a short drive away, the home to the Telford shopping centre providing 160 big high street stores including Debenhams, Next and The Body Shop as well as a selection of eateries.
The town is well served by some of the region's major routes including the M54, which runs east and links the town with Wolverhampton, the M6, the West Midlands and the A5, which links with Shrewsbury Cannock and Wales. Telford Central railway station provides regular services to Wolverhampton, Shrewsbury, Chester, Birmingham New Street and Birmingham International.
There is a doctors surgery and pharmacy located in Lawley Square, which is the central hub of the development.
M6 junction 10a leading to the M54 junction 6. Our temporary sales centre is on the island if you drive towards the exist of Lawley Drive/A5223.
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Oregon is a big state, at about 98,000 square miles the 9th largest in the U.S., but with a relatively small population (a bit under 4 million). The great majority of the inhabitants live in a north-south strip west of the Cascades mountain range. This is the temperate coniferous rainforest region that most people associate with the state.
The two-thirds of Oregon that lies east of the Cascades is much less well known. It's a lot drier, with a greater seasonal and daily temperature variation, and a totally different character than the western valleys and mountains. A few weeks ago I posted some images of the skies (Spanish Hollow Layers) and fields (Out Here in the Fields) of central Oregon, or "CO" as the locals call it, an area that is just east of the Cascades and is known for its outdoor recreation and ranch life.
But to see the part of Oregon that looks like the "real west"--the kind of terrain that often appeared in old western movies and TV shows--you have to travel farther east. The photo that I'm sharing today portrays an area that would be completely in place in one of those movies, and where cowboys still roam--though admittedly more often in a pickup truck than on horseback. This is John Day country, home of the John Day Fossil Beds National Monument and the John Day River, which is just over the central hill in the picture. Arid high desert country, where water is at a premium.
I shot this image several years ago, but just recently I've come back to it and rendered it anew in a monochrome version that better captures what I felt that day as I looked upon this scene for the first time. I'm interested in any reactions you may have to it--emotionally, stylistically, technically, or whatever-ly. This wide open vista cries out for a large image, so I've put a 1250-px wide version in the Litebox. But if that's too big for many of your monitors, let me know and I'll reduce it.


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Do you ever stop moving?
Categories: Balancing Act, Your life
Earlier today we went on a picnic with some friends of ours. The sun was shining, it was finally warm like May warm should be, and we were sitting in a beautiful park with enough food, wine and conversation to keep us happy for hours. Our daughters are all similar in age which made for lots of fun giggling and running around, giving us some much needed time to catch up with our friends. It was awesome (and I'm proud to say that my phone stayed in my bag most of the time.)
When we got home my husband told me that this was the first time, in a very long time, that he saw me sitting down anywhere for more than a few minutes (long car rides excluded.) He told me that he looked over at me sitting on the grass next to my friend and it struck him that he almost never sees me sitting still.
You know what? He is absolutely right. If you exclude the times when I am working at my computer or sitting in the car, I can't say I sit very much. Of course I sit down to eat but I wouldn't count that as sitting still. I think what he meant is sitting still like you would if you were watching TV or reading or just chillaxing.
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Giorgio Armani Black Code EDT Pour Homme
Filtered by eye Color : Hazel
3 reviews
100% would repurchase
Package Quality: 4.0
Price: $$
Package Quality: 4.0
Price: $$
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on 9/12/2014 9:03:00 AM
Age: 44-55
Skin: Dry, Tan, Not Sure
Hair: Brunette, Other, Other
Eyes: Hazel
THE SEXY MASCULINE Fragrance.... When I first smelled this cologne, I knew this was the one for my husband....it is amazing!
I bought it and took it home . I asked him to try it out ,he usually does not wear cologne , but boy does he smell terrific! I'm surprised how much he likes it too!!!!
It really is a fantastic fragrance for men. Time to buy another bottle!
on 1/8/2008 4:08:00 AM
Age: 19-24
Skin: Combination, Fair, Not Sure
Hair: Blond, Other, Other
Eyes: Hazel
I bought this for my boyfriend for Christmas and let me tell you this product smells so damn good. Guys if you want to turn your lady on this is the product for you. It not only smells good, it also lasts a really long time, so like most Giorgio Armani products a little goes a long way!
on 12/26/2005 1:32:00 PM
Age: 25-29
Skin: Normal, Other, Not Sure
Hair: Blond, Other, Other
Eyes: Hazel
First of all I have to shout in the direction of Giorgio Armani & Co. *Black Code IS wonderfully simple. Wonderfully light, yet captivating. But why, oh why, must you bend us over with 2.5 oz. your largest size around the typical 3.4 oz. (or even 4.2) price of colognes in your range!*
Now that I have that off my chest, let's continue.
I knew the first time I sniffed Black Code on a card it was something 'else'. Had this territory of scent been conquered before? Well, yes. Lately? Not really.
And I knew it was something else.....Good
Black code starts off with a fresh blast of mintiness with a citrus snap. Right away I can smell the light woods in the background waiting for the top notes to leave the stage. This progression is never harsh or discomforting. Black Code could be loud, but it could never shout. Lithely the scent wafts towards a very soft, but not particuarly girly, floral of olive flower. By the time the top notes depart the scent essentially becomes a skin musk. Projection doesn't extend beyond those in very close proximity, but that's really how it should be. Right? The ever soo slightly smoky woods are tempered with the slightest Tonka bean sweetness keeping the base from being overly dry. The 'woods' in question are apparently Guiac wood, whatever that is. I'll have to check that out.
As for my wife's reaction to this (she bought it for me if that says something) is it's almost bizarre ability to make her want to ravish me. The perks just keep on coming with this cologne. Not since Cool Water has a fragrance on me had such an effect, and we're both coming to agree that even though Cool Water WORKS for me and my signature scent, that this new Code may have surpassed my old master.
Black Code isn't burly voiced, but it speaks very well of itself with elegance and smooth sensuality. It's also not the longest lived of cologne and even the biggest bottle (2.5 oz.!) could run short very quickly. It's becoming extremely popular and a top seller, which is a turn off to some of us scent snobs, but you should give this one a test drive on your skin and do whatever the hell you like. :)
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5 Taking Themselves too Seriously
In many ways, Batman Begins was a game changer. Though I know it will generate a lot of hate (but haters gonna hate regardless), I feel a lot of these changes have made superhero movies worse in the long run. Yes, Batman is a character who lends himself well to psychoanalyzation. Superman is not. When I see superheroes I want them to smash through walls with witty taglines, like "Where I go, I make my own doors." I don't want them to get all reclusive because their pansy-ass feelings got hurt. If their feelings are hurt, they should do some aggression therapy on Lex Luthor's face!
4 Run Length Wankfests
Now, I'm no film professor, but unless it's Lord of the Rings or Apocalypse Now my attention span peters out after about two hours. So often superhero movies exceed this rule of thumb, merely to accommodate the characters that shouldn't be included in the first place. If you can't tell a riveting, action sequence laden slugfest in 120 minutes or less, then maybe it's time you reevaluated your career path. To further illustrate a point: The first Spider-Man (which has the added task of including an origin story) is just a minute over two hours, while Spider-Man 3 is two hours and twenty minutes long. What was it I said earlier about not needing Sandman? It doesn't seem like a coincidence.
3 Brainless Damsels
Speaking of unnecessary characters, how about the worthless female characters in almost every superhero movie. Now, I'm not saying anything anti-feminist; on the contrary, I think the damsel in distress archetype should be abolished posthaste. Yet, these characters abound even in good superhero movies. What role does Pepper Potts play in Iron Man? Does she have her own life and goals outside of Tony Stark? Or does she just sit at home making sandwiches while the boys go out to play? Does she have her own ideas? Or just exchange witty repartee and double entandres when Stark feels like talking to her? Come on, girl power!
2 Too Many Villains
Movies in general will tend to loose audiences when they split their focus too much. Superhero movies mainly achieve this by adding too many villains, again, presumably to sell toys. Think of the good superhero movies you've seen, and you'll realize they have a well-defined villain who's evil enough to wreck shit on his own. Then think about the horrible inclusion of Sandman in Spider-Man 3, who necessitated a background story although he hardly spoke and didn't do very much. His scenes probably constitute the extra half hour of that drivel-fest where the audience began to feel like hostages. Thomas Hayden-Church is probably spinning in his career's grave.
1 Sequelization
Since there's not a word for this (that I'm aware of), allow me to create one: Sequelization — n. A tactic for marketing a subsequent movie during the franchise's first installment, usually at the end. A particularly bad instance of this comes after the credits of Green Lantern, when (SPOILER) it's revealed that Sinestro has acquired the yellow power rings that will lead him to super villainy. EXCEPT YOU DON'T WANT TO SEE ANOTHER ONE BECAUSE THE FIRST ONE WAS AWFUL. It makes the first movie seem like little more than a marketing gimmick to sell children a bunch of action figures of some guy they never heard. (No disrespect to my fellow GL fans, but lets be honest here.)
Though the recent tidal wave of superhero titles into theaters has created new avenues for fanboys to express their love, so far those efforts have been half good and half bad. Especially since the visual style of comics seems so tailor-made for screen adaptation, I hope our director and writer friends realize the error of their ways soon. Like the source material, try to keep it punchy, tight, and action packed instead of overloading it with backstory, psychological "complexity," and toyetic marketing approaches. If you've noticed a downfall of superhero movies that we missed, be sure to let us know.


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The Bath Botanical Gardens is located in the historical and beautiful Royal Victoria Park in Bath, England and is a must-see attraction for any European holiday. The garden has been awarded several awards and distinctions for its immense variety of plants and limestone architecture. These gardens are an exquisite example of early 19th century style and splendor that continues to withstand the test of time.
The Construction of the Bath Botanical Gardens
The Royal Victoria Park was opened in 1830 and has been said to be the greatest work of renowned architect Edward Davis. The citizens of Bath wanted an outdoor venue that could be enjoyed by everyone, where musicians and artists could display their craft and talents to a larger audience. In 1840, a nine acre section of the park was set aside for the development of a large garden. Botanists from all over England flocked to the garden to donate various plants and flowers. It quickly became one of the largest and most inclusive botanical gardens in all of England.
125 Years of Botanical Growth
Since its development in 1840, the Bath Botanical Gardens has changed significantly, with many new additions and renovations still being done today. Species of plants from all over the world have been introduced into the garden, making picturesque and beautiful scenery that has inspired numerous generations of European artists. Some of the most interesting additions to the garden have been the Wales Oak; an oak tree that still stands today, that was planted by the Prince of Wales in 1863 as well as the Temple of Minerva, built in 1926 as a tribute to the British Empire.
Renovations to the Garden
The citizens of Bath have made it a priority to keep its Botanical Gardens looking as pristine today as it did when it hosted Princess Victoria in 1830. Continual renovations have been done to the park since it was originally opened. Major restorations have occurred periodically as well, the most recent being in 1999 when several of the garden's attractions were restored to their original condition. The entrance gates to the park, torn down during World War II for use in the war effort, were also rebuilt and installed in the most recent restoration.
Things to Do in Bath
The Bath Botanical Gardens are open to the public year-round and host a variety of events such as tours, lectures and artist exhibitions. The gardens have recently celebrated their 125 anniversary and have scheduled several events to highlight many new exhibits. Photographers and artists are always welcome at the gardens to be inspired by one of the world's largest collections of exotic botanicals.
Ever since Princess Victoria strolled through the Bath Botanical Gardens in 1830 and gave it its "Royal" distinction, it has provided visitors from all around the world a perfect example of what can only be called botanical beauty. The garden is a standing tribute to the historical Victorian era and continues to be an inspiration for everyone that walks through its gates.
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You are most likely your advertising and marketing approach quite effectively, consisting of via linkedin followers as well as the various other social media networks. No doubt, your advertising efforts include all type of on the internet activities. The method of social media specialists get the backing of linkedin followers for your standing updates when it comes to leveraging linkedin followers and making the most out of it as part of your advertising method, there are numerous different things that you can try. Only you will be able to determine for your specific organisation what mix functions most properly. When it comes to publishing updates, using the history assistance of linkedin followers is a remarkable way to start. Graphic images will help to make your linkedin followers account a lot more eye-catching and more efficient than it was formerly. It interests keep in mind that lots of people are not aware of this capability within linkedin followers. If you use the photo feature, individuals will see as well as if they see, they will certainly remember you and your service much more conveniently. You can utilize the image function to highlight several facets of your profile.
It is very important to remember that buying linkedin followers. You could revisit it frequently as well as utilize it to keep improving your profile over time. You upgrade many different parts of your professional photo. It is important that you don't neglect to do the same point with you linkedin followers account. You might be surprised at how successfully the adjustments will attract other people. You need to understand by now that at the heart of social media success is the partnership itself. You will certainly create as well as grow connections with all type of people. A few of individuals with which you develop connections are influential. One of your objectives, of course, is to stand above your competitors. One great way to do that is by communicating with prominent people.
It is meaningless for you to be a component of a linkedin follower's discussion team if you don't add anything to those conversations. You could be stunned at how much useful product can come out of one conversation. You have a great deal to contribute and also other people actually want to be a part of that and they desire to profit from your expertise as well as experience. Use linkedin followers connections in the proper way having numerous links will certainly refrain you a lot good if you do not in fact take care of to turn them right into partnerships. You want to turn the chance into a bona fide collection of communications. Permit individuals the opportunity to obtain to recognize you and also you additionally have to learn more about them.


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June 23, 2018, 9:00 AM - 4:00 PM @ Holy Trinity Church Hall
Giant Tag & Rummage Sale at Holy Trinity Church Hall, 331 Elm Street, Westfield, MA (near the Great River Bridges)
Use Rear entrance from parking lot to the right of the church
Handicap ramp accessible.
June 23, 2018, 10:00 AM - 2:00 PM
Downtown Westfield comes alive on Saturday June 23rd with Buskers Day Westfield!
Busker you ask??? Street performance or busking is the act of performing in public places for gratuities. In many countries the rewards are generally in the form of money but other gratuities such as food, drink or gifts may be given.
Street performers of all stripes will grace the Elm Street sidewalks between the Westfield Athenaeum to the Blended Vintage Marketplace on the west side; on the east side between the Rinnova Building to the new It Takes Two Bakery location and … around the corner on Main Street between Blue Umbrella Books and Janik's Pierogi Café.
June 23, 2018, 11:00 AM - 4:00 PM
The WFD will be hosting an Open House at the Little River No. 2 Fire Station. This is an opportunity for the Community to come in to see the renovations of the station and also showcase some of our equipment. The SAFE Trailer will be on site for children to learn about fire safety: there will be a demonstration with the Jaws of Life: there will be a side by side burn to demonstrate the need for detectors and how sprinklers can save lives. Other equipment and apparatus will be on display. More info will become available next week with the actual schedule of events. All Public is Welcome.
June 23, 2018, 7:00 PM - 10:00 PM @ Shortstop Bar&Grill
Starring Samirah Evans and The Jazz Professors
A century of great music, re-imagined by an internationally known jazz and blues artist and a quintet of musicians with pedigree! Super fun! Cocktail hour with savory and sweet hors d'oeuvres from 7 pm. Showtime at 8 pm. Theatre seating $30 per individual show with a series subscription at $55


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Honestly, I could say so much about this.
T.I. feat. Iggy Azalea – No Mediocre [Official Video] from DJ Shine on Vimeo.
How Mustards beats shape the rhymes and flows of the rappers, or how TI has apparently been using Botox for most of his body (what the fuck is wrong with this moves), or how Iggy spits nicer than him, or how that video was like the Disney World of colorful favelas and pointless helicopter shots.
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EPISODE REVIEW: The Tomorrow People – All Tomorrow's Parties
Who hasn't, at some point in their lives, wished for supernatural powers? It would be awesome, exciting and magic. But there's much more to it than that, as teenager Stephen (Robbie Amell) soon finds out when, after a year of hearing voices, waking up in strange places and well thinking he's genuinely lost the plot, he discovers he, and others like him, are part of the next step in human evolution.
Confused? I was too, being only 5 episodes into the first season-(though 13 episodes in total have aired on the American channel The CW while I watch them on Channel 4 every Wednesday night)-so let me bring you quickly up to speed. The Tomorrow People are evolved spices of human, who at some stage in adolescence manifest "the three t's": telepathy, telekinesis, and teleportation but with one snag- they physically cannot kill. When Stephen discovers his powers, which are inherited from his missing father, his alliance is initially drawn to others with the same powers, when he hears Cara (Peyton List) telepathically whispering in his mind.
Things soon hot up when a secret paramilitary organisation called Ultra begin hunting the Tomorrow People, to either harness their powers, take them away or kill the person completely to purportedly protect the human race. Ultra is the reason Cara and the Tomorrow People have been driven underground (literally) for the past two years and with the organisation being headed by callous Jedikiah (Mark Pellegrino), who happens to be Stephen's long lost uncle. Stephen soon finds himself in the dangerous role of double agent, working as a trainee for his uncle at Ultra to try and uncover what happened to his father, while really remaining loyal to the Tomorrow People. Oh, and he's also a student trying to have some semblance to a social life.
All Tomorrow's Parties sees Stephan's double-crossing again put himself and his fellow Tomorrow People in danger when he breaks protocol in a Ultra training exercise and is summoned to meet Jedikiah's mysterious boss. The enigmatic boss attempts to read Stephen's mind and Stephen makes the grim discovery that calculating Jedikiah is only the tip of Ultra's iceberg. Suffocated from being confined underground, Cara and the Tomorrow People take a rare risk and go 'top-side' to party and blow off some steam. Cara's kind-of boyfriend and leader of the underground group of Tomorrow People, John (Luke Mitchell) is reluctant to let the group loose in the human world and his caution is justified when they are betrayed to Ultra by one of their own, resulting in tragic consequences.
Though the series takes a while to hook you in, the character's soon win you over in the character driven plots. In episode 5 we see a touching side of John, who, as an ex-subject and golden boy agent at Ultra has some serious beef with Jedikiah, as he struggles with his methods of leading the Tomorrow People, doing everything in his power to protect them.
The multi-stranded storylines and fast pace journey as each episode peels back a layer of the mystery of the Tomorrow People and Ultra is also addictive and enthralling. It worked well to delve deeper into Ultra in this episode, learning that it is a far reaching and powerful organisation to be feared. It makes you wonder just what sinister things they are capable of and what their link is to Stephen's father's disappearance.
What can get a little over used in supernatural shows like this is keeping the big "secret" of their powers from their families, friends and ultimately the world. The cliché problem has been seen in everything from Superman to Heroes. Episode 5 sees Stephen's best friend, Astrid (Madeleine Mantock), after almost seeing Stephan strangely disappear in a previous episode, draw even closer to cracking Stephan's impressive secret. Although the storyline did cause me to sigh a little, it would add a gripping and perhaps entertaining new dynamic if Astrid knew.
I think future episodes will see more Tomorrow People, like John, evolving to make them capable of killing and Jedikiah revealing yet more deadly surprises with explosive consequences.
Watch the trailer for episode six below


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Happy Super Bowl Sunday! This is akin to a national holiday in my house, and although this year my family is just hanging with each other, it will still be a party.
Usually, I have no problem deciding which team to support. Last year, I rooted hard for Pittsburgh. You can read about my reasons why here. This year, I'm a bit flummoxed. I like both of these teams.
The Colts have Peyton Manning. I always root for him. He's a smart, decent guy with a wicked sense of humor. I find those three qualities extremely attractive. This SNL skit sealed his place in my heart.
So I want Peyton to win. Here's the thing...I want New Orleans to win too. That city has been through a lot in the last five years. Tell me how you root against this city?
So whoever wins, I'll be happy for them, and my heart will break a little for the other team.