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Hamlet '25th Anniversary' Robusto/Piper Heidsieck | Monteith's Black/Bundaberg Ginger Beer/Por Larranaga
Published on November 1st, 2017 | by Ken Gargett
The clock has just ticked over to 8am. I sit here typing, currently a glass of Piper Heidsieck matched with Hamlet's latest, his '25th Anniversary' Robusto. There is a fresh breeze off the Pacific Ocean. I'm... Read More →


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Breast Reduction
A breast reduction procedure or (Reduction Mammaplasty) can help alleviate pain and discomfort that can accompany having very large breasts. With the aim of having a beautiful final result, the procedure reduces and provides a more youthful appearance to the breasts. Dr. Feledy has performed the procedure countless times and is a specialist at it.
"I'd had pain and discomfort because of my breasts for a long time. But I was also scared of getting a breast reduction. Finally I looked for the best breast reduction Washington DC had and found Dr. Feledy. He made me feel very comfortable and I felt understood. Now 6 months later, I feel like a new person! I wish I did this years ago!" —R.R.*
View Belmont Plastic Surgery's breast reduction before and after gallery.
Breast Reduction Surgery
What is a breast reduction procedure?
Some women are genetically prone to breasts that are too large to be comfortable for their body. In such a circumstance, a breast reduction surgery can be done which decreases breast size by removing excess fat, glandular tissue, and skin.
What are the main reasons someone decide to get breast reduction surgery?
Some of the most common reasons women decide to get breast reduction surgery are:
- The breasts are overly large for the size of a woman's body
- Larger breasts are causing neck, back or shoulder pain
- Overly large breasts may cause skin irritation
- Breasts that are too large can even cause skeletal deformities as one grows threw puberty
- Large breasts can also cause significant psychological discomfort by causing emotional and social anxiety
There may be other reasons you decide to get a breast reduction surgery, but these cover a large majority of what drives someone to do the surgery.
Is breast reduction surgery covered by insurance?
In some cases, because a breast reduction surgery is not necessarily for cosmetic purposes but to resolve other physical ailments, it can be covered by insurance. You will need to get your coverage on this clarified with your insurance company and we can help to do so.
Your Breast Reduction Consultation with Dr. Feledy:
Dr. Feledy will help establish what kind of candidates you are for breast reduction surgery. An ideal surgery candidate should possess good mental and physical health.
There are additional factors Dr. Feledy will take into consideration during your consultation such as:
- Medical history
- Age
- Breast size
- Size of reduction
- Breast condition
- Body type
- Skin quality
"Helping a patient with a breast reduction and getting the best possible result is an exact process. I am going to listen to what your ideal result is. I am also going to explain in complete honesty how close we can get to that. Being detailed with a patient and having mutual understanding is essential to get you results." Dr. Jules Feledy
Breast Reduction Before & After Photos
See Belmont Plastic Surgery's breast reduction before and after results. It is important to look at before and after images to get an idea of what can be achieved with a surgery and to help guide the process with the doctor of determining the outcome you are going for.
What happens during breast reduction surgery?
A typical breast reduction surgery will take several hours and will be performed under general anesthesia. During the procedure, Dr. Feledy will surgically removal excess fatty breast tissue using liposuction. Glandular tissue will be removed carefully through excision. Following the removal of excess tissue, the breast skin will be tightened to elevate the breast position. The traditional incision pattern follows an inverted T or anchor shape.
What happens after breast reduction?
When your breast reduction is finished, Dr. Feledy will send you home with specific post-op instructions to follow. In most cases, you will be given a surgical bra to wear for several weeks, as well as medications to help manage pain. It's common for patients to experience some swelling, aching and changes in skin sensation as they recover from breast reduction.
What are some of the risks associated with breast reduction?
All surgeries, including breast reduction, present a degree of risk. Breast reduction is considered safe and complications are rare. Complications may include adverse reaction to anesthesia, bleeding, infection, asymmetry, nerve damage and scarring.
Breast Reduction Results
The results of breast reduction are considered to be long lasting. However, it is possible for remaining fat tissue in your breasts to enlarge if you gain a substantial amount of weight following surgery. Pregnancy may also cause breast tissues to swell or enlarge. Maintaining a healthy diet and exercise routine will increase the probability of long-term results.
If your looking for the best breast reduction Washington DC has available, look no further. Dr. Feledy is a breast specialist with over 20 years experience. Take the first step to getting a breast reduction surgery, get more information by contacting Belmont Plastic Surgery, and schedule your consultation today.
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The magic behind.
Hand-made textures. Bless the day I started making them as they radically changed the final digital outcome. I shared the details of this technique in one of the many classes with my art direction students at the Miami Ad School and, frankly, I've been flirting with the idea of joining digital teaching platforms too...
Here's a 2 minutes summary of 3 hours of intensive texture work, all of them previously made with analogue tools.
What do you think? Yay or Nay?


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The easyMarkets firm is headquartered in Limassol Cyprus and maintains satellite offices in London UK, Sydney Australia and Warsaw Poland. Based in Cyprus, the easyMarkets broker is overseen and highly regulated by the Cypress Securities and Exchange Commission (CySEC) and is licensed to conduct business in Europe by the Markets in Financial Instruments Directive (MiFID) and in Australia by the Australian Securities and Investments Commission (ASIC).
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United Kingdom
Classical Music
Ian Skelly guides us on our annual journey around Europe for a series of concerts to mark Holy Week. Part one includes concerts from Vatican City, Moscow, Dublin and Prague. 11am - from Assunta Hall, Vatican City A concert of music following the Stations of the Cross, performed by Ensemble Mirabilis Harmonia. Pergolesi: Adagio, from Concerto in G for flute, two violins and continuo Alphonsus Maria de' Liguori: Excerpt from 'Il Duetto' or 'Canto della Passione' Anon: Su legno vergognoso, aria for soprano, two violins and continuo Telemann: Aria from Schaut die Demut Palmen tragen, TW1:1245, from 'Der Harmonischer Gottes-dienst' Telemann: Es scheint, aria from 'Der für die Sünde der Welt gemarterte und sterbende Jesus' (Brockes Passion) Giuseppe Maria Po detto 'Il Finale': Spine che pungete, aria from 'Cantata Spirituale del XVIII secolo' Biber: The Crucifixion, No. 10 from 'Rosary Sonatas', for viola d'amore and continuo Anon: Ohimè qual io ti veggio, aria from 'Passione di Cristo' Anon: O qual sovra la Croce, from 'Cantata per la Passione de Nostro Signore', for soprano, two violins, flute and continuo. Ensemble Mirabilis Harmonia Ilenia Tosatto (soprano) Valerio Losito (violin, viola d'amore) Giorgi Tosi (baroque violin) Susanna Valloni (baroque flute) Ulrike Pranter (baroque cello) Angela Naccari (harpsichord) 12pm - From Alexandrovsky Concert Hall, Moscow A concert of music by Metropolitan Hilarion of Volokolamsk (secular name, Grigory V. Alfeyev) who combines being a bishop of the Russian Orthodox church with studies in theology along with composition. Hilarion Alfeyev: Stabat Mater Hilarion Alfeyev: Song of Ascent Zhilya Ismailova (soprano) 'Masters of Choral Singing' Grand Chorus of Russian State TV and Radio Music Centre Moscow Synodal Choir National Philharmonic of Russia Vladimir Spivakov (conductor) 1pm - from Christ Church Cathedral, Dublin A sequence of music for uilleann pipes and pipe organ which will explore the connections between traditional Irish slow airs and the music of the


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Italy and Malta had both refused to let the Gibraltar-flagged Aquarius ship, whose 629 passengers included 11 children and seven pregnant women rescued off the coast of Libya at the weekend, to dock, prompting the European Union and the UN refugee agency to call for a swift end to the standoff.
The ship had sailed north toward Italy but Matteo Salvini, the head of the far-right League party who became interior minister this month vowing to curb an influx of migrants from Africa, blocked it and said it should go to Malta instead.
Malta refused, saying it had nothing to do with the rescue mission, which was overseen by the Italian coastguard.
The tiny island nation with fewer than a half a million inhabitants says it already accepts more refugees per capita than Italy, which has taken in more than 600,000 boat migrants since 2014.
"Victory!" tweeted Matteo Salvini, deputy prime minister and leader of the far-right League, after the offer from Spanish Prime Minister Pedro Sanchez to admit the ship to the port of Valencia.
"To politely raise one's voice pays off; it's something Italy hasn't done for many years," Salvini, who in his role as interior minister is leading the crackdown on immigration, said at a news conference.
Prime Minister Giuseppe Conte also welcomed Spain's move, saying on Facebook that Italy was "no longer alone", and adding that the goal was now to make the European Union rules on asylum "fairer for everybody".


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I find it interesting how the president of the United States does not know how to spell. The president has to keep as best of an appearance as possible in order for the people to trust in him, but spelling mistakes on his tweets only makes him seem less credible. In the article "Spelling's not for eveyrone, Mr. Precedent", the writer Allan Fallow discusses about the president's spelling mistakes on Twitter and how he should have an intern check his phone screen before clicking "Tweet". The fact that he would need an intern to check his phone screen as the president of the United States makes me curious about how he would make such mistakes if he's the national leader. It's obvious that he is educated, but spelling words incorrectly like "honored" as "honered" and "instincts" as "insticts" shows otherwise. Trump has made countless of spelling mistakes on his Twitter, so I wonder why he hasn't fixed that problem yet.
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Zaria's Apology
After 2 days of super bad temper, she wrote this.
Zaria : voiceMummy, this is not about my bad temper ok. Just to tell you something.
After reading,
Me : You know, love is not about writing.
Zara : Yeah, it's about your action.
Me : You see, you scratched daddy until he has a scar. What happened if he got gangrene?
Zaria : How do I know, because I'm not a doctor.


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English Chinese Dictionary
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Hatchi - A retro virtual pet 4+
Portable Pixels
- Free
- Offers In-App Purchases
Hatchi is a retro-looking iPhone and watch app sure to get the nostalgia burning for all those who cared for a virtual pet back in the 1990s when they were at the height of their popularity. Just as with the keychain-sized pets of the 90s, iPhone, iPod and iPad users now will feed, clean, play with and generally look after their pets to ensure they grow up to be healthy, happy little Hatchis. He needs YOU!
*** Featured on Touch Arcade Best iPhone and iPad Games***
Your Hatchi monster will go through several stages of growth, and will look different depending on the type of care the player provides. There are also NEW EGGS you can get which give you all new types of Hatchi!
Customise your Hatchi!! You can:
* Choose different backgrounds like the park or the beach!
* Use stickers to customise the background to give Hatchi a better environment!
* Change the color of your Hatchi's pixels!
How will YOU customise your Hatchi?
Play mini games!! including:
* The Hatchi Matchi memory game
* Hatchi Squares - play against your Hatchi!
* Roshambo - What Hatchi will you pick?
* Hatchi Catchi - move your Hatchi to catch falling food
* Its raining meds - avoid the meds!
* Whack a Hatchi - whack as many as you can!
and now our ALL NEW MULTIPLAYER BATTLING GAME!!
Play Hatchi Battle with your Game Center friends and see who wins!
Feed, clean, play and watch it evolve over several days.
"Say goodbye to your productivity. Say hello to your new friend." Gizmodo.com
"It's hilarious, but I really, really, really don't want Big Poppa Pump (his Hatchi monster) to bite the dust. I've somehow bonded with the thing" TouchArcade.com
If you have any issues with the game or you just want to say hello, you can email us: email@example.com
What's New
Version 7.7
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Ratings and Reviews
Luv this game!
It brought back instant memories of the one I played back in the 90's. Plies this one is easier to keep hand given it's on my phone which in turn is Always with me. I wish the in-app purchases were a bit more economical - with being on disability after an amputation it's hard to stay on track in keeping spending down. All in all I'm more appreciative to have the game back because it does help pass the time!
This game is cute. I am obsessed with the ball game where You can jump to get diamonds and avoid spikes. It is so so fun if u r reading this (app developers) please come out with another game as an app specifically following this game. My hatchi keeps dying because all I do is play this game. At first it is fun to feed it etc. But this game is so so fun. It reminds me of another app I played before Tomatoe run. Great action game!
Current Favorite
I love Hatchi so much. Definitely my style and the only game I've found like this that works with voiceover. My only suggestions for improvement are too add more food choices to the shop and more opportunities for interaction, for example, petting, tickling, and hugging. Good job otherwise on this amazing app. I am so attached to Energizer, my first ever and current Hatchi.
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- Portable Pixels Ltd
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- Games
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- Requires iOS 10.0 or later. Compatible with iPhone, iPad, and iPod touch.
- Languages
- English, French, German, Simplified Chinese, Spanish
- Age Rating
- Rated 4+
- Copyright
- © Portable Pixels 2015
- Price
- Free
- In-App Purchases
- 5000 Coin Boost $1.99
- 15000 Coin Boost $3.99
- 50000 Coin Boost $9.99
Game Center
Challenge friends and check leaderboards and achievements.
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We had only a few records in our house and so this one was very special for a number of reasons. One: A Double LP! The only one we had in our family's collection. Two: It has a very beautiful gatefold cover.
This record probably cemented my lifelong love of soundtracks. A love which has obviously carried on growing as anyone who knows me (or reads this blog ) can attest.
If you're another collector you're probably going to ask me "Do you still have the poster?" and the answer sadly is no. Yes this Soundtrack came with a beautiful 6-panel fold out poster of artwork by John Berkey.
This poster is unique in that it has Two Millennium Falcons on it. One in the centre and one on the right edge of the poster It is cool to see this image which was obviously done at the concept stage of the film
So what happened to mine?
I gave it to my teacher. Mr Mack. I thought he was the coolest teacher ever and in a way he was. He taught us how to write in secret codes! He needs no more endorsement than that! I remember I bought the record in to show him and I showed him the poster and he seemed really impressed with it. I just blurted out "You can have it if you like?" He said "Really?" he seemed really shocked by my generosity and I think he had every intention of giving it back to me later. He let me hang the poster on the wall of our classroom for the rest of the year and I just don't think I asked to get it back.
That was over 34 years ago and so what has happened since then? Well this.......
I've gotten a few more Star Wars records. A whole lot more. Now the weird thing is I never went out of my way to get so many but they've sort of just proliferated throughout my collection over the last 20 years. Every now and again I would see one cheap and have to pick it up. Besides I just love the artwork on some of these. Sometimes you see the artwork on an album and you think "Well fuck it, for $5 that's gotta be worth something!!" And that's obviously the case with "Star Wars and Other Space Themes" by Geoff Love and His Orchestra.
Geoff Love was a bit of a musical chameleon, glorified session muso and a one man tribute act all rolled into one, He recorded over 30 albums with his band under the name of "Manuel and the Music of the Mountains" but is better known for a series of albums he did doing knock off "sound-a-like" versions of popular film themes. His list of film theme albums encompass all genres and are known simply by titles such as "Geoff Love and His Orchestra Play Big Terror Movie Themes", "Geoff Love and His Orchestra Plays Big War Movie Themes" or "Geoff Love Plays Big Bond Movie Themes" or the more exhaustingly titled "Geoff Love's Big Disco Sound Close Encounters of the Third Kind and Other Disco Galactic Themes" But wait? I hear you ask I've heard of disco sci fi stuff before!! And right you have which brings me to Meco!!
Thats right , a little beat up and with a luridly suggestive cover picture this is the album which spawned the Disco Star wars craze. I assure the more longsighted of you that they are rather innocently dancing the hustle and not bumping uglies as it may appear at first glance. This may have to be one of the more suggestive pieces of Star Wars ephemera I've known since C3PO's penis made its appearance on Bubble Gum cards in the 80s
Want to know more about this crazy lost card from Star Wars in the 70s? Read here.
But back to Meco. If you've never heard it before its a fantastic piece of disco cheesiness and the below clip just surfaced on the interwebs. I suggest you steal away 3 minutes of your life and watch this from beginning to end. This is the most incongruous and terrible montage of sequences set to Star Wars music ever!!. Its from a Dutch TV show called Toppop from 1977. Truly disastrous to behold........
Needless to say it was a huge hit. It went to number 1 on the US Billboard charts and clung there for two weeks. This is Meco's best known work although he didn't stop there. . He made more albums and having discovered that maybe giving film scores a new disco remix might be the ticket to a steady pay check just kept coming and coming with the disco-fever!
|Meco_Encounters of Every Kind [Close Encounters of the Third Kind]
|Meco Pop Goes to the Movies
|Meco- Music from Star Trek and The Black Hole
|Impressions of An American Werewolf in London
|Meco Superman and Other Superhero themes
|Meco-The Wizard of Oz
I guess when you realise your pony only has one trick, you're going to whip that nag til it shits money.
Meco did three other Star Wars records. Empire Strikes Back.
A Christmas Record!!
Which believe me is every bit as tacky as it sounds.
But his crowning achievement (and one I am particularly proud of owning) is this particular gem. His final Star Wars installment Ewok Celebration
Yes! You are looking at this correctly. That is as a picture of an Ewok paw holding a flute of champagne. This album from 1983 tries to round up Meco's Star Wars output with a final cash in on Return of the Jedi. The LP only has 3 Star Wars related tracks on it. One being a generic medley of Star Wars themes. Pretty much a montage of his other Star Wars disco-fied tracks. The other is a great cover of Lapti Nek the song played by Sy Snootles and the Max Rebo Band in Jabba's Palace in the film. Originally written by John Williams (natch) there is an incredibly awesome article on website Crawdaddy about the strange history behind the song.
But the best is yet to come. The best part of this album is the titular "Ewok Celebration". A full 5 minutes and 41 seconds of the song that closes ROTJ but with a particularly unique twist. In this clip below (the extended club mix version) at 3:50 there is a rap sung completely in Ewokese!! A redo of the scene where C3PO tells their story to the Ewok chldren, it is complete with sound effects and great name-dropping of all the main characters. It is a particularly fun type of weirdness.
Star Wars sells records and that is no more evident in the proliferation of Star Wars related stuff on vinyl. As mentioned before you can't go wrong with a good Star Wars Knock off and here is another one.
"The Empire Strikes Back and Other Space Movie Music" Love the art on this one too.
So delightfully crap. Like a lot of those woeful tattoo portraits you see in Biker magazines where the tattoo looks more like a toxic mutation than the biker's mother or loved one ever did in the accompanying photo, this album has some Star Wars and Star Trek characters looking delightfully shit.
Spock and Kirk have a serious two headed, conjoined twin thing going on. Princess Leia looks like Posh Spice and Luke looks like an Asian kid with down syndrome. This would make an excellent redesign for Mt Rushmore. This would also make the crappest of all craptacular tattoos! I'm thinking across the lower back so that you end up with Kirk and Skywalker bookending a totally geeked out tramp stamp. Maybe some elven script creating a filigree rising from the crack of your butt?
This record looks terrible but sounds half decent. Although it can't seem to make up it's mind whether its a disco version a la Meco or wether it is in fact a straight up tribute act to Star Wars a la Geoff Love and I guess in that respect you get the best of both worlds as it tries to be both.
Which brings me to the next monstrosity and possibly the worst of the bunch. "Music From Star Wars performed by the Electric Moog Orchestra"
This is possibly the worst Star Wars record ever made which is saying something because all Star Wars albums in some way are trying to pay tribute to the original source material. This record is painfully wooden and hilariously kitsch all at once and in a way comes off a bit like a piece of hilarious anti-art. The performance in true "Moog Styling" seems to have been sifted through someone's PC sound card circa Windows '95 and strip mined of any kind of warmth or humanity. In that respect the cover art is genius in that I have never seen cover art so succinctly depict the music inside more correctly. It is the music of Star Wars, devoid of all fanfare and flourish, played with mathematical precision and just in case you had your hopes up there is an imprint on the cover which reads "not the original soundtrack" with which to drill the message home. To mix my geek-ology-isms; "Its Star Wars Jim, but not as we know it"
Of course no Star Wars collection is complete without one storybook and I have taken it upon myself to own the middle one "The Empire Strikes Back"
I've seen the other two in my travels, even in the wild in Melbourne, but budget constraints have always held me back. Someday I'll be in a position to buy em and have all three.
Lastly I wanted to share with you something truly special in the Star Wars universe. Its not in the picture above because i wanted it to be unique and I didn't want to spoil the surprise. Some of you might already have heard of this but to those who haven't this is a great little gem. Its this one....
The band is Big Daddy. They are on the Rhino Records label and they do hit songs of the 70s and 80s in 1950s rock-a-billy style. Including you guessed it (side one track 4) Star Wars!
So there you have it. A brief adventure in finding records from both the dark side and light side of the force.
Hope you've enjoyed it. Til next time. May the Force Be With You.
Luke Pencilneck


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You will need
- Himself iPad, cable, computer and iTunes
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Connect the cable from the iPad (it should be off) to computer. Hold down the on/off switch and the Home button.
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An exhibition showcasing the Tunny machine, which was used to break German codes in World War II, opened at the National Museum of Computing at Bletchley Park on Thursday. Researchers have announced it tool three years for the completion of a replica code-breaking machine.
The Tunny machine represents an important milestone in Britain's military efforts in World War II. Bletchley Park cryptographers at the time had no access to the Lorenz cipher machines used by the Germans to encrypt their messages. Their big breakthrough came on August 30th, 1941, when a German operator mistakenly sent the same message (bar a few alterations) twice using the same key settings. By the end of the war, 15 Tunny machines were in operation, cracking in the region of 300 messages per week.
At the end of the war, Tunny machines were broken up and the components recycled, while the original circuit diagrams were destroyed or hidden. The team had to piece together plans for the machine from odd pieces of circuit diagram that had been squirreled away by engineers, as well as from the recollections of some of the original builders, according to John Whetter, one of the team leaders for the Tunny rebuild project.
"We are leaving [the Tunny machine] as a legacy and a tribute to those legends at Dollis Hill [Post Office Research Station] and Bletchley Park who never got the recognition they deserved," Whetter told ZDNet UK on Wednesday.
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If there is one thing you can count on here at RAMAB, it's that we will bring you objective and fair reviews of movies AND (most importantly) that we will hardly give you those reviews on time!! That's right folks, we bring forth a veritable grab bag of new reviews for your perusal and possibly, but hopefully not, refusal. If science fiction is your game, then we got it with the Smith clan's futuristic bio-pic of future world domination: After Earth! Oh yea, and there's the sequel to that picture based on some old TV show about a crew of co-ed seamen lost in space or some such….Star Trek Into Darkness. Fancy your flicks deep, thought-provoking, and touchy feely?? Then you should try the Independent Film Channel. But if you like that and have a thing for capes, you could peep our recommendation for a pretty sweet and action packed indy flick; the true life story of the Daredevil: Super. But if it's more of a family friendly review you seek, than look no further than the hidden gem buried deep within the bowels of this movie review laden cornucopia! What is this instant classic and follow-up to that nonexistent Degrassi High feature-length rom-com?!? Clearly its Monsters University!! So go ahead, get wrist deep in this lovely, brown sack and pull out a glorious review. And check out the Our Takes page for the full list of our reviews to date!!
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The RAMAB Toy Story celebration is at an end. This trilogy has ended in a most epic fashion by providing on the most heartfelt and entry in its cannon. This flick truly represents the ending of an era for those of us they grew up much like Andy and had the privilege of growing up with him and the characters of Toy Story. And although we've been taken to task by some of our loyal readers out there for being behind the ball, I humbly disagree. I think it's important to, now and again, look back and appreciate the great films we've experienced so that we can more aptly recognize and call out the fodder like Oz: The Greatly Stupid, The Host, Beautiful Creatures, and Catwoman…just to name a few. Yes, it's healthy to go back and say, "hey, you know what, that WAS a good movie!" and this is totally the case with the Toy Story franchise. Also, just a thought, its nice to think back to that simpler time in life when all we needed were our toys and our imaginations and the world was ours. Thus the reason behind this little celebration, so go on, take a look at the Toy Story 3 review and let the discussing and reminiscing begin.
That's right! With Ridiculously Awesome and clever picture-title word association like that, only one thing could be the subject matter of this post. The review of Toy Story 2 is now ready for your perusal! In case you've forgotten, because of our extreme and recurring promptness, the RAMAB Toy Story celebration is still in full swing and we are throwing our latest review at you!! So click the link above to peep what we think and see if you agree or disagree. Then, be sure to keep up with us as the celebration will soon come to its spectacular conclusion. And be sure to check out Our Takes page for all of our reviews!!
Still playing with toys-and loving it!!
Because we can, and who doesn't love them, today we will kick off a RAMAB celebration and marathon of reviews for the classic CG flick, Toy Story! This seminal classic from Pixar jumpstarted the CG film frenzy that has given us the likes of Shrek, Horton Hears A Who, and How To Train Your Dragon. So, to celebrate the nigh 20 year anniversary (yep, it's been that long) of this great franchise, the RAMAB will bring to you great people reviews for Toy Story, Toy Story 2, and Toy Story 3. So if you've somehow missed these along the way or want to be reminded just how great these flicks are, click the like above to read the review and keep checking back here for the reviews of these great films to roll in. And remember to check Our Takes page for more reviews!!
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Pixar's (self-proclaimed) greatest defender is put to the test.
My loyalty to Pixar has been severely tested, even after Cars 2! I've finally gone to see Brave and doing so has put me in a bit of a corner. I haven't felt this insecure in my fandom since 1999 when Phantom Menace came out and there was that whole Jar-Jar incident. Luckily, this wasn't even half as harsh a blow as that….
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That's right kids I, DStarB, Pixar's greatest defender and champion (…almost) will now make you hip to the latest RAMA take (review) on A Bug's Life! Click the link to peep just how much I dig this (like most, if not all) Pixar picture!!


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Ford Motor Co.'s net income rose slightly in the second quarter due to a better-than-expected tax rate and healthy financing arm profits but Wall Street reacted negatively to revised full-year guidance, sending the stock down roughly 2.5% in early morning trading.
The lower stock performance illustrates the challenges facing new Chief Executive Jim Hackett, who is trying to address concerns about the company's ability to weather softer conditions in the U.S. market.
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The Dearborn, Mich., auto maker on Wednesday said the lower tax rate, strong pricing on pickup trucks and SUVs, and strengthening conditions for its Ford Credit lending arm led to a $2 billion net profit for the second quarter, a 4% improvement over the same period a year ago.
However, the company issued new 2017 guidance, forecasting full-year adjusted earnings per share between $1.65 and $1.85 with the mid-range roughly in line with last year's results. That equates to $7.8 billion to $8.7 billion on pretax operating basis, below the previous outlook of $9 billion for the full year.
Ford's stock was trading at just under $11 a share in early morning trading, down 2.5% from Tuesday's close in a market that was up over all.
"We expect a negative reaction to the implicit reduction in pretax profit," said J.P. Morgan analyst Ryan Brinkman. "This also may amount to a bit of 'clearing the decks' following the recent change in leadership."
Mr. Hackett was hired in May after the board ousted Mark Fields, who had delivered a string of healthy profits over a three-year tenure as CEO but failed to deliver a clear vision of how the company will confront a slate of changes threatening to reshape the auto industry. Ford's stock price also struggled under Mr. Fields, and analysts expressed concern about a weakening profit outlook.
Mr. Hackett is spending the first 100 days of his tenure reviewing all corners of the auto maker's business in an effort to craft a comprehensive turnaround plan that will help steer the company through an expected downturn in the U.S. auto market while helping speed development of new technologies, such as electric cars and autonomous vehicles.
"No one here is satisfied," Mr. Hackett said on the company's earnings call. "We know we have a lot of work to do."
Ford's earnings report somewhat mirrored results delivered by General Motors Co. a day earlier, with results being almost entirely driven by core North American performance.
While overall demand is waning in the U.S. market, buyers continue to snap up pricey pickup trucks and sport utilities amid lower gasoline prices, a favorable development for Detroit auto makers that have a lock on the big pickup market and make a disproportionate amount of profit from vehicles like the F-150 or Explorer.
Ford's second-quarter adjusted earnings were 56 cents per share, beating analysts' estimates of 43 cents a share. Chief Financial Officer Bob Shanks attributed the beat to a lower projected tax rate due to changes in the way Ford accounts for losses incurred by its overseas operations.
Operating income fell 16% to $2.5 billion in the second quarter due to higher commodity costs, unfavorable exchange rates in China and Europe and charges related to a pullback in small-car production, including the cancellation of a new assembly plant in Mexico earlier this year.
Revenue was $39.9 billion for the April-to-June period versus $39.5 billion a year ago, despite weaker global volumes, including a 3% decline in new-car sales in the U.S. in the second-quarter and lower deliveries in Europe due to the changeover to a new Fiesta small car.
North American operating profits were $2.2 billion, down $500 million from the previous year. Margins in the region also slipped in the second quarter to 9%, down from 11.3% in the same year-ago period.
Ford Credit had its best quarter since 2011 with operating profit up 55% to $619 million, lifted by better-than-expected values on used cars sold at auction and healthier consumer credit conditions.
In Europe, Ford posted a pretax profit of $88 million compared with $467 million a year ago, with earnings dented by lower sales and an unfavorable exchange rate due to Brexit.
In Asia Pacific, Ford recorded a $143 million operating profit, up from a loss of $8 million in the same quarter of 2016, as sales and market share in China improved during the quarter.
Ford's operating loss in South America continued to narrow, with the auto maker reporting $185 million in red ink for the just-ended quarter, compared with $265 million in the same year-ago period.
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It's Friday tomorrow.....yippee!!!!!
TTFN my lovelies!
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I hope you're feeling better! Your card is too cute. I love the spring colors and your daughter's friend will love it.ReplyDelete
What a fab card to give to a friend, yummy colours!ReplyDelete
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Gorgeous card Sems love the image on this one will have to take a peep at those have a good weekend
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So pretty and great work with the sketch.
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British Prime Minister Theresa May insists Australia will be one of the first countries the United Kingdom looks to as it leaves the European Union.
Ms May and Prime Minister Malcolm Turnbull met on the sidelines of the G20 summit in China on Monday.
Leaving the European Union would mean a more outward looking UK and "obviously Australia with our long standing ties and our close relationship will be one of the first countries we will be looking to", she said.
Australia is laying the groundwork for a deal which would kick in when Britain exits the European Union - a key topic of discussion at the summit.
Backing up the prime minister, Trade Minister Steven Ciobo is heading to London this week to meet with key economic ministers to discuss the implications of the Brexit.
His assistant minister Keith Pitt told ABC radio on Monday it was vital for Australia's sugar, dairy and wheat industries to get a foot in the door.
"We want to be first in the queue," Mr Pitt said.
The UK is the second-largest source of foreign investment in Australia, with total investment close to $500 billion.
It is also the second-largest destination for Australian investment overseas.
Other countries are moving more cautiously.
Japan has warned of possible corporate exits from Britain if EU laws cease to apply after the withdrawal.
US President Barack Obama, who met with Mrs May on Sunday, said his country would be doing all it could to "make sure the consequences of the decision don't end up unravelling what is already a very strong and robust economic relationship".
Mr Turnbull will also meet with French President Francois Hollande later on Monday.
The G20 leaders will issue a communique on Monday afternoon which is expected to back a call for more open markets, new rules to guide cross-border investment and ways to help the world's poorest nations.
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Reconnaissance of the Beluga River coalfield, Alaska / by R. P. Maloney.
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Novelty items are IN in a BIG way. I thought it might help to define the word novelty, because while we all know what a novelty item is, the definition is fun and might help explain the trend better. So here we go: "novelty"
- the quality of being new, original, or unusual.
- a small and inexpensive toy or ornament.
- an article of trade whose value is chiefly decorative, comic, or the like and whose appeal is often transitory.
The decorative and comedic aspect is showing up everywhere—not just in toys and ornaments, but the trend is sweeping the fashion and home decor world too. This silliness, this not taking yourself too seriously, is what I truly love about it. You can be sure I've already started incorporating it into my home and fashion purchases.
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Dylan Alcott announced as Patron for International Day of People with Disability
Dylan Alcott OAM is one of Australia's most successful and well recognised Paralympians.
Born with a tumour wrapped around his spinal cord, Dylan survived a three year battle to live and has been achieving ever since.
Since the age of 13, Dylan, a dual Paralympian represented Australia on the international stage in both wheelchair basketball and wheelchair tennis. At the age of 17, Dylan became the youngest ever wheelchair basketball gold medallist at the 2008 Paralympic Games in Beijing. During the Rio Paralympic Games he became one of only a few athletes' to win two gold medals in two different sports, across two different games.
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His first TED X talk in 2015 was outstanding. He has rapped with Wu Tang Clan, and set a trend for wheelchair crowd-surfing at Australia's biggest music festival.
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Trevor Wentworth, vocalist of the self-described "New Found Glory meets Rise Against" band, is busy preparing for Our Last Night's Face to Face tour. The metal band will be hitting all the major U.S cities in mid-November including San Diego, Chicago, Orlando and New York. It's without a doubt that Youtube covers brought more exposure to OLN and helped expand their fanbase – but this is NOT just another cover band. In fact, it would be more accurate to say that this talented group just happens to be good at cover songs. The quality and popularity of their stand-alone singles make this band one of 2016's most exciting break-out artists. VAVA caught up with Trevor to learn more about his talented crew, and find out what's next for Our Last Night.
Where are you from, and what was it like for you growing up there?
I'm from a VERY small town in New Hampshire called Hollis. We had one stoplight, no chain restaurants and everything closed at 8pm. I really liked growing up there, especially because I started touring at such a young age. It was very nice coming back from a long tour with my band and knowing that I would be able to have so much peace and quiet before leaving for the next one.
Can you tell us what got you involved in music, what your specialty is, and what role you have in your band?
I sing and occasionally play guitar in my band Our Last Night. The band really just started out as a hobby but after playing ONE talent show at our High School we KNEW that being in a band was exactly what we wanted to do for our entire lives.
How and when did your band form and what would you describe your music as?
Our band officially formed in 2004 just from a couple of friends picking up instruments and playing some cover songs in my basement. I would describe our music as, energetic, moving, positive and fun.
Who are some of your musical influences?
I would say my personal influences would be anything from Blink – 182 to Coldplay. I can find musical influences from a LOT of different styles of music.
How did you get started on Youtube and what fueled your meteoric rise on that platform?
Funny story actually, About 3 – 4 years ago our manager was trying to convince us to start doing covers on YouTube because he thought it would be a good idea to get our band name out there and gain some new fans. We were very hesitant at first because we didn't want to be known as "that cover band". But we trusted him, posted our first cover, which was "Skyfall" by Adele. It got over 150,000 plays in the first day and was reposted by some of the biggest news & blog websites in the world. Right then and there we decided to continue doing covers, and ever since it has helped our band in more ways than you could imagine.
Choose 4 songs (not including yours or your bands) that describes you.
That is a tough question, but I'll give it a go!
Coldplay – Fix You
Circa Survive – Frozen Creek
Bad Suns – Cardiac Arrest
Taking Back Sunday – This Is All Now
What are you working on now and what's next for you and your band?
Well, we are on tour right now in South America for the first time then right after this we head to Europe for a few weeks, then finally back home to starting writing songs for a new record! And I could not be more excited.
If you weren't in your existing band, what band (from all time) would you have wanted to be a part of?
That is a GREAT question! As I mentioned before Coldplay is one of my BIGGEST influences, if I could ever be in that band, even playing guitar, that would be a real dream come true. Chris Martin writes some of the most epic songs of all time and I would love to be a part of that.
Can you tell us what is most important to you in life?
The most important thing in life to me is family and truly being a good person. While traveling with my band I witness some true ignorance come from people for no reason at all. Thats not how life is supposed to be. So I take pride in being extremely nice to EVERYONE and helping out as many people as I can because when I die, I know that I would be happy with who I was as a person.
Rock out to Our Last Night!
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What was the takeaway from the Superbowl commercials for the three new flavors of Diet Coke?
Damn, if I could figure that out.
That's bad news for Diet Coke, which is struggling to matter in the post-soda era. The three new flavors were to re-stimulate attention for the brand. But, among generations Y (Millennials) and Z (iGen), soda of all kinds is totally yesterday.
No, don't serve or bring Diet Coke to your next social event.
Like the commercials for Tide, Bud Light, and Rocket Mortgage, for Diet Coke, there was an obvious disconnect between the content of the commercial and the message.
Much of that seemed to be caused by:
- Too many gimmicks, which had too long lead-ins. Sometimes, as with Tide, there seemed to be two ads. One was the lead-in. The other was the focus on the actual product.
- Too much cool. The prevailing ethos this Superbowl commercial season seems to be a determination to be cool, in a supposed youthful way. But youth is probably rolling their eyes at corporate creative types simulating what they assume is cool.
- Trying way too hard. That is downright annoying. The best commercial messaging comes across as effortless.
Better luck next year, out-of-touch Don Drapers.
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In the midst of a paleontology dig in Bolivia, South America, the crew discovers something remarkable. Something that could potentially answer the ultimate question – were humans alive when dinosaurs were?
Just as quickly, the reader is transported back in time and gets to know young Rogaan, who is excited for his first Hunt. He wants nothing more than to prove he can be part of the Kiuri-Ner, a protector of the outer walls and road ways. In this Hunt, he might be able to do so. However, when battling enormous creatures and learning about a government take over, Rogaan realizes that life as he once knew has been completely turned upside down. Come follow Rogaan as he tries to grasp what his world is really like in B.A. Vonsik's Primeval Origins.
Let's start with the description of the book, which was somewhat misleading. Perhaps the author intends to further explain the origin story of mankind, but this is not the sense I got from this read. The society in which most of the book takes place seems like a fairly developed one that has been around for years. There are leaders, laws, and ways to train the younger generation. Yes, there is mention of big, wild creatures that the reader can assume are dinosaurs, but it was just a few scenes while the majority of the book is Rogaan and others running from place to place.
Written in the third-person narrative, the reader is given an inside look into Rogaan's mind. He is a likable and relatable character, who shows some growth by the end of the book; this I really appreciated. Unfortunately, most of the secondary characters didn't stand out. I could easily remember certain characters for the roles they played throughout the novel, but some simply blended with one another. It did not help that the author choose a large number of complex names. For example, Tusaa'Ner, Anubda'Ner, Anubda'Za, Zagdu-i-Kuzu, and more were used. To add to the confusion, uncommonly-named animals, such as, niisku, tanniyn, featherwings, leapers, and others were also included. Most times, the author did give a short description for these people and animals, but there were so many, it was quite challenging to keep up.
I found the scenes where Rogaan and others were confronting the enormous, dangerous creatures the most entertaining. Within these scenes, the author gives his audience a taste of what it could have been like if humans and dinosaurs coexisted. These scenes, though, were few and far between.
The writing style and plot flow could been improved. Within the text, the author told his scenes, rather than showed them. Every feeling was stated, every thought was said, and every inference was told. Showing, not telling doesn't mean the book needs to remain a mystery for the reader, but perhaps if the focus of complexity was done in the showing aspect rather than producing an overwhelming amount of uncommon words, then this would have been a more thought-provoking story. Due to this style, the plot did not flow very well. There were several overly-described scenes. It became really frustrating when scenes that should have had the adrenaline going were bogged down with too many details. This led to some choppiness and disruption while reading.
Lastly, there were several errors throughout. Apostrophes in odd places, words with extra spaces in between them, run-on sentences, and inconsistent hyphen usage were found. One of example of inconsistent hyphen usage would be in the following phrases: "black cloaked rider", "black-cloaked rider", and "black- cloaked rider". These phrases were used within a couple of pages of each other. Errors, of course, can interrupt the flow and this book was no exception.
After much consideration, I give Primeval Origins a 2 out of 4 stars. For those who enjoy low fantasy books and don't mind the usage of uncommon names, you might find some enjoyment here. For those who would like more fantasy, less character confusion, and more of an origin story, you might want to pass on this one.
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A Smartphone Buying Guide
Smartphones are almost a new and advanced form of computers. With more prominent attributes and technology embedded into them, they are used to make calls and send text messages along with providing added and enhanced facilities of sending e-mails, using video-conferencing, do social networking, click pictures, shoot videos, play video games and watch high-definition videos on the move.
Smartphones are becoming more complex and imperatively becoming more like mini computers , but what counts more despite the sophisticated design or looks, is what goes inside them. Below is a list of core features, which you must consider, while deciding to buy your own smartphone:
1) Check for the Processor
All the smartphones work on processors. The mobile phone processors can not be compared to the computer processors, as the mobile phone processors are typically designed to serve mobile applications and services. For instance, the computer market is dominated by processors based on Intel's X86 architecture, whereas the smartphones are built on ARM architecture.
At present, majority of the high-end smart phones like HTC Desire, Google Nexus One and Samsung Galaxy S, come equipped with a 1GHz processor. The performance of a phone is largely dependent on its processor. Hence, faster is the processor, better is the phone's response.
The best processor to look for is Snapdragon, Qualcomm's 1 Ghz processor. Amongst the other top processors, comes the Samsung Hummingbird. Apple's iphone however uses A4 processor, which runs at 750-80 Mhz.
2) Check the RAM
This is a real important aspect, while choosing your smartphone. The RAM of a phone enables efficient multi-tasking. All high-end smartphones are now equipped with at least 512MB RAM, which is probably more than what you get on computers that are around 4-5 years old.
3) Check the Screen
This is again the most significant arifact of a smartphone. There are two important kinds of touchscreens in smartphones:
- Resistive and
- Capacitive
Highend phones make use of the capacitive screen type, as they are considered faster. The smartphones equipped with resistive screens can be used with devices like stylus. Capacitive screens are designed and formulated to only respond to human touch, not gloved fingers. Most display panels are fused with two types of technologies.
Today, you can find smartphones with screens like LCD, AMOLED, OLED and SuperAMOLED. Most of the OLED and AMOLED screens can furnish vivacious colors with amazing brightness and contrast, while staying indoors. But, the moment you take them out in sunlight, you get very faded screen view. SuperAMOLED, however has fixed this problem to some extent. TFTLCD screens have inadequate viewing angle, faded blacks and low brightness level. If you love to watch videos, then only ask for AMOLED display.
Apart from this, you need to consider the screen size as well. If you opt for the phones with larger display screen, it might become hard for you to use the gadget with one hand. What you need is a screen view sufficient enough to read stuffs, browse internet or watch movies without putting too much strain on your eyes, or zooming the screen in and out all the time. A perfect screen size is 3.2 – 3.5 inches. This can facilitate you in carrying your phone in pockets and handbags.
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4) Check the Keyboard
You have to check both - virtual as well as the real. Usually, there has been a conflict amongst majority smartphone users regarding the virtual and real keyboard of smartphones, who consider that it largely depends on a user's personal preference. Well, the fact is that many users are not really much comfortable with touch QWERTY.
They prefer the haptic feedback they get when they press a real button. But, the users who play a lot with SMSes and texting, and pros who never even glance at their phones while typing, can never work well on touchscreen keyboards.
Now, with the technologies like Swype, you don't need to type each and every word specifically, while working on your smartphone. Just swipe your finger on the alphabets and the phone would predict the word for you using the inbuilt dictionary and auto correction techniques. This has substantially reduced the typing time and inconvenience caused by small keypads and constrained finger movement. You simply have to look at your limitations, usage and then decide on this factor.
5) Check for the Platform and Applications
No matter how efficient and superb the hardware is, what finally counts is the software. At present, Apple's iOS has proved to be a standard and quality platform for the users. Google's Android, on the other hand is an open and free platform, which can be utilized by any mobile manufacturing company.Android can be customized by anyone and mobile manufacturing companies usually like to customize the user interface to add their own unique features. For instance we have Samsung TouchWiz , Motorola's Motoblur and Sense UI from HTC.
Froyo, the latest Android version, is considered significantly faster than
the competition. It may not be as refined as iOS 4, but for people who are used
to multi-tasking, the product is a boon.
While both Android and iPhone are amazing platforms for devices,which can give an efficient multimedia, internet browsing and social networking features, people who make use of the smartphones for business purposes, still find Research In Motion's Blackberry a commanding device. Business users don't want to work with a phone that has 8MP camera or an amazing media player, partly because their work doesn't need these features, and partly because of security policies too. They prefer QWERTY keypads and applications like document editor and exchange email push functionality. So, check for your options and usage before you consider your smartphone choice.
I hope, these tips help you in choosing the smartphone you wish to have. Feel free to add any new tips and suggestions in the comments.


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I'm sure none of us have days to waste doing our hair, so I've had to reduce down my regimen so I spend as little time as possible during the week doing my hair.
I was...
- co-washing once or twice a week, but who has time for that?! When you have kinky-curly Type 4 hair, your hair can take hours to wash and condition. I tried washing my hair once a fortnight/ once a month but it would get too dirty and dry. Now I try to wash my hair once a week with either the full prepoo-shampoo-deep condition or I co-wash with a deep conditioner (Yeah that's right, I said deep conditioner!)
- detangle three times, THREE! What a waste of a day! I used to finger detangle, use a wide-tooth comb and then use a Denman. But to be honest, once your hair is detangled, it's detangled. Doing it three times is just pointless. I tried just finger detangling for a while instead of combing but didn't notice any difference in the amount of hair I was losing, it took FOREVER and my hair was more knotty than when I was using combs. Now I detangle my hair wet once a month with a Denman and the rest of the time using a wide-tooth comb.
- have a lot of conditioners (…in fact I still do, heh) but I've decided to stop experimenting and stick with two or three conditioners. But I have allowed myself the pleasure of experimenting with leave-in conditioners, but I am only allowed to buy one at a time!
- buy expensive oils because everyone was raving about them. Now when making my own products I use only a few ingredients and I cut out the more expensive oils like jojoba oil, argan oil and vitamin E oil. Instead I use much cheaper alternatives that were already high in vitamin A & E. Macadamia nut oil is a much cheaper alternative to jojoba oil, and like jojoba is similar to sebum. If you're allergic to nuts and would rather avoid them then you can use the even cheaper apricot kernel oil. Altogether I have a collection of six oils that I buy in bulk and use to make my skin oil, hair oil and hair butters.
Products I use (this list isn't here to make you run out and buy these products, it's more to encourage you to find products that work for you.)
Prepoo, Shampoo & Deep Conditioner
L'Oreal Expertise EverSleek range + my hair oil. There are two sub-ranges: Smoothing & Intensely Nourishing or Smoothing and Moisturing, what the difference is I'll never know. I just buy whichever one is there. I tried the EverRiche line for dry hair, but I prefer these ones instead.
Depending on which one is on sale (because I like to save my pennies) I use Herbal Essences Hello Hydration, Beautiful Ends Intensive Mask (the conditioner was kind of meh, but this I like) or Dove Nourishing Oil Care Hair Therapy Conditioner.
Styling Products
I make my oil mix and hair butter myself.
For my edges, buns and puffs, I use aloe vera gel and sometimes Zainab's puff cream (which she told me she'll tell you about soon).
Phew, all done. Tell me about your regimens!


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Thursday, November 13, 2008
Grocery Shopping Help
There is a website out there called pinchingyourpennies.com. It isn't state specific either. You can log in and tell the website which state you live in and it will tell you what is on sale where. This is an easy way to see what is on sale where and who has better deals for the week!
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text: Please help me decide!! I just looked through the entire Batignolles club trying to decide between the two . I know i'm definitely getting one of these models but not sure which one I like better! I have tried on all three at the boutique before, and ruled out BV since it made me look shorter. I want this to be worn as a shoulder bag, I know the regular is mostly used as a handheld and it DOES look cute worn on the crook of the arm. It does fit me as a shoulder bag, but its a lot smaller than BH! I am 5'6" and 105 lbs so my problem is that the BH might make me look way too skinny. It did seem a bit wide when I went in to try the bags on although I am into big bags! BUT the regular won't hold nearly as much as BH (no laptops, magazines, etc.) which defeats the purpose of my getting this bag I just injured my knees falling very hard this weekend so I won't be able to go into the boutique anytime soon. I would really appreciate your responses, and perhaps if someone can post more pics of the regular being worn on the shoulder that might help me out! Thanks in advance, soooo much.


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Look Who Says Test Coaches Can Help
ACT has raised some eyebrows by announcing a new program -- for which participants must pay -- to train those who tutor test takers.
For many years, standardized test providers such as the College Board and ACT said that coaching for their exams did not work. The assertion was important because critics of standardized testing have long pointed to the advantage of wealthy students in being able to pay for tutoring.
In recent years, however, the testing companies' position has evolved to acknowledge to various degrees that coaching and tutoring can help. In 2015, for example, the College Board announced a new free program with the Khan Academy, which is highly regarded for its online education materials, to help students prepare for the SAT and other tests. College Board officials were frank about wanting to minimize the advantage that had gone to those who could afford to pay for tutoring. ACT has also offered resources to help low-income test takers.
But ACT has also continued to argue that coaching has only a minimal impact on test scores. Just last year, Wayne Camara of ACT (and formerly of the College Board) published an article in which he said that "the research clearly suggests that short-term test prep activities, while they may be helpful, do not produce large increases in college admission test scores." Camara also noted that retesting -- rather than tutoring -- may be responsible for any gains in test scores. And he noted the economic advantages generally enjoyed by those who hire tutors.
So when ACT started promoting a program in which tutors could be certified and paid for training, eyebrows were raised. The program, with versions for the United States and China, is described here.
Admissions officers posted complaints on social media, as did those from private test-prep companies who have long been frustrated by ACT and the College Board minimizing the role of coaching.
Consider these tweets from Adam Ingersoll of Compass Education Group (which does test-prep work).
Someone asked me with a straight face what is wrong with ACT Inc selling this training certificate program (https://t.co/XOJ948EkIY) to ACT tutors. Where to start? First, the entire training program would cost nearly $3000, not counting the expense of traveling to Chicago. 1/7— Adam Ingersoll (@adamingersoll) May 11, 2018
ACT shamelessly partners with Kaplan to sell "premium" test prep programs for up to $249.95 https://t.co/LEvRryynen. Can we at least see proof that these Kaplan tutors have been ACT-certified? Can ACT settle on a consistent message? 7/7— Adam Ingersoll (@adamingersoll) May 11, 2018
A spokesman for ACT, asked about the criticism, issued a statement.
"ACT has always emphasized, first and foremost, the importance of academic skill development through rigorous course-taking as the best preparation for the ACT. We maintain that short-term coaching is not a substitute for long-term learning. Research has been inconclusive about the positive impact of coaching on ACT scores, so we have always cautioned individuals about the impact of short-term test prep activities on ACT performance," the statement said.
"That is not to say, however, that test preparation cannot be helpful. ACT has for many years offered our own free and low-cost test prep materials to assist students in their preparation for the ACT. Recognizing the growing market for test preparation programs, we are currently beta testing a reasonably priced certification program designed to help assure families that the test prep providers they choose truly understand the content and format of the ACT."
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This was taken a while ago.
Just playing around with the new setup i just got in her lounge.
This was taken a while ago.
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1 - Super image. Impressive first post.
2 - You just about got it so far as posting images is concerned. You'll see I've posted it into your image so that folks see it at a larger size.
If you haven't done so, please do have a read of the 'How do I post images ...' guide that's available via the HELP/Rules tab on the menu bar above. If you still have problems, let us know and we'll send in the cavalry!
Thank you Donald,
I'll go straight to the help section and have a good read
Also thank you for your kind assistance in sorting the post out for me and your kind remarks.
And you even got the colour purple to look natural.
I always have saturation problems with those shades.
Craig, can you post a larger file for review?
The overall image is very good, but I can't really comment on processing. My first thought was 'ever processed', but after further review, I'm not sure. Need more pixels!


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