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Renaissance Red Sable Brushes make no compromise, offering a natural spring and generous color-holding capacity.
The finest-quality pure red sable from selected Marten tails is carefully dressed, hand-cupped, tied, and epoxy-set into polished seamless ferrules by experienced brushmakers, then fitted to carefully balanced gloss black hardwood handles with gold tips.
These brushes hold a fine point and resist splitting. They are the professional's choice in a wide variety of sizes and shapes for projects with oil paints.
Renaissance Red Sable Brushes, Set of 4
This set contains four long handle brushes recommended for easel style oil painting, including one Series 7100 Renaissance Round, Size 4; one Series 7102 Renaissance Bright, Size 4; one Series 7104 Renaissance Fan, Size 4; and one Series 7110 Renaissance Cats Tongue, Size 4.
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By vic
from Lenoir City, TN
Comments about Silver Brush Renaissance Red Sable Script Liner:
The red sable brushes allow for a very delicate stroke. You can be confident that every stoke of oil paint lays down exactly as you want it.
Bottom Line Yes, I would recommend this to a friend
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Nice brush
By Mac
from Paris, Tn
Nice smooth brush, holds paint really well with nice flexible bristles.
RedSable RedSable
By Chaston
from Reno NV
I've used Silver pure red sable brushes for several years. These are by far one of the best brushes for alkyd oils I've ever used. Alkyd oils are tough on any brush but with proper mixing with medium these are a true pleasure to work with; bristles won't flag even after numerous hours of use on course and medium weave canvas. They are worth every penny of the price.
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Good for the price
By D. Soards
from Louisville, KY
Comments about Silver Brush Renaissance Red Sable Short Handle Brushes:
I bought the 1/2" and 1/4" flat brushes, and though they are quality I don't know that I would recommend them over a nice synthetic of the same size. I also purchased a #10 Cat's Tongue, and it is pretty sweet.
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Great brushes for oil painting detail work
By shorelined
from Ottawa, Canada
Another great short-handled detail brush not only for watermedia as stated, but excellent for detailed oil painting.I paint 5x7 cards with birds on them. The Cat's Tongue brush is especially valuable for getting fine lines and feathers and the eyes done... and supperb price also- can't go wrong here...
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By Lauren the Lover
from Bristow, VA
Comments about Silver Brush Renaissance Red Sable Round:
I used the product for my very first oil painting. I had so much fun painting it and partly because of my outstanding brushes!
More good choices than other sellers
By Sandi
from Florida
It took a little time to wait for some back order items but it usually take Blick four or five days from ordering to shipping any way. I like to say that there are some other sellers that are quicker in shipping but they don't have many choices like Blick does.
Love this brush for portraits
By Thursday portraits
from Arlington, VA
Comments about Silver Brush Renaissance Red Sable Long Handle Cat's Tongue Series 7110:
Wonderful brush for oil portraits. Good for details.
A Very Good WC Brush
By Gene
from San Jose
This brush is the closest thing I've found to the old Grumbacher gold handled 187 series brushes I bought in the 1980's and had that worked so well for many many years. This Silver brush may be the closest to a WN series 7 but without the price. I'd give a higher rating only I have not used it long enough to see how they hold up over time.The brush has spring, keeps a point, and holds water. The handle seems to be real wood. It's a good main wc brush for a serious painter.Unfortunately it seems Blicks or Silver discontinued the brush but maybe not. I bought 3 of the Round #10.
not so much!
By loves making art
from amelia island, florida
I ordered the cat's tongue, a discontinued item at a discounted price, so I guess it was a solid value and the quality of the hair was probably above average. It's hard to judge because I've not used a cat's tongue brush before. However, I wasn't pleased with the thickness of the brush. I expected it to make a finer point with the tongue, and it seemed too thick in the belly relative to the tongue. I tried to remedy the situation by trimming a few hairs and ruined the brush. I think in future I'll just use two brushes, one for the wash and one for detail. It wasn't for me.
Bottom Line No, I would not recommend this to a friend
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Nothing worse than a block of cheese stuck in your braces
really, I didn't think kids got braces until Jr Hi??
Rather bracing experience.
I got braces in 5th grade. Just depends on how many permanent teeth you have lost and how bad situation is. Mine was pretty bad. Even had a bar on the roof of my mouth to stretch the palate.
Got my braces at age 10.
Interesting that Peter said he MIGHT have to get braces. If he's going to see an orthodontist, that means he IS getting them. No orthodontist is going to say, "nah, he doesn't need them".
Oh, and Jason, your chewing gum days are OVER.
Ew — Jason, that's gross even for you!
I needed braces and my parents would not pay for them either my sister or me.Company medical or dental insurance then would not cover braces. Now on me when I got a full time job I waited until probation over with then I decided to get orthodontist work done and I paid for it myself in my early 20. Just before I got married I finished treatment and what I owed. My sister never did go.
The orthodontic treatment also required the bar to push roof of my mouth very painful and pinched/broke a bloodvessel I bled.
I was fortunate not to need braces, my younger brother did though.
Yes, they will. They go to check out the situation.
I guess I said that based on my personal experience.
I had braces for a total of 10 years. I had an overbite, but really not that bad. My orthodontist was a crook who milked us, first my father, then me later when I took over the payments. He never gave us an end date. He just kept me coming back, and since I didn't know any better, I kept making the appointments. Finally at age 20, I went in and said, "I'm done, take them out", which he did. He could have done that years earlier.
Patient: Doctor, I have yellow teeth, what do I do?
Dentist: Wear a brown tie…
orthodontists always try and make your mouth 'better'…….which i find extremely dumb. my motto is 'don't fix what ain't broke'
My parents didn't take me to the dentist. My father pulled a loose tooth with pliers. I'm not making that up. I've been paying for that kind of stuff for the last 40 years. My teeth were a mess.
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While available to Xero business customers globally from today, we will be staggering the release of the Xero Personal activation emails for New Zealand customers who sign up through the BNZ, where they also get automated personal bank feeds. This is so we can backload your BNZ account data and monitor the load so the user experience is optimal from the start. So if you are a BNZ customer and want to try Xero Personal we suggest you pre-register through BNZ Internet Banking as soon as possible. It may take up to two weeks before you'll be completely up and running. But bear with us, it will be worth it!
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While the big news is certainly Xero Personal, check out the release notes for details on other updates.
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I can't believe you can only create 8 custom categories. This has to be a product management decision as it canot be a technical limitation.
Dear Xero folks,
The product is great, but this makes it unusable. Please go have a chat with the guy who made this decision and tell him to try out a few competing products to get a feel for how people use Personal finanicial management applications.
Please please.
Your defaults don't do the following
Distinguish between Fuel, Car Purchase and Repairs.
Have anyway of categorising Furniture, Home Repairs, and related.
Anyway of distinguishing between Childrens Clothes, entertainment, etc and those of adults.
Anyway to indicate taxes, and break downs between tax and social insurance.
And so many more.
Just boot up good old quicken and see how it is done. If you want to keep your guessing accurate, I suggest use the Quicken category and sub category idea. It should be easy to guess the category, and let the punter define sub categories.
Ramsay Bell,
For a csv to qif converter try
I have used it for years and it is great. One caveat though, the Microsoft Excel version seems a bit temperamental. Use the Open Office Version.
If that does not find it google calc2qif
I created an "Alcohol" custom category and Xero Personal has brought a new level of self-disgust to my life. Maybe I should make matters worse and drill down to further "Grey Goose & Soda" and "Maker's & Ginger"…
Beautiful! I have had a play and the interface looks great. One thing I found confusing at first was the lack of currency unit. It would have been much easier to understand with a $ in front of my figures. When I went to set my goals I thought the first slider was for the physical number of goals I had to set because it only went up to 100. Maybe i'm just a little slow but a few $ signs would help.
I have just entered all my personal account since jan/2010 in Xero Personal……..and I have to say I can't think a reason WHY I can't create more than 8 categories.
It's IMPOSSIBLE to manage any personal finence with this limitation. I also looked every buttom in the system and I can't believe I can't create a transaction other then importing OFX/QIF files…….WHYYYYYYY????
I really love Xero Bussiness, and I was really exited about the launch of Personal, but it's impossible to use this system with this very BASIC functions……..
Please, change this things………I know you guys can make it!!!!
Thanks very much……..
Why no CSV? I've also had a big problem with my bank prefixing titles like "DEBIT PURCHASE" before the name of the merchant causing me to have to categorize each transaction manually. I know this is just another bank nightmare, but it'd be nice to have a solution for this since I think it's a pretty common thing.
I actually like Xero's approach to make Xero Personal simpler, so the 8 custom categories and the different approach without reconciling transactions doesn't really bother me. But yes, not being able to split transactions just makes things glaringly inaccurate. I'd also like to see how much I'm paying in ATM fees.
+1 to Split Transactions
Great product. Initially I had some trouble with transactions coming in without payee details… but when i changed from uploading a .OFX file to a .QIF file it worked perfectly.
Uploading from CBA Netbank.
Would appreciate the ability to split transactions and fully customise categories, but the simplicity of the product is very slick. It would just be nice to have the ability to take things to the next level.
Is it really neccessary to restrict categories to 8 and not allow changes to the default categories?
My suggestion: If you want to maintain the simplicity of the product for low-end users perhaps these advanced features could be enabled by a tickbox in the settings. That way they would not be availiable to confuse low-end users unless enabled.
@Andrew Haynes – I completely agree, there's a bit too much bending to the lowest common denominator here. I was expecting something with the power of the Business version but it has been bubble wrapped too much. Being able to turn on more powerful features would be a big improvement.
I imagine the restriction in the categories is so that the database has some value when aggregated amongst many users. It would be a wasted opportunity if we all categorised transactions to our own arbitrary labels. Xero only know what our transactions are actually for if we choose one of their pre-defined categories.
It will also be required for later releases when point of sale terminals are connected to the Xero network and send invoices and categories directly into my Xero. (but that's probably a few months away…)
Firstly Xero Personal is a really good start. I know you have acknowledged the fact you still have work to do, so I won't say any more about that.
I did however want to add my vote for the following ESSENTIAL features:
1. Higher category allowance and editable default category names.
I would choose this as preferable over Xero 'guessing' any day, although I understand why you made the choice.
You can always put in a similar rules system to the one in Xero business at a later date). I'd prefer taking a bit longer to categorise the transactions that be pinned into a reporting straight-jacket. For example. in the UK we don't say we're shopping for "Groceries" -that's very American/Antipodean 🙂
2. Ability to split transactions.
So when we nip down to Tesco we might buy food, hairgel and a DVD record recorder -not your usual impulse buy, but it's feasable and supermarkets put them on the same transaction and I would want to track them separately. So unless I split my goods at the checkout I can't seperate them in Xero Personal.
3. Accounting for cash.
Once cash is withdrawn, we want to know where it goes. I have the receipts, but nowhere to put them 🙁
Quite happy for this to work via a "petty cash" account, although for non-business types not used to Xero that methodology might not be the most appropriate. Splitting transactions would solve this though.
4. Improve loans/investment functionality
I made loans to my business and someone else and Xero Personal ain't geared up to deal with this. Admitedly it's not something most people would use but there are a few calls for it and for it's essential.
Also waiting for FAQ on dealing with repaying loans setup in Net Worth…
Overall, for £25 a year, I'm going to pay up and support it, as you guys have a good product and after reading the feedback from everyone and your good selves I'm confident you will sort out these short-falls.
Don't get me wrong, they are essential to making this work in the market, but I've put our faith in you for the business edition and it's paid dividends, so I'll do it again here.
Keep it up and look forward to the next update.
Without automated bank feeds I don't see the point in this even though the interface looks great. I'm simply duplicating the effort each time to have to manually import statements. I devised an excel sheet which I have used religiously for years which I update each day and tells me pretty much all of the same information this does. Automated would be great, but right now I'll save time (especially if you want to update every few days) with the old fashioned approach.
I had high hopes simply because I think Xero Business is superb and market leading.
Personal is not yet a viable tool – it does not come close to matching the features of quicken, money etc.
The key shortcomings for me are:
– categories – way too few, needs to be flexible not locked, too US centric
– the Xero guessing didn't find any for me in a year of transactions
– lack of printing reports,
– default to the uncategorised page which is empty seems pointless / unintuitive
– no currency options – blank is a quick fix if you had removed the default $ in net worth! but currency signs as per Business would be a lot better
– feeds to UK banks and a UK focus is the key differentiator from the mint, etc competitors which are almost exclusively US based
– crashes/hangs when selecting the OK on import – no corruption but regular hangs which I have never experienced in Business.
Sorry, but will I pay after the trial ? Definitely not, unless quite a few of the shortcomings are resolved very quickly.
Wish I could be more positive as I love Business, but this looks good but fails to deliver so far.
I'm a newish Xero business user in the US and love it (in spite of my bank and Xero not playing well together), so I was really excited to see this product come out.
However, despite the ever-lovely UI and the ability to submit receipts to Xero Business, I feel pretty "meh" about it. I will definitely keep my eye on it, but in the meantime allow me to cosign the following requests:
*split transactions – fundamentally essential nowadays
*manual entries (preferably with uploadable-bank-statement reconciliation) – some of us still write checks now and then!
*being able to rename categories! And to have subcategories. ("Clothing and small purchases" makes *no* sense to me – "small purchases" is way too vague to be useful. Maybe you mean panties, and were trying to be discreet?)
*more kinds of account categories. Line of credit, for example?
Stuff I don't particularly care about:
*automatic feed (would be nice, but not my highest priority)
*special cash handling (I'm happy to have a separate "cash" account, so long as I can transfer funds from one to the other in Xero)
I've been trying scads of personal finance products and NONE of them have all the features I want, so I know there's no pleasing everybody. Any way to make dealing with multiple separate bank accounts easier (for me, it's two business, two personal, two joint household, plus a few loans…) Looking forward to seeing the product develop.
sorry – meant to say: Any way to make dealing with multiple separate bank accounts easier (for me, it's two business, two personal, two joint household, plus a few loans…) is bound to be a big hit with the many small biz folks who — like me — are done with Intuit.
In response to Jon:
I don't get how the software is US centric. Are you even aware that Xero is a New Zealand based company? I feel the exact opposite every time I see "organisation" or weird things like "Holiday" as a category. Nobody uses that wording here, so it's very awkward in a way I don't think that other English speakers understand. Some titles and wording in Xero are like speaking another language entirely.
Yeah I don't really see how hard it is for Xero to let people add as many categories as they want. It does seem like a pointless limitation, but I don't really think it as a dealbreaker. The reason why Xero is doing this seems that they're trying to discourage people from using Xero Personal as a rough business accounting tool in combination with other invoicing software like FreshBooks. I don't know why they're limiting Personal so much that they're killing off functionality though.
I don't think Xero Personal is ever going to really have multi-currency options in it, so I think they just did this to eliminate the need to select a certain country that your account is based in. Again, not a dealbreaker, but how much does it really simplify things for them? Yes, they should probably take off the $ in net worth if they're going with this fix… lol.
Banks are too antiquated to all be on board with automatic bank feeds. Don't hold your breath. I actually like the approach that they've teamed up with BNZ instead of having the pipe dream that somehow every bank is going to be on board. The biggest problem for me is that many banks (in the US at least) have QIF and OFX only available through download using Microsoft Money or Quicken and not as a separate file download. This is a total bummer, and Xero Personal needs CSV support urgently.
I haven't gotten any of the hanging you described. Could it possibly be with the size of file you are uploading? I have noticed some hanging when manually categorizing transactions though.
Overall, give Xero Personal time to work itself out, but it's clear that Xero needs to change its strategy a little bit because the current functionality is not pleasing the users.
And it appears that there's some aggregation company that allowed Mint to do the bank feeds. I'm hoping that Xero gets on board with whoever these people are because I want to see the fall of that horrible company Intuit.
I and others were really looking forward to this product release and have talked about it for sometime. Having automated bank feeds was the killer app for all of us and the major differentiator between it and other online products. Without this feature, I won't be using it. Absolutely love Xero business and understand the complexities involved but disappointed in Xero Personals lack of automated bank feeds on launch.
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In my days as a commerce teacher (back 30 years ago!!) we used to teach "Commercial Principles and Practice" which gave some foundation to basic financial literacy to an often bored and disinterested group of teenagers. Today the classroom is the internet and the small business owner the student needing the same foundation. Xero Personal could provide some foundation to basic financial literacy using the private rather than business finance as an initial learning environment. Maybe if we can start small and educate small business owners about the need to better manage their personal finances we can then transition them to better manage their business finances. I am encouraged by the "new breed" of web aware small business owners who get how great programming, the internet and being aware of your numbers improves their competitive ability.
This could be a fun way to keep up with accounts. I've been wondering since I started using Yodlee to collect and consolidate bank data here in the states I've found that it collects well but I can't use the information in any way close to what I want. Could there be an approach that would use a site like Yodlee to collect data and then feed it to Xero where I would code transactions, build reports, etc. Could this kind of thing remove some of the barriers (not all of course) to the limitations of creating an interface for each bank?
Dear Xero:
Congratulations on Xero Personal! Having just spent the last 2 hours researching personl accounting options within NZ (which isn't much), I'm really interested in yours. Unfortunately, all the other New Zealand banks are in the dark ages so I won't be signing up quite yet!
On that note, there's been a lot of frustration vented in this thread around the lack of bank interest (outside of BNZ). Reading your responses, it seems it's a fair assumption the banks are not interested / just not making the information available, nothing to do with you guys.
Is there any pressure we as consumers can put on them, any suggestions you'd make? In other words, can we help make this happen if we're so very keen for it?
Just thought I'd ask if you had any great ideas. I really look forward to using your product once the other New Zealand banks see the light.
Hi Hannah, we wouldn't say there is a lack of bank interest. We believe most banks are very interested to see how we go. It's a big shift in bank thinking to partner like the BNZ has with Xero. We're pretty confident that this hybrid approach which connects traditional integrated online banking with innovative new services from companies like ours will become the norm in a few years. (We call it Banking 2.0 where Banks start publishing webservices for others to integrate their offerings into broader workflow solutions.)
We've still got a lot to do this year to create a compelling set of features that keep consumers engaged with their personal finances. We're really just getting started. We have a solid upgrade coming shortly that completes some missing features and the team is already working on the next version after that which starts to take things to the next level.
So we think this is an interesting space that will actively move forward over the next year or so. The best way you can help is to use the product, give us feedback and tell your bank.
a good utility to convert CSV and / or QIF files to OFX is iCreateOFX Basic from:
Hi Rod – Thanks for getting involved with the discussion.
I have been involved with a business account with Xero and have been very (very, extremely) impressed – not least with the bank feeds, which are a marvel of convenience. In light of this I started to investigate using Xero for personal banking and discovered that the feeds are strictly limited to BNZ.
Reading yours and Sara Goepel's responses, it looks very much like you're trying to give the impression that is the banks that are causing the hold up on a technical/service side. This is despite the fact that the following is a list of feeds already supported on the business side for quite some time:
National Bank
TSB Bank
The trouble with trying to nip an issue in the bud by "talking around something" in a blog, is it just begs for more direct questions to be asked publicly. Answering it the way it's been answered above have makes Xero seem like an organisation with something to hide. If Xero is going to be so obviously cagey about something so public and so obvious, how much trust can we have with other aspects of the business in its quest for market ubiquity?
Back to the main issue – before people start switching banks for the "carrot" of BNZ bank feeds –
1) Are you ever going to allow other banks to have feed access?
2) If so, what time-frame does BNZ have exclusivity for?
3) Does the deal with BNZ put a muzzle on Xero for points 1 & 2?
If the answer to point 3 is yes, I think it would be nice thing for Xero to just admit it and let people have all the facts before they make any decisions about changing banks.
Hi Dave,
1) yes
2) BNZ's exclusivity on bank feeds finishes in Q2, 2011
3) none outside this initial exclusivity period within the NZ market
Xero Personal is a reasonable investment and the competitive landscape is such that there are bank led solutions (which generally lack innovation) and other solutions that aren't integrated at all with banks. We picked the middle ground and a new hybrid approach where there is tight integration between the banking platform and our own application. That requires a lot of investment from the bank as well.
The Personal Financial Management (PFM) space is different to business as banks don't offer accounting software. Having to go alone as a PFM without bank support to us felt like a tough commercial business to get to scale. Many PFM's have failed. People don't want to pay much, if anything, for them so you need many many thousands of customers.
In addition the hybrid model we chose for Xero Personal required significant additional development between the BNZ and us. The previously existing business bank account feeds from BNZ and other NZ banks do not allow for seamless electronic registration and provisioning, which is a pre-requisite for the very high volume low touch PFM space. We can't afford to be manually filling in forms for tens of thousands of personal users, so the feeds for Xero Personal were jointly developed as a new integration.
The PFM market is still working itself out and so far we don't have other banks pushing hard to send us feeds so at this time working closely with our good partner the BNZ is the most sustainable model for us in NZ.
We'll seek other partners in other markets and are also considering enabling feeds through Yodlee to give us a broader offering sometime in 2011.
Hope that answers your questions,
OK – thanks, Rod.
And yes, it does answer my questions excellently. I appreciate your candour.
I just want to add my voice to the requests for bank feeds to Xero Personal.
I have tried Personal and would use it, but not if I have to manually download the bank data.
ANZ Money Manager has had this functionality for a long time. When will Xero have it?
Rod, you stated on 29 December 2010 that BNZ's exclusivity on bank feeds would end Q2 2011. Nearly a year ago. What happened??
Yes, we can take feeds into personal from any bank. Talk to your bank! Which bank are you with and we'll chase this end.
Thanks for the prompt response Rod. Refer to the most recent Xero Personal blog post from Alastair Grigg at http://blog.xero.com/2012/04/update-on-bank-feeds-for-xero-personal/#more-25867. He promises that bank feeds will be available from Q3 2012. I'm with National Bank. Will be delighted if I can get feeds turned on now, but how?
Alastair is referring to the Yodlee feeds, which will provide access to thousands of banks. In our core markets of NZ,AU,UK & USA we are keen to build direct feeds but need you to make the demand known to your bank as it is a project for both them and us.
Is there a list somewhere of the currently supported banks for live feeds? For those banks not yet supported an ETA to a hyperlink to contact the bank might help people contact their respective banks earlier.
BNZ Supported from Dec 2010
KiwiBank Not Supported – Estimated. Q3 2012 – Contact email@example.com to add your support
National Not Supported – Estimate unknown – Contact email@example.com to add your support
We have heard that other firms are migrating their clients to Xero so we are also trying to lead the way to using the Xero Personal too. The design is phenomenal.


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Digital Processing have been widely demonstrated to be very useful techniques in the improving of loudspeaker systems' performances. Particular interesting is Inverse Filtering applied to loudspeaker systems because it can improve performances and sound quality in terms of transient response and reduced overall phase shift. Inverse Filtering s a processing technique that can be realized with FIR filtering techniques with a specific sequence of taps that needs to be synthesized "ad hoc" for a specific transducer and/or for a specific loudspeaker system configuration. Most of the studies on this matter so far, with very few exceptions, have been focused on "DSP processing" point of view, being generally related to the involved mathematics and relative numerical problems. This work would rather represent a discussion on the "philosophy" that should drive the application of this technique to process a loudspeaker system in order to really improve it and consequently it's been focused on the analysis of the loudspeaker system nature and the understanding of what can really be processed with a 1-dimensional "action". It will be discussed what can be synthesized as a "2-port" model of the speaker and then what can be effectively obtained by processing the input signal of a loudspeaker system.
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LAKE GUNTERSVILLE, Ala. — Ken Cook said while we were waiting for the Guntersville derby briefing on Wednesday that it would take 38 pounds to get a check this week. I thought to myself, there's no way. The past four times we've been to G'ville, it hasn't taken more than 15 a day to put a guy on the sheet. No way would it take 38 pounds. Well, Ken was wrong and I was even wronger. Wronger by about 14 pounds, to be exact. To add insult to injury, K-Short was the first one out of the cut with 41 pounds, 1 ounce. Ouch. Had to smear a little Redneck Remedy on the toosh to soothe the chap on that one.
Oh, I had the opportunity to be working on Saturday. Had that opportunity twice on Thursday, as a matter of fact. Unlike the first four events of the season where everything worked out like a dream, which you can read about here, Day One at G'ville was just – funky for me. I had my usual less than stellar practice, just like I've had all season, but I figured I could catch 18 – 19 pounds and be right there in the mix. W-R-O-N-G. I caught my 18 pounds, 8 ounces just like I had planned. Problem was; it took 20-12 to be in the Top 50. There were 63 bags over 20 pounds weighed in on Thursday. That's a problem for a guy with 18-8.
During the course of my Funky Thursday, I managed to lose two fish in the five pound range, either of which would have put me easily in the Top 50 with a chance to keep moving up the points scale. Wow, amazing how things can roll along so smoothly for so long, everything's clicking, everything's groovy, and then the wheels just fall off. When the first five pounder came up beside the pink tackleInteractive.com Mercury powered BassCat (like how I slipped that sponsor plug in one you there? Pretty subtle wasn't it? Hey, all the other guys are pounding you with it, I figured I might as well throw mine in when I can) on Thursday morning and broke my spinnerbait, the wheels started to wobble a little. Later in the day when another five jumped and threw my jig back at me just as I was reaching out to grab it, out of the corner of my eye I saw the wheels literally blow off the axles. One set went toward Scottsboro and the other set went somewhere toward South Sauty. It was an ugly sight.
Now I can look back and chuckle – a little. At the scene of the crash, it was pretty devastating. No, I didn't melt down, throw things, or stomp on my St. Croix Legend Xtreme 7 foot Heavy (subtle, eh?). I sat down, got out another spinnerbait, in the case of the first one, and re-tied my jig, on the latter, and tried to catch another five pounder. What else is a guy supposed to do?
Was it the spinnnerbaits fault? Not hardly, as it was the same one I had used during practice; a stupid mistake, as I had a whole box full of identical baits. Dumbass. Was it the jig's fault? Nope, I could see as it jumped the first time that fish was hooked on the lower lip, probably just in the skin, and as it jumped the third time just out of reach, the hook simple pulled loose. Another 8 inches and I would have had my hand on her and been a hero. Bad luck.
So what's going on with Lake Guntersville that it takes almost 42 pounds to get a Top 50 check? It's nothing short of amazing. If you want to go somewhere and catch fish and catch fish of all sizes, then you need to hook up the boat and get your butt to Guntersville. NOW. You could easily catch 50 fish per day on this pond from 12 inches to 7 or 8 pounds. If you work a little, you could probably top the 100 mark. If you only want to catch big fish, the quantity will go down, but you can still catch some big fish. Will be interesting to see what's caught during Bob Sealy's Big Bass Splash May 16 and 17.
There must be a fine balance on Guntersville between the amount of grass, quantity of bait, and number of bass. Right now, everything seems to be in perfect synergy between those three variables. Added to the mix is the fact that the TVA is moving massive amounts of water down the Tennessee River this week, and you have the makings of a truly world class fishery. It's all about being there and right now if you're within a day's drive, you need to be on Guntersville. This ain't bass fishing – it's bass catching.
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Omg, i eat like crazy and i dont seam to be gaining any weigh, with my first baby i was 112 lbs and my baby was 7 lbs and 14 oz. Does anyone have any nutrition ideas for good weigh gaining ? Im scared it wont be the same this time around and i want a healthy baby.
5' 2" 91 Lbs and 17 weeks along my second pregnancy.
Honestly, have you had good eating habits before?? I know at pre pregnancy weight with my DD I was 105 and I am 5'2 so I cant imagine how small you are. I could wear girls 14 pants then. I am 120 now pre pregnancy weight and wear a size 4
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Yikes, I'd make sure you don't have an overactive thyroid. You can have a simple blood test at your doctor/midwife to check it. If that's not the case, I'd make sure you get plenty of protein and dairy.
I'm the same way, Im about 98 lbs, and this is my first, I'm sooo nervous because my tummy still looks like Im just bloated.. I've gained about 4 lbs so now I'm like 102, what I do is try to incorperate bread and starches to all or at least 3 of my meals.
I started at 100 lbs and wanted to put on some extral weight with this pregnancy too. I've been drinking boosts. They don't taste that great but they have the most calories and the most protein of any of those type of drinks. No offense intended to simplyjj89 but just adding starches and bread to every meal is not enough... Plus you should be doing that anyway. I've put on 7 lbs. Even though I would have liked it to be a little more I am feeing comfortable with that weight gain.
Good luck.
ensure taste GREAT! and my mil eats the boost pudding... i tried it... and it's really good too!
As long as your eating healthy and keeping food down and blood work came back normal i wouldnt sweat it to be honest im 5'7'' and i only weigh 103lbs ive been really thin my whole life but always was really healthy i actually lost 5 lbs in the first trimester and just gained 3 lbs back the last few weeks and im 17 weeks pregnant today
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I had the same problem with my first preg. Dr. told me to drink ensure, but I could'nt drink it. my mom used to make milkshakes for me all the time and after I had my baby she told me she was making my shakes with ensure. Try it, you might like it and its sure to help you put on the pounds.
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Thanks to eveyone for all your comments, and ill try your iedas. I mean im healthy and as far as thyroid i should have it checked, it could be the reason why im so thin... ive never been more than 100 lbs .. EVER.. lol, but, i wanna gain weigh i guess to feel better. The best thing about this time around is that i havent had morning sickness at all... so i hope at least 5-10 lbs tick with me. lol... the doctor says the baby is fine... im also thinking... with my firt pregnancy i threw up till i was 5 months everything i would eat, and my baby was almost 8 lbs ... this time im not throwing up at all... am i going to have a fatty ?.. lol they're gonna have to cut me opem... lol. cant wait till august !!!! Oh and Congrats to all the fisrts time mommies!! enjoy your belly.. He He
thats why i thought mine was my thyroid but everything came back normal, like i said im 104 lbs and 5'7'', i just have an extreamly fast metabloism and eat really healthy so if you get your thyroid checked and everything comes back normal like i said before i would sweat it, my dr told me id be lucky to gain 25 lbs during this pregnancy and he told me as well that i probably wont gain a lot of weight until the end of the 2nd or beginning of my 3rd trimester
Theresa, Kris, Shaelynn 7-14-10(36 weeker), Ashlynn 3-27-12(39 weeker) and Exclusive Pumping Mama :)
I was having horrible hyperthyroid-like symptoms for over two years (inability to gain weight, lack of appetite, excessive sweating, nausea, inexplicable leg cramping) and every doctor I have seen about it has said all tests have come back normal. I am 5'3" and between 96-98 pounds normally. At the bginning of my pregnancy, I was 96 lbs - and that was after a week of laying on the beach doing nothing but eating. I managed to gain 7 pounds but had been using a controversial appetite stimulant. I stopped using said medicine and have already dropped a half a pound from my last dr. appt three weeks ago. I am like the OP - never weighed over 100lbs in my life. I am a little worried because I have beene ating constantly. Stuffing myself. I am even counting calories for the first time in my life (a 1300 calorie lunch? OMG WTF), yet, I still seem unable to gain. I also am waking in the night - regardless of late my last meal was and how caloric - with extreme hunger. Like waking out of a dead sleep from hunger. I hope everything will be ok. Nobody at the doc's office seemed too concerned. I also have a friend who didn't gain but a few pounds until her last trimeser at which point she put on 50lbs in three months and gave birth to an 11 pound boy.
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The new Wonder Woman!
I like. Wonder Woman looks ready for war.
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My shot of the Palisade ridge from Mount Sill September 2006
6:35 am, ready to go
lakes below us
Thunderbolt Pass ahead - talus, anyone?
Palisade Basin and beyond
the chockstone block
Chockstones in the chute
on the "third class ledges"
Looking downchute; Thunderbolt Pass is on the lower right
gotta eat
Talus and scree, anyone?
easier to move near the wall
coming under a chockstone just below the gap
5th class to the peak monolith
first view of Palisade glacier
Mt Sill
fissures in the glacier
Mount Sill and Palisade Glacier from the notch
White Mountain is extreme upper left
Starlight Peak from Thunderbolt Peak
Ridgeline to Starlight Peak
Thunderbolt Peak from Starlight (not our picture)
Our route on the ridgeline
Mat leads the traverse to the summit monolith
Mat on the summit monolith
Mat looking good on the Thunderbolt summit block
Rick on the summit monolith
OK, why do I have all these ropes?
In the summit register
Back in the notch
Mat, Mount Sill, Palisade Glacier
A chill wind a-blowin'
Twice as far down as it was up - steep scree and talus
taking a break, looking down
Basecamp in view...
yeah, we came back down all that talus...
lakes in afternoon
gear and sun
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Stickers to cover plain cigarettes packaging go on sale
- From: Gold Coast Bulletin
- December 12, 2012
THE federal government has launched an investigation into a company selling stickers for smokers to cover the controversial plain packaging for cigarette packets.
Gold Coast company Box Wraps will today unveil a range of stickers specifically designed to cover the olive green plain packaging that cigarettes must by law carry, The Gold Coast Bulletin reports.
Marketed under the slogan "It's your box, it's your choice"- the stickers seek to challenge the plain packaging laws which came into affect on December 1 after big tobacco companies lost a High court challenge.
Under the new laws, the packages must all be olive green and carry gruesome health warnings without individual trademarks.
Box Wraps said a packet of their stickers will be sold online for $8.75 and there are plans to have them for sale in shops by early next year. The company's website is due to launch today.
The stickers would offer an alternative to smokers who hate the plain packs, General Manager Anthony Do Rozario said. The company has a worldwide patent for the unique product.
"There are 30 different designs in four sizes which will suit male or females, young, old and middle-aged smokers - everything from fishing bums to Aussie flags," the 32-year-old said.
"People feel they have had their choice ripped off them. We are just a sticker company that is no different from a cigarette case," he said.
The stickers are easy to put up said Mr Do Razario who claimed his own mother could put one on a packet in a matter of seconds.
While the product may be welcome news to smokers, the government is not happy and has launched an urgent investigation into the stickers.
"The Department of Health and Ageing will be immediately investigating this product to evaluate its status," a Health Department spokesman said.
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Brilliant! of brisbane Posted at 1:51 PM December 12, 2012
The pain packaging has done nothing, I do not buy smokes to look at the "coloured wrapping" however, in spite of the govenments stupid, pointless plain packaging, I will be buying these! brilliant idea mate! hope you make a fortune!
Maddy of Sydney Posted at 1:28 PM December 12, 2012
That's actually quite a clever idea, I have to give kudos to this guy for spotting such a unique market opportunity. I'll be interested to see exactly how successful it is, but even if it fails miserably, well done for thinking outside the box (no pun intended). And as for saying smokers are less intelligent then non-smokers... Hmm, well, quite obviously you proved your own uneducated, 'dumb' qualities with *that * statement. Choices such as smoking, drinking, tattoos, etc etc are in no way representative of general intelligence. But then, if you were intelligent and educated to begin with, I wouldn't even need to point that out, would I? :)
Amused of QLD Posted at 11:07 AM December 12, 2012
Ha ha ha........that's so funny. Is the government now going to ban all stickers? The whole plain packaging idea was stupid to begin with. Smokers don't buy cigarettes because they come in pretty boxes. What next? Plain packaging for alcohol? After all, it kills people too.


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Skip to comments.Jessica Simpson desperate to strip naked for film
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Jessica Simpson is reportedly desperate to strip naked for a film role as she believes she will be taken more seriously as an actress. Simpson is said to be willing to go against her families wishes to land the role that will require her to do a full-frontal nude scene.
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This sounds like something out of Jack Chick.
no pictures?
I will take her seriously as a stripper.
She should do it before she becomes Jessica Tandy.
the really good and great actresses most of us take seriously HAVEN'T done nude scenes.
Someone buy this poor girl a clue (and a heater for the room when she does the scene).
You think he's already gotten a senak preview?
Since she's so insistent, perhaps we should give in and let her do it. Just to make her happy.
It is true that Hilary Swank won the Best Actress Oscar performing full-frontal nudity in "Boys Don't Cry." Jessica, getting naked is only part of the game. You have to be able to ACT as well.
Yes, but they could act.
Yeah. That oughta do it.
People should respect me for my talent
She is welcome to audition for me.
If she wants to send me a test tape, I'll see what I can do for her...
As long as its a silent film, it might be OK
Yes but will Joe let her do it?
Picture police!!!
Googled her pictures, looks like she is almost there.
Oh yeah, that'll do it. (roll eyes)
LOL. It doesn't take that much acting talent to strip nakked in films. Maybe she should take some acting classes instead. She's a bad mediocre actress and an average musical talent. I wish she would go away.
Doing the work clothed Americans don't want to do....
This is a sound and smart career move IMO.
"Tard" refers to the ping list members and not to the subject of the thread!
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Yes but will Joe let her do it?
Sarah Jessica Parker refused to post nude. So did Joan Jett, although Playboy offered her a million dollars.
They knew how to plan and how to think ahead.
post = pose
And no, I'm not posting nude.
Not today, anyhow.
Must be volunteers here who have video cameras and can drop her an offer?
I skimmed the best Oscars and during the last 17 years, only 5 actresses did nude scenes. Of those 5, they were all pretty well established as excellent in their craft before the first bit of clothing was shed.
Oh, and add Julia Roberts to your "won't go nekkid" list as well as Elizabeth Taylor.
Elizabeth Berkley of Saved by the Bell.
If you want to drive a guy crazy, leave something to his imagination!
Think about it...
Sophia Loren,
Elizabeth Taylor,
Vivien Leigh,
Rita Hayworth,
Raquel Welch...
You never saw them nekkid, but guys for sure imagined it!
Of the last 10 Best Actress winners, only 1, Julia Roberts, has not done nudity. Helen Hunt, Gweneth Paltrow, Hilary Swank, Nicole Kidman, Charlize Theron, Reese Witherspoon and Helen Mirren all have.
It wasn't the nudity that ended her career. It was a Paul Verhoven film, and an especially bad one at that... However, it did have Gina Gershon in it, which nearly makes up for everything else what was horrible in the movie. Nearly, but not quite.
She should go for it!!!!!!
You've made Islamic Rage Boy angry...but then, everything does...
SHUSH!! Don't discourage her!
Well that settles it then. I'm doing the full monty to kick start my acting career.
I laughed so hard, then I realized it wasn't a comedy....
then I laughed harder.
Actually, Sophia Loren did a topless scene in an Italian film. Can't remember the name of it.
I'm waiting for Emma Watson to turn 18. Although age didn't stop Keira Knightley or Thora Birch. They were both 16 when they did their first nude scenes.
Think that will work for my engineering career?
Well, I'm all for it, of course! </John Candy>
Please let us know if you do.
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some achieves not working i beat cpu no achieve and whats up with real battle specialist
Anyone knows how to get any achievements on this, please say.
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I was trying to get the beat the computer one, and I managed to get the kill 100 enemies achievement while using the laser on blocks...
yea i got 100 kills n it unlocked but the damn 2player wont work i press the buttons n the ball never moves
the online win 1 might be u have 2 win 5 times or more 2 unlock
u need 10 wins against cpu 4 mock battle
http://tiles.xbox.com/tiles/xn/zb/0I...fn--R83Q==.jpgThe Real Battle Specialist
Played 10 ranked matches over Xbox LIVE.
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http://tiles.xbox.com/tiles/IW/Ck/0I...fn-4tgOg==.jpg The Piercing Light
Busted at least 16 blocks with a single Power Laser shot.
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http://tiles.xbox.com/tiles/VY/Q7/0Y...fn-hSETg==.jpg The Mock Battle Specialist
Won 10 matches against computer opponents.
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http://tiles.xbox.com/tiles/W5/Ac/0o...fn-TOQQA==.jpg A Trustworthy Friend
Cleared an Episode with cooperative play.
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http://tiles.xbox.com/tiles/7p/k9/0I...fn-xKZ9Q==.jpg Certificate of DOH
Cleared the first 30 Rounds of Episode 1 without continuing.
25 http://live.xbox.com/xweb/lib/images...n_External.gif
http://tiles.xbox.com/tiles/hI/p-/1I...fn+1CKnw==.jpg A Temporary Peace
Cleared Episode 2 in 1P Play.
20 http://live.xbox.com/xweb/lib/images...n_External.gif
http://tiles.xbox.com/tiles/yG/j8/04...fn-NNo0w==.jpg Certificate of Bones
Cleared the first 30 Rounds of Episode 2 without continuing.
25 http://live.xbox.com/xweb/lib/images...n_External.gif
http://tiles.xbox.com/tiles/fW/Hd/0Y...fn-vJhZg==.jpg The First Step (Episode 2)
Cleared the first 10 Rounds of Episode 2 without continuing.
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http://tiles.xbox.com/tiles/B5/Fl/04...fn-EqRHA==.jpg The Master Marksman
Destroyed a total of 100 Enemies.
10 http://live.xbox.com/xweb/lib/images...n_External.gif
http://tiles.xbox.com/tiles/MY/Ne/1o...fn+XGDKg==.jpg A Lonely Victory
Cleared Episode 1 in 1P Play.
20 http://live.xbox.com/xweb/lib/images...n_External.gif
http://tiles.xbox.com/tiles/F3/Kf/1Y...fn+rByDA==.jpg The First Step (Episode 1)
Cleared the first 10 Rounds of Episode 1 without continuing.
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http://tiles.xbox.com/tiles/sp/hE/0Y...fn-muYqQ==.jpg The Nimble Vaus
Busted 10 blocks as Mini-Vaus.
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Certificate of DOH and Certificate of Bones in Koop???
I am wondering if one can get the 2 Achs in Koop? Probably only Player 1 will get it but that would be sufficient for me...I died two times in Level 30 BTW - its not a hard level, its the pure fear of losing that let me lose.
OK - just got the first certificate in Co-op mode. So YES its possible to get it this way - I strongly recommend barrier although it can be pretty tough if the ball gets fast - which it - of course - got in Level 30. I'm Nr. 1 on the leaderboards now for both time and points. Yeahhh! Second gamer does not get the ach.
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Essential tools needed for home canning. This 5 pc. set includes a jar lifter, jar wrench, magnetic lid lifter, bubble remover and funnel. Tools feature stay cool green handles for safe use and are dishwasher safe. Canning is an economical and nutritional way to preserve fresh grown fruits and vegetables at home without added preservatives or pesticides. Enjoy your favorite fruits and vegetables throughout the year. Save Money, Grow Local and Eat Healthy!
Number of Pieces: 5
Includes: Bubble Freer, Jar Lifter, Jar Wrench, Funnel, Magnetic Lid Lifter
Features: Rubberized Handles
Material: Metal, Plastic
Protective Qualities: Stay-cool Handles
Care and Cleaning: Dishwasher-safe
other Info.
- Online Item #: 12227755
- Store Item Number (DPCI): 070-05-1003
- Item can be gift wrapped.
- Imported


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