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2002 Ford Focus Body Problems
117 TrueDelta members own (or used to own) a 2002 Ford Focus. 5 of these members (4.3%) have reported body repairs for their car. A total of 9 body repairs to 2002 Ford Focuses--an average of 0.1 per vehicle--have been reported.
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A New Brain is an Off-Broadway musical with music and lyrics by William Finn and book by Finn and James Lapine. The original cast was headed by Malcolm Gets and included Penny Fuller, Mary Testa, Kristin Chenoweth, Chip Zien, Liz Larsen and Keith Byron Kirk. A cast recording was made under an RCA Victor label. Though many of Finn's previous musicals were to some extent autobiographical, A New Brain dealt directly with his own harrowing personal experience with cancer of the brain. It premiered in the UK at the Edinburgh Fringe Festival in 2005.
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NEW YORK CITY — The most important art exhibition ever mounted in the United States, the "International Exhibition of Modern Art" — better known as the Armory Show of 1913, marked a turning point in American art and culture. The New-York Historical Society (NYHS) has organized the preeminent centenary exhibition, "The Armory Show at 100: Modern Art and Revolution," on view through February 23. It offers fresh insights into this epochal event.
Assembled in little more than a year by progressive-minded artists who formed the Association of American Painters and Sculptors (AAPS) and presented in the huge venue of Manhattan's 69th Regiment Armory, the Armory Show comprised 1,350 works, two-thirds by American artists. It introduced the American public to European Modernism, while showcasing achievements of American artists.
Through carefully orchestrated publicity campaigns, the organizers caught the attention of the press, which responded with coverage that ridiculed and sensationalized avant-garde artwork — and stimulated attendance of large crowds. The controversy generated by the exhibition led to critical debates about the direction of art and influenced generations of American artists.
The NYHS exhibition and its outstanding catalog sheds new light on and demolishes myths about this momentous event, which curators Marilyn Satin Kushner and Kimberly Orcutt observe was marked by internal power struggles and newspaper tirades, as well as teamwork and excitement in the service of a great endeavor.
The Armory Show grew out of discontent among progressive artists during the first decade of the Twentieth Century with the difficulty of displaying work at the National Academy of Design, which they viewed as too conservative to support their avant-garde leanings. Starting in 1911, a small group of artists explored forming an organization that would exhibit "the works of progressive and live painters, both American and foreign…." In their implementation, they "assured that the exhibition would represent the newest and most daring movements in Europe, and that these works would take top billing over American art," says Kushner.
The catalog contains informative essays on personalities and roles of the key leaders: president Arthur B. Davies, vice president Gutzon Borglum, secretary Walt Kuhn, treasurer Elmer MacRae and European representative Walter Pach.
The organizers worked feverishly and optimistically to put the show together in a brief few months. They knew they were creating a pioneering art display that would shake the art world; Kuhn wrote his wife that "we will show New York something they never dreamed of."
The cavernous 69th Regiment Armory was miraculously transformed into 18 spaces/galleries with burlap walls laden with garlands, and pine trees, the emblem of the show, flanked the entrance. In addition to the 87,000 people who attended in New York City, 188,650 visited the show in Chicago, where sensational press coverage and rallies against avant-garde art boosted interest, and 14,400 in Boston, where the exhibition was hardly noticed. About 275 works were sold at all three venues.
Davies, the driving force behind the show, organized the displays in a "considered attempt to make the exhibition a didactic exercise rather than a shock," says Orcutt. Thus, the central galleries contained European paintings spanning the Nineteenth Century and showcasing the roots of Modernism through the work of artists considered radical in their time. "Visitors were meant to walk through these galleries," Orcutt continues, "and see a progression of well-known painters who were once thought revolutionary, but who were considered great masters by 1913."
In charting the lineage of Modern art, Davies divided Nineteenth Century European artists into three stylistic categories: Classicists (Ingres, Puvis, Degas, Cezanne, Gauguin, Matisse and Post-Impressionists to Cubists); Realists (Courbet, Manet, Impressionists, Cezanne and Futurists), and Romanticists (Delacroix, Redon, Renoir, van Gogh and Gauguin). This mini-history of Modernism demonstrates Davies's "ambitious intention not simply to create a sensation but to educate uninitiated Armory Show visitors," concludes Orcutt.
Needless to say, this emphasis on European work at the expense of American art did not sit well with many American artists, notably Robert Henri and other Ashcan painters. They feared "the show would stifle their nationalistic ideal of a distinctly American art that could develop independently, without following Europe's lead," observes Orcutt.
The Nineteenth Century European art that took center stage at the armory was primarily French, with a smattering of English, German, Italian and Russian works, and was largely ignored by the press. One popular work, Honore Daumier's "Third Class Carriage," 1856–1858, suggested why the artist's focused social commentary was much admired. Also familiar were paintings by Edgar Degas, Eugene Delacroix, Pierre-Auguste Renoir and Pierre Puvis de Chavannes. Impressionist works were recalled as controversial at first, but widely admired now, suggesting viewers keep an open mind about the new styles of the avant-garde, which might someday be just as widely accepted.
The next gallery featured Post-Impressionists Paul Cezanne, Paul Gauguin and Vincent van Gogh, regarded as the most recent acceptable Modern European painters.
The next gallery featured ten paintings by Henri Matisse and more than 100 wildly colorful works by his Fauvist followers, such as Henri Manguin and Albert Marquet. This assemblage positioned "Matisse and his innovations with color at the summit of the new movements," says art historian Didier Ottinger. Eight sleek, abstract Constantin Brumidi sculptures also attracted major attention.
A final gallery, featuring Cubist works most likely to provoke controversy, was dubbed the "Chamber of Horrors," and promptly became the focus of scandal-mongering critics. It showcased Marcel Duchamp and his brothers "responsible for the most shocking and hilarious paintings in the entire show," says Ottinger, most notably Marcel's "Nude Descending a Staircase (No. 2)" — a work more properly labeled Cubo-Futurist.
The most unintelligible work and one that attracted the most attention and derision, Duchamp's "Nude" was continuously surrounded by throngs of perplexed visitors. Critics, bewildered by the popularity of the painting, ascribed it to the inability of viewers to discern either the nude or the staircase, or to its provocative title. Some compared it to more familiar sights, such as "rush hour at the subway" or, memorably, "an explosion in a shingle factory."
Astute art critic J. Nilsen Laurvik nailed it when he correctly traced the origin of Duchamp's picture to "a sense of progressive motion, such as the succession of images in a motion-picture produce." In spite of subsequent achievements, Duchamp will forever be linked to the painting and the sensation it caused.
Even more controversial than Duchamp was Matisse, "the most radical, most polarizing and most influential artist in the show," says eminent art historian William C. Agee. Specific derision and anger was directed at "Blue Nude," repeatedly termed ugly, out of proportion and an impossible color by critics.
While European works were chosen through the collaboration of Davies, Kuhn and Pach, selecting American art was more complex. Artists clamoring to be included were encouraged to submit their most advanced, i.e., "progressive" work. In the final analysis, 200 Americans were represented. Among the diverse artists were embryonic Modernists like Oscar Bluemner, Stuart Davis, Charles Sheeler and Joseph Stella. A group of younger American Impressionists and realists were shown, along with historical paintings by Mary Cassatt, Albert Pinkham Ryder, John H. Twachtman and James Abbott McNeill Whistler to provide historical perspective.
Artists like George Bellows, Henri, Kuhn, Ernest Lawson, George Luks, MacRae, Jerome Myers and John Sloan "considered themselves to be progressive, but this was more a state of mind than a stylistic approach," says Smithsonian American Art Museum curator Virginia M. Mecklenburg. "None," she adds," created anything comparable to the semi-abstractions by John Marin… and [Alfred] Maurer that [Alfred] Stieglitz showed at [his gallery] 291." Mecklenburg singles out Guy Pene du Bois and Maurice Prendergast as having "strayed from the customary approaches seen in academy annuals…."
The innovative nature of the most advanced work by artists who had spent time in Europe, like Patrick Henry Bruce, Arthur B. Carles, Jo Davidson, Marsden Hartley, Marin, Maurer, Morgan Russell and Marguerite and William Zorach, tended to be "lost in the sheer number of American Impressionist and Realist canvases on view," observes Mecklenburg.
The first gallery visitors encountered entering the Armory Show was devoted to highly popular decorative screens by Robert W. Chanler, and American sculpture by George Barnard, Davidson, Abestenia St Leger Eberle, James Earle Fraser, Gaston Lachaise, Ethel Myers and Mahonri Young that were realistic but hardly Modern.
The next gallery showcased a historical progression of European and American painters, with Frenchmen Jean-Baptiste-Camille Corot, Daumier, Eugene Delacroix and Henri Rousseau adjacent to such American masters as Theodore Robinson, Ryder, Twachtman and Whistler.
Other American works were spread throughout seven additional galleries in confusing, haphazard arrangements that did them no favors. "Had American Impressionist, Realist and Modernist works been grouped stylistically rather than intermingled," posits Mecklenburg, "visitors and critics might have discerned that a fledgling Modern movement was developing."
"Damning to those with high expectations for American art," says Mecklenburg, "was the charge that even the country's most progressive artists were derivative compared with the European innovators." Glackens, of the selection committee, said, "Everything worthwhile in our art is due to the influence of Europe."
Some observers responded with hyperbolic enthusiasm; patron Mabel Dodge Luhan wrote Gertrude Stein that the show was "the most important public event…since the Declaration of Independence," and presciently predicted that "there will be a riot and revolution and things will never be the same afterwards." One commentator singled out Kuhn, Marin, Morton Schamberg, Charles Sheeler and Abraham Walkowitz for "making an individual effort to reason out the abstractions of form."
In her catalog essay, Whitney Museum curator Barbara Haskell offers a nuanced evaluation of the exhibition's impact on American art, cautioning against the popular understanding that it immediately transformed "artmaking in this country." It did, she acknowledges, change "overnight the American art market and the public's awareness of Modern art." Describing the show as "a crash course on Abstraction," she writes that "it accomplished overnight what would have taken decades. Although it did not immediately convert the American public to Abstraction, it unequivocally inserted the concept into the national conversation." The show's greatest impact, Haskell suggests, was to stimulate progressive artists' freedom to experiment.
Moreover, as art historian Avis Berman writes in her essay, the Armory Show created a climate "in which avant-garde painting and sculpture not only gained a firm foothold in the marketplace but were also dignified as a legitimate field of connoisseurship and study." American patrons, dealers and museums began buying Modern art from both sides of the Atlantic. "No longer branded freakish aberrations [in the wake of the Armory Show], Modern painting and sculpture were vindicated as permanent additions to the history of art. These dramatic changes meant that the conspiracy of artists, collectors and dealers had succeeded, and that…[a] prophecy of a new epoch had come true."
The 512-page, superb catalog includes 350 illustrations and 31 insightful essays by experts. Published by the New-York Historical Society in association with D Giles Limited, London, it sells for $64.95, hardcover and $34.95, softcover, and will be the definitive work on the subject for a very long time.
The New-York Historical Society is at 170 Central Park West. For additional information, www.nyhistory.org or 212-873-3400.


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Remember the Death Panels?
Sarah Palin stirred up a fuss in 2010 when she tweeted a reference to ObamaCare's "Death Panels." While ObamaCare did not explicitly give the government the power to ration health care, Governor Palin was correct that there are several provisions in ObamaCare that could lead to "backdoor" rationing.
Governor Palin's "death panel" tweet was a reference to the Independent Payment Advisory Board (IPAB). The IPAB is a board of "experts" empowered to make "recommendations" on limiting Medicare spending. If Medicare spending exceeds a certain amount, then the Secretary of Health and Human Services must implement the IPAB's recommendations.
The recommendations could include reducing seniors' access to certain medications or type of medical care. ObamaCare does forbid the IPAB from "rationing care," but it allows the board itself to decide which of its recommendations are and are not rationing!
While it is important to reduce Medicare spending, simply denying seniors care is not the proper way to do so. Instead, Congress should use some savings from reductions in other spending–such as overseas spending and corporate welfare–to take care of those currently on the program while we transition out of the current model to one giving individuals more control over their health care–including allowing young people to completely opt out of Medicare. (This was a feature of Campaign for Liberty Chairman Ron Paul's Restore America Now Budget Plan.)
Fortunately, Americans are safe (for now) from the IPAB because the Obama Administration has yet to name anyone to the board. However, there are other provisions of ObamaCare that could place restrictions on doctors' ability to practice medicine free from bureaucratic interference and could thus deny patients the best possible treatments.
For example, take a look at section (b) of Section 1311(h) of ObamaCare, titled "QUALITY IMPROVEMENT":
"Beginning on January 1, 2015, a qualified health plan may contract with…
(B) a health care provider only if such provider implements such mechanisms to improve health care quality as the Secretary may by regulation require." [Emphasis added.]
In other words, unless doctors conform their treatments to federal regulations, they will be kicked out of the health insurance system. This is a virtual death sentence for most medical practices.
As part of "mechanisms to improve health care quality," the government could force doctors to use the cheapest treatments and the oldest medications, use global budgets to ration care, limit care for the elderly and disabled, and even order doctors to deny patients care because "the needs of the one must be sacrificed for the needs of the many."
Senators Tom Coburn, Rand Paul, and John Boozman have introduced the Safeguarding Care Of Patients Everywhere (SAFE) Act, which repeals the "Quality Improvement" section of ObamaCare. Georgia Representative Phil Gingery has introduced the House companion. The Senate bill number is S. 2278, and the House number is HR 2283. Campaign for Liberty members may want to call their Senators and Representative and ask that they cosponsor the SAFE Act.
(Hat Tip: Twila Brase of the Citizen's Council on Health Care. When I handled health care issues for Congressman Ron Paul, I worked closely with Twila, and I highly recommend her newsletter to anyone interested in health freedom.)
One final way that the Obama Administration may limit patients' access to treatments is "reference pricing." Reference pricing allows insurance companies to limit how much they will pay for certain procedures, leaving the rest to be paid by patients. Implementation of reference pricing will lead to higher out-of-pocket costs by consumers. Reference pricing may not be a bad thing if done via private contracts formed in a free market. However, reference pricing imposed as part of ObamaCare reference pricing is just one more backdoor means of imposing price controls and rationing. This is especially the case since ObamaCare's limits on Health Savings Accounts and Flexible Savings Accounts, as well as limits on the amount of health care expenses eligible for an individual tax deduction, make it harder for individuals to pay for their own health care.
Campaign for Liberty continues to work to repeal ObamaCare and restore a true free market in health care.


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U.S. Silica Holdings, Inc. To Participate In The Thirteenth Annual Simmons Energy Conference
U.S. Silica Holdings, Inc. (NYSE: SLCA) today announced Bryan A. Shinn, President and Chief Executive Officer will participate in a panel discussion and meet with investors at the Thirteenth Annual Simmons Energy Conference in Las Vegas, NV on Thursday, February 28, 2013 and Friday, March 1, 2013.
The slide presentation to be used by management can be found on U.S. Silica's website at www.ussilica.com in the Investor Resources section.
About U.S. Silica
U.S. Silica Holdings, Inc., a Delaware corporation, is the second largest domestic producer of commercial silica, a specialized mineral that is a critical input into the oil and gas proppants end market. The company also processes ground and unground silica sand for a variety of industrial and specialty products end markets such as glass, fiberglass, foundry molds, municipal filtration and recreational uses. During its 100-plus year history, U.S. Silica Holdings, Inc. has developed core competencies in mining, processing, logistics and materials science that enable it to produce and cost-effectively deliver over 250 products to customers across these end markets. U.S. Silica Holdings, Inc. is headquartered in Frederick, Maryland.
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Barack Obama-isms: The Biggest Obama Gaffes
President Barack Obama may be the president, but he still flubs his lines like most politicians. These are the best "Obama-isms" as far as we can tell. These are the 44th President's classic gaffes and funny outtakes. From his time in the Senate to his time during the 2008 elections, President Obama has commited a number of verbal blunders and we expect to hear more from our President until the end of his first, and possibly only, term.
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A Gift Idea For Your Russian Bride
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Analyze and think what can really excite your Russian bride.
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You can impress her with your present or just can give some feeling of pleasure and delight, or even disappoint her. Anyway, Oksanalove online-dating agency witnessed all the gift ups and downs. So, if you want to learn from others mistakes or follow others success than, here we go! In our experience of watching after the development of our clients relationships we had a case when two people finally found each other. They seemed as they completely felt in love one with another. A groom was on his way to his brides home-country intending to marry her. On the first romantic meeting he brought a present with him - some pasta, ketchup, and spam and stuff what made her a bit angry and offended. Then she could just laugh at it asking herself if her man thinks shes starving, or did he want some charity, may be shes too skinny for him, etc. All this of course damaged their good relationships and gave the lady a negative impression of the man that she has chosen. Absolutely ignore an idea of giving her clothes. The answer is simple - you don\'t know womans exact size and style. Besides, Russian style of clothes for women can be quite different from the abroad fashion. So, don\'t even bother to bring her any jeans, blouse or dress. Its amazing how much the presents can impact couples relationships! If you not sure you want to make something special for your special Russian bride than just make a pleasure for her. A low cost and cute little presents:You can find out how you can bring your girlfriend some chocolates in different boxes choose cute boxes girls love it, etc. Candies are a nice little present and girls love sweets. Gifts for women who have kids:Please, think about things to give if woman has children. Something like cute tennis shoes would be a huge hit. Sport suite with a known brand, t-shirt from Addidas or Nike is also a nice present and will be a huge hit. If you get a heart of your womans baby than you definitely will get your womans heart! If she has a small kid, then sweets will work well again. Wonderful gift ideas for young and sexy women. If you want to make something special for her and want her to think of you more often - get her a good perfume. BLV from BVLGARY suits the tastes of the younger girls, it comes in a blue bottle and absolutely loved by them. Its a gorgeous and very sexy fragrance, kind of expensive, but very nice. Youll love your lady to wear it! Besides, whenever shes going to use it, she will subconsciously think of you in the way she can describe BVL odor. The thing is that young ladies like to wear something smooth, fresh, and not too sweet. MEXX woman or Jil Sanders PURE line is also a great advantage. Victorias Secret has nice body treatment products and perfumes also, it is not expensive at all but comes in beautiful present boxes and have excellent quality and fragrance. Wonderful gift ideas if your woman 35+++ years old Chanelle 5 is very elegant and kind of smart, created for older ladies. Anyway, if you guys have any doubts or questions regarding the presents don\'t hesitate to ask Oksanalove dating agency staff. Well be happy to help and provide our clients with information!
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Mesopotamian Fashion Mesopotamia is located at the far west side of Asia.
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It is between two rivers, the Tigris and Euphrates. The Mesopotamian people made their houses out of mud, tools were made from rock and they used natural materials in what they did and made. Mesopotamia originally was flooded much of the time so the people tried to develop a system to control the water. The Mesopotamians were farmers and they grew food like Barley and fruit. Mesopotamia had some rain and the temperature was often very hot- mostly over 110 degrees. Because of the hot weather, Mesopotamians developed their clothing to suit their climate. So maybe you're thinking, "What is fashion? " Fashion means a lot of things: clothes, make-up, hair, jewellery and accessories. Please View this video to learn more about Mesopotamia! In Mesopotamia, natural resources like flax and sheep's wool were used. Flax was a substitute for linen. In the summer, cloth was made thinner whereas in the winter, the cloth was more coarse and thick. Linen was soft and it Notice the hair, beard and tuniclasted for a long time. The more used and washed the cloth the softer and stronger it became. These materials could be dyed and wouldn't fade. Flax was harvested and then would break down naturally. The long fibres in the stem were separated and used to make linen. Flax can be identified as a plant with blue flowers. Clothing for men and women were simple yet durable. Sumerian men in the summer were bare chested and wore a skirt like garment tied to the side. Women would wear a long gown and their right arm and shoulder would be left uncovered. Assyrians would wear a short-sleeved tunic underneath their robe. In the winter, Sumerian men would wear sheepskins with the wool side out. They would be worn with a belt to keep them in place. Women would use sheep skin as well. They would drape the sheepskin around them like a dress or a robe. Women would pin theirs on the left shoulder. At the start of the Old Akkadian period men would wear wool cloth that was worn the same way as women. Men would pin theirs on the right shoulder instead. The rich and the royalty would often wear more expensive clothing even though they wore the same styles as the poor. Theirs would be made of a more luxurious material. Wealthy women and princesses would wear coloured and bright clothing. Assyrian royalty would have their clothing woven with complicated designs. Gods wore different items than the wealthy or royalty. God Marduk, imagined by Mesopotamians, wore symbols of power. Also, Assyrian soldiers wore metal suits and iron weapons. Headdresses were also very popular. A Queen would wear a headdress that would have ringlets of gold with animals and leaves. Ladies of the court would wear beech leaf headdresses. An average women would also wear a headdress for a celebration or festival. To the left is an example of a Mesopotamian Headdress. It was found in a tomb in Ur where all of the wealthy Kings and Queens had been buried. It was found on the head of one of the female "attendants" in the King's grave. The attendants also were wearing gold hair ties and necklaces of lapis lazuli and gold. This headdress has lapis lazuli and carnelian in-between the gold leaves. Lapis lazuli was the most prized stone. It was even set in headdresses, clothing, and was used as eyes in statues. Lapis lazuli comes from the Latin word lapis meaning stone and the Arab word azul meaning blue. It also means horn in Latin. The Mesopotamians used carnelian stones to make jewellery. Topaz was also used for jewellery. The stone is mostly at straw-yellow and a wine coloured, but can also be white, grey, green, blue, pink or reddish-yellow. Hair and make-up was very important to the Mesopotamians. Hair styles varied from the different era's in Mesopotamian history. In the Early Dynastic Period, men were cleanly shaven. Women had long hair which would often then be up and was done in beautiful fancy styles. In the Old Akkadian Period, men would be clean shaven or would have long wavy hair. Women would have creative hairstyles with hair nets of metal or bone or would have a tight bun. Also, Assyrian Kings had long curls, beards and mustaches. The men of Sumeria sometimes shaved their heads and beards. Even though Mesopotamia existed over thousands of years ago, they still cared about fashion just like us. They had trends and they took pride in what they looked like, wore and they cared for their body. I guess that they were still human then and they enjoyed dressing up and looking nice. Also, the Mesopotamians used their resources wisely towards their fashion, especially for make-up. They used what they had and their fashions suited their climate. They would wear warmer clothing in the Winter and cooler in the Summer. The Mesopotamians were ahead of their time. They knew what looked good and what felt comfortable. Men and woman also got creative with their hair. The Mesopotamians were careful with what they used and were environmentally friendly.
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Supporting the UK Jewellery Industry
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The British shopper is a strange beast.
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How Did The Invention of Shopping Bags Change The Society
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Like any invention of man shopping bags were created for a purpose and make a certain activity easier. In 1912, a grocery store owner named Walter H. Deubner created the shopping bag because he noticed that customers are limiting their purchases according to what they could only carry to their homes. He invented the first grocery bags to make it easier for his customers to transport the goods they purchased from his store. The bag was sold for 5 cents when it was first launched in the market which is the price most \"wholesale outlets\" charge these days. In the early years when the shopping bag was first introduced in the market, marketing professionals saw the branding opportunities that they can get from using bags. They realized that by printing a company logo on a bag they could get a significant amount of exposure and create connection with their target audience. During the prominence of indoor shopping malls, most buyers would visit stores in their locale to buy the stuffs they need and flamboyantly carry the bag with the logo of the retailer where they just bought items from. During those times, consumers embraced advertising in the form of printed paper shopping bags which were free to acquire and easy to bring anywhere they wish to go. From 80's until early 2000's, shopping bags became part of social differentiation and stratification. Those who purchase lesser goods from retail stores had to pay for every bag. On the other hand, big multinational businesses that paid items in large volume, bags are provided for free. For the elite retailers, the quality and distinction of their bag have a huge part in maintaining a well-known trademark. These days, there are retailers who offer durable reusable tote bags for $1-$5, but consumers did not support this kind of marketing strategy. The reason behind it is simple; consumers today are not stupid to pay for something only to advertise your company. Many years have gone by before the market has changed their view on shopping bag. Nowadays, most consumers are aware that plastic shopping bags are the cause of environmental damages. Consequently, entrepreneurs today are thinking of ways and trying to create a technology that can help lessen plastic wastes in the landfills and major bodies of water. Right now, promotional bags are not only used as a marketing tool that helps you amplify your sales but it is also employed for promoting public environmental awareness. Now, more and more businesses are picking more environmental friendly means of promoting their enterprise through the use of green bags. There are businesses that would make these bags more accessible and cheaper for you. Some would deliver it right in front of your door only to encourage you use green reusable bags. As you walk downtown, you will notice that more people are using canvas tote bags or recycled kraft bags not only to carry their shopping items but for other purposes too. Students or professionals are fanatical with these handy bags because of its environmental benefit to the community. Therefore, it is just practical for a small business owner like you to make these bags available for customers free of charge at your store. Also, make sure that you offer eye-catching and sturdy bags to convince more people to switch to more ecological friendly bags. The more bags you give to your customers the more chance that your brand will be visible to the market and attract more people to patronize your brand.
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Why Are Designer Bag Are so Popular Today
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When you are in a plan to buy designer bag, you must be aware of the fact that there is no dearth of choices available for you. There are large numbers of designer brands like Gucci, Prada, Valentino and many other that are renowned for manufacturing bags in various designs and styles. Moreover, it is also true that women look for style and fashion while selecting bags for themselves. This is also the reason why so many designer brands have come in the market to cater to the requirements of women. There are several stores from where you would be able to purchase these bags. However, while purchasing, you should not only check out the store, but at the same time, the quality of the bags, as well. There are varieties of materials that are used by a brand to manufacture handbags. However, the leather travel bags are considered to be the best. If you are planning to purchase a designer bag, you should give utmost preference to leather because along with reflecting your style statement, you would also be able to use for practical purposes. There are several online stores from where you would be able to purchase these designer bags. However, before purchasing these bags, you should know why the leather bags are so preferable and popular. ? First of all, they are extremely intriguing mainly because of the fact that they are available in wide varieties if designs, styles, colors and sizes. There are many people who are of the idea that varieties are not available in leather, but this is a misconception because even in a leather bag, you can expect to find the same.? Leather is a nice material that can complement your outfit. In fact, you can expect to find leather travel bags both in glossy and matte finishes. Therefore, on the basis of your requirements, you can make the selection of the bag.? When you go for leather from some designer brands, not only can you be assured about the quality, but at the same time, you can be assured about the durability, as well. Moreover, cleaning and washing these bags is also not difficult, and you would require very little maintenance. This is mainly due to their manufacturing process.? There are some online stores that might stock poor quality leather bags. Therefore, you should always try to purchase designer bag made of leather, so that you do not have to deal with poor quality.? Often you would find wonderful embeddings in these bags of leather from a reputed designer brand. These add extra elegance to these bags, and can therefore enhance your personality, as a whole. Therefore, it is time for you to move into the current trends of fashion, which largely emphasizes the need of using leather travel bags for a wonderful style statement. Your friends would envy your bag, because with such a bag, you would definitely be able to stand apart from the rest of the crowd.
Good Girls Guide to Buying Lingerie
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With the popularity of Lingerie boutiques in shopping malls across America the stigma of buying and wearing lingerie is now a thing of the past.
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We play brass band music in the tradition of New Orleans brass bands, a tradition that stretches from at least as far back as the 1890s until today. We draw from the whole spectrum, from gospel standards to traditional tunes like Royal Garden Blues and Saint James Infirmary to modern brass band street funk in the manner of the Rebirth, New Birth, Hot 8 and Dirty Dozen brass bands.
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Indeed. While Clinton has taken to her role like a duck to water, 2010 had its challenges. The release of a cache of U.S. embassy cables by WikiLeaks, in which confidential and sometimes critical observations of foreign officials and policy were made public, was an embarrassment to the American government. Clinton approached the issue the way she approaches everything: pragmatically. Over many "long days," she made call lists and methodically worked her way through them. "I told somebody, 'You know how rock groups go on these global tours? I should have a jacket that says THE APOLOGY TOUR because everywhere I go, I'm apologizing for any embarrassment,'" she says wryly.
Clinton says WikiLeaks "just added multiple additional layers of responsibility and outreach. The diplomats were doing their jobs. You get unvarnished opinions, but they are just opinions. They are not policy, and they should not be in any way confused with policy. But some of the judgments made, the opinions that were offered, were embarrassing to people."
She continues, "Then there were people who said, 'How can I ever have a candid conversation with you again if these things are going to be reported?' Which were never meant to be exposed until maybe 50 years from now. So we've had to really work hard to maintain that candor that is critical to diplomacy."
The real danger of WikiLeaks, Clinton argues, is "a third category where, because of what was exposed, people are physically at risk. They are sources for us, they are human-rights advocates, they are whistle-blowers around the world. So that's been the most long-lasting damage, and it's serious damage."
The stresses of Clinton's position are hard to imagine ("Sometimes I get very upset and angry if I think that people are doing things that are stupid, or put other people at risk, or are breaking agreements"), but she deals with it in her own way. She loves to swim "in pools, in oceans, in lakes." When she heads home to Chappaqua, in upstate New York, on the weekends, she does yoga with a teacher. She's also fond of putting her house in order: "Clean out a closet, a kitchen drawer, anything that has a beginning, a middle, and an end, because much of what I do goes on and on and on."
She and President Clinton clear their heads with long walks. "We go off with the dogs and have a good walk through the woods, then usually a movie, out to dinner," she says. Thanks to their friends in the entertainment industry, the Clintons have a pile of Oscar screeners at home: "The King's Speech, that's on the top of my list. I want to see True Grit, The Kids Are All Right ..."
On television, Clinton tries not to miss Grey's Anatomy. "I am fascinated by the incidents they manufacture. It's just amazing to me. The guy has a bomb in his belly. Oh, okay. ..." Also, thanks to her 91-year-old mother, Dorothy Rodham, she is regularly briefed on Dancing with the Stars. "My mother was pulling for [last season's winner] Jennifer Grey. I mean, she was so empathetic with the cancer and the screws and the plates and the back, the whole deal." And what of Bristol Palin? "I'm speaking for my mother here; my mother thought it was very nice that she competed but that she was not up to Jennifer by any means."
Clinton's knowledge of popular culture is on a higher level than that of most in the governmental set. Senior adviser Lona Valmoro remembers briefing her on a meeting with Angelina Jolie in 2005. "She was like, 'Oh, Tomb Raider.'"
On fashion, Clinton is self-deprecating and often hilarious. She's known for her pantsuits, but her staffers say nothing makes her happier than a good handbag. "I do love a good handbag," she agrees. Can accessories be the great uniter of women? "I think they could be either a great divider or uniter," she replies. "I'm on the uniter side. I think no one should make fun of anyone else's handbag choices." She warms to the topic. "I think we should be united in our support of one another. Because this is like a deep psychological need. It's a desire to kind of organize and contain that which is important to you in your daily life. I have a philosophical view about this, and I have this Ferragamo hot-pink bag that I adore. My view was that I would carry it around only in spring, but it makes me so happy, I'm even now lugging it around in January. I mean, how can you be unhappy if you pick up a big pink bag?"
In her 2003 memoir, Living History, Clinton was equally amusing on the topic of her "lifelong hair struggles." She is bemused by the press she received last September during the UN General Assembly in New York, a fateful day when she put her hair up with a butterfly clip. "It was a Sunday," she says, "a day of rest! I had actually lost track of time, to be honest, and I'd gone swimming, and then I realized I had to get moving, and I didn't have time to do anything else, so I really just did the best I could." She starts to laugh. "I didn't think it looked that bad, but ... what do I know?"
Clinton is often surprised when people tell her she is so much prettier in the flesh. "It's nice, but on the other hand, you think, Oh, my God, most people never see me in person; what do they think I look like? I do not take pictures well, I know that." Ironically, on meeting Chávez in Brazil in January, Clinton looked radiant, like she couldn't wait to have a beer with him. "Really?" She asks one of her staff to pull up the picture. "Huh. Well, that's the only way to deal with him, I think."
Bill Clinton once said of his wife that she was "going to live to be 110. She might have three husbands after me." Clinton laughs and says, "Well, I doubt that very much. I'm not going to do this forever. I want to teach. I want to speak. I want to travel." She also wants to spend more time with her family, with her newly married daughter, Chelsea, who is clearly the delight of her life. Ask Clinton if she looks forward to being a grandmother one day and she replies, "Well, no pressure, because I don't want to be one of those kinds of mothers. But obviously, someday, I'd love it." What kind of grandmother would she be? "Probably an unbearable one, the kind who is saying, 'Oh, my gosh, I'll take the child, I'll do whatever you need to get done.'"
She says that Chelsea has not expressed an interest in politics, but should she change her mind, "I have such confidence in her, she'll do what she thinks is right for her. I'm really only wanting her to follow whatever course makes her happy."
As for Clinton's own postsecretary course, she says, "I'd probably teach international relations, current events, something involving women's roles and rights around the world. I have no idea what I'm going to do, but I have a lot of interests that I hope to fulfill. And then an occasional beach, an occasional time-out."
And what of 2016, the next date Clinton could conceivably run for president? "I have no thoughts for 2016," she says with a benevolent smile. "Beaches ... speeches."
Douglas Friedman
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Kansas City Smokehouse, East Meadow: closed
Kansas City Smokehouse in East Meadow has closed.
Last August, the place opened as RUB BBQ, a joint venture between the noted Manhattan spot of the same name and the Singh Hospitality Group. But there was ongoing disagreement between the two businesses and, in December, RUB withdrew, taking its proprietary recipes out of East Meadow.
The restaurant changed its name and put out a new menu. Apparently, not enough to save it.
The site, not readily visible to passing Hempstead Turnpike traffic, has housed a succession of other Singh-owned restaurants, among them Long Fin, BeSi, Ruby's Famous BBQ and two incarnations of Louis & Marxx.
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EAU CLAIRE -- A small work crew from the Black River Correctional Center will begin the task of scraping and removing old paint in the McPhee Physical Education Center at the University of Wisconsin-Eau Claire later this month.
The work crew will be made up of inmates who are near the end of their sentences for non-violent offenses at the correctional center, which is a minimum security facility not to be confused with the nearby Jackson Correctional Institution.
"This is considered a very desirable job, and the men must show readiness for working in this situation," said Terry Classen, director of Facilities Planning and Management at UW-Eau Claire. The inmates earn $1 an hour for their labor.
Inmates selected for a community-based project such as the McPhee job have already completed a school or work program and demonstrated positive behavior, according to correctional center superintendent Thomas Karlen.
"Only our best workers and our best risks can participate in this kind of program," Karlen said.
The three- or four-man crew will scrape and remove interior wall paint throughout McPhee's Ade Olson Addition, which was built in 1987. The paint is cracked and peeling, according to Classen, creating a shabby and unsightly appearance in a building that is heavily used by student athletes, faculty, staff and others.
Classen said the raked-joint concrete block walls must be scraped by hand rather than sandblasted because of the number of people in the building and the mess that sandblasting would make. "This is a very labor intensive process," Classen said. "If we had to contract for the work, it would cost the university about $140,000."
Kathleen Mitchell, associate vice chancellor for business and student services, said the state through Department of Administration funding will pick up all costs for the job, including a driver to transport the crew between the correctional center and the university each day. "Clearly this is a win-win situation for the state, the inmates and the university," she said.
Athletic Director Marilyn Skrivseth is pleased that the Olson Addition is getting a face lift. "This is a wonderful idea. The building really needs painting, and I'm satisfied that the screening and security process involved in the selection of the work crew makes this a low-risk situation for people using the building."
Classen estimates the job will take about one year.
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Diablo III's class tweaks, bug fixes, and game changes
Blizzard has released a list of hotfixes, finally letting players know about all the quick changes it's made to the game recently. As suspected, the Demon Hunter and Wizard have had their most useful skills downgraded, and the Monk has been controversially nerfed.
A number of exploits have been fixed, with a few tricks for easy kills and loot no longer viable. Over thirty errors disrupting the game's service have also been addressed, which should hopefully make for a smoother experience all round.
The full list of fixes can be viewed below, but be warned that there are some quest-specific fixes toward the end that may count as a spoiler. Y'know, if you're so invested in Diablo III's story that you'd actually be mad about that. Stranger things have happened.
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Carbamazepine for Epilepsy
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Why It Is Used
Carbamazepine is the medicine of choice for children who have partial seizures and one of the drugs of choice for treating adults who have partial seizures. It may also be used to control generalized tonic-clonic seizures.
People who have absence seizures or myoclonic seizures probably should not use carbamazepine. It does not prevent these types of seizures and can even make them worse.
How Well It Works
Carbamazepine is effective in preventing partial seizures and generalized tonic-clonic seizures.1
Side Effects
Common side effects of carbamazepine include:
- Dizziness.
- Drowsiness.
- Headache.
- Double vision and blurry vision.
- Nausea.
- Decreased coordination.
Your doctor may prescribe smaller but more frequent doses of carbamazepine to help reduce its side effects. High doses of carbamazepine can affect a person's thinking and state of mind, but this can often be avoided.
In rare cases, carbamazepine may cause a serious skin rash. Contact your doctor if you develop a rash while taking carbamazepine.
Using carbamazepine for a long time can increase your risk for osteoporosis and broken bones.
FDA Advisory. The U.S. Food and Drug Administration (FDA) has issued an advisory on antiepileptic drugs (AEDs) and the risk of suicide. Talk to your doctor about these possible side effects and the warning signs of suicide in adults and in children and teens.
See Drug Reference for a full list of side effects. (Drug Reference is not available in all systems.)
What To Think About
It may take time and careful, controlled adjustments by you and your doctor to find the combination, schedule, and dosing of medicine to best manage your epilepsy. The goal is to prevent seizures while causing as few side effects as possible. Regular blood tests help monitor the amount of medicine in your blood—it is important to maintain a consistent level. After you and your doctor figure out the medicine program that works best for you, make sure to follow your program exactly as prescribed.
- Adverse effects. Some of carbamazepine's long-term effects may not yet be fully known. People tend to tolerate the drug quite well, and it has fewer side effects than phenobarbital, another drug used to treat the same types of seizures.
- Drug interactions. Many medicines for epilepsy can interact with other medicines you may be taking. This means that your epilepsy medicine may not work as well, or it may affect the way another medicine you are taking works. Some of these interactions can be dangerous. It is important to tell your doctor about all the medicines, herbal pills, and dietary supplements you are taking. Carbamazepine may reduce the effectiveness of birth control pills. A woman taking carbamazepine may need to use a method of birth control other than birth control pills to reduce her chances of becoming pregnant.
- Serious health risks. Carbamazepine can cause serious, but uncommon, side effects such as liver problems, bone marrow problems (low blood counts), and skin rash. Regular blood tests can lower the risk by identifying problems early on.
- Risk of birth defects. All medicines for epilepsy have some risk of birth defects. But the risk of birth defects needs to be carefully compared to other risks to the baby if the mother stops taking her epilepsy medicine. If you are thinking about becoming pregnant, it is important to plan ahead and talk with your doctor about the benefits and risks of taking epilepsy medicine during your pregnancy. It you are already pregnant, it is not too late. The best thing to do is talk to your doctor about your pregnancy before you make any changes to the medicines you are taking.
- Other concerns. For some people, carbamazepine may produce side effects or carry risks that are not yet fully known. Report any unexpected side effects or problems to your doctor.
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Written on Wednesday, 02 November 2011 01:05
It may have taken until the halfway mark of the season, but the Philadelphia Eagles are finally beginning to stir.
The Eagles began the season amidst a raft of glowing forecasts for the 2011 season, which led Cowboys defensive coordinator, Rob Ryan, to label the Eagles as 'the all hype team'.
In the weeks prior to the Eagles' meeting with Ryan's Cowboys, it seemed the outspoken defensive guru's description was near the mark. The Eagles had been immensely unimpressive in their opening six contests, managing only a pair of wins in that time.
The whispers from Eagles doubters had grown into a roar. According to most pundits, they were a cautionary tale for what happens when highly priced talent is assembled, but not worked into a team's system.
Philadelphia's title chances for 2011 appeared to be dead and buried.
Fittingly, on Halloween, they were resurrected.
The Eagles dominated their long-time rival Dallas Cowboys, storming to a 34-7 win. Mike Vick looked at ease when confronted with the Cowboys array of blitz packages - the same scheme that caused New England's Tom Brady to struggle just a fortnight ago - and LeSean McCoy was sensational from the backfield. Yet more importantly the Eagles defense finally came to play.
Cornerback Asante Samuel - who criticized the Eagles front office during the week - emphatically declared that his side was 'back' after their triumph.
Philadelphia gave their success-starved fans a glimpse into how good they can be, and if they can sustain the same level of play for the rest of the season, they are going to be an incredibly tough side to beat.
The doubters are silenced - for the moment, anyway - and the NFL is on notice.
Philadelphia has finally arrived for 2011.
It's been a great week for St Louis sports fans.
Their Cardinals produced one of the finest displays ever to grace the World Series, en route to claiming the Major League Baseball crown, yet nothing from the Rams' opening six games would have given fans any hope of a title gracing the Edward James Dome any time soon.
The Rams have been dismal in the opening half of the season, reflected in their winless record after six games. The prospect of a red-hot New Orleans outfit - fresh from a 55-point win last week - coming to town, led many to think that the Rams could be on the wrong end of a heavy defeat.
But, as the saying goes, that's why they play the games.
St Louis - led by running back Stephen Jackson - produced one of the real surprises of the season, defeating the Saints, 31-21.
The Rams - a pre-season favourite to win the NFC West - seem to have fumbled away any potential playoff run for 2011, but if they can produce similar performances for the remainder of the season, fans will at least feel positive going into 2012 and beyond.
Such is the level of social reverence enjoyed by Denver Broncos quarterback, Tim Tebow, that his postgame moment of reflection last week created an internet phenomenon.
Move over planking; 'Tebowing' is the new craze.
However, his army of fans couldn't protect Tebow from the vicious defensive unit of the Detroit Lions.
Tebow was sacked seven times, and his two turnovers on Monday led to Detroit touchdowns.
He was battered and bruised en route to a humbling 45-10 defeat, as Detroit seemed to rediscover its swagger, after stumbling to two straight losses over the past fortnight.
To put it simply, Tebow seemed out of his depth, an item on the menu during the Lions' feeding frenzy.
But that's not a knock on Tebow.
Detroit's defense - especially their pass-rushing unit - has the ability to make the most seasoned of NFL quarterback's lose their cool. Let alone a young star, who has started just a handful of games in his career.
Tebow needs time to develop, and even though that sentiment might not be popular in a 'what have you done for me lately' league like the NFL, it's the only chance he has at growing into an elite starting quarterback.
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From the "you have got to be kidding me" side of San Diego Comic Con comes the announcement of a new series featuring- are you ready for this?- Mike Tyson and his Pigeon Sidekick. To be titled Mike Tyson Mysteries, Iron Mike, his pigeon, the Ghost of the Marquess of Queensbury and Mike's adopted Korean daughter team up to form the Mike Tyson Mystery Team. One has to wonder if this is some sort of rehab assignment gone bad for Mike's probation or something…
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Disney To Animate Guardians
Even before the much anticipated film hits theaters, Disney has announced a new animated series to be based on "Guardians of the Galaxy". Guardians of the Galaxy: The Animated Series- as well as a sequel to the theatrical film- were both announced San Diego's Comic Con. Marvel Animation and Disney XD even went to far as to preview a one-minute teaser of the new animated series at the Comic-Con.
Nick Pull Korra from Airwaves; Web Only
In a surprise move for a popular, currently airing network series, Nickelodeon is pulling The Legend Of Korra from it's regular network slot, and finishing out Book Three of the series on the Internet. The Terror Within, which aired Friday, will be the last of the series that will air on Nickelodeon. Beginning with The Stakeout, the series will be available on various Internet streaming sources including Amazon, Google Play, Xbox Video and Hulu as well as the Nickelodeon site and apps.
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First Look At Animated Lava
Who's up for a first look at the artwork from Pixar's newest animated short Lava? Although we have known for a while it is to be released with the theatrical feature film Inside Out, we just learned that Lava will actually premiere next week at the Hiroshima International Animation Festival in Japan. So even though we only get a sneak, one-frame advance look at the film, the whole thing is done and ready to show.
Can Sequels Fly? Dumbo Returns
Proving that once again that Hollywood's secret motto is there is no good idea like an old idea rebooted, Disney is dipping into their storied history to bring another animated film back to life… with a twist. As we have seen with Alice In Wonderland and Maleficent, and the forthcoming Cinderella, taking an old, safe animated feature and making it a new, live-action film is making bucket's of money. So Disney turned to it's history and pulled out an elephant of an idea- and here comes Dumbo!
Cartoon Clarence Creator Canned
Skyler Page, creator and executive producer of Cartoon Network's Clarence animated series has been fired from the network. Page, a CalArts graduate and storyboard artist for Adventure Time, is accused of sexually assaulting a female artist who also works at Cartoon Network. The Cartoon Network spokesperson said that the show- which is still in its first season-will continue.
OIAF Feature Films Competition
The Ottawa International Animation Festival (OIAF) is pleased to announce the selection of films competing in the Feature Film Category at this year's Festival running September 17-21. Five films have been announced to be in the competition.
The Ottawa International Animation Festival (OIAF) is one of the world's leading animation events providing screenings, exhibits, workshops and entertainment since 1976. OIAF is an annual five-day event bringing art and industry together in a vibrant hub, with a total attendance of 28,000 artists, producers, students and animation fans from around the world.
Astérix Feature Film Shows First Trailer
The French CGI animated feature Astérix: Le Domaine des Dieux (Asterix: The Land of the Gods) has released it's first trailer. This long-running series, this will be the first CG animated feature in the Asterix series. The film is directed by Alexandre Astier and Louis Clichy, with animation by Mikros Image Animation Paris. Budgeted at 31 million euros, the film will release in France on November 26, 2014; no word on a US release at this point.
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Glen Keane's Animated Poem Duet
Glen Kean, who made a name for himself as the late dean of Disney animators, has released his first new animated short from his association with Google and Motorola. Titled Duet, the film was released last week as part of a special Advanced Technology and Projects session at the Google I/O Conference in San Francisco. It is the third in a series of shorts called the Spotlight Stories that are designed to explore spatial awareness and the sensory inputs of a mobile device to create a distinctive storytelling experience.
Legend of Korra Book Three Premieres Friday
After a much-anticipated return, Nickelodeon will premiere The Legend of Korra Book 3: Change Friday, June 27, at 7p.m. (ET/PT) with two back-to-back episodes – "A Breath of Fresh Air" and "Rebirth" followed by a special bonus episode, "The Earth Queen." Brand-new episodes will continue rolling out every Friday at 8p.m. (ET/PT) beginning July 11.
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The problem with most online shopping is that you may see something you like (or perhaps need) this instant, but know that it won't arrive for a few days. So, we're a bit impressed that Seize sur Vingt's website has just begun an "Emergency Courier" service, as they're calling it. If youre in New York and spend at least $150 like, if you spill coffee on your suit, or realize you need new shoes and socks the company will dispatch a messenger with replacements within three hours at no cost to you (so long as you meet the minimum). Pretty good idea, one we hope that other retailers might start offering in major cities, where they have the inventory to support this kind of operation. In the meantime, SsV has basically no competition on this front, except for Mr. Porter. Which is probably the whole point.
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I love this mango coconut water and guava one from O.N.E company. It is much better to have for drink , than "kind of juice" in a tetra pack from the regular grociery store. I think this could be very tasty and beloved drink for kids and healthy at the same time. If you do not have fresh coconut in the grocery store or right under your window, this colorful package of coconut water is a repalcement. At least for me, who has an apple tree and moderate climate, that does not linger coconut trees at all and only pictures and documentary of coconut trees and white sand beaches is my only way of seing coconuts =)
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It is something "stale" over them. Can't quite place it. Cooling them down a lot helps, but I dislike them unless I mix it with other juice.