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- Posted by purpleinopp 8b AL (My Page) on Mon, Feb 24, 14 at 11:22
Some kind of Dracaena. I would suspect fluoride toxicity. |
- Posted by hopefulauthor z5IL (firstname.lastname@example.com) on Mon, Feb 24, 14 at 14:32
Hi Marjie, I think it's dry air. Purple has a point about floride toxicity, but my Dracaenas get watered with water that sits out for days to weeks. This winter has been the harshest ever..heat is on 24/7, and even with two humidifiers and indoor fountain humidity has been low. One day, 11%. Not good for humans, let alone pets and plants. I don't have an answer, except, if possible shower your Dcac...Been there, done that, and still doing that. lol. Toni |
- Posted by Rodden-Blessed 7 (My Page) on Mon, Feb 24, 14 at 15:21
Chlorine will evaporate out of water but fluoride will NOT, so you have to use rainwater or water that is not from the tap for Dracenas. Hope this helps! |
- Posted by Rodden-Blessed 7 (My Page) on Mon, Feb 24, 14 at 15:23
Oops, I forgot to add in my earlier post that I think that is a Ribbon Dracena. I have one too, and it seems quite sensitive to dry air. Also, I don't water it with tap water, just rain water when I have it. Even tap water set out will likely harm it. |
This is dracaena warneckii 'lemon lime'. Insanely susceptible to fluoride damage. Best way to help prevent the damage is to put line in the soil, and never dehydrated. That exacerbates the issue. The use of lime will increase the pH of the soil, which in turn locks out the fluoride |
- Posted by StewartsJon none (My Page) on Mon, Mar 10, 14 at 5:44
Dracaena Lemon Lime. |
Thanks so much for the responces-- Rain water is hard to come by here, least for collecting water for house plants, there just isn't enough. (Looking at another Drought this Summer- that is how bad it is right now) Filtering out the water won't get rid of the floride either, will it? So distilled water good for it? I used to use that on my Spider Plants all the time, but they don't mind the tap water here for some reason.. and yes.. it has a lot of floride in it. And the Lime? (sounding not smart here) You are talking about lime stone? How much would be needed? I have never used it before so this is new to me. I was also wondering, how do you get a "starter" off this plant? I cannot seem to find any information on that. At least not for this particular plant. Thanks again for the information-- still learning, and that is a good thing-- i think-- lol Marjie |
- Posted by hopefulauthor z5IL (firstname.lastname@example.com) on Tue, Mar 18, 14 at 12:52
Hi Marjie, How about snow? Can you collect snow, let sit, then water with room-temp snow/water? I believe you mentioned a lot a snow in your area in one of your posts. Toni |
nope-- no snow anymore-- came and went-- just that fast.. My Sadie is a sad puppy because if it-- (she loves the snow) |
- Posted by MsGreenFinger 9 (My Page) on Wed, Mar 19, 14 at 19:05
Hi, my Dracaena looks quite the same though not that bad yet. So it can either be beacuse of dry air or cold or fluoride in tap water? Is distilled water a solution for it? |
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14 At this, everyone is proved stupid, ignorant, every goldsmith put to shame by his idol! The figures he casts are a fraud; there is no breath in them; | 14 Everyone is senseless and without knowledge; every goldsmith is shamed by his idols. His images are a fraud; they have no breath in them. |
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12 Now Jeremiah tried to travel from Jerusalem to the land of Benjamin to get his share of the property that belonged to his family. | 12 Jeremiah started to leave the city to go to the territory of Benjamin to get his share of the property among the people there. |
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Internet connectivity is constantly on people's minds even if they don't realize it; the Beamcaster by RiT Wireless bridges the gaps in cabling and wi-fi to better satisfy this need. While most people would prefer to use wireless technology at all times, especially since many are used to the ease and convenience of their smartphones, it is something that is not necessarily reliable. This is more true the further a person is from the router.
Beamcaster by RiT Wireless couple the consistent strength of cabling with the accessibility of wireless. It essentially casts beams of light, hence its name, to different computer units around a room. Fast and flexible, its use of optical distribution can reach as far as 18 feet away. It will be available in a few months.


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Mudrooms are generally small, narrow spaces. The blue on the door in this mudroom brightens up the space and adds a dash of personality.
There are a lot of interesting things happening in this entryway: the barn door, the modern light fixture, the staircase. Even with all of that, the jolt of chartreuse makes the door the star of the show.
If you're feeling adventurous, don't limit yourself to a single color for your doors. Choose a scheme that works for your home and have fun.
Even traditional spaces are more interesting with painted interior doors. This black door draws your eye to the artwork on the wall and the lovely room just beyond the doorway.
This painted barn door becomes even more interesting with the lovely pop of color.
An old door spruced up with chalkboard paint and used as a piece of artwork adds instant drama to this bathroom.
Consider adding complimentary colors to adjacent doors like the ones in this image. They are far more interesting than if the doors were all painted the same hue.
Don't end your paint treatments at the door. Including the door in the painted motif of this powder room extends the lovely pattern into the hall and beckons you to see more.
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I recently rented Premium Rush, and though I don't advocate riding like an idiot in traffic, I actually liked some of the bike tricks and the idea of discreetly hiding something in a handlebar (a small point in an equally skinny plot). I've never had a reason to hide anything in my handlebars, but it's a novel idea and one that another company is looking to market.
Handlebar Minibar launched a campaign on Kickstarter that's quite intriguing: store presumably liquor, money, or something small and malleable enough to roll up in a small tube. Now, the amount of alcohol you can store in the tube isn't enough to get anyone tipsy, let alone drunk. Instead, Handlebar Minibar's video focuses on using liquor as a way to "warm up" on a cold day. As their campaign states, it's all about "a bit of fun."
Oh, and if you haven't seen Premium Rush, I'd recommend it if you like "deliriously dumb fun" as the Vermont's Independent Voice, Seven Days puts it.


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12 And I beheld when He had opened the sixth seal, and lo, there was a great earthquake, and the sun became black as sackcloth of hair, and the moon became as blood; | 12 I watched as he opened the sixth seal. There was a great earthquake. The sun turned black like sackcloth made of goat hair, the whole moon turned blood red, |
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Do you want a "show desktop" button in docky?
If you do, this post is for you!
How do you get one? First this show desktop button ONLY works with compiz (for now at least). Here goes the instructions:
1 – Activate desktop effects aka compiz
2 – Activate the dbus plugin
2 – Download my show_desktop.py python script, save it somewhere safe and make executable.
3 – Create a menu entry for the script in GNOME's main menu and assign a nice desktop icon from a theme of your choise
4 -Add the menu entry to your docky.
5 – Enjoy your new "show desktop" botton!
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great app, been looking for this for a while. ive followed instructions, only bug is that the icon i choose (ive tried several) doesn't move to docky from the main menu, the generic springboard icon appears instead. any suggestions?
Uhm.. strange. Have you tried with a diferent icon? try using one of gnome icone theme for example.
I had basically the same problem as gareth. Here's how I solved it (not all steps were actually necessary, it's just what I did in the process of discovering the solution):
1. right click on the "show desktop" icon in the applications menu and select "add this launcher to desktop"
2. right click on the launcher on the desktop, click the icon (showing the wrong icon) and select a desktop icon from /usr/share/icons/*any random theme*/scalable/places. (at this point the icon showing on the desktop corrected itself and I discovered that when I moved it to the gnome-do dock, it displayed the proper desktop icon)
3. move the launcher to a more preferable location in the File System (I chose /usr/bin)
4. click the launcher (now in its new location) and drag it to the Gnome-Do dock.
Now everything should be set!
@Daygan Great! Glad you figured it out. I haven't been using docky alot latelly but I'm glad some people is making use of the script
Well, thanks… :). This script is becomming obsolete since I think in gnome-do has already a native button that does this in trunk.
Anyway glad my amazingly awesome script is helpful.
Thanks for this amazing, terrific, over-the-top script, amrlima!!
It's not that good, but glad you liked it
Nice ! thanks!
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I've by no means discovered I wanted any and never used it for this.
However when you really feel you might have a particularly dry mouth then it is most likely a good idea.
I think the dryness is because of being nervous and most probably you will not at all times need lube.
No not at all for me, not even the very first time it goes down. The
part under you chin does LOOK dramatic but there really isn't any pain, the truth is that a part of you,
you really don't feel much in any respect. In your throat it is only a feeling of stress.
A little bit, and only while you first start or if you've not
achieved it shortly. It isn't like a sore throat when you're sick though,
not as unhealthy as that. It gives you a croaky voice for a day
or two but solely when you're both new to it or simply have not in a while.
Thanks for sharing your info. I truly appreciate your efforts
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My significant other sailing that I spent too much on their wines. I replied that I didn't spend enough. Joined their wine club to have repeat orders. We took some and they shipped the remainder home. This is a definite stop when touring Napa
My significant other sailing that I spent too much on their wines. I replied that I didn't spend enough. Joined their wine club to have repeat orders. We took some and they shipped the remainder home. This is a definite stop when touring Napa
The individual (Mike) who showed us around was the most knowledgeable sommelier I have met to date. He not only showed us around but educated us on the intricacies of the winemaking process. Furthermore, the wine was excellent. Very good value for money. Excellent wine.
A small family winery, I really like their homey tasting room and the great people in the tasting room. Sipping wines and chatting is kinda my thing. Pretty good wines. A nice experience.
We enjoyed our visit to Baldacci Vineyards. This is another winery that does tasting but no tours. The wines, in particular the reserve cabernet, was very good, but pricy. The fee for the tasting is waived if you buy a bottle of wine. We did not need a reservation and were served immediately.
I liked this place but I didn't love this place. First off, this is a super friendly tasting room. I felt welcomed like a member of the family from the minute I parked the car. Niceness is getting harder and harder to come by in the Napa Valley and I like when a winery gives me that warm and fuzzy... More
The weather was perfect for our wine tasting on the patio. You can tell the staff is passionate about the wines with the enthusiasm that they describe each tasting as it is poured. Rightly so! All their wines are excellent, but their Chardonnay is my favorite. A stop here is highly recommended!
We had a tasting here last weekend. We did our tasting on the patio overlooking the lovely grounds. The winery is a family operation which we were able to see first hand. Michael, one of the sons, did our tasting. We never felt rushed and he was eager to answer any questions we had. The wines were great and we... More
We went to Baldacci after our friends raved about it. We were not disappointed. The cabs, as expected were big, bold and reasonably priced. The chardonnay, to our surprise, was some of the best we tasted anywhere. They only produce 5000 cases, so I will probably join this wine club to make sure we do not miss out. The place... More
We went to Baldacci after another winery suggested to go there. We like small family run wineries and were not disappointed. I loved the wines, some other advisor said they were too costly, but I think (sometimes) get what you pay for, if you know what you like. I like big cabs, and they were delicious!
We are wine club members and visit every time we are out there. Great wines and consistently friendly staff.
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Tina Armstrong
Tina Armstrong | |
Dead or Alive character | |
Tina Armstrong in Dead or Alive 5
First game | Dead or Alive (1996)[1] |
Created by | Tomonobu Itagaki |
Voiced by (English) | Sally Dana (DOA2 HC) Kate Higgins (DOAX2–present) |
Voiced by (Japanese) | Mami Koyama (DOA) Yūko Nagashima (DOA2–present) |
Portrayed by | Jaime Pressly (film) |
Fictional profile | |
Nationality | American |
Fighting style | Professional wrestling |
Occupation | Wrestler and model[2] Rock star (DOA5) |
Tina Armstrong (ティナ・アームストロング Tina Āmusutorongu?) is a player character in the Dead or Alive fighting game series by Team Ninja and Tecmo (Tecmo Koei). She was introduced in the original Dead or Alive in 1996 as an American wrestling star who dreams of even greater fame. In her subsequent entries into the Dead or Alive tournament, she changes interests, from wanting to be a model to wanting to become an actress and finally a rock star; these actions greatly disappoint her overprotective father, Bass, who only wants one goal for her. Tina has become one of the most iconic and attractive video game blondes, known especially for her accent and large breasts.
Tina is the only daughter of the famous pro wrestler Bass Armstrong and his wife Alicia, who was raised in a world of wrestling and was trained by her father. When Tina was six her mother died of an unknown illness, so Bass cared for the girl by himself, wanting her to follow in his footsteps. From a young age Tina was put through a rigorous training regime and by the time she was in high school, she was an expert wrestler in her own right. However, she started to have dreams and ambitions beyond the wrestling scene.
In Dead or Alive games[edit]
In the original Dead or Alive, Tina first joins the Dead or Alive tournament hoping that she can use it as a vehicle for becoming discovered in Hollywood, but her father Bass forbids it, thinking that it was not a good idea for his daughter to end the wrestling career he built for her. To ensure that she does not achieve her goal, he also joins Dead or Alive to put an end to her fame-seeking. Tina made it into the finals but forfeited the last match to Kasumi, who did not take the prize money, therefore Tina took it instead.
After competing in the first tournament, Tina enters the second tournament to achieve her dream of becoming a supermodel. During the transition between the two tournaments, Tina dyes her brown hair blonde.[3] She has an argument with Leifang about what true power is; while Tina says it is about brute, physical strength, Leifang tellls her it is all about the mind. She also met up with Zack, who tries to ask her out, but Tina is not interested. Later on, she has to fight with Bass and manages to defeat him. After the tournament, she got her wish and went on to be a supermodel for a show on the television.
Tina enters New Zack Island in Dead or Alive Xtreme 2 to escape the clutches of her overprotective father, whom she needed to stay away from to prevent any more conflicts. After she finally made her debut in Hollywood as a model, Tina decides that she wanted to be an actress and enters the third tournament to promote herself. Bass tries to stop her once again but she got annoyed at him, telling him that it's her dream and he is not the boss of her any more. She defeats him, and goes to star in an action film.
Tina joins the fourth tournament to become a rock star, much to her father's dismay. During the tournament, she confronts La Mariposa and both seem to insult each other on their ambition and appearance, but only for show. After the fight, Tina confronts her father. After a quarrel over the new dream to become a rockstar, Tina goes on to again defeat Bass in the ring. After the fourth tournament, she stars in a garish music video. She also takes part in and wins a tag-team wrestling match alongside La Mariposa, in which it is revealed that the masked-wrestler is in fact her good friend Lisa.
In Dead or Alive 5, having retired after her previous successes, Tina is once again inspired to come back into the ring after having an impromptu sparring session with Mila. Tina is recruited into the fifth tournament by Zack, whom she easily defeats in a fight. Later, she fights Sarah Bryant, after getting furious with Zack for mistaking the woman as her. Tina fights Mila again and wins, after which they promise each other to see each other again in the Dead or Alive 5 finals. When she publicly announces her plans of entering the tournament, she catches the attention of the retired Bass, causing him to enter the tournament under the guise of "Mr. Strong". At the tournament, Tina faces off against Bass in the quarterfinals. Tina loses the fight, but convinces Bass to join her in a father-daughter team. She even announces that she plans on running for state governor, much to his dismay.
Tina is conveyed as a stereotypical believer of the "American Dream" - she is a girl with big dreams and will do anything to achieve them, no matter who or what tries to stop her. Following her motto "success breeds success," Tina aims high in everything she does, especially in her career goals, and is frequently entering a new profession to the point of being unrealistic. She is a stubborn and tough dreamer and hates it when people (especially her strict and overprotective father) tell her what she can and can not do, showing her independent outlook. However, she seems to recognize that she is stubborn and sometimes even bullish, saying that she inherited this personality trait from father Tina also has great confidence in her sex appeal, which she exhibits through her extroverted personality; some of her winning poses and sayings seem to be more sexually suggestive than those of the other female characters. She has using her role as a fighter and her wrestling career more as a foothold to reach more glamorous professions rather than a way of life. She is highly confident in her abilities - including her skills in wrestling, modeling, acting and music. In the English versions of the games, she speaks with a thick Southern accent.
Tina has healthy-colored skin and sapphire-blue eyes. In the first game, Tina's height, weight, and BWH measurements were: 5' 7" (169 cm), 129 lbs (59 kg), and B35" W22" H35" (B89 W56 H89 cm). Tina's hair color has changed since the first game, where she was a dark brunette, but she has been a blonde in later games since Dead or Alive 2.[4][5] Her appearance and default costumes usually show her southern and patriotic upbringing, including cowgirl outfits and American flag motifs[6] and most often wearing pendant necklaces that represent that. Being a wrestler, Tina has donned various wrestling gear outfits from different eras and regions. Tina's outfits from the original Dead or Alive are similar to Mila's outfits in DOA5. Tina was given a more realistic appearance with smaller eyes (and even more revealing outfits) in there fifth installment of the series. Dead or Alive 5 Last Round pre-order bonuses included Tina's skimpy "Showstopper" costume from Amazon.[7][8]
One of the most popular characters of the DOA series, Tina is one bodacious babe that whose attacks can pack quite a wallop. Of all the grapplers in the game, she has the most balanced attacks; she can dish out good punch and kick combinations or piledrive opponents with powerful authority. With added ground throws and her air throw ability, she's one of the most exciting fighters to play.
Saturn Power described Tina as a "nightmare opponent" due to her throw-oriented style.[10] UK's unofficial Dreamcast Magazine called Tina "in every respect, the consummate Dead or Alive 2 babe" and cautioned not to "let her looks deceive you as she's one of the best best fighters in the game."[3] According to DOA4 guide by GameSpot's Matthew Rorie, "Tina's moveset is definitely that of a wrestler: lots of powerful mid and high punches, complemented by a dizzying array of throws." That author opined that, similar when playing as Bayman, Tina's player has to "be an expert at baiting" their opponent into attempting to counter their moves, "and then making them pay."[11] According to DOA4 guide by GameSpy's David McCutcheon, "Tina has a lot of disadvantages, mostly lying in her lack of speed in close combat" and thus requires "trickery and a great sense of reading [one's] opponent ... to succeed consistently with the female wonder. The upside to Tina is that she is a brute, despite her lack of strength by comparison to the other brutes in the game. Being an agile female, she draws a fine line between a fast character and a pure strength character, making her a decent starting fighter."[12] She is also able to performs additional special moves while fighting on a wrestling arena.[13] According to Official Xbox Magazine, in DOAX Tina is "very strong at the net and will be able to spike right through most characters' blocks or defense, but her finesse moves are lacking. She's weak as a back row player, though, as she's not very good at digging."[14]
Other appearances[edit]
In the film DOA: Dead or Alive, Tina (portrayed by Jaime Pressly) is trying to escape her wrestling background and prove to be a real fighter. She is constantly bothered by Zack who has a crush on her. She is also bothered by Bass who wants her to return to wrestling. In the Tournament, she beats both Bass and Zack to advance to the semifinals, and is one of the four women to beat Donovan near the end.
Dead or Alive merchandise items have been released featuring the character, such as figures from various manufacturers including Bandai, Epoch and Kotobukiya. Other merchandise has included a key-chain figurine and tapestry from Tecmo, an oppai mousepad from Tecmo Koei, and assorted items from Famitsu. Her card was added to Sega's game Samurai & Dragons in 2013.[15]
Guaranteed to offend sexists everywhere, Dead or Alive's female characters are in a class of their own. Putting even the Last Bronx babes and Lara Croft to shame, the lovely Kasumi, Lei-Fang and Tina are a sight to behold. Easily capable of holding their own against the game's macho male fighters, these battling beauties are the proud owners of what can only be referred to as the biggest, bountiful breasts we've ever gawped at. And gawped we have.
The character has been often noted for her sex appeal.[17] Due to it, Tina won G4's Video Game Vixens of the year award for 2005 in two categories: "Dirtiest Dancer" and "Video Game Vixen of the Year".[18] Tina was listed among the 20 "muses" of video games by Brazilian magazine SuperGamePower in 2001.[19] Including her on the 2007 list of 50 greatest heroines in video games, Rob Wright of Tom's Games wrote "she absolutely oozes sex appeal in between fights."[20] PLAY ranked Tina as the third top "hottest" blonde in games in 2010,[21] also jokingly calling her breasts "the undisputed #1 and #2 of all Dead or Alive's features."[22] In 2011, the staff of UGO Networks included her among the "hottest girls in games", stating "this female wrestler hits harder than any of the other DoA characters while still managing to show off the maximum amount of skin. We call that a perfect recipe for both in and outside of the fighting ring,"[23] and Rich Shivener of Joystick Division chose Tina's breasts (together with Kasumi's) as the seventh "most incredible chest" in video games.[24] Pressly's role in the film was ranked as the third "hottest women in video game movies" by Peter Rubin of Complex in 2012.[25] She was ranked as the fourth best looking game girl by Brazilian GameHall's Portal PlayGame in 2014.[26]
Sega Saturn Magazine named this "hot all-American babe with buns of steel" as the "muscle" of the first DOA game.[27] IGN stated in 2004: "We love Tina, because she fight unlike any of the other women in DOA. She's got a bit of tomboy and American sass and [and s]he's got power to go along with beauty and puts the real ladies of the WWE to shame. If her sexy cat outfit doesn't convince you she's a winner, you have got some serious emotional issues."[28] In the article titled "Battle of the Beauties: Gaming's Hottest Female Characters Face Off" by Rich Knight of Complex, Tina faced and won against Rainbow Mika from Street Fighter in the female wrestlers category.[29] She was also featured in Complex 's list of most humiliating victory quotes in fighting games,[30] and made third place on GameDaily's 2008 list of top wrestling characters in video games.[31] According to Official Xbox Magazine, Dead or Alive "girls have always been slightly controversial, with high-minded types lamenting the gratuitous use of bouncing bosoms" but eventually "all gamers, feminists included, realise[d] that Tina, Kasumi et al are actually rather fit."[32] Nevertheless, Matthew O'Mara of National Post alleged Tina embodies the most "sexist design choices" in DOA5U, including having a second idle animation and more outfits than any other character in the game.[33] On the other hand, Zachary Miller of Nintendo World Report praised Tina's alternate idle animation as the "most impressive realism in terms of movement" in the history of video game breast physics.[34] He also noted that "Tina and Kasumi are the only ladies with bikini costumes and they both display the usual DoA jiggle more than the other ladies" in Dead or Alive: Dimensions while writing about his favorite "chesty heroines on Nintendo systems."[35] UGO's Aubrey Sitterson ranked Tina as 11th in her 2011 ranking of the "foxiest fighting females to be ever pixelated," described as a "perennial favorite when it comes to Dead or Alive Xtreme 2's totally-classy, not-objectifying-women-in-the-least bikini-clad Butt Battles."[36]
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- ^ "Tina Armstrong - IGN". Uk.ign.com. 2006-11-20. Retrieved 2013-06-26.
- ^ "Videogame Babe of the Day: Tina - IGN". Uk.ign.com. Retrieved 2013-06-26.
- ^ a b "Alive & Heaving". Dreamcast Magazine issue 5, page 39.
- ^ Kalata, Kurt. "Dead or Alive". Hardcore Gaming 101. Retrieved 2014-06-21.
- ^ "Videogame franchises founded on boobs". GamesRadar. 2014-06-17. Retrieved 2014-06-21.
- ^ David Martínez (July 26, 2013). "Top chicas Dead or Alive" (in Spanish). Hobbyconsolas.com. Retrieved 2014-06-30.
- ^ "Dead or Alive 5: Last Round: Release-Datum für PS4 und Xbox One + Vorbesteller-Boni enthüllt" (in German). Gameplorer.de. October 24, 2014.
- ^ Mike Futter (October 23, 2014). "Dead Or Alive 5: Last Round Coming February With Free Trials In Tow". www.GameInformer.com.
- ^ Chau, Anthony (2001-11-16). "DOA 3 Fighter Of The Day: Tina - IGN". Uk.ign.com. Retrieved 2014-06-08.
- ^ https://archive.org/stream/Saturn_Power_Issue_09_1998-01_Future_Publishing_GB#page/n25
- ^ Rorie, Matthew (2006-01-13). "Dead or Alive 4 Walkthrough". GameSpot. Retrieved 2014-05-25.
- ^ "Dead or Alive 4 - xbox360 - Walkthrough and Guide - Page 12 - GameSpy". Uk.xbox360.gamespy.com. 2006-01-24. Retrieved 2014-05-25.
- ^ "Hardcore Gamer Magazine Volume 1 Issue 7". Archive.org. Retrieved 2014-06-07.
- ^ "Official Xbox Magazine Issue 16". Archive.org. Retrieved 2014-06-07.
- ^ "Dead Or Alive 5 Characters Are Crossing Into A Sega Game". Siliconera. 2013-08-07. Retrieved 2014-06-19.
- ^ "Official Sega Saturn Magazine Issue 26". Archive.org. Retrieved 2014-05-04.
- ^ "AT's Top 10 Video Game Chicks". Actiontrip.com. 2007-09-07. Retrieved 2013-06-26.
- ^ "Dirtiest Dancer, Most Dangerous Curves, and Viewers' Choice Kinkiest Accessory," G4 (6/14/2005).
- ^ https://archive.org/stream/SuperGamePower_Ano_07_No._085_2001-04_Nova_Cultural_BR_pt#page/n11/mode/2up/
- ^ Rob Wright, The 50 Greatest Female Characters in Video Game History, Tom's Games, February 20, 2007.
- ^ "Top 10 hottest blondes in games | PLAY Magazine". Play-mag.co.uk. Retrieved 2013-06-26.
- ^ Gavin Mackenzie, Dead Or Alive 5 – Top 10 things you can expect to see, PLAY Magazine, 4 August 2010.
- ^ UGO Team (2011-10-27). "Tina Armstrong - Hottest Girls in Games". UGO.com. Retrieved 2013-06-26.
- ^ Rich Shivener, 10 Incredible Chests in Video Games, Joystick Division, August 1, 2011.
- ^ Peter Rubin, The 15 Hottest Women In Video Game Movies, Complex, February 16, 2011.
- ^ http://portalplaygame.com/top-100-as-personagens-mais-gatas-dos-games/
- ^ https://archive.org/stream/Official_Sega_Saturn_Magazine_026/Official_Sega_Saturn_Magazine_026_-_december_1997_UK#page/n41/
- ^ Hilary Goldstein (21 September 2004). "Girls of DOAU: Tina". IGN.
- ^ Rich Knight, Battle of the Beauties: Gaming's Hottest Female Characters Face Off, Complex.com, November 19, 2011.
- ^ Anyanwu, Obi (November 14, 2012). "The 100 Most Humiliating Video Game Victory Quotes". Complex. Retrieved July 26, 2013.
- ^ "Top 25 Wrestling Characters of All Time". GameDaily. Archived from the original on October 27, 2008. Retrieved July 26, 2013.
- ^ ": Official XBOX Magazine - Issue 005 (2002-07) (Future Publishing) (UK)". Archive.org. Retrieved 2014-06-07.
- ^ "Dead or Alive 5 Ultimate Review — A year down the road | Financial Post". Business.financialpost.com. 2013-09-13. Retrieved 2014-06-19.
- ^ Zachary Miller (February 14, 2013). "Of Nerds and Men: Containment - Blog". Nintendo World Report. Retrieved 2014-06-19.
- ^ Zachary Miller (February 24, 2012). "Fave Five... Chesty Heroines on Nintendo Systems - Feature". Nintendo World Report. Retrieved 2014-06-19.
- ^ Sitterson, Aubrey (2011-01-14). "Tina Armstrong". UGO.com. Retrieved 2011-09-29.
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My wife and I carry and often we consider how we would react if some kind of violence erupts where we are -- like at a restaurant or grocery store.
We have lots of interesting ideas but often we initially disagree about the best way to handle things. Between the two of us, we come up with pretty reasonable plans but not quickly enough to be useful if a real situation arose.
I was wondering if there is any training that caters specifically to working with your spouse in violent situations in every day settings like malls, parking lots, grocery stores, and in the home. Also I'm interested in learning to work in various states of preparedness like with my wife armed and me unarmed, vice versa, both of us armed, neither of us armed, etc.
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The Day I Died: A Story about Minecraft
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Minecraft has become one of those games that is defined by the experiences of the players itself instead of the experience offered by the game. The last game I played that really gave me that feeling was Grand Theft Auto III, as I remember having conversations with friends about our crazy escapades through the streets of Liberty City as we stole cars, outran the cops and managed to pick up some prostitutes along the way. Sure, the game had a set experience defined by the developers, but the longevity of the games popularity really came from its open ended world that let the players essentially create their own narrative. Minecraft is a game entirely built around this idea. Like Grand Theft Auto, Ive spent many lives roaming around the worlds of Minecraft, forging out my own reality. The one that really hit close to home was the day I died.
Dying in Minecraft isnt a rare or new experience. It happens all the time. Sometimes that first night results in death from an arrow firing skeleton or a zombie. Other times a creeper comes out of nowhere and explodes, ending your life. Its never a big deal. You lose whatever you were carrying and you respawn at your original spawn point or a bed you slept in. If you go back to where you died, you can pick up all the things you lost and go about your business. Like I said, it isnt a big deal.
One time in particular, I spent a few in-game weeks digging out a mine. I dug down as far as I could, hearing the sounds of nearby dungeons through the mine walls as I went further down. The mine itself became a myriad of passages and paths, all leading to false exits and dead ends. I had built chests in the mine to hold the massive amount of building materials I had acquired, so inventory space was never really an issue. In my journey through the caverns, I discovered a series of caves built around a flowing underground river. I was surprised that the game had been able to generate something like this, given the regular glitchy nature that our world had been prone to. I dug through it and had set up a small base of operations inside, but eventually I had to make my way onward. I needed to mine more minerals! Most of all, I needed to find my way back to the surface.
The problem was that I had dug so far into the mine that I had become lost. I had no idea how to find my own way home. The only thing to do was to keep going. I couldnt stop there. I had to keep digging. Eventually I decided to start digging my way out. Somehow, someway I had to find my way back to civilization. I had to find my way back to where my friends had set up their respective castles and phallic monuments to a blocky god that didnt exist.
I finally reached the surface. When I emerged from the labyrinth of my own making, it was dark. The sun would likely be up soon. I stumbled around, looking for some sign of something that resembled the world from whence I had come. No matter what direction I looked, there was no indication that I was anywhere near where I had started. I was alone. The world had continued to generate as I moved further and further away from civilization. I was in a new world. A new, barren no mans land lay before me.
I didnt know how long it would be until dawn. I examined my surroundings a little more, and set up a few torches at the top of a cliff to light the area. I stood up there and looked out over the horizon, hoping one more time just to see something resembling my home. With nothing in sight, I saw that two choices were laid out before me: I could either build a new home and eventually try and find my way back, or I had to die.
I started building a small house to get me through the night. The plethora of building supplies I had amassed during the last leg of the journey through the mine made it an easy task, and the torches gave just enough light to see what I was doing. I built a small rectangular house out of the wood and stone I happened to be carrying. I had better building supplies that I was carrying, but for a temporary house, I didnt need them. Inside of the house I built a chest to hold all of my valuables. I had acquired a lot of redstone, and I wasnt in any position to lose all of that over a mismanaged encounter with a creeper.
My small stone sanctuary was completed, and the sun started coming up over the horizon. It was going to be another beautiful, blocky day. I watched from the cliff as the pixelated sun came up, and as the soft piano music started playing, I knew what I had to do.
I had to die.
I couldnt make it home. I had no idea what direction I should have been wandering in, and for all I could tell there were fields of glacier and forests between me and my homeland. My thoughts of building a new home were quickly being replaced by the truth. I needed to die so I could get back to my home. I had a house there. I had a lot going there for me. I was in the process of building a floating tower of doom. I wasnt ready to give that up.
I made a sign outside of my small home that said Brandon Lived Here. I knew that if anyone else on the server ever made it out there, theyd see that and theyd leave my materials alone until I could get back to them. I shut the door and walked to the edge of the cliff. I looked down at the ground below me, and then looked ahead. The sun was high in the sky. I took one last look at it, and I jumped. I fell to the ground, and I died on impact.
I respawned back at the server spawn point, not far from where we had all built our homes. I went back to my small house that I lived in. It was not far from the entrance to the mine, and it was not far from where I had been building my tower fortress. I knew the trip back through the mine would be a pain, so I planned to make that journey on another day. I decided to log out of the server. I wasnt sure what else I could do at that point.
While playing Grand Theft Auto, it was rare for me to ever die by my own choice. It was typical that I would make some stupid mistake during a run and end up getting myself killed. After amassing a five or six star warrant, it wasnt uncommon for me to die once the army started showing up. Beyond Grand Theft Auto, it isnt uncommon to die in video games. Death typically signifies a problem that lay in front of the player. When we reach a challenge that we might not be prepared to face, we die, and the knowledge we take from that encounter helps us on the next attempt. Mega Man 2 taught me this, as did Demons Souls.
Death in video games teaches us the limits of our surroundings. This has been minimized greatly in newer games, which often relegate death to a minor inconvenience while we wait for the respawn counter to count down. Death is no longer a sign of defeat as much as it is a temporary impedance. Death in Minecraft is just that, a temporary impedance, but this death specifically took on an odd significance. It felt personal. That character lived a life, and ended it on his own terms.
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Thousands of human genomes have been completely sequenced, and many more have been mapped at lower levels of resolution. Genomic studies hold great promise to advance the diagnosis and treatment of diseases, and advance research in anthropology, forensics, and other branches of science. The reports of this collection discuss the history, advancement, and translation of genomic-based research.
The process for translating basic science discoveries into clinical applications has historically involved a linear and lengthy progression from initial discovery to preclinical testing, regulatory evaluation and approval, and, finally, use in clinical practice. The low rate of translation from basic science to clinical application has been a source of frustration for many scientists, clinicians, investors, policy makers, and patients who hoped that investments in research would result in improved ...[more]
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Genome-Based Diagnostics: Demonstrating Clinical Utility in Oncology is the summary of a workshop convened in May 2012 by the Roundtable on Translating Genomic-Based Research for Health and the Center for Medical Technology Policy of the Institute of Medicine to foster the identified need for further sustained dialogue between stakeholders regarding the clinical utility of molecular diagnostics. The workshop brought together a wide range of stakeholders, including patients, health care providers, ...[more]
The sequencing of the human genome and the identification of links between specific genetic variants and diseases have led to tremendous excitement over the potential of genomics to direct patient treatment toward more effective or less harmful interventions. Still, the use of whole genome sequencing challenges the traditional model of medical care where a test is ordered only when there is a clear indication for its use and a path ...[more]
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Technologies collectively called omics enable simultaneous measurement of an enormous number of biomolecules; for example, genomics investigates thousands of DNA sequences, and proteomics examines large numbers of proteins. Scientists are using these technologies to develop innovative tests to detect disease and to predict a patient's likelihood of responding to specific drugs. Following a recent case involving premature use of omics-based tests in cancer clinical trials at Duke University, the NCI ...[more]
Today, scores of companies, primarily in the United States and Europe, are offering whole genome scanning services directly to the public. The proliferation of these companies and the services they offer demonstrate a public appetite for this information and where the future of genetics may be headed; they also demonstrate the need for serious discussion about the regulatory environment, patient privacy, and other policy implications of direct-to-consumer (DTC) genetic testing. ...[more]
The world was agog when scientists made the astounding announcement that they had successfully sequenced the human genome. Few contributed so directly to this feat as John Sulston. This is his personal account of one of the largest international scientific operations ever undertaken. It was a momentous occasion when British scientist John Sulston embarked on the greatest scientific endeavor of our times: the sequencing of the Human Genome. In ...[more]
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Walter Williams really gets it when it comes to gun violence and what the real causes are. Kind of hard to dispute what he has to say.
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This is a discussion on Are Guns the Problem? by Walter Williams within the Concealed Carry Issues & Discussions forums, part of the Defensive Carry Discussions category; Walter Williams really gets it when it comes to gun violence and what the real causes are. Kind of hard to dispute what he has ...
Walter Williams really gets it when it comes to gun violence and what the real causes are. Kind of hard to dispute what he has to say.
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Those of us who grew up like the author described, (around guns, in NRA shooting programs, etc), wonder the very same things. Im convinced that it has something to do with the drugs being prescribed to these teens.
Right after the columbine shooting, they had some woman psychologist on CNN. They asked her what she thought about the two shooters. She said "I hate to admit it, but my first thoughts were 'I wonder what meds they were on'."
That was the first and only time I ever saw, or heard from that psychologist, lol.
The difference between today and yesterday is that yesterday violence was a tool resorted to to correct a bad situation that was thrust upon us. Today many see violence as a virtue if you can meet out violence you have worth if you do not you deserve to be prey.
As usual, Dr. Williams is spot on....
Good thing he has tenure at George Mason U.....
Mr. Williams is usually pretty good for a little unvarnished truth.
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He is spot on. I am not sure if he omitted it on purpose or not, but economic factors also play a big role..
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Now don't get all caught up on this article. Common sense approaches have no place in todays society.
Just listen to what the folks on TV and the politicians are telling you, after all they are the ones in the position to tell you what you need to do.
Just remember that shot placement is much more important with what you carry than how big a bang you get with each trigger pull.
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I read that article on the Patriot Post this morning. Dr. Williams hit another one out of the park.
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About 1000% correct I think. How can we hope to solve violence through any legislative action when we have entire subcultures that will reject, humiliate, emasculate, and ostracize young men that aren't willing to go beat and/or murder random people to prove their "worth"; yet will reward with money, popularity, sexual attraction from the opposite sex, camaraderie, and "respect" for those that do.
Given that, I'm pretty sure people subject to such a subculture would be just as violent if the most deadly weapon in their arsenal were a paperclip. They'd just use big groups and hold the person down while they poked them to death with it.
Seriously think about a person subject to that culture around them. To not be willing to go murder people for no reason would lead to a horrible and lonely life without any acceptance by peers, members of the opposite sex, or financial success whatsoever (true or not, the belief that such conditions will be the result of such decisions would have the same effect). At worst, even if they get caught they'll be "respected" murderers in prison, and accepted into groups within that prison, finally a part of something. Even that would be better than the alternative of not being willing to be violent and being completely rejected by your entire culture. How could we possibly hope to stop violence while we allow such cultural conditions to persist? I'm all for accepting cultural differences, but there are extremes that need to be stamped out in order to avoid the self destruction of entire societies. This falls well into that category.
Some thoughts ...
Lack of moral values.
Lack of a compass.
Lack of cultural norms.
Lack of education.
Failure to take responsibility for one's own life, actions, choices.
Poor parenting/teaching/learning, blowing some of the above elements during the learning years.
The blame game (a moral failing, a responsibility failing).
Lack of any significant mental health treatment program in the USA.
Lack of any correction in the Corrections system of retribution we call imprisonment.
Access to improved means of travel, improved means of delivering pain/punishment on innocents, improved means to "fence" ones "winnings" from crimes ... all of these can lead to easing the problem of being a criminal. But unless you're prepared to impact everyone's access to these things (vehicles, weapons, an open/free market), then you're not going to erase criminality by focusing on those aspects. They're merely enablers to enhance a criminal's impact; they aren't hardly the problem, not by any stretch.
Your best weapon is your brain. Don't leave home without it.
Thoughts: Justifiable self defense (A.O.J.).
Explain: How does disarming victims reduce the number of victims?
Reason over Force: The Gun is Civilization (Marko Kloos).
I'll agree he makes a lot of good points, but I wonder about your argument about economic factors. During the 30's the country was in the great depression and the middle class in the 50's had a lower standard of living than they do today. The really poor people in the 40's and 50's were the southern sharecroppers, and they definitely had guns and used them to put food on the table. The poor and middle class youth of the 60's and 70's lived almost as homeless people today do yet they were all about peace and non-violence.
I think the biggest difference in the way those youths were raised and the youth of today is the number of single parent homes, lack of stable family support, and lack of responsibility for the youths moral upbringing by the parents.


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On the future scenes of Days of Future Past Wolverine's adamantium claws can be seen (they even appear on the movie's poster). But towards the end of the The Wolverine, I remember those claws were cut by the Silver Samurai, and he even grows new bone claws after that. How come Wolverine has his adamantium claws again in Days of Future Past?
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If you watch the movie The Wolverine till end then you can see that Wolverine meets Prof. Xavier and Magneto at the airport and they ask to regroup. Both these character help Wolverine to get back his metal claws (with major help from Magneto of course, because he controls metal) so that they can fight the Giant Mutant Destroyers in X-Men: Days of Future past as because Wolverine has power to heal. Helping Wolverine to get back metal claws is no where shown but its understood when Magneto says, "What do I want? I want your help" (in the airport scene) and in return Magneto helps Wolverine. |
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He goes back in time before his Skeleton was turned to metal, because even when he was being sent back by kitty he had his metal claws and he freaks out when he sees someone who is going to cause him pain one day so his Skeleton in the past is still bone, and his claws would have grown back after the wolverine movie because he self heals and his whole Skeleton is metal. |


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*TOP REVIEWER* Olfactoria on 9/2/2014 1:39:00 AM more reviews by Olfactoria
Age: 36-43 Skin: Normal, Fair Hair: Red Eyes: Brown
Ombre Rose comes in a one-of-a-kind, intricately carved, octagonal Art Deco bottle. I own a parfum mini, just for the bottle. As for the fragrance... well, points for being wearably demure, despite having been created in the early 1980s. Baby-powdery and honeyed, like rosewater Turkish Delight for the skin. I know it when I smell it, and that's a compliment.
However, I can't wear this outside the house because it just smells uncannily like doll skin. You know those baby dolls whose vinyl skin is impregnated with baby-powder scent for "realism"? This is EXACTLY that scent... right down to an unnerving touch of fresh vinyl. That pretty much nixes the sex appeal for me, although I do like it as an ambient room scent.
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colodon on 8/2/2014 10:46:00 AM more reviews by colodon
Age: 36-43 Skin: Combination, Fair, Cool Hair: Brunette, Wavy, Medium Eyes: Blue
So sad, this has got to have been reformulated, it's so powdery and offensive to my nose compared to how i remember it 25 years ago, another unsniffed purchase mistake.
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*TOP REVIEWER* luckylouie on 8/2/2014 3:43:00 AM more reviews by luckylouie
Age: 44-55 Skin: Combination, Fair-Medium Hair: Brunette Eyes: Brown
Red my entire review before judging the fragrance.
I don't know if Ombre Rose has recently been reformulated or not. A couple of days ago I saw a bottle of Ombre Rose Eau de Cologne in a tall frost glass cylindrical bottle with a silver cap. Normally Ombre Rose has been sold in a cut glass bottle with a white cap as an Eau de Parfum. The two smell entirely different which is why I think the marked Eau de Cologne is a reformulation.
The Eau de Cologne is metallic, cold and herbacious. It actually smells like a mans cologne. The Eau de Parfum is a warm, woody rose/ylang ylang/sandalwood concoction with a powdery finish.
Treat the two as totally different fragrances. So here is my conclusion.
The eau de parfum in the cut glass bottle with the white cap is a beautiful, soft, romantic perfume that is subtle enough to be worn to the office, and floral enough for a date. The eau de cologne in the cylindrical bottle with the silver cap is almost unisex and I think it would work very well on the right person, in warmer weather with smart casual clothing.
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ssavay on 5/6/2013 7:05:00 AM more reviews by ssavay
Age: 25-29 Skin: Combination, Fair-Medium Hair: Brown Eyes: Blue
Reading the reviews - it's so touching that this scent seems to come with so many emotive story. Here is mine...My mum wore this perfume throughout the 80s and 90s . I was shuffling through her beauty products last weekend (admittedly looking for something to 'borrow' as I am unlikely to pickup my bottle of duty free Chanel no5 anytime soon) and the briefest of sniffs tool me right back to when I was a little girl. Mum would pickup my sister and I after work and the subtle, powdery scent of Ombré Rose would be warmed through her neck and coat as she gave us a big hug. I love this scent, I love the memories, I love that its understated. Just beautiful!
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*TOP REVIEWER* lulu56 on 4/24/2013 1:03:00 PM more reviews by lulu56
Age: 56 & Over Skin: Combination, Medium, Neutral Hair: Silver, Straight, Fine Eyes: Hazel
I got a great deal on this on drugstore.com, because I was going back to the classic scents I used to wear back in the late '80's and early '90's. Ombre Rose was my signature "office wear" scent. It smelled exactly the same now. A blast of baby powder first which wears off after a couple of minutes to a drydown of a honeyed rose (on me) and a spicy note too. My SO says it smells like a spicy baby powder and it does not irritate his allergies. Really gorgeous bottle too. I bought the 3.4 oz, so it should last awhile. I would buy again if drugstore.com keeps it in stock. I can't stand the fruit salad scents that is so prevalent now. I had to give away those to my nieces who loves them.
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dundada on 3/1/2013 11:31:00 AM more reviews by dundada
Age: Unknown Skin: Acne-prone, Dark, Warm Hair: Black, Relaxed, Coarse Eyes: Black
I recently hijacked my mother's older-than-dirt perfume miniatures that were in a box that included Ombre Rose, Ombre Bleue, Robert Piguet Fracas and Bandit and Niki de Saint Phalle. The Ombre Rose is one of the best of these miniatures. I don't like strong rose based scents especially if they smell very synthetic and strong because they come across like rose scented Airwick spray but Ombre Rose has a soft rose scent mixed with a bit of a baby powder scent mixed with other notes that I'm not sure of at the moment.
I find Ombre Rose to be strangely wearable in that retro vintage outfit sort of way. Ladylike and vintage as far as this scent goes but not museum and 'ancient'-like. Ombre Rose is almost like a grown up, more complex and more sophisticated version of Love's Baby Soft or something. I think I like, this vintage Ombre Rose find/steal anyway, because it's still very different from the very young and clone-ish new perfumes that are sold everywhere nowadays and if you want very distinctive newer perfumes these days you have to pay a heck of a lot out!
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*TOP REVIEWER* Soie on 11/2/2012 6:44:00 PM more reviews by Soie
Age: 36-43 Skin: Combination, Olive Hair: Brown, Curly, Medium Eyes: Brown
I'm one of the few lovers of rose scent as it seems most people don't care for them -- I like rose fragrances in most all its forms (soft, fresh, sweet, oriental, chypre, arabian, leather, smoky).
This, to my nose, is more of an intoxicating, sweet, feminine, powdery, slightly soapy scent (the rosewood & geranium lends it a Ivory soap aroma) than it is a true rose fragrance. The rose note is there but it is not very distinct.
Rosewood, vetiver, geranium, ylang-ylang, cedar, honey, cinnamon and orris root are more discernible in this perfume than is the note of rose.
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Lilosette on 10/21/2012 9:15:00 AM more reviews by Lilosette
Age: 25-29 Skin: Other, Fair Hair: Brunette Eyes: Hazel
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Cold Rose the drydown Consists of a note of snow covered
ceder steeps though the Air giving a Green Cypress freshness Brisk and awakening Iris Gives Ombre an Old
Soul frozen in time it's Powdery Nuance Conjours Images
of Old Long lost Love letters delicately Decaying through Time like a wing of a Moth or Dark violet petals
in Old Leather bounded Books falling on the lacquered
Wooded Floor in the vast but Intimate Library den in a
large Victorian Home on the outskirts of a Wintry
New England Town.
Musk Opens the drydown With a Subtlety not Overpowering or Cloyish Cinnamon makes it's
presence known but doesn't Dominates like almost
all Cinnamon notes does, Lily note has to be the
shyest in Ombre it generaly Hides behind the others
Like Camouflage, Sweet Heliotrope, And Vanilla
Finishes Ombre Rose L'Original with a Powdery Ending.
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*TOP REVIEWER* LizWords on 9/2/2012 11:39:00 PM more reviews by LizWords
Age: 30-35 Skin: Combination, Fair-Medium, Warm Hair: Blond, Straight, Fine Eyes: Brown
I've been on the fence as to how many stars to give this perfume, because I do like it quite a bit. Ultimately I decided on 3 stars, though I personally like it enough for a 4 star rating, but this comes off to many other people as very powdery. I've even had people tell me I smell like baby powder when wearing this. I don't really want to smell like baby powder to other people, I mean baby powder isn't a bad scent but I'd like to smell a bit more sophisticated than that.
Outside of the baby powder issue, I really like this perfume and think there is more to it than roses and powder. When I pay attention I can smell the different notes through the dry down. I can definitely detect some cinnamon, musk, vanilla, and of course the ever powdery iris. I also get a hint of peach at the very beginning but it doesn't last long, and a bit of woodiness. Like I said, there is more to this perfume than just powder and florals, so I do enjoy it, but I don't find myself wearing it outside of the house much.
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*TOP REVIEWER* condesadepitimini on 11/3/2011 7:46:00 AM more reviews by condesadepitimini
Age: 36-43 Skin: Combination, Fair, Warm Hair: Blond, Fine Eyes: Green
How happens I have never reviewed this?
This is a masterpiece among rose scents. As Meg has correctly pointed out below, this is the Gold Standard of roses, where you go to compare all the other rose scents out there.
It is soft, powdery and delicate, like a whisper on your skin. It is feminine and elegant. the drydown is about a powdery note, with a touch of vanilla - very subdued - heliotrope.
I loved it 30 years ago when it first came out (1981) and still love it today. I wear it often during the day as I find it subtle and very office appropriate. For comparison: it is in the lines of Bulgari Femme (the first one), minus the violet.
Absolutely a must have for any rose lovers.
top notes: Aldehydes, Rosewood, Geranium
heart notes: Rose, Orris, Lily of the valley, Ylang-Ylang
base notes. Tonka, Vanilla, Cinnamom, Heliotrope
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