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A 30-second spot during this year's Super Bowl went for $2.3 million. Arizona State and the city of Tempe paid a similar amount ($2.5 million) for the right to host Wednesday's presidential debate.
But there's not much debate about which was the better value.
There was no escaping ASU or Tempe for anyone tuned into the news channels in the hours preceding the debate at Gammage Auditorium.
In the advertising business it's called product placement. ASU/Tempe hoped the debate would do for them what E.T. The Extraterrestrial did for Reese's Pieces.
What lasting effect the multitude of mentions (mostly flattering) will have for the city or the school is hard to quantify. A university economist could probably win a Nobel Prize if he could distinguish between the real benefits of such exposure and how much of it is self-aggrandizing hooey.
Whatever the benefit, ASU and Tempe got the most of it, especially on Wednesday.
Beginning with the morning news shows and right on through the post-mortems, the names of ASU and Tempe fell (and in some cases crashed — frequent references to Tem-PAY) from the lips of commentators and hosts.
At the beginning of the debate telecast ASU president Michael Crow got the stage for a couple of minutes (Ralph Nader must have be greatly amused), which, naturally, he turned into an info-mmercial for the school.
Virtually every TV pitch to the site of the debate began with the announcer saying "Live from Tempe'' or "Live from Arizona State University.'' CNN had an icon that read "Live from Tempe'' in the upper left-hand corner of the screen during most of its debate-related broadcasts. Most news channels broadcast from temporary stages on campus.
ASU officials must have been particularly pleased with MSNBC's "Hardball with Chris Matthews." The show opened at 4 p.m. to the sight of the ASU band playing the school's fight song and Matthews repeatedly reminding the audience that the show "is coming to you from Arizona State University.''
ASU coffee mugs served as table-top props during the show's panel discussions.
At the media center, ASU got big exposure from an enormous banner that was prominent in all TV interviews held there.
As you might suspect, all this exposure was hardly incidental.
"It's been a month-long effort to sort of create an awareness of ASU,'' said Carolyne Kennedy, Director of Media Relations at ASU. Kennedy said ASU made calls to the news channels and major newspapers to establish contact.
"Hello, CNN? This is Arizona State We're not the Wildcats.Thank you.''
What didn't get much attention was Phoenix. Paula Zahn mentioned that Kerry had arrived at "the Phoenix airport'' during her show on CNN. Other than, that nobody seemed to pay much attention to the big city next door.
A call to city of Phoenix Public Information Officer Toni Maccarone was not returned. She was probably out at the Phoenix airport with Paula Zahn.
That Phoenix was not credited as being the site of the debate was no surprise to former Tempe mayor Neil Guiliano, one of the organizers of the debate who now does community relations work for ASU. "Maybe 10 years ago it would have been different,'' he said. "But I think Tempe has established an identity now.
At the last debate it was "That's all from St. Louis, now it's on to Tempe.' ''
Guiliano's probably right. Tempe is a big deal, now. If Glen Campbell was just starting out now, he'd hit the charts with ''By the Time I Get To Tempe.''


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Maddie does love plays, I'll bet that your niece's play was adorable. I still have 4 shifts left at work, but we did the going away party last weekend. I'm really going to miss some of the wonderful ladies that I work with, I've been there 12 years! It's tough. I totally understand missing your work friends, some times we spend more time with them than our families! Quote:
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I've loved every age with Maddie as well, but it's bittersweet that she's getting so big. I am so glad that we decided to capitalize on her princess phase, it was such fun. Get in the pictures, just offer to take one of just them when you're done!!
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The One With the Tremaines
Since we did the DxDP, Id like to devote a whole update to each Table Service restaurant that we tried. Ive always found reviews on the DIS to be extremely helpful when making ADRs, so I hope that our experiences will help some of you! If you feel that I'm taking too much time with each restaurant, let me know. I'd be happy to include less detail.
********************************************** As we started out of the park, MiL declared that she needed to pop into the Emporium again, and she didnt buy anything again. We were officially running late due to her need to browse some more (it is physically impossible to get in and out of the Emporium quickly) so to keep myself from focusing on my annoyance, I took some photos. Finally, we made our way through the trunstiles and out of the park. We went straight to the boat dock and watched as a boat sailed away without us. We sat down to wait, and Bryan commented that the boat drivers must have the best job in the world, and the boat captain at the dock readily agreed. They chatted for the duration of the wait, and we all agreed that you couldnt beat the view from the CMs office. Once our boat arrived, it was already 5:15. I am a person who really, really hates to be late, so I was a little on edge. Again, I busied myself with the camera to keep from getting upset. Im not sure when Ill ever need the 400 pictures that I took of the Contemporary Resort or of the Grand Floridian, but I have them so Ill share a few with you. We arrived at the Grand Floridian a short time later and made our way across the grounds to the main building. Its lovely there, but I just dont think that its the resort for me. I cant imagine running down to the front desk in my PJs (which I seem to do often at hotels)its so fancy! At the check-in desk for 1900 Park Fare, I had my first nervous moment of adding a fourth person to our reservation. MiL was so late in deciding to join us that I chose not to change our ADRs. I figured that if she couldnt get in somewhere, shed have to fend for herself. Luckily (I think) it was no problem for us to become a party of 4. We werent even given a buzzer, just told to get in line to have our photo taken. While we were in line a lovely young CM took a shine to Maddie, and they chatted about the really important things in life (princesses, sparkly things, princess gowns, dance moves) until it was our turn. The CM was really great, and she made Maddie feel incredibly special. It was a nice moment, and one of the things that makes Disney so special. Of course, MiL decided to join us for our family photo. We probably werent going to buy it anyway, but I had begun to wonder if wed have any photos of the 3 of us from the first 3 days of the trip. After photos were taken, we were ushered into the restaurant. This time our table was in the middle part of the dining room, against the wall. The restaurant is decorated in a "classic" style, and there are carousel horses near the buffet. It's pretty, but the themeing is not outstanding. Our waiter came by quickly, and unlike our last visit this waiter didnt seem annoyed that we ordered soda instead of cocktails. We had just enough time to fill our plates before the first character arrived. First up was the man who had stolen our young daughters heart on her first visit to 1900 Park Fare. Sadly, Prince Charming wasnt nearly as charming this time around. He was pleasant, but Maddie didnt fall in love. Its probably for the best, she is only 5. Next was Cinderella. She was very nice and complimented Maddies dress. Maddie did the obligatory pirouette and they had a photo taken. Nothing special, but the Tremaine girls are the main event at this meal anyway. Lady Tremaine happened by next. She admired Maddies necklace and asked if she was getting married that day. Maddie of course said no, and Lady Tremaine responded "Good, I don't want you stealing away all of the princes like that Cinderella". Then, she proclaimed that Maddie was As well behaved as my daughters. As she was walking away, she doubled back looking at Bryan. You see, Maddies Rapunzel dress has a lot of gold glitter detail on it. If you are the parent of a child wearing one of these dresses, and you sweat even a little, you too will be covered in the stuff. Anyway, Lady T looked long and hard at Bryan and said to Maddie, Your father is covered in sparkle. How strange. And then she pivoted on her heel and walked off. It was hilarious. Drizella and Anastasia made their way by next. They were funny and friendly, but moved quickly. A few minutes later, we heard loud laughter from a few tables down. I looked up just in time to see Drizella lay one on a little boy who had turned 5 shades of red and yell YOU SEE! IT REALLY IS THE PLACE WHERE DREAMS COME TRUE. Later I happened to be in the ladies room at the same time as the boys mother (really, where else do you talk to strangers while in line for the loo?) and got the full story. Hed been boasting to his family that hed tell the stepsisters that he was the real prince charming. He didnt realize that Drizella was standing right behind him and would call his bluff. It was very funny. At 1900 Park Fare, the stars of the show are definitely the Tremaines. They are so funny and stay in character so well-they arent to be missed. IMO this is a meal that children of all ages would enjoy. You have Cindy and Prince C. for the littler princess lovers, and the comedy of Drizella, Anastasia, and their mom for the older kids (and parents). On this visit, the characters moved around the room pretty quickly, but to be fair (or Fare!) Maddie had very little to say to the Evil Stepsisers, and Stepmother, so thats probably why we didnt spend too much time with them. Its certainly a meal that wed do again. And, how was the food, you might ask? Since we gave it a scathing review in Always Let Your Preschooler Be Your Guide, Im happy to report that the food was . Much better. Everything that we tried was hot (or cold) and fresh. I had Caesar Salad, Tomato Florentine soup (this was the only exceptionthe soup was lukewarm but tasted fantastic. Id have eaten 2 bowls if it was hot), beef stir fry (sadly, the rice was really al dente), and chicken marsala. Everything was pretty good- better than your standard buffet. Bryan had pizza from the kids area (he made it a habit to test out all of the kids pizza options from the various buffets, claiming that he wanted to help me out with the TR), roast beef, salad, mashed potatoes, and dinner rolls. He enjoyed the meal much more than he had on our previous visit. Maddie had her usual buffet stuffplain noodles, strawberries, grapes, watermelon, and rolls. The watermelon was really over-ripe, but she didnt notice and enjoyed her meal. MiL had most of the same things I did, and pretty much felt the same way that I had. The meal was pretty good. The buffet also offered sushi, ham, steamed fish, roasted potatoes, and several other types of bread. The kids area included the aforementioned noodles and marinara, pizza, and macaroni and cheese. For dessert, DH had ice cream and Rice Krispy Treats that MiL and I both forced on him. Hes not a fan of the soft serve at Disney, but he said the Rice Krispie Treats were really fresh and very good. MiL, Maddie, and I all had the key lime tart with chocolate crust (not good), and mini carrot cakes (very good). We were done meeting characters and eating within 45 minutes. When the bill came, we explained to MiL how to write in the tip so that it could be charged to her room. She pretended to be confused by this (the woman travels for a living, this is not new to her) and said we should leave the whole tip and shed give us cash for her portion. We did, and she slipped us her share of the tip. Shed given us $4. Now, this is a $40 dinner for adults, and shes generally a good tipper so I was shocked and annoyed (obviously, this portion of the review wont affect your trip to 1900 Park Fare unless you plan to travel with my MiL). I chose not to confront her and we headed out of the restaurant. Up next, well be headed back to the Magic Kingdom where we might finally ride some rides!!!!
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There's definitely never too much dining review for me!! I love hearing about restaurant experiences just as much as the parks and everything else!!
I'm glad to hear that your 1900 Park Fare meal was better this time around! The character interaction there sounds really fun.
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I love a good dining review, so thank you for taking the time to post such a detailed one! Glad to hear that the Tremaine ladies were just as fun as always and that the food was better than last time.
The only ADR I made for our Sept trip was 1900 park faire for breakfast, you guys have had so much fun there, I had to try it for myself! Yikes, I can't believe that your MIL stiffed you on the tip, that would just drive me crazy! You are way nicer than I am, I would have said something. |
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Sounds like y'all had a great meal! I've heard soooo many great things about the interaction with Lady Tremaine & the stepsisters. I would love to try it out but I know Reid would not be into it. That's great that you thought the food was much better this year! As for MIL & the tip..... I mean really! From pretending to not understand how to leave the tip to giving you hardly anything to cover her part of the tip. Yeah, I definitely don't want to go to dinner with her. I have a feeling you were pretty relieved when it was time for her to go & it just be your little family.
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Oh, MIL's. . . mine is a real treat sometimes too. Love her dearly, but the thought of spending all weekend with her this weekend makes me anxious.
Loved the review. I'm still on the fence about 1900 Park Fare, Eli's not super familiar with the Cinderella story, so I think a lot of it would be lost on him....we'll see |
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You include as much detail as you want! Hahah it's really nice hearing about the different restaurants!
Princey looks like he has a bit too much blush on... this is awkward. Lady Tremaine sounds hilarious! Glad to hear the food was better this time! It seems like a really fun place.
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Awesome review! I agree with the PP, the more detail in a review the better for me. The Tremaine sisters and the stepmother look like they are fabulous. I love when CMs really enjoy their jobs. I am sure it is not the easiest job again, but it seems that the ones that really get into it have a better time and give guests the best experience.
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Great TR! I started reading your first one, fell behind, and never caught up. I'll try to keep that from happening again!
Maddie and my daughter are a lot alike in their love of Princesses and fashion, though Maddie seems much, much nicer I loved, "I'm scared of pirates Mommy. I think that they should be Princess Pools". Our first trip to WDW as a family was with my Mother-in-Law, so I can sympathize. It's always tricky touring with people beyond your immediate family unit. I don't get how people are able to pull of these "party of 15" trips. I think I would end up ditching everyone and going off on my own anyway. CBR looks great! How was the bussing? That was the determining factor in our decision of Coronado Springs over CBR. We'd heard horror stories about the transportation from CBR, so I'd love to hear another opinion. Can't wait to read more! |
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I'm looking forward to the dining reviews. There are a lot of places I've never eaten, but would love to try... this being one of them. I've never really felt like it would be something my family would really get into, but the stepsisters sound like a lot of fun and it might be worth it just for the entertainment.
I can't see myself staying at GF, just because the lobby feels a little bit stuffy to me. Yes, it is beautiful, but just doesn't feel all that welcoming to me. I would almost be tempted to lounge around the lobby in my pajamas just to make everyone else uncomfortable.
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That was a really great review! I agree that it IS all about the Tremaine's. They were so great when we went there. One of the best character interactions ever!
I found the food good, with a few mehs. Too bad your MIL chose to short tip, 3 days can't be that long.........can it
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Another great update! We love 1900 Park Fare...but mainly for the characters too!
Ah, MIL's...I totally feel for you....when we go to Disney we end up paying for them...meals, using our DVC points etc bc they don't have the money....yet when DH's siblings go to Disney with his parents, his parents pay for them and their families????
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DD4 is also a Princess fanatic. This will be her first EVER trip to Disney. Could you please ask Maddie what tips she would have for her from one preschooler to another?
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I'm loving your trip report and your daughter is just adorable.
I have a suggestion as to the pictures and your MIL taking part. When I fo to Disney with my son and DIL I always let them have a picture by themselves and one with me included. They might do that at at Park Faire if you asked. I do that with all the photopass pictures as well. Just an idea.
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1900 was soooo much better this time. The Tremaines are fantastic. They are actually probably much more fun for grown ups than kids which is a nice change as character meals go. Quote:
Thanks for the feedback. I wasn't sure if all the vets would appreciate it, but I'm glad to hear that you ladies are on board. The food was so much better! It was actually a relief because MiL considers herself the WDW expert, but I planned the whole trip. I'd never have lived it down if the meal sucked. We went to 1900 for breakfast on Day 3 (hopefully I'll get to that before September ). It was great, and I'll bet Everett will enjoy the characters more than at dinner. The food was better too! Probably our 2nd favorite breakfast! Oh MiL.... I was tired and kept trying to figure out if I was being sensitive or she was being crazy. Now that I've gotten some perspective, I know that she was being crazy. She's usually such a generous person! It was the strangest thing, and it wasn't the only time that it happened... Quote:
The meal was lots of fun! Those ladies are hilarious. Reed might not love it, but the stepsisters make a HUGE fuss over "single men" so maybe when he's older and you want to embarrass him? Seriously! MiL travels sooo much, she understood. I still don't get why she did that, she's usually really generous. I am still annoyed by it. I would not suggest that you invite my MiL along on your next trip. It was a relief when her portion of the trip was over. It's just easier with the 3 of us, you know? Quote:
1900 is tons of fun. Before our first trip, I made sure to let Maddie watch all of the movies and shows featuring characters that Maddie might encounter so that she'd be familiar (didn't think to have her watch Aristocats though, so when she saw Marie she was all "why is there a white kitty here?") For little kids, the Tremaines might be intimidating. In my experience there they are really good at picking up on the feelings of the kids and acting accordingly. Maybe when he's older and the girls can tease him? Quote:
I thought so too! Wonder if he did his make up himself? He certainly wasn't the most "handsome" with all that war paint on It's so much fun there! I'll bet that you'd have a blast there on a friends' trip, or even a family one! A lot of the humor is geared toward the grown ups/goes over the little ones' heads. It's great. Quote:
They ARE fabulous! I've never seen a stepsister that didn't get really into character. You're right, it's easy to tell when they love their jobs, and makes it soooo much better. We'll keep going back to 1900 Park Fare as long as DD is into it. Quote:
You stop that! Emily seems like such a sweetie! And believe me, Maddie definitely has her moments. I used to wonder how I ended up with such a 'girly girl' but it's a lot of fun, and I wouldn't change a thing. I think that she might be on to something with the "princess pool" idea. We'd stay at that resort! So you know where I'm coming from! I'll not repeat the experience. However, I'll be stuck on one of the 15+ people trips in a few years when MiL turns 60. I fully intend to plan the thing so that we meet up for some meals (maybe breakfast and dinner?), but are on our own for most of the day. I would go crazy if I had to wait around for a group of 15-20 decide what to do. We'd end up doing nothing! We loved everything about CBR. As for the bus situation-- Aruba 51--which was a fantastic location, I'd request it every time especially since it's a standard room price--we felt like the bus stop at OPR was actually closer than the Aruba bus stop. Now, that sounds bad, but it wasn't. We were usually going to OPR to fill mugs when we were coming or going anyway. I believe that Aruba is one of the last stops, and we figured that by getting on at OPR we'd have less chance of a bus being full by the time we got on. The OPR stop was literally a 5 minute walk. We never waited more than 20 minutes for a bus (and the 20 minute waits were usually in the afternoons, the slower times) and never had to stand. The ride to Epcot or DHS was only 10 minutes, AK didn't seem too long, and MK was the longest at 20 minutes (except after Wishes of course). Of course, this wasn't at peak crowd time, but your family travels during the same time frame right? I think that it's great, and I'll bet that Emily and Dylan would really like the pirate pool! You'd think that CBR was paying me wouldn't you?
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If you haven't heard about Plantstep software for keeping track of your daylilies and making a catalog, you might want to check it out. I've never had a database for my daylilies, but now that I'm getting older I have trouble remembering the names of all 650 of my daylilies. This software makes it a breeze to quickly put together a database and add pictures. You just click on the cultivars you have, and the program automatically adds all the stats for you. And with the one-time cost of the program, you can post your catalog online. The Plantstep catalog is a great place to shop for reasonably priced daylilies too. There are lots of folks with catalogs there from whom I've bought in the past. Jordan's Daylilies, Patricia Ball, Robert O'Neal and Dragon Meade (Packrat on the Lily Auction) are some I recommend. Here's my catalog I created in just a couple of days: http://www.Plantstep.com/FlowerCatalog.psl?action=11247 |
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Debra: A neat idea. I sent it to a Rose friend of mine who is a big grower and wanted a spreadsheet type record for herself. She's a Mac user so don't know if it would work for her, but it's interesting none the less.......I like the way it looks too. Easy to read. Some websites are such a mess that ordering is a chore at best....Is this the first year you've tried it? Was it easy to fill in? ............Maryl |
Maryl - Yes, I've only had the program for about two weeks now. It was super easy to use. If you do have a question, the program developers get back to you very quickly with answers. I used to be able to remember the names and where all my daylilies were planted without a database. But as I get older, I'm finding I get more forgetful. That's why I decided to get the program. And when I found out putting the catalog online was free with the low cost of the program - $29.00 - I decided that was a good deal. Debra |
I was looking at this program some time ago and for some reason thought it's more for hybridizers. Right now my Excel spreadsheet is enough for me, but this looks like a neat thing. Btw, at first I tried googling the link and it took me to your ATP thread :) |
Here's the hotlink. It should take you to my catalog, and you can access the others and info about the software from there. |
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Is this helpful software if you aren't planning to sell plants? I bought some software a few years ago and then my computer died and I never retrieved the software. I'm looking for a personal database that lets me indicate where plants are located in the garden, and I wasn't sure if this software allows you to track that. I'm assuming you upload your own photos? Your catalog looks beautiful. Chris |
I've had PlantStep for about 3 years now. I love it. I don't post my catalog as this is just for my own "get organized" and "keep track" requirement and also to check who I bought certain plants from, pricing, etc. I like the hybridizing feature as well. I think the pricing is very reasonable for what it can do. JMO. Julia |
Chris - I think its a great personal database for you plants. It has a place where you can designate what bed a daylily is in. I haven't used that part of the program yet. Julia - I do like that it has a place to put where you bought the daylily. That's always helpful info if the plant turns out not to be the one you ordered. Debra |
Hmm, I'll have to check it out. Right now I have 800+ roses and a couple hundred daylilies kept on excel sheets...where of course I have to key all the info myself. Might be worth looking into. Tammy |
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The Linguistics Department Tuesday Seminar is held in St. John Hall 011 at University of Hawai'i at Manoa from 12:00 p.m. to 1:15 p.m. every Tuesday in the Fall and Spring semesters. Any topic related to linguistics is welcome. If you are interested in giving a talk or would like further information, please contact Kavon Hooshiar at kavon at hawaii dot edu.
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Spring 2014 Tuesday Seminar Series:
January 14 Peter Withers KinOath Kinship Archiver is a kinship application designed to be extremely flexible and culturally non nonspecific. There have been a number of additions to the application in the last year such as easier selections on the diagram, directed relations and more flexible field creation. This talk will discuss how to use the application as well as the recently added features and some future features. |
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January 28 Emerson Lopez Odango Learning how to ask: Reflections on the elicitation interview with examples in Mortlockese and Tagalog Perhaps for many researchers in various subfields of linguistics, what is most relevant to the research goals at hand is the propositional knowledge or subjective opinions a consultant "possesses" about the language, rather than the way such kinds of knowledge "emerge" in the interaction between researcher and participant. The elicitation interview in linguistics, however, is not unlike the interview in other fields of social science (Ensink 2003). Regardless of our particular specialty as a social scientist, "[r]esearchers in several disciplines have argued that a social science interview should be seen as a product of situated interaction, rather than as the elicitation of the interviewee's pre-existing cognitive state" (Lampropoulou & Meyers 2012:n.p.). Since "all data produced in interaction (including interviews) are irreducibly context-bound" (De Fina 2011:27), linguists should also attune to those discursive and interactional contexts. This goes beyond making notes about the extra-linguistic context for metadata entry (e.g., names of people in the elicitation session, the location, time and date, etc.). Language documentation projects, for example, should not overemphasize the documentation and analysis of linguistic phenomena that are associated with "the interaction of native speakers among themselves" to the exclusion of the documentation and analysis of "the interaction between native speakers and documenters" (Himmelmann 2006:9). This extends in principle to any linguistics project focusing on any language, regardless of state of endangerment or under-documentation. In this presentation, I discuss two examples of elicitation interview sessions—one about perceived morpheme boundaries in Mortlockese, and another about pragmatic interpretations of sentences in Tagalog—paying particular attention to how various (extra-)linguistic contexts interact in the emergence of knowledge and opinion in highly metalinguistic discussion. I frame this presentation as a contribution to discourses about the best practices for training young graduate students who engage often in elicitation interviews in their fieldwork. I especially encourage audience members who attend this presentation to share their fieldwork experiences so as to facilitate this larger discourse. References |
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February 11 Robert Blust Gestalt symbolism and submorphemes in Austronesian languages: what role for morphological theory?
February 18 Colleen Patton Short-Courses in Scottish Gaelic: Who is participating and why does it matter? The short-courses model of summer courses available at Sabhal Mòr Ostaig falls short of facilitating substantial acquisition of the Gaelic language for the participants. However, participants rated very highly their interest in continuing Gaelic study and in the promotion of Gaelic in public education. This presentation will discuss the motivations to attend these short-courses and the benefits this model has for rebuilding language ecologies, as seen in the participants' growing interest in the stability of Gaelic language and use. In addition, this presentation will touch on difficulties encountered in carrying out the research, and thoughts for future projects. |
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March 4 Lyle Campbell Historical Linguistics and Endangered Languages This talk explores the relationship between Endangered Languages and Language Change (historical linguistics), and the contributions each makes to the other. (1) In it, I consider the implications of the number of known extinct languages for historical linguistic research in general -- 22% of all known extinct languages become extinct in the last 50 years. Of the c.420 independent language families and isolates, all the languages of exactly 100 of them are extinct – nearly 25% of the linguistic diversity of the world has been lost. (2) I review the role fieldwork documentation in working out the history of various language families, including Indo-European. (3) I investigate the kinds of changes encountered in endangered languages and attempt to evaluate claims about what this means for language change in general – for example, I address the claim that sound change in endangered language contexts need not be regular or natural. (4) I call on discoveries from a specific language documentation project involving languages of the Chaco in South America, presenting findings that go against general thinking about what is possible in contact induced change, and examples involving other kinds of changes. |
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The theory of argument formation—A view from Mandarin and Yi This talk is about the relation between the existence of overt lexical articles (of category D) in a language and whether or not such a language allows bare arguments. This is a topic that has been widely investigated in number marking languages, languages where number morphology is obligatory when a numeral combines with any count noun (N). However it is in its infancy in classifier languages, languages with a typically extensive inventory of 'measure words' that must be used in combining a numeral with any N. Building on Jiang and Hu 2010, I am going to document the existence of a classifier language with a lexical article, i.e. Yi, a Sino-Tibetan language, and provide a parametric analysis of such a language with respect to Mandarin. My main thesis is going to be roughly the following. There has been an ongoing debate on whether D is present in classifier languages and whether projecting D is always necessary for argument formation. The discovery of a classifier language with an overt lexical article may seem to tilt the balance in favor of the universal D thesis. I will argue that the opposite is the case. |
March 18 Mark Campana Tone-of-voice as vocal gesture In this talk, I will consider vocal movements made by speakers, i.e. how they are articulated and perceived. Since their origins are muscular, neurons dedicated to motor activity must also be involved. It may be surmised that humans 'mirror' the vocal actions of others, as e.g. primates do for grasping (Rizzolatti 2006). The reasoning that led to this conclusion is outlined below. 'Emotion' isn't always regarded as a physical activity, but it can be embodied through sound. In Wierzbicka's (1999) system, the semantic description of an emotion-word is scaffolded over several propositions, most of them headed by a 'mental predicate' such as wanting or not wanting; knowing or not knowing, feeling good or bad, or thinking. Following her lead, we assume that emotions themselves may be composed of corresponding 'mental states', which together characterize that emotion which a speaker actually expresses or understands. While expressing annoyed, for example, the mental states of speaker/hearer will probably include not wanting, feeling bad, thinking about X, etc. Suppose then that each mental state is signaled by a particular kind of sound. This is not a necessary condition, but it would certainly simplify the task of understanding how a speaker feels at a given moment in time. Surely, if I discern through our call that you're a little pissed off (even though you didn't say it), there were critical features of the voice that tipped me off (we are abstracting away from verbal content here). Matching mental states with sound-types would facilitate understanding. To this end, we propose to pair W with 'voice qualities'; X with short tunes or 'melodies'; Y with pitches and/or pitch combinations, and Z with rhythm (more likely rhythms). What constitutes evidence for these particular pairings will be discussed. The sounds (or sound-types) are abbreviated as wxyz. When it comes to vocal gesture, it isn't hard to see how the system works. We 'empathize' with someone when we attest to experiencing the same emotions (feelings, mental states) as they do, or did, or would, etc. To do that, all one really needs to 'hear' are wxyz in order to reconstruct WXYZ in one's own mind, i.e. to reflect, unconsciously, in terms of motor activity what it would take to produce those very sounds. This of course is exactly the function of mirror neurons, but here the motor activity is of a very fine-grained sort, i.e. pertaining to the smallest of flexions in the vocal tract. Tone-of-voice then—the audible output of emotion—is interpreted through its vocally 'gestured' channels, similar to the way in which the physical actions of others can be understood through vision. |
March 20 (Thursday) Center for Korean Studies 12-1:15 pm In coordination with the SLS Thursday Brown Bag series and the Sato Center Mary Bucholtz "Respeta mi idioma": Promoting Linguistic Diversity and Sociolinguistic Justice through Youth Research and Activism Linguistics and related fields have a longstanding commitment to social justice and particularly to the promotion and protection of linguistic diversity. For researchers who work in educational settings, this research has a special urgency, given the increasing educational needs of young people from diverse linguistic backgrounds and the declining resources available to support their academic success. Moreover, youth who speak sociopolitically subordinated linguistic varieties regularly face the devaluation of their language in the classroom and the wider society. In this talk I demonstrate how a combined research and community partnership program in California addresses these problems by promoting sociolinguistic justice (Bucholtz et al. forthcoming). SKILLS (School Kids Investigating Language in Life and Society) prepares low-income Latina/o high school students for college by guiding them to undertake original research and activist projects on language, identity, and power in their lives. The goal of SKILLS is not to "empower" youth but to recognize their already considerable agency to challenge sociolinguistic injustice. I consider two different student-activist projects within the program that illustrate youth agency in countering linguistic racism. The SKILLS program provides one example of how universities can work with local youth to foster linguistic diversity and educational equity. Mary Bucholtz is Professor of Linguistics and Director of the Center for California Languages and Cultures at the University of California, Santa Barbara. She is the author of White Kids: Language, Race, and Styles of Youth Identity (Cambridge University Press, 2011) as well as numerous articles about language and identity, with a particular focus on youth, race, and gender. Her current research focuses on language and expertise among youth. |
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April 8 Raina Heaton An investigation of relativization in Kaqchikel (Maya) |
April 15 Gonzalo Isidro-Bruno Metacognitive strategies of trilingual readers of Russian folk tales The present study has two goals: 1) To elicit and examine metacognitive reading strategies that competent Catalan-Spanish-English adult readers use while reading culturally unfamiliar narrative texts, and the difference in strategy use across three languages. 2) To investigate in particular how skilled trilingual readers deliberately use reading strategies to construct meaning when reading in English, their least proficient and most recently acquired language. The main tool for research was a think-aloud protocol set up in three separate sessions. Each one of the volunteer readers read three folk tales (that is, three translations of three different Russian folk tales by the same author; one in Catalan, one in Spanish, and one in English). This study intentionally merges the lines between the study of literature, psycholinguistics and multilingual acquisition to invite cross collaboration among these disciplines. Alsheikh, N. (2011), Three readers, three languages, three texts: The strategic reading of multilingual and multiliterate readers. The Reading Matrix, 11(1). 34-53. Berkowitz, E. (2004), High Achieving and Underachieving Gifted Middle School Students' Metacognitive Strategies in Reading Comprehension. Fordham University Doctoral Dissertation. UMI Dissertations Publishing, AAT 3134432. Fitzgerald, J. (2003), Multilingual reading theory. Reading Research Quarterly 38:1, 118-122. Gallaway, A. M. (2003), Improving Reading Comprehension through Metacognitive Strategy Instruction: Evaluating the Evidence for the Effectiveness of the Reciprocal Teaching Procedure. The University of Nebraska-Lincoln Doctoral Dissertation. UMI – Dissertations Publishing. AAT 3092542. Hardin, V. (2001), Transfer and variation in cognitive reading strategies of Latino fourth-grade students in a late-exit bilingual program. Bilingual Research Journal 25. 417-439. Isidro, G. (2001), Metacognitive awareness of trilingual readers in Barcelona. In: Cenoz, J., Hufeisen, B. & Jessner, U. (eds.), Looking Beyond Second Language Acquisition: Studies in Tri- and Multilingualism. Tübingen: Stauffenburg-Verlag. 137-151. Isidro, G. (2002), Metacognitive Reading Strategies of Trilingual (Catalan-Spanish-English) Readers in Barcelona. Indiana University Doctoral Dissertation. UMI – Dissertations Publishing. AAT 3075785. Isidro, G. (2003), La transferencia de estrategias metacognitivas en lectores de una segunda y tercera lengua. In: Kempchinsky, P. & Piñeros, C. E. (eds.), Theory, Practice, and Acquisition. Summerville, MA: Cascadilla Press. 412-423 Isidro, G. (2006), Reading strategies of two trilingual readers in a study abroad context. In: Ó Laoire, M. (ed.), Multilingualism in Educational Settings. Baltmannsweiler: Schneider Verlag Hohengehren. 73-97. |
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Countability in Persian and A Survey of Junior High Students' Language Proficiency, Use and Attitude in Taiwan: Mandarin Chinese, Indigenous Languages and English This study investigates Taiwan junior high students' language proficiency, use and attitude in Mandarin Chinese, indigenous languages and English. Except for the four traditional main ethnic groups in Taiwan: Taiwan Southern Min, Hakka, mainlander, and aborigines, the children of new immigrants from Southeast Asia (CNI) are also subsumed as main observation in the study. To see if there is any regional difference, Taiwan is divided into the north, the central, the south, the east part, and the offshore islets. An on-line questionnaire was designed including 50-55 questions for the purpose of the study. 57,726 valid questionnaires were collected and analyzed with the statistical software, SPSS. Besides, a field work was conducted, concerning the attitude of students' parents toward indigenous language teaching and language use at home. The result shows that most students' first language is no longer their ethnic language (EL). Even in the family domain, their parents prefer to use Mandarin Chinese (MC), the lingua franca in Taiwan, to communicate with the children instead of the EL and this is more obvious in the north of Taiwan and the offshore islets. For language proficiency, students' self-evaluation of the EL is higher than English averagely. As to the language attitude, the dominant language MC receives the highest reputation in many aspects. Nevertheless, statistics shows that students would like to learn, preserve and continue their EL. As for language use, students use very little EL in daily life, besides talking with their grandparents. However, most of them give positive evaluation toward the class of indigenous language teaching in elementary school and believe they did make progress from it. Besides, 81.5% of the participants indicate that their school does not provide indigenous language instruction because it is optional in junior high school; however, many of them are willing to continue learning their EL or other Taiwanese indigenous languages. Finally, the survey shows that there are few new immigrant parents using their mother tongue at home with their children. This might be generalized into two main reasons from the result of the interview: (a) they try to accommodate themselves and their children to the mainstream society and the dominant language in Taiwan (b) they suffer the pressure from the elder in their family. Notwithstanding the hard condition, most parents still hope their children could speak their mother tongue. The study provides a latest and comprehensive survey of language-related issues of young people in Taiwan. It also demonstrates a big change of the population structure in the past two decades, which represents a multicultural opinion of different ethnic groups from both questionnaire and interview. Keywords: indigenous language, ethnic language, identity, new immigrant children |
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Who would you buy species tulip bulbs from? I'm looking for maybe 12 bulbs each of many different species. I especially don't want bulbs with virus in them, since it will get into my lily collection. McClure and Zimmerman have lots of species, but they get iffy reviews on the Garden Watchdog website. Any ideas? |
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You might try the link below. They have several different ones and a lot are sold in quantities of 10 bulbs. I believe they have a good reputation, but you might want to also check Watchdog. Sue |
Here is a link that might be useful: John Scheeper's Species tulips
- Posted by buyorsell888 Zone 8 Portland OR (My Page) on Fri, May 7, 10 at 18:35
Brent & Becky's has some too as does Old House Gardens. Both excellent sources. |
I can vouch for John Scheepers. Good quality, prompt delivery. I've heard only good things about the other two mentioned above |
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I recommend Fire of Love if you are looking for recommendations - I grew them for the first time this year, they were very healthy and the striped leaves made them interesting for a long time. I believe mine came from Brent and Becky's. |
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the missions of the participating agencies; ensuring continuing leadership by the United States in nanoscale science, engineering, and technology; and contributing to the nation's economic competitiveness.
In December 2003, the 21st Century Nanotechnology Research and Development Act3 (NRDA) was signed into law, putting the NNI on a legislative footing that had been lacking. The legislation established the NNI's operating structures and also requested that the President establish and designate an advisory panel with a membership qualified to provide advice and information on nanotechnology research, development, demonstrations, education, technology transfer, commercial applications, and societal and ethical concerns.4 Figure 1-1 shows the current organizational structure of the NNI.
The NRDA said that the President, in selecting or designating an advisory panel, might seek and give consideration to recommendations from the Congress, industry, the scientific community (including the National Academy of Sciences, scientific professional societies, and academia), the defense community, state and local governments, regional nanotechnology programs, and other appropriate organizations. According to the NRDA, the responsibilities of the advisory panel were to include assessing the following:
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For MBA Applicants, Economy Doesn't Matter
Posted by: Alison Damast on March 8, 2011
The vast majority of prospective business school students said they plan to attend business school, regardless of economic conditions, according to a new survey from the Graduate Management Admission Council (GMAC) released today. The survey looked at the career aspirations and backgrounds of about 40,000 potential MBA students worldwide who registered in 2009 and 2010 on mba.com , a website run by GMAC that provides people with information on the business school application process. About half of the respondents, or 51 percent, said the current economic climate did not affect their likelihood to get their MBA, while about one-third, or 36 percent, said that the economy spurred them to get the degree. About 13 percent of the respondents said the tough economy had dissuaded them from considering business school, and just one percent said the adverse economy made them decide not to go to business school at all, the survey showed. This is the first time that GMAC has asked this question of registrants, so historical comparison data is not available, a spokesman for GMAC said. Still, the results are "consistent with long-term findings" that GMAC has conducted since 2003, when the economy was coming out of the last recession, the survey noted.
MBA applicants may be moving forward with their plans to attend business school, but financial worries remain a concern, especially when it comes to their careers and long-term prospects, the survey said. For example, about 50 percent of mba.com registrants in 2010 said they feared the degree would be too expensive, while another 48 percent worried about incurring financial debt and student loans. About 22 percent said they feared that their job outlook would be uncertain because of the shaky economy. Only 14 percent said they had no reservations about pursuing an MBA.
Here are a few of the other key findings from the report, which can be found here:
• The window of time for prospective students between completing their first-degree program and submitting their application to business school is four years.
• The majority of students around the world send applications to programs in both their home country and aboard, with Canada and U.S. being the main exception. In these two countries, most students submit their applications to just domestic programs.
• The top three programs considered in 2010 were the same as in 2009: full-time two-year MBA programs, full-time one-year MBA programs and part-time programs.
Readers, share with us any reservations you might have about getting an MBA degree. Does today's economic climate have any impact on whether or not you decide to attend business school?


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text: 1State Key Joint Laboratory of Environmental Simulation and Pollution Control, College of Environmental Sciences and Engineering, Peking University, Beijing 100871, China 2Department of Atmospheric Science, Texas A&M University, College Station, Texas 77843, USA 3Leibniz Institute for Tropospheric Research, Permoserstrasse 15, Leipzig 04318, Germany 4Key Laboratory for Urban Habitat Environmental Science and Technology, Shenzhen Graduate School of Peking University, Shenzhen 518055, China Abstract. Simultaneous measurements of gaseous sulfuric acid and particle number size distributions were performed to investigate aerosol nucleation and growth during CAREBeijing-2008. The analysis of the measured aerosols and sulfuric acid with an aerosol dynamic model shows the dominant role of sulfuric acid in new particle formation (NPF) process but also in the subsequent growth in Beijing. Based on the data of twelve NPF events, the average formation rates (2–13 cm−3 s−1) show a linear correlation with the sulfuric acid concentrations (R2=0.85). Coagulation seems to play a significant role in reducing the number concentration of nucleation mode particles with the ratio of the coagulation loss to formation rate being 0.41±0.16. The apparent growth rates vary from 3 to 11 nm h−1. Condensation of sulfuric acid and its subsequent neutralization by ammonia and coagulation contribute to the apparent particle growth on average 45±18% and 34±17%, respectively. The 30% higher concentration of sulfate than organic compounds in particles during the seven sulfur-rich NPF events but 20% lower concentration of sulfate during the five sulfur-poor type suggest that organic compounds are an important contributor to the growth of the freshly nucleated particles, especially during the sulfur-poor cases. Citation: Yue, D. L., Hu, M., Zhang, R. Y., Wang, Z. B., Zheng, J., Wu, Z. J., Wiedensohler, A., He, L. Y., Huang, X. F., and Zhu, T.: The roles of sulfuric acid in new particle formation and growth in the mega-city of Beijing, Atmos. Chem. Phys., 10, 4953-4960, doi:10.5194/acp-10-4953-2010, 2010. |


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Executive chef Seth guides a roster of culinary concoctors, gracefully hewing a menu of steakhouse fare from fresh produce and hormone-free beef. The chef-recommended pomegranate-glazed hanger steak includes mashed yams and brussels sprouts ($35), and the turduckin is a covert operation that employs a chicken disguised as a duck, disguised as a turkey to disrupt diabolical hunger schemes ($24). Peruse the entire Etc. Steakhouse menu online and inculcate the brain with delicious options.
Recently renovated, Assembly Steahouse's?well-reviewed on NorthJesery.com?interior still retains the classic steakhouse look, with burgundy carpet and wood tables, and the menu still offers a good balance of surf and turf. The restaurant's old standbys such as miso-glazed beef and shrimp kabobs, grilled orange-ginger salmon, and prime new york strip steak are all the more flavorful. To pair with menu selections, the bar shakes up 15 specialty martinis, such as the Basic Naked?just gin and olives?or the Bikinitini, made with Malibu rum and pineapple juice and garnished with a bandeau top.
The chefs at JD's Steak Pit grill up meaty cuts of certified Angus beef, ribs, and other classic steak-house dishes for both lunch and dinner. Bi-colored capsicums and flecks of bacon garnish the baked-clams casino starter ($13), and an 8-ounce petite filet mignon ($21–$23) campaigns to win the title of Cutest Steak by an impartial jury of butchers. In the kitchen, chefs prepare slabs of JD's baby back ribs ($22) for plateside naps and unite the Odd Couple's chicken and shrimp on a marriage alter of scampi sauce and rice ($18–$20). Each dinner patron sips a free pour of wine proffered by the glass, such as an Australian shiraz by Gotham (a $12 value), a William Hill Estate chardonnay (a $13 value), or a goblet full of juicy bartender secrets.
Guests could dine at Park Avenue Bar & Grill multiple times, and yet leave each visit feeling as though they'd never been there before. Behind the restaurant's historic façade of red brick and arched windows await six distinct areas, each welcoming diners into a different experience. Downstairs, bartenders mix drinks at a traditional wooden bar, and upstairs, a modern lounge fills glasses amid tomato-red walls and zebra-patterned tile. After they dine on white tablecloths in the refined second-floor dining room, patrons can wander out to the private courtyard for drinks, or head up to the rooftop to watch New York's mayor give the skyline its nightly spit shine.
To match the atmosphere of each space, chefs prepare fusion cuisine that is American continental. Meticulously prepared entrees cater to guests seeking evenings of fine dining, and lighter fare, such as tapas and empanadas, facilitates socializing.
Combining the white-tablecloth elegance of fine dining with the camaraderie of a casual pub, Jake's Steakhouse pleases both formal and informal guests with its wide selection of tasty steaks and frosty brews. Dinner-timers can scan the menu for a hefty hunk of delicious meat, from Jake's filet mignon, topped with melty blue cheese and port wine sauce ($38), to the American rack of lamb, served with either gravy or a heated mint jelly ($34). Hungry land sharks and vacationing dolphins can gain perspective on how the land views the sea with a plate full of shrimp scampi, sautéed with white wine and garlic and paired with sensuous steamed broccoli ($27). For lunch, meat mavens can still wolf down Jake's famous baby back ribs, a sweet and smoky entree glazed in savory barbecue sauce ($30). Jake's beer menu overflows with tasty craft brews, from the Arcadia Hop Mouth IPA ($6.50 for a 20 oz. draft) to the malty Sly Fox Oktoberfest ($7 for a 20 oz. draft).
Situated in Manhattan and Forest Hills, the pair of urbane steak houses known as (aged.) pair their modern culinary innovations with a classic look, hanging repurposed European-oak-barrel chandeliers over plates filled with all-American Black Angus beef from Creekstone Farms. Blueprinted by renowned interior designer Lesly Zamor, both environs emanate an aura of elegant rusticity with antique oak bistro seating and a 20-foot repurposed wood rafter spattered with lit candles like a giant redwood's birthday cake. Authentic ales from Trappist monasteries mingle with West Coast craft brews behind the bar, and fresh seafood is imported directly from Atlantis each morning. Three-course prix fixe lunches tempt tongues every Monday–Friday, and chefs meld meals into brunch every Saturday and Sunday.


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I have NC30 skin and this product hardly showed up on my cheeks at all. (I'm not sure if I got a bad bottle)
But I had to layer it on consistently to make the pink in the product appear. If you have very fair to light skin tones this product will work for you. If you have medium to deep forget about it. Also you gotta work fast when applying this product on, or it will leave streaks on your cheeks.
However it the color did show up better on my lips. I prefer benetint, and chacha tint over this.
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i've been using posietint since it came onto the market, it's my favourite stain out there. it's easy to apply (once you get used to it) and it blends well, so it looks like a natural flush. it looks great on lips too. i used to use benetint but found it too dark for me, i prefer rosier tones for my complexion. i always get compliments on it :)
I'm a very pale girl and for me finding lip products that complement my skin can be a challenge, this is the only product u found to give my lips that perfect pink, love it although I don't use it on my cheeks I recommend this product highly
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At first I was a bit frightened of this product as it was very bright and the packaging just looked like nail polish, the woman at the counter eventually persuaded me to but it and I really like the colour on my lips but I feel it is far to bright for cheeks. If you accidentally get any in your mouth it is horrible (and I know your not meant to get it in your mouth but these things happen) and I still feel the packaging is pretty unconventional, I will continue to use this product until it is empty since I want to get my money's worth out of it but I won't be repurchasing.
PosieTint is the first cheek stain I have ever used. It has a cute pink, perfect for spring color and it blends nicely. Try to blend it as fast as possible otherwise you will end up with uneven intensity of color. It really is just about getting to know the product and how to work with it. However, as much as I can praise it's qualities as a cheek stain, it just doesn't work as a lip stain. When applied on the lips, the product doesn't dry and doesn't stain. Definetely buy it for a cheek stain, big no-no as a lip product.
Love benefit tints! They give such a natural finish to cheeks and lips. I have a mini sized from one of benefit's kits and it lasts so long!
Ladies I suffered at first and looked like a moron just like some of you did. And then I saw a Lisa Eldridge video on how to apply liquid blush and I was saved.
Here's of you do it you apply a bit on the back of your end then you roll a flat foundation blush all around it and THEN you apply on the cheeks. It looks really lovely this way and it's easy to buildup.
This blush is really lovely on fair skin and give a nice pale pink flush, the glow from within type of look.
I took off one lippie because I prefer Tarte cheek stain format or MUFE HD blushes that are easier to blend.
i LOVE this product on my lips..such a nice colour and it stays a long time! however i dont really use it on my cheeks as i prefer a powder blusher! its quite costly for only a lip colour but it lasts a long time :)
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This is my favorite stain so far. You have to work fast when blending but you get used to it and it becomes no problem at all. It lasts all day. It looks great on cheeks alone or with powder over it. I love it on lips, you can build the color with multiple layers. I usually use 3 layers, top with a clear gloss and it lasts for many hours. It is expensive but a good value for how long it lasts and how it multitasks. It's a very pretty shade of pink and the texture is thicker than original benetint so you seem to have a few more seconds to work with it. I will repurchase definitely.
I would buy it again, but I might try to figure out how to decant it into another container. Here is why:
1. GREAT color for me in pinky phases and seems like a nice universal "pink flush" color.
2. Creamier than BeneTint and stronger stain than Cha Cha on medium skin.
3. Stays all day, especially if you dust a powder or blusher on top. In the middle of summer, in Alabama, even after riding in a hot car. (T Le Clerc loose powder foundation over rice bran oil mositurizer, not sure what regular foundation would do...)
4. Surprisingly for a stay all day, rolled off my fingertips after application and no "hey you used cheek stain today!" telltale pink tips.
5. BUT! The little nail-polish style brush is fussy for me. I get it to work, but I have a generous expanse of face, not a tiny little doll face.
6. This is creamy enough, I think I could get away with cracking the bottle open and putting it in a tube or similar. Maybe even a roller ball.
There are other, less hack-requireing options, but I haven't had them stay all day as this one does. I am on the lookout for a dupe...


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I got five large encore azaleas for free at the end of June. They were free b/c the nursery they were at was WAY overstocked. Anyway, I planted them and fed them and made sure not to overwater them. I guess they were in the five gallon pots. Anyway, we had severe drought here this HOT sumemr and all the leaves are brown and they are pretty gross looking. I have broken a few of the branches put they are still very flexible and green in the center. So, what do I do? I can handle it if they look bad until spring. But, I would like to thin about replacing them now if they are done for. I really love azaleas, plus these were free. Is this the transplantation shock of big plants? I need help!! Thank you in advance. |
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Azaleas transplant very easily. They may have been free because the nursery knew they would need special care for some reason. If they have any green leaves, they will make it if they are kept watered when they look droopy. If all leaves are brown, then they are probably in very bad shape. Since it is nearly fall already, you can wait until next spring and see if any buds open. Container plants from nurseries typically need watering every day until they are planted. They use a "fool-proof" media that drains very quickly so the nursery won't have to worry about root rot and can water them every day. The problem is when people like you and I buy these plants and aren't told this, we handle them like typical azaleas in the ground and water sparingly until we discover they aren't doing well. Then we panic and start watering them when they look droopy which is nearly every other day. If you didn't water during the drought, they are dead. |
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J.E.Y. Hospitality Group has announced plans to open its third Rok:Brgr location in the Village at Gulfstream Park in Hallandale, what will be the craft beer and burger gastropub's biggest restaurant yet. Photo courtesy of Rok:Brgr
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24 Jan » SkySports.comColchester secure a vital victory over Leyton Orient but remain two points from safety at the foot of League One.
24 Jan » BBC SportCole Kpekawa time with Colchester has come to an end with him returning to QPR.
24 Jan » Vital FootballColchester welcome Leyton Orient to the Weston Homes Community Stadium this afternoon as we seek a much-needed three-points against a fellow struggler.
24 Jan » Vital FootballTeam news for Saturday's League One clash between Colchester United and Leyton Orient at Weston Homes Community Stadium.
23 Jan » SkySports.comColchester United sign Sheffield United's Chris Porter on an 18-month deal and Millwall's Matthew Briggs on loan.
22 Jan » BBC Sport