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We deliver cross-disciplinary comprehensive solutions combining function, design and economy with long-term development. ALECTIA offers advice during the entire project implementation – from the very first ideas until the client has a fully operational plant, designed to meet future requirements.
The dairy business requires a particular building design unique to this industrial segment. Process layout, structures and design must interact so that the building facility performs as an efficient, integrated whole, where specific requirements to performance, operational reliability, environment and sustainability, hygiene, acoustics and noise are addressed.
Our consultancy includes everything from building projects, water supply and wastewater treatment, logistics and process optimisation to business and strategic development. As Denmark's largest occupational health and safety consultant, ALECTIA is also the preferred partner when it comes to creating an attractive and productive workplace.
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ALECTIA offers the food industry comprehensive and cross-disciplinary consultancy services, covering everything from the intake of livestock through slaughtering and product processing to retail packaging and distribution. We advise our clients from the very first thoughts about new investments or efficiency optimisations and assist all the way through project development and realisation, until the investment gives the required rate of return.
Our core competences related to the food industry include specialist knowledge about process equipment, cooling systems and industrial hygiene zones. We also make use of our knowledge of related building services and how to ensure an efficient and productive working environment for employees. Additionally, we offer a number of other specialist skills which are relevant to the food industry as well, e.g. fire safety, energy, acoustics, environmental, clean water, waste water, economic planning and logistics.
In every project, our aim is to match our competence profiles with the real needs of the project in question to provide strong project management throughout and to align our solutions with a robust economic performance.
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ALECTIA is the leading independent adviser to the brewing and beverage industry. We have an impressive record in working for all the great brewers in the world, including SAB Miller, AB InBev, Carlsberg, Molson Coors and a long list of regional and local breweries.
2,000 brewery projects
During the last 40 years, ALECTIA has been involved in approx. 2,000 brewery and beverage projects in some 75 countries, and we have designed and built more than 50 completely new plants.
Change drives our business, whether it be comprehensive refurbishment projects which are generally implemented to keep production costs down, the challenge to expand production facilities in a short time to cope with increasing demand, or building a greenfield brewery.
No matter where we are working in the world, our aim is to make our clients more successful through the services we deliver. We take pride in providing consultancy that prepares our clients for the challenges ahead: Sustainable solutions with lower water usage, reduced energy costs, less waste and a better production quality.
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ALECTIA's approach is cross-disciplinary, and we offer advice on everything from modifications and relocation of production plants, process optimisation, strategy and business development to setting up new plants. By combining our knowledge of functionality, technology and professional project management with the client's knowledge of his product, delivery requirements and security of supplies, we create the basis for improved production earnings.
At all times, our business is to make sure that critical factors such as regulatory requirements are addressed and in order before production start-up. We have specialists who handle the time-consuming qualification and validation issues so that the production complies with both European and international regulations.
Any investment is made to enhance our clients' profitability. With our business understanding and insight into this industry, we have the specialist knowledge required to create flexibility and new thinking for process development.
ALECTIA is also a leading consultant on water, nature, the environment and energy, and as Denmark's largest occupational health and safety consultant we are the preferred partner when it comes to creating an attractive and productive workplace.
Creating a productive working environment is about adjusting the three primary factors that affect your employees' ability to work effectively: leadership, health and safety. We believe that the employees deliver the results and that an integrated approach increases the productivity in a workplace.
We know that investing in a good working environment contributes to maintaining and improving a company's productivity and image. We also know that providing useful occupational health and safety advice is not just about strong skills but requires a thorough knowledge of the market in which our customers operate. Based on our extensive trade knowledge we can provide advice that goes straight to the core of our customers' challenges. We transform ideas, thoughts and strategies into concrete initiatives that create positive results on your bottom line.
ALECTIA offers a variety of services ranging from advice on the physical and psychosocial working environment, acoustics and noise, chemicals and biological hazards, health and safety, stress and well-being to management training and organisational development.
We are licensed by the Danish Working Environment Authority.
Our position as leading adviser on production facilities and process equipment requires both in-depth knowledge of the industry and an understanding of the client's end product and production processes. ALECTIA has extensive knowledge on the production processes specific to the industrial segments we work with. Our experts specialise in planning and designing process facilities for anything from raw material reception to processing, production, bottling/packaging, logistics and storage.
We provide engineering advice during all process phases – from clarification, analysis, design and planning to tender and project realisation. We review new plants and advise on facility expansions, refurbishment and upgrades.
Combining our process engineering skills with a deep business understanding and specific trade knowledge we help our clients focus on business-critical areas. Our consulting approach also ensures that projects live up to all quality, financial viability and production efficiency requirements.
We help our clients find the right technical solutions and advice on the formulation of technical specifications, the choice of solution principles and the development of tender and project documentation which forms the contractual basis for ensuing construction activities.
We draw on a wide range of skills and are experts in core engineering disciplines such as structural, HVAC and electrical engineering coupled with construction management and owner representative services. Furthermore, we offer specialist services in areas such as tender management, building automation, indoor climate, building physics, material science and engineering as well as fire engineering.
Our ambition is to always be innovative and deliver projects and results which create value for our customers, ALECTIA and the society we are part of.
Our environment, energy, water and climate solutions are always based on sustainable consultancy. For instance, we advise the industry on energy and CO2 reduction and compliance with environmental requirements, and we are leading within cooling solutions for process and industrial companies as well as hospitals.
We combine the newest technology with years of experience when advising on water at all stages, from nature protection and soil and groundwater contamination to wastewater management and drinking water distribution. We advise during all project phases, from clarification, analysis, design and planning to tender, construction management and supervision.
In the climate area, increasing greenhouse gas emissions have caused climate changes which pose still greater challenges. Heavy rain incidents lead to rainwater and wastewater floods which cause traffic problems and damage to residences, businesses and plants. Combined with worn-down wastewater systems this increases the need for investments in new climate adaptation solutions. ALECTIA's experts can help with planning and executing all kinds of climate projects, always going for viable long-term solutions to reducing greenhouse gas emissions and remediyng the damaging consequences.
Our clients are utility companies, local governments, the state and large Danish and international process and industrial companies.
ALECTIA's CEO Jesper Mailind explains that these employments should be viewed in relation to the ambitions of the company:
"We have had an excellent 2014 and will continue our positive developments in several central areas. We have completed a turnaround, and these two new profiles will be part of that process. I am happy that we now have Nanna and Torben on the team and see it as a strategic strengthening of our forces, which will ensure our continued focus on the growth and development of ALECTIA. Both have several years of experience with business development and execution in consulting companies, and I believe that they will be the right people to ensure the continued positive development of ALECTIA," said Jesper Mailind.
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Nanna Bjørner is cand.scient.adm. from the University of Roskilde and has much experience with sales of consultant and advisory services to both the private and the public sector. Furthermore, she has an in-depth understanding of business development as well as sales and staff management from her time as both director and leader. Nanna Bjørner comes from a position as Director Public Sector in the consulting company Valcon and has previously been Deputy Director in Rambøll Management in Denmark and CEO of Rambøll Management in Sweeden.
Torben Franch
Torben Franch is cand.polit. from the university of Copenhagen and has a solid background from the supply sector based on his work as a consultant to the sector on areas including business development. Torben Franch has worked in Energi 2 and Maersk Oil as well as in companies that advise the supply sector in Denmark and Germany. His career has also included postings in London and Qatar.
For a major well-known meat producer ALECTIA has recently completed an innovative computer simulation project, which included all processes from primary cutting and de-boning through transportation lines to warehousing, processing and shipping. The simulation thoroughly represented the complete operation at the heart of the client's plant to help the client choose the right investment solutions.
Simulation enables complex experimentation without risks
The high complexity of the processes at the plant, where countless variables and elements influence the production, made a simulation the most suitable way for evaluating proposals, estimating investments and outcomes, and achieving improved productivity.
Experimenting in real settings is not always possible and will cost a lot of resources in time and money, especially since it is based on trial-and-error. For our client, the virtual simulation of the proposed new facilities enables the Board of Directors and the management team to experiment, observe and evaluate the performance of the plant while dealing with different production orders and compositions – without consequences to the existing production.
Additionally, they can test different staff configurations for each line as well as system-related parameters such as the speed of the transport lines, the entrance rate of pigs and the dimensions of distribution and cutting lines.
Testing proposals improves the outcome of investments
The simulation developed by ALECTIAs experts allows the client to assess the performance and operation of the plant, evaluate different options for investment projects throughout the production – such as automating certain sections or acquiring new equipment – simulate and observe future behaviour, detect bottlenecks and improve resource efficiency and product value.
With the simulation model the client can plan the daily production while considering such aspects as flow, staff requirements in relation to time, process line saturation and required storage facilities. The client can evaluate proposed improvement projects and their impact on the production, their cost, and the risk of new bottlenecks appearing, and may thus achieve a substantial delimitation of the required investments while predicting and optimizing their outcome.
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Drawing: Henning Larsen Architects. Lillebaelt Academy's new campus will be established with a green wedge connecting Odense railway station, Lillebaelt Academy and Odense harbour for students, local residents and tourists.
New campus replaces old factory
Today, Lillebaelt Academy (EAL) has educational programmes in 6 different locations. For years it has been a wish to gather these in the centre of Odense. For this purpose the Academy has bought the 40,000 m2 large site that formerly housed Wittenborg's vending machine factory. Approx. 8,000 m2 of the existing building stock will be maintained while the remaining buildings will be demolished in order to provide space for 15,000 m2 of new buildings on the site.
ALECTIA is the client adviser and A. Enggaard the turnkey contractor on the assignment with a total budget of DKK 325 million.
"It is an exciting project where we can put our fingerprints on the establishment of a city campus in the area between city and harbour," said Torben Jess, chief adviser in ALECTIA. "As the client adviser we must take part in ensuring high quality in all the project phases – from the preparation of tender material and choice of contractor to the campus is in operation."
Drawing: Henning Larsen Architects. The arrival hall will be established as a light and open atrium with a dynamic expression uniting the campus and making it easy to find one's way around.
Sustainable design and learning
In the design, emphasis has been placed on creating spacious, light and dynamic rooms inside and attractive green areas outside providing comfort and socialization between the students as well as the neighbours in the area. Furthermore, it is a part of the project vision to involve the students in the building processes and in that way establish "a productive cooperation between contractor, advisers, students and teachers of the EAL."
You will arrive at the campus by way of a green wedge which will serve recreational purposes for the students and connect Odense railway station and harbour for local residents and tourists. From the arrival hall it should be easy to find one's way around the campus, and a large, open and unifying atrium will be established with a dynamic expression created through the forms and levels of the storeys. The design sets the stage for spacious buildings and rooms with good lighting conditions and visual comfort, and study lounges in several levels will connect the buildings.
The existing factory buildings will be used for a multimedia space with a green room, a publicly available exhibition zone, workplaces, workshop zones, etc. Furthermore, the entire building will become a learning platform where students can participate in building site inspections, planning meetings and project exchanges, gain an insight into the contractor's continuous master time schedule and help to communicate the processes to the public.
Drawing: Henning Larsen Architects. Lillebaelt Academy will have study lounges in several levels. The design places emphasis on spaciousness, good light conditions and visual comfort.
Client advising and special services
ALECTIA provides client advising in all the project phases and has been in charge of the building programme preparation considering the needs and ambitions determined through user meetings. Moreover, ALECTIA has been in charge of the tender material including the overall economic and technical assessments, prequalification of the turnkey contractor, tendering and contracting.
Besides the traditional client advising ALECTIA has advised on:
The contractor started the construction works the on 15th of October 2014, and Lillebaelt Academy's new campus is scheduled for completion in August 2016.
Drawing: Henning Larsen Architects.
Through most of the 1900s, all animals for slaughter had to pass through the Meatpacking District of Copenhagen where they were checked by veterinarians, slaughtered and cut up before being distributed to the butchers in Copenhagen. Today, the Meatpacking District has developed into a cultural centre with galleries, restaurants, clubs, bars, schools and other creative companies. The renters still include companies which produce and sell food, and the need for cooling and freezing remains – now also for purposes such as comfort cooling, server cooling, etc.
The White Meatpacking District, which is located next to the older Brown Meatpacking District, opened in 1934. The place was equipped with a refrigeration plant which was ultramodern at the time and allowed for safe and hygienic handling and storage of carcasses and meat. However, as the existing refrigeration plant uses ammonia as refrigerant, which poses a toxic risk to the surroundings in case of ammonia emissions, an extensive environment protection project is in progress.
Aesthetical challenges
Copenhagen Properties put the project, with a budget of DKK 49 million, out for tender in a competition won by ALECTIA in 2013. It is a project in which our cross-disciplinary competencies are truly put to use.
"It is an exciting task with the particular challenge that the White Meatpacking District is totally preserved," Project Manager in ALECTIA Claus Lund Poulsen explained. "It means that there are certain requirements for the appearance of some of the building services in terms of design and colour in order to maintain the original aesthetic expression."
Ammonia replaced with glycol
The Municipality of Copenhagen's Centre for Environment has issued an enforcement notice that the refrigeration plant in the Meatpacking District must be rebuilt to reduce the risk of ammonia emissions in case of an accident. A number of specific conditions relating to the refrigeration plant and the technical supply section in the Meatpacking District must be remedied before the end of 2014 for the Meatpacking District to remain open.
Ammonia has been widely used as a refrigerant because of its thermodynamic properties. However, it is also associated with great risks, as ammonia is highly poisonous to humans and nature.
The refrigeration plant will therefore be rebuilt so that the use of ammonia is limited to the distribution tunnels underneath the Meatpacking District as well as the actual technical supply section. In those parts of the cooling system, which are the responsibility of the renters, ammonia is replaced with glycol and water which are not equally dangerous.
ALECTIA facilitates all project phases
ALECTIA manages project design, tender documents, contracting and communication with all stakeholders as well as the general project management. During the implementation phase we are furthermore responsible for technical inspection, construction management, safety management and authorities processing.
For the rebuilding project, ALECTIA draws on a wide range of special competencies across our divisions. About 12 specialists are attached to different projects and contribute expertise including:
The refrigeration plant rebuild is currently well underway, and the works are divided between two contractors.
Copenhagen Meatpacking District anno 1930.
Miratorg's factory in Kaliningrad produces hamburgers, nuggets, lasagna etc. to the Russian market. The production capacity per hour is 10 tonnes of finished products, which are frozen, packaged and sold in large batches to supermarkets and fastfood chains.
After a factory built in 2008 burned down in 2010, Miratorg started over again with the construction of a new food factory in Kaliningrad. ALECTIA was involved in the project from start to finish.
ALECTIA responsible for all process equipment
With a budget of approx. EUR 30 million, the Miratorg and ALECTIA project team has been in charge of the planning, procurement and installation of all process equipment for the new factory. This involved planning the layout of individual production lines and preparing requirement specifications for equipment suppliers. ALECTIA has also been responsible for tendering and tender evaluation and participated in the contract negotiations, followed by supervision of deliveries, installation and testing of the production equipment. At the end of 2012, the factory was ready for daily operation as one of the biggest food plants of its kind in Russia.
Miratorg selected ALECTIA to get facilities with quality standards which can be approved by the EU, with a view to future export possibilities.
"The client is happy with the new factory, which meets their requirements to quality, production capacity, etc. The factory is operating very well today," said Senior Adviser Knud Rasmussen.
Additional projects for Miratorg
Since the completion of the project in Kaliningrad, ALECTIA has won more projects for Miratorg including the construction of a cattle slaughterhouse, a poultry slaughterhouse and two plants for packaged fresh meat.
In August 2014 the international conference and workshop DCEE3 was held at The Technical University of Denmark. Here, Pil Kirsten Brix Lauridsen and Steffen Petersen from ALECTIA presented an article based on Pil's thesis project from Aarhus University about a new simulation tool and a new method for facilitating the interaction between engineering and architectural design solutions.
The article describes how the newly developed simulation tool ICEbear can be used with advantage in connection with the parametric models typically used in the architect work in the early design phases of a new building project. By means of an optimization algorithm, a design proposal is automatically generated for supporting the architect when choosing performance-based design solutions that consider conditions such as energy, daylight and energy efficiency.
Method facilitates the architects' design work
What is new about the method is that it tries to approach the traditional working method among architects, thus making it easy to integrate engineering issues in the architectural design decisions. The aim is to ensure that the architects will not consider it difficult or disturbing to have to relate to indoor climate and energy in the early phases of the building design.
The method encourages the designer to suggest a design and decide on a certain geometric degree of freedom which can be based on an overall architectural idea, a conceptual thought or something different. Subsequently, a system of simulation tools and an optimization algorithm are used to generate a number of design proposals that meet the user-defined requirements for the indoor climate, daylight and energy. These design proposals, which may be many and different, are presented to the designer who ultimately decides what will be architecturally interesting in the further work.
Integrated part of Grasshopper
The new method uses a system of simulation tools including the thermal simulation tool ICEbear. ICEbear makes it possible to integrate simulations of complex geometries in relation to indoor climate, daylight and energy efficiency. The tool is a newly developed plug-in, and together with the new method it is operationalised in the programming environment Grasshopper which is integrated in the three-dimensional visualisation programme Rhinoceros. This will make it easier to create parametric models of possible design solutions in 3D to which the architect can relate.
Thus, the method can contribute to support the European Energy Performance of Buildings Directive (EPBD) which prescribes that new buildings built after 2020 must have an energy consumption close to zero. This will require that design decisions are based on thorough considerations for their impact on the energy efficiency and similar conditions from the start.
The article "Integrating Indoor Climate, Daylight and Energy Simulations in Parametric Models and Performce-Based Design" has been published by Google Books – read it here.
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- 1 pound(s) Large Shrimp/Prawns, peeled and deveined
- 1/2 cup(s) Walnuts
- 5 cup(s) Water
- 1 cup(s) Sugar
- 2 cup(s) Oil
- 1/2 cup(s) Cornstarch
- 1/2 cup(s) Egg whites
- 2 tablespoon(s) Honey
- 3 tablespoon(s) Mayonnaise
- 1 tablespoon(s) lemon juice, Fresh
- 1/2 tablespoon(s) Condensed milk
- 1/2 cup(s) Oil
- Rinse walnuts, then boil in 5 cups water, continually changing water until clear.
- When clear, boil with sugar until sugar dissolves.
- Heat 2 cups oil until almost smoking, then deep fry walnuts until they're shiny and brown, no longer golden.
- Place walnuts to cookie sheet, let cool.
- Mix cornstarch and egg whites together to form a thick, sticky texture and mix well with Shrimp. Set aside. Mix honey, mayonnaise, lemon juice, and condensed milk in a medium bowl until smooth.
- Heat oil until boiling, then deep fry the Shrimp until golden brown.
- Drain, then fold in honey mayonnaise mixture. Mix well, sprinkle with walnuts, and arrange on platter.
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MAYOR RETURNS BILL 12 UNSIGNED, SIGNS BILL 72 (2005) INTO LAWMayor Mufi Hannemann today (Thursday, March 9, 2006) said that he will allow Bill 12 (2006) CD1, FD2 to become law without his signature. The bill proposes to annually determine the real property tax rates based on adjusting for the CityÆs uncontrollable costs. The intent is to ensure that revenues from real property taxes do not outpace what are determined to be governmentÆs uncontrollable costs. ōThe MayorÆs Tax Policy Committee and our staff reviewed the bill,ö Hannemann said. ōOur feeling is the bill presents a number of technical challenges that preclude me from signing it into law. However, I commend the Council for its efforts to provide the public with a degree of transparency and accountability on the cost of core government operations and services.ö Hannemann noted that he has proposed a no-frills, core-services budget for fiscal year 2007. That would generate $131 million in additional revenue for the City, but more than half of those additional dollars would go toward ōuncontrollable fixed costsö including $40 million for collective bargaining increases that are negotiated or arbitrated statewide; $23 million for debt service, $18 million for higher fuel costs and $14 million for additional electricity expenses. HannemannÆs budget would also provide $20 million to build up the CityÆs fiscal stability reserve. ōI still believe that we need to start setting aside more money to build our fiscal reserve for the inevitable occurrence of an economic downturn, natural disaster or other major setback. But the Council is apparently not ready to go along,ö he said. ōWe believe itÆs absolutely necessary to build upon a reserve fund that has not been increased since 1999. The state is putting aside an additional $55 million. Therefore, my recommendation is that the Council work with my administration to set money aside, if only incrementally.ö Now that the Council has passed Bill 12 and if its members are determined to lower property tax rates and not set aside the $20 million, Hannemann suggested they limit relief to homeowners and farmers, and refrain from doing it across the board. ōIf the Council sees fit to lower tax rates, then I suggest they lower the rates for homeowners from $3.75 per $1,000 of assessed valuation to $3.59 for the improved residential and apartment classes,ö Hannemann said. ōIn addition, I would recommend that the Council lower the rate for agricultural land from $8.57 to $7.57 because of the damage and losses caused by the recent rains.ö Hannemann cautioned, ōI need to remind the public and the Council that the City faces huge increases in what the bill calls æuncontrollableÆ costs in the years to come. ItÆs been my goal to pay our debt and bills, help homeowners in the short and long term and put aside money in the fiscal reserve. I still believe the best way to help homeowners is to create a new classification, as our The mayor also signed into law Bill 72 (2005), CD2, FD2, which requires the City to establish an islandwide curbside recycling program. The bill requires that by July 1, 2007, the City must have a program that collects at least two types of waste from among glass containers, newspapers, plastic containers, green waste and food waste. -30- Contact: Bill Brennan, 527-6928 Mark Matsunaga, 527-5767 |
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In the next few months, I will discuss a variety of factors in healthy sleep. Today's post from Jodi Cohen, founder of Vibrant Blue Oils, discusses some of the reasons why truly restful sleep escapes you and how to use natural solutions like essential oils to address the root problems. Vibrant Blue Oils are proprietary blends of therapeutic-grade essential oils developed in a clinical setting, and you can learn more about Vibrant Blue Oils in my review here. I've seen remarkable changes in my heath due to VBO and I can't recommend them highly enough.
Natural Sleep Remedies with Essential Oils
Restful sleep, defined as the ability to both fall asleep and stay asleep, is critical for vibrant health. It allows time for the body to rest and repair, detoxify, balance blood sugar levels and reset our energy reserves. Without restful sleep, we feel fatigued and our body compensates with cortisol spikes, sugar cravings and other tricks to keep us awake and functioning.
The most common sleep remedy is to tranquilize the body with everything from over the counter drugs like cough syrup and pain medication to intensive prescription drugs. While tranquilizing the body can help in the short term, in order to really solve sleep challenges, you need to look at the underlying issues, which can range from low levels of melatonin in the system which can make it challenging to fall asleep to blood sugar and hormonal challenges or an overload of the detoxification organs, such as the liver and gall bladder, which can contribute to night-time waking.
Fortunately, sleep issues lend themselves especially well to essential oil support. I have attempted to help you isolate your individual sleep issue below. If you want to learn more about your specific sleep issues and what oils might be the best for you, you can take our personalized online sleep assessment here.
Why You Can't Fall Asleep
If you struggle to fall asleep or experience racing thoughts or worries while lying in bed, your body's natural sleep and wake cycles, known as the circadian rhythms, might be a little out of balance.
As you may know, the stress hormone, cortisol, is released by the adrenal glands. The sleep hormone, melatonin, is released by the pineal gland, a small pine cone shaped endocrine gland located near the center of the brain.
Our cortisol rhythms are supposed to be highest in the morning and then wane as the day wears on. When people are active at night and slow in the morning, the cortisol patterns are reversed. This throws off the circadian rhythm because cortisol and melatonin have an antagonistic relationship. Elevated cortisol levels at night actually turn off melatonin production. Similarly, if melatonin is elevated then cortisol is depressed.
It might help to think of a teeter totter. When the stress hormone (cortisol) is high, it forces the sleep hormone (melatonin) to be low. People often supplement with the melatonin hormone, which can help in the short term. The challenge here is that the body, specifically the pineal gland, is supposed to make its own melatonin and external supplementation of the hormone sends the signal to the body that it is sufficient in melatonin production and actually reduces the body's own production of the hormone.
Another option is to balance the pineal gland return to its innate intelligence and release more melatonin naturally, which we are doing by applying Vibrant Blue Oils Pineal Rhythm blend to specific locations on the head (top of the skull and on the skull right above the ears). This method emulates the innate intelligence of the body and has been extremely effective for those suffering from sleep issues and anxiety.
If you again think of the teeter totter example, when melatonin then increases (goes up), it forces cortisol levels down, effectively serving as a back door to lowering stress, anxiety and the racing thoughts that keep many of us wide awake when our bodies are exhausted and longing for sleep.
An imbalance in the circadian rhythm can present with indicators such as:
- Inability to fall asleep
- Inability to stay asleep
- Difficulty waking up in the morning
- Not feeling well after sleep
- Not recovering from physical activity
- Drop of energy between 4 and 7
- Headache only during the day
Natural Sleep Remedies to Fall Asleep
- Avoid artificial light and electronics such as television, computers and phones before bed
- Try taking a warm shower or a hot bath with 2 cups Epsom salt, 1 cup baking soda and a few drops of lavender oil. The magnesium in the epsom salt is absorbed through the skin and has a relaxing effect on the nervous system.
- Try a relaxing yoga pose, like putting your legs up the wall while practicing deep breathing. This can help the body shift into the parasympathetic mode, the "rest and digest" mode of the nervous system.
- Vibrant Blue Oils Pineal Rhythms blend works well for people who struggle to fall asleep at night due to high stress or racing thoughts. Restful sleep is a critical component to healing. When the circadian rhythms flow smoothly, the body heals more easily.
- Vibrant Blue Oils Sleep blend and Calm blend work well to calm the body and the mind before bed.
Why you can't stay asleep
Nighttime waking, awakening shortly after falling asleep or waking up throughout the night, can often be attributed to:
- Blood Sugar issues, when you wake up and feel so wide awake that you could go clean the kitchen.
- Liver and Gall Bladder overload when you wake up between 1 a.m. – 3 a.m. but are still groggy enough to fall back to sleep.
- Hormonal Issues that can lead to disrupted sleep
Natural sleep remedies to stay asleep
Blood Sugar: Sudden drops in blood sugar during the sleep cycle can cause the body to release cortisol (a stress hormone) that in turn wakes us up and makes us feel wide awake. For night-time waking due to blood sugar issues, consider:
- Include high quality fats at dinner or eat a snack high in fat like coconut butter or nut butter before bed to help manage blood sugar levels throughout the sleep cycle
- Avoid simple sugars such as desserts, alcohol, and bread before bedtime.
- Try a couple of Lauren's blood-sugar-balancing Buttermints – recipe here – before bed
Oils that will help balance blood sugar include:
- Vibrant Blue Oils Pancreatone blend can help with night time waking, especially when you wake up and feel so wide awake that you could go clean the kitchen. Waking during the night and feeling wide awake can suggest blood sugar issues for which the pancreas is a key organ. Just smelling the pancreatone oil can help balance the pancreas enough to allow the body to naturally fall back asleep.
- Vibrant Blue Oils Pineal Rhythms blend puts the circadian rhythms in balance and as a result help to balance the adrenal glands which are a critical organ in blood sugar management.
- Vibrant Blue Oils Adrenal Balance blend helps to balance the adrenals, the organ that releases cortisol, thus reducing the intensity of cortisol spikes during both waking and night time hours. (Note from Lauren: I swear by the Adrenal Balance oil! It has been one of the most effective solutions in addressing the chronic fatigue that lingered even after my dietary changes.)
- Vibrant Blue Oils Parasympathetic blend helps to put the body in the parasympathetic rest and digest state that is helpful both for optimal digestion and relaxing for sleep.
- Vibrant Blue Oils Hypothalamus blend balances and supports the hypothalamus which is the control center in the brain for the entire endocrine system, including all your hormones and your adrenals .
Liver and Gall Bladder: According to Chinese Medicine, each organ has a time of the day/night where it does its thing, and waking between 1 a.m. and 3 a.m. is "liver time". This often reflects an overload in body's ability to detoxify from toxins or emotions like anger, frustration or resentment. For night-time waking due to liver issues, consider:
- Increasing your consumption of healthful fats, such as coconut oil, ghee, and pastured eggs
- Castor oil packs
- Epsom salt bathes with a few drops of Parasympathetic oil. The clove oil in the parasympathetic blend helps to pull toxins out of the skin, so the liver and kidney do not need to work as hard
Oils that will help the liver and gall bladder include:
- Vibrant Blue Oils Liver Vitality might be helpful if you are considering a cleanse or are often sensitive to smells (smoke, perfume, etc) and or chemicals, easily intoxicated or hung over.
- Liver Support can support the release of emotions related to the liver, including the feelings of frequent irritation, impatience, resentment or frustration, if you're critical of yourself or others, if you have control issues, an inability to express your feelings in a grounded/balanced way, a lack of joy, feelings of not feeling heard, not feeling loved, not being recognized or appreciated or any issues with denial such as an inability to be honest with yourself and others.
- Gall Bladder Flow. The Gall Bladder concentrates the bile to help break down fat and carry toxins out of the body. If the bile becomes too thick, it doesn't flow as well and toxins don't move out of the system as efficiently. Some indicators that Gall Bladder Flow might be a helpful blend for you would be motion sickness, floating stools, avoiding fatty food like meat or if you do eating fatty food, needing to use the restroom shortly after, pain between shoulder blades, subtle headache above eyes.
Hormonal Issues: Hormonal ups and downs from menstruation, pregnancy, and midlife fluctuations can impact sleep. For example, the hormone progesterone promotes restful sleep and a drop in estrogen can leave you more vulnerable to stress. Similar to blood sugar events, hot flashes are also caused by a rush of cortisol that alerts your mind and wakes you up. For night-time waking due to hormonal issues, consider:
- Using the steps discussed above to support balanced blood sugar, which goes hand-in-hand with hormone balance
- Decreasing the omega-6 fatty acids in your diet, since too much omega-6 inflames the body and disrupts hormones. Omega-6 fatty acids are highly concentrated in vegetable oils and meat/eggs from animals at factory farms.
Oils that will help the liver and gall bladder include:
- Vibrant Blue Oils Hypothalamus supports the pearl size region of the brain located just above the brainstem known as the hypothalamus to send and receive the clear messages from the body necessary to facilitate appropriate hormonal responses.
- Vibrant Blue Oils Pineal Rhythms blend works well for people who struggle to fall asleep at night due to high stress or racing thoughts. It supports a regular circadian rhythm.
- Excess estrogen can make the bile from the Gall Bladder too thick and less able to efficiently detoxify excess hormones. Gall Bladder Flow helps mobilize the toxins out of the body.
About Jodi Cohen
Jodi Cohen, founder of Vibrant Blue Oils, is a Certified Nutritional Therapy Practitioner, yoga enthusiast and busy mom of two children, aged 8 and 10. Her journey to understanding natural remedies for sleep was sparked by her own sleep issues and her daughter's intense anxiety. After a year and a half of trying everything she could think of to help her anxious child, the pineal rhythm oil (described below) alleviated all symptoms within a week. She firmly believes that sleep is the cornerstone for most health issues and once sleep issues are resolved, other issues are easier to tackle.


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ST. LOUIS, Feb. 14, 2013 /PRNewswire/ -- Energizer Holdings, Inc.'s [NYSE: ENR] Chief Executive Officer, Ward Klein, will make a presentation, Thursday, February 21, 2013, at the Consumer Analyst Group of New York Conference in Boca Raton, Florida. Mr. Klein will speak at 5:30 p.m. Eastern Time. The presentation is scheduled to last approximately one hour.
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On the song concept for "Razor Blades & Steak Knives":
I always let the sound of the beat influence how or what subject matter I will spit over a track. That particular beat was screaming "kill me." I got a thing for random titles that may not have anything to do with the subject. I just thought the title "Razor Blades & Steak Knives" sounded dope.
On the inspiration behind Jarren's weirder lines:
It comes from years of listening and being inspired by artist such as Eminem, Redman, Rasskass, Cage and other witty far left Mc's.
As a kid those are some of the MC's that I listened to and I latched on to that style. I love it when a MC says the most outrageous metaphors.So it was inevitable for me to get infected by that style.
On Eminem comparisons:
I dont take any offense to that, It's the truth I am influenced by EM.
On if "Razor Blades & Steak Knives" is an accurate indication of what to expect from his album "My Grandma's Basement":
No, it's not an accurate indication of what to expect. I think this is the most diverse album I ever done. I give you my serious side, I also give you that raw crazy shit as well as that southern turn up shit. I think this project covers multiple sounds of Hip-Hop.
On if he writes down his lyrics:
I actually do both, If it's a conceptual song I take my time and write. If it's a song where I'm just dumbing out, I ride around in the car and let the thoughts flow or geek myself up with a shit load of caffeine and go off.
On his reaction when he first heard the beat:
I actually had that beat for years. When I first heard it I thought it was dope but I couldn't come up with anything to it.I was in a different state of mind when Kato first gave me the beat. It damn near took 3 years for me to come up with something to that track.
On if he recorded in studio with the producer Kato and featured artist Hemi:
I recorded that track at my other producer, Spittzwell's studio. I couldn't think of a hook that felt right for the track. Hemi is a friend of mine who's a crazy MC and song writer. I called him and asked for his help with the hook, I emailed the track to him and he sent it back in like 20 mins with the hook.
On his favourite line/verse from the track:
My favorite line from that song is, "Im awkward as quadriplegic kick boxers." Just try to picture that image, that's really fucking awkward.
On if he's worked with Jarren Benton before:
I work with Jarren the most by far out of all the artists I know. Working with him is funny, exhausting, time consuming and rewarding all at the same time.
On how he first connected with Jarren:
I've been working with Jarren pretty much since I moved to Atlanta from Virginia 7 years ago. Back then he had 3 fans (all in his family) and nobody really took the Asian kid seriously, so it was a good match from the start.
On how the beat for "Razor Blades & Steak Knives" came about:
This was one of those beats that I made with Jarren in mind, and when I sent it to him the first time, he couldn't come up with anything - same story with our song "Skitzo." I actually had a few other artists record on it before him, but we never put it out, so I held onto the beat for a few years, and played it for him again right before we started his album and "Razor Blades" was born.
On how he feels about samples:
I typically don't sample, just because I enjoy the process of creating melodies and sounds. I'm a control freak with my music so I like to have full creative control of every little sound. But if I find a dope sample with the right vibe, I will definitely cut it up.
On equipment he used to create the beat:
I started out on Fruity Loops, and graduated to Reason. I use that now and rewire into Cubase for all my beats.
On his go-to machines:
Only piece of hardware I use to make my beats is the M-Audio Axiom 25, and my Yamaha HS50M's. Most important machine I have though are my ears.
On if he has more work with Jarren on "My Grandmother's Basement":
I would say I did about 75% of the production of My Grandmas Basement, in addition to recording and mixing almost everything too. I'm excited for this album because of the diversity and quality of music. Not to mention the surprise features!
Giving you the direct perspective from Jarren Benton and his producer Kato, "Track Breakdown" is an HNHH series that highlights a specific cut by speaking to both the artist and producer about the song's creation.
Recently, we featured Funk Volume's Dizzy Wright, and his stand-out track "Maintain" on Track Breakdown, and today we return to the Funk Volume crew, but this time to get some more knowledge about Jarren Benton's single "Razor Blades & Steak Knives," produced by Kato.
The single is the first off Jarren's forthcoming debut on Funk Volume, My Grandma's Basement. The single stays true to Jarren's already-established crazy and energetic raps, while showing off his improved prowess on the mic with lyrical wordplay and bars straight out of left field, always with a slight comedic tone. The Atlanta native has been on his grind with two projects behind him, Huffing Glue With Hasselhoff and Freebasing With Kevin Bacon. My Grandma's Basement will be Jarren's most diverse project yet though, according to the rapper himself.
However, his debut single, "Razor Blades & Steak Knives," follows the general pattern of his two last projects, and it's not a bad thing. Production from frequent collaborator, Kato, may be a reason in part, but as well, the comedic and Eminem-influenced lines are something Jarren is known for. Nonetheless, do not be misled. In our interview with Jarren, he says that My Grandma's Basement covers multiple sounds of hip-hop-- Jarren may do what he does best, and surprise us all.
Back to the single at hand. We spoke to Jarren about the creation of "Razor Blades & Steak Knives," and interestingly enough, the beat provided by Kato is almost three years old-- yet Jarren still makes it fresh. He reveals how it took him three years to come up with a concept crazy enough to work on the beat, as well, Kato talks about the instrumental from his point of view, which is on the boards.
Find out more about Jarren & Kato's dynamic, and of course, "Razor Blades & Steak Knives," by clicking through the images in the gallery above. You'll be able to hear My Grandma's Basement in full on June 12th.
If you've yet to hear the banger, listen below.


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Samsung Galaxy Mini Black Green
see dealsA cheap handset with a vibrant personality, complete with a surprisingly effective Android operating system. Great for tight budgets that need a little extra in terms of features.
Neat Android interface, low price, bright and colourful exterior, good social networking integration.
Images from the 3MP camera are poor quality, sunlight legibility and screen resolution fail to impress
Talk Time | — |
Standby Time | — |
Network (Band) | Quad GSM 850 / 900 / 1800 / 1900 |
Operating System | Android 2.2 |
Software Memory | |
Display Resolution | 320 x 240 pixels |
Display Size | 3.10 inches |
Display Colours | |
Dimensions | 110.4mm x 60.1mm x 12.1mm |
Weight | 105g |
GPS | No |
Camera Resolution | 3.0 megapixel |
Video Camera | Yes |
Camera Flash | No |
Camera Features | 3.15 MP, 2048x1536 pixels, and Geo-tagging |
Data | GSM/HSDPA |
Browser | |
Bluetooth | 2.1 |
TV Out | No |
Touchscreen | Yes |
Memory Card | microSD, up to 32GB, and 2GB included |
Internal Memory | 160MB |
MMS | Yes |
Yes | |
Java | Yes |
Wi-Fi | Yes |
Razzle Dazzle 'Em
This phone may be small, but it is mighty
This is the Barbara Windsor of mobile phones – small but with lots of razzmatazz!
What We Like
The Galaxy Mini makes us smile; it may be small but its colouring doesn't make it diminutive. It has a glitzy green edge that screams show-off, but the matte back cover is textured so it's comfortable to hold.
The processor isn't the best – only 600MHz, but the Galaxy Mini also runs Android 2.2 Froyo, so there's enough for everyday use.
There are seven home screens that you can fill with widgets, including extra Samsung ones, but if seven screens are too much, you can reduce them by pinching any one of them. By pressing the menu button on any of the home screens you can add different items, or change the wallpaper, though we were disappointed to discover that live wallpapers are not supported. You can also use the shortcut to access the settings menu, notification area, or Google search.
We were pleased with battery life; moderate usage with GSM standby and constant WiFi only had us reaching for the charger after 3 days.
Samsung have included its own TouchWiz on top of the Android's original look in order to make the user interface better. It automatically makes all app icons into big buttons with bright colours to effectively make better use of the low display resolution. These can be arranged to your needs across unlimited pages.
Despite the low resolution, viewing angles are good and we found we could still read text in bright sunlight. We also liked the fact that we could rotate the screen if we wanted to because of the inbuilt accelerometer.
What We Don't Like
Even though the 3.2-inch capacitive touch screen redeems itself in places, we were seriously unimpressed with the resolution of 240 x 320 pixels. Samsung has done some sub pixel modifications to the fonts and icons to improve them, but we still feel this phone is lacking in this area.
The three-megapixel camera is only suited for the occasional photo. It has a maximum resolution of 2048 x 1536 pixels, and there isn't a flash, or a shutter key. Having said that, the photos do usually have good colour and contrast.
Frustratingly, even though the Galaxy Mini runs Android Froyo, which is capable of supporting Flash, there is no Flash in the Web browser.
This is, without question, an attractive and well built phone that is quite capable, thanks to Android 2.2 Froyo backing up the run of the mill processor, of doing what you ask it to, even playing some games. Connectivity is never an issue with options including GPS, Wi-Fi, Bluetooth 2.1 and 3G.
What does let the Samsung S5570 Galaxy Mini down, is the low screen resolution and the lack of Flash, which ironically is one of Froyo's key selling points.
We think this phone will appeal to young people looking for a cheap, versatile handset, or those looking for a good entry smartphone.
Avg. Rating
7.8excelletn phone. budget friendly and doesn't turn you down. features are greata and the design is very attractive. gotta love it!
The UI on this phone is great. It love its design and the Android phone is surprisingly easy to use. I never had an Android phone before and now I know why people love it. I'm loving this phone. Bought it, nothing to complain.
this phone looks good. it looks like a high end smartphone and it works fine coz i've been using it for a few months now. i love the android os coz its easy to use just like what they say. the casing looks solid and light. the screen is fast and responsive too. i would recommend this to people who likes touchscreen and not pay too much for it. get it guys! :)
This is a cheap priced phone. I find it very useful and it has served my purpose well. I'm not into too much gadget high tech but I do need Social Networking, it's part of my job. This phone is good enough for my use.
It is very nice good phone bcoz i really liek it and am satuisfide wit it and all programs and softwares and i like it a lot thanx vry much Samsung Galaxy Mini S5570 use it
hey guys. this phone is awesome. at first it was very buggy then i upgraded to Gingerbread OS and it became awesome! Great phone guys! I have good experience with it!
dont be decieved by its name "mini"! it has a lot of features! it's really great! and the touchscreen responds really well. apps and user interface is amazing. i bought this phone 2 weeks ago. so far, it's pretty good.
for such a cheap phone, this is definitely a great buy! it has smartphone features and it has good performance! you wont wastye your money buying this! get this guys!
this is a basic smartphone. some people compare this phone with iPhone or any high end smartphone and complain about it.. that's just wrong because this is a phone that belongs in the low end smartphone price range! it has, of course, low specs! anyway, talking about this phone's performance. as a cheap smartphone, this is a good choice if you wish to buy it. basic stuff, good browser and good build quality.. for the price i paid? this phone is excellent.
this is the cheapest smartphone i have ever known! it works well as a smartphone but of course it doesnt have everything that a galaxy s2 have! the important thing to me on smartphones or touchscreens is that they should be able to access wifi and the galaxy mini does that! it's the best phone in its price range i must say!
this phone has rubbish user interface... it looks like cardboards stacked up together.. its also laggy.. rubbish phone
this phone has rubbish user interface... it looks like cardboards stacked up together.. its also laggy.. rubbish phone
It may be small but it is filled with so many features. They are all outstanding too. The applications are not really that amazing for me but the phone is a complete package I should say.
Best buy. These two words best describe this phone. It's affordable for a smart phone but it also performs really well. I think I got my money's worth with this phone.
small phone with mediocre features. it is cheap, with that i recommend this to my friends.
Well, I do not have much to say about its looks and the way things work but it is okay as a whole. I would wish it to be a little bit faster. It would be much better then.
What good is an Android Froyo operating system if the touchscreen is very sluggish? Tell me. If this phone's touchscreen responsiveness is a little bit faster, I would recommend it to anyone. But it is not.
Excellent phone quality! I love the menu and the graphics and everything else combined in this tiny budget phone!! You must buy it!
cool phone, but could have been better.
There are actually 2 minis that you can choose from, the S5570 and S6500. I was lucky to own both as both are very affordable compared to other smartphones out there. Both are also very reliable. However, they are just too small for my taste though. The S6500 has an edge on internal memory as it has 4GB internal storage while the S5570 only has 160MB. That is why I prefer the S6500.
It's too small for convenienece. Well, that is according to my preference because there are also other people who find the size just perfect. I am not one of them. They should have made it just a bit bigger.
I would not play flash videos here. So basically it is a waste of time.
This is one of those best smartphones ever. Better than advertised high end smartphones. It is dependable and very efficient. The storage is superb and the performance is really impressive.
It is affordable while its features are very good and will get your satisfaction.
It is a dual touch screen, Quad band, and is a very handy phone. Its features are very good even though it is small. I like this phone.
You have to zoom the small fonts so that you can read better.
The screen is very responsive and I enjoy the widgets.
My phone was dropped a lot of times, yet there are no sign of scratches.
This is a best example of the phrase "small but terrible".
I am always entertained by the FM radio and the RDS of this phone.
Best mid range smart phone ever, for students its dependable and quite good its camera maybe so perfect, but the best performance is the best when compared with the mobiles of the same price. Do Update the mobile to android 2.3.6 its battery standby will improve and application transfer to SD can be made.
All the application that you downloaded and install in the internal memory, no matter what the size of the sd card is. But still there are ways to move applications to sd card. You can do it by pulling the sd card and installing custom rom. You can also search the web.
I hate this phone, it bothering's me a lot, I bought this 12 days ago and no wonder its annoying me and I really regret of buying it, the back option button on the buttom don't even have lights. You cant hang on a call you have locked it with a security code and you have to unlocked it then cut the call.
I was using Galaxy mini, it is good but some times when ever some one called to me that time mobile not displaying the incoming number but ring is coming. When I am trying to receive the cal that time mobile was displaying force close, when I press the force close call disconnected and not showing the received phone number.
Cool phone that I can easily make updated with the features, or upgrade it into most higher features. I have this phone a gift from my lovely mom, when I receive it I like it right away, from the appearances to the features it is very nice and really a cool one.
All the applications that you download install in the internal memory, no matter what the size of SD card is. Bit still there are ways to move applications to SD card. You can do it by partiting SD card and installing custom ROM. You can search the web, I have a partition of 500 mb in my memory card. Si I can install application up to 500 mb in my card when the partition is full application will be installed in internal memory.
All I can say is that the device is very fantastic, but there is only one problem of this device the memory is very small, it has a good UI but you can make the phone even faster by updating to Android ginger bread, its design is very comfortable in the hand so if you love small smart phones galaxy mini is the one.
Ive been using this phone for a year plus and this was my first ever smart phone. In general, this phone satisfy all my daily needs. This is a low end smart phone. Which is why most of the applications on Google play are compatible with this phone. For those users out who have rather uge hands like mine, you will certainly feel that this phone is rather light and there is kind a lack of the grip to hold on to the phone.
I have been using this phone for about a year now since I purchased it. The only thing I got is satisfaction, because it has everything I need. To declare interest, am a good phone user, so I have tried lots of application and couldn't find a disappointment. Good for browsing, good for updates, good for UI, to be honest I have no regrets buying it. For those who dislike this phone I can only see two things involved. First, they aren't good phone users. Second, they aren't able do updates.
I have a good experienced with this phone. Its cute and handy, specifically because of the color I purchased, which is color white. And because of the applications I installed on it. I enjoyed using all of them. Its kind a user friendly for the basic features. It has a good camera quality. The sad thing about this, there is no temple run applications game available for it.
I have this phone for nearly 6 months and what so special about this phone is the performance, the cpu was an armv7 capable of playing and supporting hd games and many other applications in fact I have already installed 60 different apps 4 of them are hd games and I also downloaded many videos from you tube I don't have an sd card but the internal memory is quite big 4gb and it is enough.
Amazing, The screen of this phone is scratch proof because I used the tip of the plies cutter and rub it to my phone and I thought it had a scratch but when I rub it with my cloth and there's nothing happened. It is totally amazing that up to this time there is still a good phone to be used.
This phone is awesome 4 gb internal storage I have a huge amount of applications and games and it has perfect text keyboard for teenager who chat a lot and he is confused about choosing a normal phone or qwetry keyboard phone I tell this awesome and its resolution and screen size are very good and 512 mp ram you can run a lot of games and apps without getting slow.
I bought it and its also my first smart phone and its resolution is very clear compared to my friend's Sony Ericsson Satio and it is thinner then the thin Nokia e5 and its processor is very well in multitasking and one time I opened music and another two programs and Face book and go chat and whatsapp and it didn't crash while playing music, its video recording is wonderful even when I shake the phone the video stills clear.
I actually have this one, All I have to say is, well I love it very much. Definitely I have no regrets. I'm a college student and it's my first smart phone. I can say that can do all the things I want it to do perfectly. The resolution's clear not magnificent but clear. The size is great. I wish it were a little bit thinner but it fits very well already in my tiny pockets.
I'm using this for about 4 months. This is a great phone. I can use about 3.5 day with power managing app. Usually I take 1 to 1.5 hours call per day. If any one thing about the battery I think you don't have to. There are 2 things to be improve. They should increase the processing power and ram. On all other round this is the best phone you find for the given prices.
This is an ok phone, can be upgraded to ginger bread, though it has only 160 mb storage, you can use your sd as a your internal storage if you root, like what I did, so far its good, you just have to take maintenance clean caches for better performance, the camera is not bad, surfing is not that bad, I've been using this for 1 year and a half and still contented.
All the apps that you download install in the internal memory, no matter what the size of sd card is. But still there are ways to move apps to sd card. You can do it by taking out sd card and installing custom rom. You can search the web. I have a partition of 500 mb in my memory card. So I can install apps up to 500 mb in my card and when the partition is full apps will be installed in internal memory.
I have use this phone last 11 months but now few a days I have facing problem in downloading thru google store, problem is that whatever I download that save in phone memory I also download software 'phone to sd that show the real player is in sd card memory but actually this is save in phone memory.
I can tell that this device is fantastic but there is one problem the memory which is very small, it has good UI but u can make the phone even faster by updating to Android gingerbread, it's design is very comfortable in the hand so if u love small smart phones galaxy mini is the one.
I'm pretty much satisfied with it. for over a year and a half of use, this is a great phone.
bad phone overall... mainly because it doesnt have flash player which is required to play games on the internet. that's all i can say about this.. i regret buying it..
Best Midrange smart phone ever. For students its dependable and quite good its camera may be , you know but its performance is the best when compared with the mobiles of the same price. Do Update the mobile to android2.3.6 its battery standby will improve and app transfer to sd can be made.
The internal memory is full in your mobile, do one thing remove your sd card and go to the privacy setting and restore your phone memory then your mobile will look like a new one and the internal memory will free and u can download and manage u r phone this is the easy solution .
All the apps that you download install in the internal memory, no matter what the size of sd card is. But still there are ways to move apps to sd card.. You can do it by partating sd card and installing custom rom. You can search the web. I have a partition of 500 mb in my memory card. So I can install apps up to 500 mb in my card and when the partition is full apps will be installed in internal memory.
Seriously, call a phone with 3.7 inch screens "mini" is absurd. 3.7 inch is the limit for the comfortable operation with one hand, even if it doesn't matter for too many people, I can guarantee that a phone with a giant screen like 4 inch or more will be very inconvenient sometimes when you need to do quick operation with one single hand.
Compared to amsung Galaxy Y, I like this phone better for the simple reason that it has longer battery talk time. A difference of 3 hours!
Looking for a fast phone? Look eslewehere. You will die waiting when using this phone.
Nice and good phone you can also upgrade this phone if you want. And I have this it's pretty fast the performance is good no problem at all. So what are you waiting for grab this phone now.
A nice midrange smart phone good for Samsung they made this kind a phone. I really appreciate with their hard work, nothing I can say keep up the good work.
Nice phone the performance is quite good it's smooth with no hang or lag. And good camera with a nice photo quality and better connection for surfing.
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