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Released: Aug 10th, 2011
Running Time: 96 Min.
Director: Stormy Daniels
Company: Wicked Pictures
DVD Extras: Bonus Scenes, Still Gallery(ies), Trailer(s)
Tony DeSergio, Alektra Blue, Dane Cross, India Summer, Gracie Glam, Seth Gamble, Michael Vegas, Brendon Miller, Ash Hollywood
Critical Rating: AAAA
Genre: Feature
Christy (Gracie Glam) is new at school ... she is smart, pretty, popular and accustomed to using sex to get her way. Soon the handsome chemistry professor becomes the object of her desire. When the sentiment is not returned, however, Christy's true colors begin to show. Even her roommate (Ash Hollywood) and her friend (Alektra Blue) begin to suspect something sinister. When students begin having "accidents," it becomes clear that Christy will stop at nothing to get what she wants....
AVN's Best New Starlet of 2011, Gracie Glam, stars here as a college girl who is hot for her married science professor, Tony DeSergio. This doesn't keep her from getting it on with Seth Gamble, who she has doing her homework for her. Director Stormy Daniels pens and helms this well-scripted drama. Unfortunately, the acting just isn't that good, which takes away from the heat in places.
Roommate Ash Hollywood shares a hot coupling with her boyfriend, Michael Vegas, and DeSergio gets it on with his MILF wife India Summer before deciding to give in to Glam's extremely forward advances in a dream sequence. The advances are laid over with some overly loud music, which affects the tone of the foreplay severely.
Wicked Girl Alektra Blue doesn't trust Glam at all after she discovers that Glam isn't who she claims to be. Blue looks amazing when she fingers her asshole with Dane Cross' cock in her very wet twat. Glam murders Blue and Hollywood and gets DeSergio arrested for rape. Janitor Brendon Miller saves the day by busting Glam on her shenanigans and giving her a great, rough fuck in a bathroom before she murders him too.

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After training is finished, the recruits head off to the air base. They are initially assigned to the 9th Company, coincidentally the same unit that Dygalo served in. The recruits realize that the training in Uzbekistan is nothing like what they are experiencing. They watch an airplane get shot down and crash as a result of enemy fire. The reality of war hits the recruits. Their first assignment is to protect a hill in Operation Magistral, from Mujahidin soldiers.
As the fight ensues, it is clear at first that this is a losing battle, but the recruits along with other soldiers dig in and hold the hill until there is only one of the original recruits left battling for the hill along with other soldiers. At the very last moment of fighting the Mujahedin soldiers, the hill is saved. Reinforcements come in to replenish supplies and soldiers. The battle itself lasts two days. The movie is based on some historical facts of the battle of Hill 3234 in Afghanistan during 1988.
This movie was originally released in Russia in 2005. It was not shown in the United States until 2010, and it went directly to DVD. Even with its historical inaccuracies, the movie received high praises from Russia and surrounding countries.


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Exit Stage Left: How To Plot Your Villain'S Demise
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This Week's Tips: Exit Stage Left: How To Plot Your Villain'S Demise
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Exit Stage Left: How To Plot Your Villain'S Demise
Make the final scene an interesting place
Actually visualize the final second
Add irony to give the villain's death more meaning
Ensure you plan the lethal weakness well
Use a variety of methods to slowly reveal the weakness during play
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I would like to personally welcome all of the new subscribers to Roleplaying Tips Weekly over the past few days - we're glad to have you as part of the newsletter. Please feel free to share your tips and tricks with us. Send your favourite villain tips to:
Special thanks to Jason D. for suggesting this week's tips topic: villain deaths.
Many personal-success, goal setting and business books advise you to "begin with the end in mind". If you start with your desired end goal first, and then work your planning backwards to the starting point, you're sure to be on target.
In this respect, your villain's demise could be the end goal of your story. And it can be a great place to start your campaign plans.
Try this today: take an existing villain in your game, or use a new one, and go through the steps below to plan their death scene. Then let me know if the ideas helped. I just did this for one of my villains today and I was amazed at the plot ideas it helped generate.
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Exit Stage Left: How To Plot Your Villain'S Demise
Make the final scene an interesting place
Create a dramatic setting and situation for the final conflict.
For example, let's say 'Tanglebeard the Cruel' is our pirate villain. He has slain relatives of the PCs during his raids, started a war between two countries through trickery, mercilessly robbed the PCs on two of their returning-from- the-adventure trips when they were weak, and spread nasty rumours about the PCs which have quickly spread up and down the entire coast.
To set the stage properly then, a final confrontation with Tanglebeard could take place in a life and death battle on the rolling deck of his ship, at night, during a raging storm at sea. That's drama!
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Actually visualize the final second
What action or actions are required to destroy the villain? Picture the final scene in your mind like it was a movie and make it as dramatic as you can imagine.
When I pictured Tanglebeard vs. the PCs I suddenly thought of a monster 40 foot wave breaking over the bow of his ship. The wave crests and falls right on top of Tanglebeard and drags him overboard right before the PCs' eyes.
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Add irony to give the villain's death more meaning
Try to give the villain's death an ironic twist or hidden meaning.
Irony is hard to define but here are some things you can tinker with and twist to help create an ironic end:
The place of death (i.e. villain is shot and dies, falling backwards into the grave he has just dug intended for the PCs)
The method of death (i.e. villain is slain by his own spell backfiring)
The slayer (i.e. the mighty Goliath is slain by a mere shepherd; the villain is slain by his own malfunctioning killer robot)
The aftermath (i.e. the evil CEO has been taken down, but the corporation lives on and another is promoted)
The ends justify the means (i.e. sure the evil Overlord is dead, but the heroes had to lie, cheat and kill to do it-- so what makes them different from the villain?)
The ending of Tanglebeard in a giant wave is ironic because it was the sea delivering the death blow--the same sea the pirate used to commit his foul deeds upon. It might also be ironically interpreted that the sea was cleansing itself.
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Ensure you plan the lethal weakness well
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Give your villain one or more exploitable weaknesses for the characters to take advantage of. Try to make weaknesses non- cliche and not obvious.
And, for the weaknesses to truly be important and valuable, your villain must have really good defenses or strengths in all other areas.
What good is setting up a villain to be exploited through his weakness for gambling if the villain can also be easily defeated in a fight, takes no precautions against snipers, car bombs and poisoned food delivered by room service, and keeps a large collection of poisonous pet snakes in his bedroom?
Here's another tip: weaknesses should be special. What does it matter if the Demon Prince can only be slain by magic weapons if all the PCs have magic weapons?
Ask yourself, 'Why hasn't my villain been defeated before this point in the story? What is his weakness and how has he protected it?'
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Use a variety of methods to slowly reveal the weakness during play
It's a tricky dance revealing clues about your villain without giving the whole secret away in the first shot. But it's important that the players feel they have a hope of thwarting the villain and that they can take action to learn how to do it. So you eventually have to give out important information about the bad guy.
Here are some ideas for revealing clues during play:
Overhearing the final few seconds of a conversation
Partially destroyed letters, orders and personal notes
Witnessing a mysterious meeting but the words cannot be heard
Allies relay important but incomplete information
A disgruntled minion of the villain reveals information but is suddenly killed before all can be told
Discovery of hoarded weakness (i.e. an evil Superman could hide all the galaxy's kryptonite in a cavern at the bottom of the Arctic Ocean for his protection)
Discovery of a villain's treatment/remedy, but it's full nature is not revealed (i.e. an unmarked pill container)
Villain's habits can be monitored (i.e. always going to the casino)
The enemy's enemy may reveal clues
Ancient lore reveals obscure clues
Interaction with the villain (i.e. why does he avoid mirrors?)
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From Tom Bisbee:
Everyone loves to hate the villain who returns time and again to plague the heroes. And everyone loves the villain who "couldn't have survived that explosion" but returns to reap his revenge anyway! My advice is to alter the physical appearance of the villain to show he's taken his lumps. Few things are more frustrating to a player than spending several sessions just trying to get a shot at the villain, and then spending considerable amounts of resources (bullets, luck points etc...) to defeat the villain, only to have the villain return later, looking healthy and well rested! This is OK in a Roadrunner cartoon but will really demoralize the players, who never seem to heal as quick as the bad guys.
What to do?
Scar those villains! Did the heroes defeat him with skill of arms? How about a nice scar down one cheek? Or a pronounced limp from where the halfling thief got his licks in! In one campaign, I had a Demon Mage return as a cyborg, almost 90% machine, because the PC's had messed him up so badly. This had a great impact on the players. First, they got to see their handiwork and were proud of it! Second, they were more determined than ever to vanquish the bad guy and "make it count" this time.
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The Yellow Switch Palace is a level in the game Super Mario World that contains a giant, yellow ! Switch. It's the first Switch Palace that Mario and Luigi find, as the palace is not hidden. It's on top of Kappa Mountain in the northwest of Yoshi's Island, and is accessed by completing Yoshi's Island 1. The entire level contains no enemies or powerups and cannot be replayed after it has been completed.
The palace consists of two rooms, which the player has 200 seconds on the timer to complete. The first room of the Palace is a large open area with a single P-Switch. When the switch is hit, the room will get filled with about 500 Coins, and the player will have about ten seconds to collect as many as possible; however, the player is not required to hit the P-Switch to progress through the level.
A Warp Pipe will guide the player to the second room, which contains the yellow ! Switch. The player can simply jump on top of it to activate it and end the level.
Once the yellow ! Switch is activated, all the yellow Dotted Line Blocks will turn into yellow ! Blocks. During gameplay, a Super Mushroom will appear when a yellow ! Block is hit. These blocks also help the player progress through levels by filling in some gaps. The Yellow ! Blocks only appear in 20 levels after that.
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I want to be able to retrieve data from tables which I may not know the
amount, name, or type of the fields. I have the sql_create_basic_#() and
that works find for static tables, but not if they are dynamic. If I
could run that method later on after I get field information then I
could do it, but it seems that I can only run it in the global scope
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Someone replied to me regarding December 21st but didn't specify
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A. Like the various breeds of wire-haired terriers, the wirehaired Dachshund does not shed but does require periodic stripping of its coat. This is done by hand, using your thumb and forefinger, with the aid of a tool called a stripping knife (basically, a comb with a handle and a metal, serrated edge). Handstripping ensures that the coat maintains its hard, crisp texture, which is essential in the show ring.
If your dog will not be shown and is strictly a pet, the stripping doesn't have to be quite so meticulous, and you might even choose to have your local groomer use electric clippers to buzz down the coat occasionally. Just be aware that once the coat has been clipped, it will lose its characteristic, wiry feel, and will grow in softer, so you will get a fuzzier, less-boxy look.
No one can predict how well you and your allergies will react to the wirehaired Dachshund coat. Your best bet would be to attend a dog show and hang out with some wirehaired Dachshunds, or visit a breeder in her home and see how you comfortable you are stroking, holding, and grooming the dogs.
The two varieties you alluded to in your question are the Miniature and Standard size varieties. Smooth and longhaired Dachshunds come in these two sizes as well. The AKC breed standard specifies that Miniatures must weigh in at 11 pounds or under at a year or more of age. Standards generally weigh between 16 and 32 pounds. Both size varieties are sassy, sturdy, and fun, so the choice really depends on how much dog you want for your house or apartment – and how much coat stripping you want to take on or pay a groomer to do for you.
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Not sure if this is android update-able
Many apps require a newer version of android than this
It is updateable, but not to a very recent version. This is a very old, outdated model. $130 is totally not a good deal for this obsolete phone.
Would be decent if it could have say Jelly Bean 4.3 (July 2013).
Given the change of carriers not linking contacts to new smartphones, those who aren't all about the latest and greatest, it's good to see movement/opportunity to get an acceptable unlocked phone that's still mainly relevant for what most need it for (talk, text, social, light browser).
Xperia were of good construction, engineering, and durability. It still offers usability even now being 3 year old... certainly not obsolete. Sure not super snappy compared to the latest but, what unlocked offers what we see here and best this? That said, the price feels a little rich... $100 better, $80 grab it!
Its as heavy as a lead weight in the pocket, and Sony flat out refused to release updates for it. Im disgusted with Sony and never bought another one of their phones again after this. They are so greedy and irresponsible, this was once their flagship device and they turned their back on the customers
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Crouching Tiger, Hidden Dragon
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Plot Summary
In 19th century Qing Dynasty China, a warrior (Chow Yun-Fat) gives his sword, Green Destiny, to his lover (Michelle Yeoh) to deliver to safe keeping, but it is stolen, and the chase is on to find it. The search leads to the House of Yu where the story takes on a whole different level.
Cast: Chow Yun-Fat , Michelle Yeoh , Zhang Ziyi , Chang Chen , Lung Sihung , Cheng Pei-pei , Li Fazeng , Xian Gao
Director: Ang Lee
Genres: Adventure, Martial arts, Action
Distributor: Columbia Tristar, Sony Pictures Classics


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For some time I've been a pretty ambivalent about bike lanes—being able to see sound arguments both for and agin them. At the moment I have a bookmark in a small volume called Mental Speed Bumps: The Smarter Way to Tame Traffic by David Engwicht, inventor of the Walking School Bus and Traffic Tamers. I'm sure I'll have more to say about this interesting and thought-provoking book, but for the moment I want to borrow a passage that helps clarify my thoughts about bike lanes.
In a chapter entitled "Beyond Fundamentalism – The Design Paradox", Engwicht uses bike lanes to demonstrate the shortcomings of "fundamentalist planning", and in so doing declares himself a 'bike lane agnostic':
At first glance it seems self-evident that bike lanes automatically make streets safer for cyclists. It is common knowledge that the wider the traffic lane, the faster a motorist will tend to go…The narrower a passage way the slower we tend to go because there is not the same margin for error…
But there is a contradictory psychological impact of bike lanes. They deliver greater certainty to the driver. The driver knows exactly which is the cyclists' space and which is their space. This increased certainty about where the cyclist will be in the roadway encourages the motorist to speed up…
But there is another interesting set of contradictory factors when it comes to bike lanes. Bike lanes change the perceptions of the cyclist. Cyclists feel safer because they no longer have to share a space with motorists. But…this is to some extent a false sense of security…when bike lanes are present, motorists impose greater risks on the cyclists, for example, driving closer to the cyclist when passing. Does this mean that accident rates go up after the bike lane goes in? Not necessarily. Because the cyclists feel safer, more of them cycle on that street.
And when cyclist numbers go up, the safety in numbers effect kicks in.
So you can see from this cursory exploration of bike lanes that there is at least four paradoxical factors at work – and maybe many more than this. Understanding this complexity has caused me to declare myself a 'bike lane agnostic'. Whether the negatives outweigh the positives, or vice versa, is completely dependent on the context – traffic volumes, bike volumes, current design of the street, and the social and cultural context.
What are the implications of recasting thinking about bike lanes in this way? For one thing, you can't just tot up the miles of bike lane that a city's got and use that to give it a bike-friendliness score. And you can't just jump at bike lanes as a solution to improving cyclists' safety. Unfortunately, bike lanes seem to be the beginning and end of road safety options for cyclists.
I reckon I'll know we've reached a new level of maturity in cycling advocacy when a body like Bicycle Victoria has the cojones to call for the removal of bike lanes that have proven to be ineffective (my first choice would be the bike lanes in Elizabeth Street in Melbourne's CBD).
But then I wonder if much analysis of the true effectiveness of bike lanes is carried out? Presumably, VicRoads must record some before and after numbers when then install a bike lane, but does that tell the whole story?
I am somewhat ambivalent also, especially somewhere like Elizabeth street. On the plus, the lanes give cyclists a legitimacy that can be missing on other streets such as King St. On the minus, they actively encourage a cyclist to be where they shouldn't -- in the door zone. The experienced cyclist will use the lanes as if they weren't painted there, but I think it takes a couple of scares to get there. I would certainly like to see BV and other bodies issue guidelines for bike lanes designed to reduce common types of accidents: * Reduce merges from bike lanes (slow) with faster motor traffic approaching from behind. * Avoid T-intersections. * Maintain sight lines -- do not encourage cyclists to ride on the extreme left of roundabouts and T intersections. * Do not put bicycle lanes in the door zone. I think a well designed bike lane would teach cyclists how to ride in traffic.Comments
The implications of bicycle lanes on roads are far reaching and sadly produce outcomes not favourable to bicyclists.
To encourage new riders cities and organisations like Bicycle Victoria promote on road bicycle lanes and separation from motorised traffic. To appease motoring lobbies they do the same. The losers are the riders themselves who suffer drivers believing riders have no place as legitmate traffic whilst they have on road bike lanes or "facilities" built for them at great and unnecessary expense.
Research from learned researchers and commentators like Forrester (et al), show bicycle riders fair best when bicycles are "driven" in a vehicular manner on the roadway.
Cities could do better by adopting signage that positively directs drivers attention to bicycles having full lane useage and drivers should change lanes to pass etc. (Such as these mentioned here.. ). These more positive approaches redirect drivers and riders attention away from the bicycle being a vulnerable unwanted road user to becoming a valid and legitmate "vehicle" in every sense of the word.
I share your agnostic view whilst cities and organisations that should know better continue to place bicycle riders at risk by introducing more and more so called "separation" facillities.
I understand where groups like BV are coming from—it's a question of producing usable sound bites. If you've only got a few seconds to get a message out, there is no room for ifs and maybes—you've got to be brief and unequivocal. Harry Barber is a master of this approach.
However as the insightful comments above show, the issues surrounding bike lanes are many and complex, and aren't adequately covered by snatches like this:
Barber says more dedicated cycling lanes for commuters on key arterial routes into the city are needed, and "separation" from cars is crucial: 78 per cent of accidents involve cyclists crashing into car doors as they are being carelessly opened.
This ignores that "separation" simply is not going to happen everywhere—somewhere, sometime just about every rider will have to deal with other forms of traffic.
And let's not forget, as jimmay notes, that bike lanes often bring cyclists into the door zone.
But those signs that Rob pointed to could be very helpful (although I'd skip the time designations).


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Do You Find the Mandatory Kinect Use Intrusive/Offensive?
@andorski said:
I thought MS came out with a statement saying that you can turn the Kinect off entirely.
Then why make it be mandatory for the system to function at all? That's my only problem with shit like this; there's no case for this stuff to be mandatory, and so it shouldn't be mandatory. That's the only thing I find offensive about this.
I just picture on the other side Bill Gates watching me without pants on while I play Halo.
@andorski said:
I thought MS came out with a statement saying that you can turn the Kinect off entirely.
Then why make it be mandatory for the system to function at all? That's my only problem with shit like this; there's no case for this stuff to be mandatory, and so it shouldn't be mandatory. That's the only thing I find offensive about this.
My understanding was the "Kinect is mandatory" idea was an incorrect rumor in the first place. I haven't kept up with this part of the Xbox One though, so I could be wrong.
Not even intrusive really, I just don't want it. Don't want it taking space on my desk (that's right, my DESK), drawing extra power, driving up this price of this thing, adding control gimmicks to multi-platform games à la Sixaxis, etc etc.
Sure, I'm not too keen on masturbating in the same room as this thing, but they've got to sell a new XBLA version of Uno somehow.
Creepy as hell, if you ask me. The whole set up is just ripe for misuse if given the opportunity. I mean, it's a camera that can see in the dark and a sensitive microphone that are potentially "always on" and connected to 300,000 servers. Yes, maybe nothing will come of it, but the potential still exists. I can't fathom why people are so willing to give up their right to privacy in their own homes.
It's not a deal breaker, unlikely orwellian possible features aside, and if they actually improved the thing it could be alright. Just throw a towel over it if you're worried about Big Brother Microsoft watching you.
I don't find it intrusive per say. I just think it's dumb. I don't want a Kinect.
My TV and game set up is in my small living room, so unless they fixed it so that I don't 8+ ft. of space to use it, I won't care. I'm still under the impression that we can still use the controller to navigate the menu stuff, right?
Doesn't bother me at all because I'm not crazy (entirely at least).
It's not like MS has a building full of people spying on every single Xbox user.
Never mind it would be totally illegal.
As far as all rumors about it detecting how many people are watching movies and the like, well, those are just rumors right now.
Kinect in general doesn't bother me and if it can enhance some experiences than great.
Obviously it's coming packed in with the machine to guarantee the install base for developers and system features.
C'mon E3!!
I find it a little intrusive that it's on all the time, watching me while I sleep.
I also don't know if making the Kinect mandatory is a great idea. Ever since they announced it, kinect hasn't really proved itself as a system that has really had broad market appeal. Besides Kinect party and Dance Central they hasn't really been a game that used it that wasn't either poorly implemented or was a superfluous add-on that nobody used. With it in every Xbox One box, it's really on Microsoft to change people's perceptions of it.
I don't worry about the webcam in my computer, because i have full control over it. since my mac isn't a totally closed off platform i can install small programs like little snitch which tell me precisely what goes over my internet-connection. so i don't have to worry there.
the problem with the kinect 2 is twofold
1. the government-conspiracy type problem. i don't really think it's very likely that homeland security or the nsa will be able to access all kinect at will and spy on everybody, but i can't be totally sure about that. the more important part ist part number 2.
2. microsoft openly said that they'll use data collected with the kinect 2 to bring it's customers "better offers and serivces" or something to that extend. think about it: tv through the xbox > xbox knows what channel you are watching > xbox knows how many people are watching > microsoft can tell company a with pinpoint accuracy how many people smiled at a precise moment during a commercial, or how many people got up and left the room, or if only daddy was watching etc. this is an analytical precision that even google can only dream of and it is worth millions of targetet advertisement-information. and it is coming!
THAT is why they push TV so hard instead of going with the more modern on demand-services like netflix. not that it won't have netflix, but TV is still the biggest advertising market IN THE WORLD!!
sorry, but i'm out.
ps. they don't want to watch us masturbate, but the DO want to sell us lotion and tissues!! also: everybody has something to hide: their privacy!!
This is a solid YES!!!
How do we know Homeland Security will not be using the device for spying on it's own U.S. Citizens?
It's not a deal breaker, unlikely orwellian possible features aside, and if they actually improved the thing it could be alright. Just throw a towel over it if you're worried about Big Brother Microsoft watching you.
Causing any hindrance in the daily operation of the Xbox One Kinect unit will be considered an act of domestic terrorism.
I just hope they ask politely whenever they want information from me. A simple "hey bro, can we tell some companies that you like this kind of game you're playing? Btw, nice pants! I'll forward you some ads for even better pants" would do!
I do most of my game playing in my bedroom, where I'll never have enough room for actual motion gaming. So the whole thing is a bit frustrating, but my current plan is to just have it hooked up and pointed away from the bed. Maybe the audio stuff will end up being useful, I don't know.
I've been pretty good about not being paranoid about the existing Kinect watching me (and have ridiculed my roommate for occasionally putting things over the camera because that's what a crazy person does) but... it's my bedroom we're talking about here. And it's a device that's designed to always been listening in some sort of low-power state. I'm not sure if I'll disable it completely or not, but... yeah, once they started getting into the camera checking your pulse and knowing if you're smiling or not I started getting a lot less interested in all of this.
My feelings are pretty much the same as Kramer's when he and Newman reverse their apartment peepholes.
Yes and also i dont want to find a place to hook that big ugly kinect box on my very thin wall mounted TV that is on a swivel arm there is nothing under it so it would be on the floor or I get a small table and I would have to move crap out of the way. the xbox one is ugly enough as it is it is going to be the first console I have ever covered with a sheet because it is too ugly and i don't want people to see it.
Also I dont like the fact I could lean on a controler and have video chat pop up with somebody on accident.
if i decide to hook the thing up in my bedroom and not the home theater room one day that is another problem
I fact I like to hook up my console in the bedroom more than anywhere else most of my consoles and gamestuff are in my bedroom . I have never hooked up a game console in the living room in my life. I dont have enough room for this kinect crap with all the stuff in my way either. I got a table for drinks and stuff in the home theater room and bed stuff in the bedroom
I like to go in there and play the game alone with nobody bothering me so I never hooked them in the living rooms. I don't know anybody that ever has hooked there console up in a living room area in the house either. I wall mounted speakers and TV in the bedroom for that reason ... Nobody wants to hear my game blasting from a sound system in the living room either it cuts down the noise.
No thanks microsoft I don't want your crap anymore if you decide to stop sucking so much I might get your sucktastic console. I will play xbox 360 and the 1st xbox from you and that is it.
I also put tape over the camera on my PC and unplug the cameras on anything else I buy for the same reasons. its not so crazy of you hit a button and accidently start a video chat at a bad time and not notice.
No. I'm not a lunatic, and you can use a controller to do things the thing just has to be plugged in at worst. Oh no, another camera in my house. At least this one won't be coming into the bathroom with me or be in my pocket during spontaneous sex sessions.
I actually look forward to seeing if the Kinect really works for the dashboard. If it does, I'll be stoked. Requiring the hardware is the ONLY way to get it to be used right. Now that all devs can say "yeah, it's worth investing in because everyone has a chance to experience it," we'll have more brains working on the issues and those brains will share things at events like GDC and it'll make things improve more quickly.
The concept of the Kinect is awesome. If it lives up to that potential which it sounds like it might from early previews of the tech, that's awesome. If not, I just won't use it. Problem solved. If you're paranoid, put some electrical tape over the lens. And then go get a brain ya hippy!
My initial reaction to this poll was..."Really, what kind of concipiracy theory loon do you think I am, it is a video game device for crying out loud. Get over yourself." Then I moseyed on over to ign and found a link to this article...
Wow...is all I have to say. The fact that Microsoft is even thinking about this enough to patent it is mind-boggling.
There was a whole other thread regarding patents and stuff like that.
Just because they patented it means jackshit.
It's just another way of earning money in case some other company decides to do it.
It still shows the direction they want to take. On any case I don't think it's far fetched to see Sony doing the same sort of thing considering they also have a camera functionality on the PS4 and they also have a whole movie division.
Has it been confirmed that you'll have to "Kinect" (UGH...what a bad pun) the Kinect to the box?
Sony holds similarly fuckin' stupid patents, do not make this out to be about MS when it's just about every techy company out there pulling this. In fact, I think Sony actually has a very similar patent. I could be wrong about that but I am not wrong about them having scuzzy patents. It's just the business they operate in. And those patents are rarely an issue in the real world anyway. You're reading too much into something you don't really understand, if you ask me.
It is one of the two reason's I won't buy an X1. the other being that even if it wasn't intrusive and full of privacy issues. I'm in a wheelchair so unless its better than the original Kinect at handling that then its useless to me. No X1 at any point for me unless they make the Kinect 2 not a requirement to function and then sell a SKU without it.
I think it's a gross invasion of privacy. It's not like we do anything illegal, but I like to hang around my house naked and my husband and I like to have "fun" in places other than our room, and we're not about to let some creepy NSA agent see us doing what's supposed to be private in the first place. So, no Xbone in this house as long as that Kinect thing is mandatory.
I think it is funny that people don't want an electronic device "Listening" for a command but they don't mind believing in an invisible being that watches everything you do all day and punishes you for anything it deems bad. That includes watching you go to the bathroom and having sex...quite ironic, lol!
@spongetwan: Are you talking about Santa or God?
Either way I don't think it's a very good argument or ironic.
@spongetwan: let's not bring religion into this.
I do not mind at all. Why? Call me crazy but I do not think I am interesting enough to be spied on. And no one else here is.
They can keep their spyware system away from me.
I have a question. Is anyone else tired of people getting so upset over the smallest provocation?
This is a solid YES!!!
How do we know Homeland Security will not be using the device for spying on it's own U.S. Citizens?
Because a lot of us aren't paranoid schizophrenics.
@alwaysbebombing: Paranoid schizophrenics? How do you figure?
This is a non-issue. The question should be, should the Kinect be a mandatory item in the Xbox One's packaging. Personally I won't get much use out the thing, however I do have a three year old son who loves his cousin's Kinect. I am not going to pretend that the Kinect will revolutionize but it is a nice accessory for some people (not all).
It's stupid and adds nothing to the games but they want me to shell an extra 100 for it? They just want to record biometric data for advertisers and possibly the NSA, it has shit to do with gaming.
I thought MS came out with a statement saying that you can turn the Kinect off entirely.
I beleive they said you can stop it from sending data, but it has to be on for the xbone to function i think. But that was before the switched their policy so maybe you can now i'm not sure.
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Twyford, Hampshire
For other places of the same name, see Twyford (disambiguation).
Twyford | |
Twyford Post Office and stores |
Twyford shown within Hampshire
Population | 1,456 [1] |
OS grid reference | SU482249 |
Civil parish | Twyford |
District | City of Winchester |
Shire county | Hampshire |
Region | South East |
Country | England |
Sovereign state | United Kingdom |
Post town | WINCHESTER |
Postcode district | SO21 |
Dialling code | 01962 |
Police | Hampshire |
Fire | Hampshire |
Ambulance | South Central |
EU Parliament | South East England |
UK Parliament | Winchester (constituency) |
Website | Twyford Parish Council |
Coordinates: 51°01′18″N 1°18′49″W / 51.0218°N 1.3136°W
Twyford is a village and civil parish in Hampshire, England, approximately three miles south of Winchester and near the M3 motorway and Twyford Down. In 2001, the population of the parish was 1,456.[1] The village lies on the River Itchen, which passes through nearby watermeadows, and has been important economically for its residents.
The name "Twyford" means "two fords" (Old English 'twifyrd'), which cross the River Itchen and was noted from as early as 963, being also mentioned in the 1086 Domesday Book as 'Tuiforde'. From medieval times, the river supported a very large number of water mills for grinding corn.
In Thomas Moule's English Counties 1837 edition, Twyford is referred to as: "on the river Itchin [sic], 3 miles S. from the City of Winchester, contains 169 houses and 1048 inhabitants. The church, dedicated to the Virgin Mary, is a vicarage, value £12 12s. 8d., in the patronage of Emmanuel College, Cambridge. In the chancel is a mural monument, with a bust, by Joseph Nollekens, in memory of Dr. Jonathan Shipley, Bishop of St. Asaph, who died in the year 1788."
Twyford includes a village school, St. Mary's Primary School, a travel agency Roger Walker Travel, a doctor's surgery and pharmacy, a grocer's shop and Post Office, a traditional clockmaker, two Public Houses and numerous other small businesses.
The village benefits greatly from three parks; Ballards Close, Hunters Park and Northfields Park, as well as many footpaths and large areas of water meadow which are held in trust or otherwise protected from building development.
Twyford School is a preparatory school in the centre of the village, which had the distinction of expelling the poet Alexander Pope in the early 18th century for lampooning a master in verse.
Twyford St Mary's Parish Church was designed by Alfred Waterhouse the renowned Victorian architect who designed London's Natural History Museum.
According to the 2001 UK census, the village has a population of 1,456 people, comprising 735 males and 721 females, living in 613 households.[1] In 2001 there were twelve vacant dwellings in the parish, and the average household in Twyford had 6.40 rooms.[2] 433 of these households were owner occupied, 105 were privately rented and 75 rented from the Council, housing association or registered social landlord.[2] Housing in the parish consists of 241 detached houses or bungalows, 328 semi-detached or terraced houses or bungalows, and 61 flats, apartments, caravans or temporary structures.[2]
The B3335 road runs north-south through the village, linking with Junction 11 of the M3 Motorway to the north and the neighbouring village of Colden Common to the south. This road is called the High Street for the most of its route through the village; before completion of the M3 to the west it was the main A333 from Winchester to Portsmouth. In the centre of the village is a crossroads, where an unclassified road crosses the High Street. The east turn-off, Finches Road, becomes Shawford Road which runs through to the nearby village of Shawford before joining the main road from Winchester to Otterbourne. The west turn-off, Hazeley Road, travels past the Twyford Waterworks, to Hazeley Down and on towards Morestead and Owslebury.
The nearest rail station is Shawford railway station to the east. Twyford is served by several regular bus routes, operated by Bluestar (bus company) and Stagecoach Group among others, linking the village with Winchester, Eastleigh, Southampton and Fareham.[3] The Monarch's Way long distance footpath passes through the village from east to west. The Itchen Way follows the western boundary.
Twyford lies on the chalk at the northern edge of the Hampshire Basin, dipping south from the southern limb of the Winchester anticline. Successively younger layers of chalk are exposed from north to south, from Turonian New Pit Chalk in the Plague Pits Valley south of St. Catherine's Hill, the Lewes Nodular Chalk at Twyford Down, the Seaford Chalk under the village, to the Santonian or Campanian Newhaven Chalk to the south. In the Itchen valley to the west the chalk is overlain by alluvium and tufa deposits.[4] The chalk is deeply incised by a series of dry valleys running south and west towards the Itchen.
Twin towns[edit]
Twyford is twinned with:
- Saint-Pierre-Église, France[5]
See also[edit]
- ^ a b c "Parish Headcounts, Area: Twyford CP". Neighbourhood Statistics. Office for National Statistics. Retrieved 2007-11-30.
- ^ a b c "Parish Profile - Accommodation and Tenure, Area: Twyford CP". Neighbourhood Statistics. Office for National Statistics. Retrieved 2007-11-30.
- ^ Berry, Carl. "Travel Search". Retrieved 2007-11-30.
- ^ British Geological Survey (2002), Winchester. England and Wales Sheet 299. Solid and Drift Geology, 1:50,000 Series geological map, Keyworth, Nottingham: British Geological Survey, ISBN 0-7518-3340-1
- ^ "British towns twinned with French towns [via WaybackMachine.com]". Archant Community Media Ltd. Archived from the original on 5 July 2013. Retrieved 2013-07-20.
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- Winchester and its villages - Twyford
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I have a 2013 double cab tacoma and i want to do a 2 inch lift. What is the tallest tire i can fit? I dont necessarily want a fat tire that sticks out beyond the fender....but i do want the tire to fill up the wheel well nicely.
I did a search, but it seems like the search feature for the app sucks.
If u guys could post pics of your trucks with a 2 in lift and info on the tires you have that would be great. Thanks for the help. Love the forum.


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Michael G. Marshall 11/28/2010 5:04:00 PM
Wonderfully composed image with terrific color and detail, Kapil! Michael #1331165Kapil Batra 12/9/2010 8:42:10 PM
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Congratulations on your finalist, Kapil! #9941672The Judges at BetterPhoto.com 1/24/2012 6:15:17 PM
Beautiful! #9941857Larry L. Redmon 1/24/2012 6:49:14 PM
Awesome! Congratulations! #9942233Janet Fikar 1/26/2012 7:51:51 AM
This is stunning!! Congratulations on your well deserved win! #9947825Denny E. Barnes 1/27/2012 10:55:20 AM
Congratulations, Kapil on your fabulous and well deserved win! Beautiful! #9950494Merna L. Nobile 1/27/2012 7:53:41 PM
You can feel it in the air, the anticipation of waiting for the awards to arrive. The talent that is on display for all to see and share is amazing. Congratulations to all the January, 2012 winners. Merna
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Congratulations on this flawless gold badge Kapil! #9952340Kapil Batra 1/30/2012 3:05:07 PM
Thanks everybody ! This is my first gold badge :), which is very encouraging... and hopefully will motivate me to spare more time for photography. #9956174David M. Montero 1/31/2012 2:52:18 PM
Wonderful capture Kapil. The rocks look like a croc laying on the beach. Congratulations on your win! #9957872Town Beach @ Port Macquarie NSW Australia
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text: The problem has been framed by the wrong people in the wrong manner. Instead of a debate on troop withdrawl, the debate should be focused on the national strategic end state of this conflict, or the "conditions on the ground" as the original post describes. This must be clearly defined and articulated to the American people and military, as well as the Iraqi people, their government, and their military. Only as this end state approaches, should troop withdrawl discussions begin in the public discourse.


text: Latest Post: Started By: Rank: Category Recent unsolved homicidesIm not sure what is going on here in Minot with the four recent homicides. It has been almost 2 weeks now and still no arrests that i have heard of. The medical examiner has already released the bodies so obviously his job is complete. WHAT is going on here and why has this topic just been let go of?!?! WHERE are the reporters of this City? WHY are the reporters not pushing for answers? I do not understand this at all and find this to be a complete joke. Minot doesnt know how to report news. I think the entire community was shaken by this and i think we deserve some peace of mind knowing if there is something to fear or not to fear, looking more and more like Anita Knutsons case. Horrible job the police has done so far, horrible job the reporters have done so far. Member CommentsOilcantThe police need to get better undercover work going and focus on violent crime and drugs. If you slow the drugs to reduce the crime from the maniacs. Then bring in the Navy Seals to Usama them. Posted 79 days ago. tckptmWell I had a very violent incident that a man shot at my 2 young boys and my sister and I and do you think they arrested the guy no. He should be rotting in a prison some were. Posted 309 days ago. wally1I really wouldn't blame the police. The ones I feel need to put the blame on is our own state government. Its like drill baby drill who cares. Go to ND resource council and watch the vedio on the oil BOOM. Out government just let it come in so fast without looking at any consequences. I don't even want to live in the state anymore. We have all kinds of crime. ND is a drop off state for a lot of criminals. Yet I am going to end up paying more taxes to cover this people. Our government is going to make this state a welfare state. Come all!!!! I am leaving before that Posted 494 days ago. ArticlesI think the same of Watford City" Mackenzie county sheriff, and North Dakota state patrol. Posted 582 days ago. lawnboyMinot is COMPLETLEY out of control.The cops cant help or protect a community that wont help or protect themselves.You guys and gals make Willieton look like paradise.Minot has went to the garbagge.. Posted 822 days ago. Post a Comment |


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Meet Spencer Frazer
"SOG started some 25 years ago in my apartment with a simple mission: To create innovative products that stand apart from the pack. While SOG has grown, our commitment to that original mission has remained the same. Today, it's one of my greatest satisfactions to receive letters from SOG enthusiasts the world over, expressing the fact that our products have lived up to their highest standards. It inspires us to continue to build superior products that last... knives and tools that help you meet the challenges of a demanding world."
SOG Founder and Chief Designer
Born in 1955, Spencer Frazer was a creative kid with a great curiosity for how things worked. As he grew older, while in the Boy Scouts, he gained an affinity for knives and axes. But it wasn't until much later that this interest would be channeled into actually creating knives and tools.
After graduating from UCLA as a math and science major, Spencer started his own company in the professional audio industry, designing a whole new style of speaker system.
"I learned to work with many different materials as I built models and prototypes," he says.
Then Spencer went on to work in the aerospace defense industry - in the Top Secret Black Projects Division - as an R&D tool/die and model maker. He recalls, "I saw things there I still can't talk about."
At about that same time, while becoming involved in the modern art movement and meeting with top artists, Spencer learned a lot about scale and color. He went on to work in product development, creating toys and consumer products.
All these life experiences converged the moment Spencer saw his first Vietnam SOG Bowie: "The knife was magical in how it looked and felt. You could see the history as well as the functional aspects of the knife."
That single knife spawned the birth of SOG Specialty Knives & Tools, Inc. His one goal: to reproduce the mystical knife... the SOG Bowie.
"We started our company by having to sell a one-knife line at the very high price of $200 retail!"
Today, SOG is a true innovator in the knife industry. Having won many industry awards, SOG was one of the first companies to be synonymous with a high-tech modern image.
"SOG was the first company," says Spencer, "to produce a sculptural faceted folding knife. We called it the Tomcat. With the Paratool, SOG became the second company ever to produce a folding multi-tool. And we remain the only company that uses compound leverage in our multi-tools; the only company to have adjustable lock-on clips on our folding knives; the only company to employ one of the strongest locks in the industry with the Arc-Lock; the only company to use exotic BG-42 steel cost effectively in the production of our knives; and the first company in the world to offer an automatic opening multi-tool."
But those are just a few of the landmarks Spencer Frazer has helped SOG achieve.
"I design each one of our products," he says, "to be functional and comfortable to use, as well as aesthetically pleasing. If I personally don't like them or wouldn't use them, they don't make it into production."
Today, SOG is distributed and sold throughout the world. Law enforcement specialists, military, hunters, outdoor enthusiasts, industrial professionals, and everyday carry knife enthusiasts have come to rely on SOG in the most extreme conditions.
"We don't settle for ordinary," says Spencer. "We never did, and we never will."


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By Billy Graham • February 22, 2013 • Topics: Forgiveness, Sin
No one can ever be so bad or so sinful that God will refuse to forgive him or her — not if they are sincerely sorry for their sins and repent of them, and truly trust Jesus Christ as their Savior and Lord.
Think, for example, of the Apostle Peter, one of Jesus' closest disciples. After Jesus' arrest, Peter denied that he even knew Him — not once, but three times — and yet God forgave Peter when he repented and sought Christ's forgiveness. Peter went on to become a great leader in the early church.
On the other hand, Judas — another of Jesus' 12 disciples — was not forgiven for what he did. You'll remember that he betrayed Jesus by going to His enemies and promising to reveal where Jesus could be secretly seized by them. They paid 30 pieces of silver for his information, and Judas carried through on his promise — resulting in Jesus' arrest and death. Later, Judas bitterly regretted what he had done — but he never repented or turned to God, and he died unforgiven and lost.
I can't help but wonder, however, why you've asked this question. Are you afraid your sins are so great that God will never forgive you? If so, I have good news for you! God loves you, and Jesus Christ gave His life for you. Don't stay away from Him any longer, but open your heart and life to Him today. God's promise is for you: "If we confess our sins, he is faithful and just and will forgive us our sins and purify us from all unrighteousness" (1 John 1:9).
Paul, If you repent and follow Jesus you will be saved!
It truly is marvelous That God loved us so much. hard for me, now after having been saved, to understand how I could have ever rejected his Love and Grace. I am so thankful.


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Hi Tia,
I was a complete beginner on when I ventured out on Christmas Eve last year huffing and puffing. I found if I simply went at a comfortable pace but tried to increase distance gradually I was improving rapidly. Last thursday I did ten miles in 1hour 46mins and felt amazing. I always rest for a couple of days after to fully recover. I do as many pressups as possible to keep my back from acheing.
I am filled with calmness after a long run. I also do faster 5K's in 30mins but don't enjoy the speed work...yet.
I am aiming for marathon distance this Christmas. It may be a pipe dream but I'll be happy trying.
Good luck and 'find your niche'.
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ahh lucasforums needed one of these, go kickstand and polecat lounge! :)
Aye, It was only a matter of time. I like the new Kickstand, and Polecats has been looking sweet for some time now. :)
There is also El Pollo Diablo's page, and The Polecat Roadmap by JBRAA. :)
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And this is done...how?
Hehehe - teach me...
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I love this colourscheme! So festive and cute. I'd spend far too much on ribbons if I didn't budget quite firmly!
This wreath is made from old loo roll tubes! The creativity on pinterest never fails to astound me.
Next year I am so trying to make these as gifts :) Such a cute handmade gift.
I love this festive prayer set. I'll be doing these throughout the twelve days of Christmas, I think.
I am in love with this room. To quote Liz Lemon, "I want to go to there."


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Otterbox has just released the iPhone 4/4S Defender Series case with iON Intelligence. In addition to the rugged protection you've come to expect from OtterBox, this case also features a backup battery and intelligent power management app. According to Otterbox, "The iON intelligence software is an app that estimates battery power and predicts battery time remaining by monitoring device usage habits."
This hardware and software combo enables iPhone users to continually use their devices without worrying about battery life. The case eliminates the typically frustrations of battery case owners by "clearly displaying the power status for both the case and device and intelligently predicts when the phone battery will run out." The Defender Series with iON Intelligence iPhone 4/4S case is available now with a retail price of $130, but for a limited time you can save 15% with coupon code "AM2012″ bringing the price down to $110.50.
Tip: That promo code will work on any OtterBox item.
And yes, we're told an iPhone 5 version is in the works. More images and full press release follows:
FORT COLLINS, Colo.–(BUSINESS WIRE [2])–Combining the industry-leading and patented three-layer protection of the Defender Series® that case manufacturer OtterBox® is known for, the Fort Collins, Colo.-based company introduces the
first intelligent power solution for mobile technology. The OtterBox Defender Series* with iON IntelligenceTM [3] unites rugged protection and two times the battery capacity with a power management application for the ultimate experience in
empowered protection for the Apple® iPhone® 4/4S.
"Customers are wanting to do more with their OtterBox Defender Series," said OtterBox President and CEO Brian Thomas [4]. "They are on the go all the time now; they don't have to worry about data, they always have to worry about battery life. We believe the Defender Series with iON Intelligence to be the perfect union of hardware and software. It is the most accurate, personalized power profile on the market."
The Defender Series with iON Intelligence offers unique benefits for the technology power user:
Automates the power management process — the case knows when to charge the phone automatically
An interactive app allows the user to monitor the state of the phone and case while predicting the amount of battery life remaining
Ten LEDs allow for quick and accurate reading of the remaining battery charge in the case in ten percent increments
Updateable software, ensuring the latest and greatest functionality and user experience Included 4.2-mm diameter micro USB cable charges and syncs
The case will charge the device until it reaches 100 percent battery capacity, or for up to two hours of charge time if the device is not communicating battery status, before it stops charging. The case will automatically begin charging the device again when the device drops to a power level of 60 percent.
The iON Intelligence software is an app that estimates battery power and predicts battery time remaining by monitoring device usage habits. This app eliminates guesswork by clearly displaying the power status for both the case and device and intelligently predicts when the phone battery will run out. The iON Intelligence app monitors and incorporates many different factors to create the most accurate, personalized power profile possible. Over time, iON Intelligence learns about power usage patterns and improves its accuracy. The more it's used, the better it gets.
"The vision is really about being a major component in the overall infrastructure, phone development, accessory development — being a part of every aspect of people's mobile life of technology and so that is kind of where Otter[Box] is going to be going," Thomas said. "In time, the consumer even comes with us and starts to say 'OtterBox was a case company, now they are an integrated technology company.'"


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Nearby Towns and Areas Worth Visiting
While Cape Town is an excellent base to start from, there are also many small towns in the surrounding regions that have plenty to offer and are even worth staying a night or two. From arts, crafts and culture, to hiking and outdoors, winetasting or history there are a host of towns all within 1-2 hours drive from Cape Town that are well worth a visit.
The Breede River Valley towns are set amongst majestic mountains, vineyards and the winding Breede River while the Overberg Region stretches from mountains through orchards and wheatlands and as far as the coast. On the West Coast a more rustic coastline dotted with fishing communities and small holiday towns offers a host of water activities, excellent birdwatching and the freshest of sea fare.
Cape Dutch homesteads in Tulbagh | Wild flowers on the West Coast |
Breede River Valley | Overberg | West Coast |
Montagu | Hermanus | Langebaan |
McGregor | Grabouw / Elgin | Lamberts Bay |
Ceres | Swellendam | Darling |
Ashton | Villiersdorp | Citrusdal |
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The Body Shop Foundation brush
95 reviews
47% would repurchase
Package Quality: 3.4
Price: $$
Package Quality: 3.4
Price: $$
Not tested on animals
The Body Shop is a Cruelty-Free Subsidiary.
Age: 18 & Under
Skin: Combination, Olive, Warm
Hair: Black, Wavy, Medium
Eyes: Brown
I mainly just use this brush to pat on powder to set the concealer under my eyes and to apply Glow Enhancer from The Body Shop. It works really well for that purpose. The bristles are really soft so it doesn't irritate my skin.
I wouldn't need two of these brushes so i guess i'd buy it again if it breaks. I've had this for 2 years now and it still looks pretty much the same.
Age: 25-29
Skin: Sensitive, Fair-Medium, Not Sure
Hair: Brunette, Other, Other
Eyes: Brown
best foundation brush i have ever used, soft and applied makeup flawlessly. can''t believe it took me this long to discover!
Age: 30-35
Skin: Sensitive, Fair, Cool
Hair: Brunette, Straight, Fine
Eyes: Hazel
This brush is not good. I bought it as a second brush for cream blush, not wanting to spend as much the 2nd time round. I have in the past found that The Body Shop do very good make-up brushes at a reasonable price, but not this time. I found it did not live up to the expectations I have from using my amazing Clinique foundation brush which is just great. The bristles are too long and not bery flexible (but are soft) so it goes on streacky and does not feel like you have as much control as I do with the clinique one. I don't even use it now. What a waste of money.
Age: 19-24
Skin: Normal, Fair, Not Sure
Hair: Blond, Other, Other
Eyes: Blue
It's okay for the price, but I find that it goes streaky REALLY fast. This wouldn't be a problem if the tip of the brush was more rounded. Because it is so "flat" at the end I find it difficult to get into the corner of my nose and smaller areas in general.
I really hate the shaft - why does it have to be so chunky at the end? It doesn't look good, and it doesn't make application easier.
Overall, it's okay, but you can probably do better (like the ELF foundation brush...I find it much better).
Age: 18 & Under
Skin: Acne-prone, Fair, Cool
Hair: Black, Straight, Medium
Eyes: Blue
While I like that this brush is fair traded and synthetic, like all Body Shop products, it wasn't the best brush I have ever used. Technique, I have found, is really important to getting smooth coverage, and if I don't use the right stroke it doesnt apply evenly. That said, it was still less than a Sephora brush, softer than the bareEscentuals foundation brush, and I've washed it several times without it shedding at all.
EDIT: I've found that I can get perfect coverage if I use this brush with dry minerals. Unlike buffing with a kabuki brush, which seemed to cake on makeup, this brush works well to cover and smoothly apply. I would recommend trying this in the store with the brush sample, though, since it is finicky.
Age: 18 & Under
Skin: Combination, Fair-Medium, Neutral
Hair: Brown, Straight, Medium
Eyes: Brown
I feel like my face is literraly a canvas when i used this brush. I have to get heaps of product as well and this brush does not blend at all, its just horrible, hate hate hate hate it.
Age: 19-24
Skin: Normal, Fair, Not Sure
Hair: Brunette, Other, Other
Eyes: Black
I didn't like it at all. It was my first ever foundation brush and lets say I won't be using brushes for foundation for a while. It streaks so badly. What is the point of using it at all. My time for applying foundation doubled if not tripled compared to applying with my fingers. Thanks Goodness I managed to return it which took some convincing the manager.
Even though it is a good qaulity brush I dont recommend it.
Age: 25-29
Skin: Normal, Tan, Not Sure
Hair: Black, Other, Other
Eyes: Brown
I pretty much like all Body Shop brushes. I think they're made of good quality and it competes with MAC in terms of price. Body Shop brushes are value for money.
Age: 19-24
Skin: Sensitive, Medium, Neutral
Hair: Brunette, Wavy, Medium
Eyes: Brown
Perfect size, soft, cruelty-free, and much cheaper than department store brand brushes.
Age: 18 & Under
Skin: Acne-prone, Fair-Medium, Not Sure
Hair: Blond, Other, Other
Eyes: Blue
this is a good brush. it is not to wide or too small and you can get into small areas with the point. also, you can wash it a million times, it still stays the same !
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Other publications by ← Ronghua Yang → by ← Majid Mirmehdi → | or on ← Computer Vision → | of 2006 |
This paper presents a new deformable model based on charged particle dynamics and geometric contour propagation. It detects object boundaries with a charged active contour that propagates under the influence of Lorentz forces in an image-based electrostatic field. We make use of level set representation to allow topological changes to be handled naturally. Also, we build on the centre of divergence concept towards automatic initialisation.


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Starting a Personal Fundraiser
You can make your own fundraising page to invite friends and family to join you to celebrate or remember a person or occasion at Children's of Minnesota. You'll be amazed and surprised at the generosity and support of your family and friends.
We have partnered with GiveMN.org to provide you with easy and effective technology for setting up and promoting your page.
Set up your own fundraising page:
- Go to the Children's GiveMN web page
- Click the "fundraise" button at the top of the page.
- Type "Children's" in the Nonprofit box: Children's Hospitals and Clinics of Minnesota will populate as a search option. Select us.
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Mortality rates in Israel from causes amenable to health care, regional and international comparison
Department of Health Information, Ministry of Health, 4 Shalom Yehuda Street, Jerusalem, 93480, Israel
Israel Journal of Health Policy Research 2012, 1:41 doi:10.1186/2045-4015-1-41
Published: 25 October 2012Abstract
Mortality from causes amenable to health care is a valuable indicator of quality of the health care system, which can be used to assess inter-regional differences and trends over time. This study investigates these mortality rates in Israel over time, and compares inter-regional and international rates in recent years.
Age-adjusted amenable mortality rates have been decreasing steadily in Israel, by 31% for males and 28% for females between 1998–2000 and 2007–2009. Amenable mortality was lower in the center of the country than in the Northern, Southern, and Haifa districts. The proportion of mortality from circulatory diseases was highest in the North and Haifa districts and from cancer in the Tel-Aviv and Central districts. A higher proportion of infectious diseases was seen in the Southern district.
In comparison with amenable mortality rates in 20 European countries, Israel ranked 8th lowest for males and 12th lowest for females, in 2008. The rate was lower than in Britain, Ireland, and Portugal; lower than in Germany, Spain, Austria, and Finland for males; and higher than France, Netherlands, Sweden, Norway, and Italy. But Israel ranked higher in the decrease in amenable mortality rates between 2001 and 2007 for females than males in a 19 country comparison. Genitourinary diseases were a larger component in Israel than other countries and circulatory diseases were smaller.
The indicator of amenable mortality shows improvement in health outcomes over the years, but continuing improvement is needed in health care and education, in particular in the periphery of Israel and for females.