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By JAMES CARSKADON
For the Daily News
Chris Lyle's Starkville Academy squad came from behind to snag a 81-80 victory from East Rankin in a double overtime thriller Tuesday night.
The Patriots had a chance to win the game at the buzzer of the second OT, but the shot bounced off the rim, sending the Volunteer bench and fans into a frenzy.
"It was a roller coaster ride, but one that was a fun ending for sure," Lyle said.
Austin Kinard led the Volunteers with 23 points, while senior point guard J.R. Gerhart had 22 before fouling out early in the first overtime.
The Vols faced a seven-point deficit at the half 28-35, but rallied back to tie the game on an Austin Marsh three-pointer with just over a minute left in the third quarter. The third quarter ended with the teams knotted at 46-46.
The game remained close throughout the fourth quarter as Kyle Lomen and Kinard continued to knock down three-point shots. SA extended the lead to 64-57 with 3 minutes left, but the Patriots rallied to send the game into overtime.
One overtime wasn't enough for the teams as East Rankin missed a go ahead shot at the buzzer, sending the game to a second overtime tied at 72. However, Gerhart fouled out at the 1:57 mark, leading the Vols without their starting point guard.
Kinard took over the second overtime, scoring six points, while senior Patrick Jones put the Vols ahead 81-80 with a free throw with 39 seconds left.
East Rankin guard Tyler Madden had an opportunity to give the Patriots a tie or the lead with two free throw shots, but both bounced off the rim. East Rankin got the ball back with 11 seconds left and down one point, but they were unable to score on the game's final possession.
The win improved the Volunteer's record to 8-17, and Lyle believes his team is starting to heat up at the right time.
"I think before we were speaking Spanish and they were hearing French, but now we're on the same page and understanding as a team what it's all about," Lyle said. "I really feel that come tournament time we're gonna be tough to beat."
Coming off the bench, Lomen scored 15 for the points for the Volunteers. Center Adam Crittenden was also in double figures with 11 points. East Rankin's Tyler Rhodes led all scorers with 26 points.
Lyle also lauded the play of senior Patrick Jones, who had eight points and helped lead the team in Gerhart's absence in overtime.
"We were hitting big shot after big shot," Jones said. "We just came out and won the game tonight."
For a program that has seen its fair share of losses, Tuesday's win marked a key learning point for Lyle's team.
"They're starting to learn how to win, and that is what is amazing to me," Lyle said as fans cheered for players as they exited the locker room. "We're getting closer and closer to getting over the top and really starting to see some big-time basketball."
Girls Game
Starkville Academy 54,
East Rankin 41
Lady Vols head coach Glenn Schmidt was not surprised to see her team come out flat in the first half after winning two big conference games over the weekend. What did surprise her was the way her team played in the second half of their win over East Rankin.
Starkville Academy's offense sputtered through the first half, leaving them in a 25-17 hole to start the third quarter. From there, freshman Sallie Kate Richardson and Nora Kathryn Carroll took over as the Lady Vols outscored the Lady Patriots 37-16 the rest of the way.
"We had two big wins over the weekend, and when I saw us, I thought we were gonna be flat, but they played themselves out of it in the third quarter," Schmidt said.
The Lady Vols held a sizeable advantage on the boards, out-rebounding East Rankin 42-18. SA also made 11 of its 16 free throws, which helped ice the game in the fourth quarter.
For Schmidt, the stars of the show were her two freshmen, Richardson and Carroll. Richardson notched a double-double with 16 points and 10 rebounds, while Carroll had 12 points and eight rebounds.
"I've been watching them play since about the fourth or fifth grade," Schmidt said. "We knew a while back that if they bought into basketball and really liked it, that they were gonna be special one day… Three more years will be exciting to watch."
Schmidt also praised the work of Julianne Jackson, who had two old-fashioned three-point plays and 10 rebounds.
The victory improves the Lady Vols' record to 16-12 on the season.
The Volunteers will be back in action on Friday when they travel to Magnolia Heights, and at home Saturday against Clarksdale-Lee.

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Nov 30, 2007
This weekend: Central European FLL finals
For those who still are undecided what to do at the weekend next ensuing, a trip to the beautiful Black Forest in Germany might be even more worthwhile than it is anyway: at Triberg the Central European FIRST LEGO LEAGUE Finals for the actual Power Puzzle competition will take place on Saturday, the 1st of December. There, the best teams from Germany, Austria, Switzerland, Hungary, Poland and the Czech Republic will compete against each other and determine the attendees for the FLL World Finals at Atlanta, Georgia (USA) in April.
As a special service, Education Highway from Austria will present the event as a Live Stream in the web.
I'll be there also and bring back some nice images and videos.
9 comments:
- Andy said...
Also they are holding the Scandinavian Finals (with over 30 teams from Norway, Sweden and Denmark are competing). Sadly, our team didn't make it that far. We were pretty close though :-)
- Dec 1, 2007, 12:28:00 AM
- Matthias Paul Scholz said...
Andy, do you know where that will take place? Some live streaming of it?
- Dec 1, 2007, 12:54:00 AM
- Andy said...
Sorry, I forgot to tell that it is held in Herning, Denmark. Live streaming can be found here.
- Dec 1, 2007, 1:50:00 AM
when will it be streaming
- Dec 1, 2007, 4:21:00 AM
- Robotica said...
In The Nederlands (benelux) there are now the region finals, and our benelux final will be held on 26 January 2008.
Below are the dates of
Region Date
Leuven zaterdag 17 november 2007
Noord-Holland woensdag 21 november 2007
Delft zaterdag 24 november 2007
were today:
Gouda vrijdag 30 november 2007
West-Brabant vrijdag 30 november 2007
Eindhoven zaterdag 1 december 2007Haaglanden zaterdag 1 december 2007
NEXT week and later
Valleiregio vrijdag 7 december 2007
Oost-Nederland zaterdag 8 december 2007
Rijnmond vrijdag 14 december 2007 (gewijzigd)
Helmond zaterdag 15 december 2007
Limburg zaterdag 15 december 2007
Noord-Nederland zaterdag 15 december 2007
Flevoland donderdag 31 januari 2008 (pilot)
- Dec 1, 2007, 6:12:00 AM
- Andy said...
The Streaming from Denmark (The scandinavian finals) will be tomorrow, December 1st. at 10am our time (GMT+1), that will be in the middle of the night in USA. If you find out what time zone you are in, you should faily easily manage to find out what time it starts for you. It will start at 9am for the poeple in the UK.
- Dec 1, 2007, 6:36:00 AM
- Andy said...
Matthias, why not make a list with links to the live streaming from the different places in Europe that has some sort of finals held tomorrow the first of December (like the scandinavian final for example). That way people can easily find a link to the streaming and watch it tomorrow if they want to. Just another crazy idea of mine :-P
- Dec 1, 2007, 6:39:00 AM
- Matthias Paul Scholz said...
Andy, good crazy idea.
Howver, so far there are only two streams tomorrow, for aught I can see:
The Scandinavian one (10 AM GMT+1)
The Central European one (12 GMT+1)
- Dec 1, 2007, 7:01:00 AM
- Andy said...
Ok, it's good to atleas see a small list though :-)
Looking forward to see the team that won our regional competition loose :-P (Hey, they were our biggest enemies cause they won one orund were we got more points.. *angry*)
- Dec 1, 2007, 7:07:00 AM


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Rihanna was attacked last night in London, MediaTakeOut reports, when a "fan" threw a bottle at her while yelling something about Chris Brown.
The bottle reportedly led Rihanna to stumble and cut open her leg. Her bodyguard is said to have gone after the fan and hurt his own leg in the process, leading him to the hospital for treatment. The guy who threw the bottle just went wherever he went. (Some bodyguard — he's the one who goes to the hospital, and lets the guy get away?)
This is probably much ado about nothing, but you can see photos on MTO's site. If that's really the cut on her knee, it's a pretty small one, but it does show blood.
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I recently purchased this online as I often use lip balms but had never tried this brand before. I was only familiar with the brand Palmers as I had used their moisturising cocoa butter body cream previously and had enjoyed using the high quality product. I assumed their lip balm would be equally as good in terms of quality.
The packaging of the lip balm is very unique. It comes in a sealed paper and plastic sleeve first of all. Inside is a 15oz sized plastic tube which is oval shaped. It's a very odd shape for a lip product and I can't think of any benefit of this. The strange shape means it's more difficult to apply the balm.
The tube has a special winder at the bottom which pumps up the lip balm so you can apply it. You can then retract the balm back inside the inner tube. It may have just been a one off error but my lip balm arrived in a messy state. There was balm all over the inside of the lid as though the tube had been twisted up with the lid still on. There was also balm set in the end of the lid which I had to scrape out.
The lip balm formula is very appealing though. It contains Vitamin E for softening the skin and it also has SPF protection. Not only that but it has a delicious chocolaty aroma. The balm is a yellowy shade and melts against warm lips quite easily so you don't have to press too hard to apply it. It goes on not too thickly but well enough to protect the lips and to make them feel covered with a barrier of moisture.
The performance of the lip balm is really good. It stays on the lips a long time before I need to reapply. It seems to soothe and heal the lips too. It can also be used as a base for hard or dry lipsticks.
I only paid £1.49 for this lip balm which I feel is extraordinarily cheap for a respected brand and a high quality product. I personally would change the shape of the tube to a round one and also make sure that the balms do not have any faults though. Apart from those issues I think the lip balm is really good and would buy it again in the future. I would recommend to those who use lip balms often and especially to the ladies as the chocolate aroma of this one is very appealing!
This is lip balm that is made by Palmers.
This lip balm comes in a tube and it is a stick of balm that you apply to your lips.
I like this lip balm very much because it is very pleasing to use and it is effective also. It has got the smell of Palmers cocoa butter but it is weaker because of it being applied to the lips. It is not sickly but it has got a very sweet cocoa butter fragrance that I think not all people will like.
I think this is very moisturising on my lips and I have used this through many winters because I make sure I have got a tube of it always when the cold weather and the winter is coming because it is one of the best lip balms for applying in cold weather when you think your lips are going to be chapped.
It is good in the summer also and I know that is true because when my skin is warm the lip balm melts faster and that makes a very moisturising and rich feeling on my lips. it has got SPF 15 in it also so it will protect my lips from the damage of the sun.
When my lips are already chapped this lip balm is rich enough to make them feel better and it repairs the skin if I use it regular and it is a shock that cheap lip balm like this works better than some I have got that are very expensive comparing to this one. I like that it comes in a tube because I think that is the most clean way to apply lip balm.
This lip balm costs only £1.80 and I buy it from Boots. I think that value is amazing because of how good it works and how nice it is to use also.
5 Dooyoo Hearts.
Palmers have been using coconut oil since they started and the rest of us are slowly catching up to it's awesome multi use! I love a cost effective product that can cure all ails and coconut oil is definitely one of them! Whether its for dry skin, hair, shoes, health or lips, coconut oil can cure it !
I've been using Palmers skin cream for a while now. I have several scars and it really helps to reduce and repair the skin. I also love the smell of Palmers, coconut is one of my favourite smells and it feels so creamy that you feel protected.
So when I saw that Palmers also did a lip balm I was really excited ! As an avid Palmers customer, I did have high expectations but I wasn't disappointed! I love my lip balms, especially one that actually works to relieve chapped lips, as I have dry lips throughout the year.
The formula is harder than most lip balms, making it easier to apply and leaving your lips feeling matte, rather than glossy, which I prefer when my lips need that little bit of extra love.
I prefer the original lip balm, but if you feel brave enough (or hungry enough!) the lip balm range is so varied and really complimentary of the basic coconut smell with cherry or dark chocolate lip balms. You can find that there are a bit like Pokemon, gotta buy em all!
As I am someone who enjoys being outdoors, even in cold weather, chapped lips are an ever present hazard; or they WERE before I discovered Palmers Cocoa Butter Lip Balm.
This little (4g) stick is a convenient size to slip into a handbag or pocket as it's no bigger than a standard lipstick. The lid gives a satisfying snap as it goes on and it stays on, so no nasty surprises with fluff on the end.
The texture is silky smooth and it actually glides onto the lips. Although it has that familiar cocoa butter smell, and the colour is the same as cocoa butter, the taste is so subtle you hardly notice.
The screw device at the bottom of the tube is easy to twist, ensuring that you can always get at the balm.
The vitamin E helps to provide plenty of moisture and the SPF 15 makes it a good choice for holidays, especially abroad.
Some lip balms can make your mouth feel greasy but this just made my lips feel fully moisturised. The effect was instant. It's long staying power means you don't need to reapply every 5 minutes, which makes it good value for money.
I've found that since I started using it I don't actually need to apply it so often as my lips seem to retain moisture better now.
Another thing is that although I get a healthy sheen to my lips I don't look like I'm wearing 'make up' (some lip balms can give your lips a rosy tint) so it's very suitable for men to wear without people giving them odd looks.
I'd definitely recommend this product to friends or family, or indeed anyone who asked my opinion.
I am someone who suffers a lot from sore dry lips so I have to use lip balms a lot. Only lip balms I have used nearly every single one makes my lips worse except this one. The coca butter gives it a lovely smell and is so soft on the lips which makes them nice and smooth. You know that little taste you get when wearing lip balm/lipgloss/lipstick? You don't get that with this, there is a slight taste but nothing horrible.
** Information on product**
This lip balm has a very high Vitamin E content which makes for deep hydration on your lips to help treat chapped, cracked lips with pure Cocoa Butter. The balm itself is a creamy colour that within the tube pushes up using the twister base.
This is a small tube that is oval shape (new ones are) available in Superdrug at just £1.89. Attached with plastic onto card. This card has lots of useful information plus details of Palmers different products.
**Final Thoughts**
This is definitely one for people with really sensitive lips. I would highly recommend to friends and family even strangers if I saw them debating whether to buy it or not.
I love lipbalms I have several on the go at once they all end up in different bags and coat pockets and I always find when I go out I can't find one so I end up buying a new one.
I got this in Superdrug for £1.89. The packaging has changed from the old style tube in the picture above. The lip balm now comes in a much chunkier tube which is oval shaped.
Palmers cocoa butter lip balm contains cocoa butter as well as vitamin E which provides deep moisturisation and hydration for dry and chapped lips. The formula also contains SPF 15 to protect your lip from the damaging effects of the sun.
The lip balm has a pale yellowy colour. Immediately when you open it you can smell the cocoa butter which reminds me of chocolate. The balm is thick and feels nice when applied to your lips, it leaves a nice layer on them giving them a subtle sheen and in this cold weather we have been having of late it also provided immediate relief to my lips which have been sore and dry. This lip balm is long lasting so I only need to reapply it every few hours or so. A few hours after applying I can still feel it on my lips. I also like the shape of the tube because it is oval it is a good shape to smooth on with ease.
I would recommend this balm it smells lovely and it also tastes nice slightly chocolatey with a hint of vanilla. It is great value and a tube is long lasting.
I suffer from chapped lips often and often try different lip balms as it is difficult to find the right one. There are so many factors involved in searching for a lip balm such as smell, feelnand whether or not it helps with chapped lips.
The lip balm from Palmers smells great! It has that distinct chocolatey smell that most of the products from Palmers have. I absolutely love the smell, however I can find it sometimes to be a problem when I am hungry!
Also I have found that it feels great on my lips and makes them feel silky smooth. This is a key feature to me as some can leave your lips feeling almost heavy with how thick it applies.
The only downside of this lip balm is that I don't feel like it works for me as my lips seem to get more chapped after applying a few times. This may be due to the regeneration factor or because the product simply doesn't suit my skin. I would recommend this lip balm if this had not happened.
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I recently reviewed the Palmer's body oil, and I also recently purchased the cocoa butter lip balm so decided to review this too. It is available from the usual places - Boots, Superdrug and supermarkets - and costs around £1.89.
Oddly oval
The lip balm comes in the familiar tube, which you twist at the base, which makes the stick of balm inside the tube rise. I bought one of these tubes a few years back, and it was the usual round shape. However the stick I bought recently is a more oval shape, which is a bit odd!
The balm itself is a pale creamy shade, and has the very distinctive scent of Palmers cocoa butter products. This is a sweet chocolatey fragrance, with a touch of vanilla to it. It is a scent I love, but I must admit I was unsure about how I would feel about having this on my lips!
Choccy lips
The first few times I used this balm, I found that it had a slightly gritty texture to it - and I remember this from the last tube I had too. However, once I had used it a few times this very slight grittiness disappeared. Other than this, the balm is incredibly smooth and creamy, and it does go on the lips nicely. However I do find the oval shape slightly odd and it does make it slightly awkward to apply as you have to hold it a certain way to make sure it goes on your lips and not all round your mouth. As for the flavour, the chocolatiness is very subtle once applied, and this just has a pleasant flavour to it that isn't too sweet or sickly - or strange! Rubbing my lips together after I apply this, it makes them feel very smooth and it does feel as though this balm is moisturising the lips quite nicely. It doesn't have the most amazing lasting power, but I find this with most balms to be honest, so it would need reapplying fairly frequently.
In summary ...
Overall I really like this lip balm. It is smooth and creamy, and it feels as though it's nicely moisturising the lips. However, I find the shape of it odd and I can't really understand why it's oval shaped instead of the usual round shape! I also found it a bit gritty when I first used it for some reason. So it's four stars from me.
I suffer from dry sore lips, especially in winter and love lip balm- I'm always trying different ones. The latest edition to my handbag being the Palmers Cocoa Butter formula lip balm. It is widely available in shops and online and costs around £2 and is SPF15.
It comes in a stick style packaging where you remove the lid and twist to get the product out - much the same as lipstick packaging and applied in the same way. It does have a thicker consistency than some lip balms but does not feel heavy once applied and is not sticky. It does not have a smell or taste but does feel really lovely on my lips. I like that it is applied like a lipstick as it saves you getting it on your fingers like you do when using pots.
This lip balm is supposed to "help prevent and protect chapped, cracked or wind-burned lips". I like to use it to help prevent sore lips, but also to soothe my lips when they are sore. It feels lovely on my lips, instantly soothing, and making them feel very soft and moisturised and this does last for quite a while, giving my lips a clear sheen. But I do find it needs to applied more frequently than some of my other lip balms.
As you only need a small amount for each application it does last a long time, even with regular application throughout the day.
This review also appears on CIAO under the same username.
I love lip balm and am always looking out for new ones as between myself and my 2 kids we seem to get through quite a few. I especially like using them in the winter when its cold as my lips always seem to get really dry with coming inside from cold walks etc but they are equally as good in the summer especially if you are in the sun as this can make your lips sore too.
I usually always use Vaseline but fancied a change as it is very greasy and not always easy to apply when you are out and about. I have used quite a few palmers products previously so im very familiar with the name and have always found their products work well in the past so was happy when I saw they did a lip balm
The product states that it has a sun block in it and also that it has vitamin E so I was expecting great things from it, i liked the fact it had sun block as it means you can use it all year long. It says its to help keep lips hydrated and help heal chapped or cracked lips - sounded perfect.
I bought this from my local Boots store it cost just less than £2 for a normal lip balm tube which contained 4g.
I have used this quite a lot already and have found it good so far. It just works the same as all lip balms so its very easy to use, you simply twist the bottom to get the product up and then the other way to get it to go back down when you arnt using it.
The best thing about it is the smell it is lovely, you can definitely smell the cocoa butter, it smells good enough to eat. The lip balm went onto the lips very easily and absorbed in straight away, it glides over even chapped lips evenly so it is distributed all over the lips. After a couple of times using it my lips are much softer and don't get chapped as easily if I use it through the day.
I would recommend this product and have already done so to quite a few of my friends and family. My lips are much softer and in better condition now, I always keep it in my pocket now so I have it when needed. The best thing is that the product is not greasy it makes the lips look good as if they have lip gloss on.
= Palmers Cocoa Butter Formula Chocolate lips=
Palmers is well know for its body butters, but recently I found that they have produced, a lip Balm, which is a 4gram tube,
=Price and Availability=
The price depends on where you buy them from, but vary between £1 and £2 per tube.
This bosy butter has a SPF of 15, so is ideal for balmy days, and windy days, as there the ones that the sun can strike through and leave us with burnt lips.
I think this is a great flavour, but I have to stop myself from licking my lips as the taste is lovely, even though there is SPF 15 in the lip balm there is no taste of that. If you do not like the chocolate flavour, Palmers also do an unscented flavour.
= Vitamin E=
The balm also contains Vitamin E, which gives the balm a smooth feeling to the balm.
=My Experience=
I tried this as it had got a SPF 15 and chocolate flavour, 2 good uses in one, overall I found that my lips were soft, but they were not at all greasy, the chocolate has quite a strong smell to it, and can be smelt by others being close to you. It doesn't live my lips dry, the balm fits easy into my handbag.
=Would I recommend=
i would recommend as it is ok, don't rush and buy one, but if you can pick one up for around £1 then I would say go for it.
Chocolate lips:
Palmers Cocoa Butter Formula Lip Balm (4g tube) is a reasonable choice lippy balm for summertime dry lips, retailing between one and two pounds a stick. It has SPS protection of 15 so do factor that bonus in when purchasing lip balm for balmy days.
Taste of chocolate:
If you have an other half that likes the taste of chocolate may I very strongly suggest that this lip balm will be tantalising on his tongue - think loads of smoochy kisses on lips that are not greasy. The mild chocolaty taste is a hit with me but I do lick my lips more. I can't help it with anything that tastes like chocolate! The good news is that this balm does not taste or smell of sun block yet will protect your lips from sun damage.
The smell of chocolate:
Sometimes the smell of cocoa butter, which derives from the cocoa bean, can be overpowering in other products but this is a controlled smell which I would describe as mild. You can buy an unscented version if you don't like the smell.
Palmers claim on the packaging that the balm 'helps prevent & protect chapped, cracked or wind-burned lips'. My experience is that I can still suffer with dry and chapped lips but perhaps it makes it less likely to happen so often.
This balm also contains vitamin E which I think must be the reason for the balm feeling smooth on my lips. However, it is not a miracle cure for dry lips. This balm does not always prevent my lips from becoming dry. They still do crack sometimes especially if dehydrated. I would suggest exfoliating the dry skin from the lips with a toothbrush. I don't have to keep topping up with repeat applications, which is why I like this moisturising balm. It moisturises rather than quickly drying the lips out. This doesn't feel, like some other makes, initially soft but soon drying out lips, leaving users reaching for the balm sticks for re-applications and ultimately, causing more money to be spent on replacements.
Palmers do use palm oil which is not normally a morally acceptable choice as this means destroying rainforests for consumerism. Palmers do use sustainable forests with concern for people, native animals, and the environment. I am sure buying local products would be better but at least Palmers are environmentally aware and active.
Chemical chocolate:
A word of warning, my relative tried this and found that it caused a stinging sensation on her lips. She is not alone in experience this tingling response to this balm. I advise that if this happens to you not to continue using the product. Here are the ingredients, which might explain this problem:
Octyl Methoxycinnamate 7.5%, Oxybenzone 4.5%, Dimenthicone 1.5%. Other ingredients: Mineral Oil (Paraffium Liquidum), Microcrystalline Wax (Cera Microcristallina), Coppernicia Cerifera (Carnauba) Wax, Theobroma Cacao (Cocoa) Seed Butter, Tocopheryl Acetate, Fragrance (Parfum), Beta Carotene (CI 40800), Isopropyl Myristate.
As you can see there are still plenty of chemicals and a natural alternative treatment could be rubbing in honey and sugar. I try to lessen the amount of chemicals I put on my body but I am still guilty of making purchases that don't fully comply with my general values.
I use this balm as I am not completely satisfied with my other lip balms including, Jason organic lip balm stick, which happened to be absent on my day out. I wanted something quick to use and store in my pocket when I was out and experiencing dry lips. I would not be against buying this again but I still haven't found a six star plus, plus, lip balm for me. This one gets three stars (perhaps this isn't generous enough?) because I worry about the chemicals and the fact that others have experienced negative sensations upon use of the balm.
I tend to suffer from very dry lips so as a result I always carry a lip balm around in my bag for those days when you need a moisture boost. Since deciding that Vaseline probably wasn't for me I have been searching for a new lip balm and during my search came across the cocoa butter lip balm from Plamers. I used to use their swivel stick (I think that was what it was called it was a fattish tube of their cocoa butter which could be carried in your bag for dry areas such as elbows and lips) but have since discontinued that I thought I would try the lip balm.
They've just changed the packaging to a more oval shape but the one I have is a traditional lip salve style tube, with Palmers branding on it, with a yellowish stick of lip balm. I have never had any trouble with the mechanism or anything - the only issue I did find was that after being bashed about in my bag some of the lip balm snapped off and stuck in the lid but I just use my finger to scoop it out and I probably didn't push the balm back down enough when I used it.
***The product***
The first thing you notice when you open the tube is the smell which is divine (as you would expect from cocoa butter) - it's has a nice creamy, choclately smell (so much so I have stop myself licking my lips when I apply it!).
The product itself it quite creamy and thick, although not as solid as a traditional lip salve (which may be why a bit snapped off) but that is a benefit in some ways as it smoothes easily onto the lip and doesn't drag over the lips at all. It's also really soothing and moisturising and instantly soothes chapped lips but also seems to protect them from further damage. So not only does it heal already try lips it keeps them in top condition for future.
Once it is on the lips it also feels really nice and seems to seep in far better than say Vaseline which tends to sit on my lips coating them rather than sinking in and moisturising the lips. It also has an SPF of 15 in it which is brilliant as lips are often an area which gets neglected when it comes to sunscreen so it's nice to know that you have some protection.
At between £1.50- £2.00 in various shops it is quite a pocket friendly price and well worth it because it works.
My lips have the tendency to become dry and chapped, both in the summer and the winter. I am never far away from a lip balm and always carry one with me but I am terrible for losing them. My newest lip balm is the Cocoa Butter Lip Balm by Palmers because I love the Palmers products.
What does the product do?
The product promises to protect the lips and to prevent them from becoming dry or chapped as well as protecting them from wind-burn. It contains Cocoa Butter which deeply hydrates the lips and nourishes them with vitamins. It also contains Vitamin E to nourish the lips and to strengthen the skin. Lips can't produce their own moisture and so wax allows the lips to hold onto the new found moisture given to them by the balm. The lip balm contains a SPF of 15 which will protect them from becoming damaged by the sun and keep the lips looking younger for longer. It also comes with the delicious scent of Cocoa which is a treat as you'll be applying the product directly beneath the nose.
Packaging and Price
The product comes contained within a plastic tube as you would expect a lip balm too. It is a white tube with a brown bound band and it has a white lid that you pull off. You twist the tube to make the lip balm move up the product but the twisting part is at the top of the tube instead of at the bottom. The product comes at a cheap price, only costing you around £1.60 for each lip balm. It can be bought from stores such as Boots and Superdrug, large supermarkets and a variety of online websites.
Application and Performance
The product has the scent that you always find in the cocoa butter products by Palmers. I love the scent as it is so rich and full of chocolate. You can smell it strongly as you apply the lip balm and for a while after application but then it sadly fades away. It's a good thing really because it'll make you hungry if it hangs around. The lip balm has a clear colour which makes it good for use on both men and women as it's not going to tint the lips a pretty shade of pink. The twisting part being at the top instead of the bottom takes some getting used but it's not a big problem. I'm not sure of the thinking behind it though.
The product feels quite hard on the lips at first and this is because it doesn't have petroleum jelly in it. This substance is bad for the skin and doesn't actually hydrate the lips so I'll take the hardness quite happily instead. It doesn't hurt the lips though and it does still glide over the skin without pulling or dragging it. It leaves an healthy sheen on the lips but it isn't shiny and won't look girly on men. It doesn't change the colour of my lips other than making them naturally pinker because the dullness and dryness has gone. The lip balm didn't feel like it was going to do a very good job but with continued use, my lips are a lot soft and it stops my lips from becoming dry or chapped.
It doesn't have much of a taste to it so it isn't unpleasant to use. It feels completely comfortable on my lips and it hasn't caused me to experience any dryness or irritations. The lip balm has quite long lasting results although I do find myself reapplying the product a few times during the day, especially after eating or drinking. As the formula is quite hard, you find that the lip balm lasts you for ages. I've had mine for two months and I've still got plenty left. I wore it on holidays and it stopped my lips from getting burnt so the sun protection within the balm works a treat.
All in all, this is a great lip balm which smells of cocoa and leaves the lips feeling soft. It's harder than the average lip balm but it still applies well and stops my lips from becoming dry and cracked. The product is long lasting and protects my lips from the sun. I am very happy with this product and would both recommend and repurchase it once mine has all gone.
Guess what? It's still winter! So my lips are still really dry and flakey and in general being really unhappy with the weather. So when my Nivea stick of lipbalm ran out, something which I'd been relying on especially at work - I was in dire need of something to replace it. I was out shopping on a rare day off from work, nipped into Boots to hunt out a new lipbalm, my local Boots doesn't have the best range of lipbalms but there was enough to give me a bit of a tough choice over which one to buy. Eventually though I settled on this...
~*~ Palmers ~*~
Palmers is a company that makes products for the body, from normal moisturiser, to stretch mark cream for pregnancy bumps - to facial creams for men. They even do a bronzing bottle, and one that contains deep concentrate cocoa butter - they are very much all about keeping your body moisturised and smelling lovely, they come in varying sized and amounts depending on your budget and needs. It comes in normal tubs, bottles, pump action bottles and obviously the lip balms come in sticks and tubes. For one company they do have a lot of products based around one simple ingredient.
~*~ Lip Balm ~*~
The thing that first attracted me to this lip balm was the shape of the tube, most normal lip balms some in a long rounded tube - however this one comes in an oval shaped tube, which is quite unique I've not seen another lip balm like this before. So I guess the gimmick attracted me, but since the gimmick wasn't too expensive I don't feel guilty about it. Thing is though because it's over it means the tube is quite slim, and feels like maybe you're not getting as much in a tube as you would of a rounded lip balm, it has a net weight of 4g, so it is very lightweight. Looking at my previous lip balm though, it is also 4g so it obviously has the same amount of weight to it, which you probably wouldn't think looking at it. So you're not getting ripped off in the amount of lip balm you're getting in a tube compared to a conventional shaped one. The lip balm screws up to reveal itself, in somewhat of a cheap looking screw, doesn't look like it would last long if it was battered about put it that way, but then Palmers screw up lip balms have always been like that, my old version of this had a screw bottom which snapped off on me - however this one is so far so good. The lip balm on the inside is the creamy off white colour as usual for a lip balm, I think this is a little bit darker given that it is made out of cocoa butter, but it's not a discouraging colour.
When you take the lid off the small of cocoa butter is really obvious, when it hits your nose it's really sweet smelling and just in general a good scent - which is beneficial considering it's going to be under your nose for the the time it lasts on your lips. I do find though with this lip balm it doesn't last quite as long as I'd like it, it'll last me about an hour or so before I feel my lips are drying out again, which in comparison to some balms I've tried is long lasting, I think it might be though that my lips are very dry and it is just absorbing it so quickly to keep my lips hydrated. The benefit to this lip balm is one that the smell is gorgeous and it sticks around for ages, the moisture on your lips maybe not so much but the scent does stick around. When its applied to your lips it's very smooth and goes out without hesitation and doesn't snag on your lips; even if you've got very dry lips it will just coat them over the cracks and make them just feel really smooth. Once your lips have got over the initial dryness you'll find that your lips feel really soft as well, and the cracks do disappear quite quickly with regular application anyway - I have been applying recently three or four times a day and it's made my lips much happier and much smoother. This lip balm gives a really good gloss on your lips too, it's better than some actual lip glosses I've tried - I think it lasts longer than some lip glosses I've tried too, and because it's smooth and not sticky at all my boyfriend doesn't mind kissing me when I'm wearing it like he would if I was wearing normal lip gloss. My tube so far has lasted a month, and I think it's got another good couple of months left in it, so for less than £2 I'm not spending much a month for it, which is keeping my purse happy!
Oh and it has built in SPF 15, so will protect your lips come the summer!
~*~ Price and Availability ~*~
This is available priced £1.89 in Boots, or 189 points if you have that much on your Boots card, it does vary from shop to shop but this was the price I paid for mine happily.
A convenient balm with SPF 15 and Vitamin E / Medicated to help prevent and temporarily protect chapped, cracked or wind-burned lips /


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Barrow snap up Bury defender Efe Sodje
Last updated at 13:04, Tuesday, 12 February 2013
BARROW AFC have boosted their Conference Premier survival hopes by recruiting experienced centre-back Efe Sodje on a one-month loan deal from League Two side Bury.
The vastly experienced 40-year-old, who has also wracked up Football League experience with the likes of Crewe and Huddersfield Town, will stay at Holker Street until March 16.
He is available for tonight's Blue Square Bet Premier clash at Southport (7.45pm).
First published at 12:36, Tuesday, 12 February 2013
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Well he should be experienced at 40. Again anyone with any sporting back ground would know how difficult it is to play at this level with the funds avalible. I still think the football will stay up just. The rugby will find it hard as well but the team is a dry conditions team. Doncaster are a big team and the conditions suited them and a few decisions went there way. Good luck to both and the defence should gell soon I hope so. Please get behind both teams as the only lossers are us and Barrow if we go down.
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I have to meet with a staff member this week who is generally good at her job but has become increasingly disrespectful and resistant to any direction. It came to head over an inappropriate email that was disrespectful/borderline insubordinate. Her attitude makes it difficult for me to work with her, but every time I talk to her about anything she is so unpleasant about it, and afterwards it is almost the silent treatment.
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I know I can't make her respect me, but is there a way that discussing disrespectful attitude will result in better attitude and not just make the problem worse?
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What the cluck? 15 weird mascots dying for a Subservient Chicken-style reboot
This creepy, creepy chicken is getting ready to dance again.
Long before Microsoft recruited Cortana to be its Siri clone, Clippy was bugging the living hell out of Windows users, earning it a nod as one of the worst software design blunders in the annals of computing. Reboot it: Make the new Clippy more like HAL 9000.
If and when Ghostbusters 3 finally comes to theaters, there's only one monster we're dying to see again: the Stay Puft Marshmallow Man. Reboot it: We'd love to see what kind of damage his squishy muscles could inflict against the Pillsbury Doughboy.
mascot-Reddy Kilowatt
Starting in 1926, Reddy Kilowatt was the power industry's bright red ambassador, charged with wooing rural residents who hadn't yet embraced the wonders of electricity. Reboot it: Mad scientist Elon Musk supercharges Reddy to promote Tesla charging stations.
To highlight its 30-minutes-or-less delivery skills, Domino's Pizza created The Noid, a physical manifestation of everything that can go wrong in the race from oven to hungry customers' doorsteps. The Noid reached deep into pop culture with appearances on shows like Family Guy. Reboot it: Hire actor Tom Hiddleston to give Noid 2.0 a mischievous edge.
The Taco Bell Chihuahua yapped its way into our hearts between 1997 and 2000 with his Spanish catchphrase, "¡Yo quiero Taco Bell!" Gidget, the petite pooch that starred in the popular commercials, died of a stroke in 2009 at 15 years of age. Reboot it: Make the new Taco Bell hound a pit bull with a penchant for hot sauce.
"Dude, you're getting a Dell" used to sound as cool as "OMG you're getting a Mac!" thanks to Ben Curtis (aka Slacker Steve), the character who advised prospective buyers about all the perks of owning a Dell. The ad campaign ran from 2000 to 2003 while Steve Jobs was still working on Apple's comeback Reboot it: Colorado cannabis companies could use Dell Dude 2.0 to pitch high-tech vapes.
Apple's "Get a Mac" campaign slammed us with laughs at Microsoft's expense from 2006 to 2009. Starring Justin Long as the Mac and humorist John Hodgman as the PC, the ads became some of Apple's most popular. Reboot it: It's the commercial battle every fanboy wants: iOS versus Android, starring Tina Fey as iOS and Amy Poehler as Android.
Taking office in 1971, Mayor McCheese ruled McDonaldland while wearing a top hat, a diplomat's sash and a pair of spectacles. The incompetent mayor managed his office as badly as Mayor Rob Ford, but didn't get the boot until 1985. Reboot it: Get Christopher Nolan to stamp a gritty new vision on the ads. (The Hamburglar will steal the show.)
At the height of the dot-com boom, Pets.com's sock-puppet pooch reached cultlike status thanks to a series of silly, street interview-style commercials. Reboot it: You'll know the next tech bubble is about to burst once the sock comes back as BuzzFeed's newest tech reporter.
The Department of Transportation made crash tests fun in the 1980s with a series of ads featuring the antics of talking crash dummies Vince and Larry. Their slapstick jokes, along with the slogan "You could learn a lot from a dummy," propped up a popular campaign to teach kids about the dangers of not buckling their seat belts. Reboot it: Capture Vince and Larry's high-speed encounters in 4K super slow-mo. (Quips can be normal speed.)
After appearing in a Quiznos commercial, Web wonders the Spongmonkeys' caught fire in 2004, making the odd tarsiers with their human mouths and oversize eyes one of the Internet's most popular memes -- before memes were even a thing.Reboot it: Just bring them back. Now.
Budweiser's beer-loving frogs -- Bud, Weis and Er -- jumped into a pool of fame with the brewer's 1995 Super Bowl commercial, which has been recognized as one of the top five of all time. Reboot it: Shoot actual frogs in high definition, with or without beer. People love that Animal Planet crap.
The most minimalist mascot ever created, Cool Spot was birthed from the red spot in the 7 Up logo as an anthropomorphized dot with arms, legs, a mouth and sunglasses. His might look boring, but Cool Spot's adventures were anything but. Reboot it: 7 Up would be drenched in cash if it brought Cool Spot to the App Store as a new endless-runner game.
From 1964 to 1985, bow-tied fussbudget Mr. Whipple charmed supermarket shoppers with his love for Charmin toilet paper. Reboot it: Make the enforcer of the "don't squeeze the Charmin" rule a robot. Grab a Cylon off the Battlestar Galactica scrap heap and call it done.
Nipper became a mascot legend in 1899 when his owner copyrighted his painting of the dog listening to a phonograph. The painting inspired the dog and gramophone logo used by Victor and HMV records before RCA adopted it in 1977. Reboot it: EMI & RCA Records should tag-team on a streaming-music app called Nipper.
Nothing sells like a sequel.
A decade after Burger King choked out Subservient Chicken, the bizarre fast food mascot is poised for a comeback. The wacky dude in a chicken suit, who magically submitted to the Internet's commands in one of the weirdest and most successful viral-marketing campaigns ever, will return with a clucking vengeance Wednesday with a short film "chronicling the rise and fall of internet celebrities," according to Advertising Age.
In some ways, it's perfect timing: Sequels and viral magic have become staples of marketing and pop culture. But can the burger chain recapture the glory of its 2004 campaign, which racked up more than a billion views with its camgirl-inspired creepiness? While we're waiting to find out, here are 15 bizarre brand mascots that demand a reboot.


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The Alexandria Archaeology Museum will host an ornament-decorating workshop on Saturday, December 3, from 1 p.m. to 4 p.m. This free event is great holiday fun for families and is held in the afternoon on the same day as the annual Scottish Walk parade.
Be inspired by the colors and patterns of pottery excavated in Alexandria and make a memorable holiday keepsake! Participants can decorate and take home dough ornaments which are shaped like artifacts from the museum's own collection.
The Alexandria Archaeology Museum is located on the third floor of the Torpedo Factory Art Center, 105 North Union Street, #327, in Old Town Alexandria.
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Here at Camaro Performers, we are both fortunate and honored to have the opportunity to feature the most amazing Camaros in the country within the pages of this magazine and also on camaroperformers.com. So, before we head full-bore into 2014, we'd like to draw some additional attention to 12 of the best Camaros we featured in 2013. With that said, you may be wondering exactly how it is we go about choosing which cars make our annual Best of the Best issue. While it's definitely not a scientific process intertwined with complex algorithmic operations, there is some simple math involved as well as a homegrown, concocted formula with a few special variables mixed in. Social media popularity is one. How many "likes" a car gets on our Facebook, Instagram, and Twitter pages carry a good amount of weight. Another determining factor is the number of page views a car gets on our website (camaroperformers.com).
Now, we realize those are somewhat concrete numbers, but our list isn't solely based on mathematical tabulations—the Camaro Performers magazine and online editorial staff also throw in their proverbial "two cents." And being we all have varying backgrounds and tastes when it comes to cars, it makes good sense to take advantage of this diversity to come up with a Best of the Best issue in which [hopefully] a wide audience can appreciate.
With that said, we hope you all enjoy the best Camaros of 2013, and we'd also like to thank those who continue to "like," "share," and comment on our Facebook and Instagram posts. It's all valuable information that helps us to better understand the kind of cars you want to see inside the pages of Camaro Performers magazine.
And don't forget to keep sending those emails to firstname.lastname@example.com.
•Issue : January 2013 •Car: 2000 Camaro SS •Owner: Beau Bule •Photgrapher: Robert McGaffin
There's no doubt fourth-gens are a common site at just about every dragstrip in the country. But Camaros of this era commonly get stripped down every way possible in order to save weight. That can sometimes compromise the car's visual integrity, especially in the engine bay and interior. Fortunately, Beau Buie has a taste for keeping his drag car looking as good as it is fast. Beau's '00 would give most any fourth-gen at a car show just as much competition as it would on the dragstrip. Yep, it's that nice. And last we heard, Beau switched out the nitrous for a single turbo. The only info we have is that it's gone as fast as 135 mph in the eighth-mile.
Anytime we come across a fourth-gen this nice, we have to consider it for the Best of the Best issue, and this car's ability to perform at the dragstrip is just icing on the cake.
•Issue: January 2013 •Car: 1969 Camaro •Owner: Dave Mausbach •Photgrapher: Josh Mishler
When one pulls out all the stops to build a muscle car, there's a good chance that ride will be something special. Well, Dave Mausbach left nothing on the table when he went to Boesch Auto Body in Humphrey, Nebraska, for what started out as "a few upgrades." Shop owner Dale Boesch told us, "Dave stopped by and saw the kind of builds we had going on and decided he wanted his Camaro to stand out and be different than any other '69." For one of the main focal points, Dave went with a stroked small-block with an Inglese intake topped with eight polished Cook Enterprises domed injectors. Needless to say, the engine bay is a work of art and the rest of the car also showcases an amazing example of top-notch craftsmanship.
This is one of the cleanest '69 Camaros we've ever featured in the magazine and, in fact, made the cover of our January 2013 issue. This was an easy choice to make our Best of the Best issue.
•Issue: February 2013 •Car: 1973 Camaro •Owner: Brian Hobaugh •Photgrapher: Henry Z. DeKuyp
Growing up around cars was an integral part of the landscape at the Hobaugh household. At a young age, Brian Hobaugh remembers his dad wrenching and autocrossing a '72 Z28, so it's no wonder that today Brian owns one of the most kick-ass second-gens in the country. The Camaro is loaded with custom one-offs including the Maier Racing suspension system; a suspension program in which Brian basically had to build the rest of the car around in order to shoehorn big wheels, brakes, and 335 tires on every corner. Brian employed a Mast Motorsports 416ci LS3 with a tick over 600 hp to propel the '73. Besides the car's obvious proven functionality (Brian took Second Place at the 2012 Optima Ultimate Street Car Invitational), it's attractive vibe carries far beyond the exterior, continuing throughout the interior and engine bay.
Our Facebook followers gave this track fiend high marks with which we agree, so it easily makes our Best of the Best issue.


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What do GE Plans, Transferable, Articulated, AA-AS Plan, CSU Plan, and IGETC mean?
Last update: June 23, 2011
GE Plans (General Education Plans): A breadth of coursework required of students seeking degrees in institutions of higher education that provides a comprehensive education and exposure to diverse fields of knowledge. The three plans most commonly followed by SWC students are: AA-AS Plan, CSU Plan, and IGETC Plan.
Transferable: A course at Southwestern College that counts as elective credit at the transfer institution.
Articulated: A course at Southwestern College that is acceptable in place of a course at the transfer institution.
AA-AS Plan: The general education requirements for the Associate of Arts and Associate of Science degrees at Southwestern College. (Southwestern College Associate Degree (A.S. or A.A.) View AA-AS Plan pdf
CSU Plan: An agreement that specifies which transferable courses at Southwestern College will satisfy the general education requirements of the California State University system. (California State University (CSU) Breadth Requirements) View CSU Plan pdf
IGETC Plan: An agreement that specifies which transferable courses at Southwestern College will satisfy the general education requirements of most campuses of the California State University and the University of California systems. (Intersegmental General Education Transfer Curriculum) View IGETC Plan pdf
GE Courses Common to all three GE plans: Courses that appear in all three General Education Patterns - Southwestern College Associate Degree (A.S. or A.A. Plan), California State University Breadth Requirements (CSU Plan), and Intersegmental General Education Transfer Curriculum (IGETC Plan). View GE Courses pdf
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