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This foundation didn't look very flattering on my face after a couple of hours. I'm very pale so i got the 1.0, and the shade is almost spot on. I feel like this foundation is not moisturizing at all, wich makes me unable to use it during the winter time. After a few hours it flaked a bit on the area around my nose, chin and forehead and looked dry and patchy. For the price, it's not worth the struggle of mixing with other moisturizers, creams, primers etc.
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Lester Van Waters Jr. and Michael Keith Spell pleaded not guilty to deliberate homicide and attempted kidnapping charges during their arraignment hearings in Seventh Judicial District Court Tuesday afternoon.
During the hearing for Spell, District Judge Richard Simonton asked the standard questions of if Spell was currently under the influence of alcohol or drugs and if he suffered from any emotional problems. His attorney Randi Hood said there are some issues concering Spell's competency, but she had explained to Spell what was going to happen during this proceedings.
"I believe he is able to go forward with being able to enter a not guilty plea," Hord said.
Because it's a capital punishment case, by law Spell needs to have two lawyers with capital case backgrounds. Steven Scott will serve as Spell's second lawyer.
Waters' representation consists of Cynthia Thornton and Gregory Jackson.
Omnibus hearings have been scheduled for July 17 at 2 p.m. for Spell and July 17 at 2:30 p.m. for Waters.
Attorneys for Waters and Spell agreed to have waivers for a speedy trial signed.
Hood said she doesn't expect the trial to end until late winter or early spring.
The deliberate homicide charge pertains to causing the death of Arnold by either choking her or holding her face in mud or water until she was dead. Potential sentences are death or life imprisonment or imprisonment in the state prison of not less than 10 years or more than 100 years.
The attempted kidnapping charge alleges Waters attempted to restrain Sidney teacher Sherry Arnold by either secreting or holding her in a place of isolation and committed an act of furtherance by operating a green Ford Explorer when Spell grabbed Arnold and forced her into the vehicle. Sentences can be a term of not less than two years or more than 10 years and a fine of not more than $50,000.
Richland County Attorney Mike Weber filed a "notice of intent to seek the death penalty" on each defendant. The notice provides intent of seeking the death penalty upon a conviction.
On Feb. 28, each of the Colorado men pleaded not guilty to the changes of aggravated kidnapping
At the time, trial dates for Spell were scheduled for July 16-20. The dates for Waters' trial were set for July 30-Aug. 3.
On April 27, however, the changes were increased to deliberate homicide and attempted kidnapping.
The Sidney High School math teacher was reported missing Jan. 7 after she left her home for a morning jog. Arnold's body was discovered March 21 in a rural area in North Dakota.
Waters and Spell reportedly left Parachute, Colo., on Jan. 4 to look for work in the oil fields near Williston.
Spell's girlfriend, Angel Cruz, notified authorities that Spell told her that Waters made him smoke crack cocaine while they were driving to North Dakota.
Spell told law enforcement that Waters was smoking crack cocaine during the entire trip, and that Waters began talking about kidnapping and killing a female.
The two men were extradited to Montana after a Feb. 14 hearing in Williston. They appeared before Sidney City Court Judge Greg Mohr in Sidney later that day on charges of aggravated kidnapping. Mohr set bail at $2.5 million for each defendant.


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A married couple obtains a reverse mortgage with the intention of cashing in on the equity in their marital home. The Wife dies and the Husband remarries. Husband now dies; however, the property and reverse mortgage is titled only in the Husband's name. Why does the new wife have no standing to remain in the house? The Department of Housing and Urban Development (HUD) in 2008 clarified its ruling on reverse mortgages that had previously allowed spouses who were not named on the deed to continue reverse mortgages when their spouses died. The Department indicated in their clarification that when a spouse died, the surviving spouse who was not on the real property deed would have to pay the amount owed on the reverse mortgage or the difference between the outstanding reverse mortgage amount and the initial value of the home at the time the mortgage was received. The property taxes and insurance remain the responsibility of the homeowner. If payments are not made for taxes and insurance the provisions of the loan will not be in compliance and the loan may be considered delinquent. A lawsuit against HUD by AARP has commenced regarding the impact the clarification has on the elderly. Traditionally, senior citizens benefited by being able to cash out the equity of their home upon receipt of a reverse mortgage. However, the bank retains ownership of the home upon its sale or death of the senior named spouse. Banks are facing the same dilemma as today's homeowners due to the difficulties and depressed values in the housing market. The value of the property the bank owns may not be equal to or more than the purchase price paid by the named spouse. Banks and HUD may owe more than can be reasonably recovered as the market value of the property continues to fall. What about the couple that took out a reverse mortgage with the intention of leaving their home to their child after they died? The deed and mortgage is not titled in their child's name only in the couple's names or perhaps in only one of the couples' name. The child may not be capable of creating an income and therefore decides to move back into the parent's home to help care for their father and/or mother. The house when the reverse mortgage was initiated was valued at $350,000 and the parents owed $175,000 on the reverse mortgage at the time of their demise. The child is not able to pay the amount owed on the reverse mortgage as they do not have an income of their own.
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From outer-space adventure to destructive romantic relationships, comic books in graphic novel format continued to push the medium forward. The following are the best graphic novels for 2007:
1. Scott Pilgrim Gets it Together by Bryan Lee O'Malley (Oni Press)
Scott Pilgrim, the slacker twentysomething musician, must still battle his new girlfriend Ramona's ex-lovers in this fourth volume of the "Scott Pilgrim" series. This pioneering "arcade logic" series is the perfect hybrid of action and romance in a post-videogame, post-manga world.
2. Exit Wounds by Rutu Modan (Drawn and Quarterly)
Israeli cab driver Koby Franco is drawn into a mystery when his father's ex-girlfriend Nuni contacts him. She wants to search for Koby's father, who she says may have been killed in a terrorist attack. Koby's search for his father becomes a search for himself, as Motan examines modern
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3. First in Space by James Vining (Oni Press)
"First in Space" is based on the true story of Ham, a chimpanzee trained by NASA to make the first sub-orbital space flight. Well-researched and compelling, "First in Space" is suitable for all ages.
4. All-Star Superman vol. 1 by Grant Morrison and Frank Quitely (DC Comics)
Morrison and Quitely capture the charm of comics' Silver Age with their take on Superman, a Man of Steel who creates Superman robots, and whose best pal Jimmy Olsen finds himself gaining strange powers. Several story tropes from the 1960s come full circle, as Morrison boils them down to their essence and represents them with modern flair.
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Network exec Darcy Shaw thinks "The Homeless Channel" will both draw attention to the homeless plight, and be a good way to make some money, taking reality television to the next level.
Aaron Sorkin-like dialogue and art reminiscent of an early Brian Michael Bendis make "The Homeless Channel" a noteworthy debut.
6. Shortcomings by Adrian Tomine (Drawn and Quarterly)
Ben Tanaka is an abrasive
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7. League of Extraordinary Gentlemen: Black Dossier by Alan Moore and Kevin O'Neill (DC Comics/WildStorm/ABC)
Something of a sourcebook gone mad,
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Jeff Smith captures the charm and wit of the 1940s Captain Marvel stories, recaptured for modern audiences.
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I have a bottom round rump roast that I'd like to cook up tonight, but a quick Google search didn't help.
Since I didn't really plan ahead for this one, I need a recipe that doesn't require hours and hours of marinating and that I can use for the grill (and, preferably, that doesn't use aluminum foil).
Does such a thing exist?? Or will I have to put this off for another day?
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Maybe you can apply the principle of Swiss steak...slice it 1/2-3/4" thick and meat hammer it to the point that it's almost falling apart. Then grill the steaks on both sides. I'd recommend simmering them another 30 minutes to further tenderize, in whatever you choose - red wine, salsa, milk - with lots of s&p, to make a gravy.
Another thought would be giving it a speed cooking in a pressure cooker. Cut it into chunks instead of doing it whole.
It's so lean, the grill probably won't do it justice and you'll need to saw it into tiny pieces to save your teeth.
I always cook mine in my crockpot - make a few slits in the top, insert some cloves of garlic here and there, rub all over with salt and pepper, dump in a cup of beef broth and 1/2 cup or so of red cooking wine, cook on low for several hours (I've tried 7-10 and it comes out the same).
Best Recipe I have had for lean, grassfed meats: 45 minutes to 1 hour at 350 depending on size of roast (Err on the side of less done than more done because you can always throw it in a skillet for people who like it a little less pink). Rest 15 minutes and serve. This roast needs to be cooked to just between rare and medium rare to be tender unless your cooking in the slowcooker/dutch oven for 8-10 hours.
I love the suggestion from henny! thank you, i'm doing this right now! literally! I've seen this version before but someone suggested to cook for 18 min (or 5 min per pound) at 500...ummm that's a little worrisome! I will try this way and adjust heat as needed.
"I need a recipe that doesn't require hours and hours of marinating and that I can use for the grill"
bummer about that part... best recipe for a roast (IMO) is Peppercorn Beef Burgundy.
2-4 lbs beef
1 bottle of red wine (we used merlot)
1 tbsp cracked pepper
2 tbsp whole peppercorns
1 garlic cluster of cloves (separated)
1 tbsp sea salt
2 tbsp rosemary
crockpot. 8 hours. amazing.
next time Ruth.
It may not help for this time but maybe next time you can try my low and slow oven method. Season the meat as you wish with salt/pepper/spices and place it in a roasting pan (or cast iron frying pan).
Cook it briefly- say 15 minutes- at 350 F to seal the meat, then turn it down to the lowest setting (mine is 170 F) and walk away. It can sit all day and turn out great.
If you are worried about leaving it when you are at work, try it on the weekend first.
No quick fix for round.
I cooked a similar cut yesterday beef bourguignon-style in a big pot. I cubed the roast, and browned the meat in ghee. Added shallots, garlic, carrot, and celery til a little caramelized. Poured in 2 cups of cabernet sauvignon and 2 cups homemade GF beef stock. Sprig of fresh thyme, bay leaf, salt and pepper. In the oven at 350 for about 1.5 hours. Then threw in 2 cubed yams and back in for another hour(ish).
If you want to grill it, it needs to be cubed and marinated for a good long time. Makes excellent kabobs.


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Melissa the Hedgehog is currently under voting in the SFW Awards. Please do not make any edits to the page, with the exception of fixing grammatical and spelling errors.
— Melissa
|Biographical Information
|Silver (cousin)
Jacob (grandfather)
Brian (father)
Elizabeth (mother)
Alicia (sister)
Rosalina (sister)
Julian (brother)
Nega (adoptive/surrogate brother)
|Dark Rose (prototype name)
Melissa Elizabeth Fox
Mary (on accident once)
Ms. Melissa
Missy the Maniac
|Romantic Interests
|November 25
|Physical Description
|Female (cis)
|Blood Type
|Fur: Brown
Eyes: Brown
Skin: Peach
|3'4" (101.6 cm)
|96 lbs. (43.5 kg)
|Black shirt
Black bracelets w/ grey spikes
Neon green skirt
Black shoes
|Political Alignment and Abilities
|Team 16 (leader)
|Spin Attack
Spin Jump
Step Dash
Super speed
Jump Attack
Speed up
Homing Attack
High Jumping abilities
Grinding on rails
Running on water
|Super Forms
|Zeo Melissa (Chaos Emeralds only)
Crystalline Melissa (Malice Emeralds only)
|Other Information
|American V.A.
|Jamie Marchi
|Japanese V.A.
|Yui Ishikawa
|Polish V.A.
|Joanna Jabłczyńska
|Created by
|Theme Song(s)
|Harder to Breathe by Maroon 5
Smells Like Teen Spirit by Nirvana
Bittersweet Symphony by The Verve
|Panromantic Asexual
Melissa the Hedgehog (メリッサヘッジホッグ Merissa za hejjihoggu) is a main character created by Aly. She was created back in 2008 (or 2009), originally with no name, however she was nicknamed "Dark Rose" and being an Amy Rose recolor. However, her creator gave her the name "Melissa" due to liking the name back then, and finally in 2014 Melissa got a new design. Melissa used to have crush on Shadow, but she got over it. Melissa has a best friend (former sidekick), and he is Jerry the Fox.
Personal information
- Name: Melissa
- Species: Mobian/Hedgehog
- Age: 16
- Birthdate: November 25th
- Sign: Sagittarius
- Residence: Mobius
- Gender: Female
- Status: Alive
- Height: 3'4"
- Weight: 96 lbs.
- Birthplace: Unknown, but somewhere in Mobius
- Parents: Elizabeth the Hedgehog (mother), Brian the Hedgehog (father)
- Voiced by: Jamie Marchi
- Alignment: Hero
- Love interest: None so far
Melissa's Bio
Melissa the Hedgehog (メリッサヘッジホッグ Merissa za hejjihoggu), formerly known as Missy the Rascal (ミッシー·ラスカル Misshīrasukaru) or by her prototype name Dark Rose (ダークローズ Dākurōzu), is a brown, anthropomorphic hedgehog that was the first fan character created by User:Ami670. Melissa is 16 years old, 101.6 cm (3' 4") tall, and weighs 43.5 kg (96 lbs). She was described as being 12 years old, but later on, she has grown older (by 4 years). And, she also had a buddy when she was a young girl.
Melissa can sometimes change how she looks. She mostly sticks to her physical appearance; however there have been times she dressed in her classic attire along with other wardrobes.
Physical Appearance
Melissa is a female hedgehog. Her fur is brown, her muzzle is peach, her arms are peach, her stomach is peach, and her inner ear color is peach. Melissa's eyes are brown. She has two eyelashes on each eye. Like Amy, a tuft of hair can be seen on her forehead. Her hair is curly and held by a rubber band, and it can be seen hanging off of the side of her.
Classic/Kid Attire
When Melissa had her first design, she looked different than she used to. Melissa had that tuft, but her hair was held up in Sonic's hairstyle, but a tad bit shorter. She wore a cyan blue shirt with poka dots on them. Instead of a neon green skirt, she has a light pink skirt. For the first time, she wore gloves with black cuffs. For shoe wear, she wore light purple shoes with red shoelaces.
Normal/Modern Attire
Melissa wears a black shirt with a red heart on the shirt. She wears neon green shorts (she does have the green neon skirt but she doesn't wear it as much) that can sometimes hide her tail. She wears black ring bracelets with grey spikes on them. Her shoes are black and taller than Disease's shoes (you'll see). The shoe laces are a teal like color.
She isn't the type that likes to dress up all the time, either. Melissa generally likes to stick with one outfit normally.
Other Attire
Melissa has other wardrobe, but she doesn't wear them a lot. One of them is a plain white dress with a red ribbon on it, along with white flat shoes. There aren't anymore known attire that she has. She also has another dress that looks similar to the white one, but instead the other dress a bit shorter and it's a cyan blue color.
Melissa was the oldest child out of her three other siblings, Alicia, Rosalina, and Julian. Being the oldest, you'd expect her to be the bravest one, but she wasn't. When Melissa was young, she was afraid of a lot of stuff; like the dark. Word got to her grandfather, Jacob, and he decided to make her a companion. The companion was Nega the Hedgehog. Jacob first introduced Nega to Melissa when she turned eight, as Jacob built it when she was four and finished when she was six. He also thought it would be a good surprise to wait for.
Melissa absolutely loved her surprise. For a long time until she was fifteen or so, Nega and Melissa would play almost every day in the evening. They grew a strong bond for each other. But once Melissa turned fifteen, she outgrew her childish fears. Not only that, but she left home, even Nega. But Nega was smart enough to follow her. At first Melissa didn't want him to follow her, but gradually she warmed up to him.
So they had their own adventure around Mobius. Melissa had met a couple of friends along the way, like Joanna the Hedgefox and Joanna's step sister Molly the Hedgehog. But a person she met, that meant a lot to her, was a small, young yellow Fox named Jerry. At first, Nega got jealous because Melissa spent a lot of time with Jerry, but eventually Nega got over that. So it was just the three. Jerry really liked being around Melissa. But once Melissa turned sixteen, Nega decided to go back to Melissa's family because he sensed she was ready to be on her own. So Melissa said her goodbyes to Nega, so did Jerry, and off went Nega back home. And Melissa and Jerry continued their own adventure together.
Meeting Sonic and the others
After walking around Mobius for a while, Melissa and Jerry eventually encountered Sonic. At first, Sonic thought Jerry was Tails, and that Tails was disgusing themselves. Luckily, Melissa and Jerry convinced Sonic that Jerry were not this "Tails" and that they weren't also a threat. Sonic started to slowly believe them. Eventually, Sonic was nice enough to show his party of friends to Melissa and Jerry. Jerry clicked with almost a lot of people, and Melissa did too, but she was mostly infactuated with Shadow.
Melissa no longer harbors love feelings and affections for Shadow and considers him a great friend. She no longer has a sidekick, but she and Jerry are still best friends. She's also trying to figure out her interests.
Melissa has never died. Reason Melissa never died is because she is also very cautious in her surroundings; at it is shown she has good hearing, but not too good/perfect. However, she has almost died before, but doesn't want to talk about it.
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Melissa is sweet, kind, and smart. Melissa is sometimes known to be kind but headstrong and has a tendency to put too much pressure on herself to react in the most wise way. She can be very caring as well, in many cases Melissa goes out of her way to make sure her friends are safe and happy. However, when people get her agitated, she sometimes and gets aggressive (but not all the time; depends on the situation) because she's the type you really don't want to mess with under any circumstances. When angry like that, she will not bluff about anything.
Melissa has a hard time admitting how she feels, especially if it's someone she likes. Melissa can be a really sarcastic person, as some of her quotes below are very sarcastic. She's basically a person that can handle a lot of sex related jokes. However, she's not exactly that good to come up with a great comeback. Melissa is like the dare devil and she is also tomboyish. Though she likes the color pink, which proves she has some girly sides, but she likes it a lot as long as it blends in with black. Melissa ain't afraid to admit what she would have done wrong. Maybe not all cases that is true.
Melissa used to have feelings for Shadow, but he never returned the feelings, but however he likes her as a friend. But eventually, she learned it was just a silly crush that she'll never able to win over. She does, though, consider Shadow a great friend. Currently she isn't focused on romance but would love to experience it some day. However, Melissa wishes not to have a sexual relationship at all.
Melissa does possess super speed and is as fast as Scourge, and she is capable of getting up to Sonic, especially when he slows down. Melissa's primary method of attack is her own katana. She is really great at it, but she isn't Levi Ackerman-great at it. If anything, Melissa is good with her katana as Mikasa Ackerman is. More or less, she's capable of using her katana. She could spin around really fast, and her katana could make a tornado-like dust and she could escape like that, but she's working on it because it's not really efficient. Melissa can turn invisible, but she rarely uses it because she forgets that she can. Even though she can't control all the elements, Melissa can only run on water.
Because of being the cousin of Silver, one of her powers is her psychokinesis, being able to lift or throw people and objects tremendous distances with great force. She can also manipulate herself, allowing herself to levitate in the air and even move at very high speeds, very similar to Scourge's speed even. She can also project energy blasts that can either stun or deal damage to others and even form a bubble of pure psychokinetic energies that paralyze her targets. She is also capable of using her ESP to confuse her enemies.
Melissa doesn't really use her ESP powers a lot, though. She just sticks with super speed and attacking with her katana. However, if Silver is stuck in situations, she will use her ESP powers without hesitating. Melissa's been training for a little while, and she's stronger than she was a few months back.
She does have two transformations. If she uses Chaos Emeralds, she turns into Zeo Melissa. If she uses Malice Emeralds, she'll turn into Crystalline Melissa. Melissa never uses her transformations. Sometimes though, just in case.
Melissa can lose her tempter when you make her angry enough, and luckily she rarely swears, which is a good thing. Luckily, she's been really calm lately, so that's rare that that will happen, but still, do not make her mad. Her attitude can cause fights to start. Melissa seems to be a little noisy, much like her creator Aly. Interestingly, when she was a little kid, she had many phobias, but she outgrew a lot (but not all) them when Melissa got older. A big weakness is admitting how she feels because she has trouble explaining her feelings since she never learned really how to.
Her hearing sometimes can be fuzzy but only in noisy situations. For instance, if the room was somewhat noisy and someone quietly is speaking, Melissa can't hear it fully and can only hear parts of it. However, if the room was quiet, and someone is quietly speaking, she can hear it no problem. Melissa's hearing is really fine, but people just tend to talk quieter around her, making it harder for her to hear. So Melissa can be considered a little deaf.
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"Yes! I win!"
"I lost. Oh well."
"That's how we do it!"
"I've never been perfect; but neither have you."
"Now don't you understand... that I'm never changing who I am~"
"While other people would be partying, I'd be reading a book. That is partying to me."
"Yeah sure, I 'believe' you."
"I think I got it, but just to make sure, repeat the whole thing again I wasn't listening."
"Try hard."
"I'd love to see you try."
Feel free to add your characters to Friends/Allies, Enemies, and Rivals, but then tell me please ^^
- Missy the Maniac (Moebian counterpart)
- Brian the Hedgehog (father)
- Elizabeth the Hedgehog (mother)
- Silver the Hedgehog (cousin)
- Jacob the Hedgehog (grandfather)
- Alicia the Hedgehog (sister)
- Rosalina the Hedgehog (sister)
- Julian the Hedgehog (brother)
- Nega the Hedgehog (adoptive/surrogate "robot" brother)
- Sonic the Hedgehog
- Cream the Rabbit
- Miles "Tails" Prower
- Knuckles the Echidna
- Shadow the Hedgehog (considers him a great friend)
- Amy Rose
- Jerry the Fox (best friend)
- Fefe the Fox
- Missy the Maniac
- Joanna the HedgeFox (BFF ever since Joanna saved her life)
- Molly the Hedgehog (great friend)
- Grace the Hedgehog
- Galaxi the Rabbit
- Radiation the Hedgehog
- Agnes the Wolfdog
- Phyllis the Bat
- Prue the Coyote
- Rik the Spidermonkey (asks to fight)
Interactions with other characters
Shadow the Hedgehog
At first, Shadow didn't want to do much with Melissa. But at least he respected the fact that even though Melissa did like him as a friend, she never bugged him about it and never mentioned making a relationship or anything like that. If they were in the same room together, it would just be awkward because they wouldn't know what to say to each other. But sometimes they do help each other, and Melissa respects Shadow a lot and wouldn't bother him if he didn't want to be bothered.
Sonic the Hedgehog
When Melissa first met Sonic, and since Jerry was with her, Sonic mistook Jerry for Tails. So Melissa had to explain that Jerry was not this "Tails" person. When that was settled, they all finally warmed up to each other. Though Melissa doesn't really interact with Sonic, she thinks he's alright. In reality, there isn't really much about their relationship, but they are more or less acquaintances than anything.
Amy Rose
At first they were rivals, but Melissa did not exactly care. Not because Melissa did anything, but since Melissa was hanging out with Sonic for a little while, Amy's senses made her think that Sonic does not like her and that he'd rather spend time with Melissa than Amy. But Melissa never liked Sonic that way, and it took a while for Melissa to explain everything to Amy. Fortunately, Amy finally realized that, but she is still cautious around Melissa when she's around Sonic. Other than that, they are perfectly fine.
Missy the Maniac
Missy the Maniac is Melissa's Moebian counterpart. Unlike most Mobian and Moebian relations, where they are enemies, Melissa and Missy are actually friends. Sometimes Melissa can consider Missy her sister because they are almost alike. Melissa even learned that Missy is pretending to act crazy and all that so that her enemies could let their guard down, and that Missy is actually a hero, considering the fact that most of Moebius is full of villians.
Silver the Hedgehog
Melissa and Silver are cousins, but when Melissa was little, she didn't really know that. As kids, they were barely interacting with each other, as they were rarely seen together. Basically, they were seperated from each other in their childhood. Eventually, Melissa forgot that Silver was even her cousin. But eventually, they reunited and they found out they're cousins. Melissa and Silver were a little surprised, but shrugged it off. They don't interact as much, but if Silver is in danger, Melissa would help out the best she could.
- Melissa is the cousin of Silver the Hedgehog. Though, they don't really interact with each other as they used to.
- Melissa has 2 super forms. If she uses Chaos Emeralds, she will transform into Zeo Melissa. However, if she uses Malice Emeralds, she will transform into Crystalline Melissa.
- Melissa was the first fan character Aly ever made.
- Her middle name is Elizabeth.
- Infact, Aly's cousin's middle name is the same as well.
- She is often mistakened to be the fursona of Darklord.
- Melissa doesn't like to be called "Mary."
- Melissa seems to get along with boys more than girls, showing her tomboyish side.
- Melissa tends to do adventures on her own now, so she doesn't really have a sidekick anymore. However, her and Jerry are still close friends.
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Oops, they did it again. Appeasing the elderly vote by adding a prescription-drug benefit to Medicare will cost one-third more than the Bush administration said. Instead of $400 billion during the next 10 years, it will cost $534 billion. Secretary of Health and Human Services Tommy Thompson has said he knew the figures were going to leap higher, but he didn't say anything to members of Congress: "I did not tell them because it was not my responsibility." So, exactly whose responsibility is it to tell the truth about entitlement spending in the Bush administration? Maybe it should hire someone.
The Medicare bill passed the House by only five votes at 5:53 a.m. on Nov. 22. The White House twisted arms all night long, and, in one case, supporters of the bill allegedly resorted to an act of near-bribery to strong-arm a reluctant congressman. Put together the hardball tactics and the dishonest numbers, and passage of the Medicare bill was one of the smelliest legislative acts since ... well, since the last energy, farm or highway bill.
The Medicare revision -- up 30 percent in just two months -- is just a taste of the entitlement cost explosion to come as retiring baby boomers soon begin to fatten themselves on all the benefits of the Geriatric State. Instead of trimming back and reforming retirement benefits, the administration and members of Congress added to them last year. Ronald Reagan used to say that calling Congress drunken sailors was unfair to drunken sailors. It still is. Drunken sailors might spend freely, but at least it's their own money and at least they don't live in fear of elderly voters complaining that they aren't getting enough free drinks.
The Medicare revision is, in one sense, not news. One fixed law of political physics is that entitlements always expand. At its creation in 1965, Medicare was projected to cost $9 billion by 1990. It clocked in at a cool $67 billion instead. The dynamic is always to make entitlement benefits more generous and to extend them to more people. This is what has happened with Social Security, Medicare, Medicaid -- and will inevitably happen with the prescription-drug benefit.
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my limbo tribute by ichigopaul23Watch
©2011-2016 ichigopaul23
My little tribute too a great game "LIMBO" you have to play it. I really love the feel of the game and i might do a few more maybe, watch this space.
I have seen that before it made me laugh. Thank you again so much for the favs i really appreciate it.
Great! That game makes so sad, but it's brilliant. You captured it's eerie-ness perfectly.
i love this game D nice art to D
Edgar Allan Poe.
What exactly is going on in this picture?
He is wondering the land of limbo and comes across a boy hanging and think where the hell am i. Thanks for the fav too
i dont know why, but i feel a strange sense of peace, of all things given the subject, when i look at this picture
is that macabre or what?
is that macabre or what?
i don`t know but when i have made theses i sit back and look at them and i don`t know why but i feel calm strange i know but its true
i think the rain helps with the mood a lot thank you for the fav and comment
i think the rain helps with the mood a lot thank you for the fav and comment
He's just sleeping western style kids, calm down...
No Austin you cannot try this at home...
No Austin you cannot try this at home...
I really like it. Looks exactly like the original.
thank you i`m actually working on another one now
Your picture has the same dark tone and atmoshpere as the game and that's a good thing. I really want to play the game. I've only seen others play it.
Thank you, I hope you get to play it soon i`m actually in the middle of making another one. I might do a few of them got the bug lol
I like the atmosphere on this. It's quite dark and grim.
Thank you. Have you played the game if not you really should its a great game. And thanks for the fav too


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Batgirl Promo Poster! by babsdrawsWatch
©2014-2016 babsdraws
✨THE NEWS IS OUT!✨I'm drawing the pages for DC Comics #batgirl out in Oct! My new comic sensei Cameron Stewart is doing the layouts, covers and co-writing with Brenden Fletcher! Very exciting!!!!!!!
✨THE NEWS IS OUT!✨I'm drawing the pages for DC Comics #batgirl out in Oct! My new comic sensei Cameron Stewart is doing the layouts, covers and co-writing with Brenden Fletcher! Very exciting!!!!!!!
oh my god I LOVE batgirl!!!!!
Raaaah, lovely !
Can I actually BUY this anywhere? It's damn awesome.
I'm such a fan!!! Love all the work you do on Batgirl. Just beautiful!
Love it.
dat Babs!
WOW! That's awesome! I'm so excited to see your work hit the stands!
I am torn between loving the art style and hating the costume design.
Congratulations! And I love the outfit! ^^
I didn't know you were the artist!! Congratulations, it's pretty awesome!!
Best. Costume. Ever.
The costuming is fantastic (and wayyy more functional than usual female superhero stuff)... I especially love her boots!
Love this. Congrats!
Niiiiiice!!! Congratulations!!
I love this outfit! It looks so right! I can't put my finger on it, but it looks awesome.
Awesome new look and grats!
i like the yellow dr martens
How did you do that background?
The idea of her flying through air, in wind and cold temp in something that isn't a spandex, how deeply unrealistic and unobjectified I love it
Looks awesome to cosplay!
looking forward to reading this
I'll be looking out for the comic! I love this look, it pleases me.
Congratulations! I love this new look! Can't wait for the comic debut!
for the 948924th time!
for the 948924th time!
congrats! you ROCKS baby!
Your design looks amazing and I've really liked your art for a long time! I really liked her Doc Martins - she looks so cool! - her button on cape, and really cool leather top that actually looks functional and like something a person would fight crime in. The design is great! I'm so happy you're illustrating it - I'll definitely read every issue! Good luck and congrats
How old is Babs in the New 52 again? She looks like shes 16 here. I like the new costume but she looks too young.
GIT ER DONE!!! Super congrats!!!
My lord I have those shoes someone punch me but gently.
Congratulations!! Can'y wait to see what you come up with!
I don't know much about BatGirl, but I love her new outfit.
Do you see that....a good costume in the New 52.......look at the lack of pointless lines....I love this costume completely. I stopped reading Batgirl but I'll have to get back into it now
Definitley a great new take on Batgirl. She was seriously overdue!
Folks are going completely nuts for this costume on the interwebs! I love it too, wonderful work! <3
I know! Isn't it, like, perfect? So realistic and fun and sexy all at once. Such a brilliant take on it. I'm totally cray cray for it.
Ya it's pretty perfect, I'm glad they did such a great job and Batgirl's getting all the attention she deserves!
Love the new design, as does my wife. Now I have a new costume to build
Oh my god....no boobs&butt pose.....no heels like no one could be any kind of bat-anything in.....clothes that make sense....???????? Um, If this is a late-July April Fools Day prank I'm going to be so pissed.
I'm so happy for you~! And for Batgirl! She looks super awesome!!!!
Love the costume update -- just brilliant
I cannot wait to buy this comic. Just as I was about to quit, you pull me back in.
I hope to God, you get to draw Supergirl at some point in this book.
Now go kick everyone's ass.
I hope to God, you get to draw Supergirl at some point in this book.
Now go kick everyone's ass.
NO WONDER YOUR ART LOOKED FAMILIAR!! CONGRATZ!! i'm really excited to see your work in the future for batgirl!!!
Been spazzing over the announcement. So awesome! Good luck, and I hope you rock that book! Can't wait for October so I can snag the first issue!


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Translation of lucky in French:
- 1 (fortunate) to be lucky to do/to beavoir la chance de faire/d'êtreyou're lucky to be able to dotu as de la chance de pouvoir faireto be lucky to be aliveavoir eu de la chance de s'en tirer vivantyou'll be lucky to get a taxitu auras bien de la chance si tu trouves un taxiit was lucky for me that you camej'ai eu de la chance que tu sois venuit was lucky for me that I wentj'ai eu de la chance d'y être alléI'm lucky that I've been able to doj'ai eu de la chance de pouvoir faireto be lucky enough to do those who are lucky enough to have a jobceux qui ont la chance d'avoir un emploito be lucky at the racesavoir de la chance aux coursesI'm not a lucky personje n'ai jamais de chancelucky you [informal]!veinard/-e [informal] m/fyou lucky dog [informal] ou devil [informal]sacré/-e veinard/-e [informal] m/fI/you etc should be so lucky [informal]! (British English) [ironic]ça serait trop beau!you should think ou count yourself lucky that I didn't dotu peux te considérer heureux/-euse que je n'aie pas faitto have a lucky escape
- 2 (bringing good luck)(charm, colour, number)it's my lucky day!
porte-bonheur invc'est mon jour de chance!the number three is lucky/is lucky for mele numéro trois porte bonheur/me porte bonheurit's a lucky signc'est un bon signe
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WASHINGTON — Janet Yellen probably will confront a test during her tenure as Federal Reserve chair that both of her predecessors flunked: defusing asset bubbles without damaging the economy.
The central bank's easy-money policies already have led to pockets of frothiness in corporate debt and emerging markets. The danger is that unwinding such speculative excesses will end up shaking the financial system and hurting growth.
"(Yellen is) going to be trying to do something that no one has ever done," Stephen Cecchetti, former economic adviser for the Bank for International Settlements, the Basel, Switzerland-based central bank for monetary authorities, said in an interview. "(She needs) to ensure that accommodative monetary policy doesn't create significant financial stability risks."
Investors got a taste of the hazards in recent days when news of a slowdown in China's economy, coupled with expectations of reduced stimulus from the Fed, helped trigger a rout in emerging markets that had been pumped up by easy money imported from the U.S.
The turbulence in the financial markets did not deter the Fed from deciding last week to reduce its monthly bond purchases by another $10 billion. It is currently buying $75 billion per month.
The U.S. stock market followed substantial gains for 2013 with a loss for January.
"It would be very abnormal if we didn't have consolidating moves in the assets that have gone up so much," Goldman Sachs CEO Lloyd Blankfein told Bloomberg Television on Jan. 24.
Yellen, 67, faces two challenges in dealing with bubbles: She must identify and deflate them before they get too big and dangerous; and she must manage monetary policy without causing them to burst in a way that causes havoc in financial markets and undercuts the expansion.
The trouble is that the tools she has for the first task, such as raising capital standards for banks or requiring homebuyers to put down more of their own money, are largely untested in the United States.
And the difficulties of her second task were underscored by the fallout in financial markets last year after then-Fed Chairman Ben Bernanke merely suggested in May that the central bank might scale back its asset purchases.
Neither Bernanke, whose eight-year term ended Friday, nor predecessor Alan Greenspan had much success in dealing with bubbles. Greenspan presided over a stock-market boom that went bust, pushing the economy into recession in 2001. He then watched as housing prices surged to unsustainable levels, peaking as Bernanke took over in 2006. Bernanke initially played down the economic impact of declining property prices, saying in March 2007 that the fallout was "likely to be contained." He proved to be wrong as the U.S. at the end of that year entered its worst economic contraction since the Great Depression.
President Barack Obama spoke repeatedly last year about the need to avoid what he called "artificial bubbles." He praised Yellen for "sounding the alarm early about the housing bubble" when he announced her nomination for the job of Fed chair Oct. 9.
"She doesn't have a crystal ball, but what she does have is a keen understanding about how markets and the economy work," he said.
The Fed is devoting "a good deal of time and attention to monitoring asset prices in different sectors" to see whether bubbles are forming, then-Fed Vice Chair Yellen told the Senate Banking Committee on Nov. 14.
"By and large," she said, "I don't see evidence at this point in major sectors of asset-price misalignments, at least of a level that would threaten financial instability."
Bernanke, 60, set out a two-stage process for identifying potentially dangerous buildups in speculation. First, officials try to pinpoint asset markets where prices are grossly misaligned. Then they consider whether a sudden drop in those prices would be amplified throughout the financial system, as happened during the housing bust.
The Fed's "first, second and third lines of defense" for dealing with such imbalances are to rely on supervision, regulation and so-called macro-prudential policies, such as mortgage loan-to-value restrictions, Bernanke told the Brookings Institution in Washington on Jan. 16. Only as a last resort would it consider raising interest rates.
As Yellen settles into her new post this weekend, she does have one big thing going for her. The economy just wrapped up its best six-month performance since the recession ended in June 2009, according to estimates by economists at Goldman Sachs and Morgan Stanley in New York.
Further gains are forecast for 2014. Yellen told Time magazine last month that she is looking for gross domestic product to expand by 3 percent or more this year, after averaging about 2.5 percent so far during the recovery.
3% or more
Fed chair Janet Yellen's forecast for GDP growth in 2014
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Legend has it that prior to embarking on his mission to conquer the known world, Alexander the Great, who had not yet established his greatness, visited the oracle at Delphi seeking a good omen. The oracle was actually a priestess who sat on a stool in the crypt of Apollo's Temple above a fissure in the earth that emitted vapors and put her into a trance, wherein she would channel messages from Apollo.
Alexander encountered a minor problem when he arrived at Delphi: The oracle was only open for "business" one day a month, nine months a year, and it didn't happen to be open then. So Alexander went around the village, searching for the priestess. When he finally found her, he forced her to accompany him to the temple. Upon arriving at the temple, in his eagerness to receive the oracle, he was literally shoving her down the ramp toward the crypt when she turned abruptly toward him and exclaimed, "Boy, there's no resisting you." With that, Alexander took his hands off her, stepped back and said, with great satisfaction, "That's the only oracle I wanted to hear."
This is precisely the attitude that possesses President Obama. He is hellbent on pursuing his agenda, and he will not be denied, even if he has to strong-arm the gods and flout the laws of finance and economics to get his way.
While he has the entire nation horrified at our imminent national financial collapse, he chooses not to steer the ship of state, but to drive his putt-putt electric car with all the acumen and obliviousness of Mr. Magoo, smiling in self-satisfied delight as he careens through the streets of our national budget, imperiling everyone in sight.
Obama resents having to deal with these nagging debt issues, as they interfere with his obsession to play with his new spending toys in his quest to redistribute, er, transform America into his image. He refuses even to make a good-faith effort to confront these problems, because he can't wean himself from his reckless addiction to profligacy and social planning.
His 2010 budget projected a $1.2 trillion deficit and produced $1.3 trillion, and his 2011 budget gave us another $1.3 trillion deficit. Last year's budget was projected to generate a $1.1 trillion deficit, and preliminary data indicate that it will be worse when all the numbers are calculated.
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Crest Wellness was founded in 2008 in Singapore with a very clear objective to set up a Multi-Level Marketing (MLM) business; distributing some of the most advanced, cutting edge and trend sensitive nutritional and lifestyle products in the Asia Pacific region.
Crest Wellness is committed to build a very successful MLM business and progressively extends itself globally. We are confident of our products because of its unique and proven qualities that are manufactured under Good Manufacturing Practices (GMP) that will impact the health of many consumers positively.
Crest Wellness has achieved full compliances to operate a MLM business in Singapore and Indonesia. Our short term plan is to continue our expansion to Philippines, Malaysia, Thailand, Myanmar and Cambodia. We are now poised to achieve exponential growth; both in sales by introduction of new products and active acquisition of independent distributors in new market by faster and more effective duplication and training systems.
Crest Wellness Marketing Plan has blended and combined the best of the Uni-Level and Binary Compensation Plans, making it one of the best compensation plan in the industry. Our Crest Wellness Marketing Plan rewards our independent distributors for selling products and sponsoring other independent distributors who will do the same. We aim to make many millionaires in each market that we have expanded to.
Our Strategy
Crest Wellness aims to be a caring and respected company that is committed to offer a total well being solution for all. Our products and services will target and address the health, intellectual, inner and outer wellness and financial freedom needs of our independent distributors and their consumers. To achieve this, we will empower our independent distributors with product knowledge, strong mindset and effective skills to sponsor and replicate independent distributors' growth and product purchases which are replicable, consistent and sustainable.
Crest Wellness MLM IT system is web-based. It is designed to operate as a global business and provides for fast speed to market. As long as we can meet the regulatory requirement and desired pre-commencement sales target of the new market, the Company can very rapidly commence business in the new market. Remote and effective pre-marketing activities can be done effectively and seamlessly in any new market by using our web-based MLM IT system.
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Even if you're new to the tiling scene and this is your first time installing floor tiles, don't feel limited to a basic grid of square tiles.
There are other interesting floor tile patterns where the floor tile installation is just as easy.
With a little creativity and the use of these floor patterns, you can create all sorts of beautiful and interesting floor tile designs.
You can use these floor tile patterns for ceramic, stone or just about any other type of floor tile installation you can think of. Keep in mind that the tiles are already beautifully designed for you.
Your goal for now is to decide on the pattern in which you desire to lay them.
In order to estimate how many floor tiles you'll need for your floor tile installation, simply measure your floors width and length.
Then multiply the width by the length of the room and add ten percent more to your final number.
This will give you the approximate amount of tile you will need.
Before you start the floor tile installation for border tiles, checkerboard, or diagonal floor tile patterns, you'll need to divide the floor into four equal quadrants.
To do this use a level square and a pencil, and make two lines on the floor that stretch from mid-wall to mid-wall.
These lines should intersect over the middle of the floor to form a "plus" sign and they also should be completely square to each
To achieve a checkerboard floor tile design it doesn't matter if you alternate two colors or two textures of floor tiles, as long as they're equal squares in size.
The floor tile installation for checkerboard floor tile designs is no different than installing a basic square grid tile pattern. You simply need to remember to alternate your tiles.
During the process of dry laying and installing your floor tiles, it may help if you stack your tiles in the order you will be installing them.
You should then place a stack of the prearranged tiles near each section of the floor that you'll be tiling.
This way you won't have to remind yourself each time to alternate the tiles.
To begin working on your checkerboard floor pattern you'll first need to mark and snap chalk your two basic reference lines to your floor, as shown above.
Use these instructions for installing your floor tiles.
Tile layouts become a little challenging with decorative tiles and border. You could simply lay these beautiful decorative items by eye.
However, the job will go more quickly and your results will be much more attractive, if you snap chalk additional layout lines on the floor.
These extra lines will remind you of where you'll be installing your border tiles.
Start with drawing your two basic reference lines. The instructions for making them are shown above.
Once you've drawn your reference or layout lines, you'll first dry-lay a sample of your floor tile installation. This way you can determine how and where you'll be laying your border tiles.
Dry-Lay your basic floor tiles. Begin at the center of the room and be sure to also install your desired size tile spacers between each of the floor tiles.
Lay out your basic floor tiles to the entire area of the floor, and Leave out the area where you will be installing border tiles.
Get a mental picture of how you want your floor tile border to look.
You may want your border tiles to butt directly against the walls.
You may even prefer to install your border tiles first and then install another border of your basic floor tiles along the edges of the room.
Once you've decided on the look you desire, dry-lay your desired floor tile designs on the floor with both your basic floor tiles and your border tiles.
Lay the tiles just the way you want them to look.
Mark your floor with a pencil, so you'll have reference lines to help you remember the tile layout for both your basic and border tiles.
Then Remove the tiles from the floor.
Install your basic floor tiles to the floor, Use the Link above for installing floor tiles, but leave out the area where you'll be installing the tile border.
Once you've installed your basic floor tiles, begin laying the tiles for the border.
Spread out some thinset mortar. Remember to follow the layout marks that you earlier drew on the floor.
Press your border tiles into the thinset mortar and place your desired tile spacers between each of the border tiles.
Depending on the type of decorative border tiles you're using Use the recommended tile cutting tool to cut the border tiles as needed.
Allow the thin set mortar to dry completely, then remove your spacers and Grout your basic floor tiles and border tiles together.
Installing Floor Tiles In A Diagonal Floor Tile Pattern
Start your diagonal floor tile installation by making your two basic reference lines as shown above.
Measure to find the midpoints of the connecting lines, by measuring 3 feet from the center point along each line, then make a mark.
Connect each of these marks, then snap chalk diagonal lines.
Start your diagonal lines at the corners of the floor and through the midpoints of the first connecting lines.
Follow the basic instructions for installing floor tiles using the link above, but Dry lay your tiles along your new diagonal reference lines, instead of the two basic reference lines you earlier made.
Arrange your diagonal layout so you'll achieve edge tiles of equal width. All Tile cuts For a diagonal floor tile installation are always made to the end tiles.
The staggered brick floor tile pattern is very popular for creating beautiful subway tile backsplashes and wainscots.
This staggered brick pattern is also often used for a rectangular floor tile installation.
It's actually an easier floor tile installation than that of a rigid grid of squares, because the offset lines help to hide mistakes in a slightly uneven floor tile installation.
To arrange your staggered brick floor tile patten, you will begin installing floor tiles along the most highly visible wall of your room.
This would be the wall you see when you first enter the room.
Determine how many rows of tile you will need.
You can do this by laying some floor tiles to the floor.
For a staggered floor tile design half of these rows will end in half tiles, Therefore if you have 10 rows floor tiles you'll need to cut five tiles in half.
To cut the tiles in half simply mark the midpoint on each tile with a wax pencil, and cut the tile with the recommended tile cutting tool.
Snap chalk lines on the floor for each row of tiles you'll need to install.
If your tiles are 1 foot square, simply snap a chalk line for each foot of the floor.
Mix your thinset mortar and then spread the thinset on the floor with a trowel,
Fill your first chalk row with thinset and then comb the thinset with the notched edge of your trowel.
Place your first whole tile in the corner. Be sure to install your desired size spacers at each corner of your floor tiles. This also includes between the tile and the wall.
Continue laying your floor tiles down the row and into the thinset.
When you reach the end of the row lay a half tile. Then place a beater board on top of the tiles and then tap the top of the board with a rubber mallet.
Spread thinset on the floor of your second row.
Lay a half tile this time at the beginning of the row, then lay a whole tile next to this.
Work your way down the row with whole floor tiles, and then start your third row with a half tile.
Continue with this same sequence until the entire floor is covered.
Be sure to tap each row of tiles down with your beater board and mallet.
Allow the thinset to dry for about 12 hours, remove your spacers and then grout your floor tiles.
*When it comes to installing floor tiles, tile patterns play a dramatic role on how the size of a room is perceived.
Installing floor tiles that are Large in size tend to call attention to themselves. They can make a large room appear even larger, but if large tiles are installed in a small room they make the room appear smaller. They look best in large rooms.
*Installing floor tiles that are Small in size tend to look lost in a large room. They look too busy. Small tiles are more appropriate for a small area.
*Installing floor tiles in diagonal floor tile patterns work wonders for making a small area seem larger than it really is, as the diagonal floor tile pattern distracts the eye from the perimeter of the room.
Small diagonal patterns can add the look of informality, while large tiles formal or informal diagonal patterns can function as decorative accents.


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Recently I asked my parents and brother, what I can bring them when I visit them in China this summer. They said they don't need or want anything. They have everything. Nowadays, you can buy everything in China.
How time has changed!
I remember when I made my first visit home from abroad in 1989, I used the money I saved from the scholarship I received from the German government and bought my parents their first wash machine (still in use), their first refrigerator, and their first color TV, all made in Japan.
I had to make a special trip from my hometown Suzhou to Shanghai to purchase the items. Only people with foreign currency and coupons issued by the government to those returning from abroad were allowed to buy these appliances at designated stores in a few big cities like Shanghai and Beijing. I could even sell the coupons for money. Not many people could afford to buy those big ticket items, and even if they had money, they couldn't buy the imported appliances without the coupons.
When I grew up in the 1960's and 1970's, we needed ration coupons to buy anything, from rice, cooking oil, sugar, egg, meat, to fabrics, watches, bicycles, etc. Everything was rationed.
When China changed its policy and opened its door to the world after the Cultural Revolution at the end of 1970's, things started to change.
Universities opened their doors again. Young people could go to college again and later many had the opportunities to go to universities in other countries. I was one of them.
The ration coupons became history.
With privatization of government owned businesses and private businesses flourishing came the material abundance. You can buy anything in China.
The luxury goods market in China is the fastest growing in the world. Since luxury goods are much more expensive in China than in other countries, wealthy Chinese go to other countries to do shopping now.
Houses are more expensive in China than in the U.S. I heard that people from China buy houses on the west coast with loads of cash.
Brand name clothes and shoes are also more expensive in China.
People used to buy things like clothes in China to bring to the U.S., now they do the opposite. They buy clothes in the U.S. to bring to China.
When I had my 20 year college reunion in 2005 in Beijing, I found some of my classmates are much better off financially than I.
Today I read an article titled "Want to look rich in China? Get yourself a Tibetan mastiff" in the Pioneer Press. It sounded so crazy to me that wealthy people in China spend more than my annual salary to buy a dog.
It's just unbelievable how much China has change in the last three decades. It has lost some common sense or even gone crazy in some way.
I know I will experience more surprises when I go back to China this summer.


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Great Shampoo!
posted 7 years ago
This is a great shampoo for dogs with sensitive skin, it is soothing and moisturizing. It has a pleasant smell and leaves the dog's coat very clean.
Pros: Pleasant smell, and leaves the dogs squeeky clean!
Cons: none
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