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so i finally upload my Secret Santa for her OCs - Kain, Dakon and Raki :3 she said i can go crazy with drawing them, soooo i drew them in Circus backstage, laying on the bear i hope you don't mind and i hope i didn't make to much mistakes with drawing them ( i'm really sorry if i did D: )
her OCs are really nice ( and good-looking ) so it was fun to draw it
there are the original (really pretty) pictures of them - dustyleaves.deviantart.com/art… , dustyleaves.deviantart.com/art… , dustyleaves.deviantart.com/art… :3
it was really great event, so I have to thank very much to for inviting me THANKS my secret santa was amazing and she drew for me this WONDERFUL ♥♥♥ piece - whitefoxcub.deviantart.com/art… THANK YOU
beautiful painting! I really love the way you make noses. Cool style!!
thank you very much I'm so glad you like it *^*
I enjoy drawing traditional much more, though sometimes I wish there was undo button
This is so beautiful.
I'm digging your art style, and I love how warm the picture feels.
The bear looks so soft, and makes me want to just ran my hands against it.
The feet on the hoops are well done, this is gorgeous.
Oh my GOD!!! This is so amazing, holy smokes I have no words!! I love how you portrayed my boys, and the idea with the circus is so PERFECT! <333 Man your style, lines and colors are to die for! Thank you so much for this beautiful secret santa gift, it's absolutely gorgeous! <333 THANK YOU!!
waaa~ I'm so glad you like it I was bit worried you may not like the idea
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Beautiful infographic charts all of Valve's voice actors
Mmm, that design sense
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Like Freeman, Chell's legacy is also cemented by her surroundings. However, her environment is abandoned (save for a sentient robot), and her character development directly reflects it. If asked to name the identifying features of Portal and Portal 2, most would immediately default to the puzzles, GLaDOS, the turrets, or a handful of other core characteristics. Almost no one would actually describe Chell, the one facilitating the entire experience. The reason for this is that Valve has kept the audience relatively in the dark as to who Chell really is. Only through extensive research and minute details do we have an idea what her backstory is, and even that isn't necessarily 100% confirmed. We aren't given the opportunity to view Chell, except through the manipulation of portals. It's almost as if Valve doesn't view her so much as a character, but rather as a vessel for the experience to be had through. Instead, Valve seems to be more intent on telling the story of Aperture Science than the story of Chell. It would appear that, to them at least, the history of Aperture Science and Cave Johnson, and the scientific arms race to develop portal technology between Black Mesa and Aperture Science, were the important takeaways for the audience. Chell was just their way of getting those points into the players' heads. Through similar means, Valve has created two drastically different main characters for their Black Mesa/Aperture Science realm. Gordon Freeman has most of the classic characteristics of a strong action hero, but remains unique enough that the players care about his saga. Chell, on the other hand, is almost completely nondescript. She is so entirely overshadowed by her charming and idiosyncratic surroundings that it's easy to forget that she exists at all. Despite these distinctly different levels of character development, both franchises are universally critically-acclaimed and beloved by the public. It definitely seems as if all silent protagonists are not created equal. With Abrams pursuing Half-Life and Portal movies, it almost certainly will require him to opt out of using a speaking lead role. Silence is too engrained into the very nature of both Freeman and Chell; adding voice would risk undoing the entire essence of who they are. At least one thing's for sure -- the dialogue will be easy to write. [Main image by Michael Shanks, for the short film When Gordon Met Chell]
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Sep 23
// Joshua Derocher
Black Mesa (PC)Developer: Black Mesa Modification TeamRelease: September 14, 2012MSRP: Free I started playing Black Mesa expecting a completely faithful recreation of Half-Life. I was expecting the same level design and puzzles. What I found instead was something that felt very familiar, but it was also very fresh. Now, I know that there are some people out there who might think that it's crazy to try and alter anything to do with Half-Life, but don't run away screaming just yet. Black Mesa does an amazing job of retelling the story. The levels are the same, you start at the same point, and you end at the same point. If I were to sit down and tell you how I played the game and what I did, it probably wouldn't sound too different, as the same essence is here. It's like watching a remake of a movie. Even if two people watched different versions of the same movie, they still have the same experience overall. [embed]235479:45170[/embed] The above image is a top-down comparison of the the level "Inbound." They both have little crossroads, and some brownish-red stuff, but they look very different. The Source engine is capable of creating much bigger levels than the old engine ever could, and the developers wanted to incorporate that into the new Black Mesa Complex. It feels like a massive place now. Hallways are longer, rooms are bigger with higher ceilings, and outside areas are vast and expansive. It's not just empty space, either -- areas have been filled with extra rooms, more weapon stashes, and more bad guys to fight. While some things have been expanded on, other have been streamlined such as the level "On a Rail". This level is shorter and it require much less backtracking. The puzzle solutions are also a little bit different, too. Anyone who was hoping to blast through this because of how well they know Half-Life might have to stop and think for a bit here and there. I'm not going to dive into anything that could spoil the game for you, but I will say that the changes are well done and they fit the spirit of the original. Black Mesa has a lot to live up to, and it does an admirable job. The graphics look great, but the seven years in development make it look somewhat dated. The new voice acting sounds way better than the old digitized voice clips. Excluding a couple of moments where the frame rate dropped down drastically, the gameplay is otherwise smooth. At one point late in the game, it's almost unplayable for half a minute. Another annoying thing is the way jumping works: they tried to correct the insane old-school jumping mechanics by replacing it with a different (yet equally insane) method of jumping where you always have to press crouch and jump at the same time in order to get around. If you have never played Half-Life, you owe it to yourself to check out Black Mesa. It's a faithful recreation of an amazing game. You'll get the feeling and story of the original, but you won't have to try and play a 13-year-old shooter to do so. If you have played Half-Life before, you should still go play Black Mesa. It's a fresh take on a classic that's the closest thing you'll get to feeling like you're playing Half-Life for the first time again. No matter what level of experience you have with Half-Life, this is worth playing. It's a brilliant tribute to one of the greatest videogames ever made, and it's also a good game in its own right.
Half-Life is a great game, but it's been over ten years since its release. What if Half-Life were made in 2007 instead of 1999? Black Mesa is a re-imaging of Half-Life using Source, the engine powering Half-Life 2. ...
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Sep 21
// Max Scoville
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Rumor: Half-Life 3 is open world, coming after 2013
Quests and NPCs alleged
Sep 20
// Jim Sterling
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Impressions: Black Mesa is awesome
Sep 15
// Joshua Derocher
While the new visuals are nice, the worst thing about the old game is the sound. When people talk to you, it sounds like they are trapped in a digitized static machine on a planet filled with static monsters. It's pretty bad. Now the dialog is clean and rerecorded. The delivery and inflection matches the original so well that it's uncanny. The gameplay is updated slightly as well. I would have never noticed if I hadn't gone back and played the old game right before playing the remake. It's just enough subtle tweaking to make the controls feel fresh. Old shooters just have this weird feeling where you feel more like a floating camera and less like you are walking around in the world. Black Mesa feels like a modern game. Don't read into this as they changed everything and made it totally different. It's true to what the game is and it doesn't change how Half-Life plays; it just changes how it feels. I'm guessing that 80% of the people who play this won't even notice any difference in the controls. The only flaw I've noticed so far is that the loading times can be very slow at points. It's not game breaking, but it is annoying. Hopefully this is something that can be addressed in the future. You can grab the game for yourself for free right here. Black Mesa has also been Greenlit on Steam, so it might be available soon from there as well. Stay tuned for a full review early next week!
Black Mesa is now available, I am playing it, and I can tell you that it's awesome. It is an amazing recreation of the original Half-Life with updated graphics and sounds. We'll have a review up soon. In the meantime, here's...
Time to bash some headcrabs: Black Mesa is now available
Sep 14
// Allistair Pinsof
Black Mesa, the long awaited and long delayed Half-Life fan remake done in the Source engine is now freely available on the developer's website. Don't worry, I checked and it's not a link to a Rick Astley video. I can't belie...
Black Mesa will come out September 14, world is ending
Sep 02
// Allistair Pinsof
Here's some footage of the game that leaked last month. Can't wait! [embed]234240:44927:0[/embed]
The President of the United States of America: "Good evening, men and women of America. At 5:42 PST, today, our elite crew of internet lurkers spotted a post from Black Mesa Source Project Leader Carlos Montero on the mod's o...
DTOID Extra: LEAP's motion-control makes Kinect look dumb
Jul 18
// Max Scoville
The LEAP is essentially a precision Kinect that senses various types of gestures in a 3D space, and can be used for a whole ton of stuff besides Fruit Ninja and dance games. The video on the LEAP's website makes it look...
Pitchford: Duke Nukem Forever is exactly like Half-Life 2
Jul 17
// Jim Sterling
Most reasonable gamers would consider Duke Nukem Forever, on its own, is a big enough insult to the industry. Gearbox CEO Randy Pitchford, however, has decided to take the mockery further by comparing it to one of the most be...
Rumor: Half-Life 2: Episode 3 artwork leaked
Jun 28
// Jim Sterling
A wave of new Half-Life 2: Episode 3 chatter has been triggered for the millionth time this year, now thanks to the Facebook page of fan site Valve Time. The page posted what it claims to be official artwork for the upcoming ...
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He cited "irresolvable conflicts" with Obama's handling of the economic stimulus and 2010 census.
The White House quickly issued a statement saying that Gregg was the one who originally offered his name for the job. Once it became clear he could not support all of the president's agenda, "it became necessary for Senator Gregg and the Obama administration to part ways," said presidential press secretary Robert Gibbs.
Gregg's withdrawal was the latest political stumbling block in the first weeks of Obama's presidency.
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I've read once Deank (MultiMAN) saying "mark my words, the JFW DH will never see the light"
That is the case now !!
I've read once Deank (MultiMAN) saying "mark my words, the JFW DH will never see the light"
That is the case now !!
I am sure this sort of thing happened last time with DH when the jailbreak 1 came out, sorry if my memory fails me! he had some miracle then all went quiet and he threw a hissy fit and went away shall we say...
Seems DH is just talk after all
now what no jfw dh cfw he doesn't want to finish the job that he started?
Anyways, i guest the reason why it never came out it was because some of his dev that were working with him didn't have a lot of time to continue working with the project and were busy at college or either at work. That's what some of them said and also the reason why they gave some of their project to some one else to continue and finish it.
It has already been posted here (http://www.ps4news.com/forums/ps3-cf...tml#post392388). We appreciate you trying to help by posting news from DH.org but next time do a quick search and see if it has already been posted.
I think DH is the new Mathieulh.. full of talk and never releasing..!!
you can't call your self that you "left the scene", if you never had contributed at scene at all.
In other words if you didn't contribute there was no scene for you..!! These guys just kept spamming the net with all their junk..
They never spammed anyone. News was reported from their site. Not defending them, just correcting your mistake.
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There is a big blizzard somewhat improbably named "Jonas" hitting New York right now, so I thought I would walk around Brooklyn and get some photos of the storm. For once, there was almost no traffic, so it was like paradise, but…somehow it wasn't quite like paradise (maybe because of the driving wind filled with stinging sheets of snow). It was, however very beautiful which I tried to capture before my lens got all wet.
This entry is really for my tropical and desert readers. I guess anyone from a temperate area knows all about storms—or anyone in the Northeast Corridor can just walk outside and look at the storm. If it were 1816 we would probably all be doomed, but sitting inside with the radiator banging and my lights blazing as I pet the cat and communicate with the world from my computer, it is sort of peaceful…at least for the moment.
This lovely little yellow flower is Eranthis hyemalis, more commonly known as the winter aconite. Native to the woodlands of continental Europe, the winter aconite is a member of the sprawling & poisonous buttercup family (which includes beauties and horrors like the monkshood, the ranunculus, and the delphiniums). Eranthis hyemalis which is now blooming here in New York (in gardens which are eccentric enough to have it) is a quintessential spring ephemeral—it blossoms and grows in earliest spring before any trees are in leaf—or even in bloom. The plant flowers and puts out leaves and gathers sunlight and stores energy all before the other plants even start. Then, as the woodland canopy expands above it and as its growing spot is covered with shade, the aconite dies back to its hardy underground tuber which remains dormant until next spring. Although it lives in verdant forests it could almost be an ascetic desert flower based on its hardiness and hermit-like lifestyle. It would be a big mistake to mistake the flower for a weakling or a vegetable–like the other buttercups, all parts of it are ferociously poisonous. Do not eat it (or smoke it…or even look at it funny)!
This post is really the second half of yesterday's snowstorm post. After I realized how pretty the snow in the backyard was, I decided to put on all my winter gear and walk around the neighborhood. For reasons which elude me entirely, I live in a really beautiful neighborhood (well, I know why I live here, I just don't know how I continue to do so). The majority of the houses were built during the first twenty years of the twentieth century and they have an outstanding grace and style which modern houses lack in every way (although my landlord and I can both vouch that these magnificent old homes start to fall apart somewhat during prolonged cold weather).
I am a painter rather than a photographer, but who wants to set up an easel in a billowing snowstorm? For that matter who wants to stand on the sidewalk to paint an elegant old house? Architectural paintings are not my métier as a fine artist! However today I think the monochromatic winter landscape helped smooth out some of my weaknesses as a photographer…
Sadly, as always with my photography, I don't feel like I really captured the dark beauty of the blizzard or the decrepit splendor of this part of Brooklyn. Still the pictures are worth looking at just to appreciate the lovely houses of Ditmas Park. Also, with any luck, we have said farewell to this sort of snowstorm for a good long time. Hopefully you are looking at these photos in the tropics or in June and the snow provides only a frisson of wintry intensity rather than weary resignation which all New Yorkers feel as the winter of 2014/2015 draws onward toward its conclusion.
It's March! As spring takes hold across the United States, I thought I would show some pictures of my garden as the first tender shoots begin to… argh! [indecorous remarks withheld by censors] Well, OK, it looks like winter is going to be here a bit longer. I guess it's pretty in a cold majestic way, right? We can learn to live like this with no hope or resources…or does anybody maybe want to trek south like in "The Road" and build a New New York somewhere closer to Cuba?
Well, anyway, here are some winter pictures of the Ditmas Park neighborhood of Brooklyn. I know it looks like something out of a darkly beautiful Russian fairytale, but I assure you, there is a dynamic city somewhere behind all of that snow and ice. We'll check back on spring in a few weeks… In the meantime maybe read some Tolstoy and sacrifice some more sheep to the dark gods?
This is the time of year when winter has long outstayed its welcome, but no traces of spring are anywhere to be found. My garden is covered in a sheet of filthy ice and seems likely to stay that way for the conceivable future. The few spots not buried in snow or slush reveal only grim frozen mud. In such circumstances it is difficult to remain cheerful or find any beauty whatsoever in the winter, so instead of writing an actual meaningful post about real things, I have found a bunch of crazy pictures of fantasy winter gardens which do not (and probably could never) exist.
Although admittedly these paintings portray gardens wholly in the grip of winter, the picture gardens are clearly make-believe (a reassuring contrast with the actual all-too real winter just outside). These images are also pretty (which is also in contrast with the actual world).
Let your mind wonder through the whimsical topiary, frozen palaces, and strange icicle bridges of these paintings and be of good cheer. March is nearly here and spring will probably come again, even if that seems utterly impossible at present. In the meantime, I am going to get under the covers and read a book about heroes slaying frost giants and breaking the power of evil ice wizards.
Here is a painting appropriate for the grim depths of winter. This is Klosterfriedhof im Schnee (Monastery Graveyard in the Snow) painted by the melancholy master of German romanticism, Caspar David Friedrich (whose foreboding works keep appearing on this blog). The melodramatic work highlights the transitory nature of all things. All that remains of a once grand Gothic abbey is the soaring arch of the nave which hovers ghostlike in the center of the composition. Around the ruins are vast oaks reaching out broken limbs toward the church like desperate spectral worshipers. Not only are the trees ancient, gnarled, and denuded by winter, but one also senses that they are not healthy oaks (a tree surgeon would probably shake his head sadly at their prospects). The abbey grounds have been transformed into a cemetery and the monks trudge through the necropolis like tiny insects dwarfed by the desolate trees, the headstones, and the abandoned church. Monasticism was on its way out in Germany when Friedrich painted this, and it is deliberately anachronistic. The monks too may be ghosts.
There is a final meta-layer to this vanitas painting. As you have noticed, the photograph of the work is black and white. This is because it is an old photograph which was taken before the painting itself was destroyed in an American air raid on Berlin during the chaos of 1945. The lack of color suits both the composition and the theme: one imagines that Friedrich might appreciate the irony, if he were not himself gone, like everything in this painting and the painting itself.
Across the vast continent of North America temperatures have plummeted. As I write this, sub-zero winds sweep across the Great Plains. Buffalo is seemingly gone–buried beneath uncounted tons of lake-effect snow. Obviously, with all of this November cold, Americans are obsessed with one question: what happens to snakes in the winter?
Snakes live in places that get very cold during the winter, yet the poor reptiles are cold-blooded and can't be slithering around in snow and ice. In fact, considering that their bodies become the same temperature as their surroundings, how do they avoid becoming snakecicles? What happens to them when the mercury dips?
Technically speaking, snakes (and other reptiles & amphibians who live in climes which turn cold) do not hibernate—they brumate. Brumation is a different sort of metabolic dormancy than mammalian hibernation, but there are many similarities. When reptiles go dormant, their breathing and heart rate drop to almost nil. Brumating reptiles do not eat (or produce waste)—though they wake up occasionally from their dormancy to drink water.
As temperatures dip in autumn, temperate reptiles get all Roman and they seek out a hibernaculum—a sheltered environment which protects them throughout the winter. Hibernaculums are usually deep within the ground in holes, crevices, and burrows which reach beneath the frost line. Certain species of snakes brumate together to share trace warmth. Just imagine a colony of hundreds of little garter snakes in suspended animation beneath a snow covered rock wall in that picturesque New England snowscape!
Although it is not exactly the topic of this post, amphibians and aquatic reptiles also brumate—sometimes underwater or deep within the wet mud at the very bottom of ponds and lakes! The turtles, frogs, and newts take in sufficient oxygen through their skin to stay alive in their deeply reduced metabolic state—although they occasionally wake up from their torpor and swim about. An indelible memory of my childhood is seeing some little newt swimming beneath the ice of the frozen cranberry bog which I was standing on!
When spring comes and temperatures become warm enough, the snakes depart from their underground dens and sun themselves until they have sufficient energy to become active. Of course some reptiles live in such wintry locations that they have very little summer. There are snakes (like northern rattlesnakes) which brumate 8 months out of the year! Scientists believe that this prolonged dormancy allows the snakes to live longer—like an automobile turned off in a safe garage.
Here in Brooklyn it has already been a long, long winter…and more snow and bitter ice is on its way. Spring seems like a vanishing dream which recedes further with every day instead of growing closer (as is the proper course of nature's ancient power). Would that I were able to visit my felicitous readers in the beguiling south where tropical breezes cajole weary wayfarers with the heavenly scent of orange and gardenia—where winter itself is a whimsical conceit and life is an eternal pleasure garden completely free of care [ed's note: the writer has not spent very much time in southern latitudes or among tropical people].
Unfortunately I am presently unable to leave the ice-fastness of my home to travel the happy Azores or frolic in the eternally verdant south. Even my imagination is beginning to turn cold and cracked. People of past eras likewise missed the summer during long winters. Unlike us, such bygone generations also lacked Hollywood movies, jet airplanes, and refrigerated trains full of produce—even aristocrats were far more trapped by the winters of yesteryear.
To keep some of summer's pleasures with them (and, more practically, to provide a home for tropical fruits and flowers which would never grow in temperate climes), bygone generations kept conservatories, greenhouses, and orangeries. These splendid glass buildings were heated in the winter. Such conservatories had a golden age in the18th and 19th centuries, when glass and heating became cheaper, yet international transit infrastructure was not robust enough to provide cheap travel and tropical produce to the masses (or indeed to anyone).
The favorite architecture for such buildings was ornate gothic–which suited the shape of the iron and glass (and of the taste of the times). To help my winterbound readers escape the endless arctic storms, I have included a gallery of some of the loveliest gothic greenhouses I could find online. Sadly the majority of these buildings seem scantly furnished with flowers and fruit, but that means you can imagine them filled with whatever sensuous orchids and sumptuous fruits you would like. As an added bonus the last few greenhouses are contemporary, so if you have some space you could always add such a miniature gothic greenhouse to your own garden!
The Winter Olympics in Sochi, Russia have commenced! Now I love the Olympics in all their forms, but, sadly, I have no strengths at winter sports (unless you count hilariously falling down on icy surfaces as a strength—in which case I am the comic equal of any silent movie star). Because of my lack of knowledge about sliding down icy mountains on sticks, I have been trying to find something to write about the Sochi games which does not involve winter sports.
Fortunately the history of Sochi is quite interesting (albeit somewhat dark). After being a contested territory during the Russo-Turkish War (1828–1829), the Crimean War of 1853–1856, and the long-lasting Russian Circassian War of 1817–1864, the Sochi area was somewhat…denuded of local population. In 1866, the Tsar's government pronounced a decree was promoting relocation and colonization of Russians to Sochi. But what would these peasant farmers do for a living in the strange semi-tropical mountains by the Black Sea Coast?
The solution arrived in the early 1900s when a Ukrainian peasant farmer named Judas Antonovich Koshman introduced a new strain of tea to Sochi. Tea was then the most popular (non-alcoholic) beverage in Russia, but its cost was prohibitively high. A series of tea plantations had been planted in the Sochi area during the 1870s and 1880s but they had all failed because of the cold (or they produced bitter disappointing harvests). Koshman's tea, however, was different: the plants were more tolerant of the cold and they had a rich unique flavor which appealed to the Russian palate. And thus the great tea plantations of the Black Sea came into being. Throughout the tumult of World War I, the Soviet Revolution, Stalinism, World War II, the Cold War, and the painful birth of modern Russia, the tea has grown along the foothills of the Caucasus Mountains in scenes reminiscent of Assam. Krasnodar tea is one of the world's northernmost varieties of tea. It is said to have a pleasant fragrance and an appealing tart flavor. It also contains a very high level of caffeine so that Russian tea parties stay lively and awake around the Samovar!


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Pillowcase Preorders,Dove and Colors of the RainJournal Entry: Tue Nov 15, 2011, 12:17 PM
Hi there, Thank you so muchh for your support, your watch, fav, and comm, it means so much for me..^^. Right now i make my art as pillow case, i kinda afraid couse it's my first time to sell this..><.But i hope you like it..^^. Thank you so muchhh, and here it is..^^
Dove Pillow case
Price : 32$
~ Size : 70 cm x 50 cm
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Colors of the Rain Pillow case
Price : 32$
~ Size : 70 cm x 50 cm
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see more detail about this pillowcase here..^^ :
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~ Preorders close at 16 December 2011
~ All the payment should be done before preorders close..^^
~ After preorders is close, i'll start to process your order
~ The pillowcase process is 2-3 weeks
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hey lets pretend i live in Indonesia and get the shipment for free even tho i live in america o3o
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They're so pretty, I want both!
thank you so muchhh..XDXD.to austri (for 1 itmes) : it's 10$ for register mail service or 17,2$ for EMS service..^^
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Too bad you have no artbooks for sale, that would be AWESOME to add to my collection~
Too bad you have no artbooks for sale, that would be AWESOME to add to my collection~
Oooh, nice o.o What would shipping to Norway cost? :3
the shipment cost to norway'll be 10$ for registered mail service, or 29$ for EMS mail service..><.i'm sorry ems service cost to norway is really hell..><
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by Courtney F. on 09/01/2015
I love coming here! Dr.Glenz is an amazing doctor. I have seen him for several years now, and each and every time I leave 100% satisfied with my glasses! My optician was Melanie and she was very thorough. She went through all my options and the pricing for each and everything! Their frame selection is astounding. Every year they have something new. The whole staff is so nice and friendly. I won't ever take my business anywhere else!
by Michael R. on 05/11/2015
My whole family has been coming here for about 4 yrs now. Dr.Glenz is awesome. The reason I gave it 1 star, it's because it's the lowest I can rate it. I purchased Oakley sunglasses, using my vision insurance, and paid the balance, after some sort of discount. The sunglasses was priced at $150 at their shop, and NO hard case included. When I got home, I searched it on Google and found that the Oakley sunglasses were only priced $90 at other optical shops and online. 2 days later, I went back to the shop to return my Oakleys. I talked to their shop manager, Junior, and told him that I'm returning the sunglasses because it's way overpriced and it doesn't even come with a hard case. I can deal with the price, for as long as they'll give me a hard case to protect it. He refused to accept my return, saying they can't accept any returns since they already filed a claim on my insurance. I explained to him about cancelling the claims they filed because I need to return the sunglasses. He insisted over and over, that they don't accept any returns. So, if you just want eye exams, their doctors are great. But, Don't dare to go to this shop, to purchase any of their OVERPRICED frames and lenses.
by Jenny V. on 01/17/2015
Strongly not recommended. This is the longest review i have ever written. For your sake, read it. Here is the reason why i give them 1 since half star is not available to choose. First, I had to wait one and a half hour to see the doctor even i had scheduled my appointment in advance and they was completely not busy at the time. Later, my fiancee came and talked to MELANIE. He dropped off the frame (which i purchased somewhere else) to MELANIE to do the lenses. She told him it will be ready within 7-10 business. When the time came, i called and talked to a different person (i don't remember what his name was) to see if my glasses are done. He said he could not find my order and told me it might has never been sent to the lap. He said he need to talk to MELANIE and call me back first thing in the next morning (which he did not). He also promised they will overnight my order if MELANIE actually fail to submit my order. I called them back at 4pm the next day. It was Thursday. I talked to MELANIE and when i mentioned my name she knew what i was looking for immediately and quickly said my glasses will be done in couple days (not overnight as promised). 2 days later, i called them again BUT MY GLASSES WERE STILL NOT DONE. I was so upset because i had been waited for half a month already. I requested to talk to the manager and they put JUNIOR (the manager) on the phone. After being in the conversation with him for 30 mins he said my glasses will be ready by next Monday or Tuesday but he's not sure. I was not satisfied with his answer but nothing i could do. Finally i glasses were done on Monday but the problem was still not ended. When my fiancee dropped off the frame, MELANIE asked him what kind of lenses do i want. He called me and asked me while he was standing in front of her. I told him i want Single vision with ANTI-REFLECTED lenses for which would cost me nearly $80 co-pay after insurance.There was no way my fiancee translated to "No anti-reflected lenses" to MELANIE while i told him "yes" with anti-reflected lenses on the phone. It came i my glasses did not have anti-reflection. Again, I called them and talked to the manager JUNIOR. At first he told me if i want anti-reflected lenses i have to pay full price of $183 since the insurance claim was already close. I argued with him for 15mins and he came down to $83 BUT I HAVE TO WAIT FOR ANOTHER 7-10 BUSINESS DAY to have it redone. As i said, this is my longest review to a business ever. I will go to Lenscrafter tomorrow to have my glasses redone, but i can not keep it quiet. I don't want anyone else make the same mistake of trusting these people in this store like i did. I definitely won't return to this store ever.
by judy.armbruster.9 on 10/14/2013
Good service Enrique took care of me!
Great serviceby damonte.smith on 10/14/2013
Their customer service was great! Would recommend it to anybody who is looking for Glasses !
by gilbertdiaz7000 on 10/12/2013
excelent service frindly people and a realy good doctor Enrique is a realy help nice guy
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Enrique was a great sales associate. He was a great help.
Today's Visionby twylah.jenkins on 10/07/2013
My visit to Today's Vision at Willowbrook was great. Kudos to Jazymn for her exceptional customer service in helping me to quickly find the perfect frame! She was patient and very knowledgeable about the selection to make the process process.
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The doctor was great and Enrrique was very helpful.
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America is at war with al-Qaeda – on that surely we can agree -- and we know that al-Qaeda has bases in Pakistan. In fact, it is probable that Osama bin Laden resides at one of those bases. But we can't fight al-Qaeda in Pakistan because Pakistan is an ally, and America does not violate the territorial integrity of its allies.
Al-Qaeda is active in Gaza, according to Egyptian and Jordanian intelligence. Al-Qaeda supports Hamas which has just waged a bloody – and successful – civil war against Fatah, its Palestinian rival. But we're not about to invade Gaza in pursuit of al-Qaeda. Even Israel, which withdrew from Gaza two years ago, is not eager to return there.
In Lebanon, Fatah al-Islam, which is fighting the Lebanese government, is believed to be linked to al-Qaeda. But the last time U.S. troops were in Lebanon, they were attacked by suicide-bombers dispatched by Hezbollah, a terrorist organization directed by the regime in Tehran. There is no way the U.S. is going to send troops into Lebanon again.
Groups linked to al-Qaeda are in Somalia. We have supported Ethiopian troops fighting there. But a serious effort by Americans against al-Qaeda in Somalia seems unlikely.
Al-Qaeda cells operate in Europe. But it is problematic for American operatives to kill or capture terrorists there: To do so sparks allegations from the "human rights community" and the media about violations of international law, torture and secret prisons. Also, as has happened in Italy, it can lead to criminal prosecutions of Americans thought to be involved. So America's ability to fight al-Qaeda in Europe is limited.
There are probably al-Qaeda cells in the U.S. too. One hopes the FBI is monitoring them. But until the members of these cells commit crimes, there is not much that can be done. On what basis could Mohammed Atta, ringmaster of the 9/11/01 hijackers, have been arrested on 9/10/01?
What's more, some judges and legal activists are now insisting that even combatants illegally in the U.S. are entitled to all the rights enjoyed by American citizens. If this view prevails, fighting al-Qaeda within the U.S. will become even harder.
That leaves only two places where we know for sure al-Qaeda and its associates are operating actively -- and very lethally -- and where the U.S. can send its best warriors against them with the approval of the local, elected governments. Those places are, of course, Iraq and Afghanistan.
But many politicians, looking at polls showing Americans fatigued by a war that was not supposed to be so prolonged or arduous, now favor withdrawing from Iraq -- retreating from the battlefield al-Qaeda calls the central front in their jihad against us.
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