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You need to tap down with the analogic stick while grabbing him.
Like you did in the Goron Mines, with that Goron fighter.
I have no trouble beating Puppet Zelda...
Or when he turns into the giant pig when you're in human form...
My problem is when you are supposed to grab him in wolf form. Sometimes I can grab him - usually I can't. What is the technique? Midna's hand comes out and Gannon is targetted - I press A.
Normally I get trampled and die - this is just too frustrating...
Thanks guys.
You need to tap down with the analogic stick while grabbing him.
Like you did in the Goron Mines, with that Goron fighter.
Thanks I feel like an idiot.
BTW I think I believe I was pressing B and not A. I will have to try this later.
Also, as a side note - this game was the best I've played in years.
BwahahhaOriginally Posted by This Wiik
I'm sure it is
Well, looks like you got help. And, uh, good luck. I love Twilight Princess. Heh, I already beat it.
I am a girl. Yeah.. A girl. And I have a wii. And a DS. And a R4. Just dont be sexist becuase I play vidoe games, otherwise I will have to send you a virtual slap across that smirky face. And yes, Twilight princess, the Godfather, and Prince Of Persia Rival Swords ROCK. (For wii, of course)
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DUBLIN (AP) - Diplomatic efforts to end Syria's civil war moved forward Thursday with U.S. Secretary of State Hillary Rodham Clinton joining Russia's foreign minister and the U.N. peace envoy to the Arab country for extraordinary three-way talks that suggested Washington and Moscow might finally unite behind a strategy as the Assad regime weakens.
In Washington, Defense Secretary Leon Panetta said intelligence reports raise fears that an increasingly desperate Syrian President Bashar Assad is considering using his chemical weapons arsenal - which the U.S. and Russia agree is unacceptable.
"I think there is no question that we remain very concerned, very concerned," Panetta said, "that, as the opposition advances, in particular in Damascus, that regime might very well consider the use of chemical weapons."
It was unclear whether Assad might target rebels within Syria or bordering countries, but growing concern over such a scenario was clearly adding urgency to discussions in Ireland's capital.
On the sidelines of a human rights conference, Clinton gathered with Russian Foreign Minister Sergey Lavrov and mediator Lakhdar Brahimi for about 40 minutes to look for a strategy the international community could rally around to end Syria's 21-month civil war.
"We have talked a little bit about how we can work out hopefully a process that will get Syria back from the brink," Brahimi said after the meeting ended.
The experienced Algerian diplomat, representing the global body and the Arab League, said he would put together a peace process based on a political transition strategy the U.S. and Russia agreed on in Geneva in June. Then, the process quickly became bogged down over how the international community might enforce its conditions.
"We haven't taken any sensational decisions," Brahimi said. "But I think we have agreed that the situation is bad and we have agreed that we must continue to work together to see how we can find creative ways of bringing this problem under control and hopefully starting to solve it."
The former Cold War foes have fought bitterly over how to address the conflict, but Clinton stressed before the meeting that they shared a common goal.
"We have been trying hard to work with Russia to try to stop the bloodshed in Syria and start a political transition for a post-Assad Syrian future," Clinton told reporters in Dublin.
"Events on the ground in Syria are accelerating and we see that in many different ways," she said. "The pressure against the regime in and around Damascus seems to be increasing. We've made it very clear what our position is with respect to chemical weapons, and I think we will discuss that and many other aspects of what is needed to end the violence."

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At the present time surgical excision of the burn eschar is the most effective means of preparation for skin grafting. However, it is often bloody and may result in shock unless blood replacement is adequate. Various chemicals and enzymes have been suggested for this purpose. These include pyruvic acid,1 streptokinase and streptodornase,2 trypsin,3 and collagenase,4,5 none of which has proved completely successful. Theoretically, since over 70% of the dermis is composed of collagen, collagenase should be effective. Difficulty in production and the inability to penetrate the eschar, composed of charred keratin, are the two factors limiting its usefulness. It occurred to us that if a compound could be found which would penetrate or destroy this charred keratin of the burn eschar, collagenase would probably prove to be an effective debriding agent. The results of experimental and clinical investigations designed to test the effectiveness of several
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… picking up where I left off on my previous post, my pursuit to hear more from Jack Off Jill was easier than π since it was I believe in the Top Ten, but certainly in the Top 25. My next mouse click on a song brought me to another gem, When I Am Queen. It is the opening the opening track of 2000's Clear Hearts and Grey Flowers.
The intro of this song starts with a familiar, scratchy and hissing sound reminiscent of a needle just dropped on the lead in for the opening cut of a good old fashioned album. As the piano begins to fade in, you hear the same piano track that was the outro of the last song Angel's Fuck, Devils Kiss (Bonus Track) of Jack Off Jill's debut album 1997's Sexless Demons and Scars. Following an over processed guitar sound the drums and bass are locked tight in a steady beat that pulls you right in. Through-out this track, that rhythm section maintains a perfect canopy for Jessicka's vocals and guitar fills.
Dialing back to the aforementioned musical tie in between Angels Fuck, Devils Kiss; the vocals portrays the feelings that take over after the initial, deep pain of betrayal. Jessicka vocal delivery is cool and calm as she sings the verses of her rising above the blood and tears she is currently drowning in. The verses prophesize a fulfillment of karma of the worst kind for that bastard Twiggy who caste her away like a used glory box, destroying her emotionally; It will always hurt, you fucking asshole![1] But until that time, she needs to continue to cut herself to let the pain escape from her soul to, as she eloquently screams
Drown drown drown myself
Drown drown drown myself
Drown drown drown myself
Returning back to my unrequited love affair with Jack Off Jill, the powerful simplicity of the musical composition, including the aggressive singular locked in performance of all the instruments during the chorus, is an emotional masterpiece that underscores Jessicka's vocals. Her delivery is flawless and grabs you by the heart pushing ones own desires to take action for the woman who will be Queen!
Hearing this song right after Author Unknown won my fandom for Jack Off Jill and my adoration of Jessicka! Hearing Angels Fuck Devils Kiss right afterwards just reinforced my everlasting love.
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More than decade later this song is also a popular one for vocalists to cover.
While getting lyrics and doing the usual research, I came across the best comment a song could get, …This song is one of those Ilisten too when i feel like cutting myself. Part of my self injury prevention play list…[2]


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'Magic wand' ad appears to be a mystery
A magic wand lost near City Hall had nothing to do with any Harry Potter movie.
Rather, the "lost" ad placed in Friday's Red Deer Advocate likely had something to do with Mayor Morris Flewwelling's comments about what he could do about reopening an outdoor rink.
The ad read: "Lost — Magic Wand. If found, please return to council chambers."
Woodlea resident Bev Blades made a passionate plea to council to have the city reopen the Woodlea/Waskasoo outdoor snowbank rink after it was shut down in 2011.
She mentioned how she had talked to Flewwelling on the phone on why the rink should stay open. So she was shocked to find out council later decided, on Aug. 20, not to reinstate the rink and three others for this winter season. A fifth rink, in Fairview, was approved to reopen.
Blades couldn't believe she wasn't informed that the matter was up for discussion back then.
So she got in touch with the mayor again and said, "I thought you were in my corner."
Blades, speaking in front of council later, said the mayor then told: "Mrs. Blades, did you think that I could wave my magic wand and your rink would reappear?"
"And I guess I did," said Blades in front of council.
Blades would later say that she thought "the mayor and the magic wand story was over."
However, she sent an email to the city on Nov. 7, saying she wanted to talk about the rink at the next council meeting.
Her appeal was enough to get the attention of council, which voted in favour of reopening the rink.
No word, though, if she was the mysterious author of the ad. Blades couldn't be reached for comment.
Legislative and Governance Services Department manager Elaine Vincent said she's not sure who placed the ad, but she figured the ad had something to do with the outdoor rink reconsideration.
"We thought it was funny, but I'm not sure what the intent was," said Vincent.


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A grass fire that broke out near Cal Expo on Thursday afternoon -- in the same area as Tuesday's blaze and a Fourth of July wildfire -- was held to 2-3 acres, officials said.
Investigators first said this might just be a rekindle from previous fires. But just after 4:10 p.m., the Sacramento City Fire Department confirmed this blaze was separate.
The fire was reported just after 3:50 p.m., at Exposition Boulevard on the American River Parkway bike trail.
The Fire Department is investigating.
Flames and smoke are visible from the freeway. The fire burned about a half-mile west of Business Interstate 80.


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25 Family Photography Tips and Tricks Anyone Can UnderstandJaime Morrison Curtis
You know how when a photographer gets excited about cameras, their normal speech starts to slur into this morphed jumble of numbers and f-stops and speeds, oh my? Just thinking about it makes me shutter (yes, photo pun intended). Well, I have some good news that will keep you from wanting to walk away as soon as you hear the word aperture. It's really not as hard to understand as it seems – once you learn the basics you'll be ready to start setting your own exposures (I swear!). I mean it, no more blurry images of your kids racing by or perfect shots that are just too dark after you've mastered these 25 Family Photography Tips and Tricks Anyone Can Understand…
Know Your Aperture 1 of 25The aperture regulates the amount of light passing through the lens. Wide aperture isolates subject like seen here. Small aperture expands range of focus aka deep depth of field.
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Understanding Shutter Speed 2 of 25All the numbers can be confusing at first. Remember, shutter speed is measured in seconds or fractions of seconds. 1/1000 is way faster than 1/60. Use faster shutter speeds to get fast moving subjects in focus.
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Catch the Sunrise 3 of 25You can catch beautiful soft light if you start snapping just as the sun is rising.
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Comfort is Key 4 of 25Avoid giving a child too many directions at first. Let them get comfortable with the fact that they will be photographed and then start clicking away.
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Photograph in Unexpected Places 5 of 25The supermarket may not seem like a place that is bursting with creativity, but you may be surprised by the unique shots you get.
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Place Subjects at Different Levels 6 of 25When getting a group shot, try placing your subjects at different levels to give the image more character.
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Focus on the Eyes 7 of 25When photographing a person focus on getting their eyes nice and sharp for a crisp and clean look.
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Experiment With White Balance 8 of 25Most digital cameras have a white balance setting. Experiment with it until you find a setting that is just right.
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Mastering Flash 9 of 25Take photos of the same subject using your flash at different angles. Use your surroundings like white walls to bounce light off of and onto the subject.
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Avoid 12 O' Clock Shadows 10 of 25When the sun is at its brightest you can still get a great picture just capture your subject in a spot without harsh shadows.
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Siblings and Newborns 11 of 25Consider laying the newborn on a cushion instead of having one of the siblings holding it. This is especially good for preschool aged big brothers and sisters.
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All About ISO 12 of 25Remember, in a low lit room you typically want a high ISO and in a bright room a low ISO.
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Special Props 13 of 25Use a fun and special prop especially when photographing kids.
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Keep a Reflector on Hand 14 of 25When you don't seem to have quite enough light on your subject use a reflector. A car windshield sunshade can also do the trick.
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Shoot Towards the Sun 15 of 25To add a dramatic effect, like creating a silhouette, you will want to shoot towards the sun. Sunsets and Sunrises tend to give off the perfect amount of light.
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Play with Sunlight 16 of 25Use the sun flare to your advantage by moving your subject in different positions to get a bright glow.
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Creating a Lush Background 17 of 25Since most of us do not have an open field in our backyard keep your eye out for small patches of grass and flowers. If you get low to photograph your subject the small patch will instantly look much bigger.
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When in Doubt, Shoot Raw 18 of 25When you change your camera to shoot in RAW instead of JPEG you record every bit of information from the sensor, which means you get the highest quality, best brights, better detail and overall better prints.
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Fun and Colorful 19 of 25Try capturing moments full of bright colors and big smiles.
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Distraction Works Miracles 20 of 25A very young subject can often be too distracted by the camera to relax. Start pointing out objects in the room for them to look at to get your great shot.
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Use Your Surroundings 21 of 25Keep your eye out for unique patterns in walls or nature to use as interesting backgrounds.
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Don't be Afraid to Ditch Color 22 of 25Before you decide to shoot in color or black and white ask yourself if the image story will be improved with color. If it doesn't seem like a key factor you may find the moment is captured best in black and white.
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Be Patient 23 of 25When photographing a 3-month old or younger know that you may have to wait a few hours before getting the perfect shot.
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Looking Out the Window 24 of 25When indoors ask your subject to look toward the window to get the soft sunlight on his/her face.
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Every Face Counts 25 of 25Make sure that when you peek through the viewfinder you can see every smiling face clearly.
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Juneau Announces Awardees of $7.6 Million Striving Readers Grant
Wednesday, January 18, 2012
By Allyson Hagen
Juneau Announces Awardees of $7.6 Million Striving Readers Grant
Montana One of Six States to Receive Grant for Improving Literacy
Helena, MT - Superintendent of Public Instruction Denise Juneau announced the Montana schools who will receive $7.6 million in federal grant funding for the 2011-2012 school year to advance literacy skills, reading and writing for students from early childhood through grade 12. This competitive grant was awarded to only six states and will be renewed for the 2012-2013 school year. More than 10,000 students will benefit from the Striving Readers grant.
Superintendent Juneau said, "Reading and writing are vital skills every child must have for their future academic and economic success. This grant will allow Montana to build on successful programs and seek out innovative strategies to improve literacy for children of all ages."
The goal of The Montana Striving Reader's Project is to dramatically improve literacy achievement for all students and to provide support systems for districts, special education preschools and Head Start programs. Twenty-eight districts and eight established preschool and Head Start Programs applied for the grant. The Office of Public Instruction is awarding 10 grants to school districts, which includes 29 schools, and five grants to Head Start and preschool programs throughout the state.
Juneau continued, "We know that students who struggle with reading are at a higher risk of dropping out of school. This grant is going to provide us with another tool to ensure Montana students are achieving at high levels and earning their high school diploma."
The Office of Public Instruction is using this grant to improve school readiness and success from early childhood through grade 12 in the area of language and literacy development with an emphasis in closing the achievement gaps among all student groups including low-income students, students with disabilities, American Indian students and limited-English proficient students.
Additionally, the OPI will work with grantees to decrease the percentage of students who drop out of high school and implement a data-driven decision-making process to collect, analyze, and use high-quality data to assess the effectiveness of literacy programs.
More information on the Striving Readers Comprehensive Literacy Program:
K-12 Schools Receiving Striving Readers Grants:
Charlo Public Schools: $299,732
Charlo Elementary: $78,069
Charlo 7-8: $107,093
Charlo High School: $120,600
Kalispell Public Schools: $140,639
Elrod and Russell Elementary Schools: $140,639
Wolf Point Public Schools: $971,774
Northside and Southside Elementary Schools: $473,486
Wolf Point 7-8: $226,641
Wolf Point High School: $271,647
Butte Public Schools: $836,500
Whittier and West Elementary Schools: $504,000
East Middle School: $332,500
Great Falls Public Schools: $1,136,171
Chief Joseph and Valley View Elementary Schools: $508,582
East Middle School: $257,089
Great Falls High School: $370,500
Libby Public Schools: $306,310
Libby Elementary School: $204,782
Libby Middle School: $101,528
Lone Rock Schools: $314,998
Lone Rock Elementary: $218,202
Lone Rock Middle School: $96,796
Hardin Public Schools: $730,845
Crow Agency School and Hardin Elementary School: $380,834
Hardin Middle School: $157,672
Hardin High School: $192,339
Anaconda Public Schools: $496,620
W. K. Dwyer School: $225,661
Anaconda High School: $270,959
Browning Public Schools: $399,414
K. W. Bergan, Vina Chattin, Napi and Browning Elementary School: $199,414
Browning Middle School: $100,000
Browning High School: $100,000
Preschools/Head Starts Receiving Striving Readers Grants:*
Hardin Special Education Preschool: $181,469
Rocky Mountain Development Council (Helena) $189,854
Central Montana Head Start (Lewistown, Roundup, Harlowton) $250,000
Human Resource Development Council (Gallatin Gateway, Bozeman, Livingston, Belgrade) $167,018
*One additional preschool award is still pending.


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Third-Round of WATC Suspended
France maintained a one-stroke lead over Denmark and a six-stroke edge over the USA through 36 holes of the weather-shortened 2010 World Amateur Team Championship in Buenos Aires, Argentina.
The third round began at 4 p.m. (local time) Saturday and it was suspended at 6:56 p.m. at both courses because of darkness. The third round will resume at 9 a.m. Sunday and the leading groups begin play at 10:30 a.m.
The second round, suspended twice because of dangerous weather, was played in constant rain Friday and was completed Saturday. The French were one of the 34 teams, in the field of 69, that completed the round the day after they started it. The championship has been reduced to 54 holes and will conclude Sunday.
Leading France was 2010 Scottish Amateur champion Romain Wattel, who shot a 1-under-par 70 at Olivos Golf Club. Wattel, who will turn professional shortly after the Eisenhower Trophy competition, won a European Challenge Tour event in September. His teammate, Alexander Levy, fired a 1-over- 72 in the second round and the French are at 7-under- par 279.
"The last two days were very tough days to play golf because of the weather conditions," Wattel said. "The rain and the cold on Friday and the wind on Saturday make the Olivos course very difficult to be under par."
France led the Eisenhower Trophy through 54 holes in Malaysia in 2002 but was unable to withstand a final-round charge from the USA and finished second. The French tied for third in 1992 in their only other medal performance.
"The target in this tournament is to be the first," Wattel said. "We came to Argentina to win the Trophy."
Denmark, at 6-under-par 280, made a strong move in Friday's rain at Buenos Aires Golf Club. Tied for third after the first round, the Danes pushed into second behind a 69 from Joachim Hansen, the 2010 Finnish Amateur champion, and a 72 from Lucas Bjerregaard, the 2010 European Amateur winner.
After more than an inch of rain Friday, the players faced sunny but very windy conditions during the completion of the second round and the beginning of the third round Saturday.
The USA advanced from tied for ninth into third place at 1-under-par 285 on the scores of David Chung (70) and Peter Uihlein (72), who were 2010 U.S. Amateur finalists.
"It was a grind, struggle, frustrating and exciting, all wrapped into one," said Uihlein of their rainy round on Friday.
In the top 10, the USA was followed by New Zealand, in fourth, at even par 286, Sweden (287) in fifth and Canada (288) in sixth. England, Italy and Colombia were tied for seventh at 289 and defending champion Scotland rocketed 31 places to 10th with a 4-under-par 140 as James Byrne shot the best round of the day at 4-under-par 68 Buenos Aires Golf Club.
The largest comebacks by a champion are seven strokes by the USA in 1968, four strokes by Australia in 1958 and three strokes by the USA in 2002.
The top 17 teams and Switzerland (tied for 17th), will not start their third and final round until Sunday. A total of 36 teams started their third rounds on Saturday.
In the third round, the leading teams play Buenos Aires Golf Club and the others play Olivos Golf Club.
For complete results and third-round groupings and starting times, visit www.internationalgolffederation.org and click on the Golfstat icon.
The above report is courtesy of the USGA. For more information, visit www.usga.org.
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For inventors, artists and aspiring entrepreneurs, Kickstarter is a great resource for turning ideas into businesses. Thanks to Kickstarter and other similar crowdfunding platforms, people from all over the world can come together to support projects their interested in the hopes of getting them funded.
While some Kickstarter campaigns fall flat, there are many others that become wildly successful due to their uniqueness and brilliance. Everything from kitchen gadgets and children's toys to $5 million movies (like "Veronica Mars") have been funded through Kickstarter, so it's no surprise when a great idea goes viral and becomes a reality.
These eight Kickstarter projects are so ingenious, we wish we'd thought of them first.
FlipbookitCredit: Flipbookit/Kickstarter
Flipbookits are bringing old-fashioned art back to life. The Flipbookit is a rotating mechanical flip-book kit that can be loaded with either the provided ready-made animated art or custom-made art created by the owner. The Flipbookit holds 24 frames and can be used with black-and-white or color animation. With the help of more than 1,850 backers, the project raised $137,567 in just one month.
HickiesCredit: Hickies/Kickstarter
Hickies replace traditional shoelaces with a system that lets users easily slip in and out of their shoes while keeping them snug and secure. It eliminates the worry or need to ever tie or untie shoes again by turning every shoe into a slip-on. They adjust to any size shoe and come in a wide variety of colors and styles. With the help of more than 3,300 backers, Hickies raised nearly $160,000 in 45 days.
LIFX BulbCredit: LIFX/Kickstarter
LIFX is a Wi-Fi-enabled, multicolor, energy-efficient LED light bulb that can be controlled with most any smartphone. LIFX gives users unprecedented control of their lights, reduces energy costs and lasts up to 25 years. LIFX enables users to create colors to match any mood or décor and can be set to a security mode when no one is home. In less than two months, 9,236 backers helped LIFX raise more than $1.3 million.
PowerPotCredit: PowerPot/Kickstarter
The PowerPot is a portable electric generator that doubles as a cooking pot. It can be used indoors or outside and works with any fuel source. Using a technology called thermoelectric power generation, the pot transforms the heat from cooking into electricity with no moving parts. Different models of pots are available, but each one can generate enough power to charge smartphones, MP3 players, or LED lights at one time. The larger models produce enough power to charge larger devices such as tablets. More than 1,000 backers helped the PowerPot raise $126,204 in just one month.
PebbleCredit: Pebble/Kickstarter
One of the most funded projects of the year, Pebble is a customizable watch that lets users download new watch faces, use sports and fitness apps and get notifications from their smartphone. Pebble connects to iPhone and Android smartphones using Bluetooth, alerting users with a silent vibration to incoming calls, emails and messages. If they choose, Pebble wearers can be alerted to a number of notifications, including Facebook messages, new tweets, weather updates and calendar alerts. The project raised more than $10 million from nearly 70,000 backers in less than six weeks.
ReadySetCredit: ReadySet/Kickstarter
ReadySet is a solar charger that can power up to 10 iPhones or run an iPad for 12 hours of continuous video play on a single charge. Beyond solar, the ReadySet's smart electronics and firmware lets users charge from virtually any source, including solar panels, bicycle generators and micro-wind turbines. The charger's design can be used to power all kinds of devices, such as lights, radios, cellphones, tablets and Wi-Fi hot spots, via its two open standard 12-volt car lighter adapter ports and two 5-volt USB ports. ReadySet had more than 500 backers raise $112,362 in less than a month.
Wobble BowlsCredit: Wobble Bowls/Kickstarter
Wobble Bowls are round-bottomed bowls that rock and spin, but won't tip over. The bowls are offered in bright orange, yellow or blue. The bowls' low center of gravity makes it possible for them to remain stable and right themselves when tipped over, and they're well-suited to be used as serving bowls, snack bowls or for just throwing coins into at the end of the day. In one month, Wobble Bowls raised $42,384 from nearly 600 backers.
TGTCredit: TGT/Kickstarter
TGTs are tiny wallets constructed of soft Italian leather and high-quality elastic. They fit into the tightest pocket and don't make pants feel bulky like others often do. The wallets come in a variety of colors and styles and can hold as many as 20 credit cards. More than 7,500 backed the project with a combined $317,424.
This story was originally published on Dec. 10, 2012 and was updated on April 16, 2015. Business News Daily Staff Writer Brittney Helmrich also contributed to this story.


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Norman Spector
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March 6, 1949
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Norman Spector (born March 6, 1949) is a Canadian journalist, diplomat, civil servant, and newspaper publisher.
Early life and career[edit]
Born in Montreal, Quebec, Spector received a Bachelor of Arts with Honors in Political Science, from McGill University in 1970. Awarded a Woodrow Wilson Fellowship, he received a Master of Philosophy degree in Political Science from Columbia University in 1972 and a Ph.D. in 1977. In 1974, as a Newhouse Fellow, he received a Master of Science degree in Television, Film and Radio from Syracuse University. In 1974-75, Spector was a lecturer at St. Paul's College of the University of Ottawa.
Civil service[edit]
In 1975, he joined the Ontario civil service in the Ministry of Transportation and Communications and held the positions of Manager, Director, and Executive Director. In 1980, he joined the British Columbia civil service serving as Deputy Secretary, Policy for the Ministry of Intergovernmental Relations. From 1982 to 1986, he was Deputy Minister in Bill Bennett's Office of the Premier. From 1986 to 1990, he was Secretary to the Cabinet for Federal-Provincial Relations in Ottawa. From 1990 to 1992, he was Brian Mulroney's Chief of Staff in the Office of the Prime Minister.
From 1992 to 1995, he was Ambassador of Canada to Israel, the first Jewish Canadian to hold the post, and High Commissioner to Cyprus. After the Oslo peace agreement was signed in 1994, he became Canada's first Representative to the Palestinian Authority in Gaza. From 1995 to 1996, he was President of the Atlantic Canada Opportunities Agency.
Corporate career and newspaper columnist[edit]
Resigning from the public service in 1996, he became Vice-President, Corporate Affairs for Imperial Tobacco Limited in September of that year. In January 1997, he was appointed Publisher of The Jerusalem Post.
Since 1995, he has been writing for The Globe and Mail, and he currently writes a bi-weekly column in French for Le Devoir. He published a book, Chronicle of a War Foretold: How Mideast Peace Became America's Fight in 2003 and, a year later, wrote about his experience working for PM Brian Mulroney in the Afterword to "A Secret Trial"--William Kaplan's second book on what is popularly known as the Airbus affair. Spector appeared as a witness in early 2008 at the Canadian House of Commons Ethics Committee's hearings on relations between Mulroney and German-Canadian lobbyist Karlheinz Schreiber, which is formally known as the review of the Airbus settlement. A public inquiry, called by Canadian Prime Minister Stephen Harper, will also take place on these matters, following the Ethics Committee's hearings.[1]
In 2006, Spector gained a considerable amount of press coverage for referring to Belinda Stronach as "a bitch".[2][3][4]
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Modestly watchable, The Rocker is nowhere near the level of Almost Famous or The School of Rock, this decade's great movies about rock bands. However, it is the only rock-and-roll movie I can recall in which the drummer i...
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The title of American Teen makes me suspicious. Just as it was with the excellent late-1990s TV miniseries American High, the word "American" in the title gives off the unwelcome impression that these documentaries ...
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Three years ago Woody Allen left New York for London and made his first good movie in a decade, Match Point.
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Here's a fantastic movie idea: Tropic Thunder takes place on the set of a big-budget Hollywood Vietnam War film also entitled Tropic Thunder.
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A film with an interesting subject rather than an interesting film, Bottle Shock dramatizes the event known in wine circles as the Judgment of Paris.
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Marijuana makes you mellow, so movies about people who smoke lots of marijuana usually try to be mellow.
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Our country's chaotic political climate has given birth to all sorts of monsters at the movie theater – look no further than the Joker's grotesque visage for proof.
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So he has been a pretty well behaved kid until just recently. He runs off in the store, knocks things over...will not listen when you ask him to do something theres just so many things he just won't listen at all and when you punish him with what used to work like the corner or taking something away he just laughs!
I am out of ideas on ways to discipline him. I am due in March with another baby and I can't have him continue to behave like this. Its embarrassing and stressful. Also he throws huge screaming fit tantrums when things are taken away now.
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Here´s an interview with Yngiwie talking about it http://www.guitarplayer.com/story.asp?storycode=10777
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Pearls Of Wisdom: Earl Monroe FromtheBaseline.com interview
During our talk, Earl the Pearl pointed out that a point guard should be able to score. It's not enough for a point guard to pass the ball.
Monroe feels it hurts the team when the point guard just wants to pass and does not mix it up. As fans we are often under the impression that the best thing to have is a pure point guard. However, that is not always true. If a guard can't score then it is easy for his defender to play help defense on the other teammates.
As you already know, it has been debated for years, whether players should or should not be allowed to enter the NBA right out of high school.
There are pros and cons on either side. Earl Monroe does a great job supporting the argument for young players to go to college before going into the NBA.
Here are some highlights of the interview I had with Earl "the Pearl" Monroe:
FromtheBaseline.com: Earl, how do you feel about the point guard position? Do you think it is getting better or is it deteriorating?
Earl Monroe: I look at the combination guards. I don't look at just the point guard per say. You have someone that is a leader on the team to lead a team.
You look at the last playoff run, and then look at Rondo. He had a great series. But at the same time everyone was talking about him not being able to shoot from the outside to keep the defense honest.
You have guys like Steve Nash who can control the game and know how to put the ball in the basket. As well as Chris Paul.
As far as I am concerned I enjoy the combination guard.
FromtheBaseline.com: So in reality you feel that being a pure point guard limits you?
Earl Monroe: I feel if you can shoot the ball that means no one is going to come up to you.
That means the defense is pulling back from guarding you… they are just going to clog up the middle up. I like a guard that can do it all.
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FromtheBaseline.com: Should players go to college? Or do you feel they should go straight to the NBA?
Earl Monroe: I feel at least get some education. Once you have an education your maturity level goes up.
You have to look at the maturity aspect when a player comes into the league.
I would like for the players to have to participate more years in college. I think players need a little section of time to learn more about the game. There is a learning curve.
What you have is guys coming into league that don't have that type of experience. When they get into the league then they are starting to learn. Their learning is depleted.
The players get better as time goes on in their career. When you think of teams winning a championship, the veteran teams are the ones that win. Not the young teams.
FromtheBaseline.com: Then what would you say to someone who says, "Look at Lebron James, Kobe Bryant and Amar'e Stoudemire." What would you say to a person that says that?
Earl Monroe: When you look at it like that, you have look at guys that came out and none of them made it.
You have to look at the percentages. Some people may be able to do that. But the majority of players are not going to be able to do that.
Coaches getting fired in the NBA
FromtheBaseline.com: What do you think about the situation where a coach may only get one year to prove himself? Do you feel coaches are not getting a fair chance to show they can coach? Are coaches doing a good job or are they not given enough time to develop their team?
Earl Monroe: Well if you have a team you have to have players.
If the players do not do well the only person to blame is the coach... you can't fire a team.
So I don't know if a coach is getting a fair shot, but in a nutshell if you are going to be a coach you better hope your team has some players on it.
And there you have it, excerpts of my conversation with Earl "the Pearl" Monroe. I would like to thank him for taking some time out to sit and chat with me about life and the game of basketball.
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Partners in CraftTsia Carson
A good day is when my daughter, Cedar, and I can spend an afternoon immersed in the activity of making stuff. I might be knitting while she works on an intricate bracelet with pipe cleaners and glow-in-the-dark beads. Or, I might be crocheting in the round while she practices chain stitching. These moments are some of the happiest we have: simply sitting on the couch, side by side, not talking much, and helping each other with the work — both with encouragement and technique. Just being together.
The crafts in my book center on this ideal — working side by side with your child and enjoying each other's company. At the end of an afternoon, you may emerge with something beautiful to cherish, or you may simply have pleasant memories of making stuff. Either way, the projects that follow can help get you to that magical place where you and your kids are happy and engrossed in the now.
Most child-parent craft projects I have encountered fall into two categories: either you must do everything together, and if your child gets distracted, the project fails; or else you set up an activity for your child to do so you can walk away and do something else, something more "important." These crafts advocate a third way.
Giant Newspaper Snowflake
Sure, you already know how to make a paper snowflake. But when you change the scale from small to gigantic, something magical happens. The humble paper snowflake, a beloved, simple craft, becomes heroic. It draws everyone in and turns an intimate, singular activity into a chatty, fun group play date. Since these giant snowflakes take longer to fold and cut than their smaller cousins, the grand reveal becomes an event.
Potato Print Milky Way
Potato prints are an old standby of children's craft projects, perhaps because they are easy to do and use readily available materials. This approach to potato prints focuses the project on an astronomical theme, which reduces the variety of shapes, colors, and mediums used. The star-shaped stamps and light-colored paints allow kids the freedom to explore composition, rather than materials.
My friend Diane gave my daughter a handmade stuffed monster for her birthday. While Diane's projects are always ingenious and exemplary, I was particularly blown away by this softie.
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As an Investigator, Darrell played five times as Professor Nathaniel Ward, a brilliant but sometimes misunderstood member of the faculty of Miskatonic University. Professor Ward is one of the few characters to cross over from the dice-and-paper world of Call of Cthulhu. He was so popular that he appeared in two other games as an NPC.
A gifted artist, Darrell provided many illustrations that graced the pages of the HPLHS newsletter, Strange Eons, in the late '80s. Some of his weird and creepy paintings and engravings still hang on the walls of Society members' homes. He also created the pages of the mysterious book which appeared in the HPLHS film The Testimony of Randolph Carter.
Darrell was an extremely strange kid, but he now lives in Georgia, and spends his time travelling throughout the world recruiting students on behalf of the Savannah College of Art and Design.
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BT aims for 'net' gain at London 2012
It's fast, consistent and set to make a big impact at the London 2012 Olympic and Paralympic Games. No, it's not one of the thousands of athletes who will be taking part, but a BT developed technology that's a breakthrough in automated network design.
The use of BT NetDesign at London 2012 will enable high-level designs for the communications network infrastructure of venue buildings to be generated in about 30 minutes, once the system has received and analysed the appropriate data. Each design will show the exact location of equipment, including racks switches and cable.
Using more traditional methods a network planner could take two weeks or longer to complete a similar sized project.
BT NetDesign is unique in its ability to take a computer aided design (CAD) showing the location of communication services and then, using 'intelligent' software, create a network communications infrastructure that will keep equipment and overall cost to a minimum.
For example about 80,000 connections will be needed for London 2012 and BT has estimated that the number of switches and support equipment can be reduced by about five per cent as a result of using BT NetDesign.
Where network communications infrastructure is already in place the technology will use it to make maximum use of cabling and conduit systems to further cut costs.
The key benefit of BT NetDesign however is its ability to redesign following a change by customers. It means a specification on a equipment or cabling change can easily be changed and a new design produced quickly.
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Anthony Conway, a member of the project team at BT's research laboratories at Ipswich, where BT NetDesign was initially developed, says the traditional skills of design by network planners are not lost in the technology but are captured and automated before being embedded into software.
He says: "Embedding design expertise in a software application using intelligent heuristic methods to optimise a network design at the lowest possible cost also has many customer advantages.
"Heuristic methods are used a lot to search for potential answers to network problems. They can help find the best way to meet hard design rules, explore ways of keeping costs down and provide a resilient network."
BT NetDesign will be employed in the design of the network infrastructure for more than 75 competition venues and support buildings which will house 80,000 network connections, 14,000 CATV connections and 1,000 WLAN access points. About 4500km of internal cable will also be used together with a huge amount of communications network equipment.
The BT NetDesign research and development team is working closely with design experts from BT's London 2012 delivery programme venue design team to ensure the project is on track to meet the London 2012 infrastructure milestones.
Colin Norfolk, BT network designer, is delighted with the progress made since the project began eight months ago.
"This technology produces designs with much greater accuracy than the estimating techniques used previously. It's easily reconfigurable to allow a 'what if' scenario to be produced and it delivers credible and a consistently good product from CAD layouts to detailed bills of materials."
But as Anthony Conway points out there is much more riding on BT as the official communications services provider for London 2012.
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I have used these drops for over a year now and they are great. Taste and utility are spot on BUT the packaging has changed. The fabulous pipette (dropper, great for precision of counting drops) has been replaced with, well, a small hole (have to squeeze/shake the bottle or wait for gravity). The small hole is terrible: inaccurate; very hard to get the right amount squeezed consistently; messy bottle; messy fingers; messy cupboard; you can't really take it with you anymore because its so darn messy. Please please please bring back the pipette......... please.Goes Well With:Fat free yog Porridge Coffee
I am a big fan of the Toffee and Maple Syrup flavours, however I hate the new bottles- you used to get a pipette bottle but it is now a squeezy bottle ( noticed they have only done this with the toffee variety so far) I have noticed a lot more wastage as it leaks, but also you cannot as accurately regulate the amount you are putting in and consequently the flavour. Please go back to the pipette!Goes Well With:porridge, greek yoghurt, pancakes
I have tried the Toffee, Strawberry, White Chocolate, Maple, Raspberry and Vanilla flavours - and that's also the order I would rank them in terms of flavour. As many reviewers have said, Toffee is amazing. It has a really true flavour with very little aftertaste - I use it in: - Skyr/Fage Total yoghurt. REALLY brings out the creaminess . - Loads of Protein Pow recipes such as the peanut butter cheesecake, YUM. - In coffee, 11 drops instead of granulated sweetener, for that Starbucks syrup taste. - Myprotein unflavoured whey, with a bit of milk and baking soda, chucked in the microwave. GORGEOUS I've bought some for my friend because I love it so much! The Strawberry is pretty much on-par with toffee, beautiful with yoghurt, tastes exactly like the ones you'd buy in the supermarket. White Chocolate is gorgeous too - I'd maybe knock off a few % because it's not as 'flavoursome' as the first two - it is very sweet but a bit subtler with the white chocolate flavour. Maple is delicious, and a close replacement for Toffee if you run out (which I did). The 'mapleness' is noticeable and goes amazingly with cinnamon. It's almost on-par with the others. Raspberry is nice, it tastes identical in yoghurt to typical supermarket ones, meaning it's got a slight bitter tang to it, not as purely sweet as Strawberry. But it has its place - you can put a drop or two into cloudy lemonade for example! Finally, Vanilla is ok, it's a lot more bland than the others for me, and maybe has a bit of an aftertaste. It's definitely not equatable to vanilla essence or extract, it just tastes 'sweet'. I wouldn't buy this again.Goes Well With:Skyr, Fage Total yoghurt, coffee, unflavoured Impact Whey Isolate, Milk, all manner of cakes, biscuits etc, cheesecake, fizzy drinks, etc etc.
Previously had Toffee which was amazing. I thought I'll try peanut butter. Huge mistake. It's absolutely horrible. Smells like hospital ward. Had to throw it in the bin. :(Goes Well With:The Bin
Got the toffee flavour and I love it! The taste is a bit artificial when tasted for the first time, but I got used to it. I put it to my morning porridge and it's definitely like thousand times better. Cant wait to try another flavours! I am just disappointed that strawberry and raspberry ones contain carmine, so it is not suitable for veg people.
Great product! Please bring back the pipette though :)Goes Well With:Soya milk
The new dispenser ruins it! Obviously made so you use more of the product and you need to re order quicker. Bring back the dropper!
Firstly the actual flavouring is very, very good. I use the strawberry flavour to mix with greek yougurt quickly on the go when I don't have fruits and all to go with it, and it's great, tastes as good as any shop bought, full of chemicals yougurt out there. But... THE NEW BOTTLES ARE AWFUL!!! It use to come in a bottle with a pipette which was clean, tidy and efficient. Unfortunately now; I presume to save money, it comes in a dropper bottle, one in my experience that either gives you nothing, so you squeeze a bit... nothing... a bit more... nothing... a firm squeeze... 5x times too much gushes out, leaving you with a nuclear tasting yogurt... think of the all syrup super squish from Simpsons if you are a nerd like me, but without the hallucinogenic upside. On top of that it is extremely messy. Because I use strawberry my hands tend to look like I've been working in a butcher after trying to use it, I even ended up with some on my radiator the other day and I have no idea how, it looked like a scene from Dexter. The problem is the dropper doesn't stop as soon as you stop squeezing, it remains on the tip and just seems to get everywhere, my screw top cap is half red now :( I have a 100ml bottle and with the extra I don't want and the bits that get everywhere, I reckon I will use about 30ml for the actual purpose! i use to use every last drop from the pipette bottles. It's a real shame cause I really do love this product and it's made getting protein and eating healthy while busy and on the move so much easier, but I don't know if I can keep using it after this batch down to the awful packaging.Goes Well With:Fage Greek Yougurt
I LOVE these flavourings! Have tried most of them, my favourites are maple, white chocolate, toffee and peanut butter (when mixed with a chocolate favoured protein). I generally use it in my porridge with unflavoured casein every morning. I love the product but really don't like the new packaging as it doesn't close properly and licks everywhere. The older one with the drop counter was 10 times better.Goes Well With:porridge and casein
As you may or may not know, the unflavoured whey protein is extremely bland and tastes a lot like diluted off milk! Proper disgusting! Then I came across these little gems. At first I tried the caramel flavour which was sickly sweet, then moved on to peanut butter which was great at first, but I grew tired of it as it was too artificial for me. Finally I tried the banana flavour which is what I've stuck with for a while. Its the best!! Its sweet but not too sweet, and when mixed with My Protein's Whey Protein Isolate, it tastes like a banana milkshake. My protein intake has improved greatly with these. I couldn't stomach unflavoured WPI and most of the time I couldn't entirely complete the 4KG pouch, which resulted in me throwing it away. I don't like using flavoured whey due to the extra unnecessary ingredients that adds no effect to my training. These are great for controlling how sweet you want your shakes, or whatever you use them for. I used to pinch my nose and gag whilst gulping down unflavoured whey on its own, now with the banana flavdrops I'm left wanting more.Goes Well With:Whey Protein Isolate. Greek yoghurt.
I have about 5 powder flavourings and 6 or 7 of the drops. I prefer the drops as they are less sweet than the powders although the powders are probably better value for money although the drops are not exactly expensive. My favourite of the drops so far are the toffee (fool proof in anything) Strawberry and maple syrup so far, Vanilla is ok although I find it a bit boring (personal taste) the ones I find a bit disappointing are the banana as its got that kind of sharp un-natural flavour, and I find the peanut butter one just totally rank, tried it once and it'll be getting binned I think. My favourite of the powders are the Latte, I love the Rubarb and Custard too but it does have a nasty aftertaste. My Protein definitely has the most vast options in flavours in the drops and powders and when I am trying to lose weight I just mix them with coconut milk and a bit of Xanthan Gum and Konjac, a sweet snack for next to no calories. On a different note....I am so happy to see My Protein is starting to make more things with Stevia and hopefully this will be used in more of their products soon!
I have the strawberry and vanilla. But would love to see almond, gingerbread and pumpkin spice 😁Goes Well With:Anything
I bought the strawberry one and the flavour is amazing! I'm really fussy, and this is perfect! The only problem is - like everyone says - the stupid bottle! Leaks everywhere, and very nearly on my cream carpet. SORT IT OUT!Goes Well With:Unflavoured impact whey
Adds unbelievable flavour to everything I have tried them with. Perfect for adding flavour without adding extra calories. Will be trying more flavours soon. My preference; #1 Chocolate peanut butter #2 Toffee #3 StrawberryGoes Well With:Yogurts, coffee, protein pancakes, oats..
Love this product in my coffee but really miss the old bottle and old dropper. This new bottle tends to leak. Goes Well With:Coffee
I love these. They're so incredible and are amazing for diets and that sweet tooth. I couldn't do without them - but I have to knock off a star for the pipettes. Please bring them back - the new top is messy and you lose so much product from the mess. So gutted when they changed these. You definitely don't need 7-10 drops. About 3-4 does the job. I have tried : Raspberry - good but tangy. Less is more. Chocolate - more just tastes sweet. Not really a chocolate flavour Chocolate & peanut butter - PB is too overwhelming. Very strong and the smell turns you off. Strawberry - perfect. Really tasty and a good level of sweetness! Vanilla - quite strong. Again, less is more. Banana - my favourite. Strong but really banana flavoured! Goes Well With:Tea, hot chocolate, Greek yoghurt, chia seed breakfast, smoothie bowls.
Great flavours and taste but please, please, please bring back the pipette. The new drip bottles are awful.Goes Well With:Everything that needs flavouring :)
Have used these for years and love then however the new bottles are awful and much preferred the one that came with the pippett.
Love these drops I use them in everything!! I add them to porridge, green tea, smoothies, shakes, plain yoghurt/quark to make the taste more interesting. My favourites are the chocolate peanut butter and the White chocolate. They are both amazing i just wish these flavours came in the stevia version. I also use the stevia strawberry and raspberry for smoothies as I prefer it that they are natural ones. Goes Well With:Everything!
Bought toffee flavdrops to use with unflavored impact whey isolate. I have used them to make banoffee porridge and shakes - both have been flavorsome. It really tastes and smells like toffee.
I recently purchased the White chocolate and vanilla flavours to add to my coffee, yogurt and porridge. Even adding just 6 drops privides a strong sweet - but not sickly - flavour and makes my food seem so much more indulgent! I only gave it 4 stars simply because if you are not careful, then you end up wasting some of it since it's easy to squeeze the bottle too hard and add more drops than intended. But other than that, I would definitely recommend these and I'll be buying more flavours soon!
I bought the Banana, Toffee and Strawberry, the banana is by far my favourite. Delicious flavour and not at all artificial, I am a little obsessed with this one at the moment. The toffee is my least favourite, artificial and very sweet, the strawberry is okay more bitter strawberry and you really do not need many drops. Dropping the mix can be a bit tricky squeeze to hard and it comes shooting out! As a whole definitely worth giving a go. Goes Well With:Natural Yoghurt, Milk
I use these in Porridge as a sugar substitute and have started using them more often in things like, baking, smoothies etc. Very very sweet (as they are made of Sucralose) but a few drops go a very long way. Mixes in to things really well and you will not be able to believe how little give such a strong flavour. I've got Stevia (strawberry) - which I love! And also Toffee and Vanilla. All taste great and these are a good way to get different flavours of protein from just mixing with unflavoured whey. The old little bottles used to have a pipette which was excellent. These now come in a squeezy bottle - big mistake. So so messy (as another reviewer has pointed out). Bring back the pipette!Goes Well With:Everything, oats, baking, cookies, tea, coffee!
Have purchased this several times. Really useful for sticking into coffee, yoghurt, porridge etc. Lasts for ages - much longer then shop-bought granulated sweeteners - so good value for money. Toffee and banana - both great. Not keen on the chocolate which basically just tastes sweet but artificial and not much like chocolate. Please bring back the old bottle design, with the pipette. The new bottle makes it almost impossible to measure out just a couple of drops, as the liquid splurges out which is wasteful and spoils the food or drink you're trying to sweeten. Goes Well With:Porridge, yoghurt, coffee.
I love these Flav drops!! The toffee flavour is so nice added to Greek yogurt. I eat it nearly every day. Saves me from eating more sugar by putting agave nectar or honey on it instead. I love the taste, not fake at all.Goes Well With:Greek yogurt
Amazing for making black coffee more interesting. Good value for money as a little bit goes a long way. Even the banana works in coffee!Goes Well With:Coffee, yoghurt, oats.
I have been buying flavdrops for a long time now and I never had any complaints about them. It's great for putting in baking, coffee, oats, yogurts... But my recent order came and there's no pipette instead there's a little dropper type thing in the neck of the bottle. It's now extremely messy and a lot of product waste. I'm disappointed in the new packaging.Goes Well With:Unflavoured protein, oats, yogurts, baking
These are amazing and I use them every single day! Makes healthy eating easy and a perfect way to quit sugar! Only downside is they no longer come with a pipette which was so much better!Goes Well With:Shakes Coffee Porridge Natural yogurt Much more
I am a huge fan of the toffee flavour and can't have my coffee without it, but the new packaging has made it unusable. It is very difficult to get the right quantity out and the bottle leaks everywhere. BRING BACK THE PIPETTE PLEASE Goes Well With:Coffee!
First time buyer of flavdrops. Went with the safe option of vanilla to start with and well what can I say, goes amazingly in a black coffee. Would usually have to sweeteners with milk but with this product a few drops is all that is needed to sweeten. Will definitely be purchasing again! Goes Well With:Black coffee
Firstly, it is amazing and brilliant that these can be made with zero calories, I don't know how they do it! I add them to a smoothie which has konjac noodles, a banana, a pear, Rice Dreams rice milk, and water. I also use them in puddings, made to the same recipe, but with Guam gum in to thicken it. Toffee - This is one of my favourites and really tastes like toffee. Chocolate - this should be called chocolate liquor flavour l because it has a distinct taste of chocolate liquor. I find that this is also the case with the Zero chocolate and chocolate fudge flavour syrups. Chocolate Stevia - this also has a strong chocolate liquor flavour. Chocolate & Peanut Butter - This lastes less of liquor, but the nutty flavour is a bit overpowering, and not quite peanut butter flavour. The nutty flavour and scent also seems to stay in your mouth and nose for a long time afterwards. Strawberry - This is another of my favourites, it tastes like the delicious strawberry syrup that my local ice cream van company puts on their ice creams. Raspberry - This does taste of raspberries and is quite nice. Banana - The banana is very nice and one of my favourites. It tastes like bananas flavoured sweets. Vanilla - It has an anaseed like taste, but it does taste like vanilla. I will definitely buy the toffee, strawberry and banana again. Goes Well With:Rice milk/smoothies/shakes/puddings/yoghurts
This was most disappointing. I've used the normal vanilla, strawberry, and toffee flavourings and been delighted every time. The strawberry stevia flavour is another matter. It comes in a rather unsettling clear liquid and tastes incredibly bitter with no strawberry flavor. I would steer clear of the stevia flavours and stick to the wonderful normal range. Goes Well With:The bin.
I tend to use unflavoured products as I like to avoid bulking agents, flavourings and colourings and it makes stacking supplements far easier. But when I started using a supplement with a particularly strong and unpleasant flavour I relented. I tried the Strawberry, Toffee and Maple flavours on a three-for-two offer. The recommended dose of seven to ten drops is not particularly effective. Even with unflavoured Whey or Casein, which taste of watered down milk alone, you'll need more than ten drops to taste much and trying to mask something more will take more. But all these flavours are nice (toffee is the best, followed by the nor dissimilar maple) and I've also mixed strawberry with maple and that works well. I will be back for more.Goes Well With:Anything unflavoured or bad tasting.
So the actual taste of the flavdrops was NOTHING like peanut butter which really really disappointed me however it definitely does flavour things very well (whatever the taste may be.. because it defo isn't pb!) and it does mix well - hoping to try some different flavours as it may just be this flavour that's a dud. Overall, it is a good product, just maybe not a good flavour. It also smelt quite chemically as well which again, could be the flavour more than anything.
tried 3 flavours now, toffee, maple and stevia apple. Toffee is definitely the nicest, maple and apple are ok, just not as flavorsome as the toffee.Goes Well With:porridge, yogurt, protein shakes
I use it in my breakfast, with oatmeal and milk. The white choclate flavor tastes the best! It's super intense just with a few drops. I really recommend using those to add a little more flavor to your diet.
Literally the best invention since sliced bread, deep into a recomposition phase of my training which mean calorie restriction and these bad boys are seeing me right through!!! Can't recommend the peanut butter flavour enough❤❤❤... Seriously stop reading reviews and buy now, you won't be sorryGoes Well With:0% Greek yoghurt
Just ordered in strawberry flavour, and it tastes amazing, I could smell it all day. I mix it with everything, great with yogurt or unflavoured protein powders. I will definitely order some more.Goes Well With:yoghurt, protein powder
My personal trainer told me about Flav Drops and suggested I give them a try as I have a terrible sweet tooth and am struggling to lose those last few pounds. I sent off for Toffee, Maple Syrup and Mocha. They arrived very quickly and I couldn't wait to try some out in Greek Yogurt. I put just 4 drops into a good 3 tablespoons of fat free plain yogurt and took a tentative taste - delicious! Tried out the other two at once and, yep, both scrummy! I'm delighted. It will be perfect in porridge and loads of other otherwise boring sensible food. I'm really thrilled. A great product, reasonably priced, rapidly despatched and totally delicious!Goes Well With:Porridge, plain yogurt, milk (hot or cold) and no doubt zillions of other things I have not yet had a chance to try!
I love everything about this product - for me the maple syrup flavour is true and mixes well in my unflavoured protein/ black coffee - I find all the other protein flavours way too sweet and this allows some control over how empowering the taste it - the only reason I have dropped a star on the review is I am very conscious of my food/supplements being natural and organic and this doesn't feel like a very natural product just because it's manufactured etc other than that I would highly recommend it!! Goes Well With:Deadlifts
i recently bought an unflavoured whey protein, i was not keen on the taste that it gave. I looked up on how to make it tastier and i found this! The FlavDrops are amazing! I bought the Strawberry one which tastes outstanding. I am very pleased that this kind of products exists! The smell and taste that the FlavDrop gives is incredible. Would recommend 10/10. Well worth the price. Goes Well With:Impact Whey Protein (Unflavoured) Instant Oats (Unflavoured)
Not impressed with chocolate. Vanilla more like sweetner. Toffee...lush! :-)
Not impressed with chocolate, vanilla more like sweetner. Toffee...lush! :-)
I have a HUGE sweet tooth, I used to use honey as a 'healthy' alternative which did work really well in most things! However, it wasn't the greatest mixer (especially in drinks) so I came across these flavour drop which work wonders. They mix in practically EVERYTHING, porridge, hot chocolate, cakes, yoghurt (best one), milk (tastes just as good as milkshake but not nearly as many calories). Best thing ever is toffee yoghurt. Just add a couple of drops(about 7) into some FF yoghurt (200g) and it tastes just as good as the high calorie naughty stuff. Will definitely be buying these again!!Goes Well With:Yoghurt, Porridge, Cottage Cheese, Ice Cream, Milk, Hot beverages
Great product, the strawberry and toffee drops are immense. A few drop make unflavoured shakes a delight.
These drops are amazing with yoghurt. My PT put an eating plan together for me, which included 0% natural yoghurt (fage brand). It's almost sour, so he told me about these drops. I decided to buy some and give it a go and they're absolutely brilliant. They have completely transformed my yoghurt. It's exactly like eating strawberry yoghurt. I add about 6 drops to the tub (170ml), which is perfect. Really tastes very good. I also bought the toffee flavour for my porridge in the morning. I really like the flavour, but the taste the sweetener quite strongly, which isn't brilliant. I now add some banana and cinnamon to the porridge with the toffee drops, which seems to have taken the artificial sweetener taste away but left the flavour. Now it's amazing. Really changes the taste. Oddly, the strawberry doesn't seem to have the artificial sweetener taste in the yoghurt. I use 10 drops of the toffee in my porridge and that's the perfect amount. I would highly recommend these drops. The apple is apparently also lovely in yoghurt, so I've been told, but I haven't tried it yet. Goes Well With:Yoghurt and porridge.
Right been buying these for some time with unflavoured protein . I would very recommend as they taste great so far iv tryed strawberry . Rasberry . Bannana and chocolate I would say out of them banana is thr best followedby sstrawberry and Rasberry . Unfortunately I would not recommend chocolate because it doesnt taste nice at all . Doesn't evan taste like chocolate either
I bought toffee which is excellent, so much that I bought another 3. It has a natural toffee flavour. I got apple and raspberry too on second order. I find the raspberry more like the raspberry syrup you put on a whippy icecream cone so personal I'm not a big fan as I flavour Greek yogurt and shakes. If you like the syrup, you're in luck. The apple is like appletiser lemonade. It's quite synthetic flavour but it's ok to flavour protein pancakes. I would def recommend the toffee. I goes great with shakes, yogurt, protein fluff, tea/coffee and most baked products like cheesecake.
Buying these is the best decision I've made, never going back to flavoured protein. Mixed with just Impact Whey Protein (unflavoured so saving on money) and water tastes like a milkshake, plus you can have multiple flavours for a different shake each day. I've got quite a few so here's a review of each: Strawberry: Probably the best of the lot, go for a few flavours so you can mix it up, but definitely include this one. Toffee: Great on its own (even better mixed with banana for banoffee flavour (please bring out a Dulce de Leche flavoured one MyProtein)); a little sweet if too much used on own. Banana: Same as for toffee. Raspberry: Very good although I prefer strawberry. Vanilla: Good mixed with other flavours (and in coffee); not so great on its own. Chocolate: avoid at all costs - it is awful (unless you add cocoa powder as well but better off getting the pre-flavoured protein if you really want chocolate).Goes Well With:Impact Whey Protein, Water, Milk (optional)