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Having finally, at the age of 32, gained the ability to paint my nails without making an awful mess, I decided it was time to graduate from my cheap and cheerful nail varnishes used for experimenting and treat myself to something designed for longer wear. Having read many reviews of Nails Inc products before, I was fairly assured they were of good quality, and purchased a few couple of bottles of polish.
They are not cheap, at around £12 in Boots, so I spent time selecting shades I knew were wearable, and ended up buying a bottle of Black Taxi, and upon recommendation of the consultant in Boots, a bottle of Burlington Arcade, a sparkly overcoat designed to be worn over another shade to achieve a sparkly nail effect.
Like all Nails INC products, these two are names after London landmarks, and with Burlington Arcade historically having been a place to purchase luxury jewellery, it is fitting that this sparkly nail varnish bears this name.
Essentially, it is a clear polish containing silver foil sparkles of various sizes and shapes - some circular, some triangular, some just thin strips. It is designed to be worn over another shade, and a darker shade will give a much more dramatic effect. The brush to apply this is thick and widely spread, allowing the nail to be covered in one or two strokes, and this varnish does take a fairly long time to dry - at least three or four minutes I find to be totally smudge proof. It's worth applying a top coat over the top, not only to increase the life of the polish, but also to smooth down any ragged edges of the foil.
The effect is really very dramatic, the foils catch the light and add a real touch of glitz to your nails, making this a great look for a night out. However, the nails do come up quite rough in texture, and as a bit of a fiddler, I found it so tempting to pick the metal bits off - thats just me though.
Overall, I was really impressed with this polish, though due to my tendancy to pick I will be saving this for nights out!
I decided to buy a Teppanyaki grill during a particularly rainy summer a couple of years ago. I'd been really hoping to have a barbecue, but the weather just hadn't allowed for this, so I decided, following a practice my parents had had for years, to have an 'indoor barbecue'.
Teppanyaki is a Japanese phrase that means to fry or grill on a steel plate. At least, that is the literal meaning, but culturally it is more likely to mean a system of cooking at the table, with the grill forming a central focal point where everyone can become involved in their own meals. It's a way of eating that is fun, sociable, and very interactive. As well as being a barbecue fan, I'm also something of a Japanophile, so I was definitely going to use this to cook Japanese meals with friends, as well as just for burgers with mates.
This 2000w grill really is incredibly cheap for what it is. It costs just 22.99 for a cooking area of 46 cm long and 24.5cm wide. Pretty much all of that cast iron surface can, with the twist of a simple dial at the side, be turned into a fab cooking surface, and is excellent for grilling and frying (though the very edges to tend to be a little cooler).
The cooking surface has feet at each corner, and a drainage hole on one of the long sides to take off any fat.There are handles at either side of the cook plate, to enable easy movement from above the fat drainage pan to a table for serving. The mains cable itself is , of course, detachable for washing, and includes an adjustable thermostat that enables the temperature to be controlled to make cooking not only easy, but tasty!
This is incredibly easy to use - the manual does recommend pre-heating for five minutes before cooking, and also points out that once food is cooked, you can keep everything warm by turning to the minimum setting. Other than that, it is incredibly easy to set the cooking temp through the online controls. I have had this out on multiple occasions with friends, all of us cooking on this on my coffee table, and it has been so much fun!
This is very easy to cook on. Food doesn't stick easily, and it does come with utensils for cooking. It is easy to wipe clean, and not terribly heavy to lift to wipe down, although naturally you do have to make sure not to wet the sockets. With that said, you should treat this grill as you would a non stick pan, and avoid unnecessary scratching and scrubbing.
Overall, I think this is fantastic considering the low cost, and can be an incredibly social way of eating. My only criticism would be perhaps that when washing there is one side you naturally need to be cautious of as it houses the plug connector, but otherwise I am very happy.
Not too long ago, I was gifted a trial sized bottle of Bvlgari Au Thé Rouge by a secret santa. Although I hated the scent, I was very impressed with the staying power of the fragrance, and came away with the impression that although I didn't like it terribly much, it was, based on the staying power and the quality of the ingredients, a high quality product.
So, when I had a little spare money due to a tax refund,and decided to treat myself to a new perfume, I was pretty open minded about trying a Bvlgari fragrance again, and having had a fair few sprays on different occasions in John Lewis, happily splashed out £64 on a 50ml bottle of Bvlgari Pour Femme EDP. Trust me, it's unusual for me to be happy about spending that amount of cash, since that is a weeks food budget!
What exactly was it that I liked about this perfume so much that I splashed the cash? Well, it wasn't the bottle. Don't get me wrong, it's smart enough, but it doesn't particularly stand out. It's clear glass, and an odd sort of shape - sort or triangular at the sides, ovalish from the top, and a curved rectangle with shoulder bones at the front. There are a few gold accents to the bottle, particularly on the neck and cap, and it certainly looks smart, and I suppose looks expensive in an understated sort of way, but not a showstopper by any stretch of the imagination.
The perfume sprays out in a fine mist, and the scent is absolutely glorious from beginning to end. At the start,this is a fresh fruity floral - a powdery violet and a clean orange blossom are the first things I pick up, followed by a hint of some kind of slightly peppery scent,and a definite whiff of bergamot. The scent feels well rounded from the very first spray - but this isn't the end of the scent journey!
The scent begins to fade into a more purely floral scheme - lily of the valley, a dusky rose, and a strong whiff of iris all combine to create a scent that feels both luxurious and light, whilst just a hint of Jasmine steers the perfume in a slightly oriental direction.
This perfume sweetens and gentles at the end into a sort of musky vanilla, underscored with green tea for a continuation of that oriental theme.
The perfume has an amazing longevity on the skin. Despite being quite an assault on the senses initially, this is wonderfully suitable as a daytime scent that develops beautifully into something more subtle by evening. I can still tell I'm wearing this even after 18 hours of wear - it lasts that long!
The longevity and complexity of this fragrance is what I love. I've never spent so much on a scent for myself before, but I don't regret treating myself to this at all, although (unlike with my cheaper scents) I am very precious about this not being left out in the light, and instead store it in my underwear drawer to ensure it retain it's potency for as long as possible.
I whole heartedly recommend this as a wonderfully complex, yet deliciously wearable scent, and happily award it with a full 5 stars!
I was given a Champneys Spa Indulgence Distant Shores giftset at Christmas, and one of the components was a 50ml tub of the body butter. Naturally I gave it a bit of a sniff upon receiving it, and liking the fragrance it became something I very much looked forward tpo trying out, though I forced myself to wait until I'd finished the body butter I was currently using (one of my new years resolutions, to stop abandoning products halfway through).
Fast forward to the beginning on February though, and it was fair game. My pot looks a little different from the one pictured above, perhaps because it was part of the gift set. Its a vibrant hot pink, with a gold lid and a gold bar bearing the Champneys logo. It looks very vibrant and fun, and I think is actually a much more appealing design than some of the other Champneys products which can tend to look a tad old fashioned.
Opening up, the cream is a bright white and very thick, much thicker than many other body butters I have used, and yet quite soft and easy to spread over the skin. It feels very cooling when smoothed over skin, and absorbs surprisingly well for something so thick. It really does feel like an indulgent treat using this. It leaves the skin soft and moisturised, and leaves behind a lovely scent.
The scent is very tropical- I actually thought it was pineapple at first sniff, but once it's smoothed onto skin and warms up it is much easier to identify the passionfruit and mango elements. This smells of summer- which I think is why I'm enjoying using it so much on these dreary grey winter days.
The product has a shelf life of twelve months from opening - I don't think my little pot is going to last that long though, I'm almost at the end, having used this after every bath for the last month. I'm not sure how much was paid for the gift set, but a 300ml tub of this costs £10 from Boots, and whilst that is more than I would typically spend on a body butter, I do think in this case, the quality, the beautiful scent, and the indulgent feeling I get using this justify the price.
My budget doesn't stretch to me making this my only body butter, there are just some months where a cheapy option is the only option, but I will be purchasing more of this when budget allows, and I very much recommend it!
My skin has recently become an odd combination of dry and greasy, due in part I think to a change in medication. As a result, I decided to change the products I was using and see if that would make any difference, and picked up this Tesco Cucumber Facial Scrub for £1.50 for 15Oml. I hoped that the exfoliating element would remove dry,dead skin and revive the rest of my skin, which was looking a little tired.
This scrub is contained in a tube with a flip top lid. It squeezes out easily, and although quite thick in texture is also easy to spread over the face. Clear, with a light cucumber scent,it contains fine exfoliating grains which can't really be seen too well in the scrub itself, but can be felt when lathering onto the skin. Being a facial exfoliater the grains are incredibly fine, but it is still recommended that you keep this scrub well away from the eyes to avoid any of the grains getting in and causing irritation.
Applied to wet skin, I massaged this in well. The gel element was quite cooling on the skin, and the grains were not irritating when lathered in. It took a fair few rinses to get rid of the exfoliating grains entirely, and I didn't notice any immediate difference.
However, I persisted with using this every other day for two weeks (alternating with the Tesco Cucumber Face Wash) and did notice a reduction in the greasiness of my skin - it was less shiny and greasy. I don't however think it did very much for my dryer areas though - they still looked and felt the same as they had before. I don't feel it removed dead skin sells, and my skin still looked quite dull.
Overall, I think this works well as a facial wash, but the exfoliating element was a bit of a let down, and I see no reason to purchase this as opposed to the regular cucumber face wash. Therefore, I can only award two stars, as it didn't live up to my expectations.
I love nipping into my local branch of Lush to see what goodies they have, and one of the products I decided to try recently was Lush Ultrablast Toothy Tabs, costing £2.95 for a pack of 40 tabs. There were also other flavours available.
Essentially, this is solid toothpaste tablets that you crunch up a little between your teeth, and then process to brush your teeth as usual. It was a completely new concept to me, and the main reason I purchased was that it seemed a bit of a novelty.
These tablets are made of Bicarbonate of soda, kaolin (clay) powder, and a number of natural oils, including spearmint, peppermint, and lavender, with the addition of wasabi (an ingredient I've never seen in toothpaste before).
To use them, you simply put one small tablet between your teeth, chew it up a little, and then brush as normal with a damp toothbrush. Whilst initially this felt a little odd, and the tablet was a strange texture to have in my mouth, I was pleased with the flavour of this which was really quite a pleasant mint.
I found that actually once the moisture had mixed with the powder this wasn't much different from brushing my teeth normally - there was still a good amount to get round all my teeth, and although it was slightly gritty it was easy to rinse my teeth and get rid of the grittiness.
My teeth were left feeling really smooth and clean - something I tend to expect when using Bicarbonate baste tooth products anyway. The minty flavour lingered in my mouth for quite a while after brushing, and I really felt very fresh and clean after using these.
I've also found these quite handy for carrying around in my handbag if I know I'm going for a spice and garlic heavy meal, followed by a night out. A quick crunch and chew on one of these, followed by a swish round with a mouthful of water and a bit more chewing and the garlic whiff is gone.
Although this product is good, leaving me fresh and clean with lasting fresh breath, I don't know that it will replace my usual toothpaste, mainly because I would have to either go to my local Lush shop to purchase, or order online, versus the convenience of just grabbing any old brand in the supermarket. That said, I may try out some of the other flavours in future, and do find them handy as a breath freshener when out and about. 4 stars - one off for havign to go out of my way to purchase.
We regularly visit family down in Sussex, and a few years ago when we visited the weather was extraordinarily hot. We decided that we would purchase an inexpensive fan for the guest room, that we could use on this visit and leave behind for future visits. After scouring many of the shops in and around Eastbourne, we found out that most places were actually sold out of fans, luckily Argos rang round some of their other local branches and were able to reserve one of these for us at their Hastings store.
This fan cost 7.99 at the time, although now retails at 9.99, and is an Argos exclusive product. The main factor in our deciding to purchase this particular model was the low price, coupled with the fact that really, there wasn't much choice available to us. The fan measures 22 inches in height, 20 inches wide, and 20 cm deep. The blade length is 7 inches, and the blades have slightly scooped edges. The fan comes with two speed settings, can be set to either stationary or oscillating movements, and requires minimal assemble (merely clipping on the front safety cage).
The fan is fairly quiet in operation - yes, it does make some noise, but it's white noise that can be ignored fairly easily, and blocked out completely with earplugs if trying to sleep. The higher speed setting is significantly louder than the lower setting, although it does have much more of an effect stirring the air up and making it feel refreshing. It seems quite sturdy on it's base - even when oscillating there are no concerns that it might overbalance.
I did like the fact that the fan head is slightly adjustable, allowing you to direct air slightly downwards or upwards as you need, a feature my more expensive home fan does not have, and the fan has a fairly wide swing when oscillating so could easily cover the small bedroom we were staying in, though I suspect a larger fan would be needed for anything bigger than a small double.
The front safety cage affixes securely over the transparent blades. It is a little difficult to remove for cleaning, but as this makes me feel more confident in the safety of this product this isn't particularly a downside.
This fan was only purchased to be used and left in a guest bedroom at my boyfriends parents house, and as such I didn't really consider the looks of the appliance at the time of purchase. Had I been purchasing for my own bedroom at home, I would have been put off by the white plastic casing, as it's not the most stylish item, and looks a little cheap. However, for the holiday, all we wanted was something to stir the air a little and stop us cooking in the heat, and this budget fan has served us well so far. Recommended.
One of the little gifts I received for Christmas was a Weleda Wild Rose Smoothing Day Cream Cracker, a gift my mum picked out as she knew I love all things rose scented, and I had been complaining about my skin, particularly around my nose, drying up quite a bit as winter wore on.
The cracker itself is fairly pretty, mainly white with some lovely bright wild roses in varying shades and depths of pink over it, and a small subtle Weleda logo centred on the box. There were hot pink ribbons at either end of the cracker at the twists, overall really very presentable.
The packaging of the day cream itself was pretty uninspiring to be honest. For a brand I know to be thought of as quality and with a price reflecting that (the 30ml day cream can retail for anywhere between £13-16) it looked rather boring. A squeezy plastic tube that can stand on its end, again mostly in pink and white with a white cap, although no images of roses on this tube.
I suppose really it's what is inside the packaging that counts, and squeezing out a blob of this cream, it was clear that this was quite a rich moisturiser. Although rather watery, it does feel quite rich when applied to the skin, and absorbs in fairly easily, though I do feel it leave me a little shiny.The scent is a delicate rose, a little bit powdery, that is pleasant without threatening to be overwhelming. Immediately after use, my dry skin does feel smoother and much softer.
I have now been using this for around a month (I didn't get round to using it right away after receiving as I got a fair few lotions and potions around the same time and do think it has made a difference. The dryness and resulting redness around my nose has pretty much gone, and my skin look healthy and well cared for, almost glowing, though that may me the slight shininess the product leaves behind. I've been applying fairly sparingly twice a day, and there is a little bit left in the tube, which will probably last another week or so.
Although I did like this product and appreciated it as a gift, I don't think that I would purchase it for myself - it's a little expensive for what it is, and there are much cheaper products out there that do the same job just as well, if not better perhaps as they do it without leaving a shine behind.
Overall, I would give this product three stars - I'm deducting one for the shiny skin, and one for the price which for me, which places this outside of my current budget. That said, I would still give it a recommendation, especially if you do have a little more money to spend, and if they are still doing these crackers next year they are a nice little gift.
When my old Samsung smartphone started to die, my boyfriend purchased me a second-hand Sony Xperia from a workmate. Although it came with headphones, I didn;t want to use second hand headphones when listening to music or watching movies, and sadly the sony phone was very stubborn about only using Sony brand headphones, so the ones I had in the house just weren't compatible.
Luckily, my local Tesco has an electronics section, so whilst doing my weekly shopped, I picked up a pair of the cheapest Sony headphones they sold, which happened to be the MDR-EX10LPPI . They were available in a range of colours - I saw White, purple, and bright pink ones, but opted myself for some in a rather fetching bluey-green colour. I believe I paid around £10 at the time, though it may have been a little more or less, it was some time ago now.
In the packet, not only do you get the earphones themselves, you also get three sets of earbuds in different sizes, which I thought was a nice touch as it enabled me to get the most comfortable fit for myself right away, and of course to put the spares aside for the inevitable moment when I would pull the earphones out of my pocket and realise I'd lost a bud. There was also a warranty card included in the packet - to be honest I didn't bother reading that and threw it away right away.
The cord length on these is 1.2 metres - great for listening to music from my phone when it is in my pocket.Perhaps marginally less convenient when listening to music with earphones at home if my phone is on the charger, but still doable. Obviously for listening to music on my stereo at home when I'm sat on the sofa across the room these are impractical - but that wasn't the purpose for which I purchased them, so can't moan.
I always find with earbud headphones that whilst they are comfortable for a short while, I can't really listen for much more than an hour without them starting to feel a little irritating in my ears, and particularly with this set, I've found they are not terribly comfortable if I wan't to listen to music when lying on my side with my ear against a pillow.
I thought the sound quality from these was really quite good - nothing compared to the really good sets, but certainly nothing to complain about - I could hear words and music very clearly, and they didn't tend to crackle when the wires were moved as some other pairs I have used before do. I don't think they handled bassy music too well though, so some of the music I listened too with these seemed a little shallow. I found they did a great job of blocking off other sounds around me - my boyfriend would actually have to pull one side out to talk to me!
The quality overall seemed nice - I liked the bright colours, and they were small enough to be worn discreetly. The wires seemed strong a sturdy, and well able to stand up to the perils of life in my ownership - being tangled in pockets, chewed on by cats.
These are only basic headphones though, as reflected by the low price. They don't have any sort of volume control built into the phones themselves, and there is no microphone element for those people who might be looking for something to use not only for listening to music, but for answering calls.
I used these for around 6 months, before passing them along to my daughter (changing the actual bud part, naturally) and upgrading. There was nothing particularly wrong with them - they still worked well for what they were, but I just wanted some headphones with more comfort when worn for longer periods and with a richer sound quality.
Overall, I'm giving these headphones four stars - perfectly reasonable performance for the price you pay, and very impressed with having replacement buds in the packet in case of loss/damage or needing a different fit - one of those stars is purely for the extra buds, as without them these would now be languishing unused in a drawer.
I'm a huge tea drinker - 6 or 7 cups a day, and have a cupboard in my kitchen purely for my range of teas. You may wonder what this has to do with a perfume review - I probably would if it was me reading- but it is quite simply the only reason I can think of why a teensy tiny little 0.17 0z bottle of this perfume ended up under my tree at Christmas, courtesy of a reddit 'secret santa' gift exchange.
My santa had obviously read my list of likes, and thought 'Well, I know thehonesttruth likes tea, so I'm going to get her some perfume so she can smell like tea, while drinking tea.'
This perfume is made by Bvlgari. Don't ask me how that should be pronounced, I haven't the foggiest - is it an actual V, or a pointy U? Either way, what I do know is that its quite a 'posh' brand, and a look on the internet tells me that my little teensy tiny bottle of scent probably cost my secret santa around $13.99, or a little under a tenner in our funny old English pounds.
The dinky little bottle is very simple - a smooth tall cylinder, clear glass but with touches of red on the base and on the stopper. Whilst the bottle is made of glass, the stopper which is a flat round disk, is made of plastic, with Bvlgari embossed into it. There is no label on the bottle, just a black motif of some leaves, which I assume to be tea leaves, the word Bvlgari embossed into the bottle, and the words 'Eau Parfumée au Thé Rouge'. It's really very simple and understated.
My tiny bottle didn't come with any information telling me about the scent, although again, a glance at the internet tells me that "Two red-tea extracts were used to create this fragrance: Roiboos, a South African variety, which gives off its warm and gentle woody character, while Yunnan, a Chinese one, offers its intense and voloptous aroma to the composition. The nose behind this perfume is Olivier Polge. It was created in 2006. Top Notes: Orange, Bergamot, Pink Pepper Middle Notes: Fig, Tea Base Notes: Resin, Musk, Walnut."
Now, I don't have Oliver Polge's nose (though it is a nose that has contributed to several of my favourite scents) but I can definitely pick up on the Roiboos tea the second I unstopped the bottle and dabbed a little dot of this unisex fragrance on my wrist. Its the first thing you smell, and it's so strong it set my nostril hairs dancing. It smelt exactly like Roiboos tea, but unfortunately like tea that has long gone cold. I can't say I particular picked up on Yunnan tea in the scent, but the pepper was present and correct, along with another bitter note - not orange exactly, but more like the bitterness of the orange pith.
At this stage, I have to confess I wasn't terribly keen on the scent on myself - it smelt like the inside of a teapot that hadn't been washed in a while, and certainly wasn't anything I wanted to smell of. However, scents do take time to develop, and I was quite looking forward to the fig element - however, the perfume continued to just smell like tea for a good long while. Finally the strength of the tea faded, and became something much gentler and less nostril enraging, underpinned by a very subtle woody musk smell.
The perfume did have some great staying power - unfortunately for me, as I just didn't get on with this scent at all. I kept catching a whiff of it as I went about my business, and it just wasn't for me. The final straw came when, after about four days of using this scent (determined to give it a real chance) my boyfriend took me aside for a little word and advised me that I had been smelling a bit odd for the last few days, and that perhaps it was time for a bath!
This scent may well work for some people, but it just wasn't the one for me. I do like the smell of a freshly brewed cup of tea, but this smelt like the dregs of a day old teapot, at least on me. It's such a shame, as I really wanted to like it - it seemed like something I should like, but for me, it just didn't happen.
1 star
Debowe Mocne is my beer of choice when I have friends round for a drink. Thyis is for a few reasons. Firstly, it tastes pretty tasty, secondly, it's strong and very effective in getting the party started, and three, it's cheap, with four 500ml cans of 7% beer costing £5.25 from my local corner shop, or 5 cans for a fiver from Polish delicatessens a little further afield.
Now, not being well versed in Polish, I can't interpret much of the label. I do, however, understand that the word 'Mocne' translates to strong.Through further research, I have discovered that Debowe means oak, so as far as I can tell, this is oak matured strong beer.
Pouring it into a glass, it's a dark beer with a red-gold tint, and a strong odour rather like that of Horlicks. The smell is very malty, and this comes out in the taste, which is malty with hints of caramel and just a little bit of a burnt taste. The first few sips do give away the strength a lot, this not being the smoothest drink to start with of an evening, but once you've drunk the first half can, it's actually rather smooth and very pleasant.
However nice it is to drink, there is no denying that the strength of this beer not only leads to bad behaviour, but also to painful hangovers. Whilst I rate this beer 5/5, thats a situational rating. If I had more money, I'd undoubtedly drink something much nicer, perhaps something weak but fruity.However,if you're fairly skint and aiming for a good amount of drunkenness per pound spent, then this is fantastic.
Being a classy sort of girl, when it comes to drinking, I like something with a little bit of bling. Actually, thats a complete lie, I'm more of a lager girl, but when it comes to parties and special occasions, then I do tend to get a little more exotic and experiment with new things.
Enter Smirnoff Gold - Smirnoff Vodka enhanced with the fiery flavour of cinnamon and containing real flakes of edible pure gold. I paid about £22 for this in my local corner shop, but it can be found in supermarkets significantly cheaper, generally around the £17-18 mark.
It's a thing of beauty to look at. The bottle features all the usual smirnoff motifs, but instead of red they're printed onto the bottle in gold. The vodka itself is clear, and a decent smattering of gold can be seen floating about inside - I do like the fact that it doesn't sink to the bottom, but is suspended in the vodka itself, as it makes it an attractive addition to a spirit collection. It weighs in at 37.5%, so it's a good strength.
Drunk neat, the cinnamon flavour is very strong, and in addition to the usual burn of strong spirits, there is a good amount of burning caused by the cinnamon as you drink it - not at all unpleasant, but certainly something that wakes you up. I perhaps feel the flavour is a little overwhelming when drunk neat - the trouble comes with finding things to drink it with, as many of the traditional mixers don't work. With cola? Disgusting. With Orange? Blech! With Lemonade? Watery.
After a fair bit of experimenting, I have concluded that the best things to mix with this are apple based. Makes sense really, with apple and cinnamon having been a classic combination in cooking for a long time. With Appletise, it becomes a cool and refreshing long drink. The real beauty though, is putting a double of this in a mug, and topping up with warmed apple juice - a fantastic drink for winter nights, it smells just like christmas and is an easy cheats version of mulled cider.
Overall, I rather like this. On it's own, it's a pleasant, though perhaps slightly overpowering (certainly some of my friends were not keen) shot. Combined with the right mixer though, it really becomes a thing of beauty and something to be savoured, though this does come with the disadvantage of the gold flakes becoming less visible, which renders them slightly pointless.
I'm giving this 4 stars. Whilst the gold flakes allow this drink to look very attractive when neat, or as part of a bottle collection, they don't really add anything to the overall drinking experience and a purely cosmetic touch. However, I really like the flavour and the warming sensation I get upon drinking, and for that reason, I have (and will) purchase again.
I've had a bit of a manky dry tickly cough recently, as well as other flu symptoms, so when nipping past the pound shop in town last week, I decided to nip into the pound shop and see if there was anything there that might help. Alongside some ibuprofen capsules, I also picked up some Bells Cough Linctus, which comes in a 200ml bottle with no exterior packaging.
It's an old fashioned brown bottle with a non safety cap, and it's not very fancy looking. It simply states that it is for the relief of sore throats, irritating and chesty coughs. The dosage is 2 5ml spoonfuls, up to four times a day, for those over 14. For those between 7 and 14, the dose is halved. There are many active ingredients, including Ammonium Chloride, Tussilago, Horehound, Squill and Tolu which all possess expectorant properties (meaning, disgusting as it sounds, they they help thin phlegm and mucus so it can be coughed up and gotten rid of. It also contains sodium citrate to soothe and relieve the pain of a sore throat, and menthol which helps clear congestion and provides a strong flavour base.
This is a strongly flavoured medicine - it's not one that I imagine children taking happily, but I actually like the flavour, which is mostly menthol based, with something almost licorice flavoured in it. Being a linctus, this is quite thick and syrupy, helping it to coat the back of the throat and provide immediate cooling and soothing to the area.
I've been using this for the last week, and find that, especially at night when the tickling and irritation are at their worst, it's been very helpful. I don't think it helped so much with the other symptoms of flu I had, the headaches, temperature, and achy muscles, but with this medicine not containing either paracetemol of ibuprofen, I have been able to use this in conjunction with both varieties of painkiller in order to minimise all symptoms.
At only a pound a bottle, I think this is great value, and certainly much cheaper than many bigger brand cough medicines. I would prefer it to have a safety cap, but other than that I have no real complaints. 4 stars.
I suffer often with heartburn, and one of the products I always have to hand to enable me to cope with it is Rennie, which come in various flavours, Orange, Spearming, and Peppermint . Rennie are widely available, you can find them in any chemist or supermarket, and fortunately for me as a long term heartburn sufferer, in any corner shop too. a wide range of Rennie products designed to relieve similar symptoms, the most popular products in the range are the Rennie Tablets which come in a range of flavours.
They come in a mainly red box with a smaller blue box on the front that lets you know these are Peppemint flavour, and the bottom left of the box tells you how many Rennie are included in white lettering (72 in this case). It's pretty recognizable on the shop shelves, though there are different flavours distinguished by different ribbons of colour across the box. To use this, you simply take one or two tablets at a time as required, up to a maximum of 16 tablets daily.
These tablets taste really dry and chalky. But they do taste quite pleasant, and they don't cause any kind of displeasure when you chew them (and you are meant to chew them, not just swallow). I find they leave my mouth feeling dry and strange after use, but I do find that they settle heartburn and reflux for me. Reflux in particular has been a longstanding problem that can never be cured, but Rennie do make it tolerable, and at the price of 4 quid for 72 tablets, which tends to last me nearly 3 weeks, I'm happy.
These work for me. I've tried all the various flavours, and I've yet to find one that doesn't leave my mouth feeling a bit dry and uncomfortable. So far, these are the best things I've found for dealing with heartburn and reflux. Does that mean they're perfect? Not by any means! But they are the best solution I'm currently aware of, for which I award them 4 stars.
I suffer from severe stress and anxiety, and one of the side effects of this is my tendency to get mouth ulcers frequently. Mouth Ulcers can be incredibly annoying, especially the ones on the underside of the tongue that end up scraping against teeth, so it's good to have something to numb them, and one of the products I use to do this is Medigel, which can be purchased in pharmacies and supermarkets for a little over £2.
It's simple to use, squeeze out a small amount of the gel, and rub onto the ulcer, with treatment repeatable after 20 minutes. This has a strong, spicy mint taste to it, which is a little unpleasant, but after a few seconds your tongue won't be able to feel anything, never mind taste anything normally. This gives a very quick tingly numbness to the ulcer site, so much so that my tongue feels quite thick and heavy in my mouth. It's a really odd feeling, though not unpleasant, and it stops me from biting and scraping at my ulcer to make it work.
Effects are immediate, but short term, possibly because I do drink water constantly throughout the day and wash it off. But, with it being something you can use every 20 minutes, it does do a good job of taking away the pain, albeit by distracting you with how weird your own tongue now feels in your mouth.
It's not my favourite mouth ulcer treatment - I much prefer clove flavoured products, and do find that in particular Boots own brand is longer lasting and more effective, but it certainly does the trick. 4 stars, one off for not liking the taste over much.


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text: Ask Me Anything Episode 2 (Podcast) Leigh (LoGun) Attract Women 15 Comments Ladies and gentlemen… For your listening pleasure… I present: Ask Me Anything Episode 2! Yes, save the round of applause. I know it's far later than it should have been but I just love making you work for it. It's shorter than the last one (coming in at just under 40 minutes) but it's still jammed full of solid advice. Enjoy 🙂 (Right click here and select 'save as' to download) Here the list of links to things we talk about in the podcast: – Got a question you want answered? Post it here: Ask Me Anything – How to be a better looking Man – The Capacity to Love – Endgame A few of the guys who were the test subjects for this podcast have already asked me about what they can do to get a mentor to help them spot their own blind spots. If you feel like you're also 'missing something obvious' or just want personal feedback on your issues and challenges, check out the personal coaching page here: Your own personal mentor The first 20 minute consultation is free and you get the chance to work out exactly who you want to work with. Here's a breakdown of the questions and what you can expect to learn: QUESTION 1: How can I give women what they want without losing my internal focus and straying away from what I want? – The foundations of attraction – What it really means to 'give' to a woman – What you need to do to get to a place where you feel you can give to women – Can you give all the time? – The important of taking care of your own shit first – How I structure my life so that I can give to the women in my life – That Jermaine is a liar QUESTION 2: How can I make women attracted to me whilst I'm balding? – The secret food to that will keep your hair from thinning – The simple solution to making sure no more of your hair falls out – The role that hair plays in attracting women – Why this is the wrong question to be asking and what you should be focussing on QUESTION 3: How do I deal with women who want respond to me in a nightclub? – The simple way to handle it to make sure it doesn't ruin your night – How to use rejection to form deep connections – The one response thats worse than a cold shoulder (not what you think it is) QUESTION 4: What is love in your point of view? What role does it play becoming confident? How does it relate to sex? – What I think love really is – The role that American society plays in limiting love – Why sexual desires take on morphed and deviant forms – The way love is portrayed by popular culture and what they're really talking about – What's required to be able to give women complete freedom QUESTION 5: How do find your blind spots? How do you deal with them when you find them? I still have a long way to go. Should I approach women now or wait till I've got my shit together? – The key indicator that will tell you when you're lying to yourself – The different forms that indicator can take as you move through your life – The Gatorade / Water analogy That's it gentlemen, I hope you've enjoyed it. If you have questions about anything that's covered in the podcast, feel free to leave them in the comments below. If you have a question that's not related to what's covered in the prodcast and would like it answered, make sure you leave it on the Ask Me Anything thread on the forum here: Ask me Anything Leigh Join over 25,000 subcribersDownload your FREE copy of Seduction Community Sucks now and get in-field videos, subscriber-only articles, and exclusive podcasts delivered directly to your inbox If you're ready to become the kind of Man that attracts confident and in-demand women without trying, then I have a gift to start you on that journey. Seduction Community Sucks is your 159 page kick-start to becoming the kind of Man that makes women go weak at the knees. Get your FREE copy, as well as access to other subscriber-only articles, podcasts, and video footage, now. Get your FREE ebook, hidden articles, in-field videos, and exclusive podcasts here: 15 Responses guillermo September 4, 2013 Hi. I was the one who asked the 3rd question. What Jermaine said was interesting. When you relate to her despite she is "rejecting" you. Never happened to me, I didn´t quite understand him. how could I possible feel connected to someone who is rejecting me? When Andrew said "I don´t have a good time by hanging around people who don´t want to talk me" is true, but also put you in a position of minimizing effort interacting with women. Despite we want to be our best selves and create an amazing world, we also have to go through pain if we want to change our interaction with women. I don´t agree with Andrew because that is the kind of "maximize the input by minimizing the output" mindset (like "ok, I´m chill in the nightclub, but if I start interacting with women and they start rejecting me, I might loose some of my good feeling that I had before and I may have problems to get it back, and I didn´t come here to have a shitty night. I came here to have fun and if I feel in the mood to interact with women, I`ll do it". It´s a distortion because despite you can feel good doing amazing things in your free time and enjoying every day, that is tested when you interact with women and they start rejecting you. Leigh. I think in order to become the person you are today you had to experience a lot of pain when you got rejected and embarrassed, despite following the philosophy that is known in AI . And I think you had moments when you just wanted to give up because you had to manage the pain you were willing to take and I don´t think you found the answers by going out one or two times per week. The last thing you said (when she gives you something to play with you follow trough but if not you leave) you do it in order to not to loose the good feeling that you have inside you or is an expression of you saying what you tolerate and what not? Another point. I think a good idea for the updates of the page would be posting "newbie missions inside the nightclub" (apart from working on your propose, focus and actions) Great podcast. Reply Leigh (LoGun) September 4, 2013 Hey mate, Just to make sure I don't misfire on your question, could you try shortening it down into one or two specific questions? I'm getting lost in the details here. Reply guillermo September 5, 2013 Yes. 1) How could I possibly feel connected to someone who is rejecting me? 2)Andrew said "I don´t have a good time by hanging around people who don´t want to talk me" and you agreed with him, but I don´t totally agree because I see it as a way of avoiding pain while you are being rejected, and pain is a key element. I think that in your journey to be good with women (apart from working on yourself) you had to approach a lot but also you had to suffer a lot of pain while been rejected. In your case, how did you manage that pain?when you felt it you kept approaching until you couldn´t handle it anymore and then you started again, or did you only keep going if you felt good? Leigh (LoGun) September 5, 2013 1) Have a read of this and see if that makes sense: http://www.attractioninstitute.com/overcoming-loneliness-101/ 2) From what I can tell, the reason this doesn't make sense to you is that we're coming from two totally different worlds. You're trying to find a way to become better at dealing with all the emotions and expereinces that you perceive the world causes you, and we're talking about becoming better at creating the experience we want. Two totally different things. I can't tell you how to stop getting rejected or manage the pain that comes from it. AI is about helping you get to a place in your life where you don't care if people reject you and therefore, there's no pain associated with it. Does that make sense? guillermo September 5, 2013 Thank you for your answer. 1)I´ll check that article. 2) A little bit. I understand what the philosophy of AI is. I´m not in the search of the "3 funky steps of how to deal with your rejection" but a simplify version of how you were dealing with pain in your journey, because what Andrew said (I don´t have a good time by hanging around people who don´t want to talk me) is truth. If you want to reach a place where you don't care if people reject you, you must immerse into a process where pain is an element when interacting with people and they reject you . It´s not a straight line between point A and B. If B looks like you said (not caring about the rejection) and A looks like I said ("I´m working in myself to be a better person but at the same time I want to approach women, despite if I feel like I have to be this kind of self actualized man first, but I´m trying to have a boundary when they are rejecting my and I feel pain which are: 1) Stop when I can handle it anymore,rest and begin again and 2) Keep going despite If I don´t feel in a good mood to approach them") what is in the middle? I don´t know Andrew and I´m not here to bash anyone, but for what Andrew said I don´t see him taking a lot of action in their interactions with women and I think this is a common think with the guys of AI. You could be pushing yourself in areas of work, friends, meditation, self control, freedom, but all of that is tested when you are interacting with women and start get rejected and feel like shit. And you think "but I don´t need women to be good with myself. Look at all the things that I have been working on (meditation, work, food, breaking daily routines,etc).Look at how much I improved. Lets focus on that". And they stopped approaching (I read the article "misconceptions about the game" and what you said is truth: "you can work on yourself and try to be with women at the same time") I remember feeling really good with myself because of what I achieve one day(how good I felt when I challenged my reality in work or how good was breaking my daily routine,etc), but if that day I hit the club and began approaching and get blow out a lot I feel like Andrew said and I think "ok, what´s happening here?. I´m challenging and I don´t feel that power I felt when I did the other things that day". It´s like playing tennis in different surfaces:you could be good at playing in clay, hard courts but not in grass. If you want to be good at playing in grass of course you´ll have a period when you feel like shit, self doubt, pain, etc apart of having that "small" feeling of power because you are challenging yourself,but I think I´m missing something. You are telling me: "in my world I don´t experience pain because rejections don´t matter" (a.k.a point B, you made it) and I´m in point A. How does it look being in the middle of A and B with pain? More precisely.I´m working with "Empowermen". I´m catching myself being more and more free, but at the same time I´m experiencing pain, self doubt, embarrassment, and the feeling of saying "fuck this shit, let´s focus on other areas of my life instead". Did you experience the same things in your journey?how did you manage that pain? Took long, but I hope you can understand the idea. DecisionTime September 4, 2013 So are people who get married necessarily dependent on their spouses? If someone gets married for the "right" reasons, is he just making a promise to selflessly give to his spouse for the rest of their lives? Clearly, there must be some experiential benefit to anyone who seeks or attempts to maintain a relationship. What separates dependence from the personal, experiential benefits being in a relationship? To Leigh, specifically, this is what I was getting at in the "Ask me anything" thread when I asked about finding a balance between what is given to and taken from the world. For example, people pay you for Endgame, coaching, etc. because, assuming that your intentions are as you say, in order for you to give something to people who visit the site, you need to ensure that you can meet your basic needs so you have to take something in return. Back to women, is your definition of dependence wanting one woman above others? If so, where does preference end and dependence begin? Reply Leigh (LoGun) September 4, 2013 This is going pretty deep here but I'll do my best to answer it. A dependent person needs another to create the experience of life they want. An independent person can create the experience of life they want without demanding that anyone change the way they live their life. Two dependent people in a relationship need the other person to fill a hole in their life. Two independent people in a relationship don't need the other person, but enjoy being around the other person. Being independent isn't about having everything you've ever wanted all the time. It's being able to create the experience you want, when you want to. Does that make sense? Reply DecisionTime September 5, 2013 That doesn't really answer the question. If you have a partner, it's because you have chosen her and continue to choose her over other women. I think it's pretty obvious that the way that you are choosing to create the experience you want, at least in part, is by choosing her. So even if you are in the relationship for the sole reason of giving to her and assuming that giving to her enhances your experience, couldn't it be said that, to some extent, the quality of your experience is dependent on her her? The reason that I'm pointing this out is that I think it is potentially critical of the natural relationship that each of us has with his environment. I pointed out people paying for coaching and Endgame because it's a more obvious example of how dependency on externals is unavoidable. Assuming that your body is excluded from the external environment, if all you ever did was give to your external environment and never took anything, you'd soon be dead. This is a question that I've asked myself for a long time and I still can't figure it out. Does real independence from externals equal death? Not that you're necessarily trying to convince anyone of what mindset they should have, but I think the mindset that you can't be dependent potentially sets up roadblocks in the minds of the people listing to this recording because it gives them another standard against which to measure themselves. I think a better strategy would be to try to accept the fact that, as a living thing and a mammal, you are dependent on your environment to some degree (but even that could be taken as a standard). Leigh (LoGun) September 5, 2013 Ok, I think I see where you're going with this. Yes, if you choose one partner over another, it's because they help you experience what you want. But the difference between a dependent person and an independent person is their baseline capacity to experience what they want. A dependent person CANNOT experience what they want without their partner. Because of this, they NEED the other person in their life and are dependent on them. They pressure their partner to give them what they want and therefore, feel shit when they don't get it. Their cup is half full (or empty) and they need the other person in their life to fill it up. An independent person can experience what they want without their partner. Because of this, they don't need the other person in their life and they're independent of them. They give their partner the freedom to be whatever they want and therefore, don't feel shit when they don't get what they want from their partner. Their cup is full and so they don't need the other person to fill it. In saying all this, theoretical conversations about what may and may not be are totally pointless and no-one grows from them. We could have hypothetical conversations about this till the cows come home and neither of us will be better off for it. The only time you're going to grow is when you take the theory and apply it to your life. Is there a specific situation you're having issues with or did you just want to have a theoretical conversation? DecisionTime September 5, 2013 I went back and listened to the part that led me to make a comment. Speaking from personal experience, the "dependent" kind of love can be a powerful force to pull a person in the RIGHT direction. As I see it, the issue is not the desire itself, but whatever force, which is probably always based in fear, that prevents the individual from fully acknowledging the power of that desire by maintaining the distance between the individual's consciousness and the desire. When that distance is closed, the individual can more accurately see what the desire is all about so that he can turn his focus from results to action. I also don't think it's a misnomer to call it love. It's the same underlying force that creates the healthy and unhealthy forms of love, but the unhealthy form results when other problems are present and it's not love that's at fault. To say it another way, "independent" love is unimpeded love, "dependent" love is repressed love, but both are love. Speaking more broadly, regardless of whether you consider this theory, it's where I am. As I've pretty much said, we're all dependent on the external world and the people in it inasmuch as we want to act within that world and have relationships with those people. Figuring out how to simultaneously be indestructible in the world (or at least losing concern about being destructible) AND live a life that makes sense to me, which I think requires purpose, which necessitates action in the world, is pretty high on my list of priorities. Maybe that whole mindset is bullshit. Maybe all of this is bullshit. Time will tell, but in meantime, concepts ("theory"), though very limited, are unavoidable if this shit is to be discussed. I'm just passing on what I've learned. For an individual who is not fully mature (in terms of understanding desires, role in life, etc.) such as myself and the overwhelming majority of people here, to try to move completely to a place of action from a place of non-action is to operate, at least to some extent, out of fear and disconnection. Ceasing to act out of fear is, in my experience, the first step to learning to act with purpose. It's like dumping out your cup of water before it can be refilled. That's not to say I don't act. All of my actions currently have essentially the same purpose, to increase my capacity to feel, which I'm doing constantly, including making this comment. Can you see how I might be doing that? Leigh (LoGun) September 7, 2013 Sorry mate but I don't quite understand what you're trying to communicate here. Can you try and make it more succinct for me? I'm getting lost in the words. DecisionTime September 8, 2013 Regarding "independent" versus "dependent" love, what I'm saying is that it's the same underlying force, that creates both forms. Here's an analogy – let's say you have a flashlight, a clear lens, and a blue lens. If you shine the flashlight through the clear lens, the light maintains its original color. If you shine the light through the blue lens, the light that passes through is blue, but the light coming out of the flashlight, before it hits the lens, is the same regardless of which lens you use. To criticize dependent love is to miss the power and beauty of the underlying force that creates it. If anything, the thing to criticize is the fear (the blue lens in the analogy) that causes love to actualize in its dependent form. I can say from experience that accepting the power of the underlying force can be life changing, even if actualizes itself as the dependent form of love. However, in my case, because I had ideas about how I was supposed to feel, i.e., that I wasn't supposed to feel dependent, there was a period where I tried to bury the way I felt and it almost drove me insane. Part of the webcast came across as critical of dependent love, which I think could be detrimental to the goal of becoming a more healthy and powerful person and thus detrimental to finding love. Regarding your point to me about action versus theory, my point was that if you're in the right place, action is the inevitable result of desire. Desire + Understanding ==> Well-directed action ==> Satisfaction of desires However, if you lack understanding, both of your desires and of who you are in the world, you won't know how to act in a way that leads to satisfaction. If you lack understanding of your desires, the action that you do take is is not the result of desire, but fear. Leigh (LoGun) September 8, 2013 Ok, I think I get what you're saying. The force behind dependent love is the same as the non-dependent love – the desire to experience. If that's what you're saying, then yes, I agree. juan esteban September 5, 2013 sincerely friend and teacher, recently wrote in this blog that AI taking a different approach to what came to be the same, I leave you with a question what will happen to the programs scheduled to take wing had light? : Addendum Endgame, InSight, Bullet Proof, Foreplay that is the question that I have because I agree that the research behind these programs seems very interesting, useful and powerful for a future thanks Reply Leigh (LoGun) September 5, 2013 Hey mate, They're still in the works. The addendum should be released soon. InSight, is coming along and has been tested. It just needs to be uploaded. BulletProof and Foreplay are still a long way off but they're coming along. Keep an eye on the blog for updates. 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I've finished yesterday my first play-through with the Synthesis ending (around 5.600 war assets and a Readiness of War with 100%) - and made me to think. But all-in-all I enjoyed the end-game really very much and the last battle was really a challenge. I could only say - WELL DONE BIOWARE, WELL DONE!
On the weekend I'll make a 2nd ending with the Destruction path. And now I can also start commenting / discussing the ME 3 ending blogs . From my PoV BioWare mustn't make a different ending, but provide some DLCs on former crew-members we haven't seen in ME 3. Beside the ending-story itselve the mass portal destruction is puzzling myself a little bit, from my PoV there are some questions:
- Most war fleets and warriors (war assets) are now stationed around earth and can't go back to their home-planets. Will earth be a kind of new Citadel? Is the quantum entangled communication to their home-worlds still working?
- Will the galactic society re-invent / re-build the Mass Effect portals? Or is this not possible for now?
- What or who is the thing that controlled or better created the Reapers? - Or was it just evolution of an organic society, which then lead to the Reapers? Maybe the initial purpose of the Reapers was a different one - like with the Quarian / Geth?
And with these questions of course some interesting discussions with friends & fellow-gamers (personal or through blogs), which goes beyond gaming!
During the weekend I'll write some additional thoughts about ME 3, this is just a first short blog-statement from my side.
P.S.: Currently I don't have the time, but an Insanity play-through (ME1 or just Genesis, ME2, ME3) is on my mind.


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Louis Theroux is responsible for some of the most squirm-inducing moments in TV history – and I mean that as a compliment.
Remember when Christine Hamilton got flirty in When Louis Met... the Hamiltons? Now he's back with Louis Theroux's LA Stories (Sun BBC2), a new three-part, Los Angeles-based series, but was the topic of this first episode – people and their pets – a sign that he's run out of interesting material?
LA is renowned as the dog-lovers capital of the world, but Theroux wasn't interested in pampered Beverly Hills pooches. His subjects were the eccentrics – canine and human – living in South LA's poorer neighbourhoods.
There was Cornelius "Dogman" Austin, a renegade dog rescuer who could probably do with a bit more human company; Malcolm, the ex-gang banger who now trains dogs as weapons; and Max and Nancy, a hipster couple having second thoughts about the new addition to their family.
You might say that they'd bitten off more than they could chew, but rescue dog Casper was doing enough biting and chewing for everyone.
The sight of a wimpy, bespectacled Brit in South Central LA would once have been incongruous, but by this point in Theroux's career, it isn't. He's spent so much time hanging around on similar street corners, you wouldn't be surprised if the local hoodlums greeted him with a friendly fist bump.
What was surprising was when one neglectful dog owner refused Theroux's interview request by telling him, "Take your bitch-ass back to London." Didn't he know that Louis has been a Los Angeles resident since early 2013?
Theroux's vast experience of American subcultures did enable him to provide context. When the kennel supervisor at the city dog pound demonstrated her dog discipline technique, she also explained the underlying power dynamic: "I don't want that animal to think he can punk me, y'know?" Theroux looked alarmed. "That's, like, prison slang," he said. He must have picked that up in Louis Theroux: Behind Bars, or perhaps Louis Theroux: Miami Mega Jail.
The downside of this worldliness was that it rather gave the lie to Theroux's innocent-abroad schtick. His voiceovers still sounded parodic in tone – "I was going deeper into the world of South LA dogs and their owners" – but this time it was not the pretensions of his subjects being parodied, it was his own over-familiar format.Reuse content


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The 49ers waived PK Billy Cundiff, and will go with David Akers for the rest of their playoff run.
Prior to the postseason, the Niners signed Cundiff, though he was inactive for last week's divisional- round win over the Packers. Cundiff hit 7-of-12 field goals with the Redskins for five games to start the 2012 season.
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Dana Goldstein grabs my attention with this sentence about a new study showing that teachers with high "value-added" ratings have a genuine impact on the life outcomes of their students:
In a rare instance of edu-wonk consensus, both friends and skeptics of standardized tests are praising the study as reliable and groundbreaking.
The cynic in me wants to say that it's precisely when everyone agrees on something in the education arena that we should be double-plus skeptical, but I'll restrain my worst instincts and go along with this. After all, common sense suggests that good teachers are better than bad teachers, and I don't have a hard time believing that success on standardized tests provides at least some indication of who's better and who's worse. Still, there are reasons to be cautious. Dana points out one of them:
The policy implications of the Chetty, Friedman, and Rockoff paper are, however, far from clear. As the researchers note in their conclusion, their study was conducted in a low-stakes setting, one in which student test scores were used neither to evaluate nor pay teachers. In a little-noticed footnote (#64) on page 50, the economists write: "even in the low-stakes regime we study, some teachers in the upper tail of the VA [value-added] distribution have test score impacts consistent with test manipulation. If such behavior becomes more prevalent when VA is actually used to evaluate teachers, the predictive content of VA as a measure of true teacher quality could be compromised." [Emphasis added.] The importance of this caveat cannot be overstated.
I'd offer a broader reason to be cautious, though. The usual policy response to this kind of study is to support pay-for-performance, where high-ranking teachers get paid more. But does that really improve the quality of teaching in public schools? That's a little tricky. Here's the best case for what happens:
How likely is this to happen? I'm not optimistic. #2 will be very difficult to implement for reasons both good (are value-added scores really reliable enough to wreck people's careers over?) and bad (there's always savage pushback against firing people). And #3 just seems dubious to me. Will a one-in-ten prospect of making, say, $80,000 instead of $60,000 really attract more bright kids into teaching? That doesn't seem very likely. And on the opposite end of the spectrum, my experience, at least, is that truly terrible employees rarely improve much no matter what motivation they have. They might improve just barely enough to avoid the axe, but that's about it. (Does that sound harsh? Sorry. But I doubt that anyone with very much management experience will seriously disagree. Feel free to school me in comments about this if you disagree.)
So in the end, I suspect that pay-for-performance will do little to attract better students into the teaching profession, will do little to motivate bad teachers to get better, and will therefore succeed only to the extent that it forces bad teachers out of the system entirely. Maybe it will do that, and maybe that's worthwhile all by itself. But I'd need to be convinced.
If we really believe that good teachers make a substantial difference, then our policy response needs to be something that either (a) attracts better students into the teaching profession on a mass scale or (b) improves the performance of the existing teaching force on a mass scale. (Or both.) Unfortunately, I'm not sure there's any way to accomplish (a) except to increase starting salaries significantly and then wait 40 years for the teaching force to turn over, and I'm not sure there's any definitive way to accomplish (b) at all. It's just a very gnarly problem.


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According to the profile, Mathieu was so disinterested leading up to that game that he spent 14 hours a day sleeping in the team hotel, and he told his girlfriend, "I don't even want to play."
I told my wife when the the team came out of the tunnel they looked like they didn't want to be there. Just no energy.
Wasn't a massacre. People always say this and it isn't true. Alabama fans were nervous all the way til the 4th qtr, but when they saw Miles was still tryin to run the damn ball they got relieved. LSU was very much in the game having only givin up FG's to these people up to that point. But Herb announcing the game with Musberger was right, along with the abysmal game plan this LSU team just looked lackluster and disinterested the whole night.
1/9 is where I lost all respect for Les Miles.
I'll never forgive him for that abomination that he tried to win the national championship with.
He had it all right there for LSU, a truly dominant season with an opportunity to cap it off by beating your arch rival in your backyard to win the BCS and be considered as one of the greatest and most dominant college football teams of all time with how dominant LSU was all year long. Instead he fricked up in the worst possible way at the worst possible time.
If he has another sub par year in 2013, it basically confirms 2011 as an outlier for Les Miles IMO.
I don't agree with any of this BS. These people contiually put stories out to sell their shit, and as usual people fall for this crap and start shittin on the kid. I'm grateful for what Mathieu did while playin at LSU and wish him the best of luck in the NFL. All this he cast a negative light on the program stuff because of these continous BS articles is out of control.
if he played for any other school he would be despised on this board
Whoa! Preach it. Truth hurts sometimes. Many Tiger fans feel the same.
I told my wife when the the team came out of the tunnel they looked like they didn't want to be there. Just no energy.
There was a reason behind it. I agree w/ the rumors about it too.
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Chinatown hounds are talking dumplings. The neighborhood's newest contender is the shengjian bao at Shanghai Heping. This pan-fried soup dumpling is plump, delicious, and full of broth, says buttertart. "Nice and juicy," agrees scoopG, "with a crispy bottom." Four-month-old Shanghai Heping also makes great, crisp fish in bean curd skin, but its xiao long bao (steamed soup dumplings) are just OK, marred by thickish skins.
Surprisingly, an excellent version of this Shanghai-style dumpling has surfaced at a Sichuan restaurant. The xiao long bao at Old Sichuan, a hound favorite for its namesake cuisine, is the best buttertart's had in a long time. It's distinguished by ample soup and uncommonly thin skins. And at $4.50 for eight pork dumplings and $6.50 for eight pork-and-crab, it's a great deal.
A different kind of dumpling is getting attention at Fu Zhou Cuisine in Chinatown's Fujianese quarter. Its steamed shui jiao, filled with minced pork and scallions, is among the best in the neighborhood, says Lau. Well-made skins, neither too thick nor too thin, enclose a flavorful filling; an agreeably sweet sauce of chile and soy comes on the side for dipping. "This is why most people come here," he adds.
Lau, who also blogs about this Eldridge Street hole in the wall, says it makes worthy versions of several other Fujianese xiao chi, or "small eats," including pork-stuffed fish balls, delicate wontons in soup, and wheat noodles with peanut sauce (a past hound favorite). "While there isn't much service, since you order at the counter and then sit down," Lau says, "one of the ladies who runs the place is really nice. This is a pleasant surprise because at most of these Fujian places the people are very gruff."
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Ah, those nasty Catholics, trying to force their beliefs on others by
refusing to let the government make them violate their principles and
consciences! Here is the first slice of moldy editorial bread:
Thirteen Roman Catholic dioceses and some Catholic-related groups scattered lawsuits across a dozen federal courts last week claiming that President Obama was violating their religious freedom
by including contraceptives in basic health care coverage for female
employees. It was a dramatic stunt, full of indignation but built on
And the other thin slice, in conclusion:
is a clear partisan play. The real threat to religious liberty comes
from the effort to impose one church's doctrine on everyone.
Everything in between the two is complete bologna, and rotten bologna at that, as Jonathan S. Tobin writes on Commentary's Contentions blog:
The Times
argues that the government's attempt to compel the church to violate
its principles was not a violation of its rights and further claims the
inadequate "compromise" proposed by the White House should have
silenced their concerns. This is an absurd distortion of the facts, but
far worse is the way the Times following the Obama
campaign's playbook tries to claim that Catholics seek to impose
their beliefs on others. Quite the contrary, it is the government fiat
that employees at Catholic institutions are provided with free
contraception that is the imposition. The point here is not so much to
advance the cause of women's health the justification advocates of the
government's position seek to use but to demonize a faith group that
has the temerity to stick up for its rights.
Religious freedom is not just the right to, as the Times
puts it, "preach that contraception is sinful and rail against Mr.
Obama for making it more readily available" (though in fact, the Church
is not seeking to curtail the availability of contraception to the
general public). It is also the right not to have its institutions
forced to either pay for or facilitate the receipt of services that run
contrary to its principles.
It bears repeating that one needn't share the Vatican's views on
contraception to understand that a government dictat that would coerce
churches to dispense it is a violation of their religious liberty.
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Public access into the UTMB Health Clinics building (formerly UHC) has changed slightly and is now through the newly renovated portion of the lobby. Access through the north entrance (Harborside Drive) remains open, but pedestrian traffic will be jogged to the east down a temporary hallway which opens into the new portion of the lobby. Also, the south entrance to the building has reopened (see map). This is all part of the concourse renovation project scheduled for completion later this year.
As renovations continue, the ground level entrances to the UTMB Health Clinics building will be closed on the weekends and there will be no ground floor elevator access. All pedestrian traffic will need to use an alternate route to the upper floors by using elevators that remain open in John Sealy Hospital or Research Bldg. 6.


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Hey creative people! how are ya'll?
I know some of you this kind of "how do you, what do you like " threads but come on! once in a while is not that bad..isnt it?
I was talking the other day with a videolancer and asked him same question. Does any of your projects tell a story of your life? which is your favorite?
I am not sure if Mark or B will categorized this post as "self-promotion" thread which was never my intention. Sorry if I did something wrong.
Have an awesome day!
I'm a huge comics fan (esp. Batman which I find pretty much inspiring) so you can guess which is my fav project
Mine's usually the latest one I made – then I get the need to create something new and that becomes my favourite…etc etc
I'm with drudoran,usually some of the latest.At the moment it's the one with the cubes.I'm a huge effect geek so when i find a new way to distort stuff it immediately comes my new favourite
I don't now… maybe my last because i love Hi-tech stuff.
Hey no worries on threads like this. I love discussing and geeking out about this stuff too. Just keep the off topic threads in the off topic section and everything is good to go.


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A fire which gutted the historic Aparima Tavern at Riverton yesterday spread "unbelievably quickly", a customer says.
"Within five minutes of being told to get outside, we could hear the hot water cylinder overflowing, so she was hot," Cazna Gilder said.
"It's the end of an era," she said as she and a crowd of Riverton residents watched fire crews try in vain to save the 135-year-old building.
"You wouldn't bloody believe it. It's the biggest fire we've seen in Riverton for a long time and, hopefully, the last," Mrs Gilder said.
The two-storeyed tavern, established in 1878, overlooks the Jacobs River Estuary.
A huge pall of smoke could be seen across the town.
Robyn Mulligan, who has owned the hotel for about 11 years, and Lindsay McDougall, her bar manager of four years, lived in rooms upstairs.
Mr McDougall said Ms Mulligan was unable to stay at the scene and was being comforted by a friend at a nearby house.
He said he had lost his possessions, but was pleased there had been no injuries.
"No-one's hurt, and that the main thing."
Staff member Sheryl Tamati said the fire broke out about 4.30pm.
Dozens of firefighters were called to the scene until eventually there were five appliances, one with a long ladder attached, and a water tanker.
Police and St John also attended.
Onlookers said smoke billowed from the building for about half an hour before flames broke through the roof soon after 5pm.
About 5.30pm, a firefighter said the upper floor had collapsed inside the building and firefighters were unable to get inside.
Watching from the other side of the road, Loel Kennedy said the hotel was "gone".
"She wouldn't be worth saving now."
Her parents owned the tavern in the 1950s and she lived there, worked there and was married there.
"It was a lovely building. It's a jolly shame to see it go."
Resident Robbie Wallace said he was also sad to see the tavern ablaze.
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STUTTGART, Germany (AFP) - Germany coach Joachim Loew insisted Thursday this month's World Cup qualifiers against Russia and Wales was no time to experiment, saying he would use only his tried and tested players.
"Russia and Wales are very important games for us, this is not the time for experiments," Loew told magazine Kicker.
On Friday, Loew will announce his 22-man squad for the qualifiers in Dortmund against Russia on November 11 and against Wales in Moenchengladbach four days later.
Experienced midfielder Michael Ballack and Torsten Frings plus defenders Arne Friedrich and Per Mertesacker are expected to return having missed the 6-0 win in Liechtenstein and the 3-3 draw with Finland in Helsinki last month.
"The injury situation has eased, which I am glad about," said Loew.
"It means we should have a better rhythm."
Central defender Christoph Metzelder is expected to return to the side even though he struggles to hold down a place at Real Madrid.
With ex-Arsenal goalkeeper Jens Lehmann now retired from international football, Hanover's Robert Enke and Bayer Leverkusen's Rene Adler are expected to be named with Enke set to start both games.
Werder Bremen midfielder Mesut Oezil is also set to be unveiled after the Germany Under-21 midfielder produced excellent performances against Bayern Munich and newly-promoted Hoffenheim in recent weeks.
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Firstly i have my reasons, how would i make a door hinge squeak quickly?, tried water but no joy, any suggestions?
Thanks in advance
Take out the pin and put it in water until it rusts....??????
On a side note, I must admit, I'm curious....care to share with the class why you actually WANT a hinge to squeak :)
:confused1: I'll venture a guess....simply because it has to be done... maybe he wants to be alarmed if someone enters the room
Spot on Jimmy
I'd try to remove any lubrication with a good degreaser (both halves of the hinge, and the pin). I'm thinking break cleaner, or similar. Still not sure if that would cause a squeak, but worth a try
Years ago I thought I would do my girlfriend a favour and oil the hinges in her house, they ALL squeaked, turned out she didn't like it 'cos she could lie in bed at night and know which kid was doing what by the different squeaks from the different doors.
To answer your question, I tried but failed to get them to squeak again. It took some time but it did happen. :wink:
Why not a bell on the top of the door casing?
becauce jimmy or sue wont think anything of the hinge when they sneak in late
It would be worth trying this; remove the grease from the hinge and bend the pin ever so slightly. Most hinges squeek because the pin turns with one side of the hinge and rubs the other.
If the kids are sneaking out in the winter, install a deadbolt, lock them out and when the doorbell rings you will find your guilty one.
why not call the cops and tell them someone is trying to get into the house and your afraid to go near the door, wait for cops to get there and then come down and you say you dont know who your kid is, a night in jail would straighten them up nice
or come to the door with self defense item of your choice and 'almost' use it on them because you thought they were a burglar, they may think about getting home on time next time
Loosen off your door casing, and move it tighter to the hinge, then brad nail it back on. It will rub when the door is opened and make a nice squeek.
Set a loud alarm clock for 10 minutes after their curfew and place near the front door. If they're not home in time to turn off the alarm--Moma knows!
Send them to military boarding school...
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Woodstock [dvd] 3 days of peace & music / Warner Bros. Pictures ; a film by Michael Wadleigh ; directed by Michael Wadleigh ; produced by Bob Maurice ; a Wadleigh-Maurice, Ltd. production ; a Warner Bros. Inc. presentation.
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DVD; Region 1, NTSC; 5.1 Dolby Digital surround; widescreen presentation in a 'floating matte' format preserving the aspect ratio[s] of its original theatrical exhibition. Matte varies due to the original single-, double-, or triple-panel image composition; enhanced for widescreen televisions.
In English with optional subtitles in English SDH, French, Spanish, Japanese, Portuguese, or Thai; song lyrics only subtitled in English.
The Woodstock Music and Art Fair, Bethel, NY was presented by Michael Lang, executive producer, John Roberts, Joel Rosenman, and Arthur Kornfeld.
Performances by Richie Havens, Joan Baez, The Who, Sha Na Na, Joe Cocker, Country Joe and the Fish, Arlo Guthrie, Crosby, Stills and Nash, Ten Years After, John Sebastian, Santana, Sly & the Family Stone, Canned Heat, Jefferson Airplane, Janis Joplin, Jimi Hendrix.
Editor and assistant director, T. Schoonmaker ; photography by Michael Wadleigh, David Myers, Richard Pearce, Don Lenzer, Al Wertheimer ; sound and music, Larry Johnson ; music advisor, Eric Blackstead ; sound engineer, Lee Osborne ; music mixer, Dan Wallin; ; additional editing, Martin Scorsese, Stan Warnow, Yeu-Bun Yee, Jere Huggins ; additional photography, Ed Lynch, Chuck Levey, Ted Churchill, Fred Underhill, Richard Chew, Bob Dannerman, Stan Warnow.
Directors cut restoration: sound supervisor, L. A. Johnson ; film editors, Jere Huggins, Hubert De La Bouillerie, Stven C. Brown ; research, Bill Rush.
Filmed at The Woodstock Music and Art Fair, Bethel, NY, August 1969 ; originally produced as an American motion picture in 1970; director's cut produced in 1994.
MPAA Rating: Rated R for drug content, nudity and language.
For three days in the summer of 1969, a rock concert was held on an upstate New York farm, and 400,000 people attended -- far more than were anticipated, far more than paid, far more than could be fed or sheltered or cared for after injuries or drug overdoses. It rained, there was mud, all traffic in and out was gridlocked, and the music continued, night and day. "Woodstock Nation" existed for three days and was absorbed into American myth. As depicted in this film, in roughly chronological order, the elusive memory of that nation is cemented into a pungent social documentary. Few documentaries have captured a time and place more completely--in the full flower of its moment, youth, and hope--than this one. It is also one of the finest musical documentaries ever made--if not the best--utilizing adventurous camera work, daring editing, frame mirroring, freeze frames, blackouts, and multi-angle perspectives widening the 1.33:1 image to 2.20:1 to capture flamboyant, riveting, career-defining performances, within an amazing chronicle of how the musicians interact onstage as audience members react to the musicians' performances.
Disc 1. Spontaneous combustion -- Too big for the world -- Crosby, Stills & Nash: "Long Time Gone" -- If it works-- -- Canned Heat: "Going Up the Country" -- Crosby, Stills & Nash: "Wooden Ships" -- Invasion of Sullivan County -- Out of the skies -- Acid alert and other announcements -- Richie Havens: "Handsome Johnny" -- Richie Havens: "Freedom" -- Free from now on -- Canned Heat: "A Change Is Gonna Come" -- Joan Baez: "Joe Hill" -- Joan Baez: "Swing Low, Sweet Chariot" -- The Who: "We're Not Gonna Take It" (from Tommy) -- The Who: "Summertime Blues"-- In search of -- In the spirit -- Sha Na Na: "At the Hop" -- Getting high on yoga -- Joe Cocker & the Grease Band: "With a Little Help from My Friends" -- Downpour -- Rain chant -- What it's all about -- Country Joe & The Fish: "Rock and Soul Music" -- Arlo Guthrie: "Coming Into Los Angeles" -- Crosby, Stills & Nash: "Suite: Judy Blue Eyes -- Ten Years After: "I'm Going Home" -- Inter--mission (1970) (128 min.); Special features: Museum at Bethel Woods: The story of the sixties & Woodstock [featurette] (5 min.).
Disc 2. Jefferson Airplane: "Won't You Try" -- Scenes from a disaster area -- Emotional colors -- Jefferson Airplane: "Uncle Sam's Blues"-- John Sebastian: "Younger Generation" -- Country Joe McDonald: I-Feel-Like-I'm-Fixin'-to-Die Rag" -- Coping with the mess -- Bodies beautiful -- Santana: "Soul sacrifice" -- Sly and the Family Stone: "I Want to Take You Higher" -- Janis Joplin: "Work Me, Lord" -- Mess call -- Port-o-San man -- Max Yasgur's benediction -- Jimi Hendrix: "Voodoo Child" -- Jimi Hendrix: "The Star-Spangled Banner" -- Jimi Hendrix: "Purple Haze" -- Picking up and going home -- End credits (Crosby, Stills, Nash & Young: "Woodstock") -- Coda (Crosby, Stills & Nash: "Cost of Freedom") (1970) (96 min.).
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2000007993 Warner Home Video
2000007994 Warner Home Video
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