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Storks Don't Have Time to Deliver Babies Anymore, They're Too Busy Eating Junk Food
They're so obsessed with treats that they've stopped following their normal migration patterns.
We've all made that late-night run to the deli down the street to grab cookies, ice cream, and/or a bag of chips. It happens. Weirdly enough, it seems white storks — yes, the birds known for their baby-delivery skills — might understand the power of junk food cravings, too.
In a March 2016 study, researchers at the University of East Anglia in England found white storks are so addicted to junk food — like, literal junk food — that some of them have actually stopped following their normal migration patterns and are instead taking up year-round residence near landfills. They used to fly from Europe to Africa in the winter, but now they're setting up more permanent nests so they can snack on garbage all year long. But they don't stop moving altogether: They will travel, roundtrip, more than 60 miles to a landfill to get their junk food fix. Have trash, will travel?
It makes sense when you think about it — if you had to choose between a frozen dinner from the supermarket on the corner and a freshly made salad from a shop across town, which would you pick? If you'd choose the long journey for the fresh salad, kudos! You have an impressive amount of willpower and/or free time. We do not. And neither do white storks, apparently.
These birds' behavior is a great reminder about our own: Food availability (or lack thereof) has a huge effect on what, how, and when we eat. We love it when things are easy — meals and snacks included. We're more likely to eat bad food that's nearby than go the distance to pick up what we really should be nourishing our bodies with. So the next time you feel the urge to order pizza for delivery, think of the cranes eating trash, then consider migrating to the store to pick up something better for your body instead.


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UPDATE: Bank of America Lowers Meru Networks' PT
According to a research report published earlier today, Bank of America has lowered Meru Networks' (NASDAQ: MERU) PT from $4.00 to $3.80.
In the report, Bank of America explained, "Meru negatively preannounced Q1 revenue in the range of $19-19.5mn (midpoint of $19.25mn) ~14% below the Street's $21.5mn estimate. Product transitions, productivity of newly on-boarded sales staff and changes in key management positions created a perfect storm of challenges for Meru to overcome. We have adjusted our model to reflect the preliminary results, but given the limited disclosure, we will update our model more completely when the company publishes full results in a few weeks. We have adjusted our revenue and opex assumptions, and have reduced our FY12/13 revenue estimates from $98.4/$122.4 to $84.8/92.4mn respectively."
Bank of America maintains its underperform rating on Meru Networks, which closed yesterday at $4.21.
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January 2000
Argentina and Brazil as communications markets are different in terms of language, crops and culture. But there are also factors they share - factors that challenge marketers. For example, agricultural publications generally lack readership information beyond the numbers of copies sold at newsstand. Reliable data on computer ownership and Internet hookup are hard to come by. Direct mail is spotty, and reader bounce-back cards to build lists are rare.
One could be forgiven for drawing the conclusion that PR is generally thought of as being limited to hammering out news releases and holding press conferences, and that the creative process is the extent of the advertising process.
This assertion, while not completely true, is correct enough to give the impression that a strategically sound, well-executed and thorough marketing communications program could make relatively more of a difference in Brazil and Argentina than in the United States, where certain practices are more frequent. An overview of the two countries can help explain why.
* Brazil boasts a population of more than 160 million, making about half of all South Americans Brazilian. The rural population of Brazil is greater than the entire population of Argentina. Good data on farm ownership are difficult to find, but one agricultural publication estimates Brazil has 5 million farms, while estimates put the number of Argentine farmers at anywhere from 250,000 to 350,000.
* Brazil vies with the United States for first place in world production and export of chicken, produces about a third of all the coffee in the world, is number one in orange juice production and export, and is the second-largest producer and exporter of soy.
* Argentina is a major world producer of wheat, sunflower and beef.
* Brazil is the third-largest market for animal health products.
* Brazil is the largest potato producer in Latin America, with 2.5 million metric tons per year of production.
This sort of overview makes Brazil seem to marketers like a monolith. But regional customs and accents probably vary more than in the States. John Deere�s dealer newsletters, says Leonildo Bartholdy, advertising and marketing supervisor for the company in Brazil, have to be written differently according to where they�re sent - not only because of different crops, but because of different outlooks.
Brazil's more than 1,430 agricultural cooperatives operate differently from the U.S. co-op system. They are strong, often acting as technology supplier and consultant where government and university ag extension is weaker than in the United States.
Cooperative newsletters may be the most thoroughly read ag publications in Brazil. They are a mix of technical information and local-interest "hometown paper" style news about members. Varying greatly in production values and styles, most of these papers carry advertising and will take news releases.
At the same time, agronomists and veterinarians on staff at these co-ops have a key role to play in spreading information about agricultural products.
In the case of Deere, with 73 dealers and 100 points of sale across Brazil, local distributors help the company tailor a national message. Dealers maintain databases of best local prospects and customers.
"Our dealers used to carry nearly all customer need information in their heads," says Bartholdy. "We've translated that to a national database, entering information on crops, planted area, rotation and needs."
Elton Augusto dos Santos, with Deere's Brazilian PR agency, Intermedio, in Porto Alegre, uses e-mail bulletins to keep the dealer network informed.
"We send them sales results and company news, accompanied by a contracted article on production," he explains. This ensures dealers have exclusive, useful agronomic information to pass on to customers.
To reach farmers and influencers, agri-marketers draw on an array of tools, a few of which are highlighted below.
Field Days and Other Events
An Argentine market communicator with Nidera Seeds stresses the giant ExpoChacra show every March. In Brazil, ag companies launch products and work most closely with the media at big events like ExpoInter in Porto Alegre and AgriShow in Sao Paulo state.
Jose Enrique Sole, president of Merial do Brasil, told a reporter, "As part of this (year's) campaign we contracted 45 veterinarians, who will execute more than 1,300 field days showing the economic benefits of products like Ivomec Gold."
Media Relations
Argentina boasts excellent-quality four-color agricultural publications like Chacra y Campo Moderno, SuperCampo and El Campo en Marcha. In Brazil, market leaders in ag magazines are Globo Rural, Panorama Rural and A Granja.
Ag PR professionals usually target big-city newspapers, such as Clarin in Buenos Aires or Estado de Sao Paulo in Sao Paulo with news releases. "A large percentage of our target audience has two residences," explains dos Santos, "one on the farm, and another in town. So they have access to the nationally distributed newspapers."
Some of the best and highest-quality creative work around is executed in South America. But targeting of ads hasn't come quite as far.
An account representative with the Argentine agency handling Ford trucks couldn�t tell a reporter how many farmers saw the beautiful ad his company placed in an agricultural publication. Brazil's Canal Rural, a satellite and cable channel covering farm issues, says it has 2 million viewers, but an employee can�t provide information on how many of them are producers.
It's a different story in Argentina, where a marketer for Nidera Seeds says, "We advertise on cable because a lot of Argentine farmers have it." According to one study, in fact, 86 percent of Argentine farmers have cable TV.
One of the few media companies to share useful agricultural viewership data, Canal Rural in Argentina, backs up Nidera's strategy. According to Canal Rural, 30 percent of producers in Argentina's fertile pampas obtain their agricultural news and information from television, nearly the same as those who say they get it from radio and newspapers. Fourteen percent get their information from magazines. Outside the pampas most producers say they get their ag news from newspapers.
Canal Rural executive director Alberto Naja says, "TV advertising sometimes accounts for 40 percent of (an agricultural company's) communications budget in Argentina. Seed companies in season often purchase up to 1,000 spots per month.
According to a study by Nua (www.nue.ie) of Latin America's 5.29 million internauts, 3.5 million are Brazilians. South America's second-place prize for number of users goes to Argentina, far behind at 250,000 users. Yet Deere's Bartholdy says, aside from a company home page on the Web, Internet communications are not a part of his mix.
"The Internet is still inexpressive in Brazil," he says, "a country where less than 2 percent of the total population is wired. And most of that is in major cities."
At least one ag site, AgroBrasil (www.agrobrasil.com.br) bears this view out. "Brazilian agricultural companies still aren't aware of the Internet's importance and potential," according to site notes accompanying tables showing that less than 1 percent of the site�s registered users are companies.
The site�s average registered user is male, lives in the state of Sao Paulo and is probably an ag engineer (more than a quarter are.) Veterinarians account for 8 percent and farmers make up less than 2 percent of registered users. Four of the 917 total registered users say they are advertising or PR professionals. Of course, these are registered users only and are not necessarily a fair profile of visitors who have not registered.
Direct Mail
In Brazil, "direct mail is growing a lot for us as a communications tool," says Bartholdy. "But whether (a direct mail piece) gets dependably delivered varies by region. In the South it is reliable. But in other regions, like Mato Grosso, for example, it doesn't work as well."
Continued growth and internationalization of agriculture - and with it, agricultural marketing - means U.S. agri-marketing professionals need to take a closer look at what's going on in world markets. Argentina and Brazil are agricultural giants whose marketing communications practices are still developing.
That immaturity provides both challenge and opportunity. The challenges include lack of dependable data and communications vehicles segmented for the market. But among the opportunities remains the fact that agricultural audiences and media haven�t necessarily �seen it all before." AM
James Thompson is with Thompson Caiapo, a marketing communications firm in Uberaba, Brazil.


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verbal threat
Can a verbal threat (over phone/email) to kill someone result in criminal action?
Asked on 10/29/08, 2:56 pm
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Motty Stone Law Offices of Motty Stone
Re: verbal threat
Yes. There are laws against harassment and also specifically against threats of violence.
If you are concerned that someone will file charges against you, it would not hurt for you to talk to an attorney.
If you have been threatened, you should notify the police and they can decide how to move forward.
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Re: verbal threat
Threats in general are always oral, either verbal or on phone. It involves criminal liability. You may file complaint to local police.
Answered on 11/01/08, 9:56 am
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A 24-year-old man was killed on Saturday evening after his motorcycle crashed into his girlfriend's car.
The man, Ronald Vece of Milford, was traveling west on Ocean Avenue towards Hubert Street when both he and his girlfriend's Chrysler crossed the double yellow line.
A witness told police that when both vehicles began returning to the correct lane, the motorcycle hit the right rear of the Chrysler and lost control.
The motorcycle then hit the pavement, curb, a state traffic sign, and wooden fencing.
West Haven Police responded to a call reporting the accident around 7:30 p.m. Vece was treated at the scene and transported to Yale New Haven Hospital where he was later pronounced dead.
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ILICH Ramirez Sanchez, the Venezuelan better known to the world as 'Carlos the Jackal', is appealing his conviction for a series of deadly bombings in France thirty years ago.
The 63-year-old, who has been imprisoned in France since being captured in Sudan in 1994, was found guilty in 2011 of masterminding the 1982 and 1983 attacks on two French passenger trains, a train station in Marseille and a Libyan magazine office in Paris.
Already serving life for murder at the time, Carlos was given another life sentence for his role in attacks that left 11 people dead and nearly 150 injured, earning him the mantle of the world's most wanted fugitive.
The 1982-83 bombings in France were widely believed to have been carried out in retaliation for France's detention of two fellow members of a militant group Carlos ran with the support of East Germany's notorious secret police, the Stasi.
But prosecutors in France were struggling to secure the evidence they needed to secure a conviction until the release of secret Stasi files in the years that followed the collapse of communism and German reunification.
At the heart of Carlos's appeal in court on Monday will be a claim that the evidence garnered from these files is fundamentally unreliable.
The panel of judges that will hear the appeal will also review the acquittal of Christa Frohlich, a 70-year-old German, of charges of involvement in one of the attacks.
Frohlich was tried in absentia in 2011 and has informed the court that she will not be attending the appeal, which is scheduled to run until the end of June.
At his first trial, Carlos denied any involvement in the 1982-83 bombings while issuing a series of ambiguous pronouncements about his role as a "professional revolutionary" waging a war for the liberation of Palestine and other causes.
In numerous interviews he has given over the years, he has claimed responsibility or involvement in dozens of attacks in which hundreds of people have died.
After years on the run from western security services, he was finally arrested in Sudan in 1994 and transferred to France, where he was convicted three years later of the 1975 murder in Paris of two members of the French security services and an alleged informer.
He could yet face a third trial in France as an examining magistrate is still investigating the 1974 bombing of the Drugstore Saint-Germain in the centre of Paris, which left two people dead and 34 injured.
Against that background, he is seen as unlikely to be released any time soon.
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Flood-prone areas in Marikina get One Meralco Foundation's salba-bote
Improvised flotation device to help communities during emergencies
Residents of Marikina's flood-prone areas recently became the first recipients of an improvised flotation device (IFD) called salba-bote which One Meralco Foundation (OMF) is distributing to communities and rescue organizations as part of its disaster preparedness program.
Local government officials led by Mayor Del de Guzman joined officers of OMF and Meralco as well as its partners in the IFD project which include Philippine Red Cross (PRC), Philippine Coast Guard Auxiliary (PCGA), Pepsi and Glad.
In ceremonies to launch the salba-bote held along the Marikina River bank in Barangay Jesus de la Pena, residents from 12 barangays along the river received their IFDs.
OMF President Jeffrey Tarayao said the launch marked the start of an organized distribution of the salba-bote to various flood-prone communities and groups needing the IFD.
"We selected communities which are most vulnerable to floods and made them our priority in distributing the IFDs. We also partnered with local government units and organizations which are the frontliners when it comes to emergency response," he noted.
Rear Admiral Valentin Prieto, who is PCGA's deputy national director for operations, pointed out that the tests PCGA conducted proved that salba-bote is innovative and effective.
"We are certain that this IFD will definitely enhance our organization's rescue capabilities and assist communities in risk areas to better prepare for floods and typhoons," he said.
The salba-bote is the product of a collaboration among Meralco, One Meralco Foundation and advertising agency DDB Philippines, in partnership with Pepsi and Glad.
As a major partner, Pepsi is providing newly manufactured bottles that serve as floaters for the initial batch of the IFDs. Glad, on the other hand, provides re-sealable bags to keep disaster essentials dry inside the front pocket.
The PRC and PCGA have been fully supporting the initiative by helping develop the salba-bote's design and specifications. Last year, PCGA conducted tests to determine the IFD's effectiveness.
The salba-bote is made up of empty PET bottles (new or recycled) placed inside a PVC-coated mesh tote bag with a water-resistant pocket for emergency supplies like flashlights, mobile phones, medicines and bottled water. It can hold a 200-pound individual afloat.
Intended to provide buoyancy to individuals or groups during times of emergencies, the salba-boteillustrates the resourcefulness of Filipinos in making use of affordable and readily available local materials.


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It was our first white Christmas, without any snow, but sand! We jetsetted to Boracay, Philippines for a week of relaxing, boozing, and fun. Boracay is the Koh Phangan (minus the buckets of liquor!) of the Philippines, where foreigner travelers come to party all night long. Boracay's claim to fame is it's 4km stretch of white beach. It ranks in many top travel magazines as one of the best beaches in the world. The sand really is SO WHITE and... Read More
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After a few days on the beautiful white beach in Boracay (mobbed with travelers!), we wanted a few days of quiet and leave the mobs of tourists to their booming music. We literally went on google maps, zoomed in on Boracay and looked for the next closest island to run away too. To the north of Boracay there is a sleepy little island, that no pokes at and is virtually untouched by the money and flashing lights in Boracay. The lovely little island of... Read More


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We have seen a few WeMo branded offerings from Belkin. Most notably, the WeMo Switch and the WeMo Switch + Motion which are currently available and selling for $49.99 and $99.99 respectively. And well, it looks like Belkin has announced the latest WeMo branded product — the WeMo Baby. As one would likely assume, the WeMo Baby is indeed a baby monitor. And similar to the Switch and Switch + Motion, the WeMo Baby is designed to work with your smartphone. More specifically, your iPhone, iPod touch or iPad that happens to be running iOS 5.0 or later.
"WeMo Baby is a sleek, small device that blends seamlessly into your baby's nursery and sets up with ease. Simply plug in WeMo Baby, download the free WeMo Baby app, and connect to your existing wireless network. WeMo Baby also works with multiple mobile devices, allowing mom, dad and the babysitter to listen in at the same time."
The WeMo Baby will be available in early November and with retailers to include Apple and Walmart as well as online with BestBuy.com and Amazon.com.
Additionally, the WeMo Baby will also have a premium service available. The premium option will be powered by Evoz and give you features such as "advanced monitoring, cry notifications via text or email, cry history information, and analysis of baby's crying and sleep patterns." The premium option will set you back $9.99 per month or $59.99 per year.
Via [Business Wire]
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FrontPage Magazin 20 November 2012
By Fjordman
After Barack Hussein Obama was reelected as President of the United States in November 2012, the regular columnist Frithjof Jacobsen wrote in the Norwegian newspaper VG that the problem for Obama is that as a human being, he is so great that it becomes hard to live up to these expectations as a political leader. He claimed that the same was the case with another left-wing politician, Norways Prime Minister Jens Stoltenberg.
Frithjof Jacobsen suggested that Stoltenberg is in a totally different league from all the other politicians in his country and has displayed exceptional "moral fiber. If you believe this leading columnist in Norways largest national newspaper, "The public person Jens Stoltenberg has given the Übermensch a human face.
Yes, he used the same term (overmenneske in Norwegian, Übermensch in the original German) as was employed by the philosopher Friedrich Nietzsche about exceptional human beings above normal morality, which was also used or misused by the Nazis for their own purposes. This is an embarrassing reminder of the tradition for personality cults surrounding various left-wing leaders throughout history, most of them deeply flawed.
In October 2001, a few days after stepping down as Prime Minister for the first time, Stoltenberg damaged another car in a parking lot in Oslo after he reversed a car owned by the Labor Party. He then tried to run away from the bill, putting a meaningless parking ticket at the windscreen of the other car in case somebody was watching him, but without leaving his name, telephone number, registration plate number or an explanation. The only reason why the owners of the damaged car got paid was because a witness had watched what happened and decided to check to see if the former Prime Minister had truly left his personal information. He did not.
The damage to the other car amounted to 8000 Norwegian kroner. Not an enormous sum, but the main point is that Jens Stoltenbergs first reaction was an attempt to cheat other people as long as he thought he could get away with it. The Labor Party later paid his bill, but only after they had been contacted about the case and it became too embarrassing for them to deny it.
This story may not be a major issue in itself, but it does tell us something about the mans character which does not reveal "exceptional moral fiber.
Far more serious are the allegations that in the 1980s Stoltenberg, as a political talent with good family connections, had more friendly relations with KGB contacts than was advisable. This was the case with many left-wing Western politicians in the Nordic countries and elsewhere. I must stress here that no evidence is available indicating that he did anything outright criminal in this context, but there are things in life that may not be illegal but are nevertheless unwise.
According to the author Alf R. Jacobsen, one of the great taboos of Norwegian politics is the way in which central members of the political Left, including the Labor Party, had contact with the KGB and other intelligence organizations from Communist dictatorships. After the arrest in 1984 of the spy Arne Treholt, a Labor Party politician, it became more difficult for Soviet authorities. One of the last important persons in Norway cultivated as a useful contact by the KGB before the collapse of the Soviet Union itself was the young and promising Jens Stoltenberg. He was, however, warned by his own security services and broke off all contact shortly after this.
As Jacobsen writes, "When I as editor of NRK Brennpunkt uncovered this case in December 2000, the reaction was powerful. I was condemned not just by Jens Stoltenberg, who a few months earlier had become Prime Minister, but by virtually all of the leading press commentators.
His boss Einar Førde, the director-general of the Norwegian Broadcasting Corporation (NRK) and a prominent Labor Party ideologue who himself had a shady relationship with the KGB, gave him the cold shoulder. The Labor-friendly members of NRK Dagsrevyen, the countrys leading TV news program, tried to undermine the case as either irrelevant or made up with malicious intent, as did the veteran reporter and foreign correspondent Jahn Otto Johansen.
Soviet authorities knew a great deal about the internal intrigues of local politics and had extensive files on many notable politicians, intellectuals and journalists. Alf R. Jacobsen is careful to note that none of these people were involved in criminal activities, but he questions whether they were wise. The KGB had many highly trained, cunning and calculating officers who were only there to infiltrate society. What could be gained from engaging in "dialogue with organizations representing hostile powers in foreign countries with repressive rule? (continue reading...)


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Birds use widespread feathers and shake their tails.
Bucks lock horns with other bucks to prove their prowess.
Lions run, chasing game, to show endurance.
Bears rise up on hind legs to dominate and intimidate.
Every animal had a mating ritual, some are just showy than others. Humans have it best, I think. They use so many ways to flirt and draw attention: eye contact, touch, talking, etc. They can send a drink to a pretty woman in a bar, tuck a phone number in that cute guy's pocket, or just look across a crowded dance floor and dance, alone, with his eyes locked with yours. Flirting is an invitation.
Even innocent and sweet Disney has characters flirting. Think about the Little Mermaid. Ursula the Sea Witch tells Ariel to use body language.
Beauty and the Beast dance when nobody is watching.
Even Lady and the Tramp has that famous spaghetti by moonlight scene.
I mention Lady and the Tramp for two reasons. One, in LIPSTICK ON HIS COLLAR, the heroine refuses to tell Bram her name. At first, it is a forbidden thrill, an overt flirt to draw him into her web. He calls her simply LADY.
The second reason is actually kind of the same. Once Bram finds her again, he is still firmly ensnared. But she asks him to leave, to go away. Bram is understandably feeling rejected. If she is LADY, does that make him the Tramp? Well, you remember what happened in the movie, right? They did have a full litter that went on to have a sequel. *snicker* Flirting pays off.
Flirting drew Bram to her but her personality is what made him long to find his Lady again. Once he found her, nothing could keep him away. Not even a vengeful ex waiting in the dark.
He never thought his next wildfire would be wearing a red dress.
"Make me your goddess and I'll take you to heaven." This sultry promise sparks a scorching, unforgettable one-night stand. The next morning Bram Winters awakes with a hickey and a head full of wicked memories—alone. His nameless goddess is gone without a trace, along with his shirt. And his heart.
Five months later, he stumbles across his mystery lady in a Laundromat, but she still won't give up her name. Worse, she begs him to leave, no questions asked. Once he catches the spark of terror in her eyes, though, his firefighter training takes over—and he digs in for the duration.
Lady never wanted Bram to see her life's ugly underside, but it's too late—his socks are already in the washer. He was supposed to be her declaration of independence from her unstable ex, a bittersweet memory to carry into her new life.
Except the ex continues to stalks her. And Bram's reappearance sends her emotions and desires tumbling over the edge. As the minutes wear on, sexual tension rises faster than the steam from a hot water wash.
And Lady's ex watches from the shadows, growing more furious by the minute…
Product Warnings: Scorching sex, icy scissor play and an anonymous woman taking a wet slide down one hot ex-fireman's pole. Beware of hot flashes and spontaneous combustion. Correct change not required.
Inez Kelley is a multi-published author of various romance genres. You can visit her at her website http://inezkelley.com/ Follow Inez on twitter at @Inez_Kelley or on Facebook at http://www.facebook.com/inez.kelley


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In Reply to: Re: rsd-pelvic area posted by Tammy on March 06, 2000 at 14:00:39:
: : Have any ladies had any experience with rsd spreading to the urethra/genital area and any idea what the treatment for this would be? Does anyone have dr. that treats rsd they can suggest in the Houston-Dallas area? just when I thought it couldn't get any worse--thanks. Liz
: : Liz, I have rsd that has spread from my right knee, to my left arm, and now affects all my limbs, and lower back. I have never heard of it going to the pelvic area. I live in NY, and don't know of any drs in your area, but have a friend in texas, and have emailed him and asked if he knows of anyone.: (He also suffers from rsd). I will keep you in my thoughts and prayers, and will post a message for you as soon as I get an answer. If you want to talk, let me know, and I'll leave me email address..................Take care! Tammy
: Liz...Got a message back from my friend...was told that you can check out the website: www. rsdcoalition ....has ALOT of info on rsd, treatments, etc. If you have more questions, email them. I did, and they emailed me back with more info, and offered to send more through the mail. Sorry I don't have any names of drs to give you, but have been told that you can get that info through the internet. Again, best wishes, and I hoped this helped. Tammy
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Hello Ladies
As you can see I have been away for some time so I do apologise. I have missed blogging very much, I have just been crazily busy.
Firstly valentine's day, which I thoroughly enjoyed, Ell took me out for a delicious 5 course meal with added cocktails :D and I bought him a men's leather Pandora bracelet (I refuse to let him have any charms, that was the deal when I handed it over).
On February 26th it was Elliots 21st birthday, so I decided to organise him a surprise party for on the 25th. Now people this isn't as easy as it may seem, don't get me wrong not telling Ell was quite fun and it was great because no one had told him so he was completely shocked (not sure if he trusts me now though!! I joke I joke) But the hardest part was trying to get everyone's addresses and inviting everyone who Ell would want there without forgetting anyone. There's also the added stress of hoping everyone turns up but then that's with every party. I had been organising it since the end of December but couldn't tell you guys in case Ell happened to stumble on to my blog and find out. I sent off for invites on vista print, which were fab, they had lots of funny little photos of Ell on them and they came to around £50 including fast postage. The party was a huge success and every one enjoyed the night, admittedly the wine went straight to my head, I blame this due to stress. For his present I bought him this watch which he loves and wears every day. Money well spent in my opinion as I know he will love it for years to come.
Me and EllI have also been to three other 21st parties. One on the 10th March, where me, Ell, Lydia (the birthday girl) and Steve travelled to Manchester for a night out and shopping in the Trafford centre, it was lovely weekend and she really enjoyed her night. This is the balloon I bought her...
Which was amazing!! Just under a meter square wide when not blown up. She loved it. From this web site.
The other two parties were both on 17th March. One of them was my dear friend Caras, who thoroughly enjoyed her night and she looked lovely. At the party she has a sweet cart filled with lots of yummy treats for people to go and help themselves to. Great idea.
Me and Cara
Me and Kel
Kate, Kel, Cara, Cass and Me
MeAnd the other party was for an old school friend, which consisted of Ell jumping around with all his friends on the dance floor to a great local band. So all in all a hectic but great night.
One of my best friends also had a little baby girl on 21st of February and named her Isla Grace. She is beautiful.
Work has been so busy which is great but it has started to quieten off now which gives me time for some blogging. Woopie.
For this post I thought I would do a catch up on things which I have bought over the past few months....
First up Jemma Kid light as air number 02 light- now if you're really pale get number 01 because after a while this foundation goes a little orangy so next time I'm 100% going to get 01. Love this foundation though, its staying power is amazing, it stays on my dry and oily patches without caking and gives a nice dewy finish.
Nars Sheer glow in Fiji -Now there's a story with this. This was bought for using over fake tan so I didn't have a white face, I wanted a darker colour to my normal skin tone, and wanted the sheer glow because it has no SPF in it, which is perfect for nights out. The lady on the counter swatched them on my hand and face so we could chose a colour to suit, however, when she went to pick up the foundation we had chosen she picked up a lighter colour, I commented on this but she said that she hadn't used any darker colours, but to me it still looked lighter than the one she had swatched, however she is the expert so I went along with it. When I got home it matched my natural skin colour and not my tan colour. This really annoyed me because I paid £29.50 for something I didn't want as I already have my day time un tanned foundation. After trying this foundation on my natural skin colour (as I thought I may as well use it)...I hated it. I think I will be passing this on to a friend as I know she will use and love it. It left me Very Very annoyed. I think if I had of had the tanned colour I would have continue using it as I only would have used it on nights out or special occasions for a few hours when I had a spray tan on but it does not last on my skin for a whole day and gives me a chalky powdered finish.
Max Factor Second Skin Foundation colour 075 Golden – Now this is perfect for when I have a spray tan. The colour matches so well, it has no SPF in it and it does not cake, so perfect for my girly nights out. And it only costs £12.50.
Mac Hue Lipstick – I did it...I finally bought Hue. Its one which I have wanted for a while but have just been putting it off, but I took the plunge and I'm so happy that I did.
No7 nail polishes colours Minty Fresh and Cheeky Chops – Just using up my £5 off No7 vouchers so I decided to go for two bright polishes only costing me £2 each. Love them.
Urban Decay naked 2 pallet – I was always going to buy the pallet but I was just waiting for it to come out. I Love it but wish I would experiment with more of the colours.
Nars Laguna bronzer – I can see what the hype is about but I am going to wait for more summery months to use it, I'll just stick to my blushes for now as I am very very pale.
Daniel Sandler Water colour crème-rouge blusher in Soft Peach- Love this, it is such a beautiful colour. It saved me so much hassle at work the other week, my eyes would not stop watering and this just didn't budge, so I didn't end up with the drastic tear lines through my blush. I do admit that I don't go for this enough as it does take longer to apply than powders and I'm always in a rush.
L'Oreal false lash telescopic – I just needed new mascara and as I read Anna's Blog and she loves the waterproof version of this but unfortunately they didn't have it in stock so I went for the other one as I really needed it, and I am really liking it.
Mac eye pencil in Coffee – I wanted this after seeing it in Tanya Burrs' February favourites video and everything she has recommended in the past I have loved so I thought why not? And she was right it is a dream to work with it applies so easily with no pressure or much effort and washes off when I want it to as well.
And finally
Real techniques brushes, the Stippling Brush and Blush Brush – Love these brushes, they are so soft, easy to work with, easy to clean and don't swallow up all your product. One day I would love to own the whole collection but money is a bit tight after all of these 21st parties so I will have to wait.
I hope I haven't bored you too much with this long post and catch up, I'm planning on doing one on a nail polish collection as I have over 50 so hopefully I will be back and blogging soon.
Lots of Love


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One month you're pushing thousands of dollars in affiliate commissions and the next you're barely scraping by. What gives?
Affiliate Marketing can throw you through some very dynamic swings. Sometimes you're up and other times you are way, way down. What's working today may be completely moot by the next day. Products you promote could instantly become something hated. Services could turn sour.
Since you can't predict the future you could see yourself in financial hardships if you aren't prepared. The last thing you want to do is project your business on a hot month and then gain nothing for many afterward.
Here's what you need to know about the financial swings you may experience in this game…
What Causes the Disruption?
I've always said that Affiliate Marketing is volatile.
There are plenty of ways there can be a disruption in your income flow:
- A product suddenly loses popularity and is no longer the "it" item
- The program shuts down and leaves you wondering what happened
- You mismanage your personal bills which prevents you from investing in the business
- Bad mistakes when hiring third-party providers which don't deliver on promises
- Massive dips in traffic and conversions because of algorithm updates
- Theft of your work files or an online attack that puts your site out of business
- New competition that swoops in and takes over your niche
All these can happen in a blink of an eye so when you aren't paying attention, going along on your merry way without entertaining the issues, you're bound to see your finances go into haywire.
Solutions to the Problems
I can't speak for everyone but as for someone that has seen the crazy swings AM brings to the table I offer my advice so you aren't stuck in those down months when money starts to get tight:
- Investing – Always invest your time, energy, and money into other avenues for income generation. Start creating new sites and income generating products while you continue to operate your flagship site. Consider jumping into a bit of freelancing while you're at it to add extra income into the mix. Invest what you have into growth and you'll stay ahead of the curve so you won't be so easily caught off guard when things go sour.
- Savings – Always pay yourself first. Make sure you are using your affiliate income to take care of the necessary expenses to keep doing what you're doing (rent, electric, etc) but also setting aside money for an emergency fund. Don't take chances when the market is this volatile; have money set aside so you can start again if things take a turn for the worst.
- Make Something Better – I'd say you probably have a handful of products/services you promote that makes up the majority of your affiliate income. What if just one or two of them no longer bring in the money like before? You could shift what you're promoting or go a step further, cut out that middleman, and create a product/service of your own. Now you are in position to have affiliates promote products for you rather than the other way around. Creating something of higher value than what people are promoting will get them to jump ship to yours which adds a great amount of stability to your finances.
- Explore the Platforms – Don't stick to what you know; spread out and try new and old platforms you haven't fully optimized. When you rely on just one or two forms of traffic you are putting yourself into a situation where everything can crash if a competitor scoops your placement or siphons your audience. Expand your reach into new territories to create a wide net of lead generation rather than relying on just a few.
- Seek Help from Your Network – You build your network because they are the ones that will be there to help when you are in dire straits. You may not gain a loan from these individuals but they can help you in times of need such as cross-promoting your brand, re-energizing your presence through interviews, or throwing out endorsements that will keep your relevant.
- Kill the Money Vampires – All those subscription services you barely use, products you tend to buy but never use, or projects that aren't going anywhere. Start trimming the fat. You should also take this time to create better routines for your marketing that aren't reliant on third party products/services especially when you can do them yourself. Cut back on the frivolous spending and you'll have the money to save, invest, and keep growing when things get crazy.
Hopefully you never have to experience any of these hardships in your business but don't think they won't happen. Business (and the marketplace) can bring about incredible rewards but could also sink you before you know what's even happening. You've always got to stay on your mark and be prepared for the worst (think of it like insurance – it's there for when it goes south). Keep all these in mind and make plans for recovery so you can bounce back rather than fall flat.
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Finally, Civil Confinement Agreement Reached
After years of gridlock, I am pleased to report that legislation has finally passed establishing a system to confine dangerous sexual predators who are most likely to re-offend. The legislation means that after their prison sentences end these sexual predators will be placed in special psychiatric facilities for further treatment and supervision.
For the better part of the last decade, state lawmakers have debated and disagreed about what to do with perpetually violent sex offenders who have served the criminal penalty for their offense, yet remain a serious threat to the community. Despite strong evidence that many of these offenders re-offend and the general acknowledgment that these individuals need further supervision and treatment, the legislature and the last governor were unable to reach any agreement.
Under Governor Spitzer's leadership, an agreement has been reached that ends this gridlock and makes New York the 20th state to require the civil confinement of predatory sex offenders. This legislative solution is one that I not only supported -- along with a bipartisan majority of lawmakers -- but one that I cosponsored in the Senate.
This measure has long had strong support as an important way to protect the public from the most vicious sexual predators. However, agreement on civil confinement eluded Albany for years due to concerns about due process, disagreement about how broadly civil confinement should be applied, and objections to the lack of treatment options during incarceration.
In the civil confinement legislation passed last week, these concerns were addressed. Now, violent sex offenders nearing the end of their term will be evaluated by a panel of mental health professionals to determine if the offender needs further psychiatric detention. This further confinement will require a recommendation from that special panel, as well as a ruling by a judge and jury -- addressing both the concerns about due process and the disagreement over how to apply the law. The concerns about treatment options were satisfied by requiring all sex offenders to have mental health treatment while serving their prison term.
In addition to the civil confinement component, the new law will strengthen sanctions on sex offenders by establishing a new crime of sexually motivated felony to give our courts the tools they need to incarcerate the most heinous criminals, and by increasing the periods of parole supervision for those who have served their term but are deemed to be less likely to re-offend. The measure will also create a new Office of Sex Offender Management to oversee the evaluation, supervision and confinement of predatory sex offenders.
This agreement is yet another example of how, slowly but surely, the culture in Albany is changing thanks to the leadership of the new Governor and the willingness of members of the legislature to address our state's greatest challenges.


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Pressler's in -- 'probably'
Former U.S. senator Larry Pressler wants his seat back — well, probably.
In a news release issued Thursday, Pressler said he plans to announce next week whether he will join the 2014 U.S. Senate race in South Dakota, saying he "will probably seek to return as an independent to break up the two-party deadlock."
Pressler, 71, represented South Dakota as a Republican during two terms in the U.S. House of Representatives from 1975 to 1979, and three terms in the U.S. Senate from 1979 to 1997. He lost his re-election bid to current Democratic Sen. Tim Johnson, who is not seeking re-election and plans to retire.
That means if Pressler enters the race, he'll be running for his own former Senate seat.
Pressler, a Humboldt native, will announce his intentions at 2:30 p.m. Dec. 26 in Sioux Falls, at 10:30 a.m. Dec. 27 in Watertown and at 2:30 p.m. Dec. 27 in Aberdeen.
If he runs, Pressler will join a crowd of candidates already vying for Johnson's Senate seat. On the Republican side, former Gov. Mike Rounds of Fort Pierre, state Sen. Larry Rhoden of Union Center, state Rep. Stace Nelson of Fulton, Sioux Falls physician Annette Bosworth and attorney Jason Ravnsborg of Yankton have all declared. The only Democratic candidate who has declared is Rick Weiland, a former aide to Democratic Sen. Tom Daschle.


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According to fabric industry blurbs, this is supposed to be "The Year of the Taupe."
Taupe fabrics, a Japanese style of fabrics featuring a soft color palette and typically high quality screen-printed goods and finish have come on to the radar screen outside Japan in the last several years. Lots of people are discovering them and using them to create beautiful quilts and other projects.
So, what's your take on taupes? Love them? Hate them? Indifferent? Use them? Never heard of them?


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From hand colored images of Mount Rainier to the historic streets of early Moscow, Idaho, the Northwest Historical Postcards Collection displays unique and engaging images of people and places in the late nineteenth and early twentieth century Northwest. Portraying locations in Washington, Oregon, Idaho, Montana, Wyoming, British Columbia and Alberta, the collection offers a glimpse at the historical and cultural development of the western states, with rare depictions of turn-of-the-century buildings, thriving mining towns that later became ghost towns, and Mount St. Helens before the eruption.
This digital collection of over 800 postcards comes from the historical photograph collections of the University of Idaho Library's Special Collections & Archives. The postcards range in date from the 1890s to the 1980s and were given to the library by a wide variety of donors. The postcards were digitized and described by Annie Gaines in 2012-2013.
Postcards originated in Europe in the late nineteenth century as an inexpensive means of communication, and the cards quickly became popular in America. In the early twentieth century, the U.S. Post Office permitted the use of a divided back card, allowing for both a message and mailing address to be on one side making it possible for the entire front of the card to be used for an image. Since then, millions of color and black and white postcards have been mailed to family and friends across the country.
Digitized Historical Postcards from Idaho and the Greater Northwesti
All Collections
Sailboats on Lake Coeur d'Alene.Coeur d'Alene; Lake Coeru
d'Alene (Idaho)Duane D. Davis
Flower border around east wing of Challenger Inn. Sun Valley, IdahoSun Valley (Idaho)Lou Holliday
Pansy Triangle near inn pool. Sun Valley, IdahoSun Valley
(Idaho)Lou Holliday
Sun Valley, Idaho from nearby Penny MountainSun Valley
(Idaho)Lou Holliday
Open-air Olympic size ice rink at Sun Valley, IdahoSun Valley
(Idaho)Lou Holliday
Challenger Inn, Sun ValleySun Valley
Big Wood River Valley and Boulder Mountains, near Sun ValleySun Valley (Idaho)
Sun Valley, IdahoSun Valley (Idaho)Reeve
""Village"" from Sun Valley LodgeSun Valley
Permanent residents at Sun ValleySun Valley
Landscaped grounds. Lava Hot Springs Foundation. Lava Hot Springs, Idaho.Lava Hot Springs (Idaho)Intermountain Tourists Supply
Flower gardens. Lava Hot Springs Foundation. Lava Hot Springs, Idaho.Lava Hot Springs (Idaho)Intermountain Tourists Supply
Beauty Bay, framed by Ponderosa Pine, Lake Coeur d'Alene.Coeur d'Alene; Lake Coeru d'Alene (Idaho)Will Hawkins
[Cable] Ferry on Snake River, Idaho.Snake River
Steamboat, sternwheeler.Snake River (Idaho)
Beauty Bay. Lake Coeur d'Alene, Idaho.Coeur d'Alene; Lake
Coeru d'Alene (Idaho)
Sherman Mine, Burke, Idaho.Burke (Idaho)
Sunshine Mine, Kellogg, Idaho.Kellogg (Idaho)
Beauty Bay. Lake Coeur d'Alene. IdahoCoeur d'Alene; Lake
Coeru d'Alene (Idaho)
Sunshine and Crescent (nearest) Mines in Idaho's famous Silver Belt.Kellogg (Idaho)Bill Hawkins
Polaris Mill, Osburn, Idaho.Osburn (Idaho)
Tamarack-Custer Consolidated Mining Company.Burke
Burke, Idaho, site of the deepest mine hoist in the nation. Hecla Mine.Burke (Idaho)Ross Hall
Seeweewana and Dancewana cruising on Lake Coeur d'AleneCoeur
d'Alene; Lake Coeru d'Alene (Idaho)Trux Photographic
Bunker Hill Company lead smelter in Coeur d'Alene Mining Region.Kellogg (Idaho)Ross Hall
Bunker Hill and Sullivan Mill.Kellogg (Idaho)Barnard's
Payette Lake, McCall, Idaho.McCall; Payette Lake
(Idaho)Bill Acker
Smelting works owned by Empire Copper Company, Mackay, Idaho.Mackay (Idaho)
Snowstorm Mine, Mullan, Idaho.Mullan (Idaho)Barnard's
Payette Lake, IdahoMcCall; Payette Lake (Idaho)Wesley
Success Mine and Mill.Wallace (Idaho)Barnard's
Shadowy St. Joe River flows through Lake Chatcolet.Chatcolet
Lake; St. Joe River (Idaho)Will Hawkins
Upper Payette Lake, McCall, IdahoMcCall; Payette Lake
(Idaho)Wesley Andrews?
Mammoth and Standard Mills. Wallace, Idaho.Wallace
(Idaho)Barnard's Studio
St. Joe River, IdahoSt. Joe River (Idaho)
Payette Lake, IdahoMcCall; Payette Lake
Interstate-Callahan Mill.Wallace (Idaho)Barnard's
Hercules Mine.Burke (Idaho)Barnard's Studio
Log Rolling Contest, Payette River, Idaho.Payette River
(Idaho)Geo. L. Stevens
Unidentified dredge.Custer (Idaho)
Gold dredge on Crooked River between Elk City and Orogrande.Orogrande (Idaho)Ross Hall Scenics
Dinner on the drive, Payette River, Idaho.Payette River
Coeur Mine in the Coeur d'Alene Mining district.Osburn
(Idaho)Will Hawkins
Payette River, IdahoPayette River (Idaho)
Ghost camp at Boulder Basin, Idaho, north of Ketchum.Ketchum
(Idaho)Will Hawkins
Snake River Canyon. P.C. 111. River boat.Snake River
Sierra Silver Mine tour, Wallace, Idaho.Wallace
(Idaho)Will Hawkins
Lewiston Commercial Fleet, Lewiston, Idaho. Steamboats.Lewiston (Idaho)
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Kristen has now been unjettized (It's not a word, but we like it). The hair and make-up people seem to have done a good job camouflaging the jet black mullet that Kristen had for The Runaways.
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Kristen has now been unjettized (It's not a word, but we like it). The hair and make-up people seem to have done a good job camouflaging the jet black mullet that Kristen had for The Runaways.
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Looks good! Although she was supposed to be dressed more nicely for graduation.. Oh well.
ya but if its a wig that means the mullet is coming back! which is not good!!!
lol i agree! not good at all!
you just had to remind me didn't you?? LOL
No there extentions so that means shes had it died the rite colour so when they have finished filmimg it mite of grow back a bit so it looks half normal lol !!
No that's a wig. And a very bad one too.
But look at it this way…. Her hair will have grown out by breaking dawn! So the true bella hair will be back!
Same though about her hair will grow back in few month, she will do fine and back to normal.. Shes not look good on mullet but my very understood that she had to cut her hair for The Runaway.:-/ . I knew she will get her hair grow again like she used to.. Soo.. Same though, taylor 🙂
why couldn't she have just had a wig for the Joan Jet hiar?? That's the question I keep asking myself…
Same thing I thought!
haha cuz the joan jett hair cut is pretty kick @ss and of course kristen would want it(; i think she rocks it! but the bella wig extentions whatever it is. i dnt lk it. it looks fake.
It may start to grow out before filming for BD, but I'm pretty sure it won't be the same length as it was before the mullet. I doubt her hair will grow that much though because there won't be enough time.
I do like that wig that she's wearing. Sure it looks different from her natural hair style, but it is graduation. I don't think it looks fake. In fact it looks like my hair would if I were to wear it down naturally like that.
I still think it looks TOO wig-like. I think Summit (as much as we don't always like them) should have put a clause in her contract about not changing her appearance. 😉
to me it looks like a beautiful wig. but thats because I KNOW its a wig.
I think the look gorgeous, as always. and between you and me…I liked the mullet….*runs*
I totally agree with you, i like her hair here… her hair in the twilight film, now that was disaster. I think the Mullet suits kristen, but her Bella hair is beautiful.
i think the wig looks fantastic… i think i better run too 🙂
her hair looks dry. she looks like her characther in the messengers. not consistent with previous looks.
Reminds me of the Rosalie wig in front, not real looking enough, but in all fairness, it's hard to tell from one picture
So glad we don't have to look at that horrible mullet anymore!! If I hadn't known she got it cut I wouldn't have even realized her current hair was fake. But then I'm generally very slow to pick up on things like that.
they could just dye her hair brown and just use like clip on extensions.
her hair looks too flat,I just don't like it….
That would completely wreck her hair.
I don't see how. Black completely strips the hair and the best way to repair it is to put red through the hair to nourish it. So coloring Kristen's hair to match Bella's would actually be the best thing for it. Plus the clip on extensions wouldn't cause any damage at all.
Unless what she had in her hair was a rinse, which I doubt, dyeing your hair damages it period. Putting extensions on top of a dye job will wreck your hair, and she already had extensions in her hair when she played Joan Jett. So to dye once again and then put extensions on it will severely damage your hair.
Yes, extensions are damaging. Which is why the suggestion from "just me" was a CLIP ON extension, which is simply hair on a clip. All they do is unclip it at the end of the day.
I get what you're saying about hair dye damaging your hair, but I can tell you from experience that if you damage your hair with black dye any (good) hairdresser will make you put red over the top of it. You have to allow your hair to recover for a month or so before you can do anything else with it. I have been coloring my hair for 15 years and I have had my own run in with black hair dye. I had to go red for about 6 weeks before my hair was in good enough condition to go light again.
MEL its probably more easier/ efficent just to use a full blown wig.It saves time and money.Look the wig is cute it just seems a little overbearing on kstew.It also reminds me of an old esme wig they found haha but roses wig looks much better than in twilight.The clothing well i hope they get it rigth in the other movies…
Rosalie didn't wear a wig in Twilight. Her hair was bleached out. Did you mean the wig looks better than her real hair bleached?
Actually Rosalie did wear a wig for both movies, there's pictures of her hair stacked on top of her head in this net thing.
Actually both of you are right. With Nikki first they colored her hair, but later it started to fall out so they switched to a wig.
You can tell that it's her real hair in the scene in the Cullen's kitchen. Both Nikki and Peter's hair had been touched up, but they used straight bleach instead of blonde, so you can see an inch of white hair that suddenly turns golden. You can also see bits of dark hair that the colorist missed.
I don't like the wig. Why didn't Kristen keep her normal hair and get a wig for "The Runaways"? The black mullet seems to be the problem now. It's not like she really chopped off all her hair for "The Cake Eaters". She should of had a wig for the part of Joan Jett, so Bella could look normal…
The reason why she never got a wig for her role as Joan Jet was because she liked this role more than role in twilight. As she says in the unscripted interview on youtube, she had been offered a role that has been the best she has had so far and that she cannot wait to do it. She herself says that she is a huge Joan Jet fan and obviously she want to protrey her in the best way possible. I think the wig looks wicked personally, and makes her look a tad more like Bella… in my opinion.
No she did not like the Joan Jett role more than Twilight. She was very excited to be doing the Joan Jett movie but she is equally excited to do Twilight. She is very passionate about her role as Bella and she has said that many times.
I see what you are saying. Kristen is a very talented woman, and I saw the unscripted interview on youtube as well. She was CRAZY HAPPY about getting cast for "The Runaways". I can see how she would want to do everything she could as a actor to look the part of Joan Jett. I think as a "nit- picky" fan, I'm sad about the change in her look for the part of Bella. Mostly it's the part in the wig that makes it look a little "wigish", if you will. But I do agree with other comments that the picture is not that great. So I'm sure that if anyone of us saw it in person it would look PERFECT. I can't see anyone letting the lead character looking less than PERFECT.
I agree, she thinks the Joan Jett part is much more important because she's a real person. I know people who don't really like the twilight series (i know crazy huh!) and I would put Kristen in that category if she didn't play the part of Bella. She'd never just read them for entertainment. I wonder if she ever read new moon the book, not just the script. She said she has only read Twilight only after she had the part in an interview.
Nicely said. Ditto! Makes Bella look so much more feminine and has a softer look to it. Almost Twilight 'Esme-ish' 😉
LOL… yeah that was esactly what i was thinking, it makes her look more like Bella in any case. She definatly looks more feminine,esme-ish… nicly put 🙂 x
she looks younger with that hair style. not really like her either
It's too hard to tell on just one picture. I'll reserve judgement for when a better pic comes around. I'm just happy to see Kristen as Bella again! I'm so looking forward to Eclipse.
Thats what I've been saying I mean come on… One movie vs two jezz some people
I actually like her hair in Twilight! I need to see more pictures with that wig, so far, I'm so not liking it. Looks a little too much like a wig =/
It's nice to see a real smile on her face….oh, never mind. Maybe someday.
Ehhhh people need to calm down. So what if it's a flippin' wig? Personally…I think the better option, to look more "real," would have been to dye her hair back to normal and put in extensions, a la Britney Spears lol.
This is just the first pic we've seen so I'm not worrying about it. I'm sure if costuming/makeup or whatever thought it looked horrible it would be happening. And remember – this is graduation – she's wearing a graduation cap at some point in this seen, so OF COURSE it's going to make hair look flat, people. My hair looked like hell when I graduated in '99.
It's amazing how us Twi-fans are so neurotic about small details.
I totally agree we do get crazy over the little things on these sites – I know this but then I find myself saying things like "not how it was in the book" when talking with friends over it LOL
Yeah me too! BELLA'S BACK! LOL Sometimes my friends and I take these small changes too seriously. Honestly I'm just happy too see that the movie is in production, and that we'll only have to wait until next summer to see it! That's great news for me because "ECLIPSE" is my favortie of all four books (hopefully soon to be five if "Midnight Sun" ever comes out).
sorry meant to say "wouldn't" be happening in post above.
I like the extensions. I think the set of New Moon have much better hair and makeup this time around. <3
*sets of new moon. >.<
I agree it´s too soon to tell, but for now i´m not liking it much…. too wigy (I love to invent new words….haha)
besides, i think that the wig makes her head really big!!!
besides, in each movie (twilight, new moon and now eclipse) differs how they portray the characters…
but anyway… ?
seriouslly guys she also wore a wig in NM too.
I hope this is regressing back to twilight,it's looking pretty low budget.
I think the concern people are feeling is because we don't want to be staring at her hair the whole time.
There have been plenty of movies where wigs have been used, and they have managed to make them look real, but these wigs have been made to only sit a certain way and so they don't move properly. (Carlisle's is the most obvious example of this.)
Personally, I think they should have gone with extensions for Kristen. She has to be run through the forest at least five times and her hair will look fake if it doesn't move in the wind properly. (Not to mention when she starts pulling her hair out to incite the newborns.)
I am really hoping they make Bella's hair waist length in Breaking Dawn, just like it was in the book.
The part in the wig looks so unnatural. It looks like a wig off of one of those cheap looking mannequins from the early 80's. I guess when she takes the wig off she still is going to be sporting that ugly mullet.She is still a beauty though.
I personally think her hair looks good, considering the hair style she was sporting for Joan Jett. As for her smile, she is smiling, its just more like a smirk. I think people forget that KS is played Bella and lets no forget the graduation scene was nerve racking for her because her and Alice had just discovered what the "mystery guest" was there for and she was trying to put on a show for Edward. She's playing a character, give her a break.
yess that wig looks totally busteddd. reallly really baddd. i mean it looks like its tucked into her forhead. deff better than her mullet, but maybe the extensions would have been better.
The wig is okay. I mean her hair will grow back. I don't blame Kristen. I mean she plays Bella and it's her hair.
she looks young and her wig isn't all that great, it looks like Jacob's wig from twilight and i really hated that wig. It might just be the shot that makes the hair look bad, i'm giving it the benefit of the doubt.
Well, I'm glad with this wig because I didn't like the mullet very much. Let's just hope it looks better in the movie.
it looks great to me. I liked her mullet though.
its really not that bad! i think it looks really Bella-ish personally.
I think that we all just need to chill and get over ourselves a bit! Lol They are doing the best that they can,and we cant and shouldnt expect them to do everyone's vision of what we as individuals see when we read the books. We should just be happy and grateful that we are getting any movies at all and that the cast is excited to do them and are doing their best to do them justice as they themselves see it when they read the series. Everything cant,shouldnt be exactly just a carbon copy of the books. Its a movie adaptation and directors have to use their ideas and creativity to make it different and yes even better in some ways to have an added element and deminsion to the action. So just let it go,let it be. It will be great no matter what! Just enjoy the ride folks! Lol
I totally agree! I've had the same attitude all along…enjoy the ride! I see so many comments that are such downers! I'm just so super excited that we get movies! lol
….why does everyone have to be so technical and nit-picky about every-damn-thing in this series?
it's really not all that serious, and i'm sure that most of you will love the end result anyway, so just CHILL THE HELL OUT for once. geez.
i totally agree with u!!! i mean, its a stupid wig people!!! all of you are throwin such hissy-fits over something as insignificant as her HAIR
i mean, it doesnt look that great, but still…
its HAIR
chill out;)
that wig or the extentions look totally fake. hope it's just the pic and it looks better on film.
alright peeps…its a wig, and not a very good one. The back looks ok…the front looks like a wig! I hope it carries over better on the screen. Yes…I do hair so I can spot the wig…lol Is it just me or does poor Kristen look tired? She needs a break.
I personally think she looked prettier with her Bella hair.. Im not a big fan on the mullet 🙁 I dont get it.. She didnt need a wig for Twilight, she could of used one for The Runaways but I dont think she thought of New Moon before she did it.. *sigh*
I dont really like the extensions,,mostly because now her hair looks fake,,, i like her natural hair better,,,she shouldnt have cut her hair just for a part in a rocker movie
personally i think she looks good
Eh, I don't like the wig but hey- it's better then the Joan Jett black mullet!
considering its a wig. its really good.
i mean come on, remember taylor's in twilight.
god that was bad.
i did think that alice was supposed to have given her better clothes than that.
i'd like to see her wear something really nice every now and again. *sigh*
still love everything tho
*throws confetti* I'm really happy about this! She looks so much like the Bella I'm used to looking at in pictures right now. So down to earth and normal. 😀
I think its a great wig, but maybe thats just me. And I noticed the clothes right off the bat, but I decided it doesn't matter. If everyone gets annoyed over little things like that, no one will like the movie. If they decided to put this on her instead of the nicer clothes, so be it. If they look like the characters and it stays true to the book, I'll be very happy! 🙂
Why couldn't she have just worn a wig to play Joan so she would have her real hair for Eclipse?
Lol, moot point.
That is a terrible wig. You know it's bad when you can spot it's a wig from a LQ picture.
I loved her hair in twilight, I agree that she should have worn a wig for the last movie so she had her real hair for this one.
I'm going to reserve my judgement on her hair until I see more pictures or video…
why did she have to cut her in to an ugly mullett to start off with!! its hideous!! she looks alot better with the long bella locks!!
Is this going to be a low budget movie. They are cutting corners already. I mean with the mona lisa wig, jeans and shirt at graduation and who know what else. What happened to the blue outfit that Alice bought? Come on people is it that hard to follow the book. I hope that they don't mess this up! Maybe Catherine Hardwicke need to direct Bella and Edward parts of the script to keep their parts smouldering!!
wowwww… you really want hardwick back? wow.
i adore her other work, lords of dogtown especially, but come on. twilight was NOT a good movie. and i'm not hating. i'm just stating fact. from almost every standpoint it was a disaster. the color didn't change the entire time; the whole movie was blue. the acting was pretty atrocious from almost every quarter, the only exceptions being a few of the humans.
i personally am beyond excited to get some fresh blood in on the projects.
and did it occur to anyone that maybe that's a rehearsal? or that maybe there's a skirt hiding behind that yellow robe?
Hmm…i think it looks fine, it doesn't look exactly like her old hair but it doesn't look bad
guysss come on, its just one effin picture, it doesn't look THAT BAD and plus yuuh should at least wait to see a promo picture to come out before you judge it, and tha clothes are not that important because ur gonna be to wrapped up in the story to remember it soo just chill until you see a trailer or something
It doesn't really matter if her hair isn't perfect-just aslong as it doesn't distract from the actual movie.


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Oh that looks deliciously sweet, I love cherrys to :) great diner look to the background and table.
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The Tuesday show across the river was a clinical display of awesomeness. Aside from a few stray rock star poses from Cox, Deerhunter doesn't play to the crowd much: lead guitarist Lockett Pundt will occasionally rotate 45 degrees or so, but new members Frank Broyles and Josh McKay are in forward-facing lockstep and longtime drummer Moses Archuleta simply pounds his kit with his hair in his face. But just because the group isn't mugging doesn't mean they don't absolutely bring it.
Deerhunter starts with great songs, but a skilled band can make mediocre songs sound good live, by sheer dint of volume and showmanship. As mentioned, Cox and co. largely dispense with the showmanship (they've got the volume in spades, they're the rare group that sounds much better with earplugs), but the fun thing they're able to do is make their already pretty songs sound even prettier live. Pundt's finger-picking on Monomania standout "T.H.M." sounds even more delicate live; a new, double-time walking bassline breathes new life into Halcyon Digest's "Fountain Stairs." It's no mean feat for a band to reveal nuance in their songs at 100+ decibels.
The showstopper on Tuesday, as I imagine it is at most Deerhunter shows, was "Nothing Ever Happened," off 2008's Microcastle. It's a song with no fewer than four sections that's more clipped than pretty, but it reveals the full range of the band's musical spectrum: punky and danceable, melodic and angular, and yes, bluesy. Live, the group held the segues into the various outro guitar lines much longer than on the recorded version, building to the inevitable deranged cascading synth break that closes the song. The blues on a Tuesday night in a hood that feels not very bluesy never sounded so good. Just don't get wet.