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Double Sided for Lots of Creative Fun! Wipe Off Dry Erase Board on one side- Chalk Board on the other side Includes 35 ft Paper Roll, 5 Super Storage Bins to Fit All of your Supplies 53-55", Adjustable Easel that Grows with your Child Folds Flat for Easy Storage Hardware and Easy. Assembly Instructions Included.
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We got this when we were at a loss about what to get our 2 year old for his birthday, he is the little brother and already has everything under the sun from his older...Read complete review
We got this when we were at a loss about what to get our 2 year old for his birthday, he is the little brother and already has everything under the sun from his older brother. From the moment he got it, it was an every day use toy for both he and his 5 year old brother. It has so many great features! The chalk board worked great from the beginning. So many chalk boards are to slick and take a while to break in, not this one. The dry erase works great with the dry erase markers or crayons. Using the roll of paper is the boys favorite thing to draw on. One thing that we did do to keep the roll of paper from rolling out to much was to put clothes pins at the top. Works like a charm. Instead of ripping off the paper, we rolled it back up under the easel and when it was all done, I reversed the paper and they are using the other side. We also use the paper to wrap up gifts for family and friends. They get a kick out wrapping the gift in something they made and the recipient likes the uniqueness and personal paper. The storage is a dream come true. We had art supplies all over and now the boys know just where to go to find what they want. So convenient and simple, we couldn't ask for more. The storage is ample enought that we are able to put in all chalk, indoors and out, all of our coloring books, crayons, markers, paints, paper, colored pencils and more. For the price and usability its worked best for us. We are a family of four in a very small house and most things we own are dual purpose to save on space. I was hesitant about the size but it fits and saves space with its storage.
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Purchased this for our 4 year old son for Easter. Well the night before was no picnic ! First the chalk board frame was broke !I had to put a bigger screw in to ...Read complete review
Purchased this for our 4 year old son for Easter. Well the night before was no picnic ! First the chalk board frame was broke !I had to put a bigger screw in to fix this.Then the red screw paper holder on top, one screw was off and would not screw in straight and was stripping the screw, then the red part that holds both screws on each side fell off when tightened. I had to superglue both of them back on !Also one of the metal side braces does not lock,and last but not least the fake wood grain sticker veneer is starting to peel in some places. Way to many problems right out of the box. I am handy and Im probably gonna replace all the hardware and screws that I can. Regardless it is Easter afternoon and he is in the kitchen painting ! and he love it ! If he only knew. LOL
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love this easel!
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Bought this easel for my daughter's Christmas present, love all the storage it has perfect for busy children, keeps them occupied.
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By Christine
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We got this a a Christmas gift last year, and was a bit dissapointed when some of the pieces came broken, but when the replacement pieces arrived and we put the easel together we where very happy, its still holding strong after a year, my son loves it, holds all his art supplies and more! very happy :)
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By momof2girls
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I bought this for my girls for Christmas last year and while putting it together on Christmas Eve, I noticed the yellow plastic tray was broken. Also, the bins on the bottom do not fit properly front to back. Paint is already chipping and it sits in the corner with no use now. I would have rather paid $40 for one of the plastic easels. At least they hold up for more than 3 months.
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Great product
By kb
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I love the product, but it arrived broken. TRU is exchanging it.
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Nice concept, poor quality
By Papa B
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Product was damaged right out of box. Uses fibre board pieces and screws installed at factory caused bottom rail to crack so badly that chalkboard came out of frame. Instruction page say 8 screws "n" provided but 12 depicted on instructions steps and only 6 supplied in box. Not quite accurate that it folds flat as trays project about 4" on each side; can be removed and stored separately. Thankfully I am handy enough to fix the issues but it is a frustrating experience to be sure.
easy to install & store...
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our granddaughter loves it...she gets to paint...draw with the dry erase markers..draw & do math problems & letters on the chalk board side...easy to clean..alot of storage...durable...& fun for one child or more to play...easy to store away..& set back up...she also started her own art show ...her gallery happens to be everyones walls in the home...great for her..she just turned 5yrs.old...keeps her occupied...which her mother loves about this product..too
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By krs
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bought this for my 3 year old for christmas... right out of the box one of the plastic trays was broken-does not affect function, but really? then the dry erase board was out of the frame so my husband had to fix that... one of the baskets will not stay together-the wooden dowel (s/p) is cracked and will not hold its screw so he has to glue a new and longer screw in. honestly, if it hadn't been christmas eve we would have returned it, but who wants to disapoint their child??? we were very dissatisfied!
By Mommy of Twins
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This is great, my twin 4 year old twin boys are having such a great time with it! It is perfect and I love the bins to keep all of their fun art supplies in! It really gives them a chance to play with everything!
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We love Toys R US, but received an Easel for a Christmas present aroung Dec 4th( had to order for the 1st time because item not in stores). Did not open package until Christmas morning and it was broken in 3 different places. Needless to say, my son was disappointed and so was mom. Now we have to send it back and wait more days to get a new one. HOPEFULLY, it will not be broken! PLEASE MAKE US PROUD TOYS R US AND resend a product that stands behind your name. (i hope this was a UPS rough shipping matter and not a Toys R Us rough packaging matter. Thanks
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We had gotten this for our son for a Santa present. When my husband went to set it up, pieces were broken to the point of not being able to even fix ourselves. This was a poor quality item and I am so very disatisfied. This ruined my son's Santa present. Luckily he is only 3 and doesn't quite understand the whole Santa concept yet. What a big piece. So mad
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Unsurprisingly, the court appears divided along ideological lines. Ultimately, the votes of Chief Justice John Roberts and Justice Anthony Kennedy appear to be in play. The court's liberal arm —Justices Sonia Sotomayor, Elena Kagan, Stephen Breyer, and Ruth Bader Ginsburg—are expected to uphold the individual mandate and PPACA. On the conservative side, Justices Antonin Scalia, Samuel Alito, and Clarence Thomas are expected to vote to overturn the individual mandate.
Two years ago when Congress narrowly passed PPACA the Obama administration expected opposition to the bill to dissolve once Americans became familiar with the bill. Strong support for the bill has never materialized, although specific aspects of the law are popular, according to Kaiser Family Foundation tracking polls. For example, closing the donut hole for Medicare recipients is well received while the individual mandate has generally scored very low with survey respondents.
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My question is, why are they even debating severability? If I understand correctly, Congress often/usually includes severability clauses in legislation, but elected not to in this case. Doesn't that mean that if any provision is struck down, the law should be struck down? Any thoughts on that from those who have studied more than I have?
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This law needs to be overturned for many reasons. It was fraudulently sold to start with and has clearly unconstitutional elements at the heart of it. Congress should start over and this time actually know what they are passing. A bad law that is not in comformity with Federal powers [INVALID] not to mention the untold number of regulations that result [INVALID] is simply not something that should be salvaged.
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You can scoop this back into the potato shells or, if your like me and destroyed them, you can bake in muffin tins to maintain serving size! Submitted by DRAGONSPITTLE Carbs: 7.6g | Fat: 1.5g | Fiber: 0.6g | Protein: 1.8g | Calories: 51.8
This meal comes together pretty fast. It's a very hearty meal, that goes great with a salad. Submitted by FOODIEWIFE Carbs: 27.3g | Fat: 8.4g | Fiber: 2.3g | Protein: 17.3g | Calories: 251.9
I love the versatility of this salad,and the ease in making it a delicious side dish,or meal.My children are grown but they still ask for this dish at family gatherings.It's great for picnics because it is not mayonaise based.I hope you and your family enjoy it as much as us. Submitted by SHERRY822 Carbs: 9.7g | Fat: 0.6g | Fiber: 2.1g | Protein: 1.8g | Calories: 48.2
From Andrea Submitted by SINGER1024 Carbs: 12.2g | Fat: 4.8g | Fiber: 2.6g | Protein: 16.5g | Calories: 157.3
Beth doesn't share recipes. She's 'one of those' cooks! ;-) So feel privileged, 'cause here's one she kindly shared! :) (NOTE: Beth's original recipe did not have the basil or pepper, it had one less tbsp. onion, and it had an extra tbsp. of sugar. I modified the recipe for my tastes.) 2007-11-13 EDIT: I made this again, adding 4 cloves of minced garlic, and it was delish! (((NOT included in the nutritional information, but it wouldn't really affect the calories anyway!))) :) Submitted by CURVES_N_CURLS Carbs: 14.1g | Fat: 4.7g | Fiber: 2.6g | Protein: 3.7g | Calories: 109.2
Submitted by THOMWIGLE Carbs: 13.4g | Fat: 3.6g | Fiber: 3.3g | Protein: 1.8g | Calories: 82.8
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When the ingredients are fresh, salads can be simple yet impressive. This traditional, classic Israeli salad is perfect as a side, salad, or as filling for your pita. Submitted by LOULOUB Carbs: 4.4g | Fat: 5.6g | Fiber: 1g | Protein: 0.8g | Calories: 65.2
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Tastes better than Olive Garden and waaaaaay healthier! Submitted by JASONZ Carbs: 10.7g | Fat: 5.5g | Fiber: 1.5g | Protein: 13.4g | Calories: 143.1
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My family doesn't like to eat vegetables, but they beg for seconds with this recipe!!! This gives broccoli a wonderful, nutty flavor that everyone will love. Submitted by YENVED Carbs: 6.6g | Fat: 14.1g | Fiber: 3.3g | Protein: 3g | Calories: 154
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As if the three kits introduced last month weren't enough, G.Skill has developed yet another quad-channel package for Sandy Bridge-E systems, one that is made up of eight 8 GB modules certified to operate at 2400 MHz. Part of the RipjawsZ series, this new 64 GB kit works at 2400 MHz with 10-12-12-31 latencies, features XMP 1.3 support, and is hand-tested to ensure maximum stability. G.Skill's new quad-channel kit is backed by a lifetime warranty and can be found on pre-order priced at (hold on to your headset) 3,199 Euro!
lol..one day, 64GB will seem such a small amount of memory, in the same way we thought 64mb was such a HUGE amount of Ram for PC's in the mid 1990's.
One day you'll scoff at less then 1TB of memory, I still remember when 64gb hdd's were huge. I remember when 1GB were huge.
I remember when I had HDD with <1GB and win 95. I needed to delet some windows system files to get some space fore the newest games, ofcourse after restart windows did not work anymore - but I had my fun but seriously 3 199 EUR for RAM? no matter what amount.
8MB to 16MB was recommended i remember most and 50-100MB HDDS with 1/2 - 1 meg upgradable video cards. Then later Matrox started to do 4MB-16MB upgradable cards.
I bet running those settings hurts your max cpu clock. I'd rather run these slower and try to get better timings out of them.
You can order a 64 GB kit 1600 Mhz G.Skill at almost 500 Euros and seeing that memory frequency doesn't make that much of a difference I think this one is a bit out of place for every kind of customer, especially because if you want to overclock your RAM for records you're using 2GB DIMMs and if you use this amount memory you aren't going to bother about speeds, unless you are planning to run 64GB linX all day
Harddrives in the future will become obsolete. New performing Ram technologies will replace harddrives especially when we will be using +4TB of Ram . Technologies meaning the Ram won't get flushed the way it does today. Think of it as a partition within the ram where part of it would be say reserve for harddrive.
Do you have a motherboard that can support 64GB ram at 2400 These things are major Epeen 64Gb will last you at least another 6-10 years but by then we will be on DDR4 or something.
Yes, I do have a board that should be more than capable, and it seems my CPU should be able to as well. Getting my 16GB 2133 MHz kit from G.Skill @ 2400 was far to simple. Set timings, volts and go. 64GB IS overkill, but I'd leave 16GB for OS, and turn the rest into a ramdrive. If only we coudl get the OS loaded on to it...or games...or whatever super-HD video...
Meh. In all seriousness, it's very cool, but that's pretty pricey. The timings actually aren't that bad, considering. But looking at the product page, I don't have the right board as they have qualified the Rampage IV Extreme only, but the vDIMM of 1.65v and VCSSA of 1.25v seems pretty reasonable. http://www.gskill.com/japan/products.php?index=460 Maybe I'll see if I can get one form ASUS. That might increase my chances.
i really doubt it, unless something entirely revolutionary happens i doubt we would ever need it for anything but a enterprise class hardware. It would seem we are moving into an era that has less to do with specs and more to do with UI features, IE "smartphones" and tablets.
Only for 3.1.... I ran 256 for 95, and 512 for 98. People today with more than 8GB in their system are wasting time unless they are running mission critical tasks and hand tuned applications with large databases.
Because I asked nicely? Finished a board review today, will be live soon, and next up is...a set of G.Skill memory.


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Hie thee to a library or bookstore and get a book on audio recording studio design (there are a bunch aimed at amateur/garage type operations). They have a lot of very useful and practical information on noise reduction, which is truly an art. Two things to worry about: conducted through a solid object - panels, racks, etc - and then reradiated via a panel, etc. - mass and soft help (lead, sand, etc. -- rigid is bad) conducted through the air - through ducts, etc. - torturous path (length attenuates), acoustically dead (soft, massy) and nonreflective. You need to know a bit about the spectral characteristics of your noise.. LF is a different problem with different solutions than HF. Maybe a microphone on a laptop and one of the freeware spectrogram progams? You're not looking for quantitative analysis to the nearest 0.001 dB here... just a general guide to where the problem is... At 10:34 AM 12/4/2002 -0800, you wrote: >Anybody here ever try noise insulating a rack??? > >I have to share a room with our new 20 node cluster >and it would be nice to be able to do so without having >to wear earplugs all the time. The 20 2U single Athlon >systems are mounted in an open frame 4 post rack. Using a >Radio Shack sound level meter (catalog #33-2055) set to >dBA, fast weighting the following values were obtained >for (front,left side, back, right side):
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Virginia Mom and German Mom organized a playdate at the Champ de Mars Wednesday. They are very good and creative organizers. I am not. When I plan a playdate, I'm more like, "All you kids go in this room and play with this piece of cardboard and I'm going to go in that room and pretend you're not here." In popular terminology, I believe I'm known as a "slacker mom."
My lack of ability makes me even more grateful for women with the ability. Without them, my kids would have been playing with an uncooked spaghetti noodle on Wednesday.
There was a potato sack race --
And there was a maypole, which Virginia Mom cleverly rigged up using a broom handle. I should start calling her MacGyver Mom --
OK, now I'm going to veer seemingly off topic to talk about Lucien's karate instructor. Lucien's karate instructor is a real life Mr. Miyagi, except he's about 6 foot 4, weighs hundreds of pounds, is of German descent, can bench press a house and likes to uproot trees with his bare hands when he's bored.* When he's not teaching karate, he's an ultimate fighter -- that's that crazy sport with no rules. So he's just like Mr. Miyagi, minus absolutely everything except his mad skills and perhaps his ability to trick other people into doing his housework.
*He's also the kindest, gentlest, most smiley person we've met in France. I guess when you look like him, you can afford to be nice and kind to everyone; it's not like anyone's gonna mess with you.
Now I'm veering even more wildly off topic to mention the karate instructor -- I'm going to call him Thor -- is Alex's new personal trainer. Al had to replace his first personal trainer because First Trainer used to come to our apartment and ask, "So what are we going to do today?" He would then reluctantly agree to Alex's plan and go running in the Luxembourg where Al would run circles around him. Sometimes Alex couldn't even see First Trainer because he was so far behind. Nice guy, but perhaps not the most effective of trainers.
OK, bear with me. So Alex usually takes Lucien to karate class every Saturday so he can discuss workouts with Thor. But since Al was in Venice last weekend, I took him. I was able to watch the tail end of the class, the part where Thor pairs the kids up for some light sparring. They don't really land any hard hits or kicks, they just kind of circle each other practicing the motions.
As Lucien approached his sparring partner, he started bouncing and shuffling with his hands held up in front of his face like a boxer. (I later confirmed with Alex -- he always does this -- Lucien's the Muhammad Ali of karate.) Even though Loosh has yet to muster any real enthusiasm for karate, he's not half bad at his punches and kicks and can hold his own against the older kids. He also seems to be cultivating a style never before seen in the sport by pulling in elements of a completely different sport. He's a real trailblazer.
So back to Wednesday on the Champ de Mars. As we gathered up all the equipment to leave, a little French boy appeared on the scene. I should say a bratty French boy appeared, who immediately made off with one of our plastic hoops. Two of our kids went after him but sustained injuries when French Boy hit them with the hoop and ran away.
Lucien smelled a rival. He went after the hoop. He and the boy sized each other up, chased each other a bit. Lucien tried to grab the hoop but the French Boy ducked and weaved. Things got tense as the two little boys glared at one another. Then, slowly at first, I saw some familiar shuffling, some circling, some hands coming up in front of the face. I just barely said to Virginia Mom, "I think Lucien is about to do some karate..." when --
Lucien sparred the crap out of that kid. He was in the zone. He circled and threw (light) kicks and karate chops, bewildering French Boy until he became so disoriented he let go of the hoop. Lucien ran back happily. I can't wait to tell Thor.
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I'm hoping I did something wrong in my configuration. My new Momentus XT (ST95005620AS) is 20%-ish slower than my previous drive (same interface, same RPM, smaller size and Hitachi).
Here's what I did. I cloned the previous drive using Acronis. I powered up fine with the Momentus XT clone. The first boot seemed to be quite a bit faster.
My setup:
Thinkpad T61p, 8gb RAM, updated bios
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Seagate Momentus XT in SATA as boot.
Hitachi in IDE as second drive (not the same as the cloned drive)
Ready Boost on a dedicated 8GB SSD in the T61p card reader.
What do I mean by slower? Boot isn't much faster where I was hoping for a nice increase. VMware Workstation virtual machines are actually 20% slower across the board.
Any ideas?
Rough thoughts I've had:
1) Build drive instead of clone based on other post (not sure why though).
2) Turn off Ready Boost (also not sure why).
3) Go back to previous drive.
I tried other options over the weekend and have had no luck. Does it make sense to open a ticket?
I would. Unfortunately, it will take some time for enough people to acquire Momentus XT drives and play with them so as to have relevant knowledge and come here to this forum to post on that topic!
But I would really appreciate it if you could post what Tech Support says and whether it helped.
Take out the Ready Boost SD card. Your new drive will do basically what your Ready Boost SD card will do. 8 GB of RAM is more than enough RAM for Windows 7 64bit. Based on testing on tomshardware.com RAM over 4 GB is not needed unless you are using large files or Adobe type apps.
Ready Boost memory indexes files used and based on personal experience spend too much time indexing.
I disabled Superfetch/Ready Boost. We'll see how it goes. The machine already boots faster by an average of 20 seconds.
I dont use readyboost or that but i have had this Momentus XT about 2 weeks now but it still takes about 90 secs for windows to start up
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The NJC Cafeteria uses Sterling's water supply as is, just as do all the local restaurants in the area. Our produce and salad ingredients are washed in the water. Our dishes, pots, silverware, etc. are sanitized thoroughly. The Northeast Colorado Health Department inspects our cafeteria twice annually, and Sodexho conducts a complete audit of our cafeteria annually, as well. The water supply is not restricted for use in drinking or cooking or hygiene practice. The city, however, is required to notify customers that it has elevated levels of certain contaminants. We are all looking forward to a new water treatment plant that will be in place soon, which is expected to be the solution to the violations reported in the water supply findings.
Many students and others choose to drink bottled water or they fill gallon containers with water from one of several fill stations located around the city. Some choose not to drink out of fountains because of contaminants; others simply may not like the taste of Sterling's water. The food service offered in Pete's Retreat on campus has a reverse osmosis system which removes certain contaminants in the water and may taste better, as well.


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Pauly Shore Is Dead details
Format: | 15 DVD |
Starring: | Ben Stiller, Earl W. Brown, Vince Vaughn, Jaime Bergman, Pauly Shore, Todd Bridges, Chris Rock, Adam Sandler |
Director: | Pauly Shore |
Genre: | Comedy |
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Run time: | 1 hour 22 minutes |
Rental release: | 24 Oct 2005 |
Main languages: | English |
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OK, a little harsh, I wouldn't wish that on anyone but for gods sake don't bother with this film.
An attempt at a comeback by the weasil, sounds like it may be funny but its not.
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By a customer from UK , 23 Jun 2008As a fan of California Man as its called in the Uk and as a lover of BioDome i couldnt resist renting this dvd...
Its very random and a bit bizzarre but funny in its own way and full of celebrities!!!
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By BJW (1 review) from Wakefield , 30 May 2008I have seen some awful films in my time, including Adam Sandlers Going Overboard. But dont get me wrong this isnt a review of Pauly Shore, I liked Pauly Shore in California Man and In The Army Now but this was just a poor attempt of a comeback from a drowned out comedian. The films leaves you thinking that if this is the best he can do now, then Pauly Shore is definitely dead!- Was this review helpful to you?
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Bouldering season is in full effect. In between weekend trips to Sonora and Bishop, the gym provides a great place to train. The campus board provides an ideal training surface.
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In 1988, Wolfgang Gullich invented a training device to strengthen his fingers for the brutal steep pockets of Action Directe, the world's first 5.14d in Frankenjura Germany. Gullich's covered a steep plywood wall with rungs and placed it in a university gym called the Campus Center.
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Confirming to Fashionista that she was beginning to think about starting her own clothing line in September 2012, Osbourne is now making her dream a reality -- and her garments will fit all shapes and sizes!
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by Chris Hatherall Theo Walcott says he is ready to step up a gear in his England career as he looks ahead to Wednesday's prestigious friendly against Brazil. Walcott has been on fire for Arsenal this season, scoring 18 goals already, and has been used up front as well as on the right wing by manager Arsene Wenger. Now he believes it is time to take that amazing form onto the international stage, and considering he played alongside Wayne Rooney in training at St. George's Park on Monday there could even be a chance to achieve his long-held dreaming of playing as a striker for England, too. Walcott said: "It was great to train there alongside Wayne. "And with Daniel Sturridge and Jermain Defoe unfortunately injured there is maybe an opportunity there for me." Who knows if Roy Hodgson will opt to use Walcott through the middle, out wide or from the bench? But the Arsenal man is determined to force his way into the team somehow. He added: "Things are going well for Arsenal at the moment. The next step is to build my England career a bit more. "At the age of 23 with 30 caps it's not bad but I want to get into the starting line-up. I need to get in the manager's face during training and I need to do well. "So for me the goal is to get the England career back to where it should be. "If that happens Wednesday then fantastic, or if it's in the qualifiers in March then great. Given the opportunity I'm going to give it my best. "I'm playing well at the moment and I'm with some great players here who are only going to make me a better player as well." Walcott is excited by the prospect of facing the mighty Brazil, a fixture which has to rank as one of the greatest in world football. Walcott beamed: "It's going to be fantastic for people to watch - and to be part of it is even more amazing. "They have some amazing young talent, the likes of Neymar for instance. But hopefully we can prevent their dangerous players from performing. "I'm looking forward to it. It's important - you are testing yourself against the best. "These kind of games you want to get something out of it. You want to have a good performance but our main aim is to win every game. "And if we beat Brazil you can believe you can beat anyone."
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Audi A3 review
The new Audi A3 beats the 1 Series on style and quality, and can almost match the Golf on price, too
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This is the third-generation Audi A3 and it provides strong competition for the BMW 1 Series and Mk7 VW Golf. We love the style and quality of the interior - which you would probably expect from an Audi - but we also like the more relaxed drive and improved ride quality, even though it does lack a bit of the sharpness of its rivals. There's a wide range of petrol and diesel engines to choose from, but our pick of the range is the 1.6 TDI diesel and the clever 1.4 TFSI petrol with cylinder-deactivation technology, as they provide the best mix of fuel economy and performance. The all-new five-door A3 Sportback joined the line-up at the end of 2012, while the hot S3 model will go on sale in July 2013, powered by a 296bhp 2.0-litre four-cylinder turbo engine for a 0-62mph time of just 4.8 seconds. But that's not all, as the new A3 family is set to expand even further. The A3 Saloon joined the line-up in the summer of 2013, while a new A3 Cabriolet is expected to be revealed at the Frankfurt Motor Show in September. An extreme RS3 model and a plug-in hybrid e-tron version will complete the line-up when they go on sale in 2014.
Our choice: A3 1.6 TDI S-Line
It's fair to say that Audi design doesn't move on very quickly. While you'll struggle to tell an A3 from an A1, A4 or A6 in your rear-view mirror, conservative styling hasn't stood in the way of Audi's success. Viewed on its own, the third-generation A3 is a smart, head-turning car with some neat detailing. But it's the interior style and quality that's most impressive – the cabin is beautifully designed with high-quality materials and a decent amount of kit. Specifications are made up of three trim levels - SE, Sport and S line – but even entry-level models gets stop-start, 16-inch alloy wheels, air-con, Bluetooth and a slim 5.8-inch screen that slides out of the top of the dash and is controlled by Audi's MMI controller. Range-topping S line models add 18-inch alloys, a sporty body kit and xenon lights.
If you stick with standard suspension, you'll notice that Audi has traded some handling ability in favour of comfort – which is no bad thing. The A3 still handles well - even though it's a bit uninvolving - but it now rides over bumps better, with just a hint of firmness. You can have standard suspension on Sport and S-Line models, or for no extra cost get sportier settings. Our pick of the engines are the sweet 1.6-litre TDI and the clever 1.4 petrol – neither are especially quick, but both drive well. The 1.8-litre petrol is faster but also more expensive to run, while the 2.0 TDI is impressively efficient but a bit gruff.
The third-generation Audi A3 received a full five-star Euro NCAP crash test rating, with 95 per cent in the adult occupant protection category. As well as the expected full complement of airbags, stability systems and anti-lock brakes, the A3 can be bought with a whole host of electronic driver assistance systems. They include radar-controlled cruise control to maintain your distance to the car in front, lane keeping assistant to stop you wandering on the motorway, traffic sign detection and a pre-sense system to prepare the car in the event of an accident. You can even have your A3 park itself. However, it finished a disappointing 110th in the 2013 Driver Power reliability survey. The main problems owners of the old A3 had were with its stiff suspension, high running costs and poor standard equipment, the new car should fare better.
The A3's dimensions have been carried over almost unchanged, but that doesn't mean you won't notice the extra space on offer. The new car isn't any longer than the car it replaces, but its wheelbase has been stretched to create more room for passengers. It's wider, too, so the driver and front passenger sit further apart for more elbow room. Getting into the back of the three-door model isn't too tricky, but legroom is still a little bit tight for taller adults. There's an extra 15 litres of boot space, which means it now offers 365 litres with the rear seats in place or a maximum 1,100 litres with them folded. These figures are a little disappointing when compared to rivals such as the BMW 1 Series (which offers 360 and 1,200 litres) and the Mk7 Golf, which manages 380 and 1,270 litres. However, if you do need extra space and you don't mind paying an extra £620, the five-door A3 Sportback has a 380-litre boot, and you can fold the rear seats down to create a 1,220-litre load area.
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The two diesel models should prove cheap to run. The 2.0 TDI has an official fuel consumption figure of 68.9mpg and CO2 emissions of only 106g/km, while the 1.6 TDI drops into the tax-free sub-100g/km bracket and should deliver average mpg of 74.3mpg. As for the petrol models, the 1.8 TFSI does a good job of minimising costs, with claimed economy of 50.4mpg and CO2 emissions of 130g/km. The new 1.4-litre petrol with cylinder deactivation should be the star of the show, though, with diesel-style economy figures from a small petrol engine – Audi claims it will return 54.3mpg and emit only 120g/km of CO2, making it exempt from road tax for the first year. However, this engine falls into insurance group 16, which will make it more expensive to insure than an equivalent 1 Series or Golf. The price of buying an A3 is also higher than buying an equivalent Ford Focus or Golf, although the difference isn't as big as it used to be. Residual values should be good, too. The service schedule ranges from 9,000 miles for minor checks to 19,000 miles for a full service. Audi offers a range of fixed-price deals, though, so owning an A3 shouldn't prove too costly.
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Hang on a minute. Average if slightly below avg. reliability reports and 4.5 stars for reliability titled section. Is it just me. AE please change or at least explain/revise....
How can it be very spacious as a "for" and tight rear seats as a "against"
I dont understand why this is only a 4 star car yet the new golf is a 5 star car?
surely one problem that Audi should be aware of is the image? Remember years ago they had an ad where a "typical" BMW driver, loud,arrogant,mobile phone had a test drive in an audi and said something like - Good car but not for me?
Well, its obvious that BMW drivers have now bought in to the Audi brand- white ones abound around Crewe/knutsford driven by complete c**** who cannot see further than their bonnets
Could not possibly comment about the character of Audi drivers! However Audis share something in common with most VW Group products namely a complete lack of stylistic imagination. (I was going to say "terminal lack of stylistic imagination" but this is obviously very popular with potential customers).
True it takes a bit of judgement to hit the spot between "dull" and "vulgar" but it would be nice if VW Group tried a bit harder. Apart from the Scirocco they don't seem to have tried in the slightest recently.
Just been told I have to wait 7 months for my new sportback.
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