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May 8, 2001
Prospectus Q&A
Tom Wilson
Tom Wilson has been one of the best-hitting catchers in minor-league baseball for a number of years, offering the tasty combination of patience and power. However, all that has gotten him is two days of major-league service time, during which he didn't have an at-bat.
Now 30 years old, Wilson is with his fifth organization, having signed with the Athletics as a minor-league free agent following the 2000 season. He took time to speak with us recently before a game in Tacoma.
Baseball Prospectus: After last year, which marked your third stint in the Yankees organization, you signed with the A's during the off-season. What prompted you to sign with the Athletics?
Tom Wilson: Opportunity--a chance to get to the big leagues. I feel like I keep doing the same thing each year and I'm not getting a shot. With the Yankees, they want a big name and a veteran guy. That's the way it is there; they'll pay someone two million dollars to be the backup catcher.
I got a call the first day that organizations could call, and it was Billy Beane. I know who he is and was kind of surprised that he called me himself. The A's have been really up front with me. They said I was going to play a lot in spring training and compete for a job. I played a lot in spring training and had a good spring.
BP: Unfortunately, so did Sal Fasano.
TW: He did a good job. He's a great big-league backup; he catches, he throws, guys love throwing to him. I knew going in that something had to happen, that if somebody got hurt or something that I might have made the team. The opportunity is still there. The A's flat said, "We like what you did. You made a good impression and we like the way you went about your business." So, hopefully, if something happens, I'll be the guy that goes up.
BP: Your approach to hitting seems to fit with their philosophy. You wait for a pitch you can hit and you drive it when you see it.
TW: Yeah, they were adamant about the fact that they wanted me for my bat. You don't find a lot of good catchers these days who can really hit.
BP: If there's one thing that's been keeping you from reaching the big leagues, it's your defensive reputation. Is that a fair rap?
TW: In talking to pitchers, guys like throwing to me and I call a good game. I catch the ball well, but I need to improve on my throwing. I have the arm strength; it's just little things like footwork that I need to tinker with. It's great having [RiverCats manager] Bob Geren here, because we work on a lot of stuff to get better at throwing. It's not a secret: I need to get better at throwing. I do everything else pretty well.
BP: As a group, catchers who are drafted high do not develop as well as players at other positions. Do you have any thoughts as to why that is?
TW: When I got to professional baseball, I struggled because catching takes so much out of you. I never struggled at hitting the way I did in my first few years, and I think it was a direct result of paying so much attention to catching. It takes so much out of you mentally, that it just drains you.
It's even worse if you're converting from another position. Catching is a big responsibility, it's your number-one thing. Major-league coaches tell you that the first thing for a catcher is playing defense; any offense is a bonus. That's clear. There are a lot of guys in the big leagues who can catch, throw, and call a game, but they can't hit at all. And they're making millions of dollars. It pisses me off. I've seen guys who have gotten there, and it's like "Why? How?"
BP: Is defense overrated for catchers?
TW: Yes, I think to an extent it's a little overrated. Not in the National League, which is a totally different style of baseball. But in the American League, when you're playing certain teams you can sacrifice a little on defense if they don't have much speed.
BP: Since teams in the minors don't have as many coaches, it seems like a catcher with your experience would be very desirable to an organization. What's your involvement from the player-development standpoint?
TW: I've had some involvement in the past. Last year, the Yankees had a kid, Victor Valencia, that they wanted to play at Triple-A. He has the tools, but not the whole makeup to run a pitching staff. They were hoping that he'd develop, but they wanted me there because they had a young pitching staff.
I had a lot of knowledge to share with the young pitchers--Randy Keisler, Ted Lilly, Brandon Knight--and they came a long way. I like to think that I helped some of those guys out somewhere along the line.
BP: Do you actually sit in on any of the player-development meetings?
TW: No, but I talk a lot with the pitching coaches. They know the mechanics, but as the catcher, I can see what the ball is doing.
BP: A lot of players with your experience who haven't reached the big leagues start looking at the possibility of playing in Japan. Is that something you've considered, or with communication being so important at your position, is that not an option?
TW: I've been catching since I've been in professional baseball, but I have no problem playing in the outfield. I would fit in great over there. If you're an American and go over there, you've got to drive the ball, hit home runs and pile up RBI. I'd love to go over there. I mean, I want to get to the big leagues just like everybody else does, and I've put a lot of my life into it. But playing in the minor leagues, I don't have a lot to show for it. So, if I could go over there, I'd go in a heartbeat.
BP: When I covered the Devil Rays a couple years back, I met your mom in one of the newsgroups. Is she still watching out for you?
TW: (laughing) Yup, for me and all my friends. So don't say anything bad on the computer about me or you'll hear about it.
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Carol Bray
Isanti County Master Gardener
Every state has a state soil and Minnesota's is Lester. Included in a recent agriculture bill is a Senate provision to designate Lester soil as the state soil. The purpose is to help the University of Minnesota celebrate the 100th Anniversary of the soil science program and in recognition of the 40-year-old Minnesota Association of Professional Soil Scientists in 2013. Also, a Smithsonian soil exhibit is expected to come to Minnesota in 2013.
Lester soil is very definitive: Surface layer: very dark grayish brown loam; Subsurface layer: brown clay loam; Subsoil: dark yellowish brown clay loam and Substratum: yellowish brown loam. Lester soils are in 17 different counties in south-central Minnesota. They are of moderate extent and total over 600,000 acres. These soils formed under woody vegetation that has been removed in most areas for agricultural production. The principal crops are corn and soybeans. These soils are very productive and of significant importance to the economy in Minnesota.
Lester soils are well drained and formed in loamy, calcareous glacial till on ground moraines. The mean annual precipitation is about 28 inches, and the mean annual soil temp is 49 degrees F.
A large section of the bill will help consumers choose hardy stock for Minnesota's extreme growing conditions by requiring new labeling. (Effective August 1, 2012)
It would define "non-hardy" as a plant that cannot be expected to survive or produce flowers in certain growing zones and would require non-hardy nursery stock to be labeled as such.
Similarly, nursery stock collected from the wild must be labeled as such when sold; unless it has been grown in nursery rows for at least two years. Additionally, vegetable and flower seed packets could list the number of seeds in the packet, instead of the net weight.
The labeling laws are great news. And, don't you wish you had Lester (soil, that is)?
For more information, visit the University of Minnesota Extension website at www.extension.umn.edu or call the Isanti County Master Gardeners at 763-689-8254.
Sources: USDA/NRCS and MN House of Rep. Session Weekly publication.

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Sunday, October 27, 2013
Countdown to Blizzcon - 2 weeks to go!
There will be a massive social component - I would love to do RL Navispams of all the people I admire and of anyone who reads my blog (LOL there are only a few of my readers going!) but I am pretty private - I don't have any pics of myself anywhere on the internet and I don't particularly want to be starting now!
People ask me if I'm going to the WoWinsider/WoWhead party on Thursday - I am pretty sure I won't be! That stuff is for A-listers and I would be too scared to talk to any of them! Apple Cider Mage will be there, and it would be nice to meet her in person too - I admit I am a little nervous because she can be rather fierce when she's fired up!
I would like to attend the Twisted Nether Blogcast meetup - I can meet some of the people whose podcasts I follow, or whose blogs I read. I think I would like to go to that, but I am still a little shy! I did email TNB today to ask if I can attend - and they said yes!
World of Podcasts will be having their do in our hotel (The Red Lion) and there are a few there that I listen to, so I would like to go down there and say hello - especially to Rho and Hasteur. I'd be pretty awed to see Apsana and Skolnick from Darkmoon Herald but I'd be too shy to say anything to them. I want to get them to write something for Moogyver's young kids who listen to his podcast (though he could just get that done himself since he's a podcaster!)
Arv and Matty will be at Blizzcon, so I want to hang out with them, of course. Xarek and Pell will be there, and I would like to spend time with our dear guildies from Dath'remar who haven't come across - after all, we wouldn't be at Blizzcon if it wasn't for them getting our tickets!
Shawndra (Escapist Crawl) and Katherinne (WoW Is in the Details) are also there and I would love to see them as well.
I even have some autographs to get! Shab wants me to get a pic with Venruki - I will be watching some e-sports (ie arena tournament and SC2 if I get the chance) and Sodah said he would be at Blizzcon (he is playing in the tournament for Skill Banner)- gee, I wonder what they will think if I get them to sign the pic that I had commissioned of Shab, Sev and me? Well, there is a meet the teams thing
Apple Cider mage has written a great survival guide - for a first (and probably ONLY) timer like me I want to try to do EVERYTHING so I can remember it all. It's a long way to travel!
I will have to make a packing list like Shawndra has next!
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I'll admit to having some envy for those going to BlizzCon but I'm also excited for you and everyone else who's going. At least I'll get to see the cool stuff with the virtual ticket. Hope you have a great trip! I'm dying to see what new stuff is coming up :)ReplyDelete
You just reminded me that I haven't made a post of what panels I plan on going to. Only 2 weeks! And the week before filled with getting ready for Comikaze (another con). Blizzcon will be like a huge break after all the preparations!ReplyDeleteReplies
QFT... I need to publish my plans including throwing out the 2 sunday options I'm thinking ofDelete
I'm sure you'll have a blast!ReplyDelete
Be sure to take pictures of OTHER people to show us, lol. I'm getting excited to just watch it through the virtual ticket.ReplyDelete
Ok, just posted up my Scheduled events.ReplyDeleteReplies
Probably help to put the url: http://fel-tron.com/2013/10/27/the-nerd-invasion-of-aneheim/Delete
I didn't realize you were going to BlizzCon. I hope I see you there!ReplyDelete


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Initial Review: 4,000 miles on tires
October 06, 2012
I bought these after reading many reviews. They are mounted on extremely light 15x8 rims. I was astonished with the dry grip these tires have, even when they are cold. They are good in the rain, but not as good as the Toyo T1-R were. They ride well and are surprisingly quiet, something I didn't expect. I won't be using these in the winter, so I cannot comment on their abilities in the snow. The reviews were correct. These are without a doubt the best tires I have ever had on my 1994 Supercharged Mazda Miata.
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text: Health Fitness, well-being, disease, medical research and issues related to Seton and St. David's Healthcare, Austin Regional Clinic and other health care providers in Austin and Central Texas What Obamacare Means for Texas Students' Health Insurance By Jody Serrano • Nov 1, 2013 flickr.com/lidor University of North Texas student Angela Quijano didn't think about health insurance much before the Affordable Care Act. She says she didn't know how the health insurance system worked and found getting coverage confusing. Listen Listening... / 2:14 Quijano did know one thing, though: she couldn't go to the doctor because she didn't have any health insurance. "Nobody ever really talks about it. My parents basically told me when I had it, or (when) I didn't have it," Quijano, a 22-year-old senior majoring in political science, says. "Not too many of us think about it until it comes time to get a yearly checkup or something comes up." Austin Dentists Will Buy Back Your Kid's Halloween Candy By Filipa Rodrigues • Oct 30, 2013 flickr.com/tifotter Here's a new Halloween practice some dentists see as a treat: Halloween candy buybacks. Once the little ones have finished trick-or-treating this year, Austin pediatric dentists are ready to buy back their Halloween candy – at a buck a pound. The buyback program is a part of Operation Gratitude. Annually, Operation Gratitude sends more than 100,000 packages filled with snacks, entertainment items and letters of support – including Halloween candy – to U.S. service members deployed in hostile regions. Obamacare Enrollment Period Extended 6 Weeks By Scott Neuman • Oct 29, 2013 Following a problem-plagued launch of the HealthCare.gov website, the White House on Monday officially announced a six-week extension to sign up for coverage under the law's individual mandate. The move has been expected since White House Press Secretary Jay Carney acknowledged last week that there was a "disconnect" in the enrollment timeline given the technical issues that have dogged the website. Administration: A Month Needed To Fix Obamacare Enrollment Site By Scott Neuman • Oct 25, 2013 A subcontractor that built a portion of the HealthCare.gov website that's now working relatively well is being promoted to oversee a thorough revamping of the entire glitch-prone portal, and work will be done by the end of next month, the White House says. Austin's Nonprofit Breast Milk Bank Needs Donations By Emily Donahue & Ryan Groves • Oct 25, 2013 Mothers' Milk Bank at Austin A report this week in the journal Pediatrics on the risks of unregulated breast milk – covering sharing between friends, but also Internet sales – found three-fourths of the study samples were contaminated with bacteria. The populations most at risk from such milk are newborns with significant health issues. They're children like Nina DeGuire. Now a year old, she was born with a serious heart problem that required a series of surgeries and made it hard for her to take formula. Her mother Lani says she had no choice but to find donated breast milk. At Health Care Hearing, Republicans And Democrats Clash Again By Mark Memmott, NPR • Oct 24, 2013 (Click here to jump to our latest updates — including a Democrat accusing Republicans of holding a "monkey court.") Republicans in the House have framed the central question they want answered about the roll-out of the Affordable Care Act this way, NPR's Ailsa Chang said Thursday on Morning Edition: Following Bloomberg's Lead, Mexico Aims To Fight Fat By Carrie Kahn, NPR • Oct 24, 2013 Nearly a third of all Mexicans are obese, putting Mexico at the top of the list of overweight nations — ahead of the United States. In the battle against the bulge, lawmakers are taking aim at consumer's pocketbooks. They're proposing a series of new taxes on high calorie food and sodas. Health advocates say the higher prices will get Mexicans to change bad habits, but the beverage industry and small businesses are fighting back. States' Refusal To Expand Medicaid May Leave Millions Uninsured By Julie Rovner, NPR • Oct 23, 2013 President Obama on Tuesday appointed one of his top management gurus, Jeffrey Zeints, to head the team working to fix what ails HealthCare.gov, the troubled website that's supposed to allow residents of 36 states to enroll in coverage under the Affordable Care Act. Opening Soon in Dove Springs: A $2.4 Million Mental Health Clinic By Veronica Zaragovia • Oct 11, 2013 Jorge Sanhueza-Lyon, KUT News Donna Spencer and Iliana Gilman work with Austin Travis County Integral Care, the agency that provides mental health services for low-income residents in the area. They recently walked through the site of Integral Care's soon-to-open $2.4 million facility, inside what used to be a Wal-Mart and a Sam's Club. It's in the southeast Austin neighborhood of Dove Springs. This low-income, majority Latino neighborhood is getting its first mental health care facility. It's in large part because of a federal initiative, the Medicaid 1115 waiver program, that funds experimental clinics like this one. It will offer mental health care and substance abuse treatment, along with routine primary care. Interactive: Hearing on Prescription Drug Epidemic Among U.S. Veterans By Andrew Weber • Oct 10, 2013 KUT News According to a new report, the number of prescriptions veterans received for powerful opiates has surged since the U.S. invasions of Afghanistan and Iraq. Central Texas veterans' prescriptions have jumped by nearly 340 percent, leading to increased risk of abuse, drug overdose and death, according to a report from the Center for Investigative Reporting. Since the 9/11 terrorist attacks, the agency charged with helping veterans recover from war [the Department of Veterans Affairs]instead masks their pain with potent drugs, feeding addictions and contributing to a fatal overdose rate among VA patients that is nearly double the national average. Despite Obamacare, Few Health Options for Texas' Undocumented Immigrants By Veronica Zaragovia • Oct 9, 2013 KUT News It's been a full week since the opening of the health insurance marketplaces created through the Affordable Care Act. But only certain people qualify to buy insurance through that system. Immigrants must be "lawfully present" to qualify to buy through the marketplace. That includes Green Card holders, refugees, Cuban or Haitian immigrants, people on worker and student visas and victims of human trafficking. But the 1.5 million undocumented immigrants estimated to live Texas are not included. For Many Insurance Shoppers, Obamacare Marketplace is a Digital Waiting Room By Ben Philpott • Oct 2, 2013 healthcare.gov It's Day Two for the Affordable Care Act's health insurance marketplace – and things are still slow going for many. Sarah Bates is one of the uninsured Texans searching for affordable health insurance in the federal marketplace. Working over 40 hours a week as an Austin musician, she approached the marketplace skeptically. State Points to 'Federal Glitch' that Could Delay Some Children's Health Coverage By Emily Mathis • Oct 2, 2013 flickr.com/sharynmorrow Although the Affordable Care Act is now the law of the land, the fight is far from over. Yesterday's launch of insurance marketplace websites saw some hiccups, including long wait times as people jammed onto the sites to sign up for coverage. Now, the state says, there's another problem: for some families, using the marketplace sites could lead to a delay in children's healthcare coverage. As Marketplace Launches, Central Texas Groups Push for Insurance Outreach By Veronica Zaragovia • Oct 1, 2013 Veronica Zaragovia for KUT News Austin officials and health advocates expressed excitement for the launch of the federally-run health insurance marketplace today. But they are also reminding people that outreach efforts have a long way to go. "It is our responsibility to get the word out," said Central Health's Rosie Mendoza during a press conference at United Way. "It's everyone's responsibility here today to help us do that." Obamacare Marketplace Open in Texas: How to Enroll, Where to Get Help By KUT Staff • Oct 1, 2013 healthcare.gov Today marks the opening of the Affordable Care Act's federal health insurance marketplace – healthcare.gov. Beginning today, consumers can begin purchasing health insurance plans, with coverage beginning Jan. 1. It's a signature component of the insurance changes collectively known as "Obamacare." KUT has been covering the run-up to today's marketplace opening. Here's some answers to common questions about the marketplace: the types of coverage offered, how to navigate the marketplace and more, including an interactive guide. LISTEN: Profiles of Uninsured in Texas as Marketplace Opens By Veronica Zaragovia • Oct 1, 2013 Veronica Zaragovia for KUT News Central Texas has more than 100,000 uninsured people – some of whom may decide to get coverage through the health insurance marketplace that launches today. On the player below, listen to interviews with three Central Texans who are uninsured – about their health care situation – and what they might do as the Affordable Care Act takes effect. Texas 'Obamacare' Navigators at Center of Dispute (Update) By Veronica Zaragovia • Sep 30, 2013 Filipa Rodrigues for KUT News Update: The Affordable Care Act's health insurance marketplace opens tomorrow. Insurance navigators will be available in certain parts of the state to help Texans sort through coverage options. But Gov. Rick Perry wants navigators in Texas to have extra training. Gov. Perry proposes to require 40 hours of training on top of what's mandated by the federal government. The Texas Department of Insurance hosted a public meeting in Austin this morning to get feedback on that rule and others. The meeting took place in the Hobby Building on Guadalupe Street. Original post (Sept. 24): Next week, the Texas Department of Insurance expects to begin the process of writing new rules that add extra training for health care navigators. Those are the workers who are supposed to help people shop on the new insurance marketplace. Houston Gears Up For Obamacare, Despite GOP Opposition Two high-profile Texans are fighting the Affordable Care Act. Gov. Rick Perry has loudly dismissed the law, and fellow Republican Sen. 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Excellent kit lens. High-resolution sensor. Fast burst shooting. Good high ISO performance. 1080p60 video with autofocus. Crisp OLED EVF. GPS.
Recovery time needed after burst shooting. No optical viewfinder. Proprietary hot shoe.
Bottom Line
The Sony Alpha 77 pumps out 24-megapixel stills at 10.3 frames per second and records 1080p60 video with continuous autofocus. Solid low-light performance, a sharp f/2.8 kit lens, a high-quality OLED EVF, and GPS capability round out the package.
Performance and Conclusions
Put simply, the Alpha 77 is a speed demon. The camera can start up and take a shot in 1.1 seconds and records an almost unperceivable 0.09 shutter lag. Sony's specs state that the camera can rattle off shots at 12 frames per second, but it only managed 10.3 in our lab tests. Still, this is pretty darned impressive—although there is a caveat. The camera must be set to a special mode to do so, accessible via the Mode dial, and it can only keep that pace for 12 frames. After which you'll have to wait a bit for it to recover—using a SanDisk 95MBps card the wait time was 7.6 seconds shooting Raw and 5 seconds shooting JPG. You can also opt for standard continuous drive modes—the camera rattles off eight frames per second in high speed mode and threee frames per second in low speed mode. If you want a camera that shoots this fast over a larger number of frames you'll need to start looking at a pro body like the Nikon D4 ($5,999.95 body only)—Nikon claims that it can shoot 100 frames at 10 frames per second before slowing down.
I used Imatest to measure the sharpness in photos captured by the Alpha 77 and its 16-50mm kit lens. The results were impressive, even when you take into account that the included lens is a pro-grade zoom with a fixed aperture—head and shoulders above the 18-55mm zooms that are bundled with entry-level D-SLRs. A sharp image is one that measures 1,800 lines per picture height, and the a77's lens bested that figure. At 16mm it recorded an impressive 2,170 lines, dipping slightly to 1,985 lines at 35mm and recording 2,065 lines at 50mm—all at its widest aperture, f/2.8. You should be able to make some large, sharp prints when you couple that sharpness with the camera's 24-megapixel resolution. This puts the 18-55mm lens included with the Pentax K-5 to shame—that optic was only able to manage 1,440 lines at its widest, 1,746 lines at the middle of its zoom, and 1,383 lines at its telephoto extreme. The only real knock on the a77's kit lens is that it exhibits some barrel distortion—3.6 percent—at its widest setting. This is pretty typical for any wide-angle zoom and can be compensated for using Adobe Photoshop Lightroom, but should be noted if you plan on using the camera for architectural work.
Imatest also measures image noise, which can be a concern when dealing with such a high-resolution camera. Image noise is usually more pronounced at higher ISOs, and is generally accentuated by sensors with a high pixel density. When shooting JPG files, the Alpha 77 keeps noise under 1.5 percent through ISO 2500—but there is some evidence of loss of detail due to in-camera noise reduction. Raw files exhibit more noise, but retain detail. If you plan on making large prints, or cropping heavily, it's best to shoot Raw so that you can fine-tune the balance between noise and detail to suit your tastes. If you opt to shoot JPG, try and keep the camera set to ISO 1600 or below—it does a better job balancing detail and noise reduction there. Lower-resolution cameras like the 12-megapixel Nikon D300s ($1,699.95 body only, 3.5 stars) do a bit better in terms of noise control—that camera can produce clean JPG files through ISO 3200.
Video quality from the camera is superb. It records footage in AVCHD format at 1080p60, 1080i60, and 1080p24 at a few different bitrates. It can also grab MP4 files at 1440 by 1080 and 640 by 480 resolution. Footage is crisp and colorful, and the camera is able to autofocus while recording—just like a camcorder. The 16-50mm lens features a quiet focus motor, so focus noise isn't an issue when recording with that lens. The camera has a microphone input port, so higher quality audio is possible if desired. Keep in mind that Sony has continued to use Minolta's proprietary hot shoe, so you'll need to procure an adapter to use a standard shoe mount mic—generic adapters are available from photo specialty shops for around $20, or you can opt to go name brand and get one from Sony for $129.99.
A standard PC Sync socket makes the Alpha 77 suitable for use with studio lights or an off-camera strobe. There's also a port to connect an optional wired remote control, as well as one for an optional AC adapter—both of which will come in handy in a studio setting. A standard mini USB port lets you plug the camera into a computer—although tethered shooting is, sadly, not an option—and a mini HDMI port is there to connect to an HDTV. Geotaggers will be happy to know that the camera has a built-in GPS receiver—it works well, but can take a few minutes to acquire a signal. You'll be able to use SD, SDHC, SDXC, Memory Stick PRO Duo, Memory Stick Pro-HG Duo, and Memory Stick PRO-HG HX Duo memory cards with the camera.
The Alpha 77 is an impressive camera. Its autofocus system is quick to lock on and track objects, and it is capable of shooting 24-megapixel photos at an impressive 10.3 frames per second. It is bundled with a fast, sharp kit zoom, but if you already own some Sony Alpha or Minolta Maxxum lenses you can get the camera without the lens for $1,399.99. The camera does features some weather sealing around buttons and dials, but if you're a harsh weather shooter consider the Pentax K-5, which includes a weather sealed kit lens, or the Olympus E-5 paired with a sealed lens. Assuming that you're comfortable trading in a traditional optical pentaprism for an electronic viewfinder, the camera should serve you quite well. If you're not willing to give that up, and are in the market for a high-end D-SLR, both the Canon EOS 7D and Nikon D300s will fit the bill. But if you're basing your EVF experience on older LCD finders, do yourself a favor and get some hands-on time with the Alpha 77's OLED EVF—you may be surprised as to how good it actually is.
More Digital Camera reviews:
Canon PowerShot G9 X Mark II
Olympus Tough TG-5
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text: Since 2004, Rep. Paul Ryan (R-WI), who supported big-ticket priorities and stimulus spending under Bush, has defended the sequester as a statutory cap against excessive government spending. In August 2011, the sequester was signed into law. In May 2012, Ryan suddenly referred to it as "not good government." Paul Krugman warned us last year that supposed GOP intellectual heavyweight Ryan is a "con man" and a "fraud." Watch the sequence of clips via James Carter, who also brought us Romney's 47% statement:


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Help the fruit rescue his fiancee kidnapped by an evil wizard, in this side scrolling adventure game.
Classic pong arcade style paddle and ball game, bounce the ball at the computer and score points.
Guide the ball to the finish line - avoid the hole and collect coins for extra points!
Help Gilligan get the gang off the island by lighting a signal fire before a passing ship misses the island.
Try to grab as much gold as possible with your crane to advance to the next level.
Use your machine to exploit the mine of gold and diamonds, but beware of the monsters infesting things.
Guide the gyro ball to the glowing goal of each level - without falling off the platforms.
Pucajte sve što se miče. Streljate sa gumbom od miša a micate se streljicama.
Modified classic pong game use paddle to hit ball and shoot to move the ball with your fire.
Fly through space in your ship to shoot down enemy craft. Always avoid hitting dangerous objects.
Click the buttons as fast as you can: multiple play mode!
Link the starting point and ending point with the road built by you.
Fly your space craft, shoot down obstacles, and fire missiles.
Lift off from the lunar base and help save people by finding them and bringing them back.
Another arcade classic, this time its Mario 2.
Super Mario type game, run through caves and caverns avoid Koopa, Troopas, and Goombas.
Jump around the platforms as Mario, pick up the coins and avoid the Koopa Troopas.
Old MegaMan old-school arcade super Nintendo remake.
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On the weekend of February 25 and 26, fans from as far away as Belgium to as close by as Las Vegas were treated to a Celebrity Luau, an afternoon with daytime stars and a Fan Fair and Music Festival featuring 27 of daytime's brightest talent.
It all happened at the Paris and Bally's hotels in Las Vegas, Nevada. They were host to the 3rd Annual Celebrities 4 Charity Weekend sponsored by Pro Events, Inc. which featured daytime celebrities from all three major networks. Stars from Guiding Light, Young and the Restless, One Life to Live, All My Children, General Hospital, Days of Our Lives and As the World Turns delighted fans during the weekend event. While the fans enjoyed meeting and taking photographs with their favorite stars, they were also helping the charity -- Purity for a Child's Journey. This California-based charity's mandate is to provide quality drinking water to America's Children by installing water purification systems in the drinking fountains of public schools, park and recreational facilities as well as distribution of quality bottled water. For more information on ways you can support Purity for a Child's Journey see their website www.purityforachildsjourney.org.
The weekend consisted of three events starting with a Celebrity Luau on Friday night and then an Afternoon Celebrity Auction followed by an intimate meet and greet and concluded with a night of music featuring several daytime stars on Saturday.
The setting for the Luau was a ballroom in the Paris Hotel in Las Vegas and the atmosphere was very island-like. The fans were entertained by a Polynesian band that featured native dancers. And if you looked closely, you could see the daytime stars getting into the act, albeit from a safe distance.
The first to arrive was All My Children's always exuberant Vincent Irizarry (David), and his lovely wife, Avalon. After commenting that they were early, they were soon surrounded by very appreciative and adoring fans. The next to arrive, much to the delight of the attending male fans were Guiding Light ingénues Crystal Hunt (Lizzie) and Stephanie Gatschet (Tammy). These ladies were so gracious to both the fans and the press. They posed for endless photos.
Guiding Light was very well represented at the Luau with eight very popular actors. The crowd was ecstatic when Ricky Paull Goldin (Gus) arrived. It seems that Goldin is no stranger to the Celebrities 4 Charities weekends. But this year his reign as most popular Guiding Light actor came to an end when Guiding Light newcomers John Driscoll (Coop) and Tom Pelphrey (Jonathan) arrived. They could not even enter the room and for the entire evening, never got passed eight feet from the door. They were definitely the fan favorites at the Luau without a doubt.
It seems that besides being a fan favorite to the U.S. fans, Guiding Light's John Driscoll was quite popular with a very young fan from Belgium named, Eleanor. She barely spoke English, but she soon melted the GL actor's heart. When each actor entered the room, they were presented with real flower lei by yours truly. That was a task that I could not pass up. Each attending fan also was greeted by an 'Aloha' and beautiful silk flower lei. Driscoll was so taken by the little Eleanor's hug that he gave her his lei and she then placed hers around his neck. Eleanor was smitten for the rest of the weekend without a doubt.
Guiding Light was not the only soap to generate a roar from the fans. OLTL's Kassie DePaiva (Blair) looked radiant as she made her way through the room. But the overall surprise of the evening was the arrival of OLTL's David Fumero (Cristian) and Melissa Gallo (Adriana) arm in arm. This may be the first time they attended an event together, but despite their reiteration that they are "good friends," their obvious affection for each other could not be denied. When I asked Fumero how things were going in LA for pilot season, he said that he is still looking for an agent and that he has a lot of work ahead of him. But I asked the following question just for Soapdom readers and got this answer: Cristian may still return for a third time much to the chagrin of John/Natalie fans. Additionally, Fumero really enjoyed his scenes with Melissa Archer (Natalie). Their scenes together were scenes that were very poignant, but rewarding.
The ladies from Days of Our Lives, Patrika Darbo (Nancy) Nadia Bjorlin (Chloe) did not disappoint their fans. Bjorlin posed for tons of photos and exuded grace. Darbo was more relaxed and made all the fans smile. She has not been in the camera's eye for a while, and she has slimmed down and looks marvelous. When asked, she credits Curves and is very happy with her results. To quote Darbo, she is "healthy as a horse."
The Luau ended early enough so that the fans could either enjoy Las Vegas, or rest up for the next day's activities.
There were two events on Saturday: An Afternoon with the Stars that featured a Meet and Greet, a Celebrity Auction and a wonderful buffet; and, later in the evening the fans would be treated to a Fan Fair and Music Festival. The actors from LA-based soaps, General Hospital and Young and the Restless, took center stage on Saturday. It seems that their filming schedules did not permit them to fly out until Saturday morning and therefore the fans were more than anxious to see them. Greg Vaughn (Lucky, GH) and Shaun Benson (Steven, GH) were constantly posing and signing autographs. Benson would later find out just what it's like to be a ventriloquists' dummy. Yup, you read correctly. And a great dummy he was! LOL
Not to be denied, however, were the actors of the Young and the Restless. There is just no way that you can stay serious once Christian LeBlanc (Michael) enters a room. This man is non-stop energy and is constantly telling stories. He just seemed to overshadow Greg Rikaart (Kevin), since Rikaart is far more low key.
But the big moment came when Y&R's Jeanne Cooper (Katherine) arrived. There was a literal hush over the crowd, and then, the cameras started clicking. Despite all the flashbulbs in her face, this lady held center court much to the delight of the fans. She was also excited to have the opportunity to talk about her son's current movie project, "Carpool Guy." During the Q&A auction portion of the event, she delighted the actors with the information that this movie is a series of 12 movies and that Corbin Bernsen (Durant, GH), her son, intends on hiring daytime actors. Kassie DePaiva (Blair, OLTL) wanted to make sure that Cooper had her resume.
Patrika Darbo (Nancy, DOOL) and Jeanne Cooper (Katherine, Y&R) were the best auctioneers that I have EVER seen. Cooper was auctioning off her watch and her ring for the Purity for a Child's Journey charity. I believe that both items yielded a nice sum of $2,000. Also at auction were many lunches with the actors. The estimated final yield from the auction was around $13,000.
The Q&A portion of this event was so hysterical. One of the questions posed was for the men to show us their butts. I was caught off guard by that, and even though I was center stage, I was not prepared to see GL's Tom Pelphrey (Jonathan) start to moon the audience. I had to close my jaw after that. But, the lovely Patrika Darbo (Nancy, DOOL) wouldn't let things rest. She proceeded to check out whether the actors wore boxers or briefs or nothing at all. When she checked out GH's Shaun Benson (Steven), she shrilled "he has nothing at all, he's a commandant." What she really meant was that he went "commando," but by now the audience is howling anyway so who cares?
Meanwhile, Tom Pelphrey (Jonathan, GL) displayed more than his butt. No not physically -- he does impressions. He did an awesome Jack Nicholson along with a few others. His talent and potential has truly yet to be shown. There was one woman who was so enamored with Pelphrey that he had to go hug her. I am always amazed by him at every event he attends. He is so talented and given time, daytime's audiences will see just how much.
After a few hours reprieve, the fans were then ready to attend the Fan Fair Music Festival portion of the weekend. This is where the fans were treated to the talents of ABC's Bobbie Eakes (Krystal, AMC) and Kassie DePaiva (Blair, OLTL), and the delightful Mandy Bruno (Marina, GL). Eakes and dePaiva were gracious enough to autograph their CDs for the fans. Eakes just released "Something Beautiful" and DePaiva's latest CD is entitled "No Regrets." You can order the CDs at www.bobbieeakes.com and www.kassiedepaiva.com. Bruno was so lovely, and just like so many of the Guiding Light actors, she has yet to show daytime audiences just how talented she is. The evening's musical entertainment ended with Stephen Martines' (Tony, GL) band. He sang original material and a very poignant song about his dad.
Despite the fact that the musical portion of the evening had come to an end, fans still could delight in hugs from and photos with their favorite daytime friends. Yes, I said friends, because since the weekend was comprised of three events, it was easy to create a bond with these very generous and giving actors. There is one fan that will not forget these events, as she got personal salsa dance lessons from One Life to Live's Kamar De Los Reyes (Antonio).
As the fans headed home, they were overjoyed at the fun time they had over the weekend. They left saying 'See you next year."
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Thursday Oct 13th, 2011 9:10 PM
I am all down for an anti-capitalist march, but this march was organized of somewhat of a splinter group of Occupy Oakland and was not decided on by consensus through the general assembly. We as Occupy Oakland decided that we would decided on actions and decisions as a collective body and through consensus. This did not happen with this march and it was organized by small group who basically circumvented the General Assembly and the process of consensus that we decided on, not too cool. I personally am ok with other autonomous groups like Bay of Rage organizing there own actions, but they should remain autonomous. On this flyer, it says OccupyOakland, but OccupyOakland did not take part in the process of organizing the march. Instead it was organized by people who describe themselves as: an autonomous affinity group within Occupy Oakland. Well, there is a difference and if they are going to put Occupy Oakland on the flyer, then they need to bring there proposed action before the GA. C'mon Bay of Rage, don't go rouge on us.
Thursday Oct 13th, 2011 9:22 PM
The perfect way to introduce Oakland residents to the land occupation of my dreams.
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Thursday Oct 13th, 2011 9:23 PM
Are we talking Red as in cosmetics, or Red as in Communist, or Rogue as in Renegade??????????
Friday Oct 14th, 2011 2:21 AM
it clearly states that this is being organized by an autonomous affinity group within occupy oakland. never does it pretend to be an event called by occupy oakland. that's like saying any flyer that puts "indybay.org" somewhere on it (which happens a lot i think for the sake of promoting this site) is trying to say indybay endorsed or organized the event/action. don't get all worked up over nothing. occupy oakland only stands to grow stronger if as many actions happen as possible.


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The actor will be on the House Subcommittee on the Environment to explain more about his idea of sucking up the polluted seawater and running it through a purifier.
U.S. government officials are taking Kevin Costner's oil vacuum invention seriously - the actor has been selected as part of an expert panel on cleanup technology and will pitch his idea to Congress on Wednesday, June 9. The "Waterworld" star and his scientist brother Dan Costner run Costner Industries Nevada Corporation (CINC), and have previously promoted a filtration system, designed by Dan, to recycle oil.
BP Chief Operating Officer Doug Suttles recently agreed to test out six of the devices on the oil spill that has devastated America's Gulf Coast region since one of its rigs exploded off the coast of Louisiana in April. Now the actor will testify before the House Subcommittee on the Environment about his stainless-steel devices, which his business partners have described as "big vacuum cleaners" - machines designed to suck up the polluted seawater and run it through a purifier.
Speaking about his Ocean Therapy Solutions venture last month, Costner said he "is prepared to go out and solve problems, not talk about them". The government estimates that the spill has already leaked between 20 million to 44 million gallons of oil to date.


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Roller bearings supporting heavy loads are used in gearboxes used in large industrial machines such as wind power generators, mining and construction equipment and steel making equipment. Such bearing due to the harsh condition must provide a high level of reliability. Based on this need, NSK has developed a roller bearing for larger gearboxes. Read more
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NSK has developed a solid lubricant bearing which is ideal for high temperature conditions such as solar cell and LED manufacturing. The new bearing achieve low outgas levels with high durability. Typically solar cells, LEDs, lithium-ion batteries are manufactured in clean environments for attaining a high level of quality and yield. The film forming and firing process in particular must be performed at a very high temperature where grease and conventional binders cannot be used due to outgas, resulting in short lifespan and replacement of non-lubricated bearings. Read more
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Development of High Speed Needle Bearing helping to Achieve Fuel Efficiency in AT and HEV Vehicles
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PENDLE Council is urging residents to pay their council tax by direct debit.
Around 60 per cent of residentuse this method, but to encourage more users the council will launch a prize draw in September.
Any household which makes the switch will be entered into the draw.
Two households will randomly be selected in the draw and each will win £50 of vouchers to spend at participating shops across Pendle.
Councillor Tommy Cooney, who oversees the council's finances, said: "Even if you already pay your council tax by direct debit don't worry, you'll still be in with a chance of winning.
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Posted 24 February 2013 - 10:32 PM
Hi, My Ds in nearly 8. He is quite a sensitive child, and always has been, he s very sweet. Also he is very bright and finds school quite easy and really loves the challenge of learning new things. He is my eldest and compared to my other 2 he is very different. He does need alot of stimulation, i think you d call it, as he finds simple type play not challenging enough and easily gets bored. His favourite pastime is playing his Ipod games and also computer games. I would like to get him outside to play more and have more outside time, as he s the type of child that needs the exercise, as he s not a slightly built boy.
Does anyone else have a child similar to this and do you find they need more challenging play things, to keep them occupied at home? I d love to hear youre thoughts?
Posted 24 February 2013 - 10:42 PM
Suinds like me as a kid. I would have hated to be told to go outside and play. Incredibly unstimulating. Find him something to do with structure - sport, dance, triathlons.
Or a musical instrument.
Posted 24 February 2013 - 10:47 PM
Thanks for youre suggestions. Yes well i was like that as a child as well, very determined and strong minded and needed lots of stimulation too. The other two will quite happily spend hours outside playing with the simplest of things, but Ds isnt interested in that at all. I was thinking of enrolling him in winter sport next term, perhaps soccer which is played every weekend and see how that goes for him.
Posted 25 February 2013 - 12:02 AM
Perhaps invite friends over? Other kids can be a motivating factor. My 9 year old is into handball at the moment & ripsticks.
Posted 25 February 2013 - 12:09 AM
I agree I had structured sport (cross country) and it fostered a love of running for the next 20 years
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THERE was no dramatic comeback for Swindon Supermarine last night as they slumped to a 6-1 mauling at the hands of AFC Totton in the Southern League Division One South & West.
Marine, who battled back from 3-0 down to beat Shortwood 4-3 at the weekend, were 5-0 down at half time in Hampshire.
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HEALTH bosses in Bolton have said that their number one priority is to improve patient access to doctors — despite missing out on a share of the government's £50 million handout.
Prime minister David Cameron announced yesterday that more than 7.5 million people in England will be offered increased access to their GP services through extended opening times and new consultation methods using video-phone services, email and phone.
Practices in Bolton will not be included in the £50 million GP Access Fund scheme — following an unsuccessful application — but Bolton health boss Dr Stephen Liversedge said the group would be monitoring the results closely.
Dr Liversedge, the clinical director for primary care and health improvement for Bolton Clinical Commissioning Group (CCG), said: "It will be very interesting to discover the benefits of extending opening hours in these national pilots.
"They will undoubtedly add convenience for patients, but questions remain over whether they will reduce demand on our hospitals and improve the care of ageing populations.
"We will watch the results of the pilots closely and continue to do the best for Bolton people.
"It is Bolton CCG's number one priority this year to improve access to GP services for Bolton.
"However it isn't affordable for every practice in Bolton to open for longer every day.
"If we extend opening hours across Bolton, we will have less money to spend on other services such as preventative care for people with serious long-term conditions.
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WINTER SPRINGS, Fla. - A 21-year-old Longwood man was arrested on DUI charges after he allegedly crashed his pickup truck into a Seminole County sheriff's cruiser on the State Road 417 bridge over Lake Jesup.
The Florida Highway Patrol said Russell Foster Ownes was arrested early Thursday on charges of careless driving and DUI with property damage.
The FHP said no one was injured in the crash, which happened on northbound S.R. 417 near Winter Springs.
According to troopers, the 32-year-old deputy's car was stopped on the bridge with its lights activated when Ownes pickup slammed into it.
Officials said deputies were investigating a call of a boater in distress, but no other information about the boater was released.
Northbound lanes of S.R. 417 were closed during an investigation but later reopened.
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Nokia DC-18 external charger is alien design: modern, simplistic, compact
0. phoneArena posted on 09 May 2013, 03:18
Disgruntled with uninspiring designs in the land of Android (cough, Samsung), the newly unveiled Nokia Universal Portable USB Charger DC-18 looks like alien technology…
This is a discussion for a news. To read the whole news, click here
1. Timmehor (Posts: 599; Member since: 09 Mar 2013)
Nice, Nokia are bringing back more accessories, means more they're making more! Can't wait for the rest of the week and the end of year flagship!
7. user996 (Posts: 221; Member since: 25 Feb 2013)
they know how to do good and useful stuff
17. eisenbricher (Posts: 973; Member since: 09 Aug 2012)
I'm in instant love with this charger!! Will buy one when they release it :))
35. akki20892 (Posts: 3902; Member since: 04 Feb 2013)
wow nokia looks really cool, unique, bright and colorful. one thing i like about this charger is that showing us battery status with light.
keep it up nokia.....!!!
2. cezarepc (Posts: 718; Member since: 23 Nov 2012)
Nice design. The retractable cord is a very nice touch.
18. galaxymega6.3 (banned) (Posts: 33; Member since: 08 May 2013)
Nice design? Seriously?
20. tashreef (Posts: 476; Member since: 24 Nov 2012)
you'll see it as well..first remove that fanboy glass ....
23. raunak (Posts: 507; Member since: 12 Oct 2011)
If only it was that easy...
36. akki20892 (Posts: 3902; Member since: 04 Feb 2013)
u r not funny
3. scriptwriter (Posts: 396; Member since: 13 Nov 2012)
really don't see the point in external charger. Buying a second battery (if its removable) is most likely cheaper and defiantly more efficient. Example: your phone is dead and need for more battery for an important hour long business call.
Extra Battery: no problem. swap the batteries and off you go.
External charger : plug it in then you have to wait for enough charge to from external into internal battery, then you have a phone in which you have to hold both battery and phone
8. user996 (Posts: 221; Member since: 25 Feb 2013)
u have not removable battery what u do now?
12. Droid_X_Doug (Posts: 5993; Member since: 22 Dec 2010)
Don't buy phones without removable battery?
22. tashreef (Posts: 476; Member since: 24 Nov 2012)
oh fanboys... why are you people crying...
most of the Lumias batteries cannot be removed.. i guess some HTCs as well... it will help them...
we don't need your advice on what to buy and what not...
you don't find it useful ..please don't buy it.. isn't that simple...
32. -box- (Posts: 3991; Member since: 04 Jan 2012)
Tablets font have removable batteries either, and while this wouldn't power a tablet for long, it would give enough juice to finish some tasks. Same for anything else that takes a micro USB charger.
11. sbw44 (Posts: 433; Member since: 04 Dec 2012)
Why not have both then!
14. EXkurogane (Posts: 863; Member since: 07 Mar 2013)
External charger or power bank is the better option - it can charge ANY phone; a specific battery is only compatible with a specific phone. And it's a big hassle to shut down the phone and pry open the back cover to swap the battery when u can keep the phone running and charge it externally. Some third party power banks have over 10,000 mAh capacity, investing in such powerbanks is a better idea.
16. madpiyal (Posts: 108; Member since: 11 Feb 2013)
If u have a second battery it means it will cover the backup of that specific phone. But this charger is universal, u can charge anything with this one which can be charged by usb. So anyone having two phone can charge both of them without any compatibility problem.
26. lovefist (unregistered)
external chargers for me is a must especially in today's smartphones.
please please, before you downvote or throw out the idea.. try it first dude.
ive been using external battery banks since i bought my first android. and you know what, i can buy any phone i like aesthetically and I don't have to worry about a phone's battery capacity and skip on buying it.
these things are so small yet very useful.
28. microsoftnokiawin (Posts: 1236; Member since: 30 Mar 2012)
oh look your phone is on 50% plug it in external because you can since you will be having a long business call later
4. sapibuntinx (Posts: 60; Member since: 08 May 2013)
samsung will made a clone of this too next week :p
9. jibraihimi (Posts: 770; Member since: 29 Nov 2011)
And it would be called 'Galaxy S charger'
13. thunderising (Posts: 232; Member since: 25 Nov 2011)
S4 charger
29. B3BLW29 (Posts: 238; Member since: 02 Mar 2012)
Sorry if was reading ur comment fast n it sounded like "Galaxy A$$ charger" ROFL ROFL..
30. EXkurogane (Posts: 863; Member since: 07 Mar 2013)
you mean @ss charger right? :D
10. RaKithAPeiRiZ (Posts: 1488; Member since: 29 Dec 2011)
5. tadaa (Posts: 267; Member since: 18 Apr 2013)
Very cool. I like the retractable cable. The only drawback for me would be the 1750mah capacity since most powerbanks hold way more than that. Could have at least been 2200 but hey, if its priced properly then why not,
6. RaKithAPeiRiZ (Posts: 1488; Member since: 29 Dec 2011)
1750 mAh ? i think you might be able to get a 5000 mAh cell for the cost
33. -box- (Posts: 3991; Member since: 04 Jan 2012)
Agreed, but style and functionality (cable and power display) over capacity, I guess. I hope Nokia comes out with one like this in a.larger size, say 10K mAh
15. madpiyal (Posts: 108; Member since: 11 Feb 2013)
At only 65gm its fantastic, And its universal, we can use it in any phone, This is a accessory that's actually very useful and great looking.
19. Credo (Posts: 749; Member since: 19 Apr 2012)
To bad it is only 1750 :( i have the DC16 battery, 2000 mAh, even that is a little to less for my Lumia 920 :(


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United States › TN › Knoxville › Belleza Salon & Spa
Belleza Salon & Spa
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Stylist: Gabrielle RobertsRating:
I visited Gabe when I came to visit my best friend in Knoxville. I am an English citizen, who lives in Preston England UK. My best friend and I share a lot of girly "best friend" things, like clothes, movies, passion for dance and hair. Since we both have curly hair of course she recemmended Gabe, when I arrived in the US of A!!! I have very VERY curly hair, and she was able to wash and comb it out and cut it perfectly. It looked perfect for my travels back home. She will be the only stylist I will choose to use from now on.. even if it means I have to wait for visits to the US. She is amazing!
Thanks Gabe!
Stylist: Gabrielle RobertsRating:
Gabe is the best stylist! I have been going to her for over 3 years now. She started my doing my hair when it was long and very damaged, she cut to a healthy length, and taught me how to style it for the curlish waves that I have, and she taught me how to keep it healthy in between visits. It is now long and healthy and has great wavy curls that are tamed and beautiful. I definately recommend her as a stylist who knows what she is doing. She is simply the very best!!!
Stylist: Gabrielle RobertsRating:
Thanks for the compliments and taking time to post a review! I love helping people see how beautiful they are. I'll always show your curls tlc and use the time we have to show you how to do the same. As a Ouidad certified stylist I am supposed to charge the fees that have been set by both Ouidad and the owners of Belleza. Occasionally I've been able to make a personal judgement call about charging less for a single first time visit but it's not something that I can get in the habit of doing. It's my desire to help my clients in the best way possible so I guess that's why I'm in the creative department and not the business department! I encourage clients to let the phone staff know that you would like to schedule a Ouidad haircut with me. They'll give us a longer booking time so that we can play and learn about your hair! I promise that it'll be worth it. Much love, Gabrielle
Stylist: Gabrielle RobertsRating:
At Belleza Salon and Spa in Knoxville, TN is an AMAZING curl stylist! Her name is Gabrielle Roberts and she is a Ouidad educator. I was very luck to get her because I was a first time walk in (her appointment had canceled). She has naturally curly hair and she said that she became a hair stylist because of all of the horrible and traumatic hair cuts she received growing up. After carefully looking at my hair and asking what type of products I used she recommended the Ouidad Carve & Slice, which was $150. I told her that I could not afford it and she said that I really needed it so she would do it for her normal rate of $49. She took two hours to carefully cut and style my curls. I have never had my curls look so beautiful! She was so nice and I enjoyed talking with her as she worked on my hair. At the end of my wonderful experience she wrote down all of the products she used and the steps that she used them in. She did not push any products on me, but she told me the two that were the must haves. I have told all of my curly friends about her. She is an AMAZING stylist and I will only go to her for now on. I have never had a haircut that did justice to my curls. It has been a month since my cut and my curls are still beautiful!


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By Colleen Huber, Naturopathyworks
A common perception is that whole organic food is so expensive that it is out-of-budget for the average family or even for the average single consumer. It is also commonly perceived that the average grocery purchase of processed foods at a neighborhood supermarket, using the store discounts, makes the processed food diet within the budget of most families.
If you go along with those who accept the above hypothesis on faith, you may be quite surprised by what you find in this article.
Knowing what I spend on groceries in an average week for my all whole-food, mostly organic-eating family, I had to test the conventional wisdom for myself. So one day in January 2005 I went to a typical supermarket right around the corner from me to see how the other half lives ...
Jotting down in my notebook many processed foods as well as their weights and prices, with all the store savings, I prepared a long list of foods from which I could construct a hypothetical week's worth of processed food for a family of three.
Below you will find a menu of all processed food items for a week, and a list of prices for all the groceries that I hypothetically bought. Then I assembled my hypothetical purchases into a meal plan for a family of three, which you will see below, along with the price list.
Following that, you will find a week's menu and price list for mostly organic, all whole-food meals for the same family of three.
For the sake of simplicity and realistic comparison, I stuck to the following constraints:
There are no leftovers from before the beginning of the week, nor saved at the end (empty refrigerator beginning and end, and no throwing out food; everything purchased gets eaten by the three hypothetical family members).
Unless specified otherwise, all beverage consumption is water.
There are no separate snacks, except for Sunday afternoon, unless an individual saves part of a meal to snack on later.
Neither the cheapest generic brands, nor the most expensive brands were chosen, but rather a brand in the middle, especially if it was on sale.
Portions are listed per family member of a three-person family, although the heartiest appetite in the family may consume some part of the portion left by the smallest appetite. It is assumed that everyone eats the same food at the same time everyday, and that the six ounces of soda at every lunch is either carried in a thermos to work or school, or that this family is on vacation at home, eating every meal at home together and pouring their soda directly from a large bottle kept in the refrigerator.
It is assumed that no family member is deliberately restricting calories, or is otherwise restricting any type of food.
The cold bottled coffee at breakfast may seem a bit extravagant, but consider that this replaces visits to coffee shops or any other form of coffee or tea or recreational beverage. Also, the all-processed food family does not get milk with their cereal, but rather cold, bottled, sugared coffee.
Now consider a menu prepared entirely from whole, organic and free-range foods. One might consider such a diet to be extravagantly expensive. Yet the cost for a week's worth of organic whole food groceries for a family of three is about the same as for the "cheap" processed food.
The same rules apply as with the processed food. No leftovers from the beginning of the week or saved at the end (empty refrigerator beginning and end, with no waste). No restaurant eating or take-out. No beverages other than water. No snacks except for what one person may save for later from his/her apportioned meal. No deliberate calorie restriction, and everyone eats until full.
All meals are listed for one person only of a three-person family, assuming that those with larger appetites may have more, and those of smaller appetites may have an equal amount less, in order to balance out to the average portions listed below.
A significant difference is that the processed food eating family gets a dessert of an ice cream bar, while the whole food eating family gets no dessert. The whole food eating family, however, generally gets much bigger meal portions. The reason behind this is partly demographic realism: those who eat denatured food are missing nutrients that they seek in desserts and other denatured foods, whereas whole food eaters feel completely full when eating in proper proportions for their metabolic types.
We made no attempt to quantify the salad ingredients. Fresh plants and salads are such anarchy of ingredients, they defy standardization. Cooking large meals with whole foods is a little trickier to quantify than packages of pre-weighed processed foods.
The difference is made up in the leftovers. For example, the large crockpot chicken stew at the beginning of the week, the eggplant curry in the middle of the week, and the roast beef at the end are massive enough not only for everyone's dinner, but also for two days' lunches as well, with generous one-pound portions. The one-pound portions of stew are about half added water by weight.
Both the salmon dinners and squash-and-broccoli raab dinners are small enough that the leftovers put together make just one lunch for the family. The advantage to cooking enormous crockpot or Dutch oven meals, with subsequent leftovers, is that although it is more time-consuming to prepare whole food from scratch, it is easier just to do it in fewer larger amounts during the week. If this still seems daunting, please see my article, Cook Whole Food from Scratch, and Keep Your Day Job.
You will notice the savings of $1.22 with a mostly organic, whole-food diet. In fact, our organic food price list shows higher than realistic prices in two ways: The prices shown are at retail health food stores in the Phoenix area. But also in this area, there are at least three organic food-buying groups, with prices for organic produce at about $1.00 per pound.
To find organic food buying groups, co-ops, health food stores, local retail farms and farmers markets in your area, see localharvest.com.
Furthermore, if you have a backyard, especially here in the Southwest, you can save further in ways that processed food eaters can't: Almost all year we grow salad greens, herbs, braising greens of some kind and/or various squashes. (The salad herbs oregano, thyme, mint and parsley never quit here in any season!)
Subtracting the prices of what we are currently pulling out of our backyard garden from what is on the sample menu:
Which means we spend only $122.42 - $5.07 = $117.35 in an average week for a three-person family, which is $6.29 less than the family eating all processed food.
Of course, gardeners in colder climates tend to have really prolific harvests in summer and fall, which is when they will realize much better savings. Processed food eaters are entirely dependent on commercial supply, no matter what the season.
However, the biggest savings of the whole-food eating family has yet to be calculated, as we consider the difference in medical care needs between whole food eaters on the one hand, and those who will continue eating for decades such chemicals as MSG (a.k.a. hydrolyzed wheat protein and several other names), carcinogens or nerve poisons (a.k.a. pesticides), sugar, aspartame and other sweeteners, as well as margarine and other trans-fatty acids, to name some of the most infamous processed food ingredients.
As a wise saying goes, the best reason to eat organic is that pesticides don't know when to stop killing.
Now answer honestly: Can you afford NOT to eat whole organic food?
Colleen Huber, 46, is a wife, mother and student at Southwest College of Naturopathic Medicine in Tempe, Ariz., where she is training to be a naturopathic physician. Her original research on the mechanism of migraines has appeared in Lancet and Headache Quarterly, and was reported in The Washington Post.
Her double blind placebo controlled research in homeopathy has appeared in Journal of the American Institute of Homeopathy, European Journal of Classical Homeopathy, and Homeopathy Today. Her website Naturopathy Works introduces naturopathic medicine to the layperson and provides references to the abundant medical literature demonstrating that natural medicine does work.
Colleen Huber, 46, is a wife, mother and student at Southwest College of Naturopathic Medicine in Tempe, Ariz., where she is training to be a naturopathic physician. Her original research on the mechanism of migraines has appeared in Lancet and Headache Quarterly, and was reported in The Washington Post.
Her double blind placebo controlled research in homeopathy has appeared in Journal of the American Institute of Homeopathy, European Journal of Classical Homeopathy, and Homeopathy Today. Her website Naturopathy Works introduces naturopathic medicine to the layperson and provides references to the abundant medical literature demonstrating that natural medicine does work.
Many thanks to our amazing contributing editor and naturopathic
student doctor Colleen Huber for doing an incredible job of showing
just how feasible it really is to eat whole foods. Although organic
food has a reputation for being outrageously expensive, and, indeed,
it has much room for improvement price-wise, there are many times
when it is actually less expensive than commercially grown food
if you just check labels and sales.
Additionally, the more people that buy organic food, and thus
the more consumer demand that's created, the more prices will be
driven down and the organic food market will get more competitive.
If, however, you simply don't have access to a health food store
or grocery store that carries organic food, you could certainly
benefit from reading How
to Shop for the Right Food in Your Regular Grocery Store in 10 Easy
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