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Her nonno had recited to her as a child, stories of the magical Isola before bed,
so she would drift into dreams of molton glass and streets with turquoise floors.
The craftsman there were at the disposal of the re* (king). On his command, they would sculpt the most exquisite glass treasures, with which he decorated the palace in abundance.
As many thousands as the stars in the night sky.
Nonno said any fragment that left in travelling hands would ensure all amount of good fortune to its destination. "The charms from Italia".
Catalina saw this to be true as she walked along the cobbled street of Strada Cerezo, craft houses alight with flames from burning ovens.
Clear glass, enameled glass, aventurine (glass with gold threads), millefiori (multicoloured glass), milk glass and imitation gemstones.
Each that held a memory, each that sealed a promise.
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10 miles. If using public transportation, take SEPTA 101 trolley from 69th Street to Springfield Mall stop and meet leader here at 9:25 AM (25 miles to trailhead). If driving, meet at 9:30 AM in front of Macy's at Springfield Mall and park under trees next to Baltimore Pike. For directions to trailhead, contact leader. We'll cover well-shaded trails through varied terrain, on both sides of the Brandywine Creek and along Rocky Run, as we make a series of loops through this beautiful park. Hiking boots recommended. Bring lunch and water. Cost: $1.00. Leader: Abbie Wysor, 610-742-5967, email@example.com.
For those wishing to meet the group at the trailhead: GPS coordinates are 39.834133,-75.575542.
To get to the trailhead if you don't do GPS coordinates: Find the intersection of Routes 1 and 202 on a map. Smithbridge Road crosses Rt 202 just a short distance east of Rt 1. Go south on Smithbridge Road toward Delaware. Turn left just before the covered bridge onto Brandywine Creek Road. Just past where Beaver Dam Road comes in on your left, you will see a parking lot on your right between the road and the creek. Park at the further end (where it's shadier in the afternoon). I expect to arrive at the trailhead around 10:15. The hike will start by 10:30.


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Adventurer and journalist Simon Reeve, who previously fronted a travel series across the Indian Ocean, now heads to Cuba to find a communist country in the middle of a capitalist revolution.
Last Chance to See Cuba begins on SBS later this month.
Two years ago, Cuba announced the most sweeping and radical economic reforms the country has seen in decades. From ending state rationing to cutting one million public-sector jobs, one of the last communist bastions in the world has begun rolling back the state on an unprecedented scale.
Simon meets ordinary Cubans whose lives are being transformed, from the owners of fledgling businesses to the newly rich estate agents selling properties worth over one million dollars.
Simon discovers the impact these extensive reforms are having on a country that has lived hand-to-mouth for half a century. More importantly, he examines what reducing the state really means to a nation that has been both dominated and supported by it for three generations.
Over the next couple of years, Cuba will change considerably and Simon is taking one last chance to reflect on this island nation's history and what the reforms will mean for their future.
Wednesday, 23rd January at 8.30pm on SBS ONE.


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Jean Wescher
Dear Family and Friends,
I will be participating in the Moving Mountains for Multiple Myeloma Mount Fuji Trek July 16-21, 2017 in honor of my father, Dennis Quinn, who lost his battle with multiple myeloma on August 14, 2014 at 63 years old.
For those of you who knew Dennis, many didn't even know he had been battling this disease for as long as he had. With his infectious personality and ability to make you smile, it was hard to believe he was battling such a powerful enemy on a daily basis. But through his faith, his family and his work, he continued to fight and never complained about his diagnosis. Even after a hail-mary attempt at remission through a clinical trial at MD Anderson in Houston back in May of 2014, when he said that was it, he came back home to his sweet home Chicago and met with a new doctor, for one last chance as I was nearly 9 months pregnant. He desperately wanted to meet his first grandson (as you all know his pride and joy, Emma Grace) and he was not going to miss it. And he didn't! He held on and was the first person to hold Jackson just an hour after his birth as Dad came from a treatment in the next building over. It was truly one of the happiest, most tearful moments of my life.
Dad was a big supporter of the Multiple Myeloma Research Foundation (MMRF). Multiple Myeloma is the second most common form of blood cancer and sadly, has one of the lowest five-year survival rates of all cancers. With the help of his doctors and the research done through the MMRF, Dad had 12 years instead of the 3 to 5 years that he was given at diagnosis. And while there is no cure, great progress is being made. With the help of the MMRF, my father was here for so many memories. As avid sports fan, he was here to see the White Sox win a World Series, the Bears go to the Super Bowl and the Blackhawks win two Stanley Cups. He missed seeing his Cubbies win the World Series this past year, but was most certainly watching from his prime spot in Heaven. Even more special than these, he was here to walk me down the aisle, to welcome my daughter, Emma Grace, into the world and he hung on with every ounce of strength he had to be with us for the arrival of my son, Jackson Quinn.
And while the MMRF has made a lot of progress, myeloma is still a fatal disease. So come this July, I will embark on an amazing experience with an amazing team of myeloma connected individuals; patients, caregiver, doctors, nurses and those of us who have lost loved ones.
I have never climbed a mountain. I have barely hiked. But on this adventure, I will go well outside of my comfort zone and hike the 12,389 feet to the summit. The work ahead of me in training for this event is a big challenge, but nothing compared to the challenges face by patients with multiple myeloma.
Why do we do this? Because climbing a mountain won't cure cancer, but research will. And research takes money. I want to be part of the action that is getting us closer to a cure.
In fact, thanks to the important work of the MMRF, the world's leading private funder of myeloma research, the FDA has approved TEN new treatments, including FOUR in just the last eighteen months – a track record that's unparalleled in oncology. One of these treatments, if approved earlier, could have potentially extended my father's life until a cure is discovered. These drugs have almost tripled the lifespan of myeloma patients. The MMRF is "disrupting" the cancer research world and making changes in a broken drug development process that is having a positive impact on accelerating treatment for all cancers!
The MMRF is one of the most highly regarded cancer foundations in the world. An outstanding 90% of the total MMRF budget goes DIRECTLY towards research and related programming. And the MMRF is in the top 1% of all charities, having earned Charity Navigator's 4-star rating for the past eleven years in a row.
Please support my participation in the Mount Fuji Trek benefiting the MMRF. I have made a commitment to raise at least $5,000 and I need your help to get there. Please contribute whatever you can. It all adds up!!
Your tax deductible donation goes directly to help fast track life savings treatments for myeloma patients. Please donate whatever you can to support this great effort! It all adds up!
I thank you, my father thanks you and all thousands of myeloma patients who are still fighting thank you! And a huge thanks to Takeda Oncology, our sponsor!
Jean Quinn Wescher
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According to an article in the LA Times, Michael Chow is suing Philippe Chow.
Michael Chow owns Mr. Chow restaurants and Phillippe Chow owns Phillipe restaurants but formerly worked for Mr. Chow restaurants. Michael Chow is accusing Phillippe Chow of copying his menu items.
Read the article: http://tinyurl.com/mxk2q3
It did whet my appetite for good Chinese food which is an anomaly in Tucson.


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Bon Vital' Original Swedish Lotion is different from any other products in its category. This multi-vitamin (A, B5, C & E) fortified lotion performs like an emollient creme allowing for effortless workability with a smooth glide. Enriched with Jojoba Oil and Ilex for exceptional skin care benefits. Non-greasy feel and unscented. Available in 8 oz bottle with pump, 1/2 gallon container, 1 gallon container or 5 gallon pail (pump not included).Ingredients:
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New Lenses: Arri/Fujinon Alura Lightweight Zooms
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We are delighted to add to our high-end inventory of 35mm zooms the new Alura Lightweight Zooms 15.5-45mm T2.8 and 30-80mm T2.6. Born from the collaboration between Fujinon and ARRI, these new zooms both share the unique characteristics that have made the existing Alura studio zooms (18-80/T2.6 and 45-250/T2.6) favorites among professionals: the highest optical quality in a robust housing. While optimized for digital cameras, they are compatible with film cameras and include the Arri Lens Data System (LDS).
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Ford Laser TX-3 Turbo AWD - today's tempter
All-wheel-drive Turbo Lasers were a hot car in their day and stack up as a potential classic.
With all the interest in Subaru WRXs and Mitsubishi Evos over recent years, it's easy to forget that a hot all-wheel-drive turbo hatch is anything but a new idea.
In fact, Ford was pumping out turbo Lasers from the late 1980s. However the one to have is the series shown here, the late KF2 generation (1991-93), which was (along with the later KH) the best developed and had the most rigid chassis.
These days the 117kW power claim might seem a bit tame, but it was enough to punch the car along at serious speeds, something it handled pretty well thanks to the high levels of grip offered by the all-paw drive.
There don't seem to be many left these days – maybe most of them ended up trees! Certainly a lot were modified and thrashed to within an inch of their lives. They're nevertheless tough, with a very robust motor, so really what you're looking for is crash damage and big mods. Race mods in particular should be checked for, such as evidence of roll-cage mount holes.
This 1991 example looks very original and, if it checks out, could do well as a minor collectible over the years.
The seller is asking $5500 and it's a manual. Did we mention this series is locally-made? That won't hurt the long term value.
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Do you have a great idea? Is your idea the proverbial "game changer?" How do you know? Here are four criteria that you can use to evaluate your ideas:
- What is the benefit of your idea? What is its return on investment?
- What is the cost of your idea? What are its risk factors?
- Does your idea have a strategic fit with your organization? It needs to be consistent with your organization's practices.
- How easy will it be to implement your idea? This is a key criterion.
If your idea passes all of the above criteria, then you possibly do have a "game changer!"
Other things to consider in relation to innovative ideas include:
- Most innovation is incremental. If you have 25 percent of your organization's people making a difference every day; that will amount to huge change over time. Patience is a virtue.
- Innovation usually surfaces on the front lines. For instance, it's the FedEx guy who realizes things can be done better; not FedEx management.
- Size of the organization is irrelevant when it comes to innovation. However, bureaucracy is the enemy of innovation because it only rewards conservative victories. Be bold!
- Innovation is sensitive to both new and desired customers. For instance, I believe it was Wayne Gretzky that said, "I don't skate after the puck, I skate to where the puck is going to be."
- Innovation requires champions, but it also requires other things like focus, resources and priorities. It's about consistency. For instance, if you need a fiscally prudent environment, then it needs to be fiscally prudent every day. Through consistency, the organization can change belief systems.
- Innovation requires patience. Sometimes results of change can take a long time to show themselves. Remember the first bullet point above: Patience is a virtue.
- When you have a "game changer" in hand, you need to exploit it. Seek out new markets. Use social media. Get noticed.
Finally, to accelerate innovation, promote its likely causes (e.g., front line workers) and exploit innovation for all its worth. After all, it's innovation that makes the world move forward. In the words of Peter Drucker, "If you want something new, you have to stop doing something old."


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Today Ive been trying to reprogram my lights ( with hubby's help) to get better colors for both fish and plants. Primarily, the 180 gallon and the 60 gallon tank are what I would really like much better viewing of colors of fish and plants.
But, it is tricky getting the colors dialed in.
Here is a before picture that I took when I redid my 180 after a deep cleaning. Ive been very unhappy with the "yellowish" cast of my lights which appear to wash out the fish. So, after some help from a friend, I have programed my 2- 48 " Fluvel Lights to 100% Red, 100% Blue, 50 percent Green, and 60% white.
The results following are picture of tank before adjusting, with flash, and one without flash:
Before changed- this is with my I-phone and further away:
This is with my husbands camera with flash on:
This is without flash:
The tank is a bit cloudy because i just did a water change.
The next thing plan to do after get lights dialed in is to put a dark colored background behind window film- I think this will give better contrast to photos.


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Having problems with your Nikon Coolpix 3100 Digital Camera ?
Bought a new memory card for my nikon coolpix 3100 card wont work
\015 It formatted the card okay, its a Compact Flash 4gb. But then it just says out of memory on my screen. Im wondering if the 4gb is too big for the camera and is there anything I can do about this?\015
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It is too big. 1G is max for the 3100.
I got a similar probelm, did an upgrade from 1.2 to 1.3, didn't sort the problem. I also search for a hack - no such luck :(
\015\012The only answer is to go and buy a smaller card.
\015\012The only answer is to go and buy a smaller card.
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- Where will I meet my driver?
As access to the interior of the Airport is restricted, your driver will be waiting for you holding a sign with your name on it when you the building of the Larnaca airport. Our driver will be standing outside the gate that is between of the Car Rental companies counters. Please identify yourself to the driver and you will be promptly taken to your vehicle for departure to your destination in Cyprus.
If your pickup is at a hotel please wait at the entrance of the hotel or at the lobby near the reception. If our driver can not identify you immediately, our driver will ask for you at the reception.
- What happens if I can not find my driver?
In the unlikely event that you can not find you driver, you can contact us at the emergency phone line we will provide you with your booking. Our phone line is open 24/7/365 for your convenience.
- What happens if my flight to Larnaca is delayed?
We monitor inbound flights to Larnaca on a regular basis. Should your flight be arriving later than expected, our drivers will be aware of this and will be waiting for you. There is no additional charge for this.
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Please pay in cash (euro) our driver after completion of your transfer. In some cases of custom itineraries or larger groups we might request a down payment. In such cases you can make a bank transfer to our account with the following details:
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This website is operated by G.P.S. Luxury Taxi Ltd, a Cyprus registered company that owns and operates taxis, minibuses and other transport vehicles. You can learn more on our About us page. All bookings come directly to us and we provide the service to you without any middlemen and commissions being paid.
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- Do you offer child and booster seats?
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BMP stands for low resolution BitMaP images. This format is not good for imprinting promotional products.
FileType: GIF - Not usable
GIF stands for Graphics Interchange Format. Just like JPG files, GIF images are quite common on the Internet due to their small sizes and faster load times. Also, they are not good for imprinting promotional products.
FileType: JPG Usually not usable
One of the most famous image formats, JPG images are widely used on websites on the Internet due to their main feature of compressing image graphics and colors to reduce size, and hence load time. Since much of the finer image details are lost due to the compression, these files are not good for imprinting products.
FileType: AI - Accepted
AI stands for Adobe Illustrator. Such files deliver the finest quality of images and designs that ensure excellence in imprinting promotional items.
FileType: EPS - Accepted
EPS stands for Encapsulated Postscript file. This is yet another image file format that permits the storing and editing of PostScript data. Moreover, EPS files can easily be exchanged between different operating systems (such as Macintosh, Windows and others).
FileType: TIFF - Accepted
TIFF stands for Tagged Image File Format file. This file format is useful for exchanging bitmapped image files between different systems.
FileType: PDF files - Accepted*
PDF stands for Adobe� Portable Document Format, and are produced by Adobe. PDF files protect the originality of files and are more legible than HTML files. Moreover, since they have a defined structure, PDF files are clean and easy to print. Any machine with Acrobat Reader or Adobe installed on it can read PDF files. We currently prepare all our e-proofs in the PDF format and they are best viewed in Acrobat Reader version 7.0. * Some PDF format files can be accepted as artwork, contact the art department for details.
Page Layout Documents
These basically define the page's layout characteristics in terms of font styles and sizes as well as the distribution of items on the page. To ensure that the supplier has all the fonts you wish to use in imprinting, it is always better if you send him these documents.
Bitmap files
From their name, bitmap files are images formed by a collective map of individual bits. Bits � as computer people already know � are the smallest unit in the digital world. As a matter of fact, only very high resolution bitmap images (i.e. over 600 DPI) could be useful for imprinting products.
Vector files
Derived from its geometrical connotation, most images created using tools like Adobe Illustrator have defined coordinates (X and Y), and are called vector or geometric files. Since they're not just plain images, but rather have calculations embedded into them, vector files are easier to update than other (raster) images files. Therefore, it is sometimes more feasible to convert raster files into vector ones to facilitate modifications.
Mechanical Artwork
Some artwork have specific standard that they ought to abide by. For instance, the standard for acceptable mechanical artwork is the "camera-ready black and white" material.
If your request is to have a paper imprinted until its edge, then the printers used will have to a paper sheet larger in size than your requested one. The printer then prints further than the edge of your document and cuts the rest off.
A particular promotional product may be represented in an image formed of small dots of varying intensities of gray across the scale from white to black.
Drop Shipment
Drop shipment is when your order of imprinted products is directly shipped from the factory to your planned event's location. There is a minimal fee for each drop ship location. Contact customer service for details.
Quantity Pricing
Just as in any business, and up to a certain level, the more you order the slightly less you pay per item. Quantity pricing is the price to which the items are discounted as the order increases in number. The prices per quantity of imprinted promotional items ordered are posted on our website for you to have a look at if you so wi
Copy Change
This is an extra charge incurred if you change the copy to be imprinted on the promotional product, usually at the time of original proof approval or while re-ordering.
Overruns are the number of excessive imprinted promotional items. Underruns are the number by which the output imprinted promotional items are short of the number ordered. Since there's always a margin of error, the imprinting industry standard is a +/-10%, except for paper and plastic bag imprinting. Actually, the margin of error in paper and plastic bag imprinting can range between 10 and 25%.
Production Time
From its name, it is the time it takes Superior Promos to process and prepare an approved order for shipment. The exact production time depends on the promotional item to be imprinted. For instance, it takes single color product imprints between 7 and 10 business days to be ready for shipment. On the other hand, it may take longer to imprint custom promotional products with multi-colored imprints. Each product has its own production time. If not sure about production times please contact customer service at 888-577-6667 to make sure your order is possible
Pre-production Proof
After running the trial on paper, the actual promotional item is imprinted as a physical sample of the output. This sample is then sent to the client for approval. Actually this is a costly process, incurring between $30 and $200 per item, as the whole factory production line has to be stopped in order to produce the samples.
Paper Proof
From its name, this is a step taken to ensure that the design and quality of the promotional material selected are correct by trying it out on paper. As mentioned earlier, this step may be skipped in rush orders.
This is the adjective used to describe designs that have sharp clear edges and are in black and white. Images manufactured to this level are easy to reproduce though scanning as well as photography.
Color Match
Actually, some colors are more costly to manufacture to be able to imprint your products with. If you select some of the regular manufacturer's colors, rather than choosing a custom blended special color, then your costs will not be higher.
Set-up Charge, Screen Fee, Plate Charge
We usually charge you this particular fee dependent on the number of workers and amount of materials required in order to complete the transfer of your selected design onto your promotional product. For instance, in silk screening, every (i.e. ever screen) color used will bring upon extra charges. Using the deboss or hot stamp methods, the metal plate that is used will cost you an extra some of money. If you wish to avoid or go for the most expensive imprinting method, then we might as well tell you about it; it is the digitizing for embroidery. In this method, a digital image (digitized tape) is created with your chosen logo in order to be used by the computer-controlled sewing machines. Please note we keep your screens on file for 2 years in most cases set-up charges for reorders are waived or greatly reduced depending on the product and the facility..
From its name, this is the process of imprinting products with its owner's (or future owner's) name. There are several ways by which this may be achieved, such as mechanical or laser engraving, hot stamping, sublimation, screen painting, debossing, etc.
Pantone Matching System (PMS)
An index or chart of standard colors used to match, maintain and transfer colors correctly while and onto the imprinted promotional products. Each standard has its own unique numeric code and set of instructions on how to mix the ink in order to attain that specific color. If you would like to have a look at this index, have a look at our published PMS chart.
Offset Printing
For high quality promotional products, this method is used as it transfers the designs onto the item�s surface though transferring the ink from the metal plate onto a cylinder covered in rubber.
Transparent sticky labels with the imprinted designs are used to decorate the promotional giveaway.
Promotional mugs, pens, T-shirts, caps and other promotional giveaways can imprinted with text and graphics using this method. The imprinted image consists of a permanent dye entrenched into the promotional giveaway�s surface.
Laser (Engraving)
From its name, the laser beam engraves the material with the design via the exposed sections of the applied template.
4-color Process
Four separate different color values (cyan (blue), magenta (red), yellow and black) are applied onto the promotional product�s surface using mostly digital filters and screens. When the output 4 images are input into the printing press to be applied onto the promotional product�s surface, they will imprint the desired image in any colors. In fact, the combination of only these 4 master colors can form thousands of colors.
Pad Printing
From its name, a surface with some buried areas (forming the design) is covered with ink and cleared at the flat end. Then a silicone filling is depressed onto the surface at the buried areas which draws out the ink. The silicone filling is then applied onto the promotional products surface to imprint it.
This method first uses the screen-printing method and then applies the deboss method onto the promotional product�s vinyl surface to imprint it.
This method can be used to create both symbolic and flat promotional products by hitting the metallic sheet with a die filled hammer in the shape of the design.
A carving or cavity is done on the promotional item�s surface into which molten metal is injected to fill up the design.
Laser or Foil Stamp
If your business promotional item�s surface is made of vinyl, leather or paper, then this method is suitable for it. Basically, a metallic or colored foil imprint is pressed on the surface, which usually forms a deboss.
This is the process of exposing some areas of the metal in order to imprint the image on top. First, the image is covered with an acid-resisting shielding coating. Second, the image is then uncovered which leaves the some unprotected metal and some protected. Third, the applied acid attacks the unprotected metal with the image. Hence, the image is left engraved onto the promotional product�s surface.
Hot Stamp
From its name, this method creates a deboss by placing the design onto a metal plate, heating it and then pressing it onto the promotional giveaway�s surface.
Through this method, the images are emphasized on the promotional products (promotional giveaways) in relief; hence creating an elevated surface.
Designs are imprinted below the promotional product�s surface through intense pressing of the image into the product�s surface.
Embroidery uses high-speed microcomputer controlled sewing machines that sew designs into the fabric. Since computers are involved, digital designs are utilized. Hence the first step in this process is to digitize the designs into a format these special computers will understand; i.e. not regular jpeg�s, tiff�s, eps� or bmp�s. This special digitizer converts the two-dimensional designs, through recreating them, using stitches. After the digitizing process is over, and once you specify the colors and type of stitch used, the computer then programs the sewing machines to sew the design (with all its details) into the fabric. .
Puff Imprint
Puff Imprint is mostly used on Koozies and Can coolers. Recommened on simple logos, a puff imprint provides a raised feel to the ink. However puff imprint ink tends to bleed a little, so only solid and low detail logos can be used for this imprint.
Screen Printing /Silk-Screening
You logo (or image) is ink printed onto your selected surface: 1)The ink is pressed onto the surface via a template/patterned screen. 2)A light-sensitive suspension is applied onto it. 3)Screens are overlaid with film positives and exposed to light. This light hardens the uncovered light-sensitive suspension and leaves the covered areas soft. Then squeegees are used to press ink though these soft areas. Since imprinted designs may be multi-colored, it is important to screen each color separately and to allow enough time for each color to dry in between screenings.


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Mila Kunis has given what might be one of the most awkward interviews ever after she seemed angry at a line of questioning involving career challenges, her childhood in Ukraine and her pregnancy.
The Third Person actress - who is expecting a baby with fiancé Aston Kutcher - was less than impressed from the beginning when Stephen Whitty from Star-Ledger asked how she was feeling.
She replied: "I don't talk about that for publication."
It went from bad to worse, with Mila reacting angrily when questioned about dramatic roles being more challenging - which she quickly described as a "misconception".
"I hate it went people ask me this question," she started. Fair enough. "People have this misconception that comedy's easy ... I'm always looking for challenges and I find a lot of things to be challenging."
The conversation was almost shifted to her childhood, but the fact she's spoken about it "in a hundred interviews" before meant this didn't make things any easier.
She said: "I've talked about me moving to America in a hundred interviews.
"It's the most mundane subject possible, it's like everyone's immigrant story ... I know what your next question is so let's just skip it.
"You're going to ask me what I think about what's going on now in Ukraine. Just because I lived there until I was seven doesn't mean I identify with Ukraine."
However, at the end of their chat, Mila smiled when Stephen apologised and insisted "it was a good interview".
Whatever she thought, it stands up well against some of the more awkward celebrity chats in history - here's some more showbiz fails.
Khloe Kardashian's foulmouthed attack
Khloe Kardashian was in the headlines back in March following an appearance on an Australian TV show after her interview was cut short.
The chat ended abruptly during the breakfast show Sunrise when talk turned to sister Kim's daughter North West , leading to the Keeping Up With The Kardashians star apparently going on the offensive.
Sunrise originally tweeted after confused viewers asked why the interview was pulled: "We thought it was a technical glitch but turns out @KhloeKardashian's people pulled the plug after @Sam_armytage asked about baby North."
Khloe tweeted back: "Why would I cut an interview short because of North? Get over yourself Sunrise... The call dropped... stop reaching for a story.
She then added: "You are so f**king desperate!"
Paris throws showbiz strop
Even Paris Hilton, you know, the girl who innocently smiles on the red carpet and looks very pretty all of the time, once threw a showbiz strop.
She took part in an interview with ABC News and talked about hard-hitting issues such as stalking of celebrities, her own voice and how she doesn't talk like a baby in real life.
But when she was asked if she thought her fifteen minutes of fame and success was up, it didn't go down well causing her to storm off set (although she soon calmed down).
Cruise's awkward encounter
Tom Cruise also had a bit of an awkward encounter when he appeared on MBC's Today show to talk about his career in 2005.
The star was all smiles, but things soon changed when he was asked for his opinion on Brooke Shields and her decision to take medication in a bid to beat postnatal depression.
Tom went on to describe show host Matt Lauer as "glib" during a debate on the very serious matter.
Tarantino vs Krishnan
Quentin Tarantino is another Hollywood star who had a feisty chat with Channel 4 journalist Krishnan Guru-Murthy.
The director was doing the promotional rounds to promote his film Django Unchained in 2013 but his cage was rattled when he was asked if there was a link between real-life violence and that seen on screen.
He angrily goes on to tell Krishnan: "I'm shutting your butt down."
There was no butt shutting.
Meg Ryan makes Parky flustered
The legendary Michael Parkinson chatted with Meg Ryan about her life in Hollywood and her previous desire to be a journalist.
However, the actress seemed uncomfortable throughout the interview and said she wished she could "just wrap it up".
Michael later described the chat as the most awkward 10 minutes in his career.
Katona's most controversial chat
Who could forget the time Kerry Katona worried viewers during her appearance on This Morning in 2009.
The reality star was slurring her words and caused concern she may have been drinking.
However, Kerry insisted it was just a side effect of her medication for bipolar disorder which she had taken later than usual.
Charlie Sheen's bizarre behaviour
Actor Charlie Sheen was sacked from his sitcom Two And A Half Men in March 2011.
It was the first time the star had spoken about losing his job and he also chatted about his bizarre behaviour and apparent public meltdown.
The star conducted a number of bizarre interviews in the weeks prior and had been spending time with porn stars but is now back with hit series Anger Management.
Blaine freaks out Eamonn
Back in 2001 illusionist David Blaine chatted with Eamonn Holmes about his show and life as a magician.
However, TV presenter Eamonn was met with blank stares and muffled answers - strange but true.
Selena storms out of interview
Selena Gomez walked out on a chat when she was questioned on ex-boyfriend Justin Bieber who she split from at the end of 2012.
The interviewer asked: "You're, you know, probably as close a friend to Justin Bieber as they come. Is there something about him that we don't get or we don't understand?"
Selena appeared to be a little surprised by the question but the interviewer continued, saying: "I mean, there is one story after another of, you know, pretty outrageous behaviour that we're reading about.
"What don't we get about him or what is it that he's not getting out there?"
However, Selena was having none of it and simply vanished off screen without answering any questions - cringe!
Bieber is a brat in deposition
During a deposition interview pop nuisance Justin Bieber confirmed what we suspected all along - that he really is a total brat.
TMZ obtained a copy of the pop singer's full four and a half hour questioning for the lawsuit where his bodyguard allegedly beat up a photographer, and have cut it down to the most shocking clips.
Prepare to be blown away by the the four videos, which all cast the 20-year-old in a less than positive light.
He's arrogant, smug, snotty, and often downright rude.
What you talking about, Willis?!
You might have heard of a bloke called Bruce Willis who hangs around in a little town known as Hollywood?
Well, he created a rather awkward atmosphere when Magic FM's Jamie Edwards tried to ask him a few friendly questions about the film.
And that wasn't the only bit of weirdness he created during his brief stay in London. See more of his mad antics here.


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Bella Caledonia recently pointed out that BBC maps tend to skew the real sizes of parts of the British isles.
I then provided them with the historical example that you can see here on the right (BBC Weather map compared with actual sizes if represented fairly.
Someone was also kind enough to send me another example this time coming from a supermarket chain.
As the photos below from the BBC coverage of the European elections show, it appears that bad habits die hard at the BBC, with Scotland getting even smaller than usual…In this second one Scotland hasn't gone yellow yet, though it appears there was time to paint little bits of England red…
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Washington International Pageants as PAEP Ambassadors
for PAEP's May 19, 2018 at Emerald Down, Auburn Washington
We are honored to present Washington International Pageants as PAEP Ambassadors in our May 19, 2018, Dinner Dance Show at Emerald Downs, Auburn, Washington. Three intelligent, strong and beautiful women that are making an impact by helping PAEP serve the Ethnic Elderly Community of King County. Come and meet them in our Event.
Pacific Asian Empowerment Program in cooperation with BlueRed Communications, welcomes Miss Teen Washington International 2018, Sofi Griffith, Miss Washington International 2018, Karma Lee and Mrs. Washington International 2018, Larissa Long. The Washington International Pageants 2018.
A fundraising event to benefit the disenfranchised Ethnic Elderly Community of King County. Both locations to conduct our congregate meals and food budget is dwindling that is why we created this event and build awareness for this dire situation that the foundation is currently facing.
See them in our upcoming Dinner Dance Show Fundraising Event and be a part of our cause. Buy your tickets now."
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April 2, 2018 Contact Update
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"I miss you more than most people know. I'm so sorry I couldn't see you before you passed. You have been such a great man in my life and an...Read More »
1 of 4 | Posted by: Barbara Dobesh - Columbus, NE
"Grandpa, You were so special to me. I thank God for the precious time I had with you on earth. Love you and see ya when I get there.
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"I Will miss you alot grandpa harold always be in my heart!
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Harold Dean Dobesh was born November 20, 1924 to Charles and Tillie (Bahm) Dobesh in Gregory County, South Dakota. Harold's family moved to Bennett County in 1926 and he later graduated from Martin High School in 1943.
After high school he owned a ranch in Bennett County which he farmed until he sold it in the early 60's. Along with ranching, Harold began working for the Department of Agriculture during high school as an adjuster and fieldsmen, he then became a District Director for the Federal Crop Insurance Corporation in South Eastern South Dakota. In 1985 he transferred to Washington DC where he became a Crop Insurance Specialist for the United States Department of Agriculture until he retired in 1996. In 2005 he returned to South Dakota and resided in Sioux Falls.
On June 29, 1948 Harold married Ramona Sigman and lived on a farm near Martin for several years raising cattle. In this union, five children were born; twins Dennis and Douglas, Dinah, Doran and Brian.
Harold was a member of the Yankton Elks Club and Calvary Episcopal Cathedral in Sioux Falls.
Harold passed away peacefully on November 3, 2017 at Palisades Nursing Home in Garretson, SD, at the age of 92.
Harold is survived by his very special friend and companion of 30 years, Millie Tisland, who was loved very much by Harold and his family. He is also survived by two sons, Dennis and Doran Dobesh, (both of Sioux Falls, SD), nine grandchildren, eight great grandchildren and eight great-great grandchildren.
Harold was proceeded in death by his parents, Charles and Tillie Dobesh, two sisters, Hilda Dobesh and Elvera Peabody, his son Douglas Dobesh, and two infant children, Brian and Dinah Dobesh.
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Funeral services for Harold Dobesh, 92, were held Thursday, November 9, 2017, at 3:00 p.m. at Heritage Funeral Home in Sioux Falls, SD with Reverend Ward Simpson officiating. A visitation was held one hour prior to the funeral service.
Music was provided by Geoff Smith, soloist, singing "I Will Rise."
A time of memory sharing was held.
Casket Bearers were Harold's grandchildren: Brian Dobesh, Barbara Dobesh, Anna Beasley, Steve Ebel, Cory Dobesh, Daisy Davis, Randy Snyder, Rodney Snyder, and Nikki Snyder.
Graveside service was held Friday, November 10, 2017, at 11:00 a.m. at Hillview Cemetery, Dallas, SD, with Pastor Allen Bouslaugh officiating.


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28th July 2017 ::
By David Waterhouse
We all know, because we are told… we have a National Housing Crisis.
But who really explains what is the real crisis – what is the root problem? What might be the real answer?
We must become a nation of home owners, but we are not building enough homes. It's not a new problem – no government of any shade has surely addressed the problem for decades.
The huge price rises enjoyed by the 'lucky generation' – the Baby Boomers – have been blamed for us being in the situation today.
Knight Frank have done research validating that renting is now a lifestyle choice for many couples and families. Renting provides flexibility with financial 'surprises' like the boiler needing to be replaced, being someone else's problem. The Joseph Rowntree Foundation suggests that 3.7m young people will be reliant on the PRS for housing by 2020.
So the need for a thriving Private Rental Sector has never been more important or valid.
But Shelter, Generation Rent and the like say most landlords are greedy and avaricious.
However, some landlords, most landlords, OUR landlords provide homes, not accommodation.
As a landlord you can provide a legacy for you and your family, whilst ensuring some income if you need it, or the vehicle for significant capital growth over time.
These same organisations say tenants want the security of tenure and are demanding a 3 year agreement. We know from letting over 180 properties every year, that tenants are staying longer than ever before, but the average is just over 18 months – not 3 years.
So just how right are these tenant representatives?
You want to be a landlord, but you don't want to be judged or hated for doing so?
You can be part of finding the solution – being a property owner, but providing a family a home.


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You asked us for the Holy Grail vintage Meyer...so we made it for you!
The BRAND NEW Theo Wanne™ New York Bros Alto mouthpiece brings the best of the vintage alto mouthpiece world to the future!
Theo Wanne is the world's foremost expert on vintage sax mouthpieces and he understands WHY a Meyer sounds great. So, Theo utilized the best design principles from decades of vintage Meyers to make the new Theo Wanne™ NY Bros alto mouthpiece. It is the ultimate vintage Meyer.
"THIS PIECE DOES EVERYTHING THAT HAS ALWAYS BEEN MISSING ON OTHER NY MEYER STYLE PIECES. It is the Perfect Meyer!" - Tim Price (Harry James Orchestra, Charlie Watts Big Band, Sonny Stitt)
The NY Bros mouthpiece is the ultimate alto mouthpiece for students and pros alike, allowing the player to get the 'classic' alto sound AND be fully expressive. Hear more about the history of Meyer and the NYBROS concept here!
You also asked for Theo Wanne™ quality and design at a very friendly price everyone could afford. So we did that too!!!
Versatile! Great for all styles including Jazz, Rock & Roll and even classical.
The most expressive traditional Meyer sound you've ever heard!
Perfectly sculpted medium chamber and roll-over baffle.
Crafted to the highest accuracy in the history of Meyer style mouthpieces; perfect side and tip rails!
Designed by Theo Wanne, the foremost expert on the design and manufacturing of vintage mouthpieces. Incorporating the best features of every Meyer vintage, from the 1940's to present.
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- Free 1st Class Delivery on all orders over £75 to UK MAINLAND
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Delivery Schedule
Orders received before 2pm are normally shipped the same day. International orders are generally received in under 7 days.
We have a massive selection of goods, although If your item is not in stock, we will back order it for you. You will always be emailed with the option to choose an alternative or cancel your order if you would rather not wait.
Postage Prices Outside of the UK
Simply add your desired products to the shopping cart, choose your shipping destination and the website will automatically assign your postage to the shopping cart.
UK Shipping Guide
Listed below is a guide to our UK Mainland shipping charges.
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Postage Within The UK
Royal Mail First Class (Default Shipping)
First Class Delivery aims to deliver within 1 to 3 days of postage but do bear in mind larger items are likely to need hand delivery (sax stands don't fit through letter boxes).Royal Mail Special Delivery (Next Day)
If your order is placed before 2pm and is in stock we aim to deliver the following business day. If an Item is not in stock we will refund your additional postage costs and deliver as soon as the goods are available. Over 2kg we use a mixture of regular post (low value items such as bags and heavier stands) & various couriers (usually DPD or UPS) depending on location and value.
Postage Within The EU
Anything under 2kg ships with Royal Mail. Orders amounting to over about £50 ship using a signed for and, if necessary, insured postal service. Orders over 2kg ship with various courier services- again, usually UPS or Fedex.
Rest Of The World
Any order under 2kg ships in the regular mail (unless otherwise requested at time of ordering). Higher value shipments are sent using a signed for and, if necessary, insured postal service. Heavier items ship by courier - again, we tend to use UPS or Fedex. Please note that, should you want smaller orders by courier (an advisable security measure in some countries) please specify clearly when ordering. This will often incur a higher shipping price which we may have to cover by sending a paypal invoice.
For any order which has shipped with tracking: the full tracking information can be checked using the "my orders" section on our website (a link is on your initial order confirmation).
If you're based overseas and would like more information on shipping including customs duty, please read our Based Overseas guide located here.
If you wish to return products purchased on our website please follow the guidance below.
Goods purchased online from www.sax.co.uk can be returned within 14 days of receipt. This does not apply to products where hygiene is concerned and product seals have been broken (Reeds, mouthpieces etc). Goods purchased through our website cannot be returned to our retail stores.
Please print and complete returns document found here: Return Document and include it inside your package.
- You must obtain a receipt with tracking information from the Post Office or chosen courier service. This can be used to track the item(s) that you are returning. We cannot accept liability for returned goods that we don't receive or for those that get damaged in transit on their return.
- In all cases, (except where an item is faulty) the item(s) returned must be in its original and saleable condition. This includes all original packaging that must be undamaged and intact.
- All goods will be inspected on return. Where we have to make reductions in price to facilitate re-sale, you will be notified and the cost will be deducted from your refund.
- Goods are your responsibility until they reach our warehouse, so please ensure you package them up well to prevent any damage or loss during shipping.
- The initial postage and packaging charge is non refundable.
We aim process refunds 24 hours of receipt. If you do not see your original payment method credited within ten days please contact us.
Please send all returns to the following address:
If you have any difficulty or have any other queries regarding our returns policy, our customer services will be able to assist at firstname.lastname@example.com or 01892662533.


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Saturday Newsreel: Marilyn Monroe
Posted by KC on Jun 5, 2010
Labels: Marilyn Monroe, Newsreel
This is a fascinating collection of Marilyn Monroe newsreels. Among the topics covered: her roles in Bus Stop (1956) and The Prince and the Showgirl (1957), her marriage to Arthur Miller and her legendary presidential serenade. The thing I find most striking about these clips is Monroe's sense of humor; sometimes she practically speaks in sound bites! (I particularly like the crack about "growing" in "inches of something".)


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in this fifth installment of Toysrevil-interviews, i had the opportunity to get deep into the minds, motivations and the kustom-kungfu of Dr. Bao and Spive.
TOYSREVIL: who are the NVC Crew? tell us about yourselves, your "dayjobs" and how does customizing affect them, or visa versa?
SPIVE: I am 26 and I live in Montreal. I studied in Administration and I work part time in a hospital now, so the rest of the time I put my energy into my creations while listening to music and watching TV, so customizing toys doesn't affect my day job at all :)
Since I was a kid, I always liked video games, cartoons and anything related to martial arts, samurai, ninjas, shaolin monks and stuff like that. Ever since high school, I've been a fan of real hip hop. It all started with Black Moon, Smif 'n' Wessun and the whole BCC and of course Wu-Tang Clan. Then there was Gangstarr, Pete Rock CL Smooth, etc ... more recently there is Mos Def, Talib Kweli Mad Lib,RJD2 and for sure MF Doom. Since the age of 18 I've been practicing Kung-Fu. I started with traditional chinese kung-fu (Hung Gar style). By the way that's how me and Dr Bao met. As a freak, Dr.Bao find a Wushu school in Montreal and Bao convince me to go practicing Contempory Wushu with him!!!!!
We then did Wushu and started doing competitions together. I'm still doing Wushu today but I take it (more) easy because I had gotten injured in the past. So that explain our interests martial arts and hip hop and how it perpetuates throughout our customs work.
DR.BAO: I'm the old man in the crew! I'm 31 but will be 32 in a few weeks! I was born in Vietnam but moved to Montreal, Canada in 1982 when I was 7 years old with my family, uncles, aunts and grand-parents. So I almost grew up in Montreal. When we arrived in Montreal, my uncles used to bring me to a theatre in Chinatown to watch kung-fu movies! At home, they'd rent martial arts series and movies too, so I've always been into martial arts! Like Spive said, we met together at a kung-fu school and from then, we became good friends and always hang together until now :)
I first studied in nursing, got my B.SC in Nursing in 1996, and because I graduated from university young (21 years old), I decided to go back to school to do my dentistry course, where I graduated and got my D.M.D (doctorat in medicine dentistry) in 2001. I worked for other dentists at the beginning, but but just got tired of the boring environment and "industrial" way of practice at these places, and so I decided to open my own clinic in 2002.
DR.BAO: I gave it a retro look with all vintage and original 1970's furnitures and decorate it the way I want and now it almost looks like a gallery/clinic since all the walls are covered of paintings. I even make a "toy room" in which I display my collection of toys and of course our customs toys that we're making! All my patients know that I design and customize toys and I introduce them to my universe and passion.
BAO: As a surgeon dentist at my clinic during the day, I actually condense my schedule to 3 working days of 10-12 hours, so I can have some free time to do my artwork. altho I have to find some time to do the administration work of my clinic too ... More than that, I do have my family life with my 4 years old son, 8 years old daughter and my girlfriend! As you can see, it's not that easy to organize all that! So most of the time, Spive will come one time during the week at my clinic and we will work on our artwork, then I have to work on my art during nights when the kids are sleeping, very early in the morning before kids are wake up and on week-end!!!!
I think I have one heck of a crazy life!!! But because I'm a passionate about and really like what I'm doing, everything seems to flow better!!! But I have to admit that I would like to have more free time to work on toys!!!
TRE: 24 hours never seem to be enough in a day, eh? i can so relate LOL ~ so how long have you guys been doing customs? what got you started in the first place?
SPV: Well before I started to do vinyl customs, I was creating articulated robots in clay and Dr Bao thought they were great. Then my first custom job was for an event that Dr Bao did at his dental clinic. It was inspired by the Tag the System event. He bought a whole bunch of HO scale trains and gave them to various artists and had a show with it. I did of course a robot train. At that time Dr Bao had already started to buy some vinyl toys and introduced me to that funky kind of toys. Then we went on different forums to take look at what other people are customizing. So we said why couldn't we try and do one. So we did our first piece Nakamura, a red armored samurai with a skull face for the Gee Whizz show and it paid off because our first piece was even featured in Clutter magazine.
BAO: I have to start by saying that I always did customs on all kind of things. In the 90's, while i was in high school, i'd started customizing jeans and hoodies, which were the fashionable rage at that time. Later in 1993-94 I was more into graffiti and created the NBC crew with my friend Back 175 which became for a few years quite "legendary" in Montreal.
BAO: One day, I was reading the Juxtapoz mag and saw Klim's Tag the System show, and because I was into graffiti - I dug big time the graffiti on trains! I was like hey this is damn cool! So I was thinking of how I can do something similar to Klim's show (without doing exactly the same thing) And because I had already owned some Ho trains in the past, I was like: hey let's do the show but with these trains?! - I can create a train layout and make them roll for real! So I called and invited all my friends and almost the whole scene of writers in Montreal to contribute to my show!
[sample HO-train customs here @ my mutliply-album]
BAO: As for how the NVC crew started, well one day I picked up the phone and called Spive... I told him; "hey what do you think if we're taking the Wu Tang Clan concept and create a crew's name and start doing customs?" - I just knew that Spive and I can be a good duo since I knew how skilled he was. He came to my house and I showed him what people were doing with toys, and the day after that I started on Nakamura and Spive came to help me to continue the job ... and a week after, it was and became the first NVC custom-toy :)
TRE: how do the concepts of your creations came about? what inspires you? i read a lot about your music influences, do you play any "customizing music" when you work your art? LOL
SPV: To begin with we do a lot of brainstorming to get a vision about how the concept will be. If you are familiar with our work you probably know that most of our inspiration comes from martial arts, hip hop, sometimes video games and also cartoon and animation movies - ie: most of the stuff in what we grew up with! But we try not to limit ourselves to only that when it comes to customizing toys. We might have to go out of the box, depending on what we are customizing. So mostly our concepts are about what we generally like in life.
When we do customs we mostly listen to real old school hip hop, or sometimes Jazz, Funk, Soul and/or R'n'B, anything that grooves and makes bounce, so you can get in a cool trance.
BAO: I enjoy a lot instrumental beats and music. people like RJD2, Madlib, Blockhead - this is what I like the most to listen when I'm doing paper works at the clinic. I really like some old jazz, funk and soul music too, I'm kind of an old school guy!
When I'm customizing, most of the time I don't put on anything because I'm working on the kitchen desk at my house and it's just in front of my son's room ... and since I don't want to wake him up, I don't play anything! but it's ok, I can concentrate more on what I'm doing! As you can see, we're quite "ghetto artist", we don't have studios or anything like that!!!! :)
What is really important for us is to really know what's the concept we will be working on. As you probably see thru our work, most of them are based around a certain theme. Most of the time, we don't just do a custom for the sake of doing a custom. We take the time to make a diorama and try to set a mood or story to it. I would say that asian pop culture inspires me a lot too ... it's probably because of my asian side! :)
TRE: how do you start a project? do you sketch out something first? and how did you decide on the execution and presentation of your toys?
BAO: I would say that Spive and I work pretty much in a freestyle way. I mean, after a brainstorming session, we have a pretty good idea of what we want to do in our heads and we can start right away on the custom. We don't draw anything in advance, it's just like Spive and I have telepathy and we "transmit" the pics of what we're seeing into each other's heads! LOL
We usually start by choosing a toy platfrom to work on, most of the time we choose a toy that is simple to work with. Because in Montreal, where there are not much vinyl toys available, we often use the Dunny (for example) and adapt the design of our character to it. But some times we may have to work with what company gives us for a show or exhibition. In that case we try to find a concept that fit the toy and the type of event as much as possible.
SPV: Once we have our main idea, we start our work. Our weapon of choice is polymer clay, so we start by choosing the dominant colors and the contrast between them, color coordination is very important to us. Dr.Bao really likes to play with contrast and lights. The visual concept takes form during the creation. Of course we know what details there will be, but we never precisely know how we will design them. We try something and if it works we keep it that way.
BAO: Because of that, even if we have our general style, we always try something new or different in each custom, so even if you have an idea of what we do, you'd never really know what to expect from us ... I would say that when I was into graffiti, it was similar to the way I was painting too: I would only sit down to have my first outline done, and once I got it, all the "filling" is based on freestyle. We sometimes have to draw something very roughly, especially when we have to sculpt something with a specific look, style or shape....but it's almost the only time that we're sketching.
[the crew working on a Moody-custom!]
SPV: And depending on the type of work that we do, we sometimes add-on other elements such as jewels or anything that we can find that can achieve the effect that we wanted to have. And because we don't sketch our customs in advance, we never know for sure what exact details it will have and how it will precisely look when its finished. I think that may be a more creative process because we never know exactly how it will end up! It's more fun for us and the public because nobody knows how our next job will look like.
Once the figure is finished, we then decide on the diorama in in which the character will fit in. We use dioramas to put the figure in a context, which serves to tell a story about the toy. We found out that it adds a lot to the presentation of our final work.
BAO: When we initially started to do customs, we did only the figures ... But the day when we started doing dioramas, I told Spive; "Forget it, we will never go back and just do figures by themselves!" I mean, it was cool what we we're doing before, but there was something missing ... well, imagine The Afro Samurai standing alone by himself ... I think it will never have the same flavor as it's with the diorama ... it's really day and night, with and without the diorama ... it really adds something special to the piece :)
And because of my experience in photography, I just love to take some nice pics of the project....I set all my lights, backdrop and start the photo shooting session to have some nice pics of what we did - I think it's almost as important as the custom itself! I mean, these pics are what people will be seeing, and most of the time, people might not have the chance to see it in real person ... so to me the pics have to be as nice as possible so people can really have a good idea of your work!!!!
BAO: As you can see, we do care a lot of how our product will look like and the presentation of it......It's part of the job!!!! And as for any other sketches, when we work on our own series of toys that re to be produced, we will eventually have to sit down and sketch all the characters one by one, because we will have to sculpt them from scratch and would want them to have their own style ... but this is for later during the year!
TRE: coolness, that's great news for NVC Crew-fans! remember to drop pics our way, yeh? LOL ~ but i've always wondered, ever since i saw your customs and knowing NVC Crew is a duo-tag-team, how do the both of you work on a project? who does what? is it a permanent arrangement? or do you guys switch sometimes?
SPV: There is no strict rule to who does what exactly. We can both work on anything on a project, but generally we both do a lot of sculpting. I may specialize more in sculpting structures and creating textures and volume. And I have more potential when it comes to sculpting big things and I am good to create props to go with the setting.
SPV: While Dr. Bao can sculpt almost anything but he is really great when it comes to do something small-scaled, the Bronze Migration is the perfect example of how hardcore and sick in the head he can be!!!!!! He is also more about style and flava. Most of the time he add all the finishing touch to the work, like retouching lines, cleaning and painting over.
BAO: As Spive said, I think we're both very versatile and it's what helps us progress pretty fast. Even if we can do almost whatever we want, we still help each other during our sessions. I consider myself lucky, because I can always ask Spive to help me if I'm not sure of how to do something. And because we do not have the same background, we don't neccessarily do the things in the same way, so we always learn from each other.
TRE: were your current signature customs done in the medium of your choice? if so, why? and did/have you both explored other mediums before deciding on the current?
SPV: Yes, I used to sculpt in clay before that and I am more at ease with clay than paint. We prefer clay especially because you can create volume and you can really transform the toy in what you want. We can, if we want, add any kind medium to it, so to us it's the perfect base. We didn't try to explore other mediums because we started this way and immediatly had a good response from the toy industry .It became our style. People recognize us for that. We get recognize also for working on small toy scales.
BAO: Because of my studies in dentistry, I learned a lot on sculpting tech. We had courses of how to sculpt teeth on wax, so it was obvious and natural to stretch my learning experience in dentistry to customizing toys! The transition wasn't hard at all - I use the exact same instruments that I use to sculpt wax teeth or carve/sculpt teeth in patients mouth in amalgalm or resin, to customize my toys! It's just like an extension of my daily job as a dentist, but now I can create whatever I want and not only teeth!!!!
BAO: And because I'm doing some paintings too, I'm quite at ease with paint ... but unlike other artists I would say that I'm not only into a "painting job" on a toy ... I mean, what I like about toys, is that you have something that is in 3D, so you have to take advantage of it and do something in 3D. The other thing I like about scuplting and 3D is that when you're looking at your toys at different angles, you really have textures, relief and shapes so it just more fun to look at than a flat surface. But at the same time, I like to paint...that's why we're blending both techniques, sculpting and painting :)
[view more smash-cans artwork done by Dr.Bao for the La Luz de Jesus gallery group show 2006, on my multiply-album]
TRE: and im sure you wash your instruments, yeh? LOL ~ tell us more about your creations. what are your most memorable customs? any personal favourites?
BAO: Well as you can see, we're a lot influence by anything related to martial arts and urban/ street culture. We knew that if we wanted to be recognized, we have to be real and stay true to what we believed in too ... So our first 2 customs (Nakamura and Takashi) served as a "test", to see the reaction of the toy industry and to what we were doing. And we were very pleased to see that we had gotten very good reactions from people. We then started "for real" and put more and more energy into our work, and that's also how we came with dioramas for all the rest of our customs.
BAO: I would say that all our projects have something special in it. But I would say that we have a few signature projects. As you can see, we'd often use small platform toys for our customs ... but we made an exception when we did the Grendizer project. For us, it was obvious that we had to take a bigger toy than the 3'' Dunny, to give the illusion that he is a big gigantic robot!
TRE: i remember watching the Grendizer video-clip on Kidrobot! (can't find it now tho :p)
Grendizer is our all timer favorite animation character, being our idol when we were kids! I still remember how I used to sit and wait in front of my TV every Saturday morning, to watch his series ... So that project was a tribute to a character that had influenced us a lot and represents an icon in animation history here :)
One of the projects that I'm attached to most is the Bronze Migration project. This project started when a fan and member of Kid Robot forums ask us if we can do Nakamura on the very tiny Munny Zipperpull! I then talked to Spive about what I was going to try, and he just went "You're crazy man! This toy is way too small to do whatever on it!" ... but i told myself that I'm gonna challenge myself and try to do it... and I finally did a new version of Nakamura on this crazy tiny toy! But at the same time, it was so small that it woudn't be nice to just keep him "alone" ... I had then found Kozik's mini Labbitt and Bob Monger in a toy store and I knew that was what I'd needed to complete the set and and I came out with a weird Labbit-animal, pulling a Bob Monger warrior slug with Nakamura sitting on top.
BAO: The inspiration for this project came from the title of Bronze Nazareth's (member of the Wu Tang Clan) album; "The Great Migration" - I combined both names and come out with The Bronze Migration! I was quite happy with this project because I'd used 3 toy platforms, found a way to combine them, that fits well together and that someone could believe it "originally" came like that. We received a very good response from the toy industry ... Mr Frank Kozik himself even send us an email asking us for the hi-res pics of this custom!
And I would say that 2 of our most "famous" projects are the Shaolin vs Wu Tang and the Afro Samurai project:
BAO: We had always wanted to do some Shaolin monks, but we were looking for ideas of how we can do something cool with them and not only about making Shaolin Monks alone ... so one day we decided to take the classic kung fu movie and redo it!
We didn't want to just do some regular ninjas that people use to see. We wanted them to have some hip hop twist in the way they wear their suit.....If you look carefully, Spive incorporate some hip hop fashion icon to the way he wear his ninjas...Like instead of just putting a mask on his ninjas ....he make them wears bandana or ski mask...just like some hip hop heads are doing....
But I have to tell you that this project is not finish at all... We released the pics of our 2 first ones to let people know that we're working on this project and because we wanted to be the first in the toy industry to do a project on the Shaolin Monks combine with the Wu Tang concept.... But we have some surprise for this project and all I can say is that once it will be finish.....the person who will buy and own it will have something very special in his possession.....
With this project we don't only reach toy collectors but we reach some fans of Wu Tang that doesn't know anything about vinyl toy...but they dig what we did because it's related to Wu Tang!!!! We regularly receive emails from people asking to buy them. What's also cool is that even some members of Wu Tang even wrote to us to show their support ....and that's quite cool!!!
BAO: Finally our last customs of 2006.... The Afro Samurai!!!!
BAO: I think this is my favorite custom overall....I mean, it's not really a hard custom in term of details, but it's all about the style and flavor that we give to the character. I was at a bookstore one day and put my hands on an anime mag with the picture of the Afro Samurai on the cover....I was like....ohhhhhhhh this is sooo nice........we have to do something related to it...I showed it to Spive and he was 10000% down to do it.... It was the perfect kind of combo in term of concept......hip hop mixed with martial arts......and an Afro Black Samurai as the main character....Ohhh man.......I'm a big fan of big afro hair just like these guys from the Sly and The Family Stone music group so you can easily understand how happy I was now that I can do some Afro guy!!!!!
I recently received an email from one of the writers of the Afro Samurai animation series and he's digging big time on the project....So that's a very good news for us since it means that it was noticed by people who did the seires.....Now would be cool if the pics come to RZA or Samuel L. Jackson!!!!
TRE: memorable customs indeed! i haveta say, i can't wait for more of your works :) ... what are you working on now, or have just completed?
SPV: We keep on making new customs for different shows. We're working right now on our custom for the Vinyl Element show coming in March. It's a show organized by Vinyl Pulse and will feature the top 40 toy customizers wordlwide. We're working on our biggest custom job so far, and because we know how high the level will be and we just want to be ready for it.
and here's an added treat: an "exclusive first look" at their recently completed custom (privately commissioned): The Grim Reaper!
TRE: *schweet!* and besides your customs, are there any further developments of your own creations planned, other than your customs? any "top-secret" toys being mass-produced in the near future? LOL
SPV: We've been approached by some toy companies to develop some projects. But we didn't really start doing anything yet. We mostly branstorm and discuss on phone every day to see what we will come up with......For sure mass production is one of our goals, but we will always do customs becasue it's there that we can try and experiment new stuff.
BAO: I'm into discussions with a major videogames company for a collaboration ... I can't say more about it since I'm waiting a call from them to see how we can do this collaboration ...
TRE: aw, man! the mystery is killing me! hahahaha but yes, we will await with baited breathe and look forward to your toys :) - finally, tell us what you hope for your creations to do, for you and the toy collector.
BAO: Well what I would really like is the recognition of customs toys as a art form. I mean, it would be great if the collectors consider them as equal value as a painting or sculptures. To me it's obvious that what we're doing is an artwork. That's what I'm trying to explain and to educate my patients at my clinic.
As for what we're hoping our creations to do, well we try to reach more than just toy collectors. We want to do some collaborations with people in the movie, videogames and music industry ...The best thing is how to get people that are not in the toy industry, to get interested in toys ... and that's what we're working on.
TRE: thanks for a great interview, guys! any other words or thoughts you'd like to share with your readers, friends, fans and family?
DR.BAO: I would first like to thank you Andy to give me the opportunity for this interview to talk about our love and passion of customs toys on Toysrevil!!!!
I would also like to thank my girlfriend, my 2 children and parents that help me a lot by giving me some free time and their support during my stressful periods when I'm working on a project! Finally I have a few people that I would like to mention for their help and support in our artwork; Producer Johnny IllDigger and his crew from the Boom Bap Cats for his help on some of the visual presentation of our work. Ted, Jack and Francine, Brian, MD, Emily ... There's too much people to mention but for all the people that knows me and our fans = Thanks a lot for your support!!!
SPIVE: I would like to thank my dad and mom for their support ... My good friends Johnny Ill Digger and Mister Slang from the Boom Bap Cats ... And just like Dr.Bao said; To all our supporters and fans = Thanks a lot!!!
TOYSREVIL: my sincere thanks to both Spive and Dr Bao for taking precious time to do this interview and for the sweet images! best wishes to the NVC Crew for what is going to be a happening 2007 :)
- check out their customs at NVC@blogspot :)
[original post circa 02.02.07]


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The European Union and China have agreed to increase co-operation in the field of environmentally friendly development with a view to decreasing greenhouse gases. At a summit at Prague Castle on Wednesday afternoon, held as part of the Czech Republic's six-month presidency of the EU, the two sides also signed a science and technology partnership that European officials hope will reduce copyright piracy in China, and a joint statement on an EU-China clean energy centre. The meeting, chaired by Czech President Václav Klaus, was attended by China's prime minister, Wen Jiabao, European Commission President Jose Manuel Barroso and EU foreign policy chief Javier Solana.
The last scheduled EU-China meeting was cancelled in December over Beijing's opposition to a meeting between Tibetan spiritual leader the Dalai Lama and French President Nicolas Sarkozy, when France held the rotating EU presidency.
At a news conference after Wednesday's summit, Czech President Václav Klaus said human rights would be part of the "strategic dialogue" between the EU and China. For his part, Prime Minister Wen said the most important thing was to preserve the principles of mutual respect and non-interference in one another's internal affairs.
Protests against the human rights record of the Chinese regime were held in the Czech capital on Wednesday. A small demonstration took place at China's embassy in Prague, while human rights watchdog Amnesty International organised a "parallel summit" to discuss abuses in the country.
Official campaigning has begun in the Czech Republic ahead of elections to the European Parliament being held on June 5 and 6. The 33 parties standing have been presenting their manifestos, while public broadcasters Czech Television and Czech Radio will feature the groups' campaign ads between now and June 2. A poll conducted by STEM for Czech Television suggested that parties' ability to deal with the financial crisis will be the main criterion for voters in the June polls. Meanwhile, another survey by the same agency indicated 24.2 percent of voters would cast their ballots for the Social Democrats, while 20.9 percent would back their biggest rivals, the Civic Democrats.
Some 27 percent of Czech voters turned out in elections to the European Parliament in 2004, soon after the Czech Republic joined the EU.
Czech Television is planning to file a lawsuit against the neo-Nazi National Party after the group sent the station a racist campaign ad promising the "final solution of the Gypsy problem", the news website novinky.cz reported. Czech TV broadcast the clip on Wednesday, because legally they had no choice, a spokesperson said. Both Prime Minister Jan Fischer and Minorities Minister Michael Kocáb condemned the election spot and called on the minister of the interior, Jan Pecina, to order an investigation into the matter.
A caretaker Czech government due to lead the country until early general elections will not send the issue of a planned US radar base to the lower house of parliament, the Czech foreign minister, Jan Kohout, told Wednesday's edition of the newspaper Lidové noviny. Mr Kohout said the subject was not on the interim government's agenda and would be dealt with by whoever is elected in October. While the Senate approved Czech-US treaties allowing for the placing of a radar base in central Bohemia, ex-prime minister Mirek Topolánek withdrew the matter from the agenda of the Chamber of Deputies due to a lack of support.
It is not clear whether America plans to go ahead with the construction of an anti-missile shield project developed by the previous administration. In Prague in April President Barack Obama merely reiterated his previous position that it could go ahead if it was proven to work and was cost effective, and if a threat from Iran remained.
Fifty-five percent of Czechs regard Jan Fischer as a good prime minister, suggests an opinion poll carried out this week by the STEM agency for the newspaper Právo. Just over a quarter of respondents took the opposite view of the caretaker prime minister. Meanwhile, three quarters of those polled said they believed Mr Fischer's caretaker cabinet would win a confidence vote. His government, which was appointed on May 8, has 30 days to win confidence in the lower house.
In an interview with the AFP news agency, Prime Minister Fischer said his government would seek a ban on the far-right Workers' Party. A request from the previous government to have the group declared illegal was rejected by a Czech court. Mr Fischer also said his interim cabinet would not set a date for adoption of the common European currency. The caretaker prime minister is due to unveil his government's policy priorities in the next few days.
In a study by Switzerland's International Institute for Management Development, the Czech Republic ranks 37th out of 57 states in terms of readiness to deal with the impacts of the financial crisis. The Institute's "stress test" focused on how well equipped countries are to face the crisis and to increase their competitiveness in the near future. Denmark did best in the survey.
The Janáček's May International Music Festival gets underway in Ostrava on Wednesday evening. The north Moravian city is the centre of the 34th Janáček's May festival, which also takes place in six other towns in the region over a period of three weeks. The focus this year is on female vocalists. The great Czech composer Leoš Janáček was a native of the north Moravian region and died in Ostrava in 1928.
It should be quite sunny with rain at times over the next few days. Temperatures are expected to reach a maximum of 30 degrees Celsius.