HIGH ACCURACY – With high accuracy of ☑.4 dB, our decibel meter is one of the most accurate sound meters out there. PORTABLE – Due to the compact and lightweight design, the db meter is extremely easy to carry and store. Insert it inside a small storage bag or carry it with you at all times right inside your pockets! HD LCD – The big display screen on the noise meter showcases all of the important information related to the sound levels. Not only are the recordings easy to see and read, but they’re also fully changeable. Not only can the spl meter be operated with a single hand, but it also has various different data functions which allow adjustability.īest part of all, using our noise meter is as simple as inserting 3x AA batteries, pressing the ‘Power’ switch, and recording away! Simple, convenient, and easy to use. And when it’s time to take one or both of them to the laundry room, easy! We just pull them out and return to the hidden laundry hamper drawer when empty.Looking for the perfect decibel meter that’ll measure even the most minute sounds with precision? Our exclusive sound meter was designed to measure all sounds from 30dB to 130dB with an extreme accuracy of 1.4dB.Ĭreated to monitor a variety of different objects, this sound level meter has a high quality microphone which automatically begins detecting sound as soon as the machine’s started. We keep darks on one side and whites on the other side of our built in closet laundry hamper. PS: Wondering how to convert your cabinets or shelves to drawers? We guide you here! Those holes we drilled into the inside of the pull out laundry hamper drawer, as you can see here:Īnd yes, I left them all scratched up to show you what six years of use looks like in real life! No Photoshop here, just pure reality! □□ They have a soft rubber coating around each of the end hooks, so we left one side on and removed the other to fit more easily into the hole we created. Matt scoured the internet and found these fabric laundry hamper bags, which fit perfectly into our new built in closet laundry hamper drawer. …because there was no way I was going to be bending down digging around in these to grab laundry at the bottom of the hamper drawer! Once we determined the size of our pull out laundry hamper (based on our closet drawer sizes), we had to figure out what kind of bags to put inside… We made this quick video showing you exactly how it looks and works!ĭOUBLE LAUNDRY HAMPER How did you hang the hamper bags inside? It just looks like three drawers on the “His” side of our closet, but that’s where our double hamper drawer is! Yet it’s all tucked away and the whole closet looks uniform and cohesive.ĭo you see it? It looks like a set of drawers but really it’s our pull out laundry hamper, hidden from anyone not in The Know! ☺️ We made ours look built-in to the closet so it doesn’t stand out. So I very much enjoy the challenge to really make the things I want to hide actually look so hidden that no one knows they’re there! (Like our kitchen pull out garbage, which I thought for sure everyone would know was our garbage but we’re constantly asked “Where’s the garbage?” so even I was surprised!) Like panel-ready refrigerators made to look like giant cabinets, but which we all know by the size are covering the fridge. Like “hidden” ironing boards mounted right in the middle of the wall (ours really is hidden!). Like “hidden” frame TVs we all know are TVs. Some things, people call “hidden” that still fool no one. PULL OUT LAUNDRY HAMPER The best hidden double hamper design!
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TheatreWorks and he is a lifetime member of The Actors Studio. His numerous guest-star appearances include roles on CSI, Without A Trace NCIS and Friends.ĭeKay can also be occasionally heard on NPR performing in both classical and new plays for L.A. (receiving an LA Weekly nomination for Best Actor), Someone to Watch Over Me and Star Fever at the Deven Center (where he is a company member), The Merchant of Venice at Hartford stage, and he has performed at the Cleveland Playhouse, Cincinnati Playhouse, Penguin Repertory, Indiana Repertory, Levin Theatre and Pasadena Shakespeare, among many others.ĭeKay's other television credits include recurring roles on Brothers & Sisters, The New Adventures of Old Christine, My Name Is Earl, Everwood, Party of Five and Seinfeld as the classic Bizarro Jerry. His regional theatre work includes Burning Blue at The Court Theatre in L.A. He was seen on Broadway in The Show-Off, off-Broadway in Billy Budd at Circle in the Square, and in the National Tour of The Lion in Winter. DeKay's other feature work includes Swordfish and If These Walls Could Talk, among others.ĭeKay is well known for his extensive theater resume. He was also seen in the independent feature Welcome to the Neighborhood and the critically-acclaimed Big Eden. He starred on HBO as a series regular in both the award winning series Carnivále and Tell Me You Love Me for multiple seasons.ĭeKay's recent feature work includes Get Smart, The Chumscrubber, HBO's Walkout, Peaceful Warrior and Control, in which he starred opposite Ray Liotta and Willem Dafoe. “Big Eden” 15th Anniversary edition was release 10/13 on Blue-ray and VOD via Wolfe Video and many major retailers, and across all digital platforms including iTunes, Vimeo On Demand, and .įor more information about “Big Eden” and to follow the film go here.Tim DeKay stars as Peter Burke in USA Network's original series White Collar.ĭeKay has vast experience on stage, television and in feature films. “Big Eden” is a wonderful and charming film that is a must see for all.With all the unrest and discrimination against the LGBT community “Big Eden” shows that acceptance and love goes a long way to changing the perceptions and views of people and hopefully society. Sometimes you have to go home to find happiness and acceptance. Sometimes it’s very hard for us to face who we are along with that we all deserve and our own right to be happy. This collector’s edition Blu-ray includes an amazing 21-minute bonus feature, “Remembering Big Eden” which features intimate interviews with the film’s cast and crew reflecting on the “Big Eden’s” legacy and impact as well as sharing their memories of the production and release. “Big Eden” took home Best Film awards from all of the top LGBT film festivals including Outfest and Frameline, as well as being nominated for the GLAAD Media Award for Outstanding Film in Limited Release. A truly visionary film, Big Eden features a tremendous supporting cast including Academy Award winner Louise Fletcher as the town schoolteacher Grace, and such esteemed character actors as Nan Martin, O’Neal Compton, Corinne Bohr and Veanne Cox. As the town’s general store proprietor Pike Dexter (Eric Schweig, “Blackstone”) begins to fall for Henry, the people of “Big Eden” rise to the occasion to play cupid. Henry has never actually come out to Grandpa Sam, and as he grapples with his own process of self-acceptance he also continues to pine over handsome Dean Stewart, his straight crush from high school (Tim DeKay, “White Collar”). Appearing on scads of top LGBT movie lists since its wildly popular debut in 2000, “Big Eden” stars Arye Gross as Henry Hart, a thirty-something gay artist living in New York City who returns to his Montana hometown of “Big Eden” to visit his ailing grandfather, Sam (George Coe). One of the most beloved gay films of all time, Tom Bezucha’s Big Eden has been newly restored to HD with a fresh digital transfer from the original 35mm negative just in time for the film’s 15th anniversary. It hits upon the universal longing and hope we each have for finding a place where we are loved, and the unconditional desire to see those that we love find happiness. “Big Eden” is a uniquely American fable about home and family. Sometimes you have to go home to find happiness and acceptance, but most importantly to find yourself and to heal. Sometimes it’s very hard for us to face who we are along with the fact that we all deserve and our own right to be happy. The ponies consult Zecora, who, having abandoned the forest, gives Twilight a potion she says will help her learn what is causing the havoc. Twilight and her friends suspect that Discord is responsible, due to the havoc being similar to his previous chaos, and summon him for answers he claims he is innocent, however, and refuses to help them. The only princess left to give them orders, Twilight tells the guards to continue their search for the princesses while she returns to Ponyville to gather the Elements. In addition, the castle guards inform her of an overgrowth of black plants from the Everfree Forest near Ponyville. Twilight awakens the next morning to find that Celestia and Luna have disappeared, leaving the sun and moon hanging in the sky, now split between day and night. Shortly after consoling Twilight that night, Princess Celestia is attacked by a black vine. Applejack reassures her that, while the celebration did bring them together, it is the Elements of Harmony that will keep them connected no matter what. Twilight struggles to adjust to her new wings and duties as a princess she prepares for the Summer Sun Celebration and is depressed that she will spend it without her friends as that was what brought them together. Aired back-to-back on November 23, 2013, they received mixed reviews from critics, who praised the characters and theme of friendship but criticised them in comparison to other episodes. With a script finalized script by August 2012, "Princess Twilight Sparkle" is intended to convey the title character's resilience as a leader and her developments in self-confidence, action, and triumph. As Twilight and her friends try to find the cause of the havoc, they discover the Tree of Harmony, where they give up the Elements of Harmony to save Equestria. The episodes follow the newly crowned Princess Twilight Sparkle, who travels back to her hometown of Ponyville from Canterlot after Princesses Celestia and Luna disappear, and the Everfree Forest invades Ponyville. " Princess Twilight Sparkle" is the collective name for the first and second episodes of the fourth season of animated television series My Little Pony: Friendship Is Magic as well as the sixty-sixth and sixty-seventh overall. My Little Pony: Friendship Is Magic (season 4) Germain as Princess Luna / Nightmare Moon In the Libra H2O, there was a crease clearly visible on the thicker bezel, which is no longer there on the Libra 2. That design, though, has undergone a slight refinement. Out of the eight ereaders in its current catalog (the Libra H2O is still available in some markets), four have the page-turn buttons that make single-hand use so easy – clearly Kobo means for that design to stay and we’re all for it. The Kobo Libra 2 lets you read horizontally (landscape orientation) or vertically (portrait orientation) (Image credit: TechRadar) Kobo Libra 2 review: design and displayĪmazon might have been the one to pioneer the asymmetric design now shared by several ereaders, but Kobo seems to have embraced it completely. The Libra 2 (and the Sage with it) debuted Kobo Plus, an ebook/audiobook subscription service, to Australia and New Zealand, and as of April 2023, the platform is also available in the US and UK with three tiers to choose from. The Libra 2 is available to buy directly from the Kobo Store online or at major retailers worldwide. And it's priced well when compared to the 32GB Kindle Paperwhite Signature Edition, but for $189 / £179 / AU$289, you are getting wireless charging on the premium Paperwhite model. It's a lot cheaper than the 8GB Amazon Kindle Oasis’ $249.99 / £229.99 / AU$399 price tag, and even offers better value than the 2021 Kindle Paperwhite that will set you back $139.99 / £129.99 / AU$239 for 8GB of storage, a 6.8-inch display and no page-turn buttons. Since then, however, Kobo has upped the price tag to $189.99 / £169.99 / AU$299.99.ĭespite the higher cost, the Kobo Libra 2 remains competitively priced, particularly when you take into account its storage capacity of 32GB. Kobo announced the global launch of the Libra 2 on Octofor a price of $179.99 / £159.99 / AU$279.99. Kobo Libra 2 review: price and availability Kobo Libra 2 (32GB White) at Amazon for $189.99.All we need now from Kobo is an ereader with a color display.Īudiobook support finally comes to Kobo ereaders (Image credit: TechRadar) Take all these individual ingredients, stir them into a single device and you’ve got the winning recipe for the best bang-for-buck ereader, despite the price hike. There's no Dropbox support on the Libra 2, however. The thicker bezel has a cleaner look as the crease (found between the page-turn buttons and the screen) on the Libra H2O has been removed, and the new device is just a smidge bigger.Īll the other Kobo perks are onboard, of course – a much wider file format support compared to the Kindles, a more streamlined user interface and, importantly, baked-in OverDrive and Pocket support. There are some minor design changes to the Libra 2 as compared to its predecessor, but nothing to write home about. Our only complaint with the ereader was the trickle charging while topping up the battery after it hits the 92% mark – the rest 8% does take quite a while to get through. The Libra 2 was also the first Kobo ereader to adopt the USB-C port, and it got a higher capacity battery as compared to its predecessor. Since then, all other high-end Kobos come with default 32GB of storage. Bluetooth® wireless headphones or speaker required.The Libra 2 was Kobo's first mainstream ereader to get its storage capacity bumped up significantly – going from a mere 8GB to a whopping 32GB. TypeGenius: 13 different fonts and over 50 font stylesġ71 g Actual size and weight may vary by configuration and manufacturing process.ġ5 file formats supported natively (EPUB, EPUB3, FlePub, PDF, MOBI, JPEG, GIF, PNG, BMP, TIFF, TXT, HTML, RTF, CBZ, CBR) Kobo Audiobooks** **Audiobooks available only in select countries. IPX8 - up to 60 mins in 2 metres of waterĬomfortLight PRO – Adjustable brightness and colour temperature Weeks of battery life* *Dependent on individual usage. WiFi 802.11 ac/b/g/n (dual band), Bluetooth® wireless technology, and USB-C 6” HD E Ink Carta 1200 touchscreen 300 PPI, 1448 x 1072 resolution with Dark Mode We are happy to announce that we have found. We offer gluten-free and ABV-free ready-to-drink cocktails, allowing you to enjoy them more quickly. This cocktail is ideal for any occasion because it is made with 100% Blue Agave and genuine lime juice. Want to create a new wine cocktail? Make your own delicious Margarita wine cocktail today. In the United States, for example, it is distributed by National Beverage Company. It is distributed by a variety of different companies, depending on the region in which it is being sold. Rancho la Gloria is a brand of tequila that is produced in Mexico. There is no one definitive answer to this question. The reason for this is that the beverage is meant to be mixed with tequila in order to be non-alcoholic. This drink contains only 100% Agave wine, despite the fact that it contains tequila.Ī short answer is that it is not possible to consume a cocktail of margarita mix while drunk. You don’t have to worry about buying a bottle of tequila or all of the ingredients in this recipe. The Rancho La Gloria margarita wine cocktail comes in a 750 ml bottle and is ready to serve. With a focus on the future and using 100% Agave wine, Rancho La Gloria’s margaritas are perfectly balanced and fruit-forward. You can find Gloria Margarita wine in most Mexican restaurants, and it’s also available for purchase online. The drink is made with tequila, triple sec, and lime juice, and it’s often garnished with a lime wedge. This tequila-based drink is a popular choice south of the border, and it’s perfect for sipping on a hot day. If you’re looking to buy Gloria Margarita wine, you’ll have to head to Mexico. If you're a fan of the pretty purple drink at Starbucks, you're going to love this recipe! It has all the elements of the Refresher from dragon fruit flavors to mango flavors with lots of sweetness and a little tartness. You shouldn't notice any difference in the flavor of the drink. However, when you make your own Refreshers at home, you can easily leave the green coffee bean extract out. The caffeine comes in the form of green coffee bean extract and you can't order a refresher without it since it's incorporated into the base. A grande size Mango Dragonfruit Refresher has about 45 mg of caffeine (compared to a grande black iced coffee with 165 mg). You may be surprised to learn that Refreshers do contain caffeine, though not as much as coffee. I also have a version of the Strawberry Acai Lemonade here. When the Mango Dragonfruit base is mixed with coconut milk, it becomes a Dragon Drink!Īnd when it's mixed with lemonade, it's the Mango Dragonfruit Lemonade, which is a sweeter drink with a little more tartness. milk and turned into the Pink Drink and the Pineapple Passionfruit base can be mixed with coconut milk for the Paradise Drink. For instance, the Strawberry Acai base can be mixed with coconut. Starbucks also take the Refresher bases and turns them into other types of drinks. I have copycat recipes for the Strawberry Acai Refresher and Pineapple Passionfruit Refresher on my blog. Starbucks has had quite a few varieties over the years, though they've discontinued some. see more on this below) and are super delicious and refreshing on a hot day. They're delicious drink alternatives for anyone who doesn't like coffee (don't worry, the green coffee extract doesn't taste like coffee. Starbucks Refreshers are iced drinks that contain fruit juice, green coffee extract, and scoops of fruit. The main components are dragon fruit syrup, water, citric acid, and mango puree with freeze-dried dragon fruit pieces. Dragon fruit doesn't have a super distinct flavor, but if you've ever had a dragon fruit Vitamin Water or Bai, you know it does have a slightly sweet tropical flavor.Īfter lots and lots of testing, this is the closest version I could make. The actual Starbucks version doesn't seem to have a ton of mango flavor and almost has a little tart berry flavor to it. I must have tested this recipe over two dozen times! I'll be honest, the Mango Dragonfruit Refresher has been the toughest Starbucks copycat recipe for me yet. And I've ordered it so much that finally decided I needed to make my own at-home version. Luckily, the drink also happens to be delicious. Is there anything prettier than dragon fruit? It's so stunning that something tells me lots of people order the Mango Dragonfruit Refresher from Starbucks solely because of how beautiful it is! Do you love Starbucks' Mango Dragonfruit Refresher? This easy-to-make-at-home copycat recipe incorporates all the elements of the vibrantly colored drink, so you can enjoy it any time! For example, children with discharge from their ears were more than 3 times as likely to have autism, while those with impaired hearing during a cold were more than twice as likely to do so. Autism itself was significantly associated with all signs except for symptoms of sleep apnoea (interrupted breathing during sleep).įactoring in the 10 environmental features made little difference to the results. Children with high scores on autistic traits at 30 months had more ENT signs. Pus or sticky discharge from the ears was also associated with autism and with poor coherent speech.Īmong the different ages tested, strong associations were particularly observed when the child was aged 30 and 42 months. Those with autism traits were defined as the 10% of the sample with the highest trait scores.Įarly evidence of breathing through the mouth, snoring, ear pulling or poking, reddened and sore ears, worse hearing during a cold, and rarely listening were all more commonly associated with high scores on each of the 4 autism traits, and with a diagnosis of autism. In all, 177 children had a probable diagnosis of autism:139 boys and 38 girls. A diagnosis of autism was confirmed from educational records and parental feedback, among other sources.Īdjustments were made for 10 potentially influential 'environmental' factors: early or late birth sex number of mother's previous pregnancies resulting in a live or stillbirth breast feeding postnatal depression mother's educational achievements mother's smoking at 18 weeks of pregnancy mother's belief in her own agency child's exposure to environmental tobacco smoke at 15 months child's attendance at a creche/other daycare by the age of 30 months. These were designed to pinpoint speech coherence, social and communication issues, repetitive and abnormal behaviours, and sociability, traits which are characteristic of autism. They also completed 3 questionnaires when their children were just over 3, nearly 6, and 9 years old. Their mothers completed 3 questionnaires when their children were aged 18, 30, and 42 months, which were designed to record the frequency of 9 different signs and symptoms relating to the ear, nose, and throat as well as any hearing problems. The current study is based on comprehensive data for more than 10,000 young children who were closely monitored throughout their first 4 years. (Also Read | World Autism Awareness Day: Early detection, intervention can help patients) This has tracked the health of more than 14,000 children since birth and that of their parents from the early 1990s onwards. To avoid this, the researchers drew on participants in the long term Children of the 90s study, also known as the Avon Longitudinal Study of Parents and Children (ALSPAC). But most of this evidence is based on health records, which may have biased these findings, because parents of children with suspected autism may be more likely than other parents to seek medical help for their offspring, explain the researchers. Previous research suggests that ENT conditions, such as ear infections, 'glue ear', and sleep disordered breathing, may have a role in the development of autism. The causes of autism are likely to involve an interplay of genetic, environmental, and biological factors, and the origins of each autistic trait may also differ, note the researchers. Autism study suggests connection between repetitive behaviours, gut problems(Twitter/curiositygrows1) Early identification and treatment of ENT conditions may improve these children's quality of life and potentially help shed light on some of the origins of autism, say the researchers. According to a study published online in the open-access journal BMJ Open, young children with common ear, nose, and throat (ENT) disorders may be at increased risk of autism or have high levels of detectable autistic symptoms. |
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