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In a culture where everyone wants their skin to look young, supple, and radiant, estheticians hold the key. As a licensed esthetician in Montana, you will get to learn the secrets of beautiful skin and become part of the state's burgeoning skin care industry. The job market for skin care specialists is particularly strong in Billings where there is one licensed esthetician for every two thousand workers, according the US Department of Labor.
Working in one of Montana's top salons or numerous resort spas, you will have an opportunity to work with wealthy residents and tourist alike, performing such services as makeup application, waxing, specialty body services, permanent cosmetics, facials, and microdermabrasion.
To begin your exciting career as an esthetician in Montana, you first need to be licensed through the Montana Board of Barbers and Cosmetologists. For guidance on how to become a licensed esthetician in Montana, follow these simple steps:
|Graduate from a 650-Hour Esthetician Training Program
|Submit your License and Exam Application
|Pass the NIC Licensing Exams
|Start your Career as an Esthetician and Renew your License Every Two Years
Step 1. Graduate from a 650-Hour Esthetician Training Program
Your first step toward a Montana esthetician license is graduating from esthetician school. The Montana Board requires that the school provide at least six hundred and fifty (650) hours of training, with the hours distributed among different subjects as follows:
- Seventy (70) hours of Training in Bacteriology, Sanitation, Sterilization, Safety, Anatomy, Physiology, Blood Spills, Disorders and Skin Diseases, Electricity, Chemistry, Light Therapy
- Three hundred (300) hours of Training in Massage, Skin Care, Makeup, Cosmetics, Facials, Essential Oils, Skin Exfoliation (manual, chemical, and mechanical)
- Fifty (50) hours of Training in Waxing
- Seventy (70) hours of Training in Salon Management, Business Methods, Appointment Books, Customer Service, Professional Ethics, and Current Montana State Board Laws and Rules
- One hundred and sixty (160) hours of Training up to the digression of the school
Once you have completed your Montana esthetician education, you may apply to take the National licensing exams.
Step 2. Submit your License and Exam Application
To apply for examination and licensure, you must be at least eighteen (18) years old, have completed high school or the equivalent, and complete the following steps:
- Submit Completed License Application
- Attach Copy of Birth Certificate or Driver's License
- Attach Copy of High School Transcripts (or equivalent)
- Provide Diploma from Esthetician Training School
- Submit $80 Application Fee
When the Board receives, reviews, and approves your application, you will receive notification of your eligibility to take the National Exams. This will come in the form of an Admission Letter. Once the Board receives your passing exam scores, a permanent license will be issued to you.
Out-of-State Applicants
If you have previously held an esthetician license in another state and you wish to apply for a Montana license based on your previous license, you must meet the following criteria:
- Hold active license in good standing from another state
- Provide an original verification of license
- Pass Board approved written and practical exams with a score of at least 75% or higher
If you meet these criteria, you will submit the following information in order to apply for a Montana license:
- Completed License Application
- Proof of Date of Birth
- Copy of High School and Esthetician School Transcripts
- License Verification
- Original National Exam Scores
- $80 Application Fee
Once the Board approves your out-of-state application, the Montana Board will issue you a permanent license.
You will need to submit all application information and documentation (for both examination and out-of-state applications) to the Montana Board at the following mailing address:
Montana Board of Barbers and Cosmetologists
P.O. Box 200513
301 S Park, 4th Floor
Helena, Montana 59620
Step 3. Pass the NIC Licensing Exams
The Montana Board offers the national esthetician exams through the National-Interstate Council of State Boards of Cosmetology (NIC). Once you receive your eligibility notice, you will be able to schedule both portions of the national exam: the practical portion and the written portion.
Practical Exam
The practical exam will require you to bring your own kit, smock, and mannequin or model. You will be tested on your performance of the following esthetician services:
- Set Up
- Client Protection
- Cleansing the Face
- Hair Removal
- Facial Makeup
- Steaming the Face
- Manual Extraction
Written Exam
The written exam is a computer-based exam that will measure your knowledge, and it will include, but is not limited to, the following esthetician information:
- Microbiology
- Levels of Infection Control
- OSHA Safety Procedures
- Blood Spills
- Skin Growth, Cells, and Histology
- Disorders of the Skin
- Skin Care Ingredients and Composition
- Skin Analysis
- Exfoliation Procedures
- Cleansing Procedures
- Facials
- Masks
- Face and Body Treatments
You must pass both of these Montana Board approved Esthetics exams with of score of at least 75% or higher. Once the Board is notified of your passing scores, the Board will issue you your Montana Esthetician License!
Step 4. Start your Career as an Esthetician and Renew your License Every Two Years
Congratulations! Now that you may legally work as an esthetician in Montana, consider looking for jobs as a makeup specialist, an eyebrow arch expert, a medical esthetician, or a waxing specialist. You may even find that your knowledge of makeup products and application techniques makes you a perfect makeup salesperson. If you are looking to work as a skin care specialist at a salon or spa, check out some of the these top locations in Billings:
- Tallman Dermatology & Medical Spa
- Central Wellness
- Julie Solberg Massage Therapy
- Willow Creek Dayspa & Salon
- Carizzma Salon
- ULTA Salon
- Massage Envy
Esthetics Teacher
If you want to advance your career, one great way is to become an esthetics teacher. To become an esthetics teacher in Montana, you must meet the following eligibility requirements:
- Hold current esthetician license
- Complete six hundred and fifty (650) hours of teacher training
- Actively work as a licensed esthetician for the immediately previous three (3) years
If you meet these eligibility requirements, Montana will allow you to submit the application for the Instructor Examinations.
License Renewal
You will need to renew your Montana esthetician license by March 1st every two years. To renew, submit a renewal application and the $80 renewal fee. The Montana Board allows estheticians to renew their licenses online.
Esthetician Salaries in Montana
The average annual esthetician salary in Montana was $32,790 in 2013. There was a three fold difference in the average salary of estheticians entering the field in Montana and those with experience. Entry-level skin care specialists in the 10th percentile earned $17,770 on average a year with those in the 90th percentile averaged $53,600 a year.
Official salary figures are likely to be lower than esthetician take home pay because of the prevalence of tipping.
The number of esthetician jobs is increasing by 40% nationally between 2012 and 2022 according to the US Bureau of Labor Statistics (BLS). Reasons for this include the willingness of aging baby boomers to seek skin care and an increase in the number of men seeking these services.
Skin Care Specialist Salaries in Montana by City
The average esthetician salaries in Montana's metropolitan areas differed greatly. The average salary in the Billings area was 30% higher than that in Missoula. Estheticians earned $40,070 on average in the Billings area and $30,810 in the Missoula area.
The difference in the salaries of experienced estheticians in the 90th percentile was very pronounced. Those in the Billings area earned $20,210 more than those in Missoula. The average salaries for experienced professionals were $57,940 in the Billings area and $37,730 in the Missoula area.
Entry-level estheticians were also more highly paid in the Billings area. They earned $25,320 a year as compared to the $17,850 earned by entry-level estheticians in the Missoula area.
One hundred and twenty estheticians practiced in Montana in 2013. One quarter of them were located in the Billings area.
The BLS provides additional detail on skin care specialist salary levels in the Missoula and Billings areas as of 2013:
6 Notable Esthetician Programs in Montana
Millions of Americans have long recognized Montana as a favorite vacation destination, and word has gotten out. For several years now, Montana has become the quiet destination for Hollywood's rich and famous, who have been purchasing ranches and mountain cabins to get away from the buzz of the city in nature's grandest cathedral. And while they are on vacation, they want to look good! A trip to a quiet mountainside spa is just the ticket, and Montana esthetics schools are producing skilled estheticians to fill all those jobs. With an average tuition cost of just over $7,000, esthetics training is affordable in Montana and the job prospects are excellent.
Here you'll find the top schools in Montana that offer full esthetics programs that meet the requirements for state licensure.
- Tuition: $7,100
- Kit Cost: $1,500
- Program Length: 4 months
Although AKA is in Idaho, not Montana, it's still good enough to make our list of top esthetics schools available to Montana residents! The program trains students for work in salon, spas, or doctor's offices, but also aims at preparing them for running their own business with advanced business skills training. The Academy even offers scholarships to qualified candidates to help cover the cost of tuition.
- Tuition: $7,440
- Kit Cost: $1,220
Bold Beauty Academy hits all the typical high points of a modern esthetics education with in-depth instruction on facials, hair removal, makeup artistry, and advanced skin care techniques. But it also goes the extra mile by teaching students the basics of finance and business, so they are prepared to go right from graduation to advanced management positions in salons and spas anywhere in the state. Another way the school goes above and beyond is in community involvement. Students are involved in fundraising activities, humanitarian programs, and outreach services throughout their time at the academy.
- Tuition: $5,000
- Kit Cost: $1,100
Kalispell's Crevier's Academy is one of the premier esthetics schools in Montana. With the highest job placement rate for graduates, it's a sure bet for students intent on finding work as soon as they finish the program. And with a 75 percent on-time completion rate, the Academy is one of the best in the state for making sure students do finish and pass their licensing exams. A job placement department helps line up positions for graduates, and the school provides business training in addition to traditional esthetics skills such as skin care and hair removal. VA benefits are all accepted here.
- Tuition: $9,675
- Kit Cost: $2,667
- Program Length: 8 months
Health Works has a 100 percent on-time completion rate for students, the best in the state. Together with a 75 percent job placement rate—facilitated by a career services section that helps students find their ideal positions after graduation—this institute is a good bet for esthiology students serious about a career in the health and beauty industry. Other advantages to the program include a strong business training aspect, which prepares graduates for independent practice or the possibility of owning their own spa or salon someday. The Institute accepts G.I. Bill benefits from qualified veterans. Graduates also leave HWI with the lowest student loan debt rates in the state!
- Tuition: $7,200
- Kit Cost: $2,600
- Program Length: 7 months
The Montana Academy of Salons is dedicated to student success, and they demonstrate that dedication by constantly updating their esthetics curriculum to reflect the latest skin care products, techniques, and technologies. As a premier Redken school, the academy has early access to some of the best products, something that other schools can't match. A clean, bright, spacious salon floor with full-length mirrors and roomy work stations make learning easy.
A business training element in the curriculum ensures that students are ready to manage their own independent esthetics practice, and the academy provides career assistance services. VA benefits are accepted and some scholarships are even made available to qualified students.
- Tuition: $6,000
- Kit Cost: Included in tuition
True Colors has top-notch facilities for student estheticians where instructors deliver advanced training in the skincare skills they'll need in a competitive industry. The school is one of the most affordable in the state, providing excellent value anyway, but it also offers four scholarships to prospective students to help pay the way. Community involvement is important in Montana, and True Colors holds up their end of the pact by involving students in various community and charitable events.


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I don't rock the preppy look all the time, but I definitely channel my inner prep every once and a while…especially in the warm weather months. There is something about seersucker and monograms that I can't quit. My mama clearly knows that little fact about me because she gave me this adorable monogrammed pouch for Easter. Isn't it the sweetest?
It's been a while since I picked up a personalized piece for myself, so I thought I would round up a few more monogram numbers that struck my fancy. In fact, I must have had a beach trip on the brain because all of these would be perfect to pack for a day trip out to my favorite sandy stretch. I mean you can't go wrong with a Turkish towel, large and in charge tote or blanket…Am I right? And clearly I love a good pouch. I have one in my bag at all times. They're so useful for storing my lippies and other odds and ends.
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Supporting the IFC
How to Donate Money
We need your support to continue to provide services for free to international students! Financial contributions are always appreciated, but more importantly we need the donation of time and service from volunteers to help lead English classes and also help us out with our events!
If you would like to donate to us, please contact Judy at firstname.lastname@example.com, or you can donate online via PayPal by clicking the "Donate" image. Thank you so much!top of page
Current Items Needed
If you have some goods to donate to the IFC, please contact Judy. She will let you know if we can use it and arrange for drop off/pick up. If you would like to provide goods for us, here is a short list of some of things we need.
- Coffee
- Kitchen utensils (knives, cooking utensils, etc.)
- Used or new DVDs of movies or TV shows suitable for English classes, should have English subtitles
- Disposable plates, bowls, and napkins
Quarterly Newsletters
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Article by Jerry Low
Geek dad, SEO data junkie, investor, and founder of Web Hosting Secret Revealed. Jerry has been building Internet assets and making money online since 2004. He loves mindless doodling and trying new food.
In the world of web-hosting there are two control panels that are commonly used; cPanel and Plesk. Both solutions are generally offered by all web-hosting companies on a VPS or dedicated server plan and they are generally around the same price. Sometimes you will be able to find Plesk being offered for less than cPanel but this will vary. If you are using a shared hosting solution you are generally only offered the user cPanel.
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Compare cPanel and Plesk features head-to-head in table below.
|Auto Installers
|Application Vault
|Available Scripts
|List Available Here
|List Available Here
|Statistics Features
|Analog, AwStats, Webalizer
|Webalizer, Plesk Traffic Manager, AWStats
|Other Features
|Custom Reports, Graphical Analysis, logs, log rotation
|Real Time Bandwidth, Custom Reports, Graphical User Breakdowns
|DNS Features
|Other Features
|Clustering, Hands-off automatic configuration
|Remote DNS, Load Balancing Support, Master/Slave Management, Automated File Matching, DNS Recursion, SOA Settings
|FTP Information
|proFTPd and PureFTPd
|Other Features
|Drive Letter Access, Anonymous FTP, Graphical File Manager Anonymous
FTP Uploads, Additional Accounts
|Anonymous FTP, Upload Directory, FTP Throttling, File Manager
|Database Support/Features
|MySQL, PostgreSQL
|MySQL, PostgreSQL
|Admin Panels
|phpMyAdmin, phpPgAdmin
|phpMyAdmin, phpPgMyAdmin, Secure Setup, Multi-user/Multi-DB
|Mail Features
|Exim, Courier-IMAP, Courier-POP
|Mail List
|Mailman Aliasing, Auto- responses, Groups, User Access
|Horde, Squirrelmail
|Horde IMP
|SpamAssassin, BoxTrapper, Spam Box
|DrWeb, Kaspersky
|Web Features
|Web Servers
|Apache, CGI-Perl, PHP, SSI, JSP
|Apache ASP, PHP, Python, SSI, CGI, Mod_Perl, Ruby, FastCGI
|Devlopement Tools
|SSL, phpSuExec, SuPHP, mod_security
|SSL, Suexec
|IP Deny Manager, Hotlink Protector, Anti-leech, Passwords
|Last 300 Errors, Custom Error Pages
|Account Types/Levels
|Reseller Login
|Yes, with WHM 11
|Domain Owner Login
|Mail User Login
|Demo Sites
|Click Here
|Click Here
Initially released in year 1996, cPanel is originally designed by J. Nicholas Koston; and it's now managed by cPanel Inc. in Houston, Texas. The software supports a wide range of Unix based OS including CentOS, Red Hat Linux, as well as FreeBSD. cPanel is the most commonly used control panel because it is generally offered free with a shared hosting account. cPanel offers two interfaces one for the client and one for the reseller, the reseller panel is also known as the WHM panel.
cPanel official website: http://www.cpanel.net/
Screenshots Of WHM
The basic user cPanel allows the user to control his or her site thorough an easy to use interface. The features that are available will vary based on what is setup through the WHM panel. Some common tasks that can be performed through the user cPanel includes; uploading files, creating sup-domains, modifying DNS entries, creating/editing E-Mail accounts, and monitoring resource usage for sites hosted under that cPanel.
The WHM panel is designed for resellers to be able to create cPanels for subscribers. The WHM panel is generally offered to users with a reseller, VPS, or dedicated server account.
Overall the WHM offers a lot of features but can be difficult to use for someone who has only used the basic user cPanel.
Do note that this post is written with the end users in mind. While it may look very easy to get started with cPanel as an end user; setting up and managing the backend system is another story. For instance, there are a number of steps, including configuring a package handler like Yum and server release tiers, to follow before the installation. Also, note that cPanel does not come with an uninstaller- once it's installed, you will have to reformat the server in order to remove it.
Plesk, on the other hand, was released back in year 2003. The company is originally a product of SWsoft (after SWsoft acquired Plesk Inc.) but it's now shipped under Parallels Inc; and the infamous Plesk is rebranded as Parallels Plesk Panel. Unlike cPanel, Plesk supports both Windows and Unix based operating system. Parallels Plesk Panel for Unix support Debian, FreeBSD, Ubuntu, SUSE, Red Hat Linux; while Parallels Plesk Panel for Windows support Windows Server 2003 and 2008. Personally, I think that Plesk offers better flexibility (especially for Windows users) when compare to cPanel.
Plesk also offer two different control panels; one for the user and one for the administrator. The administrator control panel is also known as Plesk Server Administrator (PSA).
Plesk official website: http://www.parallels.com/products/plesk/
PSA Screenshots
Generally, Plesk does the same things as cPanel but the layouts are completely different. It'd be tough to switch between the two when you are already familiar with one of them.
Plesk is a great solution for those who are familiar with Windows and don't mind spending a little time figuring out how everything is setup – which, in my opinion, not too hard.
One major thing I like better about Plesk than cPanel is Plesk Site Builder. I find Plesk Site Builder very powerful and easy to use. Just to give you a quick feel on how it's like, below are some screenshots.
Plesk Site Builder Screenshots
I would recommend cPanel to the basic user who is just trying to run a single small site or who has been using cPanel for a long time (since it is difficult to switch because of the layout differences).
I would recommend Plesk to anyone who is looking for a powerful and cheap GUI to manage their website. Additionally Plesk offers everything cPanel does plus the site builder which is a great tool for someone who is just starting out in web design or wants to make a quick website, Plesk is also generally a little cheaper than cPanel so it just makes more sense to me. Please keep in mind that for many shared hosing platforms Plesk is not an option.


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Berries[1] (also referred to as Apples[2], Nuts[3], Fruit[4][5], and Yoshi Fruit[6]) are fruit found in Dinosaur Land, but have also made appearances elsewhere. Yoshis can eat them and, depending on the color of the berry, get some kind of item.
Super Mario series[edit]
Super Mario World[edit]
In Super Mario World, Yoshis can eat berries for a value of one coin. Yoshi eats them when he is in contact with them or grabs them with his tongue. Three kinds of berries can be found in this game. Red-colored berries give Yoshi a Super Mushroom if he eats ten in the same stage (in the Super Mario World: Super Mario Advance 2 version, Red Yoshi will get a Fire Flower, Blue Yoshi will get a Cape Feather, and Yellow Yoshi will get a Super Star). Pink berries cause a coin-throwing cloud resembling Lakitu's Cloud to appear if he eats two in the same stage. The cloud gives a 1-Up Mushroom if he collects all ten of the smiley-faced coins it drops. The rare green berries, found only in Funky (and the intro level at the start of the game), add 20 seconds to the timer. It is also possible to softlock the game by eating a berry and collecting a powerup at the exact same time.
New Super Mario Bros. Wii[edit]
Red Berries also appear in New Super Mario Bros. Wii, where they serve the same role. Every five Berries Yoshi eats makes him produce an item. The item that Yoshi yields depends on the power-up that Mario is using when Yoshi eats five berries. The early elements feature a Yoshi Cookie, equivalent to five Berries. Pokeys also transform into a non-spiked form with every single "bah" in the music. In this form, Yoshi can eat them for coins or a power-up, much like berries.
Super Mario Galaxy 2[edit]
Red Berries reappear in Super Mario Galaxy 2, whose manual simply refers to them as Fruits and are more peach colored than red. They are grown on the ground instead of shrubs as in previous games, and can be squashed and destroyed by Mario with a Ground Pound. Yoshi can eat berries to earn Star Bits. If ten berries are eaten, the player receives one life. The game also features large golden berries that are more difficult to pull, and Yoshi has to hold on to them with his tongue for a few seconds before he can eat them. The golden berry gives a Launch Star and five Star Bits when eaten. This game also has a power-up called a Bulb Berry. When Yoshi eats a Bulb Berry, he glows bright and can illuminate otherwise invisible ground.
New Super Mario Bros. U[edit]
Berries colored red again reappear in New Super Mario Bros. U, where they behave like in their previous appearances. A meter appears after Yoshi has eaten a berry which shows how many berries he has eaten.
Super Mario Odyssey[edit]
Berries reappear in Super Mario Odyssey, where they are found in the Mushroom Kingdom and in secret areas reached from the Dark Side. Mario can capture Yoshi, allowing him to eat Berries. Whenever a Berry is eaten, a meter appears, and a Power Moon appears when the meter fills up. More than one Berry can be collected at once if Yoshi's tongue is extended towards them. Upon returning to an area with Berries, Berries that were collected previously are replaced by translucent Berries, and give the player a coin when collected. Berries can also be found in Warp Pipes, and Yoshi must eat them so Mario can enter the Warp Pipe.
Super Mario Maker 2[edit]
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Although it is unconfirmed Berries will directly appear as items in Super Mario Maker 2, they can be seen in the trees in the background of the forest level theme in the Super Mario World style, with two isolated red ones per screen.[7]
Yoshi's Safari[edit]
Berries reappear in Yoshi's Safari, referred to as Nuts in the game's manual.[8] When used during boss battles, Yoshi flashes gray and takes half damage for a limited time. When not used at all, 2,000 bonus points are added to the player's highscore.
Mario Kart 8 / Mario Kart 8 Deluxe[edit]
In Mario Kart 8 and Mario Kart 8 Deluxe, berries make cameo appearances in N64 Yoshi Valley and GCN Yoshi Circuit. Along with Yoshis that make appearances, there are trees that bear berries for Yoshis to eat.
Puzzle & Dragons: Super Mario Bros. Edition[edit]
Berries appear in Puzzle & Dragons: Super Mario Bros. Edition and are referred to as Fruit in the American English version and as Berries in the British English version. They are special Skill Items that raises the Skill levels of all Yoshi and Winged Yoshi colors, and all types/forms of Koopa Troopas, Koopa Paratroopas, Buzzy Beetles, and Para-Beetles. They can be earned by opening up ? Blocks; winning them from the Lucky ? Blocks game at Toad Houses, or from Para-Beetles and all Koopa Paratroopas with a 10+ Combo attack. A rare version of Fruit exist as Rare Fruit.
Mario & Luigi: Paper Jam[edit]
Berries reappear in Mario & Luigi: Paper Jam, where Mario, Luigi, and Paper Mario must give one to a famished Wiggler in Gloomy Woods, allowing him to get enough energy to break through trash in the forest. The trio must then collect ten more berries spread around the area, along with a melon, after Wiggler becomes worn out after rampaging through the trash. A Paper Paratroopa tells Mario that Bowser loves berries. At the beginning of the mission titled "Yoshi Rush", the Yoshi eats three berries, creating Yoshi Eggs.
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Kingman's Villani still fighting almost half-century after leaving Vietnam
KINGMAN - The Vietnam War divided the nation. It is called the only war the U.S. ever lost. More than 58,000 Americans died in the war and hundreds of thousands of Vietnamese also perished.
For many who fought in that long-ago "police action," the war is still being waged.
In 1965, Luigi Villani was drafted into the United States Army, two years after he emigrated from Italy as an 18-year-old.
After boot camp and specialized training at Ft. Jackson, S.C., Ft. Dix, N.J. and Ft. Lewis, Washington, Villani was assigned to Headquarters Company, 3rd Battalion of the 4th Infantry Division's 8th Infantry.
Next stop: Camp Holloway, Pleiku, Vietnam.
It was September 1966 and the legendary 4th Infantry, a unit that was created in WWI, conducted combat operations in the western Central Highlands that run along Vietnam's border with Cambodia.
Historic accounts of the region indicate Villani and his fellow soldiers experienced intense combat against regular forces with the North Vietnamese Army.
But it wasn't just determined, well-disciplined communist forces that were the enemy.
Our own military sprayed the jungles with a chemical herbicide known as Agent Orange, a toxic, deadly mix of dioxin and other poisons that did far more harm than defoliating the forests.
"Not only did we get sprayed with Agent Orange, we had no water supply so we drank water right from the fields," said Villani, who became an American citizen shortly after his tour of duty ended in 1967.
"They told us it was harmless. They gave us green tablets that were supposed to purify our water. They never told us the tablets killed the bacteria, but they didn't kill the chemicals."
The spray came from huge C-130 transport planes, helicopters and even from troops on the ground.
More than 20 million gallons of the deadly herbicide was sprayed from 1962 to 1971 in the ironically named Operation Ranch Hand.
Initially, Villani believed the spray was used to kill the millions of brown beetles that infested the jungle.
"They were everywhere and they were pests," he said.
The truth began to dawn on Villani and his fellow soldiers as soon as a helicopter dropped them in a newly defoliated jungle.
"When we moved, and it was always by helicopter, they would drop us off in the jungle and everything was burnt."
In the beginning, cloying jungle that Agent Orange turned into a broad-vista desert pleased the GIs.
"It was good," said Villani. "You could see the enemy better. They (the NVA) used to wipe out our entire company in just five minutes. One minute you're walking through the jungle, the next minute, they pop up all around you and start shooting. I watched my friends die.
"In the jungle, when we got action we lost people. So yes, Agent Orange was an improvement for us, but they forgot to tell us about the danger."
Hauling a mortar
Villani carried an M-16 rifle in the field and he also carried the M29, an 81 mm mortar that weighed nearly 100 pounds.
He and his platoon would spend about a month at a time in the jungle, seeking out an enemy that was adept at not being found. They would return to Pleiku for a few days to R&R, and then a helicopter would take them back to the jungle.
The U.S. had not yet entered Cambodia, and North Vietnamese troops would cross the border into Vietnam, conduct an ambush and run back.
"They had a lot of jungle," said Villani. "My biggest thing was, you wanted help but you had no authority. The rules were wrong. I know freedom has costs and I know we were sent there for a reason, but all the things you see over there, it makes you depressed."
He said it wasn't only Americans who committed barbarous acts, even by wartime standards.
Early in his tour, Villani saw how the enemy fought.
He said soldiers would conduct long-range reconnaissance patrols, nicknamed LERPS.
The point of the patrols was to move well into the jungle and spy on the enemy. The idea was to remain undetected and simply report the enemy's location.
"These guys, they got caught, but they didn't take them prisoner. They killed them and chopped off their hands. When they do stuff like that it makes you want to fight. You say, you guys want to fight? OK. We want to fight, too."
On another occasion, a young thief used a razor to cut a fellow soldier's pocket and steal his wallet. The blade cut deeply into the man's leg.
"He ran off so fast. They would have killed him, and they would have got in trouble," he said.
He spoke of the My Lai Massacre, easily the most notorious event of a war chock full of notoriety.
U.S. soldiers killed between 347 and 504 civilians, most who were women or children, in 1968, after Villani's tour ended.
The number of dead is conflicted because the lower count is the official U.S. Army's position. The higher number is what the Vietnamese government assigned.
The killings were for one reason: revenge. Booby traps had killed a number of soldiers and the frustration boiled over into the mass murder of civilians.
The Army covered up the incident for 18 months, but three soldiers who were there that day remained steadfast in their account of what happened.
"My Lai was brutal," said Villani. "It was brutal. No other word can describe it, but when you go into a war and your mind is weak, sometimes they can force you to do things."
He said troops with the Republic of Korea routinely committed massacres but never suffered consequences.
"I'm not justifying anything, but the South Koreans, if just one of their men got killed they'd destroy the entire village.
"You never heard about that, but if we did the smallest thing they called us baby killers. We were fighting the war nobody wanted."
Villani was luckier than most. A bullet fired by the enemy tore threw his uniform, leaving his skin unbroken.
He was injured by shrapnel in another firefight but came out of the rest scratch-free.
Home again
His family welcomed him back home to the upstate New York town of Westchester in August 1967.
Little did he know it, but Villani's war had just begun.
He could have collected unemployment. He could have stayed with his mom or one of his brothers until he was ready for life out of the jungles of Vietnam, but he went straight to work.
"I got home from Vietnam on a Thursday and I was at work on Monday," said the lifelong homebuilder who moved to Kingman with his wife, Filomena, and their three children in 1983.
He said the nation thinks it treats modern warriors better than it did those of his generation, but he sees through the car ribbons and the feel-good patriotism.
"Look at the people we sent to Iraq and Afghanistan," he said. "We give them praise and clap for them when they go over there, but when they come back and wind up on the streets we turn our back."
For Villani, who has spent the past 45 years fighting the government over its use of Agent Orange in Vietnam, frustration has given way to incredulity.
"Monsanto made billions and billions of dollars selling that poison to the government," he said, "now the government says they can't assume everything that's wrong with me was caused by the spray. They can't even tell me anything that's wrong with me was caused by Agent Orange."
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From a medical standpoint, Agent Orange and the cancers and diseases it causes are also caused by exposure to other things, giving VA doctors a convenient excuse to do nothing for the men most affected.
Villani is convinced he and thousands of other troops were poisoned by Agent Orange. He's not looking for money. He's not looking for anyone to go to prison,
All he wants is for somebody in the government to stand up and acknowledge that using the defoliant in Vietnam was, at the least, a lapse in judgment.
Not only was the jungle deforested, a large part of Operation Ranch Hand focused on the tiny plots of land farmers in rural Vietnam used to grow crops.
The idea was to interrupt the North Vietnamese Army's food supply. Instead, hundreds of thousands of civilians starved or were forced to move to Saigon or some other city under American control.
Saigon, for instance, grew by about 6 million people during the Vietnam War. The vast majority of newcomers came from the countryside.
Now 68, Villani credits living this long with never having been a drinker or a smoker.
He's testified before legislative panels and he's been interviewed on radio. He's advocated for other soldiers afflicted by exposure to Agent Orange and he continues to reach out to veterans of all generations.
Through it all, the man who fought for his country before it was his country remains a patriot.
"The Army can be a good opportunity," he said. "I love this country and I know it's true when they say freedom isn't free. Freedom can cost a lot. For some, it can cost everything."
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Russia Bans Import Of U.S. Chicken, Pork
Russia has banned the import of chicken and pork from 30 U.S. facilities in the wake of a midsummer audit. Russia has not disclosed what, if anything, the audits uncovered, according to a concerned spokesman from the USA Poultry and Egg Export Council.
All of the banned poultry plants were major suppliers of U.S. poultry to Russia and are some of the most efficient facilities in the country, the export council said.
At least three of the poultry plants participate in a model U.S. Agriculture Department program to improve the efficiency of meat and poultry inspections and improve food safety, the council said.
The U.S. poultry industry has about 100 chicken plants and the loss of the 17 processing plants should not greatly disrupt business, said Paul Aho, an economist with the consulting firm Poultry Perspective.
"Russia banning us is not good news. But, it doesn't really influence things too much. There are 100 plants or more and the others ones can send it to Russia," said Aho.
Russia is the second largest export market for U.S. poultry. The USDA will re-inspect and approve the slaughterhouses on Russia's behalf as soon as Russia shares the shortcomings of our little chicks and piggies.
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This is a family recipe, as my family is from The Netherlands. I have grown up with these lovely balls of deliciousness, almost like a doughnut, but without the hole, dusted with a generous amount of icing sugar and served toasty warm.
I like the version with a little slice of apple inside, which can allow you to feel slightly healthy, but really I think it is just a delicious combination of flavours. Others prefer them with raisins (which I detest with a passion), and others still prefer theirs plain.
Traditionally these are served on New Years Eve (although you can enjoy them all year around, if you keep it on the downlow). My mother told me how the entire house was requested to tiptoe carefully around and not speak too loudly for at least 6 hours when my grandmother used to cook these many years ago... so as not to upset the olieballen and have them not rise properly. This resulted in my mother being too scared to cook them for many years, however we did make them not that long ago, and it was a huge success, although the house was strangely quite for a couple of hours and I was requested not to close the doors too loudly...
You will need:
- 1 kg flour
- 50 gm of compressed yeast or 3 sachets of 7gm dry yeast
- 950 ml warm (not hot) milk
- 1 rind of lemon zest (finely grated)
- 3 granny smith apples
- 1 tsp salt
- 2 eggs
Cover the bowl/container with a tea towel and leave in a warm place to rise for a couple of hours.
When the mixture has risen, heat some oil (enough to submerge the oliebollen into) to about 180 degrees celsius and start frying amounts in the oil - it is up to you if you want little oliebollen or slightly larger ones - about a tablespoon full at least.
The oliebollen should rise to the surface when ready, and they should also flip over quite cutely by themselves, but if not, just turn them over.
Once cooked, pop onto a plate with some paper towelling to remove access oil.
Then serve sprinkled with icing sugar, or even cinnamon sugar if you prefer. And for a little Aussie twist, have it with some golden syrup! (First tried by my mothers partner one night, and it tasted very very nice. After we had gotten over the shock of course!)
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This is our Regularly Scheduled Mastermind Meetup, and as usual, if you've just joined this meetup group. . . Welcome!
Any new members who are considering attending, (and who have not attended a Markham Mastermind meeting before, but would like to) are urged to contact me directly.
During our meetings, the unique Mastermind format will be conducted, and each member will have the opportunity to get some help with their business, (from the other members) immediately! All current members are reminded to ARRIVE EARLY (aim for 6:45-6:55), so that we can start on time, and so that all members get maximum time, without the interruption of late arrivals. Also, please be prepared to participate, It's the best way to get the most out of the group. Be sure to bring with you some area of your business that you would like to work on, or like help with. After the meeting, notes will be sent out to all members, reminding them of the suggestions and support they received and what they have committed to be accountable for in the week ahead. This format ensures that small business owners like yourself are staying on track and growing their businesses week to week. If there isn't space at present, I'll be sure to let you know, and I'll add you to the wait list.
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Homosexuality has always existed in Morocco, but until recently it was a taboo, a hchouma(shame)and something practised between very closed doors…I remember that many years ago when Nourredine Ayouch dared publish a reportage about Moroccan gays in his magazine -kalima-(the word), the magazine was banned from circulation and the journalistts harrassed..Now the Moroccan authorities put on plastic eyes and behave as homosexuality is something that tolerated, accepted and even publicized…
The gay who has recently got married and celebrated his marriage with music , dancing and drinking alcohol , as you will see in the video below, is a famous figure in the small ,conservative city of KSAR EL KEBIR ( THE PARADOX HERE IS THE MAYOR OF THE CITY IS AN ISLAMIST AND MEMBER OF THE PJD ( the Moroccan islamic party ).He is a bootleger and a notorious gay but ,well, as long as he is not a devout moslem, everything is fine with him….The dying moroccan economy needs him to boost gay tourism in a region known for its poverty…
What does Islam say about homosexuals?
Sheik Yousuf Al-Qaradhawi: Homosexuals Should Be Punished Like Fornicators But Their Harm Is Less When Not Done in Public
Following are excerpts from an interview with Dr. Yousuf Al-Qaradhawi, which aired on Al-Jazeera TV on June 5, 2006.
Yousuf Al-Qaradhawi: Kerry, who ran against Bush, was supported by homosexuals and nudists. But it was Bush who won [the elections], because he is Christian, right-wing, tenacious, and unyielding. In other words, the religious overcame the perverted. So we cannot blame all Americans and Westerners.
But unfortunately, because the Westerners – Americans and others – want to flatter these people on account of the elections, a disaster occurs. In order to succeed and win the elections, he flatters these people, rather than saying to them: No, you are sinning against yourselves, against society, and against humanity. This is forbidden. Instead of leveling with them, people flatter them to win their votes. This is the disaster that has befallen humanity.
Interviewer: How should a homosexual or a lesbian be punished? We mentioned the story of the people of Sodom and how Allah punished them, but how should someone who commits this abomination be punished today?
Yousuf Al-Qaradhawi: The same punishment as any sexual pervert – the same as the fornicator.
The schools of thought disagree about the punishment. Some say they should be punished like fornicators, and then we distinguish between married and unmarried men, and between married and unmarried women. Some say both should be punished the same way. Some say we should throw them from a high place, like God did with the people of Sodom. Some say we should burn them, and so on. There is disagreement.
The important thing is to treat this act as a crime.
Interviewer: There is an issue that some people may find strange. If homosexuals and lesbians belong to the same category – an inclination towards the same sex – why are there different punishments for men and women, for homosexuals and lesbians?
Yousuf Al-Qaradhawi: A punishment for who?
Interviewer: For homosexuals and lesbians – the punishment for a woman who favors women, and for a man who favors men.
Yousuf Al-Qaradhawi: Lesbianism is not as bad as homosexuality, in practical terms.
Interviewer: Should a man be punished for having homosexual tendencies?
Yousuf Al-Qaradhawi: Yes, he should.
Interviewer: Or maybe he should be punished only for committing this sin?
Yousuf Al-Qaradhawi: He should be punished just like a fornicator. What is fornication? It is a sexual perversion. A perversion cannot possibly be innate.
Interviewer: Some Arab authors have begun to discuss this openly, in newspapers and in their books. Homosexual characters appear in some Arab films. In addition, homosexuals gather in public, and show up at parties in a loathsome manner.
Yousuf Al-Qaradhawi: Not in all countries, only a few…
Interviewer: In many Arab countries.
Yousuf Al-Qaradhawi: Perhaps you in Morocco have that…
Interviewer: Not only in Morocco. Also in other countries, which I won't mention.
What is the position of Islamic law on this public display?
Yousuf Al-Qaradhawi: This is the calamity of societies. When sin and abomination are concealed, they don't cause much harm.
But the calamity becomes widespread, when it stops being a secret and becomes public.
We are not hostile towards these people. On the contrary, we pity them. But we do not want to give them an opportunity, like the Westerners, who consider this a normal phenomenon, and it has become widespread, I'm sad to say.
Ksar El Kebir ceremony linked to charlatanism, Interior Minister
Preliminary investigations showed, so far, that the ceremony which took place on November 18-19 in the northern city of Ksar El Kebir is related to charlatanism rather than a wedding ceremony between sexual perverts, Moroccan Minister of Interior, Chakib Benmoussa said on Thursday.
Speaking before the Interior, Decentralization and Infrastructure commission of the House of Representatives, Mr. Benmoussa insisted that "regardless of any media and political exploitation of this event, it is worth mentioning that the preliminary investigations showed this ceremony was linked to pure charlatanism-related rituals."
According to a press release of Ksar El Kebir's public prosecutor, a delinquent, with a criminal record, held a Gnawa-style party to which he invited several people, some of whom were dressed like women. The host intended to "fulfill a vision" in which a woman came to him and asked him to dress like her and offer a present to Saint "Sayed Al Madloum" (man endowed with supernatural powers).
Up to now, no elements confirmed that the incident was a wedding ceremony between sexual perverts as reported by some locals, he said, stressing that, "pending the final conclusions of the probe, the collected data shows the incident is rather a personal party marked by rituals of charlatanism held at a regular basis by the people involved."
Six suspects were arrested in relation with this case and will be brought before justice soon. On Monday, the Public prosecutor of Ksar El Kebir's first instance court decided to bring before justice the people involved in this party and ordered the seizure of all material that can reveal the nature of the party.
Following this ceremony, media have reported that more than 600 people took to the street in the city of Ksar El Kebir, chanting slogans criticizing the couple's audacity to hold a gay wedding in the open.


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Pascal Lefebvre is a certified speech-language pathologist in Ontario and Quebec. He is an associate professor in the School of Speech-Language Pathology at Laurentian University in Sudbury since 2015. He also held a professor position at the School of rehabilitation Sciences at the University of Ottawa from 2007 to 2015. He is also a certified speech-language pathologist in Ontario and Quebec. Professor Lefebvre pursued his doctoral studies at the Ste-Justine Research Centre as a Canadian Institute of Health Research Strategic Training Fellow in the Canadian Child Health Clinician Scientist Program. He is currently conducting research on emergent and early literacy, speech sound disorders in children and knowledge translation. Professor Lefebvre is also involved in the implementation of best literacy practices in numerous elementary schools in Ontario and Quebec.


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Bridging business and IT
I believe that the people we become stems from a whole series of incidents that ignited before we were even born. These same incidents led me to parents who were Asian-strict. However, what they taught me through their own brand of motivation was tenacity, street smarts, and the annoying habit of never accepting information at face value.
Thus, I have become the person I am now - constantly questioning, looking for problems to solve, and never being satisfied even after the connections have fallen into place.
I trust in the power of experiential learning, having amassed my knowledge and outlook through various stints in industries such as F&B, logistics, insurance, construction, and more recently, visual marketing. Through these learning experiences, I have developed a keen nose for strategy, thus allowing me to tackle problems with a process-driven approach.
Through my interactions, I have also realised that I have the ability to relate to many different types of personalities. This has further guided me to new pastures while uncovering new enriching experiences.
In my little free time, cooking, hikes, staring at the ocean where possible, and rolling around with dogs are some things that make the day that much brighter.
Bridging business and IT
A content marketing agency, Trace Asia looks to position itself as a specialist producer of visual content and content strategy in the region. As an early mover, we believe that the shift will take place in the next two to three years, and have thus started to align ourselves with strategic partners in the inbound marketing sphere.
A short stint at a construction firm to assess their market position. Company is a family-run business that was looking to further improve their regional operations due to increased competition from larger players and manufacturers. Stint was unfortunately too short-lived as the directors were not willing to make many changes.
What I did learn: how to manage traditional businessmen.
Started up a commercial photography and design production studio to aid marketing efforts for direct marketing, PR, above- and below-the-line advertising, and editorials. Managed a small nomadic team of 2 full-timers and 2 freelancers, achieved more than $200k in revenue in last year of operations.
A gig that allowed me to learn skills in a completely new industry while I got paid a little. Worked closely with photographers such as celebrity photographer Russel Wong, fashion photographer Peter Lau, commercial photographer Olivier Henry, and fine art photographer Tan Ngiap Heng.
Using templates created by actuaries, advisors had the task of presenting and explaining the benefits illustrations to clients. Clarity of communication and accuracy of information were paramount, as was the ability to relate to different people at various levels.
Most importantly, this allowed me to pay my way through school.
Error-checking, code documentation, and anything in between that the coders didn't want to do.
To help with the delivery of food from hot counters to tables. Learnt to manage difficult customers, and also learnt that knowledge can be gained from random conversations with customers.
I had to ensure that the buffet line was always topped up and that the food was fresh. Oftentimes, took it upon myself to ensure that the food served was edible. Please don't judge, I was a hungry student.


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Readers are thinking about boob jobs this week. Not surgical, "make them bigger than ever" work. Most pregnant or newly-delivered moms are pretty satisfied with their new super-sized, super-sensitive and maximized-for-optimal-performance breasts. They're asking really good brass-tacks questions. One reader, no name given) who's 24-weeks pregnant, asked if it was normal for her breasts to leak during pregnancy. Another reader, Alba, asked if she could still breastfeed her 11-week son if she has a cold. The answers are Yes and Yes.
Lots of women leak colostrum (the early calorie-dense, high-protein milk that's easy to digest and has just the right amount of nutrients a baby needs in the first few days after birth.) during pregnancy. Lots don't. Either way, it's normal. Our breasts get busy on the job of feeding our baby long before baby show's up at the breast. I think it's Mother Nature's plan that just in case Mom doesn't survive long after childbirth, baby can at least get colostrum. Colostrum contains the antibodies a baby needs to survive its new bacteria and virus-laden environment. It's a nice little genetic and immunity gift from mother to baby. Now that most mothers (at least in the US and developed nations) survive childbirth, we've discovered that breastfeeding for at least the first year provides the best nutrition for the long run. The list of studies that support this are too long to include in this blog. Really, really long. Nobody disputes this. Breast is best almost every time.
Your breasts are almost guaranteed to produce milk within a few days of delivery whether anything leaks out during pregnancy or not. I've had countless women come to the hospital saying they couldn't breastfeed because they didn't have milk. We nurses explain about colostrum and that their milk will come in within a few days. We tell them the more they nurse, the more milk they'll produce. Some are pretty skeptical and insist on bottle feeding until they see some evidence. Others are willing to humor us and find that, yes indeed, their baby gulps and swallows something during those first feedings and seems to fall asleep with a full tummy. Those that refuse to breastfeed until they can see honest-to-God milk coming out of their nipples? They get milk too but sometimes get less and often get into trouble because their baby prefers the instant-delivery system of milk in a bottle. Babies don't have to work as hard to get the goods. Babies are pretty smart but they'll go for easy access formula over breast milk even if it's not as good for them. Formula, however, is tougher on a newborn's stomach than breast milk and doesn't contain antibodies to give their immune system a turbo-charge. Breast is better.
Alba, I'm sorry about your cold, honey. That's the last thing you need when you're a new mom. The good news is that breastfeeding your son is completely safe and will offer him some immunity protection against catching your cold himself. It's no guarantee but he'll do much better with the breast milk than without. If you're feeling particularly lousy, you can safely take ibuprofen and Tylenol. Ask your pediatrician before you take anything else though.
I'm keeping it short this week, ladies, because I'm swamped with kids of my own who have colds. They're way too old for breastfeeding but that doesn't mean they don't take up as much of my time. They just need a different kind of pampering and attention when they're done with our boobs. In some ways, the boob jobs were easier.
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April 22 (UPI) -- A former Liberian warlord who had been living in Pennsylvania for two decades has been sentenced to 30 years in prison for lying to immigration officials about his past.
Mohammed Jabbateh, 51, ran an international shipping business while living in a Philadelphia suburb since the 1990s. Before he claimed refugee asylum in the United States in December 1998, Jabbateh was known in Liberia as "Jungle Jabbah," a commander of armed groups during the country's first civil war between 1989 and 1996.
During that tine, Jabbateh ordered civilians to be killed, raped, tortured and enslaved. During his trial last year, victims told their stories -- including a woman who was forced into sex slavery at 13. Another woman said Jabbateh and his men killed her husband and forced her to cook her dead spouse's heart and serve it to them.
"This defendant committed acts of such violence and depravity that they are almost beyond belief," said U.S. Attorney William M. McSwain in a statement. "This man is responsible for atrocities that will ripple for generations in Liberia. He thought he could hide here but thanks to the determination and creativity of our prosecutors and investigators, he couldn't. This prosecution was our only option under the law and his sentence achieves at least some measure of justice for his victims."
Jabbateh was convicted in October on two counts of fraud in immigration documents and two counts of perjury, for which federal sentencing guidelines recommend 15 to 21 months. But U.S. District Judge Paul S. Diamond said such a sentence would be "unreasonable but outrageously offensive" for Jabbateh, who he said made a mockery of the United States' asylum system.
"I want to be clear, I am departing not based on the horror of the atrocities the defendant committed abroad," Diamond said, according to the Philadelphia Inquirer. "Rather, I am departing based on the egregiousness of his lies...and their effect on our asylum laws and immigration system."
Alain Werner, the director of Civitas-Maxima, an international legal group that helped prosecutors in Jabbateh's case, told The Guardian the sentence was celebrated in Liberia.
"It was very special for them. There is such impunity in Liberia for perpetrators of very serious crimes that this was very empowering," Werner said.


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Topic: Fasahat Wasty
People talk about positive approach but few practice it. This is a powerful tool and if used appropriately can bring success to one's life. How this idea works? Life is full of good, bad and unimportant events. It is important to view these events as learning experiences and then use these experiences to improve your life. Another quality one has to develop along side is to be able to appreciate what you have and not too much worry about what you dont have. Combine these two attitudes and it will be a recipe of happiness and success. If you are happy you are successful in your mind. One need to use the idea of Continuous Quality Improvement (CQI) borrowed from the industry in the personal life. It is based on looking for opportunities to improve as you go along. Any bad event, error, accident, or near miss should be viewed as an oppornity to learn and improve. This is better than cursing, crying and feeling unworthy and depressed or consuming with revenge. Its about learning from events and adapting in such a way that next time it will be better easier or avoidable. It is not easy but keep reminding yourself about the positive thinking. In the end you will realise that it is indeed a powerful tool.
Fasahat Wasty MD
1. Alavi MZ, Wasty F, Li Z, Galis ZS, Ismail N, Moore S: Enhanced incorporation of [14C]glucosamine into glycosaminoglycans of aortic neointima of balloon-injured and cholesterol-fed rabbits in vitro. Atherosclerosis 1992;95:59-67
2. Wasty F, Alavi MZ, Li Z, Cianflone K, Sniderman AD, Moore S: In vitro interactions between low density lipoprotein from hyperapobetalipoproteinemic plasma and arterial wall proteoglycans. Can J Cardiol 1992;8:605-610
3. Li Z, Alavi MZ, Wasty F, Galis Z, Moore S: Proteoglycan synthesis by the neointimal smooth muscle cells cultured from rabbit aortic explants following de-endothelialization. Pathobiology 1993;61:89-94
4. Wasty F, Alavi MZ, Moore S: Distribution of glycosaminoglycans in the intima of human aortas: changes in atherosclerosis and diabetes. Diabetologia 1993;36:316-322
5. Ismail N, Wasty F, Moore S, Alavi M: Injury induced alteration in newly synthesized sulfated proteoglycans from rabbit arterial neointima covered by regenerated endothelium. Int J Exp Pathol 1996;78:71-79
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Welcome to Caribbean Island Water park Balikpapan
Its not Just for a Kids...Its for all Ages...Fun & Wet
Open since July 2007.....Caribbean Island Water park are the Biggest Water park in East Indonesia until now. The Caribbee ( you may called that ) offered people a lot joyfull variety of playing in water. There's a Misterious slide ( Brown tube slide ), Fun Free Slide ( Blue open slide ), water canon, Octopus Tower, Racer Slide ( Wide Red slide ), Thousand Ball pool, Monkey Slide, Elephant Slide and the Great Pirate Head spill Bucket.
Offered people to experiences new kind of entertainment. The wet and joyfull activity for all ages. The Pirate's crew always want to give you the best services,great smile and unforgattable fun moment. Located at Balikpapan Regency area, Kol.Syarifuddin Yoes ( Ring Road II ) Balikpapan 76115, East Kalimantan, Indonesia.
The Place for all Occasion
Since the beginning, The Caribbee ( Caribbean Island Water Park ) always try to be a Community Place. Or can be called The Cool Place for all people to gathered and fun and its not just for Balikpapan people but for people from every where.
Because the purposed of that The Caribbee try to maintain and organized any kind of gathering, party and other occasion. So just make a plan and contact us at +62-542-878583 or email us at firstname.lastname@example.com / firstname.lastname@example.com . The Crew will be try to make a Great & Fun solution for your occasion.
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Rate : Regular Rp 30,000,-
Student Rp 15,000,-
Sat - Sun / Holiday
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Rate : All Rp 40,000,-
Let's plan your visit to Caribbean Island Water park
Pirate's Crew offered you many options of Event , such as ; Team Building Games, Giant Board Games, Treasure Hunt games, Launching product, Gathering, wedding etc.
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240W external power supplies from SL Power Electronics are compliant to Level VI+. The TE240 series of external power supplies are designed for ease of integration with test and measurement equipment and industrial applications that require enhanced levels of performance at higher power levels.
They offer a long life, through the use of high-quality electrolytic capacitors that provide greater than seven-year life operation, says the company. The series is claimed to offer higher levels of EMI and EMC parameters than other high power external products. Heavy industrial levels of EMC per EN61000-4-X protect end-use equipment from harsh electrical environments, including 8/15kV for ESD and 4kV for input surge protection.
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My photograph "Yellow" is featured in the "Small Photo" section of this season's Small Magazine. Small magazine contains a beautiful selection of independently designed products for children along with related lifestyle content. You can find the newest issue of Small Magazine here
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Where will the Traveling Stash be going? It will be going to Staci's house! Congratulations Staci!!
Staci said:
"Hi Linda! I'd love to have the traveling stash travel to my house. It's a very clever idea, isn't it?
Have a great weekend!"
Have a great weekend!"
I will be sending it out in Monday's mail.
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Remember that scene in Cabin in the Woods when Marty, the token stoner, steps out of his hot-boxed car and transforms his enormous bong into a portable coffee mug? It's arguably the best part of the movie, although Jules snogging the toothy mantelpiece is a close second. Since then, we've been waiting for someone to create an actual, functional coffee pipe.
Because doing it ourselves would involve too much concentration and… wait, are those Cheez-Its?
Coffee Mug Bong
IronMan Design LLC debuted product shots of their final sample. On the left you can see the coffee mug bong in its early stages; on the right, a easy-to-grip collar, a sleeker handle that doubles as a downstem, and a shinier surface have been added.
The website reads:
Designed to have the mobility of a travel coffee mug, then easily and quickly telescopes out into a water pipe for smoking tobacco! This one of a kind unique smoking pipe looks like a standard travel coffee mug that you can take with you on the go. It compacts into the the same size as a standard travel 20 oz mug. When it's time to smoke tobacco, simply unsnap the bottom and telescope the device out. Perfect for your tobacco smoking needs. The handle of the coffee cup then unscrews and is inserted into the base. The mouthpiece that you smoke from is located on the top horizontal portion of the handle. Very easy to use design!. The ultimate coffee mug pipe!
You'll need to be 18 to buy one when they roll out in late November. If this is something you can see yourself toting along in the mornings to work, email firstname.lastname@example.com for price and delivery details. We're currently coveting one, especially with Santa Claus swinging his fat rump around the corner.
Just add this to the ever-growing list of clever ways to toke, next to the 2-in-1 meta weed and beer bong. We know what you're thinking, what ever happened to the good ol' days of a simple blunt wrapped in tasty paper? But let me ask you this: Cops will never pull over a man with a huge bong in his car. Why? They fear this man. They know he sees further than they and he will bind them with ancient logics.
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Department of Conservation and Natural Resources Secretary Richard Allan today announced that DCNR and TreeVitalize will be assisting with a large tree planting effort over the next two weekends at the Flight 93 National Memorial in Somerset County.
"In addition to their many environmental benefits, trees are a symbol of life and growth, so important at a site that requires reflection on the brave sacrifice made by the 40 passengers and crew of Flight 93," Allan said.
DCNR will join the National Park Service, many partner agencies and hundreds of volunteers on April 20-21 and 27-28 as they plant more than 13,800 seedlings at the site.
DCNR's Bureau of Forestry is providing a total of 2,000 native white and pitch pine, and quaking aspen seedlings grown at the department's Penn Nursery in Centre County.
In addition, 100 American red pine and 100 red maple seedlings donated by listeners last fall in a partnership between TreeVitalize and witf public radio in Harrisburg will be planted. TreeVitalize is a DCNR partnership effort to plant one million trees across Pennsylvania to address the loss of tree cover.
Twenty DCNR foresters will be on site during the four days acting as team leaders and providing information on how to plant seedlings. witf volunteers and staff members will be on hand to assist with the planting.
Construction is ongoing at the Flight 93 National Memorial, which marks the spot where the plane went down in a field near Shanksville after the crew and passengers thwarted a plan by terrorists to crash in to the U.S. Capitol. The memorial's first features were dedicated last September to mark the 10th anniversary of the 2001 terror attacks.
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Key Stakeholder Assessment of Risks and Opportunities due to Changing Conditions
An assessment of stakeholder perceptions of risks associated with climate change impacts will be done in the early stages of this research. Perceived risk is highly correlated with a person's choice of decision, and decisions made on adaption to climate change is based primarily upon the amount of risk that is involved with current climate stressors. Decisions made on how to deal with climate change impacts can play a huge role in the success or failure of the region's economy. The forest products market is the market of focus for this study due to its economic contribution as well as its level of vulnerability in the area. Perception of risk will be compared to actual risk, the presentation of this analysis will hopefully produce more proactive decision making and heightened concern in regards to adaptation by key stakeholders within the industry.
Preliminary Finding from Assessment of Current Business Owners in the AP area
- Issues such as environmental vulnerability, lack of infrastructure, and geographic location are just some of the barriers new markets will face when entering the region. The lack of faith is so prominent that many of the regions youth are leaving to pursue better livelihoods in the city, resulting in a decline in population in the region. While these findings illustrate a grim outlook for economic conditions and new market potential for the region, respondent's realization of the economic potential from the increased utilization of natural resources and ecosystem services may provide a window of opportunity for sustainable economic growth in the region.
Ecosystem Service Implications
- There has been a growing focus among policy makers and the general public on the importance of ecosystem services including their significant economic value. Payments for ecosystem services have been identified in previous literature as an incentive strategy for the conservation and sustainable management of forested lands. More recently, studies show ecosystem service markets to have the potential to provide good economic value and growth opportunity for forest industry and communities in vulnerable regions, much like the AP peninsula. Combining sustainable management options for ecosystems and the services they provide with flexible market strategies to create a higher level of economic resiliency to changing environmental conditions should be a key consideration for economic stability of the AP region.
- While ecosystem services provide alternatives for already established industries, the increased conservation and preservation of ecosystems in coastal communities will attract the attention of Eco tourism. Ecotourism is one of the fastest growing divisions of the tourism industry. The opportunities from tourism can be harnessed in the AP region given that the peninsula is the main travel corridor for thousands of tourists accessing the outer banks. The proper establishment and management of eco-tourism based businesses could potentially help in investing up to 95% of the revenue gained, back into the local economy.
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Welcome to Florida Curling
Curling in Florida has been held at multiple sites over the years and now we have curling programs and events in Tampa, Orlando, Daytona Beach, Jacksonville and now West Palm Beach at the Palm Beach Ice Works.
Curling in Florida has been held at multiple sites over the years including the Panther Ice Den in Coral Springs Florida and at the RDV Multisport Ice facility in Orlando. These facilities host both regular scheduled and special events such as rentals for the public to enjoy curling. Currently there are only 2 USCA / GNCC Curling Clubs in Florida and they are the Tampa Curling Club and the Orlando Curling Club. The Florida Curling Club is currently in the application process to join these regional and national associations.
In February of 2016 the 2016 USCA Nationals were conducted in Jacksonville at the Jacksonville Memorial Arena and the response to this event by Florida Curling fans was delightful to see. Curling fans in the arena told stories of how they have been watching the game for years during the Olympics and how they had parties with other fans and for them to see high quality competitive curling live and right in their own city was like they had a dream come true.
A large number of attendees also expressed an interest in attending another Learn to Curl event and hopefully to create a curling club in Jacksonville. This desire is becoming closer to reality and plans are underway now to establish a curling club in Jacksonville.
In February and March 2018 the Florida Curling Club will be holding a series of Introduction to Curling events at the Palm Beach Ice Works in West Palm Beach. These Learn to Curl activities are the forerunner to creating enough interest, support and players to establish a regular schedule for Curling every weekend this summer.
Other Curling Options in Florida:
Tampa Curling Club – tampabaycurlingclub.com
Orlando Curling Club – curlingorlando.com
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We're not a big advertising agency, nor a small one. We're a close knitted team of consultants, who understand the realms of marketing, love research as much as creativity and are committed to executing result-driven solutions.
We boast of a spirited, young and passionate team of people who bring together their expertise and experience in varied fields of marketing including design, content, technology, strategy, research, analytics, sales, management and clients relationships.
MTLB began in 2012 as a team of two, restless with ideas, eager to explore possibilities and passionate to take marketing to the next level. Today, the team has grown to 18, and the passion to create effective marketing solutions has swelled manifold!
Sharing this passion with us is our prestigious line of over 78 clients, for whom we've always enjoyed going that extra mile; just to be sure our work is inline with their objectives.
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As a data-driven brand activation and conversation agency, we are serious about delivering measurable results. From campaign measurement reports to advanced data and statistics to testing strategies, we constantly monitor and measure our strategic, creative recommendations to ensure we produce the results clients want and need. That calculated, data-driven thinking coupled with strong experience and a fully integrated, layered, tactical approach positions our campaigns to engage people and generate results. But our most important differentiator is our passion and enthusiasm to do work that leads to meaningful conversations… and those lead to amazing success stories.
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Catalysing ideas, strategising campaigns and maintaining quality of creative services, Megha heads the RIGHT BRAIN, working closely with account managers as well as the senior sales team to plan and execute performance-driven creative solutions for brands. She has over a decade's experience in content, advertising and marketing in India as well as the UAE, with organisations like Contract Advertising and Cheil Worldwide.
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Harendra Kumar is our design ninja with over 12 years' experience in Graphic & Web Design. Designing is a passion for him. It's something he does before going to bed, and something he can't wait to do till the crack of dawn! But his real talent lies in striking the perfect balance between client taste, expectations, assumptions, current trends and his distinct graphic vision. Having perfected the traditional art techniques including software like Corel Draw, Photoshop and Illustrator, he is also hand on with Dreamweaver, Flash, XHTML & CSS. Harendra heads the design wing at MTLB and has been instrumental in keeping the team on its toes at all times.
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Apart from the being the in-house "serious guy", he's the go-to guy for foreign tours and all things healthy. An Engineer by Education and Marketeer by choice, Aman approaches clients' concerns with a firm understanding of their domain market while providing realistic assessment of expectations vs achievements. Account health-check up and performance optimizations are part of his daily duties. An ex-Google Shopping Campaign Specialist (vendor), he comes with unique insights on the ever-evolving world of Google Search as well as Shopping. Last but not the least, he loves gaming, learns multi-tasking and loathes dawdling.
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The current credit is a form of parental discrimination based on class and economics.
Why Not a Tax Credit So Mothers Can Afford to Keep Children?
Claudia Corrigan D'Arcy has been writing about life as a birth mother since 2005 at Musings of the Lame. She is an organizer with the Adoptee Rights Coalition and social media consultant at Adoption Social.
October 29, 2012
We want to believe that voluntary domestic infant adoption is a choice made by women for the betterment of their child's life. Often the reality is that mothers who surrender their children do so because of a lack of support. It's not that they do not want or love their babies, but that they do not see a way out from their temporary hardships. They turn to adoption out of desperation, not a true choice.
These are not mothers who are in danger of abusing or neglecting their children. These babies do not need homes; they have homes. Their mothers are often working hard, struggling to get through school, or balancing work and day care while caring for another child already.
The separation of mother and child should not be based on financial constraints, yet if often comes down to that. Mothers place their children for adoption because they fear an uncertain future.
The Adoption Tax Credit originated mainly as an incentive to find families for special needs children who needed homes. (At the time it was nonrefundable, meaning it would only offset any taxes owed, but would not apply to families with too little income for a tax liability.) Lobbyists from the adoption industry pushed to expand the credit.
This increased the demand for adoptable children and adoption agencies responded by finding more mothers at risk to increase their own profits. Historically, as the adoption tax credit went up, agencies followed suit and raised their fees as well.
For a mother facing relinquishment, that same credit could very well be the bit of certainty she needs to parent her own baby. She would know how to pay off medical bills, or pay for day care, or take time off from work to enjoy her child.
Granted, lower-income women and their children are usually eligible for Women, Infants and Children aid, health insurance, food stamps, Temporary Assistance for Needy Families, the earned income tax credit, job training, etc., yet we know that there is much stigma attached to these forms of support.
Adoption in the United States is an estimated $5.8 billion industry. The adoption tax credit has been completely co-opted and exploited by the adoption industry and should be allowed to revert to its original intent, helping children with special needs who need homes, not to increase the demand for mothers and children to be separated.
If we renew the adoption tax credit in its current form we are saying that a family that makes over $100,000 a year has more right to a child than the birth mother does. It is a form of parental discrimination based on class and economics.
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SEO "Experts" want you to worry about Google algorithm updates. They want you to think that nasty bad old Google is making changes that will affect you, and only those clever Search Engine "professionals" can dig you out of that hole.
The latest "update" is an improvement to the the search engine's handling of questions, and of its understanding of the relevance of your search or question. Actually Google is updating its software all the time, and the "update" is basically a round-up of a set of changes which Amit Singhal announced on Google's 15th birthday.
Google search results are of course very different to Yellow Pages, and not all pages can be the top 10 most relevant pages for a particular phrase. When people say they've been "attacked" by Google, and try to pick on an "update", it's really like saying that they've been attacked by the motorway, when they're going at 65 and another car happens to be going at 70.
What can we expect from Hummingbird?
Hummingbird is about users - Amit Singhal talks about looking for works of art and comparing genres - or comparing food ingredients, and the idea of remembering "context" - i.e. what you just asked about. In other words, "search" is becoming more of a conversation than a single question.
In a nutshell, the Hummingbird update is aimed at giving users answers to their questions - rather than putting your competitor above you in natural search listings.
Sow what can we learn from Hummingbird?
If your service or product answers a question, and more people are going to be asking that question because of the update, then why not ask that question on your website?
So for example, if cheese is your thing, your website should use questions like "where can I buy cheese?" and not just statements.
This approach isn't the official line on Hummingbird, but it makes sense that you adapt (or gather, grow) your copy to include the phrases people most often use.
For more SEO advice, follow the "seo" link at the top of this article. Enjoy!


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Comedian W. Kamau Bell travels all across the U.S., finding his way to places he never thought he'd visit- KKK meetings, gang turf, Indian Reservations. Bell works his charm and gains access into stereotyped and marginalized communities, looking for some common ground that bonds us all as Americans.
We joined on for the second season of the show, revamping the look for all their in-show GFX. We created stylized Maps and Info GFX to show where he travels and help visualize statistics as he explains them.
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