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Rising to the challenges
How do you get just the oil out of the oil sands when it's compressed in sand, deep underground and can be as hard as a hockey puck? Our Rising to the challenges ad highlights how we're overcoming those challenges.
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It wasn't that long ago that drilling in the oil sands was thought to be impossible because most of the oil is embedded in sand deep underground. The breakthrough came when Dr. Roger Butler, an engineer with Imperial Oil, figured out that the oil could be separated and liquefied by injecting steam into the well. That led to technologies like steam-assisted gravity drainage (SAGD – pronounced SAG-DEE), a specialized technology we use to drill and pump the oil to the surface. We spend a lot of time learning about our oil sands reservoirs because each is unique and has different characteristics. For that reason, each of our projects requires new thinking to ensure we apply SAGD technology in the most efficient way.
Like any industry, we also face challenges when it comes to reducing our environmental impact. We're focused on making smart environmental choices every day. We have a technology development team actively finding ways for us to be even better at what we do. It's challenging work, but we're persistent in our determination to continue to build and operate our projects efficiently and improve our performance.


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I do realise that it seems a bit strange to be crocheting a scarf when it is still summer here in Brisbane and well over 30 degrees at that. However I do have a good excuse...I am preparing for our big trip to Tasmania at the start of winter this year!
I am so excited about seeing a bit more of our great big country and I have always wanted to see Tasmania. We will be there for three weeks and travelling all over this beautiful little state and I just know that I will need a lovely warm and woolly scarf.
Now I was lucky to have a skein and a half of Wool Ease chunky yarn leftover from another project and that was all I needed for this beautiful infinity scarf.
I followed this gorgeous pattern from Fiber Flux and was not disappointed. It was so easy to follow and if you are just starting out she even provides a step by step video.
It feels so cozy around my neck and I know it will be great for winter. It would also make a beautiful handmade gift that is quick to whip up but looks amazing (it seriously took me only a couple of hours).
If you are new to crochet then give this project a go, you will be amazed at how quickly this comes together. Yay for crochet!

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Saach Organics Dandruff Control Shampoo
Saach OrganicsSize: 200ml
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Dandruff Control Shampoo is a breakthrough anti-dandruff formula that's strengthens hair roots. Contains a combination of herbs with proven anti-dandruff properties. Tea Tree Oil and Rosemary Oil provide effective anti-dandruff action while Lemon Extracts relieves scalp of irritation.
How to use Saach Organics Dandruff Control ShampooShake before use. Squeeze a small amount & apply over hair and scalp and work up lather. Rinse off with water. Use daily for best results.
Ingredients in Saach Organics Dandruff Control ShampooTea tree & Rosemary Oil , Extracts of Lemon , Shikakai & Deodar, Coconut Milk, Purified Water, Sodium Cocoamphoacetate*, Sodium Cocoyl, Glutamate*, Lauryl – Glucose – Carboxylate*, Coco Glucoside*, Glyceryl Oleate*, Cocamidopropyl Betaine, Glycerin*, Citric Acid. *Derived from natural source. Free from Parabens, Formaldehyde, Sulphates and Petrochemicals.
Reviews for Saach Organics Dandruff Control Shampoo
Really great shampoo
06 Jul 2016 by Gail
I bought this shampoo regardless of the bad review, as I own a saach body lotion and love it. I'm so glad I did, this shampoo is amazing, my itchy scalp has gone, my dandruff has gone and it leaves my hair soft enough I don't even have to use conditioner. Because I have very thick hair I use 15 squirts and it's good to shake it before use, It's a really great shampoo and definitely doesn't deserve the bad review.
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Locations: New York, Los Angeles, San Francisco, Chicago and Miami
Attack! stage the ambient introduction of MINI Cooper's newest family member, the 'Clubman,' with a nontraditional project that generated relevant buzz and excitement surrounding the vehicle. In each city professional drivers drove three different MINI models in formation through high-impact urban areas. Attack drivers also served as brand ambassadors, handing out branded products, 500 spec sheets, and over 1,000 'Clubman' focus books.
Learn more about the MINI Cooper marketing campaign.


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Codez une application iPad
Budget $750-1500 USD
Créer une appli type uber
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Colorado is uniquely situated, sandwiched between the pork-loving Midwest and California cuisine of the West. While both neighbors may tug on our loyalties to one cuisine or another, Denver loves its pulled pork whether it's in between a bun or on a plate with a side of greens, beans and coleslaw. Here are some of the best spots to try this meaty delight.
Hickory House Ribs
10335 S. Parker Road
Parker, CO 80134
(303) 805-9742
This rib house in south Denver is often voted by the people, for the people, as a favorite for dry rub ribs. Hickory House smoked pork shoulder will please purists who insist on only the finest ingredients. On the menu, look for "The Beast," a hefty portion of pork shoulder with garlic bread or a roll, and a choice of two sides. Save room to add a side of ribs, you'll be full, but not disappointed.
Steuben's Food Truck
523 E. 17th Ave.
Denver, CO 80203
(303) 830-1001
The Steuben's Food Truck, better known as Pearl, is a welcome site in Denver not only for green chili cheese fries but also for the pulled pork sammie. It's piled high with tender pork and paired with lots of tasty sides like slaw, Steuben's fries and hush puppies. The food truck can be found at Civic Center Park on Tuesdays and Thursdays, but also check the website for other stops the truck may make.
Boney's Smokehouse
1543 Champa St.
Denver, CO 80202
(303) 825-9900
If you like wood-smoked meats, Boney's is your place. Hickory is the wood of choice for brisket, ribs, pulled pork or chicken. All meats are slow-roasted and can be served in a sandwich or on a platter. Owners Lamont and Trina Lynch have brought a bit of southern hospitality to Denver with Boney's Smokehouse, and the portions are generous. The list of sides are lengthy with house-made cornbread, hand-cut fries, Cajun coleslaw, meaty baked beans, potato salad, mac n' cheese, collard greens, fried okra, green beans and sweet potato fries.
Related: Top Meatball Dishes In Denver
Georgia Boys
237 Collyer St.
Longmont, CO 80501
(720) 999-4099
So maybe Georgia Boys is a little north of Denver, but it is well worth the trip. Just plan to get here early because it is known to run out of just about everything before close. Ever since these Georgia transplants opened in a little house in Longmont, they've been keeping the smoker going 24/7. These boys know barbecue. Just try the pulled pork, ribs, brisket, chicken, links and turkey. You'll be convinced. The green bean casserole will make you swoon, as will the pecan pie.
Big Papa's BBQ
6265 E. Evans Ave., Unit 1
Denver, CO 80222
(303) 300-4499
If you are in the vicinity of Big Papa's BBQ on Evans Avenue, let your nose guide you. Once inside, the barbecue joint will remind you of more innocent days of bobby socks and jukeboxes. Pulled pork platters come either with one side, as an entree with two sides or with just the meat. Consider the po' boy sandwiches for pulled pork; a mile-high pile of meat on a French baguette. Sides to think about include sweet and sticky potato casserole, four-cheese macaroni and cheese and spicy coleslaw.
Brothers BBQ
105 Wadsworth Blvd.
Lakewood, CO 80226
(303) 232-3422
Brothers BBQ has five locations across Denver. It's a fast-moving place for a quick and casual barbecue meal. Dig in for a pulled pork sandwich or smaller sliders. Pair it up with slaw for a southern touch or add a side of mash and gravy or mac and cheese.
Kimberly Lord Stewart is a food author and journalist for CBS Denver local, Organic Food Reporter for Examiner.com, and the Food, Wine and Spirits editor for Denver Life magazine. Her book, "Eating Between the Lines" tells readers about the truth and myths of food labeling. Stewart is the recipient of two Association of Food Journalist awards for food news reporting and the Jessie Neal Business Journalism award. Her work can be found at Examiner.com.


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Stephen Hawking visit: In the April 13 LATExtra section, the caption for a photo with an article about physicist Stephen Hawking's visit to the Cedars-Sinai Regenerative Medicine Institute reversed the identities of two people in the photo. The photo showed institute Director Clive Svendsen speaking while Dr. Robert Baloh and others watched.
Patricia McCormick obituary: The obituary of bullfighter Patricia McCormick in the April 14 California section said that she was trained by Alejandro de Herrera. It was Alejandro del Hierro.
Bruce Lee: A chart accompanying the Classic Hollywood column about Bruce Lee in the April 15 Calendar section described 1972's "The Way of the Dragon" as the action star's final film. It was not Lee's last film.


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GCU Abroad
Before 1998, Goldsmiths Choral Union had made few overseas concert appearances. In 1979, a contingent of the membership had travelled to Kassel, then in West Germany, to help out a local choir in a performance of the Verdi Requiem, while in 1991, at the height of the first Gulf War, singers from GCU helped form an ad hoc choir from London to travel to Berne, Switzerland, to replace an American choir who allegedly felt unable to fulfill the commitment because of possible terrorist threats to transatlantic flights. Again the work performed was the Verdi Requiem. It was not until March 1989 that GCU made its first official concert trip abroad, flying to the Spanish city of Valencia, where it gave a performance of Geoffrey Burgon's Requiem, with the city's Orquestra Municipal, conducted by Manuel Galduf.
Then in 1998 the choir began a more regular programme of trips abroad, with a visit to northern France in June under Brian Wright. As with all our formal overseas visits, the programme was a reprise of the one we had just given in London: in this case, the choir performed a concert of sacred music at Chateau Thierry and in Reims Cathedral.


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"You know, when I first started out, I was working as a sculptor with a lot of different kinds of people. This was New York in the 70s. There were like sculptors, painters, musicians… And at one point we were all working on operas."
"We called them that. They were just big events with lots of stuff. And somehow the voice would be threading through it – and that was it."
"It was weird. You would be walking down the street and go, how's your opera? Mine's fine, how's yours? Everybody was doing it and we didn't know what it was."
"So, I like the word opera. It just means a big kind of thing. Often featuring the voice – maybe not bel canto."
— Laurie Anderson (from an interview for The Quietus)


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Black Flat Low Top Trainers
Polo Polo Ralph Lauren offers up 'Hanford Leather Spec' flat low-top trainers for the coming season. Featuring a leather upper and lace-up front, the infamous Polo Ralph Lauren logo displays proudly on the side. Built to last, these are trainers that'll become your firm favourite.


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Have you ever "lost" an article?
You know what I'm talking about — you started reading something great, bookmarked it, and then when you went looking for it two months later the only thing you can find is 404 Page Not Found? Or maybe you found it, but now the website wants you to fork over some cash in order to see it?
I hate emailing myself a link, or bookmarking it, only to learn later that the material is off-limits. The biggest culprit was the New York Times. Until recently, they would charge you for access to articles that were more than 10 days old. That meant that if I read a great editorial and the topic came up during a discussion with someone two weeks later, I couldn't send him the link (how many students pay to read archived news?).
But there were other sites too – for instance, a couple of years ago, Poynter.org ran an amazing article series called Fifty Writing Tools. It was the best writing advice I'd ever received, and I bookmarked the index page so that I could come back to read it again and again. A few months ago, I went back to Poynter to find that half of the links were broken. I wish I could have saved those articles somewhere, and shared them with some of my friends who are aspiring journalists. (Incidentally, in writing this article I went back to Poynter and was absolutely delighted to find that the writing tips are back in the form of podcasts. Check them out at http://www.poynter.org/column.asp?id=78&aid=103943).
Digg and del.icio.us are fantastic social bookmarking sites, but they don't allow you to save your own copies of a web page.
Yahoo! introduced a very handy resource for bookmarking pages a couple of years ago. It's part of Yahoo! MyWeb, which is still in Beta – I guess they were taking a page from the book of Google, no pun intended. (Alright, maybe a little.)
Head over to http://myweb.yahoo.com, and once you've signed up, click on My Bookmarks. Since you're just starting out, you don't have any bookmarks. So let's add one. On the MyWeb banner with the search box, find the link for Add Page. When you click it, a pop-up window will open up asking you for the url of the page and some other details. I took a screenshot of my own MyWeb Bookmarks page, with the window open.
As you can see, it is possible to set both public and private access levels. However, the option we are most interested in appears all the way at the bottom, in the form of a checkbox next to "Store a copy of this page." Fill out the form, making sure that this option is checked.
When you submit the page, you'll see something like the display in the background of my screenshot, in the main browser window. As you can see, I have saved four articles (more, actually), and for three of those articles I have added the note "For use in blog". I got tired of linking to articles only to have them moved to paid archives (see earlier rant about New York Times). Those dates say 2008 but they are actually 2005 (I edited something small so it updated the date). If you click the titles, you will be taken to www.nytimes.com. However, if you click the little link that says "My saved copy" that I've circled in red, you'll be taken to this page. Isn't that cool?
Some convenient toolbars for your browser are available here. And if you want to use Yahoo! MyWeb for your social bookmarking, you can share saved pages with friends and colleagues under the My Contacts tab. You'll have to add a contact first, but after that you can share easily. Try it out — my user is sadp182.
I use MyWeb occasionally to bookmark my favorite articles, to save a link when I'm putting it up on my blog, and for saving internet-based references when I'm doing research and need to be able to come back later. I hope you'll find it useful as well!


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Winter Gardens(47 images)
The definition of a winter garden is a conservatory devoted to the cultivation of winter-blooming plants. From the wealth of images online, we have selected a series that captures the sense of winter's bleakness beyond the glass walls of the conservatory, where water features are frozen and the glass panes of the roof have traces of frost. Yet, illuminated at night or bathed in sunshine on a crisp winter's day, the winter garden not only affords shelter to vulnerable plants, but also a warm...
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See nota fiscal.
The nota fiscal is used in the following ways:
· Delivery note
In Brazil, taxes are levied on the movement of goods – and not on the sale, as is customary in other countries. For this reason, a nota fiscal, which represents a legal document, must accompany each delivery of goods.
· Invoice
In most cases, the nota fiscal also serves as a financial document, meaning that customers view the nota fiscal as an invoice against which they make payment. They do not request a separate invoice (called a fatura in Portuguese). This type of nota fiscal that serves as the invoice is commonly referred to as the nota fiscal fatura (and, in the system, is simply called the nota fiscal).
On occasion, customers request a separate invoice in addition to the nota fiscal that arrives along with the goods. Vendors then send what is called a fatura, which can be used to group one or more notas fiscais.
The nota fiscal includes all tax-related information, which is required for reporting to the tax authorities.
The SAP System automatically generates a nota fiscal when you:
· Create an invoice in Logistics Invoice Verification (MM-IV)
· Enter a goods movement in Inventory Management (MM-IM)
· Create a sales order in Billing (SD-BIL)
You can also create a nota fiscal manually using the Nota Fiscal Writer.
A number of Customizing settings must be configured for the nota fiscal functions to work. In particular, you must define:
· Nota fiscal number ranges
· Nota fiscal types
· CFOP codes
· Screen control group assignments
You can refer to this overview of all nota fiscal Customizing activities.


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Well, we're here at 3G S day.
The launch of the iPhone 3G S doesn't seem to be as crazy as the debuts of the iPhone and iPhone 3G. The crowds were lighter, thanks in part to pre-order sales. Many existing iPhone 3G users were happy with the iPhone OS 3.0 update on Wednesday. And some people who would have upgraded are waiting a while until they roll off their contracts.
Even still, AT&T Mobility President Ralph De La Vega told CNBC this morning that AT&T and Apple had hundreds of thousands of pre-orders of the iPhone 3G S. So this is shaping up to be another success for Apple and AT&T.
Here are some quotes and observations from the first few hours of iPhone 3G S sales.
Terry Stenzel, AT&T vice president and general manager for Northern California and Reno said the lines have been steady all day, with a mixture of pre-order people and customers coming in off the street. He said even with the new $99 price for the iPhone 3G 8GB, he didn't see one of those sold on Friday. It was all about the early adopters, Friday.
Stenzel said sales have been split between the 32 and 16 GB versions of the iPhone 3G S. He said he expects sales to be robust for the new device.
"We had the best device in the industry and we just made it faster," he said.
Bob Borchers, senior director of worldwide iPhone product marketing said the iPhone 3.0 software update might be enough for some existing users. But he said Apple has put together a winning package in the iPhone 3G S hardware and new software that he says is collectively more than just a set of modest updates.
"When you look at our history of software, we look at high level features like voice commands and video capture but we put in nice refined touches that delight you," he said. "We try to balance the headlines with the nuanced pieces. When you take the iPhone 3G S and 3.0, it's hard to say these are nuanced upgrades. There is a huge amount of value and improvements."
Bart Decrem, CEO of Tapulous, maker of the popular music rhythm game Tap Tap Revenge, said he was excited about all the improvements and what it means for software developers. "There's a thousand little things and some big improvements and it all adds up to a lot for developers," he said.
Ge Wang, founder of Smule, a maker of acoustic iPhone apps, said the improvement with the most intriguing upside is the compass function on the iPhone 3G S. He said he can imagine using it to control sound by just turning your body. He said adding the video camera could also be another way to create control for games or work with his sound apps.
"Having another time-based medium to add to audio is very interesting," he said.
Chuck Dietrich, general manager and vice president of Salesforce Mobile, said he's already sold 100,000 Salesforce apps, suggesting that businesses are finding good use for the iPhone. He said the integration of maps in apps will only make its Salesforce app even more useful for sales and customer support workers.
Borchers said another sleeper hit will be the ability for hardware accessory manufacturers to build gadgets that can talk back and forth with the iPhone. "The impact could be ginormous," he said. "Imagine your iPhone talking to your car or for diabetics, the iPhone working with a blood glucose monitor."


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CSR Edmonds' Windmaster has dual bottom bearing system. Windmaster uses two precision bottom bearing assembly and second is steel bearings which is located in a patented. This will ensures quite and smooth operation.
Replaceable bearings, by the homeowner bearings can be easily replaced in Windmaster that's the first domestic vent. The life of a ventilator can be lessened if the dynamic balance of the product is upset by hail damage. Reinforced dome against to the hail. To provide extra resistance against hail Windmaster has a special shatterproof dome designed.
Large range of colors Windmaster is available in an extensive range of colors including - Woodland Grey, Windspray, Mill, Pink Buff, Pale Terracotta, Night Sky, Paperbark, Sandbank, Bushland, Jasper, Ironstone, Blue Ridge, Plantation, Shale Grey, Dune, Surfmist, Classic Cream, Claypot, Headland, Manor Red, Brown, Stromboli, Deep Ocean, Cottage Green, Wilderness, Pale Eucalypt. (Click here for Color Chart)
Withstands sever rain and wind. Windmaster withstood wind velocities of 180km/hr in independent laboratory test and satisfied the international Rain Dynamic Rain Penetration Test.
Lifetime Warranty: For the original installation Edmonds offers a lifetime warranty on the body of the ventilator. A separate 10 year warranty is provided for the bearings but these are easily replaceable.
Fits all roof types: Malleable flashing suits and Windmaster's "Vari-Pitch" throat all roof types with slopes from 0 to 45
Please use the Contact form on the right for Windmaster information and ordering.
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For many years, the Commission has fostered internet and ICT sector efforts to self-and co-regulate, principally in topics related to making the internet a safer and better place for kids. We now want to build on this approach and nurture a culture of better self-regulation & co-regulation across the EU. The first meeting of this Community of Practice will take place on Tuesday 10 December 2013 in Brussels.
You can now join the Community of Practice via its online platform. There, you will have the opportunity to find more information about it and to access documents, discuss them with other members of the Community and upload your own experiences.
In summer 2012, a public consultation on a "Code for Effective Open Voluntarism" showed that many business and civil society organisations wanted a constructive dialogue on the basis of current best practice.
About four out of five respondents were interested in joining a Community of Practice, and DG CONNECT is now inviting all interested parties to take part.
The Community of Practice will complement existing initiatives and platforms, and will be supported by DG CONNECT staff. In addition to formal meetings, discussions will continue via an on-line platform, including a curated collection of best practice literature and case studies. Community members, could, for example discuss the existing best practice Principles, and propose improvement.


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Born 1986 in Vilnius, in Lithuania
Lives and works in Vilnius, in Lithuania
Light could be the link between photography and painting. Time is the link between photography (as a painted object) and myself. These are the object that I have chosen to paint – picture in the paper format, a non-digitalised image. The painting of these pictures is not like a "window to the view" but rather like an object-thing. This is how another object – the work of painting – comes to be. The whole project and its progress and the manner of painting does not imitate media but instead creates "time", and a distance of time between myself and the picture being painted. A complete isolation from the visual experience occurs through this distance of time (the present). By creating individual meanings with patched structures the mind expresses the pure relation with the object being painted (picture). The process itself – painting – is important as an action which moves the cultural memory. The result, the works – paintings – lose their primary purpose in a way – to create visual experience, since one of the aims of the project is also to create "temporal experience" through telling the viewer about the progress of the "project" and the problems of the selected time, and through visual and object expressions of the project interacting with the viewer himself.
All of the works are painted based on black and white pictures which were created in various situations: reportage soviet pictures given by other people, family pictures, as well as images from books. I painted almost without choosing what, how, and why to paint. Which pictures, why pictures? This was not important because to me painting was important, and how painterly expression communicates with fixed, mechanised image. This is more of a game of the mind or rather, the consciousness, with a random image. There are so many such random images in the daily life.
All of this process is an attempt to ask oneself: why painting?
Born 1986 in Vilnius, in Lithuania
Lives and works in Vilnius, in Lithuania
Vilnius Academy of Arts, MA (Painting)
2010 - 2014
Vilnius Academy of Arts, BA (Painting)
Selected solo exhibitions
Tathātā, Galerija VARTAI, Vilnius, Lithuania
Selected group exhibitions
Celebration, Šv. Jono galerija, Kaunas, Lithuania
Art Cells, Titanikas, Vilnius, Lithuania
Concept of Femininity, Vinius Culture Night, Lithuania


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Improve Your Plumbing Serviceskills
Having good plumbing is very important to having a safe and healthy home. Somethings you can take care of yourself, but other issues will require a professional. Read this article for some great advice for fixing up your plumbing at home.
Toilet discs and odor removers should never be used in your toilet. While they may be effective deodorizers, they can damage rubber parts in your toilet. If they become too damaged, your toilet will not operate properly.
Sifting drainers are available for any size drain to prevent items larger than a grain of sand going into your pipes. You should clean your kitchen sink's strainer every time there is a large particle that's trapped in it. Those in the bathtub should be cleaned out periodically, as needed.
Don't put things like fat, oil or grease down your drains. When they cool, they'll harden and clog your drain. As an owner of a garbage disposal, this is important because the blades will stop working if they have fat on them. The best thing to do is to dispose of oil-based liquids away from your sinks.
It is important to always run cold water while using your garbage disposal. When cold water hits the garbage disposal, it sharpens the blades. This keeps the disposal working properly. Avoid using hot water, as this will liquefy grease, causing it to build up in the drain and obstruct your pipes.
If you have unwanted water that drains in your dishwasher, it's probably due to the kitchen sink's hose being improperly installed. The hose must lead uphill then back downhill to prevent the combining of water from each device.
What the article above does is illustrate just how easy it is to make repairs to your home's plumbing. By utilizing these tips in your home, you can not only fix your plumbing in an emergency, but you can also cut costs by reducing the need for a professional plumber.
Leaky Faucet? Tips On How You Can Fix Minor Problems
Are you experiencing issues with plumbing fixtures in your home? Do you want to learn to fix plumbing problems yourself? If you are open to improvement, you have found the right article. The tips in this article are full of advice on how you can do your own plumbing efficiently.
To prevent frozen pipes, always keep the living spaces in your house above freezing, even if you aren't home. Any exposed pipes need to be insulated against the outdoor temperatures. Pipes have the potential to freeze if the surrounding temperatures are below the freezing mark. If you are lucky, you will only experience a minor inconvenience until the pipes thaw. On the other hand, they can burst, which gets messy and really expensive.
Avoid bleach tablets, blue toilet deodorizers or the other odor removers inside your toilet. Either kind of toilet tablet might break down obnoxious smells in your toilet, but they might also break down the rubber parts, resulting in malfunction.
Use filters on all drains to prevent debris that might clog the pipes from getting through. Every time you have large particles in the strainer of the kitchen sink, it should be cleaned thoroughly. Those in the bathtub should be cleaned out periodically, as needed.
If your home uses well water and orange or pink stains become noticeable in your bathtub or in other fixtures, this occurs when the water has too much iron. This is something that needs to be taken care of by water softener, which you can buy at a store, or have a company come out to your house and take care of it for you.
Use baking soda and one cup of vinegar per month to keep the bathtub drain clear and running well. Plug up the drain and allow the chemical reaction to occur. Wait a while, and then use boiling water to flush. This should help clear your pipes of accumulated hair and soap scum.
Check the overflow holes for clogs. Overflow holes are one of those things which you forget about until you need them. As you routinely look for things needing attention, check to be sure that the overflow holes are clear and unblocked.
An incorrectly installed hose from the kitchen sink to the dishwasher can cause unwanted water to drain into the dishwasher. You must have the hose going uphill and then down to get rid of the water in the dishwater.
Clean the lint trap in your dryer. This is a good idea for a variety of reasons, not the least of which is fire safety. Make sure that you inspect the lint trap for any holes or tears that might mean lint is going to your pipes, which might lead to clogs and other problems to deal with.
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Saturday, 15 April 2017
When you no longer care whether you live or die
Naturally I got offered the chance to accept a humiliating surrender, pay up thousands of Euros, including the costs for their and my own lawyer. I will keep fighting, however, if only for the small chance on justice being served. I did absolutely nothing wrong, after all, and being forced to move will likely cause me to die.
Before the whole eviction thing started, my condition could be described as 'stable bad'. With thoughts of suicide being quite rare and still easy to contain. At this point my condition is not stable at all and my thoughts keep dipping into dark, suicidal thoughts every few minutes or so. Even just writing this, and having to accept this truth just caused me to lose self-control, scratch at my neck with my fingernails and hurt this body for being the cause of it all. Then start crying for everything about life just hurting.
Even though I have my psychotherapist backing me in that I cannot possibly be forced to leave the premises, the stress is still there, along with the realisation that I'm once again confronted by 'people' who couldn't care less or would even rejoice if I were to commit suicide. So long as I vanish out of their miserable lives. It's no different from those countless doctors and psychologists I faced over the past years.
The previous weekend I was away with my colleagues on a company-sponsored trip to the nearby Schwarzwald. On the way to the hotel with the bus I couldn't help but stare sadly out of the window, seeing countless houses, realising that everyone is apparently living in an apartment, with each house split up. Realising that apparently I'm so broken that I cannot be like others here and just accept living together in a shared house with others, ignoring noise, stress and frustrations.
It's why I know that Germany is the wrong country for me.
All I need at this point is for me to lose the eviction case to convince me that there's no point for me to continue living. I have spent the years since my last suicide attempt in 2011 trying to convince myself that life can be worth living, but this situation and the hatred which I must suffer from doctors, psychologists, landlords and others for merely existing is just too much.
I tried. I did my best. It's okay for me to just give up now. It's not my fault that there's no place for me in this world.
I want to believe it's not all my fault.
Is it?
The next months will find me dealing with neurologists, for the worsening loss of sensation in the right side of my body, travelling to another clinic for an appointment with another specialist and probably start more intensive psychotherapy from a second mental health professional. This is already far too much to deal with. I honestly cannot deal with anything more.
I'll have to survive somehow. Because others feel I must not die.
I no longer feel that way.
4 comments:
- Wayne Nix said...
When you no longer want to live just say fuck it and do whatever you want. Don't want to go to work? Don't go. Fuck it. Want to rob a bank? Do it. Fuck it. Just be irresponsible and refuse to do anything you don't want to do. Only do what you want. I've been there. I know what it's like.
- 15 April 2017 at 13:03
- partouf said...
people suck.
- 15 April 2017 at 16:13
- Devin Edwards said...
No. You are a beautiful creaature. Why should you work so hard to stay in a place that is not good for you? It must be very hard finding another place to live. I have not read all of your blogs. Still, I remember the last time I moved. It was horrible. That was long ago though. I had children and not enough money. Now, I look forward to my next change. Who knows, maybe I will meet my life partner there!
In any event, Maya, change is so hard. I know, I do not like it iether. This may be just the thing that you need though. Who knows what the future may hold?
And of course, you are always welcome here. We have an extra bedroom, and I like to cook =), so please cheer. We need you in our lives.
With fondness,
- 16 April 2017 at 07:48
- Maya Posch said...
@partouf: word :)
@Devin: if the US wasn't such a basketcase at the moment, I might just consider moving over. Thanks for the invite :)
- 6 May 2017 at 14:03


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PeaceBuilders not a moment too soon
By Pastor Bill Baldwin, Ev. United Church of Christ, Lester Prairie
It's not easy being a teenager these days; maybe it never has been. We are blessed with so much in this country, yet there are pressures facing our youth that threaten their health, their sanity, and their very lives.
Everyone wants to help, but no one knows what to do. Our schools are already pressed to the limits trying to teach the basics with ever-decreasing resources. Most churches would love to help, but they are struggling to keep even their most faithful members active and connected.
We are connected to the entire planet instantaneously through satellite TV and the Internet, yet with all the instant information we have, we don't know how to help our kids. Is there any answer to the problems that seem so pervasive and resistant to resolution?
PeaceBuilders is a group for young people designed to be a specific answer to the challenges facing our youth. It fills a niche not being covered by any other group out there, right now.
While aimed at elementary age students, PeaceBuilders seeks to equip our kids with a knowledge set that will serve them well throughout high school and into adulthood.
This is not a church school, Sunday school, or religiously-based curriculum in any way other than promoting respect for all people, non-violent conflict resolution, appreciation for the world in which we live, and ways to live together in community.
PeaceBuilders meets Wednesdays from 3:30 to 4:30 p.m. at the Lester Prairie Elementary school, and is open to students from any school or community. A typical meeting would include a peace-themed lesson supported with music, crafts, and activities.
Sonja Johnson and Carol Dietel are leading the weekly classes, using curriculum from a variety of sources. Feel free to call Sonja at (320) 395-2922 with questions you have about the program.
The respectful approach to living that is taught in class is also modeled in the classroom. Children are taught ways to resolve conflicts wherever they arise without resorting to violence, bullying, or name-calling.
This is actually the second season for PeaceBuilders, having started at Prairie Community Church (Evangelical United Church of Christ) last year in response to a perceived need in the community.
The church recently received a $750 grant from the Minnesota Conference of the United Church of Christ to help launch the program more successfully this year. The grant was designed to help local churches connect with perceived needs in the community, regardless of their affiliation or non-affiliation with any church.
Teens from any school are welcome to help lead classroom activities. Johnson and Dietel believe that having our younger students experience a healthy connection with teens will be good for both age groups.
What possible difference could PeaceBuilders make? The potential impact is difficult to estimate.
What if even a few kids escaped being teased or bullied because a potential bully learned not only self-respect, but also better ways of getting his or her needs met?
What if a few kids avoided fights leading to injuries or expulsions because they learned ways to negotiate conflict non-violently?
What if a few handfuls of kids at high risk for alcohol or drug abuse, or pregnancy, stayed out of trouble because they learned that they are valuable beyond measure?
What about students who may have been filled with rage and who lacked healthy ways to express it? We sure don't need any more Columbines, Cold Springs, or Red Lake's, do we?
PeaceBuilders is mostly just good, solid reminders about treating people the way they want to be treated. Have you ever really thought about that? If you are like most people, you want to be treated with respect, cared about, listened to, helped, protected, and appreciated for your uniqueness, just as you are.
So, let's rally around this program and get all our kids there on a weekly basis. We need lots of adult support and help with the program. You know all the "it takes a village to raise a child" kind of sayings, and they are very true.
If you are a retired person reading this, you have infinite gifts to offer our young people. Give Sonja a call and ask how you can help. Whatever you have and can give to the program is both needed and appreciated.
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DTRA is the youngest agency in the Department of Defense, but in a way it is also the oldest, pre-dating the Department itself. The agency was created in 1998 from a number of other entities to focus their efforts on terrorism, our own nuclear surety, and counterproliferation, but DTRA's rich legacy extends back to the Manhattan Engineering Project that was created to develop the world's first atomic bomb during World War II.
After the war, the Manhattan Project continued working on atomic weapons until the Atomic Energy Act of 1946 split the program into two parts: The Atomic Energy Commission (today's Department of Energy) and the Armed Forces Special Weapons Project (AFSWP). The AFSWP was established to conduct military training in nuclear weapon operations. The organization changed over the years (Armed Forces Special Weapons Project, 1947-1959, Defense Atomic Support Agency, 1959-1971, Defense Nuclear Agency, 1971-1996, Defense Special Weapons Agency 1996-1998) and was called the Defense Special Weapons Agency, the Department of Defense's center for nuclear and advanced weapons effects expertise, when it was combined with other WMD-related agencies and programs in 1998 to form DTRA.
Another DTRA legacy organization is the On-Site Inspection Agency, formed in 1988 to carry out the on-site inspection and escorting responsibilities of the U.S. government under the Intermediate-Range Nuclear Forces Treaty. For a time, the Director of DTRA was also dual-hatted as the director of the Defense Technology Security Administration, which was formed in 1985 as a field activity under the Office of the Under Secretary of Defense for Policy to manage the Department of Defense's license review process for the export of dual-use technologies and munitions. That organization eventually returned to the Pentagon.
One of the biggest elements that became part of DTRA in 1998 was the Nunn-Lugar Cooperative Threat Reduction program office, which transferred from the Office of the Assistant to the Secretary of Defense for Nuclear, Chemical and Biological Defense Programs. Its mission at the time was to assist the nations of the former Soviet Union in reducing their weapons of mass destruction subject to international arms control treaties. The Office of the Secretary of Defense program management office for Chemical-Biological Defense programs also was transferred into DTRA.
From 2005 to 2016, the U.S. Strategic Command Center for Combating Weapons of Mass Destruction (SCC-WMD) was co-located with DTRA on Fort Belvoir. The Secretary of Defense directed STRATCOM to lead the CWMD integration and synchronization efforts, and the SCC-WMD was the STRATCOM element in charge of those efforts; during this time, the DTRA Director was also the director of the SCC-WMD. In 2016, this responsibility was transferred from STRATCOM to U.S. Special Operations Command (SOCOM), and the hand-off from STRATCOM to SOCOM was completed in early 2017.
DTRA grew again in 2016 when the Joint Improvised-Threat Defeat Agency (JIDA) was renamed the Joint Improvised-Threat Defeat Organization (JIDO) in accordance with the 2016 National Defense Authorization Act and became a part of DTRA. Originally formed to address the threats posed by Improvised Explosive Devices (IEDs) in Iraq and Afghanistan, JIDO's mission is to enable the DoD to very quickly address and counter improvised threats, including IEDs, car bombs, armed drones, and more.


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Why Become a Mentor for Young Adults?
So many Boomers and Gen x-er's are searching for meaning in their work life and yet, so many Millennials find work meaningless. Becoming a professional mentor for young adults is a great way to do that and also really help this amazing Millennial generation reach their potential. I believe that these young adults have what it takes to change this world for the better in every way. It is our generation who have let them down and then accused them of being self-centered, slackers who sleep and slave away on their superciliously synced smart phones. (I'm in an "s" mood today ☺)
While there is so much good to be had in mentoring young adults, there are two sides to even that coin. With all good things there is yang to the yin, the blessing and the curses (B's and C's) that one could never have imagined when starting upon this journey. Having been a mentor for young adults for over 16 years, I thought sharing my experiences on the B's and C's of this would probably work... but first….
Here are some thoughts from one of my newest Mentors In Training, Sean, about what he was seeking in becoming a mentor for young adults
"Hey Ken! I really am looking for a change in my life. Call it turning 50,. or a mid-life crisis. Call it being fed up with not feeling like I do something worthwhile for human-kind. Hell, call it a person being fed up with their corporate job.
I want to feel like I make a difference. Like I've helped someone. Leave a mark ... even if it's only in a small way.
All this being said ... I still have four mouths to feed, a mortgage, car payment and three kids to hopefully put through university. And currently I make a good living doing what I do (even if it is from behind a cubicle wall) So making a change is scary. Naturally.
No doubt you are a charismatic, well-spoken, polished individual that seemingly loves what he does and teaches. Can I take some of what you have and make it work for me?"
The answer: Yes! The people who have become professional Mentors were able to take what they were taught and make it their own. They do it part-time in the first year after training so they can slowly transition into a successful mentoring practice to either augment their current income or create a full time Mentoring career.
The B's and C's of Becoming a Mentor.
Top 5 blessings of being a mentor for young adults:
5. It's all done on Skype, so your pits and mouth can be stinky and you'll still seem like you know what you are talking about. (but take pity on your dog's olfactory receptors)
4. No traffic jams! No travel time to work! Just get your computer on, fire up Skype and Robert's your father's brother.
3. Imagine! Millennials sharing their thoughts; completely and totally honestly, thanks to the judgment-free environment you create.
2. You learn the coolest things about what's happening in the connected world; people; songs; apps. Hey, I heard "Badger, badger, badger, badger" way before my any of my friends did... if they ever did.
1. After being with you as their Mentor for six to eighteen months, they graduate and know how to deal with anything life will throw at them with grace, wisdom and unflinching eyes on the prize.
Top 5 Curses of Being a Mentor for Young Adults:
5. As a result of being on Skype all the time, with no clients to sneeze or pass gas in your general direction, you are more susceptible to the various colds and flus when you do venture out. (Who knew those kids sneezing
on the teacher in class were doing them a favor?)
4. The internet service providers of the world seem to have it out for Skypers. It can be frustrating sometimes… frozen images… missed words occurring most often when you absolutely need to hear every word your client is sharing.
3. Imagine! Millennials sharing their thoughts; completely and totally honestly, thanks to the judgment-free environment you create. (This is a blessing and a curse.)
2. Try explaining Badger to your "grown-up" friends or why (name of funky group) really is cool. (sigh… caught between two generations).
The Kicker:
1. After being with you for six to eighteen months, they graduate. You are sort of Mary Poppins for f**ked up kids. You heard them. They listened and then they must leave the Skype-nest. It is a sad time and a happy time.
This is what I live for in every hour that I mentor young adults and I wouldn't trade it for anything.
Finally, I would like to emphasize, that it is such an honor to earn their trust and help guide them to their inner greatness. Helping the families go from major daily scream-fests to the truly loving relationships they were meant to have is simply icing on the cake.
In conclusion: surrender to your special skills of sharing the secrets of success to Millennials and start your sojourn from a snooze-fest existence to inspiring slackers.
Join us!
Learn to Mentor Millennials.
They are our greatest hope.
We need them.
They need you.
Interested in mentoring Millennials? Check out www.MentorsProfessionalWorkshop.com
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Maybe it was just the mood I was in (a month after my 51st birthday) or the time (Christmas Day) that influenced me as I sat on my sofa and watched this deeply touching film. Christmas is like one of those old-fashioned spin tops: you pull the top and it makes the thing whirl out of control, briefly, beautifully, and then it slows down and just stops. Once the packages are open and the dinner is eaten, you're sitting there surrounded by pieces of wrapping paper and a pile of dishes in the sink and life just goes back to the maddening rush, like the top while it whirled.
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Memory Healer Reviews
The Memory Healer program created by Alexander Lynch is claimed to outline four, 100% natural ingredient lists that can reverse Alzheimer's and dementia.
About Memory Healer
Created by Alexander Lynch, Memory Healer is claimed to be an easy-to-follow guide that can help you rapidly and permanently cure Alzheimer's, dementia, and any other memory loss disease or condition, using 4 different lists of 100% natural foods, drinks, nutrients, oils, and more.
According to the product's promotional video, these foods are available at your local grocery store and cost just a few dollars, and when taken at the right times and in the right combination, can completely, naturally, and permanently, reverse even the most severe cases of Alzheimer's.
Because of this, Alexander claims that Memory Healer has been used by more than 43,000 Americans to date.
But is this actually the case? In other words, regardless of how many people may (or may not) have used it, can you realistically expect the information contained in the Memory Healer program to reverse almost any age-related memory problem? We'll get to that in a moment, but let's first take a closer look at how Memory Healer is claimed to work.
How Is Memory Healer Claimed to Work?
According to Alexander, the Memory Healer program is based on breakthrough research conducted by a team of scientists at Yale University, who found that a compound named TC-2153 could possibly cure Alzheimer's by preventing STEP (Striatal-Enriched Tyrosine Phosphate) from destroying existing memories and inhibiting new ones from taking root. This research is claimed to have been published in a paper titled "TC-2153 Successfully Cure Alzheimer's in Mice."
Alexander tells us that he decided to enlist the help of a chemist in order to produce TC-2153, but quickly found out how prohibitively expensive it would be. Fortunately, he and his chemist colleague claim they found three of the same elements contained in TC-2153 but in natural foods, such as:
- Tifluoromethyl from certain fruit juices and nectars
- Benzyl alcohol found in fruits, teas, essential oils, and some flowers
- Aminehydrochloride found in certain types of salt
Then, Alexander claims they added a "simple nutrient found in a select group of fruits, vegetables, beets, and lettuces," to round out the ingredients, to "trigger a catalyst," and to mimic the effects of TC-2153.
Let's take a look at how well these claims hold up to scrutiny.
What is Striatal-Enriched Tyrosine Phosphate (STEP)?
According to BrightFocus.org, "STEP is a brain-specific protein that regulates the activity of several proteins required for the stabilization of memories. One of these proteins is the NMDA glutamate receptor. This receptor complex normally moves from intracellular pools to the neuronal surface where it can receive neurotransmitter signals required for the formation of long-term memories. The trafficking to and from membranes is a tightly regulated process, and STEP participates in this process."
The Science Behind Memory Healer
The TC-2153 study referenced in the Memory Healer's promotional video can be found here, although it's fairly technical. However, an August 2014 Newsweek article summed up the findings nicely by stating, "a single dose of the compound TC-2153 was enough to reverse the effects of Alzheimer's disease in mice. Several cognitive exercises were used in the study to gauge the animals' ability to learn and remember various motor skills, spatial information, warning signals, and previously seen objects."
However, the article ends by noting, "much more testing is still required before we can start manufacturing drugs with the TC-2153 compound. Adding a "cautionary note," Lombroso says, "Many drugs have been successful in the mouse and failed in the humans." His team is currently trying to replicate the results with other animals, including rats and nonhuman primates."
With this said, since this research is in its infancy, there remains much to be learned about STEP's role in Alzheimer's, and there is no third-party confirmation (outside of sites directly related to Memory Healer) that eating certain foods can inhibit STEP or mimic the effects of TC-2153 in any way.
Recycled Storylines
In addition to lack of evidence, the story that "Alexander Lynch" tells us is nearly identical to other Clickbank-based products we've reviewed, including Navajo Restore My Hearing System, Reverse My Tinnitus, Diabetes Free, and more.
This includes claims that:
- A loved one was affected by a disease.
- This individual, who had no formal training or expertise, decided to do a lot of online research.
- This individual came across some "little known" breakthrough research that was being suppressed by one industry or another.
- This individual was able to recreate the results of the research using only simple ingredients that can be found for a few dollars at your local grocery store.
- Because of pending lawsuits (or worse), they don't know how long the website will be up.
In the end, this leads us to believe that very little (if any) of the story behind Memory Healer is based in reality, and is simply intended to trigger an emotional response, instead of an informed one.
More on Recycled Storylines: Long Form Sales Videos: What They Are, Why You Should Be Wary, & How To Cut Through the Hype
Are Customers Curing Alzheimer's with Memory Healer?
Like nearly all Clickbank products (we'll talk more about this next), Memory Healer is sold exclusively through a network of independent affiliates who earn a commission off of each sale of the program they refer. Because of this, these affiliates will often create fake customer review websites just to create more buzz on the product which essentially increases sales for them.
Outside of these, the only legitimate mention of Memory Healer we found during our research was from forum users on AboveTopSecret.com, who noted that the back-story for Memory Healer doesn't sound credible.
Memory Healer Pricing & Refund Policy
Memory Healer is priced at $39.95 and is available for immediate download after your order is processed. With your purchase, Alexander claims you'll also gain immediate access to the "members only" website.
Like all Clickbank products (an online ordering platform), Memory Healer comes with a 60-day refund policy. In order to request a refund, you'll need to contact customer service at 800-390-6035.
Will Memory Healer Heal Your Memory?
Chopping to the point: Like so many of these other "cure all" Clickbank products, Memory Healer simply takes a small grain of truth (in this instance, the Yale research related to STEP inhibition), and then extrapolates it far beyond its intended boundaries. In other words, these authors make you think they're trustworthy because they include "science" in their presentation, but quickly move into the realm of snake oil salesmen.
Considering this, it's our opinion that Memory Healer is a scam, and would provide you with a low level of value for your money at any price.
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Amazing results with my mom
To me, $40 is a very small price to pay for something that could potentially lessen symptoms. Only if you are dealing with moderate to severe would you understand this. For those who could not download the ebook, what a pity. All deliverables were in working order. The program is not an easy one to implement. The ingredient lists are complex and difficult to manage in practice. I have a masters degree and other professional designations, and it was not easy at all to do it for 21 days. But this I did do, and followed the manual down to the exact weights and amounts prescribed for each category. If you read the book thoroughly, you understand that, as with a chemistry experiment, exact measures and ingredients must be combined as directed in order for the enzyme to be formed.
The results with my mom were immediately observable after only two days. People react differently, but I think there is a lot of misunderstanding on the part of the preparer. And there also must be consistency; every day for 21 days. That's no easy task.
Administered properly to my mom, it literally brought her back from the brink of "nothingness". She was almost unresponsive verbally, and motor skills were shutting down. They were all mental because, within two days, she got up out of her wheelchair and used the railing to walk down the hall. And she started conversing again. After 21 days, she was able to go home and enjoy Thanksgiving with her family. She was walking, talking and being the life of the party. It may sound incredible because it is.
What it is NOT, is a scam. Doctors and nurses have been amazed by her. We are currently repeating the 21-day regime because she had a long hospital stay, and again we saw immediate improvement after day one. This time around, she is in a very good care home that gives her excellent whole foods and organic diet. I can't wait to see our results now that we have the full recommended diet in place! I highly recommend this program.
Bottom Line: Yes, I would recommend this to a friend
34 out 38 people found this review helpful
Buyer Beware, this doesn't work!
This 21 day program does not work. I contact this company about a refund within the 60 days did not receive one. They removed the eBook and kept my money. Buyer beware, you will lose both ways.
Bottom Line: No, I would not recommend this to a friend
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Memory Healer
I just ordered it and I think it was a mistake. I thought I was buying a book. It shows pictures of a book. I don't know how to upload or download. I don't even have a printer. I'm almost 80 years old and I want to cancel this order if it's not a "book". If this is a REAL book, I apologize and anxiously await it's arrival.
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Oct 31, 2015
I also had trouble, as I thought the book was coming in the mail. There is a link to download to your computer but 99 pages of text is a lot to print out. I have printed it out for easy reading and willing to mail a copy to you. I did implement the food combing, and it either works or I am the miracle worker. I am happy with the program and the juice I am making which has been the most effective rather than solid food combing. Judy Adams 612-227-6965
May 15, 2016
I regret to inform you that this is nothing but a plain old scam. Having reviewed in detail all of the evidence in question, the drug used in the Yale study has no resemblance at all to the ingredients mentioned.
I suspect the above poster is a salesperson trying to prevent you from demanding a refund for this borderline fraud. Every claim, no matter minor, from that video was either entirely fabricated or presented in a misleading or false manner. This includes the testimonials.
The fact is that thousands of caring, brilliant scientists with relatives of their own affected by neurodegenerative diseases are hard at work on a cure. If there was a cure this simple every doctor in America would know about it. While pharmaceutical companies may have unscrupulous practices when it comes to pricing, basic drug discovery is not governed by profits. It's being handled by qualified and devoted people.
Please demand your money back, file a complaint with the better business bureau, and speak with a class action attorney. These lowlifes are preying on vulnerable and desperate human beings, and should all be behind bars. It may just be 40 bucks, but it's knowingly giving people false hope.


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Interactive graphic novel Ngurrara: A Ngarluma Story (written by Tyson Mowarin and illustrated by Stu Campbell; Yijala Yala/BighART, 2013) introduces users to the history of the Ngarluma, the indigenous people of the Burrup Peninsula in north western Australia, and of Murujuga, one of the world's oldest and most extensive petroglyph sites now threatened by industry and vandalism.
The story begins (we later learn) approximately 15,000 years ago, a time when "Mountains reach to the sky. Tharnarri [ocean] is far away." It is the day of a young boy's first hunt with his father: the pair spots a kangaroo, and the boy declares, "Marndanyingu. You feed my family now." Dynamic panels — with no text, only well-placed sound effects — show the boy following his father's guidance to kill the kangaroo with a boomerang-like weapon. When they stop for the night and make a fire, the boy carves the kangaroo's image into a rock next to a petroglyph commemorating his father's first kill. "Marndanyingu," the boy says, "you tell my story."
"Thousands of years pass," bringing the story forward to about 5,000 years ago. "The ice caps melt and the sea rises up. Our freshwater people become saltwater people and they have new stories to tell…" This time a young boy tracks and kills a turtle for his family's food. Again he carves the image of his prey into the rock at Murujuga to tell his own story and to honor the animal's spirit.
In the present time, another father-son pair drives toward Murujuga. The father tells his son to turn off the music he's listening to with his earbuds and to "listen to the country." As the two explore the many petroglyphs, the son asks in awe, "How long have our people been here?" His father replies, "We were always here."
The app's supplementary material (a substantial "about" text and a brief making-of video) supports this statement: at Murujuga there are around one million rock carvings made by the Ngarluma people, some more than 30,000 years old. In the video, co-creator Tyson Mowarin says, "I wanted to demonstrate the continuous connection of our people, the Ngarluma people, with the rock art…. We're still the custodians of the art."
An optional full-cast narration; subtle, atmospheric music; and a few animations and transitions complement the text and illustrations. Touching the bolded Ngarluma words in the text reveals their English-language equivalents and, in some cases, the petroglyphs associated with them. An interactive rock-art "carving" activity allows users to create their own petroglyphs.
The app isn't perfect: it's not particularly polished, and the title "ngurrara" (a Ngarluma word meaning both "home" and "country") never appears in the text, which may be confusing for users completely unfamiliar with the Ngarluma. Nevertheless it makes excellent use of its format and presents a rarely-seen thread of human history in an effective, affecting way.
Available for iPad; free. Recommended for primary and intermediate users.


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What Happened Last Night: Ravens Upset Broncos, 49ers Romp Over Packers
After some really bad football last weekend, Saturday's NFL Divisional Playoff games made everything all better. Big plays, big offense, and big drama dominated the day's matchups of Baltimore-Denver and San Francisco-Green Bay. Let's see how things shook out.
Joe Flacco outplays Peyton Manning to lead Baltimore to stunning double-OT upset of Denver
Baltimore Ravens quarterback Joe Flacco threw for 331 yards and three touchdowns, including a 70-yard bomb to Jacoby Jones with just 31 seconds left in regulation to force overtime, as the Ravens outlasted the Denver Broncos 38-35 in double-overtime.
Baltimore overcame two special teams touchdowns by Denver return man Trindon Holliday (a 90-yard punt return early in the first quarter and a 104-yard kickoff return to start the second half) thanks to Flacco's brilliance and the Baltimore running game, which gained 155 yards on the ground. Ray Rice led the ground attack with 131 yards.
Peyton Manning, meanwhile, did not have a great game. While Manning did throw for 290 yards, he also accounted for three turnovers: one fumble lost and two interceptions. His first interception was returned for a touchdown, thereby gifting Baltimore seven points. And his last was in double-overtime, leading to the Ravens rookie kicker Justin Tucker's game-winning 47-yard field goal.
Baltimore now awaits the outcome of this afternoon's game between the Houston Texans and New England Patriots to see who they will play in the AFC Championship Game.
Colin Kaepernick puts on a show as 49ers dominate Packers
263 yards passing with two touchdowns. 181 yards rushing and two touchdowns. Those would be great numbers for an entire team. Saturday, San Francisco quarterback Colin Kaepernick did that all by himself, accounting for 444 of the 49ers 579 total yards of offense as they rolled to a 45-31 victory over the Green Bay Packers.
The game wasn't even as close as the score indicated, as Green Bay added a meaningless touchdown in the final minute and got a little help from the 49ers early after Kaepernick threw an interception for a touchdown at the beginning of the first quarter. Without the two scores, the Packer offense was only able to muster a mere 17 points against the 49er defense, barely putting up a fight.
But more on Kaepernick, who set a new NFL quarterback rushing record with his 181 yards on the ground and gave San Francisco a lead they would not relinquish with this 56-yard touchdown run in the third quarter:
On Green Bay's side, Aaron Rodgers had an average game with 257 yards passing and two touchdowns and the Packers managed 104 yards rushing as a team, but they were no match for the 49ers' offensive attack, which was so potent that I'm only just now mentioning Frank Gore's 119 yards rushing.
San Francisco awaits the victor between the Seattle Seahawks and Atlanta Falcons for their opponent in the NFC Championship Game.
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Photo via Chris Humphreys/USA TODAY Sports
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I just wanted to drop in and invite you all to my author chat in the Coffeetime Romance Latte Lounge on September 1st, 2011, starting at 9:00! (central time)
We're going to chat a little about everything, especially the paranormal, and everyone is welcome. You can even invite your friends and other authors, as a matter of fact, I encourage you to do so!
If you can, let me know if you'll be able to make it. I can't wait to chat with you all!
Also, I'll be guest blogging on romance author Hannah Howell's blog August 29th. Drop by and leave a comment if you can! As always, I'm offering guest blog spots, interviews, and book reviews on my new and improved blog if anyone is interested.
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Ink Sales Boosted By Printer Popularity
Levels of ink cartridges use in India are likely to have risen dramatically over the third quarter of 2011 with the combined serial inkjet and page printer, copier and multifunction product market totalling 666,859 units.
The revelation came after research from Gartner, with researchers predicting that a growth in business activities within a variety of sectors is one of the main reasons behind the growth.
Perhaps unsurprisingly, it seems many companies looking to increase their printing options have opted for the largest companies in the printing world. HP, Canon, Epson and Samsung dominated sales in the period in question.
Gartner's research analyst, Amrita Choudhury, said: "Business activities in the banking, financial services and insurance, manufacturing, IT and IT-enabled services sectors, and notably the government sector, lead to a growth of peripheral devices like printers and multi-functional devices."
HP dominated the segment with a 46.2 per cent market share while Canon and Epson enjoyed market shares of 28.6 per cent and 11.1 per cent, respectively.
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Elvgren on beauty
Elvgren on beauty: Id rather work from a model who isnt the most beautiful girl in the world, because if she looks too beautiful, then I have too much of a tendency to copy from the photograph. On models: I need a natural, good model. The ideal model poses instinctively sometimes even better than the artist can pose her. Pretty civilians is the term the artist used for the kinds of models he favored. One, Janet Rae, was the daughter of a close family friend. Another, Mariann Pilot, was a girlfriend of his son Drake. Celebrities with the look: Gil Elvgrens models included Barbara Hale of Perry Mason and Airport fame; aspiring Chicago actress Myrna Hansen; actress Lola Albright, who played the girlfriend of TVs Peter Gunn; and actress Kim Novak. Robert K. Elder
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Bush, "war of terror" and the erosion of free academic speech: Challenges for anthropology
Dean Saitta (University of Denver) is one of the four anthropologists in David Horowitz's book The Professors: The 101 most dangerous academics in America. The reason? His involvement in a debate on the erosion of free public and academic speech in the US.
In his guest editorial in the August edition of Anthropology Today, he describes the consequences of Bush's "war on terror" for academics and calls for action: Anthropologists, he writes, "need to step up and engage in more and better conversations about the university's status as a site of critical, creative and civically engaged inquiry":
The subsequent declaration of a 'war on terror' and the passage of the Patriot Act have threatened the civil liberties of many citizens, and brought new fears of government intrusion into our lecture halls and seminar rooms. (...)
As US troops settled into Afghanistan and Iraq the campaign against the academy intensified. Aided and abetted by a resurgent conservative student activism on campus, this campaign accuses the American professoriate of harbouring a pervasive and long-standing liberal bias – with 'liberal' variously understood as leftist, Marxist and anti-American.
The campaign's single most militant crusader, Saitta writes, is David Horowitz. He is a source of advice on political strategy for the Bush administration. Since 2003, Horowitz' organization Students for Academic Freedom (SAF) has mobilized conservative students and politicians in 20 states to propose an 'Academic Bill of Rights' (ABOR) for state-supported institutions. This bill is according to Saitta "clearly aimed at critics of President Bush and the war in Iraq".
In his book The professors:The 101 most dangerous academics in America (published in february 2006), Horowitz reveals the pervasive 'intellectual corruption' of the American university by providing an alphabetized list of "some of the worst violators of professional obligations and standards".
Four anthropologists are included. As Savage Minds already has noted, Diane Nelson of Duke University is another "dangerous" anthropology professor.
Many more anthropologists could have been included, Saitta stresses:
Horowitz has indicated in several of his writings and interviews that anthropology is one of the more intellectually corrupt disciplines within the social sciences (...), fraught with political correctness and partisanship.
All academics should be concerned about Horowitz' crusade, he argues. It seems that a large part of the American public agrees with Horowitz in some way. The American public has - as a recent survey reveals - very strange understandings of what the university is and does:
Nearly 70% believe the university should, as its primary function, provide job training rather than cultivate critical thinking. Over 60% believe that professors should be fired for associating with 'radical' political organizations. Over 50% think that too much scholarly research today is irrelevant to the needs of society. Finally, nearly 40% believe that the political bias of professors is a serious problem on campus.
Therefore, American anthropologists are faced with at least three major challenges in Saittas opinion:
First, we need to demonstrate that (...) our obligation as university faculty is to teach a breadth of ideas, critically examine their social causes and consequences, boldly experiment with new ones and, from time to time, actively champion particular ideas that can advance what we know and change for the better (whatever we take 'better' to mean) how we live. If we make some of our publics uncomfortable in the process, then we're probably doing something right.
The second challenge is to better justify and develop the sort of engaged pedagogy and scholarship that landed many of us on the 'dangerous 101' list. Horowitz' model of appropriate pedagogy is hierarchical and elitist. It evokes an image of tweedy professors filling up empty-headed and easily indoctrinable students with what is presumed to be disinterested, value-free knowledge. (...) Significant research in higher education over the past several decades has shown (...) the utility of more philosophically self-conscious and collaborative approaches for cultivating critical powers of mind.
The third challenge is to show how anthropology's unique 'deep time', cross-cultural and bio-behavioural understanding of the human condition can enrich the entire academic curriculum and inform wider public discourse. (...) [B]ecause of the qualities identified above, anthropology should be the linchpin of a liberal arts education and any truly informed approach to policy-making in a globalizing world.(...)
Anthropology's particularist conversation about human rights (...) provides a useful counterpoint to the universalist rights conversations of other disciplines.
>> read the whole text: Higher education and the dangerous professor: Challenges for anthropology (760kb, pdf - published on his homepage)
Saitta and many other 'dangerous professors' have stepped up to challenge the errors in Horowitz' book, and to clarify what academia is about and set up two websites and blogs: www.teachersfordemocracy.org/ and www.freeexchangeoncampus.org .
Dean J. Saitta has by the way an excellent homepage with lots of articles.
Engaged anthropologists beaten by the Mexican police
Censorship of research in the USA: Iranians not allowed to publish papers
"Tribal Iraq Society" - Anthropologists engaged for US war in Iraq
"War on terror": CIA sponsers anthropologists to gather sensitive information
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Comment from: Sybil Amber Visitor
I cannot see what was dangerous about science: From my experience, on the one hand, there are some people, who simply dislike anthropology, whereas I speak of social and cultural anthropology, because this very science is investigating their social and cultural life. I mean, anthropologists ask for what (many or some) people are doing, thinking and how they deal with being together.
On the other hand, there are some academics, who think this science in vain, for reasons I cannot follow.
Anthropologists learn theories about things, and try to reflect them in a critiqual manner: Of course we got to criticize - theories can be old, overcome or obsolete.
I cannot see, where the danger was: Do some people believe, that thinking was dangerous?
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Do some people believe, that thinking was dangerous?
Yes, because then we might question what they (Bush etc) are doing.
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Keep things simple and easy. Bush is only a 8 year period where Antropologi waves back thousands of years. Only the achivers will be remembered.


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Boy George tries to squeeze into US patent shoes
Osborne wants EU to be more like US
Opinion European ministers have pinned their hopes on more targets to solve the riddle posed so sycophantically by shadow chancellor George Osborne this week in a speech to IT bigwigs in California: How come you Yanks are so big, bold and beautiful, while us Europeans are such wet and weedy sucklers of the great American teat?
It is a question that has been posed many times before, most notably by those European ministers who drew up the Lisbon Agenda, the pipe dream that committed European ministers in 2000 to becoming the "most dynamic and competitive knowledge-based economy in the world by 2010".
True to the great tradition of highfalutin' European declarations, another batch of 34 European ministers have agreed another set of 2010 targets which they say are in the Lisbon mould. But, instead of being a plan Osborne would want to show off to his new California chums, it showed just how different Europe remains to the US.
One thing Lisbon saw from its economic perspective was that in order for Europe to become as "dynamic" as the US, its citizens need be clued up on technology. Osborne had something of Lisbon in him when he said to an audience of Silicon Valley go-getters, you're better than anyone else, and you have more to show for it, and you know why? "It's about the entrepreneurial ethos of Californian universities."
If only European universities could foster the "growth of dynamic new companies" like the Yanks do with the help of their easy capital and "cheap and effective" patent system, he said.
Patents offer an interesting perspective on Osborne's question. Most European experts agree that the US system is cheap, but they also think it is lax and of poor quality.
The European system may not be perfect, frayed by national differences as it is, but it is steeped in proud tradition and its officers are meticulous about quality. It is also fettered by heritage enshrined in different national constitutions. The European patent office expects it could take 10 years before current reform of the European system will deliver the first ever Community patent. The last set of reforms, the 2000 revision of the European Patent Convention, is still to be ratified.
Oh, for a blank sheet of paper and a decent draughtsman. The US system, like much of everything else they have, was drawn on a blank sheet (the competence of the draughtsman is _).
The EC thinks the blank sheet afforded East European countries like Estonia by the wholesale rejection of their Communist heritage has given them the opportunity to leapfrog much of Western Europe in the official league of dynamic digital societies.
This means something for Lisbon, but from a fettered European perspective. The new e-Inclusion targets commit Europeans to ensuring 90 per cent of citizens have broadband access by 2010 because there is evidence that closing the digital divide is good for the economy. That means helping the poor and needy, or recognising that Lisbon does not have a blank sheet to work on, it has social heritage, an aspiration of equality.
Patent reform and other attempts at improving the European single market that came out of Lisbon, meanwhile, chug along nicely and offer a useful perspective Osborne might consider when his feet are back on firm ground in London Heathrow.
Why indeed are there so many great US technology firms? And why did all those great British computer firms like Apricot, Psion, even Amstrad, not bear up under competition from their mighty opponents across the Atlantic? Why did Elonex, once such an arrogant little PC manufacturer, fall into administration this week and not become a Dell?
A better defined single market might have helped them.
Yet Osborne thinks there's something amiss with the European character and has called for a "cultural revolution" that might instil in it something of the frontier spirit. If they could get excited about multinational world domination, about being number one, maybe then they would be great like Dell.
Before he gets too carried away with this idea, there is one more question he might ask of those Europeans fond of slow food and shopkeeping: Could they be bothered? ®


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Randy Travis Joined Kenny on Stage in Dallas
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Kenny Chesney performed at AT&T Stadium in Dallas on Saturday night and was joined by a special guest.
The band played "Diggin' Up Bones" from Randy Travis's 1986 album Storms of Life as Chesney welcomed him onstage for a moment in the spotlight.
"Randy Travis paved the way and brought back country music," Chesney said. "Like George Jones, he is an original and the real deal. It was great bringing him out for all the fans to see the man who brought so many young people to country music back in the '80s."
Dallas Cowboys Cowboys owner Jerry Jones, as well as players Jason Witten, Travis Frederick, Zack Martin and Dan Bailey, were among the 46,273 fans at the show.
Kenny also two-stepped with Miranda Lambert to George Strait's "The Fireman."
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The medical school boards, USMLE Step 1, is a very important test in determining the future of your medical career. Scoring well on the test may open up opportunities for elite residency programs. Doing poorly on the exam may limit your opportunities. This article will explain how to prepare for the Boards.
Study hard during your first and second years in medical school.
All of the material on the test is gathered from the classes you took during your first two years. By remaining dedicated to your classes the first two years, you are creating the path towards an excellent score on the boards.
Register for the exam as early as possible. Before you even begin studying for Step 1, you must register for the exam. It is advised to register early as dates can fill fast. You want to be taking this test under the most ideal circumstances. Therefore, you want to pick the time and location that best suites your preferences.
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Pick your study materials There are countless resources available that you can use to prepare for Step 1. Research the different options and pick a few sources. Some options include Kaplan review, Board Review Series, Clinical Microbiology made ridiculously simple and others. You may also want to consider taking test prep classes to help you stay focused.
Make a schedule It is imperative to create a study schedule for yourself. There is an abundant amount of information to review, and it can be overwhelming! Creating a schedule will help you to cover all of the necessary information and not dwell too long on one subject. And remember, you must stick to the schedule.
Don't Burnout Take a break every now and then to relax and refresh. These breaks can help you refocus your attention and prevent you from overloading yourself before the test.
Stay Calm. As the test date approaches, it is common to second guess and doubt yourself. Remember that this is normal and that if you stuck to your plan you will do great.
Enjoy your great test score!