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Oxford DIY Label Beach Community Release New Compilation
A new DIY label / merch company / distro venture based in Oxford called Beach Community has launched their first release. 'Life's a Beach' is an 18-track compilation and is set to be released on limited edition cassette.
The tape is limited to just 250 copies (50 bi-colour blue/yellow, 100 metallic gold and 100 metallic red) and features artwork by the very talented James Callahan.
The compilation includes tracks by Balance & Composure, Make Do And Mend, The Story So Far, Defeater, The Wonder Years, Real Friends, Joyce Manor, Gnarwolves, Daylight, Citizen and many more.
A1. Balance And Composure - Reflection
A2. Crash of Rhinos - Interiors
A3. Joyce Manor - If I Needed You There
A4. Gnarwolves - Limerence
A5. The Story So Far - Empty Space
A6. The Wonder Years - Cul-de-sac
A7. Moose Blood - Boston
A8. Dikembe - Keys To The Jeep
A9. Hindsights - Daydreams
B1. Make Do And Mend - Count
B2. Citizen - Figure You Out
B3. Daylight - Sheltered
B4. Defeater - Bastards
B5. Have Mercy - This Old Ark
B6. The American Scene - The View From Here
B7. Real Friends - Late Nights In My Car
B8. Light Years - Hindsight
B9. Nai Harvest - Sitcom Fade-In
'Life's a Beach' is available pre-order lovefrombeachcommunity.com. The compilation can also be streamed on Bandcamp or by clicking read more.
Struggletown Records Release New Compilation featuring Joyce Manor, Nai Harvest, Wolves At Heart and More
Glasgow-based label Struggletown Records have released their second compilation.
'Everyday Struggle Vol. II' features songs from Joyce Manor, Nai Harvest, Wolves At Heart, Bear Arms and more.
Visit Struggletown Records' Bandcamp page to download the compilation for £3. Alternatively click read more below to stream the compilation.
Live Review: Joyce Manor, Apologies, I Have None & Well Wisher - The Star and Garter, Manchester, 25/09/12
The city of Manchester has always been labelled as the 'rainy city', and it isn't rocket science to work out why this is so. The horrendous weather certainly puts a damper on everyone's spirits and plans, especially if you're travelling to a small pub called The Star and Garter, where upstairs, a small anxious weather hardened bunch of music fans await one of the biggest cult phenomenon's in the punk rock community to play them a fantastic set of raucous catchy jams.
Before the main attraction, the first of two opening bands are welcomed with curiosity from a decent sized crowd. Well Wisher from Manchester play a brilliant math rock-influenced 90's emo sound, that features great melodies which morph into either a gentle sway or a beefy climax. All of this is bridged to the crowd by the pedantic antics of their frontman who is both entertaining and intriguing with yelps of melodic woe with the odd climatic yell. [4/5]
Weekly US News Round-Up (21/9/2012)
Even though we love our Stateside friends, our main goal here at Already Heard to showcase and highlight the best in established and emerging UK bands.
As a result of this, each week we bring you a concise round-up of news from America.
Nevertheless we will continue to work with bands from overseas in a variety of other ways; reviews, interviews, live photos, acoustic sessions, features and more.
If you have any news to contribute to future US News Round-Up's, e-mail us at firstname.lastname@example.com.
This week's US News Round-Up includes details of new releases from Deftones, My Chemical Romance, Slingshot Dakota, and Citizen. While there are new music videos from I Call Fives, Homelife, Joyce Manor, State Faults and Single Mothers.
In addition Man Overboard, Never Shout Never, The Acacia Strain, Veil of Maya, The World Is A Beautiful Place & I Am No Longer Afraid To Die and The Motel Life have announced new tour dates.
Read on to find out more about all of this and more.
Green Day's new album '¡Uno!' is streaming here.
My Chemical Romance have revealed details of their 'Conventional Weapons' collection.
Title: Number One
A-side: Boy Division
B-side: Tomorrow's Money
Release date: October 30, 2012
Title: Number Two
A-side: AMBULANCE
B-side: Gun.
Release date: Black Friday, November 23, 2012
Title: Number Three
A-side: The World Is Ugly
B-side: The Light Behind Your Eyes
Release date: Tuesday, December 18, 2012
Title: Number Four
A-side: Kiss The Ring
B-side: Make Room!!!!
Release date: Tuesday, January 8, 2013
Title: Number Five
A-side: Surrender The Night
B-side: Burn Bright
Release date: Tuesday, February 5, 2013
Deftones will release 'Koi No Yokan' on November 12th. A free song called 'Leathers' can be downloaded from Deftones.com.
1. Poltergeist (Roller Derby)
2. Romantic Dreams
3. Leathers
4. Swerve City
5. Entomb (Dazzle)
6. Graphic Nature
7. Tempest
8. Gauze
9. Rosemary
10. Goon Squad
11. What Happened To You? (Flashback)
New Found Glory guitarist Chad Gilbert has joined with Bridge Nine Records to form a new imprint label called Violently Happy Records. The labels first release will be 'The Best Ways to Disappear' EP by Candy Hearts.
I Call Fives released the video for 'Late Nights.'
Bad Books posted a new song called 'It Never Stops.' Bad Books will release 'II' on October 9th through ia Triple Crown Records and Favorite Gentleman.
Pentimento have joined Paper + Plastick Records and will release a Self-Titled album on November 13th. Black Numbers will be handling the CD and cassette release of the album. The video for 'Circles' can be viewed here.
IWrestledABearOnce will be releasing a horror film called 'A Beary Scary Movie' on November 6th. The official trailer can be viewed here.
Joyce Manor Announce UK Tour with Apologies, I Have None & Bangers
Joyce Manor have announced their first UK tour, set to take place in September,with support from Apologies, I Have None and Bangers.
The dates are as follow:
21st Joiners, Southampton
22nd Fighting Cocks, Kingston
23rd The Soundhouse, Leicester
24th Rainbow, Birmingham
25th Star and Garter, Manchester
26th King Tuts, Glasgow
27th The Cockpit Leeds
28th The Old Blue Last, London
Joyce Manor Stream 'Of All Things I Will Soon Grow Tired'
The new album from Joyce Manor, 'Of All Things I Will Soon Grow Tired' is streaming on PunkNews.org.
'Of All Things I Will Soon Grow Tired' will be released in the UK through Big Scary Monsters Records on May 7th.


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Jamie Russo, a senior at Stratford High School, was recently named a News 12Connecticut Scholar Athlete.
An three-sport athlete (lacrosse, soccer and basketball), Russo maintains a 3.75 GPA.
SHS basketball coach Cliff LaRose said: "Jamie is a terrific role model and is generally the first player on the court at practice and the last to leave."
Russo is Student Council president and a member of the National Honor Society and Stratford High's Freshman Orientation Program.
She hopes to attend either Fordham University or the University of Connecticut.

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Directed by: Alexander Payne
Starring: Paul Giamatti, Thomas Haden Church, Virginia Madsen, Sandra Oh
I haven't felt this out of the loop since people were falling all over themselves about Lost in Translation. With apologies to Andrew Sarris, Richard Corliss and all the other critics who are joined in a chorus of unstinting praise of this film, Sideways fell far short of blowing me away. It's not that I dislike this latest offering from Alexander Payne. It just doesn't strike me as deserving of such accolades.
I applaud Payne for tackling the subjects he has taken on, and I have nothing but admiration for anyone who would dare to make movies with a target audience in the 40-plus range. Payne and his frequent co-screenwriter Jim Taylor have crafted a screenplay that is often witty, sometimes painful, and almost always shot through with strong doses of truth -- some of it damned uncomfortable. In other words, it's not too far removed from their screenplay for About Schmidt.
For anyone in the 40 and upwards age-range, there's much here that rings true. Anyone who's ever settled for making a living instead of pursuing a dream, only to wake up and find that there's still not much to show for having made the more cautious choice, will find a reflection here. Anyone who's ever longed for more out of life and felt it slipping further and further away will see a bit of him or herself.
This is a film about lying to ourselves and watching those lies unravel. Miles (Paul Giamatti, in a stunning performance) wants to be a novelist, but the truth is he's an eighth-grade teacher. He wants his ex-wife (Jessica Hecht, The Forgotten) back and denies the improbability of this happening. He claims to want to stop by and see his mother (Marylouise Burke, Series 7: The Contenders) because it's her birthday, but his real motive is more self-serving. He has a serious drinking problem, but excuses it as a byproduct of his status as an enophile. When his friend Jack (Thomas Haden Church, George of the Jungle) rightly deduces that Miles is hung-over, Miles notes, "There was a tasting last night."
It's even questionable what his real reason is for taking Jack on an extended, bachelor-party trek through California's wine country. For that matter, there's some doubt as to the subtext of his relationship with Jack, especially when Jack is adamant that each both have his own sexual encounters during the outing so they can share the experience.
In addition to such compelling questions, Sideways features two of the best women's roles (played by Virginia Madsen and Sandra Oh) to crop up this year.
So what kept the movie from ringing the gong for me? It's partly the simple fact that I found the character of Jack -- a failed actor coasting on one tenuous success in the distant past -- to be utterly loathsome and unoriginal. It's a character that has already seen service in Denys Arcand's Love and Human Remains and is pretty much interchangeable with the one-hit-wonder pop-star in Bridget Jones's Diary. What's more, it's hard to really buy the friendship between these two dissimilar men.
There's also a bit of that indie-film faux hipness here -- right down to a soundtrack of undistinguished jazz tunes that seems to exist only to prove that the filmmaker is a cultured fellow indeed. And when all is said and done, the movie is just a deeper variant of any number of buddy/road pictures that become journeys into the self.
And there's a genuine sense of Payne repeating himself with the film. Is there that much difference between Schmidt's journey of self-discovery in About Schmidt and the one here? Isn't the ending -- with a message on an answering machine -- essentially the same as the ending with the letter in Schmidt?
While admiring the content and the intent of the movie, I could never quite get past the feeling that it was all built on an insubstantial foundation. Oh, there's fine stuff in Sideways, but I'm not sold on its actual greatness. Rated R for language, some strong sexual content and nudity.
-- reviewed by Ken Hanke
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World Consumer Rights Day (WCRD) is an annual international occasion. The day aims to enhance solidarity within the international consumer movement. March 15 gives us an opportunity to promote the basic rights of all consumers. This was the day when USA President John F Kennedy had first outlined the definition of Consumer Rights in 1962. WCRD demands consumer rights to be respected and protected. It also promotes peaceful protests against the market abuses and social injustices.
First observed on 15 March 1983, World Consumer Rights Day is a very important day in the era of capitalization. Companies have no right to fool the customers. Each and every customer is entitled to his basic rights. The day mobilizes citizen action against unfair policies of corporate. 15 March is marked with celebrations all around the world by numerous consumer organizations. Public exhibitions, press conference, special campaigns, street events and workshops etc are organized to make consumers aware of their rights. The ultimate aim of this day is to bring about important and needed benefits for consumers.
World Consumer Rights Day was established on 15 March 1983 to promote consumer rights around the world. For WCRD 2014, we are calling on CI Members and Supporters to highlight the consumer issues that are undermining and frustrating the success of mobile phone services.
To mark WCRD, CI will be launching a new Consumer Agenda for Fair Mobile Services. The agenda sets out the issues that most effect consumers including the need for access to a reliable service, the security of their data and fair contracts and billing.
CI will submit the Agenda to the World Telecommunications Development Conference, held by the International Telecommunications Union, where we will be calling on phone regulators and companies to take action to stop these issues undermining the success of this new technology.
Ringing in the changes
Can you imagine a world without mobile phones? In just a few years they have become an indispensable part of our lives and can be found in almost every country around the world.
But as the number of consumers using mobile services nears seven billion, what sort of service are they receiving?
Are they being treated fairly? Our 2014 World Consumer Rights Day (WCRD) campaign Fix Our Phone Rights! is devoted to tackling the issues that most affect consumers of mobile services.
Why Phone Rights are important
In 2013 it was estimated that 6.8 billion people owned a mobile phone. In 2011 that figure was 6 billion and in 2010 it was 5.4 billion.
At the same time, mobile services have transformed from just being telephones that enable us to talk and text, to mini computers giving us access to information and services that are crucial to livelihoods and health.
They are not just convenient, but increasingly important tools that help to empower citizens and consumers. Having access to mobile connectivity is a necessity. Get involved
CI Members and Supporters can also download the campaign logo (which is at the top of this page) in either English, Spanish or French in a variety of sizes. Please email email@example.com for hi-res versions.
We will be highlighting Member activities via our WCRD activity map - you can submit reports of what you are doing and they will appear on the map.
Do not forget to use social media like Facebook and Twitter to spread the word and encourage everyone to join our campaign!
And make sure to use the hashtags #PhoneRights and #WCRD2014. We also want to try and encourage consumers to complain about their mobile service using the hashtag #MyPhoneMakesMeMadBecause.
Make sure to inform CI of the updates and developments happening in your country.
CI's agenda for Phone Rights
CI's Consumer Agenda for Fair Mobile Services addresses the issues that affect mobile consumers across the world, and we hope every CI Member and Supporter can join the call. Some of the issues we want to address are:
1. Provide consumers with access to an affordable, reliable service Consumers want to be able to have access to affordable mobile services in order to communicate and to access information. It is only reasonable that they then expect those services to be consistent and of a high quality without drop outs in service.
2. Provide consumers with fair contracts explained in clear, complete and accessible language Consumers often feel cheated by their mobile provider, either because of unfair contract terms and conditions or because they didn't understand what they had signed. Telecom providers should always provide consumers with fair contracts with all relevant information explained clearly so that consumers can exercise their right to make informed choices.
3. Provide consumers with fair and transparent billing Consumers shouldn't be billed for services they didn't request. We demand fairness and transparency in our bills, and protection from billing fraud.
4. Provide consumers with security and power over their own information Telecoms providers and regulators alike must protect the personal data that consumers give up in order to use mobile services. Whilst giving consent to use personal data can enhance the experience of using a mobile phone, it can also compromise the consumer's right to safety. Consumers must be able to set the terms of how this data is used.
5. Listen and respond to consumer complaints Telecom providers should have effective complaints systems and if consumers are not satisfied there should be redress mechanisms to ensure a fair outcome. We must be able to penalise providers for abusive and unjust business practices.
source: http://www.consumersinternational.org .
On 15 March, 1962, US President John F. Kennedy delivered an historic address to the US Congress in which he outlined his vision of consumer rights. This was the first time any politician had formerly set out such principles.
Over time, the consumer movement has developed this vision into a set of eight basic consumer rights which now define and inspire much of the work CI and its members do:
The right to satisfaction of basic needs - To have access to basic, essential goods and services: adequate food, clothing, shelter, health care, education, public utilities, water and sanitation.
The right to safety - To be protected against products, production processes and services which are hazardous to health or life.
The right to be informed - To be given the facts needed to make an informed choice, and to be protected against dishonest or misleading advertising and labelling.
The right to choose - To be able to select from a range of products and services, offered at competitive prices with an assurance of satisfactory quality.
The right to be heard - To have consumer interests represented in the making and execution of government policy, and in the development of products and services.
The right to redress - To receive a fair settlement of just claims, including compensation for misrepresentation, shoddy goods or unsatisfactory services.
The right to consumer education - To acquire knowledge and skills needed to make informed, confident choices about goods and services, while being aware of basic consumer rights and responsibilities and how to act on them.
The right to a healthy environment -To live and work in an environment which is non-threatening to the well-being of present and future generations.
This year, the Hungarian Quality Product Award® Contest has been launched for the 17th time, in line with the economic strategy of Hungary. During the assessing of the awarded goods and services, a special emphasis is put on export orientation. In Hungary's most prestigious voluntary certification scheme, one can apply to win the award in 53 topics in 31 main categories. The project aims help to develop conscious consumer choice and behavior through the recognition of quality and product safety in Hungary. The organizers expect the application materials until 16 May to the Hungarian Quality Product Award® Contest of 2014.
Europe's "app economy" is booming. It employs over 1 million people and is expected to be worth €63bn in the next five years. According to the external app analytics platform Distimo, around 80% of the revenue – estimated at over 10 billion EUR per year – of one supplier comes from purchases made by consumers from within an application by which consumers access special content or features, commonly called "in-app" purchases.
For the app economy to develop its full potential and continue innovating, consumers need to trust the products. At present over 50% of the EU online games' market consists of games advertised as "free", although they often entail, sometimes costly, in-app purchases.
Often consumers are not fully aware that they are spending money because their credit cards get charged by default. Children are particularly vulnerable to marketing of "free to download" games which are not "free to play".
Following complaints from all over Europe, the European Commission is meeting (27 and 28 February) with national enforcement authorities and large tech companies in order to discuss these concerns. Industry will be asked to commit to providing solutions within a clear timeframe so as to ensure proper consumer protection for apps customers. >>>
CI has announced the theme for WCRD 2014 - it will focus on mobile phones with the slogan Fix Our Phone Rights.
But as the number of consumers using mobile services nears 7 billion grows, what sort of service are they receiving?
Are they being treated fairly? Our 2014 World Consumer Rights Day (WCRD) campaign "Fix Our Phone Rights!" is devoted to tackling the issues that most affect consumers of mobile services.
WCRD was established on 15 March 1983 to promote consumer rights around the world. For WCRD 2014, we are calling on CI Members and Supporters to highlight the consumer issues that are undermining and frustrating the success of this new technology.
They are not just convenient, but increasingly important tools that help to empower citizens and consumers. Having access to mobile connectivity is a necessity.
Get involved
As we get closer to WCRD 2014, CI will be highlighting the problems and challenges faced by mobile consumers across the world.
This will culminate in a global action in the final week running up to 15 March. Together, we hope to ring in some significant changes to the way mobile consumers are treated.
Details of how you can get involved will be with you in January, so please key an eye out for CI WCRD communications.
Also, CI Members and Supporters can subscribe to CI's WCRD 2014 e-network to get the latest updates.
You can also download the campaign logo (which is at the top of this page) in either English, Spanish or French in a variety of sizes. Please email email@example.com for hi-res versions.
On the road to WCRD 2014, help build up our campaign to get the attention of the telecom providers and our governments.
Start an online petition, submit a formal letter of complaint to your telecom provider, contact the decision makers, organise assemblies, host a speak-out, and design creative activities to drive more consumers to learn and act and to push telecommunication providers and governments to respond to our concerns.
CI is developing a WCRD consumer agenda for Phone Rights. These are issues that effect mobile consumers across the world in some way, and we hope every CI Member and Supporter can join the call too. Some of the issues we want to address are:
1. Provide consumers with fair contracts explained in clear, complete and accessible language
Consumers often feel cheated by their mobile provider, either because of unfair contract terms and conditions or because they didn't understand what they had signed. Telecom providers should always provide consumers with fair contracts with all relevant information explained clearly so that consumers can exercise their right to make informed choices.
2. Provide consumers with their money's worth
Consumers subscribe to mobile services in order to communicate and to access information. It is only reasonable that they then expect those services to be consistent and of a high quality without drop outs in service.
3. Provide consumers with fair and transparent billing
Consumers shouldn't be billed for services they didn't request. We demand fairness and transparency in our bills, and protection from billing fraud.
4. Provide consumers with power over their own information
Telecoms providers and regulators alike must protect the personal data that consumers give up in order to use mobile services. Whilst giving consent to use personal data can enhance the experience of using a mobile phone, it can also compromise the consumer's right to safety. Consumers must be able to set the terms of how this data is used.
5. Listen and respond to consumer complaints
Telecom providers should have effective complaints systems, and if consumers are not satisfied there should be redress mechanisms to ensure a fair outcome. We must be able to penalise providers for abusive and unjust business practices.
The European Consumer Centres Network, ECC-Net, published a report "Chargeback in the EU/EEA - A solution to get your money back when a trader does not respect your consumer rights." The Report has mapped the consumer rights and the alternatives in the EU/EEA-countries regarding the right to be reimbursed from the card issuing bank through a chargeback procedure. >>>
In order to ensure that children continue to be protected from the dangers of novelty cigarette lighters, or cigarette lighters which are not child-resistant, the EU has extended the ban, which prevents them appearing on the market, up until 11 May 2015. Further prolongation of the bans is possible in the future if necessary. In the meantime, work is continuing to develop a suitable European standard for determining the child resistance of lighters which is based on technical parameters rather than the use of child panels.
The majority of the detergents distributed in Hungary have appropriate efficiency – a test revealed. The Hungarian Authority for Consumer Protection (HACP) told MTI on Tuesday, that only three of the laboratory tested twenty products have failed on the tests and did not meet the legal requirements. The main aim of the tests was to verify the application of EU labeling requirements on detergents and to test the upper limit of the phosphate content as well.
RAPEX is the EU rapid alert system for all dangerous consumer products, with the exception of food, pharmaceutical and medical devices. It allows for the rapid exchange of information between Member States and the Commission of measures taken to prevent or restrict the marketing or use of products posing a serious risk to the health and safety of consumers. Both measures ordered by national authorities and measures taken voluntarily by producers and distributors are covered by RAPEX.
The report includes detailed information on the products concerned, the risks, the notifying Member State, and the measures adopted in response. Pictures are included where available. Click here to view this week's report: Rapex Weekly Report: report 3, 2014
The Hungarian Authority for Consumer Protection (HACP) has launched the Smart Home Program especially for primary school children. In the scope of the program, the children can learn how they can save money and energy and what for to pay attention during consumption in a playful manner. The program (www.nfhokosotthon.hu) was presented on Thursday at the Epreskerti Primary School in Debrecen.
The Hungarian Authority for Consumer Protection (HACP) was able to carry out all of the necessary checks in all sectors in 2013 –István Pintér, the Director of the HACP told MTI in his year assessment interview.
He added that it is a high recognition that the European Union classifies the market surveillance activities of HACP as pioneer in the field of dangerous goods.
The Director-General reminded, that the market surveillance activity of the National Consumer Protection Authority (NFH) was classified to the first place in2013 among the Member States of the European Union.
The dealer is required to report trips organized with the aim of product distributions from January – the government decree was published on last Monday in the Magyar Közlöny (Hungarian Official Gazette). The dealer should report the date and place of the event, 15 days before the trip to the competent notary at the premise of the company. Within 3 days after the dealer submitted the report to the notary, the notary sends the report to the competent consumer protection authority at the location of the product presentation.
The 2013 Trouble in Toyland report is the 28th annual U.S. Public Interest Research Group (PIRG) survey of toy safety. In this report, U.S. PIRG provides safety guidelines for consumers when purchasing toys for small children and provides examples of toys currently on store shelves that may pose potential safety hazards.
Over the past twenty-eight years, our report has identified hazards in toys and children's products that could cause acute injuries, from choking hazards from toys with small parts, to strangulation hazards from cords on pull toys, to laceration hazards from edges that are too sharp, to toxic hazards posed by chemicals in toys. Our report has led to more than 150 recalls and other regulatory actions over the years, and has helped educate the public and policymakers on the need for stronger public health and consumer safety standards to protect children from unsafe products. This report continues to help keep children - particularly babies and toddlers - safe, as the majority of all injuries happen to children in the 0-2 age range.
The enactment of the Consumer Product Safety Improvement Act (CPSIA) of 2008 made great strides in toy safety and strengthened the ability of the Consumer Product Safety Commission (CPSC) to protect consumers, including the littlest consumers—children. Although policymakers delayed implementation of its most stringent lead standard rules and enacted some narrow exceptions in 2011, on the whole the law has been protected from attempts to undermine it. However, we remain vigilant as a variety of regulatory threats to the CPSC's tools and authority remain under consideration by policymakers.
Consumers: conscious shopping for safe Christmas
The conscious consumer behavior is essential for the safety of the Christmas holiday season – the spokesperson of the Hungarian Authority for Consumer Protection (HACP) emphasized, during the Smart Christmas! press conference held on Tuesday in Budapest. Zsuzsanna Fülöp, the spokesperson of HACP said, that with trade turnover the number of problems also increase. Therefore before the Christmas holidays, the activities of the discount stores are highly monitored, as well as the safety of products related to the Christmas season, such as safety lights will also be tested – she emphasized.
Most of the products sold as lactose-free products, tested by the Hungarian Authority for Consumer Protection (HACP), met the requirements, but in two cases almost double the amount of lactose was measured relative to the limit. The producers were fined by the authority. According to the notice of the HACP sent to MTI on Tuesday, the examination of 20 products sold as lactose-free products were completed at the Food and Chemical Laboratory. Among the tested products there were milk, cream, yogurt, cottage cheese, whipping cream, cheese, chocolate drinks and cappuccino powder and butter biscuits as well.
Thanks to the joint action of the EU Member States and the European Commission, 116 websites selling digital games, books, videos and music have been brought in line with the EU consumer legislation.
Mr Neven Mimica, the European Commissioner for Consumer Policy, said: "Enforcement of consumer rights is a priority for me including in the rapidly changing digital environment. I am pleased that this sweep addressed some of the most important issues related to digital content downloads. A year ago over 50% of the websites were not compliant, which is unacceptable. This figure is now down to 20%, and further results are expected. This is great progress but I will continue to fight for improvements.">>>
The European Consumer Centres Network, ECC-Net, today published a report entitled "Can I trust the trust mark?". The report examines how online trust mark schemes achieve their objective of guaranteeing that their members offer good commercial practices, security and privacy for consumers. The report builds on a web survey of 573 European consumers from 19 countries which confirmed both that consumers value trust marks but lack knowledge about their characteristics and reliability. The ECC-Net analysed, from a consumer perspective, detailed characteristics of the 54 trust marks schemes currently existing in the EU. The results show that the degree of comprehensiveness of these schemes vary considerably, both across countries or within a single country. ECC-Net, therefore, recommends that trustmark operators develop pan-European best practices and provide consumers with more information on their schemes.
More info: http://ec.europa.eu/dgs/health_consumer/information_sources/docs/trust_mark_report_2013_en.pdf
According to the targeted study of the Hungarian Authority for Consumer Protection (HACP), approximately 20 percent of the dry pastes does not meet the requirements, in terms of acid degree, moisture content and egg content – the HACP informed MTI on Monday. At 6 percent of the product samples, the moisture content was higher than the requirements of the food code, and at 15 percent of the paste product samples, egg content was significantly lower than it was indicated on the label.
Ghana is set for a "desperately needed" new consumer protection policy which will build on previous law and reinforce rights. When passed later this year, the bill will establish a consumer protection act (2014) and a Consumer Protection Authority (2015). The policy drafted by the Ministry of Trade and Industry will harmonise all existing pieces of legal provisions that seek to protect the consumer and ensure fair market practices. >>>
During the inspections of the Hungarian Authority for Consumer Protection (HACP), all tested sausages fulfilled the protein, fat and water content value requirements of the hungarian food book, while 25 percent of frying sausages did not meet the statutory requirements.
At one out of the twenty-three tested frying sausages the water content significantly exceeded the allowed 60 percent level, in case of the other products the fat content was abnormally higher than the limit values
Today the European Commission adopted two measures to improve the safety of medical devices fulfilling its commitment to restore patient confidence in the medical devices sector following, amongst others, the Poly Implant Prothèse (PIP) breast implants scandal. The new rules are a Commission Implementation Regulation clarifying the criteria to be met by notified bodies, which are responsible for inspecting manufacturers of medical devices, and a Recommendation clarifying the tasks these bodies have to undertake when they perform audits and assessments in the medical devices sector, which covers some 10 000 types of products, from plasters to pacemakers. >>>
In September 2013 the Hungarian Authority for Consumer Protection hosted a delegation from the Ministry for Economy and Trade of Lebanon for a 3 days TAIEX study visit. The Technical Assistance and Information Exchange (TAIEX) programme was established in 1996 by the European Commission with the aim to help beneficiary countries to better understand and to implement EU legislation. The programme, run by DG Enlargement is a useful tool for partners outside the EU to acquaint new experiences about practical application of EU legislation. One type of TAIEX events is the 2-5 days study visit, which helps foreign delegation to get an insight into the public administration systems of Member States or the functioning of the host institution.>>>
A new national certification trademark system is applied to qualify the services of the hotels in Hungary, after the mandatory qualification of the hotels was eliminated – the Ministry of National Economy (NGM) told MTI.
Private accomodiation
Camping sites
Holiday house
According to the communication of the of the Ministry of National Economy (NGM), the ministry operates a national certification trademark system in close collaboration with professional organizations for 5 types of accommodations (rural, camping sites and holiday house, hotel, private accomodiation) redounding the guarantee of quality services.
Decision was born in two cases already, and nearly forty proceedings are under way, due to serving young people under age 18. In addition to the fines, the suspension of the distribution is expected to be ordered in these cases – the Hungarian Authority for Consumer Protection told MTI on Tuesday. According to the communication, during the checks carried out since 1 July, (involving 274 youngsters under age 18) in 14 percent of the cases (a total of 38 cases) the inspectors experienced that despite the ban underage persons were served and in a further 72 cases they they did not warn the underage persons to leave the tobacco shop.
Protection of consumer rights still varies greatly between EU countries. Only 35% of Europeans are confident buying online from sellers in other EU countries and seven out of ten consumers do not know what do to when they receive products that they did not order.
These are among the results of the 2013 Consumer Conditions Scoreboard published today by the European Commission. The results show that a fresh impetus is needed to ensure that consumers can buy with equal confidence and ease across the EU, whether online or offline. One key finding is the decrease in consumer trust matched by an increase in the use of redress. >>>
As from the 11th of July, cosmetics on shop shelves, both manufactured in the EU and imported from third countries, should be fully compliant with the Cosmetics Regulation ensuring strengthened safety standards and providing better information for the consumers.>>>
In 2012, a total of 2.278 measures were taken in Member States against dangerous non-food products. It marks an increase of 26% as compared to 2011, most likely resulting from the strengthened efforts of the EU Member States and the Commission to tighten cooperation and step up consumer safety. Non-food products are considered dangerous when they pose such risks as strangulation, chemical poisoning or risk of injury. >>>
The nationwide summer season consumer protection inspection has started, which lasts until the end of August – Zsuzsanna Fülöp, the spokeswoman of the Hungarian Authority for Consumer Protection (HACP) told on last Thursday at a press conference in Budapest. The HACP focuses on the frequented tourist points such as pubs and festivals. In addition they will also check the passenger taxi services, the serving of tobacco or alcohol products to the youth as well as music and dance clubs.
The European Commission has today set out a series of common, non-binding principles for collective redress mechanisms in the Member States so that citizens and companies can enforce the rights granted to them under EU law where these have been infringed. The Recommendation aims to ensure a coherent horizontal approach to collective redress in the European Union without harmonising Member States' systems and improve access to justice, while ensuring appropriate procedural guarantees to avoid abusive litigation. For further info: http://ec.europa.eu/justice/civil/files/com_2013_401_en.pdf
According to change in the Hungarian Food Codex, products will not longer be marketed under the "beer" name that are added any material after aging and filtering, thus their character, taste, smell and color change and an essentially new product is created – the Ministry of Rural Development told at the government's news site. According to the information of kormany.hu, the names of these products will include the word "beer" if the manufacturers make it clear to consumers, that beer is only one component of the product. Thus, for example, they can sell and beer mixture, mixed beer or beverage contaning beer.
In 2012, a total of 2,278 measures against dangerous non-food products, were taken by Member States and reported in the EU Rapid Information system (RAPEX). This indicates a 26% rise in alerts when compared to 2011 figures, an increase that could be attributed to the improved enforcement work carried out by the authorities in EU countries. RAPEX is the EU rapid alert system between Member States and the Commission on non-food products. Its role is to disseminate information quickly on potentially dangerous consumer products. This allows for earlier identification and earlier removal from EU markets of products that could pose a risk to consumers, such as children's clothing, textiles and electrical appliances which do not meet safety standards. >>>
The European Club Health project has produced a series of resources to support local, national and European policymakers and practitioners develop healthier and safer nightlife environments. Nightlife plays a key role in modern life, being a major aspect of young people's recreation and an important source of employment, economic development and tourism. However, nightlife can also present a range of problems, including drunkenness, drug use, anti-social behaviour, violence, injury and risky sexual behaviour. The development of safe nightlife settings is a growing priority across Europe, where town and city authorities must manage not only the recreational habits of their own youth, but also those from other countries as international tourism increases. Effectively managing nightlife is critical in protecting the health of young people and reducing the burdens that night time antisocial behaviour can place on public services and society. Here can you download the guidelines and recommendations, and the factsheet.
More than three-quarters of the consumers would willing to pay a premium for products that are produced according to the strictest safety standards – the research of the TÜV SÜD quality management firm states. In the survey, 5,000 people were interviewed in China, India, Japan, in the UK and in the U.S.A. 77 percent of the surveyed would willing to pay a 16 percent premium fee for products that are produced according to the strictest safety standards. 63 percent of the respondents agreed that the safety of products is "very important" for them. In 2007 only 47 percent of them thought it so.
We are getting more and more ably in saving money: with larger technical equipments we are waiting for the seasonal fall of prices and we are taking advantage of the preferential commercial credit options. During this year's discount winter sales we took more than one and a half times as much into our "basket" from the most popular technical products than a year ago – the commercial credit datas of Cetelem shows. The popularity of the temporarily available 0% APR remains undiminished, and we use credit cards providing discounts throughout the year with more courage.
Commissioner for Health and Consumer Policy, Tonio Borg, welcomed the vote of the European Parliament on Alternative Dispute Resolution and Online Dispute Resolution (ADR-ODR) today. This vote confirms the agreement on the two proposals put forward by the European Commission in 2011. >>>
World Consumer Rights Day (WCRD) is an annual international occasion. The day aims to enhance solidarity within the international consumer movement. March 15 gives us an opportunity to promote the basic rights of all consumers. This was the day when USA President John F Kennedy had first outlined the definition of Consumer Rights in 1962. WCRD demands consumer rights to be respected and protected. It also promotes peaceful protests against the market abuses and social injustices. >>>
On 12 March 2013, the European Parliament voted to support the new legislation on Alternative Dispute Resolution and Online Dispute Resolution. The vote confirms the political agreement reached in December 2012 on the two legislative proposals put forward by the European Commission in 2011. The new legislation will now soon be adopted. >>>
"Consumer Justice Now!" will be the theme of World Consumer Rights Day (WCRD) 2013. Consumers International (CI) is urging its members and supporters to use the occasion to expose the very real damage caused by poor or non-existent consumer protection around the world. >>>
We would like to hereby inform the public that the Travel Expo will open for the 36 times on 28th February 2013. The visitors will have the opportunity to get acquainted with the sights, culture and gastronomy of several countries of five continents. The event has been expanded with new themes, thus in addition to the national and foreign offers the online travel agencies, the destinations of cultural and festival events as well as the offers for honeymoon couples will also be present.
This year the guest of honour is Slovakia, Nyíregyháza and Kalocsa. Spectacular and attracting programs will await for the visitors at their stands.
The European Consumer Centre Hungary looks forward to meeting you and will distribute leaflets with useful information and you can join a consumer protection quiz at its stand 106/D in Pavilion A HUNGEXPO Fair Centre (1101 Budapest, Albertirsai út 10.) from 28 February to 3 March 2013.
Should you have any question, or you just interested in any consumer protection issue, please come and visit our stand.
The sixteenth Hungarian Quality Product Award® application was launched with the introduction of a new category and with the establishment of a new special award. The aim of Hungary's most prestigious, voluntary certification system is to recognize and reward high-quality Hungarian products and services, as well as to promote quality-conscious approach. Over the past 15 years, a total of 342 awards were handed over by the the announcers of the application. Applications can be submitted until 17 May to this year's Hungarian Quality Product Award, with products and services manufactured and marketed in Hungary. The prizes will be handed over in September, in the Parliament. You can learn about application conditions more at the www.termeknagydij.hu site.
ECC-Net Annual Report 2012, reveals - European Consumer Centres across the EU handled more than 72,000 enquiries from consumers during 2012. More than half of these contacts related to 32,000 complaints about a purchase made in another EU country, Norway and Iceland. Around 60% of complaints concerned e-commerce. About one third of all complaints related to the transport sector, of which 22% were linked to the air transport. More than half of complex complaints were resolved amicably or passed on to other organisations. The annual report also gives key details on ECC-Net activities in 2012 and success stories per countries where the network operates. You can find the full report here.
The European Commission has today adopted a European Retail Action Plan and a Green Paper on unfair trading practices in the business-to-business food and non-food supply chain. The retail and wholesale services sector is one of the most important in the EU economy and should play an important part in stimulating growth and job creation under the Europe 2020 strategy. It accounts for 11% of EU GDP and 29% of European SMEs and employs nearly 33 million people, offering job opportunities in particular for young people, women and people with lower skill levels or qualifications. However, a number of barriers remain that hinder the smooth functioning of cross-border sourcing, consumer access to cross-border retail services and market entry for retailers. >>>
According to the experiences of the Hungarian Authority for Consumer Protection (HACP), the number of webshops without any consumer protection problems are increasing: the objection rate has improved from 85 to 70 percent by the end of last year, but was still high. The Association for Electronic Trade (SzEK.org) and the HACP stressed in their joint communication on Friday, that according to the preliminary datas of the eNET market research company, the turnover of webshops was 177 billion HUF in 2012, which is 3 percent of the total retail sales. In one year, about 1.6 million people purchased on the internet, about one in five people over age 14 in Hungary.
The European Commission (EC) has proposed new legislative and non-legislative measures to improve consumer product safety and strengthen market surveillance of all non-food products in the European Union (EU), including those imported from third countries. The package was adopted by the EC on February 13, 2013, and will be discussed in the European Parliament and in the Council. The new legislation is expected to come into effect in 2015. >>>
The European Commission proposed today new rules to improve the safety of consumer products circulating in the Single Market. The two Regulations being proposed, replace several directives and will step-up market surveillance concerning all non-food products, including those imported from 3rd countries. This will contribute both to strengthening consumer protection and to creating a level playing field for businesses. Unsafe products should not reach consumers or other users and their improved identification and traceability will be a key improvement that will help to take them quickly out of the market. Once adopted by the European Parliament and by the Council the new rules will be enforced by the national market surveillance authorities in the Member States which will benefit from strengthened cooperation and enhanced tools to carry out controls.
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On 13 February 2013 the European Commission will present the Product Safety and Market Surveillance Package, which aims at the improvement of the Market Surveillance systems in the EU Member States. The package will be composed of new enforcement rules for the internal market for goods, which will enable national market surveillance authorities to enforce the law and to provide better and more means to ensure consumer protection. In particular, authorities will be able to better track down unsafe products while at the same time the new rules on consumer product safety will simplify the safety rules for consumer products, and merge them into one single piece of legislation.
The three most important parts of the package will be:
1) A proposal for a new Regulation on Consumer Product Safety (CPSR).
2) A proposal for a single Regulation on Market Surveillance for Products - unifying and simplifying existing fragmented legislation.
3) A multi-annual plan for market surveillance of 20 individual actions that the Commission will undertake over the next three years.
As a result of official meetings that were held in the near past, furthermore, considering the importance of the development of consumer protection and market surveillance as a public interest, István Pintér, Director General of the Hungarian Authority for Consumer Protection (HACP) and Małgorzata Krasnodębska-Tomkiel, President of the Office of Competition and Consumer Protection of the Republic of Poland (UOKIK) committed themselves to renew the agreement of 8 October 2001 on cooperation in the field of consumer protection and market surveillance. >>>
In January 2013 – after months of negotiation – an agreement on cooperation in the field of consumer protection and market surveillance was signed by the HACP and the State Inspectorate of Consumer Rights Protection of Ukraine (DSIU). The Parties are expecting, that the agreement will result the strengthening of professional relations between the respected countries and a more effective protection of cross-border consumer interests. >>>


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GDT: Wild @ Blues ~ 1/27/13
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January 27, 2013
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Season series: This is the first of three meetings. Minnesota won two last season before losing the third in a shootout; those games ended regulation 2-1, 2-2 and 2-2. St. Louis won the final matchup, 4-0.
Big story: The Blues are off to a 4-1-0 start thanks to two come-from-behind wins, the latest Friday night over the Dallas Stars, 4-3. They have been helped early in this short season by having an almost identical roster to last season's 109-point club.
"I think we've done a good job coming back and feeling right at home again," defenseman Kevin Shattenkirk told FOX Sports Midwest on Saturday. "It's nice come to back to a locker room that's pretty much the same for the most part."
However, St. Louis sits in second place in the Central Division, behind the 5-0-0 Chicago Blackhawks, and is tied with the 4-0-0 San Jose Sharks in the Western Conference.
Minnesota has lost two in a row after winning its first two. The Wild started last season 3-3-3 before winning 17 of their next 21 games.
"It's way too early to start panicking," Wild coach Mike Yeo said Saturday. "I mean we're 2-2 and things could be very different, but at the same time we shouldn't accept the fact that we've lost two in a row here. So everybody's got to kind of demand a little bit more."
Team scope:
Wild: Zach Parise was signed as a free agent to improve the Wild offense, and he has. Playing on a line with Mikko Koivu and Dany Heatley, the trio has six of the team's nine goals, and has taken 51 of its 123 shots.
But three of those six goals have come on the power play, leaving Yeo looking for more even-strength success from the entire team.
"Five-on-five we have to get some dirtier goals," Yeo said. "We're looking to make a lot of plays, a lot of nice plays to the middle of the ice, and a lot of times they're not there. So we have to find a way to generate more pucks to the net, with bodies around the net, whether it's coming from the blue line, or whether it's coming off the rush."
Ryan Suter was signed to improve the defense, but he has been on ice for eight of the Wild's 10 goals allowed, according to the Star Tribune. Yeo said failure on offense has been leading to defensive breakdowns.
"We're not losing just because we're not scoring at those key moments," Yeo said. "We're losing the last couple games because we're not scoring at the key moments and then we're making a big mistake."
Goalie Josh Harding started all four games against the Blues last season and was excellent, stopping 132 of 141 shots (.936). But Niklas Backstrom likely will start Sunday. This season, Backstrom is 1-1-0 with 48 saves, a 2.52 goals-against average and a .906 save percentage. Harding's numbers are 1-1-0, 46 saves, 2.56 GAA, .902.
Blues: David Perron scored his first two goals of the season Saturday, and newcomer Wade Redden had his first in the NHL since March 18, 2010. Perron also was one of six players to have an assist.
After trailing 2-1, St. Louis led 4-2 before Dallas rallied to almost tie.
"Well, I think we had them buried and we let them up off the mat," Blues coach Ken Hitchcock said Saturday. "Then they came after us in the third period at the end there. Those are lessons learned to get ready for next game. If we play like this tomorrow night in the third period, we're going to lose by about six."
Jaroslav Halak (3-0-0) got his first win that wasn't a shutout, but Brian Elliot likely will get his second start Sunday when the Blues play for the sixth time in nine days. After this, they'll have three days off.
"This is probably the toughest (part of our) schedule," general manager Doug Armstrong told FS-MW. "We've got the find a way get points out of tomorrow's game before it gets into a smoother rhythm."
Blues players will wear "No. 6 Musial" jerseys in warm-ups to honor St. Louis Cardinals great Stan Musial, who passed away last Saturday. The jerseys will be auctioned for charity.
Who's hot: Parise had three goals and three assists; Heatley has three goals. … Wild forward Cal Clutterbuck has 17 hits. … Defenseman Alex Pietrangelo, Shattenkirk and rookie forward Vladimir Tarasenko have at least a point in four of five games. … Forward Chris Stewart has three goals in five games; it took him 14 games to get to three last season, 23 to get to four.
Injury report: Wild defenseman Jared Spurgeon (foot) likely will not play. … The Blues have no injuries.
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He's been running H-back in practice since the season started.
Which is what I don't understand. How can you start a guy who is not even really running 2nd at QB. I don't buy the you can't start a Frosh QB in the swamp garbage. How in the world did they think Newton gave us a better chance to win than whitlow. So what if we had a smaller package of offensive plays to call and there was lots of Wildcat in it.
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Press Release: National Peace Corps Association Announces Round Three Winners of Africa Rural Connect from Kenya and United States
Washington, DC — October 14th, 2010 — Plans include empowering women using solar technology and exploring untapped fuel resources
The National Peace Corps Association (NPCA), the nation's leading nonprofit organization supporting Returned Peace Corps Volunteers and the Peace Corps Community, announced today the winners of the third round of the Africa Rural Connect 2010ideas competition. Launched last year, ARC is an online program of NPCA that taps the creativity and knowledge of former Volunteers and the international community to find ways to address tough issues facing rural Africa.
"Participants on the site are using the innovative Wegora technology platform as we intended they would—they are posting ideas and collaborating to remix them into even better ones," says Molly Mattessich, manager of online initiatives for the National Peace Corps Association. "We're seeing multiple discussions on similar topics turn into viable plans that are the result of a partnership of ideas."
The winners of the third round are as follows:
Solar Sister: Empowering African Women Through Enterprise With Solar Technology (United States)
Empowering women with an Avon-style distribution system for solar technology, enabling them to earn income and improve their businesses with clean solar light.
Charcoal Briquettes from Agricultural Wastes on Super Stoves, Carbon Microcredits on Cell Phones (Kenya)
Transforming agricultural like sugarcane stalks into smokeless charcoal briquettes, using them on energy saving cook stoves and claiming the resultant carbon credits using cell phones.
Each winner will receive $1,000 to implement their idea and will be eligible for the grand prize of $12,000 to be determined in December of 2010. Two more winners will be selected in the fourth round, which runs through Nov. 15.
"New technology is allowing us to pool knowledge online in ways we never imagined," adds Mattessich. "We're amazed to see the ingenuity that results from working together to help resolve tough issues involving agriculture and food security."
To submit your idea and join the discussion, visit: www.AfricaRuralConnect.org
About the National Peace Corps Association (NPCA)
Founded in 1979 and headquartered in Washington, D.C., the National Peace Corps Association (NPCA) is the nation's leading 501 (c) (3) nonprofit organization connecting and championing Returned Peace Corps Volunteers and the Peace Corps community. It provides service and education opportunities that build on the Peace Corps experience, and is also the longest-standing advocate for an independent and robust Peace Corps. To learn more, visit: www.peacecorpsconnect.org
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1 Peter 4:17 For the time is come that judgment must begin at the house of God: and if it first beginneth at us, what will be the end of them that obey not the gospel of God? (WBS)
Judges 13:25 and the Spirit of Jehovah beginneth to move him in the camp of Dan, between Zorah and Eshtaol. (YLT)
Judges 16:19 and she maketh him sleep on her knees, and calleth for a man, and shaveth the seven locks of his head, and beginneth to afflict him, and his power turneth aside from off him; (YLT)
Judges 16:22 And the hair of his head beginneth to shoot up, when he hath been shaven, (YLT)
1 Samuel 17:39 And David girded his sword above his long robe, and beginneth to go, for he hath not tried 'it'; and David saith unto Saul, 'I am not able to go with these, for I had not tried;' and David turneth them aside from off him. (YLT)
2 Chronicles 3:1 And Solomon beginneth to build the house of Jehovah, in Jerusalem, in the mount of Moriah, where He appeared to David his father, in the place that David had prepared, in the threshing-floor of Ornan the Jebusite, (YLT)
2 Chronicles 3:2 and he beginneth to build in the second 'day', in the second month, in the fourth year of his reign. (YLT)
Jonah 3:4 And Jonah beginneth to go in to the city a journey of one day, and proclaimeth, and saith, 'Yet forty days -- and Nineveh is overturned.' (YLT)


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Ken Wilber states in his book, A Brief History of Everything, that our universe is an "emergent Kosmos," which counts on creativity, the movement of chaos into form. The term Kosmos, introduced by the Pythagoreans, means "the patterned nature or process of all domains of existence, from matter to mind to God."
In his discussion, Wilber introduces 20 tenets of the Kosmos, the first being that, "Even the 'Whole' of the Kosmos is simply a part of the next moment's whole, indefinitely. At no point do we have the whole, there are only whole/ parts forever."
Wilber adopts writer Arthur Koestler's term "holons" for these "whole/parts." Each holon strives to maintain its "wholeness" and its "partness." Each has in it the ability to maintain its autonomy and its ability to fit into a whole. Wilber believes that "creativity not chance builds a universe." He prefers "Emptiness" as a term for Spirit because it means unbounded or unqualifiable. The blank page, the blank document template on my computer screen, my mind when I have no idea of what I'll write—the perfect starting places, along with the trust that one part, one holon at a time, my writing will accrue in meaning, in depth, in making something new from what has gone before, for in Wilber's words, each moment is "part of the next moment's whole, indefinitely."
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When you write in parts, emulating the emergent universe, of which you are a part, you can relax a little knowing you work in a larger flow.
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- Title a piece with your name or the name of your street, partner, or child. Take the letters and write a short meditation on each of the letters.
- Take the letters ABC and write a short meditation on any subject by starting each paragraph of three paragraphs with a word that starts with each letter: an A word for the first, a B word for the second, and a C word for the third. Call this meditation the ABCs of whatever subject you are writing about.
- Take the letters XYZ and write a short meditation on any subject, starting each paragraph of three paragraphs with a word that starts with each letter: an X word for paragraph one, a Y word for paragraph two, and a Z word for paragraph three. Call this meditation the XYZ of whatever topic you are writing about. It will probably evoke the difficulty of the topic you have chosen.
- Put Scrabble™ tiles or children's letter magnets in a pile and pick one or pick a letter from something printed. Pick three letters from the pile or point to three letters randomly in the printed material before you; write three short vignettes, each time associating from the letter you picked to reasons why it's important to you at this moment of this day, how it seems to go with the day. You might benefit from doing this exercise at three different times in one day or over three different days or weeks.
- Take a product out of your cupboard. Write down its name. Now use those letters and write a meditation: for example, if I chose oatmeal: O-A-T-ME- A-L, I'd write a seven-paragraph piece, beginning each paragraph with a word that starts, in order, with a letter of the word oatmeal.
- If you could have a special parking space earmarked just for you at work, on a street you often visit, and in your childhood town, what would the words reserving each space for you say? Why?
- Think of a problem in your life you cannot resolve or about a situation that you are not able to change. With this problem in the back of your mind, describe the view outside your window. First, describe what is stationary in the view; then describe what is moving. Subtitle part one "Stationary" and part two "Movement." Title the whole piece after the problem you have in the back of your mind, "Now that My Children Must Adapt to Joint Custody" or "How Will I Find the Time to be a Caregiver?"
- Imagine where you live is a place you have come to visit. Select someone living or dead to whom you might write postcards from this place. Write a series of postcards to this person similar to the kinds you would write if you were traveling as a tourist—include observations, vignettes, quotes, and text from materials you find or see in the town, snippets of history, and anecdotes about your "travels."
- Imagine that you change your outgoing message each day on your voicemail. Make up messages for each day of the week.
- Think of things you haven't shared with someone who is close to you. Write about them under a title like: "Never Mentioned" or "I Wished I'd Thought to Tell You."
- Select five or so objects from your environment, varying them from small to large, inside to outside, from new to old. After you've written in parts about each of these items, use a title like "Panorama" or "An Overview of Sorts."
Putter Inners and Taker Outers, an Exercise from Jack Heffron
In The Writers' Idea Book, Jack Heffron quotes exchanges in letters between F. Scott Fitzgerald and Thomas Wolfe as they debated approaches to narrative. "Responding to Fitzgerald's claim that highly selective writers were the real geniuses," Heffron recounts that Wolfe wrote:
You say that the great writer like Flaubert has consciously left out the stuff that Bill or Joe will come along presently and put in. Well, don't forget, Scott, that a great writer is not only a leaver-outer but also a putter-inner, and that Shakespeare and Cervantes and Dostoevsky were great putter-inners—greater putter-inners, in fact, than taker-outers....
"Putter-inners?" Heffron reacts. "Not exactly the type of phrase you'll want to tape to your computer or to drop oh-so-casually into conversations at the next literary fete. Wolfe liked to conceal his erudition behind a big-country-boy persona. He's well aware of what he's talking about. It's interesting to note that Wolfe was very much a putter-inner, while Fitzgerald was a taker-outer, and so their views reflect their own approaches to writing."


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submitted 5 months ago by flewfy
I really want to try out a NBOMe mainly due to their extremely low price, but am not sure which one I should try.
After looking into which NBOMes are the most fun to do, I originally assumed that 25B-NBOMe was generally the most pleasant, but after further investigation, I read quite a few conflicting reports.
I know everyone has their own preferences, but if you had to say which NBOMe was the overall best, which would it be and why?
[–]pawneshoppe 11 points12 points13 points 5 months ago
it really varies from person to person but I like 25c the best. it's had a semi-sedating body buzz that beats 25i's shitty stimulation.
25b was pretty similar to 25i IMO, more empathogenic but not enough to be really all that much better than 25i. it's still pretty stimulating.
honestly, Nbomes are kind of a family of drugs you should try like once or twice. they're good if you want to see some crazy shit but really other than that the negatives outweigh the positives with extended use. every time I did it I felt more and more retarded (during the trip itself) it feels kind of like your brain and mouth just lose all connection and you can think basically anything but you can't speak for shit.
[–]olocraven 5 points6 points7 points 5 months ago
I've used 25c a LOT and now I can't even smoke weed without getting an intense flashback. Use this guys advice, only try it once or twice.
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[–]MiilkyJoe 0 points1 point2 points 5 months ago
I had a horrible trip once on 25i where I thought I said something horrid to a mate, I hadn't said anything but my brain just wouldn't give up the idea that I had been a dick. I didn't even know what I thought I had said. However, after a few minutes of another friend telling me I hadn't said a word I calmed down and had a great time.
[–]gregthewhat 1 point2 points3 points 5 months ago
I've taken 4 different kinds of nbome's and I have no idea what you're talking about. I've felt social every time.
[–]pawneshoppe 1 point2 points3 points 5 months ago
as I said, it varies from person to person. I've taken 25i/b/c each at least 5 times and almost every time that would happen. it happens to other people too.
[–]xnewx 0 points1 point2 points 5 months ago
Agreed, the NBOMe's are a horrible bunch of chems. I still have a large amount but you couldn't get me to touch them again or even give them to someone else, for all the tea in China.
[–]pawneshoppe 0 points1 point2 points 5 months ago
I don't think they really horrible. just not really my thing. and I've had like >50mg of 25c freebase for like a year and I don't want to do it, but I don't want I throw it out, AND Im not just gonna give it so someone without knowing they won't take too much.
[–]SOME_DUMB_NIGGER 0 points1 point2 points 5 months ago
I took 25i two weeks apart once and I swear it made me weird for at least a month. It's not worth it.
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[–]pawneshoppe 2 points3 points4 points 5 months ago
Imagine taking it every week for a month, I fuckin hated myself after a while there. hahah
[–]Billith 2 points3 points4 points 5 months ago
I personally liked 25c better than 25i, they're all really fun but 25c is less stimulating and I love the patterns. 25i is more high res and melting/undulating visuals, at least from my experience.
Most of the stigma from NBOMes have stemmed from incorrect or irresponsible use. I personally see no reason to go higher than 2mg for 25i, but all the horror stories are from people taking "3 or 4 tabs" and ending up in the hospital.
If you like phenethylamine vibes, but dislike the stimulation, try mescaline!
[–]flewfy[S] 0 points1 point2 points 5 months ago
I actually REALLY dislike feeling really jittery, so 25c definitely seems like the best choice at this point. Thanks for the advice, and I definitely plan to try mescaline sometime soon!
[–][deleted] 1 point2 points3 points 5 months ago
Have to agree with the last paragraph, I always feel so refreshed after a good trip. Nothing at all like Nbomes, which leave me wired and burnt out.
Yea, I kinda worded that wrong. I just meant I wanted to try something new, and even if it isn't the most fulfilling experience ever, it isn't like I'm spending a lot of money. Just a one time thing, you know?
Thanks for the input.
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Would you say that if there was no body load associated with say 25c you would do it more often? Being able to trip with a clear head seems cool. Like to enjoy a trip without anyone being aware but you.
I like you. You are cool. Have you ever tried 2c-e? I tried 15-18mg a few months ago and I've got about 40mgs on their way to me. That one trip of 2c-e was insane. I've never tripped on acid (want to), so how would you compare? I know the body load on the come up is probably smoother, but any other differences. Of course, assuming you have tried 2c-e
No way man. I wouldn't say it was like that. DMT puts you in another world. 2c-e wasn't very difficult at all at 18mg and it was my first psyche! If you were to try it I'd recommend like 15mg, but it was seriously SOOO much fun. Music was INCREDIBLE. I could understand every word and note in every song, and the music felt like it was all around me. I totally want to try DMT one day, but you have to make a contraption just to try it, and it would suck if I screwed it up :/ What was 2c-b like?
Damnit, now I have to get 2c-b. ;_;
Do you typically snort it? I hear it hurts like holy hell to snort the 2c-x drug family
[–]id0ntusemeth 4 points5 points6 points 5 months ago
Don't listen to all the annoying NBOMe stigma. Most of it is pure nonsense coming from people who have never tried them. Most of the shit you here is bullshit or happened because someone was an idiot.
25i is magical. I love it. But i wouldn't take it more than 4 times a year.
[–][deleted] 0 points1 point2 points 5 months ago
But i wouldn't take it more than 4 times a year.
Why do you say that?
[–]afternoonacid 0 points1 point2 points 5 months ago
25-I and 25-C and out of the two I found 25-C to be more pleasant, with more intense visuals and less of a 'restless' feeling if that makes sense but a high dose can get very intense and feel intense. It lasts around 8 hours. I've done 25-C twice and its really enjoyable.
25-I have a lot less visuals but there are both euphoric and uncomfortable aspects to it at the same time. I had a spiritual awakening on 25-I- not my kind of thing and I never did it again and it lasts about 12 hours.
Have fun
[–]virus5877 0 points1 point2 points 5 months ago
I like 25i mixed with some MDMA. I think 25i has the best visuals, but with a complete lack of head-trip. my perfect dose is a little less than 1mg of 25i and about 130-160mg of MDMA. I do not particularly think the NBOMe's are very much fun by themselves, but that's my opinion
[–]vermithraxx 0 points1 point2 points 5 months ago
I'm a fan of 25i. Awesome visuals, nice energy, no brain fuck. 25b was more of a weird body high and lesser visuals for me.
[–]nahmsayin -3 points-2 points-1 points 5 months ago
I really want to try out a NBOMe mainly due to their extremely low price
I'm sorry but of all the possible reasons you could have chosen to try to justify the questionable decision to volunteer yourself as the next glorified human guinea pig, this is easily the worst, most idiotic one. You obviously have no respect for either your physical or mental health, mind-altering substances or the community that explores them if it this is the mentality that characterizes your typical decision-making process, in which case what makes you assume you should be allowed to do drugs at all? You wouldn't trust a baby to operate a chainsaw, would you? So why should we trust you?
[–]flewfy[S] 0 points1 point2 points 5 months ago*
It's not like I'm trying out heroin because it is cheaper than pills. I've read plenty of trips on it and am sure at a low dose I will do fine. I only really meant that I wanted to have a new experience and NBOMes look like a great option because I don't have to spend 40$. Yea I guess it did come off ignorant in a way, but I mean it is not like I'm going to complain it is cheap :P
Edit: Not to say Heroin is always a bad choice for those opiate enthusiasts out there. Just saying NBOMe low dose is more safe.
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Officially as of tonight, I've join [sic] the cast as a series regular of the NEW ABC Family Pilot, What Would Jane Do?!! To each & everyone of you, who've supported me & my journey throughout my career! I Love You!! Here's to the new journey as we continue on to making a new chapter.
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