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I've had a large azalea (rhododendron?) in my back yard since I moved in twelve years ago. It's 5+ feet tall. Since I've been here it has bloomed maybe three times. It usually shows winter burn, then leafs out nicely - but usually with no blooms. This year it's looking really sad - new growth is slow, and needless to say, it shows no signs of flowers. I rarely if ever prune it, but I do fertilize - probably not enough! It's in mostly shade, and we've had lots of moderate drought over the years. Can anyone help? It's spectacular when it does bloom!! |
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Hello, emmi331. You may want to determine if it is producing flower buds or not. Based on that, you can take appropriate action. For example, if it does not produce flower buds, it could have some type of soil defficiency (do a soil test), soil pH problem, be planted out of zone or it might not be getting enough sunlight (2-5 hours of morning/dappled sun is good). Another thing to check is the time of the year when you prune. When you prune, try doing this in the time period after blooming has ended and before flower buds form starting in July-ish. For example, if you were to prune in the Fall, you would be cutting off next years blooms. |
Thanks very much, luis - I appreciate your advice! No, the bush does not even get buds on it, just leafs out. I'll get a soil check done, and see what that says. Luckily, the VA Tech garden extension center is not far away, and I can also get help from them.... |
emmi, too much shade, overfertilization, and drought in summer when buds for flowers would normally be set are the top reasons for failure to bloom - you may be facing all three. Azaleas need some sun, or at least very bright indirect sun to form flower buds. Dappled shade through a loose tree canopy is perfect but a few hours of morning sun or late afternoon sun can be enough too. |
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WoW Insider Show on hiatus this weekend {WoW}
Mar 19th 2010 8:16PM So are the old shows also going to be on free download or listen on ustream site?
Breakfast topic: Your biggest regret? {WoW}
Feb 23rd 2010 1:04PM My regret was taking a certain pair of days off from WoW last year. I was already a daily player and advisor to the gm in a very prominent social/leveling guild on my realm. I had just spent 3 months helping the GM rebuild the guild after a large migration of players off to a raiding guild. I had invested many weeks of cybersweat and tears into getting us back into a decent viable guild. I held guild parties, meetings, give aways, contests, and we really had the place hopping. We had a population counting alts of 155.
Everything was safe and sound, so I decided to take 2 days off to hang with my girlfriend and her son, as we lived and played wow together, but we wanted to hit the local theme park and just forget WoW, you know see the sunshine and fresh air.
I log back in on the afternoon of the third day finding a full mailbox( should have checked it first) and go into guild chat with "Hey guildies, whats up."
Total chat chaos breaks out.
Our GM in his infinite lack of wisdom had just decided 20 mins before that he was going to become a fulltime raider and had just handed the guild over to a totally inexperienced new GM, with the request I be his second in command. Now I had actually run 2 guilds( one horde, one alliance) on a private server for 2 years, so I knew how to run things. Well the story was I wasnt on to say yes, I'd take over, and he had to join this raid guild that second with a yes or no answer.
Now it's not sour grapes at this point as he picked a nice guy to run it, and that i didn't have a problem with. But the new guy gave away the cow so to speak, resulting in our vault with a years build up in it being robbed blind, players jumping in and out on a daily basis, no controls given to me to prevent this stuff.. and well. after 2 months of trying to tell this new guy how to fix the problems and getting the excuse" I want people to be happy", I left the guild. 3 weeks later it no longer existed.
You can't let WoW run your life, but damn I regret not being there when the reigns were passed.. RIP old guild..
Breakfast Topic: What do you do after raids? {WoW}
Feb 10th 2010 7:59PM after my guild gets done doing 5 man instances.. whats a raid? I usually end up doing a bunch of repairs. Since I'm all decked out in pvp gear , i cannot get in on any raid content.
Call for Posts: What I want to see at BlizzCon 2010 {WoW}
Feb 8th 2010 7:09PM The announcement for the upcoming second Cataclysm patch..
IE: Cataclysm before April 1st. so they will be working on patch 2 maybe by Blizzcon.
Also them to drop Jay Mohr as host. The guy acts like he has no idea WTF he's talking about concerning WoW or any Blizz product, and was so drunk and baked last year he could'nt even do a half ass job like the years before.
Get someone from G4 network who at least knows Gaming and gamers, and who the hell the NPC's are if hes gonna make jokes about them.
Hell to make it even cooler if they wanted a pair of co-hosts everyone knows and loves..
Recruit Turpster and Oxhorn, or Turpster and JaJa jarrar, or even better yet Felcia Day to host the con this year. People who know WTF is going on, play the friggin game, and have some actual Talent dealing with people.
Hell even dust off Ben" Leeroy Jenkins" Schultz and have him host as he's a likable guy and is synonymous with WoW.
Please Blizz .. No MOHR!
The Queue: Again and again {WoW}
Feb 2nd 2010 7:19PM Ok Question for the Queue..
What is it in the Draenei language that Draenei females yell in their charge emote.. sounds something like "Sinohai Akahatchi".
Don't know the term even if spelled right.. what does it mean in English?
Breakfast Topic: Is it time to update WoW character models yet? {WoW}
Jan 19th 2010 1:05PM models and textures both should be at least slightly upgraded, but not so that it kills us with dal-lag even worse.
Also WTF was up with the DK start area, everyone is taller than a Tauren, and almost as wide.
re-scaling a bit maybe? I noticed kobolds are a tiny bit smaller now.
Around Azeroth: An army of one {WoW}
Jan 18th 2010 2:30PM Add winterhoof to that list..
Possible changes to tabards, backpacks, and banks {WoW}
Jan 16th 2010 4:43PM 40 slot bags replacing the 20 standard at the same pricing, but make them only available to level 25 up or something. That would be awesome
In defense of care packages and mandatory authenticators {WoW}
Jan 11th 2010 11:45PM Two thumbs up to mandatory authenticators. When i first started my account was stolen 2 weeks into the game thanks to a keylogger. Bought the authenticator. never a problem since.
But if they become mandatory for more than a trial account Blizz should take the loss and upon your first renewal or addition of game card time automatically send you one for free if you don't already have one.
I'm not gonna qq if they do just because mine was paid for, because i consider my cost to be for the benefit of al as the whole experiment of going to the authenticators proved a long term solution for all.
I wont have to see guilds stripped bare by a gm whos acount was hacked, and I wont have to see as many gold spammers either.
All the World's a Stage: A rose by any name {WoW}
Jan 10th 2010 9:47PM oh the names..
Lets see
Gnome mage Fabianna (Shes The Fabuloso Fabianna)
Gnome Lock Annamositee (anna mositee) aka animosity
forsaken lock Auntasidd.. antacid or Aunt Acid
Human rogue Ravenessa( ok so its cliche for a rogue named raven)
Human Warrior Elsebethe.. 1450-1600 english alternate spelling of Elspeth or Elizabeth my SCA persona name BTW.
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no neighbors came and we are in a very nice neighborhood. They won't wave or talk or even look at one another let alone us. I wonder if we should leave. We love our home.
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Are you involved in any activities? at the Retirement Center or Church? Perhaps your neighbors are fearful that they will get involved in morning coffee meetings or something. You might want to be around when the mailman delivers and have a little chat with him. Most people have their eye out for him and maybe you can give a wave or something. I'm not involved with my neighbors either except we do wave and exchange greetings and were helping each other out during the ice storm a couple of years ago. You might want to start an emergency phone list on your block. One of mine did and got a number to call if needed. He then made a copy for each of us on our block. |
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Hello TnBella, I wonder whether there are some community groups, etc. in which you could become involved? Are you into volunteering? Most communities have agencies that are looking for volunteers and our city hall or library can tell you of a local group that is a central clearing house for such requests. One can often meet some lovely, community-minded people in such activities. If you are interested in fitness, there are places where people work out and you might meet some interesting people there. There are many interesting people who frequent libraries, as well. In some areas seniors go to local malls in the early morning to walk for exercise. Good wishes as you look for compatible people and I hope that you have a gloriuous New Year in your new community. ole joyful |
It takes time to get acquainted in a new community. Develop some hobbies, check out community activites & see where you can get involved. Every community needs volunteers. Our hospital has volunteers, elementary schools like volunteers to help with different projects, charitable organizations always need help. The more you get involved, the more you will feel part of the community. |
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Which part of the South did you move to? I don't know if it makes a difference, but I've lived in many places around So Cal, and no one EVER greeted me. When we moved into this house in fall of 2003, I was SHOCKED that on Christmas Eve Morning the next door neighbors came ringing our doorbell (I was still asleep!), introduced themselves and had a home-made jar of cookie dough mix for us! They explained they wanted to wait to give us time to get settled before coming over. I have NEVER experienced this in the past. Sad but true, people are either "too busy" or tend to keep to themselves these days. It's not like it was in the 50's or 60's - when everyone knew everyone. OR, What if you make friends with your neighbors, and then decide you have "problems" with them...or, worse, THEY have problems with YOU! My hubby just RECENTLY met the neighbors across the street for the first time. They have lived there over a year now! My son's dog got out one day, and hubby had to go across to get him. THAT created his first short meeting. Then one night we heard a loud crash. The neighbor was trying to haul a pick-up truck up their steep driveway with a small car (wife driving & hubby in the truck), and the cable snapped. Hubby took his truck and helped haul the truck up. Now - when neighbor sees hubby outside, he hollers "hello!". We've lived here about 2-1/2 years now. I had every intention to go out and about and meet neighbors. I've been too embarassed, as we STILL are not settled in - boxes and "stuff" everywhere! Plus, may hair hasn't seen the inside of a beauty salon in like 7 years, and my glasses broke about 3 years ago - so they sit on one ear only (plus I can't see anyway). We've had numerous problems - hot water leak under foundation in kitchen area which cost a fortune not just in repairs, but in water and gas bills for four months, mice in kitchen that showed up when they started digging up the neighborhood to build new houses, bees that decided to make home in our wall...not to mention that both hubby and I messed up our backs while moving - hubby actually fractured something in there - so HE was down for several months, son decided he needed to move back home for awhile - so even MORE stuff! It just never ends. I am on disability, so I can't do much so fast these days... So, we meet new friends - then what? I can't even let them in house because it's still a disaster, PLUS, we dumped our sofa and loveseat when we moved - nowhere to sit! PERSONALLY, I've been in hiding! LOL! Everything is just too stressful right now. I WANT to be neighborly - it's just me and this mess holding me back. I HAVE gone out and introduced myself to neighbors in past. But seems everyone wants to distance themselves. I don't know what the deal is. I guess if I threw a bar-b-q every weekend with written/hand delivered invitations, and had a pool and lots of entertainment, they MIGHT show up and become friendly...haha... |
I agree with those who say you have to get out and meet people. We moved a good bit when we were first married and I didn't make a lot of friends because I didn't get out. My mother-in-law moved to our town a few years ago and she expected people to beat a path to her and that is just not going to happen. We took her to church, tried to get her to go places and meet people but she just sat---and now she is still sitting. Sorry, but I grew up military and we made friends easily, but towns don't do the same. I understand people are busy, they have their own interests, are somewhat skiddish of meeting strangers this day and time, so you just have to take it in your own hands. |
Yoo-hoo!! TnBella ...are you still around? Say something! Let us know that you're alive and kicking! ole joyful |
- Posted by arizonarose (My Page) on Sat, May 19, 07 at 0:08
TnBella, if you are still here...I can so relate to your post. We had sort of the same problem..but different, as our neighbors kind of stuck together & left us out cause we were newbies..for EIGHT YEARS!! That was tough on me..DH was gone alot w/ his work, & I was there with the snobs.. we moved...i feel better :-) You've gotten some really good advice here as far as how to make your life more complete, but i feel like what you really want is *neighborliness* That's something that's difficult to get if you are in the wrong neighborhood. Just my opinion. we moved..couldn't have it any other way. I'm happy now....:-) Guess we just didn't fit in @ the other place. but now neighbors smile..wave...it's all good.. Hope you find your niche..I bet you would be a great neighbor! |
In the south, the fast track to meeting new people is through a local church. If you begin attending a church on a regular basis and are open to casual conversation, soon, you'll have someone to talk to. However, your body language must say "I'm approachable". |
- Posted by linda_in_iowa (My Page) on Sun, May 27, 07 at 23:06
I moved to Iowa 18 months ago. I work part-time, joined a church and two Red Hat groups. I also take classes at the College for Seniors. I also volunteer for some activities. My best friend is my next door neighbor. You really have to make an effort to get out and meet people when you are new to an area. |
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Reads to me that he co-signed a 72 mo. finance and she was able to extend it to 75, but without the co-signers approval. THAT is still your leg to stand on, IMHO.
you need to get a copy of the orginal loan and go over the print regarding a loan extension, etc. Most likely the option to extend is somewhere in the text as these contracts are pretty thought out. This isn't the banks first rodeo. Good luck.
lithium78 - with the new information that she extended the loan terms without your permission, what will you do? Go to the bank that seems to follow the book and ask use it to have them remove the late?
Just got done reading this thread and I'm highly intrigued to know the outcome!!!! Any luck so far?
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I'd call back and say "I only cosigned for a 60 month loan". If she renegotiated terms or something else you should have been notified, IMO.OK, I do like this one. Don't know if it will be successful, but it makes sense. It appears that she renegotiated the terms of the contract, and you weren't notified. Wouldn't that invalidate your liability?
Definitely worth following up on, IMO. With an endless, uncrackable smile and earnest good will. Bring mini Baby Ruths and Snickers bars for the tellers. Make it easy for them to back down, especially if their attorneys start clearing their throats.
I'd show up with coffee and a smile.
That close to the finish line (of credit repair); I'd ask for a copy of the 72 month loan application.
If all else fails, I'd politely ask who their "contact person was for legal stuff, like documentation" so they feel a lawyer is calling.
Holy heck, this.
OMG do this... awesome strategy +500....
There is nothing like using fear to get what you want.
"I have never, EVER applied or signed any application as a cosignor for a 75 month loan, or for any kind of 75 month extension for a loan. This long of a term completely violates my credit principals! I would never have accepted such terms. Please, I need a copy of this "supposed" document for my lawyer, and I sure hope that my signature was not missing or forged on that document. If you are having trouble locating this document, I will take a goodwill deletion in its place..."
It appears that the credit union ignored my first GW letter, so I have to try again this week. This credit union is very hard to deal with because they are very large and they like to pretend that they are one of those "too big to fail" commercial banks. They are being really unreasonable.
I guess the next step is to contact the CEO and see if they can do anything about the mess. I'm still really upset about getting this late on my report after all my hard work.
My score rebounded by 25 points because some old baddies fell off my report, but unfortunately I'm still down by 10 points right now and the score simulator on this site says I can't get my score above 700 within the next year due to my ex's late car payment. This is so infuriating!
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I'd call back and say "I only cosigned for a 72 month loan". If she renegotiated terms or something else you should have been notified, IMO.
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I was just about to post a question on this topic then I saw this post....ahh the dread. So would anyone co-sign for a spouse? I have always said absolutely not when approached by my DH on the topic. However, now I am just confused on whether I am being a bad wife by not doing so. The thought is now crossing my mind again.
tonyaether wrote:I was just about to post a question on this topic then I saw this post....ahh the dread. So would anyone co-sign for a spouse? I have always said absolutely not when approached by my DH on the topic. However, now I am just confused on whether I am being a bad wife by not doing so. The thought is now crossing my mind again.
Just my 2 cents here, but IMO signing a loan with your spouse and co~signing for someone else ( friend, sister, cousin...etc... ) is different thing.
Married people handle their finances differently, some people do everything jointly, and others keep it all seperate, or only co~mingle one or two accounts.
Whether you live in a community property state might make a difference on this as well.
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Anna Gunn could very well win her second consecutive Emmy for Breaking Bad in about three weeks on the West Coast—but right now, she's laying down some East Coast roots in Sex With Strangers, a new drama directed by David Schwimmer. The role is only the actress's second major New York City stage part (she was in the supporting cast of The Rehearsal opposite Frances Conroy and Roger Rees back on Broadway in 1996), but the reviews for her and costar Billy Magnussen (soon to be seen in the long-awaited film of James Lapine/Stephen Sondheim's Into the Woods; by the way, have you seen that spiffy trailer yet?), like the one we'll provide you below, indicate she'll get more love from theatergoers than Skyler White ever did as a character.
In other news, 2014 marks a banner year in which both Woody Allen and Mia Farrow scored Broadway shows. His self-penned Bullets Over Broadway will sleep with the fishes on Aug. 24, while Farrow begins a stint in A.R. Gurney's Love Letters on Sept. 13, her first Broadway appearance since 1980's Romantic Comedy. And no, I'm not counting her voice work in the megabomb Stephen Sondheim (him again!) play Getting Away With Murder. Letters will feature a rotating cast that will also include Brian Dennehy, Carol Burnett, Alan Alda, Anjelica Huston, Martin Sheen and Game of Thrones' Diana Rigg, so it's kind of a choose-your-own-veteran actor-adventure. And speaking of adventures, this week offered a cornucopia of new ones Off Broadway, including a bloody puppet bacchanal presented by the frontman for Twisted Sister, a new play from a scribe of Girls and Looking on HBO, and the sterling return of one of NYC's most-emerged playwrights.
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Minimum Stay | 1 - 4 nights |
Then, by all means, come and see this apartment!
We look forward to introducing you to our warm, talented staff—included in the price of your stay—who will show you the very best of Marrakesh. Enjoy:
*Housekeeping and laundry service (except Sundays)
*A complimentary, 24/7 ride from the airport when you arrive
*A "baby kit" for those with little ones, including secure crib, high chair, buggy, changing table, baby bathtub, and more
*Fresh meals and babysitting services for a little extra (see "Terms and Conditions" for pricing)
*Free WiFi and digital cable
*Use of mobile phone with Moroccan chip so you can avoid exorbitant roaming charges
*Advice for excursions that have local flair—no tourist traps!
Our jewel-toned, air-conditioned apartment sleeps up to four guests in one bed and two daybeds, and is cloaked in the rich and romantic purples, reds and indigos that define Moroccan décor.
Many of our guests tell us this apartment occupies the perfect space in Gueliz Marrakech: the city center is just outside, but we're located on a quiet street behind Mohammed V Avenue, where the city's noise doesn't reach.
Also included in the price of your booking is access to a secure, exclusive swimming pool just 50 meters away from the apartment, kept a secret by groves of palm trees, orange trees, and flowering bougainvillea. (A pool this sparkling, sunny, and well-kept is a rarity in the city center!) Take an afternoon dip and stretch out on a lounge chair for a nap in the sun—even the beach towels are included! Then, put on some sharp clothes for evening and head out with your significant other for an intimate dinner at a nearby restaurant, a coffee at a local café, and a stroll through the lush gardens of Harti and Majorelle.
When you return home for the night and sink into the sumptuous French-sized bed, draped in a royal red bedspread and lit by elegant luminaries, the bustle of the city will feel very, very far away.
If you'd rather stay in for dinner, Atika, our housekeeper and cook, will prepare an authentic Moroccan meal for you right in the apartment's sleek, eat-in kitchen (for an additional charge). Take a seat at the traditional, 4-person dining table and enjoy a glass of wine and good conversation. Or, shop for fresh produce at the central market and prepare your own meal in the fully-stocked, American-style kitchen.
When you're done cooking, enjoy your meal outside on the walk-out terrace with garden table and chairs.
And of course, the lively and ever-changing Jemaa el Fna square—which will enchant you with its food booths, snake charmers, monkey trainers, storytellers, and other artists—is just 10 minutes away.
Our first priority is making sure our guests enjoy vibrant Marrakech as much as we do, and experience it as locals would. That's why we offer reasonable rates and a wealth of extras to give you a trip to remember for a lifetime.
Please call us today to book your Morroccan holiday! You won't regret it!
Greetings from Agnès and Philippe-Alexis!
We provide a collection of luxury city and country accommodations in and around Marrakech, Morocco, and want to share our tips for enjoying this remarkable city.
In our website www.location-marrakech.info/en our guests find numerous advices helping to prepare their trip.
We live in the South of France, between Provence, Camargue and the Mediterranean, we divide our time between their small picturesque village and Marrakech, which we fell in love with over 20 years ago.
Agnes is a former restaurateur. She has always been passionate about both cooking and customer service.
Philippe has been a company director for over 30 years.
In our apartments and villas in Marrakech, we wanted to provide holidaymakers staying with us, those services which they felt had often been missing during our own travel experiences. These include:
• A warm welcome
• Advice on the city and its surroundings
• Advice and assistance in the preparation of excursions off the beaten track.
• How to Discover AUTHENTIC Morocco
• Encouraging the use of local products and crafts.
We are very proud of our apartments and the confidence shown by the many visitors who rebook and return to stay with us. We hope that you too will come to enjoy the mild climate and lifestyle in Marrakech by booking one of our lovely apartments and villas-riads for a forthcoming stay.
Agnès & Philippe-Alexis purchased this apartment in 2005
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The 2010 elections have ended, and the House and Senate Leadership choices have been made, but the Republican Party still faces yet one more crucial choice: selecting the next RNC Chairman.
Republicans Helping Republicans, has launched www.ChooseYourChairman.com allowing you to "voice your choice" for who should be the next leader of the Republican National Committee. 2011 and 2012 will be very crucial election years for the Republican Party. We'll need a strong RNC Chair to help lead this charge and to ensure that our candidates are equipped for the upcoming challenges. Please visit www.chooseyourchairman.com and let your voice be heard. ---Princella P.S. Thursday morning (11/18/10), I'll join Jansing & Co. on MSNBC at 10am Central / 11am Eastern and then a few more times within the hour. Will try to plug the site then, too. Tune in if you can!
The polls will be opening in 33 or so hours from the time of this posting, depending upon where you live. This makes it an optimal time for the Republican National Committee to send out an electronic GOTV fundraising message -- which they just did. The e-mail, signed by former governor and presidential candidate Mike Huckabee, begins this way (emphasis added):
When you wake up on November 3rd, will you be able to say that you did everything you could to stop the Obama Democrats' leftist agenda and return American government to the American people?
Mike Huckabee is calling out the "leftist agenda" of the left? Let's take a look at Huckabee's agenda over the years:
Perhaps Pat Toomey says it best:
He's every bit as bad, and you don't have to just take our word for it. Jonah Goldberg, you and your fellow editors at National Review, Bob Novak, and John Fund — to name just a few conservative writers — agree that Mike Huckabee is no conservative. You can read the Club's white paper on our website, but here is a quick summary of Huckabee's worst hits. According to the Arkansas Democrat-Gazette, the average Arkansas tax burden increased 47% over Huckabee's tenure. Huckabee supported (in chronological order) a sales tax hike; gas and diesel fuel tax hikes; another sales tax hike; a cigarette tax hike; a nursing home bed tax; another sales tax hike; an income surcharge tax; a tobacco tax hike; taxes on Internet access; and higher beer taxes. Huckabee also oversaw a 50-percent increase in spending; happily signed a minimum wage increase and encouraged national Republicans to do the same; favors a national smoking ban, farm subsidies, and a federally mandated arts and music curriculum; opposes private school choice; and employs class-warfare and protectionist language on the campaign trail. Huckabee calls himself an economic conservative in the mold of Ronald Reagan, but the above list doesn't sound like either.
Huckabee's agenda seems fairly leftist, reminding me of the following German idiom: Ein Esel schimpft den anderen Langohr. Appropriately, this roughly translates as follows: One donkey insults another by calling him Longears.
I've noted in the past that the GOP needs libertarians more than libertarians need the GOP. To some degree, they've listened and libertarians have now been welcomed back to the table -- and we are even allowed to use the front door from time to time.
Even larger than the libertarian movement is the Tea Party movement, which is powerful enough to make or break the GOP. Comprised of roughly the same percentages of conservatives and libertarians, the Tea Party movement is nearly 100 percent fiscally conservative.
As a libertarian and a Tea Party activist, I feel like the payment I've received for my hard work over the last two years has been a slap in the face by Michael Steele.
The Republican Party is poised to enjoy considerable electoral gains Tuesday night. In choosing their GOTV poster child, the RNC could have picked someone liked by the people who are going to sweep the Republican Party back into power. Chris Christie and Jim DeMint serve as great examples of elected officials with high positives throughout the movement.
By choosing Mike Huckabee as tonight's electronic spokesman, the Republican National Committee has reaffirmed their commitment to their power-over-politics big-government principles.
So, there must have been some beltway reality checks. Or the instantaneous nature of internet communication made the country's mood glaringly important in helping them along with their ponderous decision rendering process. i.e. The RNC, the NRSC, and every Republican leader they could reach got goosed in the butt by a lot of very angry people. In any case, the Conservative Patriots went nuts when they heard that Christine O'Donnell wasn't just being ignored by the self-appointed elites, she was being actively opposed and attacked by some of the establishment types.
Karl Rove and Christine O'Donnell
Ok, so we have our own party actively working to ensure that the elected candidate, the choice of the people, doesn't win in November. What?!! They have the unmitigated temerity to foist off their venomous pronouncements as the will of the party membership.
Speaking of venom… hey Karl, what the heck did Christine ever do to you? Karl Rove went off on an establishment rant against Christine O'Donnell that had many wondering if he'd slipped a cranial gasket and was ready for the gingko biloba crowd. I'm still wondering what that was all about.
Let's examine what's happening. The 'establishment' has brought the party, and by extension us as Americans, along the disastrous path the party took under George Bush. They have the gall to pronounce to us? We hold the biggest winning formula the Republicans have had since Ronaldus Maximus.
We, as the Patriot Movement, have welded together a vast cross section of people who have but one identity, that of American. And only one goal, that of restoring the Constitutional Republic of the United States of America. One thing is for sure, the Republican establishment has put itself directly in the line of fire of a whole bunch of Tea Party types with no reason to hold hands and sing kumbaya.
The Conservative Patriot movement is changing the face of American politics. It is the tsunami which is sweeping all before it. Get used to it. We're here and we're not going away.
Semper Vigilans, Semper Fidelis
© Skip MacLure 2010
It's not often that a writer gets a gift handed to him, but I got one today. My article yesterday focused on the necessity for the RNC and the so-called establishment Republicans to find common ground, and recognize that we (the Patriot movements) are not going to allow the Rockefeller establishment Republicans another shot at screwing up again.
Christine O'Donnell and Mike Castle
I was pointing out that party bosses in various states, who have an altogether inflated opinion of their own importance, can cram any candidate down our throats whether we like it or not.
We've seen it in Arizona, Nevada and Alaska… Tea Party/Patriot candidates have been kicking butt all over the place. It's not surprising that the establishment types panicked and started undermining the work of the Patriots wherever they could, and that they were no more successful at it than the DeMarxists have been is not surprising.
The Republican Party of Delaware has endorsed a huge RINO, nine-term Representative Mike Castle, over the Conservative Patriot challenger Christine O'Donnell. In a shocking turn around she has come from near obscurity to within two points of Castle.
That's where the rub is. Would somebody please tell me why the RNC and their various committees keep coming up with candidates nobody wants to vote for? Time after time. Then, when a totally spontaneous grass roots movement gets candidates elected all over the country, they go out of their way to suborn the efforts and the true will of the party as expressed by its grassroots members.
What this also means is that the party hierarchy isn't listening to the country either. Well, it's like this… you guys weren't getting the job done and, in fact, many of you were prepared to lie down with the DeMarxists as long as they made nice with you.
It's going to be a very tough year on incumbents… yes, indeed it is. You see, we know how you voted… we counted the votes… we counted who voted on what.
It's going to be a very tough year for anyone who voted in favor of health care, or the stimulus, or the banking regulation bill or cap and trade… the whole gamut of Obama's Marxist menagerie. Yes, we know how you voted… and we are going to vote you out of office.
The ruling junta braces itself for the firestorm of American voter disgust that's manifesting itself into a political tsunami which could sweep all before it. It's no secret that the not-so-thinly disguised Marxists that make up the bulk of Barack Hussein Obama's administration may be planning exit strategies soon… as some already have. Likewise, the most radically left-leaning Democratic Congress in our country's history is scurrying to find cover that no longer exists.
When I saw, back in the beginning, who Barack Hussein Obama was and that he had all the attributes of a dictator-in-waiting, I wondered how much it would take and how long it would be before the American people woke up and rebelled… at least I was praying they would. I was answered in spades. The American public began to act within months of Obama taking the oath and the Patriot Movement literally exploded across the landscape. Numbering in the millions, it has become a potent political force to be reckoned with by both Democrats and Republicans.
I had always known this to be a center-right country with a strongly conservative base. My faith in anything Republican was shot through and through after the election. I had been none too happy with the eight years of Republican mismanagement under Bush. After watching the Republican insiders work to see 'moderate' John McCain go down in flames, most of the Republicans and Conservatives woke up to the fact that the RNC, in all of its manifestations, just wasn't on the same track as the rest of the country, who had begun to figure out the Barack Obama thing and were beginning to think.
The DeMarxist Congress, under the leadership of Nancy Pelosi and Harry Reid, literally stole the people's will by buying votes in the most blatant and disgusting shows of political blind man's buff ever seen. This time though, the people were aware and waiting… and watching… and learning.
The political phenomenon known variously as the Tea Party or the Tea Party Patriots, or sometimes just as the Patriot Movement which seems to be a blanket term, are largely, at least in my view, a creation of the left. We're that shot in the head the lefties got when they pulled their Marxist-Leninist crap in Congress, starting with the stimulus. The left birthed the instrument of their destruction.
A true grass roots movement, the Patriots are as unhappy with the Republican establishment as with the DeMarxists (for newer readers, DeMarxist is a term I coined for the 60s radicals forming the majority of the Democratic side of the House and the Senate).
Today, the greatest need is to win the election. Everything else can wait. Win in November… right now, that's all that matters. There are some really bright lights amongst the young Republicans in Congress, with many more Conservatives coming soon. The Republican establishment has to find some way to reconcile itself to the massive and growing Patriot Movement or risk destruction.
The people are speaking through the movements. It's just that many establishment types forget just who the heck it is they work for. For the establishment to regain any sense of credibility, it will require somewhat of a reformation in thinking and in hard-hitting Conservative politics. That's what we are telling them we want them to do.
Las Vegas is insane.
Everything I've heard about this Disneyland-for-adults is true: neon, sparkles, bells & whistles, herds (and hordes) of people, STAR WARS slot machines (pictures later)...I will definitely have to come back here one day for purposes other than business. My friend Jon Henke (@JonHenke) and I flew from DC yesterday by way of Newark, NJ and didn't even land in Vegas until 1am PT...it was a long day, and I slept in a bit. It was easy to do in my posh suite at the Venetian, with my sunken living room and remote-controlled drapes! Life is hard.
The first panel I attended today featured Todd Thurman (@toddthurman) of the Heritage Foundation, Brian Faughnan (@brianfaughnan) of Liberty Central, and Alexa Moutevelis (@alexashrugged) of the RNC, all moderated by my Liberty Pundits co-blogger Melissa Clouthier (@melissatweets). The panel focused on connecting grassroots activists in the field to policy shops in DC - like Heritage, Cato, or other think tanks - as well as to communications resources and activism training like those offered by FreedomWorks or the Leadership Institute.
Probably one of the better bits of information passed along during the discussion was the notion that activists in the field shouldn't be shy about engaging DC-based resources. Yes, DC is busy. Yes, DC occasionally has a heightened, over-inflated sense of self. But DC is also sitting on piles of your cash, looking for a way to return value back to you. So don't be shy about sending emails or picking up the phones to ask for help.
But more than just connecting grassroots activists to DC to get talking points and policy papers to support candidates back home, the panel focused on connecting activist to activist using technology - that means Twitter, Facebook, the blogosphere, and other online resources. The RNC announced some nascent, new API and they are transitioning all of their online tools to an open-source platform...the API is apparently already available for developers...more on this later. Despite this move to make RNC resources more available to more people, there was some grumbling in the audience that the RNC fails (on occasion) to return voter vaults back to activists on the ground once they pull out of town following a race. This makes people currently involved with components of the Tea Party movement a bit reticent to cooperate with the RNC in Washington.
After a few questions, and after some dancing around the issue, I asked the panel: is there a sense, going into this November's elections (and subsequently in 2012) that the Right should be worried about the Left exploiting a growing rift between conservatives and libertarians? If so, how can we, or more appropriately, should we be doing anything differently than the suggestions you've all made here today to, strengthen the coalition between these two groups?
The consensus from the panel seemed to be that there's not really any danger this year - libertarians and conservatives agree in principle that the prevailing issue of this election is the economy, stupid. Throwing the bums out is priority #1 in 2010. But the funnel of candidates is currently full, and the new Congressional primary begins, effectively, on November 3 - it is possible that infighting on the Right might get nastier in 2011 and 2012.
Todd Thurman told me after the panel "We just need to make sure we're talking, and that we're sticking together in areas where we agree." I agree in principle with this strategy, but only inasmuch as it's a first step. Because there is potential for infighting to become nastier on the Right as we approach 2012, it's important to talk about areas where we disagree too - libertarians remain (rightly) mistrustful of the Big Government GOP - the same GOP that is trying to ride the Tea Party Tiger into new majorities this fall. Ignoring our differences now can be our foil later.
Cross-posted at Liberty Pundits and Intelligence, Please...
But first… Michael Steele. Those who read this column regularly will know that I have had some reservations about Michael Steele's leadership of the RNC. These misgivings had more to do with what I perceived to be a lack of leadership qualities on his part, rather than some of the other criticisms that were cast about out there. Lately, it seems that he can't open his mouth without putting his foot in it. His latest foray into shoe leather has produced a tempest that may not be shoved under the stoop so easily.
Michael Steele
Afghanistan is not Barack Obama's war. Barack Obama made it his war. Afghanistan was treated like a sideshow during the early years of the Iraq war. After initial successes there it was relegated to a backwater status and put on auto-pilot while assets were concentrated elsewhere. Not a smart thing to do with a conflict in one of the most inhospitable places on Earth, against one of the most vicious enemies on the planet.
Barack Obama attempted to use Afghanistan as a foil against the war in Iraq, which he had often and vociferously promised his nutcake base that he would bring to an end, and have the troops marching home with flowers in their rifle barrels. Obama was unprepared (gee, what a surprise) and badly advised about the conditions on the ground there. That crowd of Marxist academics he has surrounding him could be much better employed sharpening pencils or counting paper clips… anything but making policy.
Obama once again deluded himself that we could somehow win the Afghanistan affair by not winning it. Hence the months of purposeful foot dragging (sounds like the gulf oil spill, doesn't it?) in responding to his theater commander's troop requirements which have yet to be met in full.
Michael Steele is not so much wrong in fact as in substance. Yea verily, it is Obama's war… now. What is apparent is the lack of depth and understanding of Steele's ill-considered statement. I'm concerned about the "leader" of the Republican National Committee being so thoughtless… thoughtless about the context of what he said and the historical context in which he said it.
At a stage when we, as Conservative Republicans, are demanding more and more from our representatives… I'm just not sure he's the right guy for these times.
There's a lot going on over in the Congress, and not much of it is good news for the DeMarxists and the Obama regime's headlong rush to destroy this country using the economy. It seems that resistance to the administration's policies is reaching new heights.
Many Democrat lawmakers from both Houses are looking at the calendar, and then for which of the bright, young and fresh Conservative challengers is zeroing in on them. What looked like a pretty good year for the Republicans not too long ago, has begun to show indications of being a game changer of historic proportions.
Seems like the RNC in a bunch of states is getting wise in looking for, and recruiting, fresh strongly conservative candidates. All across the country, wherever there is a special election the Democrats are in crisis mode. The mood of the country is ugly and getting uglier. Where there's no special election, there's no less trepidation given the ever decreasing time between now and November. There's an awful lot of what were solid Democrat seats out there that are now not nearly so safe, and many are in dire peril from aggressive Conservative challenges.
What's the difference? It's not the RNC, though they jumped aboard the Patriot express and thus far have handled themselves well. The Patriot movement insisted that smaller government, national defense, adherence to the rule of law and the Constitution be the banner that the Conservatives carry into the elections.
The opposite seems to be true over at Utopia central. No one is happy with the tepid victory which accompanied the Democrats passing the health care bill. The Anointed One has been running all over the country trying to sell Obamacare and according to reports, not all that successfully. Seems like the President can't make it sound like anything but what it is – a fiscal nightmare and the death of the best medical health care system in the world. The more of this bill that the American people are exposed to, the higher the resistance to it grows.
What should have been Obama's signature accomplishment will end up being the one that causes him to be a one term President. This bill, and all the other power grabs being thrown out there, have fragmented the Democrats and their mantra of race, poverty, envy and environmental fascism. Segments of the country are suffering under unemployment rates as high as twenty per cent, with no relief in sight. These folks have long reconsidered their support of Obama and his destruction derby.
Vast numbers of people unite with the Patriots every day. The contrast is marked. The Democrat message is from a party that just teems with intellectual energy but few who know how to think. The message is worn as are the people who deliver it time after time, never noticing the sparsity of their audience. The American people want answers, not feelings and falsity.
It sounded like a 3000 page reply to a simple question from a 'worker', you remember that word… it's a favorite of the left. If this was a set-up it was a good one. The question was bluntly placed and Obama launched into a seventeen minute ramble that somnolized everyone in hearing range. Sounding like a caricature of his campaign, he went right into his sales pitch selling the bill over and over. Why, if this wonder of blind legislation was so wonderful, are they having so much trouble selling this pile of garbage to their own base?
Obama at Celgard LLC, Charlotte NC.
Unless that woman was a plant placed there so that Obama had a platform from which to launch his meandering reply, Obama showed to all and sundry that once again, without his canned teleprompter gig, he's disconnected and repetitive. This guy simply is not that good off the cuff… and when he gets off the cuff he gets out of there in a hurry.
The problem with lying is that every time you tell it it's just a little less effective, and by now pretty much everyone except the hopeless Kool-Aid crew has, or is figuring out that, this thing is a vast smoke and mirrors snake oil. He's a one man medicine show with plenty of Dr.Feelgood to pass around.
The problem with what he does is that he can never actually answer a direct question because if he told the truth he would have to say something like, 'Hell yes, I'm raising taxes. I'm putting us farther in debt than all of the administrations in the history of this Republic combined. I'm going to tax you, your children and their children higher than any US government in history… and we're going to curtail your freedoms in the process because we can't have you making your own decisions. You might decide that you have a right to the labor of your hands or the intellectual property of your brain'.
We have one chance to stop this and turn it around… and would somebody please tell the damned dummies in the RNC to get their act together quick!! Or get out. We're not putting up with that weak-minded sort of sidewalk act any more.
What up, GOP?
I've never been to Grover Norquist's Wednesday meeting. It is, for many, a mainstay of the middle of the week and, for others, a launching pad into a fruitful career in Republican politics. But, for all who know about it, there's no question that it is regarded as the de-facto braintrust of the center-right coalition that makes up the Republican Party. Thus, when I woke up Wednesday morning after Tuesday's two-count of Democratic retirements, I couldn't but imagine that the coffee at ATR tasted a little better than it did yesterday.
But, on a day that should be regarded as a pretty good one for Republicans, it's very likely that this group was a little distracted by, to borrow a little from the French, our faux pas du jour—our great Chairman's tactful use of the phrase "honest injun" in describing a platform that nobody knows about. Or, perhaps, to digress a little further, the news that, under his leadership, the money to run the races that just became within our reach just may not exist (at least not under the RNC's control)?
This is not an ad-hominem attack on Michael Steele—God knows the left has a monopoly on those. But, at some point, shouldn't somebody step back and objectively evaluate, today almost one year after he was elected, how he's performed in our party's top job? Tragically, at this important moment in the history of our party and our nation, it's very possible that, with seemingly endless embarrassments coming out of a cash-hemorrhaging RNC, Michael Steele has become a distraction worth dumping.
Notwithstanding the "honest injun" incident, the main political stories this year involving the RNC have centered on intra-party conflict and poor decisions by Mr. Steele. Most recently, The Washington Times reported on the disturbing trend of major donors fleeing the RNC as Steele makes paid appearances and prepares for his book tour on his six figure salary. Think about this for a second—in his capacity at the RNC, which pays him to give speeches and raise money, Chairman Steele has routinely collected speaking fees to stuff his personal bank account rather than fund our candidates. In many ways, this is tantamount to the CEO of a public company charging money to speak to his shareholders. Here's a wake-up call, Mr. Chairman--- the shareholders have noticed, and they're no longer buying.
The RNC has started the year off in the worst financial position in over ten years. Spending record amounts to win a race in Virginia by a whopping eighteen points, we now find ourselves wondering how to fully fund this year's races (although, to be fair, Chairman Steele isn't sure that we can win them). In the real world, a company losing its stockholders after spending wads of cash would experience declining share values. In Washington, where we all know there is no accountability, inertia dictates business as usual. Except, of course, for Trevor Francis, the former RNC communications director who was fired for failing to get Steele enough credit for said victories—sorry, Trevor.
It's hard to believe that, just one year ago, we were arguing over Chairman Steele's conservative credentials. Now, it's astonishing that we ever believed he had any credentials at all. If, in the 2008 elections, Barack Obama was the most idyllic image in his party's history, Michael Steele may have become our party's greatest liability. Republicans, at the very least, were relieved that, at the end of the Bush years, we would no longer have to hold our breath every time our party's leader opened his mouth. Alas, that was life before "honest injun," "hip-hop Republicans," and, of course, "what up." If we can't trust Michael Steele to represent Republicans well, much less effectively manage our party, than why do we keep him around? I was at last year's winter meeting, and the largest single justification for electing him was his communication ability. How do his passionate advocates of yesteryear feel today? Satisfied? I'm imagining some of you will read this, so please comment below.
Of course, there is life after the RNC. The RGA under Nick Ayers' great management demonstrated this past November that we're nowhere close to the depression that we felt in 2008. Donors that once donated in masse to the RNC have redirected their money to the campaign committees. And, in large part because of Democratic policies, personal fundraising by candidates is looking strong. But, is that the point? Should there be an adversarial relationship between the various parts of our larger party? Or, should they move in unison as a well-oiled machine, with a common message and a common goal? Just ask the Democrats of 2008.
Many comparisons have been made of 1994 and this upcoming cycle and—believe me—I hope to God they're all true. But, there's a part of me that wonders, when I think back to the spectacular year of the Republican Revolution—what would Grover's Wednesday meeting have looked like then? Led by folks like Haley Barbour and, of course, Newt Gingrich, I want to imagine that the party of then was far more united than the party of now, if there were disagreements along the way. But, that's not now. And, it certainly isn't an environment that's encouraged by Michael Steele's leadership. So, what now, GOP? Happy New Year, it's 2010--- What up?
Note: Michael Steele's response to recent criticism (which has surely not come just from me): ""I'm looking them in the eye and say, 'I've had enough of it. If you don't want me in the job, fire me. But until then, shut up. Get with the program or get out of the way.'"
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When it comes to general electronics i dont buy from eBay. Whether it be a mobile phone, tv or games console its just not worth the hassle and general wear and tear they get. You have no idea what type of house hold they have come from and so children may have shoved toast into slots and stuff. However games are a different matter you can get some really good bundles of games on ebay and discs dont age assuming no/limited damage. Particular good if your trying to catch up on a generation and just want to bulk buy for the ps3. Whenever i have broken my rules i have been let down for example a couple of months ago i saw a bundle of Wii stuff on eBay with 15 games, console, controller + tat for �80 i figured was worth the risk. While everything was accounted for the general condition was terrible, i mean honestly who sells a games console and doesn't even bother to clean it. Edited by Sharzam at 20:28:00 26-06-2013 |
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Disney's The Little Mermaid Jr. August 18-17
Children's Musical Theaterworks, Fresno's premier children's theater company, is pleased to announce the opening of Disney's The Little Mermaid Jr. at the Veteran's Memorial Auditorium August 8 -17. Once again, CMT will offer $10.00 tickets for children aged 12 and under.
The show, directed by Daniel Hernandez and based on Disney's Broadway production, takes audiences on a journey to Ariel's magic underwater kingdom, where the beautiful young mermaid longs to leave her ocean home – and her fins – behind and live in the world above. But first she'll have to defy her father King Triton, make a deal with the evil sea witch Ursula, and convince the handsome Prince Eric that she's the girl whose enchanting voice he's been seeking.
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Researchers find a growing number of children and adolescents in the U.S. are developing type 2 diabetes, a condition that usually develops in people over 30. A possible cause: Obesity in young people is on the rise.
A study by the Children's Hospital in Cincinnati reviewed medical records from 1982 to 1995. Researchers found the cases of type 2 diabetes in patients 19 years old and younger had jumped from 4 percent prior to 1992 to 16 percent in 1994.
According to National Institute of Diabetes and Digestive and Kidney Diseases, statistics, 11 percent (4.7 million) of children in America ages six through 17 are overweight. This number is up about 5 percent from the 1960s and 1970s.
This increase in children and adolescents with type 2 has not been observed at all medical centers.
Darrell Wilson, MD and associate professor at Stanford University, has not noticed an increase, but he says, "We have always seen obese teenagers. And we see children heading in the direction of diabetes.
"We have had three or four kids looking like they were type I, but discover through low insulin requirements that they are type 2."
In an effort to stop the progression of diabetes, the doctors at Stanford try to change the lifestyles of at-risk obese children through diet, exercise and diabetes education.
Alan Marcus, MD adds: Obesity as a chronic disease has been linked to metabolic abnormalities such as hyperinsulinism, insulin resistance, and excess androgen levels - all linked to an increased risk for people with type 2 diabetes.
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The LG Optimus G Pro runs like a sports car engine in the body of a family minivan--an unassuming aesthetic mixed with luxury performance. Provided you can fit it in your hand, this quick, flashy giant might very well be the phone for you.
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Beets are a natural source of dietary nitrates, which convert to nitric oxide (N-O) in the body. Nitric Oxide is a key signaling molecule in the body. Beets are also extremely high in polyphenols, which provide antioxidant support. Now, you can get the benefits of beets without all the hassle. Each 5-gram serving of SuperBeets Organic Beetroot Crystals contains the same nitric-oxide producing power as 3 fresh, organic beets — without the musty flavor, and without the hassle of juicing. Unlike fresh beets or beet juice, you dont have to worry about refrigeration or spoilage. SuperBeets Organic Beetroot Crystals are shelf-stable and convenient. Simply stir one teaspoon into four (4) ounces of water, and enjoy a tangy, raspberry-flavored shot. And at a fraction of the price of fresh beets or beet juice, its cost-effective, too!
SuperBeets Organic Beetroot Crystals help your body to naturally produce more nitric oxide. As your N-O levels improve, you may experience more energy and more mental focus. Most importantly, nitric oxide helps arteries to relax for improved blood flow and circulation, supporting cardiovascular health. Nitric oxide promotes oxygenation and nutrient delivery throughout the body, helping you to feel and perform at your best.
I loved it, including the tangy-sweet taste! It felt cleansing and afterward I felt more energized! — Michelle S.
I did feel energized within minutes after drinking. In a way it felt as though my body soaked it up. I had been on the verge of getting sick and my symptoms seemed to subside. — Kathy F.
Taste was good. No aftertaste. No overpowering beet taste. Subtle yet different way of feeling refreshed. — Debbie D.
SuperBeets tastes good; feel increased stamina; saw a positive increase in body chemistry numbers. — Eugene R., Whitestone, NY
I had a great experience with SuperBeets. I had just come back from a long Las Vegas weekend and was running on pretty thin energy. I added the beet powder to my bottled water, and it tasted great — not like beets at all. (I really detest the taste of beets, so I was pleasantly surprised!) I felt it gave me some afternoon energy and focus, pepped me up. I really liked it. Even with the deep red color of the drink, it didnt color my teeth or urine either. I thought it was great. If I can get the nutrients out of beets this easily (without gagging down the real thing) Im all for it! — Paula G.
It has given me more energy and has become routine for our household. — Lorraine C., Citrus Heights, CA
SuperBeets continues to give a very noticeable increase in energy and endurance. — Gary U., Plainfield, WI
I slept SO hard and soundly last night! For the first time in I dont know how long, I slept through the night. I was so disoriented and still dreaming when my alarm went off this morning! AND I went walking today. It was so humid I wasnt sure we were going to run but I felt so great that we ran the last leg. It was so easy Im kind of amazed! — Michelle G.
I think the biggest plus for me has been the energy and the better nights sleep. — Roger H., Wayne, NJ
With three patents for nitric oxide technology and four more patents pending, Neogenis® Labs leads the industry in nitric oxide supplementation. Ever since nitric oxide was discovered in the human body in the mid-1980s, it has been the subject of more than 100,000 scientific studies, including some by Neogenis itself. Groundbreaking research led to a Nobel Prize in Physiology or Medicine in 1998. Nitric oxide (N-O) is a key signaling molecule in the body, and is unique in that its gaseous form makes it easy to penetrate cell membranes. It helps the body to relax blood vessels and thereby increases circulation and enhances oxygen delivery to every cell, organ, and system in the body.
Healthy circulation is the key to overall health. Sufficient N-O status helps the body promote optimal circulation, which in turn supports cardiovascular health. Supple, relaxed arteries promote healthy blood pressure. Higher N-O levels and optimal circulation help promote mental clarity and focus.
Athletes depend on N-O for peak performance. For athletes, optimal N-O status helps promote energy and oxygen efficiency to improve physical performance, and helps the body extend endurance and improve intensity levels. N-O also helps the body produce more energy. The increased oxygen and nutrient delivery to muscles also supports faster recovery.
N-O is made in the body, but production drops dramatically after age 40. Exercise and good nutritional choices help to enhance N-O levels naturally. Beets are one such food source that contain in dietary nitrates, which are converted to nitric oxide in the body. Buts its not easy to eat beets or drink beet juice every single day. Superbeets Organic Beetroot Crystals were created to address this challenge. A single teaspoon of crystals contains the equivalent nitric-oxide boosting power of 3 fresh beets or a half liter of beet juice. It's a great way to ensure you are giving your body what it needs to keep producing optimum levels of nitric oxide.
Over a decade of research led to a breakthrough in N-O technology.14 years of dedicated N-O research led to the patented technology that greatly improves the conversion of nitrate to bioactive nitric oxide. How do we know? We use the gold standard of N-O testing, ozone-based chemilumiescence, to confirm that SuperBeets has the highest efficacy possible.
At Neogenis Labs, the science comes first. Our science officers are leaders in their fields, guiding our research and development efforts to create the most effective nitric oxide supplements available today.
Dr. Nathan Bryan, Chief Science Officer at Neogenis Labs, is one of the worlds leading experts on nitric oxide. A professor of molecular medicine at the University of Texas, he has spent much of his career conducting research on nitric oxides effects on the human body. His research work led him to pioneer therapeutic approaches to restore nitric oxide levels. His work has appeared in numerous peer-reviewed publications and is widely cited and quoted in the medical literature.
Dr. John Ivy, Chief Science Officer at Neogenis Labs, is one of the worlds foremost experts on performance nutrition. His research demonstrates two fundamental principles for nutrition and peak athletic performance. First, peak performance rests on proper nutrition. Second, when an athlete eats is as important as what he eats. Dr. Ivy has developed cutting edge nutritional programs used by athletes worldwide. His books Nutrient Timing and Hard Wired for Fitness are considered to be contemporary classics in the field.
Nitric oxide-producing beetroot powder is the foundation of the SuperBeets formula. We use organic, non-GMO beets, of course. Our beets are grown from carefully selected seed of the highest quality. They are grown in soil that has been carefully stewarded to provide a nutrient-rich growing environment. Our rigorous growing standards mean that we harvest beets with the highest concentration of dietary nitrates. Our state-of-the-art growing and patented drying process conserves a majority of the nutritional value, including antioxidants, polyphenols, and key minerals including potassium of fresh organic beetroot.
Beets are one of the few primary sources of dietary nitrates. When swallowed, our body converts the nitrates to N-O in our blood cells. There are many identified health benefits of beets. Scientific research shows that nitric oxide plays a role in helping to support:
Beets are naturally high in vitamins and minerals, and are also extremely high in polyphenols, which provide antioxidant support. Beets are also thought to help support detoxification and support cellular energy production.
Ingredients: Organic Beetroot Crystals, Natural Flavors, Malic Acid and Stevia Leaf Extract.


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I love this conditioner. I have long dry hair and Aquage products have made my hair so much healthier and stronger. I think the scent is very "clean" and it doesn't linger, which I like. I think it works best if you comb it through your hair in the shower with a wide-tooth comb and leave it for a couple extra minutes. It doesn't weigh my hair down at all and it rinses clean. I buy the big tubs and the tub is difficult to use in the shower. I would love a pump instead.
It's getting harder and harder to find a good deep conditioner that doesn't contain silicones, but after a lengthy search, I gave this one a try. It seems to work great and softens and moisturizes my thirsty hair. I have naturally curly hair and I live in a dry climate so a good moisturizer without silicones is a must. I did purchase the product in a tub and I would prefer that it had a pump, but otherwise, the product seems to be good at replacing lost moisture for my hair.
I have bought this a few times over the years and always like this product. It leave's my dry, frizzy, processed hair in pretty good shape. Still not enough moisture to tame the top frizzy layer of hair for me.
Update 03/17: After a while leaves a film on the hair and makes hair look dull. To many chemicals?
This was my fave conditioner for my long, thick hair until I found Shikai Daily Conditioner. The Aquage does a great job smoothing and conditioning, and I still use it when I run out of Shikai. It is very good and I will repurchase.
I love this conditioner. It does a great job moisturizing and leaves my hair with great slip. It also has no silicones which means that I can use it daily without having it build up on my hair. This is especially important since I do not shampoo my hair every day.
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This goes on like butter. It is easy to smooth over the hair and you don't have to use very much. After rinsing, my hair wasn't easier to comb but since it felt so nice in the shower I like it. My hair is air-drying now so I will update the results later.
I have bought this a few times over the years and always like this product. It leave's my dry, frizzy, processed hair in pretty good shape. Still not enough moisture to tame the top frizzy layer of hair for me.
I received some samples of this from my stylist and then decided to purchase the large tube. This is a nice conditioner that leaves my hair soft and healthy feeling and is not too expensive.
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Nothing spectacular about this product. I get the same results from Herbal Essences. Horrible packaging. Smell is weird too. Looks like chapstick in a tub. My friend got this for me on her dads trade dollars account. I will use it because its there, but I would never buy for myself. A lot of money for a lot of crap.
The best thing this conditioner has going for it is no silicones. I do find it very moisturizing, but the scent annoys me after a few minutes. It smells beachy/outdoorsy, but it's not subtle. Fortunately, the scent goes away as my hair dries. I bought the big size of this product so it came in a tub. I find that very inconvenient to use in the shower; I was told that a pump is supposed to be provided free of charge when the larger size is purchased and I didn't receive one. That's really the merchant's doing, but I would also like to see Aquage make the larger size of this product in a pump bottle or a larger tube so that the product is easier to access. I don't think I will repurchase. If I do, it will be the tube form.


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May 31, 1997 Le Cirque 2000 Opens Its Doors On April 3, New York got its first look at the new incarnation of Le Cirque, the city's most famous restaurant, when Marvin R. Shanken, editor and publisher of Wine Spectator and Cigar Aficionado , threw a birthday party for Sirio Maccioni, 64, who founded Le Cirque in 1974.
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When I was younger i had a spinal tap done and recently have been getting really bad back pain. Before I knew it was because of my spinal tap but now that im pregnant im afraid it will get more intense; especially, right now during the winter. This is my first pregnancy so im not really sure how i should deal with it. What do you ladies recommend for dealing with the pain?
I have suffered pre-pregnancy with back pain as well and am scared that it will be worse with pregnancy (digenerative disc at L5). I'm not familiar with what a spinal tap involves, though it sounds painful.
I've been doing prenatal yoga, and trying very hard to stay active. You can still work your core while pregnant, and a strong core helps me with back pain, as well as the stretching with yoga. So far at 17 weeks, I'm actually less painful than normal. Good luck!!
Last night I messed my back up picking my toddler up wrong but DH had the night off and was able to give me a really good massage!
I also have a maternity belt in storage that I will be finding and using ASAP. That helped tremendously- especially with my first pregnancy that I gained more weight during. I don't recommend getting the cheaper ones though if you do get one, get a good solid belt. The thicker the better! I might even upgrade for one of the really good girdles this pregnancy!
I have never done chiropractic before, but I also plan on doing that as well. I just learned our health insurance covers an office near us that has a chiropracter that specializes in pregnancy, and I'm starting to have some sciatica issues, so I hope that it will just help a lot with everything overall. I also have some hip issues from my last pregnancy, and I'm wishfully hoping chiro can offer some help with that too.
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