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In outline, Funny Games, a remake of Haneke's 1997 Austrian film of the same title, sounds little different from a hundred other ruthless home-invasion thrillers that cater to the gray zone of viewer enjoyment — what Hitchcock mischievously alluded to when he spoke of "putting the audience through it." Two preppie lads in tennis togs appear on the doorstep of a bourgeois family's vacation home. After some Pinteresque pleasantries that grow increasingly sinister, the vacationers get unnerved and ask the visitors to leave. With a show of aggrieved politeness, they refuse. They remain polite even after they borrow one of Dad's expensive brand-name golf clubs — to shatter his kneecap.
The visitors herd the family into the den and make a little wager that no one — not the pretty mom, not the well-to-do dad, not the blameless child — will live to see 9 a.m. the next morning. Their security devices will imprison them. Their self-defenses will fail. Let the games begin! The chattier of the two tormentors glances away from his captives and looks directly into our eyes. "Who are you betting on?" he asks — and he's not talking to an onlooker. He's addressing his accomplice. If you (I, we) stay to watch, you're agreeing to the rules of the game: Any chance of hope, escape, or revenge will be raised (yes!) only to be dashed. The family will be butchered, one by one, for your viewing pleasure. After all, as Michael Pitt's diabolically cordial ringleader informs his victims, "entertainment is important."
Although much remains the same about the so-called Funny Games U.S. — dialogue, set design, static camera setups, the sensation of deepening panic — Haneke has shifted a few variables. The language: It's now English, the lingua franca of international box office. The players: They're now Hollywood stars, which changes the dynamic. In the original, the actors' status as relative unknowns made the snuff-movie vibe chillingly credible. Tonight's menu serves up executive producer Naomi Watts (as Mom) and Tim Roth (as Dad) — people we pay to show us a good time, even if (especially if) it involves a little rough stuff.
I love that rough stuff — slasher movies, sexed-up drive-in trash — and the part of me that enjoys that release of free-floating anxiety, anger and geek-show prurience resents Haneke's imperious command of the moral high ground. In films such as Benny's Video, The Seventh Continent and 2005's Caché, Haneke emerged as a provocateur who combined Stanley Kubrick's exacting formal mastery with an icy concern about the alienating effects of surveillance culture. Even so, his forbiddingly intense films found a stateside audience in the early 1990s not with Kino-snobs but with cult-movie fans — seekers of the next cresting wave in cinematic extremity.
So here's Haneke — Brian De Palma with no libido — getting a heap of euros to reiterate what creeps we are to watch his movie. But what has the persnickety bastard made here, anyway, but grindhouse fare fogged with arthouse deodorant?
And yet. For anyone with the slightest ethical qualms about their hardcore jollies — and the nerve to face them with a searching mind and a reactivated conscience — Funny Games is a pulverizing but essential personality test. When the invaders (Pitt and Brady Corbet) force Watts to strip naked, do you own up to frustration that the camera never dips below her neckline? When NASCAR blares from the requisite big-screen TV on one side of the frame, and Watts lies bound, gagged and stripped on the other, does your attention wander back and forth? When the movie's most heinous act (of many contenders) occurs only as background noise — an offscreen maelstrom of shrieks, torment and grief — do you get exasperated that the camera records, with plodding bovine stolidity, the fixing of a sandwich?
Most importantly: Are you going to leave in a huff of righteous indignation about torture porn? Or are you going to sit there to make sure every blow draws blood? Rest assured, it will. By withholding the worst we can imagine, yet finding ways to deliver worse, Haneke rigs the movie into a weapon against its audience. Like the infected porn that destroys perverts in Cronenberg's Videodrome, Funny Games means to kill our pleasure in the very thing we theoretically paid to see: zipless, guilt-free, morally untroubled mayhem.
That mission makes Funny Games an easy movie to despise, but an impossible one to shake. The ultimate irony is that Haneke is very, very good at the genre he appears to hate: His anti-suspense measures prove far more upsetting than the usual thriller gear-grinding, which is why thrill junkies are already salivating over the movie's opening day, eager to watch Haneke launch his assault upon an unsuspecting megaplex audience. I might even show up myself, just to see the suckers flinch. That's entertainment.
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This was a very easy recipe. I used beef and refried beans for the filling. It was very good and makes great snacks to heat in the microwave for later.
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Very quick and easy - we put a bit of cream cheese in each wonton too to yum it up a bit.
I made these tonight with refrigerated wonton wrappers. I shredded some leftover chicken, added some cream cheese, a bit of mexican cheese blend, a bit of pepper/salt/garlic and baked them in the oven at 400 degrees for about 12 minutes. Mine came out crispy, crunchy, and great! Thanks for a great base recipe. This is making the rotation for quick, easy, changeable dinner :)
Beautiful idea!! I added pepper, garlic, onion and chili powder to the chicken while I cooked it then like another reviewer added shredded carrot, diced green pepper, cheese and bean spouts. I then threw in a few chopped jalepeno peppers as well. It was soooo good!! Next time I'm going to try putting this filling in spring roll pastry cause when I baked the won tons they were hard around the edges and rubbery in the middle...maybe I need to lower the oven temp? All in all a fabulous idea, I'm hooked!!
My family made these all the time when I was growing up - but we fried them. The only thing we did different was we mixed the chicken with sweet and sour sauce before placing in the won ton. Then we used sweet & sour sauce for dipping. Loved the idea of baking them instead of frying them!
This recipe just doesn't work well unless you use your imagination to add to it. A good basic start though.
We had these for dinner tonight with beef and broccoli stir fry. They are INCREDIBLE! My whole family loved these, even my picky 10 year old. I made a batch of chicken and a batch of cream cheese, fried them and served them with sweet and sour sauce and hot chinese mustard. Thanks for the great recipe. We will be making these over and over again. These are very easy to make with canned cooked chicken.
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Not sure if this has anything to do with school shootings other than to remind us that in some situations people are even more exposed to nuts with guns than school children.
Availability of guns is directly related to school shootings and nuts having guns.
just as a comment, I think saving those few children would be the best if in fact the position you posit is the greatest possible (and also realistic) solution of arming teachers in a school.
But I think there are better solutions. I think reasonable gun control can be had. This would take 40, 50, 100 years possibly but it might be worth it.
Also, more security at a school. Bullet proof glass, parents would need an id to pick up their children.
But honestly, if I wanted to murder lots of children and a school started to put in bullet proof glass and have armed people everywhere, I would just go to a toys r us and walk in with an m4 and start mowing them down.
Why would someone target a school? Sure there are lots of children in a tight space but there are MANY places where lots of children in tight spaces go.
It has to do with easily accessible guns. Take care of that issue and other things will naturally get better, but never will it be 100% better. There will always be guns that end up in hands that they shouldn't be in.
I would like to find a solution for this 'problem', that allows people to own weapons as they see fit, that can suppress all or most acts of gun violence, that does not severly impact human health. that allows some civilizing process within culture, and that does not decay our cultural standing with other peoples.
We need humor, mixed with our bitter pills....
Then get down on your knees and PRAY! (Did I just write that?)
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That video smells like religion, and it's been around for years. Odds of you actually defending yourself with a gun are insignificant. Obviously, it has not been a deterrent either. You may "feel" safer with a gun under your pillow, but you are far more likely to use it on yourself. Sorry, that is just the way it is. Criminals are breaking into houses just to steal your guns. They are not scared of Joe homeowner, since they maybe cranked-up on meth anyways.
Homicide Rate (per 100,000) and count, per year.
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Justifiable homicide rates are low: Very few killings are ruled as justifiable homicides each year. When taking into population, even the highest rates in a given year are only about five per million people. Usually, they are far lower.
I do not advocate an all out ban. I enjoy shooting. I also enjoy living and working without fear of being massacred. I think the NRA better get it's head out of it's ass and concede a few common sense ways of controlling this wild access to such dangerous weapons.
You may "feel" safer with a gun under your pillow, but you are far more likely to use it on yourself.
Feeling safer is not an insignificant reason for owning something. Even illusory peace of mind can be comforting and mentally healthy. Is it some 3rd party's right to decide if I should or shouldn't have a gun, knife, brass knuckles, etc., under my pillow?
Chuck Norris has a pillow under his gun. Of course, society in general and governments (elected or not) decide what rights you have or do not have. You can't put an RPG under your pillow. That is the thin line this whole thread is about. The balance between laws and rights. If rights are deemed to cause too much harm, they can be taken away. Smoking in public places comes to mind.
I heard of this RPG that felt so insecure that he started sleeping with Chuck Norris under his pillow. :D
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My last post was about how to put a news feed (RSS) onto your organization's Facebook fan page. You can also very easily put a box on your website that shows the posts from your Facebook Fan page. It's called a "Facebook Like Box".
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You might not know exactly how wide you want your box to be, so pick a ballpark number, knowing that you might have to come back a couple of times to refine the size. Just for reference, the post box in this blog is 490 pixels wide. Start small (say 300) and work your way up.
There are a few other choices there– click and unclick them to see what they will look like. When you have your box looking like you'd like it, click on "Get Code". A box pops up with two sets of codes– use the "iframe" code.
Copy this code to your clipboard. Then navigate to the edit function of the page you'd like it to appear on. You will embed this code differently depending on what content management system or website builder you are using. You may have to search in the support area to see how to do this. Hint: Google calendars use the same iframe ebedding, so you might search for "Google calendar embed".
I use mostly WordPress sites with my clients. In WordPress, you'll need to enter the code in the HTML editor in the placement on the page that you want it. It may take a little guesswork, but you can usually figure this out. WARNING: iframe codes do not "like" switching between the HTML & the Visual editors in WordPress and this will cause errors, so make sure that you don't need to go back to visual editor before you embed the iframe. (If you accidentally go back to the Visual editor, don't panic. When errors display, go back to HTML editor, remove the iframe code, save the page/post again, fix any problems in visual if needed, then generate the iframe code and start again.
You won't want to create a round-robin of updates between FB & your site, so decide if it makes more sense for your organization to put news feed posts from your site onto FB, OR your FB updates in a Like Box on your website. I'd love to hear from you in the comments: does your organization send FB posts to your site? Or a news feed from your website to your FB Page?
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The classic community mistake is to use a network to drive information out into the public as opposed to creating a compelling experience for members.This is SO important! I find that organizations that are just getting started in social media tend to think of their Facebook page or Twitter account as a bulletin board "driving information out into the public." Social media is about relationships, and relationships involve two-way communication. Listen more often to what people are saying, both about their questions and concerns, and what they are saying about your organization. And, did you catch the last half of that second quote: "creating a compelling experience for members." That's what you want to be thinking about in creating an online community: connecting your online members in a compelling way. What can they experience in your online community that they cannot experience anywhere else– even when they are face-to-face? I also appreciated Geoff's last tip, which has to do with inter-connecting all your various communication platforms. This kind of interconnection is not a one-way connection, but moves communication in both directions. Facebook can serve as a "beachhead" to steer folks toward your online community, but you also want to have your members communicating about your organization's activities back in the wider online community. What do you think? Might some kind of private online community become a part of your organization? I'd love to hear about your thoughts! .
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By Vicky Travis, The Tennessean
The body of Army Spc. Jason K. Edens of Franklin was flown home
Thursday morning, to Smyrna Airport, where about 100 people, including
friends, family and members of the Patriot Guard, had gathered to pay
Edens, a 2007 Franklin High School graduate and aspiring
Tennessee Bureau of Investigation agent, was injured on April 15 during
an enemy attack on his unit in Laghaman province in Afghanistan. He
died April 26 at Walter Reed Hospital in Maryland.
"He was a
remarkable guy," said Jan Edens, Jason's stepmother, who acted as a
family spokeswoman. "He was a fun guy, loved by everyone, and so sweet. ...
I can't put it all into words."
At first, the family was going to
keep the arrival very private. But once their military liaison let them
know people wanted to come, they decided to open it up.
"We thought, 'Hey, it's OK. He deserves it,' " she said.
Edens will be buried on Saturday at Harpeth Hills Memorial Gardens
along Highway 100. In honor of Edens' love of motorcycles, some will
ride on the route to Harpeth Hills. Members of the Patriot Guard, also
on motorcycles, will escort the procession.
The city plans to shut
down Columbia Avenue to Main Street for the funeral procession, which
will travel past Franklin High School off Hillsboro Road, to Sneed Road
and Highway 100 to Harpeth Hills.
Visitation will be 3-8 p.m.
today and 10 a.m. to noon Saturday at Williamson Memorial Funeral Home
in Franklin. His funeral service will follow at noon.
The last two weeks have been a blur for the family.
"We got the
call April 15," Jan Edens said. Six family members, including Jason's
wife, Ashley, immediately flew to Germany, where Edens had been
transported. There just 24 hours, the family followed Spc. Edens as he
was transported to Walter Reed.
The 22-year-old was an infantryman
assigned to the 1st Squadron, 13th Calvary Regiment, 3rd Brigade Combat
Team, 1st Armored Division in Fort Bliss, Texas.
He graduated from Franklin High School in 2007, where he played drums in the marching band.
proud of him and sad at the same time," said Kerry Vaughn, who taught
him in band from Grassland Middle School through four years at Franklin
High School as an assistant band director. "He always had a smile on his
A moment of silence was observed for Edens during the band's concert Tuesday night.
Lt. Col. Greg Hoover teaches JROTC at Franklin High School. He spoke
with some of his seniors after learning of Edens' death.
"There's a
sense of pride," he said, adding that the young men and women who've
planned on joining the military stand firm in their commitments.
close to home," said Hoover, who also remembers 2004 FHS graduate
Richard Buerstetta, who died in Iraq. "We've lost over 6,000 young men
and women. It's just sad."
Edens and his wife would have been
married three years in June, which is when he was scheduled to come home
from his tour in Afghanistan.
After graduating from FHS, he
attended East Tennessee State University, where he studied criminal law
in hopes of becoming a TBI agent. After getting advice that the TBI was
quicker to hire people with military experience, Edens enlisted in the
Army in 2009.
Jan and Jim Edens have been covered with support since the call on April 15.
"I just made a few calls and the next thing I knew, the house was full of people," she said.
Then she added, "We'll see him again one day."


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An entire fleet of Iranian ships is near American soil!
Iranian warships.
"The Iranians are Coming!" Derangement Syndrome over 1 Destroyer in Atlantic
An entire fleet of Iranian ships is close to the American border = one supply ship with thirty sailors is in International waters.
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Sex and Saudi Female Reaction to Husband's Sexual History
I anonymously surveyed 20 female married Saudis, asking them: 'What would be your reaction if you came to know that your husband was in a relationship (with sex) before he married you, and this relationship completely ended before he agreed to marry you?'
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One squad relied on depth; the other relied on experience. But when all was said and done, both the Harvard men's and women's cross country teams notched 13th-place finishes at the Paul Short Invitational this past weekend, hosted by Lehigh University in Bethlehem, Pa.
With many of the squad's elite runners held out of competition for the week, the men's team put its deep roster on display at the invite. Toeing the line against one of the largest fields it will see all season, the relatively inexperienced Crimson squad scored 421 points to finish just two behind 12th-place Duquesne University.
On the women's side, some familiar faces led the way for Harvard. Junior Morgan Kelly was the team's first finisher, coming in 26th place with a time of 21:00. The women's squad tallied 414 points en route to its 13th-place showing.
In the absence of classmates Maksim Korolev and James Leakos, who finished in first and second place, respectively, at the Harvard-Yale dual meet two weekends ago, junior Kurt Ruegg paced the Crimson men on Friday.
Ruegg crossed the finish line in 24:37 to come in 25th.
"Kurt's put in a great summer of training," Harvard coach Jason Saretsky said. "He's really fit, and I think he's only going to get faster as the season goes.... It's really exciting."
Saretsky said that the men's top seven finishers from the Harvard-Yale meet, including Korolev, Leakos, and senior Jakob Lindaas, were held out of Friday's race to avoid overuse and injury.
"We've got a long season ahead of us," Saretsky said. "The meets that matter most, the meets that count, are at the end of the season. We're gearing everyone up for that. I feel really good with where we're at."
Behind Ruegg for the Harvard men was freshman Thomas Purnell, who finished 41st with a time of 24:52.
"I thought [Purnell] had a great, great showing," Saretsky said. "Going under 25 minutes in his first 8k is a great way to start the season."
Despite his impressive finish, the rookie's collegiate debut was not as seamless as it appears on paper.
"At one point, [Purnell] passed me and was like, 'How much [distance] is left?'" Saretsky said. "He was running like a freshman out there, but as he gets more races under his belt, I think he'll really come into his own."
Classmate Christopher Allen was 45 seconds behind Purnell, covering the 8k course in 25:37.
"The entire freshman class has done an outstanding job of handling the transition [to college competition]," Saretsky said.
Rounding out the scoring for the Crimson were senior Sean Pohorence and sophomore Andy Gonzalez, who placed 114th and 133rd, respectively.


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R&B singer Ashanti is ready to hop on board the celebrity baby bandwagon. Ashanti, who is dating rapper Nelly, says she's already saving up money to become a mom. Quite the little planner aren't we?
She says, "I need, like, 12 (kids)... I love kids. I definitely want to get married... I'm so family oriented. I want the big wedding, I want the long marriage, I want kids.
"(But) I've got to stack my cheese a little bit more... I want to be able to bring my kids into the world nice and comfortable."
All they need to do is sell off one of Nelly's blinged out bracelets and that should be enough to support at least three kids until their 18th birthdays.


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Upstream Theater's Ancient Mariner Is a Triumph
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St. Louis Shakespeare's Blood Reigns Is Fit for a King
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The Rep's Buyer & Cellar Looks Inside Babs' Fantasyland
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Elliot Smith Contemporary Art, through May 20
William Shearburn Fine Art, through May 20
Something serendipitous is happening in the Central West End: The three artists currently showing at the Elliot Smith and William Shearburn galleries all concentrate on banalities, those less-than-spectacular aspects of life that take the form of everyday objects -- like wallpaper or socks -- or dusty memories of a distant, shabby past. But Brian Novatny, Richard Knight and Kit Keith all have a genuine fondness for these unassuming subjects, and it lends their works a level of warmth and interest that would be lacking in the hands of lesser artists.
Brian Novatny's paintings of stolid figures in abstracted, almost empty interior spaces are currently quite hot. Novatny is based in New York City but shows his works throughout the country and was recently reviewed in Art in America; his work is currently being shown at Elliot Smith, where he made his St. Louis debut in 1998. This show features Novatny's recent paintings, which are generally brighter in tone and more delicate in execution than his earlier works, which featured ponderous interiors inhabited by Léger-like figures floating in a surrealist torpor.
It's as if someone turned on the light in these new interiors, allowing us to see clearly (but not necessarily to understand) what's going on inside. Bulky figures of men and women interact in peculiar ways with their interiors -- they dance, or pose, or toss swatches of brilliantly patterned fabric against backdrops of flat color or wild wallpaper. Poker-faced, the figures refuse to let us in on the story. Narrative is clearly not the point here.
Novatny arranges these opaque stage sets to maximize the interest in the formal qualities of the paintings. His figures suggest mass and bulk but are painted with a stubborn flatness. In fact, flatness is everywhere here: Shadows are rarely cast in these spaces, and walls and floors parallel the verticality of the picture plane. Novatny revels in capturing the insistent flatness in tile, fabric and wallpaper patterns. He also clearly enjoys setting meticulously rendered patterns against color fields that are applied in a more gestural, even unfinished, manner.
Novatny's works, mostly oil on panel, are small and unassuming in scale and reveal a keen awareness of art history. Within these flattened, abstracted spaces, Novatny sets down figures that clearly derive from such early and pre-Renaissance painters as Fra Angelico. Their faces are rendered with a delicate linearity that contrasts the bulky weight of their bodies (in fact, the faces are rendered in watercolor, not oil, and are painted with a single-hair brush).
These works are brilliant, but they are upstaged by a few pieces in which furniture takes centerstage: In "Red Floral Couch," "Green Chair" and "Floral Patterned and Striped Chairs," furniture pieces float in these anonymous interiors and exhibit every bit as much character as the figures in other paintings. Novatny elevates Grandma's living-room ensemble to the status of icon. It's a humorous, knowing and oddly sweet gesture that runs through all of his recent paintings on view here.
Also at Elliot Smith, paintings by Richard Knight subject ordinary objects to extraordinary artistic scrutiny. His moderately scaled oil paintings on canvas focus on gloves, envelopes, combs, pockets and the like. These things appear as linear outlines, around which the paint is worked, reworked and worked again. In one sense, the objects provide a mere structural frame around which Knight concentrates formidable artistic energy.
In the process, though, Knight never loses sight of the thing. But Knight is not just painting pictures of things. His works are thorough analyses of objects, not direct observations of them. Knight begins his working process by selecting a simple object, making a sculptural version of it, and then drawing and painting those three-dimensional pieces on canvas or board. This multistep process allows him to thoroughly know the objects, inside and out, and to concentrate on their "thingness," in the manner of poets like Wallace Stevens and Rainer Maria Rilke.
Some of these paintings succeed where others don't. "Metal Bucket" and "Yellow Socks" achieve the perfect equilibrium between the object and the flat, painted analysis of it; in "Rope" and "Links," the paint strays too far from the object, suggesting abstract spatial qualities that are less interesting in this context. More fun are the small paintings, depicting objects like cupcakes, numbers and cups. These sweet paintings on board are objects unto themselves, symbolic corollaries to the things depicted. It will be interesting to see where Knight takes his object analysis next.
Kit Keith takes a very different approach to the objects of everyday life. She gathers found materials, culled from Dumpsters, old ledgers, Goodwill and antique stores, and adds to them her stylized portraits and handwritten texts. The result is a transformation: The found objects, already laden with their own histories, become players in the dusty, nostalgic world of faux memory Keith creates. It's a kind of sad, seamy world, circa 1940, and though the world is a fiction, it is based solidly in cultural fact, and so it contains the realism of memories that aren't your own but almost could be. The effect is remarkable.
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Actually Wolfpack studios is dead, but many of the team went off and created Stray Bullet Games which is now a third party developer, unlike wolfpack which was owned by Ubisoft.
SBG will keep Shadowbane alive untill Ubisoft kills it. SBG does not own none of the IP or Copyrights that are tied to the game. They are basically keeping it alive to please the remaining 10 players.
Don't give me none of that carebear BS, if the game had such great PVP it wouldn't have failed so horribly. From day one it was plagued with problems and even know it suffers many horrible issues. The PVP system is boring and the world is just as boring. Its empty and just dull. Sure its pure PVP but when the game looks like dog **** and plays like it, The best PVP in the world cant save it.
The best PVP title is Lineage 2, It has Faction wars, a good PVE and a legit penalty system for griefers. The engine is stable enough for 500+ player wars and castle sieges.


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One of the major department store cosmetic brands that is rather easy to come by is Estee Lauder. This skin care and makeup line began all the way back in 1946 when it was founded by Josephine Esther Mentzer. Still today it is going strong and offers a variety of lines for women of all ages and skin types, and even a category of treatments for men. One branch of this brand is Estee Lauder Future Perfect, which consists of three different products. These are the Anti-Wrinkle Radiance Cream SPF 15 ($65), Anti-Wrinkle Radiance Eye Cream ($42), and Anti-Wrinkle Radiance Lotion SPF 15 ($65).
While the Estee Lauder Future Perfect Radiance Cream is suitable for dry to normal/combination skin, the lotion is geared toward women with normal or combination skin. The purpose of these topical face treatments is to restore radiance and dramatically reduce fine lines/wrinkles. As you may have already guessed the Anti-Wrinkle Radiance Cream and Lotion are both daily moisturizers that are to be applied to cleansed skin. As for the eye cream, it aims to minimize crow's feet and hydrate the eye area. In regards to a satisfaction guarantee for these products, it may depend on the department store you acquire them from.
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The Estee Lauder Future Perfect treatments are suited for mature women that desire assistance with facial creases, fine lines and wrinkles. These three topical treatments incorporate something called Cell Vectors. These components aid with anti-aging, skin hydration, and energizing the skin. All Estee Lauder Future Perfect products are dermatologist-tested and should not lead to acne breakouts. The official website states that they should be massaged into the skin after the Estee lauder Repair Serum. Although there is a tips video clip provided on the website for using these anti-aging treatments, there are no reviews posted by consumers or users.
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- Estee Lauder is a cosmetic and skin care line that has been around for over six decades, which may reassure some users.
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In the end, many women trust brands like Estee lauder because they have been around for so many years. Naturally this does not mean that the Estee Lauder Future Perfect line is worth your hard-earned money. A lot comes down to what it is you are trying to accomplish and how much you are willing to spend on topical face treatments that may assist with anti-aging. It is smart to check out other anti-wrinkle products prior to buying any.


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The Virginia Tobacco Indemnification and Community Revitalization Commission has awarded $300,000 to Emory & Henry College to help in the hiring of a full-time dean of the E&H School of Health Sciences in Marion.
The money, which will be matched with $300,000 from community partners in Marion, covers the recruitment, salary, benefits and startup costs for the new dean.
The new dean, who is expected to be in place by next fall, will oversee a school that will include a doctor of physical therapy program (DPT), which is expected to start in July 2014, and expand thereafter to include other health science programs such as occupational therapy and physician assistance.
Meanwhile, Emory & Henry has announced that it has hired Kamran Tavakol to serve as director of the DPT program. Tavakol, who holds a Ph.D. from the University of Calgary in Calgary, Canada, recently retired as an associate professor of physiology and biophysics at the Howard University College of Medicine, where he taught since 1998. Prior to working at Howard University, he served as an assistant professor in the Department of Physical Therapy at the University of Maryland in Baltimore.
"Expanding our health sciences programs beyond the DPT will require a full-time administrator on the Marion campus," said E&H President Rosalind Reichard. "These programs require considerable advance planning and, as a result, leadership that can assure that we are designing high quality programs that meet the needs of our community."
Three community partners have each provided $100,000 to match the funds from the Tobacco Commission. These partners are the Town of Marion, the Smyth County Board of Supervisors and the Smyth County Community Foundation.
The School of Health Sciences is expected to have a large economic impact on the region. The financial impact of the physical therapy program alone has been estimated conservatively at $11.5 million. In addition, the number of new jobs directly created by the School of Health Sciences is conservatively estimated at a minimum of 36, with an average salary of approximately $80,000.


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Veterans Upward Bound is a free U.S. Department of Education program designed to help you refresh your academic skills and give you the confidence you need to successfully complete your choice of college degrees.
Your next step should be to contact your local VUB program. Visit the National Veterans Upward Bound Program website to find a program near you.
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UFC 129 Predictions
Posted on 30 Apr 2011 by Martin Foster.
What's going on fight fans? Huge UFC show tonight so I couldn't help but chime in with my predictions on the show. Just a reminder, everything begins an hour earlier then usual. Prelim matches start at 6:00 pm EST on facebook, prelims on Spike TV start at 8:00 pm, and the ppv card starts at 9:00 pm. Now lets have a look at prophetic predictions. Spike TV card •Welterweight bout: Sean Pie...
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Whats up everyone? I'm here to bring you my UFC 129 predictions. Hereeee weeeeeeee go 170 Lbs – Jake Ellenberger vs Sean Pierson – Jake Ellenberger via 2nd round (t)KO 170 Lbs - Nate Diaz vs Rory MacDonald – Nate Diaz via 1st round triangle 155 Lbs – Mark Bocek vs Ben Henderson – Ben Henderson via 3rd Round (t)Ko 205 Lbs – Vladimir Matyushenko vs Jason Bril...
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Posted on 11 Jul 2010 by Corey Krakower.
Scheduled to air tonight on ESPN was supposed to be "The Decision – Ilya Kovalchuk edition". Unfortunately, ESPN was forced to cancel the show and instead aired the world archery qualifiers. Priorities, I guess. The interview transcript leaked out and we at ProSportsBlogging managed to get our hands on the interview. Hello Ilya, thanks for doing this. First off; what made you want to do t...


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Photoshop CS4 offers an abundance of helpful shortcuts and hidden tricks that allow designers and photographers to get more done in less time. In Photoshop CS4 Power Shortcuts, Michael Ninness reveals hundreds of tips to boost productivity, including the top 20 power shortcuts every Photoshop user must know. He covers strategies for better document and panel management, and offers techniques for becoming quicker and more nimble when using layers, adjustment layers, and layer masks. Exercise files accompany the course.
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So, I'm guessing all of you know what layer opacity is, all right. Just changing the opacity one layer down to the other. But what the heck is this Fill Opacity? It doesn't even say opacity, just says Fill. Well, let's throw an effect on this text here. We wanted to have a glow around it but our end result is we just want to see the glow but not the actual letters. We want the letters to be transparent. So, let's begin by putting an Outer Glow. We'll go down to the bottom of the Layers panel and choose the Outer Glow effect from the fx icon and this gives a glow. We are going to customize this a little bit, increase its size a little bit and we'll make the Technique Precise and maybe spread it just a little bit.
Okay. So our text is looking nice and glowy here. Great. Go ahead and click OK. But now I don't want that text to be visible. I want it to be transparent. So if I get Move tool, which I have right now, press V for move. If I type a number like 5, well that lowers the opacity of the entire layer meaning the pixels on that layer but also its effect. So that's not quite what I wanted. I want the glow to stay 100% full force, so I'm going to type zero to go back to 100% for the Layer Opacity. Fill Opacity lets me lower the opacity of just the actual pixels on the layer.
So right here I have actually clicked and gotten a separate slider for Fill. You'll now see that the glow stays 100% but the pixels that make up Maija, the text there, are actually going away to transparent. So as you might have expected, of course there is a way to do that with the keyboard as well. So just like typing a number changes the layer opacity, holding down Shift and typing a number changes the Fill Opacity. So if I do Shift+1, that takes the text down to 10% Fill Opacity, which you can barely see through and leaving the full Opacity of the effect at 100%. So there you have it, it's Fill Opacity.
If you actually ever double-click on one of these effects, I'm going to click in the Effects here, under Blending Options, you will see there is a separate slider called Fill Opacity and that corresponds to the field here over in the Layers panel as well, so they are one and the same. So there you have it, keyboard shortcuts for one, what the heck is Fill Opacity, and a keyboard shortcut for it now you know what it is.
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Petrino fallout
Posted by Greg Tepper on 11 April 2012
Admittedly, this is Dave Campbell's Texas Football, the Southwest's leading football source since 1960, and its focus is obviously on the Lone Star State. But the recent developments in Fayetteville, Arkansas are particularly interesting to us because A) Arkansas is a former Southwest Conference bunkmate to many of the programs in Texas, B) Arkansas is a current conference foe to Texas A&M in the SEC, and C) the events could have far-reaching ramifications across Texas.
So, let's dive in.
If you're not up to speed, Arkansas fired coach Bobby Petrino on Tuesday following the revelation of a rather seedy scandal. The Cliff's Notes version of it: Petrino was in a motorcycle accident, did not tell his employer that there was someone else (25-year-old Jessica Dorrell, a former Arkansas volleyball player who actually hails from Aledo) was on the motorcycle, did not tell his employer that he was involved in an affair with Dorrell, did not tell his employer that Dorrell (who'd recently been hired as a special assistant to the football team) had been hired because Petrino was having an affair with her, and so on. In short, Petrino had an affair, lied about it ad nauseum to everyone, let that affair affect a hiring at the university, and was promptly fired when his lies came to light.
So, Arkansas' coach is out in a blaze of scandal, and whenever that happens, there are ripple effects. Let's take a look at a few that could affect the state of Texas.
New coach
Be prepared, Baylor and TCU fans: I expect that your coach is going to be a hot name in this Arkansas coaching search. Art Briles is gaining momentum as one of the nation's better coaches and recruiters, which is going to draw interest, and Gary Patterson has been a hot name for basically every major opening for the last five years or so. But let's be clear about something: I don't think either one of them are going anywhere. Briles is building something potentially special at Baylor, and has terrific in-roads in recruiting due to the fact that he's coached his entire career in the Lone Star State. And Patterson...well, the bottom line is that I think Gary Patterson is happy in Fort Worth, working toward making TCU a legitimately elite force in college football, and with the move to the Big XII, there's no reason for him to leave. Beyond that, I think both coaches would be paid whatever it takes by their private school donors if it ever came to that. I'd put Briles' chances of leaving at 2%, and Patterson's chances of leaving at 0%.
Ah yes, the sector of college football that everyone loves to talk about and nobody really understands. I think it goes without saying that this is a particularly interesting turn of events for the Texas FBS colleges in that Arkansas tends to draw from the same pool of talent as Texas, Texas A&M, Texas Tech, SMU, TCU, Baylor, Houston, Rice, UTEP, North Texas, UTSA and Texas State. Before yesterday, Arkansas had received verbal commitments from just two players, both from Texas: Manvel WR Austin Bennett and Katy Cinco Ranch RB Jamel James. Well, you can knock that number down to one, as Bennett decommitted last night soon after the new of Petrino's firing came out. Bennett is a pretty well-regarded wide receiver recruit -- a little undersized, but super speedy and with outstanding hands -- and he reportedly had offers from SMU, TCU and West Virginia, as well as interest from Texas Tech. That's one immediate name that's come back on the market, and I wouldn't be surprised if James decommits as well considering the instability in Fayetteville (he Tweeted his displeasure with Petrino's ouster last night). But beyond that, this scandal -- in theory -- makes Arkansas less attractive to recruits, boosting the chances of Texas teams landing the recruits against which they're currently contending with the Hogs. You never wish ill on people, but college football fans in Texas have to be at least mildly pleased with this development.
Arkansas in the near future
In short, it's hard to imagine that Arkansas does not take an immediate step back from the level at which they've been playing of late (a Cotton Bowl berth last season, a Sugar Bowl berth the year before). This is good news for the SEC's newest member Texas A&M, who will have to be playing Arkansas every year as division foes. One game does not a season make, and Arkansas could surprise everyone next season (they've certainly got the talent), but if there is a big winner in yesterday's imbroglio, it's probably Texas A&M from both a competition and recruiting standpoint.
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LAS CRUCES, N.M. - The New Mexico State volleyball team ended a two-game losing streak by defeating the Fresno State Bulldogs in straight sets (25-23, 25-17, 25-15) Thursday night at the Pan American Center.
With the win, NM State goes to 19-7 overall and 8-3 in Western Athletic Conference play. Fresno State falls to 11-13 on the year and 5-6 in league play. The Aggies outhit Fresno State .240-.048 while each team tallied eight blocks each.
The Aggies started off slow in the first set. At one point Fresno State won eight of 10 points to take an 11-7 lead. After a timeout by Coach Mike Jordan while trailing 19-15, the Aggies came back to win six of the next eight points to tie the score at 21.
Aided by two big kills by senior Kelsey Brennan, the Aggies finished off the set winning 25-23. Brennan led the Aggies with five kills in the first set while sophomore outside-hitter Stephanie Ziegler added 4 kills.
The Aggies started off the second set better than the first, taking an early 11-7 lead. Freshman outside-hitter Meredith Hays, who had only one kill in the first set, seemed to come alive and led the Aggies with five kills in the second set.
The Bulldogs didn't go away quietly winning the next four points to tie the match at 11. The Aggies answered right back, however, with a six-point rally of their own to take command of the set.
NM State finished off the set with a couple of big kills by Hays, winning 25-17. The Aggies had a .344 hitting percentage during the second set.
NM State controlled the third set from start to finish. The Aggies had a couple of four-point rallies and a five-point rally during the set.
They were once again led by Brennan, who finished with a team-high 12 kills, and Hays who finished with nine kills.
The Aggies finished off the Bulldogs winning the final set 25-15.
Aside from Brennan and Hays, the Aggies were led by senior setter Jennah DeVries who finished the match with her team-high 12th double-double, amassing 36 assists and 10 digs.
The Aggies look forward to Senior Night against Nevada, Saturday, Nov. 5 in the Pan American Center. First serve is set for 7:05pm (MT) and is scheduled to air on television as a part of the AggieVision Productions.


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Am i desperate?
I`m not sure if i`m desperate but I am surely frustrated.Well. The story goes like this.
I`ve been in 3 bands so far (playing for almost 3 yrs), mostly played rock (first band) and then metal (next two ones) and never managed to do anything. I mean, the most success I had was with the last band, "Invader", we had 2 concerts and played a song at a local music contest. Not that much if you`d ask me. And we had lots of ideas but the gutarist insisted we should not go out and perform for a crowd until we have everything PERFECT. I didn`t really agree but getting technical neoclassical metal at a "perfect" rating is hard. I`m a perfectionist, too, but some things could have went unseen. Now that band is history.
Now i`m trying to make a funk-blues-rock thingy band and it`s pretty hard.You know, that kind of 80`s music that people can dance to and have a good time. I live in a small town (read around 115.000 people ) and musicians don`t really grow in trees. The audience potential is enormous given the fact that the younger generation and the older one would both enjoy what we would play, the problem is i can`t really find people for the band. Everyone wants rock or pop-rock, wich people are already tired of.
I have 1,5 years till i go to college and I have only played once in my hometown. I would really like to manage to play in here before i hit the road. Don`t get me wrong, but i learnt how to play a heck load of stuff, (all kinds of genres) and i can`t even play A SINGLE ONE. It`s not fair and somehow feel i have wasted my time in useless bands.
It really is frustrating when you CAN, you WANT, but you don`t have someone else to join...
Re: Am i desperate?
If you have been in three bands for three years and have never played out, something is wrong. You need to get out there and apply yourselves and see how it goes.
Re: Am i desperate?
It takes a humble heart to admit the reality that you may not get the chance to play my friend.......Its one of those, "right place and right time" kinda things. I spent years trying to get bands together, none of them worked. Right now Im playing in a blues band part time with my dad and Im very invloved with the music at my church. I dont really care if a band will come my way or not,because I know it will be the right place and time for that. I guess Im putting a more Christian Biblical principal into this, but it just may not happen. But if its meant to be, then it will happen, some day. :)
Re: Am i desperate?
If you want to play in front of a crowd, make it happen. If the people around you are holding you back, get some new people around you.
Re: Am i desperate?
Sounds like a simple case of, you can't find the right cats to jam with. But, on the "other" hand ... you can't shove "your vision" onto someone else, no matter how right you might be. Yeah, a blues/rock band, you got 3 generations of audience to appeal to. But, if no one else see's the potential, well .... you're gonna wind up not being in a band. So that means "you" need to become more flexible. Join, or start, a Punk band. Or an Industrial band. Techno, Metal, Fusion, whatever. Also, look at, not so much a "traditional" band. Getting 4/5 people together is a hard thing. Maybe just find a keyboard player. A drummer, and a keyboard player .... who needs guitar, or bass? These guys make it work. http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_lT2XsrM_EE Now, I'm not saying become the next Morgenstein/Rudess, but the concept .... it's far easier to get 2 people on the same page, as 4 or 5.
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You said yourself that you live in a small(?) town with 115,000 people. Given that number, the odds are that there are more than enough musicians available to meet your needs, it's just a matter of finding them. Do you have a Craigslist type of website in Romania?
Craigslist is a website where people advertise for free. You would advertise looking for people to do the kind of music you are interested in. Or you would look to join an existing band that is advertising for a drummer. You must have something like that there.
A trio w/bass, guitar, and drums is the core of a blues band. Everything else is ornamentation. You really don't need anything more. You just need to find 2 musicians. Don't overlook any female musicians.
Re: Am i desperate?
Agree with Harry about not being able to impose your vision on others. For drummers it's usually the other way around.
I've never played in a band whose music was as much to my taste as it was the singer's. More than anyone, the singer has to believe in the music. Not that I disliked the music, far from it, but it's never my ideal, which tends to be fairly off the wall.
I don't mind at all. As far as I'm concerned, drumming is fun no matter what the music, as long as the players are competent and the music has heart, style, dynamics and at least some intelligence.
That's bands ... they're almost always about compromise, like any relationship ... unless you're a singer, of course :)
Re: Am i desperate?
So, perhaps you could go to these places were musos hang around and chat about the music you want to do, and your band project, you'll be surprised how many will do a jam or something with you, and if the right chemistery's there, you might be able to put a band together, try an ad in your local newspaper, put something in the local music shop for everyone to see, it will happen, but you'll have to look for it, go out and show yourself to the world :))
Re: Am i desperate?
The biggest problem i have is not being able to play my kit while not in a band. I don`t have a rehearsal space and i had to count on the band`s ones. I`m constantly searching for rentable spaces but none show off. I don`t think i could afford them, either. I haven`t played my kit since December, wich is a huge loss for me. All i`ve been able was to brush my snare and practice rudiments on my feet...
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Why not be the first to advertise on craigslist? It's free. Nothing to lose. You could put a link there to a YouTube of your playing, that way they can see from their computer if it might be a good match, time saved.
Use the internet to your full advantage in finding people. Aren't there any websites that are geared specifically for musicians looking for musicians in your country?
Start one?
Re: Am i desperate?
If you are still in high school you should just be less picky about what gigs you are doing. Try to hook up with bands and musicians that are playing out there and getting gigs. Look for every opportunity to play. It might not be the concerts or nightclubs but you can play all kind of gigs like parties, librarys, schools, civic events, etc.
It doesn't really matter what genre you play. Just try to get out there and play.
Re: Am i desperate?
My god that's funny!!
Re: Am i desperate?
115,000? My nearest town is less than half that size, & a real rural backwater in music terms, yet I can still find players. Sure, it's not easy. Getting with the right guys is often a bigger challenge than learning to play the instrument itself. Open mic nights, music shops, other band gigs, are all networking opportunities.
Re: Am i desperate?
I have a few friends that would play old pop-rock stuff on weekend nights on a bar. That`s where i usually hang for a few beers on Friday night, meet friends, listen to them and have a good time. They suggested about two weeks ago that we should play at this year`s city fair. That`s great news, and it`s a bit ironic it happened when i just started complaining, lol! It`s gonna be a street gig, actually i think that what we`re going to do is called busking, but it will be fun. We`re planning to play about 4 hours/ day for 3 days, wich means about 80 songs to learn! That`s a hell to remind, but it`s gonna be awesome!
If this wouldn`t have happened, i would have posted a few ads in the local newspapers.
Re: Am i desperate?
That sounds cool, congratulation! We have millions of people in this area and it is still hard as (insert expletive) to find a good singer that rocks.
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Goji and Fibromyalgia
Article by Katrina Coyoca
FMS (fibromyalgia syndrome) is a widespread musculoskeletal pain and fatigue disorder for which the cause is still unknown. Fibromyalgia means pain in the muscles, ligaments, and tendons. Fibromyalgia is a disorder that causes muscle pain and fatigue. People with fibromyalgia have "tender points" on the body. Tender points are specific places on the neck, shoulders, back, hips, arms, and legs. These points hurt when pressure is put on them. Most patients with FMS say that they ache all over. Their muscles may feel like they have been pulled or overworked. Sometimes the muscles twitch and at other times they burn. More women than men are afflicted with FMS, and it shows up in people of all ages.
What causes fibromyalgia?Theories were formulated to what may cause fibromyalgia, but is not enough evidence to support any single cause. Some experts think that fibromyalgia may be related to nerve cells that are too sensitive. Others think that chemicals in the brain (neurotransmitters) may be out of balance. Or it may be related to disturbances of the deep phase of sleep. The cause of FMS remains elusive, but there are many triggering events thought to precipitate its onset.
A few examples would be an infection (viral or bacterial), an automobile accident or the development of another disorder, such as rheumatoid arthritis, lupus, or hypothyroidism. These triggering events probably don't cause FMS, but rather, they may awaken an underlying physiological abnormality that is already present.
Who Is Affected by Fibromyalgia?Fibromyalgia affects as many as 1 in 50 Americans. Most people with fibromyalgia are women. However, men and children also can have the disorder. Most people are diagnosed during middle age. Women who have a family member with fibromyalgia may be more likely to have fibromyalgia themselves.
People with certain other diseases may be more likely to have fibromyalgia. These diseases include: Rheumatoid arthritis; Systemic lupus erythematosus (commonly called lupus); and Ankylosing spondylitis (spinal arthritis).
SYMPTOMS AND ASSOCIATED SYNDROMESPain – People describe the pain as deep muscular aching, throbbing, shooting, and stabbing. Intense burning may also be present.
Fatigue – This symptom can be mild in some patients and yet incapacitating in others. The fatigue has been described as "brain fatigue" in which patients feel totally drained of energy.
Sleep disorders – Most FMS patients have an associated sleep disorder called the alpha-EEG anomaly. Researchers found that most FMS patients could fall asleep without much trouble, but their deep level (or stage 4) sleep was constantly interrupted by bursts of awake-like brain activity. Patients appeared to spend the night with one foot in sleep and the other one out of it.
Chronic headaches – Recurrent migraine or tension-type headaches are seen in about 70% of FMS patients and can pose a major problem in coping for this patient group.
Irritable Bowel Syndrome – Constipation, diarrhea, frequent abdominal pain, abdominal gas, and nausea represent symptoms frequently found in roughly 40 to 70% of FMS patients. Acid reflux or gastroesophogeal reflux disease (GRED) also occurs with the same high frequency.
Temporomandibular Joint Dysfunction Syndrome – This syndrome, sometimes referred to as TMJ or TMD, causes tremendous jaw-related face and head pain in one quarter of FMS patients.Typically, the problems are related to the muscles and ligaments surrounding the jaw joint and not necessarily the joint itself.
How is fibromyalgia treated?There is no cure for fibromyalgia, but doctors can treat and control the symptoms. If you have fibromyalgia, you can help manage the symptoms by taking an active role in your treatment.
Medications that boost your body's level of serotonin and norepinephrine (neurotransmitters that modulate sleep, pain, and immune system function) are commonly prescribed in low doses, such as amitriptyline, cyclobenzaprine and Cymbalta. Ambien, Lunesta, clonazepam, and trazodone are just a few of the medications that may be used to aid sleep.
Ultram may help with the pain, although stronger opioids may be needed for treating moderate to severe pain. Muscle relaxants, anti-epileptics (such as Neurontin and Lyrica) and other drug categories may be prescribed as well. Each issue of Fibromyalgia Network contains information about new drug therapy options, as well as advice about how to make use of existing medications to minimize FMS symptoms.
Most patients will need to use other treatment methods as well, such as trigger point injections with lidocaine, physical therapy, occupational therapy, acupuncture, acupressure, relaxation/biofeedback techniques, osteopathic manipulation, chiropractic care, therapeutic massage, or a gentle exercise program.
Treating Fibromyalgia Naturally
Asian goji contains all the nutrients you need to increase your energy and strength naturally while treating high blood pressure, cancer, diabetes, heart disease and kidney disease, and a long list of other health problems. Goji has enjoyed long use throughout Asia in the natural treatment of insomia. In several medical study groups, nearly all patients taking goji better quality of sleep.
People with fibromyalgia also may benefit from a combination of physical and occupational therapy, by learning pain management and coping techniques, and by properly balancing rest and activity.
Many people with fibromyalgia also report varying degrees of success with holistic therapies including massage, Pilates method, chiropractic treatments, acupuncture and various dietary supplements.
Exercising — Though pain and fatigue may make exercise and daily activities difficult, it's crucial to be as physically active as possible. Research has repeatedly shown that regular exercise is one of the most effective treatments for fibromyalgia.
Ranked as one of Asia's premier adaptogens, goji increases exercise tolerance, stamina and endurance. It helps to eliminate fatigue, especially when recovering from illness.
Eating well — Although some people with fibromyalgia report feeling better when they eat or avoid certain foods, no specific diet has been proven to influence fibromyalgia. Of course, it is important to have a healthy and balanced diet. Not only will proper nutrition give you more energy and make you generally feel better, it will also help you avoid other health problems.
Goji possesses a nutrient profile unmatched by any other food. Rich in vitamins, minerals, amino acids and antioxidants, it is also the only known source of immune balancing master molecule polysaccharides. For these reasons, goji has been called the most nutrient-dense food on Earth.
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About the Author
Katrina Coyoca is a staff writer for Goji Juice Review, a leading information resource for news and articles about goji juice.


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Kids learn about science at camp
James Jackson, 10, pasted photos in a journal that he took during the first three days of Kritter Kamp and said a wetland walk earlier in the week was the best part of his four days as a camper.
"The walk was hard because I tried catching dragonflies; finally I caught one." James said Thursday. "I learned a lot about egrets, turtles, ladybugs and the life cycle."
The inaugural Kritter Kamp, held at Barnes Elementary School and designed to teach children about wildlife, included a visit to the school's butterfly garden and crafts such as fish windsocks, stained-glass bugs, food web mobiles and butterfly paper chains.
Thursday was the final day of the camp.
"The goal is to help educate our youth by combining science and art to protect and preserve wildlife in the Coastal Bend," said Rhonda Camp, camp coordinator and office manager for the Coastal Bend Wildlife Photo Contest. "The kids are so knowledgeable already. It didn't take them much to get excited."
Kritter Kamp will be held at Texas A&M University-Kingsville from July 23-27. The camp runs from 9 a.m. to 4 p.m. Cost: $100/camper or $85/children of military or campus employees. Information: 881-9316 or www.wildlifephotocontest.com.
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Wilson Center Experts
Reneo Lukic
Short-Term Grant
Kennan Institute
Russia and Eurasia;
Eastern Europe
Adjunct Professor, University of Virginia
Wilson Center Project(s):
The Rise and Fall of the Communist Federations: The Disintegration of Yugoslavia and the USSR and American Foreign Policy
Mar 01, 1993
Apr 01, 1993
Project Summary
A look at ethnic conflicts in the former Soviet Union and in Eastern Europe. Expresses a belief that U.S. policy towards the former Yugoslavia was designed to prevent the disintegration of the USSR. Examines indications that the Bush administration wanted to send a message that it supported Gorbachev by expressing support towards the unity of the Yugoslav state.


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A starter motor 3.7L or 4.7L compress, drawing air and fuel into the cylinder of the Jeep Grand Cherokee, so they will ignite. It also gets the ignition and crankshaft into place so that the candles and fire the fuel injectors may be used. Therefore, a lack of starting the starter motor is prevented. Follow these steps to replace the starter in a Cherokee from 1999 to 2005 Jeep Grand.
Remove the starter bad
- Park your Jeep Grand Cherokee on a level surface, activate the emergency brake and place blocks behind the rear tires for safety. Disconnect the negative battery extractor and a cable to isolate. Lift the front end of the car with a jack for easy access to the starter.
- Check a deposit, if your Jeep Grand Cherokee four-wheel drive (in some programs). You will find support between the front and side view of the machine. Remove the two bolts on the shifter bracket and the retaining clips on easy access to the bolts to get started. Put the screws in the glass for safe storage to remove later.
- Support the weight of the starter and remove the bolts start. Put the screws into the pot. Move the starter toward the front of the vehicle. The nose of the pinion of the starter housing should clarify the case.
- Point the nose of the starter and the starter down enough for the mother that the positive battery cable harness connector eyelet to take the pins attached magnetic battery connector to remove.
- Remove the positive battery cable and remove the solenoid valve connector pin / socket receptacle. Remove the starter motor of your Jeep Grand Cherokee.
- Take your starter defective parts to the store with you. Aftermarket distributors starters most reprocessing they sell, so you can probably get partial credit for your new starter by exchanging your old one. Make sure you take care not to damage the starter, because the better condition it is, the more you can get it.
- Purchase a replacement starter that has the ability handle the same or higher (power) as the starter home. Also correspond to the bolt patterns, drive gears and electrical connections. Your manual may or specifications of auto parts technician will help you determine them. Download a manual on the website my jeep.
Install the new starter
- Let the starter solenoid wire. Remember to support the weight of the starter at any time.
- Connect the battery cable to solenoid stud, nut and pull the battery cable.
- Position the starter next to the machine. If your Jeep Grand Cherokee equipped with an automatic transmission, put the hook in the cooling coil position. Install and remove the bolts securing the starter. Replace transmission range.
- Reduce your Jeep Grand Cherokee on the floor again. Connect the negative battery cable. Turn the key in the ignition, if your new starter is working properly.
Tips & Warnings
- Always check the battery, alternator and solenoid valves to be sure they work properly before making a starter. When starting an engine, many do-it-yourself misdiagnose the problem as the starter and replace it unnecessarily, only to discover that the vehicle still does not start.
- If you believe your starter is the problem, use a test to see if the starter turns and how well the starter is running. A test will check the amp load, voltage and RPM. When the starter is good, it will take 60 to 150 amps at idle and up to 250 amps under load.
- If your Jeep Grand Cherokee is a former model and / or high mileage, you should also replace the solenoid.
- Never leave hanging the start of the wiring harness. Support to avoid the weight of the input at any time during the process of removal and installation to prevent damage to the starter or the wiring harness.
- Do not operate the starter for more than 30 seconds at a time. Let the starter for at least two minutes between starting attempts to prevent permanent damage to the charges.
- The starter replacement process is different for later models or those with a format other than motor the1999 to 2005 Jeep Grand Cherokee with 3.7L or 4.7L engine. Consult your owner's manual or a mechanic for more details.


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A semi-hollow version of Leo's traditional single-cutaway with dual single-coils.
The G&L ASAT Classic is Leo's final word on the traditional single-cutaway bolt-on axe, and the semi-hollow version takes it further with G&L's distinctive twin voice chambers and f-hole added to a beautiful swamp ash body. Framed in a classic boxed-steel bridge, the single-coil Magnetic Field Design bridge pickup created by Leo Fender delivers crisp attack with complex harmonics while individual brass saddles offer modern levels of intonation refinement. Flip to the single-coil MFD neck pickup and you'll discover a delectably rich tonal palette, from round clean jazz tones to thick, gritty blues. The semi-hollow body brings a certain hi-fi quality to the tone, softening the attack and slightly scooping the mids for accentuated highs and lows.
The ASAT Classic Semi-Hollow's hard-rock maple neck features an easy-playing satin finish, while its 12" radius lets you bend notes deeply and its Plek-dressed medium-jumbo nickel frets deliver silky playability. The moment you open the luxurious deluxe Tolex hardshell case made by G&G Quality Case Co., you'll be greeted with a stunning instrument and delicious aroma that'll have your pulse racing.


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A Garden in Canada
(Last update 21 Nov 2012)
Garden Canadensis is a simple country garden where we live and play with ornamental plants. As a 'play' garden, it will be constantly changing. If you are curious about what I am playing with, take a look….
2012 is a bad garden year for me; abnormally early and hot spring, late severe frost, and extreme summer drought. With some 'creative croppings', I managed to salvage a few presentable pictures for the year.
You can see more pictures of our garden in other segments of this site. I have organized my garden web site into the following segments:
(You can view any of these topics by hovering over the set of buttons to the right. You can also see previous versions of this page here)
Home Garden
Seasons in the Garden
- An overview of plants that are interesting in each month of our gardening season.
Favourite Perennials
- Images of our favourite perennials in alphabetical order (but does not include all the perennial we grow).
Love of Maples
- Ornamental maples in our little collection and their seasonal looks.
Ornamental Conifers
- Ornamental conifers in our little collection, and their seasonal looks.
Rhododendrons & Friends
- Some Rhododendrons and broadleaf evergreen that can forgive our abuses.
Woody Deciduous
- Some flowering trees and shrubs that are willing to hangout in a Zone 5 garden.
Graceful Grasses
- Our limited and cautious dabbling in ornamental grasses
Rockery Treasures
- Our experiments in making rockery gardens.
Fernery Illusions
- Our naive intention of making a simple 'fernery'. (Future Project)
Garden Sanctuaries
- Favourite hangout areas in our garden.
Lake Cercis
- Future project to extend our garden to the irrigation pond.
Cottage Garden
Cottage Garden
- Future project to garden around our cottage.
Nature Garden
- Wild flowers and other interesting plants around our cottage.
Cottage Skies
- Imagintive everchanging combination of light, colours, skies, reflection, cloud and water at the cottage.
Garden Thoughts
Garden Doodles
- This and that about garden making
Talk of the Garden
- My garden blog.
Gardens Over the Fence
- Gardens that are of interest to us.
Plant Library
- My collection of plants related books.
- reference sources useful to our gardening activities.
Again, you can view any of these topics by hovering over the set of buttons to the left.
Have a pleasant visit.