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Dedicated to offering the lowest prices and greatest value, Airparks, through our preferred partner Holiday Extras are now offering the Best Price Guarantee* on all airport lounges.
This means you can now start your holiday early, knowing you've paid the best price for a lounge at the airport.
Airport lounges are the perfect way to relax and unwind. In peaceful and tranquil surroundings, you can enjoy complimentary drinks including alcoholic beverages, snacks, newspapers and magazines - and up to three hours before your flight. Take a comfortable seat and enjoy complete contrast to the hustle and bustle of the public departure lounge.
We offer airport lounges from just £13.50pp at 19 UK airports. Pick from a selection of executive lounges offering superb hospitality to really make a difference before your flight.
Published on January 5 2010
*If you find an identical lounge product cheaper within 24 hours, we'll match the price or refund the difference.
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Let us help you mix up your routine with unique and fun (but not easy) workouts that build strength, speed, power and improve balance and flexibility.
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What it is and how it helps: Indoor cycling is an effective way to strengthen your glutes, hamstrings, quads and calf muscles, while also targeting your core and upper body.
In addition to improving strength, cycling is beneficial for developing endurance and speed through interval training, which helps you become more explosive and reactive.
The test: Ramapo (Franklin Lakes, N.J.) soccer star Caroline Chagares is straightforward about her approach to working out — she trains to be the best.
The payoff from her efforts showed last season when Chagares scored 27 goals and passed for eight assists on the way to leading her team to the regional championships. She was also named the Gatorade New Jersey Girls Soccer Player of the Year and is a member of the U.S. Soccer Under-17 Women's National Team.
Chagares is used to challenging workouts that build her strength and speed so she can tackle her toughest opponents. We decided to investigate how she could handle an indoor cycling workout. Watch her in action, and find out how cycling can be used to develop speed, strength and power.
The Workout
Warm up: 5 minutes
• Adjust tension until you feel moderate resistance against the wheel
• Rise from sitting to standing position, and focus on lifting knees as you pedal
Sprint Intervals: 5 minutes
• Reduce resistance and sit on seat
• Increase pace and sprint for 1 minute
• Recover by lightly cycling for 30-45 seconds
• Repeat each interval 4 times, alternating sprinting for 1 minute, then resting 30-45 seconds
Hill / Jog Intervals
• Increase resistance and cycle for 1 minute; after each minute, increase resistance; repeat interval 4 times
• Reduce to moderate resistance and cycle in standing position for 5 minutes
• Place hands in middle of handlebars; lower chest toward bar, then push up.
• Perform 3-4 sets of 15 reps
• Reduce resistance, sit on seat and sprint for 1 minute; rest 30 seconds and repeat 3 times
• For added intensity, perform abdominal crunch during the 30-second recovery
Upper-body exercises: 6-8 minutes
Perform the following exercises while cycle using heavy resistance
Biceps Curl
• Hold light dumbbells at chest level and lower
• Lift weights into a curl motion
Sets/Reps: 3-4 sets of 16 reps
Overhead Press
• Hold light dumbbells at shoulders
• Extend arms straight overhead; return to start
Sets/Reps: 3-4 sets of 16 reps
Chest Press
• Hold light dumbbells at chest
• Extend arm forward and away from chest
• Return to start
Sets/Reps: 3-4 sets of 16 reps
Hill Interval: 5 minutes
• Increase resistance to challenging degree and cycle either seated or standing; increase pace after each minute until sprinting to finish.
Finish: 3 minutes
• Decrease pace and cycle to let heart rate slow
• Stretch after final minute
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- I always say shopping is cheaper than a psychiatrist. – Tammy Faye Bakker
Shopping can be interpreted in several ways: as any kind of purchase, or as a pastime in its own right.
Shopping is associated with travel. Travellers might be able to buy items unavailable at home, or items cheaper, or of better quality, than at other places. Shopping can also be extended to the purchase of travel supplies, before or during travel.
Tips for shopping[edit]
- Travel light. You can cut down on baggage when travelling out, by buying clothes and toiletries for your trip on arrival, especially if you travel to a low-cost location with good shopping opportunities. You can save weight on your way home by giving used clothes to a local charity.
- Observe price levels before shopping. At first arrival in a foreign country, you can only guess whether an offer is cheap or expensive, by local standards. In touristed areas, such as airports, hotel shops and cultural attractions, prices tend to be inflated. As you pass by several stores, you might learn the commonly accepted price for regular items.
- Rule of thumb for small purchases, calculator for big ones. Use a rough rule of thumb to compare prices. Let's say you live in the United States and visit Japan, while the yen is 83 to a dollar. Since 83 is nearly 100, the rule of thumb would be deleting two zeros from the price (those used to maths could additionally adjust with 5/6 when needed). This is a good method for quickly finding out whether you would pay ¥290 for a take-away pastry. However, before buying a system camera for ¥35,000, which is USD410 at home, you should use a calculator.
- Beware of incompatible electrical systems, region-coded media, incompatible video formats and warranty restrictions when importing electronics; likewise, if you intend to bring a vehicle back, be sure it can be registered for use in your home country. The beautiful thing about standards is that there are so many from which to choose.
- Shopping comes last. There are several reasons to save shopping until the end of your stay:
- You know how much money you can spare
- You are more familiar with price levels, availability and quality (see above)
- You minimize luggage during your journey, and the risk of losing items.
- Customs duty can be part of your costs.
- Shop knowing what your home country may charge in duty if you exceed certain limits. Regulations can vary surprisingly, e.g., the U.S. treats unmounted diamonds as "rocks", but when mounted in major jewelry pieces, their basic value can quickly exceed your duty allowance. Certain items may generate duty charges regardless of price or value, e.g., tobacco, certain products of certain countries or regions.
- Take nothing with you (that has substantial market value) before your home customs authority acknowledges your prior ownership [1].
What to buy[edit]
Duty-free shopping may save money, especially for goods such as alcohol and tobacco and for travellers from high-tax regions such as Scandinavia. But note the cautions in the linked article.
Arts and crafts are popular souvenirs. The cost of handicraft tends to follow local income level; making them cheap in regions such as tropical Africa, but costly in western Europe.
Clothing is needed at least when travelling light. Also supply for the local climate is usually better locally. Travelling to lower-income countries, you may also consider e.g. tailors. Beware of different clothing size standards.
See also[edit]
Good and bad places to shop[edit]
There are plenty of exceptions — even an awful vendor may have some good deals or be the only place selling what you want, and even an excellent one may have some overpriced rubbish — but there are also some general rules for finding good places and avoiding bad ones.
Good places[edit]
There are some good deals in tourist areas, these areas will often have a better selection of tourist-oriented goods than you might find elsewhere and facilities may be better as well; for example they may have more English-speaking staff or be set up to accept foreign credit cards which other shops will not take. However, there are also some overpriced "tourist traps" in many such areas. Often you can do better if you discover where the locals shop and go there. In particular, it is often worth wandering through a local department store.
There are a few types of specialist stores worth looking for. Many museums have shops selling high-grade replicas of items in their collections or even those of other museums; the British Museum is one good example. Many art galleries sell good books or prints. There are also many government-run shops such as India's Central Cottage Industries, set up to promote local arts and crafts. None of these are remarkably cheap but quality is generally quite high, some of the goods offered are unique and you are far less likely to be severely overcharged than in either a tourist area or a general local market.
Bad places[edit]
As a general rule anywhere with a captive market tends to take advantage of the situation and overcharge. Examples include shops in airports and some hotels and, fairly often, a shop that is the only one available to people whose tour bus delivers them to some attraction. On the other hand, the larger the place the less problematic this is likely to be. In a huge airport, a mall next to a hotel or a whole tourist district there is enough competition to keep prices mostly reasonable.
In many places — across much of Asia and sometimes elsewhere — a system of guide's commission is widespread. When a tour guide, a cab driver, a rickshaw peddler or even a random "friendly" stranger takes you to such a shop, he or she gets a commission on everything you buy; more-or-less all such places are overpriced. The ones that are most attractive to unscrupulous guides because they pay the best commissions are the worst of the lot from the traveller's point of view.
See also[edit]
- At the airport
- Budget travel
- Clothing sizes
- Common scams
- Duty free shopping
- Bargaining
- Money
- Packing list
- Proof of what you already own


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Chile. Costa Rica. Mexico. Guatemala.
Countries visited during a Latin American vacation?
No. They're common countries of origin for produce items in your fridge.
As I write about agriculture and food, I spend a little more time than most reading food labels at the store, especially in the produce section. I'm starting to get strange looks. All of that label reading got me curious to find out more about the stickers that are an ubiquitous sight on a number of fruits and veggies. Many bear a little sticker (and often a bar code), making the fresh-eating experience feel a bit more commercialized.
In the United States, $94.5 billion of our agricultural products in 2011 were imported, according to government data. Imports are about 13 to 15 percent of our annual overall produce market.
China, Mexico, Chile and India are the biggest countries from which we buy and import food.
Why is it important to label our produce?
"Consumers have the right to know so they can make an intelligent decision on whether they want to buy local or take a chance on something grown in another country," said Teena Borek, whose family operates the tomato company Teena's Pride in Homestead.
Borek is a longtime advocate of produce labeling.
Food safety is a major reason consumers should know where their food is grown. Standards in other countries may not match safety standards in the United States, she said. This is particularly the case with organic products, Borek added.
A number of consumers are aiming — rightly so, she said — to buy produce or other agricultural items grown locally. This leads to another reason food labeling is important.
"Do you want to buy green beans that have been on a truck for three weeks or ones that were harvested two days ago?" Borek asked.
As a supporter of local agriculture, I take stock of the 11 items I have in the house. Nearly half come from Latin America — three from Mexico alone — and the others were grown in the United States. Only one — a tomato — was grown in Florida. So much for my local commitment.
Florida has long required that produce be labeled with a country of origin, and federal regulators enacted country of origin labeling laws in 2009 for retailers that sell fresh meat, poultry, fish, fruits and veggies and certain nuts. This is why those little stickers on produce items and signs are so common now.
However, it's also not uncommon to see inaccuracies. A visit to my local supermarket had a handwritten sign indicating the grapes were from Peru, when the bag clearly showed they were from Chile. Unless you were to ask my Peruvian ex-husband, who dislikes Chile, I'm guessing neither you nor I think this is a major mistake. Still, that sign is representative of some of the efforts supermarkets must make to stay compliant.
Florida takes ag product labeling a step further with its Fresh From Florida campaign that started in the early 1990s. Approximately 1,000 ag businesses pay $50 a year to be able to label their products with a Fresh From Florida sticker, said Kechia Dean, development representative at the Florida Department of Agriculture and Consumer Services.
Those products represented $13 billion in sales last year, said Sterling Ivey, a press secretary with the Department of Agriculture.
A charter member of the Fresh From Florida program, Borek of Teena's Pride applauds Fresh From Florida for its efforts to draw attention to Florida-grown produce and other ag products such as beef and seafood.
The program also does advertising and offers incentives to grocery store chains when they stock Florida-grown products for a certain number of weeks out of the year, Dean said.


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Not a cookbook, rather a fictional novel about three over-achieving Asian-American girlfriends, Off the Menu will debut in bookstores this August. The book will appeal to single women in their 20s and 30s who are harboring their dreams and ambitions because of social, parental or work-related pressures.
Ever since Hercules Huang, Whitney Lee, and Audrey Henley graduated valedictorians from Houstons Loyola Academy 10 years ago, theyve kept in touch over wine and dinner. However, for fear of failing in each others eyes, the girls gloss up their not-so-perfect jobs and families until a weekend getaway in Austin when secrets are revealed.
Whitney, for example, would rather sing her heart out onstage than be caged in a law firm office bogged down by paperwork, an irritable boss, and the pressure to make partner. If her parents knew she sang at local nightclubs, theyd disown her. Hercules has a nasty cursing habit thats no secret but the owner and chef of Dragonfly cant scorch her fears of opening a second restaurant, especially when her unemployed father offers no help. Then theres Audrey, a teacher who is deep into her dissertation and wants to become an English professor. An adopted daughter of a Texas billionaire, Audrey is happily in love but when her less-than-wealthy boyfriend proposes, her parents disapprove.
Off the Menu represents doing something outside the four corners of someones plan for you, said Plano author Christine Son. Its about people who stick within the confines of whats offered versus people who want to be different, or do something their parents dont want them to do, or something they didnt think they could do.
If Christine knew in college that she could pen a story worthy for Penguin Books, she would have majored in creative writing. But, because her friends were pre-med, Christines competitive nature persuaded her to major in biology at the University of Texas at Austin. What a ridiculous way to approach college! she admitted.
Christine was accepted into the University of Texas Medical Branch but didnt attend. I went through what a lot of people go through when you turn 21, which is this crises of existence. I thought, What in the world do I want to do with my life?
She made the switch to law and today, the 32-year-old professional is working as a JCPenny in-house counsel doing litigation. Why the switch? My parents always said, You are so difficult because everything has to have an argument. You ought to be a lawyer.
Its nice a dovetail to writing because a lot of the legal practice is writing, she continued. Law makes you look at things from a thousand different angles. I think thats why there are so many lawyers who are closet writers. After this book, many of my friends said, This is so great that youve done this; it makes me feel like I can do it, too.
Today, Christine is an inspiration, but after graduating from Duke University and landing a five-year stint at a law firm, she turned into a depressed, borderline alcoholic who spent her time telling others what a depressed, borderline alcoholic she had become. It was time to begin a new chapter in her life; it was time for Christine to crank out a novel ... except she hadnt taken an English class since high school.
The aspiring author bought a slew of books, including Getting Your Book Published For Dummies, and scoured the Internet for a legit agent. Like Whitney in Off the Menu, Christine didnt tell her friends or family about her passion; only her husband Michael knew. And that was just because hes in the same house and was wondering why I was going crazy, Christine laughed. I was living this secret life. I thought, Theres such a high rate of failure; I am not telling a soul that Im doing this.
I think a lot of people dont pursue their dreams because they fear public failure, she continued, especially when youre very ambitious and have excelled at everything. A lot of [the hesitation] is, What if I dont do well? Everyones going to feel sorry for me and look at me with those sad, pitiful eyes and go, Oh poor thing, to have a dream dashed! said Christine overly dramatic for humor.
She didnt always want to be a writer. Growing up in Houston, Christines first childhood aspiration was to be a farmer a pig farmer. I was absolutely obsessed with pigs, she laughed. My mom would say, If you want to be a pig farmer what about a pig doctor, or a veterinarian? And then that became, Well, what about a doctor working with people?
When writing transformed from a hobby to a possible profession, Moms response was, Oh honey, you should just write prescriptions or legal briefs, according to Christine.
My parents were very supportive but my mom was probably thinking, I dont want my child living in destitution! Christine expressed. I think that is a lot of parents fears, whether their child wants to be an artist, or dancer ... parents worry that their child wont be financially secure, even though they do support them.
Family and friends were supportive when Christine revealed her secret. I dont know why I was so surprised. When you internalize something so much it becomes bigger than it really is, she said.
Eventually, Whitney, Hercules, and Audrey in Off the Menu open up and encourage each other to pursue their dreams; surprisingly, not all of the girls end up with a man. Said Christine, Your dream doesnt have to be a relationship; your dream doesnt have to be a profession. It could be anything.
For more information on Christine Son or Off the Menu, visit www.christineson.com. To meet the author, visit the Barnes and Noble on Northwest Highway in Dallas on Friday, August 15 at 7 p.m.
Excerpt from Off the Menu page 32 She sighed heavily and closed her eyes. Frankly, had she been living anywhere but Houston, away from her parents influence, and away from the bubble of mature achievements the Valedictorians inhabited, she might have had the courage to pursue her music full time. In her dream world, she would have already gone after a recording contract or founded her own label with as much dogged ambition as she had focused on her studies. But here, she was tethered to their rigid expectations, and to her own, acutely bound by the umbilical cord of vicarious and self-driven ambitions. She was exactly what everyone had aspired her to be, and as much as she recognized and loathed the stunted, boxed-in quality of her own notion of success, she also didnt feel that she had the wherewithal to break out of it.
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Technically the Avery 500 and JAC Serical are exactly the same so the transition is straightforward.
The JAC Serical will be phased out during the summer and the Avery 500 will gradually replace it.
- Avery 700 Premium Film: this high performance polymeric film completely replaces the JAC Serisign range. All the colours that were available in JAC Serisign are currently available in the 700 range.
In addition there are many more new shades and the Avery 700 PF range has the massive advantage of a solvent acrylic adhesive which is more durable than the adhesive on the JAC Serisign.
The JAC Serisign will be phased out during the summer and the Avery 700 will gradually replace it.
- We have launched a new Decorative Window Film swatch for 2014.
This features 55 products including monomeric, polymeric and cast PVC etch type films to cover all applications. The most popular films are also available in pre-cut circles and squares to save you
the hassle.
We also feature 8 metallised polyester films including our new Silvertone range which are a subtle and eye-catching range of silverised PVC/PET hybrid films in elemental shades.
- We have two new cast carbon fibre films for this year.
One has a micro-textured finish and the other is semi-gloss. Both feature air-free adhesive technology for trouble free application and both are suitable for 3D wrapping without loss of the carbon fibre texture.
- Following on from the successful launch of the ORALITE 5200 Economy reflective range, we have now brought in the ORALITE 5400 Commercial reflective range.
This is a conformable cast PVC flexible reflective film to classification RA1, design A (formerly type 1) and has both excellent adhesion and good long term removability. It has a PVC surface for eco solvent and latex printing and is more durable, reflective and conformable than the 5200 series. The reflectivity values of each colour meet the requirements of EN-12899-1 and the range is completely REACH compliant.
Technical advice and support
For technical advice or support on how to get the best out of our
media, call our sales office on:
01753 696977 for the Southern Office, or
01709 829800 for the Northern Office,
or email email@example.com to place orders or if you have any questions about our range of vinyls for signmaking products.
Let us take the hassle out of your material supply and enable you to concentrate on your customers. And don't forget that all the materials in our vinyl range are available "buy the metre" so you only need to buy what you need.
Solvent Printing Media
Our range for solvent, eco-solvent and latex printers still continues to grow, with well over 100 products to choose from, including products from leading manufacturers such as MACtac, Avery, LG and Multi-Fix in addition to our own brand, DigiSOL.
Many of these products are suitable for use with the HP latex ink technology - this website details the latest latex profiles (click this link) or call the sales office for an up-to-the-minute list of all profiles and products. Also look out for our environmentally conscious products range; new products which are "greener" solutions.
Buy only what you need
All the media in our solvent print range are now available "buy the metre", from vinyl to canvas, to pop ups, to backlit media - everything! Just buy what you need – when you need it.
DId you know we have useful product application information and tips web pages to help you get the best out of our products? For example; our Car Wrapping, Top 12 tips to successful vehicle wrapping...
Hassle free quality solvent products at competitive prices
During the last decade we have built up the knowledge and experience that allows us to deliver hassle free quality solvent and latex products at competitive prices. In-house we have most of the popular wide format solvent inkjet printers such as the HP L25500 and L26500 latex printers as well as eco-solvent printers from both Mimaki and Roland. We use these for product testing, development and colour profiling. This capability allows us to really test all the products we sell to ensure we have the necessary profiles and knowledge to support them in the field.
New products in the Media for Solvent and Latex Printing range includes:
- Avery Dennison have made a strategic decision to completely discontinue the JAC brand and replace it with Avery equivalents.
We are delighted to announce we are now an official Avery distributor and have selected the appropriate Avery ranges to make this transition as easy as possible for you.
These are covered in detail on this website, but as an overview the JAC D7000 digital monomerics will be replaced by the Avery MPI3000 equivalents and the JAC D8000 digital monomerics will be replaced by the Avery MPI2000 equivalents. The JAC products will be phased out over the summer and the Avery range will gradually replace them.
- We introduced the new MACtac Print Vinyls towards the end of 2013 and they have been extremely popular. The combination of a respected consistent brand and a competitive price has been hard to beat.
Also from MACtac is their new polymeric offering, this matched system of their 65µ, JT5921 P gloss white printable vinyl and the LF3991, 65µ gloss clear laminate gives a flexible polymeric sandwich for partial wraps at a very competitive price point.
- From LG we have the LD393TG gloss white polymeric digital vinyl, featuring a permanent grey 'Air Free' repositionable adhesive for easy application.
- Also from LG we have some new cast PVC films for 3D digital wraps. LG LD8210 is a gloss white printable cast wrapping film with a grey permanent adhesive, LD923T is their printable gloss white cast wrapping film but with a grey 'Air Free' repositionable permanent adhesive for easy application. LP809904 is the matched gloss clear cast wrap laminate for both, with a permanent adhesive for deep profiles.
- We have recently launched two clear unsupported polyester films. TSTC8 is a 190µ optically clear PET film for screen positives, retail displays etc. LXFB8 is a front print backlit PET film purely for latex printing.
Technical advice and support
For technical advice or support on how to get the best out of your printer and our media, call our sales office on:
01753 696977 for the Southern Office, or
01709 829800 for the Northern Office, or
email firstname.lastname@example.com
Latex Vinyl - Media For Latex Printing
Buy only what you need
All media in our latex printing range is available "buy the metre" - just buy what you need, when you need it. No need to store odds and ends or lose all your margin in buying full rolls for small jobs.
Using our in house HP Latex printer we have been evaluating media and creating custom profiles to help you get the best out of your latex printer.
The media products listed in the linked PDF's below have been thoroughly tested and found to work well with the latex ink technology, specifically on the HP DesignJet L25500 and the new HP DesignJet L26500.
Technical advice and support
These products are from our range of solvent and latex printable media.
We have tested and profiled them for use on the HP latex device. Other products in our solvent range MAY work on the latex printer.
if you would like to obtain profiles and recommendations for our media, or if you need a profile for one of our media which is not listed below please contact the sales offices on:
01753 696977 for the Southern Office, or
01709 829800 for the Northern Office, or
email firstname.lastname@example.com for the latest information, or you can use the email links found throughout this website below each specific product to request ICC media profiles.
Our current list of colour profiled media for latex printing:
The two lists below detail our latest list of latex profiled media as of 27th July 2013, more will follow!
Contact us to discuss specific profiles if they are not currently included here.
» HP DesignJet L25500 PDF DOWNLOAD:
Click here for our list of available colour profiles for ONYX RIP, v7.3 and v10.1.
» HP DesignJet L26500 PDF DOWNLOAD:
Click here for our list of available colour profiles for ONYX RIP, v10.1.
Media for U.V Printing
Our media for U.V. printers is perfectly suited for the latest U.V. inkjet printers on the market today.
Technical advice and support
For technical advice or support on how to get the best out of your printer and our media, call our sales office on 01753 696977 for the Southern Office, or 01709 829800 for the Northern Office, or email email@example.com
Listed below are products which are for UV printing or can be used with UV inks.
Please use our data sheets to check each of the product details carefully to ensure you are using the product correctly for it's intended purpose.
Sheets for Signmaking:
FoamaLite Foam PVC
For both laminating and UV printing.
MACtac Polymeric Calendered Vinyls (5-7 Year):
Polymeric vinyls for simple curves, 5-7 year premium polymeric vinyls
MACtac's most competitive digital polymeric vinyl! The 5-7 year, 65µ gloss white polymeric has a clear permanent adhesive and a 140gsm coated Kraft liner. Especially designed for solvent, eco-solvent, mild solvent, latex and UV inkjet printers.
Speciality Non-Adhesive:
200µ translucent white front print backlit PET film for latex
Backlit film introduced specifically for our customers with latex and UV printers only.
MACtac One-Way Vision Perforated Vinyls:
'One-way vision' vinyls for windows - 1 year perforated vinyls
180µ white perforated monomeric with 1.6mm holes, a black reverse side and a semi-permanent adhesive and film liner for UV or solvent printing. Vinyl to hole ratio is 55:45 making it better for mid range viewing.
'Moth' (TDFG110)
110gsm polyester, matt white, knitted printable fabric
for latex, UV, dye dispersion & dye sublimation transfer
The traditional fabric suitable for all types of flags.
DisTexco 75
75gsm polyester, lightweight display and flag woven fabric
for latex, UV, dye dispersion & dye sublimation transfer
A lightweight flag option for short life promotional flags. Also can be used for Voile applications.
DisTexco RIPSTOP
75gsm polyester, lightweight display and flag woven fabric
for latex, UV, dye dispersion & dye sublimation transfer
This woven fabric is non-porous and tear-resistant.
Good show through and an alternative to the traditional flag fabric.
Tension Display Frames:
DisTexco Stretch
200gsm polyester, stretch, woven, fire rated display fabric
for latex, UV, dye dispersion & dye sublimation transfer
This stretch fabric is ideal for front lit and backlit display frames including curved frame solutions.
DisTexco 170
170gsm polyester woven, fire rated display fabric
for latex, UV, dye dispersion & dye sublimation transfer
A lighter weight and more economical version of the Distexco 200 for frontlit display frames.
Can also be used for tablecloths and internal banners.
DisTexco 200
200gsm polyester woven, fire rated display fabric
for latex, UV, dye dispersion & dye sublimation transfer
This medium weight fabric is ideal for frontlit display frames.
Can also be used for tablecloths, internal banners and art reproductions.
'Owl' (TSBO290)
290gsm polyester, blockout, woven, fire rated, white back display fabric for eco-solvent, latex & UV
A fire-rated blockout fabric which has a slight satin finish to offer vibrant prints.
Ideal for wooden frame wrapping and any other applications where opacity is required, such as roller blinds.
'Man o War' (TSWM200)
200gsm polyester, woven, crease-free, water-resistant, printable fabric for display graphics
for eco-solvent, latex, UV & dye sublimation (transfer only)
Ideal for both frontlit and backlit displays.
'Peacock' (TDKM200)
200gsm polyester, matt white, knitted fabric for latex, UV, dye dispersion & dye sublimation transfer
Iideal for all display applications, tension display frames, promotional displays, tablecloths, internal banner applications etc. A great textile for creating prints to be mounted into graphic frames.
Speciality Fabrics:
'Kingfisher' (TDWG160)
160gsm polyester, gloss white, woven fabric
for latex, UV, dye dispersion & dye sublimation transfer
Suitable for hanging banners, table cloths, sashes etc. 'Kingfisher' fabric gives a very vibrant print and is ideal for glossy banners and tablecloths.
340gsm satin artist canvas for indoors for eco-solvent, latex & UV
Water-resistant canvas for fine art reproduction and portraits. Outstanding print quality, dries quickly and can be folded over frames without cracking.
350gsm matt artist canvas for indoors for eco-solvent, latex & UV
Water-resistant canvas for fine art reproduction and portraits that is more vibrant than other matt canvas products currently in the market. Outstanding print quality, dries quickly and can be folded over frames without cracking.
DisTexco 110
110gsm polyester woven, fire rated display fabric for latex, UV, dye dispersion & dye sublimation transfer
This lightweight fabric is ideal for voile banner applications. Heavier than traditional voile means handling through the printer is improved.
DisTexco 250
250gsm polyester, woven, B1 fire rated display fabric
for latex, UV, dye dispersion & dye sublimation transfer
A heavyweight uncoated polyester that gives a softer feel for banners and display applications.
Can be used for bean bags, pillows, deck chairs etc.
DisTexco 280
280gsm polyester woven, B1 fire rated display fabric
for latex, UV, dye dispersion & dye sublimation transfer
A heavier version of the DisTexco 250 product that can also be used for backlit banner applications.
'Leopard' (TDAM115)
115gsm polyester woven air mesh fabric (no release liner)
for latex, UV, dye dispersion & dye sublimation transfer
See-through fabric designed for external banner applications where wind loading may be an issue.
It still retains its strength and can be hemmed and eyeleted.
'Gull' (TSWM125)
125gsm polyester, white matt, water-resistant, woven printable fabric
for eco-solvent, latex and UV
An eco-friendly alternative to PVC banners this recyclable light weight but strong fabric is also easy to handle.
It can be stitched or tape hemmed and eyelets can be inserted to give you the traditional banner finish.
'Red-Eye' (TSWM225)
225gsm polyester, matt white, B1 fire rated, grey back woven fabric
for eco-solvent, latex, UV & dye dispersion (on the reverse side)
Fire rated, water-tight (Lotus effect), air-tight fabric is ideal for hanging banners. It lies very flat and requires little or no weight at the bottom. Suitable for Gazebo's, parasols, roller blinds, backlit displays, tents and Café banners it can be eyeleted, and sewn like traditional banners.
'Emperor' (TSGB240)
240gsm polyester, matt white, fire rated, water-resistant, grey back, woven printable fabric
for eco-solvent, latex & UV
light-weight fire rated 'Emperor' is ideal for roller banners. The grey back provides good opacity, lay flatness and no laminate is required. The beauty of this product is that it will not curl or mark whilst extending the banner, and offers sign makers a premium solution with more attractive profit margins. Suitable for roll-up displays and blockout frames.
MACtac Floor Graphic Laminates:
MACtac LUV6301
100µ sand textured PVC
- Approved ASTM Friction Test for slip resistance, also for U.V. prints
Anti-Graffiti Laminates:
MACtac LUV7499
80µ gloss clear, PP, anti-graffiti 2 year laminate
An eco-friendly laminate based on an 80µ polypropylene film coated on one side with a clear emulsion acrylic adhesive. This print finishing laminate is designed for protection of photographic images and digital prints.
Cast Laminates:
30µ ultra gloss clear conformable cast PVC 4 year laminate for UV prints
50µ ultra gloss clear conformable cast PVC 5 year laminate
Ultra gloss clear conformable cast PVC 5 year laminate designed primarily for laminating to perforated one-way vision films such as MACtac's JT5817PUV.
MACtac Permagard Laminates:
Permagard LUV7036
36µ gloss clear PET anti-graffiti 3 year laminate for U.V. prints
The U.V. version of MACtac's PG7036, LUV7036 is a 36µ gloss clear polyester high quality
anti-graffiti film with an outdoor life of up to 3 years that has been formulated for U.V. prints.
DigiGuard U.V. Laminates:
DigiGuard U.V.
80µ PVC 3 year laminate in ultra gloss, semi-matt and matt textured,
for internal and external use on U.V. prints
Re-engineered from our DigiGuard Standard Range, the photograde clear solvent acrylic adhesive has been upgraded to guarantee a high bond with minimal silvering and bridging around heavily U.V. inked areas. Suitable for UV inks as well as eco-solvent, solvent, aqueous and latex inks means that the DigiGuard U.V. laminates can be used universally.
Application Tapes:
R Tape application tape
The adhesion on 4885 is 25-30% more than on the standard high tack 4075 and has worked with UV inks and varnishes as well as with more embossed surfaces.
Media for Aqueous Inkjet Printers
A fully profiled range of products which are perfectly suited for the range of water based inkjet printers on the market today.
The following are some of the highlights of our Media for Aqueous Inkjet Printing product range:
- USP195 - our best value and most economical photo paper for: HP Z6100, HP Z6200, Epson and Canon printers
- USOP7 - a 190µ opaque satin white polypropylene for roll-ups
- UWG5 - a very glossy self-adhesive gloss vinyl with stunning print quality to match
- UGV5 - a low cost, matt self-adhesive vinyl with a grey opaque adhesive
- UHFB7 - the highest quality backlit film on the market
Keeping up with the latest in printer technologies
Our in-house application centre is dedicated to helping get the next generation of digital products to market.
In addition to HP wide format printers and a Seal laminator, we also have the very latest colour profiling equipment and RIP's to ensure you get the consistency of print you demand and deserve.
We have also been working hard on creating high speed colour profiles for these fast printers to allow you to increase your productivity and reduce lead times.
Our Roll-up and Pop-up Media ranges
We have launched some new polyester based films for this sector.
These are matt and gloss versions in addition to our existing stain finished products.
The gloss products look fantastic coming off the printer and dry even faster than our existing satin products, the gloss products are just as straightforward to laminate and they hang perfectly.
The matt version looks no different to the satin or gloss products when laminated. Both the gloss and matt finishes are significantly lower in cost than our satin products.
Our polyester roll-up and pop-up products are fully compatible with all leading water based inkjet printers:
- UGFP8 is our new 200µ gloss white opaque universal polyester with a white light-stop that many prefer to the traditional grey
- UGFP13 is our new 330µ gloss white opaque universal polyester with a more traditional grey light-stop
- UMFP13 is our new 330µ matt white opaque universal polyester with a more traditional grey light-stop
- USFP7 is our existing 185µ satin white opaque universal polyester with a grey light-stop for roll-up displays
- USFP13 is our existing 330µ satin white opaque universal polyester with a grey light-stop for pop-up displays
We offer various laminates in our Print Finishing Film section to provide both protection and stiffness, click here for more details.
Technical advice and support
For technical advice or support on how to get the best out of your printer and our media, call our sales office on 01753 696977 for the Southern Office, or 01709 829800 for the Northern Office, or email firstname.lastname@example.com
Print Finishing Films & Laminates
Buy the Metre
Our popular "buy the metre" policy has been extended to include our range of print finishing products - so now you can buy just what you need for a specific job. This does not include the DM range of self wound mount films for practical reasons!
We have just produced a new Laminating Film swatch for 2014.
This features over 40 different lamination films for all applications and print technologies.
Designed for the fast and efficient finishing of digital prints.
As well as the DigiGuard laminates and DigiMount mounting films we have sold for years, we also offer the extensive range of MACtac PERMACOLOR laminates and mounts.
Nearly all these products can be purchased 'buy the metre' allowing you to buy only what you need for specific jobs, especially important for the higher value and specialised laminates.
New products in our Print Finishing films range include:
- The biggest change to the portfolio in 2014 is the addition of 3 new lower cost laminates. The InterGuard Basic laminate range has been introduced to save customers' money for short-term promotional type work.
Available on gloss, semi-matt and matt textured finishes the product has been designed primarily for internal applications.
- The DigiGuard Standard range has been in our range for over 10 years now and is the trouble-free solution for longer-term or external graphics.
- For UV printers we have taken our 3 most popular laminates from our DigiGuard Standard range and changed the adhesive to work with UV output. This has been achieved without a massive price premium. These gloss, satin and textured laminates show less silvering on UV prints and bond stronger and for longer.
- TP7-20 is a new addition to the range, it is a 170µ textured clear rigid scratch resistant PP laminate for roll-ups and pop-ups. The PP surface offers better scratch resistance than PVC alternatives.
DigiGuard Laminates
The DigiGuard laminating films are available in different finishes, thicknesses and roll sizes to satisfy all your requirements. The best-seller is TV3-60 textured matt PVC which gives excellent scuff and scratch resistance without killing the image. Versions for UV output are also now available.
We have recently added in a number of heavy duty laminates for different applications. The ENDURO GUARD ULTRA and TheThickStuff gloss range of laminates are between 400µ and 500µ thick and offer protection under the toughest of regimes such as motocross graphics.
Anti-Graffiti Laminates
We have three anti-graffiti films in the range: MACtac's LAG100 is a 60µ satin clear polymeric PVC 3-5 year internal and external laminate film, DigiGUARD AG2-20 a 50µ polypropylene laminate that will last one year outdoors and will suit most pockets, and MACtac LUV7499, a 2 year, eco-friendly laminate based on an 80µ polypropylene film coated on one side with a clear emulsion acrylic adhesive that is free of chlorine and phtalates, and designed for protection of photographic images and digital prints.
DigiMount Mounting and Backing Films
Our DigiMount mounting films are available in internal, external and optically clear grades and we have a self-adhesive white backer in the range.
Our in-house application centre features a brand new Seal Image 62 Plus laminator to help us better understand the issues you face and ensure that all the products are thoroughly researched before release.
Technical advice and support
For technical advice or support on how to get the best out of your printer and our media, call our sales office on 01753 696977 for the Southern Office, or 01709 829800 for the Northern Office, or email firstname.lastname@example.com.
Inks For Solvent Printing
We launched the Nazdar range of digital solvent inks in September 2010 and they have proved to be no-fuss, 'plug and play' inks for the leading eco-solvent printers in the UK.
We already have well over 100 installations to customers in the UK who are seeing the benefit of the fantastic savings which are on offer!
In addition, all the Nazdar inks we sell are manufactured in the UK so you can be sure you get what you pay for!
Simply plug these inks in and you are ready to go...
There's no need to flush out your old OEM inks, just mix 'n' match ink cartridges.
Our comprehensive range of digital inks for the leading eco-solvent printers in the UK market has followed extensive testing on our own in house printers. These inks are almost identical in colour to the OEM inks, so no need for re-profiling. An additional benefit is they are low odour. The inks are supplied by Nazdar.
Nazdar have been making ink since 1922 and established a digital ink division way back in 1995.
This knowledge and expertise allows Nazdar to offer the Industry's strongest third-party warranty.
Nazdar warrants Lyson Series Ink to withstand exterior exposure without material deterioration when viewed under normal conditions for a period of up to two years. (For full warranty statement go to: www.nazdar.com).
We launched Nazdar Lyson's 1302 series of low odour inks similar to the SS2 inks for the Mimaki JV3 printer and these were quickly followed by their 133 series (SS21) inks for the Mimaki JV33 and JV5 printers.
Then came the 2000 series low odour inks similar to the Eco-Sol Max inks for the Roland DG range of printers.
Our latest addition is the Nazdar 155 ink for high speed Mimaki JV5 printers running hard solvent inks (HS).
We also now offer Nazdar's 910 series of low odour inks for older HP9000S and HP10000S printers that were running HP 790 inks.
For those customers who want to save more money we have been installing bulk ink systems for Roland and Mimaki printers.
The ink is less than half the cost of OEM cartridges, the cost of installation is typically around around £400 - £500 dependent on printer and you get around £300 worth of free ink with the installation bringing the nett cost down to around £100 - £200 with future ink savings of over 50%.
The installation is carried out by a professional engineer and takes less than half a day to complete.
The bulk ink system is the most reliable we have found but they require a little more care than a traditional cartridge system.
- Nazdar Lyson 155 (HS) inks for Mimaki JV5 printers, manufactured by Nazdar
- Nazdar Lyson 1302 (SS2) inks for Mimaki JV3 printers, manufactured by Nazdar
- Nazdar Lyson 133 (SS21) inks for Mimaki JV33 printers, manufactured by Nazdar
- Nazdar Lyson 133 bulk inks (SS21) for Mimaki JV33 printers, manufactured by Nazdar
- Nazdar Lyson 2000 (Eco-Sol Max) inks for Roland printers, manufactured by Nazdar
- Nazdar Lyson 910 (790) low odour inks for the HP9000S and 10000S printers, manufactured by Nazdar
Use the links above for more specific information on these great quality and fantastic value digital inks for eco-solvent or solvent inkjet printers.
Ancillary Products
A range of products designed to make life a little easier for you
From the RAPIDTAC range of signmaking fluids there is RAPIDREMOVER for removing old adhesive, RAPIDPREP for cleaning and degreasing surfaces and RAPIDTAC for helping in wet application.
Also available is RAPIDCLEAR sheet and glass polish which is the perfect end to a job well done and will make your work look its best.
We stock a small range of banner stands for quick and easy retractable displays.
Supplying all the tools you need
Recommendations by customers carry a lot of weight, and on the back of these we have launched some new products to help make things quicker and easier.
- The Big Squeegee's are such a product and are ideal for quick and easy lamination of large areas to boards and windows; also perfect for application tape. Two different types are available from 26" up to 56" depending on your application and your wallet.
- We also are an official PANTONE® reseller in the UK for their Colour Guides and offer a trade in on older guides to help you keep up with current colour trends and demands.
- We have a variety of applicators, blades, safety rulers etc. to help you do the job quicker and easier and have recently launched a complete wrapping tool kit in a tool box which includes a laser IR digital thermometer, 2000W hot air gun, APS 5M tape measure, magnetic holders, low lint white nylon gloves, snap-off knife, 22mm self-adhesive green velvet roll, lint free cloth, RAPIDPREP non-toxic cleaner / degreaser and 4" gold squeegee.
- We have a range of double-sided tapes, as well as Velcro® and lower cost hook and loop tapes.
- We offer some products to help maintain your printer in the best possible shape. These include Nazdar's head maintenance cleaning fluid in addition to foamtip cleaning swabs and lint free cloths.
Technical advice and support
For technical advice or support on how to get the best out of your printer and our media, call our sales office on 01753 696977 for the Southern Office, or 01709 829800 for the Northern Office, or email email@example.com.
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Vin Scully has to be as good at his craft as any American ever has been at his or her chosen profession. What an absolute master.
The other evening he referenced Alice in Chains.
Cracked me up
Harwell and Scully -- true baseball greats. Telling it like it is is telling what happens.
"Baseball is a very, very complex business. It's more of a people business than most businesses." - Bob Castellini
I posted this in the gamethread this a.m.
Didn't get to post last night, but I watched a few innings on MLB Network before falling asleep. It's a joy listening to Vin Scully. It seems like he knows more about each Red than even the Reds broadcasters. He spins baseball stories with ease while balancing the action in the game. Just amazing.
"The players make the manager, it's never the other way." - Sparky Anderson
And he goes back with the Dodgers to when they were still in Brooklyn! Sixty years with one team. Amazing.
A healthy Reds team is a strong Reds team"
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One of the great pleasures of watching a Dodger game in LA on TV is that in-between the 5th and 6th inning, Vin always spins some tale of lore from Dodger history.
"Man, the pitch looks fast, even in slow motion." Thom Brennaman on Chapman's fastball.
I love that he never talks about ANYTHING but the game. I am not tuning in to hear about the announcers tomato plants, cronies, or golf game.
Get your nunchucks and the keys to your dad's car. I know where we can get a gun
I quite enjoyed how he not only talked about BASEBALL during the game but actually was informative & knowledgable.
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Service Opportunity every Friday afternoon. One week will be at the School and the next at the Parish Outreach Center. Places TBA for the weeks when we get the information.
Share your love and spirit of dance! PDDC's programs and services support people with intellectual and developmental disabilities to reach their personal goals and improve their quality of life by increasing independence, inclusion, and choice
Come out for a night of gaming for prizes! Contestants will compete in a series of games including Super Smash Bros, Mario Kart 64, and more! Registration is $5 or a donation of an E-T rated game for Wii, Xbox 360, or PS2. All proceeds will be used to purchase games for Children's Hospital of Philadelphia, and all games will be donated there as well. Registration is from 6:30-7:45!
More details to come!
All Are Welcome! We welcome students of all faiths who wish to join us in Catholic Eucharistic Liturgy.
Students are welcome to train or serve as lectors, Eucharistic Ministers (Catholic, trained students only), musicians, etc. Training will be provided for anyone who desires to be a Lector or Eucharistic Minister. More information may be obtained in the Campus Ministry Offices.
Mass is celebrated each day at 11:45 am.
Sunday liturgies are celebrated on days the college is in session. Sundays that fall on a college break or holiday, mass will not be on campus but many local parishes have several schedules that are amenable to students.
View a short presentation, tour the campus, speak with Admissions and Financial Aid Counselors. Check-in will begin at 9:30 a.m. with the presentation promptly at 10 a.m.
I would like to register online for a Weekend Visit at Chestnut Hill College.
Register by phone: 215.248.7001 -- Parking Pass & Campus Map
Enjoy lots of great events for commuters!
Planning meetings for the 2013 SEARCH XI leaders will begin August 27 from 7:15 - 9:15 pm. We will meet every Tuesday as needed up to the days of the actual retreat.
Meetings are mandatory and all leaders must be present unless an urgent situation comes up. This is a firm committment made when you wrote your application and accepted your position.
Serving those in need with dignity. A table for four is set and waiting!
Volunteers are needed to help be host, server and kitchen aides at the Soup Kitchen.
Everyone who experiences St. Francis Inn loves it!
Events and Activities TBA for the week
Location: Martino Hall 314
The annual Empty Bowl Night, held by Northwest/east Philadelphia Interfaith Hospitality Network, will be hosted by the Lutheran Theological Seminary on Germantown Avenue.
Our many years of partnership with NPIHN will continue as we ask for volunteers to help NPIHN in their new place of hosting as we had hosted here at CHC.
Join the Northwest Interfaith Hospitality Network for an evening of soups, breads, desserts, and community gathering for a great cause. Visit www.http://www.philashelter.org/ for more details.
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There are no classes on Thanksgiving holiday, which begins on Wednesday, November 27, 2013 and ends on Friday, November 29, 2013.


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The ART guy I go to noticed that my left para spinal muscle is very developed compared to my right side. As a result I have some imbalances I have to fix. One of them being my piss poor grip that has caused this problem.
I normally pull over under and this is why I have this problem now. He mentioned that I should drop the mixed grip and pull overhand. My deadlift has dropped about 100 pounds as a result.
I've thrown in rack pulls using an overhand grip. Normally I pull with just chalk, no wraps or a belt (don't believe in using those aids). I just pulled a 405 for a single for 2 sets today with the pins being below the knees just above mid shin.
My question is, what are you guys/gals rack pulling using an overhand grip with no aids (chalk included). I'd be interested in knowing what your weight is along with your pulling weight. It'll give me an idea of where I am and where I should be.


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If the Chevrolet City Express looks familiar, it may be because it is actually a Nissan NV200 whose front end has been given the General Motors treatment. The City Express will be reserved exclusively for commercial fleets.
The Chevrolet City Express versatile and customizable cargo area offers 3474 liters of total space. Powered by a four-cylinder 2.0-liter engine developing 131 horsepower and 139 pound-feet of torque, the City Express boasts a payload of 1,500 pounds.
"The City Express is engineered to carry what's important to business owners – and do it with cost-effective efficiency and surprising versatility," said Ed Peper, U.S. vice president, GM Fleet and Commercial.
In order to further improve overall versatility, The City Express's passenger seat can be folded flat to increase the interior cargo space. In front, a center console offers more storage space for notebooks, pens and other items.
Bluetooth, navigation system, rear-view camera and cruise control are available are standard or optional on the different versions of the City Express. In the United States, it will be possible to service the City Express at any one of the manufacturer's dealerships which should also be the case in Canada.


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Welcome Region 12 coaches, my name is Melinda McKee and I am here to help you. I am just building this new coaches page and welcome suggestions on what you need.
First we have the sign up link for Challenger Fall Trainers, click on the – We Join In to schedule your time with a trainer.
Trainers are available Mon/Thur for U7 and U8 at Seaside, Tues/Wed for U10 at Walteria
We also have Challenger led Skills on Friday at Arnold for Skills and GoalKeeper. Bring some players and a clipboard to take notes and learn some great exercises. Sept 5-Oct 24
U10 Boys 4-5pm
U10 Girls 5-6pm
U12 Boys and Girls 6-7pm
U8 4-5pm
U10 5-6pm
U12 + 6-7pm
More updates to come and looking forward to meeting you all!
Melinda McKee
Coach Administrator
AYSO Region 12 Updates
- We need volunteers for 2015! July 24, 2015
- Becoming a Referee July 17, 2015
- Fields are Open October 20, 2014


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There's a man in jail for murder and the psychologist is called in. There's another in the hospital after attempting suicide and the psychologist is called in. There's a couple considering divorce and the psychologist is called in. There's a fellow going through Bible College for the ministry, and if he wants a 'job' he had better obtain a degree in psychological counseling. My point? Psychology is common. But I ask, is it correct? I posit that psychology is quackery. It is destructive to man. It is detestable to God. Reasons?
I will give reasons but first let me attempt to clarify an important point. Is the whole field of psychology and psychiatry worthless? No. Any medical help for an organic, physiological problem – a pill for a headache or a thyroid gland – is very helpful and very welcomed. Anything of that nature is a great mercy to a needy humanity. But it is not all that simple, is it? The chemistry of the body is very complex, especially the make-up and function of the brain, and thus, it can be a great challenge to distinguish between what is a brain problem and what is a mind problem, that is, tissues v. issues. And there is so much interaction between the two – a broken toe can leave me feelin' kind of low mentally. Yes, the body can affect the mind. Conversely, the mind can affect the body.1 Foolish spending (wrong thinking) can produce an ulcer.
Notwithstanding all the difficulties in dealing with the soul, the quackery is this. First, psychology is a man-made philosophy regarding the soul (psyche), and as such, it invades God's territory. It is in competition with the doctrine of God. For psychology to offer a spiritual solution (counsel, doctrine) for a spiritual need is an insult to God. Second, for psychology to offer something physical (drugs) to treat a spiritual need (a mind-altering drug) is senseless and again a transgression against God. Summary?
- Physical treatment for physical need? Yes.
- Secular spiritual treatment for spiritual need? No.
- Physical treatment for spiritual need? No, at least not permanently. More later.
It might come as a surprise to know that the fathers of psychology were not good men; they were evil men. Sigmund Freud (1856-1939) was hostile toward Christianity. He used cocaine.2 He was convinced it was the wonder drug of his day and he even prescribed it to others, resulting in the death of one of his friends.3 Though he has been marginalized in some places, yet his authority and thought are generally promoted in the classroom to this day. Carl Rogers (1902-1987), a leader in the rise of humanistic psychology, practiced occult. He forsook his wife in her illness for another!4 Carl Jung (1875-1961), whose authoritative pronouncements on the psyche are still cherished and quoted by millions, candidly admitted nearing the end of his life that his works were derived from horrendous experiences with haunting spirit entities. He had a demon spirit guide named "Philemon." Alas, he himself was nearly insane and at the brink of suicide.5 Indeed, what a curse is on the psychologists as evidenced by their own suicide rate. But the point is this: if the root is bad, what can you expect for fruit?
Psychology misinterprets sin as mental illness. Thus, the concept of actual guilt is dismissed. The psychologist talks about 'hurts' from parents, from background, from environment, etc. But, according to the Bible, the basic problem of the human race is simply sin.6 Man has both a bad record and a bad heart in the sight of God.
A bad record! Man is actually guilty before God and he feels it way down deep. He is loaded down with true guilt from a career of crime against God and neighbor. His conscience is defiled and he feels dirty.7
A bad heart! Man is a sinner by nature.8 He is crossways with the God who made him. He is infatuated with self, easily enraged with pride, frequently inflamed with lust, generally stubborn with rebellion, and angry with bitterness. He does not get his own way and he will hurt others or kill if he must. The Lord Jesus says the non-Christian is a child of the devil and acts like his father.9 Sin was once so bad that God judged the world and killed all but Noah's family with a universal flood.10
Man is not mentally ill; he is mentally wrong. Man spends his life entertaining wrong thoughts of God, wrong thoughts of himself, wrong thoughts of life, a wrong view of the world, and eventually those lies and the built-in conflict with reality pile up on him. No wonder he is depressed.
Yes, man's supreme problem is sin and sin can get compounded by invading opportunistic demons resulting in rage and attempted murder. This was the case with King Saul in the Bible account.11 One moment he was fine, but the next moment, upon the challenge to his pride, he would go wild, with demons pouring gasoline on the fires in his heart. But what does psychology do with a case like that? They handily call it schizophrenia. It sounds so professional. But King Saul's root problem was sin. It began with adult 'thumb-sucking' and then a temper tantrum – more sin driven by demonic powers. His problem was not mental illness, nor 'noble' depression. Rather it is man, captured and driven by wrong thoughts about himself before God. God calls it "a depraved mind."12 Listen to a former psychopathologist, "As evidenced by the life stories of both Nebuchadnezzar and King Saul, certain forms of insanity or mental torments can be the judgment of God. I saw this happen in one of my own relatives who refused to repent of his bitterness, outbursts of rage, abuse, hate, etc. Hate and jealousy literally can drive you insane, eventually." The root problem is sin. But man is so proud, and rather than deal with his sin, he will hide under the cloak of mental 'illness'. The root of bitterness grows well in that soil, watered with the attention of others and humanistic pity.
Martyn Lloyd-Jones in his book, The Christian Soldier, gives this revealing insight. Before the outbreak of the Spanish Civil War, in Barcelona, Madrid and other places, there were psychological clinics with large numbers of neurotics undergoing drug treatment and psychoanalysis. When the Civil War broke out the clinics were virtually emptied. These neurotic people were suddenly cured by a greater anxiety.13
It is only as men own up to their sins and their guilt, that they will find help. Jesus died for sins, not 'hurts'! The Great Physician came to deal with cancer of the soul, not scratches. The Lord Jesus placed the gospel (good news) at the bottom of the pile, and only as proud man humbles himself, as he digs down through the stockpile of sin will he find the gold of eternal life. Only as proud man contritely but openly calls 'baloney by its name', will he find help from above. But psychology provides a barrel-full of excuses and alibis whereby the sinner can escape the essential "conviction of sin,"14 and thereby will never come to the place of beating his breast, crying, "God be merciful to me the sinner."15 Psychology points one in quite the opposite direction – self-esteem. Notice how God did not permit Adam and Eve to go on shifting the blame and it was at that point they found a covering from God.16 So also, "If we confess our sins, He [God] is faithful and righteous to forgive us our sins and to cleanse us from all unrighteousness."17 The story is told of a prince who year by year would visit a prison and in an act of sovereign mercy would release one man. As he interviewed the inmates, each one had his excuses for his incarceration – parents, partner, people, even the king. But finally one inmate admits, "It was all my fault." The prince exclaimed, "Here's the man we are looking for. Release him."
A Pill for the Soul?
Psychiatry, the medical treatment of the soul, the administration of mind-altering drugs, appears to be a merciful thing. The idea is to dumb a fellow down to where he can get along with himself and with society. But ultimately the tranquilizer at least runs the risk of obscuring the soul's deep need of a radical transformation through a meeting with the living God. The drug will muffle the guilt and the crying need for reality, and he makes it through life, but ends up losing his soul in hell. The power of sin – the fires of lust, the haunting fears, the torment of long-standing grudges – is muffled perhaps for the rest of his life and rather than find real healing by the work of Christ on the cross, his conscience is put to sleep, he quits his shouting, he is never rescued, and his boat slips over the falls to eternal destruction. Laura Chavady, a professor of Psychology, says, "We are not just 'improved' when we are born again; we are a completely new creation. Christ in us the hope of glory (Colossians 1:27)! 'Mental illness' is a deception which merely gives man some false comfort – a terrible lie with terrible eternal consequences."
Even the medical community is not agreed as to the significance and effect of drugs on the mind. Serotonin is an example. Stanford psychiatrist and researcher, David Burns, says: "I spent the first several years of my career doing full-time research on brain serotonin metabolism, but I never saw any convincing evidence that any psychiatric disorder, even depression, results from a deficiency of brain serotonin."18
Why bring in medicine when the problem here is not 'tissues' but 'issues'? It is not brain but mind. It is not organic but soul. It is not outer man, but inner man. It is not the physical but the thought-life. Drugs do not cure; they only control. They do not address the cause, but only possibly cover the symptoms. One fellow, diagnosed as schizophrenic, wants to be weaned off the drugs and trust Christ, but writes, "The problem is now I'm tangled up with pills and a psychiatrist." Another says, "I don't want to go back to the psychiatric ward; I think I might commit suicide." They are snared.
Furthermore, God does not want the mind altered, not by drugs. He wants sobriety.19 He wants us in our "right mind."20 To alter the mind with drugs is what the Bible calls sorcery. It is a serious sin. It will keep you out of heaven.21 Interestingly, in the Bible the Greek word for "sorcery" is pharmakeia from which we get pharmacy.22
Psychology, often employed alongside the gospel as a helper, is an insult to the God of heaven. When it comes to meeting the inner needs of man, God makes the claim of being exclusive and all-sufficient – "seeing that His divine power has granted to us everything that pertains to life and godliness,"23 The Bible claims that it alone is enough to "adequately equip the Christian for every good work."24 After all, who can fix a car better than its maker? And didn't Christianity exist for almost 2000 years without psychology? How did man get along without psychology for 2000 years? Indeed psychology and Christianity may have some overlapping thoughts on the surface, but like two great trees, they have some points in common at the top, but when you trace them down to the roots, the trees are on opposite sides of the fence. Even if the psychologist has some truth, God does not want the help of ungodly men, though professionals, to advance it. God esteems the mature Christian as being "able to counsel."25 The psychologists do not have the 'tools' (that is, Bible truths) that the Christian has in order to deal with root causes. The Christian has an incredible advantage in analyzing the workings and needs of the inner man. He can observe the workings of the soul through the glasses of truth – the fallen nature of man, yet the power and hope of divine regeneration, the real guilt, yet the blessedness of obtaining forgiveness of sins. These are his real needs and solutions. But these are not acknowledged by the secular psychologist, leaving them at quite a disadvantage in analyzing the needs of the soul, although they boldly call it psych [soul] – ology.
Consider this. The Lord Jesus did not use psychology. Paul the apostle did not use it. God did not give such terms to the Christian. Paul repudiated the use of worldly wisdom and depended on the power and message of the cross in matters of life and holiness, lest man get the credit rather than the Lord.26 Paul admonished, "Beware lest any man spoil you through philosophy and vain deceit, after the tradition of men, after the rudiments of the world, and not after Christ."27 The Lord Jesus made a great promise, "Come to Me, all who are weary and heavy-laden, and I will give you rest."28 Will the psychologist send a man to Christ? One dear soul, Veronika, testifies, "I had a heavy burden, but I never came to the Lord Jesus Christ with it, so I couldn´t find a rest. I always went to people, even sometimes to ungodly people to find help in my problems. But Matthew 11:28 set me free! I don´t need to seek help from people, because I can always go to the Lord with my burden and this perfectly satisfies me." Listen to a former psychopathologist, "I received my degree in psychology, earning straight A's; psychopathology is my specialty. But three years after, I repented and embraced Jesus Christ instead. I have thus learned the mistaken belief of so-called mental illness and do not believe in mental illness any longer. Those 'Christians' who believe in it and teach it need to repent, as they are embracing secular humanism and that is in complete opposition to the Scriptures." The Lord Jesus said great error comes from ignoring the Scriptures.29 By definition there is no such thing as 'Christian psychology' any more than 'Christian adultery.'
Psychiatrist Richard Ganz and his wife were wonderfully saved by Christ in 1972 through the ministry of L'Abri. With his life and teaching then altered, Ganz tells the story of Immanuel, a patient assigned him at the state hospital. Immanuel had spoken only a few words in several years. At one point in an interview he screamed, "I am God." Ganz responded by quoting an appropriate Bible verse.30 Abruptly the writhing ceased and he asked Ganz for the source. Ganz threw him a Bible and urged him to check it out for himself. For one month Immanuel did not speak one word until he appeared at the office and clearly and calmly said, "I want to become a Christian." Well, Immanuel gained Christ, but Dr. Ganz lost his job. Nevertheless, before his one month termination expired, Dr. Ganz saw an orthodox Jew, mostly locked in the fetal position, liberated. Ganz gives this amazing testimony to the power of the gospel. "My remaining weeks at the hospital more closely resembled revival services than psychotherapy. While these two men were growing and sharing their new found faith, others were seeking and questioning, opening up in ways they had never dared when I was simply 'staff.' I heard accounts of emotionally battered and scarred people who had been locked away for years, their problems never getting discussed or resolved. They began hearing of forgiveness in Christ, and a whole new dimension of my work began to take shape. Needless to say, the hospital and medical center personnel were relieved when my month was over. The three of us – Immanuel, the Jewish man, and I – left together, and for each of us it was a moment of liberation."31
Do you see psychology is a hoax? I know of a psychologist who worked at a Federal Mental Home in Canada for 23 years and he admitted that he had not seen so much as one patient permanently healed. Psychology has helped to make a sick nation. It has helped to undermine justice, pervert righteousness, and avoid responsibility. The murderer, even the mass murderer, gets off with relatively little punishment under the diagnosis of mental illness. Look at the man who shot former President Reagan. It was attempted murder to impress a woman! He should have been executed without delay.32 But the psychologists got him off and in seventeen years the man was permitted to occasionally step out of the hospital.
Psychology has helped breed an irresponsible society by shifting the blame to background and environment whereas the problem is not heredity, nor head, but the heart. It is my desire to see the impotent and changing philosophies of man exchanged for "the glorious gospel of the blessed God."33 The Bible is rough medicine – it puts a sword in the path of proud, self-willed man – but it does indeed produce a cure, yes, a miraculous transformation of the inner nature, wrought by the hand of God. And, that is far different, far deeper, than talks, techniques, and tranquilizers. Jesus is a "Wonderful Counselor"34 and "blessed is the man who does not walk in the counsel of the ungodly."35 Don't stumble over this simple word!
One woman, after years of headaches, after many stays in the psych ward, after electric shocks so strong that she could not remember her own name for three weeks, testifies, "I told God that I wanted him to fix what was wrong with me and vowed that I would never see another mental health doctor, or take another psychiatric drug, or have another shock treatment. I was either going to finally lose my mind and any hope of stability or die if He didn't help me. It was a long haul but He did save my soul and over several years filled me with sanity and stability in Him. I've been a Christian now for 38 years. Since 1977 I did not ever again go to another mental health medical doctor, psychologist, or counselor, or take another psychiatric drug, or have another shock treatment. God is enough."36
Robert Jennings – 8/20/2012
1 Proverbs 14:30 KJV
2 Dave Hunt & T.A. McMahon, America The Sorcerer's New Apprentice (Harvest House Publishers, 1988), p. 127
3 Ibid., p. 140-141
4 Ibid., p. 107-109
5 Ibid., p. 112
6 Genesis 6:5
7 Romans 2:15
8 Romans 3:10f
9 John 8:44
10 Genesis 6:13
11 1 Samuel 16:14
12 Romans 1:28f
13 p. 357
14 John 16:8
15 Luke 18:13
16 Genesis 3:12f
17 1 John 1:9
18 Lacasse & Gomory, 2003, p. 385
19 Titus 2:12
20 Luke 8:35
21 Galatians 5:20,21
22 Galatians 5:20
23 2 Peter 1:3
24 2 Timothy 3:17
25 Romans 15:14
26 1 Corinthians 1:31 – 2:4
27 Colossians 2:8
28 Matthew 11:28
29 Matthew 22:29
30 Matthew 24:23f
31 Richard Ganz, PsychoBabble, (Crossway Books, 1993) p. 21-22.
32 Ecclesiastes 8:11
33 1 Timothy 1:11
34 Isaiah 9:6
35 Psalm 1:1
36 Sunny Jane Roberts, Kansas City