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Tripling Your Income With Mary Kay (Yeah, Right)
If you had been lucky enough to be in my Mary Kay unit, at some point you would have sat down with me one-on-one to go over the following document. I liked to do it during new consultant orientation, while you still had stars in your eyes about Mary Kay and thought that the sky was the limit in this business. I wanted to put big money potential in front of you BEFORE you experienced difficulties in recruiting, so you'd have a goal to work toward.
What I didn't tell you was the reality behind this little document. I mean, why be negative? It was my job to be a good coach and see the potential in everyone. I didn't want to stand in the way of your success, even though it wasn't happening for me. This business is what you make it!
If you're not successful, then it must be because you're not working hard enough or don't have the right attitude. (You may have noticed a fleeting depression in my voice when we went over this handout – BUT – I perked up pretty quick, because I was the master of "fake it 'til you make it"! I just needed to work harder and smarter! What a positive example I was!)
So, here goes: Have paper and pen ready to take notes. Let's see how you can bee all you can bee! (The statements from the document are in bold, with my unfogged comments in regular type.)
Income Potential as a Mary Kay Sales Director
You can make triple your current income with Mary Kay – or more – by becoming a Sales Director.
Okay, this is misleading. I don't know what your current income is. If you're making $5,000 a year at your job, then, yes, you could probably triple it by becoming a Mary Kay sales director. You could also try a real full-time minimum wage job with benefits. That would be a better bet for you.
However, I'm really talking about the difference between recruiting commission of a consultant vs. a sales director. This is hardly consistent or reliable income, but all I want you to remember is "triple your income."
Also, theoretically, this example is true. But when I go over it with you, I'm going to speak as if it happens all the time. I know in my heart it hardly ever does, but I'm a "possibility thinker" and I want you to be one too!
Imagine a consultant with two recruits who recruits three additional woman in a given month. This makes her a Team Leader (5 recruits) and gives her the opportunity to earn 13% commission on her team's orders. (To get 13%, all team members must order in the month, and the Team Leader must order at least $600 in the month).
This information is true. However, as we all know, it's a big stretch to recruit three women in a month. It has been done, but it's not as easy as it sounds.
And wait, there are those conditions for a 13% commission check: 1) All five recruits ordering, 2) the consultant/recruiter ordering $600 wholesale in the month.
Chances are, that out of all five of these hypothetical recruits, at least two or three will be personal use. They aren't due to order for another 3-6 months – sorry.
And you, Miss Consultant, must order $600 wholesale during the month to get the full commission. Are you in the habit of selling enough product to justify a $600 wholesale order every month? Not to worry! You can always sell it next month. Do you want to miss out on 13% commission? You'll get recognized in the unit newsletter, you know, plus you'll get the unit monthly trinket as a prize!
But I digress.
Let's say among all six of these women (Team Leader + five recruits), the team production is $5000. Note: This is quite reasonable, with a couple of new recruits doing a Sapphire star order.
Let's also say that monkeys are flying out from under my director's skirt! Really. This $5,000 wholesale IS possible, but not likely.
Remember, Mary Kay teaches – correctly – the principal of 1/3, 1/3, 1/3. That means that out of any given group of women in Mary Kay, 1/3 will be working or ordering, 1/3 will be maintaining and 1/3 will be on their way out. Apply that to your three new recruits for the month: One may place a Star order, one will probably do a $400 – $600 and one will be personal use.
I used to blithely breeze over this part so that my new consultant would just assume that five team members would mean $5,000 in production. Directors who are reading this – let's all say it together: "I WISH!!!"
The Team Leader will receive 13% commission on $4400, because $600 of that entire $5000 is her own production. Her commission, therefore, is $572 for the month.
In addition, she gets a $50 bonus for each qualified recruit for recruits #4 and on. So she receives a $100 recruiting bonus for recruits #4 and #5 for that month.
True, IF the new recruits come in as "qualified," that is, they begin with a $600 wholesale order or more. If not, no bonus for you.
The Team Leader's grand total of commissions for that month would then be $672.
Sound good? Sure, BUT take a look at what a sales director gets for the same activity –
Let's say the sales director's personal team also does $5000 in production. The sales director herself has done $600, so she also is receiving commission on $4400. A sales director gets 26% commission on her personal team! So her commission for that month is $1144!
Okay, let's stop right here. Did the sales director close her eyes, make a wish and tap her heels together three times to become a director? No. She went through the grueling DIQ process, probably going into debt in the process. She most likely has quit her real job to focus on this incredible Mary Kay opportunity, and she is counting on this income to feed her family.
Directors who are reading this: How many months did you scrape and scrounge for $5000 in wholesale production from your entire unit? How many times did $5000 in production come from your own personal recruits? How many months did you hold interview after interview and end up at the end of the month with one new personal use recruit?
When I went over this worksheet, I made it seem like this happened every month for me, no problem. It was a given. When you become a director, Miss Consultant, this happens for YOU!
In addition, she receives a $100 on new qualified recruits. Since she recruited three new qualified personal recruits that month, she receives another $300.
True, IF they're qualified ($600 or more in initial wholesale orders).
But there's more! On the rest of her unit, the director receives 13% commission – including her own orders!!!!! So 13% of her own $600 order is $78.
True again. And if the director is simply putting in production to get that 26% commission, she's going to need that $78.
AND she gets a bonus for $5000 in unit production of $500!
And many months, she's putting in her own extra $500 to recoup her $500 in bonus on the back end. Of course, by the time that next commission check comes in, she's already spent that $500, so she sinks further into debt. But Miss Consultant, you don't need to know that now! When you're a director, you'll get the information you need to be in that position. One step at a time!
So, matching apples to apples in our example, the sales director makes a minimum of $2022. And I say "minimum", because this example isn't taking into account the rest of the director's unit, on which she receives 13%. For purposes of comparison, I only used personal team.
Again, this whole example is theoretically correct. But in real life? For 99% of units, not so much.
So, for the same amount of effort, which would you rather get?
Consultant = $672
Director = $2022
And please don't look closely at the $2022 monthly figure. Even if I manage to make that as a director, it's only $24,264 a year!! It's not consistent, and it's not my idea of executive income, but by now I'm stuck in directorship, and my only hope is to convince you to follow my path and boost my unit's production.
Any questions?? Great! Get out there and books some interviews!! I BEE-LIEVE IN YOU! YOU CAN DO IT!!
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This is the email I got from my friend when I told her I couldnt keep up with the requirements for my 50% discount. I signed up originally as a personal use consultant to help her out…now I want out! She is about to start DIQ…totally drunk on Pink Koolaid
I can understand where your coming from because its not fun when your not making $$. What u do have can be sold on eBay or donated to a women's shelter. For tax deduction and know that your helping women in need feel pretty. Do people u run into everyday know you have Mk products? This has been my biggest month and its only the 11th… You can do this, you still have over two wks.. I will work with u.
I'm having images of women is shelters and senior centers all over the country rolling their eyes as a MK lady comes in to drop off "donations" and saying "please, make it go away!"
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I hope the women at the shelters are thinking "Shelter donations = trash, so MK = trash"
Instead of thinking "I never really looked at MK before; MK may be my ticket out of here"
While I am all for giving to women in shelters, the last thing I want to do is bait them into joining a company which will abuse them all over again. Someone suggested that all shelter donations have cards inserted or stickers attached giving the Pink Truth website address. That could make a big difference.
Yes, it is possible, but never worked out for me. I worked my buns off , but to no avail. That "big" commission check is the pot of gold at the end of the Mary Kay rainbow. Ya are chasing your tail. Your big month is always just out of reach. But that dream of having a great month & paying off your credit card never happens. That same logic keeps the compulsive gambler in the game long after his money is gone. That same hope keeps Mary Kay gals pouring all available money back into her business.
princess lea
Once again, I am reminded of how thankful I am, after 10 years in mary kay, to be out! How thankful I am that I never went farther than my first month in car qualification. How thankful I am that I was only a 'future director' on their so-called career ladder.
Oh, the blatant lies!
And the insane expenses!
Looking back at my taxes over the years I see how much money I lost, I shudder to imagine how much more that would have been had I gone into DIQ and finished! But the whole time I was led to believe that you are nobody unless you are a director. Yeah, right!!!
I can't believe how in the dark I was before finding Pink Truth. I really believed that DIQ's were finishing honestly. I had no idea that directors were buying their directorship!!! It is a disgrace.
Ladies, if you are here lurking &/or just visiting, I urge you to join the discussion board. Read as much as you can here! Slowly but surely the truth will become obvious! Listen to our stories because you will be able to relate and learn immensely! Oh, what a tangled web we weave in mary kay. It is never too late for you to leave the cult-like environment of mary kay. Your integrity is worth it!
My director admitted that her husband gave her the $1200 she needed to finish her unit. She seemed to think this was hilarious, in front of all us lowly consultants, as she was telling this to one of her team leaders.
Doubt shes laughing now, after almost 3 years as a director, she is still trying to get into the next car level…. not that I could do much better as a director, but I'm not going to throw those numbers around in my consultant's faces…
BTW, I have been inactive for 8 months. I don't answer her e-mails anymore and don't plan on answering her.
Icy peach
When I was a consultant for stupidly the second time, my recruiter/DIQ said things had changed in MK. She said women were serious about the business and coming in with3600 orders. I could become a director in a short time. Then, my director told a room full of women at her debut that she went into debt finishing her directorship. I thought Lisa Madsen ( her Sr. Director/NSD) was going to have a heart attack! ( lol!) a few days later I packed up my stuff and sent it back to the company. By month 2 my director was back to team leader. Lies, lies and more lies.
Yes lies, lies, lies. Those of us who read Mk's book & who believed the company actually followed the golden rule & the faith, family, career struggled with all the deception this company promoted. We couldn't be honest with ourselves, our husbands our families, our friends our customers and anyone we tried to recruit. This company should be shut down for good.


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We often hear much negative press about the affects of consuming mammoth quantities of that beautiful nectar we call alcohol. As official associates of the gamblin' and carryin' on club, drinkin' comes as second nature. We mean, come on, it is an origin of civilisation after all.
Too regularly though are we made to feel guilty by various bodies and certain health watchdogs for simply getting pissed and having a good old laugh. Well, in your faces, World Health Organisation! A new study has proved for the first time that alcohol releases endorphins – the body's way of making us feel pleasure and reward. Yes, there is a god.
The study, published in the Science Translational Medicine Journal and led by Dr Jennifer Mitchell of the University of California San Francisco, finds that the stress and pain-relieving proteins are naturally released in the brain and other tissues when alcohol is poured down our necks.
In a report by the Telegraph, Mitchell said: "This is something that we've speculated about for 30 years, based on animal studies, but haven't observed in humans until now. It provides the first direct evidence of how alcohol makes people feel good."
The study went ahead through head scans which showed the immediate effects of alcohol on the brain. These scans provided the first direct evidence to support scientists' belief that guzzling down a cocktail or knocking back a shot of tequila triggers the release of those fun-loving chemicals; endorphins.
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You know when you've just had that one too many, and your night of fun and frolicks turns into a disastrous vomiting "where am I? Who am I?" nightmare? Well, another scientific study – this time by a pharmacologist named Jing Liang of the University of California, Los Angeles – has found a potentially safe way of instantly sobering a drunken person up. But get this – it might also possibly eliminate any form of hangover.
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Extracts of a Chinese variety of the oriental raisin tree (Hovenia dulcis), which have been used for 500 years to treat hangovers in China, has been modified to prove its worth as an intoxication blocker in a series of experiments on rats.
In the study led by Liang, a component of the raisin tree extract named dihydromyricetin (DHM), was injected into lab rats which had previously been given a dose of alcohol proportionate to the amount a human would get from downing 15 to 20 beers in two hours. When the rats were hit with a DHM injection of the same amount of booze included a milligram of DHM per kilogram of rat body weight, the animals recovered their composure within just five minutes. That's oppose to the 70 minutes it took to come round when not given the drug.
Flabbergasted? So are we. According to a report by New Scientist, the drug works by preventing alcohol from having its usual intoxicating effects on the brain, however much is in blood.
Dr Liang said: "DHM will reduce the degree of drunkenness for the amount of alcohol drunk and will definitely reduce the hangover symptoms. In time, it will reduce their desire for alcohol."
The doctor also revealed that soon enough, a test containing DHM will be performed for the first time on humans. "I would give it to problem drinkers who can't resist going to the pub and drinking," she said.
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Around 40 shareholders were present at Mayday Trust Park and were told the board of directors' primary task is to bring together all parts of the City family following the exit of Manda Rigby just before Christmas.
Williams stressed that building links with Bath City Youth FC was key to the club's hopes of attracting younger supporters – and says the club might not necessarily need to leave its Twerton base in order to survive.
"We had a full and frank discussion with the shareholders and I think the key message that went out was that we are a united board which will be working hard on the strategic issues over the next 18 months or so," said Williams.
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"We will only get there by being united and, if we can do that, then hopefully we will have some good news to report the next time we meet up.
"The lifeblood of the club is bringing young people into it and we have a golden opportunity with Bath City Youth.
"We have to work out what we need to do and how we are going to do it."
Almost half of the 90- minute meeting was devoted to a discussion surrounding former chairman Geoff Todd's wish to be granted a charge over Mayday Trust Park in relation to his £130,000 loan to the club.
Rigby cited the board's support of the issue as the prime reason behind her resignation, saying the club were acting against legal advice and jeopardising both its ground and future as a Conference club.
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- Background Drowning is a constant global problem which claims proximately half a million victims worldwide each year, whereas the number of near-drowning victims is considerably higher. Public health strategies to reduce the burden of death are still limited. While research activities in the subject drowning grow constantly, yet there is no scientometric evaluation of the existing literature at the present time. Methods The current study uses classical bibliometric tools and visualizing techniques such as density equalizing mapping to analyse and evaluate the scientific research in the field of drowning. The interpretation of the achieved results is also implemented in the context of the data collection of the WHO. Results All studies related to drowning and listed in the ISI-Web of Science database since 1900 were identified using the search term "drowning". Implementing bibliometric methods, a constant increase in quantitative markers such as number of publications per state, publication language or collaborations as well as qualitative markers such as citations were observed for research in the field of drowning. The combination with density equalizing mapping exposed different global patterns for research productivity and the total number of drowning deaths and drowning rates respectively. Chart techniques were used to illustrate bi- and multilateral research cooperation. Conclusions The present study provides the first scientometric approach that visualizes research activity on the subject of drowning. It can be assumed that the scientific approach to this topic will achieve even greater dimensions because of its continuing actuality.
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- The exposure to tobacco smoke during pregnancy is considered to be amongst the most harmful avoidable risk factors. In this scientometric and gender study scientific data on smoking and pregnancy was analyzed using a variety of objective scientometric methods like the number of scientific contributions, the number of citations and the modified h-index in combination with gender-specific investigations. Covering a time period from 1900 to 2012, publishing activities of 27,955 authors, institutions and countries, reception within the international scientific community and its reactions were analyzed and interpreted. Out of 10,043 publications the highest number of scientific works were published in the USA (35.5%), followed by the UK (9.9%) and Canada (5.3%). These nations also achieve the highest modified h-indices of 128, 79 and 62 and the highest citation rates of 41.4%, 8.6% and 5.3%, respectively. Out of 12,596 scientists 6,935 are female (55.1%), however they account for no more than 49.7% of publications (12,470) and 42.8% of citations (172,733). The highest percentage of female experts about smoking and pregnancy is found in Australasia (60.7%), while the lowest is found in Asia (41.9%). The findings of the study indicate an increase in gender equality as well as in quantity and quality of international scientific research about smoking and pregnancy in the future.


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February 19, 2014 - Harry Eagar
The New York Times unearths a curious story about increasing health expenses.
It is an interesting problem for free-marketeers. If you have a little-needed product that can be produced for about $50, how do you make money?
Of course, if you raise the price to $28,000, it becomes rather easier to get into the black.
If you have a captive market.
You know who make good captives?
While it looks as if this particular scam has added mere millions to the nation's health care costs, a similar dynamic works with some vaccines (and other low-cost, high-impact nostrums). The public benefit is enormous but it is impossible to achieve it via a market.
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Feb-27-14 5:45 PM
Out of 50 States, Hawaii I assume is the only State that required employers to offer Health Insurance to workers. Maybe other States should take notes.
Feb-19-14 11:10 PM
Seems the 1% have a hand up some conspirators posterior motives.. Some even pulling their strings for President Obama's ACA to fail since it will take away profit from providers and companies who have to pay for Employee Health Insurance.
I feel the need to get rid of useless unions who in the beginning demanded Health Insurance for part-timers. Now union members pay union dues and part of Health Insurance while union reps get to keep their pay raises with no loss of their benefits . So does those in Congress.
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In the lead-up to the presidential election, the opponents of ObamaCare warned that the November 6 vote was America's last chance to end the health care law that was passed in early 2010. While the election was certainly an ideal chance—and a missed one—there's no such thing as a last chance, unless the opposition decides to give up. And the early returns suggest that opponents of the new health law are not giving in just yet.
The implementation of ObamaCare requires either the states to set up insurance exchanges for people to buy coverage, or for the federal government to step in and do it for them.
A host of states with Republican governors—Wisconsin, Ohio and now New Jersey—have either publicly stated they won't set up the exchanges, or in the case of New Jersey governor Chris Christie, vetoed legislation aimed at accomplishing such. Furthermore, Speaker John Boehner has said that the funding of ObamaCare is something that needs to be on the table in deficit reduction talks.
This law is going to require a broad national consensus to implement, and when the opposition party controls the branch of Congress that authorizes expenditures, plus thirty governorships, implementation can only happen through Republican capitulation. So far that isn't happening.
Furthermore, implementation can only happen with public support and the reality is that the American public is not behind this law. Exit polling on November 6 showed a majority of Americans did not like ObamaCare, and were re-electing its namesake for other reasons. In several states, ballot initiatives tied to ObamaCare were on the ballot—and they all lost.
Let's take it back a step further to early 2010 and recall the Republicans won a special Senate race in Massachusetts—for the late Teddy Kennedy's old seat no less—because Scott Brown promised to be the 41st vote against health care (the number required to block legislation from coming to the Senate floor, until the defeated Left decided to re-write the rules). When Brown's political career hinged exclusively on opposition to ObamaCare he won. When the focus of Massachusetts voters broadened this past November, he lost.
The message? Even in the most Democratic of states, voters will still cast their ballots against ObamaCare if that's all that's on the ballot. That's why there should be no hesitation among Republicans, nor among conservative Democrats, who were bullied and overrun in their own party by the Obama-Pelosi alliance in early 2009 when the law was first being written, in going into full-scale opposition on implementation.
There's still the messy task of constructing a new system for financing health care, one based on individual ownership of health insurance (i.e., not through one's employer) and then using Medicaid to cover those who, through no fault of their own, can't afford needed services.
The biggest failing of ObamaCare was not that it robbed America of a great system—in reality, the battles between the insurance industry and government resembled a war for turf among mafia dons, with the foot soldiers just kicking their percentage upstairs regardless of who was in charge.
No, the biggest failing of ObamaCare was that it wasted time in getting us to a better system. That's why it needs to be resisted now, eventually overturned and finally replaced. The last I checked, November 6, 2012 was not the end date of history.
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When health care reform was first announced, I envisioned *reform* of the insurance industry that would do away egregious abuses (like denying coverage to women who want to have babies). I envisioned *tort reform* that would end crippling monetary awards that do more to enrich malpractice lawyers than encourage good medicine. I envisioned *practicing physicians* coming together with members of Congress to find ways to reduce overall costs and eliminate fraud and waste. We got none of these with "Obamacare". Instead we have another massive federal bureaucratic program that will ration care, be every bit as prone to fraud and waste as Medicare and Medicaid, more intrusive, and, of course, violates the First Amendment rights of America's citizens. I hope history treats these mental and moral midgets who wrote Obamacare with the contempt they so richly deserve, and I *pray* REAL health care reform can happen at some point in the not-too-distant future.
According to the polls, 75% of voters want to keep all or some of "Obamacare", while less than a quarter say they want to repeal the law entirely. This is based on an average of polling across the country using all the exit polling data.
I'm not sure what the objection is to the insurance exchanges. It allows people to band together in order to get better deals on insurance than they would as single purchasers. That sounds terrible.
I see you are still just making things up.
"According to the polls, 75% of voters want to keep all or some of "Obamacare", while less than a quarter say they want to repeal the law entirely"
Couldn't that also be read as "75% of voters want to repeal all or some of Obamacare, while less than a quarter say they want to keep the law entirely"?
No, it couldn't.
Where on earth did you learn to read if that is what see?
The semantics may be a little off. However, the evidence is not. As the polling in the link I posted above shows, 18% (less than a quarter) say they want to leave Obamacare as-is.
Dear John Nahas,
Thank you for: "I'm not sure what the objection is to the insurance exchanges." I might have explained it, but seeing your concluding kiss-off sentence, I say…. no need.
Troll on, brother.
John Nahas. Liberal Politico reported just last month that 49% think the law should be repealed in part or completely. 44% think it should be left as-is or expanded. In fact, only 18% said it should be left as-is. http://www.politico.com/news/stories/1112/83427.html
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A free event intended to "bring the community together" is set from 11 a.m. to 4 p.m. Aug. 22 at the Eleanor M. Kahle Senior Center located in Willys Park. The annual community day will take place rain or shine, with food, entertainment, family activities and civic organizations, said Russ Simpson, president of the board of directors at the center.
The event will begin with a patriotic performance at 11:30 a.m., featuring "America's Pride," a youth drug prevention program, Simpson said. "Mud Hen Mania" will follow with appearances by team mascots, Muddy and Muddonna. Free hot dogs, drinks and popcorn will be provided. A Kids Karnival is scheduled from noon to 3 p.m., along with Lowe's Build-A-Project for Kids.
Musical performers include Win.So.C.Al and Jim Bowser & Friends. Many social service agencies and local businesses will have booths to share information. Complimentary blood pressure checks will be available. Tours of the fire department's "Smoke House" will teach families how to evacuate from a fire. Ronald McDonald's Magic Show will take place from 1:45 to 2:30 p.m., followed by a pie baking contest sponsored by Toledo Councilwoman Wilma Brown. Door prizes will be awarded all day.
The senior facility is named for Eleanor M. Kahle, who served the community for many years.
"Eleanor was a dynamic woman who went into politics at age 65 when she was elected to city council," Simpson said. Serving an average of 800 to 1,000 seniors a week, the center seeks participants for activities, such as exercise classes, card playing and the arts. The center is also a meeting place for many service organizations, including the Girl Scouts, block watch and church groups.
"This year, because of the economy, we haven't been able to secure many sponsors," Simpson said. "However, we are grateful for the financial support we just received from UAW Region 2B."
The center's executive director, Cathy McVicker, said she is also grateful for the many in-kind donations they have received from Milo Meats, New Life Community Church, West Park Place, Birkencamp Funeral Home, McDonald's, Lowe's, West Toledo Health Care and Anthem Blue Cross. McVicker said the reciprocal support is appreciated given that the Kahle Center is "a support system for the community. We are a cornerstone for the community."
Last year's event hosted nearly 1,000 people and organizers hope to surpass that number this year. Simpson is emphatic in declaring that the event is intended for people of all ages.
"We've got a little something for everybody. It's not just for seniors only," he said.
For more information about the event, contact the Eleanor M. Kahle Senior Center at (419) 476-2745.
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- Removable umbrella for sun protection
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The Step2 Oasis sand and water table creates hours of fun in the sun, with a removable umbrella for sun protection. The raised design of this play table makes it the perfect height for little ones, while keeping feet clean and dry.
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'Fitness Buffs', 'Do Gooders' and supporters are invited to join in the fun for Boys & Girls Club of Greenwich Power4Power spin fundraiser. Help BGCG prepare for the next storm, power outage, or other emergency with a backup generator.
$75,000 is needed for the installation, operation and upkeep of the generator. By participating in one or all four spin classes, individuals can get involved by registering to attend at the luxurious Equinox of Greenwich. Classes will be lead by the popular P.J. Johns, Karen Leach and Emma Swain.
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All classes will be held at Equinox Greenwich – 16 Old Track Road, Greenwich, CT 06830. Register Online at bgcg.org/power4power or call Kathy Seiden at (203) 869-3224.
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Eat St. is on the road again! We're kicking off of our fourth season with a pair of back-to-back episodes on Monday, April 8th at 11:00 p.m. ET/8:00 p.m. PT on Food Network Canada. Viewers south of the border can also catch the action on Tuesday, April 16th at 8:00 p.m. ET on Cooking Channel.
We're delighted to announce that Eat St. – Recipes from The Tastiest, Messiest, and Most Irresistible Food Trucks is now available in bookstores across Canada. Written by James Cunningham and published by Penguin Canada, this companion cookbook features 125 mouthwatering recipes from trucks featured on our hit show.
Eat St. is back for a fourth season to serve up the biggest and best belly-filling street food around. The fun begins on Monday, April 8th at 11:00 p.m. ET and 8:00 p.m. PT with a pair of brand new back-to-back episodes on Food Network Canada.
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Her fiancé is a son of Ned and Regina Cox, Gray.
He is a 2003 graduate of Daniel Boone High School, and a 2009 graduate of East Tennessee State University, where he received a master's degree in technology and digital media.
He is employed by Essyx Exhibits & Displays, Johnson City.
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The only thing difficult about dining in Tokyo is deciding what type of food you want. Get some great tips for finding an authentic, delicious restaurant while traveling in Japan in this travel video from About.com.See Transcript
Transcript:Japan Travel: Tips for Finding Restaurants in Tokyo
Hello my name is Megumi Eda for About.com. Today I'm going to give you some tips for finding restaurants in Tokyo.
Dining in Tokyo
The only thing hard about finding food in Tokyo is deciding what you want. There are thousands of restaurants in Tokyo offering food from every country in the world and every region of Japan. Most of the Japanese restaurants specialize in one particular regional cuisine.
Sushi Restaurants in Tokyo
Everyone has heard of, and probably eaten, sushi which is cooked vinegared rice combined with other ingredients- the most common one being seafood - and Sashimi: which is sliced raw fish. If you want the freshest sushi and sashimi go to Tsukiji fish market in the early morning. Sitting at the bar, you'll get to talk to the chef and see them in action. Going to a Kaiten-zushi (moving sushi) is also fun. Sushi goes around every table and counter seat, and you simply take the ones you like.
Ramen in Tokyo
Ramen, or noodles, is super popular in Japan, definitely worth checking out. It's great for a quick meal and generally inexpensive. A point of etiquette: Make sure when you eat that you suck the noodles into your mouth with a loud slirping sound. The two main types of noodles are Udon which are thick white wheat noodles and Soba, a thinner, buckwheat noodle.
Izakayas in Tokyo
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Western Food in Tokyo
If you miss western-style foo there are so many cafes in Tokyo from nostalgic to trendy and cheap to expensive. In a cafe you can have a light lunch, like sandwiches, soup, curry rice and so on. For a truly elegant Tokyo cafe experience visit "Shiseido parlor" in Ginza.
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I feel lucky to have Champignon just a couple of blocks away. I love their bagels, especially the sesame and poppyseed ones-they are far more flavorful and chewy than most bagels you find in the city. I prefer a toasted bagel at Champignon to a fresh one at H&H! You have to know what to order. Some of the sandwiches are great; some of them, esp. some of the paninis, are mediocre. Some cookies are good, although most of the more elaborate baked goods look very unappetizing to me. Obviously, they don't bake anything there, and some of their suppliers are better than others. Overall, an excellent little spot to get a quick lunch.
Posted by lilly on 02/03/2011
it's a quaint little cafe,everything i've tried there is delicious especially california chicken wrap... the staff is pretty friendly,swing by and check it out....I love it
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The telephones are always out of order and the phone rings hundreds of times before anyone answers. Poor service..very slow!
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i've gotten their bagels quite a number of times now, usually whole wheat with cream cheese. most of the time, the bagel is alright, but is usually overtoasted so that the hardened shell threatens to cut the roof of my mouth. i've also gotten a few dry and stale versions too, so definitely this should not be your go to place for great bagels. on the other hand, their sandwiches seem decent and their coffee not bad.
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Just love them. Their iced coffee........is literally...........the best I've ever had. Period
Posted by Jane on 08/14/2010
Found this great place while visiting my boyfriend in the hospital-great wraps and great prices. Best place in the neighborhood!!!!
Posted by Anonymous on 12/02/2009
I've been going to champignon for lunch for over a year. It's two blocks away from my school, which is really convenient. The sandwiches are delicious as well as the soups, and most of their hot dishes. Recently, I left my bag there accidentally after eating lunch, and when I came to look for it the next day, it was still there! The cashiers had found it and placed it on the counter with my student ID card (which was in my wallet) so I could claim it. The people there are great and always have a smile on when taking your order (:


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Cockroaches have been in existence for over 350 million years (since the Devonian), and have changed very little over the years. Fossilized cockroaches from 250 million years ago look very much the same as cockroaches today.
They are omnivorous scavengers and will eat almost anything (sometimes even each other), and are active mainly at night. They are found in a wide variety of habitats. Fewer than 1% of cockroach species are "pest" species; in fact only around 25 - 30 are considered pests, and of these only 4 or 5 are global pests.
They are considered pests of stored produce because, although they eat only a little, they contaminate large quantities which take on a characteristic smell and have to be thrown away. Also they can be carriers of diseases spread by viruses and bacteria.
Cockroaches range in size from just a few millimetres to over 100 mm in length, and their flattened bodies allow them to squeeze through cracks and hide in crevices. Most are dark brown, but black, tan and other colour variations do exist. Most have 4 wings in the adult stage, and some are capable of long and rapid flight. Other species are wingless or have reduced wings. They are often mistaken for beetles.
The common cockroach (Blatta orientalis male and female left), which was introduced to the UK in the 16th century, is also known as the blackbeetle. It is probably the 2nd most important pest cockroach. The adults are a shiny dark brown. The male has wings which reach about 2/3 of the way down his body (see above left) and can fly. The female (right) has tiny wing buds or lobes and is unable to fly. They are around 20-27 mm long, and as their common name suggests, are black or dark brown at all stages in their lives. They are found everywhere except Antarctica, but is most common in the temperate regions of the world. They are often found outdoors, in basements and in colder areas of buildings. Their lifecycle takes 1 - 2 years.
Above left is a cockroach ootheca, or egg purse of Blatta orientalis showing how the eggs are arranged inside. There are usually around 16 eggs inside, and a female can lay up to 9 of these in her lifetime.
When the eggs hatch they look like little worms, but very soon they moult to resemble a smaller version of the adult. The Nymphs moult 6 - 10 times before reaching adulthood. The female, above right is carrying her egg case. As with the Mantids the eggs are contained in an egg case or purse (ootheca) see the drawing above, and are carried around by the female attached to the tip of her abdomen for a few days before she deposits them; usually near a source of food. The ootheca contains from 16 to 40 eggs depending on the species.
The German cockroach is probably the most important pest cockroach, and it is found worldwide. Both sexes look alike, with the female being slightly larger. And both have wings reaching the end of the abdomen, also both sexes can fly. They have a dark brown body and are up to 16 mm long, and can eat almost anything. The eggs case holds 20 - 40 eggs, and a female can lay up to 7 cases in her lifetime, and need mate only once to do so. They are found world wide, but only indoors in the colder months in the UK.
They are hardy animals and the cockroaches that invade houses can survive for a month without food or water, two months on water alone, and 5 months on dry food.
They can withstand a certain amount of freezing.
They can survive 100 times the amount of radiation a human can endure.
Humans lose consciousness at 12 Gs (12 times the pull of gravity), but a cockroach can withstand 126 Gs!
The 3 native species are found mainly in southern England. In all 3 species the male can fly, but only the Tawny female can fly; the other 2 do not have fully developed wings.
The most important word to understand here is "control". Eradication will not happen. They were here a long time before us, and will most likely still be here long after all traces of us have gone.
Basic cleanliness and lack of clutter is and always has been the best control. This will deprive the cockroach of feeding opportunities and hiding places. Non-chemical controls consist mainly of trapping them on sticky traps and vacuuming them up. These methods are easy, fairly economical and effective in keeping infestations small. Other non-chemical controls include freezing, overheating and even flooding structures with a non-toxic gas. Chemical controls use insecticides in aerosols, baits, dusts and traps. Most are nerve poisons, and all must be used according to instructions. The German cockroach is already resistant to many insecticides.
Cockroaches have biting jaws and long, filamentous antennae. Those with fully formed wings can fly, but do so rarely. They have long legs and can run fast, and their cerci at the rear of the abdomen have hairs very sensitive to air movements making it very difficult to catch them from behind.
Above is a diagram showing the arrangement of the internal organs of a female cockroach.
The saliva of the cockroach converts starches into glucose which can be absorbed by the crop.
Gastric ceca produce a weak acidic fluid which emulsifies fats and converts albuminoids into peptones. This goes into the crop and is digested.
The malphigian tubules are arranged in bundles, and there are usually around 70. They are excretory. The cells lining the tubules extract waste from the blood.
Above is a female Periplaneta americana, the American cockroach. The 7 th abdominal segment is shaped to allow the discharge of the large egg case (see above).
The American cockroach is the 3rd most important pest species. It measures 35 - 40 mm long, and is chocolate brown in colour. Both sexes have wings, and both can fly, but their flight is weak. They are found world wide. Their lifecycle take 6 - 9 months to complete. Despite its name it is believed to have originated in Africa.
It is found in sewage and kitchens worldwide. It can cause allergies and asthma in some people.
Below are the mouthparts of the American cockroach, Periplaneta americana.
Cockroaches themselves do not transmit diseases to humans, however because of their habit of feeding on almost any type of organic matter they can harbour many kinds of pathogenic and harmful organisms both in and on their bodies. It is these harmful organisms that cause diseases, and they can remain viable on and in the cockroach for a considerable period of time. So when the cockroach feeds or soils food that is subsequently consumed by humans these harmful bacteria and other organisms are spread to us. In this way intestinal infections such as gastroenteritis, diarrhoea etc. can be spread by cockroach activity.
Some of the better known bacteria found in or on cockroaches includes, Shigella, Staphylococcus, Salmonella, Escherichia, Streptococcus, and Clostridium.
Protozoa found in/on cockroaches includes Entamoeba, Giardia, and Toxoplasma.
Parasites include, Schistosoma, Taenia and Ascaris.
This list shows that cockroaches can be vectors of a large number of diseases. Humans can also build up an allergic reaction when under constant exposure to cockroaches. This usually manifests itself on the skin or in the respiratory system. The German and American cockroaches are the most commonly involved in producing these allergic reactions.


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