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Rid your body of toxins with the Acai Berry.Top Rated Diet Pills of 2017
Jumping on the bandwagon of the berry craze, Acai Berry Power 500 is a dietary supplement which contains the extract from of this newest superfood. Acai berry heralds from the Amazon rain forest where it has been consumed for thousands of years because of its comprehensive and powerful nutrient make-up. The fruit (pronounced ah-sigh-EE) resembles a blueberry and sports a deep purplish hue. It tastes like a combination of chocolate and berries. It contains a host of disease-fighting antioxidants as well as essential fatty acids, amino acids, Vitamin E, iron, fiber, and calcium.
Acai Berry Power 500 is a compounded form of this berry in a capsule that is supposed to flush out excess pounds, reduce water bloat, slim your stomach, reduce water retention and jump start any weight loss plan. This specific supplement has been applauded as one of the best Acai berry supplements on the market.
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- Acai berry is a very healthy food
- Acai Berry Power 500 is a convenient form to get the health benefits of the Acai berry
- May help to boost energy and improve overall health
- Contains only Acai extract
- Very little data to support Acai berry's ability to promote weight loss
- The extract form of Acai berry is not as beneficial as consuming the whole fruit
- Not approved by the FDA
- Side effects of the extract form of Acai berry are unknown
- Not a long-term solution to weight loss
- Automatically enrolled in auto-shipment program upon signing up for the free trial offer
Acai Berry Power 500 contains a proprietary blend of pure Acai berry extract.ADMINISTRATION
It is recommended to take 2-3 capsules each day of Acai Berry Power 500 with a glass of water.DIET and EXERCISE
Although there is no specific dietary or exercise information cited on the company's website, consumers of Acai Berry Power 500 have had the best results when they follow a healthy diet and maintain a consistent exercise routine.CONCLUSION
There is no question that the Acai berry is a true superfood. But when any food is broken down into an extract form and used in a supplement form, many of its benefits are often lost. In addition, there is still no direct proof that the Acai berry can aid in weight loss.
Acai Berry Power 500 is a dietary supplement that may help you reap some of the advantages of the Acai berry in a convenient form but all of its claims cannot be substantiated. Even though the Acai berry is believed to be a very safe food, check with your doctor first before taking Acai berry, particularly is you have any food allergies.Common Misspellings
Acai Berry 500, Acia Berry Power 500, Asai Berry, Asai, Acia, AsaeeHow Does Acai Berry Power 500 Compare?
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every person is diferent.i am very glad to say this product has worked for me. i tried the free trial and yes i was charged the $90 but it sure was worth it. this is my fifth week and have lost 13lbs already. now i can exercise(i was too big to do it)but now with some pounds off and more energy i can do it. i am ready to receive my second month shipment.
The number to cancel it is 1-877-350-8480. The problem is you will spend hours and hours trying to get thru and you can't cancel the thing. I've tried for the past hour just today and I still can't cancel the order before it clears with my bank.
i already cancelled the acai berry but now need to cancel total cleanse. i have one number but its disconnected, i need another # please!!!
I also apply to the free trial and fortunately for me i read the reviews, cause when you enroll, it's goes on auto shipping that's what the free trial is for. I tried the number on my credit card, as they were not answering i call the visa office, then they also call there and told me to hold on the acai berry phone line, and then when the answer to take the name of the customer representative and the cancellation number, cause when you cancel they must give you a number for reference. I would never try a trial offer as it took me 30 mins just to get someone, and the music to wait is so boring that we can catch a headache. Just try monavie or amazon thunder and those in america they are also selling the trees now so the you get it fresh from your garden.
I just got through using the number 1-877-350-8515. I had to hit redial about 15 times. I was on hold for only 5:30 minutes which amazed me. Operator asked why I wished to cancel and I explained all the negative feedback from this website. She didn't try to save the sale.
I just order the free trial and they only charged the $1.00 fee to my account. Then after reading these reviews I freaked and thought it was a scam. So I called them right away and someone answered within 20 minutes. They cancelled my account and said I will have not more charges and no more shipments but I will still recieve the free trail and then I can decide if I want to continue after that. I feel better now and I do not think it is a scam I just think they are busy with orders and cancalling orders too. They were very nice to me and said that they hope I like the trail and decide to give them another try. So I will see. And I will update a new review once I recieve the product and make sure my account is not charged again.
I ordered the free trial of acai berry 500 and have been trying to cancel befor the 14 day trial period is up. I can not get through. The number is always busy 877-350-8480. Very frustrating! :(
I ordered that Acai Berry 500 4 days ago and have been trying to call everyday since then to cancel my order. I just wanted to try the "free" trail and see how it works. Every number I call though I get a busy signal. I have tried these numbers: 1-877-350-8480
Please let me know if anyone else has another number that worked for them. This must be a scam and I am not happy about this. I am going to be contacting my police department to get this worked out. They cant get away with this.
i read this page too late!!!! i ordered it already. last night actually. i have like 5 numbers iv been calling for Acai berry and they're all busy. but only have 1 for total cleanse and its disconnected!!! does anyone have another # for total cleanse???
DO NOT ORDER THE FREE TRIAL unless you want to be billed $89.31 automatically to your credit card. I had no idea until reading this forum that is what was going to happen. So I checked my cc statement and sure enough the charge was already pending. I called the cc company and they said they can't dispute it until the charge is posted. I FINALLY got a hold of the company after 20 minutes on hold 1-877-859-1109. I then had to argue with a lady for 15 minutes to get her to agree to cancel the charge. She said the charge would still post, but they would credit my card within 14 days. This Acai Berry Power 500 company is very sneaky. I warn you all to NOT ORDER THE FREE TRIAL. They even wanted me to ship back the free trial. Can you believe it?
It only took me 10 mins to get through. The lady i talked too...didn't even try and talk me out of it. I will try my 14 day trial when it gets in....and go from there. I will let everyone no my results after the free trial. 1-801-208-7490
Thanks for all this info. Was going to try the free trial. But all of you just saved me the biggest headache. I'm sorry for all of you and i hope everything comes out ok.
I ordered the free trial, haven't received it yet, and have been calling the numbers to cancel and get a busy signal every time. This is a scam, do not go for the 'free samples.'
It is a scam, I too had almost 90 dollars taken out of my account a long with an over draft fee because It was taken out sooner than they said. Call your bank account and make a claim....we are victims, i too have tried to call these people and cannot get a hold of someone to cancel
I did not even wait to see if I received my free trial. after reading all these I called this number and got through to cancel!
Well it seems the Acai Berry 500 is not such a good thing to sign up for...BUT...for those who are interested in trying the Acai product I suggest going to your local health food store or trying on-line and getting the Acai product made by Genisis Today it is a liquid but it doesnt taste that bad and you can mix it with your favorite juice or just drink. It is the whole berry just pureed and bottled so I would think it is better than that in the capsule and it doesnt cost near as much. My mother in law own a health food store and this is the product we carry and I love it.
FYI - I finally got through to the acai berry using 1-877-859-1109. It took about 30 minutes on hold but I finally go through. This is the ph number that will show up on your credit card. Give them the phone number you used when you ordered.
I also just ordered a free trial with my credit card and would like to cancel after seeing the PRICE! Please give us a phone number to call.
I did receive the free trial and before I could use it my account was charged the monthly price. I received the bottle of 60 pills yesterday. I am currently trying to call to cancel so I won't get charged again but the line is always BUSY, BUSY, BUSY!
I have tried calling both numbers for 2 days now, and its constantly busy! How can I get ahold of them to cancel it? :(
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SENDING MUSIC FROM computers
Q. I'm using Windows 7, how do I send music to ARIS from my computer?
A. It's quite easy using Windows 7 Media Player or PlayTo (a built-in feature of Windows 7). Here's how: Open Windows Media Player and select the music you want to play. Then select "Play To" in the menu bar above the play window and select which ARIS speaker you'd like to enjoy your music on. Sit back and enjoy!
Q. Does ARIS work with Apple Macintosh Computers?
A. You can send music to ARIS with a Mac by installing one of several UPnP (Universal Plug and Play) servers such as Twonky for Mac. You can also send music to the ARIS speaker using any iOS device by installing one of the widely available DLNA digital media controller (DMC) apps. We recommend "media:connect" available at the iTunes App Store.
Q. What is DLNA and how does it work in my network?
A. DLNA (Digital Living Networking Alliance) is a standard that, among other protocols, identifies devices by the "job" they do in managing content on the network. For example, devices may function in the role of "Server", "Player", "Controller", or "Renderer." The ARIS is classified as a "Renderer" which means other network associated devices (PC, phone, tablet) can select and send music to ARIS for playback. If you'd like more information on DLNA, see Barb Gonzalez's informative summary here.
Streaming Music to ARIS
Q. Can I use ARIS to listen to Pandora?
A. You can stream Pandora to ARIS by using the Play To feature in Windows 8.
Q. Can I listen to Spotify through ARIS?
A. Microsoft has not yet announced plans for Spotify support in Windows Play To.
Q. Can I listen to Internet Radio?
A. A wide variety of Internet Radio content can be made available by loading the "Skifta" App on your Android phone. Skifta is available at Google play.
USING ARIS WITH Smartphones
Q. How does this work with my Windows Phone?
A. Microsoft has not yet announced its plans for media support from the Windows Phone.
Q. What App should I use with my Android phone?
A. For Android smartphones, we recommend the free Aperion ARIS App, available late this summer at the Android marketplace. We also recommend "Skifta," available at Google play.
Q. What App should I use with my iPhone?
A. For iPhone, we recommend the free Aperion ARIS iOS App, available soon at the iTunes App Store. We also recommend "media:connect" available at the iTunes App store.
USING ARIS WITH Tablets
Q. How do I play music from my iPad?
A. For iPad, we recommend the free Aperion ARIS iOS App available soon through the iTunes App Store. We also recommend "media:connect", a DLNA app available at the iTunes App Store.
Q. How do I play music from my Android tablet?
A. Just download a DLNA media app on your Android tablet. We recommend the ARIS Music App which will be available through the Android Play Store (Google Play) later this summer. We also recommend the "AwoX mediaCTRL" App and Skifta, both available at Google Play.
file types aris supports
Q. Which digital musc file formats are supported?
A. ARIS supports WMA, AAC, FLAC, MP3, and Real. Most popular music formats will work just fine.
Q. Does the speaker support any lossless file formats??
A. Yes, ARIS supports FLAC, one of the most popular lossless audio formats.
Q. Is ARIS always on, or does it go into standby mode?
A. ARIS goes into Standby mode after 15 minutes of inactivity (15 minutes after the last button push or when no music has been played for 15 minutes). When in Standby, it remains connected to your network in order to immediately "wake up" when you want to play music to it.
Q. How much power is consumed in Standby mode?
A. The system draws approximately 1 to 2 watts of power when in Standby mode, depending on which ARIS Wireless card is inserted.
Q. How many ARIS speakers can I add on my network
A. There is practically no limit to the number of Aris speaker units you can associate with your network.
Q. How do I clean the black aluminum finish?
A. Use a clean, lint-free cloth along with your favorite non-abrasive cleaner - or just plain water.
Q. Why are there speakers on the back of ARIS?
A. These rear drivers are known as passive radiators and are an important component in enabling such impressive bass response.
Q. Why does ARIS have a slot in the back?
A. The slot in the back of ARIS is an Aperion patent-pending invention "the ARIS Wireless Card System" that allows the consumer to change wireless protocols with the simple swap of a card. For example, different cards will be available allowing you to use ARIS with Windows 7 and Windows 8, or other wireless protocols. It also allows for wireless hardware upgrades as a method of accommoding technology changes and "future-proofing" the ARIS speaker system.
Q. Is Aris upgradable?
A. ARIS has at least a couple of ways to easily keep you up to date. The Aperion ARIS wireless speakers use our patent pending ARIS Wireless Card system – which lets you update your unit as technologies change-- without forcing you to part with a speaker system you love. The ARIS Wireless Card for Windows is the first card to be released. The ARIS Wireless Cards automatically update as long as your home network is connected to the Internet. As firmware upgrades for your card become available, you will automatically update to the latest version!

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Victorian snow resorts are bracing for a busy weekend after near-record snowfalls have left some resorts with more than a metre of high-quality snow.
Yesterday, Falls Creek had a snow base of 155 centimetres, Mount Hotham 128 centimetres, Mount Baw Baw 100 centimetres, Lake Mountain 90 centimetres, Mount Buffalo 77 centimetres and Mount Buller 75 centimetres.
The resorts were hammered by blizzard-like conditions this week, the storm lasting several days and dumping up to 135 centimetres of snow.
It is one of the the biggest storms to hit the Victorian alps in about 10 years.
This weekend, resorts are expecting clear conditions, ideal for skiing and snowboarding.
Mount Hotham pioneer Peter Zirknitzer has been on the mountain for 40 years and rates the snow storm among the best he has seen.
"It really snowed like the good old days . . . '64 was a very big year and '80 was a big year," he said.
"We shouldn't exaggerate this fall, but there is plenty of snow now, all the runs are open and people who ski a lot are saying it is the best powder they have had in Australia."
Mount Buller spokesman Matt Vagg said the resort was fully operational. "We have not had this much terrain open since the start of 2000," he said.
"But the bottom line is that the snow does not get much better than this in Australia. It's dry and really easy to ski."
Falls Creek's Debbie Howie said the snow was squeaky dry. "It's in great shape, we are expecting a lot of people will put down their gardening tools and come up," she said.
Lake Mountain spokesman George Nadj said the resort was preparing for another big weekend.
He said Lake Mountain was so busy last weekend that the road had to be closed.
"We had about 10,000 people during the weekend and on Sunday the car parks filled up and we couldn't clear the snow off the road quickly enough, so we shut down about 1pm.
"We have clear skies predicted this weekend and the snow is great, so we should have lots of people again," he said.
Meanwhile, stage two water restrictions started in Melbourne yesterday just as the city's water capacity climbed back up to 42 per cent.
The trigger for stage two restrictions in August is 42 per cent, but a day earlier capacity had been at 41.8 per cent. The September trigger in 44 per cent.
Water chiefs said the recovery from Melbourne's drought would take years and the restrictions were needed despite storage levels creeping up.
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WASHINGTON The keynote speaker for this morning's opening event at the American Boating Congress in Washington, D.C., was Republican Rep. Paul Ryan of Wisconsin, presidential candidate Mitt Romneys former running mate, who has proposed changes to Medicare.
Here are excerpts from his talk. Friday's Trade Only Today will include a full report.
The election didnt go exactly how we planned. We are trying to figure out now how to make a divided government work.
I was up in northern Wisconsin last weekend, and the ice was still 20 inches on the lakes. Global warming? I tell you.
On debt spending and deficits: We have to spend less money. Were spending money we dont have. Well have a debt crisis like Europe if we keep going down this path.
Ryan said people wont go out and buy a bass boat with the debt and deficit problems we have.
On the impact of grassroots lobbying, such as what is taking place at ABC this week: If you dont come up here and talk about your business and boating no one will know your story.
Ryan said there is a body of water within a mile of everyone in Wisconsin. Its part of our culture. But getting out on the water requires discretionary income.
On bipartisanship: The question is, will the White House allow a more centrist agenda to occur? I just dont know the answer to that.
In response to a question about Asian carp and combating invasive species in the Great Lakes: This is a serious threat to our Great Lakes ecosystem. What Im told is the [electric barrier] fence isnt enough. This isnt a partisan thing.
On President Obamas health care law: You aint seen nothing yet. Its a real fiasco. Its a train wreck. Youre in a tight-margin business, and its competitive. What we see happening is an implosion of the employee-based health care system.
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Democratic Sen. Joe Manchin of West Virginia, who owns a 54-foot Sea Ray:
I love boating. Im from a mountain state, West Virginia. Who would think?
I grew up on boats. My grandfather owned boats. Boating keeps you together. When Im not boating Im thinking about them.
On ethanol in gasoline, which he has voted against: This is crazy. Using food products to produce fuel. It doesnt make sense.
On bipartisanship, Manchin said he makes sure to take crew from both sides of the aisle when he heads out on his boat: Ive said I will not be held hostage by guilt by conversation.
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Fishing from a boat is at the highest level its been in eight years.
Only two of 50 states let you buy a license with a mobile device.
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deck strength - your opinion wanted
Hey all - I'm rehabbing a deck to get me through a few more years. All the wood is still quite solid.
It's actually 12 feet wide by 14 out and square, and it's about 10 feet high. It's bolted to the house and stands on three 8x8 support legs with a header. It's 13 years old.
Based on what I've done - it would take a monster truck crashing through the support legs for them fail. So I'm solid there.
But where it attaches to the house - I'm at the mercy of original construction.
There is a 2x10 header (12 feet long) bolted to the house. It lays right over the hardiplank siding. There are 6 bolts attaching this to the house and it's bolted to the header/part of the wall between my basement and first floor. From the inside, I can see the other end of those bolts.
The original builder put a 2x2 ledger at the bottom of this outside header, then notched 2x2 cuts out of the bottom corner of the joists. Then the joists were toe-nailed in.
I don't like toe nailing. So I added heavy-duty L plates (about 3 inches per leg). On the joist they are bolted through. On the header side, they are glued and lag-bolted to the original header (the one attached to the house). These lag bolts are only about 1 1/2 inches long because I didn't want to go through that header and pierce the hardiplank behind it.
This being said - does this seem like a strong and sound way to improve on the original construction, and a good way to prevent the deck from every coming away from the house?
This link will provide you with the American Wood Council's "Prescriptive Residential Wood Deck Construction Guide." http://www.awc.org/publications/DCA/DCA6/DCA6-09.pdf
This is based upon the requirements of the 2009 International Residential Code, the basis for most state and local building codes.
It is never a good ideal to have siding between the dwelling rim joist and the deck ledger. It should have been removed. See Figure 14 on page 11. Is flashing installed to prevent water that gets behind the siding from working its way down to the rim joist and/or ledger? is the ledger treated?
Table 5 on page 12 provides for the attachment of the ledger to your home. if there is only 6 bolts then I'd have to say your spacing would be approximately 20" center to center, which may or may not be sufficient depending if it is attached with lag screws or through bolts and the material it is connect to.
Toe-nails are good for gravity loads, but not lateral loads. The 2x2 should support the gravity loads, as long as it was not over nailed/fastened and the wood is treated for exposure to the weather. I've never been a fan of cleats and notching of joists. Notching at the ledger should be no more than 1/4 the depth of the joist per Section R502.8 of the 2009 IRC. Notching joists can cause them to split at the notch.
The brackets you installed will help, but should the ledger fail then .......... the deck will fail. I would have probably suggested Simpson A34/A35 angle brackets. http://www.strongtie.com/products/co...P5-A34-A35.asp
With your deck being 10-feet above grade you should have lateral bracing. See Figure 22 on page 14. This will help to prevent the lateral movement of the deck. Wind and people walking on the deck are sources of lateral loads. These loads will act upon the 6 bolts holding the deck to the house and over time can loosen the connections, allow water penetration and can lead to the failure of the ledger-to-house connection. Usually this connection fails when people are on the deck not when the deck is vacant.
I would recommend making this a "free standing deck." See Figure 21 on page 14. By installing another beam and columns about 2-feet from the existing exterior wall you no longer are dependent on the ledger connection to support that end of the deck. You will need to install lateral bracing on all columns as shown in Figure 21.
The depth of your footing would need to meet an frost depth requirements, or the depth of your existing dwelling footing whichever is deeper. Again see Figure 21 for the depth of footing requirement.
Not sure this is what you want to hear, but it's what you need to hear. Hope this helps.
Good luck!
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Thanks for the fantastic response! I'm always one who wants to do things right (and to code). But we have this deck that's as old as the house - who knows what code was 13 years ago.
The lumber was solid, but gut-instinct told me it just wasn't strong enough. In a few years - I'll probably tear it down and build a brand new deck. My goal here was simply to make it safe and sound for the next few years.
I did already install the lateral supports, and another header across the legs, and a 20 foot 45 degree piece of decking across under the deck - and 2x8 bridging across the middle.
Previously, you could go out to the end of the deck and try to rock it - and it would sway probably 1-2 inches. Now - it barely makes a ripple in a glass of water.
So my gut tells me that aspect is OK to get me through the next couple of years.
See the pic attached - that's the header attached to the wall. You can see the ledger board, the joists (originally toe nailed), the original bolt through to the inside, flashing - and my new angled anchors. As noted - the header is over the siding so my angled anchors - they are bolted to that original header with a lag bolt that only goes in the depth of the header.
Inspection of the header and surrounding areas show zero rot or water damage.
I definitely believe the guide you linked to - that's the right way - and the guide I'd use in a few years for me new deck.
But until then - if I invited you and 5 friends over for a BBQ - would you join me on this deck? Or stay off? :)
Gb is on the way, but since he doesn't even know what town you're in it may take him a long time to get there. He will be hungry so best have an entire brisket set aside for him.
BTW, glued metal to wood? What kind of glue?
slow roasted brisket or some nice rib eyes .... maybe a slab on baby backs to start off with
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Are those through bolted or just laged to the wall?
I never would have spaced them out that far and would have used 1/2.
I agree you used the wrong L brackets. I would have used a GA1 like this.
Are you saying you used glue under the L's you installed? Why?
The single bolt out in the header area - that's original construction and goes through to the inside where there's a washer, lock washer and nut. There are 6 of these.
The L brackets - that's me. And where they attach to the header - it's a 1.5 inch lag bolt (I didn't want to go completely throught that header and pierce the hardiplank). I put waterproof Titebond glue into the lagbolt hole.
The whole point here is that the deck is 13 years old, and the joists were simply toe-nailed to that header. As someone noted - that could be an issue if there was sway (which there was) but I seriously fixed that.
So if I did nothing, my deck (like 145 other decks in my neighborhood) would have been "as-is" as it had been for 13 years.
So I used those L brackets to give me some peace of mind for the next handful of years until I tear down the deck.
So my only real question here is not if it's "right", but more whether I can have that peace of mind :)
Where do you live? Do you live in an earthquake prone area?
Have you thought about what your future deck might look alike? Would you be interested in making a freestanding vs. what you have today?
If yes, and careful positioning of the footing piers, I would second what Gary said and convert your existing deck to a freestanding deck now.
That way, when you decide to take down and build a new deck, you would already be ahead of the game.
I am not sure I would be comfortable with what looks like a baluster that is supporting the weight, imho.
Good luck.
We live in GA so no earthquakes here.
No idea what a future deck might look like.
The deck is about 10 feet up, so while freestanding might work - it would basically be like a giant table with 8x8 inch legs - clearly long X or sway supports giving rigidity to the legs would be needed. But almost the whole thing is over a patio.
The current legs - they are just out in the grass. I poured concrete footers 3 feet deep per frostline, cemented in huge allthread, then bolted galvanized feet on - which are screwed to the 8x8 legs.
If I were to put another set of legs back by the house - I'm sure my patio is only 3-4 inches think - I couldn't just stand the legs on it. So - I'd need to jackhammer out about 18 inch sections to dig footers there.
The "baluster" that's supporting the weight - that's the ledger board - and from what I've read - I think it's still to code (or was). Regardless, I've effectively helped it out hugely by adding my metal L brackets adding to the toe nails in anchoring the joists to the header (which is bolted to the house).
dene, i think what you have done is just fine. There are "better" ways, but your works.
If you could work some L flashing under next row up of siding and out past ledger we would be happier. Some 3" screws thru "ledger" into "header" would make me happier, Bolts thru metal all the way thru into inside, happier yet. Bolts thru ledger all the way thru, I'm so happy I can hardly stand it. I think every one wanted you to use a longer L angles (vertically) with two screws into joist and header, and on each side of joist, so that joist won't twist, then they'd be ecstatic.
GB, dene is in Georgia, its gonna be pork instead of briskett gettin Bar B Qued. Rib eyes? Who would wanta barBque steaks? You grill those.
well I'll bring my corn cooker and we can boil up some peanuts and bar-b-q a hog for some pig pickin'
Thanks Mr. John - my mindset was that the deck is 13 years old - I suppose not that old when considering building standards.
I wanted to put new routed railings on it, some custom flowerboxes (stuff for the wife) and just generally give it a makeover without breaking the bank. Just to get me through the next 2-5 years. A nice powerwash then some new stain. Still planning to use that "restore" product on the decking.
As I got into it - that's when I started all the reinforcement.
As I mentioned elsewhere in the post, there are about 145 nearly identical decks in my neighborhood. I've never heard of a problem - fingers crossed.
So I figured while everyone else was just using their decks as-is - I'd beef mine up a little with the improvements noted. If it was perhaps already "good enough" in the original state - I figured what I did could only help.
To come full circle - a friend in NJ was on a deck that collaspsed with 12 people on it. It was pretty new - and on a $2M house. Go figure. It broke away from the house.
I think any contractor in America would look at my deck now and agree that it's truly rock-solid....with one unknown exception.
That's where I started with this post. The header is bolted to the house with 6 bolts that go through to the inside with nuts/washers on the inside. Seems solid - but what do I know.
Then previously - the joists just sat on a ledger and were toe-nailed in. So all that held the deck to the header were toe-nails. That scared me - so I added my L brackets. But those only attach to that same header with 1.5 inch long, 1/2 inch lag bolts...
So my fear remains that the deck could somehow come away from the house. Maybe it's unfounded fear, based on what I've done.
I suppose the majority of force is straight down....it's not like I have 8 guys running out to the end of the deck and abruptly stopping, "pulling" on the deck outward.
The basement is now finished - so I can't get inside that header area any longer. I wish I could have run bolts through my joist L brackets all the way inside and put a washer and nut on the other end.
The crane comes tomorrow to install my 14 person hot tub on the deck - we'll see how it holds.....just kidding.
Ok you got me with that last line
good one dene ..... nice job
I saw "crane", I thot;but he's thru working on deck? Then...
Boiled goobers...one of the worst things I ever had in my whole mouth.
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"A study of 9-month-old babies found they prefer the brighter paintings of Picasso to the subtle shadings of Monet…. Taste in art is, of course, highly subjective. Personality, education and the norms of one's culture all influence why one person craves Kandinsky while another has a crush on Kinkade. But what about babies, whose minds have yet to be shaped by any sort of cultural indoctrination? Newly published research finds they prefer the imagery of Pablo Picasso to the impressionism of Claude Monet."
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Hey everyone,
I, like every student in this forum, lol, want to become a 3D artist, but I have been having a serious dilemma about how I should continue my education. Since CG talk is probably the most professional CG forum on the web, I figured you guys would be a great community to ask for some advice.
*Possible long life story style post warning, sorry *
So here is my situation, I live in Las Vegas, NV. Yes, the Las Vegas, no we don't all live in hotels lol. I had originally wanted to be a computer engineer, and went to a vocational high school for computer programming. Then about half way through decided I like art, and I love movies lol.
So what I did when I got to college was go to UNLV (University of Nevada Las Vegas) for a B.A. in Computer Science, and simultaneously go to the community college for an A.A. in 3D animation, as well as just taking as many art classes at the community college as I could lol. I figured that by being a programmer I would at least have a backup career, and programming is a very good skill to have in the Animation industry anyway, since our tool is a computer. It seems there is as much demand for programmers and Technical Directors as there are for Animators. The only thing about that is that, while I am pretty good at programming, I don't have the passion for it like I do the artistic side of things.
Also important to note is that through federal grants and local scholarships, by staying in Nevada, my college education is completely free. I actually get paid to go to school because of extra scholarship money.
This sounds all great, so what's the problem? First, the education system in Nevada sucks. It is pretty horrible on many levels, and to top that off our state has decided to implement massive budget cuts...something to the tune of 9 million dollars being taken away from the college, and it is supposed to get worse next year.
On the community college level, they are cutting the 3D animation program completely. I am one class short of the animation degree, and I am going to have to jump through a bunch of hoops to even get the damn degree.
Then there is the fact that while I know I have been steadily improving my skills, I really don't have much of a portfolio, which more and more I have come to realize is what really matters. All of this has made me wonder if perhaps I should bite the bullet, get huge loans, and go to an expensive art school.
I figure there are 3 things that an art school will give me:
1.) Experienced Teachers -- It is nice to be able to ask a professional questions face to face and have that interaction...
2.) Time -- A good Animation school will force you to spend lots of time perfecting your portfolio. That is the real key to getting good and getting hired, time and practice.
3.)Industry Connections -- It obviously helps you if your school has recruiters from ILM or Pixar coming every other semester, and a good art school will help get you a good reputation and lots of networking opportunities.
But all of that is at an extremely high cost, so here are my alternatives and rebuttals to those 3 key features:
1.) Experienced Teachers -- While it is nice to be able to actually talk to a pro, the internet has done a very good job of closing that gap. Places like CG talk can be just as helpful if used properly. While not ideal, this makes the internet a close second to actually talking to a professional.
2.)Time -- I already find it very hard managing time between getting a Computer Science degree, getting an Animation Degree, and working a part time job. It is very difficult to manage all these things. Of course, soon I will be done with the Animation degree, but at that point I will be left on my own to build a portfolio with no direct help per se. It will be all on me, and it will require A LOT of discipline. I am worried about whether I can push myself without a school or employer. At the same time I love doing art and CG, and can easily spend hours tinkering with the software and reading/watching tutorials. I get worried though because often times I will actually not do any 3D because I get so behind on my Computer Science studies that I feel I have to finish all of that before I allow myself to work on any 3D stuff.
3.)Industry Connections -- That is the one thing I believe that the art school could give me that would be much harder to get on my own. CG society/CG talk is good, but the case of networking, person to person contact is almost essential. First impressions can go a long way toward getting a job or internship.
In a nutshell, I can either stay in Nevada, get a free but spotty college education, and dedicate myself to building my portfolio on my own, or I can spend lots of money, get a more focused education, and be forced into building my portfolio. The other aspect is that a Computer Science degree is very broad, and I can fall back on that if I can't get a job in Animation or VFX right away. If I get an arts education, I get no 'safety net' so to speak, and I either have to make it or eat huge loans and die lol...
I guess my final questions are these:
First, should I stay in Nevada or leave, obviously?
I am amazed by the work that some of these schools put out, but at the same time I find people like Tyson Ibele, who create AMAZING work, have great jobs in the industry, and are entirely self taught.
Secondly, My animation teacher at the community college is very jaded, and has a horrible opinion of Nevada's education system. He has said that he wouldn't hire anyone who had a degree from here for anything. That worried me a lot. That makes me wonder if a Computer Science degree from UNLV is even worth it.
So my second question is, assuming I have a decent portfolio( assume at the very least the portfolio is decent, as a worst case scenario), how would the fact that I have a B.A. in Computer Science from UNLV affect how you as an employer would view me as a candidate for a job / internship?
Would the fact that I got my degree from Nevada put me in a negative light?
Sorry for the really long post.
Thank you all so much for any advice you can give me,


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According to the Commerce Department, new homes sales fell 12.4% from June to July to an annual rate of 276,000. That is 32.4% lower than a year ago. At the current sales rate, there is a nine month supply of homes.
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Total homes sales, both existing and new homes, fell more than a quarter in July from a year earlier.
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With fewer buyers looking for a home, it is homeowners who have rushed to take advantage of low mortgage rates. Last week, more than 82% of mortgage applications were to refinance an existing mortgage according to the Mortgage Bankers Association. The average contract interest rate according to the mortgage group was 4.55% last week.
As much as the tax credit disrupted home sales, the disappointing results are also due to the state of the overall economy, where unemployment hovers above 9 percent.
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"The key for housing going forward is employment growth," wrote Newport. "New jobs will require that new homes be built nearby. More important, the household formation rate will pick up once job growth takes off."
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Melissa (from tiny happy and our board) has made some lovely embroidered brooches in past months. Today she shows you how to them too. Pin one on your jacket, give one to a friend… You'll want to make several.
From Melissa: I've been enjoying making these little pins by hand, late in the evening while listening to music or watching a DVD. You don't need much to create one, just some scraps of felt, some embroidery thread and a needle. Here I've included some guidelines for making a brooch with a hand-embroidered daisy design.
1. Cut a circle of felt with a diameter of about 2″. Cut another circle with which to 'back' your brooch- you could use the same felt, or a different colour. Here I've chosen a slightly oval shape, because I thought it was a better match for my design.
2. Decide on your design: I think it's best to start with something fairly simple for your first brooch. Also, think about the colour of your felt and which thread colours would stand out well together. My favourite things to embroider are plants, but it's also quite fun to make a geometric design… Or think of it as a miniature embroidery sampler and try out a few new stitches!
|3. If you'd like to make a daisy pin like the one above, here is a rough stitching guide that might help if this is your first time trying 'free-form' embroidery. The little loops in my drawing represent the chain stitch I used…
|…I started with the yellow centres, and then worked the petals separately, before working the stems and little vine at the top.
Here is a picture of some of my embroidered pins, a couple of geometric designs, a pine branch and some daisies:
I don't use patterns or transfers for any of my embroideries, and I encourage you to just start stitching and see where your thread takes you.
For a quick reminder about chain or other embroidery stitches you can print our Pocket Stitch Book, or there are also some good diagrams here.
4. When you've finished your embroidery, you might need to trim around the edges of your felt circle, if it's been stretched out of shape. You can use your backing circle as a guide. Next, place the backing circle over the brooch front and use a small blanket stitch to join them neatly together.
|5. Finally, securely sew your brooch back or safety pin to the back of your brooch, making sure it's lined up the way you want your brooch to sit when worn.
Pin your finished brooch to your coat, bag or cardigan and admire your handiwork!
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oooohhhh….. great inspiration! i think this is my handmade christmas gift this year! one for every friend…
I absolutely love these brooches. I'm also wondering how great they would look if I added some small beads in the designs! Awesome!
These are super cute! Can't wait to make some for the holidays.
These are super cute! Can't wait to make some for the holidays.
What a sweet project! Thanks for this great tutorial.
these look like they'd make great little gifts!
so intricate! so pretty.
Those are super cute.. and really easy! I need to make a bunch for gifts..
What a sweet idea! This could be a fun, quick project for younger stitchers, too!
thank you everyone- for such nice comments! i hope you have fun trying these out. 🙂
Pretty pretty! 🙂 This would make a fun little project 🙂
I am going to try making them. these are s darn cute!
How cute those are. Great job.
this is a great idea! thank you!
Great gift idea, I'm envisioning one on a little clutch purse… ooo that would be so cute!
Really nice idea.
Very pretty. I love your embroidery style so much!
Thanks for sharing your secrets, Melissa!
Beautiful ! they remind me of girl guide or brownie badges, but much more adorable. Thanks for sharing.
Beautiful work, as always, and great tutorial, Melissa. Thanks!
Great tutorial and gift idea. Thanks for sharing.
What a great idea, I can't wait to start making lots of these adorable pins!!
Beautiful. I love the pin with the evergreen branches & little pinecone!
Very Pretty.
So AAAdorable! I make these also but a tad differently. I'll have to show mine on my blog; they are such fun to make and use up the bobs and bits that are too small for larger projects.
I really enjoy your blog.
I love the pine cone one! Which inspired me for a maple leaf one for autumn!
Great idea for a special homemade gift!
This is so creative!!!
Those look like a great Christmas gift idea! Thanks!
Very charming……..love the felt! I am going to make one.
These would make gifts for teachers. Thank you!
What a perfect little gift to make.
i've definitely got to try this! such a sweet idea.
These are lovely!
I need to make some to "renew" my clothing.
How cute! I must try these out! Now I need to get to the craft store for felt and pin backs.
Thank you for sharing this! I know someone who would love getting one as a gift!
So cute!! I can see making these to match all kinds of sweaters & jackets.
That is so sweet, and so easy i,ll certainly be making a few.
I love these, am up to make some for a [URL=http://www.swap-bot.com/swap/show/43846]swap on Swap-bot[/URL]! Thanks for the inspiration.
These are so darn cute – love them!
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"This is going to sound a little wanky, I know," says Anna Friel, shifting in the chair beneath her and struggling to stem the proud smile that threatens to spread across her face, "but I really enjoyed school. I got on well with the teachers, I respected them. I felt they were my friends, somehow."
This is perhaps because she was preternaturally older, or at least more mature-seeming, than her years. One of her teachers, for example, once told her that she was going to grow up to become either an actress or a producer. She was 13 at the time.
The teacher was at least half right. Friel did grow up to become an actress. In a career now spanning 20 years, she has done a little of everything: British soap, American TV, low-budget films, high-budget ones, posh theatre. And by dating certain men in her profession, she has become, however reluctantly, a fairly regular feature of the tabloids too.
"Yes, well," she says, shifting in her chair for different reasons now, "I never planned for that…"
Next week, Friel can be seen in the new Michael Winterbottom film, The Look of Love, a biopic of the very colourful life and times of 1970s porn king Paul Raymond. Raymond ran the Raymond Revuebar, later the Soho Revue Bar, and segued into the lucrative sex-magazine market with Men Only. He then invested in the property market, and did so with considerable acumen: upon his death in 2008, he was rumoured to be one of the country's richest men, with an estate worth £650m. In The Look of Love, Friel plays Jean, his long-suffering wife, and mother to his daughter Debbie, who was being groomed to take over her father's empire until her drug addiction proved fatal.
"I spent the entire film surrounded by lots of naked breasts," she notes. "I found I became immune to them in the end." It's entirely possible her co-stars David Walliams, Dara O'Briain, Chris Addison and Steve Coogan (who plays Raymond) didn't. Starring alongside so many comedians brought other challenges, too.
"They stuck quite tightly to the script most of the time, but not always," she says. "Every now and then, they would improvise, and of course when one improvised, the others did as well, and then they would just run with it. Steve [Coogan] was very good at that; he was brilliant, and very funny. But I definitely had to be on my toes throughout. It was a lot of fun. I laughed so much." The film also marks something of a crossroads for the actress: peopled, as it is, with lissom young women, her role is that of matriarch. In its 100 minutes, her character ages from 21 to 58.
"I looked around me at all this youth and realised I'm no longer the ingénue," she sighs. "Instead, I'm a 36-year-old woman. But you know what? That's what I love about acting, the chameleon nature of it all, and the chance to really lose yourself inside a character." She tells me that several times directors have paid her the ultimate compliment – that she is a fine actress – but that they consider her too pretty for a role. "And I've always been: No! Acting should be about so much more than the way you look." Which is why she jumped at playing Jean Raymond.
"It's a curious experience, watching yourself on-screen as an old, or at least older, woman. But it's not necessarily a bad one. Besides, I suppose I'm going to have to get used to it."
Anne Friel's first ambition was to become a barrister. As a child, she possessed an analytical mind, and loved to talk. This you sense in her still today. We meet on London's Shaftesbury Avenue, where, until recently, she was starring in Chekhov's Uncle Vanya alongside Ken Stott, Samuel West and Downton Abbey's Laura Carmichael. The production became unwittingly notorious after one of its first-night audience members, Sir Peter Hall, heckled. "It's not working, it's just not working," he is reported to have bemoaned. ("He's 82," is Friel's diplomatic response today.).
Like most actresses in the flesh, she's tiny but luminescent with it, and everything she says is delivered with a great tumbling energy that makes her eyes shine. When she talks about the actor's craft, she clenches her fist until her knuckles turn white, and when referencing her parents, to whom she is very close, tears spill down her cheeks. This prompts her to laugh at the runaway emotions she seems nevertheless reluctant to stem. "Am I dramatic?" she ponders at one point, grinning. "I suppose you could say that."
She was born in Rochdale in 1976 to a pair of teachers, while her father also dabbled in folk music. At 13, she began studying at the Oldham Theatre Workshop, a 30-minute drive from home: two hours a session three times a week, and then a full 12 hours on a Sunday. "My parents were very encouraging as long as it didn't affect my studies," she says. It was for this reason that she was often still doing her homework at one o'clock in the morning.
"It was important to me," she reasons. "I don't think I ever believed I'd really make a career out of acting. I just liked it; it was a hobby. But I needed to concentrate at school to become a barrister."
She continued to do well at school, but did better at the workshop, and by 16 she'd landed the part of Beth Jordache in Brookside. In a matter of weeks, the entire soap seemed to revolve solely around her character, who stumbled from one explosive storyline to the next in a way that only soaps, plausibly or otherwise, can manage. First, she killed her father for sexually abusing her. Then she and her mother buried him under the patio. It was when Beth declared herself a lesbian that she fully transcended any limitations imposed by the fact that she was on a little-watched Channel 4 show. The pre-watershed kiss she shared with the neighbour's nanny in 1994 became one of the most talked-about TV events of the decade.
"It was a very strange time," she reflects. "Suddenly, with no preparation, I was really famous. I couldn't walk anywhere without people shouting 'dyke!' at me."
She began to feel increasingly stressed, and dating actor Darren Day, whom the tabloids would routinely brand a love rat, hardly helped. "I'm sure I gave my poor parents about 45 heart attacks," she jokes. A mere 18 months after joining Brookside, she quit. The producers were not happy.
"To this day I haven't talked about [the way I was treated]," she says. "I'll always be grateful to them for giving me a break, but I wish the end had been a little… different. That's all I'll say." Still just 18, she decided she now wanted to do only films. TV opportunities came her way, as did the offer of a purportedly million-pound recording contract (like her father, she could sing), but she turned them all down.
"I was convinced I was making a terrible mistake, that I had ideas above my station, and for a while I really thought I'd never work again. But then at last Stephen Poliakoff cast me in The Tribe [1998], and suddenly everything clicked. It all took off from there." After much solid film work – including The Land Girls in 1998 alongside Rachel Weisz and 2001's underrated Me Without You with future Oscar-winner Michelle Williams – she decamped to Hollywood, and landed the lead role in the shiny TV drama Pushing Daisies. By now she was in a relationship with fellow British actor David Thewlis, with whom, in 2005, she had a daughter, Gracie. Friel is the product of a 40-year marriage. She had always craved a union of similar endurance, but by 2010, she and Thewlis had split. Both blamed the pressures of work.
"My parents always said I could never disappoint them, and I've always striven to make them proud," she says. "But it was so upsetting when David and I split; I wanted my daughter to have what I had. It's three years we've been separated, but we talk all the time about routine and structure for our little girl. Gracie is almost eight, and needs stability in her life. That's why I'm based here in the UK [she lives in Windsor] rather than America. Her daddy's girlfriend is a Parisian, and they live there, and Gracie visits a lot. It's important she does. You know, I could survive without the money, the fame, the work. I couldn't survive without my family."
She has been dating another actor, Rhys Ifans, for two years now. With him, things seem, at least on the surface, less complicated. "We don't have a child together, and he knows I'm a girlfriend that does have one, and that I can't just get up and go where I want when I want."
But still she works. She has just completed a big-budget American TV pilot called Vatican for director Ridley Scott, and soon she will head back to Los Angeles to do what all actors, even ones with small children, must: hustle for more parts.
"I'd be a total liar if I said there weren't films that I wanted but didn't get," she admits, "but I accept there are bigger names than me, names that will get more bums on seats. That's how this business works. I could try to actively pursue more fame for myself, which would get me more bums on seats, but I'm not sure I want to sell my soul in order to do that. And right now at least, I don't need to. I've just worked with Michael Winterbottom, with Ridley Scott. And so my approach is more old-fashioned, I think: that ultimately – okay, hopefully – talent will win through in the end."
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COLUMBUS — Mississippi University for Women's (MUW's) turnaround is about to begin, but it won't happen on campus. It will happen online.
Bill Mayfield, dean of the School of Professional Studies at MUW and director of its new e-college, says plans are in motion to make MUW a major player in the burgeoning online education movement, beating state schools such as Mississippi State University, University of Mississippi and University of Southern Mississippi to the well.
MUW's yet-to-be-named e-college is the product of Mayfield's business experience — he's the former dean of the business college at the Indiana Institute of Technology — and outgoing MUW president Claudia Limbert's vision to expand the school's reach beyond its geographic area.
"This is something we've been wanting to do for the eight years I've been here. With Dr. Mayfield coming (in July 2009), we were able to form an e-college under his direction," Limbert said.
The plug was nearly pulled on the project in 2009 as state budget cuts forced MUW to cut all nonessential programs. Limbert and Mayfield fought to keep the project alive and now Mayfield believes it may defray the effects of those cuts in the near future.
Through recent partnerships with Mississippi Delta Community College and East Mississippi Community College, Mayfield has managed to recruit 50 students to enroll in the e-college's first round of six-week courses in August. And that's with no marketing budget. If the e-college can attract 120 students by next year, Mayfield says their tuition could defray hundreds of thousands of dollars.
Any student with an associate's degree in a technological field from a junior college can transfer 43 hours of credit to MUW's e-college and complete a bachelor's of technology degree in just 18 months. All from home.
The school's reputation has long rested with the quality of its professors and Mayfield says the e-college will be no different. He's still sifting through a stack of 175 resumes, which includes graduates from Harvard University and the Wharton business school at University of Pennsylvania.
The foothold with community colleges serves two purposes. Not only are students with an associate's degree in technology the most likely candidates to jump at a short path to a bachelor's or even online master's degree, but they're more likely to be tied to their home communities through work and family and unable to attend conventional classes.


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Justin Bieber is Going to Space
Lance Bass may not have ever made it to space, but it looks like Justin Bieber will be.
Yep, you read that right - Justin's going to space.
Justin has bought a ticket for on Virgin Galactic's SpaceShipTwo, and Scooter Braun will be joining him.
Tickets for the flight cost a mere $250,000.
Virgin Galactic founder Richard Branson made the announcement on Twitter:
Great to hear @justinbieber & @scooterbraun are latest @virgingalactic future astronauts. Congrats, see you up there!— richardbranson (@richardbranson) June 5, 2013
@richardbranson @scooterbraun @virgingalactic let's shoot a music video in SPACE!! #nextLEVEL— Justin Bieber (@justinbieber) June 5, 2013
im going to space momma!! cc @virgingalactic @richardbranson @dcgalactic— Scooter Braun (@scooterbraun) June 5, 2013
.@justinbieber @scooterbraun @virgingalactic music video in space? Now that's what I call music! virg.in/bie— richardbranson (@richardbranson) June 6, 2013
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KRISHNENDU BOSE, set up Earthcare Films, making wildlife and conservation films after acquiring a Masters degree in Economics from Delhi School of Economics (1985) and since then has produced many award winning documentaries in wildlife conservation.
His film 'Tiger- the Death Chronicles' got the coveted Wildlife Conservation Award at the 4th Vatavaran Film Festival 2007 and Conservation Award at the International Wildlife Film Festival at Missoula, Montanna in 2008. 'The Latent city' his film in 2009 was awarded the Grand Prix, for the best film in Dokumenta Art Film Festival, Romania. Krishnendu produced the first wildlife series for children in India – Jungle Gang in collaboration with WWF-India. He has also been presented with the highest award for documentary filmmaking in the field of Environment and Wildlife in India- CMS-UNEP Prithvi Ratna Award in 2009.
He is also the founding member of ECO (Earthcare Outreach Trust) and it's Managing Trustee. His long standing work in the field of socially relevant conservation and wild life filmmaking and his keen desire to share his skills and mentor young people, have come together wonderfully to lay the foundation
of ECO. He has also been involved in conducting sessions on environment education in schools and colleges, using his films as a medium. He has been a guest faculty in top media and design schools in India like Symbiosis and National School of Design.
Krishnendu is a LEAD - Leadership in Environment and Development, fellow and also a member of International Union of Conservation for Nature. Since 1996 Krishnendu, has also been involved in line producing and producing International Television productions. He has produced shows for Sony- AXN's- Amazing Race Asia. He has also co-produced an award-winning documentary on pesticide deaths with Honrung Television, Hamburg – Cycle of Poison. He has been line producer, CBS Network for their 9 time Emmy Awarded Series Amazing Race. Krishnendu, is a keen photographer and loves traveling and writing about it. Krishnendu, lives with his wife Madhurima and two children in Delhi.
MADHURIMA SEN BOSE, Director of Earthcare Productions (P) Ltd, is a major in Physics and started out in 1990 as an independent filmmaker in Earthcare Films. With years of experience in production, soon she branched out into coordinating international film projects.
Since 1997 she has single-handedly facilitated and planned for Television productions coming to India, for production houses dotting all across the world. In 2004, she coordinated a 5 X 1-hour show for TWI, UK - "Road Raja"- shot in Mumbai. She has been an important co- line producer in the television series The Amazing Race, CBS, USA.
She has been the Indian producer for a 6 X 1 hour series on Indian History for BBC2 " The Story of India", broadcasted in 2008. She has also been the line produced 5 X 1 hour Discovery Canada show on Indian Science- "The Daily Planet" and Original Productions, Around the World in 80 Ways. Among other prestigious television networks she has worked on National Geographic, BBC, Channel 4, projects. Madhurima , is also a Trustee of Earthcare Outreach Trust, Delhi.
She has exceptional culinary skills and loves to experiment with cooking. She lives with her husband Krishnendu and two children in Delhi.
After finishing Graduation in Arts from the Delhi University and his post graduation diploma in Cinematography and Film Editing in 2000, Dharma Singh followed his heart and delved into wildlife and environment filmmaking. Dharma has worked closely with Earthcare for many years. Mentored by Krishnendu Bose, his keen interest in animal behaviour and his field knowledge of forest ecosystems, took a serious turn for conservation. He has worked in various capacities with Earthcare: as a Director, Associate Director, Cinematographer, Researcher and Production manager.
With Krishnendu, in 2011, he co-directed and filmed one of the first films in India on the Sloth Bear.
Dharma has a special way with children. He has been a friend of ECO and has facilitating a few filmmaking workshops for Children and that has become yet another passion for him. He loves trekking, camping and fishing. He lives with his wife and two daughters in Delhi.
After finishing his bachelor degree in commerce in 1992, Ajikumar Medhayil has worked as an Office Administrator and Accounts manager in reputed companies like Pearl Academy of Fashion. Since 2006, Aji has single-handedly taken care of all administrative, secretarial and finance related work for Earthcare Productions Pvt. Ltd.
Aji is an accomplished Carnatic classical singer and has performed in over a thousand stage and television shows. He is also the Chairman of the Delhi Malayalee Association, Dilshad Garden Area.
Originally from Kerala, Aji relocated to Delhi 25 years ago. He now lives here with his wife and a daughter.


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Israel Museum has new look at history of Holy Land
By Ari Rabinovitch
JERUSALEM (Reuters Life!) - A new Jerusalem exhibit displaying a million years of history in the Holy Land offers Bible buffs and skeptics alike a chance to say: "I told you so!"
The Israel Museum, fresh-faced after a three-year, $100 million upgrade, offers an unparalleled look into the development of monotheistic religions, while leaving plenty of room for both science and faith.
The museum's more devout visitors may feel vindicated by a collection of three-thousand-year-old weapons used by ancient warriors in the Battle of Lachish, verifying the fighting as depicted in the Bible.
The scientifically minded can point to a set of 1.5 million year old bull horns on display around the corner, by far predating Earth's creation as described by the book of Genesis.
One museum employee told how an ultra-Orthodox Jewish couple touring the museum was confused by the discrepancies.
"They asked why we dated the objects as being so old since according to the Bible, the world was created just 6,000 years ago," she said.
The museum's chief curator of archaeology, well aware of the precarious relationship between archaeology and religion, said some artifacts can be seen as confirmation of the Bible, but many findings don't match what was written.
"We present it as a play. From the oldest possible to the present," Michal Dayagi-Mendels said. "But what you can clearly see is the influence and inspiration things had on each other." Continued...


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Conductor's Notes: Welcome to the FYAO
Welcome to the FYAO's 2011-2012 Season!
I am looking forward to working with each of you, along with our fine Assistant Conductors Jon Territo and Ross Amkraut. Last season was my first with the FYAO, and I must say it was a joy and privilege to make beautiful and exciting music together. I have had a very busy summer, starting with FYAO auditions in May and June, principal and concertmaster rounds in June, and the FYAO Summer Camp at Trinity at the end of June. I immediately left with my lovely wife Routa to be a part of the faculty at the Orfeo Music Festival in Vipiteno, Italy for three weeks, where I was able to work with FYAO members Erica Chemtob and Katherine Elenberger, and former FYAO member Austin Burket. From there, I traveled with Routa to Fairbanks, Alaska for the Fairbanks Summer Arts Festival. Now that I am back in Florida, I will be working with our Mr. Territo and Mr. Amkraut to plan our season and make preparations for the Classical Jam and our first rehearsals.
In future posts, I'll talk about the music we are going to play this year, along with the exciting events we have planned for you. Welcome Back!


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Before you wire money to a friend in an emergency, make sure you're not dealing with an impostor. Such scams are on the rise, according to data released Tuesday.
The Federal Trade Commission says "impostor scams" broke into the top 10 with a 6th place ranking among consumer complaint categories for the first time last year. These scams are when strangers pose as loved ones, companies or government agencies to get victims to send them money.
How To Spot an Impostor
The FTC notes that impostors may use phone calls, emails, letters, faxes or text messages to trick victims. To help spot these scams, the agency has laid out some tell-tale warning signs and tips for dealing with them:
—They want you to act now. Resist the pressure to act immediately. The key to successful impostor scams is getting you to send money before their true identity is discovered.
—They want you to wire money. Remember that wiring money is like sending cash; you can't get it back once it's gone. It's also not a good idea to wire money in exchange for a check, which could be fake.
—They want you to pay to collect winnings. Note that legitimate sweepstakes don't require winners to pay upfront insurance, taxes or shipping to claim a prize.
—They claim to be with a government agency. The impostors might use a real employee's name and call from a phone number with a Washington, D.C. area code. But federal agencies don't run sweepstakes.
—They claim to be someone you care about. Scammers may pretend to be a panicked relative or friend in need of quick cash. To confirm their identity, call a number you know is real and check the story with others in your circle. Also ask the caller questions a stranger wouldn't be able to answer.
Some Background
Impostor scams were the subject of about 60,000, or 4 percent, of the 1.3 million complaints made to the FTC last year. Identity theft topped the list for the 11th year in a row, with 19 percent of complaints. Complaints about debt collection came in second with 11 percent and complaints about Internet services followed with 5 percent.
To see a full list of the top 10 complaints, go to: http://tinyurl.com/6acn5xs.
Source: The Associated Press.
'Impostor Scams' New Among Top Complaints
Before you wire money to a friend in an emergency, make sure you're not dealing with an impostor. Such scams are on the rise, according to data released Tuesday.


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Broncs MAAC Champions, Heading to NCAA Regional
College Baseball-MAAC Championship
Siena College 9, Rider University 8 (10 innings)
TRENTON With all due respect to Mr. Cub, Hall of Famer Ernie Banks, the Broncs would have much rather preferred to play just one on a beautiful day for a ball game at Waterfront Park. "It would have been nice to win it early, but we showed some resiliency and bounced back," said tournament MVP Jamie Hayes.
"It was an emotional roller coaster today," said junior Derek Caldwell (
"It got ugly at times, but the overall effort was there and it was exciting," said Rider head coach Barry Davis.
Rider (29-26) was 2-0 in the Metro Atlantic Athletic Conference Championship tournament, needing one win for its first MAAC Title and first baseball championship since winning the Northeast Conference in 1996.
After losing the first game in extra innings the Broncs came back to defeat the Saints and are the Metro Atlantic Athletic Conference Baseball Champions. "I think it was deserved, the way we persevered,"
Rider will now advance to one of 16 NCAA Regional tournaments. The NCAA will announce the Regional sites Sunday evening, and the field of 64 will be announced Monday afternoon. The Regionals begin May 30.
Junior James Hayes (Sunrise, Fla./Piper), the MAAC Relief Pitcher of the Year, a first team All-MAAC Utility players and the New Jersey Division I Player of the Year, was named the tournament MVP. "He closed two games, played right field well, ran the bases well (four runs scored, four for four stolen bases) and hit the ball (six hits) He does it all," Davis said.
Hayes collected his 200th career hit in just his third season, the fifth most ever by a Bronc. "I didn't know it was my 200th until someone told me, but I'll take it," Hayes said.
In the second game,
Junior Mike Petrowski (Hamilton Square, N.J./Steinert), who pitched six and one-third innings to win game one of the tournament Thursday night, made his first relief appearance of the season and pitched the final two and two-thirds innings, retiring all eight batters he faced for the save. "Mike told me he was okay to go,"
"It is a great adrenaline rush coming in out of the pen," Petrowski said. "I always liked that part about it." Petrowski was a reliever in 22 games as a rookie and relieved his first three appearances in 2007 before becoming a starter and earning the team's Most Valuable Pitcher award last year. "
Hayes was not available to pitch after pitching five innings over the first three games of the tournament.
Freshman Mason Heyne (Shrewsbury, Pa./Susquehannock), who missed two weeks with a sprained ankle and re-injured the ankle in the first game Saturday, hit a two-run double in the seventh inning to give Rider an 11-5 lead, his fifth and sixth RBI of the day, and was named to the all-tournament team. "The ankle is killing me," Heyne said after receiving his all-tournament team trophy, "but I had to play through it. The
Junior Maurice Williams (Ocean, N.J./Monmouth Regional) hit a two-run single to give Rider an 8-4 lead in the sixth inning and an RBI double in the seventh for a 12-5 lead. "Mo had a big hit for us,"
Williams was one for five in the first game but had two hits and four RBI in the second game. "Let's talk about the second game," Williams said. "I was more relaxed and started hitting the ball harder. I left so many guys on base this weekend it felt good to finally drive some in."
Senior Jon Leise (Woodbury, N.J./West Deptford) hit an RBI single to give Rider a 6-4 lead in the fifth inning. Leise was four for four in the final game, including his 100th career hit. "Here's a kid who has been hurt for the better part of the year and really didn't think he would be back for this tournament,"
Junior Sean Olson (Vineland, N.J./St. Augustine Prep), a first team All-MAAC selection, singled and scored on a ground out by Williams to tie the score at 4-4, and freshman John Ralston (Annandale, Va./Paul VI) followed with an RBI single, his fourth hit of the day, to give Rider a 5-4 lead. Ralston doubled and scored when Leise hit an RBI double, his 100th career hit, to cut the lead to 4-3 in the fourth. "I knew that 100th has been coming for a while, but I didn't know if I would ever get it," Leise said.
Rider took a 2-1 lead in the third inning on two hits and an error on a sacrifice bunt by J. Hayes. J. Hayes collected his 200th career hit with a single in the seventh inning.
Olson hit a home run in the bottom of the first inning to give Rider a 1-0 lead and had four hits in the tournament along with being hit by a pitch four times. "This is the best I've ever felt in my life," Olson said after receiving the championship trophy as one of Rider's team captains. "Getting on base is getting on base. Getting an RBI is getting an RBI, it doesn't matter how you do it. I can wear that (getting hit) all day. Our trainer Karen Cote is awesome. She brought me back from the injured elbow (on a pitch Friday night) and a lot of credit goes out to her."
In the first game Saturday,
In the top of the tenth inning, sophomore Eric Woodrow (
Heyne hit an RBI single to give Rider a 6-5 lead in the top of the ninth inning.
Hayes, who had three of Rider's 10 hits in the first game, moved from right field to the mound in the eighth inning with runners on second and third and struck out Rivera to end the inning. Hayes pitched one and one third innings, suffering the loss.
In the top of the seventh Hayes doubled, freshman Steve Galella (
Heyne hit Rider's first home run of the tournament to take a 3-2 lead. The home run was Heyne's sixth. "I just wanted to focus on hitting the ball hard," Heyne said.
Freshman Patrick Devlin (
The Championship is Rider's first baseball title in the MAAC and the Broncs' 10th baseball championship since 1984. Rider won three Northeast Conference titles (1996, 1995, 1994) and six East Coast Conference titles (1992, 1989, 1987, 1986, 1985, 1984)
Rider's last NCAA Regional was 1994 in
Also named to the MAAC All-tournament team from Rider were sophomore Matt McCollum (Tabernacle, N.J./Shawnee) and junior Jimmer Kennedy (
On a beautiful day for a ball game, the Broncs played two. Ernie Banks would have been happy. With their first MAAC Title, the Broncs are happy too.


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Even as his NFL career apparently is swirling the drain, running back Najeh "Dookie" Davenport isn't quite ready to fade from the national football consciousness.
Davenport, according to Mondesi's House via Deadspin, is now a model.
Intentionally or not, the three photos posted by the Italian fella who runs Deadspin suggest in perfect succession the facial expressions that Najeh might have sport while attempting to do his business, actually doing his business, and then completing the process of doing his business in that dorm room closet some seven years ago.
Even as his NFL career apparently is swirling the drain, running back Najeh "Dookie" Davenport isn't quite ready to fade from the national football consciousness.
Tony C says: Mar 18, 2009 8:44 PM
And best of all, we can always take comfort in the knowledge that Florio is always full of dookie too
greensmackginny says: Mar 18, 2009 8:47 PM
Maybe he can take the place of Raymond in the "Raymond, are you constipated again" commercials for Phillips constipation relief…
VonClausewitz says: Mar 18, 2009 8:51 PM
What's the deal? Poop in a hamper once and nobody can ever forget it?
myusernamestinks says: Mar 18, 2009 8:57 PM
I thought his nickname was "Doogie."
JimmySmith says: Mar 18, 2009 9:07 PM
Allegedly my ass, he was convicted of the crime. If I am not mistaken, he pleaded guilty. The evidence itself was also charged with impersonating TO.
DookiesDeposit says: Mar 18, 2009 9:07 PM
I swear, Ah did not have sex with that hamper…….
I was doing my history project for extra credits and re-enacting the 300 at Thermopylae when the light suddenly came out and scared the crap outta me.
Honest officer !!!
SLaird22 says: Mar 18, 2009 9:31 PM
These Davenport jokes never get….wait. Yeah. They actually got old like 4 years ago.
hesawinner says: Mar 18, 2009 9:45 PM
He's not the kind of guy that'll just fade into Bolivia.
Nestea1 says: Mar 18, 2009 10:59 PM
Dump Truck! Woo Woooooo!
pakrguru says: Mar 19, 2009 12:15 AM
Well…one thing you can always say about Najeh Davenpoop…he's definitely the best Number 2 running back of all time.
30PTBUCK says: Mar 19, 2009 8:29 AM
He should go the spokesmodel route.Maybe Tidy Bowl? Carpet stain removers? Depends? A joint venture with Michael Jordon…. Hanes with new odor control and hash mark hider
empty13 says: Mar 19, 2009 9:20 AM
what's he modeling? toilet seats? hampers?


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Ten years ago today, Tim (BlazinWRX) registered the clubWRX.net domain. So is this the official 10th anniversary of the club? Tim was the first member as of April 9, 2001, and I didn't find any post back that far.
If this is the official anniversary, then a rousing round of applause to Tim, the moderators, and everyone who has contributed to making this the best WRX site on teh Interwebs!
Thanks Tim!!


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Price: $12; $9 for people over 65 and for students with ID; $6 for children ages 3-18; free for children under 3.
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Description: Does your child love Elmo? Sesame Street kids and their parents must go to the Museum of the Moving Image. This family-friendly event highlights the animated and live-action short films produced for Sesame Street since its inception.


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Hi Everyone!
Today's post is a guest post from one of my best med-school friends Katie. She and I met a couple years ago and have stayed close friends. Even though she is a year behind me in school, she is someone I look up to in so many ways! Katie is part of the Medical School Wellness Committee; we both share a passion for healthy living (and science of course!) A few weeks ago, Katie was able to attend the Food As Medicine Conference. I am so excited she agreed to write a guest post about this event- I definitely want to go next year!
Hello there! My name is Katie Hodgdon and I am a second year medical student at IUSM. I've known Andrea for a few years now, in fact she was my MCAT teacher, and she was a fantastic instructor and amazing motivator!! If you can't tell already – she is super energetic and always ready to tackle the next project!! I am very fortunate to call her my friend and mentor both in life and medical school!!!
I recently returned from the Washington, D.C. area where I visited my family and friends as well as attended an amazing conference called Food As Medicine (FAM) sponsored by the Center for Mind-Body Medicine (www.cmbm.org) When I told Andrea about the conference, she asked if I would write a "guest post" since so much of what was discussed are things that she and I both are passionate about …… eating healthy, exercising, mindfulness, connection with others, taking care in all dimensions of wellness to live a balanced, healthy, full life.
When I first learned about FAM, in addition to the tons of relevant medical and scientific information covered, I heard that the food was YUUUUMMMMY and had fantastic vegetarian options. I have been a vegetarian for almost 18 years now and despite what some people may believe, there are SO many tasty vegetarian dishes that are relatively easy to make, fill me up, and meet all of my dietary needs!!
The first day of the conference started bright and early with registration. I was volunteering so it was really fun to meet lots of new people. Jim Gordon, MD, the founder and director for CMBM, kicked off the conference and from there the information just started flowing! Everything from discussions on our soil to understanding core imbalances to pediatric nutrition and using nutrition in practice.
And the best part of the day was lunch!! It was DELICIOUS!!! Rebecca Katz, MS is the master chef for the conference and has also written several cookbooks, including The Cancer-Fighting Kitchen. Her meals were like a potpourri of flavors exploding in my mouth!! We had carrot ginger soup with cashew cream, greens, Mediterranean chickpea burgers with tomato mint chutney and quinoa salad with pistachio nuts. In the afternoon Rebecca also gave a food demo and whipped up some delicious fresh greens and swiss chard. Later she also made Moroccan Mint Pesto, Mediterranean Gazpacho, homemade soothing Ginger Ale, and lots, lots more!! Yum!! You can check out more of her stuff at http://rebeccakatz.com/.
When I got home at the end of the day I still had lots of energy from the lunch and the healthy snacks of green smoothies loaded with kale, some pineapple and orange, and a few grapes from Matt at the Vitamix blender demo table. I was excited to share with my parents and my mom's oldest brother Uncle Bill, and his wife, Aunt Lu who were in town from Pennsylvania.
My Aunt and Uncle have always eaten very healthy and they live on a farm and still grow most of their own vegetables, some fruits, and nuts. My aunt makes nearly everything she can from scratch!! My Aunt and Uncle are both in their mid 80's (and just to clarify my mom was the youngest of six children by ~20 years) and both of them are very healthy and don't take any prescription medications (except eye drops for my uncle)!! Recently my Aunt saw the doctor and he was so surprised that she took NO medications (which is not typical of someone her age), that he called in his colleagues just to show her off!!! I hope that I can be as healthy as they are when I am their ages!!
The next three mornings of the conference started off with Yoga or Qigong. If you haven't heard of Qigong, it is rooted in Chinese medicine and is the practice of breath, movement, and awareness for meditation, exercise, and healing. I wish all conferences started the day with these activities!!
Each day's presentations were filled with more and more information on lab assessments, dietary and nutritional supplements, micro and macro nutrients, public health, cancer care, gut issues, vegan and vegetarian diets, food demonstrations, and even edible landscaping. (This inspired me to created my own mini-garden of herbs, peppers, and a tomato mixed in with potato vine and geraniums on my deck at home.)
One of my favorite talks was given by Mark Hyman, MD, chairman of the Institute for Functional Medicine and author of several New York Times best-selling books including his latest book, "The Blood Sugar Solution" (http://drhyman.com/). His talk centered on the growing epidemic of diabesity. Yes, that's right….diabesity – the combination of obesity and diabetes, or rather, the condition of metabolic imbalances ranging from mild insulin resistance to end stage diabetes.
In our society today over 65% of Americans are overweight, 1 in 2 American's will be diabetic or pre-diabetic by 2020, 1 in 5 children entering kindergarten are already overweight, $1 in every $3 of Medicare money is spent on Type II Diabetes, and worldwide from 1983 to 2008 the incidence of diagnosed diabetes increased from 35 million to 240 million!!!! It is a crisis that must be tackled!! And Dr. Hyman and many others are working hard to try to reverse these trends.
One of the ways to approach this monstrous dilemma facing our society is to look at the power of our community and how our social networks can influence health and disease. Dr. Hyman, a "Jewish boy from New York" has recently partnered with Rick Warren, an evangelical Christian pastor of a mega-church in California, and together they created The Daniel Plan to empower that community to strive together for positive, healthy change. And so far it's working!!
Dr. Hyman has also traveled with renowned physician Dr. Paul Farmer down to Haiti to help continue creating sustainable health care for the local villages by using the power of the social networks. It truly is amazing work and I left the conference that day inspired to focus on my own self-care and wellness and eager to make a positive change in my own community!!
At the end of Day 4 of the conference everyone was filled with lots of knowledge, good food, and excited to implement all that we had learned into our own lives as well as the share with patients, clients, friends, and family.
Photo courtesy of Jo Cooper and Center for Mind-Body Medicine.
And though I was sad to depart, I am very excited because next year, for the first time ever the FAM conference will be held in the Midwest, right here in our own Indianapolis!!!!!
So mark your calendar's now for June 6-9, 2013 at the J.W. Marriott for FAM 2013!!!! See you there!!!
And lastly, though the pictures are not quite as pretty as Andrea's are — these are some of my own meals I've created since attending the conference…a yummy tri-colored pepper, kale, black bean and onion sauté with lemon juice, cumin, turmeric, cayenne, cinnamon, and honey!!! And a healthy lunch of quinoa, arugula, tomatoes, carrots, fresh parsley, sesame seeds, and balsamic vinegar and olive oil and lots of fresh fruit on the side and water, because I always need to drink more water!! And lastly, my latest green smoothie, of red kale, blueberries (because they are good in EVERYTHING!!), pineapple, oranges, watermelon, and fresh mint …. Mmmmmmm!!!!