text: OverviewBack to top Herb Pharm - Saw Palmetto 160 mg. - 60 Softgels Item# :111001UPC# :090700004323 Brand:Herb Pharm Size/Form:60 Softgels Ship Weight:0.30 Servings:60 Dosage:1 Softgel(s) Herb Pharm - Saw Palmetto 160 mg. - 60 Softgels Herb Pharm Saw Palmetto assayed extract is prepared from the ripe berries of Serenoa repens palms that have been Custom Wildcrafted in their wild native habitat. Using only mature berries ensures Herb Pharm Saw Palmetto contains high levels of the fatty acids that support prostate gland health. By extracting with alcohol they avoid the harsh synthetic chemicals commonly used to extract Saw Palmetto berries, and they maintain the bioactivity of the original berries themselves. Herb Pharm Saw Palmetto Highlights: Herb Pharm Only Uses Ripe Berries (not green) Extracted with Pharmacopeial Alcohol Extract Has Less Than 0.5% Alcohol Never Extracted With Hexane Never Fumigated or Irradiated Herbal CapsulesQuality, purity & environmental responsibility are at the heart of their philosophy and work, and their encapsulated herbs are no exception. They use only plants that are either certified organically cultivated, grown without herbicides or pesticides, or sustainably Custom Wildcrafted in their native habitat to ensure conservation of wild plants for future generations. Custom Extracted Without Synthetic Chemical SolventsThere is no point in producing the purest quality herbs if in the end they pollute their extracts, and the environment, with harmful chemical solvents. Therefore in making our herbal extracts they use only natural pharmaceutical-grade alcohol and distilled water, and never commonly used synthetic chemical solvents like hexane, acetone, methanol, petroleum ether, and ethyl acetate. Herb Pharm FAQ's What is a liquid herbal extract?A liquid herbal extract is a concentrated solution made by extracting (pulling or "washing") the herb's chemical constituents out of the inert herb fiber (cellulose) with a solution of alcohol and water or glycerine and water. A good liquid herbal extract should optimally preserve the aroma, taste and biological activity of the herb from which it is made. Vanilla extract is a commonly known liquid herbal extract. Are extracts made from fresh herbs better than ones made from dry herbs?Many people assume that a fresh herb extract is superior to a dry herb extract, but this is not necessarily true; it really depends upon the unique biochemical, biophysical and energetic properties of the specific herb being extracted. While some herbs do indeed make a superior extract when extracted while still fresh and succulent (e.g., Shepherd's Purse, Corn Silk), there are also many herbs which make a superior extract when extracted after the herb is dried (e.g., Hops, Grindelia). Also, some herbs are best extracted when semi-dried (e.g., Saw Palmetto), or fermented (e.g., Wild Cherry, Sweet Clover). Some are overly active when fresh and must be dried and aged one year before use (e.g., Buckthorn, Cascara Sagrada). For thousands of years people have been using thousands of different herbs. While some of these herbs are used fresh, the vast majority is used in their dry form. Remember that each herb has its own unique properties and therefore must be treated accordingly. There are no universals when it comes to herbal handling and extraction. What is the purpose of alcohol in liquid herbal extracts?Grain alcohol is the best food-grade solvent for extracting and preserving many of the naturally occurring herb constituents that are poorly soluble in water. The food-grade grain alcohol used to prepare liquid extracts serves three specific functions. First, alcohol is the only edible solvent that will extract and preserve many of the naturally occurring herb constituents that are poorly soluble in water, such as essential oils, resins, balsams and many alkaloids. Second, alcohol is an excellent natural preservative, which maximizes the shelf life of the extracts. Third, alcohol is a great carrying agent, which facilitates the absorption of the herb's constituents into the bloodstream. How much alcohol is in liquid herbal extracts and how much alcohol am I really consuming?The amount of alcohol in individual liquid extracts can vary from 20% to 90% depending on the herb being extracted and its content of alcohol and water-soluble constituents. For example, to fully extract Cayenne's pungent resins and orange-red pigments require at least 80% alcohol is required. A Cayenne extract made with a lower amount of alcohol will contain smaller amounts of Cayenne's resins and pigments, and therefore will be of lower quality than the higher alcohol extract. The amount of alcohol you consume in a dose of liquid extract is actually very small. For example, taking 30 drops of Echinacea liquid extract (alcohol content of 45% to 50%) amounts to consuming 1/65th of a can of beer or 1/85th of an 8-ounce glass of wine. Also, if you mix those 30 drops of Echinacea liquid extract into 2 ounces of water, that mixture would contain only 0.59% alcohol. Can I evaporate away the alcohol in liquid herbal extracts by mixing the extract drops into hot water?A small amount of the alcohol can be removed this way but most of it will stay intimately mixed with the hot water and will remain so even if the water is boiled. That's because alcohol and water are extremely difficult to separate once they have been mixed. While adding extracts to hot water will not eliminate their alcohol, it can, in some cases, actually damage the extract. Many extracts are heat stable (e.g., Goldenseal) and adding them to hot water does no harm. However, other extracts are damaged by heat (e.g., Valerian) and can be weakened by adding them to hot water. Also, essential oils found in certain extracts (e.g., Lemon Balm, Chamomile) will be at least partially vaporized by hot water. Here you are left with a compromised extract, but the alcohol remains. If an extract is directed to be taken hot to increase its diaphoretic (sweat-inducing) action, it should be added to hot water that is not too hot to drink. What is the best way to take liquid herbal extracts?You should always put liquid extracts into water or juice for consumption. Taking them straight from the dropper may cause a burning sensation in the mouth and is discouraged. Mix the prescribed number of extract drops into 1 to 2 ounces of water unless the label directs otherwise. You can also add the drops to warm tea (not piping hot) or juice. Certain herbs, because of their stronger action, require more water. For optimal results, sip the mixed drops so you can savor the extract's flavor and aroma. Although you may not always like the taste, it contributes part of the therapeutic effect of the herb. Always follow label instructions. Some products require more water or have other special instructions for use such as the throat spray or eye drops. What is the proper dosage of liquid herbal extracts for children?Unless otherwise noted, all doses are for adults, but Clark's Rule can be used to convert the adult dose to a child's dose. Some extracts are not suitable for children. Consult your doctor for advice. Clark's RuleDivide the child's weight (in pounds) by 150 to get the fraction of the adult dose to give to the child. Example: For a 50 pound child give 50/150 (or 1/3) of the adult dose. Therefore, if the adult dose is 30 drops taken 3 times per day, the child's dose will be 10 drops taken 3 times per day (not 30 drops taken 1 time per day). Some extracts are not suitable for children. Consult your doctor for advice. How many drops are in a one-ounce bottle of liquid herbal extract?The number of drops in a bottle of liquid extract will vary depending on the viscosity (thickness) of the extract. For example, one ounce of Herb Pharm's Goldenseal liquid extract contains 1,243 drops, Echinacea liquid extract contains 1,184 drops, and Marshmallow liquid extract, which is very viscous, contains only 1,000 drops. In general, most extracts fall within the range of 1,000 to 1,300 drops per ounce. This is equivalent to 25-32 individual doses per bottle. How can I compare the dosage of herb capsules or tablets to the dosage of liquid herbal extracts?Liquid herbal extracts are much easier to absorb and assimilate into the body than herb capsules and tablets. Herb capsules and tablets made from crude herb have to be digested (i.e., extracted) by your body before the herb's chemical constituents can be absorbed into the bloodstream. Since many herbs are very woody, digesting and absorbing them can be very difficult, especially for people with digestive problems. Therefore, much of the capsule or tablet remains undigested and never gets absorbed. However, the chemical constituents in a liquid herbal extract have already been "digested" and can therefore be readily absorbed into the bloodstream. Because of these differences, liquid herbal extracts are a much more efficient means of getting the chemical constituents out of the crude herb and into the bloodstream. Because of the widely varying amount of hard-to-digest woody fiber in various herbs and the efficiency of absorbing and assimilating liquid extracts, it is impossible to directly compare liquid extracts with powders. Powders have the additional disadvantage of quickly losing their potency through oxidation, so more is needed to achieve the same effect. Fresh plant extracts are even more difficult to equate to powders because the fresh, un-dried plant has very different characteristics than the dried plant. They make extracts from fresh herbs for those plants that typically do not dry well either because they degrade or because some constituents volatilize upon drying. Drying and powdering these herbs places them at a still greater disadvantage. Always follow the label's recommendation for dosage. What is the meaning of "pyrrolizidine alkoloids removed" on your Comfrey liquid extract?About 3% of flowering plants contain a group of highly variable chemical compounds called pyrrolizidine alkaloids (PAs); Comfrey is in this group of plants. PAs can have a toxic effect on the liver when taken orally in large amounts or for extended periods of time. The amount and type of PAs in plants can vary greatly depending upon the botanical species and variety, growing conditions, plant part, and time of harvest. Occasional, small amounts of PAs are harmless to the body, but they can be cumulative. Children, the elderly and those with liver disease are more easily harmed by PAs and fetuses are particularly vulnerable. The United States Food and Drug Administration has banned all sales of Comfrey for internal use, but it can still be sold for external use. Herb Pharm's Comfrey extract is now sold for external use only. Because of safety concerns, Canada, Australia, England and several European countries have banned the sale of PA-containing herbs, although Germany and Switzerland do allow the sale of PA-free (‹1 ppm) herbal products. The PAs can be removed by a chemical-free process (ion exchange), which removes nothing from the extract but the PAs and 2 to 3% of its minerals. This process does not compromise the quality of these PA-free extracts and they can be used without concerns about PA toxicity. To assure safety, Herb Pharm's Comfrey contains less than 1 ppm of PAs. Are your products gluten-free and does grain alcohol contain gluten?Yes, all of their products are gluten-free. Their grain alcohol is made from corn, which does not contain gluten. About Herb PharmThe "Pharm Farm" The Heart of the Company Surrounded by the spectacular Siskyou Mountains in southern Oregon, our 85-acre certified organic farm, which we affectionately call the "Pharm Farm", inspires our love for plants and demonstrates our deep reverence for Mother Nature. The Pharm Farm affirms Herb Pharm's commitment to: the sustainable use of medicinal plants educating people about the use of herbs using only the highest quality herbs in our products Purchased in 1993, the land we call the Pharm Farm is only two miles from our herbal extract production facility in Williams, Oregon. Bordered by medicinal trees like Ginkgo, Hawthorn, Thuja and Chaste Berry, are multi-hued fields of Echinacea, Chamomile, Calendula and over 100 species of medicinal plants that are being cultivated for use in our extraction laboratory. The Pharm Farm is where half of the tonnage used in our extracts are grown. Seed to Shelf Quality Assurance"Having our own farm assures consistency and quality from seed to shelf," states founder, Ed Smith. "This includes procuring organic seed, planting and cultivating in appropriate soil conditions, harvesting at the optimal time of season and day, and then carefully drying and storing for future use, or direct delivery of the fresh herbs to our production facility for immediate extraction." Through cover cropping and the incorporation of various organic farming principles, we work to continually enrich the soil, thereby growing medicinal herbs rich in active constituents and vitality. We strive to re-create, as much as possible, the natural habitat best suited to each plant. By doing this we nourish the earth, and cultivate plants containing constituents similar to those found in the wild. Protecting Endangered Medicinal PlantsBesides meeting Herb Pharm's high standards and ever-increasing demand for organic herbs, the Pharm Farm provides a much needed alternative to the wild-harvesting of herbs which are threatened by loss of habitat or over-harvesting. By learning to cultivate these threatened herbs we can lighten the burden on the wild populations and assure supplies of these valuable medicinal plants for decades to come. The Pharm Farm is now cultivating Goldenseal, Black Cohosh, Bloodroot, Valerian, Skullcap, Collinsonia, Wild Yam and many others. The Pharm Farm is an official United Plant Savers Botanical Sanctuary. Herbal EducationBesides the cultivation of field crops, our farm staff is responsible for the maintenance of a 1.5 acre Botanical Display and Education Garden. With hundreds of species of medicinal and aromatic plants, gently running waterfall and streams, plant ponds, winding paths, and "class room" pergola, this visual and aromatic splendor is the ideal environment for educational lectures and herb walks which are given regularly to visiting tours of herb enthusiasts. Where Quality GrowsBy growing our own herbs and having such a close liason between our manufacturing department and our farm, we are able to optimize cultivation techniques, time of harvest, and handling of herbs far better than by sourcing these herbs from other growers. It is here on Herb Pharm's certified organic herb farm and plant sanctuary where our quality comes to life and begins to grow.


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i'll try asap!!!!!
Just so you know, you're not the only one with this issue...
I'm right there with you. Almost exactly the same behavior on my end, symptom for symptom. About the only difference is that the "iwconfig wlan0 power off" worked, or at least, failed to produce an error. However, it also failed to produce results, so whatever.
The only success I've had at all is, after starting a fresh install of BT (inside VBox), runing apt-get update; apt-get upgrade; apt-get distupgrade;, I'll get my 120s of bliss.
twice I've done this, and twice I've declared victory... only to have it ripped from my grasp.
I've got some things I want to try, but I'm very limited in both bandwidth and hobby-time in my present situation, and want to make sure these haven't already been ruled out.
first, are you on BT5-Gnome-64? have you tried 32? I would IMAGINE that the difference between Gnome and KDE would be irrelevant, but have you tried it?
you're running virtualized, right? my setup is win7-x64, VBox 4.1.0, BT5-Gnome-64.
Also, not that I'm one for quitting... but do you happen to know where I can find a copy of the last BT4 isos? This is a hobby, but there are also a few very real practical things I need to use BT for occasionaly, and don't know that I can wait to figure this crap out :P.
aaaaaand.... what else...
the primary behaviour that I'm getting is either zero packets recieved at all, or less than 100 packets on mon0 (or wlan0 if I iwconfig wlan0 mode Monitor), before it dies on me. Usually it's zero packets however. There's another thread here, where, someone has reported good results from using a Y-USB cable (basically tap into the 5v line on another port to give the adapter access to more juice), so I'll probably see if I can't find a radio shack or something and give that a shot tomorrow.
let me know if you can think of anything else.
EDIT: I just tried 'bt4-r2.iso' i got off of a mirror I found on google (risky sure, but it's in a VM, so probably safe...) In any case... still didn't work. Looking at when it was added to the mirror (nov-2010), and knowing that, in March-2011 I downloaded the then-current build and had this working great, I'm going to try the then-current build of VBox. If it doesn't work, you may or may not hear from me, as I'll likely descend into madness.
hello, maybe you should try to run:
airmon-zc start wlan0
i have a similar problem with airmon-ng
1) no virtualization...run from hdd
2) bt5 gnome 32 bit
3) dunno where you can find it now try googling, i'm 101% sure you'll find it
4) i'm using a pci card...so no usb adaptor required
5) for me, bt4r2 works ok with airodump
tryed airmon-zc but for some reason it won't work (cannot remember why...maybe because it rely on some type of cards only)
I've no other things to try, i've also tryed within a live dvd,same problem.
I hope it'll be fixed in bt5r1 next week... :P
Small update...
doing apt-get dist-upgrade didn't solve the problem (the distro-upgrade updates firmware and kernel...).
Mobile DualCore Intel Pentium T2130, 1866 MHz
ATI RADEON XPRESS 200M Series (128 MB)
Crash random, some times couple of minutes some times10.
Sometimes crash lock ups. Or boots to start screen.
Aircrack, Airmon, Airodump work exactly how they should till it crashes, so have to restart a few times to get end result.
No idea what's causing it.
I airmon-ng check kill all, which it does OK.
BT5RC1 gonme.
8gb Corsair USB flash drive persistent change
btw Image Verification sucks on here.
I think this is a power issue. To be on the safe side use a Y USB cable, that is not to long and is shielded.
The reason I'm saying this is because the USB wifi adapter didn't work at all (not detected) with a 1 meter (3 feet) poor cable that was not shielded. Then I swapped the cable with a 3 meter (10 feet) FTP, that's shielded UTP (foiled twisted pairs), soldered them to the USB connectors using a pair for D- and D+, and a pair for power (you can use more pairs to increase length) and it worked, airodump-ng was reporting APs.
Then I added another 5 meter good quality, shielded USB cable (that's a total of 8 meters). And worked for the first time, then I was starting to experience exactly the problems you guys experience:
-after successfully putting the card in monitor mode with airmon-ng or airmon-zc or iwconfig, airodump-ng was not reporting any APs
-airodump-ng works for a while then stops
I'm not 100% sure, maybe is just a coincidence, but I think, if the wifi adapter doesn't have enough power during burst of transmission, it crashes. That's why probably disabling power management (power didn't fluctuate anymore) solved the problem for a guy on this thread. The reason the problem started to show up at 8 meters extension cord was probably because my wifi adapter is only 100mW (20dBm), compared to Alfa AWUS036H 500mW/1W (27dBm/30dBm).
I had a similar power issue with a IDE 2.5" hdd mounted on a USB rack. I ended using external power (AC-DC 5V 1A adapter). If I was trying to power my hdd from USB all sorts of instability problems were showing up. I learned my lesson .. don't mess around with power.
I'm new to this as well so I don't know all the knobs and switches.
But I have a similar issue that could be power or even heat related.
I have an Alfa AWUS036N with a meter long cheap cable, it worked mint the first time out of the box with injection, but since the second time it stops randomly while injection is active, the injection window still runs but the data count stops, the green led of the network adapter is now dead, I will loose all networks in airodump windows.
I will try to get one of those Y cable and report here
I had the same problem... but only since VMware tools updated... I am running BT5r3 on Mac Air w VMware...fully updated with an Alfa AWUS051NH on wlan0 / mon0
on a previous post (http://www.backtrack-linux.org/forum...ght=mon0+stops) Airwolf3000 mentions doing a re-install of vm tools.
I followed that tutorial, and made some modifications, due to kernel changes...
SO, this is what i have done
I re-installed vm tools, not changing the kernel prompt as Airwolf3000 did,
at the default prompt for allowing automatic kernel updates [no], I allowed them and changed the answer to [yes]
I rebooted my system and checked the WICD manager to make sure it was not listing my card (wlan0).
as of this posting,
I have been running airodump-ng -c2 mon0,
airodump-ng -c2 (wpa handshake capture and write file to desktop),
and periodically... aireplay-ng scripts...
I am testing against my wireless verizon mi-fi card for work, and have not had a BT5 drop out for almost two hours now...
as of getting to my machine this morning, the card crashed at 2hours 40-odd minutes...
back to the drawing boards...
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About 1950, Willem de Kooning made a series of works in enamel on chart paper that followed the black-and-white paintings for which he gained international acclaim as a leading Abstract Expressionist painter. Like the black-and-white canvases, the works on paper were set free from representing realistic imagery. De Kooning worked with a liner brush, commonly used by sign painters. The long flexible hairs held large amounts of paint, which he spread in loose, geometric shapes and calligraphic marks over the sheet. While the flat planes of cubism and the autographic mark of surrealism are evident, de Kooning created a language of abstraction uniquely his own.


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Companies could stand to be more clear, though, especially in job ads. Is a "software engineer IV" more demanding than a "software engineer I?" Around here there are two competing companies which number their job tiers opposite of each other - in one your job title number gets higher as you advance, but in the other it gets lower. To make things worse, they use a lot of overlapping job titles (think "software engineer," "computer programmer," "database manager," etc.) which can all have interchangable qualifications depending on which company is doing the hiring. If companies would be honest about salary and job duties upfront, some of the hassle could be avoided!
When I told the lady at the employment agency about my decision (fairly quickly as soon as I got the offer), I expected some disappointment but she got really, really angry at me! She yelled at me about what a bad position I was putting HER in! I'm not used to being yelled at, so I was completely stunned and mortified by the whole thing.
He said, "I understand you are interviewing today." I immediately put my head further down into the magazine I was reading and crunched up a little tighter into the chair, though my hearing was acutely tuned in. The woman looked surprised but answered, "Yes, but these people have all passed a test and were invited to interview." The guy said, "Are you sure?"I hid a smile (and a snicker) because I had recognized him from the agency; he had been there and had overheard my conversation, then rushed over thinking he could get right in. I admit the my less attractive side came out and I smirked inside myself.
Potential PD or potential tragedy, we don't know yet.We had a junior analyst join us two weeks ago. Last week he stops turning up for work, and he isn't answering his email or phone. We're not sure what the heck happened. Either my company scared him away and he went the PD route of simply not coming back to work, or else something really bad happened to him and we just don't know about it yet.
Quote from: WolfWench on October 30, 2012, 01:25:24 AMPotential PD or potential tragedy, we don't know yet.We had a junior analyst join us two weeks ago. Last week he stops turning up for work, and he isn't answering his email or phone. We're not sure what the heck happened. Either my company scared him away and he went the PD route of simply not coming back to work, or else something really bad happened to him and we just don't know about it yet. Okay, so it's PD.He lives about an hours commute away from where our office is situated and he decided not to come into the office for the last week because "he had a big decision to make about moving to live near the office". He seems to make this big decision by not coming to work, not telling anyone that he's not coming to work, not answering any of HisBoss's phone calls and communicating with OtherBoss by sms only.I'm wondering the following:1) How does he expect to have a job when he makes up his mind to come back (if he does)?2) Are my bosses mad enough to employ someone who's proven to be utterly flakey?3) If he does come back, how does he expect any one to trust him not to flake again if the pressure gets too much? (and we have a very high pressure office)
This guy sent out false stories via Twitter regarding things happening during Sandy. He lost his job as a campaign manager.http://gma.yahoo.com/blogs/abc-blogs/superstorm-sandy-rumors-cost-congressional-campaign-manager-job-140408935--abc-news-politics.html
Number 3 - This one really took the cake. Applicant calls me and subjects me to a long interrogation regarding the position, mostly wanting information that she should only be asking about after she has been offered the position and when she is negotiating the terms of her employment contract. She wants to know if the hours are flexible, if the pay rate is flexible, does she get a car space () She then begins aggressively wanting to know why I am leaving the position, to which I reply that I am not willing to discuss my reasons, but I have been very happy in the position... repeatedly. She then tells me that her email isn't working so she would like to 'drop by' and deliver her application in person. I advise her to mail a hard copy to our PO Box and suddenly she thinks she can 'get her email to work' (quelle surprise!!) and can I give her the email address of the Director so she can address her application directly to him. I tell her that all the applications are coming through me and give her my email address, to which she replies by asking for the name of the Director (evidently intending to try and decipher his email address using his first and last name - which she will not be able to do with just that information so I give it to her.) A week later she calls again, and this time the Director is in the office and grabs the phone because he is expecting a call and is very bad at waiting patiently for me to answer the phone and transfer the call to him. He is rewarded by receiving the same interrogation - the applicant's email has bounced back (translation: she has guessed his email address wrong), are the hours flexible, what is the pay range, does she get a car space, a travel allowance, a partridge in a pear tree? The Director once again gives her my email address to send in her application (and when she presses for his direct email he tells her (once again) that all applications go through me) and gets her off the phone... when he hangs up he says to me 'we are definitely not hiring her' Which is a moot point because as of this morning she has not sent in her resume... guess her emails are still bouncing back.
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Stand behind Billy Graham's traveling pulpit with his sermon notes and Bible.
Listen to testimonies of people whose lives have been transformed by Jesus as a result of hearing the gospel preached by Billy Graham.
Watch a video with rare footage from Billy's crusade in Los Angeles in 1949, in London in 1954 and in New York in 1957.
See some of the interviews that Billy Graham has given and hear the lighter side of Dr. Graham as you listen to some of his humorous moments.
See and hear through videos some of the great gospel singers who ministered on stage at Crusades, including Ethel Waters and George Beverly Shea.
Visit the interactive computer kiosk, where you can access hundreds of screens of material devoted to specific crusades, people and events. Print out of a sheet on your favorite crusade to take home.


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Exclusive Q&A: Joan Rivers Dishes the Dirt To BettyConfidential!
The 76-year-old "piece of work" discusses plastic surgery, her daughter, poker playas and Bret Michaels.
-Cindy Pearlman
Joan Rivers says that she can live with Carrie Bradshaw this summer at the multiplex. In other words, she wasn't afraid that her documentary would be competing with those other outspoken New York gals from Sex and the City 2. "I thought they should rename by documentary, Sag and the City," says the sharp-tongued 76-year-old icon and plastic surgery queen. Her life story now comes to the big screen docu-style in a film appropriately titled, Joan Rivers: A Piece of Work (in theaters now).
For 14 months, camera crews tracked the legendary stand up, jewelry maker and winner of The Celebrity Apprentice– a woman who talks fast and, of course, infamously hates poker playas.
"I guess as you get older your tolerance goes further and further away," says Rivers of why she calls it like she sees it – in her documentary and in life. "We all bullsh*t so much in life that there comes a time to tell the truth."


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Make sure to click the 'play' button on the video above for an idea of what to expect! One of the UK's finest Big Bands teeming with first-call players and appearing under the Musical Directorship of award winning band leader Pete Long. The Ronnie Scott's Big Band... find out more Tap to see more
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The 2013 Michigan Fish-In will be held from June 23rd to June 29th, 2013. Gates' Au Sable Lodge will again be our hosts for this wonderful week of fun and friendship. Come join us and fish on the Holy Waters of the AuSable, one of the world's premiere trout rivers.
Our schedule this year will be similar to last year, with most days fully open for fishing.
On Monday, June 24th the Fish In committee will hold a "Meet and Greet"/Cookout. This event will be held in front of the Brown Trout Suite at Gates' Lodge. This is an opportunity for all attendees to put a face with a name and for new attendees to pick the Old Timers brains for the best fishing spots. The festivities will start around 6pm.Hot dogs and burgers will be served. The burgers, dogs, buns, condiments and dinnerware will be furnished. Donations to defray the cost of the dinner will be accepted, and any monies left over will be donated to the Anglers of the AuSable in the name of Rusty Gates. The Fish- In Committee asks that if possible, you bring a dish to share. Attendees will need to bring their drinks, and a chair.
If there is enough interest, a casting contest or two may be held. Dates and times TBD. Gates has a casting yard for distance events, and there is room in front of the Brown Trout Suite for accuracy type casting. These events are normally for bragging rights only, but if someone wishes to make a prize donation, they will be graciously accepted. Heckling is a requirement for these contests, so come prepared!
Come enjoy a wonderful week (or even just one day!) with fellow FAOL members. I would suggest that if are planning on staying at Gates' Lodge, you make your reservations as soon as possible, as there are only 14 rooms, and they book quickly. Excellent meals and a full service fly shop are also on premise. You can contact Gates Lodge here
There are many other lodging choices in and around Grayling. For people wanting motel type lodging, The Woodland Motel (800-966-3818 comes highly recommended, which has nice clean rooms, great rates and a wonderful staff. It's also an easy drive to Gate's for the fish-in activities.
Many camping opportunities exist around Grayling. There are several National forest campgrounds right on the AuSable River. These are primitive type campgrounds. Harwick Pines State Park is a short drive away and boasts a class "A" campground.
There are no fees for registration or attending charged by FAOL. Those attending are entirely responsible for making their own reservations and arrangements. Cost is dependant on where one wishes to stay and what you choose to eat.
If you do plan on making it to the Michigan Fish-In 2013, drop us a PM and we will put you on the I'm going list.


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Kenzo Fall 2014
Milky coffees and cones of candy corn. A labyrinth of benches, black curtains, and a giant plaster head encircled in Perspex, backdropped by screens flashing like a stormy sky. The invitation, too, glowed menacingly—an LED sheet sandwiched in a black card. All of these were facets of David Lynch's universe, who lent his sense of the perverse normal to Humberto Leon and Carol Lim's Kenzo show this morning on the banks of the river Seine. The director designed the set and mixed the sound track, closing a trilogy of Lynchian inspirations (the men's and pre-fall referenced his work) with the real thing.
So how did the clothes connect? The associations weren't immediate, yet at closer inspection, they both borrowed and collaged Lynch's visual language through Kenzo's postmodern lens. The palette came in vivid sunset colors like blood orange, chartreuse, and a purplish tone they called "Laura Lilac." That would be Laura Palmer, of course, a Twin Peaks reference that resounded in a chapter of knitted twinsets and halter dresses, or a blurry print of mountains shot through broken glass. Criss-crossed coats and roomy suits were rendered in shiny jacquard, traced with the zigzagging geometry of the Red Room—that otherworld belonging to Lynch's Man from Another Place.
Odd layering helped define the volumes of the collection, with knitwear beneath bustiers or a circle skirt topping a cog-covered suit, while giant collars unzipped like a parka hood, falling free down the backs of aviator jackets. Another story of coats and apron dresses appeared broken at the waist; their striped, ribbon trim diverting into a split up the thigh. The grosgrain had been edged with mohair, in an earthy, tactile effect that was new for these designers, a feeling that was furthered in kangaroo cuffs and the waves of raised copper trailing the sleeves of a Perfecto. Other macro-embroideries appeared to tumble straight from a tool kit across flouncing sponge skirts and peplums, picked out as spanners and cogs in plastic and wood.


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There was a Harun Yahya stand at the 25th International Moscow Book Fair organized at September 2012 just as there has been in recent years in the past. At the book fair, where 20 posters and many fossils were displayed, more than 500 books were presented as gifts. The book fair, visited by more than 50 thousand people, was also attended by well-known personalities from Russia.
The Pastor of the Grand Church of the city of Vlademir.
Mr. Sergey Mitrohin, President of Russian Yablaka (Elma) Party,
visited the Harun Yahya stand and inquired about the works in detail.
Mr. Sergey Mitrohin, President of Russian Yablaka (Elma) Party
Mitropolit Kliment; Mitropolit of Kagula, President of the Broadcasting
Council of the Russian Orthodox Church
Mark Galasnik; Israeli author; his Russian-language books are well-known in Moscow.
İosif Mihailovich Rogal; Members of the Writers Association of Russia and Byelorussia,
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Parked along the remote salt flats off Interstate 80, the first of Lynette Hales' twins was born 10 weeks premature, breech and trapped in his amniotic sac. Jeffery Hales Jr. was 3 pounds and purplish gray.
Hales clawed through the tough membrane to free her son. He wasn't breathing.
"Breathe now, baby. Come on baby, you have to live," Hales can be heard pleading with her son on a phone call to 911 dispatchers during the birth Sunday.
One day later, Jeffery J.J. and his brother Anthony James A.J. were breathing on their own at Intermountain Medical Center's neonatal intensive care unit in Murray as their parents recounted the events that led to the roadside births.
Hales, 39, had traveled from her home in Sandy to Wendover for a weekend getaway with friends and coworkers "to get some relaxation" well before the twins' Aug. 11 due date, she said. Her husband and three children stayed home.
Instead, she woke up Sunday morning to bleeding and contractions. The nearest hospital was in Tooele, nearly two hours away. She asked coworker Jim Gerber for help.
"We thought we'd make a run for it," Hales said.
As Gerber pushed his green minivan up to 95 mph over the state line, he called police "to let them know, 'I'm coming through. If you see a green smear pass your car, ... don't pull me over!' "
Dispatcher Ashley Hunter warned Gerber: "You're getting to the middle of nowhere."
Then Hales realized that J.J. was on a schedule of his own.
"I knew that a baby was coming out when I reached down and felt a bag of water between my legs," she said.
Gerber pulled over across the highway from the Tree of Utah sculpture, more than 30 miles from the nearest troopers.
J.J. emerged, tiny and quiet.
Gerber, who received emergency medical training as a Naval hospital corpsman, performed CPR and breathed into the baby's mouth and nose.
"I was so scared that he wasn't going to make it, and my choice being out there was going to cause my babies to not live," Hales said.
Then, she said, J.J. looked up at her.
"I knew: Game on. This is a life. This is someone who's going to grow up," Hales said. She urged Gerber to continue CPR while dispatcher Hunter coached from the phone.
As troopers Cameron Fawson and Nathan Powell and Tooele County sheriff's Deputy Eric McCollum raced to the scene, "the story just kept getting worse and worse," Fawson recalled: What started as a pregnancy complication had escalated; an ambulance still was 20 minutes away and a helicopter would be another 40 minutes wait.
They arrived to find J.J. limp and purple. After a quick pass of a rubber bulb syringe, he began to regain his color. Then Hales' contractions began again. A.J. also was born breech but free to breathe; his first cry "was music," Hales said.
She was greeted at the hospital by her family.
"I didn't really break down until I ... saw my husband and mom," Hales said. "Everybody just took such good care of me."
The babies weren't the first set of twins to be born along I-80 in Tooele County, said Utah Highway Patrol Sgt. Jimmy Banks. A little more than a year ago, another sergeant delivered a set of twins.


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Orphee et Euridice
The Handel Opera Project
Sunday, January 27, 2013 at 7:30 PM (PST)
Who's Going
San Francisco, California
London, United Kingdom
Florence, Italy
Event Details
Orphee et Euridice
Christoph W.R. von Gluck
January 27, 2013 at 7:30 p.m.
Jonathan Smucker - Orphee
Erin Findley - Euridice
Christa Pfeiffer - Amor
Samantha McCurry - Blessed Spirit
With the Jupiter String Quartet, Susie Fong at the Harpsichord,
Jessica Schaeffer, harp, and Noah Usher, flute.
Conducted by William G. Ludtke
To donate directly to The Handel Opera Project, please click here.
When & Where
Christian Science Organization at the University
2601 Durant Ave
Sunday, January 27, 2013 at 7:30 PM (PST)
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The Handel Opera Project
The mission of The Handel Opera Project is to present the works of G.F. Handel and his contemporaries, thoughtfully edited and reduced in length to bring the works of these composers into an easily accessible format for those interested in early opera and opera of the Baroque period.
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Main Library
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Thursday, March 6 2:00 pm to 3:00 pm
Registration Required.
This beginning class covers creating and saving documents and includes working with text and spell checking in Microsoft Word 2010. Participants should be familiar with a computer keyboard and possess basic typing skills. Call 232-1110 for registration.


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you need to create a usb with persistent changes. There are lots of how to's
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I'm a newbie to Backtrack. I just put it on a USB to test drive it. I've installed the Nvidia drivers... Yes I closed startx (i hope logging out does it cause that seemed logical.)
ran this command....
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I'm booting up into default mode if that helps. Maybe that's my problem, I don't know.
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Wow, Let's hear it for longtime area booker/manager Tim Eddings who currently books for downtown night spot Musica because this ought to be a dadrn good show.
The reconstituted Dinosaur Jr., the 80's/90's indie rock legends featuring original members guitarist J. Mascis (a buddy to Clevelanders Cobra Verde), Sebadoh leader Lou Barlow and drummer Murph will bring their classic indie rock tunes such as Out There and Freak Scene and songs from their upcoming as-yet untitled album.To read more or comment...
For one night, the stately Akron Civic Theatre will become a hot rap cipher when Atlanta rapper Young Jeezy performs on Friday, March 5.
The Grammy nominated rapper whose hits include I'm So Hood, Go Getta (with R. Kelly) and the number one single Love In The Club (with Usher) will bring his Recession Tour (named for his third album) to town with Lil Boosie, Ron Brownz, and DJ Pro Style of BET's 106 and Park in tow.
Tickets are on sale now at the Civic box Office and Ticketmaster for $85.00, $55.00, $25.00To read more or comment...
This is stupid.
News Channel 5 is reporting that Cleveland pop radio station 96.5 KISS has removed all Chris Brown songs from their playlist.To read more or comment...
U2 is pretty dependable aren't they?
It's a peppy, catchy single with geetar and Bono's beguiling bellow.
Holy Crap it's Whitney Houston gettin' some standing ovation love for still being alive.
Admit it, you were waiting for Whitney to do something weird, weren't you?
LOS ANGELES (AP) â Lux Interior, co-founder and lead singer of the pioneering horror-punk band the Cramps, has died, the group's publicist said. He was 62.
Interior âborn Erick Lee Purkhiser â died Wednesday of a pre-existing heart condition at a hospital in Glendale, Calif., publicist Aleix Martinez said in a statement.To read more or comment...


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Nature and the outdoors
Why I Practice
I practice Yoga because it offers many ways to care for the health of my body, transform my thoughts and bring harmony to my emotions. It allows me to change in positive ways, realize inner contentment and feel abundant joy.
Why I Teach
Facilitating and witnessing those "aha" moments are delightful. I love the opportunity to share my uplifting, positive outlook through the practice of asanas and philosophical teachings. I am most grateful that I can be of service to help make a difference in people's lives both in and out of the studio. And I love teaching because my students are some of the most wonderful people I know!


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Brantley Gilbert tops country chart with new album
Listen to Brantley Gilbert on iHeartRadio
Three's the charm for Brantley Gilbert. The singer's third studio effort, Just As I Am, is debuting at the top of the Billboard Country Albums chart to become his first number one disc.
Billboard.com says fans picked up 211,000 copies of Brantley's CD, giving him the best sales week of his career -- and the second-best sales week for any country album this year. Only Eric Church's The Outsiders did better, logging sales of 288,000 following its arrival back in February.
Brantley has also become just the third country star since the start of 2013 to sell more than 200,000 copies of an album in a single week. Luke Bryan joins Gilbert and Church in that club with his disc Crash My Party, which sold 528,000 after hitting stores last August.
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Each serves 1.
Using metal cutters, cut cereal treat into fun shapes.
Using icing, piping gel or melted candy, attach assorted sprinkles or colored sugars. If desired, insert lollipop sticks into cereal treat.


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Growing Older in America: The Health and Retirement Study
The inspiration for the HRS emerged in the mid-1980s, when scientists at the National Institute on Aging (NIA) and elsewhere recognized the need for a new national survey of America's expanding older population. By that time, it had become clear that the mainstay of retirement research, the Retirement History Study, or RHS (conducted from 1969 to 1979), was no longer adequately addressing contemporary retirement issues. For example, the RHS sample underrepresented women, Blacks, and Hispanics who, by the mid-1980s, accounted for a larger portion of the labor force than in the past. The RHS also did not ask about health or physical or mental function, all of which can impact the decision and ability to retire. Moreover, research on the retirement process was fragmented, with economists, sociologists, psychologists, epidemiologists, demographers, and biomedical researchers proposing and conducting studies within their own "silos," often without regard to the relevant research activities of other disciplines.
Determining that a new approach was needed, an Ad Hoc Advisory Panel convened by the NIA, a component of the National Institutes of Health, recommended in early 1988 the initiation of a new, long-term study to examine the ways in which older adults' changing health interacts with social, economic, and psychological factors and retirement decisions. Government experts and academic researchers from diverse disciplines set about to collaboratively create and design the study. Ultimately, relevant executive agencies and then Congress recognized the value of this major social science investment, and the HRS was established. Today, the study is managed through a cooperative agreement between the NIA, which provides primary funding, and the Institute for Social Research at the University of Michigan, which administers and conducts the survey.
Many individuals and institutions have contributed to the scrupulous planning, design, development, and ongoing administration of the study since its inception. We are especially grateful for the study's leadership at the University of Michigan's Institute for Social Research in Ann Arbor, specifically HRS Director Emeritus and Co-Principal Investigator F. Thomas Juster, who led the effort to initiate the HRS and held the reins until 1995, and to Robert J. Willis and David R. Weir, the study co-directors. We also acknowledge the vital contributions of the HRS co-investigators, a multidisciplinary group of leading academic researchers at the University of Michigan and other institutions nationwide.
We thank the HRS Steering Committee and working groups, which have provided critical advice about the study's design and monitored its progress, and the NIA-HRS Data Monitoring Committee, an advisory group comprised of independent members of the academic research community and representatives of agencies interested in the study. In particular, we extend our appreciation to the late George Myers and to David Wise, the past chairs of the monitoring committee, and to James Smith, the current chair, who also served as chair of the Ad Hoc Advisory Panel. An extraordinary number of researchers and others have been involved in the review, conduct, and guidance of the HRS, but special thanks are due to the co-investigators and members of the Data Monitoring Committee (see Appendix B).
In addition, we thank the Social Security Administration, which has provided technical advice and substantial support for the study. Over the HRS's history, other important contributors have included the U.S. Department of Labor's Pension and Welfare Benefits Administration, the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services Office of the Assistant Secretary for Planning and Evaluation, and the State of Florida.
Many people have contributed to the development of this publication. In particular, we thank Kevin Kinsella of the International Programs Center, Population Division, U.S. Census Bureau, for his analytic expertise and information-gathering skills. A special note of appreciation is due to Carol D. Ryff, Institute on Aging, University of Wisconsin; and Richard Woodbury, National Bureau of Economic Research, for providing text and analysis of some of the secondary sources used in this report.
We also thank Michael D. Hurd, RAND Labor and Population; Linda J. Waite, Center on Aging, National Opinion Research Center, University of Chicago; and James P. Smith, RAND Labor and Population, who contributed data and references. Mohammed U. Kabeto and Jody Schimmel, research associates at the University of Michigan, were responsible for providing the data tabulations that form the basis of many of the report figures.
For their careful review of and suggestions regarding various chapters, we are grateful to Linda P. Fried, Center on Aging and Health, Johns Hopkins Bloomberg School of Public Health; Alan L. Gustman, Department of Economics, Dartmouth College; John Haaga, NIA Behavioral and Social Research Program; John C. Henretta, Department of Sociology, University of Florida; F. Thomas Juster, Survey Research Center, University of Michigan and Director Emeritus of the HRS; David Laibson, Department of Economics, Harvard University; Kenneth M. Langa, Department of Internal Medicine, University of Michigan; Rose M. Li, Rose Li & Associates, Inc.; Olivia S. Mitchell, The Wharton School, University of Pennsylvania; Beth J. Soldo, Population Studies Center, University of Pennsylvania; Robert B. Wallace, Department of Epidemiology, University of Iowa; and David R. Weir and Robert J. Willis of the Institute for Social Research, University of Michigan.
We also thank Susan R. Farrer, JBS International, Inc., for her overall editing of this report. Vicky Cahan, director of the NIA Office of Communications and Public Liaison, also contributed her editing skills, and she and Freddi Karp, NIA's publications director, were instrumental in the publication process. Cathy Liebowitz, HRS project associate at the University of Michigan, and Rose M. Li, Rose Li & Associates, Inc., rendered invaluable contracting and information management services. Jennie Jariel, Kerry McCutcheon, and John Vance, Levine & Associates, Inc., developed the graphics and layout.
Most importantly, we thank the HRS's most valuable asset-the thousands of HRS participants who, for more than a decade, have graciously given their time and have sustained their interest in this study. We salute their contributions, which are, indeed, without measure.
What all of the people involved in the HRS have created is one of the largest and most ambitious national surveys ever undertaken. The study's combination of data on health, retirement, disability, wealth, and family circumstances offers unprecedented opportunities to analyze and gain insight into our aging selves. This publication is designed to introduce these opportunities to a wider audience of researchers, policymakers, and the public to help maximize the use of this incredible research resource. We invite you to explore in these pages just a sample of what the HRS has already told us and to examine its potential to teach us even more.
Richard J. Hodes, M.D.
National Institute on Aging
National Institutes of Health
Richard Suzman, Ph.D.
Director, Behavioral and Social Research Program, and HRS Program Officer
National Institute on Aging
National Institutes of Health
A-1 Growth in Number of HRS Publications
A-2 The Allocation of HRS Interview Time by Broad Topic
A-3 The HRS Longitudinal Sample Design
1-1 Health Status, by Age: 2002
1-2 Health Status, by Race/Ethnicity: 2002
1-3 Selected Health Problems, by Age: 2002
1-4 Severe Cognitive Limitation, by Age and Gender: 1998
1-5 Severe Depressive Symptoms, by Age: 2002
1-6 Insurance Coverage for Persons Ages 55-64, by Race/Ethnicity: 2002
1-7 Service Use in the Past Two Years, by Age: 2002
1-8 Health Service Use, by Race/Ethnicity: 2002
1-9 Average Out-of-Pocket Medical Expenditure, by Age: 2000-2002
1-10 Components of Medical Out-of-Pocket Spending, by Age: 2000-2002
1-11 Limitation in Instrumental Activities of Daily Living, by Age: 2002
1-12 Limitation in Activities of Daily Living, by Age: 2002
1-13 Health Limitations and Work Status, Ages 55-64: 2002
1-14 Percent Dying between 1992 and 2002 Among the Original HRS Cohort, by Subjective Survival Outlook in 1992
1-15 Percent of Respondents Age 70 and Older Dying Between 1993 and 2002, by Subjective Survival Outlook in 1993
1-16 Health Conditions Among Workers Age 55 and Over: 2002
2-1 Full-Time and Part-Time Work, Ages 62-85: 2002
2-2 Retirement Pattern for Career Workers in the First HRS Cohort: 1992-2002
2-3 Absolute Difference in Percent of Career Workers Who Are Retired, by Age and Race/Ethnicity: 1992-2002
2-4 Stress on the Job, by Age: 2002
2-5 Occupation of Workers Age 70 and Older: 2002
2-6 Self-Employment Among Workers, by Age: 2002
2-7 Willingness to Consider Changing Jobs, by Age: 2000
2-8 Motivations to Stop Working Between 2000 and 2002, by Age
2-9 Expectation of Working Full-Time After Age 65, by Education: Respondents Ages 51-56 in 1992, 1998, and 2004
2-10 Change in Educational Attainment of Successive Cohorts in the HRS
2-11 Level of Satisfaction with Retirement: 2000
2-12 Volunteer Work for Charitable Organizations, by Age: 1996-1998
3-1 Components of Household Income for Married Respondents, by Age and Income Quintile: 2002
3-2 Components of Household Income for Unmarried Respondents, by Age and Income Quintile: 2002
3-3 Mean Income for Married-Person Households, by Self-Reported Health Status: 2002
3-4 Mean Income for Unmarried-Person Households, by Self-Reported Health Status: 2002
3-5 Cumulative Income Effects of New Health Shocks: 1992-2000
3-6 Components of Net Household Worth for Married Respondents, by Age and Wealth Quintile: 2002
3-7 Components of Net Household Worth for Unmarried Respondents, by Age and Wealth Quintile: 2002
3-8 Changes in Women's Household Net Worth, by Marital Status: 1992-1998
3-9 Poverty Rate for Widows, by Duration of Widowhood: 1998
3-10 Health and Net Worth: 2002
3-11 Impact of New Health Problem in 1992 on Total Wealth and Out-of-Pocket Medical Expenses: 1992-1996
4-1 Living Situation, by Age: 2002
4-2 Living Close Relatives, by Age of Respondent: 2002
4-3 Transfers to/from Parents and Their Children, by Age and Marital Status of Parent: 2002
4-4 Receipt of Money, Time, and Co-Residence, for Respondents with and without ADL Limitation: 2002
4-5 Households That Gave at Least $500 to Their Child(ren) Between 2000 and 2002, by Age of Respondent
4-6 Proximity to Children, by Age of Respondent: 2002
4-7 National Annual Cost of Informal Caregiving for Five Chronic Conditions: Circa 1998
4-8 Grandparent Health, by Level of Care Provision to Grandchildren: 1998-2002
1-1 Health Problems, by Age: 2002
1-2 Insurance Coverage, by Marital Status and Work Status: 2002
1-3 Prescription Drug Coverage and Likelihood of Filling Prescriptions, by Age: 1998
1-4 Supplement Use: 2000
2-1 Labor Force Status of Not-Married and Married HRS Respondents: 2002
2-2 Job Requirements of Employed Respondents, by Age: 2002
2-3 Job Characteristics of Employed Respondents, by Age: 2002
2-4 Expected Retirement Ages, by Pension Coverage Characteristics
2-5 Retirement Satisfaction, by Defined-Benefit Pension Receipt and Retirement Duration: 2000
2-6 Expected and Actual Changes in Retirement Spending: 2000-2001
3-1 Social Security Benefit Acceptance, by Age and Retirement Status: Data from the 1990s
3-2 Average and Median Household Wealth, by Wealth Component: 2000
3-3 Mean Household Net Worth, by Health of Husband and Wife: 1992
3-4 Health Status and Household Portfolio Distributions: Data from the 1990s
4-1 Distribution of Expected Bequests, by Parent Cohort and Selected Wealth Percentile
4-2 Type of Respondent Transfers to Parents, by Age of Respondent: 2002
NOTE: The figures and tables in this report are based on HRS 2002 data unless otherwise indicated.
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Moe the Sleaze
Joined: 10 Jan 2003
Posts: 1159
Posted: Wed Sep 01, 2004 7:01 am
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I recently held onto a bug for a couple of months because it had been bouncing around the twin cities for quite a while and I knew I had an opportunity to take it out west. I posted a note on the bug's page explaining why I was holding it and the owner gave me his approval.
I typically try to move a bug on within a week or two of grabbing it.
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Joined: 06 Jul 2003
Posts: 673
Posted: Wed Sep 01, 2004 8:45 am
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If every TB had a geo-location device on it, such as the ones in the "Buddy" thread, then TB hunters would be able to pick them up at our houses.
Spouse: "Honey, there's another geocacher in the living room!"
Cacher: "Don't mind me luv, no time for the old **-***, **-***, just came for the TB"
Bonus points: what 5 star movie is the "Cacher" quote paraphrased from?
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King Boreas
Joined: 16 Dec 2002
Posts: 2463
Posted: Wed Sep 01, 2004 9:04 am
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A Clockwork Orange
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Joined: 23 Mar 2003
Posts: 1070
Posted: Wed Sep 01, 2004 9:10 am
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I try to only hold onto them for 2-3 days max, unless I'm helping them with a big goal. For instance, I'm holding two bugs for about 2 weeks, but I'm bringing them closer to their goal in Texas (One going to Alabama, other going to The Alamo).
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Marsha and Silent Bob
Past MnGCA President
Joined: 02 Sep 2003
Posts: 6261
Posted: Wed Sep 01, 2004 10:28 am
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s4xton wrote:
I try to only hold onto them for 2-3 days max, unless I'm helping them with a big goal. For instance, I'm holding two bugs for about 2 weeks, but I'm bringing them closer to their goal in Texas (One going to Alabama, other going to The Alamo).
Yup. Unless I know that I am specifically going to give them a major push towards their goal I try to rid myself of them as quickly as possible. I routinely make trips out East (Ohio - 700 miles and PA - 1000 miles) and love to see bugs get a huge number next to their drop
I'm no where near as efficient as our famous bug mover Arcticabn
Sad state of affairs.
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Joined: 22 Feb 2004
Posts: 1424
Posted: Wed Sep 01, 2004 10:34 am
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I usually try to get rid of mine quick, but sometimes they have odd goals. I did hold one for a couple months to bring out to Seattle last time I went, and now I have another one that wants to go out there specifically, and the owner hasn't been active since june. I left a note on the bug's page though that I was headed out there in October, and I'd be happy to help this tbug accomplish it's goal (which is a lot more than I can say for some cachers that have picked up my TBugs lately, I had one wanting to go to Seattle, and somebody picked it up and dropped it in Maine!)
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Joined: 18 May 2003
Posts: 1286
Posted: Wed Sep 01, 2004 3:21 pm
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does a jeep count as a travel bug???
I didn't really try to move it FAST...as I felt nobody had any TIES to it....
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Posts: 42
Posted: Mon Mar 06, 2006 10:05 am
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I am sure there is a thread for this but I got tired of looking for it so here are my questions....
Do you contact someone who has been holding a TB for a while and ask the status?
If you do make contact, how long do you wait before you do it?
Is it acceptable to make contact regarding a TB that you don't own but were the last mover before a dead pick-up?
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Marsha and Silent Bob
Past MnGCA President
Joined: 02 Sep 2003
Posts: 6261
Posted: Mon Mar 06, 2006 10:10 am
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mabutter wrote:
Do you contact someone who has been holding a TB for a while and ask the status?
Yeah, I don't think that's a big deal.
If you do make contact, how long do you wait before you do it?
I usually wait for a month.
Is it acceptable to make contact regarding a TB that you don't own but were the last mover before a dead pick-up?
I don't much worry about this myself and I find it a bit irritating when someone else contacts me about it (drat19!) but it's the nature of the beast. Everyone is concerned about their TBs as well as the ones they moved.
Use your best judgement.
Sad state of affairs.
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Posts: 895
Posted: Mon Mar 06, 2006 1:18 pm
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I usaually go through mine that are 2 + months since a log. If a cacher has it I normally email them and ask what the status of it is. Some get lost or misplaced and the people don't even realize that they were the last to log it. Normally I get some response that "I will get it out soon", or close. Some have actually been lost. and some just never contact you back.
If the bug is in a cache I normally go through the logs on the cache since it was placed. If someone lists that "there are no TB in the cache" that is a good indication that it is gone. Then I normally mark them as lost.
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They put that cache WHERE?
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Posted: Mon Mar 06, 2006 1:35 pm
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So far the longest I held one was a jeep and a coin, both held for about the same amount of time (2-3 weeks), and both held because I wanted to place them somewhere special, but with the jeep eventually just gave up and moved it along. I always try to keep TB's moving when I can, and I'm now regretting some of my placements of TB's since they're either somewhat trapped (TB hotel with not much activity) or currently not logged out correctly.
In regards to TB's and cache's you own, what do others do about TB's that go missing or are not logged out correctly. I'm about to run down to check my one cache that has had a few TB's through it, but it looks like a White Jeep has gone missing completly, and another bug has been grabbed by someone according to the log but not retrieved from the cache. I've emailed the person about the TB logged but not retireved, but should I check with people that could have taken the jeep without logging or should I just mark it as missing if I go to the cache and it's not there? And what are people's thoughts about checking caches due to "no TB's in cache" reports...do you go and confirm or do you just mark as missing, or none of the above?
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Posts: 204
Posted: Tue Mar 07, 2006 12:06 pm
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mabutter wrote:
Do you contact someone who has been holding a TB for a while and ask the status?
If you do make contact, how long do you wait before you do it?
Is it acceptable to make contact regarding a TB that you don't own but were the last mover before a dead pick-up?
I just got a note today from a guy who held my TB for 4 months. At 2 months I asked him about the status and he replied apologizing and saying he'd get it out soon.
At 4 months I asked him again about, very congenially, and asked him if I could send him a self-addressed stamped envelope so he could mail it back to me. I didn't hear from him for 3 days then today I get a message saying his family dropped it off in Florida. Not dropped off as quick as I'd like but I got a good chunk of mileage out of it.
I'd think at 1 month a friendly enquiry would be fine. People get busy and geocaching may not be the most important thing in their life.
I'd never ask about a TB I didnt' own. I might watch an interesting one as it travels, but if it got stuck, it's the owner's place to chase it to down.
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Joined: 11 Jun 2005
Posts: 392
Posted: Tue Mar 07, 2006 1:06 pm
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I have sent emails to some cachers about bugs of mine they are holding, they apologized, and said they would drop'em pretty soon. One did, couple others still have them. Was going to give it another couple weeks to send another note, and see what happens. I have a particular, local bug on my radar, what's the big secret, but that has not moved for a really long time. As 5savages said, I have not sent a note to the holder, just hoping that it lands some day and relatively close. Might be able to see the smoke trail for that one when it hits the ground as I run after it.
only my 2-cents worth.
round n' round we go!
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Posted: Tue Mar 14, 2006 6:59 pm
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I have several that I picked up out West in January- they have specific East Coast goals(NJ, MAryland, Georgia, etc.). I notified the owners that I would be traveling in the Eastern states this April and would they like me to drop the bugs in MN when I got home, or hold on to them until I can get them to the East Coast. They all said to keep and drop on the east coast. Several had been kicking around the western states and the owners wanted them moved out. When we hit the eastern states next week and I pick up bugs I will ask them the same thing. Otherwise we usually drop them within a week of finging them.
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