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Buying an existing business instead of starting a new business from scratch has many advantages. When you purchase an existing business, one of the most valuable items you're buying is goodwill. Goodwill is the reputation and trust that has been built up over many years between the business and its customers and venders. It often takes many years of marketing and advertising to buildup a well respected and popular brand. As a result, when you buy an existing business, you can have a reasonable expectation of a certain level of cash flow, barring that you don't mismanage things or that a major shift in the economic environment occurs that could negatively impact the business.
Some of the items that figure into the value of the goodwill of a business include: The business' location, telephone number and website, trademarks and service marks, customer lists and vender lists, the lease agreement, the management, the sales team and other personnel. All of these items have been and will be the major determiner of the future success of the business. Ideally, you as a buyer can build upon this success by adding your skills, connections or new product or service lines.
Other things that you need to consider when evaluating the value of a business are the tangible things like real estate, facilities, machinery, equipment and inventory. In some cases the accounts receivables are also included in the sale of the business.
There are a number of standard ways to value a business. In most cases you will need to use a combination of these methods to come up with a number that is as accurate as possible. One popular method for getting a ballpark of a business' value is to apply a "multiple" to the company's discretionary cash flow. Discretionary cash flow is the total money generated in a year minus the cost of the necessary expenses. It is important to note that in most cases, discretionary cash flow is not the profit or loss listed on the companies tax return. It is common practice for business owners to deduct expenses that are not absolutely necessary for the operation of the company.
The multiples used to determine the value of a particular business differ depending on the business category. Certain types of businesses are in higher demand. As a result they will enjoy a higher multiple. Multiples used for appraising businesses are determined by taking an average of the multiples of discretionary cash flow that buyers were willing to pay for a business in a particular industry. There are numerous databases of multiples for various business categories. An example of a table multiples used in business valuations can be obtained from the following hyperlink: http://www.inc.com/valuation_media/2009/valuation-biz.html.
Another common way to get a ballpark appraisal of a business is to apply a multiple to the company's annual gross revenue. This method, however, is less accurate since you are not taking in consideration the relative expenses. An example of a table of multiples using a company's annual gross revenue can be obtained from this hyperlink:
Oftentimes the multiplier will be bumped up or down based on the particular circumstances of the company being appraised. For example, a company that has good market share that is steadily increasing would deserve a higher multiplier compared to a company with a small or declining market share. A business that enjoys strong patent and/or trademark protection would also deserve a higher multiplier. The more diversified a company's product line is and the earlier they are in their product life cycle, often significantly bumps up the multiplier that determines a company's value. A well diversified customer list also decreases the risk of a sudden loss of sales and would thereby increase the multiplier. Negatives such as, underfunded pension plans, pending litigation, pending governmental action, urgently needed investment in plant or equipment will usually be taken into account when determining a company's value by decreasing the multiplier.
The above-mentioned methods for obtaining a ballpark idea of the value of a particular company are only two of many used by business appraisers. Only use these tools to get an approximate value! Once you've narrowed down your choices, its time to get the advice of a professional business broker that is working for you to make sure that you are not over-paying for a business.
If you are interested in purchasing an existing business, I would urge you to visit 4BizListings.com. On this site you can search by industry category and by geographic location for business opportunities that fit your skills and interest.


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The main theme for this game is the importance of "little moves" - ones that don't look like they do much (if anything) on the board, but can have big strategic or tactical impact. The first one was a strategic one on move 9, while the other two were crucial tactics, including what should have been a game-winning combination. Another theme is that of the swindle, as after the combination fail I have to fight hard and cunningly to get to a (largely undeserved) draw.
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[...] 1.c4 c6 2.¤f3 e6 an unusual and rather inflexible way of heading for a Semi-Slav type setup. 3.g3 d5 4.¥g2 ¤f6 5.O-O ¤bd7 6.b3 ¥e7 I've seen more games with the ...Bd6 but both are equal choices for the bishop. 7.¥b2 the bishop serves to both restrain ...d4 and to pressure the beautiful long a1-h8 diagonal. 7...O-O 8.d3 here I thought for a while and eventually opted for the database favorite. This retains flexibility for White in the center - keeping the Bb2 unblocked - while giving the Nb1 the option of developing to d2. 8...dxc4 this is rarely played, as it gives up Black's best, well-supported central pawn (the whole reason for the Semi-Slav pawn formation in the first place). 9.dxc4 I opted for the central pawn recapture to maintain the pawn structure symmetry, thinking that Black might somehow be able to do something with an open b-file later on. This isn't a bad move, but most players (and Komodo) prefer recapturing towards the center with the b-pawn. Among other things that leaves the d3 pawn controlling e4. A "little move" that matters. 9...£b6 done to clear the d8 square for a rook, but this is less effective a maneuver without the rooks connected on the back rank. The locked-in Bc8 is doing nothing for Black except get in the way. 10.£c2 ¦d8 11.¤c3 developing my last minor piece and connecting the rooks, which will allow me to challenge on the d-file. 11...¤f8?! I was a little puzzled by this knight maneuver, which seems a bit of a time-waster. 12.¦ad1² I now have a pleasant game and am ahead in development. 12...¤g6 13.¦xd8+ £xd8 14.¦d1 although I have the d-file, which is nice, the piece exchange did help ease Black's cramped game a bit. 14...£c7 although the idea of seizing the d-file was easy to find, now I thought for a while about a suitable plan. The Nc3 isn't doing a whole lot and has limited prospects, so I thought exchanging it for the Nf6 and opening the long diagonal again would be a good idea. 15.¤e4 the (rather obvious) threat with this move is exchanging twice on f6 and doubling Black's f-pawns. Komodo prefers a more sophisticated version of the idea of occupying e4 with a knight, first playing Nd2. 15...¤d7?! another surprising retreat, as I had expected an exchange on e4 (indeed best per the engine). I understood the importance of the d-file, but failed to find the best idea, which would be to use the un-exchanged Ne4 to move to an even better outpost on d6. 16.£d2 the idea was to increase pressure on the d-file, which could further hinder the development of the Bc8, and also to support a possible knight hop to d6. (16.c5! would prepare Nd6 and throttle Black.) 16...¤ge5 17.¤xe5! here I had another long think and came up with a nice-looking combination that doesn't quite work as played. This move however is indeed winning. 17...¤xe5 18.¥xe5 £xe5 19.£d8+!+− a nice-looking back-rank tactic. 19...¥f8 however, now I wasn't able to find the correct forcing path, due to a lack of creative thinking. As played in the game, the try to win a piece ends up leaving me down two pawns. 20.¤d6?! this actually can work out OK for White, but there is an immediate win. I was too fixated on trying to win the Bc8 and did not see the potential for also threatening f7.
20.£e8! a "little move" with the threat of Rd8 to follow, doubling up on the 8th rank and winning.20...£xe2 21.¤xc8? this is the right idea (or one of them) in the position, but wrong sequencing. I understood by this point that I would be down multiple pawns afterwards, but didn't see anything better.
21.¦f1 another quiet, little move that is the best. 21...£e5 (21...£xa2?22.£e8) 22.¤xc8 £b8 23.¤e7+ ¢h8 24.£d7±21...¦xc8 this is the problem, the rook sacrifices itself with a deflection tactic and the Rd1 is now hanging. I was not patient and analytic enough to see that simply removing the Rd1 from being en prise (as given in the above variation) would be enough to make the tactic succeed. 22.£xc8 £xd1+µ23.¥f1 £a1 24.£xb7 (24.a4 again, patience would have been a virtue here.) 24...£xa2 25.£xc6?! this gives Black an outside passed pawn on the a-file. 25...£xb3 now it's looking pretty ugly for me, although not hopeless, given the complexity of queen endings. I try to avoid trading queens at all costs, keep up threats to the a-pawn, and freeze the Black bishop on the back rank, while maintaining my c-pawn and advancing it. 26.£a8 £b6 27.¥d3 with the threat of Bxh7, getting a pawn back by a deflection tactic against the Bf8. 27...£b3?28.c5? now I thought here for a while and chose to go for another risky, poorly-calculated "combination", thinking that I could queen the c-pawn if given a head start.
28.¥xh7+! the original idea is still the best. 28...¢xh7 29.£xf8 I mis-evaluted this position, which the engine gives as completely equal. Black's king is too exposed and the f-pawn is weak.28...£xd3−+29.c6 £d1+ 30.¢g2 £d5+ 31.f3 g6 my original idea hinged on being able to queen on c8 after sacrificing the queen for the Bf8, but now I see this will not be possible. 32.£c8 the only hope, I felt, of still trying to queen the pawn. Now we are in swindle territory. 32...¢g7 33.c7 ¥d6 34.£d8 temporarily staving off disaster by pinning the bishop. 34...£d2+ 35.¢h3 £h6+ 36.¢g2 ¥xc7 Black has nothing better. We are now back to the two-pawn material deficit situation. 37.£xc7 while Black is still comfortably winning, there's a big difference both psychologically and materially with the bishop off the board. 37...£d2+ 38.¢h3 £d4 39.f4 with the idea of freezing the e-pawn advance. 39...h5 40.£a5 with the idea of keeping an eye on the a-pawn and on e5. 40...¢g8 41.£c7? now White's idea should be to keep the queen on the a-file to prevent Black's queen from doing the same and advancing the pawn. 41...¢g7 42.£a5 £d1 43.£e5+ ¢h7 44.£c7 making sure to keep the queen as active as possible, threatening the f-pawn as well as the a-pawn. 44...£g4+ 45.¢g2 £e2+ 46.¢h3 at this point, with less time on her clock, my opponent decides to stop trying to convert the queen ending and offered a draw, which I accepted.
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yes i did now is updating i will tell you when it will finish to update
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i getit from school for studet it like you make a contract for 2 years to 5 euro in moth for the internet and the laptop for `FREE` it was the best in specificatio at that time, and it was coming whit linux.
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it didan´t hepl il try again driver from suppor webpage.
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Please follow this tutorial to provide the current operating environment of your machine.
Speccy - Publish Snapshot of your System Specs
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sorry gays i now im geving you a many trouble,
her are specifications:
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1st - Remove the following entires from Task Scheduler
08-01-2014 23:53;: GoogleUpdateTaskMachineUA
09-01-2014 12:53;: GoogleUpdateTaskMachineCore
10-01-2014 22:57;: Driver Detective-RTMRules
12-01-2014 03:09;: Driver Detective-RTMUpdater
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07-02-2014 06:00;: DriverEasy Scheduled Scan
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Desk 365 RunAsStdUser
2nd - uninstall that crap Driver Detective, Driver Easy, Google update
It should not be on a machine after a clean install
Speccy reports:
Optical Drives
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No audio card detected
I visited Insys and it wasn't much help - clicked on downloads - wasn't even a link.
Could you please provide the model number of your machine and the link you used to download drivers?
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for Driver Detective, driver Easy i now it a crap but i was hopping to show me something but there were delete a time ago just the driver detective was still installed, i removed already, what do i need to do now? or is just to look for one driver that will work??
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the last time i installed the windows 7 on another PC i remember i found a site for driver and had some Kind of search to see what driver is missing on laptop, and it gevit the right driver and it worked, the windows that i installed was this the same i have now and the Pc is almost the same from same company , Insys gameforce. but now i don´t remember where did a get the drivers
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x64 (6.3.9600) Win8.1 Pro & soon dual boot x64 (6.1.7601) Win7_SP1 HomePrem
No one can help find the driver(s) unless you provide the model number of your Insys machine.
Speccy give a lot to work with, but it says you don't have an audio card or an Optical drive. This might be because the drivers aren't installed.
AS greg mentioned, Windows Update (WU) should supply you with most of the ancilliary device drivers - IF you haven't changed the default device driver download setting.
You might want to run WU manually though Control Panel - check for updates and make sure there aren't any unticked boxes.
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We want to give you advance notice that Dateline NBC is scheduled to air a story tonight about the use of safety needles in hospitals and health systems. At the heart of the matter is whether hospitals should be required to provide new types of needles, syringes or "sharps" that could help reduce injuries and the risks of contracting such diseases as HIV or hepatitis. The piece will likely focus on a health care worker who has been infected on the job.
We want to alert you in case your local media decides to follow up. Local media may also pursue stories on this subject as a result of issues now before legislative and regulatory bodies.
- The Occupational Safety and Health Administration (OSHA) recently asked hospitals to share information about their experiences with safety needles and sharps, and the AHA encouraged hospitals to respond. (See Dec. 8 AHA Quality Advisory.)
- Legislation had been introduced at the national level, and federal agencies are studying the issue.
- Bills to mandate the use of safety needles have been introduced in several states including Illinois, Maryland, New Jersey, Tennessee and Washington. A new California law will require facilities to use safety needles by August 1.
A set of talking points to help you address questions about protecting workers from sharps injuries is attached.
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Dateline, the popular and prolific NBC newsmagazine program, has been working on a segment on needle safety in hospitals since last fall. AHA Chief Operating Officer and quality expert Jonathan T. Lord, M.D. was interviewed by Dateline about the issue in November. His message: Hospitals and health systems are committed to the safety of their patients and workers, and are working to ensure that medical instruments and equipment are good for patients and protect workers.
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- your hospital's policies and procedures, particularly related to patient and worker safety;
- whether your hospital has conducted an assessment of accidental needlesticks and other sharp injuries and evaluation of alternative products;
- what equipment options your facility offers to workers; and
- how you train your staff in the use of needles, syringes and other sharps.
For additional background, check out the "Sharps Safety" section of the AHA Web site (www.aha.org). Also, later this month, you'll receive a copy of a new sharps injury prevention guide that AHA is publishing to help hospitals establish strong prevention programs.
For media relations questions, please call Alicia Mitchell at (202) 626-2339.
- Caring for patients in the most appropriate way is our mission.
Hospitals and health systems are committed to the safety and comfort of our patients. When it comes to needles, syringes and other sharps, hospitals must meet the specific needs of their patients. For example, a physician or nurse will use a different type of needle for a child than they would for an adult patient. OSHA has recognized that there is no "one size fits all" solution to sharps injury prevention.
- Employee safety is a critical issue to us.
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For example, because of hospital education efforts and a hepatitis B vaccine, our health care workers are less at risk for the disease than the general public. In fact, the number of health care workers infected with hepatitis B dropped from a high of 17,000 in 1983 to 400 today.
To help reduce injuries for patients and workers, hospitals have worked to educate workers about safe use and disposal of needles, syringes and other sharps. For example, hospitals have added special containers to every patient's room to dispose of used needles.
- Hospitals carefully evaluate the effectiveness of their equipment - both for the safety of patients and protection of workers.
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A home care company has gone into administration threatening dozens of jobs, it is understood.
Elite Care Providers Ltd based in Preston provides care for people in their own homes across central Lancashire and Kirkham.
The company provided services for both private clients and local authority clients.
Today Lancashire County Council confirmed that it has found an alternative provider for its service users.
And angry staff have told how they have been left without pay and are seeking answers from the company following the announcement on Monday.
The Evening Post understands between 40 and 60 jobs have been affected.
One carer, who didn't wish to be named, said: "Staff are at breaking point. They have bills to pay and kids to feed."
Stephen Clarke who runs the company was unavailable for comment.
A spokesman for Lancashire County Council said: "We were informed last week by Mr Clarke of his intention to put Elite Care Providers Ltd into administration and that care for service users would be withdrawn at midnight on Friday November 7.
"We were therefore obliged to find alternative care providers for the affected service users, which we did.
"Given our desire to ensure that money from the final payment due to Elite Care Providers Ltd goes to the company's creditors, including its staff, we will make that payment to the account nominated by appointed administrators, as is usual practice. At present, no invoices are overdue for payment. At the same time, we are investigating concerns over Elite Care Providers Ltd administration of their account, and particularly concerns about possible changes to bank account details for payments.
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A group of Egyptian and foreign experts have launched a new bid to unravel the "secrets" of the pyramids, including a search for hidden chambers inside four famed pharaonic monuments.
Architects and scientists from Egypt, France, Canada and Japan will use modern infra-red technology and advanced detectors to map two pyramids at Giza and the two Dahshur pyramids, south of Cairo.
"This special group will study these pyramids to see whether there are still any hidden chambers or other secrets" inside them, Minister of Antiquities Mamduh al-Damati announced at a news conference on Sunday.
"These engineers and architects will conduct the survey using non-destructive technology that will not harm the pyramids," he said.
Experts said the study, known as "Scan Pyramids," will also be a fresh attempt to understand how the monuments were built in the first place.
Many previous missions have attempted to unravel the mysteries of the pyramids, but archaeologists and scientists have yet to come up with a concrete theory explaining how the structures were built.
Khufu's pyramid, also known as the Great pyramid of Giza - the tallest of all the pyramids - was built by the son of Snefru, founder of the fourth dynasty (2575-2465 BC), while the Khafre's pyramid or Chephren was built by the son of Khufu.
The two pyramids at Dahshur were built by Snefru.
"The idea is to find the solution to the mystery of the pyramids," said Mehdi Tayoubi, founder of Paris-based HIP Institute that is participating in the project.
"A similar attempt was made 30 years ago, but this is the first project at a global level using cutting-edge technology to look inside the pyramids," he said.


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Find True Love: Love vs infatuation
Feb 12th
Posted by mydatingetiquette in Find True Love
Everyone wants to find true love – then why haven't you found it?
One lesson I have learned is that life is short and if I just sit at home and wait for my Knight in Shining Armour – it will be a really long wait and he may never turn up!!! I remember watching an Oprah show on Single Women – it was revolutionary for me – as with anything else in our lives – if we fail to plan, we plan to fail. So if we want to get married we need to prepare ourselves!!! [More on this later this month!]
We are human and crushes or infatuations happen.
As one love guru says
"Crushes can happen at any age.
The dictionary defines crush as "a brief but intense infatuation for someone, especially someone unattainable or inappropriate." So this feeling is for someone not likely to return your ardor."
I love the Dating Goddess's frankness and honesty in sharing her stories especially about knitting the scarves or baking cakes for her would-be beaus. I myself would dress up then hope for him to notice. Once or twice I even made it to a telephone call where I mentioned something like "a few of us are catching up later at….. if you'd like to join us." Men have since told me that they do not consider that to be someone asking them out on a date and as my friends have often told me the few men over the years that I did develop a crush on that were single didn't even know about it anyway. That I am sure is girl's perception, men usually say well he probably knew, but he just wasn't interested so pretended not to notice! Oh well, that's quite nice too.
For more click here – http://www.datinggoddess.com/midlife-crushes/
However what happens if he seems to be into you but over time he just doesn't commit? Well my recently single, beautiful, close family member rang me the other day, talking about the 3 P's from a book she highly recommended 'Act Like a Lady, Think Like a Man'. They are Provide for, Protect and Profess that you are theirs. So if you don't have all three – well it looks most likely that the relationship will not go anywhere so you may as well get out now.
Love vs Infatuation: So how do we know we are infatuated?
Well according to the ABC documentary, Secrets to Love, it all comes down to science and social science.
Social science: We choose people similar to our same sex parent when we were a young child – uuugggghhh! But food for thought!
And science –
"Infatuation also involves romance , which in neurological terms is basically obsessive compulsive disorder."
Great – not! Is there any hope for us?
The chemicals are serotonin and dopamine. The latter reminds us what we like or are attracted to.
And then this is interesting…
"Lust (= testosterone) + dopamine (= attraction) –> hormones of attachment
Men and women have a bit of all of these hormones however the interesting thing is that during sex the amounts of these hormones increases 5 x for men and 12 x for women leading to a major difference in communication."
Now this little gem I found both hilarious and also a revelation – post sex – the woman usually feels all warm and fuzzy and sees a relationship… maybe even daydreaming of a wedding… while the man has just got his rocks off and is probably falling asleep or maybe wants something to eat. So when the woman, who may even initially have only wanted a fling, starts being clingy – he freaks and runs!
If you develop a crush on someone, above all remember:
ü Is he interested? … no, wait…. before that – is he single and available?
ü If you have been seeing him a while and you do not have the 3 P's – consider moving on.
ü If you do choose to jump into bed with someone you hardly know, do not expect your feelings of ardour to be returned. Men and women are different.
ü If there is no-one on the horizon – prepare yourself.
Thank you beautiful lady and until next time on your way to finding true love… stay cool and do something special for yourself!
Can you remember your last crush?
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If I am stranded, do I still get paid?
Depending on their contract of employment, employees may not be entitled to be paid if they do not turn up for work, even if they are prevented from doing so by international flight problems. Employers may, however, decide to use their discretion and not deduct pay if an employee has made reasonable attempts to return to the UK.
Can I be forced to to take this additional time off as leave?
There is nothing to prevent an employer seeking to obtain an employee's agreement to take the unexpected time off work as paid holiday. However, there is no obligation on an employee to agree to do this.
Is the failure to return to work a disciplinary offence?
A failure to turn up to work would normally be a disciplinary offence but in cases of unexpected and significant flight restrictions it would usually be unfair for the employer to take disciplinary action if the employee is unable to return to the UK through no fault of their own.
Can we be asked to work remotely?
An employee's obligation to work remotely will depend on the terms of their contract of employment and whether it is reasonable to expect them to do this. In these particular circumstances, it is likely to be reasonable to ask the employee to work remotely, and if the employee chooses not to do so, they will have to decide whether to take the time off work either as paid holiday or unpaid leave. Refusing to work remotely when it is anticipated by the contract, and reasonable to do so, could be a disciplinary offence.
Can I claim business expenses while he remains stranded following his business trip?
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The Scandal Behind the Fires at Garment Factories
Workers earning low wages lower the cost of the products they produce.
In Bangladesh and Pakistan workers earn very little and work in dangerous conditions. The low wages attract companies that compete for the business of outlets such as Walmart. The unsafe working conditions are also a part of a system that stresses low cost before everything else.
What is a consumer in the United States to do? If they refuse to buy products because they do not like how they are produced, the factories might go out of business along with income of some very poor people.
Is it better to allow workers to work in misery or not to work at all?
In the United States, many of these problems were solved by trade unions and a bureaucracy charged with enforcing laws on wages and working conditions.
In China, despite setbacks, conditions are improving. What are the reasons for this?
Is there any way out of the cycle of low wages – low priced products – high competition – consumer demand?
Dreamers Want Citizenship For All
Young Dreamers believe the presidential election changed the balance of electoral power in the U.S. From advocating for rights for young people, they now want to extend the opportunity for citizenship to the undocumented residents of the country.
Is this realistic? Was the election so great a shift in forces that years of political opposition to immigration reform can be overcome?
What are the demographics that made the difference in this election? [Hint: all the ethnicities, women and young people gave a majority of their votes to President Obama.]
Where and how did the change in the plans of the Dreamers take place?
Do students know Dreamers? Was there a real danger in their going to the convention?
The Causes of Heartburn Now a Mystery
It seems every advance in medical research either disproves what we knew before or adds to the complications of trying to figure the right treatment to follow.
Heartburn is a good example. It was always seen as the result or eating the wrong foods and could be treated by a certain kind of medicine. Now, doctors say heartburn is much more complex.
This story is full of medical terms. Is it too technical? Can the average person keep up with all the changes in technology?
Does the story make clear that it is still a good idea to watch your diet and exercise regularly?
Does the idea that stress may lead to heartburn make sense?
Is it a good idea to continually report on medical advances even though they may lead to more questions?
Improving Your Credit Score
This is one of those good advice stories that may make very little sense. Most people have poor credit scores for two reasons: they do not make enough money; they may make bad decisions about spending the money they have.
Still, is it good to know how successful borrowers achieve high credit scores? Most of the students are hard workers. Is this story helpful?
Can they and do they follow any of the practices recommended in the article?
Most of us do not read the fine print on our agreements with the credit card companies. Yet failure to make timely payments may lead to harsh results. Whose responsibility is it to know that a late payment can lead to high interest costs?
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Vehicle1995 BMW 7 Series 740iL 4dr Sedan
ReviewPurchased this car from my Dad, he
bought it new, so I know the history.
It has 63,000 miles and feels as tight
as the day he took it home, quality is
awesome, down to the door sounding
solid when shut, and even how rigid the
turn signal lever feels. You cant put
this stuff into words until you drive
this thing. Quiet on the inside, the
heated seats heat up 3x as fast as my
new 2003 expedition, and for a hog of a
car it does move out. Love the way the
engine sounds too. Not one single
complaint. (although I have yet to have
major maintenace work done yet, so I am
unfamiliar with the cost of repairs.
i.e. brakes, etc.)
Best FeaturesToo many, but I like the fact that you can hardly tell this one from a 2001. The styling is not yet dated for a 7-8 yr old car.
Worst FeaturesAuto Headlamp shut off/on. Stereo system is not accurate.(it sounds ok, but is too 'tinny' for my liking and no matter how I adjust EQ I cannot get it out. maybe it was meant for only jazz/classical music lovers.lol)
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Image of the Alfa Romeo Stelvio's headlamp surfaces
It goes without saying that I'm a huge petrolhead and can apparently convert all my driving emotions into words you can read.
Claimed to be a 'driver's SUV'.
A Facebook page called the Alfa Romeo Project 950 has posted an image of an Alfa Romeo Stelvio's headlamp, giving a look at the detailing. The Stelvio is reported to make its world debut at the 2016 Los Angeles Motor Show next month.
It is compared with the Alfa Romeo Giulia, the brand's newest sedan now available for sale. The designs are similar, although the interior cluster is different in the Stelvio. The headlamp integrates projector lenses and a small strip of LED DRLs. Older spyshots revealed that the front fascia of Stelvio will look largely similar to the Giulia as well.
The car's overall design is basically what a Giulia would look like if it was an SUV. Alfa Romeo is pitching the Stelvio as a driver's SUV, which is apparent by the name 'Stelvio' – one of the world's best driver's roads. It will rival performance-oriented crossovers like the Porsche Macan, Mercedes GLC Coupe and BMW X4.
The engine lineup is likely to be sourced from the Alfa Romeo Giulia, which includes 2.0L petrol and 2.2L diesel engines. The Stelvio will also be available in the Quadrifoglio variant, which is likely to source the 2.9L twin turbo V6 engine from the Giulia.
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14 Ways To Cook And Eat Drumstick/Moringa Leaves
29/07/2016 1:50 PM IST | Updated 01/08/2016 8:37 AM IST
Nandita Iyer Columnist, culinary trainer and food blogger
Last week, I had two days of shoot for my YouTube channel and my director insisted that I try doing three videos in Tamil. I almost died of shock. I'm fluent in spoken Tamil, but like most Indian languages, what we speak at home and what is spoken otherwise, is vastly different. With a bit of reassurance and a bit of stubbornness, Maddy convinced me to just do it.
One of the Tamil recipe videos we shot was "Murungai Keerai (drumstick leaves) Adai". This got me thinking about this ingredient. Having grown up in Bombay apartments, I knew nothing about the joy of having a drumstick tree (or any other tree for that matter) in the backyard (what's that?). While drumsticks in sambar or poricha kootu were common, I had no clue that the leaves were even edible.
The leaves, unless very tender, are quite tough to digest, so make sure you pressure cook or steam them well before using in recipes.
When I moved to Bangalore five years ago, I started ordering groceries from a website that would also sell all kinds of local green leafy vegetables. This got me interested in moringa leaves. Each time I ordered these leaves online, I would choose a random quantity like "400 grams" and then end up with half a vegetable crisper full of these greens. There was no option but to use them up in a dozen ways.
Moringa leaves are an example of a simple superfood that doesn't require you to bust the bank. It is chock-a-block with protein, calcium, iron, beta carotene, vitamin C and more. The leaves, unless very tender, are quite tough to digest, so make sure you pressure cook or steam them well before using in recipes.
So move over kale, we are all set to make drumstick leaves our favourite green superfood!
Wash and finely chop the leaves. Add this to a tempering of curry leaves, chillies, mustard seeds, shallots (preferably in coconut oil). Cover and steam until cooked. Season with salt and garnish with a generous portion of fresh coconut. This goes well with steamed rice and dal.
The best way to use green leafy vegetables in Indian cooking -- just add it to dal, problem solved! Adding some jaggery and squeeze of lemon juice helps offset the mild bitterness.
Boil some sliced carrots, tomatoes and onions along with cleaned and washed drumstick leaves in vegetable stock. Season with salt and pepper and sip warm. If it's raining in your part of the world, like it is in mine now, this will be the perfect comfort food, and not to mention, healthy too!
Tea can be brewed with moringa leaf powder, but if you have fresh leaves, use them instead and reap a bunch of health benefits. Read more about moringa tea here.
Finely chopped moringa leaves can be kneaded along with whole-wheat flour and spices to make a green leafy paratha or thepla. Methi (fenugreek leaves) thepla is a staple in Gujarati households, and there's no reason why drumstick leaves would not fit right in. Make sure the leaves are very finely chopped so that they cook properly while the thepla is on the griddle.
Add more power to your molagapodi /gun powder. Wash and dry the moringa leaves. Dry roast them in a pan until crisp. Blend along with the other ingredients for podi and you get a superfood-enriched molagapodi. Eat this podi with steamed rice and ghee or along with idlis/dosas.
Adding a handful of finely chopped drumstick leaves to your adai batter or pesarattu not only adds a vibrant green colour but also ups the nutrition quotient of your breakfast.
Drumstick leaves have a slightly bitter tinge to them. The tamarind and spices in the sambar do a good job of masking the bitterness. The same can be added to a tamarind-based dish called kozhambu.
Add finely chopped drumstick leaves and grated bottle gourd to gram flour along with spices, to make koftas.
I love the addition of spinach to my scrambled eggs, so I see no reason why moringa leaves wouldn't do a good job here. If necessary, steam the leaves or cook them in a pan separately and then add to the eggs so that they are cooked through.
Whisk eggs with finely chopped moringa leaves and season with salt and pepper. Make big-sized omelettes, roll them up and slice for a healthy breakfast that looks pretty too!
In Tamil cooking, we love making chutneys with scraps like vegetable peels and what not. Stir fry the leaves in some oil until they are wilted, and then grind along with coconut and fried red chillies + urad dal. This is called thogayal and typically eaten with steamed rice and sesame oil.
Drumstick leaves, called sajana saga, find many uses in Odia cuisine. The leaves combined with onion, potato and gram flour are deep fried into fritters.
This is another Odia delicacy listed in the book Purba: Feasts from the East. It is a simple curry made using pumpkin and drumstick leaves, with a tempering of pancha phutana and red chillies. Another popular combination is that of roasted moong dal cooked along with drumstick leaves and fresh coconut.
There are a couple of things to remember while cooking with moringa leaves. Wash the leaves well in plenty of water, to get rid of the dust and discard all the stems, which are inedible. While moringa leaves possess properties that aid digestion and gastrointestinal health, the leaves themselves are somewhat tough to digest. So make sure you cook them properly (if required, pressure cook them) especially when cooking for younger kids.
This post first appeared on Saffron Trail blog.
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With my first the nurse hasn't seen many pain med free births ( I had pre e so it wasn't natural but I didn't have an epi and avoided as many interventions as I could) anyway she seemed hopeful I'd do it and wasn't condescending. I ignored everyone so we didn't have much interaction.
I don't even think there was a nurse when I had Emmett? lol. I mean I watched the video and there was someone there but I don't think we spoke or she did anything. Again, I go in the zone during my birthing time. I am silent with my eyes closed the whole time.
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GOP Sens. Orrin Hatch of Utah and Chuck Grassley of Iowa charge that the developers of the HealthCare.gov website inside the Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services "ignored countless red flags" in the run-up to the Oct. 1, 2013, launch of open enrollment under the 2010 health care law.
In a report issued June 19, the GOP lawmakers argue that a lack of coordinated project management inside CMS or a vendor acting as general contractor led to the failure of key components of the site. According to the report, contractors and IT personnel inside CMS, "were aware for months of gaping holes in testing, critical security concerns, and failures under the most modest simulations."
The report aggregates pre-launch reports and other government and contractor documents that have been obtained and previously made available by congressional committees, but it provides a useful timeline of the events leading up to the Oct. 1 launch, efforts by vendors and officials to explain the failures, and a current price tag for HealthCare.gov-related IT expenditures. The federal government obligated $834 million on IT contracts related to HealthCare.gov and other IT through February 2014, according to the answers supplied by Health and Human Services Secretary Sylvia Mathews Burwell.
The fiscal 2015 budget request from the Obama administration includes $200 million for IT that supports the health care law, including new development and operations and maintenance for the system.
With the FedRAMP deadline in the rearview mirror, the National Institute of Standards and Technology's Cloud Computing Program is turning to industry and government alike to tackle the biggest cloud-related issues government-wide.
The cloud working groups will address requirements NIST laid out in its "U.S. Government Cloud Computing Technology Roadmap 1.0" in 2011.The NCCP has identified three target areas on which to focus: cloud services, federated community cloud, and interoperability and portability.
The Interoperability and Portability for Cloud Computing working group aims to demystify the issues behind interoperability and portability needed for cloud computing, and also what connections exist between the two.
The second group will look at the roadmap's Requirement 5, "Frameworks to support seamless implementation of federated community cloud environments." This group will define the term "federated cloud" and develop a path to its implementation.
The third group will work with the NIST Cloud Computing Reference Architecture to establish consistent categories of cloud services to help customers get a better understanding of the service and hardware they're purchasing.
NIST is hosting a teleconference June 25 to kick start the effort, and will be discussing group goals, member roles and responsibilities, meeting schedules and deadlines for those interested in any of the working groups.
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I found it rather easy this year.
currently at Gold, actually.
EDIT:Added Skyward Sword, MK7, and Kirby Return to Dreamland and I'm Platinum now. I thought it used to be 600 coins, though... I got it at 400 and havne't spent anything yet.
Skyward Sword pushed me into platinum. The 3DS was a big help, too.
EDIT: How sweet is it that 3DS games from CN still qualify for points?


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It is illustrative of the high regard with which the Chinese hold tennis that when the producer of the opening ceremony looked for stars among the athletes massed in the Birds Nest he directed his cameras first at Rafael Nadal, second at Roger Federer, and third, and most remarkably, at Andy Murray. Tennis is growing in China and, one suspects, it's about to grow a whole load bigger.
Its cause will be helped should Roger Federer and Rafael Nadal make it to Sunday and what might be a career-defining showdown over five sets in the Beijing Coliseum, the Chinese having knocked out a concrete Wimbledon just for this tournament. Everything is new and pristine. The stadium itself has huge V shaped spaces studded around the top tier which aid ventilation and afford views, in so far as the haze allows any views, of Beijing. It will provide a perfect setting for one of the clashes of the Games, and the collision is still very much on after both the contenders recorded relatively facile victories yesterday.
Nadal was the first to perform, against the suitably named Italian Potito Starace. The humidity was brutal. "I had to change my shirt every ten minutes, it is difficult, no," he said afterwards. He had little difficulty acclimatising, racing through the first set 6-2, combining astonishing court craft and speed.
Starace, to his credit, responded with a mighty effort winning three
straight games and the second set. "I am happy with my tennis. I play very well in the second set," he said. Nadal might have suffered a minor blip in concentration but there is little that can be done when the ball is being pinged past you on either side.
Normal service was resumed in the final set as Nadal closed out the match 6-2, 3-6, 6-2. "I had a shot in the third at 15-40 [2-4] and I tried to make a winner," said Starace, "but I miss by 10, 15cm. That's tennis."
Federer, meanwhile, had to cope with the 200kph-plus serves of Dmitry Tursunov from Russia. He too acclimatised quickly once he had established a rhythm against the serve. The ease of his play was demonstrated by a pinpoint overhead from the baseline being followed by a running forehand pass to win his opening game in the second set. 200 girls in matching yellow shirts chanted "Roger". Some innocuous lift muzak was played over the loudspeaker system. And a strange electrical hum, quite similar to the one generated by the Aswan Dam, zizzed from one side of the arena to the other.
Federer's game went from strength to strength as he unpicked the Russian with a series of sliced backhands and then unleashed those sweeping ground-strokes which indicate his imperial game is near its zenith. Certainly he played better in the first two sets of this tournament than he did in the first two sets of the Wimbledon final.
He closed out the match with an ace, celebrated by hitting a ball through one of the Vs and politely applauded the crowd before lobbing his headgear into it and initiating a headband fight.
Speaking afterwards he was at his most relaxed, quickly establishing a comedy double act with his Chinese interpreter. "I think I played well in the second set, I played some great winners and got some good balls back," he said. Asked about his two recent hard court defeats he admitted "you start to doubt yourself just a touch but I am not going to freak out and have emergency meetings." Nor is he inconvenienced by the conditions. "there are not many places this humid. It's something I used to struggle with, humidity, that's one of the reasons I went to practise in Dubai which has been key."
Things being key is a touchstone phrase for the Swiss, who today looked supremely comfortable and at home. In this form the only man capable of disturbing his peace is Nadal.


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1) There are the typical Walk-Ins which have been mostly Mis-Understood, and have unjustly received a bad reputation.
2) There is a Rare Sub-Category which have not been universally recognized as Walk-Ins that I will also address.
3) There are what are known as "Jump-Ins."
4) There are also what are known as "Crawl-Ins."
1) Walk-Ins:
Lets start by discussing the more Universally talked about, and equally Universally misunderstood category known simply as Walk-Ins.
These are spirit beings just like you.
Unlike what most people who have fear regarding this process believe, these Spiritual Beings have a Contractual Agreement with the Owner/Occupant Spiritual Being that currently has custody of the body (the owner in this case would be the "Person" who was originally born into this body).
The Person/Soul/Spirit who resides in the body Wants Out (Walk-Out) ! He/She has had enough! They usually feel as though they can not achieve any further growth in this incarnation, and/or it has just become so difficult for them to survive here that they merely wish to die (leave), and go back "Home." Sometimes they will have a near death experience, or even commit suicide. If the body remains in decent shape through this process, and is still usable, then the Walk-In will make arrangements with the Person in order to "Switch-Out."
The great misconception is that a Walk-In is a spirit that hostilely takes over your body, and takes full possession of it. This is completely false. A True Walk-In never under any circumstances, occupies another being's body without a contractual agreement between the 'Walk-In," and the "Walk-Out" (the being who is leaving). Walk-Ins are Ancient Souls who are Spiritually Bound by their Spiritual Ethics, and Morality. They are at a stage of Human Evolution in which they can not break those codes even if they wanted to, and you can rest assured that they have no desire to.
What about all of those people in the world who have been possessed, you might be asking? We will cover that area a bit further along.
A True Walk-In situation occurs between a Younger Soul (less experienced on this Earth) which is the owner of the body, and an Ancient Soul on its Last Lifetime on the planet. The ancient soul has already mastered being "Out-Of-Body" in past lives. They prefer to enter an incarnation at least partially Spiritually Awake. Since they have mastered coming and going from Human form in their many past lives, they usually understand the complexities involved with re-wiring the body to fit their specific needs. Being born into a Human body is an extremely difficult thing to do emotionally if you enter the body partially spiritually awake. Why would it be more difficult than for an average person, you might ask?
The reason we come into this incarnation "Spiritually Unconscious" is very simply that we still have learning experiences to complete before we can be Fully Enlightened. Once Fully Enlightened, all of our life experiences would have been mastered. We can choose to come back to this Earthly Reality, and help others to "Step Into" their Spiritual Destiny - "Enlightenment." As a Partially Enlightened Being, we can choose to either come into this world as a child once again, or to "Walk-In" Partially Conscious.
It is by far more difficult for an Ancient Soul to incarnate into an Infant Body, than it is for other people. This is because the ignorance that Human Beings naturally have as infants is a protective device on some levels. It protects them against understanding fully the injustices that are leveled at them by adults during those years of Human evolution. When you can understand what adults are saying, but are unable to make your Infant Body respond, it becomes unbelievably frustrating. Not to mention, having to put up with the In-Humanity of children towards each other as you grow older, and besides, who really wants to go through the trauma of birth consciously anyway? The process of being born while beautiful from the outside, can be one of the most traumatic memories that people usually have next to memory of their previous live's deaths.
Partially Spiritually Awake beings are usually extremely sensitive. This is where the term "Sensitives" comes from when describing an Intuitive, or Psychic person. This sensitivity makes it very difficult for them to be in public with other people who are much less, or in most cases not "Sensitive" at all. The reason for this is that "Sensitives" pick-up on other people's intent, psychically. They also perceive other peoples emotional states. These things are usually felt by the Sensitive within their own body. It is uncomfortable, and can even cause distress, and pain in some cases. Only after they have learned to handle their particular level, and type of sensitivities, are they able to really function well.
With all of that said, are there any real benefits to being a Walk-In? Yes, there definitely are! The main benefit is that as stated earlier, all Walk-Ins are adept at Entering, and Leaving the Physical Form. This Out-Of-Body knowledge is of vital importance when dealing with the issue of becoming Self-Realized. All Walk-Ins are "Trance-Mediums ," but Not all Trance-Mediums are Walk-Ins. Both of these categories have the ability to not only bring in other energies into their body such as healing, but they can also, and far more importantly, bring in their own Oversoul and God Self.
That is the main prerequisite in order to become Fully Enlightened, but here is where the true test comes in. In order to assist their Oversoul in coming in, and occupying the body, they must perform major emotional and mental house cleaning first.
Your Body is Your Temple. You have to clean your temple if you expect the God part of you to reside there, right? This is an extremely painful process in most cases. All of the Emotional, Mental, Psychological, Physical residual baggage left from the previous occupant has to be dealt with in order for the temple to become usable. You have to remember, the last person to occupy the body (when talking about Walk-Ins only) was in such pain that they decided to actually die (leave the body). All of those issues, and memories have to be dealt with before the Walk-In can actually begin working on their own growth process.
The previous occupant also had a family in most cases. The Walk-In actually takes over in the role of the previous occupant in the family structure as well. It is a huge learning experience for the Walk-in to go through, not to mention his/her new family. This process takes several years, and can be very confusing indeed. Even though the Walk-In might be partially awake spiritually (open hearted, and higher level of God consciousness than the average person), they do not necessarily understand what they are actively going through.
Walk-Ins generally do not get the whole concept of money. They understand "Barter," but when it comes to money, they are usually puzzled. This can, and does create great problems in their financial life. Walk-Ins have normally been "Off-Planet" for several lifetimes prior to walking-in. For this reason, they usually feel a bit disjointed when it comes to fitting in. They might say that they feel like an outsider looking in, even at social gatherings. Typically, walk-ins have to re-learn many of the more commonly understood social interaction behavior, and worldly concepts.
They have to learn about Ego. They need to realize that when they deal with other people, they have to remember to weigh equally the person's personality/Ego structure in, with the beautiful, and loving internal light that they perceive as the person. They are very open hearted at first. Until they get bitten a few times. You know the saying "Once bitten, twice shy." It is very hard for a naturally unconditionally loving being to protect themselves with a layer of Ego in order to survive.
Although they have a contractual agreement on the spiritual level, and from that perspective they understand fully the ramifications of this exhaustive venture, they too have to undergo some level of Unconsciousness in order to Not avoid the learning experiences which they must go through. If they were aware of the lessons ahead, especially since the lessons are mostly the previous occupant's, they would most likely attempt to avoid going through all of the pain involved, and side step completing their house cleaning.
For the body to become as clean as it would be necessary, the body has to integrate the new levels of energy, and consciousness of the Walk-In firstly. This process requires the displacement of the body's own stored toxins in the lymphatic system, and organs and tissues. The brain must be completely re-wired so that the much higher consciousness of the Walk-In can function through that mechanism properly. It also has to integrate all of the new levels of its own evolution as it progressively becomes cleaner. There are some wonderful stages throughout this process as well. States of temporary enlightenment can, and typically do occur.
The primary reason for a being to choose to become a walk-In is for spiritual advancement. To become Enlightened, and finally God-Realized.
2) Walk-Ins Sub-Category:
There is another Walk-In situation in which all of the above in the Walk-In portion of this writing is correct except there is one Major Difference, instead of another being walking-in to a person's body under spiritual contract, it is actually the person's own Christ Self walking-in to their body. They might still have experienced a near death, or suicide event as their former younger soul aspect of themselves, but the being that came in was actually an aspect of their own higher self. This is an extremely rare occurrence. It is harder for an ancient soul to evolve through the body from birth, than it is for it to Walk-In. You are automatically in this category after you receive the "Axiatonal Initiation."
As incredibly difficult as it is for a Walk-In to clean their new temple, and make it ready for themselves, it is by far harder to enter Partially Spiritually Awake from birth as their own younger aspect of their being, and to later exchange occupancy with their own Christ Self part of their being. Unlike the typical Walk-In, they have emotional attachment to their past life memories, and past actions committed by the younger aspect of themself.
In this scenario, the Walk-In person, feels as though they are a stranger in their own family. They have the memories of their former life, but to them, their parents seem as though they are merely care takers in their life. If they have siblings, they also seem as mere friends, and not a blood relation. Everyone can sense that this is not the John/Jane we use to know. This Christed version is on a mission. Their main objective is to wrap up all past life Karmas in this one lifetime so that they can become fully realized as their God Self. The other half of their mission is to Uplift Humanity Spiritually and otherwise, and they feel compelled to attempt both at the same time.
The real blessing is that once their God-Self anchors into their body through the Axiatonal Initiation during the first session; it begins their healing process from the inside out, and rearranges their life in order to flow perfectly on their unique path. This is the only means by which a person can achieve true personal power, the ability to be their real Self through unconditional love and compassion.
These are the nasties that literally "Jump" into your body while you are away (consciously) this is also known as being ungrounded. They can see that nobody is "Home," so they just want to come on in, and check out the "Apartment," you know, jump on the bed, use the phone, and raid the ice box etc. (yes, while this may sound funny, it certainly is anything but that for the body's true owner who has been "Evicted" from their own temple). These nasty beings - "Jump-Ins," have no real regard for your sovereignty. They have no concern for your personal free will, nor for your comfort. They do not care about your feelings. Simply put, they are free loaders who are only interested in themselves.
If you have experienced seeing someone get really stinking drunk, and then their entire personality changed for the worse, then spiritually speaking it could have been the direct result of one of two things (this is in addition to the third option which is the body's chemical reaction to the alcohol).
Either they were under extreme duress, under the influence of drugs, or they were just drunk, and because they were so relaxed, or extremely stressed out, their conscious filtration system portion of their mind relaxed, or was over stimulated (depending on which circumstance is applicable). When this occurs, all of their subconscious thoughts begin to surface. Their mental filter is reduced, so they have little control over what comes out of their mouth, because they do not think before they speak. Pretty soon their underlying character flaws begin to show their ugly heads. In this scenario, the person usually regains their original personality when they sober-up.
The second option is the following: A person gets drunk (as an example). Their Auric field naturally relaxes exposing their body to outside influences. If they are sufficiently drunk, it opens the opportunity for other beings to "Jump-In." These other beings do not have bodies, and therefore can not experience any alcohol to quench their unending thirst for alcohol.
Spirits can not taste or experience physical things without a body, so if they are "Earth Bound," after their death, they tend to go to night clubs, bars, and any other place where alcohol is served if they were alcoholic prior to their death. They hang out wherever there is a good likelihood of encountering drunk people. If a person should get drunk, and their Auric field starts to loose its protective strength enough, the alcoholic spirit can "Jump-In," and attempt to fulfill their desire to quench their alcoholic thirst, so long as the person's body is still intoxicated.
One of two things happen when the person's body begins to sober-up.
a) The occupying spirit leaves, and looks for another body that is intoxicated,
b) The occupying spirit stays, and makes the person's body their home.
Oh, and did I mention that the person may actually attract several Jump-Ins simultaneously? Unfortunately, a person could, and often does have several Jump-Ins in their Crown Chakra (their head). It is not enough to remove these beings from your space through the assistance of a Psychic Trance-Medium Healer, you must also Spiritually, Emotionally, an Mentally heal that part of yourself which is vulnerable. That is to say that you have to become Spiritually, Emotionally, and Mentally Healthy, and in conjunction with the aid of a Trance-Medium Healer, will actually boot them out forever. In order to become enlightened, you must have seniority in your space, and head (Crown Chakra). There can not be any other beings in your body but YOURS!
They will continually prompt the person to have "Just one more" drink. The person will most likely become an alcoholic, if they weren't already. They will not "Be Themselves," and their friends, and relatives will see a marked change for the worse. Jump-Ins could care less whether you have a job, are married, have children to support, or have to eat, shave, and brush your teeth in the morning.
They only care whether they can experience whatever it is THEY desire, and how they can manipulate embodied beings in order to achieve that goal.
While writing about "Jump-Ins" the realization came that it would appear to you, the reader, that these are the only types of "Dis-Embodied Spirits." It is the authors hope that you understand that there are quite a few types of "Spirits" out there. "Jump-Ins" are merely one of several types (yes, you are probably thinking, this whole subject is a bit OUT THERE - Well, it is, but that does not change the fact that it is very real, and true). There are certainly Pleasant Spirits out there as well, and this writing is not intended to scare the reader. It is merely intended as a description of the topic at hand.
4) Crawl-Ins:
Anyone who does not fit into the first three categories can be considered a Crawl-In. Primarily, we as Human Beings in general, crawl into this world, and a Crawl-In is just that, a spirit that comes in at the time of gestation. The Japanese believe that life begins at the time of conception, and therefore when the baby is born, they are said to be nine months old already. So, if you are "Normal" you would be considered a Crawl-In.
* To go my website's "What are Walk-Ins?" page click here


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About Network Mix
The network mix provides you with a way to simulate load more realistically in a load test scenario. Load is generated by using a heterogeneous mix of network types instead of one single network type. You create a closer approximation of how end users interact with your applications.
A network mix specifies the probability of a virtual user running a given network profile. A network profile is a simulation of network bandwidth at the application layer. It does not simulate latency.
When you create a load test, you might want to simulate that load is being generated through more than one type of network connection. The network mix offers several network types, including:
LAN (default)
T3 6.0Mbps
Cable/DSL 1.5Mbps
Cable/DSL 768k
Cable/DSL 384k
Dial-up 56k
Dial-up 33.6k
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The different networks are simulated. When you choose an option such as Cable/DSL 1.5Mbps, wait times are injected into the test to simulate the selected bandwidth.
The network mix works like other mix options. A network type is selected randomly associated with a virtual user, based on network mix. That user's tests are run using a particular network type, based on the probability you specified in the mix.
After you have specified a network mix, you can later add and remove network types. You also can change the distribution of the network mix using the mix control.
Mix Control
The mix control allows you to easily adjust the distribution of networks in a scenario.
For more information, see About the Mix Control.
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Young children and their parent/caregiver will create colorful books together out of fun materials that can be folded, but colored on and tied together! Bookmaking can help little ones develop manual dexterity, simple skill-building and a love of books at an early age. Numbers, ABCs, pictures and stores, anything can go in your family book! Each class will include movement and play. Parent or caregiver participation is required. $10 cash material fee.
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Samsung Galaxy S4 review | Introduction
Samsung Galaxy S4 review
alfway through 2010, Samsung introduced the innovative Galaxy S smartphone to the market. Since then, the enormous hype surrounding the Galaxy S phones has only increased, the S2 improved considerably and became enormously popular. Samsung outdid themselves with the Galaxy S3. The expectations were high: what would Samsung come up with now? In May of 2013, Samsung introduced its new flagship smartphone: the Galaxy S4 GT-I9505. What more does this smartphone have to offer compared with its predecessor? The Samsung Galaxy S4 has a more powerful processor, a larger screen, a better camera, and numerous new sensors and innovative technologies.
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In terms of design, Samsung has made few changes. The corners of the Galaxy S4 are designed a bit sharper, and the phone is a bit lighter weight, but the buttons and their placement have remained the same. The S4 as well as the S3 have a body made of synthetic material, and their size is also very similar. That makes it even cleverer that Samsung has managed to make the screen larger. The S3's 4.8" HD screen has been replaced with a 5" Full HD screen on the S4. The screen takes an even more prominent role on the front of the smartphone.
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Just like all Galaxy smartphones, the Galaxy S4 also runs on Google's Android operating system. The Samsung Galaxy S4 comes with Android 4.2.2 Jelly Bean. For the general user interface, Samsung gave its Touchwiz UI an update. A few new functions that are a result of the upgraded Touchwiz interface are the extensive dropdown menu with a mere 20 options, the Multi Window functionality, and the Air View and Air Gesture functions. These last two make it possible to click content without touching the screen, but holding your finger just above the screen.
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