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Bible of the Devil
Love of Thugs and Fools
(Cruz Del Sur)
US: 8 May 2012
UK: 8 May 2012
Somewhere out there right now, in a rundown sweat lodge of a club, Chicago, Illinois's Bible of the Devil is playing to a fervent and inebriated crowd. Driving across states and nations in a dilapidated van that lets in the sub-zero or sickeningly humid air, Bible of the Devil is a road-weary outfit, accepting the grim reality of touring with a grimace and a grin. Doing the hard yards for little reward, aside from the pure ecstasy of standing in front of a stack of Marshalls and rockin' like a hurricane. No doubt dysentery, dermatitis and unsightly discharges are but routine hurdles on the potholed trail to rock 'n roll glory.
Lifers, you'd call them. Musicians who appreciate you don't have to be sophisticated, profound, or even necessarily innovative to win favor with fans of bona fide heavy rock. Just play till your fingertips split every single time you plug in, that's all that counts. Humble artists like that make albums like Love of Thugs and Fools. It's a jagged, weather-beaten, last-whiskey-shot-of-the-evening release that tells a few after-hours exaggerated tales.
Given its moniker you'd be excused for thinking there was something diabolical about Bible of the Devil. But there is not. The group plays working-class American heavy rock. Over the course of six full-lengths, numerous 45s, and 13 years spent touring the US and Europe, the band has carved out a solid reputation among the underground weighty rock set.
There's a lot to enjoy about Bible of the Devil, especially if you're a fan of riding shotgun as the heavier rock of yesteryear is taken for another spin around the block. Love of Thugs and Fools bristles with heads-down, stouthearted Flying V gallops, with big old '70s arena rock flirtations to be found on "Yer Boy" and "The Parcher". Firewater-scorched vocals courtesy of guitarist and vocalist Mark Hoffmann add the essential authenticity. Guitarist Nate Perry provides the other half of the crucial roughneck harmonic leads equation, and drummer Greg Spalding and bassist Darren Amaya provide the dependable backline.
Evolution be damned. It's all hearty beer spilling cheers and smoke in your eye salutes to the band's tenacious forbearers. The unvarnished, gristly tenor of early Manilla Road turns up on "Night Street". A notable debt to the coarseness of New Wave of British Heavy Metal arrives with "Out for Blood", and a fair degree of proto-metal and Thin Lizzy worship is to be found on "Can't Turn Off the Sun" and "Anytime", respectively. Bible of the Devil clearly believes that there's no problem in the world that can't be solved by downing a substantial amount of hard liquor, jamming some '70s and '80s riffs, and indulging in some late-night hazy barroom philosophy. Considering the world's seemingly never-ending crises, that might just be a forum for political debate worth exploring.
Fans of headbanging at the front of the stage while the pre-show tape blasts over the PA, grasping their pals in neck-injuring hugs, or standing outside convenience stores at 5 am wondering why they're missing three teeth will adore Love of Thugs and Fools. It's an album that undoubtedly makes for a searing live set, but works just as well blasting away on your stereo as primer for Friday revelries.
In truth, if you're a fan of esteemed cult rockers such as Clutch or Slough Feg, or you enjoy a rousing set of uncomplicated anthems, Bible of the Devil's latest is a disc you should spin. Sure, it's not the least bit groundbreaking, lyrically its clichéd as hell, Hoffmann's raggedy voice has trouble staying in tune on occasion, and the production is pitted, prickly and raw. But all that primitiveness only accentuates its undeniable street-wise charm.
Bible of the Devil proudly preaches the scraggy bearded, unadulterated, and uninhibited word of dirty rock. It's a congregation you might consider worth joining, given the only requirement is that you're prepared to buy your round.
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Gucci Debuts New Scent "Forever Now" to Evoke Their History
Based on their Florentine heritage, Gucci has created a special eau de parfum called Forever Now. This new scent is set to debut at the Gucci Museo in Florence this week, alongside the opening of the "Cindy Sherman: Early Works" exhibit.
Gucci creative director Frida Giannini collaborated with perfumer Lorenzo Villoresi collaborated to evoke the fashion brand's history and modernity. They used ingredients found in Tuscany, like the Florentine iris, as well as bergamot, orange blossom, lavender and leather. The foundation of Forever Now is a rich blend of amber, musk, patchouli and vetiver.
"Just as the Gucci Museo represents the remarkable narrative behind our iconic products and motifs, so this new fragrance subtly conveys the elegance and sophistication of our roots," said Giannini.

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Customizing, Automating, and Extending the Development Environment
You can create macros and add-in that customize the appearance and behavior of the integrated development environment (IDE). You can install macros and add-ins using Windows Installer setup files. For more information, see How to: Package Components to Use the Visual Studio Content Installer
Describes how to customize the Dynamic Help window and toolbars, start other applications from the IDE, export and import settings, and personalize the IDE in other ways.
Describes how to re-arrange tool windows and document windows in the IDE.
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We all use it every day and we tend to assume it is working right as long as we don't have major problems. We put stuff in, we get stuff out. Whatever is happening inside is happening and we don't want to hear too much about it. Even with major issues we might be embarrassed or afraid to tell anyone what is going on. I have had to learn a lot about digestion over the past few years. It wasn't working right for my youngest in many different ways and I had to understand what it was supposed to do and the various reasons why it might be doing something else.
Above is an image of the gastero intestinal system. Now I'm going to work through it and explain what should be happening and point out some ways that that is may be not working right and why that happens.
Step 1: You eat food. It goes into your mouth and you chew it well, mixing it with saliva while you do so. This begins digestion, both the physical process of breaking it down with your teeth, and the chemical process of saliva beginning to break down starches. Did you ever do that experiment where you chew a cracker for a long time and eventually it starts to taste sweet? That is this process in action. There are two ways that this part of the process can be broken. You can not produce enough saliva. Various conditions and medications cause dry mouth. Or you could not be able to chew properly. This could be caused by a tongue tie or another problem with your mouth. In either case if the mouths job isn't done properly digestion can be thrown off for the entire process and at the very least stress is placed upon the process further along to make up for the deficits. This is true all along the way. If a step in the process isn't functioning correctly it will add extra stress to the following points in the process.
Step 2: You swallow your food and it travels down your esophagus into your stomach. Once in your stomach you shower your food with hydrochloric acid. This begins to break down the proteins that you have eaten. The rising acid levels in your stomach tell the opening at the top of your stomach to close and keep that acidic chyme inside and out of your esophagus. Your stomach is coated with a thick layer of mucus that protects it from this acid. The acid not only digests your proteins but it protects you from pathogens that you may have ingested with your meal. Most can't survive the acid bath. Your stomach should be basically sterile. If you eat something without protein you don't secrete much acid if any. If you eat something with lots of protein you secrete lots of acid (remember this is how things are supposed to work). Then your stomach starts to churn and mix the food and acid together so that it can break down the protein. The most common way that this process goes wrong is not enough acid is secreted. This is often because of low levels of the minerals (zinc is one) that the body uses to make the acid. If you don't produce enough acid the opening at the top of the stomach doesn't close fully. If it isn't closed and you secrete some acid and then your stomach starts to churn that acid will splash up the esophagus. In many people this causes pain, in some it doesn't (no one knows why some don't feel the pain). The esophagus doesn't have that thick layer of mucus that the stomach should have and so it can be damaged by the acid splashing up. It can rise so far that it gets into the vocal chords, the lungs, and the back of the throat and cause issues in those areas as well. For some people this is their only symptom of acid reflux, a cough, sore throat or ear pain. Another way that this process can break is if there is yeast living on the valve that closes the top of the stomach. This yeast is able to set up shop in a low acid environment and then it paralyzes this opening so that it can't close. You could also have a problem with your mucus lining in you stomach and develop an ulcer. It was once thought that ulcers were caused by stress but then it was discovered that ulcers are caused by the h. pylori bacteria. Remember your stomach should generally be sterile so it was low levels of stomach acid that let this situation start in the first place.
Step 3: After a while the opening at the bottom of your stomach opens up and the chyme moves into the doudenum. At this point the chyme is white. There the pancreas showers the food with a base (like baking soda) to neutralize the acid coming from the stomach. It also is the point when bile is added from the gall bladder in response to fats in the food (this turns the food dark) and also enzymes from the pancreas are released to further break down the food so that the body can absorb it and benefit from it. Your small intestine is lined with finger like projections called villi that secrete enzymes to break down food and mucous that protects the gut wall from damage. This is also where the nutrients are absorbed from your food and travel into the blood stream. Another important thing that this food does is feeds the billions of "others" in your digestive tract. These are beneficial bacteria, yeasts and even viruses that live there and have developed a symbiotic relationship with us. They help break down our food and generate vitamins to nourish us as a byproduct. They also keep in check those pathogens that make it past the acid in the stomach. The food travels through the small intestine where it is broken down and most of the nutrients are absorbed. This process can malfunction in a few ways. First if you have gall stones or no gall bladder at all you may not secrete enough bile because of this to break down the fats you take in. This means that those fats (and the fat soluble vitamins they contain) will pass through your body undigested and unabsorbed. This can lead to nutritional deficiencies. Also the lining of your digestive tract can be damaged and missing your mucous barrier. This means that you won't be secreting the enzymes necessary to digest the food and it will either pass out of your body unabsorbed or it will pass through the gut wall and into your blood stream unbroken down. As you can imagine, this is not a good thing. This is referred to as a leaky gut and can be very difficult to recover from. Another way that this can be broken is if you don't secrete enough acid in your stomach the pancreas won't get the signal to release enough enzymes to break down the foods it is responsible for and so those foods will pass through you undigested as well. And then there are the multitudes of others that should be helping you out, digesting foods, destroying pathogens and generating vitamins for your body to absorb. If they are not nourished by what you eat or if they aren't in sufficient quantities to do the good that your body counts on for health, then you will be lacking the important vitamins and minerals you need. Also, you won't be fighting the over-growths of pathogens that you don't need.
Step 4: What is left of your food moves into the large intestine where the water it was mixed with is absorbed back into the body and some more bacteria work on it. Then it is eliminated from the body 1-3x a day. What comes out should be soft but formed, like a thin log and dark (see number 4 on the bristol stool chart). It should hold together in the toilet. It shouldn't have any discernible pieces of food in it and should be uniform in color. There is much debate about if it should sink or float and interesting arguments on both sides. Stool is bulked by dead bacteria and also indigestible fiber. Again there is debate about how much fiber is healthy. I'll just say that fiber is not necessary for a healthy bowel movement to happen. In fact food isn't necessary since stool is also bulked by dying bacterial cells. If the stool is bulked primarily by fiber it will float while if it is bulked primarily by dead bacteria it will sink. This process can break is a few ways. If there isn't enough bacteria in the large intestine or the wrong kind you can have gas or bloating. If you don't listen to the urge to defecate you can stretch out your colon and end up constipated and needing to pass very large stools. Or you might have the opposite problem and too much watery stool. This can be caused by irritation in your gut. Your body sees this as a problem/possible pathogen and is trying to purge it before things get worse. Right at your anus you have hemorrhoids. These are there to lubricate the stool and make it easy to pass. If you pass very large stools and have to strain to pass them you can do damage to this structure and cause it to swell and bleed or even extend outside your anus.
Here are couple more issues that can impair digestion:
A condition called eosynophylic esophogitis can cause problems with eating. This is somewhat like an allergic reaction that happens locally in the esophagus. This can result in choking on foods and also reflux like pain and vomiting. This is a reaction that is triggered by proteins, usually from foods but can also be triggered by environmental substances, like pollen, that are inhaled and cause this reaction. The basic treatment for this is to identify and avoid the triggering substances. There is much more to this but I need to restrict the scope of this post somehow.
About stomach acid: you may have been told that your reflux is caused by excess stomach acid and that the only cure is to take a medication that reduces that stomach acid. Unless your Dr did a test on your stomach acid levels there is no way to know for sure what caused it. However no matter what the cause, reducing your stomach acid down to zero will stop the pain. It will also greatly impair your ability to digest your food and it will turn off one of the main ways your body protects you from pathogens. Pharmaceutical companies haven't figured out how to increase your stomach acid to the right levels in a simple once a day for the rest of your life pill but they have figured out how to stop your stomach acid that way. It is a very lucrative business and they are happy to educate your Dr for free as to why their pill is the best one to do the job. Once you start taking those sorts of drugs you are usually going to be a customer for life.
Also, there are gall stones that I mentioned up above. Your body puts some toxins it is trying to get rid of into the bile. The cholesterol in the bile emulsifies this mixture and keeps it mixed up well so that it is eliminated as a liquid. If you don't have everything emusified, then some solids can precipitate out and form gall stones. These gall stones can then block the ducts and cause pain and make it hard to digest fats since they block the release of bile. Also if you don't eat much fat you won't be releasing the bile regularly and in big enough quantities to fully clean out the gall bladder. This can also lead the the creation of gall stones. A low fat diet can prevent the pain of the gall stones passing through the bile ducts but it doesn't exactly fix the problem.
Hopefully this has educated you more about the digestive process and how it should be working. If you have any questions or anything to add I would love to hear it in the comments section.
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How informative! Makes so much sense the way you presented it. Thanks a ton!
This is great, I will use it to teach my kids about digestion in the coming homeschool year… the only other thing I wish it had is mention of how refined sugar impairs/damages these processes… having a hard to convincing my 10 and 11 year old kids 😉


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Marywood's Hearing Clinic Offers Free Screenings
Published on Wed, April 07, 2010
Marywood University's Speech-Language- Hearing Clinic will offer free hearing screenings on April 12, 14, and 16 in the William G. McGowan Center for Graduate and Professional Studies. The screenings are open to the public. Appointments are necessary and can be made by calling (570) 348-6299.
The Speech Language Hearing Clinic is staffed by Pennsylvania licensed and ASHA-certified audiologists. Comprehensive diagnostic, audio logical evaluations, assistive listening device consultations, hearing aid evaluations and fittings, and central auditory processing assessments will be provided. For more information on Marywood University's Speech-Language-Hearing Clinic, or how the clinic can assist your business or community, please call Andrea M. Novack, MA, CCC,-SLP at (570) 348-6299, ext.5.


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Because quotes on a page don't convey tone, it's hard to tell just how serious former NFL quarterback Joe Theismann was when he spoke with Fox Sports' Chris Tomasson about the prospects of LeBron James taking on a football career at some point down the line—and the idea of Theismann becoming James' mentor.
If judged by the detail Theismann used in discussing the topic, it's easy to ascertain that Theismann believes James should consider a run at quarterback in the NFL. Because James is an unreal athlete who actually has a history in football, this isn't completely ridiculous—but don't get me wrong, it's still ridiculous.
James, at 28, has already played nine NBA seasons. Assuming he faces no serious injury, James could conceivably go on to play another six to eight years at a high level. Is that when he should consider an NFL career?
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James has watched the NBA greats before him, and he witnessed what Michael Jordan's tour in baseball amounted to. The superhuman Jordan took a swing at baseball in the middle of his Hall of Fame career and realized he was just that—human. He promptly went back to basketball and continued to win NBA titles.
But let's take my opinion out of the equation and read what Theismann had to say:
On when James should consider football
"I would love to work him out and also serve as his agent. I'll go wherever he wants this summer. He could play another four years in the NBA before seriously trying the NFL. ... There are not a lot of 38- or 39-year-old basketball players, but there are 38- and 39-year-old quarterbacks, so there's always time for him."
On how James' basketball skills translate to football
"I wouldn't count him out. He's the most tremendous physical specimen in all of sports. I think he's certainly talented enough. He's intelligent. He's like the quarterback on the Miami Heat, but there are so many things (to being an NFL quarterback).
"There's reading defenses. There's throwing the ball with touch. There's throwing a spiral in the wind. Maybe his hands are too big. The football is a different shape, and a basketball is obviously a lot bigger than a football."
On what tools James would need to add
"I need a job. The first thing I would do is teach him the snap. Then I'd take him through drop backs, quick hitches, throwing the deep ball. Wouldn't that be a great piece of footage to see, LeBron throwing the football? Whether he could play quarterback, that's one of the great ifs in sports."
On which type of NFL player James would be
"There's never been a quarterback like (James)," Theismann said. "Most quarterbacks, when they step on the field, look pretty much the same. But James doesn't look the same as anybody, he's such a physical presence. I don't know if any humans look like him."


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The cable TV channel TMZ reports that 23-year-old Track Palin, eldest son of former half-term Alaska governor and vice presidential nominee Sarah Palin, and his high school sweetheart and wife, Britta Hanson, have filed for divorce with an Alaska court after a short stint of married life.
Palin and Hanson were wed at Southcentral Alaska's scenic Hatcher Pass in May of 2011. At the time the pleased families made a joint statement to Us Weekly, announcing that Army reservist Palin and nursing student Hanson "are two hard working, humble, active, studious young adults who grew up together." Adding, "We're tickled that after two decades of friendship we proudly witnessed their marriage, knowing their new life together will be blessed."
Palin and Hanson's joint filing, in accordance with Alaska state law, means that the pair agree to custody, property and child-support terms. Hanson and Palin have a 1-year-old daughter, Kyla Palin, together.
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A Michigan teen may earn the title of world's best brother, as he embarked on a 40-mile journey today while carrying his younger brother to help raise awareness about cerebral palsy.
Hunter Gandee, 14, trained for months to carry his younger brother Braden, 7, on the trek in the hopes that others would be inspired to learn more about cerebral palsy. Braden suffers from the disease and as a result is unable to walk without help.
Dubbed the "Cerebral Palsy Swagger," the march was designed by Hunter Gandee and his family to get the attention of the next generation of researchers, scientists, and doctors to show them "the face" of cerebral palsy. They hope to inspire experts to develop new medical procedures and mobility devices for those with cerebral palsy.
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The brothers were joined by plenty of supporters on the walk, which will end at the University of Michigan later today and they are documenting their journey on Twitter and Facebook.
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- CerebralPalsySwagger (@The_CP_Swagger) June 7, 2014
Hunter told ABC News last month that this walk was strictly to raise awareness. Those who have wanted to donate have been pointed to the University of Michigan's Cerebral Palsy Research Consortium. Hunter said that he can be "very protective" of his little brother. "If he has any problems, I'm right there by his side," Hunter said. Although Braden usually uses a walker, brace or crutch to get around, today he is relying solely on the shoulders of his brother. Hunter Gandee lifted weights to train for carrying his brother the long distance. Braden told ABC News in an earlier interview he was "very, very excited" for the walk.
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My story: With Gronkowski's deal done, is it now time for the Saints to pay Jimmy Graham?
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The Patriots opened up their pocketbook for star tight end Rob Gronkowski today, inking him to a six-year, $54-million extension. It could turn out to be a good deal for both sides. But with one of the game's best tight ends locked up… what about the other?
It's time for the Saints to lock up Jimmy Graham in similar fashion. The two will always be linked. And because Graham doesn't have Gronkowski's injury concerns, his contract could eclipse Gronk's. Considering Gronk did that to Graham's single-season yardage record last year, it's only fair.
As of now, set to make just $540,000 and $570,000 over the next two years, Graham is badly underpaid. Not that Graham would say so. He's too low-key for that. He'll never have to prove his worth to his teammates, though.
"He's definitely deserved everything he's got, the Pro Bowl and all his other accolades," said Saints tackle Jermon Bushrod. "Given he had a crazy situation growing up and took his life to the top, he's a star. Hat's off to the guy, because he worked extremely hard to get where he is today."
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- New estimates of lifetime nursing home use: have patterns of use changed?Brenda C Spillman
The Urban Institute, Washington DC 20037, USA
Med Care 40:965-75. 2002..It is important to understand patterns of lifetime nursing home use and their implications for public and private payers. We provide new lifetime nursing home use estimates, project future use, and discuss cost implications...
- The effect of longevity on spending for acute and long-term careB C Spillman
Urban Institute, Health Policy Center, Washington, DC 20037, USA
N Engl J Med 342:1409-15. 2000..We estimated total expenditures for acute and long-term care from the age of 65 years until death and in the last two years of life...
- Potential and active family caregivers: changing networks and the "sandwich generation"B C Spillman
Johns Hopkins University School of Medicine, USA
Milbank Q 78:347-74, table of contents. 2000..The competing demands confronting these caregivers and the higher disability levels among care recipients probably contributed to the growing pattern of reliance on formal care, a situation that is likely to continue...
- Policy implications of an annuity approach to integrating long-term care financing and retirement incomeBrenda C Spillman
Urban Institute, Washington, D C, USA
J Aging Health 15:45-73. 2003..Public policy should avoid the distortion of choices created by focusing exclusively on an insurance model...
- Changes in elderly disability rates and the implications for health care utilization and costBrenda C Spillman
The Urban Institute, Washington, DC 20037, USA
Milbank Q 82:157-94. 2004....
- Does high caregiver stress predict nursing home entry?Brenda C Spillman
Urban Institute, 2100 M St, N W, Washington, DC 20037, USA
Inquiry 46:140-61. 2009..We conclude that initiatives to reduce caregiver stress hold promise as a strategy to avoid or defer nursing home entry...
- Potential national and state medical care savings from primary disease preventionBarbara A Ormond
Health Policy Center, The Urban Institute, Washington, DC 20037, USA
Am J Public Health 101:157-64. 2011..We estimated national and state-level potential medical care cost savings achievable through modest reductions in the prevalence of several diseases associated with the same lifestyle-related risk factors...
- Resolving inconsistencies in trends in old-age disability: report from a technical working groupVicki A Freedman
Polisher Research Institute, Madlyn and Leonard Abramson Center for Jewish Life, North Wales, PA 19454, USA
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I often wonder when I get an email, "Did this person know what they were doing when they sent this?"
I get so many emails that are poorly written, have no tact, or lacking in general good sense. I cringe because I know someone had to like that email before they hit the "send" button. Sure, that might sound harsh, but there are others who share this same opinion. David Ogilvy was a harsh critic of other marketers, and so is his protégé Drayton Bird. They're arguably some of the greatest marketers that we've had the fortune to learn from – and such prolific writers that it's hard to believe there are marketers who don't know their names, their teachings, and surely don't employ their techniques when writing their emails.
I'm routinely baffled when I ask crowds of people if they've ever read Ogilvy or Bird's books. It's a good showing if I see three hands in three hundred, and here's why: Ogilvy's Confessions of an Advertising Man was first published in 1963, and Bird's work Commonsense Direct Marketing was published in 1982. These two books were written before the Internet craze, and therefore are not considered books for digital marketers. But that couldn't be further from the truth. Here are some of their most poignant teachings, and how you can apply them to email nurturing:
"Most copywriters are like engines. They take a while to warm up to get to the point." -Drayton Bird
Don't give an introduction to your offer; get to the point and give your offer. This is one of the biggest mistakes that marketers make. Many copywriters fail to take into account the people reading their emails.
"The customer is not an idiot, she's your wife." – David Ogilvy
There is a modern term called "Grok," which comes from Robert A. Heinlein's 1961 novel, Stranger in a Strange Land. It means "to understand something so well you can become that which you are observing." The term has become a major buzzword in the world of user experience, and describes exactly what Ogilvy is trying to teach us. It is easy to understand a consumer; you are married to one, and are one yourself. Think about how you would react, and then build campaigns based on that – not based on what you think is pretty.
"Learn to edit down." – Drayton Bird
In a recent conversation with Bird, he mentioned the way he likes to edit. He writes his copy, then cuts everything down until it is as lean as possible. His goal is always to say the same thing, but with fewer words. This is a skill of all great copywriters, and one that you should employ as well.
"Always use black text on a white background." – David Ogilvy
If you want someone to read your emails, then make them as easy to read as possible. This isn't rocket science, and Ogilvy found this to be the best way to make ads legible. You might be scratching your head and saying, "but they didn't have HTML back then!" No, but they had color. It's the same in direct mail, email, billboards, and any other form of advertising. If you want it to be read, put black text on a white background.
"Understand the power of asking." – Drayton Bird
Bird tells the story of one a client who used surveys to create a lasting brand. The company was in the wine business, and they would send out surveys to every client, and prospect. The winery used this information to identify their best clients, who to visit in person, and it also kept them personally engaged with their audience. Bird goes on to say tell the true power in asking is in the power of a "soft close" – asking questions will lead you to the close eventually. Consider asking your prospects about their biggest pain points, or their top goals. The survey will get the ball rolling, and open the door for you to step in with a solution.
These are just a few of the great things I've learned from these two men. It would be a disservice to say that these are the best things they've said; instead, I'd say these few quotes are only the tip of the iceberg, and it would behoove you to read both of their books. I promise you that the ROI on those books will be the highest of any tool you ever buy, and your nurturing campaigns will be all the better for it.
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Dr. Hepburn is Professor of History and Chairman, Division of Social Sciences at Wayne State College in Nebraska.
The decline of freedom is the critical issue in higher education in America. This alarming trend has resulted from developments within colleges and universities as well as from failures in the pre-college education of entering freshmen.
The future state of the college teacher as an independent professional dedicated to free inquiry and free expression of ideas within his competence has been brought into question more than ever during the past decade as a result of pressure from three important developments. The first of these is a drastic increase in direct interference by the federal government in both public and private higher education; the second is the increasing willingness of faculty members themselves to give up their freedom in order to organize to lobby and strike; and the third is the lack of responsibility of faculty and administrators in defending freedom on the campus against threats of force.
As a result of government intervention, many institutions either because they have chosen to be a part of a federal program, or because they must comply with a federal regulation, or both, have found their free choice limited. They have been forced to offer particular courses in order to receive proffered funds, have had to engage in special research projects encouraged by Washington, or have had to hire, on occasion, those whom they felt to be less qualified so that a federal agency would be satisfied. All this has been expensive; but, worse, it has hampered free choice in an area where freedom of choice is vital.
In Defense of Liberty
We who share in a college community must begin to turn away from such controls by being as completely fair as is humanly possible in all dealings with each other, while at the same time we must not allow government agencies to use threats of force against us unjustly. We must, whenever possible, avoid federal funding which restricts our free choice in academic decisions. We all possess separate and unique viewpoints, desires, and backgrounds, but one thing that all faculty members should have in common is a love of liberty, and this most precious commodity is worth defending at all costs.
Next, a growing militancy of professors at many institutions is noticeable in their encouragement and expansion of the assumed separation of interest between members of the faculty and administration, a separation which is thought by many to be inherent in the nature of educational institutions. This militancy has now gone to the point where faculty members in some colleges have formed labor organizations modeled on those of industry. Many of these militant instructors declare that they will now use the same methods of organized force, which have done so much to bring havoc and disruption to our economy, to deal with boards of trustees. If this movement succeeds, faculties will be regimented as never before. They will be told finally how many students they can teach, when they can teach, what duties are those of faculty, and which those of "management" and so on. Let us heed the restrictions placed upon union workers, not by their managers, but by their unions. Few of us could live up to our personal professional standards under such conditions, and most of us never had such things in mind when we entered the profession. A bricklayer lays to the specifications of an architect. He may want to lay more bricks per day than the union allows, but he can practice his skill to a reasonable degree within union requirements. A teacher, like the artist, the poet or the sculptor, is a creator and innovator; he cannot bind himself to group controls.
Current faculty interest in collective bargaining and unionization may be blamed in part on the lack of support for salaries in higher education in both public and private institutions when the economy showed a healthy expansion during the fifties and sixties. Teachers in particular did not benefit in relation to their peers in other professions. Everyone was for better education but no one wanted to pay faculty. Yet resentment over low salaries and meager fringe benefits cannot be the central cause of the new militancy. That higher education is an attractive career, particularly in academic areas, can be shown by the numbers of people wanting to enter college teaching in spite of the lack of jobs. Salaries, though low by comparison with other professions, are acceptable to many. A better answer may be found in a new attitude toward teaching among younger members of the profession who sometimes seem less interested in service than in what they can obtain from it. They show little patience with the notion that some years of active college teaching ought to precede senior status with its rank and privileges. This observation applies only to a minority of younger faculty, but their voices are often heard advocating labor-style organization.
The third development in higher education which encroaches on free academic inquiry is the misinterpretation, by mistake or design, of the concept of academic freedom. We have been told recently by some of our colleagues that "academic freedom" covers such acts as being absent from class to lead demonstrations against the Viet Nam war, against the institution's administration, or in protest of another faculty member's dismissal. The protection of academic freedom became a rationale at one major university to justify, in a course on major American writers of the twentieth century, the sole study of Marx, Engels, and Mao Tse-tung; and it has been used to justify the acts of faculty members in organizing students and sympathetic colleagues to disrupt the classes of teachers who disagreed with the minority on an issue and even to justify the use of force against those who opposed such action. In the face of claims like these, academic freedom, a worthy ideal whose achievement should be the goal of everyone involved in higher education, has been condemned by the layman. If the ideal is to survive at all, those of us who believe in it must come to its support; we must identify what we mean by it and denounce attempts by a few among us to hide behind its protections while destroying all it stands for by their behavior. If we lose freedom of thought and expression in our educational institutions, freedom in our society will wither and die.
Our failure in the past has been a failure of moral perception followed by a failure of nerve. As faculty members we have refused to condemn attacks on freedom by our colleagues but rather have been content to ignore them, hoping the administration would do the condemning so that we would not need to take a stand on an issue that might prove controversial. Administrators, faced with situations demanding quick and decisive action, instead of meeting their obligations, have held committee meetings, formed study groups, or left for Washington on business.
Loss of Public Confidence
The result has been an immeasurable loss of confidence on the part of the public for the institutions which should be providing intellectual and moral leadership at a critical time in history. Universities must be places where freedom is supreme and this can only exist, as is true everywhere when each member of the community, whether he be student or president, respects the dignity and rights of every other member. It is imperative that those who have committed themselves to an institution through the acceptance of salary also commit themselves to the maintenance of order under which freedom, not license, can reign. There can be no freedom where there is no security against coercion and intimidation.
Freedom is further threatened by the decline in the level of competence of students entering college. This year's College Board and Scholastic Aptitude scores show significant drops in both verbal and quantitative abilities. These new scores are the latest records in a general decline in such scores over the past several years. No one seems to know whom to blame, and perhaps correctly so, because the fault belongs to all of us in some degree. Yet, anyone reading a set of freshman essays must realize that Americans can do better than they have been doing in teaching fundamentals. When students enter college after twelve years of school and still write "sentences" without verbs and are unable to turn fractions into decimals or to understand basic vocabulary, then their time has been poorly used. Worse than that, they are handicapped by being unprepared for life. The student who is terribly worried about the plight of Portugal cannot write three coherent paragraphs to explain why.
It is true that the growing number of open admissions policies — a healthy development that will undoubtedly rescue some potential talent otherwise overlooked — has encouraged many students to enter college today who might not have done so a generation ago. With open admissions we can expect many more poorly prepared students to come to college. Yet it also seems apparent that the phenomenon we are dealing with at the college level is only a symptom of a much larger and far more pressing issue in society at large: that is, the changing values of Americans. Among other things, this has meant that with the lure of more activities that distract, study time has lost the high priority it once had. Parents frequently condemn public school teachers who ask for quality classroom performance at the expense of student participation in some other function.
Emphasis on Ethics
Many of us have come back to the idea that we need to emphasize ethics in education and that learning and ethical purpose go together. Values not only need thoughtful consideration in the classroom, but we can do much toward developing an awareness of values by the way we approach learning. We can demonstrate that when study is correctly pursued so that the student makes a subject his own, the result is satisfaction of the soul and increased creativity; that a job done well is worth a great deal no matter what the job is; that a mathematical principle mastered can be more satisfying than an evening at the movies; that a thought put to prose so that it radiates the mind of the writer has its own special reward which makes the effort worthwhile; that a new word learned expands one's ideas countless times; that certain literary masterpieces last through the ages because they deal with eternal truths; and that any advance toward satisfactory answers to the essential question, "Who am I?" is what education is all about. In short, I believe that the correct teaching of fundamentals presumes the ethics of free inquiry and mental discipline. By not insisting from the beginning that students do the best that they can do, we have failed not only to help them master needed foundation skills, but we have encouraged them in the belief that any performance is acceptable, and that so long as one's peers accept him, ethical considerations are of secondary importance. The thrill of learning in most cases has never been a part of their lives. We have encouraged the belief that continuing efforts to understand are not important, that machines can work out problems, that telephones can substitute for writing letters, and that the experts can explain anything beyond the rudimentary so that critical thinking is not necessary for most people.
It Finally Comes Down to Parental Responsibility
Those of us in higher education must accept a degree of responsibility for all this, although, of course, the final blame must lie with the majority of American parents who do not want their children to be required to meet reasonable standards of scholarship in grade and high schools, and who are willing to see the teachers of their children turned into tax-supported baby sitters instead of highly prepared professionals. For our part we have too often dismissed the inadequacies of our college students by arguing that they should have learned fundamentals in high school and that there are other things to be done now. Our students are allowed to go through college without learning to write or read well or to do simple mathematics. They receive diplomas but gain no real sense of accomplishment; and, since they have not mastered the tools for acquiring knowledge and for thinking and self-expression, their college years have been of minimal value. Many of these same students become teachers themselves and perpetuate the process.
The cycle can be reversed by an insistence upon mastery of the essentials as a part of higher education. We should turn away no inquiring mind; but we should develop in that mind the skills of organized thought. This will mean a great deal of work for all of us. It will mean long hours of grading exams, but this is the only way it can be done; and we can do it only when boards and legislatures understand the need to fund adequate staffs for the job. Teaching is basically a person-to-person activity depending for success upon the willingness of one caring person to encourage another who wishes to learn, and this is true whether a class is large or small. No matter what the odds for success, we must stop catering to the inadequacies of our students by shaping our readings, lectures, and discussions for ninth-grade abilities. We must expect them to read and write well; and if not, we must help them to learn to do so with the normal assignments. One suggestion might be to assign less reading with the expectation that it be thoroughly absorbed. Careful selection can provide sufficient thought-provoking material for advanced students while not overwhelming those less capable. When we expect mastery of fundamentals in our colleges, we will be in a position to lead the grade schools and high schools and to show the public what is to be gained in terms of human values. Then we may expect changes in the first twelve grade levels; and by then, hopefully, teachers from our colleges will be aware themselves of the loss in human creativity and personal liberty which accrues when millions of young men and women have not adequately developed mental discipline.
Ignorance of the rudiments on the part of many college students may be classified as a loss of individual liberty on two counts: first, such students are dependent upon others and second, they may be easily led because they cannot acquire and assimilate knowledge. Today, more than ever before, free men must be able not only to identify the elements of freedom, they must be able to express them in terms of every aspect of daily life. Colleges should provide the greatest opportunity for this activity on all levels.


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On Wednesday, I wrote about the potential for share buybacks either to prevent market crashes similar to those of 2000 and 2008-09 or to help ensure that a panic flight from equities would be short-lived.
Let's look at this issue a bit more broadly and deeply now. There is a great read on the subject of buybacks offered quarterly by FactSet. It's an easy read and I encourage everyone to check it out here. Standard and Poor's also commented on the issue in December. They contend that the correlation between share prices and shares outstanding is overly simplistic. It's also a good read.
Having fallen 1.31% during regular trading hours Wednesday, Apple (AAPL) shares rose about 8% in after-hours trading following its announcement of better-than-expected quarterly earnings, plus an increase in the dividend, a 7-for-1 stock split and a $30 billion increase in its share buyback plan. That brought the total amount of money dedicated to buying back shares through 2015 to $90 billion. That's more than three times more than the approximately $27 billion Apple has already spent on buybacks in the past 12 months, which has already decreased outstanding shares by 5%. Apple was already the number-one company for share buybacks.
Three more of the top 10 companies for share buybacks in the past 12 months are also in the information technology space: International Business Machines (IBM), Oracle (ORCL), and Cisco Systems (CSCO). Although Apple's buyback plan appears now to be a return of excess capital to shareholders, the buyback plans by the other three are a bit different and more to my point of cheap debt providing a safety net to stock prices.
Cisco raised $8 billion in the largest bond offering of 2014 in February, with the proceeds to be used to buy back shares. This is in addition to the $8 billion the company borrowed to buy back shares in the previous 12 months, even as revenue and earnings were declining and the stock price has been falling since last August. The serial buybacks have kept the share price propped up in a range between $20 and $26.
IBM spent $8.2 billion in the first quarter of 2014 on buybacks and even though it is not clear if this was debt-financed, it appears to be. Like Cisco, IBM's buyback was explicitly designed to prop up earnings per share and the stock price, even as its revenue and earnings are declining and the company is trying to remake itself again. In the past 20 years, IBM has bought back half of its outstanding shares after suffering an existential crisis in the early 1990s. And this activity has largely been responsible for its price moving to the current price of $191.73 from a 1993 low of about $10.
Oracle has spent almost $11 billion, at least $3 billion of which was debt-financed, buying back shares in the past 12 months, even as its business slowed, helping to push the stock price to $40 from about $32.
Many other large companies are doing the same: borrowing money to manipulate the number of shares outstanding, thus the price per share, to meet a target for earnings per share, even as real revenue and earnings are decelerating or even declining.
From a longer-term business perspective, this raises serious issues for investors. But immediately, as long as cheap debt capital is available, the ability to access it to prevent or even respond to an equity capital flight is there and will be used. That fact alone makes a replay of the 2000 meltdown much less likely. That doesn't mean that volatility will decrease or that deep corrections can't or won't happen; it only means that they will most probably be short-lived and, for all practical purposes, impossible for a retail investor to capitalize on.


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I'm surprised they let him ride the train! I seen a guy forced to uncover his face on the bus about a week ago
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Maybe someone was filming him on the train. I think that's the bodysuit actors wear when they will be animated/rotoscoped/whatever it's called after the filming-- the screen appears blank where he is. Maybe he'll be Sasquatch on the Green Line.
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BUSHNELL — Charlie Hildebrant loves seeing people stop by to check out his 1942 Army jeep.
He enjoys watching the faces of World War II veterans as they reminisce about old times. He especially likes the expressions of young children, who often look upon the olive, drab vehicle as a living piece of history.
The jeep, which Hildebrant spent years restoring, is a pristine example of the type of military vehicles that are coveted by members of Military Vehicle Preservation Association. Hildebrant, who is event coordinator for the association's Florida chapter, owns three retired World War II-era vehicles. But the jeep is his favorite, he says.
"I drive it everywhere," said Hildebrant, of Wildwood. "It's a bit slow by today's standards, but you get there just the same."
Hildebrant's jeep is among about a dozen military vehicles that will be on display Saturday at the Dade Battlefield State Park's annual World War II Commemorative Day.
The event, which marks the 64th anniversary of the end of the war, will feature static displays of equipment, weapons and uniforms from the era. In addition, 70 re-enactors will be on hand, portraying American, British, Russian and German soldiers, though there will not be a battle re-enactment.
"It's a glimpse at an important part of American history," said George Webb, a ranger at the park who coordinates the event each year. "People are fascinated because the participants are so knowledgeable about these artifacts and how they were used during the war."
The historic Sumter County battleground, known best as the location of the 1835 Seminole War massacre, also served as a training base during World War II.
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Stop by the Cambridge Public Library on Friday, Dec. 7 from 2 to 4 p.m. and visit with local authors Kathryn Dahlstrom and Scott Rhine.
Dahlstrom, author of the children's book Children of Angels, is a member of the Minnesota Christian Writers Guild, the Screenwriter's Network Worldwide, the Screenwriting U Pro Series Alumni and the American Screenwriters Association.
Rhine is the author of several fantasy novels popular on Amazon.com, including Sirius Academy and the Temple of the Traveler series.
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Firefighters say a brush fire burning out of control in the Los Padres National Forest in Santa Barbara County, north of Santa Barbara has now grow to more than 300 acres.
The fire is on the Santa Ynez Valley side of San Marcos Pass, and has prompted the full closure of Highway 154 from Santa Barbara, to the Santa Ynez Valley.
The U.S. Forest Service's Andrew Madsen says the fire was discovered just after 2:30, in the White Rock Day Use Area.
Four air tankers are being used to fight the fire, and other local fire agencies are helping the Forest Service with firefighting efforts. Some of the units are being deployed to protect structures in the area.
Madsen says the fire has been burning east, away from homes on San Marcos Pass.
Some scattered homes in the remote Upper Oso area have ordered evacuated. There are no reports of injuries, but Madsen says a Forest Service truck was heavily damaged by the blaze.


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A more extensive discussion of flax and the extraction of the flax fibers is found in Earle, Alice Morse. 1899. Home life in colonial days. New York: The Macmillan Company. http://books.google.com/books?id=KjkLB4GrT1gC&printsec=toc pp166 et seq
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From:Fiber Wars]---which provides a broad discussion of hemp, flax, and cotton.
Flax was called the "Pioneer plant" because it was the first crop grown on cleared land. However, it did not do well if grown successively on the same land. As a result, flax moved west with the Pioneer migration to Minnesota, North Dakota and the Canadian plains for the oilseed types, and to Michigan and Oregon for the fiber types. The decline in productivity when flax was grown repeatedly led to the belief that flax was "hard" on the soil, and it was not recommended to be grown more than once in ten years on the same land. Eventually, it was demonstrated that the poor performance was due to a Fusarium fungus that persisted in the soil and caused plants to wilt. Flax's struggle with a host of pathogens limited its progress. Today, the shortest recommended rotation for flax is four years.
Weed control in flax was also a problem. Hemp was sometimes grown the year prior to a flax crop because it left the land free of weeds and in good condition. Hemp, it was said, was "good" to the soil because it could be grown successively and improved the soil with its penetrating taproot. Although hemp demands substantial nutrition for growth, it has been estimated that greater than two-thirds of the nutrients used is returned to the soil when the crop is dew-retted.21
Additionally, hemp has often been grown for many seasons successively without deleterious impact on the soil. In fact, this is done on occasion to improve the soil tilth and clean land of weeds.
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$5.5 million project at Keokuk airport
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Although there isn't any commercial traffic in and out of the Keokuk airport, there's plenty of private planes that use it every day. So that's why a project to repave the main runway and upgrade lighting is so important.
Greg Gobble is the airport manager and he said the rating of the current runway is at a level where a total reconstruction isn't required.
"It's like any kind of construction project like this. The deterioration is going to continue and construction costs of course are predicted to increase over the future as would anything. So currently we rate very highly on our project scoring highly with the FAA as a needed project," Gobble said.
At first the city expected to fund 5% of the project. But recent changes at the federal level now has Keokuk looking at having to fund 10% of the project. So instead of having to come up with about $260,000, Keokuk is going to have to come up with $533,000. So the mayor and council have to figure out where the extra money is going to come from.
"There's a consensus of the council that we go ahead and do this. We're looking at possibly doing a line of credit with banks. Where we can get a line of credit for a million dollars and if we use $26,000 of it, we're paying just the interest on that small amount rather then the full million," Keokuk Mayor Tom Marion said.
The last major construction project at the airport was back in the late 1980's. This current project should last the airport at least 20 years and let the facility accommodate larger planes. Gobble said the airport is something that the city can't afford to lose, as many look at it as being another tool in the economic development toolbox hoping to attract more business.


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Don Berwick, the prominent pediatrician and Harvard School of Public Health professor who headed the Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services, stepped down yesterday, another victim of Washington's hyper-partisan politics. Berwick had been serving a recess appointment that expired at year's end. President Obama opted for that temporary arrangement after it became apparent that Berwick was unlikely to win Senate confirmation.
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1. Thomas Wells was born about 1620. He died about 1682.
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It's June, yes, and we don't know this and that, and camp hasn't started, and pads and no pads and blah, blah, kaqeprjawpjcpaefjapeja.
Forget all that. Look at our threads, everybody is ducking the #1 question we face: Who is the starting QB for week 1, against the Pats*, at home?
Is anybody ready to say, right now, who that is, with 0 disclaimers? I'm looking for guts here(because I don't have enough to answer that question myself. ).
You don't need to give reasons, and feel free to use your instinct.
The second part:
If you're like me, and you really can't bring yourself to get behind a starter, then this part is for you. What specifically will make the decision for you? What is important, and what doesn't matter, because it's only camp? What about the preseason games will be relevant, and indicative? What is nonsense? Example of prior nonsense that I was guilty of espousing: "We ran vanilla offense, they were blitzing and that's why....", as a reason(excuse) for why the O played mediocre/terrible.
IMO, the best way to avoid the hell of Flutie/RJ or worse, Losman/Holcomb, is to start the process early, and figure out the criteria, that we can all agree on, that should determine the starter. This way we aren't making them up as we go along. The other part is for posters to lay out their thoughts on what each QB will have to show now, BEFORE, we are in the weeds of camp, and we have "but look at the camp #s yesterday" posts making everybody crazy.
For many of us, it's not like we haven't been through this before. We do have some wisdom as a fan base(a quick perusal of other team's message boards is all that is required to prove that). So another part is: what do you remember from last time, that informs what we should or shouldn't be thinking is important, this time?
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CB McCain shows off speed at Utah pro day
Published: March 9th, 2009 | Tags: Brian Johnson, Brice McCain, Louie Sakoda, Paul Kruger, Sean Smith, University of Utah
The University of Utah pro day was held today in Salt Lake City, with 13 players working out and 21 NFL teams represented. Carolina Panthers defensive coordinator Ron Meeks was among the attendees, as were defensive backfield coaches Todd Bowles of the Miami Dolphins and Clayton Lopez of the Detroit Lions and defensive line coach Dan Quinn of the Seattle Seahawks.
The pro day was held indoors on FieldTurf.
Many eyes were on CB Sean Smith and DE Paul Kruger, though Brice McCain might have stolen the show with his 40-yard dash times, which were faster than any cornerback's time at the NFL combine.
McCain, who measured in at 5-foot-9 and 181 pounds, ran times of 4.33 and 4.34 seconds in the 40-yard dash. He had a 36 1/2-inch vertical and a 10-foot-3 broad jump. He looked very good in position drills, and he put up 12 repetitions of 225 pounds on the bench press.
Nicholls State's Lardarius Webb turned in the fastest time for cornerbacks at the combine at 4.46 seconds.
Smith measured in at 6-3 1/2 and 209 pounds. He ran the 40-yard dash in 4.47 and 4.49 seconds. He had a 32-inch vertical and a 9-5 broad jump. He participated in position drills but did not do any shuttle drills, save for the 60-yard shuttle.
Kruger, at 6-4 1/2 and 260 pounds, ran 40 times of 4.80 and 4.79. He had a 32-inch vertical leap and a 9-1 broad jump, and he did 22 reps of 225 pounds on the bench press. He did not participate in shuttle drills.
Among other notable players working out:
» K Louie Sakoda: Sakoda measured in at 5-8 3/4 and 174 pounds. He kicked off for interested teams but did not do any drills.
» QB Brian Johnson: Johnson, at 6-0 5/8 and 211 pounds, ran the 40 in 4.88 and 4.89 seconds. He had a 28 1/2-inch vertical and an 8-6 broad jump. He ran the three-cone drill in 4.41 seconds and the 20-yard shuttle in 7.09 seconds.
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a nutraceutical product - treats Osteoarthritis and Allergic rhinitis
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Crystalline DMSO, dimethyl sulfone, DMSO2, methyl sulfone, methyl sulfonyl methane, methyl-sulfonyl-methane, methylsulfonylmethane, OptiMSM®, sulfonyl sulfur.
Methylsulfonylmethane, or MSM, is a form of organic sulfur that occurs naturally in a variety of fruits, vegetables, grains, and animals. MSM is a normal oxidation product of dimethyl sulfoxide (DMSO). It arises from a series of reactions that begin on the surface waters of the ocean. MSM is a white, odorless, crystalline substance that is water-soluble and contains 34% element sulfur.
No evidence suggests that MSM is a necessary part of a normal diet. Sulfur is considered an essential mineral, but no dietary requirement has been established for it. MSM as a vital source of dietary sulfur is unsupported by published research. The nutrient is generally well tolerated, but long-term effects of supplementation with MSM have not been examined.
MSM seemed to improve symptoms of allergic rhinitis and osteoarthritis. However, more high quality research using MSM is necessary to define its role in treating these conditions. Although the Arthritis Foundation reports that MSM is used for pain and inflammation, they do not recommend its use due to lack of clinical trials.
EvidenceDISCLAIMER: These uses have been tested in humans or animals. Safety and effectiveness have not always been proven. Some of these conditions are potentially serious, and should be evaluated by a qualified healthcare provider.
Allergic rhinitis :
Preliminary study suggests that MSM may reduce symptoms associated with seasonal allergic rhinitis (SAR). However, additional study is needed to confirm these findings.
Preliminary study has used MSM, alone or in combination with glucosamine, in the treatment of osteoarthritis. The combination may provide pain relief and reduction in inflammation. Further studies on MSM and its effects on patients with osteoarthritis are warranted.
TraditionWARNING: DISCLAIMER: The below uses are based on tradition, scientific theories, or limited research. They often have not been thoroughly tested in humans, and safety and effectiveness have not always been proven. Some of these conditions are potentially serious, and should be evaluated by a qualified healthcare provider. There may be other proposed uses that are not listed below.
Acne, analgesia, anti-parasitic, antispasmodic, burns, cancer, cardiovascular - blood flow, connective tissue disorders, constipation, cramps, diabetes mellitus, drug hypersensitivity, eye disorders (inflammation), gastrointestinal disorders, headache, heartburn, immunostimulant, insect bites, interstitial cystitis (chronic inflammation of the bladder), liver disease, lupus erythematosus (autoimmune disorder with skin wounds), mood enhancement, obesity, periodontal disease, premenstrual syndrome (PMS), pulmonary conditions, radiation sickness, rheumatoid arthritis, scar prevention, scleroderma (chronic, degenerative disease that affects the joints, skin, and internal organs), sinusitis, skin conditions (stretch marks), snoring, synovitis (inflammation of the joint lining), tendonitis, wrinkle prevention.
Adults (18 years and older):
MSM comes in various dosages and is an ingredient in many products. Adult dosage may range from 500-8,000 milligrams daily with or after meals. For allergic rhinitis, 2,600 milligrams per day for up to 30 days has been used. For osteoarthritis, 500 milligrams per day for up to 12 weeks has been used.
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There is no proven effective dose of MSM in children.