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Why don't you read the official reports and find out? That was kind of my point. You seem to be dismissing something you have no familiarity with, instead of actually looking into it. That official report was prepared by vets in the area so they know how to perform necropsies and determine a cause of death.
Originally posted by Zcustosmorum
Natural causes? Wtf is that? Some of the cattle in those pics didn't look very old, so what exactly is natural causes and how do they determine it?
A coyote pouncing around with a scalpel in his paw is an image I just can't grasp
Surgical incisions in the skin are explained as:
Tears in the skin created when it is stretched by postmortem bloat and/or as dehydration causes the animal's hide to shrink and split, often in linear cuts.
As a human being, he seems like a decent, upstanding person, and I kind of liked him.
Originally posted by Zcustosmorum
If a guy with 40-50 years experience with cattle says there's more to it, I can't just dismiss what he's saying.
Originally posted by FireMoon
I've read in a couple of places and maybe someone can confirm or dismiss this, the following. That cattle's nervous systems reacts in a very similar way to humans when it comes to many toxins and neurotoxins and they just happen to "pool" in the places where the cows are usually eviscerated If it is true, maybe that's just coincidence then again...
Originally posted by TheLieWeLive
I don't know if it mentions this in the video because I have yet to watch it but I think it could possibly be Government studies.
They could be studying these cattle that graze in the fields to see the effect or impact of maybe underground bomb testing in the area years before or some other project they are examining for to see if there are any ill effects to the food supply.
The secrecy could be to keep down public outrage.
I just don't know why Aliens would need cow lips and bung, unless sphincter is a delicacy somewhere deep in space.
Originally posted by SloAnPainful
On UFO Hunters they did a episode on Dulce NM and the aledged underground alien base there.
Originally posted by Imtor
^ I don't think killing more than 10 cattle that way is done simply for distraction. Obviously some experiments are done out of the whole thing, now experiments operated by secret scientists sounds more likely than aliens. The story of Dulce comes from Bennewitz (or in particular, those who sent information to him - Richard Doty and Billy Moore) but the stories of Thomas Castello and reptilians who are the ones that do these experiments is too far fetched.
Originally posted by Arbitrageur
37:00 "So-called animal mutilations are nothing more than the work of scavengers feeding on animals that have already died of natural causes"
I have read that. I make you the same offer as I made to Zcustosmorum, which is to at least read the official reports before dismissing them. In some cases where witnesses claimed the cuts were so surgical there was no evidence of predation, or teeth marks, Vets performing the necropsy examined the tissue under magnification and without the hair in the way, where it could be determined that there was in fact evidence of faint scalloping made by teeth of scavengers that the witnesses had missed, because they hadn't examined it closely enough, under magnification and with the hair out of the way.
Originally posted by Maroboduus
I highly suggest you read some more about the characteristics of cattle mutilations. Surgical precision, cauterization, removal of organs through unknown means and without any apparent point of entry, etc etc.
That certainly doesn't sound like any combination of natural death and scavengers that i've heard of before.


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Court of Workers Compensation of Montana
August 30, 2017
MONTANA STATE FUND Petitionerv.LIBERTY NORTHWEST INS. CORP. Respondent and KIM L. WIARD Claimant.
Submitted: February 4, 2016
Respondent accepted liability for Claimant's 2011
bilateral carpal tunnel syndrome. Claimant changed positions
and her symptoms essentially went away. In 2014, Claimant
experienced an acute exacerbation of her chronic left carpal
tunnel syndrome while working for the same employer, which by
then, was insured by Petitioner. Petitioner paid Claimant
benefits under a reservation of rights and filed a Petition
for Hearing seeking indemnification from Respondent. The
parties have cross-moved for summary judgment on the issue of
liability for Claimant's 2014 condition.
In 2014, after reaching MMI for her 2011 condition, Claimant
was required to work longer hours and extra shifts while
Petitioner was the at-risk insurer. This exposure materially
or substantially contributed to, and significantly
aggravated, Claimant's preexisting carpal tunnel
syndrome. Therefore, Petitioner is liable for Claimant's
2014 condition and is not entitled to indemnification from
1 Petitioner Montana State Fund (State Fund) filed a Petition
for Hearing against Respondent Liberty Northwest Ins. Corp.
(Liberty) regarding the claim of Claimant Kim L. Wiard,
seeking a determination that Liberty is liable: 1) for past,
current and future payment of medical and indemnity benefits
related to Wiard's ongoing bilateral carpal tunnel
condition; and 2) to reimburse State Fund for the costs of
benefits it has paid and will pay for Wiard. Stephanie A.
Hollar represents State Fund. Michael P. Heringer represents
Liberty. Garry D. Seaman represents Wiard.
2 This case is before this Court on State Fund's and
Liberty's Cross-Motions for Summary Judgment. A hearing
on the motions was neither requested nor held.
3 Wiard began working for Tricon Timber, LLC (Tricon) in
2002. She worked at Tricon until February 2014, with the
exception of several breaks, including approximately six
months in 2007 during which time she assisted her husband,
who was a carpenter, and a few short lay-offs when Tricon ran
out of supplies.
4 Wiard's first job at Tricon was to stack one-by-four
boards. She soon moved to the faster-paced planer department,
where her job was to quickly flip over and stack boards of
varied size. Although the work was hard on her body,
especially her wrists and hands, she continued in this
position into 2011.
5 Wiard began treating with Patrick W. Tufts, MD, around
2010; among other things, he diagnosed her with bilateral
carpal tunnel syndrome caused by her employment. During
Wiard's treatment, which lasted through mid-June 2011,
Dr. Tufts administered several steroid injections, prescribed
pain medications, and recommended the use of wrist braces. He
also encouraged Wiard to get a different job and raised the
possibility of surgery if her carpal tunnel condition did not
6 Wiard complained to her superiors at Tricon and was able to
secure a different position aimed at alleviating her carpal
tunnel syndrome. By the time she saw orthopedic surgeon Alan
D. Alyea, MD, on August 1, 2011, she was training to be a
trimmer, which involved placing boards into position to be
cut by saw to a custom length. Dr. Alyea developed a
treatment plan and indicated that he would determine whether
surgical intervention was appropriate after Wiard underwent
nerve conduction studies.
7 Later in August, Wiard filed a claim with Liberty for an
occupational disease (OD) involving both wrists. Liberty
accepted the claim.
8 As a trimmer, Wiard moved her hands in a different way. She
found the work much easier and saw her carpal tunnel symptoms
largely, if not completely, dissipate. Although she
occasionally took over-the-counter pain medication during
this time, Wiard did not need to wear her wrist braces.
Indeed, she cancelled her appointment for the nerve
conduction studies and had no further treatment for her
carpal tunnel syndrome for several years.
9 At some point in 2012 or early 2013, Wiard moved into a
grader position. The grader position involved turning boards
over and putting them in one of three positions. For Wiard,
that job was "a little bit" more difficult than
being a trimmer, but for a time, "mostly more mental
than it was physical."
10 Liberty stopped providing coverage for Tricon on November
1, 2013. State Fund became Tricon's insurer.
11 Sometime after she became a grader, Wiard got a new
supervisor. He seemed, to Wiard, to be concerned with proving
himself. He put a lot of pressure on his workers to increase
the number of board feet they were doing, and expected them
to work 10-and 12-hour days, and extra shifts. In around
early 2014, Wiard's carpal tunnel symptoms, including
pain and swelling, began to come back on and off depending on
how many hours she worked. At one point, Wiard told her
supervisor her left hand was bothering her and took a day
off. He made her come in and use her right hand to work.
12 On February 17, 2014, Wiard was seen at Mineral Community
Hospital for left and right wrist pain. She was scheduled for
a clinic appointment the following day and taken off work
until then.
13 Later the same night, however, Wiard went to the emergency
room at Kalispell Regional Medical Center, complaining of
severe pain in her right wrist, radiating to her right
shoulder. John V. Van Arendonk, MD, assessed her as having an
acute exacerbation of carpal tunnel syndrome. Wiard was given
a shot of Toradol for pain, discharged with several
prescriptions and a work release, and referred for follow-up
with an orthopedic surgeon in two to three days.
14 On February 19, 2014, Wiard presented to the St.
Joseph's Emergency Room in Polson in severe distress and
complaining of pain in her left hand for three or four days.
Michael Righetti, MD, took a history from Wiard and her
daughter, examined Wiard, and assessed her as having an
"acute exacerbation" of chronic left carpal tunnel
syndrome, meaning "a[n] increase in symptoms over a
period of three to five days." He performed an emergent
open carpal tunnel release on her left wrist the same day.
15 Thereafter, Dr. Righetti advised Wiard to schedule a
carpal tunnel release for her right wrist at her earliest
convenience, which he performed endoscopically on March 25,
16 Wiard filed an OD claim for left carpal tunnel syndrome
with State Fund in March 2014. State Fund first denied the
claim on April 1, 2014, due to a lack of information, and
reaffirmed its denial on May 6, 2014, because Wiard's
medical documentation indicated she had originally been
diagnosed with work-related carpal tunnel syndrome when State
Fund did not insure Tricon.
17 Wiard requested that Liberty accept liability for her
surgery and time loss relative to the August 2011 claim.
Liberty denied the request, noting Wiard's filing of a
new claim with State Fund.
18 On February 13, 2015, State Fund advised Wiard that it
would pay temporary total disability and medical benefits
under § 39-71-608, MCA, as there was a dispute between
it and Liberty as to which insurer was liable for the
19 On July 16, 2015, Dr. Righetti examined Wiard and answered
several questions in writing at State Fund's request. Dr.
Righetti opined that, with respect to her bilateral carpal
tunnel syndrome, Wiard had reached maximum medical
improvement (MMI), had no permanent impairment, had no
lifting restrictions, and required no further treatment.
20 On September 17, 2015, David J. Hewitt, MD, MPH, DABT,
performed an independent medical evaluation (IME) of Wiard,
which included obtaining a history and physical examination,
and reviewing her available records from November 2, 2010,
through July 16, 2015. Dr. Hewitt's assessment of Wiard
was that her bilateral carpal tunnel syndrome, open left
carpal tunnel release, and endoscopic right carpal tunnel
release were related to her 2014 claim with State Fund. In
response to questions posed by State Fund, he agreed that
"the condition/diagnosis that required surgery in 2014
[was] the same condition or diagnosis identified in 2010, and
on the first report of injury dated August 2011, " and
that "the condition that Dr. Righetti treated Ms. Wiard
for in 2014 [was] a continuation of the disease process she
was previously evaluated and treated for." He further
opined that Wiard's "symptoms and exam findings were
consistent with bilateral carpal tunnel syndrome since at
least 2010" and "repetitively flipping boards while
working at Tri[c]on [was] a reasonable explanation for the
development of carpal tunnel syndrome in this case."
21 Shortly after Wiard's IME, Dr. Righetti reviewed Dr.
Hewitt's report and indicated in writing that he agreed
with his opinions.
22 On October 29, 2015, Dr. Righetti gave a deposition. When
asked again if he agreed with Dr. Hewitt's opinion that
the condition/diagnosis that required surgery in 2014 was the
same condition/diagnosis identified in 2010 and 2011, Dr.
Righetti answered, "That's correct." However,
as to Dr. Hewitt's opinion that the condition for which
Dr. Righetti treated Wiard in 2014 was a continuation of the
disease process for which he previously evaluated and treated
her, Dr. Righetti disagreed, opining that, "Occasionally
the natural progression of this condition can peak at severe
symptoms, but it is highly unusual." As to Wiard, Dr.
Righetti stated that he thought he saved her hand, that he
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* Between 3 p.m. Feb. 25 and 9 a.m. Feb. 26 someone broke into five trucks parked at a property on Old Belfast Road. The man who called police had a CB radio Model 3300, worth $330, stolen from his 2000 Freightliner. A Garmin GPS valued at $150 was taken from another truck. The driver of a 2001 Freightliner lost $1,080-worth of personal property, including a cooler, a Cobra CB radio 25 LD Classic, a Static mic, a Cobra speaker, a coaxial cable, size 9 V-tech brown boots, a Blue Parrot headset, three gallons of oil, and a 5th wheel puller. A 1995 Peterbilt was also broken into and a Cobra GTL 148 CB radio worth $330 and a Pioneer CD player valued at $325 were taken.
* Heritage South Community Credit Union notified a Lewisburg woman that someone had obtained a debit card with her number on it and used it to charge $2,305.36-worth of purchases in California. The credit union will reimburse the money to the victim.
* The back window of a Dodge minivan was broken while it was parked at the owner's home on White Drive. The window will cost $500 to replace.
* A bullet was fired into the trunk of a Ford Taurus parked at the owner's home on Cummings Circle. Cost of repairing the damage is estimated at $500.
* A senior executive of First Farmers and Merchants Bank reported to Lewisburg Police Department that on Jan. 18 the bank cashed a third-party check for $345. The endorsement on the check turned out to be a forgery, and the number the executive called to find out if it was OK to cash the check was not the real number of the business in question. The business owner was reimbursed by the bank, and the name and ID of the person who cashed the check were given to police.
* A green Mongoose bicycle worth $160 was stolen from the front of a home on Franklin Road sometime during the day on Feb. 22.
* A Lewisburg resident reported to police that someone had used his Heritage South Community Credit Union card number to charge $5.05 at a McDonald's in Rialto, Calif., and also to charge $3.47 and $25 at a McDonald's in Pomona, Calif.
*. A half gallon of Amsterdam vodka, worth $25, was shoplifted from Parkway Market on Feb. 24, allegedly by a woman who walked out with the bottle in a large purse, and left with three other people in a black Isuzu Trooper with no tag.
* Between 11 and 11:45 p.m. Feb. 23, someone took a garbage can worth $23 from a rental property on East Ewing Street.
* Police were called to a rental property on Park Avenue on Feb. 19 because the landlord discovered the tenant had bypassed the meter and was getting electricity for free. Lewisburg Electric cut off service at the utility pole. The landlord provided a name and description of the tenant. It could not be determined how much electricity had been stolen.
* A Lewisburg woman reported to Marshall County Sheriff's Department that someone had used her social security number to file income taxes.
* In the early morning hours of Feb. 23, a vehicle slid through the stop sign at Brush Creek Road and Old Columbia Road and damaged the gate, gate post, Port-a-Potty, and a metal shelter at the convenience center. The vehicle and driver were gone when the employees showed up for work.
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* Patrick M. Thomas, 27, Hull Avenue. Bond; $1,000; court date: April 9. Additional charge: possession of drug paraphernalia (pocket scale and rolling papers).
* William B. Chunn, 21, Culleoka. Bond: $1,000; court date: March 19.
Arrested and charged with public intoxication
* Joshua M. Bollinger, 20, Greensboro, Md. Bond not stated; court date: April 3.
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* Shari L. Forehand, 35, 9th Avenue North. Bond: $500; court date: March 26.
* Bernie M. Jett, 39, 8th Avenue South. Bond: $1,000; court date: March 19.
* Kimberly E. Barnett, 38, Limestone Avenue. Bond: $1,000; court date: March 19.
* Larry Lee Newsom, 19, Milltown Road. Bond: $1,000. Newsom was also charged with vandalism over $500, and on this the bond is $1,500. Court date: March 13.
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* Sonya L. Jones, 41, Hill Street. Bond: $10,000; court date: March 27.
Arrested on warrants for sale of a Schedule II drug and conspiracy to distribute a Schedule II drug
* Stephon Gleaves, 19, Hill Street. Bond: $30,000; court date: March 27.
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* Chrissy D. Morton, 28, Cornersville Highway. Bond: $3,000; court date: March 20.
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* Cameron R. Adams, 18, Douglas Avenue. Court date: April 2. Adams allegedly backed into an unoccupied car parked at the Rec Center. Witnesses said he "spun tires" leaving the scene, according to the report by Lewisburg Police Officer Mike Davis.
Arrested and charged with disorderly conduct
* Christopher Webster, 38, Tankersley Avenue. Bond: $500; court date not stated.
Arrested and charged with criminal trespass
* Tiffany A. Henderson, 27, Shelbyville. Bond: $1,000; court date: April 2.
* Patricia Cozart, 34, Jackson Avenue. Bond: $1,000; court date: April 9.
Arrested and charged with violation of bond conditions
* Michael D. Hills, 50, Mooresville Highway. Bond: $1,000; court date: April 9.
Served with a violation-of-probation summons
* Sherri Ann Ghea, 50, 7th Avenue North. Court date: April 9.
* Patricia M. Oldham, 56, Water Street. Court date: March 27.
Arrested on a violation-of-probation warrant
* Kenneth J. Wimmer Jr., 20, Columbia. Bond: $500; court date: March 27.
* Kelly E. Stephens, 27, North Street. Bond: $1,000; court date: March 27. Also cited for possession of drug paraphernalia.
* Jared C. Robinson, 23, Franklin Avenue. Bond: $1,000; court date: March 27.
Turned himself in on a violation-of-probation warrant
* Joseph R. Beard, 19, 4th Avenue. Bond: $1,000; court date: March 5.
* Joseph B. Russell, 30, Belfast. Bond and court date not stated.
Arrested on warrants for domestic violence and failure to appear
* Enrique Hernandez Aviles, 22, Cornersville. Bond: $2,500; court date: Feb. 28.
Arrested on a failure-to-appear warrant
* Scott D. Jones Jr., 30, Woodlawn, Tenn. Bond: $2,500; court date: March 20.
* Trevor K. Merrow, 20, Center Street. Bond: $2,000; court date: March 6.
Turned himself in on a warrant for driving on a revoked license
* William R. Primm, 38, Cochran Lane. Bond: $1,000; court date: March 27.
Served with a criminal summons for harassment
* Rodney E. Schade, 42, Bob Cheek Road. Court date: Feb. 28.
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Prepare Perfect Polar Arrays in AutoCAD8 Oct, 2013
Polar arrays were dramatically improved in AutoCAD 2012; do you know all the tricks to using them? In this video tip from Lynn Allen and Cadalyst — the third in Lynn's trilogy of array tips — you'll learn the ins and outs of polar arrays.
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Opening scene shows the Monument to the Battle of the Nations erected in Leipzig, in 1913, commemorating the 100th anniversary of the epic battle of Leipzig, and the defeat of Napoleon by a coalition of allies arrayed against the French. Notable are images of Teutonic knights standing guard around the upper periphery of the monument. Closeup of the base of the monument and entranceway. Some signs of war damage are visible. Camera pans upward. An American soldier is seen in lower left foreground, manning an M45 Browning .50 caliber Quadmount anti-aircraft gun. Camera continues to pan over details of the monument. (World War 2; WWII; WW2)
Tanks of the United States Army and infantry men drive in the streets of Leipzig in Germany after taking it over during World War II. Sign board 'Leipzig 69th Infantry Division'. A dead German military officer's body covered with overcoat. Dead bodies of Deputy Mayor of Leipzig, his wife and daughter. They were Deputy Mayor and Municipal Treasurer Dr. jur. Ernst Kurt Lisso, at his desk, his wife Renate Stephanie, in chair, and their daughter Regina Lisso after committing suicide by cyanide in the Leipzig New Town Hall (Neues Rathaus). Damaged buildings in Leipzig. Scattered waste and debris of demolished buildings from Allied bombing.
Kaiser William II, ruler of the German Empire dedicates a monument to his forefathers, 100 years after they defeated Napoleon, in the Battle of the Nations (aka Battle of Leipzig). The Kaiser seen with his officers. A large crowd gathered to witness the ceremony. The parade with Kaiser William II followed by rulers of the three kingdoms of Saxony, Bavaria and Wurttemberg, and their troops in full war regalia. Kaiser and the kings arrive at the venue of the monument. Crowd holding flags in honor of the Kaiser. The Kaiser and other officials walk away after the ceremony.
British Members of Parliament (MP) visit sites of German atrocities including Buchenwald, Bergen-Belsen,. The Members of Parliament at a concentration camp witness piles of dead bodies of German prisoners, a whipping block, the crematory ovens. The MPs also visit the Belsen camp of political prisoners. Starving and dead prisoners at the camp. Ground near the camp covered with dead bodies. A mass grave with piles of dead bodies. Dead bodies of prisoners burnt, shot, fired and trapped in barbwires. Scenes of Chief Warden and commander Josef Kramer, Gestapo guards, and women guards of the Belsen camp arrested. Security guards of the camp arrested. Escaped prisoners of a Stalig near Leipzig guide the MPs towards more jails and dead bodies killed when trying to escape the burning building. Dead bodies of Germans in Leipzig who committed suicide by cyanide poisoning before being captured, including Deputy Mayor and Municipal Treasurer Dr. jur. Ernst Kurt Lisso, at his desk, his wife Renate Stephanie, in chair, and their daughter Regina Lisso, all in the Leipzig New Town Hall (Neues Rathaus). Body of Volksarmee General, who also died by suicide. (World War II period).
A Nazi ammunition dump in Leipzig, Germany. Ammunition dump in the country side near Leipzig, Germany, possibly at Altenhain, with a railroad track in the foreground. Ammunition bunker, Ammunition stacked up under covers. A camouflage cover over stacks of ammunition. Buildings at ammunition dump in the background. A sign in German means 'ammunition dump'. A Nazi eagle and Swastika. A German sign warns people against using fire near ammunition dump. Tanks roll past the ammunition dump. (World War II period).
U.S. troops move captured German troops at end of World War II near Leipzig, Germany. Many liberated Allied prisoners of war are also seen. Sikh soldiers from India wave. Other Allied soldiers wave and smile. Repatriated English soldiers. German prisoners lined up. German prisoners enter a cage. German prisoners ford the Mulde River. Location is Wurzen, 25 km east of Leipzig, Germany.


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Facial Palsy Clinic
- Dr. Nancy Van Laeken The Facial Palsy Clinic is held every 3 months at Saint Paul's Hospital
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Rankin Physiotherapy#149 1233 Lynn Valley RdNorth Vancouver, BC V7J 0A1Rankin Physiotherapy operates out of the Canopy Integrated Health clinic. The clinic is located in the Lynn Valley Library Square, adjacent to the Lynn Valley Centre. Wednesdays: 10:00am – 1:00pm and Fridays: 1:30pm – 7:30pm
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International Facial Nerve Conference
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ALBANY, GA (WALB) - Information from The Albany Police Department
The Albany Police Department wants to locate Antwan Ronell "Scooter" Lamons so they can serve several warrants on him. These include Aggravated Assault, Possession of a Firearm by Convicted Felon, and Possession of Firearm during the Commission of a Crime.
APD's Gang Unit says he sometimes hangs around 406 Heard Avenue Apt. A, where a relative lives.
Antwan Ronell Lamons is 24, and his alias is "Scooter" or "Lil G."
Lamons is 5' 7" and weighs 125 pounds. Anyone who has information regarding Lamons' location, or the shooting incident that occurred in 900 block of Cotton, should call Crime Stoppers at (229) 436-TIPS.
Monday morning, two unknown suspects fired two shots inside the home at 922 Cherry Avenue, and then ran off. Lamons could be one of them.
Officers issued a lookout for a black man wearing a brown hoodie with ATC (white letters), and another black man wearing black and white hoodie and black and white hat, about 5' 7" in height.
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Aveeno Positively Ageless Lifting & Firming Eye Cream
28 reviews
39% would repurchase
Package Quality: 4.0
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on 10/27/2016 9:53:00 PM
Age: 30-35
Skin: Acne-prone, Fair-Medium, Warm
Hair: Brunette, Wavy, Fine
Eyes: Brown
This is a useless eye cream. Perhaps the least of the problems with it, it stung the skin around my eyes for a few seconds after applying it. In the first couple days it dried the skin around my eyes out, and the skin was peeling pretty bad. When the peeling was finished, the cream still was able to make a mess on its own. When touched, it pilled and balled up on the skin.
I put my eye cream on first, and when it came time to put on my face moisturizer, there was a line between the eye cream and the face moisturizer, and when I went to smooth it out, it would ball up and peel away. Then when I was trying to get the little bits off, I would inevitably end up creating more! And it's not as though there's a ton of dead skin on my face, I exfoliate with my Clarisonic almost daily.
I don't feel as though this moisturized very well. It cost about $20 at Walmart, and after about a week, I returned it.
on 5/5/2015 11:57:00 PM
Age: 30-35
Skin: Combination, Fair-Medium, Not Sure
Hair: Brunette, Other, Other
Eyes: Hazel
Ughhh! Totally disgusted with this product
It did nothing but give my understeer a slight burning sensation ! After reading the rest of the reviews.. I now know I'm not the only one ! Wish I had joined this site along time ago. Because I surely wouldn't have purchased this product ! I still am a loyal Aveeno customer but I won't be buying this product again!
Still searching for that right eye cream.
on 3/5/2015 11:24:00 PM
Age: 19-24
Skin: Oily, Medium Brown, Not Sure
Hair: Brunette, Straight, Medium
Eyes: Brown
I really wanted to like this eye creme because I love aveeno products....but it really sucked It didn't improve my skin under my eyes and I don't know if anyone else experienced this but this creme peels off I've never had that I don't know if its suppose to do that ........its expensive and useless totally disappointed
on 5/31/2014 9:20:00 PM
Age: 36-43
Skin: Dry, Fair, Not Sure
Hair: Blond, Other, Other
Eyes: Blue
When I use this product it has a burning sensation on my face. Then after a few minutes I rub my face.. it takes all of the dead skin off. It is the best face exfoliator that I've ever had.. it does not work as a moisturizer. for me .
I would highly recommend it for this purpose only.
on 1/30/2014 1:58:00 PM
Age: 25-29
Skin: Acne-prone, Olive, Not Sure
Hair: Black, Other, Other
Eyes: Black
I've been using it for a month now and seen no improvements..not a bad product but I wouldn't repurchase it.
on 6/20/2013 5:49:00 AM
Age: 19-24
Skin: Acne-prone, Fair-Medium, Neutral
Hair: Brunette, Straight, Medium
Eyes: Brown
I really wanted to like this because Aveeno has great cleansers and moisturizers, but I just didn't. I like the creamy texture and even the packaging made it easy to use and store. It burned the whole area around my eyes making my skin red. Once it dried my skin felt dry, not smooth. It's deffinately not greasy and dries quickly, so perhaps it might work for someone with less picky skin.
on 10/20/2012 2:26:00 AM
Age: 19-24
Skin: Very Oily, Fair-Medium, Cool
Hair: Black, Straight, Fine
Eyes: Brown
I'm on the search for an eye cream or eye serum for nighttime use in order to prevent wrinkles and fight off fine lines and discoloration. Unfortunately, I'm not sure if this product does anything.
Blends well
Contains some Natural ingredients
Smells nice
Doesn't irritate eyes
Contains parabens
Expensive for drugstore brand $19.99
When dried, it can peel off o_O
Not sure if it does anything long term
on 10/2/2012 3:10:00 PM
Age: 19-24
Skin: Combination, Olive, Warm
Hair: Brunette, Straight, Fine
Eyes: Green
This stuff is okay. I'm only 21 but I do have some under eye puffiness and some wrinkles there. I got this on a whim and it's just okay. It's alright at moisturizing but it does nothing for firming or lifting in my opinion. I see a bit of a difference immediately but that's it. There's no long term affect and that's what I'm looking for. This is alright under make up too but it will cause mascara to run a little bit and eyeshadows to go on uneven. This was a very blah product for me.
on 4/28/2012 6:47:00 PM
Age: 30-35
Skin: Sensitive, Fair, Cool
Hair: Brunette, Wavy, Fine
Eyes: Brown
I have very sensitive skin that is prone to redness and allergic reactions, I have been using the ultra calming line from aveeno and wanted to try an eye cream, this stuff caused me to have a major reaction not sure what was in it that i was allergic to but it stung my eyelids when i first put it on and when i woke up the next morning my eyelids were bright red and peeling as if i had a terrible sunburn just there. I have been treating them with aquafor for the time being but am very unhappy with this product $17 for a drugstore eyecream that ravaged my eyelids. Kind of nervous to try another eye treatment for now will be doing research until i am sure that i wont get burned again.
on 3/2/2012 1:10:00 AM
Age: 19-24
Skin: Combination, Fair-Medium, Not Sure
Hair: Brown, Other, Other
Eyes: Brown
I'm such a loyal customer of Aveeno, so I was hoping the best for this eye cream while on the hunt for my HG eye cream...unfortunately I have yet to find it. This eye cream seems to do nothing for me, its a gel consistency so its very cooling on the eyes.
I also am not very fond of the way it tends to flake after its supposed to have absorbed to my skin.
I still have quite a bit...not too excited about that :
on the plus side, I love the packaging.
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Who should be America's CTO?
Vote now and tell us
Ted Dziuba
Think of Ted as the antidote to the Lessig candidacy. Like Larry, he's been funded by Google - but there the similarity ends. While a Lessig CTOship would mean lots of blogs and wikis, and really expensive consultants to make sure Federal drones use them, a Tech Czar Dziuba would surely take an axe to sloppy Javascript and grossly baroque MySQL implementations. At Uncov and now as a Reg columnist, he's the scourge of Web 2.0 FAIL. Instead, Ted espouses old-fashioned engineering values like uptime, resilience, data integrity and choosing the right tool for the job. But don't hold that against him. Would he run? It's Friday afternoon, and we couldn't be bothered to ask. But we will, soon.
Jeff Merkey
"I love British girls!" is how Jeff Merkey greeted us on our one and only interview with him. "They've got the biggest tits in the world!" We've been impressed ever since. A former Novell CTO, Merkey's feuds are the stuff of legend: targets include Wikipedia, Groklaw, Slashdot and Bruce Perens (because Linux is used by terrorists). After Merkey's son fell ill from E.Coli poisoning after eating spinach on a Delta Airlines flight, Merkey sued both the airline, and its food supplier Natural Selection Foods (the latter for emotional distress). Merkey argued that use of the brand Natural Selection "...[implied] that the Plaintiff's 23 month old son...will be subject to Charles Darwin's theories of Natural Selection by virtue of not possessing an immune system capable of combating E.Coli and its deadly HES-inducing shiga toxins". A Merkey CTOship would not be dull.


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EASTCHESTER, N.Y. - While the Tuckahoe Tiger avoided media requests for an interview the Eastchester Eagle consented to answering five questions.
1. How long have you been the Eastchester Eagle?
I am a freshman, so this is my first year.
2. Are you the most popular kid in school?
Today I am.
3. Will you reveal your identity?
Not at this time.
4. Do you recommend volunteering to be the Eagle?
Yes, I am having a good time.
5. Will the Eastchester Eagles beat the Nyack Indians at Homecoming?
Yes. The Eagles will win.
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text: After a long weekend, it's time to empty the editor's mailbox again. IBM Developerworks has posted a tutorial on building and installing the GNU GCC toolchain for the ARM CPU, whether it's in a robot or one of those new ARM-based Android phones. Nancy spotted YouTube video of an interesting solar powered autonomous robot. Amy McKinzie sent a USA Today story on the MIT robot gardner, an engadget story on sandpainting Roombas, and a Robotics Trends story on a robotic factory automation device that injury a human factory worker. Rog-a-matic noticed a strange robot-evolution mash-up video. Howard Gordon sent a link showing how to interface a Nintendo DS console with a Surveyor SRV-1 Blackfin camera. Finally, the Swirling Brain swirled up stories on the Rutgers AUV Atlantic crossing attempt, Soccer robots that have learned how to fall, and a BBC story on robots that behave like humans. Know any other robot news, gossip, or amazing facts we should report? Send 'em our way please.


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Every day, our infrastructure services help digital advertising technology companies improve analysis and targeting of their audiences, enhance auction efficiency and deliver a better customer experience.
The trading of digital media space for advertising requires a flexible, reliable and low-latency IT environment. This holds true for supply side or demand side platforms enabling the purchase and sale of impressions, a bidding exchange matching buyers and sellers, or a data management platform processing and storing massive amounts of information.
With a portfolio of data centers in close proximity to every major advertising market in the world, a suite of optimized connectivity services, and hosting and cloud services tuned for performance, INAP provides infrastructure that meets the rigorous performance requirements of the digital advertising technology ecosystem.
Rapidly scale while maintaining performance
- Bare-Metal Cloud – On-demand, bare-metal cloud is an ideal hosting platform for data-intensive digital ad applications because it provides dedicated compute, RAM and local disk access as well as fast, horizontal scalability. Bare-metal cloud comes in a variety of configurations designed to meet your specific workload, performance and elasticity requirements, while also providing the convenience and control of provisioning and management APIs.
- Hybrid Environments – INAP enables digital advertising technology companies to hybridize disparate IT infrastructure environments including colocation, dedicated hosting, virtualized and bare-metal cloud over a single unified network and single management platform. Our hybridized infrastructure enables customers to split application workloads, assigning different functions to the most appropriate hosting environment, saving time, money, and improving performance.
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- Performance IP™ – INAP's redundant network architecture provides access to multiple Network Service Providers (NSPs) in a single location. INAP's patented Internet route optimization technology, Managed Internet Route Optimizer™ (MIRO), enhances Border Gateway Protocol (BGP) by dynamically evaluating performance factors to select the best route to any given destination, resulting in low latency, high availability and accelerated application performance.
- Content Delivery Network (CDN) – INAP's CDN service creates the best experience for end users by ensuring that they always find the data they are looking for, supporting multiple distribution formats (Adobe Flash, including Dynamic Streaming; iDevice; Microsoft Silverlight and HTTP Streaming) and by providing powerful tools for advanced reporting and analytics.


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Home Cure for the Single Woman
Natural Healing and the Single Woman
I grew up in a rural community that benefited from the wisdom of older persons who breathed ancient science from the time the sun rose till evening every wonderful day year in and year out. Those years with my great grandmother were special years for learning natural healing without being taught. Most people in our community seldom went to hospitals. There was no need because if we had fever, my grandma would just boil lemon grass, squeeze lemon on it and then put some honey or brown sugar. Fever wouldn't last a day. If fever stayed a bit longer than one day, my grandma would pinch my nape for about 2 minutes until my nape turned red and then she would get an herb called yerba buena and spread it over steaming rice spread on a clean cloth. The poultice would be wrapped around my forehead until it cooled down after which my headache and fever would be gone.
Almost every house in our community had herbal plants. Sambong, Kadlum, Artamisa, Lagundi, Babad and many many more were ordinary part of our everyday lives. There was a sad part about the story of herbal cures, however. When I accompanied a neighbor once to a doctor, our neighbor was warned by the doctor not to be just resorting to herbs as these couldn't cure people. Don't believe in superstition, the doctor warned. As a young girl, I thought the doctor was a liar because my experience with herbs were wonderful. I thought getting sick was not a problem in our family and in our neighborhood if only we had herbs around the house all the time.
As I grew up and was in secondary school, I heard my classmates from the town scoffing at herbal cures. These classmates referred to herbal plants as the recourse of the poor and ignorant. I was protesting inside and outside. How dare you, I would murmur or speak emphatically. Little did I realize then that the perception about herbal cures was a social construction of a reality that favored the ways of the rich. Little did I know then about the politics of pharmaceutical companies and doctors. I would fully understand the divide in consciousness regarding natural healing when I was a young teacher forever arguing in favor of the power of herbal medicine.
Fast forward to the 21st century when herbal medicine has somewhat been recognized as a valid cure. I could see books on herbal treatment in bookstores or in some offices spoken of as the result of painstaking studies of biologists or horticulturists. When I got hold of the books on herbal and other natural cures, I could still feel my grandmother's spirit roaming the kitchen for garlic, ginger, black pepper and other home cures. The older persons in our community were right all along and yet society had to wait for the rich and the "educated" to pronounce that herbal medicine does work.
Fast forward to the time I was diagnosed with cancer of the endometrium. Thank God, I had not experienced the anxiety and the pain often associated with persons who are diagnosed with cancer.
At that stage of my life when I learned I had cancer, I have been intellectually exposed enough to know that the fear of cancer is something that is peddled daily by those interested in the market for cancer drugs. In fact, when I told the doctor who strongly advised me to go for hysterectomy that I was considering natural healing. I was told that my option was a crazy idea; an untested idea. But I knew in my heart that cancer was just like any other ailment. It was just wrapped with the horrifying colors of tormenting anxieties so that cancer patients and their families would cling to only one option.
Now I am surviving cancer with all the natural cures that I can lay my hands on - garlic, onion, malunggay (moringa oleifera), chili, guyabano (soursop), cod liver oil, turmeric, spirulina and many many more of nature's gifts. And I am still working to earn a living at 66.
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Squid Fez
- Red velour fez
- Fits most adult heads
- Has snazzy emblem on it
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Finally, a fez that shows the world who you really are
If you're into the whole tentacle thing, this Squid Fez was made just for you. This swanky red velour fez is soft to the touch and exudes class. It fits an average-sized adult head, but also looks pretty good perched precariously on an oversized noggin. For some people, wearing a plain fez is not enough, they have so much more nerdy weirdness to express! Fezzes are cool!


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We love travelling this great country of ours, especially when we get to connect with the IT Professional Community and to deliver in person events.
If IT Camps have taught us anything, it's that there's an huge appetite out there for deeply technical, hands on training. And rest assured, before you start asking about it in the comments section of this post, we're planning more IT Camps as we speak. In fact we just updated some of those events, you can read more here.
As you know, Canada is a huge country, and as a small team, we can only visit so many places at a time. If we had our way, we'd hit every city with an IT Pro from Victoria to St. John's and everywhere in between.
Since we can't be there in person, the next best thing is online. And we're happy to say we have a bunch of new online events called "Jump Starts" coming up soon that you can take advantage of. These events have all the great technical knowledge and amazing presenters that you're used to, but you can watch it all from the comfort of your own desk, office or home.
Here's a listing of the upcoming Jump Starts you can attend:
Introduction to Hyper-V
Date: January 24, 2013
Time: 11am to 8pm (Eastern Time)
Overview: This is the first of a three course series and is designed for IT Pros experienced in virtualization (i.e., VMware) but in need of learning how to leverage Hyper-V to perform essential tasks in the Windows Server 2012 platform.
Microsoft Virtualization for VMWare Professionals
Date: January 30, 2013
Time: 11am to 8pm (Eastern Time)
Overview: This is the second of a three course series and is tailored for VMware professionals looking to get up-to-speed on how Windows Server 2012 Hyper-V and System Center 2012 SP1 compares with VMware vSphere 5.1 and VMware's Private Cloud, respectively.
Microsoft Tools for VMware Integration/Migration
Date: Late Feb 23, 2013 (Stay Tuned)
Overview: This is the third of a three course series and is tailored for VMware professionals looking for ways to better leverage the Windows Server 2012 platform and System Center 2012 SP1 to integrate with VMware more effectively.
Windows Intune for IT Professionals
Date: January 31, 2013
Time: 12:00pm (noon) to 8:00pm (Eastern Time)
Overview: This course is aimed at IT organizations interested in learning how Windows Intune is a great choice for IT organizations exploring the best ways to manage and secure PCs, tablets (Surface, iPad, etc.) and mobile devices (Windows Phone, Android, iPhone) in the cloud.
You can also take no-cost, self-paced, online training anytime at Microsoft Virtual Academy. So feel free to brush up on your SQL, Windows 8, System Center 2012 SP1, Windows Server 2012 and more. We'll also announce new online events here, so make sure you come back often to see what else is available.


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EuroGamer: I'm playing Batman: Arkham City on a cinema screen. It's just me, in the middle row of the Warner Bros. private screening room in London, with Dax Ginn, Rocksteady's effervescent Aussie marketing man. I've had worse afternoons, it has to be said.
This game is gonna be amazing!
Batman Arkham Asylum was a joyride from start to finish. Completed it 3 times, one on PS3 and two on PC with 3D on :)
This one is a beast of a game when it comes out in october


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The brick at the bottom of my mailbag, found as I finished that day's deliveries, didn't surprise me. Nor did the banging knocks on the bathroom door, the bathroom they had to build just for me.
The brick at the bottom of my mailbag, found as I finished that day's deliveries, didn't surprise me. Nor did the banging knocks on the bathroom door, the bathroom they had to build just for me.
When I was sent home from the post office because my skirt was too short, well, it probably was. Everyone's skirts were short in 1971, but I was on the job, as one of the first female mail carriers in the city of Columbus.
The men in the post office were split in their opinions about having this 19-year-old "girl" doing their job. I was assigned first to the Tri Village Station, then for two summers to the Central Point station.
This was my summer job during college vacations from Ohio University. Something that was said to me more than once, with derision, in those early days of my job was that I was "taking a job away from a family man."
My intention in working as a mail carrier was to earn good pay to help pay my college tuition. My then-supervisor, and a large number of the men who hazed me those first few weeks, didn't see that as good-enough reason for me to be there. Another problem was, I was a terrible mail carrier in the beginning, and they took bets as to whether I would last the summer.
I walked about 8 miles a day with a heavy bag on my shoulder, in the oppressive heat. I was attacked five times by dogs. Once, a German shepherd dived through a storm door; another time, it was a major bite by a terrier on my derriere.
I had many listings in my disadvantages column:
I had a bad sense of direction. I didn't wear socks in the beginning (fashion statement); as a result, my feet bled so much in the beginning that by day's end my shoes actually squished from blood. I would lose weight each day (I weighed only 100 pounds), and my mother would feed me steak, potatoes and milkshakes to keep me going.
My skin was made for a bog, so I sunburned and was near heatstroke daily. And inevitably, because the housewives and retirees had never seen a female carrier on their route, I would have to take time to answer their questions, the most common being: "Are you carrying your dad's route today?" My dad was not a mailman.
I was reminded of my mail-carrier days while I was at the hair salon recently. There was a new stylist in training who was struggling. I'll call her Keegan. My stylist told me that the newbie was having trouble learning and had been bounced to different instructors, who were giving her a hard time. She has confidence issues, I was told, but my stylist assured me that Keegan can learn with the right guidance, and that she has what it takes.
My heart went out to Keegan, and I immediately thought of the three men at the Tri Village station who helped save my job. Because the truth is, I couldn't do the job. But they knew I needed the money for school, and they figured out a way to keep me walking and delivering.
Here is my formal shoutout to Jim Davis, Eddie Floyd and Bob Lester, men among mailmen.
Jim Davis drew the short straw because he was my trainer. Jim, a patient man, suspended reality to make me a mail carrier. One day, I delivered 300 pieces of certified mail incorrectly (it was a notice about sidewalk repairs). Jim had to go back out on the route that evening and collect the correct forms.
I could barely finish the route each day. Bob and Eddie would meet me on my route after they finished theirs, and help carry mine.
After about three weeks of their admirable assistance and advice (drink loads of water, carry dog biscuits, don't look an angry dog in the eyes), I was doing the job correctly and doing it all by myself.
Being a tough little West Sider, I was able to give back to the harassers and "hazers" as good as they gave. Because of Jim, Eddie, and Bob, I learned my job and got strong enough to do it myself for three summers. When I subbed at the Beechwold station, the men sent around a petition to keep me there.
I still have the petition.
I worked out of the Central Point station the summer after I graduated from OU. I had married on the previous spring break and didn't return to Athens to attend graduation on campus. My parents' house was on one of the routes at this station. Their mailman saw my diploma in their stack of mail.
He pulled it out. And he asked if I would like to graduate there in the post office. I said I would.
The mailmen lined up along the cases where the mail is sorted. My parents' mailman took the diploma out of the packaging, read it to all assembled, announced that I had graduated summa cum laude from Ohio University's College of Communications, and had me march up the aisle of the station to receive the diploma and his handshake, accompanied by the applause of the carriers.
To Keegan, you hang in there, and you'll learn and grow as a hairstylist. I know you are with a director-stylist who will be your Jim, Eddie and Bob combined. You are on a rocky job-learning route that so many of us have journeyed. And what I've learned is: We can never journey it alone.
Pat Wynn Brown is a Columbus native who lives in Beechwold.


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Nobody knows exactly when MLM began, because it really evolved over a number of years, prior to World War II. Most observers agree that Nutrilite – now an Amway subsidiary – was the first true MLM company. In addition to being the founders of network marketing, they were the founders of the vitamin and food supplements industry, way back in the 1920s. So the historical connection between MLM and nutritional products dates back over most of the twentieth century – a fact unknown to most people (especially those who think that, somehow, MLM companies are johnny-come-latelies to nutrition. Most of the major product breakthroughs in that industry have been pioneered by MLM companies, in fact.)
The beginnings of MLM
In 1949, two young men named Rich DeVos and Jay VanAndel became Nutrilite distributors. In the ensuing decade, they build a large, prosperous organisation across America. But, in the late 1950s, a problem arose that was to continue to plague many MLM companies even until now. And it almost sank their business.
The manufacturing arm of Nutrilite was owned separately from the marketing arm. And, as often happens in such circumstances (not just in MLM), the marketing arm was seen to be making most of the money. There's nothing unusual in this. It's a fact of life that those who connect manufacturers to their markets take the lion's share of the selling price, in any industry.
To make a long story short, a standoff developed between the manufacturer and the marketer. DeVos and VanAndel watched, alarmed, as their distribution network dwindled rapidly due to lack of product and the resulting lack of income from sales. Unable to bring the two parties to an agreement, they decided to create a product of their own that they could supply to what was left of their network.
Amway is born
What happened next is legendary. In 1959, they formed Amway Corporation. Within ten years, they'd bought Nutrilite, and Amway has rarely looked back ever since. It's still the largest MLM company worldwide.
Of course, that kind of spectacular success soon attracts attention and, before long a rash of MLM companies sprang into existence. But there was also a dark side to the story – one that still causes problems to this day.
It didn't take sharp operators long to realise that they couldn't take advantage of people under the strict, ethical rules of conduct required by the MLM companies. So they came up with a counterfeit version, based on a scam from the late 1920s (The Ponzi Scheme) that looked like MLM, but allowed them to fleece people who were basically the same as themselves… lazy and greedy.Thus was born the Pyramid Selling Scheme.
The counterfeits soon emerge
It didn't take long for legislation to be passed to rub out pyramid selling. But pyramid selling isn't really a system or structure, despite its cunning name. It's a mentality – an attitude – which is very hard to legislate against. Consequently, many anti-pyramid laws also discriminate unintentionally against legitimate network marketing, "throwing the baby out with the bathwater."
Over the following decades, MLM has evolved and developed further into the wide array of companies, product ranges, reward plans and cultures that exist today. This unique, powerful system of free enterprise continues to grow, attracting more and more people to it. As we prepare to enter the twenty-first century, MLM has never been so well-respected, so healthy, so attractive or so rewarding.
The Dawn of a New Age in Network Marketing
The term "network marketing" specifically is 20th century creation. Its genesis lies in the post World War era of the late 40s and early 50s. This was the dawning of the era of the subdivision in which genuine neighborhoods flourished with their own circle of trusting relationships and backyard barbeques.
It is out of this trend that the term "belly to belly" marketing – or warm market as you may better recognize it – was coined. A company named California Vitamins came to the realization that many of their new sales recruits were in fact friends and family of their existing sales force. These new recruits' primary motivation to becoming a sales associate was that they wanted the products for themselves at the wholesale cost.
That led the company to recognize it was easier to build a sales force with a lot of people who sell a small amount of product, than it was to find a small number of top sellers who would move mountains of product.�
The Advent of MLM Multi-Level Marketing
And so California Vitamins designed a revolutionary sales compensation model encouraging their salespeople to invite new representatives from satisfied customers, most of whom were family and friends. Each of those new representatives in turn had the same right to offer the product and opportunity to become a representative to others.
This allowed the sales force to grow exponentially. The company rewarded its representatives for the sales produced by their entire group – or network – of sales representatives. And so multi-level marketing was born.
It was also during this time that the home party plan was introduced. The original party plan was the Stanley Hostess Party Plan, by Stanley Home Products. The focus of the party plan was to demonstrate the myriad of uses and benefits of the products right in the home. Out of the original Stanley dealer roster came the founders of such future marketing program giants as Mary Kay and Tupperware.
The introduction of the multi-level, person-to-person sales program in the mid 1950s coincided with another pair of new giants arriving on the scene. First, Shaklee was launched. Then, a couple of years later, in 1959, came the birth of Amway.
The term multi-level marketing, or MLM, became a part of the industry lexicon. And the direct selling industry would never be the same.
The Myth of the MLM Pyramid
The common notion that MLM companies are all pyramids really gained steam in the mid 1970s when the US Federal Trade Commission (FTC) charged that Amway and its multi-level marketing structure constituted an illegal pyramid.
In fact, in 1979 the court sided with Amway and deemed its multi-level marketing structure valid and legal and that its model represented a legitimate business opportunity.
Out of that court decision, the "Amway Safeguard Rule" set the legal standard for direct selling, multi-level, and network marketing based companies going forward.However, the myth of all MLMs being pyramids lives on.
Amway with its multi-level structure was targeted by the FTC partly in response to a proliferation of pyramid programs in the 1970s. In these illegal pyramids, money was the only commodity or "value" that moved through the program. There was no underlying product or service.
Schemes were developed whose only purpose was specifically to recruit others into the program. It was the emergence of several high profile schemes that led to a rash of regulatory requirements and the ultimate targeting of MLM as a structure. It also led to the clarification of speculative or fraudulent schemes and legitimate direct sales activities.
The Amway Safeguard Rule identifies three key points which ensure the validity of the opportunity. It was the existence of these three points as part of the Amway structure that led the court to conclude the business was not an illegal pyramid.
These therefore are important criteria with which to assess any network marketing or MLM opportunity and establish whether it is in fact legal as opposed to "one of those pyramid scams".
- Does the opportunity require the retail sale of products or services before one can qualify for any recruiting commissions or sales?
- Does the opportunity have a mechanism in place to prevent the stockpiling of inventory of Physical products with no intention of reselling?
- Does the opportunity offer representatives who choose to leave a buy-back provision on unsold, unopened inventory or products?
The term "network marketing" became popular in the 1980s. It was partly coined as a way of getting away from the stigma of MLM.
Ultimately, direct sales and multi-level marketing are distinct subsets within the overall network marketing industry. In simplistic terms, they can be defined this way:
- Direct selling is where the profit or commission for a retail sale is paid to one person.
- Multi-level marketing is where the profit or commission for a retail sale is shared with an up-line (or recruiter). Typically there are also bonuses paid based on recruiting activity, so long as the recruiting is accompanied with ongoing retail sales activity.
Finally, network marketing gained a strong degree of legitimacy in the 1990s and into the 21st century. A number of very well known and respected authors and business people began to lend their public endorsement to the industry. People such as Brian Tracy, Robert Kiyosaki, Paul Zane Pilzer, Jim Rohn, Donald Trump and even Warren Buffet began to openly talk about the merits of the industry and, in fact, encouraged people to consider it.
Corporate Advantages of a Network Marketing MLM Structure
At the same time, network marketing has morphed into a proven, preferred method of product distribution by some of the largest companies on the planet.
Commissions are only paid on the sale of product or services and the structure allows the companies to offload much of the time and Training requirements onto its representatives, who are incented to train the new representative they recruit.
In particular for new product launches, network marketing distribution allowed companies to avoid costly traditional advertising campaigns.
Pretty soon telecommunications companies, travel companies, satellite providers, financial services companies, and many other industries joined the party. Today there are literally thousands upon thousands of network marketing based companies operating throughout the world.
Today, network marketing is a +$100 billion dollar industry.
So there you have it, we've come full circle. By reading this far you now know more about the network marketing industry than at least 97% of the population.
Now that you have this grounding in the history of the MLM network marketing industry, let me ask you a question:
Do you still feel as though there is a reason to feel ashamed or embarrassed to admit you are involved in or considering getting involved in network marketing?
Lamuel Johnson
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It was C.S. Lewis who said that "pain is God's megaphone to rouse a deaf world."
I want you to know that your problems serve a purpose. I want to encourage somebody who's got some problem going on, some difficulty that you can't control… Your problem will serve a purpose.
Naaman, who was second in command under king of Aram had everything he ever wanted: money & power. Yet, his riches could not stop leprosy from spreading throughout his body like wildfire. And if he could sit down with you today he'd say "I know this sounds unbelievable, but that leprosy was the best thing that ever happened to me. I don't know that I ever would have called upon God, I don't know that I ever would have looked to Him, I don't know that I ever would have had the bandwidth to hear His voice had it not been for the death of my dreams and for this difficulty."
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Helvetia Day
This unique event celebrates the arrival of the first Swiss and German settlers in Helvetia. It is held on the Saturday closest to October 20.
A typical schedule includes:
4:00 p.m. Historic Walk. This starts at the Star Band (Red) Hall, follows the Buckhannon River, passes the Old Cemetary, and rises rapidly to near the top of the mountain. From there it follows the trail that the settlers use. Expect dramatic views with the Fall foliage often at it's peak. Refreshments afterwards.
5:00 p.m. Presentation on Helvetia History. y. At the Star Band Hall. Free.
7:00 p.m. Folk songs and dances. The Helvetia Folk Dancers perform at shows and festivals including the Vandalia Gathering in Charleston, WV. This is your chance to learn some of the historic dances that have been passed down in the communit
8:00 Square Dance and Cakewalk. Live music. 8:00 p.m. at the Star Band Hall.


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Don't skimp when buying Halloween candy this year. When you see "The Candy Bar Cookbook" (Longstreet Press, $17.95), you'll want to have plenty left over for making treats of your own.
This collection of 64 well-organized recipes offers creative ways for enjoying everything from candy corn to Hershey's Assorted Miniatures. There's even a recipe for Leftover Halloween Candy Cake.
"The Candy Bar Cookbook" has a historical ingredient as well. A collaboration of children's book author Alison Inches and California Culinary Academy graduate Ric McKown, the book folds her nostalgic affection for candy into his expert recipes.
A timeline tells you when your favorite candy was first produced, a special page at the back invites you to record candy memories and traditions, and candy-history anecdotes flavor almost every page. You can find out, for example, whose baby Ruth was, who Sugar Babies' mama and daddy were, and why members of the Van Halen band never eat brown M&M's.
The book contains only a pinch of pictures, unfortunately, but its compact size makes it fit more easily on a shelf. Anyway, the names of the recipes alone are enough to tantalize you: Peanut Butterfinger Pie, Milky Way Chocolate Cake With Caramel Buttercream Frosting, Almond Roca Buttercrunch Coffee Cake, and Brownies With Reese's Bites and Chocolate Glaze.... Once my daughter started reading these titles, I couldn't tear the book out of her hands.
"The Candy Bar Cookbook" would make a good family gift. There's a special section of children's recipes, and the holiday recipes would provide some creative fun.
We're looking forward to making Christmas tree ornaments out of melted Jolly Ranchers. After all, if you have a sweet tooth, Christmas is just around the corner from Halloween.
45 Hershey's Assorted Miniatures
8 ounces butter (2 sticks), at room temperature
1 cup sugar
1 cup brown sugar
2 eggs
1 teaspoon vanilla
1 teaspoon baking soda
1 teaspoon salt
3 cups flour
Preheat the oven to 325 degrees F. Spray a cookie sheet with nonstick spray. Coarsely chop the candy bars. Using an electric mixer, cream the butter, sugar, and brown sugar in a large bowl. Beat in the eggs and vanilla. Add the baking soda, salt, and flour and mix until well blended. Fold in the chopped candy bars. Using an ice cream scoop or a regular spoon, scoop 1-inch rounds of dough onto a prepared cookie sheet 2 inches apart. Bake 9 to 11 minutes or until just golden. Let rest for 2 minutes before transferring to a rack. Cool completely before storing. Makes about 3 dozen cookies.
5 Kit Kat bars (1.5 ounces each)
8 ounces cream cheese, at room temperature
2 cups powdered sugar, sifted
1 egg
2 tablespoons lemon juice
1-1/2 teaspoons lemon extract
1-1/2 teaspoons lemon zest
1/3 cup flour
1/3 cup sugar
2 tablespoons butter, softened
Preheat oven to 400 degrees F. In a food processor, finely chop the Kit Kat bars and spread evenly in the bottom of an 8-by-8-inch square pan. Bake for 5 minutes. Set aside.
In a large bowl with electric mixer, beat the cream cheese on high. Add the powdered sugar and egg and beat until smooth, scraping down the sides of the bowl. Add lemon juice, 1 teaspoon of the lemon extract and lemon zest, and mix well. Pour filling evenly over Kit Kat crust.
In a medium bowl, combine the flour, sugar, remaining 1/2 teaspoon of lemon extract, and softened butter, and blend with a fork until crumbly. Sprinkle topping evenly over lemon-bar filling. Bake for 18 to 20 minutes, or until topping is lightly browned. Makes 16 to 20 lemon bars.
- Recipes from "The Candy Bar Cookbook: Baking With America's Favorite Candy," by Alison Inches & Ric McKown (Longstreet Press)


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Niccolò Paganini: first international superstar violinist
Most international pop stars are singers. That has held true for centuries. Nowadays, it seems, if they're not singers, they play guitar, but it's the rare guitarist who can upstage a singer. That's not new, either. No instrumentalist could compete with singers for sheer star power until early in the nineteenth century. The earliest of them dazzled audiences on the piano. Niccolò Paganini (1782-1840) took the world by storm at age 22 by playing things on violin that no one else could match. He also had a brilliant showmanship that equaled his technique.
Paganini was the first virtuoso on any instrument besides piano who performed from memory. That feat enabled him to interact with his audience by moving around the stage. He was tall and thin, with incredibly flexible joints that gave him a reach along the fingerboard that no one else could match. He also invented new tunings and new techniques (such as simultaneously bowing and playing pizzicato with his left hand) that no one had ever thought of before. Later violinists have learned all of those techniques, but no one since has been able to match Paganini's wide stretch.
His stage presence seemed wild. His pale skin and long hair and nose helped give him a creepy look, and he often formed his thin lips into a sarcastic smile. And then there were all those tricks that no other violinist could yet perform. People began to wonder if Paganini had some help from the devil. He did nothing to discourage speculation like that. He realized that it was good for audience building. People who would never buy a ticket to hear a violinist play music would buy one if they had a chance to see the devil himself!
In the early part of the nineteenth century, popular virtuosos were as likely to appear at salons in private homes as in the concert hall. On one occasion, a storyteller also entertained at the same salon, enthralling the audience with a grisly tale of a young man who killed his father and became a highwayman. He fell in love with a young girl who spurned him. He took her to a cliff, grabbed her, and jumped off so that she would die in his arms. Then the story teller asked Paganini if he could improvise music to match the story.
Paganini agreed and asked for all the lights to be extinguished. His music matched the dark horror of the story so perfectly that several ladies fainted. When the lights were put back on, the room looked like a battlefield. So long as his reputation for being the devil came from stories like that, Paganini took full advantage. When the stories turned slanderous, though, he took exception.
Once, he entered a hotel restaurant. Before anyone recognized him, he heard a man at another table telling such a story. The man claimed that Paganini had murdered a rival violinist, one of the man's own friends. He had been sentenced to solitary confinement for eight years. With nothing to do in all that time except practice, no wonder he could play so well. Of course, all of the man's companions expressed shock at the enormity of the crime.
At that point, Paganini demanded to know any verifiable details. Whom had he killed? When? Where? Of course, by that time everyone recognized him. The man who told the story, conveniently forgetting his claim that the victim was a friend of his, said he had heard the story somewhere and that it had seemed credible.
We know about that incident, because Paganini himself complained about it in a letter to a well-known music critic. He further griped that in Vienna he heard a member of the audience insist that he had seen the devil himself guiding Paganini's arm. He also said that he looked so much like the devil that there could be no question where he came from. Of course, he allowed, it was possible to tell them apart. The devil, after all, had horns, red clothes, and a tail.
When we look back at Paganini with knowledge of modern medicine, we can see a possible reason for his appearance. Of course, most of his technique resulted from a keen imagination for novelty and very disciplined work in developing it. His flexible joints and general appearance hint that he may have had some kind of congenital condition--Marfan syndrome perhaps, or Ehlers-Danios syndrome.
Whether he suffered from either condition, he had several chronic health problems, including syphilis. His rigorous concert schedule, his extravagant lifestyle, and the mercury and opium he took to treat his syphilis wrecked his health. He caught tuberculosis in 1834, and although he recovered quickly enough, he had to cancel so many appearances for a variety of illnesses that he gave up public performance later that year.
Like many virtuosos of his time and later, he composed much of the music he performed. Although he was not a great composer, his pieces have remained crowd pleasers ever since. Other composers have used some of them as the basis for works of their own. The last of his 24 Caprices, a set of variations, has been used as the basis of variations for piano by Schumann, Brahms, and Liszt, as well a rhapsody for orchestra by Rachmaninoff.
An interesting hub - I knew of the man, but not the legends surrounding him. Voted up, thank you
Very well written and extremely informative. It is nice to have more insight into one of the all time great violinists and showmen.
Thoroughly engaging and fascinating bio -makes me want to find out even more about this intriguing violinist.Thank you for a brilliant hub.
This is an excellent and comprehensive biography of a great violinist and composer. I especially enjoyed the backstory and the theory about his medical conditions. Voted up.