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Fallen Angel
September 19th, 2003, 12:52 PM
Ok Junichi's dubbed name is revealed as Jackson. I hate his dubbed voice! Like the Japanese voice better. But it was a good eps 10/10. I was screaming at Ash the whole battle (when he was using Bulbasuar and Jackson was using Magium(bad spelling XD)) saying," Use Solar Beam, use solar beam! D*** it! Get it through your stubron skull Solar Beam!"


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It's that time of year when organizations start thinking about what they are going to do for their Halloween parties. We have all been there—we want to participate and have a few laughs, but the thought of someone dressing inappropriately sends a cringe up the spine of most managers and human resource professionals.
How to Keep Corportate #Halloween Parites Fun, Appropriate, and #Inclusive Click To Tweet
So, what to do—do you play it safe as an organization and draw a hard line on not having a party, or do you let it all just flow and hope no one crosses the line (fingers crossed).
First, be aware that not everyone celebrates Halloween. "Don't call them a killjoy," advises Senior Consultant Kimberly Rattley. She advises leadership to put out a simple statement to help set the tone for any celebrations:
We as a company have decided that we are going to have this party to celebrate Halloween. We don't want to assume, however, that everyone feels the same way about this type of party. Please know that everyone is welcome to come in or out of costume.
"To some making this type of statement might seem like overkill," continues Rattley. "Lighten up you might say. To those with this perspective, I would say: Open up. The more you value the person, the more the person will value the job."
If you decide to have an office celebration, having some basic common sense rules will go a long way to making the event fun and inclusive of everyone in the organization. Additionally messaging those rules will help clarify to everyone how to participate inclusively.
Here are some tips for making the most of the celebration:
- Have some guideline on appropriate dress. Suggest that there are some no-nos for appropriate costumes and mention specifics. A quick company memo can not only announce the party, but also offer some guidelines. Popsugar.com has a great article on 35 Work-Appropriate Halloween Costumes that Keep It Classy.UB #Halloween Tip: Offer some guidelines on appropriate dress Click To Tweet
- Offer a prize for the most creative given a fun set of parameters. For example, who can dress in the most appropriate food-themed costume (strawberries, apples, sushi are all popular). Or choose other parameters related to your company's work or mission. Redirecting everyone's creative energy towards something positive is often the most effective way to avoid controversy.#Inclusive #Halloween Tip: Offer a prize for the most creative given a fun set of parameters Click To Tweet
- Determine if political costumes are off the table. For some organizations political masks and costumes could be inappropriate and offensive. But for other organizations, poking fun at political figures is tolerable. For several years, Nixon masks were all the rage. But every company culture is different, and you should make decisions that serve all employees.UB #Halloween Tip: Determine if political costumes are off the table Click To Tweet
- Be a resource for the unsure. While many people would not be offended by seeing a person of color dressed as a white character, be it Superman or Betsy Ross, the same might not be true of a white person dressed as a person of color, whether historical or fictional. "There are deep-seated reasons for this, having to do with historical privilege and cultural appropriation," says Eric Peterson, Senior Consultant. "The end result might feel very unfair to a white person, and I won't argue that point – I'd simply point out that we're talking about a Halloween costume, and I'd ask if it's worth a significant stumbling block to team morale." Encourage employees who are unsure whether their costume crosses a line to reach out to HR for guidance. It's far easier to avert a disaster than clean up the mess afterwards.UB #Halloween Tip: Be the resource for the unsure Click To Tweet
However your organization chooses to celebrate Halloween, remember that you want to emphasize that it should be appropriate and inclusive. Organizational culture is a tricky dynamic. Those who set the policies that govern a workplace should do so with a constant eye on its culture and a mindset that includes both risk and reward. If the risk outweighs the potential reward, that's indeed something to consider.

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iBrugs is excited to announce that we will be merging with the American Brugmansia & Datura Society (ABADS). The combined organization will be known as the International Brugmansia and Datura Society, Inc. (iBrugs).
The iBrugs! team rolled up their sleeves, grabbed their toolbox and built a new home for Brugmansia enthusiasts worldwide.
The Brugmansia growers community is dynamic and ever-evolving. They are united by a common interest - love for a plant that dazzles the eye by day and overwhelms the senses when night falls. It is nothing more than this, but from this common appreciation remarkable things come. Brugmansia grows quickly. From seed to flower a scant year passes. The magical, mitotic dance of gene and protein bursts from invisibility and becomes a tree awash in visually striking, intoxicatingly fragrant flowers. When a plant's turnover rate is short, the scientific mind in all gardeners considers the creative possibilities. For Brugmansia lovers, a brush laden with pollen is no less a brush than a Florentine master's. It is the beginning of great masterpieces to come.
There are places where Brugmansia growers meet, discuss Brugmansia cultivation, propagation, hybridizing, and enjoy each other's company. There are large sites with devoted members. There are small sites with equally devoted contributors. Every member in every place where Brugmansia is discussed, simply loves the plant. These large and small groups are a movement, a visionary movement. What they see in their mind's eye is a future accomplishment, a vision fulfilled, and all of it relies on the power of a spot of dust carefully applied to a willing flower. This understanding has advanced Brugmansia hybridizing and propagation from a village sized group of enthusiasts to a thriving metropolis of growers, hybridizers, collectors, sellers and just plain fans.
This is not a competitive pursuit, nor is it a pursuit that requires exclusivity of any kind. Whether someone is a novice grower or an experienced hybridizer, each occupies his place in the sum of parts that define our effort. With that concept in mind, the iBrugs! team set out to bring everyone under the umbrella of an organization willing to present the most up to date information about and news of Brugmansia wherever it may be found. There is something here for everyone, and it is here in abundance.
The free membership provides access to all of the educational material on the site…period. You can post and discuss, research and view. If you want more, we have a paid membership tier that includes more benefits. If you're business minded, we have a program for you. Donations are gratefully accepted and will be acknowledged in many ways.
iBrugs! has also created an "Approved Seller" seal. Businesses that sell Brugmansia, Datura or Iochroma related plant material and achieve high member approval for the quality of their goods and services will be awarded the seal. The seal means you can buy with confidence from a seller who has proven themselves to be responsible and honest. We will also seek out businesses who wish to offer the membership special incentives in the form of discounts on merchandise. These will be available to paid members.
We will be updating the list of registered cultivars in a timely manner, and begin work doing the same for Datura and Iochroma. The list is essential for understanding the origins of the plants we use in our hybridizing work today. It is the nave of our wheel, the genetic motherlode.
There is more, so much more. We're excited to finish the projects we've started and even more excited to get the others we have planned going. It is our hope and sincere wish that each of you enjoys an educational and enlightening, friendly and satisfying visit each time you come to iBrugs! Take the time to visit the various pods and get to know your neighbors. If you're a novice, visit the hybridizers pods. If you're an experienced grower, drop in on Brugmansia 101 and see where you can help. Send us your ideas. We're listening. This is your community, and ours. The closer we work, the brighter the light that illuminates our effort and accomplishments will be.
The iBrugs! Team
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Jewelry Making with Snap Fit Findings - Lever Back Earrings
Free video instructions on making gemstone jewelry with snap-fit, leverback findings and common jewelry supplies:
In an earlier video, we addressed making post-style earrings with snap-fit findings and we stated that it was so easy that a five year old could do it. Making lever-back gemstone earrings with snap-fit findings is every bit as easy as makign the post style earrings discussed in that earlier video. No tools are required. All you need is to purchase the round gemstones and to purchase the lever-back, snap-fit finding to match the size of the gemstone.
If this video doesn't automatically display below, you can view our WigJig videos on the You Tube web site by selecting here.
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SUXORZ celebrates the worst social-media marketing of the yearPosted on Thu Feb 4 2010
There are lots of awards for the best social-media campaigns, but what about the worst? Henry Copeland, CEO and founder of BlogAds, has jumped into that void with SUXORZ, an award show now in its third year that celebrates bad social-media advertising. Copeland met with Ian Schafer, Steve Hall, B.L. Ochman and Caroline McCarthy last night in New York to vote on a "winner." (The name SUXORZ, by the way, is teen slang for "this sucks," according to Copeland.) This year's champ? A billboard for a "Local 15" Alabama news program that included a Twitter feed, resulting in the awkward tweet "3 accused of gang rape in Monroeville," juxtaposed with a pic of the program's three anchors. Meanwhile, winners of individual rounds included "Crusty Armpit," a truly revolting campaign from a surprising source, Procter & Gamble's Old Spice, and Ryanair, which rewarded a helpful consumer by calling him an idiot. They joined past winners like Hewlett-Packard's PayPerPost campaign of 2007, in which the company subsidized bloggers for good buzz; and a 2008 campaign for PC peripherals maker Belkin, in which the company paid for good reviews. Congrats to the Local 15 crew. Maybe you could tweet news of this award?
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Bordeaux is the home of the great red French wines and the Medoc region is where Chateau Lafite-Rothschild, Chateau Latour, Chateau Mouton-Rothschild, Chateau Margaux and Chateau Haut-Brion are produced. What better place to set the saga of a French winemaking family?
Francoise Bourdin has put Fonteyne, the Laverzac family winery, northwest of the city of Bordeaux. Aurelien Laverzac is passionate about his grands crus, the first-rate wines that his family hs been making since 1800. Fonteyne produces a Margaux with Second Growth ranking in the Bordeaux classifications of 1885.
But the members of this family are passionate about a number of things besides wine. Aurelien's oldest son, Louis-Marie, is devoted to journalism and his second son, Robert, is a dedicated surgeon. Alexandre, the third son, loves the family winery and the vineyards. The youngest son, Jules, who was adopted, is the most devoted to the grapes and the winery and has been slowly taking responsibility for the management of Fonteyne.
As the novel begins, the family is all together at Fonteyne for the first time in six years. Robert, who is in love with Louis-Marie's wife Pauline, has been staying away, but this year he has joined the rest of the Laverzac's for the harvest. Jules, whose 30th birthday is being celebrated only days before the harvesting begins, is very much in love with the daughter of a neighboring vintner, Laurene. But in the most convincing love/hate relationship since Eliza and Mr Darcy, the two spar with one another, fear they will never get together, and worry about the reaction of old Aurelien if they do.
There is much to fear -- or at least to worry about -- in this story, beginning with the rain that comes every day in this crucial time when the grapes need sun. As one of the characters says, "You know, wine is mostly about water." If the storms don't let up the grapes on the lower slopes will rot. And a bad thunderstorm with hail could be ruinous.
Also disturbing these September days that should be idyllic, is concern about Aurelien's health. He has had a heart problem and he is in his 60s. Pauline has lured Robert to Fonteyne and she has begun a dalliance with him which she isn't trying overly hard to keep from her hsuband. Alexandre's father-in-law, the owner of Mazion, a small nearby vineyard, has been ill and he and others are worried about what will happen to the harvest there without the old man to run things.
And quietly lurking under everything is the fact that Jules was adopted and no one except Aurelien (and the reader) has any idea who he is and where he comes from. Eventually Jules has to face the questions about his past.
This family is unusual in fiction in that they love one another. They fight, sometimes physically, and they argue and they complain and they get into impressive shouting matches. But underneath is a profound feeling of family, despite the worry about their father, about the harvest, and about their entanglement in love triangles (which sometimes seem more like octagons.)
One complaint. The translator has chosen to put everything in English, including M as Mr and chateau as castle. And the English slang she has chosen to represent the French (Gee and kiddo for example) would in my opinion much better have been left in French. An English-speaking writer would have used much more French.
But this is a matter of taste. The interactions of the members of the Laverzac family and their love of their land, of the grapes and wines, make for an engrossing story. And it would make a terrific movie.
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What is Hacking ?
Computer hacking is the practice of modifying computer hardware and software to accomplish a goal outside of the creator's original purpose. People who engage in computer hacking activities are often called hackers. Since the word "hack" has long been used to describe someone who is incompetent at his/her profession, some hackers claim this term is offensive and fails to give appropriate recognition to their skills.
Computer hacking is most common among teenagers and young adults, although there are many older hackers as well. Many hackers are true technology buffs who enjoy learning more about how computers work and consider computer hacking an "art" form. They often enjoy programming and have expert-level skills in one particular program. For these individuals, computer hacking is a real life application of their problem-solving skills. It's a chance to demonstrate their abilities, not an opportunity to harm others.
Since a large number of hackers are self-taught prodigies, some corporations actually employ computer hackers as part of their technical support staff. These individuals use their skills to find flaws in the company's security system so that they can be repaired quickly. In many cases, this type of computer hacking helps prevent identity theft and other serious computer-related crimes.
Common Methods for Hacking Computer Terminals(Servers):
This comprises of either taking control over terminal(or Server) or render it useless or to crash it.. following methods are used from a long time and are still used..
1. Denial of Service -
DoS attacks give hackers a way to bring down a network without gaining internal access. DoS attacks work by flooding the access routers with bogus traffic(which can be e-mail or Transmission Control Protocol, TCP, packets).
2. Distributed DoSs -
Distributed DoSs (DDoSs) are coordinated DoS attacks from multiple sources. A DDoS is more difficult to block because it uses multiple, changing, source IP addresses.
3. Sniffing -
Sniffing refers to the act of intercepting TCP packets. This interception can happen through simple eavesdropping or something more sinister.
4. Spoofing -
Spoofing is the act of sending an illegitimate packet with an expected acknowledgment (ACK), which a hacker can guess, predict, or obtain by snooping
5. SQL injection -
SQL injection is a code injection technique that exploits a security vulnerability occurring in the database layer of an application. It uses normal SQL commands to get into database with elivated privellages..
6. Viruses and Worms -
Viruses and worms are self-replicating programs or code fragments that attach themselves to other programs (viruses) or machines (worms). Both viruses and worms attempt to shut down networks by flooding them with massive amounts of bogus traffic, usually through e-mail.
7. Back Doors -
Hackers can gain access to a network by exploiting back doors administrative shortcuts, configuration errors, easily deciphered passwords, and unsecured dial-ups. With the aid of computerized searchers (bots), hackers can probably find any weakness in the network.
So, not interested in these stuffs.. huh??? wait there is more for you.. So, how about the one related to hacking the passwords of email and doing some more exciting stuffs.. The various methods employed for this are:
8. Trojan Horses -
Trojan horses, which are attached to other programs, are the leading cause of all break-ins. When a user downloads and activates a Trojan horse, the software can take the full control over the system and you can remotely control the whole system.. great..!!! They are also reffered as RATs(Remote Administration tools)
9. Keyloggers -
Consider the situation, everything you type in the system is mailed to the hacker..!! Wouldn't it be easy to track your password from that.. Keyloggers perform similar functionallities.. So next time you type anything.. Beware..!! Have already posted about keyloggers and ways to protect yourself from them..
10. BruteForcing -
The longest and most tiring job.. don't even consider this if you don't know the SET of password for your victim..
11. Secret Question -
According to a survey done by security companies, it is found that rather than helping the legitimate users the security questions are more useful to the hackers.. So if you know the victim well try this..
12. Social Engineering -
Ya this was one of the oldest trick to hack.. Try to convince your user that you are a legitimate person from the system and needs your password for the continuation of the service or some maintainence.. This won't work now since most of the users are now aware about the Scam.. But this Social Engginering concept is must for you to have to convince victim for many reasons..!!!
13. Phishing -
This is another type of keylogging, here you have to bring the user to a webpage created by you resembling the legitimate one and get him to enter his password, to get the same in your mail box..!! Use social engginering..
14. Fake Messengers -
So its a form of phishing in the application format.. getting user, to enter the login info in the software and check your maill..!!!
15. Cookie Stealer -
Here the cookie saved by the sites are taken and decoded and if you get lucky.. You have the password..!!!
Hmmm.. not satisfied with single account at a time..?? so there are ways to hack lots of accounts together.. I know few but there exists many..!! listed are the ones i know and will teach you in coming posts...
16. DNS Poisoning or PHARMING -So, phisihing is a tough job.. isn't it..?? convincing someone to enter their password at your page..?? what if you don't have to convince..?? what if they are directed automatically to your site without having a clue..?? Nice huh..?? Pharming does the same for you.. More about it in my next post..
17. Whaling -This method gets you the password of the accounts which are used by the hackers to recive the passwords.. So you just have to hack one ID, which is simplest method( Easy then hacking any other account, will tell you how in coming posts..) and you will have loads of passwords and so loads of accounts at your mercy..!!!
Hope you have liked this post!! waiting for your comments AADISH!!!!!


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November 10th, 2016 | Julia Braime
Dream dress hunting? Then listen up! For we have news of a super exciting event that's being held by our fabulous Sponsor, Luella's Bridal.
Located in the Wimbledon Village area of London, Luella's is known for its stunning choice of handpicked designs, with each and every piece inside the boutique selected for its originality and beauty.
One such collection is the new 2017 Rose & Delilah wedding gown collection, which Luella's will be showcasing in its entirety during a special preview event from the 15th to 19th November 2016. Available for the first time in the UK, the event will be offering the opportunity to brides-to-be to find their dream dress for their special day, which we reckon is totally worth the trip to London Town!
Luella's Founder Rachel Attwell tells us more about the preview.
rachel says: We are so excited to be showcasing the latest designs from Rose & Delilah at our exclusive event. This timeless collection is made from a mixture of delicate French lace, sumptuous liquid satin and beautiful silk crepe and features a variety of stunning backless designs.
During the event we will be showing the entire 2017 collection, plus some additional pieces from their previous collection, which means that a total of 17 gorgeous gowns will be available to view. Furthermore, this is the only time that all of these gowns will be available to try on in the UK.
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And to give you a taste of the beautifully elegant gowns that will be featured during the event, we're sharing designs from the 2016 and 2017 Rose & Delilah collections, on the blog today. Ladies, the following may cause weakness in the knees…
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This week on From the Vault we bring you a recording from of one of the first prominent white southern women to denounce racial segregation, author Lillian Smith, reading from her 1964 book, Our Faces, Our Words. Although, probably best known for her stunning 1944 novel Strange Fruit, this human rights advocate spellbinds once again with her southern lyrical rhythm as she reads from her latest novel.
ON Pacifica Radio Archives' "From the Vault" | July 17, 2013 | 5:00 am


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Southsea Boardsailing Club is looking for new members. The Club is located on the beach at Portsmouth and offers a friendly environment in which to learn or progress & comradeship for advanced sailors on windy winter days. Access to the water couldn't be easier with parking next to the beach & secure storage / changing facilities located 50 yards from the water. Throw your towel in the car & all your kit is already at the beach! All beach users such as Kite Surfers, Canoeists and fishermen are welcome to join & use the storage facilities.
Contact Ian Paton Tel 07930 557629 email firstname.lastname@example.com
Location: The Eastern end of Southsea beach, Portsmouth.
Established: 1980 (Almost as old as the sport itself ! ).


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Garcinia Cambogia Extract
Recently, Garcinia Cambogia was discovered to have some pretty amazing health benefits. Garcinia Cambogia was featured on a popular daytime TV health show (The Dr. Oz Show). Dr. Oz talked about this "Miracle Fat Burning Fruit" in depth explaining how Garcinia Cambogia worked.
On his show Dr. Oz explained that new research suggests that Garcinia Cambogia could be the "Magic" ingredient to lose weight without diet or exercise. After hearing this I was beyond skeptical. Don't get me wrong I LOVE Dr. Oz. But when I hear something too good to be true I am cautious to really believe it. After watching that Garcinia Cambogia segment on the Dr. Oz Show. I wanted to find out if Garcinia Cambogia was legit or not. So I decided to do a little sleuthing of my own. What I found out about Garcinia Cambogia was shocking!
You have to understand what Garcinia Cambogia is first before you figure out how it can help you. Garcinia Cambogia is a fruit about the size and shape of a small pumpkin. The color of Garcinia Cambogia range from green to orange, there are many different hues of Garcinia Cambogia out there. This fruit has been consumed for thousands of years.
Garcinia Cambogia is found in India and Southeast Asia. It has been traditionally used in culinary dishes. Those who have eaten it uncooked have said it has a bitter taste. Not exactly appetizing but you aren't going to eat Garcinia Cambogia like you would an apple. Instead, they extract it's active ingredient from the rind then put it in pill form for easy consumption.
Want to give Garcinia Cambogia a try? Click Here to Get Started!
Garcinia Cambogia Extract is a pure form of the fruit. The active ingredient that is responsible for all of it's claimed health benefits is found within the rind. This ingredient that is so important is called Hydroxycitric Acid or HCA. HCA has many health benefits that it is credited with.
Major benefits associated with Garcinia Cambogia:
- You eat less because it naturally suppresses your appetite
- Increases levels of serotonin which will help to improve your mood
- Stops the formation of fat, essentially blocking fat altogether
- Helps those who overeat, helping them control their bad eating habits
- Increases energy with out the need of dangerous stimulates such as caffeine
- With the increase of serotonin it can help you get a better quality of sleep
This is only a partial list of all of Garcinia Cambogia's reported benefits. These benefits are what the majority of those talking Garcinia Cambogia talk about.
After discovering Garcinia Cambogia I was extremely excited to try it out. I heard only good things about it online so naturally I wanted to try it out too! I went on weight loss forums to see what those who have taken it have said. I read countless testimonials about how some people lost 10lbs or 20lbs and even 50lbs in a short time frame. These were real people with extraordinary results. People would take pictures to show their progress and I was hooked.
I wanted to try out Garcinia Cambogia for myself to see what kind of results I could obtain. Browsing online to buy Garcinia Cambogia was a nightmare. There were so many choices that I had no idea what kind to buy. I was frustrated and bought a random Garcinia Cambogia product.
BIG MISTAKE! The company who I bought from was very unreliable and unresponsive. It took nearly 3 weeks for my package to arrive. Which is way too long for anything to arrive in the mail this day and age. So with all the prior delays behind me I started to take this brand of Garcinia Cambogia. I really didn't notice any significant difference in my eating habits or anything else really. After a month, taking this particular Garcinia Cambogia on a daily basis I stepped on the scale.
WHAT?!?! You won't believe what happened… I gained 4 pounds! At this point I felt I was let down. I didn't know if I did something wrong such as not taking the right dosage or something else. I had no idea what had happened. I started to blame Garcinia Cambogia for the weight gain. In hindsight, the blame should have been directed on the company who sold me the Garcinia Cambogia.
One of my friends had been taking Garcinia Cambogia with great success. Apparently she had lost 20lbs in the last 3 months. So I told her about my experience with Garcinia Cambogia and how I gained weight instead of losing it. She laughed and said had the exact same problem. She continued and explained that the company who she first bought from. Gave her a really low quality of Garcinia Cambogia. She told me that you have to have a 100% pure Garcinia Cambogia supplement for it to even work for weight loss.
When I went back home I checked the label to see how "pure" my Garcinia Cambogia really was. WOW what a rip off, the product that I had was extremely watered down. Just to compare my Garcinia Cambogia with my friend's pure Garcinia Cambogia. I would have to take 10x as many pills as she does per dosage to even get the same amount of the active ingredient (hydroxycitric acid). No wonder why this Garcinia Cambogia didn't work for me. After doing a little more digging online. I found out you need to have at least 60% HCA for it to work for weight loss and other benefits.
So with this newfound knowledge that I had bought a bogus supplement. I wanted to give Garcinia Cambogia another go. I ventured out again with better knowledge on what kind of Garcinia Cambogia I should be looking for. Of course my goal was to find a true pure Garcinia Cambogia supplement.
There were three things I focused on when looking for a 100% pure product:
1. Must have a minimum of 60% Hydroxycitric Acid
2. The supplement must contain NO Binders, Fillers, or other Artificial Ingredients
3. Can't be made with a synthetic HCA. Has to be made naturally with real Garcinia Cambogias
At first, I thought finding a pure Garcinia Cambogia was going to be easy. All I had to do was call a few companies up to see if their product matched my list of criteria.
WRONG! It was very difficult at first. Even trying to find some of these companies phone numbers was hard to do. When I did happen to find their number they didn't pick up. At least they made it easy on me to skip them. I didn't have to make the mistake and buy from them.
Three months had past, I had bought a little over a dozen different kinds of Garcinia Cambogia supplements. This sounds insane I know but it was the only way I found a 100% pure product. To my surprise I finally found the best Garcinia Cambogia you can buy.
Before I started taking this brand of Garcinia Cambogia I really didn't know what to expect. Would I experience the same results as the first time? Questions like that swirled in my head. Trying not to think negatively I started to take this Garcinia Cambogia. What happened next was AMAZING!
After I took my first does at about 10:00 a.m. I didn't feel anything immediately but by lunchtime I really started to notice it's effects. Typically, I am starving by lunch time. So when I noticed I had very little appetite I was shocked to say the least. For lunch I ate a much smaller portion than I usually do. From that point on I knew Garcinia Cambogia was going to be my new best friend. By dinnertime, I wasn't overly hungry like I normally was. I was full after having just one helping of food. Normally, I would go back for seconds and dare I say thirds. Over eating had been a part of my life for a long time.
Midnight snacking has been one of my weaknesses for years. I didn't know how to stop it. I knew this kind of behavior contributed to me gaining weight. Feeling like a ravaged animal I would raid my fridge of anything and everything. Stuffing my face with food was a nightly ritual. Using Garcinia Cambogia on a daily basis has completely broken me free from the spell of over indulging in the middle of the night.
My first bottle of Garcinia Cambogia lasted for a month. In a month's time I lost over 10 lbs! I was in complete and utter shock, I had been trying to lose weight unsuccessfully for years. Of course I went ahead and bought more bottles. This stuff works and everyone who wants to lose weight needs to try it now!
Recommending Garcinia Cambogia to family and friends has been an easy choice. It has helped me so much that I try to spread the word about it's "miracle" properties. I know that many people suffer from the same problems I have with weight gain. Knowing that I conquered those problems with this fruit just amazes me.
How Does Garcinia Cambogia Work?
This is the most common question I get from people who read my website. They may say something like "Now how exactly does Garcinia Cambogia work?" I'm always happen to respond to people's questions. Let me clarify how Garcinia Cambogia actually works.
As I have stated previously the main component of Garcinia Cambogia is Hydroxycitric Acid. HCA does many things that help to benefit it's user. It increases lipid oxidation which helps to break down fatty acids. This in turn rids fatty acids within your body. HCA's ability to suppress your appetite is key to it's weight loss effect. If you can get a person to eat less calories then they burn than that person will in fact lose weight. Sounds incredibly simple but that is how Garcinia Cambogia helps people lose weight.
There is an enzyme in your body called citrate lyase. Which is responsible for the creation of fatty acids or in simple terms it helps to build fat on your body. HCA inhibits (prevents) citrate lyase from making these fatty acids. So essentially HCA blocks the formation of fat. Which is critically if you want to lose weight. Not only are you eating less calories but you are actually ridding fat out of your body.
Some other amazing benefits are also experienced when taking Garcinia Cambogia. It is known to increase levels of serotonin. Serotonin is a very important chemical in your body. It it thought to be the contributor to happiness and the feelings of well being. So by increasing the presence of this chemical it does some extraordinary things. It can improve your mood significantly. This can be awesome for someone who feels down about their weight. It can give them the strength and upbeat attitude to make a change in their life.
Not only that but apparently having higher levels of serotonin can also have a positive effect on your sleep. Studies have shown that you can experience a higher quality of sleep because of increased levels of serotonin. When you sleep better you wake up more happy and ready to conquer the day.
With all of the benefits that Garcinia Cambogia produces it's no wonder why people say they have increased energy. Most people turn to things like caffeine when they start to get tired. Using stimulates for a long time can be dangerous to your health. Taking a natural approach to increasing your energy is the way to go. I have talked to people who didn't need to lose weight but took Garcinia Cambogia solely for the increased energy.
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After buying a low quality Garcinia Cambogia with horrid results. I made it my mission to help people in the right direction on which Garcinia Cambogia to buy. It's so important that people buy a 100% pure product. I have bought over a dozen different kinds of Garcinia Cambogia supplements. I believe I am pretty well versed in making suggestions to those who want to try out Garcinia Cambogia.
I must warn you that buying Garcinia Cambogia from retail stores such as Walmart, CVS, GNC, or any other big name store is a big mistake. They sell the cheapest version of Garcinia Cambogia out there. The product is of such low quality that i'm surprised they are allowed to sell that garbage. Finding Garcinia Cambogia online is a huge challenge as well. There are a lot of shady companies out there that cut corners that causes them to provide an inferior product.
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I'm always looking for deals and discounts. And I know reader's of my website are the same. So I decided I should contact Pure Garcinia Cambogia to see if they could offer me some sort of deal to my readers. I didn't really think I would get a response back. They replied right away and gave me a HUGE DISCOUNT for my reader's.
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They did tell me that this promotion will be available for a short period of time. Since they were actually losing money on every transaction. So I urge you if you want to try out Garcinia Cambogia then this is the time to do so. You WILL NOT find a better deal for Garcinia Cambogia!
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These bedside lamp stands are one of the first projects that I started with, I made them out of Pine on a home made lathe that my father bought in the 70's it had cast iron Singer sewing machine legs for the bench and an old 1/3 HP motor swung at the back and when it ran at high speeds the vibration was to say at least an experience.
The Lamp stands were finished with a stain to hide the pine and a two pack floor resin.
They now reside in a farm near Northam Western Australia.
This was one of my first projects and I will post some more soon!
-- Peter, member of the Fine Woodwork Association http://www.fwwa.org.au/index.htm
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#1 posted 06-30-2012 07:17 PM
Very nice pair of lampstands
Finish looks amazing.
Look forward to your posts
-- Who is the happiest of men? He who values the merits of others, and in their pleasure takes joy, even as though 'twere his own. --Johann Wolfgang von Goethe
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Thanks Jamie,
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Hans Fallada is the romantic nom de plume invented by a man who lived through some of the most difficult episodes in his country's history and came out indifferently, neither a hero nor a villain. "Hans" recalls the Grimms' Lucky Hans, a fairy-tale fool who smiles even as he is cheated; and "Falada" is the talking horse in another Grimm tale who, though slaughtered by his mistress's treacherous chambermaid, continues to speak truth to power as a taxidermied trophy. Fallada the man avoided the fate of Falada the horse. "I do not like grand gestures," he said, "being slaughtered before the tyrant's throne, senselessly, to the benefit of no one and to the detriment of my children, that is not my way." He made this excuse, rather grand itself, in 1938, after accepting edits of his latest novel, Iron Gustav. The book was part of a Nazi film project, and Joseph Goebbels wielded the blue pencil. Iron Gustav tells the story of a coachman whose authoritarian parenting ruins most of his children but who becomes a national hero after he refuses to relinquish his horse and carriage for an automotive taxi. Taking up his editor's suggestions, Fallada extended his narrative's endpoint from 1928 to 1933, twisted Gustav's one decent son into becoming a Nazi storm trooper and made the other, criminal son a member of the Communist Party.
Fallada was not sanguine about these revisions; he complained to his mother that "I am not satisfied with what I'm doing…. I cannot act as I want to–if I want to stay alive." Yet he never disowned Iron Gustav or any of his other works that were compromised, to varying degrees, by the editorial expectations of the Third Reich. In an autobiographical address given after the war, "Wie ich Schriftsteller wurde" ("How I Became a Writer"), he tried to explain:
Perhaps it is best to say, that I am now so far along, that I have learned my craft so well–my occupation being like any other occupation very much a craft–that I would say that I have by now mastered my craft to the extent that I can make the most foreign, chance material quite my own.
It was the weaving of the story, out of whatever threads were at hand–political or otherwise–that consumed Fallada. In "How I Became a Writer," he describes the writing process as a sudden, propulsive outpouring, an intoxication, a poisonous addiction, a race to get it all down, a day-and-night binge. It was never a moment for exploratory imaginings or close moral deliberation. He resented the constraints of the Nazi era but saw no reason to abandon his craft.


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We specialize in certified organic products for the organic gardener, urban farmer and chicken enthusiast. Our focus is on edible plants, northwest native plants, and sourcing from as many Washington producers as possible. We also have an established line of certified organic fertilizers we produce. Sustainable gardening services are available year round. We are licensed, bonded, and insured with 15 years of experience.
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Walt Benecki founded the company in 1995 after finishing up a contract as a marine fisheries observer in Alaska. He started as an organic wholesale fertilizer manufacturer, which consisted of two wheelbarrows, shovels, and a couple of garages in the Montlake neighborhood. As he outgrew the space, he realized he would need to relocate to an area where he could grow the business in a sustainable way. The City Of Ballard was serendipitous. Realizing wholesale fertilizer dovetailed nicely with the gardening knowledge gained from working his way through college as a landscaper, Walt began offering services in 1998.
Shirly Jane, co-owner of Walt's Organic, grew up in the South with a mother who was an organic gardener before it became commonplace. "We always grew our own vegetables and herbs as long as I can remember. I always loved being outside and continued to grow my own veggies and herbs even when living in the city. I've been in Seattle since 1989 and have grown to adore our soggy, boggy weather."
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Foreclosure Starts Continue to Soar in California
Lenders started foreclosure proceedings on a record number of California homeowners last quarter, although the pace of quarterly increases in default activity slowed somewhat, a real estate information service reported Tuesday. Mortgage servicers recorded 121,341 notices of default during the April-through-June period, up 6.6 percent from 113,809 during Q1, and up 124.9 percent year-ago totals, according to DataQuick Information Systems. The second quarter default activity is the highest on record, DataQuick said in a press statement; but the slowing number of new defaults has led to some speculation that the run-up in default activity may be nearing an end. "The small increase in defaults from the first to the second quarter may indicate that we're nearing a plateau," said John Walsh, DataQuick president. "We won't know until the end of the year, but it may be that some lenders are starting to prioritize workouts with homeowners instead of grinding things through the foreclosure process. "Of course, they may just be swamped and can't handle processing any more paperwork," he said. Last quarter's default numbers were a record in almost all of the state's 58 counties, as well. That included Los Angeles County, where last quarter's 21,632 residential defaults surpassed the prior record of 21,444 recorded during first-quarter 1996. Perhaps most telling, however, was the finding that only an estimated 22 percent of troubled borrowers emerge from the foreclosure process successfully -- in other words, nearly 80 percent of those that default on their mortgage in California are losing their home. As DataQuick noted, this isn't likely evidence of a failure on the part of servicers; it's evidence of just how far so many borrowers got in over their heads during the housing boom. "The increased portion of homes lost to foreclosure reflects the slow real estate market, as well as the number of homes bought during the height of the market with multiple-loan financing, which makes 'work- outs' difficult," the company said. Foreclosures made up 40 percent of statewide real estate resales last year, up dramatically from 5.4 percent one year earlier. Merced County has perhaps been the hardest hit, with more then 75 percent of all resales in the county in the second quarter coming from foreclosed real estate. For more information, visit http://www.dataquick.com.


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annual Woolly Thyme hook in Victoria, BC. Seventy plus hookers doing what they love best. It was a mad din of chatter, interrupted only by the sipping of tea and noshing of chocolate.
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Home » Korean Drama » High School - Love On
High School - Love On
English Name: High School - Love On
Korean Name: 하이스쿨 – 러브온
Other Name: Hi! School: Love On
Genre: Romance, School
Episode: 20
Broadcast period: 11 July 2014 To 28 November 2014
Air Time: Fridays 20:55
Lee Seul Bi (Kim Sae Ron) is an angel who is sent to Earth to look after Shin Woo Hyun (Nam Woo Hyun), who lives with his grandmother and carries emotional scars from being abandoned by his parents. Despite his cold demeanor, Woo Hyun is popular in school because of his good looks and singing ability. When his best friend, Hwang Sung Yeol (Lee Sung Yeol), finds out a secret that ties them together and also develops feelings for Seul Bi, who is posing as a fellow student at their school, the best friends turn into rivals. Can Seul Bi survive first love and other the perils of life as a teenager and properly do her job to protect Woo Hyun?
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Jo Yun Woo as Hwang Woo Jin
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Kim Young Jae as Choi Jae Suk
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Na Hae Ryung as Lee Ye Na (19)
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We caught up with Oscar winner Jamie Foxx today at a promotional event on the Fox lot for his upcoming 3D CG-animated film Rio, during which time the actor gave us a brief status update on his long-gestating game-to-film, Kane & Lynch.
Foxx has been attached since last summer to play the psychotic James Lynch to Bruce Willis' "Kane" Marcus in the Lionsgate film, which was supposed to go before cameras last fall only to become indefinitely postponed. But Foxx was adamant that the movie was still happening and that he's still aboard.
"We're doing a couple of rewrites but we're still doing it. And it should be a lot of fun, a lot of action," vowed Foxx.
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The fragmentation of a pride of lions that sometimes occurs when male lions are busy drawing new lines of dominance, often has tragic results. The Hollywood pride were recently spotted by Patrick and his guests feeding on an adult male waterbuck. Thirteen of them shared the 300 kg feast that they had managed to pull down close to Kaingo Camp's Ebony Grove.
They gave up the remains of the kill to hyaenas that night and then in the early hours of the following morning, pandemonium struck as three male lions from further inland investigated the sounds of the kill and found the pride ensconced on the beach, at the mouth of the Kamima stream.
The Hollywoods contain a number adult females and some juvenile females and males, the latter who bore the brunt of the trio's acts of dominance. That morning we awoke to a camp full of juvenile lions, two of whom remained in camp as the dominant males' roars reverberated through the Ebony Grove.
The curiousity of one of the young males obviously got the better of him:
With roars still coming from the grove, we drove out to see if we could identify the newcomers and also to see what Tangua's and Nyuma's reactions would be, as they are the dominant male lions in the area and service both the Nsefu pride and the Hollywoods.
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Int. J. Environ. Res. Public Health 2012, 9(2), 462-473; https://doi.org/10.3390/ijerph9020462
Suicidal Ideation and Associated Factors among School-Going Adolescents in Thailand
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Received: 21 December 2011 / Revised: 11 January 2012 / Accepted: 21 January 2012 / Published: 31 January 2012
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AbstractThe aim of this study was to estimate the prevalence and identify associations between suicidal ideation and indicators of psychosocial distress and social-environmental factors in Thai adolescents. Using data from the Thailand Global School-Based Student Health Survey (GSHS) 2008, we assessed the prevalence of suicidal ideation and its associated factors among adolescents (N = 2,758). Overall the prevalence of suicidal ideation in the past 12 months was 8.8% (9.9% males and 7.7% females). Variables influenced the suicidal ideation in multivariable analysis were sadness (Odds Ratio = OR: 6.03; 95% Confidence Interval = CI (3.00–12.14), lack of parental attachment (OR = 2.26, CI = 1.09–4.67), current alcohol use (OR = 2.32, 1.21–4.44), and ever having had sexual intercourse (OR = 4.16, CI = 3.40–7.68). Psychosocial, health-risk behaviours and lack of protective factors appear to effect suicidal ideation in this youth population. View Full-Text
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Although the tag line for the Prudence Staite Virgin Mobile campaign reads, 'Super Speedy Broadband,' I think it should be changed to, 'Super Cheesy Broadband.' The first one may make more sense in regards to business, but the second will quell any doubts that this billboard is in fact made out of cheese and is edible.
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Great way to start a blog entry on weddings, amirite?
It's because of all these things that places like Atlantic City have had to step up their game and reinvent themselves, though, and that's why my second "classic/cliche" (if you can find a way to combine those two words, I will pay you. In love.) wedding destination is Atlantic City, NJ-- the Vegas of the East Coast.
You can honestly tell a lot about a city by the website they put together-- my hometown's website, for example, is simple, cute, and functional which is very Decatur. Cities in the middle of nowhere mostly go for simple and functional with most attempts at attractive thrown out the window. Atlantic City has gone all out and created a subtly snazzy website with a lot of information, pictures, and links for the inquisitive tourist.
Much like Niagara Falls, Atlantic City has made tourism its bread and butter. They have spots on their site specifically for tour groups and meeting planners, so clearly they have this down. If you're looking to do a wedding that is well executed, you don't even need to hire someone like me. Dear God, Atlantic City, NJ just made me obsolete!
ANYWAY-- you're wondering how a casino town could be a great place for a wedding? I mean, sure, Vegas but Vegas is THE casino town, right? Apparently not-- I, for one, would be all about this view on my wedding day:
I'm right, right? So anywhere that's smart enough to have views like this is bound to have good food, right? One Atlantic is where this shot was taken, and they feature a wide array of attractive attributes. You know, outside of the shiny shiny above. Not only do they cater, but they cater with attention to organic food and farm to table supply chains! They are a Two Star Certified Green Event Facility, which is fantastic and lends a little more credibility to that Garden State thing...
Outside of the venue, Atlantic City provides plenty of fun in the sun (and shade) for the wedding party on the go. The website even has a section on "Free" and "low cost" options in the area, which is a catch! Like any good casino city, there are also some amazing restaurant options-- everything from sushi to burgers and boardwalk fare. Another fantastic point? The website (I know, quiet about the website already) says it's 72 degrees there! I'm not sure about where you are, but here it's 81 feels like 84 and that's a cool night this week! Add to list of summer wedding destinations? Yes.
So, I guess what I'm saying is that I've already sold myself on Atlantic City and I'd sworn previously I was never going to set foot in NJ... just goes to show you what a fantastic website will do for tourism. Oh, and a completely re-vamped public image... Well played, Atlantic City, second on my "classic/cliche" weddings list!


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Residents in the village of Culcheth, Cheshire, were left terrified when officers shot the man after the car he was in was stopped at around 7.20pm last night.
It remains unclear what prompted the incident, which is now under investigation by the police watchdog, the Independent Police Complaints Commission (IPCC).
But Greater Manchester Police today said: "Greater Manchester Police can confirm that its officers were deployed on a pre-planned operation in Cheshire on 3 March 2012.
"As a result, one man was shot and suffered fatal injuries. This matter has been referred to the Independent Police Complaints Commission who will be carrying out an independent investigation and Greater Manchester Police is unable to comment further at this stage."
Residents spoke of the terror as they heard the shot fired during the incident, near Jackson Avenue, Culcheth, at around 7.20pm last night.
Speaking alongside her father, Jessica Brown, 15, said she was with friends in the Village Pizza takeaway in Common Lane when a couple came in and told them to "stand back against the wall".
"I didn't know them but they said to us to stand away so we were not hurt or seen by anyone," she said.
"I later looked out of the window and saw three people in black clothing with gas masks on and saw other people chasing them."
She said a large number of her friends were also congregated in a playground in Common Lane and many ran for cover towards the shopping precinct as the scene unfolded.
One of her friend's parents dashed to the takeaway to collect them, she said.
"When we came outside there was gas in the air, you could smell it.
"I then saw a black van with three or four people inside drive towards the car park. One of them was leaning outside the window and I later heard shots.
"It all looked like something off a film. It did not feel real at all. It was horrible."
Her father Anthony Brown told Sky News she arrived home "hysterical", adding: "She was crying her eyes out, barging through the door."
He said his first thought was to get children inside and added: "You don't want the kids outside when there's mad men running round with guns shooting."
A spokeswoman for Cheshire Constabulary said it was an "isolated" incident,
"At around 7.20pm on Saturday an incident took place near Jackson Avenue in Culcheth, Cheshire, whereby a car was stopped by armed officers from Greater Manchester Police,"
"During the contact, a male occupant of the car was shot and sustained fatal injuries.
"Two men were arrested at the scene and remain in custody. The deceased's next of kin have been informed.
"The Independent Police Complaints Commission has been informed and will independently investigate the incident with the assistance of Cheshire Constabulary and Greater Manchester Police.
"Cheshire police patrols have been increased in the area, and the community of Culcheth should be reassured that this is an isolated incident and there is no risk to the community as a whole."
An IPCC spokeswoman said: "The IPCC has been informed by Cheshire Constabulary of an incident near Jackson Avenue, Culcheth, Cheshire at approximately 7.20pm on Saturday, March 3 where a man was fatally shot by armed officers from Greater Manchester Police.
"The incident has been referred to the IPCC who will independently investigate. IPCC investigators are at the scene and working with officers from both Greater Manchester Police and Cheshire Constabulary."


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COLUMBUS, Ohio (AP) -- A central Ohio man has been indicted on charges of defrauding lenders of $3.6 million in mortgage loans through his real estate company.
A federal grand jury returned the seven-count indictment Thursday against 44-year-old Kevin Hightower of Reynoldsburg, accusing him and others of recruiting prospective investors to buy dozens of Columbus properties through fraudulent down payments.
Hightower allegedly arranged for the homes to be at or above market value, allowing him to cover down payments and make substantial money at closing. The houses later went into foreclosure.
The indictment also alleges Hightower withdrew money from a charitable trust to pay personal debts.


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I almost killed myself. In the last ditch effort, I called my best friend of the time to tell her. She said a lot of stuff. Something she said clicked that day because I didn't.
This really has nothing to do with hooping but I found this on stumbleupon. Click this to see it large size.
Personally, that first part is what Emily told me years ago. And it worked.
It's been years since I've felt that low in my life. I still was depressed but not as suicidal. It's only been in the last few years I can actually say I'm not depressed at all. Thank goodness.
Yes, I have bad moments. I have moments of being so frustrated with life that I think, "I hate my life." Within a few moments, I can get over it or sleep it off. I'll pout and grumble for a few minutes or days but it's nothing like it was. No doubt about it. I realize that there is always a bright, shiny thing around the corner of life. I try to visualize it as much as possible. When I hear stories, like Baxter's, on how the hoop helped his depression, it gives me hope. I'm not saying I'm depressed, but I'd like not to go back to that time of my life. If the hoop can prevent me from sinking, I'll grab on like it's a floatation device.
I don't want to drown again.


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|The History of Educators Credit Union
In 1938, ten teachers pooled $60 to form Educators Credit Union. In the beginning, the credit union was named McLennan County Teachers Federal Credit Union, but was later changed to Educators Credit Union.
In 2005, ECU expanded our membership to include anyone who lives, works, or attends school in McLennan, Bosque, Falls, Hill, Coryell or Lampasas counties. The education community is the foundation of our membership, but this expansion gave us the opportunity to serve everyone in the community, no matter their profession.
Today, ECU is the largest credit union in Central Texas, with more than 28,000 members and over $400 million in assets. It is our goal to meet the financial needs of our members. We offer a wide variety of services at competitive rates and have seven convenient locations to serve you.
|Community Involvement
Educators Credit Union employees contribute their time and energy to many community organizations.
Our staff volunteers and/or raises funds for the following organizations:
American Cancer Society's Relay for Life
|Notice of Availability of Documents
ECU will provide information on the following documents upon *request:
*Request must be made in person, by a member of legal age, at ECU's main office located at 501 W State Hwy 6, Waco TX.
|Educators Credit Union Senior Management Staff
|Joe Hutyra – CEO
William Palasota – CFO
Sharon Schroeder – VP of Accounting
Monica Krenek – VP of Lending
|Educators Credit Union Board of Directors
|Raymond Weldon, Board Chairman
|Edward Hernandez
|Jo Ann Brown, Board Secretary
|Hazel Rowe
|Stan Mitchell
|Al Pollard, Board Vice Chairman
|Ben Selman
If you have a problem with the services provided by this credit union, please contact us at:
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The credit union is incorporated under the laws of the State of Texas and under state law is subject to regulatory oversight by the Texas Credit Union Department. If any dispute is not resolved to your satisfaction, you may file a complaint against the credit union by contacting the Texas Credit Union Department through one of the means indicated below:
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Wow, where to begin, the last few days have been mindbogglingly inane. President Obama could not look any weaker than he does at this moment. Its obvious what the White House is saying was not their original plan. They saw public opinion polls and what happened with our strongest ally voting down the use of force, so now Obama says he wants Congressional approval? Thats a load of crap. He doesnt want to be blamed for strikes that have no support. We had full Congressional support for the Iraq war in 2003; that didnt make us stronger as a Nation when things started going wrong. And now this, Syria, is going to be the top priority of the United States government? Mr. Obama continues to focus on the wrong things; things most people aren't interested in. Recent polls say 70% of the people have job creation and the economy on their minds. Yet this is completely ignored by this president. Instead of campaigning full throttle for getting people back to work. Consumer spending is down and thats a bad thing, the less consumers spend the fewer number of jobs that are created.
President Obama has done so much good for bringing America into the 21st Century in so many ways; from promoting equality with gay people to changing drug laws that were ineffective and discriminatory. I dont think things like this would have happened with a Republican in the White House. Bringing health care for all would not have happened. Its a shame that he has been such a disappointment in so many other ways. They say having someone new in Washington is good, fresh blood, new ideas. A younger president makes the country feel younger. That was true with JFK, not with Obama. I think its good to know the ways of Washington before you become president. Knowing how deals are made, calling on deeply rooted relationships across the isle to help get things done. For 2016 lets nominate someone that knows the score, Hillary, Biden, not new comers like Paul Ryan, Rand Paul etc.
Back to Syria and the mess thats going on now. First off, we should never have been in the place we are now. Obama should have never drawn a Red Line without having a military plan ready to go and act on it immediately. Obviously his Red Line comment was ill conceived, but thats why we are in the situation we are in now. A President of the United States makes a statement/threat it must be carried out. Our president's word has to be ironclad. This duck and cover of waiting 2 weeks before the Congress gets back makes him look weak to the rest of the world. In Syria and Iran they are already declaring victory. But this entire subject opens up a whole new can of worms. Whats our strategy, are we just going to lob a few missiles at Syria then call it a day? No one seems to think that would do any good. So do we get more involved in another Middle Eastern state and go for regime change? Spend years bombing Syria? When in reality there isnt a whole lot we can do. So we need a strategy. Why is it ok to kill 100,000 people but killing 1,200 with WMD the turning point? Obviously the bigger message is to Iran and what would Obama do when they also cross his Red Line?
We are in a lose/lose/lose position right now. We dont want to become involved in the Syrian civil war; we have a president who foolishly stuck his neck out and now has to act – but what should he do. Then we have one of the most dysfunctional Congresses in history and you want to task them with doing the right thing? There is no right thing. There is no right answer.
The reason George W. is in the title of this piece is that he and Obama could not be more different in their approaches to foreign policy. Bush was the Texas cowboy who invaded Iraq and made a complete mess of Iraq and strengthened Iran. But, I think, the world had more trust and fear of Bush than Obama. They knew Bush would follow through. Obama's message to the Muslim world was one of outreach and compassion. So, why is the U.S.A. hated more now in the Muslim world than when Bush was in office? Good question.
This mess is all Obama's making; if he had wanted Congressional approval he should have sought it months ago. I dont see a good outcome coming from this.


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"The wilderness is revealing" is a favorite adage of adventurer Bear Grylls. On Monday night, it revealed that no one from Alabama would be around to claim the $500,000 prize at the end of Grylls' new reality show, "Get Out Alive."
After six episodes of epic adventure in the wilds of New Zealand, engaged couple Ryan Gwin and Madeline Mitchell failed to make the cut. And it was a particularly unkind cut at that: The last before the season finale, which airs on Monday, Aug. 26.
Ten teams started, including Donna Nettles Jackson and Canden Bliss Jackson, a mother-daughter team from Fairhope who were eliminated at the end of the fourth episode. Three remain for the finale: Texas buddies Chris Winter and Jeff Powell, the Illinois father-daughter duo of Andrew "Lucky" Larson and Andrea "Louie" Larson and the Washington state father-son team of Jim and Austin Vach.
This week's challenge had Grylls taking the four teams by helicopter to the top of a glacier. The open-door helicopter ride itself was almost too much for some, notably Mitchell. And the "landing," in which the pilot hovered with one skid touching a ridge that was too narrow for both, was truly spectacular.
no doors on a heli can make a girl feel a little on edge.. #GetOutAlive— Andrea Louie Larson (@loulou_bell23) August 20, 2013
Some pretty concerned faces emerged from that chopper! #GetOutAlive #BearMore— Bear Grylls (@BearGrylls) August 20, 2013
Gotta love a hot drop from a heli. Kinda feel insignificant when youre on that moving glacier. Almost like it was alive #GetOutAlive— Lucky Larson (@lucky_larson13) August 20, 2013
Another surprise highlight of the evening: Grylls' oh-so-British pronunciation of "glacier," which became the subject of some amusement among viewers chiming in on Twitter.
Bear says glacier funny @BearGrylls @NBCGetOutAlive— Bill Boberg (@BillBoberg) August 20, 2013
GLA--seeeeee-ERRRR #GetOutAlive— Drum Hard & Love It (@DhaliWear) August 20, 2013
I grew up saying "glassier" because of @BearGrylls. #GetOutAlive #OnThinIce— Luke Karaba (@KingFluffyBoi) August 20, 2013
By now the rhythm of the show was familiar: The four teams had to cross the glacier, retrieving their dinner carcass from a crevice (or crevasse, depending on whose accent you trusted). Then they had to build a fire, cook the meat and bed down for the evening.
After weeks of struggle, the remaining teams seemed to be getting it. There were still missteps, but they were relatively minor. For example, Gwin and Mitchell struggled with their fire-starting tools for a while, but after a relatively brief period of frustration, they did get one going.
No biggie. Except for the looming sense that in game between four solidly competitive teams, minor missteps now mattered more than ever.
Watching Mitchell fumble with the fire, Texan Chris Winter said, "I don't know, I think she does the best that she can do." Southerners won't need to have that explained. Northerners can Google the phrase "bless her heart." Mitchell didn't hear it during the show, but seemed to take it in good spirits on Twitter:
@seearewinter it was the best I could do hahaha!!! #getoutalive— Madeline Gwin (@MadelineALUSA11) August 20, 2013
After a night atop the glacier, the next step in the dance was the survival challenge that would give one team immunity from elimination. This time around it was a simulated mountain rescue involving some descending, some climbing and a somewhat intricate rope hoist system.
Not for the first time, the challenge provided a surprise winner: The Larsons. Seemingly the weakest team, they came up with just enough brawn and balanced it with the right amount of brain. The others were visibly disappointed, and Jim Vach was verbally so. "Seeing Lucky and Louie win was very disheartening to me," he said back at camp. "Based on performance," they should have been marked for elimination, he added. The remark came as a surprise to Louie Larson, to judge from her Twitter reaction.
what?!?!?!?!? #GetOutAlive— Andrea Louie Larson (@loulou_bell23) August 20, 2013
But in the show, she was all smiles, digging into a buffet and literally jumping for joy at the sight of toilet paper. Which raises a whole new level of concern about certain aspects of the show that are off-camera, but hopefully they'll stay there.
The Larsons were safe at campfire time, though Grylls did give them an earful about their shelter work. He turned his eagle eye on each team in turn. Powell's bad leg was a recurring weakness. The Vachs had a tendency to isolate themselves instead of utilizing the team's full strength. Gwin and Mitchell had struggled with the fire (and last week, with building a shelter). To rub it in, Grylls demonstrated a trick to make the same fire-starting materials work much more effectively.
After some hemming and hawing, he dropped the hammer on the couple from Alabama. Sticking to the script, they looked on the positive side.
Gwin described the experience as life-changing. "At the end of the day, I've gained something from this experience that money can't buy, and that's a closer bond with my future wife," he said. "Our relationship is so much stronger than it was before we came here."
"I couldn't think of anybody else I would want to share this with," added Mitchell.
They'll move on. She teaches third grade in Satsuma, and the episode just happened to air on the first day of school.
.@RyanMGwin is one of the most stand up guys I've ever met!— James Vach (@jimvach) August 20, 2013
Ryan and Madeleine won my respect through honest hard work and much positivity - but small margins make the difference now. #GetOutAlive— Bear Grylls (@BearGrylls) August 20, 2013
@RyanMGwin and @MadelineALUSA11 so sad to see you two go. Love you both, and all the best #peaceandlove #GetOutAlive— Lucky Larson (@lucky_larson13) August 20, 2013
For the other teams, one very tough day remains. A preview clip showed them jumping from a helicopter into water, then swimming down a river that seemed to be flooding. Even now, that $500,000 isn't going to come easy.


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INSIDE THE STEPHENSON HOUSE - April 30, 2003
Hi! Henry the Stephenson House mouse is back again. You
know what? The activity still goes on at "my" house! As you
drive by you see all that is going on outside. Hey, there is also the
Early the other day the Madison County Sheriff's Work Alternative Program
- I call them the SWAP boys - arrived at the door. "My" house
was on Norm's list of places that had asked for help and his people were
here and ready to work early in the day. Henry here could see Joe working
with Norm's people and they got a lot done. The Friends sure do appreciate
all the help from SWAP!
What a day it was! After the guys removed some ugly stuff on a couple
of the upstairs ceilings they made quite a find! In the 1820 childrens'
bedroom the original pine rafters with some of the original bark on them
were uncovered. And, Henry really liked this next thing. Have you ever
heard Joe talk about the sheathing boards under the roof? Now, with the
ugly stuff off the ceilings, we can really see those sheathing boards.
The boards are 10 to 12 feet long and 18 inches wide. Those are some big
boards, huh?
Each sheathing board is a solid, one piece board cut from a very large
and very tall tree. Can you imagine the size of that tree? Our skilled
craftsman friend, Joe H., who knows about lumber and the old days, thinks
the tree was a Sycamore. Sycamores grew to be huge and were readily available
to be cut down and lumbered or planked near the site of the house. I heard
Joe H. say that the carpenters probably built a 6' x 8' frame, put the
tree trunk on it and two men used a two-man rip saw to "lumber"
or plank this huge one piece sheathing board. These two men made this
work with one man at the top and another at the bottom of the frame to
saw or " plank" the tree trunk and it was all done by hand.
Madison County did not have any steam mills to help with these big jobs
until 1832. You all must take a look at these sheathing boards the next
time "my" house is open for a Take-A- Peek! They are impressive.
Norm, Sheriff Hertz and the SWAP people sure make Ol' Henry wake up and
take notice. It seems that each time you guys give us a hand around here
something really old and interesting is found. This time it was the huge
sheathing boards and 1820 pine rafters with the bark still on them. Lieutenants
Terry and Bob are lucky because they are always one of the first to see
the discovery! Hey, I was here the day that one of the SWAP workers brought
his son to "my" house to show him this old, old house and to
tell him about all the history that happened here. Henry liked to see
that! Henry watches you all from my hiding places and it makes me happy
to see and hear you enjoy "my" house.
Henry has been telling you about Col. Ben's accomplishments as Congressman
in Washington, D.C. Now I am going to tell you about one bill he got passed
that I think will be interesting to you. Col. Ben sponsored the bill that,
when passed, authorized the President to lease the salines for an additional
seven years. What were the salines? Well, salt came from saline springs.
Salt was enormously important at that time because salt was the only way
to preserve meat. The object of the bill, when enacted into law, was to
assure that the most salt possible was being produced, not only to meet
the demands but to help reduce the price. Once again, Col. Ben was there
accomplishing what the folks needed.
In the early days salt beef and salt pork were sold by the barrel and
salt was the only means of preserving meat. Now, that requires a lot of
salt - and just where did it come from? The major source was the salines
just west of Shawneetown. Clay pans that the Indians had used for evaporating
the salt brine had been discovered and this helped government surveyors
locate the two potent salt springs near the Saline River and Shawneetown.
Sid said this is near today's Equality, Illinois.
Now, how does one make salt from the saline spring water? Salt production
was hard work and here is how it was produced. Water from the salt springs
was led to cast iron kettles through hollowed logs used as pipes. Long
lines of kettles filled with the salt water were boiled over log fires.
Henry heard Sid say that one authority said 125 to 280 gallons of boiling
water were needed to produce one fifty-pound bushel of salt. And, 80 to
100 bushels of salt were produced in one day at the salines! Now, how
many gallons of boiling water does that take in a day??
Because the need for salt was so great and producing it so labor intensive,
the salines were exempt from the prohibition on slavery in Illinois. An
authority on the salines said there were from 1000 to 2000 slaves who
worked in salt production at the salines. Most of these slaves were leased
from their Kentucky and Tennessee owners. The slaves cut and hauled the
firewood, scooped the salt into barrels and loaded it on to carts. Oxen
hauled the bushel barrels of salt to Shawneetown where it was reloaded
into keelboats headed to Indiana, Tennessee, Kentucky and Missouri where
there was a big market for salt. Men from Illinois would ride over 100
miles for a packsaddle load of salt. Remember, salt was the only means
of preserving meat. Salt was enormously important!
The salines produced at least 120,000 bushels of salt each year and it
cost between eighty cents and one dollar per bushel to the buyer.
The salt production from the salines was so important that Congress set
up a 10 by 13 mile reservation for the protection of the timber that provided
the firewood. The salines near Shawneetown were leased by the federal
government and territorial governor Ninian Edwards served as superintendent
of the U.S. Salines, the official name of the salines. The income from
the salt supported a great deal of the Illinois territorial government.
Salt was important for many reasons!
This exception to the anti-slavery rules at the salines gave the pro-slavery
people hope that the prohibition would be overturned and at the same time
the anti-slavery folks kept a real close eye on the management of the
salines. Even after the territory became a state, and Illinois prohibited
slavery, the salines continued to be an exception until 1825. Hey, isn't
Henry so smart to know all this? Actually, Sid and Karen found it in a
book and I heard them talking about it! Today salt is a common item, but
in early Illinois salt was extremely important and vital to survival!
Now, lets talks about something else. I hear there is a lot more work
to be started soon that will complete the initial phase of work on the
Stephenson House. When it starts, trust me, I will keep you posted. Also,
I heard bits and pieces about "A Taste of Downtown Edwardsville,"
with flags, music, tickets to sell and lots of fun coming up soon. Keep
your ears to the ground and let's find out what this is all about!
See ya' later,


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The trail isn't visible. It's under water.
The park was really pretty with lots of interesting oak trees but the trail itself was ankle deep water. I should have read the reviews first my bad.
its not a bad trail, i would not go during the raining season there's alot of mud.
Perhaps January isn't a good time of year to go--there wasn't much to look at. About 70% of the trail was all but ruined from all the deep horse prints in the ground. I had to set my mtn bike to the lowest gear, even with full suspension, and even then it was like riding on the back of a hayride over cobblestone. Painful and tedious. But-- the other 30% of the ride was cool... through an elevated aisle between palm trees. My trail dead ended into the 417, which was very anticlimactic considering all the work I went through to get past the horseshoe pits and mud. I will not bike this trail again. The view at the parking lot was more rewarding than the trail, at least for me.
It's gorgeous by the parking area. There are several huge oak trees dripping with Spanish moss.
Once you get past the first bit of the trail it gets so much better. For a good part of it you're up on a ridge among palm trees overlooking the grassy marsh.
I don't think it's used much anymore as bits of the trail are hard to distinguish.
Definitely wear bug spray as it's marshy.
Some parts of this trail are pretty nice, however be prepared to get your feet wet during a rainy season, most of the trail can be flooded...this is wetlands after all.


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Le Specs are quickly revolutionizing the conventional look of sunglasses. That's what caught my attention. The Muffin Top shades (below) were the first pair of Le Specs I came across. Happened to see a friend rocking them and later on that day I came across the same Muffin Tops on my way home and took it as a sign to see what this Le Specs brand was about.
Le Specs originated in 1979 in The Land Down Under (its called that because it's the only continent, with a constant population, thats fully below the Equator) and continued with its "Euro Chic" look through the 1980s before going on a 20 year hiatus and coming back in 2006 sexier and more classy than ever. You can chronicle their comeback here.
For the Summer 2012 line they teamed up with Fashion Personality, Henry Holland, who welcomed the collaboration with open arms saying he really liked Le Specs "..irreverent and cheeky philosophy"
This is their Summer 2012 lineup…


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The Industrial Heritage of Northampton's Boot and Shoe Quarter
Peter Perkins
Publisher: NIAG (2015)
Price: £10.00
Based on a number of NIAG's walks, this monograph describes 108 sites in Northampton that were associated with the town's boot and shoe industry. Each entry is accompanied by a photograph of the site for ease of identification.
Available from the Newsletter Editor, plus £1.50 p&p. Cheques to be made out to NIAG.
Availability: contact the Editor
Evolution of the Northamptonshire Ironstone Industry
Peter Perkins and Mick Dix
Publisher: NIAG (2013)
Price: £7.50
This monograph is based on a talk given by the authors at EMIAC 82 and describes the development of the ironstone industry in the county since the mid-nineteenth century.
Available from the Newsletter Editor, plus £1.00 p&p. Cheques to be made out to NIAG.
Availability: contact the Editor
A Guide to the Industrial Heritage of Northamptonshire, 2nd Ed
Peter Perkins, Geoffrey Starmer and Barry Taylor
Publisher: John Stanley (2011)
Price: £7.95
This second edition is fully updated and with colour illustrations, highlighting buildings, structures and earthworks that exist from Northamptonshire's industrial past.
Over 450 sites are listed by town/village in an easy to follow format that allows the reader to discover more about Northamptonshire's heritage. The key industries over the past 200 years or more are covered, including iron ore extraction, boot & shoe production and those that developed from the rural economy such as mills and breweries. The county's central position in the transport network is reflected by the impact of road, railway and canal features. Among the more unusual examples are the remains of a whip factory and a memorial to the lady killed when her horse was frightened by a train.
Availability: Out of print
Irchester Ironstone Quarries: Key dates and events
David Carr
Publisher: NIAG (2011)
Price: £3.00
A detailed account, almost year by year, of the affairs of the ironstone quarries at Irchester, opened in 1863 and closed in 1970 with an annual output of 600,000 tons during World War Two.
A good addendum to the Evolution of the Northamptonshire Ironstone Industry cited above.
Available from the Newsletter Editor, plus £1.00 p&p. Cheques to be made out to NIAG.
Availability: contact the Editor