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Hair weave is a high-maintenance hairstyle, and a recent report indicates that black and white women are going bald due to weaves and braids, styles that may contribute to a type of permanent hair loss known as central centrifugal cicatricial alopecia, or CCCA.
Central centrifugal cicatricial alopecia is a form of pattern baldness that begins at the crown of the head; 59 percent of black women who participated in the recent study had CCCA.
What is at the root of the proliferation of this condition?
Hairstylists say a healthy weave style demands top-shelf hair extensions, a professional stylist, and your natural hair beneath the weave demands routine upkeep as well.
"Weave-related hair loss is a result of the services that they're getting and not properly taking care of your hair, not routinely shampooing and conditioning," celebrity stylist Laqueshon Harris tells rolling out. Harris' clients have included Judge Glenda Hatchett, Gladys Knight and Naturi Naughton.
Harris explains there are a number of reasons hair extensions are leading to permanent baldness in women:
Unsterilized Hair.
"Women are balding because when the weave is packaged and sent over here, there may be insects in the weave.
During the weaving process, the insects are placed on the scalp and they eat the papilla. When you're sewing hair in, the hair follicle is open and pulled, and [the insects] go into the client's hair. The weave comes from overseas, (and this is an issue) if the hair company does not adhere to the guidelines to check on the sterilization of the hair."
Glue abuse.
"Women are using bottles of glue and suffocating the hair follicle itself and the hair doesn't have a way to breathe."
Tight braids.
"Hair is not supposed to be braided so tightly that it remove the hair [from] the follicle.
"When your head is in pain, the pain only stops because the nerve endings have gotten numb and it allows the hair follicles to come out of the hair shaft. That is why when you take your tracks out; your hair is coming out with the braids."
Wearing the weave for months at a time.
Another reason weave wearers are suffering hair loss is because women wear the weave for far too long, warns Chicago hair stylist Paris Gumbs of Jazzy Nettes.
"You should only wear your weave for three to four weeks. Your scalp needs to breathe; every part of your body needs oxygen," advises Gumbs.
Wearing the same weave style for more than a month can lead to unsanitary conditions that can also lead to hair loss, Gumbs says. "Fungus grows in the dark, damp area that is on your scalp. Once that starts, your hair will thin out, and after a while, it will fall out.
"Sometimes people sweat [profusely,] and the fungus will grow from constantly wearing gel and spritzes that mask the hair. Take those items out of your hair — wear your style every two weeks and cleanse your scalp. Stay conscious of what you do to your own hair."
Three Tips to Save Your Hairline
Visit a dermatologist.
"The hair you leave out breaks off because it does not have the support of the rest of the hair on your head," notes hairstylist Paris Gumbs. "Hair grows from the scalp, and that one strand that you leave out to conceal the weave can't grow by itself, it needs the support of the other real hair on your head." If you are losing your hairline to tight braids, a dermatologist can assign a treatment plan that could include medication, and in extreme cases, a hairline transplant procedure.
Avoid lace front wigs.
Your natural hairline must be shaved before the proper placement of the glued lace front wig, and the combination of shaving and strong bonding glue can lead to hair loss, Gumbs says. Gumbs used to work for a lace front wig company.
"Everyone wants to look glamorous, but with the lace front wig, you lose your hairline, and the bonding glue is so strong that it can alter your menstrual cycle. Lace front wigs smother the hair, and the glue is a moisture barrier, so the hair cannot get any oxygen."
Care for your natural hair.
"You can develop alopecia from neglect," states Gumbs. "Once the perimeter hair is damaged, it is not coming back. If the hairline has gone to the center of the head, it's not coming back."
Always nourish and protect your hairline, once you lose it, it does not grow back.
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Grocery shopping is a hassle, especially with kids. Either they don't want to be there, they don't want to sit in the cart, or they want you to buy things that you don't want. Or their carrier takes up so much room in the cart, there's hardly any room for food. No shopping trip highlights this more than when you try to shop in bulk. How can your child pass by a bulk sized box of cookies?! On the other hand, there are many great benefits to shopping in bulk. You can get a better price and you can shop less often. I have found an app that allows you to get the bulk prices you love without ever leaving the house and no membership fee! Let me tell you about it.
Boxed Wholesale - Boxed is an app for people who like wholesale prices without the hassle of going to a wholesale store. Through this app you can purchase non-perishable bulk items that will be delivered right to your door. Shipping is free on your first order as well as on any order over $50. Believe me, it's easy to get an order over $50; I have yet to pay shipping.
Boxed is great for bulky items like paper towels and toilet paper, as well as cleaning supplies, k-cups for your keurig, cereal, and snack items. I get T his chocolate milk boxes, Annie's Mac and cheese, and Belvita breakfast biscuits. There are tons of items to shop for on a regular basis as well as seasonal items. For example right now they have a bunch of back to school items. The prices are comparable to Costco, but no membership fee.
This app definitely saves you time: you don't have to drive to a store, shop, wait on line, checkout, load up your car, and drive home; gas: you don't have to go anywhere - your order comes to you, money: you are getting wholesale prices, and sanity: you avoid the hassle of going to a wholesale store with your kids! There are no membership fees and the delivery is fast.
The customer service at Boxed is great. I once had an item inadvertently missing from my order. I emailed customer service who got back to me quickly and allowed me to reorder the item for free. The reps were very nice and accommodating. I also love the hand written notes in each package thanking me for my order. So personal!!
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Bottom line, it's a free app that allows you to get bulk prices and free shipping on the items you need. There is no reason not to get it!
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Moss Fabrication Ltd. specializes in rapid skid manufacturing and delivery to Western Canada's gas and oilfields. Since 1983, we have provided custom solutions to meet the unique needs of our clients. We also have sandblasting services conveniently located on site which helps in saving our clients time and money. They specialize in recoverable steel shot plastic and because of our partnership with them, we are able to easily access sandblasting services instead of clients having to ship to a separate facility.
Give us a call at 403-279-4950 for more information or to place an order.
Using a proprietary manufacturing method, we are able to rapidly manufacture skids and stock components in as little as 2 – 3 weeks. This ensures quick assembly of the complete package without the need for additional modifications.
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Viking Run Info
Viking Run is a fun runner arcade game featuring a feisty viking taking on waves of monsters and other baddies.
The objective of Viking Run is to score as much points needed to progress to the next level by killing waves of monsters that will approach you, such as dragons and bats.
There are also other threats in Viking Run that you must avoid by jumping, such as booby-traps, spikes and bombs. Special power ups and health tokens will also needed to be collected.
If you run out of lives, you lose the game and must start the level over.
Right arrow: attack (don't be afraid to spam it!)
Down arrow: Double tap (in air) slam down
Left arrow: Fire special attack (when charged)
Space-bar: JumpAdrian Tan updated this game on 28 Nov , 2016.
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All my life I've worked inside. I've been a waitress, a grocery cashier, a credit union teller, accounting clerk, accounting manager, internal auditor, and an electric utility company member service representative. Now I wear work boots (!!) and have a company truck with a tool box to accommodate my sledge hammer and brush axe. I still have a clipboard. It helps me recognize myself when I picture myself in my mind's eye slogging through the brush, jumping ditches and annihilating small trees and branches that have committed the crime of blocking my vision from one stake to another.
I'm a staking technician: the person (no longer the 'guy') who travels to potential job sites, usually alone, sometimes meeting a homeowner or electrician, to design new electric services, service upgrades or power line extensions or rebuilds. Luckily, I do this in Michigan's Upper Peninsula where the most likely potential threats aren't man or machine, but wolf or bear. Or domestic dogs, unchained and salivating, rushing to defend their patch of crabgrass decorated with their own leavings. This is where my brush axe becomes a multitasking defense implement that so far I haven't had to utilize beyond brandishing it in a threatening manner. Dogs are easily impressed with long, swinging sticks with gleaming metal ends.
I'm the first woman to hold this position in my 72-year-old company. I don't feel as if I'm breaking down barriers, just quietly enjoying the challenges of a physically and mentally demanding job. I'm 40, and I've convinced myself it's a good time of life to drastically switch careers and also to do something outside with the hope of maintaining my slowly ebbing physique. My education is not in engineering but in business management, with very little math, which turns out to be a regrettable disadvantage. But I'm having fun. Each assignment is its own project, much like a puzzle or mind-boggling riddle, and merits its own file filled with color-coded documents and drawings (I'm no artist but my sketches are improving–should have taken drafting as well as trigonometry) with a clear end, when I can close the file and stash it away in the 'finished' section of the drawer.
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Quantitative MRI: Methods and Experimental Studies
Mark Does is Professor of Biomedical Engineering, Electrical Engineering, Radiology and Radiological Sciences, and the Director of the Center for Small Animal Imaging.
Mark Does and his group are interested in developing and applying MRI methods to quantitatively characterise various properties and/or compositions of tissue. To this end, they develop models of NMR relaxation and water diffusion in tissue, develop and optimise MRI pulse sequences and associated technology, and experimentally investigate in vivo and ex vivo tissue models.
The Global Excellence Seminar takes place in the MR Conference Room on 8 January 2018 at 14:00.


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The Aquacart AQ-11 showroom cart and service stand is extremely heavy duty and attractive. The universal design and heavy-duty construction make this a great unit for display, service or storage. The AQ-11 is available in the standard steel design or the aluminum version which is recommended for outdoor storage. The steel thickness, five inch casters, powder coat finish, and beveled beams set them apart from even the best competitive models.
The low height is ideal for showrooms, houseboat or when lowering watercraft dock side from a davit or lift. If you will be moving your watercraft between a road trailer and the storage cart frequently we recommend using the AQ-19 as you will find it approximately trailer height and would require less lifting of the watercraft from trailer to storage cart and back again.
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Keep in mind these low price tag organizations will charge freight and the freight charges are usually significantly larger than what their actual expense to ship it is. Spread the flooring compound on the subfloor to fill in low spots, employing a wide putty knife. I have listed a website under that gives links to a number of site marketing low rates on Bamboo Floors. Ahead of you acquire, bring home samples of your leading flooring options Evaluate them side-by-side where they're going to be installed. This construction offers dimensional stability that makes the flooring significantly less susceptible to movement brought on by adjustments in humidity and temperature — typical in kitchens.
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To give Alpha bamboo the strongest wear layer, we use 9 coats of German Treffert water base UV-lacquer. These floors combine the organic beauty of bamboo flooring with the durability of typical wood flooring that is appropriate for residential or industrial use. By comparison, it normally takes among 30 and 60 years just before hardwood trees can be milled into flooring.
I've had mine in our kitchen for about six months now and had a handful of spills onto it and did not have any problems. The only cause customers ever decide on carbonized bamboo flooring is for its darker color. But I guess bamboo is a lot more ecologically friendlier, less expensive to replace and harder. It offers a special strategy to bamboo flooring in appearance in a house or enterprise, and is obtainable in a selection of designs and colors.
As opposed to wood, bamboo is rapidly renewable and matures in around six years (rather than 60). Most of the factories don't dry the bamboo down to a target moisture content material as we do with wood. When that bamboo best layer is locked by a glue bond to a layer of plywood (or other wood) running in the opposite path, and it is not capable to shrink, it has a tendency to tear itself apart much more readily than most woods. Alpha bamboo has world lowest emission rating and meet E0 rating for formaldehyde.


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Not much has changed in the world of printers since last year's survey. Canon retains its lead, followed by Oki Data, Brother, and HP. Shocked to see HP with a Readers' Choice again, despite that overall score of 8.0? Based on the sheer number of responses from HP usersfive times that of top-rated Canonwe can safely point to HP as worthy.
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UK video game publisher Reef Entertainment has acquired the exclusive console video game rights for legendary motion-picture "The Terminator'" and the console and PC video game rights for its sequel "Terminator 2: Judgment Day".
As a result, Reef will create brand new video games based on the sought-after licenses entitled: "Terminators: The Video Game".
In an official statement, a spokesperson says: "A Reef spokesperson said: "Here at Reef we are huge fans of 1984 & 1991 Sci-Fi action master-pieces. it's an incredible opportunity and an equally huge responsibility to create a game that does great justice to the motion-pictures. We are studying all aspects and influences of the Terminator universe defined in Terminator and Terminator 2: Judgment Day. We have started on our journey and are drawing on all the diverse materials available to produce a high quality, authentic and exciting Terminator video game."
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When using Circle Go on iOS you might notice the VPN indicator going on and off throughout the day. Circle Go is built to be smart about where and how you connect to the Internet, so the Circle Go VPN automatically turns on and off depending on the circumstances surrounding your Internet connection.
Here is what you can expect regarding the behavior of the Circle Go VPN:
At Home
When Circle Go is first installed, it will try to identify the network that you are connected to at the beginning. This will be identified as a "safe" network, and Circle Go will recognize that you are on your own Circle-managed Wi-Fi when it connects to your home network in that way. Because Circle's settings are already in place at home, the VPN stays OFF.
If you have a dual-band router and broadcast both bands, Circle Go will only recognize the one that you were connected to when Circle Go was setup. It will not recognize the other, and the VPN will be ON when connected in that way to your home Wi-Fi. You'll notice the VPN icon come on.
While On Data
The Circle Go VPN will be ON when a mobile device is using their cellular connection to access the Internet. You'll notice the VPN icon come on here as well.
On Other Home Wi-Fi Networks
If your mobile device is able to get online using a Wi-Fi network outside your home, the Circle Go VPN will turn ON to manage that activity. The VPN icon will appear when it is on.
At School or On Other Public Wi-Fi Networks
Some school Wi-Fi networks actively block VPN connections. If your school IT department has made that policy, Circle Go will not work with that Wi-Fi and you will have to use cellular data to get online. If you are having trouble connecting to a Wi-Fi network at your school or other location, please check with that organization's IT department to see if they are actively blocking VPN connections.
On Networks with Captive Portals or Access Logins
Because captive portals and access logins (such as Xfinity hotspots) require authorization before the device may fully access the Internet, the Circle Go VPN will remain off until the device is able to reach the Internet. Once the device has gained access through the captive portal or access login, the Circle Go VPN will enable and manage all further activity.


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So minerals are more important than vitamins? But most minerals are not absorbed? How is it that these minerals absorb so effectively and the ones I am taking do not?
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The best male and female athlete of the year in their age category, achieved while running one of the club Incentive runs, over a particular distance, will be the Club Champion for the year and awarded this honor at the Club's Annual Awards Evening.
Previous Results : 2016 | 2015 | 2014 | 2013
The distances are 10km, 15km, half marathon & full marathon.
The age group categories are:
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Awards are subject to the Club's Awards Policy.
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My mother died.
My real mother,
the one who didn't abort me,
not the one who raised me.
It's funny how you assume you know exactly how you will feel or what you will think about when you find out someone you don't care about dies.
You actually find out that all along you truly did care. And what you thought wouldn't effect you - actually does.
And, ouch.
For those familiar with my story, in particular the "It Begins With a Baby on a Bus" post, then you are aware of the strained, or rather non-existent relationships I have with my birth parents.
I actually haven't talked to GeorgeAnne in about 17 years, and when I saw her she had no recognition of who I was. It was at the time when I met my brother for the very first time. Then, my brother introduced me to my other sister that I never met before. Finally, for the first time in my life - I knew who all my siblings were. There were 6 of us total. By 5 different fathers. She got around. She only managed to keep two of them and both by the same dad, so that was a bonus. But, she was no mother of the year to them either. That does sound rather harsh, to M & J, it was all they knew so I'm sure their feelings over her death are quite different than they are for the majority of us.
Today I got the message from one of my sisters that she had died this morning. Apparently she either fell asleep while smoking or she died while smoking, we aren't really sure. The autopsy is tomorrow.
The irony is that 3 years ago today I stopped smoking.
It was a small fire and I guess her body wasn't burned bad. But it must have been a slow news day because the local Fox station carried the story.
My immediate reaction was sadness.
Then I was mad that I was saddened by the news.
Like, why the fuck should I care? She never gave two shits about me, not ever. Even when I was 18 and living with her up in New Hampshire and she kicked me out of their apartment overnight, in the snow, with no car and nowhere to go, and I got pneumonia. I laid in bed for days with 105 fever and had to ask her to please take me to the ER. They literally just dropped me off and left.
When I was 21 and pregnant with my son, again, I had to live with her because my grandparents had (again) kicked me out of the house. (Sort of a theme, right?) Anyway, I went into labor and like a good mother - she literally dropped me off and left. Like, I'm about to give birth, I'm alone and fucking terrified and hey, you're about to be a grandma....fuck you. Ultimately my grandparents came over, took one look at my son and immediately told me to get my shit and get out of there and took me back home.
We even went to jail together one time, for shoplifting. Even though I'd been to jail before, this time I actually hadn't even done anything.
You get the idea of how it was.
The news hit me hard. I just wasn't sure how to process it. How to feel and why I was so emotional over the whole thing.
My husband pointed out that maybe it was because the door was now closed. That there could never be that "one day..." moment. None of the 'maybe she'll realize...maybe she'll have regrets and contact us....maybe, maybe, maybe. There are no more maybes.
I'm now scrambling to get a ticket back to the midwest, I'm still questioning why the fuck I'm doing this. After talking to my brother and one of my sisters we all seem to feel the same about it. And, for some weird reason, we all just want to look at her. We want to see her shitty apartment. To be in her environment to maybe try to grasp a sense of who she was. To somehow find some closure to these gaps in our lives.
The good thing, well one of them, is that I connected with my siblings again. I'm awful at communication with others. I'm great at posting things on my Facebook, I'm great at liking and reacting to others posts but actually having a conversation? Oh fuck that. But, we talked and it was nice.
The other good thing is it made me realize that as shitty as my relationship is with my real father, I actually have more of a relationship with him than I did with GeorgeAnne. And if her death hit me - then I can assume I will have some regrets with my real father.
I dialed. He cried. I cried. Things were said. Not ALL the things, but a start of some things. Having him in my life is not the worst thing. I have enough regrets in my life, I don't need any more.
I am off to Kansas City in the next day or so.
Not to say goodbye to her,
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At first, the idea of marketing to people at a wedding seems tacky and unprofessional. After all, you're being hired by the Bride + Groom to photograph their wedding, not to try to drum up more business for yourself. That is why "intent" is so important when marketing at a wedding. You should be doing everything possible to ensure your Bride & Groom enjoy their day and feel great about themselves, and in turn, about you!
The same-day edit slideshow is not groundbreaking innovation anymore; in fact many brides are expecting that you do that at their reception and think of it as a downside if you don't offer it. This same-day edit can be your biggest marketing tool EVER if you utilize it correctly. Again, thinking of intent, you are not doing this just to market yourself to their friends and family by showing them your pictures...they will see those later anyways, hopefully. You are doing this so that while the Bride is mingling with some guests at the candy table, she has dozens of people rushing up to her, OOZING compliments all over her like the chocolate fountain on her strawberries!
Now what Bride wouldn't want to hear that on their wedding day, and how much more of a service did you just provide for her? That's better service than offering her another canvas for free! That's service that hits her at an emotional level and encourages her on the biggest day of her life! That is your intent!
Now that your intent is solidified, let's discuss how this can be beneficial for your business.
While you are working hard at the wedding, your target market is actually watching you! You don't have to spend money on advertising with Google to people who don't know you from a hole in the ground. You get to show your potential clients what you can do, while you're doing it! Now you have the chance to go even further and blow their minds when they get to see the photos you just took, displayed at the reception, and to go even a step further, on their own iPhone's!
Displaying the photos at the reception should be done in at least two ways. First, on your laptop as a slideshow at the bar, candy table, guest book table, or wherever people will be able to stand close by and watch. I recommend the bar...that way as the night goes on, your photos just get better and BETTER!
The second way, and probably the more effective way, is on an iPad (or two) that you send around the reception. You do need to take necessary precaution and set restrictions on the iPad and have "find my iPad" loaded and running, but at the same time you need to show that you trust the people at the reception, they appreciate it!
If you're not sure how to set restrictions on your iPad, it's very easy. Go to the settings and tap on "General", then "Accesibility", and then go down to "Guided Access" and turn it on. You'll have to set a 4-digit passcode to get back out of the restricted mode when you're done. To enable guided access, simply triple tap the home button on your iPad and then select the areas you want to disable by circling them with your finger. I suggest using the standard photos app for viewing the images, and in that case I circle the top portion of the screen so the "edit" and "albums" buttons are disabled. Using this function will allow the guests to move the photos around and look through the album you've selected, but they won't be able to challenge each other on Angry Birds!
I suggest you first show the Bride + Groom the photos on the iPad, and while they're starting to view them, go and get the Mother's of both and tell them what's happening. They will turn into your biggest fans immediately, and you can just sit back and take pictures of the tears that flow.
And now the real marketing comes in, allowing the guests to see the photos right on their own devices!
The program that allows you to do this flawlessly and instantly is called PASS, and it integrates with facebook, iPhone's, iPad's and iPod Touch's incredibly. Once you've edited your photos for the same day slideshow, all you have to do is upload them to the wedding gallery and tell the guests where to find them. For uploading, it is best if you are connected to a wifi router from the venue you are at so you can upload the high-resolution files. If you don't have Internet access there, then the next alternative is to use your cell phones wireless hot spot (most smart phones have this capability). If you don't have one, then go get one! Depending on your data plan, I would suggest uploading smaller web-sized files with this connection so you're not taking up too much data, and then re-upload the full size files when you get home.
Another way I let the guests know where to find the photos is by making personalized cards for the wedding. You can design small cards with an engagement photo from the couple and the link URL for their gallery. You can hand these out at the reception, letting people know that they are already up there. You can also share the gallery on the Bride + Groom's facebook pages and anyone who sees the link will be able to view the photos as well. Now you have a discussion point with the guests at the wedding that WILL lead to you booking their weddings and their friends weddings because you went above and beyond! Your couple will also be amazed and thankful that you gave them this amazing service completely for free, yes, do it for free!
Remember that referrals take time to come through, so don't be discouraged if you don't hear from anyone right after the wedding you just shot, this method of marketing works and if you continue to do it effectively you will see the benefits of your efforts.
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Well, I think it's overstating doing a slideshow at the wedding has become standard and expected in the wedding industry. I do happen to give a slideshow at the reception using a big screen and projector which is MUCH better than handing around a couple of iPods. I am the ONLY photographer in my region that does it. Using a projector to give a huge slideshow, everyone groups around and chats about how amazing the photography looks and how beautiful the bride is. It makes it much more social. I have not come across any other photographer around, even in neighboring large cities that does it. I will say, it is always a huge success and the couples and guests looooove it! It isn't a new concept, but it does take work. You also have to be confident in your photography enough to be able to show them without a bunch of photoshopping done to them, so you have to make sure they look good when you take them! Of course, as a professional, that should be the case. ;o)
To be honest, I would have hated if you did that at my wedding without my knowledge. I don't want you taking up space with a projector and screen. I really hope you discuss that with couples.
I'm sure that would have been discussed at the consultation.
The projector doesn't take up space. It's mounted to the ceiling and the screen also comes down from the ceiling and is against the wall. Most halls have this. Your assistant does the uploading while you keep shooting.
Of course our clients know fully in advance and we work in into everything according to their wishes. It never interferes with the party. Quite the opposite, it's a highlight of the evening. We don't do it to advertise, as this article tends to focus on. It's about giving our couples another cool way to share their memories with their loved ones. It usually is off to the side and plays out of the way for a while. Guests who want to take a break from dancing or whatever come over and check it out. They always love it. I've never had a couple say to me, "show photos from my wedding right then the same day, no way! How rude!" Never.
Great article Matt!
Pass is trash - No need to feed David Jay's ego. You can do great slideshows with Lightroom, and free downloads for clients with DropBox!
So you burn an hour at the wedding doing the edit. Then there's the cost of PASS. Isn't that like $25 per gallery. You then send a couple $500 devices out into the wild, or maybe a $1000 laptop. All this is all to get referrals?
No thanks (especially to PASS). If I were going to do this, I can certainly think of more cost effective choices than PASS (that also don't have the well earned negative stigma). More importantly, I'm not going to waste my clients time at their wedding doing editing. I'm going to dutifully keep shooting and produce a better end result because of it. I've done the slideshow thing before and found it to be a headache.
The best way to get referrals is to be great at your craft. I can't imaging photographers like Villa, Messisa, Ascough, or the like wasting their time with gimmicks (film issue aside). I'll save my marketing for when I'm at home and not working on my client's dime.
A great alternative to PASS (for this application and likely many others) would be PhotoShelter's new Beam platform. Plus, you're not charged per gallery. Just by total storage.
$25 for letting your customers see their gallery online and download all their photos? That is too much of a cost for delivery photos to clients? What kind of business do you run?
Same thing is possible with Zenfolio (and I'm sure most other services - I just use Zenfolio myself) - without the $25 per gallery cost.
Have assistant do a quick edit and upload of iPad friendly files during dinner. Once about 100 are online you start the slideshow and display a QR code on the lower edge of the projector so people can get to the slideshow on their own devices. You have 2 or 3 iPads being passed around with the pics sync'd so guests can see while enjoying post dinner drinks. You continue shooting while the assistant keeps adding images to the gallery as the night goes on. Replace the low res iPad shots with better images later.
If you find yourself in a venue with terrible wifi / net connection, you can run a local webserver off a laptop and a wifi access point. This is something you check when doing your site visit - and also doesn't cost per gallery.
Hmm... I got 50 GB of Dropbox free. 100GB is only $99 a year. Pass is a one trick pony, with Dropbox you can share non-photo (as in video) files too. So Dropbox can be free too. And you can share links to dropbox with everyone at the wedding, how is that any different?
Because sharing a link to Dropbox looks cheap. As a guest I would be WAY more impressed being sent a link to a PASS gellery then I would a dropbox link. And if you raise your package price by 30 bucks YOU aren't paying for the gallery.
Or for lest than the cost of one event you could use Pixieset - and not feed David Jays ego - But really Dropbox works fine - I show the images on my web site or a proofing site and the Download link just pops up the dropbox folder to grab stuff from - they don't "View" the images there.
Same-day slideshows can an be amazing and powerful marketing tool if you feel confident enough in your work. I do it at most of my weddings and my brides and grooms love it!
However I don't understand what Pass has to do with all this… Why Pass? Why not another proofing/gallery service? Pass doesn't make the process much easier or better than some other alternatives out there (SmugMug, ZenFolio, PhotoDeck, PhotoProofPro, etc.). Pass has nothing extraordinary you can't find anywhere else… the only feature it has others don't have is cheap prices for prints that you can't change (haters gonna hate).
I'm sorry but this post looks to me like like a product placement more than anything else. The idea isn't bad but I don't understand why you make it about Pass.
Because the author is the owner of Pass. This is an advertisement, and I really think it's unethical for them to not disclose as much when they continually post these types of things.
Actually Jaek that is not true. The author is a successful Canadian Photog who has figured out a way to use PASS to increase his income, so what is the problem with making more money?
Why not save all your jpegs to SmugMug and away you go. Sale you picts from there.
Or do it from PS Bridge.
I think that's tacky. I take my time and shoot , edit do corrections, the present to bride & groom, in the form off an online gallery. The couple can give access to whoever they want after that. I would hate to be in a rush to get the images up while at the wedding just to maximize my profits.
I feel like I just read a really bad infomercial. What does a same day slide show have to do with PASS?! I didn't realize that fstoppers was a place for salesmen to sell their wares and author commercials. Sure products and services are discussed here, but usually in a less bias, non invested type of way. (Maybe a disclaimer is in order?) lmbo thanks for the giggles. Maybe at a later date an actual article about the many numerous slide show softwares, and online hosting/viewing services will be written, allowing people to research all the best choices out there, and make a decision that's best for them. Not everyone can afford to pay to give their finished work away for free and not sell prints for any sort of profit, like PASS limits it's users to doing. I think if you were to do an honest comparison with similar services, PASS would fall pretty short for most. Not to mention all the negative stigma and bad karma that's attached PASS and those that pimp it out as something revolutionary. Quite a few photographers will pass on PASS just out of shear principle at this point.
Melinda you are sooooo misinformed. No one give the images away for free that's just silly talk. The only negative stigma is from those that wanted to use it, but were mad that the compnay wouldn't give in to making changes they wanted them to make. Giving away images for free that is just hilarious. Really thank you for the laugh I needed it.
Not misinformed. Do clients get charged to download their high res images for printing where and when they chose? No. Are they able to purchase prints through the app? Yes, at set prices, that pay the finisher, and pass, and give the photographer PASS credits, if I remember correctly up to a dollar if they sell an 8x10. There was also a promotional/informative video stating that soon more print sizes and finished products would be available at set prices as well. Therefor limiting potential profit for the photographer. The negative stigma isn't from people who don't want to use PASS, but rather photographers that don't care for the way it was marketed along side "the system" and coupled with very bad business advice, and a marketing tactic that pins "grumpy old schoolers" against vulnerable new bees that fall for the self serving garbage that comes out of David Jay's mouth. Yes, I may be opinionated, but I am not misinformed.
Wow. That post was so full of misinformation I don't even know where to begin. 1st the clients are charged to download the files on the front end of the photogs session prices. PASS just replaces the DVD that photgs CHERGED their clients for. Yes they are able to purchase prints through the gallery IF the photog enables that option, (it can be turned off allowing the photog to continue self-fulfilling at their own prices). The pricing scheme was what photogs USING PASS requested not something he arbitrarily decided. PASS actually receives less than the photog does from prints are sold and the photog can keep the sales as credits if they CHOOSE to or they can cash out the balance when it reaches 50.00. This was actually not marketed alongside the system. They are only goin to make some large prints available IF and ONLY IF photgs start requesting them. So yes actually everything you said was wrong and misinformed.
PASS was all over the system along with show it and show it's web design services. I know they are now trying to separate the connection, but... O.k. So you're right, PASS is perfection, and nothing like any other service out there. I really don't have it in me to argue about how it limits earning potential. You can only pad that front end so much, without having to eventually start making money on the back end, if you want to support yourself and your family with your photography. It will suit part timers and hobbyists just fine, and full time pros as well as long as all the added features are turned off, and it's only used to show images quickly along social media. Gee I can't think of any other way to do that without it costing an arm and a leg. (Sarcasm)
All of this does not take away from the fact that the author is invested in PASS. It also doesn't take away that PASS is associated with David Jay, and that he has left a bad taste in many photographers mouths, that isn't easily washed away with a product that allows you to upload images quickly to be shared on social media. Take away all the "features" (which is what you just suggested people can do if they want to be more in charge of their profit margins) and you have what millions already do daily for free.
And PASS (and other similar products/services just like it) has nothing to do with same day slide shows. It was like the author tried really hard to find a way to throw it in there. If you can't see why that made me giggle... Well I guess we just have different funny bones
Wait, you can cash out when a balance reaches $50? Sadly, that's what like 100 8x10's or something? I make more than $50 on one print and I think that's the biggest piece of crap that PASS puts out there... this whole notion that a $50 8x10 is over priced. All I can do is hope that new photographers learn the business end fast enough NOT to waste their money on this as it will only put them out of business in no time. Why are so few not calling out this junk for what it is. NO photographer can make a living if PASS is the program they use and believe it or not I do think that photographers who go pro actually WANT to make a living with it, or is my kind of thinking too old school? LOL.
P.S. I'm with you Melinda!
Jake Engel the author actually is NOT the owner. I find it hilarious that all the people hating on PASS. Photogs are making a ton of money using this.
Perhaps "owner" was an overstatement, it's not clear. But what exactly is the author's relationship with pass? "Enthusiastic customer" doesn't add up. These posts don't read as reviews, they read as gospel. Argue as you wish, but it's hurting this blog more than it is helping PASS.
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I thank God for the way how He works in our
lives and through our lives. He is the one who
keeps us in His ways. The month of March was a
blessed month with many beautiful things
We continue to plant the seed of the Gospel. So
in this context my wife organized an event for
the women in Maruntei.
Because of the lack of space she asked a lady
from Maruntei if she can use her living room for
this event. She was opened to the idea and on
the 12th of March about 11 women atteded to
it. It was a blessed time and we hope and pray
that this seed will grow in their lives.
Alongside to us was pastor Dave Taylor from
Canada. He blessed our ministry in Maruntei.
We did a social project for the needy people.
We offered hot soup for four families. We could
see joy on the face of the people and felt
blessed through this project. We pray that this
will grow and that we can be a blessing in this
way for the community.
Also we blessed 10 families with food bags and
encouraged them telling them about Christ's
love. I served other people in Maruntei village
and we continued to do home visits and share
the Gospel to them.
Please be in prayer for us, for the people in
Maruntei to repent and to understand the
Gospel, for the children that weekly hear the
Word of God to believe and to be a light for
their families, for a space where we can buy in
order to run our activities, for a missionary
family to move here and for other missionaries
with spiritual gifts as evangelism . If you know
people interested in over seas ministry
according to our need you can put them in
contact to us.
Thank you for prayers, your encouragements
and all your support. May God bless you!
March 2017
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Google launched its loyalty free, open source [WebM](http://www.webmproject.org/) video format to much fanfare during its Google IO Conference this week. With 40 partners for the launch events including Adobe, this new video format is competitive to H264 since day one. Already Mozilla and Opera, off course Google's own Chrome browser has nightly build with support for it. YouTube will be converting any video uploads with 720p or higher resolution to WebM format in addition to H264. Adobe is committing to support this format in Flash as well as its developer tools.
Already, an x264 developer [has posted an unfavorable in-depth study](http://x264dev.multimedia.cx/?p=377) of the new format. One alarming note from the article mentioned a possible pattern issue with WebM.
With regard to patents, VP8 copies way too much from H.264 for anyone sane to be comfortable with it, no matter whose word is behind the claim of being patent-free.
Irregardless, WebM is here to stay with Google behind it. WebM is derived from codec by On2 which Google acquired for about US$124million in February. Google has now offered the technology free to the world. It is interesting to speculate why this move by Goole. WebM with its VP8 technology is better than open source Ogg Theora but no better than H.264. Open-sourced and giving it loyalty free currently benefits Linux user and Mozilla Firefox browser, which has the philosophical tradition to use only free and open sourced technology, by which H.264 is not. With the world moving to HTML5 with H.264 as the main video codec of choice, WebM is a breather to Firefox which can remains competitive when WebM is commonplace.
Microsoft mentioned in its windows blog that IE9 will support WebM as long as the users has the codec installed in the PC. Which means IE9 will not support WebM natively but rather depends on third party plug-in for viewing WebM content in IE9. This is how Safari on the Mac OSX can support WebM without Apple's involvement. But Apple needs to built the support into Safari for iPhone and iPad because there is no way third party plugin can work within iPhone OS.
[AppleInsider](http://www.appleinsider.com/articles/10/05/20/steve_jobs_says_no_to_googles_vp8_webm_codec.html) has posted an article confirming that Apple does not intend to support WebM at the moment. Which means Safari on iPhone and iPad will be the only browsers not capable of viewing WebM content.
This might looks like an impending video format war, but it is not unless Google especially youTube abandons H264 and use WebM exclusively. WebM might make it to be an alternative video format but it might just be a niche format as Ogg Theora. As with many Google products lately, having a colorful logo attached does not mean a surefire success. It might just be another Google beta. As for Safari, there is no technical reason why it can't support WebM.


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This is the one-hundred and thirty-eighth in a series of examinations of comic book urban legends and whether they are true or false. Click here for an archive of the previous one-hundred and thirty-seven. Click here for a similar archive, only arranged by subject.
Let's begin!
COMIC URBAN LEGEND: Dwayne McDuffie once pitched a series called Teenage Negro Ninja Thrashers.
STATUS: True, in a way.
Tom Brevoort's Blah Blah Blog is an amazing resource of Marvel history. Be sure to check it out here. You'd be doing yourself a huge favor.
Anyhow, someone asked me about this story awhile ago, and as it turns out, it came courtesy of none other than Tom Brevoort's awesome blog!
In an entry from last year, Tom explains that, in late 1989, Rocket Racer started showing up again in the pages of Web of Spider-Man...
and Night Thrasher had just debuted in the pages of Thor (along with the rest of the New Warriors)...
McDuffie (then an editor at Marvel), took slight issue with the fact that this was basically a quarter of the black superheroes appearing in Marvel Comics at the time, and they were a bit, well, similar.
This led to McDuffie's hilarious parody pitch...Teenage Negro Ninja Thrashers.
So yes, technically, Dwayne McDuffie really did make a pitch for Teenage Negro Ninja Thrashers.
And yes - his point was well taken.
A few years later, McDuffie would launch Milestone Comics, which gave us a great many amazing black heroes, most notable (in my opinion, at least) being Static and Icon and Rocket.
Imagine that - making a point and also doing something about it?
Well done by McDuffie.


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Rather than overclocking a cpu and running water cooling through a PC, Jared Bouck decided to build a refrigator PC mod that kept things icy cold inside an easily dispensable case.
He even took it to a LAN Party for validation.
Build your own for about $200 and put beer in it. Let me know how that goes.
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Scott Walker's political group names S.C. staffers
Wisconsin Gov. Scott Walker's Our American Revival political group has named its first two operatives in South Carolina ahead of a potential 2016 Republican presidential bid.
Dan Tripp, a former S.C. lawmaker who runs Mauldin-based Ground Game Strategies, will lead South Carolina operations.
Tripp was a Republican state representative from Greenville County for 12 years until 2006.
He worked on presidential campaigns of Herman Cain in 2012, John McCain in 2000 and Phil Gramm in 1996.
Walker's political group, which is helping raise money to testing the waters for potential presidential run, also named Mike Lukach to its South Carolina operation.
He has worked on campaigns in eight states, most recently Republican Stewart Mills' unsuccessful congressional race in Minnesota in 2014.
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I'm currently using Alice Jameson's marines as modified by LeviathaN for female marines in my Prime Directive project. They've been working out quite well for me, and as far as female marines go they suit the look I'm going for.
One of the testers, however, has pointed out that it's a bit unfair that all marines look the same but aren't armed the same. Fixing this for male marines is quite simple thanks to Ghastly_dragon's marine sprite collection. When I get around to updating my DECORATE, male marines will look armed appropriately. However, as I'm going for an equal-opportunity marine force, only letting the female marines play with one weapon (probably a pistol) is downright discriminatory and goes against the equality our society is striving for (and most likely achieved by the time Doom is set).
So, my request is simple - can someone go through and make a set of sprites based on the linked sprite set that have visual representations of the stock Doom weapons? The work itself is not so simple (for a career programmer), otherwise I'd do it myself. I can see this being beneficial for everyone too, as I'm sure someone out there would want a vwep-supported female marine skin.
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When it comes to fickle monsters, no monster is quite as big as Reddit. Leveraging an audience on this massively growing site is not only risky but quite possibly a suicide mission. Reddit is a website that allows audiences to vote up or down user-generated content. Due to the sheer number of users and user-generated communities, there is a niche target for virtually any interest. The community has the final say in just about everything on this wild west of a website.
What that means for you is the ability to push out your content like you do on Facebook or Twitter, right? Wrong. First things first in understanding the community (called Redditors) is that they are allergic to bullshit. They smell a spammer from a mile away and will downvote your content into oblivion before it even gets the chance to make the front page. They will even outright label that blog post you worked so hard on as "blogspam" without blinking an eye. Since marketing to Reddit is more what NOT to do I will start with that:
- DON'T: Blogspam. Resist the urge to only submit your blog posts. Reddit is not your personal loudspeaker. Send a funny meme or picture you took that other's will find interesting. Reddit has an algorithm that will silence you if you're submitting nothing but your own content.
- DON'T: Ignore your audience. Reddit is in general a progressively minded, college aged crowd of people that call themselves forward thinking. They like cats, bacon and dislike Nickelback. The hivemind is powerful on a website that runs off of user-generated voting. Know your audience or you may be burned at the stake.
- DON'T: Lie about your content. Tech savvy Redditors tend to have an omniscient presence when it comes to truths. The moment you play off that great video that you want to go viral, Redditors will pounce. The moment you use someone else's content to resubmit without credit, Redditors will pounce. The moment you attempt to use your AMA (Ask Me Anything) as a shameless self promotion, Redditors will pounce.
- DON'T: Use Reddit as a personal soapbox. There is a time and a place for content. You can't throw your content out to the wolves on the major subreddits like r/pics and r/funny and expect to come out unscatched. Content is better suited to niche subreddits with people of likeminded interests.
Part of the Reddit's wild west nature means there will be casualties. Anything even resembling a promotion will be downvoted and torn to shreds in the comments. This is why advertisers do their best to coat their messages with less bullshit and more of what's in it for the reader. If they are going to give you an imaginary internet point (called Karma on Reddit) and give you user interaction then you need to give them something.
Okay so do absolutely nothing. Is there anything I CAN do?
So you heard a little about what you shouldn't do. What about what you should do to leverage Reddit? Quit using the word leverage for one. The strategy is clear – Have fun with it! Play around with Reddit at your lunchbreak. Join relevant interest groups and even use some of your time doing marketing research to play on Reddit (when appropriate).
- DO: Know your audience. Join relevant subreddits towards what you're marketing. For me that was r/jeep, r/carporn, r/beauty, r/socialmedia, r/marketing, r/australia, among more that shared relevant interests for my clients. Once you have a steady stream of interesting material related to what you're marketing you can engage with audiences here and get the opportunity to share out your own content.
- DO: Prioritize your content. Not every piece of content you or your client creates should be shared out. Only the best content is worthy of Reddit's frontpage (if any at all) and only relevant content will make it on a particular subreddit. Pick and choose content that you're really proud of before you even try to include Reddit in a marketing strategy.
- DO: Contribute to the community. By contributing I don't mean sharing out your own content. I mean going out and responding to others. Creating value in other post's comments section. If you provide valuable advice most people won't mind if you include your own content somewhere.
Woody Harrelson and Rampart
Woody Harrelson had a rather disastrous "Ask Me Anything" interview on Reddit. Part of the AMA's is for anyone in the public interest to provide a forum for questions to be answered. Usually the first or highest voted comments get responded to. This is both a good and a bad thing – especially for polarizing figures. What celebrities provide in giving their time to answer questions is usually a quick blurb about something of theirs (new movie, new album, website, blog, etc.). This is fair game and a proper give-and-take relationship. Woody took the entirely wrong approach.
Faced with a difficult question about certain prom after party where Woody allegedly stole a certain lady's virginity at, Woody evaded the top voted comment. He then committed the Reddit cardinal sin:
Trying to direct a conversation on the wild wests of Reddit's AMA is like slapping someone's mother in the face. The AMA was so disastrous that one of the top rated comments ended in:
What should Woody have done? Not let his PR agents handle the AMA. Whether that's Woody or a Redditor showing him how to do, a Redditor needs to oversee it. Celebrities like Louis CK have generated thousands (millions?) of dollars in free publicity on Reddit by simply being genuine and funny (and probably being Redditors themselves). Simply put: Engaging with users should be fun so make it as such.
Reddit is scary, right?
By now I've scared you away from Reddit, haven't I? Reddit CAN enhance your marketing if done appropriately. Many of my blog content experienced a two and three-fold increase in engagement after sharing it. I was quick to engage with comments in the submissions and extremely wary about the particular content that I shared about it can pay dividends.
Social media is still an experimental form of digital marketing. The need is there to have an online presence but many overinflate social media's place in digital marketing. Reddit is even moreso as no one truly knows how you can monetize Reddit. The moment a Redditor smells you out for a spammer of your own content you are toast. What this means is that you shouldn't be just asking how you can take from this community but how can you contribute? Make your content more interesting and relevant, upgrade the execution, and most important contribute to the community as a whole! Oh and…


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Exploring Prague - The Street Markets of Praha/
Exploring Prague - The Street Markets of Praha
The streets markets in Praha were unique, diverse and special treasures to find spread thru their old cobble stone streets. The first market we found had produce from local farms, baked goods, super strong cappuccinos, glass blown gifts, metal crafting and even a hand made knitting machine/stand. The markets here were unlike any other markets we've been to - it was refreshing to see some unique items being made by hand right inside the markets. We picked up a scarf/blanket from the stand hand-knitting bags and other items to keep Emily warm during the colder stays in North Europe.
After seeing so many different markets in Europe the street markets in Prague are a cut above the rest - the fruit tastes just as amazing as it looks, the old ancient market stands that have been used for centuries take you back in time. If you find yourself at one of these amazing markets you must try a traditional Prague treat called the Trdelník (originally a Slovak cake) these doughy joys of goodness can only be compared to a cinnamon sugar pretzel by Auntie Anne's in the states (but 100x better). Check out how fresh and yummy these look...
We found ourselves in Prague's main center market starring at a large line in front of a big hog slowly being rotisserie cooked. Our stomachs were grumbling and it was time for lunch - but be ware they sell this ham by weight and they served us enough meat to feed a small village.
We munched down this tasty ham with rye bread and two large beers to wash it all down. A very filling (and rather expensive) lunch meal but eating some traditional Czech food was exactly what we had set out for that day. Some other traditional meals you'll see in Prague: Knedliky (potato or wheat dumplings), pork sausages and lots of Goulash (soup or stew with vegetables, chicken, paprika) and enough sauerkraut to go around.
Thank you for reading and following us along our travels thru Europe and beyond... More from Prague - coming soon. Follow us on social media: @meet_youthere


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There is absolutely nothing that is done "cookie-cutter" at Align. Each person is adjusted specifically to their individual structural patterns. With corrective chiropractic adjustments, simple corrective rehab exercises and lifestyle education, we are one of very few clinics that actually PROVE CORRECTION with before and after x-rays.
As parents who want to be around for our kids for many years to come, we have been so blessed by Align and the doctors here. Not only do we learn more each adjustment about the importance of our health but we are training up our children to also be well. We are cared for, loved and prayed for by these incredible doctors who want nothing more than to change the world through the incredible power of our own bodies. We are all in better health, have more knowledge and are truly living healthier lifestyles because of the corrective and educational nature of Align. We can't wait to see all God has in store for the future of our healthier lives as a family of five. - Samarah H.
I am so grateful for the care I have received at Align Health and Wellness. After a year of living from session to session at a different chiropractic clinic, I had a wake up call this past spring. My back went out completely and I was left nearly immobile for almost 5 days. That does not work well for a mother of two young and very active sons! That is when I came to Align, curious to know more about the practice of corrective chiropractic. Fast forward six months ago to now. I have seen significant positive changes to my structure--changes that many medical doctors do not believe are even possible! After so many positive changes to my own health since becoming enrolled at Align, I have introduced my children to the doctors' care as well. We are so thankful for the incredible care at Align and their ongoing resource of wellness in our community. Elissa M.
I have seen medical doctors and other chiropractors over the years that would temporarily help my symptoms. Luckily, my friends Bill and Kim referred me to Align Health & Wellness. I was in so much pain at the time, I was thrilled to try anything! The doctors at Align found major subluxation and offered to help me through chiropractic care. After three to four weeks, my conditions improved almost 100%. I was convinced! A few weeks after that, the rest of our family began care. Our kids have been less sick, especially over the wintertime. We haven't had any ear infections. Our son Mitchell doesn't have to use his nebulizer anymore. My body and family thank you! Lane U.
I have suffered from migraines since my early teens. Now in my late 20's, I thought that it was just going to be a part of my life. I had seen numerous doctors and neurologists and no solution was found, except to try medication. I did not like taking the drugs they prescribed because the side effects were awful. After only two months working with the doctors at Align, I noticed a big difference in the number of headache days I was experiencing. After five months now, I can't even remember when I had my last migraine. I have discontinued all of the medications I was on and I feel like a new person! The doctors at Align have changed my life in so many ways. I look forward to continuing on this journey to health and wellness! I will be a client for life! Stephanie H.
It wasn't until a year after I was diagnosed with Crohn's disease that I found Align Health & Wellness. I was frustrated with the doctors I was working with and a co-worker suggested I go to Align "just to see if they could help." I never thought about seeing a chiropractor for anything other than back pain and certainly not for maintenance care, but Dr. Tom and his team don't just talk to me about my spine. The doctors here live and breathe chiropractic. They are so passionate and truly believe in what they do, so much so that it is contagious. It's hard not to get excited about the many amazing things chiropractic care can do for you with them. They are the reason I come here. They are the reason I drag my kids out the door and in the car for 40 minutes every Wednesday morning to get a 3 minute adjustment. That three minutes is important and I trust the doctors at Align with my health and the health of my family. Cat E.


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Workplace Health Benefits
Work will get better. That is what I told myself every day. As each project was completed, I imagined I would have more time, but that wasn't the case. I saw my colleagues in the similar boat, so it wasn't just me. I would hear stories from friends how good their life was. We all have our ups and down at work, but their stories were almost unbelievable. Companies they worked for were true promoters of health and work life balance. From in-house fitness centres to a yoga and pilates studio to an onsite personal trainer and nutritionist to a fully equipped snack bar were just some of the best I heard and offered at their workplace. If you thought that wasn't good enough, my same friends were earning weekly bonuses based on how much exercise they incorporated in their work week. Amazing! How could I be part of that? I only wished. Bonus payouts for exercising? Forget about it, not at my work. Equipped with a laptop, mobile internet stick and a blackberry, we had no office. Having a physical office or a virtual one shouldn't have mattered. But it was a nice thought to have and I started to think what it would be like to have similar rewards. Work would be so much more enjoyable. Hearing companies that promote healthy work environment made sense. If employees were happy and healthy, they would more likely be satisfied in doing what you wanted them to do. As a result you can create positive productivity.
So, what kind of health benefits do you have at work? If you could wish for anything that your boss could offer (besides a raise), what would that be?
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Report: Schumacher Wakes From Coma, Leaves Hospital
Michael Schumacher is now out of the six-month-long induced coma that doctors initiated following the former F1 champion's tragic skiing accident last December. Formula1.com also reports that the decorated German driver has left the Grenoble hospital where he was treated following the accident in the French Alps.
"His family would like to explicitly thank all his treating doctors, nurses and therapists in Grenoble as well as the first aiders at the place of the accident, who did an excellent job in those first months," said Schumacher's staff in a statement.
We had heard earlier this year that doctors were working on slowly and gradually bringing Schumacher out of the medically-induced coma required to perform surgery in the aftermath of the incident. Schumacher was wearing a ski helmet when he fell and struck his head against a rock, and doctors have said he likely would have not survived had he not worn the helmet.
"For the future we ask for understanding that his further rehabilitation will take place away from the public eye," reads a request from Schumacher's staff.
Schumacher is considered by many to be among the most dominant Formula 1 racing drivers in history, winning seven world championships over the course of his 25-year career. He raced for Ferrari between 1996 and 2006, before retiring and later rejoining Formula 1 in 2009. Schumacher ended his career in 2012 after a stint with Mercedes-Benz beginning in 2010.
While certainly uplifting news, it's but one stepping stone on Schumacher's road to recovery. There's still plenty of rehab to go through in the coming months, and there's no telling as of right now what the long-term prognosis is after six months spent in a coma.
"The family also wishes to thank all the people who have sent Michael all the many good wishes to Michael. We are sure it helped him," the statement continues.