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In the midst of all the pressure and stress of Xmas it can be difficult for us to remember the things that really matter to us at Xmas and the steps we can take to build more of them into the festive period. We simply need to remember that we are in control of our lives and can create the Xmas we want - we do not have to endure the commercialized and rushed version of Xmas that seems to be the modern norm! Below are some brief ideas on how we can get the Xmas we really want.
Xmas is traditionally a time when people are encouraged to think and act in a compassionate way. It is an ideal time to start carrying this thinking and behaviour into your day-to-day life on an ongoing basis. This can cover a range of behaviours - from showing forgiveness to helping someone in need. Acts of compassion and forgiveness can take bravery, but perhaps there could be opportunities for you to do them in your life - even in situations you previously thought impossible?
One important aspect of Xmas for many of us is spending time with other people, and there are many things we can do to get the most out of this, including inviting neighbours round for a drink, watching less TV and showing hospitality to friends who dont have anything arranged for Xmas. We can also give ourselves the chance to have a more restful Xmas by prioritising our time, only doing essential Xmas tasks and asking other people to help us with those tasks we have to do.
Many people feel that Xmas has become over-commercialized and that we have lost sight of the things that make it special, such as spending time with friends, family and loved ones, celebrating, resting and showing compassion and generosity.
Showing generosity is also important to us at Xmas - but you dont need to buy people lots of stuff to do this! For example, we could be generous in the amount of time, effort, attention, affection or many other things we could give them. This could involve visiting someone, making a phone call, helping out with the chores, making gifts or many other things.


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The deadline for avoiding the fiscal cliff is now just a month away. The American public is growing increasingly worried about whether or not their elected representatives will reach a compromise in time to avoid the automatic tax increases and spending cuts that are set to take place, almost certainly to the detriment of the U.S. economy.
The signs so far have not been encouraging. In fact, today House Speaker John Boehner told reporters that talks between himself and President Obama had not yielded any progress. "Right now, we're almost nowhere," he said.
While the politicians try to avoid another recession, we at CNBC.com thought we'd take our focus off of the fiscal cliff for a moment and look at some other cliffs instead. Namely, iconic cliffs from the world of popular culture. All box office information used is from BoxOfficeMojo.com.
Read ahead to see nine notable cliffs that have nothing whatsoever to do with the fiscal cliff.
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Three different people I chat with yesterday said they were going to have a BLT for dinner after I told them I was going to my mother's house for BLT's. And, I know you can actually smell the sandwich in your mind…heck, you can even hear it, can't you?
The bread is crisp on the outside and soft on the inside. You have to open wide because you piled the inside with crisp lettuce, fresh tomatoes and bacon perfectly cooked to crispy on the outside and soft on the inside. But bacon is impossible to cook that way, isn't it? Nope and I'll explain how in a minute. For now, just close your eyes and taste that first bite.
Want one for dinner tonight? Here's what you do:
At the store buy a fresh white artisan loaf in the bakery. I bought this one at Wegman's.
Buy unsliced bread so you can slice it yourself. I like my bread so think it won't fit in the toaster.
Pick up one big beefsteak tomato for two sandwiches. Get any crispy lettuce (I actually like Iceberg, believe it or not) but we used some Romaine my mom had in the refrigerator. I tried to get some slab bacon cut in the deli (count on 4 thick slices per sandwich) but they actually ran out earlier. Who knew there would be such a big run on bacon? Instead I bought thick sliced bacon which was just fine.
Last, and save the arguments and debates for my Facebook page, you need to use real mayonnaise. Not low-fat or shudder to think, non-fat because if you are blowing it on the bacon why on earth pollute it with fake mayo.
Also, when I say mayo you could also substitute a yummy aioli.
Begin by folding each piece of bacon in half and putting it into a heavy skillet on medium high heat and cooking the first side until crisp. Turn each piece and cook to crisp outside then drain on paper towels. When you fold the bacon you get the crispy outside tender inside I described earlier
To assemble the sandwich, slice the bread into thick slices (3/4″-1″) and toast on the top rack of your broiler outside first. Turn over when golden (remember, bread goes from brown to burned in seconds so watch carefully). Put two pieces of bread on each plate. Slather each piece of bread with mayo. Cut tomato into 1/4″ slices and place on one piece of bread per sandwich. Layer four slices of drained bacon on each tomato and then the lettuce. Cover with other piece of bread.
Push down to smash the sandwich then cut in half in a quick motion with a sharp knife.
Admire it. Smell it. Photograph it and enjoy.
Have a yummy day!


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Cover Version, Don't press that button!, Evi Vine, German TV, Lucky Star, Madonna, Mistakes, Wordpress, Yasmin Selena
Apologies to my subscribers who will have received a duplicate post from a few weeks back in their mailbox. I'm still finding my feet a little with the functionality of this blog and wanted to know what the ' Press This' button did on WordPress and then I, er, found out!
By way of recompense here's a cover of Lucky Star by Madonna as you've never heard it before. I'm going to be featuring this lady in a future blog as she's a bit special. But in the meantime enjoy this:
And I'll try to be a little less trigger happy in the future ; )
Have a good week, proper new blog to follow soon. It's time to put a name in that Writers I Love category… : )
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Stone Age Diet - this is a diet which we all should follow
More often I now prescribe the ketogenic diet - please see Ketogenic diet - the practical details and My book The PK Cookbook - Go Paleo-ketogenic and get the best of both worlds.
Our gut evolved in harmony with the environment
Human beings evolved over millions of years eating particular foods. Neanderthal man's diet was based on flesh, fish, plants and seeds. Fat would have been a treasured food. The carbohydrate content would have been, for much of the year, very low. Furthermore many plant foods would be seasonal. It is only in the last few thousand years since the Persians, Egyptians and Romans that we began farming, and grains and dairy products were introduced into the human diet. A few thousand years from an evolutionary point of view is almost negligible. Many people have simply failed to adapt to cope with carbohydrates and dairy products and it is very likely that these foods cause a range of health problems in susceptible people.
Modern studies on ancient tribes who continue to eat a Stone Age diet show that these people do not suffer from diabetes, obesity, heart disease or cancer. If they can survive the ravages of the cold, infectious diseases, childbirth and war wounds, then these people live healthily to a great age.
I am coming to the view that whatever our medical problem may be, or even if we simply want to stay well, we should all move towards eating a Stone Age diet based on protein (meat, fish, eggs), fat and vegetable fibre. Recent Western diets get 70% of their calories from wheat, dairy products, sugar and potato and it is no surprise that these are the major causes of modern ill health such as cancer, heart disease, diabetes, obesity and degenerative disorders.
Traditional Chinese diets have no dairy products, no gluten grains, no alcohol and no fruit.
Do have a look at "Homo Carnivorous" - a presentation by Barry Groves, which explains why fat is so important to our diet and does it in lovely pictures! Thank you Barry Groves for this!
The principles and the practice of the Stone Age diet
There are six aspects of modern Western diet and gut function which commonly cause symptoms from irritable bowel syndrome to fatigue. These are:
- High carbohydrate intake - this is probably the largest single cause of modern diseases such as hypertension, obesity, syndrome X, heart disease and cancer
- Low fat intake
- Allergies to foods
- Toxins in the diet (toxic fats, artificial additives, colourings, flavourings; artificial sweeteners; pesticide residues, plasticiser residues, etc) social chemicals (alcohol, caffeine, tobacco etc)
- Poor digestion of food due to low stomach acid - see Hypochlorhydria and poor pancreatic enzyme production - see Pancreatic exocrine function which may result in.....
- Fermentation of food instead of digestion - see Fermentation in the gut and CFS The Stone Age diet tries to address the top four problems at the same time, since they often co-exist in the same patient. This is the diet I like all my patients (including me) to eat long term. This is because it is the evolutionarily correct diet and by eating this we can avoid long term health problems and postpone degenerative conditions. I would settle for getting my Parkinson's disease when I am 120!
As a general principle it is important to remember that:
- Carbohydrates (CHO) cause fatigue even in "normal" people. Carbohydrates lend themselves to a fermenting gut, which causes all sorts of other problems!
- Food allergy is a common cause of many symptoms such as irritable bowel, asthma, mood swings, headache, arthritis, allergic muscles and, of course, fatigue. The commonest offenders are grains, dairy, yeast and toxins in the diet. One may also become allergic to fermenting microbes in the upper gut - indeed, I see this as a common cause of muscle and joint pain, i.e. arthritis.
- Chemicals in the diet inhibit enzyme systems and slow down metabolism - this applies to drugs as well as food additives and pesticide residues, hormone residues, antibiotic residues etc.. Inshore sea fish can be expected to have a mercury load. Avoid additives, colourings, flavourings etc, avoid plastic wrappings (especially if heated!) on food and try to switch to organic foods wherever possible.
- Gut dysbiosis and poor digestion of foods results in malabsorption of macronutrients and essential micronutrients.
This diet, therefore, is based on protein, fat and vegetable fibre. It avoids the common allergens and is as free from chemicals as possible. Actually, in the long term I see this as a diet for life. My view is that we should be mimicking Stone Age principles. The following is the evolutionarily correct diet. Once the diet is established, one can allow occasional indiscretions and the nature of these will depend on individual responses! For example, I can get away with occasional fruit, but not on a regular basis or my gut simply starts to ferment.
There is no one size fits all stone age diet, but general principles that need to be honed to individual needs. The basic diet is as below, but changes may need to be made if there are allergies to foods and/or problems with the fermenting gut. The general principles are as follows:
For otherwise healthy people with no symptoms and no disease: No added sugar or refined carbohydrates. Use addictions such as alcohol and caffeine judiciously. Breakfast like an emperor, lunch like a king, supper like a pauper. Only eat at mealtimes with knife and fork. Eat slowly and chew. No fruit juices on a regular basis because these are rich in addictive sugars especially fructose. Berries are fine. High sugar fruits should be avoided. Avoid chemical additives. As organic as possible. One day a week of fasting or major calorie restriction eg 500kcals at breakfast and none for the rest of the day. Eat foods in season, locally grown for freshness.
For pregnancy and breast feeding: All the above but be particularly strict to avoid addictions and chemicals. No fasting.
With age: All the above Cut out dairy products, except butter. It is the milk protein which contains growth promoters and may be carcinogenic.
With almost any symptom: All the above. Allergy is the great mimic and can produce any symptom. Cut out major allergens – dairy, gluten grains, yeast and other suspect foods.
Fermenting gut: All the above. Cut out carbohydrates since these are readily fermented. Some people have upper gut fermentation by anaerobes and they may, in the short term, also need to cut out vegetable fibre.
Any major pathology eg heart disease, cancer, organ failures, CFS/ME, psychiatric disease, inflammatory bowel disease, arthritis, auto-immunity, autism and other conditions that impact greatly on well-being: All the above. Allergy, fermenting gut, carbohydrate intolerance,
Allowed foods
- Any meats: choose from chicken, beef, lamb, pork, turkey, duck, 'game' meats such as venison, pheasant, goose etc. Bacon and ham. Salami. Liver, kidney and offal are fine too. Fatty meat is ideal and tastes wonderful!
- Eggs - an excellent source of lecithin (eat soft yolks).
- Any fish: salmon, mackerel, cod, haddock (care with smoked fish which often contains dyes). Tinned fish in brine or olive oil is fine. Tinned shrimps, prawns, mussels, cockles etc.
- Any green vegetables
- All salads: avocado, lettuce, tomato, cucumber, celery, peppers, onion, cress, bamboo shoots, mushrooms etc.
- French dressing: make your own from olive oil, lemon juice or any vinegars, garlic, mustard.
- Use cold pressed nut and seed oils liberally such as sunflower, olive, sesame, grapeseed, hemp, linseed, rape and so on.
- Lard and dripping, ghee, clarified butter for cooking and frying.
- Spices and herbs: chilli, cumin, ginger, coriander, pepper, cloves, vanilla pods (so long as sugar free), etc
- Herbs, salt (ideally Solo - a sodium reduced sea salt), olives, pork scratchings
- Xylitol, Stevia, Kefir, fermented foods like sauerkraut, lemons, lemon juice, baking powder - no added wheat
We need two types of fats - long chain fatty acids to build membranes (vegetable and fish oils) and medium chain fatty acids as a fuel to burn (animal fat i.e. lard, coconut oil, cocoa butter fat). Eat both types of fat, medium chain fatty acids in abundance to fuel your body and brain - the brain is particularly in need of animal fats. Vegetable fibre is fermented by friendly bacteroides in the lower gut to short chain fatty acids - another good fuel source.
Fermented foods are excellent because the carbohydrate content has been fermented out and gut friendly microbes grow. Sauerkraut is an example of a fermented vegetable. Kefir can be used to ferment soya milk or coconut milk and is very easy to work with - one sachet lasts a life time since cultures can be grown from previous.
The following foods are very low in carbohydrates. Initially avoid them, but whether to include them subsequently depends on whether or not there is a fermenting gut problem and how bad it is.
- Dark chocolate at least 70% cocoa solids, cocoa powder, carob, cacao powder and cacao nibs
- Berries
- Seeds: sunflower, poppy, sesame.
- Nuts: peanut, Brazil, hazel, cashew, pistachio, walnut etc.; nut butter spreads, tahini (sesame seed spread).
- Pulses: when cooked these are rich in starches and vegetable fibre the latter is excellent but some people will ferment the starch in pulses
- Oats and oatcakes - again some people with fermenting guts will not tolerate oat cakes.
Allowed drinks
- Bottled or filtered water
- Herbal teas: redbush ("rooibosch", "11 0'clock tea"), rosehip, ginger, fennel peppermint, dandelion drinks 100% chicory root coffee.
- Tea and coffee in moderation are fine so long as caffeine is tolerated
AVOID fruit! Fruit is high in sugar in the form of fructose, which is readily fermented. In some people this interferes with the mechanism by which the liver corrects low blood sugar thereby making this problem very much worse. See Hypoglycaemia - the full story and fructose intolerance.
Most foods from packets and tins will have hidden additives, so avoid these. Be careful with sausage which contains rusk.
ALL OTHER FOODS ARE FORBIDDEN!!! - this means unfiltered tap water, alcohol, all grains including wheat (bread, biscuit, cake, pasta, pastry), rye (Ryvita), other grains (corn, rice, millet), dairy products (milk, cheese, yoghurt, dried milk), and sugar. Avoid high carbohydrate vegetables such as potato, sweet potato, parsnip, swede. Try to avoid drugs and medicines, many of which contain fillers of corn, lactose, colourings etc. Standard 'supermarket' toothpaste should be avoided - instead try a neem toothpaste such as this one from my online shop - neem toothpaste
Think of carbohydrates as an addiction - in this respect a "no carb" diet is easier than a "low carb" diet. Low carb simply keeps the craving.
Getting Worse on the Diet
This is almost to be expected. The reasons for worsening are as follows:
- Hypoglycaemia - this is the commonest reason for worsening and may take weeks to settle. There are some nutritional interventions which help greatly (see Hypoglycaemia)
- Caffeine withdrawal - again common. Usually results in headache which clears in four days.
- Food allergy withdrawal may cause many different symptoms. Some people report feeling 'flu like. Typically this last four days, but symptoms like eczema, arthritis, allergic muscles and fatigue can take weeks to clear. One patient with prostatism took 4 months to clear his symptoms!
Also see Getting worse on the regime of Paleo Ketogenic diet and micronutrient supplements when these interventions should make you better
Meal suggestions
- Bacon, eggs, fried tomato.
- Smoked fish (kippers, mackeral with lemon juice).
- Nuts and seeds with soya yoghurt (see Probiotics)
- Cold meat, fish (tinned fish in olive oil is fine), prawns, salami, smoked fish, rusk free sausage (ie 100% meat), avocado
- Salad (lettuce, cucumber, tomato, celery, peppers etc), French dressing.
- Green vegetables with nut/seed oils
- Home-made soup (made from meat stock, not cubes, only with allowed vegetables).
- Nuts and seeds with soya yoghurt
- Oatcakes
- Meat, fish or eggs, green vegetables.
- Berries, soya yoghurt.
- Nuts, seeds
Initially be careful with root vegetables such as potato and parsnip, which are relatively high in carbohydrate. Whether to include them in the diet later depends on if there is a fermenting gut problem. Most people can introduce some; others not at all!
Always remember: Breakfast like an Emperor, lunch like a King and supper like a pauper!
You will find some excellent, clever recipes for the more difficult aspects of the menu here Recipes for Stone Age diet
A whole lot of great recipes!
One of my patients, Sally Phillippe, has produced a fantastic collection of recipes for the Stone Age diet and for anyone with a fermenting gut. Enjoy!
What to do if you are no better on the diet
Stick with it! This is the evolutionarily correct diet and greatly reduces your risk of heart disease, cancer and degenerative conditions! The three common reasons for not improving are:
- Because of multiple allergies to foods (so that there is something on the diet that you continue to react to). In this case consider a rotation diet, or starting on desensitisation. See Enzyme Potentiated Desensitisation (EPD)
- Because of a gut dysbiosis - i.e. the wrong bugs in the gut. Consider a gut fermentation test or Comprehensive Digestive Stool analysis to look for parasites, bacterial overgrowth or yeast overgrowth. See Fermentation in the gut and CFS
- Poor digestion of foods - see Hypochlorhydria, Pancreatic exocrine function
More reasons why not to eat wheat and dairy
Problems with eating wheat
- Refined wheat (i.e. white flour used to make white bread, biscuits, cake, pasta, etc) is quickly digested and has a high glycaemic index. This means that blood sugar levels will run high after eating wheat, which in the long term causes obesity, diabetes, syndrome X and heart disease. Running a high blood sugar stimulates release of insulin which is a growth promoter and is undesirable if you wish to avoid cancer.
- Wheat contains gluten. This small tough molecule, especially in a person with inefficient digestion, gets into the bloodstream, where it acts as an endogenous opiate. This means that it has morphine like qualities and so in susceptible individuals will be addictive. This may cause problems such as:
- Gluten endogenous opiate like activity may be a cause of symptoms in autism
- Wheat may be addictive for some people and cause psychiatric problems
- Endogenous opiates switch off natural killer cell activity, which may reduce resistance to viral infections and cancer.
- Wheat bran for some people is directly irritating to the gut and can be a cause of diarrhoea.
- Wheat contains toxic substances called lectins, which in susceptible individuals can cause haemolysis of the blood and other such damage. Indeed coeliac disease may be due to lectin damage.
- Wheat allergy is extremely common. It is estimated that 40% of the population are allergic and wheat allergy may cause headaches, migraine, irritable bowel syndrome, anxiety, depression and fatigue. Wheat allergy in the gut can also present as coeliac disease. Undiagnosed coeliac disease is a major risk factor for stomach lymphoma (a cancer)
- Wheat has high levels of phytic acid. This chelates minerals, thereby preventing their absorption and puts one at risk of mineral deficiency syndromes such as anaemia and osteoporosis.
- Wheat protein, gluten, is a tough molecule and readily passes from the gut into the bloodstream without having been properly digested. In some individuals this will elicit an antibody response and if it just so happens that those antibodies fit one's own antigens, then this is the basis of autoimmunity. Indeed, eating wheat has been associated with autoimmune disorders such as underactive thyroid, pernicious anaemia, Addison's disease and so on.
And here is a scientific paper discussing the relationship between eating wheat and other grains and inflammation The Dietary Intake of Wheat and other Cereal Grains and Their Role in Inflammation, published in Nutrients. 2013 March; 5(3): 771–787
Problems with eating dairy products
Dairy products are foods meant for growing calves. Nature did not mean them to be consumed by humans, or even worse adult humans. Whilst dairy products are promoted for their nutritional content, such as B vitamins and calcium, actually there are great problems associated with eating dairy products:
- Fresh milk contains lactose, which requires an enzyme lactase for its digestion. Only 10% of the world's population carry this enzyme and so the vast majority of people will be unable to digest lactose. Lactose intolerance can present with irritable bowel syndrome, wind, gas, pain and diarrhoea. Following gasteroenteritis, even those people who can digest lactose will develop a temporary lactose intolerance. With any gut upset, all sufferers should avoid eating dairy products for at least one week.
- Milk proteins are very allergenic and allergy to milk is common. The common symptoms are catarrhal problems, headache, irritable bowel syndrome, depression, anxiety and chronic fatigue, but allergy is the great mimic and sensitivity to dairy products can cause almost any symptom. Milk passes readily from the gut into breast milk, where it may cause colic and projectile vomiting in the baby.
- Dairy allergy is the commonest allergy in children, often presenting with hyperactivity, catarrhal conditions, asthma, recurrent tonsillitis and sore throats, sinusitis, migraine and later on, premenstrual tension.
- . 30% of the population make antibodies to whey protein which cross react with platelets to make them more sticky. Eating dairy products, therefore, causes sticky blood, which is a major risk factor for arterial disease.
- The ratio of calcium to magnesium in dairy products is 10:1, whereas our physiological requirements are for 2 parts calcium to 1 part magnesium. Since calcium and magnesium compete for absorption, taking dairy products induces a relative magnesium deficiency. Magnesium deficiency is common in heart disease, arthritis, chronic fatigue and osteoporosis.
- Milk is generally believed to be a good source of vitamin D. This is untrue. The worst cases of Rickett's occur in Asian inner city children, who avoid sunshine but have a high consumption of dairy products. Dairy products are a poor source of vitamin D. We should all be taking 2,000 i.u. vitamin D daily - see Nutritional Supplements.
- Dairy products are meant for young growing calves. From an evolutionary point of view calves had to grow very quickly in order to avoid being eaten by a sabre toothed tiger and therefore dairy products contain growth promoters. This is undesirable in anybody who wishes to avoid, or indeed has cancer. In China, where there are no dairy products consumed because everybody is allergic to them, there is a very low incidence of breast cancer and prostate cancer. Anyone who is in doubt about this, I recommend that they purchase "Your Life in Your Hands" by Professor Jane Plant, who cured herself from breast cancer simply by avoiding dairy products.
Some more principles of a healthy diet for all
- Correct minerals in soil. In addition to choosing the right foods to eat, one can further improve their nourishing value. The first is that ideally these foods should be grown from a soil in which the mineral content has been corrected. Modern farming simply applies three elements, namely NPK (nitrogen, phosphorus and potassium), resulting in soils which are grossly out of balance. There is a net loss of minerals such as selenium, zinc, magnesium, cobalt, copper, manganese (to name but a few) from the soil into plants, animals and humans, and out of this natural cycle.
- Free from toxins. Foods must also be as free from toxins as possible, such as pesticide residues, hormone residues, antibiotic residues etc. To achieve this, buy organic as much as possible. One of the criticisms I have against organic farming, however, is they do not routinely treat the soil and correct mineral levels.
- Inshore seafish can be expected to have a mercury load.
- Fresh foods, unprocessed. Food which tastes good is likely to be good food. Taste is a sense which is trace element sensitive - i.e. foods which are deficient in trace elements don't taste so good. Furthermore zinc is necessary for taste buds to work and so food for the zinc deficient is tasteless. These people tend to go for salty, sweet or spicy foods to compensate and end up eating junk, thereby worsening the zinc deficiency. Most people can tell you the difference between home grown fresh vegetables and 3 day old shop vegetables. The true free range chicken is a rare beast but quite different in taste from the factory bird. This "food vitality" may be difficult to quantify but it makes it no less real!
- Locally grown foods in season. As soon as food is stored, it starts to rot and loses quality. Eat fresh, whilst in season. Varying the diet with the seasons protects against developing allergies and a varied diet makes it less likely to become deficient in any one micronutrient.
- Healthy fats. As a Nation we have been brainwashed into believing that fat is bad for you. This suits the food manufacturers well because fats are expensive and it is difficult to profit from them except cooking oil and margarine, which they have erroneously convinced us have health benefits.
Carbohydrates, however, can be bought cheap and sold expensive -potatoes can be bought for £100 per ton and sold for £10,000 per ton as crisps. Fat is good for you - it is a case of eating the right sort of fats.
For example, margarine is bad for you. It is artificially prepared by heating oils to high temperatures. This causes formation of trans fatty acids, which are poorly metabolised in the body. Use best quality "cold pressed, virgin" olive oil for cooking and salads. Other oils have often been heated and therefore denatured. The mono-unsaturated fats are thought to be best in protecting against heart disease.
Our Western diet is relatively deficient in omega 3 and 6 fatty acids - eat oily fish twice weekly and use a variety of cold pressed organic nut, seed and vegetable oils.
- Meat. The worst nourished patients I see are often vegetarians! I believe that being a veggie is a major risk factor for CFS. It is hard work to prepare and eat the right foods for optimum balance of protein, fat, vegetables and essential micronutrients. Proteins are essential in a diet, especially for someone who is ill or stressed. The problem with meat appears to be how we cook it (primitive man would have eaten his meat raw!). Burned fats are oxidised fats, which are full of free radicals which are damaging to arteries and possibly carcinogenic. If you do have highly cooked meats (eg roasts and barbeques), make sure you have something with it to "neutralise" the free radicals, for example, lots of vegetables. Meat which is boiled (stews, soups) does not contain oxidised fats.
- Water. Drink good quality water. Spring water (direct or bottled) is undoubtedly the best. Some people with severe allergies can only tolerate water in glass bottles. Second best is filtered water (water filters should be changed regularly), with tap water a poor third. Many drinks (tea, coffee, cocao alcohol, pop) contain substances which are diuretic and make you pee out minerals. Tea is the main cause of iron deficiency anaemia in the country. Tea is high in tannin which binds minerals into insoluble tannates which cannot be absorbed. It is better to drink these beverages between meals and not with food. Instead, fruit juice (not fruit "drink") will enhance absorption of trace elements because of its vitamin C content, so drink this at mealtimes, but it must be diluted otherwise this will present a high sugar load.
- Variety. Have as varied a diet as possible - everything in moderation is the key. Eat at least 8 oz of green vegetables daily.
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- Sugar has no nutritional value but is highly addictive. Avoid it. (Read more under "'Hypoglycaemia"). Avoid refined flours - for example, white flour has been stripped of the outer layer which contains most of the nutrients and fibre.
- Excessive salt in prepared foods is too high - too great a proportion of one kind of mineral (i.e. sodium) can cause deficiencies in others. However on a true stone age diet you will have to add salt, ideally sea salt.
- Avoid dairy products. Our physiological requirements of calcium:magnesium is in the ratio 2:1. Dairy products contain them in the ratio of 10:1 and since these two elements compete for absorption, excessive consumption of dairy will result in a relative magnesium deficiency. They are also highly allergenic and contain growth promoters. They are a likely cause of type I childhood diabetes. (Read more under Cow's milk allergy - a common cause of problems in children and adults.)
- Avoid Preserved foods. As soon as something "dies", the decay process begins and it and loses it's goodness. So avoid such "dead" foods as those in tins and packets. Buy fresh, "alive" foods. However, high quality frozen produce is probably a close second. Help maintain what's there by cooking foods lightly. Vegetables which are boiled to death lose most of their trace elements in the water. Or if you like your vegetables done this way then you should drink the cooking water (or use it in the gravy). Eat foods as unprepared as possible - raw foods are excellent.
Choose food which has "had a life". Eat meat which has "had a life". The fatty acid content of factory farmed fish, pork and poultry reflects that of the food it eats - i.e. poor quality. Eat free range - lamb and beef probably offer the best value in this country. There is a myth that chicken is a healthy meat - if one could see the conditions under which chickens are kept and the quality of food they eat one would understand why chicken is a low quality food.
Make breakfast a substantial meal. Breakfast like an emperor, lunch like a king, supper like a pauper! This is especially important for people suffering from fatigue.
In Brief
- Breakfast: protein/fat (eggs, meat, nuts, seeds, fish)
- Lunch: meat, fish, vegetables.
- Supper: ditto
- Snacks: nuts, seeds and berries.
- Eat meals at regular times.
- Take time over eating.
- Chew food properly.
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Related Articles
- Ketogenic diet - the practical details
- My book The PK Cookbook - Go Paleo-ketogenic and get the best of both worlds
- Recipes for Stone Age diet
- Pancreatic exocrine function
- Hypochlorhydria
- Probiotics
- Enzyme Potentiated Desensitisation (EPD)
- Getting worse on the regime of Paleo Ketogenic diet and micronutrient supplements when these interventions should make you better
- Fermentation in the gut and CFS
- CFS - The Central Cause: Mitochondrial Failure
- Hypoglycaemia
- Pancreatic exocrine function
- CFS - diet - stoneage, digestion, probiotics - a powerpoint presentation
- Recipes for the Stone Age diet and fermenting gut diet
External links
- Nutrition secrets from cavemen - an interesting page from the website of Dr Joseph Mercola
- "Homo Carnivorous" - a presentation by Barry Groves
- The Dietary Intake of Wheat and other Cereal Grains and Their Role in Inflammation
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This site contains pictures of all of your favourite Dragonlance characters. There are featured pages for Raistlin, Caramon, Tanis, Tasslehoff, Flint, Goldmoon, Riverwind, Sturm, Tika, Laurana, Kitiara, Dalamar, Fizban, Lord Soth, Crysania, Gilthanas and Silvara, Mina, Usha, Palin, Steel, Gilthas and the Lioness, Linsha and Ulin Majere and other miscellaneous pictures. There is artwork by Larry Elmore, Clyde Caldwell, Todd Lockwood, Jeff Easley, Matt Stawicki, Daniel Horne, Keith Parkinson, Mark Zug, Brom, and other contributing artists to the world of Dragonlance. Leave reviews for your favourite novels by Margaret Weis and Tracey Hickman including, Chronicles: Dragons of Autumn Twilight, Dragons of Winter Night, Dragons of Spring Dawning; Legends: Time of the Twins, War of the Twins, Test of the Twins; The Second Generation; Dragons of Summer Flame; The War of Souls: Dragons of a Fallen Sun, Dragons of a Lost Star, Dragons of a Vanished Moon; The Dark Disciple: Amber and Ashes, Amber and Iron (December 1, 2005), and Amber and Blood (TBA).


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Jason Aldean, Kenny Chesney, Lady Antebellum, Brad Paisley and Taylor Swift
To Be Honored By Musical Peers and Legends Across the Entertainment Spectrum
NASHVILLE - November 17, 2011 - The stars will be out in Nashville to honor the 2011 CMT ARTISTS OF THE YEAR - Jason Aldean, Kenny Chesney, Lady Antebellum, Brad Paisley and Taylor Swift - for their successes of the past year. Hosted by Rob Lowe, CMT ARTISTS OF THE YEAR will premiere Tuesday, December 13 at 9:00 p.m., ET/PT on CMT and CMT.com.
During the 90-minute special taped at the Bridgestone Arena, CMT will bring these five honorees together with their peers from across the entertainment spectrum and celebrate their year's successes with celebrity performances and appearances by The All-American Rejects, The Avett Brothers, Ellen DeGeneres, Gavin DeGraw, NASCAR driver Jeff Gordon, celebrity chef Stephanie Izard, Nickelback's Chad Kroeger, Miranda Lambert, Matthew McConaughey, New Orleans Saints head coach Sean Payton, Lionel Richie, Joe Walsh of the Eagles and Hank Williams Jr.
CMT ARTISTS OF THE YEAR honorees were chosen by ranking the top five artists based on the following criteria: sales (physical albums, digital albums, and single downloads); country radio airplay based on spins; concert grosses as a headliner or co-headliner; and activity on CMT.com (video streams, searches, and artist page views). The rankings were then compiled to identify the leading performers across the four categories cumulatively.
CMT ARTISTS OF THE YEAR is one of the most highly-regarded events in country music, combining live performances with a celebratory dinner. This year, honorees and their guests will be treated to cuisine prepared by celebrity chef Stephanie Izard, "Top Chef" winner and chef/partner of Girl & The Goat restaurant in Chicago.
For more information on the host, honorees, performers and television special as it becomes available, follow CMT on Twitter (@FollowCMT) with hashtag #CMTAOTY, Facebook, or download CMT's mobile app, CMT Insider, at www.cmt.com/app.
CMT ARTISTS OF THE YEAR is executive produced by Rac Clark. John Hamlin and Margaret Comeaux serve as executive producers for CMT.
CMT, a unit of Viacom's MTV Networks (NYSE: VIA and VIA.B), is the leading television and digital authority on country music and entertainment, reaching more than 93 million homes in the U.S. CMT and its website, CMT.com, offer an unparalleled mix of music, news, live concerts and series and is the top resource for country music on demand. The network's digital platforms include the 24-hour music channel, CMT Pure Country, CMT Mobile and CMT VOD.


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How to Be a Registered Nurse
January 28, 2012
A Registered Nurse (RN) is a nurse who completes a course of study and passes the examinations to obtain a license and register as a nurse. You'll find many RNs in hospitals throughout the world, and the need for RNs still continues. Read on to know more about registered nursing, and how to become a registered nurse.
What Does An RN Do?
RNs provide the greatest level of care for patients, which include care for specific diseases and conditions. RNs are also qualified to advice and coordinate health services for patients with doctors, nurses and hospital staff. In many hospitals, registered nurses are placed in charge of interns, technicians and medical volunteers. RNs are also responsible for a patient's case management, which means that the RN has to discuss and coordinate the case with physicians, therapists or specialists. RNs provide treatment, educate patients on treatment, educate other nurses on how to treat patients, administer medications, screen patients for health, perform diagnostic tests, and help with treatment planning, complete medical charts, assist with surgeries and also provide emergency care.
Where Can You Find RNs?
Registered nurses are an important aspect of any healthcare team. RNs can find employment in a number of health care facilities. A few of these are hospitals, outpatient clinics, private nursing facilities, nursing care facilities, residential care facilities, women care centers, surgeries, community clinics and schools. An RN can choose to specialize in specific healthcare areas. Some RNs become Emergency Room Nurses, and these nurses have to be on call at any hour to handle emergencies. Some RNs choose to work with particular groups such as children with cancer, women clinics and so on. In each of these areas, the RNs are required to specialize by obtaining training specific to the areas of work.
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• Complete a nursing diploma via a vocational nursing program
• Do an Associate Degree in Nursing (ADN) either online or via a community college
• Complete a Bachelor Degree in Nursing (BSN) from a college or university
Most RNs complete an ADN or BSN; however, if you graduate from any one of the three nursing program types listed above, you can sit for the National Council Licensure Examination – Registered Nurse (NCLEX-RN). This is the national licensing exam for registered nurses in the United States, recognized by all state nursing boards.


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Guys...i have a dialarc 250 that i bought new in 1982....my son i going to welding school so i figured i'd up date the machine a little. I purchased a rf-10 remote kit and a rhc-3 remote control. I played around with this install for four hours and found that the remote control was miss wired (i think).....here's my qustion.... I was under the impression that when the remote switch was thrown the "heat controls" would be independant of one another. But this is not the case. I find that the heat control on the the machine must be set about half way ..then the remote will "fine adjust" the heat up or down. As i look at the wiring diagram furnished with the rf-10 ...it seems that the heat rehostat on the machine is never out of the circuit. So it seems that this is the intent of the remote rehostat....am i correct? The miller wiring diagrams , to be kind, "suck"...are there any better diagrams if i would buy a shop manual?
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Click this link to confirm you will be attending the Chillabration and be sure to let your friends and family know about the event.
This weekend, the Chillabration Celebration will call St. James home. Residents from all over the county and southern Minnesota have made their plans and will be taking part in the events planned for Feb. 22 through 24.
The weather is not a concern for Tabitha Johnson – the Chamber Director who has been involved in the planning of events.
"Unless the sheriff's department closes all the roads down or it's so blizzardy you can't see in front of you, the Chillabration will take place," said Johnson. "It's going on in fair or foul weather."
The snow may actually help the weekend's events – especially the snow sculpture contest and sledding hill activities.
"Come and join in an event we can enjoy for years to come," said Johnson. "And, thank you to all of the Chamber sponsors that have worked hard to make this event a reality."
Here is what to expect:
First Annual Plunge
The first annual polar plunge will take place beginning at 10 a.m. on Saturday, Feb. 23, with sign-in beginning at 9:30 a.m. The Chamber is expecting more than 50 people for the polar plunge including teams from the St. James area schools, Pioneer Bank, First National Bank, Nelson's Furniture, Mayo Clinic in St. James, the Chamber of Commerce and more.
The plunge will be taking place in St. James Lake near Memorial Park. Fish houses will be provided and used as changing and warming rooms. Participants will be announced by Mark Johnson and are invited to come in costume and make the most out of winter in St. James.
The event is done to raise money for charity and help raise money for Chamber events. There is still time to sign up, just contact Tabitha at 507-375-3333 or stop by the St. James Chamber of Commerce office.
If you aren't interested in jumping into the frigid St. James Lake waters, be sure to free up some time to watch as your teachers, bankers and community members take the plunge.
Ice Fishing Contest
The Ice Fishing contest is coming together with prizes coming in from sponsors and people making plans to participate. The top prize for the fishing contest will be a Vexilar Depth Finder, valued at more than $350. More than $700 of other prizes will be given out at the fishing contest. Prizes will be given for largest fish and door prizes will be handed out during the competition. Registration will begin at 11:30 a.m. on Saturday, Feb 23, with the event kicking off at 12 p.m. The cost for registration is $10 per adult and $5 per child.
Food Stand
Food will be available in Memorial Park, and will be served by the Monster Band Members. There will also be an ATV possibly running from the food stand to the fishing contest, so hungry fishers can purchase something to eat.
On the menu are brats, soup-to-go, hot dogs, popcorn, nachos, hot cider and hot cocoa. Other food will also be available.
The food stand will be open from 10 a.m until 5 p.m.
Disc Golf and Sledding
Always available and always fun, disc golf and sledding will take place during the Chillabration Celebration.
The disc golf course will be open to anyone with a disc. Players can grasp a bit of summer and rebel against winter with their friends by playing a short round in Memorial Park.
"It will be a great time to get outside and shake off some of that cabin fever," said Chamber Director Tabitha Johnson.
The sledding hill will be tended to from 11 a.m. to 1 p.m. on Saturday. Feb. 23. Sleds will not be provided, so bring one from home. If you are planning to stick around throughout the entire celebration, you can use your sled to tug around your kids or a cooler of drinks.
Turkey Bowling
Interested in a little bit of bowling? Do you like food? Turkey bowling will be great for you!
Turkey bowling is based on ordinary bowling, only a frozen turkey replaces the bowling ball. The turkey is bowled down a smooth, ice surface at ten ordinary bowling pins.
The cost per adult team is $10, with three members per team. Each member will bowl three frames and the top scoring team will win three $25 gift cards to Paul's Food Pride. Second place winners will receive $15 gift cards and third place will receive $5 gift cards.
Children are also invited to participate, for an entry fee of only $1. There will be two winners from the children's age group (K-3 and 4-8) each winning a $5 gift card to Paul's Food Pride.
This event will be taking place Saturday, Feb. 23, from 11 a.m. to 1 p.m.
Bean Bag Tournament
An open bean bag toss will be available Saturday, Feb. 23, from 11 a.m. to 1 p.m. before the 1 p.m. Bean Bag Tournament begins.
The entry fee for the bean bag tournament is set at $10 for a two person team.
Bean bag toss consists of throwing a bean bag at a large board in an attempt to get the bag in a hole, or on the board. You play against an opponent, and the game is scored by who gets more bags on or in the board. The first team to 21 points wins.
The tournament will be done in double-elimination style, with each match the best of three games. A team is eliminated from the tournament when they have lost three games.
The first place prize for the tournament is $50. Second place will receive $20.
Kickball Tournament
Kickball will be played in Memorial park with a co-ed team of five men and five women. The team registration fee is $30 with the first prize being given to the winners of the tournament in the amount of $60. Second place will get $30.
The tournament will take place Saturday from 1 p.m. until 5 p.m. on Feb. 23.
Snow Sculpture Contest
Like a sand sculpture contest during the summer, your success in a snow sculpture contest in the winter will depend on your ability to creatively woo the judges with your sculpture.
The snow storm rolling through the area will make the activity a little more fun – adding some tools and material for your team to work with.
Prizes will be given out, but have yet to be determined. The event is scheduled for 11 a.m. until 1 p.m. on Saturday, Feb. 23.
Freeze your Caboose Run/Walk
The sixth annual Freeze your Caboose Run/Walk will be taking place again this year, as it has in the past. Runners will begin at the Hickory Inn and run around St. James Lake.
Last year more than 80 runners participated in the event with 50 joggers and 30 walkers. The crew is hoping with the added events, nore people will be willing to freeze their caboose this weekend and enjoy the scenic run around St. James Lake.
The event is taking place Sunday, Feb. 24. Registration will begin at 12:30 p.m. and registration fee is $20. That fee includes a long sleeve t-shirt, bottled water, and soup following the race.
The race begins for walkers at 1:45 p.m. and joggers at 2:15 p.m. and lasts as long as it takes to travel around St. James Lake.
The age groups are: Under 15, 16-18, 19-29, 30-39, 40-49, 50-59, 60 and Over. There will be prizes for the top three male and female along with Carhartt stocking caps for all age group winners.


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Pokemon Battle Trozei Trailer: Charizard Crush Saga
The sequel to the Nintendo DS' Pokemon Trozei is shaping up to be quite the candy killer.
Nintendo has unveiled Pokemon Battle Trozei, which will feature all 718 pocket monsters in a much simpler form than fans were expecting: a puzzle game. On the bottom screen, you must match the scattered, randomized array of Pokemon in lines of four, where on the top screen, a battle is taking place between your Pokemon and a threatening enemy type.
Matching the randomized Pokemon on the bottom screen will cause your Pokemon on the top screen to attack the enemy, with the four-matching Pokemon determining the attack type. Adhering to the elemental mechanics of the series, prepare to link up Pokemon faces according to the enemy Pokemon's core weakness.
Pokemon Battle Trozei feature multiplayer puzzle matches and will come out on March 20 for $7.99 on the Nintendo 3DS eShop.


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SAN BERNARDNO — Josh Grant knows the importance of the start of any race in the Lucas Oil Pro Motocross Championship, perhaps more than any of the competitors at the Red Bull Glen Helen Nationals.
In front of a record crowd of 27,633 at Glen Helen Raceway on Saturday, the former Yucaipa and Redlands resident thundered off the start in the first of two motos and raced virtually unchallenged for 34 minutes. He held off Ken Roczen at the finish and won by 0.410 seconds. It was the second win for Grant in the premier class of the AMA Pro Racing circuit.
The Toyota/Yamaha rider for Joe Gibbs Racing MX, however, fell back in the second moto and paid a steep price in the opening lap when he tangled with another rider. Grant went down and struggled to get back on his bike. He rejoined the race in 33rd position and spent the remainder of the race trying to recover.
In the end, KTM's Ryan Dungey passed teammate Roczen two turns from the finish to claim the checkered flag.
Combined with his third-place finish in the opening moto, Dungey captured the overall win, a point ahead of the German native Roczen. Honda's Trey Canard (7-3) was third with Brett Metcalfe, subbing for injured defending champion Ryan Villopoto, taking fourth with fourth- and fifth-place finishes.
Grant, the lone San Bernardino County rider to compete at his home track after Victorville's Mike Alessi missed because of illness, ended fifth overall with 31 points, just ahead of James Stewart Jr. Malcolm Stewart, Jacob Weimer, Weston Peick and Chad Reed rounded out the top 10 in the first of 12 outdoor events.
"It was good to get the win," Dungey, the 2010-2012 series champion, said. "The track was tough, rough and nasty but well-prepared. There was a good line in every corner.
"I felt the (second moto) win was there, but I had to make the pass happen. I wanted to make it, but couldn't find a place. But once I did, I had the advantage on the inside. It was cat-and-mouse all race long."
Roczen, making his AMA debut at Glen Helen, said he made a few mistakes in racing against his team.
"My line choices weren't that great," said Roczen, who competed at Glen Helen in Grand Prix events. "I could have riden better."
In the opening three-lap moto, Grant shot out of the starting and grabbed the lead. He pulled away from the remaining 39 riders as teammate Phil Nicoletti battled with Roczen for five minutes.
"I knew had to get in six fast laps at the start," Grant said of the 16-lap race. "I felt (Roczen) toward the end and started riding tighter. But having lappers ahead of me didn't help. They were getting the (move-over) flag, but by the time they did it helped him more.
"I felt comfortable, right from the start. It was really good to win in front of my family and friends."
The 29-year-old has been on the track since he was eight, and that experience allowed him to switch lines near the end of his win.
"The lines changed quite a bit," said Grant, whose first MX win was in 2009 in Michigan.
In the second moto, Grant reinjured the right shoulder he hurt during the early portion of the Supercross season as a result of his poor start. He was on the ground a short time later.
"My arm tingled and my shoulder was on fire," Grant said. "I think I re-separated my shoulder. I wanted to get back on the bike, but I had to back off for a bit. But I got back on and started moving up.
"I think finishing 15th was pretty good, considering."
In the 250cc class, Jeremy Martin dominated both motos. He won the second one by 20 seconds on a Yamaha belonging to MX legend Ricky Carmichael, who won five events at Glen Helen, including four in a row from 2002-06.


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For nearly four hours yesterday, attorneys on both sides of the murder case against accused Aurora movie theater killer James Holmes argued over whether prosecutors should have access to a notebook Holmes mailed to his psychiatrist the evening before the shootings.
The defense says the notebook is protected by doctor-patient privilege. The prosecution says it is exempt from privilege. The judge has to decide based on the evidence both sides presented during the hearing.
And what a herky-jerky hearing it was. Very few statements by either side went uncontested. With witnesses on the stand, nearly every query was met with a complaint. Question. Objection. Question. Objection. The witnesses often seemed to be spectators to their own testimony.
The hearing will resume Sept. 20, at which point the prosecution will call more witnesses to try to establish that the notebook is not confidential and the defense will likely object vigorously to the questions asked on the grounds that the information solicited is privileged or irrelevant.
For those in the audience, it was a bit of a slog to watch. So imagine the disappointment in those seats when all parties involved in the hearing essentially agreed that the final ruling in the hearing won't be the end of it.
Near the end of the hearing, prosecutor Rich Orman said whoever loses at the hearing will likely file an "interlocutory appeal" — that is, an appeal in the middle of the case straight to the state supreme court.


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Gasman necesitaba un nuevo diseño de página web y lanzó un concurso de diseño en 99designs.
Un ganador ha sido elegido entre 60 diseños de 14 diseñadores freelance.
Minnetonka Medical Technology Inc.
We are a small, fast moving, start-up medical technology company offering products, services, and consulting to hospitals, surgery centers, and medical device manufacturers. Specifically, products/services we market:
- a secure web portal service for pre-registering patients for surgery
- Medical devices for surgery, anesthesiology, and respiratory therapy
- Help medical device companies implement web-based CRM sales and marketing systems across internal clients, as well as distributor partner channels to create a closed loop sales/marketing/Customer Service environment.
- Specialize in helping international and domestic medical device companies enter the U.S. healthcare market
The tagline of our company, "Integrated Medical Marketing" reflects a few common and fundamental elements of our business, and our focus on the high-tech medical environment in particular.
"Integrated" implies everything we do is focused on bringing the right products, ideas, people, and best practices together into valuable solutions for our customers.
"Medical" is obvious. It is the space we operate in.
"Marketing" implies the actual service we provide. We help companies/healthcare facilities do what they do best, which is provide top notch products and svcs to their customers.
We aim to specialize in integrating our customers diverse technical challenges using the latest high-tech tools and svcs
The audience is:
1. Hospitals/Surgery Centers-Doctors, Nurses, facility managers
2. Medical device manufacturers- President/CEO, Marketing Manager, VP of International Marketing .
3. Medical device start ups- Domestic and international-Pres/CEO, Dir of Marketing, Founder/entrepreneur
We are looking for a website that invokes the image of a professional, competent, and trustworthy medical product and service provider. The site should incorporate and compliment the colors from the logo provided. We will need two (2) pages created as a requirement of this contest:
Index page:
We have 4 distinct areas that we will be bringing the customer into via the home page.
- SimpleAdmit – logo provided: A product for hospital patients to pre-fill the necessary forms before their visit. This will be marketed to doctors offices and surgery centers. We will be offering a free 30 day trial.
- Powertrack by Axonom – logo provided for powertrack and Microsoft Dynamics:
- Medical Devices – Will lead to an ecommerce for surgery, respiratory therapy and anesthesiology products.
- Consulting Services – an informational area about available consulting services provided my MMT.
We envision 4 separate and distinct boxes on the home page, not a lot of other text. The boxes can be arranged 2x2 or straight across or in a circle – your choice. We need this page to entice the user to continue into the respective area. Flash can be included. We like clean.
Interior page – Needs to carry the look/feel from the home page, but add a nav bar across the top. Navigation will consist of the four components above, with drop-downs. Links to Home, About Us, and Contact us should be included.


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martinz11 necesitaba un nuevo diseño de impreso o envases y lanzó un concurso de diseño en 99designs.
Un ganador ha sido elegido entre 8 diseños de 5 diseñadores freelance.
Martin Zielinski
A Real Estate Sales Representative with 7 years of experience focusing on the Condominium Market in the Mississauga and Toronto Area.
Existing owners, or landlords living in the building. The majority of people are very tech savvy. They are well educated, mostly single, some couples and families in the larger units.
Age group: Early 20 to late 30's.
Size: Length: 7inches by width- 5.5inches
1. The front of the flyer should be all about branding. The overall look should be very similar to the zielinski_kits.jpg file. The following items should be included on the front page of the flyer:
a. My Name : Martin Zielinski, Sales Representative
b. My picture
c. My logo
d. Office address and all contact info:
Sutton Group Summit Realty, Inc. , Brokerage
1100 Burnhamthorpe Rd. W. #27, Mississauga, Ontario, L5C 4G4
Tel : 905.897.9555 Fax: 905.897.9610
e. Company Logo (Sutton Logo)
f. Website: http://www.MississaugaCondominium.com
g. Email: email@example.com
h. Digital QR Code
2. The back of the flyer should basically be a template, that I can modify as required. It should have:
a. A top section that will have a headline. You can use " JUST SOLD" for now
b. The middle section should be divided into two squares where pictures of condos will be placed with price info or other info.
c. The bottom section will be a call to action statement. You can use : "Call Martin For Your Free Condo Evaluation at 905.897.9555


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What's in a name? Companies buying naming rights to major sports venues is nothing new, but every now and then a deal comes along that makes you scratch your head.
Such was the case this week when Camping World, a Kentucky-based company specializing in recreational vehicles, announced a naming rights agreement with Orlando's Citrus Bowl.
For at least the next eight years, college football games, Orlando City and Orlando Pride soccer games and other major events will take place in Camping World Stadium.
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EXCLUSIVEIf you can't find a good bottle of champagne in Miami today ... it's because the Heat drank them all.
In the mayhem following last night's NBA Championship-clinching win, TMZ has learned LeBron James and company guzzled more than 200 bottles of bubbly in celebration.
We're told the team emptied 100 rare magnum bottles of Moët Ice Impérial champagne during the locker room celebration ... and then another 100 bottles of Dom Pérignon at STORY nightclub.
As for the food .... we're told Prime 112 (one of the best restaurants in Miami) sent over a ton of free eats -- Kobe sliders (oh, the irony), chicken and waffles, shrimp cocktails, and fried shrimp.
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Anyone interested in a slightly used Comfort Pup? It's in great condition, no damage, stains, etc. We only used it for two months, and we'd love for someone else to be able to use it. I'm in the US and paid $35, will sell for $20 and pay the shipping charge as well.


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During the past week, I have been in contact with two of my Stephenson 4th cousins. My 3rd great-grandfather was George Stephenson (1774-1846), who lived in Lincolnshire, England. He and his wife Elizabeth Wold (W0uld) had 12 children. My ancestor was George Wold Stephenson (1813-1896), who immigrated to the US and settled in St. Johns, Michigan. Most of my records follow this line. Another son of George and Elizabeth was Absolam Wold Stephenson (1798-1854), whose son John Absalom Stephenson (1840-1921) immigrated to Australia. His descendant Frazer Stephenson has established a family tree The Stephenson Family Tree- Australia on Ancestry.com. Another son of George and Elizabeth was David (1802-1875), whose family remained in England. His descendant Patrick Stephenson has set up The Stephenson Family Tree, also on Ancestry.com. Much of the Stephenson information and pictures from my blog are now also available on these two trees.
To make it easier to collaborate, I have now up-loaded my Stephenson data and have a family tree George Wold Stephenson Descendants on Ancestry. We are working to combine data on these three trees to form more complete records on the Stephensons. If you are not a subscriber to Ancestry.com, please respond in a comment to this post. I can add you as a guest on Ancestry.com and you can view what information is available.
This summer Sandra and I will spend time in Europe, including a brief visit to Horncastle and Hogsthorpe. I will share our findings when we return. Since we are traveling using airline miles, our itinerary is determined by available flights, rather than the time we would like to spend. Three days would be more appropriate. The good thing is that Horncastle and Hogsthorpe, where our Stephenson ancestors lived, are very small and have few cemeteries and churches. Hopefully, we can cover a lot in the short period. I have communicated with Pat Stephenson, my 4th cousin mentioned above, and we will try to make contact during our brief stop in England.
A few months ago I wrote a blog, comparing genealogy in my father's time and in mine. Thanks to resources such as Ancestry.com, three distant cousins on three continents can now easily collaborate on virtually a real time basis to build an extensive genealogical data base. How times have changed!


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Tuesday, November 6, 2012
Anybody Remember Shorthand?
Perhaps I'm showing my age, but I have to stop what I'm doing and type with both hands in order to respond to something I'm watching. If I'm in a BG and we get jumped by 4-5 people in Arathi Basin, I basically have to sacrifice myself in order to warn everyone else.*
All I can do is marvel at the people who raid and can type while they're casting or playing whack-a-boss. I once carried on a conversation with a blogger friend while the blogger was in the middle of progression ICC. When I mentioned that I'll let him do his job, he kind of laughed it off, saying it wasn't a big deal.
I suppose that's were a multi-button mouse (like the Razer Naga) comes in handy. Of course, you still have to be able to type with one hand, and I'm kind of lousy at that.
What would be nice would be combining voice recognition software with an MMO, so that you can speak into a mic and have what you're saying pop up in typewritten chat.
Of course, I can see some readers saying "there's this thing called Mumble or Vent, and it really works!" Yes, I know all about those, but when do you use that when you get into a random BG? Or an instance pug without guildies (or any other guild to provide vent access)? Last I checked, most non-raid pugs just roll with it and get going without much more than a "howdy!" The thing is, the more you play, the more complex things are, the nicer it is to communicate without these artificial barriers.
For example, discussing which enemy to DPS down when confronting the opposing faction team in Mandalorian Raiders helps that encounter go much more smoothly. Likewise, working out strategy in Gundrak helps make fighting Gal'Darah that much easier. I've found that more wipes come from a lack of coherent strategy, such as in Halls of Reflections or Magister's Terrace, than the inability to get the job done. Perhaps the worst place for a strategy breakdown is in the long run to get away from Arthas in HoR, because if not everybody is on the same page, that increases the likelihood of a wipe exponentially.
That loops back to the need to communicate, and the disadvantages puggers have over guild runs.
I can type, and type quickly. Not everybody can. I can't type on the fly in the middle of a fight, while others can. That means that other forms of communication --such as audio chat-- are superior, because people can communicate without changing what they're doing. However, the current setup of using a third party tool --often paid for by a guild who would naturally be reluctant to share with a non-guildie-- is a barrier that ought to be examined. Yes, I know about WoW's built in audio chat, but really, who does use that anyway?
Here is an opportunity for either an entrepreneur or an MMO company to fill in a communication gap and reap some nice profits.
*Well, unless I'm stealthed as a Rogue. Even then, if I'm low enough level people will find me easily.
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I feel better now, I'm always baffled by people running around killing while typing coherent sentences. I have to come to a complete stop by the side of the road to type.ReplyDelete
I like that idea, kind of like the emails I get from Comcast when I have a phone message. They aren't always right, they keep addressing me as Robert but usually I don't have to play the sound file. I'd sure use it if someone developed it!Replies
You are so not alone there! I know that a lot of high schools have dropped typing classes entirely, which boggles my mind in this age of the computer, but what do I know anyway?Delete
But yeah, the idea of marrying some sort of Dragon Naturally Speaking to an MMO --or having a dynamic audio link that switches to a common channel when you enter an instance-- seems like a killer app.
lol wow if that isn't exactly how I feel every time I have to type in chat while playing. I can't even tell you how many times I have died in a WZ just because I was typing a warning or a response and was jumped.ReplyDelete


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Open Your Heart And Let It Shine (House mix)
Between 1999 and 2004 I bought a lot of house records and honed my skills on the decks here in Chicago. I'd spend hours in shops like Gramophone rooting through mediocre four on the floor looking for the gems. All considering I'd say some amazing records were coming out, especially from the Chicago and San Fran scenes of the time on labels like Moody, Relief, Afterhours, Classic, Greyhound, and Panhandle. Just the other day I pillaged my shelves to see which tunes still had some mojo left after all these years. Quite a few! Here's a live mix with vinyl for ya; the blends are sloppy but, meh, it's all about the records. - DJ Bylamplight
Open Your Heart And Let It Shine (mp3)
Inland Knights -- Our Love
8fatfat8 -- Rise Up and Walk Mise En Place Remix
Ricky Bradshaw -- Black Keys (Filtered Jazz Mix)
Pascal + Mister Day -- Powder Drums
Green Velvet -- La La Land
Peter Phonix -- Baby Tek
Lake Soul -- Autour De Toi
Freude Am Tanzen -- Summertime...
Rocket (DJ Garth & Eric James) -- Between The Lines (Lost Keys Mix)
Dimbiman -- Köppchen (Herbert's D-D-D-Dazzle Dub)
Swirl People -- Reflex Success
Lil' Mark -- Spaced Out
Motorbass -- "Ezio" Music
The Sonarphonic -- Super Breaker (featuring: Margarita Thompson)
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(By guest blogger Bookworm)
Paul Brandus decided he'd had enough of the innumerable lies about Obama floating through the blogosphere, so he did some research and came up with a post: "Deconstructing the 5 most ridiculous myths about Barack Obama." Unfortunately for him, he forgot the cardinal rule of attacking your enemy: Know your enemy. Without that knowledge, Brandus managed to construct a series of straw men, which he then heroically destroyed.
The first straw man Brandus destroyed was the myth that Obama has played more golf than any president in history. He proudly points out that Eisenhower played more than 800 rounds in eight years, while Obama has played only 100 rounds in four years.
That would be a very good deconstruction if Obama's historic golf-playing habits were the issue. But that's not the issue. Had Brandus had been paying attention to the opposition, instead of making up straw men, he would have known that the reason conservatives focused on obama's golf was the fact that the MSM obsessed relentlessly about George W. Bush's golf playing habits. Before Bush came along, I doubt anyone cared about presidential R&R. But the press just couldn't get enough of the stereotype of the out-of-touch, stupid, rich conservative out on the links hitting balls. It was for this reason, and this reason alone that, when Obama took office, conservatives liked to point out that Obama played much more golf in four years than the media-beleaguered Bush did in eight.
Brandus' next straw man was his challenge tp the myth that Obama has taken more vacation time than any other president in history. I'll give Brandus this -- he's thorough. He's tracked presidential vacation times all the way back through John Adams (who took time off to care for his sick wife, which really doesn't constitute a vacation).
Once again, though, Brandus completely missed the point. Conservatives' major grievance isn't with Obama's vacations, probably because conservatives understand, as Brandus pedantically pointed out, that president's don't leave the job, they just change location. What conservatives decry is Mrs. Obama's frequent and very, very expensive vacations. She doesn't just head off to Camp David or a family ranch in order to get a break from Washington (something that conservatives, being nice people, would understand). Instead, she jets all over the world at enormous taxpayer expense. That would be bad enough at the best of times, but it really irks people that she's living the high life on the public dime, even as we go through the worst economic times since the Great Depression. I notice that Brandus didn't address the history of First Lady vacations.
You'd think that, having built up and then knocked down two straw men, Brandus would have been exhausted and abandon the effort. You clearly underestimate his stamina. Straw man number three: Obama shows his true colors by not going to Arlington cemetery. Once again, Brandus dug out the statistics, showing how Eisenhower practically never went there, right through GWB, who often went there.
The point that Brandus missed (and that he would understand if he pulled a David Mamet and actually read information from the other side) is that conservatives view Obama's visits to Arlington as proxy statements for his commitment to the military. No one doubted Eisenhower's commitment to the military. Not only was he career military, but he was the Allies' highest military commander during WWII. In addition, Eisenhower was president during piece time. Obama, however, is (a) a wartime president, with troops dying under his command and (b) he's shown remarkable ignorance about and hostility to the American military. Conservatives haven't forgotten how he accused our military of being baby killers while he was a candidate. They paid attention when he talked about "corpse" men. They notice when he couldn't keep his heroes straight. And just recently, they paid a whole lot of attention to the fact that he made no effort to rescue besieged Americans in Benghazi. It is against this intellectual backdrop that conservatives read additional meaning into Obama's avoiding Arlington even once.
For the Arlington "myth," I'll concede the facts to Brandus (he correctly listed the number of times various presidents went to Arlington). He still failed on this one, though, because he does not understand what Arlington means, and why it matters with this president more than it did with the others.
When it comes to the "visiting" Israel myth, Brandus showed precisely the same conceptual problem he did with Arlington visits. The myth he debunked is that "Obama has never visited Israel as president, which shows he doesn't give a damn about it." Brandus had to admit that Obama hasn't visited Israel, but pointed out that other presidents never visited it either during their presidency. (His research on this is so thorough, I almost though he'd list those presidents going back to George Washington who haven't visited Israel.)
What Brandus didn't do, though, is debunk the fact that, when it comes to Israel, Obama "doesn't give a damn about it." As with visits to Arlington, Obama's failure to visit Israel is symbolic of a presidency that's shown enormous disdain for the Jewish state. To his credit, Obama hasn't reneged on Bush era promises to sell arms to Israel. Other than that, though, he spent the first three years of his presidency picking fights with and publicly demeaning Israel. I won't give the whole laundry list, but it includes insulting Netanyahu on open mike, picking a fight about developments within the Jewish part of Jerusalem, setting the pre-1967 borders as the starting point for a negotiation, having his Secretary of State spend 45 minutes screaming at Israel's prime minister, making more extreme demands about Jerusalem's status than any other president, etc. Against this backdrop of manifest hostility to Israel, it's no surprise that Israel's friends see his failure to visit the Jewish state (especially when that's contrasted with his visits to the Arab world) as just the most visible drop in the anti-Israel bucket.
So, as with Arlington, Brandus' mastery of the facts (this president went there X times and the other went there Y times) completely missed the point: Obama treats Israel badly, so his failure to visit is added to the list of insults.
And finally, Brandus tackled the tax myth, which he characterizes as "taxes under Obama are at an all time high." How dumb does Brandus think conservatives are? We know that's not true. We know that the top marginal tax rate in the 1950s was higher -- and we think that was a bad thing.
Conservatives believe that limited government is a virtue, and that keeping as much money in the private sector as possible is the best way to enrich everyone in the nation by raising the overall standard of living. The quarrel right now isn't about taxes, it's about spending. Obama has outspent all other presidents in history put together. To pay for this spending binge, Obama and the Democrats have said that we must raise taxes. What conservatives say is we must decrease spending and we must get money back into the private sector so that it can create the wealth necessary to pay for the debt burden that Obama has placed upon this country. Raising taxes on producers and creators -- which is what's going to happen come January -- will decrease their ability to produce and create. This in turn will decrease wealth in the private sector, thereby making it more difficult for the government to raise the money it needs just to break even on debt payments.
Think of it this way: if the government has an 80% tax rate, but people only have $100, the government gets only $80 and the people are left with too little to create even another $100 in wealth the next year. On the other hand, if the government has a 30% tax rate, which allows people to create $1000, the government gets $300, while the people are left with a substantially $700 to create newer and greater wealth in the next year. And yes, I made up those numbers, but I do believe in the Laffer curve, which is a more sophisticated take on my simplistic example. There's a sweet spot out there, where the government gets enough in taxes to function in an appropriately limited, but still efficient, way, and taxes are still low enough to encourage the wealth creators. Obama, with his Big Government ideology, doesn't believe in that sweet spot. He believes that government does things best, so that the best way to govern is to fund government.
Brandus is five for five: five failures to understand conservative thinking led him to debunk five straw men. What a waste of his intellectual energy and time.
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I've been working on this off and on for almost two years. Ideally I would have been able to but some better detail on the outside, but with baby #1 on the way I needed to finish ASAP since the "LEGO room" will soon become a nursery (my wife has been very patient so I'm grateful I've had this long to work). The next challenge will be carefully disassembling and reconstructing in a smaller room. First gallery is on MOC pages: http://www.mocpages.com/moc.php/333665
Second set of pictures (in daylight) is at: http://www.flickr.com/photos/30878760@N07/
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The PalmGuard by moshi is a wear-resistant film for Apple MacBooks and MacBook Pros palm rests. Made of a high-grade polymer, the cover is bubble-free and splash proof and will protect your Mac from smudges, scratches, and grease. It also comes with a static film track pad and is available online for $20.00 for the Palmguard 13, $23.00 for the 15, and $28.00 for the 17. We wonder if it is also chocolate proof as we have a tendency towards munching on M & Ms during some of our late night activities at the keyboard.
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Colt Munchoff was a former athlete who felt invincible until a childhood trophy smashed into the back of his head, reducing him to nearly nothing.
His punt, pass and kick award flew out of a box in the back seat of Munchoff's car when it was rear-ended on the freeway just outside La Jolla.
Responders took him to the hospital, where he was in a coma for 12 days.
When he came to, he couldn't walk, talk, eat or drink. His 23-year-old body was confined to a wheelchair, his invulnerable "Teflon days" seemingly done.
Yet for Munchoff, the irony of it all — a scenario where the "trophy takes out the athlete" — has never been lost.
"The whole thing is divine," he said, "that the trophy hit me in the back of the head, that it was my wake-up call, that it was the life-changing event … but it was the best thing that ever happened to me."
The now 43-year-old Newport Beach resident calls the 1993 car accident his "best thing" because for 18 years — with limited use of the left side of his body — he's been able to motivate others with brain injuries, gunshot wounds or other debilitating conditions.
He volunteers his time to help them thrive again, take care of themselves and achieve the degree of normalcy most people take for granted.
One way he does that is through his six-week Cooking with Colt class at B.R.A.I.N.'s headquarters in Cypress. The faith-based nonprofit, which stands for Brain Rehabilitation and Injury Network, is an advocate and provider for adults who have suffered from brain injuries.
Munchoff calls himself the "Emeril Lagasse of one-handed cooking." It's in his blood.
His grandmother ran a steakhouse; his mother had a catering and party-planning business. He's worked in his family's kitchens and is a culinary-school graduate.
Susan Rueb, a Huntington Beach resident and president of B.R.A.I.N., called Munchoff a "profile of healthy living and healthy behaving." He shows people suffering from brain injuries — many of whom don't show obvious signs of harm — that they can again do those day-to-day tasks.
Such injuries are very common, she said. According to B.R.A.I.N., every 21 seconds someone sustains a brain injury. It's more than the rates of breast cancer and heart attacks combined.
Munchoff's presence thus far at B.R.A.I.N., which serves some 150 people each week, has "absolutely electrified the crowd. Because we have a lot of people who have come back from huge, huge comas. They're back. They're walking, talking, beginning to really improve, just like Colt did."
Munchoff's cooking with the use of one arm isn't easy. There are specialized tools for such tasks: cheese graters with suction cups, kitchen shears and serrated knives, to name a few.
"Take one hand and put it behind you," Rueb said. "See what you do. It's tough."
Cooking with Colt uses donated food from Trader Joe's and donated equipment from Chefs' Toys in Fountain Valley.
When not volunteering, Munchoff — who, by no coincidence, wore an Indianapolis Colts hat during his cooking class last week — is a retirement specialist for a major life insurance company. He also has his own foundation that promotes adaptive cooking techniques.
He said his students must adjust and learn to focus on what's good in their lives.
"Because where we live in Orange County, it's the have and have-nots, right?" he said. "We all have a lot to be grateful for, and what we focus on is what we don't have. Our perspective is off."
He admits he's come a long way in his own perspective since his days as a young athlete, when he thought it was his given right to "slam-dunk basketballs and hit volleyballs."
"When I was 23, I was a taker. I was a taker and I took trophies, accolades and attaboys. And then when they taught me how to walk again, I didn't realize that was a blessing. That's when I realized it was better to give than to receive."
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DeanGregory needed a new logo design and created a contest on 99designs.
A winner was selected from 93 designs submitted by 16 freelance designers.
Verb Strategy & Creative
A verb is an action word. It has intent and is definitive. Run. Jump. Buy. Sell. These words are clear in their meaning and purpose. Something is being done. Marketing should also be seen as a verb. It too is an action word. It is an intentional act or series of intentional acts. It suggests that a definitive effort is being undertaken. Ever hear someone say that they "Work in Marketing", they are active in the sales process at some level. They are selling- or at least in the business of selling.
For the Verb logo, we would like a graphic and word mark that expresses action, motion, movement and most importantly, intent.
Understand that this logo has to be sophisticated and clean. Innovative and clever. It needs to match the guys who run this shop. This is a very polished operation and requires a logotype that suits them. A lot attention needs to be paid to typography and color theory.
Design inspiration (only) they are fond of Otto Aichers work with pictograms from the 1970's, the image of the man running out of the blocks has inspired them to use attachment 1 as one of their central images for their upcoming re-launch. This image clearly conveys intent, movement and purpose.
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The target market include companies who generate a minimum of $1 million- $50 million in revenue annually and operate in the following areas:
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• B2B Businesses (multi-channel, manufacturing, etc…)
• The typical B2B client will engage in a number of advertising tactics such as tradeshows, print advertising, online marketing and direct mail.
• The typical healthcare client will engage in a number of advertising tactics such as seminars, print advertising, online marketing and direct mail.
• The typical technology/ Government client will engage in a number of advertising tactics such as tradeshows/seminars, print advertising, online marketing and direct mail.
The natural colors associated with concrete and roses are grey and red. We are certainly fine with exploring those colors however we are open to including a new color pallet that speaks more to Hope and Inspiration. Green for example may signify renewal and that may be appropriate, etc…
• Feel free to be creative. The logo can be simple and elegant, or elegantly simple, or just working class, as long as it is distinct and recognizable.
• Illustrations are fine but we do not want anything too "cartoonish"
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• Logo MUST work in small as well as large sizes.
• Impeccable typography please - no dingy fonts, we will pay for the font if need be.
• Needs to be scalable – We will use this logotype for everything from a large wall sign, website and t-shirts to business cards. Absolutely no clip art please.
• We will require a full color and black & white high res .jpg, an .eps, a .gif and a .psd (RGB) & (CMYK) psd (layered) so we can separate the images and also be print ready.
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