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It's me. Not you.
When I was a kid I remember dressing up as a Cowgirl for a Halloween event at our local Church. It happened once. And only once. The event was so terrifying, scary, and over that top that my older Brother was traumatized…and that was it. My Mom made a call. She'd never subject us to being scared in the name of a social holiday. That was the same year that I saw a moving face covered with blood at a local Seven Eleven. I had nightmares for years about that image. Not kidding.
After that year, we lived in Congo for the most part. Where Halloween is not a thing. But it is a country cloaked in deep deep Spirituality. Things there are very clear. Good and evil are real. Evident. Out in the open. I saw demon-possessed people. I witnessed it first hand. I came face to face with Witch-Doctors. I saw the power of Satan in very real and evident ways. A lot. I was never afraid. I always knew who my Protector was. I knew I was covered by the all-encompassing grace and love of Jesus. It didn't scare me to see those things. But it made me aware. Certain that when scripture talks about the 'kingdom of darkness', well, it's real. And it's not really a laughing matter. It's not something funny to use as the plot line for a movie, or for entertainment. It's real. It destroys lives. Lots of them. And when we take something that real. That dangerous and make it a commonality…a normal thing. Well. I feel strongly that we do ourselves a serious disservice. We open the door to a world that we simply do not understand or fully comprehend.
Fast forward a few decades to a Youth Group gathering where my Husband was the Youth Pastor. One of my dearest Friends took the chance to share her testimony about Halloween. About the research she had done, the former Witch she had talked to, and all that she had learned about what actually takes place on that night. The truth of what happens behind the cute costumes and carved pumpkins. It was eye-opening. Jaw dropping. And sickening. I was stunned to have an inside look at what the Holiday was really about to those to celebrate it for "religious" reasons. I knew right then, that I couldn't ever be apart of it, in any way at all. I couldn't even touch the idea. It was too real. To gross.
Fast forward a few more years and now I have Kids of my own. I live in the good 'ol U.S. of A. Halloween is a thing. A BIG thing. It's everywhere. 3 months before it even happens. I find myself having to walk out of stores in September because of the vampire with blood dripping from its fangs, because my 4-year-old is screaming and crying from the sight of it. I have to censor EVERY SINGLE thing on TV. Because fear is funny and it's everywhere. Even on G-rated cartoons. The joy people find in fear is weird to me. And the fact that it has to be everywhere, even grocery stores, is beyond me. Even my local YMCA has had ghosts hanging for over a month in the hallways. Cause, ya know, the spirits of dead people, that's totally fun. And completely belongs at my local gym. OK. I'll lay off the sarcasm. 😉
I don't find skeletons cute. Ever. They stand for death and toxicity.
I don't think ghost are funny. They are the spirits of the dead.
I don't find witches to be endearing. I've met real ones.
I don't think fear. Death. Blood. Demons. Witches. Spiders. Bats or Zombies are entertaining. I just don't.
I am not owned by fear. But neither do I have to celebrate it.
I have heard all the arguments a 100 times.
"It doesn't have to be scary! It doesn't have to be about fear!" But it usually is.
"Just let your kids dress up in cute things, it's fun to pretend!" I encourage them to pretend. All the time.
"What about opening your door to your community? Loving on your neighbors?" I have 364 days a year to do that. And we all should, daily.
Now let me state a few things. I hold zero. And I do mean zero judgment for those who choose to celebrate Halloween. In fact, some my closest, most cherished Friends call it their favorite Holiday. I don't judge them. I don't fear for their souls. We just have a different stance on the issue. We've lived through different experience. And that's ok. I'm not looking to make my convictions theirs or yours.
It comes down to this. I have to live out my convictions. And they just might be different from yours. Or even my close Friends. But I have to stand by them. Because if I don't, then I do my children a bigger disservice by teaching them to compromise their values. And that might be worse than celebrating a holiday I despise.
Why waste my time writing this? I'm not sure. I don't have a strong reason. More to share my heart than anything. I'm not trying to turn anyone. Or make anyone feel belittled. Simply sharing my experience. Take it or leave it. But it's mine. And it's helped me to make the choices that I make with firm confidence.
Happy Weekend Friends! I hope that whatever you're doing you soak it and enjoy those you love! And if you live anywhere where seasons are a thing…I hope your view is as gorgeous as mine!
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My Grandfather is dying. He's lived and long, full life…and right now our entire Family is walking the journey to the end with Him. Although, I'm pretty sure it's actually just the beginning, but that's another blog post entirely. My Aunt and Uncle have been keeping us posted. Letting the whole Family know how He is doing. Daily updates. It's not easy to see someone you love start to slip away…
My Nephew did some research and found Grandpa on Wikipedia. Pretty impressive to say the least. And it's stuff that most of us never knew. I had no clue that this man I had grown up sharing Thanksgiving dinners with was a genius. Feel free to see it here:
After the moment of being kind of awestruck by his accomplishments, it hit me. Not one single person will remember him for those things…not for a bunch of computer discoveries and mumbo-jumbo. You know what we will remember him for? His heart. His huge, kind, thoughtful…loving heart. I will always remember the way he intentionally hugged every single Grandkid and whispered in our ear, "Jesus loves you, and so do it!". He did that EVERY SINGLE time I saw him. No lie. I will remember his amazing cooking. His supernatural patience as he cared for and loved my Grandma for years while she was in a wheelchair and unable to walk. He took care of her every need. And did it with so much gentleness and smile on his face. I will remember the way He cared for His Children, and Grandchildren. I will remember His priorities. Jesus. Family. And Others. Period. No ifs ands or buts…if you knew Him, if you met him even once…you would know those were the things he cared about.
Our legacy has little to do with accomplishments. Our Kids will not praise our memory with how much money we made, or how famous we became. They will remember how we lived. How we treated others. How we loved those less fortunate. How we approached life, and those around us.
Go out today and seek to love and to serve. Not to get or to attain. Some things are fading…others are eternal.
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So. Here it is. I pay hard earned money every year for this blog. A place to showcase and share my amazing Clients and their pretty faces. But sadly..my love for Photography, and hence my work, is only a small percentage of my life. So. The blog gets put to the back burner…and weeks, months…pass and I don't blog. What is a girl to do?
What if instead of JUST blogging about Photography, I share my life in more ways? What if I talked about food? Weight loss journey/struggles? My crazy Kids? My life? Well, it might be less interesting to the general audience but at least I'll have something to blog about…the rest of my life. So here it goes…my 1st entry, and it has very little to do with Photography.
Have you achieved it? Mastered it? If so. I would like to come read YOUR blog!! Because even the best of the best, the most fit, rich, together humans alive…they struggle with it. Cause it's real. Yes. The struggle for balance is real folks. And we all know it.
Day 1. Get up early. Work out. Come home. Get the Kids to school. Husband off to work. Meal plan. Grocery shop. Buy only healthy amazing food. Cook. Clean…squeeze face time in there somewhere with my 3 year old. Oh shoot..it's 8:00 PM, I'm exhausted, and I haven't touched one single part of my other job. I haven't edited one image. Or responded to those 10 emails. Ok. I'll try again tomorrow.
Day 2. Get up early. Work out. Come home. Get the Kids to school. Husband off to work. Place 3 year old in front of TV (only educational shows, of course). Sit down at computer and edit. Respond to emails. Squeeze a shower in there somewhere. Phone call with a Friend. Get 3 year old fed. 3 year old down for nap. Edit more. Blog. Oh snap…it's dinner time and guess what? Yup. Nothing prepared.
Day 3..repeat Day 1 and Day 2 over and over and over…..
I can't do it. I can't do it all and do it all WELL. If I prioritize working out and eating well…I lose time to work. If I prioritize work, I lose time with my Family. If I prioritize Family…I lose eating well….ugh. It's an endless cycle of mystery.
And it's so cliche too. Everyone loves to say "Just everything in moderation." or "Just do the best you can!". What if your best isn't enough? What if you can't be strong, healthy, productive and a loving soul all at once? What if you don't have the grace for it? What if your capacity just isn't that high? You can't save the world from disease and run a meager photography business at the same time?
Then add social media to the mix. Oh glory. That'll make your head spin. Just 60 seconds on Instagram and you'll see the whole world has it all together. Yup. Creative. Bright. Happy. Adventurous humans. They've got it all mastered. Their Families are like super models + fairies. Their food? Picture perfect and always healthy. And if it's not, no biggie, cause they just did this amazing yoga session on the beach that burned 1,000+ calories (in their fancy Lulu Lemon tankini, of course), so that In-and-Out Burger is totally OK. Their work. Flawless. And you sit there and think to yourself…whoa. I'm so far behind. My life does NOT look like that. I guess I should take my Kids on more creative adventures. And we should probably live on a beach somewhere and have a zero level carbon food print, cause you know…raising your own cows and chickens is the new thing. And geez…my Family should dress better. And we should probably start thinking about adopting a Kid from Africa soon. And…and…and….
…stop! I can't do it. You can't do it.
How do I find the balance? How do WE find it?
Oh. You thought I had the answer? Hahaha! No chance. You're suppose to help me here! 🙂
OK. Here's what I'm gonna try.
I'm going to take it 1 day at a time. I'm going to pray my way through them. Surround myself with loving, kind, and adventurous Humans. I'm going to try harder to live each day with my priority list in front of me.
2. My Family.
3. Others I love.
4. My health.
5. My work.
And each moment, each day…I'm going to try and remind myself, NO ONE has it all figured out. I have a good, good life. Do NOT compare my reality to anyone else's highlights. I am blessed. I am lucky. I have so, so, so much to be grateful for. Give everything MY 100%. Not someone else's. Just mine.
And hopefully. Just hopefully, at the end of each day…the most important thing is that I have loved and loved well. That I have made my Children feel safe and valued. I have supported my Husband, and told Him at least once how much I adore him. That I have seen the beauty in the chaos and, well…embraced it.
Sincerely seeking,
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Can't view the pics mate but my split grill has been wrapped as well
iv been thinking bout wrapping the middle part but im still unsure
Wrap looks good, I painted mine!
Sarah - can you remove the strip or did you just mask around it? What colour did you go for?

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Iron Ore Miner Cashmere Gears Up for IPO
The flagging Australian IPO market may soon get a shot in the arm.
Cashmere Iron is planning an initial public offering of shares in Australia by the end of June, seeking to raise funds for the first phase of development of a 1 billion ton iron ore deposit in Western Australia state.
"We'll probably proceed with an IPO and seek to be listed by the end of this financial year (ending June 30)," says Cashmere Chairman Derek La Ferla.
The Perth-based company has engaged RBS Morgans, an Australian stockbroker half owned by Royal Bank of Scotland, to assist with the IPO process, La Ferla told reporters.
The ASX listing will be subject to market conditions, while the pricing details are yet to be finalised, he said. But the company will likely seek to raise less than 100 million Australian dollars (US$107 million), sufficient to satisfy its staged development approach for its Cashmere iron ore deposit in the Mid-West region, La Ferla says.
Cashmere Iron is currently majority owned by the founding directors, including managing director David Hendrie.
Separate to the IPO, Cashmere is continuing long-running discussions with potential strategic investors, including Chinese and Japanese groups interested in iron ore supply contracts.
Chinese groups have invested billions of dollars in Australian iron ore mining ventures in recent years as China seeks additional supplies of the steelmaking ingredient to feed its rapid industrialization.
Cashmere says its namesake project is one of the largest undeveloped iron ore deposits in the Mid-West region of Western Australia, with resources estimated at more than 1 billion metric tons of mostly magnetite ore.
Magnetite is more common than the hematite that comprises much of the global trade in iron ore, but is more expensive to produce. Whereas hematite has an iron content of more than 60% and can be used directly in blast furnaces when making steel, the iron content of magnetite is often below 50% and it needs to be processed first.
As a result, Cashmere's Stage One operation, estimated to cost around A$130 million, will aim to export 5 million tons a year of hematite "direct shipping" ore from the port of Esperance, starting in 2014, says managing director David Hendrie.
The miner plans to transport its material using an existing open access railway from the small town of Menzies to an expanded Esperance port on the south coast.
Last month, Western Australia's government said it has committed to doubling initially the iron ore capacity of Esperance, a move likely to benefit mining companies in the region like Cashmere.
Cashmere, which has around 250 investors, estimates it has spent more than A$20 million exploring and studying the deposit, 700 kilometers north east of Perth, over the past decade.
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Pipeline transport company Pembina Pipeline (NYSE: PBA ) announced in a press statement earlier this week that it is moving forward with previously announced objectives of expanding its Peace Pipeline's capacity by 55,000 barrels per day. This will be the second phase of an expansion project of the pipeline; Pembina is already at work on a prior stage.
Currently, the Peace Pipeline -- which runs through Western Canada -- operates at capacity in its crude oil and condensate portions. Pembina is now looking to finish its first expansion stage that will advance capacity by 40,000 barrels per day, up to a total of 195,000 barrels per day by October of this year.
The second phase is designed with stronger drilling in several Western Canada sites in mind; Pembina expects it to cost approximately $250 million. When completed, it will bring the Peace Pipeline capacity up to 250,000 barrels per day, with both expansions raising current capacity levels by 61%.
Pembina COO and President Mick Dilger talked about the business implications of the expansion in the release, saying:
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Saturday May 7, 2016 at 1:00 p.m. EST
2016 Theme ~ "Blossomtime's Greatest Hits"
The Grand Floral Parade is the Crown Jewel of the Blossomtime Festival and will be
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The official journal of the World Heart Federation; affiliated with the Asian Pacific Society of Cardiology
CVD Prevention and Control seeks to provide a forum for dialogue and education on matters that relate foremost to the prevention and control of cardiovascular diseases worldwide, with a special focus on countries with middle and lower economies. With the main focus being on prevention, manuscripts should address not only the extent or epidemiology of the problem, but also describe interventions to effectively control and prevent cardiovascular diseases and their antecedent factors. The emphasis should be on approaches that can be applied in settings with limited resources. Economic evaluations of successful interventions will be particularly welcome. Important negative findings will also be considered. While reports of hospital or clinic-based treatments will not necessarily be rejected, particularly if they have broad implications for cost-effective disease control or prevention, manuscripts that address community-based activities will be preferred. Submissions on cardiovascular surveillance and health policies, professional education, ethical issues and technological innovations particularly those related to prevention are encouraged.
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After the Paris Agreement and the World Economic Forum, it's time for companies and investors to make 2016 a "Year of Green Finance" by putting efforts to reduce emissions on their priority list for investment and risk management. Vice chairman of Deutsche Bank Group and WRI Board member Caio Koch-Weser explains.
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President Xi Jinping's visit to the United States comes at a moment of high tension in Sino-U.S. relations. But amid uncertainty around China's economy and acrimony on cybersecurity, at least one issue holds promise for positive collaboration: climate change.
The International Development Finance Club (IDFC)—a group of international, national, and regional development banks based in the developed and the developing world—released its annual report on green investment (i.e. mitigation, adaptation and 'other' environmental finance which includes environmental protection and remediation related projects)—as the world's climate negotiators were meeting in Lima, and its numbers are significant.
Elements and Ideas for the 2015 Paris Agreement
This document offers the ACT 2015 consortium's ideas on how the 2015 Paris international climate agreement can play the most effective and transformational role in shifting the world to a low-carbon, climate-resilient economy as quickly and fairly as...
Homes and commercial buildings account for 74 percent of electricity demand in the United States, making them a critical part of any plan to reduce greenhouse gas emissions.
The good news is that policies put into place over the last three decades—including appliance efficiency standards, voluntary labeling programs like ENERGY STAR, and state energy-savings targets—have already helped offset rising demand for electricity and saved consumers billions of dollars. New research shows that with the right policies in place, consumers and the environment can capture even greater benefits.
How should politicians prioritize between robust economic growth and solving the problem of climate change?
A new report reveals an encouraging answer: There's no need to choose. Better Growth, Better Climate, finds that low-carbon investments—if done right—could cost about the same as conventional infrastructure, but would deliver significantly greater economic, social, and environmental benefits in the long-run.
U.S. manufacturing—and the jobs that go with it—have been steadily increasing since 2010.
The future of U.S. manufacturing jobs is not set in stone—it will be highly influenced by company investments and new policies. As policymakers, private companies, and industry stakeholders turn their attention to the ongoing resurgence of U.S. manufacturing, policy and private sector programs are available to generate the Good Jobs, Green Jobs needed to sustain American prosperity.
This is the fifth installment of a five-part blog series on scaling environmental entrepreneurship in emerging markets. In this series, experts in the field provide insights on how business accelerators, technical assistance providers, investors, and the philanthropic community can work with developing market entrepreneurs to increase their economic, environmental, and social impacts. Read the rest of the series.
Here at WRI, our mantra is "making big ideas happen." But these "big ideas" don't need to come exclusively from "big" players like corporations and development banks. In 1999, we set out to prove a new concept—that entrepreneurs and the small and medium-sized businesses they create could make a profound impact on the health of the planet.
Thirteen years on, the proof of our concept is demonstrated daily around the world. As engines of economic growth and laboratories for environmental and social innovation, small and medium-sized enterprises (SMEs) are helping to build modern economies that improve people's lives while conserving natural resources.
This is especially true in developing countries, where such businesses can account for as many as four in five jobs and almost one-third of GDP. Which is why, back in 1999, WRI chose Latin America and Asia as the focus of its pioneering New Ventures project to nurture environmental entrepreneurs.
The Global Impact Investment Network defines impact investments as "investments made into companies, organizations, and funds with the intention to generate measurable social and environmental impact alongside a financial return." Few people understand that concept better than Jed Emerson.
A recognized international leader in the field of strategic philanthropy and impact investing, Emerson has spent more than two decades exploring how capital investment strategies may be executed to create multiple returns. Currently, he is Chief Impact Strategist at ImpactAssets, a senior fellow with Heidelberg University's Center for Social Investing, and a senior advisor to the Sterling Group in Hong Kong. In 2011, he co-authored the book, Impact Investing: Transforming How We Make Money While Making A Difference, the first book published on the topic of impact investing. We caught up with Emerson to discuss how impact investors can help developing market entrepreneurs increase their economic, environmental, and social impacts.
1) If you were in an elevator with a promising developing country environmental entrepreneur, what would be your advice on how to lock-in investment (whether from the traditional or impact investment community)?
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Saddle shop closes doors after decades in business
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Mark Achenbach gets some help looking for tack from Paul Cowan at Paul's Saddle Shop in Royse City. After 42 years in business, Paul, 74, is calling it quits and retiring. Saturday was the last day for the shop was open, and bargain hunters came from all around to take advantage of sale prices.
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My Struggle to Learn How the WordPress REST API Works
Earlier today, I watched a free presentation on how to use the WordPress REST API by Rachael Baker via WPSessions. If you missed it, you can watch the recording for $9. As I watched the presentation, it was clear that no matter how many tutorials I read, WordCamp sessions I (more…)


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Retired shingle mill worker contributes to PWW fund goal
FORKS, WA---It took Roberta Wood a 2,000 mile plane ride, two ferries, two transit bus rides and a long drive around Lake Crescent to visit Carl Lausche in the West End of Clallam County, WA. Lausche, 86, lives in a comfortable new mobile home in a clearing behind his daughter Linda's house surrounded by miles of deep evergreen forest, mountains, and glacial rivers that teem with salmon and steelhead. The region is famed for receiving 114 inches, 12 feet of rain annually.
Spirited May Day Rally raises worker activism and funds
NEW HAVEN, Conn. -- International workers' solidarity was in the air at the People's Weekly World May Day rally, 'No Cuts - No Layoffs - Tax the Rich,' on Sunday, May 5. The jammed hall greeted a powerpoint photo presentation of workers confronting the economic crisis on every continent followed by a panel discussion by Connecticut union leaders.


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My lawsuit is concluding and i get a bill for $3495.00 ....
This is a tiny black piece of plastic with some wires and electrodes that attach to your skin....
I did research on the internet for similar tens units that do the same thing and not one of them came up for over $50.00 .... The price difference is beyond outrageous!
In fact my fiance got a Tens Unit a few weeks before me and paid $50.00 cash for it ...exactly the same thing but from a different company.
I called the company and they would not budge on the price they told me that is what they cost.
They are clearly taking advantage of injured people and grossly overcharging them for something that costs under $50.00 elsewhere...
Below is a link to websites that sell Tens Units .......all other websites are compartive in pricing ...mine is not an advanced 3 channel one...and even they dont sell for over $300.00
Buyers beware of the name Zynex Medical they are clearly a corrupt company
the model of my Tens Unit is called a Valutens
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Virginia Beach you are a company plant
AUTHOR: Richard - (United States of America)
SUBMITTED: Wednesday, August 08, 2012POSTED: Wednesday, August 08, 2012
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#2 REBUTTAL Owner of company
"This Guy" is full of it...
AUTHOR: mary adams - (United States of America)
SUBMITTED: Sunday, January 31, 2010POSTED: Sunday, January 31, 2010
What "this guy" is not telling you, is that this company does not tell you they will charge you $4000 up front..when they offer you the product. Because if they did, nobody in their right mind would want it!!
I also was given a piece of paper to sign that had NO PRICE LISTED ON IT!! This company misleads you and then tries to milk you for money.
I'm not even sure why "this guy" is one this website, unless of course he knows this company is fraudulent and he is purposely looking for cases to try and save their reputation.
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#3 UPDATE Employee
TENS vs Other Products
AUTHOR: This Guy - (United States of America)
SUBMITTED: Sunday, January 31, 2010POSTED: Sunday, January 31, 2010
Zynex does not even have a TENS that sells for such a figure!
However this person wishes to compare apples to oranges, mopeds to Mecedees and more. Why don't they drive a bicycle each day instead of their car. They both have tires, steering mechanisms, gears, etc. This is a ploy to say all medical devices are the same. Unless you are qualified to make such a statement then you should NOT do such a thing. You can always buy something for less. Please consider that these companies have to pass FDA before marketing that cost thousands of dollars. They also must keep reports where each and every device is for the FDA. The liability insurance and all of the expense of running such a business can in no-way compete with some fly by night companies.
If price is the only criteria to this people I can send these patient a cut extension cord with a wall plug on the end and two uninsulated wires. This too can give a electrical contraction and will relieve your pain. Maybe for good!
Why did this patient even go to the doctor or their physical therapy that they were more than likely involved with. Heck, they could have taken two asperin and called mommy in the morning.
Someone in the business!
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build a bandit3082 Crane Creek Rd Fairview, NC 28730 Fairview, North Carolina United States of America
build a bandit Classic Discount Automotive Restoration Has anybody had a positive experience??? Fairview, North Carolina
*Consumer Comment: No one I know of has had a positive experience with these criminals
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I spoke with Bob and was given a price structure and time frame Once I heard from him that the payment structure and timeline would result in them having all the money, basically upfront, did I back off and start to do some real research!
If you do a google search on Build-A-Bandit / Classic Discount Automotive Restoration in Fairview NC you will find a bunch of complaints from angry people who have posted their experiences and frustration. Most of them have posted
follow up postings stating that they were taken care of and are now happy. To me, this seems very funny how can someone be so frustrated and angry enough to post online - and then basically retract the comments later? So I took it upon myself to research a little further. I directly contacted a few people who left positive feedback for them on ebay asking if they had any experiences (positive or negative).
The results of my research are scary! I emailed 5 ebay users who left positive feedback for Build-A-Bandit (ebay user: eck0211 ) 3 of 5 responded. Of all 3 people I spoke with NOBODY had gotten a vehicle!
The 1st guy told me how after sending them more money and then no response from them that he flew there unannounced and wanted to see his car he said he was shown his supposed car and it was scary ,it had dirt in the
paint from being painted out in an open shop with no paint booth and scary bad cars all over the place. He demanded, and was promised, a full refund as of 2 weeks ago he was still waiting! His exact words in regard to doing business
with them were: RUN
The 2nd guy was also promised a full refund after Build-A-Bandit asked for and missed several time extensions. He is still
The 3rd guy should have had his car 2 months ago he was recently told that it should be ready by the first week in April.. we will see!
In summation, I would assume, based on everybody Ive spoken with, that Build-A-Bandit is not to be trusted. I believe that they only promise refunds after frustrated customers come forward or post a negative comment online. That they promise refunds ONLY in exchange for removing or posting positive follow up comments. Think about it You give them $10k - $20k and wait a year or so and then finally believe you will never get a car they dont answer your inquiries and youve left them positive feedback already. So you go to one of the numerous feedback sites and post your frustration they see that and offer you a refund in exchange for posting a positive follow up. You dont want to lose your money. So you do so only problem is that other people are left unaware of your experience AND I have yet to speak with ANYONE who has actually gotten a REFUND! to quote one of their customers RUN!
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No one I know of has had a positive experience with these criminals
AUTHOR: tawidow - (USA)
SUBMITTED: Friday, December 07, 2012POSTED: Friday, December 07, 2012
I've been waiting for a full refund from Bob Mcelreath for 6 months now. He's promised me one. I even had a contract. He's quoted two different time frames on the same policy for full refunds to widows (that me) Both policies expired many months ago. Bob refuses all contact. He refuses contact for most of his customers. Those he does deem worthy are just given empty promises and lies.
He and his crew are disgusting excuses of human beings. He has no problem stealing $15,000 from a widow and children who are grieving the loss of their husband or father. If you are considering buying anything from this man just keep that fact in mind.
I have spoken with several men that have bought cars that were "finished" in Bob's mind (instead of the majority of us who thought we were paying for a car to be completed within 10-12 months). One didn't even have the drive train hooked up and was missing several pieces.
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April marked the twelfth consecutive month of record-breaking temperatures. That's an entire year of our planet, on land and in the sea, being hotter-than-ever-recorded since record keeping began in 1880. Such extraordinary warmth is affecting ecosystems globally, but perhaps the hardest hit are coral reefs, whose fundamental organisms are incredibly sensitive to the heat.
Earlier this year, authorities in Australia reported that the Great Barrier Reef was in the midst of its worst bleaching event ever. Surveys above and below the water estimated that over 90% of the reefs were affected by bleaching. Now, as the summer wanes down under, scientists are finally able to begin to assess the lasting damage caused by this event. Their findings are heartbreaking. Read More
The global problem of snakebite goes unnoticed by most of us in developed countries. We have good access to medical care, abundant antivenom to treat what few dangerous bites occur, and snake species whose venoms are often manageable. In the U.S., for example, bees and wasps kill over ten times as many people as snakes do. But in other countries, snakebite is a real and neglected problem. Worldwide, snakes claim more than one hundred thousands lives annually, and leave countless more disabled and disfigured. This powerful, heartbreaking seven and a half-minute video is one that everyone should see:
Rising carbon dioxide levels in our atmosphere are changing Earth's climate at an unprecedented rate. Not only is our planet getting warmer on average—in the oceans, a chemical reaction spurred by dissolved CO2 is altering water chemistry, causing a decrease in pH. This effect of climate change, called ocean acidification, can dissolve the calcium carbonate foundations of coral reefs and other calcifying organisms, making it impossible to build and maintain healthy reefs. Luckily, recent studies on how corals react to lower pHs has given scientists hope that they may be more resilient than previously thought. However, to truly understand how reefs will respond to climate change, we have to look at more than just corals.
Reefs are complex ecosystems, the bases of which are comprised of so much more than corals. There are other species which act as calcifiers, adding to the carbonate foundation (such as crustose coralline algae). The contribution of these non-coral species to reef growth, called secondary accretion, helps shape the surface and guide the settlement of larval corals. There are also species that eat away at the reef, including many worms and sponges. These bioeroders can weaken reef structures until they crumble apart. Whether a reef grows or shrinks over time depends on the interplay between its corals, other reef-builders, and the burrowing organisms which eat their way through the reef's carbonate foundation. Read More
When you look one of these little snakes in its adorable little face, it's not hard to see how the hognose got its name. Their upturned snoots give the snakes a porcine appearance.
But hognoses don't just have adorable nasal features—they are also the drama queens of the serpent world. If you thought William Shatner wins the prize for worst over-actor on the planet, think again:
The end in particular just slays me: "No, I'm dead. See? I'm dead. So dead. Belly up dead." Read More
The moment a viper's venom enters the body, its enzymatic components set about their nefarious work. Metalloproteases begin the assault by mowing down structurally essential components of blood vessels and tissues, weakening walls and making holes that leech fluid. Capillaries hemmorrhage and the area swells while the proteases keep at their attack, taking out skeletal muscle through mechanisms poorly understood. Phospholipases join in, with their sights set on cell membranes. Some cut apart membrane lipids making lethal holes, while others seem to be just as destructive without enzymatic activity. The end result: muscle tissue dies. Hyaluronidases and serine proteases aid in the efforts, and the helpless tissue succumbs to the venom's siege.
And that's not even the worst part. The metalloproteases and phospholipases have other tricks up their sleeves. They don't just fight their own war on our flesh: they enlist our own immune system to help them do it. The liberation of tumor necrosis factor and immune-stimulating cytokines by metalloproteases and the release of bioactive lipids by phospholipases cause immune cells to rush to the wound. Our body's forces are trained to kill, usually setting their sights on bacteria and viruses. But without those clear targets, the body's army gets confused. They can't tell friend from foe, yet the immune cells fire anyway, blindly attacking an unseen danger. Valiant volleys act as friendly fire, adding to the death toll of innocent tissues.
Though scientists have been warning about the disastrous impacts that climate change will have on our planet for decades, we are now starting to feel those predictions manifest. As Eric Holthaus pointed out, the "worst nightmare" scenarios are already happening. Droughts, storms, fires, you name it—the world as we knew it is under siege. Heck, we just had the most abnormally hot month on record; February 2016 was 1.35 degrees Celsius warmer than the average, making it two-tenths of a degree more unusually warm than the previous record month: January 2016.
And as water supplies dwindle, rainforests burn, and corals bleach, we may have yet another thing to worry about: frickin' snakes.
Many know Neil deGrasse Tyson for his pithy, humorous science tweets, which are a part of his greater science communication strategy. As of late, though, scientists have become quite vexed with NDT's 140-character stylings, as he's been foraying outside his planetary expertise and into biological phenomena, getting the facts wrong every time. First, there was his mistaken evaluation of evolutionary drivers and how sex works, excellently torn apart by Emily Willingham (a Ph.D. scientist whom Tyson then condescendingly called "a woman who has a blog", prompting some to suggest he be referred to as just a "man with a twitter"). Then came his misunderstanding of genetics and deleterious alleles, which was ripped apart by Jeremy Yoder (another Ph.D. scientist). Now, he's stepped in guano again with this tweet related to this weekend's powerhouse movie release:
If Batman wants so badly to be a bat, he might be more intriguing if (like Marvel's Daredevil) he were also blind, like a Bat
— Neil deGrasse Tyson (@neiltyson) March 25, 2016
Alas, the phrase "blind as a bat" is simply wrong. Let me explain why:
It's official: Lee Se-dol has lost his first two Go games against AlphaGo, the computer program from Google's DeepMind. Going into the match, Lee said he was confident, predicting victory in all 5 games. So when he lost the first game, he was shellshocked: "I didn't expect to lose," he said."Even when I was behind, I still didn't imagine that I'd lose. I didn't think that it would be able to play such an excellent game."
He's now 0-2 out of 5 against AlphaGo, with $1 million on the line.
As Lee sat in front of the press after the second loss, he looked visibly shaken. "Yesterday I was surprised but today it's more than that — I am speechless," he said. Lee rocked back and forth slightly while DeepMind founder Demis Hassabis described the program's confidence through the game, fidgeting as the cameras snapped hundreds of photos. He has a day to think about his strategy before game 3 on Saturday
I can understand how for some, a person losing a board game to a computer might seem inconsequential; after all, the best minds in Chess were beaten by computers decades ago. But this isn't Chess. Go, a roughly 3,000 year old game (called as weiqi in China, igo in Japan, and baduk in Korea), is staggeringly more complex than other strategy board games. It's estimated that there are some 10761 possible games of Go (compared with 10120 for Chess)—more than the number of atoms in the known universe. This means that even the most powerful computers on the planet can't calculate ahead to conclusively determine the best move to play. Human players rely on a mix of skill, instinct, and imagination.
I know quite well how much of a challenge it is to program a machine to mimic the art of play. After all, my dad wrote the first commercial Go program. Read More
If the above photo makes you cringe, you're not alone. The fear of these beasts, called arachnophobia, is surprisingly common. Somewhere between 15 and 55 percent of people get anxious around spiders or even pictures of spiders. Even many who can stomach the sight of these eight-legged animals would be hesitant to perform the a brazen act of actually holding one—after all, everyone knows spider bites fester into giant, gaping sores which leave hideous scars.
At least, that's what we grow up believing. In reality, though, there are some 40,000 species of spiders, only a dozen or so are actually dangerous to humans. And of those, only the venom of recluse spiders can cause the kind of tissue death (called necrosis) that we so often attribute to spider bites. Recent studies have shown that, instead, people assume the worst of innocent spiders when much more sinister species, such as methicillin-resistant Staphylococcus aureus (MRSA) are to blame for their wounds.
We would hope that doctors would be more discerning—that they would be able to properly identify spider bites when they (very rarely) occur. But a new paper suggests that our trusted physicians may not be better than the rest of us. A review of clinical literature found that a whopping 78% of "spider bite" cases may be misattributed. Read More
Back in 2007, a landmark paper in Science changed how everyone thought about cownose rays. These smiley aquarium ambassadors suddenly became the most hated fish in the Atlantic. As the press release for that paper stated:
A team of Canadian and American ecologists, led by world-renowned fisheries biologist Ransom Myers at Dalhousie University, has found that overfishing the largest predatory sharks, such as the bull, great white, dusky, and hammerhead sharks, along the Atlantic Coast of the United States has led to an explosion of their ray, skate, and small shark prey species.
"With fewer sharks around, the species they prey upon — like cownose rays — have increased in numbers, and in turn, hordes of cownose rays dining on bay scallops, have wiped the scallops out," says co-author Julia Baum of Dalhousie.
The study, which described the evidence for a shark-ray-shellfish trophic cascade leading to a collapse of the Chesapeake Bay scallop fishery, became an instant classic. "This is the first published field experiment to demonstrate that the loss of sharks is cascading through ocean ecosystems and inflicting collateral damage on food fisheries such as scallops," said Ellen Pikitch, then a professor at the University of Miami Rosenstiel School of Marine and Atmospheric Science and executive director of the Pew Institute for Ocean Science, in the original press release.
The study had all the ideal components of blockbuster research: it was led by one of the world's most preeminent fisheries biologists. It played to both sides of an age-old rivalry; it had a strong shark conservation message, providing much needed data to support the claim that sharks are vital ecosystem components. Yet at the same time, the study hit home with locals and fishermen, explaining why a once lucrative fishery was reduced to a mere shell of its former glory. The phenomenon it described—a top-down trophic cascade, with sharks as the key species—had been hypothesized for years but never demonstrated. And, whether intended or not, the paper provided an easy and achievable solution for the area's woes: fish the rays instead of the sharks, and everyone wins. Frankly, it just made sense.
"People thought 'Finally! Some evidence for this top down control by sharks,' and accepted it without critically reading and reviewing the paper," said Dean Grubbs, an elasmobranch ecologist with Florida State University. Though Grubbs and others had issues with the paper's methods and conclusions, especially regarding the reproductive biology of rays, their initial worries were drowned out by the loud trumpeting the paper received. "We were concerned that this could quickly get out of hand," Grubbs said. And it did. The paper became one of the most well known studies ever conducted in marine ecology, garnering almost 900 citations in the last 9 years.
"It just seems like virtually everyone who wants to talk about shark conservation knows this story, and most of them believe it," said Sonja Fordham, founder and president of the non-profit Shark Advocates International. But when she read the press release almost a decade ago, she remembers being "troubled" by the reference to "hordes" of cownose rays. Rays, after all, are just flattened sharks, and share many of the same life history characteristics that make sharks so vulnerable to overfishing in the first place. "The paper was very pro shark conservation, so I found it very surprising that it would not see the potential danger of suggesting that a different type of elasmobranch had run amok."
Her worst fears were soon realized, as cownose rays became touted as sustainable seafood. The states where the rays are native, including Maryland and Virginia, pushed to put ray fillets on everyone's plates. "As this fishery developed and this paper became more and more widely cited, we decided we had to put a rebuttal together," said Grubbs. That rebuttal was published last week in Scientific Reports, and it tears the notion of a shark-ray-shellfish trophic cascade to shreds. Read More


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Do you expose to to the public your affection toward eachother?
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Explain (:
I'm not really sure what you're asking.
I didn't love him right away, so of course I love him more now. We fool around less and tease less, but we do spend more time with each other. It's less the passionate love of an early relationship and more the deep love of two people being partners in life and supporting each other through everything. That doesn't mean we don't do the "cute stuff" anymore, but our focus is different. And we've only been together 8 years and married 4. I'm sure it will change even more over time.
We've never been into PDA, so that hasn't changed.
Mommy to DD (July 2009) and DS (Nov 2011)
I love him MORE.
Our relationship wasnt perfect for a long time. Now he's just making all my dreams come true.
I agree with Serene33. We've been together 9yrs and married 5. and he is 27 and i am 24. we've kinda never been the cute stuff kinda couple but we still mess around and pick at each other. lol
Hmmm that is a strange way to ask a question. We are still very much in love thats for sure. We have never been lovey dovey in public so that hasnt changed. We still do everything together and enjoy being around each other. We have been together almost 10 years and married 2.5 so yes we are very used to each other, however being used to each other in my opinion is a great thing. We have a deeper connection and I think time just brings your relationship deeper.
Boy / girl twins 11.2.11
DH & I are still very much in love... this friday will be 6ys together and then our 1yr wedding anny is in October. We've always had a great relationship, super affectionate and genuinely caring towards each other always! (I'm 28 and he'll be 40 next month)
We do some PDA... we don't full on make out, but we hold hands alot. If we're standing in line, he'll hug me and kiss me on my head or something simple like that. We're always touching... whether his hand is on my lower back or my hand is on his thigh under a table at dinner. It make me smile just thinking about it :)
Now that we are pregnant with our first... our love is even stronger! We don't make love as passionately, but that's mainly bc lately I've had a hard time manuevering this belly ha! I know... that he would do ANYTHING for me and this baby and that's all that matters and he thinks I'm more beautiful everyday. We still get each other cards "just because" and send cute/funny "thinking of you texts" during the day.
Awww I just wanna go hug him right now or something LOL
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But... we are used to each other too, but in a good way. If a fart slips out, he doesn't get grossed out or anything lol. We've seen each other at our worse and its fine!
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thefirstworldd 1894 days ago
she's perfect♥
mityuszka 1894 days ago
Oh, I love that!:)
JessieJFanA 1894 days ago
the best thing in the picture is @jessiejofficial she's fabulous I LOVE U J. Thanks @ClaudeKelly Fot the pic. amazing
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BexisEpic 1894 days ago
Ya look amazing, as always. I cannot wait to see you VERY VERY SOOOON! :D XXX
leyla_motisi 1894 days ago
Jessie you look amazing without makeup, but i miss your amazing bob:(
Melindabl 1894 days ago
WOW you look so different!!!!
KennySWAG__ 1894 days ago
love this picture you have #swag !!
louluvgossip 1894 days ago
Sooo pretty:) Look forward 2 hearing some new songs. What a voice x
1justsomegirl 1895 days ago
Jesse you are truly amazing and so beautiful, btw I love your songs keep it up pretty girl :)
JessieJFanzUK 1895 days ago
Jessie, you look beautiful! :D
Paula_heartbeat 1895 days ago
Wow you two have a tired face... hehe Jessie you are amazing, thank you so much for everything :D
GeenaGaga 1895 days ago
Jessie you are so gorgeousss! I can't get over it!
teresa_mscg 1895 days ago
Aww... Jessie's without make-up. I love her for however! xD
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FERRARI2B 1895 days ago
which is the most tired?
LucasFaunt 1895 days ago
@jessiejofficial is different ? OMG
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you look different jessie


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Bitdender recently hit up my paypal account with a $50 "auto-renewal" on a purchase of $15 that had been made a year ago. There were no warnings, emails or notices about this supposed agreement, and customer service is virtually non-existent, refusing to resolve any matters over the phone.
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It's all just a fine-print SCAM that ultimately takes advantage and makes use of information without consent. Terrible company.
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When I talked to them, I asked how much would be required to pay the accounts in full and get the phones turned back on. They gave me a figure over the phone and I paid it (over the phone) and was told that our phones would be turned on within 48 hours.
Two weeks later, the phones had still not been reconnected, so I called and cancelled both accounts since I had absolutely no address to write to (for complaints or any other reason) and we were both tired of getting nothing from this company (except the one un-itemised bill 7 months after the account was started). We were also told that a confirmation would be sent out within 5-7 business days.
Today, 9/4/02, I get two letters (which I had to pick up from my in-laws' address) indicating that we owe $820+ on one account and a letter from a collection agent (named MR. Mason from Professional Credit Services). The collection letter was supposedly for one of the accounts, but no indication which one. This letter also states that they could not reach us at our phone number...funny, I told them over a year ago that I had lost my job and if they had tried to use the phone number provided at the time I first contacted them, they would have been able to at least leave a message (of which there have been none).
How is it possible to be accumulating charges on accounts that had, first of all, been disconnected, and finally closed over a year and 2 months ago? The people are ripoff artists who should not just be delaring bankruptcy, but going out of business entirely! To top it all off...my husband got laid off by this same company (where he worked as a circuit designer) in November 2001. So, with both of us out of work and two kids to support, do these idiots seriously think that because they continue to fabricate charges on a closed account that we would even be ABLE to pay them???!!!
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Cliff Dennis, an asthma educator at GHSU said, "I've actually seen children die from an asthma attack. I've been involved in the care of the child that died. There is no reason we should let children die of asthma."
Dennis, the lead pediatric therapist and asthma educator at GHSU, is preparing his kits for May 5th's Asthma Awareness Fair. He says more families need to be educated about how to cope.
"People treat it when they are having an asthma attack. Part of control is to have control even when you are not having an attack," Dennis explained.
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Not to mention refereeing as Englishman Graham Poll in a match between Australia and Croatia where you miss loads of penalties for blatant handballs, then when the same team doing those handballs, ie Croatia then kick the ball into the arm of an Australian player, ie Brett Emerton, while on the halfway line, then give him a second yellow card and send him off and then taking 3 yellow cards to send off another Croatian player. So, although the English team got the raw deal, the English referee was worse than any other referee in the world cup.


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Nov 15, 2012This wonderful rugged coming-of-age drama plays out like a beautiful, yet sometimes tragic, fairytale with plenty of depth and emotion. The end result is touching and will leave you lovesick.
May 20, 2014This is one of those films where you think, that was a story. And after a while you are still asking yourself whether it was a good one.
I watched this in several installments, particularly because most of what is shown on screen is Pim being awkward and not doing much about it, making me bored. While I am glad that I finished the film, I am still asking myself was it worth it? PimThis is one of those films where you think, that was a story. And after a while you are still asking yourself whether it was a good one.
I watched this in several installments, particularly because most of what is shown on screen is Pim being awkward and not doing much about it, making me bored. While I am glad that I finished the film, I am still asking myself was it worth it?
Pim is introverted, awkward and passive, a deadly combination that makes him border on boring as a character on screen. But his quirks make him quite relate-able and I guess that is his saving grace. He collects mementos from times when he is happy and stalks people he likes, which, makes him a little bit of a creep, but I still liked him because he was cute. Were this role given to someone less attractive, it would not have worked at all. He is also constantly passive except when he has bouts of jealousy, making him the least ideal character to carry the film.
The opening of the movie is filled with such local color, it sucks you in with an alluring parade of characters. And then the story and the actual colors on the screen become more bland as the story progresses. It feels like watching a brilliant kid grow but not live up to his potential.
Yvette was very interesting. She is filled to the brim with personality and yet she is not given the proper time and story to be someone you feel you would want in your life. The mother-son relationship was central to the story, yet it doesn't feel like there was any attachment between them, something precious. It was a week component of the story.
Let's face it, Pim is not the most well-rounded character. It's Sabrina. Her crush on Pim and eventual disdain for him were very realistic and very human. You can imagine that she is someone's little sister and that she could be your next door neighbor. Too bad she was just a side character. The ending where the mother gave them her blessing was all too contrived for my taste and it once again sidelines Sabrina to an inconsequential character whose feelings don't matter.
Gino and Zoltan are the hot, bad boys who are desirable. Fair enough, but they are nothing more than plot devices to externalize Pim's feelings. Which is, well, fair enough.
So, was it worth it? It could have been, if it were 25 minutes shorter. Films need moments to breath, but in this film that time was ironically suffocating. There is enough passiveness from Pim to compensate for the entire film. The different characters are amusing to watch. If you are going to enjoy this, don't focus too much on Pim. There is good character study invested on the secondary characters.… Expand
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We really liked this. I substituted proscuitto ham, and used thin sliced deli chicken, smoked provolone cheese, but had no roast beef. I added some pesto after the mayo. Had no tomatoes either, but still... Really good!
My dh turned and gave me the two thumbs up, and I didn't even have a tomato. I will definetly have a tomato to grace this wrap next time! It was delicious and it is the first time I have had avocado on a wrap and I like it! Supreme is right! I had to make me a smaller version but dh's was full size. I too, heated my tortillo a bit. Thank You looneytunesfan!!! — Mar 23, 2006
Oh boy, I should never look at recipes while hungry. Just started looking at the new posts of the day when this one JUMPED out at me! I had been to the deli the day before so I had everything. Well, let me tell you, this is as good as it looks...and how easy can something get! I made two very minor changes, I use one tbls. of mayo and one of mustard, and I quickly heated the tortilla (30 seconds) in the microwave to make more pliable. "I can't believe I ate the whole thing!"


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