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76ers-Celtics Preview
It could be difficult for the Philadelphia 76ers and Boston Celtics to provide a more exciting game less than 24 hours later after staging a thriller.
These Atlantic Division foes played an emotional and pulsating overtime contest one night before Saturday night's rematch at the TD Garden.
The 76ers-Celtics rivalry used to be one of the best in the NBA. That kind of intensity could be back now after Boston eliminated Philadelphia in seven games in last season's playoffs.
The 76ers (11-8) have responded by winning the first two matchups since, including a 95-94 victory Friday at home. That contest featured trash talking by both teams, with Evan Turner yelling at Paul Pierce on one sequence.
"When the adrenaline kicks in and trash talk occurs, you want to shut the other team up," Turner said.
Turner did exactly that with another big game against the Celtics with 26 points and 10 rebounds. He had team highs of 25 points and 11 boards in a 106-100 victory at Boston (10-9) on Nov. 9.
After missing his first four shots in overtime, Turner drove past Courtney Lee and tossed up an off-balance, right-handed shot for the winner with 3.9 seconds left.
"Hopefully, it's the first of many," Turner said. "I'm glad I was able to break through."
The Celtics lost despite Rajon Rondo's triple-double. Rondo had 16 points, 14 assists and a season-high 13 rebounds.
It was Boston's first loss in Rondo's 14 triple-doubles and the point guard slipped and his ankles buckled on the game's last possession, costing him a chance to maintain that perfect record.
"It's frustrating," Rondo said. "But the good thing about the NBA is you've got a chance to bounce back tomorrow night and get it back."
Rondo also missed a potential game-winner at the end of regulation.
"This is a make-miss league," coach Doc Rivers said. "When you miss open shots, you're going to lose. And they made theirs."
Pierce scored 27 points and Kevin Garnett added 17 and 10 rebounds. Garnett is no stranger to trash talk, and he sounded like he couldn't wait for Saturday night.
"Philly plays us tough. We all know that," Garnett said. "But we're building something here, and we'll take what we need out of this and get ready to get right back after them."
The Sixers won despite 37.4 percent shooting as the Celtics trapped point guard Jrue Holiday on numerous possessions. Thaddeus Young scored 17 points and Holiday added 15, although both made just 7 of 18 shots.
"I found out a lot about my guys tonight, I really did," coach Doug Collins said.
Philadelphia avoided its first three-game slide. Spencer Hawes, who Collins challenged in practice Thursday, turned in a solid effort with 10 points and six boards.
Collins had a message for his team regarding this rematch.
"He says the great ones do it when they're tired," Turner said. "Tomorrow's going to be key, both teams are going to be tired. I think we can pull through."
Sixers reserve guard Nick Young has missed the last three games with a left big toe hyperextension, but could return Saturday. He lived up to his "Swaggy P" nickname when he walked into the locker room wearing leopard skin shoes Friday.


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Wakarusa 2011 pre|Saturday
Saturday is yet another strong day at Wakarusa 2011. The best thing about Waka is the amount of variety. You get to decide between reggae, electronica, bluegrass, rock, funk – almost any genre you want is here. Put that on top of a beautiful mountain with beautiful people – it's pretty fantastic. Read on for a detailed Saturday line-up.

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The SouthEast Alaska Regional Health Consortium (SEARHC) Health Promotion, Diabetes and Lifestyle Balance programs will host the second annual "Just Move It" day of activities on Saturday, Oct. 10, in five communities throughout the region.
A variety of free community walking events will take place in Haines, Juneau, Angoon, Kake and Klawock. Sitka plans to host a Just Move It event in the spring. The events are part of the national Just Move It campaign to promote healthy physical activity for American Indians and Alaska Natives, but they are open to all members of the community. By hosting the events on Oct. 10, the activities will tie in with the Alaska Native Brotherhood and Alaska Native Sisterhood Grand Camp meetings taking place that week in Juneau. Transportation will be available to take people from Grand Camp to the Juneau Just Move It event.
Angoon - Angoon Walking For Diabetes. Meet at 1 p.m. at the Angoon City Shop. For more details, contact Doreen McCluskey at 788-4637 or email@example.com, or Lenora Walker at 788-4632 or firstname.lastname@example.com.
Haines - Totem to Totem Walk. Meet at 10 a.m. at Haines Borough School Friendship Pole for a walking loop around town that will end back at the school. For more details, contact Mandy Ramsey at 766-6317 or email@example.com.
Juneau - Diamond Park Walk. Meet from 1-5 p.m. at the Diamond Park Field House to walk or run around the indoor track, participants record laps and each lap earns a ticket for prize drawings, transportation will be available to take people from ANB/ANS Grand Camp to this event. For more details, contact Rocky Plotnick at 364-4452 or firstname.lastname@example.com.
Kake - Totem to Totem Walk. Meet at 1 p.m. at the world's tallest totem on the hill (next to the SEARHC Kake Health Center) and walk down the hill to the Kake Tribal Totem Pole. Refreshments will be served after the event. For more details, contact Georgie Davis-Gastelum at 785-6516 or firstname.lastname@example.com.
Klawock - Community Walk from Klawock School to Veteran's Memorial Ballpark and back. Meet at 1 p.m. at the Klawock School gym for refreshments, door prizes, free reflectors and registration for a 10,000-step program after the event. For details, contact June May at 755-4959 or email@example.com.


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Dottie Rambo Funeral DVDs
Copies are on sale now through June 30. I think this is what most people assumed would be the eventual outcome when the funeral wasn't streamed online, as is increasingly the practice with sg memorial services these days.
It's all being handled through the church of Rambo's daughter, Reba, and Reba's husband, and unless I'm missing something, this offer seems to be made without any connection to the "official" Dottie Rambo website, run by Rambo Evangelistic Association, the entity under which Rambo toured and sold her product. The Association's website shouldn't be confused with this website, which is sort of a shadow or back-up website for the Association's official website that was overwhelmed at the time of Rambo's death. For a while, the shadow site appeared to be releasing statements from both Rambo's family and her manager, but the video is for sale on neither the official website nor the shadow official website, which suggests … well, I dunno what it suggests … it's all very confusing. But with all due respect to Dottie Rambo's family and friends, selling the DVD of her funeral seems more than a little tacky.
Before all you Rambo loyalists unload both barrels, hear me out. For people whose family lives have been an openly traded commodity in the entertainment marketplace for decades, it's doubtless difficult to find ways of mourning that meet the private needs of those closest to the departed, but also provide some way for loyal fans to express their genuine feelings of loss and sadness and appreciation for what an entertainer's life meant to them.
I also know it's common place in evangelicalism to call funerals "home-going celebrations." And though to me the term diminishes the reality of grief and undercuts the importance of formal memorials and other rites of death in the grieving process by implying that we should really be happy instead of sad, that's just my feeling about it, and people are entitled to grieve however they like. As a child, I remember members of my family would take Polaroids of different ones standing at the head of a dead family member's open casket at the visitation, and when I tell many of my friends who grew up on coasts or in the north how this was perfectly normal, they are positively mortified. So there are clearly different cultural norms surrounding mourning practices, and what strikes one person as strange or macabre may be to another a customary way to bury the dead.
But when you film a funeral, package it and put a retail price on it, "home-going celebration" sort of starts to sound less like local custom and more like a marketing campaign (a friend with a better memory than mine reminded me that there are echoes in all this of the Kim Greene/Dean Hopper wedding that was recorded and sold … another quasi-public event turned into a marketable product by a family of entertainers).
Proceeds go to a memorial fund in Rambo's name, and I have no idea who are what is the beneficiary, though it' s not unreasonable to infer in this DVD offer an appeal to defray funeral costs (Update: see eletter below). There is a raft of emails in my inbox from different people making very different claims about the status of Rambo's estate at the time of her death. And though I do think once you start commodifying a funeral service the way this DVD does and then offer it for sale in a way that at least implies the money is to offset the expense of the memorial, you do to some extent make an issue of financial information and other details that would normally be not for public consumption, my point is not to suggest anything untoward is going on here.
In fact, I suppose one could argue that there's no better way to celebrate the open-book life of a singer/songwriter who spent her career turning private experience into salable commodity than to turn her last appearance in this world into a product for public consumption. As I say, one could make that argument, and plenty of people would (and probably do) find it persuasive. I just won't be one of them.
Update: Here are a few excerpts from an e-letter from Rambo's family on May 30.
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While literally thousands of you have expressed your love and support, a few have said some very critical and hurtful things to us concerning the way we have shared with you what we're walking through. Many still believe that because Momma looked like and sounded like a million dollars every time she stepped on a stage or in front of a TV camera, she must have had millions in the bank so that a moment like this would come and go with little or no need for assistance… And the truth is… Mom was, and is, one of the wealthiest people this planet has ever known. But her wealth was not in dollars… Her wealth was, and is, in the millions of people in the world whom she called "Dottie's Dearest" and they loved her as family.
That's true wealth!
Though hard for some to believe, Momma Dottie lived a very simple life. Because of the physical challenges she endured the past two decades, the medical bills basically drained her of her life savings and resources. Those physical challenges caused her to be dropped from her medical coverage years ago, and ever since, she has had the distinction of being tagged "uninsurable"… Needless to say, in a moment like this, that increases the challenges. But we, collectively as a family, are meeting the challenges head on and not running from them.
For those who have questioned why we would make her Home-Going service available by creating a DVD or allow it to be aired on Christian TV, please allow me to respond… In no way are we attempting to capitalize on Mom's home-going by making a commercial piece of product that will be stocked on the shelves of stores across our nation for years to come. It will only be available through our office until June 30, 2008. What we were, and are, attempting to do, is share the moment with thousands of precious people who couldn't make the journey to honor and celebrate her life the way we were blessed to do.
So, yes, there will be a DVD in a few days… a full 2 hours and 22 minutes of anointed music and ministry. Perhaps not the best quality video you'll ever view, but it's put together in a very simple and elegant way that reflects the classiness of the lady we call, "Mom." Because so many have requested copies of the program from her Home-Going service which includes her obituary, we have included it in the beautiful artwork for the DVD. It will hopefully fulfill our desire to get you as close to this great celebration as you possibly could be without being there.
We are making this DVD available to everyone who has felt the weight of this moment and sent in a gift of $15 or more honoring Mom to the Dottie Rambo Memorial Fund.
We believe God will bless you for your giving, and He will also give us the ability to care for any area of financial responsibility that remains.


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As a social media consultant, I don't actually rely on ad revenue from my blog, i.e. Google Adsense or the like to pay my bills. If I did, I would have gone back to working in the law as I was before. I am helping out the folks at Qumana, the blog editor I am testing, with a revival of an old feature. I used to be back in the day when I was first introduced into Qumana that we had ads that were served using the blog editor and that no longer became viable. For a little bit I am going to feature some ads here in the posts, not because I want to make the big dollars and show you my six figure check the likes of a Darren Rowse at Problogger.net or like Shoemoney. I am doing it to help out a company that will help out bloggers. We are always here to help bloggers become better bloggers. That in turn helps companies that want to hire a blogger or bloggers that go on to get real jobs as bloggers. I will let you know more as they are ready to launch these things again and will let you know my review of their service and offering.
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by "JimSchroed"
Material(s): Aluminum and Steel
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This is Part 1 of 2. Part 2 can be found here.
The first step in starting a job on the lathe is figuring out how to hold the work. The G0602 (and probably most hobby lathes) comes equipped with two chucks, a six inch independent chuck and a five inch scroll chuck. Not a bad setup for most jobs. I started my hobby using a Harbor Freight 7×12 lathe which still sees occasional use. One of the chucks that came with the HF lathe was a 4″ inch four jaw chuck. Being a much lighter and smaller chuck I thought it might be useful for much of the work I do on the G0602 and started looking about for a way to adapt it to the larger lathe. At the same time I was envious of a friend who had adapted a set of ER32 collets to his lathe. I like the ER type collets because of their continuous range. At the confluence of these projects was the need to be able to create adapters that would mate with the 1.750 x 8 TPI spindle thread.
Long story short, I made an adapter for the HF chuck and another for the collets and find them both to be essential. The lighter four jaw is a breeze to mount and true up. The ER collets (I used ER40) give me a continuous range from one-eighth inch to one inch with little to no measurable runout. I thought others might have an interest in this type of modification; probably most of this audience has 7×12 of one flavor or another with a four jaw chuck. Since the G0602 has a uncommon spindle thread (1.750 x 8 TPI) there is a good chance at some point in the future you may need to make an adaptor that will mate with the spindle to mount other devices. So the first step is to make a copy of the spindle shaft. The photo below shows the one I made. I plan to post these projects in two segments. Part one will cover the copy of the spindle and the four jaw adapter while part two will cover the specifics of making an ER40 adapter.
To get started you will need a 4-5" piece of 2" diameter aluminum or other suitable material to be used to make the spindle copy. You could use steel or brass ($$), but I had some aluminum left over from another project and used that. Start by measuring the diameter of the spindle sleeve on your lathe. Mine was 1.810"; we want a close fit between this sleeve and the adapter so the spindle copy should be as close to identical in dimension as you can make it, this will be our plug gauge. Start by turning one end of your spindle blank to this diameter for a distance of about 0.500", we will use this end to test the opening in the chuck adapter. When this is complete, reverse the blank end-for-end and complete the threaded end including a close fitting sleeve section.
This spindle copy will no doubt be used in the future for other projects so tuck it away in a secure place when done. The spindle mating shoulder and the sleeve are what register the chuck to the spindle; the threads only apply the force to keep them together.
The drawing will give you an idea of what we will end up with (click to enlarge). The length between the mating shoulder of the spindle and the threaded end should be the same on the spindle and the copy. You can use the chuck that is not in use to verify the fit as you go along. This is threaded at 8 TPI and since there has already been considerable discussion on threading I will take it that this needs no further input from me. At the base of the sleeve place a shallow groove, perhaps 0.020-0.040" deep, this will remove any radius that your turning tool might have left. You can easily do this with your cutoff tool; rotate the tool horizontally ever so slightly so that the edge of the tool does not scrape the shoulder of the spindle copy. Once this is complete we can move on to the adapter.
For the adapter I used a short piece of 3" diameter 1018 CRS. The adapter is about 2.500" in length, if you have a longer piece of stock you can cut it off later and then face that end. If the piece you have is more or less the needed length then true it up in the four-jaw chuck. Once we finish the inside we will mount it on the spindle and have the spindle hold the work while we finish the outside. The drawing shows the chuck adapter plate that goes on my 4 inch four-jaw chuck and its position relative to the spindle adapter and the key dimensions.
Step drill the material to open it up to 1.000", when this is done take a light cut with a boring bar to clean up the inside. Next open up the inside bore to 1.605"; this should correspond to your calculation of the minor diameter for a thread pitch of 8. The depth of this larger bore is 1.407"; this will leave about 0.300 of material at the end of the bore. The last step prior to threading is to open up the forward portion of the bore to 1.810"; the depth of this bore is 0.566", this will leave a section about 0.841" long to thread at 8 TPI. The diameter of this sleeve portion is very important, use your spindle copy to test the bore diameter as you get close to the final dimension.
You are threading up to a shoulder so slow and easy cuts are best. If you have a DRO that will help keep you out of harms way, if not then use a dial indicator to keep track of your depth. I ground my threading cutter from a 5/16" tool blank; all of my other internal threading tools had too much overhang. Keep in mind this is an internal thread and you are cutting right to left so the cutter edge closest to the spindle must have the rake, seven degrees or so should do the trick. I rotate my compound around so that it addresses the spindle axis at 29.5 from perpendicular and feeding toward the operator. I feed with the compound and when I reach the end I use the cross slide to retract the cutter and then reverse the motor to back out. Use plenty of lubricant; MolyDee is my choice and my benchmark for all cutting fluids. If this is your first internal thread this is a good project to start with since the threads and the bore are large giving good visibility.
Use your spindle copy to test the fit as you go along. When it is complete you should be able to thread the copy completely to the end with very little side-to-side play. When the end is reached it should seat squarely against the spindle copy shoulder.
Once you have threaded the adapter and you are happy with the fit then mount it on the spindle and we can finish the outside. Take a clean-up cut off the outer diameter and face the end. At this point you will have to remove the backing plate from your 4" chuck and determine the measurements that are applicable to your adapter. The above drawing shows how mine was configured. No dimensions are shown since yours will probably be somewhat different.
The idea is to design an arrangement that will allow you to fasten the chuck backing plate to the adapter and hold it in alignment. There was a recess machined into the back of my chuck mounting plate which registers the chuck to the spindle of my mini-lathe, I made a corresponding mating piece on my spindle adapter. A close fit between these two surfaces will keep the chuck in alignment while under load. To fasten the chuck mounting plate to the spindle adapter I drilled and tapped four 10 x 24 socket head screws into the spindle adapter.
The mounting screws that hold the chuck mounting plate to the chuck interfered with my spindle adapter so I scalloped out the side of the spindle adapter to provide clearance. This allows me to mount the chuck mounting plate on the spindle adapter and tighten everything down before mounting the chuck plate to the chuck.
One safety note. The outside diameter of the spindle adapter where it mates to the spindle shoulder was not chosen at random. It should be the same diameter as the spindle shoulder and thus you can drill and tap the adapter for the chuck restraining clamps. I do not use these since I have replaced the original motor with a variable speed and the controller for this uses a "soft start" and "soft stop" thus I do not have worry about a chuck spinning at 500 RPM coming loose. Assess your situation and takes the steps that are appropriate. The stored energy contained in ten pounds of mass rotating at 500 RPM is considerable.
Next week I'll post part two of the project, making the ER40 collet adapter.
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|Reviews for rewind
| Werewolf Nighteyes chapter 1 . 9/12/2005
Wow. Powerful, abstract sense of imagery. Almost macabre. I like this a lot!
| HellHeartedlyBent chapter 1 . 9/8/2005
shivered from the second line all the way through...first time that ever happened to me...i only review the really good ones, so thats a token to how much i like your stuff...wow. i have nothing to say really lol
| acccountkiller chapter 1 . 9/7/2005
Wow! You're really really good! *blush* I feel awful for never having returned your reviews, this is amazing! So spooky, but so good! I love gore and just this morbid imagery...brilliant! Love, Mia
| M. Smale chapter 1 . 9/5/2005
Very powerful and moving poem of memories, especially the bad ones. Keep up the great work!
| Faithless Juliet chapter 1 . 9/1/2005
The bad ones are easily found, but afterward never replaced. I loved the line about her tasting like ash, ash in itself is dead fire, it is born from the flame scorching and alive, but it has only seconds to thrive. We all die quick when we're in love.
| a headless butterfly chapter 1 . 8/30/2005
"he disregards her like a broken doll ( fleeing from the sirens call )." i love this line and also the last bit. gorgeous, gorgeous poem! i love the whole layout and the way you structured the poem mm. and thanks for the great reviews :D you really, really made my day :D i love i: rewind the best; "sticky candied kisses" M!
| emotional-Teen chapter 1 . 8/28/2005
Beautiful Noelle! ::hugs:: My gowsh and thankies for reviewing mine! I missed ya lots!
| Ephemeral Seraphim chapter 1 . 8/28/2005
As always, I find myself continuously amazed by your growing, prodigious talent, and of course, the eloquence that seems to flow from your poems. You have the makings of a great poet, and the concept and theme of this is wonderful, and gave me delicious shivers. The formatting is nice, and of course, you got excellent word choice as always. Very surrealistic, and definitely a luscious piece. I adore it.
| Pink Plastic Fire chapter 1 . 8/27/2005
I can really relate to this poem. I love the way you laid this out, with the metaphor of a tape player for the three sections. the last couple of lines really grabbed my attention.
this was very lovely. NICE JOB !
| breezy nostrils chapter 1 . 8/27/2005
That is really cool how you split it up. Nice poem..and love the imagery!
| simpleplan13 chapter 1 . 8/27/2005
cool... interesting & well written... great job
| miss lavender chapter 1 . 8/27/2005
My favorite one would most definately be i: rewind. That was lovely, lovely noelle! Excellent job again, I love them (as always.) You produce beautiful work, I must say.
'Sticky candied kisses' Ah. Lovely.
| reluctant writer chapter 1 . 8/27/2005
Very creative. I like the "honeyed daggers" line.
| godsandstars chapter 1 . 8/27/2005
this poem has a very nice flow to it. lovelylovely. i love it a lot. beautiful imagery, it makes me think of a georgeous girl full of color..i love it.
| Anna178 chapter 1 . 8/26/2005
I really like this. It makes you think, and the format rocks. Great use of words. Once again all out brilliance. Oh, plus I like the image it gives me, or the story more so.


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supplements are processed and the care
the manufacturer takes to retain the
mussel's nutritional properties and benefits.
The Maori benefited from green lipped
mussels because they often consumed the
entire mussel raw.
By doing so, their bodies were able to
absorb all the nutrients found in the
mussel, including essential omega-3 fatty
acids and proteins. Like many food items,
green lipped mussels lose their nutritional
value quickly, and both freezing and
cooking can diminish the health benefits
by changing the structure of the mussel
and destroying key components.
If the green lipped mussel product you're
researching is processed incorrectly, you
won't receive all the benefits the mussel
has to offer, and the product has missed
the mark.
Our mission at Xtend-Life has always been
to help our customers live longer, healthier
lives, and we're committed to providing
high-quality products that do
just that, such as our Green Lipped Mussel
It is one of the Xtend-Life products that
focuses on locally sourced ingredients.
We use green lipped mussels native
only to New Zealand for our powdered
supplement. For other products, we use
kiwifruit grown in New Zealand, Manuka
honey harvested in New Zealand and Hoki
fish caught off our country's coast.
We source our bulk green lipped mussel
powder from Aroma NZ, a family-owned company based in Christchurch that was
established in 1961. Because Aroma
focuses on providing the best possible
product using the latest technologies, the
business's goals align with our own. They
have established a solid reputation based
on the use of quality green lipped mussels
and scientific studies that back their
product claims.
It's a good partnership, especially since
their forays into the latest in technology
allow us to bring you the best possible
green lipped mussel powder, a product
we're proud to sell because it offers real
benefits, backed by both science and
Aroma has been at the forefront of green lipped mussel powder research, and with its
GlycOmega-Plus proprietary blend, it has taken its previous product to the next level.
This new generation of green lipped mussel powder is one that helps support healthy
inflammation management because it is as close to the natural product as possible.
Green Lipped Mussels are a natural source of omega-3
fatty acids, which are retained throughout the processing.
The mussels are freeze-dried at temperatures that are low
enough to retain the benefits of the mussel meat, so taking
the supplement gives you the same benefit the Maori
people experienced when eating fresh raw mussels direct
from the ocean.
If the mussels were to be cooked and ground – as some
manufacturers do when producing green lipped mussel
powder - many of the nutrients would break down, and
you'd be taking a product that offered little real benefit.
Which includes opening mussels by hand rather than using steam - is expensive, but it
results in a superior product in the end. Mussels are harvested at their peak, when the
most nutrients are present in the flesh, and are combined with a plant-based antioxidant
to amplify the beneficial effects and act as a chemical-free stabilizer.
Mussels are harvested at their peak, when
the most nutrients are present in the flesh,
and are combined with a plant-based
antioxidant to amplify the beneficial effects
and act as a chemical-free stabilizer.
Aroma also processes its harvest quickly,
since the more time it takes from harvest
to finished product, the more likely the
mussel will oxidize – like the flesh of an apple when exposed to air – diminishing
the benefits.
Each new batch of green lipped mussel
powder undergoes testing at the University
of Otago Wellington School of Medicine,
where researchers specifically focus on the
chondroitin sulfates that can help support
joint and connective tissue functions,
easing the discomfort and
supporting the mobility of joints.
Regular testing ensures product
consistency, which is important for
those who take the product on a regular
basis, and rely on its effectiveness. To
demonstrate this, Aroma commissioned
a study by the University of Queensland
which found that Aroma's GlycOmegaPLUS
green lipped mussel powder eased
joint discomfort in 59 percent of those
taking the supplement.
Aroma has the largest freeze-drying plant
in the southern hemisphere, and uses eight
freeze-driers -manufactured by Cuddon
Freeze Drying Technology, a family-owned
business also located in New Zealand - to
tackle the mussels harvested from EU/
US FDA approved growing areas in the
pristine waters of the Marlborough Sound,
located at the top of New Zealand's South
"A key contributor to the results was the quality and purity of the stabilized
mussel from Aroma NZ and the extract's preservation of therapeutic activity,"
- Luis Vitetta and Samantha Coulson, the primary clinical investigators for the project.
Mussels are inspected for quality prior to
harvesting, ensuring that the live mussels brought to Aroma's plant have the highest
levels of the mollusk's beneficial properties.
Aroma retains those levels by freeze-drying the mussels at a controlled low
temperature, a process that retains the
integrity of the mussel, keeping the
beneficial properties at high levels.
Aroma's proprietary blend is then stabilized
with a unique antioxidant – not a chemical
preservative that can have a negative
impact on your body.
Because so many of the nutrients in the green lipped mussel are retained during the
world-leading freeze-drying process used by Aroma – including a range of amino acids -
Xtend-Life's Green Lipped Mussel Powder offers benefits beyond improved joint comfort
and mobility.
The omega-3s in green lipped mussels
can provide benefits both inside and
out, and can support the health and
appearance of skin, hair and nails. Two
key glycosaminoglycans - dermatan
sulfate and hyaluronate – can also
significantly reduce the visible signs of
aging by helping collagen and elastin
stay healthy and pliable.
A healthy immune system means
everything, and green lipped mussel
powder may help support the body's
ability to fight both viral and bacterial
infections, as well as improving the
production of antibodies, supporting
wound healing. And because it
supports healthy inflammation
management, it has the potential to
help manage healthy bacteria in the
gut, where 80 percent of the immune
system is.
Essential omega-3 fatty acids, proteins
and carbohydrates in green lipped
mussels contribute to the body's
total daily nutritional requirements,
improving overall health, boosting
endurance and energy levels and filling
in gaps that may exist in
even the healthiest of diets.
By supporting
the health of
tissue, there is less
pressure on both
teeth and bones,
so they have the
support they need
to stay strong.
When nerve cells function better thanks
to the lubrication provided by omega-3s, organs work better, muscles repair
themselves more quickly and tissue
regenerates at a faster rate.
Those omega-3s also help benefit the
circulatory system, supporting blood
flow to and from the heart and
supporting the health of arterial walls.
A 2013 study from Canadian researchers
found that green lipped mussel
supplements contributed significantly
to the well-being of dogs with joint
discomfort, improving both pain
and mobility during the two-month
controlled testing period. "This shows
the efficacy of a GLM-enriched diet,
which should definitely be proposed as
an adjunctive treatment to conventional
medication," researchers said.
Green lipped mussel powder has also
been shown to support recovery from
sports related injuries, help relieve the
discomfort of bursitis and menstrual
With Xtend-Life Green Lipped Mussel
Powder you get the same benefits as of
consuming the raw mussels, without having
to plan an excursion to the coast of New
Zealand to harvest them yourself.
With Xtend-Life, the Green Lipped Mussel
Powder you purchase at any time will
always be of the same high quality,
due to our rigorous standards and testing.
According to a 2011 study from the
University of Queensland in Australia,
during a 12-week period, subjects using
Aroma's GlycOmega PLUS green lipped
mussel extract to support joint health
found themselves using less over-the counter
pain medication than before. This
is exactly the same premium quality green lipped
mussel powder used by Xtend-Life.
The research appearing in the journal
Inflammopharmacology found that the
green lipped mussel powder performed
better – and according to study author
and researcher Samantha Coulson worked
quicker - than glucosamine supplements
when it came to both
discomfort and stiffness.
The excellent results from this latest
independent trial show that our green lipped
mussel powder worked more
rapidly and provided faster relief than
glucosamine for the people who took
part," said Winters. "The study proved that
Aroma NZ's GlycOmega PLUS significantly
helped reduce joint discomfort and
increased joint mobility in patients and confirmed that our green lipped mussel
ingredient definitely contains significant
properties to support healthy inflammation
The study also found that the freeze-dried
green lipped mussel powder helped
reduce the presence of a certain bacteria
that promotes chronic inflammation,
adding another layer of support.
"Back-to-back successful clinical studies on
our green lipped mussel extract have now
confirmed its efficacy, providing strong
evidence of how it could help the millions
of people globally who suffer with joint
immobility and stiffness every day of their
life," Winters said.
If you've decided that green lipped
mussel is right for you – it's a natural way
to support joint health and function – you
probably have some questions about
the differences between powder and oil.
While each offers clinically-proven results,
consider this.
When oil is extracted from the mussel,
much of the nutrient-dense meat is left
behind. The oil contains omega-3 fatty
acids but it is missing some key
nutrients that make our Xtend-Life freeze-dried
powder a superior product.
Xtend-Life's Green Lipped Mussel Powder
is recommended because the product
is sourced from pristine waters using
sustainable farming practices and the quick
and effective method of freeze drying
retains the benefits found in a raw mussel.
Xtend-Life recommends 2400 milligrams per day for optimum results.
Among these nutrients are omega-3 fatty acids, enzymes that help break
down the food we eat into nutrients we can use and vitamins including
antioxidants to fight free radicals and oxidation.
Green lipped mussel powder has been
called a 'miracle food' because it is one of
the most complete foods available,
offering a host of nutrients as well as
mineral salts that are similar to the
electrolytes found in human blood cells.
As a raw mollusk, green lipped mussels help with tissue formation and the balance of body fluids, both of which play a role in supporting joint health.
And while there are plenty of versions on
the market, our customers at Xtend-Life
have come to expect the best from us, and
that's what we deliver.
Our Green Lipped Mussel Powder is as
close to that raw, natural state as possible,
because we know that nothing beats the
real thing when it comes to nutrients.
Xtend-Life's Green Lipped Mussel Powder
is produced using the very best green lipped
mussels harvested in the pristine
and pure Marlborough Sound in the South
Island of New Zealand. This region is a
haven for mussel growers as the waters
flowing in and around the Sound ensures
that young mussels grow and develop into
healthy mature adults.
With the ever increasing global demand
for seafood and shellfish - especially
green lipped mussels – wild fisheries
cannot cope with the volume and instead
of pillaging Mother Nature's seafood
stock to the point of total depletion,
commercial growers (also called aquaculture) quickly became the industry's answer to sustainable mussel stocks.
These mussel farms have proved to be so
successful in green lipped mussel
sustainability that since 2002, this portion
of New Zealand's aquaculture industry has
achieved huge growth.
Xtend-Life fully supports the Marlborough
Sound sustainability effort. As with all of
our products, we will always source our raw
materials from eco-friendly suppliers who
are as passionate about delivering a quality
product as we are, whilst ensuring that
future generations can enjoy the ocean's
bounty just as much as we can today.
"I hope that you have found the information in this guide to be helpful. We are
truly proud of the quality of our Green Lipped Mussel Powder and as a whole
food it complements not only our Omega 3 /DHA Fish Oil products, but also
our other sophisticated supplements such as Total Balance and Not Just Joints". For those readers who would really like to get down to the 'nitty-gritty' of
this product, there is more interesting material in the following sections.
In good health,
Warren J Matthews
Chairman of Xtend-Life
1. Introduction
2. More About Mucopolysaccharides
3. Pristine Waters = Perfect Mussel Powder
In order to benefit from the vast number of
health factors associated with green lipped
mussels, you need to choose the green lipped
mussel powder that has retained
a high proportion of natural
mucopolysaccharides (commonly referred
to as MPS) during the manufacturing
process. MPS are a unique group of
complex carbohydrates which play a
significant role in human metabolism,
growth and health.
Having been accredited through
folklore for many decades, MPS finally
became known to scientists and health
professionals during the 1970s. Dr Orville
H. Miller, Professor of Pharmaceutical
Chemistry at the University of Southern
California, first identified the essential factors of a number of natural medicines in his personal research.
Dr. Miller's research approached the potential health-improving properties of the green lipped mussel from an historic nutritional view, relating the observed effects of similar nutrients in the library of world knowledge with the recorded and verbal folklore of natural medicines as viewed by modern scientific research. A lifelong student of folk remedies, he traveled across the world, analyzing samples of snakes, iguanas and mussels to determine their reputed health-giving elements. Dr. Miller found the beneficial properties in the carbohydrate – or mucopolysaccharide (glycosaminoglycans) – content of these foods.
Because of their structure and ionic
charge, MPS are crucial in the integrity of
the body at a cellular level – particularly in
organs, loose connective tissue and joints.
It is because of this that MPS have been
described as 'The Glue of Life'.
The best mussel powder for you is one
which contains a high percentage of MPS
as well as every other beneficial organic
component of the green lipped mussel. In
an industry where there are many products – some good, some bad and some
downright unacceptable in terms of health,
nutrition and even safety – choosing the
best green lipped mussel powder can be
In addition to being exceptionally pure and
fresh, Xtend-Life's Green Lipped Mussel
Powder is also 100% natural and has been
produced without using any cooking or
high temperatures.
Green lipped mussel powders have been
widely acknowledged as nutritional gems,
containing a myriad of proteins, omega-3
fatty acids and complex carbohydrates.
However, the past four decades have
revealed one key component found
exclusively in high concentration within the
flesh of raw green lipped mussels.
In addition to an array of other important
functions, MPS help modulate the bioexchange
of the inter-cellular matrix
(the millions of gel-like spaces that hold
the body's water composition) where
oxygen and nutrients are transferred
to the individual cells, as well as where
metabolites (organic cellular waste) are
MPS are like the nails in a house, the rivets
in a ship's hull and the fibers in clothing –
small in proportion to the whole but
necessary to hold the structure together.
In your body, they are the unsung heroes
which enable you to perform various daily
functions (both voluntary and involuntary)
that can easily be taken for granted.
Unfortunately, the amount of MPS in our
bodies decreases as we age. We're not
talking about the commonly perceived
years associated with aging. For example,
after your first ten years, you would have
already lost over 90% of the MPS in your
body. The fact that human tissues
are so high in MPS during the young
developmental years strongly supports
that they are an integral factor in the
growth process and overall wellbeing.
In order to determine
the quality of a fresh
water ecosystem,
many biologists simply
look at the local frog
population. A thriving
number of frogs will
more often than
not mean that the
environment where
they live is free from
contaminants and pollutants. The marine eco-system has its
own environmental indicator – the mussel.
Located at the northern tip of New
Zealand's South Island, the Marlborough
Sound is a coastal area reputed to be one
of the purest in the world. Green lipped
mussels are harvested in these waters
throughout the year and their unrivaled
level of purity results in nothing but the
very best mussel powder on earth.
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Media and Camera
The Android system provides APIs for recording and playing audio and video, and for using the built-in camera as an input device. This section describes the APIs that handle the raw media data.
- Supported Media Formats
- The media codec, container, and network protocols supported by the Android platform.
- MediaPlayer
- The
MediaPlayerclass provides basic audio and video playback capabilities.
- MediaRecorder
- The
MediaRecorderclass provides basic audio recording capabilities using the device's microphone.
- ExoPlayer
- ExoPlayer is an open source project that uses code based on low-level Android APIs to provide basic audio and video playback capabilities.
- Media Routing
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Does Uber Call You When They Arrive?
Question: ★Does Uber Call You When They Arrive?★
Answer: If you are wondering if your Uber driver will call you once they arrive, the answer is maybe – maybe not. Yes and no.
Most drivers will give your a courtesy call once they have arrived, while others will not. Uber do not have any kind of policy or system in place that will guarantee you a phone call each and every time.
The best thing to do is watch your app, as your driver get closer to you, you should be preparing yourself to meet them outside. If something has all of a sudden came up and you no longer need your Uber, please read more about Uber cancellation policy.
Once the driver has physically gotten to your location, the app will notify you. Or, in some cases the driver will give you a call, but don't always count on it.
If you need to contact your driver to see where he's at or anything, you can do so by tapping or sliding up on the bar at the bottom of your screen. From there, select **Contact Driver** to call or text.
Please note that Uber uses temporary and anonymous numbers for trips, so neither you nor your driver will have each other's real numbers.
Safety Tip: Always, always confirm your driver's name and photo, license plate, and make and model of the vehicle when they arrive to ensure you've got the right ride.


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I sure am tired of hearing about whether or not chicks get to be hot, geeky, and in costume. I mean, really tired of it. I'm tired of all sides of this argument. But fuck it, let's dive in to the fray.
So Joe Peacock wrote an article on CNN.com entitled "Booth Babes Need Not Apply." You can guess what it's about from the title, but I'll sum up a bit: he hates the fact that girls who aren't actually interested in geek culture and who don't have any geeky interests of their own are paid by companies to dress up in slutty costumes and stand around looking sexy to lure geek guys into various booths and halls at conventions, particularly San Diego Comic Con. (He also dislikes that there are growing numbers of equally non-geek chicks who put on slutty costumes and go to these conventions to get attention from the attendees. We'll get to that bullshit in a minute.)
At first, I agreed with Peacock. I, too, dislike the idea of someone pretending to be a geek in order to sell geeks something. I don't like it when anyone uses disingenuous behaviors to sell shit. Hiring "hot" chicks to flaunt their bodies and coo at guys in order to get them to buy things or sign up for things rubs me the wrong way. It's sexist. It's sexist against everyone involved. The women are objectified, the men are told it's cool to objectify women, and the men are reduced to their sex drives and treated as though they only think with their dicks. It's insulting. For everyone. Here's a quote from Peacock that I agreed with: "As a guy, I find it repugnant that, due to my interests in comic books, sci-fi, fantasy and role playing games, video games and toys, I am supposed to feel honored that a pretty girl is in my presence. It's insulting." Yes! And if he were only talking about the paid-to-be-there-looking-sexy booth babes, I'd be on board with this. But he's not. You see, he's talking about cosplaying female attendees.
So he starts in on this "6 of 9" bullshit. Talking about women who attend the conventions, he says: "I get sick of wannabes who couldn't make it as car show eye candy slapping on a Batman shirt and strutting around comic book conventions instead. … I call these girls '6 of 9'. They're a '6' in the 'real world', but when they put on a Batman shirt and head to the local fandom convention du jour, they instantly become a '9'."
First off: rating women on a scale of 1 to 10 on their looks? Fuck you, dude. Your main problem with these chicks is that they seem more attractive than they have any right to seem? That's pretty fucking horrible to think, let alone to post on CNN.com as an acceptable opinion. Considering beauty is utterly subjective, you immediately lose all credibility when you start rating women on a scale like a consumer report. In the last line of that article, Peacock claims that he and others like him (True Geeks, dontcha know) are attracted to women's brains, not their objectified body parts. Really? So you rate women on a 1 to 10 scale based on…their score on an IQ test? Oh, no, right, their physical appearance.
Secondly, you have no idea if those girls are "actual" geeks or not. I'm assuming that since you rate them based on appearance, you're probably not actually talking to them or getting to know them. How do you know any of those women aren't rabid Marvel fans, or have seen every episode of Deep Space Nine? You don't. You assume. You assume and you dismiss them out of hand because of your assumptions.
Then Peacock starts pandering to the True Geek Women that attend these conventions, even allowing that some of these True Geek Women are genuinely hot! Wow! He says "Women elevate the culture, and thus, the content. And, I'll admit, you ladies are much nicer to be around." Gee, thanks. It's so nice to know you think being around us is better than…waitaminute, that's sexist as shit! Just because we have vaginas, we're nicer to be around? I promise you, I am not that nice to be around. Especially not when someone tells me my having a vagina elevates the geek culture. (How, exactly, do women do that, by the way? He never says.)
Here's the best part of the article, if you ask me: "But then, you have these models-cum-geeks like Olivia Munn … These chicks? Not geeks. I think that their rise is due to the fact that corporations are figuring out that geeks have money, and they want it. But they can't abide putting a typically geeky face on camera, so they hire models to act quirky and sell this marketable geekdom."
What, exactly, does a "typically geeky face" look like? From the sound of it, Peacock thinks the average True Geek Woman does not have a face that could be considered beautiful. Also, fuck you for picking on Olivia Munn. She's a great goddamned actress (have you seen The Newsroom??) and she was a kick-ass host on Attack of the Show for years. She knows a lot about a lot of geek culture, and if that doesn't make you a TGW, I don't know what does. Olivia Munn is NOT a booth babe. Once again, Peacock fucks up the point he started out making, the one I sort of agreed with.
There have been lots of responses to this article, as you can imagine. Kate Kotler for Bleeding Cool has a good one, even though I don't agree with all of it. (She doesn't have a problem with the hiring and use of booth babes; I do.) But John Scalzi's response is the fucking bee's knees. He makes the points that I was thinking in my head. Mostly, WHAT THE FUCK DO YOU CARE if some chick you think is a 6 is dressed up as Storm and getting mad attention from dudes? How does that harm you in any goddamned way at all, ever? It doesn't. It only bothers you because you are a self-righteous dude full of nerd rage who is jealous of the attention. That's the only possible explanation, Peacock. I've never been at a convention and thought to myself, "That chick in the Emma Frost costume is like totally not that pretty, I don't know why people are taking her picture." You know why not? Because I don't FUCKING CARE if she is getting her picture taken by people who think she looks awesome. It has ZERO effect on my life.
Like I said, I'm sick of talking about this. I am not a girl who enjoys endlessly discussing feminist theory, or feminism in general. It's boring. I went to an all-women's college; I've paid my dues discussing Beauvoir and Jong and Paglia and Friedan and Wolf. And I support all my ladies who are fighting this fight and having this discussion. I think that's admirable. But I'm not interested.
I don't want to have to defend myself, or talk about whether or not a woman is this or that. I hate that there's this whole notion of women versus men, us versus you guys, and who wins what. I'm a geek first, a girl second. I don't really give a shit if someone doesn't see me that way, or if I'm being objectified. That's on them, not on me. I know I'm a strong, confident, kick-ass human being who loves my geek subculture fiercely. I happen to have a vagina. Deal with it and move on.


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A number of [insane] asylum patients eventually wrote about their experiences once they were released. A commonality that many of these accounts reveal is the lack of due process in the commitment process. In 1868, Reverend Hiram Chase wrote about his experience:
". . . on the 20th of August, 1863, about 9 o'clock in the morning, I was called out of my room to dress and take a ride as far as the depot. . . I got into the wagon with three men besides myself. As I got into the wagon and saw my trunk, I enquired where they were going. Mr. Harvey told me I was going to the asylum in Utica."*
Chase had previously described what was probably an episode of deep depression, brought on by hearing some unkind gossip about himself from church members. His own physician and another one had called upon Chase, and discussed an incident in which he had tried to get rid of a solution of silver nitrate, fearing that it would harm someone or some animal. His wife and family may have thought Chase had obtained the bottle of silver nitrate solution in order to hurt himself, though he had evidently made it abundantly clear he was getting rid of the contents. Regardless, the doctors got a warrant from the local judge after this interview, to take Chase to Utica.
Chase ends his first chapter with this: "We arrived there the same day, and I was locked up in the third story of the building, with about forty raving maniacs. Others may judge of my feelings when I sat down and looked around me. . . ."
*Two Years in a Lunatic Asylum; Van Benthuysen & Sons' Steam Printing House.


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Police are reopening an investigation into the death of an actor who fell from a balcony onto the street at a party attended by Pete Doherty.
The coroner at the inquest into 30-year-old Mark Blanco's death has asked officers to re-examine their evidence in the case.
Mr Blanco fell from a second floor balcony at a block of flats in Whitechapel, east London, in the early hours of the morning last December.
It is understood that Doherty, 27, the frontman with the rock group Babyshambles, had been at the party, but left before the incident.
There is no suggestion that Doherty was involved in the fall.
Officers initially ruled there had been no "third-party involvement" in the death.
But yesterday an open verdict was recorded by Dr Andrew Reid at Poplar coroner's court.
The coroner said he could not draw any "satisfactory inferences" from CCTV evidence about the possible involvement of other people in Mr Blanco's death, reports said.
A Scotland Yard spokesman said: "I can confirm at the request of the coroner Andrew Reid, police will now review the investigation."
Doherty was interviewed by officers as a potential witness in the case.
Mr Blanco's mother, Sheila, said it was "a great relief" there would be a new investigation.
"I don't feel anything positive or negative for Pete Doherty. I just want the truth," she said.


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TNA Knockout Gone
TNA Knockout Lei'D Tapa is gone from the company as confirmed by a tweet she posted last night following Impact Wrestling. Her match against Gail Kim was her final appearance.
Tapa posted the following on Twitter:
Lei'D Tapa debuted on Impact Wrestling in February of last year as part of the Gut Check Challenge. She was awarded a contract, but spent the next few months in developmental before returning to TV regularly in October.
You can follow her on Twitter @LeiD_Tapa.
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James Storm vs Gunner was announced for next week's edition of Impact Wrestling. Gunner and Storm fought in a steel cage 'Last Man Standing' match at TNA Lockdown this year. Gunner won the Lockdown bout.
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(CBS/AP) MIAMI - U.S. authorities say an unruly passenger on an American Airlines flight from Jamaica had to be restrained after rushing toward the cockpit once the plane touched down in Miami.
The FBI told CBS News in a statement that Ryan Snider, 24, of Canada, was arrested in connection with an incident on American Airlines flight 320 in bound to Miami International Airport (MIA) today. Snider allegedly rushed toward the front of the plane after it had landed. There appears to be no connection to terrorism, and Snider was not on the "no fly list."
The FBI said there were no injuries or damage to the plane. Snider is in currently in federal custody and is expected to face Federal charges which may include interference with a flight crew. It is anticipated that his initial appearance will be Tuesday in Federal Court in Miami, FL.
Miami Dade Police Detective Alvaro Zabaleta confirmed to CBS News said that a drunk passenger onboard American Airlines 320 - which was en route from Sangster International Airport in Montego Bay, Jamaica to Miami International Airport - caused a disturbance.
American Airlines spokeswoman Dori Alvarez added that the disoriented male passenger stood up from his seat in the main cabin after landing. The flight was taxiing, and the passenger did not obey crew member instructions to sit down. Alvarez says the passenger "moved towards the front, where he was subdued and turned over to police."
A source familiar with the incident told CBS News that the cockpit door was bumped, but the captain never thought there was a security threat.
Passengers and crew subdued the man until police arrived. He has been arrested and charged with disorderly conduct and resisting arrest, Zabaleta said.
The FBI, ICE, ATF, FAMS, U.S. Border Patrol and Miami Dade Police Department continue their investigation.
There were 165 passengers on board Flight 320 at the time. According to the TSA, the plane touched down safely at 10:05 a.m.


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Productivity is probably one of the most misunderstood elements of success. The word productive means "to generate results." Here are some thoughts and questions to consider as you define and implement your Ultimate Productivity.
excerpt from Ultimate Productivity:
"Be quick, but don't hurry" ~ Coach John Wooden, excerpt from Ultimate Productivity
Being quick means moving efficiently and under control toward your destination. Hurrying means being out of control and running with reckless abandon.
"Things turn out best for the people who make the best of the way things turn out."
~ Coach John Wooden
"Never take advice from anyone who doesn't already have what you want"
~ Jim Stovall, author Ultimate Productivity
"Yesterday is a canceled check, and tomorrow is little more than a promissory note.
Today is cash. It is real, it is tangible, and you and I have to spend it wisely."
~ Jim Stovall, author Ultimate Productivity
"In the final analysis, we cannot be judged in comparison to anyone or anything
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~ Steve Forbes, excerpt from Ultimate Productivity
"In order to be truly successful, we must achieve a daily balance of the things that are important to us with respect to our life priorities. Whether it's exercise, study, diet, or family time, it is much more critical what you do on a daily basis than how you structure your month or your year. "
~ Jim Stovall, author Ultimate Productivity
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In the final analysis, time is all we have."
~ Jim Stovall, author Ultimate Productivity
"Only by accepting full responsibility for your past,
which has resulted in your present,
can you then take control of your actions today
and create a successful tomorrow.'
~ Jim Stovall, author Ultimate Productivity
"More people fail, not because they are unable to reach their goals, but because they have wrongly defined both their goals and the meaning of success."
~ Jim Stovall, author Ultimate Productivity
"If you're not making mistakes, then you're not doing anything. I'm positive that a doer makes mistakes."
~ Coach John Wooden
"The essence of the American dream is the understanding that we are here on this earth and in this land for a higher purpose: to discover-and develop to the fullest-our God-given potential. Anything that stands in the way of the dream, we must fight. Anything that enhances the dream, we must support."
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Body Language
Since you don't speak the same language as your dog, your body language plays an important role in both preparing him for training and during training.
Dogs are masters at nonverbal communication. They can communicate a variety of needs and desires to you through their behavior. For example, at dinner time you will likely find your dog spread out near the table with his chin flat on the floor and his eyes following the meat platter as it is passed around the table. He is actually begging.
Without even knowing it, you may be communicating important messages to your dog through your body language. And, threatening and overpowering body language may discourage him from responding to obedience training and encourage behavior problems such as wetting, chewing, barking or biting out of fear.
How to Begin...
A good rule of thumb... Always use non-threatening behavior around your dog. This is especially important when working with a shy, timid, or small dog.
When training, make sure you are in an environment in which your dog feels safe.
Remember, you are bigger than your dog. That alone may be intimidating.
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Update to my AOL and Dial-UP VoIP blog entry:
A source told me that AOL's plans are indeed for broadband not dial-up. Here's my take on it... First, AOL isn't a "true" broadband provider. In fact, they used to resell cable modems and DSL access then get people to sign-up for a broadband provider and AOL. It's their BYOA content model - Bring Your Own Access and we'll provide the content (at a price). The value add is AOL's proprietary content. They actually got out of this business model in March of this year. AOL officials stated in March that it will no longer resell cable modem and DSL access, refocusing its broadband efforts entirely on content and services. "We're phasing out connectivity because what we do best are services and features," the spokeswoman said. "We're focusing on what broadband users want, and we can offer a lot more of those things if we're not aggregating these different access services."
So basically, AOL's value add goes back to content. Sure, a few years ago a lot of people JUST HAD to sign up with AOL because everyone was on their IM (Instant Message) client. If you wanted to chat with friends, you had to use AOL (or their AIM program which is free, but most people just signed up with AOL with those AOL CD mailers). AOL's IM and chat room advantages are no longer the case today, with chat programs that interoperate, and better chat room programs such as mIRC, that "value add" is gone. That leaves good web content - I can find just as good content on the Web that is FREE versus AOL's monthly subscription to their proprietary content.
Finally, I'm not sure I am willing to pay $30/month for broadband (Charter, SBC, Comcast, etc.) and then an additional $19.99 per month for AOL's content, which again, let me reiterate, is often found elsewhere on the Internet. But apparently there are millions of AOL broadband idiots who do see the need for AOL's content. Sorry, that was harsh, but I just don't get why they are wasting their money.
I used AOL in the past over dial-up and I hated their interface which was too childish/cartoonish. Today, I really don't see the need for AOL's proprietary interface. Give me a web browser any day. I see AOL's broadband subscriber list slowing and then eventually retreating. If I owned AOL stock, I would be selling it... but that's just my opinion.


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SAN ANTONIO -- Police said a man survived a gunshot wound to the face on the northeast side around 3 a.m. Thursday.
The victim is a 34-year-old man, according to eyewitness Linda Johnson. She said they were talking outside of the entrance of the when the shooting happened in the 8200 block of Perrin Beitel.
"I'm thinking these men were riding down the street looking for trouble because we didn't say anything to them," Johnson said.
The 49-year-old woman said a young man from the car started screaming profanities. The victim returned the favor.
His girlfriend said the vehicle turned around. She said one of five men inside appeared to get out.
NEW: Eyewitness to man shot in the face on Perrin Beitel Rd gives her account on @KENS5 at noon. #kens5eyewitness pic.twitter.com/3QECm3dqrb— Marvin Hurst (@MHurstKENS5) November 10, 2016
"So what's up," he reportedly asked.
The victim asked the same question. Johnson said someone in the back of car opened fire.
The man cried out that he had been shot, according to police. He was transported to the San Antonio Military Medical Center for treatment.
KENS 5's crew at the scene reported the bullet remained lodged in his face for hours.
Johnson said the shooters were in a champagne colored vehicle with paper tags.
Witnesses were taken in for questioning. The shooting remained under investigation.


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