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Saturday 14 May 2011
Only Connect - BT and the cult of Vital Vision
As we know, one of the many curious links between the Tory run local authorities of Broken Barnet and beleaguered Suffolk County Council is the fact that several key players from both authorities have been part of a program run by BT known as 'Vital Vision'. One key player, a BT employee on long term secondment, has, in fact moved from Barnet to Suffolk.
The Vital Vision program identifies certain leading public sector figures, invites them to the US to attend a couple of courses and encourages them to think about new ways of doing business. At the end of this, they are given a certificate -( look Mum, I've got an MBA!) - and sent home, with a head full of bewildering new thoughts, and promises of follow up events in the UK.
There are two ways of looking at this sort of hospitality. Perhaps it is just a harmless sort of entertainment, like sending your kids to football camp in the school holidays, to keep them out of mischief, and collect a few plastic trophies. Alternatively, it might be thought that it is much more than that, and rather less innocuous: more like some sort of cult movement, a training camp, hidden away in the corporate foothills, created to indoctrinate impressionable or easily flattered individuals and replace them as sleeper agents in the public sector, primed and ready to unload a campaign of business friendly strategies wherever they work. Maybe. No doubt, as usual, the truth lies somewhere in between.
And they work in all sorts of areas now, these Vital Vision graduates, or, tellingly, as they are referred to in BT speak, these 'visionaries'. Stop sniggering. Find them now, these prophets of profit, in central government departments, in local government, the NHS, the police, all over the UK. A trawl on the internet readily reveals a number of people, well known and less high profile, who have attended the programme - having asked taxpayers, via their local authorities or employers, to pay thousands of pounds from training budgets in order to cover costs.
And look what else you can find on the internet, relating to Vital Vision. Some rather perplexing documents, in fact.
A BT 'programme sponsor' is quoted in one online editorial (www2.bt.com/application/vitalvision ) as follows:
"Vital Vision brings together a unique mix of senior Government decision-makers, BT research partners, and leading academic institutions including Harvard, Berkeley, Stanford and MIT.
The goal is to explore current business thinking and how it can best be applied to Government. The process is enhanced by the quality of the participants, and the stimulating, interactive environment they create. It is designed to be 'of the participants, by the participants and is most definitely not a sales event." (my emphasis in bold print)
Not a sales event. Note that.
Now then. Mrs Angry has discovered another BT document, a pdf file entitled Vital Vision Final, dating from 2005, a rather revelatory publication. (*Update October 2012: this document disappeared from the web shortly after this post was published, for some reason ... ) Mrs Angry can't help thinking that it was never intended for public access, in view of much of the material. Here are some interesting extracts:
"A typical "Vital Visionary" is a forward thinking chief executive officer (CEO) or someone who is seen as on the "fast track" to CEO. They must be the kind of person who will shape the views of others and contribute their intellect unstintingly. This is key because this ensures that the impact of Vital Vision reaches far beyond those that actually attend. The participants design vital Vision so their contribution is a necessity – this is not a passive experience. The relationship impact is clearly documented here, with various examples from clients involved in the program and from BT senior managers responsible for those relationships. The revenue link is also clearly measured and demonstrated along with some unforeseen bonuses delivered by Vital Vision.The revenue link is also clearly measured and demonstrated along with some unforeseen bonuses delivered by Vital Vision." (again, my emphasis in bold) "
The document goes on to explain how the program works:
"The participant is inducted as a "Vital Visionary" by a personal in-depth interview where we determine the key issues with which they are grappling. This information is amalgamated to ensure that the content of the program is designed to be as relevant as possible for the group. We also explore the individual's personality profile, learning profile and emotional intelligence to help us to determine the best method for delivery."
(I'm guessing that some of the more intellectually challenged 'Visionaries' we know about here in Broken Barnet may have had to have been sat down in front of a blackboard, with chalk diagrams, and milk and biscuits at playtime, in that case ...)
What is the content of the program itself?
"The programme encompasses visits to BT's partner business schools in the US, as well as workshops and briefings in the UK to create a strong relationship between BT senior managers and senior clients. The "hot-house" environment successfully recreates a collegiate atmosphere of "work hard - play hard", encouraging delegates to bond more quickly and to a deeper level than is experienced in usual business, or even hospitality situations."
Frankly, there is nothing on the proposed schedule for that year which could not be read in a 'Public Sector Management for Dummies' manual. One day's heavy MIT/Harvard timetable is - Morning: 'Engaging the Citizen'. Lunch. 'Leadership in the Public Sector'. Dinner in the Aquarium. (wet suits provided, presumably). Another day: 'Morning: 'Change is a Risky Dance' (American Smooth?). Lunch. 'The Digital Divide'. Theatre visit.' And for this you get an MBA? ... But what is clear is what is important is not the message, but the medium: attendees are made to feel important, hand picked, respected for their perceived intellect and leadership qualities. No, no, you cynic, don't laugh behind your hand: and remember, this is not a sales opportunity.
As with any well run cult, the Vital Vision program will pursue its acolytes even unto death, or rather what passes for corporate life in the UK:
"After this initial induction year we run an alumni program of one-day events throughout the year. This ensures that we remain engaged and continue to leverage these relationships on an ongoing basis."
Underneath a graph detailing business won by BT as a result of the program, there is a listing of the all round benefits of the scheme:
"The benefits to BT include: -
• Increasing the perception of BT as the kind of
company that will work with the public sector to use
ICT to address business issues - Ok, if you say so.
• To open debates about business issues from the
CEO perspective - Fair enough.
• Improving the credibility of BT as an innovative
ICT supplier - Yes, alright, and -
• Improvement in win rate on over £1bn of business
(contract value) annuall - Ah ...
• Influencing the thinking of the chief executives to
shape their agenda - Er, why? What business is it of yours, BT?
• The generation of £7m worth of PR including
Channel 4 news and the national press along with
radio and internet coverage." - Really? Channel 4 News? No shit. Class.
Appendix 1 in this document is a listing of nominated attendees to the 2005/6 program, individuals from all parts of the public sector: did they want to be listed in such detail, one wonders? There is also a reference to ... a total opportunity value of £1.7 billion pounds.
Next to the names of the lucky people nominated, are further details of BT's 'opportunities', under columns marked 'Sales Stage' - either 'Create Awareness' or 'Develop Solution', and then the individual issues of each attendee, such as videoconferencing, or data storage, or broadband supply. We then find columns with 'Expected close date', and ah: 'Contract Value' - and even 'Probability'.
Now Mrs Angry is happy to emphasise that in the course of providing this Vital Vision program, BT is acting perfectly legally and above board, and the nominated attendees naturally join the program with perfectly open and honest expectations. I am sure that they leave in the same happy state, with their innocence intact. There is nothing to suggest in this document that any pressure was brought to bear on attendees to give business to BT, or that any business was given as a result of any inducement or hospitality. All contracts in the public sector are, as we know, subject to stringent procurement, tendering and contract regulation. (Except, sshh, in Broken Barnet. MetPro, anyone?)
The details in this document are clearly five or six years old. It may well be that since then sales targeting has been completely abandoned in favour of a totally altruistic, educational program by BT, as some sort of charitable enterprise, working philanthropically with the more academically disadvantaged members of our corporate community. Well, it's always possible, isn't it?
But in Mrs Angry's considered view, it is not possible to feel comfortable with the idea of the largest provider of ICT to the public sector forging such intimate relations with so many well placed executives and leaders and seeking to exert such lasting and profound influence through them in their areas of work. Both in terms of access to the potential clients, and the ability to shape policy decisions, this is surely not in the best interests of transparency and accountability in public office. Why should any one private company, of any size, be in such a powerful and favourable position when so much public investment is at stake?
If there is any evidence supporting doubt about the benefit to tax payers of any outsourced service, whether in terms of value, or safety, or performance, the suspicion might reasonably arise that the contract may not have been awarded entirely on the basis of merit. And can the other bidders in any tender process resort to such priviliged access to potential clients?
Apart from the lack of clarity over the award of contracts, what influence has the Vital Vision program had on the shaping of policy in councils now favourable to massive outsourcing and all the opportunities it brings to the private sector, in the widest sense, not just in terms of BT/ ICT and telecom services? These are all valid questions which someone should be asking. Has anyone actually done this?
Of course the private sector wants to see the advance of outsourcing, and the huge market expansion that will come with it, bringing endless opportunities for profit from the tax payer. All the more reason why, wherever possible, we must be vigilant, and closely scrutinise the processes that deliver huge contracts into the hands of companies, not just the global masters like BT, but of all sizes. And here in Broken Barnet, we have more reason than others to be concerned about how much scrutiny will be necessary, don't we?
10 comments:
- Mr Mustard said...
Deja vu. Didn't I post something here about the photo of the game of scissors, paper, stone that went wrong, Mrs A.
Then I went on to say what a good blog entry this was.
And then I think I said something about this BT junket wouldn't of course consciously lead Chief Execs to sign contracts with BT but I wasn't so sure about their sub-conscious minds. - 14 May 2011 at 15:27
- Mrs Angry said...
I believe you amy be right, Mr Mustard. And in future, please could you keep a copy of my posts in case I lose them: this is the mark of a dedicated reader, unlike yourself, I fear.
- 14 May 2011 at 17:24
- baarnett said...
The picture shows a meeting of Barnet cabinet.
Due to a little-noticed clause in the Expenses Rules, about half the cabinet was able to just send along their hands, in order to claim their fees. - 17 May 2011 at 12:03
- Mrs Angry said...
Chris: thanks for comment, am investigating ...
- 2 June 2011 at 18:12
- Mrs Angry said...
Mrs Angry sends her warmest greetings to new readers at BT Corporate, in Leeds, Bristol etc: nothing to do today? August is a funny month, isn't it? Still, lots of tenders coming up in September to keep you busy. We could do with a new phone system here in Broken Barnet, actually. Any suggestions?
- 17 August 2011 at 16:07
- chris said...
original vital vision pdf is here https://drive.google.com/file/d/1gQznXpDsHabevh4gjWeCIyhtsZrxr4JGCA30a1KE3LS341ICiLWlCCN4l05b/edit?usp=sharing&authkey=CLGkx1Y BT pulled it from their website once the job was done.
- 29 November 2013 at 21:31
- Mrs Angry said...
Couldn't get that link to work,Chris. I think I may have my own copy somewhere, as the original mysteriously disappeared from the net soon after I wrote this!
- 29 November 2013 at 22:03
- Cybersavvy UK said...
BT Vital Vistion doc is here https://www.google.co.uk/url?sa=t&rct=j&q=&esrc=s&source=web&cd=1&cad=rja&ved=0CDsQFjAA&url=http%3A%2F%2Ftransact.westminster.gov.uk%2FCSU%2FCabinet%2520Member%2520Decisions%2FArchived%2520Decisions%2FLeaders_Action%2F2006%2F04_Foreign_Visit_USA%2FBT_Vital_Vision.doc&ei=fl6ZUsiXGsSS1AWy4oGICQ&usg=AFQjCNFGNfxk-CvOxK7qKr-GweCQlqgIsQ&bvm=bv.57155469,d.d2k
(The search engine snippet for that Westminster.gov link reads: 2.1 That approval be given for the Director of Policy and Communications to travel to the USA as a partcipant (sic] on the BT Vital Vision Programme with any costs ...)
Or better from here http://wordblog.co.uk/blog/2011/06/05/bt-responds-to-examination-of-vital-vision-sort-of/
#justsayin - 30 November 2013 at 03:44
- Mrs Angry said...
Yes: just to add that luckily I still have a copy of this frankly staggeringly indiscreet document, and am happy to share with anyone who needs it. In fact, as soon as I re-read it, well ... how very interesting ...
- 30 November 2013 at 10:44
- Mrs Angry said...
In fact I intend to update this post with more information, Stand by.
- 30 November 2013 at 22:52


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How might we respond to the growing threat of environmental change? (That's a challenge of stunning grandeur in itself) Design can help in seeing and communicating a holistic picture of our planet, as demonstrated in the Tangible Earth project by Professor Takemura. We can also recommend actions at a pragmatic level, advancing practices of recycling, design for disassembly, sustainable materials and so on. Perhaps we can collaborate with Smithsonian scientists to understand the complexities of the challenge more deeply?
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Exclusive: Official Washington treats whatever comes out of Russian President Putin's mouth as the ravings of a lunatic, even when what he says is obviously true or otherwise makes sense, as the New York Times has demonstrated again, writes Robert Parry.
By Robert Parry
When reading the New York Times on many foreign policy issues, it doesn't take a savant to figure out what the newspaper's bias is. Anything, for instance, relating to Russian President Vladimir Putin drips of contempt and hostility.
Rather than offer the Times' readers an objective or even slightly fair-minded account of Putin's remarks, we are fed a steady diet of highly prejudicial language, such as we find in Saturday's article about Putin's comments at a conference in which he noted U.S. contributions to chaos in countries, such as Afghanistan, Iraq, Libya, Syria and Ukraine.
Russian President Vladimir Putin addresses a crowd on May 9, 2014, celebrating the 69th anniversary of victory over Nazi Germany and the 70th anniversary of the liberation of the Crimean port city of Sevastopol from the Nazis. (Russian government photo)
That Putin is correct appears almost irrelevant to the Times, which simply writes that Putin "unleashed perhaps his strongest diatribe against the United States yet" with his goal "to sell Moscow's view that American meddling has sparked most of the world's recent crises."
Rather than address the merits of Putin's critique, the Times' article by Neil MacFarquhar uncritically cites the "group think" of Official Washington: "Russia is often accused of provoking the crisis in Ukraine by annexing Crimea, and of prolonging the agony in Syria by helping to crush a popular uprising against President Bashar al-Assad, Moscow's last major Arab ally. Some analysts have suggested that Mr. Putin seeks to restore the lost power and influence of the Soviet Union, or even the Russian Empire, in a bid to prolong his own rule."
Yes, "some analysts" can be cited to support nearly any claim no matter how wrongheaded, or you can use the passive tense – "is often accused" – to present any charge no matter how unfair. But a more realistic summary of the various crises afflicting the world would note that Putin is correct when he describes past U.S. backing for various extremists, from Islamic fundamentalists in the Middle East and Central Asia to neo-Nazis in Ukraine.
For example, during the 1980s, the Reagan administration consciously encouraged Islamic fundamentalism as a strategy to cause trouble for "atheistic communism" in Afghanistan and in the Muslim provinces of the Soviet Union.
To overthrow a Soviet-backed government in Afghanistan, the CIA and its Saudi collaborators financed the mujahedeen "holy warriors" who counted among their supporters Saudi extremist Osama bin Laden. Some of those Islamists later blended into the Taliban and al-Qaeda with dire consequences for the United States on Sept. 11, 2001.
By invading Iraq in 2003, President George W. Bush toppled a secular dictator, Saddam Hussein, but saw him replaced by what amounted to a Shiite theocracy which pushed Iraq's Sunni minority into the arms of "Al-Qaeda in Iraq," which has since rebranded itself as the Islamic State of Iraq and Syria or simply the Islamic State. Those extremists now control large swaths of Iraq and Syria and have massacred religious minorities and Western hostages, prompting another U.S. military intervention.
Obama's Interventions
In Libya in 2011, President Barack Obama acquiesced to demands from "liberal interventionists" in his administration and authorized an air war to overthrow another secular autocrat, Muammar Gaddafi, whose ouster and murder have sent Libya spiraling into political chaos amid warring Islamist militias. It turns out Gaddafi was not wrong when he warned of Islamist terrorists operating around Benghazi.
Similarly, Official Washington's embrace of protests and violence aimed at removing another secular Arab leader, Syria's Bashar al-Assad, contributed to the bloody civil war that has devastated that country and created fertile ground for the Islamic State and the Nusra Front, the official al-Qaeda affiliate.
Though Obama balked at demands from neocons and "liberal interventionists" that he launch an air war against the Syrian military in 2013, he did authorize secret shipments of weapons and training for the supposedly "moderate" Syrian rebels who have generally sided with Islamist fighters affiliated with al-Qaeda and the Islamic State.
Many of these same neocons and "liberal interventionists" have been eager to ratchet up the confrontation with Iran over its nuclear program, including neocon dreams to "bomb, bomb, bomb Iran," also a desire of hardliners in Israel.
In some of these crises, one of the few international leaders who has cooperated with Obama to tamp down tensions has been Putin, who helped negotiate conflict-avoiding agreements with Syria and Iran. But those peaceful interventions made Putin an inviting target for the neocons who began in fall 2013 arranging a coup d'etat in Ukraine on Russia's border.
As Obama and Putin each paid too little attention to these maneuvers, neocons such as National Endowment for Democracy president Carl Gershman, Sen. John McCain, R-Arizona, and Assistant Secretary of State for European Affairs Victoria Nuland went to work on the Ukrainian coup.
However to actually overthrow Ukraine's elected President Viktor Yanukovych, the coup makers had to collaborate with neo-Nazi militias which were organized in western Ukraine and dispatched to Kiev where they provided the muscle for the Maidan uprising. Neo-Nazi leaders were given several ministries in the new government, and neo-Nazi militants were incorporated into the National Guard and "volunteer" militias dispatched to crush the ethnic Russian resistance in the east.
Putin for the Status Quo
The underlying reality of the Ukraine crisis was that Putin actually supported the country's status quo, i.e. maintaining the elected president and the constitutional process. It was the United States along with the European Union that sought to topple the existing system and pull Ukraine from Russia's orbit into the West's.
Whatever one thinks about the merits of that change, it is factually wrong to accuse Putin of initiating the Ukraine crisis or to extrapolate from Official Washington's false conventional wisdom and conclude that Putin is a new Hitler, an aggressor seeking to reestablish the Soviet Union or the Russian Empire.
But the Times and other major U.S. news outlets have wedded themselves to that propaganda theme and now cannot deviate from it. So, when Putin states the obvious – that the U.S. has meddled in the affairs of other nations and that Russia did not pick the fight over Ukraine – his comments must be treated like the ravings of a lunatic unleashing some "diatribe."
Among Putin's ranting was his observation, according to the Times article, that "the United States supports 'dubious' groups ranging from 'open neo-fascists to Islamic radicals.'
"'Why do they support such people,' he asked the annual gathering known as the Valdai Club, which met this year in the southern resort town of Sochi. 'They do this because they decide to use them as instruments along the way in achieving their goals, but then burn their fingers and recoil.'
"The goal of the United States, he said, was to try to create a unipolar world in which American interests went unchallenged. …
"Mr. Putin … specifically denied trying to restore the Russian Empire. He argued Russia was compelled to intervene in Ukraine because that country was in the midst of a 'civilized dialogue' over its political future when the West staged a coup to oust the president last February, pushing the country into chaos and civil war.
"'We did not start this,' he said. 'Statements that Russia is trying to reinstate some sort of empire, that it is encroaching on the sovereignty of its neighbors, are groundless.'"
Of course, all the "smart people" of Official Washington know how to react to such statements from Putin, with a snicker and a roll of the eyes. After all, they've been reading the narratives of these crises as fictionalized by the New York Times, the Washington Post, etc.
Rationality and realism seem to have lost any place in the workings of the mainstream U.S. news media.


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Noah Centineo to Star as Superhero He-Man in 'Masters of the Universe' Reboot
Noah Centineo might be your new fave superhero very soon.
The 22-year-old actor is in early talks to play He-Man in the upcoming Sony Pictures and Mattel Films' Masters of the Universe reboot. Though nothing is confirmed right now, Variety reports Sony really wanted to find Centineo another gig after recently working with him on the new Charlie's Angels movie, which hits theatres this year.
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Pink Pistols Saddened by Attack on Orlando Club
FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE (Philadelphia, PA) June 12, 2016: Early Sunday, around 2AM Eastern Time, the Pulse nightclub in Orlando was attacked by an armed individual. Approximately 20 persons were killed and over double that wounded when the attacker, whom police have identified as Omar Mateen, a 29-year-old from Fort Pierce, FL, pushed his way into the club and opened fire on patrons. Weapons carried by Mateen are reported as an "assault-type" rifle, a handgun, and a suspected explosive device. UPDATE: Reports are that the death toll is around 50, with over 50 more wounded.
"It appears he was organized and well-prepared," said Orlando Police Chief John Mina at a news conference on Sunday. Additionally, Orange County Sheriff Jerry Demings said "This is an incident … that we certainly classify as a domestic terror incident." Authorities say the FBI is involved. Preliminary information reveals that Omar Mateen's family is from Afghanistan, though Omar may have been born in the United States. His family is reported to be distraught at the actions and loss of their son.
Gwendolyn Patton, First Speaker of the Pink Pistols, an international GLBT self-defense organization, warns people not to jump immediately to the assailant's guns as the object of blame, but to concentrate instead on Mateen's violent acts. "The Pink Pistols gives condolences to all family and friends of those killed and injured at Pulse," began Patton. "This is exactly the kind of heinous act that justifies our existence. At such a time of tragedy, let us not reach for the low-hanging fruit of blaming the killer's guns. Let us stay focused on the fact that someone hated gay people so much they were ready to kill or injure so many. A human being did this. The human being's tools are unimportant when compared to the bleakness of that person's soul. I say again, GUNS did not do this. A human being did this, a dead human being. Our job now is not to demonize the man's tools, but to condemn his acts and work to prevent such acts in the future."
Patton's concerns are that knee-jerk gun-control efforts may make preventing future events harder rather than easier, as only the law-abiding potential victims will be affected by such laws. "It is difficult, if not impossible, to foresee such an event," continues Patton, "But if they cannot be prevented, then they must be stopped as fast as someone tries to start them."
Some bars and other establishments that serve alcohol are difficult to protect because many states forbid the carrying of weapons where alcohol is served, but that just as one might have a designated driver who stays sober, one might have a designated carrier with a concealed-carry permit who goes armed and does not drink. "It's sad that we must consider such things, but when there are persons out there who mean us harm, we must find ways to protect ourselves within the law." Patton concludes.
The Pink Pistols is an international organization dedicated to the legal, safe, and responsible use of firearms for self-defense of the sexual-minority community. Chapters may be found across the United States and Canada. Though the Pink Pistols is for the GLBTQ community, it is not solely composed of the GLBTQ community, and all are welcome to join.
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First Speaker, Pink Pistols International
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This no frills pure micronized creatine monohydrate by Bulksupplements is an excellent source of creatine with a similar price point as ON's creatine powder. But if you're looking for a little more than the 600 grams of creatine, then the 1 kilogram of creatine from Bulksupplements will hit the spot.
The no frills packaging means that they're able to spend less on packaging so that you save more on buying the actual product and not to absorb their marketing costs.
The ziplock bag is pretty cool if you have it sitting in the pantry, as it can take up less shelf space, however it can also be a bit of a pain, if you keep it in your gym bag or have to transport it around with you, because if you don't ensure that you've zipped it up properly, you could have a bag full of creatine powder.
The ziplock bag could also be problematic when the product is shipped out to you. Unlike, the solid plastic containers, the ziplock bags can be punctured more readily than solid plastic containers, so just something to keep in mind when considering this product.
If you do get it shipped out to you, then just check there are no holes in the bag when you open it up.
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#4 VINTAGE BUILD – The Essential 3-in-1 Muscle Builder – Premium BCAAs, Creatine Monohydrate, and L-Glutamine (Fresh Berries), (330 Grams)
This creatine is a little different from the others mentioned in this article, and should really not be compared in the same category as the others either, especially if we're comparing apples with apples, because it's a blend of 3 different types of supplements.
Having said that, it may offer some good alternatives to just using creatine by itself, to aid in building muscle and recovering from workouts, and might be something that you may not have considered.
Most serious lifters tend to take a blend of dietary supplements in some shape or form, to aid in their workouts and recovery, so it's not uncommon to see multiple supplement bottles spread out across their counter top at home.
And if you want to look like you've just bought a pharmaceutical company then by all means, keep doing what you're doing.
All jokes aside though, it can be a real pain lugging around 5 different bottles of supplements in your gym bag so that you can take a post workout shake.
Why doesn't someone put the three most powerful post workout supplements together in one container so that it makes it easily to make all kinds of gains?
Wait someone did. And you'll find them all in Vintage Builds 3-in-1 muscle builder.
Vintage Build by OldSchoolLabs has put BCAA's, creatine Monohydrate and L-Gutamine together to create a very powerful blend. Whilst, You should really check it out.
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#5 MET-Rx Creatine 4200 Capsules, 240 count
I don't care what people say about creatine being gritty, because it doesn't really worry me too much, but I know that some folks do not like this feeling at all. Even micronized creatine can still feel a little gritty if it not dissolved thoroughly.
If you are not a big fan of the gritty after taste of creatine, but you enjoy the benefits of creatine then taking creatine capsules may be a great alternative. I'm not a big fan of the gritty after taste of creatine, but it doesn't stop me from taking creatine, It's just something that I have gotten used to over the years.
However, if you really don't like it, then taking creatine in capsule form will enable you to skip the grit and still enjoy the benefits.
I like the fact that in capsule form you know exactly how much creatine you're getting per serve, compared to estimating the amount of creatine via a scoop (that's if the package comes with a scoop), and it's also a lot easier to take.
Having said that, for the Met-Rx Creatine 4200, you have to take 6 capsules to get 4.2 grams of creatine.
For some folks this might be a lot, but for others, it's more desirable and a lot easier to take, than having to put up with the gritty after taste.
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What is Creatine Monohydrate?
Creatine Monohydrate is an organic compound that naturally occurs in the body, especially in the human muscle. It is a metabolite, a substance composed of two or more amino acids, which are specifically methionine, glycine and arginine.
Aside from the muscles, other organs where Creatine Monohydrate is found include the pancreas and kidneys, which metabolites smaller amounts of the compound. Creatine Monohydrate plays an important role in muscle building. The substance that the body produces allows for sufficient muscle formation in healthy individuals, especially when paired with a diet of fish and red meat. However, for adequate muscle formation, only a small amount of Creatine Monohydrate can be derived from the diet to generate the needed beneficial effect of muscle growth.
Creatine in supplement form has been found beneficial for encouraging muscle formation because it offers a convenient way of getting the right amount of Creatine Monohydrate without consuming too much red meat. Not only does it encourage muscle growth, it also helps improve overall performance, increases muscle strength, and facilitates a more efficient post-workout recovery.
Benefits Of Creatine Monohydrate
Creatine Monohydrate is a naturally occurring substance that is converted into Creatine phosphate once it finds its way into the body. Essentially, it greatly helps in the creation of adenosine triphosphate (ATP), which offers the energy needed for muscular contractions. The human body is in a position of synthesizing its own Creatine, but it is also found in food like red meat or even oily fish. Top quality Creatine supplements are formulated from an extremely pure form of this substance, and are usually taken before or after workouts
There are several critical benefits of Creatine Monohydrate which cannot be overlooked. Let us now take a brief look at them.
Increase in muscle mass and strength
Creatine consumption triggers an increase in the water content of muscle tissue that makes them bigger. Over time, it can also fast-track the growth of lean muscle mass. This is due to its strength and power enhancing effects, which allow users to execute intensive exercise regimens for optimal gains
Improved form and performance
Creatine Monohydrate supplementation can enhance athletic performance. By taking such supplements, you will find yourself much faster and stronger to execute high intensity activities.
Increased muscle protein production
Creatine can aid in facilitating for increased muscle tissue protein. As it helps in the creation of ATP, you will be able to undertake strenuous workouts like weightlifting, which will fast-track protein synthesis in your muscle tissue.
What's The Best Creatine Monohydrate Supplement
You may be wondering just now what's the best Creatine Monohydrate supplement and exact what properties should you be in the lookout for in such a product? Well, never fear. This short article is designed to address such queries in a comprehensive manner. To begin with, only settle for a product which has been formulated from 100% pure Creatine Monohydrate. Such supplements are totally devoid of fillers or any other unnecessary ingredient that can impair their effectiveness. This will enable you to obtain the very best boost in your efforts to achieve or even exceed your weightlifting of athletic performance objectives.
Additionally, it is important to stick with products which offer micronized Creatine Monohydrate. This kind of supplement is formulated into a very fine powder, which allows it to dissolve in a rapid manner not only in water, but also other drinks. Allowing you to take up every nutrient found in the supplement. Finally, you should settle for a Creatine Monohydrate supplement that provides a clinically proven dosage. This can go a long way in presenting real-life outcomes you can be proud of.
Best Way To Drink Creatine
While it is true that Creatine is naturally produced in the body and can be derived from dietary sources such as fish and red meat, the amount is not sufficient to encourage muscle building in adults who want to bulk up on muscle and increase body mass. The most effective method is supplementation, which can provide the body with enough Creatine to maintain sufficient levels in the body and achieve up to 80% gain.
The best way to drink Creatine depends largely on the form taken and dosage. Creatine powders are the most popular, relatively more affordable and are very flexible for those who want to vary their dosages. Pills, capsules and tablets are more difficult to dissolve and are not as flexible for dosage variations. Creatine serums are easily absorbed because they are in liquid form, but it is not very stable and easily converted to Creatinine, the waste product of Creatine. Dosage also plays an important part and varies from individual to individual. Experts recommend starting supplementation with powders at 5 grams per day, the standard amount that has yielded the most significant results for most users.
Best Time to Take Creatine Monohydrate
According to experts, the best time to take Creatine would be after exercise. In the past, taking Creatine prior to a workout was the more common practice, until studies showed that this only produces optimum muscle building benefits if the body's Creatine stores were almost fully depleted. However, for those who take Creatine as a supplement, this is often not the case. Creatine supplements also contain highly glycemic sugars that could cause a rapid drop in energy levels during exercise.
Taking Creatine after a workout helps avoid these problems. More importantly, muscles are more sensitive to insulin-mediated uptake of Creatine, which produces even more beneficial results when taken along with glycemic carbs and protein which enhances the release of insulin and testosterone. All these effectively promotes muscle growth. Taking Creatine at the right time when paired with short but intense workouts can result to optimum muscle growth with lesser risk of injury and muscle loss.
What is the Best Brand of Creatine
There are many premium brands of Creatine in the market that deliver the desired results, and there is really no top or best brand out there. The most popular Creatine brands offer efficient and fast absorption, minimal side effects, consistency in its performance, and the best come in micronized, pure form for the best bang for your buck. Top Creatine brands produce Creatine monohyrate with little to no fillers, short loading phases and affordability.
One of the top Creatine brands is Optimum Nutrition Creatine, which trunps other brands when it comes to value and effectiveness. The product dissolves well and is affordable, which a major factor for many considering that Creatine needs to be taken on a daily basis. For those wondering what the best brand of creatine monohydrate is and want to get one that is both safe and effective, checking with a fitness professional and a doctor can help in making the right choice.
What Is The Best Creatine Monohydrate On The Market
As would be expected there are numerous brands which offer the Creatine Monohydrate bodybuilding supplement. This can make it very challenging to pinpoint the right product for your immediate needs. While also making it hard to determine just which brand offers the most effective type of this immensely popular supplement. Nevertheless, there are several factors, which can guide you to arrive at the very best Creatine Monohydrate supplement for your exact requirements and inclinations
For starters, always go for a product that is formulated from 100% pure Creatine Monohydrate. Such a supplement can provide an optimal boost that can assist you to realize your weightlifting objectives in a markedly stress-free manner due to its purity. Secondly, it is always an excellent idea to settle for micronized Creatine Monohydrate. This form of Creatine is milled into a very fine powder, which can dissolve much quicker in water or any other drink. It will also not clump once it is dissolved. Finally, be sure to select a Creatine Monohydrate supplement that comes with clinically-proven dosage instructions. This will enable you to obtain real-life outcomes in achieving your bodybuilding goals.
Best Drink to Mix with Creatine
A lot of people take Creatine Monohydrate mixed in water, especially those that come with certain flavors. For those who prefer powdered Creatine in liquid form, dissolving it with sugar is the best and most convenient way of taking the supplement. Other options include natural fruit juice or any electrolyte-containing drink. Flavored juices are convenient for those taking unflavored Creatine, especially for those taking it for the first time, but experts caution against taking concentrated juices with synthetic sugars, which could interfere with a person's energy levels pre and post-workout.
Others prefer to forgo mixing the powder in liquid and instead take the supplement in powder form directly with a spoon, followed by a glass of water. This allows for lesser disintegration of Creatine molecules and enhances absorption. No matter what drink you pair with Creatine, it is important to drink it immediately after dissolving it, because Creatine starts to degrade immediately after it is mixed with water.
Creatine Monohydrate Pills
There are a number of premium Creatine pills available in the market. Top Creatine brands have the right formulation to provide the right amount of efficacy with each intake. The best pills are also formulated to produce the least amount of side effects. Top brands of Creatine are suited for those with sensitive stomachs since these pills are formulated to dissolve in the small intestine and not in the stomach. This prevents degeneration of the Creatine molecules for a higher rate of absorption in the small intestine.
The best Creatine Monohydrate pills are less likely to contain any unnecessary sugars or fillers compared to cheaper, lesser-known counterparts. Beast Sports, Milleneum Sport, and Magnum Creatine are three of the best Creatine names on the market, known for rapid-release, enteric-coated formulations and high-quality ingredients. This means that users get to enjoy the benefits of each pill faster than any other type of Creatine powder, pill or capsule, and face a lesser risk of side effects such as cramping or bloating.


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Our Lady of Fatima - DE 29,90 19,90 Hand painted 96 pieces of 2,4x2,4cm each Size: 18.7 cm X 28 cm Blue and White
The boxes serve as a frame and bring a hook to hang directly on the wall. These small ceramic panels can also be cemented directly to the wall to stay in time without losing their color, beauty and durability characteristics.
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After reading your article ("Wireless Comes of Age," August, 2012, www.controlglobal.com/articles/2012/bartels-wireless-comes-age.html) I am very perplexed at the perception of wireless. My concern is that the vendors are creating the cloud of confusion here. I have worked in RF technology at some level for over 30 years. The simplicity of wireless (UHF, SHF and Industrial Science and Medical test bands) provide users with a variety of choices.
Wireless is easy-peasy. Ten years from now, every plant in the world will be using wireless. Most every plant will be using the "cloud" in some capacity, but all of these solutions will be blended. Wire-line and wireless will flow throughout the plant. The cost factor will drop due to dominant acceptance in the market place. You will see experts pop up in the instrument shops that understand the world is about RF technology when we discuss wireless and IP addressing, and that linking networks is not how one defines the integrity of the network connection. Signal-to-noise ratio, data packet rates and radio signal strength are very helpful indicators. But, the expert can use all this collective information and a few tools to easily set up a rock solid network.
Wireless will work anywhere! It is a matter of how you plan your network. When you engineer any project you start out with a concept, run it through a front-end engineering and design (FEED) and front-end loading (FEL), and build to your design. Wireless should be no different. RF technology works great, but it should not be considered a slap-and-stick technology.
You bring experts in that are vender-neutral and know how to make the 802.11s, existing proprietary networks, ISA 100.11a, WirelessHART, GSM and ZigBee all happily coexist. It can be done and the resources are plentiful.
However, now that competition is growing, the sales course is to plant FUD in the client on all the other products available, and say that someday they may be orphaned, when in reality they can all coexist happily within the plant with a properly managed engineering design.
It is truly simple, safe and secure—as long as you have it planned and mapped. All your handheld portables, RFID asset tags, location systems and more can happily link and live in the same environment.
It was a nice article. Once we allow the users to get past the fear, this technology will rocket. In some plants it already has.
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Reminiscing about the good old days when we were growing up is a memory trip well worth taking, when trying to understand the issues facing the children of today. A mere 20 years ago, children used to play outside all day, riding bikes, playing sports and building forts. Masters of imaginary games, children of the past created their own form of play that didn't require costly equipment or parental supervision. Children of the past moved… a lot, and their sensory world was nature based and simple. In the past, family time was often spent doing chores, and children had expectations to meet on a daily basis. The dining room table was a central place where families came together to eat and talk about their day, and after dinner became the center for baking, crafts and homework.
Today's families are different. Technology's impact on the 21st century family is fracturing its very foundation, and causing a disintegration of core values that long ago were what held families together. Juggling work, home and community lives, parents now rely heavily on communication, information and transportation technology to make their lives faster and more efficient. Entertainment technology (TV, internet, videogames, iPods) has advanced so rapidly, that families have scarcely noticed the significant impact and changes to their family structure and lifestyles. A 2010 Kaiser Foundation study showed that elementary aged children use on average 8 hours per day of entertainment technology, 75{d4f7c08805e41e9b9974dfba619ed7230ec2da6e442055d48085a7994e8adaef} of these children have TV's in their bedrooms, and 50{d4f7c08805e41e9b9974dfba619ed7230ec2da6e442055d48085a7994e8adaef} of North American homes have the TV on all day. Add emails, cell phones, internet surfing, and chat lines, and we begin to see the pervasive aspects of technology on our home lives and family milieu. Gone is dining room table conversation, replaced by the "big screen" and take out. Children now rely on technology for the majority of their play, grossly limiting challenges to their creativity and imaginations, as well as limiting necessary challenges to their bodies to achieve optimal sensory and motor development. Sedentary bodies bombarded with chaotic sensory stimulation, are resulting in delays in attaining child developmental milestones, with subsequent impact on basic foundation skills for achieving literacy. Hard wired for high speed, today's young are entering school struggling with self regulation and attention skills necessary for learning, eventually becoming significant behavior management problems for teachers in the classroom.
So what is the impact of technology on the developing child? Children's developing sensory and motor systems have biologically not evolved to accommodate this sedentary, yet frenzied and chaotic nature of today's technology. The impact of rapidly advancing technology on the developing child has seen an increase of physical, psychological and behavior disorders that the health and education systems are just beginning to detect, much less understand. Child obesity and diabetes are now national epidemics in both Canada and the US. Diagnoses of ADHD, autism, coordination disorder, sensory processing disorder, anxiety, depression, and sleep disorders can be causally linked to technology overuse, and are increasing at an alarming rate. An urgent closer look at the critical factors for meeting developmental milestones, and the subsequent impact of technology on those factors, would assist parents, teachers and health professionals to better understand the complexities of this issue, and help create effective strategies to reduce technology use. The three critical factors for healthy physical and psychological child development are movement, touch and connection to other humans. Movement, touch and connection are forms of essential sensory input that are integral for the eventual development of a child's motor and attachment systems. When movement, touch and connection are deprived, devastating consequences occur.
Young children require 3-4 hours per day of active rough and tumble play to achieve adequate sensory stimulation to their vestibular, proprioceptive and tactile systems for normal development. The critical period for attachment development is 0-7 months, where the infant-parent bond is best facilitated by close contact with the primary parent, and lots of eye contact. These types of sensory inputs ensure normal development of posture, bilateral coordination, optimal arousal states and self regulation necessary for achieving foundation skills for eventual school entry. Infants with low tone, toddlers failing to reach motor milestones, and children who are unable to pay attention or achieve basic foundation skills for literacy, are frequent visitors to pediatric physiotherapy and occupational therapy clinics. The use of safety restraint devices such as infant bucket seats and toddler carrying packs and strollers, have further limited movement, touch and connection, as have TV and videogame overuse. Many of today's parents perceive outdoor play is 'unsafe', further limiting essential developmental components usually attained in outdoor rough and tumble play. Dr. Ashley Montagu, who has extensively studied the developing tactile sensory system, reports that when infants are deprived of human connection and touch, they fail to thrive and many eventually die. Dr. Montagu states that touch deprived infants develop into toddlers who exhibit excessive agitation and anxiety, and may become depressed by early childhood.
As children are connecting more and more to technology, society is seeing a disconnect from themselves, others and nature. As little children develop and form their identities, they often are incapable of discerning whether they are the "killing machine" seen on TV and in videogames, or just a shy and lonely little kid in need of a friend. TV and videogame addiction is causing an irreversible worldwide epidemic of mental and physical health disorders, yet we all find excuses to continue. Where 100 years ago we needed to move to survive, we are now under the assumption we need technology to survive. The catch is that technology is killing what we love the most…connection with other human beings. The critical period for attachment formation is 0 – 7 months of age. Attachment or connection is the formation of a primary bond between the developing infant and parent, and is integral to that developing child's sense of security and safety. Healthy attachment formation results in a happy and calm child. Disruption or neglect of primary attachment results in an anxious and agitated child. Family over use of technology is gravely affecting not only early attachment formation, but also impacting negatively on child psychological and behavioral health.
Further analysis of the impact of technology on the developing child indicates that while the vestibular, proprioceptive, tactile and attachment systems are under stimulated, the visual and auditory sensory systems are in "overload". This sensory imbalance creates huge problems in overall neurological development, as the brain's anatomy, chemistry and pathways become permanently altered and impaired. Young children who are exposed to violence through TV and videogames are in a high state of adrenalin and stress, as the body does not know that what they are watching is not real. Children who overuse technology report persistent body sensations of overall "shaking", increased breathing and heart rate, and a general state of "unease". This can best be described as a persistent hypervigalent sensory system, still "on alert" for the oncoming assault from videogame characters. While the long term effects of this chronic state of stress in the developing child are unknown, we do know that chronic stress in adults results in a weakened immune system and a variety of serious diseases and disorders. Prolonged visual fixation on a fixed distance, two dimensional screen grossly limits ocular development necessary for eventual printing and reading. Consider the difference between visual location on a variety of different shaped and sized objects in the near and far distance (such as practiced in outdoor play), as opposed to looking at a fixed distance glowing screen. This rapid intensity, frequency and duration of visual and auditory stimulation results in a "hard wiring" of the child's sensory system for high speed, with subsequent devastating effects on a child's ability to imagine, attend and focus on academic tasks. Dr. Dimitri Christakis found that each hour of TV watched daily between the ages of 0 and 7 years equated to a 10{d4f7c08805e41e9b9974dfba619ed7230ec2da6e442055d48085a7994e8adaef} increase in attention problems by age seven years.
In 2001 the American Academy of Pediatrics issued a policy statement recommending that children less than two years of age should not use any technology, yet toddlers 0 to 2 years of age average 2.2 hours of TV per day. The Academy further recommended that children older than two should restrict usage to one hour per day if they have any physical, psychological or behavioral problems, and two hours per day maximum if they don't, yet parents of elementary children are allowing 8 hours per day. France has gone so far as to eliminate all "baby TV" due to the detrimental effects on child development. How can parents continue to live in a world where they know what is bad for their children, yet do nothing to help them? It appears that today's families have been pulled into the "Virtual Reality Dream", where everyone believes that life is something that requires an escape. The immediate gratification received from ongoing use of TV, videogame and internet technology, has replaced the desire for human connection.
It's important to come together as parents, teachers and therapists to help society "wake up" and see the devastating effects technology is having not only on our child's physical, psychological and behavioral health, but also on their ability to learn and sustain personal and family relationships. While technology is a train that will continually move forward, knowledge regarding its detrimental effects, and action taken toward balancing the use of technology with exercise and family time, will work toward sustaining our children, as well as saving our world. While no one can argue the benefits of advanced technology in today's world, connection to these devices may have resulted in a disconnection from what society should value most, children. Rather than hugging, playing, rough housing, and conversing with children, parents are increasingly resorting to providing their children with more videogames, TV's in the car, and the latest iPods and cell phone devices, creating a deep and widening chasm between parent and child.
Cris Rowan, pediatric occupational therapist and child development expert has developed a concept termed 'Balanced Technology Management' (BTM) where parents manage balance between activities children need for growth and success with technology use. Rowan's company Zone'in Programs Inc. http://www.zonein.ca has developed a 'System of Solutions' for addressing technology overuse in children through the creation of Zone'in Products, Workshops, Training and Consultation services.


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A classic shape but extra width makes the Cascade an ideal bath for those looking for a little extra elbow room when bathing. The single ended shape has the waste and overflow pre drilled at one end of the bath, but the bath comes with no tap holes, allowing you to fit whichever tap system you choose.
This bath also has a non-encapsulated baseboard, helping to stiffen the base of the bath. Our LUX whirlpool system has been expertly devised to give you the best possible experience from a whirlpool bath. We only use high quality European manufactured parts, and all our LUX baths are built to order and dispatched from South Wales. We have undergone years of testing on all possible combinations of parts to give you the best whirlpool system available in the UK. All our LUX whirlpool baths feature brass flat line jets that sit as flush as possible to the wall or base of the bath - take a look at the comparison photos above to see just how slim our jets are - less than half the height of a pound coin!We also include our unique drain down pump that connects to the. Pop up waste fitting, ensuring that every last drop of water is emptied from the bath and the whirlpool system.
This 24 jet bath includes 3 large flat line brass massage jets with directional eyeballs to massage the torso & legs on each side of the bath, as well as 4 mini flat line brass back jets to massage the neck, shoulders and back and 2 mini flat line brass foot jets to massage your feet. In addition the bath features 12 incredibly low profile FLAT LINE brass air spa jets on the base of the bath delivering an all over body massage.
Our air spa jets have solid chrome plated brass bodies for extra strength meaning they are completely safe to stand on when showering. The slim profile of our jets also means they are incredibly comfortable when laying in the bath! The bath also includes our LED lighting system which features. A cluster of 19 LED lights in a single chrome surround to your bath.
Comes fully fitted - simply connect to the electrical supply and go! Includes touch pad controller fitted to the bath. Select from colour wash feature or static lighting (See Video Below). The bath comes fully assembled and is fully self contained - plumbing in one of our baths is exactly the same as any other bath, with the exception of the electricity supply for the pumps.
6 Large FLAT LINE brass side jets with directional eyeballs. 4 small FLAT LINE brass back jets with mini directional eyeballs.
2 smal FLAT LINE brass foot jets with mini directional eyeballs. Low profile air flow (turbulence) controller with integrated On / Off Switch.
Low profile divertor to select back jets only, main jets only or both together. Brass FLAT LINE Safety suction.
Drain down pump connects to included pop-up waste system for total water drainage. 12 chrome plated, low profile brass air spa jets.
Pneumatic Chrome On / Off button for air spa. Single speed 400-500W Air Blower. We assemble the whirlpool systems to all our baths in our custom built facility in South Wales, UK.
All our whirlpool systems feature a number of useful features. Chrome plated brass jets & suction. Self drain smooth bore pipe work as standard.
Highly efficient 1.10HP 0.8kW Pump for powerful yet quiet operation. Integrated pneumatic whirlpool On/Off & turbulence control.
Minimum suction run of 750mm, meaning that hair or jewellery cannot get entangled in the pump. Chrome plated pop up waste & controls to match your own chrome taps.Each of our baths can be customised with the following items. These can be found in the extras section of your shop. If you need help customising your bath, please get in touch with us. CHROME POP UP WASTE SYSTEM - INCLUDED WITH ALL LUX BATHS.
High quality pop up waste system. Connects to our unique Drain Down Pump to allow total water egress. Chrome finish matches whirlpool jets & your own taps. 24 LED Lights are embedded around the perimeter of the bath. Fitted between the suction and the pump.
Keeps your bath water at the same temperature - indefinitely! Never have your bath water get uncomfortably cold again! Fully automatic - no controls, just works! Turns your entire bathtub into a stereo entertainment system. No external speakers - your bathtub BECOMES the speakers!
Hear your music clearly - even while your head is underwater! Connects to any Bluetooth A2DP enabled audio player.Includes 3 button control pad to control pairing and volume. You can add bath panels and other extras/accessories from our. This item is in the category "Home, Furniture & DIY\Bath\Showers, Baths & Parts\Indoor Whirlpools". The seller is "alphabathrooms" and is located in this country: GB.
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Strollers and seats in United Arab Emirates
Your child's safety is probably the most important thing for you as a parent. Thus, the right stroller and carseat are essential for you. Strollers and seats come in all sizes, weights and with some extra features. They can be foldable, double sized, jogging friendly and more. Choose from hundred of strollers and seats that fit every budget and every need - including Graco, Quinny, Chicco, and more. Buy strollers and seats from UAE.


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Navy sequin personalised name clutch
Customise your go-to clutch with your name!
You can choose from 9 different glitter letter colours (rose gold, confetti, black, silver, navy, grey-silver, gold, light blue, ivory).
Also makes the perfect gift for someone special - there's nothing better than receiving something that has been made and personalised just for you!
The name is cut out of fabric backed chunky glitter. This is sewn onto the front flap of the clutch which folds over and fastens with magnetic snaps under each corner.
Main body: Navy sequins
Name: Fabric backed glitter
Lining: Navy and white stripy cotton
Height - 15cm
Length - 27cm
Every clutch is dispatched within 1-3 days of receiving the order.
Orders within the UK will be sent via Royal Mail first class delivery (1-2 days).
International orders will be sent via regular Airmail (Europe 3-5 days), (Everywhere else 7-10 days).


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The Syrian government has responded to popular protests with months of sustained and extreme violence and intimidation, and an all-out assault on the country's medical system. PHR has documented attacks on Syria's medical profession – violations that are but one aspect of the myriad abuses the Syrian people have endured over the past several months.
The attacks on Syria's medical community are alarming. PHR received evidence that government forces
- deny wounded civilians impartial medical treatment;
- invade, attack, and misuse hospitals;
- attack and impede medical transport; and
- detain and torture doctors for treating wounded civilians.
These circumstances have spawned an underground health network, which faces a unique set of challenges as it struggles to provide care for civilians.


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Posted on Sat, Jul 30, 2011
You can now harness the power of private groups, without making your visitors create accounts with our new password protection feature. Edit a group from the list, and choose "Only Those With a Password" from the "Who Can Join & View" menu. Anyone with the password can now view your group, whether or not they're logged on with a website account.


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This plugin adds a new Breadcrumbs module in the Divi Builder. Once you activate the plugin a new module will appear in your module list by the name of Breadcrumbs. You can then use the module to add Breadcrumbs anywhere inside the Divi Builder.
- Visual Builder Supported
- Choose any Divi Icon as the Separator
- Change Colors for Links, Text and Icon
Other Free Divi Plugins
Divi Overlay on Images Module
Divi Post Carousel Module
Divi Menu Cart Module
Divi Flip Cards Module
Divi Image Carousel
The content generated in the Visual Builder is only for preview. Part of the Breadcrumbs in the Visual Builder is dummy data but don't worry you will see the correct breadcrumbs on the front end after you exit the builder.
If you have any questions or feature ideas please create a new thread in Support.
- Upload
to the/wp-content/plugins/
directory - Activate the plugin through the
page in yourWordPress Dashboard
Where can I access the module?
After you activate the plugin a module should automatically appear in the module list. The name of the module is Breadcrumbs
Contributors & Developers
"Breadcrumbs Divi Module" is open source software. The following people have contributed to this plugin.
Contributors"Breadcrumbs Divi Module" has been translated into 3 locales. Thank you to the translators for their contributions.
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- Fixed Font Awesome icons not working.
- Fixed warning related to et_pb_get_font_icon_list being used
- Fixed PHP 8.0 error required parameters after optional parameter
- Fixed the missing field position error caused when the parent category was a substring of child category eg Videos > Videos of Something
- Added hover controls on Link color
- Moved the styles options to the Design tab
- Added option to add a icon at the start of breadcrumbs
- Added RDFa to Breadcrumbs
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The Aspire Nautilus GT vape tank is a compact vape tank designed for mouth to lung and sub-ohm vaping – thanks to the wide range of coils available. This tank is versatile and can be paired with both high VG and high PG e-liquids, refilling and everyday maintenance is simple thanks to smart features.
- Aspire 2ml vape tank
- Top filling
- Adjustable airflow
- Range of coils
- MTL & DTL vaping
- Compatible with high VG and high PG e-liquids
A redesign of the classic Aspire Nautilus vape tank, this newer model features quality machining and a range of helpful addition to make vaping easier. Chief among which is the top filling mechanism, this makes refilling not only quicker but also reduces the change of spillage and leakage.
Cross-compatible with the entire nautilus bvc coil range you can use the Nautilus GT for mouth to lung and sub ohm vaping, making it a good recommendation for vapers of all experience levels. This wide range of coils allows you to find a model which suits your vaping style, with options that boost flavour or offer increased vapour production.
- Aspire Nautilus GT 2ml Tank
- Nautilus BVC Coils


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Home » Facilities » Infrastructure
Edify schools have earned the reputation of setting up infrastructural facilities to meet the ever changing needs of the global education community. We understand the complexities of educational facilities and are focused on providing the best in order to assist in the child's overall development.
We are committed to delivering excellent educational facilities that that are up to date with the 21st century. Listed below are few of the standard yet infrastructural exceptional facilities which are found in each of our schools:
- Spacious Classrooms
- Doors with rubber fitted around the door frame
- Pinup boards outside every classroom
- Storage space in every classroom
- Creative spaces
- Spacious dining halls
- Libraries
- Indoor sports complexes
- Air-conditioned Classrooms and Transportation
- Interactive Smart boards
- Amphitheatres
- A Sandpit area for Pre-Primary Sections
- Individual Blocks for Primary & Secondary Grades
- CC TV Monitoring


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The Parable of the Wedding Banquet
22 Jesus spoke to them again in parables, saying: 2 "The kingdom of heaven is likem a king who prepared a wedding banquet for his son. 3 He sent his servantsn to those who had been invited to the banquet to tell them to come, but they refused to come.
4 "Then he sent some more servantso and said, 'Tell those who have been invited that I have prepared my dinner: My oxen and fattened cattle have been butchered, and everything is ready. Come to the wedding banquet.'
5 "But they paid no attention and went off—one to his field, another to his business. 6 The rest seized his servants, mistreated them and killed them. 7 The king was enraged. He sent his army and destroyed those murderersp and burned their city.
8 "Then he said to his servants, 'The wedding banquet is ready, but those I invited did not deserve to come. 9 So go to the street cornersq and invite to the banquet anyone you find.' 10 So the servants went out into the streets and gathered all the people they could find, the bad as well as the good,r and the wedding hall was filled with guests.
11 "But when the king came in to see the guests, he noticed a man there who was not wearing wedding clothes. 12 He asked, 'How did you get in here without wedding clothes, friends?' The man was speechless.
13 "Then the king told the attendants, 'Tie him hand and foot, and throw him outside, into the darkness, where there will be weeping and gnashing of teeth.'t
14 "For many are invited, but few are chosen."u
Paying the Imperial Tax to Caesar
22:15–22pp—Mk 12:13–17; Lk 20:20–26
15 Then the Pharisees went out and laid plans to trap him in his words. 16 They sent their disciples to him along with the Herodians.v "Teacher," they said, "we know that you are a man of integrity and that you teach the way of God in accordance with the truth. You aren't swayed by others, because you pay no attention to who they are. 17 Tell us then, what is your opinion? Is it right to pay the imperial taxa w to Caesar or not?"
18 But Jesus, knowing their evil intent, said, "You hypocrites, why are you trying to trap me? 19 Show me the coin used for paying the tax." They brought him a denarius, 20 and he asked them, "Whose image is this? And whose inscription?"
Then he said to them, "So give back to Caesar what is Caesar's,x and to God what is God's."
22 When they heard this, they were amazed. So they left him and went away.y
22:23–33pp—Mk 12:18–27; Lk 20:27–40
23 That same day the Sadducees,z who say there is no resurrection,a came to him with a question. 24 "Teacher," they said, "Moses told us that if a man dies without having children, his brother must marry the widow and raise up offspring for him.b 25 Now there were seven brothers among us. The first one married and died, and since he had no children, he left his wife to his brother. 26 The same thing happened to the second and third brother, right on down to the seventh. 27 Finally, the woman died. 28 Now then, at the resurrection, whose wife will she be of the seven, since all of them were married to her?"
29 Jesus replied, "You are in error because you do not know the Scripturesc or the power of God. 30 At the resurrection people will neither marry nor be given in marriage;d they will be like the angels in heaven. 31 But about the resurrection of the dead—have you not read what God said to you, 32 'I am the God of Abraham, the God of Isaac, and the God of Jacob'b?e He is not the God of the dead but of the living."
33 When the crowds heard this, they were astonished at his teaching.f
34 Hearing that Jesus had silenced the Sadducees,g the Pharisees got together. 35 One of them, an expert in the law,h tested him with this question: 36 "Teacher, which is the greatest commandment in the Law?"
37 Jesus replied: " 'Love the Lord your God with all your heart and with all your soul and with all your mind.'c i 38 This is the first and greatest commandment. 39 And the second is like it: 'Love your neighbor as yourself.'d j 40 All the Law and the Prophets hang on these two commandments."k
22:41–46pp—Mk 12:35–37; Lk 20:41–44
41 While the Pharisees were gathered together, Jesus asked them, 42 "What do you think about the Messiah? Whose son is he?"
"The son of David,"l they replied.
43 He said to them, "How is it then that David, speaking by the Spirit, calls him 'Lord'? For he says,
44 " 'The Lord said to my Lord:
"Sit at my right hand
until I put your enemies
45 If then David calls him 'Lord,' how can he be his son?" 46 No one could say a word in reply, and from that day on no one dared to ask him any more questions.n
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Tbilisi, Georgia, October 09, 2017 –(PR.com)– An innovative, newly developed portable device replicates a tree's process and transforms polluted air into fresh, mineral enriched, air. The device, developed by the Tbilisi, Georgia-based startup Treepex, uses CRISPR technology to provide a solution to the ever growing air pollution problem.
Disappearing forests and increased emissions are the main causes of the evolving air pollution disaster, taking the lives of over 5.5 million people each year. Especially those living in larger cities are affected by air pollution related diseases.
That is why the greenovative startup Treepex – based in one of the most pollution-affected countries globally – decided to take action. "I knew I had to take action when I started having troubles breathing during summer in my hometown," Lasha Kvantaliani, CTO & Co-founder of Treepex said, "and I knew it had to be technologically innovative, portable and easy to use, so you can take it anywhere you like at any time."
With the DNA of millions of leaves compressed into the brain of the device, the so-called cartridge, the entrepreneurs say the device will become an inseparable part of life. The mobile app continuously synchronizes, showing updates on polluted air transformed into fresh oxygen, while monitoring pulmonary activity.
The campaign, launched as "breathe your own forest," invites interested parties to subscribe via Treepex.com to become one of its closed-beta version users and be the first to try the device out.
Contact Information:
Bachana Khachidze
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Read the full story here: http://www.pr.com/press-release/732404
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