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HJ: Self-healing is actually the only form of healing that exists. Even when another 'heals you' they are only catalyzing innate healing responses within your own body and mind. Your self-healing is truly your only work in this life. To remove that which is not you — pain, suffering, fear, insecurity, doubt — and reveal the love and peace within your heart and mind. This article will help you get there sooner rather than later depending on the tenacity with which you adopt these practices in your life.
– Truth
6 Steps To Healing Yourself
By Lissa Rankin | Zen Habits | Lissa Rankin
Take a moment and check in with yourself. How is your body feeling right in this moment? If you're generally healthy, check in for subtle symptoms. Is your neck feeling tense? Does your lower back ache? Do you have a headache? Are you exhausted — again? Or perhaps you're battling a more serious health diagnosis and you're experiencing symptoms from your health condition.
Whether you're experiencing the nuisance of a minor physical symptom, the more concerning stress of a serious health condition, or simple curiosity about how you might maximize your vitality and longevity, I'm psyched to share with you something they never taught me in medical school.
The Body Knows How To Heal Itself
Your body is beautifully equipped with natural self-repair mechanisms that are under the influence of thoughts, feelings and beliefs that originate in your mind. It knows how to kill cancer cells, fix broken proteins, slow aging, eliminate toxins, fight infections, get rid of foreign bodies, and otherwise keep you healthy. Things go awry and disease manifests when these self-repair mechanisms fail to function properly.
But here's the kicker. Your nervous system has two operating systems — the "fight-or-flight" stress response dominated by the sympathetic nervous system and the relaxation response run by the parasympathetic nervous system. Only when your nervous system is in a relaxation response do your body's self-repair mechanisms function!
The stress response is there to protect you in case a tiger chases you. But these days, we're pretty safe from tigers, and yet our stress responses get triggered, on average, over 50 times per day. How? The amygdala in your lizard brains perceives negative thoughts, beliefs, and feelings, such as financial fears, relationship worries, work stress, loneliness, or pessimism, as threats equally scary as a tiger. Then BOOM. The scaredy-cat amygdala goes on red alert, and when this happens, our bodies can't repair themselves. No wonder we get sick!
6 Simple Steps To Activate Your Body's Self-Repair Mechanisms
You don't have to be at the mercy of your stress responses. As I teach in my new book Mind Over Medicine: Scientific Proof That You Can Heal Yourself, you can be proactive about activating your body's natural self-healing. Try these scientifically-proven steps as a health prevention strategy or as treatment for any health condition you might be battling.
Step 1: Believe You Can Heal Yourself
Don't believe that positive belief can cure the body? Think again! The medical establishment has been proving that the mind can cure the body for over 50 years. We call it "the placebo effect," and it has been proven to cause resolution of symptoms- and real physiological change — in 18-80% of the patients in clinical trials who are treated with nothing more than sugar pills, saline injections, or fake surgeries.
As long as you believe your condition is "incurable" or "chronic," it will be. Don't believe your health condition could possibly resolve? Check out theSpontaneous Remission Project, a compilation of over 3,500 case studies proving that spontaneous remission has been reported for just about every illness out there- Stage 4 cancers, HIV, diabetes, high blood pressure, thyroid disease, autoimmune diseases, even an untreated gunshot wound to the head!
For my skeptical physician mind, reading through all these case studies was a paradigm shift. It's kind of like the story of the 4-minute mile. Exercise physiologists used to think the body was physiologically incapable of running a mile in less than 4 minutes — and so no athlete ever did it. Then in 1954, Roger Bannister ran a mile in three minutes and fifty-nine seconds. Once that limiting belief was shattered, virtually every athlete that competes in a world-class event has run the mile in under four minutes. Today's world-record time for the mile is 3:43:15, more than 15 seconds under 4 minutes.
What if your belief that the body can't heal itself is like the 4-minute mile? For some mind-blowing stories about how positive belief can radically affect your health, watch my TEDx talk Is There Scientific Proof That You Can Heal Yourself?.
Scientific data proves that once you believe healing is possible, it can be. So what do you believe?
Step 2: Find The Right Support
To say that you can heal yourself is sort of a misnomer because the scientific data proves that, equally essential to positive belief is the nurturing care of a true healer, someone optimistic who shares your positive belief, includes you in true partnership, respects your intuition, cares for your wellbeing, and ensures you that you won't be alone on your self-healing journey.
Do you have the right healers on your health care team?
Step Three: Listen To Your Body & Your Intuition
Nobody knows your body better than you, not even a doctor. We doctors may know the arteries of the leg or the anatomy of your organs better than you, but you know what's best for your own body better than anyone else. When my literary agent first read Mind Over Medicine, she said, "Lissa, before I read this book, I honestly thought my body was none of my business. Now I know better."
Yes! Your body is indeed your business. So listen to your intuition and trust what it tells you.
Not in touch with your intuition? Then listen to your body, which is one vehicle your intuition uses to speak to you. If you have a physical sensation in your body — pain, tightness, nausea, clenching, dizziness — ask your body what it is trying to communicate to you. Then listen up! This is the voice of your inner wisdom and it will always lead you directly to your true north.
Step Four: Diagnose The Root Causes Of Your Illness
Your doctor may give you one kind of diagnosis- migraines or irritable bowel syndrome or breast cancer, for example. But the kind of diagnosis I'm talking about gets at the root of what might have triggered stress responses in your body and deactivated your body's self-healing mechanisms, thereby making your body vulnerable to illness.
What aspects of your life are activating your stress responses? What relaxation response-inducing activities — like meditation, creative expression, laughter, engaging in work you love, massage, yoga, or playing with animals — have you been neglecting?
Illness is often a wake up call, forcing us to get down and dirty with what's really true in our lives. We can either play the victim or we can use illness as an opportunity to awaken.
If you're struggling with a physical issue, what might lie at the root of it? For more ideas about what might lie at the root of your illness, check out my TEDx talk The Shocking Truth About Your Health.
Step Five: Write The Prescription For Yourself
This won't be the kind of prescription you fill at a pharmacy, though it certainly may include elements of Western medicine. It's more of a self-guided action plan intended to make your body ripe for optimal health and full recovery.
So ask yourself, "What does my body need in order to heal?" Your Prescription may include diet changes, an exercise regimen, and a conventional medical treatment plan. But it may also include getting out of a toxic relationship, quitting a soul-sucking job, adding a meditation practice, taking steps to get out of debt, or following a passion.
Be as specific as you can. Then muster up the courage to put your plan into action!
Step Six: Surrender Attachment To Outcomes
What if you've adopted a positive attitude, found the right healer, tapped into your intuition and your body, diagnosed the root cause of your health condition, written The Prescription for yourself and put it into action- but you're still sick? Are you doing something wrong? Is it your fault you're still sick?
Absolutely not — and any talk of guilt, blame, or shame for someone on a healing journey only activates more stress responses and harms the body.
So what's the deal? This is where the art of surrender comes in. Some patients do everything "right" and spontaneous remission happens. But others are the proverbial choir- and they're still sick. Why does this happen? Honestly, I don't know. The only real answer is a spiritual one. Perhaps our souls come here on this earth to learn lessons, and illness can be a spiritual practice, a way to learn our life lessons and a part of our soul's destiny.
What I can say is that if you've followed the 6 steps, you've done everything within your power to make your body ripe for miracles — and the rest is out of your hands. So take a deep breath, trust The Universe, surrender attachment to any particular health outcome, and let any health condition you face be an opportunity for spiritual awakening.
Ready To Heal Yourself?
Are you motivated to put each of these steps into action? Will you do what it takes to reduce stress responses in your body and increase relaxation responses so your body can repair itself?
Read more from Lissa Rankin, MD on her blog, LissaRankin.com, where you can download the free eBook 10 Secrets to Healing Yourself. Her book Mind Over Medicine: Scientific Proof That You Can Heal Yourself, offers all the scientific proof skeptics will need in order to believe the mind really can heal the body. It also guides you through a series of exercises to help you implement the 6 Steps To Healing Yourself so you can make your body ripe for miracles.


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Sallodin village's location code or village code is 037353, according to data from the 2011 Census. Sallodin hamlet is situated in Punjab, India's Amritsar district's Ajnala tehsil. It is located 20 kilometers from the district headquarters in Amritsar and 12 km from the sub-district headquarters in Ajnala (tehsildar office). Salodin is the gram panchayat of Sallodin village, according to 2009 statistics. The village has a total size of 101 hectares. There are 805 people living in Sallodin, 432 of whom are men and 373 of whom are women. The literacy rate in the village of Sallodin is 59.88%, with 64.58% of men and 54.42% of women being literate. The settlement of Sallodin is home to roughly 135 residences. The sallodin village locality's pincode is 143106.
Sallodin village's administration is handled by a sarpanch, a representative chosen by the villagers in local elections. According to 2019 statistics, Sallodin village is part of the Amritsar parliamentary and Ajnala assembly constituencies. The closest town to the village of Sallodin for any significant economic activities is Ajnala.
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The best fights of 2011 are here...and we don't think you'll argue with the bout in the number one spot...
We've almost reached the end of the 2011 unofficial awards season, and after counting down the imports, newcomers, upsets, knockouts, and submissions, it's time to pick the fights that defined the past year and made you say 'this is why I'm a mixed martial arts fan.'
10 – Edson Barbosa-Anthony Njokuani
It says something about Anthony Njokuani's character that after watching Edson Barboza finish Mike Lullo with leg kicks that he would step up to the plate and offer himself up for the same type of punishment. But hey, that's what a real Muay Thai fighter would do against one of his peers, and his willingness to do so at UFC 128 in March led to one of the purest displays of the Art of Eight Limbs that you will ever see in the Octagon. For striking aficionados, this bout, won by Barboza via close, but unanimous, decision, was gold.
9 – Kyle Kingsbury-Fabio Maldonado
Former college football player Kyle Kingsbury wasn't the most highly-touted prospect to emerge from the eighth season of The Ultimate Fighter, but quietly and steadily, "KingsBu" began to make his mark, most notably with a Fight of the Night win over Jared Hamman and a 21 second destruction of Ricardo Romero. But against Brazil's Fabio Maldonado, an undefeated pro boxer, in June, Kingsbury showed not only his growing skill set, but his heart, as he and Maldonado engaged in one of those grueling, blood and spit flying brawls that make you want to stand up and cheer when it's all over. Kingsbury won the bout via unanimous decision, and while you would love to see the light heavyweights do it again, you get the impression that after their 15 minute blood and guts scrap, they'll want a little break from each other for the moment.
8 – Wanderlei Silva-Cung Le
Yes, all true mixed martial arts fans can appreciate a tense ground battle or the ability of top-level wrestlers to control where and how a fight takes place, but when it comes to pure savage beauty, nothing compares to the visceral thrill 30-something veterans Cung Le and Wanderlei Silva bring to the table, Le with his action movie moves and Silva with his pure aggression and callous disregard for defense once the fists start flying. At UFC 139, both delivered the only way they know how, and after Le turned in a strong first round, Silva roared back and finished the former Strikeforce champ in the second. Who said MMA was just for the young kids?
7 – Diego Sanchez-Martin Kampmann
In talking to one of Diego Sanchez' peers last year, he said that the fearless Albuquerque warrior has engaged in so many wars that his "cuts are starting to have conversations with each other." This was never more evident than in Sanchez' March battle with pinpoint striker Martin Kampmann, who opened his opponent's face up by the middle of the second round and appeared to be on his way to a possible stoppage victory. But Sanchez refused to back down, and his rapid fire flurries and relentless attack not only inflicted damage on his opponent as well, but allowed him to eke out an exciting unanimous decision victory in a bout that proved why fans never get disappointed when "The Dream" takes to the Octagon. UFC President Dana White agreed, giving $160,000 bonus to both fighters.
6 – Nate Diaz-Donald Cerrone
From the time this one was signed, the anticipation began for what couldn't help but be an exciting fight, and lightweights Nate Diaz and Donald Cerrone didn't disappoint. From the press conference to the weigh-in to the final bell, this one was all fire, and while Diaz took the decision, controlling the majority of the bout with his pinpoint striking accuracy, as soon as Cerrone warmed up in the second round, it became a fight, and one that lived up to the hype to boot.
5– Frankie Edgar-Gray Maynard III
Many times when you say something was a carbon copy of an earlier event, that's an insult. Not here. At UFC 136 in October, Frankie Edgar and Gray Maynard met for the third time, and as was the case in their second fight last January (which you know is coming further up the list), Edgar got rocked and almost finished in the first round by "The Bully," only to shake off the cobwebs and get himself back in the fight. This time though, he wasn't going to let the judges decide his fate. New Jersey's finest had his fists do the talking, and in the fourth round, he stunned the Houston crowd with a knockout of Maynard, capping off one of MMA's great series in emphatic fashion.
4 – Dominick Cruz-Urijah Faber II
The grudge between bantamweight stars Dominick Cruz and Urijah Faber was real, so before their UFC 132 main event earlier in July, there was a fear that the fighters wanted so badly not to lose to their rival that they would be too cautious. Not a chance. Instead, Cruz and Faber fired off all their tricks at one another, fought at the insanely high pace 135-pounders are known for, and gave the fans a 25 minute fight to remember that Cruz won by unanimous decision. In the process, he evened the score with the only man to ever beat him, and also set the stage for an Ultimate Fighter 15 coaching stint for both, as well as a third fight later in 2012.
3 – Ben Henderson-Clay Guida
Cardio machines Ben Henderson and Clay Guida met in November for a shot at the lightweight championship, and both fought for 15 minutes as if THAT was their title fight. Filled with fast paced grappling, knockdowns scored by each, and submission attempts that once again put Henderson's rubber neck to the test, this was high level stuff that showed why this sport is continuing to set the standard in combat sports. When it was all over, Henderson secured the win and his February shot at Frankie Edgar, but when he's finished with that business, no one would complain if they saw "Smooth" and "The Carpenter" run it back one more time.
2 – Frankie Edgar-Gray Maynard 2
This UFC 125 bout between UFC lightweight champion Frankie Edgar and number one contender Gray Maynard nearly ended in the first round when "The Bully" rocked and dropped the champ and nearly finished him. But Edgar remarkably made it out of the opening frame and began the task of not just surviving, but getting back on track to retain his title. And he did just that, stunning the Las Vegas crowd with a show of resilience that cemented his place on top of the 155-pound weight class. And kudos go to Maynard as well, who battled past a gas tank depleted by his frenzied first round attack to continue to go after Edgar in a quest to repeat his first win over "The Answer" and take home the championship belt. In the end, the two fighters were disappointed by the five round draw verdict, but no one who saw that 25 minute bout would ever say that they felt the same way.
1 – Dan Henderson-Mauricio "Shogun" Rua
If you watch a fight and you get to see top-level technique or an action-packed brawl or an amazing display of heart, you'll undoubtedly be happy to see at least one of the three. Two? That's a Fight of the Year candidate. All three, like we saw in the UFC 139 bout between Dan Henderson and Mauricio "Shogun" Rua in November? That's all-time great territory right there, and that's what this fight was. From start to finish, you saw everything that makes mixed martial arts great, and you saw two of the sport's superstars doing it, fighting as if there was more than a win on the line in San Jose. To add to the intrigue, the bout was five rounds, only the second non-title fight in UFC history to be scheduled for that length of time, and the first to succeed in going 25 minutes. So for nearly half an hour, Henderson and Rua traded blows that would have knocked out lesser men, pulled off amazing escapes and comebacks, and truly left everything they had in the Octagon. Even before Henderson left the Octagon with the decision victory, it was clear that we had our 2011 Fight of the Year, and it may be safe to say that every year from here on out will have a tough act to follow.
Honorable Mention - Cheick Kongo-Pat Barry, Chris Lytle-Dan Hardy, Nam Phan-Leonard Garcia II, Renan Barao-Brad Pickett, Diego Brandao-Dennis Bermudez, Nick Diaz-BJ Penn, Jon Jones-Lyoto Machida, Matt Wiman-Mac Danzig, Jose Aldo-Mark Hominick, Michael McDonald-Edwin Figueroa
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How to Administer Ear Medication to Your Dog
- Many outer ear infections in dogs require medicine to be put directly into the ear.
- Follow your veterinarian's recommendations closely.
- Always put health and safety first. If the procedure seems dangerous to you or very painful for your pet, stop and consult your veterinarian.
The Basics
Many outer ear infections in dogs require medicine to be put directly into the ear. This procedure can be relatively easy, as long as you follow a few simple guidelines. The most important guideline is to always put health and safety first. If, for any reason, your pet becomes so agitated that you feel you are at risk of being bitten, stop. If the procedure seems excessively painful for your pet, stop and get your veterinarian's advice.
Some dogs are prone to ear infections and may also need regular ear cleanings at home. Your veterinarian can tell you whether and how often to clean your dog's ears.
Severe infections or ones that involve the middle or inner ear may require oral medication in addition to ear medication.
Follow Recommendations
The ear is a very delicate structure. It is very important to closely follow your veterinarian's recommendations for medicating your dog's ear. Treating too frequently or too aggressively can make the problem worse, not better. Sensitive, already inflamed parts of the ear can be damaged. It is important to use only medicines prescribed by a veterinarian.
What You Need
- Old clothes
- Safe, easy-to-clean work area (e.g., tile or linoleum floor, water-resistant walls)
- Towel
- Ear medication prescribed by your veterinarian
- Cotton balls or tissues
There are several techniques for applying ear medication. The simplest one is described here. Please follow your veterinarian's instructions.
- Choose a space that's easy to clean (e.g., bathroom, laundry room, shower stall), or take your dog outside. Applying the medicine can be messy.
- Wear old clothes and keep a towel handy.
- If necessary, gently restrain your dog (see Restraining Your Dog, below). You may need a helper.
- Hold the medication bottle or tube just over the opening of the affected ear and gently squeeze the prescribed amount of medicine into the ear. For liquid medicines, do not squeeze the bottle too hard, as a powerful stream can irritate tender, inflamed ear structures. Note: If an ear medication requires refrigeration, do not store it at room temperature; however, allow it to reach room temperature before use to make it more comfortable for your pet.
- Fold the earflap down against your dog's head and try to prevent your dog from shaking his or her head too much. Gently massage the very base of the ear to distribute the solution as far as possible into the ear canal. Ask your veterinarian to demonstrate this massage.
- Keep the medicine in the ear for the prescribed amount of time.
- Allow your dog to shake his or her head to remove some of the medicine. (This is the messy part.)
- Use cotton balls or tissues to gently wipe away any discharge, loosened debris, and remaining medicine from the earflap, side of the neck, hair below the ear, and opening of the ear canal. Do not use cotton swabs because a sudden shake of the head or slip of the hand could result in a cotton swab puncturing the delicate eardrum or pushing debris inside the inner ear canal.
Please contact your veterinarian if you are experiencing difficulties administering any medication.
Signs of Ear Trouble
- Odor
- Scratching/rubbing at ears or side of head
- Discharge
- Debris
- Shaking/tilting of the head
- Pain
- Head shyness (not wanting the head or ears to be touched)
- Irritability
Restraining Your Dog
Although some dogs are willing to sit or lie quietly while you clean their ears, most object, at least at first. Here are some tips on how to keep your dog from wiggling while you work:
- Place your dog on a stable work surface that you can stand next to, and allow him or her to lie down, either in an upright "sphinx" position or flat on his or her side. While standing next to your dog, put the arm you will use to treat the ear over your dog's shoulders, and use your upper arm and elbow to press your dog against your torso to help keep him or her still. You can wrap your other arm under your dog's neck to hold the ear open and earflap back. If necessary, move to your dog's other side or turn your dog around to treat the other ear.
- If you don't have a high work surface, you can use the same method while seated on the floor, either holding the front of your dog's body partially against your body or on your lap. If you have a large dog, you can stand behind your dog and have him or her sit back against your legs. Sometimes it helps to back your dog into a corner.
- Small dogs can be wrapped in a large towel and held against your body, leaving only the head free. Be sure not to wrap your small dog too tightly.
- If your dog struggles, talk to him or her calmly. Stop if he or she becomes extremely agitated. Massaging the base of the ears (unless they are painful) should feel good to your dog and may help calm him or her enough that you can resume treatment.
- Be sure to reward good behavior.


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We are now running ukulele and songwriting workshops over Zoom
We teach 21st Century Skills like empathy, growth mindset, creativity and dealing with uncertainty through the energising and connecting medium of the ukulele
Overcome limiting beliefs
and access untapped creativity
Use music to trigger an inquiry
into how we really show up at work
Inject some zing and
get motivated again
Songs created
Teams Transformed
Ukuleles played
Minutes of play
"Power of Uke was a very pleasant surprise in the world of cringe and cheesy team building activities. Sarah is great in the delivery, bringing enough of a corporate aspect to link things together, but keeping it light-hearted and enjoyable"
'I feel happy, relaxed and have this smile stuck on my face. I have this new air around me making me feel confident and with a 'can do' attitude. I now have confidence to try out more activities that I never would have dared to do.'
''The word I was thinking I wanted to feel at the end was ''jovial'' - I'm feeling very jovial now!''
"Literally the best team building activity I've ever done. All of the mixing of groups worked so well, allowed you to work with everyone through the day! Also Sarah's ability to remember everyone's names was insane."
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'I feel really happy and at peace, and it's not often this feeling arises in the middle of the work day!'
''I've never seen anything like that before - it was team-building without being aware we were team-building!''
''Our team really needed this today. Because they are client- facing they are always 'on'. Today they were able to kick back.''
"The shared experience meant I saw my colleagues as human and felt more able to approach them in the future. I was skeptical but I'm really glad our team pushed for this! Power of Uke indeed!"
''Sarah delivered an exceptional ukulele workshop to my team in Microsoft during an offsite. Her charisma and experience as a facilitator was the perfect mix between professional and fun. Would thoroughly recommend it.''
''I often feel scared of failing or not being good at something so it's nice for us all to be out of our comfort zones and achieve positive results. Sometimes tasks seem intimidating and you don't know where to start - it was good to break it down to smaller tasks. It also help you look at things a bit more creatively and more open to change."
''Sarah is an amazing facilitator/storyteller. She got 40 hard nosed consultants to engage with the ukulele. Thank you for your energy and sense of play - really lit up our evening.''
''I felt really anxious before I came in and now I feel SO RELAXED and HAPPY! I actually feel like myself again - I haven't felt that way for MONTHS!''
''Sarah's brief was to come into Hello Fresh UK and help us all have more of a ''Growth Mindset'' - she totally nailed it. The whole team left feeling inspired with a real ''can-do'' attitude. What a refreshing change.''
'I haven't checked my phone in two hours - I can't remember the last time I did that! I am, without a doubt, going to be more productive this afternoon now.'
''I ask my team members all the time if they're using all their skills and they say ''yes'' - but in this workshop I saw them in roles I'd never seen them in before - for some it was a complete transformation.''
"We achieved more than I thought we would. It was fascinating to see how the song writing got us working more creatively as a team - it made me realise how little we modify our styles of working."
''The session was two years ago but the team still talk about it, and at the end of every team event the anthem we wrote comes out with pride. Sarah is a unique talent and I couldn't recommend working with her highly enough.''
We are more stressed, over-stimulated and disconnected than ever before.
It's when we take a break and play together that the real magic happens.
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Game industry entrepreneur, funding advisor, and cluster expert
Jason Della Rocca is a game industry entrepreneur, funding advisor, and cluster expert. He specializes in business/partnership development, pitching/funding, and ecosystem/cluster development.
As the co-founder of Executions Labs, he was a hands-on early stage investor to over 20 independent game studios from North America and Europe. Between 2000-09 he served as the executive director of the International Game Developers Association (IGDA), and was honored for his industry building efforts with the inaugural Ambassador Award at the Game Developers Conference. In 2009, Jason was named to Game Developer Magazine's "Power50," a list which profiles 50 of the most important contributors to the state of the game industry. As a sought after expert on the game industry, Jason has lectured at conferences and universities worldwide.
Jason has been working in the game industry for over 20 years and has dedicated the bulk of that career to working with game developers and supporting the growth of the development community.
In the early days, this was mainly via developer relations/evangelism efforts with tech and middleware companies (ie, Silicon Graphics, Matrox, Quazal), then via long-term efforts with the International Game Developers Association, and more recently through indie/startup and entrepreneurship efforts via early stage investor Execution Labs and the dedicated co-working space, GamePlay Space.
Jason is available for consulting engagements, and is most useful in terms of:
An experienced world traveler, Jason lectures at conferences and universities worldwide, and has a global client list.
Simply contact Jason if you would like to invite him to lecture at your event or run a workshop. While Jason can cover a broad range of subjects, typical topics include:
So far in 2017, Jason has lectured at Ludicious (Zurich), Casual Connect Europe (Berlin), Game Developers Conference (San Francisco), Capital Gaming Expo (Ottawa), Quo Vadis (Berlin), Champlain College (Burlington), Nordic Game Conference (Malmo), Brazil Indie Game Festival (Sao Paulo), Beirut, NYU Game Center (New York), Devcom + Gamescom (Cologne), Sweden Investor Summit (Stockholm).
Upcoming events and travel include: Mendoza, Zurich, Indie Interfaces Symposium (Montreal), Meet&Build (Brussels), Norway, NYU No Quarter Exhibition (NYC), LevelUp! (Kuala Lumpur), ALES Convention (Ecuador), Montreal International Game Summit, etc.


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The kingpin of the ultra-violent Zetas cartel did not just behead, dismember and hang his victims' bodies from bridges, he revelled in torturing them and dreaming up ever more painful ways for them to die.
One of his favourite methods was the "guiso" or "stew," in which enemies would be placed in a large drum filled with petrol and burned alive.
Trevino Morales had always said he would never be taken alive but, in the end, his reign of terror ended without a shot being fired.
Mexican marines in a helicopter swooped on his pick-up truck on a dirt road near his home town of Nuevo Laredo, just across the border from Texas, at 3.45am.
He had come out of hiding to visit his new-born child. With him in the truck were his accountant and bodyguard, $2 million cash, nine guns and 500 rounds of ammunition.
Known in Mexico by the nickname "Z-40," or simply "Death," he was the country's second most wanted cartel head, and its most notoriously violent.
He enjoyed hijacking buses and forcing passengers into gladiatorial fights to the death, with the survivor being allowed to join his gang of hitmen. Other unfortunates had their hearts cut out and the letter Z carved into their stomachs. Sometimes, he just beat people to death with wooden planks.
"He's the most sadistic of them," said Zetas expert George W Grayson. "He really gets off on inflicting diabolical pain on people."
The former police officer took over the Zetas when previous leader Heriberto Lazcano was killed in a gun battle with marines in October.
He spent many of his early years in Dallas, Texas where his mother and sister live, and the US had offered $5 million for his capture.
In an imaginative bid to launder money in the US he had set up a racing stables in Oklahoma specialising in American quarter horses. It had 300 stallions, including ones called Number One Cartel and The Hitman, and was processing $1 million a month before being raided by hundreds of FBI agents in June 2012.
While Trevino Morales was on the run he followed his horses' victories in high profile races on his mobile phone.
The Zetas cartel, which he commanded, had originated as a group of former Mexican special forces commandos who acted as a death squad for the Gulf cartel from the late 1990s.
They split away in 2010 leading to a violent turf war and a wave of beheadings and massacres as they battled for control of cocaine and crystal meth routes into the US. The Zetas also diversified into human trafficking, extortion, prostitution, piracy, stealing oil from pipelines, and drug smuggling in Guatemala.
A litany of crimes Trevino Morales was wanted for included the slaughter of 265 migrants whose bodies were found buried near the town of San Fernando.
Some of the victims had refused to work as drug mules.
The Zetas are also accused of storming a casino in Monterrey, which had not paid extortion money, setting it on fire and killing 52 people.
In Nuevo Laredo last year 23 bodies were left hanging from a bridge or decapitated near the City Hall. Shortly afterwards 49 more bodies were dumped in the middle of a main road with their heads, hands and feet chopped off.
The chaos wrought by the Zetas also included the killing of a US special agent, assassinations of political figures, mass jailbreaks, and the stealing of their former leader's body from a funeral home.
Recently, they began massacring each other and Trevino Morales was declared by some a "Judas" on public banners, leading to suggestions he may have been betrayed.
His demise was the biggest success for the government since President Enrique Pena Nieto took office in December. Mexico has seen 70,000 drug-related murders since the start of 2007.
However, there were warnings that his capture could lead to increased violence, with the Zetas splintering into feuding "cartelitos." Trevino Morales's brother Omar is expected to take over, but is seen as weaker.
It could also strengthen the grip of Mexico's most wanted drug lord, Joaquin "El Chapo" Guzman, and his Sinaloa cartel which has been competing with the Zetas over drug routes into the US.


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A Meditation to Help Ease Pain
This guided meditation for chronic or acute pain uses two research-proven methods for pain management: it provides pleasant diversion for the mind with positive, healing guided imagery (good for chronic pain); and it offers guidance for facing and softening acute pain, such as muscle spasm, injury or post-surgical pain.
Guided imagery is a complementary, mind-body therapy that consists of healing words and images, set to soothing music, to achieve specific healing or wellness goals. A separate track of affirmations provides quick relief in a briefer format that can be enjoyed while engaged in other activities. Repeated listening once or twice a day for 2-3 weeks ensures maximum impact.
Through relaxing around and through physical or emotional pain, refocusing the mind, and marshalling serotonin-elevating images of love, gratitude, safety and peace, muscle aches, joint pain can subside, minimized or even transformed. The track list is as follows:
- Introduction (6:00)
- Guided Imagery (14:46)
- Affirmations (22:41)
This gentle but powerful pain relief meditation was written and narrated for Health Journeys™ by guided imagery and holistic health expert Belleruth Naparstek, scored to the exquisitely soothing music of Steven Mark Kohn, and produced by the Cleveland Orchestra's Bruce Gigax.
This empowering program has been found effective for many kinds of chronic pain management, for conditions as diverse as pancreatitis, fibromyalgia, muscle spasm, emotional pain, joint pain relief, headache, gastric distress and back pain.
Belleruth Naparstek
Belleruth Naparstek AM, ACSW, is a clinical social worker, author, and creator of a large library of guided imagery programs that target specific health and mental health challenges. She is known for introducing guided meditation to mainstream health systems and co-founded Health Journeys with George Klein in 1991.


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Wildfire safety: What to do before a wildfire
Tips to help you assess your risk and identify ways to help protect your home and family.
Every year, wildfires threaten homes throughout the United States, especially those located in or near wilderness areas. The wildfire safety tips below can help you assess your risk and identify ways to protect your home and family from a wildfire.
How should you prepare for a wildfire?
Good wildfire planning begins long before a fire occurs. Help ensure your family's safety by installing and maintaining smoke alarms and fire extinguishers in your home. Also, identify adequate sources of water within 1,000 feet of your home, such as a well, hydrant or swimming pool.
As with all emergency situations, you should develop a disaster preparedness plan that includes a disaster survival kit and an emergency evacuation plan.
How can I stay informed about wildfires?
Wildfires feed on vegetation; hot, dry conditions increase the risk and speed of a wildfire. To learn more about the wildfire risks in your area, visit the sites below:
- The National Interagency Coordination Center (NICC) publishes wildfire outlooks on a daily to seasonal basis, depending on the region.
- The National Weather Service produces regional maps with a color-coded wildfire outlook system.
- The United States Department of Agriculture (USDA) Forest Service posts a map of current large wildfire incidents.
- The Federal Alliance for Safe Homes (FLASH) identifies low-risk, moderate-risk and high-risk factors for your home's surroundings.
- The Insurance Institute for Business and Home Safety (IBHS) provides wildfire research information as well as regional home retrofit guides.
When a wildfire threat exists, use a battery-powered radio to stay aware of current information. Wildfires can move very quickly. If authorities issue a wildfire evacuation order, leave the area immediately.
Home wildfire preparedness
The best way to protect your home from possible wildfire damage is to remove or reduce the potential fuel within a 30-feet safety zone around your home. (If you live in a high-risk area, increase the safety zone to 100 feet).
- Remove vines from house walls.
- Remove shrubs and other landscaping away from your house walls.
- Remove highly flammable and low-branched trees, such as evergreens, eucalyptus and juniper.
- For remaining trees, remove limbs within 15 feet of the ground.
- Clear tree debris, such as fallen limbs, leaves, pine needles and cones.
- Move stacked wood outside the safety zone.
- Pay special attention to clearing debris beneath decks and other overhangs.
- Consider removing wooden exterior structures, such as decks and patios, or replacing them with more fire resistant materials.
- Install non-combustible roofing and siding materials, such as metal, slate or concrete.
- Clear debris from gutters.
- Install electrical lines underground, if possible.
- Maintain a home inventory and review it with your insurance agent yearly to ensure you are properly insured.
Prepare a wildfire go bag
The following essentials should be included in your wildfire evacuation bag:
- Drinkable water,
- Non-perishable foods,
- First-aid kit,
- Face masks or coverings,
- Prescriptions medications,
- Glasses or contact lenses,
- Flashlights and radios (extra batteries),
- Whistle or other sound signaling device,
- Multi-tool with a knife,
- Medical cards and records,
- Copies of important documents,
- Waterproof bags or containers, and
- Pet food and water.
Before a wildfire evacuation
Practice evacuation drills so you and your family can be prepared and know what to expect.
- Designate two alternative meeting points in the event the family is separated.
- If threatened by a wildfire, make sure the gas tank is full and you have cash on hand.
- Make sure you have your purse or wallet with keys, identification cards and credit cards.
- Pack all necessities to avoid delays from unnecessary stops.
- Bring food and water, veterinarian records and proof of vaccinations for your pets.
Evacuate or stay
It is extremely important to follow the evacuation recommendations provided by local authorities or fire officials.
Shelter in place order
- Stay indoors,
- Keep all windows and doors shut,
- Shelter in rooms at the opposite end where the fire is approaching, and
- Keep away from perimeter walls.
Warning or voluntary evacuation
- Review the evacuation plan,
- Prepare the evacuation bag,
- Get ready to leave, and
- Wildfires can move quickly and be unpredictable so consider evacuating during the warning phase.
Mandatory or immediate evacuation order
- Evacuate immediately if required by law, and
- Use identified evacuation routes.


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Monthly Flea Control & Prevention Cats 7-15lbs Dogs 21-45lbs,Purple Label-48 capsules
- Controls flea populations by breaking flea life cycle
- Helps prevent flea re infestation of your pet
- Does not kill live fleas
- Last for 30 days
- 100% of flea eggs and 90% of pre-existing larvae are dead within 48 hours
- Easy to dose capsule form
- Administered orally
- Safe for pregnant and nursing cats and dogs
- Cats and dogs should be at least 6 weeks old and weight at least 2 lbs
Expiration Date:
Store in a cool, dry place, away from direct sun light avoiding temperatures below 32F° (0C°) and above 75F° (25C°). Do not refrigerate. Keep bottle tightly closed.
Store and keep out of reach of children and pets. Not for human use.
Side Effects and Warnings:
Side effects are rare. May observe lack of appetite, vomiting, diarrhea, lethargy, itching, difficulty breathing, or reddened skin. No known drug or food interactions. Overdose/ Toxicity unlikely.
These statements has not been evaluated by the Food and Drug Administration. This product is not intended to diagnose, treat, cure, or prevent any disease.


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Imperfect poetry on the theme of light
January 31, 2013
like a newly-minted rabbi
dazzled from the transmission
as dawn, her fingers smeared
with palest raspberry
like heat in a tile floor
warming me to my bones
as the sun, so bright
I blink away tears
like a lightbulb
electrified by current
as a crescent moon peeking
slyly around night's doorframe
like snow, sparkling mica-bright
in an unexpected wind
as a three-year-old, bounding
to knock me down with a hug
This week's imperfect prose prompt from Emily Wierenga is "light." The idea of light led me to radiance, and radiance made me think of our son. It's a cliché to compare a child's radiance to any other source of radiance I can think of -- so I figured instead of trying to avoid the predictability, I'd play with it a little. The resulting poem was fun to write. I hope it's fun to read, too.
You can check out other people's offerings on the theme of light in the comments on this post: imperfect prose on thursdays: light.


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The product is intended for children aged from 3 to 14 years, weighing not more than 70 kg and height of 95-165 cm.
Используется для оснащения дворовых и парковых площадок, школ, дошкольных учреждений, турбаз, пансионатов, домов отдыха.
In order to improve product quality and safety, can be made changes in the product documentation (image, dimensions, etc.).
Gaps and joints between the elements of the equipment are designed so as to prevent the build-up of the limbs, trunk and head of the child, while the design will not allow it to roll over or fall out. The possibility of adult access has been developed in circumstances that require help to the child.


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Surface Prong Halo 1.20 CT TDW Oval Cut Diamond Four Prong Setting Ear Studs in White Gold
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Whether it is for yourself or your special someone, this Surface Prong Halo 1.20 CT TDW Oval Cut Diamond Four Prong Setting Ear Studs in White Gold will complete any styles. This timeless ear studs features an approximate .50 carat oval cut natural white diamond on each side, surrounded by .20 carat side diamonds, for a total 1.20 carat. All our diamonds are I-J (near colorless) in color and I1-I2 in clarity. This earrings can be customized to either Rose Gold, White Gold, Yellow Gold or Black Gold. Also, it can be made with 18k Gold over Silver, 10k Gold, 14k Gold or 18k Gold. All our jewelry are precisely handmade to order by our experienced jeweler. Made with love, deliver to you with care. All order comes with satisfaction guarantee policy. If your are not satisfied with your purchase, you can request a refund within 30 days upon receipt of the item without question asked. As unique as you are, create your own special pieces of jewelry. With its brilliance, it always shine and sparkle on her ears. It can be worn everyday because of it simple design. It is one of the sublime gifts for any events such as Anniversaries, Birthday, Mother's Day, Valentine's, Graduation, Christmas, etc. Handmade with love, it carries the best sparkle and luster. Impress your special someone with this flawless pair of earrings. Customized, Personalized, The sublime gift for your loved one.
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June 6, 2000
NASA's Chandra X-ray Observatory has revealed a spectacular luminous spike of X rays that emanates from the vicinity of a giant black hole in the center of the radio galaxy Pictor A. The spike, or jet, is due to a beam of particles that streaks across hundreds of thousands of light years of intergalactic space toward a brilliant X-ray hot spot that marks its end point.
The hot spot is at least 800 thousand light years (8 times the diameter of our Milky Way galaxy) away from where the jet originates. It is thought to represent the advancing head of the jet, which brightens conspicuously where it plows into the tenuous gas of intergalactic space. The jet, powered by the giant black hole, originates from a region of space no bigger than the solar system.
"Both the brightness and the spectrum of the X rays are very different from what theory predicts," Professor Andrew Wilson reported today at the 196th national meeting of the American Astronomical Society in Rochester, New York. Wilson, of the University of Maryland, College Park, along with Dr. Patrick Shopbell and Dr. Andrew Young, also of the University of Maryland, are submitting an article on this research to the Astrophysical Journal. "The Chandra observations are telling us that something out there is producing many more high-energy particles than we expected," said Wilson.
One possible explanation for the X rays is that shock waves along the side and head of the X-ray jet are accelerating electrons and possibly protons to speeds close to that of light. In the process the electrons are boosted to energies as high as 100 million times their own rest mass energy. These electrons lose their energy rapidly as they produce X rays, so this could be the first direct evidence of this process so far outside a galaxy.
The hot spot has been seen with optical and radio telescopes. Radio telescopes have also observed a faint jet. Jets are thought to be produced by the extreme electromagnetic forces created by magnetized gas swirling toward a black hole. Although most of the material falls into the black hole, some can be ejected at extremely high speeds. Magnetic fields spun out by these forces can extend over vast distances and may help explain the narrowness of the jet.
The Chandra observation of Pictor A was made on January 18, 2000 for eight hours using the Advanced CCD Imaging Spectrometer (ACIS).
The ACIS instrument was built for NASA by the Massachusetts Institute of Technology, Cambridge, and Pennsylvania State University, University Park. NASA's Marshall Space Flight Center in Huntsville, Ala., manages the Chandra program. TRW, Inc., Redondo Beach, Calif., is the prime contractor for the spacecraft. The Smithsonian's Chandra X-ray Center controls science and flight operations from Cambridge, Mass.
Images associated with this release are available on the World Wide Web at:
High resolution digital versions of the X-ray image (JPG, 300 dpi TIFF) are available at the Internet sites listed above. This image will be available on NASA Video File which airs at noon, 3:00 p.m., 6:00 p.m., 9:00 p.m. and midnight Eastern Time. NASA Television is available on GE-2, transponder 9C at 85 degrees West longitude, with vertical polarization. Frequency is on 3880.0 megahertz, with audio on 6.8 megahertz.
Dolores Beasley
Headquarters, Washington, DC
Phone: 202/358-1753
Steve Roy
Marshall Space Flight Center, Huntsville, AL
Phone: 256-544-6535
Leon J. Tune
University of Maryland, College Park, MD
Phone: 301-405-4679
Dr. Wallace Tucker
Chandra X-ray Observatory Center, CfA, Cambridge, MA
Phone: 617-496-7998


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March 2017
Do You Really Need A Website?We write a lot about websites because we genuinely believe that your website can make or break your business in the digital and social age. In fact, depending on your industry, it could be the difference between boom and gloom. |
Get To Know Your Profit MarginsA substantial increase in your sales is not the only way to make more profit in your business. Business owners often focus on increasing sales to new customers but if you can improve your 'conversion rate' so you convert more prospects into customers, you will also see a boost in your bottom line. Here are some tips to help you increase your profit margins. |
Business Start Up Corner - How To Get Your Business Off To A Flying StartStarting a business can be a maze of research, registrations and red tape. No amount of passion can guarantee your business success but the proverb, 'failing to plan is planning to fail' serves as both great advice and a warning for new entrepreneurs. |
Buying Or Selling A Business? Make Sure It's A "Going Concern"In the excitement of negotiating a sale or purchase of a business it is easy to overlook whether the price negotiated is inclusive or exclusive of GST. Often both parties assume that business sales are GST-free without examining the ingredients of a GST-free transaction. The Australian Taxation Office created an exemption for the sales of businesses to be exempt from GST as long as the business is being sold as a 'going concern'. |
Business Builders - Quick Tips!Each quarter we will share a quick tip on building your business. This quarter we look at targeting your ideal customer. |
7 Ways To Increase Your Email Marketing Success RateMost small to medium sized enterprises operate on a tight marketing budget. Typically, there would be only one or two people handling email marketing activities as part of their roles but to get the best return on your investment you need clean and current email lists, relevant email content and some sort of tracking system to monitor the results of the campaigns. Here are seven tips to help you efficiently create, send and track email campaigns that deliver results: |
Is Your Website Generating New Business?It wasn't that long ago that most websites were simply electronic brochures. They listed the who, what and where of the business but times have certainly changed. Unfortunately, these types of websites no longer cut the mustard and with the evolution of the internet we have also seen a change in consumer behaviour. People now buy goods and services online including cars, holidays and whitegoods and to capitalise on this behavioural shift you need to upgrade your website from an 'electronic brochure' to a lead generation website. |
Quick Tips For Social MediaSocial Media marketing is one of the most effective ways to grow your brand, get traffic to your website, generate leads and make sales. Each quarter we will share tips on managing your social media platforms. |


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After operating for only two years, the Revel Casino Hotel has closed down, part of a trend that will reportedly shutter a third of Atlantic City's big gambling halls by the end of September. It cost $2.4 billion to build the Revel facility.
"It's a tragedy," massage therapist Lori Bacum, who worked at the resort's spa, tells NJ.com. "There were some warnings, but none of us thought it would happen. We felt so safe, because this was the place that was going to take (the city) to a new level."
From the AP:
"By mid-September, four of Atlantic City's 12 casinos will have closed, but none will be a costlier failure than Revel.
"It started construction just before the Great Recession hit and had to take on so much debt it never could turn a profit.
" The Showboat closed on Sunday, Trump Plaza is closing Sept. 16, and the Atlantic Club closed in January."
The closures come as casinos in Atlantic City and surrounding areas struggle to attract customers in a region that's becoming saturated with gambling options — as NPR's David Greene reports for today's Morning Edition.
The arrival of new casinos in cities such as Philadelphia and Pittsburgh — and Baltimore, where Maryland's fifth casino recently opened — is giving gamblers more options. And that makes it harder for any one town to attract customers from miles around.
"Pennsylvania is a terrific example," Suzette Parmley of The Philadelphia Inquirer tells David. She says the casinos are expected to bring money pouring into resources for senior citizens and boost tax revenue.
"From 2012 to 2013, it was booming — billions of dollars coming into Pennsylvania," Parmley says. But now, she adds, "Pennsylvania has already flattened out; it's actually on a slight decrease this year in revenue, from last year. It's still making a lot, but already the trajectory is going downward because you have Maryland in the mix now, you have Ohio in the mix."
In Atlantic City, Revel opened in April 2012; its owners twice sought bankruptcy protection. The last hotel guests left Monday. And by Tuesday morning, workers had removed the resort's name and put up a yellow chain to block access.
"At the end of the month, some 6,500 jobs will have been lost" in Atlantic City, David says.
As CBS News reports, Revel's unique approach of emphasizing its hotel qualities seemed to backfire:
"The idea behind Revel was to open a totally different resort, a seaside pleasure palace that just happened to have a casino as one of its features. That included Atlantic City's only total smoking ban, which alienated many gamblers; the lack of a buffet and daily bus trips to and from the casino; and the absence of a players' club. By the time those decisions were reversed, it was already too late. High room and restaurant prices hurt, too."
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How to get your password back with iPassword Help
Thanks to some new software you may very well be able to access the information on your phone without a restore. Maybe you simply forgot your iPhone password since it hasn't been used for a while. Perhaps you entered it wrong too many times and now see the message that asks you to wait one million or more minutes before trying again. Either way there is a good chance that you can get back into your iPhone today.
You will need to download the required files, read the rest of this page and watch the instructional video in order to avoid damage to your device. Never interrupt iPhone jailbreaks or restores by unplugging your device as you can brick your phone.
Disclaimer: Using any of the procedures on iPassword Help can potentially cause harm to your device.
Do so at your own risk. Any deviation from the proper execution of the software described on this site is likely to cause unexpected problems. If you are not good at following instructions consider contacting a professional. iPassword Help is not responsible for any damages which may be caused by failing to follow the directions here or otherwise.
Nowadays cell phones are indispensable. If you found this page then you are probably in the same situation that I recently found myself in. I forgot my iPhone password and desperately needed to find it. Apple security is designed to keep people from getting into your phone without authorization so my options were limited. I only had a few attempts before I would be locked out forever. If you have an iPhone then you already know that each time you enter the password incorrectly you will have to wait longer before making another attempt. Eventually you run into a message that says "iPhone disabled" which requires you to restore your iPhone to factory settings and lose all of your valuable data. If you recently backed up your phone then you will be able to get some of your data back but not all of it. If you are like me then you don't want iTunes storing all of your personal information and need a solution to get past your password lock. Without a restore iPassword Help can help you get back into your phone.
The methods described on iPassword Help will allow you to read the pass code on your iPhone 4 or 3gs.
Thanks to some very clever developers there is now a solution for those who forgot their iPhone password. Even if you have made too many attempts and are seeing the "iPhone disabled connect to iTunes" message you might still be able to remove your password and get your phone up and running without losing any information. So how can you figure out your password? It's not as hard as you might think and requires just a few things. First of all you will need to have access to a computer running Windows 7. You will need to download the 5.0.1 I.P.S.W., RedSn0w, and the Gecko Toolkit from here. I have not tried this using a Mac which can dual boot to Windows 7 but theoretically it should work. You will of course need a data cable to connect your iPhone to the computer. That's just about it. Besides that and a little bit of patience and you will be good to go. Just follow the directions and in about twenty minutes you should have your password.
I forgot my iPhone password on my 3G, will this work for me?
Not exactly but you still have a few options. Unfortunately the 3G does not support software version 5.0 or higher so the exploit used to crack the iPhone password does not apply. The good news is that you can use the software found on iPassword Help to give yourself unlimited password attempts. Once you reach the "iPhone disabled" message you can remove the error code and start trying passwords again. Hopefully with enough tries you will eventually remember your password. If not then I'm afraid you are out of luck for now. You can always perform a full restore but without some serious FBI level forensic equipment there will be no way to get your information back. For the record we are looking into this so if you really need to get into your 3G set it aside and don't enter new data into it or you might overwrite memory that may be recoverable in the future.
Tool for recovery mode problem
If you have recently attempted to upgrade your iPhone software you might have encountered the recovery mode error. In this situation your iPhone will not upgrade properly and instead shows the connect to iTunes symbol. iPassword Help has your back. There is a tool that can often solve this problem and it is very easy to use. On the downloads page you can find a link to Tiny Umbrella. This is an amazing tool that offers several custom iPhone options. Many of these are above entry level difficulty but there is one very helpful tool that is easy to use. It is located at the top left hand of the screen and forces the phone out of recovery mode. It can also put the phone into recovery mode and requires little more than a quick download and installation to use it. If you are stuck in recovery mode you should definitely check out Tiny Umbrella on the download page.
If you forgot your iPhone password then hopefully you found this page useful.
iPassword Help can help you with several different devices. Any reference to "iPhone" on iPassword Help also applies to the iPad 1 and iPod touch 2nd-3rd generation devices. Gecko will allow you to recover your forgotten password from all three of these devices. Information regarding software downloads and the video tutorial can always be found here.
In order to run Gecko you will need to use a computer running Windows 7. You cannot recover your iPhone password with any other operating system. Make sure to download the appropriate 5.0.1 IPSW for your device as well as the latest version of RedSn0w. I have found that my computer must be restarted in between each use of the Gecko Toolkit. In other words each time that you attempt to recover your iPhone password you must reboot and execute the program again.
Begin with your device plugged into the computer and open the Gecko Toolkit. From the drop down menu select your device and click the "Boot" button. This will cause RedSn0w to open automatically. It will then prompt you to put your phone into DFU mode. There is often a lag between the time that it takes for your computer to recognize the device and the time that Gecko sees it. If you see an error that says you misunderstood the directions you may still be able to complete the procedure by clicking the forward arrow in the toolkit. Once the device is recognized by RedSn0w you can let that program run its course until "OK" appears on your device screen.
At this point simply click on cancel in RedSn0w and the "Launch" button for Gecko. This will begin the password recovery process and you will need to wait until it has completed. Your password will appear inside of the Gecko dialogue when the process has been finished. Now you can reboot your device by holding the power and home buttons simultaneously until the screen goes black. Next, release both buttons and then power up your device as usual. This time you can enter your recovered pass code.
I have noticed that Gecko is very particular about the way you follow the instructions for recovering your iPhone password. Those of us who are familiar with RedSn0w have used short cuts in the past like putting our phone into DFU mode before opening the RedSn0w program. In a way this can work but you will need to change the order of things a bit to do so. Gecko cannot properly launch RedSn0w if a DFU enabled device is connected to your PC. If you choose to do it this way you must connect to your computer after RedSn0w has launched.
Gecko will not read pass codes that contain anything other than four numeric digits. If you have set up a password that uses letters then you are out of luck. Then again so would anyone trying to access your password. All the more reason to use a more complex code. According to the developer, simply adding a letter to your password would make a brute force attack so difficult that you might be years older by the time that your pass code can be read. So if you forgot your iPhone password with a more complex code you would most likely have to restore your device and lose valuable information.
If you have found the information on iPassword Help helpful, don't hesitate to share it. Download information on iPassword Help will be updated as sources become available. I forgot my iPhone 4 password and that's what made me decide to create the iPassword Help site.


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This $50 million TIF-supported project consists of the design and construction of a new elevated CTA station at Cermak on the Green Line. The station, located in the two mile-stretch between the existing Roosevelt and 35th/Bronzeville stations will provide much needed access to rapid transit for neighborhood residents and businesses. The new station will be ADA-accessible and have station house facilities located at grade level. The platform will be a center-island configuration for an eight-car train with canopy coverage for six cars. The station will also include an auxiliary exit to the north side of 23rd Street.
The design work will begin in March with construction set to begin by February 2013. The 18-month construction project is expected to be complete by July 2014.
This station, which will allow another access point to McCormick Place, is expected to provide a significant boost to the convention industry and help facilitate conventioneers getting downtown quickly and affordably.


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Dr. Vladislav Krasnov, author of Solzhenitsyn and Dostoevsky: A Study in the Polyphonic Novel (Athens: The University of Georgia Press, 1980), Soviet Defectors: The KGB Wanted List (Stanford: Hoover Institution, 1985), and Russia Beyond Communism: A Chronicle of National Rebirth (New York: Westview Press, 1991), and president of Russia & America Goodwill Association (RAGA), spoke to Jonas E Alexis for Veterans Today, July 14, 2016 – Editor
Alexis: You are a Solzhenitsyn scholar, and Solzhenitsyn is arguably one of the rarest minds and perceptive writers the twentieth century ever produced. Solzhenitsyn praised Putin for his tremendous work, and no one ever really challenged him on this.
Krasnov: First of all, thanks for focusing on a Russian writer who belongs as much to Russia as to the USA, Jonas. He wrote in Russian. However, it was the United States that gave him a refuge when he was forcibly deported from the USSR. He lived here from 1976 to 1994. Enjoying the freedom of research and expression unavailable then in his beloved Russia, he produced a very substantial body of work at his home in Cavendish, Vermont. Even though he had gotten a Nobel Prize in literature in 1970 before he was exiled from the USSR, his major works were published here. Scholarship on Solzhenitsyn was first produced in the West too. So I am pleased but not surprised you regard him as a towering figure of the 20th century.
Alexis: Peter Eltsov of National Defense University disparagingly linked Solzhenitsyn with Putin in an article. He said: "Indeed, it is one of history's ironies that the No. 1 internal enemy of the Soviet Union has now become a spiritual guru to a former KGB officer who repeatedly voices nostalgia for Soviet times."[1]
Krasnov: The linkage per se does not surprise me. However, Eltsov does it in a negative context. Apparently he excludes even a possibility of a genuine spiritual regeneration. I regard this linkage as a good omen for the future of Russia. In the late 1980s, when the Gorby mania was on a rampage in the West and Reformed Communism was the ultimate dream of the US intellectual establishment, I wrote Russia Beyond Communism: A Chronicle of National Rebirth,[2] in which I foresaw Russia's return to its Christian roots.
In fact, my book was dedicated to the Millennium of Russian Baptism in 1988. At that time in the USSR it was strictly verboten for Soviet soldiers even to wear a crucifix or any other religious symbol. Now, if you watch the military parade on the 9th of May, Victory over Germany Day, you will see on Russian national TV how the commanding General Sergei Shoigu, Russia's Defense Minister, crosses himself publicly before he enters the Red Square through the Kremlin Gate. If you did not see it, I am not surprised. The Big Media indulges in Putin-phobia to divert attention to the greatest event of the past 25 years, Russia's spiritual rebirth, of which Putin and Shoigu are just two examples.[3]
Alexis: Thank you for the information. The masses in America are being buried beneath the avalanche of disinformation, colossal hoaxes, fabrications, and just bold lies. I am still stunned that the Zionist Media would even suggest that Putin wanted to rebuild the Soviet Union. One has to sink very low to propagate such nonsense. Anyway, anything on US Ambassador William Joseph Burns?
Krasnov: We know that US Ambassador William Joseph Burns did meet with Solzhenitsyn in 2008, just a few months before the writer passed away. Here is what was reported:
"According to Burns, Solzhenitsyn positively contrasted the eight-year reign of Putin with those of Gorbachev and Yeltsin, which he said had 'added to the damage done to the Russian state by 70 years of communist rule'. Under Putin, the nation was rediscovering what it was to be Russian, Solzhenitsyn thought."[4]
Alexis: Do you agree with Solzhenitsyn's assessment of Putin?
Krasnov: Yes, I do. Moreover, I think Solzhenitsyn would have been pleased with Putin's performance SINCE 2008, even though Burns was right to point out that "the writer's praise for Putin wasn't unqualified." Solzhenitsyn was a man who could not be subservient to anyone.
Alexis: Did you meet either Solzhenitsyn or Putin?
Krasnov: I never met Putin. As to Solzhenitsyn, although I met him only once, I corresponded with him for many years and during late 1990s, when he moved back to Russia in 1994. I talked to him on the phone every time I came to visit Russia.
Alexis: What did you talk about?
Krasnov: I won't go into details, but generally he asked me about what was going on in the US and I asked him of his readjustment to Russia, especially, to the tragic years of the oligarchic rule in the 1990s.
Alexis: Since you are a Solzhenitsyn scholar, and since you wrote Solzhenitsyn and Dostoevsky: A Study in the Polyphonic Novel way back in 1979,[5] does the book have any relevance almost forty years later?
Krasnov: Well, as you said, it's a work of scholarship, and my primary purpose was to help American readers understand Soviet realities via Solzhenitsyn. I wanted to put Solzhenitsyn's novels within the Russian literary tradition, tracing it back to Dostoevsky who, while letting his heroes argue for their diverse world views, also gave freedom to the reader to choose his favorite.
As to its relevance, I once had an interview with Kevin Barrett [6] who asked the same question. I told him that the polyphony of literary heroes needs to travel from novels to the polyphony of ideological views in real life. I think Solzhenitsyn sensed this need during the totalitarian rule of the Marxist-Leninist ideology in the USSR, and his literary work did much to undermine it. Many American intellectuals, Dr. Barrett is just one of them, feel the same need in the USA where Big Media and the Zionist-controlled intellectual establishment want their MONOLOG monopolizing the world.
Alexis: I remember that one of the battle cries of Soviet dissidents was the demand for glasnost, meaning giving "voice" (glas) to any subject on which Soviet leaders put a taboo.
Krasnov: Exactly so. That's why while writing my book, Russia Beyond Communism: A Chronicle of National Rebirth, I tried to give a voice, an opportunity to speak to every brave and cogent Soviet intellectual or expat dissident who, not being satisfied with Gorbachev's schemes to save Communism, called for a Russian future BEYOND Communism, a future which could not be gained unless Russia recovered its thousand years deep national roots, including its Christianity.
In fact, I was not so much an author but rather a conductor of a polyphonic choir against the endless monotonous Communist tune. Solzhenitsyn was one of those voices, but his main influence was that I consciously translated his literary strategy into Russia's spiritual quest for a future BEYOND Communism.
I noticed that you have a whole string of questions, all of which focus on the ethical imperative to tell the truth. Am I right to assume that your educational background influenced you, first, to question the secular predominance in the US educational system and, second, made your views more compatible with Solzhenitsyn's and Russia's renewed Christianity?
Alexis: Very good question, but there is no way to delve into all the details here. Let me be brief. I have always been interested in metaphysical issues. That's how I got to study mathematics and philosophy. My first major was psychology, but I switched it very quickly because I disagreed with some of the fundamental principles I was learning about Freud, Jung, Adler, Maslow, Fromm, Rogers and others. I came to realize that modern psychology wasn't as rigorous as I once believed in high school and some of it is just common knowledge.
I remember I went to one of my professors to talk about some of my issues because they were really important to me, and I could not get a satisfying answer at all. So, I dropped out of psychology within one semester. That was back in 1999, and I knew next to nothing of revolutionary movements during that time. I was OK in math and science in high school, so I quickly changed major. I got interested in history right after I realized that practical reason cannot really be understood without a historical context and background. To make a long story short, I quickly discovered that no philosophical, political or intellectual project can make sense without what Immanuel Kant called practical reason (categorical imperative), and practical reason cannot really exist without metaphysical Logos.
As a corollary, any individual who dismisses practical reason in his project will inexorably end up propounding internal contradictions and incoherency. That's what happened to Darwin, and his intellectual children have never recovered from that. I have written numerous articles on this, among them "Vladimir Putin: The New World Order Worships Satan," "Soros, Practical Reason, and the World-Wide Criminal Organization," "Dark Lord Soros Meets Charles Darwin," "Metaphysics of the New World Order: Contempt for Morality and Practical Reason," "Social Darwinism, Einstein and Determinism," "Fashionable Nonsense, Fads, and Fallacies in the Name of Logic and Science," "Scientific Frauds, Academic Gangsters, and the Khazarian Theory Revisited," etc.
I also realized that Solzhenitsyn was basing his critique of the former Soviet Union on both practical reason and metaphysical Logos. That's how I got to appreciate his non-fiction work.
Krasnov: You obviously base your premise upon what you say is Logos. If that is the case, then why it is usually said that Christian Zionists are no less responsible for Israel's obstinacy in occupation of Palestine than Jewish and Israeli right-wingers?
Alexis: This is a very complicated issue which requires a long and complicated answer. If people would like to study this in much detail, numerous scholarly studies have already been written on it. [7] Let's just briefly say that Christian Zionism is part of the revolutionary project which got its inception in the 16th century but which blossomed in the 19th century, when a con man by the name of John Nelson Darby came on the scene.
Darby had a pernicious influence on another con man named C. I. Scofield. But the seed of the Zionist movement really flourished in 1800s. As one scholar puts it, "By the 1830s philo-Semitism and anti-Catholicism were becoming the flipsides of the same coin. Hugh McNeile [an Irish-born Calvinist]…became one of the most outspoken anti-Catholic orators of the 1830s and a leading voice of those advocating the new philosemitic message."[8]
Similarly, in his book Jewish Influence on Christian Reform Movements, rabbi Louis Israel Newman argues that Jewish revolutionaries have supported virtually every subversive movement in the West, and Christian Zionism is no exception.[9] Heinrich Graetz, the father of modern Jewish historiography, agreed: "Whenever a party in Christendom opposes itself to the ruling church, it assumes a tinge of the Old Testament, not to say Jewish spirit."[10]
The overarching theme of the Christian Zionist movement is the elevation of the Jewish people and Israel above the law, above practical reason, and sometimes even above metaphysical Logos (as in the case of people like John Hagee). So, whenever people start to defend Christian Zionism, despite numerous evidence to the contrary, it is an obvious sign that you are in the presence of either useful idiots, political or religious whores, or cowards. "Even if all is covered by lies, even if all is under their rule, let us resist in the smallest way: Let their rule hold not through me!"
Krasnov: What do you like most about Solzhenitsyn?
Alexis: What I specifically like about Solzhenitsyn is that he was committed to the truth, regardless of where it took him. In fact, he wrote arguably the most controversial book in the twentieth century, 200 Years Together, which has yet to be translated in the English language.[11] Solzhenitsyn said that the first step of a courageous man is to not take part in a lie. Shouldn't that be an encouragement for us today?
Krasnov: Sure, the truth shall set us free! And the failure to acknowledge the truth and indulgence in lies will put us back to moral and intellectual bondage. This is applicable to Russia, the USA, and everywhere.
Alexis: Why are the Zionist-controlled media reluctant to praise Solzhenitsyn? And why do they persist in calling Putin the "new Hitler"?
Krasnov: Certainly the Jewish intellectual establishment is very reluctant to praise Solzhenitsyn now. They know he did as much as ANYONE to end the Communist experiment in Russia. Moreover, having been deported from the USSR, he strengthened the Western world by resisting the Soviet expansion. He helped turn around pervasive pro-Soviet sentiments of the left-liberal intellectual establishment, where Jews predominated, into criticism of the USSR and Soviet bloc. This was evident in the USA during the 1970s when I wrote my first book. My students felt the impact of Solzhenitsyn's writings, taking a more critical view of the USSR and becoming more patriotic US citizens.
Solzhenitsyn's impact was just as strong in Western Europe as anywhere else. In France a whole generation of left-leaning intellectuals, the New Philosophers[12], abandoned pro-Soviet sympathies in favor of the US. I once had a long conversation with Eldridge Cleaver, and he told me Solzhenitsyn helped him turn to God and away from radicalism.
Now the Jewish establishment is reluctant to give credit for the denouement of Communism to Solzhenitsyn or any Russian for that matter. They prefer to credit Russian Jewish dissidents who came to the US during the 1980s or those who immigrated, en masse, to Israel during the 1990s. Of course, the Neo-Cons claim lots of credit too. That's why they ignore Solzhenitsyn's last major work, "Two Hundred Years Together"[13][14]) dealing with the origin of the Bolshevik Revolution, even though it led to the great woes for both Russians and Jews, especially for those aspiring to live in Zionist Israel.
Alexis: Eldridge Cleaver got caught up with a movement he didn't fully understand. That movement was known as the Black/Jewish alliance.[15] I don't think Cleaver understood that he was being manipulated at the time. David Horowitz himself admitted that Robert Scheer became "the key person to launch the career of Eldridge Cleaver."[16]
Krasnov: Thank you for clarifying on Eldridge. My conversation with him was not wide-ranging so I am unaware of many things. However, I did read David Horowitz' book The Destructive Generation that was very revealing about Jewish Communist infiltration of the USA. Alas, I hear that he now turned into a Zionist zealot.
Alexis: What career was Horowitz talking about? The Black Panther Party, which, like Black Lives Matter, was an essentially messianic project. The Black Panther Party would have been buried long ago were it not for people like Scheer, David Horowitz and Sol Stern, who promoted violent groups and individuals in the defunct magazine Ramparts. Horowitz's brethren were and still are using "racism" as the linchpin to promote violence in major cities in America. The Black Lives Matter movement is a classic example. Interestingly enough, Dostoevsky talked about how revolutionaries manipulated the large section of the black population.[17]
Dostoevsky's indictment was written back in 1877, and the Black Panthers proved Dostoevsky right. By 1967, Harold Cruse messed everything up when he declared that Jewish revolutionaries were using blacks like remote control. Virtually every serious historian of that era says the same thing, including David Levering Lewis and Jewish writer Gelya.[18] The late academic Israel Shahak noted,
"The apparent enthusiasm displayed by American rabbis or by the Jewish organizations in the USA during the 1950s and the 1960s in support of the Blacks in the South, was motivated only by considerations of Jewish self-interest, just as was the communist support for the same Blacks…
"Stalin and his supporters never tired of condemning the discrimination against the American or the South African Blacks, especially in the midst of the worst crimes committed within the USSR… Its purpose in both cases was to try to capture the Black community politically, in the Jewish case to an unthinking support of Israeli policies in the Middle East."[19]
Jewish scholar Benjamin Ginsberg of Johns Hopkins University goes so far as to say that through the Black/Jewish alliance, "Jews were able to weaken their conservative Southern adversaries as well as their Northern white working-class rivals within the Democratic Party, and to virtually destroy the traditional party machines upon which these forces depended for their power."[20]
There you have it. People were being used as pawns in the service of a larger messianic ideology, which was and still is essentially against practical reason, against Logos, and against all mankind. What's the solution to all this madness? More subversive movements? More insurrections in places like Ferguson and Dallas? The answer to that is no. The solution is simple: people need to submit their will to practical reason and Logos.
What unites decent people is practical reason in the moral and political firmament, and anyone who is docile to it is our friend and ally. I think it is what Alexander Solzhenitsyn would have recommended. Subversive movements are obviously lies, and Solzhenitsyn has some damning things to say about lies:
"Our way must be: never knowingly support lies! Having understood where the lies begin - step back from that gangrenous edge! Let us not glue back the flaking scale of the Ideology, not gather back its crumbling bones, nor patch together its decomposing garb, and we will be amazed how swiftly and helplessly the lies will fall away, and that which is destined to be naked will be exposed as such to the world."[21]
[1] Peter Eltsov, "What Putin's Favorite Guru Tells Us About His Next Target," Politico, February 10, 2015.
[2] Vladislav Krasnov, Russia Beyond Communism: A Chronicle of National Rebirth (New York: Westview Press, 1991).
[3] I reported this episode in RAGA Antidote Newsletters. It was also reported by http://thesaker.is/something-truly-amazing-happened-today/
[4] Luke Harding, "WikiLeaks cables: Solzhenitsyn praise for Vladimir Putin," Guardian, December 2, 2010.
[5] Vladislav Krasnov, Solzhenitsyn and Dostoevsky: A Study in the Polyphonic Novel(Athens: University of Georgia Press, 1979).
[6] http://noliesradio.org/archives/74314
[7] See for example Donald M. Lewis, The Origins of Christian Zionism: Lord Shaftesbury and Evangelical Support for a Jewish Homeland (Cambridge: Cambridge University Press, 2010); Timothy P. Weber, On the Road to Armageddon: How Evangelicals Became Israel's Best Friend (Grand Rapids: Baker Academic, 2004); E. Michael Jones, The Jewish Revolutionary Spirit and Its Impact on World History (South Bend: Fidelity Press, 2008).
[8] Donald M. Lewis, The Origins of Christian Zionism: Lord Shaftesbury and Evangelical Support for a Jewish Homeland (Cambridge: Cambridge University Press, 2010), 102.
[9] Jones goes into great details of this in his book.
[10] Quoted in Jones, Jewish Revolutionary Spirit, 149.
[11] E. Michael Jones has discussed the content of that book at length in his study The Jewish Revolutionary Spirit and Its Impact on World History (South Bend: Fidelity Press, 2008), 731-758. Parts of 200 Years Together can be found online.
[12] https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/New_Philosophers.
[13] https://ru.wikipedia.org/wiki/
[14] https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Two_Hundred_Years_Together
[15] See Jones, Jewish Revolutionary Movement, 950-951, 96-966.
[16] Quoted in ibid., 957.
[17] Quoted in ibid., 691.
[18] Murray Friedman, What Went Wrong?: The Creation & Collapse of the Black-Jewish Alliance (New York: The Free Press, 1995), 59.
[19] Israel Shahak, Jewish History, Jewish Religion (New York: Pluto Press, 1994), 103.
[20] Benjamin Ginsberg, The Fatal Embrace: Jews and the State (Chicago: University of Chicago Press, 1993), 225.
[21] Alexander Solzhenitsyn, The Solzhenitsyn Reader (Wilmington, DE: ISI Books, 2006), 558.
The views expressed by the author are personal; Courtesy Vladislav Krasnov
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defaults write com.apple.Safari WebKitDeveloperExtras -bool true
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