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Whether you're inside outside of Italia, HGH—also known as Human Growth Hormone—is commonly purchased from sources within the country.
Why Italy?
One of brands, Belitropina, originates there.
Similar to anabolic steroids like testosterone, HGH is created naturally by the human body. Men, its exogenous form is what bodybuilders use for supplementation.
Despite the fact that it isn't a steroid, exogenous growth hormone use can lead to adverse effects on the body.
For that reason it's been made illegal without a prescription in most countries, including Italy and the European Union.
Before you buy HGH, you should do your research on it and understand the alternatives for boosting its production through natural mechanisms.Kjøp HGH-X2 online her.
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One of the things you should know first is countries where human growth hormone is legal.
I Italia, HGH is illegal without a prescription and banned from most sports leagues.
Other countries like the United States, Canada, Australia, and the United Kingdom have also made HGH illegal without a prescription.
But here's the thing about this hormone:
Its recent rise in popularity means that testing procedures are fairly recent.
Look at the NFL: they only started testing in 2014 and just recently found athletes that tested positive.
Since it seems unlikely that only now NFL players have begun using HGH, this probably means that testing still isn't that reliable.
Another interesting thing to note about legality:
While typically HGH isn't legal in Europe, many countries are lax regarding these laws. This means that such countries, inkludert Bulgaria, are highly involved in the HGH black market.
Regardless of testing, many people still take the leap and use HGH.
While it is illegal in Italy without a prescription, the most common legal brand of HGH in Italy is Belitropina.
If you're looking to buy Somatropin online, this is one that you will see often.
Don't let the brand fool you though—many of the online stores selling Belitropina are doing so illegally. Å lage saker verre, these products are commonly counterfeited.
So why do people risk it?
Fordi Belitropina reviews are positive.
Using this brand, you can harness HGH to:
And as a quality, pharmacy grade brand used for treating numerous medical conditions, this is expected.
There are many common and reliable brands prescribed for various medical conditions.
Andre er:
Yet just like Belitropina, all of the brands listed above could be used by online sellers to gain your trust and then sell you counterfeit or fake products.
Still going to purchase HGH online?
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Don't let counterfeit online websites wave a brand in your face as their seal of approval—the quality of brand names purchased online is always in the air.
Given these facts, combined with its extremely high HGH price in Italy (starting at €500 per month), purchasing it online isn't very appealing.
Så, what are the risks of actually taking it?
Although some will tell you that HGH is a fairly safe hormone to administer, the potential adverse effects, even if they occur less frequently than anabolic steroids, are still dangerous.
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Some of these probably sound pretty scary, Husk:
HGH is naturally produced in the body.
This means that using plant-based supplements, you can stimulate this natural production and harness the benefits of HGH without the dangers listed above.
There are plenty of HGH supplements out there, but one stands out above them all:
Crazybulk's HGH-X2.
At, Du kan kjøpe HGH from Italy that may or may not be prescription quality.
But if you want to be absolutely sure of the product you're buying and the benefits you'll get from it, HGH-X2 is the way to go.
The company says you'll see results within 30 days and it has all-natural ingredients.
Hvordan virker det?
Its unique formulation acts on your body's pituitary gland, signalling for it to release HGH.
Når det slippes, this powerful hormone creates an anabolic environment that boosts muscle growth, enhances protein creation, and increases the ability of your body to use fat.
The end results are, as said by a satisfied customer, "incredible gains" og "muscle definition."
And there are more perks:
HGH-X2 is completely legal in Italy, med gratis frakt over hele verden.
You really have no excuse not to try this product, especially when you consider the effects you're getting for the price.
Hovedpoenget er dette: innkjøp Italian HGH might net you some prescription grade product, but you're playing with fire.
Considering the many counterfeit products on the black market and the extremely high price of this hormone, purchasing and using this product is not worth the risk.
I stedet, take your money and invest it into a product like HGH-X2.
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After retiring from a radiology private practice, Richard Theodore "Ted" Mull begins yet another career this year. The 61-year-old has rejoined the Army and is heading off to the Officer Basic Leadership Course this month at Fort Sam Houston, Texas.
The seasoned radiologist who now has commissioned as a Lt. Col. in the Army will now be faced with living and working under "field" conditions which includes setting up and working in a field hospital. He will be training approximately 25 miles south of Fort Sam Houston at Camp Bullis and exposed to weapons training, day and night land navigation, communications training, basic first-aid training, evacuation of casualties and Nuclear Biologic and Chemical training under strenuous conditions that are difficult for today's young Soldiers.
These harsh and yet strenuous conditions are not stopping Mull from pursuing his goal. He's ready to face the challenge. "The last time I received Army medical officer training was 30 years ago." Mull suspects that the officer training is longer and more formal which interrupts to more physically demanding. "I have lost a few steps over the years but if I can just pass the current version of BOLC, then my family and I are on our way to serve in Korea," Mull said.
He recalls what it is like to be standing in the military boots when he served as a resident active duty radiologist at Walter Reed Army Medical Center immediately after graduating from Medical College of Georgia in Augusta. Following his residency at Walter Reed, Mull returned back to Augusta, Ga., where he served about two more years as a staff radiologist at Eisenhower Army Medical Center at Fort Gordon.
This time, Mull is leaving from Blanchfield Army Community Hospital at Fort Campbell, Ky., Where patriotism seems to be contagious.
"I caught a bad case of "gung ho" from the local young Soldiers and volunteered to join them on active duty with the U.S. Army Medical Corps last year. I was finally accepted as a Lt. Col. in the U.S Army Reserves," said Mull.
One might ask how a 61-year old can join the Army today. It seems a bit complicated. Presuming that Mull is able to pass OBLC, he and his family go next to a duty assignment in Korea, he will turn 62 years old during his first month overseas in Korea. Mull was allowed to join because he already had nearly five years of prior service in the Army. The Army occasionally grants age waivers, and often allows veterans who re-enlist or are re-commissioned to subtract prior active duty time from their current calendar age, if the math enables them to fall below the maximum entry age. A more popular Army program is available exclusively to older non-veterans, which is called Officer Accession Pilot Program (OAPP), which extends the Opportunity to Serve to Practicing Physicians. The Army's OAPP permits reduction of the minimal Military Service Obligation (MSO) period to two years for experienced and qualified health care professionals in the age range of 43 to 60 years old, who are seeking initial appointment as an Officer in the Army Medical Corps.
Mull has led an interesting adult career. Soon after college, he served as a Nuclear Engineer for the Atomic Energy Convention, manufacturing plutonium at the Savannah River Plant near Augusta, Ga. where radioactive fissionable material was produced for use in atomic bombs. He would drive past the Medical College of Georgia in Augusta, Ga. every day on his way to work but one day he decided to stop in and talk with the admission officer.
Choosing the radiology field was a simple decision for Mull. "I was an engineer and a physicist - so Radiology seemed to fit."
After he completed his schooling, Mull felt the best residency available was Walter Reed but had to join the Army to get the residency of his choosing.
"Now after practicing in the civilian sector for 23 years in private practice, I'm rejoining now to pay back the career I got out from the Army."
Mull's career as a physician in private practice included 13 years as a partner in a five-man group near his childhood home town in North Carolina and for eight years as a partner in an eight-man group in southern West Virginia, along the border of Virginia and West Virginia.
According to Mull moving from private practice and returning to the government was a familiar territory, "It is a matter of retiring and finding a new challenge. I remember how excited I was to put on those Army boots the first time and now, much later, I'm finally getting the chance to put them back on."
Another bonus for Mull in returning to work for the Army as a civilian and an active duty radiologist is the possibility of an additional retirement income. An extra retirement income stream might prove useful to the long-term support his two late surprises in life - an eight year-old son and a six-year old daughter. Mull says that he and his family are excited about moving to the next phase of their lives and about giving his children a travel experience in Korea that not very many U.S. children are able to experience.
Although Mull is happy about another challenge and is excited about returning to the Army, he ultimately would like to do a tour of duty in the same geographic area where his father, Garland Theodore Mull, served during World War II. His father, a combat medic, was stationed with the US Army's 181st General Hospital for four years in Karachi & North Malir, Pakistan, (then, India) - which is located near the Arabian Sea, about 500 miles due south of the active US Army base at Kandahar, Afghanistan.
After graduating OBLC, Mull has requested a deployment to Afghanistan as soon as possible in order to return to the region his father spoke about for so many years. He said that his current leadership will not make any promises because of the extreme physical demands a combat deployment might place on an older physician, but they finally agreed to place him as a "second-string alternate" on their deployment list.
"My father died about two years ago at 92 years of age and used to talk a lot about his own deployment to that part of the world." Mull still holds onto one of his dad's letters to his mother, Eleanor, a local North Carolina newspaper reporter published in 1944. "My father knew a great deal about the local language and customs, and even now I still get excited when I recall the adventure stories I heard at his knee. These are the kind of adventures you can never forget."
Chief of Blanchfield Army Community Hospital's Radiology Department Maj. Paul Shogan said, "It is with amazing courage that Dr. Richard T. Mull, M.D. has decided to re-join the US Army Medical Corps as a Diagnostic Radiologist at his current age. Dr. Mull completed his Diagnostic Radiology Residency at Walter Reed Army Medical Center in the late 1980s and in the interim has practiced in various clinical settings. The soldiers under Dr. Mull's care will benefit from his wealth of knowledge, dedication and desire to serve."

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I have found that strategy takes many forms and journeys. The manner that some organizations or individuals succeed can be radically different from others. I decided to explore and interview specific individuals to record their background and thoughts so that others may learn from their experiences. From these interviews I hope to get snapshots into different takes on strategy to broaden our own thinking and potentially learn some good tips for our own strategies.
Bob Mason (Professional Profile) was kind enough to meet with me as I shifted geographies from Cleveland to Seattle. His story is one of an evolutionary manner that has guiding principles and a clear direction forward. However, the exact footsteps that his strategy walked were not on an easily understood and predetermined ascent.
Interviewing Robert M. Mason
Whit: How do you define yourself?
Bob: "Multiple ways, but typically by roles: family (father of grown children, grandfather, husband); professional (professor, member of organizations). In a global sense, I think of myself as a builder (perhaps metaphorically "mason"), as someone who adds value to the people with whom I engage and organizations with which I am involved."
Whit: What do you do? This can be from a professional and/or personal take.
Bob: "I have a senior academic role in the Information School of the University of Washington. Until recently, I served as the associate dean for research, a role which called on me to support the research culture and activities of the school."
Whit: What has been your strategy that has lead to your success?
Bob: "I suppose it could be described as strategic opportunism–akin to Mintzberg's enacted strategy; I try to keep fundamental values in mind, look for opportunities to add value to endeavors that are compatible with these values, and take opportunities as they arise. I try to avoid the rigid pursuit of an elusive objective if there are better opportunities…but this requires some judgment on "when to hold them and when to fold them." For example, my first consulting business started while I was still working on my PhD. An acquaintance suggested we become partners in a business that would pursue an early opportunity in fiber optics. This initial idea did not work out, but we did discover additional consulting project opportunities that gave us satisfaction and helped us establish a going business. Later, recognizing that my partner and I had different objectives and values, I sold him the business, and started a new, more focused, consulting business that did not involve a partner. This new consulting firm (still in existence) became the basis for the next phase in my career. Five years later, when my wife had an opportunity to become the director of the Cleveland Public Library, I became the "trailing spouse" and moved to Cleveland, taking my small consulting business with me. In connecting with others in Cleveland who had an interest in startup firms and technology management, I became one of the tenants of the CWRU "incubator" for early stage businesses. This meant that I became more involved with the Weatherhead School of CWRU. Soon, my academic colleagues and I recognized an opportunity for an interdisciplinary center that focused on the management of science and technology. We formed this, received foundation funding, worked with both engineering and management, and created an executive program in technology management that was recognized globally for its value.
None of these successes was based on a pre-determined strategy. They each resulted from recognizing an opportunity and pursuing it."
Whit: What are the most critical elements in implementing your strategy?
Bob: "Openness: to people, to recognizing opportunities (both seeing the possibilities and thinking positively about what can be achieved). Each of the examples in the previous question arose because my colleagues and I recognized an opportunity and envisioned how it could be successful."
Whit: Describe an occasion where you had to change or correct your strategy.
Bob: "In my senior year of high school, I applied and was accepted to MIT. However, financially I could see no way I could attend, so I prepared to attend the U. of Tennessee: rented an apartment, began to select a course of study, etc. At the last minute, I received a scholarship that paid the tuition to MIT (only the first year), so…major change of plans–enrolled at MIT and moved to Boston. As in the career examples that came later, this experience demonstrated that even firm plans should remain flexible. In this case, I had a goal (attending MIT) and recognized the opportunity when the financial door opened. Even after entering MIT as a freshman, however, MIT continued to raise tuition, and I recognized that the opportunity to enter the co-op program (a year-round program that enabled me to earn a salary for alternate semesters) would enable me to continue to finance my education."
Whit: What advice would you offer to others so that they may achieve their own success?
Bob: "Know your values–know what is important to you and be conscious and aware of your own world view. These values and worldview determine what you see in the physical and social world; they highlight (and hide) different features of your environment and they are the (often subconscious) determinants of how you make decisions on spending limited resources. You find these values by being mindful of what excites you, delights you, and gives you joy. By knowing these values, you become mindful of the opportunities you have each day to express these values. In whatever you do–whether a dream job or other endeavor–find the part of it that you can embrace with enthusiasm, and engage it fully. The rest will follow."
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TONEY FREEMAN: "This is a technique I use on nearly every unilateral exercise — dumbbell presses for shoulders, dumbbell curls for biceps, unilateral triceps exercises, leg extensions, leg curls. On dumbbell presses, for example, I'll leave one dumbbell in the top position while the other arm is doing reps. I'll do five reps like that, then switch arms and repeat, then switch back and do four reps with each arm, then three, two and one. So it's 15 reps, but the time under tension is equivalent to 30 reps on each arm. I kind of let go of the standard banging out sets of 10 or 12 reps. Doing unilateral reps with the static holds incorporates more muscle fibers than standard sets because of the greater time under tension and helps stimulate more growth."
Incline Dumbbell Presses | SETS: 2-3 | REPS: 15 per arm + static hold*
Flat Bench Dumbbell Presses | SETS: 2-3 | REPS: 15 per arm + static hold*
Cable Crossovers | SETS: 2-3 | REPS: 15 per arm + static hold*
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Training Tip #1: It's important that the arm doing the static hold remains slightly bent to keep tension on the pecs. If the elbow is locked out, the triceps will become engaged.
Training Tip #2: At the end of each set of cable crossovers, Freeman will do as many regular reps (both arms at the same time) as possible. If he can do more than five or six reps, he increases the weight for the next set.
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Hugh Robjohns wrote:One way around the latency problem, though, is simply to split out the A-format capsules and mix them together in some convenient way for a real-time monitoring feed. It won't have the accurate directionality or stereo image attributes of the properly decoded signals of course, but it should be enough for live performance monitoring.
Yes I can see that. I just, for interest, imported an A format file into Audacity to hear what the raw tracks sounded like and summing them does give what I would think would be a usable sound for monitoring.
I dunno - I haven't even bought the blessed mic yet and I'm finding the whole business fascinating.


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Christian Bale, Casey Affleck, Zoe Saldana, and Sam Shepard are set to star in Scott Cooper's Out of the Furnace. The film centers on Russell Baze (Bale), who is released after serving four years in prison only to find that his younger brother, Rodney Baze Jr. (Affleck) has been brutally murdered. He sets out to avenge the death and track down the killer. Saldana will play Russell's love interest, Lena Warren. We had previously reported on Bale, Affleck, and Saldana's connection to the project, but Shepard's name is new. He'll be playing Russell and Rodney's uncle, Red. The press release makes no mention of Billy Bob Thornton and Forest Whitaker, who reportedly were circling the villain and sleazy bookie roles, respectively. If they sign on, they'll be welcome additions to an already strong cast. Production begins later this month in Braddock, Pennsylvania.
Hit the jump to check out the press release, which contains the official synopsis.
Here's the press release (I've emphasized the plot synopsis):
Casting Heats Up On Relativity Media's Currently Titled
Red Granite Partners on International as Production Starts in Braddock, Pennsylvania
(Beverly Hills, Calif.) April 5, 2012 – Relativity Media has closed deals with Oscar®-winner Christian Bale (The Fighter), Oscar®-nominated Casey Affleck (The Assassination of Jesse James By the Coward Robert Ford), Zoe Saldana (Avatar) and Oscar®-nominated Sam Shepard (Safe House) to star as the lead roles in the upcoming gripping and gritty drama currently titled Out of the Furnace, written and directed by the critically-acclaimed Scott Cooper (Crazy Heart), it was announced today by Relativity's Co-President, Tucker Tooley. Bale will star as older brother Russell Baze in the film alongside Affleck who will play the role of younger brother Rodney Baze Jr. Saldana has also been cast as Bale's love interest Lena Warren and Shepard will play Red, Russell and Rodney Baze's uncle. Production is set to begin in Braddock, Pennsylvania later this month.
Relativity Media will release the film theatrically in the U.S. Red Granite, the Los Angeles based film production, finance and international sales company has acquired foreign rights outside of the U.S. and will handle international sales. Red Granite International President Danny Dimbort and Co-President Christian Mercuri will begin shopping the film to buyers in Cannes next month.
In making the announcement, Tooley said, "This is a meaty script with characters as strong as they are complex, and we needed powerhouse actors who complement the story. Christian, Casey, Zoe and Sam each approach everything they do with heart and conviction. We can't wait to see what each of them brings to this film," says Tooley.
The film is a drama about fate, circumstance, and redemption. Russell and his younger brother live in the economically depressed Rust Belt, and have always dreamed of escaping and finding better lives. But when a cruel twist of fate lands Russell in prison, his brother is lured into one of the most violent and ruthless crime rings in the Northeast – a mistake that will almost cost him everything. Once released, Russell must choose between his own freedom, or risk it all to seek justice for his brother.


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I do believe that the government should regulate what parents can allow their children to do and not do, like children should not drive cars or fly airplanes. If you take your child rock climbing and she is injured because she was too young, than there should be a penalty for that. Parents shouldn't risk their kid's life for cheap thrills when the kid may not have the maturity or judgement to know better.
The inherent premise here is that, due to the fact that a small percentage of parents across the nation will be stupid or even criminally negligent in raising their children, it is the legitimate role of government to protect all children not from abuse but from what some bureaucrat considers a sub-optimal parenting decision.
Ironically, these are pretty much the same bureaucrats who fail so miserably at actually preventing child neglect, sexual abuse, or physical abuse.
But I have to praise Anonone for the intellectual honesty necessary to say out loud what lots of people secretly believe: there is no aspect of your life that government should not regulate.
The runner-up award goes to those of you who believe (and you know who you are) that the government should mandate that you can only be naked in your own home if the shades are down and the curtains are closed.


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Thursday, July 31, 2008
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Thursday, July 24, 2008
Hero Arts Challenges
Hope your summer is going good. Any fun plans?
Thanks for stopping by!
Tuesday, July 22, 2008
Mega Card Class
and the organizer (white photo box) ....the top piece of paper has a ribbon attached to it to create a pocket for those long cards that won't fit too well inside the box. Like this one :) ......
Ladies, please let me know if you need any image larger sent to you for finishing up your cards. Thanks for looking! Be back soon....
Friday, July 18, 2008
I LOVE, LOVE, LOVE this picture. I always am thrilled to get candid shots of any subject who doesn't know I am there. :) But this one...it says so much. Alex has been obsessed with his music lately. He is in a rock band with his friends (Impulsive) and now he has been composing his own songs and mixing them. His talent is amazing and this picture seems to capture his passion. I haven't took a lot of pictures this summer but this one seems to sum it all up for Alex. :)
Okay, back to work. Just thought I would drop in and say hi and that I am still alive. lol I will be back with LOTS more soon. I have still been on a card making kick...I am teaching a MEGA card class Tuesday that I am preparing for so I can share that soon. Thanks for stopping by!
Thursday, July 10, 2008
Super Sale!
Hee Hee. I love sending these cards to kids but also my friends or family who are just having a bad week or just need a smile! They are fun.
I have been asked if I use a "handmade by" stamp on my cards. Yes, sort of. I use the Hero Arts Handmade stamp and then add to it a stamp I have had forever that has my intials on them. Here is a pic of it...
Not only does it have my handmade signature on it but that circle hides the glue from the circle on the front. :)
Off to put more product on Sale. Be back soon. Have a GREAT day!
Saturday, July 5, 2008
Cards, cards, and more cards.....
I found these fun pads at Cracker Barrell last week. The entire pad was too thick for the cards so I tore off about half and used a brad to attach them together and then adhered it into the card.
And for Samuel, I put this in his card....
The bottom two cards are for the girls and the mini markers on the front are for coloring the inside of the card...I used one of my Hero Arts stamps to make a coloring sheet right on the inside of the card.


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Appointed and assigned to serve statewide as Senior Judge from July 1, 2019, to June 30, 2021.
University of Minnesota Law School (J.D. cum laude 1975); Wartburg College (B.A. 1969)
Private Practice with the law firm of Kraft Walser Nelson Hettig and Honsey (1975-1997)
Minnesota Supreme Court (1975)Federal District Court, District of Minnesota (1977)
Minnesota District Judges Association (1997 - Present)Minnesota State Bar Association (1975 - Present)
Judge Nelson was born on a farm in Illinois in 1947. After college he worked briefly with the predecessor of the Environmental Protection Agency as a biolgist in Duluth, MN. He was drafted into the United States Army in 1970 and attained the rank of Sergeant. He served with the 1st Air Cavalry Division in the Republic of Vietnam.
After completing law school he entered the private practice of law at the firm of Willette Kraft and Walser in 1975 where he remained until his appointment to the bench in 1997.
Judge Nelson was elected Assistant Chief Judge of the Eighth Judicial District in 2002 and again in 2004. He was elected Chief Judge in 2006 and served through June 2010. He was also a Supreme Court appointee to the Legal Services Planning Commission.
Judge Nelson has been married since 1976 and has three grown sons.


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After a big response, we're pleased to announce the winner of our #DiveWithMe contest – 24-year-old diver Theresa Torp! When she found out she'd won, her currently non-diving friend Anna immediately came to mind. The two have good times ahead!
Theresa's dream is to swim with a whale shark. © Theresa Torp
#DiveWithMe winner Theresa Torp and her friend Anna Sofie Starup have won an all-paid week-long trip to Atmosphere Resorts & Spa in the Philippines. The resort has a beautiful beachfront location on the island of Negros Oriental near Dumaguete. Anna will have the opportunity to complete a four-day open water diving course at the resort, and join her friend on some incredible dives. We asked Theresa about diving and why she picked Anna to join her.
Congratulations! Feeling excited?
I can't wait to experience the Philippines! The country has been at the top of my bucket list for as long as I can remember, and who knows, maybe I'll get lucky and experience my first meeting with a whale shark as well!
Theresa (left) and Anna (right) will travel to the Philippines this summer. © Theresa Torp
So, who is Theresa Torp?
I'm an occupational-therapy student and live in Denmark. When I'm not studying, I'm working my ass off as a sales assistant to save money for scuba diving and exploring the world whenever school "lets us off the hook".
When did your journey as a diver begin?
Four years ago while travelling in Brazil I met the most amazing and inspiring people; a marine-biologist and a dive-instructor who didn't consider scuba diving as just a hobby, but as a whole lifestyle and a big part of who they are. I was extremely fascinated about their way of living, and I'm pretty sure they're the reason that scuba diving has become such a big part of who I am today.
© Ulrika Kroon / Atmosphere Resorts & Spa
Your most incredible dive experiences?
Every dive has it's own story and it's own memories, but some of my most memorable have been exploring the Cancún Underwater Museum, playing chicken with a huge and scary tiger shark at Cocos Island, rubbing a playful manatee's belly in Crystal River, exploring enormous shipwrecks at Key Largo and kissing dolphins in the Bahamas. My greatest dream come true was diving side by side with hundreds of schooling hammerhead sharks at Cocos Island, about 550 km from the shore of Costa Rica.
© Bo Mancao
Who is the lucky friend joining you?
I met Anna Sofie at the first day of high school and we quickly became inseparable! A couple of years ago she moved to the other side of the country, but we stay in-touch and I still consider her as one of my dearest friends. When I heard about this amazing #DiveWithMe competition, she was the first and only person who crossed my mind! Not only will we get an opportunity to catch up in the most magical setting, I will introduce her to scuba diving, my biggest obsession. Even though I've experienced a lot of incredible dives, I'm certain that nothing could ever be compared to sharing it with her!
© Bo Mancao
What would you like to show her underwater?
That's a difficult question as I'm looking forward to show her everything the ocean has to offer! I'm also really looking forward to show her the stunningly beautiful colours of the Coral Triangle and who knows, maybe I will get to share my first meeting with a whale shark with her – that would be a big dream come true.
Is she excited about the trip and learning to dive?
I'm not sure if I've ever seen her more excited! Anna is one of the most joyful and adventurous people I've ever known and I'm sure that she'll turn out to be an amazing scuba diver and dive buddy. Just as I'm sure that this trip to the Philippines will turn out to be an adventure of a lifetime!
Lead image: © Ulrika Kroon / Atmosphere Resorts & Spa


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Disney's best-selling Cars toys are being made in a factory in China that uses child labour and forces staff to do three times the amount of overtime allowed by law, according to an investigation.
One worker reportedly killed herself after being repeatedly shouted at by bosses. Others cited worries over poisonous chemicals. Disney has now launched its own investigation.
It is claimed some of the 6,000 employees have to work an extra 120 hours every month to meet demand from western shops for the latest toys.
The factory, called Sturdy Products, makes toys for the giant Mattel company, which last month announced quarterly profits of £48m on the back of strong sales of Barbie dolls and Cars 2 toys. Sturdy Products, in the city of Shenzhen, also makes toys for US superstore chain Walmart. Among the brands produced are the Thomas the Tank Engine range, Matchbox cars, Cars, Toy Story, Barbie and Fisher Price products, Scrabble and the Hot Wheels sets.


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The diagnostic process: assessments and tests
The diagnostic process begins with your family doctor. After your initial assessment, he may make the diagnosis himself, recommend additional testing, or refer you to a specialist. After a diagnosis is made, you will likely continue to see your family doctor for ongoing assessment.
Initial assessment
During your initial assessment, your family doctor will ask you questions about your symptoms, past illnesses, and family medical and psychiatric history. You may also undergo physical examinations and tests, which may include detailed blood work to look for heart, lung, liver, kidney or thyroid problems that may be causing your symptoms. To evaluate whether another nervous system disorder may be causing the symptoms, your doctor may also test muscle tone and strength, coordination, eye movement, speech and sensation.
Your doctor may also conduct mental tests to measure your sense of time and place as well as your ability to remember, express yourself, and perform simple calculations. This may involve exercises such as recalling words and objects, drawing and spelling, and questions such as "What year is it?" After an initial assessment, your doctor may feel able to make a diagnosis, or may refer you to a memory clinic or other specialist service for more testing.
Additional tests
Other tests such as X-rays and EEGs (electroencephalograms) may be used to determine the source of the problem. In some centres, scans may be used. The following may be recommended, but are not always necessary for a diagnosis:
- CT (computerized tomography) scan and MRI (magnetic resonance imaging) to take images of the brain.
- SPECT (single proton emission computed tomography) showing how blood is circulating to the brain.
- PET (positive electron tomography) showing how the different areas of the brain respond during certain activities, for example, reading and talking.
Referral to a specialist
If you feel that a referral would be helpful and your family doctor does not suggest it, you can request it. Your doctor may refer you to one of the following specialists:
- Neurologist, who specializes in disorders of the brain and nerve pathways. Some neurologists have particular experience in diagnosing dementia.
- Geriatrician, who specializes in the physical illnesses and disabilities associated with old age and in the care of older people.
- Psychiatrist, who specializes in diagnosing and treating a wide range of mental health problems. A psychiatric evaluation may be helpful in ruling out other illnesses such as depression, which can cause symptoms similar to those associated with Alzheimer's disease. Neuropsychological testing can evaluate your memory, reasoning, and writing abilities. Geriatric psychiatrists are psychiatrists who have further specialized in the mental health problems of older people, including dementia.
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of Protest: The Vietnam Songbook
and lyrics have always played a role in reflecting and influencing culture and
society. Throughout much of the 20th Century political and social
movements were documented and defined by song. Notably, Aunt Molly Jackson and
Woody Guthrie passed on a tradition of writing and performing protest songs that
continued through Pete Seeger, Barbara Dane, Bob Dylan, Billy Bragg and many
others. The peoples songs of the 1930s and 40s influenced the
civil rights songs of the 50s and 60s, which grew in a common form
of expression against the Vietnam War in the 60s and 70s. Never before had
the protest song form been generated by such broad-based artists. Folk, Rock,
Soul, even Top 40, protest songs became a common form of expression.
the eve of war in 2003 it seemed that any artists or musicians who spoke out
against the current administrations policies were quickly shouted down in the
media and warned that their job was to entertain, and that politics was best
left to politicians. We felt that the protest song as a viable form of political
discourse was severely challenged and decided to put on a concert, and show, by
example, how people had once been able to express their thoughts.
Our guide was The Vietnam Songbook, compiled and originally published in 1969 by Barbara Dane and Irwin Silber. It was an incredible, comprehensive collection of more than 100 protest songs concerning the Vietnam War. Joe's Pub at the Public Theatre in New York played host to this unique event celebrating the protest-song tradition on Saturday, March 1st, 2003. The evening featured musical performances by artists who've experienced the '60's anti-War movement including Barbara Dane, Pete Seeger, Tuli Kupferberg, Bev Grant and Matt Jones along with noted Vietnam Vet/musicians Watermelon Slim, Joe Bangert, Noble I'm Manu El:Bey and younger musicians such as Thurston Moore, Jenni Muldaur, Barry Reynolds, Jim O'Rourke, Stephan Smith, Dean Wareham, David Licht, Lenny Kaye, Curtis Eller and Dan Zanes.
These artists came together to raise a collective voice with songs of protest, hope and redemption. They were keenly aware of the parallels between the Vietnam War and the wars that continue to be waged. This performance and the documentation of it through photos, audio, video and oral histories stand as a lesson and tool for reminding all people of the futility of war.
The songs with photos, lyrics, mp3's
Photos of the show and backstage photos
Press and reviews of the show at Joe's Pub
Radio interview and performance on WFMU
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BARBARA DANE, VETS and ALL
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The Central Connecticut softball team dropped both ends of a doubleheader to LIU Brooklyn on Friday afternoon. The Blue Devils (24-16, 6-6 NEC) fell in game one, 4-3, and game two, 3-1, to the Blackbirds (19-30, 10-4 NEC).
Freshman Laura Messina pitched both games for the Blue Devils. She falls to 18-8 with the losses, despite allowing just three earned runs over 14 innings. Messina went the distance in both games. In the first game she allowed four runs, three earned on 14 hits. In game two she allowed three runs, all unearned, on seven hits. She struck out four in both games.
Senior Rebecca Mussatti led the offense in game one. She recorded four hits including an RBI triple and and RBI single. Mussatti added a fourth hit of the day in game two. She raised her season batting average to .357 with today's performance.
Freshman Kat Malcolm returned to the line-up after missing time with an injury. She recorded two hits in game one, including a triple down the right field line, and added a third hit in game two.
Game one turned in the first inning as Messina allowed a pair of hits, but two hit batters extended the frame and allowed LIU to score three runs. LIU's fourth run came in the fourth inning and proved to be the winning score.
Errors cost the Blue Devils in game two as all three of LIU's runs were unearned.
In game two, the Blue Devils managed just one run. Junior Nicole Springer hit a long solo home run with two-out in the third inning. Springer also had an RBI single in the first game.
Junior Macy Stefanski picked up a pair of hits in game two.
The Blue Devils out hit the Blackbirds 19-14 on the day, but LIU was able to force across seven runs over the two games.
The Blue Devils return to action on Sunday against Monmouth. The doubleheader will be the final NEC home games of the regular season and will also serve as Senior Day for the Class of 2012.


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"Some of the things we still deal with in today's society. They paved the way. That's cool."
Bill Willis' death recalls to life some heavy sports history with a strong Canton imprint. Willis, from Columbus, and Marion Motley, from Canton, were among four men who did in pro football what Jackie Robinson did more famously in baseball: Broke a color barrier. Blacks played during the early NFL in the 1920s but were phased out amid racist gentlemen's agreements. Years passed before the NFL's Los Angeles Rams, who had won an NFL title as the Cleveland Rams three months earlier, signed black halfback Kenny Washington on March 21, 1946. The Rams added a black end, Woody Strode, on May 7. The Cleveland Browns of a new rival league, the AAFC, signed a black middle guard, Willis, on Aug. 6. Motley, a black running back, joined the Browns three days later. Willis and Motley became Hall of Fame players on the premier dynasty in Cleveland sports history. Both played for the Browns from 1946-53. The team reached a league championship game in all eight of those seasons. Willis died Tuesday in Columbus, a few months after attending Gene Hickerson's Hall of Fame induction in Canton. He was 86. Willis attended Motley's funeral in 1999. In life, when pressed, Motley told stories of coping with racism. In the inaugural season of 1946, there were death threats prior to the Browns road game against the Miami Seahawks. Against warnings not to play, Motley and Willis helped the Browns to a 34-0 victory. In the Browns' 27-10 win over Houston on Sunday, all 11 defensive starters were black. One of them, Shaun Smith, said: "Guys like (Motley and Willis) paved the way. I can't imagine what it must have been like for them. All the names they were called. People looking at them crazy. "Some of the things we still deal with in today's society. They paved the way. That's cool." The early Browns had a black punter, Horace Gillom, who also was a talented pass-catching end. Gillom, inducted as a Browns "Legend" in 2007, played for Massillon against Motley in high school. Before Wednesday's Browns practice, wide receiver Braylon Edwards thanked the black pioneers. "It had to be terrible," he said of playing conditions back then. Edwards said Willis delivered a humble speech to the Browns in 2006. "He said, 'Play for yourself. This is the 2006 Cleveland Browns. Be the 2006 Cleveland Browns,' " Edwards said. Browns Head Coach Romeo Crennel said the Browns plan to wear a jersey patch in honor of Willis. "He blazed the trail for guys like myself to be able to be sitting here talking to you today," Crennel said. "We are more than appreciative of everything that he's done." Hall of Fame Executive Director Steve Perry counts himself among blacks who are where they are partly because of Willis. "Bill Willis is one of the true heroes in the history of pro football," Perry said. "The courage and leadership exemplified by him while leading the cause to break down racial barriers is a model for all of us to live by." Willis was the center of Paul Brown's great Cleveland defenses. He had an Adonis build, a lineman's strength and sprinter's speed. He earned All-America honors at Ohio State in 1943 and '44. Current Buckeye Head Coach Jim Tressel said Willis made a "profound impact" on the sport. "Even as recently as this fall, Mr. Willis was serving as a powerful role model for our players and coaches," Tressel said. "No. 99 will be missed greatly, but we will draw strength from his life." Reach Canton Repository sports writer Steve Doerschuk at (330) 580-8347 or email@example.com.


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What happens when you bring together diverse key poultry and turkey players? They talk. They share. And they learn. Novus recently organized such a discussion by bringing a group of Italian customers to Northwest Germany to visit a breeder and a group of turkey producers. At Moorgut Kartzfehn, a leading breeder operation, the group covered innovative breeding and rearing practices. Afterward, the Italian customers appreciated the exchange and discussions with local German producers regarding the main challenges facing the industry.
Topics included diseases, management practices, nutrition and the future. Across the industry, there is definitely more and more focus on animal welfare programs. In Germany, the "Health Control Plan" monitors welfare indicators at processing plants and farms to evaluate the welfare status of the animals. One of the key welfare indicators will be the incidence of foot pad dermatitis.
"A well-adjusted diet supports a healthy intestinal micro-flora balance, maximizes nutrient utilization, thereby reduces the incidence of diarrhea—resulting in a drier and more qualitative litter," explained Dr. Sven Keller, Sr. Technical Manager Central EME, during the discussion. "AVIMATRIX® is designed to act profoundly on the intestinal microbiota of poultry. While supporting gut health, AVIMATRIX also demonstrated it helps optimize feed efficiency, can increase growth, and improve litter quality, which leads to a reduction of footpad lesions and their incidence."
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But "11 questions to see if Libertarians are hypocrites" by R. J. Eskrow, picked up at Salon, was just so freaking lame that I spent half an hour answering them.
In the end (but I'll leave it to your judgment), it is not that Libertarians or Libertarian theory looks hypocritical, but that the best that can be said for Mr. Eskrow is that he doesn't have the faintest clue what he's talking about.
That's ok, because even ill-informed attacks by people like this make an important point: Libertarian ideas (as opposed to Conservative ideas, which are completely different) are making a comeback as the dynamic counterpoint to "politics as usual," and so every hack you can imagine must be dragged out to refute them.
Ergo: Mr. Eskrow's 11 questions, with answers:
Of course they are, with the exception of elections. [Elections are very obviously NOT an example of spontaneous order, but the result of conscious, centralized planning. They are also not congruent with the other items on Mr. Eskrow's list, because an election is a process rather than a group of people.] Unfortunately Mr. Eskrow starts off with an immediate lack of understanding of any serious Libertarian theory: people have the right to organize for any peaceful purpose whether I or anybody else agrees with it or not. It is only when such emergent movements engage in force or fraud that a Libertarian would object to their existence. That doesn't, however, mean that I or anybody else has any obligation whatsoever not to criticize them or work against them, likewise without the use of force or fraud.
Mr. Eskrow loves to create straw men. Production involves all sorts of forces, from raw materials to workers to distribution networks to investors ad infinitum, ad nauseam. It's the second part of his question that becomes more panderingly simplistic than the rest of his article. Who exactly should be doing the "recognizing" and "rewarding"? Allowing that markets with their imperfections and externalities haven't always measured up [especially in cases of crony capitalism, on which more below], it's really important to notice that governments haven't consistently done a great job, either. The implicit assumption underlying Mr. Eskrow's question is that government must intervene to guarantee that each (presumably human) "force" in production is "recognized and rewarded." Market anarchists (a subset of Libertarians that Mr. Eskrow never seems to have encountered) would make strong arguments that without the props provided to corporations by governments, a truly free market would result in a better distribution of profits and rewards.
Gee, I guess so. This Libertarian was a union president for six years. Where I think Mr. Eskrow is way the hell out in right field (yes, "right") is that he apparently doesn't understand that Libertarians object to such legislation as the National Labor Relations Act and Taft-Hartley because under the guise of providing government supervision of labor relations, what the State really did was eviscerate the power of unions by making many of their most effective tactics against the corporations illegal. Stop wasting your time reading Ayn Rand and start reading Kevin Carson.
The key concept of Libertarianism is the avoidance of force and fraud. Most (excepting true market anarchists/mutualists) would accept the idea that regulation by government or courts to insure those tenets are not violated is completely legitimate, absolutely necessary. Libertarians would point out, however, that it is often the case that private entities can provide regulation of free market activities just as efficiently (or even more efficiently) than the government [e.g. Underwriter's Laboratories].
Democracy is a great process, but it is not—as the Framers knew—a great way to run a government, at least not via unfettered, direct democracy. Just because I am able to manage 50% plus one vote does not mean, for example, that the government should be empowered to eliminate somebody's inherent rights, nor does having a majority agree make any proposition inherently right, only more popular than others among those who do vote. For example, the US and State governments imposed and enforced segregation laws for decades that were popular with the majority of voters. Does Mr. Eskrow defend such laws based purely on the fact that the regulations were promulgated and enforced by democratically elected governments?
Mr. Eskrow prides himself on having developed the "who would build the roads" argument, when he has merely discovered an economic dynamic that's been understood for a long, long time. Sophisticated societies at the agricultural, pre-industrial, industrial, or post-industrial levels require a significant infrastructure and protection from external destructive forces to operate. Gee, even the Romans, the Persians, the Zimbabweans, and the Incas knew that. The question becomes one of what is the most effective (and just) way to provide that infrastructure? There, if you're honest, the question becomes considerably murkier in a world of governments, trans-national corporations, non-governmental organizations, foundations, etc. etc. all pretty much run by an interchangeable class of elites, whose primary function seems to be a collective agreement to protect their wealth and privileges.
This is really Mr. Eskrow's only decent question, and it is already outmoded. Writers like Kevin Carson and Thomas Knapp have changed my own thinking on this, to the point where I do reject government protection for my intellectual property. Part of the reason for this shift is my understanding of how intellectual property protections are actually (a) exploited by large corporations using government force to lock other people out of the market; and (b) growing increasingly useless in an information age where the very definition of intellectual property is changing more rapidly than the most officious of governments can keep up. Get into the digital age, Mr. Eskrow, and actually prove you've got an understanding of the issue before you start trying to score cheap points.
Back to this one again. Democracy is a "marketplace" of ideas, but the popularity of an idea does not give it moral force or justify the use of force or fraud against people who have not violated the same principles. No vote by the American people should be able to remove my freedom of speech or freedom of religion, for example, because those areas have been declared off-limits to democracy as basic rights. Again: if a majority of people in the US voted to deny citizenship to children born in country due to the immigration status of their parents ("anchor babies") would the popularity of that idea give it moral force?
More clearly, apparently, than Mr. Eskrow does. Large corporations in their metastasized modern form are the creation of the government, specifically in a series of Supreme Court decisions in the 1870s-1880s, authored by Associate Justice Stephen J. Field, that extended 14th Amendment protections to "artificial persons" and declared them to be effectively immortal. Corporations exist as tax farmers for the State, in return for which they received protectionist legislation at the expense of small businesses, individual entrepreneurs, workers, and consumers. Moreover, the corporate elites move seamlessly into and out of government (hello, Goldmann Sachs, hello Treasury Department). Mr. Eskrow, real Libertarians have been talking about this a lot longer than you have.
Ayn Rand, Mr. Eskrow, was an Objectivist who actually detested Libertarians. The fact that many Libertarians and others inaccurately characterize her as the prime intellectual authority of Libertarian ideas has little or nothing to do with two centuries of Libertarian-oriented intellectual, social, and cultural thought that you are apparently wholly ignorant of. Exactly what part of admiration for two social reformers who preached non-violence on the part of people whose guiding creed is "no force, no fraud" don't you get?
And when would that have been, Mr. Eskrow? Since you don't actually have any understanding of Libertarian thought beyond saying, "Nyah, nyah, Ayn Rand was a selfish bitch," then how would we expect you to understand that Libertarian ideals of a non-violent, non-coercive society don't go out of style simply because your preferred crony capitalist state likes to distort them? Marriage equality? Advocated by Libertarians for many years. Likewise marijuana legalization. Non-interventionist foreign policy. Limits on police powers of surveillance and arrest. Libertarians have had an enormous impact on the social and political discussions of the past three decades, but you haven't noticed, apparently because you were too busy decided which plutocrat (Democrat or Republican) to vote for.


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In signing the $74 billion state budget, Gov. Rick Scott lauded the fact that Florida has one of the smallest state workforces, based on population — in the nation.
But that has been true of Florida government for years.
The state Department of Management Services reported in the last full budget year, Florida employed 97 full-time state workers for every 10,000 residents — the lowest ratio in the nation.
Those state workers have been a beleaguered group.
Leading up to the new budget, most had not had a general pay raise since October 2006. Thousands of state jobs have been eliminated in recent years, and Scott and lawmakers have pressed for major changes in the state pension plan.
Yet the new budget — which takes effect July 1 — reflects a much more positive future for state workers, including a pay raise of at least $1,000 for workers on Oct. 1.
Law enforcement fared even better with a July 1 pay adjustment that will be 5 percent for veteran officers, with those officers also in line for the general pay raise in October.
"There was agreement across the entire political spectrum, along with the leadership of the House and Senate, that after six years it was time to increase state employee salaries," said Doug Martin, a lobbyist for the American Federation of State, County and Municipal Employees, a union that represents the most state workers.
Martin said he was particularly pleased by the Legislature's decision to bring more equity to the pay of lower-earning workers, who have struggled in recent years without a salary increase while also facing the 2011 mandate to contribute 3 percent of their earnings to their pension plans.
A pay raise
Based on a plan first advanced in the House, lawmakers agreed that workers earning $40,000 or less will receive a $1,400 pay raise on Oct. 1.
Workers earning more will receive $1,000, and a portion of the workers will be in line for a one-time performance bonus of $600.
The average salary for workers in the state personnel system in 2012 was $38,165 per year, including senior managers. Without the senior managers, the bulk of the state workers — who fall into the "career service" category — earned $34,277, according to the DMS annual workforce survey.
Most rank-and-file state workers last received a 3 percent pay increase in 2006, although the workers also received a one-time $1,000 bonus in November 2007.
Lawmakers also made several significant adjustments to the pay for state law enforcement officers, including members of the Florida Highway Patrol and the Florida Department of Law Enforcement.
"This was a really good session for our state law enforcement and Highway Patrol officers," said Matt Puckett, a lobbyist for the Florida Police Benevolent Association, the union that represents those officers.
In addition to the pay increases, lawmakers did not make any changes to the state pension plan nor did they require workers to pay more for their health-care coverage, Puckett said.
The new budget will address a key issue that the PBA has been asking lawmakers to resolve for several years: salary compression. With essentially no pay raise in recent years, veteran officers found their pay becoming closer to what newly hired officers were earning, Puckett said.
In response to that, the new budget will provide a 5 percent pay increase on July 1 for law enforcement members who have five or more years of experience. Those with less than five years will be in line for a 3 percent adjustment.
Those officers also will be eligible for the Oct. 1 general pay raises, with some also qualifying for the $600 performance bonuses.
Many of the law enforcement officers have not had a general pay raise since 2006, although FHP members were given a 5 percent raise in 2008 and law-enforcement officers working for the Florida Fish and Wildlife Conservation Commission earned a 3 percent adjustment in the 2010-11 budget year, Puckett said.
Pension changes
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