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People For the American Way: History, Agendas, and Activities
By Jacob Laksin
How Interest Groups Poison Judicial Confirmations
By Joseph de Feo
November 2005
People For the American Way Leads Fight Against School Choice
By Kelly Naku
July 30, 2004
People Against the American Way
By David Horowitz
May 13, 2003
If PFAW Had Its Way...
By Human Events
August 26, 2005
The American Way: Mobs in the Streets
By Thomas E. Brewton
April 1, 2006
Pro-Amnesty Advocates Decry Amendment to Add Immigration Status Question to 2010 Census
By Penny Starr
October 21, 2009
Hell Is for 'Heroes'
By David Limbaugh
July 14, 2009
"American" Jihad, Courtesy of the Open Borders Lobby
By Ben Johnson
May 10, 2007
What PFAW Means by 'Far Right'
By Terence Jeffrey
November 2, 2005
The Hate-America, Hate-Roberts Left
By Jacob Laksin
July 27, 2005
Meet the People For the American Way
May 16, 2005
Reid and PFAW Caught Misrepresenting CRS Report on Past Judicial Filibusters
By The Committee for Justice
May 2, 2005
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People for the American Way (PFAW) was established in 1981 as a Tides Foundation project designed to counteract the allegedly growing influence of what its founder, television producer and political activist Norman Lear, denounced as the "religious right." In one 1982 speech, Lear lamented: "[T]here are now more than 1,300 Christian radio stations broadcasting religious programing—with one new station being added each week … There are also scores and scores of local television and radio evangelicals ... espousing the same far-right, fundamentalist points of view—while attacking the integrity and the character of anyone who does not stand with them." Lear portrayed these religious conservatives as the blacklist-wielding avatars of McCarthyism who classify ideological dissenters as "poor Christian[s], or unpatriotic, or anti-family."
Lear also derided American consumerism, which he defined as a corrupting fixation with economic concerns, as the greatest menace to the American way of life. "America," the centi-millionaire Lear explained, "is strangling on its obsession with the bottom line. We have created a climate of opportunism in our country in which this obsession thrives, and all of us in leadership positions—as parents, teachers, employers—control our part of that climate."
PFAW has been a leading force in the movement to scuttle the nomination of conservative judges to America's highest courts. In 1987, PFAW helped derail the nomination of the Reagan administration's Supreme Court choice Robert Bork, depicting him as someone who "defended poll taxes and literacy tests, which kept many Americans from voting"; "opposed the civil rights law that ended 'white only' signs at lunch counters"; and had "opposed virtually every major pro-civil and Constitutional rights decision dating back to 1950s." In 2002, PFAW President Ralph Neas produced a report alleging that Charles Pickering, President George W. Bush's nominee for the Fifth U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals, was a racist with a "well-documented record of hostility toward civil rights," and an "insensitivity and hostility toward key legal principles protecting the civil and constitutional rights of minorities, women, and all Americans."
In January 2003, PFAW partnered with leftist groups like the NAACP, NARAL, the National Organization for Women, and the National Women's Law Center to complain that the Bush administration was attempting "to pack the courts" with conservative judges, and implored Democratic legislators in the Senate to filibuster the confirmation vote of any conservative nominee approved by the Judiciary Committee.
In 1998 PFAW established the People For The American Way Voters Alliance, a political action committee whose raison d'etre was to "fight the right" by giving financial support to leftist political candidates and representatives. Between 1998 and 2004, this Voters Alliance gave $478,711 (99.3%) of its political contributions to Democrats, and $3,500 (0.7%) to Republicans.
That same year, PFAW came to the defense of President Clinton, who was then facing potential impeachment. The organization underwrote a national television campaign called "Let's Move On." Lambasting the President's critics as the "Radical Right," the campaign's ads demanded that they cease their "scandal-mongering" and abandon their "assault on the White House." Insisted then-PFAW President Carole Shields, "… The American people want to move on." This PFAW campaign would later be formally appropriated by the Democratic activist organization MoveOn.
Following George W. Bush's victory over Al Gore in the 2000 presidential election, PFAW denounced the result as illegitimate. In a report called "Shadow of Jim Crow: Voter Intimidation and Suppression in America Today," the organization alleged that the election had been marred by mass disenfranchisement of black voters in Florida. (PFAW's depiction of the election as invalid echoed the opinion of one of its Board members, actor Alec Baldwin.)
Prior to the 2004 presidential election, PFAW joined a leftist coalition (which included, among others, the ACLU, the AFL-CIO, the NAACP, and individuals like Jim Wallis of the Sojourners ministry) that initiated a nationwide outreach program called Election Protection, whose aim was to mobilize supporters of the Democratic Party and assemble a network of lawyer-activists to contest the election's outcome in the event of a George W. Bush victory. With this end in mind, PFAW dispatched some 8,000 pro-Democratic lawyers and law students to battleground states to lend "their expertise to voters." Florida alone witnessed the influx of some 2,000 Election Protection attorneys, who lodged nine lawsuits alleging everything from discrimination against minority voters to problems with ballot counting—before the election had even commenced.
Among the Election Protection coalition members were the AFL-CIO, the American Bar Association, the American Civil Liberties Union, the Association of Trial Lawyers of America (now known as the American Association for Justice), the Lawyers' Committee for Civil Rights Under Law, the League of United Latin American Citizens, the League of Women Voters, the Mexican American Legal Defense and Education Fund, the NAACP Legal Defense Fund, the National Bar Association, the National Coalition on Black Civic Participation, the PFAW Foundation, Project Vote, and Rock the Vote.
PFAW responded to the Bush victory in 2004 much as it had in 2000: by proclaiming that the voting process itself had been flawed and that Bush's victory was thus illegitimate. The organization immediately released a report titled "Shattering the Myth: An Initial Snapshot of Voter Disenfranchisement in the 2004 Elections."
Even as PFAW holds fast to its "non-partisan" tag, the Capital Research Center reported that, in 2003 and 2004, 98 percent of the organization's political contributions went to left-liberal Democratic candidates.
A major, ongoing project of the PFAW website is called "Right Wing Watch Online," which keeps a watchful, critical eye on the organization's political opponents. The PFAW research department daily compiles headlines concerning "right-wing groups and their views on the issues of the day." By the estimation of PFAW, Right Wing Watch keeps tabs on over 800 groups and 300 individuals, all of whom seek to promote "regressive policies that seek to drive wedges between and among Americans."
PFAW was instrumental in assembling the coalition of radical front groups and antiwar activists that operates under the banner United For Peace and Justice (UFPJ). In October 2002, PFAW convened a meeting in its offices from which that coalition would emerge. The idea was to portray the radical agendas of UFPJ as more moderate than those of International ANSWER. Leslie Cagan, a veteran of the Communist Party USA with longstanding sympathies for Cuba's Marxist dictatorship, was tapped to lead UFPJ.
Favoring amnesty and full civil rights for illegal aliens in the United States, in 2006 PFAW participated in the massive immigration rallies that were held in dozens of cities across the country. The organization called for "incentives for undocumented immigrants already working and residing in the U.S. to register, pay a penalty and provide a clear pathway to eventually earning permanent residency; [and] provisions to encourage family reunification and safeguard access to education for children of undocumented immigrants."
In July 2011, PFAW published a Right Wing Playbook on Anti-Muslim Extremism, whose theme is that: "Under the guise of defending freedom and American values, right-wing anti-Muslim activists are campaigning to prevent Muslim-Americans from freely worshiping and practicing their religion, curtail their political rights, and even compel their deportation." The contents of this publication are divided into the following sections:
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Ko Hikurangi te maunga, ko Waiapu te awa, ko Whangaokena te motu, ko Hinepare te marae. Te Whānau a Hunaara, Ngāti Porou whānui, e tangi! E tangi ki tō koutou koroua kua mate, ki tō koutou reo kōrero kua wahangū!
Cassidy, kua mutu tō whakapau werawera kia ora ai te reo Māori, me te mōhio anō, kua ekengia ngā moana pukepuke, kua hoea ngā au kōaro, kia pari rā anō te tai, a, kua whakatata tō tātou waka ki uta.
I te wā i tīmata koe i te kura i Rangitukia, ka whiua ngā tamariki mo te kōrero Māori. Ka pakeke koe, ka hoki anō kōrua ko tō hoa rangatira ki te riu o Waiapu hei kaiwhakaako i Te Pae o te Riri i Tikitiki. Ko koe tētahi kaikōrero Māori tūturu i tū tō ringa hei kaiwhakaako reo Māori i te kura tuarua i Te Whanganui a Tara.
Nāwai rā ka haere koe ki Te Waipounamu hei kaitohutohu mā te Tari Matauranga, ki reira āwhina ai i a Kāi Tahu ki te whakarauora anō i tō rātou reo motuhake.
Nau te koraha i takahi kia taea ngā taumata e tika ana, i runga anō i tō whakapono, ko tā te kura i tukituki ai, mā te kura e whakapai anō. I te tau 2009, kua whakawhiwhia koe ki te tohu MNZM mo tō kaha ki te ako, ki te poipoi i te reo Māori.
Ko ngā tikanga tuku iho hei kaupapa mo ō kōrero whakaharakoa, mai rā anō i tō matua i a Hunaara mā, me tana whakapono ki te Tiriti o Waitangi, i a Hori Keeti mā, nāu ia i kawe ki ngā hui nunui i tōna wā. Ka whakahōnoretia koe hei mema tūturu o te Rōpū Wāhine Māori Toko i te Ora – he mihi nui tēnei nā te iwi ki a koe.
No reira Cassidy, e hoki ki ō tīpuna me te wairua tau mo ngā mahi i oti i a koe, waiho mā mātou ngā take hei kōkiri kia tūtuki rā anō i tēnei ao hou. Haere, haere, haere.
Māori Affairs Minister Dr Pita Sharples has paid tribute to the lifetime achievements of Cassidy Wehipeihana Tangaere who passed away over the weekend.
"Cassidy was totally committed to education and te reo Māori, and his combination of skills and experience helped to turn the tide in favour of Māori language surviving for future generations," said Dr Sharples.
"When he started primary school at Rangitukia, students were strapped for speaking Māori. As an adult, Cassidy and his wife returned as teachers to Tikitiki School. Cass later volunteered to become one of the first native speakers of Māori to train as a secondary school teacher in Wellington, and became an Education Department adviser in the South Island for six years, where he supported the revival of the distinctive Kāi Tahu dialect."
"Cassidy broke new ground throughout his career, convinced that education can overcome historical prejudice and disadvantage and open up new opportunities. His commitment to te reo Māori and education was recognised in 2009 with the investiture of an MNZM."
Dr. Sharples said "his humour was underpinned by a deep knowledge of history and tradition, from his father's teachings about the Treaty of Waitangi, and from people like the tohunga Hori Gage, for whom Cassidy accompanied as driver in his youth. His community service was recognised with a life membership of the Māori Women's Welfare League."
"So Cass can return to his ancestors knowing that he made a huge contribution to turning around the prospects for our language, and he laid down a foundation for future generations to fulfil their dreams in a new era."
Haere, haere, haere atu rā.

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|*July 19 - 25
|The Son of God
Among Us
Read for This Week's Study:
Memory Text:
"The one who existed from the beginning is the one we have heard and seen. We saw him with our own eyes and touched him with our own hands. He is Jesus Christ, the Word of life" (1 John 1:1, NLT).
Key Thought:
|Nobody else in history has had such a huge impact on the world or
such a divided opinion as much as Jesus. The future of each of our lives
comes down to one crucial question Jesus Himself asked: " 'Who do you say
I am?' "
Some people today dispute whether Jesus ever lived, but the historical evidence is overwhelmingly clear. The real issue concerns His identity and purpose. Was He just a good man, or was He the Son of God?
"A man who was merely a man and said the sort of things Jesus said would not be a great moral teacher. He would either be a lunatic-on the level with the man who says he is a poached egg-or else he would be the Devil of Hell. You must make your choice. Either this man was, and is, the Son of God: or else a madman or something worse."C. S. Lewis, Mere Christianity (New York: The Macmillan Co., 1960), p. 52.
As Adventists, we work from the starting point that the Bible is the Word of God and that what it says about Jesus is the truth, period. We do not have the time to waste on all the nonsensical high-critical speculations about whether Jesus really said and did the things the Bible says that He said and did. As Adventists we believe those things because they are written in God's Word.
After all, if we cannot believe the Bible, what can we believe?
*Study this week's lesson to prepare for Sabbath, July 26.
|July 20
Who Was Jesus? Part 1
Over the centuries, people have argued about Jesus, sung about Him, written about Him, preached about Him, cursed Him, made movies about Him, even died for Him; but most people in the world today either do not know Him or know only what He has accomplished in their behalf.
If someone were to ask you Who was Jesus? what would you say, and why?
Your answer, whatever it contained, should have dealt with the fact that Jesus was the divine Son of God and that He died for our sins and rose again. That He did great things while here is fine; that He preached powerful sermons is fine; that He revealed to us the character of God is fine. But none of these things, in the end, really matter if Jesus did not come and die as the substitute for us, thus giving each of us the promise of eternal life (if we but claim it for ourselves).
Why is the death of Jesus, and what it accomplished, so crucial in helping us understand who Jesus was? Mark 9:12, Luke 24:7, John 1:29, Rom. 5:15-21, Heb. 2:9.
There have through history been many great men and women who have accomplished marvelous things, things that on the surface seemed even more impressive than what Jesus of Nazareth had accomplished. After all, He was an "unofficial" rabbi from a relatively small and insignificant province of Rome who died an early death and left just a handful of fearful and demoralized followers. On the other hand, when we grasp who Jesus was and just what He did while here, we realize that nothing that any other human being could have done is even worth comparing with Him. In fact, in the end, without Jesus and what He did for us, anything that anyone ever accomplished in this world would, in the large scheme of things, ultimately come to nothing, because without Jesus and His death the whole world and everything in it would come to nothing. s more like God's or the world's, and what does the answer tell you about yourself?
|July 21
Who Was Jesus? Part 2
What made Jesus unique in human history? It certainly was not a powerful public relations and marketing team. He did not have one. It certainly was not His wealth. He did not have any, at least not as the world understands wealth. And He did not have any political power to speak of either. On the contrary, He had been essentially on the margins of political power.
Jesus did have power, but it was a selfless power. He healed diseases, restored broken lives, and left pious hypocrites speechless. He once said to His disciples, " 'You know that those who are regarded as rulers of the Gentiles lord it over them, and their high officials exercise authority over them. Not so with you. Instead, whoever wants to become great among you must be your servant, and whoever wants to be first must be slave of all' " (Mark 10:42-44, NIV). Not exactly a formula for those aggressively seeking political power, is it?
Read John 1:1-14. What is found in these texts that reveal to us why Jesus was so special, unique, in all human history?
We can read these famous words so often that we tend to forget just how incredible they really are. Dwell on the implications of what John is telling us. These should be words filled with hope, especially in contrast to the teachings of modern science, which has us all here as the mere by-products of some great cosmic accident, the result of blind forces that, purely by chance, created humanity. In other words, instead of us being the creations of a loving God, One who became "flesh, and dwelt among us" (John 1:14), we are just a complicated conglomeration of chemicals that just happened to form on the surface of this planet, and just as there was no meaning or purpose to our creation, there is no meaning and purpose to lives and deaths. What a contrast to the hope offered us through Jesus.
|What do you find especially encouraging about those verses in John 1? Write down your thoughts and bring them to class on Sabbath.
|July 22
Jesus Among Sinners and Publicans
Jesus might have been the eternal Son of God, but He was also a human who lived and dwelt among us. As such, He had various kinds of human interactions, both with family and friends. The amazing thing about Christ was not so much that as a human He had interaction with other people; no, what is amazing is that He chose to interact with certain types of people.
Read Matthew 11:19; Mark 2:15, 16; Luke 15:1, 2. What kind of people was Jesus associating with? What kind of people in your own society might have elicited the same response from other more "respectable" folk?
Jesus came to reveal the character of God to all the world through both His life and His death. By associating with those who were considered, at least by worldly standards, lowlifes, Jesus was giving us a message about the character of God and about what God deems good and bad. As humans, we tend to look at the outward appearances (1 Sam. 16:7); God, though, looks at the heart, where He can see what we often do not.
Read Matthew 21:28-32. How does that help us understand why Jesus associated with the kinds of people He did? What important message can we, those who are "religious and respectable," take from this?
Unlike us, Jesus knew the heart; Jesus saw what was going on inside those who, from the outside, looked so unworthy and so unpromising. At the same time, He knew what was going on inside those who, from the outside, looked so righteous and pious. We might be able to fool each other, and even ourselves, but never the Lord.
|What is your attitude toward the "publicans and sinners" of your own society? How much of the attitude of the scribes and the Pharisees do you harbor in your own heart? (Remember, these men were exceedingly self-deceived.)
|July 23
Exposing the Hypocrites
"But woe unto you, scribes and Pharisees, hypocrites! for ye shut up the kingdom of heaven against men: for ye neither go in yourselves, neither suffer ye them that are entering to go in" (Matt. 23:13).
Though we often picture the kind and gentle Jesus working gingerly and softly with the worst of sinners, that is not the whole picture presented in the Bible. On the contrary, when the time was right Jesus unleashed a torrent of warnings about and toward a certain group of people. As we all know, Jesus had strong words to speak against many of the religious leaders of ancient Israel, very strong words, in fact. Indeed, in some ways He sounded just as some of the Old Testament prophets did; which, of course, is not surprising, because He was the one who inspired them to write what they did to begin with. Thus, for centuries, in one venue or another, Jesus was pleading with His people. Is it any different today?
Read Matthew 23. What were the charges Jesus was leveling against the leaders? How would you categorize them? Which, in your own mind, would be the worst, and why? If you could summarize in just a few sentences the essence of His complaints, what would you write?
If you really read carefully, all the things that Jesus accuses them of doing are amazing. One theme, however, comes through very clearly: These men were hypocrites, hiding the ugliness of their souls under the veneer of faith and piety.
What kind of outward show of piety do you put on? How different are you in private than in public? How might your local church view you if they knew the real you? What can you do to make the real you more like the public version?
|July 24
Love for the Hypocrites
"But God commendeth his love toward us, in that, while we were yet sinners, Christ died for us" (Rom. 5:8).
What is the message of the above text? How seriously do we take it? That is, do we understand that Christ's death included the worst sinners, even the hypocrites we read about yesterday?
The amazing thing about the life of Jesus was that even amid the harshest circumstances He never lost sight of His mission: to save the lost. Even as He hung on the cross, even as the weight of the world's sin was crushing out His life, the good of others was constantly on His mind. (See Luke 23:34, 42, 43; John 19:26). What a powerful lesson for us, we who are called to follow in His footsteps.
This applies to the religious leaders that Jesus railed against. Yesterday we read His scathing denunciations against them, as recorded in Matthew 23.
Read Matthew 23:37. How is it different in tone from the rest of the chapter? What does this tell us about Jesus and His feelings toward even those He just denounced? What very important principle is found here for us? How can we take what we see here and apply it in our own lives and our treatment of others, even those who reject our overtures toward them?
Missionary work is not easy. Look at what happened when Jesus Himself was here. Look at how so many reacted. Yet, even toward the worst Jesus showed love and care and compassion. Our feelings toward those who reject us should not be anger or resentment; it should be one of pity, of concern, and of care. When people refuse to listen, they are not rejecting us, personally; they are rejecting Jesus.
How do you respond to those who react negatively toward your witness? How can you learn to feel compassion, as opposed to anger and resentment? Why would anger and resentment only make thing worse?
|July 25
Further Study:
|Read Ellen G. White, "Woes on the Pharisees,"
pp. 610-620, in The Desire of
"The Pharisees thought themselves too wise to need instruction, too righteous to need salvation, too highly honored to need the honor that comes from Christ. The Saviour turned away from them to find others who would receive the message of heaven. In the untutored fishermen, in the publican at the market place, in the woman of Samaria, in the common people who heard Him gladly, He found His new bottles for the new wine. The instrumentalities to be used in the gospel work are those souls who gladly receive the light which God sends them. These are His agencies for imparting the knowledge of truth to the world."Ellen G. White, The Desire of Ages, p. 279.
"We may do much in a short time if we will work as Christ worked. We may reflect with profit upon His manner of teaching. He sought to meet the minds of the common people. His style was plain, simple, comprehensive. He took His illustrations from the scenes with which His hearers were most familiar. By the things of nature He illustrated truths of eternal importance, thus connecting heaven and earth."Ellen G. White, Evangelism, p. 565.
Discussion Questions:
| Why is the idea of Jesus as just a great moral teacher
not good enough? What hope do we have if Christ were only a moral teacher
and nothing else? Look at the C. S. Lewis quote from Saturday's introduction.
Why is that such a powerful argument in favor of the deity of Christ? Or
is it? What options do we have if Jesus isn't the Son of God?
As a class, discuss your answer to Monday's last question.
Whatever we might have to say about the Pharisees, one point we shouldn't forget. They were members of God's remnant church, the elite of the only faith in the world that had present truth. What's the message, and warning, for us in that fact?
The story of Jesus is the most important story in history. His life and teachings show us not only the way to live and how to treat one another but also the way to eternal life-by believing in the salvation He brought to us through His death on the Cross.
|I N S I D E Story
|After Hours Ministry
Dr. Danielle is a dentist in southern Brazil. During the day she works to give people a more beautiful and healthy smile. But after hours, when her patients have gone and the dental hygienists have cleared away the day's tools, the dental clinic transforms into an evangelistic center, where she holds a small group Bible study.
Danielle always wanted to serve God, and she chose dentistry as a way to meet people and share her faith. But she wanted to do more, to sit with friends and patients and share deeply of God's love. It was then that the idea of creating a space in her clinic to study the Bible came about. Now, besides giving her patients quality dental care, she gives them a personal invitation to participate in the Bible study group.
Sandra, 32, accepted Danielle's invitation and came to the Bible study. "I came to participate, and I liked what I was hearing very much, so I invited a friend to the group," she said.
"I was invited by a friend to come to this Bible study group," Ruben, 30, said. "I came, and I really liked it, so I invited my mother to come. She, too, enjoyed the Bible study, and she invited my brother to come with her. Then she invited her husband. Now the entire family is studying the Bible together in this dental clinic."
Danielle is happy that she decided to expand her ministry beyond the dental chair. "The Bible study group grows because people are finding answers to their questions and their doubts," she says. "And when they find something that meets their needs, they invite their family and friends."
And the ministry of this group goes beyond casual Bible studies. So far the small group that meets in a dental clinic has led 60 people to baptism. "I want Jesus to return soon," Danielle says. "But I want as many of my friends and clients to be ready as possible. This is one small way I can share my faith with those with whom I have contact."
Every Christian knows someone, a friend, a neighbor, someone they meet at the store each week or at work every day who doesn't know the joy they've found in Jesus. Danielle's example challenges each of us to find a way to reach out to those we meet with the good news of salvation every day.
DANIELLE CARMEN ROVEDA (left) is a dentist in Curitiba, Paran, Brazil.
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Hair loss products have flooded the market these days. Even when you are just trying to do your grocery shopping, you can find hair loss products on a few isles. But with all this over saturation of hair products it can be hard to know what you should pick. You want to make sure that you get a product that will give you the best results yet fit into your budget. You know going with the most expensive product does not mean it is the best, but the cheapest may leave you feeling like you got what you paid for. This is where it comes in handy to do a hair product review before you buy.
Before you buy just about any product, you rationalize the purchase in your mind. You ask yourself how you would use the product, how it would improve your life and is it really worth the money. It is especially important to do a hair product review before making a decision on your hair product. The first thing you need to consider when buying a hair loss product is if it will treat the type of hair loss you suffer from. There are many different types of loss of hair, caused by very different reasons. If you decide to go with a product not intended to treat your specific hair loss problem you will be disappointed. You will wonder why you got little, if any results. This could even cause you to write a bad review of this product, which may actually be very good at treating hair loss for the type it was designed to treat.
Once you know if this product will treat your hair loss problem, you need to think about if this is really something you are going to be able to do. Consider the fact that with most hair treatments, once you stop taking them, your hair loss problems go right back to where they were. So make sure this is a product you will be fine with for the rest of your life. Consider your other options. You can choose from pills, creams, lotions and sprays for your scalp, even laser therapy products.
You also want to make sure that part of your hair loss product review includes doing your homework on the product you plan to use. It is good to look at as many reviews on the product you are looking to use as you can get your hands on. This will really give you knowledge on whether or not this product would be a good fit for you. You should consider the side effects that may be caused by the product and any risks involved. You should also discuss the treatment plan you want to use with your doctor and see what he or she thinks. They will be able to tell you if this is a good idea for you and if not, recommend something that is a better fit for your hair loss needs.


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Join us on an exploration of Melbourne's amazing craft beer scene. This tour will take you to the best and most bizarre the northern suburbs has to offer.
When: Saturdays - check out availability on our tour calendar
Pick up: 11am, Forester's Hall, 64 Smith St, Collingwood VIC 3066
Duration: approx 7 hours
Tour size: Maximum 10 people
What you get: Private tour of each venue; enjoy the freshest beer right from the source with complimentary tastings; tips from some of the best in Melbourne's craft beer scene; a free gift from each brewery you visit; lunch to soak up the beer AND your very own exclusive take away Ben's Brew Tours craft beer glass.
Start - 11:00am, Forester's Hall
Our pick-up point for this tour, you'll receive your special gift bag of goodies and then we'll hit the road!
11:45am, Hawkers Beer
We then take a trip to where that beautiful beverage starts its life at the brewery. You'll be given an up close look at the technological brilliance that is Hawkers Beer Brewery and discover all that is involved in making the beers you love to drink while drinking the beers they love to make. If it's the latest in brewing technology and it's worth having then it's already at Hawkers, from Swiss engineered piping to fully automated fermentation tanks you'll have access to the most advanced brewing set up in Australia.
1:15pm, The Terminus Hotel
Our tour then heads for lunch at The Terminus Hotel, a leading craft beer bar. You'll receive a tasting paddle of beers to go with a delicious lunch prepared by the in house chefs, showcasing the delicious fare available from the kitchen.
2:30pm, 3 Ravens Brewery
After our restorative lunch we continue on our journey to the iconic 3 Ravens Brewery in Thornbury. You will be amongst the first to have access to this working brewery as it is not open to the public. Inside you will receive tasters of some of their favorite and latest beers as well as a free gift to take away. You'll also discover the story of 3 Ravens and how they combine traditional brewing methods with exacting standards.
4:00pm, Moon Dog Brewing
Next we're off to the laid back and irreverent Moon Dog brewery in Abbotsford. Famous for their 'Pash Rash' stout, a beer brewed with around 5,800 individually unwrapped redskin lollies! Here you'll try some of the tastiest and craziest beers Melbourne has to offer while enjoying a private behind the scenes tour of where the madness happens!
Drop off - 5:30pm, Foresters Hall
TForester's Hall, where all good craft beer can be found. You'll receive a tasting paddle of the latest beers to hit their taps.
Then it's time to say goodbye. You can either continue on, enjoying an exclusive 25% discount for Ben's Brew Tours guests, or you can go on your merry way with the bounty of goods you have acquired along the journey!
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There has been a lot of discussion in the design world recently about "change aversion." Most of the articles about it seem to be targeting the new Google redesign, but I've certainly seen this same discussion happen at many companies when big changes aren't universally embraced by users.
Change aversion is a real thing. Often people don't like something different just because they're used to the old way. Once they get used to the new way, they discover all the wonderful new features and are happy with the new change.
Change aversion is a real thing. Often people don't like something different just because they're used to the old way. Once they get used to the new way, they discover all the wonderful new features and are happy with the new change.
But sometimes your users' rage isn't change aversion. Sometimes your new design actually sucks.
So, before you blame your users, you should figure out if it's change aversion, or if you really screwed something up. Ask yourself the following questions.
Did You Do Any Sort of User Testing Before Launch?
This is an important one. Sometimes people complain about a product because it has changed. Other times they complain because the product makes them feel stupid or it prevents them from doing what they want to do.
Most often, products make people feel stupid because the products are hard to use.
It's very possible that the changes you made to your product have made common tasks that the user is used to performing harder to do. Yes, the user may eventually learn to perform the tasks the new way, but that new way may be legitimately more difficult! You may even be reducing the amount of time the user spends performing that task, if you make it hard enough.
To pile onto the Gmail redesign for a moment, I can tell you right now that I am constantly hitting the folder button instead of the label button now that they are icons rather than text. I am still occasionally doing this probably a month after I switched to the new look. It's not a deal breaker for me, but it annoys me every time it happens. The new icons, for me, are honestly harder to use than the old buttons, and they build up a certain amount of unhappiness every time I use them incorrectly.
The interesting thing is that this is exactly the kind of problem that you can surface very easily by simply doing some observational testing of people using prototypes or early versions of the product.
Hell, you could probably even figure that one out with metrics. How often are people hitting the Undo button now compared to previously? If people are undoing their actions more frequently, you can bet that your new design is causing them to make mistakes.
Did You Test with Current Users or Just New Ones?
When you have millions of users, it's not cool just to test on people who have never seen your product before.
New user testing gives you really valuable feedback, but it's just one kind of feedback. It doesn't give you any insight into how your current users (often users who are paying you money) are using your product right now.
It may be that your users are doing something surprising with your product. They may be using it in ways you never anticipated. Making major changes without understanding their work styles can destroy something they were relying on.
It's not a matter of their relearning how to do a task in the new interface. You may literally have removed functionality for people who were using your product in innovative ways.
Similarly, if you're only testing with internal users (that is, users internal to your organization), you're not really getting the full idea of how all sorts of different people are interacting with your product. The more types of people you can observe, the clearer your understanding of real use cases and behaviors will be.
Did You Add Something Useful to Users? Really?
Sorry, improving your brand is not particularly useful to users. Even a nice new visual design tends not to be a big enough improvement if you're also changing functionality that users rely on.
Here are some significant improvements that might be enough to counteract a tendency to change aversion:
- making your product noticeably faster or more responsive
- adding a great new feature that users can understand and start enjoying immediately
- fixing several major bugs that people have been complaining about
That's pretty much it.
The problem here is that often companies mistake doing something that is good for the company with something that is good for the user. That can be a tricky thing to spot, but a good way to handle it is to always ask yourself, "What real user problem is this change solving?" If the answer is, "How to give us more money" or "Well, there's more visual breathing space," you might want to brace yourself for the inevitable shitstorm when you launch that change.
Do You Mind Losing a Portion of Your Users?
This is a 100% legitimate question to ask. Sometimes you make changes to your product that you know will piss off a certain subset of your users, and that can be ok.
I've often advocated for prioritizing changes that help your paying customers over changes that help your non-paying users. But there can be other reasons to make changes that annoy certain groups of your users.
The thing is, you have to know that you're making this tradeoff and be ok with it. If you've gone into the change knowing that you might lose a certain percentage of your users, but hoping that you will make up the loss by making other users very happy or attracting new users, that's a fine choice to make. Just be sure that your metrics show this actually happening.
Have You Honestly Listened to Your Users' Complaints?
Let me give you two common examples of user feedback:
- I hate it! It's terrible! I want the old way back!
- I'm constantly hitting the folder button when I want to hit the label button, and I find it really hard to tell which emails are more important any longer. Also, every time I try to Reply to All in the middle of an email thread, it's just ridiculously difficult to do.
Can you spot why they are so different? That's right, one of them is completely non-actionable. There is nothing you can really react to with the first one. You can't fix this user's problem. Yet.
The second one is significantly better because you're starting to get at WHY the user hates the change. You know that the user is having trouble performing specific tasks. You can follow up with the user and have her show you the things that you have made harder to do. You can then figure out if those are things that are done frequently enough and by enough users to justify making them easier to do.
Here's the trick. You can turn the first type of feedback into the second type of feedback by following up with users and asking them for specific things that they hate about your change. If they just keep saying, "It's different!" then they may get over it when they get used to it. But a significant portion of them probably have specific complaints, and writing those complaints off as change aversion is really kind of a dick move.
Have You "Fixed" the Problem by Letting Users Change Settings?
Stop it. Seriously. Just stop it.
The vast majority of your users don't know how to change the default settings.
It's not a failing. They're not stupid. They just don't know nearly as much about your product as you do, so they don't have great understanding of the million different ways you've allowed them to customize their experience. They probably don't even know that those settings are there, and even if they do, why are you making them work that hard?
If you are going to include a few settings that they can change, make them obvious, easy to understand, and don't bury them in a thousand other settings that are incredibly confusing to everyone who isn't in tech and half of us who are.
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What is a Low-Dose CT Lung Cancer Screening?
It is a type of x-ray that produces detailed images of your lungs with limited radiation.
Do I need a referral?
No referral is necessary. However, you should discuss with your primary care provider if this is right for you.
Where does the screening take place?
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The lung cancer screening consultations take place with a Green Bay Oncology provider at any HSHS St. Vincent Hospital Cancer Center locations throughout Northeast Wisconsin.
The CT Scan is performed by HSHS St. Vincent Hospital in Green Bay at a convenient outpatient clinic location or at HSHS St. Clare Memorial Hospital in Oconto Falls.
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The lung cancer screening consultations take place at the offices of Matthews Oncology Associates and Sheboygan Cancer & Blood Specialists at 1621 N. Taylor Drive in Sheboygan. The CT Scan is performed at HSHS St. Nicholas Hospital, 3100 Superior Ave. in Sheboygan.
What are the possible outcomes for the screening?
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- Cover the trail or canoe or boat route of not less than 50 consecutive miles; take a minimum of five consecutive days to complete the trip without the aid of motors. (In some areas pack animals may be used.)
- During the time on the trail or waterway, complete a minimum of 10 hours each of group work on projects to improve the trail, springs, campsite, portage, or area. If, after checking with recognized authorities, it is not possible to complete 10 hours each of group work on the trail, a similar project may be done in the unit's home area. (There should be no unauthorized cutting of brush or timber.)
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With classics like the original Tetris, Metroid II and Blaster Master released in recent weeks, Nintendo's eShop has been a retro cornucopia for 3DS owners. Capcom's announced that they're adding another old-school title to the download store with the impending debut of 1992's Game Boy version of Bionic Commando. You'll be able to grab the monochromatic adventures of Nathan "Rad" Spencer next week.
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I saw these fun fall treats on the Hershey's site and they were so cute I just had to make them! They're so easy, too…kids would have a lot of fun making these. Acorn Treats are great for fall parties, snacks, and fun food gifts…they're perfect for any autumn get-together or celebration!
The Royal Icing acts as the "glue," attaching the Kisses and peanut butter chips to the Mini Nilla Wafers. The icing is very easy to make (see directions below), but if you don't want to make your own, you can use purchased icing that comes packaged in a container with a small tip. I've also seen other bloggers use creamy peanut butter as the "glue," and you could even try Nutella. Whatever you use, you just need a small dab! I used the Royal Icing (see recipe below), and I was very happy with how that worked out.
You can use either milk chocolate, dark chocolate, or pumpkin-spice flavored Kisses–I decided it would be fun to have a variety, so I used all three! For the top part of the acorn, I used peanut butter chips on the "acorns" with milk and dark chocolate Kisses, and semi-sweet chocolate chips on the "acorns" with pumpkin-spice Kisses. You can also use butterscotch chips.
Have fun trying these out!
ACORN TREATS slightly adapted from Hershey's
Makes 64 to 73 treats per bag of Hershey's Kisses
- Royal Icing (see recipe below) or use purchased decorator icing that comes in a container with a small tip
- 1 (10 to 12-ounce) bag of Hershey's Kisses-Milk Chocolate, Dark Chocolate, or Pumpkin Spice–or a combination of these flavors! (Depending on size, bags contain about 64 to 73 kisses).
- 1 (11-ounce) box Mini Nilla Wafers
- 1 (10-ounce) bag peanut butter chips or 1 (12-ounce) bag semi-sweet chocolate chips (or substitute butterscotch chips); or use a combination of flavors (you won't need the whole bag, so if you already have part of a bag of chips left over from another recipe, that should be enough)
Prepare Royal Icing: Stir together 1 cup plus 3 Tablespoons powdered sugar and 1 Tablespoon warm water (the original recipe says to also use 1 1/2 teaspoons of pasteurized dried egg whites (meringue powder), but I couldn't find any, so I left it out–I used an extra Tablespoon of powdered sugar instead). Beat at medium speed with an electric mixer or mix by hand until spreadable. Add additional water, 1 teaspoon at a time, to get desired consistency (I added an additional Tablespoon plus a teaspoon of water to get a stiff, spreadable icing). Transfer icing to pastry bag with desired tip. Cover icing and tip of pastry bag with damp paper towel to keep icing from drying out. Note: If you don't have a pastry bag, you can use a toothpick to dab small amounts of the icing on the Kisses and chips. This recipe makes about 1/2 cup icing, which is plenty for what you'll need.
To assemble treats: Place mini vanilla wafers on a tray or plate with flat side of cookie toward the top. Squeeze a small amount of icing onto the bottom of a Hershey's Kiss. Immediately press candy bottom onto vanilla wafer cookie. Allow icing to set.
Place small dab of icing on bottom of peanut butter or semi-sweet chocolate chip. Immediately attach to top of cookie to finish acorn. Let icing set before serving.
That's all there is to it! Super-easy!
Have you made any fun, easy treats to celebrate autumn this year?
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Furious Tulisa Contostavlos has spoken of her "outrage" at her assault conviction today and said she planned to appeal.
The 26-year-old singer was found guilty of hitting celebrity blogger Savvas Morgan in the face at the V Festival last year.
And speaking outside Stratford Magistrates' Court after the verdict she said: "This has been a rollercoaster week for me. I never wanted any of this.
"I did not assault Vas J Morgan and I am outraged at this decision - I will be appealing it.
"There are a number of high profile witnesses who were there and know what happened. I urge them to come forward and tell the truth at the appeal.
"I am determined to clear my name as I have already done once this week.
"I repeat, I did not assault Vas J Morgan. I am innocent."
The attack was the culmination of a long running feud between her and Morgan after he published her infamous sex tape online in 2012 which was only removed after a High Court injunction.
Dressed in a petrol blue trouser suit, high neck white lace blouse, nude and copper stilettos, and with her hair sitting in a low bun, the singer looked as if she had been crying before giving the statement.
Tulisa from Friern Barnet, north London, was found guilty of one count of assault.
The singer was fined £200, and also ordered to pay £100 compensation and a £20 victim surcharge.
She was further directed to pay £2,700 towards prosecution costs.
During the case the singer told the court that victim had a vendetta against her and had made the allegations up as part of a publicity stunt.
Following the conviction the Crown Prosecution Service released a statement saying that it was clear Tulisa had ill-feelings towards Mr Morgan because of his publication of the infamous sex tape.
Senior District Crown Prosecutor, for the Crown Prosecution Service in the East of England, Sarah Asbrey said: "It was clear from the evidence that Ms Contonstavlos held a grudge against Mr Morgan for previous comments he had made about her on his blog including a link to her sex tape. When she saw him at the festival there was an argument between them, which resulted in her assaulting Morgan.
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I just returned tonight from The Symposium for Professional Wine Writers hosted at the Meadowood Napa Valley in St. Helena. A beautiful, educational, astonishing, vibrant, vista-opening week in multiple different ways, and I suspect that I may feel compelled to share something more of the experience over the next few days. Tonight, I am reflecting on the possibility of possibilities. I love "wine science" (an awkward name to which I often resort in the face of the even more awkward list of sciences involved in wine growing, making, and appreciation) and I adore trying to find ways to share wine science with non-scientists, but…well, I like to write, too. From time to time I even like to write things that have no relationship to science whatsoever.
In one ten-minute writing exercise at the end of a session (given in part by Eric Asimov of the NY Times, no less), we were all challenged to write something in the "voice" of one of the masters (Kermit Lynch, Hemingway, and Hugh Johnson, among others.) I knew that I wasn't going to write about harvesting indigenous yeast strains or genetically modified lactic acid bacteria, so I let the right side of my brain out to play. This is what happened (completely unedited from that ten minute exercise, I'll warn you):
I drunk the wine like a late-19th century romanticist. The brilliantly aged-carnelian liquor in my glass was brilliant, yes, but it was first and most importantly a vehicle for what I wanted it to be. I saw my companion – an older man with a younger heart – through the rose-colored glasses of that liquid. I saw the present moment through that liquid – an otherwise-ordinary Monday night with an utterly extra-ordinary bottle of 1964 Les Forts de Latour – and the liquid reflected back at me a life that was at once enchanting and purely ordinary in the most human way possible. I saw thousands of people living this experience before me, speaking different languages but expounding upon the same universal truths, feeling the same emotions in the same unique and powerful way, and all of these visions of my former selves only magnified the present moment, made the present moment more momentous.
My companion drunk the wine like a realist; the Henry James to my Hawthorne. He had lived this experience before, not just through the inherited memories of the men who preceded him, but last week in his tiny apartment behind his violin-making shop. And yet he had not lost hold of the sense of mystery in what he swirled, but he swirled his glass as a man runs his hand over the hood of an antique car or caresses a beloved canine. As the glass was for me my lens and mirror, so to him the glass was his flame. I could see him basking in its glow, his warm, round face soothing and shining in its garnet light.
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|Move a completed recording from local storage on a Slave backend, into primary recording storage on the Master backend.
move_recording.sh is intended to be used as a "Recording Finished" script to copy the recording from local storage on the slave backend onto the master backend.
By Andy Boff
One common configuration for "centrally shared storage" is to share out the central storage from the Master backend using NFS. Unfortunately, this introduces a whole new area of performance tuning and optimisations, as well as the potential for performance degradation over time.
This script allows an alternative approach, where slave backends record to local storage, followed by an automated move of the recording to the master backend when the recording completes. This actually improves resilience, as in the event of a failure of the master backend host, the recordings active on the slave will complete (and the script will fail gracefully and leave the recording available on the slave).
First of all, save the script from this wiki page into a text file. I recommend installing the file to /usr/local/bin/move_recording.sh but you can put it wherever you want. If you choose a different location, adjust the commands below to suit.
Give the script executable permission:
# sudo chmod +x /usr/local/bin/move_recording.sh
Next, edit the script and customise the following variables (near the top):
You will need a user on the master backend, which can remotely authenticated from the slave. Ideally, the primary user group of this user will be the same as the user that runs mythbackend on your master (which will assist with keeping the permissions of the copied files correct). Information about how to create this user is dependent on your distribution, and instructions on setting up SSH public key passwordless authentication are widely available elsewhere.
You will need to ensure that you can SSH from the user that runs mythbackend on the slave, to the target user on the master - the first connection is likely to require confirmation that the ECDSA key of the master is acceptable. A good way to do this is to download a copy of Big Buck Bunny (http://www.bigbuckbunny.org/) to the SBE storage directory, and run the script on the file, confirming it correctly gets moved to the master.
Finally, in mythtv-setup on the slave backend, configure the storage groups to point to local storage (this will override the master backend storage group settings, which would otherwise be inherited by the slave). Then under System Events, find the "Recording finished" entry, and set the associated value to be:
/usr/local/bin/move_recording.sh "%DIR%/%FILE%"
#!/bin/bash # This script is designed to copy a completed recording from local # storage on a SBE, to the "main" recording storage on the MBE. # Correct configuration requires the "Master Backend Override" # option to be set, so the master backend can still find the moved # file, despite it not existing on the host that recorded it. # This script should be configured as a "Recording Finished" # script, on the slave backend that the files originate. # # It should be called with a single parameter: the file to move # (e.g. "/usr/local/bin/move_recording.sh %DIR%/%FILE%") # # # The following are required: # ssh-agent, ssh-add, ssh, rsync # # It is recommended to create a new user on the MBE for this # script (e.g. mythtv-sbe), and make its primary group the # same as the Mythbackend user. # Before relying on this script to transfer recordings, # try transferring a non-trivially sized file from SBE source # dir to MBE destination. It is likely that the ECDSA key will # require approval the first time this script is run. This should # be run as the mythbackend user on the SBE. # # =================================================================== # # You will need to configure the following: # SSH identity key to use to authenticate on the master backend: SSH_IDENTITY="/mnt/mythtv/mythtv-sbe-id_rsa" # User to attempt to authenticate as on the master backend (make sure # that the user the MBE runs as has the authority to delete files # owned by this user): SSH_USER="mythtv-sbe" # The hostname of the master backend: MBE_HOSTNAME="masterbackend" # The path on the master backend to copy into (with trailing /): MBE_PATH="/mnt/mythtv/default/" # Copy speed limit (in KBytes/sec) RSYNC_BWLIMIT=10240 # Location of a failure log: FAIL_LOG="/mnt/mythtv/default/move-recording-failures.log" # # =================================================================== # SRC=$1 # register the SSH identity eval $(ssh-agent) ssh-add "${SSH_IDENTITY}" # try and copy the file DEST="${SSH_USER}@${MBE_HOSTNAME}:${MBE_PATH}" rsync --append --chmod=ug+w -e 'ssh' "${SRC}" "${DEST}" RSYNC_RESULT=$? # if the rsync was successful, unlink the file locally # if the file is open by SBE for streaming, it will remain available # for the SBE until it closes it. Any future access should work via # the MBE, due to the MBE override flag. if [ ${RSYNC_RESULT} -eq 0 ]; then # rsync returned code 0, so we take that as a success # TODO ideally update the DB so the recording is now listed against # the MBE, meaning MBE override no longer needs to be set. # Unfortunately at the moment the only way is direct DB access unlink "${SRC}" unlink "${SRC}.*" # thumbs may have been created - we can let them recreate # done exit 0 # signal success else # the rsync failed. Append to a failure log. The file will remain # available on the SBE echo "Moving recording ${SRC} from SBE to MBE failed (${RSYNC_RESULT})" touch "${FAIL_LOG}" DT=$(date) echo "${DT}: rsync error ${RSYNC_RESULT} for ${SRC} -> ${DEST}" >> ${FAIL_LOG} exit ${RSYNC_RESULT} # signal (with the same error as rsync) fi


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Former St. Peter-Marian star Matt Mobley made two crucial steals that led to late baskets and scored 17 points as the Worcester Academy boys' basketball team rallied past Brimmer & May, 79-78, in its season opener in Chestnut Hill.
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Connecticut found itself left behind in the conference realignment shuffle again yesterday as Louisville was picked over the Huskies to join the Atlantic Coast Conference, becoming the fifth football member to leave the Big East in just over a year. UConn had been courting the ACC and was thought to be a leading candidate to replace Maryland after the Terrapins accepted an invitation earlier this month to join the Big Ten. The ACC's decision doesn't mean UConn will stop trying to find a better landing spot than the Big East. The ACC remains a possibility if the league decides to expand to 16 teams, or any other schools leave that conference.
Golf is proposing to ban the putting stroke used by three of the last five major champions. The sport's ruling bodies announced a new rule that would make it illegal to anchor the club in making a stroke. The proposed rule is aimed at belly putters and long putters that are pressed against the body.With the help of federal mediators, the NHL and the players' association got back to bargaining yesterday after a week apart. The location was secret, and so was what was discussed. The talks went well enough that they will be back negotiating today.


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KJ Works M4 - Possibly the best performing GBB M4 out of the box?
|Go to Product Page >> KJ Works 30rds Magazine for Tanio Koba Gas Blowback M4A1
|Go to Product Page >> KJ Works Tanio Koba Gas Blowback M4A1 (Full Metal)
Great gas efficiency
Reliable and consistent fps
Great performer out-of-the-box
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Can accept AEG parts
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High steel content in the materials used compared to pot-metal and other materials
Stock tube is reinforced from the inside
No trademarks
Unrealistic bolt head
Hop adjustment can be seen above the bolt
Magazines need a specific adaptor to load efficiently
Lack of performance aftermarket parts available at this date.
Despite the KJ Works GBB M4 being one of the last GBB M4's to be released, it is not a copy of any other GBB M4 platforms.
It has to be said that with such great performance as well as being cheaper than some of the alternatives, it's already quite a contender if you were to look to purchase a GBB rifle since this is one of the best performing GBBR's out-of-the-box
In the recent months, plenty of companies and manufacturers have ventured into the GBB market making various rifles and aftermarket parts for the said rifles. KJ have never really been amongst the top of the list when it comes to reliability and availability of parts for their pistol range. People were not sure if it was a wise idea to buy a KJ Works GBBR when some of their pistol designs were not up to their high expectations. Fortunately, Tanio Koba have collaborated with this project and with his design experience and expertise, the KJ/TK M4 has been released. Initial reports for this rifle were grim due to the videos posted on streaming video sites showing the inconsistent rate of fire and the insane cooldown factors their prototype guns encountered. Now that the improved version of this gun is used for production eliminating the previous obstacles, this may be another interesting contender amongst the GBBR's.
Initial impressions.
If you were to buy this KJ Works M4, lets face it... you're not likely to bother with picking into the minute details of its packaging since this is at a price that is lower than some of the higher end GBBR's. But to the surprise of most people, this is actually quite decent. Although it doesn't feature a fancy glossy box with colors everywhere and inside its plain brown box you will see that KJ have only used polystyrene for padding, at least they did not use corrugated cardboard for padding.
Speaking of standing out and looking different, since this gun uses a thermold mag. This is the only realistic Diemaco (Colt Canada) GBBR on the market today. Featuring a thermold mag instead of the STANAG style mag for the gun, it already makes this stand out amongst the rest of the GBBR classes on the market today. Along with standing out, KJ have actually not bothered with putting any trademarks or any markings at all on this gun. So what does this mean? If you're into markings, this actually is an ideal platform to do any custom work on your receiver since if you were to buy another brand of a GBB M4, you will have to replace the receiver with another for a marking of your own choice or source a plain receiver if you wish to have something different.
With most of the gun using a similar design with the rest of the GBB M4's, you're not going to be entering any unchartered territories with using this KJ M4 if you're planning to buy one of these. With everything that's supposed to be made of metal it's metal and to our surprise, using a neodymium magnet, everything from the sears, selector switch, firing pin, outer barrel, stock tube, receiver pin, mag release, delta ring as well as the bolt release latch is made out of a ferrite metal which narrows it down to some form of steel. Don't think this is relevant yet? Compare this with the bolt release of other variants that use pot metal or probably metal looking cheese, the internals on this KJ M4 is designed to last. Props to KJ Works for using proper materials
Upon inspection on the rest of the body, you will also notice that there're a few unrealistic elements on this gun. The hop adjustment turret is actually located directly above the front of the bolt. This may be slightly off putting for those that want the ultimate realism since they follow the GBBR's for this very reason. It's not all bad I'd say since hop adjustment is made much more convenient without having to reach inside the foregrip, under the outer barrel to adjust your hop and neither do you have to remove the magazine or lock the bolt back to adjust your hop settings.
Furthermore on the topic of realism, the nozzle actually protrudes out much further than any other GBB M4's to work along side with its hop up system. Although this is not something you will see during use or notice unless you have the bolt locked back and looked straight at the front of the bolt, you'll know this difference is there. However due to its elongated nozzle, KJ have made the nozzle much thicker as compared to the others to strengthen this part that is a high stress point therefore reducing the chances of a nozzle breakage from regular firing of this gun. Another thing that deserves a mention and if you have one already or have researched into this gun you will know of the 'rubber band' mechanism inside this gun and may be a little put off by it. We can tell you that this is not a vital part of the mechanism and the gun does not rely on this part to perform well. It merely is just a bolt dampener to reduce the excessive stress that may occur during intensive usage of this gun or when used under hot conditions.
Chronoing in at 450fps ±4fps (26celcius ambient temperature) using green gas with slow semi automatic shots, this is very consistent for a gas blow back weapon whilst giving a very nice kick as compared to a slow shove on some other alternatives. With our no-mercy cooldown test, where a fully charged magazine is used on full-auto, reloaded with ammo and fired on full auto again, this gun was capable of expending over 2 full magazines worth of ammo only using one single charge of gas. This test was repeated twice once the magazine returned to the previously stated ambient temperature and gave an average result of 58rounds on this test.
A grouping test was also carried out on the KJ Works M4 using KSC perfect .20g ammo and green gas at 20metres. Without a proper open area to set the hop, we had to make do with the 20metres we have available to do a groupings test with the hop set to what seems correct at this range. A target was printed on an A4 sheet of paper, the shots were able to produce a 4.5inch grouping at prone position. Although it must be said that if this was secured on a gun mount or using .25g ammo, the performance will be much better due to the recoil and the fps causing the .20g ammo to have a less stable flight path. Below is the groupings sheet before and after the hop adjustment.
Despite the KJ Works GBB M4 being one of the last GBB M4's to be released, it is not a copy of any other GBB M4 platforms where the internal designs are specific to the KJ works so all the rumors are proven false regarding this being a clone of another platform. With Tanio Koba working alongside with KJ, this GBB M4 have definitely hit the spot for standing out even without using trademarks on the receiver. Being able to adapt AEG outer barrels, this is another major selling point since plenty of old-timers would have spare front end kits available on their disposal without having to fork out extra money to buy body kits for a new gun. With their hop up chamber designed to have minimal parts and joints, the fps consistency is great due to its incredible air seal in the mechanism.
It has to be said that with such great performance as well as being cheaper than some of the alternatives, it's already quite a contender if you were to look to purchase a GBB rifle. However, knowing how this is possibly the best working GBB M4 out-of-the-box and the fact that the amount of money required to turn this GBB M4 into the high performance category is much lower compared to the others is going to tip the scales back for you to decide if the lack of trademarks and unrealistic bolt and ejection port (hop up turret) is worth the performance. Decisions decisions...


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Visitors to Chicago's Hop Haus watering hole may be familiar with the mural honoring the Windy City's greatest sports legends. And also these goofballs.
The mural—which you can sort of see in full on their website—is a panoramic scene of all the great Chicago sports legends enjoying a brewski with the people they hate the most. Front and center though is this detail of Brian Urlacher putting what appears to be Rex Grossman in a headlock. And also Brett Favre is there for some reason. Because when you think Chicago sports, you typically think about the Bears choking. The whole pastoral is bizarre and sickening ... yet I can't look away.
It's hard to make out, but I think Pete Rose and Mike Tyson are also there and way in the back, if you squint really hard, you can see Peter Cetera punching a kid in a wheelchair. It's very lifelike!
Urlacher Loves Him Some Grossman … Not That There's Anything Wrong With That [Blog Down, Chicago Bears]
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Tonight, it's Redskins vs. the Na'vi in a battle for the white man's soul. Related: Am I the only one who found Dances With Smurf's 3D nonsense to be more distracting than enthralling? It just makes 50% of the movie look out of focus and then you get frustrated and end up wishing you'd stayed home and rented Terminator 2 again.
Also, why would a Marine in a mechanized killbot exoskeleton need to carry a giant knife? Seems a little gratuitous, you know?


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Matthew Perry's latest series is already undergoing some tinkering.
Georgia King and Sarah Baker, who were both set to be series regulars alongside Perry on CBS' reboot of The Odd Couple, have exited the show for creative reasons, TVGuide.com has confirmed.
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The Odd Couple, which CBS ordered to series last week, tells the story of divorced roommates Oscar (Perry) and Felix (Thomas Lennon). King, who previously starred on The New Normal, had been cast as Katie, a model who lives in their building.
Baker, who co-starred with Perry on the failed show Go On, was scheduled to play Oscar's assistant Sam, and Perry wrote the role specifically with her in mind, according to TVLine, which first reported the news.
Both parts will be recast. Watch episodes of the original Odd Couple here.
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Bioelectricity and You: Can a Cream "Recharge" Your Skin?Tuesday, April 20, 2010
I know by now you've likely seen the commercials, the ads in your magazine or even read famous dermatologists discussing this new breakthrough in skin care in a magazine (I think I've seen it in 3 at last count).
"Bioelectricity", just hearing that term makes me think... well, not that it's amazing. Honestly, that term makes me think of those copper bracelets they sell in the in-flight catalog or on late night television. You know the one, they show some guy wearing it while he's golfing and then they claim that the bracelet cured his diabetes? I thought of that immediately when I heard about these products. Then I did a pubmed search. Nothing. There was some nonsense about everyone knowing the electricity in your skin decreases as you age. I didn't learn that in med school. Obviously this was all nonsense.
Or, was it?
What exactly is electricity? It's a current. A current is movement of charged particles. Which means you just need some charged things moving around. Oh yeah, I did learn that in medical school. And I use it everyday in my ICU. We just don't call it electricity, we call it shifting.
A lot of things in our bodies are charged, and in order for our cells to function properly they need to be kept at certain levels in different compartments. Things like Sodium, Potassium and Calcium. They're all charged ions, kept at different levels in cells, out of cells, in different ares of the body. And they move around. That's current, and therefore electricity. If they can't move cells not only can't function properly, they actually die.
So, there is electricity in our bodies. Now what's this that Johnson & Johnson is doing? And, more importantly, does it actually work?
So, J&J hasn't really exactly said in any of their press releases or released clinical information how this new technology works. I have gotten more info from the PR reps, and this is all what I can deduce from reading the information they've sent me. Mostly I've seen clinical result data, more on that later.
So, I hope you like this picture, I made it last week while watching American Idol. I think it's pretty. What is it? It's a simplified cross section of the outer membrane of a human cell. See those pink things with the tails? That's the lipid bilayer that basically acts as a gate keeper, determining what can get in and out of the cell. Things that can "dissolve" into the layer will cross easily, things that don't, well, they stay put. That means that water, ions (because they are charged, see them there in their little bubbles?) and large molecules are all unable to cross without extra help.
Luckily, there are things like channels (yes, that big blue thing). Think of them like tunnels just stuck in the lipid membrane. These channels don't just willy-nilly let anything through. Otherwise, what would be the point of the lipid bilayer? I've shown this channel as generic (see how it is letting both + and - ions through), but in reality they are highly specialized. They will work for just sodium, make sodium and hydrogen exchange across the layer, let just water through, or even expend energy every time something goes through. They're different in different cell types throughout the body and they're used in very specific instances. And if they're not working right, things will be out of balance. In nerve cells there are channels like this connecting cells, and the movement of ions through the channels sends a specific message, telling the receiving cell to act in a certain way and to send the message on.
So, how did J&J manage to get these channels to increase their activity? Within the products are zinc molecules with copper particles. Once the particles hit water, a charge is produced and this somehow activates the channels, sending a message to the cells.
As the message is spread amongst the cells, they get the message to increase collagen and elastin production. Over time with the increased production of both of these you have fewer wrinkles, smoother skin and improved elasticity.
The clinical results that I've seen are pretty amazing, but I'll go into them more when I review each product. Stay tuned, reviews are coming soon!
Update, 5/2/2010
I thought links to the Products I reviewed with this technology in the post might make life a bit easier for some people.
Aveeno Ageless Vitality SPF 30
ROC Brilliance Eye Beautifier
Neutrogena Clinical NIght Facial Lifting Wrinkle Treatment
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I can't wait for the reviews since I love Aveeno and thank you so much for making incomprehensible science easy to understand!ReplyDelete
- AnonymousApril 21, 2010 at 9:52 AM
Wow, very interesting. Thanks for breaking it down for us. I'll be patiently waiting for the reviews.ReplyDelete
I find myself coming to your blog more and more often to the point where my visits are almost daily now!ReplyDelete
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