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Why Birth Control and Artificially Manipulating Your Hormones Causes Cancer
Marco Torres, Prevent Disease
Waking Times
The conventional medical opinion is that birth control is one of the most important hallmarks of an advanced society. Those well-versed in natural health including many scientists know that it is also the hallmark of disease that only leads to lasting and damaging long-term health effects. Bluntly stated, when it comes to your health, if you artificially mess with your hormones, you'll eventually be in a world of trouble.
The birth control pill, which the FDA approved 50 years ago, was the first medicine designed to be taken by people who were not sick. In 1999, it was called the most important scientific advance of the 20th century by The Economist.
There are many contradicting studies on the relationship between birth control and cancer. Much of this can be attributed to the high rate of data falsification among scientific studies controlled by pharmaceutical interests that don't want the public to know the truth about how and why oral contraceptives cause cancer.
Most birth control pills are a combination of the derivatives of the hormones estrogen and progestin. They work by mimicking the hormones in your body, essentially fooling your intricate hormonal reproductive system into producing the following effects:
- Preventing your ovaries from releasing eggs
- Thickening your cervical mucus to help block sperm from fertilizing an egg
- Thinning the lining of your uterus, which would make it difficult for an egg to implant, should it become fertilized
However, it is naive to believe that these are the only impacts the synthetic hormones are having. Your reproductive system does not exist in a bubble…it is connected to all of your other bodily systems as well. The Pill, too, does not only influence your reproductive status; it's capable of altering much more.
Progesterone is a very important hormone in a woman's body. It plays a major role in maintaining the normal functioning of the menstrual cycle. As Dr. Elizabeth Plourde describes in the above video, the Pill leads to progesterone deficiency, which can also be partially diagnosed through a hormone deficiency test questionnaire.
Estrogen and progesterone are responsible for ovulation, menstruation, pregnancy, maintenance of pregnancy, miscarriage, childbirth, etc. Apart from these, they are also interlinked with metabolism and various other bodily functions.
Progesterone Deficiency
Along with maintaining the uterus lining for the planting of the egg, progesterone is also responsible for keeping the fetus safe, does not allow the uterus to make any movements, prevents infection and prepares the uterus for birth. If therefore there is a progesterone deficiency, it will lead to certain symptoms. Let us see what progesterone deficiency symptoms are:
* Weight gain especially over the belly area
* Irregular periods
* Abnormally heavy flow during periods
* Low sexual drive
* Infertility
* Pain in breasts
* Mood swings
* General body pain
* Hot flashes
* Varying degrees of fatigue
* Irritability
* Cravings of a wide variety
* Depression
* Mental stress
* Onset of insomnia
* Lowered immune system
* Hampered intestinal health
* Uterine and breast cancer as a long term effect
* Several heart diseases
* Osteoporosis
* Increase in cholesterol levels
* The formation of fibroids
* Frequent bloating and occurrence of gas
* Indigestion
* Migraines and headaches
* Snoring
* Miscarriage in the early stages of pregnancy
* No ovulation
* Formation of ovarian cysts
* Lowered body temperature
* Cramping during menstruation
* Excess water retention
* Puffiness in cheeks
* Formation of acne and tremendously oily skin
* Feelings of anxiety
* Lack of concentration
* Memory loss
* Problems in urination
* Night sweating
* Thoughts of suicide and exhibiting suicidal tendencies
* Vaginal dryness
* Joint pain
* Onset of urinary tract infection
* Changes in appetite
* Inability to lose weight
Women can start experiencing a progesterone deficiency as early as their 20s. Some of the main signs are belly-centric weight gain, low libido, irregular or heavy periods, infertility and difficulty maintaining a pregnancy. C.W. Randolph, M.D., co-founder of the Natural Hormone Institute, says that women with low progesterone may also experience lumpy breasts that are painful to the touch, severe premenstrual symptoms of bloating, moodiness, cravings and pain, or especially severe hot flashes and irritability during perimenopause and menopause.
Birth Control = Cancer and other Diseases
Birth control has also been found to cause heart disease, bone loss,memory loss, blood clots and prostate cancer in men through men's greater exposure to the oestrogen hormone found in the water supply and food chain.
Many scientific publications such as the British Medical Journal have revealed that data falsification among scientists is disturbingly widespread. Inappropriately adjusting, excluding, altering, or fabricating data is commonplace among scientists who serve their drug industry masters and those who conduct studies on oral contraception also fall prey to dollar signs. Thankfully, there is an abundance of studies that do provide substantial evidence that birth control causes cancer.
British Medical Journal – Mortality associated with oral contraceptive use
"increase in mortality from circulatory diseases and cervical cancer among women were using oral contraceptives or had used them in the past 10 years"
Cancer Epidemiology, Biomarkers & Prevention – Use of Oral Contraceptives and Breast Cancer Risk
The Norwegian-Swedish Women's Lifestyle and Health Cohort Study
"Long-term users of OCs were at a higher risk of breast cancer than never users"
Cancer Prevention Research Journal – Effects of Oral Contraceptives on Ovarian Cancer
"OC also influences ovarian carcinogenesis….OC increased invasion in a K-ras/Pten OvCa cell line established from the mouse tumors, suggesting that OC hormones, particularly estrogen, may have a detrimental effect after the disease process is under way."
Gynecologic Oncology and Pathology – Combined oral contraceptives and cervical cancer
"Increased risk of cervical cancer (up to twofold)"
Cancer Epidemiology, Biomarkers & Prevention – Human Papillomavirus and Long-term Oral Contraceptive Use Increase the Risk of Cervical Cancer
"long-term OC use may contribute to the pathogenesis of these tumors in some women."
Journal of National Cancer Institute
Oral contraceptives cause Breast Cancer
Birth Control Pill Can Increase Breast Cancer Risk
The longer you use it, the higher your risk of disease.
Pill Use May Raise Cervical Cancer Risk
A review of research by scientists from the International Agency for Research on Cancer (IARC) in Lyon, France and the London-based charity Cancer Research UK shows that the longer women use the pill the greater their chances of developing cervical cancer.
Oral Contraception Linked To Prostate Deformities
Oestrogen-like chemicals commonly found in oral contraceptives could deform the prostate gland of human embryos.
Regardless of any position whether pro-life or pro-choice and based on just the few studies (of many) above, surely even those who are strongly in favour of contraception can appreciate and accept that there are real and potential health dangers in subscribing to any type of oral contraception. As many health experts have often stated, if you alter hormones at any age with the introduction of artificial chemicals, you will eventually experience long-lasting detrimental health effects.
About the Author
Marco Torres is a research specialist, writer and consumer advocate for healthy lifestyles. He holds degrees in Public Health and Environmental Science and is a professional speaker on topics such as disease prevention, environmental toxins and health policy.
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Where do you find these "experts"? Elizabeth Plouride has a Phd. in what? What is a C.S.L.? The interviewer asks," What do these Hormones do?" and she scientifically responds,"They can really mess you all up!"-I am sorry-that is too technical for me. Then, the crowning achievement,Dr.Martin L. Brenner-an obvious shill for the Catholic Church who cites the Pope as an expert. He also says,"that the sexual act is enormously popular,because each time it is done, God gets a chance to connect." and shallow me-I thought that it just felt good. Lets put this to rest. Sperm are alive-eggs are alive-when they meet it is a continuation of life-Life wasn't created-it was continued. As to Birth Control Pills causing cancer-there are too many conflicting studies,so I would say that the Jury is still out.
* and you have a PHD in …???
One thing they will NEVER tell you–birth control pills make it harder or impossible to have an orgasm. And if you take them long enouph, the problem never goes away. Look it up. It's true.
And Women's Lib. promised all females incomparable orgasms! I hope they got them before the pill did them in. Betty Friedan, Gloria Steinem and the rest of the female rabbinate should have had its collective mouth duct taped shut.
* Truly reptilian life forms.
And when was the last time you looked in to the mirror, clown?
Speaking from experience?
I call BS on that. But what will REALLY mess up orgasms is Paxil. That stuff is evil.
Anybody for some fibromyalgia, lupus, HIV, etc. or any of the other diagnoses whose origins are impossible to isolate? Just keep popping those pills so they have more sickos for the NHI to conduct "research" on.
Are you trying to tell us now that birth control pills are causing HIV? Did Pope changed his mind, it's not gay folks' fault anymore?
Thanks to Planned Parenthood, I got a tubal ligation at 19. Problem solved. I'm now 50, and had a great life with limited obligations, more personal sovereignty that most can dream of, a low stress, high standard of living, and a whole lot more.
BBBBBBBBBBLLLLLLLLLLPPPPPPPHHHHHHHHTTTTTTTTTTTTT and NEENER-NEENER.
(Yes, I am 50! Swear to every deity in the Pantheon. 50 going on 10!)
Screw it (ha, ha, a funny) – let's just copulate and see how many people it takes to destroy the planet.
Cancer is a psychosomatic affliction and has its source from The Spiritual but don't let one's Religion & Religiosity take over the asylum unless it is proveable. Every human is dual-natured if only because all have 2 brain lobes that offer 2-viewpoints/Relativity for every-view/Reality.
"The Spiritual Left", which "shadows"/"oversees" The Material Left Sympathetic Nervous System and which terminates at the right brain lobe, is Of Subjectivity, oka The Emotional/Conditional. Here, the activity is not material/visible, much like vegetation or desire but exists nevertheless. Activities of The Left, therefore, is not material but is one of being conditioned by past experiences, The Left being Of Femininity, oka Empowerment.
On the other side, "The Right" or The Material Right SNS which terminates at the left brain lobe is divided into 2 categories, that of The Physical and The Intellectual, or The "Mental" all come to accept as the only reality when it comes to thinking. The Right, therefore, is one of The Material-Intellect where physical and intellectual activity are inversely but proportionally linked. Here too much physical activity will decrease intellectual activity and vice-versa. This Right side caters, therefore, to the activity which is visible and is why "The Science based on excess brain development" categorise mental as being only of the intellect whereas emotionality is actually one's left thought, Right Thought being Of The Future/Masculinity whereas Left Thought is Of The Past/Femininity. As such, when-where there is IQ, EQ [Emotioanl Quotient] is always its shadow and vice-versa.
Direct visible activity is therefore Objectivity-Projectivity and is where Western Medical Science [WMS] focusses onto as being the only reality but that is not true. This is the reason why there is NO [as in zero] cure for psychosomatic afflictions like the Cardiovascular, Cancer, AIDS, Diabetes, Arthritis, Nervous Dispositions, Asthma, and so forth. This is because a dual-natured human is like a football team in that all have a Goal-Scoring and a Goal-Keeping department. Without balancing both, a human is the one who takes 1 step forwards but 2 steps backward. The body cures itself, a fact undeniable by the Addiction Agency of The Bookie, Quackey & Handler, whose mantra is Repeat Prescription.
In short, WMS is merely the Goal-Scorer with Behavioural Inconsistency being the always-dozing Goal-Keeper which WMS is unware of because behaviours are not material. Since the body truly cures itself via a normal/normalised Immune System, the body also instruments itself but since The Spiritual is only detectable via the 6th and higher senses and not the "Visualised/Objectified via the body 5 fundamental senses of mallebility", WMS has no cure for psychosomatic afflictions because curing is about stopping at source and not about after the fact. Unless one's beancounting agent happens to be Count de Money in which case Repeat Prescription is a very viable mafiaosi. Capisce?
Realise that relative/standard/partial/dual-natured human development is exclusively focussed on The Width, or Brain Development [BD], whereas absolute/true/full/singularly-natured human development is about Heart Development [HD] or The Depth, the duty of a human being to relinquish his duality for the singularity of nature – the reason why humans exist and is what humans were evolved and born for. In order for this is to be realised, a human has to firstly be "properly" aspected/balanced between his Width & Depth. By focussing development solely on the brain, a human will become knowledgeable, robotic but lacking the ability to realise Divinity. Then, a human will be like a dog which has a keen sense of smell but is unable to realise beauty and filth. He will be like a bat which has an acute sense of the audible but is yet unable to hear music. This is because Width scales from The Past onto The Future, bypassing The Present, whereas Depth overcomes Gravity to ascend along The Present towards Infinity.
The above is not all talk for if it is, one will merely be reverting to Square One, The Minds, which is one's Past and Future whereas only The Present is real. Once a human realises his self, he will be gifted the ability to discern absolutely in order that he finally realises how he is truly infrastructured and then has the choice To Be or not To Be. Armed with this ability to instrument/detect/perceive The Spiritual, he will be shown what is Evolutionary and what is Devolutionary such that his Immune System will be strengthened/normalised should he chooses Evolution and denies Behavioural Inconsistency. When one denies one's addiction, not only will the addiction be neutralised and without any withdrawal symptoms, but one's Immune System will also gain strength and then the joker that is "Medical Insurance" will withdraw to its Killing Fields of Usury, Addiction and Control. And this is how cancer will be cured and not be under the jackboots of Repeat Prescription which is why this miscreant is trying to own all institutions of Control-Abandonment such that you will have no alternative choice which is partly a good thing because most alternatives are merely another version of Repeat Prescription albeit usually expensive ones too, such are the mysteries and diversities of Quackery.


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text: Paramore - "Whoa" Ok, so back to August 10, 2005…now that I've told you how I wound up at Warped Tour, it's time to tell the story of how I first saw Paramore. I go to Warped Tour every year (or have since The Get Up Kids show in…whatever year that was…2001?) Anyway, one of my favorite things to do at Warped is wander. I LOVE the fact that I can hear so many new bands on tiny stages all over the dusty parking lot (because Warped is, inevitably, always in a really hot, really dusty parking lot.) So, when I'm not seeing the bands I know going in I have to see - and typically early in the day - I wander. I look at the handwritten signs and flyers plastered all over the venue and I head from stage to stage seeing what will catch my ear. On August 10, this flyer caught my eye. Now you'll notice that's not actually a flyer. It's actually an album cover - specifically, the cover of Paramore's first album, All We Know Is Falling. I had no idea at the time, but it had come out two weeks prior (on July 26th to be exact) and that cover was EVERYWHERE at Warped. Scrawled on each one was a stage name - the "Shiragirl stage" and a time - from what I remember, it was 1:30. I still don't know for sure why that red couch caught my eye, other than that it was everywhere. Considering everything that's happened since - and my faith (we're going to be talking more about that later too, so be ready…) - I often tell myself I was led to go see Paramore that day. If you believe what I believe, you can probably buy into that. If you don't, just tell yourself it was luck or a really eye-catching red couch. Either way, it changed my life. Not like getting married or having kids changed my life - we're not quite at that scale - but take a step down from that and you're right there. Anyway, I just knew that at 1:30, I was going to head over to the Shiragirl Stage and see who this Paramore band was. The Shiragirl "Stage" was a stage in the LOOSEST sense of the word. It was the back of a truck. A rather small truck. The side folded down and voila! Stage. Zac (Paramore's drummer) was INSIDE the truck. Josh, Jason and John (I'm not going to write a ton about Paramore's member changes - you can read all that on Wikipedia or somewhere else. If you're hoping I'm going to give you some sort of insight into internal drama, you'll have to look for that elsewhere too. If you're hoping I'll continue to overuse paranthetical expressions, you've come to the right place.) Anyway, Josh, Jason and John had to duck to avoid hitting their heads on the top of the truck. The entire thing BOUNCED up and down and looked close to collapse throughout most of the set. The sound was what you'd expect from a pink truck. The TRUTH (anti-smoking) campaign DRONED on at top volume throughout their set. And yet, from the very first notes of a song I then didn't know and now can't remember (yes, that's right - I CAN'T REMEMBER THE FIRST SONG I HEARD THEM PLAY), I was absolutely, 100% blown away. I've been to hundreds of shows in my life. I've seen probably thousands of bands at this point, including tons I'd never heard of before walking into that club or amphitheatre or arena that night. I've seen John Mayer OPEN for Glen Phillips (Toad the Wet Sprocket) in front of 100 people in a tiny club in Charlottesville, VA. I've seen Oasis play for 300 people in what is now the 9:30 Club in Washington, DC (but then was a decrepit dump called Radio Music Hall) right after Definitely Maybe came out. (That show left me deaf - completely DEAF - for 3 days by the way.) I've seen bands I'd never heard of before the show blow me away and make me a lifetime fan (Steel Train opening for The Format, take a bow…) But none of that was like this. From the very first minute of the very first song I heard, the following thoughts went through my head: 1) Holy &*#@, these kids are YOUNG. 2) Holy &*#@, these kids are GOOD. 3) Holy &*#@, this girl can SING. 4) Holy &*#@, this band is going to be HUGE. It's easy to tell you why I thought the first three things - you can see it in that "Born For This" video I posted earlier - and even three years before that, on a tiny stage on the back of a truck, Paramore still ROCKED. I can't tell you why I thought the fourth thing exactly - but I've never felt that way, before or since, about any other band I've seen. I just KNEW there was something special - really special - about these kids. So, of course, I went right over after the set and started talking to them and we became best friends that day and that's the end of the story…WRONG. You underestimate my extreme and ridiculous shyness. I went over, bought the CD from…I think Josh sold it to me…mumbled "great show" and left. And then proceeded to listen to All We Know Is Falling about 1,000 times over the next month. Meeting them - and getting to know them - would have to wait a little while longer. But back to that show. There were maybe 50 people watching their set that day. Maybe some of them knew the songs - certainly, there were people who had heard of Paramore before and even seen them play live - and some of them were probably there. But one song stood out. "Whoa" isn't the best song on AWKIF. It's not even my favorite song on AWKIF. But it's the song that stood out live that day - and one listen to the chorus will tell you why. Whether it's 50 people or 50,000 - when you shout "Whoa" and throw your fist in the air live, the song just works. And the line "And we've got everybody singing" - in a lot of ways, that sums up, for me, what Paramore is about - what the band has created - with their fans and with their music. This is a band that cares - truly cares - about their fans and the community - the bond - they've built with them. And that bond is - for me at least - most strongly expressed at the shows - when everyone IS singing. "Whoa" was the song I rocked out (and rocked out is really the only appropriate term) to on the ride home - the one I remembered best from my first exposure live. I'd grow to love "Franklin" and "My Heart" and "Never Let This Go" and "Conspiracy" more, but "Whoa" was the first song I loved by Paramore. "Whoa" was the song that started it all for me.


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I wish there was a study on how many Internet studies there have been. 'Cause it seems like a lot. The latest in "why the Internet is making you a really bad human" says that your memory is essentially atrophying because Google exists. In other words, why retain anything when you can just Google it?
We get it, scientists. The Internet sucks and we're all going to die mindless (real life), friendless, LOLing drones. But what about all the good stuff the Internet does?
As someone who would probably be unemployed if the Internet did not exist, I'll admit, I may be a scosh biased. But I really am getting sick and tired of all this nonsense on how the Internet is wrecking humanity. And aren't there more important things to be studying, Braniacs?
Like with all things in life, isn't the Internet what you make of it? If you make the decision to sit at home, perusing Facebook (while getting depressed because everybody's highlights reels seem so much better than the deep, dark, personal one you're comparing them to), then yeah, the Internet sucks. But if you make the decision to reconnect with old friends (you actually want to be in touch with), the Internet's a good thing.
Same goes for the "dumbing of humans" argument. If you're using the Internet to plagiarize your college essays, yes, it's a bad thing. If you're using the Internet strictly for the purpose of watching 227 reruns, again, bad. But if you're using it to learn about cool things that you otherwise wouldn't have learned about -- because it would have taken way too much effort to find out the old-fashioned way -- that's a good thing.
I've learned so much more through the Internet than I would have from newspapers and other "periodicals." Call me lazy, but the original way is far too much work for me. I wish I was the kind of person who would unwind at day's end with an encyclopedia or a history book, but I'm not. Truth be told, without the Internet, I'd probably just watch more TV. And that definitely would make me dumber (if you saw what I watch).
So, if Google zaps our memories a bit, I say who cares? Chances are, without it, we never would have known about the thing we were forgetting.
Do you use the Internet for good or evil?
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I think the Internet has made us a more knowledgeable society. We have access to information at our fingertips. It has allowed us to become more broad in our viewpoint by expanding our realm of sources. We are a more informed people.
I guess a good "cafemom" example would be breastfeeding. Many women look to the Internet for resources and support. Without it, we'd basically have to rely on information from our formula-feeding mothers and formula-pushing pediatricians. Especially if one lives in an area where breastfeeding isn't a normal occurance.
I fully embrace the good that the Internet has provided. There is bad in everything. Choose your battles.
i think for both but mostly for good.
Honestly, I retain information by reading it, so the internet gives me WAAAAY more information to memorize. It's helped me really learn many more things than I would have had the ability to access otherwise. My only downfall is the inability to recall WHERE I read something so when I reference it, I can link to the source.
Everything in moderation...The internet is amazing for a lot of things and in a lot of ways. But when my teenage niece tells me she didnt actually read a book bc she can "google" it and find out all she needs for her report, or when people facebook each other rather than actually speak, or when people read blogs and boards and automatically assume they are receiving correct information and then run wild with it...the internet is not so great. And when a mom calls our office and says but I "googled" it and google says I should do xyz instead of what you said, its very frustrating. So everything in moderation and balance.
It's a double-edge sword. There's a lot of great information otu there, but there's also a lot of misinformation out there as well.
I personally think google is great! I live with a very intelligent husband, and although I'm no dummy, google has given me an edge when we have our conversations. I love being able to type something in and get an overload of knowledge!!! Netflix is also handy, I love watching documentaries, and part of me hopes that my kids retain some of the information being distrubted via the TV. We're nerds in my house, so although I'd like to think the net won't replace an old fashioned book, the advent of the Kindle and other devices make me think otherwise. I'm happy as long as my household is reading and learning. =)
I think the ability to have nearly any information you need right at your fingertips can only enhance life, but hey, what do I know that I haven't googled.
I love google!!! Its almost a joke in our house and now with smart phones its even better. I have a "know it all" brother. When I tell you that very large fights have broken out because of course he is right and everyone else is wrong you could even imagine.
Now with google and phones he goes less on facts and more on opinion. I love proving him wrong in black and white. So whenever he starts on something some one usually tells him to google it.
I think the internet is full of misinformation and is causing good intentioned people to make very poor choices with the best of intentions. Just on CafeMom alone I have seen such bad and potentially dangerous medical advise given, not to mention the thousands of other topics I have seen bad suggestions given to another mother. I know the posters don't mean harm or malice, but I fear at times that could be the outcome.
The internet can be both informative and informative, you need to pick your sources carefully. It can be a good thing and a bad thing. It can be distracting too! However, I am glad that I have access to internet. It has let me get in touch with a wonderful buch of people who also have a child fighting cancer. There are VERY few (virtually no) kids with cancer where I live and so getting in touch with families from all over the world has been amazing and supportive. Just use it in moderation, watch your sources, and don't forget that there are real books in the world too! LOL


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Kaaya Systems Corp provides a complete range of processing services for the title insurance industry. Our services include the preparation of title reports, commitments, guarantees, and even policies and endorsements. Our "Best Shore Methodology" assures that our customers receive competitive value and efficiency. We deliver consistent quality and value to our title industry customers, and return title products that they can be proud to issue. Our delivery model helps us provide impeccable quality levels of 98% with turn times
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Preliminary/Commitment Reports
We undertake a search in the electronic title plant for property index (PI) and general index (GI) and examine the results in order to prepare the Preliminary/Commitment Reports.
Policy Production
Policy production process generates Short Form, Long Form and Owner Policies in the client application. Information is extracted from the Policy Package (Title Prelim Report) and entered in the client application. Editing is done to the policy adding exceptions and endorsements as given in the Policy Package/Prelim report.
Current Owner/Two Owner Searches
A title search confined to the present title holder of a specified property or last deed for consideration. Report includes Deed Information, Open Mortgages, Involuntary Liens, Real Estate Tax Information including Assessed Valuation, Special Assessments, Judgments, etc. A title search confined to the previous title holder of the property. Report includes Deed Information, Open Mortgages, Involuntary Liens, Real Estate Tax Information including Assessed Valuation, Special Assessments, Judgments, etc. Historical searches up to 30 years can be done at an additional cost.
Legal & Vesting Report
A legal and vesting report will include property address and location information, the full legal description as per the deed, vesting information and the tax status.
Deed & Mortgage Report
This report will contain details about the latest vesting deed and also all the open mortgages on the property.
Liens & Judgment Search
This report will list all the active liens on the said subject property and the unreleased judgments on an individual.
Update Search / Datedown
A Update or datedown shows newly recorded information from prior search records through date to newest records through date.
Trustees Sale Guarantee
The Trustee Sale Guarantee (TSG) is a title guarantee issued at the start of foreclosure. This report will contain current owner of record vesting, judgments, liens and encumbrances, priority of foreclosing mortgage, bankruptcy case information, property tax information, parties required by law to be notified of foreclosure, property address verification, and newspaper entities for publication.
Abstract Keying
Preparing the commitment report by keying data into the title production system from the title abstract report.
Property Reports
A detailed search report on information such as present ownership, legal description of the property, any existing liens or unpaid taxes, any easements, and other covenants, conditions, or restrictions to be taken into consideration before issuance of the policy for purchase and refinance transactions.
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This report is prepared in accordance with the lender's closing instructions requirements, by compiling and gathering lender fees, third party, borrower and settlement agent fees and various other costs and fees associated with the financing of a property.
This report is prepared in accordance with the lender's closing instructions requirements, by compiling and gathering lender fees, third party, borrower and settlement agent fees and various other costs and fees associated with the financing of a property.
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We record the deeds showing the legal ownership of real property (SFR's, Condo's, apartment buildings, etc. with the Division of Land Records, Office of the City Register.
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Our post review ensures the closing package meets with the quality requisites defined by the client. Also all the documents are stacked as per the client requirement.
Lien release/ Payoff
On authorization from the borrower, we request payoff from the financial institution and ensure this is being tracked until we receive it.
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Dining Out: Baoding Chinese Cuisine
I visited Baoding the other day for the first time in years. I got to thinking about how long it had been there, and did some research. It has been at that location for 15 years now (since 1993). For those that are unfamiliar with Baoding, it is an upscale chinese restaurant located in Southpark (4722-F Sharon Road; in the plaza with Barne's & Noble's). Most of my past visits to Baoding have been for lunch - mostly when I worked in Southpark. This time, I went for dinner.
Baoding is upscale and has a great modern, peaceful and relaxing atmosphere. The wait staff is very friendly and does a great job of actually making a little bit of conversation. It seems to me that in many chinese restaurants, the wait staff just barely tries to break through the language barrier and just gets the order the best they can. Of course, this comment only applies to those chinese restaurants with chinese employees - some have American wait staff. I imagine this helps the employees at Baoding become better at communicating with English speaking people in general - thus, increasing the accuracy of the orders.
To start with, I had the hot and sour soup. It was wonderful, although I am sure it was the best I have had. It was more spicey than most, and I wasn't sure 100% why the word sour was even in the name.
I can't remember what my main course was called, and it is not on their online menu. The closest thing I can remember was Pineapple Shrimp. While I may not recall the exact name, it was outstanding. If you love pineapple, and you love shrimp, you HAVE to get this. It was served on a split pineapple which was stuffed full of jumbo shrimp, pineapple, snow peas, pepper and onions. This dish is definately going on my favorite dishes list.
My wife had Beef & Broccolli. She always gets Beef & Broccolli at Chinese restaurants. It is the only Chinese food she will eat. In other words, she is quite the expert on Beef & Broccolli. She liked the dish, but did not think it was drastically better than some of the cheaper places she has had it at.
Another note, is that it isn't that kid-friendly. They have no kid's menu or chicken nuggest. You can get the sweet & sour chicken (the closest thing to a chicken nugget) as a substitute. My son seems to enjoy that, but I don't know if he bought the whole idea of the "red ranch" that we tried to sell him as the dipping sauce.
All in all, I will definately be going back to Baoding in the future. The atmosphere is great, the service is great, and the food is great.
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He will serve a two-year term as national director for the association, which is a trade organization that represents Indiana's petroleum marketers, lube oil dealers and convenience store and truck stop operators. The group represents more than 120 businesses that operate more than 2,500 convenience stores across the state of Indiana.
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Langley argued in his filing Walker's law violates the city's constitutional home rule powers because it prohibits the city from paying any portion of its employees' pension contributions. He also contended the law violates constitutional prohibitions on statutes impairing contracts.
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A 12-year-old Boy Scout went missing Friday in Ashley National Forest, and search and rescue crews were trying to locate him.
Jarrod Ropelato, of Hooper, hiked the Spirit Lake Trailhead with a group of scouts Thursday and camped at Daggett Lake a few miles away. Around noon Friday, the group noticed Ropelato was no longer with them. A text message was sent to the wife of one of the Scout leaders who contacted the Daggett County Sheriff's Office.
Sheriff's spokeswoman Karen Peterson said search and rescue crews, deputies and a Department of Public Safety helicopter had been looking for Ropelato since about 1:30 p.m. Friday.
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The Cascabel Community Fair is a unique celebration of rural Arizona beauty, history, hospitality, diversity and artistic expression in an awe-inspiring outdoor setting.
Cascabel is located along the banks of the beautiful San Pedro River about an hour and a half drive from Tucson. Take I-10 through Benson to exit 306. Head north through Pomerene. Follow the signs for 20 more miles on a scenic country road. The last five miles are unpaved, so take it easy and enjoy the scenery. Click here to see the location on a map and to get directions.
Listen to live music− Way Out West, The San Pedro Sand Trouts, Vince and Friends, and Ringnell Roundabouts while you enjoy many fine artisans displaying their work in clay, wrought iron, fiber, wood, jewelry, leather, photography, painting, and more.
The Cascabel Community Center, the Cascabel Community Garden, and the Volunteer Fire Department will serve homemade lunches and desserts and hold a dollar raffle for a multitude of prizes, including a locally made quilt.
There are three very different sites all within pleasant walking distance. Handicap parking is available. The Oasis Bird Sanctuary conducts scheduled tours of their exotic birds and sells products that support animal rescue efforts. Akasha Center of Light offers original paintings by the resident artist and unique Christmas decorations. Cascabel Clayworks, a cottage industry and homestead established in 1970, will host an open house. You will also enjoy touring the wide variety of locally made products and fresh farm produce displayed under the mesquite canopy.
There is a fourth stop you won't want to miss−− Visit our friends at Forever Home Donkey Rescue on your way back home.
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Please remember, rural Arizona still has gravel roads. You'll be travelling five miles beyond the pavement. Take your time, keep the dust down, and enjoy the scenery. We look forward to seeing you and sharing some traditional rural neighborhood fun.
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Arduino powers remote chess moves in (almost) real time
There may be many things you could do with a robotic arm capable of moving in two dimensions, but how about using Arduino to provide the physical moves of a remote chess game?
You make a move on your board and the system wirelessly transmits the info for the corresponding to move to take place on your opponent's board. They make a move, and you see the piece move on your own board…
FunGowRightNow12 has documented the Wireless Arduino Powered Chess project on YouTube:
Our goal is to allow people to connect and play board games with each other from anywhere in the world. By combing a physical board with modern technology, we hope to bring a more interpersonal experience that is not achieved through a computer screen. See our other videos for a look inside the system and how moves such as castling and en passant are handled.
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But chess isn't draughts, there are lots of weird and wonderful moves and exceptions (en passant, castling, illegal moves). How are these handled?
Time to see the system in full, game glory: (I like it when a taken piece makes its own humble way to the sidelines, on the remote board!)
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After nine years of marriage, Robin Thicke and Paula Patton are calling it quits.
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Kids these days while away the hours playing _____ (fill in the blank). If your response was Angry Birds, you're probably not alone, but where does that leave our real feathered friends? If children aren't exposed to nature, who will replenish the current ranks of conservationists? Who will protect birds and their habitats?
This was the subject of a press conference at Connecticut Audubon Society's (CAS) headquarters in Fairfield on Friday, which coincided with the release of the State of the Birds Report 2012. The 27-page report is subtitled: "Where is the next generation of conservationists coming from?"
Losing Billions of Birds a Year
Stephen Oresman, Chairman of the Board of CAS, writes in the report that human activity and habitat destruction are major threats to birds. Window strikes, cat predation, deer over-browsing, and invasive plants and animals kill billions of birds in the US each year.
And, while most products of the boom generation have memories of time spent outdoors exploring the woods and creeks, this is simply not the reality for children today.
Electronic Distractions
A survey of 400 Audubon members cited in the 2012 State of the Birds report listed electronic distractions as the number one constraint to children exploring the outdoors, with over-programmed schedules, concerns for safety and tick-borne illnesses following on the list.
Conservation Issues Excluded from Schools' Science Curriculum
Though passion for conservation was high at the press conference, CAS Science and Conservation Director Miley Bull notes in the Report that school districts are heavily focused on standardized exams and, despite efforts to promote conservation education, the presentation, management and care of natural resources is still not a part of the science curriculum.
Newly appointed CAS Director of Education, Michelle Eckman, cited a correlation of time spent outdoors and rates of ADHD, obesity, and depression. She detailed how CAS plans to increase education efforts by collaborating with the state schools systems and individual teachers.
Increasing Conservation Education
Amanda Flanagan of the John Patrick Flanagan Foundation described the Trailblazers program that brings city kids to the outdoors. Her foundation has provided transportation for over 1,000 Bridgeport students to visit Fairfield Audubon since 2010.
DEEP Deputy Commissioner Susan Frechette recalled learning as a child about owl pellets and deer tracks, as well as wandering into the woods and building dams and forts for hours on end. To that end, she mentioned DEEP and CAS plans for May 5 "Spring Sprint" to be held at a now-secret location on May 5. The event, timed to celebrate the 20th anniversary of International Migratory Bird Day, aims to give families a chance to explore and acquire knowledge first hand.
Other CAS projects include the development of an award program for Boy Scouts who demonstrate exemplary environmental education work, a series of roundtable discussions to raise awareness of the issue, (at Fairfield on April 12). Lastly, signups for summer camp registration begin Monday, Feb. 13.


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The FAA plans to start introducing instrument approaches using its Wide Area Augmentation System on July 10, bringing much higher levels of accuracy, signal availability and approach performance to GPS-based satnav. WAAS avionics now entering the market herald the end of today's "dive and drive" nonprecision approaches, replacing them with two new procedures. Lnav/Vnav (for lateral and vertical navigation) procedures will provide continuous descent guidance to minima of typically between 350 and 400 feet, while the more exacting LPV (localizer precision with vertical guidance) procedure will provide ILS-like guidance to as low as 250 feet at most locations. About 230 Lnav/Vnav approach plates were expected to be published by July 10, with LPV plates becoming available later in the year.
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Somewhat buried in the breathless headlines about one of UNC's notorious Afr0-American Studies classes being taught by Julius Nyang'oro and filled with almost entirely football players is this list of all 54 questionable courses discovered in the university's investigation into the department. The list is divided into two parts: the nine "aberrant" courses in which there appears to be no records, syllabi, or instruction; or which were not authorized or grades appear to have been changed. In other words, these are the really, really bad ones. The other 45 classes are termed "irregular" in which there are questions about the grading, method of delivery, or other issues which sent up red flags to investigators. A cursory look at


text: Hitomi Makino is originally from Japan. After receiving Christ as her personal savior through American missionaries in Japan at age 20, she came to the United States, obtained her M. Ed. in Community Counseling at the University of Mississippi in 2001 and her Ph.D. in Professional Counseling at Liberty University in 2010. She has served as an adjunct professor at Liberty University and worked at the American Association of Christian Counselors prior to working at Liberty University as a Student Care officer. Being loved by God and being brought to His presence, Hitomi's passion is to present students to God, becoming mature in their relationship with Christ (Colossians 1:28).


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Mark House Number Placement
Hold each house number against its corresponding drawer, aligning it so the number is straight and centered. Mark the drawer by pressing the number stud or standoff into the paint to create a divot, or mark with a pencil. Remove the number, and put it back over the marks to ensure proper positioning.
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Drill holes with a 3/16-inch drill bit through the drawer face in each of the locations marked in step 4 (Image 1). Put a piece of scrap wood over the number to protect its finish, and gently tap the house number into the newly drilled hole using a hammer (Image 2). Repeat the process until each of the drawers is complete (Image 3).
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Prominent Canadian pop artist Darren Grainger introduces Diamonds and Rust, a new collection of prints inspired by rockstars of the 1970s and disillusions of fame. Expect old school rock & roll symbols printed in high-gloss neon on pitch black backdrops: knives, breasts, razor blades, cobras. The show opens on October 27 at Oz Cafe in Ottawa. I'm hoping for free shipping to Hollywood!
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At long last here it is! (Apologies for the delay, but this one has taken some organising)
Date - this competition will run over TWO days, Wednesday 7th and Thursday 8th April, with judging on Friday 9th.
The theme is "NEW BEGINNINGS"
For this competition we have TWO main prizes, and both are AMAZING!!
We have the opportunity for three lucky winners to spend a day with top photographers learning how to photograph wildlife.
Due to the fact you have to go to these (with a responsible adult) we have decided to split the prizes into a Northern and Southern winner.
This is an all-inclusive day on a Welshot Imaging Workshop at Chester Zoo, with the opportunity to learn how the experts take fabulous images of the wildlife there, run by Steward Ellett. The voucher will be valid for twelve months, and we will sort out a date between the winner and Welshot Imaging.
This is a day at Planet Reptile on the 8th May 2010 for TWO lucky winners, who will learn all about how to photograph different reptiles in natural and interesting environments, run by Angi Nelson.
For ALL these prizes, you need an accompanying adult.
Please let us know which prize you wish to enter for by including "N" or "S" in the title of your entry. Should you be okay to attend either, you need to include "NS". To be considered and entry, your image(s) need to have the title "New Beginnings" and you need to sign in on the meetings page.
As this is a two day competition, you can enter two images, one for each, or two for one!
We will also be adding to the prize list with e2 membership and other items, which will be announced as soon as we know what they will be.
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Sounds great !! Can't wait to enter! I'm going to have to go for the south prize on both - but then again chester zoo is only a 2 and a half hour drive...... so there are essentially two comps with the same prize? What do abroad people enter as? North or South? Or Abroad?
This looks like the toughest one to date !
All I can say is that I am glad I am no longer a "Junior", as, unlike some of the previous themes, I have absolutely no idea whatsoever what "New Beginnings " means, let alone how to capture it in an image.
Presumably the judge knows ! so I will be looking out with keen interest on how the creative, talented youngsters interpret this
Okeydokey - after a bit of a natter amongst the Junior Team, we have decided that if you happen to be a non-UK resident, but want to have a go at the competition, there will be an equally FABULOUS prize of a WHOLE year's e2 membership!!!
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RVVR Sliding Ray (Ray)Flirt (Famous Flirt Girl) had on June 29th, 2009 a gorgeous dun colt sired by Too Slick Two Watch (World Show Qualifier, AQHA P-56: Heading, Heeling, Calf Roping). He is foundation bred and qualifies for FQHA (96 %) .
Click here to see pictures of his half brother RVVR Quick Dominick (2006). SOLDClick here to see pictures of his half sister RVVR Perky Dasha (2008).Click here to see pictures of his half sister RVVR Saugeen Sunrise (2011).Click here to see pictures of his half brother RVVR Seattles Charm (2012). SOLDClick here to see pictures of his half sister RVVR Cromeplated Gal (2013). SOLD
His Pedigree goes back to Dry Doc, Doc Bar, Rey Jay, Watch Joe Jack, Mr Kingsville, King, Leo and Wimpyand is loaded with performers like Reys of Oil (NCHA Certificate of Ability, $ 9661), Dry Oil (H-0 P-45), FamousAmos (Primary Pine: A Leading Reining Sire and 2nd highest money earner by Great Pine and Grandsire of Tinsel Jac),Great Pine (HALL OF FAME), Continental Ace (P-50) and Blondys Dude (H-45 P-12 & HALL OF FAME).For more information click on his AQHA Performance Pedigree!
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Ray was in training with Graig Crispin and made nice progress. He calmed down sooo much since he is gelded and gets along with all kind of horses now! He has nice gaits, is really fast and has good work ethics!
Ray is green broke and will get more training in 2014.
Update 2012:He was on a bunch of trail rides as a hand horse and is a solid and nice colt with a conformation to dream of!
World class pedigree: Sire is World Show Qualifier! and his Dam is by the #1 Reining Sire in Ontarioand BOTH Maternal Grandsires are HALL OF FAME!!
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Is this crazy or what! While using Google Earth I discovered this strange site. Two jets, one large and one small appear to be chasing a UFO over the skies of China. LOCATION: 3224' 11433' . Check it out if you think I'm crazy!!! Stormfront Kevin MacLeod () Licensed under Creative Commons: By Attribution
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aaronsinuhe May 11, 2014 10:49:08 PM CEST
I can't stand stupid fucks that are deceiving in their descriptions. Dogfight? Fuck OFF
iphonehome May 8, 2014 11:48:42 PM CEST
dogfight? as if we would ever stand a chance anyway. Nigga please.
Ruin75 May 8, 2014 8:56:29 PM CEST
so passenger planes get into dogfights?
Heckubis May 8, 2014 6:07:30 PM CEST
this is one of the very few Google earth posts that i could verify on my Google earth
but the fact it has 2 contrails behind it makes me think its probably military washed out image. Havent seen a ufo sighting where anyone has made mention of an extra terrestrial vehicle leaving contrails.
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Abortion under state constitutions: a state-by-state analysis.
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Remember how they didn't really like each other way back when Ben first arrived in Pawnee? Well, that didn't last long, as the two government nerds found out they may of the same interests in common. Eventually they fell in love, and that was more adorable than a basket of puppies.
But as we saw at the end of last season, when Leslie was asked to run for office, she realized she'd have to make a decision about her relationship with Ben. Pawnee government employees aren't allowed to date each other, so she could keep seeing him in secret (and risk a scandal if the relationship became public) or break it off with him. I've seen the first two episodes of the show's new season, and I won't give anything away about what happens except to say that Leslie's dilemma occupies much of the season 4 premiere.
As for the second episode of the season, it's called 'Ron and Tammys' -- yes, Tammys, plural. Guest star Patricia Clarkson appears as Tammy 1, Ron's dreaded first ex-wife, and Paula Pell also guests in that episode as Ron's mother, the original Tammy. All I'll say about that episode is that it contains some of my favorite Ron Swanson lines ever. And of course, we got a brief glimpse of the Tammy vs. Tammy "old-fashioned prairie drink-off" here.
But that's all yet to come. Let's take a trip down memory lane and recall the progress of the relationship between Ben and Leslie, two civics geeks who found each other in Pawnee, Indiana:
Note: The image at the top of this post is the cover of the book 'Pawnee: The Greatest Town in America,' which is a real book that will come out on Oct. 4. I do not know how much Tammy information the books contain. I wouldn't be surprised if that information is classified. But the book, which is written from the perspective of Leslie Knope herself, had better contain extensive information about meat, mustache maintenance and woodworking from Ron Swanson, or the American reading public will have been cheated.
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201-299 East Washington Avenue has a Walk Score of 18 out of 100. This location is a Car-Dependent neighborhood so almost all errands require a car.
Nearby schools include Billings Elementary School and Billings Senior High School.
The closest grocery store is Billings Cornerstone Market.
Nearby restaurants include Hong Kong Star and Petro's Family Restaurant.